About one half mile due North of the John Young farm and near the old road that leads over the crest of the hill to Elon and to the site of the home of John and Lottie (Carroll) Cummings. Their children were Benton, Dessie, Golda, Jessie, and Phonso. John was kicked by a mule that resulted in his dreath. Later Lottie was married to Frank Irwin and their children were Charles and Roy. Mr. Irwin had the first well drilling outfit in the country and there are drilled wells in Elon and the surrounding country made by him.
As I write the story of these dear people I am reminded of the words of a beautiful poem. It is said that the words express perfect rhythm and it closes with a noble thought. I have forgotten the author but I think he was one of the early English poets.
The splendor falls on castle walls
And snowy summits, old in story
The long light shakes across the lake
And the wild cataract leaps in glory
Blow, bugle, blow, Set your wild echoes flying
Answer echoes, dying, dying, dying
O hark, how clear and thinner, clearer, farther
going
The horns of Elfland faintly blowing
Our echoes roll from soul to soul
And live forever and forever.
Coming back now North about one mile to the top of the hill is the stone foundation of what was once #10 school. It is located between the forks of the roads at the top of the ridge. I attended this school and graduated in 1909 Maude Holaday being the teacher. The teachers that I remember were Florian Nolan, Florence Cox, Clyde Palmer, Emmett Hall, Cora Jones, Nannie Parks, Minnie Flick, Elvin Cope, Fred Dillard, William Dillard, William Crowder, Sylvia Cox, B.J. McFarland, Maud Holaday, Fredonia Dillard, Hurst Livengood, Macey Burton and maybe others. The old building was blown down in 1911 and a new one built. It was sold in the 1950’s when the schools were consolidated. The acre is now a part of the Harwick farm.
One fourth mile East of this school is the site of the Lucy Dillard farm home. Here lived Floyd, Myrtle, Irene, Ivan, William and Maude. It is now a part of the Boyer farm.