The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
Nv EDWARD l.. CONN.

Full of Inspiration and Upil1t.
Rv EDWARD L.. CONN.
Iumberton n. c., Jan, 26.-Today
the liberal arms Of the h~Ospltable Guy
by the Lumber river were opened 70
receive in a wa n embrace ali lhe
habitats of Robson, and the eleven
Thousand visitors, including four thou-
sand school children, were enloldeu
close to Lumberton's heart. IL was
the largest assemblage in the history
of the city, and the happiest. GOO
smiled out of the sky on as noble ana
magnificent a people as dWeli upon
earth, the God-blessed Macs and their
kind. a quality of men always ready
to save the State. 1t has been a gaia
day with the holiday feeling, but the
only spirits felt were the
spirits OF men, for Robson,
which ~inaugurated the prohi-
bition era in North Carolina, also
can set an example for the exemplary
conduct Of great concourses. The
hundreds of c~OnVeyanceS that crowded
into the city all hrough the day
brought baskets we'll filled with dellc-
ious dinners, but there was not a dem
ijohn among them. Not an intoxicated
man was seen in the city.
Early in the morning Lumberton
seemed to be filled. u there was al
ways room for more. and they came
every hour and on every train. me
railroads had underestimate tho num-
Der of guests Lumberton would have
and were compelled to SEND Special
rains out, making as many as three
trips to some points. The streets, the
business houses and the homes were
all full, bright faces being visible
from every window. The farmers and
their wives, merchants, manufacture
ers. teachers, Il men and their
sweetheartS and public school pupils
all took a day off to celebrate the
feast Of plenty, incidentally, for Robe
son Is the county of the wel1-to-do.
but the serious purpose Of the day was
to take counsel with themselves and
leaders of thought in education and
agriculture for laying conquest to the
Of the county that have
barely been realized, despite the fac
that Robson produces more cotton
than any other county in the State
and that it stands sixth among the
counties of the world IN cotton pro
duction. The event here was one OF
the signs of the times-it means that
for the first time in the history of the
world the greatest business on earth,
farming. is to be RECOGNIZED by assert
ing itself as the very foundation OF
all progress, prosperity and power
They will do this through education
and that keynote was struck here to-
OdS. IL was not SOuf1uSu III Il 1nlIiOi
tone, but had the clarity of a bugle
note. ii cached the heart.
The first fruits Of the new gospe'
Of agriculture have already been real
lied in Robson. as many farmers il
this county long before the principle
Of living at home and boarding there
too had been popularity promulgated
had been rotating their crops. diver.
styling their products, raising their
own hog and hominy and sending Their
children to the best schools and col
1eges IN the State that their son.
might come into the full inheritanc,
of the new kingdom of the farm. NJ
finer plantations may be seen any
where than some of the splendid coun
try estates in Robson, where cottol
Is king and independence is beginnin,
TO share the throne of plenty and in
telilgence. Lumberton, the mode
young city, is also reapins the bene
fits of the farmers growth in afhu
ence and culture for the city and tn
county are in love with each other
the FARMERS are requiring more com
portable homes and better clothes 70
thelr families n they likewise TAX
pride in the attractive residences tina
adorn the city. This is illustrated b
n imposing courthouse, one of tn
stateliest in the entire South. who's
architecture is admired by all visitors
Shortly before moo the Rocking
ham band struck up some MARTA
notes at the depot and the parad
quickly formed under the manage
ment OF Chief Marshal H. G. Stubb
and Mr.. f.. J. Britt, Marshal for tn
city and Merchants and Industria
Club of Lumberton, a virile and pro
gress!Ve organization. They were as
sisted by over four hundred mounte
marshais in regalias, presenting
striking and admirable appearance
Following the band in the line q