The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-08-12
MT. ELAN MATTERS.


Fine Corn and Cotton An In
sane Holiness Preacher
Other Matters.
Correspondence of The Robesonan.
The first thing that comes to
my memory as | begin to give
few Mt. Eliam happenings is the
picnic and fish fry that was to
come off at Ivy's Bluff Wednes-
day. This did not happen at Mt.
Eliam, but near Boardman. In
vitations like this were sent out:
I'VE will be glad to have you at
our picnic and fish fry at Ivy's
Bluff Wednesday, July %. '09.
We will go in bathing, boat-ride
and eat fish. Bring cornbread
and gals" -
| passed the Bluff about the
time fish and cornbread should
have been right and saw one old
cat and one old jay birdie look
ing like having a high old time.
But there came about eight peo-
pie later on in the afternoon.
Don't know what they did with
their cornbread, as they didn't
get a single fish.
Messrs. Grover and Rossie
Britt, Thad. Stone and Ed. BiSsell
attended the ball games between
Bennettsville, S. c., and Board
man Wednesday. The result was
10 to 2 in favor of Boardman.
The Boardman team won three
games played with Bennettsville
this week. Boardman has the
best team in this part of the
State.
Mr.. |. V. Britt went to Fair
mont Monday. He carried some
tobacco and was satisfied with
prices.
Mr.. Leonard Britt went to
Boardman Wednesday on busi-
ness.
Happy Jack" went on the
Orrum mali route Thursday and
saw many fine farms and crops.
But Prof. M. Sheperd has the
finest crop | ever saw growing.
He has nine acres planted in corn
thirteen inches in the drill.
went through the corn with great
difficulty, as it was so large anC
thick, but never saw a hill fired OF
turned yellow and every stalk
that didn't have one ear had
two. He will get five hundred
bushels off of the nine acres. He
worked it on the Williams plan
which is the best. His cotton il
just as good. If he had a gooo
stand he would get two bales t.
the acre. It's in knowing how
as the corn is in old-feld land
Prof. Shepherd is a good farmer
a good school teacher and a goot
representative.
The bathing fever has coole'
since it became known that ther
were two alligators at the plac,
where the boys did their bathing
Several have seen one about si2
feet long. "Gators" and thi
"old servant" don't live in tn
same water at the same time.
Mr.. Grover Tyson, of Lumber
ton, was in town today.
Mr.. Francis Stephens continue
unimproved.
The community near Stephens
crossing is growing in populatio
. very fast. Messrs. Donnie Phi
ips and Molbsley Stephens ar
! smiling: it's two more strangers
Mr.. John Britt is on the sic
list.
Messrs. Thad. Stone and E(
l Bissell went to Princess An
: Thursday to attend a picnic, bu
, when they arrived it was abol
like the Ivy's Bluff fish fry.
Happy Jack" went to Boart
man Monday and carried som
of his Florida Standard
. melons. They sold high ;
' everything, and while at Boar
man | saw a horse run away. f
S would take it a street at tt
f time. No damage was don
o only the negro woman that owl
ed the horse was scared uni
Il she didn't know. Then | sa
h an insane preacher, known
d jumping jack, of the Ho
ness kind. It took six men
% hold him and he was tied wi
l. lines. He seemed to want
hurt something. He was tax,
x to Whiteville and placed in ia
d Jack" is a Canadian by bir
but lived at Boardman.
lg Wonder what has gone wi
l. the soil map man.
{, Mr.. Perry Campbell, Of Lul
berton, was on the Noun
N Tuesday.
IN More fodder and dryer fodd,
al Mrs. Lyn Parker departed Il
IS, life some days ago. She h
been an invalid for twelve ye;
ct and could not even walk duri
On that time.
;al We hear that Long Bran
%, and Mt. Eliam locals will hav
30. picnic in the future, but the d.
of has not been determined up
,er this time.
HanDv lack