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The pilot Govei s |Onins>vick County THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community Section VII Tobacco Jidition Sixteen no. is Southport, N. C., Wednesday, July 28th, 1948 per yeah published every Wednesday pennons Rank Among Top Farm Families Of State (emendous Gain mm Diversifield yogrsni Is Seen tod M? D H. Lennon ? J Children Are Visit Bv County Agent Rap jj. And Writer , PHASES OF FARM LfE are EMPHASIZED . cc0 Grown On Farm u Plan Provides Many Kher Sources Of In come | gv >I.\RY~IOE COLE were stringing tobacco? .j, of them- when I visited farm. was interested in tobacco of ; but tobacco doesn't dom ?ie whole existance of the . Mr. and Mrs. D. H. m of Lennon's X Roads, nor tobacco tell the story of Lennon farm which seems or. .ts way to becoming tops North Carolina. tobacco stringing, in which them engaged, was and ; :,)I.C of what has made Lennon family prosper and - j central spot in the Col !"< o-untv farm picture. They .":k at the business of mak a farm and a home?all of b frum Max. age 7, to Mr. Mrs. Lennon whose ages I not ask. In that scene was ? ? t!it answer to why the tors have moved beyond the ? ?tier example of family ;? ga? the Lennons the county ti in the matter of price, tor a single head of live i At a War Bond auction j-r the recent conflict, the iy pooled their resources and $45.090 for a calf. Of course. $45.000 was for the purchase Wds which they received, but ias also indicative of their I reciaUon of thrift and security. a r.y twenty-five acres of the in teed was grown on the bm property tnis year. Mr.; - - expressed the belief that nuld be able to put a good Ltv leaf on the market this H. ie has nine tobacco barns in ti: the tobacco is rapidly being ie ready for sale. ciKg Mr. Lennon's chief in-1 sts are his Duroc swine and ?ford cattle. He owns the $1500 oice Choice Domino who came Sir top honors in the yearling class at State Fair last year, tece Choice Domino, who ts relatively harmless, never-; fcss scared one man this week, before County Agent Char Raper and I arrived on the |ccn farm, a maintenance man t REA was checking a trans fer which happened to be lo ki ia the fieU Domino was bing in. The KLA man heard ?rt and decided to stay up I pole until Domino was re-. ^ by Mr. Lennon. Prince Fancy I is the hska boar which was selected Ufflnon by the United Duroc ?cation ot America. His final' *as laid at $250. He is ten Ess old and weighs only about ' pounds at present but at full Mi he is expected to tip the at over 1.000. He will be *tt: in the State Fair at this fall. | * Lennon farm counts six M sows and four bred gilts *5 wth 31 pigs. Moye Lucky i pj* a brood sow which was c~:- as a gilt after she was noed champion of the South *s": Duroc Sales at Florence, j J431 February. She has since ^ "fed to Royal Triumph who 8 Prizewinner at the Indiana * Fa'r in 1947. She cost This Little Pig Went To Market And Then? Moye Lucky Lady, champion Duroc gilt, who went to the Southeastern Duroc Show at Florence, S. C. and went to the farm of D. H. Lennon of Lennon's X Roads. She is shown here immediately after she was purchased by the Columbus County farm er. Mr. Lennon is seen on the left. $425. Mr. Lennon plans to enter two J gilts in the State ' D u r o c Sales and two in the Columbus County Sales. ? I He owns 11 Hereford cattle; j four cows, four heifers and three heifer calves, as well as three milk cows, two Guernseys and one Jersey. He plans to sell a num ber of the beef cattle within a short time. Hartford, Jr., a seventeen-year old rising senior in high school, shares his father's interest in the Duroc and is raising a litter of eight pigs. He recently purchased a brood I sow from his father and when asked about it the elder Lennon replied ruefully, "I sold him the wrong sow. I kept the worst ones for myself." When Swine Expert Jack Kelly j of State College visited the county; he remarked on the good quali-! ties of Hartford, Jr.'s sow. He said that it showed promise and agreed with the father that his| son had outsmarted him in th/j deal. The youth won the county med al given by State College Exten-! sion Service with sponsorship by a private firm for the best meat record shown here in 1946 among 4-H boys. He is this year striv ing for the $75 prize given to the person obtaining the most bushels from an acre of corn. | The elder Lennon is active in the Swine Breeders Association, being president of the Columbus group and a member of the board of directors of the State Organi zation. He recently took advantage of the surplus potato distribution program which was undertaken by the State Extension Service. He took 150 bags of the spuds to feed his livestock and at present has only two or three left. He commented on the large amount of grain which using the potatoes saved him. Seventy-five acres of corn will supply the Lennon livestock this year wi'J*. a plentiful supply of maize (correct name for corn). Thirty acres of land is claim ed for hay and small grain. Len non plants lespedza over the small grain and as soon as the latter is harvested that member of the 'OUR VETERAN OPERATORS TO ^ AT CARTER'S No. 1 AND No. 2 Hern nr'1.011508 At Chadbourn To Be Under Manage Anj * cr L TiI,ey. J- C- Tilley, W- F- Rogers A- A. Tilley, of Fuquay Springs; Joe Ed munds To Be Floor Manager ^ *OBOUrx?Four ; veteran ^?''uenien will be Engaged in , 1operation of two Jvarehousea ( [^2 X?- 1 an<l N'o.i 2?on the w"11, market this! season. ? f L- Tilley. j. fC. Tilley,' I ? R?gers ana A. 1a.. Tilley, I MiqUily Sprin *U1 b? at I ci?' of ^e two hoKses when l^m ? raises 0 Jthe 1948 : ' Tuesday. Au* 3. ?*; 01 these men ? have at 40 ^ e.xper.e..m? jn th?' warehouse business. Tne luivy team is well known locally, having operated he;-e in previous years. L. H. Beck will be general off ice , manager for the two ware houses, while Charles Strickland will be bookkeeper. I Joe Edmunds of Chadbourn will be floor manager and Marion Davis will be head weighman. The two Carter houses are look ing foXvard to a great season and are expected to sell close to five million pounds. ' legume family grows. Soybeans and corn are inter-1 planted for The livestock to graze1 on after the corn has been har vested. King cotton is grown on eight and one-half acres while peanuts cover seventeen and one-half. Lennon works closely with County Agent Raper and has adopted many of the latest ap proved practices as suggested by , State College. The two have dis-1 cussed the use of 2, 4-D as a. killer for weeds and Lennon will use the poison on his farm with in ths next few days. A tractftr with extra equip ment such as plows, harrows, | combine and peanuts sheller has' proved a work lightener. The goober machinc is used by Lennon i in shelling quite a few of his I neighbors' peanuts. According to Mr. Lennon, whose: property extends into Bladen| County a short distance, 185 of his 425 acres are cleared. Of I this 12 acres of improved pasture' and 15 of ordinary grazing land are found. The farm has five tenants. Mrs. D. A. Lennon rents the land which is located in Bladen while T. D. Tucker, Monroe Kennedy, I L. R. Duncan and Walter Mc-, Eachern live on the Columbus property. The Lennons keep a small poultry flock which supplies eggs for the family. Mrs. Lennon's chief {5nde and joy is her beautiful and modern ( home which contains the latest electrical' appliances. She and Continue on page 8.. Chadbourn Ready To Open Chadbourn Area Increases Acres Of Strawberries Approximately 400 Additi onal Acres Have Been Prepared For Growth Of This Crop CHAMBER COMMERCE WILL OPERATE MART Modern Cotton Gin, Potato Market And Other Busi nesses Serve People Of Columbus By Lawrence P. Johnson Executive Secretary Chamber of Commerce CHADBOURN - ? During the [ next few weeks, tobacco will be the big item on the Chadbourn, "Farmer's market." However, one cannot forget that this town of- j fers to the farmer, one of the! best year round farm markets in! the state. The name of Chad bourn is known fir and wide for the famous Klondyke straw berries that are grown in the surrounding area. Each year, thousands of dollars are paid to the farmers for their straw berries. While tobacco and straw beries are perhaps the biggest items on the market here, one' cannot neglect the many dollars that are paid out for irish and sweet potatoes, cucumbers, snap beans, cotton, corn, peanuts live stock, poultry, and forest pro ducts. The strawberry market in Chadbourn during the last couple cf years has not been as large as it has been because of shortage of labor during the war years. However, approximately 400 add-1 itional acres of strawberries have been planted this year to bring < the combined acreage up to a-1 round one thousand acres of! these delicious red berries. Even' Continue on page 8.. j CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LEADS WAY IN CHADBOURN'S GROWTH Many Plans Now Being De-1 veloped For Continued Progress Of Town And Surrounding Area INDUSTRIAL SURVEY NOW CONTEMPLATED, Executive Secretary Sets j "Two New Industries By 1950" As Goal Of Organization CHADBOURN?The Chadbourn Chamber of Commerce is looking forward to a big and prosperous year when the new year gets un-! der way on October 1st. Chad-! bourn is one of the smallest ] towns in the nation boasting a j full-time Chamber with a paid1 secretary. Many new things are ! planned for the coming year [ which will aid in establishing ] Chadbourn as growing town. Lawrence P. Johnson, Jr., young Marine Veteran of the last war, was hired as executive se cretary when Wlliam S. Edmunds resigned to accept a position as Executive Director of the North Carolina Forestry Association. While he says there has not been too much progress for the Cham ber during Mr. Johnson's tenure of office, he has spent the time well in becoming acquainted with the problems and needs of the1 town. The annual meeting of the Chadbourn Chamber of Com merce will be held during the last week in September. This will be followed by a membership campaign during the entire month of October. During this drive, it is the aim of the Chadbourn Chamber to increase its present membership to 400 members, of which part in the agricultural de velopment program of the Cham-1 ber. An industrial survey Is planned j to find out just what Chadbourn has to offer in the way of en-' ticing new industry to settle in I Chadbourn. Also, the Chamber of | Whiteville National Guard At Camp Just returned from a two-week encampment at Camp Stewart, Ga. are the above members of Battery "C", 150th AAA Gun Bn., North Carolina National Guard of Whiteville. Taken during their encampment, this photograph shows the Guardsmen wjio were avail- j able when the picture was made but does not include all those who made the trip. Shown in the picture are: Back row, left to right, Cpl. Richard C. Winesette, Cpl. Wayne E. Hughes, T|3 Kimble Best, Pvt. James D. Tierce, Cpl. William A. Hill, Pvt. Ralph M. Grainger, Pvt. Calvin S. Sasser, Pvt. Robert D. Barefoot, Pvt. James F. Gore, Cpl. Jack E. Burchett, Pvt. John K. Thomas and Cpl. Tom B. Collier. Second row: T 5 Herbert M. Davis, Cpl. Norwood B. Chestnutt, Jr., Sgt. Wade L. White, Sgt. Charles D. Pickerrell, Cpl. Horace H. Soles, TJ5 Leland H. Etheridge, Sgt. James Hammonds, Pvt. Arthur W. Thom pson, Pvt. Lloyd Watts, Prt. Clayton E. Ward, Pvt. Ken neth P. Ayers. Front row: First Sgt.t Eugene P. Ward, Captain James A. Brooks, Lt. Harold' A. Waldron, Lt. John K. Burns. The Whiteville unit had the distinction of firing on a moving target during its first year in camp. In the picture at the left, Guardsmen are shown in target' practice. Commerce is planning to run the produce market in- Chadbourn ] next year, offering a year round | produce market with leading buy ers represented. Also, a livestock show and sale is planned to stim ulate interest in growing and breeding better types of livestock. In addition to the produce mar ket, the Chamber is planning a curb market where farmers can bring small quantities of fresh commodities to town to sell di rectly to the housewives of the area. While Chadbourn is primarily an agricultural community, it is the idea of Mr. Johnson that It can be developed into an indus trial community, also. Therefore, extensive plans are being made to seek new industry to Chad bourn. When asked about the plans for the coming year, Mr. Johnson said, "The aims of the Chadbourn Chamber of Commerce are big and far-reaching. I plan to do all in my power to help the town of Chadbourn attain the goals which they seek through (Continued on Page 8) Jaycee Queen MISS MARY LOU BRITT, queen of the Tobacco Festival here last year, who will represent the Whiteville Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Tobacco Festi val in MUlllns, S. C. on August 3. Miss Britt is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Britt. I Johnson Looks For Top Sales Record In 1948 Cite? 500 Year? Of Total Service By Warehouse Supervisory Per?onnel As Advantage 'SERVICE TO GROWER' IS MOTTO OF MARKET Supervisor Believes Crop Will Rank Among Best In History Of Chad bourn Market fcY LAWRENCE P. JOHNSON (SALES SUPERVISOR) CHADBOURN?With one of the best markets in the entire border belts and also one of the best tobacco crops in the history of the market, the town of Chad bourn is ready and waiting for the famllar chant of the auction eer which will ring out the morn ing of August 3rd to hearld the opening of the Chadbourn tobacco tobacco markets in this erea, and while not the largest, qualified observers claim it to be one of the best and most dependable. The market. Chadbourn Is one of the oldest Chadbourn market has etsabllsh ed an enviable record among tha other flue-cured markets. With "Service to the grower" their motto, the warehousemen 14 Chadbourn are anxious to plet?y the farmer in every possible w^y, The tobacco growers in this aret have come to know that no where except in Chadbourn can they obtain the fine service and high prices which they receive here. Every market claims for it self a higher market price aver age, however, year after year, published government reports in dicate that Chadbourn continues to maintain its rank among the leaders. In operation in Chadbourn will be four spacious, well-lighted warehouses. They are New Brick, operated by W. C. Coates and son; Myers Warehouse, operated by J. Harvey Harper and Jack Hendley; and Carters' 1 and 2, operated by Tilley Brothers and Rogers. The combined tobacco ware house experience of the super visory personnel of the Chadbourn ' tobacco market amounts to mor? assures the farmer that when (Continued on Paje 8) MYERS IN CHADBOURN TO BE RUN BY HARPER AND HENDLEY Veteran Tobacconist* Return To Oldest House On Market For Second Season; Brother Team Of Garland And Dyke Griffin Will Serve As Auctioneers | CHADBOURN?J. Harvey Har 'pcr and Jack Hendley will oper : ate Myers Warehouse he're again (this year. This will be the second j season on the local market. Mr. Harper and Mr. Hendley 'are veteran warehousemen, hav ing operated houses at Spring field, Tenn. and Russellville, Ky. on the burley markets for a num ber of years. They were well known in this area even before their purchase of Myers more than- a year ago. They had operated as indenpen dent buyers on the flue-cured markets before returning to their home towns to run their houses in Springfield and Russellvllle. The brr>:ier auctioneers. Gar land and Dyke Griffin, will chant the sale at Myers. They are among the better known auction eers in the business. W. J. Dutton of Chadbourn and J. E. McLennan of Danville, Va. will be floor managers. Mrs. Ruth Crosswy, Mrs. Jack Hendley and A. N. Moore wUl | be bookkeepers. The Myera, which haa a floor 'space of approximately 45,000, | was built and operated for many I years by the late George Myers, lit is the oldest house In Chad i bourn. W. C. COATES AND SON WILL RUN NEW BRICK WAREHOUSE South Boston, Virginia, Men Will Return To Chadbourn For Fourth Season On Market; Both Are Well Known To Tobacco Growers Of Columbus County '? CHADBOURN ? Chadbourn's New Brick Warehouse will be op pcrated this season by W. C. \ Coates and his son, Bill Coates, both of South Boston, Va. This is the fourth year that . the Virginia tobacconists have 1 been on the local market. In past I years, they have become well known to growers of this section and have enjoyed increasing pat ronage. Mr. Coates and his son have engaged an experienced office n and floor staff to work with them in the New Brick. Looking after the bookkeeping and of the business will be Ralph Eubank, Mrs. Ralph Eubank and Mrs. Martin Carter, all of whoin have been on the market In pre vious years. Fred Nobles and Bronnie Bul lard, both of whom are familiar to tobacco growers, will serve as floor managers. Wilbur Rabon will be we lastef.
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