The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-07-19
LETTER FROM ALABAMA

LIZ Elk FNOlM ALABAMA.
Grateful Remembrance of Rob-
eson-Thoughts Suggested by
the Wonderful Growth and
Development of Robeson-
Satisfactory Development in
Alabama-Most Prosperous
and Happy People OH the
Farms.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
Tidings from the land Of the
cypress and pine" cheer me
promptly, twice every week.
II have been absent from
Pratt City for a part of the
summer, spending some time
with Jefferson s.. my son. at
dear old Forest Home, where
my Anne and spent forty-seven
years of our married lives, we
had lived at La Grange College
nearly three years-where she
'slippet awa'', as Ian McLaren
would put it; where my children
were reared and around which
cluster a thousand precious
memories. My wife died May
10th, 1905, the year in which /
visited Red Springs and other
places and enjoyed a reunion
Win dear friends whom | had
not seen for fifty years. I can
never cease gratefully to re-
member those whose generous
hospitality l enjoyed during that
delightful outing. my right
hand will forget her cunning
sooner than | forget thee, dear
old Robson.
My thanks are hereby tender
ed to those dear old friends,
some of them ladies, who have
expressed words of appreciation
and kindness, not only in the
paper but through the mails.
Yes, God bless you! my friends,
| ought to write frequently, but
| write for other periodicals and
am afraid of repeating. l have
an adult Bible class that claims
much of my attention. We
ought to search the Scriptures,
tfor in them" is eternal life. Z"
The re-blooming of my old
county is a source of pleasure
and pride to me. | take fairy
flights to old St. Pauls in the
wee sma' hours of the night and
awake to think of the changed
conditions, of the new churches,
school buildings, villages and
| railroads. The All-Father said
/ to Moses at the Red Sea, when
mountains fianked upon one side,
lThe sea obstructed in front, and
six hundred chariots Of Pharaoh,
besides an army with spears and
tattle axes, pursued, IBID the
Ct lilklren of Israel that they go
fo rward." " They moved; and
civ Illnation, from that day to
thi. Y, has been obedient to the
Heavenly mandate. The trl-
umpihs OF genius are wonderful.
Rail. road trains and automobiles
fly along the earth, while great
ships ferry the ocean; and not
content with that, they skim
along through the air, utilizing
the elements which are lent a
part OF mans patrimony.
That mind controls matter is a
conceded fact. The voyage
across the Atlantic, that in the
days of Columbus required
ninety d avs, is now accomplished
by great English vessels in less
than five. Our navies are
wonderful. Plate-piercing pro-
jectiles are hurled fifteen or
twenty miles with precision and
power. Death-dealing battAe
does her work speedily now
War stamps her bloody foot, de-
molishes, and is done.
''The wizard of the North
has done much for the world by
his inventions in electricity, but
it must cause him to stand still,
look up and admire asi the
Wrights go flying through the
air above him.
By the way, it was my privf-
lege to see the great balloon,
equal to ten stories, pass over
the Decaturs, about one and a
half miles high. 1t was the
prize-winning New York.
which passed near Birmingham
and Selma, Ala, and was then
waited northwest to Corinth,
Miss, where the aeronants land
ed, shipped their great balloon,
and took passage for New York.
| beg the readers pardon for
this depression. The wonder
full growth and development of
Robson county was suggestive.
Birmingham and the nearby
cities and towns which are soon
to be incorporated as parts of
Greater Birmingham. are develop.
4 ing satisfactorily. The plants
that have been cold are being
heated up, and tall new buildings
| still penetrate the air. Develop
ments are most wonderful W.
have here the very rich and the
very poor. Our laboring peopl
do not, as a rule, keep a bank &C
count. The higher the wages
the greater the extravaganza
my people do not consider.
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