The Robesonian., 1918-02-25
SEEN AND HEARD
(BY HAPPY JACK

(BY HAPPY jack
Improved and Reclaimed Lands.
Jump in and let's take a little
ride" said ex-Mayor A. E. White,
senior member of the firm of Messrs.
White & Cough, one afternoon re-
Gently as he drove by me with his
Buick. l obeyed his command and it
was only short time before we bad
"motored" four miles into the country
and landed at the Wishart place,
which was purchased by the White
& Cough firm two years ago.
There are 500 acres in the Wishart
tract of land, of which around 300
acres are cleared. Much of the land |
which is now under cultivation and /
made good crops last year has been
acres of the land was in swamp
bordering on the Jacob swamp drain
age canal when Messrs White G
Cough bought it. The land did not
| look to be worth over what the taxes
| on it would amount to in one year.
Now it would sell for $50 the acre
| OF more.
Two of the drainage canals pass
through this farm and one of them
was cleaned out by the government
last summer. This canal is doing
good work in carrying off the water,
while the other is filled with trash and
grass and the water is at a stand
still. In its present condition the
canal is doing but little, if any, good
to the land bordering on or near it.
Mr.. White is anxious that the drain
age commission arrange in some way
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Mr.. White says, unless the canals
ging them was practically waste
of money.
The public road from Lumberton to
the Wishart farm is kept in good
condition by Messrs. White 4 Cough.
They drag the road when it needs It
at thir own expense. There's a
great difference in the road between
Lumberton and the farm and that
part of the road between the farm and
Fairmont.
While at the farm Mr.. White took
us around to his hog department.
: Here we saw number Of registered
swine and they are dandies. Stock
raising should be part of every
Robson county farm. It pays tc nave
. the right sort of stock.
The work done by Messrs. White
& Cough at the Wishart place is worth
going miles to see, and shows that
there are thousands Of acres of Robe
made to produce abundant crops.
| A Patriarch Among Chickens.
| How long will a chicken live? Mr.
| O. C. Deese has a rooster which was
Matched during the month Of August
1900, which makes him now more thar
18 years Of age.- The rooster is still
walking about without the aid Of 9
walking cane and apparently is gooc
for many more years in this land o.
tribulations.
Il Loyal If Mistaken.
Most everybody hereabouts knows
John T. Howell, John is not possessed
of much "larnin'" but is anxious tx
do his bit towards whipping the Huns
John brought load of wood (the loae
was made up Of only few "turns"
to town the other day. He carriet
the load to the home of a man living
in town and "put it out" He late
| went to the gentleman and asked hin
| it worth, John," he was asked. con
dollar" was the answer. John thel
informed the purchaser that. Presi
dent Wilson had passed wood orde
|, which said man could not charg
II less than 81 for load and not owe
$1.50. He advised the purchaser tina
he would let him off with less tina
ST., but it would be against the Presi
dents orders and he was not going
| violate any order issued by his Pres
ident.
| -"My watch is still running, but tn
hands have struck and refuse
move" That was the story of ma
who brought his watch to a loc:
watch doctor Monday.
Independent Dependent Wife.
The local army exemption boar
has received numerous appeals fro
registrants telling why they shoul
be exempted. 1t might be added tn:
many different reasons are stated
the appeals. The other day the boar
received an appeal in which the regi
trant stated that he had an indepen
ent wife dependent upon him for
livelihood.
What They All Say.
"This is a nice place." remarked
lady who made her first visit to Luz
berton Tuesday, as she walked
town from the union station. Thai
what they all say.
Bud Cosby, a negro, was lynch
Sunday night by mob of Fayet
county, Georgia, citizens after he h
attempted to rob the home of M
Barney McElwaney near Aberde
and had kid.nanned her tUO-vear- 4