AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF SALLIE HOPE ROBINSON: given by J. Carrie Brice Signed by: [all gave Due West address, except as indicated] ------------------------------------------------------- [Cover] AUTOGRAPH S ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 1] Sallie H. Robinson Due West Female College Due West S.C. ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 2] PARAGON AUTOGRAPH ALBUM ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 3] My Dear Sallie- Accept this Album as a token of my love for you. Your loving friend and class-mate. J. Carrie Brice. ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 4] [Rachel Elliott] R. E. Pressly Mexico City, Mexico (Harrisborg, SC) ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 5] Dear Friend Sallie, May peace and joy be with you as long as you live C) as your friend wishes ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 6] Neill Erskine Pressly [son of J. E. + Martha Sherkard Pressly] Mexico City, Mexico ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 7] Pauline Harkness Due West S. C. ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 8] Mary Rosborough Mexico City, Mexico Dec 16th 1878 9 years old ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 9] Dear Sallie In hours of calm reflection In hours of social glee Will have in recollection Think of one that shinks? of shein? Oct 30th 1880 Your true friend S. E. McA. ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 10] Henry [Erskine] E. Bonner [s/o John Irwin Bonner] Due West S.C. Jan 22/79 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 11] Nettie Speer Bonner [wife of Henry E. Bonner, dau of W, Spper] Due West [g/d of John Speer] S.C. Jan 22/79 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 12] With kinds regards Rebecca T. Hemphill Abbeville S. C. Jan 3rd 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 13] With best wishes Your friend Josie LeGal [marries John Lowry Pressly] [partial graduate 1877] D.W.F.C. Jan 6, 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 14] Very truly Your friend Jean V. LeGal D.W.F.C. Jan 6, 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 15] Dear Sallie In the golden chain of friendships. Always regard me a link. D.W.F.C. Ever your loving friend June 2, 1879 Mamie K. McCaughrin [see below] Newberry ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 16] Mamie K. McCaughrin [m. O. McR. Holmes] [1881] [Newburry, SC] & [deceased prior to 1891] O.Y.B. [Sticker of girl with fan and picking flowers] Mamie? Illies? ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 17] May goodness + mercy follow thee all the day of thy life. In the wish of your true friend. E. McQuerns D.W.F.College Jan 4th 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 18] Reserved for Bob Yorbet? ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 19] Dear Cousin Sallie, Forsake thee, I can never Tis vain for me to try Our hearts will never sever I will love thee till I die Your affectionate cousin M. E. R. [might be Mary E. Robinson ] Parriville [dau of Thomas J. M. Robinson] S.C. June 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 20] Dear Sallie A leaf in this Album for any name and a place on memories page for me is all I ask Your true friend [Jennie] J. M. Grier [Thomas P. Grier + Grizilda Strong] Due West S.C. [m. Rev. J. S. Moffatt] [1883] Jan 28th 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 21] Dear Sallie May angels wreathe for thee a crown of immortality Due West, SC } Is the wish of Jan 9th 79 } your true friend Lula ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 22] Dear Sallie "A little word in kindness spoken A motion or a tear, Youth often healed the heart That's broken, And made a friend - sincere" D.W.F.C. Ever your friend Dec 19th 1878 } Addie [M.] Lowry [m. Rev. E.P.Davis] [1879] [Winston, NC.] ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 23] Dear Sallie Time cannot change or alter me. What for many may be a lot. My heart will still be true to thee. Then the forget she not." Ever your friend Evie Agnew [Ena E. Agnew m. Mr. P. M. Sullivan] D.W.F.C. [1879] [Cokesbury, SC.] Dec 18th 1878 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 24] May the Angel of Peace Descend from above; And on Sallie's dear head alight, May the sunshine ever guide thy [days/rays]? And never a cloud appear, To dim the brightness of thy life May adversity's frown be a strange And prosperty ever kiss thy brow, Be the wish of one who loves you Lizzie S. ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 25] Dear Sallie: May you live long and be happy - Is the wish of your true friend Due West Gussie Wood L. Hood [1879] S.C. April 19th 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 26] Very Respectfully Yours Due West, S.C. } W. M. Grier [s/o Robert C. Grier + Barbara B.] Jan 29th 1879 } [m Nannie McMorries] ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 27] With many kind wishes for your present and future happi- ness I am Yours truly N. M. Grier Due West S.C. Jan 28th 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 28] Due West, S.C. [upside down] D.W.F.C. [upside down] Long may you live And live at your ease And have sweet To kiss when you please Lovingly your friend Minnie B. Helper Davidson College N.C. ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 29] Your Cousin Johnnie [profile sketch] Due West Abb. Co. Feb 19th, '79 } S.C. ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 30] D.W.F.C. [angled] My dear Sallie, Dec 25th 1878 [angled] "This thy album on whose pages fair, None save friends have written. O'this shall garner bright treasures Of warm heart-uttered words. Words that shall whisper to the soul Of Hope, of Heaven and Happiness. Mary H. Baldridge ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 31] Dear Sallie, "In after years where turning to survey The happy days of many a youthful day. Pause when you look at this + kindly lend A transient recollection of thy friend" Your true cousin Mary [Armathine] Bonner Due West, S.C. [d/o Rev. John Irwin Bonner] Female College [b. 1855] Jan 1st, 1878 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 32] "I would that thou mightest ever be As bright and gay as now; That time may leave as free Thy yet unwritten brow" Your Cousin [Annie Williams] A. W. Bonner [b. 1861] D W F College [d/o Dr. James Isaac Bonner] Jan 1st, 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 33] My Dear Classmate In a few months you will bid adieu for a while perhaps forever to College life and College scene?. Allow me to write as as a token of my love and esteem these lines that you may in future years look back and think of one friend who associated ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 34] with you here. Wher'er you go, where'er you roam Oh' may sweet memories round you come Your friend Due West N. J. Edwards Jan 8th 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 35] "Strive to enter the straight gale?" "Pray without ceasing". "To God commit thy way." Your true Friend William T. Waller [b 1854] July 7th 1879 Charolette N.C. [m Carolyn Lindsay Bonner 1874] ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 36] Dear Sallie May this life be one long summer day Replete with sunny hours. A crystal stream that winds its way Neat? banks bedecked with flowers. From your friend M. L. A. F.C. [at angle] ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 37] Dear Sallie Over roses may your footsteps move, Your smiles be ever smiles of love Your tears as tears of joy. Your loving friend Bessie Cade Elberton, Georgia Jan 6th, 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 38] Dear Sallie It is sad though friends must part Perhaps to meet on earth no more Yet in this parting I ask of thee In happiness and enjoyable remember me. Yours till death Ella Barnette Pineville, N.C. Jan 1st 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 39] and When friendship sweet at school shall [Sticker - "I love true and fondly"] And you my friend shall happy be The shortest motto I can blend The sweetest is, remember me. Your loving friend Emma Grier Pineville, Mecklenburg Co. N.C. ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 40] Yours Most respectfully David Pressly Stewards Mill, Freestone Co. Texas ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 41] "Favor is deceitful, beauty is vain; a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised." David Pressly ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 42] Dear Sallie think often of Your loving friend Due West SC. } [M.] Brennie Edwards [m. J. D. Taylor] Jan 9th 1879 } Female College [1879 grad][Craigville, SC.] ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 43] Dear Sallie, "May earth pure joys be thine, May heavens bright smiles thu cheer May friend prove faithful, kind, and true And life be loved while here" Florence Affectionately SC Marie McIlvean ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 44] May none know Thee, but to love; None name Thee; but to praise. In fond remembrance Your friend Due West M. A. Y. March 17th 78 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 45] My Dearest Sallie Forget me not, when others gage?. Enamored on thee with looks of praise Where weary leagues between us both are cast And each dull hour seems longer than thee last. Oh, then forget me not! Very truly [1882] [dead by 1891] Jan 6th 1879 T. Judie Henry [Due West, SC] ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 46] Think often, of Your loving friend Maggie [E.] Hood [m. Dr. J.H. Williams] Due West S.C. [Due West, SC] [1881] April 19th 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 47] Remember with affection your cousin Fannie [Foster] F. Bonner [b. 1860, d/o John Irwin Bonner] Due West [m. Robert Calvin Brownlee] S. C. Jan 2nd 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 48] With much love, Maggie L. Myers [m. Mr. M. L. Patterson] [1879] Patterson Mills, [Blanche, TN.] Penna D.W.F.C. Jan 2nd 1879 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 49] When in Thou ??? what ever thy lot. Dear valued Friend Forget me not Very Truly Hattie Young [Lower Long Cane Cemetery] Due West S.C. [1880] [m. Mr. J.E.Todd] March 17th 1879 [Due West, SC] ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 50] Dear M??? Forget not the many happy hours we have spent together. Your truly, Dick [no last name given] Winnesboro S C Dec 26th 1878 ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 51] Illies? Lannard? Due West South Carolina ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 52] Miss Sallie It is my earnest hope and desire that you may have a safe ride? home, a pleasant vacation and that we may meet again at the delightful city of Due West. July 10th 1879 Your friend D W Wiseman [s/o John M Wiseman & Catherine McBryde] [b 1853] [m Ella Robinson 1881] ------------------------------------------------------- [Page 53] "On life's last leaf may you find written in letters of living light - Peace" Your friend "Dewdrop" Due West S.C. -------------------------------------------------------