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Ίί* TABOR CITY, Ν. C. Published Every Wednesday In Tabor City, North Carolina By The Atlantic Publishing Co. W. HORACE CARTER MARK C. GARNER Editor Associate Editor MRS. EVELYN LEONARD Society Editor Admitted to the postoffice at Tabor City, North Carolina, for trans mission through the mail as second class matter under act of Congress, March 3, 1897. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Columbus, Bladen, Brunswick, Marion, Horry and Dillon counties 1 Year ... $2.00 6 Months ... $1.25 National Advertising Representatives Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc., Chicago, I1L It's Either Wake Up . . . .... Or Turn Over and Play Dead Our Tabor City Merchants Association in years past has been among the best in small towns. The merchants, even though voicing widely separate views and coming from a variety of walks of life, merged their resources and organ ized a group that has done much for Tabor City. But interest has lagged badly in recent months. Activity by the organization has reached a low ebb. So low, in fact, that only exhaustive efforts and concerted leadership can regain its position of former years. This is not to say that it hasn't done anything. Indeed, it is contrary. What the organization has done even during its most inactive months has been worth the price mer chants have paid to keep it going. The Yam Festival was an overwhelming success. The part it played in sending a county 4-H club girl to the national meeting is noteworthy. But it is not measuring up, by any means, to its potenti alities. We are standing idly by, while time is fleeting, and twidling our thumbs. We have done nothing toward planning next October's Yam Festival. As in all the past years, we have waited too long to get started and in doing so lost valuable revenue from big concerns who would have been happy to have taken part in the festival. Of course, we do not have to have a yam festival. We have only to say we are through with it, and many another town will be glad to take up where we left off. Benson, N. C., for instance1, now has on its city tag "The Sweet Potato Town." Benson just recently inquired whether we were having the festival or not and said they would be glad to have it. We cannot afford to lose this annual attraction. But in many other ways we are falling asleep. There are many who have no desire to see Tabor City grow from what it is today. And most of us who want to see it grow, are not doing anything about it. Yet, towns on every side are doing something about it. Long, long ago we had an opportunity to be a volume leader in tobacco sales. We lost that opportunity, never to be regained. We can lose our chance at industry, now, this year. In dustry is locating throughout the South in unprecedented quantity. We cannot get that industry lying down. It takes a lot of work but just one sizeable manufacturing plant employing only a fw hundred people would be worth mil lions in actual dollars to Tabor City over a period of a few short years. The opportunity must not be lost. If it takes the hiring of some one to get us an industry by contacting every avail able agency and calling on private enterprise throughout the country, then that's what we should do. At any rate, we must get the word spread that Tabor City is encourag ing industry, and that we want them here. It's the only way. So won't you as individuals who are interested in the town, talk this thing up. Let's get enthusiastic and let's do something—not just turn over again and play dead. That's what we are doing now. VIC VET SAYS Former GI Bill veteran-train ees who returned to active mili tary duty were reminded by the Veterans Administration that they have little time to lose, in case they want to resume their GI studies after discharge. Under VA regulations, they must resume their training with in a reasonable period after their release from active duty. That "reasonable period," VA said, will be based on the circum stances of each veteran's case, and will depend on the kind of training he is taking and a num ber of other factors. These regulations apply to vet erans affected by the July 25 1951, cut-off date for entering training, who had previously been in training under the GI Bill, but who were unable to be enrolled at that time because of reentrance into military service. Veterans were advised to make their training plans early, rather than wait for the last minute This way, VA said, they may avoid the disappointment of missing out altogether. VA also reminded veterans of three requirements that must be met in order to take post-cut-off date training after military serv ice. 1. Conduct and progress of their previous GI Bill courses must have been satisfactory. - ' * = - 4-Κλ,γ may get after discharge will be limited by their remaining GI Bill entitlement. 3. Their courses may not ex tend beyond the wind-up of the GI Bill program on July 25, 1956. Q—Several years ago, I ob tained a GI home loan, when the top guarantee was $4,000. Now that the guarantee has been rais ed to $7,500, may I use the dif ference to get another GI loan to go into business? A—No. The additional guar antee may be used only in con nection with a GI home loan. Q—I was disabled in service in 1949. Would I be eligible for voca tional training under the pro gram that recently was set up for Korean disabled veterans? I A—No. One of the require ments of the law is that the dis ability must have occurred after June 27, 1950, the official date of the outbreak of Korean hostili ties. Report Of Register Of Deeds Report of the Register of Deed? for the month of January, 1952: 683 Chattels @ 50c $341.5C 527 Liens @ 50c 263.50 186 Deeds 384.80 215 Mortgages 536.55 476 Irreg. Instrum'ts 536.25 50 Misc. Instrum'ts 86.8C 6 Marrigae License 24.0C 1* $2173.40 Myrtle Beach Miss Hi Miss Betty Johnson of Myrtle Beach will be honored by Winthrop Col lege February 15 in the 15th an· [naul Miss Hi Miss edition of its student newspaper, The Johnson ian. She was selected as 1952 Miss Hi Miss of the local High School on qualities of character, leadership, scholarship and per sonal attractiveness. The John sonian will feature 266 North and South Carolina high school sen ior girls in its special edition, and Winthrop College will invite them to visit the campus March 21-23. Miss Johnson is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. John son of 13th and Chester Streets. Check Drivers License Expiration j Department Urges Raleigh—The Department of Motor Vehicles cautioned motor ists today to pay closer attention to the expiration date on their 'driver's licenses. Under the Department's revis ed driver licensing program, be gun in 1948, a number of licenses are expiring daily. Elton R. Peele, of the Licensing Section asked that motorists take a close look at their driver's license and ; not the expiration date which }he pointed out, falls on the li censee's birthdate. I Peele said that a 60 day period had been arranged for renewal applicants in order to avoid con gestion. He urged motorists tc take advantage of this this by applying for renewal permits anytime during the 60 day period before it expires. ' In addition Peele pointed out that motorists will not be prose j cuted for another 30 days after i the license is void. They may be j stopped by a Highway Patrol man, he said, but will not be is sued a ticket unless the license is void by more than 30 days. I A schedule of staggered work ing hours is being planned by the Licensing Section for the state's 120 examiners. When the new schedule is completed, Peele said, examiners will be able tc handle applicantsfasuT^ ivith less congestion. ** Α VALENTINE^ THAT IS A Posy 16 BOTTLED GAS TO MAKE LIFE COZY h—^ Λ\\ id", ί°1 GREENS FUEL OF LOUIS, s. c. Bottled Gas & under· ground Systems Home Appliances, Heat· ters — Tobacco Curer$ Davis Heniford, Jr. Distributor Building Supplies Of All Kinds we deliver Located Vz Mile From Tabor City on Loris Road Day Phone 2796 — Night Phone 3401 STEPHENS BUILDERS SUPPLY W. Venoy Stephens Come see the car with America's most revolutionary engine design. It's sensationall TREMENDOUS NEW POWER! Biggest engine advance in a generation ... 160 horsepower ... terrific acceleration and cruising performance on regular fuel! TREMENDOUS NEW FEATURES! Try new Power Steering . . . it's unbelievable! Super-safe Power Brakes. No-Shift Drivino·. Electric Window Lifts. Lots more! DESOTO HAS POWER STEERING! It's absolute magic!... now you can turn the wheel with one finger. Hydraulic power does the work for you. Parking is child's play. Come on in and try it! NEW, UNIQUE AIR-VENT HOOD! Look at the new De Soto above ... note the Air-Vent that directs air to carbu retor. This helps increase engine power 1 White sidewall tires, when avail able, are optional equipment. ~^u6o = HORSEPOWER itto FIRE DOME has famous dome-shaped combustion chambers centralized spark plugs... the engine design that gets more pc' from every drop of gas. This new DeSoto will be the most ta about car of 1952. See it TODAY 1 WHITE MOTOR SALES Green Sea Road — Tabor City, N. C. * t
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