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North Carolina (Columbus County), Tabor City — Mt. Tabor
		Baptist Church est. here in 1840. Community settled in 1850’s. Railroad terminus located, 1886. Incorporated 1805. Charter changed to Tabor City, 1935. Former “Yam Capital” of the World. — Map (db m862)
North Carolina (Columbus County), Tabor City — The Tabor City Tribune
		Established by Stanly County native W. Horace Carter in 1946. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service in 1953. Named changed to Tabor-Loris Tribune in 1996. — Map (db m863)
North Carolina (Columbus County), Whiteville — D 74 — Millie ~ Christine McKoy
		Black Siamese twins born near here, 1851. exhibited in U.S. and Europe. Died in 1912. Grave is five miles N. — Map (db m20458)

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