North Carolina Newspapers

SACRED freedoms Λ y dorn of E.r?r salon # v.·.·, of A >\ embly β y it dom of The Press Λ F c fom From Fair M MBER 32 74e 7< *7xdu*tc 'rTabor City — The Τ own With A City Future" TABOR CITY • Built by Farmers • Patronized b;t Farmers • Devoted to Farmers • Interested in Farmers TABOR CITY, N. C., AVEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1952 5c A COPY: $2:00 A YEAR Τ abor Cagers To Compete In Class A A Tournament firv's Red Devil basketball team that was the ♦ ho league from midseason on has been selected of its won-loss record to compete with Sanford, ■·Γ·ί and" Rockingham for the district Class A A \\" Caruso was informed this week that his uuKuns naa qualified for the tournament that will bo held in Sanford on March 7 and 8 with the winner automatically getting a bid to the state class playoft in Durham the following week end. In that the district tourney in Sanford clashes with the open ing of the Columbus county tour nament here beginning next Monday night. March 3. there was some speculation as to whether the locals would be able to compete in both events. How ever. a meeting of the schoolmas ters Tuesday morning decided that the Devils would play in the tourney here on Monday night. If they win, they will have to play another game on Wednesday. The following Mon day night, the finals will be played, giving them an opportun ity to compete in both events. The county tournament will have no games played on Friday and Saturday. March 7-8. Coach Caruso, confronted with the clash of dates for the tour naments. had put to a vote among his players as to which event they would take part ir and they had decided to go to Sanford to the Class AA playoff. The schoolmasters prompt ac tion. however, makes it possible for the local r rers to see action in both will' a chanCv. to take honors in both. There was uncertainty as to who would be in the four team AA field until after last Friday night's game here in which the locals trounced Dunn 63-53. giv mark in the loop of 7-3. Many local people here this week were already making plans to follow the team to Sanford on March 7. and there was every in dication that a good representa tion from Comlubus county would be on hand. MTTSTC SCHOOL ΤΓ CONDUCTED Mrs. Milton Blake conductod a Miisie Training School. Wednes day. February 13th for the home ί demonstration club music lead ers. Mrs. Blake outlined the year's program for the leaders and gave them instructions in directing club and community siners. The date for the organi zation of a county choral group was set for Tuesday night. March 4 at 7:30. Mrs. Evander Arnette of Chadbourn. and Mrs. Vicey Stone of Lake Waccamaw. coun tv music leaders will assist Mrs Blake with the music program Attending the training school were Mrs. J. C. Lashley; Mrs Thurman Hardie, Μ i s h ο ρ Springs: Mrs. Llovd Lennon Western Prong; Mrs. Vicey Stone. Hallsboro: Mrs. C. D. Branch, North Tatum: Mrs. D. L. Moore. Weyman: Mrs. Paul Mills: Mrs. Delio Watts. New Life: Mrs. Lyman Fowler, Sandv Plains; ^/Trs. W. C. Jackson. S Whiteville; Mrs. Evander Arn ette. Chadbourn; and Mrs. Eliza beth Walters. Lebanon. LOCAL STUDENTS MAKE HONOR ROLL Miss Dorothy Garrell. Miss ; Martha Jo Hayes, and Miss Patty Nobles all of Tabor City are among the 78 honor roll students at Coker college. The honor stu dents were announced following the mid year term. j Miss Garrell is a senior and Miss Hayes and Miss Nobles are .members of the Freshmen class. * SCOUT AWARDS PRESENTED AT MEETING e :\'uary District Court tor the Boy Scouts in . Central District, was • .· Court House in White "ucsday night. Feb. 19th ·.· < lock. of Tabor City, opened v' ;·. · by pledging Allegencc Fi.ig and leading in the Oath. Ν· ·: merit badges were -.·· d by Scout field execu !1 Williamson to Scouts .•ops 61-Whiteville. 63 ρ iff 65-Cerro Gordo and ^Whiteville. ? Λ Maultsby of Whitevillc r: - · ί tho Second Class a • : μ Scouts Sidney Scott. K Eddings and Charlie F ::όπι Troop 60 Tabor City •: i P. 'in:c Bullard. Troop 63 :;-\v Bluff. Class Awards were pre· > - j ;>v Mayor Al Williams of "'*·.* to Ben Spivev and H»' - Martin Troop 60. Tabo; City. V. : Coleman. Manager of Ra >· "ion WENC. presented $- Award to Scout. David λ · T:nr>p 61. Whiteville. 7 V■> ;rth Eagle Palm was *o Eagle Scout. Neal -■■vi. Troop 6-5. Cerro Gor· A Maultsby. Sr. During - ntation. Mr. Maultsby • · : · .τ- he did not recall of \- - vi' d ever having been Ϊ in this district before. • idance trophy was pre - - i ·λ troop 30. of South Rob - r mning trophy to troop *>·"-Tahor City. •:-T" ment to troop 60-Tab Λ· "' rd the inspection trophy ν-5 wor 'ho second consecutive '■·.· ·:·οορ 64-Chadbourn. Γ.. Or^er. the Court Chair ' s> d the meeting by tell· οπ^ 0 f his ghost stories. C"1 TTMMY HEWITT Hr> ^ PREPARE pr - Λ c,NG CHOW V.'ITH THE 2nd INFANTRY 1SION IX KOREA--Persona ls i Army chow is the goal of *"···· rnnks in the Medical Com "" *Uf 2nd Infantry Division's Rrciment. T'nd^ r the direction of Serge r:rsf Class George P. Mercer •AT.rs« wife lives in Paden City V *hr>· food of this unit is sr- ally designed to please *·"·'■ n^n. In fact, the sergeant ^" • d -allv quizzes the members ■>f M 'd:'al Company to find out now t;he rood can be improved. H' r.'ng him with his job are *h" company bakers. Sgt. Robert 3 Vartin. whose wife lives at !H5 Wharten Ave., and Cpl. •r:nim-.- Howitt of Tabor City. N. C. They serve freshly baked bread with the noon and evening wals and -in addition — bake birthday cak^s for the men ir 'h* company. The man being "ororH ruts the cake and then s r,"'.;t!f d to as much of it a? he wanU muiltns antioue SHOW SCHEDULED ^ Waters for the fifth annual Mul ':"s Antiques Show have been set '0r April 29th. April 30th and Ma ν ist. Announcement of the dates v'as made in the national anti r'Ur's chov,-s calendar of last ^on^.h's issue of ANTIQUES and ANTIQUES DEALERS. Mrs w. E. Lester general paHa-j-r-r for sponsoring Civi ans said that the Civitans are •>ueh enthusiastic workers that nf;v plan to make the fifth an nijal Mullins Antiques Show an that will long be rememb c'rrd by dealers who exhibit and Patrons who visit the show. FIVE MEN ALREADY CHARGED WITH FAIB BLUFF FLOGGING State Bureau of Investigation officers along with Sheriff Hugh Nance and other members of his department cracked down on another flogging case this morning (Wednesday) and brought eight suspects to jail on charges of conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping and assault. The raid took place about 8:00 A. M. and 18 officers participated. Five of these arrested today were also among the ten men arrested by the FBI recently who allegedly were involved in a Fair Bluff flogging incident. Three new al legged KKK members and participants in the case of Esther Lee Floyd were among those facing charges. AH are charged with having taken part in the case of Esther Lee Floyd, a Negro girl who lives near Chadbourn, on last November 14. The reports of the case are that the floggers drove to the home of her father, drew a gun on him and made him stand still., forced her mother into the bedroom and then abducted the girl. She was not whipped when she told the alleged would be floggers that she was pregnant but they cut a cross in her hair and told her to "go to Whiteville and tell them the Ku Kluxers got you." Facing charges in this case, along with those filed by the FBI recently are Early B. Brooks, Bob Hayes, L. C. Worley, Bobby Brooks and Steve Edmonds. New faces in the KKK picture who were nabbed Wednesday are Doug Grainger, 19, Fair Bluff; Billy Home, 25, of Chadbourn route 2, and Leamon Ward, 40, of Chadbourn route 2. This is NOT the Leamon Ward who is county commissioner and it is NOT the Leamon Ward who is postmaster at Nakina. A leather strap two inches wide and about six feet long was captured at the home of Ward. It was believed that not all the men taking part in the assault on the Floyd girl were masked, as some were said to have been identified. Recorders Courrt warrants were sworn out against the eight men arrested but it was expected that a special grand jury would be called and that the case would go to Superior court. All men were placed under $5000 bond and were still being held this morning. It was also brought out this morning that the SBI had been observing the Klan activities in Columbus county for two months prior to the first rallies held in this area last fall. They have worked constantly on the flogging cases for several months. BLUE HOLD FOUND III COURT! FARMERS ADVISED TO SPRAT « Λ -S Λ. BY CHARLES D. RAPEK The first blue mold showed up in the Nakina'area of Columbus County this week on the farm of Ernest G. Ward. Route 1, Nak· ina. Since blue mold has shown up in the county earlier this year than ever before, it is very im portant that farmers get their Equipment ready and start treat ing tobacco plants to prevent blue mold in the plant bed. It i? important that farmers get their equipment and materials on hand and start treating now, as early as possible, and to start treating before blue mold strikes. The recommended chemicals for treating to prevent blue mold are either zineb or ferbam. For spraying use 65 per cent zineb (Ditcane Z-78 or Parzate) or 76 per cent ferbam (Fermate, Nu Lead and Ferradow). These same materials may be secured in dust form. For dusting, however, be sure that if you are using either of these materials that you get the per cent necessary for doing the job. You will need either 10 per cent Dithane Z-78, 10 per cent Parzate, 15 per cent Fermate, or 15 per cent Nu Leaf dust. The first 3 to 4 applications may be applied through the can vass provided the canvass is stretched well above the plants. A.fter the first few applications, it will be necessary to remove the canvass to spray or dust. When spraying be sure that you have enough pressure to do the job, which will take about 150 pounds pressure on the wheel barrel or bucket type sprayer. Any nana puwt.*i* uiaim iypc uuol or will do a good job. However, do not try to dust by shaking the dust through a sack. Farmers must remember that either of these treatments are preventativs and not a cure and that the first treatment should be put on when the plants are about the size of a dime. Treatment should be put on at least twice a week in ten or twelve applications before plant ing time. If the spray or rust is washed off, the treatment should be repeated as soon as the weath er will permit. Catholics Schedule Lenten Services The blessing of ashes will take place on Ash Wednesday at 6:45 A. M. in the Sacred Heart Church, Whiteville. Ashes will be distributed at St. Francis Catho lic Church, Tabor City, at 7:30 P. M. on Wednesday. This cere mony is a reminder of the dust to which man must return (Gen. i i.i. 19). St. Francis Xavier Church here will hold weekly Wednesday eve ning devotions at 7:30 P. M. throughout Lent. The services will include the Way of the Cross, or meditations on the Passion of Christ, and a sermon on a topic of vital Catholic interest. The Rev. James R. Jones will do the preaching. Wives Club Entertained At Nesmith's Mrs. B. L. Nesmith, III. enter , tained the Wives Bridge club at her home Thursday evening. Mrs. B. L. Nesmith, Jr. won the high score award. Others playing were Mrs. Frank Nesmith of i Fairmont, Mrs. Don Hughes, Mrs. , Edwin Wright, Mrs. H. G. Dam eron and Mrs. J. O. Prince, ί A salad course was served by the hostess during the evening. KUH HEARIHG SET MONDAY ; A hearing for the ten ex-Ku Klux Klansmen arrested in the Pair Bluff area on charges of! kidnapping and violations of / civil rights will be held in Fayetteville next Monday. March1 3. Commissioner T. L. Hon an nounced Tuesday. The hearing was originally scheduled for today but defense ι attorneys asked for additional time in which to prepare their j case and the four day extension, was granted. Judge Don Gilliam of Tarboro will be the presiding judge at, the hearing at which time evi-j dence will be presented that will j likely determine how much of a:1 case the FBI has against the al leged night floggers of two Fair! Bluff residents. j The trial itself is expected tcj be held in March if true indict-; ments are handed down at the hearing next Monday. GARDEN CLUB TO ORGANIZE TN TABOR I ' A Garden Club will be organ!-', zed here soon Eidred Hickman, i local florist, announced this.' week. The Tabor City Woman'5' Club recently studied "Flower ) Arrangements" with Hiekmar ( "·<-.<·ΐηα· f}") '■];'*> ' er. and the need for a Garden ' Club here was cited at that time. ' Hickman received a letter from ( Mrs. Roy M. Homewood. presi ; dent of the North Carolina Gar- j den club. Chapel Hill, this week( giving the charter regulations^ and offering assistance in organ izing the local club. Mrs. Homewood said a success-1 ful program could be carried ! in having a membership of both men and women in the culb. j Hickman said a meeting in the ( interest of organizing aTabor ' City Garden Club would be call j ed soon. · , CONWAY SOLDIER I TN KOREAN WAR WITH THE X CORPS IN KO REA — Pfc. Archie Singleton, 24. of Conway. S. C.. has been as signed to the X Corps command post on the North Korean front. The Soutfi Carolina soldier has been assigned to the 5th Light Aviation Section at corps head quarters as an airplane mechan ic. During World War II, he was stationed at Keesler Field. Miss.. 1 where he attended airplane me chanics school. In civilian life, Singleton was employed as a construction work-,1 er by the W. C. Sheppard Con struction Co. of Atlanta. Ga. He ι earlier attended high school at Conway. Singleton's wife, Virgie Lee. resides with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. William B. Singleton, at Star Route 3, Conway. CPL FRED SIMMONS HOME FROM KOREA Cpl. Fred Simmons is home on a 30 day leave following six months service in Korea with the I First Calvary Division. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Simmons, he was wounded twice in Korea and, was a hospital patient for three months. 1 I Following the leave here Cpl j< Simmons will report to Japan for. duty. Prior to being called to the ι service he was associated with ι the Stevens Barber Shop, Taboi1 City. FOGGY Μ. BOYS TO GIVE SHOW AT GUIDEWAY A benefit show will be given at the Guideway School Monday. March 3, at 8 o'clock p. m. by the Foggy Mountain Boys Principal Greely Long announced. The Mountain boys and the quartet along with Fiddlin' Art Wooden Jody, and Everett Lily Rainwater come direct from Nashville, Tenn. They are heard daily over WPTF, Raleigh. The admission charges for the stage show will be 25c and 75c. o. e. s. SLATES URGENT ΜΕΕΪ The Tabor Cily Chapter, Order )f Eastern Sta*.. will meet in the Masonic Hal! Monday evening March 3, at 7.30, Mrs. Inez Η . j Rogers, secretary announced. In making the announcement t was stressed by Mrs. Beulas Hi. Kelly. Worthy Matron, and Mrs. Rogers that the meeting Λ-as urgent and officers would 3e elected to s>rve the new fiscal ".-ear. All members of the local chapt er are urged to attend. CHIMES TO CALL PRAYER HERE In observance of The World ~^y of Pravf-r the chimes will )lay at the Si>;nt Paul Methodist :h-irch Frid?:" afternoon, Febru u*y 2d. at 5 ofiock. All local citi :ens are asked to pause for a ew minutes of prayer at tho ;ound of the chimes Miss Edith Stafford Spiritual Secretary of he Saint Paul W. S. C. S. said. -ARMERS MUST ^PPLY FOR 'EANUT QUOTA Farm operators who do not ] lave a peanut allotment and de- I lire to grow above one acre of 1 >eanuts in 1952 may make an ap >lication in the county PMA of ice on or before February 29. ' Clyde Wayne, county PMA ;hairman, advises that a farmer vho has planted and harvested ..0 acre or less of peanuts during he past three years is not eligi )le to apply for an allotment. On mv farm one acre of peanuts nay be grown and picked and ' hreshed and sold through regu· ι ar commercial channels without ; >enalty. ! According to the peanut land ι actor in Columbus County only ι armers with 20.0 acres cleared j ir more need apply for an allot nent since the allotment on less | and would not be large enough , ο justify an allotment other han the exemption of one acre. < 3ther factors which must be net are: J (a) An application must be iled by the farm operator with he county committee prior to ] ilarch 1. 1 (b) The farm operator is large- < y dependent on the farm for his ι ivelihood. ] (c) The farm is the only farm < >wned or operated by the oper itor for which a peanut allot- ι nent is established for 1952. ] Clyde Wayne stated that only ] >ne-half of one percent of the Na- ] ional peanut acreage is avail ible for establishing allotment? ι or new farms. He further stated hat old peanut growers may ex >ect to receive their allotment? iround March 12. A National cut if 18.9 percent has been declared < >n peanuts but in Columbus 1 bounty farmers will receive a 1 lightly smaller cut due to an ' ncrease in our type of peanut? 1 irhich are in short supply. ι PREXY MRS. G. W. CRUTCHFIELD who was this month elected presi ient of the Tabor City Woman's Club to serve the 1952-53 term. 3he will succeed Miss Anne Brooks McGougan. Six From County Attend Conference in Chapel Hill Attending the Second Annual Conference on International ί Problems in Chapel Hill, were six home demonstration club rep-j rescntatives from Columbus County. The all-day meeting ivhich was hold or. February 14 was arranged by the Extension division of U. N. C. with ten dif "erent organizations particioat-! ng. Those attending from Colum dus County were: Mrs. Elaine Slake, Home Agent; Mrs. Elwood Thompson, Mishop Springs D. D. Ü., County Council President; Urs. Walter Shaw, Evergreen H. λ C., County Council Secretary; Mrs. Aeno Frink, Hallsboro Η }. C., Citizenship Chm.; Mrs. El jert Wright, Homemakers H. D., Γ., Education Chm.; and Mrs. Slwyn Harris, Chadbourn H. D. C„ County ^Council Vice-Presi Jent. MISS BURROUGHS ELECTED TO STUDENT COUNCIL Miss Rebecca Burroughs of Tabor City has been elected sec >nd vice president of the student government at Coker college. She is secretary-treasurer of her >ophomore class and vice presi· lent of her Sunday School class it Coker. Miss Burroughs is the daugh er of Mr. and Mrs. Reece Bur roughs of Tabor City. W. S. C. S. Circles Slate Meetings The Anne Cox Circle and the jula Cox circle of the Saint Paul Hethodist church Woman's So :iety of Christian Service, will neet Tuesday, March 4. at 7:30, Urs. Doc Bruton. W.S.C.S. presi lent announced. Mrs. J. W. Peay will be hostess ο the Anne Cox circle at her lome and the Lula Cox circle will neet with Mrs. Lewis Gore at her tome. * LEGION MEETS rHURSDAY NIGHT j Ί The American Legion Post 101, >f Tabor City will hold its regu ar semi monthly meeting at the lut here Thursday night at 7:30. Phe jackpot drawing for $10.00 vill be held and all members are irged to attend. Annual Merchants Banquet Set For Monday Night ■ * *---·■■ TT—1—- Tanuarv hut has been postponed The Tabor City Merchants As sociations' annual banquet will be held at the school cafeteria here Monday night at 7:00, Phil Hughes, chairman of the banquet committee, announced today. J. O. Talley, mayor of Fayette ville and a candidate for Con gress from the seventh distric* will be the featured speaker of ithe evening. j All local civic clubs will hold a combined meeting and wives of ι merchant association members and civic club members' wiver are invited to attend. Tickets foi the event are on sale at Darner on's Drug Store and a servej and ticket selling drive will bi carried out throughout town thii week by the banquet committee The meeting date clashes with the opening of the county basket I Dan tournament nere um ÜUgllV·. j announced that every effort I would be put forth to cut the meeting as short as possible sc jthat all who so desire can still isee most of the basketball pro ! gram. I The meeting is usually held ir several times to date making fur ther postponement inadvisable New officers for the coming year will be installed at the banquet meeting. Dinner will be served by the local PTA.