The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-08-23
81 PAUlS AND ALONG The.
FAYETTEVILLE. ROAD.

FA1EI iENlLl-C NoHD'
Road Improvement and Some
Good Farms "A Five-Mile
Stretch Of the Best Good
Crops MIR. r. E. Lewis Fine
Farm St. Pauls a Growing
Town Great Changes Noted.
A representative of The Rob-
esonian took occasion Wednesday
afternoon of last week to drive
out to ST. Pauls over the Fay
eiteville road, q distance of fiji
teen miles, and observed many
evidences Of progress and de-
velopment along the way and at
St. Pauls. One hardly knows
where to begin in undertaking
10 mention even a few of the
many things that attracted
allPNtlOll OH JIllS uTINc.
ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
To begin with, one could not be
fair and fail to mention the won
derful improvement made in the
first five miles of the road from
Lumberton. This piece of road
has been built during the adj
ministration Of MIRA. E. White
as chairman of the board Of
road supervisors, and a great
deal of the work had his person
al attention. Mr.. Gus Prevatt
Who has been in the road build
ing business for a number o:
years and who, by the way. hal
supervised most of the Worl
done on the roads in and arount
Lumberton for the last four 0
five years, was the supervise
in charge of this work. Wit
out meaning to be exaggerative
there Is hardly a piece of road O
the same length anywhere in tn
county that will anyways nea
compare with this five miles G
the Fayetteville road from Lun
bcrton, and it is doubtful whett
er Mecklenburg, with its niue
talked-of-roads or any Othe
county in the ate-has a piec
of road five miles long that
any leveler. A mile or more {
this piece of road was at or
time very sandy, three bi
branches cross it, and there wei
two or three bad hills to conten
with; but the sand has beed mo-
ed, the branches and low place
have been filled in, and the hill
have been graded down; and
wonderful change has been mao
since 1t was the writer's dai
task to haul turpentine over tn
road.
The Improvement in the roa
has,in all probability, added
least$lper acre in valuation to 6
land within a mile of it, to Sc
nothing of the advantages it O
fers to the people living on Il
road and to those from a distan,
whose privilege and pleasure
it is to travel over it en- route
the capital of the county. An
one doubling the wisdom of
bond issue for the improveme,
Of the public highways only nee,
to take drive over this road;b
one should not wait until a rair
spellsand then criticize.
CROPS. .-..
AS well as can be observ,
from. the road, the corn and &C
ton crops are both above the a
erage. 1t will take another we,
or 50 to determine just what Il
cotton crop will be, but the co
is made. On leaving town t
first farm to attract attention
ex-Sheriff Geo. 3. McLeod's.
the Gold Blake place, and iu
across the road from it Mr.. A. Y
Mclean has some fine cotton al
corr Mr.. Charlie Odum has
good crop of corn and cotton
the old Blount place, belonging
to the Mcleod estate, and Mr..
McQ. Rowan, whohas chargeofN
Geo G. French's place near B
Geg also has a good crop; Al
many others along the way
nulHerous to mention have e
celFnt crops; but decidedly t
finest farm on the road
thai OF Mr.. R. E. Lewis. Just Fl
miles from town. Mr.. Lewis h
between a seven and eight hor
farm and has 12O acres plant
IN sbtton, and corn in proportio
HeEhads the same number
acres in cotton last year that
haSthis and made 81 5OO-pou
baIes;and he says that if the :,
sons will hold out he believes
WIN make nearly a bale to t
acre this year. Mr.. Lewis h
all his cotton planted in r.,
Tour feet apart, except two ac,
winch he is cultivating under /
direction of the Farmers Coo,
ratlve andDemonstrative Depa
ment at Washington, and t
planted in rows five feet ano