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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 23
"T*bor City — Τ be Town With A City Future»
"TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 18. 1!M»1
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»itiDorufy's Newest Industry Begins
Manufacture Of Fisie Pine furniture
iiE.ivciAi iiNuusiKT ot labor < it.ν is Cox Brothers. Inc.. manufa«*
turers of pine furniture. Brothers Horace. Richard. Charles and .lack Cox
hope to be in full operation within λ inor.th. The i:e\vly built ιίο.οο» sq.
feet building is located on 701 by-pa*s.
AN EDITORIAL . . .
Salute To Fair Bluif
The neighboring town of Fair Blufl", deserves all
the commendations that this newspaper and the
people can render. With the Roy Scouts of America
awarding the Eagle badge, highest rank in scouting,
to seven Fair Bluff boys at the Court of Honor there
on Tuesday night, the eyes of the State and Nation
were focused »n that Columbus community.
This marked the first time in the State of North
^Carolina that seven scouts had achieved the Eagle
rank at the same Court of Honor. It may be the only
time in the Nation that such an event has taken place.
Achieving the Eagle rank is no minor task as the
records show that only 13 scouts out of every 1000
enrolled in the program ever rise to Eagle rank.
While it is remarkable that seven boys would
receive their Eagle award at the same time, of even
greater significance and importance actually, is the
fact that this scout troop has played an important,
^role in the excellent behavior of the youths of the
community.
Lee J. Greer, juvenile court judge in Columbus
County for the past 14 years, noted at the Court of
Honor, that not a single white juvenile had ap-'
peared in his court from Fair Bluff during his 14
years as juvenile judge. That speaks well for tin
youths of Fair Bluff, and no small part of this i
attributed to the fact that an alert Boy Scout troop
is evident in that area.
\0 Sgt. Williamson, an IS year veteran of the Stat··
Highway patrol, also spoke briefly at the meeting.
He pointed out that while appearing in many court-:
for years, he had noted a judge who asked every
> aungster that appeared before liim on variou
charges if he hail been a member of the Boy Scout*.
He said that the judge reported that not a single
youth who ever came in his court had been a member
of the Boy Scouts of America.
Sgt. Williamson further noted that the record·«
g*how that there has never been a single Eagle Scout
during the 50 year history of the movement who has
been tried in any court in the United States on a
felony charge. These are the things that make the
Boy Scouts the fine youth organization that it is. |
These boys received their Eagle badges Tuesday
night: Jimmy Rabon, Randy Britt, Douglas Rogers.
David Small, Jimmy Turner. Carl Meares. Jr., and
Billy Enzor. It's young men like these for which Fair
Bluff and America can be proud. They not only
brought distinction upon themselves but upon hair
* Bluff and Columbus County.
4-H Club Drive
Needs Public Help
Letters nave Deen mailed jtr
to all Columbus County busi
ness firms asking for contribu
tions to the North Carolina 4
Η Development Fund, an org
anization designed to promoti
the work of this rural youth
program in the State. W. Hor
ace Carter, chairman of thi
county executive committee
announced today.
) "A great deal of time and ef
fort has gone into compiling t
complete list of county merch·
ants, the number of firms ir
fach business category, and th<
proposed contribution· fron
•ach place of buaiiMM neces*
ι ary uj r:>ise our qiunu m μ .
1 f>25," ho said. "These letto»
[have every one boon wrttteuI
I individually and personally i
> sivnvd bv ('. La y Tat«·. St' : ι
irector: by Clyde Wjijiio, viel
chairman of the county cxeen- [
tivp commlttec·; and uiyseif. I
1 Wo sincerely hope thnt tin >■
.•cclvin« these letters will ·!<ι,
the very best they f an tow-'ΐτ ''
unfitting their quota of this
solicitation."
'l
T^o »'riv" for 4-H funds in
ι »o' t'1 (' ·»· ■ . *-i· — «· · it r -
ι ' r Ί S'.^OP.O'O. T'is Mor V
ι would be used to a .'vance the
(Continued On Page 2) I
Η. Α. Brady Opens
New Firm In labor
l>r;i(l\ Ant" Si.!· >. located «>.»
the o»i ncr oi Hickman i<ia<i
.ni.i Kourtii .-no t. open-il
lis iinM> this v.\ t-k ι > custom
ers of the Taboi I'ity buying
itlι .1.
II. Λ. Ilrady, who was in
t u no.-·, in the luwn from
1.; is the nwiv r i»f Ihn
iim v::in'h will sj'll Used auto
ι,...Ι>ί!ι ..nil Shel^'vL ri^diict-M,
ι Junii, the Hre ^_.r- in"
which l.e owned Bra !y Motor
Salt's here he '..id . ni- pat
rons. "We apjifi-i .it .1 tu·.·
inanp people who ' >ught cars
l'r«mi lis when we hud the
Dodue-DeS« >ta-( ί ΛΙ(' auelicies
and trust ti.it we will find
many of our friend. ivUiri'iii·.·
to ns now that we have con.»?
back to Tabor t'.ty
The new Brady Auto Sales
has leased the building former
ly u<cd by Keg«ts Pontiac, and
will share the quarters with
Hay's Auto Pai".·. wlioicsiles.
Prince Bros. Attend
Hi«»h Point Market
Mr. and Mrs Oliver Princ·.·.;
Art.mr Prince .«nil Harry ι
Prince arc atler. linu theSouth
ί . η l· urniture and Rug Market
in iii-'i Point this week.
At th.· niukit retailers buy!
miTchnndisc in depth for the
sell s·." s-:is ·.«. ι ·. The in* -1
ereyt < Γ hyn · imd; · s in furs.i-!
til >- in thi- South ι.- π .in .1! !
"line ι "Γ.'*, ar urdini; t· tra..·. j
tritidics.
The Winter Southern Fur; ■-|
ture „ nd Ruj; M. . k ·;. whi-S
ct.^ thousands of buyert ■
fr m the S u'he;i.-l 'ill-; th·
col·· of ρ r ι ι,-.· sonn·· nf st:p
ply for tht area a well as tori
It' · ii ti' i«-·! market.
TM« {ggpft) MAffH Of om
* ·· · .·*
t. - i ■
ϊ*ν. · ν:·:' ;
AftON
Ζ. Β. Ssllers Ni.iried
As Club Officer
The i ι ular mi nüil> meet 5 η i{ j
f ;l e Γ t! ο.· (' : · ^ iiior 4-M
olub #ii hei Λ · -..ι .· et thai
..;ί «Ί I wilh C".. t·!. ί .;
re· · ι nl. pr. si-, it.;·:. .
A it repiiitiii'i tl.e l-il
■ 'figi. -in ! niotto the ;i'''. isoi
·.pirtt'.l that a t"aeioi ν iik
h.tp wi ul'i I ■ held <it Ν ikin.·
The I" 1 ul ι' com a j eotin'Ii i
mivIisv: will be li"hl .limn.ir>
in Whit vill · '<t " Jo .ι η
\!· -'-II oft ι ers ·· leqii" tea
•j ith-ntl.
Cid pioj'Tts were colnplii ■'
•na r p S. IΙθΓ5 11 *:·· clccl" I j
■< f" ο; itiK secretary.
Mr. Frank (ίΙο'···ι was e
"hiirn · of the prf'jirnn. A b<«»k
let «.n pir'iament iry proeedtir ·
"■'··■< alvn to eveivone. Mr
J'-ivv· exnla'ne'l many pro.
" ■ ■·; whi 1 will br helpful in
It'll · ho«.·1!!' . < tTK···'i"'*·· .
Irl of ίο r.; will be in·
lot me! wht-n the olannilig
committee will meet I
(Λ.χ Rroth· rs. Incorporated,
Tan.ι Cry's tirsl furniture
.aula.tin will begin o;>
et .it ions within a month, Hov
i ;ιι·ι· Ι'··χ. t.ie pn.idcnt said to
1 »lay. Λ iHMHiO .-.«juare f»»ot buil.i
| iiiK 'Ί block masonry was re
t'*i. !y buiit by the brothers.
.Ii.t :n,i: timery is currently be
hi·, iii.-t.iil» <i.
i'ii·· bniiomg is located on
I !01 Fiv-i" s.
t;t!.ei oifi-eis «il the tum·
' ;»an> are Charles Cox. vice
Kiehurd Cox, treas
r: .in»! J;.ek Cox, secretary.
Ί plan' will feature Ap
I il.i.iti jure furniture «<f
.\!i«riciin styles. The
■>. tli· · in»· presently building
. ripl.s .hi wholesale buyers.
K· race Cox attended Tabor
City schools and has beeti eiv.
»1·ive'l by the Post Office de
partment for the past eight
years. Long active in the Tabor
Citv . Iinrch and civic life, he
was the litfit) president of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and was selected as last year's
Outstanding Young Man Of the
V- ar by 'he Jayeees.
i Charles Cox holds an indust
rial arts degree from Hast Car
jobna College, lb· has been on
'the faculty of l.aurenburg High
{ School tor three years.
liichard and Jack Cox both
j lec ived degrees from F.ast
{Carolina in 1960. The former
j w > an industrial arts major
while the latter received a de
gree in physical education.
Oin-nings for emplopees wil
be announced later, the broth
ers said today.
* : y ' ν .
.. ■·« ♦, . V
!,KNXOX (ίΟΠΕ. pounc farmer
of (he Bethel area, has been
recognized a winner of the
State's 300-Bushel Clubb Γοι
harvesting more than .'{00 bush
els ill yam·, per acre during the
ye.ir. He will j'lin other win-J
iters of the distinction on anl
• pensc-paid trip to New York
licp.inninK Feb. 28. Λη added ι
nonor received by Gore this!
> far was a (ϊ-weeks course in
in» crn agriculture at State
College, sponsi red by Wacca
ma« Bank λ Trust Company.
Fiir Bluff P.T.A.
Has Guest Speaker
The High School Library
w is the meeting place of the
Fair Bluff P. 'Γ. A. Monday
• 'i ;ht. January i). with Charles
Enz« r, president. in charge.
.VI·-::. Γ». Λ. Powell, provided
the program, in presenting Mrs.'
Mary Vint/ of Hjllsboro and'
Shiillotlv. a widely traveled 1
If iel er m I mother, w'w· re
vi: w Ί tlu· bi»>k " The Amcri
c η ΙΙί'ίίι School Today" l>>
laute* C. rant.
Mrs. Mini/ provided much
thnii Μ is sK· dis iiisi'cI ,
ι Art ·:·'·;.ii llijjh Schools VS '
! · '■· t ii sol·'·· Is. the general
plan ι I < !..ii>i/.;ition and many |
■il ιs i i ριοροΊπΙ* ι:f improv—;
• •it . Infwith some up to)
'·· lie's concerning North1
(' ' lot Hifh Schools. Th'·
: ml· pit j ··.e i. to provide
• so . (,; with ι program meet-1
nr· i|v. iifei'5 of all the youth j
all th« community.
In c< tirhi i<m refreshments
"·■ ·· s.· ved in the Home Ec
•nomlrs room by Mrs. Johnny
'rc'l, Mrs. Neil Thompson
ι Mrs. Mereta Meore.
*·"' il lei alone prows more
real, aggresive, and enlarges
its claims.
Mahy Baker F.ddy
Presidential
Esconrl For
Inagnraiion
PVT. BOBBY GARRELL
FORT MYER, VA. — Army
PFC Bobby M. Garrel I, 23, son
■ if Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Garrell,
918 S. Madison St., Whiteville,
is scheduled to participate in
the inaugural parade for Presi
dent-elect John F. Kennedy in
Washington. D. C., Jan. 20, as
one of the Presidential military
escorts.
Garrell is assigned to the|
1st Battle Group. 3rd Infantry
(The Old Guard), from Fort
Myer, Va„ a specially selected
unit which serves regularly as
The President's personal honor
guard. The group also performs!
ceremonial activities at high
level functions and provides J
guards at the toinb of the un-!
known soldier.
Garrell entered the Army in |
December 1959.
He is a 1958 graduate of Oak [
Ridge (V C.) Military Institute
and attended The Citadel,
Charleston, S. C. His wife, Car
ol. lives in Arlington, Va.
(U. S. Army Phf^-i)
TWO ENLIST
Jerry Thomas Fowler, SR
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. j
Fowler of Mollie and William !
Henry Canady. SR. son of Mrs. ι
Mabel Sasser Canady of Route j
1 Nakina were enlisted in the I
Navy through the Whiteville.
Recruiting Station.
Both young men were trans- '
lerred to the Naval Training j
Center at Great Lakes, Illinois!
where they will undergo basic j
training . '
Jerry was working for Co-,
lumbus Cold Storage for sev-1
eral years prior to enlistment j
and William was attending Na- 1
km ι High School.
Local Credit Bureau Progress
Outstanding For First Year
Couple Caught In
School Bressk-ln
'Healer'Charged
With Defrauding
Nan Of $435.30
Mrs. John McGill, licensed . -
u "spiritual healer" m Tabor
City, and whose home is lo
cated mi the Grift ι Sea road,
has been summoned to appear
in March term of General Si -
sions court in Conway to answ
er to charges of fraud.
According to a warrant is
sued before Judge G. \V. llar
lelson of Myrtle Bt ach. "On · :
:ibout the 20th of April. Ιί>Γ>8.
me Mrs. Johnnie McGill did
ubtain by false representation
money in the amount of $435
90 with the intent to cheat an<l
defraud James C. Brown out oi
iainr, contrary to toe laws and
statutes of this State (South
Carolina) . .
Mrs. McGill — advertised
locally as "Madam Dora,"
"Madam Doris." and "Madam
Liean"—waived extradition th\-·
iveek and posted a $1,1100 bond
pending the March hearing
James C. Brown, tin· plain
tiff. is a Myrtle Beach resident
employed as caretaker of Pinv
Island bridge.
The alledged fraud oecnred
while Mrs. McGill wa< a resi
dent of Cres<vnt Bead:
Her attorneys, Loni & Lout*
»f Myrtle Beach and Conway,
lave requested a preliminary
loaiing before Magistrate Har
-elson but no date nas yet ben
iet.
ROTARY LADIES MGIIT
The Tabor City Rotary
Club will entertain their
wives at a ladies nicht meet
ing at South of the Border
Restaurant, near Dillon. S.
C., next Monday night at
7:30. A committee composed
of \V. A. Williams and R. C.
Soles. Sr.. are in ch iree of
the arrangements for the
banquet.
Tabm ( itvV e ii' break-ins
In! I 4 · : 1 Τ: »11111> nested Itn
j :iih · ■ two local tlx 11 I·'rid ay
•ii :>i .· '.ι·.· tin y vuii' caught
III. it«.· Hi·.: Ill! 1*1 · Λ Ii u >1 111··
!; ein ml.
I
j Hubert \V;:11ν and I.. 1) Ward
' .vt , ι chargi I bj < )! I if iv Ted
I V.'.r· . I.ftiir.t·!) Ηι:ι.·. and
'.vi.v Patrolman Campbell v\iih
j l\taking in. entering with ·η
Mentioi» ι·! ii miau im; lareeiiy.
Minutes i'llmv thoir appro
' hont um. Iii«· tw i men allonged
. ly luoki into !hv school calo'
I oria.
I Of late I In· school has been
|broken hi twitr betöre. as hi·.*
j Hai rcls<>n*s Pharmacy, South
fvii Dopamin-jjl S'aro. and *.he
I Kri·, ndlv Gi'niTiy was burglar
j ized throe times.
On im occasion this year have
burglars boon able in steal
money from tin· Tabor City
school, Ptincipa! Kandall Burl
esun all inns. All money takvn
in by the sehnnl is deposited
daily in tho bank at the end
<i|' tlio day as .1 matter »if poli
cy.
At a henring before Mayer
Howard Hartvlsim Monday
niuht Watts and Ward plead
guilty to illegal entry but said
they had no intentions of steal
ing anything. D11111 claimed to
bo hi;jh!y intoxicated when
I they acted. w
Walls was also 1 .arReiri wilVi
I attempting tu :akc his life.
C'nu.f .Ii sm- iJatker said la'er
i that Watts war found bleeding
Sunday afternoon ' in his jail
I cell. Tho wounds, according ίο
tin· officer, were inflicted by a
razor blade.
To tho second chareo Watts
entered a second guilty-plea.
Iintli men were released on
$500 bonds ponding Superior
court trial.
Watts was released la.-t year
trom Stato prison where ho
served 18 years for murder and
several prison-breaks, lie is
.:1m. scheduled to appear in Su
perio· court to answer ehargees
• f break: 104 in : imther store in
Ί bar City recintlv.
With the first year of opera
tion now history, the Credit
Bureau of Tabor City. Inc., has
i|j to date tiles on more than
10.000 individuals in the area
vv!:<> use their credit in Tabof
My, Mrs. Hilda Phipps, secre
:;t»y. announce« today.
"We now have a fairly com
plete tile, and we are happj
to report that we have an in
tile report l« r eight out u\
evei ν ten requests for credit
reports that we receive. Those
requests for reports on persons
,'ther than those in our files,
we get immediately whenever
at all possible," Mrs. Phipps
said.
"We are constantly increas
ing tin number of persons in
j air files and keeping the pres
!'nt ones up to date so that we
j can give the subscribers to the
ι service the very best report
possible." she said.
Started by 30 local merchants
a little more than a year ago,
uhe Credit Bureau has taken
J shape about as quickly as any
j organization ol its type ever
has. The bureau is now a mem
ber of the State organization
and just last week made applU
cation to the National Associa
tion of Credit Bureaus.
"We need additional memb
ers of the local bureau. We
know that many other local
business firms would find the
service profitable and useful.
We also would like for the
active members, about 20 in
number, to take full advantage
j of the service. We not only
ι furnish credit reports upon re
quest. but we also operate a
collection service for our
members," Mrs. Phipps said.
The bureau has served ta
protect merchants against poor
credi^ risks · yti at the sail .·
time i it ha? r>. dt credit easicx
for those folks who pay their
! bills promptly.
It is a service to both the
buyer and the seller and one
j that few towns of 2500 people
i has available.
The Credit Bureau has not
been able to operate in the
black during its first year but
; expects to tome near to that
in 1961. With more and more
requests for credit reports
coming in from outside the
area, the revenue will increase.
Also, a number of firms in
Loris have expressed some in
I terest in the bureau and may
! see fit to join the organization.
This addition ο f members
(Continued On Page 2)
You Wondered Where Yosir $ Went?
By Wray Thompson
Wasted time and money will
be the p'-oduc's of the state's
driver education program if
more enthusiism is nut deve
loped in Columbus County.
This is the opinions of local ed
ucators who have observed the
classes bring conducted with
few students, although with
highly qualified instructors.
The State made it mandatory
that purchasers of most auto
mobil? license plates pay .in
additional dollar to make the
driver training program avail
able to high school students in
t!).r>9. It was/not until the 1960
61 term began that instructors
were contracted in the county
and the program begun.
Approximately S11.500.00 will
be spent bv the end of the cur
ren* school vcir to give Co
lumbus students the opportun
ity of learning how to drive
•ight. This figure includes the
purchase of two dual-o ntr >l
cits, the nvintenancv of both,
'•nd salaries of two instructor t.
Toriching the limited numb
er of students interested in th"
■outre arc Danny Peacock :-i
»' e white schools and Kelton
'"»rainger in col< red schools.
Both men are Chadbotirn re«i
Itnts, teachers by profession,j
and Took special college courses
t<· cpia'ifv them for the newly
retted po>*ts.
Λ ι the beginning of the ye'-ir
some 600 students enrolled i:i
the course·: since that time the!
number has decreased. , j
"Students have so many ex
tracurricular activities already
that with them, and their re- *
•juireH studies, they just rlon't
rem to have time tf> take the ■
*>.·( r tiainirg." This is the
I* ' · « ut .li i li ;
jo conjectures that most <f ,
his students think they already 11
»""« Μ\»ν% 1«ι HIHI 111 II
hi* course (;ιιι elective \v«>»r ι
>e a wüste of time.
Holh IVncock anri f»r;ih>" ■
(••»eh nni or Ην η ci<i.-N« ■·. .ι w
ι ι··>γ'ι ' ι "'Ί Stu''·ηΐν w'-·
. ι ·' · ' . . It
lor the ι·· ιι so. To ei inj-U i
he requirements, though, ihe.v
"HIM U'fnvc .511 hours (»I C'lilS«
t om rntl j i\ hours <f;
nifMviriuiil ii-slnutinn m th« '
<·».
. «ν · t—i.—r,* b:iv·· been r< '
" " .1 " 1 i Μ"·Γ
• ν · ι ι■ is roM.t.v has re·
cwven ϊr.ao fc«r driver train· |
me in the schools. From cur«
iint license plat»· sales Colum
bus will receive an addition»]
$14-16.000 if the anticipated
number is sold.
If the course is continued
ni'xt year, it wiM cost Sl.T-o
1«'W« f..Iii) It i<t ι , '
as the two automobile« li«ve
already been paid for.
I)t* A I. CONTROL ( AR — Thi ■
bought by the county for Um· «Ιπν«"· ■
Shown with the ι Πγ.γ· JVh
To pay for (ho training puvci; · r-· <>;'
dollar as reqilimi by 1 he I,c"i*i;iture.
: I'd, i<;. kcj- I/irk η one of the two
<■ :it. "i rem··' taught in all school*,
«ι k. .um· <·Γ Ihr course instructor*.
ii en c phtes are assessed an extra