The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-11-23
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OF Ine town might do great
deal toward making Lumberton
a much prettier place. There
are few places in town that it
gives one great pleasure to pass
by, and there might easily be
more places of that kind. Great
improvements have been made
at several homes within the last
few months by tearing away
fences, painting, cultivating
grass, planting flowers and trees
and frightening up premises
generally, and it is hoped that
others will be inspired to go and
do likewise. 1t is worth all and
more than it costs to make a
town clean and pretty and at
traCtive.
It was told in this column last
week how a young wan went to
church with a young lady and
forgot his hat when he walked
out. Another young man who
was attending court the other
day forgot his hat in an entirely
different way. He went to Mrs.
Caroline Jones' for dinner and
walked into the dining room and
sat down at the table without re-
moving his hat; and as he fell to
OF "nat was before him without
sl.","lng any signs of remember
in" . remove his top piece it be-
came necessary for Mrs. Jones to
call the oversight to his atten-
ton.
Some folks either do not know,
or do not always remember, that
consersations over the phone
may be-in fact, are more than
likely to be-heard by some
ether person or persons than the
, one to whom one is talking. This
ignorance in some cases and for
, getfulness in others results in
some people hearing some rather
funny conservations at times.
For instance, the other day a
young man called up a girl and,
) in all innocence, proposed to hel
! point blank, in the same earnest
} manner he would have used had
he been proposing in the privacy
of the girls own parlor, with the
curious world shut out. And the
other night a man-but that
? won't do to tell.
, %%4%
A coon hailed a colored woman
: Of his acquaintance on the stree
the other day. Sue, is you seer
$ my wife lately?" mo, ain t,
: replied Sue. 9TH tell me-
said the colored Benedict, ina
= she's gone pizen crazy.
; %%%4
A man from Florence, S. c..
i who was attending court las
week remarked after a strol
: over town one night that tn,
: town was we'll lighted but tina
! the streets were very poor. Tha
d was the first of the week, jus
+ after considerable rain had fal
e len. The Lumberton man to whom
: the remark was made could no
e say much in defense, for it is
well-known fact that when on
gets off Of Elm street after
s rain the streets are pretty bad.
! 4A%#
e This town certainly sees it
# share of street preachers. The
It certainly blow into this bur
" frequently, and the only equip
ment many of them have for al
tracing attention is lungs an
It countenance Of brass.
r. &%%&
J. Apropos OF the term of erin
9r nal court just closed, it is a wei
m known fact that to many nt
4. groes the service of a term
1T the penitentiary is a badge {
al distinction and when the convi,
le returns home he is oftener thu
Sh otherwise received with ope
v arms and honored above his fe
n lows. Remarking upon WhiC
ne fact a gentleman recalled tt
other day overhearing a neg
- say, speaking of a former co
vict who had incurred his m
Fy mentary anger, Il am as good
ry he is, if he has been in the pei
OF tentiary!"
= e Mr.. George Letford, who ira
II ~ els for Bucklen & Co., of Chic
Ia "a go, was in town last Thursd
~ and, as usual in the places whe
III III he is known, he was the cent
y. Of an interested group duri
'us m most Of the time after he h
'He finished attending to his busine
Ia In the fall of the year Mr.. L
amlo m ford travels a picked territory
81, y, North Carolina, Georgia a
l., 80 Florida, making newspaper ct
:as tracts for advertising and SELL
}5 iJj the Bucklen peoples medicine
ulu m druggists, and in every town
cry cry visits where his powers
ile- ne known he is called upon dur
, oe, his leisure moments to give
ar are hibitions. For Mr.. Letford,
S Iile it known, is a spiritualist M
i1 Iut um, if you know what t
ma d. means, and he isn't any sloucF
VI a medium, either. He can st;
Tla 'Tpa fiat-footed in front Of you
d Inc read the palm of your hand W
eCe' out ever looking at it-tell
@ en- what lines you have in your ha
loA' how they are located, how t
S9oo run, and all about them. TIL
QUO. inst for instance He docs m