r tr 'Λ/- ' f/ "Tabor City — The Town With A City future" VOL. VII, NUMBER 19 — TABOR CITY, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1952 äc_A COPY; $2:00 A YEAB Wood row Grainger Grainger Block Co. Is Growing Industry Tabor City, once a town with "·> industry, has been putting more and more people on weekly pay rolls in recent years and one of the best examples of that is the Grainger Block Company. Starting in August Ιϋ-iD, Wood row Grainger, owner and manager of the company here, has expend ed rapidly in the business of manu facturing cinder and cement blocks until today the plant on the Green Sea road turns out a steady flow of 2800 blocks every day. j Two modern block making ma chines are in full time service at the plant and a total of 17 em ployees are kept busy turning out the building material that has prown to be so popular in recent years. Originally, Grainger made only cement blocks but some time ago decided that cinder blocks were also in demand and has been making some of both types in re cent months. Building has boomed al! over this area in years since the war and thousands of Grainger made blocks are now a part of homes, tobacco warehouses, and store, buildings. Always noted for making a good quality building block at reason •ices, Granger >as had r.c trouble in selling his product. He usually stays booked up well in advance and sells the materials all over the country. He also sells sand and gravel to builders. -Via.:ing biock is fast and an assembly line process. Cement sand and water are automatically mixed, dumped into a hopper that pours the mixture into molds which are flopped over, lifted off by an employee and set on metal racks. The metal racks are filled from top to bottom and machine driven vehicles take the whole rack into the steam kilns. Two steam kilns are available in the Grainger Block company each with a capacity of 1500 blocks. When a kiln is filled with blocks, steam is turned on them, and they go through this process for eight hours. After the steam bath, the same power driven vehicles, pick up each rack of blocks and transport them to the storage? yard where they are stacked awaiting shipment to some building site. To carry through this efficient operation, 17 men are needed and Tabor City has another industry that has grown from the bare idea in 1949 to a sizeable plant today. DOCTORS SET SCHEDULE OF rEES The Columbus County Medical Society last week announced a new fee schedule for the inform.!-S tion of the public. | The announcement came from Dr. W. E. Baldwin, president of the doctors' organization. Following is the schedule: Office" visits S3 and house calls S5 from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. House calls $7 from 8 p. m. to 8 a. m. j Calls in Columbus County Hos- ; pital will be $3 during the day and $5 from 9 p. m. to 8 a. m. Fifty cents per mile will be ad ded to call charges for trips to the country. This will apply only for the trip to the patient's residence, no mileage being charged for the return trip. Dorman Jewelers In New Location Dorman Jewelers has moved from the old location in Dorman Furniture Company to a new and modern building next door to the Ritz Theatre. The jewelry held its grand re opening last Friday and Saturday after several weeks of building, decorating, painting ajjd moving. Dorman Jewelers is owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Billy G. Dorman and has been a going business in Tabor City for several years. ' Of North Carolina's 2,4700,000 pound pecas crop in 1952 2,200,000 pounds will come from improved varieties. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TAKE OFFICE Columbus County's Board of Commissioners for the next bien nium were sworn in Monday af ternoon in Whiteville. With only one returning mem ber, it was the greatest shift in many years. Leamon P. Ward of Clarendon, representing district 4, is the only veteran commissioner with unin terrupted service on the board. Taking the place of Frank S. Love, Alex Scully, W. F. Floyd rnd J. T. Wocten, Jr., were Bud Stephens, Charles R. Council, W. B. Buffkin and Lacy R. Thomp son. Stephens saw service on the board previously, having served prior to 1950. The remaining com missioners are serving for the first time. At the Monday meeting of the board, Raymond B. Mallard, local attorney, was reappointed county attorney. Eastern Stars Meet Monday The local chapter, Orde of Eastern Star, will meet Monday, December 8. at 7:30 in the Masonic Hall, for a regular meeting. All members are urged to at tend. · - High School Cage Slate Is Annonnced FREEDON CRUSADE BEGINS Joe Mann, Columbus county chairman of the Crusade for Free dom drive, announced today that the campaign would be held from December 7 to 15, and all persons j who can contribute toward this ι ι program are invited to send their ι j checks to Mr. Mann. This is the second consecutive ■ (year that Mann has headed the Crusade for Freedom campaign in Columbus county. Funds collected during this na tionwide drive are used to inform those peoples behind the iron cur tain about the way of life of per 1 sons living in the free countries Jof the world. J. Β. Prince ν Gets Highway Safety Award ι J. B. Prince, Jr. of Prince Motor Company, Inc. will receive the 1 "1952 Highway Safety Award" to be presented by the North Caro lina Automobile Dealers Associa ! tion in Raleigh on Wednesday, I December 3, it was announced by I Association President Fred H. J Deaton, of Statesville. The presentation will take place at a special luncheon given by the Association in honor of Prince and other Tar Heel dealers who have loaned new cars free of charge to high schools for use in the driver education program. Governor-elect William B. Um stead will pay tribute to the deal j ers receiving the Award. Dr. j Charles F. Carroll, Superintendent Qf Public Instructions, will make ! the" presentation on behalf of ;NCADA, the National Automobile Dealers Association, and the Inter i Industry Highway Safety Com , mittee. j In addition to remarks by Um stead and the presentation, the ! program will include a talk by Audley H. Ward who is one of the outstanding inspirational speakers in the South. Ward will speak on the subject, "Human Relations." Members of the Council of State of North Carolina, zone managers representing manufactorers who have arranged for above-quota cars, and officials from the various fiance organizations will attend. T. A. Williams of Greensboro, <-h - :rman of the KCADA Highway Safety Comittee will preside at the luncheon which will honor more than 100 dealers throughout the State. ! N^zv life Clubs Plans Yule Party The New Life Home Demonstra jtion club held its regular monthly meeting Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Carol Watts and Mrs. Roy Arnette. Project leaders making reports were Mrs. W. H. Stephens on Edu cation, and Mrs. Douglas Mills on j Food and Nutrition. Plans were made for the Christ mas party which will be held with Mrs. Brice Mills and Mrs. Paul Stephens at the home of the former. The demonstration "In expen sive Christmas Gifts" was given by Mrs. W. P. Stephens ,Arts and Craft leader. Refreshments were served by the hostesses to Mrs. Lewis Watts, Mrs. Douglas Mills, Mrs. Stewart Huffaker, Mrs. O. O. Watts, Mrs. Lester Watts, Mrs. C. O. Fowler, Mrs. Ralph Jolly, Mrs. Worth Mills, Mrs. A. D. Fipps, Mrs. W. A. Fipps, Mrs. S. P. Fipps, Mrs. Earl Fipps, Mrs. Kirby Norris, Mrs. W. H. Stephens, Mrs. W. P. Stephens, Mrs. J. C. Singletary, Mrs. L. B. Cox, Mrs. Harry Step hens, Mrs. James Taylor, Mrs. A. O. Arnette, Mrs. Vernon Morris, Mrs. Norman Stephens, and Miss Rpggy Fipps. Baptist To Ordain Deacons Sunday Dr. E. L. Spivey, Field Secretary of the Baptist State Convention, will deliver the Ordination Ser mon for two new deacons at the Mount Tabor Baptist church Sun day at 11:00 a. m., Rev. P. C. Gantt, pastor, announced. The new deacons are Don Hughes and Claude Huggins who have been elected to serve on the rotation system recently adopted by the church. Basketball officially got under way at the Tabor City high schoo gym last night with the local! tangling with Bladenboro anc Coach S. W. Caruso has announcer the 1952 season's schedule. Tabor City will again field thref different basketball teams, includ ing varsity boys, varsity girls anc jayvee boys. All three teams sav action against Bladenboro or Tuesday night. Coach Caruso announced tha all games would begin at 7:30 Ρ Μ. unless the junior varsity wa: playing and on. those nights th< JV game would get underway a: 6:30. Admission for all games wil be 25 cents for school children anr 50 cents for adults. The county tournament will b< held in Tabor City on February 23-25 and March 2-4. The Clas: AA conference tournament will b< held on March 6-7. The complete season's scheduli is as follows: Dec. 2—Bladenboro at Taboi City Dec. 4—Loris at Loris Dec. 9—Cerro Gordo at Cerrc Gordo Dec. 11—Loris at Tabor City Dec. 16—Open Dec. 19—Williams at Tabor Citj Jan. 6—Evergreen at Taboi City Jan. S—Clinton at Clinton Jan. 13—Qpen Jan. 16—Bladenboro at Bladen boro Jan. 20—Whiteville at White ville Jan. 23—Lumberton at Lumber ton Jan. 27—Cerro Gordo at Taboi City Jan. 30—Clinton at Tabor Citj Feb. 3—Chadbourn at Taboi City Feb. 6—Williams at Williams Feb. ?0—Chadbourn at Chad bourn Feb. jO—Evergreen at Ever green Feb. 17—Whiteville at Taboi City Feb. 20—Lumberton at Taboi City Future Teachers Club Chartered At Williami The Williams Township Higl School newly organized Franl· Graham, Future Teachers of A merica club was inaugurated wit? an impressive candelight cere mony held in the school auditor ium Friday morning. Short talks were given by mem bers Margaret Day Long, Patricia Stephens, Nancy Garide, Shirlej Norris, Naomi Williams, and Mar jorie Ward, and Nell Long. Misi Virginia Currie, local N. C. E. A representative, also gave a talk. The club charter was presentee by Principal Vince Columbo, anc the Future Teachers pledge was administered by Sponsor Eugen« Sasser. Taking the pledge were, Mar garet Day Long, president; Mar jorie Ward, vice president, Nell Lone, secretary, Patricia Stephens treasurer; Shirley Norris, Naomi Williams, Geneva Hinson, Nancy Hardie, Nancv Royal, Margie Edge, Cora Mae Dew, Christine Harrelson, Alice Mae White, Eliz abeth Cartrette, Nell Long and Doris Williams. The new club, sponsored by the National and North Carolina Edu cation Association, is formed by high school and college students who are interested in becoming teachers. The main goals are tc learn of the opportunities offered to teachers. The main goals are to learn of the opportunities offer ed to teachers, to become familiar with the activities of professional groups working for the improve ment of education, and to help each of its members develop the personal characteristics essential to a good teacher. Purina Mike Won By Buffkin A 243 pound hog, known a: Purina Mike, was won by Perrj Buffkin od route 2 Tabor City or November 22, when the E. W Fonvielle and Son store here end ed their Mike and Ike contest. Mike was fattened on Purin« chow and Ike ate corn only. Thi contest showed that Mike wai fattened at a cost of 11 cents i pound while Ike fattened slowl: but at a cost of more than 21 cents .per pound. Other prizes given by the loca Purina store included a hen feede to Mrs. Lillie Norris, route 1 Tabor City, and two bags of Pu rina laying mash to Bob Ward, ο route 3 Tabor Tity. THE MISSUS SHUWiiU rllM UF Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Inman show the results of a reccnt hunting expedition to Lake Matta muskett with t'rcse six big geese, a one-day bag limit for two persons. They also got their bag limit the day before. Ralph, who is supposed to be the veteran hunter in this i&miiy, Mrs. Inman only tak ing up the sport a year ago, didn't fare so well on this hunting trip and his wife had four geese before the old man ever scored. (Photo By Bill Oakley) Yam Auction Season Closes COUNTY HAD 1723 ACRES OF IDLE CROPLAND IN 1951 The 1952 Worin Carolina rarm Census Summary (by counties) just released by the State-Federal Crop Reporting Service in Ra-1 leigh shows that there was a total j of 393,105 acres in Columbus Co unty farms during 1951 and that 9723 acres of this land was classi-1 fied as idle. The idle land was defined as I open, cleared ungrazed land from which no crops were saved—in cluding land on which crops fail ed. This land, according to' farm I leaders, might do wonders toward j better farming and increased farm income if put to the proper use. The remainder of Columbus I County's farm land usap.es was ι ' distributed as follows: harvested j cropland, 125,912 acres; improved pasture, 7,022 acres; all other pas- | ture (except woodland pasture), 4330 acres; and other land (woods, waste, cutover, homesites, etc.)» ι 246,118 acres. The Summary noted that of 21, 283,078 acres of farm land in North I Carolina, there were 6,161,504 acres of harvested cropland, 1, 185,059 acres of idle cropland, 808,947 acres of improved pasture, 1,211,954 acres of other pasture, and 11,915,614 acres of other land including woods, waste, cutover and homesites. Ail of the figures in the Sum mary for this County are based on the 1952 far mcensus taken by townships last January under di rections of Columbus County Commissioners. MRS. LUCY HARRELSON Mrs. Lucy Fiircloth Harrelson, 69, of Cherry Grove Beach died at the home of a niece, Mrs. Kirby Cox, in Tabor City Wednesday afternoon, November 26th at one o'clock of a heart attack. Although she had been in declining health for a long time, death was unex pected. She was in Tabor City on a visit. Funeral rites were held from the home of Mrs. Kirby Cox Fri 1 day at two o'clock with Elder Grady Cox officiating. Burial was in Carter Cemetery. She is survived by one brother, zeno Faircloth, and one sister, Mrs. Lizzie McMillan, both of Tabor City. Report of Register of Deeds .. Report of The Register of Deeds to The County Commissioners for the month of November, 1952: t 499 Chattels at 50c .... $249.50 ,112 Liens at 50c 56.00 j 139 Deeds 283.75 ! 196 Mortgages 516.00 r 320 Irreg. Instr'mts 400.15 ) 88 Misc. Instr'mts 105.40 . 13 Marriage License 52.00 I r $1662.80 » - Fire this year rendered over t 200,000 acres of grassland in Ok·* lahoma useless for winter grazing. Cagers Split With Bladenboro Tabor City high school basket ball team took two games and dropped one to invading Bladen boro at the locai gym 'iuesday nigi.t. x.-.c Jayvees won by a 37 score, the local gins took a 52-47 win but tne boys dropped in ^ a- contest to Lla den boro 47-43. TOWN MEETING The TaLor City town board will meet tonight ( Wednesday) in stead oi Tuesday, the regular scheduled night. The meeting was not held on Tuesday because of the mayor and one town council man who had to be out of town. LEGION MEETING American Legion Post 101 of Tabor City will meet Thursday night at 7:30 at the hut. All legion members and other veterans are urged to attend. JAMES HUGGINS James Huggins, 82, Route 3. Gallivants Ferry farmer, died at his home Wednesday morning No vember 26th. Funeral rites were held from the Happy Home Baptist Church Thursday, November 27th, at eleven o'clock by the Rev. Mack Gore and the Rev. T. L. Johnson. Burial followed in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Huggins; three daughters, Mrs. Fannie Peritt, Mrs. IIa Hard wick of Gallivants Ferry, and Mrs. Etta Johnson of Marion; three sons, J. L. Huggins of Mul lins, Gary Huggins of Route 3, Gallivants Ferry, Homer Huggins of Aynor; one sister, Mrs. Mary Lewis of Aynor; two brothers, Samuel Huggins of Route 3, Galli vants Ferry, and Walter Huggins of Conway. - MRS. MARY STRICKLAND Mrs. Mary Bell Strickland of the Bayboro section of Horry County died at the Conway Hos pital early Sunday afternoon fol lowing a short illness. Funeral services were held at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Zoan Methodist Church with the Rev. Eugene Jones officiating. Burial followed in Red Oak Cem etery. Mrs. Strickland was born in Horry County, a daughter of the late Hezekiah and Emily Hucks Strickland. She is survived by three sons, Allard Strickland of Bayboro, Mace Strickland of Loris, Route 3, and Prince Strickland of Gali • vants Ferry, Route 2; two daugh ters, Mrs. Magdalene Ray of Bay boro and Mrs. Cornie Prince of Gurley; 22 grandchildren; 23 great - grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Auction sales on me xaour ^ujr sweet potato market officially closed Tuesday but potatoes that still come into the town will be bought by local buyers, C. E. Waiden, secretary of the market ing company, announced today. With completion of auction sales, the market showed a total of 294.047 bushels sold this season for $1,201,797.69 and a per bushel pi ice of $4.09, the highest average on record. Generally, the potato quality was off this season but ihe demand was the best in his tory. Tho largest single check receiv ed by a potato grower selling on the local market this season went to Hubert Sasser who received $1,550.40 at one time. The highest average price for a single load of potatoes was paid to Dick McCullim, a Negro, who received an even $6.00 per bushel. Salts last year on the Tabor City market totaled 254,503 bush els for $973,697.10, an average of $3.83. Sales here in 1950 totaled 490, 000 bushels for an average of $1.53 per bushel. FARN BUREAU TOPS QUOTA The Columbus County Farm Bureau exceeded its 1952 quota by six members and a delegate is now en route to the annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Seattle, Wash. The succcscful conclusion of the membership campaign was an nounced today by Joe P. Quinerly, president of the county organiza tion. The drive ended with a total of 2,506 members, which repres ents a gain of 500 over lest year. D. D. Cox of Route 2, Tabor City, who is vice president of the Columbus Farm Bureau, left Fri day to represent the county at the national convention. He boarded the Farm Bureau Special which is carrying delegates to Seattle by way of the southern route, go ing through New Orleans and Southern California. Cox headed the southern divi sion (south of the railroad) in the membership campaign and was a warded the trip by the executive committee after the quota was reached. The national convention will open in Seattle next Sunday and continue through Dec. 11. Cox will be away 18 days. P.O. Asks For Cooperation S. W. Garrell, Jr., postmaster, this week asked local people to buy their stamps for Christmas as early as possible and to cooper ate as much as possible during the December rush. "We have one letter drop mark ed for intown mail and one for out of town mail and it will be of ' considerable assistance to us if people will place their tetters in · the proper drop," Garrell said. • ja · Sk