The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-04-22
CORblNG THE CAPE FEAR
10 Protect Bladen and Pend.r
Farmers from Future Over
flows.

There is a low place in the
cape Fear river where if nIowS
through Bladen county adi,cnnt
TO FENDER county, that gives nm
Quiet to every flood disastrous
10 lne farms over Il large area of
territory. During the notabIa
Hood of last August. thousands
OF acres OF land in Bladen and
render counties hereunder water
Tor weeks, the farmers and thor
families having to move out to
higher land, abandoning their
household goods. stock and crons
The floods left a great area Of
country covered with silt. which
while enrlching the land had de-
Slroyed homes and made farms
desolate An appeal for aid
from the people of the
State was promptly respond
ed to and the immediate
needs of the people were sun
pied. But the flood left them
without seed for replanting or
stock for working the farms had
they the seed. In this emerg-
ency, Mr.. b. F. Keith. collector
OF customs at Wilmington, came
to the rescue. He secured the
personal attendance of a gov
eminent agent who noted the
needs of the people in the way
OF supplies for casting their crops
and then took steps to have them
provided. Then, in furtherance
OF a plan to prevent repetitions
OF these Overfiows, Mr.. Keith in
terested the government to the
extent of sending an engineer to
the scene and surveying the low
place in the Cape Fear for the
purpose Of constructing a levee
that will protect the BIaden and
Pender farmers from future ov-
er-fows. The building of this
levee will reclaim eight or ten
thousand acres Of the finest lands
IN the State. In this excellent
project Congressman Goodwin has
rendered invaluable service. He
is Democrat and Keith is a Re-
publican, but both worked for
the common good of that section
of the State. The building of
the Cape Fear levee will mark
one of the best pieces of work
that has been done for that sec
ton Of the State, and we are
very much of a mind to give Mr..
Keith credit for his share in it.
million heather contemptuously
Indifferent, bent on the lasci-
vlous pleasures of the Daphnean
Grove or the sharp competition
of commercial lifel Yet these
eXhorters and mission Sunday
school teachers toll on, undaunt-
ed by the odds against them. At
length they have their reward.
Gods hand is manifest; a great
number believe and turn; and
from the mission, perchance in
some vacant bazaar, evolves a
mighty, apostolic, missionary
Church, and the Gate of the
last" swings open to Christ.
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To discern talents in others, to
enlist them for Christ and His
Church, is a noble work. What
a mine Of gifts, grace, and use
fulness lies undeveloped, How
suddenly and greatly would the
Church be enriched could these
all be brought forth from their
hiding!
The revival Of Antioch had 9
monetary value. 1t stopped the
waste of sin while it fostered
diligence in business. Rea
estate appreciated under its in.
fiuence. From every point OF
view a religious awakening is the
greatest blessing that can come
to any community. And every
revival carries its own mark!
whereby its genuineness can b.
discerned.
Julian the Apostate decreet
that the followers Of the Naza
rene should be called Galileans
but his decree was Of little mo
: ment except to show his ow
implacable malice. Names ar
usually matters Of popular choice
not imperial decree.
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Converts imperatively nee
culture. Ore reason for tn
= phenomenal success of tn
Z Church in Antioch was, thu
l new members were systematica
: ly exhorted and taught. AS
consequence, they were roote
: and grounded, and clave to tn
Lord. They were lovely e.
amplaries of religion; each COZ
T vert became a radiating poln
}. Thus the darkened heathe
e stronghold became luminous.