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Mrs. Smith has better health than when you
saw her last, though she is not a Hercules
yet by a great deal. What strength she has
she gives to the sick, the strangers, the destitute,
the sorrowing &c. Since I commenced
writing this she has been sent for to
visit a child that is very ill. She
devotes much time to the women & children
at our cotton mills. Mabel, Bernard & Julia
are in school. Mabel is as large as her
mother. Looking at her reminds me how
rapidly time is passing. Mr & Mrs Reid
have changed very much since you saw
them, especially Mrs Reid, she is very thin
and broken. Palmer is pastor of the church
at Pendleton, S. C., and is doing a good
work there. Whit is at home with his
father & mother. The schools at Reidville
are still kept up. Occasionally I hear from
some of the girls. Mary Leonard is teaching at Tarboro
in this state. Miss Saida has a good position
in the public schools at Athens, Ga. Several
have passed over the River before us. Would
be so glad to have a long talk with you.

Accept this hurried communication (owing to pressure
of business) as coming from Mrs S. as well as from myself.

With kindest regards, I am
Truly your friend, R. P. Smith.