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VOLUME XV. NUMBER 42
ffTabor City — The Town With A City Future"
TABOR CITyTnORTII CAROUNA \VI:!»NESI»\V. MAY 31. 19fii
Production Off 92
Percent But Hope
Felt For Yam Mart!
^ Ι.ι w yield.-; are the majoi
ί imuIi in nt Columbus County
- vii'. potato H'o\m-is. lint thi:
}..nl)l in can |iobably be over
come.
'I'he call to redevelop thij
lol.g tinii' s '.and by ol the Taboi
Cit.v area was μ »willed at .
sweet potalo meeting on pro·
niotion and production hell
heii Tuesday uignt. Tin· Youtij
: Jfarm·.i.> t'lub .sponsored thi
ι session.
Fanners and businessmen at
tending tli«· meeting, as well .i:
two representatives ol Taboi
City Foods. In . and Corbet'
• Canning Company .
Ki-ii I.«veil. Executive - s»*«··
reiary of the Merchants Ass·»·
ciution. iminted out that yam
brought farmers of the are;
Sl,2t»0.00l) in 1953. The Taboi
Sity .Marketing Company hand·
led .VU.IIUI) bushels that year.
In comparison, last year thi
volume dropped to -10.000 bush·
I els an.l farmers received on!\
ι
ι S 120,000. There is :i definite
I need t< · ι the money brought by'
»weet potatoes in this area. I
I I.i«veil said.
t buries Kaper, County ag
rnt, drriarrii. "We frei (hat \v·
have the best sweet potato
I market in the country. We not
only have the fresh market but
ι we have two yam processors tn
take our No. 'is and jumbos."
Henry Covington. State Ex
tension Agent. discussed inod
.•rn production lüethmls, cm·
pha.-i/ing the need for planned
chemical fertilizer program*.
Κ. K. Sanderson of Newton
(irovf described his state1
championship - yield of last
war. lie produced 134 bushels
.f No. I sm cct potatoes on a ,
measured acre.
Dr. Λ1 \V. Hoover of Stat«·;
Colli ge descnbeil new pro«hi ts
• or sweet potatoes, especially
new sweet potato flakes. For
produce! ion oi sweet potato'
1 lakes a new factory is now j
beiiis i>mIt at Windsor.
Mrs. Cronkhite
Dies Tuesday;
•Riles Set Today
Mrs. Irene Adams Cronkhite,
wife uf Phil Cronkhite. man
ager of the Horry County Far
mers Market tiled unexpected
ly Tuesday morning while un
dergoing major surgery.
Funeral services will be heW
from ti»e Loris Methodist chur
ch today (Wednesday) at ^n
«*< >ur to be announced later.
The family requested that
flowers be omitted in favor of
memorials made to the chuivh
of the choice of those who
would normally choose to send
flowers.
Graveside services will be
held Allegan. Michigan.
Mrs. Cronkhite had taught in
the Green Sea schools and was
φ.η active member of the Loris
Methodist church. She was
treasurer of the Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service and
had served as acting superin
tendent of the church's youth
division and as a Sunday!
Schot·! teacher.
Mrs. Cronkhite was born at
Allegan. Mich., Sept. 5, 1811.
She was a daughter of Mrs. |
Minnie Spiague Adams audi
Λ the late Frank Adams. j
Survivors include her moth
er and husband, five daught
ers: Mrs. Donald Myers. East)
Lansing. Mich.: Miss Martha
Cronkhite. Kalamazoo. Mich.: I
Miss Lorali Cronkhite, East
Lansing, Mich.; Miss Gail
Cronkhite and Miss Susan
Cronkhite, both of fxtris; three ι
l^>rothcrs: Shalto Adams. Can-(
ton. O.; Clare Adams, and Leo!
Adams, both of Allegan. Mich ; I
and six sisters: Mrs. William
Collick. Mrs. Martha Linscy,
Mrs. Larry Cramer and Mrs. |
Art Tisher. all of Allegan, I
Mich.; Mrs. Bcnnic Crowfoot,
Carlsbad. Ν. M.; and Mrs. Wal-ι
ter Cassidy. L>ng Beach. Calif.
£
Deadline
Hling for our of Ihr three
town ol I irr* up for r Irrt ion
Junr 13. »ill reuse at noon
Saturday. Junr 3.
Thus far only two mrn have
filrd tor the vacancy to exist |
w ith thr expiration of Howard
Harrrlson's Irrm. Harold Ward '
and ll.trrrlsoii.
W. W. Woody has re-hid for
his seat on the Board of Com
missioner·. The only other can
didate for a commiKlonrr's joh
hate "ι'ίΛ Aits Ο. Gar^ell »vht ι
filed Tuend»; in the town hall.
Commissioners Woody and
Krnnrth Ray both expire.
Thr only other candidate for
thr mayor's office is Kldred ι
(Sappy) Waddrll was defeated
hy llarrrlson two years aio.
Liability Rate Hike
Backed By Agents
The North Carolina Commis-1
sioncr of Insurance has been;
requested to increase automo-;
bile liability insurance rates'
lor passenger cars by 18.7 pe»'1
cent, according to Hector Me- ι
Neill, president of the Columb
us County Association of In
surance Agents. ! ι
Insurance companies are ex
periencing severe losses onau
to liability insurance in the Tar
Heel state, according to Mc
Neill. "The losses for the state
during the first two years dur-j
ing which compulsory insur
ance was in effect totaled j,
$18.087.«172.
He also pointed out that the j
number of automobile actid-l,
ents in the state lias increased <
at a much faster rate than the:,
rise in number of automobiles
on the roads . ι,
If permission to raise the ,
rates is granted, cost of a
$5.00(>/$l()(i00 bodily injury ,
and $5.000 property damage ,
liability protection policy ,
would be increased as follows: 11
Class ΙΑ—Individually own
.·<! car, without any male driv
;rs under age 25. used for
jleasuii only, $6 increase.
Class IB- -Individually own·
•d ear. without any mule driv
es under ai;e 2Γ», customarily
ised to go to work a distant«·
>l less than 10 road miles one
ray. $7.00.
Class 1C—Individually own·
•d car. without any male driv
r under age 25. used to go to
vork a distance of 11) or mure
oad miles one way. $0.00.
Class 2Λ—Individually own·
•d car with one or more male
•rivers under awe 25, none of
hose being the owner or prin
cipal operator; also a car own·
•d and operated by a married
nale under age 25. $12.00.
Class 2C—Car owned or prin
ipallv operated by an unmar
ied male under .me 25, $19.00
Class 3- -Car owne I by n
ndividual and used for bii;i
less; not driven by a male uii
Icr age 25; also car owned by
»artnership or corporation.
10.
Class 1AF—Farm car. with·
iut any male drivers under age
15, used for pleasure only,
5.00.
Class 2AF—Farm car with
ne or male drivers under age
IS, none of these bei η μ the
wner or principal operator;
Iso a farm car owned and op
rated by a married male und
r age 25, $8.00.
Class 2Cl·'—Farm car own« I
r principally operated by « η
nmarried male under age 25.
14.00.
JCatts Named Veep
JNC Student Body
Mitchell Waviie Watts, Tab
r City, has been «'leeted ν ire
•resident of the University of
forth Carolina School of Phar
macy student body.
Dr. Ε. Α Brecht, dean of the
ichool of Pharmacy, stated
hat 92 percent of the students
»rolled in the school voted In
he election. 1
GIVEN FLAG — Mrmhrr* of the American Legion poet at r
Handy Plain» were Riven a new :»®-»tar flair by Erakln Young \
frtn behalf of the Woodmen of the World, camp 139. Pott Cora· I
mander «rover Faulk (left) accepted the flair for the post, r
Member* shown with him (L-r) are Elbert Strickland, Harry ι
Steven*. Elmore Gore. I.yman Fowler. Marvin Tyner, Hoyt! f
Plvcr, Ralph Norrli, Edward Rlvrnbark, and Wayland Norrl*. t
Young Is at extreme right. Presentation of the flag followed · 11
chicken-bog, at wblch wive· of rawnben wot« gueata. t
XKW RADIOS — The «oniniunicatiolis systrm of 111«· Τ ahtir City Police Department was strengthened yesterday »i'h
installation of new transmitters an<l receivers. giving the dt'|> artment three times the broadcasting area previously possible.
Officer Harry Uruton lernten demonstrates the transcievcr I oc ited in (he police station, while Assistant Chief Ted Walls
uses he mobile unit <riglit>; Mrs. .Marian C.jrrelJ is shown us ing a walkie-talkie located in the town hall.
Town Joins County
PD Radio Network
Tabor City poli o have had
their radio broadcasting tacil
ities tripple·«! in raiiKi' ami «■!
icctiveiiess with the installa
tion of a new system yesterday.
Several months ago the Fed
eral Communications Commis
sion outlawed the frequency
used by the sheriff's depart
ment and police department ?
throughout the county. To
make the necessary ehang··
>ver. several larue electronics
:irnts were invited to submit
bids on the new equipment re
quired.
To take advantage til t!.t
savings allowed by buying
equipment along with the co
mity Tabor City was required
to make her purchase beton
the supplier's contract expired.
Of the now station. Mayor
Howard Harrelson (who is al
so police commissioner) said
The new system is far super»
In·· to the old one. We had lost
.•ur - mnnmicbiion ties wi. .
I he slieru'f anrf other police
s'ations in the lounty, but now
we have regained them, and
much more coverage."
Local police are also able to
monitor calls made by the
Highway Patrol.
Big Sliil Cut
Near Log Cabin
Tuesday Korn
Law < nforceinent officers
■racked ;i Iii:, .-tili < mite and a
hall" trom l.oris behind ihr Lo<{
Cabin Service station on Hwy.
j Ί Tuesd; ν
ι Si !:".o ϊ V.» :e «.-ii»lit cusos of
Ii(|t··>i*. fiw κ··.- cylinders, 3!»
cases <>f empty fruit jars, anf'
two men: Clifford Fowler and
Clyde Ο. Kowler, J>nth arrested
ion charges of \n>lalinti tlxo·
j liquor law.
j The 500 gallon sii'.l was fel
-r τ seven v^tts that held sonu·
ι 4(iU-ö. 0 galluns of mash each
The still was ir. operation at
the time of the raid, conducted
by SLED Atjenl J aim s Andel
■on and C uinty Pehceineri
Herman En/or ami I'rin ι·
■jtrieklan·!. Both 11».- Fowlers
raced away from the still,
ivheiv they had been fryin»
chicken, but were cauuht >ιι
the woods. F.ι lust his pistol
in the chase.
The st.ll nad a large truck
radiator as a condeiisoi ,\ pii
cher pump and a uasolit.« pump
furnished water
The hu«e cas-fired conk, r
stood on a masonry base, brac
ed with small steel rails.
Angelia Powell Is
*61 Dairy Princess
Λ pretty blue-eyed Beth«·)
youngster was chosen from a
roster of eleven contestants io
; ■ srvc IS the futility's 1961 Da
iry Princess in the area com
pel it urn slated for Tuesday.
,lnne t! in Murnaw.
1'he county's preliminary,
held in the loiinty aijriculUnc
. uililum. Whiteville. last
I hursday. was sponsored ivy
' hi· Columbia County Dairy
men's Association and whs di
rected by Mrs. Phillip StroN·.
Aiinelia is the daughter . I
Mr. iiiul Mrs. Johnnie Powell,
Clarendon Rt. 1. She has re
ceived .1 numucr <>f awards
riuriiig hei senior year at Wil
hams Township school, includ
ing the Javei·»·'s "My True Se
i nrity" contest, and many dis
11 mc! mn.s for her home econom
ies projects and -l-H work. Too.
>h<· was the subject of a recent
Tribune feature which used her
as the Typical "average stu
dent" of Columbus County.
Sin· plans to enter East Car
(Continucd On Page
]«e PER COPY—SS.OO A YEAR
Cartrette Captured
Friday Near Home
Trial Is Tuesday
Thomas Gaston Cartrette. alleged rapist of a
14-year-old girl, was captured Friday near his
Williams Township ho nit· five days after fleeing from
his arresting officer.
Members «Ί tiit sheriff's de
partment and Hmuci' Shaw,
C'ountv Bureau of Investigation
cmet. were summoned Friday
to ;·ΐι area near the home of
Cartrette's sister t>y Deputy
Autv Cod\eaη who hail spotted
hi.» car parked nearby. Th>
officers arrested Cartrette
without resistance.
On Sunday. May 21. a war
rant was sworn out chargi.ig
Cartrette with ravishing a 1
year-old girl of Evergreen. The
alleged rape suposively uccur
red in the Cartrette home aft
er he arrived early Sunday
morning in her company as
well as two teen-age boys and
a second girl The girl told ot
ficeis that Cartrette forced her
into a bedroom and raped her.
I>u Thursday. May 24 (one
day before he was captured),
Cartrette was intervued by a
county newspaperman. Ques
tioned on his reasons for flee
ing trom Deputy Godwin when
a warrant was being served
on May 21. Cartrette gave the
following as Ins reasons:
"1 realized that rape is a
capital crime, to me meaning
electrocution. 1 knew that it
I was jailed I would not be re
leased on bond and 1 would not
have a chance to find out just
what I did that Saturday niglsl
ami Sunday morning."
Cartrette claims that he was
brought to hi> home by the
two young couples after a
drinking session at the Sanft
Uon. a 1.umbel River dance
place. He said that he was so
highly intoxicated that he re
members nothing of the ac
tion of which he is accused.
"Because 1 have served time
in prison, (but not tor a capl'
al crime). I knew that A jury
would automatically find me
guilty. St. ι had to have lo
find out what happened."
Cartrette said that he din
not believe that he could have
coinmitteed such a crime while
in su: h ;tn extreme drunken
condition.
Cartrette gave this version
of the Saturday night and Sun
day under investigation:
He said that lie and his wife
and two children were prepar
ing to leave for a movie when
. i.epluw. Grady NYaley, came
Ό h" r.' aim sllgyesled Hull
the V. A.r'.u n·· with him to
til·· Sciul-li'.x Arrangements
wen· inaoe tu t.ik· his child
dreii an«: .Mi- Cartrcite to her
parents.
Later. Cart ret!« said that he
w.i? U 11 ;.t the Tourist Grill
in Chadbourn while Nealey
went t"i his date. Xealey re
turned around II p. ni. with
two girl.- and Jerry Duncan,
a Hein milt resident. The live
proceeded to the Sand-Box.
The accused man stated that
he bought s· nie whiskey later
that night and got progressive
ly worse. Early Sunday morn
ing his party brought him
home, along with lour or five
others who had been at the
Sand-Rux: they did not remain
at the Cartrette home lotig. ho
believes.
On the same morning De
puty Godwin arrived at the
Cartrette home with the war
lant charging him with rape.
While he was being allowed
a change of clothing he escap
ed. he said.
I.ater the girl was taken to
the Columbus County hospital
by order of the sheriff's de
partment where a doctor's ex
amination revealed thai had a
subject o! intercourse.
Sheriff Duke said today that
trial will probably be held next
Tuesday.
Unavoidable
Λ coroner's jury held Friday
night that the death of Larry
Keith Fowler. 1-4 year old boy
struck down by a car as he
rode on Hwy. 701. was an un
avoidable accident.
The young boy was killed
May 18 when he was struck
down by a car driven by Roger
Floyd on Hwy. Till.
The jury was told that Fowl
er and a chum were riding at
the center of the highway go
ing toward Tabor City Floyd
said he did not see either bike,
neither of which had a light,
until he was on top of them.
One swerved to the right and
the other to the let!, he said.
RUDOLPH FAIRCLOTH ....
Prominent Newsman Had Tabor City Start
"Faihcloth. it looks as it' I'll have to teach you
how to play pol.it."
Rudolph airclothe. a Tabor City native, looked
around and aim't'd with the man addressing him—
President Franklin l>elano Roosevelt.
These words were ι·χ hang« d
fhol'tly III'tori· the President <!!
n. Kuiiiii Faircl> tli was .it
Wei m Springs, (ί.ι . οι» an ns
MKiiinftit I y Assoc. ateo Pr·.·-·
to cover each ni<>\« ma.i«· by
thr infirmed Mr. Roose\elt ·!ΐ
his I.ittle Whit«· Hon <
Ti.i> picture contrast« sharp
ly with the young Rudolph
haircloth of aim si 3tl years
iι·· »: the summer ot 1921 tonne, j
tin· Tabid City youth helping .
Oh; pel 11111 artist paint a inui
al m the local liiptlst chinch.
Whi n the job was eoniplcti <1.:
Huddi was invited to accom
pany the artist to the I'nuei--,
it.v campus. He accepti·«!
Duriiv· the next Ii w seasons]
ho was a student durinc 11-·
school year, and artM's-he!p- ί
er riuiitiK summers Later he
Jollied the staff of Wooteli
Photographers. wh« π· I ν stay
ed foi the ηι·> t t« ι yens.
"t learned everything I know
kr<>m Mrs. Wnoten. head of the
lirm," say.·- Kai-cloth today.
He must have been ; n adept
s'uduit: today he is rated as
•ti" of the nations top photo
i'raphers; he has photograph«·:! ι
many lustori al event* during I
his career, and is currently I
head of his department at As-1
sociated Press' It.ilciah office, j
from Coal Mine to Rattlrfirlil
Pearl Harbor Dav in 1941 j
found Faircl· w ith an im
port >nt rliTi Ion to make —
should he take 'he Job offered
by a Los Angeles portrait firm; I
i>r should h«· accept AP's bid l«i
juiti them. Hi· chose ihr latte·
\vitli:n .1 few week- was «>n
!iis way 1<i mir nf his most im
portant challenges t«· u p· rt
tin· situation ot "Blood) Hurl·
iin. Kentucky."
Hin leu was a coal mininu
town in which many men win·
killed as unions were being or
ganized in opposition to Hit·
v ishos oi tlu· oi mint· operat
ors.
"When I t'ot to Harlan I
>vi nt straight to oik· of the
mine's where miners were ·»»»
-ti ike. At the opening of the
mine, seated on the railroad
Aiis a group of rough - looking
Workers, each with a knife,
.vhittleing." K.iircloth remin
isced.
Then he told them 'hat he
ivas a newspaper man and
..-anted t 1 t ike so:nc picture*.
" "If any SOU takes my p'e
lure. I'll . . .' said one of the
Tien as he stood up facing fair
loth, still slicing the stick lie
ivas hol.ling with a lotlg knife,
uid accent 111K his threat with
>ig spit of tobacco juice!" said
haircloth "For a few minutes
I tri.-d to figure the situation
lit. I low could I «et the pi.·
ures that I needed".
His solution evolved: He
•«juatted down in front of a
?roun of the belligcrant miners
tnd asked for a chew of tobac
co. -J had never had any to
bacco in my mouth before; but
I decided that it would be
worth trying.
" 'Kollow!·'. 1 said. Tm new
on this job. and it I don't Kot
Minn· pictures I'll loose m> job.'
And every minor 1 had ad
dressed before spat some to
bacco jnieo. 1 spat some higher
and louder than he had."
After recalling the ■ onversa
tion. Faireloth said. "I got the
pictures. The men oven sug
gested poses, and took mo to
another mine for more shot?."
While on the same assign
ment ho accompanied a law
enforcement officer to one
mine when· the bodies of
twelve men were found. Again
the miners and operators had
fought to death over the un
ionizing of the Harlan mines.
One period of 1JMI found him
assigned to Fort Henning. Ga..
where he was to work with
Gen. "Blood and (Juts" George
Patton. The general aske.l
Faircloth one day what would
make a good picture to pub- (
licise his men and their work ,
"t.ino up ten tanks.' Fail'·
eloth told Gen. Patton.
The next morning (lie phtl
o^rapher found not ten tanks,
but 100 tanks ready tor photo- j
gr iphing. and planes swooping
down low over them. The pic
tures were printed all over the
country, marking one of Fair
cloth's greatest achievements, j
In 1!M3 he. was drafted anrl ι
sent to the Pacific to join th*!
First Information Service
which was set up to report the j
news of the invasion of Okin- j
awl. This agency was mmprij- '
ed of the most highly trained
news men of the United States
including Winthrop Rock* fei-:
(Continued On Pi|r 2) |
Rt nof.PII FAIRf LOIII left Tabor City at the iff of
Ιβ. and ha* brrnmr one of Ihr country's lop nfw«
if«· «η «how η rHh two of hi* photo* of which
C la Justly proud. At the left I· a photo taken minute* after
ι. .. an war correspondent Krnie I'ylc was killed by a
Okinawa sniper; and at the right Is a scene taken while
PriaotM Elisabeth was on fe«r Carrlhbean tour, and on
wnlcb Falreloth was the only American photoetapher in·
vttei.