The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-08
BLACK ANKLE

CT Called BLACK Ankle, but
Ereenwood"-No Section of
he County is Making More
Rapid Progress Many Fine
Farms
To the Editor of The Robesonian
Saturday, July 23rd, was a red |
letter day for the White Pond |
community in White House town.
ship. It was the occasion of the
annual picnic at White Pond COM
bined with a rally of the local |
camp of the W. O. W. and the
local Farmers Union of White
Pond. The people, old and young, |
hied themselves hitnerward in
the forenoon, bringing with them
baskets, boxes and trunks filled |
with good things for the inner
man. The crowd, to the number
of several hundred, having gath
cred, Mr.. M. G. Mckenzie, of
Lumberton, introduced Mr.. C.. B.
Skipper, also of Lumberton. who |
delivered a good speech to the
w. 0. W. on the subject Of !
Fraternity. After this boun-
tiful dinner was spread and the |
crowd was cordially invited to |
proceed to the table and partake
of the good things to eat, which
we all proceedd to do to our hearts
content. After dinner Rev. W.
w. Willis, of Fairmont. delivered
very interesting address on the
subject, Purposes of the Secret
Orders. )"
But our special object in writ
ing this article is to speak of the,
wonderful development and prog
ress that has been made in this
section Of our great county
Many years ago this section was
given the unsightly name Of
BLACK Ankle" Why the name,
or it's originator, is unknown to
the writer. This section being
located directly along the South
Carolina line and being somewhat
isolated from the court houses at
Lumberton and Marion, was
greatly troubled with violators of
law and order for some years sue
ceeding the Civil war, which nat
u1ally retarded its material de-
veloment and it's educational and
moral growth. But those years
haze passed never to return
ard today there is no section
of Ropeson that is making
more rapid progress, material
moral and educational, than this
It has splendid churches AM
school houses and one specia
school tax district which has on
OF the very best rural schoc
buildings in the entire county
There are two good churches a
White Pond,-the Baptist an
Gospel Tabernacle, also a mic
and comfortable w. O. ". loGg
hall.
The writer has seen the crol
during the past few weel
throughout a large area
Robson, but we saw as fine &C
ton, corn and tobacco in t
White Pond and Oakdale comm
mites as anywhere. In compal
with MIR. E. E. Page we no
out to his farm, and no finer G.
ton and corn have we seen.
informed us that he was expe
ing an average of one bale of c
ton per acre and fifty bushels
corn per acre; and to look at
beautiful corn and cotton {
cannot doubt that he will ms
as much. Mr.. Page told /
writer that this farm consis
of seventy-nine acres and that
cleared the greater portion Of
with his own hands. On be
asked what value he placed
his farm, Mr.. Page stated
he had recently refused 81, 800
it Mr.. Page has christened
nice farm with the beaut
name Greenwood. On being
that he had named his f;
Greenwood" the thought occ
ed to me, why not berry in Ok
jon the old ugly unseemly n;
Black Ankle" and call this
gressive and prosperous sec
Greenwood?
There are many other
farms in the White Pond vici