The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-25
BY J. A. c KEMBLE.


Cheatham in his automobile to For
reston and Nash Monday afternoon
Arriving first at rorreston. the news
gatherer first met Galloway Tate
v no owns a fine big black lapd
farm and a beautiful home nea~
Forreston. We understand Mr.. Tate
las lately purchased another farm
near Nash. There is no better eiti-
zen than Mr.. Tate and his large ac-
quirement of rich agricultural land
n Ellis county is proof he not Only
is an Al farmer. but a financier or
no mean ability. Next we met Ira
Phelps. who. as usual. was busy Ira
mas the largest general mercantile
establishment in Forreston and has
lately opened up furniture store
il an adjoining building, where IS 10
be found up-to-date furniture OF a
general line. Next we met Elmo
Edmondson, who conducts general
merchandise store for Mrs. Huguelet.
Then A. T. Trull. who conducts
soda fountain and barber shop at MS
place of business was next seen.
Mr.. Trull, as usual, wore one OF
those smiles that is natural TO MIN
end was siad to shake the hand oil
the newspaper oman, w. w. Bonan-
on, grocery dealer, was visited and
the reporter met his wife, Mr.. Bo-
hanon being engaged with Tom For
rest in o celebrated game of dominos,
whom we met later. n. b. Newton,
the Forreston druggist. was met at
his nice store. who was very cordial.
We also greeted President Hamlin of
the Forreston State bank. This
bank is one of the live wires of For
reston and is potent factor in the
velfare of the town and surround
ing country The Forreston gins and
cotton yard are getting their share
Ct cotton Altogether we saw moth
ing that would indicate other than
prosperous condition for the splendid
citizenship that reside in this hust-
ling town.
Nash was next visited, passing
along by T. o. Cheatham's farm.
This farm consists of three hundred
acres, all in one body. as fine land
as can be found in the county. 1t is
we'll drained and seldom fails as
dividend. producer Cooney Marks
and Will Tounget are the men who
run this farm and no better or hard
working men and more deserving are
found. The cotton on this farm will
make half bale to the acre and II
old crimp holds off few weeks
longer, no telling what the cotton on
this farm would amount to, for the
cotton ,is full of young bolls and
blooms. Tarrying while at the
only general merchandise store at
Nash, owned by j. NJ. Pruitt, the
newspaper man met a few more &C.
quaintances. Nash has lately erected
a modern school building, and the
enrolment is about seventy pupils,
Prof. II. Il. Gladley is principal and
he is assisted by Mrs. Lucy Adkins,
wko teaches the intermediate, and
Miss Lula. Satterfield, who teaches
the primary departments. Under
these competent instructors the
school is getting along nicely Next
We visited the Farmers Gin compa
ny at Nash Here we met G. II.
Kuykendall, manager of the gin, T.
NJ Marks, who runs the gin stands.
and Harris lloyd, sampler and
weigher We were told this gin
would gin about 1900 bales this
season, against 2000 bales last sea
son. This decrease is due to
smaller yield to the acre. The
stock of this fine plant is owned
by farmers. principally of that neigh
borhood.
All along the trip cotton pickers
were busly engaged picking cotton.
aud most of the cotton fields we saw
las considerable cotton open. The
recent frost seems to have done
very little damage. for as far as the
eye could reach the fields were
earpeted with green vegetation. as
in the spring time Cotton is still
putting on and a great many blooms
were noticeable.
We enjoyed the company of our
host and the outing was exhilarat-
ing. Nash was for many years
the home of Mr.. Cheatham and the
tues of friendship and farm life are
still with him and he frequently
makes visits there. just to see the
boys and walk over the farm.