The Robesonian., 1917-12-20
AUNT SOPHIA WRITES
News Items and Comment-What
Every Young Couple Should
Have-Thoughts About Christ

mas.
Correspondence Of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. 6, Dec. 13-The pas
and pretty with rye, rape and wheat,
beautiful snow and a few hundred
pounds of cotton, too.
Thanksgiving was cold, rainy day
and there we're only few assembled
at Raft Swamp church. Rev. John
Prevatt made an appropriate address
on the Thomasville orphanage and the
collection amounted to about S45.
Mr.. A. S. Tyner's death was sudden
and sad, but we sorrow not as those
that have no hope He didn't have
any children and his wife had been
paralyzed month or two. His broth
er Mr.. L. E. Tyner moved her to his
house. We spent Sunday p. m. with
them and she is ina pitiful as we'll as
critical condition.
Rev. L. E. Daily preached fine SER
mon, as usual, at Raft Swamp 1st Sun
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Davis were
among the visitors present.-Mrs. So
phronia Brown of Rocky Mount is in
this section visiting relatives. When
she was Miss Odum she was consid-
cred the belle Of Raft Swamp.
Rev. J. R. Miller preached fine
sermon End Sunday was a month ago
at Back Swamp from the text "In the
world ye shall have tribulation, but be
of good cheer for I have overcome the
world" Such sermons are so consol-
ing in these distressing war times,
when our fine-looking boys with a
bright future for them are leaving US,
perhaps to never return. I was real
sorry for my nephew A. P. Page to
leave Tuesday night without seeing
and talking with him while, but the
weather was so disagreeable that
write him long letter was all l could
DO. Frank was in Philadelphia about
two months ago, is the last we've
heard from him, but am so glad "the
angel OF the Lord encampeth round
about them that fear Him and deliver
eth them.
It will be % years ago Saturday,
and came into this section to live. We
spent the first Saturday D. m. setting
out preach trees and we continued
planting seed, grating trees, setting
out vines, bushes, etc., of every kind
OF nice fruit. We planted pecan seed
10 or ~ years ago and the largest
tree failed to bear and we were talk
ing OF cutting it down, but our little
son came in recently with pecans off
OF 1t and we are glad we spared it
another year. We have a whole row
OF seedless and English grape vines
growing on a ditch bank where we
could not have anything else except
weeds and briars that we Just set ont
slips of vines like rose bushes or ger
anlums. They'll root and grow right
at once, set out in March. We plant |
peach seed and raise fine fruit. We |
nave pear trees and a pomegranate
from seed but they are not old enough
TO bear. When a couple begins to
keep house they ought to raise everv)
KIND OF nice vegetables and fruit and
nave plenty Of milk, too, for their
children, and keep tobacco and cigar
etts away from them.
ln1s cold weather is not dreaded so
canned fruit, vegetables, pork mud,
ding, sausage, etc. Even death ;fseif PaJ
IS o. k. If we have sheaves instead of
leaves. "
Christmas will soon be here and ev-
cry, heart ought to be full of love
and good will instead Of drink lio1or
ana XIII. 1t makes us feel sad to see
SO many divorce cases and know how
satan can destroy the love that ought
never to grow cold between husband
ana a wife and wreck happiness and
MONIES. We ought to watch and prav
lest we enter into temptations and take
unto ourselves the whole armor of Cod
SO that we may be able to stand
aga against the ,wiles Of the wicked one
ana resist the devil so he will flee
from !}3 US, and draw nigh to God so He
wlll oraW nigh to US, while we sine
@ oeautliul Chrlstmas carols. Isn't It
say say 20 Gnlnk OF the crimes that are
sau TO th1nk OF the crimes that is
uonln,lcLed ,,,a mute during the holidays? When
we oughI 20 be winning souls for Je-
sus and bringing lambs into His fold
to be kept as bright jewels our crowns r @