«w· ■γ5ϊΓ\Ί. NUMBER 50 "Tabor City — The Town With A City Future TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1952 5c A COPY; $2:00 A YEAR Wilmington Junior Baseball Team Defeats Columbus 6-4 AlUCui-au ..iieball team defeated the Aiur.u - County nine at Civitan field i'.orc Tuesday night by a j_4 count and took the lead in the rso >ar of three playoff series. ' Ca!j:v.ou$ County's aggregation :»k ι tirsi inninS 2-0 lead but ^i;'nquL-;ied it in the third and jever -re ahead again. The game xv.<> "·v· a: ·*-■* irom the third to tie sevCi.ta. Each team collected a total oi . rae regular season won-loss recara ~s good enough to earn the u>c i.s a second piace in the •ive .eague, benmd Kinston Bit .-aaea regular piay witn a 7-1 re. jra. Kinston's oni> loss was :o Cwu;\a«s County. Presbyterian School Closing Here Sunday I Ice Tabor City Presbyterian Stole School will come to a cl SiO.N SCiltDLLii FoUo.'.j.g is the Extension Scaeauij ior me week of July Uta tarougn July 17th a? submitt al oy the Form and Home Agents. July 11 Agents District Meeting — Fri i»y. lo.oO, in Wilmington. Norta Tatum HD — Friday, 3:30. with Airs. Herman Sellers. July 13 Saaay Piaini H. D. C.—Sunday, 3:15 ίο 3:30, Radio Program W. E. 2s. C. July 14 Bm: ja ick. HD — Monday, 3:30, *ita Mis. Clyde Williams. HD Choral Clul>—Monday, 8:00. July 15 Saaay Plains HD — Tuesday, &30. Aiih .\In> Worth Fowler and Mrs. Maggie V/illiams. July 16 Cern> Gordo HD — Wednesday, ^•00, vith Mrs. J. P. Hammonds. •N*e.v Life HD — Wednesday, iOO. with Mrs. S. P. Fipps and ^ CitaUy Patterson. July 17 Mishop Springs HD—Thursday, iJ0. .·. ith Mrs. Ellwood Thompson. Molliv* ho — Thursday, 3:00, »Ith Mrs Charlie Beck. ATTENDING CAMP &xi2 Cox, Johlyn Wrenn, Bus ter Boswell, Betsy Bruton, Mary £aü Williams and Martha Brooks are at the Methodist Youth Center at Wrightsville Beach this week. Mrs. Η. Β Bell, Mrs. Ο. V. öicks, Mrs. qoc Bruton and Mrs. ' Boswell visited the Youth Center at Wrightsville Beach ^oaday and accompanied the lo there who enrolled* for camp. Mrs Η. B. Bell is leaving to morrow for East Carolina where e win attend summer school for 1 week session. *>ss Monteen Winstead is re irom East Carolina this /*** after attending a six week school session thee. VERHÖR NOBBIS IS ELECTED COMMANDER OF LEGION POST McLEOD TO BE HEW COACH The new coach for Loris High School next year will be Kenneth McLeod, Supt C. A. Dixon an nounced over the weekend Formerly coach at Chadbourn N. C., for the past three year McLeod will arrive in Loris tc take on his new duties August 1st At present he is attending sum mer school at Furman University Supt. Dixon said. A graduate of Erskir. College and a veteran of 33 months serv ice in the U. S. Army Air Corps. McLeod, who is 24 years old, ii married with two children and is a Methodist. WAMPEE CANNERY IS NOW OPEN The Wampee Cannery is no*; open on Tuesday and Thursday oi each week for white people anc on Wednesday for colored people No produce will be accented aftei 1:30 P. M. The ccnnery is equipped to us« glass jars and tin cans. The Ma son-type jar with a dome lid is recommeided. It is further recommended thai only pint or quart jars be used Patrons may use two-quart jars ai their own risk. The price on glass is two cent: per pint or quart and on tin cans sc-*«, cents per pint and nin< cexT; yjar quart The»prices listed on cans include the furnishing of cans. The pric< on jars is for service only. Lids foi jars may be purchased at the can 'nery. Local Boys Return From Ridgecrest A number of local beys returnee from Camp Ridgecrest this weel after a five week stay there Among them are Scooty Gore Robert Smith, Jimmy Rogers Henry Neil Wright and Richarc Cox. Joe Gariell returned several days ago following a part-tenr stay there. The annual Parents Banquei Monday climaxed the five weel activities. Attending the banquei were Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Cox Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Gore, Mr. anc Mrs. E. C. Sanders, Mr. and Mrs Willard Wright, Mrs. Otto Wright Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Rogers, Jr and sons Bobby and Franklin Miss Shirley Mew, Mr. and Mrs W. A. Williams, and daughters Sarah and Sybil and son, Sammy One Day Operation Announced For Local Cannery The Tabor City Cannery wil operate on Thursday's only unti further notice S. L. Jackson, di rector, announced. The cannerj schedule was first set for Tues day's and Thursday's during Jul] j and August, but due to the short I age on vegetables officials saic that a two day operation was no justifable. - The canning hours are 8:00 unti 12:00. Loan Rate For Tobacco Set At 50.6 Cents Farmers who are not satifie< with auction prices for their flue cured tobacco this season may ge a loan averaging 50.6 cents pe: pound from the government That's abcut the same as last year The Agriculture Deparement to day announced the average loai rate of 50.6 cents. That's the aver age. Loan rates by grades range from $74 per hundred pounds fo: the top grades down to $17 foi certain nondescripts. Carolina: and Virginia ties tobacco wil bring live cents per pound mor< than Georgia-Florida leaf, whicl is sold untied in bulk. The average loan rate is th< ■amp as the minimum level an nounced before the planting sea son. It stays at 50.6 cents becausi it is* higher than 90 per cent a parity as of July 1, the beginnin] Vernon Morris, of route 1 Tabor City, was unanimously elected Commander of the Tabor City American Legion Post 101 at a meeting held at the hut last Thursday night. . Morris, a Navy veteran of World War II who was injured at Pearl Harbor, has been among the most active members of the organiza tion during the past yea λ Arthur Prince was named 1st vice commander; Phil Hughtes, second vice commander and Ray-; mond Mallard, third vice com mander. % Buell Lannier, who has also been ictive in Legion affairs this year, was reelected finance officer. Billy Dorman, who served as sec ond vice commander this past year 1 and was post commander the year before, was elected adjutant. G. L. Dorman was r.amSd serv ice officer. Bill Ratteree was re elected athletic officer. The rr-embership committee this year will be headed by Dr. J. L James. Elbert Shelley was named chairman of the entertainment committee and C. H. Pinner was elected chaplain. Worth Hardee was named ser geant at arms. Don Jernigan heads the program committee. W. Horace Carter was named Boys State Chairman. Raymond Mallard was named legal officer and Bill Ratteree was named to head the Oratorical committee. The Tabor Post had 109 mem bers this year and was awarded a trophy by the State Department for showing the greatest member ship increase in 1952. Efforts will be made by the post to increase ev=i,n further tJU year in an effort to win the trophy permanently. Γ.A. THOMPSON WIKS HOBBY SENATE SEAT Tuesday's Democratic Primary in Horry county saw Frank Thompson defeat Eldreci E. Prince in the Senate race by an unofficial margin of 1483 votes. The final tabulation showed 4Ü93 votes for Prince and 6176 votes for Thomp son. The difference in the two can didates' vote was the balloting in Conway. Thompson had 614 to Prince's 170 in West Conway and he had 279 votes to Prince's 13 in the Racepath precinct. In the sheriff's race, incumbent C. E. Sasser piled up the largest vote of any of the eight candidates with 3233 votes. He was followed by John Henry with 2263 votes. Henry and Sasser will face each other i»; a runoff election on July 22. Tull Floyd was third with 11941. Others were as follows: Gore 380, Graham 261, Medlin 1493, Sessions 510 and Spivey. 725. Top three candidates for the House of Representatives were t Lonnie Causey 7253, Henry Buck, L 5868 and J. Robert Carter 5787. ■ Charles Dawes received 5671 and ' J. Eugene Altman had 5759. These ' are unofficial returns and the r nearness of the balloting night ' necessitate a recount and could ' change the nomination^. » Brown defeated Martin for aud itor by a wide margin. Johnson ί and Lee face a runoff in the chair man ->t the county board of com • missioners race. ! Atkinson and Graham will be I in a runoff for clerk of court. Dix j was nominated for coroner. Jor dan was nominated for treasurer. 1 of the 1951-52 marketing year. Parity is a price designed to assure farmers an equality between pro ducts Ihey produce and what they have to buy. Loans will be made available to eligible growers during the mark eting season by the Commodity Credit Corporation. An eligible producer is one who has not harv ested tobacco in excess of his acre age allotment. [ Mrs. Blanche W. Hyman is k much i.nproved after a several ' day illaesL with virus pneumonia and pleurisy. She expects to re . sume her duties at the local West . ern Auto Associate store late in the week. Mrs. Jack B.- Hyman and ! son, Johnny, of Florence spent ; gome time here with Mrs. Hyman r early ta the week. RAINBOW GIRLS RECEIVE STAR The local Assembly, Rainbow for Girls, received the Gold Star for outstanding work done during the fiscal year at the Carolinas Grand Assembly held in White ville recently. The presentation of the Gold Star is one of the highest honors presented to the Rainbow organi zation. Oust Peanuts To Control Leafspot Diseases (Submitted by J. C. Wells, Plant Pathology Extension Specialist) Columbus County peanut grow ers are urged to get ready to be gin dusting their crop for control of leafspot diseases. The first application of dust (preferably the copper-sulfur dust mixture containing 4% metallic copper plus dusting sulfur) should be applied not later than July 10, at the rate of 18 to 20 lbs. of dust per acre. Treatment should be continued at two-week intervals for a total of three applications. Any application washed off by rain within 24 hours after being applied should be repea.ed as soon as weather permits. A summary of the results of the 37 demonstrations conducted during the three year period, 1949 1951, comparing results with cop per-sulfur vs. sulfur shows that the highest yield of nuts was ob tained from the copper-sulfur plots; nowever, good control and increase in yield over the undust ed plots were obtained with the straight sulfur dust. The copper sulfur dusted plots gave an aver age increase of 402 lbs. of nuts per acre more than the undusted plots and an average of 192 lbs. per acre more than the sulfur dusted plots for the there-year period. On yield basis alone and assuming an average price of 11.75 cents per lb. for nuts for the three-year period and subtracting the average cost of $3.50 per acre for ropp ^-sulfur dust and $1.75 for sulfur? we arrive at the fol lowing values: An average of $43.73 added profit per acre from copper-sulfur dust over the un treated plots. An average of $22.92 added profit per acre from straight sulfur over the untreated plots. On this basis the figures show an average of $20.81 more per acre from the use of the cop per-sulf-T dust mixture than from straight sulfur for the three-year period. In addition, dusting for leafspot control imo-oved both the yield and quality of hay suf ficiently to cover the cost of the treatment. Death Claims Mrs. Strickland Mrs. Polly Strickland, 63, died Tuesday morning at 3:15 at. the home of her daughter, Mrs. Zola M. Harrelson, in the Mt. Zion section of Horry county. She had been ill for eighteen months. Funeral rites will be helf from the Gapway Baptist church this afternoon (Wednesday) at 4 o'clock with the Rev. G. W Strick land officiating. Burial will be in the Cherry Grove cemetery. She is survived by five sons, Thomas, Horace, Duston, E. D. and Berbie, all of route 2, Tabor City; four daughters, Mrs. Dayton Strickland of Green Sea, Mrs. Wendell Strickland and Mrs. Rob ert Strickland of route 2, Tabor City, and Mrs. Zola M. Harrelson of route 1, Loris. Thirty two grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Mrs. S. L. Jackson Is Bridge Hostess Mrs. S L. Jackson entertained members of the Fortnightly Bridge club and several guests with a party at her home Fridny evening. Pink roses formed the flower ar rangements for the occasion and Independence Day tallies were us ed. Miss Anne Brooke McGougan received the high score award for the club and the guest' high award went tJ Mrs. Earle Floyd. Mrs. Janie Bell received the traveling prize and Mrs." Walter P. Cox took the low. Cantaloup a-la-mode was serv ed by the hostess to Miss McGou gan, Mrs. Floyd, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. J. A. Hufham, Jr., Mrs. W.O. Jackson, Mrs. A. E. Gold finch, Mrs. Vernon Averitt, Mrs. Bob White, Mrs. Don Hughes, Mrs. D. II. Hughes, and Mrs. Wil lard Wright. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Rogers and children are spending two weeks at Crescent Beach. Don Hughes Is Named Sales Supervisor Of Local Market TOBACCO GBOWEBS TO FACE REFEBEHDDM OH JULY IS Flue-cured tobacco growers it North snd South Carolina face ι double-barrelled proposition wher they go to the polls Saturday July 19. On that date, flue-cured grow ers from the Carolinas will casl ballots either for or against con tinuance of a 10-cent-per-acre as sessment to support Tobacco As sociates and tobacco marketing quotas. North and South Carolina de pend heavily on the success of the flue-cured tobacco program. Two vital onases of that program are marketing quotas, which guar antee stabilized market prices through a support program, and the export promotional work car ried on by Tobacco Associates. Since 1934 growers have enjoy ed the benefits of an acerage con trol program, and since 1939 they have operated successfully under marketing quotas with acreage allotments. Repeatedly tobacco growers have voted overwhelm ingly to continue this program, which has meant so much not only to growers but to the entire eco nomy of the two states. Tobacco Associates was formed in 1947 by growers and their alli ed interests to protect and develop foreign markets—upon which they depend for the sale of some 40 per cent of their tobacco each year. In July of that year, growers in the two Carolinas overwhelmingly approved the present 10-cent-per acre assessment for 1947-1949 and again 1949, they approved the as sessment for 1950, 1951, and 1952. The extent of the work done by this export-promoting organiza tion is evidenced by the increase in exports since its formation six years ago. Exports of United States flue-cured tobacco have in creased fiom 359 million pounds in 1947 tc 490 million pounds in 1951 and are now about 30 per cent above pre-war years. Thro ugh the work of the organization, new markets have been developed and others expanded until now American tobacco growers are no longer dependent upon any one country for the sale of their tobac co. Countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Den mqjk and the Philippines, are now taking from two to ten times more tobacco than before the war. The law authorizing marKeting quotas also provides for a govern ment loan to support tobaccc prices. Ii marketing quotas are approved in the referendum, loans will be made available on the 1953 crop at prices equal to 90 per cent of the parity prices as of July 1. 1952. Since Tobacco Associates is fin anced soiely by growers and their allied interests and the marketing quotas are administered by the government-sponsored Production and Marketing Administration, there will be two ballot boxes a1 the polls Referendum Day. One box will be for the marketing quota vote, which ν ill show whether the growers want mark eting quotas for another year, an other three years, or not at all. The other box will collect votes on the 10-cent-per-acre self-as sessment for Tobacco Associates. In both referendum?, a two thirds majority of the growers voting is needed to approve quotas and the assessment. J. Henry Vaughan of Elm City, chairman of Tobacco Associates' {board oi directors explained that a grower "is any person who has an interest as owner, tenant, or sharecropper in the 1952 crop of flue-cured tobacco." However, Vaughan stressed, "no producer is entitled to more than one vote even though he may have been engaged in production of tobaccc in two or more communities, counties, or states." Mrs. Harrelson Entertains Church Group Mrs. R. C. Harrelson, Jr. enter tained the Women of the Presby terian Church at the regular monthly meeting at her home Tuesday evening. Rev. Fletcher C, Hutchenson, pastor, gave the pro gram on John Knox. A parfait course was served by the hostess during the social per iod. COUNTY HAS 7,000 FARMERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE More than 7000 tlue-cured to bacco growers of Columbus Coun ty are eligible to vote in the ref erendum to be held Saturday, July 19, on flue-cured tobacco marketing quotas, according to Clyde Wayne, chairman of the county PMA committee. The ref erendum is being held to deter mine, in accordance with the law, whether growers want quotas for three years; whether they want quotas lor the 1953 crop only; or whether they do not want quotas. Marketing quotas will continue in effect if more than two-thirds of the growers voting in the refer endum cast favorable ballots. The purpose of marketing quotas is to provide growers with, a method of adjusting supply to de mand and to help them obtain fair prices for the tobacco they produce. According to Mr. Wayne, "Any one wno has an interest in the 1952 crop of flue-cured tobacco, either as owner, tenant, or share cropper is entitled to one vote on the question of marketing quotas. Each person concerned, however, is entitled to only on vote on the question of marketing quotas. Each person concerned, however, is entitled to only one vote even' though he may be engaged in the production of flue-cured tobacco in two or more communities, counties or States." Mr. Wayne pointed out that acreage allotments will be contin ued in 1953 if marketing quotas are appi·* ved. Notices with specific acreage ettotments for J 953 cannot be proposed in time for notifying farmers if the referendum is to be held prior to the opening of the maikets in July. A notice has been sent to each farmer contain ing information stating that the maximum reduction any farmer can receive in 1953 will be 12% percent of his 1952 allotment. The regular allotment notice with the specific acreage allotment for each farm will be sent to farm operator as usual when the final allotment fis determined prior to March 1, 1953. . Mr. Wayne added that price support loans at 90 percent of parity will be provided for 1953 crop of tobacco if the quotas are approved in the referendum. Missionary Circles Schedule Meetings Three circles of the Mount Tab , or Baptist Woman's Missionary ; Union have scheduled meetings for tomorrow (Thursday). ι The Dula McGougan circle will I meet with Mrs. R. B. Mallard at I her norus at 4 o'clock, and the ! Leila McMillian will meet with I Mrs. J. J. Hodges at 4 o'clock. I The Charity Rogers circle will [ meet at the church with the Nurs I ery open at 4o'clock. Mrs. Clar [ence Willoughby will be hostess and Mrs. J. F. Bow will give the I program. The Business Woman's and the Manthia Harrelson circles have postponed regular meetings for July and August and will meet jointly with the Woman's Mission ary Union at the church Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Don Hughes and Mrs. D. J. Hughes attended a Bridge party honoring Miss Christine Floyd in the home of Mrs. A. D. Lewis in Fairmont Thursday evening. Mr. anu Mrs. Horace Roberts and daughter, Melody, vacationed in Western North Carolina, Ten nessee and Kentucky last week. During the trip they attended a presentation of the pageant "Home In The West" at Boone. Mrs. Η. B. Barnes and daughter, Sally, of Wilson are spending this week with her mother Mrs. D. J. I Hughes. Mrs. Hughes and Phil Hughes visited them in Wilson during the weekend and they ac | companied them home. Mrs. R. C. Harrelson, Jr., daugh ter Diane and son, Sterling, will spend next week at Ocean Drive Beach. Mis. W. H. Stanley is spending I several days in Conway with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Long. Don Hughes, an associate of The D. J. Hughes Company here, has been named sales supervisor of the Tabor City tobacco market by the local Merchants Associa tion. Hughes appointment to this position is subject to the approval of the Tobacco Board of Trade but this has been only a matter of formality in the past. Hughes has not served in this capacity in the past but his high standing in the community and wide acquaintance with farmers in Columbus, Brunswick and Hor ry counties is expected to well qualify him for the position. Tabor City has shown a steady increase in total poundage for the past three seasons, and if dry weather has not damaged the crop a great deal, a still greater in crease is expected this year. Officials of the tobacco, market have pointed out that a motorcade throughout the area from which Tabor City sell? tc'sotoo ?" effect ed to :nal:e 'a tour on July 25. The motorcade wiii weave in «tad out of various sections of the three counties which sell here and will invite farmers to sell their crop in Tabor City. They also pointed out that val uable fash awards were going to be given away daily this year to farmers who sell tobacco on the local market. Your County Agent Says Columbus County farmers have a $6,831,963 stake in the Tobacco Associates referendum Saturday, July 19, for that's the amount they received for the export por tion of their 1951 crop Charles D. Raper, County Agent, this week pointed out the vital interest local farmers have in the export program. He urged every grower who will share iri the pro ceeds of the 1952 crop to "get out and voce" on the 10-cent an acre self-assessment to support Tobac co Associates and on Marketing Quotas. The Marketing Quota ref erendum will be held at the same time and in the same polling places. "Every flu-cured grower de pends upon exports for the sale of about 40 per cent of his crop," the president said. "In our county last year, we produced 33,523,866 pounds of tobacco on about 22, 439 acres, with an average per acre yield of 1494 pounds. "Our county's fule-cured crop in 1951 v;as worth approximately $17,978,849 but if it had not been for our foreign market we would have suffered plenty. There would have oeen no place for that 40 per cent we usually export, and the resulting depressed prices surely would have placed our loss far above the $6,831,963, we re ceived for our exported tobacco. "There's no doubt that two thirds of the farmers voting in North and South Carolina in the Tobacco Associates referendum will approve the contniuation of the program. However, we must register and overwhelming vote— just as we did in 1949 when more than 144,000 voted for the program and less than 4,000 against it. A big vote will show everyone that tobacco farmers are eager to do something to help themselves. Let's get out that big vote Satur day, July 19 for Tobacco Associ ates and Marketing Quotas—two vital parts of our broad tobacco program."