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I; '«■- jt'riday, ApHl 2, 1937 The Dare Cotiyitij Times, Manteo, N. C. Page Seven Tyrrell Sees Landless (Continued from Page One) which is to lielp farmers to get a fresl) start, allotted approxi mately $300,000 for tlie purcliose of lands involved in this great. I^uthern Albemarle project. Prop erty was acquired from private ownership in many parts of Tyr- roil and '.V.'rshlngtcn cour,t;'s .and for till* 'levelopment of tlie pro Jeet now known ns "Scuppernong Firms" tlie government is said lb Have agreed to pay about $115,- OOO. In connection with the Reset tlement Administration's farm program land planning expei-ts have worked out « huge map of 4 I A STANDING INVITATION To Visitors to Tyrrell County’s I Capitol y Coiumbia^^ Make Your Headquar^^^y'^^ At The ^ : Columbia H^tel i “The Cross-Roads-of the Southern ; ; Albemarle** ! ’ MRS. J. S. TUCKER, Proprietress Columbia‘j\N. C. Are You Protecti^ in Case of FIRE. TORNDO or WINDSTORM We coriiiully invite onr ffiends to conic in and discuss their insiirunce iiroblcnis. We Sell EIRE, TORNADO and WINDSTORM PROTECnON I The People^s Insurance J. Ernest Norris, Manager K / Columbia, N. C. | ih.-- entire .-.ou.r.cir, AiC.'rr.r.rie pcii!ti.suUi Ivln;> between tlie Al- emarle Sound on tlie nortli nnci the Pamlico River on llio south whicli covers probably the vastest amount of undeveloped territory in the Eastern United States. Parts of Waslilngton, Tyrrell, Dare and Hyde counties are included on tills big map for classification ..•iti a view of finding out the rigid type of farm iirogram to wlileh each tract of land is best suited. Land tliat is too swampy to be drained adeciuately will be set "aside as a I'cfug'; for wild game O^yor tracts mere suited for di^ln- ^0 will bo reclaimed for cultiva- lc:i. Thus many Ihoiisando of acres of rich, ferf'e, river-btlom I'faim la d may be added lo the ngrtcultural map of tlie Soutliern Albemarle section before die work of the Reseltiemcnt Administra tion is over. “Scupperneng Forms,” in the vicinity of beautiful Lake Phelps, is to become a group of large and pi'oductive farms bordering tlie lake These will b- known as farm community projects where It is liopod a more satisfactory soc ial and cultural iife will be pos sible and v.'here^ farmers will have the great econo*mic advantage of cooperative marketing and pur chasing in years to come. Under plans now rapidly being mapped out Tyrrell's "Scupper- nong Farms" will be something to wlilcli citlasng of the whole Albemarle may point with pride and wlilch fuuners on the border ing counties may do well to cop*' and profit by. There are other resettlement projects now under way in North Carolina among wliich are two large scale areas in Eastern coun ties designed to take poor lands out of agricultural use and con vert tliem into uses to which they are best p.dapted such as game refuges and recreational sites. One of tliese is a 60.000-acre .Sandhills project with headquarters down at Hoffman, and a 30.000-acre Jones and Salters Lake projects in tills State are as follows; Penderlea Homesteads, in Pen der County: 300 farmsteads, 20 to 30 acres each: 142 farmsteads have been completed and land is being acquired for 150 additional units. Roanoke Farms. 250 farmsteads. 50 acres average; under develop ment in separate sections for white and colored; Enfield, N. C. Pembroke Farms, 180 farm steads, 40 to 60 acres each; land being acquired and development plam started; Pembroke, N. C. Wolf Pitt Farms, 110 farm steads, 40 acres average; land be ing acquired and development plans started; project headquar ters, Rockingham, N. C. North Carolina Tenant Security COLUMBIA 'Continued from Pape One) Tlie tliousands of fertile .lercs in and around Columbia town ship were first settled by a li.rltty band of Scotch. Irish and English pioneer furmeis wlio were aitrucl- ed LO this lirli bottom !,i.id coun try by Its greet natural beauty | 'I" and Its soil so easily adapted to the growl)) of Irlsli potato''.s corn, peas, cotton and truck vegeta'olcs. Some of tl-.c flr-st settlers to Tyr rell came by boat from C' avles ton. S. C to 'iMrginln. In passing nlci.g tlie Sciiooernong River they found thcniselvc.s in tlie midst of a land I till Til t'lm c. 'I 'I /.iiifji iiiul ‘.iii'd 'III 'I.. III.. . ,'o I.': ri’ig tbe Beige of Cji •niuiii'i.'.i. I in Pennsyiv.'.nia tlie fuUuv. aw j year. A'Tlilbaid Currie. Jeremire Picn- 7.er. Jolm V/nrrenton and '. u'na.s Stuart, wlio I'endered invaluable service la tlie lIou.se of eoiiiinons rcvoiUtiopai\ u.u u. ii later eoiitilctl a.s a'liuiip I'.miiIJ County's most famous .•-oii.' Brigaui r General J .1 Pelii grew, one of tlie lieroc.s of tie' war betwe"!! the Stales and who enroute up the coast j lo.st lii.s life In the Battle of Gei- lysnuig \v'a.s another one i f Tvi t t>*/ • \ *• ri «V ».4I A*\M (iV f N .M>1 VI ' in \T Ci N lUudle is just nn- .'t.-i ,'ood ••xamjile ol (vbal a ' .’. jiiiaii (•; II do in tlie grocery bus- I j ii’.es.s For 25 yeiii.s she lia.s own- j 1 ed and i.;;','reled one of the iiio.st |im)dii:' 1 ;,-to-date and atirae- | 111: tinli anK.ry siure- in Col-I j iinibiu bn. ( ine death of licr , [ li.i'^iaiid ill yc'iii.s .'-o .she lia.s ear- I lied on lii.s business .done, besides I leareia tvo spKiulii' ctiildron. G 1 Nollty and Lueiu Hurdle .(oi-.e fill 't and lonuemn*' otner people for sleeping tin ir lives away " THE first Negro to enter tlie U .S Naval Academy at Annapolis in 62 years lecently resigned The Negro, .lames Lee Jolimson, along«i» ,>?• with 134 other midshipmen, fallt^*; ed in class work during tlie first-*- - half of tlie scliool term wlilch end ed roeently. 1 roll County's famous son,- ■ Magnolia Plaiilatioi. local 1 so beautiful and so fertile that m uie midst of beautiful wood, they di£einbark“d and set up i.ancl and Helds near Luki l-iiulos liomesteads along tlie river bank I'hese first tlirlfty farmers came to Tyrrell us homemakers. They were nn Hltelligent lot whose en ergy and foresight caiwed many acres of highly productive farm land out of tlie swamps and wil derness that are under cultivation today The pioneer settlers in Tyrrell cliose tlie site of their country places on the more beautiful bend'; in tne Scupperiiong River wlii."li they named because of tlie abun dr.n.,e oi ricli mellow grapes tint grew in profusion to the water's edge along its banks Tlie first grape vine in America is said to Iiave been discovered by explorers along the Scupperiiong River and by far the finest old grape vino in the Albemarle section is locat ed on Cliaplin's farm, some five miles from Columbia. It is be lieved to be Uie oldest grape vine in America from point of discov ery, far antedating the celebrat ed "Mother Vineyard" on Roanoke Island which is said to be well over 250 years old Three Famous Sons Col. Richard Bimcombe, foi whom one of Western North Caro lina's mountain counties of which Asheville is the countv seat, wa named, was one of the early set tlers In Tyrrell. Educated in t'le finest private schools In England, Col. Buncombe was a man of rare wit anft intelligence who was at tracted to the Southern Albemarle on the death of his uncle, Joseph Buncombe, who left his vast acreage to ills nephew, Richard Buncombe, wlio moved his family to America in 1776 and settled in Tyrrell. In tlie struggle for American in dependence Richard Bumcombe, late of London, was one of the first to fearlessly place his for- t'me on the side of liberty. In April. 1776, he was appointed to command the Fifth North Caio- lia.'i long been one of Ea.,lcrn North C'.uollna'b show placi-s The old Pettigrew ccnietciy, lormcci by a huge rectangle 70 by 100 feet limy still be seen today In it arc huge slabs of purplish marble anti sculptured epitaphs ' Backed by glorious tradilion.s Tyrrell County has Just begun to 'tome to the front in inicrt.si among liundreds of pcg;i1c who are day by day rediscovering iliLs most beautiful of all Southern Albemarle counties. It is a land of tall forests, beautiful swamps and low country, fertile farm lands and progressive littb f.irm ' illagcs and towns There are still many thousands of acres of undeveloped land la Tyrrell Coun ty — plenty of rlcli river bottom land for the plow and plenty of lumber for the saw mills. Wltli all its great natural beauties Tyr rell County abounds in friendly folks, cheerful, helpful, law-abid ing. G'-ci-fearliig farmers wlio are literally the salt of our common earth. Abundance of native v.U and genial good humor overflows in Tyrrell and Co!uiiilil.i, it.i: thriving little capital and to have never to have been there is to have ni'ssed one of the garden spot.' of all North Carolina. FOR t’..e last 20 years Arthur ' Da:by, 'tl'-.yv'ar-oltl WGrk.-.iip, Eng- ! land baelieliir has not bothered to 1-0 to b! (I In.Mead he mLs in | a eliair all night, inii.sing and | thinking Tlilrty year , ago he bo- ' gall reducing has .^leep gradually ' w,'>kefiilil".s.s beeanip a habit with him He ;,uy:. he fools none the Columbia Housewives Say:— ‘7Us A Pleasure to Shop in Columbia At Mrs. G. N. fliirdle’s** Criirnd Morrhundisr .'oiiniry Proditcc uihI .Sulil Bi'idjje .Sli'tiel ColiiinliKi, N. C. -C; project, with headquarters at Goldsboro; 100 farmsteads, 76 acres average, now under develop ment. COLUMBIA DRUG STORE HAS FILLED 105,000 PRESCRIPTIO.N’S One of Columbia's oldest and most popular firms Is the Colum bia Drug Company which holds the distinction of hoiiig the first drug store opened for business m Tyrrell County. Ed Cohoon. the pr-'.scnt man age;-. spent six years with People's Drug .Stores m Predericksburp. Va., and Washington, D. C. ’le is a native of Tyrrell County and a graduate of the University of North ^.CUoUpa .£3chool of. Phar- inac'y.''- In thr 30 yc-ars tlie Columbia Drug Company has ben operating more than lOS.noo prescriptions have been flllea there. I QI'a Sssin W. S. Carawan for POTATOES, PEAS and BEANS FERTILIZERS and VEGE TABLE PACKAGES Plione 16 Columbia, N. C. e Have Faith In The Jbuture Of The Entire Southern Albemarle esalers ♦4 "v * Invite You to Travel Route 64 By Plymouth, Creswell, Columbia and Over the Femes to the Seashore, Fishing, Celebration and Siwrt at Roanoke Island ■ THE ESSO SIGN IS THE SIGN OF EXTRA SERVICE .li -fj m Esso Service Stations and Esso Ser- y|ce men are Everywhere in Coastal North Carolina. Here is something you know you can depend on. Standard Oils and Gasoline are fav orites with the boat trade> and their value in carrying on the great fish ing business of this section is well known. Standard Oils are unexcelled for Dicsci Engines of all kinds, marine or stationary, and for heating stoves and heating plants. These Standard Oil Wholesalers Will Show Yoiithe Courtesies of the Section Gladly^ n t. DANIELS 0 For Information About Oregon Inlet Fishing Call Phone 9 MANTEO (Dare County) m F. E. GOHOON AYERS COLUMBIA PLYMOUTH (Washington-Martin Area).
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