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ΤΥΐίΜίί CIT^ ν Market I λ a.lor ■Uvv.·; IVtatoes, . j ... Strawberries :"uI 0,hers TABOR CITY Fastest Growing Market In The Border Belt. Serving North and South Carolina 'The Town With Λ City Future" ν·Ί. 'l TABOR CITY. X. C.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1946. No. 10 Bv W. HORACE CARTER ,h- ;ss'ie T'ie Tribune has . ' Us to this time, we \i'advantage of the to allow us the c*e>i space in the City HalL -e-v building really a dream a: beteir probably than our newspaper deserves. However, •he"'"ears" to come, perhaps The i^e'w;!! no: be out of place in ""elaborate surroundings Lament has ceen nought from '•-it iav.- here. Still it has not procured. Every effort is being led to move it in here just as ·? ·$ available. Used com c;"; printing and newspaper iJr.cc: car. be bought but at a cium price, and to date we have ner» fit to make a deal of this , χ; is hoped :hat everything ci need will be right here in T::b ;.η-Λ new iwme before long, tebv. maiia, for greater satis ixi or. the oar: of all concerned. :u"e tvre.-· on :he need for an 8>:isuaer.r in town where the and townspeople could pur complete lines of office sup _ jais ?.e have considered and stx'k the items that are be paper line and which offices schools must have, usually buy :sem cut of town. ;xt xeek we will have available or" several knids. envelopes, ,_;e. adding machine paper, lUr sir ply cardboard used as pos !»arc m school rooms, onion _ paper and other types of second ■to several sizes of indef cards, mas papers, and a myriad of items. We thought you might ^interested in the things we are ircnng to do as a private en _ise and at the same time a Bnaper designed to serve the corn er permanently. *e get our equipment in there will be held an «pen for several weeks. But even ie invite you to call on us at tine. We are interested in the i> that interest people of this . The only way we have of ag cat what the news is, is (ugh talking to you. Don't keep ce*s a secret, let us know what re thinking about. >ts sources here are few. Our F effort must be put forth every ι to dig up the items with which ca^e been filling the columns Tribune. We feel that many nexs items are here but that atising them. Cooperate with let us hear from you. W· appreciate it. mm Bureau embership Bill Growing Ρ Quir.orly. chairman of the Rous C'-.r.'r Farm Bureau mem ~;3 ccmir.i**ee. was in Tabor City cesday ar.d announced that the ' drive f r :nerr.bership in the »-.· μ was coming along i:.d that many farmers are '-■? of the organized, ds'v nunenced on August set tnue through Sep er 14. Γ .··_.■ u with a banquet te'· *·.'..·· -· ·λ aich time many attendance r'"· sc '. 'U> Columbus county P· speakers were heard 'he S:ate. i jouts To Meet Hui Tonight -.err.bt.-r..· · .; the local Boy Scout are urged to attend a meet at the Le.ton Hut tonight ot • c" lock. Several new mem- ( joined at the last meeting and ! aw working toward tenderfoot j wanets. It is a good time ι other beginning scouts to enter ι troop and work along toward Κ cement with the new boys now ed. 1 Ρ® handbooks are needed at F aeet:r.2 ar.d scouters now FS books a:e urged to bring I to the mteting tonight. Any lhaviag a sei of signal flags is I asked to bring them to the flP-OF-WEEK f_«Nptta to The Tabor ι Tribune will be ?iven away each 'for the next few months to the j ® who gives the best news tip' editor. This is being done in tt0 live the area better news 'e aad the .subscription will be Promptness and news value bp. Canady Resigns Police Chief Job To Accept Appointment Heie As Full Time Deputy Sheriff I Commissioners I Allot Money; Stanley Appoints H. D. Stanley, who for ten years has served as sheriff of Columbus county, appointed Mack Canady, lo cal chief of police, full time deputy with headqquarters in this area on Tuesday morning after the county commissioners had appropriated funds for the establishment of the officer in Tabor City. A delegation of Tabor City towns people met with the county commis sioners Tuesday morning and were assured that funds would be made available for this officer and sug gested that Canady fill the position. His appointment was made the same day by Sheriff Stanley. Mr. Canady has served as chief of police of the local town force for 13 months but accepted the job of deputy sheriff, resigning from the police force here Tuesday night when the town council was in session. He has now assumed his new duties and will be at work in several town ships surrounding Tabor City. Mr. Canady has served as a fee deputy sheriff in the past and is familiar with the duties of the of fice. No successor to his job as police chief has been named to date. Elton Prince Is Given Five Year Probation Term Judge John J. Burney ruled the SI.400 settlement of a $25,000 civil suit against Elton Prince in the July II auto death of Herbert Waddell acceptable and sentenced Prince to two to three years in the State peni tentiary. suspended upon payment of the cost. He was placed on five years probation. Prince issued a plea of nolo con tendre ο fmanslaughter in the suit filed by R. B. Waddell, administrator of the Herbert Waddell estate who charged that Prince was guilty of reckless driving and unconcern for human life. The nolo contendre was accepted by the state. Town Commission Discusses Stop Light System At the regdlar monthly meeting of the Tabor City board of commis sioners. action was taken on a mer chants association suggestion that g:eater safety precautions are needed i.i the railroad crossing throughout the town. It was voted to investigate the methods of increasing this safe 'y with the probability of proper placement of stop lights. The commissioners voted to study the possibilities of drawing up some kind of zoning ordinance which would decrease the building of un sightly structures in certain streets. Equipment facilities for the keep ing of the city streets in better con dition was discussed and was voted to be looked into further by the com missioners. A ball one-sixteenth of an inch in diameter has probably reached the greatest speed achieved by a mechanical device. Enclosed in a high vacuum, it turns at 211,000: revolutions yer minute. If such speed were changed to straight line motion, the ball wduld circle the1 world in 40 minutes. Baptist Union Meets Sunday A meeting of all officers and lead ers of the Baptist Woman's Union of Columbus county association has been called for Sunday afternoon, September 8, at three o'clock. Officers of all local societies as well as associational officers are urged to attend. Mrs. B. F. Dun cum, of Tabor City, associational WMU superintendent has expressed the hope that full attendance will be had. An Editorial A committee appointed by the local Merchants Association lust week had an It a sole purpose, the investigation of the possibilities of procuring for Tabor City a spacious hotel capable of serving the genera! needs of a town this size, now totally lacking in this respect. This newspaper endorses the move of that group one hit.id red percent and the success of that com mittee will mean a great deal to the future well being of our town. Right now several big things are pend \ ing, hanging in the balance, because it is doubtful that Tabor City has the living accomodations avail able that would be a must, should our town get the j green light. One of those Ikings is the permanent placement i of the Carolinas Sweet Potato Council,... By every code in the beeJc, this is a logical location for the the permanent headquarters of that organization. But let's put it to you. Where would 75 persons find lodging in Tabor City for just one night? Where ii'Ould 500 people eat lunch and dinner here in addi tion to the people jamming our restaurants? There just isn't anything available and until there is, our town is going to take a back seat while the rest of the world rushes on. _ -Let's not be left holding the bag. Ls$*'&&get everyone interested in this hotel move and keep them that way until some man or a group of men make the definite move and construct a modern ho tel in our town Until then, we are treading water just waiting to see. whether ire can hold our own or go backward. There are many forward steps that are in our grasp but yet untenable because of the lack of hotel facilities. Tie hotel might never pay off to its builders vast profits; certainly it would not for a few years. But eventually it would not only eb a sound invest ment. but it would liovc earned a place in the history of Tabor City and would undoubtedly mean much toward nur future nell being and actual life. ACL Rest Rooms May Be Opened To General Public In reply to a letter from the Tabor City Merchants Association, the At lantic Coastline Railroad company tentatively agreed to consider open ing their depot rest room facilities to the general public if the town would furnish a full time caretaker. This tentative promise was brought before the town council at its regu lar monthly meeting Tuesday night and a resolution was adopted by which the town agreed to furnish a caretnker if the Atlantic Coast Line would open their facilities. The need for public rest rooms here for both white and colored has been emphasized for some time and was one of the suggestions offered at the last meeting of the merchants association. This is the first step that has been taken toward solving the problem. Leaf Market Averages $52.50 With the tobacco holiday ended and warehouses back open for business, the Tabor City market witnessed high prices Thursday for the quality of tobacco offered, averaging for the day approximately $52.50 per hun dred. Thursday's sale saw another 325, 000 pounds sold on the local floors. Government inspectors were pres ent yesterday to grade all tobacco and only tobacco passed by the gov ernment inspectors during the day can be sold that day. The bright leaf continued to roll into Tabor City and hopes are still high among tobacconists that a record will be set here in poundage as well as dollars. I A "year without a Summer" oc j curred in 1816 when killing frogt ;and snow were reported every month of the year in New York, Pennsyl i vania, New England and even as 'far south as the Virginia mountains. I According to one theory, the cold j was caused by great quantities» of volcanic dust in the air which pre vented sufficient sunlight from ! reach the earth. I >5 AN OF THE WEEK Mack Canady, 36, a farmer and policeman, takes the limelight this week with his appointment as dep uty sheriff for the Tabor City area by high sheriff H. D. Stanley. Respected everywhere by both law less and law abiding citizenry, Mr. Canady has built a name during his 13 months as police chief that is seldom heard of by men serving in that capacity. Prior to accepting the job here last year as police chief, Mr. Canady was a fee deputy sheriff in Lee town ship and the work he did there was highly commendable. His new of fice gives him more latitude in which to work and means greater lawpro tecticn for people of this area. Mack is the son of Henry Canady and the late Mrs. Canady of the Nakina section. He is married and the father of four children, Hazel, Helen, Mack, Jr., and Barbara Ann. Bruton Requests Full Cooperation Of Townspeople Η. B. Bruton, city street super pendent, has been putting on a sustained drive to better the ap nee ranee of the town for the last week and has issued a statement the neople which he believes will T»nVe for greater cleanliness if full "ooneration Is given him. "If everyone would obtain suf f'c'ently large containers to hold ♦hp*r earbage and waste paper and oover these so that the wind would j not scatter the papers and dogs can- I not eet into he garbage, disposal would be greatly facilitated and it would imnrove the aopearance of the town," Mr. Bruton asserted. "Place your garbage cans near the sidewalk every Friday morning. We : e^necially ask for cooperation of evp»-v resident of the city in this matter. This will facilitate handling *>nd enable us to accomplish more än keen'ng the streets clean. Gar h-se. tin ran«? and such should be j nlnred in garbage containers," he j cnn*'nued. j "We must have the asistance of | every citizen in order to do an ef- j ficient job. It is our desire to keep the city as clean as possible. Your cooperation in conveniently placing your garbage for Friday collection will aid greatly. j "To accomplish our purpose, we also hope that merchants and busi-, ; nessmen will avoid sweeping papers into the streets and also have their garbage available for our collection, JMr. Bruton concluded. 1 Merchants Association Board Of Directors; Names Hotel Committee At Friday Meet ; Τ 117 D^L^. The appointment of a hotel com | mittee to investigate the possibilities of building a hotel in Tabor City highlighted a meeting of the board of directors of the local merchants association last Friday. ! Έ. W. Fonvielle, appointed chair man of the hotel committee, initiated 1 , the move to see what could be done' . toward procuring a first rate hotel I here. Others appointed to the com i mittee were B. L .Nesmith, J. H. j (Anderson, G. Garland Fowler, B. A. Garrell, Charles Leggette and R. C. Coleman. I President S. P. Smith suggested j that a sweet potato jamboree be planned for October but this matter was held over as unfinished, business. Upon motion of G. Garland Fow ler, the executive secretary was In structed to write a letter to the town I board of commissioners asking for early construction of zoning ordin ' ances to eliminate unsightly build ings and undesirable new construc |tion. especially of the type that en I hances the town's fire hazards. President Smith made the motion! that another letter be written to' he town requesting that plans for > moving the railroad crossing at the western end of Live Oak Street to a more southern point in line with the entrance to the Green Sea high- | -fp A} pauopaa sea sntL rectors. ^ J I School Attendance ! Stressed By Peneer Principal of the local schools, C. H. Penner, has issued the following statement to the people of this area. "This is an appeal to the general public concerning school attendance. Attendance is the most Important factor in the success or failure of a pupil in school. For the past sev eral years the state has made little effort to enforce the public attend ance law, except where individual counties and cities employed an at tendance officer. The attitude of the general public here is that of the "let-it-alone" type. A child is on the street during school hours. It should be your concern and the con cern of every parent as to why that child is not in school. Hie fact that a child is out of school un necessarily is the concern of every man and woman in the Tabor City school district. "I give you the following incident which actually happened last year. Our school had to close two days due to the sleet and bad roads. On one of those days four girls of school age had a chance to go to Wilming ton for the day. They arrived about ten o'clock. They first went to (Continued on Page Rve) J. W. Roberts ι1 Robbed Of $500 And Pistol J. W. Roberts, owner of J. W. j Roberts grocery and service station here was allegedly robbed of $500 and a 38 automatic special as he r left his place of business here on Saturday night, August 24th. Mr. Roberts was carrying the mon- 1 ey and gun in a cigar box and Is ( alleged 'to have been attacked by four persons who grabbed the box * and ran. No previous information { has been given regarding the re ported robbery in order that under cover investigation might be made without enhanced difficulties. Four persons were recently arrest ed by deputy Bright Stevens, and < charged with having committed the ] robbery. They are Lillie Strickland I< and James Jordan, lodged in the | < county jail at press time; and Le- i ι man Fowler and a woman named 1 Todd, at large on bond. ι No money has been recovered by ] Mr. Roberts to date. The salary of members of the British Parliament was recently; ι raised from 600 pounds to 1000 1 pounds (about $4,000) per year. American Congressmen receive $10,- ι 000. Ii Mystery Shrouds Gore Lake Explosion Sunday Morning Blast Rips Mill Pond Apart Few clues were left behind when the Gore Lake dam and mill house were dynamiter*, into complete instruction Sunday morning about 12:30 by some person.", still at large and unsuspected. Rattling windows in town and the surrounding countryside, the dynamite intimated at from six sticks to a case or more, tore away the North side ct the dam in an instant and the water pressure from the fast flowing lake carried of Γ the mill house and machinery, crushing it in the swamp several hundreJ ieet below its original location. I ' " 1 T3nfV» Η ο m ίγΗ mill Vimico cufforort Harrelson Heads Salvation Army Drive For Funds R. C. Harrelson, well-known Tabor City druggist and ex-state legisla tor, has been appointed chairman of the Salvation Army committee now seeking to raise $450 in the Tabor City area. Vice Chairman of the drive is Willie Webster who is as sociated with Mr. Harrelson in busi ness here. The drive recently began and dona tions are now being accepted by Mr. Harrelson and his representatives. He has expressed the hope that as many people as possible will con tribute to this worthy cause. Posters have been placed in win dows around town announcing the fact that funds are sought. At the Monday night meetnig of the local Rotary club a movie was shown by Charles D. Rapier, farm agent, which depicted the part that the Salvation Army has played and is playing as a benevolent helper of all nedy persons in time of war and peace. Willie Webster spoke briefly and urged that Tabor City fake the lead in Columbus county in raising their share of the county goal and James Rogers, editor of the _ News-Reporter, Whiteville, also urged that everyone see this need^and respond according ly. An advertisement in this newspaper itemizes some of the good that the Salvation Army is doing and was sponsored by local businessmen in an effort to show everyone what that ι organization strives to accomplish. BULLETIN Deputy Sheriff Mack Canady, W. C. Gore and bright Stevens captured a 100 gallon still. 700 gallons of mash and other whiskey making equip ment one mile west of the business j section of town yesterday afternoon. ' Eighteen barrels of mash were cut down and the still was brought back to the city hall where it was destroy ed. The whiskey makers were not pres- : ent and no one was captured. The evidence showed that syrup and sug- , a- were being; used but none was ι present at the still. Both dam and mill house suffered total destruction. Owned by Lee Gore and operated by LeRoy Gore, the lake was one of the most frequently visited recrea tion centers in this area and was located a mile out of Tabor City on the Whiteville road. Boating, fish ing and swimming were carried on there. Sheriff H. D .Stanley was sum moned to investigate immediately after the dynamiting but the only clues to date has been a pair of shoe tracks leading away from the dam. It is believed from this that at least t\v>- persons were involved, and that they came on foot and not by boat as some persons have sus pected. Probable motive for the crime is the fact that water from the lake is said to cover property which might otherwise belong to other persons but as the deed reads now, persons owning the lake are entitled to all land up to the water's edge. The exploding of the dam would give persons holding land surrounding the lake considerably more property. Authorities offered this as the most probable motive although others have been put forth. The dam has been dynamited in in the past at least once and only a few years ago, the mill house was fired and burned to the water's edge. The complete destruction of the dam this time, caused the lake to drain quickly, leaving thousands of fish floundering in its muddy bot tom and bringing curious persons from miles around. I.t is estimated that at least 5,000 persons have seen the lake since the blasting. The owners ot fhe lake system itized the fishing and sold hundreds of pounds at the concession stand where people waited in line for choice bream, jacks and trout. Many other fishermen simply jump ed in and caught their own. carry ing them off by the sack full, and it is believed that at least 5,000 pounds were carried off from the southern end of the lake. No ac :urate estimate could be made of the number caught at the upper end where fishermen could be seen for •everal days. Gore Lake is an historical land nark having been in existence for ■»early 100 years. The open water s nearly two miles long by three juarters of a mile wide and its otal surface covers 700 acres. The World War II memorial narker in the depot yard was torn iown this week and same of the umber put into the construction of a lolice booth near the same spot. The little booth is located at such . position that policemen on duty here will have open vision of al nost all of the main street and the nost active section of town. Negro PTA Meet ülated Monday Members of the district Parent teachers Association are invited to .ttend a meeting of that organization Λ the Tabor City Negro school Mon· lay evening at eight o'clock. This is the first meeting of the roup since school opened and good .ttendance is expected as in the past. BULLETIN A Chevrolet pickup truck was in volved in an accident in front of iobert Sarvis' home, about two miles mt of Tabor City near the Fowler school house Wednesday, and John jrainger was injured seriously and ras reported in "critical condition** it press time by the Columbus county lospital officials. Oliver Fowler and Loman Fowler vere also injured in the accident and urere also in the county hospital, al .hough not bi serious condition, the lospital reported. Other persons were riding in the rear of the pickup but were uninjured in the accident
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