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\ II. NUMBER 11
"Tabor City — The Town With A City future99
TABOR CITY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1952
5c A COPY; $2:00 A YEAR
Fifth Annual Yam Festival Op ens Here Tomorrow
i tVio cfaero wae cot anH th<* curtain readv to SO UD on the
Coy Tucker To Play
At Queen's Ball
rvOt*. popular musician,,
mg his orchestra to
ν Friday to play for the |
...! Carolina Yam Fes
. ::'s Ball to be held in ί
Varehouse at 9 o'clock
... · . j
. Yancile of Elizabeth-.
-. Carolinas Yam Queen" '
the selection of
ueen shortly after 9·
McDonald radio com
'AMmingtcn and Ra
.·... : ν as master of cere
:o evening and T. j
Columbus Superin-·
: y. iucation will crown
Τ .v: 11 receive a basket |
given by th |
Γ. Μύ-keting company
r.i . r;ng contributed by;
2'.. olers. Davis Jewelers
α wrist watch to tlK
·. i a silver gift certi
. * ο candidates.
The warehouse will be decorat
ed ball room style in order to at
tract spectators as well as dancers.
The admission to the ball will be
$1.00 to all with children under
12 years being admitted free.
Miss Mary Kemp Griffin of
Florence, "Miss South Carolina."!
and Miss Syl\ia Thomas of South
Wales, Great Britin, an exchange
teacher in Clarkton. will attend
the ball as honor guests.
The queen candidates are:
Renee Durant of Florence, spon
sored by Junior Chamber of Com-1
merce: Edna Jo McMillian o£:
Mullins. sponsored by Zion Home
Demonstration club; Ruby Taylor
of Tabor City, R. F. D., sponsored j
by New Life Home Demonstration ι
club: Kay Ply er of Myrtle Beach,!
sponsored by Chamber of Com-1
merce; Margaret Day Long, of,
Bethel community, sponsored by'
Bethel Home Demonstration club;!
Janice Allen of Crescent Beach,
sponsored by Chamber of Com
merce; Leslie McKee of Clarkton,
sponsored by Clarkton's Woman's
club; Rita June McLamb of Little
River, spc^ored by City of Little
River; Dodfegj^illiams, of Claren
don. sponsored by Clarendon
Horn3 Home Demonstration club;
Hilda Ward of route 1, Tabor
City, sponsored by East Tabor
Homgmakers Home Demonstration
clufcy«Shirley Ashley of Whiteville, |
■«poiteored by Whiteville Junior ι
Woman's club: Patricia Ann Step
hens of Clarendon, sponsored by
Williams Township school; Alease
Lennon of Elizabethtown, spon
sored by Elizabethtown Junior
Woman's club.
Betty Jernigan and Miss
Sara:* *Sv iliiams will serve as of
ficial hostesses for the queen can
didates and honor guests.
I ELAN APPEALS PRESENTED
γ.:::··:.: \*d v.... Oct. 6
: ·· ·. rolina Ku Klux
•L. : convicted of kid
a 28-year-old
r · 40-year-old man.
t.c act today as an
- :■» whipping."
o: "church whip
. .ip during argu
Federal appeals
:. uj.. cul tiled by the'
given prison sent- j
~·.· · to five years after'
-· · - - :-jci in Wilmington, N. j
. .pping and flogging
··· '->· : ".· L. Martin and Ben
r -.;r Bluff. N. C.
-o John J. Parker of
rcuit Court of Aap
nevcr heard of any ,
' " church whippings" |
- Carolina "or any
t arker is from Char
:.irr.ents to the court i
' vers for the defend
■'·■ " ·> to say:
::iown that since the'
■: our republic in the
r.xft} intolerance so
~ whippings' have
out in many corn
practice urquest
Ιοίϊ brfore the Klan
'■··- came into existence
.··. ί through periods
1"' " K m was dormant.
"In rural communities, u w*n
continue as long as religion in 'ts
narrowest sense forms a part of
the community life. Notwithstand
ing the publicity attendant on the
recent Klan activities, this trnas
gression on the part of the defend
ants in the instant case was no
more than 'church whippings.'"
After arguments, the three-man
court took the case under advise
ment.
Those appealing were Early L. [
Brooks, Robert Hayes, Bobby
Brooks. Pittman Foy Strickland,
Ross Enzor, Horace Strickland and
Carl Richardson.
Attorneys for the men argued
that indictments against the de
fendants did not charge them with
violating the kidnapping statute
or with the alleged crime of con
spiracy to violate the statute.
Government attorneys argued
there was substantial evedence to
warrant conviction on the kidnap
ping charge. They contended, too,
the men acted in conspiracy be
cause other actions followed a
prearranged plan.
But defense counsel argued
there was no preconceived plan to
transport anyone any particular
place. It was contended the home
of Mrs. Martin, where the kidnap
ping took place, is only a mile
from the South Carolina border.
kw ' c· p· of char"
^ u » w. (,p KUest speaker at
dj. "i,,r 1 ·; ν Kotary ciub Mon
'' ■·<» it the Woman's Club
U. |^,r· < oiirud will speak on
Ulx^s in<* »ill be intro
ίίϊβ, - Λ * Edwards, pro
^ "«airmau.
% '"H * · President, will pre
' :mt cr°P is expect
·' mallest in 17 years.
Τ. Ward Guy
Speaks At
Local P.T.A.
The October meeting of the
Tabor City Parent Teachers As
sociation was held in the school
auditorium Thursday evening with
about 200 attending. Mrs. R. p.
Counts, president, presided.
Rev. F. C. Hutchenson, pastor of
the Tabor City Presbyterian
church, gave the devotional after
which Jimmy Winstead sang as a
solo "The Lord's Prayer."
A movie film entitled "The
Sixth Chair" was shown during
the program period with T. Ward
Guy, County Superintendent of
Education, making a commentary.
Plans were announced for the
P. T. A. to give the Carolinas Yam
Festival Press dinner and to spon
sor the Halloween Carnival with
plans for the bigsost event yet.
The door prizes went to Miss
Helen Butler and Bill Ratteree,
given by Strickland's market and
Rogers Auto Service, respectively.
Refreshments were served dur
ing the social period by the hos
tess committee composed of Mrs
John Soles, Jr., Mrs. Eugene Col
lier, Mrs. Α. V. Elliott, Jr. and
Mrs. Leon Fonvielle.
FRANK McGOUGAN
TO PRACTICE
LAW IN TABOR
Frank McGougan, son of Mrs.
D. F. McGougan and the late Mr.
McGougan of Tabor City, has re
turned to his home town to enter
practice of law with Raymond B.
Mallard. The law firm will hence
forth be known as Mallard and
McGougan, attorneys at law.
McGougan attended the Tabor
City schools and is a graduate
from the Wake Forest Law School.
He served four and one half years
in the Navy during World War II,
and was discharged as a lieuten
ant.
He passed the North Carolin_
bar exam this summer and receiv
ed his license to practice on Aug
ust 17. He was sworn in Octob
er 1.
McGougan Is married to the
former Helen Lee Stack, of Bur
lington, is a member of the Phi
Delta Thi legal fraternity and
Delta Sigma Phi social fraternity
In so far as is known, he is one
of the t"*o Tabor City natives who
blended" uw local schools ana
then went on to complete his
training for the practice of law.
It marks the first time that twe
lawyers have been located in lab
or City.
PRESS DINNER
The official press dinner of the
Fifth Annual Carolinas Yam Festi
val will be held at 6 o'clock p. m.
Friday in the school cafeteria with
A. C. Edwards, dinner chairman
and honorary festival chairman,
in charge.
Among the out of town guests
will be the 1952 Carolinas Yam
Queen Candidates, Miss Mary
Kemp Griffin of Florence, "Miss
South Carolina"; Miss Sylvia
Thomas of South Wales, Great
Britian; T. Ward Guy, Columbus
County Superintendent of Educa
tion; the board of county commis
sioners; State College Extension
specialists, county agents and ag
riculture directors, farmers, pota
to buyers, newspaper and radio
representatives.
The program will be informal
with a keynote of fellowship Mr.
Edwards said. About 200 invita
tions have been issued.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Prince, co
chairmen for the general festival
committee, will also attend the
dinner as special guests and ap
pear on the informal program a
long with Mrs. B. A. Garrell, ex
hail chairman.
POWELL
ANSWEBS
HAMILTON
State Senator J. K. Powell who
recently received a rather blister
ing letter from Ex-Ku Klux Klan
Imperial Wizard Thomas Hamil
ton, last week answered the cor
respondence with the following
terse statement:
"This will acknowledge receipt
of your letter of Septeember 27th.
"You are correct in your state
ment when you say that you never
personally approached me to rep
resent you in your trial here,
j However, we were approached the
[ first time on the day you were
I here to make bond and the other
ι times after you made bond. We
were under the impression that
the persons approaching us were
either your friends or represented
you.
I "I trust this clears the matter
up for you."
Meantime, the once grand drag
on has taken his place among the
other criminals of the State and
Camp Superintendent John Wil
liams of Prison Camp 303, just off
the Castle Haynes road near Wil
mington, says "All I know is that
he is a prisoner and it's my job to
see that he works."
A. C. Edwards who has been
named representative of contact
for the North Carolina Railroad
association in connection with
public relation matters for Colum
bus County.
Edwards, local Atlantic Coast
Line Agent, is prominent in civic
and church affairs and has been
associated with the Atlantic
Coast Line for 30 years.
Postal Receipts
Show Increase
Postmaster Willard Garrell an
nounced today that receipts of the
local post office for the quarter
ending September 30, showed an
increase over the corresponding
period of 1951.
Receipts for this year' third
quarter were $4878.98 as compar
ed with $4612.83 in 1951.
Representatives of many big
North Carolina daily newspapers
are expected to visit the Yam Fes
tival this year, including the farm
editor of the Charlotte Observer
who will be here Thursday.
PERMANENT ΡΑΒΕ COMMITTEE
NAMED HEBE LAST THURSDAY
A permanent Tabor Community
Park committee was nemed at a
meeting hold here last Thursday
night and instructed to set into
motion the necessary steps for
turning a vacant lot into a recrea
tional area.
Buell Lanier, representing the
I American Legion, was elected
I chairman of the committee. He
I has been active in the project for
several months as chairman of a
temporary committee composed of
representatives from three local
civic clubs.
Mrs. Eunice Singletary, of the
New Life Home Demonstration
Club and Tabor City Woman's
Club, was elected secretary and
treasurer.
Otl:or members of the committee
include Phi" Hughes, Civitan; Joe
Spivey, V. F. W.; Sam Jackson,
Rotary; Mrs. R. R. Rogers and
Mrs. R. P. Counts, P. Τ. Α.; Mrs.
Bill Truitt, Airs. Bob White and
Mrs. S. T. Rogers, Woman's Club;
! Mrs. Lee Wright. East Tabor
Home Demonstration Club; Mrs.
Earl Cartrette, andy Plain Home
Demonstration Club; and Mrs.
Paul tevens, Clarendon Home
Demonstration Club.
From this 14 man committee,
may be elected through their own
action, a smaller number to head
the movement with the remaining
members serving as an advisory
committee but such steps will be
(left up to the disgression of the
group.
Thursday's meeting featured a
talk by Miss Virginia Gregory, of
the North Carolina Recreation
Commission, who discussed the
need for a well-rounder recrea
tional program that would serve
all ages. She was highly compli
mentary of the land being provid
ed for the project and said it could
be made into an ideal community
park with proper effort on the
part of local citizenry.
Miss Gregory drew the dimen
sions of the area and will send the
committee here a proposed layout
of various type entertainment. She
I poin:2c. out how the p?rk need
I not bee tno elaborate a: d thit it
would no", necessarily cost a great
deal of money.
The pr.rk project, as most local
people know, is one of "The Finer
Carolina" projects and must be
well underway by October 31 to
receive much consideration in the
Carolina Power and Light Com
pany contest.
A free chicken bog was served
to those in attendance Thursday
night but a disappointing number
of people were present.
PRESBYTERIANS
SLATE SCHOOL
FOR CHURCH
LEADERS
The Planning Committee for
The Leadership Training School
to be held October 20-24 in White
ville, welcomes as a member of
its iaculty Dr. Leslie Bullock. Dr.
Bullock is head of the Bible de
partment at Flora Macdonald Col
lege in Red Springs. During the
Presbyterian Leadership School,
Dr. Bullock will lead the Bible
Study course, and teach the Book
of John.
Mr. Bullock is a native of Texas
and received his A. B. degree from
North State College. Union Theo
logical Seminary in Richmond has
confered three degrees upon him;
B. D.; Th. M; and Th. D. He has
taught Bible at Flora Macdonald
since the fall of 1948. Prior to
this time he was Pastor of the
Presbyterian Church of The Cov
enant in Huston, Texas.
Dr. Bullock has had had wide
experience with Leader~hip
schools and is in constant demand
as a minister and a teacher. The
school will be held at the First
Presbyterian Church in Whiteville
and all are cordually invited to
attend.
Dr. Price Η. Gwynn, Jr. who
will assist with the Presbyterian
Leadership School to be held in
the First Presbyterian church in
VVhiteville, October 20 through
the 24.
Dr. Gwynn has participated in
a number of leadership schools
and has been in great demand as
a speaker nnd teacher throughout
the South since coming from Phil
adelphia where he was a director
of Religious Education for the
Presbyterian church U. S. A. He
is now dean of Flora McDonald
College.
All Sunday School teachers, of
ficers and laymen of the Presby
terian churches in the Columbus
Bladen district are invited to at
tend the school which will be held
each evening from 7:45 to 10:00
Monday through Friday, October
20-24.
Heath Infant
Dies In Loris
Saundra Jean, five day old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wood
! row Heath of Tabor City, died
Monday at 10:30 a. m. in the Com
munity hospital, Loris. Funeral
rites were held from the chapel
of the Tnman Funeral home Tues
day a' 10:00 v. 1.1. wit * the Rev,
Γι. P. Batchelor. maternal grand
father, offici?tir *. Burial was in
the Old So!cs cemetery.
1 Other than the parents three
sisters survive Mrs. Gracie Fair
cloth of Tabor City; Laura Cathe
ryn Heath and Velma Heath ol
the home; two brothers, Woodrou
Heath, Jr. and Grumary Dormar
Heath.
Good weather has been evideni
I in all previous Yam Festivals.
Fifth Annual Carolinas Yam Festival in Tabor City.
Tomorrow, at 2:00 P. M. the festivities officially get underway
with a long parade featuring a host of visiting bands and with some
of the most beautiful floats ever paraded through the local city
streets.
Townspeople were on edge today in anticipation of the expected
CHADBOURN,
TC MEET
THURSDAY
A football game that has becoma
a tradition of the Yam Festival
will be played here Thursday
night at 8:00 between the Chad
bourn Panthers and the Tabox
City Red Devils.
The game is a part of the annual
festivities of the Yam Festival and
has come to be known as the
"Tater Day" attraction in this
area.
Chadbourn whipped the locals
in last year's tilt and are looking
for revenge when the two teams
clash tomorrow night. Tabor City
has won its last two games against
steiler foes and is expected to en
ter the game a slight favorite al
j though the Chadbourn eleven
I would like nothing better than to
make it two in a row over the
locals.
Tabor City played one of its
fines: games cf the reason at Civi
tan Field last Friday night when
they pushed across a lone tally in
the fourth quarter to seeke out a
6-0 win over Wadesboro. Jimmy
Garrell's 20 yard gallop in the
final stanza proved the difference
in the two teams.
It was a hard fought battle from
beginning to end with neither
team being able to cross the oth
er's goal line during the first
three periods.
This was the second conference
win for Tabor City against the
same number of losser.
Fireworks will be displayed
during the half per^^ am* the
home coming queen will be crown
ed.
j The Girls Monogram club of
the High School is sponsoring the
"Homecoming Queen"1 program
with 14 members of the foot ball
squad selecting a sponsor to vie
for the honor. The queen will
receive a bouquet of red roses and
will be crowned by George Lay of
the Agriculture department of the
high school. All the sponsore will
receive chrysanthemums.
Death Claims
Dothan Negro
G. C. Faulk, 73, year old negro
church father and farmer, died at
his home in Dothan Monday at
1:20 p. m. after an illness of sev
eral months. Funeral services will
be held from the Brister Creek
Baptist church Sunday at 2:00 p.
m. and burial will follow in the
church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Ida
Faulk; four sons, Mace, and G. C.,
Jr. of Dothan, Paul of Detroit,
Mich., and James of Baltimore,
Md.; eight daughters, Roma Bel
lamy, Sarah Faulk, and Cora Lee
Givvings of Dothan, Gracie Pur
cell of Detroit, Mich., Rosa Nell
Smith and Ella Mae Mitchell of
New York, Theeresa Mae Pearce
of Hallsboro and Athel Frink of
Whiteville; two brotheers, Andy
Long Faulk of Jacksonville, Fla.
and Ellis Faulk of Fair Bluff,
three sisters, Lizzie Roberson of
Winston Salem. Bärzella Age of
Fair Bluff, and Cora Thompson of
Marion.
Mrs. Carrie Mincey
Passes Monday
Mrs. Carrie Mincey, 50, of Loris
route 1, died Monday at 6:00 a. m.
in the Community hospital, Loris
after an illness of several hours.
She suffered a stroke while at
tending church Sunday evening.
Funeral services were held from
the Mt. Zion church at 4:00 p. m.
Tuesday with the Rev. Ralph
Johnson officiating. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
J. T. Mincey; three sons, J. C.,
Eugene and Henry, all of route 1,
! Loris; one daughter, Miss Willow
i Dean Mincey of the home; one
brother, Will Hodge of McColl;
father, Jim Turner of Marion.
Miss Jean Yandle
To Give Tea Here
Miss Jean Yandle "1951 Caro
linas Yam Queen" will entertair
with a tea at the Woman's Club
house Friday afternoon from 4:3(
to 5:30 honoring the queen candi
dates.
About 50 invitations have beer
: issued to the candidates and spe
cial guests.
crowd for ine resi 01 me wee*.
Past Yam Festivals have drawn
throngs of people estimated at as
many as 25000. This year similar
attendance is anticipated.
Following The parade on Thurs
day an invocation by Rev. F. C.
Hutchenson and address by Mayor
W. A. Williams will precede the
cutting of the ribbon to the exhibit
hall and the three day event will
be underway.
There will be music by Clarence
Jackson and his Carolina Wringl
ers starting at 6:00 P. M. and the
annual "Tater Day" football game
between Tabor City and Chad
bourn will be played at Civitan
Field at 8:00.
Oil Friday morning at 9:00 the
exhibit hall will again open with
lectures and instructions about
the famous yams continuing until
2:00 P. M. An amateur contest is
scheduled at that time to be fol
lowed by another concert by the
Carolina Wranglers.
Garrell's Warehouse will be the
scene of the Queen's Ball on Fri
day night at 9:00 and the big
dance with Coy Tucker and his
orchestra will continue until 1:00
a. m.
The colored dance will be held
at the same time in Planters Ware
house with David Pugh and his
orchestra and a Negro popularity
Queen will be chosen there .
First attraction on Saturday
morning will be sweet potato, pie
eating contest in the New Farmers
Warehouse at 11:00 o'clock. At
1:00 County Agent Charles D.
Raper will award prizes to sweet
potato contest winners, At 2:00
Henry Covington of N. C. State
College will crown the Mystery
Yam King and at 2:30 the $1250
in prizes will be given to those
farmers in attendance. Only per
sons on rural routes will have an
opportunity to win these prizes.
Clarence Jackson's Carolina
Wranglers will furnish some more
music after the awarding of the
prizes. A square dance and cake
walk at Garrell's Warehouse at
8:00 P. M. will close the activities
of the 1952 festival.
The festival has been directed
this year by Mr. and Mrs. J. Oliver
Prince, co-chairmen, with honor
ary chairman A. C. Edwards tak
ing an active part also.
Hundreds of people on various
committees look forward to Thurs
day morning as the culmination of
weeks of effort that finally will
show the results of their handi
work.
Plans For Negro
Dance Shaping Up
J. D. Pridgen, principal of the
local Negro school, announced to
day that plans are shaping up
well for participation in the 1952
Carolinas Yam Festival.
The Negro community will en
ter a float in the Yam Festival
parade Thursday afternoon at 2:00
and bands from Lumberton and
Elizabethtown will participate.
Candidates for Negro Yam Fes
tival Popularity Queen will be
present to ride on the community's
float. Local candidates for this
title include 3th?l Bell Smith, and
Hilda Gray Piggott.
The candidate selling the larg
est number of tickets to the Fri
day night Negro dance will be
crowned popularity queen. The
dance will be held from 9:00 P.
M. to 1:00 A. M. in Planters Ware
house.
Lawyer Frank McGougan will
crown the queen. Music will be
rendered by the David Pugh orch
estra. The queen, the runner up
for queen and the holder of the
lucky ticket will receive prizes.
Tickets for the dance may be
secured from the Tabor City Negro
school.
The following firms contributed
gifts for the candidates: W. F. Cox
company, Davis Jevelery, Schild's
Department Store, Roberts Cloth
ing company, Western Auto As
sociate Store, Firestone Store,
Dameron Drug Store, and Harrel
son's Pharmacy.
PARADE FEATURE
One of the features of this
year's Yam Festival parade will
be the U. S. Army Band. The 33
piece band is from Ft. Bragg, N.
C., and will arrive in Tabor City
Thursday morning at about noon.
Several other bands will partici
pate in the parade which promises
to be the best and longest parade
during the five year festival his
i tory.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rowell
l of Fallsville were the dinner
■ guests of Mrs. Virginia Todd and
family last Sunday.