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THE ONLY PifLITZEK PRIZE WINNING WEEKLY NEWS More Than 10,000 People Read The Tribune Every Week 74e 7< ΡΑΡΒΛ IN THE UNITED STATES * —UffT- _ 5. - ff i * - People Shop From The Pages Of Their Hometown newspaper VOLUME XI. NUMBER 3 "Tabor City — The Town With Λ City Future» ' I il^m· M9 TABOK CITY. WORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 22. 195« S CENTS FEH COPY—»2.0» PER YEAR ■ uDor name vies hi Auto Accident 1 Funeral services for Martin A I Byrd, Jr., victim of an acciden near Morehead Cily early Sun· I day, were held at 4 p. m. Tues day from the chapel of the In !. man Funeral Home. The Rev. Ρ C. Gantt, pastor of the Taboi Qijy Baptist Church, officiate« * burial in the Forest Lawr Cemetery. , A son of Flossie Soles Byre and IV^artin A. Byrd of Taboi City, he was graduated from tin . Tabor City High School and Easi t * .arolina College. ^ He was historian for the sum Ϊ ' mer at Fort Macon State Park MARTIN A. BYBD Atlantic Beach, taught school at Newport, N. C. last year and was a former member of the Crestwell School faculty. He was to marry a Raleigh girl in September and was to have taught at Norfolk, Va. in the fall. U_Byrd served 18 months with ifie Army during the Korean conflict and held the rating of second Lieutenant in the ROTC. In addition to his parents a brother. Kenneth and one sister. Mrs. Ottis Fowler, both of Tab or City, survive. The car which Byrd was driv ing carried five summer em ployees of the Ft. Macon State Park, near Morehead City. It greened off the road near the park entrance killing him in stantly and injuring four others. Injuricd wore David Walkef Windley, 18, of Havelock; Har old Hancs Willis. 19. of Fort h'acon, formerly of Beaufort; Kenneth L. Midgett, 19, of Ori ental; and Andrew Polk, 18. of Raleigh. Officers said Windley suffer «1 a broken leg and the others ruises. None was believed in juried seriously. Coroner Leslie Sprinkle said no inquest would be necessary. Grover Faulk Is Legion «Commander Grover Faulk was elected Commander of the local Ameri can Legion Post at a meeting held at the hut Monday night succeeding D. Frank McGougan, Jr. Hoyt Piver is the new vice commander, Harry Stephens, adjutant and Clarence Willough ^by, Sergeant at arms. ** No special ceremonies for in stallation will be held and the newly elected officers are now performing their duties. A membership drive is slated for next month. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Jury of Falls Church, Va. are visiting her mother, Mrs. W. P. Stephens. * Paving Work Is Completed Here On Eight Streets Over 3,000 feet of paving has , been completed here during the Ipast few weeks with a total of 1 eight streets being paved. Willard Wright, town com missioner in charge of the street department, said a few more streets would probably be paved as soon as landowners agreed to pay their portion of the cost. Paving was recently complet ed on East Woodrow Street (270 feet); West Fifth (172 feet); Prince Street (579); West 7th St. (769); Dyson Street (298); Wall Street (450); East Fourth Street (512); and Ne smith Street (230 feet). It marks the most wide pro gram of street improvement not ed here in several years. Tax Collections Good This Month The delinquent taxpayer list is getting cleaned up. Mrs. Helen Truitt, town clerk, said today that $3,140.82 had been collected this month for taxes on 1955 and prior years. A major part of the collection, $2500, represented taxes for 1954 and 1955.. Excellent response" was the way the town clerk termed this month's collections. Of the total collected this a month, penalties and interest amounted to $371.12. Town Attorney Frank Mc Gougan wasted tio time in let ting delinquent taxpayers know he wasn't joking about garnish ee of wages, levy and seizure of personal property, or seizure of real estate. On«· unnamed delinquent tax payer lost his automobile but made arrangements to get his taxes paid in order to get his car back. "I didn't know they could take my car just for not paying my taxes," said the man in dis belief as the law was explained. Nidgel Football Team Is Planned Midget football was one step nearer a reality here this week as Jerry Cartrette, former Tabor City high school athlete, agreed to coach the youngsters. Without benefit of former an nouncement, 26 youngsters were on hand Monday evening at Civi tan Field to practice. Complete plans are being worked out by a committee of Booster Club members. It is ex pected that uniforms will be purchased for the young foot-j bailers at an early date. Youngsters interested in par ticipating in the midget football program are urged to contact either Randall Burleson or Jerry Cartrette. Candidates for midget grid teams are Roy Rues, Franklin Jemiiran, Wayne Stev2%s, Larry Fowler, Sammy Williams, Joe Stevens, Ronald Ray, Ronnie Jones. Leon Fonvielle, Russell Fonvlelle, Jerry Stevens, Johnny Marshall, Fete Soles, Curtis Al len, Freddie Rogers, Bobby Soles J Ronnie Bruton, Harry Bruton Buddy Fonvielle, Marshall Allen j Boyd Lee, Bernard Norris Franklin Stanley and Phil Del-| linger. **» τι.- ammmmma * - — ACCIDENT SCENE — A small girl narrowly escaped serious injuries when the above auto careened into the service station and rammed the auto mobile in which she was sitting. Highway patrol officers issued a ticket for careless and reckless driving to Phillip Gibbons of Hamlet who admitted he went to sleep while driving along the Pireway Road. (Staff photo) Child Hurt In Freak Wreck A 10-year-old Tabor City girl narrowly escaped serious injury Monday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock in a freak auto accident at the Harvey Powell station on the Pireawy road. Frances Cartrette, daughter of Mrs. Eugene Housand, Route i, Tabor City, was treated for . minor injuries at the Loris com munity Hospital. According to Highway Pat rolman Jessie R. Barker, the i young girl was sitting in the parked auto in front of Harvey p Powell's station when a car I skidded off the road and ram med into the parked auto, and ripped away one of the columns 1 supporting· the front of the sta r tion-grocery store combination. I The girl's stepfather, Eugene 5 Housand was in the store at the . time of the accident. Patrolman Barker said charg es of careless and reckless driv ~ ing would be brought against i Phillip Gibbons of Hamlet, N. C. " who told officers he fell asleep 1 at the wheel and would accept ® full responsibility for the acci ' dent. Barker said skid marks were evident for 303 feet of the path taken by the car when it car eened off the road. The parked automobile was knocked 33 feet away by the impact. It was this jolting im pact that tossed the small young ster out of the car. It was first reported that the auto ran over ■iher but lack of more serious in !|juries cast doubt on this phase s;of the accident. ' Approximately $700 damage was done to the Gibbons' auto J and an estimated §300 damage ' to the Housand car. The service ' station damage was estimated 'jbetween $50 to $100. 'JAMES ROGERS ,I WILL BE GUEST I SPEAKER SUNDAY > James A. Rogers, editor of the Florence Morning News, will deliver the worship message I at the Tabor City Baptist iChurch Sunday at the 11 a. m. service. Rev. P. C. Gantt. pastor, announced. 1 Dr. E. F. Grove, Professor of Music, Central Michigan Col lege, will be guest vocalist. Jj Visitors are invited to attend. 1 IIAKKKIjSON VISITORS ■ j Mrs. Corn Harrelson has visit I ing her Mr. and Mrs. C. -G Norrie of Miami, Fin.; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Porter, son and daughter, of New York; and Mr. and Mrs. Frances Crawford of New Jersey, Pinner Names School Program For First Week The first week's school sehe dule was announced today by C H. Pinner, school principal. Classes will begin at 8 a. π Wednesday, August 29, and wil be dismissed that day at 11 a.rn On Thursday and Frida; classes will be held from 8 unti 11 b. m. T'ue following two week:· wil find the school on the regula short schedule that will prevai throughout the county. Hour school will be in session are 8 a m. until 1 p. m. Pinner urged parents to not that the cafeteria would not b open while the school is operat ing on the short schedule. Ai announcement concerning thi operation of the cafeteria is ex pected to be made next week. "Cily" Letters Should Possess Full Address Letters with insufficient ad ilress are getting benefit of thi doubt here because postal clerk usually recognize the name am know the full address. However, it was requested to day by Postmaster Richan Gordon, that persons mailinj letters within the city or route be certain that the complete ad dress is given. "It makes sorting the mail ι speedier job when the correo and complete address is given,' said Gordon. Too, Gordon reminded citizens when you write a letter be suri to use your complete return ad dress in order that return cor respondence may be addressee correctly. SUPERIOR COURT TAKES HOLIDAY Superior Court Judge Clawsoi I-. Williams announced todaj that there would be no session: held Monday, September 3. Thi court will observe the Laboi Day holiday. Court sessions in the Colum bus criminal term will he re lumed at 10 ·. in. Tuesday, Sep tember 4. School Staff At Evergreen Ready For Aug. 29 Open A faculty list that include« 1!) teachers was released this week by J. E. Pierce, principal of the Evergreen School. fierce said the school was ready to open August 29 when all Columbus County schools be gin the 1956-5" terms. | Prinary department teachersl liste>, by Pierce include Mrs ι Ε. λ. Johnson, Ml. G ice Blake ' Miss Mary Hogan, Mrs. W. J.I Rabon, and Mrs. Frances L. Shaw. Teaching in the grammar grade unit will be Mrs. Elsie! Shipman. Mrs. Estelle Brady, Mrs. Bernice Pierce, Mrs. Bertha P. Woolen, Mrs. Blanche P.| Williamson. Miss Orville Floyd j Mrs. Annette B. Floyd, and Ed ward P. Williamson. High school instructors and, the subjects to be taught by; them are as follows: Mrs. Jean Taylor, English and French; Gary 1.. Hardin, physi-; cal education and science; Mrs.I Doris N. Hardin, commercial;! John Carol Spivey, social studies and math; Mrs. Pauline Britt.; home economics; and B. J. Brady, agriculture. Hardin will coach athletics, again this year having headed; the basketball and baseball pro grams for the past four years.) Pierce expressed pleasure with his faculty and said all depart ments would be ready to get, down to work on opening day. j A new cafeterir. will be putj into use this year at Evergreen. Red Devils Hold Football Drills About 25 grid candidates an swered Coach' L. S. Green's opening whistle Wednesday even ing at Clvitan Field. With practices scheduled nightly under the lights of Civi tan Field, rain took the upper hand and ran the enthusiastic gridders inside the gymnasium where light drille were conduct ed. Only lß days are left before the season opener to be played at Dunn. Sept. 7. Candidates for this yeir's team include, Kenneth Eddings Jason Soles, Jackie Soles, Larry Williams, Larry Cartrette, Hugh (Continued on page 10) Jaycees Push "Family Day" Ticket Sales Local Jaycees begin the big push today on advance ticket sales (or "Family Day" to be staged Monday, September 3, at Lake Tabor. One of the selling features is the seven and one-half horse power outboard Scott-Atwater motor being given away as a door prize. Tickets, on sale for one dollar, entitle the bearer to admission to Lake Tabor where the Jay cees will feature, on Labor Day, free boat rides, water skiing ex hibition and boat races. "It's an evening of clean ent ertainment and one that can be enjoyed by the entire family," said Ben L. Nesmith, III, who is serving as overall chairman of the event. Ir. addition to the entertain ment, the Jaycees will sponsor a fish fry, at a nominal extra charge, at the conclusion of the "family day" program. The outboard motor to be giv en away is on display each day at New Farmer's Warehouse. Tickets may be obtained on the tobacco market from sales sup ervisor Bob Black or from any other Jaycee. Roberts Lists Prize Winners Roberts Clothing Company's grand re-opening met with tre mendous suect i · re lasi weeV as hundreds 01 persons flocke«! to the store for prizes and open ing weekend bargains. Hundreds of door prizes wire given away during the opening while the big drawing saw prizes going to Mrs. J. C. Harrelson first grand prize, a complete outfit for fall; Dorothy Gore Route 1, Tabor City, second prize, winter coat; Bonnie Nor ris. Route 2, Tabor City, third prize, pair of Freeman shoes; Mrs . Henry Skipper, fourth prize, all wool blanket. "We would like to express out appreciation to the many persons who visited with us in our newly remodeled store. It was theii sincere interest that helped tc LEAF AVERAGE HITS $58.22 IN TAROR The farmer has a smile on his face but his fingers are still; crossed as he hopes for continu- , ed higher prices on the tobacco markets in the Border Belt. In Tabor City, the price av-,1 erage jumped skyward Monday 11 as Bob Black, sales supervisor,11 reported $58.22 per hundred on| the day's sales. He stated that; Monday's sale was one of the ι best reported anywhere in thej j Border Belt. I, ' The rise in prices has been ] general throughout the Border Belt this week but the leading market in average price has!· been the local warehouses. Black reported full sales eve- J ry day except Wednesday. It is', expected that full sales will be ( held for the next two weeks. I] Reports by the day for the, local market arc as follows: Wednesday — 263,800 pounds;! j $140,309.32; $53.18 average. I ^ Thursday — 342,396 pounds;!] $187.577.69; $54.78 Friday — 381,822 pounds: $208,323.00; $54.56 Monday — 390,954 pounds; \ $227,521.32; $58.22. Tuesday — 386,752 pounds; , $222,256.52; $57.46. One official explained that the increase in price was due to the better grade of tobacco be ing placed on the floor. Whether J or not the price will remain on the upswing is a question no one ' seems to be able to answer. No one has yet been able to explain ' the low prices paid during the opening 10 days of tlvs Borderj Belt markets. A special commit tee appointed by D. D. Cox.j: 'president of the Columbus Farm' I Bureau, is expected to report its findings on low prices to the' 15-man Flue-Cured Tobacco·1 Advisory Committee in Raleigh Friday. Baptist Class ι Plans Supper Members of the YM Class of! I'·«.- Tabor City Bapitst Sunday School are driving to Conway tonight (Wednesday) for supper at Bob's Place. A good attendance is expected. 11 Miss Estelle Jenrette spent Sunday as the guest of Miss Margaret, Smith. Melvin Long was in whitevillej Thursday. make our grand re-opening a ' tremendous success," said Rueyl Ilowitt, owner. Nakina Youlh Breaks Neck In Shallow Dive Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. for a young Nakina youth who broke hia leek while divine at Dupree'a ending, about 6 a.τη. Tuesday, Vugust 14. Charles Hawes, eon of Mr. and Urs. Η. Ο. Hawes died at Duke lospital, Durham, about 5:15 >.m. Wednesday from neck and ipiflal injuries received when he lived into shallow water at Xipree's Landing. The victim was taken to Duke iospital after being treated at yolumbus County Hospital for a >roken neck and severe spine njuries. W. S. Edmunds, chief of the ^ake Waccamaw fire and rescue iquad, said that Hawes and a :ompanion, Willard Smith, 26, vere at Dupree's Landing about I a.m. Tuesday. Hawes had gone iwimming alone, dived from a tiling by a pier into about four 'eet of water. Edmunds said he ipparently struck his head on he bottom causing the injuries. Smith, fully dressed, jumped in o the water and pulled bis friend rot Final rites for the victim were leid Sunday from the Happy Some Baptist Church by the ■astor, Rev. Robert J. Carter. 3urial was in the church ceme *ry. Survivors include his parents, ;hree brothers, Samuel, of Jack sonville, Kenneth and Thomas >f the home. YM Class Holds Regular Meet The YM Class of the Tabor ^ity Baptist Church Sunday School met with Mrs. Kermit ϊίηβοη at her home last Tuesday ;vening. Mrs. C. M. Fowler gave ;he program entitled "God's jood and Secure." In attendance wim Mrs. Hin ion and Mrs. Fowler were Mrs. F. L. Fipps. Jr., Mrs. Fred Brown, Mrs. Elton Prince, Mrs. Dock Fowler, Jr. and Mrs. Fran ks Sugg. A social period with refresh nent« folloWnH the nrnerrom Group Investigates Reports U.S. Companies May Buy Tobacco From Rhodesia Another meeting protesting tobacco prices on the Border Fielt was held Monday night in White vi He by the Columbus Farm Bureau It was reported by D D. Cox >f Clarendon that the rumor of U. S. Companies planning to buy obacco from Rhodesia was be ing investigated and a report probably would be given at a meeting of the 15-man Flue Jured Tbbncco Advisory Com •nittee in Halcigh Friday. On·· source at Whiteville said tie had heard one large Rhodos ian tobacco firm plans to place •ales representatives on the U. S. market According to Bill Humphries, arm editor of the Raleigh News ind Observer, the conseaucnces could be far-rcaching if the re-' ports arc true. One grower said, "It could be; a lot more serious for growers than 'homogenized' tobacco or anything else that has happened in the industry in a long, long time." Southern Rhodesia, in Africa, produces flue-cured tobacco the' I same type grown in the Caro linas. Virginia, Georgia and iKloriad. Its production has ris 'cn r; μ icily from less than 25 j jmiillion pounds a year just be fore World War II to an esti-! mated 160 million pounds this season. Rhodesia already has capt ured a lnr»e part of the U. S j Mue - curcd market in Great I Britain and Australia. I In 103-1-1030 dm ITnil«^ supplied 75 percent of the to bacco imported by the United Kingdom, and Southern Rhodes ia supplied only six percent. By 1954, the United States was sup plying only 51 perccnt and Rhodesia 20 percent. The price of Rhodcsian tobac :o this year has been averaging ibout S40 per hundred which is well below the price level of »revious ye:irs. U. S. flue-cured jverage has been above $50 per hundred for six years. The original meeting protest ing prices was held Monday, August 13, and a committee was appointed to file the official protest. Since that time tobaceo aver ages have shown a definite in tense but the pricc protest will Randolph Co-op Ruling Leaves Brunswick Phone Plannina Groun In Dither BT ETHEL RTAN SHALLOTTE — Men concern ed with the cooperative tele phone network which will soot) spread through Brunswick Co unty are in a dither. φ They say that their fears and apprehensions may well be shar ed by phone and electric coop eratives throughout the nation These men are gravely con cerned about recent action ol the N. C. Utilities Commission in ordering the Central Tele phone Company to render serv ice to seven would-be subscrib er· in an area served by the Randolph Telephone Member φ ship Corporation — a coopera tive which has been organized and is building a system to serve rural areas in Randolph County. Directors of Brunswick Coun ty's Atlantic Telephone Memb ership Corporation, to which REA has already lent $381,000 of federal funds to aid the con struction of a system to serve 755 subscribers, concede that the immediate position of their undertaking is in no way affect ed by the Randolph ruling, but they feel that perhaps the future of all REA-financed enterprises may be jeopardized. As to the immediate position, money for completion of the system is already in hand- Work is being speeded. Contracts for lequipment have been let. Rights kjf way arc being acquired. Serv ice will be instituted early in I »57. Hut, as these local men see it, one of the major props has been kicked out from under the coop eratives. They believe that when the significance of the ruling is understood, cooperatives every where will be seriously worried, worried that other utility com missions will follow the prece dent of looking lightly upon franchises, contracts, agreements which prescirbe the area within which a public utility is per mitted or required to render service. The Randolph County order, it was stated at a meeting hare, requires a private utility to function within an area which had been assigned to a coopera tive. The private utility was ord ered, in effect, to invade terri tory in which both it and the cooperative had decided and agreed with the approval of the Commission that service should be rendered exclusively by the cooperative. What worries cooperative spokesmen here is that any in vasion of franchise territory and abrogation of agreements made in good faith will undermine the financial stablislity which is the backbone of security for REA loans. They fear there will no longer be this source of lonf term-low interest financing up on which publicly owned enter prises are dependent. Prime spokesmen for cooper atives in this area is Harry L Fintz, Jr., president of the At lantic Telephone Membership. Corporation, prominent business man, former Brunswick repre sentative in the State Legisla ture. Mintz minced no words iti condemning what he termed the "wanton unwarranted, unrealis tic deprivation of rights which the Commission itself," had con ferred upon the Randolph co-op —to which REA had advanced a substantial loan to help fin ance a much-needed phone sya item in Randolph County. Mint/, says ho docs nol believe REA (would have made the loan had |it felt the co-op's "service area j might be invaded at the whim (of the Utilities Commission." The "service areas" which jprovide lines of demarcation be tween the different utility org anizations ate arrived at in con iference between the affected in terests. They collaborate to work out agreements which are sub ject to approval of the utilities commissions—with the thought that their collaboration must re solve technical difficulties In the manner which will best serve the greatest number of persons. As Mintz explains it, the Com mission's .approval is tanta mount to a guarantee by the State that it will protect franch ise rights within the agreed areas. Now here, according to Mintr, is what happened in Randolph County: Upon the prayer of seven in dividuals living within the co op's area, the Central Telephone Company, a privately owned utility with central facilities in the city of Asheboro, was order ed to serve these seven through direct lines into the central ex change. The Central Telephone Company was ordered to violate its agreement with the Randolph Telephone Membership Corpor ation. "From the standpoint of the petitioners." explains Mintz," there seemed sound reason for their plea. They live in the country, but they work and their families shop in Asheboro. Consequently, most of their tel ephone traffic is through the Asheboro exchange. As co-op subscribers their calla would go through another exchange and would be subject to a toll charge. So far the seven were concerned, there was a good dollars-and-cenfs argument on their aide. "But," Mintz went on," her· comes the greatest good for the (Continued on page 1·)
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