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Their food, clothes and health; but Mrs.
Moore is the little mother Of the whole
lworld. She reminds n Of that angel
tchild little Eva in Uncle Toms Cabin.
After her call We went with Mrs: Moore
Ito a meetingje Of the Aiken Anti-Tuberculo-
sis Club, This club Is now called the Sea-
|gne OF Prevention and held this meeting
lat the lovely home Of Rev. and Mrs
EBrown. DR.. Moore presides and made one
Iof his wonderful talks. After this the
1.-THE item OF summer lectures was taken up
land dispsoed OF. DR.. stone and DR.. Ray
fMr. Rice an able lawyer and several ladies
hwere present. The ladies took "a lively
tpart in the discussion: a. pretty young
lmatron in wisteria talked well, and Miss
ERayenel gave an amusing account OF the
Enegro's utter disregard OF precautions
Eagainst the White Plague. Mrs. Moore
Imade many brilliant points in discussing
1.-THE lecture.
L While in Aiken we met editor Lorenz a
Every pleasant gentleman and a mighty
tfactorin Athens progress, We also met
tMr. Lee a Greenwood boy, who Is on the
Istaff OF the Aiken journal and Review.
L While at the Educational meeting ut the
lCourt House we heard that a Northern
Iwoman, present was q blood relation OF
tStonewall Jackson. Anyone who is at all
tacauainted with US, is, or, ought to be
tmore or less, aware OF the fact, That we
iare above all things, a hero worshipper;
I'VE do not like to walk but when we heard
that there was q kinswoman OF our spe.
cial hero present we said to ourselves we'd
walk five miles to talk to that woman.
The comet was on our side; for Miss Soho
field invited US to call!
t We got a hack though, and after DR..
|iMoore's lecture made the momentous call
and found my hero's relative and house
hold very charming. She has a lovely
home and the jackson coat Of arms hung
upon the wall. We don't suppose any one
ever knew how exciting the adventure
was to us. 1t was similar to the thrill OF
excitement mixed with W that we felt
when we met Miss Martha Washington, a
descendant OF Col. William Washington, a
brother Of George Washington.
| The Jackson coat Of arms ts q field ar
gent, a helmet or crest, q mailed arm rails
ed to strike, underneath the arm, is the
red bar Of loyalty and bravery. We GER
enjoyed our visit.
I The next afternoon after visiting the
family of Mr.. and Mrs. Green We went to
on a branch OF the Southern
which runs from Aiken to Edgetield: AT
Eureka we visited at the hosl 1tabiehome Cf
Mr.. Preston Seigler. They owu large areas
of land and have tenants, Mrs. Seigler Is
IA daughter Of the late Governor Thinner
man Of Edgetield. At Eureka is a post
office, church, schoolhouse, stores and the
FSeigler mansion and tenant houses. g.
Mrs. Seigler took US to ride behind one
of the Whitneys race horses. We shut our
eyes and said prayers as fast as q heathen,l
but Mrs. Seigler being an Edgefield girl
can. drive any horse and we Gained down
to such an extent that we could look at the
|g%ooseberries which grow wild In Aiken
oo,,ptu HHo h1aaHhQrripS here Aiken has
some other wonders.
Another natural phenomenon Is the
DEVILS backbone. This Is q rooflike ridge,
of yeilowish rock with pines on each side
One of the celebrated places in Aiken Is:
the old Governor Hammond mansion. The
men of this family have finished their ed
ucation In Europe. The mansion Is four
stories high and contains many rare treas
ures Of art, brought from Europe by its
owners. Col. Hammond the present own,
ar takes q deep interest In education and
writes entertaining articles upon this sub
.ject. In q letter inviting US to visit his
home, he requested Miss Cromer to have
ga Mothers Day" In her series OF educa-
tional meetings and to have sung.
Turn backward, turn backward
o, time, in your fight.
And make me a child again
Just for tonight"
We would like to be at such a meeting
and hear Col. Hammonds tribute to his
own mother, and mothers in general.
Aiken is q beautiful city and has lots OF
the very elect as her %citizenry. We couldn't
hardly help coveting her park:&Srnd her
trolley. We enjoyed every minute Of our
stay in this the thermal belt Of South Car
olina and we can appreciate the Northern
tourists fondness for this particular part
OF South Carolina.
Mrs. w. o. Cromer.