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VOLUME XV. NUMBER Μ
"Tabor City — The Town With A City Future3*
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26. 1961 -
TABOR CITY, NORTH CAROLINA
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.Korder Belt Tobacco Markets Opea '61 Sales Next Week
Tabor Had Highest
Average In 1960
The 1001 Tabor City Tobacco Market, opens
Thursday, August ·'», and warehousemen are optimis
tic about having· the bigrjrest les season in recent
yea». ,
hi nee the first warehouse was built in Tabor Citv
ii lüOLi, Kit market litre l.:ss
:< ...inet. un.ong t.i»· highest
Utivinu in the entire Border
ι !k!t. ! .tiM yen- the market re
i . listed ;i «-loss sales ..f 9.250,
KOS pound-. with a κιιι.<> aver
■ u^e of s'ii.y-i jj*.r hundivr!
j pounds.
Tubor City':: lftCO market av
γ.·λ· was the highest in the
i IVroei Melt.
Season averages for other
markets in the Border Belt
ι last year, according to the
North Carolina Department of j
; Agriculture, were listed with
Chadbourn grossing an average
i ol S»)2.8;j per hundred: Clark
ton $5840: Fair Bluff $61.29:
Fairmont St>3.U5: Fayetteville
j $57.11; Lumberton $60.70: and
VVhiteville SC 1.62.
New Farmers, Carolina and
Garrell's Warehouses will be
j operated again this year by R.
I C. Coleman Sr.. R. C. Coleman
Jr., Joe Coleman. O. L. Cole
man and Harriet Sikes. Plant·
. ers Warehouse will have Don
! Watson Sr.. Don Watson Jr.
I and Cliff Stevens as operators.
' Joe Coleman will be the auc
tioneer for the first three
houses named, while Harry
Nunn will chant for Planters.
Each of the above-named
persons contacted this week
j agreed that tobacco of this
j area—in spite of a cold,spring
and over abundant moisture—
: will no^ be off over 10 oercent
I in the final rundown. *
! Ken Lovell, Sales Supervis
or. said today "1 am very opt
imistic about the prospects this
year." He added. "We are an
ticipating a most successful
season and it is highly possi
bly that prices will top those
of last year."
First sale Thursday will be
j at Planter's Warehouse, slated
j to commence at 9 o'clock.
Ε. Τ. Richardson
Funeral Today
Ervln Tommy Richardson- 47.
«· member of the Columbus
County Board of Education,
died unexpectedly at his homo
at Nakina Tuesday morning.
Funeral services are to be
held this afternoon «Wednes
day* at 4 p.m. in the Palmyra
I Baptist Church, near Old Dock,
with the Rev. Raymond L.
Cumbee officiating. Burial will
be in Columbus Memorial Park
In Whltevllle.
Surviving are his widow.
Mrs. Edith Ray Richardson:
two sons. John Gilbert and
Michael Ray Richardson, both
of the home; two daughters.
Mrs. Carl Reddix of Raelord
and Mrs. Clayton W. Shackrl
ford, of Nakina; a brother. Law
rence P. Richardson of Bolivia;
two half brothers. Tommy Ray
of Wilmington, and Hoover
Ray of Nakina; «ix sisters. Mrs.
Mae Ezrell of Whltevllle. Mrs.
Annie Gore of Clarendon. Mrs.
Helen Long and Mrs. Carlene
Selelrs. both of Belmont. Mr*.
Faye Sellers of Hampton. Gl
and Mrs Oeraldlnp Ward of
Bolivia.
MR. AND MRS. PETE WRIGHT of Tabor City R1 were pleased to
show their grandson Timmy Everett, pictured between them, a sampling
of their 1961 tobacco crop during his recent visit with them. Timmy has
just completed a movie assignment in Hollywood and flew to his grand
parents' home enroute to a New York assignment. Shown with them is
another of the Wrights' grandsons, Jimmy Burroughs. Timmy will soon
be seen on the local screen in "Music Man" which he also appeared in
on Öroadway.
Bad Check Artist Guilty
«Of Passing' Five In Tabor
A 34-year-old Negro man
pleaded guilty in Mayor's
Court here Monday night to
writing and passing five worth
less checks in Tabor City be
tween January and July of this
year.
The man, who gave his iden
φ tity as Harry Emanuel Jones of
(Earlier story on Page 1,
Section 4)
Rt. 4, Nichols, S. C., was trans
ferred this morning (Wednes
day) to the Columbus County
jail at Whiteville to await trial
at the September term of Su
perior Cdurt.
The man was picked up Sat
urday afternoon by Horry
County police and jailed at
Loris, S. C.. on suspicion of
writing and passing a bad
check at a department store in
Tabor City.
(Earlier story on Pace 1,
Section 4)
Jones was turned over to
Tabor City Police Chief Jesse
Barker on Monday, after he.
Jones, admitted to officers at
Loris that he had written and
passed the check in question
After he was brought to Tab
or City, and before his case
was heard, Jones volunteered
/
I information which accounted
for a total of five bad checks
which were passed in Tabor
City since January of this
year.
At the hearing he pleaded
guilty to writing and passing
the following five checks:
Dated Jan. 28, 1961, payable
to Robert Fleming, $25, with
the signature of Ossie Harrel
son, passed at the Tabor City
Shoe Shop.
Dated March 18, 1961, pay
able to Charlie Conyers, $25,
with the signature οi Jimmy
Rodgers, passed at Thrift Way
Super Market.
Dated April 29. 1961, pay
able to Charlie Robinson, $25,
with the signature of Jimmy
Rodgers, passed at E. W. Kon
vielle & Sons.
Dated June 28, 1961, payable
to Jimmy Blanding, $25, with
the signature Austin Jackson,
passed at Strickland Produce
Co.
Dated July 1, 1961, payable
to Willy Ausbury, $50, with the
signature of Worley Floyd,
passed at Tabor City Depart
ment Store.
The lead which enabled po
lice to locate Junes was furn
ished by Joe Evans, manager
of the Tabor City Dept. Store.
When the check which Evans
took was returned, he went
out to look for the man who
called himself Willy Ausbury.
He was unable to find anyone
who knew of the man. A few
days later, a woman who Ev
ans recognized as bein? one
who worked for Felton A.
Floyd, of near Mt. Olive, S.
C., cashed a check in his store
drawn on the same bank as the
forgery—Davis National Bank,
Mulllns, S. C.
Evans contacted Floyd and
learned that he had a man
working there who had previ
ously served a prison sentence
for forgery.
Evans went to Floyd's farm,
and on the pretext of selling
sewing machines, talked with
Jones. He later made the ident
ification.
Jones was taken to Lorls
where he was questioned about
the check. Officers there said
he denied the charge at first,
but then on Monday morning
admitted that he had written
and passed it.
Chl«f Jess« Barker said that
Jon«· voluntarily signed a
waiver for extradition to North
Carolina, and he was brought
(Continued On Page 2)
' Yam Referendum
Set For Sept· 23
AH Columbus County farm
ers who grow sweet potatoes
for commercial sale will be
4 elegible to vote in the sweet
potato referendum Sept. 23 ac
cording to Charles D. Raper,
County Agricultural Agent.
The referendum, the first ever
held by sweet potato growers,
has been requested by the
North Carolina Sweet Potato
Association, Inc. and author
ized by the State Board of Ag
riculture. At stake will be a
grower assessment to be used
f In promoting North Carolina
sweet potatoes. The proposed
assessment will be two cents
per bushel for fresh market
sweet potatoes and two cents
per 100 pounds for cannery
stock.
Two-thirds of the growers
voting in the referendum must
be in favor of the assessment
in order for It to carry. Raper
ρ said polling places in Colum
bus County would be at Har
relson's Feed and Seed Store,
Tabor City; Billy Prince Sta
tion, Sandy Plains; Ο. T.
Core's Store, Guideway; Tayl
or's Self-Service Center, Wil
liams School; Williamson's
Store, Cherry Grove; J. W.
Mooney & Co., Chad bourn;
and J. C. Lennon's Store,
Whiteville.
n The North Carolina Sweet
Potato Association, made up
«U segments of the sweet pota
to industry tnctutfln« growers,
shippers, end processors, have
indicated that f-"—*·**—!!1
money is needed desperately to
encourage people throughout
the eastern seaboard to eat
more North Carolina sweet po
tatoes. "Consumption of sweet
potatoes has been going down
in recent years," Jimmy Gar
rell of Tabor Foods, Inc. said.
"Our acreage has been drop
ping, and is the lowest this
year that it has ever been ac
cording to information that I
have been able to gather."
If the referendum carries,
the assessment will be deduct
ed when a farmer sells his
sweet potatoes. At regular in
tervals buyers will send their
collections to the Commission
er of Agriculture. The money
in turn will be sent to the
Sweet Potato Growers Associ
ation to be used as the organ
ization thinks best.
Any grower who does not
wish to support the program,
(if it carries), can apply for a
refund.
Sweet potatoes have been a
major income producing crop
in Columbus County in the
past, and there is no reason
why it cannot continue to be
one of the major money pro
ducing crops from here on out.
With one of the best sweet
potato markets in the entire
eastern seaboard, along with
processing faculties, Raper be
lieves that sweet potato·· is
I one of the future crops that
'will keep Columbus County
great,
Timmy Honored
A! East Tabor
Parly Thursday
More than 100 persons at
tended a party given for Tim
my Everett Thursday evening
at the East Tabor Club House.
Everett, the grandson of Mr.
and Mr.··.. F. T. «Pete) Wright.
Tabor City Rl, has just re
turned from Hollywood. Calif.,
where he was a member of the
"Musie Man" east whieli stars
Robert Preston.
His appea ranee in Colum
bus County was the first in
eleven years, and sinee leav
ing he has appeared in numer
ous New Yoirk theatrical pro
ductions, including "Dark At
The Top Of The Stairs" in
which he held the juvenile
lead.
Timmy's mother is the for
; mer Sallie Wright. His fatnei
I is associated with an engineer
ing firm. Mrs. Everett is spend
ing the summer with her par
ent.s
Young Everett has recentlj
been signed to appear wit!
Elizabeth Taylor in "Cleopatra."
a film which will be made ir
Rome. He will appear1 α» Pto
lemy, Cleopatra's young bro
ther.
He has also been engaged U
play in "Gypsie." a movii
which is to star Rosalind Rus
sell.
The party Thursday was giv
en by Timmy's aunt. Mrs. Car
leen Burroughs: cousins Jimmy
Burroughs and Melva Dean
Wright.
Miss McCormicl
Accepts Positioi
Miss Margaret J<> McCor
mick has accepted a posit ior
with Carolina Power and Ligh
Company as Home Economic
and is now in Raleiuh ai
CP & L Headquarters attend
ing training classes. She was
graduated from Flora Macdon
ald College this June.
Miss McCormick, daughtei
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F
McCormick of this city, alsi
attended Woman's Colleg··,
University of North Carolin·«
where she was a member ol
Zeta Thea Psi Society. At
Flora Μ actional ri she was «ι
member of the choir, a prayer
band leader, member of the
Heather and Scribbler. Too,
she was on the cabinet of the
Christian Association, a Home
Economics Club reporter. Bap
tist Student Union president
and a member of William Bar
tran Scient' fic Society.
Miss McCormick's studies at
Flora Macdonald awarded her
degrees in Home Economics(
General Science and Math.
MARGARET JO McCORMICK
THOMAS LEAMON SING
Budget
Adopted
Tabor C i t y's government
must operate on $117,000 for
this fiscal year if it is to re
main within the budget adopt
ed by the town fathers Thurs
day night.
To raise the amount tho
commissioners estimate they
will have to get $50,343.45 from
tax collections . . .
Plus $3,488 from auto and
privilege licenses . . .
And $34,879.20 from water
department revenue . . .
Added to a combined sum
derived from "miscellaneous"
income such as mayor's court,
intangible and franchise taxes,
fire department fees, grading,
the Powell bill, and cash on
hand.
The $117,000.00 represents
an increase of $9.50000 over
the expenditures of the past
fiscal year.
But this can be attributed to
the fact that more businesses
have opened in the town, thus
more licenses and taxes: more
required; and in the "miscel
laneous" category it was ob
vious that revenue from the
mayor's court rose durine 1960
61.
The town plans to spend the
money as follows:
Administration. $7.48044: po
lice department $25.335 84: fire
department $2.011; street and
sanitation *26 249 32: water de- |
partment $26.249 32: debt ser
vice (13.420; andmlscellaneous
$1.69181.
Police Chief Jesse Barker
Issued ι reminder today (hat
many automobiles in town
■re not displaying 1961 Cltv
Tars. Barker Mid that sales
of these ta$* are rnnnlnir a
food bit short of last year,
and If aalea don't pick αρ.
It mtfht be neeeMary to
•tart making ι few "ptnehes."
Tay* are «α aale at the Town
Hall for $1.
Sparrow Speaks
To Rolarians
Rod Sparrow, editor of the
Loris Sentinel, Loris, S. C.,
spoke to the Tabor City Rot
ary Club Monday night on the
subject of "Togetherness" or
"Unity in the Community."
Sparrow pointed out that he
considered the community an
economic one that includes up
per Horry county and lower
Columbus county in one huge
community with similar inter
ests and desires. He also laud
ed the greater spirit of cooper
ation that has prevailed be
• wven Loris and Tabor City in
recent years .
S. P. Smith was in charge of
the program and Sparrow wis
Iiis «uest.
President Ben Nesmith an
nounced that the district gov
ernor would attend next Mon
day night's meeting.
Red Devils Open
Season Sept. 1;
Whiteville Here
The 1361 Tabor City Red
Devils will open a nine-game
schedule here September 1.
when they play W'iiteville's
Wolfpack at Civitan Field.
The complete schedule thi.·:
year, as released by Head
Coach Bermey Stevens, is as
follows:
Sept. 1—Whiteville; Sept. 8
—open: Sept. 15 — Massey
Hill; Sept. 22—at Bladenboro;
Sept. 29—Loris, S. C.; Oct. Tr
at Shallotte; Oct. 13—at Chad
bourn; Oct. 20 — Stedman;
Oct. 27—at Lumberton: Nov.
3—at Elizabeth town.
Four games will be played
at home, and five on the road
The only conference game to
be played here is the opener
against Whiteville.
The other three home games
will pit the local eleven against
Massey Hill, Stedman and
Loris, S C.
The opponents for 1961 will
be the same ns those played
last year, with the exception
of the New Hanover "B" squad
wh'ch has been dropped from
the Devil's card.
Coach Stevens has announc
ed that football practic will
begin for the Red Devils on
August 15. He expects about
40 boys to turn out for the
daily practice session·; which
(Continued on Page 3)
PAYING RESPECTS to the late Leamon Shu: Prida;· v."iv fellow law
officers representing all police agencies of the county including (left to
right) Assistant Chief Ted Watts, Chief Jesse Barker, Tabor City police
department; Patrolman F. D. McLean, Cpl. Pate, Patrolman Mike Bvrd,
N. C. Highway Patrol; and Deputy Sheriff John Coleman, Columbus
County Sheriff's Department.
Services Are Held
For Policeman Sing
"We sure will miss him," said Police Chief Jesse
Barker Friday, referring to the death of Officer
Leamon Sing. "In my years on the town force I've
never heard anyone speak a detrimental word about
him," the chief added.
ine miners teeimgs were
echoed throughout Tabor City,
with \i«iyor Howard Harrel
"son affiifuing, "He was u g<*»d
officer, ρ fine man,.-and' re
spected by all who came in
contact with him. We cannot
I describe the los*. Our heartfelt
ι sympathies go out to his fam
j ily and relatives."
I Thomas Leamon Sing join
i ed the Tabor City Police Force
j in April of 1953. and prior
I served as Constable of Bug
Hill Township. Too, he had
j farming interests and resided
j on Route 3. Tabor City.
Mr. Sin·.· died m the Colum
! bus County Hospital Wednes
day at 11:30 p. m. «I a heart
attack. lie had been ili for five
weeks.
The deceased officer was 50
: years old .
He served in the Army dur
' ing WWII with much of his
j time spent in the Pacific.
He was a native of Colum
! bus the son of the late Wil
liam and Minnie Long Sine.
Surviving is his wife, the
former Virginia Buck; one
daughter. Louise, of th«· home:
une brother. Georg«· Smik >f
ι Rmte Tabor City: a sister,
I Mrs. V «'let Clemmons, Supply.
G: awsido si rvices were held
I in the Long Cemetery near
i'iivv'y Friday by the Rev.
ι Grariy Cox.
Assembled with the multi
tude of mourners were law of
' icers from each of the en
iorcement agencies with which
he had worked during the past
eight year- the town's police
force, the sheriff's department,
and the highway patrol.
Pallbearers were chosen
from hi»; co-workers. Chief
Jesse Barker and Assistant
Chief Tedd Watts of the Tabor
City Police Department: Di·
puty Sheriffs Auty Godwin
and J. D. Fowler; Patrolmen
F. Β McLean and Mike Byrd.
Swimming Classes
Open At Club Mon.
Swlmtninc classes will be
available at the Carolina«
Country Club be*lnnlni
Monday at 9 a. m.
Roner Earp, In announr·
int the elasa-s, «aid the first
week of γΙ*μμ «III be for
non-members of the flub
and and the second week
»III be for member·.
Thoae wlihlnr to take
swimming lesson» were re- '
ι que·ted I« register at the
I Carolinas Country Clnb In
' advance.