The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-08-24
before us The finest picnic dinner ever

saw. 1t is a Scotch settlement. and
their fathers and grandfathers all came
from Robinson county. in North Caro-
ina. At least three-fourths of the
names begin with the prefix of Me.
made a memorandum of the many Mes
| was introduced to-all different
such as Macarthur, McRae, McAlister,
McLung, McNair. McLaurin, McLe-
more, McGuffie. McDufiie. Mcconnell,
Mcdonald, Mcdaniel. and 50 forth
| There were 81 of them and many of
these had sons and brothers and kin
dred of the same name, and so it was
Me something everywhere. If a mans
name begins with Nc in that region il
is guarantee of good stock. 1t is a
| 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 well 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 80 years and
talked horsetalk about women and
everything else. He was a genuine
David Harum. | have most pleasing
recollections of Longpond and its peo-
pie.
My next call was to Hagan-Claxton.
double town only three miles apart.
but whose people work in harmony and
have 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
Tattnall and other counties-and /
say truthfully | never looked upon a
more thoughtful, intelligent and earn
est body of teachers, both men and
women. By request | made some IA
therly remarks to them and then had
to stand up and receive a hearty hand |
shake from everyone. That night
gave my lecture. Behind the Scenes"
in the beautiful large hall where $50 |
good people from the twin towns and |
adjacent country had gathered. How |
easy it is for lecturer or preacher to |
please and magnetic large audience
when they are packed close together. |
The standard of teaching is rising high
er in this region. The county school |
commissioners are good scholars. grad
yates of our colleges, and they are ex-
acting in their examinations. Nine
teen applicants were rejected recently |
in one county. This is an interesting
region and farming is easy and pros
porous. The long staple cotton is
grown here. / did not know until now
chat the bloom was first yellow-a
bright canary-and then turned red
The seed are black and are rolled out
instead of being ginned out. 1t is hard
nr to pick this cotton from the bolls and
rs pounds is a good days work. 1t is
now 20 cents pound. Sugar cane
lbounds here and is the most luxuriant
'rop 1 know of. But it is the turpentine
md lumber business that scatters
money so freely in all this region.
visited the Perkins mills. They are up
10 date in all respects and cut and kiln.
Try and dress $4,000 feet in a dav. and
give employment to several hundred
lands. Pine lands are now bringing
light to ten dollars an acre for the
imber and the owner keeps the land |
lfter the pines are cut away. 1t is
light sad to see all these beautiful for
SITS passing away. but this is destiny.
While sojourning here / was the guest
# Judge Williams. felt very much al
ome, for his lovely wife and 10 chill
rem adorn the large. inviting home.
'hese children are from two to %
ears and are well behaved, obedient /
nd kept their faces clean. The two
ounger ones began TO call me grand
"a as soon as ] arrived. Beautiful fruit |
bounds and 1 get as much of it as l
'iSh and it keeps me in good health.
Yesterday l visited McRae-Helena.
he twin city. McRae is the boy and n
Ielena the girl. and they get along
| harmony like Winston-Salem in
orth Carolina. There is but one coll
'ge and one of the newspapers is the
win City News. published by two of p
hese same Scotchmen-McIntosh and n
[cRae. This is a new. lively and pro- n
ressive town adorned with pleasant n
ONES and cultured people. 1t is high. | a
y and gently rolling. and quite a re- a
'rt for sick and tired people. l for G,
Ut to mention that Hagan-Claxton, 81
lie other twin towns. have no corpora N
on and don't want any. No mayor fc
aldermen, no marshal or police. 1t n
like Pelzer, in South Carolina. Judge
illiams said WHY should the good h.