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I am posting a diary written by my grandfather Henry Newton Cochran s/o George Cochran and Mary G. Weed Gray. I hope that it will help someone and that maybe they will be able to help me learn something about George Cochran my GGF and his ancestors.
William M. Cochran
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THE BIOGRAPHY OF HENRY NEWTON COCHRAN:



COPIED: FROM AND OLD AND WORN DIARY WHICH WAS

       STARTED BY H.N.C. ON MARCH, 19 1907.



Copied by: William M. Cochran, son of Henry Franklin (Frank) Cochran:



Copy completed on September 15, 1992.

   

Original Diary: is in the possession of Harold Franklin Cochran--Son of: Frank Cochran. ( Handwritten by pencil )





Biography-March 19, 1907









   The subject of this sketch being requested to write out a sketch of the ups and downs of his past life, will undertake the same with many misgivings on account of a knowledge of his inabilities and knowing that many who read it will think it egotism. Be that as it may what ever I write will be the truth, so far as it goes.



   I Henry Newton Cochran, was born Dec.15, 1848 at 10:00AM, in the Abbeville Dist. of S.C., on a farm known as the Betsy (Betts ??)Eaton place. My father George Cochran was a native of Edgefield S.C. . My mother's birth place was near my own. They had both had previous marriages. My mother's maiden name was Weed, and first married a man named Gray, at the age of 16.

   There were six children born to the union with father who lived to adult manhood and womanhood. Two girls and four boys, the others died in infancy. I was the youngest of the six.

   My parents immigrated to Campbell County Georgia about the year 1853. They remained here for some twelve months and returned to S.C., where they began to think of their Ga. home and returned back to Campbell Co. about the year 1855.

   The two girls and the two youngest boys being the only ones who still made their home with the Old Folks. Henry was very fond of his mother and nearly a constant companion up to the age of 12 years. To her I owe in great measure the sympathy that I have always felt for my fellow man.

   When the War Between the States broke out I was to young to go, although all of my brothers enlisted and served the confederate cause throughout it's entire duration.

   I after seeing soldiers passing, would think that I would enjoy the camp life, but I had a hard job on my hands taking care of our aging father and mother.

   I often think of the times that I would come home on Saturday and meet my father and mother after a hard weeks work where I had been hired out five or six miles away. Oh how sweet it was to sit down with them to the frugal meal and enjoy the few hours of my stay until Sunday when I had to return to my(hired hand) labor.

   I found many ways of enjoying myself with the boys on the farms where I was employed, and play off pranks of mischief on each other and the members of the household. I will mention a few of them here.

   While at work at L.L. Kidds it was fun for his son Andrew and myself to ride the oxen as we went to and from the field. Many is the time after we had passed over the hill at Antioch Church for one of us to get on the steers them being hitched to the wagon and go galloping off wagon and all to the field over gullies or anything else that might be in our way. These are all pleasant memories that come to my mind. As of now I am writing about something that occurred near our old church Antioch. I will say that some of the most pleasant memories of my life were spent there at Sabbath School under the guidance of Abram Miller and Milton Miles two old fathers that I thought the world of.

   When I was about twelve years old I attended Sabbath School at Antioch and remember a prize was offered, or in other words we were furnished a little green card containing a verse from the Bible for each lesson recited from memory in our catechism. Then for six green cards we were given a red card. When we had received six red cards we could go to the library and buy any book it contained. Hill Harrison and myself were in the same class and were trying to secure a book. On one occasion Sabbath school went over for one Sabbath which gave us two weeks to commit to memory our lesson.

   When Bro. Miller had heard a few sections he closed the Catechism thinking we did not know any further, but we requested him to hold on as we knew more, he heard some more and again closed the book. Saying that he was sure that we did not know any further. We insisted that we did and had him go on until we had recited twenty-four sections each, which with the twelve we had on hand made thirty-six. These twenty-four we memorized at once and called Bro. Miller back to our bench and asked him to hear them which he did and gave us the six red cards that we so much desired in order to get our book. When we had received the six red cards we immediately memorized them and asked him to come back and hear us as we were anxious to carry the books home with us. He did so, and I can see him now in my imagination coming toward us with his arms filled with books from which we could make our selection. You can be sure that we carried those books home filled with glee.

While Brother Frank and I were boys. Father and mother left us home one Sunday to care for things there.

   They had given us permission to cook the old rooster for dinner. We caught him after a long chase and dressed him as best we could and placed him in a pot of boiling water over the fire. We wanted him nice and rich so we hunted up the lard jar and gave him a large dose of lard. On examining the lard more closely we discovered a large quantity of red ants in it. We skimmed them off the water in the pot as best we could and allowed him to boil on. It was so long in getting tender that we concluded to put some soda in to help him tender up. So we pitched in a lot of that article. The water was boiling very rapidly and when the soda struck it , the foam began to form the fat came with a dash.

   Brother Frank gave it a hard blow to settle it and out came a large quid(chew) of tobacco into the pot. We tried to fish it out but it came apart so quick that we failed. It looked very much like a bundle of colored clothes. We ate it.

   While in the employ of Mr. Roberts near Monk Ga.(Father of our W.T. Roberts of Fairburn) Tom as I have always called him had barrels of fun. We generally retired at night about 9:00 PM, and was called at 4:00AM. On Sundays we used to brush up our plow shoes and go hunt strawberries with the girls. I think I saw Tom with his first pair of Sunday shoes.

   One Sunday morning some time in June Tom and I decided to have a little extra fun, so we hied ourselves over to Mr. George Malloy's new ground which was very bushy and weedy. We had heard people talk of staking off grassy farms and we concluded that this one was about as bad as any. We cut several nice stakes from the woods and proceeded to stake off the corn rows in short order. In a few days it was remarked over the community that Mr. Malloy's new ground corn had been staked.

   I tried to persuade Tom to stake off his fathers farm but he refused , saying that we had to work hard enough as it was, and sure enough we did.



   Can I think of my past life



My father and mother and all the strife, without a pang

Could I but call those days,"aback"

And live my life all o'er, in tenderness I'd meet them all

Before loves duty fall



Harsh words and acts of mine should never reach their ears

With open arms I'd bide my time

To smooth declining years



I've one life only here to live

God help me blessings give

And guide me as I tread the path

That leads to thee at last



God bless me now, oh bless the day

And guide my feet aright

At all times from day to day

That I may see the light

As thou hast given



God bless the heart that

Yearns my love

And help me know just how



To meet them all above

Before thy Throne to bow

And as I write to you this line

My thought revert to fleeting time

That soon will pass and be no more

And let us enter the open door

-Death-



Referring again to the war time, I enjoyed visiting the soldiers in their camps and seeing them perform their camp duties. A party of Confederates came to our house one evening and asked my father if he would like to have four extra mules, which he accepted with thanks. Early next morning they returned and took the mules saying that they wanted them for some prisoners to ride. My father protested but to no purpose for they did not seem to care anymore than a big boy taking candy from a small one.

   Capt. Shannon camped near our house with his raiders. He appeared to be a very nice man himself but some of his men were very rough and did not regard truth or honesty very strictly.

   Grandma McClure had a strip of syrup cane down on the creek that they made themselves perfectly free with. On one occasion while they were cutting and slashing the cane one of the (Colored) farm hands came along and one of the soldiers borrowed his knife to cut cane. After he had kept it for awhile Perry asked him for his pocket knife. Oh said he, "I gave it to that fellow there". Perry called on him and got the same answer, I gave it to that fellow there. Perry soon discovered that his knife was gone and went on his way without it.

   I aided my father to secret many articles for Grandma McClure, a bee gum here, and a middling of meat there, and a basket of clothes in another place, and so on. My father secreted(I was told) the garments that Mrs. McClure was to be buried in. It was a beautiful black silk suit made after the fashion of that day and time. She showed me the tree (a Columbia popular) that she said she planted the twig of to make her coffin. When I saw it last it was 50 or 60 feet tall. I do not know whether her request was carried out or not. While Capt. Shannon was camped near there, his cook selected two sweet gums, for a shade in the calf lot at the back of the garden. They stood some 10 or 12 feet apart. After the cook had got his fire started and began his cooking, he spied Grandma coming to him. You can hardly imagine his surprise, when she came up and accused him of breaking into her smoke house. Why, said he, you are certainly mistaken my good woman. I assure you that I have not been about your smokehouse. Yes, you have and I can prove it and will report you to your Captain.. My dear Madam you have never been more mistaken in your life. I would certainly never bother your smokehouse. I can prove it sir, just look up there and she pointed a finger up among the green branches of the trees. The cooks surprise was great at her first approach but it could not be compared to what it was now, for on looking up to where she was pointing, he saw a large middling of meat hanging on a pole between the two trees. After all had a hearty laugh the meat was taken down and Grandma went on her way rejoicing.

   Very many amusing as well as vexing incidents occurred with us during those trying times. They would turn their stock in on our oat fields and gather our corn or anything else suited to their tastes.

Such is war.



   Just before the end of the Civil War, being at the age(16yrs.) brought me under the Conscript Laws, and I was often approached by the enrolling officers to go to the "front". I expected to be forced to go so I began making preparations to leave home. Shoes and equipment, generally were scarce. I purchased a pattern of shoe leather for which I paid $22.50. I got John Hardy a shoemaker to make them I paid $5.00,(cost of shoes $27.50).

   Just before I completed my preparations, some decisive battles were fought between the contending armies, and I was advised not to go as the war was nearing a close. Which took place soon after.

   The generation that has grown up since the surrender of the Southern Forces cannot fully realize the deplorable condition that everything was in. Farms had grown up, houses had gone to ruin, stock was poor and scarce, provisions of all kinds were not to be had at any price. The Yankees as they were called, furnished a limited amount of provisions to those who would comply with the regulations, and go to the large towns after it, which consisted of a few pounds of salt pork, coffee, flour, etc.

   Many of the Southern people were too proud, or stubborn to comply with the requirements and done the best they could otherwise.

   In the year of 1866, I and my brother Frank cultivated a crop at Dr. Hulsey's, we bought shoulder meat in the Spring for which we gave a pound of lint cotton, in the Fall(as I remember it was$ .22 1/2 cents per pound.

   The dirt floors of the smokehouses were dug up and placed in hoppers similar to ash hoppers and water was poured on and the drippings were boiled down until it crystallized into salt. It was very yellow and had a strong taste. How would you like to eat butter and such salted with such salt?

   These are only a few of the make-shifts incident to a cruel, cruel war.



   Will the reader pardon me for relating the following experiences which to me were the happiest days of my religious life. Are all happier when God first appears to them with a free pardon than they ever are afterward?

   During the summer of 1866 there was a protracted Baptist meeting in progress at Mount Vernon, conducted by Bro. Spencer Harvey. I was very anxious to attend but for two reasons was prevented from doing so in the daytime. First I was compelled to work in order to get something to eat. Second I had no clothing to wear that would admit of me appearing in public.

   I had endeavored from my childhood to raise my feeble voice(perhaps without my heart) to our unseen and unknowable God. While I would pray to him for his love and forgiveness, I would continue the same acts which he had forgiven, and still worship the earthly idols that excluded his love. During the Summer in question I had applied myself more fully to a true understanding of his word. I soon found that my heart was too full of the things of this world to admit God's Grace to enter. I selected a secluded spot and would go everyday to plead with God to accept my heart and at the same time allow me to retain my idols and enjoy the pleasures I so much loved, but each time his Spirit would only close the door of my heart and retreat, as it refused to keep company with those that were within.

   I soon came to know if I was to have God's Spirit to dwell with me I must make room for his abode. In this as in matters pertaining to this world I began to make room by casting out those things I cared the least for. After each casting out I would extend the invitation or request for his Spirit to come and dwell in my heart, with the same result, no relief.

   I would continue to leave off those things that I found contrary to the word of God, and pray for him to accept my heart but the burden would still press me down, as before. At last I had given up all but one ideal that I was loth to part with and to this one I would cleave asking to be permitted to come to his Throne and bring my idol with me. But the answer was always the same, No other Gods before me. Finally in despair I gave it up also and his Spirit came and made a feast in my heart, and I had joy that was inexpressible.

   During all the time of my pleading with God, through the Summer of 1866 my brother would ask me, what was the matter that caused me to be so glum, as he expressed it. I had always been of a cheerful and jolly disposition and he could not understand why I refrained from my fun.

   As I before stated before the protracted meeting was now in progress at Mt. Vernon and I wished very much to attend, but I had no suitable clothes to wear, so I would go at night and take a seat in the back part of the house so as to be in the dark as much as possible while I enjoyed the services so much. I had other trials to contend with here. Those who did not know the real cause of me taking a back seat thought that I was there to do mischief, and again when the invitation was given for the mourners to come forward to the mercy seat I was held back by the thought of my clothing not being fit to appear among them. For a while this appeared to be sufficient reason to remain away, but before long God soon told me that whoever is ashamed of him before men he would be ashamed of before the holy angels. So my dilemma was almost as bad as at the first and a few nights later the desire was so great that I could resist it no longer. Go forward I must any way and I felt greatly relieved, but now came the real tug of war again, for when the door of the church was opened and the invitation given to those who felt it a duty to unite with the church and live with the people of God, the devil informed me that if I did I would have to be baptized and that I had no change of clothes so I had better stay away. With tears running down my face and my whole being consumed with emotion I kept my seat as best I could, but it was very hard to do with the Spirit pleading for me to go forward, Saying my Grace is sufficient for thee. I got up and left the house and went out into the dark with as heavy a heart as it is possible for anyone to carry. I went to my secluded place and poured out my whole soul to God, but the burden was almost unbearable.

   The next evening when it came time for me to go to church, the devil again presented himself with the argument, if you go to church tonight you will not be able to resist the pleading of the spirit, and you will join the church, and then won't you be in a pretty fix? You can't be baptized unless you have a change of clothes. So wait until another time.

   I had been reading in a book (Jay's Commentaries) where a verse from the Bible was given and an essay or sermon was presented from it. I got this book thinking that I could find an excuse that would justify me staying away from church under such conditions as surrounded me. I seated myself and opened the book on my lap feeling almost sure that I had a reasonable excuse for staying away.

   If a knife had been stricken into my body the shock would not have been any greater than what was presented to my view. The text was this:

Give glory to the Lord your God before he causes darkness(Jeremiah XIII, verse 16). As soon as I could control my feeling I got up and went with an aching heart to the grove where I fell down on my face before God. I don't remember how long I remained there, but I know it was too late to go to church that night. So I retired for the night with a very heavy heart again. The next evening my heart was so heavy that life seemed a burden to me. I resolved to go to church regardless of my surroundings. No one who has not had such a personal experience can ever tell how I felt that night.

    When the invitation was given for the mourners to come to the mercy seat I went forward and it seemed to me that I was looked upon as an imposter for I could not think that they realized how bad I felt, or they would have come to sympathize with me more than they did.

   When the door to the church was opened I went forward and gave my hand, but I did not feel like that I could tell as encouraging an experience as I could have the evening before, but I told enough for them to accept me and I made arrangements to attend the meeting for the rest of the week.

   I fully believe that I was on trial and my failing to make the sacrifice that God had required of me has caused me to suffer more or less from that day to this. Although my heart was made lighter and felt as if every body was a Christian, and would not dare to do a wrong act. Alas, how much I was mistaken, I have found that every body who claims to be a Christian is not good.

   I had just about halfway whipped the devil, but he renewed the attack from another quarter. He now told me that there was no God for if there was the miracles which were spoken of would still be done today, and this got me all torn up again. There was a very bad cripple in the community, who had attended the meetings. The devil told me that if I had been converted and if there was a God he would help me heal him. This worried me for the balance of the week, so much that I couldn't hardly tell what I was doing. My religious life has been a very rough one, and I often feel like I was in "The Sloth of Despond". I have some times been in the brush so bad that it appeared a hopeless case. but through God's mercy I still have a hope.

   I will mention later on in the narrative incidents as they may occur of an interesting nature in my life.



   In the fall of 1868 I was employed with Mr. John Fowler on the farm of Dr. Paul Harnsby. Here I met the orphaned daughter of a Mr. Martin Owens. I don't remember her mother's name. After a few months of a very pleasant acquaintance I asked her to become my wife and on the 5th day of January 1869 we were married by the Rev. George R. Moore and my Sweethearts name was changed from Miss Matilda Chatfield Owens to Mrs. Matilda Chatfield Owens Cochran.

   Soon after our marriage we moved, I say moved, as we certainly had little to move. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that we went to live on the farm of Mr. William Wilkerson near Palmetto.

   Our belongings were about as follows: One cheap home made bedstead. One small table-bought on credit. a pot, a skillet, andirons, a set of knives and forks, one set of plates, and cups and saucers, two chairs-borrowed, a shoulder of meat-borrowed, a few quilts, a small feather bed, and a very small amount of wearing apparel. We did not even have a table cloth or a straw tick. After a few months we went back to my mother's, my father having died on the 2nd. of January, 3 days before our marriage(1-2-69). During the balance of the year I did a great deal of ditching and job work. While clearing a parcel of land on the Blocker place for Thos Nix I had the misfortune to stick a small twig in my eye. It was about the size of a large knitting needle and something like 3/4 in. in length. It was entirely out of sight above the eye ball. It was very painful.

   We made a fairly good crop in 1870 on the Nix farm. I would carry the cradle out in the field and place our first born in it while we worked the crop. She was born on the 20th. November 1869(11-20-1869) precious and was a great pleasure to us ,[ Viola Alvanono she was then our "Val"].

   It will be remembered that our earthly belongings were very limited so we had to live very economically. Mr. Nix furnished us with a limited amount of supplies up to the last working over of our crop. When he with drew his support and we were left upon our own resources, which were very short. I was told that he was in the habit of doing this to cause the tenant to be compelled to leave his crop to work for rations and he would come in and finish it and claim the crop. I was barefooted and short of clothes. I went to Palmetto to try to get a small advance until I could finish my crop. I went to Parker Halarman and told him my situation. He said he had no meat or he would let me have it. I told him that I would finish my crop if I had to do it on pine resin. I went to Capt. Levi Ballard and asked him if he knew me well enough to sell me a pair of shoes on credit. He said No, without even looking up from his desk. Of course I came home feeling very low spirited, but determined to finish my crop, at all hazards, which I did.

   I did not care to start another crop where I had been so badly treated, so I made arrangements to make a crop for another year (1871) on the farm of Mr. G. L. Thompson near Mt. Vernon Church, where our time was spent much more pleasantly. I can think to this year with pleasure that is hard to describe. So much for a good neighborhood.

   We moved to the farm of N.W.G. Kelly in the winter of 1871, and made a crop there in the year of 1872. Where our second daughter Mary Oleana was born on the 7th. of November 1872 (11-7-1872).

   The people in the community were a kindly disposed set, but were of a lawless disposition, generally well acquainted with the Revenue Department. We were often awakened at night by the tramp of horses and persons on their way to and from the illicit distilleries in the woods. Many near the farm where the "Cold Lake" is situated, and where Joe Maff(colored) was murdered, and met a watery grave in this lake. Bud Moody, Bud Rodgers, Dick Harris (all white) and a Negro named Beavers(?) were arrested and tried for murder.

   An illicit still is a curse to any community.

   For the winter of 1873, I contracted to work for Mr. Kelly for the sum of $ 250.00 .

   Scenes that were enacted through this community during those two years can never be erased from my memory: horses were stolen, money was stolen, and various other unlawful acts that would not be proper to record here.

   I will relate a little incident that occurred while we lived here that almost makes me shudder yet, when I think of it. One day while Tilda (my wife) had gone to a neighbors house. I concluded to cut a large pine tree that grew in the yard near the house. Our oldest daughter(Ola) was in the house asleep on the bed. I had proceeded with my work until the tree began to give away and to my dismay I discovered that it was going to fall across the house where our Babe was sleeping. I threw my axe up against the tree and with all the strength I could command I pressed it in the other direction. For a few seconds(it appeared like hours to me) the tree was balanced. My strength was giving away and the thought of my little Babe in the house rushed through my mind like a whirlwind. I tried to think of what I could do and I finally decided to turn (though it seemed foolish) and run through the house and try to get out the other door with her. About the time I arrived at this conclusion a very light wind caught in the top of the tree and I could feel it give away, and I made a supreme effort in my pressure, and to my great joy found it going the other way from the house. I was so weak that I fell down on the trunk of the tree, or log, and let my heart rise in silent prayer to God for saving my Baby. I think till yet that the force I applied kept it on balance till the light breeze that came along decided in my favor, could you ever forget it? An other incident just the reverse in my feelings occurred while we lived here. A Mr. Taylor and I concluded to dress a small beef and start to Atlanta about sundown. We thought by doing so we could get a better price next morning. We hooked up Mr. Taylor's steer and away we went on our way. We went up to the river road to Eutah Creek when the ox stopped to take a blow before climbing the long hill. It seemed only a few minutes when Mr. Taylor said, Henry, Henry, are you asleep? I awoke with a start and he asked me how long we had been there. I told him I did not know. He was sitting on the seat and I was laying on the brush that covered the beef. We had been asleep so long that the grey steaks of the East were beginning to show. We only had time to make a hasty drive into Atlanta where we found that we could not sell the beef until after 9:00 AM.

   When we moved next, we moved to the farm of Mr. L.P.(?) Hudson's and farmed on shares with W.J. Fowler (a brother-in-law). Owing to a misunderstanding in regard to a valentine, we had a fight, and agreed to arbitrate our difference. Mr. George Cook and Mr. John Mason were chosen to decide what was due me for my part of the crop, and I again took my duds and started. We now took up job work again, on the land of Mr. E.M. Nolan.

   In the fall we moved onto the land of Mr. James R. Phillips, Where our first Baby boy was born on March 4, 1875 (Edgar Love). We made a good crop here and had a very nice time for the most part of the year 1875.

   I had a desire to own a small farm and home of my own, and I made a trade with my Brother Felix for 25 acres of land on the back of his farm. (where we are now living in 1907 and also in 1917 ).

   We moved to a little house on Brother Georges farm, and cultivated part of his land and a part of the land I bought. This was in the year 1876, during the fall of this year we moved into the little house we called our own, that I had built durning the year. I set out a small cedar bush here that fall that is now 30 feet high (4-7-1907).

   One night after we had retired our baby boy Edgar became violently ill from some cause, and in my hurry to make a light, I ran over the cradle and fell in the floor very hard. My shins struck the edge of the cradle and when I fell over it my weight threw the cradle backward causing the skin on my shins to peel off in flakes like the bark of a peachtree. I don't think it proper to write all I said on this occasion.

   On April 13th. , 1878 our third daughter Lillie Eulalia and a baby boy were born. I am sorry to say, we did not have the pleasure of raising the boy. Lillie I suppose would have weighed 2 1/2 pounds. We had to nurse her on a pillow.

   Well, Brother Felix wished me to let him have the land back, as he said he could sell it to a better advantage with the balance of the farm. Well as I wished to please him I let him have it and I took a four year lease.

   After my lease ran out, we moved to a farm around by Mr. F. M. Collins, called "California". We moved there on January 5th. , 1881. The first year we cultivated a crop and gave a 3rd.&4th. . The next year Mr. Collins furnished me a mule and I gave him half. The next year Mr. Collins hired me at $ .75 a day. I then bought the farm for $750.00 cash and 8% on the money (?). I bought his mule, wagon, farm tools, corn, fodder etc. all on credit and I was $60.00 in debt besides. I gave my notes to the amount of $1268.45. It took me ten years to pay for all of this and clear myself of debt. I wish to say right here and emphasis that F. M. Collins was the best friend I ever had. I was sick and unable to work, and he came to my house and gave me money to live on until I could get out again. God Bless Him.

   I paid Mr. Collins all I owed him and all that I owed anyone else and got the deed to my farm, which was a great satisfaction.

   I sold Mr. J.T. Maddox 60 acres of the land which became an eyesore to our peace and happiness for a number of years.

   After Brother Felix had placed his farm in the hands of a loan association he finally lost it, and it passed through the hands of Brother George, J.W. Eskew, and J.T. Haskins who became so invalued that he could not pay the interest. He sold my son Edgar 1/2 of his interest for $250.00. Edgar afterwards bought the other 1/2 interest and gave me $500.00 for it

   When I bought back the 60 acres that I had sold to Maddox, and he went to Texas. When Maddox first bought the 60 acres he paid $620.00 for it. When I bought it back I paid him-or his wife $330.00 cash.

   We had a great deal of sickness in our family for a number of years. Tilda (Matilda) was sick for 2 1/2 years and down in the bed for 10 months. She died at 12:10 on the 24th. of June, 1899.

   She passed away as peacefully as a baby going to sleep.

   I think her death was hastened by exposure, waiting on Edgar and Dock. I forgot to say that our son Henry Henly(Dock) was born August 16, 1881. He was apparently as healthy a child as I ever saw for two weeks. He then went into spasms and was at the point of death for a long time. He averaged a dose of medicine during the day and night every 1/2 hour for 10 or 12 days. After which he was as limp as a piece of pliant leather for several years. He was never able to walk or use his left hand. His memory was of the best, but he was never able to learn his letters. I think the main problem was his eyes, he could not focus them on anything close to him.

   As he was unable to help himself, this mother was very much devoted to him and often done more for him than she was able. Again while I was in Fairburn selling guano she tried to take my place doing the chores around the house of mornings and evenings. So that Edgar would not have so much to do when he came in from his work in the field. Thus she often over worked and exhausted herself more than she should have done.

   All of her children were very much devoted to her while she was down sick. Sometime before, she told me that she knew what was coming, and would talk of it as if she was going on a journey somewhere. She thanked me for my kindness to her during her sickness, saying that she was glad my health had permitted me to wait on her so well.

   Only a few moments before she died, she raised her arms and placed them about my neck. In a little bit they dropped to the bed, and she was never able to raise them again for her soul had flown to her God.

   So peaceful may I go when he calls me-So may it be.

   Sometime after Tilda was Shrouded, Dock crawled up to where she was lying and called for the flybrush to keep the flies off her. Some weeks after she had been placed in the cemetery he was up there with me and he crawled up to her grave and sat there with an expression on his face that I can never describe. His devotion to her was almost superhuman. Sometime after Tilda's death Dock was taken sick with the Typhoid fever, and was sick for quite a while. Edgar, Lillie and myself waited on him by dividing the night into three watches. Edgar and Lillie gave me the first part of the night. So my time to sit up was from 1 or 2 till daylight.

   I am requested to record a funny little incident that occurred while I was sitting with Dock one night. I was sitting in a rocking chair leaning back. I Raised my feet a little higher than the chair could stand, it turned over and as my feet passed the bureau they cleaned the things off the bureau and I landed in the corner of the room with a crash. The noise alarmed Edgar and Lilly and Dock so much that it took sometime to get them to realize what had happened. When they did we had a hearty laugh and gathered up the spoils.

   We all thought that Docks chances to recover were slight. The doctor said that the good care we had given him was what brought him through.



   For a long time after my wife left me, I thought I would not marry again, but I was so lonely that my life held no pleasure in store for me. So after giving the matter serious thought I concluded if I could get some one to share my lot and help me while a way the lonely hours I would do so.

   Edgar and Lillie had both married and I was made still more lonely for I had no one but Dock to look to for company. Edgar was still living in the house, but him and Maimie would prefer to be to themselves most of the time which was reasonable. I was used when needed and then cast aside until needed again.

   I never thought when I was raising my children, idolizing them, sitting up with them when they were sick, fearing that they would be taken from me, and my anxiety so great that I could not sleep; no never thought that someday they would discard the devoted father that had cared so much for them. I had slaved myself in cold, in hot, in rain and in storm to raise them in a way that they could enjoy an honorable position in society.

   I wish to make one statement here that will perhaps be considered out of place, but I am forced to do so in self defense and to make this Biography complete.

   When Ola was married I gave my consent reluctantly, but told them that instead of loosing a child, I wanted them to consider that I had gained one. I done everything in my power to make life as pleasant for them as my circumstances would permit. They cannot truthfully deny it. I will speak further of her later on.

   Mary Oleana married very much against my will but when I found that I could not prevent it, I gave in and told her that I would do all I could for them, which I have done. She was taken off to Texas out of revenge caused by the influence of others who used her as a tool to embarrass and mortify me-such is life.

   As Edgar was the only strong boy that I had, I was very much devoted to him, and told him that I would never be able to do as much for him as I wished. So I would try to place him in a position to do for himself. I set him free at the age of 19, and continued to board him till he was 26, and did not charge him a cent. He often had hands employed that ate at my table at no cost to him. I finally said to him that I would like to do more for him, but the rent on the farm would not pay it, and I thought that he ought to pay me enough to cover the cost of his rations. After contending with me about it, he agreed to pay me $3.00 per month for his board. This was in the Summer before he was married. He did some work some work on my house helping me paint etc. and in the fall I offered to pay him the $20.00 I owed him for his work. He said as he was going to live there with me, he would not charge me for the work. I then answered him by telling him that I would give him his board bill which was $18.00. I will say more of him later.



   I often informed my children that if I ever married that it would be because of the treatment that they gave me. It was not my intention to marry as I had Dock my crippled boy to look after. I did not think I could ask anyone to help me look after him as I wished it done. So I expected to devote my time and attention to him.

   Well I suppose that God did not intend for me to remain so. At least the way I felt about it was enough to cause me to want a change.

   Lillie my youngest daughter left me and married. Edgar and his wife were in the house with me. I was more lonely than ever. I was not only recognized as a nuisance in my own house. I did not have a change of bed clothes for my bed or Docks, and what there was, was of poor quality.

   I informed my children that I was going to marry and that the woman that I brought here would be the mistress of my house. This was very much opposed by the children. It was expected for me to give up what I had to them, and then I could have done the best I could.



   On the 15th. of September, 1901, I married Mrs. A.C. Freeman a widow 30 years of age. I brought her to my house where I soon saw that she was going to be treated in a very unsatisfactory manner. She was snubbed, she was treated with indifference, and contempt in my own home.

   As it is not often that two distinct families can live in the same house in a satisfactory manner, so we found it in this case. As I owned the house, I felt I was entitled to it's benefits. I told Edgar that he would have to look for another home and make arrangements for his future. I thought I was right then and I think so yet. I told them that I expected to protect the woman that I made my wife. I still expect to do so as long as I live, If she remains true to me and I believe she will.

   I was very sorry that we could not live in harmony, But I was cut off there as anyone would cut off a limb from a tree, and I was left to do the best I could without love or encouragement.

   Charley Short said that my marriage would be alright till the novelty wore off, well, perhaps it will but it has not wore off yet, and I hope it never will.

   As I have been left to shift for myself, while I live, I will also leave to shift for themselves, when I am gone. If they do say that " there will not be as much left of De and the little Babes as the little boy shot at". I have done more for them than I will ever be able to do for the little ones that I have now. God bless them and show them their error.



   On the 24th. day of July, 1902, the first little boy, Hayne Maxwell was born, 10 months and nine days after our marriage.

   Dock was taken sick the first day in July, and required a great deal of attention. He was down at the time one month. Lillie had come back with a young Babe at her breast and among it all anyone may know I had a rough time.

   I wonder if my older children have forgotten this?

   Ola, do you remember the Sunday you were there, while Doc and Hayne were sick and you and Lillie did not offer to help me care for them? Do you remember how your children would come in and wake the Baby after I had got him down to sleep?

   Oh, how heavy my heart is made when I think how ungrateful you all have been to me.

   I placed Dock in the cabin where I could give him my whole attention. I did not even plant a crop for 11 months and a few days. I remained with him, and no tongue time can tell what a time I had with him. Except for 3 nights when I was too sick to be with him I gave him all the care a mother could. I had 22 changes of clothes for him as he had to be stripped often, most of the time 2 to 3 time each day and night. Often when I would strip him and his bed it would be to do over again in 15 minutes. I could not get anyone to wash his clothes, so I had to do it myself.

   Children, do you remember this?

   Ola, do you remember that Dock begged you for a year to come and take him down to your house for a few days? Don't you remember he would ask you not to forget him. Do you remember that the day he died you were at Clark Campbell's on a visit and Dock looking for you to come so he could see you? He would ask me every few minutes to go and look for you. I at last told him that I reckoned you had forgotten him and he said that he reckoned you had. This was the last time he ever mentioned your name.

   Ola, do you think I felt very bad? I certainly did. How many garments did you repair or wash for him? Did any of you ever help me care for him? Yes, Edgar came over there after John Cochran had gone to him and talked to him about it. Yes Edgar, came over and asked me to let the past be the past and that you would come and help me strip Dock when you could get off. You helped me strip him several times during his last days.

   Perhaps the reader will think what has been written is an exaggeration but I could never tell it if I tried for pages.

   Dock breathed his last, and the hands that had tended him through his affliction helped with Edgar to dress him for the grave. Perhaps those who were afraid to touch him will need help. I will help them if I can, which I have already done for some of them.

   Now this is not all, do any of you remember that De's sister Susie was taken sick at our home the first of June 1902- to be exact it was the 3rd. day of June and lay sick there for 5 months nearly. How many of you came to my assistance then? How many of you gave your sympathy through all of this?

   I must say that Lee and Floy rendered valuable aid, as little as they were in assisting me to wait on Dock.

   Mr. Short do you remember telling anyone that one of your girls would never wash him?

   Well, I feel that I have done my part throughout all of this and am willing to account to my God for myself. Now, I solemnly ask, are you willing to do this?

   So, may Gods Spirit come into our hearts and soften them, that we may think of each other as we ought to think.

   My heart has been as some one hungering and thirsting, but when I came to drink it was a myth.

   Oh, that God would show them how much I have loved them, and show them how they have made my heart ache.

   Yes, children you have snubbed the little woman that I call my wife, and it has been her desire to be on good terms with all of you. Her and her children have been very kind to me, much more so than my own Grandchildren have been.

   I now leave the whole matter with them, for each to decide for himself or herself, whether I or they have been right.



   On the 7th. of October, 1905 I sold my house to Robert Cook for $2500.00, and bought 10 acres from Edgar in the North West corner of the 100 acres that I had sold to him. This is the third time I have owned this place.

   I paid him $25.00 an acre for the 10 acres just because it was Edgar, and I did not want to do him (??? ), owing to the misunderstanding between us, it has given me a great deal of trouble.



   In the fall of 1906, I bought the Thomas place for $400.00, and while I was working there I cut my foot very bad and would have bleed to death if I had not corded my leg very tight.

   During the fall I built a four room house there by myself, rooms 14' x16'.



August the 14th of 1907, I have just sold 50 acres of the Thomas place to Asbury Styles $ 850.00, and I have given him 9 years to pay for it. I hope he will do well. If it is not all paid while I live, I want the parties who hold the notes to give him a reasonable chance to pay them off.

   On account of outside parties influence Asbury Styles wanted to cancel the trade, so I burnt his notes and received the land back. Asbury again bought the Thomas place in December of 1907, and was persuaded off in January of 1908. So much for meddlers.

   Edgar has moved to Fairburn and left me after I had bought the 10 acres for a house, so I could be near him.

   He refused to permit me to sell the 10 acres, without I would give him the first of the money I got for it, as he has the right of refusal to purchase it at a discount of 25%. I was forced to take this kind of a deed as I had done put up my buildings on it. He had taken this advantage of me when I could not help myself. What of that for a son to a father. If he thinks more of a few dollars than he does of a father's love, so be it.

   Ola has moved to Fairburn, she did not even tell me she was going to move. I have been deserted by my former children and will have to go down to my grave without their love and companionship. As they have thus treated me while I was living, I do not want them to have anything to do with my body after my death.

   De, Ola and myself went to New Decatur Alabama the last week of August, 1907 to see Lillie, she was lying at the point of death with consumption. She died the 7th. of September, 1907.

   Lillie gave Eloise her youngest daughter to my wife De. But as we thought it best to do so, we gave her back to T.H. Northcutt about the middle of December (12),1907, and I took her down to J.C. Northcutt's where she has remained up to the present time.

   It was my desire for her and Elvine to be raised together.

   Lillie is buried in Alabama.

   We all have our trials in this world.



March 1st.,1908, I am at home by myself today, De and the children have gone to Mr. Russell Daily's. I am very lonesome and tired. I saw Edgar and his family go by today in his surrey.

   I am going to send him a Birthday card on the 4th. with this verse in it:

If I knew you, and you knew me

If both of us could clearly see

And with our enter sight divine

The meaning of your heart and mine

I am sure that we would differ less

And clasp our hands in friendliness

Our thoughts would pleasantly agree

If I knew you and you knew me



   It has always been my desire to be on the best of terms with Edgar and all my children-Amen.



Weep not for me as you stand around my grave

When I am gone

When I am gone

Plant me under a tree that may wave over me

When I am gone

When I am gone

No one will ever care for me

When I am gone

When I am gone

The one to whom I give my heart and hand ( De )

Will she care for me

When I, am gone

When I am gone

If I knew that she'd care for me

When I am gone

When I am gone

Oh, how my heart would leap for joy now.



   A few days previous to December 25, 1904, my wife De sent by John Cochran to Fairburn, Ga. for a little present to be given to me on Christmas morning and he called on my friend Dr. J.T. Longino for assistance in the selection of the article to be given. Which was ink pool in a stand that resembled an old fashioned candle stick more than anything I could compare it to. So I was so very much amused at the thing and it was at my wife's discomfiture that I concluded that I would have some fun out of the transaction. Therefore I inquired and found out my friends Birthday and wrote the following lines and enclosed it with the ink stand and a small piece of candle and sent it to Atlanta and had it sent by express to Fairburn for my dear friend John who is a jolly whole souled fellow.

Friend John

As you sit up late at night

And read your book, you need a light

Accept this stick, the candle too

And use them well what'er you do



They'll help you when your work is done

And one more day of life is run

And you take your seat somewhere to rest

Oh, think of me and do your best.



I hope again when life is o'er

And you shall work and rest no more

That , then your place in Heaven above

May be one of joy, gladness and love



   Ola, has not been to my home on a visit in 8 years.

   I wrote the following lines on a Birthday- post card and sent it to Ola (N.A. Short) on her 40th. Birthday, the 20th. of November, 1909. She was born on Saturday evening, November the 20th, 1869, at a little log cabin on the Thomas Nix farm in Campbell county, Georgia.



On future years when this you see

Read it o'er and think of me

Think of me whose heart has bled

And will be numbered among the dead



As the heart that bled as it thought it o'er

Of the love t''was lost to come no more

Now I've preserved those lives to you

That God may bless what,er you do



Oh, happy, happy may you be

What'er you do or think of me

And when we both our God shall see

May you love old H.N.C. once more



   Ola wrote me a post card and said she was coming soon, but she has not been yet- this is December 5, 1909.

She has not been to my home on a straight visit in several years.

   December, 21 1910-she has not come yet.

   July, 21 1911- she has not come yet.

   December, 1913- she has not come yet.

   April, 8 1917- she has not come yet.

   January, 24 1918- she has not come yet.



Personal to Edgar-1909



   I prepared two post cards as follows for Edgar on Christmas.



No.-1, was a beautiful lake scene, in an oblong square frame on the front, with a bunch of holly and red berries with the words, "Season's Greetings", in the upper right corner.

   On the address blank I wrote:

To: E.L. Cochran

From: His aging father

   On the message blank I wrote:

All hail the power of Jesus name

And bless the day of days

To children one and all-the same.

Peace on earth, good will he says.

I love you now as in my youth

God bear me witness, I tell the truth

So may it be-Amen



No-2: On card it was written on the address blank:

To: E.L. Cochran

From: His aging father

On the message it was written:

God let this message

From father to son

A record make

A victory won

Let truth prevail

To thy name all hail

The praise on Christmas day

The front was a golden background with a pretty bunch of roses and leaves. Beneath was a verse on a white background, as follows:

With the heartiest affection

I am sending you today

Warmest greetings, truest wishes

A card can ever convey.



   With the cards was enclosed the following verses, written by me to my Dear son Edgar:

I breathed the air that God has given

To man on earth below

I'm nearing the port I hope it's Heaven

I'll reap a harvest from the seed I sow



Sixty-one years I,ve breathed this air

How will this year, with all it's cares

Pass with me, I'll watch and wait

From the 15th of Dec 48



Perhaps another Birthday I'll never see

Will my children think of me

I hope atlast to get a thought

Without it's being dearly bought

But I must wait another year

Upon it's wings I'll shed a tear

And wait with anxious longing eyes

(if it ever comes)



The day that I was 61

I thought the day had surely come

I looked forward to it with joy

I only got a card from Floy



Now Edgar I hope your life may be

Just like a green growing tree

As it waves it's leaves in the sunlight given

Waft you soul to the realms of Heaven



A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL



Weep not for me when I am gone





   I prepared several post cards for Ola and sent them to her in an envelop, but forgot to make a record of them till they had been mailed to her.



   Sunday, December, 26th 1909 Some time during the summer of 1909, I saw a short item in the Home&Farm, paper of someone wanting to buy a small farm and wrote to the party, and it brought about a correspondence between myself and Mr. J.C. Pritchard of Mausor (??) North Carolina, who came to see me, and after he went back home, he wrote me again, saying he wanted my place, and finally came to my house and bought it for $1250.00--$750.00 in cash and $500.00 in three payments with interest at 8% per annum. he moved in and took possession on yesterday the 25th.

   Several envious persons tried very hard to persuade Mr. Pritchard not to purchase my place but to buy one from them.

   If there is a hell it will be inhabited by just such low down scoundrels as they surely are.

   December, 30 1909 Edgar L Cochran made me a Quit Claim Deed to the 10 acres where I now live. There-by releasing E.L. C. of his claim of refusal in and to the premises. He wrote me a note and sent with the Title as follows:

January, 1st. 1910

Mr. H.N. Cochran

Fairburn, Ga.

Dear Father:

   Enclosed you will find Quit Claim Title, self explanatory. Please accept it as I give it with my sincere love and affection, begging your pardon for all of my misgivings, hoping for you and your family a happy and prosperous New Year (1910). I am yours forever. Edgar



These two pages are dedicated to the communications here-on which I hope may be read with pleasure in years to come.

Yours for peace and happiness---H.N.C.



January, 5th 1910

E.L. Cochran

My Dear Son



I have just received yours of January 1st.

   Suppose it must have been delayed in the mail some where, however will say that "Words" fail to express my high appreciation of the enclosure and the note there with, which will be placed among my most treasured mementos and kept there as in my memory are of my most cherished recollections.

   May God from his most bountiful store house shower his richest blessings upon you and yours while here upon earth and a "House in the Heavens"--Hereafter.

Yours till death does come



Henry&Father



My dear children I believe God will bless the work of these two pages which are dedicated to him and to my children.

As ever

H.N. Cochran





   April, 24 1910 Frost

   April, 25 1910 Trees heavily laden with snow this morning, snow 1 1/4" deep-temperature 32 degrees- ice in the watering trough. 11:35 AM snowing as fast and freely as you can wish. 2:30 PM raining and snowing heavy. 2:45 It is now snowing as fast as I ever saw it snow.

   May 7&8 Rain-Rain-Rain

   May, 22 1910 Heavy rain today

   May, 24 1910 Big-big Rain

   June, 20 1910 Heavy rain today



   May, 3 1911 I was in Stewart County Georgia today, I like that country fine.

   December, 14 1911 Began work on the Buckhead, Frank Maddox place. Hauled posts, made saw horses and sawed timber.





November, 28th 1912 We moved to the Redland Farm out near Fairburn,Ga. and cultivated crops there for the years, 1913-1914-1915-1916. Which proved to be very common. Our nearest neighbor D.H. Garner & wife were very kind and pleasant. T.A. Henderson & family were sure good neighbors. E.N. Tatum & family were good neighbors. C.W.D. Stone & family were good neighbors, real good. J.W. Rickels was a good neighbor. J.C. Smith & family were good neighbors, very good. E.L. Bishop & others were nice people.









   August, 28 1913- finished the Redland House.

   I sold the Plainview farm to J.E. Northcutt in the fall of 1914 and gave him a bond for titles on the 15th day of December 1914 for the sum of $1000.00, but in the fall of 1915, I had to take it back and I rented it to him for the year 1916 for $100.00

   On the 20th. of September 1916 we moved back to our Plainsview farm and now have a good crop.



THE PIPE THAT HAROLD FRANKLIN COCHRAN HAS:

Given to him by Henry Franklin Cochran (His father)







   July, 14 1917

   This pipe ( in satchel ) Was picked up on a battle ground near Richmond, Va. , by my brother F. F. Cochran. Who was a litter bearer of Company, C, 35th. Georgia Regiment.

   It was given to me after the, Civil War, between the States. We suppose it belonged to a (Yankee), Federal Officer.

   I want Henry Franklin Cochran to have it as long as he lives, unless I dispose of it before I die. H.N. Cochran

   I have turned the pipe over to Frank.





   December, 25 1915 Hugh and Floy and their children came today. George and Lee and their Baby came today.



None of my children came today

It is to be regretted that children

cannot know and do such things

as will contribute to the pleasure

of a parent while they are in a

position to do so.

after death no regrets will await anything.







   December, 26 1915-De and I went to Antioch Church. Brother Speer preached. "Peace on earth, Glory to God in the highest and good will toward men.







   August,23 1917 My heart is torn often this morning. My Gods richest Blessings on my Family. I am the only one of my father's family left now. My Brother Frank Cochran died in Alabama August, 23 1917.



   On the 4th. of September 1917 I sold the Redland farm to A.C. Miller and his father W.L. Miller for $2411.50. So away went my bungalow that a great many people said would handicap in the sale of the place. I also let George Pritchard have my dog Tek because he would not stay home.







   October, 7 1917 I was crossing the rail road at Fairburn and a freight train backed some cars against me and hurt my right shoulder.





   January, 13 1918 I am sick today with the grippe, my son Frank is also sick with a cold.

   January, 14 1918(Monday) I am certainly feeling bad today. 9:45AM Hayne has gone to school and Frank is not much better of his cough, and De is rousting around with the chores.



   January, 17 1918 I am still sick with the Grippe. Have been sick a week.

   January, 23, 1918 I am not able to be out yet. There is the biggest sleet on the trees, but it is melting some today. 1:00PM the sun shines bright.

   Hayne has gone to school but Frank is home with a cold. Maude Eskew and Josephus Short got married last Sunday, January, 20th. 1918.

   February, 5 1918 Floy and the children came this evening.

   February, 6 1918 I think I am improving some- not so cold today- Hayne has gone to school, De has gone to the store. Frank and I are here.

   February, 7 1918 It is cloudy this morning, rained some last night. De changed Frank's bed last night and he is coughing worse this morning. De and Hayne both have bad colds and we are all in an el-W(?) fix anyway. I am so weak and trembling that I can hardly write. 3:00PM De went to J.W. Dailey's to try and get Dr. Thomason, but he was gone. She is now gone to Mr. Robert Cooks to call Dr. J.L. Henley for Frank. 5:00PM De failed to get Dr. Henley. 6:00PM Dr. Thomason came and gave Frank some Codeine, he says Frank's tonsils ought to be taken out.

   February, 8 1918 Pretty morning. We are all doing fairly well this morning. 4:10PM Floy and the children are here. Has been a beautiful day. All slept well last night.

   February, 9 1918 I and the boys went to Fairburn and brought a load of feed stuff, also a window. I was offered $ .32 1/4 per lb. for my six bales of cotton at Fairburn, Ga.

   February, 10 1918 11:10AM Hayne has gone to bed with his cold, very bad. I fear that Hayne is taking something like double pneumonia. 10:23 we called the Dr. for Hayne but he is a lot better now and we notified the Dr. not to come.

   George Pritchard, Lee and children came in the evening late.

   February, 11 1918 I am not doing well this morning. Hayne and Frank are up, De is better.

   The sun is shinning nice and bright this morning. Very weak and trembling.

   February, 12 1918 All of us are in poor condition today. Cloudy and windy, some rain and very warm.

   February, 13 1918 Warm and bright. I am weak and nervous this morning. Mrs. S.A. Cochran died this morning at 2:45AM. She was the wife of Brother Felix. A good woman gone. She is to be buried at Bethlehem Church tomorrow at 11:00AM.

   February, 14 1918 De and I are going to Bethlehem today to the funeral of sister Susan A. Cochran.

   February, 15 1918 Today I am not any better. De and I went to the funeral yesterday and it rained. We were all sick last night. Frank and De coughed bad. It is bright today. I have been real sick all day.

   As I sit here in the East porch, I see parties in the Eskew field, Howard Brock is picking cotton. There is quite a lot of cotton in the fields in some places.

   My father and mother came to Georgia from the Abbeville District of South Carolina about 62 years ago. There were 8 of us then, but counting Brothers and sisters and their husbands and wives there were 14. Now all are dead except myself out of 14. I feel very lonesome, and I alone am left to tell thee. Out of 8 in my own family there is 3 left, Ola, Edgar and myself. Where are they? I was born December 15th. 1848. (Note: June 2nd. they are all gone now except Edgar and myself).

   February, 16 1918 I and Frank both get worse all the time, I am hardly able to sit up. It is cloudy and cooler. 3:00PPM big rain.

   February, 17 1918 Bright and cooler. Frank coughed bad last night. I think he has some pain. I don't I improve much.

   George Pritchard, Lee and the children passed going to Mrs. Lottie Freeman's, Lee's Grand mother.

   Ray Cook has just come and told us that Dr. J.T. Henley is down at Mr. Cooks and De and Frank have gone to see him about Frank's throat and cough.(12:45PM).

   2:10PM Frank has come back and said that Dr. Henley says Frank has bad adenoids. I see De coming now.



Is there life after death



If so where will it be spent



Is there a sure enough Hell



If so where is it



I wish I could answer





   February, 18 1918 George Pritchard and Fred Eskew went to J.W. Tanners after my corn. Mr. J.W. Eskew is putting in the South window. Very rainy.

   February, 19 1918 Dr., J.T. Henley came at dark and examined us all. He said Hayne has a "floating Kidney".( Note: Hayne was operated on for this during the early 1940's--B.C.)

   February, 20 1918 We are all some better. Dixie found 6 puppies.

   February, 21 1918 Weighed the pig and changed his pen. He weighed 32# lbs. and is 2 months old.

   February, 22 1918 National Holiday. Dr. Henley promised to be here today, but did not come.

   February, 23 1918 Bright and pretty today. I don't improve much. Floy and the children came.

   February, 24 1918 Cloudy and raw this morning-Sunday.

   February, 25 1918 J.W. Eskew came and took me to Fairburn in his auto. Fred Eskew run it most of the time.

   Dr. J.T. Henley came at night and said the Doctors at the Capital said Frank's sputum indicates that he has Diphtheria. Hayne and Frank went to school today.

   February, 26 1918 Cooler and bright. Plowed a few furrows today and running up terraces. Mr. G.W.D. Stone and wife came by today.

   February, 27 1918 De and I went to Mr. J.W. Dailey's today for a short while. Planted English peas.

   February, 28 1918 Came from Cooks store after Irish potatoes and planted them. "Carter's" potatoes. Warm.

   March, 1 1918 Warm and bright. Planted English peas, beats, turnips, mustard, carrots, and cabbage in the garden.

   March, 2 1918 The boys and myself put in manure and plowed. Dan decided that he didn't want to plow, so I took him loose from the plow and whipped him with the buggy whip and he changed his notions and plowed alright. Sent Edgar a Birthday card.

   March, 3 1918 Sunday- Some clouds and cooler. I am some better. George Pritchard, Lee and the children came and took dinner with us. Bright and pretty.

   March, 4 1918 Edgar's Birthday, his 43rd., plowed some today.

   March, 5 1918 Plowed and went to Fairburn and had brakes put on the wagon.

   March, 6 1918 Fruit trees in bloom-pretty day. Plowed and spread manure-castrated the pig.

   March, 7 1918 Rained a little last night, plowed a little and picked crack bolls of cotton. J.W. Eskew came and we played checks.

   March, 8 1918 Plowed and picked crack cotton it sells a 8-10 cents a pound in the seed.

   March, 9 1918 Misting rain, but got better and we plowed in the evening. Hugh and Floy and the children came. Hugh offered me $150.00 for my horse Dan, " I couldn't see the point". Picked more cotton.

   March, 10 1918 Rained last night. Bright this morning. Mrs. Ophelia Phillips came to see us today. George, Lee and the children came by as they went home from Hugh's.

   March, 11 1918 Bright and cold.

   March, 12 1918 Hauled manure and plowed a little. Sprinkled rain.

   March, 13 1918 Cloudy and misting rain. Edgar and 5 of his children came at night and stayed till 9:00PM. De and I went to Fairburn in the forenoon.

   March, 14 1918 Sun is shinning this morning. Frank had a bad time last night.

   March, 15 1918 Bright and cold. I am not feeling well this morning. It is very pleasant today.

   March, 16 1918 Cold East wind. 5:00PM more moderate. Floy and the children came.

   March,17 1918 Cloudy and damp-Sunday. Went over to Mr. Duretts

   March, 18 1918 Plowed, Floy and the children came. Picked crack boll cotton. The crack boll cotton sells for 7 1/2 to 10 cents in the seed.

   March, 19 1918 Cloudy-2:00PM misting rain.

   March, 20 1918 Rained last night-foggy this morning. The boys and I went to Fairburn -De went to Lee's.

   March, 21 1918 Bright-Weighed the pig-61#, he gained 29# in 30 days. Plowed some and picked crack cotton.

   March, 22 1918 Bright and fine-finished picking crack cotton-plowed some. The Irish potatoes and corn are coming up.

   March, 23 1918 Went to mill at J.W. Daileys-bedding cotton land-sold 105# of crack cotton in the seed for $8.50 to Lester Campbell. Cotton at Fairburn is $ .35 for 4/s grade.

   March, 24 1918 Sunday-Cloudy and cold-sprinkling. Hugh and Floy and George and Lee and their children came.

   March, 25 1918 Cloudy and cold-planted corn.

   March, 26 1918 Commenced planting cotton seed-Bright and cool.

   March, 27 1918 Planted cotton-Floy and children came.

   March, 28 1918 Planted cotton seed.

   March, 29 1918 Plowed in front.

   March, 30 1918 Ordered Edison Phonograph. Plowed and planted cotton seed.

   March, 31 1918 Cloudy and cool-Sunday-J.W. Eskew and wife came-Played checks-Sprinkled some.

   

   April, 1 1918 Cloudy and sprinkled some- Planted cotton seed-George and Lee came by as they came from Douglas county.

   April, 2 1918 Went to Fairburn with J.W. Eskew in his car to a mass meeting on the WAR FOOD QUESTION. Finished planting cotton seed.

   April, 3 1918 Went to S.L. Longino's with De. The Boys went to school.

   April, 4 1918 Mrs. Darson Rainwater and Mrs. Ophelia Phillips came in the evening.

   April, 5 1918 Cotton $ .36 1/2, -Cold East wind blowing strong.

   April, 6 1918 Strong cold East wind - cloudy. Rain in the afternoon.

   April, 7 1918 Rain and strong East wind, last night and today.

   April,8 1918 Heavy rain last night and yesterday- cloudy this morning.

   April, 9 1918 I received a letter from J.S. Sneed yesterday asking me for more help. I sent them $16.00 a few weeks ago to pay their way to Atlanta and they made a trip up there from Whiyham(?) Ga. and then went back. Now they want me to let them have $150.00 to pay some of their debts. They wanted $560.00 a few weeks ago. I knocked off $28.40 off a note for them sometime ago. I think I have done my part for them.

   April, 10 1918 Cold and cloudy 8:00AM- light fall of snow-stays cold all day.

   April, 11 1918 Snowing again at 8:00AM.

   April, 12 1918 Cotton reached $ .37 - received a big frost this morning.

   April, 13 1918 Went to Fairburn with the Boys on the wagon to get an oil stove.

   April, 14 1918 Bright and cool-East wind Mr. D.W. Eskew was taken with a chill at Hugh E. Pritchard's yesterday and was very sick last night. They think he has pneumonia.

   April, 15 1918 Cotton has gone down to $ .32 per pound. Ground is very wet. My cotton is not up yet. We are afraid it will not come up.

   April, 16 1918 We are running the harrow over our cotton.

   April, 17 1918 D.W. Eskew died at 7:00PM. Planted millet and essex rape seed. Received a copy of The Souther Cultivator of April 15, stating that I have won the prize of $5.00 on my letter and diagram of a "War Garden".

   April, 18 1918 Rain last night-Bright this morning.

   April, 19 1918 Ground is wet.

   April, 20 1918 Worked some - went to the mill- Whipped Dan the horse.

   April, 21 1918 Bright and cool-cotton coming up slow-ground to wet to plow-George Pritchard and his wife came today.

   April, 22 1918 Plowed the middles in the cotton.

   April, 23 1918 Sowed rape and plowed.

   April, 24 1918 Replanted cotton and helped Mr. Short plow. Edgar and his children and Ola Short came with Edgar and his children.

   April, 25 1918 Cool again this morning-rain at night. Me and the Boys went to Fairburn today. Received the Edison Phonograph today and it's fine.

   April, 26 1918 George Pritchard came today and heard the phonograph. We like it fine. Hugh and Floy came in the evening. J.W Eskew and his wife and Daughter Nellie came at night.

   April, 27 1918 Cool and dismal this morning-cloudy.

   April, 28 1918 Very rainy and wet. Mr. Walter Denest(?) and Mr. Eugene Sparks came today. George Pritchard and wife and children came in the evening. Cotton went down to $ .29 1/2 per pound.

   April, 29 1918 Cotton goes to $ .28 per pound. J.W. Eskew George F. Pritchard, Earnest Griffin and Floy and children came. Wet and cool. Jack and Milton came.

   April, 30 1918 Very rainy this morning. Mrs. Sparks and children came today, also Mr. Billa Clark. Sun is shinning at 5:30PM.

   May, 1 1918 Cool. Mr. Garret Came and Morrisson Daig(?).

   May, 2 1918 Cool temperature-42 deg.-sun is shinning. W.T Roberts Warehouse burned yesterday with 262 bales of cotton in it. I had 6 bales burned up-$300.00(?). The 6 bales would once have brought me over $1200.00, but now I don't get over $950.00.

   I found out a few days ago that my wife De has a cancer on her womb and told Dr. Thomason about it and he came out here and said I was right and that she would have to have her womb cut out.

   May, 3 1918 Hayne and Frank went to Palmetto today to see a patriotic rally and staid all day. I replanted cotton.

   May, 4 1918 We have replanted cotton seed again today. I am so sad, oh Lord. Mr.&Mrs. Rainwater and Mr.&Mrs. Clark, and Mrs. Ophelia Phillips all came to hear the phonograph.

   May, 5 1918 Replanted cotton. Queen Eskew and her daughter Mable(?) came. Viney Brock and Nancy Short came and also Hugh and Floy, and also Dr. Thomason. Hayne sold 4 rabbits today.

   May, 6 1918 Replanted cotton.

   May, 7 1918 Came after my wife to take her to Atlanta for surgical aid. She went to The Davis Fisher Sanitarium and was examined by Fisher. De remained at the sanitarium and on:

   May, 9 1918 She had her womb and both ovaries and her appendix removed. She was on the operating table for about 35 minutes and then revived in one hour after she came off.

   I have slept very little in over a week. George came at night.

   May, 10 1918 I am anxious to hear from De today. George Pritchard went to see her, and I got a card that she is doing well.

   May, 11 1918 I am aiming to go to Atlanta tomorrow.

   May, 12 1918 Ray Cook took me to Atlanta to see De. She is getting on very well.

   May 13 1918 A crowd of Boys came today to hear the phonograph.-Big Rain.

   May, 14 1918 Sold Hayne Frank my Ten Acre Home, Plainview. Also sold them the phonograph. Went to Fairburn.

   May, 15 1918 Went to Georges after Frank. Hoed cotton. De is a lot better.

   May, 16 1918 Hoed cotton, that is we chopped cotton.

   May, 17-18 1918 I have been very busy chopping cotton for the past several days.

   May, 19 1918 Went to Atlanta to see De-She is doing fine.

   May, 20 1918 Plowed and chopped cotton.

   May, 21 1918 Had a letter from De today, say's she is doing nicely.

   May, 22 1918 Nice rain.

   May, 23 1918 Finished chopping cotton. I hear from De every day and she is doing fine.

   May, 24 1918 Cotton growing very well.

   May, 25 1918 I am very sick today, I have been sick for several says but not so bad as today . Hayne heard that De is real sick in Atlanta. George Pritchard and Hayne have gone to see her today. I have not eat anything since yesterday at dinner, and have no one to prepare anything for me to eat. I have just had a letter from De, She has had a set-back and is not doing well. Oh, how I want her at home. Have acute indigestion. Floy and her children came by as they were going to the store. Mr. Cooks people have been very good to me since De went to the hospital.

   May, 26 1918 Still sick. The Boys have gone to the singing at Campbelton. I am home by myself. Horace Richard's and Murine Cochran came by in the evening. George and Lee came late in the evening.

   May, 27 1918 I am a little better today. Have set up a little. Cotton growing well.

   May, 28 1918 I received a letter from De today stating that the Dr. has told her she can come home Thursday. I hope she comes alright. She has set up some.

   May, 29 1918 I have made arrangements to have De brought home tomorrow. I hope she will get here alright. It is warm and our cotton is growing nice. Dr. J.W. Thomason and said he would go with Ray Cook to Atlanta after De.

   May, 30 1918 The car has not come that went to Atlanta after De. I am getting very anxious about her. I have not received any mail today yet. I have got my dinner done. De has come at 1:30PM. She made the trip alright.

   May, 31 1918 De is suffering with her stomach and bowels. Very warm.

   June, 1&2 1918 De is not doing well, I am afraid that she will be a long time getting well. Her circulation is very deficient and it causes malnutrition of the digestive organs. There was a right smart crowd here today to hear the phonograph. Mr. Durett's family, Mr. Eskew's family, Mr. J.W. Dailey ,wife and son. Mr. G.F. Griffin, wife, daughters and two boys. George Pritchard and family and others.

   June, 3 1918 Very hot-cotton growing. Queen Eskew, and Mrs. Sparks, and Mrs. Brock came today.

   June, 4 1918 Very warm today. Our cotton has squares on it-May 2nd. Frank's cow Bessie died from a displaced womb. Dr. Thomason and Mr. Griffin cut off her womb and she died in two hours.

   June, 5 1918 We buried Bessie(cow)between here and the gate.

   June, 6 1918 Nice rain. Edgar and children came at night.

   June, 7 1918 Bright and clear.

   June, 8 1918 Boys started to Fairburn I don't know if they went. Yes they went.

   June, 9 1918 Sunday- Cloudy and sprinkling rain. Crowd of neighbors here today, Joe Brock, Jess and Howard P. Brock came in the evening. Mrs. Tamble and Mrs. E.W. Sparks, Floy and children, Mr. Walter Durett,& family, G.W. Northcutt and family. Mrs. Robert Cook sent De her dinner. George Pritchard and family came late in the evening..

   June, 10 1918 Very hot-rain the evening.

   June, 11 1918 Went to Fairburn and sold some peaches and apples.

   June, 12 1918 Cotton in best spots 12" high. Warm and bright. Queen Eskew is cooking De some soup, as she is sick, Lee sent a dressed chicken.

   June, 13 1918 De and I have been real sick for several days.

   June, 14 1918 De is much better. Edgar and family and Miss Reedy Cook came at night.

   June, 15 1918 Pretty and bright. J.W. Eskew, wife and daughter came at night. A bevy of girls came in the evening.

   June, 16 1918 Cool East wind-Sunday. Hugh Pritchard and family, George Pritchard and family and others came.

   June, 17 1918 Boys have taken the horse and gone to Georges to plow.

   June, 18 1918 Cloudy--Washday.

   June, 19 1918 Clouds and sunshine, good growing weather.

   June, 20 1918 Fine growing weather. Mrs. E.W. Sparks came today,1:00PM, Queen Eskew came today.

   June, 21 1918 Cloudy and warm.

   June, 22 1918 Clear windy, later some clouds.

De has gone to J.W. Eskew's to take dinner. J.W. Eskew came and we played some checks. J.W. Eskew and wife, Joel Brock and wife, William Clark and wife, Mrs. Ophelia Phillips, and E.L. Cochran and 7 children and Miss Olane Short, all came at night to hear the phonograph.

   We had a delightful time. It is certainly a great pleasure to me to have them come.

   June, 23 1918 Sunday- De and I had a pleasant time today as we spent the day together at home.

   June, 24 1918 Cotton blooming, boys plowing cotton.

   June, 25 1918 Finished up cotton.

   June, 26 1918 Went to Fairburn and brought, cow-blue, home to try her and decided to keep her, price $75.00.

   J.H. Cochran was very sick with a bilious attack.

   June, 27 1918 Walked over my old farm( California ) that I sold to Mr. Robert Cook. I found Bermuda grass growing over a lot of it in bunches and spots. This farm sold for $2500.00 on the 7th. of October 1905, it would now sell for $3500.00.

   The birds are singing and building nests around us.

   June, 28 1918 There is to be a War S S meeting at Bethlehem this evening at 2:00PM. Very warm- some clouds. Cotton is blooming nice. De has gone to George Pritchard's today to see Lee and the children. I am very sad today.

   June, 29 1918 We started to Fairburn but it rained and we came back home. Nice shower. We got one new record for the phonograph.

   June, 30 1918 George and Lee came with the children. Sun shines bright.

   July, 1 1918 The boys started to school and Floy came after De to go and spend the day. J.W. Eskew and Josephus Short, and Mrs. Ophelia Phillips came. It is windy and cool. At night Mr. and Mrs. Sparks and 3 of their children came and also one of Mr. Campbell's girls from Sandtown.

   July, 2 1918 Windy and cool. Haynes shoes from Dalsmer and Sons came from Philadelphia, Pa.

   July, 3 1918 ? ? ? ? am sending the shoes back. It is cool enough for a fire in the fireplace.

   July, 4 1918 Plowed out middles in cotton until dinner. Floy and children came, J.M. Dailey and family and J.W. Eskew, wife and daughter, my son E.L. Cochran and children, and one of Ola's girls came at night. To hear the Phonograph.

   July, 5 1918 Mr. Billa Clark came. Very hot today.

   July, 6 1918 Still hot. Two of Mr. Dailey's boys came at night, and two of Mr. Spark's boys. Hayne went to Fairburn and got him a pair of shoes and got a pair of size 11"s. He is nearly 16 yrs. of age.

   July, 7 1918 Four neighbor's children came. Very hot. Needing rain. Ray Cook, wife, and child came, two young ladies. Hugh Pritchard, wife, and two children came.

   July, 8 1918 Nice rain at night. Mr.&Mrs. D.H. Garner came in the evening.

   July, 9 1918 Went to Mr. E.W. Sparks and took dinner today. De walked up there. Edgar came after De and myself in his car and we spent the evening at his house. We took the graphaphone with us and took supper there. Ola and two of her girls were there.

   July, 10 1918 Lee Pritchard and her children came and George came to dinner. Katie Cook ( Campbell ) and her children came. New records came-fine.

   July, 11 1918 Bright and warm. De the boys and myself went to Joel Brocks at night till 10;00PM.

   July, 12 1918 Floy and children came. George and Lee and children came. J.W. Eskew came.

   July, 13 1918 Fred Eskew and Josephus Short's mule ran away and came through the field here, it tore up one wheel. J.W. Eskew & wife came at night, also Edgar and his children came. J.D. Sparks, Pearl Eskew, and Maude Short ( Eskew ) came today.

   July, 14 1918 Very cool. Need a fire. At 11:00AM warmer. Some clouds but needing rain bad. Mrs. Lottie Freeman is sick at her son Drew's.

   July, 15 1918 J.W. Eskew has gone to take De and Floy and Lee to see Mrs. Lottie Freeman at her son Drew's. She is very sick with dysentery.

   Some clouds and warmer and some sign of rain.

   July, 16 1918 Morning warmer and signs of rain. 2:30PM light shower. De has gone to Mr. Robert Cook's, and Mrs. Nannie Sparks came. Boys have just come from school.

   July, 17 1918 Partly cloudy and warm. De has gone to Atlanta with J.W. Eskew's family in the car. Floy and children came,6:00PM, De has just returned from Atlanta. Sprinkle rain and windy.

   July, 18 1918 Nice rain today. J.W. Eskew&wife came. Floy and children came.

   July, 19 1918 J.W. Eskew came to play checks. I got 19 and he got 12. De has gone to Drew Freemans to see Mrs. Lottie Freeman. Pearl Eskew and Fred Eskew have gone to Indiana to visit their brother Tom. Cloudy.

   July, 20 1918 We had a nice rain today. I went to Mr. William Clarks today. Mr.&Mrs. George Eskew and children, Mr.&Mrs. J.W. Eskew and daughters, Mr.&Mrs. E.W. Sparks and daughters all came at night.

   July, 21 1918 Sunday-Mrs. Lottie Freeman died yesterday. She to be buried at Piney Woods tomorrow. J.H. Cochran died today, he is to be buried at Bethlehem tomorrow. George F. Pritchard and wife and children came today. Hugh Pritchard, wife and children came today.

   July, 22 1918 De and I went to Piney Woods today to Mrs. Lottie Freeman's funeral. I saw a mule run-away today and throw out Mrs. Barnes. John Cochran was buried at Bethlehem today. Very warm.

   July, 23&24 1918 Went to Fairburn bought sugar 25#,& 5# for preserves and jellies. De and I went to Mrs. Walter Duretts. Frank got his bicycle today, the 24th.(his birthday).

   July, 25 1918 De and I took dinner with George and Lee today. I went to Fairburn and took rabbits for express. Sold George the graphaphone and ordered another one.

   July, 26 1918 Cloudy, slight sprinkle. School closed today. We made jelly and jam, apple, grape, and plum.

   July, 27 1918 Nice rain last night and this morning. De and I went over to Mr. Sparks, but he went off to haul some Negroes home. Hayne went to Fairburn. Cotton is fruiting fine. J.W. Eskew, wife and family came at night and we played checks, I won 6 games and he won 2, and we made 1 draw.

   July, 28 1918 Floy and her children came, and Edward and Harris Cochran came in the afternoon. I took Mrs. Nannie Sparks a large stewer full of very large Japan plums. Mrs. Wm. Clark and Mr. Darson Rainwater came.

   July, 29 1918 I have just called Dr. J.W. Thomason for De and Hayne. Hayne has poisoned feet( poison oak ), and De has the back ache. Frank has gone on his bicycle to Mr. D.H. Garners out near Fairburn. I understand from Dr. J.W. Thomas, who has just been here(11:30PM ) that he met Frank nearly at Fairburn on his wheel. Dr. Thomason said that Haynes temperature was nearly 103 degrees. De and Hayne are both asleep now. Frank has returned from Edgar's & Mr. D.H. Garners.

   July, 30 1918 Floy and children came . I received another reproducer for the phonograph today and I took it over to George Pritchard's and put it on the Phonograph. It done very well. 3:00PM it is now raining.

   July, 31 1918 Cloudy and rainy. Hayne is better with his poisoned feet. Mrs. Nannie Sparks and two of her children. I sent off to Babson Bros. in Chicago Ill. the reproducer on the phonograph that we swapped.

   August, 1 1918 I took De to J.H. Cochran's widow home today and I took Hayne to George Pritchard's. Frank went to Fairburn on his wheel. 3:00PM it has been raining for about 2 hours, a good slow steady rain. I am at home by myself as usual. Good Rain. De, Hayne and Frank are at home,5:00PM.

   August, 2 1918 I am so weak and trembling this morning that I can't write well. It is raining now and has rained nearly all night. Cotton is growing fast and blooming fine. Hayne's feet are much better. 9:00AM it is very rainy. Clarence Sparks and Morrison&Milton Dailey came. Rain ceased at 1:00PM.-- 3:00PM sun shines bright.

   August, 3 1918 Bright and clear today. The Brocks have a reunion at Robert Cook's Park today. Frank went to the reunion. Hayne got his bicycle today and can ride fairly well.

   August, 4 1918 Some clouds this morning. Edward&Harris Cochran came. George Pritchard, wife and three children came.

   August, 5 1918 We picked peaches this morning. Frank has gone to George's at 2:20PM. Hayne's feet are bad again.

   August, 6 1918 There is very heavy thunder in the distance and signs of rain. Mrs. Durett and Floy and her two children are here.

   I am worried to death this morning with my work. I have been on the run ever since I got up this morning doing the chores. I hope I will have a better chance in the next world, if there is one.

   August, 7 1918 Hayne and Frank went Fairburn, Ga. and got the New Edison Phonograph, some of the records were broken.

   August, 8 1918 J.W. Eskew was taken very sick today.

   August, 9 1918 J.W. Eskew is better.

   August, 10 1918 Very hot. Pearl&Nellie Eskew came today, also Ruth Sparks. Covered the barn, George Pritchard helped me. Hot-Hot, thunder-Hot. Fred Eskew came. Light shower.

   August, 11 1918 Last effort was a failure to both,( ??? ).

Bright and pretty. Hugh Pritchard and wife and children came. George Pritchard, wife and children came. Albertine Cochran, Nellie Eskew, Milton Dailey, and Harry Wilkerson came.

   August, 12 1918 The new records came, 36 of them. De and Floy have gone to A.W. Freemans this evening.

   August, 13 1918 Hayne and Frank have gone to Floy's to do her morning chores, and then they are going to A.W. Freemans. I am here by myself as usual. I understand that a protracted Baptist Meeting is in progress at Bethlehem Church. Hayne and Frank have just gotten back. They say that they arrived there in time for breakfast, 9 miles away. De appeared very tired when she got back.

   August, 14 1918 Bright and hot. Hayne is complaining very much. Frank went to church at Bethlehem today.

   August, 15 1918 Bright and hot. Our cotton is opening some. Frank went to church again. I wrote to Wickersham. Edgar and children came at night, with one of Ola's daughters, Ruth. George Pritchard, wife and children came late in the evening.

   August,16 1918 Still very hot. J.W. Eskew came and we played checks. I got 11 games and he got 8 and we made 6 draws.

   August, 17 1918 I went to Tom Harmons and bought Hayne a pig for $5.50. Frank stuck a saw tooth in his knee today and said he can't saw wood, so him and his mother have walked up to Floy's. Hayne has to George's, and I am by myself waiting to pay Tom Harmon for his pig, if he comes.

   August, 18 1918 John Pritchard came after George's mule that was out and we put up for him. Bright, Hot and clear. Frank has gone to Grover Northcutts, and Hayne has gone riding his wheel. Dr. J.W. Thomason came to see Hayne and treat him for Typhoid Fever. He said he was threatened with the fever. Dr. Thomason's wife and children came with him. They were here about 9:00PM.

   August, 19 1918 Nice rain. George Pritchard took dinner here today.

   August, 20 1918 Went to Fairburn and sold pears, $4.20 . Preachers on our circuit and J.W Dailey and E.W. Sparks came. Mrs. Lucy Brock is to be buried at Enon Church tomorrow. Got 2 dozen new records, we now have 132.

   August, 21 1918 De and I are going to Enon with Mr. Eskew and his wife to the funeral of Mrs. Lucy Brock, my nephew's wife. C.J Short conducted the funeral services. It is cool for the season and has been for several days.

   August, 22 1918 Mr. Hartwell Freeman and son John came today. Hayne and Frank made 12 gallons of cider.

   August, 23 1918 I don't feel like I can go through another winter alive. My railroad arm and shoulder are hurting me bad. George Pritchard took dinner with us today.

   A Railroad man, Yarborough(?), came to see me, about my shoulder that got hurt by the car on the Atlanta and West Point Rail Road on October, 20 1917. He asked me to say what would satisfy me.

   August, 24 1918 I began picking cotton today. Mrs. Barfield and two of Mr. E.W. Spark's daughters came. I am afraid Hayne is taking the fever.

   Our horse Dan got down in the stable, with his feet so close to the wall that he could not get up, and we had to help him up. He would have died there as he was so exhausted.

   August, 25 1918 Cloudy. George and Lee and the children came today. Mr. Durett and his wife and children came. Hugh Pritchard and his wife and children came. J.W. Eskew came. Hot and Cloudy.

   August, 26 1918 Some clouds-Hot. Pearl Eskew and a Miss Rainwater came. George and Lee went to Church at Campbellton and left their Boy here, and came back came back by after him.

   August, 27 1918 Cooler and some S.W. wind. In the evening we have a nice rain. Hugh and Floy and the children came by going to Fairburn and left Margarette here.

   August, 28 1918 Cloudy and raining. Cut the fruit trees on the North of the house, towards Eskews to open up the North view.

   De has gone to Floy's to help her can beans, but I think it is too hot to do so. She is not able to do such work at home or anywhere else. De has come home once more.

   August,29 1918 Cloudy and wet. George and Lee and the children came by on their way to Campbellton meeting, and left Eugene here with us. Mrs. Nannie Sparks came in the evening.

   August, 30 1918 Hard rain. De went to the Baptizing, or to the Church at Campbellton. Dr. J.W. Thomason and the Kin of J.E. Daniel came by as they were on their way to Fairburn. J.W. Eskew, W.J. Clark, George Pritchard&wife and children came by from Church, also three young ladies. Claude Cochran also came.

   August, 31 1918 Cooler and cloudy. Harris and Edward came. We went to J.W. Dailey's mill. 2:20PM hard wind and rain. De and the boys have got back again.

   September, 1 1918 Very foggy this morning. De and I went to Mr. E.D. Rainwater's in the evening.

   September, 2 1918 Picked cotton. J.W. Rainwater&wife and two daughters came at night. Rained some showers at night.

   September, 3 1918 Light showers last night, still cloudy and showery in the A.M. . Mr. E.W. Sparks&son and J.W. Eskew came. Still cloudy and Hot.

   September, 4 1918 Bright and warm. Harris and Edward came. A very good rain and some wind at sun down.

   September, 5 1918 Warm and cloudy.

   September, 6 1918 Cooler and still cloudy.

   September, 7 1918 Very cool and cloudy. Have out 830# of cotton. Hayne and Frank wanted their puppies back and I let them have them. I bought the puppies several months ago and their rifles. So is life.

   September, 8 1918 Still and cloudy. Hayne and Frank have gone to Fairburn on their wheels to get the Sunday paper. They have just returned, 11:15AM. 4 boys and 4 girls came just past noon, Boys-Boys_Boys. Joel Brock&wife came at night.

   September, 9 1918 East wind-not so cold. We have out 1065# of cotton. J.W. Eskew came at night.

   September, 10 1918 Bright and clear in the morning 6:30AM .

   September, 11 1918 Went to the Senatorial election near Joel Brocks home in the new District Court house for the first time an election was held there. Gather Camp, Joel Brock Jr. and Felton Rainwater were the parties or managers.

   Loaded my first bale of cotton on the wagon to take to the gin. The horse Dan refused to pull for a long time, but I finally got him to start and go to the gin. I am very tired and sore tonight.

   September, 12 1918 We hauled our first bale of cotton to Robert Cooks gin. 1411# of field weight-475# of lint at the gin. De has gone to Atlanta and Hayne and Frank are going to George's to pick cotton. I am at home to care for things. De and the Boys are back before night. We began to pick our second bale of cotton today.

   September, 13 1918 Friday-cool and clear. De has gone to George Pritchard's and the boys are there to work. De just returned home.

   September, 14 1918 Hayne and Frank went to Hugh's this morning to help him work. Hayne had to come back he was too sick to stay. Mr. Wm. Clark&wife and Mrs. Ophelia Phillips came at night to hear the phonograph.

   September, 15 1918 We are planning to go to A.W. Freemans today. We have just returned from the Freeman reunion, and had a very nice time, 5:20PM.

   Mr.&Mrs. E.W. Sparks went with us in their car, and enjoyed it fine. Mrs. Lottie Freeman, who died some time since(?) had held a Birthday Reunion for a number of years(September). Edward and Harris Cochran spent the day with Hayne and Frank at our home.

   September, 16 1918 De and Frank have gone to Atlanta to have Frank's tonsils removed.

   September, 17 1918 Hayne and I have just gotten ready to go to the field 7:10AM. I was to have gotten a card from De today, but the mail has passed and no card came.

   September, 18 1918 De and Frank have not come yet, and I am anxious about Frank. Nice rain last night, but clear and bright this morning. De and Frank did not come, am more anxious.

   September, 19 1918 De and Frank came up today. Frank has had his tonsils and adenoids removed. It cost $40.50 at the Georgia Baptist Hospital by Dr. McDuffy.

   September, 20 1918 Big rain last night and still raining this morning. J.W Eskew and Bud Teal came. Mrs. Nannie Sparks and son Clarence came. Rain Rain, Rain, Wet.

   September, 21 1918 Bright, clear, cool, way cool. Hayne is preparing to go to Fairburn. 2:00PM Hayne has returned and we are picking cotton. Have 612# of our second bale out.

   September, 22 1918 Hayne has gone to the Post Office for the mail at Fairburn. Bright and very cool. Hayne has gone to George and Lee's. Mr. Durett, wife and 2 children came. George Pritchard and family came.

   September, 23 1918 I sent our horse Dan to George Pritchard's this morning and offered him to George for $150.00, but he did not buy him. Bright and clear. I am very sick this morning could not sleep last night.

   September, 24 1918 Picked cotton. Hayne out. George and Hugh have a new horse. Signs of rain. My arm and shoulder have been hurting me very bad.

   September, 25 1918 Nothing new.

   September, 26 1918 Ditto as above. Signs of rain.

   September, 27 1918 Rain last night. One of Edgar's boys, E.L. Cochran died today.

   September, 28 1918 Very cloudy and rainy.

De and I are preparing to go to the funeral of Edgar's boy at Fairburn. James W. Eskew is going to take us in his car.

   We have just been to Fairburn to the Funeral of Edgar's boy. The Doctors, W.B. Camp of Fairburn and Bullard of Palmetto did not know what was the cause of his Death. I think there was too rapid a flow of blood to the head. The action of the heart should have been reduced.

   September, 29 1918 Bright and clear, a real beautiful day.

Hugh and Floy and the children came to dinner. Lee and the children came in the evening.

   September, 30 1918 Big dew, bright and clear.

   October, 1 1918 Frank was taken very sick today with acute indigestion, or something of that kind. Have tried to get a doctor for him but have failed up to 7:00PM., have tried Dr. Thomason, Dr. Halgood, Dr. Campbell, called a young Dr. Smith and he came and I don't know if he got back home or no. Dr. Thomason also came.

   October, 2 1918 Frank is much better. There was about 20 bales of cotton on Mr. Robert Cooks gin yard.

   October, 3 1918 We are preparing to go to Mr. Bud Teal's tonight, and take the graphaphone. Mr. J.W. Eskew is to take us in his automobile.

   October, 4 1918 Bright and clear today.

   October, 5 1918 Bright and clear today.

   October, 6 1918 Hayne and Frank went to Fairburn after the mail for the neighbors and ourselves. They are coming now, 1:50PM. Harris and Edward Cochran came home with them. Millard Camp came and got a stray pig that had taken up here. George Pritchard, Lee and the children came. John Pritchard came. Hugh and Floy and the children came in the evening. A bevy of boys and girls and children came. A beautiful day.

   October, 7 1918 A beautiful day and cooler.

   October, 8 1918 Bright and cold. George and Lee went to Mr. Oakley's and rented a crop. They left the children with us.

   October, 9 1918 Bright and cold. Got out my third bale of cotton. Mr. Durett and wife came to order a sewing machine from Sears and Roebuck. De and I tested.(?)

   October, 10 1918 Bright but some clouds. I heard today that my daughter Ola Short had gotten her leg broke. Yesterday started the 4th. bale of cotton.

   October, 11 1918 Cloudy some. Have 273# on our 4th. bale.

   October, 12 1918 Went to J.W. Dailey's mill. Hauled up my corn, it turned out very well. I had to whip Dan the horse bad.

   October, 13 1918 Raining this morning and some last night, it continued up to 12:00 .

   October, 14 1918 Mr. J.W. Eskew took us De and myself and Hayne and Frank to the South Eastern Fair. We went around by Hapeville and Lakewood Hieghts. I think the fair was grand, De, Hayne and myself did not go into the Grandstand, but Frank and Mr. Eskew did. He had a better view than we did of the races and show. I offered De and Hayne a dollar to pay their way into the grandstand, but they did not use it. I did not care to go in. I saw plenty from where I was. I think a lot of it was vulgar and not suitable for anyone to see especially women, children, girls, etc. but such is the nature of the human family.

   It was vulgar in the extreme and panders to the passions of the lewd minded.

   October, 15 1918 Very smoky and cool.

   October, 16 1918 New record came. Cool and windy. Sawing wood.

   October, 17 1918 George and Lee went to the Fair Thursday in Atlanta. Slight rain last night. Hayne and Frank have gone to J.W. Dailey's after game hens and a rooster. Floy and children came last night.

   October, 18 1918 Hayne and Frank have gone to Fairburn on their wheels. De has gone to George and Lee's to spend the day, and I am at home as usual. Light sprinkle last night. George Pritchard is down with Spanish Influenza. It is raging around the country generally.

   October, 19 1918 Light shower last, cloudy, and very windy, some sprinkle this morning. George Pritchard is reported as no better and Lee (his wife) is likely to have to take her bed on account of the same trouble. Hayne appears to have a bad cold. Wind strong and some rain. A letter from De's sister Emma, informs us that the Influenza is bad down in the section of Lyty(?) and Lipton Ga.

   October, 20 1918 Frank has just come from George Pritchard's and informs us that he is no better and his wife (Lee) is also down with the Influenza. De is preparing to go over there, Hugh came by and De sent them something to eat, but De did not go. She has now gone to Floy's. We have now taken two of George and Lee's children to care for while they are down sick.

   October, 21 1918 It is cloudy. George is better, Lee is not. We have been hauling manure from George's. The above was written in the dark, perhaps you can read it in the light.

   October,22 1918 George and Lee are better and one of the children (John) is here sick. Partly cloudy and cooler, preparing to sow oats.

   October, 23 1918 John is better this morning, George and Lee set up some today. Cloudy. Mrs. Nannie Sparks came in the evening.

   October, 24 1918 Some rain last night and this morning from the East. The children are some better, Dr. J.W. Thomason came to see the children today. Dr. Thomason in passing George Pritchard's a few nights ago, found George and Lee without firewood, and stopped his car near midnight and took the axe and cut them some wood. How is that for a Doctor who has 56 cases to look after?

   J.W. Eskew came and we played checks, I got 9 games and he got 6 and 3 draws. Big rain today and still wet

   October, 25 1918 It is still cloudy but it is not raining. Warmer. I am informed that Hugh and Floy and one of the children are down with the Spanish Influenza. Very warm. Lee's children are here yet. J.W. Dailey came in the evening.

   October, 26 1918 Everything is as wet as a rag this morning. Rain- Rain- Rain -Warmer. Hayne and Frank are both sick and the little children appear to be no better. None of us are able to go to Hugh and Georges to see how they are.

   October, 27 1918 Hayne and Frank are both down on the bed with the Influenza. Georges children are still here, they had a bad night of it last night. Cloudy, windy, rainy, cooler. 10:00 AM-I have just returned from George's, they are better over there. Dr. Thomason came to see Hayne and Frank later in the evening.

   October, 28 1918 Hayne and Frank are right sick. I went to George's after condensed milk for their baby but they didn't have it-6:00AM. Drove down to Robert Cooks after cotton meal and oats. Raining. Dr. Thomason came.

   October, 29 1918 Hughey Dailey has relapsed and is worse than the first attack. The boys and Lee's children are some better. Very Rainy. Evening big rains. De has been stricken with the Influenza and has gone to bed. I reckon I will be next. I am expecting the Doctor. Mr. Sparks came and took George's children home today. I miss them very much. F.K. Babson has dunned me for $30.90 and I only owed them $5.90, which I paid.

   October, 30 1918 Very wet and raining. Dr. Thomason came in the AM, De and the boys are still down. I am taking medicine for the Flu., also. There has been no mail today. Mr. Sparks brought our paper today. Mrs. Sparks and Queen Eskew came. I am having all the chores to do.

   October, 31 1918 Clear and cool today. Nicie has come to wash. We are all able to sit up some. I am very weak. I have not had to go to bed, but I expect I will have to yet, as I am not well by any means.

   November, 1 1918 It is real cool and nearly clear this morning. We are all able to sit up some this morning. I learn that Hugh is out. George came and tells me that they are better. Says that Lee is trying to wash. I understand that George Hammond went around with the mail yesterday. George came but soon went back home. We had a mess of fresh garden string beans and Irish potatoes.

   November, 2 1918 Frost. We are some better of our Influenza. I went to see how Hugh and Floy are. They are better.

   November, 3 1918 Bright and frosty. De and I went to Hugh's. Hayne and Frank went to J.W. Dailey's.

   November, 4 1918 Bright and frosty. We are sowing oats. George came by. Hauled a bale of cotton to the gin, 1170# seed cotton, bale weighed 486# of lint.

   November, 5 1918 I was taken with a severe pain in my chest at 11:00 Monday night. Dr. Thomason came Tuesday morning. Hayne and Frank are gone to Fairburn with cotton seed on Mr. Robert Cook's wagon. I expect they feel big driving a team. 1:30PM I am some better. The boys ran late coming in-8:00PM.

   November, 6 1918 I am some better. I received a letter yesterday from W.M. Sparks a soldier, who is in the American Expedition Forces in France. He wrote me a nice letter. His mother came today and borrowed the letter to read to her people.

   November, 7 1918 Hayne went over to Georges to get some records, their baby is no better. I am sending Babson 3 dozen records today. De has gone to George Pritchard's to see the baby. I am so weak I can hardly sit up.

   November, 8 1918 I am not really able to sit up this morning. My health is at a very low stage and I don't expect much improvement.

   November, 9 1918 I see no improvement in my health yet. Hayne has gone to Fairburn to have the horse shod. Hayne came back at 12:00 and then went with Frank to J.W. Dailey's after 2 bushels of meal. I am informed that J.W. Dailey's wife ( Maggie Farrance ) is dead. De has gone to Floy's. George brought my bale of cotton from the gin.

   November, 10 1918 Bright and clear. Floy and children came. A lot of boys came, Edward and Harris brought their goat, it caused the cow to stampede the place until we put her up. Mrs. Sarah Yancey was buried at Bethlehem and Mrs. Maggie Dailey was buried at Antioch church today. Mrs. Sparks and daughter Eunice came.

   November, 11 1918 Cloudy and disagreeable. I am still so weak I can hardly sit up. No strength and no breath. 12:00 and the paper has come. Thank God Germany has surrendered, and the war has ceased. Hurrah for President Wilson, and the U.S., and all praise to God for the victory.

   November, 12 1918 Mrs. Nannie Sparks has just been and informed me that Mr. Jeff Langly is to be buried at Piney Woods Church today at 2:00PM. He has been an invalid with palsy for many years, and now died with Influenza. I am no better than I have been for several days. J.W. Eskew has just been and thinks he will go to the Langly funeral at Piney Woods today. De is to go if Mr.&Mrs. Eskew go. 5:00PM De has just returned and informs me that only a few people were at the funeral. Supposed to be on account of the Flu. which they say is very pronounced in the Piney Woods section.

   November, 13 1918 Cool bright and frosty. I have been having very severe pain in my ear and neck for several mornings. De has been to the store for some merchandise. I an feeling some better. Hayne went to spend the night with Lee while George is gone.

   November, 14 1918 Frosty and bright. De has been to Joe Brocks, and John Dailey's. She informs me that Jeff Langley's people are all in bed with the Flu.

   November, 15 1918 I feel awful weak and not able to do anything hardly. Some skirts of clouds-frost this morning. The boys are trying to get through picking cotton except quilt cotton. They are plowing up the garden today too.

   November, 16 1918 It rained sometime during the night and is raining this Morning. My health does not improve. I am going out fast. I have been sick with the Spanish Flu for several weeks. I have not been able to go see Ola since she got her leg broke.

   Edgar has not been to see me. Hayne and Frank went over to Georges in the evening.

   November, 17 1918 Still raining some-windy. I received a letter from W.W. Sparks who is in France with A.E.F. Army. he wrote me a good letter and I had it printed in the Campbell News, the past week, 15th. inst. The boys went to Mr. Akins and Jim Harmon and his two girls came to hear the graphaphone play. Windy and cooler.

   November, 18 1918 Hugh and George have come to help the boys haul cotton. Lee and the children came with George. They hauled 2 bales out each weighed 496#. I certainly appreciate the help they were to us. It is cool but cloudy.

   November, 19 1918 It has cleared up Hugh and George have helped the boys dress the hog. Slaughtered at 9:00AM-temperature 45 degrees. Wind a little North of West- medium to brisk velocity. I hear of some others who have killed hogs. Ours perhaps will weigh 335#. 10:00AM-Temp. 48 deg. . 11:00AM- temp. 50 deg. . 2:26PM-temp. 53 deg. . 5:00PM-temp. 56 deg. . 7:30PM-temp. 49 deg. .

   November, 20 1918 Temperature slightly below 40 deg. . 7:15AM-temp. 38.5 deg. .Meat nice and cool- I think safe. 12:38PM-temp. 60 deg. . Wind has veered around to the N.W. I changed one of our inner doors today.

   Floy has a fine boy at her house. It arrived today. Some skirts of clouds. J.W. Eskew came and we played checks. I got 10 and he got 8 and we played 2 draws. De has gone to stay at Floys tonight. Hayne and I spent the night at home.

   November, 21 1918 Temperature 42 deg. and clouding up. Hayne and Frank are to pick cotton for George as he has gone to Atlanta to swap off the horse Dan. I am now at home by myself. De came home but she went back. I went to Mr. Duretts to take them some fresh meat. Temperature is 58 deg. at 4:00PM. George has come from Atlanta and brought another horse( a mare ). It cost $60.00 boot to swap Dan. I like her very well. she is about 7 or 8 years old. Her feet are too small for the size of her body, I think they are unnatural.

   November, 22 1918 Cloudy and cool. Temp. ranges from 46 to 51 deg. . The boys are helping George Pritchard today. De has gone to Floy's. 8:00PM-temp. 44 deg. .

   November, 23 1918 5:00AM-temp 42 deg. . Rain last night.

   November, 24 1918 Rain last night. Temperature this morning is 41 deg. . 10:30AM the temp. is 44 deg. . Hugh and George came to see the new mare George swapped for. She is pretty but her feet are too small for the size of her body. De has gone to Floy's and the boys have gone to J.W. Dailey's. J.W. Eskew, wife and daughter came.

   November, 25 1918 We worked the new mare to the wagon today, in the forenoon, we then went to Lee's in the buggy, De and I, and George and I went to Fairburn, and drove the new mare and she is afraid of autos. I am so sorry.

   November, 26 1918 It rained last night and the temperature is 46 deg. with the wind blowing from the East.

   George has offered me $175.00 for the mare, and I am in favor of accepting it. De has gone to Floy's and J.W. Eskew and I played checks, and I got 6 to his 2 and 3 draws. Ray Cook came and got Hayne's puppy Tom.

   November, 27 1918 J.W. and Fred Eskew came to see the mare. Jim says $175.00 is enough for her and I think so too. It is cloudy and cool. The boys are cutting wood on the McGuire land, and I went after a load with the new horse. She did very well. De went to Mrs. Sparks.

   November, 28 1918 It rained last night but has ceased. I am real sick this morning. De and I went down by the Thomas place in the buggy. I don't need no such place, it's too rough to hunt rabbits on. Oh, how I would dread to live down there. It has cleared up and is some cooler.

   November, 29 1918 The boys have been cutting wood and I have been hauling it. It is now cloudy. We had possum today for dinner and taters too. De went to Floy's.

   November, 30 1918 We went to the mill and hauled 15 1/2 bushels of corn from Mr. Spark's at $1.90 per bushel. I had Mr. Sparks to put shoes on the mare's hind feet. I don't think there had ever been any on her behind. De went to Mrs. Sparks.

   December, 1 1918 Sunday- It is cloudy and cool, temp. 40 deg. . Frank went to see Mr. Joe Brock about his cutting an apple tree. He made it alright. Has been a very wet day. Hayne just ordered 36 records.

   December, 2 1918 Dressed a beef and went to Fairburn.

   December, 3 1918 Hauled wood, and the boys cut wood. J.W. Eskew came and we played checks-Henry 11 games, Jim 8 games, 2 draws.

   December, 4 1918 De went to Floy's. I and the boy's cut and hauled stove wood. Real cool. Our horse pulls very well, but she shies and tries to run.

   December, 5 1918 Thursday-Hayne has gone to have his wheel repaired. Bright and cold. Temp. 32 deg. . I went to Mr. Robert Clark's and had a settlement with him. He said that was all I owed him except it might be a few cents one way or the other.

   December, 6 1918 Friday-De and the boys washed today and then she and I went to Lee's. It has been a pretty day.

   December, 7 1918 Saturday-I and the boys are hauling manure from George Pritchard's today. Clouding up. Mr.&Mrs. Billy Clark and Mrs. Ophelia Phillip's and two of J.M. Harrison's daughters came at night to hear the graphaphone.

   December, 8 1918 Sunday morning-some clouds. Edward Cochran came in the AM. De and I went to Walter Durretts and to Hugh and Floy's. The boys went to Bethlehem to meeting.

   December, 9 1918 Monday-De and I washed our duds. The boys are hauling for Mr. Robert Cook From Fairburn.

   December, 10 1918 Tuesday-The boys are going to Fairburn again for Mr. Cook. I am afraid they will get wet it looks very much like rain and is a little warmer. George and I hauled fodder from Spark's. De went to Floy's.

   December, 11 1918 Wednesday-Hugh and I went to Fairburn. The boys are still hauling. De went to Floy's. It has misted rain today.

   December,12 1918 Thursday-Thick and misty-warmer. The boys are at home today.

   December, 13 1918 Friday-New records came. Still very thick and misting rain from the East. Mr. O.W. Sparks is moving to Ben Hill today. George offered me $185.00 for my horse today.

   December, 14 1918 Saturday-Very rainy today and last night-Dark and dismal.

   December, 15 1918 Sunday-I am 70 years of age today at 10:00Am. I was born Abbeville District South Carolina on the Betsy Eaton Farm.

I came to Georgia at 3 years of age. Then went back with my fathers family to South Carolina. Then returned with them to Georgia at age 7, and have lived here ever since. I am proud that I am a citizen of Georgia. De and I are at home today. Hayne and Frank have gone to George's today. Hayne went to take Floy some milk and butter this morning. Ola and Edgar don't seem to know when my Birthday is as they never recognize it anyway. My Birthday's will soon be over, then they may think of it. I was informed that there were two bodies buried at Bethlehem today, a Camp, and a Cochran, (children ).

   December, 16 1918 Monday-I am on my 71st. year this morning. The boys have to cut stove wood. De and I are washing this morning. Cool and cloudy. De has gone to Floy's and the boys are cutting wood, and I am picking cotton. There is green crabgrass, green Bermuda grass, Green cotton leaves, green Irish potato tops, green apple leaves, green tomato plants.

   December, 17 1918 Teusday-There is a thick fog and cloudy. J.W. Eskew is repairing the George Eskew house N.E. of us. De has gone to Robert Cooks and the boys to cut wood. De has now gone to Floy's. Hugh and Elvyn came at night to hear the phonograph.

   December, 18 1918 Wednesday-Cold East wind. Hugh came to get the boys to pick cotton, but it was too cold. They are cutting stove wood. I have a headache.

   December, 19 1918 Thursday-Cold East wind. The boys are helping Hugh kill his two hogs today and De has gone up there. 4:14PM Hayne and Frank have gone to George's to stay till bed time. Ray Cook, Homer Cochran, several others have killed hogs. Temp. 42 deg. . Wind strong from the East, and beginning to rain at night. Boys went to George's at night but came back at 8:30PM.

   December, 20 1918 Friday-Cold rain this morning from the East, Very bad. J.W. Eskew came and we played checks, he got 5 and I got 1 game. It has been a very wet day from the East. It is unusual for it to rain from the East, after the wind has been blowing 24 hours before it begins to rain, But in this case it was windy for 3 or 4 days. before it began to rain. Perhaps it was the German Kaiser.

   December, 21 1918 Saturday-It has been a very bad rainy night and still raining From the East. Temperature 50 deg. I am feeling very bad this morning. Hayne and Frank went to Mr. Robert Cook's to get some Christmas, but he did not have much of that kind of stuff. They have tried to do some decorating in the front room, but their chances to do so are very limited. I hope God will bless them and help them to grow up to be good and useful men.

   I regret very much that I am not able to do more for them, but I am not able to do much work now. It has been the darkest day I have seen for years and rain-rain. J.W. Eskew came and we played checks again, we got 8 games each and 3 draws.

   It is 4:40PM and I can't see to write without a light. There has been a bad spell of weather for the past several days.

   December, 22 1918 Sunday-Looks like clearing up. Temperature 55 deg. . Pretty day. Edward and Harris came. Lee and the baby came. De and I went to Hugh's in the evening and then went on till bed time with J.W. Eskew's family.

   December, 23 1918 Monday-Some clouds-cool. Hayne and Frank and myself went to Fairburn today.

   December, 24 1918 Tuesday "Christmas Eve", It was very rainy last night, but has ceased this morning, but is still cloudy. Edgar told me yesterday that he had forgotten the date of my Birthday. Hayne and Frank have gone hunting. George Pritchard has bought him another horse for $165.00. The boys are preparing to go with a Lackie crowd serenading tonight. They went.

   December, 25 1918 Wednesday-Christmas. We are all fine this morning, but I don't know where or how we will be next Christmas Day.

   The Boys got in about 10:00 last night, they report having a fine time. I hope they did. I have not seen any ice this winter. Temperature this morning is 34 deg. Up to now the winter has been more mild than usual. Lee and 3 children came 10:00AM, George came later. J.W. Eskew came. John Pritchard came after Lee and the children earlier than she wanted to go home. The Boys have gone hunting today.

   December, 26 1918 Thursday-The ground is frozen and there is thin ice. Temperature 26 deg. The Boys have gone a hunting again. De has gone to Floy's. Bright. After De has gone to Floy's I am alone, 12:41PM. I went to Floy's in the afternoon. I was informed today that Fred Henderson had his leg taken off last night on account of having been hurt by Homer Cooks auto. It occurred in front of Clyde Miller's house out where I sold to him near J.A. Henderson's. Poor Boy.

   December, 27 1918 Friday-Morning.

   Hayne and Frank have gone to Lee's till bed time. Come in at 10:20PM.

   December, 28 1918 Saturday-Cloudy and cold. Temperature 34 deg. De is going out to Jesse Maddox across the road.

   December, 29 1918 Sunday-Clear and bright. temperature is 23 deg. .

   Out of tears and in my loves old heart it is 20 deg. below zero(????)

George Pritchard and family and Hugh Pritchard and family came. They all took dinner with us, and appeared to have a nice time. I hope we will all have a chance to be together next Christmas, but it is not a sure thing. For we do not know what a day will bring forth much less a year.

   God Bless them all. We all went to William Clarks till bed time.

   December, 30 1918 Monday-We took dinner at Mr. Garner's. I went to Fairburn and took De went as far as Mr. D. Garner's with me. I took a bale of cotton out there to store it, but the warehouse was full and I brought it back. A representative of the A&WP RR came to see me and I was at the Garner's when he saw me. It has moderated considerable. Clancey(?) bought a sack of nuts for $1.02 per bushel.

   December, 31 1918 Tuesday-morning. It is cloudy and sprinkling, Showery. Fixed the wagon seat. Mrs. Jess Maddox came after water.





   January, 1 1919 Wednesday-New Years Day

   Warmer-Cloudy-Some rain. Finished picking cotton. At night the boys went to Floy's. Hard rain at night.

   January, 2 1919 Thursday- Very rainy all night, and still raining. Very rainy all day. J.W. Eskew came and we played checks. He beat me bad, 10 to 1.

   January, 3 1919 Friday-Temperature 22 deg., snow lightly on the ground. 9:00AM temp. 20 deg. and it appears to be turning colder. Mr. J.W. Eskew is dressing his hog today. 4:45PM very cold.

   January, 4 1919 Saturday-Bright and cold. 7:25AM Temp. 8 deg., was 28 deg in the cellar. We ate breakfast at 9:00AM. I received a card from G.F. Pritchard today that he had been hurt by a mule and for me to let Hayne and Frank come and cut some wood for him. They went. De has gone to Floy's to see if she is frozen. The boys came home and went back to take George and Lee some groceries, and drive his cow home.

   January, 5 1919 Sunday- Cold N.East wind. De, Hayne and Frank have just left to go to George Pritchard's on a visit. I am at home alone. A pleasant home is the sweetest place on earth. I fail to see why other people's homes are any better to a person than their own. It is not for me.

   January, 6 1919 Monday-Cloudy in the morning and Bright in the afternoon. Still cold.

   January, 7 1919 Tuesday-Temperature 27 deg. The Boys have gone to cut wood for George, as he is sick with the Flu again. De and I are preparing to go to Fairburn, later. We went to Fairburn and got flour, 1 barrel.

   George and Lee moved to the Hogan Place. Our boys helped them move.

   January, 8 1919 Wednesday-Temperature 36 deg. . Cloudy, raining lightly.

   January, 9 1919 Thursday-Bright and cold. The Boys cut and hauled wood. De went to Floy's. J.W. Eskew came and we played checks, he got 4 and I got 8 and 4 draws.

   January, 10 1919 Friday-Still cold. We cut and hauled wood.

   January, 11 1919 Saturday-Pretty day. We cut and hauled wood.

   January, 12 1919 Sunday-Hayne and Frank have gone to J.W. Dailey's to spend the day. East Wind. I went down to the house in front and spoke to Mr. Landrum(?)the new neighbor. I hope I will like him.

   January, 13 1919 Monday-Cloudy. Hayne is sick. Edgar and J.F Golightly came or(?) J.W. Thomason came.

   January, 14 1919 Tuesday-Pleasant. The boys went to school at Bethlehem. George and Lee came and left the children while they went to Fairburn. I learned that Lee paid $ .40 per yard for gingham for a dress.

   January, 15 1919 Wednesday-Cloudy. NW wind. J.W. Eskew, wife and 2 daughters came. Jesse Maddox, wife and 2 Chaps came. I hauled wood. The boys went to school.

   January, 16 1919 Thursday-Light rain, Cold, Light East wind. I hauled some wood. Mr. Clarence Landrum and wife Mamie came at night till bed time.

   January, 17 1919 Friday-Lots of rain last night, and still raining.

   January, 18 1919 Saturday-Cooler and N.W. wind. I am in the soup again in regard to sickness. De has the back ache so bad she can hardly live. I am afraid she has her same old trouble coming on again. Frank has his old cough again and is vomiting. I am not able to work and do not know what is to become of us all. I have spent all I have made during a long struggle through life, and now I can't work for a support for my family. I have just called Dr. Thomason to see De and Frank.

   Mr. Clarence Landrum&wife, and a young Landrum and a young Mr. Cochran, and 2 of Mr. Doc. Landrum's boys came to hear the phonograph, and to play checks. None of them got a game.

   January, 19 1919 Sunday-Bright, clear, frosty. Edward Cochran has come. Thurmond and Lester Atkins came. Dr. J.W. Thomason came to see Frank and De. Lester Campbell, wife and children drove up here to see the Doctor. We went over to Mr. Doc Landrum's at night.

   January, 20 1919 Monday-Bright and clear and cool, pretty day.

De and I went to George's and Lee's. down at the W.T. Hogan place. The horse broke her halter and got away and went to Mr. Dobbs.

   January,21 1919 Tuesday-A pretty day. I have just learned that Anna Duncan, Chester (?) Black's wife(?). is dead with the Flu her husband is likely to die. Hugh came at night to get the boys to pick cotton for him.

   January, 22 1919-Wednesday-De and I washed our duds yesterday and she contacted a very bad cold. I helped Hugh pick cotton today. Mrs. Caneveder(?) spent the day with De. Mrs. Caley the school teacher came home with the boys to spend the night. It is raining.

   January, 23 1919-Thursday-Doc Landrum and Bob Smith came to hear the phonograph. J.W. Eskew came to play checks. I got 8, he got 4, and 7 draws. De has gone to see Queen. The boys have gone to school.

   January, 24 1919-Friday-George Pritchard came by. Cooler today. Boys gone to Mr. Landrum's tonight.

   January, 25 1919-Saturday-It is raining lightly this morning and last night. Rain all day. Very Rainy. J.W. Eskew and daughter and Ethel Maddox came. Railroad man Sanburne called me on the phone.

   January, 26 1919-Sunday-Mrs. Clarence Landrum and Miss Lonnie Landrum came in the evening. I went to Mr. Clarence Landrum's and had my hair cut.

   January, 27 1919- Monday- Went to Fairburn and bought feed. Frank went with me.

   January, 28 1919- Tuesday-Cloudy. 11:30AM it is clearing up some and is turning cooler. De and I went to Clarence Landrum's till bed time.

   January, 29 1919-Wednesday-Cooler-Pretty day.

   January, 30 1919-Thursday-Cool-bright--pretty. Loaned Landrum my wagon. I stained the phonograph. De has gone to Mrs. Cooks, and the boys have gone to school. I have the "Blues" bad. We all went out to Jesse Maddox till bed time.

   January,31 1919- Friday-I went to Floy's this morning to take her papers(constitutions) Pearl&Nellie Eskew, Thormond and Lester Akins, Edward and Harris Cochran came and our all had a good time at night pulling candy. Bless them all.





   February, 1 1919 Saturday-The boys cut and hauled wood. Rhoda Cochran, and her son Harris came. Pearl Eskew and 2 of his(?) brother Georges children came, and Anna Rainwater came. Pretty day.

   February, 2 1919 Sunday-Wind from the East-Cool. Horace Richards came to go with the boys to George's. Hayne went but Frank's wheel was broke. He has gone to get Edward and Harris to go with him afoot. De and I went to Floy's in the evening.

   February, 3 1919 Monday-Cloudy and cool. De has gone to the store and the boys to school. Very rainy in the morning. J.W Eskew came.

   February, 4 1919 Tuesday-Very thick cloudy and misty. De and I went to Floy's.

   February, 5 1919 Wednesday-Cloudy and cool.

   February, 6 1919 Thursday-Bright and cool. De went to Floy's, and Hayne and I went to Fairburn. De and I went to the Kite's at night. Mr. Durett brought us a nice mess of fresh meat.

   February,7 1919 Friday-Cloudy, signs of rain. Mr. Landrum's folks are dressing a hog today. I loaned them my hog hauler and sausage grinder    Frank Turbyfield died last night with the Flu and pneumonia. The school children was to have a candy pulling at Mrs. J.H. Cochran's, but our Boy's remained at home on account of disobedience. I was sorry for them, but boys will be boys.

   February,8 1919 Saturday-De visited Mrs. Mayossie Landrum and Ahearn(?) her mother in the evening. Boys went hunting in the morning.

   February, 9 1919 Sunday-John S. Dailey and two of his brothers, Milton and Morrison and Floyd Rainwater came to hear the graphaphone. Me Doc Landrum came in the morning and brought us a mess of fresh meat. Turning Cold. Mrs. Bill Maddox died this morning with cancer.

   February,10 1919 Monday-Bright and cold. Temperature 25 deg. J.W. Eskew came.

   February,11 1919 Tuesday- Big frost, snowed and a light mist of rain.

   February, 12 1919 Wednesday-De went to Floy's. I went to the store.

   February, 13 1919 Thursday-Rainy last, still raining. Frank at home sick. Rain-Rain-Rain. J.W. Eskew came.

   February, 14 1919 Friday-Both boys gone to school. Temperature 48 deg. . My cold is very bad. 10:20AM it is very windy, some clouds. Mr. Doc. Landrum and two of his boys, Clarence Landrum and wife, and Fred Eskew came at night.

   February, 15 1919 Saturday- Cloudy and cold. Sent Mr. Bob Cook a lot of fruit trees. Mr. Cook brought Frank's bicycle peddle arm today, and he sure was glad. It had been broken nearly 3 months, from November, 19 1918.

   February, 16 1919 Sunday- Cloudy and bleak. Temperature 32 deg. . Thurmond and Lester Akins have come. De is suffering real bad with rheumatism. Harris and Edward came. Mr.&Mrs. Durett and their two children, also Mr.&Mrs. Kite and son came.

   February, 17 1919 Monday-Cold, cloudy.

   February, 18 1919 Tuesday- Cold, some clouds-Noon bright and pretty. I went up to Mr. Dailey's sawmill and De went to Floy's.

   February, 19 1919 Wednesday-Cool, clouds in the East. George Pritchard and John came. Floy and children came. Clarence Landrum came. Pretty day. J.W Eskew, wife and two daughters came. Boys went to Landrum's.

   February, 20 1919 Thursday-We are having a strong East wind, and some rain, early in the morning. Noon still raining. I went to Mr. Clarence Landrum's, and Hayne went to Jess Maddox's.

   February, 21 1919 Friday-Thick clouds, East wind. I went to the gin house and the store and De went to Millard Dailey's.

   February, 22 1919 Saturday-Washington's Birthday. Temperature 58 deg. .Rained last night from 1:00AM till day, and since daylight it has rained extremely heavy.

   Mrs. Robert Cook came this morning to tell me that my daughter Mrs. Ola Short was at the Georgia Baptist Hospital in serious condition.

   Noon hour-I have just been informed that my Daughter Ola is dead. It is a sad affair to me. Ola was so dear to me. She has not been in my house for years on a visit. She came with Edger and children on the 24th. of April 1918. She is gone now and I hope she is in Heaven today. There is only one more-"Edgar"- left of my first family now. None of my Father's and Mother's family are alive, except myself.

   February, 23 1919 Sunday-Bright and clear.

   I am preparing to go to Fairburn today to Ola's funeral. I went to Charlie Short's and took supper and sat till bedtime, and then Edgar took me over to his home, and I spent the night.

   February, 24 1919 Monday- Charlie Short and his children treated me real nice, so did Edgar.

   February, 25 1919 Tuesday-It has been very rainy since in the night and all day. De and I went to Joe Brock's-Fanny Langley is up there.

   February, 26 1919 Wednesday-Clear and cool. De and I washed today.

   February, 27 1919 Thursday-Bright and cool, a very pretty day. The boys and I went to Fairburn today. A man was tried for murder and was sentenced to 12 years on the Chain Gang, only. De went to Floy's and to Mr. Joe Brock's.

   February, 28 1919 Friday-Warmer, light shower in The AM.

   I got a letter from Guy L. Maddox--My Grandson in Texas-- I had not heard from him in 20 years.

   De and I have just returned from Lee's. Showering all day.



   March, 1 1919 Saturday-The boys and I were cutting and splitting wood today. Cold in the forenoon. De and the boys went to J.W. Eskew's at night to a candy pulling.

   I wrote my Grandson in Texas, Mary Oleana's boy, Guy L. Maddox.

   March, 2 1919 Sunday-I went over to Mr. Durett's to see how their children were. George and Lee and the children and Hugh and Floy and their children came. W.L. Bullard died today and De and I went up there at night.

   March, 3 1919 Monday-The boys and I cut wood. De was taken very sick after we left at noon.

   March, 4 1919 Tuesday-Called the Doctor for De this morning. 2:00PM, Dr. J.W. Thomason has just been in and gone. He informed me that Willard Camp had cut his thumb off. Mrs. Mayinye(?) Landrum came.

   March, 5 1919 Wednesday-Thick and cloudy and light rain later. It has been very wet all day. Turning colder late in the evening.

   March, 6 1919 Thursday-Built a hog pen.

   March, 7 1919 Friday-Boys and I cut wood. Mrs. Vinnie Brock and Miss Fannie Langley came at night.

   March, 8 1919 Saturday-Cloudy, strong East wind. Bob Cook's folk's are threatening to kill Britt, the boy's dog. Wet-Wet-Wet.

   March, 9 1919 Sunday-Rained heavy last night. Cooler and cloudy today. Hugh rode his mare over this morning. De and Hayne have started off to George's in the buggy with our horse. De and the boys have got back and Horace Richards and Edward and Harris came.

   March, 10 1919 Monday-Frank and I cut wood. Hayne was sick.

   March, 11 1919 Tuesday- Rained last night. The boys and I cut wood. I got another letter from, Guy L. Maddox O'Leana's son.

   March, 12 1919 Wednesday-The boys and I cut wood. We went down to Clarence Landrum's to sit till bed time.

   March, 13 1919 Thursday-Boys and I cut wood. J.W. Eskew came to play checks. Snookum(?) came to spend the night. George came and got Jimbo(?).

   March, 14 1919 Friday-Dr. J.W. Thomason came to see De and Hayne. Mr. Tarpley came with him, an insurance agent. Frank went to Fairburn on his wheel to get some headache tablets.

   March, 15 1919 Saturday-Cool and misting rain. Planted Irish potatoes. Horace Richards came. Got 48# of sweet potatoes from Mr. Doc. Landrum, cost $ 1.50 .

   March, 16 1919 Sunday-Frank went on a candy pulling last night at J.A. Cooks and says he had a fine time. It is still cloudy and misting rain from the East. I am going to write to Guy today. Mr. John Teal, wife and sister came to hear the phonograph today.

   March, 17 1919 Monday-It is now raining and the ground is wet. Have not plowed a furrow outside of the garden yet.

   March, 18 1919 Tuesday-Frank and I went to Fairburn and got hulls.

   March, 19 1919 Wednesday-Went to Fairburn and got guano(5 sacks). Hayne and Frank went to J.W. Dailey's to see Henry Dailey as he has just come home from the European War.

   March, 20 1919 Thursday-It is bright and fair. Have begun dragging stalks with the mare. She does well. Have drug several times with her.

   March, 21 1919 Friday Bright and clear. Hayne is still sick. Frank is plowing. Robert Cook's gin was running this morning. There were 10 or 11 bales on the yard yesterday.

   March, 22 1919 Saturday-We plowed. It was a pretty day, but the evening was blue to me after a hard days work. Such is hard work.

   

No entries found for March, 23, 24,25,26,27,28.



   March, 29 1919 Saturday-Bright and cold. Temperature 38 deg.

   Frank and Hayne went to a box supper last night at Antioch School house. Say there was a big crowd there, collected $40.95, for improvements.

   Saw a very strange machine go along the road today, Rough(?). It was going behind the road scrapes to try it out on road work.

   March, 30 1919 Sunday Bright and pretty. 12:30PM clouding up.

   J.W. Eskew came and we played checks. He got 5 games and I got 3 games and 3 draws. Hayne and Frank have gone to Hartwell Freemans at the Tames place down near the river.

   March, 31 1919 Monday-Bright and cool-windy. Hugh came at night.



   April, 1 1919 Tuesday-Bright and cool.

   April, 2 1919 Wednesday-Bright and cool. Hayne plowed. I went to Floy's for a little while. We washed today.

   April, 3 1919 Thursday-Hayne and I went to Fairburn today. Got 3 sacks of guano from W.J. Campbell. 2 sacks of mule feed, 1 bushel of meal, 100# of salt. It is clouding up. De went to J.W. Eskew's in the evening.

   April, 4 1919 Friday-It began to rain last night or this morning at 3:00AM and is still raining, it is 9:00AM. Hugh brought Floy and the children. It is very dark and gloomy at 5:15PM. I ate my first ripe straw berry today.

   April, 5 1919 Saturday-Hayne and I went to Fairburn today and got 4 sacks of guano. George and Lee and the children came today.

   April, 6 1919 Sunday-Bright and clear. De and Frank and myself went to Grover Northcutt's and to Tommy Barn's. Hugh and Floy and the children all went over there.

   April, 7 1919 Monday-Cloudy, planted beans. Mr. Landrum came to work in the shop. Nellie the mare got too hot and had a slight case of water colic.--For water colic; rub them well and cover them, so as to get them warm at once.

   April, 8 1919 Tuesday- Prepared cotton land. Dr. Thomason came and removed revula(?) from Frank's throat to see if it will stop his cough. It did not help him much, but I think it relieved him some.

   April, 9 1919 Wednesday-Landrums came to work in the shop. De has gone to Floy's.

   April, 10 1919 Thursday-Cloudy and windy, later light rain. Had a settlement with Mr. Robert Cook today and paid him all I owe him $20.65 . I am up at 8:30PM because I can't sleep. I don't feel like I can sleep tonight. Up 4 times,

   April, 11 1919 Friday-Bright and cooler. Hayne and Frank have gone to the Bethlehem School house.

   April, 12 1919 Saturday- We all went to George's and Lee's today and took the yearling to put in the pasture. Hugh and Floy and the children came late in the evening. I wrote a letter to the Babson Company for George Pritchard and sent a check for him, to pay for the April payment on the phonograph.

   April, 13 1919 Sunday-George came after his letter and bought the saddle for $6.00 . We went to Mr. Kites last night for a little while. Thurmond(?) and Lester Akins and Edward Cochran came and all took dinner.

   April, 14 1919 Monday-Began planting cotton. Mr. Kite came to see the double buggy. Pretty cool day. De went to Mr. Harris's.

   April, 15 1919 Tuesday-Planted cotton seed. De went to Mr. Harrel's to get a dress made. Began to rain late in the evening. Had a nice mess of vegetables from the garden today.

   April, 16 1919 Wednesday-Big rain last night, still cloudy and showery. J.W. Eskew came to play checks. De and I went to Fairburn in the evening. Frank and Hayne went after a load of wood. It is turning cool.

   April, 17 1919 Thursday-We hauled and split wood. J.W. Eskew came to play checks. Cool. De went to Floy's.

   April, 18 1919 Friday-Hayne and Frank went to Fairburn on their wheels. We had a second mess of greens from the garden today. De has gone to Mr. Harrels to have a dress fitted on her.

   April, 19 1919 Saturday-Plowed some and hauled wood. De went to Floy's, Leslie is sick. Went to the mill.

   April, 20 1919 Sunday-Bright and cool. Hayne and Frank went to Paul Black's last night and report a roaring time. Fuss-Fuss-Fuss. Mrs. Barfield came while I was gone to Walter Durrett's. Mr. Durrett's family had gone to Clark Campbell's to an egg hunt.

   April, 21 1919 Monday-Planted peas in orchid. Went to Fairburn had one shoe put on the mare, and got guano. B.F James was buried.

   April, 22 1919 Tuesday-Planted cotton seed. Frank coughed all day. His medicine did no good. Tried to get J.W. Askew to take him and De to Atlanta, also Bob Cook, and J.W. Dailey, but failed as they had rather it than go.(?)

   April, 23 1919 Wednesday-Frank still continues to cough. So I called Dr. Thomason, and he came and has gone to Atlanta with them. 7:30PM De and Frank have not come yet. Had a picture of our strawberries made, they are bearing nicely.

   April, 24 1919 Thursday-Planted cotton, butter beans, peppers crop. Cool and cloudy.

   April, 25 1919 Friday-Turns colder. Had a shoe replaced on the mare's foot by, H.P. Brock. She stepped on it on one side and pulled it loose. I am in so much pain with my shoulder.

   April, 26 1919 Saturday-Very cold. Planted melons, squashes, Cucumbers, butter beans. De has been out on a lark with Mr. J.W. Eskew and his wife, and two daughters to Pineywoods Church, and to Mr. Jeff Langley's. She reports a nice time. Mrs. Ida Langley and son Guy, and Mrs. Viney Brock came at night to hear the Phonograph.

   April, 27 1919 Sunday-Cool and bright. Hayne has driven the horse to Mr. J.A. Cooks. Mr. Jess Maddox and Beery Carden, and a Johnny Stubblefield, and also Guy Langley came in the evening to hear the phonograph. John Pritchard and Pearl Eskew, and Hugh Dailey and Anna Rainwater came to hear the phonograph at night.

   April, 28 1919 Monday-De and Frank went to Floy's in the buggy. Planted cotton seed.

   April, 29 1919 Tuesday-Hayne and I went to Fairburn and got guano and hay, but rained out towards Fairburn.

   April, 30 1919 Wednesday-Planted cotton. Light rain in the evening.

   May, 1 1919 Thursday-Finished planting cotton. Boys hauled wood. Good rain.

   May, 2 1919 Friday-Bright and clear. Planted corn.

   May, 3 1919 Saturday-Cloudy and cool. De and the boys preparing to go fishing, also some other boys, going to the "Old Henry Mill" place on Bear creek. The are off. I have been replanting cotton.

   May, 4 1919 Sunday- Tom Northcutt brought Elaine and Eloise up to our gate this morning, and they came up to the house and took dinner with us. It has been a long time since they were here.

   May, 5 1919 Monday-Big rain. Replanted cotton today. Boys hauled wood. De went to J.W. Eskew's in the evening.

   May, 6 1919 Tuesday-Finished replanting cotton. Cloudy and rainy.

   May, 7 1919 Wednesday-Big rain last night. I went to E.O. Rainwater's in the morning. Cotton coming up fine. Big, big rain at night.

   May, 8 1919 Thursday-Bright and clear. I had a very serious spell with my shoulder last night. De and Frank went to Floy's after her and 11 chickens.

   May, 9 1919 Friday-I suffered severely last night with my arms and cramps.

   May, 10 1919 Saturday-Cloudy and clear. George Pritchard came by going to Griffin for his cow. De has gone to Floy's.

   May, 11 1919 Sunday-Nearly clear, cool. George Paid me $20.00 on his account yesterday, $23.15 left. Began to run over my cotton yesterday. De and I went to Cedar Grove school house to hear Rev. Hamp Dodson preach. I was well pleased with his sermon. Him and Mr. Dailey and Mr. Griffin came in the evening, also Jesse Maddox, and wife, and 2 children came. Milton Dailey, and Leonard Northcutt came, also Guy Langley and an other boy came. Our boys went to Mr. John Dailey's in the evening. It is real cool for the time of year.

   May,12 1919 Monday-Harrowed cotton. De went to Rhoda Cochran's and to Cook's. Looks very much like rain.

   May, 13 1919 Tuesday-Rained last night and big rain this morning, and continues. Very dark and dismal. Grass, Grass-Rain, Rain. Ground very wet. Cut our oats today. Bought Hayne a pair of shoes, size 11. J.W. Eskew came today.

   May, 14 1919 Wednesday-Real cool, clearing up. I went to Mr. Wm. Clark's today. Boys planted strawberries north of the house.

   May, 15 1919 Thursday-Planted orchid corn and peas. Cut some oats.

   May, 16 1919 Friday-Harrowing cotton. Queen Eskew came and got cabbage and peas.

   May, 17 1919 Saturday-Frank has gone to the mill. Finished harrowing cotton. Frank got one bushel of meal for, $2.00 . Nice shower. We set out 2 rows of potato slips today. J.W. Eskew, wife and two daughters came at night.

   May, 18 1919 Sunday-Pretty day. George and Lee and their children came. Horace Richards came.

   May, 19 1919 Monday-Plowed cotton. De went to Mrs. Harrells. Sprinkle in the evening.

   May, 20 1919- Tuesday-Raining this morning, Rain, rain, rain.

   May, 21 1919 Wednesday- Hugh is sick and De has gone up there. So the boys and I went to Fairburn to the unveiling of the Dead Soldiers Monument. There was the biggest crowd there I have ever seen in Fairburn. It rained several times in the afternoon.

   May, 22 1919 Thursday-De and I went out to Mr. J.C. Smith's to see his boy Charlie who had one of his legs amputated for White Swelling. He is very bad off.

   May, 23 1919 Friday-Cool. De went to Mrs. Cook's store and she bargained for a dress. Finished plowing cotton on the front.

   May, 24 1919 Saturday-George and Lee came by on their way to Atlanta to shop. The children stayed here while they were gone. It is clouding up. Charlie Maddox came home yesterday from the Army in France.

   There is a singing at Old Campbellton today and tomorrow. Planted Irish potatoes. George and Lee came by on their way home from Atlanta. George Paid me the $23.15, the balance that he owed me. I did not charge him any interest on the money.

   May, 25 1919 Sunday-Sprinkled rain. Floy and the children came and Hayne is making ice cream. Mrs. Jess Maddox and children came. Hugh and 5 boys came in the evening. De and I went to Hugh's late in the evening.

   May, 26 1919 Monday-Cloudy and sprinkling rain. I could hardly get my clothes on this morning after a wakeful night. Cloudy and windy and signs of rain in the West. Mrs. J.W. Eskew came.

   May, 27 1919 Tuesday-I thinned cotton by hand as I could not hoe. Frank chopped cotton. Hayne is sick. Floy and the children came as they went to Mrs. Harrell's. De went to Harrells also. We had a nice peach pie from the orchid.

   May, 28 1919 Wednesday-Rain last night. Finished cutting oats. De has gone to Mr. Billa Clark's. I had a bad night with my arm. J.W. Eskew came to see how I was getting on.

   May, 29 1919 Thursday-Partly cloudy, ground very wet, crop grassy, and growing very well.

   May, 30 1919 Friday-De and I drove over to Floy's. A.W. Freeman wrote De that they were coming Sunday and perhaps Urial and his family would come from Atlanta. Big rain.

   May, 31 1919 Saturday-J.W. Eskew came to play checks, we got 12 games apiece. Mrs. J.W. Eskew and 3 girls came. Hayne and Frank drove the mare (Nellie) to Fairburn. Big rain.



   June, 1 1919 Sunday-Soft rain and sunshine. Hayne drove the mare over to J.A. Cook's to see Horace Richard's. A.W. Freeman and wife did not come to see De, neither did Urial and family come from Atlanta. Hugh and Floy came by and Hugh and I went to Mount Vernon to a singing in the evening. They surely did sing. Mr.&Mrs. Kite came by with us as we came back home.

   June, 2 1919 Monday-Cool East wind and cloudy some. We finished chopping cotton today at 10:00AM. Planted corn.

   June, 3 1919-Tuesday-Cool East wind, sprinkle rain. Began plowing cotton for the 2nd. time. T.W. Stone came by with his medicine.

   June, 4 1919 Wednesday- We went to mill and I got 2 bushels of meal for $4.00. Sprinkled rain, showery, warmer, East wind. I went to see Felton Rainwater, De went to Floy's.

   June, 5 1919 Thursday-We are having our first mess of beans today. Looks like rain. Frank went over to Floy's at dinner.

   June, 6 1919 Friday-Pretty day, but signs of rain. Crops look very well if the grass was out of them. I went to Felton Rainwater's this morning, he is better. Reedy Cook came up to our gate in their car and De and Frank went with Mrs. Cook and Reedy over to Old Uncle Jimmy Rainwaters place where Ray Cook lives.

   June, 7 1919 Saturday-I had a very bad night with my arm and shoulder. Right and clear this morning. Mrs. Harrell came. Mrs. Durett and two children and some others. J.W. Eskew came and we played checks.

   June, 8 1919 Sunday-A bright and pretty morning. I wish my life was as clear this morning as the skies. It is like the tune saying: " It matters not how we sigh for the days that have passed and gone, these will never return but we will continue our forward way". Horace Richards came in the forenoon and him and the boys got ice, etc. to make ice cream. George and Hugh and their families came in the evening and got more ice and we made more ice cream and had a big time. Horace and the boys went to Cedar Grove at night. Saw the first cotton square today.

   June, 9 1919 Monday-Bright and pretty this morning. The boys have gone to Hugh's this morning to help him hoe. Clouds in the evening.

   June, 10 1919 Tuesday-Some clouds and warm. The boys are hoeing for Hugh. He is paying $2.00 per day for hoeing. Mr. Robert Cook is paying $3.00 per day for 10 hours a day, and he hauls the hands from Fairburn and back, a big price.

   June, 11 1919 Wednesday-Cooler and bright. Floy and children came. De went to Eskew's.

   June, 12 1919 Thursday-Showery. Bond election for road improvements. J.W. Eskew sold 2 bales of cotton for $ .32 1/4 per pound. I have 4 bales to sell yet. I voted for Bonds, 54 votes cast-47 for Bonds-7 for no Bonds. Showery in the evening.

   June, 13 1919 Friday-Partially cloudy. De and I drove over to Hugh's to get patterns.

   June, 14 1919 Saturday-Bright and clear. Our cow Blue found a male calf at 10:50AM.

   June, 15 1919 Sunday-Sent for Mr. Griffin to see the cow, he treated her. Horace and two of the Griffin boys are here. De and I went to Mr. Eskew's last night and ate ice cream. De and I went to T.H. Northcutt's in the evening. Rain.

   June, 16 1919 Monday-The boys and I went to Fairburn and bought a sack of mule feed, and 476# of hulls and 1 sack of beet pulp, and 2 sacks of hog feed.

   June,17 1919 Tuesday-Rained again last night, cloudy this morning. 3:00PM, Floy and the children came.

   June, 18 1919 Wednesday-Cloudy and warm. De is real sick this morning. Light showers.

   June, 19 1919 Thursday-Some clouds, warm. I am sick and have the backache real bad this morning. Finished plowing cotton, the second time.

   June, 20 1919 Friday-Partial cloudy, warm. Layed-by corn, and plowed cotton middles. Price of cotton $ .33 1/4, I have 4 bales yet.

   June, 21 1919 Saturday-Bright and warm. Frank has gone to George's on his wheel. De and Hayne are going in the buggy. The mare appears, prancey. It was rather late when De and the boys got back.

   June, 22 1919 Sunday-Bright and warm. The boys went to Tom Northcutt's to see Elaine and Eloise. Harris and Edward went with them. 1:00PM it is now thundering. 5:00PM we had a shower and it looks like more. De has gone to Eskew's. Have some cotton that is nearly knee high.

   June, 23 1919 Monday-Cloudy and cooler, big rain. De went to Floy's and the boys went after her. J.W. Eskew came to play checks=H-9, J-6, D-3.

   June, 24 1919 Tuesday-Light rain last night. Boys gone fishing. George came for the churn.

   June, 25 1919 Wednesday-Warm and showery at 12:00. Best cotton knee high. Began plowing cotton for 3rd. time. Had roasting ears.

   June, 26 1919 Thursday-Cloudy and warm. Crops looking well. 12:40Pm looking like rain, warm. 3:00PM very showery. J.W. Eskew and I played checks. 5-5&3D.

   June, 27 1919 Friday-Rained big. J.W. Eskew came and we played checks.12-12&4D. Billy Clark and Jesse Maddox came. De went to Eskew's and the boys went to see Horace. 6:20PM Big, Big rain. Ground very wet.

   June, 28 1919 Saturday-Ordered records. Frank has gone to Mr. J.W. Dailey's and Hayne has gone up there for meal. 2:20 it is thundering. J.W. Eskew and Josephus Short came. De has gone to Eskew's. Boys at Dailey's. Thomas H. Northcutt and family came, also Elaine and Eloise.

   June, 29 1919 Sunday-Cool East wind. Hugh and Floy came by on their way to Bethany Church to an all day singing. Horace came. George and Lee and the children came. Nellie the mare was sick. Mr. Rainwater and wife came. Mrs. Harrell and children came. A lot of boys came.

   June, 30 1919 Monday-Wind, cool and cloudy. The horse appears to be alright today. Boys and I went to Fairburn, stored a bale of cotton and bought feed.

   July, 1 1919 Tueday-Bright and cool. Sent Hayne's shoes back to Hesery Bloske(?). We have had 3 messes of green corn.

   July, 2 1919 Wednesday-Very cool. Frank has gone to Felton Rainwater's to help a crowd hoe. He has been sick for a long time. Nobody came to cut a fire of wood for us, while we were all so we could not cut it. Mrs. Lara Clark Mrs. Ophelia Phillips came in the evening. Began repainting the house.

   July, 3 1919 Thursday-Clear and cool. Boys are repainting the house. De went to Floy's. I broke my eye glasses.

   July, 4 1919 Friday- East wind. Big Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey are to battle for the World's Championship of Pugilism at Toledo, Ohio. Willard gets $101,000.00, win or loose. Dempsey gets $35,000.00, win or loose. Tex Ricord(?) has paid out $250,000.00 to set up the fight, but expects $1,000,000.00. De went to Mr. Joe Brock's, and the boys went to Rhoda's. Mr. Billa Clark came. We had a cotton bloom on the 4th. Light shower in The evening.

   July, 5 1919 Saturday-Bright and nearly clear, some wind from the S.E. . De has gone to Floy's and the boys have gone to the Henry Mill place fishing. Light rain in the evening. J.W. Eskew came to play checks, H-10, J-6, D-6 . De went to Mr. Cook's.

   July, 6 1919 Sunday-De and I went to spend the day with George and Lee. Left Hayne and Frank at home. Thormond & Lester Akins and Harris and Edward were there.

   July, 7 1919 Monday-Hayne and I took a bale of cotton to Fairburn and stored it. It was $ .35 for 4/s. Had the mare shod. De went with Queen and Pearl Eskew to Josephus and Maude Short's for a visit in Eskew's car. I got some medicine from Dr. Thomason for the pain in my shoulder and neck.

   July, 8 1919 Tuesday-Light rain. Mr. Billa Clark came.

   July, 9 1919 Wednesday-Cloudy and raining lightly. I was real bad last night with my neck and shoulder. Big-Big rain, 1 1/2 hours at 3:15 PM. The boys have gone to haul a load of wood. I got a letter from Guy L. Maddox today.

   July, 10 1919 Thursday-Bright, rained last night, warm today. Hugh paid me $41.80,????????.

   July, 11 1919 Friday-Plowed cotton and hoed. Boys hauled wood.(corn/$2.50 per bushel.)

   July, 12 1919 Saturday-Began laying-by the cotton with the plow. De and I went to J.W. Dailey's in the evening. Boys went to Horace's at night.

   July, 13 Sunday Sunday-Frank went after the Sunday Constitution, but he loitered on the road and did not get there in time to get it. Hayne has gone to George's. Hugh and Floy came by on their way to Baptist Rest to a singing and left the children here. Eugene, George and Lee's boy came last night. Frank is staying at home for his mis-behavior on the Fairburn trip. George and Lee came by to get their boy. Edgar and two of his young children came in the evening. Hugh and Floy came by to get their children. Floy was sick.

   July, 14 1919 Monday-Very hot. Temp. 90 deg. Boys finished laying by cotton today. Crop is very good.

   July, 15 1919 Tuesday-De and I went to see Dr. Henley, and also went to Atlanta and got some records. Nice shower. Brought Edgar's daughter, Helen home with us.

   July, 16 1919 Wednesday-Big, Big rain. J.W. Eskew&son and Billa Clark came. Boys went to see Horace and rob some bees. De and Helen went to Bob Cook's.

   July, 17 1919 Thursday- Cloudy. Cotton fine. De and the boys are washing. We all went to Eskew's and Jim and I played checks. He has got so he can beat me.

   July, 18 1919 Friday-Cloudy and showery. Rain Rain.

   July, 19 1919 Saturday-Rain last night. J.W. Eskew came. I got 10, he got 7, and 3 draws. De and Helen have gone to Eskew's to eat melons. Boys went turtle hunting. Joe Short came. Edgar's children came at night and took their sister Helen home with them. Gather's(?) Camp's daughter was with them. George Pritchard came and Hayne and Frank went home with him.

   July, 20 1919 Sunday-Cloudy and foggy. George Pritchard and family, Josephus Short, Jess Maddox, and Hugh and family and we made ice cream. We had a good time. I enjoy their coming.

   July, 21 1919 Monday-I am sick today. De went to Mr. Durett's. Mr. Billa Clark came and we played checks. Crops are growing fine. I feel like my time on this earth is short. I get more feeble every day.

   July, 22 1919 Tuesday-Big rain. All sick today except Frank. Hot. Fred Eskew came and borrowed my rifle. J.W. Eskew came and also Robert Cook.

   July, 23 1919 Wednesday-Wind from the East and cloudy. I was aiming to go to Fairburn, but I am too sick. De and I drove over to Mr. Harrells in the buggy. Tomorrow is Hayne's Birthday, and Frank has gone to Tom Northcutt's to invite Elaine and her sister Eloise to come up and have some ice cream and cake with us. De invited Tom and his family also.

   July, 24 1919 Thursday-Haynes Birthday, he is 17 years old today. Ground is very wet, and it looks like rain. The price of cotton yesterday was $ .36, for (?).

   I have just been to ask Mr.&Mrs. Eskew to take dinner with us today.

   I am very weak and sick. I get worse.

   July, 25 1919 Friday-J.W. Eskew&family and Hugh&family came yesterday. It was a very rainy day for a Birthday dinner and ice cream eat. The ground is soaking wet, and signs of rain again today, very cloudy. Big rain in the evening. Today was De's Birthday, age 47(?).

   July, 26 1919 Saturday-Boys and I went to Fairburn in the forenoon. Cotton price for 4/s is $35.50 cwt. De and I went to Mr. Billy Clark's.

   July, 27 1919 Sunday-De and I went to Antioch. Millard Dailey's family came and Mr. Harrell's family came. Rhoda and numerous others. Hugh ran into Frank's wheel and broke it.

   July, 28 1919 Monday-De and I went to Antioch. Boys were at home. De and I went to Fairburn after the service and De had a tooth removed.

   July, 29 1919 Tuesday-Hayne and I went to help clean up the cemetery.

   July, 30 1919 Wednesday-Hot,Hot,Hot,Hot.

Frank has gone to George's. Hayne has gone ???.

   July, 31 1919 Thursday-The boys have gone to help clean off the graves at Bethlehem today, and got done before noon. J.W. Eskew brought me some fish for 60 (?).



   August, 1 1919 Friday- No entry found

   August, 2 1919 Saturday-Nice day yesterday. Cloudy today. I went to Fairburn to see Golightly. He is a very strange Lawyer to say the least of it. Boys are gone. Frank to Brocks reunion. Hayne to John Dailey's. Mrs. Nannie Sparks and her son W.W. Sparks came, also two of the small children. We had a big rain in the evening. George Pritchard came at night.

   August, 3 1919 Sunday-Warm and foggy. Allison Freeman and wife May came. Hugh and Floy and children came and spent the day. Morrison and Willard(?) came.

   August, 4 1919 Monday-I went to court. De and the boys went to Atlanta.

   August, 5 1919 Tuesday-De and I and the boys went to George's to repair the pasture fence.

   August, 6 1919 Wednesday-De has gone to Jim Eskew's and the boys have gone fishing. I wish they would look at things in a different light. Showers in the AM.

   August, 7 1919 Thursday-Crops are doing well. Floy and Mert Teal came.

   August, 8 1919 Friday-Lee came . Took Blue, the cow to Askew's pasture. On Thursday Jim Eskew's son Tom and his wife came from Indiana.

   August, 9 1919 Saturday-Cloudy and warm. De and Frank went to Floy's and Hayne went to Lee's. De Frank and myself went to J.W. Eskew's at night till 10:45.

   August, 10 1919 Sunday-East wind and cloudy. George Pritchard has gone to South Carolina to see his brother Robert. Lee and the children came to spend the day with us. Hayne went to Fairburn to see if he could get the mail. Hugh and Floy came in the afternoon. I enjoy their visits to see us.

   August, 11 1919 Monday-Hayne and Frank have gone to court today. De and I went to church at Bethlehem. Mr. Kite and his 3rd. wife came and took dinner with us. Rev. J.B. Walker preached Acts, 3rd. Chapter.

   August, 12 1919 Tuesday-Showery last night, mostly cloudy. Rev. C.J. Short and Rev. J.B. Walker came and took supper with us, also Mr. E.O. Rainwater.

   August, 13 1919 Wednesday-Hayne and I went to Fairburn and got $17.50 worth of feed. Frank went to College Park to see Dr. Henley and then on to Atlanta to have his glasses rearranged. De and Hayne and Frank have gone to George's and I am cutting corn.

   August, 14 1919 Thursday-Signs of rain. Hayne and Frank have gone to Fairburn to hear the trials of criminals. De and I went to the Bethlehem Church and Floy and the children came home with us.

   August, 15 1919 Friday-De and I went to Church again. We went to Mr. Kites to take dinner. Mr. Short and Mr. Walker were there.

   August, 16 1919 Saturday-We went to the Baptizing today at Bethlehem. Hayne and Frank have gone to the base ball game, and De has gone to Jess Maddox's.

   August, 17 1919 Sunday- De and I went to Church at Campbellton. Boy's had company and stayed home.

   August, 18 1919 Monday-Brother Cash came in the evening. J.W. Eskew came.

   August, 19 1919 Tuesday-De and I went to Providence Church. Mr. Kite, his wife, and niece went with us, and we took dinner at Hartwell Freeman's, Allison and May were there.

   August, 20 1919 Wednesday-De went to Floy's and Hayne and I went by to take her over there, and then went after beans. Billa Clark came home with us. Tom Eskew and family went back to Indiana today. Mr. and Mrs. Kite and niece came.

   August, 21 1919 Thursday-Had a nice rain. De went to Bob Cook's

   August, 22 1919 Friday- Cloudy and warm. Some one shot a dog at 3:00AM. Boys came in late from Pineywoods Church.

   August, 23 1919 Saturday-Cloudy and warm. Frank went to the ball game in Mr. Black's pasture. Hayne met with Mr. George McKeal come hunting, he wants to buy our little home.

   August, 24 1919 Sunday-Very rainy this morning. Crops are not so good as we expected. Mr. Harrells little boy came after papers. Hugh&Floy and children came.

   August, 25 1919 Monday-The boys and I went to court at Fairburn. Those boys that whipped Hubert Gibson were fined $500.00, $3000.00 &

$250.00. Army Terry was not tried.

   August, 26 1919 Tuesday-Hayne has gone to Bob Cook's to work. J.W. Eskew came by to play checks.

   August, 27 1919 Wednesday-Hayne and Frank have gone to Cook's to work. Mr. Kite has bought the P.(?) Smith place. De and I went to George's in the evening.

   August, 28 1919 Thursday-Mrs. Lara Clark came, also Floy and children.

   August, 29 1919 Friday-Frank's Birthday. Virgil Griffin came. De is preparing to go to Campbellton to the Baptist Church, J.E. Daniel Pastor. Allison and May came home with Floy and we went up there.

   August, 30 1919 Saturday- Light rain last night. J.W. Eskew came to play checks. He got 8 games, and I got 12 games, and 6 Draws. De went to the Eskew's and Hayne went to Cook's and Frank to Grover Northcutt's. Cotton is opening.

   August, 31 1919 Sunday-Thurmond and Lester Akin's came. Edward and Harris came to see the boys.



   September, 1 1919 Monday- Boys worked for J.W. Cook. I picked cotton, 61#. No mail.

   September, 2 1919 Tuesday-Boys went to Cooks. Frank came back home. I am picking cotton. Mrs. Harrel came and De went to J.W. Dailey's with her. J.W. Eskew came to see if De knew where his folks were.

   September, 3 1919 Wednesday-Boys gone to Cook's to work. Floy and children came.

   September, 4 1919 Thursday-Cool and clear. Hayne is very sick. Have sent for Dr. Thomason.

   September, 5 1919 Friday-Dr. Thomason came again. Floy and Children came. Sold rifle, $10.00.

   September, 6 1919 Saturday-Clear and cool. Gotherd(?) came and picked cotton. Hayne is better. George Eskew and his family are going to Indiana, perhaps to stay.

   September, 7 1919 Sunday- De and I went to Pineywoods Church to the funeral of J.W. Turner. Mrs. J.L. Lathem was buried at Campbellton at the same time.

   September, 8 1919 Monday-Frank and I picked cotton. Hayne is still sick.

   September, 9 1919 Tuesday-Clear and warm.

   September, 10 1919 Wednesday-Hot,Hot. Picked cotton.

   September, 11 1919 Thursday-Hot, Hot, light shower. We have 825# of seed cotton. 6:30 it is now thundering.

   September, 12 1919 Friday-Boys and I went to Fairburn.

   September, 13 1919 Saturday-Sowed rye.

   September, 14 1919 Sunday-Edgar came. Freeman reunion today at the old home place. Hugh and family are going down there.

   September, 15 1919 Monday-Picked cotton and sowed rye. Frank sold $7.25 worth of peas.

   September, 16 1919 Tuesday-Frank is sick Hayne and I picked cotton.

   September, 17 1919-Wednesday-Picked cotton.

   September, 18 1919 Thursday-Picked cotton.

   September, 19 1919 Friday-Rained in the morning. J.W. Eskew came. Dressed a beef.

   September, 20 1919 Saturday-Cloudy. Sold beef. $5.00 yearling bought. $15.45 dressed. Boys and I went to Fairburn.

   September, 21 1919 Sunday-Rained last night. We went to Ray Cooks with Mr.&Mrs. Cook and Reedy.

   September, 22 1919 Monday-Cloudy and warm. Sowed rye and picked cotton.

   September, 23 1919 Tuesday-Drew Freeman and wife took dinner with us.

   September, 24 1919 Wednesday-Picked cotton. Hayne's feet are so he can't pick.

   September, 25 1919 Thursday-Cloudy and cool.

   September, 26 1919 Friday-Picked cotton.

   September, 27 1919 Saturday-Frank has gone to Mr. Ed. Tatum's to spend the night. Floy and children came.

   September, 28 1919 Sunday-Cool. Hayne has gone to see Horace. We went up to Floy's in the evening.

   September,29 1919 Monday-Benny Irwin came in the evening, from Atlanta. I fell in the field with my feet tangled in my sack.

   September, 30 1919 Tuesday- My back is no better. Cool.

   October, 1 1919 Wednesday-I am no better. An East storm is now blowing with lots of cotton in the field.

   October, 2 1919 Thursday-Cloudy and warm. I had a bad night last night.

   October, 3 1919 Friday-Sprinkled rain last night and today.

   October,4 1919 Saturday-Boys picked cotton. I am some better.

   October, 5 1919 Sunday-Edgar&son and J.W. Eskew came. A lot of boys came to play.

   October,6 1919 Monday-I tried to pick cotton today by crawling. Mr. Dailey came in the evening, also Clarence Landrum. We have out 3 light bales of cotton. Have 1 open in the field.

   October, 7 1919 Tuesday-Clear and cool.

   October, 8 1919 Wednesday-Big rain.

   October, 9 1919 Thursday-Picked cotton.

   October, 10 1919 Friday-I have been informed that the Fairburn Banking Company Bank had been robbed last night.

   October 11 1919 Saturday-Boys and I went to Fairburn.

   October 12 1919 Sunday-We went to A.W. Freeman's and Hugh and Floy and children went. We had nice time.

   We were informed today that W.B. Green the Vice President of the Fairburn Banking Company, was the party that robbed the Bank. He was my special friend. We went up to J.W. Eskew's at night.

   October, 13 1919 Monday-We picked some cotton. Lee and the children came.

   October, 14 1919 Tuesday-J.W. Eskew came. Sprinkled rain.

   October,15 1919 Wednesday-We saw an Air Ship. Picked cotton. Light showers about.

   October, 16 1919 Thursday-Floy and the children came after her mother.

   October, 17 1919 Friday-We got over our thickest cotton and dug potatoes. Frank went to the fair in Atlanta with Hugh and Floy and Elvin.

   October, 18 1919 Saturday-Rain. Brother Cash, the Pastor, and Brother J.W. Dailey came.

   October, 19 1919 Sunday-Hugh and Floy and the children came. The boys went to Mr. Black's.

   October, 20 1919 Monday-Boys have gone hunting tonight. Black and his boy's left before ours got there.

   October, 21 1919 Tuesday-Very foggy. George Eskew, wife and 3 children also, Pearl&Nellie. We sowed more rye.

   October, 22 1919 Wednesday-Big rain. J.W. Eskew&son George, and Fred and Billy Clark came. I am informed that cotton on the market at Fairburn is selling at $ .37 3/4 to $ .38 per pound. It has been a very hot day. Frank has gone to George and Lee's, and has not come home at 5:00PM. We have 4 bales of old cotton(1918) and 4 bales of new(1919) cotton, 4000 lbs. at $ .37 to $ .40 per pound.

   October, 23 1919 Thursday-We hunted Frank up as he had not come back from George Pritchard's. Big rain.

   October, 24 1919 Friday-Very warm and nearly clear.

   October, 25 1919 Saturday-Bought a sack of hog feed $4.25 per 100# sack. Loaded a bale of cotton.

   October, 26 1919 Sunday-Several boys came to play with ours.

   October, 27 1919 Monday-Hauled a load of cotton(1220#) to the gin. The cotton and seed brought $211.85, at $ .37 3/4 for the cotton, and $ 3.85 per hundred for the seed. It pleased us.

   October, 28 1919 Tuesday-Finished picking cotton. Settled with Robert Cook.

   October, 29 1919 Wednesday- Hauled hulls-$ 10.00 per 100#. Cotton is $ .40 lb. for 4/s in Fairburn.

   October, 30 1919 Thursday-Hauled another load of hulls and brought Haynes yearling home from George's.

   October, 31 1919 Friday-Went to Fairburn and hauled cotton to gin.

   November, 1 1919 Saturday-Loaded last of cotton. Queen Eskew was very sick last night. Rained in the evening.

   November, 2 1919 Sunday-Clear and cool. Eloise Northcutt my granddaughter, came to spend the night. George Pritchard and Lee and children came, also Floy and her children. Frank spent the day at Felton Rainwater's.

   November, 3 1919 Monday-Clear and cool. Temp. 48 deg. . Finished picking our scattered cotton, and hauled the last bale. This makes 5 bales for the year.

   November, 4 1919 Tuesday- Very foggy. Mrs. Durret came. I sold Mr. Duggan 30 bushels of cotton seed for $60.00. Cotton is selling for $ .40 per pound in Fairburn.

   November, 5 1919 Wednesday- Cool and clear. Cut and hauled wood.

   November, 6 1919 Thursday-Cut and hauled wood. Sold 2 bushels of cotton seed for $2.00 .

   November,7 1919 Friday-Warmer. Hauled wood.

   November,8 1919 Saturday-Cool East wind. Had the horse shod at Joe Brock's. Cotton off to $ .40 1/2#.

   November, 9 1919 Sunday-Cool East wind. Went to George and Lee's. Went to Walter Garrets at night.

   November, 10 1919 Monday-Cotton growing and blooming. No frost yet.

   November,11 1919 Tuesday-Very rainy. J.W. Eskew came.

   November, 12 1919 Wednesday-Very rainy. Very little cotton in the fields to pick, no frost yet, grass and cotton green. frank made his first basket yesterday, it was a very good one. A very dismal day.

   November, 13 1919 Thursday-Turning cooler. Hugh and Floy came to help us dress a hog. It weighed 185# in three pieces and would have weighed 300# altogether.

   November, 14 1919 Friday-First frost and ice that we have had this fall. Wind from the East again. Cotton has fallen off in price $10.00 a bale.

   November, 15 1919 Saturday-Big frost. Cotton gains. Sawed wood. Plowed up evergreens.

   November, 16 1919 Sunday-Big frost. ????, Mr. Clark&wife and Mrs. Ophelia Phillips came at night. Hughey Dailey married Anna Rainwater.

   November, 17 1919 Monday-4th. Big frost in succession. Cut and hauled wood.

   November, 18 1919 Tuesday-Cool and frosty again. Went to J.W. Eskew's at night.

   November, 19 1919 Wednesday Cool and rainy. Took up evergreens.

   November, 20 1919 Thursday-Went to Fairburn, was well pleased with my trip.

   November, 21 1919 Friday-Boys sawed wood at home.

   November, 22 1919 Saturday-Boys cut trees and hunted, not so cold.

   November, 23 1919 Sunday-Called Dr. Thomason at 3:00AM for De she was very sick. A.W. Freeman came. Floy and children came.

   November, 24 1919 Monday-Boys cut and hauled wood and went hunting at night. Floy and children came.

   November, 25 1919 Tuesday-Big fog, rain in the afternoon. We are all sick. Rain, Rain. Milton Dailey came.

   November, 26 1919 Wednesday-Some rain and warm. Cotton selling for $ .40 1/4 per. lb. . I have 8 bales yet. It has been a pretty fall and the strawberries and apple trees are in bloom.

   November, 27 1919 Thursday-Thanksgiving Day. The boys are preparing to go hunting. Bright and clear. J.W. Eskew came.

   November, 28 1919 Friday-Boys hauled manure and sawed wood at home. Had a letter from Miriam(?).

   November, 29 1919 Saturday-Misting rain in the morning. 3:00PM rain. Hayne sick with a cold. Big, Big rain.

   November, 30 1919 Sunday-Morrison and Milton came. Frank went to Mr. Akin's.

   December, 1 1919 Monday- Frank and I went to Fairburn and sold cotton, 5 bales at $ .40 per pound, one brought $232.40.

   December, 2 1919 Tuesday-Hayne and I went to Fairburn and bought 6 sacks Felons $21.00 . Cotton over $ .40 1/2 today. Floy and the children came. Consulted Dr. Thomason for De and got some medicine for her. Her stomach pains her very bad and she has taken a lot of medicine for it but it does no good. Dr. Thomason sent more by me today and I hope it will do her some good.

   December, 3 1919 Wednesday-Bright and pretty. Moved beds.

   December, 4 1919 Thursday-Howard Brock is very sick with pneumonia. Cloudy and sprinkling rain at night.

   December, 5 1919 Friday-Cloudy and sprinkling rain. Floy and the children came. Boys went to the school house.

   December, 6 1919 Saturday-Boys gone to cut wood. Thick fog. Boys and Horace went hunting.

   December, 7 1919 Sunday-Very rainy all day. Willard Dailey came.

   December, 8 1919 Monday-J.W. Eskew came. Very rainy. Hard rain all day. Wet, Wet, Wet.

   December, 9 1919 Tuesday-Rained all night. Still raining today. I ate ripe strawberries late in November.

   December, 10 1919 Wednesday-I am sick today and it is cold. Rain ceased in the night. River and creeks are up so high that the Mail Carrier can't make his rounds.

   December, 11 1919 Thursday-Cold East wind and rain. Mail Carrier has a man with a car to take him on his rounds.

   December, 12 1919 Friday-Wet and drizzly all day. Mr. Doc Landrum and son came at night.

   December, 13 1919 Saturday-Wet and foggy, sprinkling rain. Boys have gone to Mr. Charlie Camp's after hog feed. De has been trying to get off to Atlanta for the past several days, but the weather is too rough. She got off at last in the evening. J.W. Eskew came at night.

   December, 14 1919 Sunday-Cold rain and wind. 11:22AM the temperature is 32 deg. and getting colder. Edgar and two of his boys came from Fairburn. It is cold.

   December, 15 1919 Monday-This is the coldest day we have had this winter. Temperature is 20 deg.

   This is my 71st. Birthday. I am now living on borrowed time, as I have for the past three score and ten years. The highest prized Birthday present I ever received was a little note I got from De.

   I was born December, 15 1848 in South Carolina on a farm known as the Betts Eaton place, in Abbeville District. My father George Cochran moved from S.C. to Ga. when I was about 3 years old, and then moved bask to S.C. for a few Years. We came back to Ga. when I was 7 years old. I have been here ever since in this Campbell county.

   I married Miss Matilda, Chatfield Owens on January, 5 1869. To us were born 3 girls and 3 boys. They are all now dead except Edgar.

   I was a widower over two years, I then married Mrs. Delia Freeman on September, 15 1901. To us were born two boys, ( Hayne Maxwell and Henry Franklin ).

   I received a card today that she sent me from Atlanta.

   December, 16 1919 Tuesday-I have just mailed a card to De in Atlanta. Temperature is 24 deg. . Have just received another card from De. She says it is cold in Atlanta.

   December, 17 1919 Wednesday-Boys went to cut wood but Frank got sick and had to come home. 7:00PM the boys have gone possum hunting. I am at home alone. Mrs. Viney Brock gave me a nice mess of fresh meat today. Thanks to her. My shoulder and head paining awful bad tonight.

   December, 18 1919 Thursday-I am by myself again tonight. Hayne and Frank have gone on another hunt.

   December, 19 1919 Friday-It is raining. Cletus Landrum came in the forenoon and again in the evening. J.W. Eskew &Virgil Kite came in the evening.

   December, 20 1919 Saturday-De came home today, also Elvyn Pritchard.

   December, 21 1919 Sunday-Floy and children came.

   December, 22 1919 Monday-Floy and children came and spent the night.

   December, 23 1919 Tuesday-De and the boys washed. Mr. E.O. Rainwater came.

   December, 24 1919 Wednesday-Christmas Eve. Cold. The boys have gone out serenading tonight and it is as cold as a blizzard.

   December, 25 1919 Thursday-George and Lee with their children have come to take dinner with us today, also Hugh and Floy with their children.

   December, 26 1919 Friday-De and the boys are gone to George's today. De and Frank got home after dark and Hayne remained with Lee as George is gone.

   December, 27 1919 Saturday-Frank and I went to Fairburn, Hayne has not come home yet from Lee's. His new suit came.

   December, 28 1919 Sunday-Mr. Landrum and son came and also a lot of boys.

   December, 29 1919 Monday-We butchered our hog and Hugh and Floy and children came to help us.

   December, 30 1919 Tuesday-Salted meat and ground sausage.

   December, 31 1919 Wednesday- Boys took up the fruit trees and also sawed a little wood. Sent 3 packages of meat to parties in Atlanta. J.W. Eskew and a lot of boys came. De went to Floy's.



   January, 1 1920 Thursday-De went to Mr. Brock's and to Mr. Eskew's. The boys and I sawed and split wood. Turning cold in the evening.

   January, 2 1920 Friday-Finished wood.

   January, 3 1920 Saturday-Cold in morning. ??? Cochran came at ??. Doc Landrum came. Snowed in the evening.

   January, 4 1920 Sunday-Cold, temp. 24 deg. . Hugh Pritchard came at night. Going to move.

   January, 5 1920 Monday-Very cold. Temp. 16 deg. Boys went to Bethlehem school. I went to help Hugh move, De went with me.

   January, 6 1920 Tuesday-Snowing today, cold, light rain freezing. Cold.

   January, 7 1920 Wednesday- Ground covered with ice and raining. J.W. Eskew came. De went to see Queen. Boys went to school. Milton and Edward came.

   January, 8 1920 Thursday-Wet, Wet, Foggy, Cool. De and I went to Fairburn. Brewster Bishop the Census Taker came.

   January, 9 1920 Friday-Cloudy.

   January, 10 1920 Saturday- Hayne went to Fairburn. I hauled wood.

   January,11 1920 Sunday-De and I went to Hugh and George's. Hayne went to Mr. Garner,s, and Frank went to Rhoda's.

   January, 12 1920 Monday-De went to Mr. Garner's. I went to Fairburn and bought feed. Mr. E.W. Green died.

   January, 13 1920 Tuesday-It is raining in the evening. I Hauled wood.

   January, 14 1920 Wednesday-De went to Mr. Cook's and to Mr. Hardy's and also to Mr. Collingsworth's on a short call.

   January, 15 1920 Thursday-De was called to the bedside of her daughter Lee this morning at 3:00AM. I hauled wood. De came home and reported that Lee had a boy. She brought little John with her. J.W. Eskew came at night to play checks.

   January, 16 1920 Friday-It is very rainy this morning. Frank is at home with a stye on his eye.

   January, 17 1920 Saturday-Hauled poles for hog pen. Cold.

   January, 18 1920 Sunday-Edward and Harris came. De and Hayne have gone to Georges and left the baby boy with Frank and I. De says that Lee is getting on alright.

   January, 19 1920 Monday-It is foggy this morning. Had to call the Doctor for De in the afternoon. He says that she has symptoms of the flu. He came about dark.

   January, 20 1920 Tuesday-De is some better.

   January, 21 1920 Wednesday-Had the steelyards repaired. Mr.&Mrs. Collingsworth came at night.

   January, 22 1920 Thursday-Hugh came by. Mattie Cook came in the evening. called the Doctor again, he said De has the flu.

   January, 23 1920 Friday-Some rain last night, and this morning. J.W. Eskew came. George Pritchard came by after his boy John in the evening. We sure did enjoy the little fellow while he was here. A big rain came just after he left.

   January, 24 1920 Saturday-Lots of rain last night. Sent the Atlanta Constitution $7.50 to pay for the renewal of my subscription, to March, 1 1921. Jess Cochran came by to engage some cotton seed.

   January, 25 1920 Sunday- It is raining yet. Cooler. De does not appear to improve much. De was glad to see the Doctor come in today to see her. He treated the boys to prevent the flu.

   January, 26 1920 Monday-Rain, Rain. Wet,Wet. John and Roy Hardy came at night. Boys did not go to school. Ice on some trees.

   January, 27 1920 Tuesday-De and I are not much better, if any. Mr. Hardy came today and we played checks.

   January, 28 1920 Wednesday-I had an attack of pneumonia last night. Used centiflogestin(?). Mrs. Leona Daily came.

   January, 29 1920 Thursday-Nearly clear. Cool. I am very weak. Dr. Thomason came and says I had an attack of Pneumonia.

   January, 30 1920 Friday-Edgar came to see me. Mrs. Harrell and Mert Maddox and children came. J.W. Eskew and I played some checks. De and I are some better today. Later it turned out that we are not any better.

   January, 31 1920 Saturday-Edgar came today. Billa CLark came.



   February,1 1920 Sunday-Cold. Temp. 33 deg. . Wind strong all night from the East.

   February, 2 1920 Monday-George Pritchard, and Joe Brock came. Dorson Rainwater came. Mr. J.C. Landrum came and bought 10 bushels of cotton seed, $20.85 .

   February, 3 1920 Tuesday-Jess Maddox brought us some things from Fairburn. Hugh Pritchard came by from Fairburn and drove my horse home as he was afoot. It was a rainy day.

   February, 4 1920 Wednesday-Cloudy and misty. Dr. Thomason came again.

   February, 5 1920 Thursday-Cool. J.W. Eskew came. We are all sick.

   February, 6 1920 Friday-We are all still sick. Hayne is better.

   February, 7 1920 Saturday-Cloudy and cool. I am very sick this morning. Hayne has gone to Hugh's on the horse. Bert Maddox came.

   February, 8 1920 Sunday-Temperature is 34 deg. . Hugh and Floy and the children came. Hayne drove the horse over to Mr. Mclure's.

   February, 9 1920 Monday-Temperature 34 deg. . J.W. Eskew came.

   February, 10 1920 Tuesday-De had a bad spell of coughing last night. Boys have gone to Fairburn with a bale of cotton to sell, at 11:30AM.

   3:30PM The boys have returned from Fairburn. A 450# bale brought $175.50 at $ .39 per lb.

   February, 11 1920 Wednesday-Cloudy. Frank came home from school sick.

   February, 12 1920 Thursday-Raining and cool. J.W. Eskew came.

   February, 13 1920 Friday-Rain last night. Mrs. Lara Clark came, also Mr. Neal Stone.

   February, 14 1920 Saturday-Rain in the evening. I went to Mr. Robert Cook's and had a full settlement. His son Roy received the pay $330.01 .

   February, 15 1920 Sunday-Bright, windy and cold, Temp. 26 deg. Dr. J.W. Thomason came and Frank went to Hugh's with him. I paid Thomason $15.00. Cold all day.

   February, 16 1920 Monday-Very cold, Temp. 16 deg. . Hayne is sick again.

   February, 17 1920 Tuesday-Still cold .Temp. is 17 deg. . Hayne at home from school on account of sick.

   February, 18 1920 Wednesday-Cold and cloudy. Hayne is still at home. I am so weak I can hardly sit up. 9:45AM sprinkling rain.

   We all went to Mr. Collingsworth's till bedtime.

   February, 19 1920 Thursday-Big frost. Hayne and I went to Fairburn, and sold a bale of cotton, 435# for $ .40 per pound, $174.00 . Sprinkled rain.

   February, 20 1920 Friday-Frost. De went to Mr. Collingsworth's to see the sick baby.

   February, 21 1920 Saturday-Cloudy and warm. De has gone to Mr. Collingsworth's to see the sick. Sowed a salad patch.

   February, 22 1920 Sunday-It is raining this morning, began at 11:00 PM last night. Mr. Collingsworth's children are better.

   February, 23 1920 Monday-De and I went to see Hugh and Floy also to see George and Lee.

   February, 24 1920 Tuesday-Cloudy. I went to see the sick at Mr. Hardy's. 4 sick.

   February, 25 1920 Wednesday-Very cold. 4:54PM clouding up.

   February, 26 1920 Thursday-Very cold. J.W. Eskew and Horace came.

   February, 27 1920 Friday-Very cold. Temp. 22 deg. . Weather moderating in the evening.

   February, 28 1920 Saturday-Cold temperature, 31 deg. at 5:00PM. It has been a real pretty day. We planted some onion sets today and plowed some. Hayne put on his new suit and it fits fine.

   February, 29 1920 Sunday-Cloudy and sprinkling. 8:30AM snowing From the N.W. . De has gone to Mr. Hardy's. The boys have driven the horse off to see Horace. Windy and cold--Rough.



   March, 1 1920 Monday-Clear and cool. Temp. 26 deg. .

   March, 2 1920 Tuesday-Cold and cloudy. Frank at home sick. De and Hayne have gone to Mr. A.W. Freeman to get some bees and come home in the morning.

   March, 3 1920 Wednesday-De and Hayne arrived at 11:00AM. Moderated some, wind from the East.

   March, 4 1920 Thursday-Raining, rain ,rain. J.W. Eskew came. Mr. Collingsworth came. A very gloomy day.

   March, 5 1920 Friday-Cloudy and cold. I went to J.W. Eskew's.

   March,6 1920 Saturday-Cloudy and cold. Temp. 23 deg. .Boys have drove out to Fairburn. De has gone to Mr. Hardy's. Horace came.

   March, 7 1920 Sunday-Boys have gone to Sunday school. We have just been informed that the Bank of Palmetto has been robbed by the Cashier of the Bank, F.L. Brition of $15,000.00.

   March, 8 1920 Monday-Cold. Temp. 16 deg. .Hayne wore his new suit yesterday for the first time. I bought it the first of December 1919, from a firm in Chicago. De and the boys went to Atlanta today, I took them to Fairburn.

   March, 9 1920 Tuesday-Cold. Temp. 21 deg. . I spent the night by myself last night. Mr. Collingsworth brought some corn and oats and got some cotton seed.

   March, 10 1920 Wednesday-More moderate, cloudy, sprinkling rain.

   March, 11 1920 Thursday-Sprinkling rain. Today is election day for county offices. De and the boys went Hugh and George's.

   March, 12 1920 Friday-Light rain last night. 3:30PM it has been a very rainy day.

   March, 13 1920 Saturday-Cold day, windy. Hayne and Frank have gone to Fairburn in the buggy. Mr.&Mrs. Collingsworth came at night.

   March, 14 1920 Sunday-Clear and cold, frosty. Hugh and Floy and the children came. Irwin Rainwater came. We went to Mr. Kite's at night.

   March, 15 1920 Monday-Mr. J.B. Woodall died last Friday night, almost suddenly. Went to Fairburn after guano.

   March, 16 1920 Tuesday-Worked on terraces and planted 3 rows of corn. De went to Mr. Clark's in the evening. 4:00PM it is now raining.

   March, 17 1920 Wednesday-Very, very rainy. Big rain and thunder last night. Mr. Hardy came and paid $10.00 on 10 bushels of cotton seed. $10.00 more dollars due to be paid in full.

   March, 18 1920 Thursday-Hayne swapped guns with Jess Maddox and gave him $10.00 to boot. Sent off money order to W.F. Covington for $24.10 to purchase a cotton Trapper. De has gone to Mr. Kite's. Boys have gone hunting. I robbed another bee hive.

   March, 19 1920 Friday-A big, big rain this morning. Smith Lathem died this morning at 3:00AM. He had been down with pneumonia and had gotten better, and set up in bed and shaved and was dead in 24 hours. Bought 2 sacks of cotton seed meal.

   March, 20 1920 Saturday-Cool and windy. Frank went to dinner at Jess Maddox's and spend the afternoon.

   March, 21 1920 Sunday-Cool. Frank has gone to Felton Rainwater's to spend the Day. De and Hayne have gone to Lee's. I went over to Mr. Hardy's for a little while. Pretty day.

   March,22 1920 Monday-Built hog pen. Frank, Hayne, De and I went to Fairburn To get Dentist work done. There was a big frost this morning. At night the boys went to Mr. Hardy's.

   March, 23 1920 Tuesday-Cool. Boys gone to Fairburn after guano. Boys gone after 2nd. load.

   March, 24 1920 Wednesday-Bedded sweet potatoes. De has gone to Atlanta with Jim Eskew and wife. Frank and I went to Fairburn after nitrate of soda.

   March, 25 1920 Thursday-Cloudy and drizzling rain. Boys planting Irish Potatoes.

   March, 26 1920 Friday-It rained and thundered and lightened a lot last night. I am still sick and not able to work any. This is a pretty day. De and the boys have gone to Floy's.

   March, 27 1920 Saturday-Hayne and I went after horse feed.

   March, 28 1920 Sunday-Rain last night. Horace and the boys have gone to Fairburn. Afternoon big, big rain. Clouds break late in the afternoon, but resumed business at the old stand near night. Horace has remained with the boys again.

   March, 29 1920 Monday-Cool. The boys and I went to Fairburn to the W.B. Green trial.

   March, 30 1920 Big frost. Tuesday-The boys and I went to Fairburn again.

   March, 31 1920 Wednesday-Raining, cool. Mr. Hardy and Mr. Eskew came to play checks. Rain last night and rain today, Rain, rain, rain.



   April, 1 1920 Thursday-We worked on terraces today. Clouds look stormy.

   April, 2 1920 Friday-Big rain last night. Replanted corn where the chickens had pulled it up. High Pritchard came and brought Floy and the children. W.B. Green was found guilty of embezzlement and given 5 years in the Chain-Gang.

   April, 3 1920 Saturday-The boys and I went to Fairburn. De and the boys went to a box supper at Bethlehem school house. Boys bought 2 pigs from Joe Brock for $10.00 . Mr. Collingsworth came. De and the boys came without going to the supper.

   April, 4 1920 Sunday-Thick clouds and misting Rain. Irwin Rainwater and Milton Dailey came. De and Hayne have gone to Lee's.

   April, 5 1920 Monday-It has been snowing this morning. Cold day.

   April, 6 1920 Tuesday-Big frost and cold. De and I went to A.W. Freeman's in the buggy.

   April, 7 1920 Wednesday-Clear and cool. Some rain in the night.

   April, 8 1920 Thursday-Hauled some manure.

   April, 9 1920 Friday-Rained. Dug up manure. J.W. Eskew came.

   April, 10 1920 Saturday-Hayne went to Fairburn. Mr. Collingsworth came in the evening and they all came back at night.

   April, 11 1920 Sunday-Mr.&Mrs. Garner came. Mr. Walter Dorset came. George and Lee and the children came. We all went down to Mr., Collingsworth's at night.

   April, 12 1920 Monday-Very windy, some rain. Boys put in some manure.

   April, 13 1920 Tuesday-Cloudy, cold and windy. We strewed manure. Hugh came by.

   April, 14 1920 Wednesday-Very cold. Temp. 32 deg. . Boys ripped cotton stalks.

   April, 15 1920 Thursday-More moderate. Work same as above.

   April, 16 1920 Friday-Cloudy, rain, wind from the East. I have not seen a cotton bed this spring. No corn planted. It looks as if we are not going to be able to plant a crop. 11:00AM raining, the ground is wet. Woods and fields green, and the" Farmers Blue". Cotton is $ .43 8/10 per pound.

   April, 17 1920 Saturday-Rain last night. Frank has gone to Fairburn. De and Hayne have gone to Hugh Pritchard's. J.W. Eskew came. Sun shines nice today.

   April, 18 1920 Sunday-Cloudy again. The boys gone to Sunday School. They found no Sunday School. So them and De have gone to Campbellton to Church, Methodist Meeting. De and I went to Orin's. The boys went to John Dailey's.

   April, 19 1920 Monday-Sprinkled rain the past night and still at it. No ground ready to plant. Wet, Wet, Wet,--Planted cotton seed, ?????.

   April, 20 1920 Tuesday-Planted cotton seed again. Began to rain at night, big rain through the night.

   April, 21 1920 Wednesday-Boys and I went to Fairburn. Frank went on to Atlanta with the Dailey boys in their car. De and Hayne went to Hugh's after we got back. Cotton is $ .43 3/4 per pound.

   April, 22 1920 Thursday-De and Hayne went to Atlanta. Frank went to Fairburn. I got a letter from my Grandson Guy L. Maddox, in Winsboro Texas.

   April, 23 1920 Friday-Ground too wet to plow. De has gone to Eskew's.

   April, 24 1920 Saturday-We are planting cotton seed today. De has gone to Mr. Robert Cook's. Boys have gone to a singing at Hugh's, at night.

   April, 25 1920 Sunday-Strong East wind, cool. De and I went to visit Mrs. D. H. Garner. We also went to the graveyard at Antioch.

   April, 26 1920 Monday-We began to plant cotton seed and at 10:00AM it began to rain hard. De and the boys have gone to Hugh's and the river. Mrs., Lara Clark and Mrs. Ophelia Phillips came. Mr. Collingsworth came. Rain, rain, rain. Wet, wet, wet.

   April, 27 1920 Tuesday-Big rain last night. Some cotton up on our first planting. English peas are up. The boys "developing outfit" came. De and the boys have gone to George Pritchard's. Horace came. Thormal Akins and Edward Cochran came.

   April, 28 1920 Wednesday-Real cold, windy. De has gone to Cook's.

   April, 29 1920 Thursday-Mr.&Mrs. Hardy and daughter came. Mr. Collingsworth came.

   April, 30 1920 Friday-The boys and I went to Fairburn after guano. De went to the Cook's to help Mrs. Cook milk. Sold O.S. Cochran 8 bushels of cotton seed for $16.00 /



   May, 1 1920 Saturday-Pretty morning. I was very sick yesterday evening, vomited. Cotton coming up slow. Finished planting today.

   May, 2 1920 Sunday-Bright. 3:00PM it is thundering and looks like rain. Floy and children came. Big rain in the evening.

   May, 3 1920 Monday-It rained all night and is still thundering. Ground is wet, wet,wet. I have sold $160.00 worth of cotton seed for planting. Mr. Hardy came, also J.W. Eskew.

   May, 4 1920 Tuesday-Foggy. I was real sick last night. " Farmer Blue". Very little cotton planted and not coming up well.

   May, 5 1920 Wednesday-Boys went to Fairburn after guano&feed stuff. 2:00PM it is raining. Very little ground prepared for cotton.

   May, 6 1920 Thursday-Rain last night, cloudy and East wind. I have never known a more disheartening time.

   May, 7 1920 Friday-Boys went fishing.

   May, 8 1920 Saturday-We finished replanting our first 3 acres of cotton, as it did not come up good. John Pritchard came by and brought us a note informing us that Hugh's oldest girl was very sick. De and I went down there and De remained. Elvyn was vomiting worms.

   May, 9 1920 Sunday-Boys are going to Sunday School Meeting at Bethlehem. Bright and pretty this morning. I went after De in the afternoon and found her very sick and in bed at Hugh's, and had called Dr. Thomason. We brought her home in the Doctor's car.

   May, 10 1920 Monday-De is better. We are replanting our cotton.

   May, 11 1920 Tuesday-We are still replanting our cotton. 11:45AM We have just finished our cotton again. Got the Blues.

   May, 12 1920 Wednesday-Boys plowed out cotton middles. Light rain. De went to Mr. Eskew's, later more rain.



   May, 13 1920 Thursday-Very rainy last night and this morning. About 30% of the cotton crop is planted at this time. Cotton is coming up slow. Hayne has taken De to Fairburn to see the Doctor. Mr. Hardy and son Roy came also Jim Eskew.

   May, 14 1920 Friday-Cold and cloudy, Wet. De and the boys have gone to Floy's. Sunshine in the evening, some clouds.

   May, 15 1920 Saturday-Cloudy and cold enough for a fire. De has gone to Atlanta with Floy. Boys have gone also with Mr. Collingsworth to Atlanta. De and the boys arrive and Orin Collingsworth got back 9:30 to 10:00PM. . Collingsworth spent the night with us again. See.

   May, 16 1920 Sunday-De and I went with Mr. Billy Clark and family up near Stonewall on a visit to Mr. Willie Cook's. We had a nice time. It was very windy and clear.

   May, 17 1920 Monday-Strong East wind and cool. In the afternoon it rained enough to wet a person. Very rainy in the evening, people planting cotton in it.

   May, 18 1920 Tuesday-East wind and rain. Can see parties planting and it raining. "Farmer's Blue- It is too wet to fish". Cow Blue brought a male calf today, it is 9 months and 10 days, 10 days over due.

   May, 19 1920 Wednesday-De and the boys have gone to Lee's and fishing. Cloudy, cool and misting. Mr. Herbert Kite came. Hugh Pritchard's horse ran away last Sunday and hurt Willie Lee, Lee's little girl very bad.

   May, 20 1920 Thursday-De has gone to Atlanta to have her glasses changed again and Hayne went to take her to Fairburn. Frank and I are at home. We began to replant our cotton for the third time.

   May, 21 1920 Friday-We are replanting our cotton. People are planting generally.

   May, 22 1920 Saturday- Boys have gone fishing. They caught a nice mess of fish. J.W. Eskew, wife and daughter came, also Claude Cochran came at night.

   May,23 1920 Sunday-Moderated, warm. Frank has gone to the singing at Campbellton. Hayne to Orrin's. Allen Bafe(?) came. We all went to Orrin's in the evening.

   May, 24 1920 Monday-We are trying to plow some of our cotton middles. Also replanting again, seed is rotting in the ground.

   May, 25 1920 Tuesday-Rain last night and some this morning. Roy Hardy came.

   May, 26 1920 Wednesday-Roy Hardy and Mr. Collingsworth got Hayne to go with them to cut a bee tree, but found no honey. Frank went to Mr. Tatums on a bicycle.

   May, 27 1920 Thursday-De and Hayne have gone to the Old Henry Mill fishing. I am replanting cotton. De informs me that they fell out of the wagon on the hill near the creek.

   May, 28 1920 Friday-Hayne is badly poisoned with thunderwood. We had to have the Doctor with him. I worked on my cotton today. I have the poison on my face, I suppose from drying on the same towel with Hayne.

   May, 29 1920 Saturday-Worked on cotton again. Set out potato slips.

   May, 30 1920 Sunday-Bright pretty morning. Mr. Hardy and some boys, Hugh Pritchard and family, George Pritchard and family all came. Mrs. Ophelia Phillips came. Hayne's poison is better.

   May,31 1920 Monday-Cloudy and warm. Trying to plow our cotton.



   June, 1 1920 Tuesday-Sprinkled rain. Boys have been plowing. I have a very bad headache but I have been hoeing. We have a very poor stand of cotton, after replanting 3 times, but it has begun to improve in looks.

   June, 2 1920 Wednesday-Replanted my cotton with corn. Mr. Robert Cook planted a large field of cotton South of his house yesterday, June 1st.

   June, 3 1920 Thursday-Still replanting corn in my cotton.

   June,4 1920 Friday-De and I went to see Dr. Thomason at Fairburn. Rained last night and some this morning. Big rain this afternoon. Crops along the road to Fairburn are in a bad fix, with grass. Ray Cook said he planted 5 or 6 acres of cotton yesterday, June 3rd.

   June, 5 1920 Saturday-Rained last night. J.W. Eskew and two of the Felton's boys came. Eskew and I played checks. Mr. Henry Hardy came and played marbles with the boys. Mr. Hardy came to borrow the ice-cream freezer for a party tonight. The boys went up there.

   June, 6 1920 Sunday-Bright and pretty morning. Frank has gone to the Felton's to spend the day. De and Hayne have gone to the Russell Dailey Old Home place. I am watching the bees.

   June, 7 1920 Monday-We worked on our cotton today.

   June , 8 1920 Tuesday-The Republican National Convention meets in Chicago today to nominate a candidate for President. De has gone to Robert Cook's.

   June, 9 1920 Wednesday-It has been bright and warm. Mrs. Reedy Cook came after apples and English peas.

   June, 10 1920 Thursday-Bright and warm we have about one third of our cotton chopped out . It is not first class.

   June, 11 1920 Friday- Bright and Hot.

   June, 12 1920 Saturday-Hot last night. Forty-six years ago today, I was living at the J.R. Phillips farm, and my best cotton was half leg high. Every year since I have noticed that my cotton has been that high on the 12th. day of June, but this year it is not. I am down in my back this morning. De and I went to Fairburn after groceries. We met a car and Drew, and Edward, Tatum got out of it and came home with us. Meal is worth $3.10 per bushel.

   June, 13 1920 Sunday-Bright and cooler. De and I have gone down to Floy's to take Edward Tatum part of the way home.

   June, 14 1920 Monday-Bright and Warm. I went to Fairburn after feed stuff.

   June, 15 1920 Tuesday-Bright and warm. Ground drying fast. I found squares on some of my oldest cotton 7 days ago.

   June, 16 1920 Wednesday-Bright and warm, some clouds. Oldest stalks of my first planting are about 10 inches high. Some of it has just come up. Signs of rain.

   June, 17 1920 Thursday-Windy-Hot and Dry. Plowed over best patch of cotton and put nitrate of soda on it.

   June, 18 1920 Friday- Hot, dry and windy. The Democratic Convention meets in San Francisco today, to nominate a candidate for President to run against the republican next November. There has been a nice shower and signs of more. Hayne has gone to George Pritchard's, and Frank has gone to Town Creek to go in bathing.

   June, 19 1920 Saturday-Rain last night and cloudy this morning. 11:30AM Bright and clear. Hayne has not come back yet at 5:00PM. Our crop is needing work and I am not able to do the work to clear it out. Mrs.. Hardy and her married daughter came.

   June, 20 1920 Sunday-Big rain last night and still raining. De and I went to Hugh's and to George's. We had more rain. River rising.

   June, 21 1920 Monday-Cool, bright and clear. The boys and I are preparing to go to Fairburn. George Pritchard's Field Hands have all gone and left him with a four-horse crop on his hands to cultivate. The boys inform me that they saw Olin Golatt(?) choke and kick Jesse Maddox out at Fairburn while there.

   June, 22 1920 Tuesday-De went to J.W. Eskew's, but came back home as Mrs. Ophelia Phillips and Mrs. Lara Clark came. Some have no finished chopping cotton.

   June, 23 1920 Wednesday-De has gone to see Mrs. Harrell to get her dress made. Cotton small, but looks healthy, except a few plants are dying.

   June, 24 1920 Thursday-De has gone to Mr. Robert Cook's, has just returned from J.W. Eskew's. Found a boll weevil.

   June, 25 1920 Friday-Bright and clear. Boys plowed cotton. Mr. Hewy Hardy came.

   June, 26 1920 Saturday-Mrs. Clark came. Mr. Collingsworth cut Frank's hair for him today and charged him $ .20 for it. Frank took a nice lot of peaches and apples to Mr.&Mrs. Collingsworth today. We have been selling the peaches for $ .15 per doz.

   June, 27 1920 Sunday-Bright and clear. Mr. Felton Rainwater's boys came. Mr.&Mrs. Robert Cook and daughter Reedy came. Miss Nellie Eskew and Lucille Cowen came, and boys, Whoooeee.

   Hayne left late in the evening to go to George Pritchard's to work. A lot of people are finding boll weevils.

   June, 28 1920 Monday-Bright and clear. Frank took his mother over to Mrs. Harrell's to see about her dress in the afternoon.

   June, 29 1920 Tuesday-Bright and clear. De has gone to J.W. Dailey's and Frank has gone to take her in the buggy, and to go in bathing, but failed to get in. My best cotton is knee high-color good.

   June, 30 1920 Wednesday- Bright and clear. I went to J.W. Eskew's to play checks. We got 6 games each and 2 draws.



   July, 1 1920 Thursday-Slight sprinkle of rain. Frank is hoeing cotton.

   July, 2 1920 Friday-6:00 in the evening time and it's beginning to rain. De went to Mr. Billa Clark's. J.W. Eskew came and we played checks, 21 for me and 11 for him with 6 draws.

   July, 3 1920 Saturday-Bright and clear. De and the boys have gone to George Pritchard's. Burg Calden and Roy Hardy and four girls come. It is sure hot.

   July, 4 1920 Sunday-George Pritchard and family came. Mr. Collingsworth and Viney Brock came. Frank went home with George to work and Hayne stayed at home.

   July, 5 1920 Monday-We are needing rain. Our shower was light that we had. I went to Fairburn for the mail and ice for cream. Signs of rain. Billa Clark came.

   July, 6 1920 Tuesday-Hot, windy and dry. Mr. Hardy and son, and Mr. Collingsworth came.

   July 7 1920 Wednesday-I saw several cotton blooms on my improved Cleveland Big boll cotton. We are needing rain. We had a nice shower later on. De and I went to J.W. Eskew's. Hot. Cotton looking well.

   July, 8 1920 Thursday-I am real sick today. Got a letter from Misses Elaine and Eloise Northcutt. Our figs are ripening.

   July, 9 1920 Friday- Pretty day. Mrs., Ophelia Phillips came, also Mrs. Viney Brock and Miss Nellie Eskew came after apples.

   July, 10 1920 Saturday-Early morning cool. De and I went to church at Bethlehem. Hayne went to Fairburn. Frank came home from George Pritchard's, worked 5 1/2 days at $2.00 per day. We had a fine rain this evening.

   July, 11 1920 Sunday-Cloudy. To be a big singing at Bethlehem today. 6:00PM we all went and had a big time. Hayne went home with George to help him work. Had a hard rain.

   July, 12 1920 Monday-J.W. Eskew, Billa Clark, and E.D. Rainwater came. Frank and I went after some poles. He has made him a merry-go-around.

   July, 13 1920 Tuesday-De and boys have gone to Lee's and Floy's. I went to Eskew's. We put up the two pigs.

   July, 14 1920 Wednesday-Bright and clear. Light sprinkle. Mrs. Collingsworth and children came.

   July. 15 1920 Thursday-Sprinkled rain in the evening. I am trying to test some Trice cotton and Cleveland.

   July. 16 1920 Friday-Cloudy and signs of rain. I had a severe pain in my side yesterday and this morning. Very good shower. J.W. Eskew came. De and Frank went to cook's store.

   July, 17 1920 Saturday-Foggy and some clouds. I have had a severe pain in my right side for several days, it is so bad that I am not able to work. We are all anxious, even to Brit the dog to see Hayne come home from George's. Hayne came at noon he worked 5 days at $2.00 per day, but did not get it.

   July, 18 1920 Sunday-Cloudy and sprinkling rain. The pain in my side is no better. Mr. Kite and son, and Mr. Collingsworth and son came. Nice rain. A bevy of boys came.

   July, 19 1920 Monday-Several showers. De and the boys have gone to Floy's and fishing. No luck. bah.

   July. 20 1920 Tuesday-Cloudy. Boys went fishing, but no luck. Stayed all day.

   July, 21 1920 Wednesday- It is cloudy and signs of rain. Our crop is needing plowing. Farmers around here put in time plowing yesterday, grass, grass. 8:00PM, now raining. Mr. Henry Hardy came.

   July, 22 1920 Thursday-Cloudy. I am hardly able to sit up. Big crowd came at night to hear the phonograph. No rain today.

   July, 23 1920 Friday-Big fog. De and the boys went to Cook's.

   July, 24 1920 Saturday-Big dew and clear. Plowed and shook out big grass in cotton.

   July, 25 1920 Sunday-Bright and clear, hot. De and Hayne have gone to Antioch Church. Frank to Felton Rainwater's. De and Hayne went off after dinner to Mrs. Harrell's, Black's and Campbell's.

   July, 26 1920 Monday-Cloudy, signs of rain. Mrs. Lara Clark and sister Mrs. Ophelia Phillips came. Mr. Collingsworth mule was sick today.

   July, 27 1920 Tuesday-Some clouds and Cool. De and I went to George's and Hugh's in the evening. Boys finished plowing the crop at about 10:30PM. Mr. C.B. Vickers died at a hospital in Atlanta, Ga., Monday and was buried at Fairburn today. He was one of my very best friends, death excuses no one. Frank has a sick headache.

   July, 28 1920 Wednesday-Cloudy and cool. Crops are looking well. Hayne and I went to Fairburn for feed stuff. De has gone to Eskew's.

   July, 29 1920 Thursday-My highest cotton is 4', 4 1/2" tall. De and Hayne have gone to Mrs. Ida Langley's to spend the day. Frank went to the school house. J.W. Eskew came. All parties report a good time for the day.

   July, 30 1920 Friday-Clear and cool. De has gone to Mrs. Rhoda Cochran's. The boys have gone to the schoolhouse.

   July. 31 1920 Saturday-Warm and some clouds. Planted 4 rows of beans. Mr. Hardy came at night.



   August, 1 1920 Sunday-We are needing rain. Had a light Shower yesterday evening. A bunch boys came. Hugh and Floy and the children came.

   August, 2 1920 Monday-De and I went to court at Fairburn.

   August, 3 1920 Tuesday-De and I went to Fairburn again. Late in the evening it rained.

   August,4 1920 Wednesday-De and I went to court again today, and our case was begun.

   August, 5 1920 Thursday-De and I went to court again, our court case was not finished.

   August, 6 1920 Friday-Had our case tried before a jury today. It resulted in a mistrial.

   August,7 1920 Saturday-We all went to Brock's Reunion at Cook's park.

   August,8 1920 Sunday-Very rainy this morning. I have just been informed that Mr. Henderson and Homer Cook's trial was conducted yesterday, where Fred Henderson got his leg cut off by Cook's automobile. Henderson did not get anything. De and Hayne are going to George's. Hugh came after the children that were left here last night. Frank has gone to Dr. Thomason at Fairburn. Rain, rain. Wet, wet. I am by myself as usual. Big rain.

   August, 9 1920 Monday-Big rain in view, continued all day.

   August, 10 1920 Tuesday-Big rain throughout the night. De and the boys have gone to Fairburn. De is to go on to Atlanta.

   August, 11 1920 Wednesday-Looks like more rain. I went to Fairburn after De, and there was one of the biggest rains. Mrs. Bradstreet was on trial for embezzlement in the W.B. Green case. Our boys stayed home and Ray Hardy came.

   August,12 1920 Thursday-Some rain last and looks like rain this morning. I tried to pick up cotton squares but turned so blind that I had to stop. Boys have gone to Fairburn after hulls. Rain, Rain, Rain. Wet, Wet, Wet.

   August, 13 1920 Friday-Thick clouds, some rain. Boys hunting, De and I at Hardy's.

   August, 14 1920 Saturday-De and Hayne are preparing to go to Atlanta. Frank is to take them to Fairburn in the buggy. De and Hayne got $ .60 per doz. for eggs and $ .60 per lb. for butter in Atlanta.

   August, 15 1920 Sunday-Boys have gone to the Baptizing at Bethlehem, over 40 to be Baptized. Hot! Irwin Rainwater, Milton Dailey and Virgil Griffin came.

   August, 16 1920 Monday- 39 years ago today my son Doc was born and I picked cotton on my California Farm. It then belonged to F.M. Collins. I am now old and my people are nearly all gone. I have nothing to live on, money all spent, and I can't work. De and I went to George Pritchard's today. Showery.

   August, 17 1920 Tuesday-"I was here every Chooseday". Mr. Grover Northcutt brought his wife and 3 of his children out, and Eloise Northcutt, one of my granddaughters, or Lillie's child. Big rain in the evening. Frank went up to Grover Northcutt's and spent the night.

   August, 18 1920 Wednesday-Hayne and I went out Fairburn. Boys have gone to George Pritchard's after apples and to take a cupboard. De has gone to Bob Cook's. De has sold her stove to George for $70.00.

   August, 19 1920 Thursday-Cloudy, ground wet. We have been picking up cotton squares today.

   August, 20 1920 Friday-Rain last night and heavy fog this morning. De and I went to Hugh and Floy's. Boy's went to the school house.

   August, 21 1920 Saturday-Cloudy, signs of rain. Frank and I went to Fairburn and Frank went on to Union City. Hayne went over to the school house and played ball. De and I went to Mr. Clark's. Hot!

   August, 22 1920 Sunday-Nearly clear and hot, very Hot. Mrs. Hardy and 5 of her daughters came last night. Roy Hardy has gone with Hayne and Frank to Campbellton meeting. Frank has now gone to Felton's to see Irwin. Shower of rain.

   August, 23 1920 Monday-Cloudy. Duggie Duggan came after pears. De and the boys have gone to meeting at Campbellton Baptist Church.

   August, 24 1920 Tuesday-Cool and nearly clear. My little De joined the Baptist Church at Campbellton at night. I did not know she was aiming to join. I hope she will be satisfied. I am alone.

   August, 25 1920 Wednesday-Clear and cool. Rev. J.E. Daniel the pastor at Campbellton church and his helper Mr. Meek took dinner with us. De and the boys went to church again.

   August, 26 1920 Thursday-Cloudy and cool. De and I have just returned from a trip around by Hugh's and George's and several of the country stores. Mr.&Mrs. Eskew and daughter have just returned from Indiana. The trip cost $ 115.00, I am glad to have him back.

   August, 27 1920 Friday-Cloudy-De and I went to Mr. Dave Garner's and took dinner. Boys played ball at the schoolhouse. Good rain. De and Hayne started to go to a meeting at Campbellton but there was none.

   August, 28 1920 Saturday-Cloudy and sprinkled rain.

   August, 29 1920 Sunday-De and I are now going to the creek to where is to be Baptized. Evening, De and I went to the Baptizing and De was emersed. We then went to James Brock's and took dinner. Had a nice time.

   August, 30 1920 Monday-Heavy dew and fog. De and I went to Fairburn. Boys caught 175 boll weevils.

   August, 31 1920 Tuesday-Cotton that was well fertilized has a large weed. Early cotton is well bolled. Very little open cotton. De went to Rhoda Cochran's and drove the mare Nellie, for the first time.



   September, 1 1920 Wednesday-De is preparing to go to George Pritchard's to help Lee dry apples. She went by Floy's and took her over to Lee's. She reports having a good time.

   September,2 1920 Thursday-Clear and warm. De and I went to Lee's in the evening.

   September, 3 1920 Friday-Rained last night ,cloudy this morning. 2:00PM Rain, wind from the East. Mr. J.W. Eskew, and Mr. Collingsworth came. Looks like An East Spell. Boys went to Hardy's.

   September, 4 1920 Saturday-Rain and wind from the East. Boys gone to Fairburn again to a ball game. So it goes. Mrs. Ophelia Phillips, Mrs. Lara Clark and Mrs. Polly Haskin's came.

   September, 5 1920 Sunday-Cool last night and cloudy this morning. Hugh and Floy and the children came and also a bevy of boys. We all went to Mr. Eskew's at night for a while.

   September, 6 1920 Monday- De and Frank have gone to George Pritchard's to help Lee scald and scour.

   September, 7 1920 Tuesday-De and I went to Fairburn and bought a Majestic Range for $148.00 . The boys are going after it now, 12:12PM. Looks like rain.

   September, 8 1920 Wednesday-Today is election day all over the State. The boys have gone to the woods to cut wood. Cloudy. Big rain in the evening. There were 83 vote cast at our precinct, 43 for T.E Wotoon(??) of Thomasville.

   September, 9 1920 Thursday-Thick clouds, more rain in the evening. Tied strings on cotton blooms on the 7th, 8th & 9th if they would be open cotton in the fall. Some of my cotton is over 6 feet tall.

   September, 10 1920 Friday-I went to Fairburn after hog feed.

   September,11 1920 Saturday-Roy Hardy and J.W. Eskew came.

   September,12 1920 Sunday-Clear and warm, wind from the N.W. Irwin Rainwater came and him and the boys went over to Bethlehem Church. De and I went over to Mr. Billa Clark's, Mr. Urial Freeman, wife and 2 children came from Atlanta and came over there. We all went down to Hugh's and visited there with George and family, Robert Pritchard and wife from Mo.(?) and also their sister and her children came. We all returned to my home and took supper. Then De and Frank went back to Atlanta with them.

   September, 13 1920 Monday-Looks like fall weather. Hayne and I are gathering our fodder.

   September, 14 1920 Tuesday-We all went to a barbecue on the farm of Dr. J.W. Thomason down on the Chattahoocha River given by the Pritchard boys in honor of their brother Robert from St. Louey.

   September, 15 1920 Wednesday-De and I started to Methodist meeting at Campbellton but was advised that there was none. We returned and the boys went to a Junior Order Barbecue at Fairburn. De has now gone to Bob Cook's.

   September, 16 1920 Thursday-Very hot , some high clouds. Cotton is opening fast.

   September, 17 1920 Friday-Boys gone to play ball. De and I went to Fairburn for medicine. Mr. W.T. Roberts died suddenly Thursday morning in his office.

   September, 18 1920 Saturday-Clear and cool. Robert Pritchard and wife, Hugh's family and Lee and children came.

   September, 19 1920 Sunday-Boys gone to Grant Park. De and I are going to A.W. Freeman's to a reunion. We went and had a nice time and a big dinner.

   September, 20 1920 Monday-I picked Trice row of test cotton, 35'=5 1/2 lbs. . Cleveland row of test cotton, 35'=3 1/2 lbs.. De has gone to Floy's. Hayne pulling fodder for Mr. Collingsworth.

   September, 21 1920 Tuesday-Clear and cooler. De has gone to Bob Cook's and to Claude Landrums in the buggy.

   September, 22 1920 Wednesday-Cool. we picked cotton, have out 511#.

   September, 23 1920 Thursday-De and I went to Fairburn and bought a heater for the house, cost $33.00 .

   Septenber,24 1920 Friday- Roll Hewson(?) died. Rain from the East. Rain again in the evening.

   September, 25 1920 Saturday- Boys have gone to Fairburn after heater and other stuff. De went to Mrs. Rhoda Cochran's and Bob Cook's Rhoda is very sick. We have out 1008# of cotton.

   September, 26 1920 Sunday-De and I went to Church at Campbellton and after we got back De went to Atlanta on a visit to her sister's Mrs. Emma Sneed. At night Boys gone to B.Y. at Bethlehem.

   September, 27 1920 Monday-Bright and clear. Caught up with cotton picking.

   September, 28 1920 Tuesday-Boys have gone after wood. I have not heard from De yet. The widow of J.H. Cochran ( Rhoda ) died at 10:15 PM.

   September, 29 1920 Wednesday-Cloudy and threatening. Cotton selling at $ .27 . 12:30PM have just received a letter from DE. Frank and I have just returned from the funeral of Mrs. Rhoda Cochran. It was conducted by Rev. C.J. Short. De got home today at about 5:00PM.

   September, 30 1920 Thursday-Bright and clear and cold, had to wear our coats.



   October, 1 1920 Friday-Cold this morning, I think there was frost, but the wind was blowing so it did not show up much. I saw cotton leaves that looked frost bitten.

   October, 2 1920 Saturday-Nice frost last night. Hauled our first bale of cotton today. I am informed that cotton is $ .23 per lb. . The boys went to Fairburn and brought home the syrup from Mr. Bishop's, 8 gallons.

   October, 3 1920 Sunday-Bright, clear and cool. A bunch of boys came. Hugh and Floy and family, George and Lee and family and Huegy(?) Langely came.

   October, 4 1920 Monday-Boys picked cotton. I helped De was in the morning.

   October, 5 1920 Tuesday-Bright. De went to Floy's.

   October, 6 1920 Wednesday-I went to the election and voted for Hardwick for governor, Clifford was the other candidate. Thomas W. Hardwick was nominated.

   October, 7 1920 Thursday-Cool. De went to Floy's yesterday and to Lee's today.

   October, 8 1920 Friday-Bright and Cool.

   October, 9 1920 Saturday-De and Hayne went to Fairburn to see Dr. Thomason. We have out second bale of cotton, 1244#. We will get only about one half of our crop on account of the boll weevil, and about half price for our cotton, so it reduces our income to about one fourth.

   October, 10 1920 Sunday-De and I went to Hugh's on the river. Frank to Bethlehem to Church. Hayne to Fairburn.

   October, 11 1920 Monday-De has gone to Fairburn.

   October, 12 1920 Tuesday-Finished our second bale of cotton today 1538#.

   October, 13 1920 Wednesday-We have started our third bale of cotton.

   October, 14 1920 Thursday-De went to Mr. Garner's. He is down sick.

   October, 15 1920 Friday-De has gone to George Pritchard's.

   October 16, 1920 Saturday- Mr. and Mrs. Collingsworth and children came. Hayne and Frank went over to Mr. Dailey's. Cotton is nice and clean. Price of cotton is $ .21 Per lb.. "Farmer's Blues."

   October, 17 1920 Sunday-Pretty morning. Mr. Hardy and son came, also Mr. Eskew and Charlie Maddox. Cotton opening fine.

   October, 18, 1920 Monday-Nice weather for gathering.

   October, 19 1920 Tuesday-Mr. Collingsworth and wife are helping the boys pick cotton. Cotton is down to $ .18 per lb. . We have our third bale for the boys 1566#.

   October, 20 1920 Wednesday-The boys are picking cotton for Jess Maddox to take them to the fair. Mr. R.W. McGarith and (??) Stephens came to fix the Majestic Range. De and I went to Fairburn and to Mr. Garner's.

   October, 21 1920 Thursday-Boys went with Jess Maddox to Atlanta to the Fair. De has gone to Garner's to see if he is dead and where they will bury him. De went to Floy's in the evening.

   October, 22 1920 Friday-De and I went to Antioch to attend the funeral of D.H. Garner. Hayne went to Fairburn.

   October, 23 1920 Saturday-Bright and clear. Hayne has gone to Mr. Ben Bamers(?) down in Fayette County. Frank has gone to Atlanta. De and I went to Church at Campbellton. Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Ophelia Phillips came at night.

   October, 24 1920 Sunday-De and I went to Mr. Durrett's in the evening. Hayne and Frank came home and report a fine time on their visits.

   October, 25 1920 Monday-Sprinkled rain. Set up new heater.

   October, 26 1920 Tuesday-Sprinkled rain. De has gone to see Mrs. Alice Garner.

   October, 27 1920 Wednesday-Sprinkled rain. De went to Lee's in the evening. Turning cooler.

   October, 28 1920 Thursday-Dressed two hogs. Temperature 44 deg. in the morning and 58 deg. in the evening. Bright, cool, and clear.

   October, 29 1920 Friday-Bright, cool, and clear.

   October, 30 1920 Saturday-Big frost.

   October, 31 1920 Sunday- Mrs. Alice Garner spent the day with us, and Hayne took her home and spent the night.



   November, 1 1920 Monday-Mrs. Viney Brock and Mrs. Bettie Northcutt came.

   November, 2 1920 Tuesday-Raining. Presidential election today. J.W. Eskew and Hugh and John Pritchard came by going to Fairburn.

   November, 3 1920 Wednesday-Hayne dressed his calf to take to Fairburn for beef.

   November, 4 1920 Thursday-De and Hayne have gone to Fairburn to sell beef and produce. They returned late in the evening and report poor results. Bought the calf for $5.00 and kept it for 3 months and got $5.55 for a stall fed calf.

   November, 5 1920 Friday-Bright, clear, and cool. De went to Billa Clark's.

   November, 6 1920 Saturday-Boys went to Fairburn.

   November, 7 1920 Sunday-I went to J.W. Eskew's to see how his wife was. She has been very sick for several days. Edward came and several other boys. Hugh and Floy and children came. De and I went to Claude Landrum's at night but met Mr. Hardy's people coming and went back.

   November, 8 1920 Monday-Pretty weather- Picked cotton.

   November, 9 1920 Tuesday-Hayne worked for Robert Cook.

   November, 10 1920 Wednesday-De went Lee's Hayne worked for Robert Cook.

   November, 11 1920 Thursday-Hayne has gone to Cook's again. De went to the store and after??????, also to George Cochran's.

   November, 12 1920 Friday-Dressed Haynes hog for him today. Temperature 40 deg. in the morning and 54 deg. in the evening.

   November, 13 1920 Saturday-Hayne is sick today. George Pritchard came by on his way from Fairburn.

   November, 14 1920 Sunday-De and Frank have gone to Floy's and Hayne to Orrins. Larra Landrum came, also Roy Hardy.

   November, 15 1920 Monday-Began raining last around midnight and has been raining ever since, it is now 2:30PM and it's still raining. De has gone to Mr. Robert Cook's.

   November, 16 1920 Tuesday-Rained last night and this morning. Turning cooler. We are trying to wash our duds. Roy Hardy came.

   November, 17 1920 Wednesday-We hauled a bale of cotton to gin.

   November, 18 1920 Thursday-Boys sold a bale of cotton at Fairburn. 530# @ $.17 1/2 =$92.75 .

   November, 19 1920 Friday-De and I went to Lee's and Hayne went to Cook's farm at Petersbrough(?). Frank and I picked cotton.

   November, 20 1920 Saturday-Hayne and De went to Fairburn on business in the forenoon. De and I went to Floy's in the PM. Mr.&Mrs. Kite and son came at night. The boys went over to Mr. Claude Landrum's.

   November, 21 1920 Sunday-Cool and cloudy. De and I went to Mr. Bill Keoley's(?) and took the phonograph to play for a sick woman. She was well pleased. The boys remained at home and had a lot of boys with them.

   November, 22 1920 Monday-It is raining this morning. I saw many fields of cotton yesterday that would not make over one hundred pounds of seed cotton to the acre.

   November, 23 1920 Tuesday-Hayne worked for Cook. Frank and I sawed wood. De went to Fairburn.

   November, 24 1920 Wednesday-Hayne working for Cook. De and I went to Fairburn on business.

   November, 25 1920 Thursday-De and I went to Lee's for Thanksgiving Dinner. Boy's went hunting.

   November, 26 1920 Friday-Cloudy and cool. It is the most trying time that I have ever seen with the people. De and Hayne have gone to Fairburn. We are all sick with colds.

   November, 27 1920 Saturday-Very rainy and bad.

   November, 28 1920 Sunday-Still cloudy. De and Hayne are contemplating going to Atlanta today on business.

   I have owned around 367 acres of land and today it's all gone, and I have nothing to show for it. I am now 72 years old and broke up. Hugh and George came for a short while. Frank has gone to Claude Landrum's.

   November, 29 1920 Monday-Cold mist of rain from the East. Mr. Hardy came in the forenoon. Mr. Collingsworth came in the afternoon. Frank and I are here by ourselves. J.W. Eskew came at night.

   November, 30 1920 Tuesday-De and Hayne come from Atlanta, they ordered some feed stuff.



   December, 1 1920 Wednesday-Boys sawed some wood.

   December, 2 1920 Thursday-Boys hauled a bale of cotton to gin. De is very bad off with pain. Boys had two bales of cotton ginned 630# and 580#. Dr. Thomason came at night to see De. Mr.&Mrs. Dailey also. Cook treated the boys bad about their cotton.

   December, 3 1920 Friday-Boys have gone to the woods to cut wood. I went to see Mr. Cook about the cotton matter, and he tried to patch it up but made it worse. I think it will cost him something with a lot of interest. My policy is not to kick until you find the right spot to kick.

   December, 4 1920 Saturday-Boys cut wood in the forenoon and went hunting in the evening and got wet. De went to Floy's and Lee's but did not get back till after night.

   December, 5 1920 Sunday-Frank went to Felton's. De and Hayne went to Landrums. I was at home.

   December, 6 1920 Monday-I went and had a settlement with Robert Cook and Sons for the ginning and Haynes work. De went to Lee's for turnips. Billa Clark came and brought us a mess of fresh meat.

   December, 7 1920 Tuesday-Some rain last night and still raining. Boys bought some corn and fodder from Orrin.

   December, 8 1920 Wednesday-Boys sawed wood. De went to Floy's.

   December, 9 1920 Thursday-Boys sold a bale of cotton, 577# for $87.99 . Orrin came and took breakfast and went with the boys.

   December, 10 1920 Friday-Cloudy-De has gone to Brock's. Boys are sawing wood. Hayne has gone to Lee's. Frank has gone hunting.

   December. 11 1920 Saturday-I sold my horse Nellie to Hayne and Frank, also my plow tools and farm emplements.De went after Floy and the children. Hugh came after night, 11:00PM.

   December, 12 1920 Sunday- George and John came, and De took Floy and the children home. Frank has gone to Cedar Grove School house. I am real sick today.

   December, 13 1920 Monday-I was sick all night. It has been a rainy night. The boys have been taking of Orrin's things for nearly a week. J.W. Eskew came. Very rainy.

   December, 14 1920 Tuesday-Very rainy last night, cooler. De and Frank have gone to Fairburn to have the horse shod, and to see McNeal. Frank went to Lee's at night. I had a very severe spell.

   December, 15 1920 Wednesday-Bright and clear. I am 72 years old today. I was born on the Betsy Eaton Farm, Abbeville, S.C. about 10:00 o'clock on the 15th. day of December 1848.

   I am real sick today. De and the boys washed today and De and Hayne went to Lee's in the evening. Lee sent me a Birthday card, God Bless her.

   December, 16 1920 Thursday-I was sick all day. Cold. I am still very sick.

   December, 17 1920 Friday-Bright and cool. Mr. Stone and Lewis Campbell came to sell beef. Boys have gone to the woods this evening to saw wood. I have been looking for Edgar for several days. He don't come.

   December, 18 1920 Saturday-Boys hauled wood, and went to the mill for Orrin C.. George Pritchard came by. I am still real sick.

   December, 19 1920 Sunday-Cloudy, light rain. J.W. Eskew came. Frank went to Claude Landrum's and Hayne went to Orrins.

   December, 20 1920 Monday-I am a little better. Mrs. Sally Dailey came and wanted us to go and play the phonograph for them tonight, for an entertainment. Hayne has gone to get his gun fixed. The boys have gone to Mr. Landrum's to get a load of corn @ $ .90 per bushel.

   December, 21 1920 Tuesday-Boys finished hauling corn, and put up collards.

   December, 22 1920 Wednesday-Very rainy. De gone to Eskew's. Hayne has gone to Jess Maddox's.

   December, 23 1920 Thursday-Hayne and Frank have gone to help M.L. Landrum move. De has gone to Bob Cooks. J.W. Eskew came.

   December, 24 1920 Cold. Friday-Lee and the children came on their way to Ben Hill where they are moving to live. Milton came and the boys went hunting. I am not improving much in health.

   December, 25 1920 Saturday Christmas Day. Edgar and son Gaither came, also Billa Clark. A bevy of children came at night. Edgar took my slippers to return.

   December, 26 1920 Sunday-Cloudy and cool. De and Hayne have gone to Floy's. Mr. Felton Rainwater and son and Mr. Theo Teal came.

   December, 27 1920 Monday-Rain last night. Boys going hunting. See.

   December, 28 1920 Tuesday-Cold and light snow in the night. I am some better. Jesse Maddox is moving to Bob Cook's to work at $30.00 per month. Only a few months ago labor was $2.00 to $3.50 per day. Some got $6.00 to $8.00 per day.

   December, 29 1920 Wednesday-Josephus Short moved into the Jesse Maddox house today. De and Frank went to Fairburn to express 2 hens to Emma in Atlanta.

   December, 30 1920 Thursday-De has gone to Fairburn on business. Boys have gone to cut wood. They bought some from Mr. Landrum. Mr. Billa Clark came also Miss Madge Northcutt. I am real sick.

   December, 31 1920 Friday-A very pretty day. I am some better.



   January,1 1921 Saturday-New Years Day. Very pretty day. Boys went to mill.

   January, 2 1921 Sunday-Hayne has gone to Fairburn after the mail. Frank has gone to Irwin Rainwater's. I am not so well. Mr. Henry Hardy came in the evening.

   January, 3 1921 Monday-It is raining this morning. The boys are tearing down the North porch. J.W Eskew came.

   January, 4 1921 Tuesday-Thick mist of rain. Boys built De a kitchen cabinet.

   January, 5 1921 Wednesday-De and the boys have gone to Fairburn on business.

   January, 6 1921 Thursday-We are trying to satisfy some of our creditors, by signing notes that may not hang us for awhile.

   January, 7 1921 Friday-Hayne has gone to Fairburn. Hayne has gone to Mr. Landrum's old place. I am real sick this morning. Mr. Orrin Collingsworth is moving today, down on the Senoia Road, on the old Martin Place Farm. 11:00AM I am very sick.

   January, 8 1921 Saturday-Cloudy and drizzling rain. Boys have gone down to Mr. Claude Landrum's, where he has moved to. They are on a hunt, they returned after night and report a fine time, and say they got 4 rabbits.

   January, 9 1921 Sunday-Very rainy yesterday evening and last night, and still raining. Mr. Josephus Short came to get some books to read.

   January, 10 1921 Monday-Cloudy and cold. I have been very sick for four weeks and Edgar has come to see me one time. Boys helped De wash and then went to the woods to cut wood.

   January, 11 1921 Tuesday-Boys cut wood till noon. Hayne and De have gone to Fairburn on business.

   January, 12 1921 Wednesday-Cloudy. Boys are cutting wood. I am not improving much. Joel Brock Jr. came today.

   January, 13 1921 Thursday-Strong, cold, East wind, sprinkling. Mr. Billa Clark and Herbert Kite came.

   January, 14 1921 Friday-Big rain and sleet last night. De and Frank have gone to Floy's. 3:20PM N.W. wind and turning colder. Josephus and his wife came.

   January,15 1921 Saturday-Light snow last night. Looking just a little South of West, this morning ,we can see a large town, it is supposed to be Carrolton. We can't see this town just any time, but the snow on the houses causes it to show up plain this morning.

   January, 16 1921 Sunday-Frank has gone to Fairburn after the mail. Big frost. I was informed today that Mr. Herbert Kite, one of our neighbors was arrested yesterday for stealing from the neighbors. Mr. Hugh Mclure and Edgar and 2 of his children came.

   January, 17 1921 Monday-Cold. Josephus came for help to pick cotton. Boys helped short in the evening.

   January, 18 1921 Tuesday-Boys have gone to cut wood, Josephus Short went with them. I am in a very feeble condition this morning. De has gone to the store. De and Frank have gone to Fairburn. J.W. Eskew came. Hayne helped Josephus Short pick cotton for a while and then went hunting. Boys have gone to Jesse Maddox's to sit till bed time.

   January, 19 1921 Wednesday-Cold East wind. De has gone to J.W. Dailey's. Boy's have gone to Jesse's after a gun.

   January, 20 1921 Thursday-Cloudy and cold. Boys have gone to cut wood , but after dinner they went to Fairburn. De has gone to the store at Cook's and to Mr. John Henry West's.

   January, 21 1921 Friday-Boys have gone to cut wood. Queen Eskew, Viney Brock and Josephus Short came last night. I am feeling some better. Mrs., Lara Clark and Mrs. Ophelia Phillips came to spend the evening.

   January, 22 1921 Saturday-Foggy. In the evening the boys went hunting. It is a pretty day to work. C.J. Short and E.L. Cochran came to get me and the wife to sign a paper releasing the Rail Road from any further liability after they have paid me $500.00. I regret that I was not able to collect all the $5000.00 .

   January, 23 1921 Sunday-Frank went to a party at Josephus Short's last night. Hayne went to Mr. Claude Landrum's. Frank went to Felton Rainwater's. De and I went to Short's for a short time. Charlie West and wife came at night and sat for a while. George Pritchard's horse died Saturday night.

   January, 24 1921 Monday-Cloudy. I am very nervous this morning, I don't think I can stand it much longer. We have just been informed that Hugh and Floy have a new boy, and De has gone over there.

   January, 25 1921 Tuesday-Cloudy with East wind. De has gone back to Floy's again. 3:00PM it is raining and as wet as a rag.

   January, 26 1921 Wednesday-Lots of rain last night and cold rain from the East. Edgar and Mr. A.J. Luck(?) came and brought me a check for $341.73 on my Rail Road affair. J.W. Eskew came. Snowing lightly.

   January, 27 1921 Thursday-Light rain last night. De and Hayne have gone to Fairburn on special business. Evening, De and Hayne have gone over to Carter's to rent some land. I am glad to say that De and Hayne transacted the business at Fairburn in a very satisfactory manner. I wish I was able to work and attend to my own affairs.

   January, 28 1921 Friday-Big frost. De has gone to Floy and Hugh's.

   January, 29 1921 Saturday-Boys have gone to Fairburn after some flour and cotton seed meal. De has gone to Willard Dailey's. Looks like rain. Mr.&Mrs. West and 2 sons and 2 daughters came at night till bed time.

   January, 30 1921 Sunday-Cloudy and sprinkling. Frank left to go to Cedar Grove to Sunday School. De and Hayne are going to Floy's. I am staying here. Mr. Josephus Short and a bevy of boys came.

   January, 31 1921 Monday-Cool and Cloudy. Boys have gone to cut wood. De has gone to Mr. Walter Durrett's. J.W. Eskew came at night.



   February, 1 1921 Tuesday-Cloudy and cool East wind. De has gone to Mr. Charlie west's. 5:00PM raining. Boys cut wood.

   February, 2 1921 Wednesday-Misting rain. Boys are in the woods. Charlie West and wife came.

   February, 3 1921 Thursday-Cold and frosty. Boys are cutting wood. De has gone to John Cook's.

   February, 4 1921 Friday-Josephus is helping the boys cut wood. Mr. Billa Clark came to get my subscription to the Atlanta Constitution. J.W. Eskew came. Charlie Maddox and wife came. Fred Eskew and sister came.

   February, 5 1921 Saturday-Raining and thundering, big rain in the AM. J.W. Eskew and Floyd Rainwater came. De and Hayne have gone to Fairburn and Frank is hunting up some books we have loaned out. Milton Dailey and 2 of Mr. West's boys came.

   February, 6 1921 Sunday-Pretty morning. Hayne and Frank have gone to Jim Cook's, and then they went to Claude Landrum's in the evening. Edgar and two of his girls and two of Gather Camp's girl's came in the afternoon. Mr. John Henry West and four of his children and Mr. Charlie West and wife came at night.

   February, 7 1921 Monday-Cool East wind. George and Hugh Pritchard came, and De was gone to Floy's. Rained in the PM.

   February, 8 1921- Tuesday-Big rain last night. Hayne went to Fairburn to take De and Frank, so they could take the car to Atlanta. Mr. Herbert Kite, who was accused of stealing corn, etc., was cleared, by the Grand Jury-No Bill. So he is free to do more.

   February, 9 1921 Wednesday-More rain last night, warmer and looks like rain. De and Frank are in Atlanta. Hayne has gone hunting with Charlie West, and I am here, and it is raining and everything is so gloomy that I can hardly stand it. I am weak and trembling. Oh me. It's late in the day and I am still alone.

   February, 10 1921 Thursday-It's still raining. De and Frank have come back. J.W. Eskew and Joel Brock came. Joel Brock rented the boys 10 acres of land to plant in corn.

   February, 11 1921 Friday-Cold and windy. De has gone to Floy's.

   February, 12 1921 Saturday-De and the boys have gone to Joel Brock's to see the land that they rented, Thursday and then they went on to Fairburn to have the mare shod. They then went hunting to get rabbit meat to eat while they work on that rented land.

   February, 13 1921 Sunday-Pretty day. Charlie West and wife and 2 brothers came. Irwin Rainwater, Walter Durrett and The Teal's came.

   February, 14 1921 Monday-Pretty morning. Boys went to work on the land that they rented from Joe Brock. Mr. West and wife and 2 of their boys came at night.

   February, 15 1921 Tuesday-Boys began to sow oats. De went to Clark's. Brock's and Dailey's. Pretty day. De and myself and the boys went to Mr. West's at night.

   February, 16 1921 Wednesday-Boys sowing oats. Mrs. West and daughter-in-law came by and De went with them to Mr. Durrett's in the evening to a quilting.

   February, 17 1921 Thursday-Cloudy and cool, sprinkling. Finished sowing five acres of oats.

   February, 18 1921 Friday-Boys went to Fairburn after more seed oats but did not get them. Mr. West and family came.

   February, 19 1921 Saturday-Cold and cloudy. De and Hayne went to Floy's. J.W. Eskew came to play checks.

   February, 20 1921 Sunday-Cold and cloudy. Floyd Rainwater came. Josephus Short came after calomel. Hayne has gone to Claude Landrum's. Frank to Mr. Felton Rainwater's. Charlie West and wife came.

   February, 21 1921 Monday-Cold and cloudy. Just came from Josephus Short's. Their baby is very sick. Mr. Herbert Kite starts to move from our mist today; Ha, Ha, Ha. Charlie West came and is worse. De has gone to Mr. Durrett's.

   February, 22 1921 Tuesday-De and Frank are preparing to go to Lee's in the upper part of the county. Mr. Durrett came to bring me a summons to attend Justice Court on the 5th. of March at Fairburn, Market Co, Vs. H.N. Cochran, Debt $71.17 . This will be the first court judgment that ever was rendered against me.

   February, 23 1921 Wednesday-It is raining, and very dark and gloomy. De and Frank have not come home yet. J.W. Eskew, and Charlie West and Mrs. Mattie Cook came up to get some money. Money is a thing of the past.

   February, 24 1921 Thursday-Bright pretty morning. Hayne has gone to help Mr. West dress a hog. De and Frank have gone to Fairburn. Began breaking up ground on the Joel Brock farm.

   February, 25 1921 Friday-Cloudy and cold, N.W. wind. Charlie West, and Mr. Walker came. De and Mrs. Charlie West went to Floy's in the afternoon.

   February, 26 1921 Saturday-Big frost. Boys tore down Wright's old garden and plowed up the lot. De went to Women's Missionary Union. I was allowed to stay at home.

   February, 27 1921 Sunday-Bright. De and Hayne went to Campbellton to meeting. 1:30PM Just returned and Irwin came with them. J.W. Eskew, Milledge Cochran, and Josephus came. Mr.&Mrs. West came and De and myself were at Charlie Wests.

   February, 28 1921 Monday-Bright and Pretty. De has just gone to Fairburn.



   March, 1 1921 Tuesday-Planted Irish potatoes. Gave in taxes today.

   March, 2 1921 Wednesday-bright and pretty. Took off a hen and 12 chicks. Charlie West and wife and 2 brothers came at night.

   March, 3 1921 Thursday-Very pretty day. Filed a plea today against the Phillips debt. De has gone to Joe Brock's,

   March, 4 1921 Friday-It has been a pretty day for work. Edward came.

   March, 5 1921 Saturday-Very smoky. I went to Justice Court today. De has gone to the Women's Baptist Union today at Cedar Grove School House, with Mrs. John Henry West.

   March, 6 1921 Sunday-Frank has gone to Felton's and Hayne has gone to West's. De has gone with Hayne to Claude Landrum's and I am here alone.

   March, 7 1921 Monday-Pretty day for work.

   March, 8 1921 Tuesday-De went with Willard to Lila Rose Brock's, Mercer Brown wife's funeral at Campbellton.

   March, 9 1921 Wednesday-De went to J.W. Dailey's and he came over here.

   March, 10 1921 Thursday-De went to Dailey's.

   March, 11 1921 Friday-De has gone to Ida Langley' with Viney Brock.

   March, 12 1921 Saturday-Raining. Hayne has gone to Fairburn. De and Frank have gone to Mr. Garner's.

   March, 13 1921 Sunday-Hugh and Floy and the children came. Hayne went home with Floy and the children.

   March, 14 1921 Monday-Hayne has something like the measles. De and Frank went after some pigs at Hughes, $10.00 .

   March, 15 1921 Tuesday-Dr. Thomason came yesterday and said he thought Hayne has Small Pox, and today said that it is Small Pox.

   March, 16 1921 Wednesday-Bright and pretty day. Hayne is some better.

   March, 17 1921 Thursday-Dr. Thomason came in the evening.

   March, 18 1921 Friday-Rain last night. Dr. Thomason came and vaccinated De and Frank, and then came at night 11:30PM and got the phonograph on my Doctor bill for $100.00 .

   March, 19 1921 Saturday-Mr. Dailey came and brought some milk and meal. I am hardly able to walk. I have about run my course. I can't stand this much longer. I will be missed when I am gone.

    I feel so sorry that I can't pay all that I owe before I die. I have lived in this county over 67 years, and have worked hard, and I have not got enough to pay for burying a dog. So noted it be-Amen.

   March, 20 1921 Sunday-Cloudy and cold East wind.

   March, 21 1921 Monday-We stuck our English peas. Hayne is coming along fine. We planted two rows of cotton seed. De has been good to me since I have been sick, she has been good to Hayne also.

   Dr. Thomason Quarantined our 10 acres Friday. We are not allowed to go off the 10 acres.

   March,22 1921 Tuesday-We are all in a delapidated condition. Frank's arm is hurting so bad he can't plow. Hayne is getting along fine.

   March, 23 1921 Wednesday-Frank ran the drag over the cotton stalks and plowed ground.

   March, 24 1921 Thursday-Drizzling rain. Frank's arm is hurting him.

   March, 25 1921 Friday-Cloudy and foggy, but clears at noon-windy. Frank finished dragging stalks.

   March, 26 1921 Saturday-Cloudy and signs of rain. Eggs are down to $ .25 per doz.. Hayne was up most of the day.

   March, 27 1921 Sunday-J.H. West had an egg hunt today. Dr. J.W. Thomason came to attend De and Frank.

   March, 28 1921 Monday-Cloudy and rain. Hayne is trying to plow.

   March, 29 1921 Tuesday-I had a severe chill. Cold East wind. Doctor came and pronounced my case Small Pox.

   March, 30 1921 Wednesday-I had another chill. Mrs. Ophelia Phillips us a bowl of soup. Viney brought a basket of vittals yesterday. Boys started planting cotton.

   March, 31 1921 Thursday-Big rain. I had a bad night last night but am better today.



   July, 4 1921(?) There was a big barbecue at Union City today. This closes my Diary after 50 years, ( H.N.C. )



   I hope all who read this will succeed better than I have.



   December, 25 1921, I am by myself De and the boys are gone





   December, 24 1921 De and Floy have gone to Fairburn and the Boys have gone hunting. I am by myself and have spent a lonesome day here. I have spent all the money that I have made up till a few years ago and now I have no friends or money either.

   While you have money you have friends. If you have no money, you have no friends.

   I have spent my life, I have spent my money and yet I have no friends to help me on.





RECORD OF CHECKER GAMES BETWEEN H.N. COCHRAN AND J.W. ESKEW.



   J.W. Eskew and H.N. Cochran played checks for a number of years in a very pleasant way.

   From December, 20 1916 to May, 16 1922, we played 4,187 games and Jim had 8 games on me when we moved to the B.T. Thompson place on December, 26 1922.

   Our playing was pleasant and very agreeable, and if we had played on I do not know who would be ahead by now.

   I have played only 38 games since I came down here, with a man named John Phillips. We each got 15 games and made 8 draws.

   March 1st. Phillips and I played today and I got 6 games and he got 4 games and 4 draws.





   April, 2 1922 I am sick today and the boys have gone to Lake Beaver. De has gone to Floy's.











Mary Oleana



   I have been informed that she was buried at Cox's cemetery 10 miles from Canton Texas on the Canton and Browns Borough Road, on the left hand side of the road. She married James E. Maddox in this beautiful Campbell County and was taken to Texas in Van Zandt county and soon died for the want of proper care.( Note: Oleana apparently had a son, Guy L. Maddox, he wrote a letter to H.N.C. from somewhere in Texas 2-24-1919)

   She was: Born November, 7 1872



   January, 5th 1924 It is very cold today the temperature is 22 degrees. I am not able to work and have no money. We are now living in a Negro house on rented land.

   I have been so that I could buy almost anything I wanted, with a good bank account to my name and good credit all over the county. But now I don't own a dollar, and have no clothes fit to go out in company. When I once could dress well and loaned money, owned and sold 547 acres of land. But now I own a lot in the cemetery at Antioch Church about 20x40 feet. Such is life and misfortunes in this rich land of America. I am 75 years and 20 days older than when I was born in Abbeville S.C. in 1848 on the 15th. day of December.

   I have paid out all I had on my debts and lack $600.00 of having enough to pay all I owe, and I feel so bad about it.



VERSE



ST. John XX1 -18

Verily, verily I say unto thee. When thou wast young thou girdest thy self and walkest whither thou wouldest: But when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands and another shalt gird thee and carry thee where wouldest not.

   This has surely been a fact.

I am 75 years, 1 month and 19 days old.



   May, 2 1924 I have been in bad health during 1924. Edgar brought Dr. Thorton Camp to see me, and he also gave me $ 5.00 to get me a pair of pants. I hope he will be blessed for it. This is May, 2nd. 1924.





   May, 24 1924 I am by myself today De has gone to Palmetto and the boys have gone to L.S. Sneeds.





   September, 4 1924 I am 75 years, 7 months, and 19 days old. If I could recall my life again, how different it would be.



   G.W. COCHRAN    BORN-OCTOBER, 15 1829

               DIED-JULY, 20 1894

   MARIAH(wife)    BORN-OCTOBER, 2 1829

               DIED-JUNE, 8 1887





   F.M. COCHRAN-     BORN-SEPTEMBER, 9 1844

               DIED-AUGUST, 23 1917

               DIED IN ALABAMA

   CAROLINE Jackson (wife)


FELIX F. COCHRAN    BORN-FEBRUARY, 12 1837

                   DIED-FEBRUARY, 2 1898

   SUSAN A. (wife)        BORN-JUNE, 17 1837
DIED-FEBRUARY, 13 1918
                   

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