The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-04-10

will take Moran on again; motor
mail routes election on Saturday;
special train TO Odd Fellows home at
corsicana; Detroit Tigers on exit
bition tour: death of Mrs. McCue;
court news, 100000 catue dea.
closed; Governor to speak on pigs
and 1 was about to omit an article
by citizen anent the motor route
question for fear second reference
te one too modest to sign his name
would make him blush.
If you Nave read this | hope you
VIII not say again that there is moth
ing but ads in the paper. | had no
idea it contained SO much news until
/ had finished this list.
]. e. Price, farmer and good
man, on Waxahachie f, looked for
me Monday, failing TO find me he
left check with Sam Carothers
FOR me. Rev. J. W Morton of Bard
we'll had the Enterprise sent TO his
son. Il. n. Morton, who is farm
ing near sterrett W. S. Bell, Of
Waxahachie b. always cheerfully
responds to my cry OF distress. j.
M. Blackburn, on Waxahaehie B.,
was circulating among friends and
doing business in town. Wednes-
day short distance out | got in q
wagon with pick Roebuck and tray
eled two or three miles. Pick has
one OF the handsomest and most
conveniently arranged farm homes
IN the county. Sometime soon ! in
tend to visit there and tell more
about it. Two of r. p. jenkins
sons took mo away from Pick,
loaded me in their auto and | was
soon at Avalon where DR.. Nowlin
took me in his auto and landed me
at Lone Cedar. On the way down
/ found J. A. Ellis, who left here
few years ago, but came back to
Che old standby. At the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Page | came in
contact with, braveiy fought md
conquered a good dinner and en-
joyed the genial hospitality of this
most estimable family. On my way
down the forks OF the creek ] pulled
T.. NJ. Herrin off his mule and took
from his possession the price of a
subscription W. J. Peacock and E.
s. Robinson were going after wood.
During a short ride with them won
the confidence Of III. Robinson to
such a degree that he produced the
coin. II. c. Saunders was G plain
ing some but was up and about. He
has built nice house and improved
the appearance of his farm gener-
ally. J. NJ. Smith had gone fishing
but | had a pleasant and profitable
chat with Mrs Smith and one OF
their sons. W. L. Key was turn
Ing the soil on the Rankin farm and
made me feel good before left,
Jim Butts was gone from home but
Mrs. Butts seemed glad to get the
Enterprise again, At the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Lyon l ate two
good meals and got fine nap. These
folks are a little kin to me but l
am bound TO acknowledge that they
are good folks anyway. They re-
ported over 200 young chicks. Mrs.
Lyons brother, Bud Clark, is with
them and conducts blacksmithing
business at Rankin, There IS a
good looking young lady school
teacher with them, but | have for
gotten her name George jacob,
col. stopped his blowing long enough
to getsoa my list. S, n. Jackson was
at home and ready for me. sam
has done me right so often l have
learned to bank on him. G II. Duke
was working on the road but Mrs.
Duke instructed me 20 send them
the paper, Out on the road l met
L. {. Berry from Maloney with a
load of wood. You can easily guess
why | remember meeting him ID.
I. Burkett was killing clods with a
harrow bus l suppose they are sll
melted before now WIN Winslow
was az work in some as fine dirt
as Ellis county has. He sent me 10
the house for the money AZ the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. w. f. Oldham
found and deyoured another Of
those good dinners for which the
housewives of Ellis county are so
famous. J. ar Powen had hired
his engine TO the county 10 pun q
grader Charlie Powell was steer
ing it and VIII Mckinney was pull
ing the grader throttle, but what
interested me most was dollar 3. n.
Powell handed me J. n. Hayes. a
rattling good man and farmer, was