Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-03-27

come and gone. The number
can hardly be counted on both
, hands. But despite the con-
slant turnover Of such full
time men, the organization
itself has continued to work
and progress.
Il Primarily this has been the
responsibility NJ Il number of
good. substantial businessmen
who knew that progress of bust
ness and organization Of the men
IN business 90 hand in hand.
Competition for business has
always been keen in Tabor City
but generally the Merchants As
ISOLATION has helped 10 keep this
competition friendly and on q
high plane. II has meant the
difference in pulling together
and separately on many occa-
SionS.
\ townwidc promotion such
as the present Discount Days
event was never possible in thy
big way prior to the formation
of the association. With the org
anization. Two or more such pro-
motions have been carried out
each year and generally they
have been successful.
Indirectly the formation u.
the Merchants Association was
responsible for the annual Car
olinaS Yam Festival. II was from
this merchants group that tbs
idea developed and the festival
has some TO be one OF thc fore
attractions in Eastern North Car
DINA every October.
More than 20 new businesses
have opened in Tabor City since
the formation Of the aSsocia-
ton. And retail trade has in
creased by leaps and bounds
every year IN the past decade.
: And while ncr businesses
We're opening, store after store
has undergone extensive rcmOd-
event was never possible IN the
where can boast OF so many
modern up-to-datc store fronts
and fixtures. The old tin avn
iuGs OF a decade ago are almost
gone from Tabor City streets.
Tabor City stores have also
taken the lead in air condi-
. tioning and the vast majority
of places doing business on
the main streets now are COM
Portable for shoppers the year
around. And others add this
important feature every sum-
mer.
The past ten years has seen
the coming OF d myriad OF n,
best OF super market faCilIti,S.
when the Merchants Association
was formed, hardly any of tho
existing grocery stores could be
clasSed as modern super market
concerns.
Department stores have grown
IN number and inside and out
side appearance has improved
greatly. More types OF goods are
being handled than ever before
and better quality is available
than ever before. Name mcTch-
andisc. comparable TO that OF
the bigger Carolina cities. can
be found on many counters.
Hardware, furniture and farm
supply firms are as modern anc
up 10 date as any anywhere anc
1 there arc few commodities tha'
the grower needs that isn't read,
| Ly available.
Fertilizer dealers are IN u,
bundance handling all-knowr
major brands conveniently fin.
anced for the farmer.
Tabor CIty'S one bank ha.
moved into u beautiful new
structure since the birth OF IN;
| Merchants association and Ia
constantly expanded its Scrvic,,
| and facilities.
Automotivc dealers have cx.
banded. improved and progress.
ed rapidly in the past decade a
have all other types OF loca
| business.
Some Of this progress un.
doubleday would have takcr
place without an active associa
ton but there is reason TO be.
licyc that Tabor City would no
enjoy the trading spotlight thai
Il does today had no organiIa-
ton been in existence.
Some industry has come I;
Tabor City IN recent years anc
like the Yam Festival, the Mer-
chants Association has played Q
part i'll cnticing these payrolls
Other organizations have beer
formed TO handle new projects
but generally the groundwork
for new or expanded industry
has been started by the merch-
ants themselves and their org.
| lnization.
There's still need for q bigger
and better Merchants AsSocia.
| ton but the existing one ha,