The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-02-07
PA2GR PLUnKETT
Tells About a Visit He Made to the Dis
triet Of Arabia"
THE PEOPLE SEEM TO PROSPER
Sees Mr.. Crossley, "King of Arabia"
and Has Pleasant Time at
His House.
For The Constitution.


| In detailing incidents and describing
| scenes out Of fashion In their way, l have
| little hope Of doing more than to touch
the hearts of the old stimulate the
| young to see for themselves things which
will soon be lost In the whirl of progress
| and the elegance Of culture.
Just why the name ARABIA" was given
! to a considerable corner of our county
! has been lost in the confusion of memo
| ries, some laying it to one thing and some
| to another, but certain it is that the name
| has chung for a long. long time and will
| cling for long time to come, together
| with simp'icities and backwoods' customs
| one would hardly expect Within twelve or
| fifteen miles of the greatest city of Geor-
| ga if not of the south.
! Though this section may be called and
rghtful!y, very old-fashionod, there is
nothing seen there bat what is worthy
! Of practice and nothing heard but what is
| pure in precept. Long before we had
! reached the home of Mr.. CrosSley, known
| as the king of Ara bia." we found it pleas
! ant to tarry for an hour at more houses
! than one These houses are about all the
| same-6uit of heWed logs. shcdrooms be-
| hind. a story and a half high, pretty near
| a spring, and most all Of them have old
| cedar trees in the yard, long since turned
| to chicken roosts, instead Of the Original
| oaks that one would expect and that would
| be more pleasing to one of our taste There
| IS always a kitchen and generally this
| kitchen is connected with the big house
| by a passage of large logs. laid from one
| to the other. A snoEehouse. stables. cribs
| and other small houses are found at all
| these homes. and TO see one of them is
| to see all. Corn III these cribs meat in
! smollehouses, milk in the churns. sor-
| Ghum in the barrels, chickens in the barn
| yard ana 4 garden Of GreenneSs make
| suggestion Of plenty everywhere and a
! cleanliness of ever ythins-buckets shining.
! gourds inviting. cloths white as snow, to-
| Ecther with a friendly grating that is as
| sincere as 1t is simple. makes one glad
| to lngor and sorry to leave.
The people of this ARABIA" Sc EN- to be
| now and always 4 prolific race It seems
| to me that saw more pretty children
| than ever seen in the same number OF
| homes This speaks well itself but when
| we consider that these children are the
| onsprings of many old men anG women
| who came here SO long ago, have prosper
| ed settled their children around them and
| that these children are now prosperous
| and contented even to the third genera
| ton, It makes a picture sweet to look upon
| ana trend of thought that is glorious III
| contemplation.
| Nothing could have been more pleasing
| than to learn just how the young people Of
| this corner deport themselves The boys
! were all astr, cutting. hauling, getting
! ready for the pIow and all 50 cheerful as
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! girls were just the same in their way.
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! down as we Approached. II ~ fe"'"i h'pt@
! that SetlleHleA| 80 ,.'Se l." '>'i'''''' S'o'''i
! yet card spla ana " ave JdSt as was "o"e
fifty years aeo-nct 9 fFoae, j. IS rue, but
I te" families keep 92 me Eo-s same o''9-
/ toms. ! he A.IIs maze 'he ora ""'@'7 ".'""
/ I'll b"d-l.he-one caH"ih@' announcer sit','i''.
/ fhe mother hl''s Ja@l as si.' use. 20 '.,i.$,
#A4e }+e "s" man s.l5 IN Ills t"i 7i'le-.7
/ mis- homemade 5gn@eSo an" i''''' ." ~
/ H@ht"ood tai the o.d@e@ roar Al Jd7t @'tL
! places they p'eaaeo us "ijh lhr most
/ friendly intercourse. buried us HecH IN
! as ever man was Ged-it is old-times in
/ Georgia .here, and pity il i8 THAT such must
/ pass away.
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