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Expects $65,000.00 From His Tobacco Ibis Year Mr. C. H. Tapp, Native of This ? County, Making BU Suc cess Ir, .Sand Hills Southern Pines, Sept. 5 .?Twelve { years ago C.. H. Tapp .from up the J Person County Way farerl forth to* j ward the sandy belt looking for a j possible outlook fqr a tobacco t'arm in j a new section thut he had heard some ; talk about. As he was drifting around i lie felt in with Gales Johnson. . from Fuquay Springs; who talked to \ him about the embroyotic develop- ] ment In the vicinity of Raeford. and j one morning Johnson and Tapp ap-" peared in Vhe vicinity of Raeford looking out for some land on which tobacco might be grown. They found what seemed to strike Tapp on the road leading from Aberdeen to Raeford. and as the price which as I recall was around . twenty dollars ] suited, a bargain was made, and the .Tan-rt faifrfly settled there in thfc new country It. was a good - thjng far them, and a good thing for the whole region,, for ;? they iound v.oil and climate to meet ! Mijts. and the community ac quired- a remarkable group of - good i >ut tiers )n t lie man and his family, i Making tobacco seems to be tlie one I thing the whole Tapp family knows I from start to finish, and -hey have ) been doing that in the dozen years ;hry, ha?e lived in the Sandhills. They; were so successful from the- start j that other folks be^n to advise a ] Jc^k at the tobacco on the Tapp farm, j and as the Tapp tobacco year after j ;? ear began/ to *;o to . the warehouse, fjifcrs it was Observed that the TxppsJ .acre? began ? to extend over .greater ! The other day i was at the" Tapp i ! ajrtti and a - I rankled among the. to- ? baeco and corn rows Mr. Tapp told ! me ?ha? ? h?\ haV' 175 acres of loaf ?> a thousand pounds to the-, acre: and i ? records of .the Aberdeen ware- | .house where . he sold his crop last f ?Eflg.S< . eenkSi it' looks ? jf He will Vtave i : fnoupli money to ? 'buy.- gasoline the j icm&inder of the year. He says he ; if h inks his crop is as good this year ' a? last and .he is making his calciila- j tion . on about $65,000 for the crop 1 thjs. year. : ajid it looks as if he will i ge'tiie, money. I 'Archie Tapp. a s in, has been so "j .?ctive and has had such .good results* ? in the work, with his father, that the i Pa/> Trusf combair. lias been en- J : a.', inc; him as an adviser '.in t'he field i .w or : of. tobacco in .Hoice .and - MOore s . eonntics* ... 'and; yi tlie - planting and j ( ultivatioii: "season- he lias put in. a ? v nQod ? deal i of -'tiine 'Vi * it-tog und-rc^yn- ' ? Vv ling *tl Cai/xiejs- about making tr<ny Largcl ? is x e hsequenc/ ih< j ?i'.'j :v.e.r?. ill the hills tobacco b?Tt "! !'rv> ;>n -.uiusual tya.? t5iis sum- j nier; and' it Is beli.eveJ that the-! prices j icr .(he rodu :?. will , lini above- the | average of bright leaf the state over. The neighborhood has been making something of a reputation for a su perior type of leaf, and the cigarette manufacturers advise- the -.farmers . Qi: this section to Keep their tobacco 5y itself so that it can be bought as Sandhill tobacco, and it is said a premium has been paid on this type .because of its excellence. i. _ ?> en from out of the confusion of successive moments of sorrau1 during trftich your dearest ones haOe been (aid au?ay,you emerge, itisinily a most comforting fhouqht tu RiKHtftliattnat *ad ecejtf Was most reverextiyand complA'ly attended.^ J)t? con'siii.rr it nr. f Dusmesviot by u'ords of condoience.but by acts of thouglitfuwess ?o be ti'our most comfortfu^ friend during your hours of bereavement:*?'* SPENCERS'" Funeral Directors and Embalmers Hoxboro - - - North Carolina It is significant ' Athat the users of Standard" Gasoline f ? outnumber the users of any*&* other brand I more than two to one At any rate the Tapp family have been getting a premium a 5 compared wicb the. average run of tobacco the_ stan? "vrrrr: art# their example and in** flueflce has made the road from Ab erdeen to Raeford one of the most thrifty looking farm sections of North :j Carolina. When Tapp bought liis j first tract of land in the region the whole distance along the eighteen miles of road was a sandy black jack 1 wilderness. Now it is a continued section of thrj'ty homes, mast of theilTVinhabited by tobacco farmers, and tl\e crops this summer tell be^ yond a), doubt that they are thrifty and successful. The Tapp folks have accumulated considerable land since the first purr chase^and in addition to the money they have made by growing good to bacco they have made considerable more by buying land when it was cheap/for now they could close out what they have and leave a yood Spend Your Vacation At The Seashore Travel Via Norfolk Southern Kailroail Sunday? -Week-End ? Seaaon Tickets To Beaufort. Morehead City Virginia Beach. Nags Head * Season Summer Tickets to Interior Eastern and \Vestern Resorts Wholesome conversation, .wholesome conduct and whole some merchandising make a business pay happy dividends. Moore's Oblige - o- grants . *? FIRST, ue are practical jj butchers ? all-around practical ?? butchers becaus e we believe ? that in giving you the benefit of our knowledge we are in- g suring our business- success. St ?EG <3 u a ft tit Courteru -Service margin sticking to their fingers. But tn addition to what they have done lor themselves they hav?" don? so ; "much lor their community that their f farm is on* o{ the show places of ! the Sandhill'', e ven though it is stt- t I u a ted in the heart of a lot of mighty ; j good farms, operated by other good i and successful farmers. The picture [ printed on tills page was made ?rom \ a field o? tobacco on the Tapp farm | when it Wai. about t wo- thirds grown ! in the summer. j | ? -r- ? : O ? 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