Hacked FREEDOMS ίΦ freedom of Expression Φ Freedom of Ascembly Φ Freedom of The Press φ Freedom From Fear l&c 7< TABOR CITY • Built by Farmers • Patronized by Farmers t Devoted to Farmers • Interested in Farmers "Tabor City — The Town With A City Future" "VOL. VI. NUMBER 26 TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1952 5c A COPY; $2:00 A YEAR Polio Drive Continues March Of Dimes Drive Lagging A total of $544.41 has been con tributed for the 1952 March of Dimes drive in Tabor City S. T. Rogers, chairman, announced to day. "This is a small contribution for Tabor City compared with the county quota of $12,000," Mr. Rogers said. He further pointed out that the Tabor City contri ibution to date came from solici tation in the business district I and it is hoped that donation* will be made through the mail ,to avoid house to house calls. ι In the last four years the Co lumbus County chapter has paid out S33.000 for her own treat ment of polio cases and during that period collected only $28, 000. Officials reported the aver age contribution in 1950 was 20 i cents per person and 11 cents per I person in 1951. j Checks to be applied to the Ta bor City drive should be made 'payable to S. T. Rogers, chair Jman of March of Dimes, Coin containers have also been placed in various business houses for ithe convenience of shoppers. Officers Use Unique Way To Get Bootlegger Police Chief L. R. Watson. Po iliceman Ted Watts. Deputy T. C. ! Butler and Constable Leamon Sing caught a Negro bootlegger ι in the bottom here recently in a , unique sort of way. The bootlegger, Estella Gore j local Negro woman, alleged Κ ι had been selling the white light· Jening for some time but officers had never been able to catch her or to find any in her possession. i The four of them, however. ! heard that she made a habit of pouring the whisky down the sink drain when she saw officers calling on her. Thus when the re cent raid was made, Sing held a cup at the end of the sink drain outside the house while Watts peeked through a cathole in the back door and Watson and Butler i knocked loudly at the front en trance. Sure enough, Estella poured a half gallon jar of the stuff down the drain and Sing caught it. They were then admitted in the front door and thev had the evi dence with them. She was tried in Mayor's Court last Wednesday niffht en charges of rosset on of non-tax paid whisky and also with possession for purposes of sale. The case was sent on to Re corders Court for disposition. REV. B. G. BASS i ROTARY SPEAKER ! Rev. B. G. B?.rs. Baptist min ister of Fair Bluff, was the .speaker at Monday night's regu j lar meeting of the Tabor City j Rotary Club. I He spoke of the evils of Com ,'munism and all domestic organi sations which seek to destroy the j American freedoms. He elaborat ed on the four basic freedoms: ! Freedom of religion, freedom j from want, freedom of speach land freedom from fear. • Charlie Raper, Mr. and Mrs. 'Alton Garrell and Mrs. Evelyn 1 Leonard were other Rotary I guests present. FIREMEN FETED AT OYSTER ROAST Members of the Tabor City Volnnteer Fire Department were .entertained at an Oyster Supper at Beck's Place at Calabash ■ Thursday evening by the town ! officials. ! The outting marked an annual ifete for the firemen. Ί EMPLOYEES HAVE OYSTER ROAST Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Rogers en tertained the employees of the local Western Auto Associate Store at an Oyster Roast at Beck's Place at Calabash, Frida;' evening. Mrs. R. R. Rogers, Jr. and son Franklin, joined the party. About 15 attended. ATTENDING SHOW Willard Wright of the Wright's Gas company is in Charlotte to day attending the showing of the 1952 Admiral Line. The show will include the display and service on Admiral refrigerators, tele vision, ranges and radios, ί He was accompanied to Char lotte by William Shelley. /BARTER'S Column By W. HORACE CARTER In recent weeks we have had considerable oral criticism for no: having said more about the Ii:· fart. Ku Klux Klan that is in t::o headlines almost daily these jays. Our explanation is pure and ir.iple. Our attitude toward this ovo.:ρ has never waivered for a inonvnt. We still consider them a- unnecessary evil and one that will oe stamped out completely in :: ο not too distant future. Wo have not had them in the ;· w> and editorial columns much tin recent weeks because we felt that we had already called them just about everything that we could think of. If some one knows some new approach, some new statement in this regard that is j- keeping with our policy, we •v '] ro glad to add that to the record. Our entire policy in a nut she!! :> 'hat this hooded group is unfit and unworthy to administ er justice on anyon?. and we will never approve the actions of surh an organization. It's very being. in our way of thinking, is against the Constitutional princiDles laid down by our forefathers. Fair Bluff has been in a con siderable turmoil recently be cause of the Klan activities. Threats made to a minister there, and allegedly coming frcm the KKK. has stirred up the citizenry against these night riders to an extent that the little, town is practically an armed camp. It is ι reliably reported that guns and other weapons are available in just about every residence, and that *he slightest incident might $·■: off fireworks that could end enly in death and tragedy. All this needless fear is an out growth of KKK and an evil there of regardless of whether they are the guilty parties in the numer ous Columbus county floggings or not. There are other reliable reports that the FBI is nearing the day when wholesale arrests are going to be made and some KKK mem bers are ecing to be exposed in open court. This is our greatest hope. If arrest are not made and if the organization is not exposed to the public, it can only end one nay—that is mass tragpdy with several persons meeting their ieath. It has been our fcel?ef from the start that just such a r.assacre would be the climax ind start the fall of this new [aisled K!an. Xow there is some icpr. that Federal officers can >r;r.£ some of these "threat pass es and prejudiced individuals ο justice and perhaps avoid the funplay tha* could nave onlv fle r>nd—all bad. From the start of this organi sation in our area, we; have made it known that we believed they were iareely a bunch of Jis g; untied persons and low typo ind.viduals with, of course, seme food people in their midst. We n°lv know some of the member.? ivi'h no degree of doubt left and cur cp;n:on is unchanged. But ·η regard to the type per sons in the organization, reminds us of a story told some time ago t-nat may or may not be .rue. B'Jf as the story goes, a Christian ?°n:leman had been led to be •;r "e the Klan was a noteworthy 0! ionization and attended η meeting of the group. When he ^r,nt into the first meeting, he looked around him at the other People who were present, then reached for his hat and said as η» made for the door, "I don't Ovon associate with such people on the outside." Leon Fonvielle Attends School On Insecticides Leon Fonvielle. of E. W. Fon vielle and Son of Tabor City at tended the Fourth Annual Pesti cide School at N. C. State Col lege last Thursday and Friday. The program is conducted each year for the purpose of explain fog the latest developments in the use of insecticides lo control Pests that destroy farm -.rops. "We received the latest recom mendations on the use of ins?cti tides and hope to put those sug gestions to use on many local forms," Fonvielle said this week. TED FIPPS IN TEXAS Ted Fipps who enlisted in the kF in late December is now ar Texas where he is receiving bas ic training. Yam Town Majorette Places In Ν. Y. Show Eldred Hickman attended the America Spaniel Club Specialty Show held in the ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York last week where he entered a puppy "Yam Town Majorette," known as Penny. The "Yam Town Majorette" placed fourth in the sweepstakes Reports Given At W. M. S. Meet The Woman's Missionary Soci ety of the Mount Tabor Baptist church met in the church t>dult assembly department twD on Monday afternoon with Mrs. C. G. Westmoreland, president, pre siding. Reports were heard by the fol lowing chairman: Mrs. Robert Soles, Young People's Work; Mrs. J. A. Mills, Mission Study; Mrs. B. A. Garrell, Stewardship and Mrs. Westmoreland made a report on the Executive Commit tee meeting and reported for Mrs. W. F. Cox on the definite program of Soul Winning by the Community Mission workers. The Mantha Harrelson circle was in charge of the program fcr the afternoon with Mrs. Lon nie Willoughby serving as o.'iair man. The program entitle J "Good News For All Who Seek" was given by the following In termediate G. A. members: Sar ah Williams, Joan Strickland Joy Spivey, Shannon Spivey, and Lany Waiden. Special music was presented by Sarah Williams vo calist and Lany Waiden, pianist. Party Honors Gayle Long Miss Gayle Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Long, cele brated her seventh birthday Fri day afternoon at her home in the Bethel community. Guests were entertained with balloons, records and outdoor games directed by Misses Mon nie and Nell Long. The rainbow color scheme was used in the decorations and re freshments. Β i r t h d ay cake, punch ments, and cookies were served. Guests were Gayle Long, hon oree; Judy and David Long, Elte abeth and' Ben Hunt, Ronald Hin son, Frankie Long, Boots and Danny Soles, Frankie Grainger Margaret Beck, Angelia Powell. Anne Gore, David and Miltor Ward. Linda and Carolyn Dun can. Mitchel and Pam Godwin. Joan Beck, Nicky Gross, Peggv and Shorty Hardie, Hazel Cox Betty Jo and Charles Gor?, and Bunny Gore. ; Others taking part in the party were: Mrs. J. W. Long, Miss Lucille Long, Mrs. W. B. Ward. Mrs. Lillian Hardee, Mrs. Alene Long, Mrs. Ruth Long, Mrs. Lloyd Hinson, Mrs. Ruth Ward. Mrs. Glayds Beck, Mrs. Margaret Gore, and also Gayle's grand mother, Mrs. Lillie Gore. Eastern Stars Slate Program The Tabor City Chapter. Order of Eastern Star, will have a special program to honor the past mat rons and past patrons, at the regular meeting to be held in the Masonic hall on Monday eve ning, January 21, at 7:30, p. m. Mrs. Inez H. Rogers, secretary. I announced. I All Eastern Stars are urged tc attend, Mrs. Rogers said. J Refreshments will be served during the social period. Mrs. Louise K. Anderson left yesterday for a vacation in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Williams land family were recent weekend 'visitors in Monroe. 100th Member Weston (Janus, or route l Clar endon, recently became the 100th Veteran to join the Tabor City American Legion Post 1C1 for the year 1952. Ganus was an Army tech sergeant and served in the armed forces from Decern ber 1941 until November 1945. He was in the European theatre from D-Day until V-Day. Public Ceremony Installs Officers An impressive public ceremony was held in the Masonic hall this month to install the 1952 officers for the local assembly Rainbow for Girls. Fave Spivey was installed as Worthy Advisor; Janell White Worthy Associate Advisor; Ro· chelle Simon, Charity; Macel i Cox, Hope; Mona Claire Cox jFaith; Patsy Ward, Drill Leader; IJoan Strickland, Chaplain; Doris Spivey, Recorder; Shelba Jean Hux, Treasurer; Sarah Williams, Musician; Monnie Long Confi dential Observer; Mable Hodges: Outter Observer; Hilda Rae Wright, Love; Lordfce Long Re ligion; Dana Soles, Nature; Nell Long, Imortality; Mary Louise Garrell, Fidelity; Marion Grey Todd, Patroism; Darcus Soles. Service; Mary Jo Pinner, Choir Director. Mrs. Mae S. Young was install ed as Mother Advisor and the following were installed as mem bers of the Advisory Board: Mrs. Betty Faye Averitte, chairman: Mrs. Margaret Soles, Mrs. David Simon, Mrs. Tom Angle, Mrs. Mada Hodges, James Long, Roy Long. Reece Burroughs, Tom An gle, and Jimmy Rogers. Mrs. Reece Burroughs is the retiring Mother Advisor and Mary Lois Garrell is the retiring Worthy Advisor. WILLIAM EARL COX Mr. and Mrs. James C. Cox of route 3, Tabor City announce the j birth of a son, William Earl, Fri· I day, January 4, Community hos pital, Loris, S. C. The new arrival weighed six' pounds. ! Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Ward anJj family, Mrs. Mac Britt and Miss; Evelyn Thompson of Bladenboro! νίε-ted Mr. and Mrs. Bob White1 Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Β. M. Ward of I route 3 left today for a several ι day visit in Savannah. Ga. with j his father, M. F. Ward, and · brother, Bob Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Levingston Briet ger of Bladenboro were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. White Mon day. Mrs. Belle Baldwin is a patient in the Conway hospital where she is receiving treatment for a brok en hip. Mrs. Baldwin, a former resident of Tabor City, now re sides in Myrtle Beach. She sus tained the hip injury in a fall during the holidays and was ad mitted to hospital at that time. Mrs. Joe Bullard of Raleigh visited her mother, Mrs. Nellie I Spivey, Saturday. SCHILD S PLANS COMPLETE RENOVATION OF STORE HERE oil rfod'prnpd to make the Albert Senna, owner supervisor, to the importance of listing taxes this month. Tax listing is lagging all over the county, and the citizenry is urg ed to list taxes before the dead line of January 31, Mrs. Rouse stressed. Mrs. Nellie Spivey, lister for the South Williams township, to day urged that local folk visit the City Hall and list taxes im mediately. Mrs. Spivey holds of fice hours from 9 o'clock a. m to 5 o'clock p. m. Monday thro ugh Saturday. Tobacco Meeting To Be Held In Whiteville Thursday s. N. Hawks, Jr., assistant ex tension tobacco specialist will be in the county to conduct a tobac co meeting on Thursday night January 17th. At this meeting Hawks will discuss the varieties of tobacco along with the perfor mance of the various varieties He will also discuss diseases and disease control and the new fer tilizers that are being recom mended this year. "It is hoped that every tobacco grower in Columbus County will arrange to attend this meeting ; rhursday night, at 7:30 in the ι Whiteville School Auditorium : 'Charles Raper, county Agent ; said this week. <