The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-18
WITH AUNT SOPHIA
Raising Foodstuffs-Church News
Notes-Pienty of Cabbage-Beau-
tIful Elaq of liberty

IOoustuAIS-Cnurcn News
Notes-Pienty of Cabbage-Beau-
tlful Flag of Liberty
correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. 6, June love are
having nice rains and hard battles
with grass and weeds, which grow SO
fast that they can almost take DOS,
session Of our fields. We always en-
joyce, planting and hoeing and see
beast, but we are doubly anxious this
time to make everything possible for
fcodstuffs, while prices are soaring
so high till farmers can't buy.
Rev. Mr.. Davis preached fine
farewell sermon at Oak Grove 3rd
Sunday fro mthe subject "The second
coming of Christ" We had learned
to love him and were sorry to part
with him.
Crops are fine in that section con-
sidering the cold weather the little
plants had to endure. Mr.. J. c. Bax-
ley has a real fine crop, as usual,
and the finest garden we've seen this
time. We spent the p. m. with Mr..
Marcus Smiths family. Our son-in-
Iaw and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Mcintyre, were there visiting his sis
ter.
The Sunbeam circle met at Back
| Swamp 4th Sunday p. m. The chill;
dren had been well trained by our
efficient leaders, Mrs. w. R. Tyner
of Raft Swamp and Mrs. w. N. Town
send of Back Swamp. Guess rain
prevented Raynham from being pres
| ent.
We enjoy reading the good letters
by all the correspondents of The Rob-
esonian, but are little partial to
"Aunt Becky.
Oh the horrible war! How we dread
1t! But we want our sons to be no
BILE, true and bold. Everybody ought
to be loyal to the President in this
conflict of war which he can not pre-
vent.
Miss Grace Cain is to be congrat-
; ulated for her good letter on "Going
, to Sunday school," There is nothing
else as important as raising up the
=, children in the way they should go;
and it has always been a source of
= great pleasure ard joy to dress up
D our little folks and take them along
!, to Sunday school, distance of three
miles.
Rev. Mr.. Daily filled his first ap-
( pointment at Raft Swamp Saturday
. and Sunday last. He preached ar
!. excellent sermon on Sunday from the
text "Who satisfieth thy mouth
= with good things SO that thy youth
) is renewed like the eagles" Psalms
d 1895. This whole chapter was com
t mitted to memory in my girlhoot
!. days and the sermon was real inter
esting. Some said his sermon wa
better Saturday. We were indeed
J. sorry we missed it. Rev. Mr.. Mile
!. preached a fine sermon at Bac]
!. Swamp today from the subject o
!. continually abiding with Christ AM
text, "But Jesus said unto them, the
T need not depart" MATTHEW 14:16
! His sermons are too good to mis-
!, but many were absent on account o
i, rain, / guess, and it is still raining
II now about o'clock p. m. Hope wei
= not have floods like we did last sum
\. mer. But if the people will prais
IS the Lord He'll "send the rain in ,du
It season and the earth shall yield it.
increase.
Il After failing to receive cabbag
,e plants from Georgia and Rhode Is
% land, we purchased 200 plants fror
IN Mr.. L. H. Caldwell and received 10
+ plants from Florida and planted fou
papers of Hastings seed. We al
: blessed with a garden of fine cabbag
D now. Yes, it pays to heed the lessor
At eff at first you, don't succeed, tt
ot try again" We can can fru
"a and vegetables So we may enjoy tn
t. winter days housed in with plenty il
er stead of having to worry about whs
to cock. s+-5.'z
- We see so many flags on papel
I and letters till We have to sing
+ Beautiful flag, flag Of the free,
o Happy our homes, shilded by thee,
Ever will sing praises to thee,
Beautiful flag of liberty.
r. Beautiful flag, flag of the brave,
ia Long may stars trumphantly wave
Over the land, over the sea-
Beautiful flag of liberty.
,H There's lots of the old weed tn
cy time.