The Robesonian., 1917-12-13

THINGS SEEN AND HEARD
(By The Robesonian's local reporter
while on and off his beat.l
Good Citizens Will be Welcomed.

The reporter recently read a letter
from a banker living in Georgetown,
KY, in which the banker says he in
tends coming to Robson county soon
for the purpose Of buying large
farm and settling down "in the OPEN.
He states further that he has been
in the banking business twenty years
and his health demands that he get
on the 'outside". Judging from the
; letter, the banker has plenty of cash
and it is to be hoped that he will be
able to find what he wants in Robe
son. There's plenty of room in Rob
eson for men Of the right sort.
The reporter was also shown a let
ter from a man living in the State
Of New York, who would like to buy
county farming land Come along,
gentlemen, and settle down in the best
county in the best State in the best
country under heaven.
|, Ore Reason for High-Priced Meat.
Speaking of high-priced meats, q
! gentleman from the country sprung
/ this one: He said that one day re-
Gently he came to town and when he
left home his little girl told him to
:, GET her a reader to use at school.
!. While in town he bought a piece OF
bacon which cost him $50. When he
returned home the little girl met him
to get her book. She picked up the
$3.50 piece Of meat and ran 70 the
! house with it, thinking it was hel
book. It might be added that one rea-
son for high-priced meat is the fact
that 50 many farmers buy meat WhC
ought to be selling it..
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Absent Minded.
Il want ticket to Lunberton"
That's what lady said to the ticke
agent at the local union station whe1
she was leaving town. "You want 4;
ticket to Lumberton?" the agent ask
ed. Eyes" was the reply. Then tn,
: lady thought about the fact that sh
was already in the best town betweel
Charlotte and Wilmington and said
Il mean Bellamy":
Judge Bond Popular Here.
There is general regret that. this
the last term ofRobeson court at whic
Judge W. NJ. Bond will preside fo
sor1e t1rae. No judge has mad
] more friends among the public ner
than Judge Bond.
Paid fer His D9cd Drotncr's Fapu.
"My brother has been dead for
l. long time, but | have been taking hi
ef paper out of the box and reading i
= so [ am going to pay the subscriI
J. tion,'' said L. H. Woodell, who live
J. on R. 6 from Lumberton. That's tt
n way for sure-enough man to act.
h Tobacco Crop VIII be Increased.
Indications are that the tobact
II crop in Robson will be greatly il
Q. creased next year. However, it w
,e be we'll for those who have not be-
a growing tobacco to remember that
N takes work, and lots Of it, to grow al
re harvest a tobacco crop. Labor is g
20 ing to be scarce another year, to
" and it would not be a goo didea +
" farmer to plant more tobacco tis
- his family can 'stend'.
Il believe it will be a sin to b1
Christmas presents this year,. That
the way a Lumberton citizen puts
He thinks the money one intends
or spend for Christmas presents shoU
be loaned to the government. VIII
III do you think about it?
Snow Helps the Land.
C. Il would like to see two-fc
he snow," said a Robson farmer Tue
st day. "A snow helps the land so mucl
ne he continued. While he did not see
st, two-foot snow he saw a snow VIII
ali he got out Wednesday morning. T
u farmers as whole say snow hel
IS; the land great deal. Snow is ches
tn. er than sacked fertilizer.
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