The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-13
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD
(By The Robesonian's local reporter
while on and off his heat>

Wy 'ooeso1Idns local reporter
While on and off his beat).
There is in Robson county Ger
. tain farmer who went to the ex-
pense of building two good tobacco
barns and began growing tobacco. It
: was not long, however, before he was
convinced in some manner that it Was
a sin to grow the "filthy weed, and
he is using his barns for other pur-
poses and grows other crops. THIS
! gentleman lives right in the heart
OF the tobacco belt of Robson and
some OF his neighbors are selling
their tobacco this year for from $500
: TO S5OO the acre. The farmer may
re night about the growing of thu
weed, but if he is, many there be
VINO are shining and getting GOOD
pay for it.
! There is farmer in my commun
lty who reports that he sold his to-
bacco crop for big price, whether
he did or not, and I believe the to-
bacco people have learned that he
would lie about it, and rather than
have him commit sin by telling that
: he sold his crop for high prices de-
: cided to pay him more than his crop
was worth" That was the bug put
in the reporters ear by a gentleman
recently. There are many ways to
make money, both honest and dishon
est
II am tired. I have been pulling
pig teeth" was the remark made to
the reporter recently by a Robson
county farmer. When questioned az
to why he was pulling pig teet,, the
: farmer replied that the pigs were
born with tusks. 1t will be rem=n-
: bered that some four years ago prac-
= tically all the pigs born in Robson
. were reported to have long tusks and
: could not take nourishment until the
: tusks were moved. This reporter is
y in position not to be a doubling
: Thomas in re pigs being born with
tusks, as he once held a number OF
young pigs for the tusks to be pull
t ed. When it was first reported that
the pigs were being born with tusk;s
! some prophets declared that it had
: 2 meaning. Perhaps it fortold The
a world war, and now that the pigs
l. are being born again in the same sort
r O. fix, perhaps it fortells the clos
/ ing Of the war. Who knows?
r The reporter spent day recently
h in the fast-growing town of Lake
e view pages MILD, just across the
5. line in Dillon county, South Caro-.
l. lima. He found the citizens of the
n town very courteous. One young mar
l. offered to lend the reporter his bath
If ing suit in order that he might take
Il fov INV w
l. he was soon in the suit and then soo1
s. young folks, both boys and girls. Thu
e. pond is shaded and is one of the yer.
,r finest places for bathing to be fount
e anywhere.
Dr. While bathing (there's nothing
I'd bad about taking a bath every tim
so you get a chance) at Wrightsvill
a. Beach recently, the reporter saw a
n unusual thing happen in the water
r. A couple had fallen in love to tn
s. extent that they thought it best t
become as one, and they secured tn
services of a J. P, and he spoke tn
70 words while the couple stood tremh
ling in the waters of the deep blu
sea. The young bride said she wa
F. from Little Rock, Ark. The groo1
ry failed to tell from where he haile(
~ "When the government calls m
" I'm going to respond and Pm goin
ID to do my best, too, after I get int
ca the service'' That's the way severe
Is Is young men have declared in the pre-
o. o. ence of the reporter recently thu
IL they felt about being drafted into tn
III III army. In fact, that seems to be tn
l., ~ prevailing sentiment among the youn
-, - men throughout the county. RI
H. marks like that are to be commende'
OH
es "Lumberten certainly is a clea7
~ attractive town.. That's what VII
IL itor said to the reporter yesterda
Gil All who have been to Lumberto
know that he was exactly right.