Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-07-20
l.a!ly Edesings Resigns Post
as re MsercEaunfs Secretary

Tally EodlnsS, Tor the past
three years executive Secre-
tary OF the Tabor City Mcrch-
ants Association, today tend
cred his resignation To Jimmy
Hutham. president.
In reSigning, EddingS said
! that he had no immediate plans
! other than returning 10 his
/ Horny county farm and upcr-
| atIng II as he was prior 10 ac-
cepting the merchants aSsocia-
ton JOB three years ago. He
cited lack Of interest on the
part of merchants in their as
ISOLATION as his reason for re-
! signing.
Il certainly have no malice
for any one. have loved the
work as executive secretary
and have great respect and ad-
, mlratiUn for the merchants
and for the people of Tabor
City and this area. believe
that II is to the advantage of
the association that resign
and hope this move will slim
ulate greater interest in their
association for businessmen
ana serve as shot in the arm
Tor the association. In this
type Of position, il many times
acts as a Stimulant to get new
life and new blood in the i'm
portant post of executive seq
rotary. | hope my resignation
Will serve that purpose" Edd-
ingS said.
Il sincerely want TO work
with and cooperate in every
possible way with the associa-
ton and the peoples of this
area III the future" he said.
Eddings' resignation is effec-
1--WE August |, and includes his
three-fold position as execu-
uve-Secretary of the Merchants
Association, Manager of the
TABOR City Credit Bureau. and
sales supervisor OF the Tobae-
CO Market.
EddlngS said he was advis-
ing all members of the board
OF directors of the merchants
Association. the president of
the credit bureau and the pres
ident OF the tobacco board of
trade OF mis- resignation.
he also said he was attach
ing list of recommendations
Tor the association to his let
terS of resignation.
lows:
July 10, 1860
MT. Jimmy Hufham, President
Tabor City Merchants
Association
TABOR City, North Carolina
Dear Mr.. Huffman:
only July /, 1857. MIR. RIev
Hewitt, President of the Tabor
City Merchants Association
contacted me at the Carolinas
country Club where was
working. He asked me to meet
with his Board of Directors to
consider the job of Executive
Secretary of the Tabor City
Merchants Association. This !
agreed to do. That night, after
meeting with Mr.. Hewitt and
all Of his directors, il was de-
clded that / would become EX-
ecutive Secretary of the .Mer-
chants Association with the
understanding that at the end
OF SIX months If either party
was dissatisfied that | would
or could resign. This has never
come up again.
A mass meeting Of most of
the Tabor City Merchants was
held on the night of July 5,
1897. The group was told that
the progress of Tabor City de-
pended on two things. Get
ting new industry to give our
people additional income. They
were told then that we would
De most fortunate if we we're
able to obtain a new industry
of any size within three to five
years. 2-That every merch-
ants must work together for
the benefit of all (This was
the night that our first Per-
Sonal Contact Campaign was
outlined, planned and put in
to effect. 1t did build ire
mcndouS amount of Goodwill
Tor Tabor City and has been
the talk OF surrounding towns
ever since.
The week of July IL. 1857,
Dr. X. G.. Cameron and | con-
tactcd Mr.. Troy Mcpherson.
Manager Of Radio Station
WTAB. about daily radio
Nr'ora'n or the farmers. 10 be
even i've b" 'rC Executive
SECRETARY. Troy CracIou-ly ar
ranged the program. For the
past three years this program
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