The Robesonian., 1917-09-06
LETTER FROM AUNT SOPHIA
places Visited and People Seen on
Annual Vacation

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Annual Vacation
Correspondence Of The Kobesonian. !
Lumberton, R. 6, Aug. 29-Farnaers
sre about through stripping fodder
and cotton patches are white. Some
are picking the fleecy staple now.
Just as soon as we get through one
bad lob there is another waiting for
us. So 'there is no peace for the
wicked nor rest for the poor"
But we decided to leave work and
worry like we do every summer toI
visit relatives and friends at White
Pond, our old home, where childhood
days were all spent. So husband
and I left Saturday a. m. with Lois,
Eunice and Baby Kesler Greaves:
We reached the hustling town Of
Fairmont about noon, but the whole
family, except two nieces, was gone
to their other farm at White Pond;
| But two old friends came to chat
with us a while and Mr.. Floyd look
| ed SO sad and lonely sitting on his
porch, blind, till we stepped over
there to give him a hearty hand shake
and cheer him up. We enjoyed our
selves immensely, anyway.
We met Brother Berry and Sister
Annie coming to Fairmont and those
few minutes on the road were all
We saw them, but were glad to find
the other children and little grand
daughter at White Pond.
Corn crops are fine, and velvet
beans have taken possession Of some
farms and completely covered the
corn, peas and peanuts. Cotton is
good on stiff ground but on the san
dy land there is not more than 1-3
or half crop. Potatoes, cane, rice,
soy beans, ETC., are fine and there is
just lots Of the old poisonous weed
to fill all the youths systems wit,
nicotine and plenty Of seed left to
supply the country and draw all the
rich fertility from the land in Robe
son.
| We were sorry to miss the good
revival held by Rev. l. P. Hedgpeth
that had just closed and we didn't
expect to attend any meeting except
prayer meeting and Sunday school
But Rev. Mr.. Walters Of Barnesville
thought he would attend the revival
and when he learned he was too late
he volunteered to preach for us at
o'clock, which was a fine sermon
from WITNESSING for Christ. Ther
we invited him to preach for us al
Raft Swamp, which he agreed to dt
the next 4th Sunday at II o'clock.
A good many Of us, including the
preacher, stepped over to Brother N
J. Pages, where Miss Docia Watson
, presided at the piano and rendered
many beautiful selections. Then We
came on two miles where husband
left Lois, Eunice and myself with ar
old uncle and aunt to visit relatives
and friends a few days before return
ing home; but Baby Kesles refused
to stay, he preferred riding with
father instead of staying with me-
among strangers. Soon we all wen
to see another uncle and aunt where
they stayed till bedtime, and W.
spent the night with theim. EarlyMon
:, day a. m. We started with old auntis
to see her brother-in-law, niece!
! and a nephew who had lost thei
wife and mother after being operat
ed on in Thompson hospital recent
III ly. They have pretty country hom'
; surrounded by beautiful live oal
shade trees, but there was a tree yer,
beautiful which I learned was a ba
mana. They stated that Mr.. Stewar
!, has plenty Of small ones and SOM
bearing and they would bring M
some next winter. His brother live
at the old Miller homestead an,
; hasn't been able to do anything fo
- the last two years. They have S.
many lovely flowers and fine mi]c]
cows and their farms join each 9th
. :, er and make one big plantation JUS
. beautiful to behold.
Your Gaddysville correspondent
= "W. V. b., lives near them and w
h talked with his mother and were gla
+ indeed to learn that he had left tha
n morning for Buies Greek and We
Z be glad to get the news from ther
+ because our daughter has been
"a student there, too.
,rl We could not pass without calling o
st the Misses Gaddy, for their fathe
IS was the last man to sit by my fail
ct er's dying bed and talk to him abo1
J. the joys Of heaven and sing a beal
A. tiful hymn, GLOW firm found;
j. ton, We saints of the Lord, is lai
for your faith in his excellent word
X and then kneel with US almost bro]
re en-hearted children and prav fro
Nd the depths Of his heart that we migl
f. be delivered from temptations, trial
lg cares Of life and all evil and at la
i'd be reunited around the great viii
&c throne in glory. Which we are stri,
IN ing to do. We gaze on their pictur,
IN with love and admiration that Loo
m SO !lfe-like till it seems like thu
W. might speak to US again. They bo1
in lived by the side Of the road al
se were friends to man. When
preached at White Pond, he stat,
that che didn't want to occupv Il
Y, pulpit but was invited by the bret
,e. ren to do So" But we loved him
ne was a Methodist and were gl;
M for him to preach grandfather's fu
= eral and mothers, too. "The nan
Of the wicked shall rot but the nan