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tabor City tribune All The News — Without Fear Or Favor ————— \ VoltwL>e Two Number Forty Tabor Qity, T^orth Carolina—Friday, tApril 9, 1948 S2.00 a 7 ear L« Oepartment Heads lire Given Pay Raises I ;.·Λ*η board Λ"'.« Λ » - : η Tuesday ies of the - ^ i-aivr ^uperin -nperintend Mav to ' date· of a . ■ nance for telephone police de : the lower ι reeled .since recent or iewalks by police de '..v "piccolo" the fina of ■üe und Sen it ft . »/.tctary removal .1 mdcen pen* ·.. reason^ ■ ai ίον/n truck I .. i';sh fry for :: t and ap ri*»berts and I remittee to I The Jon« :·- Mission of the p.; : tele.-.'·. " ••rv:ce in Ta te; City ·■·■ -p with the a delega tes :c c<»<ϊ 5 officials of ti.< 'c iepnone com· Lwr.y und seek relief. ■ ■■'.uinis were < -vapants of • -:y of the Fon ■ : 1 the effect .· . was be •! '·■■> their cus ihe pens are possible but .r.g to smell ·· i:ie pen is." the deadline j:mer.t oi the fish Extensiv p. |ia.-.;ta::cr. o:.:.:.ance came Up· the roc; * i: of a number jof local f: h dealers. who said Ithc-v a·.·.:. : not be able to make required ·· ments before iMay 1. . ed to inves 'v of moving : f-tly across "i'f Railroad. . -nt :nto the U:n Auto and an attempt to :iey as a rest! !ä spot. ( t" sell the ι : ι ruck owned .action at the •day. April 21. | Overheard Bv billy whitted li- ward Wooten ·. ! his name at a recent We w uz too . ::te down ev : ; giving Vernon ·.::»· at the Civi . ν other night be . got out that he nuittress just be r.t. . - (»keeping. I1 ·' ·" A .'.man who was ν· · :■· .·. curate what ■ ■: :a.s sermon, re iet-d. sir: so in : we didn't i*.-aiiv was until -λ* Η 1j Stanley was in the log rolling _' imp limented parts by repeat 5 ' me :nan: That - ■'· -a-·» * wt-ar his gun ; down here be - ·■·■.::- r)t.-acefui people. *:ι» sheriff got λ ..e he was down was in the rest >; <·. the janitor '·"· ■·: locked all the ■ck 'he sheriff out, yelled out the couldn't en ••ked up in a ; s two year ' cat the other • U places—the ' town board ·' attending a -••i Um of town - v and want •!i Attorney vautrd to go. ••..ι: the reply, -»it to Atlanta, ; ·■'·. but when • tu Lum the iajftc ;.J"!U ϊ ay Benton By BaeS» m lia« Thursday "% I : I t üa,...-v. '■"; ·' .UVu months ' ■* ■■ ' ; . "' i V-,,' '· ;Le ^att three, ' Tönung. **ΐ. : ; at 11 •fti ttie home. ir{. """- *;· -Λάι\\ι>η to the ad j.·' I" :.· brothers, Lin : ·. ; ' " aad Samuel; L: c· ί-ί-όΓιά and Es Fallen Hero Is Returned Home For Burial The body of Cpl. Joseph Wil liam Hill, son of Mr&mrs Wil lie Hill of Tabor City route two, who was killed in the Pacific theatre of war. February 26, arrived in Tabor City Thursday and funeral services will be con ducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Mount Olive Baptist church. Rev. B. L. Raines will officiate and burial will be in the Hodge cemetery. Pvt. Hill enlisted in the Army May 12, 1942 and served in the Asiatic-Pacific theatre. He was a wearer of the Purple Heait and the Asiatic-Pacific Cam paign Medal. Surviving in addition to the' patents are four brothers, Don. Frank and Bob, Frank and Bob Hill of Tabor City route two and Pfc. Olin Hill of Fort Jackson, S. C. Burns Fatal For Former Tabor Teacher Miss Adelaide Harris, 31, a member of the Tabor City school faculty in 1940, died in an Albemarle hospital last Sunday morning of bums suffered Sat urday when she attempted to start a fire in a furnace at the home of her mother in Norwood. Her brother, W. H. Harris jr, who extinguished the flames which had enveloped her, suffer ed serious hand burns. Miss Harris was the daughter of Mrs. W. H. Harris and the late Mr. Harris. She attended the Norwood schools and was graduated from Meredith col lege. For a time, she was con nected with the Durham Life Insurance company in Raleigh, and later taught school in Ta bor City. More recently she has been making her home in Nor wood. She was a member of the Nor wood Methodist church and took an active part in church work, serving as a teacher in the Sunday school. The funeral was conducted Monday afternoon in the Nor wood Methodist church and bur ial was in Norwood cemetery. Surviving in addition to her mother are a brother, W. H. Har ris jr, and a sister, Miss Nancy Harris of Richmond, Va. Boxing Card Set For Friday At Guideway Greeley Long has a 12-bout boxing card slated for Guideway School Friday night. The fights get underway at 7:30 p.m. with two sixty pounders squaring off in the opening event. The fighters are from Tabor City and Guideway, and a Ta bor boy will be matched with a Guideway boy if possible. There will be fights in weights ranging from 60 pounds to 170 pounds. The pairings completed so far are as follows: 60 lbs.—Tony Ray vs Lloyd Benton. 75 lbs.—Allman Long vs Tom Ray. 85 lbs.—Jerry Carterette vs. Hoyt Watts. 90 lbs.—Trenton Elderdice vs. Gene Lawrimore. 110 lbs.—Charles Benton vs. Luther Singletary. 120 lbs.—J. C. Buck vs. Keith Soles. 120 lbs.—Charles Cox vs. Max ie Watts. 120 lbs.—Jerry Waddell vs. Grady Watts. 135 lbs.—Don Watts vs. Ed ward Anderson. 165 lbs.—Rudolph Gore vs. Sonny Boy Hewett. A bout between Bruce Beck of Tabor City and Aubrey Thom as of Shallotte is trying to be arranged in the 170 pound class. Thomas is the boy who won the Golden Gloves tournament in Whiteville and is somewhat of a knockout specialist. But Beck himself is quite a fighter and if such a match is arranged there will be plenty of fire works. Other boys who are planning to fight on the card but as yet have not been matched are: Red Strickland, Jerry Prince, R. C. Wtlloughby, Bobby Norris, Bur niie Stevens, Ned Watts, Max ton Spivey, Wade Roberts, Wade I Duncan, Frank Watts, and Doc (Dempsey) Fowler. i ! Veterans Service Officer Coming To Tabor Saturday Mornings County S e rvice Officer T. FormyDuval will be in Tabor Ciyt every Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon to give veterans ad vice on tneir various problems and help them in seeking bene fits of the GJ Bill of Rights. The services of the county service officer were obtained by the local posts of the Amer ican Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Joint announcements of the new service was made by Ralph Inrnan, Legion commander, and Ttobfcrt Fipps, VFW commander. FormyDuval will be located in the Tabor town hall on Satur days, it was pointed out. The two veterans organizations ; emphasized the fact that ser i vices offered by the officer are free to all veterans. They said, also, that if there is a large enough demand for his services in this area, FormyDuval may make plans to be in Tabor City more than one day a week. Merchants Group Seeking New Secretary Directors of the Tabor City Merchants Association Monday night approved a set of by-laws to be presented the membership for adoption and voted to have the president seek an executive secretary for the association. The board also voted a dona tion of $125 for the 1948 Better Farming for Better Living pro gram in Columbus County. Work Underway On McGougan's New Building Work got underway this week on the new building on Pridgen street opposite Lewis-Peav Mo tor Co.. which will house Mc Gougan Electric. The brick building will be 40 by 90 feet and will give the firm three times as much floor room as it has in its present location on Railroad street. Civitatis Plan Ladies' Night, Election, Dance The Tabor City Civitan Club had a busy night at their regu lar bi-vveeklv meeting at the Modern Cafe Monday night. 29 members were in attendance. President Sam Potts led the discussion as plans were laid for the election of officers to be held next month. An election committee was appointed with Joe Simon as chairman, Liston Mew and Phil Hughes as mem bers. Plans also were instigated for a program for the annual Ladies Night banquet to bo held in May. Newly elected officers will be installed at this banquet as has been the custom. In an attempt to increase the athletic field fund, the club de cided to sponsor a square dance within the next two or three weeks. Secretary Billy Garrell was appointed to secured music for the event. President Potts said that announcement of the time and place of the dance will be made public as soon as ar rangement? have been completed. Woodmen From Eleven Counties Descend On Town For Log Rolling Oscar Soles Reports Picking First Strawberries Oscar Soles of the Emerson section was in the Tribune of fice last week to report that he j had already picked more than half a quart of Klondike straw berries. Lloyd Hipps Returning To Position Here Lloyd Hipps will return to his duties at Davis Jewelry next week after an absence of more than a year caused by illness. His return will give the local jewelry store two full-time watchmakers, as Mrs. Hipps is also an experienced watchmak er. Davis Jewelry also has added several new modernistic show cases and is planning to enlarge | the shovvwindow. Announcement also was made this week of the addition of complete lines of china, crystal and silverware. PRACTICE Baseball practice got under way for the Tabor City Dodgers Sunday as 25 boys engaged in an inner squad game. The regulars squared off a gainst the second stringers with Junior Byrd, ace hurler for the Dodgers, on the mound for the second team. Byrd displayed mid-season form and his tanta lizing curves, fast ball and change of pace had practically all the regulars swinging at the empty air. Glenn Stevens, young knuckle bailer, hurled for the regulars and looked even better than he did last year. All the regulars of last season reported for practice with the exception of Fred Soles. Soles is expected to be in the lineup when the season gets underway. So far the Dodgers are not in a league this year. Manager Arthur Prince is trying to get teams in this section to organ ize and form a league for the summer. Players reporting for practice were: Orbin Fowler, Bobby Wright, Albert Wright, Earl Stanley, Don Jernigan, Glenn Stevens, Junior Byrd, Preacher Wilkins, Phil Hughes, Carol Watts, C. M. Fowler, Ted Fipps, Worth Soles, Kenneth Byrd, Ed ward ^Anderson, Bob Spivey, J Jake ßoles and others whose j names are not available. Pieces of fine, soft woolen eloth make excellent dusting cloths; while next in usefulness are soft cotton (especially Unit ed materials) and cheesecloth. A much smaller than expect ed but nonetheless enthusiastic group of Woodmen of the World descended on Tabor City last Friday for the semi-annual meet ing of the Southeastern North Carolina Log Rolling Associa tion. The day's festivities opened at 11:30 with an informal din ner given at Lakeside Inn by Tabor citizens for a list of dis tinguished visitors, which includ ed a number οί candidates for office. Among those present were: Lt. Gov. L. Y. "Stag" Ballentine, candidate for com missioner of agriculture; H. P. "Pat" Taylor, candidate for lieutenant governor; and seventh district Congressional Candidates Bob Young of Dunn, Ertel Car lyle of Lumberton, and Har grove Bellamy of Wilmington. Following the dinner, a parade led by the Whiteville school band opened the formal program, which included pre sentation of a flag to the town by the local Woodman camp, presentation of awards to the local Boy Scout troop and pre· , sentation of a gavel to Con sul Commander H. Dewey Stevens of the local camp. Distinguished guests i η t r o duced to the gathering were State Manager Nick T. New berry of Charlotte; National Di rector Charles A. Hines of Greensboro; and Vice President R. E. Miller of Omaha. The opening ceremonies took place on Railroad Street in · front of Rogers' Auto Service and later in the day, the pro gram moved to the high school where there was the meeting of the Log Rolling Association, institution of the local boys and Woodcraft and Woodcraft Circle Units, and an initiation for Woodmen. The day's program was closed with a barbecue dinner at the Legion Hut and a square dance in the school gym. Girl, 15, Kills Mother In Row Over notice ρ«»* FRANKLIN. Ν J.-A beautiful dark-eyed school girl succeeded in winning the right to attend a junior high school prom—over her moth er's dead body. Fifteen-year-old Marian Russo wanted to go to a junior prom at Sussex high school, said Police Chiel Herbert C. Irons. Her mother, Mrs Lillian Russo, 35. objected. Irons said the girl declared In an oral statement: A long dispute over the dance culminated in blows between the girl and the mother in the basement of their home. During the bloody duel, the mother struck the girl with a lead pipe. The girl wielded a beer bottle In defense. Finally, the mother slumped to the floor. Terror-stricken, Marian tried un successfully to stuff the body of her mother into a canvas bag. The girl then washed away blood stains, changed her clothing, and summoned a neighbor, Frank Donche. She told him her mother had fallen down the cellar etairs, and was badly Injured. Marian is In Franklin hospital with a skull fracture, and physicians sah' she would require treatment for several weeks. ι returns to PETERSBURG Mrs. J. S. Ritchie and daugh ter, Dianne, have returned to their home in Petersburg, Va., after spending the past week with her mother and father, Mr&mrs C. E. WaldfB, — Auto Inspection Lane To Be In Tabor Next Week Three File For Commissioner's Seat From Columbus' Fourth District The political pot started sim mering in the Tabor City area this week as three candidates filed for the post of County Commissioner in District No. 4 which is comprised of Williams, South Williams and Bug Hill townships. This is the only post in which a race has developed in the county up until noon Thursday. Filing for the commissioner post from district No. 4 were D. H. Jordan of Iron Hill, I. C. Gore jr of Guideway, and L. T. Ward, the incumbent, of Clarendon. Unopposed to date for other offices are J. K. Powell, former state senator for the state leg islature, Leo L. Fisher for re nomination for register of deeds, John Peterson for county com missioner from district three and Bud Stevens for commissioner from district two. Mrs. Armstrong« Pireway Native, Dies In Fayetteville Mrs. Annie Armstrong, 50, na tive of the Pireway section, died in a Fayetteville hospital March 2o following a short illness. The funeral was held from the Pireway Primitive Baptist church Wednesday, March 31, at 2 o'clock with Elder H. G. Cox of Loris officiating. Burial was in the Long cemetery. Surviving are the husband, Lonnie Armstrong, of Fayette ville; two step-sons, Roshier and Lambert Armstrong, of Fayette ville; one brother, Dawson Har per of Tabor City route three; and three sisters, Mrs. Bessie Jenrette, Mrs. Marie Eldredice of Tabor City route three, and Mrs. Isadora Stanley of Shal lotte. Postman Jumps into Flood Water to Savo Drowning toy NASHVILLE. TENN.-A 34-year· old substitute mail carrier leaped into a flooded drainage ditch, rea cued an 11-year-old boy from drown· ing and finished his route before changing into dry clothes. The postman, later identified aa J. H. Gilmore, 34, a substitute carrier, didn't even stop tp give his name after the rescue, John Rags dale, assistant fire chief, laid. The boy, Leon Matthews, waa j revived by artificial respiration after he had been in the water sev· eral minutes and had been swept through a flooded 100-foot culvert George Balthrop, homicide officer who investigated the affair, gave this account of the rescue. The boy fell into a flooded pond and waa swept through the culvert into the swirling water In the ditch. Gilmore's help was sought by the lad's playmates, and he dropped his mail satchel and plunged into the muddy water. Gilmore dragged the boy to safety, turned him over to hia friends—then went on to finish his mail route despite soaked clothing. "The worst part," Gilmore aaid "was that my cigarettes got all wet und I didn't have a smoke." Rogers And Scott To Attend Class In Fayetteville R. R. Rogers and Sidney Scott of Rogers' Auto Service will be in Fayetteville W e d η e sday, Thursday and Friday of next week to attend a Hydramatic instruction school. WMU MEETING The annual Baptist Women's Missionary Union of the Colum bus association will meet at Cer io Gordo Baptist church April 14 at 10 o'clock. TCHS Nine Takes First Game Of Season Coach Sil Caruso's Tabor City high baseball nine opened the season with a hard fought 10 to 8 victory over Chad bourn Wed nesday afternoon. Chadbourn scored one in the first inning and four in the sec ond to take a 5 to 0 lead. The TC nine scored one in the third and Chadbourn scored two to lead 7 to 1. Tabor tallied three in the fourth and their oppon ents got one, cutting the lead to 8 to 4. The locals scored three more in the fifth and one in the sixth to tie it up. In the lucky seventh the TC boys scor ed twice to put the game on ice, winning 10 to 8. Ford Fowler, rookie southpaw of the Tabor City nine, started on the mound in his first attempt as a pitcher and although a lit tle wild, he allowed only seven hits, walked seven and struck out nine in seven innings. He was in trouble most of the way. But in the sixth with the score tied, a man on second and third, nobody out, he promptly retired the next three men to face him via the strikeout route. He tired in the eighth and was relieved by Fipps, who hurled shutout ball the last two frames. Leading hitters for the Tabor City team were Fipps, Harold Ward and Bill White. Fipps had a perfect day at the plate, get ting four for four. Ward had a double and two «ingles in three trips to his credit, and White chipped in with a brace of singles. Sellers led the Chadbourn attack with three for four, ι Tabor made 10 runs on 14 hits and Chadbourn eight on seven hits. The winning pitcher was Fowler and the losing pitcher was Burns. Schedule The remaining schedule for the Tabor City High school nine has been announced by Coach Caruso and is as follows: April 13—at Fair Bluff. April 16—at Hallsboro. April 20—Open. April 23—at Williams. April 27—Cerro Gordo here. April 28—Hallsboro here. April 30—Fair Bluff here. May 4—Williams here. May 7—Chadbourn here. May 11—at Cerro Gordo. May 14—Whiteville here. The first five games of the season were slated away from home due to the local baseball field not being in shape for play. This will give ample time to ready the field for play by the opening home game on April 27th. Newspaper Boy Sues Rich Heiress for $100,000 CHICAGO.—An attorney for 17· year-old Silvio Garippo, a news boy, filed a $100,000 damage suit against Mrs. Muriel McCormick Hubbard, granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and Cyrus Mc Cormick. He chargei that the heir ess hurt him in a fight over a res taurant check. The suit alleged that Garippo re ceived cuts which will result in "permanent disfigurement" when Mrs. Hubbard threw a glass, half filled with water, into his face and the glass shattered, cutting his face and his left hand. The incident, the suit stated, took place a few hours before announce ment of an agreement by which Mrs. Hubbard relinquished her two adopted children after a long court batUe over their custody with her brother, Fowler McCormick, board chairman of International Har vaster company. The suit charged that Mrs. Hub bard was "in an intoxicated condi tion." Death Claims Charles E. Sykes, F amiliar Figure In Tabor City Cliarles Ε. Sykes, 72, long a well known figure on the streets of Tabor City, died Tuesday morning at 8:30 at the Columbus county home. He had been in declining health for sometime and had been ill for two or three weeks. Surviving are three sons, £. J. Sykes of Tabor City, Robert Sykes and Kanner Sykes of Fay etteville. The funeral was held Thurs day morning at 11 o'clock at Lewis Funeral home with Rev. P. C. Gantt, pastor of the Mt. Tabor Baptist church, officiating. Burial was in Ivanhoe ceme tery, in Sampson county. A motor vehicle mechanical inspection lane will be located in Tabor City all next week, April 12 through 17 for the con vneiencc of vehicle owners in this area, it was announced yes terday. The lane. No. 28. had pre viously planned to visit only Lumberton, Whiteville and Shal lotte, but the schedule has now been revamped to cover these towns plus Tabor City, South port, Red Springs, St. Paul, Rowland and Cfiadbourn. J. S. Edgerton of Red Springs- is supervisor of the lane and other inspectors are: Garland Nobles of Chadbourn, Hoke Smith and J. W. Evans of Clarkton and Ray Beasley of Lumberton. The schedule ol' Lane 28 calls for a return performance at Ta bor City June 15-19. The lane also will be at Chadbourn June 1-5 and again at Whiteville June 8-12. Supervisor Edgerton was in Tabor City the first of the week consulting with Police Chief L. R. Watson on the establishment of the lane here and it was de cided to mark off the paved block of Sixth street for use by the lane. Arrangements will bt? made for residents of that street to got their cars in and out of their yards but the block will be closed to through traffic. Rev. P. C. Gantt Assumes Pastorate Of Baptist Church Rev&mrs P. C. Gantt and children, Thomas, 5, and Rich ard, 16 months, arrived in Ta . bor City last week to establish their residence here; Rev. Mr. Gantt is taking over the pastorate of Mount Tabor Baptist church. Rev&mrs Gantt claim States· vi lie as their hometown but they have lived in Ramseur for ine past five and a half years. Mr. Gantt is a graduate of Wake Forest College and South Western Seminary in Fort Worth Texas. Number Of Street Repairs Are Made In Tabor City A number of needed street repairs were being made in Ta bor City this week by workers of the street department under the supervision of Supt. Junior Stevens. A number of broken spots in the Whiteville road were re paired with concrete as were bumps on Fifth Street opposite Baldwin stables and on Live Oak Street near the Baptist Church. Also repaired was the spot at Fifth and Railroad Streets, where water had been seeping under the pavment. Chadbourn Man Dies Tuesday; Buried Wednesday In Chadbourn, Daniel M. Cau jsey, 67, died Tuesday night at his home after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Wed nesday at four p.m. from the chapel of the Peacock Funeral home in Chadbourn with the Rev. A. C. Prevatte, Baptist minister, officiating. Interment was in the Mount Olive ceme tery near Green Sea. Surviving are his wife, four sons, Col Luther G. Causey, of Washington, D. C., Otis R. of Brazil, South America, Hoyt C. of Chadbourn and Daniel M. Causey of Cherry, Ga.; four daughters, Mrs. J. C. Ayers of Tabor City, Mrs. J. C. Harrell jr of Greenville, S. C., .Mrs. W. H. Dyson of Loris, S. C. and Mrs. W. G. Walker of Burlington, North Carolina. Pollocksvilie I Preacher Here I Sunday Morning Rev. Mr. Miler of Pollocksvilie will deliver the morning sermon at the Tabor City Presbyterian ! church Sunday at 11 o'clock MRS. BRITT IN MULLINS Mrs. R. E. Britl was a Mul ; lins visitor iast Thursday.