The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-12-31

had never had any experience in the
art Of making living was thus left
with five children to support by her
uDaided eXertion. Her family was we'll
off and willing to aid her but she re-
fused to accept help preferring her
own independence. She opened up a
little grocery business with what few
funds she could collect together and
by dint of industry and economy man
aged to raise and educate Louis and
his little brothers and sisters. Such
and it is his boast that he owes what
ne has done to her early teaching. She
made a competency for her children,
her daughters married good men in
Poland; under the rules which OBJ
tain in Russia in regard to marriages
he preference is given the daughters
Of the family so when Louis emigrated
20 America at the age of sixteen he
had barely enough money to obtain
ship passage.
When he reached Cordele his older
brother, A. Roobin, was already a sue
cessful merchant in Cordele, having
made his way from poor boy to sue
cess and believed that the school of
adversely was the best training for
The future man, so instead of giving
him, a ,,raiyiop In h;c ,4Cra bo cold him,
$500 worth Of goods on credit, made
a little pack and started him out as
foot peddIer through a country whose
language he could not even speak
He told him to stop at every house
that had chimney, open his pack
and show his goods, as every article
was marked in letters and figures that
could be easily understood. Louis said
to the writer that with tears in my
eyes and a broken heart | stated to
my brother: 4 viii take the pack and
start out but | feel like a boy deaf
and dumb who sees no hope of success
but The only reply that my brother
made was that's the way I got my
starr, Louis so ahead, and you Will
not set lost" He gave a route which
| followed and it soon took me to
Fields e Corbett's saw mill; not be
ing use to the road became exhaust
ed and could so no further; l lay down
by water tank, tired and afraid of
The passing darkies, having never seen
. negro before though of my moth,
er in distant Poland and wished that
had enough money to- return to her.
| took out her picture which l always
carried in my pocket and it gave me
great consolation; she seemed to say
don't give up, my boy, you will win
iG YOU try hard enough'-God bless
such a mother. she has always been
NY inspiration A tear seemed to
steal into Louis' eye when he said my
mother is dead now"
lie tells of a number Of interesting
experiences on the road; in a short
time he had horse and wagon and
worked Colquitt county; the mills
we're more plentiful in that county
and lie made an easy success, He
gained everywhere the confidence Of
the people and soon after that A.
Robin said, well. there is, something
in that boy. I will take him in my
store" This was done and Louis
soon became his brothers partner and
right hand man of the business.
About four years ago Mr.. A. Roohin
moved to Birmingham, Ala. where he
owns and conducts large depart
mcnt store, selling his interest here
10 Louis who is now the sole proprie-
tor of the large Roobin Drygoods bus
mess which he now runs under the
style Of L. J. Robin, the Daylight
stob.
Mr.. Roobin says 81 though it awful
hard Of my brother when he showed
me on the road but now understand
thec.wiss of the method aRd l am
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