The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-08-05

Court of Home-Spun Variety
Moves That Each County Elect
a Congressman = Mr.. Nc
Leods Bull Still Monarch of
the Canebrake-D Doings of the
Bull and His Would-be Tam
ers.
of The Robesonian.
Superior Court convened here
for the trial Of civil
cases only. The term is of the
old home-spun variety; we have
our own jury, of course, our own
our own judge, but for
two reasons we cannot state that
we have our own lawyers: in the
first instance few people are will
ling to own a lawyer at any haz-
ard, and in the second instance
there are in attendance a goodly
number of most pleasant and
affable gentleman of the legal
profession from Otner counties in
the district. And who shall cry,
For Shameful just a few of
these occasionally turn an inquls-
tive eye, first, on the voting con-
stituency of Bladen, next, in the
direction of the national capitol,
and heave a longing sigh? There
are Only seven counties in this
congressional district - a lucky
number too-and, since motions
through the columns of the pa
pers are in order these days, we
move that each county elect a
congressman, let them select a
chairman to do the voting, re-
serving the power to change the
chairman at any time when the
interest of one county shall seem
to be more at stake than that of
the others s-this being in accord
with present day ideas of congress
sional legislation-and organize
a home guard to be composed of
six of the most sturdy and stall
Wart men from each county to
distribute the salary among the
delegation every Christmas eve
in accordance with the amount
of seed sent out by each member
duling his incumbency. We sug-
gest further that such distribu-
tion be made behind closed doors
with an admission fee of 25c, the
proceeds to be expended in de-
fraying campaign expenses.
The county commissioners did
not meet the 1st Monday in Aug
ust, but will meet regularly the
1st Monday in September.
The annual picnic at Mercer's
Mill, one mile from this place,
was largely attended onJuly Both
and was thoroughly enjoyed by
old and young.
The bull mentioned in the last
issue Of The Index as having
gored near unto death MIR. Nc
Leod, of Fayetteville, is still
monarch of the big canebrake or
Phoebus Plantation, three miles
below town. Mr.. James H. Clarl
sold the bull to Mr.. Mcleod, rop
ed him, collected the money, ane
delivered the goods. The beas
was secured with a rope arount
one hind foot, this placed in the
hands Of Mr.. Mcleod, and ;
rope around the head, this places
in the hands Of Albert an
Adrian, colored men. When tn
bull started over to have a littl
settlement Of difference with hi
colored captors he was haule'
back by the stern line, and whe
he turned to adjust the troubl
in this direction he was haule
> back by the bow line, and whe
he turned once more, and a littl
more quickly, to the front he We
hauled back by the stern line j
D the hands of the, by this time
stern Mcleod. This treatmer
being somewhat different fro'
that unusually accorded to
monarch, the bull soon becan
infuriated, and, when he mao
. a mad and impetuous rush
, Albert and Adrian, Mcleod pro
ed to be no more of a restraint
him than feather to cyclon
upon observing which the so
of Hager took to their heels, al
the bull turned upon McLe
with the results described in t
last issue, left the field of comb
with the ropes hanging to hi
and rushed into the canebra
footing his own horn. Mr.. Cla
was not present when the &C
dent occurred, but as soon as
learned of it, secured his bug
and brought Mr.. Mcleod tt
physician.
The bull successfully evad
capture for ten days or mo
Q but on a certain Wednesday c
of the lines caught under
stump and brought down the
!. tivities of "Old King Cole" t
limited space. On Saturday
Clark in company with the abo
mentioned Albert discovered
predicament Of the crit
They found not only a mad b
but a hungry bull, and no liv
creature had the dares to co
90 within the range Of his line. :
90 yet he must certainly perish
90 less those lines were reno
and his liberty restored.
90 There happened to be, wit
SO the range of the line, a ST