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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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.