lCRED freedoms Freedom of Expression Freedom of Atceiribly Freedom of The Press Freedom From Fear 76e 7 TABOR CITY • Built by Farmers • Patronized by Farmers • Devoted to Farmers • Interested in Farmers ftTabor City — Τ be Town With A City Future" VI NUMBER 25 TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1952 5c A COPY; $2:00 A YEAR re Chief Asks For Cooperation ARTER'S OLUMN \V. HORACE CARTER , Now you can hear some tty big dog stories some time Λ a mild one that happened to ι» this week has it on our minds. rf \\V brought a bird dog back fron. Stanly county after the hol idas and had her penned up hi itom Sunday until Thurs d;v>. On Thursday morning a toi:: 10:00 she broke out of the po:i and despite an extensive search tor her all over the neigh Kvhood. neither hide nor hair - the dog could be found. Then Monday morning. J. A. H· · locker who works for the Tri -ν makes a weekly trip tc Whireville. was returning via highway 701 and there was the do-" war Williams township vol trotting back toward Tab· e: City. Now right after she disappear cd. we felt sure she was headed back for Stanly county and even had some remote hope that per haps she would make the 150 mile trip successfully. But ap· ro.n-ntly she gave it a try and round she couldn't make it. and was backtracking to Tabor City when we picked her up. She was almost skinny enough to see through but seoms to be recover ing and back on the way to heal -h. She was mighty happy to see some one she knew too. Frankly we consider it a min or miracle that we ever found But talking about dogs and :?.:s coming back home after hav ing been carried long distances reminds us of the story of the fellow who moved to Arkansas years ago and carried an old Col lie doe with him. It was before \V day of automobiles and the :v.; was made by horse -.:id λ ag on. The doe made the trip and stayed at the new home a few days before disappearing. As the story goes, the family came back to North Carolina the following year and the dog was found a' the old home place. The neigh bors there said it was about inree monins uvm mc uu« left Arkansas until she reappear ed in North Carolina, and that the toe nails on her fot were completely worn off. Now. we admit, that sound? like a fish tale but it was told for the fact. If you know of some instance· where an animal used its instinct to find its way back home, let us know about it. Maybe you have a taller yarn than the one above. MAJOR HARLING ARRIVING TODAY Major Edwin A. Harling was scheduled to arrive in Raleigh today fay plane and is being met there by Mrs. Harling and daug hters. Barbara and Margie. Major Harling arrived in San Francisco Monday night after 17 months service with the 65th Combat Engineers. He notified Mrs. Harling of the safe landing by telephone. After a leave here the Army Major will report to Rapid City. S. D. where he will assume duties as R. Ο. T. C. instructor in the School of Mines. New Life Club Calls Meeting The New Life Home Demon stration club will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 16. at 2 o'clock p. m. in the home of Mrs. Worth Mills with Ralph Jolly as co-hostess officials announced. All members are urged to at *fnd as an unusually important business session will be held. nealy a. long makes sergeant WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY IN KOREA—Nealy A. Long of Koute 3, Tabor City, was recently p!·'--noted to sergeant first class ^vhile serving with the 3rd Logis * ' al Command's 529th Signal Base Depot in Korea. U»ng entered the Army on Oct '· 1047. He served a year in Ja pan before being sent to Korea on July 29. 1950. He holds the Army of Occupa Tion Medal for Japan and the Korean Service Ribbon with five campaign stars. Lewis Gore, Tabor City fire chief, this week requested local citizens to please refrain from driving their cars near the scene of the fire as they have been ac customed to doing recenly. "When cars jam into a deadend street or narrow alley near a fire, it makes fire fighting all but impossible and we have consider able difficulty getting the fire hose stretched to the nearest hy drant," Chief Gore said. A State law can be enforced which prohibits persons from driving nearer than two blocks of a fire but to date no such en fox-cement has been recommend ed here. "We appreciate the help that people give us at a fire. And we aren't trying to offend anyone but we believe that more fire protection can be rendered if people will cooperate and not jam their cars in so close to the fire each time one occurs," the chief said. Baptists Circles Schedule Meetings The circles of the Woman's Missionary Society, Mount Tabor Baptist church, will meet Thurs day. January 10, as follows: Leila McMillian, with Mrs. W. J. Hickman at her home at 3 o'clock p. m. Dula McGougan with Mrs. R. B. Mallard at her home at 2 o'clock p. m. Charity Rogers at the church 4 o'clock p. m. Mantha Harrelson with Mrs. J. C. Singletary at her home 8 o'clock p. m. Business Women with Mrs. C. H. Pinner at her home 8 o'clock p. m. TABOR SCOUTS TO ADVANCE Members of the Tabor City Boy Scout troop will attend the District Board of Review Friday, 7 o'clock p. m. in Cerro Gordo Scoutmaster Don Jernigan an nounced. Several Tabor City Scouts will advance Jernigan said. New Dance Class A new class in Tap Dancing will start next Friday at 4:45 p. m. at the local Vera W. Mar· chette School of Dance, the man agement announced this week. Children of all ages may re port at the American Legion hut ι for enrollment. Dinner Party Honors Four Mrs. S. T. Rogers graciously entertained with a dinner party at her home on Sunday. Decem ber 30. The occasion celebrated the birthday anniversaries of Mr. Rogers. Mrs. C. M. Blanton, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dewiggins of Mullins. The table was overlaid with a handsome white linen cloth cen tered with a huge birthday cake bearing the words "Happy Birth days." The Christmas color note was observed in the decorations for the occasion. Covers were laid for S. T. Rogers and family; Mrs. C. M. Blanton; Mr. and Mrs. Jim De wiggins of Mullins; Miss Leona Rowell of Mullins; Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Williamson and child ren of Loris; Mr. and Mrs. Leon Fonvielle and children; Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Rogers Jr. and sons; Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Grainger; and Mrs. R. R. Rogers, Sr. W. S. C. S. Schedules Meeting Tuesday The Woman's Society of Christ ian Service, Saint Paul Methodist church, will meet in the church auditorium Tuesday evening at 7:30, Mrs. Doc Bruton, president. announced. All members are urged to at tend, Mrs. Bruton said. WRENN'S MOVE Mr. and Mrs. John E. Wrenn and children, Joholyn and Eliza beth, are now at home in High Point. Jack Wrenn will join them late this month. Mr. Wrenn, of the Wrenn Lum ber Corp., Greensboro, has been at home during the week in High Point and Greensboro for some time. POST OFFICE HEBE SHOWS BIG INCREASE LAST YEAB I X lit? lUVJCll UIlllCU oidltä ITUbl Office showed an increase in bus iness during 1951 over 1950 of j 7.31 percent, S. W. Garrell, Jr., postmaster announced this week. The post office also showed an , increase of 9.24 percent during the last quarter of the year as compared with the last quarter of 1950. Total 1951 receipts here were ι tjUt/jüuu.üu cum uiuy φχι ,σοι.υυ in 1950. Final quarter figures show 1951 with $6,182.75 1950 with i $5,659.98. I Postmaster Garrell attributed ;this increase largely to increased airmail, partially accounted for j by servicemen being overseas |He said that Christmas mailing jwas also heavier than, in past i years. Fine Fellow A striking example of the sue· | [cess in life that may be attained) I by a person willing to work and| stick to his guns is very vividiy, portrayed by W. B. (Willie) | Buff kin, resident of the rural · area out of Chadbourn, a few I , miles South of the Klondyke! town. j The newsman's first meeting' of farmer Buffkin dates back; about a quarter century when he ί j was met on the Chadbourr strawberry market with a large load of as fine Klondykes as ever offered on that market 01 any other 'berry market. Our first impressions were very fav orable and through the years that friendship has increased from time to time. Ask anyone anywhere about Willie Buffkin and here's the answer: "He's alright: one of the finest fellows you ever saw: You can depend on Willie Buff kin: A good man etc etc. Willie Buffkin is known and; recognized as a community lead j er. He takes part in everything) launched for the purpose of up· I building ο r promoting the schools, churches, rir anything for the improvement of his coun ty or community Columbus coun ty is much the richer for having, meen of the type of Willie Buff-j kin as one of her residents. A substantial farmer, a good! business man, a friend to man > kind very mildly describes farm [er Buffkin. j JIMPSY V. JONES I Jimpsy V. Jones, 39 year old Aynor, S. C. farmer, died at the] home of a sister, Mrs. Emma ! Jones, Tuesday about 1 o'clock! a. m. Funeral rites were held from the Pleasant Union Baptist · church Tuesday at 2 o'clock p. m. j with the Rev. Hubert Martin of- j ficiating. Burial followed in the! church cemetery. He is survived by his wife j Mrs. Bell Jones; four sons, Nol-j lie, Jimpsy, Jr., Edward and Jim-! mie; two daughters, Ethel andj Aslee; three brothers, Harry of Columbia, S. C., Berry and Boyd of Aynor; two sisters, Mrs. Em ma Jones and Mrs. Annie Gasque I of Aynor. ' JERRY J. WORLEY Jerry J., five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Worley of route 1, Clarendon died at the home unexpectedly at 6 o'clock Sunday morning. Funreal riter were held from the Mount Siani Baptist church Monday after noon at 3 o'clock with the Rev. Zettie Ward officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery 1 Surviving other than the par ents are two brothers, Perry Roy I and John Allen; and the matern-' al grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Cartrette. ATTEND SHOW~ Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Rogers owners of the Western Auto As-J sociate Stores in Tabor City and ! Loris attended the Merchandise j Show in Greensboro several days! this week. I Women Of Church Hold Meeting The Women of the Tabor City Presbyterian church met with Mrs. J. C. Bell, Jr. at her home] Tuesday evening. Mrs. J. A. Huf ham, Jr., president, presided. Miss Caroline Murray gave the program entitled "Their Line Earth." Mrs. Ν. H. Jenerette of Jack sonville, Fla. was welcomed as a guest. A salad course with coffee was serve^ by Mrs. Bell to Mrs. Huf ham, Miss Caroline Murrary Mrs. W. O. Jackson, Mi's. J. P.! Brown, Miss Roberta McCullock j Mrs. Odis Garrell, Mrs. Roland Baldwin, and Mrs. Ν. H. Jener ette. Miss Jernigan Y. W. A. Hostess The Young Woman's Auxiliary of the Mount Tabor Baptist church met with Miss Betty Jer-| nigan at her home Monday eve ning. Miss Nell Fipps, president presided. Miss Mildred Holt was in charge of the program entitled "Leap Year" with Miss Sarah Garrell, Miss Bernice Garrel1 and Mrs. Howard Wooten assist ing with the presentation. Miss Mary Bow &'£ve the de ] votional. LOCAL P.T.A. SLATES MEETING The Tabor City Parent Teach ers Association will meet in the School auditorium Tuesday, Jan uary 22, at 7:30 p. m., Mrs. R. P. Counts, president, announced. The program for the evening will be on Safety with awards being presented to students win ning the safety poster contest! Mrs. F. C. Norris, Jr., safety i chaiman, will present the awards. A movie film on Safety will al so be shown during the program. | Mrs. Counts said. TWO LOCAL BOYS OFF TO O.C.S. James A. Cox and Marion Bax ter are in Fayetteville this week undergoing test prior to entering Army Officers Candidate School, | Master Sgt. G. Youmans, county! recruiting: officer, announced. I Cox is the son, of Mrs. G. S. j Cox and the late Dr. Cox. and) Baxter is the son of Mrs. J. L. i Baxter, and the late Mr. Baxter, j In Japan CLYDE DEVON BOSWELL i stationed with Uncle Sam's fight- j ing forces in Japan, is now serv- < ing his second stretch with the j military service of his country. I A son of Mr. and Mrs. Devon Boswell, of the Sandy Plains sec tion, Boswell is not in an immedi ate danger zone but instead is removed far therefrom. He is at tached to a culinary division of the Army and is therefore as cessible to plenty of fine foods ι1 and good eats. A brother Elbert Boswell is < ivith the Air Corps based on the West Coast of the United States, ι Three Nakina Men Get Road Terms For Threatening To "Klux" Farmer Three Nakina men who allegedly ΐοοκ ιτ upon mem selves to tell Dan Ward, farmer of that section, to see that one of his Negro tenants moved and moved fast or else his property would be burned, and he would be "Kluxed", saw a two year road sentence imposed in Columbus coun ty recorders court Tuesday afternoon. Making their ill-fated threats to Ward on Christmas aay, aauiumg lu icdiiniuuy giv ι en in court Tuesday by both Ward and his wife Ella, the trio; allegedly told Ward that 'the! Negro would have to be off: Ward's property by Sunday, De cember 30. However, the tenant is still there and th£ defendants in j Tuesday's case are facing a two' year road sentence. They are cur rently out on bond after appeal- i ing the case, but bonds have been set at $2500 for each of them, an indication of the seriousness of the charge. All three are charged with as-; sault and trespassing. The three defendants who al legedly made the threats are Pink Jacobs, Russell Blackmon and Johnnie Ward, all of the Nakina section. According to testimony heard, by the court, the trio toid Ward that a Negro tenant who had re cently moved on his farm would; have to leave by the following | weekend and that if he didn't ι they "would burn his property and 'Klux' him." Edison Simmons testified that the trio had talked to him about this situation, but he took no part in it. James Callahan testified that the trio had.tried to get him to go along when the warning was made to Ward but that he refus ed. He also said that no mention was made to him that the warn-1 ing might be the work of the j Ku Klux Klan. ' Of the three facing charges only Blackmon took t*ie stand to testify. He denied that any threats were made. Solicitor Robert Schulken point ed out to the court, "This, in my opinion, is the most terrible thing that has ever happened in Columbus county. When things come to a place where you can't say who is going to live on your own property, it's time to regard the matter seriously." Whether this incident was in any way comuc.ed v.*ith the Ku Klux Klan that lias heen quite active in Columbus and Horry counties for some time was not known. However, several unpub licizcti esses of Saturday night floggings have come to light in recent weeks, and it is believed that county, state and federal officers are making progress to ward an eventual solution of the crimes. Ends Furlough CORPORAL HAROLD TURN ER, JR., HAS ENDED HIS FIN AL FURLOUGH BEFORE SHIP MENT OVERSEAS. Twice delay ed in shipping orders to foregin soil Corporal Turner spent the Christmas holidays with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Turner of Fair Bluff and spent the week end with his grandmother in Spartanburg, S. C. Corporal Turner is a graduate of the Fair Bluff High School class of '49 where he won the good citizenship medal and of the Carlisle Institute at Bam berg, S. C. Before entering the armed forces and being assigned to a base at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Cor poral Turner was engaged in ag ricultural pursuits with his par ents on the Fair Bluff · Causey, S. C., road. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bell, Jr. are spending today and tomorrow in High Point with her mother, Mrs. Nina Grady. Their son, Ron nie, will accompany them home following a visit with his grand mother. Woman's Club Schedules Meet The Tabor City Woman's club will meet at the Woman's club house Thursday, January 17, at 7:30 p. m„ Miss Anne Brooks Mc* Gougan, president, announced. The program topic for the meet ing is "Interior Decorating." Necsro Hews Notes Mrs. Margaret Edwards and son, Ronald, and Mrs. Mary E. Smith spent the Christmas holi days in Philadelphia, Penn. and Newark, N. J. LeRoy Pearce Df Philadelphia accompanied the mhere where he visited for several days. Report of the Register of Deeds for the month of December, 1951: 589 Chattels ® 50c $294.50 L71 Liens ® 50c 85.50 134 Deeds 259.30 L75 Mortgages 440.20 517 Irregular Instr. 375.25 19 Misc. Instr. 72.75 L2 marriage License 48.00 $1575.50 In the pause that followed. Parson Jones solemnly addressed he congregation, "In conclusion, )rethern, let us sign hymn num >er 12: We shall gather at the liver'." LEGION VOTES TO HOLD MEETS SEMI-MONTHLY As its regular meeting at the hut last Friday night, the local American Legion post voted to hold two meetings a month for the remainder of the year with such meetings scheduled regular ly for the 2nd and 4th Thursday nights. It was also voted to hold a lad ies night at the hut January 24th at which time a barbecue supper will be served to all Leg ionnaires and veterans who at tend. Arrangements for this event were left to a committee composed of Buel Lanier, Ralph Norris, J. C. Ward and Bryant Graham. Phil Hughes was named a com mittee of one to investigate the possibility of the local post spon soring the weekly square dance now being held at the hut every Saturday night. A committee to plan an Ameri can Legion fair at the hut and to consider any other money making matters that they might wish considered, was appointed. This committee was composed of Elbert Shelley, Clarence Wil loughby and Dr. J. L. James. The W. Horace Carter, editor of Hie Tribune and Commander of the local American Legion Post, was recently appointed Area Π Amer ican Legion Junior baseball com missioner for the coming season. The appointment was made bj State Commander Louis Parker and marks the first time that Southeastern North Carolina's commissioner has come from Tabor City. group was instructed to make recommendations at the January 24 meeting. The name of Paul Norris was drawn from the jackpot, good for $5.00 cash to the Legionnaire if present. Norris was not pres ent and the drawing will be for $10.00 at the next meeting. Commander W. Horace Carter led a discussion of American Leg ion Junior baseball for the com ing season. Carter was recently named a member of the North Carolina Athletic committee and will represent the Southeastern part of the state at a meeting in Winston-Salem Saturday. Detailr of the coming season's play is expected to be discussed at thf meeting. Mrs. Nesmith, Jr. Entertains Club Mrs. B. L. Nesmith, Jr. enter tained the Tuesday Afternoon Bridge club at her home yester day. Mrs. B. L. Nesmith, ΙΠ was high scorer. Refreshments of sandwicher and coffee were served by Mrs Nesmith to Mrs. B. L. Nesmith, III, Mrs. J. C. Bell, Jr., Mrs. J. O. Prince, Mrs. J. M. McGougan. Mrs. J. F. Boswell, Mrs. D. J. Hughes, Mrs. J. B. Hardwick and Mrs. C. G. Westmoreland. The Woman's Missionary So ciety of the Mount Tabor Baptist church will meet in the Adult Department, Number 1, Monday, January 14, at 3 o'clock p. m. ι Many eggs lose their high I quality before they leave the! farm. A few simple practices can prevent this loss of good food md producer's profit. Only about one worker out of »very eight in the United States s engaged in agricultural pro iuction. I Boswell Is Given License To Peddle In Regular session in White· ville Monday the Board of Coun ty Commissioners passed an ord er granting license to peddle in Columbus county to Troy Bos well of Cerro Gordo, Boswell, a victim of Cardiac and Bronchial asthma in addition to arthritis has been engaged in newspaper subscription work and light re porting until his health almost completely gave away due to his physical condition. However, he continues to attempt to operate along the same line although on a greatly curtailed scale. Farmers May Apply For Leaf Allotment Farmers who have a tract of land which has never been oper ated as a part of an old tobacco farm may apply to the county committee for a new farm allot ment prior to February 1. Clyde Wayne, county PMA chairman, advises farmers that a tobacco acreage allotment can not be established for any now farm unless each of the following conditions are met: (1) The applicant or farm op erator shall have had experience in growing tobacco either as a share cropper, tenant, or as a farm operator during two of the past five years. (2) The farm operator shall live on and be largely dependent for his livelihood on the farm covered by the application. (3) The farm covered by the application shall be the only farm owned or operated by the farm owner, operator, wife, or husband. Chairman Wayne stresses tha* very few tracts of land can quali fy for a new allotment in colum bus County due to the fact that most of the cleared land has been covered with a tobacco allotment. MAD AS THE DICKENS I Wednesday morning Alva Buff-1 kin, who farms with Fronis Strickland near the Norton school house, was "mad as the Dickens" about his chickens at tempting to destroy his oat crop. So mad was the good wife, too. that she impounded the fowls, ■ and notified her husband that 1 "to market the hens were going 1 and of that she was definitely 1 and positively sure." ]