Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-28
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COUNTRYSIDE
lY PHILLIPS HAkkELSOF

Weather has always been a
favorite topic OF discussion
wherever men meet That =
especially true of folk who
gain a livelihood in the out
doors. Back in the early twen-
ties OF the century there lived
an old character whose popu-
larity was widespread through
the mountain area where he
lived. Uncle Zeke was a little
more affluent than his neigh
bors owning several farms and
a small store as we'll as a saw
mill. So none of the folk gave
much thought to the fact that
he began to build up a reputa-
ton as a weather prophet soon
after one of his buying trips to
the falkland. In fact people
soon began seeking out Uncle
Zeke TO get his opinion on the
weather before undertaking
any project that the weather
would affect. Imagine the sur
prise when a group Of his nei-
ghborS approached him to get
the word on the weather for a
neighborhood working" when
he answered-"Sorry can't
help you, my radio fell off the
table and busted. I've got TO
carry il to the man In the city
to get it fixed" 1t would seem
that the old boy had been hold
ing out on the boys.
Last week discussion was
on at a local cross roads store
about the lack of cold weather
and the almost absence Of frost
we have enjoyed this fall, so
far, when a gentleman offered
the opinion that we were in for
a lot OF cold nasty days after
winter set in. When asked the
basis of this he Said-"anytimc
the corn shucks are as heavy as
they arc this year you can look
for a hard winter" Then a
young fellow made evidently
was student Came up with
this-"I read in a book that
when Roosevelt Of. d. r. was
president he controlled the
flood on the Mississippi maybe
he can do something about the
cold weather" Was that sar-
casm. cyniciSm, or just a Joke?
The number of vancant ten
ant houses around the area is
q little alarming to those who
are Interested in the welfare
OF our farms. Each day / come
in contact with from one to
half a dozen good tenant farm
erS who are looking for a place
for next year. And the sad part
Is they are not finding the ac-
rcage required for them to
make a living. Daily we are
losing people who are an asset
to any community.
WnCn | was small boy over
at Clarendon / we'll remember
man who dearly loved TO
move. In fact nc once lived in
field where there was two
houses and during that summer
ne would move from one house
10 the other. l. vas a standard
nciGhborhood joke that Dick
moved so mU.h his older hens
would lay down and cross their
legs TO be tied every time Dick
came out Of the house. Chick
en- crates were hard to come
by IN that era.)
Here are some figures that
are interesting to me. In North
Carolina, l4,809, 900 acres Of
forestland are privately owned
industries own 1854 900 acres
and a total Of 1883, 900 acres
are public lands owned by fed
eral. state and local govern
ments. These figures were
compiled by the Department OF
Agriculture as of January 1851
With just a little care In firs
prevention and game conserya-
ton we can all have room to do
our possum hunting and rabbit
shooting with that much woods
land available. In fact we can
get in a little deer driving as
well. ~
With this issue we welcome
as new subscribers-J. l.. Had
dock, 1dell Stanley, Allen c.
ward, Mrs. Cecil McCumbee
II. r. McCumbee, w. s. Ellis.
and Lena Frink. Thanks a lot
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