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5^· ^rtffautc ^[Tvu NUMBER 47 "Tabor City — We Town With A City Future" TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1952 5c A COPY; $2:00 A YEAR Billy Β. Garrell Gets Contract For New Post Office Building Billy Β. Garrell, young local j)U<.nei> man. this we*k was noti fy that his bid for a new post jfr'ioe Building in Tabor City had bee:: approved, and that he was jiiv.onxd to commence construc immediately. j.i;r l said today that construc ts; would get underway this ,AlVv ι the lot between Prince Motor mpany and McGougan £le\ t ι. c ompany, and that he ex :>ec*.txi to have the building com peted -y August 1. Γ:./ building will be a modern •j-ick s-ructure with attractive front and will have an un shed at the rear. The di be 75 feet by 28 fee! The new building is expected υ »cid service to the local post xfi.v -hrough the installation of ijjitional post office boxes and itiier i.ioilities long needed here. G.;rr-:i said his contract had i>ee:: approved for a ten year per ar.d was sent to him by the postmaster general in Washington. r::e building was originally plan ned for completion on July 1 but the late ".ate in receiving approval has :r. ; ie it necessary to delay ·> aa* \ LEBANON CLUB NAMES OFFICERS Mrs. Jessie Harper was elected president of the Lebanon Home Demonstration club at a meeting neia in the home of Mrs. Ernest Haves Tuesday afternocn. Other officers named were Miss Thelma Currie. vice president; Mr> Levi Fowler, Secretary: and Mrs. IIa V. Hinson, treasurer. Mrs. Levi Fowler, vice presi dent. presided at the meeting in the absence of the president Miss Thelma Currie. Mrs. Ernest Hayes gave the devotional. Reports were given by Mrs. Elizabeth Walters and Mrs. Jessie Harper on home management and iducanon respectively. Book re >xts were made by Mrs. D. M. Currie. Mrs. Elizabeth Walters r.a Mr'. Jessie Harper. Selection of Pictures'* was the iemon>tration for the afternoon given by Miss Gayle Wells, assist ant home agent. Mis sfhelma Hinson, home dem arcation agent of Brunswick -aunty, was welcomed as a guest. Refreshments and games were enjoyed during the social period. SERMON TOPIC ANNOUNCED BY PRESBYTERIANS "The Unsearchable Riches of will be the sermon topic for the regular 11 o'clock morning '•vorshi) service at the Ta'oor City Presbyterian church, Rev. Flecher Hutchenson, pastor announced. Sunday school will be held at 1!) o'clock Α. Μ . The public is invited to attend the church sendees. Rev. Hutch-in; on announced. Florence Party Honors Three j- J. Canady was one of three honored guests at the home of his 4augh*.sr and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Davis, Jr., in Florence w Sunday, June 8. The other hon Jree's were Mr. Davis* father and grandfather whose birthday's ire june 22. Mr. Canday's birth is Jur.e 4 and the party cele brated tht three anniversarie's. Mr md Mrs. Davis enteretained *'th a picnic style dinner at their home >a the lawn at noon. Others attending the dinner in duced Mrs. Canady of this city,· Mr. Davis' family Frank Ward h Hottoree Prank Ward was honored Sun Father's Day, by Mrs. Ward hi.; children when they enter ained with dinner at the Wa*d home here. A picnic style dinner *as served on the lawn. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. ^ar<i; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Connell JJ11 son. Jimmy, of Philadelphia; "r- and Mrs. Dalton Ward of Wanda. Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Bill ^frelson of Loris; Mrs. Flossie and Jerry Powell, Mr. and Mrs· Kermit Ward and family .all 2 ^fciteville; Mrs. Η. H. Kelly, ^ Henry Kelly and children, J of Wilmington; and Mr. and | **· J*^e Hardee of Tiber City. BIBLE SCHOOL CLOSES AT BAPTIST CHURCH The Mount Tabor Baptist Vaca tion Bible School came to a close Friday evening with a well at tended commencement program held in the church auditorium Mrs. C. C. Leggette, principal, an nounced. The total enrollment for the two week period was 325 with an average daily attendance of 257 and 139 perfect attendant sudents. All the perfect attendant students were awarded certificates. The picnic at Friday noon an annual ?ffair, was the highlight of the social activities for the school. The commencement program featured the work done by the students ?nd handi work was on display in the varir us depart ments at which tims υ pen house was held. Warehousemen Hear Explanation Of Wage, Hour Law The application of the wage and hour law to tobacco ware houses was explained to the South Carolin a Warehouse Association Friday afternoon at Myrtle Beach by John G. Forsyth of the Colum bia branch of the Wage and Hour Division of the U. S. Department of Labor and by H. G. Kirvin of the Birmingham, Alabama, region Mui «. ."fice olkhe Sollcito;· c * Labor for the U. S. Department of Labor. Warehouses located in an acre of production must pay employees not handling tobacco a minimum wage of 75 cents an hour with 1% times the hourly wage for over time, Forsyth stated. For tobacco warehouses overtime consists of all work in excess of 12 hours a day or 56 hours a week. If a warehouse should fail to pay for overtime when due then it must return to the stand ard overtime rate of 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week and pay over time on that basis. The wages and hours of employees handling tobacco in warehouses located in areas of production are not sub-| ject to any regulation, Forsyth said. A warehouse located in an area of production, Forsyth explained, is one located in the country or in a town which has less than 2,500 population, is located more than one mile from a town of more than 2,500 population, and draws 90 percent of its tobacco from a 20 mile radius. The wages and hours of tobacco handling employees of warehouses located outside an area of produc tion are subject to the same regu lations as these of non-tobacco handling employees, Fcrsyth em phasized. To öe mciuaea in me wuuu^ of an employee, H. G. Kirvin stat ed, is all time during which the employee may not necessarily be working but is on duty for work. If a rest period is long enough for j the employee to make use of it for his own advantage, then it is not to oe included in the working hours. A short rest peiiod not long enough for the employee to use the time for his own advantage is part of his working hours, Kirvin explained. No one under 16, Forsyth stated, may be employed in a tobacco warehouse except for the jobs of water boy, sweeper, ticket boy, and tag boy. Even then children working at these jobs must be at least 14 years old and must not be used for any other type of work in the warehouse. The exception to this rule is the case of a warehouse owner nsing nis own children in the warehouse; only then may ware house employees be under 14 years old. ' Sedric Todd left Sunday fori Spencer, N. C., where ne will en roil in school. Miss Neida Gaskin and Miss Patricia of Tabor City recently enjnyed a trip to thp North Caro lina, mountains. They also visited llitsl Ga skin's grandparents in Rockingham last weexenO. 1 ARTIFICIAL CATTLE BREEDING HOW AVAILABLE ffl Μ COTOTIES me lormauon 01 tne uolumbus Bladen Breeders Cooperative, Inc., extends to 84 the number of coun ties in which artificial breeding of dairy cattle is now available. The board of director«; of this organization met on June 6 to complete the formation of the co operative and announced that op eration would begin so'netime be tween June 15 and July 1. Once the program is officially started the cooperative will re ceive daily shipments of seman from bulls of the Holstein, Guern sey, and Jersey breeds. These shipments will come from the Asheville, N. C. branch of the American Breeders Service, an organisation that offers artificial breeding service in ever one-half of the fcrty-eight states. According to Charles D. Raper, County Agent, the American Breeders Service is the only or ganization in the United States offering service fro mnothing but desirably proved bulls. In other words, before any bull is brought into the stud, milk production records on his daughters have been compared with similar re cords oil their dams. In this way and in this way only, the ability of the bull to transmit production can be clearly demonstrated be fore his services are offered to thousands of farmers. According to figures released by the U. S.j Department of Agriculture these bulls that will be available in Bladen County will rank in the top two per cent of all bulls that are proved each year. When one realizes that there are bulls now iry.jrtri"i tsat have sired over '25.000 calves the importance o. selecting nothing but outstanding bulls ^an be understood. This type of program has been available in North Carolina for over four years and has been very widely accepted. During 1948, the first year of operation, there were over 16,000 cows bred. By the end of the fourth year, 1951, this num ber had jumped to almost 43,000. Even more rapid growth is expect ed in the futur esince many of the heifers resulting from this program are now in milk and the farmers have been almost unami mous in expressing their approval of the way they have produced. · Not only has the number of cows being bred shown an in crease tut so had the efficiency of settling cows. The first year only 54 per cent of the cows conceived the first time they were bred. During 1951 out of every 100 cows bred 65 of them settled on! the first service. This represents j a very desirable rate of efficiency ι and as a matter of fact is known to be just as good as natural breeding. Since the program is organized as a farmer cooperative it will be operated on a non-profit basis. The Board of Directors after con siderable study, decided that in order .o meet expenses, it would be necessary to set the service fee at $8.00 per cow. this tee, now ever, will guarantee two addition al services at no cost if necessary to settle the cow. The directors £el that this fee is reasonable for Both th-2 family cow owner and the dairyman especially in view of the quality of bulls available. To make the program a real success the cooperation of every cow owner is needed. If you have not joined this mass movement to improve the dairy cat.tied in Co lumbus and Bladen County, you should immediately contact your County B arm Agent or any of the following Directors of the cooper tive: Sari Miller, Jr., Council; J. R. Powell, Elizabethtown or Wiley Jones Green, Clarkton. J .Philip Strole, Chadbourn; D. G. Balling er, Acme; or Jack B. Blake, Chadboiirn. Life memberships are as follow: l-2cows, $1.00; 3-5 cows, $3.00; 6-10 cows $5.00; and over 10 cows $7,500. To «late 491 cows h?- e been signed up in this program. Before starting to operate the association will need 750 cows signed up. Any farmers wishing to sign up his cows to breed to better bulls can send their check J. Philip Strole, Treasurer ,Ät. 1, Chad bourn. Mr. and Mrs. Ζ. B. Lewis and Mrs. Finkle aHerr ing were visit ors in Florence Mbnday. Legion Team Meets Kinston Friday Roger Mills Wounded In Korea Dr. ü'.id Mrs. J. A. Mills receiv ed an oiiicial telegram this morn ing (Wednesday) advising that their son, Pfc. Roger C. Mills, had been wounded in action in Korea. The telegram explained that he was not seriously wounded and details would follow Death Claims George Crawford George Crawford, popular hunts man, died unexpectedly in Golds boro Wednesday afternoon, June 11. He was stricken it home and was enroute to the hospital for observation when death came. Mr. Crawford has spent most of the winter season here for the past ?5 years and during that time was at home at Mrs. Mary Todd's. He is survived by one sister who resides in Goldboro. Rev. Elwell Jones Pastor At Carolina Rev. Elwell Jones, native of Conway, S. C. has accepted the pastorate of the Carolina Baptist church and assumed his duties Sunday. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and th eSouth Western Seminary at Fort Worth, Texas. He :md his wife, the former Bernice Hucks, are «rtablishing residence in the Smith apartments in Tabor City. Rev. W C. Herrington, former pastor c.f the Carolina church, who resigned effective, June 1, is now at home in Loris, S. C., and is presently retired from pastorial work. Death Claims Mother and Infant IT Mrs. Dora Little, 41, and her new born son, died in the Colum bus County hospital, Friday at 9:15 a. m. Funeral rites'were held from the Seven Creek Baptist church Saturday at 4 o'clock p. m. with the Rev. Thomas Hughes of ficiating. Burial followed in the Stocks cemetery. She is survived by her husband, Jessie; four sons, Karl, Gene, Lacy, and Roy, all of the home; five daughters, Mrs. Reulah Her ring of Lumberto/i, Evelyn, Hazel, Ann and Lois of the home; two brothers, Alton McLean and John McLean, of Lumberton; and one sister, Miss Lizzie McLean of Lumberton. Flnklea News BY LISTON TOMPKINS Mrs. Robert M. Beasley and children were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Tompkins. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Tompkins and children of Conway visited Mr. and Mrs. Listo.i Tompkins Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Tompkins visited Mr. and Mrs. Liston Wright Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Tyler and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Tyler Sunday. Robert Beasley was a visitor in Shallotte Sunday. Liston and Dewey Tompkins visited W. R. Bullard, Sr. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Allen of Charleston visited Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bullard Sr. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Corlie Bullard and children of Wilmington were visit ors in this section over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Tompkins, Mr. and Mrs. Liston Tompkins and children and Daggit Tomp kins visited Brookgreen Gardens and Windy Hill Beach Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Tyler were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Tyler Sunday. Misses Margaret and Oleane Tompkins visited Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Tompkins recently. Liston Tompkins and Corlie Bullard visited S. D. Gause Sun day. Miss Mary Floyd is r-pending a few days with her sister Mrs. Her bert Harrelson. Miss Eugene Harrelson and son Greg visited Mrs. Herbert Harrel son last week. Mrs. Bessie Anderson and daughter Boots visited Mrs. L. M. Willis last week. Margaret Inman is spending this week at Camp Hardee, Girl Scout Camp, oft the Pamplico Riv er for two weeks. She went to HOSPITAL CONTHACT IS LET Negotiations have been complet ed and contracts are now being signed for the construction of a $445,000 wing to Columbus Coun ty Hospital. The announcement that all de tails nad been worked out was made last week by C. L .Tate, chairman of the hospital building committee and vice chairman of the hospital's board of trustees. Through the cooperation of the Medical Care Commission and lo cal contributors, Columbus Coun ty Hospital will get a $445,000 unit instead of one costing $400,000 as originally authorized. The hospital matter, which had been hanging fire since minimum alternate bids totaled $65,000 above the funds for that purpose, was settled when the cost was negotiated to the lower figure of $445,000. Of the additional $45,000 re quired, the Medical Care Com mission allocated $32,400 and the remaining $12,600 was raised lo cally. Tate said the various contracts were being processed, and were not available for publication at the moment. He added, however, that the general contract had been awarded to East Carolina Con struction Company of Dunn and that the air conditioning contract went to B. L. Hinnant of White ville. Contract figures will be re leased as soon as they are signed by all contractors. Green Sea Cannery Now In Operation The Green Sea Cannery is now in operation on Tuesday's and Thursday's Donald Johnson, di rector, announced. The deadline for receiving food on canning days is 12 o'clock noon. The cf-'nnery is equipped for using iars and tin cans, Johnson said. The price on glass jars is two cents each per pint or quart, and tin cans are seven cents per pint and nine cents per quart. The price listed on the cans in cludes the furnishing of the cans; however the cannery does not stock glass jars, and the price is .for service only. Κ. E. Hilburn Dies From Tobacco Poison Kenneth Edmond Hilburn, 18 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Hilburn, of route 1, Tabor City, died in the Columbus Coun ty hospital this morning (Wednes day) at 2:30 after being admitted there at 7 o'clock the evening be fore. Death was attributed to poi soning as he worked with tobacco poisoning for several hours prior to being striken. Funeral services will be held from the Welcome Free Will Holi ness church Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock and burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Cemetery. The officiating ministers will be Rev. Don Watson and Rev. Raleigh C. Rhodes. Surviving other than his par ents are five brothers, Ardel, Floyd, Arthur, Roy and Brookie, all of the home; three «isters, Mrs. Cathleen Floyd of labor City, and Josephine and Irene of the home; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mi's. W. C. Gore of Tabor City, and paternal ?r?ndmother, Mrs. Sallie Cartrette of Tabor City. Cotton Blooming On Sarvis Farm A cotion bloom was brought to the Tribune office several days ago by O. A. Arnette of the W. J. Sarvis farm. Mr. Arnette said the bloom was the first he had seen this year and about two weeks earlier than in previous years. BIRTH AND DEATH Mr. and Mrs. Jettie Sarvis of Tabor City announce the birth and death of a daughter in the James Walker Memorial hospital Wilmington Tuesday night. Graveside services are to be held this afternoon (Wednesday) at the Forest Lawn cemetery. Camp Sunday and is with Jane Blue of Greenville who formerly resided here. HORRY PROJECT LET TO CONTRACT Contract for the grading and bituminous surfacing of nearly six miles of roads in and near Myrtle Beach has been awarded to Ballenger Paving Company of Greenville, Chief Commissioner Claude R. McMillan of the South Carolina Highway Department has announced. The contract calls for the grad ing and bituminous surfacing of 2.4 miles on Road 138 from the end of the pavement near the Ocean Forest Hotel at Myrtle Beach rortherly to U. S. 17; and of 3.502 miles on U. S. 17 from 17th Avenue to Sunset Avenue in Myrtle Beach. The firm's bid, the lowest of two submitted, at $101,034. LOCAL /GIRLS ATTEND RAINBOW CONVENTION The Carolinas Grand Assembly of the R.iinbow for GivLs will hold its fifteenth annual session in Whiteville, June 22-24. About 350 deleegates are ex pected to attend. Miss Ann Schnibben of White ville, Grand Worthy Advisor of the Carolinas Grand Assembly, will preside at the sessions, which will be held in the Whiteville High School gymnasium. The Carolinas Grand Assembly is made up of 17 assemblies, Nor th Carolina having 12. and South Carolina, five, and membership in these assemblies numbers a bout 1,052 girls. ί Among the distinguished guests at the meeting will be Mrs. Estella Μ. Bell of Charlotte, Supreme Deputy; Hugh Prince of Dunn, Worthy Grand Patron; Mrs. Helen Bell Rimmer of Sanford, Worthy Grand Matron; and Miss Rachel Warlick of Gastonia, Su preme Musician. Mother Advisors from the various assemblies are also expected to be present at the session. Registration will take place Sunday efternooi .June 22, from 2:30 until 5:30 p. m., c>nd the ses sion will open with the worship service at the Whiteville Method ist Chuich Sunday evening. Other Whiteville officers who will have a part in the threeday program are Miss Jean Powell, Grand Recorder; Miss Emilie Has ty, Grand Choir Director; Mrs. Reva Butler, Grand Mother Ad visor; Miss Margie Leder, Grand Page and Grand Representative to Colorado; Miss Carolyn Thompson, Grand Representative to Louisi ana; Miss Joan Ashely, Grand Representative to New Hampshire and Mrs. Irene Marlowe, Mother Advisor. Tabor City officers are Miss Mary Lois Garrell, Grand Hope; Miss Mary Joe Pinner, Grand Mu sician (Pro Tem); Miss Janelle White, Grand Representative to Illinois; Miss Mable Hodges, Grand Representative to Mississ ippi; Miss Rochelle Simon, Grand Representative to Oregon; and Mrs. M.ie Young, Mother Advis or. Miss White and Miss Joan Strickland are also members of the G:*and Choir. Two Are Hostess For Sandy Plain Club The Sandy Plain 4-H club met with Joanne and Peggy Gore Fri day night with Vicki Sue Lewis, president, presiding. Verna Mae Norris fcave the devotional and Peggy Gore, program chairman, presented the program with sever al members taking part. The 4-H emblem's were distrib uted for uniforms. Margie Gore and Bobby June Fisher were re ceived as new members. During the recreational period games were enjoyed and refresh ments served to 17 guests by the hostesses. The club will meet with Mary lin Norris in July. FOOD HANDLERS SCHOOL SLATED A Food Handlers School will be held at the Whiteville High School I Cafeteria, Whiteville, June 24. 25, and 26, officials announced today. The three day program is being sponsored by the Columbus Coun ty Health. The theme for the school is "Sanation Is Nourished By Know ledge and' Grown as an Obligation and an Ideal in Human Relations." COUNTY NINE SETS PACE IN DISTRICT Columbus County's American Legion baseball team, still riding on top ;n district 2 baseball play, will meet a strong Kinston nine on Civuan Field here Friday night at 8:00. Immediately preceeding the game, tne Tabor City American Legion Post 101 will be awarded a trophy from the State Depart ment of the Legion for its first place honors won in membership increase this year. Thi trophy will be awarded by Joe Mann, Depart ment Vice Commander, and all local Legionnaires are urged to attend and to wear their caps. The local baseballers are still undefeated this season in the lea gue with four consecutive victor ies and to date hav-3 taken one win fron every team. The meet ing with Kinston here Friday will mark the second engagement be tween these two clubs. The locals won over Kinston there 9-3. Last Friday night with Lefty Carlisle Davis hurling, Columbus County racked up a rather easy victory over Wilmington at White ville as they took advantage of every bieak of the game to win 10-4. The locals mustered only five base hits but li bases on balls doled out by the Port City doomed the visitors. John Goins' ringing double was the only extra base blow for the Columbus ag gregation. On Monday night, the Colum bus team coupled superb pitching and murderous batting to com pletely rout Laurinburg at Laur inburg ?3-1. Jimmy Jernigan went the distance for Columbus, giving up only four hits and a single run. Meantime, the local batsmen were knocking the bail all over the pane. In the seventh inning. Columuus scored 15 runs as 19 men came to bat. The game was originally scheduled for nine in* nings but after this marathon frame, Laurinburg conceeded the victory and the las: iwo innings were net played. EMERSON NEWS Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Duncan of Clarendon were the Sunday visit ors of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Duncan. Mrs. Lonnie Norris and children, Mathew Norris and Norman Soles were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cartrette of Hallsboro. Carl Hinson of Whiteville and Neal Hinson of Clarkton were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hinson. Mr. and Mrs. Mayberry Benton of Laurinburg visited friends and relatives in Tabor City Saturday. Robert Sellers and Miss Rean nie Bell Soles were married in Conway Saturday. * Mr. and Mrs. Dock Garrell of Tabor City visited Mr. an dMrs. Ruther Lee Soles. The two small children of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Soles are ill. Two of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Nor ris' children are also sick. Mr. and Mrs. George Graves of Fayetteville were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Nonnan Fowler and Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Graves. Miss Lorine Nobles was a Sun day visitor of Miss Nettie Mae Duncan. • Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nealey were Saturday night visitors of Oscar Soles. J. E. Batten and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nealey Satur day night. Dula McGugan Circle Meets With Mrs. Prince The Dula McGougan circle met with .Mrs. W. H. Prince at her home 'his month with Mrs. B. L. Nesmith, Jr., leader, presiding. The topic for the afternoon was "God's Call Τ ο Your, g People." Mrs. D. F. McGougan gave the devotional and Mrs. R. T. Bruton assisted with the presentation of the program. Definite community missions were planned. During the social period refresh ments were served by the hostess to Mrs. Nesmith, Mrs. McGougan, Mrs. Bruton, Mis. Sallie Carrie, Mrs. R .B. Mallard, MnJames * Scott, Mrs. Sadie Eddings Jits. J. A. Mills, Mrs. 'Rosa Garrell, Mrs. Ehwna Harrelson, and Mrs. Eugene Collier,