-July 15/16 Left on afternoon train for home. Supped at Petersburg. Paid $6 fare from Richmond to Weldon, NC, 85 miles.
-July 17 Fare from Weldon to Raleigh $5., 98 miles. From Raleigh to Charlotte, 175 miles, fare $8.75
-July 18 Half fare to Columbia, SC, 110 miles, $3.25
-July 19 Half fare to Augusta, GA, 143 miles, $3.25; half to Atlanta, 171 miles, $4; and full fare from Atlanta to La Grange, 71 miles, $3.50. Arrived at La Grange, my birthplace, 11 o'clock at night, and went to my sister's, Mrs. M. C. Huntley's.
-July 21 Hired Tommy Davis to drive me to Greenville, going 20 miles in 6 1/2 hours. Had a joyful meeting with my mother and sister.