The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-24

seui % 40 man responded 70 ~ ~
gltauon 20 b. HARDY
/ 70 nesefibe the pr,cess OF chang
ling this vast area o. natural wealth
and beauty. untouched by the hand
Of man. into a prosperous. refined
citizenship II more than fifty thou
sand souls and TO portray the many
examples OF civic attractiveness
which have partially compensated US
Tor the destruction Of natures adorn-
lment OF the landscape. viii be the
object OF the succeeding chapters OF
isis story about Ellis county, Texas.
r. Trun a former citizen OF the
! Forreston community and cor several
years manager OF the Fort farm. Is
now a laudowning citizen OF Okla
bona. near Naniteau tie was Wis
itor among friends and relatives
! hire last week.
Tuesday | boarded a Ford car
4 c.itb Henry Forbes and soon landed
1T Ennis. where met various and
divers friends and acquaintances, but
more OF them so conducted them
| selves as to cause me to make OF
them any special mention. As the
seyening shades began to lengthen
looked about for a place to pillow
my head and satiate the longlnGs of
the inner man. Meeting with j. w
/ Jones, the old democratic war horse
and pioneer hardshell or Primitive
baptist. from Garrett. | invited my
self to partake of the bounteous and
free hospitality Of him and Mrs.
| Jones. Their son Waiter, who be-
rhn the practice of law at Ennis two
! YEARS ago. seems 10 be doing
thriving business. but returns to the
protection OF the, parental roof at
night.
Wednesday morning 4 started TO
| drive Selim and Beck out to Rankin,
| biit soon got into auto with George
Sweat and Henry TREY. awho were
busy telling the people of their
| respective desires to, be tax collector
| and county attorney. At the home
! oi Mr.. and Mrs. c. d. Whatley
met and conquered good dinner
and collected a piece of money.
Their son Bon. who had been in
New Mexico in search of health, re-
| termed not long since, and Is at the
Good win store at Rankin. He is
/ gbod domino player. | found j.. j.
| Borders and his father hoeing corn
| near Bardwell. n Stacks was BUSH
| II engaged in conquering the per-
versity of some bottom land At
tho home OF Mr.. and Mrs j. r.
| Feaster I gotinto shelter in time to-
| miss a melting. Mr.. and Mrs.
Feaster have reared large family
/ but they have all deserted the home
| nest and built for themselves so this
couple. not old by any means. are
| pursuing the journey hand in hand
| as they began and seem to be con-
/ tttttN. Rtis- II. 6dfc iiiG tnS Afiot
new cabbage of the season and Mrs.
| Whatley furnished the first new
potatoes. Mr.. Vinsoh came along
| Thursday morning with four mule
team and loaded me on and soon put
me off at Avalon. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Nj. McWhirter of Italy. like the
I Isx..,s o;~i
children have all married and gone.
They fed me and bedded me and
John beat. the stuffin out of me at
| doIninoes. j. l.. Sims of Italy 2 4
gave me little lift as | was going
to Italy
G. w. Beck. pioneer and a good
man, cheered me on the way. On
my way home John Bostick. with
two hogs in trailer OF his auto,
added to his livestock freight by
taking me In
| Saturday / met and did business
with j. w Almond. Waxahachie =
! W. A. Corley Waxanaehie +, d. D. !
Hart. Waxahachie C, and l. W
Roden. Waxahachie h. w. o. Flem-
| ing and wife OF Mount Pleasant. |
Tenn, are visiting their sons, w. @. |
and ]. b Fleming, in the Oyilla !
country. r. I'll. Thompson and wife |
OF Columbia. Tenn, who have been |
visiting in Texas since March. left |
last Friday for home accompanied |
bt Mrs. jeff Kirk and two daughtt- |
ers.
And thus ends the chapter.