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TABOR CITY
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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
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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." ]