Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-12-12
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PHILLIPS HARRELsON

the stores and observe all the
mechanical toys that are on
display. In fac. some of them
are more complicated than the
earlier automobiles and indeed
the people charged with their
upkeep must have more mech
anical know how than the me-
chanicS who worked on Model
T FordS. With all this ! think
OF the gentleman I recently saw
who has eleven children at
home. At this time he mus;
have quite 4 bit on his mind
other than the two trips he has
10 make TO town or Saturday
10 get all the family there.
Yes, things have progressed
since the days when a friend
OF mine and ! decided 70 go
into The woods and saw Us out
a set OF wagon wheels. Well,
We found the right sized gum
tree for the wheels and began
telling the tree. We decided -
take 4 brcathcr about half way
through the out and my friend
Said-"Bill. let's change and
build US a cart" (Two wheels
We kept on until the tree Nj;
down and We had started saw =
ing on the first wheel wher /.
had an idea - ! proposed
Say let's build wheel bar
row that would be handler. -
We settled on the wheel bag-
row.
The tobacco cut is still the
main topic of all farm discus
sion. One angle that had not
occurred 10 me was brought up
last week. Namely-Will tn
Gu; affect land prices? - The
question was debated pro and
con until large land owner
advanced this idea, said he
In my opinion we are in for
Land shortage IN the near
future. Paper company hold
ingS and other large companies
have I large percentage OF po-
icntia! farm land that viii b.
frozen from nov on" All int
cECSt!ng opinioui
The blooms" Columbus.
Horry, and Brunswick ccuntics
have been cXpcr!w cnt!ng late
~ from Jet plargS have been
the subject Of Nu.h conjecture.
One fellow told me he believed
The rcccn. dock explosion in
New York City was what We
heard. However We can safely
say our neck OF back woods
has graduated from OK carts
10 the jet age in one genera
ton.
Professional sheep shearer.
have always been a rarity IN
the Carolinas. However / ran
into one last Friday. The man
was en- route TO JohnSonvil!c.
;. {. 10 shear 4 flock, herd, or
whatever one would call a pas
So! O: sheep which numbered
$50 sheep. lie said wool raising
IN the Caroi!naS Is definitely
on the upswing and is profit
able. He stated that the AMI
mails in JohnSCnyi!le were
young and that they would
yield some six or eight pound,
OF WOO! on their first Shcaring
II" also said a grown cy,
would yield some twelve OF
fourteen pounds OF wool Def
year, and the number o: ami
mails that could be grazed or
an acre Of paStureIand was de-
termIned by type OF pasture
and the fertilization thereof
All in all I enjoyed an interest
ing conversation with the shcen
man.
Farm work last week was
getting along as everyone was
out making use Of the mic,
weather. Lots OF land was be.
ing diSked and plenty of stalks
were being cut under. Also
plenty of hogs we're being
outchcred in anticipation O,
the holidays.
Overheard in a BARNARD
where a farmer was fcedinf
the chickens and carrying on q
conversation with his CITY
bred daughter-in-law. Said the
daughter in law - "Arcn',
those hard pices of corn kino
OF rough on the poor chicken.
stomachs?"
Lots of building still goes on
Not only are many homes und.
er construction but many chur-
en- buildings are going I'D.
With this issue we WELDON,
as new Observation-Disclosures lie,
Brooks, w. II. Stanley, San
S"inson, Theodore EDGE
James Edge, Clyde Lewis, Cor.
don Coleman. Windell Strick.
land, and, Mamie Rouse. Thanh
you a lot folks and may yoti
stay with the Tribune be Ions