The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-06-24
MT. ELAN MATTERS

lheIr Experiences - Another
Smart Mule-A .,,,. lAhrarN
Wedding - Champion Melon
Raiser.
| Correspondence of The Robesonian.
| enjoyed Aunt Becky's" last
letter very much, most especially |
war time "reminiscences. | tbini |
some one should write a book anal |
let all the veterans who went |
from Robson county tell their
experiences, in the war. for nil
the older ones will soon be gone !
and then they can't tell us of the
hardships and other things of
the SOS; and the ones that are
now living should tell their story
+of the war and let them all be
placed into one volume. And NOT
only the men, but the mothers of
our county, too, who were here
at that time toiling to raise their
children, should tell their ey-
perience, too;because the women
did almost as much for our coun-
try as the men, or at least suffer-
ed almost as many hardships. /
know one man living in this COM
munity whose mother when he
was babe, plowed daily with
him tied up in her apron, and he
went as many rounds as she did.
They had to farm and raise cot
ton, then pick the seed out with
their fingers, or lots picked them
out of the lint by hand power.
Then they had to manufacture it
into cloth and then, last, but not
lerst, make their clothes, for
they did not have any sewing
machine, as we do today; and
they even knit all the hosiery
= for their own children and
themselves. And lots of them
made shoes, where they had such
: a thing as a shoe. Then they
had to raise all they ate, which
was not much, at times, and they
t didn't have good stock to plow,
=. but stubborn, neck-bending
e oxen, and such plows as people
n would not allow on their farms
: today. Then at times they could
not get matches. | have heard
e them tell about getting up in the
: morning, and it cold and snowy,
e and have to go two miles after a
e coal of fire, sometimes barefoot
/ ed. And they had to do theil
d cooking in the fireplace, as they
called it-did not have any stoves
n But it did not take them long tt
e cook what they had, which, dur.
Il ing the winter months, was meal
d and bread one time and bread
IS and meat next. And at all time.
IS expecting to hear husband, sol
= or father was dead or the FEEDER,
e al army to come and take wha
& little they did have. There
r should be monuments raised t.
W their memory as we'll as to thu
n veterans.
t. | hope someone will write
-e book, as | said in the outset.
a. believe Aunt Becky" would b
re a good author for this book, a
IL she knows lots about war time
so herself.
"a Messrs. Billiard, Parker, Frenc
and Ward, of Boardman, spen
Sunday afternoon here.
We had a fine, refreshing raj
Tuesday which was much need
I'd ed.
st My father has a mule that wi
IN pull the peg out of the trough a
r. Mr.. Ivey's will. Her name
a Maud, too.
;" Mr.. J. |. Stone, Sr., says h
saw Mr.. Ed. Proctor, Sr., MARI
of the first couple that Mr.. ProctC
O. ever made one, and he says
st was much different from tn
to weddings now. He said the
e, stood up-I don't think eve
le- joined right hands-and M
Proctor says, 81 call you ma
~ and wife" They did not hay
IL in any questions or oaths at all, az
TX they went their way feelir
~ good.
he Mr.. Leonard Britt went to o
nd rum today on business.
or Messrs. Dud. Britt, ". NJ. Brl
and Grover Britt went to Orru
IF Sunday afternoon.
rs' Mr.. Bissell, the champion me
tv on raiser of Robson county, h
ii some very fine melons. He pr
Jas badly would have had ripe one
Of but he pulls off all the first on
y that come. He says it max
m the shape right later. He rals
vas melons to weigh from 50 to l
ide pounds. It's allin knowing no
al Miss Zerla Britt, of Cerro Ct
do, is spending this week
NV town.
w nt Children's Day will be obse
tod M ed the 4th Sunday afternoon
hot hot Mt. Eliam. We are antisipatl
"a a good day.
Irs Mr.. and Mrs. |. V. Britt
,di- visiting Mr.. Britt's brother
liza Boardman today.
any Mr.. Leonard Britt has a
Mr. that will lead his mule to wat
the He takes the rein in his MOI
and goes along ahead and pl
if she doesn't want to go. v
D., has a better?
ian Mr.. Jim Ivey, of Kingsds