The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-08-18

the hickory going and Tended on the
strokes of Bills long arms. After
awhile they clinched and father got
him down between two puncheon
seats and pummeled him good. BE
hollered enough and to let him up,
and after they got their breath ia
Their said: Now Jenkins, what will
YOU do?' He blubbered out: I'm
gwine home and stay there. I'll be
gol burned if I'm gwine to school to
YOU any more" "Well, why didn't
YOU say that at first and save the
whipping?' said father. All this time
there were hundred eyes peeping
through the cracks between the logs,
but not a word was said. Jenkins
never came back and the crisis was
over. From that time on for two
wears there was good, orderly
school and my fathers reputation
was made. The Yankee had whipped
Bill Jenkins and that settled him in
the favor of his patrons.
wish everybody could visit the lit
tie village of Longpond, 1t is in the
country, eight miles from Mount YER.
non, and, eight miles from railroad.
I never was in a.better settlement OF
farming people. spoke there In the
DAYTIME and those country people
came from far and near and spread
before us the finest picnic dinner ever
saw. 1t is Scotch settlement, and
their fathers and grandfathersa all came
from Robinson county, in North Caro-
lima. At least three-fourths OF the
names begin with the prefix Of Nc. !
made memorandum of the many Mes
/ was introduced to-all different
such as Macarthur, McRae, McAlister,
McLung, McNair, McLaurin, Melee
more, McGuffie, McDuffie, Mcconnell,
Mcdonald, Mcdaniel, and so forth.
There were 81 of them and many of
these had sons and brothers and kin
dred of the same name, and so 1t. was
Nc something everywhere. If mans
name begins with Nc in that region it
is a guarantee of good stock. 1t is
fine farming region and these people
are almost all farmers. | never saw
| finer corn and cotton in upper Georgia.
The women, matrons and maidens were
all we'll and neatly dressed and were
good looking, good size and healthy.
They could handle their skirts as grace
fully as city lady and as my old friend
Bill Rainey used to say: major, these
women are well coupled and stand up
square on their paster joints" Rainey
had dealt in horses for so years and
talked horsetalk about women and
everything else. He was genuine
David Harum. / have most pleasing
recollections of Longpond and its peo-
pie.
NY next call was to Hagan-Claxton,
double town only three miles apart,
but whose people work in harmony and
have a very fine high school and school
building called the Hagan-Claxton in
stitute, that is just midway between
them and is sustained by both. The
teachers convention was in session
there-about a hundred teachers from
Tsttnall and other counties-and
say trnthfully 1 never looked upon a
more thoughtful, intelligent and earn
est body of teachers, both men and
women. By request 1 made some ia.
therly remarks to them and then had
to stand up and receive hearty hand
shake from everyone. That night
gave my lecture, Behind the Scenes
in the beautiful large hall where .4St
good people from the twin towns ano
adjacent country had gathered. How
easy it is for lecturer or preacher tc
please and magnetic large audience
when they are packed close together
The standard of teaching is rising high
err in this region. The county schoo
commissioners are good scholars, grad
yates of our colleges, and they are ex
acting in their examinations. Nine
teen applicants were rejected recent.
in one county. This is an interesting
region and farming is easy and pros
perons. The long staple cotton Il
grown here. did not know until now
that the bloom was first yellow
bright canary-and then turned red
The seed are black and are rolled oul
instead of being ginned out. Il Is hard.
er 70 pick this cotton from the bolls and
rs pounds IS good DAYS work = Is
now 20 cents pound. Sugar cane
abounds here and Is the most 'utur'ent
4 cron / know Of But Is t1e 1pen,'ne
and lumber business N'