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"Tabor City — ΓΑί Town With A City Future"
TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1952
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Five Guilty In Eviction Case
Throe defendants were found
gUi!ty Tuesday on both counts of
* Federal indictment in the Eliza
Grainger eviction case. Two oth
ers were found guilty on one
court.
J. Grainger and two sis
ters. Tina Grainger Floyd
and V- norretha Grainger Bak
er, v.e convicted after trial of
conspui' . to prevent Federal of
ficer.» -Ton: evicting Mrs Grainger,
30-you- old bedridden widow
from a house in the Carolina sec
tion of Korrv County. The second
coar." charged wilful assault on a
II S. marshal and three deputies,
resistance and use of weapons.
Mrs. Geneva Grainger Arnette,
another sister, and Mrs. Stacia
Dyson Grainger. Homer Grainger's
Grainier and two μ no swen
were convicted on a count involv
ing charges of assaulting the offic
er. Each was fined $100. in addi
tion. Grainger drew a two and
oar-half year sentence. Tina
Granger Floyd was given a two
year sentence by Federal Judge
George Bell Timmerman and her
»ister. Dorretha Grainger Baker
drew a three and one half year
sentence.
Another sister, Mrs. Geneva
Grainger Arnette, and Mrs. Stada
Dyson Grainger Homer's wife
drew suspended terms of 15 18
months, respectively. Each was
fined 5100 and placed on five-year
probation. They were convicted on
the consipracy count only.
wife, were convicted on the con
spiracy count only.
t*. S. District Judge George Bell
Timmerman set sentencing for 10
a. r- Thursday. He rejected the
plea of State Sen. J. Ralph Gasque
of Marion, defense counsel, to
wait three or four days.
The Federal officers began ef
forts last Oct. 20 to carry out the
eviction order signed by Judge
J. Waties Waring (now retired).
One or onother of the Graingers
met them and refused to get out,
the indictment and testimony
charged. Finally, on Dec. 11, Al
fred J. Plowden Jr. of Summerton,
1*. S. deputy marshal for the
Eastern District of the State, took
three deputies, Hal H. Harbin,
Hay A. Gaddy and Julian M.
Poulnot, determined to take Mrs4
Gramg3r to a hospital and clear
out the others. Plowden hired ar
ambulance from Ralph Inman,
Tabor City, N. C. funeral director,
but didn't uccessd in his plans.
When the rattle of gunfire was
over. Homer Grainger and Deputy
Poulnot of Charleston lay wound
ed. The officers, followed as the
ambulance in which Inman and
his companion Layc Thompson oi
Chadbourn, N. C., sped from the
dangerous scene. Poulnot was tak
en in it to Mullins Hospital.
The property had been subject
to a civil suit earlier, brought by
still another daughter, Mrs. Mamie
Grainger Joyner, and her husband,
J. Lee Joyner of Cerro Gordo, N.
C. In the case, the Joyners were
declared· owners.
A family despute centered over
argument by the Graingers that
die was not on the land on ques
tion.
Judge Timmerman ruled til at,
since .10 appeal had been made
from the civil decision, that case
was closed and facts s#t up there·
in could not be brought up „in this
trial.
The Graingers denied that they
bad us id weapons on Plowden
and his deputies.
A bull *t, which the Government
said was from Poulnot's
body was exhibited at the trial.
It was declared a .32 caliber slug.
The off;cers said they carried only
•38s.
Of thii Graingers and their kin,
°nly Charlie Arnette. apparently,
took, seriously the eviction order.
He h^d departed and was not in
volved further.
The aged woman herself, was
the first defense witness Tuesday.
She was wheeled into the court
room {or testimony. The de
fendants and A. J. Baker, Horry
County surveyor, who drew a plat
of the land, all took the-stand
for questioning The marshals did
Jfcewise; as did Dr. J. T. Caih of
«ullinj. Lacy Thompson aad Clerk
of Court Ernest L. Allen of Char- 1
leston. ,
The alternate, or 13th juror, ,
was called to duty when Otis Mar- J
tin of Timmonsville, only Negro 1
member of the Jury, brought a
doctor's certificate of illness from 1
stomach ulcers. He was excused
and Albert R. Mosely of Salters,
the alternate took his place.
Other jurors were Alfred T.
Heath Jr., of Sumter, D. R. Bos
tick, Marion, Furman E. Cullum,
Aiken, W. McD. Jones, Bishopville,
C. W. Josey Jr., St. Charles; S. D.
Montgomery, Jr., Elloree, Η. H.
Gray, Blenheim, J. L. Riley, Jr.,
St. Matthews, M. C. Jenkins, Al
lendale; Gordon W. Newton, Ta
tum, and John R. Berry, Dillon.
HORRY {FARMERS
COMPLETE
LEAF PLANTING
LORIS, May 1st . . . Approxi
mately 98 per cent of the farmers
in the Loris trading area have
finished setting out their tobacco,
Sales Supervisor Fenton Miller
said today.
As soon as the fields were dry
enough to work after frequent
heavy rains in March and early
April, tobacco growers began set
ting out their plants. Dry, general
ly warm days and nights for the
next few weeks made ideal condi
tions for transplanting. Gentle
rains with lower temperatures
during the last week have averted
the possibility of the transplants
dying from lack of sufficient mois
ture or being burned by too hot
sunshine.
At present the fields are look
ing very good with the plants close
in the hill and with the full acre- I
age allotment planted. All factors
seen *3 have oensp'red to cause j
fields to be fully, planted and in
good condition at a date from 10.
days to two weeks earlier than
has been the case for the past
several years. As a result growers
are anticipating an unusually
good crop this year if only th$
weather will continue to be fav
orable.
An unusually plentiful supply
of plants has had a great deal to
do with the present promising out
look for the tobacco crop in the
Loris trading area. Planted be
' tween December 15th and Janu
ary 15th, tobacco beds have had
the benefit of plentiful rain and
generally mild weather. Blue mold
has done very little damage to the
beds because of widespread use of
fermate.
Cpl. Allen Stanley
Finishes School
FORT HENNING, Ga., — Cpl.
Allen M. Stanley, son of Mrs.
Dalmas Stanley of Tabor City,
North Carolina, graduated recent
ly from the Bakers Course con
ducted by the Third Army Food
Service School here, Lt. Colonel
John S. Anderson, Commandant,
announced.
This course.is designed to in
struct and prepare selected non
commissioned officers in the pre
paration of pastry in central pas
try shops and organizational
kitchens.
It is one of five courses open
to officers and enlisted men of thg
Regular Army and Air Force,
Organized Reserve Corps and Na
tional Guard. Courses range from
training recruits to be cooks to
training officers in mess adminis
tration. Due to the world situation,
the field type mess under combat
conditions is stressed.
ΓΟΜ GARRELL
AT SCHILDE
Tom Garreil has accepted a posi
tion with Schild's Department
I Store here and assumed his duties
last week. He was associated with
Schild's before serving with the
armed forces during World War .
It, and since that time has done
outside sales work. Mr. Garrel!
said this week he would like to <
have his friends visit him at .
Schild's.
Mrs. Julian Smlthof Bethel
visited her mother, Mrs. Mary
Todd, last week.
HALLSBORO
REGBO SLAIR
Whiteville had its first homi
:ide in four years when a Negro
»hot and killed a Hallsboro,Negro
about 5:15 o'clock Sunday after
noon.
The victim was Loftin Bellamy,
42, who yras blasted to death on
in upstairs porch in Whiteville's
'Brooklyn."
Dillard Freeman, 33, was taken
Lnto custody immediately by Po
Liceman Wade White.
The shooting took piace on the
porch of Freeman's apartment, lo
cated on West Columbus Street.
Freeman, already facing trial
on a charge of assaulting H. W.
Driggers, foreman of the Wacca
maw Veneer Company plant, with
a knife, claimed self defense in
Iiis statement to officers.
According to his original state
ments, Freeman was at home whsn
the Hallsboro Negro called and
made a motion as if to attack him.
Freeman claimed he warned his
caller not to come any closer and
when he kept advancing, he pulled
the trigger to his 12-guage shot
gun.
Freeman attempted to leave the
impression that he was afraid
and he didn't know what the visi
tor was attempting to do.
The alleged slayer asked neigh
bors to notify police and was
waiting for Officer White when he
arrived.
Bellamy was found dead on the
edge of the upstairs porch.
A different version of the day's
events was obtained from Lottie
Belle Bellamy, a niece of the vic
tim, who told officers that the
two men were in her company
during 'he dr.j' . nd.that the three
of them had made a trip to Mul
lins, S. C. The young girl said
they had been dringing, having
purchased whiskey in South Caro
lina, and that the men had been
arguing during the course of the
trip.
CANCER DRIVE
CONTINUES
Tag Day will be observed in
Tabor City Saturday in soliciting
funds for the local drive, Ameri
can Cancer Society, local officials
announced. Tabor City has accent
ed $800 of the $2200 county quota.
Canvassing is underway thro
ughout ,the city by volunteer
workers, Miss Genola Woodard,
Mrs. A. E. Goldfinch, Mrs. Nell
Grainger, Mrs. Elbert Shelley, Mrs.
Mae S. Young, and Mrs. Evelyn
Leonard.
Mail contributions will be ac
cepted by J. A. Hufham, Jr. at
the local Waccamaw Bank and
Trust company for the local and
county fund.
S. HOYLü WAKU
FUNERAL HELD
Samuel Hoyle Ward, 76, retired
farmer of the Bethel section of
Columbus County, Clarendon,
route 1, died Monday morning at
3:10 at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. C. M. Anderson at Leland.
He had been ill. for several weeks.
Funeral rites wete held from
the Bethel Methodist Church
where he was a life long member
at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by
the Rev. J. M. Carroll, pastor, and
Rev. G. W. Crutchfield of Tabor
City. Burial followed in the church
:emetery.
He is survived by six sons, B.
Frank Ward and Walter Ward oi
route 1, Clarendon, Belton Ward
)f Tabor City, Robbie Ward of
Leland, Ivey Ward and Cletus
Ward of Charlotte; two daughters,
Mrs. C. M. Anderson of Leland,
ind Mrs. Weston Ganus of route
L, Clarendpn; two brothers, W. B.
Ward and J. C. Ward, Sr. of Clar
endon; two sisters, Mrs. R. B.
ginson of Clarendon, and Mrs. J. ,
3. Duncan of route 3, Tabor City;
u}d .nine grandchildren. -
Mrs. J. T. Butler of Bladeaboro
risited here Wednesday afternoon.
Piano Recital
Γο Be Gfcven At
William? School
" 1
The piano pupils of Mrs. De- (
Rötha Hughes Hardwick of the
Williams Township School will
be presents in a recital at the
Williams school auditorium Mon
day evening May 12, at 8 o'clock.
Students to be heard include
Joan Watson. Annie Ruth Ward,
Lynda Grein, Nancy Hardee, Al
ma Ellis, Brenda Williams, Joan
Beck, Shirley Cox, Sandra Green,
Margie Edge, Marion Grey Todd
and Joan Beck.
The selections to be presented
are by composers Mattingly,
Thompson, Schuam, Thompson,
Lawson, Ketterer, Schubert, Wag
ner, Huerter, Beethoven, lüchter,
Dvork, and Haines.
The public is invited to attend.
Vivian Grainger
Breaks Arm
Vivian, little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Grainger, sus
tained a broken arm Saturday aft
ernoon when she fell from the
porch rt the home of her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gomez
Prince.
Both bones \yere broken in the
left arm between the wrist and
elbow.
rUWINS AUVIMiLJ
ON POWELL FUNDS
Raleigh, May 1 — Cities and
towns were told today to get their
names in the pot between July 1
and July 21 if they want a slice
of 1952 Powell Bill funds.
Something between four and a
half and *^c·. million dollars will
be divided up- between eligible in
corporated cities and towns, based
half on population and half on
non-state system street mileage.
Highway Chairman Henry Jor
dan, in a letter mailed today, ad
vised mayors of the state's cities
and towns of the deadlines for
filing necessary data with the
Highway Commission.
James Sessions
Offer Candidacy
James R. Sessiions, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Sessions, of Route
2, Whiteville, has been selected as
a candidate to attend Class No.
24 of the Official Candidate School
at Fort Sill, Okla., according to
a präss release from the Artillery
Center.
Upon completion of the 22
week course, Pvt. Sessions will be
commissioned as a second lieuten
ant.
Young Sessions qauified him
self for the course through a se
ries of written and physical tests
and personal interviews before a
board of officers which indicated
that he has the necessary leader
ship capabilities required of a
commissioned officer.
MISS CURRIE WITH
BULLOCK'S HERE
Miss Anna Bell Currie has ac
cepted a position with Bullock's
Department store here and assum
ed duties this week, Earl Spivey,
manager, announced. Miss Currie
has wide experience in department
store work and- invites all her
friends and past patrons to visit
tier at Bullock's.
MRS. J. W. HIGH,.
Mrs. J., Woody High returned
from the James Walker Memorial
hospital in Wilmington Friday
after receiving treatment there for
some time. She-is now progressing
aicely at her home here.
Mrs. B. G. Butler of Charleston ι
is visiting her mother, Mrs. E. L. <
royner, Jr. '
Mrs. Sam Fowler visited Mr. 1
md Mrs. Zeb Fowler in Elizabeth- ι
town recently.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Winstead,
Fimmy Winstead and Frances Ann. 1
Westmoreland spent the weekend
it Crescent Besch. Miss Monteen
Winstead and. Johnnie Johnson οί ι
East «Carolin* Joined than at the <
>eack. - ... ι
Seven Enter No Contest Plea
In Ku Klux Klan Floggings
HIGH SCHOOL CHOBDS PLUS
CONCERT RETT TUESDAY KITE
MUSIC RECITAL
HO BE PRESENTED
\T GUIDEWAY
The Guideway piano students
of Mrs. DeEotha Hughes Hard
wick will be presented in a recital
at the Guideway School auditor
ium Tuesday evening May 13, at
Β o'clock.
Students who will appear on the
program include Judith Cox, Eva
Allen Wooten, Nancy Jane Gore,
Rachel Ann Cox, Harvey Graham,
Jr., Sue Kelly, Margaret Callihan,
Patricia Gore, Harold Hughes,
Sylvia Grey Gore, Clara Beth
Suggs, Ann Gore, Lumina Smith,
Jimmy Gore, and Hugh Thomas
Gore.
The selections to be presented
are by composers Thompson, Ket
terer, A. Robinson, Brahms, Gil
bert Sullivan, Schuam, F. M.
Light, Fox, Tschai Kov/sky, Rich
ter, Schuam, Dvorak, Haines, G.
Western, M. Stephens, and Lane.
The public is invited to attend.
LOCAL V.F.W.
ΓΟ HOLD
POPPY SALES
The local Carlton M. Fonvielle
Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
will hold annual Poppy Day Sales
here on Saturday, May 31, Joe
Spivey, commander, announced.
The Poppy sales are used for
local charity work, Spivey point
ed out.
BULLETIN
Precenct meetings for the Co
lumbus County Democratic Exe
cutive Committee will be held at
various voting places for election
of precinct officers Saturday, May
10, at 12 o'clock noon at the call
of W. A .Thompson, Democratic
Chairman.
Fire Baptized ^
Holiness Church
Announces Service
Special services will be held at
the Fire Baptized Holiness church
here Sunday at 2:30 p. m. Rev.
Chester Collins, pastor announced.
Evangelist Claude Hurley of Co
lumbia will be the guest speaker.
The public is invited to attend.
PIANO RECITALS
SLATED HERE
TWO NIGHTS
The Piano pupils of Mrs. Caro
line Murray will present their an
nual recitals on Thursday and
Friday evening, May 8 and 9, at
8 o'clock in the Tabor City school
auditorium.
The Rythm Band will also ap
pear on the programs.
The public is invited to attend. (
miss Mcpherson
AT HOWARD'S
Miss Lucy McPherson of Ciaren
ion has accepted a position with
Howard's Clothing store here and
assumed her duties several days
ago. Miss McPherson has several
{rears experience in department
store work and invites her friends
and patrons to visit her at How
ard's.
A. C. EDWARDS ;
A. C. Edwards, local Atlantic
Γ oast Line agent, and prominent '
:ivic and church leader, is expect
id to return from Thompson's ]
lospital, Lumberton today after J
receiving treatment there for a- '
aout two weeks.
Mrs. Edwards will return with 1
aim. j
"4 — · !
J. J. Canady spent some time <
recently la - Florence with his 1
laughter, Mrs. X. L. Davit, Jr. 1
uid ' J
τηβ Taoor uity nign acnooi
Chorus, composed of many voices
local students, will present a
concert at the auditorium next
ruesday night at 8:00, Mrs. W. W.
Woody, director, announced today.
The musical group will render
a variety of numbers of a popular,
semi-classical, sacred or novetly
nature. The chorus has received
state wide recognition for some
i>f its presentations in contests
with other schools and is looked
upon as one of the best in North
Carolina.
Proceeds from the concert will
go toward payment of the new
curtains for the high school stage.
NEGRO SCHOOL
HOLDS PARENTS
DAY PROGRAM
The Tabor City Negro school
held its third annual Parents Day
program at the school last Friday.
The program included a morning
of workshop activities when par
ents were informed of the various
activities of the school and was
followed by a general assembly at
noon *t which County Superin
tendent T. Ward Guy addressed
the parents and teachers. W. Hor
ace Carter, editor of The Tribune,
also spoke briefly to the group.
Recreation periods were held
throughout the day at jtfhich soft
ball and basketball was participat
ed in by many of the parents at
tending.
DR. J. L. JAMES
NAMED DISTRICT
V.¥.W. OFFICER
Dr. J. L. James of Tabor City
was elected as surgeon of the
Fifth District, Veterans of For
eign Wars, at the district meeting
held in Whiteville Sunday offi
cials announced,.
Dr. James, local chiropractor, is
quartermaster of the Carlton M.
post, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Presbyterian Women
Dbserve Anniversary
in Special Program
The Women of the Tabor City
Presbyterian church celebrated
the* eight anniversary of the local
organization, formerly the auxili
ary, with a special program given
at the home of Mrs. J. P. Brown
[Tuesday evening.
The birthday program for the
Presbyterian Women of the church
is observed throughout the United
States annually with a special of
fering and program. The first
(75,000 this year will endow a
Bible chair at the Stillman col
lege for negroes and the balance
will be used for Sunday School
sxtension work.
Mrs. J. A. Huf ham, Jr., presi
dent, explained the birthday ob
servance after which Miss Myrtle
Bailey Miss Caroline Murray and
Mrs. J. P. Brbwn gave the pro
gram. Mrs. W. O. Jackson was in
charge of the devotional.
A highlight of the business ses
sion was the passing of a motion
tor the organization, to buy an
•lectric range and refrigerator for
he new manse," this amount to be
aken from the treasurer for pay
pent in full.
Mrs. E. A Porter was recogniz- ,
id as a new .member and Mrs. ,
rommy Cannon was welcomed as
l visitor. I
During the social, period Mrs.
Jrown invited her guests to an
ippoimed table where birthday ^
ake and spiced tea were served.
Present were Mrs. J. A Huf
iam, Jr., Mrs. Roland Baldwin,
Ars. J. C. Bell, Jr., Mrs. J. C. Bell. j
>r„ Mrs. WV. O. Jackson, Mrs.
Haude Boyd, Mrs. E. A Porter, ι
to. Tommy Cannon. Miss Ro- ι
>erta McCupoak, Mia Carolin· ]
iurray, and Hiss Myrtle Bailey.
seven aeienaenis in a αλί xuuz
Klan flogging case Tuesday threw
themselves on the mercy of the
court by entering pleas of no con
test to charges that they kidnapped
and flogged a WhiteviHe mechanic.
But the other six defendants In
the same case pleaded not guilty
to the charges and 13 Columbus
County men went on trial in a
sweltering courtroom in White
vllle.
On Monday Judge Clawson Wil
liams had rendered the verdict
that the Grand Jury which indict
ed the ex-Klansmen was illegally
constituted and dropped the previ
ous charges monentarily. How-'
ever, he immediately summoned a
new Grand Jury and within five
hours all men who formerly faced
charges were back under identical
indictments.
As court reconvened Wednesday
morning, the job of choosing the
two more jurors needed was start
ed again with ,50 new men from
New Hanover county.
When court recessed at 6:40 p.
m., Tuesday only ten jurors out of
70 examined from a special New
Hanover County venire had been
selected. Judge Clawson L. Wil
liams ordered another special ve
nire of 50 summoned from New
Hanover County tomorrow morn
ing, when efforts to select the
11th and 12th jurors will be re
summed.
Entering the no contest (nolo
contendere) pleas were Frank
Lewis, ex-police chief of Fair
Bluff; Leroy Honeycutt, and John
Honeycutt, Jr., both of Chadbourn;
Ray Kelly, Whiteville; George
and Steve Edmund of Columbus
County, and Rex Connor of Cerro
Gordo, Route 1. '
Judge Williams, deferred sen
tence on the seven, who by their
pleas riok possible life sentences
since that is the maximum penalty
under State law for kidnapping. It
was considered certain, however,
that charge will be reduced before
sentence is passed after the ver
dict has been returned in the other
six cases.
The mechanic who contends he
was {logged on the night .of De
cember 8, 1951, is Woodrow John
son, the only resident of White
ville molested during the series of
floggings attributed to the Klan
in this county late last year.
Among the Juror· excused td»
day was Richard Holland, the only
Negro of the 70 who appeared on
the special venire. George T.
Swain, a Wilmington bank em
ploye who said he was a Klans
man in 1922, ^lso excuesed was
John B. Allen, a wholesale grocer
who said he was a member of the
Catholic Church.
W. T. Miars, another prospec
tive juror, escaped jury duty when
he indicted he was in sympathy
with the Klan. Most of ♦>»· other
members of the special venire who
were excused said they had al
ready fromed definite opinions
about the case and could not be
impartial.
While the cases of the six men
who deny their guilt have been
consolidated, the trial expected to
consume the remainder of this
week.
Wilmington attorney Aaron
Goldberg, whose race has been the
chief target of Klan hate speeches,
was cast in the role of Klan de
tender today. He did most of the '
questioning of prospective jurors
(or the defense, and was helped by
David Sinclair, also a Wilming
:on attorney.
State Senator Alton A. fripppn
>f New Hanover was at Solicitor
riifton Moore's elbow as the State
sxamined the jurors. Both State
ind the defense each excused 15
urors and Judge Williams at his
iiscretion excused 21.
Each juror was asked if he were
ι Klansman, or ever had bean, hj
he solicitor, who also carefully
{ought to trace any kinship exist
ing in Columbus county.
"Has anyone contacted you, In
person or on the telephone about
ih|s case since you were sum
moned for jury duty?" was anoth
er question put to each juror. All
iniwitaA In <ha napttvn,
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