The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-30
ATTENTION NEWS NOTES.

Strawberries TO Snip In Car
Loads Diversity and Look Out
for Corn Cribs aud Meat Houses
More Hand S han Last Year
Registration Books-Other
Matters
Correspondence OF The Robesonian.
Mr.. D. G. Quick, of Clio, s. c.,
is spending few days among
his relatives and friends Look
out, girls! this is his second tril,
Glad to say condition of Mrs. O
A. Meares is improving some
She has been very sick for some
time and her friends and rela-
, tives will be glad to know of her
recovery.
| Miss Nettie Mercer has re-
turned home from a weeks stay
at the home of her sister, Mrs
Thorra Prevatt, near Center
church.
Mr.. J. A. Branch and family,
who have been at the National
Cotton Mill at Lum berton for
some time, have returned to
their farm near Bellamy. We
J. are glad to have them again with
US for they are good Sunday
school workers and we need
t their cooperation.
Mr. A. E. Belch, who holds a
prominent position near Kal-
Il locks, S, c., visited his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. l. J. Belch, Sun.
= day.
70 The patrons and others who
70 find it convenient can purchase
&c money orders at Attention. This
~ was added the first of April.
e. Mr.. B. Stansel is shipping
r. strawberries nearly every day
tie the prices are fairly good, the
in only trouble at this point is the
express. The farmer of this
ev section should plant enough tt
have a refrigerator car placed 81
Is we could load a car each day
no then the berries would be put OF
the market in better shape AM
an. for about half the price paid TO
At expressing.
he While cotton mills are reduc
~ ing their output as heretofore
the farmers should look we'll
ter their corn cribs and meat house
ent and be sure that the cotton pate
eds is not larger than the corn patel
IA We should diversity our crop
and thereby reduce our cotto
M acreage. A farmer said the othe
our day he had planted "a acres
ion cotton. The writer asked hil
what about corn; he answered
. acres. well, l guess you don
J. belongs to the Cotton Grower
nm, Association; he replied, no, bl
had been thinking of joining
that they had some kind of co
in ton meeting down there at tt
hon school house the other night. 4
mt farmers of this stripe should no
ov- consider the situation that
upon US and just swap ends wit
that kind of farming and fall
wv ranks with his 1ellowman ar
49, help cultivate the lever of sc
49, protecting prices which the st
o..e pie of the South demands at tt
hands of every producer.
The rain was refreshing
-, gardens, while corn and colt,
had failed to come up because
dry weather. Someof our farI
ers have rebedded their co
'een land and planted again. Far
a' hands are plentiful this yea
oaC- while at this time last seas
they we're hard to get. Stra
van berry pickers multiply by six.
ago Business is dull and things a
hrs looking downroad, yet our NJ
urn beautiful painted depot poir
by forward to the time when we e
lge- pect to have an agent at this
who tile village. While other tow
van are progressing, Attention is I
making a step backward, and t
Vile, folks keep moving in. Glad
of welcome Mr.. Jessie Phillips a
5 Of family, of the Lum berton Govt
atur Mills, who have recently occu
ed cottage in our little town.
pray. The registration books
time Wishart's township are or
Mrs until May Is. All persons "
have become eligible since /
last registration are required
is register before they can vete
DOL at the coming election on May %
Attention, N. c., Apr. 81, 19
clair, LIsFOF LETTERS,
nome Remaining in the Lum bert
n, C., p nstoffice, Ap ii 9th, Is