The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13

at2tt dAEIISS AHai IH1} dIS hiWaAH !
active In things educational was
proven again BY the fact that Miss |
Fannie Lou won the prize at tho In /
| tarnational SOIL exhibit there last fail
| for the best collection OF wild flow
ers, and she was given a handsomely
/ bound book, a treatise on Texas Wild
! flowers AT this dinner other con-
genial friends were Miss Helen Old
ham and Harry Oldham. who also
/ claimed by us because Of frequent
visits here to their relatives, ]. NJ
! Langsford. Mr.. Ed Oldham and Mrs
| sammie sharp Miss Helen Oldham
/ is teaching English in the high
school, and Harry oldham Is with the
! Portland Cement people.
Saturday evening we were guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. ". j.
EBuie. who live out on Kentucky
street ear he foot O. tho mountain.
The Buies have a beautiful bnnga-
/ low here, where they have lived about
ten yessps, and are also among the
boosters Of the border city Newt
Tidwe1l was at home for the holidays
from the State University, and mt
sic and dancing and games made q
merry evening in their home. Sun
day afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. Buie
/ with Newt at the wheel took us for
La long automobile drive down the
Ysleta valley, one Of the favorite
| drives OF that picturesque and ro-
mantle country This drive takes
lyou to the old church Of Ysleta. one
Of the most ancient shrines in this
icountry. It follows the Rio Grande
I for many miles and skirts some beau
tiful irrigated farms. Romance is
given the ride by the adobe houses
THAT we pass. and Mexicans IN their
/ nativity loIling in the sunshine en-
Toying their pipes and looking con-
tented in their Incidence. We also Wis
tied Mr. Buie's place of business the
Hughes Buie Printing Co, which is
one OF the largest printing establish
| ments in Ell Paso. and they are pros
| pering as most all industries are in
the city OF FL Paso just now Homer
Ellis, who was formerly with the
Daily Light, has a large stationery
and printing house in FL Paso.
I Mrs VIII Davis and her two
daughters. Misses Eiofes and Mayne.
are living in FL Paso now. Miss
Eloise is hookkeeper and stenogra-
pher for one of the large real estate
| firms in Ell Paso. The young ladies
came to see us and expressed them
selves as charmed with Eel Paso.
Mr.. and Mrs john V Singleton
came and took us for a Sunday morn
ms drive, the interest of which was
centered about Fort Bliss. This is
q regular army post though during
the days of disturbance with Mexico.
/ the militia is also stationed here,
cottages bear tie names of he army
foffleers, and we noted the name OF
Lieutenant Spalding. who married
Miss Alice Trippett, daughter of Mr.
/ and Mrs H. w Trippett. formerly
iof Waxahachie, and Mrs. Trippett is
spending the winter at the army post
/ with her daughter MIR. Singleton
pointed out to US q corral of horses
where ten thousand head were feed
ing. The temporary houses of the
militia are very neat and they show
ed evidence of civic appreciation Of.
well kept yards and premises, espe-
oially ia some instances the regi-
ments had written their numbers
with formations of white pebbles
An amusing incident happened at
i the Ier which e feel constra red 10
! tell As we were driving along en-I
/ joyiug the delights Of military life,
Jas seem by a civilian, we were sud-
/ denly stopped by a soldier well ARM
ed This looked little suspicious,
and looking back TO see what was
the occasion OF our sudden Interrupt
ltion, an army truck loaded with sol
diers. was driving fast toward US.
Knowing they were our men, WEI
were not much alarmed, though ap-I
preheIshe that something was the
matter that we were thus being pur-
sued, and when hey had oyertaken
MS. one soldier stepped from the
truck and calamity handed us veil.
which one member OF the party had
let fly from the ear some distance
| back
John is making good: is vice pres
ident of the Long Lumber company
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF the Wor-
! sham. Palm & Singleton Commits
sion company. We saw an immense
brick warehouse which the last