Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-11-02
FLORENCE LETTER.
(E. b. WobStor)

w iiic puSSillS through lnc lTelSHl
depot on Monday A. NJ, tho clerk
said to me, 1T is here" Good"
said l. 81 will call at the bank and
get tho bill of laden and this after
noon | will come for It," 1t was
freight that l had been expecting II
day or two.
After dinner, about three o'clock
p. Nj. l left home, North Florence, in
search for dray. | met Il drayman
at the intersection of Church and
Evans Street. but no satisfactory ar
| rangement could be made. Conse-
Quently | proceeded up Evans Street
to Dargan and as soon as l looked
down Dargan Street l saw boy with
Il wagon and mule, which l after
ward discovered to be a mule with
! Il wagon and Il boy. for the mule
seemed to be monarch OF all he sur
veyed.
us that public dray," said 1.
eyes. sir" said the boy. How about
handling light load from the A. G.
l.. freight station for me?" I said.
"All right, jump up" said he. Soon
err than said l was on board ready
for travelling. But TO my surprise
and regret Balaam was not ready.
AS soon as the boy frightened the
reigns the mule wilfully and woe
fully crooked his long neck in the
shape OF long neck green gourd,
doubtless with as much grecnneSs
and bitterness in that Cocoanut of
his as is found in an old Alabama
gourd. The boy frightened the lines
but there was nothing doing. Then
the lash was applied, but Balaam
lifted his hind heels, as if to say to
the boy it will be tit for tat.
Then said tho boy, "Profcssor,
stand further back" which did. The
boy then moved some distance from
the mule. near midway the wagon
body, that is, out of the "gunshot of
tho devil" Then he began using the
rod. After creeping Il short distance
the mule decided to mend his gait.
Soon we were at the A. G. l.. freight
station. From then with our load
we made a start for the Scaboard
passenger station. Here We stopped
awhile to the satisfaction OF the
mule.
Let us be going" ! said.
After Il free application Of tho
whip Il start was made. But" said
!, why not go eastward? The train
will soon clear tho crossing" 'No,
sir" said Willie. '"ThiS mule will
not go east, but will continue north"
"rhc Exodus route" said l. "But,
my boy" said |, at is not 4:10 p.
NJ. and l don't object to the northern
route provided you be able to cover
this distance, one-third mile, to my
house before midnight" And down
the road we went. say we, because
| feel as II l was carrying my part
of tho load.
My friends wondered why I rode
under such unfavorable conditions.
80 that my freight might reach
home in safety" said l. Finally, we
reached home and unloadcd and thus
ended the sad experience above.
Misses Mable Pervis and Lillian
Teddcr very much added to the joy
fulness of tho occasion at the A. G.
l.. passenger station recently. The
writer of this article accused each Of
each put il on tho other. "Then,"
, said I, "if he has n claim to both,
know I'll have Il chance
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Miller, N.
Commander Street wish to thank
the many friends and public gcner-
ally for courtesieS and favors shown
them during the illness Of their son,
Eugene Miller, Jr.
Rev. e. d. Wooden, Of Darlington.
S. G. passed through the city recently
enroute to Latta, S. G.
Our old friend, Mr.. Patterson
Brown, was seen on the streets on
Monday for the first time in two
weeks. He thinks that there are
many other articles that II person
may have saved Spanish Influenza.
He said, of sec any one down city
tishing out this disease, please ask
them not to save any for him and
when it came to the other ache, he
is like Bro. Rabbit when they threw
him in the brier patch, saying as that
old cogger, Bye, Bye, Here is where
was bred and born.
Miss Inez Evans, OF Palatka, Fla.
passed here enroute to New York.
Miss Bcrthenia Knox and Miss
Pearl Graham, of Bennettsville, S.
G. passed through the city recently
enroute to Charleston, S. G. Miss
Knox will enter the hospital.
Mrs. Mary Cohens, OF Marion, S.
C. passed through the city recently,
returning from <ingstree, S. c.,
where she witnessed the burial Of
her mother, Mrs. Tenner Congers and
sister Miss Lucille Congers. She said
she felt satisfied OF their conversion
and was not uneasy as to where they
were.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Turner Page
were married at St. Marks Episcopal
Church, Wilmington, NC, Thursday
October "a and passed through Flor
ence cnroute to Mr.. Pages home at
Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Page was
formerly a Miss Chestnut, Of Will
mington, N. G. The Planet Man
wishes for them success and happi-
ness now as they have made new
beginning.
Mr.. Richard Culmer OF Port Tampa
City, Florida passed here to accom-
pany tho body Of Miss Essie Davis
from Philadelphia, Pa. to Port Tam
pa, Fla. She died in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred James passed
through here recently enroute to
Marion, S. G. to visit relatives.
$4,000 ENDOWMENT PAID.