i Tabor Merchant
Ends Own Life
Clayton D. Spivey, 48, Is Vic
tim Of Self-Inflicted Shot
gun Wound In Head
TABOR CITY, Jan. 2 —D. Clay
ton Spivey, 48, well-known ser
vice station operator and mer
chant, ended his life Friday about
■ noon in the privacy of his home
.fry firing a charge from a .410
gauge shotgun into his head.
Death occurred as he was be
ing rushed to Columbus County
Hospital”in Whiteville.
A Negro luandress, working on
the outside of the house, heard
the fatal blast and summoned
help.
Coroner Hugh Nance, who in
vestigated the death, reported
that there was no known reason
for the rash act. He said a form
al inquest would not be necessary.
The local businessman had not
1 returned to his service station and
• store when mercantile establish
ments reopened Wednesday after
«- the Christmas holidays. His wife,
Mrs. Nellie Spivey, had been
operating the business and she
was away from home at the time ’
of the suicide.
Although never a candidate for '
public office, Mr. Spivey took
considerable interest in politics
and community affairs. He was
particularly active in the project
to raise funds for Civitan Field. t
Friends of the family expressed j
the opinion that Spivey’s rash !
act could be attributed to ill
health.
Funeral services were conduct- j
ed Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock !
fi'om the chapel of the Inman- !
Cox & Gore Funeral Home with j
the Rev. P. C. Gantt, pastor of!
Mount Tabor -Baptist Church,!
officiating. Interment followed in
Myrtle Green Cemetery.
Mr. Spivey was the son of i
the late Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Spivey I
of Tabor City. • j
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. '
Nellie Spivey; three sons, Bob!
and Ben Spivey of the home and j
Joe Spivey of the U. S. Navy j
in Boston; two daughters, Nell
and Nancy Spivey of the home; a ;
daughter by a previous marriage, j
Mrs. Princess Pearl Williams of |
Fayetteville; two sons by a pre-!
vious marriage, D. C. Spivey,
Jr. of Kansas City, Mo., arid
Billy Ray Spivey of Conway, S.
C.; three stepdaughters, Mrs.
I Frances Witham of California,
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No Bowl Game In This Stadium Today
Here’s a huge stadium that was not jammed with a football crowd today. It’s the amphitheater in
lcng-dggd Timgad, in North Africa. Timgad, once the glory of Rome, today is deserted ruins, surrounded
by desolate land. Behind the ruins is the story of prosperity followed by one of struggle- with declining
productivity caused by man-induced soil erosion and ending in defeat and death. This aerial view, taken by
Horace Hines of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service, shows that soil erosion has been an enemj of man
kind through the ages.
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Crash Fatal To
Chadbourn Girl
Miss Missouri Guyton, 22, Is
Victim Of Automobile Ac
cident Just 10 Minutes Be
fore Arrival Of 1950
Miss Missouri Guyton, 22, of
Chadbourn was injured fatally
Saturday night about two and
one-half miles east of Whiteville
in an automobile accident which
occurred just 10 minutes before
the arrival of the New Year.
The young' woman died in Col
umbus County Hospital.
Death resulted from injuries re
ceived when the automobile, in
which she and three other per
sons were riding, left the high
way and crashed through a tele
phone pole.
Kay Fisher, a companion in the
death car, was seriously injured
and is 9, patient at the local hos
pital.
Floyd Ward and Fred Simmons,
both of Clarendon, were treated
for lacerations and then released
from the hospital.
State Highway Patrolman Ever
ett Arnaiz identified Ward as
the driver of the 1949 DeSoto
convertible which was completely
demolished. The officer said the
physical evidence at the scene
showed that the automobile
travelled 700 feet after the driver
lost control.
The car was headed toward
Whiteville from the direction of
Hallsboro.
Mrs. Bernice Bullard of Raleigh,
and Mrs. Dorothy Stevenson of
Raeford; a sister, Mrs. B. E.
Hughes of Tabor City; and three
brothers, W. F. Spivey of Tabor
City, V. G. Spivey of Loris, S. C.,
and B. H. Spivey of Detroit,
Mich.
Coroner Hugh Nance said an
inquest would be held as soon as
Miss Fisher is able to testify.
Miss Guyton’s death was the
15th to result from street and
highway accidents during 1949.
RETURNS FROM BOSTON
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fodale and
children have returned to South
port from a two weeks visit to
relatives in Boston, Mass.
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LELAND FARMER
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these, like the original planting,
are making fine progress. He
plans to acid to his vine planting
each year until he has quite a'
substantial vineyard.
WINNACOW MAN
i continued from yage cinei
Royal Danford, Mayland Reek,
Wendell Sellers and John Cavan- j
augh.
Mr. Taylor is survived by two
sons, Richard and Jack Taylor,
and a daughter, Miss Batrica
Taylor.
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nol prossed.
John Owen Everett, manufac
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continued.
Lucille M. Fitzpatrick, reckless
operation, capias.
Herbert Galloway, possession, 90
days on roads, suspended for two 1
years on good behavior and pay- >
ment of costs.
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day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock with '
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L. Willetts, Rod Sellers, Robert
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W. Lewis, both of Wilmington;
three daughters, Mrs. Vivian Mas
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both of Wilmington; Mrs. Mazelle ,
Keith, Fuquay-Springs; five bro
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and Wade Lewis, all of Bolivia; j
and two sisters, Mrs. Myriam
McDowell, Bolivia; and Mrs. Bell
Pridgen, Gastonia.
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JVOTICE or SALK VNOKU
jjkeii or tryst
tinder and by virtue o£ authority
contained ni a certain Deed of Trust
sxeoutM by Gurley Evans and wife,
Eptelle. Evans to S’. B. Frink,
Trustee for B. G. Simmons, on the
20tft d.-iy (*r October, lo irecorded
in Hook 02 at Page 365 in the
Office uf . the Register of Heeds of
Brunswick County, North Carolina,
default having been made in the
payment of the indebtedness thereby',
secured and said Deed of Trust be
ing by the terms thereof subject to
foreclosure, the undersigned Trustee
will offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash at the
courthouse door in Southport, Bruns
wick County, North Carolina, at»noon
on the 21st day of January, 1950.
the property conveyed in said .Deed
of Trust, the same lying and feeing
in the County of Brunswick and
State of North Carolina, in Smith
ville Township and more particular
ly described as follows:
BEGINNING on J. M. Evans’ cor
ner 45 bnks dwelling house; running
thence west to the old line of A.
Evans' tract; thence with his line
to J. R. Edwards’ line; thence with
said line to Bernice Little’s line;
thence bounded with other lines to
the Beginning, including D. M. Evans’
residence with all other improve
ments thereon. And being the same
as described in a deed from A. Evans
to Gurley Evans, dated October 18,
1918, filed and recordel in the Office
of the Register of Deeds of Bruns
wick County, North Carolina. ,
There is excepted, however, from
the above described lands two acres
heretofore conveyed to Lundie Cahady
containing 301 acres, more or less.
Dated and posted this the 19th day
of December, 1949.
S. B. FRINK,
TRUSTEE
FRTNK & HERRING, ATTORNEYS
l-18e
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF
REAL ESTATE
(By Substitute Trustee)
By virtue of the power and author
ity Contained in a deed of trust dated
the 27th day of January, 1919, from
W. J.‘ Martin an dvvife, Lizzie Mac
Millan, of the County of Brunswick,
in the State of North Cardin, to
Woodus Kellum. Trustee, which deed
of trust is recorded in Book 84, Page
466, of Brunswick County Registry,
default having been made in the
payment of the note secured thereby
and request and demand having been
made by the holder of said note
secured thereby, the undersigned hav
ing been substituted as Trustee for
Woodus Kellum. Trustee, said sub
stitution being duly recorded in the
Registry of New' Hanover County, in
Book Page , will offer for sale
and sell, subject to all street and
sidewalk assessments, at public auc
tion, for cash to the highest bidder,
at Twelve o’clock Noon, at the Court
House Door of Brunswick County, in
Southport, North Carolina, on the 20th
day of January, 1950, that parcel
of real estate situate in Brunswick
County. North Carolina, and more
particularly bounded and described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a large sweet gum
on the eastern edge of a small branch
or drain, and about 40 feet Northward
of the Wilmington-Acme Public Road
or highway, at a point between the
nine an dten mile posts out of Wil
mington on said road, said sweet gum
being the Northwest corner of J. D.
Robbins, Sr., homestead tract, and be
ing a corner of Zeb Moseley's lands,
who bounds the northward, and runs
from said sweet gum beginning South
72 degrees 30 minutes East, 589 feet
to a stake by a wire fence; thence
with said wire fence about South 16
degrees West, 300 feet, to a point in
said public road or highway opposite
the fence post on the south side of
said road; thence South 19 degrees
30 minute;- • west, 993 feet to an iron
axle; thehce South South 86 degrees
30 minutes West. 1039.5 feet to a
stake; thence South 38 degrees 45
minutes west, 416 feet to an iron
axle; thence North 87 degrees 15 min
utes West, 784 feet to a stake; thence
North 23 degrees 30 minutes East,
1320 leet to an old stake corner with
pointers, passing on this last line an
old fore and aft tree at ,808 feet;
thence South 89 degre.es 36 minutes
East, 998 feet to an iiun corner;
thence North 22 degrees, 30 minutes
East-. 127 feet more or less, to the
run of a small branch or drain;
thence,down and’.with the run of said
branch or' drain as it meanders about
oou feet. Lq the point of BEGINNING—
containing 54.4 acres, more or less,
as shown on plot by J. L. Be< ton,
C. E„ May. 1923. and being the same
lands conveyed to W. J. Martin and
wife. Lizzie MacMillan Martin in four
separate deeds, and being the same
property conveyed to W. J. Mai tin by
Deed • filed for registration June 15,
1923. and recorded in Book 37, at
Page 119. of the Office of the Regis
ter of Deeds of Brunswick Countv.
igb>ated and posted this December 17,
1-18
Dwight McEwen
Substitute Trustee
1950 Tax Listing
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DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY
All property owners and tax payers are required by law to return to the List Takers
for Taxation for the year 1950, all the Real Estate, Personal Property, Etc., which they
own on the first day of January.
All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years must list for Poll Tax during
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IN YOUR HOME PRECINCT
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