The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-01-09
WITH AUNT BECKY.

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Help Than Last Year.
Since I last wrote to The
Robesonian we have passed |.
through the Christmas holia
days, have seen the expiration
of the old year. and are now
standing upon the threshold of |
the new. In the Fork We had !
a quiet and a pleasant Christ |
nastide,s with no. ill behavior
of any description, nor acct
dents from firearms, although |
I could hear the reports of guns
BFopghout the day, and att
night the children SOLICITED and
had quite a display Of fireworks.
The day after Christmas the
ssqusf Sand I and our little son
started down South to spend
some days with our children.
We found the roads from Little.
Rock. to Mr.. McLaurin's almost
desperate in places, which, to-
gether with the length of the
journey, made: the trip weari-
some, but we had a good time,
and saw many. of the kind
neighbors and friends in that
section. At the home Of Mr..
Roy Alfred, a former Robson
ian, we were pleased to. meet our
cousin Miss Dora McRae, who
was also on a visit down there.
| : On our route we passed
through acres and acres of cot.
: Ton which had never been pick,
ed, and was badly damaged by
: wind and rain. We also noticed
several idle saw mills, at one o.
which an auction sale, was go.
ing on. ss~z =,s, :
In the. vicinity Of, Mr. Mr. Me Ne
Laurin's the crops were. pretty
we'll gathered, and laboreFl
easier to procure than last year
: and the farmers hopeful ahd
cheerful: We drovsti into th'
t thriving little tewnz Of zLatt'
: while down there, and found i
growing and improving.
The new academy which. /,
r to take fireplace of the one burn
: ed down.a few mouths since, i
nearing completion, and will b,
. a handsome brick structur
with all modern convenience
j, and arrangements in the int
}; rior. They have two banks, thrs
II churches, and a lyceam hal
!, and a population compose
d mostly of the best farming ele
e. ment in the country ..,,-. J
-
u AS We drove into, town, pass
): ing near BY 4 cemetery, v
. saw a new grave being dul
= and upon inquiry later were il
}. formed that Mt. Ben IA. Ay4ItklnsoElI
one of the pioneer inbabitant'
: had died the previous. days q
n was a member Of the Mason
1, fraternity and a 1arge,snnmb'
j, of. that order was in attendan
D. at the funeral. go - ~
J. After a most pleasant wei
u spent among these exceflel
a. 2 people, andrevelling II the cor
: psny Of our children and gran,
:, babies, We Started for home {
p, Thursday morning !. and. We
d on the road land in the mu
8, holes just nine hours. Cor
IN ing cut from Dillon en- tn
6; side, unluckily we took a;wror
s. road, travelling about a mi
e, before we discovered our mi
On take, when an old gentlem'
q informed us we were on IL
r. highway to your town. So. !
y, ~ were forced to retracs OF
- muddy way for some little d
4 lance, to and the way HON
2. At 6 p. m. we pulled in,6ndil
Is: all well, but Mrs. 0lmste
np growing uneasy as We had pro
1, iSed to come back a day or
80; earlier -. =: =
six 1 hear of no newsef intere
~ since ny return, except tt
F, our peighbQrs- generally.
[or well supplied with farmhan
&c. which lras>znot the case i
= year.yoeS
a. Master E,i Douglas and N
Belle Bullock, Of Rowland, ha
been recent guests in the no
K. ofMr. R. D. Hamer.
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