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TABOR city t *$TEST (»ROWING MaäHET im the buRöER BELT 0VDiO NORTH AND soL'TB CAROLINA TABOR CITY TRIBUNE Volume 4, No. 9 All The News -- Without Fear Or Favor Tabor City, N. C., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1949 5c a Copy, $2.00 a. Year TABOR CITY A MARKET LEADER OP · SWEET POTATOES, TOBACCO, STRAWBERRIES SNAP BEAN AND OTHERS ! ι the scene above. Governor W. r «cott i-» shown congratulating C. (■ Irt'un on the opening [ac Greensboro tobacco market. jdilrf««! over 12.00· people ... ns the pre-opening barbe > «upper «α Thursday evening, er $ in the huge warehouse on Highway 10 east of oro. From left to right, Scott. R. C. Coleman. Harriett I- Sikes. assistant manager; Joe Coleman. fDi Coleman. son and brother ;| 0. Coleman respectively. pkmred to vuur left is the open (ifoks Monday morning with ι Coleman, center background, the sale. IS LICENSE LOCATIONS IN )UNTY GIVEN' LL^IGH - Drive, s license re sccons for drunken driving i π ιο: Colu.r bus County reported 3 *eek include Fteeman Cox. r?vilie Recorder's Court; Her r. S. Formy Duval. Ft. Bragg. Eiders Court; John Frar.klin ill address unknown. Record Court; S. E. Jordan. White Reci>. ders Court at St. ' and Edward Dewey "Ray. ! |lteville. Recorder's Court. Itieensboro Market Reactivated ■τ Alter 20 Years Lapse [1C. Coleman and Mrs. Harriett $kes. operators of the New Ccri and Carolina Warehouses Tibor City, opened on Monday ! first Greensboro tobacco ma γ ι a 20 years. "m large warehouse. located on 5*ay TO east of Greensboro, is aodern construction, with floor « sufficient to handle more than showed r200 piles uf tobacco ' ώτ. Opening day was greeted by of bystanders on the «house floor parading after the ioneer? and buyers up and the long rows of golden leaf ic on the highway became sc nested it required the services ι patrolman to keep cars and "■sib moving in and out of th< ί-icre parking area. Coleman and Mrs. Sikes report :xit sales were going exceed ly well and that the farmer - pleased with prices received Assisting Coieman and Mrs. Sikei • Joe Coleruan. son of Coleman ;° acts as auctioneer; Mrs. Jo< •«nan. p<*y window; C. B. Ed h-nis. bookkeeper; and R. C. Cole Jr.. floor manager. eption For lachen To Be lid Wednesday I Ρίο neer Club Invite» Public To Meet Teachers Ι?ΰιη.·> ar»> complete for the pub r*option to be given in honor teach»·: 3 of the Tabor City J1 oti Wednesday even»1®· 21. m s s. L. Jacksn. presi uf the Pioneer Study Club XHttced. ihe reception, an annual event Ί Λβ local Pioneer Club, will e plar- at the American Legion 1 S «"clock in'til 10 o'clock Μ Prior »0 this year the re· P°n huj been held in the aft but the evening hours * scheduled *° ?ive the woik Wtrons an opportunity to At Ί- Miss Ann Brooks McGougan ^raian of the invitatio·! com pointed out. patrons of the school, botl· Atwl women, are invited tc *«nd the reception to meet an« 'Corr'e to the community th< c«fs in the school. Miss Mc ""ian said. ! " Horry Preacher I Dies In Pulpit; I Brother Follows CONWAY. Sept. 11—Special: The Rev. John Henry Altman ant his brother. J. J. (Bubber) A It mar died unexpectedly today, both 01 j heart attacks. The Rev. Mr. Altman expired ir 1 the pulpit of Valley Forge Baptis Chujch, near Bayboro, about 1( A. M.. as he was preparing t< preach a sermoi. J. J. Altman. unaware of hi; ■ brother's death, was stricken ii ί an auto en route to Conway abou .4:30 P. M. He was taken to i ι doctor in Hemingway, but was al > ready dead. i Joint funeral services will b< • held at the graveside in Eadd; • Ford cemetery, near Johnsonville at 11 A. M., Monday. The Rev. Mr. Altman had live« in Florence County until movinj near Copway in 1936. Besides be ing a licensed Baptist preacher he was a farmer. He was 6! , years old. j At the time of his death hei wa.< holding a series of meetings at th< Valley Forge Church, but was ε ί member of Ridgefield Baptist Church. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Etta Nettles Altman; eight sons. Garland Altman, of Nixon ville. Cols»:d Altman, Ryland Alt man J. Η Altman Jr.. Outland Altman, Midland Altman, Lyesland Altman, Ridgeland Altman, all oi near Conway: four daughters Mrs. Kathleen Hatcher of Aynor Mrs. Henrietta Smith, of Socas tee, Mrs. Wade Williamson, of So castee, and Mrs. Alvilla Thompson of Conway; and a number ol grandchildren. J. J. Altman who was 55 years old, was a farmer in the Vox com munity. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Mettie Cooper; five sons, Corinta Altman, of Lake City, and Matthew Altman, James Altman John Altman and Andrew Altman, all o' Vox; three daugh ters, the Misses Rebecca Altaian Hannah Altman, and Drucilla Alt man, all of Vox; two sisters, Mrs Joseph Tanner, of Savannah, anc Mrs. Dalley Evan», of - Johnson ville. r» d five grandchildren. • Mrs. Albert Schild and daughter Marlene, a*.d Mrs. Hyman Lein wand and daughter, Nancy,' weri visitors in Wilmington Wednes TABOR SCHOOL iENROLLMENT REACHES 1272 Principal C. H. Pinner announced ' on Wednesday that the total en I rollment in the Tabor City Schools I for the first ten days had reached ι 1,272, 100 more than were registered at ffiis time last year. Enrollment in the elementary > school is 967 and in the high school, 305. Pinner also said he hoped to se cure 2 additional teachers for ele | mentary school within the next , week or two. i Schoolmasters Vote To Hold Sports Clinic 1 Plans Developed For Workshop Series Μ Affiner« ι Columbus County Schoolmasters I , j voted Wednesday evening to spon-' sor a sports clinic in each sport with the idea of developing offi ciating personnel. Meeting in Chadbourn with Prin cipal S. A. Townsend, the school leaders centered their discussion ι around sports in the several county schools. A committee, composed of W. J. ι Boger, Earl Brinkley and Town-j send, were appointed to develop the; plan for a sports clinic. The group also voted to hold a Field Day in May with all schools in the county participating. C. H. Pinner, Robert Randall and L. A. Bruton were appointed to work out plans for this event.' The next meeting of the School masters will be held on October 12 in Hallsboro. The group meets on the second Wednesday of each month during the school' year. ·'■ County Students .Enter High Point College This Week .» · · ·' · ■ ··' Columbus, County, students en*, tering High Point College' this , week, included Bernard' Frink of > Clarendon, De land Leonard of ¥a ϊ. bor City, J. W. Wray arid Ä>e In-} man of Whiteville. Λ ό | Whifeville Civic Groups Announce Contest Plans Fifth Annual Farmers Day To Be Held Sept. 30 WHITEVILLE —The Whiteville Civitan Club and the Whiteville Merchants Association have an nounced details of the contest to select the queo: of he Fifth An nual Farme:s Day on September 30. Counting Friday, September 14, only 10 days are allowed for the nomination of candidates. Since early entries are desired, the spon sors Rave established a "Vote Bonus" plan for the nominations. This week a ballot will count five points, next wee'c a ballot will count three points, and ballots .sent in the final week will count only two points. Dave S. Neilson and J. G. Wor rell are co-chairmen of the beauty contest committee, while Joe Wells i.nd Gerald Hege are co-chairmen of the committees cr. prizes. Neilson and Worrell said the following rules would be in effect for the beauty contest: 1. Queen candidates must be on float in Farmers Day parade. 2. Must be farm girl, or have parents living on farm. 3. Must not be over 20 years of age and unmanied (never mar ried.) 4. Must be a resident of Colum bus, Brur.swick or Horry counties. 5. Highest vote in each town ship will determine representative of that township. 6. Entries must not be received later than noon of Wednesday, Sept. 28. 7. Township winnets will be an nounced by mail, radio ar.d press. 8. Ballots, as printed, in Tabor City Tribune, News Reporter, Stateport Pilot, Bladen , Journal and Columbus County tiews, must be mailed to box 509, Whiteville. 9. Each vote must be signed by the owner and not by a candi date. 10. A facsmile ballot (a ballot other than the one printed i*i the newspaper) may je entered pro vided ,only one signature is sub mitted as balloting for his or het chosen candidate. Some oustanding prizes are in prospect for the queen and for the finalists »i the contest. The contest committees placed emphasis upon the importance of obtaining early entries. With votes counting five points this week, they said the faiim girls en tered before Saturday- night would have ad advantage over others who we:e entered late. The contest will be held at 9 P. M., on the evenir.g of the Farm ars Day. The candidates jvill wear evening dresses for that occasion. Tobacco Sales 7,199,070 Pounds On Tabor Market Unofficial figures, released this week by Sales Supervisor Larry Ashby, showed the Tabor City to bacco market almost a million pounds ahead of the 1948 season. Gross sales for the 1949 season were 7,199,070 pounds for an aver age of 49.44. Ashby pointed out that these fig4 ures were unofficial but would not vary too far from the official gov· ernment figures which will be re leased next year, after the close of all tobacco markets. The average price on producer's sales is expected to be around 75 cents above the gross sales aver age, which will place the market average well above 50 cents. Gross sales for the 1948 season were 6,279,798 for an average of 53.25. Still Destroyed By Officers On Sunday Afternoon Police Chief L. R. Watson, ac companied by 'Police Officer Ted Watts and Deputy Sheriffs A. H. McCugibee " and Β. B..< Courtney, discovered and ^destroyed a whis key still Sunday afternoon, loca ted about two and one-half miles from Tabor City on the Fair Bluff Road. ··■ ' - Watson reported the still as be ing a one hundred gallon copper rig with four/ hundred and fifty gallons, of mash. Watson estimated the still was in ojJeratroÄ1 as late as. Friday nigh preceding - the S.unjtey . afternoon raid. Opfcrafcöre-'of the' Still were un known and nearreete-wwe made. * C · '■!■ Jl fill !>..'» „ s'4 : Mr/and »Mr»;· Dale Graham ,and family of' Raleigh - Were visitors, in town during the«, weekend. ; Merchants Plan New features For 2nd Annual Carolinas Yam · Festival, October 13, 14, IS IT CAN BE DONE | This seems to be the time of year when 1 I every person is pressed to contribute to some cause or another. The boy scouts, the cancer ; fund, and now the polio drive, all worthy ■ causes, needing the attention of every eligible < citizen. , On Friday, the Polio Epidemic Emergency \ Drive will be launched all over the nation to ι laid the polio stricken public in their fight to ! j overcome the dreaded disease. Polio has struck J the nation with unusual violence for the past two years. Last year was the blackest polio year ; since 1916, and this year the toll will be even j greater, officials report. > Columbus County has already used $6,- ! 1000 more than has ever been paid in through ' the County Polio Drive and this drive is to pay ι that sum to National Headquarters so that oth- ! er states may be helped. Our part in Tabor City is $1,000, one sixth of the county quota. Give generously, we have a great deal to be thankful for in Τabor I City, no polio case in almost two years. No one knows when or where polio will strike, but we may be calling on the rest of the nation for help some day. Let's help them NOW while we can! C. C. Legette and E. C. Sanders, serving ^co-chairmen of the Tabor City drive, will ac cept your donation. They ask your cooperation in completing this drive successfully in one ι week; it can be done, but YOU must help. Memorial Riles Dedicate Mount Olive Nursery Gary Blanton Familj Erect Nursery In Memory A nursery was dedicated to the Moi'r t Olive Baptist Church Sun day in memorial rites ton Gary Blanton who gave his life in World War II. Rev. Η. E. King, pastoi of the church, and James Blan< ton, biother of the deceased, of ficiated. The brick building given by tht family of the deceased is erected on the church grounds. It U equipped with loud speaker am plifiers and modern furniture. Blanton was reported mis.«ir.g in action January 24, 1944, in the battle on the banks of Repedic River in San Anglo, Italy. His burial place is unknown. He is survived by his -mother Mrs. John Clemons, Sr., of Green Sea; five brothers, James P. Blan ton of Green Sea and Tabor City; Harry Blanton of Savannah, Ga.; A. B. Blanton of Greenville, S. C.; Wilbert Blanton of Nichols; and Olin Blanton of Greenwood, S. C.; three sisters, Mrs. W. F. Brunson of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Troy L. Collins of Mullins, S. C.; and Mrs, J Orcar Putnam of Greenville, S. C, Local folk attending the rites included Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Rog ers, Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Grain ger, and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Fon vielle. Mesdames Rogers, Grain ger and Fonvielle are cousins of the deceased. ' ACL RAILROAD OFFICIALS TO YAM FESTIVAL A. ft. Howard, General Agricul tural Agent for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Wilmington, an nounced this week that all seven agricultural agents of< the company I and their three supervisory officers 1 would attend' the three day Caro linas Tam Festival, to be held in Tabor City, October 13, 14, and 15. This is the first time, Howard said, that an event of this kind -commanded enough interest on the part of the railroad company to send it's executive agricultural per sonnel from four states as repre sentatives of the organisation. The executives are located in the stetes of· Georgia,. Florida, South Carol tea an4 North Carolina. . —.—„——.. __ . Mr· >nd Mrs.- Freak--McGougan, Jr.» -are^Aow residing . at ..Wake Ferefit Where. Mr. -McGougan has entered law school»·'. . . A. Spivey Acclaims Advantage of Use Of Tile Drainage "I did not thick it possible to harvest 1,500 pounds of quality tobacco per acre from that field, j I had tobacco in this year. Tile drainage made the difference." That was H. Cliff Spivey's com ment while talking about his pres ent tobacco crop. Spivey lives two miles out of Tabor City toward j Cherry Grove. About 18 months ago Spivey stopped by the Soil Conservation Service office in the old jail build-. ing in Whiteville and asked for help in laying out some tile c»i his farm. After I explained that j the Soil Conseivatien Service was working through the Lower Cape Fear Soil Conservation District, and that we could help him with other problems on his farm at the same time, he requested that a conservation survey be made so that he could improve his farm : according to the needs of each j acre. "One of my tioubles," Spivey said, "as we were looking over his farm, "I have disease in my best tobacco land and I cannot rotate it to another field because the soil is too wet." Referring to the conservation sutvey map, I noted that there was quite a lot of IIA land (poorly drained) that would grow good tobacco is 'properly drained. I suggested that he tile ! ] drain enough IIA land so that he , could rotate his tobacco. 'If you say that field will maUe j ι tobacco with tile ^rainage, I'll take a chai'.ce and plant there next ] yer." I assured him that it would j make good tobacco so he started j working on the tile after crop last | year. ' < "I have never seen so much ι water as we had this summer, one j big rain after another. I thought < I would lose my tobacco after all, I but not a single hill "flopped." · My tile really did the work and 1 no disease in my tobacco fteld ] . either," Spivey said. j Spivey is following his conser vation plan too. C»:e acre of se-. . I verly eroded land was planted to j « Sericea Lespedeza for hay, two ι s acres of pasture imptoved, green Ν grazing rotation for his hogs, and , £ j "bedding" to secure surface di ain-1 , age on eight acres of corn and j ! bean land. c I "I hope to complete all the prac. a tices outlined in my farm plan, j ' this winter or next spring," said; j Spivey, who is Very "pleased to be a called a Conservation Farmer. - Mr.' and Mrs. G, L. Harrelson-i j of Wilmington visited, relativen j here Sunday. « CONCERT DRIVE |l FOR MEMBERS TO ,, 2LOSE FRIDAY i| The Whiteville Community Con- ·. :e: t Association membership d: ivc i I vill close Friday afternocr:, Sept. 11 .6, at 6 o'clock, Miss Ann Brooks j ilcGougan, chair.ran ior Tabor , Mty announced. · The goal of the campaign is a ! hat at least four concerts may be j irought to the couny this year. I !*he minimum objective is 700 · nembeis and season tickets may j ie purchased fo." $6.00 to adults' md $3.00 to students. The mem- j< lership is open to anyone who is * nterested, Miss McGougan said. ' Tabor City folk working with - iiss McGougan are Miss Puckett J Valden. Miss Monteen Winstead. ' tfiss Margaret Jo Jernigan. and irs. Fred M. Jernigan. All the· Deal committee membe.s attended he kickoff dinner held at Harry's Ircfiorage at Lake Waccamaw Monday evening. Publisher First Tabor Newspaper Dies In Hospital Mrs. Perkins Follows Husband In Death Saturday Double funeral rites were held Sunday afternoon from the Chad bourn Methodist Church at 3 »'clock fop'Mr.. and. M.s. William Barrett "Pectins of Chadbourn, vho died within 27 hours of each jther late last week. Mr. Perkins passed away at the Bullock Hospital in Wilmington at LI: 15 o'clock Thursday night fol owirg an extended illness. Upon learning of her husband's death. VI,s. Perkins suffered a ccreb:al^ tiemorrhage and died Saturday norning at 2:15 o'clock. Mrs. Perkins h».d been an in /alid for the past four years and Mi. Perkins had been her constant wheel-chair and bedside com panion until he was st.icken. Mr. Perkins received several blood transfusions during his final ill ness in an effort to save his life. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins came to Columbus County in 1928 Sand es ablished the Columbus County Mews which they continued to >dit and publish u.til 1913. They retiied from the business due to tailing health and sold the news paper to the alte Β. Go. don Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins obtained ,he mailing permit for Tabor ZJity's first newspaper "The Ta-1 jor City Times." in 1938 which] they published for about th:ee | (rears. Mi. Perkins spent his entire business career in the i.ewspaper field. He was connected with various newspapers throughout :he Carolinas prior to establishing :he Columbus County News. Mrs. Perkins served as editor )f the Columbus County News and :he Tabor City Times. She was regarded as one of the state's bet :er newspaper women. Surviving Mr. and Mrs. Perkins ire two daughters, Mrs. Lem W>> sette of Marion, S. C., and Mrs. Fial Ramey of Chadbou.n and 'ive grandchildren. Mrs. Perkins s survived by a biother, J. W. j iViggins, of Charlotte. Mr. Per tins is survived by two brothers. Take Pes kins of Chester, S. C., , ind John T. Perkins of Lincoln on. i Rev. C. J. Andrews, pastor, of- , iciated at the last rites a> d was issisted by Rev. Ben F. Oimand, >astor of the Chadbourn Presby- ( erian Church, and Rev. E. W. jlass, pastor of Chadbourn Bap-1 , ist Church. Interment was madej η the Whiteville Memorial cenie-μ J · Thomas G. King Rites j J -leid On Monday :! Thomas G. King, about 40. died j t his home on Bayboro, route 1,! ' lunday night' at 8 o'clock. Grave- ' ide rites were held from the} 'leasant Union Cemetery at four j ' 'clock Monday afternoon. ' 1 He is survived by his wife, Mrs. f ' iinnie King; one daughter, Lu j ille King; one brother, Sam Kins! ., nd five sisters, Mrs. Maggie Skip- j er, Mrs. Fannie Goodman, Mrs.'J (ela Hardwlck, Mrs. Gurly Rabon1 nd Mrs. Vick Jones. - · Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Anderson, I i Irs. S. " L. Jackson ahd Fred1 I 'emigsn were Charlotte visitors1 J 3 aturday, ! *·· *· J( mal rii«» ι υ le Offered Festival Parade Growers Offered Cash Prizes For Sweet Potato Baskets Flans for the second annual CAROLINAS YAM FESTIVAL aoved swiftly this week as meni >ers of the Tabor City Merchants Association met in the American region Hut in a special session on Monday evening. Several features will be add «'tl to this year's Festival, the group announced, one of which will he the awarding of rash prizes for the bent float« en tered in the Festival Parade on Thursday. October 13, at 1:00 p. m. Merchants, civic organ· izations and schools are In vited to enter floats in the pa rade, and Larry Ashby, Festival secretary, announced that sev eral floats had already been ■ entered. Another feature in this year's estival will he the added attrac ion of a carnival to be located in he rear of the Exhibit Hall, the "iew Farmers-Carolina Warehouse. Tentative plans cail for a square iance on Thursday night, the open ng day of the Festival, a round iance on Friday night—preceded i>y the Tabor City-Chadbourn foot ball game, and another square dance on Saturday night. The dances will be held in Garrell'9 Warehouse. Musical arrangements for the dances are incomplete at this time, hut efforts are being made to se cure nationally known talent for :he threp-day celebration. The Festival will again offer cash prizes to sweet potato growers for I he best entries of sweet potato baskets, the cash prizes to lie much higher than last year's nrizes. There will be · an Adult Division and a Youth Division in the presenting of awards. In the Woman's Division, cash prizes will be awarded for the best sweet potato dishes. First, s**cond und third prizes will be awarded for each of the following dishes: breads, pies, croquettes, pudding* and cus tards. cakes, und miscellaneous. This division will also be sub divided into a Youth and Adult group. Street decorations for the Festi val have been ordered and will be out up on Monday, October 3rd. Festival signs will be strung across ill highways leading into Tabor Tit.v within the next ten days. W. A. Williams, president of the association, has appointed several merchant committees to work" out let ails of the Festival. Those com nittees are as follows: Agricultural committee: Sam Jackson. Chairman, D. A. Blue and Horace Roberts. Parade Committee: J. E. Bell, chairman, Wallace Soles. Thure :on Rogers. Troy Bennett, Larue 2ox and C. H. Pinner. Booth Committee: E. W. Fon ■rielie, chairman. J. L. Winstead. Jaul Rogers. A. E. Goldfinch and -ewis E. Gore. Prize Committee: S. P. Smith,. :hairman, J. M. McGougan, Jack Strickland, Lloyd Hipps and Billy Jarrell. - Decorating Committee: Joe Sim* . >n, chairman, Elbert Shelley, Eld •ed Hickman, Billy Dorman. Williams said that a detailed pro-* - rram for the three-day celebration vould be Dublished next week. Joe Steed Now With ' Strickland Grocery \nd Market In Tabor Joe Steed has accepted a poel ion with the Jennings Strickland Irocery and Market and assumed lis duties in the meat department rlonday morning. Mr. Steed is well known in tbis •ici» ity as he is a former Tabor Jity resident. .. ....... ·. Leo Floyd who ha.s been aaso iated with the locul firsn for the >ast several months has returned ο Lumhorton. . -' ' ·_■■ · · \ttend Dry Cleaner ν Vfeet Myrtle Beach ·.: ! ~·'· ...4.^ ,3 HarryBell- and Ralph -Baxter"df be Bell Cleaners attended a-meet· rrg of North· and South · CaxbHaft_ )ry Clätfcer»'- at -the Tally-Hff.'Itlb.·ν lyrtle· Beaoh,' during·' tbe-jrtek? nd. I'.Zi. «jjjjueC .'v.V·;
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