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OBACCO edition THE STATE PORT PILOT A Good Newspaper In A Good Community paSi*TEEN Southport, N. C? Wednesday, July 27th, 1949 published every Wednesday ?1.50 per yea* abor City Led Nation In Tobacco Prices In 1948 City Civic Clubs Have Their Own 'Go Forward' Plan CITV - The Tabor C clubs are ever alert for service. otary Club recently in-' |K.i officers as follows:1 ?toon, president; Albert nee presi'dent; D. A.J Ecretary; and Frank Nor surer. I ivitan Club also installed) L-erj at a big ladies' | held in Conway.' fn'right is the new leader. " oty has been enjoying Ljy lighted athletic field. | pran Club sparked the - fencing the field. After Le;: was completed, an I committee was formed, I i being drawn from the I JCIci. Rotary Club, PTA, I Iftcnittee, Principal and committee was set j (gpervise the operation of; until the lightning- and, [projects were developed, project has been. completed at an approximate cost of $10,000, most of which has been paid through a self-liquadat ing plan. It is hoped that some plan can be worked out for ade quate seating so that people may come out to the various athletic contests and enjoy them in com fort. The civic clubs have this year sponsored for the first time the American Legion Junior baseball team. The team has not been too often in the win column, accord ing to a spokesman for the spon sors, but the boys have made a fine beginning and next year with the full support of the local post of the American Legion, should make a strong showing. Despite the handicap of inex perience, the team made a com mendable showing in the first year. The people in Tabor City have been pushing a "Go Forward" program o i their own th's ye-ir. L Joined By Guideway Men I In Operation Of Funeral Home cixY ? Carson Cox, tnd Ralph Inman' > partnership which owns j ni? ;he Inman, Cox & ?ral Home that ranks ; i it outsanding under- \ it;..-hm.ents in this sec | -:ate. led Core, who are well ] ; : v. 'v farmers and , E?- were high bidders t |w?l business at a part-j issolutton sale this. i soon thereafter com k si with Inman to be- ! rissociate. [ co has been engaged, L*--.-" b-.isiness in Tabor p lie past 14 years, is ::: embalmer as well | owners. k with him in the ac-1 ition of the establish- j |T!-.iBa3 F. Hayes, a nat-I :ore. Md? who at one ; c Kneeled with the Mc- j | Home of White-1 It ar.4 Mrs. Hayes, the for ; Suggs of Guide- j I ? apartment above | home, and are on V: anr.ver both day and I ~e calls. taan and Haves are, graduates of embalming colleges and are licensed embalmers and funeral directors. Both are vet erans of World War 2. Inman holds several battle stars and was awarded the Presidential Unit citation for distinguished service while inthe Navy. Inman, like Cox and Gore, is a native of this section. He was born in Fairmont and came to Tabor City from Norfolk, Va. where he was connected with the Cox Funeral Home. * The Cox, Gore & Inman Fun eral Home building was built by W. F. Cox and Inman in 1939, and was operated as the Cox Inman Funeral Home until after the recent war. The business consists of the modern funeral home, which is equipped with a funeral chapel having a seating capacity of 150, two Cadillac ambulances, and up to-date equipment for the estab lishment. The Forest Lawn Ce metery is also a part of the bus iness. The new owners and operators have opened a down-town office for the Inman, Cox & Gore Bur jial Association. The office is lo cated in the City Cafe. I y New Homes Show Progress Of Tabor In Housing Situation )?. CITY?A number of( ff.es have gone up in | C:'.v during the past veax. '.he town is convincing oi that fact. i turns off the highway rw P.rewav road through ??e are the lovely homes i Soles, Robert C. Soles, ! Soles. Dr. J. K. Currie, j ! Woody Highs. m the Rogers Ridge, one * new attractive residences to Woody and C. G. West ?d- Then there is Sam T. ?'?ome which is going up ""is Gore's. * Sarvis built nine new - smaller type houses in ts development on the Green Sea Highway near the State line. Down in "Sarvistown", you will find Ben Hux, Winston Gore, Grocer Hardee, Albert Schilds, Liston Mew, Hyman Leinwand, Woodrow Grainger, Larue Cox and others. Horace Roberts recently built two of the smaller homes on his street. There are occupied by Dr. R. C. Harrelson, Jr. and Police Chief L. R. Watson. The W. B. Websters built a most attractive home next to the residence of Mrs. D. J. Hughes but they have since moved to Fairmont where W. B. is engaged in the drug business. Out on the Whiteville road, you (Continued on page six) |eman And Mrs. Sikes Will Be I At Carolina-New Farmers House *-?. CITY Long experience ko production and sales "know-how" of getting " Collar for each grade *0 are incorporated in the M operating personnel of ty's well known Carolina Farmers warehouses, r Coleman, dean of Tabor ftfchousemcn, and Mrs. F- L- Sikes will operate p Farmers and Caro the third straight year, y. they had operated the IftWs ? will be manager of and Mrs. Sikes will knt managcv. They will ' this season by R. C. ? Jr. and Joe Coleman, -the veteran warehouse L * 0- L. Coleman, a bro V C" Sr' ? tobacco farmer him Lf'in the warehouse T m Tabor City in 1936 L' Jj'^et was selling less Tpounds per season. ? 60 niuch of the credit for spearheading the promotion al effort which has carried the: market to a high of more than ! 10 million pounds in one season. , Coleman is widely known in ; tobacco circles. He was president' of the Tabor City Tobacco Board j of Trade for many seasons, a director of the Border Belt Ware house Association, and was elect-1 ed last year as head of the Bur ley Warehouse Association in Western North Carolina. His warehouse operations have; included Mebane and Boone. He recently sold the Mebane house,; but still operates three warehouses on the burley market at Boone. During the coming season he will enter a new field at Greensboro j and will operate a new house on the market in Guilford. | Associated with Coleman and ,Mrs. Sikes at the New Farmers and Carolina is an experienced warehouse staff. Harry Nunn ,one of the best known auctioneers in , the business, will chant the sales. C. B. Edwards will return as i bookkeeper. J Typical New Homes In Tabor City Typical of the lovely new homes which have been erected during the past year in Tabor City are the three pictured above. At the left is a view of the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Floyd; in the center is the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Woody; and at the right is the residence of Mr- and Mrs. C. H. Pinner. "Town With City Future" Slogan Is Proved By New Development! New Businesses And New Buildings Come Into Exis tence During Course Of Past Year TABOR CITY ? New business j establishment and changes came into being during the past year to prove that Tabor City made no, mistake in adopting the slogan, "The Town With a City Future." j B. Alton Garrell has built a j new potato grading shed and in- i stalled modern machinery for! cleaning, grading and packing! Irish potatoes for shipment. ThiSj building adjoins the Garrell Warehouse and the sweet potato dehydrating plant. "Mr. Garrell," one Tabor City man was quoted as saying, "is always alert and progressive, ever seeking to improve the general marketing facilities of Tabor City I knowing full well that anything i which makes for a better mar keting situation for the farmer means a profit not only for him self but for all concerned!" E. W. Fonville, father of the Tabor City produce market and 'a leading promoter of community development, added another fine sweet potato curing house dur ' ing the course of the -year. It has a capacity of from 40 to 50 thousand bushels, and is located just across the street from Gar I rell's Warehouse. j Corbett Bros, added a new and modern potato curing house to | take care of the quantity of ] potatoes they purchase here each year. Their building is located on the railroad near the Cox Ware house. It has a curing and stor age capacity of several thousand bushels. Since last year, J. M. McGou gan has completed and is now occupying the spacious new buil ding which was erected for the McGougan Electric Company. The firm was incorporated with J. M. McGougan as president, Mrs. J. M. McGougan and J. C. Bell, Jr. as the incorporators. The New Tabor Theater was completed and began operation the past year. It is operated by Mr. and Mrs. Bonnie Hughes and family. The New Tabor is an ex cellent addition to the entertain ment facilities of Tabor City. The Ritz Theater, formerly owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Anderson, has been leas ed to the Stewart Enterprises which has headquarters in Char lotte. Harry Bell recently purchased the Dun-Rite Cleaners from Messrs. Davis and Stevens. The name of the firm has been changed, to Bell's Cleaners. An iip-to-date market was re-1 cently added by Elbert Shelley j I to his self-service grocery store. | I Mr. and Mrs. Gutherie Floyd, ? formerly of Fairmont, are assist-J j ing in the operation of this de partment. They recently moved} | here from Hallsboro and are wel come newcomers to the town. j ! The Soles Brothers have mo-; i dernized their grocery depart- j ment, making it larger and more! [convenient for both customer and operator. Robert C. Soles was; 'quoting as stating recently he; ; believed it would "add 10 years" j i to his life in the reduction of [ I climbing and extra steps. The | change has helped the looks of j the store and reflects the pro-j gressive ? thinking of the oper* | ators. ! Robert McCormick recently moved into larger quarters in the building next door to William Shelley's grocery store. He is now fully equipped to render a complete service in shoe repair, (Continued oa r"age SUO of the Tabor City tobacco mar-1 ket. During his operations on the 1 Tabor market, it has grown from I a season sales record of less J than one million pounds to an all time high of ten and one-half million pounds in 1946. Coleman, with Mrs. Harriett Sikes and his sons, will again operate the New Farmers Ware house and the Carolina Ware house this year. | The veteran tobacconist, who will operate warehouses in Greens boro this year for the first time and again in Boone .expects an other banner season. He is now the dean of the Tobar warehousemen. Dameron Drug Store At Tabor Enlarged TABOR CITY?Dameron Drug Company of Tabor City was re cently enlarged to include an ad joining building, which was for merly a shoe repair shop. A modern department has been added and other improvements in the fountain and drug services have been made. Dr. H. G. Dameron, owner, said this has enabled the store to better serve their customers. 1 I | ROSCOE COLEMAN, one of the State's best known warehouse-, men, who is credited with a large j share of the growth and progress Ed Walden And George Walden To Be Operators Of Garrell House TABOR CITY?Two brothers, | sons of a famous tobacconist, will | return to the Tabor City Tobacco i Market this year as operators of j Garrell's Warehouse, formerly known as Garrell's No. 1. The brothers are Ed and George Walden, sons of Sam Walden, both of whom cut their eye-teeth' ;on warehouse floors. As the off-j 'spring of- the noted warehouse (operator, George and Ed learned j the tobacco business in much the same manner as a baby learns to talk. It was their life and a part of their education as much as the three R's. Ed Walden came to Tabor City, in 1931 in association with his | father who was then operating j the Old Carolina Warehouse. Since retirement of Mr. Sam Walden, has been connected with| various warehouses in this State and Virginia. He was associated i with J. W. (Buck) Peay at the; ' Carolina from 1939 through 1946 j [and then went with Peay to the Planters , in Whiteville for the; 1947 and 1948 seasons. He is a resident of Tabor City and his i partnership in the operation of i Garrell's is really a return home j for him. . George Walden was a associate! of Buck Peay at the Carolina for several years before working with Peay at Robersonville during the last two seasons. He has also operated warehouses on the Loris, S. C. market. The Walden brothers expect a great season at Garrell's. They have assembled an experienced group of warehouse personnel for/ the season. i Hubert Norris and Odis Garrelli will be floor managers. The auctioneer will be the vet eran Dewey Huffines. James Garrell and Mace Jordan will be weighmen. The bookkeeping will be in charge of Mrs. Eiunice Singletary, Miss Elsie Elliott, and Miss Mar* garet Elliott. Operators At Garrell's Ed WALDEN (left) and George Walden, brothers and veteran tobacconists, who have leased GarrelPs Warehouse and will operate it during the tobacco auction season this year. Ed is a permanent resident of Tabor City, while Geor ge makes his home in Virginia. Grand Opening Event Planned By Tabor Mart Over $1,000 In Awards To Be Offered Tuesday, Aug- J ust 2, When 1949 Season Gets Underway SUPERVISOR PREDICTS ANOTHER TOP SEASON I Two New Warehouse Firms To Be On Market This Year; 10 Million Pounds Is Forecast BY LARRY ASHBY (Sales Supervisor) TABOR CITY?Tabor City, the national leader in 1948 with the highest average price, already is bristling with activity in antici pation of the 1949 tobacco mar ket. Warehousemen and merchants, working in close cooperation, are, planning an opening day celebra tion on August 2 for Border Belt tobacco growers in honor of the! national record set on the Tabor City market in 1948. Events of the day will include the awarding of over $1,000 worth of gifts, an amateur contest, and a square dance. The Tabor City market wel comes two new warehouse firms this year?the Planters Ware house of Tabor City, Inc., man aged by Don Watson, and Gar rell's Warehouse, operated by Ed and George Walden. Roscoe Cole man and Mrs. Harriett L. Sikes will continue the operation of the New Farmers and Carolina Ware houses. The four large, well-lighted warehouses are anticipating an other record year to place on their list of Border Belt records ! for the past three years. In 1946, the market led the Border Belt with the highest average price, in 1947 it led the North Carolina Border Belt with the highest aver age price, and in 1948, it led the entire nation with the highest average price. Tabor City warehousemen, ever alert to the needs of tobacco growers, are largely responsible for the remarkable records estab lished by the market. Their com plete knowledge of tobacco and the prices it should bring to en able the farmer to receive, year after year, the highest possible price for any given grade of leaf. In view of the record achieved by the market, the local ware houses should sell ten million pounds during the coming sea son. There are many obesrvers who( belive that the average will run between 51 and 52 dollars per ^ hundred pounds. The warehousemen and mer chants are confident that the mar- i ket will maintain its lead in the j nation. | With the market paying on the average about three dollars per hundred pounds more than the average market in the Border Belt, the farmer cannot afford,. financially, to overlook this fact when the time comes to select a place to sell. We are confident that growers will not lose sight of this record and that is the basis of our expectations in the coming togacco market season. LARRY ASHBY, executive sec retary of the Tabor City Mer chants Association, who next week will begin hia second season as supervisor of sales on the Tabor City market. He predicts another great year for the mar ket in "The Town With a City Future." TC School Has Strong Faculty For '49-50 Term Community Is Proud Of * New High School Build ing But Is Badly In Need Of Gymnasium TABOR CITY?Tabor City is proud of its modern high school building which relieves somewhat the crowded conditions in the fast growing Bchool. According to school authorities, Tabor is still badly ifi need of a new gym to replace the unfor tunate loss of the old gym last Spring, an adequate lunchroom to meet the need of the ever | increasing responsibility in the 'health program of the growing j child, a new economics depart I ment, an agricultural building 'and additional classrooms to take j care of the growing student b?dy. I The growth has been constant in the past few years. This is, ^perhaps, best indicated briefly by J the number of teachers employed : in 1938?which wbs 28?as against J the present total of 38. j The school has endeavored at all times to provide as broad and I thorough course of study as is possible with the limited staff and equipment. I The athletic, dramatics, glee club and Beta Club have taken 1 their share of honors in recent years. And many of the students have made the top ranks in their college work at various institu tions. Principal C. H. Pinner says the school is looking forward this year to its best year since the be ginning of the war. The faculty for 1949-50, Pinner announced, will include the following teach ers: First Grade?Mrs. Earle Floyd, Tabor City; Miss Roberta McCul loch, CI Ark ton; Miss Jacquelyn Mishoe, Loris, S. C. Second?Miss Kate Jones, Elib abethtown; Miss Ann Brooks Mc Continued On Page Six T G Supervisor $53.75 Was Tops For Flue-Cured Auction Markets Production And Marketing Administration F i g u r m Show Border Town In En viable Position PRODUCERS RECEIVED 2.74c OVER AVERAGE Ashby Says "Paying The Farmer The Hifheat Prices For Tobacco" Not New In TC TABOR CITY ? Tabor City led the nation's tobacco auction markets last year la the average price per pound paid for tobacc?, This information became public recently when the Production and Marketing; Administration, the te bacco branch of the United States Department of Agriculture released the official figures which showed that no other mar ket topped Tabor City's average price of $53.75 per hundred pounds. A similar distinction was *? chieved in 1946 when Tabor City led the flue-cured world and sold nearly ten and one-half millioa pounds for an all-time local re cord. The favorable position of Um Tabor City market is also spot lighted by other figures of th? PMA. The PMA report for last year showed that the nation's av erage flue-cured grower received $50.01 per hundred pounds, while those who sold on the Tabor market reaped an additional hai* vest of three and 74 hundrethj cents per pound. Local warehousemen were ea thusiaatice about the record es tablished in 1948 and are plann ing to uphold the market's tra dition as the leader among flue cured markets. Incidentally, it was pointed out that the Tabor City average was tops, not only among flue cured markets but that no other kind oi tobacco equalled it in average price. | Larry Ashby, executive sec re j tary of the Tabor City Merchant? Association and sales supervisor on the local leaf market, made [this observation regarding the 1948 record.* "Paying the farmer the highest prices paid for tobacco is nothing | new or unusual in Tabor City. The local market led the Border Belt and the nation in 1946, an& then went ahead to lead Nortfc Carolina section o I the Border Belt in 1947." Soon ! Two men bearing identical names, one a clergyman and the other a businessman lived in the same city. The clergyman died at about the same time the businessman took a trip to Southern Cali fornia. Upon reaching the Pacif ic Coast he sent his wife a tele gram informing her of his safe Journey. Unfortunately the message was delivered to the widow of the clergyman. Imagine the surprise of the good woman when she read: 'Arrived safely?heat ter* rifle." ? ? Watson And Associates Ready For 1949 Season At Planters TABOR CITY?Planters Ware house of Tabor City, Inc. makes' its debut on the Tabor City To bacco Market this esason under the management of Don Watson, a widely known tobacconist, who first began his operations as &[ tobacconist on the local warehouse floors. i Watson represents a group of | farmers and businessmen, most-1 ly of the Green Sea area, who J [have leased the Cox Warehouse | [which was operated for the past three years as Garrell's No. 2. I The incorporators of Planters! are Watson, Tom Roberts, Joe | Derham, Ural Strickland, Her- j bert Lupo, Shelton Hayes, Conie Lupo, Ed McGougan, aud B. L.1 Nesmith, Jr. All of these, except Nesmith, are tobacco growers who have a broad knowledge of the farmer's problems. "The group came to gether in the operation of this business in order to give the farm- [ er a greater service with his | Interest in mind," Manager Wat son said. Planters has assembled a top staff for this season'? operations. Winston Shelley will be head bookkeeper. His assistants will include Mrs. Eunice Slngletary and Miss Elsie Elliott, while Mrs. Don Watson will handle tha stabilization loan request?. Dewey Huffines of Reidsville, who has worked on the market for the past two years, will t* the auctioneer! Robert Sarvis and Walter Gnw ham will be floor managers. The Green Sea farmers, who organized the Planters corpora* tion, are descendants of the men who first planted tobacco In th* Green Sea area more than M years ago. The Green Sea groups along with a group at Sprinf Branch near Fair Bluff, started tobacco growing in the same year. Watson, who began buying to* bacco on the Tabor City market in 1938, has worked on many markets in this State. He operate^ the Dixie Warehouse in Fair Bluff in 1947 and 1948, and only las| (Continued From Pag? fix); Dean Of Market Women Plan To Furnish Kitchen Tabor City Ladies Look To Future In Development Of Program For Club Build ing TABOR CITY?The Tabor City Woman's Club recently installed new officers for the coming year. Mrs. Horace Roberts is presi dent, Mrs. J. C. Singletary is vice president, Mrs. R. B. Mallard is secretary, and Mrs. Harry Bell [ is treasurer. The club is enjoying its neW home which they purchased last year from Dr. Joe Smith. They have remodeled it to suit their needs. The club is planning, at an early date, to furnish the kitch en so meals can be served to small groups when the occasions arises. RETURNS TO CAMP Cpl. Tom Barnes returned to Vent Hill Farms Station at War renton, Va. Saturday after a month's visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Barnes, Sr., j of Lake Waccamaw.
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