Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-21
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PHILLIPS HARRISON

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modern and of the past have
stated and maintained that wo-
man Is the stronger Of the
sexes. Too, sometime ago
noted doctor stated in a medi-
cal journal that the female was
better equipped for the daily
struggle than the mail. This OF
course only bore out the in
centrovertible figures of the
actuaries who compile statistics
for insurance companies. Still
it took an incident of some
weeks ago to prove to me that
we men are really the weak
vessels that we actually are. A
section crew of the Atlantic
Coast Line over on the VII
mington-Florencc line was en-
gagged in replacing ties in the
road bed and a local farmer
and his wife were hauling dis
cardcd ties away with tractor
and cart. Now this called for
toting some of tncse old ties
from the road bed to the road
alongside the right of way,
which at some points was a
considerable distance. AS !
came up | noticed the man
staggering under his end of n
tie while the lady was carrying
her end with no trouble at all.
Right then | decided this was
a thing that needed invcStiga-
ton and some thought so !
stopped and talked. Well, about
every third tie the man would
call for a breathing spell while
the woman would eXclaim-
"Come on, we have got to get
this done" This went on until
the cart was loaded and thI
man went Off driving the ;rac.-
or while the lady was CnSconC-
ed on the load of ties. for one
heartily agreed with the sec
ton foreman when he remark
ed sure would hate TO drive
spikes with that lady
Hog killing time is with us
again and of course that calls
for sweet potatoes and chittcr-
lingS. The cold snap OF last
week saw a great number Of
porkers hung in the smoke
house. And of course the abb
batoirS must have experienced
a mild boom in business. 1t
seems that more pork and
home grown meats of all kinds
are being saved for home con-
sumption than in years gone
by. That in itself is one of the
hcalthiCSt signs an agricultural
community such as ours can
show. AS long as a Carolinian
has meat in the smoke house,
corn in the barn. tatcrS in L.,
hill, and lightwood knots N
the thickets, there just amt no
hard times. the poet who got
fancy and decided that-"A
jug Of wine-A loaf OF bread.
And thou, my love" - was
needed for full life jus:
didn't know the facts OF life.
Farm folks are getting out
the last of their sweet potatoes
these days. Some with good re-
suits and some with indiffCr-
ent luck. One gentleman ! Wis
tied seemed TO be having :
run Of hard luck. Said hc-"I
made me a kcg of wine and
what Of ii didn't leak out my
wife poured out. And here I'm
trying to dig taters and they
are all slips" Then with a
rueful smile-"Wcll you car
set them out and work them
but it amt up TO you whether
they make or not" A true
philosopher!
In passing l note that the
Cherry Grove Church building
Is being remodelcd. It must be
the growth of the congregation
requires more space. because |
for one and / have heard other
people who pass that way re-
mark on what a nice looking
church Cherry Grove has.
With this issue we welcome
as new subscribers - Vollpv
Turbeville, William f. Buff
kin, Ionic Hayes. E'dun
Granger. J. L. Murray. Ernest
Mcpherson. Clinton Spivcv. y
I. Mckee, NJ. A. Frink. Till
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