f!ed Cross Drive Dinner
uesdi y Night At Hut
kl. -ν .\L. an Everett of At
4t;i tia and Willard G. Cole
\Vh::tV!ik\ will be the prin
,al speakers a( the kick-off
fim*:· inaugurating the annual
11 call i t ritt· Columbus Coun
Chapto; of the American
»d Cr - i at the Legion hut
Taw: City next Tuesday
renins
Mrs Everett, a field repre
< i the Red Ctoss,
v. t. k briefly on the sub-j
i't Ή-u Cross in Peacetime.")
W. uam S. Edmunds of Chad
ία;η executive secretary of
i Chadbourn Chamber of
inmerce and for many years
aet:vt worker in Red Cross!
tvfx. v.-ill be master of cere-(
hon: es. I
' Streai -l :u d into a 30-minute
ro«»ram 'or broadcast by Radio
(tafion WENC. the kick-off
erer::-n.e.N will follow a din
to be served by ladies of
Tabor City Presbyterian
'nurd:
The dmner will begin prompt
.· at 7 30 o'clock in order to
ncet thi1 broadcast schedule
roi.i 8:30 to 9 p.m.
Paul Judson Williamson and
ienry B. Wyche. co-chairman
if the roll call, will be heard
irieitv and will distribute sup
plies to the TO workers who
lill attend. Approximately 20
ither guests have been invited.
Tht Rt'd Cross roll call will
ie conct :irrated in the period
tor/. March 9 to March 20 with
iioit? being directed toward
he goal of bringing the drive
ο a speedy close. The county's
juota Vi S6.U00 has been allo
tted to the various communi
ies and drive chairmen and
heir workers are ready to be
[in calling on citizens for their
nemberships.
Among the special invited
uests w-i! be the mayors of
ili inct·; porated towns of Col
imbus ~nd the heads of civic
lubs ::· unincorporated vom
lunit'o
Tr.e r.:. yv>:s are Dr. S. A. f
Smith ·.' Whiteville; W. A. i
VilliaiVii. Tabor City: James B,
iatty. Öoi:> η; Sam C. Carter.:
*nadbou:::; S S. Herring. Fair;
Bluit: H:. nnie Bullard, Cerro'
Jordo: .:.ί . Clyde Wayne. Lake
ft'aeeamaw John Hail, presi
len: οί t:.«.· Hallsboro Civitan i
*lub. and W. D. Brooks, presi
dent υ! :;.e Evergreen Civitan
Club. ·νι represent those com
η unities.
The SÖ.OüO quota has been al
totted as follows: Fair Bluff— !
1275; Ce::*.» Gordo—S75; Cherry
Grove—$50^ Chadbourn—$650 i
ratunii—$150: Lake Waccamaw 1
—$125. Bolton—$50: Ransom—
$75; \Vhiteville—$2200; Bogue—
$125; >.ώΐ Lees—$50; North
Lees—South and East Lees
—$40 Welches Creek·—$40
West*. r. Prong—$75; South
HVhitevuA— $150; Tabor City—
$S50; Buj; Hill—$75; Williams
No. 1 and 2—$125; Negro Divi
sion— $701).
Overheard
By BILLY WHITTED
Two well-known Tabor ladies
decided to tide out in the coun
ty one day last week—the first
day the sun was shining follow
ing all the bad weather.
They didn't take into consid
eration the fact that all the rural
roads·· were in pretty bad shape
»nd the first thing they knew
they had the car stuck in a
iretty out-of-the-way place.
One stayed with the car while
the other started walking to
ward the nearest house for help.
Upon approaching the house, the
help-seeker slipped on some
mud and fell on her face.
The lady occupant of the near
by house saw her, thought she
was drunk. So she locked all
the doors and windows and
called ior her husband.
Luckily for the lady in the
mud and the lady in the car,
the husband recognized them
»nd helped them get their car
moving again.
However, supper was pretty
late at on«· house in town that
sight.
"Good morning, gentlemen," I
said the other morning when I
passed the Jimmys, Winstead
and Dicus, on the street the
other morning.
"Which one of us were you
talking to"" Winstead wanted to
know.
Mr Mrs. Alton Garrell
and their boys. Jimmy, 12, and
Jo*. 5, went to the show the
other iiip.ht atui were followed
by th-:» do£. The dog stopped
at th<- door. however, and wait
ύ· t'oi the iainily until
the -how was over.
lV:i coming out. Jimmy ask
ae l wonder why lie didn't
6° Hi the show?"
v-hioti Joe replied: "I
τ~.υV •••hy. it was because lie
h.tve any money"
W ι it tit and I were
itoiidin»; the sidewalk in
ιίοι.ι or Darneron's the other day
r1· Dameron came out
aid
ih i'ct >ou tfüovvä are taik
!ΐ»έ. polities."
W, were, but how did you
:o.v · Wiliard asked him.
* t'.aid somebody say some
a».out embezzlement/' Doc
told u.
tJuc of Hie .\chool teachers was
w^ldn't it be bad if Billy
'iei*rd what happened
l°dd and Mrs. Ander
tolnmri· anü put U in his
Special Meeting
At Pine Level
Free Will Church
There will be a special meet
ing"for men and boys at Pine
Level Free Will Baptist Church
March 13 at 7:30 p.m.
All men and boys over 16
are invited to attend and bring
their Bibles. Rev. Edgar Fow
ler of Tabor City is expected
to assist the pastor, Rev. A. L.
Duncan, in the meeting.
New Ordinance
Requires Grade
Labeling Of Milk
A county - wide ordinance,
which requires the grade label
ing of milk offered for sale, was
adopted by the Columbus Coun
ty Health Board.
In a meeting at the courthouse
in Whiteville, the board accept
ed the State Health Department
ordinance supplementing the mu
nicipal ordinances which have
been in effect in Tabor City and
Whiteville for many years.
The new regulations will pro
hibit the sale of Grade C milk
under a grade A label and will
be graded, and sold under the
label which it is entitled. The
grading and labeling will be de
termined by production and
handling methods now in use.
By adopting the new regula
tions, supervision of milk sup
plies is kept in the hands of the
County Health Department.
The new members, who were
recently approved for member
ship by the State Health author
ities are W. B. Webster of Tabor
City and Willard G. Cole of
Whiteville, Cole was appointed
temporary chairman of the board.
News From
Emerson
By MRS. A. L. DUNCAN
It has been busy times in the
Emerson community the past
week. The farmers have been
taking advantage of the fine
weather by getting their spuds
planted.
C. C. Nobles and Charles
Thompkins were delegates from
Emerson Free Will Baptist
Church to the quarterly meet
ing which was held at Mt. Beu
lah Baptist Church in Horry
County February 28.
Miss Bessie Nobles and IIa
Pearl Jernigan represented the
Emerson Sunday School with
special singing by Charles Thom
pkins, Robert Nealey, Cleveland
Cribb, and Knox Jernigan.
J. D. Liles and Lee Carpen
ter of Rockingham and Mrs.
Margaret Ammons of Cerro
Gordo were week end visitors
in the home of Rev. and Mrs.
A. L. Duncan.
Mrs. Ida Todd and daughter
visited her sister, Mrs. Perry
Phipps, at her home in Loris
Sunday. Mrs. Phipps is very
sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Norris
visited Mr. Norris' mother, who
is ill, at her home near Tabor
City Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Duncan
were visitors at Mt. Beulah
Church Sunday.
Carson Jernigan and family
visited Charlie Jernigan Satur-1
day.
Paul Duncan from Williams
Township School came to Em
erson for a farewell word to
the girls and boys. He is mov
ing to Mullins, S. C'., for a
short while and then will go
to Florida. Paul likes to spend
the week ends with the Doys
and girls here. Good luck, Paul, ι
BILLY ANDERSON
SERIOUSLY ILL
Little Billy Anderson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson
of Conway, and grandson of
Mrs. Lula Anderson, is a pati
ent at Dr. Sidburys Hospital
in Wilmington with a heart ail
ment and his relatives here
have been notified that his con
dition is much worse.
Cigarettes accounted for near
ly 75 per cent of all tobacco
use in 1943-47 compared with
around 40 per cent in 1925-29.
Superlatives Named By Students
1 ' ™ 1 Knv Rnh
Wilma weaves ana nurum
Rogers were chosen as the most
popular girl and boy of the Ta
bor City High school senior
class it was announced Saturday
night, February 21st, at the Le
gion hut.
A party sponsored by the sen
ior class for high school stu
dents and friends was held Sat
urday night with about 50 in
attendance. Dancing and games
highlighted the evening, which
was climaxed by the awarding
of prizes to the winners, Mary
Jo Pinner, Mac Spivey, Betty
Baxter and James Cox. Chap
erones for the event included
the senior class sponsor, Mrs.
Furman Fowler and other mem
bers of the faculty.
Other senior superlatives an
nounced were as follows:
Premer.t girl, Mae McCumbee;
Handsomest boy, Doe Herring.
Neatest girl, Betty Baxter;
neatest boy. Harrel Mills.
Best dressed girl, Betty Bax
ter; best dressed boy, Lewis
Sikes.
Teacher's pet, Jimmy Stanley.
Most conceited girl, Rebecca
1' 1UJ VA ι *ι»ν^ ν ^ ν·«« „ ,
by Rogers.
Mo>st studious girl, Rebecca
Spivey; most studious boy,
Lewis Sikes.
Best cheer leader, Jan Rey
nolds.
Best athelete, Fred Soles.
Girl most likely to succeed,
Dorothy Garrell.
Boy most likely to succeed,
Lewis Sikes.
Best sport, girl, Wilma Reaves;
best sport, boy, Harold Ward.
Biggest flirt, Wilma Reaves.
Most considerate girl, Jeanne
Pinner; most considerate boy,
Sam Jackson,
Cutest girl, Crickett Black
burn; cutest boy, Harold Rogers.
Most dignified girl, Betty
Baxter; most dignified boy,
Harold Rogers.
Wittiest girls, Dorothy Garrell
and Delores Norris; wittiest boy,
Andy Jernigan.
Laziest girl, Betty Jean But
ler; laziest boy, Sam Jackson.
Most dramatic girl, Eloise El
liott; most dramatic boy, Owen
Strickland.
Best dancers, Becky Floyd and
Lewis Sike$.
Tabor City Tribune
All The News -- Without Fear Or Favor ——————
j Votunue Two Number Thirty-Five Tabor Qity, l\prtb Carolina—Friday, March 5. 1948 $2.00 a tear
I Edwards Gives
Rotary Talk On
Marshall Plan
A comprehensive review of the
Marshall plan for European re
covery was the subject of a talk
made at the Tabor City Rotary
meeting Tuesday night by A.
C. Edwards.
"Current business uncertainies
add importance to the Abhole
plan," Edwards said, "for it will
effect all business, big and little,
directly or indirectly.
"Many people are against the
plan," he said, "and are yelling
'Suckers' again, and some are
honest in their belief that it is
too large a gamble, but one
group we find against it solid
is the communists and their al
lied organizations.
"Many people are for the
plan, Democrats, Republicans,
labor, not all to be sure, but the
humanitarian elements are solid
ly for it.
"Business seems to be divided,
but most big business leaders
are for it. If a recession should
I develop, it would become im
portant as a sustainer of business
activity."
William J. Harrelson
Taken By Death
At Clarendon
William Jasper Harrelson, well
known Columbus farmer, died
Saturday at his home in Claren
don, after a short illness. He
was 78 years of age.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock
from the Clarendon Baptist
church with the Rev. Clyde
Prince and Rev. A. D. Harrelson
officiating. Burial followed in the
Mt. Sinai cemetery.
Mr. Harrelson is survived by
his wife, the former Miss Sara
C. Ward; three sons, Cornelius,
Ezra and Foster Harrelson, all of
Tabor City; three daughters, Mrs.
Letha Edge, Mrs. Bertha Edge
and Mrs. Erma Ward; a brother,
Fourney Harrelson of Tabor
City; and a sister Mrs. Lucy
Todd of Fayetteville.
Tabor May Get
Auto Mechanical
Inspection Lane
Tabor City may get an auto
mobile mechanical i η spection
lane in the state's inspection
program. Executive Secretary H.
B. Davis of the Merchants As
sociation said yesterday.
Davis said he has had corres
pondence with Arthur T. Moore,
head man of the inspection pro
gram, and that Moore has indi
cated the possibility that a lane
will be located in Tabor City.
Davis pointed out that the lo
cation of a lane here would save
hundreds of car owners the in
convenience of traveling more
than 20 miles to have their cars
inspected as required by state
law.
Tabor Town Board
Advances Time 01
Monthly Meeting
The Tabor City town board ad
vanced its monthly meeting from
Tuesday night to Tuesday morn
ing because Mayor Al Williams
was to be out of town on business
Tuesday night.
Town Clerk Percy Brown re
ported that no business was
transacted other than approval
of current bills.
It was reported that a special
meeting would be called some
time next week.
Boys Of Woodcraft
Order Proposed
For Tabor City
Frank H. Lewis has been ap
pointed to organize the Boys of
Woodcraft, a junior order of the
WOW.
A charter of 25 young boys
between the ages of 8 and 16
years otf age will be formed j
and installation of this group ι
will take place here at the Log'
Rolling Meet to be held here]
April 3.
This type of organization is
to help and make these young
people helpful citizens and to
teach them the true meaning of
good fellowship along with the
meaning of good citizenship.
Stallings Writes About Tabor City
. . , · a · _ _ ί m_ ι η!*-. 1
(ine ionowmg arucie Dy
roving correspondent Stal
lings of the Wilmington
Morning Star is reprinted
from Thursday's edition of
that paper.)
By H. A. ST ALLINGS
TABOR CITY — When you
think of Tabor City you think
of sweet potatoes. That is but
natural for Tabor City is the
largest sweet potato market in
the world and North Carolina
hopes it can maintain this pri
mary position throughout the fu
ture. We are sure you would
like to know more about this
hustling, friendly city. We take
these facts from the New Ta
bor City Directory published by
the Lewis-Maurer Directory
company, and printed by the
Tabor City Tribune, Billy Whit
ted and Lawrence Campbell jr.,
publishers.
Tabor City now has a popu
lation of 1,958 divided into
1,559 whites and 399 Negroes.
It has eight miles of paved or
semi-paved streets. The city
officials are: W. A. Williams,
mayor; F. H. Roberts, R. C.
Soles, H. D. Stevens, commis
sioners; J. Percy Brown, clerk
and treasurer; R. B. Mallard,
city attorney; Leroy Watson,
chief of police; Frank L. Young,
chief of the fire department; H.
P. Harrelson, superintendent
of waterworks; H. D. Stevens,
Jr., superintendent of streets.
It is the ability to unify citi
zenship and to get citizens to
support civic movements as a
unit that builds cities. We note
that eighty-three businesses and
υι gaui^auuiid vi xauw vtkj ^wn
advertisements in the city di
rectory and it is this unity on
on the part of so many that
made "the directory possible. If
Tabor City can place eighty
three representative citizens
back of every civic movement,
many more of these movements
will become successes.
We had the pleasure of chat
ting with Bill Webster, presi
dent of the Merchants Associa
tion, and that was the subject
of the conversation—a constant
effort to eliminate all differ
ences in a city and to line up
support for civic movements
without losing the support of
a single citizen. We discussed
in detail one such effort the
Merchants Association is mak
ing just now. Bill not only is J
a daily booster for Tabor City
but he has an attractive per
sonality and his leadership as
president of the Merchants As
sociation is bringing substantial
results.
Tabor City is busy with prep
arations for a large Woodmen
of the World ceremony on Ap
ril 3, a gathering so large it
taxes the hospitality of a town;
the size of Tabor City. How-;
ever we note this same commen- i
dable unity is manifesting it- j
self in regard to this civic task.:
Billy Whitted and Lawrence,
Campbell jr., of the Tabor City j
Tribune, declare nothing is too!
large for Tabor City. Hubert B.
Davis, executive secretary of the
Merchants Association, i η sists
Tabor City has not yet begun to
stretch itself. Having watched
the success of 'Tater Day' we are
certain Tabor City will add one
more success to its laurels April
3.
After a fine chicken dinner at
Mrs. Mary W. Todd's boarding
house we stopped at Whiteville
to consult with genial Dave Neil
son about additional publicity
for that thriving, fast growing
city, and with L. R. Sholar about
Whiteville being selected as the
training center for the Boston
Braves and then to Chadbourn
to talk with Bill Edmunds about
developments there. At Chad
bourn we had an enjoyable chat
with Gordon Lewifc, publisher
of the newsy, interesting Colum
bus County News.
As we headed home after vis?
iting these three young metro
polises the same day we couid
not help but be a little amazed
that three such hustling towns
are within the confines of one
county, and there are other fine
communities in. the same county.
You need nut be surprised at
any future growth for Columbus
county. Were it not for reveal
ing a secret we would mention
another important development
scheduled to be announced at
an early date. Things happen in
Columbus county and it is fine
citizens who make them happen.
Members Of Tabor
Dramatic Club See
Play In Virginia
Several members of the Tabor
City school dramatic club went
to Abbington, Va., to see the pre
sentation of thep lay entitled
"The Barretts Of Wimpole
Street" Monday evening. The lo
cal students will present the
same play here at an early date
and are now working on its
presentation.
Those making the Virginia !
trip were Betty Baxter, Nell Gar- j
rell, Lillian Cox, Rubin Marlow, |
Lewis Sykes and Lester Parham. j
Excellent dusting clothes may
be easily made by placing
squares of cheesecloth or soft
cloths into a glass jar containing
a small quantity of furniture
polish. Allow the cloths to be
come thoroughly saturated with
the polish then remove, allow
the excess moisture to dry out,
and excellent dusting cloths will!
have been created.
Plans Set For Treatment
Of Sweet Potato Seed
Sister Camp
Öf WOW To Be
Organized Here
Mrs. Mae Young has been ap
pointed to organize a sister camp
of the WOW with installation
to take place during the Log
Rolling Meet here April 3.
This organization is affiliated
in the same sense as the Order
of Eastern Star is to the Masonic
Order.
A charter of 25 will be made
up and a name will be given at
the time of installation.
Rev. Wert Davis
Taken By Death
At Virginia Home
Rev. Wert Davis, brother of
Rev. Winfrey Davis, former Ta
bor City pastor, died at his Vir
finia home Sunday afternoon,
ebruary 22, following a heart
attack. He appeared well and
conducted services at his church
at the regular morning hour.
The deceased is well known
here as he conducted a series
of meetings at the Mount Tabor
Baptist Church, and at the
Green Sea Church recently. He
was pastor at Darlington for
nine years.
PRESBYTERIAN SPEAKER
Rev. L. A. Taylor, executive
secretary of the Wilmington
Presbytery, will speak at the
Tabor City Presbyterian Church
Sunday night at 7:30.
FELLOWSHIP DINNER
J. A. Hufham, D. A. Blue and
Hubert Davis were in Wilming
ton Tuesday night to attend the
annual Fellowship dinner of
the Wilmington Presbytery.
Bakery Planned
As New Business
In Tabor City
Tabor City may expect to see
the opening of a bakery soon,
it was learned this week.
The building formerly occu
pied by Pemberion's Grocery on
Filth street has been secured by
Dr. S. J. Potts for friends to
serve as the site of the new en
terprise.
Dr. Potts said the bakery
would be operated by Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Augustyn, 'formerly
of Belgium, and probably will
be known as Frank and Mary's.
The building will be renovated
for use as a bakery during the
next several weeks, it was said.
The Augustyns will specialize
in cakes, pies and pastries.
^GAPWAY
Lou Ellon BulTkin, Christine
Strickland and Farley Strickland
spent the week end with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Buffkin and Mr. and Mrs. M. W.
Strickland. They are in the
freshman class at ECTC. Green
ville.
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith and
family of Morehead City were
week end guests uf Mr. and Mrs.
C. R. Turbeville.
A singing convention was held
at Gspway Baptist church Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Geneva Strickland and
children spent Sunday with Mrs.
Strickland's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Turbeville.
Four Arrested
In Robbery Of
Chadbourn Garage
Four white men were arrest
ed in Chadbourn last Friday
night, in connection with the rob
bery of Charlie Strickland's ser
vice station and garage. The
men. Raleigh and Isaac Stephens,
Wayne and Kenny Home were
charged with breaking, entering
and larceny.
Chief Deputy Sheriff W. II.
Bullard and Chadbourn Police
Chief L. W. Hall reported thut
they found most of the merchan
dise, which included tobacco,
candy, cigarettes and sundry
items, in a pack house and to
bacco barn.
Entrance was gained through'
a window.
To be comfortable on house
cleaning days dress comfortably;
have music from the radio; plan!
for a rest period if you have]
lots to do; renew your energy |
or change your pace ky stopping·
to eat an apple, banana, or some- j
thing light, or to drink a glass ι
of fruit juice: change your shoes
to rest the feet; plan so that:
order is restored in some way
by the time the family gets I
home at night.
A couple of good dairy cows .
will keep a small family in I
milk and butter throughout the
year.
Plans for free treatment of
sweet potato seed against disease
were discussed Friday night at
a meeting of the Tabor City
Marketing Co., Inc.
The Tabor City Merchants
Association, represented at the
meeting by Executive Secretary
Hubert B. Davis, offered full
support to the proposed pro
gram. Also pledging support to
the treatment program was
County Agent Charles D. Raper.
The group voted to set up
treating stations at Tabor City.
Whiteville. Williams. Cerro
Gordo» Chadbourn fend Fair
Bluff schools.
The agricultural teachers at
various schools will be in charge
of the program. They are J. P.
Huggins, Tabor City; Frank
Gross, Whiteville: Marion Wilk
inson. Williams; W. B. Craven.
Cerro Gordo: E. S. Lloyd, Chad
bourn.
The marketing association
threw its weight behind the po
tato seed treatment program af
ter observing the fact that treat
ment of seed last year caused
a definite increase in the quality
and price of potatoes.
Davis and Raper have volun
teered to conduct publicity for
the campaign and it is hoped by
the supporters that all potato
growers will take advantage of
the free treatment, cost of which
will bo underwritten by the
marketing association.
In pointing out that the seed
will be dipped in semesan«bel
as treatment against disease,
Davis pointed to the following
five points for better sweet
ι potatoes.
1. Save best potatoes for bed
ding.
2. Clean out old seed bed and
put in new soil.
j 3. Sort seed just before bed
I ding, throwing out all rots.
4. Slice seed and throw out
j poorly colored potatoes,
i 5. Grow next year's seed in
• a special fieltfr- *· * . · A
The schedule of (totes and
times for treatment ef seed at
ι the various schools is now be·
ing set up and will be released
! next week, Davis said.
' Henry M. Covington, extension
i horticulturist of the State Col
lege Extension Service, will be
ι in this section Thursday, March
111, and will speak at 7 p.m. on .
I that date in the Williams Town
ship school on the subject of
sweet potatoes.
Columbus County 4-H Boy Gets
108-Bushel Per Acre Corn Yield
Mack Barfield, a member of1
the Chadbourn Junior 4-H Club,
who once believed that 100 bu
shels of corn could not be pro
duced on one acre of land, has
a different opinion about corn
production now, says Charles D.
Raper, county agent for the
State College Extension Serv
ice.
Last year the idea was dis-!
proved and Mack was the one
who did it by producing 108.5,
bushels of corn per acre, Mr.;
Rüper said.
The young Columbus County 1
boy produced 46 bushels on his 1
one acre project in 1946, but
when he saw other boys re
ceiving awards for producing
100 or more bushels per acre,
he was determined to be among
them the next year.
He began work on his corn
project last spring by broad
casting 300 pounds of 18 per
?ent superphosphate and 100
pounds of land plaster with 10:
rine-horse loads of stable man
ure on the acre plot. He bought ι
his hybrid seed. N. C. 27, and
planted them in 42-inch rows,!
9 inches in the drill, using G30
pounds of 5-10-5 fertilizer at
planting time. Cultivating his
torn very .shallow only a few
Limes, lit» applied Γ>00 pounds of
nitro/.'/·!! as a side· dresser and
laid it by. !
Both Mack and his father,
A'atched the corn during the;
growing .season and became en-i
:ouragt?d at times and discour-;
aged at oilier times. But last
rail wlu-n thc-y gathered the
•on», tlu.-y realized that there
was a lot of corn on that acre, j
Mr. Hapi.-r :.aiil.
tobacco dales Uown $/4.d million
Tar Heel farmers collected
$74,506,240 less last year for their
flue-cured and burley tobaccos
than they were paid for their
crop in the preceeding year, the
Federal-State Crop Reporting
Service said this week.
Two factors were responsible
for the decline in the yield from
tobacco fields—poundage was
down and the price average was
lower.
Production last year of both
f]ue*cur«il and burley tobacco
amounted to 8tiii,3ti7,i»38 pounds,
οΐΓ 19,763,7o!) pounds fruin the
1946 total Ol UUC, 131,327.
Production ui flue-cured to- j
La ecu in tin- state last year was ί
8?3,292,7:ί1 pounds, which was]
7,802,279 pounds less than the'
State Department of Agriculture j
estimated would be the yic-ld as:
late as August 1.
An acreage cut amounting to j
27.52 percent in the state's flue- j
cured quota has been announced ι
fyr the 1940 crop. 1
Letters Written
By 3rd Graders
Following are articles written
by members of the third grade
at Tabor City school:
By Jeanette Lorett
We saw a fence one day. It
was low and a bush was beside
it. We saw a nest. Something
moved in it. Then we saw that
the nest was made of leaves.
Inside the nest were some birds.
The mother bird flew to the
tree and stayed close by them
with a worm. A few days later
the birds could scratch worms
on the ground. They put worms
in their mouths. They won't
hurt you. We didn't say a word.
We made a cage and kept them
in it.
By Jean Cox
When Jane and I go to visit
grandfather on the farm we do
everything we can to help them.
In the evening we feed the
chickens and the cow. Grand·
tether milks the cow and outs
the milk into a big pail. Then
jver to the chicken house we go
Lo get the eggs that the hens
lay in their nests of straw.
Grandmother counts all the eggs
and marks the number that she
gets down on a card. Then the
little brown pig comes next on
the feeding list. We gave him
some corn and sat down to
watch him eat. He ate the com
we gave him and wanted more.
He begged so hard until we de
rided to give him some more.
After we had fed everything we
begin our journey back to the
farmhouse to help grandmother
.vith supper.
By Kenneth Canady
One Jay I saw a lame crow,
lie was on the side of the road.
1'he crow flew to the gate. 1
.vent and picked him up and
ield him in my hand. I fixed
ts leg and - put him on the
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The County AAA Office will be
open only on Monday through
Friday after March 1. Bill Hooks,
AAA Chairman, annuoneed that
this is in accordance with work
standards of Industry and Gov
ernment Service and the iaet
that the schedule was adopted by
a majority of the counties
throughout the State.
Word was received this week
that no AAA Office will open on
Saturday. Office hours in Colum
bus County will be from 8:15 a.
αι. until 9:13 p. m.