The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-11-26
MT. ELAN MATTERS SSS

Meeting A Widow who Must
Marry or Leave the State
One Candidates Campaign
Expenses Other Matters.
Correspondence of The Robesoniar
Several from here attended the
teachers meeting at Lumberton
Saturday. Among those who at
tended were Messrs. Walker,
Hodge, Thaddeus Stone and the
teacher, Miss Ethel CashWell.
They report a delightful trip.
Mr.. Hezzie' Phillips went to
Lumberton Saturday on business.
Messrs. Berry, Wesley and
Richard IVey, Geo. Warwick, Geo.
Graham and j. r. Lawson, of
Orrum, attended services here
Sunday.
Mr.. |. V. Britt went to Kings
dale Saturday on business.
Mr.. Lenord Britt went to
Boardman Thursday on business.
received a letter from one of
my uncles, who lives near La
mar, 5. c., last week. He says
crops are very good down there,
he got $225 per acre on his to-
bacco farm this year. That's
making money raising the weed.
| heard an old negro talking
some time ago. He said he had
about ten acres of land and an
OK and he was going towork and
he didn't care what kind of a
panic came. Hes dead and
doesn't know it,
The pastor, Rev. M. A. Steph-
ems, did not fill his regular ap-
pointment Sunday on account of
sickness, but Mr.. E. J. Britt, OF
Lumberton, was present and
made a talk that was arare treat.
Hope Mr.. Britt will come again
soon.
am very sorry about the poem
| sent in last week. | clipped ii
from another paper; it was sent
to that paper without the auth
or's name by a correspondent;
but the authors name was moi
given and | don't know that
ever saw the authors name. Yes,
give every man credit.
The Mt. Eliam Sunday school
quarterly meeting will be held at
Smyrna next Sunday, the 29th.
Hope all the schools will be rep
resented.
Mr. Grady Lawson says he is
going to get married at Christ
mas if Mr.. M. doesn't beat him.
We heard Of certain widow
saying and she said it-she had
to get married or leave this
State; that she doesn't want tC
marry but would rather marry
than leave dear old North Caro-.
lima. She said all the single mer
had been to see her, even the
young boys. She did not say
which one she would rather have
But | do hate for a woman tC
have to marry Or leave. (Peo
pie will marry.)
Here is what one man who
was running for a county Office
reports lost and done by him IL
the recent campaign: Lost ;
months and l day canvassing
So J acres cotton, Sc acres corn
4 acres potatoes, 5 shoats,
geese, II turkeys, one old COW
and a calf, 4 front teeth and {
considerable quantity Of hair il
personal fights: gave II calico
dresses, 3 boxes tobacco, 1;
baby rattlers, 5 pair suspenders
Is baby dolls; told 4,375 lies
shook hands II, $50 times, talk
ed enough to have made in prin
1,OO0,0 600 large volumes, kisseC
$50 babies, kindled Is kitchel
: fires, cut three cords Of wood
pulled 500 bundles fodder, pick
: ed five hundred pounds Of cotton
pulled 4 loads of corn, fell dow
: 10000 times, broke one toe, du
t / acre Of potatoes, carried i
Y 5000 buckets of water, was dog
e bit 73 times, baby broke m
q watch - So to have repair
ed; loaned out three barrels c
Il flour, 5 pounds of coffee, stand {
S lard, 100 pounds Of bacon, 4 busE
a els of corn, 2 pounds of butte.
II lead pencils, two hoes, l NOV
e ing blade, 3 spoons, l overcoa
n 3 dozen eggs-none of which hs
[. been returned; Called my o.
7. ponent a liar-doctor's bill 81!
l. had three arguments with n
). wife-result, one child killed,
/; lamp broken, two flower vac
|. broken, dish of hash knocke
4. off the table, l broom-hand
,r broken, two handsful of whiske
:. pulled out; spent 81, 1863, railro;
2. fare, board and everything, al
X worst Of all, never got electe
n, This happened in Georgia.
B. Mr.. w. H. Lamb, the road
y. pervisor for Britt S township, W
tn here working the roads, or ha
s. ing it done, last week.
in While returning home Sund
night mister-We won't call !
name-lost his hard hat and t
RI buggy wheel ran over it and {
de it right in two. Poor old hs
on hat