Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-11-14
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BY PHILLIPS HARRELSON

Well, the election is over and
some degree of entertainment.
has returned to tv and radio
fans. Also n discussion Of what
could have been has supplant-
ed the old theme of what will
be. In short we have returned
to the starting point again. AS
long as healthy arguments and
loud discussions about or con-
corning politics can be heard
we can rest assured that all is
we'll in our nation. When the
day comes that the citiZenry is
too apathetic or not interested
enough to get out and make a
little noise about their favorite
candidates we may well begin
to think about our political
future. An overalled, tobacco
chewing gentleman over in
Darlington county who had
voted the independent ticket
that day expressed the national
spirit exactly as see it on
election night. A group includ-
ing myself were gathered about
televiSion set in a country
store. When likes lead had
mounted to where it was APP
parent that he had carried the
country overwhelmingly this
man gave his overalls a hitch
and commented with a grin
Man I'll bet OF Ike will knock
a home run with that 'glf' ball
in the morning!" This fellow
really had something to think
about, he had not thought the
republicans were right, he
could not see eye to eye with
the democrats so going along
with his honest conviction he
had voted independent and
losing he cou.d Joke about the
whole proceeding. Well, he
may have figured that SO many
Of the people could not have
been wrong too much.
My visit to the piedmont
gave me an insight into farm
ing / had never enjoyed be-
fore. Seeing a man plant acre
after acre of wheat and other
small grain | stopped and ask
ed questions and came away
with some very interesting in
formation. This is the mans
statement in his own words
II have some seventy acres
under cultivation, three and
one half in toba 90 and nearly
seven acres under cotton con-
tract. This year 1850 found
me withOu. help and | was in
a mess. So this coming season
will find me with fifteen acres
of wheat, twenty acres Of oats.
twenty acres of corn, and the
remainder in fOodStuffs and
hay unless | find more help. !
can do this by myself with the
help of a neighborhood COM
b:nc crew and stay ahead Of
the game" There are no mules
or horses on this farm. A flock
OF seven hundred hens finds
- ready market for its cggS and
=. course the family have scy-
-r.I COWS and hogs. II all
.uuDdcd reasonable and il must
&c conceded that the place will
be jumping with "vill.cs" mis-
year coming. But TO tn.lk of a
farm without d mule or two to
ridei Could il be that the COM
ing generations of farm boys
will have 10 visit a circus or a
city zoo 10 get acquainted with
a mule?
Another fellow was putting
large slice of his land into pas
ture and over delicious din
ner | thought I would joke
little so l remarked-"There is
no basis to the rumor that Ike
will convert all the Stevenson
states into pastureland so why
are you jumping the gun and
getting your land all messed
up?' My host smiled and said
well, my herd Of cows has
been my mainstay for some
years now so why not give the
cows a decent place to gr1zc?"
That too sounded reasonable
to me. But / did find one thing
that | figured might well be
the most important factor 10
make this possiblc-thcy have
local market for their pro-
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