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Tabor City — The Town With A City Future'
TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1952
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Β. Η. Porter, a North Carolinian who lives on route 2, Loris, re
cently brought a huge, strange worm into the office and asked to get
it identified. The worm is similar to many that other people have
seen but not identical. It measured seven inches long and nearly an
inch in diameter, was dark green with wiry spines protruding all over
its body. It's pictured here to give you something nice to dream about.
YAM FESTIVAL TAKES SHAPE
AS COMMITTEE HOLDS MEET
Dancing, parades, entertainment and the best booth
exposition yet are expected at the Fifth Annual Carolinas
Yam Festival planned in Tabor City October 9, 10 and 11.
The committee in charge of arrangements for this
veäl ί CT\ CUl IllVk AOOI. AiAMA^VtUJ
and laid plans for staging what is
believed to be the best of the cele
brations. The meeting was called
by chairman, J. Oliver Prince.
Otr'icals of State College again
will participate with educational
booths representing the various
stages of sweet potato growing and
handling and local farmers will
be asked to cooperate in the ex
position more than in past sea
sons. That is, it is hoped that
farmers will actually pitch in and
asjisi in tae operation of the
cootns.
Again, as last season, many val
uable prizes will be given to per
sons attending the affair and full
explanation of this phase of the
entertainment will be announced
to the public by circular letter
which will be mailed out the week
proceeding the event.
3eauty queens will again vie
for the honor of "Yam Festival
Queen of 1952" and local festival
officials hope that this year ar
rangements can be made with the
winner to compete in other oeauty
contests throughout the area.
Current plans call for staging
the festival in its same location
again this year. It has been held
in the New Farmers Warehouse
for the past four seasons.
Mrs. B. A. Garrell, chairman of
the booth selling committee has
been working toward selling out
the floor space for some time and
reported that considerable results
had been obtained. She planned
to begin selling booth space to
local merchants this week.
The festival in pait year's has
attracted about 25,000 persons
each season and an even larger
crowd is expected this year for
the bigger and better affair.
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l aving U)mpieiea
At Iron Hill
I
The State Highway Depart-'
-Ti-ent has announced the comple-i
tion of 2.3 miles of hard surfacing ■
irom Iron Hill-Nakina road two j
rmies west to intersection of Pire-;
"■ay road at Porter Service Sta
tion.
Residents along the route have
£··: pressed considerable apprec^-;
tion for the new road and it is
-•■• •orstood that some of them are
•r ing a trip to Fayetteville to
P· onally express their apprecia
' 'o the highway commissioner
"i 'his area. *:flB
^•T.A. Slates Meeting
And Social Hour
"Tne Tabor City Parent Teachers
A ociation will meet in the
>ol auditorium tomorrow
>T· -rsday) at 8 o'clock p. m.
->l R. P. Counts, president, an
r-f' iücod.
". ecial recognition will be given
-he teachers during the social
·* - u*' following a brief business
session.
A!] members and patrons of the
y-.t.ool are invited to attend the
rr·- ' -ing to greet the teachers and
approve the plans for the new
- Γ'ί!Γ. Mrs. Counts said.
TICKET SALES
GOOD FOR
HACK SHOW
Perhaps the best show of magic
in the history of Tabor City is in
store at the local High School·
auditoriuT j Thursday Septem
ber 18, when Marlow Miller, mas
ter of magic, appears here under
the auspices* of the Tabor City
American Legion Post 101.
Miller has a reputation for his
steiler attractions throughout j
Elastern North Carolina. He is inj
the Army at the present time but
aevertheless has the authorities'
permission to present his enter
tainment to clubs, schools anc)
Dther organizations on his days off.
He has been featured at Red
Cross and servicemen's programs
in hospitals and various bases
frequently since he was assigned
to duty at Fort Bragg.
Miller has been entertaining
with his magic since he was nine
years old.
His program here will last two
hours and fifteen minutes and in
addition to him, has several girl
assistants take part in the show.
Advance ticket sales has been
going on for several days and a.
capacity crowd is anticipated.
Woman's Club
To Have
Hobby Program
The Tabor City Woman's Club
will hold the first meeting of the
new year at the Woman's Club
house Thursday, September 18, at
8 o'clock p. m., Mrs."G. W. Crutch
field, president announced.
The program subject for the
evening will be "Hobbies" and
Mps. B. O. Ward of Bladenboro
will serve as guest speaker and
give several demonstrations in
cluding "Gourds Into Dish Gar
dens."
All members are asked to take
some of their creative work to the
meetings such as fancy work, cor
sages, or dish gardens, to be dis
played for the hobby program. A
prize will be awarded to the club
member having the most creative
work on display, Mrs. Horace Rob
erts, program chairman, announc
ed.
Mrs. Ward is the mother of
Mrs. Bob White of this city and
she is a member of the Woman's
Club and the Garden club of
Bladenboro.
Paul Rogers, Jr.
Makes Solo Flight
Major Harlan J. Wenzinger,
commander of the Columbus Air
Forc^ Base in Mississippi, has an
nounced the first solo flight by
Paul Rogers, Jr., of Tabor City.
Cadet Rogers is in flight training
there and soloed August 14.
Negro Nabbed In Attempted Holdup
PINNER
DISCUSSES
TOWN NEEDS
C. H. Pinner, superintendent of
the local schools, discussed several
of the Town of Tabor City needs
particularly as they pertain to
education, at the regular Mondavi
night meeting of the Rotary club. I
Pinner pointed out the need for
action on the Finer Carolina pro
ject of establishing a recreation
park where children as well as
adults could go to play and relax
and emphasized the need ior plac
ing safe equipment in the area.
He also said there was a great
need for a complete set of band
instruments at the ichool and that
if they were available, it would
be possible to have a local band
that could be a considerable asset
to Tabor City. He also announced
the arrival of five new band in
struments and said an additional
20 pieces would be needed to fully
equip a totally local high school
organization.
Mr.N Pinner also stated that
there is a need for more public
school music instruction.
He asked that any local persons
who would be interested in help
ing to pay the expenses of a de
serving Tabor City high school
graduate through one year of col
lege, contact him.
Mr. Pinner's remarks followed
A. A. White's comparison of school
teaching and the automobile busi
ness which brought considerable
laughter from the Rotarians.
LfiAf HAKT
SALES PASS
FIVE MILLION
Cool dry winds have curtailed
tobacco sales in Tabor City and
througoo'it 'V Ρ*; d°r IV't foi
the past several days but figures
through September 9 showed \that
4,855,378 pounds have been auc
tioned here thus far for a total of
$2,515,306.90.
Sales supervisor Don Hughes
pointed out that the market would
pass the five million pound mark
today (Wednesday).
Considerable tobacco is still un
sold in the area and officials of
the local market expect to remain
open for several weeks yet.
The sixth week on sales on the
South Carolina and Border North
Carolina flue-cured tobacco mar
kets was marked by lower average
prices for most grades, poorer
quality and heavy volume.
The U. S. and North Carolina
Departments of Agriculture report
the declines mostly from $1.00 to
$4.00 per hundred. The greater
losses were chiefly for common to
fair leaf and nondescript. Top
qualities in all groups held fairly
steady. Only a few scattered in
creases were observed and they
were $1.00 to $2.00.
Gross sales for the four sale days
this week totaled 41,403,351
pounds averaging 51.18 per hun
dred. The volume was a little over
one million pounds under the pre
vious week which consisted of five
sale days. The weekly average was
$1.04 under the season low average
of $52.22 established last week.
Sales for the season were raised
to 195,780,159 pounds at an aver
age of $52.76.
Quality or oiienngs connnuea
to decline because of a larger pro
portion of common leaf grades.
Thfe ratio of leaf was greater with
less lugs and primings. Bulk of
marketings was common to good
leaf, low and fair lugs and nonde
script.
Deliveries to the Flue-cured
Stabilization Corporation under
the Government loan program this
week through Thursday climbed
to around 8.4 percent of gross
sales. Receipts for the season were
approximately 6.6 percent of sales.
Gross sales and averages by
states for the week ending Sep
tember 5, 1952 and for the season
were as follows:
State Week Ending Sept. 5. 1952
South Carolina 21,897,766 $50.15
Pounds Average
North Carolina 19,505,585 $52.33
TOTAL 41,403,351 $51.18
' Mr. and Mrs. James A Huf ham,
Jr. and son, James Austin, attend
ed the reunion of her family in
Elton Sunday, September 1. They
were accompanied by the W.. W.
Glass family of Alabama.
The new officers of the Tabor City Rainbow Ass embly For Girls who were installed with a public
program in the Masonic hall here Friday evening. Reading left to right, front row: Erma Jean Cox. Outter
Observer; Mable Hodges, Chaplain; Shelba Jean Hux, Faith; Patsy Ward, Hope; Mrs. Mae S. Young,
Mother Advisor; Rochelle Simon, Worthy Advisor; Macel Cox, Worthy Associate Advior; Mona Claire Cox,
Charity; Lorena Long, Confidential Observer; Back row: left to right, Darcus Soles, Patriotism; Joan
Strickland, Fidelity; Alice Ann Home, Musician; Janell White, Recorder and Retiring Worthy Advisor;
Sarah Williams, Drill Leader; Mary Lois Garrell, Installing Marshall; and Faye Spivey, Treasurer.
rail Meetings w ten ueauty u>niesis
Scheduled by Brunswick R£A
The Brunswick Electric Mem
bership Corporation will ag-ain
this vear sponsor a beauty cont^t
during the local fall REA Com
munity Meetings, Hugh Cherry,
publicity director announced. The
contestants will compete for the
title "Miss Brunswick REA."
Each community \vinner of the i
local beauty contest will receive
an electric hair dryer and a chance
to compete for the title "Miss
Brunswick REA during the 1952
annual membership meeting to be
held in Mqtore's Warehouse in
Whiteville on October 31.
The first prize will be' $40.00
cash, second $25.00 and third
$10.00.
Rules for all the contests are
that the contestants must be from
16 to 22 years of age; have per-.
manent residence in homes served ■
by the Coop and be single. Judg
ing will be based on beauty, poise
and personality and the contest
ants are to wear street clothes.
The meetings with the selection
of the community queen are sche
duled as follows: Cerro Gordo,
Sept. 16; Evergreen, Sept. 17;
Williams,. Sept. 23; Guideway,
Sept. 25; Clarkton, Sept. 30; Halls
boro, Oct. 1; Shallotte, Oct. 7;
Bolovia, Oct. 9; Waccamaw, Oct.
16; and Nakina High School, Oct.
21.
A community meeting for Old
Dock is slated for Oct. 14 with no
contest. It is pointed out that the
Waccamaw contest will take care
of the vicinity.
Knill TEAR UPENS SEASUH
AT ROCKUGHAM FRIDAY NITEj
me Taoor uuy nea uevn iow
ball team opens the 1952 season
at Rockingham Friday night when
they tangle with a strong aggre
gation from that city.
Coach S. W. Caruso's eleven
began practice on August 15 with
only nine aspirants for the team
but since school has started, some
30 members are vying for posi
tions and a fair team is expected
to be fielded. Caruso, assisted by
Bill Ratteree, have been putting
the team through daily workouts
in preparation for Friday night's
opener.
The locals will play their first
home game of the season at Civi
tan Field on Friday night, Sep
tember 19, against a powerful
Sanford team.
Coach Caruso has said that
scrimmage sessiuus cuiu yiav.ui.go
thus far have been satisfactory
and has had particular praise for
a second string backfiend compos
ed of Nathaniel Harrelson, Ben
Spivey, Brooks Mill and Jerry
Cartrette, a rookie combination
that has moved the ball well.
Tabor City had its poorest sea
son in many years in 1951 when
it failed to win a game after sev
eral seasons with outstanding re
cords.
I
The locals expect to make a
better showing this year but are
in the Southeastern North Caro
lina AA conference that has sev
eral powerful teams in it and all
towns in the conference in this
area are considerably larger than
Tabor City.
SANFOBD IHDOSTRA11ST KILLS
NAN AT OCEAN DRIVE BEACH
Ocean Drive Beacn —u. r. MaKepeace, α owuuiu, ±1. v. ...v....
rialist and former member of both houses of the North Carolina
General Assembly, shot and killed Needham Garfield Ward, Jr., 27,
in front of the Makepeach cottage here last Friday night.
Makepeace has posted $2000 appearance bond and an inquest
—in of KTivnn'c froQS -
Will MV
Roads jail Wednesday afternoon
at 6 P. M., by Coroner John S.
Dix.
Makepeace said he shot Ward, a
resident of the Hickman Cross
Road section of Brunswick county,
with a 22 calibre rifle when Ward
attempted to force his way into
the Makepeace cottage.
He said that he and his wife
were playing canasta about 9:30
when he heard some one on the
front steps. "When I got near the
door, some one outside yelled 'let
me in—I'm coming in,' Make
peace said.
Makepeace said he had been
hunting marsh hens with a 22
calibre rifle in the afternoon and
had left the gun behind the door.
He tried to hold the door to keep
Ward from entering but when it
appeared that the man would not
leave, Makepeace shouted "If you
don't go away, you'll get hurt."
When the man stepped to the
ground, Makepeace said he step
ped outside and said, "Go ahead
or you'll get hurt."
He said that Ward took six or
eight steps as if to leave then sud
denly whirled around, put his
hand on his hip and said "I'm
coming in."
Makepeace said that he made a
iorwara move ana ι ici uuu ua>«
it."
Officers were summoned to the
scene.
Funeral services were held, for
Ward at the Bethel Baptist church
at Hickman's Cross Roads Sun
day at 3 P. M. Rev. G. Ginnis Mc
Lamb officiated. Burial followed
in the church cemetery.
He. is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Ward; two
brothers, Clarence Ward of Lum
berton and Pierce Ward, of John
ston, S. C.; five sisteers, Mrs. J. B.
Hovis, of Ocean Drive Beach, Mrs
R. L. Blanton and Hazel Ward of
Wampee, Mrs. Warren Lee, ot
Fayetteville and Mrs. Marcetis
Sterling of Fayetteville.
CAR AND TRUCK
COLLIDE MONDAY
Early Saturday evening a colli- ι
sion on US 701 one and one-half
miles south of Green Sea caused
only damage to the two vehicles
involved.
George Helms of Route 2, Polk
ton, N. C., was driving his 1949
Ford convertible north on US 701
whene the 1950 Cheevrolet Tudor
driven by_ Pinke Cogdell of Route
2, Tabor City, pulled into the
highway in front of him.
J. Κ. POWELL
SEEKS $5,000
IN KLAN CASE
WHITEVTLLE, Sept. 8—Junius
K. Powell, Whiteville attorney
who helped Solicitor Clifton L.
Moore prosecute the Klan's imper
ial wizard, Thomas L. Hamilton,
is asking the State to pay him
$5,000 for his services in the Klan
trials last July.
Powell's bill has been approved
by Solicitor Moore and forwarded
to Attorney General Harry Mc
Mullan, who has turned it ovei
to the Governor's office. If ap
proved by the Council of State, the
fee will be paid from the State's
contingency and emergency fund.
The Whiteville attorney helped
prosecute a total of 46 Klan cases,
including those involving Imperial
Wizard Hamilton. The Klan leader
drew prison sentences totalling
four years.
Powell devoted approximately a
month to the cases and, in his
letter recommending that the
$5,000 fee be paid, Solicitor Moore
said that because of his connection
with the case. Powell has been
threatened and his wife's health
had become impaired.
Solicitor Moore said that Powell
had been offered $5,000 to appear
for Hamilton before he was em
ployed by the State, but he de
clined to represent the Klan chief
tain. Powell also could have serv
ed as attorney for some of the
other 45 defendants, Moore point
ed out.
At the first Klan trials held in
Columbus in May, Powell repres
ented several of the accused
Klansmen. One of the main points
in his defense argument was de
signed to convince the jurors that
his clients had been used by Ham
ilton for Hamilton's private profit.
Those who followed the Klan
cases felt that the State greatly
helped its case against the Klan
chieftain by employing Powell,
who had compiled a wealth of in
formation about Klansmen and
Klan activities. These observers
were convinced that the employ
ment of Powell was a major factor
in the decision of some of the
Klansmen to enter pleas instead of
sending their cases before a ju*y.
Nursery School
Opens October 6
The second. term of the local
Nursery School under the direc
tion of Mrs. R. C. Harrelson, Jr.
and Mrs. O. L. Miller, Jr. will
open Monday October 6, the man
agement announced today. 1
The school will operate Monday
through Friday from 8:30 a. m.
to 12:00 noon in the Playhouse at
the residence of Dr. and Mrs. R.
C. Harrelson, Jr.
Students two and one half to
six years of age are eligible for
the school and .should enroll by
Wednesday, October 1.
Gene Burroughs, son of Mr. and
Mrs. V. R. Burroughs, is leaving
next week for Chicago, 111. where
he will attend the Coyne Electric
School.
CREATED IN 1868
Brigham Young created, in 1868,
the Zions Co-operative Mercantile
Institution, which became the
country's first department store.
A Negro man giving his name as
Jimmy Lee Haywood, of Conway,
was shot through the right leg
and apprehended Dy Police Chief
L. R. Watson here this morning
about 11:00 after having robbed
the Courtney grocery store a few
minutes earlier.
The man carried an identifica
tion card bearing the name of
Buster Blake, Loris, S. C. but said
it was not his.
Haywood was cornered in the
wooded area near the Tabor City
school and was flushed out by a
group of local citizens armed with
sticks, hammers and various crude
weapons, and when all efforts to
catch him failed and he heeded no
warning from the Policemen, he
was stopped with a flesh wound
in the leg that was not serious.
The robber entered the C. C.
Courtney store here at 10:30 when
it was attended by Mrs. Alice
Fowler. She was alone at the
time. The Negro asked for a box
of snuff and when Mrs. Fowler
started to make change, she was
struck over the head with a bottle.
The bottle broke her glasses, cut a
gash in her head and stummed her.
However, she stumbled out of the
store and began yelling while the
Negro was still inside emptying
the cash drawer, she said. Passers
by stopped as the robber fled and
policemen were summoned. The
chase and arrest followed a short
time later.
The Negro arrested denied hav
ing been the one who held up the
store but was identified positively
by Mrs. Fowler. 1
He had been drinking and sali
that he had bought a half pint tf
whiskey earlier in the morning.
When arrested, he had only
five dollars on him and it was in
the billfold bearing the name of
Blake. Speculation was that he
had thrown the money away
which was allegedly taken fror
the store when the chase started
however no sign of the money had
been found at noon today.
A doctor was summoned to ex
amine the extent of the gunshot
wound and said it was not a seri
ous injury and had missed the
bone. *
Baptist To Observe
Intermediate Week
The Mount Tabor Baptist church
will observe Intermediate week
September 15-21 officials an- »
nounced today. The program, bas
ed on fellowship, will include in
struction, recreation and refresh
ments.
All Intermediates, ages 13 to 16
years who are not active'in local
churches, are invited to attend the
evening programs. The hour will
be 6:30 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Mon
day through Sunday.
Legion Ladies
Night Slated
At Hut Thursday
American Legion Post 101 will
hold a ladies night along with its
regular meeting at the hut to
morrow night (Thursday) at 7:15,
Commander Vernon Morris Mas
announced.
A fish supper will be served to
veterans and their wives at a cost
of $1.00 per plate.
Morris pointed out that several
important business details would
be brought up and that it was
important that a good number at
tended the gathering.
DANCE SCHOOL
OPENING HERE
The Rosa Lynne Turbeville,
Fall Dance Class, will get under
way here tomorrow (Thursday)
in the school auditorium, Mrs. B.
A. Garrell, local manager, an
nounced.
Enrollment is open for new stu
dents and Mrs. Garrell said today
that interested parents should
contact her immediately so that
students will get in on the first
class.
Miss Patsy Kelcenberg of Co
lumbia, who has done graduate
work in dancing in New York for
the past three summers, will be
the instructor here along with Mr.
Turbeville who will· assist in the
acrobatics.
Miss Kelcenberg has been with
the Rosa Lyaue Turbeville School
of Dance for seVeral years and is
widly known as a tOD dance teach
er. She has appeareJ on Television
and has played with Paul Whit
man.
v The hours for the local class
have been scheduled from 2:30 p.
m. to 6:30 p. m. each Thursday.
The total enrollment todate is 39
Mrs. Garrell said.
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