The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-10-25
A MODEL FARM
Marietta a Garden Spot Of D,
eson-The Farm Of Mr.. ! a.
Oliver one Of the MIST Ma.
and Up-to-Ga in the c.,
Corr, sponIenee u Tb- Rob-.

81 HiOds.
and Up-to- date in the c.,
Corr, sponienee q TIL Rob.
Your correspondents s,..,...
days last week at Bar..''
and Marietta. While a.
pretty familiar with this g
of lower Robson. every ,-r-
90 we see marked signs Of ,,
ress.
Marietta is the garder sn..
Robson along the lines .f -.
culture. Here We find tho :.
vers and Pages, whore r..rr,s
farmers can't be eXce.Ia1 a"
of the most modern and NV.
date farms at Marietta or in +. |
eson county IS the farm Of II.
S. Oliver. Mr.. Olive h.,
twelve-horse farm. On which, 1
raises an abundance Of ryo-
thirg. The traveller can h.
notice the signs Of proor ~
which are visible on every S;So
The visitor here sees the truth y:
the above statement. Dir On.
ver's rule is a place for evar,.
thing and everything in its plac.
He has this year about lbs acro,
: of cotton, most of which wjIInr.
duce a bale per acre. He has y
acres Of cotton which he cultirs..
, ed himself and which has q
: ready yielded 2,410 lbs. of cot,a.
per acre. These 20 acres Wir
E doubtless produce this year 40r
: so bales of cotton. The seed Usa,
t On this special piece of cotto,
q was the famous money maker
Mr.. Oliver will have some see
" for market this year.
Besides being a large and 81,
h. cessful cotton planter. Mr.. Olive
j. also grows tobacco protitablv. H.
II was the pioneer tobacco grove
: Of Robson coanty and has mad
II money growing tobacco. whic
e crop has proven to be a pr0ftabi
+ crop to the farmers. Mr.. Olive
Vt raises an abundance of corn an
= oats both for home consumptjo
:, and the market, and has for sal
now a fine variety of seed oat
a. Besides all this he grows DOT;
N toes, corn, and a great variety
X vegetables. He gives special a
" tention to stock. having some
Ms the finest Jersey COWS that c;
be found in Robson; and he al
pays special attention to hog raj
ing, raising an abundance
pork. A part of his large far
he works by the tenant system
part he cultivates himself
hired labor, bat all is worked
rectly under his supervision.
Our account would be ince
plete without adding that \
divers home is one Of the pr
test LII the. State of Robson, a
the genuine hospitality of t
home can be attested by all "
have everawiSted here. Both
and Mrs Oliver and their "
interesting family know how
dispense that genuine South,
hospitality for which the, pee
of this section of Robson are
III nous. One of Mr.. Olive
daughters, Miss Sybil, is one
. the teachers in the Baltim
I'd high school; another daught
to Miss Rachel, is teaching in
tn. GAINESVILLE high school; his {
1T est son, Mr.. w. Mack Oliver.
ta sists his father in the super
= ion of the farm and store.
rs Oliver is senior member of
~ well-known firm of J. S. Olive
~ Co., leading merchants of NJ
.h eta.
or While North Robesen" DO;
NJ of her good farms, we VIC
OF suggest that the farm, with
W of its surroundings. of Mr.. J
~ Oliver be placed in column
Oh among the many up-to-date IA
n tn of not only Robson but of
-, South
nd F.
m Red Springs, n. c., Oct.
IN 1909.
~ United States Circuit Ju
D. Pritchard Monday approved
= plan of the Reorganization
IS the Seaboard Air Line RailI
" u Company and signed a final
u cree dirootinnr ronoiuo n