The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-28
NEWS NOTES AND COMMENT

A Season of Soul-Feastfrfy- Robe
sons Roads Compared With Roads
In Other Counties-New Road Tax
Pray the Lord of the Harvest"
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. 5. June 25-We are
back home after a two-weeks' stay
with the good people at Sea Gate. The
meeting was very fine, and the cor
dial, whole-sQuled, generous hospl-
tally was unstinted. It abundantly
proved the saying true that hospital
lty is the quintessence of civilization.
y is not more in evidence anywhere
than among the people of Wilming
ton and vicinity.
we can say without any prevari
!, cation that the past two weeks have
been a season of soul-festing. What
can be better than to linger at the
fountain that. never runs low and just
let ones soul overflow along with
others who are drinking deep at the
well of salvation? We were loath
I to leave, but as long as we tabernacle
in the flesh we shall have steps and
stops, farewells and and tears; but
In the glorious morning these will
have their day and whittier we are
thlether they cannot come; "For God
! shall wipe away all tears from our
eyes. We shall hunger no more,
neither thirst any more; neither shall
the sun light on US, nor any heat.
For the Lamb, which is in the midst
Of the throne, shall feed us, and lead
US to living fountains of water"
New Hanover county has some Of
/ the finest roads at all. How we do
wish our own Robson would adopt
some concrete method of road imprve-
ment! But it just looks like We will
be taxed and taxed and then taxed
some more and still We'll have to pull
through holes and over roots, stumps
and logs to even get to the Big
Swamp.
We are willing to pay the tax the
commissioners have put on US if only
i it may be spent on our roads; but
if it is used as hitherto, there is go
: ing up a howl from our township
whose sound will only be deadenet
! by the roaring of ocean waves, ami
: if no one on this side Of the swami
= knows how to work road SO as t.
make it last, Bladen can furnish in
y s4ructions. That county is goin!
y ahead with its own township bond
;, and road building, and at the presen
20 speed there'll not be many years whe
~ y, she will be on a good footing wit
~ New Hanover, and Robson will sti
> be pricing the wheels of her horse
Re less carriages out Of the mud. {
~ course we mean this epithet to appl
ac only to townships like Wishart, tn;
paw just as high a rate of tax as an
[v other and get no benefit from it.
I'll But if the present rate of tax ca
er ries and our roads are not impro
~ ed, we have number Of citize1
IN IN whose mind is already made up
Ill go after the reason in way that
: who runs may read.
n We are much grieved over the $;
IL intelligence of the death of Rev.
at s. Ballard. He was dear good m;
whom we have loved as long as Y
have known him. The workers +;
but the work must go on.
It seems that the command
re go Christ to ''pray the Lord Of the he
ne vest, that he will send forth lahore
into his harvest" Matt. 9:38) h
ceased to be in effect. When h
ow any one heard a prayer from eth
pulpit or pew that the Lord wor
no raise up some one in that place
yes preach the gospel? Let some one
'"0i M. FLEMIN