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rTabor City — The Tou/n With A City Future"
TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1952
5c A COPY; $2:00 A YEAR
School Activities Scheduled
W.F.Cox Passes Friday
After Major Operation
KLAN TRIAL
SET APBU 21
Trial o: -5 alleged former Κυ
K!u\ Klansmen is expected to be
s ; at Whiteville on April 28.
~ This was indicated yesterday
wiwn John M. Strong, adminis
trarivo assistant to Chief Justice
\v Α Devin, reported that a
special one-week term of Colum
bus County Superior Court had
been called to convene on that
date w.ch Judge Chester Morris
0f Currituck presiding.
Srron.i: said Solicitor Clifton L
Moore who requested the special
♦err. had indicated that is was
rr trial of the Klan flogging
cases Two weeks will be avail
a'rle for trial of the 25 men since
a regular one-week term of Co
I-r.bus court will follow the spe
; .·! Judge Morris also will
preside at the regular term.
A special Columbus Grand
Jury last week returned 44 in
d.ctments against the 25 men
Tr.ey are charged with conspira
cy kidr.apping and assault in
cares srowing out of four flog
g.r.s incidents.
Judge Morris is expected to
decide at the start of the court
rem whether to bring in a jury
from outside Columbus County
to hear the cases.
OPAL TYREE
KILLED IN WRECK
Opal Faye Tyree, 16-year-old
Whiteville girl, was killed in
stantly Saturday night at 7
o'clock about a half-mile east of
Chadbourn when the automobile
in which «he was a passenger
turned over υ.ι ακ .ai Tace of the
highway.
State Highway Patrolman Ja
mes Μ Johnston, who investigat
ed the accident, said her neck
was broken and that she also suf
fered a fracture of the skulL
The driver. 17-year-old Joseph
Jacobs of Nakina. escaped with I
minor bruises and abrasions.
The accident occurred when!
the Jacobs car, a 1950 Chrvrolet,;
struck the shoulder and went out'
of control. Patrolman Johnston
said the automobile traveled 105
:'<*t along the shoulder and then'
216 feet on the hardsurface be-j
fore coming to a stop.
The girl was thrown an addi-j
tional 48 feet east . The car was '
totally demolished, the officer:
said.
Flags On Display
This Easter Sunday
American Legion officials have}
asked all local merchants who
have American flags to display
them on Sunday, April 13, East
er.
The Legion pointed out that
Boy Scouts were to put these
fk?s out but during the serious
illness of scoutmaster Don Jer
togan it has been impossible to
properly organize the group for
these duties. However, beginning
*ith May. the Scouts will handle
this duty.
The flags are supposed to fly
four days during May. starting
*iih May 8, VE Day, May 11
Mothers Day, May 20, Armed
forces Day, and May 30, Memor
ial Day.
Merchants may also fly these
fass on April 24, 25 and 26, the
three days designated locally as
Brunswick County Days.
tAS TER PAGEAIN 1
TO BE GIVEN AT
ZION CHURCH
An Easter pageant entitled
"This I Believe" will be presented
at the Zion Methodist church Fri
day evening at 7:30, Rev. G. W.
C^utchfieid. pastor, announced.
The public is invited to attend.
Carson L. Garrell
Announces Candidacy
Carson L. Garrell has announc
ed his candidacy for County Com
oüssioner of Columbus County
for 2one no.4 comprising Wil
hams, South Williams and Bug
Townships, subject to the
Uetnocratic Primary May 31.
William Foster Cox, 73, finan
cier of farming operations
throughout Columbus and Horry
counties and perhaps Tabor
City's most prominent business
man. died Friday afternoon at
2:00 in the Baptist Hospital in
Winston-Salem. He had been in
declining health for several
months and received treatment
in McLeod's Infirmary in Flor
ence in February when he had
pneumonia. He was admitted to
the Baptist Hospital eight days
before his death where he under
went a major lung operation.
Mr. Cox was a native of the
Guideway section of this county
W. F. COX
where he grew up as a farm boy.!
He began his phenominal busi-'
ness career as an organ and
piano salesman. He later operat-1
ed a hotel in Tabor City and in
1914 opened a furniture and
hardware store here. This busi
ness is still prominent and is be
lieved to ι -·_ first furniture re
tail establishment in the county.
A. Paul Rogers and Charles C.
Leggette were associated with!
him in business here at the time
of his death.
At one time he was interested
in the undertaking business and
erected one of the large tobacco
warehouses here.
He was the son of the late
Frank and Miriam Butler Cox
and was born February 7, 1879,
in the Old Zion section, now Tab
or City route 3. He was educated
in the public schools of Colum
bus county and taught school for
about two years.
He was an active member of
the Mount Tabor Baptist Church,
a former member of the Colum
bus County Hospital Board of
Trustees, and was prominent in
the town's government, having
been named to the town board in
1916. His civic activities were
limited, but he was always an
advocate of good roads and con
sidered the new Pireway Bridge)
a noteworthy project. He had
worked toward securing this
structure for many years.
One of the largest crowds in
the town's history attended the
Sunday afternoon funeral serv
ices at the Mount Tabor Baptist
church. Services were conducted
by Rev. P. C. Gantt, Baptist pas
tor here; Rev. Winfrey Davis,
former local Baptist pastor; and
Rev. G. W. Crutchfield, pastor of
the Saint Paul Methodist Church.
Interment followed in the Myr
tle Green cemetery.
Active pallbearers were James
Blanton, Claude Huggins, Ned
Butler. W. W. Woody, R. B. Mal
lard, B. L. Nesmith, Jr., W. A.
Williams and Dr. Ross M. Wil
liamson.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Sarah Baggett Cox; four
sisters, Mrs. LiUie Russ, of Laur
inburg; Mrs. Mollie Stanley, Miss
Callie Cox and Miss Daisy Cox,
all of route 3, Tabor City.
Ε. C. Sanders Is
Head Of New Firm
Ernest C. Sanders of Tabor
City is president of a new firm at
CJonway which was given a char
ter by the State of South Caro
lina last week.
The Horry Plywood Corpora
tion is the name of the new firm
which was granted a charter of
$100,000 to buy, sell, exchange
and otherwise deal in lumber, ve
neer, materials and other for
estry products.
Sandezs is one of Columbus Ca
cutty's leading lumber men.
The general schedule of activi
ties at the Tabor City School:
for the remainder of the yeai
were announced today by Super
intendent C. H. Pinner.
TTie Schedule:
April 18 — Junior-Senior ban
quet at Harry's Anchorage, Lakt
Waccamaw.
April 24 — Spelling Contest
Whiteville.
April 25—Civitan Ministrel.
April 29—World Peace Speaking
Contest, sponsored by Tabor Citj
Woman's Club.
May 2—Glee Club Concert.
May 8 and 9 — Miss Caroline
Murray's Piano Recital.
May 18 — Baccalaureate Ser
mon by Dr. Clyde A. Milner
president of Guilford College.
May 20—Graduation Exercises,
with Dr. B. Frank Hall, pastor
Presbyterian Church, Wilming
ton, N. C.
MAYOR'S COURT
RECEIPTS LISTED
The following records of may
or's court cash receipts for the
past nine months period for Tab
or City and Chadbourn munici
palities has been released as fol
lows:
TABOR CITY
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
_ $177.20
341.55
161.70
243.10
_ 142.75
66.10
_ 203.25
155.0C
161.05
$1,651.70
CHADBOURN
July, 1951 $438.05
August, 1951 533.4G
September, 1951 596.45
October, 1951 752.75
November, 1951 434.85
December, 1951 609.4C
January, 1952 323.0C
February, 1952 288.20
March, 1952 212.25
$4,188.3f
LEGION MEETS
OH THURSDAY
All members of the American
Legion Post 101 here are urged
to attend the Thursday night
meeting at the hut at 7:30. All
committees for the coming base
ball season are ready to be an
nounced and it is hoped that
good attendance will be had so
that assignments will be thoro
ughly understood by those or
the various committees.
BAPTISTS URGED
TO DONATE TO
BUILDING FUND
E. W. Fonvielle, chairman oi
the building committee of the
Mt. Tabor Baptist church, called
on church members here to do
their part toward raising the
$25,000 necessary to begin con
struction of additions to the
church at the quarterly confer
ence Sunday.
Fonvielle stated that two per
sons had pledged a similar sum,
and it would have« to be matched
by others members of the church
if construction was to be done in
the near future. Pledges were
made for part of the amount sev
eral months ago but to date only
about $6000 has been paid in by
the membership.
c This construction propect is
part of one of the "Finer Caro
lina" projects, and must be start
ed before fall if Tabor City is
to get credit for accomplishing
its proposals.
Pre-School Clinic
To Be Held Here
Next Tuesday
The annual pre-school clinic for
the Tabor City School will be
held at the school Tuesday, April
15, officials of the County Health
Department announced today
Fhe clinic will open at the local
school at 9:30 a. m.
All children who will enter
school this fall should report at
the clinic, and parents are urged
to cooperate with the health de
partment and school officials in
getting their child to the school.
Parents are also asked to take
the child's birth certificate to the
clinic if at all possible. Principal
C. H. Pinner, announced.
PFC. ROBERT L. GORE
Pfc. Royce L. Gore who recent
ly completed indoctrinational
training at the Lackland Air
Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
and is now stationed with the
58th Fighter Int. Squadron, Otiz
A. F. Base, Falmouth, Mass.
Pfc. Gore, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Gore of route 2, Tabor City,
enlisted in the Air Force Janu
ary 8, 1952.
NEGRO GETS
LONG TERN
FOB MURDER
Frank Hucks, local Negro, en
tered a plea of guilty of second
degree murder in the shotgun
shooting of his wife, and was
sentenced to not less than 17 or
more than 22 years in the state
prison by Judge William T. Hatch
at a special term of Superior
Court in Whiteville last Wednes
day.
Hucks, represented legally by
Attorney Raymond B. Mallard of
Tabor City, entered a plea of
j guilty to second degree murder
Wednesday and Solicitor Clifton
L. Moore accepted for the State.
Judge Hatch then pronounced
the sentence as prescribed by
law. <<
The Grand Jury had returned
a true bill of indictment only the
day before in connection with
the case and his voluntary mur
der plea made the judgement im
mediately forthcoming.
Hucks killed his wife Louvenia
on Sunday night, March 16,
around 10 o'clock in the "Bot
tom", colored section of Tabor
City where the couple lived. She
died shortly after being struck
in the chest by a charge from
a 12 guage shotgun. The defend
ant surrendered to officers L. R.
Watson and Ted Watts of the
Tabor City police force after the
shooting. He was found in the
front yard of the home when
officials went to make the ar
rest. He offered no resistance
and admitted the shooting later.
Hucks was taken to Whiteville
to jail the next day and he is
said to have told Patrolman W.
S. Allen that he shot has wife
"through a bluff." He indicated
later that he hadn't maent to kill
her but was trying to scare her.
He also told officers that he
and his wife had an argument
earlier in the day and that Lou
venia had left the house and
stayed gone until that night.
When she came back home, the
shooting took place. He ran to a
neighbor's home and told that
"Louvenia has shot herself."
The details of the incident
were brought to light in Coroner
Lacy R. Thompson's inquest two
days after the killing. Hucks did
not take the stand himself at the
inquest and the testimony was
offered by Officers Watson, Al
len and Hucks' neighbor, Bill
Johnson.
The homicide was the second
in Columbus County this year.
Hen Lays Egg
In City Hall
Several day ago one of the
hens which E. W. Fonvielle and
Son had bought on the poultry
market managed to escape from
jher coop and was detected roam
ing around the town hall. She
appeared to be looking for some
thing and indeed she must. The
old hen finally got up the nerve
to actually creep in the front
door and sit down in a box that
was lying on the floor. She stay
ed there real quiet for several
minutes and then departed. But
in the meantime she had layed an
egg and there it was in the box.
City Clerk Cash Garrell and
Leon Fonvielle then succeeded
in catching her and putting her
back in captivity.
Dr. Η. W. Jordon To Speak
At Bridge Opening Ceremony
ι
Tabor And Chadbourn
To Jointly Sponsor
Legion Baseball Team
The 1952 edition of American Legion Junior baseball
here will be sponsored jointly by the Tabor City and Chad
bourn American Legion posts and the team will be known
as "Tabor-Chadbourn American Legion Team," it was
decided at a meeting in Chadbourn Monday night.
RED CROSS
DRIVE SHORT
A. E. Goldfinch, chairman of
the 1952 Red Cross drive in Tab
or City, announced today that
only $689.90 has been raised thus
far in the campaign and that
anyone who can possibly lend
some more financial assistance is
urged to do so.
The qouta for Tabor City was
set at $1358.40 and Goldfinch
emphasized the need for some
additional funds even if the en
tire quota cannot be reached.
DEATH CLAIMS
J. T. SHELLEY
John Toles Shelley, 76, contrac
tor, farmer and lumberman, died
at his home on Bucksville Star
route, Thursday noon, after an
illness of seven months.
Funeral rites were held from
the Myrtle Beach Baptist church
Sunday at 3 o'clock p. m. Burial
was in the Swash cemetery. Rev.
B. L. Rains and Rev. Carl Comp·
ton officiated.
He is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Susan A. Shelley; one son,
W. Issac Shelley of Aynor; four
daughters, Mrs. Minnie S. Allen,
Aynor, Mrs. Leila S. Hodges of
the home, Mrs. Juanita S. Alford,
Conway, Mrs. Laura S. Went
worth, San Diego, Calif.; one
sister, Mrs. L. A. Roberts, Co
lumbia, S. C.; one brother, W. W.
Shelley, Gallivants Ferry, route
1. Five grandsons.
BUEL LANIER
OPENS STATION
The Atlantic station, located
on the Tabor City Whiteville
highway known as the old Chev
rolet building, is now open under
the name, City Atlantic Service.
Buel Lanier, proprietor, announc
ed.
The new business is featuring
prompt service and is offering a
fi^ee grease job with the purchase
of 100 gallons of gasoline, Mr.
Lanier said. Customers receive a
card with the purchase of the
first gallon of gasoline and after
the 100 gallon number is punch
ed, tthe customer is eligible for
the free job.
Mr. Lanier, who is accociated
with Prince Brothers, has named
Frank Roberts as manager of the
station. :
Dolpjras Waddell
Passes Thursday
Julius Dolphus Waddell, 62, of
route 2, Tabor City died Friday
morning in the Mullins S. C. hos
pital at 4 o'clock after an illness
of seven days.
A son of the late N. D. Quinnie
Strickland Waddell of Columbus
County, he was a retired paint
contractor and returned to his
from Savannah, Ga. where he re
sided for several years.
Funeral rites were held Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock from
the Cherry Grove Baptist church
by the Rev. C. R. Melton, Rev. W.
H. Guy, and Rev. M. W. Strick
land. Burial followed in the For
est Lawn cemetery.
He is survived by his wife;
Mrs. Ida Waddell; three sons
Bob, Paul, and Tim, all of Savan
nah, Ga.; five daughters, Mrs
Henry Strickland of Tabor City,
Mrs. Herman Watts of Loris
Mrs. EJllery Buffkin of Green Sea,
Mrs. Tommy Usher of Savannah,
Gr., and Mrs. Earl Allen of Eliza
beth, N. J.; four brothers, Till
man of Savannah, Ga., Rosier.
Doris and Daford, all of Tabor
City; four sisters, Mrs. Letha
Hooker, Mrs. Beulah Lancaster
Mrs. Julie Buffkin, all of Tabor
City, and Mrs. Minnie Turbeville
of Fair Bluff.
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or* City has sponsored a junioi
baseball team alone but the geo
graphical location of Tabor City
along with the difficulties lnvolv
ed in financing the project in a
small town, brought about the
merged sponsorship and officiate
believe that a far more satisfact
ory arrangement has been found
As in past seasons, the team
this year will be composed ol
boys under 17 years of age from
both Tabor City and Chadbourr
and some Fair Bluff youngsters
will probably be in the gr°uP
More local boys are expected tc
be on the team this year than ui
any past seasons. Several Chad
bourn baseballers have already
inquired about trying out for the
junior squad.
Practice sessions this seasor
will all be held in the afternoon
ί beginning about June 1, wit
competition in the league
'for its beginning on June 4.
Every effort will be made to
enlist as many boys from the
rural communities in this section
as possible and all boys who can
get their parents permission to
play will be invited to join the
squad. Parents of such boys will
be able to count on at least
half day's work from the young
sters every day and there will
be no Saturday practices, making
it possible for them to work a
full day then. . ,
I It is hoped that by working out
lust such an arrangement that
parents of boys who live on
farms in this area, will be able
to allow their youngsters to par
ticipate. The regular league sea
son lasts only from June 4,
JUTo date the exact teams that
Lumberton. There is
assurance that Lumberton will
field a team but thev ** c°"'
sidering it at the^resent time
Several members of the local
high school team which would
make good junior team material
?t parents will allow them to corn
pete include: Jimmy Jermgar
Gore, of the Pireway a«*°nw^
have made exceptionally 8««
showings for ana
Tompkins, Jerry re
nuiv Wrieht, among others.
lBlpteye« from last year's team
from other communities who are
eligible for competition again
Sis ^son include: Joe Gore »
Williams Ε. V. Lehto, of near
Elizabethtownj^Buck mter^an
Worth Barnhardt, of Acme-Deic ,
and Buck Jolly, of Chad^°"|?cher
Benton Walton, youngpitcher
for Fair Bluff last year whose
home is in Chadbourn t
quested to play with the 'oca
this year. He is currently !"
school in Georgia but his home
^olaä^i^Ratteree this wMk
parted out that all youngs ^
under 18 years of age are invuea
tot^outVthete^^enthe
first practices are held Th ρ
pose of the pro-am is to teach
youngsters the fundamentals of
the game and build America
ism, and all are urged to compete
for positions on the team
Twenty players may be earn
ed the first four weeks of the
season and 16 the rest of the
time.
SENIOR CLASS
MAKE TOUR
Members of the Tabor City
senior class are in Charleston.
S. C. today (Wednesday) on a
sight seeing tour. They "sneaked
off' with the authority of offi
cials about β o'clock a. m. on the
school activity bus.
Mrs. W. W. Woody accompani
ed the group numbering 57.
Dr. Η. W. Jordan, chairman of
the State highway commission
of Raleigh, will be one of the
featured speakers at the grand
opening ceremony of the Pire
way bridge which will be held at
the bridge on Thursday April 24,
E. W. Fonvielle, chairman, of the
local committee sponsoring the
affair, stated here this week.
Dr. Jordan in a telephone con
versation with W. A. Williams
this week accepted the invitation.
In addition a host of other
highway officials will be present
including A. Wilbur Clark, third
division highway commissioner
of Fayetteville who is in charge
of all highway construction in
, this section.
The opening ceremony will be
held on the bridge at 2:00 April
24th, sponsored by the Tabor
City Merchants Association. In
addition to some noted speakers
who will be on hand, the Colum
bus County band will be present,
4000 free soft drinks will be pass
ed out to all in attendance, thous
ands of balloons willl be turned
loose welcoming Brunswick coun
ty citizens to Tabor City, and at
least $1000 worth of free trade
certificates, donated by local
merchants, will be given away
to persons crossing the bridge on
the 24th.
The Merchants Association has
designated April 24, 25 and 26 as
"Brunswick County Days" and
extra-special values will be made
available in practically every lo
cal store on that occasion. The
trade certificates will be accept
ed as money during that period
•and several useful items will be
[sold at cost or below by many
j Tabor City business firms.
{CANCER DRIVE
IN PROGRESS
The 1952 Cancer Crusade is of
ficially on in Columbus county,
(Mrs. Evelyn Leonarrd, command
er announced this week The cru
isade, as in the past years, car
ries a twin program of fund rais
ing and education. The county
unit of the American Cancer So
ciety has accepted the goal of
$2200 as its part of the stat'
quota.
The Society has raised the
quota this year due to the ad
ditional cost the organization has
accepted in operating the North
Carolina Institute, a nursing
home located in Lumberton for
the care of indigent, incurablr
cancer patients, Mrs. Leonard
said.
Mail contributions should be
payable to Columbus County Un
it, ACS and addressed .to J. A.
Hufham, Jr. treasurer, Wacca
maw Bank and Trust company,
Tabor City.
Mrs. Mae S. Young, county
chairman, has named the follow
ing community chairmen:
Whiteville, Mrs. L. P. Black
mon, Jr. and the Auxiliary to
the VFW: Tabor City, Mrs. Gen·
ola Woodard; Chadbourn, Mrs
R. A. Meares; Fair Bluff, Mrs.
Sam Scott, Jr., Evergreen, Wo
man's Club; Cerro Gordo, Miss
Orville Floyd; Acme Delco, Mrs.
Gordon Hobbs; Hallsboro, Mrs.
Alice Thompson; Lake Wacca
maw, Mrs. B. L. Townsend: Bol
ton, Mrs. Jim Nye; Williams
Township, Η. B. Frink; Bethel
Mr. and Mrs. James Franklin
Long; Cherry Grove, Rev. Minos
Strickland; Guideway, Mrs. Dick
Gore.
The Health Leaders of the vari
ous home demonstration clubs
will serve as chairmen in their
communities and a number of
colored school principals are serv
ing in the colored areas of the
county.
Columbus County citizens are
asked to make their contribu
tions early so that the drive may
close April 31.
Joe Duncan Attends
Olds School
Joe Duncan, Prince Motor Com
pany mechanic, has returned
from a two weeks stay in Lans
ing, Mich, where he received in
struction on the Oldsmobile Hy
dra-Matic system. He received a
certificate stating that he
had successfully completed the
course.
While in Lansing, the group
was shown through the Olds
mobile. assembly plant and the
Detroit transmission factory and
foundry.