THE ONLY PULITTER PRIZE WINNING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES Moft Than 10.000 People Read The Tribune Every Week 7< People Shop From The Pages Of Their Hometown Newspaper VOLUME XV. NUMBER 26 "Tmbor City — Τ be Town With A City Future» TABOR CITY^ NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY. FKRRCARY 8. jgei 1 A. Dm # thirty-six million dollars as ol December 31st. On commenting on this increase, Mr. Tate stat ed that the Waccamaw Bank has not merged with any bank since 1937, and that its growth is an indication of progress in the areas the bank serves u* well as a tribute to the service rendered by the staff of thi U»Mt. Recruit Margie J. Hinson, daughter of Mr. and Mr.«. Alvfe D. Hinson, Route 1. Chadbourn, completed eight weeks of basic military training Jan. 25 at the Women's Army Corps Center, Fort McClellan, Ala. Recruit Hinson received drill and physical fitness training and instruction in Army hist ory and traditions. She also re ceived counseling and testing In various career fields to pro vide a basis for future training and advancement in the Army She was graduated from Wil liams Township High School, Whitevllle, in I960. I State, county, and local busi ness leaders, educators, ami cultural officials, and others have hailed the work of the North Carolina 4-H Develop ment Fund, Inc., as a means of extending the benefits of 4-H Club training to an increased \ number of North Carolina's1 young people. in a progress report releas ed today, Horace Carter, chair- ι man of the Columbus County \ 4-H Development Fund, said: 80 o* North Carolina's WO CO- I unties already have organized i campaign committees aimed at I supporting the State-wide movement and in reaching full county financial goals. He staled that an initial State goal of $1,000,000 has been set. and Columbus County's portion of that goal is $7,825. ι Funds totaling over $50.000' have already been received at 1 the headquarters of the 4-H1 Development Fund, Inc., at N. J C. State College in Raleigh | Reports of the receipt of addi tional funds are being made almost daily. The 4-H Clubs—which today | number over 1.961 local organ ./.ation and have more than 106,993 members in North Car olina—ai" operated under the j supervision and direction of the j Agricultural Extension Service at North Carolina State Col lege. The 4-H Development Fund. | which maintains its headquart ers at State College, has a | board of directors composed of! 4-H alumni and other agricul- j tural, business, civic, and re ligious leaders throughout thej state. Rebert N. Wood of Ra- j leigh is president. Principal objectives of the| Fund wil^ be toj ejtpand 4-H J camping .'ailiitie.·! tb the end1 that such- :acilities «/ill be a-! vailable to ·;« ·,-« boys ar.u girls in Norvh Carolina, iu-| crease a scholarship progr; support a state-wide system of' ' recognition and awards for elub members, support the interna tional farm youth exchange program, and meet other needs ; of the 4-H Club program in tin state. Establishment of the 4-ii Development Fund. President Wood said, is "one of the most ! signifi ant developments in the I history of the state." ■· ,e LH'Vt'liiPmüiH : I program, ii. addition t'> Presi-! I dent Wood. are Mrs. Charles j Graham of Route 1. Linwood, ι vice-president; L. L. Ray of • State College, secretary; and J. IG. Van, also of State College, treasurer. Mr. C. Lacy Tate ·>ί Whiteville and W. Horace Car ter of Tabor City are members ι ' of the Board of Directors. In commenting on tin· Deve lopment Fund, L. R. Harrill. I State 4-H Club Leader of the State College Agricultural Ex I tension Service, said: I "Investments in the 4-H De j velopment Fund will help t<· broaden the size, scope, and I influence of 4-H in providing ' new and greater opportunities I and experiences to sharpen the ! vision and challenge the imag I ination of an ever-increasing j number oC boys and girls a? ; they grow into individuals bet ter trained economically, phy isically, mentally, and spiritual ' ly to serve a* good citizens in the home, the state, and the 1 world community." i STEPHENS HOSPITALIZED D. A. Stephens was a patient In James Walker Memorial Hospital from Monday through Wednesday where he under ! went surgery for the removal of a tumor. It. II. (It Kl>) BOND UlSilOl' PAUL GAKbfcK Methodist Rallies Slated Feb. 21,22 The annual Layman's Rally J <>1 Uu· Wilmington District of tlie Methodist Church will hold meetings in Wilmington and l.umberton on February 21, and 22. respectively, with a noted speaker from Tennessee featured i>n both occasions, A. K. Goldfinch, district lay lead er ol Tabor City, announced today. The February 21. meeting In Wilmington will lie held at 6:15 1». M. at the 5in Avenue Meth odist Church. The February 22. meeting in Lumberton will be hel l at G:lö Ι*. Μ. at the Chest nut Street Methodist Church. Bishop Paul N. Garbcr will i'ppear on the program both: nights. Principal speaker at those rallies will be R. 11. (Red) Bund, uf Dyersburg, Tenn., conference lay leader of the Methodist Church. Mr. Bond has a wide reputation as a dy namic religious speaker. He is a member of the General Board of lay activities of the Methodist Church. The speaker is employed by Southern Bell Telephone Com pany. is a veteran of the Mar ine Corps, the father of two children and was raised on a farm. "We want to urge all the Methodists in this district to attend one of these lay rallies and hear this fine speaker," Mr. Goldfinch said today. Milkman Put On ProbutionByJudge Clarence W. Lang ton. 31. a Coble Milk company salesman of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced from three l<> live years last week a« a Superior Court ses sion on false pirtensos «rov ing out of approximately $7.500 shortage in milk bills from the I'iggly Wiggly super market in Tabor City. In lieu of the prison sen tence he was placed on a five year probation term with con ditions that he pay to the Piggly Wiggly $50 a month un til the $7.500 is cleared up and also pay .Bryant Baker $00.70 before March 15 Investigation in the case was handled by Horace Shaw, head of the county bureau of inves tigation. and his tin lings indi cate Langslon raised tickets when delivering milk to the Tabor City firm. Suspicion was aroused while I .angst on was on vacation and the milk bill ran only $50 η weck when it had ordinarily been $107. The ticket raisin;.' took place during the period Jan. I. 1058 until Od. 21. tflBO. Shaw said that the ticket* indicated he had taken on the average $50 a week ranging over the 146 week period. Langston entered a plea of guilty to the false pretenses charges. Me explained that he would either raise the tickets after an employee had signed it or would make another ticket fo<· a higher price than the actul cost of the milk and then sinn . the ticket to indicate a greater I amount of milk had boon dc livorod than actually was r«·· coived. Teams Lose To Bladenboro Both teams of Tabor City suffered a loss Friday night. The Bladenboro Bulldogs de feated the Red Devils 73 to 45 while the Lady Bulldogs de feated the Dovileltes 3K to 2;>. The Bulldogs were paced by James I'arrish with 2'Λ points. Me was pushed elosel.v by Ron nie Cox who bad 22 points for the visitors. For the Devils. I.eon Fon vielle dumped in 12 points while Roger Small looped 10. The Lady Bulldogs were paced by Gracie Storms with :5 poinls. The Devilettes were paced by Carrie .lean Wray with II points. Rachel Cox. Eula Arnctt. and Shelvia Grain ger each had fi points for the Devilettes. Both of Bladenboro's team grabbed an early lead and held it. The victory of the Lady Bulldogs clinched them the number one psot in the WAV County Police Hit Bootleggers Hard; Crack Four Stills Horry County Police hit hard al bootlcpKcrs during Ihr past ."»•vend days, with four stills being destroyed . Brunswick County Days Set For Thursday#Friday & Sat· Seouls And Cubs To Be Honored Thursday, Mon. Ii.*.ν Scouts. C'ub Scouts, their pan r! .tiid leaders are urged t" attc-nd a eov< red «fish sup per at she Tabor City school | cafeteria Thursday night of ι ibis week at 6:30 P. M. I The dinner meeting is being held in conjunction with Na tional Bov Scout week and the ' same occasion last year was at j tended l>y some 13») boys and ■ parents. 1 Monday night of next week, the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts will be guests of the Tabor City Rotary Club at β:30 at the school cafeteria. This is also being held as a part of Boy Scout Week. The Rotary Club sponsors the Cubs in Tabor City . A speaker will be secured for the Monday night meeting but the Thursday program will : be short and made up of re j marks by local Scout leaders and skits by members of the i youth organizations. Wrestling Card At Williams "Black Bolo" anil Mr.-.. "Black Bolo" will headline the all .slur wrestling card scheduled at Williams Township School February 13. at 7:30. Their opponents for the ihatch are "Geo.gia Strong Soy" and "Violet Ray" worlds womens champion, who has de feated all leading lady grap plers in America today, j "Georgia Strong Boy" suv meefled in defeating worlds I strongest man Paul Anderson, in a great match. Previously I Anderson had been undefeated ι Uy such great grapplers as I western champion "Dick the Bruiser" and eastern champion. '•Killer Kowalski" also defeat ed the 701 pound "Haystack I Calhoun." There will be two single matches before the champion ship tag team match, which is for two out of three falls. Guidance Programs Introduced At WMS Rev. Eil Armstrong, minister I of the Methodist churches in 1 the Waccamaw Charge, intro j duced a series of four guidance ; programs by meeting with the seniors of Williams Township ( School Thursday afternoon in ; the Home Economics Depart ment with Mis. Retha Thomp son and Mr. Charles Bullock acting as co-ordinators. I In spe'iking with the seniors, Rev. Armstrong brought out I the concepts of man — mater i »1 ist it·, rationalist) . biological, and psychological, and con cluded that man was all of these concuepts. but the only and true concept of man is that ' he is a child of God. On Thursday the seniors will he addressed bv C. \V. Todd of i the Mollie Community. ·Αν V»N ΤΟ ™ Of (>ΛΙΜ f T»it NATION At rouOATfOM Thursday, Friday and Satur-i day are the· Ihn·«· bin days set: aside in Tabor City honoring. lit unswick County during! "Brunswick County Apprecia- 1 turn Days." Many Tabor City merchants, are taking part >u the oi& pr< inotioii and an· ofiering unu sual savings on many quality products ouring tin- three day], event. While the entire promo tion is slated toward the folks of Brunswick County, the bty values art available to every-j one . Furthermore, in addition to the bi,i value carnival in thei( stores, merchants are niving away S3"0 during the promo-1 lion. Sample copit of this issue • >t The Tabor City Tribun»! ι have been mailed out through-! out Brunswick County and oth er rural areas ol Columbus County. On the special section front page is a number in red , ink. Every person receiving one ! if these papers with a number ! on it that contains two zeros, can bring that paper to any merchant advertising and rt I fleam it for $1.00 in cash. Also, there are many dupli cate numbers going to various. communities. Any persons re-j tieiving a paper with a number, 1 on it that he can match with J the same number on a paper I received by his neighbor, can btmn those two papers to Ta bor City and redeant each of , them for §5.1(0 in trade at any , j merchant advertising in the j special section. It's a gala promotion in Ta-' bor City and many of the Brunswick citizens are expect ed to come to town this, week end tor ι he three big flays. PlerchanisUrged To Make Report Of Collections Mrs. Hilda Phipps, se·rotary of the Credit Bureau of Tabor j City. Inc.. today urged all mer chant.«; using the collection de-' part merit of the bureau to in form her immediately when I delinquent accounts are paid lo the merchant. A number of old accounts have been collected by the 1 J merchants after having boon · j turned over to the credit bur eau. Some o! these were not reported by the merchant and the burohi continued its ef | forts t<< collect the bill.; even after they had been paid. "This is an embarrassing po ; sitiori for us and we want to urge every merchant who col h> ts oni· of these accounts in his store to call us immediate ly." Mrs. Plupps said. Hunting Season Ends At Sundown Tlu* hunt inn season for rab bits. coons. possums. wild turk eys and ι rouse comes to a close at sundown <·ιι Feb. 15. Tili: reminder was n.ade to day to members «if tlu· Colum bus County Wildlife Club men> Ihts. as well as to the general public, by the club's president. Tod Watts. He also said that migratory | game bird seasons and those of dee", bear, and wild boar closed it * inuary. Remaining lor hunters aft er Februarp arc stub non gaim· species as crows and groundhogs. with tox hunting permitted in sotne counties having local fox laws Goal Bought By Ruriians Any Huritans absent — and hen· v.wui'i many — frond !h· February dinner meeting U he Williams Township group, Ii kl last Thursday evening at i,· St irlight Drive - In in A'hiteviUe, will be pleased to earn that the nineteen memb ers present unanimously ap jro\ed an inspired plan to pur ;hase a goat. Alter < iich meeting, names of :niy members absent without iii acceptable excuse will be jlat L-cl 111 a hat. Then one name Aill be drawn troin the hat. ,he lucky fellow whose name is irawn will awaken next morn·« ing to find said goat tied t<\ at. or near, his doorstep, the delighted recipient will have the joyful privilege of keeping the animal until the morning [allowing the next monthly meeting when, after having himself attended the meeting the preceding evening, he wiH reluctantly transport the goal to the home of another fortun ate absentee and leave it tied to. at. or near, his doorstep. The very prospect is thrill« ing. isn't it? It is hoped that this incen tive to stay at home when tht club meets will not prove to be overpowering. President C. VV. Todd secur« ed the approval of the memb« ers to hold each regular meet ing during the eurrent year at a different restaurant in the area. Tabor City Native Dies In Concord George J. Stephens, 65, Ta bor City native, died Saturday in the Cabai ras County Hos pital following a long illness. He was the brother of W. P. Stephens of Tabor City and the late Roland D. Stephens, and the son of the late P. Jasper and Calley D. Stephens. lie was a veteran of World War I with overseas service in France. Funeral services were held Monday at 3 p. m. in the chap el of Lady's Funeral Home in Concord where he had made hi* home. The Rev. H. W. Greene officiated with burial i:< the Ο ikvvood Cemetery. Full military honors were accorded. Sui vr ors include his wife, Mrs I ο is Brown Stephens; a daughter. Mrs. Alice Greene of Columbia. S. C.: a son, Lindy Stephens of Charlotte; two or .tι..-ι . \V. P. Stephens of Ta bor City. R. I.. Stephens of Wannaiiis'i: two sisters. Mrs. ! »Iii«· W tts and Mrs. Lottie Ward, both of Whiteville and three grandchildren. Attending the funeral from Τ »bor City were W. P. Steph ens. Norman Stephens, Mrs. Dons S. Mills and Mrs. Thelma S. Fonviellti. (Note Γο Parents Names of children who are exported to begin school next year are wanted by Principal illirlrson. Although no date has yet been set for a prr-school clinic, tbc staff needs to know the names of the prospective sto* drnts so that arrangements for the clinic can be imdo. The principal stated today that children must have had polio shots, and have reached the a?e of six hv (li tnhnr loci Sweet Potato Market Doomed Unless Drastic Reforms Made In Growlna Doomed la the Columbus Co unty sweet potato marketing future if radical changes in growing and pa.kaging are not practiced. This was the opin ion of 39 growers, shippers and agriculture leaders who visited the New York market last week and also surveyed the Virginia potato prespects. Under the direction of Henry M. Covington, extension horti cultural specuialist, the group, comprised of members of the "800 Bushel Sweet Potato Club," included Jimmy Oarrtll, Tabor City; Bill Bailey and Herman Blake, Chadbourn; Lennon Gore. Tabor City R3:. ind Wray Thompson, Tab >r ~ity. The caravan left Clinton on Ian. 28 and returned Jan. 31. rhe tour included a tour of New York City's Washington Street Produce Market, Whol< - , tale Fruit Auction, a Virginia experiment station and pack er« throughout Virginia. A highlight of the trip was a banquet held in Accomac. | Va, where the North Caro-. lininns were hosted by eastern! nhore sweet potato growers, county agent* and marketing. specialists. 1 During the meeting tli«· visit ors were informed that 1hc· Virginia grower* r>re iihlc n vleM up to 701! Ifiislit is if ρ . tatoea per a η· und yet us«· very little· fertilizer. Ttie touring group was also inforired of Virginia's pro«r -ri 011 promoting tin· sweet p<*t, t<> market by moans of advertis ing and packaging rhfingvs. Virginia growers made known their intentions of crowing »?,·· n«"w Nu«"f"t v!ir|i-tv w'. i h V«.rth Carolinen« ι··«ν ('όιι «· ♦ would enable them to yield more bushels-per-acre. With Virginia'!· already higher yield r · r »·. the Cnri Una croup rim lc kn<>\vn their fears that \ν· t ι I i· "It'M behind" ··· .Μ ι >„· in;irk«tinn c»m· petit i«»n. Tin· . r iuc North Carolina ν cct I" ' '!<■ ( inn produce? ' .< !b ·ΐι 300 bushels per Here, 'nivvfvti· the "3Π0 Miishcl Sweet P< t »I· Club" organized v i · ;t"<> to encourage •ν ι, ■ c»'"U tl' ti practice* to ,.· ι·, v.-,· yieMs, and to cn " 'ι ;·<*»· the «sc of better seed ■ *o !:*. v. v .« vnrlctv, which v, a . produced experimentally 1a<*t Mnfon, promises m yield t 'ι hi.'^h rat«· with high resist ance to diseases. Saiti Covington of the Car·— ι im |».l t·· liitiir.>, "t'nlesji irtners stop trying to raise »et ιΐ««ι·:< in t'>e ol.i fnhlonci, tntiqiiated, method, they will m»t be able Ιο compete with Virginia and Louisiana on the •Markets." He added. "By pn» 'uciittt higher yields-per-acre, ,-iev will he able to rut their ■ 's» · m r hu«hel and get higher r ofjt.« " Τι»I <"■ Citv Ccv ngton ••v · · ' · t "'n the 13 years hat I've watched that area's market, it ha« beer ohvtouü I th.1l it has become a pecond ii.'it' m.ii!'.«'t " ''Tabor City's market is in 'vin ii· <■ ' of !ι·;ΐ'!< · Inn." Γ \ niil· π «ays ho believes "An I I your farmers art· »rowing |«> ' aloes tin· sain»· way they did SO years his«»." North Carolina's avera <· h is been decreasing in recent years, whereas Virginia's acreage has I been risintt. I.ouisana now , orrwf more acres than either ' ·»- , tttfc*. I'ric-wNn-t'i ( i-f ' πι j_<»1 rit«» ί ht.ngtK π a\ti· age of 7ft cents per bushel, I highm than Virginia': and! Lmisinnn potatoes vi«>IH 7ϊ cnls to .» dollar higher th'in C.'Mii'i; ,a's The ♦«.«ir. which w ts müde ·>η «ι chartered bus, w;is sponsored h> Mir North Ciirohna Y.im A soci-ition «r which Howard C >i!j(.(t, Corbet I Brothers. Wil mington. is president. Special guests on the trip was the IfWto winner of the "300 Bushel" ii the tour. Garrel! »1» itn officer of Tabor City Foods. Inc.; Bailey and Blake are on th»· staff of W. E. Bailey A Son, Chadbourn shippers; Gore was the county "300 Bush«·!" win ner thi ye'·— ari't T* tnnsen, T: b' r f itv '!' it ι.η irjnag'.nj editor, was official newsman 1 for th· group.