Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-11-29
OARTER'S
ALOLUMN
,v II. HORACE CARTER

~e.~, was just one major topic
.; n.avcrsation around town
S.~,. thanksgiving day, the wea-
.a.~ And this time people wern't
ms, easing the time of day.
iy-,- ne mercury drops down
around - and Is degrees this
sa-,y i. the winter along the
c9s- things have taken an un-
,,s,.. .ura. Took a lot of fuel
nj and lot of top coats to keep
a ,o- OF people warm.
Noy last year was one Of the
m;l8a~c winters on record if you
rarr,.h,r. This summer. time
and a.a.n was heard the remark.
w. had such a warm winter that
me n.-squitoeS and gnatS and
miner insects just didn't get kill
d W.. i the first few days Of
Ufr-e~ are any indication of
what me next few months are
o1,rg % be. we have a bunch
.aa- & .o- OF insects are going to
hire the dust before spring rolls
around again. Just goes to show
maj hot Or cold. rain or shine,
no weather always has some one
disp,easci and some one happy
BIZ. It vas hard to find anyone
overly happy about our II de-
gree temperature Saturday.
Along with all the fish stories
ma, We have heard during the
Das- few months. now comes the
,ales Of how many birds people
killed ore. the Thanksgiving sea-
son. There's one thing about
these hunting tales though, it's
hard 10 find anybody saying too
much about killing any huge
number. Seems that the limit of
zen per person kind of keeps the
tales down 10 a reasonable level.
Il il weren't for that law, we
ust wonder now many birds peo-
pie would De saying they killed.
Now as for our hunting expert
enceS this past weekend, well
il turned ont a great deal like
moSt OF our fishing. We did a lot
Of walking in the bitter cold,
1 wore blister on our heel the
I Sze Of a dime that still has us
nall crippled. threw away sever
a. dollars in shells, and wound
up with a couple of rabbits, a
couple Of squirrels and no birds.
Now some of the group killed
few birds. seven seems to be
me number. but our side of the
ledger was amazingly free of an
guilt Seems that we all shot a
lot Of tine in the same direction
and apparently at the same bird
but on each occasion it seemed to
be some one else who brought
down the feathers.
Makes us think of another tale
my daddy told me. He was never
much 4. mis- hunting business
Oh, did 20 with some friends
once and they were quite good
d, ORD hunting. Dad says every
line a cOTcy went up, he shot
t~ce right along with everyone
else and .hen the companions
would 20 out and gather up the
oTcS; there being no question
Jul W2at Dad had completely
""N>ed on each occasion. Well
"eacuaIly single bird rose and
"yaI@d down an old SaWmlll
,'31 IN open territory. The other
hunters We're some distance a
'sE 50 Dad pulls down on him
~ al SHOOTS ne bird down. Dad
Immediately shouts who Killed
u ma, ore?" Both the other
~-a,ars looked at each other and
.--@a back that they hadn't
MO, "aar.upon, Dad said well
>.e>S I must have killed that
'a2 I sao,."
certain party of around
IN" Who IS big football boost
vas saving this week that
| -" colleges massacre at the
~,~s' Of William and Mary last
49," was equal to General Gus
IS as -.ard at Little Horn
- j. was roally an Indian mas
~. ,,7 O.. the upset boys" of State