The Robesonian., 1917-09-24
DIDN'T NEED THE MONEY

DIDN'T NEED THE MONEY
Robson Farmer Who Applied for
Farm Loan Raised Enough Tobac-
co to Put Him By
By John A. Livingston.
Lumberton Special, Sept. 20. TO Will
mington Star.
His right thumb had been torn
from his hand by contrary brick
making machine, and he could
scarcely walk because a scantl;ng
had hit on his left knee while he was
Er repairing barn, but there was a
smile Of satisfaction on his face and
look Of joy and happiness in his
eyes that one would not have ex.
pected after such sad Affections.
The injuries under other condi-
tons perhaps would not have been
borne with such patience, but this
year this sturdy Robson county far
mer has been able to pay off the
gage on the little place he bought
several years ago, after a struggle
that often has Seemed to be great
to be overcome.
He, like mult:tudes of other farm
ers throughout the country, hailed
| with the greatest JOY the passage of
the national farm loan bill, which
would enable them to pay off their
( mortgages with money, secured at
a low rate Of interest with plenty
Of time in which to pay it and with
out danger of foreclosure.
No Farm Loan For Him
I He Was among the first to make
application for loan. True it was
| not for a large sunn-only $80O-but
for him it meant home and a farm
of his own for life. For several
years the cotton crop in the southern
part of Robson, where he lives, has
not turned out well and many farm
ers have not been able to paw ex-
penses, much less make any extra
money. So he learned of the Ma
tional farm loan act as a heaven
Sent boon.
Last spring, however, he decided
to try his hand at planting some to-
bacco, as we'll as cotton. He only
planted three ard half acres, but
| this was we'll fertilized and careful
! ly cultivated. The weather condi-
tons during the summer were very
favorable and the yield this fall, not
. only for him, but for all in that sec
ton, was especially good while the
prices have continued to soar.
From the little field of tobacco he
) secured enough tobacco to brine
$1,000 at a Fairmont warehouse. Hi!
! total expenses for all purposes, h,
p estimates at about S40O. At an!
rate he had more than a thousan'
dollars clear money, and the frs
thing he did was to pay off tha
mortgage.
= Tobacco Crop Did It
r So it happened the other day whe
: the appraiser from the Federal farr
loan bank at Columbia came dow
q to Marietta to assess the valuation
= of the different farms on whic
loans were to be advanced, that thi
= man was able to say he did not nee
i any money, and more than that ha
"a money in the bank, even though /
70 had not sold bale of cotton.
i He expects to get from his lit
"a farm some eight or ten bales of co
# ton, and most of this money will ,
h. into the bank, or large proporti,
IN Of it at any rate.
ic This story is typical of what h
or happened in the southern section
20 Robson county. The cotton crop
~ sorry, just as sorry as it was la
20 year, perhaps, but this can be Q
a. erlooked when tobacco can be SO
10 at such handsome prices a
rs the yield is good, as was the ca
ne this year.
he he No Talk of Hard Times
in There is no talk Of hard times
on this section, but everywhere O
Is Is finds the farmers optimistic. It
- true that dollar does not go
IT, these days and money is cheap, k
nd it is safe to say that the 18 ban
al that Robeson now has will not
1sl derelict in bringing to the ate
mt n tion Of the farmers the need of Sc
od ing, which has been dearly point
n.. ~ out by Governor Beckett in a rece
h, statement to the people of the Sta
oo That there will come time wh
u ,uJ tobacco will not sell for such har
bv some prices and that money "
RI, r.; not always be SO cheap as it is nc
wv are facts that cannot be too stror
Wv ly enforced at the present tin
t. IT, There is a real danger of being
~ optimistic, but when farmers a
om ~, others apply their money to est;
om so fishing themselves more strongly
ou ~ meet the days Of adversity a
IN eight" money that are sure to COZ