The Robesonian., 1917-09-13

Years of age, very diminutive in
size, egotistical in manner, assuming
the airs and dignity often noticeable
in those of short stature, and there
fore, failed to elicit the sympathy
which should have been his due.
Poor little fellow! that memorable
ride was the finale to his visits at
Queensdale, and we never saw him
again.
Just previous to Sherman's raid, a
neighbor of ours had borrowed the
family carriage, large closed We
hicle with the coachman's seat high
up in front. This old gentleman had
lost all of his horses to the raiders,
! including a pair of fine carriage
horses. One day l heard coming up
hill near our home hilarious
sound of voices, laughter, clapping
of hands, interspersed with the com
n&nds "Gee, haw, get up here. Fin
ally the procession appeared to view,
the carriage being drawn by a yoke
of oxen, and driven by my younger
sister and the old gentleman's' young
! daughter, Of the same age, both seat
ed in the drivers box, and having
all the fun imaginable.
l often think Of these two devot-
ed chums, the incarnation Of bouy-
ant life and mischievous spirit. One
journeyed in the bloom Of youth and
beauty to the "Land Of the leal,'
the other fingers mide the shadows
of "the misty lower land" a child
of many sorrows.
Our young people are fitting away
to their various schools and cottages
and some Of our splendid boys to the
training camps.
! Miss Gladys Hamer, Ruth and
Ethel Caddell and Cora and Sarah
Mccormick, also Mr.. Ernest Caddell
have entered the Maxton graded
school. Miss Dorothy York goes to
Carolina college on the 18th, and
Messrs. Lacy Mclean, Angus Stew
art and Colt Wkitlock will enter the
Philadelphus high school on Tues
day, the 11th-a delegation of ter
from the Fork section.
Mr.. Robert McPhail Of Jonesbore
is visiting at the home of his uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. George Whit
lock. He is to join the colors at al
early date.
y Mr.. Tom Caddell, favorite neigh
Dor boy, left yesterday for the train
| ing camp at Columbia, and hi
brother John Caddell has accepted
position with Mr.. J. T. McRae o
Maxton.
Accompanied by my grandson, MI
= Robert McLaurin and Mr. C. J. Nc
Call, made brief but pleasant Wis
it to the McLaurin home in Dillo
4 county last week, motoring by Clit
f Little Rock and Dillon. We sa,
: some fine crops on the route an
/. others not SO good. Many acres 9
r cotton on the lighter lands were al
: flicted with the old-time rust, whic
), was disastrous here before the il
r duction of kainit and potash into tn
It South. In many instances the leave
/ had withered and fallen from tn
e stalks. The disease also has pc
o vaded this section, to a somewh;
= serious extent, doubtless aggrava
n ed by the August drought.
IL Down in Dillon county, where mut
a tobacco is grown, signs Of prosperit
le are apparent, and the number of ne
"a automobiles seen all over the cou
t. try and on the streets Of Dillon We:
e. a revelation. One or two years a.
We the dearth of autos was a noticeab
lr feature in that section and now ev,
r. the white and colored tenantry a
n sporting their new cars.
n Velvet and soy beans were mu
In evidence, great fields of hay 3
rs ter small grain, fields of splenc
he corn, with rarely any fodder stri
W ped from the stalks, patches of f;
ne Irish potatoes and rurn1ps, and up
as the whole refreshing change frt
&c, the former aut >cratic reign Of ''Ki
20 Cotton.
= Home products are receiving d
attention and the tables are suppl
N! mainly from the fruits of the fiel
gardens and orchards, with chicke
Try eggs, milk and butter as supp
ment.
The cotton picking season is
len hand, and the fields are growj
he lively with the hum of MANY voic
re, but our farmers are discouraged
be- reduced prices, after the enorm,
oli- expense Of production.
'rn Mrs. Katy Thompson and Iii
md Billy of Red Springs, are visitors
al our home.
out Mrs. Olmstead, after a pleas
sojourn at jackson Springs, retu
SITS ed home last week.