The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-07
LETTER FROM ALABAMA.
The Power of Contrast Life
in The Old Land Applications
The Provision Question.

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in The Old Land Applications
The Provision Question.
To the Editor of The Robesionian:
The new year is advancing.
This is the 25th of January, and
a lovely winter cay it is. Our
winter SO far, has been disagree
able, even in our Sunny South
land; while in the North. condi-
tons to us, seem intolerable.
1t is we'll that we have our win
tiers else we could not appre-
clate our summers. 1t is so in
life. The healthy, the robust,
know not how to sympathize
with the sick until they have
suffered themselves.
How blessings brighten as they
take their flight"
But the cold season will, in a
sense, prove a blessing in disguise.
Insects and microbes have been
destroyed and health and pros
perity will insue.
lam glad to see that my old
county has so much latent power,
and that new industries and
towns are springing up, Phoenix
like, in many places. If some
of that good old Scotch energy
and skill were transferred to the
fertile lands of the Valley Of the
Tennessee.
How our beautiful land would
blossom! When | was at the
tiers of my old school-mates and
friends. but a generation had
passed away.
| At St. Pauls the pastor kindly
yielded to me his pulpit. Before
me was a fine congregation, only
a few of whom were boys ane
girls when was. The occasion
was sweetly sad. l expect t.
meet many Of them in the Re
gions Beyond. But the St. Pau
Of today is a growing town, witt
it's factory and it's railroad. Their
is life in the old land.
/ / have. heen a "shut-in" TO
more than a month. To be brief
] a fall, a bruise, a neglected Cal
buncle, modification, sever
surgery, a close call, a narro'
escape, convalescing and recupel
ating-but the ink with which
write is pardonably blue. Indeed
Home Coming in 1905 / sa
wonderful growth and develol
[ ment. 1855 to 1905 was a col
! siderable lapse of time. / sa
! railroads where there had bee
none; / saw the sons and daugl
! | am very grateful and will SOC
I report that Richard is himse
I again..
/ My. son-in-law, Rev. U. {
1 Henry, has been moved by h
I Conference fromPratt City whe
\ he had labored for three years,
\ Alabama's old Capital, Tusc
! loosa. My home is with n
\ daughter -, but l shall be her
= with my son till March l. M
= friends, take Cue notice and az
accordingly.
: The provision question is gre;
just now. A traveller lad h
r horse fed at livery stable ar
went to his hotel. When his nor:
was brought out he looked gaun
Quoth the traveller DO you fee
high, here?" Yes. Sir, ''said tt
y hostler. ''Yes, 'said the travele
TOO high-up in the loft. =" An
that is what is the matter wit
the meat question. 1t is too higl
it is up in the loft, out of reach
: the hungry consumers. IT
beef trust orators mount upo
their ice-boxes to proclaim. 1t
the foreigner who will not /
satisfied with any meat excel
pig or veal. 1t is waste; it
extravaganza; it is the unwis
grinding-up Of the seed corn
Another says that it is the gre:
increase in the amount of gol'
which cheapens it, diminshit
it's purchasing power. Anothe
says that it is the greed for gail
and the transfer of labt
from the farm to the factory
This strikes me as the true al