The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20

and as I stepped of the train I said
TO a man where can we spend the
balance Of the night, and he pointed
across the street TO the Boatwright
Hotel. SO we went in and called for
bed and breakfast.
On May II we ate n real oid-time
Georgia breakfast and had q jolly
good time with a man from Newman,
Ca, our old county town. Then we
got directions TO 90 TO where my
brother and my wife's sister lived, n
mile southeast. They said IL was the
first house TO the right after we cross
ed the End branch, 30 we walked out
there and decided the mile vas meas
ured with a coon skin before we got
there. We went in and as | raped on
the door, my wife's sister opened II
and said, "Lord, God, II Is sister Lucy"
then | had TO wait for my brother,
who was at Birmingham, but had a
fine time keeping the birds out Of the
strawberries, and going back up TO
D~ouglasville and boosting New Mexico
| went to meet all trains in the day.
May IS | continued boosting for u
great western country. Brother came
at 10 p. m. May 10 I walked over the
farm with brother in forenoon and
visited the city afternoon. Met many
citizens and talked Of the Homestead
laws Of the western country. May
20. brother and wife went with us over
to Atlanta and ran into another grand
terminal at Q q. m. We visited rela-
tives in and around there for three
days.
May 90 we took dinner with j. II.
Shelnutt and family and at 2 p. m.
went 20 Newman, Ga, and visited the
office Of ID. T. W. Sewell and met j
G.. Sewell and wife and went out home
with them in their car and spent the
night with them and family and made
their home our headquarters and had
the time Of u lives visiting rela-
tives and friends and always said n
boosting word for New Mexico at the
right time. We also visited some Of
the old people: Old aunt Sallie Bry-
an, who is l01 years old; and Uncle
Tom Warner, who is 81, Mr.. Seaborn
Moore and wife who are 70 and 81,
and they all said they were waiting
the call Of the Master to pass them
over to the Great Beyond, which Is
a consoling thought for us. We also
visited the home Of our childhood and
saw the dilapidated condition Of the
family graves and assisted in making
arrangements TO have the graves Of
our parents all fixed up permanently.
June 1 we spent the day meeting
friends and had an old-time singing
and went 10 prayermeeting at night.
June 3 j. C.. Sewell and wife took US
to DR.. T. w. Sewell's where we spent
"A pleasant eve and night with Doctor
and family.
June 6 we visited wife's brother, j.
II. Shelnutt and wife at East Point,
also made a call on relatives in and
around Atlanta, and then went over
to Douglasville and spent two nights
and a day with brother i. M. Lang,
and family. Had n talk with Mr.. Nc
Clarity who is running q FIGURING mill
of l00-barrell capacity per day, in
Douglasville and he said he might
come out and see the opportunities
for q mill in our country. June Z we
took the train at 1880 a. m. arrived at
Birmingham at l p, M went and re-
deemed our tickets and as we had TO
wait until 10 p. m. we called on Prof.
b. f. Moore (who was my school
teacher in 1870 and we spent n very
pleasant time with him and his broth
er, j. d, talking of old times, and al
so talked of the different stages u new
country has to pass through in order
to become properly settled. Moore g.
Handley are said 20 be the largest
hardware dealers in Alabama. At 10
p. m. we started for home. We chang
ed cars at Memphis at 8 a. m, June
10; got to Springfield o p. m. Arrived
at Arcadia 10 q. M, June IL; left at
] p. m, returned to Springfield on ac-
count Of washouts; left Springfield
at II p. m, arriving at Kansas City
IL a. m. and left at 10 p. m, arriving
at Newton, 8 a. m, June IS, arriving
at Harper IL m, stopped at Waynoka
at 4 p. m, for lunch and passed n
wreck at Woodland, Okla, at Z p. IN,
and got to Clovis at 4;3O q. m, June
Ia, took breakfast with Allen Adams
and family and our son, j. A. Lang,
was there by s a. m. and thank God,
we landed safe at home by noon.
In conclusion I will say it was one
of the most pleasant visits Of our
lives and we always tried to speak a
good word for New Mexico, and we
were thankful to an All-wise God for