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'so-sl!tTEEN NO' 16 "?.PAGES TODAY Southport, N. C., Wednesday. July 28th, 1948 runusHED every wedwesdai ii.so pek yea*
[ABOR city expects banner year again
Mart Operator
f, OOLEMAX. SR.. one of;
[a;ow n warehousemen in j
^.e will again operate the!
farmers and the Carolina;
jKr City. He is a native of
isbus County.
wk Suggests
SreatCare In
Handling Yams
istant County Agent Of
fers Pointers On Har
?ting Of Sweet Potato
rop
BV IV. R. CROOK
VMM t County Agent)
Kt potatoes are a perish
wge'able, chiefly because it
Aject to various rota, in
i and other disorders. Dis
? for careful handling prac
i: harvest time leads to a
Sior. in quality or even heav
teses. Two often careful
fc; compared with ordenary
rj will more than pay the
ateg cost in the increased
s received for the potatoes,
kg potatoes are dug, they
? easily and these bruises
M too noticeable on the day
ligirj. However, if several
? pass before marketing these
to?s, the bruises will turn
I and damage the appearance
aie value ox the potatoes.
? consuming public is be
15 core quality concious and
P top prices we must offer
Wjr product. The war is
? buyers and consumers
W take any type of pro- {
: 'jit is dumped on them, [
fee potato growers must,
' W a quality product for (
and cured market. i
8 'Ser badly handled pota-j
held, the worse they I
Packed for market. In
'potatoes. all defects, wheth-i
?B-ffiads or otherwise, usual
showing up before the
^ach the far away city
f " v?lume and price is
a high and profitable
* effort must be
? Produce, harvest and
? ^ high quality products.
. 'S that all potato grow
wade an effort to pro
quality crop. Now when
ii "If made- 11 is just not |
ess to allow damage J
' - especially when most|
^ u? to harvesting and
prevented.
should be handled like
t 1 br'ck-bats.
time can be set'
lit','" ?Weet Potatoes be
Ctsze either to take,1
it j,... e ear|y market
*mt are mature and i
* W? f?r froat- '
U are *>* as a
''win aii'Sm? and cutting
fcj tiire ?thcr causes- At
'o-Jip polato?s W'U have
?oo>i,, Rrountl from four to
'*tcat.ancJ the* sklns are
1 % shnnil tender' There
at su, ' not remain in
?*. nor I? more tha" 30
^ fl('d ovr'I,U . t^lcy remain
fcen dij^ n'Sht after hav
h* ' I
/%viriv '" sweet potatoes
? should be
** the>t^'.s \vhen you can
^ 2 Is." 1 potatoes
. to c?t rrcuttcr and
fc"-r ^ arrl u vlnes- This
r -lister an I t0 a larS?
?ls?Cfssarv ? ?nly one fur*
I *t y0i, r,row' making
[ ?veryur P'ow deep and
* ' hack a?!, row and
, ar.d piow Up ^
P?tatoes out and
* 00 Page 2) ,
NEW FARMERS AND CAROLINA
RUN BY COLEMAN AND SIKES
Old Warehouses On Tabor
City Market Wul Again
Be Operated By Veteran
Personnel
COLEMAN iT LEADER
IN LEAF BUSINESS
Harry Nunn Will Return As
Auctioneer Wi^th C. B.
Edwards As Head
Bookkeeper
TABOR CITY?R. C. Coleman,
Sr. and Mrs. Harriett L. Slkes
will again operate Tabor City's
two oldest warehouses?the New
Farmers and the Carolina?dur
ing the forthcoming market sea
son.
Previous to the 1947 season, tey
had operated the New Farmers
[but last year they leased the
[Carolina and run the two ware
houses.
Associated with them will be
Mr. Coleman's two son, R. C.
| Coleman, Jr. and Joe E. Coleman,
! a brother of the veteran local
tobacconist. Mr. O. L. Coleman
has been associated with the New
Farmers for several years except
for the 1947 season when he was|
a partner in the operation of the
Dixie Warehouse at Fair Bluff.
The New Farmers and the Car
olina will once again resound with
the chant of the even-popluar
auctioneer, Harry Nunn. Mr. Nunn
[will be back for his sixth sea
json.
The bookkepplng force of the
! two houses will be headed by
j C. B. Edwards. Eugene Eubanks
twill be book man.
The operators of the New Far
mers and Carolina are among the
i busiest in the tobacco business.
[ In addition to the two houses
here, they operate one warehouses
in ? Mebane and three houses in
Boone, the latter being in the
Burley tobacco area.
Mr. Coleman and Mrs. Sikes
[are thus engaged in selling tob
lacco during at least six months
jof every year.
Mr. Coleman is one of the
leaders in the warehouse field and
was recently elected to the pre
1 sidency of the North Carolina
Burley Warehouse Association.
The New Farmers Warehouse
is located on Fouth Street and
the Carolina is situated on Fifth
Street.
Bakery Opened
In TC Recently
Business Is Operated By
Mr. And Mrs. Frank j
Augustyn Who Were
Born In Belgium
TABOR CITY.?One of the re
cent developments which was wel-1
corned enthusiastically here was
the establishment of a bakery by I
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Augustyn,!
Belgium-born citizens, who came'
to this community more than a|
year and a half ago.
Leasing the Fifth Street build
jing formerly occupied by Pember
ton's Grocery, Mr. an\1 Mrs. Au
i gustyn completely renovated the
j structure to house their new and
j sanitary equipment.
The new enterprise was opened
for busioess less than two months
J ago. Pastries, cakes, pies, bread
I and roll are now being sold to a
| widening list of patrons.
Warmed Ground
| May Yield Leaf
! LONDON?Prospects of tobac
co grown In electrically-warmed
soil is interesting British farm
ers. It would be a valuable crop,
they say, with smoking tobacco
now selling in Britian at an aver
age of 80 cents an ounce, and
cigarettes at an average of 72
: for 20 cents.
j Herefordshire farmers now are
studying the possibilities of
warming soil after Raymond
Coorr bes, of Ross-on-Wye, report
ed he germinated tobacco seed
! this year by such a method, and
that he also evolved an entirely
new system of drying tobacco."
Government agents said some fin-'
ancial assistance might be grant
ed if there were prospects of de
veloping the crop here.
Britian now imports virtually,
all the tobacco used by her1
I smokers, although some farmers
in Cornwall raise little for their
>wn use. ,
Hallman Added To
TG Jewelry Staff
TABOR CITY?Daniel Hallman
of Charles, S. C. was recently
added to the staff of Reece's
Jewelry as watch repairman.
Mr. Hallman received his train
ing at Charleston where he stud
ied under experienced instructors
in this field.
Reece's Jewelry is owened and
operated by Mrs. John D. Gore.
Border Town In
Forefront With
Its Civic Groups
Organizations Are Playing
Lading Role In Develop
men t Of Community;
W^.V. Club Buy.
House J
TABOR CITY-The Tabor City
civic and fraternal organizations
play a large part in the life o
the citizenry of Tabor City. A
mong the different
are the Woman's club, Pioneer
Study club, Rotary club, Civitan
club, American .Legion Post'
erican Legion Auxiliary. Veter
ans of Foreigns wars, the Maso
nic Order, Eastern Star, Wood
man of the World and Woodman
Ci?e Woman's Club had for its
main objective thisyear^purchas
ing a clubhouse which was acm
"ved in early spring. The building
is being used for club meeting
I and is available for community
gatherings and recreational pur
noses The club headed the local
Christmas unde^rivUegeddrive
overseas drive for clothes th
Faster Seal and Cancer dr.ve, and
participated in many other pro
jects for community betterment.
J to, h.?? stua, ciui ? ?
tinuine its sponsorship of the
Tabor City schools faculty ea,
i an^ promotion of th. .tu?r ?
't?.i ol Wter
i w
Igram and has cooperated with a!l
civic improvements and drive*
| ^ Civitan club started the
nroiect of a new athletic field
I the Tabor City school, an
through the cooperation of oth
oreanizations, a modern fence
'has been installed and orders
i placed for other equip
Si Lr ?
hissss? V -
its Auxiliary have increased the
oint organizations membership
and have done definite
veterans .both local and ^ate
wide The post is continuing its
:^oS.ipPof the local boy scout
^The Veterans of Foreign Wars,
an organization chartered -nc.
World war H, has done outstand
ing work for veterans, and has
cooperated community proJec?
The local post is now sponsoring
a sea scout troop.
The Tabor City paternal orgam
.. have attained high reco
for their accompl.hmenta
Sth local and state-wide, for
their outstanding work and ac
^Tabo^'city folks are also proud
of the Parent-Teachers Associat
ion, the Merchants Association,
and their churches.
City Cafe Modern
Dining Institution
TABOR CITY?The City Cafe,
under the management of Mrs.
Joe Spivey for the past several
months, has become one of the'
popular eating places of Tabor j
City.
After purchasing the business,!
Mrs. Spivey renovated the Cafe!
building and now numbers the!
Rotary Club among its list of
customers.
Mrs. Spivey is planning for a J
large volume of business during
the tobacco season.
Hie potato is a native of South
America and was found in North
America as early as the 16th.
Century.
Tabor Secretary
Forecasts Great
Future For Town
Lawrence C. Ashby Says
Border Town Now Stands
On Threshold Of Another
Golden Era
ASSERTS COMMUNITY
READY TO DEVELOP j
Each Milestone Marked |
With Permanent And
Stable Changes Pro
vides Feeling Of
Security
BY LAWRENCE C. ASHBY,
(Executive Secretary, Tabor
City Merchants Association
Looking over the history of
Tabor City you will find that
many years ago it was called Mt.
Tabor. The Legislature changed
the name to labor City in or
der to avoid any errors that
might occur due to the similarity
in names between Tarboro, N.
C., and Mt. Tabor, N. C. It is
a matter of conjecture whether
or not that change was a pro
phecy for the future of the com
munity; but it is a matter of
fact that since the change was
made, the growth of "Mt. Ta
bor" into the progressive and
ambitious Tabor City has been
a constant one, each milestone
marked with permanent and
stable changes that have given
the town and adjacent area a
feeling of protective security and
a promising future.
The record of progress stands
for all the world to see. Enter
prising men with the pioneering
spirit of the West visualized a
larger community, and eventually
a city, to satisfy the needs de
manded by the rich, fertile soil
of Eastern North Carolina. Their
spirit of enterprise has grown in
intensity with the passing years,
easily spreading itself to every
newcomer. It is a common thing,
indeed, to hear an outsider vol
untarily comment on the spirit of
industry and civic pride which
has built this thriving and pros
perous community.
At this very moment, Tabor
City stands on the threshold of
another golden era, and proudly
says this is the town with a city
in its future. Undaunted by de
pressions, droughts, or bad crops,
the people have fixed their eyes
on the stars, and rung by rung
are steadily climbing the ladder
to metropolitan heights.
This community was built on
the dreams of visionary men who j
have watched those dreams be-1
come breathless reality. We j
dream again today, like those be- ?
fore us, of many things, of a to
bacco market with two sets of
buyers, of a sweet potato market
the like of which the world has
never seen, of more and bigger
warehouses, of a redrying plant,
of factories and yes, even of sky
scrapers. There is no limit to our
dreams and, consequently, no
limit to the heights we can reach.
And we know, as did our prede
cessors, that dreams, like pray
ers, will never come true without
faith and hard work. And who is
there, that can say we don't have
the faith or the working ability
to achieve our dreams?
Today, with new blood flowing
through its veins, Tabor City
reaches out for its golden future
with strong and confident arms.
The businessman and the ware
houseman, the farmer, the school
boy, the clerk and the housewife,
know that their future is with
Tabor City, and therein lies the
secret to the successes of the
past and the key to the success
ful future which is inevitable.
Sow Cannibalism
May Be Avoided i
!
A little psychology and a big
pitchfork will usually solve the
problem of cannibalism in sows,
according to midwestern veterin
ary authorities. Hehe is their ad-!
vice on what to do to keep sows
from gighting and eating the baby
pigs; Just as soon as the pigs
are farrowed, remove them from,
the sow and place one in a con-'
ner of the pen, protecting it withi
a pitchfork. Confronted by the
fork, the sow will approach the
pig with caution, will take time;
to smell it, and within a few]
minutes she will become accus-l
tomed to it. After that ,the rest.'
of the litter can be placed in J
her care, with relatively little i
danger that she will attack them. L
GARRELL'S TWO WAREHOUSES
READY FOR MARKET OPENING
On Tabor Mart
P. D. McMICHAEL, top, and
D. H. HUFFINES, Reldsville to
bacconists, who will again assist
B. Alton Garrell in the operation
of the Garrell Warehouses in Ta
bor City this season. Mc Mc
Michael and Mr. Garrell run the
sales, while Mr. Huffines serves
as auctioneer.
Care Of Poultry
Will Result In
More Hen Fruit
Balanced Ration, Sanitation j
And Freedom From Dis
ease Make Birds Increase '
Production
i
Now Is the best time to see
that things are right around the
poultry yard. Eggs are needed
and unless poultry Is looked af- i
ter, some of the pullets ant} bens
may not lay manjr eggs, . I
first ot ml tney iiccu a balan- j
ced ration and plenty of green I
feed. If the pullets have started
laying, give them laying mash,'
but if they have not started lay
ing they should be given grow
ing mash until they are laying
between 20 per cent and 25 per
cent production. At that time
they may be switched gradually
from growing to laying mash.
Confine the pullets in the lay
ing house for three days or a
week in order that they might
get used to using the house. The
I Continued on page fjve)
Drug Attack On
TB Is Launched
Three - Way Fight Started
Against Disease At Mayo
Clinic In Experiments On
Laboratory Animals
Physicians and veterinarians of
the Mayo Clinic at Rochester,
Minn., have launched a three-way
drug attack against tuberculosis,
in a new effort to find a better
way to treating this dreaded
disease,
Using laboratory animals, the
investigators are testing strepto
mycin in combination with a
sulfa-like drug and a vitamin pre
paration. Streptomycin is already
known to be a valuable agent
against tuberculosis, but germs
are apt to become resistant to
Its action. A hoped-for result!
of giving the sulfa-like drug (pro
min) and the vitamin prepara
tion (para-aminosalicylic acid)
along witli streptomycin is that!
the first two drugs will slow
the appearance of resistant tub
erculosis germs, thus giving stre
ptomycin a chance to fight the
germs more effectively.
Where Did He Get It
Preacher: "Dat's as fine a
goose as I evah see, Brudah Wil
liams, Whar did you get such a
fine goose?"
Mose: "Well, now pahson, when
yo' preach a speshul sermou, X
never axes yo' whar' yo' got it
I hope you will show me de
same consideration."
S\yine on a ration of soybean j
meal should be fed iodized salt, J
to counteract the goiter-produc-!
ing effect of soybeans. This is
particularly important for breed
ing animals, In order to prevent
the birth of weak, hairless, or;
dead pigs. '
P. D. McMichael And D. H. j
Huffines Will Again A?-1
sist B. Alton Garrell In
Operation Of Houses
J. ELROY BELL TO
BE OFFICE MANAGER
All Personnel of Two Large
Warehouses Fully Exper
ienced In Auction
Business
TABOR CITY?Garrell's Ware
houses, Nos. 1 and 2, are ready
for operation when the market
opens on August 3.
The two big houses which have
taken their places as leaders
among auction houses of the Bor
der Belt will again be under the
management of B. Alton Garrell,
a veteran on the Tabor City mar
ket, and P. D. McMichael and
D. H. Huffines who proved so
popular during their first season
here last year.
Mr. Garrell, who is well known
in the tobacco business and in
the brokerage field, and Mr. Mc
Michael will run the sales, while
Mr. Huffines, famous throughout
the country as an auctioneer,
will again sound the chant over
the thousands of piles which will
be sold at the two Garrell houses
tlfis year.
<< All three operators of Garrell's
are veterans in the tobacco busi
ness, having been in this field
practically all of their lives and
having operated warehouses for
20 years.
A competent and fully exper
ienced personnel has been gather
ed together to work on the mar
ket.
J. Elroy Bell, a native of Tabor
City who has long been associat
ed with the Garrell Enterprises,
will again be office manager in
charge of both offices. Mrs. J.
E. Bell will be bookkeeper.
Clerks for the warehouses will
be Winston Shelley, James Gar
rell, Mrs. Doris Garrell, Mrs.
Betty Faye Averitt, Mrs. Marvin
Joyner and Miss Eloise Elliott.
O. D. Garrell will be floor
manager as he has for the past
several years. His assistants will
include E. P. Murrell, M. A. Byrd
and M. G. Fowler.
Mace Jordan and D. C. Soles
will be weighman.
Cole's Grocery
Recent Addition
Business Opened Last Year
Is Under Management Of
Lewis Harrelson; B i g
Stock Carried
TABOR CITY?The past year
brought a major addition to the
business life of this community
when Cole's Grocery purchased
the Lewis building on Railroad
Street and began operations.
Willard W. Cole and associates
completely overhauled the struc
ture which had been occupied for
many years by Hodges Market.
Cole's Grocery now carries a
large stock and ranks among the
leaders in its field. Lewis Harrel
son is manager.
McGougan Is
Constructing
New Building;
New Home Of Electrical
Firm In Tabor City To
Be Ready For Use In
August Or September
TABOR CITY?Expected to be!
ready for occupancy in August
or Steptember is the commodious
new home of the McGougan
Electric Company.
The building, with interior di
mensions of 40 by 90 feet, has
been erected on a Pridgen Street
lot purchased several months ago
by J. M. McGougan, proprietor of
the electrical business.
When wiring and other interior
work is completed, the McGougan
building will be one of the largest
and most complete business hous
es in this section.
Young Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To get the ice man a "bracer"
But hubby came in
And instead of the gin
The ice man got only the
"chaser."
Sales Supervisor
LARRY ASHBY
Ashby Will Be
Supervisor For
Mart In Tabor
Native Of Texas And Grad
uate Of University Of
North Carolina To Be
Market Leader
TABOR CITY?Larry Ashby,
a 26-year-old Navy veteran and
a native of Texas, will serve as
! supervisor on the Tabor City
j tobacco market this season.
Mr. Asfliby, who was employed
: as executive secretary of the
i Merchants Association in June,
j will be named to supervisor of
sales post at the annual meeting
of the Tobacco Board of Trade.
This is in line with the board's
usual policy of cooperating with
| the promotional organization.
Born in Dalhart, Texas. Mr.
! Ashby attended public schools in
'several Texas towns and was
I graduated from high school at
'jackson, Tenn. After completing
his freshman year at Memphis
State College, he worked as ac
| countant for Swift and Company
j and a General Motors distributor
in Memphis.
He enlisted in the Navy in
I September of 1942, took boot
j training at Great-Lakes and was
I assigned to a V-12 unit at the
(University of North Carolina. He
received his commission at Colum
I bia in October of 1944 and saw
'sea duty aboard a naval trans
port as communications and edu
cational officer.
I After fighting was terminated,
he was attached to the Registered
Publications Issuing Office in
New Orleans and was separated
from the service on Aug. 30, 1946
with the rank of lieutenant (Jun
ior grade).
I Mr. Ashby attended the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Chapel
j Hill from 1946 to 1948 and re
t ceived his B. S. degree in Com
i merce on June 7th of this year.
He was treasurer of the Univer
sity Veterans' Association during
I The new executive secretary
I he Tnew executive secretary
.has already made a highly fav
arable impression during his first
month with the local organizat
ion.
Carolina Gleaners
Is New Business
TABOR CITY?Carolina Clean
ers is among the new business
enterprizes which were opened
during the past 12 months in Ta
bor City.
The new dry cleaning estab
lishment Is located in a new build
ing on the Green Sea Highway
a short distance from Hodges
Market. All new equipment was
installed.
Carolina Cleaners is owned and
operated by two brothers, Clar
ence and Lonnie Willoughby.
Lewis Gore Store
Given Overhauling
TABOR CITY?Among the
stores in Tabor City which have
undergone renovation during the
past year is the Lewis Gore Gro
cery which was made into a ]
semi-self-service business.
New fixtures and re-arrange
ment of merchandise added great*
ly to the shopping facilities.
Volume Equaling
1946 Record Seed
By Mart Official
Four Warehouse* Set To Go
When Chant Of Auction*
eer I? Heard Again Oil
August 3rd
$50.00 PER HUNDRED
AVERAGE FORECAST
B. Alton Garrell I* Presi
dent Of Board Of Trad*
And Mrs. Harriett
Sike* I* Secretary
Treasurer
BY LARRY ASHBY
(Sales Supervisor)
TABOR CITY?On Tuesday,
August 3, the sing-song chant of
the tobscco auctioneer will ring
out In the four big: warehouses In
Tabor City and make sweet music
In the ears of leaf growers
throughout this great tobacco
producing area. Once more the'
golden leaf will be exchanged for
the green dollar?and tho high
dollar for which Tabor City has
been famous down through the
years.
The Tabor City market confi
dently expects not only to hold
its high standing earned by Its
selling record of the past but to
go well ahead of last year's vol
ume and approach that of 1946.
There are several reasons why
this prediction can be made.
| In 1946, the Tabor City market
led the entire Border Belt with
the highest average price ahd
placed second on all flue-cured
tobacco markets of the world. In
1947, Tabor City led the North
Carolina markets of the Border
Belts and placed second in the
j belt. This border town took num
ber five position for all flue-cur
ed markets.
For this season, it is predicted
that there will be an average of
$50 per hundred pounds, or even
! better. This is due in part to the
| average loan rate of 43.9 per
pound fixed by the Commodity
j Credit Corporation. Then, too,
j there is a good crop this season,
(and the prospects for tobacco ex
ports are encouraging. There has
;been a shift In demand substanti
ally above that of last year.
The Board of Trade this year
'is headed by B. Alton Garrell as
| president, with Mrs. Harriett L.
Sikes as secretary-treasurer, a
post she has held since 1940.
I For the past two weeks, ban
ners on Railroad Street have
been proclaiming the forthcoming
opening and have created their
share of interest among farmers
and townsmen ,as well as pass
ersby.
Ten days ago, the Tabor City
Merchants Association and the
Tobacco Board of Trade went on
the air over WENC with a pro
gram which will be heard each
afternoon ,from Monday through
Saturday, at 1:30 o'clock. After
the opening of the market, a
"man-on-the-street" broadcast
will be given direct from the
warehouse and other places In
Tabor City.
Although a first-year man on
the market, the writer sticks hia
neck out to forecast sales ap
proaching 10 million pounds and
an average that will place Tabor
City at the top in the Border
Belt.
t. m
ii
Harrelson Office
Near Completion
30x60 Foot Building At
Corner Of Fourth And
Lewis To Be Ready For
Occupancy In August
TABOR CITY?Tabor City'?
newest and second air-conditionr
ed building will be ready for oc
cupancy in August.
An office building. 30 by 60
feet, is now nearing completion
at corner of Fourth and Lewis
Streets. It will be occupied by
Dr. R. C. Harrelson, Jr., native of
Tabor City, who will soon begin
the practice of medicine here.
Dr. Harrelson's office will be
air-conditioned and will be the
second local building to have tU*
modern equipment.