The Robesonian., 1918-03-18
SEEN AND HEARD
tBY HAPPY JACK }
Faith and Work.

Faith and Work.
Faith without work viii accOnplisn .
but little. At least that was the way
al old cC,ored man Who made his home .
in the ''botrom' figured it. The old !
darkey said be would pray each morn /
ing that he might get something to
stay his hunger. After he had fin
lshed his prayer he would get out and !
hobble to the home of some white
friend and ask for something to eat.
He said his prayers were always an
b1 1eakfast after he had prayed and
then went out to look for it. His idea
was that he might have stayed at
home and prayed all day and he would
have remained hungry had he not
done his part towards securing the
thing prayed for.
Farmers Buying Mules Galore.
Speaking Of the large number of
| mules being sold to the farmers this
| season, a Lumberton dealer said that
every time he went West to buy
| mules he thought that would be his
| last trip, but he soon sold out and
| had more calls for mules and had to
buy more Lumberton livestock deal
ers have sold mules by the hundreds
during the last few months. One
gentleman, noting the large number
of mules going out, was moved to
remark that the farmers must be
going to plow double this year. 60
ing to try for bumper crop, that's
all.
kidnapped But Escaped.
A young Lumbertonian was kid
naped one day recently. He says a
strange man driving a good looking
| b;v,, o,,5
ride some He jumped in and the
driver of the car left town in hurry.
The young man took it for granted
that the man would bring him back
to Lumberton and he kept riding.
| When he had gone some 20 miles the
young man began to feel uneasy. He
had but small sum Of mazuma with
him and the driver kept speeding.
Looking up the road the young man
J saw an automobile coming that look
ed good to him, as he thought it was
from Lumberton. He persuaded the
driver to stop a moment and when the
car slowed down the young man jump
ed out quicker than he jumped in and
caught the Lumberton car. The young
man referred to was Mr.. F. Ertel Ger
lyle, and Mr. Carlyle says he is under
the impression that the man with
whom he was riding was drinking
somewhat.
Worms in Water.
Mr.. ]. I. Carter, who lives On 2. 5
from Lumbertcn, was astonished Fri
day when he found that the water
from his pump had any number OF
little worms in it. Some Of The worms
were around 10 inches long, but very
small around Mr.. Carter brought
two of the worms to town and asked
me what l thought of them The
only answer l had was that l did not
care for a drink of water from his
pump.
Home-knit Socks.
"Wish I could get some socks like
mother used to knit for me-" said ;
Lumberton citizen while in converse
ton with "Happy" the other day
Happy" is not old enough to hurt
but he, too, has worn home-knit seeks
and the first pair of shoes he eve1
owned were made by his grandfather
who at that time sat by his sho'
bench daily and was unable to fill th
shoe orders he received
Millions Feel That Way.
81 never expect to live to see t1
day when America is under the hee
Of German militarism," a young MA
was heard to remark recently. H
gave as his reason that he would civ
i his life fighting for his country be
fore that should happen. There ar
several million young Americans V1
feel that way about it.