m. 74e 7< Tabor City — The Town With A City Future" VOL. VII, NUMBER6 TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1952 5c A COPY; $2:00 A YEAR HAUUAH TU APPEAR HEBE ON THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER It Marlow The Magician, a slight .and artist with the talents of ; ,.vü:ü and Blackstone, will ap m person at the Tabor City ^ ,v. η auditorium Thursday Sep ·Λ .u".t li> at 7:30 P. M. unde. the ;:..>pices of the local American Lee ion Fost. The magician's real name is yL.:-;ow Miller, presently a cor •vral stationed at Ft. Bragg, N. C., • he has been performing on • ο stage since he was nine years Miller has been performing at ι iovs schools and clubs through out Eastern No»th Carolina for several months. He has nearly a halt ton of special eequipment that |·ο transports in his gaily bedeck ea truck and some eye catching oifi assistants have a part in every show. Miller's sho»v lasts for two hours ;?na 13 minutes and everv moment brings a new surprise. Most of nj; tricks are modern in every respect and many have never boon seen by persons in this area. He has been one of the main at tractions at the Veterans Hospital jnd Red Cross recreation rooms at r.uliury camps and has never fail ed to hold a spell-bound audience. He is also a hypnotist and has t -rilled many audiences with this power many times. Farm Bureau Insurance Has Medical Plan COLUMBUS, OHIO. SEPTEM BER — A new group medical ex per.se policy designed to help pi >ple pay large medical bills is bent* ottered by the Farm Bureau Insurance Companies, C. W. Left wLh. vice president-actuarial, an nounced today. -This new policy will help those peoc'.e whose medical bills exceed the limits of current medical in suruuee plans." Mr. Leftwich said. "Policies can be taken out which will pay up to S5000 for each ac c..;·.·;.: or illness." He said the new coverage would .·. available with amounts payable .·: >2000 or S5000, and would be ..vued with S100. S200 or $500 de ductibles. (A deductible is that p^rt of the expenses which is not coveted by the policy. The policy holder may elect any one of the : Under the provisions of the policy, the companies would pay 30 per cent of allowable expense up to whichever maximum, $200 or S500. was selected. For example, if a policyholder had a S5000 policy with $200 de ductible. and his total bill was $5000. the companies would pay 53840. The $5000 policy with $500 deductible and allowable expenses o: S6750 would net the policyhold er the S5000 maximum. Elbert Strickland Graduates From School MUNICH, GERMANY — Pfc. Elbert Strickland, son of Mr. and Mr<. Yatesy Strickland, Tabor City, recently graduated from the Seventh Army's Non-Commission ed Officers Academy at Munich, Germany. The six-week course emphasized the use of weapons, Army admin istration, tactics, supply, physical titness and organization. Students '•'•'ere carefully selected by their ^'?ar.ization commanders before attending the school. Strickland is now serving as senior ammunition handler in the '■»3rd Ordnance Ammunition Com pany. He entered the Army in -•larch 1951 and received his ord er~ test September. [Benefit Program ' At Guideway I The Foggy Mountain Boys, feat uring Leste. Flatt and Earl Scruggs, will appear-on the stage of the Guideway School at 8 o'clock tonight (Wednesday) for a school benefit program, Greely Long, principal, announced. The music boys are heard daily over WPTF, Raleigh. They ap peared at Guideway School last year and are expected to draw a capacity audience. Scouts Schedule ! Wednesday Meet The Tabor City Boy Scouts will meet Wednesday, September 10, at ; 7:30, at the American Legion hut, Ben Spivey, Senior Patrol leader 1 announced. All Scouts are urged to attend and new members are invited to sign up. Boys 12 years of age and over are eligible for Scout mem bership, Spivey pointed out. Matthew Τ. Johnson Dies At 81 Matthew Thomas Johnson, 81 yea. -old farmer of the Maple sec-i tion of Horry County, died early j Sunday at a Conway Hospital af-: ter a lingering illness. Funeral services were held at! 2 p. m. Monday at the Maple Bap tist Church by the Rev. D. L. Ward. Burial was in the Rehobeth Methodist Church cemetery. Active pallbearers were Berl Bashor, Tommie Basho., Lloyd! Johnson, Eugene Johnson, H. L. Johnson and R. H. Floyd. Mr. Johnson was born in Horry County, Sept. 28, 1871, the son of the late Leon Johnson and Aman tha Hinson Johnson. He was a : member of the Maple Baptist • Church. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. j Heler. I.^dwick a son, j Douglas Johnson of Conway; sev en daughters, Μ rs. H. F. Causey, Mrs. Melvin W. Bashor, Mrs. Arthur Jones, Mrs. Jesse Branton, I Mrs. B. D. Owens, all of Conway, and Mrs. Richard Floyd and Mrs. Harvey Martin of Aynor; a broth er, Eddie E. Johnson of Galivants Ferry; 25 grandchildren, and eight I great-giandchildren. Strange Worm Found By Β. H. Porter Benjamin H. Porter, who lives in North Carolina but gets his mail at route 2 Loris, brought a I huge and strange looking worm by the office Saturday and asked to have it identified. No one in the newspaper office had ever seen anything similar except dur ing bad dreams. The worm was over five inches j long, nearly an inch in diameter ! with dozens of hard, wire-like projections all over its body. He had two black spots about an inch behind his head on his back that resembled eyes. Mr. Porter found the odd worm on an old oil stove leg in a chick en house near his home and is seeking to have it identified if anyone is an authority on the sub ject Mr. and Mrs. Wade Martin had as their holiday weekend guests here and at Ocean Drive Beach Miss Madge Ellington, and Mrs. Beulah Ellington of Carboro, and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ellington and ' Owen Lockamy of Durham. , I - - — —— λ- τ I RAINBOW assembly to HOLD PUBLIC INSTALLATION PROGRAM Tabor City Assembly Rain for Girls will hold a public ln '■ Uation program in the Mason ·' i:. American Legion hut, Fri jy evening at 7:30, Mrs. Mae S Mother Advisor announc ed. A· C. Edwards will make the i^iticipal address for the evening ^-'Ucers to be installed include ^l0 · -lie Simon, Worthy Advisor Macel Cox, Worthy Associate Ad Mona Claire Cox, Charity ;Ward, Hope; Shelba Jear ™x· Faith; Sarah Williams, Dril] janeil White, Recorder Spivey, Treasurer; Nel] ρ!'^· Hope; Judy Smith, Love Jp-odra Bullock, Religion; Nancj ««rdoe, Nature; Dana Soles, Im mortality; Joan Strickland, Fidel : Marcus Soles, Patrotism; Alici p,lft Horne, Musicia; Lonena Long _°!'f: iential Observer; Irma Jear Gutter Observer; and Mabli ^es, Chaplain. The Installing officers wxu uc Mary Lois Garrell, Marshall; Joan Strickland Musician; Chaplain, Betty Jean Reece; Recorder, Doris Spivey; Worthy Advisor, Janell White. Refreshments will be served during a social hour to be heldl following the installation program. Mrs. Young said today "we hope the public will attend the program and visit with us during the social period." I Williams Seniors Name Officers The senior class of Williams Township High School has elected I officers for the year. They are: Derotha Gore, presi dent; Margaret Day Long, vice president; Eula Godwin secretary; Patricia Ann Stephens, treasurer; and Dorothy Nealy, reporter. | INU Mrs. Mae S. Young, carrier for the Charlotte Observer Transit company, tossed the mail sack out at the Green Sea Post Office Mon day as usual. Shortly after delivering the bag she noticed a Chevrolet trailing her Ford truck but she kept up the usual speed until she stopped to make a film delivery four miles down the highway. Suddenly the Chevrolet pulled up and the driv er yelled "you lost a mail bag" "No, I didn't, Mrs. Young replied and explained that was a delivery to the post office. So the driver, a Charlotte resident, enroute to Windy Hill Beach, asked "what shall I do with it." By this time Mrs. Young real ized she had met the fisherman down at the Windy Hill Pier when she was on one of her trips so she told him "to take it back where you got it." After a visit, the Char lotte carrier expressed her appre ciation to the fisherman and re lieved him of the sack explaining that it held Charlotte Observers Mrs. Young travels daily and Sunday from Tabor City to Mul lins, Nichols, Loris, and Green Sea. · STATE FAIR IS PLANNED OCTOBER 14-11 Raleigh — An official invitation for North Carolinians to enter ex hibits in, and attend the 1952 N. C. State Fair has been issued by Goverpor W. Kerr Scott and Com missioner of Agriculture, L. Y. Balleitine. The fair, whick will have its 85th renewal here Octo ber 14-18, is a division of the State Department of Agriculture. Calling attention to the larger and finer facilities "for greatest of all annual get-togetheers in North Caro-ina for a reflection of th yesterdays, the accomplishments of today, and the trend of the to morrows in our State." The Governor look note th*t he first nartioioat-.d in the 5>*ite Fr.ir as a boy "exhioiüng a few ears of popcorn," and said "as I prepar to return to the ranks of private citizens I pledge my continned interest and patronage of the Fair and commend it to others as a panaramic center of the inex haustible resources of North Car olina." LUTHER GRAHAM DIES AT HOME Luther I. Graham, 54, retired farmer of Loris, Route 1, died unexpectedly at his home Friday at 6 a. m. He was the son of Fred Graham and Sallie Fipps Graham of Horry County. Funeral services were held at the home of a brother, Sam D. Graham, Route 1, Loris, Monday. The Rev. Clyde Prince, the Rev. Otto Edwards, and the Rev. W. C. eHrrington were in charge. Burial was in Princeville Cemetery west of Loris. He is survived by four brothers and several nieces and nephews. Guideway School Enrollment High The Guideway School is in operation with complete faculty and a near record enrollment Greely Long, principal, announc ed. The enrollment was expected to reach 375 this week. The school, as other Columbus County units, is operating from 8 o'clock a. m. to 1 o'clock p. m. Monday through Friday. The faculty list includes: First grades, Mrs. Bertie Cox and Mrs. Jo Anne Stephens; second, Mrs. Frances Ccx; Second-third, Mrs. Ruby Suggs; third, Miss Maude Butler; fourth, Mrs. Cleo Suggs; fifth, Mrs. Addie Gore; sixth, Mrs. Newton; Seventh, Mrs. Mollie Belle Gore; eight, Greely Long Mrs. Queenie Reaves is the Lunch Room supervisor. Anderson's Brother Dies In Florida R. M. (Bob) Anderson, 76, brother of Joe H. Anderson of this city, died in Quincy, Fla. Saturday, August 23» after a long period of declining health. Funeral rites were held in Quincy on Sunday afternoon at the graveside. A native of Fair Bluff, he was the son of the late L. F. Anderson and Mrs. Fannie Anderson. He is survived by his wife, three daughters; his mother; one brother; and four sisters, Mrs. H. V. Norris of Conway, N. C., Mrs. Sallie Lloyd of Fair Bluff, Mrs. S. M. Edmund of Mullins, and Mrs. W. R. Lewis of Columbia. KLANSMEN BEGIN TERNS IN PRISON öeven ex-iiiciiiucxö υΑ uie Klux Klan were carried to "Fay etteville Monday to begin serving prison terms imposed in the July I se:ssion of court for their part in \ the Columbus county night riding floggings. 6 Seven others under sentence in nightriding incidents have not re ported. Included in this group is Imperial Wizard Thomas L Ham ilton of LeesviUe, S. C., who was allowed until October 1 to begin serving a four-year term. ' All were convicted of misde-i meanors, their terms ranging from 18 months to four years. Starting their sentences today were Lawrence Nivins, Hallsboro 42-48 months; John Russ, White ville 42_48 months; Brook Norris Chadbourn 3-4 years; Norman Sasser, Hallsboro, 42-48 months; Morris Walker, Whiteville, 2 years; Leon Alford, Whiteville, 18 24 months; and Wilbert Ray Ta bor City, 2 years. Carl Wooten of Western Prong along with Hamilton, has been given until the first of next month to report. No official announcement has been made as to the status of four other men. They are Joe Hardee of Whiteville; Ervin Stevens of Hallsboro; Arthur Reaves of HaUsboro; and Harvey Barfield of Nichols, S. C. Barfield served notice of appoal his two-year sentence in the Woodrow Johnson flogging and authorities here expected him to begin serving the term along with a current sentence in the Rob mson-Floyd cases at the expira tion of the time allowed for the appeal. He did not perfect the ap peal. The other former klansmen who drew prison terms at the July term of superior court are already serv ing sentences imposed in April Btott ar%Ea»y Br00ks of Fair SI®" Hry Edwards Einest Ward, now serving two! years in the Johnson flogging, was not involved in the July triSs Forty six additional Klansmen were given suspended sentences $15 850*^6red t0 Pay fineS totalinS An 18-24 month prison sentence ;~n°n Ralph T. Collier of Whiteville was commuted to a fine, it was announced today by Paroles Commissioner N. R. Rans dell. Judge Williams reported that nr Cw Atna^ he had Iearned from ί?Γ. "·, *· Greene of Whiteville that Codier suffered a mental in jury during World War II as a result of combat duty aboard a destroyer. Dr. Greene said the in jury had caused Collier to have impaired memory." Collier re 5hIVM 3 ™edical discharge from the Navy July 21, 1945. Tabor Citians Kept At Home During Holidays The Labor Day weekend holi days were observed sanely by Tabor City folks as heavy rains and winds kept them off the high ways where nearly 500 persons throughout the nation met acci dental death from Friday until Tuesday. There were no reports of serious accidents in this area although Saturday and Sunday rains and winds uprooted trees in the area and high waters flooded many city streets and highways. Rain fell in sheets part of Saturday and was a steady down pour Saturday night and Sunday morning. Church services were cancelled at many rural churches when the congregations failed to arrive. Town churches had disorganized services as only a few heartv soles ventured out in the down pour. There was an atmosphere and semi-fear throughout the area on Friday and Saturday as reports of the first hurricane of the season were heard. The hurricane, lost much of its dangerous aspect when it finally hit the South Carolina coast at Beaufort but nevertheless affected a wide area with its ac companying rains and winds . Considerable property damage was done by the hurricane along the Palmetto coast but little of consequence in this section .Many business buildings did have leak ing roofs as a result of the wind and rain and several merchant? were busy Sunday moving mer chandise out of the water. Sgt. F. L. Fipps, Jr. of Fort Bel voir, Va. spent the holiday week end here with his parents. Season's Tobacco Sales Total 3,571,735 Pounds To Date COUNTY FARN BUREAU SEEKS TO ENROLL 2,500 MEMBERS c· cn UnJnir. λ·Ρ r'rtliimlinc . Poforrintr tr> tVio 1059 nrpciHpnt county Farm Bureau held their annual membership kickoff meet ing last Friday night at Bennetts Barbeque kitchen, in Whiteville. Joe P. Kuinerly, of Whiteville, president of the group, said that a membership quota of 2,500 has been approved by the Columbus Farm Bureau Board as its goal in the county this year. Principle speaker on the pro gram was R. Flake Shaw, of Greensboro, executive vice-presi dent of the North Carolina Farm Bureau. He told his audience, "the Farm Bureau favors under its present resolution the principle of support of 90 percent of parity on any farm commodity, provided the farmer will take the responsibility of keeping the supply in line with demand." The farm leader pointed out, "unless the adjustment principle is included in the price support system, the entire farm program will be placed in jeopardy by vir tue of the fact that overproduction would create large government surpluses which would be a bur den to the taxpayer." Shaw said that there have been extreme statements made by irre sponsible politicians on the Farm Bureau stand regarding ACP pay ments and the national Farm pro gram. "The record will show that the Farm Bureau is responsible for getting both pieces of legisla tion through and has fought con sistently to retain them," he said. ial election, Shaw called on the farmers to stop listening to the politicians and check the real facts. "There have been extreme statements made by people who occupy responsible positions in public life with the hope that they might influence votes; and every farmer should check these state ments against the real facts t j determine their value," he said. Bill Hooks, of Whiteville, told the group that the Farm Bureau has too much pride in Columbus County to let its membership slip. "Had it not been for the Farm Bu reau we would not have had a farm program which has done so much to improve our living stand ards today," he said. Hooks also praised the work of the organization in helping to establish and maintain the tobacco program. "The Farm Bureau is responsible for setting up the to bacco stablization program which has meant millions of dollars to the tobacco farmer," he stated. President Quinerly said the membership drive this year in Co lumbus would probably be con ducted on the township basis .He urged' the leadership to get the job done in the shortest possible time. Walter G. Lowry, of Pineville, Farm Bureau Field representative, said that the State Farm Bureau membership goal has been set at 75,000. "Every county must reach its quota to make up this state total," he said. TRANSPORTATION IS SOUGHT FOR RURAL GRID ASPIRANTS Coach S. W. Caruso and Super intendent C. H. Pinner of th Tabor Cify schools have calle upon townspeople again to furnis transportation daily after footba practices for the rural youngstei who wish to participate in th gridiron sport here. Civic clubs have been asked 1 cooperate in the effort and th local Rotary pledged five week transportation at their regulc Monday night meeting. The Rotary set up the follow ing schedule for transportation when the below mentioned Ro tarians volunteered to cooper· ate: J. M. McGougan, week οί September 8 to 12; E. W. Fon vielle, week of September 15 tc 19; C. G. Westmoreland, week of September 22 to 27; Α. Ρ Rogers and W. W. Woody, week of September 29 to October 3 and A. E. Goldfinch, week ol October 6 to 10. These men will make a dail round trip of 50 miles to get tt boys home following practice wt live considerable distances froi Tabor City. Coach Caruso said this wee that he is pleased with the shou ing of the football candidates < this early stage of the season an that he expects a stronger eleve than was fielded in 1951. He he all of last year's team back i uniform except Gene Burrougl and Earl Soles and most of th boys have put on addition! weight since last season. "The first real scrimmage se: sion of the season was held la: Friday and featured several lor runs by Halfbacks Sam Rogei and Jimmy Garrell and son: noteworthy slight of hand wor by Quarterback Sam Waiden. The first game of the seaso for the locals is slated Frida night September 12 with a strpn Rockingham team at Rockinghai and Sanford comes here the fo] lowing night Septeember 19 1 open the home slate. The roster of the local team is £ follows: Jimmy Rogers, G., Co-Captair Jimmy Garrell, B., Co-Captaii Gene Spivey, C; Henry Edward T; Don Stocks, T; Hilbert Haye T; Brooks Gore, T; Quinn Sole G; Sammy Rogers, B; Sam Wa; den, B; Eugene Soles, C; Weldo Gore, B; Halford Mills, B; Dal Fowler, E; Tommy Rogers, C Davis Norris, E; Sonny Sander E; Lonnie Willoughby, E; Jen Cartrett, B; Brooks Mills, B; Bill Fipps, B; Leverne Spivey, B; Bill Wright, E; Tommy Collier, 1 David Anderson, T; Verlon M< Do well, B; Nothaniel Harrelsoi Haze Watts, T; Franklin Ray, i New Life Club Meets New Life Hornet Demonstration [ Club held its regular monthly meeting Wednesday night with Mrs. Norman Stephens and Mrs. Earl Fipps at the home of the former. Plans were made for running a booth at the Yam Festival. The demonstration on "Improv ing Household Skills" was given) by Mrs. Roy Rankin. Reports were made by Mrs. W. H. Stephens on Education, Mrs. Douglas Mills on Poultry, and Mrs. Murray Fowler on Home Gardens. Refreshments were served to about 20 members and two guests. Next meeting will be held with Mrs. Kirby Norris and Mrs. Gad die Watts on September 17 at 8 P. M. Elwood W. Carter ° Is Wreck Victim Elwood Wilson Carter, 38, a former Tabor City resident, died in an Ashville hospital Monday from injuries sustanied in an au tomobile accident near Black Mountain Sunday noon. Details of the accident are meager here; however it is understood that the Carter car was involved in a head dn collision with an automobile driven by Robert Ward of Swan nona. Mrs. Carter sustained a broken | arm and leg and is a patient in an Asheville hospital. Ward was hos- j pitalized also. The Carter's daugh ter, "Bootsy" was visiting with relatives at the time of the acci dent. Carter was a native of Mount J Holly and vorked here from about 1938 until approximately three years ago with the Ritz theatre. He also operated a radio repair] shop during that time and Mrs. Carter was a member of the Tabor City Schools faculty. For the pastj several years they have resided in Jacksonville, Fla. where he was associated with radio and televi sion and Mrs. Carter taught school. Funeral rites for Carter are scheduled to be held in Swannona today. Other survivers besides his wife, the former Elizabeth Nichols of Swannoa, and daughter, "Boot sy", include his mother of Mount Holly, and several brothers and sisters. In the recent tobacco referen dum, 98.1 per cent of the farmers voting in North Carolina favored marketing quotas for the next three years. inrougn Tuesdays saxes uu uic Tabor City tobacco market, a total poundage of 3,571,732 had been recorded bringing fanners of the area a total of $1,870,462.14 and a season's average of $52.39. Exceptionally heavy sales have been held on the local market for the past several days and full sales are expected for the rest of this week and at least the early part of next week. Sales Supervisor Don Hughes said the heaviest sales of the sea son have been held this week and that it is his poinion that most farmers are about half through selling. However, some farmers are nearly through with their en tire crops. For the second consecutive week most average prices for South Carolina and Border North Caro lina flue-cured tobacco have held fairly study. Quality of offerings, however, was considerably lower this week and volume of sales continued heavy. According to the United States and North Carolina Department of Agriculture the changes is av erage prices were mostly $1.00 and $2.00 per hundred. The num ber of grades showing gains, loss es, or unchanged were about equally divided. From a group standpoint, most primings, nonde script, and better quality offer ings in other groups were steady to slightly higher. The majority of lugs and lower leaf grades weakened. The offerings contained much larger proportions of common and leaf and nondescript. Principal marketings were common to good leaf, low to good lugs and nonde script. Gross sales for the week end ing August 29, amounted to 42, 752,811 pounds at an average of $52.22 per hundred. The average was 92c under last week and was the lowest weekly average of the season. Volume of sales was the heaviest. Sales for the season were pushed to 154,376,808 pounds av eraging $53.18. Receipts of the Flue-Cured Stablization Corporation under the Government loan program in creased to around 6.5 percent of gross sales. Season deliveries were approximately 6.3 percent of sales. There were no sales Monday, September 1. All markets observ ed Labor Day. Sales were resum ed Tuesday, September 2. Gross sales and averages by states for the week ending August 29, 1952 as follows: State Week Ending Aug. 29, 1952 Pounds Average South Carolina 23,448,242 $51.77 North Carolina 19,304,569 $52.77 TOTAL 42,752,811 $52.22 Harold Rogers At Fort Jackson Lide Harold Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Rogers of this city, is stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C. with the Army under the Officers Candidate School program. Rogers enlisted August 24 and holds the Pfc. rating. Glenn D. Kittler Coronet Editor Visiting Here Glenn Dk Kittler, a former member of the Tabor City Tri bune staff and currently an asso ciate editor of CORONET maga zine is visiting in Tabor City. Kittler has been associated with the New York publication for about two years and his articles appear in CORONET every month. He worked with The Tribune in 1949 for several months and is a native of Chicago. 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