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"Tabor City — The Town With A City future"
TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1952
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Corporation Is Organized
For Industrial Development
Λ>·ρiU »itioii ior me cnarcer nas Deen maiiari j
: i u li tor Tabor Industrial Development Fnt officers
B,:! definite plans for industry in ?abnr r ?rprises·Inc··
K. !.. Xesmith has been elected president ad κ
...president and F. C. Noms. secretary-tr^asurer Ä
corporation.
·; :>rcsentatives of the group
* :h the owners of the shirt
;.iv<nia factory considering
- >r City as a site for its new
last week and results of the
vnce show promise of an
Ι . λ announcement of the com
•vl. \ > decision.
L val businessmen who have
v. ..ired themselves to construct
uildtng for the plant have ob
: i option on suitable property
• \ ating the plant and barring
ceseen complications from the
-nalist who has the informa
η "is possession, the actual
will get underway within
·;·λ ;;j\t 30 days.
r'r.e industry officials who visit
λ·; -ore Tuesday of last week
iu-- -■·>"» that the building be
r : ·1 commence operation by
Fe ..«:·> I
Η given the complete list
" applicants who have filed
• ··.. :r.es tor jobs with the in
a:, asserted that he would
aallv contact them and enter
. ten one if he definitely
ν here.
7. ::-.austrialist also brought
.an: manager to Tabor City
·:. v.-. c.i him around the town.
Η a'.a move his family here
: p. :a:o the plant if the pro
- , ·;·> through to completion.
7 mäustry would employ ap
r \ .:toIy 100 women and about
:aer. and would, of course,
around operation. Boys
;· .arts would be the principal
r :: manufactured at first
..mas being moved here
".e labor supply and other
•.λ.. conditions warranted it.
a r.ittee headed by E. W.
? ..o and B. L. Xesmith plan
. ataet all local businessmen
· next few days in order to
-Λ;. the exact situation and
as many stockholders in the
nation as possible.
JACK NOGGINS
KILLED
NEAR MULLINS
" Huggins. 30 year old Horry
- . :armer who lived near the
Sea section, was shot to
Sunday night as he sat in
r a; α cirive-in restaurant on
"■■· D..lon highway outside of
Marion County Sheriff Leon
-· -v -aid Pratt Turner, also of
η rrv county, was being held in
- -nr·;-closed jail in connection
' -·γ. r.-.e shooting.
Huggms was shot three times
·' a 25 calibre automatic pistol,
-- r.eriff said.
__H-g'4ins was the son of Stacy
Funeral services were held at
••"•e borne of his father, Stacy Hug
' '■ Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
D ■·· Burial followed in Mt. Olive
Cemetery.
·"*· r .rried Julia Boyd six years
*-'· -''ι they have a son Dannie,
i'viving are his parents
three brothers S. B. Huggins
-••thois, Bryan Huggins of
-· '>'■ und Roy Huggins of Mul
;·' '■'■'> sister. Mrs. Hubert Bul
yr*: Nichols and Mrs. Doff
" ·η of Newport News, Va.
· -Üc-arers were Junior Hug
:' lV ie Huggins, Jack Mills,
~ ■ ·■> Eilanton, John Huggins,
Hayes. Maxey Huggins
ir·" r-:Miller.
H'lda R. Wright
I» Nurses School
f ' -*i »e Wright, daughter of
Mrs. E. L. Wright of
Tabor City is attending
View Memorial Hospital
'fining class at Rocky
. Vri-ht is a 1951 graduate
'· ϊ bor City High School.
OS $300 BOND
^ Won Roberts, Jr., and Her
" : -' urrl had a preliminary
at Recorders Court in
r". '■ ie Tuesday morning on
;of stealing tires. The judge
Γ 'obable cause and trans
° ' ,e case to superior court
/'' ■"•r. They were placed on
Both men are charged
^ Γ: stealing tires from Tom
s ^Γυ(.^ stop on highway
iUv outside Tabor City.
Β. L. Nesmith
Columbus, Bladen
! To Sponsor
Leadership School
The Presbyterian Churches of
Columbus and Bladen Counties
will sponsor a Leadership Train
ing School for Sunday School
! teachers, officers and laymen the
I week of October 20-24. 1952, in
I the First Presbyterian Church of
ι Whiteville. The Reverend D. A.
Bowles, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church. Whiteville has
been elected General Chairman
of the Training School, Chad
bourn, has been elected Dean of
the School.
The school will be a second
series Leadership Course with ap
prova' by the Board of Education
of the Pr*sb\-terian Church, U. S.
and wiu ' i'un uom Monday thro
ugh Friday beginning at 7:45 p.
m. each evening. The faculty will
consist of the following: Dr. Les
lie Bullock, head of the Bible
Dept. of Flora MacDonald College,
teaching "Selective Bible Cour
ses:" Dr. Price H. Gwynn. Jr.,
Dean of the Faculty of Flora Mac
donald College, teaching the
"Creed of the Presbyterians." Mrs.
John Fairly, Richmond, Va., teach
ing a course in "Understanding
Children." and Miss Melvina Hob
son. Associate Director of the
Synod of South Carolina leading
discussions on the "Program of
Youth for the Local Church."
Churches participating in this
program of Leadership Develop
ment will include: Presbyterian
Churches of Westminister, White
ville, Fairly Church, Whiteville,
Lake Waccamaw and Ashwood
Churches. Chadbourn and Pages
Mill Churches, Tabor City, Bruns
wick, Acme. Elkton, White Planes.
Clarkton, Elizabethtown,, Bladen
boro, Tar Heel, and Oakdale.
Conway Negro
On $10,000 Bond
Jimmy Lee Haywood, the Con
way Negro caught in Tabor City
last week and charged with strik
ing Mrs. Alice Fowler with a bot
tle and robing the store of C. C.
Courtney, appeared in Recorders
Court in Whiteville Tuesday
morning.
Haywood was charged with se
cret assault and armed robbery.
Judge Harrelson found probable
cause and bound Haywood over to
superior court on $10,000 bond.
WOMAN'S CLUB
DISTRICT MEET
IS SCHEDULED
The annual District 10 meeting
of the North Carolina Federation
of Women's clubs will be held in
Kelly Saturday, September ?0,
Mrs. J. C. Singletary, president,
announced. The meeting will open
at 10:00 a. m. and continue thro
ugh the lunch period.
District 10 is composed of Co
lumbus, Bladen, Robeson and
Scotlandcoimties, with a total of 20
clubs and 586 members.
Mrs. Wilbur Bunn of Raleigh,
president of the N. C. Federation,
will be the featured speaker. Mrs.
Fred Bunch of Statesville, first
vice president, and chairman of
districts, and Mrs. Henry Harkey
of Charlotte, third vice president
and director of Junior clubs, will
also speak.
The program will be varied Sat- |
urday witn \\όγκ snops im vacuus
departments, Mrs. Singletary said.
A highlight of the business session
will be the election of district
officers for a two year term.
Registration will begin at 9:30
and a recoid attendance is ex
pected from the four counties.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Fowler and
sons Bobby and Norman, have re
turned to their home in Pittsburgh
after a visit here with his mother
Mrs. R. Fowler, and sister, Mrs.
W. B. Ward, and Mr. Ward. Bobby
and Ncrman spent the summer
here while their parents were
down for three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sarvis and
children of Williston were recent
weekend guests of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Sarvis.
Mrs. J. C. Sinjdetary
HI1IIII imp«!
Mrs. Wilbur Bunn
LAND RIGHTS AHE SECURED
FOR MUNICIPAL PLAYGROUND
J. Μ. Soles and A. P. Rogers
have granted Tabor City civic
clubs the use of their land in the
block bordered by highway 701,
the Pireway rojtod and Orange
street for Parking facilities in
Tabbor City, it was announced
this week.
The plot of land near the school
and conveniently located has a
large number of trees on it and
is one of the few blocks surround
ed by concrete sidewalks.
The committee of local men
from various civic clubs have been
working for some time in an ef
fort to locate a suitable plot of
ground thai would be available
for this project and have received
permission from the owners of
this area to use it for park facili
ties.
The land will be under no lease,
but it is understood that no plans
are current for changing its status
and that the area may be used as
long as neither owner chooses to
use it in any other way. They have
also agreed to allow anything that
the community places on the prop
erty to be moved when and if
this should become necessary. |
The city park project is the
fifth and last of the projects chos
en by local civic leaders in "The
Finer Carolina" program and must
be equipped and in use by October
31 if Tabor City is to successfully
complete its planned program.
The committee that has worked
on the project thus far has been
composed of 3uell Lanier, Ameri
can Legion; Joe Spivey, VFW;
and John Dorman, Civitan club.
Other civic clubs have discussed
the project but none have acted
on the issue since the land has
been made available. Such action
is anticipated at the next meeting
Conducts Revival
ψ
Rev. G. W. Bullard, pastor of
the Temple Baptist Church, Ra
leigh, N. C., a graduate of Wake
Forest College and Southeastern
Seminary, will conduct the revival
services at the Mt. Tabor Baptist
church beginning tonight (Wed
nesday) at 7:30. Services will be
held each evening at 7:30 for the
remainder of the week and will
be held at 10:00 A. M. and 7:30
P. M. all next week. Rev. Bullard
was formerly with the Baptist
State Convention as superintend
ent of associational missions.
Pvt. Henry Smith
Training In Japan
WITH THE 24TH INFANTRY
DIV. IN. JAPAN — Pvt. Henry C.
Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
G. Smith, Route 1, Ash, N. C., is
training with the 24th Infantry
Division in Japan.
The first American division to
fght in Korea, the 24th fought
from Pusan to Yalu River in its
19 months of co:nbat. It was re
lieved last Feb: uary to become
part of the security force guarding
the Japanese islands.
Private Smith entered the Army
in January this year and arrived
in Japan on Aug. 21. He received
basic training ;<t Camp Roberts,
Calif.
Williams Seniors
Name Superlatives
The senior class of the Williams
Township High School has se
lected superlatives for 1952-53.
They are: Best Looking, Carthon
Hinson, Margaret Day Long; Best
all Around—Charles Ward, Doro
tha Gore; Most Intellectual—Ottis
Price, Dorothea Gore; Most Reli
able—Charles Ward, Dorothy Nea
ly; Most Dependable—Thurston
Stanley, Petricia Stephens; Class
Babies—Ralph Ward, Nellie Mc
pherson; Most Likely to Succeed—
Calvin Smith, Marjorie Ward;
Most Likely to Marry—Odell Nea
ly, Betty Edwards; Cutest—Phillip
Tarte, Margie Rockwell; Best
Dancers—Loyd Cartret, Dorothy
Nealy; Biggest Flirts—Carthon
Hinson, Mona Faye McPherson;
Most Athletic—Phillip Tarte, Lena
Mae Leonard; Best Sports— Char
les Ward, Margaret Day Long;
Silliest — Bobby Stanley, Doris
Williams; Friendliest — Thurston
Stanley, Lovonia Norris; Walking
Encyclopedia—Ottis Price, Susie
Singletary; Class Comedians —
Loyd Cartret, Joyce Duncan; Most
Popular—Phillip Tarte, Marjorie
Ward; Best Dressed — Charles
Ward, Patricia Stephens; Most
Conceited—Ottie Price, Doris Wil
liams; Most Helpful — Charles
Ward, Derotha Gore; Best Lead
ers — Charles Ward, Marjorie
Ward; Best Citizen—L. E. Dew,
Derotha Gore; Best Personality—
Phillip Tarte, Shirley Cox.
Fish Fry Planned
The Clarendon Home Demon
stration club has planned a fish
fry at Hog Island on Thursday,
September 25, from 4 to 5 P. M.
All club members and thei. fam
ilies are urged to attend.
Makepeace Freed
In Ward Shooting
O. P. Makepeace, Sanford in
dustrialist who shot and killed
Needham Ward, Brunswick coun
ty man, when he attempted to
enter the Makepeace cottage at
Cherry Grove beach August 29,
was exonorated of all charges at
the coroner's inquest in Conway
Friday night.
Immediately following the cor
oner's decision, a murmur was
heard throughout the jammed
courtroom. Friends of the victim
attended in large numbers.
The Ward family has filed a
civil suit against Makepeace for
$100,000, and it is understood that
the family will also carry the case
before the Horry grand jury.
Football Team Meets
Sanford Here Friday
Tabor City's 1952 eddition of
the Red Devil football team takes
the field for the home folks for
the first time this season Friday
night at 8:00 against a reportedly
strong Sanford eleven on Civitan
Field.
The locals took a 19-0 drubbing
by Rockingham at Rockingham
last Friday night but not before
they put on a fine exhibitoin of
football. Tabor's determined team
staved off every Rockingham
threat until late in the third
quarter before tiring and losing
to a squad deep in reserve
strength. The score was 0-0 at the
half way mark.
Coach S. W. Caruso and Assist
ant Coach Bill Ratteree have
pushed the team through hard
drills so far this week and antici
pate a feature attractions Friday
night. Sanford will bring a larger
squad here than the locals will
be able to field but the spirited
Red Devils are expected to make
a fight all the way and hope for
an upset.
This year's agregation is consid
erably more experienced that was
last year's eleven that failed to
win a game. Practically the same
crew is on hand this fall, and most
of the boys have added weight in
addition to experience.
The town of Tabor City is the
smallest in the Southeastern AA
conference, but the heavy high
school enrollment here makes it
mandatory that the locals play
with the larger towns in the con
ference. The situation makes the
locals underdogs in practically
every engagement but the tenacity
of the Red Devils makes every
game closely contested and parti
cularly interesting for the spentat
ors.
Mrs. Kaynor's
Brother Passes
M-Sgt. William L. Holland, 40,
brother of Mrs. Frances Raynor of
this city, died in Ankara, Turkey
on Wednesday, September 10, fol
lowing a heart attack. He was a
service man of 15 years. Funeral
arrangements are incomplete
pending the arrival of the body
to- the states.
Survivors include his wife and
child who were in Turkey with
him; parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Holland of Turkey, N. C.; two
brothers and three sisters.
REGISTRATION
Chairman A. Elmo Powell, Jr.,
of the Columbus County Board of
Elections today reminded voters
that the second, third and fourth
Saturdays in October have been
designated as registration days
for the November 4 elections.
He said registrars would be at
the polling places in each pre
cinct on October 11, 18, and 25.
Nov. 1 will be challenge day.
Chairman Powell said he was
prompted to call attention to the
registration schedule by the un
usual number of inquiries. "I have
never seen so much interest at
this early date," he said. "If it
continues, it all adds up to a re
cord vote."
More detailed information on
the registration schedule and the
names of registrars who may be
contacted during the registration
period will be announced immedi
ately before the books open.
Williams FHA
Elects Officers
The Williams Township FHA
Chapter held the first meeting of
the new school year Friday in
the Vocational Agriculture build
ing. President Barbara Ann Bul
lock called the meeting to order
after which the club creed was
repeated in unison.
The highlight of the meeting was
the election of new officers. They
are president, Marjorie Ward; vice
president, Nancy Royal; secretary,
Doris Williams; treasurer, Naomi
Williams; reporter, Pat Stephens;
historian, Shirley Ncrris; parlia
mentarian, Nancy Hardie; song
leader, Nell Long; Fianist Alice
Mae White; Club Artist, Kathryn
Beck; Program committee, Louise
Simons and Joan Williams; year
book chairman, Nadine Patterson;
initation Committee, Willia Dean
Tarte, Shelba Jean Fipps and Gen
eva Hinson.
Local students at Meredith col
lege include Miss Caroline Jack
son, Miss Mary Jo Pinner and
Miss Margaret Joe Jernigan.
HIEBEST MOUNTS Η MOTE
FOR HIGH SCHOOL BAUD
There were forward movements
in Tabor City this week as inter
ested mounted in the proposed
Tabor City High school band as
outlined by Superintendent C. H.
Pinner at a recent meeting of the
Rotary club.
An anonymous citizen this week
started the ball rolling with a
pledge of $100 to the band and
Mrs. W. W. Woody and the Tabor
City Glee Club agreed to sponsor
another $500 toward the musical
group.
Pinner has estimated that in
aaamon to tne üsöuu worm 01 in
struments which were received
last week, that it would take about
$2500 more to properly equip a
50 piece band.
Local organizations have ex
pressed interest in forming such
a group and plans are taking
shape for raising the necessary
funds and making the band a re
ality as soon as possible.
Any local persons who feels like
making a contribution toward thi·*»
movement is urged to contact Mr.
Pinner at the school any time.
TABOR CITY NEGRO ADD WIFE
FACE BOOTLEGGING CHARGES
"Tint" Butler, Negro of the "bot
tom" section of Tabor City, and
his wife Mamie Butler, are charg
ed with possession cf non-tax paid
whiskey for the purpose of sale,
as a result of a raid made by Po
liceman Ted Watts and Constable
Leamon Sing here on the night
August 30.
The raid was planned in ad
vance and Watts and Sing entered
the house from the rear while
Police Chief L. R. Watson and
Deputies T. C. Butler and Cribb
were in front of the house. The
Negro woman was in the process
of pouring out a drink of whiskey
from a half gallon jar when the
raid occurred.
The two officers entered the
house of the Negro couple during
the height of the rain and wind
storm over the Labor day week
end and found a considerable
quantity of "white lightening" in
the house along with several visit
ors who were in a gay mood.
Butler himself was not at home
when the raid was made but the
warrant names both he and his
wife in the charges.
The case was brought before the
mayor on September 3 but in the
absence of Constable Sing, it was
postponed until tonight (Wednes
day). However, the case is ex
pected to be outside the jurisdic
tion of the mayor's court and in
al! likelihood will, be passed or. to
a higher court.
YAH FESTIVAL WILL HAVE
"MYSTERY KING" THIS YEAR
An added attraction for the
Fifth Annua! Carolinas Yam Fes
tival to be held here Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, October 9.
10, and 11, will be the selection of
a "Mystery King" to reign over
the festival along with Miss Jean
Yandle of Elizabethtown, Queen
of 1951.
The "Mystery King" who will
receive the honor of Carolinas
Yam Festival King of 1952 will be
selected by agriculture groups
with the top qualification being
"a sweet potato grower." Final |
details o? the King selection I
have not been announced.
Miss Yandle will arrive Thurs
day the opening day of the festi
val, and will reign until the 1952
queen is crowned at the ball in
Garrell's warehouse on Friday
evening.
The festival will open with a
parade at 2:00 on Thursday fol
lowed by the official ribbon cut
ting at the Exhibit Hall, New
Farmer's Warehouse.
TOBACCO MARKET EXCEEDS
6 MILLION POUND MARK
The Tabor City tobacco market
passed the six million pound mark
for the season today and if sales
remain heavy for the remainder
of the season, last year's eight
million total might be reached.
Tobacco officials plan to operate
the local market and keep it open
for farmers until October 3 if
the volume of tobacco on the
floors justifies the sales.
North Carolina markets in the
Border Belt are selling five and
one half hours all this week, giv
ing the one buyer markets 2200
piles a day as compared to 2000
that has been sold thus far during
the season.
Offerings on the local floors
were light today and Sales Super
visor Don Hughes invited farmers
to bring their tobacco on in any
time. He said that no advance
booking was necessary and that
all houses had plenty of space to
handle a large number of baskets.
Through Tuesday's sales, the
Tabor City market had sold 5,832
200 pounds for $3,034,858.78.
Coronation Program
Set By Intermediates
A Coronation program in the
church auditorium at 6:00 Friday
evening will bring to a close the
series of programs and fellowship
being held each evening this week
at the Mount Tabor Baptist
church in observance of Intermed
iate week officials announced to
day.
In connection with the Friday
evening program parents of In
termediates will be feted at sup
per.
Intermediates who have not en
rolled for the series of programs
are invited to attend. Officials
said "if you are an Intermediate
and not attendng you are missing
a wonderful fellowship."
"How did you get that knot on
vour head?"
"My wife threw a vase at me."
Why didn't you duck?"
"I did, but she allowed for it."
GAU PROGBAH IS PLAIfflED
FOB MAGICIAN'S SHOW HEBE
Two nours ana imeen iiuuiueb
of thrilling entertainment is in
store for the audience when Mar
low, master of magic, begins his
show at the local school auditor
ium tomorrow, Thursday night,
September 18, at 7:30 under the
auspices of the Tabor City Ameri
can Legion Post 101.
An entertainer since the early
age of nine, Marlow, who is cur
rently serving as a corporal i:i the
Army and stationed at Ft. Bragg,
will bring his troup here for the
first showing in this area. His
tricks of magic and hypotism have
been howling successes in other
section of the State.
A capacity audience is expected
for the show and a good sale of
season tickets has been reported
by thee local post.
ine snuw was uiscusseu orieuy
at last Thursday night's meeting
of Post 101 and it was decided not
to turn in advance tickets until
today (Wednesday.)
Commander Vernon Morris urg
ed people in the area who have
not seen a good magic show in
recent years to turn out for the
ι event. "I believe that everyone
I will get his full money's worth
j this time and if the attendance
I warrants it. we are going to try·
to have iviarlow book a return επ
ί gagemcr.t tetsr cn," Morris said.
He also expressed appreciation
for the excellent fish dinner serv
ed by the Sandy Plain Home Dem
onstration to Legionnaires and
their wives last Thursday night's
meeting. i