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^Γ\ ·. NUMBER 36
"Tabor City — The Town With A City Future"
TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1952
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ν Howard Garrell and daughter, Tonia Sue, of route
urn. left the United States Tuesday for England
- ν will join her husband who is with the Army
v..λ ; there. Mrs. Garrell is the daughter of Mr. and
)!> ν imbus Fowler of route 3, Tabor City. Tonia Sue
- >: \o months old but anxious to see her daddy.
Brunswick County Days
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7 Da:d of directors of the
T?. o: " rv Merchants Associa
te. ' ι ο dt^unatc Thurs
day F: lay. und Saturday. April
2; .5 ?nd 26. as Brunswick
C days at its called meet in· ·
T.v::<·;;·>· afternoon.
Th* biir three days will be
=: :> d in conjunction with
.·: -ring ceremony of -the
bridge project which
hi« · η completed. Travel be
gar ?cme time ago across the
■ and paved highways con
Brunswick with Tabor City
for first time.
F.·· -oft drinks and balloons
r· siven away at the bridge
cr·" .2- ceremony at which time
ΐ· :a! high ranking state offi
cial? ·λ;Η br- present. Also trade
··"!*"■ r!-:atf-s will be given to eve
ryore crossing the bridge during
ΐ η poriod of that day and
certificates will each be
ono dollar in trade at vari
nlarps of business in Tabor
C*· At i^ast $500 worth of these
certificates will be passed out to
bnd?e crossers.
Ir. addition to the trade certi
ficate that will be worth their
tac- value, merchants are going
Ό of for several items for sale
durinsr -ho three days that will
^ listed at cost or below and
every such item will be available
** a definite saving. These will
range from groceries to furni
ture. seeds and etc.
The bridge opening committee
a*ld a meeting at Mrs. Todds
Fr day lieht and discussed the
arrangements.
New Life Club
Holds Meeting
The Xew Life Home Demon
oration club held the regular
Monthly meeting on Wednesday,
iarch 19. at the home of Mrs.
f* Β Cox with Mrs. Harvey Step
hens as co-hostess.
Present were Mrs. Paul Step
hens. Mrs. Archie Fipps, Mrs.
Alton Fipps. Mrs. S. P. Fipps.
«rs Oha Arnette, Mrs. Rov Arn
Mrs:. L. B. Cox, Mrs. Murray
Fowlrr. Mrs. Brice Mills, Mrs.
{fster Watts. Mrs. O. O. Watts.
^rs· W. ρ Stephens, Mrs. W. H.
Stephens Mrs. Stewart Huffaker,
Douglas Mills, Mrs. Lewis
Mrs. Carol Watts, Mrs
™orth Mills. Mrs. Columbus Fow
lfir Mr, Gaddv Watts, Mrs. Vcr
jon Morris, Mrs. James Taylor,
torf an<* Mrs. Ben
Tio i0,aj assembly, Order of
•ainbovv for Girls, will hold a
Public installation program in
JJ* Masonic hall, Monday eve
j n? April 14, at 7:30. The public
to attend the program
social hour which follows.
WILHAMS SENIORS
TO PiUiSENT PLAY
The seniors of Williams Town
ship High School will present the
play entitled "Finders Creepers'
on Thursday, April 3. at 7:30 ρ
m. in the school auditorium.
The mystery comedy, in thre<
acts, will provide the audienc«
with laughs, thrills, chills anc
shocks, officials announced.
The cast includes Jern
Stephens. Harold Williams, Gar
land Williams. Margaret Louise
Ward. Man- Lois Garrell, Barb
ara Jean Gore, Mary Ellen Todd
Betty Jo Gore, Hilda Anne
Gasque. Doris Strickland, Vernor
Gurganus, J. T. Fisher, Jr., Tom
Simmons. Hershel McPhersor
and Wayland Currie.
Mrs. Olive B. Wright, senioi
sponsor, is the director of thi
play.
Mrs. Davis Bruton
Entertains Rotary
Mrs. Davis Bruton, a Rotar
ian's wife here, entertained the
local club at Mrs. Todd's Monday
night with a highly enjoyable
selection of piano music. Mrs
Bruton played six varied num
bers ranging from semi-classical
to popular and she received con
siderable applause after each
selection.
The Rotary instructed the sec
retary to notify state Rotary
officials that at least 20 Rotar
ians and wives would attend th<
convention in Lumberton or
April 17-18.
1848 Recruitable
Workers Available
In Columbus County
A report recently released by
the Employment Security Com
mission of North Carolina shows
that Columbus county has ar
estimated 1.848 recruitable work
ers, including 405 white males
74 white females, 1,170 non
white males and 199 non-whit€
females. Of the total number
607 are classed as skilled and
semi-skilled workers while ar
estimated 730 are deemed train
ablle for jobs requiring skills
and are under 45 years of age.
.
LEBANON MYF
I MEETS SUNDAY
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship of the Lebanon Methodisl
church is now meeting at thi
church each Sunday afternoor
at 6 o'clock.
All young people in the com
raunity are invited to attend the
meeting, officials announced.
KLAN TRIAL
SET FOR NAY 11
! RALEIGH, Mar. 31—Eleven
'former members of the Ku Klux
iKlan in the Fair Bluff area of
j Columbus County will be tried
!by Federal Court in Wilmington
!on May 12, U. S. District Attor
ney Charles P. Green announced
Thursday.
Green said the date for the
trial was set in Tabor by Fed
eral Judge Don Gilliam, who felt
the cause of justice would be bet
ter served if the case were heard
by the court which is nearest to
ι the home of witnesses to be call
ed.
Attorneys for the defendants,
said the district attorney, moved
that the cases be continued and
tried in Favetteville. The trial
was originally set for April 7
in the Raleigh division.
Cai'l Richardson, the 11th sus
pect arrested in connection with
Klan activities in Columbus, was
indicted Thursday by the special
federal grand jury in session
here. Richardson was indicted
on kidnapping and conspiracy
counts.
Other Columbus County defen
dants include Early L. Brooks.
Robert "Bob" Hayes. Bobby
Brooks. Pittman Fov Strickland.
Ross Enzor, George Miller. Sher
wood Miller. Steve Edmonds.
Horace Strigkland and L. C. Wor
ley. I
Each of the men is charged
with abducting Dorothy D. Mar
tin and Ben Grainger or, or about
October 6.1951. and driving them
across the state lino into Horry
County. S. C.. for the purpose or
! inflicting bodily harm on them.
The men are also charged with
conspiracy to kidnap and inflict
injury to Grainger and Mrs. Mar
! tin.
FOUNDATION LAID
FOR LOCAL MANSE
The foundation for the Tabor
City Presbyterian Manse ha«?
been laid and the home is sche
duled to be completed by June
' officials of the local Presbyterian
. church announced this we?k.
ι The Manse site is on Nesmith
1 Street. The construction a three
bed room plan, will be of asbest
• os siding.
• Fletcher C. Hutcheson is now
! serving as student pastor of the
church and will move here in
June with his wife and infant
ison to assume full time duties
ι He is now attending the somm
'ary in Richmond, Va.
MAIL BOXES
TORN DOWN
AT PIREWAY
A dozen mail boxes were up
rooted or torn from their posts
some time Friday night in the
Pireway section and were found
! Saturday morning on the new
bridge.
Eight boxes were taken from
Route 1, Nakina, and the others
from Route 3, Tabor City.
Deputy Sheriff T. C. Butler
said the vandals also set up a
road block on the highway lead
ing to the bridge and traffic was
turned back with a ' bridge out
sign.
Investigating officers will turn
' over their information to a post
, office inspector (or a further
probe and possible prosecution.
DOCTOR'S DAY
OBSERVED HERE
In observance of "Doctor s
Dav" Mrs. J. P. Brown, teacher
of the Adult Class of the Taoor
City Presbyterian Sunday schoo.
1 presented each member of the
class in attendance with a carna
tion at the regular class period
Sunday morning. The carnation,
a flower of strength, durability
and Courage, is the official "Doc·
tor's Day" symbol.
In presenting the flowers Mrs.
Brown paid tribute to doctors
and Mrs. R. C. Harrelson, Jr
wife of Dr. Harrelson, gave the
response in behalf of the local
I doctors.
• An observance of the day was
also noted by the LulaRopw
class of the Saint Paul Methodist
Sunday School. Mrs. Walter P.
Cox, teacher of the class presen
ted carnations to the class mem
bers. _ , .
The graded Sunday School
lessons for Sunday were on Dr.
Luke.
Eastern Star Initiation
Five candidates, two sets of sisters and anothe.· one, were initiated into the Tabor City Chapter,
240. Orde r of Eastern Star, for memberships at the last dated meeting of the 1951-52 fiscal year witn
Mrs. Beulah H. Kelly serving as Worthy Matron. T.ie sisters were Miss Naydean Ward and Mrs. Ann
Veroona, and Mrs. Pearl Wright and Mrs. Lorena Gsnus. The other one was Miss Mildred Holt.
Front row, left to right, Miss Mildred Holt; M.ss Naydean Ward and Miss Ann Veroona, sisters;
Mrs. Beulah H. Kelly, Worthy Matron; Milton H. W-ight, Worthy Patron; Mrs. Pearl Wright and Mrs.
Lorena Ganus. sisters. Second row, left to right, Μ 3. Lillian Simon, Esther; Mis. Mae S. Young,
Warder; Mrs. Letha S. Gore, Associate Conductress; Mrs. Alene Long, Adah Protem; Mrs. Ruby Par
ham. Electa Piotem; Miss Inez Lewis, Organist; M,-s. Emma W. Smith, Associate Matron; Mrs. Mil
died Burroughs. Treasurer; and Mrs. Viola Fowler, Conductress. Third row, left to right, Mrs. Queenie
Bruton, Chaplain; Mrs. Margaret Soles, Adah; Mri. Inez H. Rogers, Secretary: Mrs. Joyce Young,
Martha Protem: Mrs. Edith Williams, Adah Proteu; Mrs. Berlyne Rogers, Marshal Protem; and Mrs.
Slancl.e W. Hyman, Sentinel.
£002 ATTENDANCE FEATURES
BAPTIST ENLARGEMENT DRIVE
With about 60 percent of the
officers and teachers or the Mt.
Tabor Baptist church in attend
ance, a well organized Sunda/i
school enlargement campaign is
underway here every night this
I week.
Nightly programs from 7:30
until 9:00 began Monday and
will continve through Friday.
The highlight of the week will
be Thursday night's program at
which time the final figures of
the recently conducted survey
will be given and recommenda
tions on ways and means to in
crease Sunday school attendance
will be heard. All intteresW
church workers are urged to at
tend this session of the cam
paign.
The Baptist have set as their
goal an attendance of 400 on Sun
i day morning. This number has
ί never been in attendance at any
, local church, in so far as is
I known, and the church member
ship is urged to encourage all
! possible persons to be on hand
I Sunday.
This week's enlargement cam
paign has been conducted by
Rev. Fritz D. Hemphill, pastor
of the West Hickory Baptist
church in Hickory. N. C., and has
been supported with a strong fa
culty. including Mrs. C. H. Cros
by, Knoxville; Mrs. F. Eowers,
Morganton: Mrs. Ben In.irram,
Coker, and Mrs. D. N. Forhand,
j Conway.
Lula Cox Circle
Holds Meeting
The Lula Cox circle of the Wo
man's Society of Christian Serv
ice of the Saint Paul Methodist
Church met at the parsonage
Tuesday evening with Mr. R. P.
Counts serving as hostess. Mrs.
F. C. Norris, Jr. presided.
The program entitled "Fruit
of the Spirit-Devotion" was pre
sented by the circle membe'-s
Refreshments consisting of con
gealed salad, sandwiches, cup
cakes and Russian tea were serv
ed by the hostess to Mrs. F. C.
Norris, Jr., Mrs. Dewey Cox, Miss
Mary Lou Cox. Mrs. Lewis Gore.
Mrs. Walter P. Cox, Mrs. J. L.
Baxter, Miss Marjorie Wood,
Mrs. Frank Wood. Mrs. F. F.
Thompson, Mrs. Ν. K. Currie
Mrs. Walter Leonard and Mrs. G.
W. Crutchfielld.
Methodist Women
Hold Open House
The Woman's Society of Jhris
tian Service, Saint Paul Mothod
ist church, held an open servict
in the church auditorium Tues
day evening, March 25, with Mrs
L. Baggett and Mrs. Frank Schul
ken of Whiteville appearing a«
guest speakers. Mrs. F. C. Nor
ris, Jr., presided.
The service was called as ι
climax to the visitation of fhf
society urging all women of !:h<
church to enroll in the W. S. C. S
Mrs. Baggett. Zone "Loader, anc
Mrs. Schulken, Christian Socia
Relations Secretary of che Wil
mi net on District spoke on the
work of the society and ι old ol
the important part women plaj
in the church through a member
ship in the W. S. C. S.
Following the program a de
lightful social hour was held al
the parsonage. Mixed spring
: flowers and burning tapers \\er<
;used in the decorations.
The dining room table was ov
erlaid with a cut work cloth anc
! centered with a gracious ar
irangement of mixed flower'» anc
ι white tapers in silver candela
Ibra.
Lime ice, sandwiches, cookies
nuts and mints were s?rved tc
about 40 guests.
R. H. COX DIES
AT HOME HERE
Randall Hyman Cox, 50-year
old farmer of Tabor City, route 1
died at his home Monday at ί
o'clock a. m. after a three daj
illness. Funeral rites are sehe
duled for this afternoon (Wed
nesday) at 2 o'clock with th(
Elder Grady Cox officiating
Burial will be in the Cox ceme
tery.
He is survived by his father
B. F. Cox, two brothers, Beltor
and Kirby, all of route 1, Taboi
City; three sisters, Mrs. Davis
Stevens of Tabor City, Mrs. Mayc
Hardee and Mrs. Goham Hardef
of route 1, Tabor City.
A forestry field day for Edge
combe County, held recently on
Romaine Howard's farm neat
Contoee, attracted some 20C
farmers, sawmill operators, and
pulpwood dealers.
MUS. MAE YOUNG
HEADS COLUMBUS
CANCER DRIVE
.ι Mrs. Mae S. Young, chairman
of the 1952 Cancer Crusade in
Columbus County which offici
ally gets underway this month
announced that the drive will
seek $2,200 as its part of the na
tional Cancer Crusade which
hopes to raise $16,000,000 for
. programs of research, services
[ ι to patients and public and ρΐΌ
.jfessional education.
Mrs. Young said that the first
step is to obtain chairmen for all
communities in the county.
The slogan for the Crusade,
ιίshe said, will be "Cancer Strikes
One In Five, Strike Back, Give
to Conquer Cancer.'
"A strenous effort will be made
during the Crusade to reach eve
ry family with our educational
messages," she stated. "Know
ledge of the symptoms of cancer
is a highly important ν capon in
fighting the disease since im
proved cure rates depend on
people going to their doctors
when early detection is possible.
Ignorance of the danger signals
of cancer usually delays diagno
sis until the disease has reached
ian advanced, an incurable,
stage."
ι Mrs. Young lives in Tabor City
and is setting up a Crusade of
fice there.
I Presbyterian Women
' The Women of the Presbyter
ian church will meet with Mrs.
W. O. Jackson at her home Tues
day at 7:30 p. m. All membeis.
both active and associate, are
* invited to attend.
Street Tiling, Paving Is Considered
The Tabor City town board at
its regular monthly meeting
Tuesday night voted to com
mence tiling on Garrell street
immediately with paving to fol
low if property owners along the
street will agree to pay half the
paving costs.
Most property owners on the
street have already agreed to
pay their share but some have
I been reluctant to make committ
ments to date.
This paving project would be
the cirst step toward accomplish
ing one of the "Finer Carolina"
projects which has been submit
ted for Tabor City. The paving
would join the Loris road with
the Pireway road behind the Mt.
Tabor Baptist church.
If property owners do not
agree to pay half the paving
cost on Garrell street, no tiling
will be put in before July 1.
Streets of which property owners
agree to share the cost will be
paved before any others will be
considered. The town board will
match funds raised by the prop
erty owners.
The town board also voted to
ask for bids on the old street
grading machine. The highest
bidder will get the piece of equip
ment and bids must be placed
with Willard C. Wright, town
commissioner.
Grand Jury Puts Bee On Floggers
SIX NEW
DEFENDANTS
ABE NAMED
After a two day hearing, true
bills of indictment were returned
by the Grand Jury against 25
alleged members of the Ku Klux
Klan in 44 cases of flogging at
the one week term of Superior
Cqurt which began in Whiteville
Monday.
Of primary interest through
out the area was the indictment
of six more defendants not pre
I viously mentioned in the vio
lence cases.
One of these was Jack Ashley,
present chief of police in Fair
Bluff. All the defendants are
charged with conspiracy, kid
napping and assault. The kid
napping charge on North Caro
lina warrants carries a maximum
penalty of life imprisonment.
Grand Jury Foreman R. L.
Thompson of Hallsboro, bi*ought
in the true bills shortly betöre
six o'clock Tuesday after the
group had heard witnesses for
the greater part of two days.
Judge William T. Hatch, solicitor
Clifton L. Moore and a few offi
cers and visitors were on hand
when the foreman made his re
port.
Other persons who now face
charges who had not previously
been named, in addition to Ash
ley, are Pittman Foy Strickland,
Harvey Barfield, Mack Norris.
Ernest Ward and George White.
The remaining 19 defendants
had been arrested previously by
SBI agents and county officers.
Seven of the 25 persons indict
ed also face federal charges of
kidnapping.
The indictments stemmed from
the floggings the men allegedly
administered to Esthc..· Lee
Floyd, Negro, Dorsey Robinson,
Negro, Woodrow Johnson and
Greer Pinkney Wright, all of
whom were kidnapped between
November 14 and December 29
cf last year.
Only three of the 25 men indict
ed today are charged -viih parti
cipation in as many as three of
the floggings. These are George
Miller. 19, who was indicted in
the Wright, Floyd and Robinson
incidents, Eerly L. Brooks, 44, in
the Floyd, Robinson and John
• son cases, and Steve Edmunds,
26, in the Floyd, Robinson and
Johnson cases. Miller was
brought into the Wright case for
the first time today.
! Richard Gore, 20, Whiteville
electrician, was also indicted 'n
the Greer Wright flogging,
i Defendants in both, the Floyd
and Robinson cases are E. L.
Ward. 40, Route 2, Chadboum,
L. C. Worley, 25, Fair Blurf, Pitt
man Foy Strickland, 29, Fair
Bluff. Jule C. Richardson, 44,
Fair Bluff, Ed Floyd Rigers, Jr.,
25, Fair Bluff, Hubert Hilbum,
31, Fair Bluff, Edwin Brooks, 20,
Fair Bluff and Florence, S. C.,
! Bobby Brooks, 18, Fair Bluff and
Raleigh, Bob Hayes, 38, Fair
Bluff, Billy Home, 25, Chadbourn
and Jack Ashley, Fair Bluff.
Johnson case defendants, in ad
dition to Barfield, Norris, Ernest
Ward and George White, who
'were among the six indicted for
I the first time, are Henry Otto
Edwards, 52, Whiteville, Ray
Kelly 43, Whiteville, Frank
:Lewis, 37, Fair. Bluff, John
j Honeycutt, Jr., Chadbourn, ar.d
!Leroy Honeycutt. Chadboum.
Seven of the 25 have been in
' dieted in federal court on charges
j of kidnapping Dorothy Dillard
: Martin and Ben Grainger last
October. These are Early L.
Brooks, Bobby Brooks, Strick·
jland. Hayes, Worley, Miller and
Edmunds.
I The federal and state indict·
i ments thus far have covered the
cases of six flogging victims
leaving seven cases still unsolved.
The other victims were Clayton
Sellers, J. M. Russ, Robert. Lee
Gore, H. D. Best, Lawyer Jemi·
gan, Evergreen Flowers and Lee
Tyson.
EASTERN STARS
MEET MONDAY
The Tabor City chapter, Order
of Eastern Star, will meet Mon
day at 7:30 p. m. in the Masonic
Hall with Mrs. Emma W. Smith,
newly installed Worthy Matron,
presiding, Mrs. Inez H. Rogers,
secretary, announced.
The Monday evening schedule
marks the first meeting of the
new fiscal year and Mrs. Rogers
said "all Eastern Star members
are urged to attend to start the
new year off right."