The Robesonian., 1908-11-30
PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE.

to nave us ,phOne once open on
holidays and Sundays? The
Robesonian is always glad for
everybody to be able to enjoy
every day of rest that is coming
to them, but the worlds work
must be done, and it is rather
primitive to close the telephone
exchange on Sundays and every
other day on which anybody
takes holiday. The thing that
particularly calls this matter to
mind is the fact that a man who
lives some 13 miles from Lum-
bel ton and who has phone N
his home had to send all the way
to town Thursday for a doctor,
simply because there was no one
in the telephone exchange. 1t is
exceedingly annoying to pretend
to have modern conveniences and
then to find them of no avail Just
when you need them most. 1t
will not do to run a telephone ex-
change after the manner of the
old stage coach. Quick and
prompt service is demanded. 1t
is but fair to state in this connec-
ton, however, that Mr.. A. E.
White, who owns the Lumberton
exchange, wanted to keep the
exchange open Thanksgiving Day
but could get no one to keep it
open.
Which last observation brings
to mind the fact that the people
in this section of the State are
rather more prone to take every
holiday in sight than they are in
many other sections. The peo-
pie in this part of the moral vine
yard certainly believe in getting
all that is coming to them in the
way of rest and recreation.
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A physician was heard to re-
mark the other day that this is
the most dope-ridden town or
the face of Gods earth. Which
was an intentional exaggeration,
no doubt, but there is enough
truth in the assertion to give one
|; pause. It is pitiful and unpleas.
ant fact which one does not care
to dwell upon that the number Of
victims of the awful craving fol
dope" of various kinds in this
neck Of the woods is appalling,
, Talk about liquor, and boast OF
the fact that the sale of liquor
has not been allowed in Robesor
, for these many years! That il
all we'll enough, but going from
whiskey tomorphine, forinstance
is going from the frying pan int
the fire. If the Legislature will
put proper restrictions upon tht
sale of the drugs commonly useC
=, by the unfortunate ones wht
have fallen a victim to this aw
full vice it will do something JUS
about as good as prohibiting tn.
sale of whiskeX; X.a4
! Judge Jeter Pritchard and Mr.
Caesar Cone came in for unin
territorial recognition at the re
cent term of Robson Superior
Court. In one case in which Mr.
K. E. Lee appeared for the de
fendant there was a witness whc
reJoices in the name of Caesa
, Miles, and every time Mr.. Let
+ referred to him he persisted il
y calling him Caesar Cone. Ant
when Clerk Of the Court W. H
= Humphrey was polling the jury
which convicted Junius McKoy
+ Of murder he called Juror JetteI
+ D. Lewis, Jeter Pritchard.
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2 When the elegant new cour-
house is put in use it is devoutly
to be hoped that it will not be
messed up during terms of court
as badly as was the Opera House
; during the term of criminal court
held recently. When that court
adjourned the Opera House was
a sight. Men had taken the
: privilege of "chawing" their to.
, bacco and splitting where they
darn pleased, and when you re-
member that that went on day
after day with a promiscuous
J crowd in the same house for two
weeks you can imagine what the
! result was. Some time ago when
Judge Long held court here he
! announced that he would fine
any man who was caught
splitting on the floor, and
there was precious little spit
ting on the floor during that
term. It is certainly to be hoped
that some measures will be taken
to keep men from carelessly
splitting on the floor when the
new court house is ready for use.