Tabor City tribune
"THE TOWN WITH A CITY FUTURE"
111 ■ - Tabor City, North Carolina--Friday, October 10,1947 S2.00 u ) ear
n , Volume Two Number Fourteen
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μ EXOTiC S stir a of the Chicago
·,··■ 1.3 Patricia Schmidt leaves
Havana for an appearance
Uri 8 three-judge tribunal on
tgeS that she shot and killed
fr/'«'*'· aboard his yacht.
\ ίο be so weakened
ΓΓ,-Μ c'r v,-eight while in prison
Sal data would have to b·
(International)
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South Carolina
fod Georgia In
'each Battle
ATLANTA. (»ct. !>. — Georgia
ad South ..... olina locked vocal
urns today ίΐι α -peach war" and
leorgia's iiiü.tarv chief. Alpha
i«!e: j<'r:.:u'.iy threatened to
sunt an triphibious offensive
S..v.»unah river fron
2. spean.ta.ifü by newspaper
a.
rat· ba*'..t : üan when Gover-!
ί-J S'.u:: ihurmond of South
solina p. tested to Governor j
■ E· Thoir.p.-;»n Georgia's use of
ä "peach state" description on
iucenst· :..3 Thurmond argued
•'the b<i two seasons South
wlina : produced more
«cr.es than ι »eorgia.
, ^ -> dar.-erous to trifle with
^'•r· Ca: :.a. Thurmond said.:
^ that his state re
an argument from
Ca:··!.na over which state
K-'e'.v J. .von was born in.
^gias : :i to feel our wrath [
S COme.'·
Thurmonil Λ asl thai
j Georgia immediately drop the
>ach state" label on its li
pase plates and "cease and
teist from your larcenous us
"ipation of the title to which
South Carolina has earned
Wl ownership."
pitn rto ,·. ided the unkindest
I* a: Furthermore, our
better than yours."
react:1 >n iri Georgia was
i~P unci quick. Adjutant Gen
»iFowlt:. former B-17 pilot,
^that U- uigiu's production was
' shtaci i-i South Carolina's in
ie,'ype ot peaches "that come
i'i lung hem-lines."
-1 S<jat:i Carolina wants war,
£Seid. Ik- will call on Georgia's
f&Ui'al \V. τι Κ. Jenkins to
pvidt; ass;. ;.? boats for a cross
P W th»· Savannah.
I As a routine precaution," Fow
" said. "1 considering alert
5^: nev National Guard Cor
j^ndenk' association. Fifty
wd men . [r;> typewriters could
^oablv c! -. -hose boys back to
^••ortli (', - ,>!ina line."
® Macon. Emmett Snell
who sponsored the
\ statt- tag. said that j
CaroUna couldn't have
title i{ she produced a bil
''?? tushcl:;.
;r ^'->1» : .■· title because we
.^v*1 ι .- (ι business," he
Carolina is growing
*£··*£ ii< ·.. a in Georgia."
. ι^·ίΤιοη ! . .. .,· t ight back with
^P»'b! · a truce so that
ΐ'.,ΐ'. t.,ke its peaches
to South Caro
lin ~υ ,:ι ' «"T>pai'e them."
J***' >ι·.,ι old fachelor.
···■ · .iid the governor
to ι ( "a· "we>11 1,ne UP
s..iuui ('..nuderate war vet
Savannah river arm
v. «üv » til S«.uth Carolina
tui? jand off the Geor
Müret
;H COUNCIL
|&jpUCH
S?bERS vote AGAINST
CHtCKü
föSi0PKt K p^·» °ct- 9· Τ
Hnj Sh ΐ'Ίιΐιι it 11 a-mbers of this
5fem.,ot 1&ju voted last night
»aft receiving pay for their
ft
% Jäters said they "feel
^ 51 oest preserve the tradi
ittaZ0, Principles of local gov
**% ♦ servm8 without pay.
<VrTeLlaw Permits payment
u§h officers.
Schools Cleared
Rapidly In Fire
Drills Thursday
Fire drills were held in tl·
schools of Williams, South Wi
liams and Bug Hill townshij
Thursday under the supervisio
of hte Tabor City fire departmen
Fire Chief Frank Young ej
pressed himself as well satisfie
with the results of the drill
which were held in conjunctio
with National Fire Preventio
week.
Drills were held at the Tabc
City white and colored school
Williams township, Guidewaj
Clarendon colored and Dotha
colored.
The schools, with the numbe
of pupils, number of teachers an
time it took to clear the builc
I ings were:
Tabor City white, 1,200 pupil:
34 teachers, 1 minute, 16 second:
Tabor City colored, 310 pupil:
10 teachers, 51 seconds.
Williams township, 986 pupil
27 teachers 1 minute, 50 second;
Extra time was taken to close th
doors and windows against draf
Clarendon colored, 67 pupils,
teachers, 35 seconds.
Dothan colored, 69 pupils,
teachers, 30 seconds.
Guideway, 475 pupils, 12 teach
ers. 40 seconds.
Town Taxes Turned
Over To Attorney
For Collection
Tabor City town board Tues
day night vited to turn delir
qquent taxes for 1946 over t
Town Attorney R. B. Mailar
for collection.
The board authorized purchas
of 300 feet of fire hose in keepin
with Underwriters requirement
fo rthe town. The hose will cos
approximately $1.50 a foot.
Holiness Church
To Hold Revival
Beginning Sunday
A revival meeting of the Tabo
City »ire Baptized Holines
church begins Sunday evening
October 12 at 7 o'clock. Rev
Wade Wray, pastor, will be ii
charge of the worship messagi
with Mrs. Wray assisting witl
the music.
The public is invited to attem
the meeting.
Civitans Munch
Fried Chicken,
Talk Business
Tabor City Civitans ate fried
chicken at their meeting Mon
day night at Forest Inn.
There was a short business
session and three guests were
recognized—S. W. Caruso, Lewis
Heni ford and Keith Spivey.
Flys To Wedding
Mrs. Η. B. Elliott, Sr. has re
turned here following a visit with
her daughters, Misses Hattie Mae
Elliott and Janie Ellliottt to Frani
Anderson which was an evenl
of Saturday, October 8.
Mrs. Elliott is 73 years old anc
is probably the oldest Tabor Citj
woman to travel by plane.
Carnival Plans
Mrs. D. C. Spivey, Sr. and Mrs
. V. Elliott, Jr., chairman of the
Halloween carnival committee oi
the Tabor City Woman's club an
nounced yesterday that plans foi
the thrid annual affair have beer
laid.
Plans assure both children anc
adults an evening of wholesome
entertainment with a small ad
mission fee. The carnival will b<
staged at the Tabor City school;
gym on Friday evtning, Octobei
31st.
Eastern Star
The Tarbor City chapter of th<
Order of Eastern Star will mee'
i.t Fair Bluff, Monday, October 13
when Worthy Grand Matron Mrs
Nell H. Porter of Swannoah anc
Worthy Grand Matron Wade Η
Brown of Tarboro will als<
make their official visits.
The Chadbourn chapter will als<
be at the joint meeitng.
Members attendinw will take i
picnic supper which will b
spread at the Legion hut at ι
o'clock. Following supper ad
dresses will be made by official:
CZECH ARRESTED
FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY
INTO UNITED STATES
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—The im
migration service today announc
|ed the arrest of Alexander Stev
ens, a Czechaslovak η a t i ο η a
known under six aliases, on
charge of entering the Unite
States illegally.
W. Frank Watkins, district d
rector of the immigration an
naturalization service, said Ste^
ens was arrested in Peekskill, 1
Y., yesterday and was taken 1
Ellis Island in default of $5,0(
bond to await deportation pr<
ceedings.
Stevens did not have a vali
immigration visa when he ente
ed this country August 3, 193
Watkins said. The district d
rector added that Stevens al'
was known as Alexander Gol<
berger, J. Peters, 'Steve Lapi
Pete Stevens, Steve Miller ai
Steve Bornstein.
SEE FOOTBALL GAME
Jack McGougan, Ed Fonvielj
Sam Jackson, Ray Mallard, .
ι Williams and Paul Rogers a
I tended the Clemson-Wake Fc
est game Saturday and return«
through the mountains! Th<
said neither school had a bac
field to compare with Tabor Ci
High.
SPECTACUL
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NEW YORK'S WORST DOCK fire in 16 years Is shown in this spectacular air view, as smoke billows up from
pier 57, on the North River, and hundreds of firemen battled to get the flames under control. Sixty-six fire
flahtere were reported injured and a loss of more than $5,000,000 was believed sustained. (International)
Tater Day' Festival Planned
• In Tabor City October 31
\ Initial plans for a day-long "Ta
[ ter Day' program in Tabor City
the sweet potato capital of the
' world, fc'ere set up *«t a meetinj
of the < xecutive board of the Mer
chant? Association Tuesday morn
ing.
The celebration, to be held
Hallowe'en Day, Friday, Oc
tober 31, will feature a well
rounded program that will in
clude entertainment for young
and old.
S. P. Smith has been appoint
ed chairman of the "Tater Day
program and wiii work out tin
i complete schedule with the co
I operation of local organizations
wmch will be asked to participate
One of the highlights of the da:
will include a contest in whicl
prizes will be awarded for tin
best hamper of sweet potatoes an<
1 for the largest sweet potato.
1 Preceding "Tater Day," will b<
; a clean-up week from Oct. 2'
through 30, with Wednesday, Oct
29 being designated as clean-ui
day, during which all citizens ο
Tabor City will be asked to pitel
in and get the town in tip-toj
shape for the celebration.
Children To Parade
Tentative plans call for th<
day's program to start around 1(
or 10:30 a. m. with a parade lec
by an Army band and in whicl
all school children of the are*
will be asked to take part.
Then will come the judging o:
entries in the potato contest, ar
address by a prominent speaker
a beauty contest, an amateur con
1 test and other feature events.
In the afternoon, the crowd
will be invited to attend the
. football game between Tabor
City high school and Halls
boro on Civitan Field here.
At night,, there will be a Hal
lowe'en party sponsored by th<
Woman's club and a square danc<
at the Legion hut.
NEW SPRAY GUN
INJECTS DRUGS
WITHOUT NEEDLES
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. — /
spray gun that shoots insulin
morphine and other drugs pain
lessly into the human body an<
does away with inejctions t>:
hypodermic needle was demon
strated at the District of Colum
bia Medical Society's annual as
sembly.
The new instrument, known a
a "hypospray," blasts drug
through the skin in most case
without even leaving a mart
Shaped like a flashlight, it ca
build up air pressure of 12
pounds per square inch.
SOUTH AFRICA TO
LEND BRITAIN
SUPPLY OF GOLD
LONDON, Oct. 9. — An nut hoi
itative government source ind
cated todnv that Britain has sol
another $120,000,000 worth of go!
to the United States, and an ο
ficial announcement said Soul
Africa had agreed to lend th
country $320,000.000 of the vello
metal to reinforce the supply.
REVIVAL MEETING
A revival meeting will get ui
derway at the First Bapti
church (colored) Oct. 19 ar
will continue through the wee
Rev. V. S. Singletary, pastor a:
nounced. Dr. G. Going Danie
will be the guest minister wi
services being held daily at
o'clock and in the evening
7:30. The public is invited to £
tend, the pastor said.
Rev. Singletary is conductii
a meeting at Flag Patch tl
week and will be in a meetii
at Honey Hill next week wi
Rev. W. C. Graham as guest mi
ister.
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Red Devils Take
35-0 Win Over
Myrtle Beach
The Tabor City Red Devils de
feated the Myrtle Beach eleven
35-0 last Friday aftrnoon, despite
the fact thai some of the stars
of the team were out with in
juries.
First touchdown was scored
in the openr»r* nvnntes of the
second quarter, win-η Fred Sole:
tossed a 35-yard pass to Orben
Fo .vier in the end /one.
After that the scoring came
easily for the Ked Devils and
thev connected for the extra
* ! *
i j point after t .eh touch i«»wn.
Other scores cvuue when Soles
passed to Bill Spivev, twice when
Soles carried me ball and again
when Andy Jernigan went
through the hne.
TYPHOON Rl.PORTED
LEVELING BUILDINGS
AT IWO JIMA BASE
GUAM, Oct. 9. — A weak radio
message from I wo Jima late to
day said every building on that
historic island was flattened or
badly damaged by a typhoon
which struck with winds of Itil)
miles, an hour.
The message, heard by the coast
guard station on Guam, 800 miles
south of I wo, made no mention
of how the American garrison
fared. There are about 300 air
force, army and coast guard per
sonnel and dependents on the is
land.
All communications had been
cut off for more than eight hours
before the one faint report came
through.
Mrs. Singletary
Dies In Hospital;
Rites Wednesday
Mrs. Lucendia Singletary, 76, of
i Whiteville, route 3, died at the
; Rogers hospital in Loris early
i Monday afternoon. Funeral rites
ι were held from the Leabonan
1 Methodist church Wetdnesday af
I ternoon. Funeral rites were held
from Leabon Methodist church
Wednesday afternoon at 3:00
o'clock and burial was made in
the church cemetery.
She is survived by four daugh
: ters. five sons, and one sister.
Beach Air
Base To Be Put
:
I On Inactive Status
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. — The
Myrtle Beach army air base is
headed for inactive status by
January 1, on at least a tempor
ary basis, it was learned in Wash
ington late today. This informa
tion is said to be fully accurate,
but no official source cares to
sponsor it now. This is the ex
planation given:
The bombing ranges at George
town and Conway are about to
revert to their former civilian
owners, as the result of recent
pressure exerted upon the army
department. Without these, only
the over-the-water target range
ι at Myrtle Beach remains. This
Overwater range is not sufficient
ι reason for maintenance of a full
fledged air base from the view
point of sound economic opera-;
tion and training.
When the Mvrlle Beach base
goes on inactive status, a force i
of aboul 100 enlisted men and j
Iwo officers will be left for pro-:
lection and maintenance.
TOBACCO CROP
INSURANCE PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. — The
agriculture department said today
its crop insurance program for to
bacco will be expanded to cover
32 counties in 1948. an increase
of 13 over this year.
The 32 counties are located in
13 major tobacco producing states.
HONORS THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
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NATIONAL PRESIDENT of the American Gold Star Mothers, Mrs. Mathilda
Burling, Richmond Hill, New York, places a wreath on the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
The mothers' organization is convcniBg in Washington. (International)
Prices Vjood As rotato
Auction Market Opens
Tabor City's sweet potato auc
ion niaiket--thought to be the
rst of its kind in the world—
Λ»1 underway hi : ν Wednesday
lith growers receiving prices
lighth higher than last season,
iupervisbr L5 'l\ «'iarrell said.
No. 1 potatoes sold lor $1.90
[» $2.10 a bii.-rht·! and .i total of
,1.>7 bushels were sold the
pining day.
TJie opening da>'s sales were
iclow expect a I ions as a large
lumber of grov»e:> have not be
im digging potatoes vet.
Indications ν ere Thursday
fiorning, however, that laige
mounts of potatoes would be
oming in right away.
Λ total of 22 farmers sold on
he opening day and there were
ive buyers on the maiket.
Prices ranged lYoin a low of
1.-15 to a high s i $2.25. C
The auction market is operat
d by the newly formed Tabor
'itv Marketing Co.. Inc.. and is
icing lon-iut led in the W. F.
u\ wareliou;··· («iarreH's No. 2).
I! is onpooted that growers will
eaiize generally higher prices on
lie auction market ihan they
lave in private sales during past
'ears as bm ing is strictly ac
ording t<> grad.· with inspection
»eing mad.· at Hie warehouse by
J. S. government inspectors.
President Truman
says United States
Seeks Only Peace
WASHINGTON. (Jet. 9.—Strik
ng back ai Russian "warmonger
ng" accusations. President Tru
uan said n»d..\ ι i·.·ι the United
Slates is seeking only peace—not
erritory <:!· economic control—
hroughout the world.
He told a news conference that
Acting Serretarv of State Robert
i. Lovetl tiad made :i completely
unple slaieiiiei.t of this country's
iews on tin· creation of the Com
nuni.st "information bureau" by
'onmumist p:irtie.·. in nine Euro
>ean countries.
Lovetl .aid yesterday that the
•ebirth of the "Comintern" show
id cleared the intention of the
Soviets "to prev< nt, if they can,
he economic recovery of Europe."
The president's reiteration
of United Stetes "peace and - ^
l>rOS£>» I'iii'" simc /·»»» t. (·>—·
hours aft^r Undersecretary
of State William L. Clayton
predicted that trade will be
resumed between Western
and Eastern Europe regardless
ci Russian efforts to block
the Marshall plan.
Mr. Truman would not reply
lirectly to i|ue.siion.s about how
nucli importance he attached to
he new Communis! information
gency. He .smilingly commented
hat he was used to propaganda,
»artieularly during political caiu
>aigns in the United State;.
Then, however, he took a deep
treath and said slowl.s and ser
ausly that he wanted to point
nit once more that, all this coun
ty wants is lasting peace and
irosperity for all the· world.
He emphasized that the United
Hides is not seeking territoiy, and
i not interested in economic con
rol of any countiy or continent.
J.O F. Fowler, a native of the
jieen Sea section, has begun
vork at White Motor Sales in
'abor City. Fowler, the -n of
Irs. Rebecca Fowler of Green
lea. is an experienced automo
)ile body man and formerly
.vorked with garages at White
,-ilie, Wilmington and Sumter.
Tin of Hitler's Foe
DAUGHTER of former Mayor Karl
Goerdeler of Leipzig, Germany,
Benigna Goerdeler (above), 18, if
shown on htr arrival at LaGuardia
Field, Ν. Y. She will study at Briar·
cliff Junior College, Briarcljff.N. Y,
where she had won a two-year
scholarship with a thesis based on
her life history. Benigna's father
was put to death alter an unsuccess
ful plot to kill Adolph Hitler In
July, 1944. (International
Tabor City Unit [
Of National Guard
Ready For Approval '■
The Tabor City unit of the'
National Guard has signed up 31 '
men and is now ready for in- '
spection and approval by the j1
government, Lt. John W. Barlow
said yesterday.
Barlow conferred Thursday .'
with Col. David Hardee, execu- j *
tive officer of the North Carolina
National Guard and the colonel j J
said the local unit should be :
ready for a formal inspection by j1
the last of October. i
II is expected that training
will begin within the next 3u:1
days and weekly drills will be <
held on Thursday nights.
There are still openings in the
unit and men between the ages ^
17 and 45 in this section of the f
Carolinas are invited to join the
unit.
Barlow is commander and Lis
ton Mew is second lieutenant. 1
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Waccamaw Bank
Will Close At !j
1 On Thursdays
Beginning next week the Wae- ^
camaw Bank and Trust company <
in Tabor City will close al 1 1
o'clock every Thursday. Closing ,
hour on others days will still be ·
2 p.m.
i
Mrs. Nicey Reaves !
Taken By Death; i
Funeral Sunday
Funeral rites were held from ί
the home Sunday morning, for ;
Mrs. Nicie Reaves, 67, who died '
Friday night at her home in Ash. ,
The Rev. Lester Mincey officia- (
ted and interment was made in ,
the Gore cemetery.
Surviving are three daughters, ι,
Mrs. Elneta Hewett, Mrs. Dora',
Norris, Mrs. Ann Hewitt, all of <
Ash; two sons, C. H. Reaves, and j
Kirby of Ash; one sister, Mrs. i
Bertha Willoughby, Durham, and !
two brothers,, Boston of Lumber-:
ton, and Ro.-iic of Leurinljtn g. ί
In Manchuria
NANKING, Oct. 9.—New Com-1
muiiist gains in Manchuria and
raids deep behind government j
lines in China proper were re-1 (
ported today as Generalissimo ι
Chiang Kaishek declared "we will ι
nol lightly yield one single ihch -c
of our northeastern (Manchurian) t
territory to the rebals." I
Chiang's statement was issued j
to commemorate the 36th anni
versary of the Chinese republic, l
which will be observed as a na- i
tional holiday Friday. (
He urged his people to "dis- t
card all bad habits such as laxity j
and extravagance, superflousness
and opportunism," declaring: S
"We must realize that salva- j
tion or ruin of our nation depend t
entirely on our efforts today."
Chiang mentioned that "oven a
notion of the wealth and strength <
of the United States has asked its ι
people to consere vfood" and "the ^
thoroughness with which Britain j
is enforcing its austers economic 5
program." 1
News from the battlefronts con
tinued unfavorable to the gov- ■
ernment.
DODGER SPRING TRAINING
IS SET FOR WEST INDIES
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—President
Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn
Dodgers announced today that the
club will train next spring in Ciu
dad Trujillo. capital city of the j
Dominican Republic. *
The squad will report on March *
1. The Montreal Royals, a Brook- !
Ivn farm club, will train at San j 2
Cristobal, a neighboring city, and ;
will play exhibitions with the |
Dodgers. One or two major Ica
gu eclubs also may schedule train- (
ing games wi.th the Brooks.
Church Dedicated
TVio riour AAothnrlict to.
centlv construfted at Pirewav
was dedicated Sunday with the
program getting underway at
11 o'clock in the morning. Rev.
L. L. Jones, pastor of the Olyphic
Baptist church, was the guest
speaker.
Dinner was served at one o'
clock after which Dr. John C.
Glenn, district superintendent of
the Wilmington charge, spoke
and held the quarterly confer
ence.
The building is composed of
the auditorium, five Sunday
school class rooms, and a social
ball.
The family of the late J. George
Butler erected a window in
front of the church in memory
of the deceased who was a Pire
vray resident for a number of
years.
Rev. Joseph F. Coble is pas
tor of the church.
The Tabor City Parent Teach
ers Association will meet at the
school auditorium Tuesday night.
October 14 at 8 o'clock. All par
ents and patrons of the Tabor
City schools are urged to attend,
president, Mrs. J. C. Singletary
announced.
The Tuesday night schedule
will mark the first meeting of
the 1947-1948 year.