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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 <XIIU xiaii ager of Schilds' Department Store here, announced this week that the business would be clos ed after Saturday and until fur ther notice for a complete reno vation. Schild who has occupied the same building: on Railroad street for the past 22 years, said that all new, factory built fixtures would replace the present equip ment. A new stucco front will be put on the building, and new windows and doors, Will be in stalled, all designed to matte tr.e siructuie one of the most mod ern in this area. On the inside, a new floor will replace the old one and will be covered with tile. The ceiling will !be covered with celetex and steel J post will take the place of pres ent wooden supports. j In order to facilitate this com-1 plete remodeling plan, the store will close its doors for s^'eral weeks, and notice of the grand reopening will be announced up· cn completion of the renovation. Baptist Voluntary Foundation To Name Directors Friday The recently-organized Baptist Voluntary Foundation of Columbus County will name its first Board of Directors at a meeting to be held at the New Hope Baptist Church, near Whiteville, Friday evening. The foundation, which has as its purpose the solicitation □I IUI1US 1XUII1 Jliuiviuueii» lu "V used in assisting Missionary Bap tist Churches or missions in new building programs, was organ ized during the summer. Officers were named at the December meeting in Tabor City at which time a constitution was adopted. Present officers include W. S. Caudle, chairman, minister of Lake Waccamaw and Western Prong; and Charles Council, of Lake Waccamaw. The foundation is a layman movement and officials hope to enroll at least 1000 members. Membership is open to anyone upon the contribution of $2.00. All funds in this non-profit foun dation will be used to assist founding and building of other Baptist churches in the county. Additional funds will be raised by calling on the membership to donate $1.00 per month, when called with no more than eight such calls being made during any official year. Need for such a foundation arose when the Calvary Baptist church was organized at Bruns wick several months ago. Funds were badly needed and other Baptist of the county had no central agency for raising and distributing monies with which to aid the community. This was the first new Missionary Baptist church to be organized in Colum bus in 15 years. Calvary Baptist dedicated a new building Sunday but additional space is anticipat ed. All persons are urged to join the foundation. It is a voluntary foundation, arj mi drive for membership other than the mere asking at church meetings is planned. Officials of the group, however, pointed out that its use fulness is directly related to its total membership and that the cost per membership is low snough to allow all layman to take part. CHEVHOLETS TO BE SHOWN New model Chevrolet passeng er cars and trucks will go on dis play at Prince Motor Co. in Tabor City, Jan. 19. The new 1952 models, said A. E. Goldfinch, will be new me chanically and in appearance, "fulfilling in every rospect to quality and beauty that the pub lic has come to expect from Chev rolet." Specially, the new models offer: Greater comfort through radi cally re-engineered power mount ings and a re-design of shock ab sorbers. Improved performance under extreme operating conditions through refinements in carbure· ti0n· , Λ A wide variety of solid and two tone color exteriors combin ed with harmonizing interior fabrics. East Tabor Club Holds Meeting The East Tabor Homemakers Home Demonstration club held the regular meeting Tuesday af ternoon in the home of Mrs. El bert Wright. Mrs. Elbert Wright, president, presided, and welcomed Mrs. O. Z. Faircloth as a new member. Reports were made by the Foods Conservation and Education leaders. Mrs. Elbert Wright made a book report. Miss Gayle Wells, assistant home agent, gave a demonstra tion on "Survival Under Atomic Attack.'" Visitors for the afternoon were Mrs. Johnny Powell and Mrs. Henry McMillian. Games were enjoyed during the social period and the hostess served chicken salad sandwiches, fruit cake and coffee to Mrs. Whit Wright, Mrs. J. D. Harrel son, Mrs. J. A. Jernigan, Mrs. Kern Prince, Mrs. LiUie G-iskin, Mrs. I. F. Spivey, Mrs. U. T. Viincey, Mrs. Dewey Hewitt. Mrs. D Z. Faircloth, Mrs. Henry Mo Viillian, Mrs. Johnny Powell, Mrs. Hubert Stanley, and Miss Jayle Wells. YAM COMMITTEE I HOLDS SESSION The Carolinas Yam Festival met ;lt Mrs· Mary Todds hotel Monday night in a dinner session to discuss plans for the 1952 festival. A. C. Edwards, chairman, pre ! sided and W. W. Woody, treas-i f,rer' ffvf a financial report on| the 1951 festival. present were Mr. Edwards, Mr. Woody, E. W. FonvieHe. S. T. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Gar rell, Mrs. Evelyn Leonard; and Wh»eville.aper ,C0Umy agent' of Sandy Plain Club Meets The regular meeting of the' Sandy Plain Home Demonstra tion club was held in the homo of Mrs. Homer Adams with Mrr. Keith Prince serving as co-hos tess on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Elaine Blake gave a dem onstration on "Survival Under Atomic Attack." Mrs. Thomas Mishoe led the devotion. Project reports were given by Miss Irene Wright on Food Con servation, and Community Serv ice by Miss Erma Gore. The club decided to take two needy families boxes for com munity service. A spelling contest was held with Mrs. Marvin Lewis being de clared winner. Mrs. H. O. Fipps and Mrs. Jen nie Turbeville were welcomed as visitors. Thirty-one members were present. Sandwiches and lemonade wore served by the hostess. Tabor Scouts Advance A number of local scouts ad vanced from Tenderfoot to Se cond Class at the Monday Board of Review held in Cerro Gordo Friday night. Advancing from Tabor City Troop, number 60, were Jackie Soles, Miekey Watts, Haynes Martin, Ben Spivey, Rich ard Cox, Jerru Hardee, Cecil Wright and Billy Fipps. Several other members of the local troop, will be ready for ad vancement soon Don Jernigan, Scoutmaster, announced. The monthly Court of Honor will be held at the Court House in Whiteville on Tuesday, Janu ary 22, at which time parents and supporters of the local troop are urged to attend Scoutmaster Jer nigan said. An attendance Ban ner will be awarded to the troop having the largest representa tion present. Local scouts meet at the Amer ican Legion Hut every Wednes day at 7 o'clock p. m. Lebanon Women Plan Supper The regular meeting of the Lebanon Woman's Soriety of Christian Service met at the church Wednesday evening with Mrs. Linda McLamb, president presiding. Mrs. Eunice Ward, Mrs. Miles Williams, and Miss Thelma Cur rie were appointed as a commit tee to make plans for a chicken supper to be held January 31 benefit of the kneeling pads for Alter of the church. "What Bring We To Our Sav iour" was the theme used by Mrs. Η. B. Frink, program chair man. Mrs. Linda McLamb, Mrs. D. M. Currie, Mrs. Ernest Hayes. Mrs. Miles Williams and Mr1?. Jessie Harper assisted with the program. Woman's Club Slates Speaker Mrs. David Smith of Whiteville will be guest speaker at the gen eral meeting of the Tabor City Woman's club Thursday evening January 17, at 7:30, Mrs. R. B. Mallard, program chairman, an nounced. The program theme for the eve ning is "Interior Decorating." Hostesses for the meeting will be Miss Kate Jones, Miss Edith Stafford, Miss Flora Bell Gore, and Mrs. David Kelley. E. D. Childs and Mrs. E. G. Baldwin were visitors in Wil mington Monday afternoon. Frank C. Norris, III, who wasl recently awarded an Honorary Baby Membership in the Wo-, man's Society of Christian Serv ice by the W. S. C. S. of the Saint Paul Methodist church. The pres entation was made as an out growth of the annual foreign mission study course. Frank is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Norris, Jr. of Tabor City. Mrs. Norris is vice presi dent of 'the local W. S. C. S. Western Auto Announces Program Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Rogers, owners of the Western Auto As sociate Stores id Yator City and | Loris attended the Western Auto Spring and Summer Merchan dise Show held in the ball room of the King Cotton Hotel in Greensboro last week. One of the main features of the show was the display on the Western Auto national advertis ing program for the Western Au to Supply Company, their com pany owned stores and the asso ciate stores. A total of 104 ads will appear during the spring and summer of 1952 in the following maga zines: Life, Progressive Farmer. Saturday Evening Post, Farm Journal. Better Homes and Gar dens, Sports Afield, Field and Streams, True, Outdoor Life Hunting and Fishing, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science and Look. Tax Listing Lagging In County "Tax listing is lagging for the South Williamss Township", Mrs Nellie Spivey, local lister said· today. Attention was called to tax, payers this week by Mrs. Venie H. Rouse, Columbus County Ta> 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. <