The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-06-08
WITH ATINT BECKY.
With Ch:ldsen and C-andchild-
rem IL Sc,stE Carolina A

Model Farm and Its Surround
ings.
c III dependence Of Tue E,olc=' niar.
On Tuesday Of last week, that
glorious day upon which our
great State loosed herself from
the bonds of iniquity, |, with my
little grandson, Angus Olmstead,
vent with the Squire - MaXton,
and boarded the S. A. L. for
Pembroke, Whele We spent the
lay very pleasantly at the Cooke
Hotel, and came on 10 Latta at
6 p. II. .
/ aul now at Mr.. M:Laurin's,
with my children and grandchild-
zen. One Of the latter, little 3
yeag-vid Halle, | found very
sick, which was the main reason .
Of MY coming at this time. For
several days her condition was
serious, and our hearts were very
anxious. but she is now on the
road to recovery and we are re-
Joicing with gratitude TO the low
ing Father who is restoring to
health the dear little child. AS |
write, [ am sitting by her bed
side, while she is eating her
frugal breakfast, one tiny cracker,
which is all the doctor allows
for a meal. She is ravenously
hungry and begs most piteously to
eat, which is a heartrending
appeal, but has to be refused.
The crops down here generally
are very pretty, and very clean,
so far as | have seen, and labor
seems to be plentiful. Large
fields of tobacco meet my eye on
nearly every farm, but [ am told
this crop is not doing 50 we'll just
now, on account Of dry weather.
} Many of these kind neighbOrs
2 have been dropping in to know
how HALLE js"-am among them
: Capt. Bill Page, appointment citi.
zen, large planter, and a veteran
/ Of the Sos whose loyalty to the
Lost Cause and love of the South
t land will expire emily when the
/, patriot heart ceases to throt
0 within the loyal breast. He an(
S two daughters, Misses Kate ant
e Dora, expect to start for Birming
n ham on Friday, to visit his son
|, there and take in the Reunion.
| am now seated on the from
q piazza Of this pleasant home, en-
! joying the perfume Of the Lowell.
n roses and honeysuckle, an
s pausing occasionally to look on
o. upon the busy scene in front
n -Four or five farm houses are il
# clear view, situated in the mids
70 Of a great, level opening Of cult
.e waited lands, dotted by plowme
,e and hoe-hands busy at their az
40 pointed tasks, while not far dis
s tant q large storage house an
n several tobacco barns are in ev
dence. Mr.. McLaurin is a mode
n farmer, and everything abou
oe his premises denotes energy an
extreme neatness, from his veg
table garden on up the line.
49, | was so proud when the ele
- ton news came in, with such
~ grand majority for prohibition
~ | felt like shouting, and the
III too, l was proud of my hon
We town, Maxton, which, to h
p honor, cast only a pair Of we
VI lonesome votes.
er MIR. J. Hugh Stackhouse,
this vicinity, informed me tn
to he is on the grand jury
n Marion this week, when Il
W. murderer Of Policeman Brunso
IS Of Dillon, is to be tried, a case
which the good people Of Il
i'll county are much interested.
t. The fruit crop here will
abundant, the peach and app
re- trees are we'll laden, and | sd
asst yesterday underneath the tree
er bushel of elegant plums, WIFI
od even the hogs refuse to eat, b
49, cause they are tired Of them.
80, ate few and found them de
a cious, and the granddaught
has made, some nice jelly Of thel
but the one thing | have EMO
= ed hugely is the fine sweet p
" tatoes. I have found upon Il
table large, sweet yellow yam
III. Of which l am very fond; in faC
o. Aunt Becky is very happy dov
EEK here, since her anxiety in rega
EFT to little Halle has been allaye
and am just in love with t
ng youngest grandbaby, who
ler sunny-hearted, sweet-nat1re
and good, and seems to think
zed great deal Of her old grandr