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THE ONLY PULITZER PRIZE WINNING WEEKLY More Than 10,000 People Read The Tribune Every Week *7& 7< newspaper m thb united states People Shop From The Page. Of Their Hometown newspaper vol '-'ML· XI. NUMBER 5· "Tabor City — The Toum With A City Future» TABO* CITY, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY. JULY ΙτΓΐ957 Much Interest Shown In Pool Protect W Livestock Market Opens Here July 24 Tin· newest livestock acut ion <*? Krt in this par; of the state will open Wednesday, July 24, at - p. in. on tne Green Sea Tabor City Road. W. A. "Al" Williams, longtime livestock auction market dcoler in this section, said today that sales would be heid each Wed nesday at the new auction mark et iocated u'oout one-half mile from the Tabor City town limits otaihe Green Sea Road. *Tius has always been a good livestock sec;ion and the peoplt have always appreciated having a good marKct on which to sell We are opening this modem auction market to serve the peo ple in this area and invite themj to bring livestock each Wednes day," said Williams. Williams operate« a successful, livestock market here from 1946 1 :*« j ,n announcing the opening sale, Williams said James Fow.-i rr would serve as weighma ι a' the market. .Facilities have ben erected to handle the sale of 1000 hogs and 100 head of cattlc. The new ouiidir.g is the only livestock "market in South Caro lina with complete concrete fl'^rs. This aspect ot the market uSP·· praised this week by the state inspector. Accurate Toldeo scales have been erected for weighing the livestock. . j Farmers will find the conciete ramp beneficial in unloading their livestock at the market. Over 300 persons can be seat ed nround the auction ring with each haviny fuii view of the ι The area housing the ring νν.'Λ be air-cooled for the com·) lort of buyers. Miss Fipps Named Manager At Wood's ) Miss IIa V. Fipps has !>e···« ariied manager of the Wood's Five and Ten Store here suc ceeding Ralph K. Walters whc transferred t<j the Rowland t"re. Miss Fipps has been associated with the local store for almost' four years and has held the posi tion of cashier for some time. | A daughter of Mr. and Mrs N'. A. Fipps of Tabor City i'ip was graduated from the Tabor '"'ty High School. BOBBY FOWLER HOME j^Jobby Fowler returned yester day from Memorial Hospital · rharlotte and is convalescing at his home, following back surgery. AL SUGGS HERE AI Sugg of Ayden is visitingi ihe Johnnie Sugg family at their! home on the Pi re way Road. "Whammy" Gets Five Speeders The "Whammy" tripped live speeders this past weekend and all five were fined costs of couit. 1 SI7.50, by Mayor Howard H-tr- ; relson. Those found guiity of speed ing were Daniel f. Lane, Jimmy | Edward Hoobs, Bobby Dean Ward. William Marion Mullock and Louts V. Shannon. I Public drunkenness charg«···. ι were heard agains'. the following who paid costs of court: Da\ ί·ι . Fowler, A. Z. Livingston, J ihn Thompson, Jr., Milton Carter,!; Floyd Jones, A'.ija Johnson.,! James T. Smith, Promise Lloydi, Sykes. Nine cases wc«e transferred 11 to Recorder's Co..rt They in-|| eluded those agaii.st Roosevohl Adams and Leo Porter for pos-j session non tax-paid whisl:ry:ji lohn Η. Ward, driving undei thej( influence; B. W. Cooper, Sidn"v Gore, Baker Gre*n, and Sam| Williams, gambling: ιΛ,0 Tyloij and Frances Fowler, no opera*-!; >r's license. jl Two persons arrested on| charges of possession ol non tax-j paid whiskey were found i.r: guilty. They wer·.· Lacy Porter ind Aulty Porte». Charlie Vereen was fineo ?osts of court on a charge of dis orderly conduct and Dollie R' Solrs paid costs on charges of! issaulting a minor. No One Askeil For Credit I " Boy, it's cash on the barrel head." .«aid one oV .erver in the crowded jourtroom Monday night as Mayor Howard Harrel son kept a heavy hand on th? docket. He had previously made thei statement that these who werel found guilty would have to spend time in jail ii they were unable to pay the tine levied. j Monday 'light, nut one de-j fendant even requested that lie be permitted to postpone paying his fine. The word seem:, to get a-1 round'! The State Highway Depart ment reported toiiiy that 1.8S7 persons had their driver licet ses Withdrawn for vjrious traffic; law violations durr.g June. In Horry County, 55 license? were withdrawn. Of this numb er. 18 were 'or drunk driving. Considerable interest has been voiced in the proposed It. C. Ilarrelson, Jr. Memorial Swiir ming Pool project adopted by Ihe Tabor City Rotary Club last week. The proposal was discussed oriefly at this week's meeting jf the Rotarians here and the ommittee was utged to sturt naking steps to aeterminc the possible site and othei fund rais ng measures as soon as possi >lc. Several persons in the Lt,ris :ommunity have expressed th lope that the 'local committee vould give serious considerat'on ο locating the pool between Tabor City and Loris, perhaps it the golf course site, and say hat it is entirely possible that .oris would join in the drive to •aise the necessary funds. Loris lad cotisidered ;> pool project :ome months ago prior to the [olf course venture in which the wo towns Ji-e jointly promoting. Dr. Harrelson, who was on the itaff of the Loris Community hospital, was popu'ar in Loris is well as a considerable pcr ion of the rural area of Horry •ounty. Other Rotary aflairs Monday ncluded a drictors meeting fol owing the regula.- session. Also, Raymond Mallard was η charge of the program and I.ο ehashed the history of the l'<c.il rlub that dates aack to li»36 Mallard was the club's first ) resident. Two visitors. Tally Edding.s ind Bermey Stevens attended he meeting. Couniy Tax Rale Remains Samce $1.90 Per $109 The 1957-58 tax rati· for Co umbus County hasn't changed a sit. At the latest routing of the Columbus board ot commission ers, the $1.90 per $100 was » lopted as the official rate. This rate has prevailed for nany years. A big share, $1 10. of the ti·* •ate will be used tor the suppt r. >f the Columbus schools . MRS. SI'lVEY VISITS Mrs. Bertha Spivey who hol·!« the position a.s House Mother nt the Methodist Home for Chil dren, in Raleigh visited here last week and until yesterday. IIARRELSON VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harrelsor und children, David and Kathy of Camden visaed his parents Mr. and Mis. H. Phillips Harre! son, Sunday. With them was her mother, Mrs. Loranne Ladd ol New Belfrod, Mass. MARY ANN GARRKLL Mary Ann Garrell of Hickory is visiting with her grandmother Mrs. R. M. Garrell, Sr.. here in he city and at Ocean Drive Beach. Festival Leaders Now Making Plans Zone Captains 1 Named For Drive Tabor City merchants are 'making personal visits to farm-j ers in the area as part of a "get acquainted" projcct established recently by the Merchants As-j Uociation board oi directors. | Tally Eddings. executive sec retary, said today that the groups would v,:it different, 'zones set up. Zone captains have1 been named as following: zone; A. Claude Boyd, and S. P.' Smith; zone B, Ruiy Hewett and Dr. H. G. Darner on; zone C. Oliver Prince, Art*\ur Prince and Cha Fowler; zone D,i Eugene and Levi Grainger:; zone Ε, Η. E. Do:man, Rembert' Rogers anil Thurston Rogers;! /.one F. Ben L. Neamith, Jr.; and! /one G. Ed Fonviclle and Leon' Konvielle. Farmers visited υ;· the groups will receive phampiets with bas-j ic statistics about int Tabor City Tobacco Market ..nd the shop ping facilities in mis communi ty. ! "We have had a increase dur ing 17 of the last 23 years the market has operated. These are important figures and mean extra money to farmers. The »jet acquainted uroject will help all of us to know each other better in this area." said EJd inus. Jaycees Sell liulbs 'κ 8r(/oms Local Jaycees art· continuing, their house-to-house canvas.! iselling light bulb» and brooms.] j "We will be happy to deliver iny orders that wo might have .missed on our rounds," s..id{ Harold Ward, presiüent, in atk ing persons 10 ca.i him at to - pos t office in even· they desir·.· the bulbs or brooms delivered. The bulbs are >n three differ ent sizes ranging lrom 60 to 100. Proceeds from the sale wills be used to finance local civ. work by the Jaycees. Series Ε and Η Lond sales fu! the month of June in Horry County tfrtaled $11,012.50 reports^ T. L. Benson County Savings' Bonns Chairman. E. and H. sales for the siV.ej for the same period totaled $1".-! 323.547.23. according to Bumei.' Sloan, State Chairman of the U. S. Savings Bonds Livision for South Carolina. W. Horace Carter and Claude Boyd were named co-chairmen of the Yam Festival yesterday during a meeting >»t the steering committee. The committee ignored the steaming heat anu plowed into the rigid ta.s!; of getting the fes tival movement underway. A number of committee chair men were named. A host of others are to be named at the next committee meeting. Mrs. Fred Jcrnigan, Sr. was elected secretary of the Festival while Eugene Grainger was re elected treasurer. No dates have been set f<or the annua! event. Sam Jacksor. Rotary CIuo representative is expected to confer with State College officials next week in hopes of setting a date. Jack son and Charlie Raper, county agent who has aiued with the agriculture displays for manv years, wi· go to Raleigh to seek the assistance of State College officials. The Festival ordinarily is staged the middle of Octobcr Committee chaiimen includc Buel Lanier, parade; Agricultur al displays, Sam Jackson; booth selling, Mrs. Earl Cartrette: booth construction and decora tions, Thurston Rogers. It was anticipated that Ihr Civitan Club wouh again spo.i ser the square dancc while the Jayeees and Wnmuns Club join hands for tiie Queen's Corona tion Ball. Opening day festivi ties are exported to be cared f<r by the Rotary Club The Merch ants Association has charge of the program b'oks this year. The committee pointed out that it was a j^ry late date to to;*in planning ■.>· Festival but urged every citizen to give as sistance when called on to make this the largest ai,d most suc cessful festival evei staged. The meeting yesterday was presided over by Tally Eddings, executive secretory of th Tabor City Mrchants Association. Committee m«. mbers prestr.x included Bryant Baker, Sam Jackson. Mrs. Fred Jcrnigan, Claude B<«>d. Ralph Spiv^y, Ed Wright, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Rogers. Penn Averitt and Al Harrison. MRS. IIODGES VISITS Mrs. J. J. Hodges visitcn in Charleston last wick. Mrs. Sarah Lewis accompanied her to Geo rgetown for a vi.μ ι with Mrs Carol Baker and family. VISIT IX VIRGINIA Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Waiden re turned Monday fr<;m a visit in Virginia. They w-nt especially to visit their son, Ed, Jr. and his wife in Waynesboro and her rather B. D. Crews 11· Nathalie. lieorge W. Ilarrielt, new prin cipal uf the Tabor City schools 1 has recently moved to town ar.d is now getting acquainted with : his new position a.id the peoplr of the area. Harriett has been a school principal in North Caro lina Tor the past 12 years. Little League Teams All Tied ί For Positions Regular season play in tht summer Little league recreation program ends Friday hut pos sible ties in finishing positions may bring ahuot a playoff. The Jaycee and Woman's Club teams were tied for first place this week anil the Rotary and Civitun club teams were tied for third. Thursday afternoon the' Jaycees will meet the Rotary I and the Woman's Club will! tangle with the Civitans. A win; by the two top teams will closs! the season in a tie and a playoff game will be scheduled. An allstar team from the four' local Little League organization.··; will meet the Whitevile Rotary Little League team in Whiteville Friday afternoon at .V.00. Litte League couuty champion ship playoffs will begin in Whit.— ville at 10:0(1 on July 25. The local nine will meet the White ville Rotary team at that time Play will continue July -~· nn 1 26. The Teener league team from Tabor City is expected to play Riegelwood for the county cham pionship but no playing date has I been set. COLEMAN GLF.STS Mrs. Marie Stutty and son,( Tommy, of Green,fcoro were re-| cent weekend guests of Mr. and! !Mrs. R. C. Coleman. Jr. and chil dren. VISITS IN CHARLESTON Mrs. E. L. Joyr.e- visited Mr. and Mrs. Luther Joyner, Jr. and family in Charleston last week.! She also visited at Edislo Islarii.j YOUTH CHOIR The Youth Choir of the Tabor1 City Raptist Church will meet Friday at δ p.m. for choir prac tice. 5C «Β COPY—(2.H PKK TEAK Silver Star Quartet Coming . . . . Celebration Slated For Mart Opening Αιι old fashioned celebration vith loads of singing by the St*. ·| •er Star Quarto ι and Ken Loy rll's "The Sharecropper" South-; •r Melody Boys Will be held here, >n July 30. opening day of the! obacco market. Howard llarreiaon, committee hairman. said today that in ad-! lition to the two name musici ins' groups vhat any local quar et was cordially invited to par icipate in the ev.-nt. Those de-j iiring to tak·.· a pari or urged toj •ontact Harrelson. Two performances will be I u-ld. The first gets underway at I p. in. featuring the Southern' Melody Boys, a 1-piece groupj leaded by "the Sharecropper." The evening performance gctsj indtrway at 8 p. m. It will iei>-j ure both the Silver Star Quartet! ind the Sharecropper's group.' Joth performances will be heldj η the heart of the business dis-, rict. There is mild speculation that; he tobacco marke« opening day nay be pushed up to July 25. In; his event then ever> effort will' je made to stage this big ceh—[ .»ration on that date. "We invite everyone to bring heir first load οι tobacco W rubor City and to visit with loc al merchants after the sales. The quartet singing ai:d entertain ment has been arranged to cele brate the opening clay of the market and everyone is invited to attend," said Tally Eddings, executive secretary ot the Tab i)i" City Merchants Association. 1'he celebration is being staged b\ the Mercnan'us Association V.F.W. Post Auxiliary Plans Meeting The Carlton M. Fonvielle Post G00-1, and the Auxiliary, will hold a joint meeting Sunday, July 21 at 2 p.m. at the V.F.W. Home. I'lans wil be made for the dis trict meeting to be held in Tabor City, July 28. and it is urgent that all members attend. MRS. WILLOUGHBY HERE Mrs. Ixinnie E. Willoughby, Jr. is here for a stay with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Jer nigan, Sr. Iler husband is at tending a nine months Radar Maintenance School at Keeslet Air Force Base, Miss. Claim Of Nixed Tobacco Variety Challenged By Tabor City Farmer Although similar problems have arisen in other Carolina bounties, in so far as is known Ted Soles, of route 3, Tabor Citv is the first Columbus tobacco IT rower to challenge agricultural department officials who claim hi< crop is mixed with Coker 140 a discount variety. Soles, who is prowing about 12 acres of the bright leaf on three different farms, «hj* planted certified Hicks tobacco mid when the first acreage ·ιηι) variety chcck was made on his farms, he signed a statement that he had only Hicks. He says as far as he knows, no one at that time questioned his state ment that his plants were Hicks About six weeks later, tw< tobacco specialists, he says, from the department of asrriculturi came and rechecked his tobacco and apparently turned in a re port that it was mixed to some small degree, perhaps less than one per cent, with 140. As farmers are generally aware, the 139, 140 and 244 varieties require growers to sell on a so-called "Blue Card" and entitles them to onlv i>0 per cent support price on I heir crop if bought by thi· Stabilization Corporation. This thought Soles was not in tht? least happy with, particular!) when he was sure he had plant ed only broadleaf Hicks. He immediately called the pro •lucer of the seed which he had planted an their specialist in seeil breeding inspected the Soles tobacco. The result of that in vestigation. according to Soles was that the entire crop wa« definitely Hicks with a throw back plant occasionally which the seed grower indicated was typical of the Jones strain of the Hicks variety. Soles says that other f-i-mers in the same area have rrmdc the statumci:! that some throw back plants in their Hicks is prevalent also. Following the seed man's study of the problem. Soles called agri cultural officials ir. Washington complaining about the mixed variety label he had been tagged with. There he found, amons other things, that if he had rea son to challenge the labeling h» must request a chemical .".n ^ lysis of the tobacco. The analysis reportedly is a surefire test of the nicotine and sujrar content of tobacco and all varieties can be determined by such procedure. Soles requested through the county PMA office the chemical analysis. Shortly thereafter, 60 leaves were flown to Louisville Ky.. and Soles now awaits the results of those chemical tests to see whether he gets a whlta carji and a clean bill of health for his tobacco crop or a blue card and a 50 per cent support for his crop. SLED Chief J. P. Strom Leads Raids Oa Beach Gaaibliag Setting a precedent in the modern era, J. P. Saom. chief of the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Divi. ion, master minded simultaneous raids on four Horry resort area clubs Friday night ;ind ihe effort net ted some $30,000 worth of slot ι »chines and whiskey. Chief Strom reportedly pick ed up Horry Sheriff John Henry and Myrtle Deach Police Chief W. c. Newton at their bom— · few minutes belort the raids took place and cairied them with him to at least some of the clubs that were hit in the roundup. Reports also indicate thai some ' t SLED «rent* were ea hand arid participated In the raids. Some agents were said to be dining in the club3 at the tim· the crackdown occurred ard they simply took their places at various doors quletl) as the management was Informed tnat the place was being raided for gambling devices and illegal whiskey. ^ According to an annoanee raenl from Governor Themer man'n office, the »genta con fiscated tt slot machine» and 25 eaaea of wMskey. The total take waa estimate<1 to be ral lied at a boat $3·.Μ· aHhoagb the price tag on a one armed baadtt to dlfflcolt to detena toe tm that tt la agatof fed* era! law« to Iran» »ort the "hed they are generally aearee. The confiscated κ·ο1 machires and whiskey tame from the Dunes Club, Myrtle Beach; The KIks Club, Myrtie Beach: the RVA Club. Myrtle Beach; ano the RVA Club at Ocean Drive Persons who observed the raids say they were quiet a.»d orderly and many individuals in the places at the time didn't even know the rai is occurred, ι Α privat«· party was in pro gress at the Dune» Club, one i of the Carolinas' most elabor- ' ate conntry clubs, and reports of the raid there Indicate that 1 only » handfull ol paJt-onf | were aware of what was co in* on antil the raid was over. I Slot machines confiscated were loaded in trucks ana carried to Ithc Myrtle Beach police station. 'Operators of the four clubs were arraigned before Magistrate! I Wallace Herreisen, at Myrtle I Beach, and he ordered bonds of $1000 each. Harreison also ord-' ered the slot machines destroyed land their contents, about $800 I in change, turned over to the Horry Cofanty Cleik of Court. In so far as Could ot· determined, this marked the iirst time in a decade or more that any funds' from slot machinc raids hid been turned over to the county. No announcement hag b*en made as to the disposition of the, 29 cases of confiscated yvhisk»y The slot machines were tt.e variety that accepts nickles. dimes, quarters, fifty cent pieces or stiver dollars. A lot of good citizens of Horry County have steadfastly refused to believe that wide open gambling, flouris hed along beach resort areas. Here's proof of part of the gambling operat on as t!iese 29 slot machines, includ ing a good number of the one armed bandit variety, were turned from $30,000 values into a $26 junk appraisal in a few minutes following last Friday night's raids at Myrtle Beach and Ocean Drive. The raids of four clubs was headed by SLEI.» Chief 4. P. Strom in the company of Sheriff John Henry and Myrtle Beach Police Chief W. C. Newton. (Photo by Fleming Brothers. There vv.is cviacnce that a considerable number oi resort residents were confused and dis turbed by the unexpected raid.«. While the raids themselves in dicate the wide disregard for gambling and liqaor laws in the bcach area, the places hit make j up only a smattering of the act t ual gambling places, that perhaps i could h;ive been caught. For I some unexplained reason, the 1 others were not caught in the λ web. ! The Dunes and The Elks are i private club;, thai require at \ least some semblance of memb ership to enter. The RVA, al though operating in name a· a club, is a rather wide-open-to the-public establishment. However, there are, or at least have been in rtcent weeks a number of other public and semi-public places operat'ng gambling devicts oi a variety of types that are wide open to ary I and all. Some of liicsc establish ments reportedly fleeced visit ors over the July 4th week out I of amounts running into five figure·. None of the "stablishmcnts controlled by the -υ-railed big gest operator on the beach suf fered any confiscate« machine» or whiskey in the Friday bight raids. This particular operator, whom Sheriff John Henry told the people from tne stump dur ing election campaigning that he would run criit of the county has apparently been unmolested I since the last election. He al Icgedly has now ι isen to n<\ heights in thi· gambling anc whiskey racket. Unconfirmed but usually re liable sourccs report that sunn of the operators <>f places raide? last Friday voluntccica to esror the officers to otner establish ments breaking the gambling and liquor la\ss >n the beach But apparently the four place! hit had been studied and wer( the only ones on tne raiding li.< for the occasion. At least, an? others called on were not in volved in the simultaneous raid: and there was a time lag be tween the activity. Other report* indicate that some of the resort*· leading citizens were sufficiently dis turbed over the raid on the swanky and exclusive Dunes Club that they spent the day In Columbia Monday trying to find out why the raids were staged. Thin question of "why" after years of peaceful exist enee. was foremost in the minds of Interested citliens. Some amusing sidelights c the raids, that m«\v have som< basis of truth, are being told In one instance the report go«··· that one of the SLED agent taking part in the raids walket into the place of business am the first person he saw wa* ι former college professor sltt'iii at a table. TJie professor, sur prised to see him. said, "Wna are you doing here?" With a smile the agent replied Τη» working, What art yoi i'doing here?" Another story making the rounds is that one oi the undcr • cover ST.ED agents in one of • the places when the raid started walked to the bacK door when one employee started out with a slot machine in his arms. The agent allegeolj said, "You ;don't need to carry out the ma chine. We'll !o;id <hcm in a few ■minutes." Several cars ar.i two truck* i reportedly made tip the raidirg party. The »rucks, of course. . were used to transport the slot ■machines. HARMS VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Sarvis have visiting them this week her sis ters, Mrs. Emma Roberts and Mrs. Rulah Hardee, both of Ra I Icigh. On Tuesday another sister Mrs. G. S. McGormick of Flor ! ence visited with them and also I their son, S. G., and grandson Sammy of Winston-Salem. Too. another grandson, Carl r Sarvis, ,lr., of Southern Pines is [ here for the week. TERN RR LRACilTR Tabor CUy's V.V.W. Tern« ' (<ca?ue entry will represent Co lumhtis County in the are* play 1 off*. 1 Time and date of the playoffs I will be decided tonight at · ' meeting of the official*. 1 After the area playoffs. Um Tabor City team will meet ftet • gehrood for the county ch amnion • ship. *
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