"Tabor City — The Town With A City Future"
νοΐ ΤΪΙ, NUMBER 9 1 1
λ L- TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1952 5c A COPY; $2:00 A YEAR
KILLED AT IRON HILL
Marion Baxter, of Tabor City, used a spare wheel rim that was
lying in the back of the track he was driving to kill the hose six
foot rattlesnake in the Iron Hill section last Friday afternoon. Forest
Fowler and Baxter spotted the snake lynj on the side of the road
and stopped to make the kill. Baxter slammed the rim down on the
snake's back and then battered its head in. It had 17 rattlers, but
never did get a chance to use than Friday.
(HOVER L. WILSON KILLED
η HOBBY SATDBDAT ΜΟΠ
Grover L. Wilson, 24, year old
rarrr.er of the Mollie section of
Columbus county, was fatally shot
aoout y:00 Saturday night at a
I service station and beer joint op
' erated by Bertie Fowler just a
cross tho South Carolina line We<=t
of Ta'oor City.
Wilson died in the Loris Com
munity Hospital a short time after
reaching the hospital.
Fowler. about 55 years old, was
arrested pending the coroner's in
quest and grand jury investiga
tion. Horry Coroner John Dix said
an inquest would be held but the
date not established yet.
According to witnesses, wilson
and Tony Noname were engaged
in a friendly wrestling match in
the yard near the station when
Fowler asked them to stop. The
reports are that they told Fowler
they were not fighting but merely
playing but that Fowler shot Wil
son a short time later when he
started to enter his car. He was
snot with a 38 pistol, the bullet
entered Wilson's chest near his
heart.
Funeral rites were held from
'r-e home Monday afternoon at
3:00 v. ith the Rev. Johnnie Waller
ofriciating. Burial followed in the
Edwards cemetery.
He is survived by his wfie the
former Annie Jane Watts; one
son. Lanois: two daughters, Linda
\τδη *-anc* ^enda Faye; mother,
■Mrs. Linnie Fowler Wilson; three
brothers, Javie, Hubert and Roz
J-r: :our sisters, Mrs. Shirley Gar
^ · Urs. Buck Coleman, Mrs.
Ja>'be.!e Richardson and Mrs.
«ßna Dell Grace.
LOCAL pastor addresses
SCHOOL
Rev. Fletcher C. Hutchenson,
pastor o? the Tabor City Presby
terian church, was guest speaker
at the assembly of the Tabor City
School Friday.
Park Meeting
Slated Thursday
A joint meeting of the Civitan
club· the Veterans of Foreign Wars
a"d the American Legion will
he'd at the Legion Hut to
morrow night (Thursday) at 7:30.
Λην Persons other than members
® these organizations are also in
to attend the meeting at
*hich time plans will be discussed
'r Setting work underway on the
^ Project
These three organisations had
Project originally and have
the lead in the move to
2«» the park bBt other «ithens
urged to cooperate in every
ay Possible.
Columbus Band
Plays At Duke
The Tabor City Band along
with the Columbus County Band
attended the Duke Band Day ir
Durham Saturday and took part ir
the program given at the half oi
the Duke-Washington and Lee
game.
Members of the band visited
with Emily Hasty of Whiteville
who is a patient at Duke. Emily, ε
member of the band, attended the
game in a wheel chair.
Week-Day Class
Underway By
Presbyterians
A Week-Day Bible class is un
derway at the local Presbyteriar
church with classes being held
from 9:00 a. m. to 11:00 a. m. or
Saturday mornings, Rev. Fletchei
C. Hutchenson, pastor, announced
A program of Bible study, song
period, and handi work is under
way for the group ages 4 to 14
years.
The Women of the church are
assisting Rev. Hutcheenson with
the class.
Sixteen students were presenl
last Saturday and others are in
vited to attend, the pastor said.
Local Teachers
Attend County
Workshops
The first grade teachers of the
Tabor City School attended ε
reading demonstration of the Roe
Peterson Publishing company ir
Chadbourn Monday morning and
on Tuesday the Second and Third
grade teachers went to Halls bore
for the same session.
Faculty members for the grades
four to eight participated in ε
choral workshop in ChaCbourr
yesterday at 2:30.
Albro Stevens
Home From Service
Albro Stevens is home with ε
discharge from the service after ε
four years hitch. He held the rat
ing of A-2c and is the son of Mr
■ and Mrs. D. A. Stevens. He was
discharged at Wright AFB, Day
ton, Ohio.
Stevens is married to the form
er Estha Fowler, daughter of Mi
and Mrs. Lester Fowler.
Enroute home last week he vis
isted Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jan«
Dunc&n in Sharpsville, Ind.
Tobacco Prices Reach Highest Level
OUDDEBS
LOSE 10
SANFORD
Although suffering their second
defeat of the season, the Tabor
City Red Devils showed plenty of
fight and hustle at Civitan Field
last Friday night before going
down before a strong Sanford
eleven by a 6-12 score.
Sanford pushed across a lone
tally late in the second quarter to
take the lead but the Red Devils
fought determindedly to tie the
count in the third after a long
sustained drive featuring some
powerful line plunging by Sammy
Rogers and Jimmy Garrell.
But Sanford was not to be deni
ed and came back in the fourth
period for another marker and the
12-6 win.
Neither team could make good
on the extra point attempts.
Sanford got its first score
through a break when a Tabor
City player fumbled a punt, San
ford recovering deep in the locals'
territory., A few plays later an off
tackle play brought the game's
first score.
However, Sanford also suffered
many bad breaks as officials set
them back a total of 80 yards on
penalties. Tabor City played the
entire game without penalties and
without a fumble from the scrim
mage line. The quarterback Sam
Waiden juggled the ball on one
occasion but did not lose posses
sion.
Tabor takes on Lumberton in
the Robeson capital Friday night
and returns for its second home
appearance of the season against
Wadesboro here on October 3.
The remainder of the schedule
is as follows:
Sept. 26—Lumberton there
Sept. 3—-Wadesboro here
Oct. 9—Chadbourn here
Oct. 17—Elizabethtown here
Oct. 24—Chßtoft here
Oct. 31—Lor is there
Nov. 7—Hamlet there
Nov. 14—WhiteviUe there
Presbyterian Men
Win Cup; Huf ham
Elected To Office
J. A. Hufham, Jr. was elected
vice president of the Columbus
Bladen district of the Wilmington
Presbytery at the Men's Retreat
held at Lake Waccamaw Saturday
and Sunday. The local church also
won the attendance cup, based on
percentage of attendance, for the
meeting.
The Rev. Macqueen of Clinton
was the featured speaker Satur
day evening at the Turkey dinner
served at Harry's Anchorage. Sun
day the men attended Sunday
School and church services at the
Lake Waccamaw Presbyterian
church with lunch being served
by the Women of the church.
A business session was also held
Sunday with a Communion service
closing the day's program.
Death Claims
Nakina Woman
Mrs. Susanna Sasser Long, 83,
of the Nakina section of Columbus
County died Monday morning at
6:15 at her home. Funeral rites
were held from the graveside at
Gore cemetery Tuesday at 3:00 p.
m. with the Rev. Eugene Evans
officiating.
She is survived by her husband,
Henry Long; two sons, Lewis Ja
son Long, Henry Edison Long both
of Nakina; four daughters, Mrs.
Corbett Faulk, Mrs. Lou Gore,
Mrs. Alton Duncan, and Mrs.
Alma Benton all of Nakina; one
brother, Albert Sasser of Halls
• boro; two sisters, Mrs. Pet Reaves
1 of Rockingham, and Miss Lou
Sasser of Hallsboro.
Divisional W.M.U.
To Meet With
Rose Hill Church
The Divisional meeting of the
Woman's Missionary Union will
be held at Rose Hill on Thursday,
October 2, at the Baptist church
officials announced. This is the
State divisional meeting of the
; Wilmington district of which the
Columbus Association is a mem
ber.
Miss Theresa Anderson, Mis
sionary to the Phillipines, will be
" the featured speaker. She will be
accompanied by Mrs. Gordon
, Maddery, State W. M. U. presi
. dent, and Rev. B. W. Jackson,
State R. A. secretary. ·
CORONATION SERVICE
Sarah Williams was crowned queen and Tony Leggette king at last week's Intermediate Emphasis
Week ceremonies at the Mt. Tabor Baptist church. Rev. P. C. Gantt crowned the king and queen. Pictur
ed in the photo above are Mable Hodges, attendant; Lonnie Willoughby, attendant; Joyce Spivey,
princess; Frances Hardwick, page; Queen Sarah Williams, King Tony Leggette, Lany Waiden, page;
Sam Waiden, prince; Billy Spivey, attendant; and Esther Lee Nobles, attendant. The week's program
was said to be highly successfully and a record number attended.
Yam Mart Opens Oct. 1
1952 Festival Plans
Nearing Completion
CYCLIST DIES
IN COLLISION
Boyd JasperJNealey: .-jji-pf route
1, Tabor City, was kilieu instantly
Thursday night at 8:14 when a
motorcycle he was driving crash
ed into a 1949 Buick driven by
Mrs. Velma Wilma Price, 32, on
highway 701 near Williams Town
ship school.
Bill Norris, of Tabor City, who
was also riding the motorcycle,
was seriously injured and admitt
ed to the Loris Community hospi
tal with a crushed left leg and
brain concussion. He was later
transferred to Naval hospital,
Charleston.
Mrs. Price was carried to the
Columbus county hospital in
Whiteville where she is suffering
from a brain concussion. She is a
resident of the Williams township
section of the county.
Highway patrolmen investigat
ing the accident said that Mrs.
Price's car pulled into the left of
the highway into the path of the
motorcycle and that manslaughter
charges would be field against
her, pending her recovery.
Nealey and Norris, both veter
ans of World War II, were return
ing from a veteran's agriculture
class at Williams Township school
when the collision occurred.
Funeral rites for Nealey were
held from the Emerson Freewill
Baptist church Saturday at 4:00
p. m. with the Rev. Coy Housand
officiating. Burial was in the For
est Lawn cemetery.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Burris Nealey of
route 1, Tabor City; two brothers,
Eddie of Jacksonville and James
of route 1, Tabor City; one sister,
Esther Nealey of route 1, Tabor
City.
T.C.H.S. Band
Names Officers
The Tabor City High School
band held the first meeting of the
season this month and elected of
ficers for the year. They are
Frances Ann Westmoreland, stu
dent manager; Jimmy Winstead,
assistant manager; Shannon Spi
vey, secretary; Joe Spivey, publi
city manager; librarian, Gayle
Kelly; quartermaster, Lavelle
Coleman; section leaders—Jane
Smith, reed; Frances Ann West
moreland, brass, Jimmy Winstead,
base, Louise Gore, drum; Myrtle
Jenerette, majorette.
The band expects to make much
progress this year officials said
and five new instruments have al
ready been received.
Mrs. Erskin Young and children,
Brenda Joyce and Jaey ,have re
turned from Windy Hill Beach
where they spent the summer.
Mrs. Young sustained a broken
foot during the stay there and is
now progressing nicely.
Plans for the Fifth Annual Car
olins Yam Festival to be held
here Thursday, Friday and Satur
day, October 9, 10 and 11, are
nearing completion Mr. and Mrs.
J. Oliver Prince, "O-chairm'en, an*
nounced today.
The list of major committee
heads are released as follows: Ex
hibit Hall, Mrs. B. A. Garrell; En
tertainment, S. P. Smith and Bob
White; Saturday gifts and adver
tisment of awards, Phil Hughes;
Orchestra and Queen's Ball, Wo
man's club, Phil Hughes and Ben
Nesmith, III.
Floats, Dr. H. G. Dammeron and
Ben Nesmith, III; Parade, C. H.
Pinner and Don Hughes; Mystery
Yam King, Charles D. Raper and
S. L. Jackson.
Decoration of Exhibit Hall, Mr.
and Mrs. S. T. Rogers; Educational
Exhibits, Charles D. Raper, and S.
L. Jackson.
Press Dinner, A. C. Edwards;
Publicity, Mrs. Evelyn Leonard;
Pie eating contest, Mrs. A. E.
Goldfinch.
Sweet Potato dishes, Mrs. Elaine
Blake, and Miss Gayle Wells;
Sweet Potato baskets, Charles D.
Raper and S. L. Jackson.
Dance Hall decoration and
Square Dance, Civitan club.
1951 YAM QUEEN TO ATTEND
The 1951 Carolinas Yam Queen,
Jean Yandle of Elizabethtown, will
arrive Thursday to take official
part in the opening of the festival.
She will have a special float in
the parade at 2:00 in the afternoon
and will cut the ribbon from the
exhibit hall doors at 3:45 p. m.
officially opening the festivities.
1952 CANDIDATES INVITED
Invitations have been issued to
various civic groups throughout
the Carolinas inviting candidates
to vie for the honor 1952 Caro
linas Yam Queen. They are invited
to participate in the parade and to
a dinner at 6:00 p. m. Friday.
The coronation cermonies will
take place at the Queen's Ball in
Garrell's warehouse Friday at
9:00 p. m. with popular Coy Tuck
er's orchestra furnishing the
music.
The queen and runner up will
receive handsome awards. The
first prize will be a basket of
quality yams. All the candidates
will receive special gifts.
Bolton Corporal
Now In Italy
LEGHORN, ITALY—Cpl. James
A. Caison of Route 1, Bolton, N.
C., recently arrived at Leghorn
Port of Embarkation in Italy en
route to an assignment with the
U. S. Army in Austria.
He will go to Camp McCauley,
Austria, for processing before be
ing transferred to a permanent
station at Vienna, Salzburg, Linz
or the camp itself.
Corporal Caison, who arrived
overseas on September 3, entered
the Army in February 1951.
Ε. W. Fonvielle, president of
the Tabor City Marketing Com
pany, announced today that the
auctioning of this season's sweet
potato crop would begin officially
next Wednesday morning, Octo
ber 1.
Officials of the marketing com
pany had not planned to begin
sales until October 3 but farmers
appear ready to start selling al
Ε. W. FONVIELLE
President of
Tabor City Marketing company
most any time and thus the sweet
potato line will start forming two
days earlier.
Last year was a poor year for
volume on the local yam mraket
but was the best year in history
as to price when 256,000 bushels
averaged $3.83. This year there is
expected to be a heavier volume
than in 1951 and price is expected
to be just as good, and perhaps
ι better, than a year ago.
Recent heavy rains may have
slightly damaged some crops in
the area but most authorities do
not believe that any serious dam
age of a widespread nature will
be felt unless additional rains
come before the crop is harvested.
Guideway P.T.A.
Holds Meeting
The initial meeting of the Guide
way Parent Teachers Association
was held Friday evening in the
school auditorium with 275 in at
tendance and 53 new member
ships. Mrs. Lester C. Parkes, pres
ident, presided.
The program committee, Mrs.
Joanne Stevens, Mrs. Cleo Suggs,
and Mrs. Newton planned an ef
fective program by children of
several grades. At the conclusion
of the program the movie "The
Tarheel Family" was shown.
The association accepted two
projects—Library books for the
Primary grades will be purchased
with the profit from the sale of
T-shirts and jackets, decorated
with the school name. The second
project—beautifying the school
grounds will get underway by the
association and the Pireway Home
Demonstration club.
The attendance award went tc
Miss Maude Butler's home room
Refreshments were served at
the conclusion of the meeting.
Mrs. V. C. Ward has been con
fined to her bed since the week·
end on account of illness.
With sales continuing at a rapid
pace on the Tabor City tobacco
market, a general market-wide
price increase pushed the local
average for the past week's sales
to $54.75, the highest single week's
average of the season.
Sales were not as heavy as they
were during the peak period of
the season but considerable quan
tities of tobacco were still coming
in dailty.
Contrary to past seasons, the
local market also had good buyer
representation this week with all
major companies represented and
ready to buy every grade of to
bacco offered.
Sales through Tuesday of this
week showed that a total of 6,
516,126 pounds had been sold on
the Tabor City market to date for
a total of $3,387,060.02. This rep
resents a loss in total poundage of
about a million pounds over 1951
but the price continues to top all
previous season's average.
Officials of the local market
pointed out that sales would con
tinue here as long as all tobacco
companies kept their buyers on
the market and as long as farmers
had tobacco to sell.
Steady to slightly higher aver
age prices were paid this week
for most grades of South Carolina
and Border North Carolina flue
cured tobacco as compared with
last week. The United States and
: North Carolina Departments of
Agriculture report volume of of
ferings continued fairly heavy
with general quality unchanged.
Six of the eleven South Carolina
markets closed during the week.
Gross sales for the week ending
September 19, were 39,325,601
pounds and averaged $51.84 per
hundred. Volume was up about 1.2
million pounds from last week
and the general average 12c high
er. Season gross sales were
brought to 273,254,177 pounds for
an average of $52.48. For the same
number of sales days last year
279,783,121 gross pounds ha·' beovi
sold for $51.86.
More than half of the grades
averaged 50c to $4.00 above last
week. However, increases were
mostly $1.00 per hundred. Some
inferior offerings were lower.
Proportions of common leaf and
nondescript showed small in
creases but this was offset by
slightly larger percentages of fine
leaf, good lugs and cutters. Com
mon to good leaf, low and fair
lugs and nondescript again made
up most sales.
Growers delivered about 6.5
percent of weekly gross sales to
the Flue-cured Stabilization Cor
poration under the Government
support program. Season takings
represent 6.6 percent of gross
turnover.
Markets closing this week were
Lamar and Kingstree on Septem
ber 18, and Conway, Darlington,
Dillon and Pamplico on the 19th.
Conway, Dillon, and Pamplico had
previously scheduled closing date
for September 26. Chadbourn,
North Carolina will close Septem
ber 26 and Tabor City on October
3. Beginning September 22, all
multiple set markets will operate
with less buyers but will be com
pensated by additional selling
time.
Gnats and Gnats
Gnats, gnats and more gnats has
been a pretty general .topic of
conversation in this area for the
past several days.
With the little pests so preval
ent, causing among other things an
epidemic of sore eyes in the local
schools, it seemed worthy of com
ment.
A little research indicates that
the gnats which you have been
knocking out of your eyes and face
are "buffalo gnats" and are a
general nuisance throughout the
Southern states in the fall of the
year.
They breed like other insects on
standing water and in grass,
weeds and brush that is close to
{he ground.
It is also interesting to note
that a gnat is not a specific insect
as it is generally thought of. The
little creature known here as a
gnat is just one of a species of
small insects that have two wings,
bringing about their name gnat
Gnat is simply a term for a small
insect. A mosquito is literally a
gnat also.
But gnats or whatnot, they have
been of nuisance value in Tabor
City and most people have called
them a lot of things other than
gnats recently.