The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-07-26
1T is TO LAUGH" =
The Editor Taken to Task-A
Few Examples of Serenity,
Composedness and Sternness
-Lumberton sBaseballRecord
A Few Sources of Joy.

-Lumberton' sBaseballRecord
A Few Sources of Joy.
70 the Editor Of The Robesonian:
In your last issue you say that
our citizens take themselves too
seriously, and suggest that they
come down off the perch. y A
very proper suggestion, for with
Lumberton, as with LongtelloW,
life is real and earnest. Heads
up, eyes right, corners of the
mouth down, forward march Tor
destiny and the dollar.
Being aScotchman, of course,
can have no humor, as was long
ago settled by Sidney Smith and
other anti-Gaels, and must there
fore be excused if the sombre-
ness of life claims me for its own,
but | would be pleased to see 9TH
ers enjoy themselves and occa-
sionally smile.
We have caught the habit of
lip compression, so much so that
our people, of a temperament
which is warm, enthusiastic,
lighthearted, jovial elsewhere, be-
come, here, serene, staid, compos-
edof countenance almost to stern
ness, and abhor jokes and Joke
smiths. For example: Take that
eminent Irishman, Mr.. Emgee Nc
Kinnisey. One would expect OF
him, as coming from the Emerald
Isle, light, laughter, joy. But not
so. A quarter of a century ago
he may have laughed at himself
for having been born, and having
lived to that time, in Moore coun-
ty Us this an Irish bull, a native
of Ireland born inMoore countyO,
but being now in Lumberton, he
never, never smiles.
Another: Don Welton Macle
An, of Spanish extraction you viii
say, and perhaps rightly, from his
name. The Spaniards love pleas
} ure, all but theDon. Idaresay Wher
your paper reaches Bilboa or Ca
diz, and he reads this article, he
will not even then smile.
Again: Signor Stefano Ma Gin
tyre, one needs not to be told from
Sunny Italy, the land of song
story, music, laughter, who's
1 poets, having exhausted othe
+ themes, joked with and about tn
! gods; but a Roman inLumberto1
must forget these things, and nov
: no one ever hears the Signo
n laugh.
q might multiply examples, bu
4 let these suffice.
Come to think about it, MI
Editor, don't you take yoursel
), too seriously, | mean aren't 20
u too serious sometimes, and fC
a once in this editorial? You b.
l. moan the lack of baseball entel
l. prise. We have it. We have tt
e fever, and in most malignar
It form, too. Read your exchange
l. a little more carefully, and yC
2. will see where the Lumbertc
Is team played the team from 'Po:
he sum Hollow score, 'Possum He
Is low, 40; Lumberton, l. Anotht
day they are at RaccoonTrail, ar
a mighty game is fetched 0
W there. Score, Raccoon Trail, 5
&c Lumberton, 2.
n What a magnificent display
rs reserve force on the part of O.
r boys! Served the other fellow
Il right, too. Let the followers al
IN Trailers bellows" themselv
On running around the bases if tn
ne are foolish enough to do so, al
gh some Of these days they will gi
out, but with our boys the ru
tic is
oo He who plays and makes no SEQ
20 Willlive to go and play some mo
v But he who plays to make run
81 Will some day find his wind ,
done.
-. You are likewise somewhat
III about Lumber (excuse me, Lu
bee) river, if you do keep a st
row boat. Its beauties are ;
tee mired and banks frequented,
Tor not by all, then by many,
~ 2917 Of our colored populati
'ils can be found there any hour
Wn the day from March to Octob
,ut agree with you in the cent
,ile thought of your editorial.
n us laugh more and oftener. 7
~ sources of joy are all around
I'll if we will only seek them, a f
os- OF them being town taxes. wa
: is rates, electric light bills. the pr
lay ent street lights, etc., etc.
NJ ~. oa.-