Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-10-31
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COUNTRYSIDE
PHILLIPS HARRISON

place of business states BE
ASANT UNTIL TIE N
O'CLOCK EACH DAY AND
THE REST OF THE DAY
WILL TAKE CARE OF ITS
SELF" 1t wouldn't take the
quickest witted person in the
world to figure out there's a
world Of truth in that. And it
is so easy to be pleasant and
to meet the daily grind with a
smile. A California service sta
ton operator once was noted
as having the foulest early
morning crouch in his town so
imagine one of his customers
establishment when he brought
a flat down to be fixed and the
operator met him with a simle
and when he was finished
brushed of payment with n
cherry-''Have a flat on the
house old friend" AS soon as
the astounded customer could
he asked-"What in the world
has come over you?" The serv-
ice station man replied-"Yes-
terday heard some of my
neighbors talking about Sour
PuSs' johnson and when my
wife told me they were dis
cuSsing me | decided TO do
something about il. So, meet
Old Smiley Johnson in per-
son." The person who told this
story said he was Smiley John
son from that day.
Building is going on all over
the county. One building sup
ply man stated the situation
best when he said - Every
body is talking hard times and
building like wild-fire." When
complimentcd on nice home
he has under construction. a
local man said-"Oh that is
just the garage they are on
now. Wait and see the house
when the builders get TO it,"
Farm folks are busy getting
their potatoes dug now and al
SO putting in a few ticks on
their hay when weather per-
mitS. OF course the hunters are
hard to manage now that some
of the hunting season is in full
swing. II seems some of the
ladies are near 10 being grass
widows. Anyway I'm looking
for a hunk of veniSon to come
my way almost any day.
The rains of recent weeks
really had the ground wet but
the streams have not shown
much OF a rise. Unless they
were much lower than I had
any idea. Most of the streams
are running" now that had
not for long time. Maybe the
cat fish will get enough so they
can Craze on the banks yet.
a yellow jacket up ones
p"ntS leg sure can cause a per
son to jump. Last week while
was discussing the merits of
The Tribune with a lady over
IN Ccrro Gordo ii happened TO
me. Trat lady stood rooted in
open mouthed amazcmCnt as I
suddenly went into what I'm
sure she thought was the antics
OF a contortioniSt to saw the
least. | won but not without
wounds and hard battle. So
| shall add still another occu-
patlonal hazard TO my pcdd,-
er'S hand-bood.
Frost is slow in arriving this
year. Time was when I would
De worrying about the jerusa-
lem oak seed being dry enough
10 sell. That was one crop 7
watched as my supply of gun
smells for the Thanksgiving
holiday depended on it. 1t has
Always been a mystery to me
what medicinal purpose the
seed served. All know was
mat they could be converted
INTO trade at almost any coun-
Try store. Smokeless powder
was one luxury l did not sub
scribe to. What did il matter 10
/ had to wait for the smoke IN
clear in order TO see if had
scored a hit? The noise and tho
DAY was enough for me. Yes
Sir black powder was O. K
And cheaper too!
With this issue we welcon,o
as new subscribers - Rogcr
Canady. Arthur Ward. Mrs &
q. Ward, Floyd Hilburn. Jose
pm Mcpherson, Mrs. w. NJ
Jcnrette. James Cartrcttc. K
r.. Dew d. c. Stalvcy. M. M.
stephens. Cecil Strickland
shelton Granger. L. NJ. Har-
rclSon, Charles Blackwell. s. F
Floyd, Mrs. Grace Higgins. G.
r. Dudley. Robert l.. Ward. c
ID. Mobiles. Bobby l.. Norris
sherwood Floyd. Jane f. Ora
man, and. Edith Powell. THANK
you lot folks and may your
stay with the Tribune be long
and pleasant