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"Tabor City — The Town With A City Future»
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 9. 1961 VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 5 TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA
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< Cuts From Fight
Take 172 Stitches
A light with pocket knives
among four young Negro men
in tlie Newtown Section of
T.ibor City Sunday evening re
sulted in injuries which re
ff quired a total of 172 stitches
to close the wounds received.
A preliminary hearing for
the men who are charged with
participating in an affray in
which deadly weapons were
used is scheduled for the Mon
day. August 14 session of May
or's Court.
The four men: T. J. Gleen,
21 of Tabor City: Jimmy Lee
Heaves, 20 of Green Sea. S. C.:
£ Hiwathu Williams, 19 of Green
Sea: and Joseph Reaves, 19 of
Nichols. S. C.. were released
under $200 bond each.
Arresting Officer Ted Watts
said hat the fight started in
Τ. B. (Tank) Butler* place in
the Newtown Section, follow
ing an argument among the
men concerning an unidentifi
ed Negro girl.
_ Watts said that when he an
w swered the call to Butler's
place, three of the four were
in the street preparing to lea\e
the scene. The fourth. Joseph
Reaves, had already left. Watts
, said there were approximately
, 150 other Negroes in the im
mediate area.
The three arrested at that
j time were taken to Columbus
1 County Memorial Hospital in
Whiteville for treatment of
their injuries, and were releas
' ed.
I
Glenn, the most seriously in
jured of the three, required
157 stitches to close his
wounds. He was cut across the
baik, chest, arm and face.
Heaves required 12 stitches
and Williams three.
The fourth man, Joseph
Reaves, gave himself up to
town police on Monday. He
was not cut seriously enough
to require medical attention,
although he said that he was
"nicked all over."
Watts said that all of the
men fought with pocket knives.
He said that from the story he
had been able to piece togeth
er, Reaves, Williams and
Reaves sided against Glenn in
the fight.
ÜU1IUJUAL . . .
No! No! Mr. Daniels...
Last week the Raleigh News and Observer
editorialized on the subject of Governor Sanford's
releasing of the seven men serving prison terms
for conspiracy in the Henderson textile strike. You
will remember that it was a long and violent affair
with considerable danger, intrijjje and frustration.
The State Bureau of Investigation in one of the
best pieces of police work it has ever done, succeeded
in planting an'undercover agent in the midst of the
conspirators. Hie testimony, in the main, led to the
conviction ofr se^n of /tfw strQtinar labor unionists.
Induced »Aoii* "Those 'convicted was Boyd Pajaon,
Carolinas boss of the striking union. r*
Those convictions and subsequent imprisonment
ended the union violence not only in that strike but
throughout North Carolina.
Now, the News and Observer comes out with its
editorial which pictures the conspirators, as near
saints. The tears flow for those poor, persecuted
men who were taken away from their families and
friends, or such the editorial indicates to us.
It goes on to say that the judge who tried the
case, Raymond B. Mallard, of Tabor City, was
"openly hostile" to the defendants. We cannot prove
this, but we would wager that the individual who
wrote the editorial didn't even hear the trial. We
lake issue with the statement that Judge Mallard
♦as hostile to those or any other defendant. We
dun't believe it. the aDDeal courts HiHn't Kol»«»««» s*
and Judge Mallard denies it.
The editorial further states that none of the
seven men were criminals. Now if the editorial writer
means that they had not been convicted of kidnap
i ping, murder, armed robbery, or the such, then they
were not criminals. But if he classes transporting
lion-tax paid whiskey, speeding, reckless driving, and
similar offenses as being criminal in nature, then
five of the seven had court records.
And perhaps the editorial issue that tops them
all, in so far as we are concerned, is the one in
which fault is found with the SBI for planting an
undercover agent among the conspirators who had
a criminal record.
0 We have lived close to other investigations in
wfyich informers were used by law enforcement
officers. In every instance these informers left some
thing to be desired in so far as character was con
cerned. But can you imagine a group of conspirators
accepting a minister, teacher, doctor or similar pro
fessional man into their little circle that was plan
ning a dynamiting? Only people of similar nature
will conspire. No crime is more difficult to prove
than conspiracy because it is a crime of the mind. I
Only through being on the inside can it ever be
*' proven in a court of law.
Court rulings, laws, and decisions by agencies
are constantly tying the hands of investigators and
making it more difficult to gather real evidence.
Somewhere along the line some one needs to decide
whether it's the criminal that should be protected
or the people.
Already labor is controlled by racketeers in this
country. Much of the good that the labor union has
done is being forgotten because of the constant drive
I for power at the expense of the public. Congress
is dominated by labor-elected politicians and the
push to socialize all of America is largely the re
sponsibility of a too powerful labor force. Labor U
so strong at the polls that many political candidates
dare not offend it. Yet, many of the union members
are puppets of an organization that has no semblance
of democracy. Elections are farce« and union funds
are «pent at the pleasure of a few. t
Labor needs to be purged of the racketeers and
Communists. Labor needs a fair election system with |
I a secret ballot. Labor needs the same controls that!
hamper monopoly in industry. And labor leaders need
punishment· in the courts when they conspire to
destroy the property of others — only the limits |
of the law should determine the length of the
sentences. 1
uuwn, UüHN. DOWN into the murky uepins 01 Lumber Riv
er went two Fair Bluff Boy Scouts this week demonstrating
two near diving outfits purchased hy the troop to assist with
the recovery of water accident-victims. Scouts must dive two
at a time and grasp a life-line anchored to an object ashore
because of the swiftness of the current.
Fair Bluff Scouts
Are Acquanaughts
Fair Bluff's Boy Scouts have ι
accomplished another "first"— j
they now have a crew of aqua
naughts equipped to dive the j
depths of the dangerous Lum
ber River which has in the
past taken lives and hidden
bodies.
Under the guidance of Scout
master Μ. V. Byrd, the troop's
eight Eagles are training them
selves to profficiency in the;
use of two new aqualung units 1
recently purchased, as well as ι
the operation of a large com
pressor and tank.
The Scouts of Troop 503
conducted several money-rais- 1
ing projects to purchase the |
equipment, as well as addi- j
tional items such as masks and
flippers.
The use of the aquatic equip
ment was first practiced in
farm ponds and Lake Wacca
maw. Scoutmaster Byrd said. |
Later, when the Scouts felt
secure with the aqualungs
they were allowed tu enter the,
swiftmoving currents of Lum
ber River at Fair Bluff.
The boys must dive in cou
ples. Mr. B.vrd said, and they
can remain below up to three
hours.
Fair Bluff's Scouts are now
looking toward the day when
they can purchase a jeep for
their troop which will be an
assistin their lilt savin;· pro
jects. They already have a
7'ί»ΗΡ outboard motor and
boat on hand. Because of the
depth of Lumber River's dark
waters, the Scouts also plan to
earn money to buy underwat
er lights.
The troop in Fair Bluff is
the only one of the Cape Fear
Council having eight Eagle
Scouts, according to their
Scoutmaster. One ο fthe Eag
les. Butch Meares, serves as
Assistant Scoutmaster.
Leaf Market Enjoys Record
Opening Day; $61.34 Ava·
The Tabor City tohiicen mar
ket broke all opening clay rec
ords last Thursday when 321 -I
720 pounds of the golden leaf i
brought farmers SI P7.363.64
for a top average of $61.34. |
According to Ken Lovell. j
sales supervisor, this was the j
greatest volume, the most
money paid out and the Muh
est average the Tabor City to
bacco market hart ever had on
an opening day. Opening day
last year showed a total vol
ume of Π5.3Θ2 pounds, with
paid out money of S05.308.2H
and an average of only $5R.5fl
This year's volume on the
opening was nearly three
times that of last year, th?
money paid out was more than
three times that of opening day
last year and the average $4.75
more on the hundred pounds
than In I960.
Volume declined sharply lasi
Friday after the record oponin«
with 184.374 pounds seTiine for
$109.115.52 and an average of
$89.39.
Monday'« volume jumped up
to 211,176 pounds, bringing
farmers 9129.220.70 and an av·
erage of 961.50.
Tb« highest average of the
season to date was compiled
tosday with · ft)130 figure
The volume was 123.890 pounds
with a total money paid out of
$76, J J)0.37.
Total season figures through
Tuesday show 84'.161 pounds
sold on the Tabor City market
for S512-295.23 and an average
of $60.9(1.
Sales have not been blocked
sinee opening day and plenty
of floor spat·· t.«u. nee η avail
able for tobaeo. With cropping
virtually completed in this
area, heavier sales were ex
pected next week, perhaps Fri
day of this week.
Principal Pleas
"Please be sure to attend
the opening classes of the
school year." Tabor City
Principal Randall Burleson
said In a plea to alf students.
"There Is a good chance
(hat we will Rain another
much-needed teacher for our
IliKh school if we can release
*o«»d attendance reports." he
continued.
Principal Burleson antici
pate· an enrollment of 1.300
pupils for the 1901-62 school
year. Approximately 1.340
were enrolled during the last
school year.
Migrant Workers
Killed On NC 410
A father and son were fatal
ly struck down by an automo
bile on highway 410 north of
Chadbourn Saturday around
7:45 p. m.
Harmon Thon as, 35, and
1 Wilton Thomas, 10. were walk
ing along the dark roadway
i when a 1960 Ford, driven by
j Rupert Nanee Jr.. struck them.
The 18-year-old driver told
Patrolman Mike Byrd that he
did not see the couple until he
J was right up on them. The car
I and pedestrians were both
j proceeding northward, the
trooper said. Three passengers
in the Nance car were unin
jured.
Coroner J. B. Long Jr. an
nounced later that no inquest
would be necessary as the
Nance car could not avoid
striking the two.
The Thomasfs had been in
Cha Ibourn for only a week
from their Florida home. They
were laborers on the Clyde
Ward farm.
The widow and three survlv
children arrived in Whitevlllc
Monday and attended the fun
eral at Peacock's runerrtf
Home, and Interment tn Co
lumbusMemorial Ceme u y.
Insurance Dept. Approves Request
Of Cooperative Savings And Loan
To Open Branch Office In Tabor City
ti\< Si.villus and Loan Associ
ation. <>! Wilmington. N. C., to
establish :i branch ol lice in
rubor City has been approved
and official notification by the
Insurance Department has
been received.
In a two page decision, W.
v~. mi λ. ii« piny insurance
, commissioner of North Caro
lina. informed Frederick Will
-.'tts. Jr.. ol Cooperative Sav- i
'ngs and Loan, today of the
I approval of the application and
. set a six month time limit for
Cooperative to be in operation.
Mr. Willetts had pointed out
previously that they hope to ι
open the branch office a.-1
quickly as possible, perhaps j
within 30 to 45 «lays.
The Insurance Department I
decision pointed out that Co-!
operative Savings and Loan j
filed its application to open the
branch office July 10, and that
Seek Lawson, Fowler
On Robbery Charge
Horry County Police Tor 10
days have been seeking Keith
Lawson and Wayne Fowler tu
uice charges of armed robbery.
Police said Woodruw Soles,
who operates a pla.e next to
Twin City Memorial ^'Tdens
on the Tabor City ro:· , first j
sought a warrant eh· rging the
pair with kidnapping his 13
year-old daughter on July 31. |
They s;ud he alleged that !
Lawson and Fowler went to I
where the girl was working'
and carried her off .
Later, police said. Soles |
signed a warrant charging i
that the pair robbed his wife I
of $200 at gunpoint.
To date, police said, no sign ;
of the men nor the girl has I
been found.
Peoples Sil vings and Loan As
sociation. of Whiteville, fil d
a similar application two days
later on Juiv 12.
The decision said that with
15,000 to 20.000 persons to be
served by a Savings and Loan
in Tabor City, there was
u need for one oucii firm but
not for two. It thus approved
the Cooperative application
and rejected the People's ap
plication pointing out that in
the future if it appeared there
was enough business to war
rant two such organizations in
Tabor City, the People's appli
cation would be reconsidered.
The decision pointed out that
there had been various groups
seeking a Savings and Loan in
Tabor City, some favoring one
firm and some another. It not
ed t':.it the Tabor City Merch
ants Association directors had
approved the Cooperative Sav
ings and Loan unanimously
;tiul that, along with other en
dorsements from many local
businessmen, prompted the de
cision for Cooperative .
Mr. York also noted in the
approval of the application
that it was the belief of the
Insurance Department that
such a Savings and Loan
would be successful in Tabor
City.
Five Newcomers
On School Faculty
Six now faces will be on I
thi· Tabor City School faculty
this year, according to Princi
pal Randall Burleson, with the
possibility of a 7th person lo
be added if the first ten days
attendance merits an increase
of faculty members.
James W. Todd of Warsaw
will teach biology and general
science. He is a graduate of
Warsaw High school and re
ceived Iiis Bachelor of Science
degree in biology at East Car- !
olina Teachers College at the j
end of the 1961 summer term. |
Todd is unmarried and a Bap- |
tist.
Chemistry and physics clas- ι
ses will be taught by Joe L.
Hinson, a Kinston native. Hin
son graduated from the Stan- |
field (N. C.) High school and j
won his "Bachelor of Science
degree from North Carolina
State College. He is now at
I '«aiding summer school at East
['Carolina doing graduate work
j in science.
I Hinson and his family will
ι move to Tabor City in the near
future. His elder daughter will
enter college in September
while the younger will enroll
as a freshman in Tabor City.
The Hinsons are members of
the Presbyterian church.
John B. Campbell is the sec
ond East Carolina Alumnus
join the Tabor City staff this
! year. A commerce and social
I studies major, he will teach
I those subjects here this year.
[ Mrs. Campbell was a member
j of the s.hool's commercial de
partment last year.
ι Mrs. Josephine Meares. a
J graduate of Flora McDonald
College, has been assigned a
second grade class. Shi· receiv
ed her A. B. degree in primary
education. She comes to Tabor
City after having taught two
years in the Alger B. Wilkins
j school in Cumberland county.
A seventh erade class will be j
taught by Mrs. Miona K. Fon
vielle .
Having taught in the local
school before. Principal Burle
son commented today, "We are
very happy to have Mrs. Fon
vielle return to us."
The sixth new member of
the faculty is Addle C. Gotv,
who will U-aLh a sixth grade
class. Mrs. Gore received her
A. B. degree from Atlantic
Teachers college, having been
a 1933 graduate of Tabor City
High school. She also holds a
Master's from East Carolina
Teachers College.
Mis. Cure taught in the
Guideway school for the past
15 years, and previously at
Fowler's school in Horry coun
ty.
Opening Schedule
The 1961-62 school schedule
will be initiated Thursday,
Aug. 17, .with a teachers' ori
entation program in the school
lunch room beginning at 7:00
P. M. Expected to attend are
members of the 1960-61 fac
ulty, members of the 1961-62
faculty, school committeemen
and families of each of the
groups.
On August 18 teachers will
report to Williams Township
school lor a countywide meet
ing starting at 9:30 A. M. In
the afternoon they will return
to Tabor City for a meeting in
the local school.
Monday, Aug. 21, will find
teachers again required to ap
pear at the school, while all
bus drivers and janitors will
assemble at the county garage.
On the following day (Tues
νια» ι siuuems win register
from 8:30 until nuou. School
will officially open for classes
Wednesday. Aug. 23.
"The ilaily schedule will be
from 8:30 A. M. through 3:00
P. M. as far as we now know,'
said the principal.
Principal's Staff
Mrs. Ja.k Cox will serve as
school secretary this year re
placing Mrs. Jerry Cartrctte
who has moved to Whiteville
where her husband has joined
the school's coaching staff.
The janitorial staff is com
prised of Broadas Turbeville,
head; Belton Hammond, Bern
ie Fowler and Inez Dinkins.
assistants.
Mrs. Hector Lee again will
manage the lunchroom, assist
ed by Miss Mae Grainger, Mr;.
Ruth Cox. Mrs. Gly Soles. Mrs.
Helen Taylor, Mrs. Bertie
Thompkins, Mrs. Doretha Cart
rette.
High School Faculty
The High school faculty rost
er includes Mrs. Beth R.
Woody, English-French; Mr.
Hinson, science; Mr Todd.
science; Mrs. Ruth Averitt.
English; Mrs. Sadie Jackson,
mathmatics: Mrs. Louise Mur
ray. English-library; Mrs. Co
rota Brubaker, social studies;
Mrs. Nell Fowler, mathma'
ics-Latin; Mr. Campbell, social
studies-business; Bermey Stev
ens, physical education; Mrs.
Lois Campbell, commerce;
Mrs. Henrietta Johnson. Eng
lish-history; Mrs. Οπι Avant,
home economics; S. L. Jackson
and Fred Lay Jr., vocational
agriculture.
Other Grades
Grade 8—John F. Small
Miss Carolyn Todd and Miss
Lottfe Williamson.
Grade 7—Mrs. Dan Mont
gomery. Mrs. Fannie Burleson
ind Mrs. Fonvielle.
Grade β—Mrs. Nettie Ham
mond, Mrs. I»etha Gore and
Mrs. Roberta Ward and Mr«.
Addie Gore.
Grade 5—Miss Eva Mills,
Mrs. Mildred Shelly and Mrs.
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t air Butt Police Chief Back To
Duly After Automobile Accident
FAIR BLUFF—Police Chief
John Phillips, who received
arm .ind shoulders injuries in
an automobile accident July
27 was released after a four
day stay in Columbus County
Memorial Hospital Tuesday.
The newly appointed chief
was. at the time the ac i
Police Round Up
Check Forgers
A 69-year old man who i
passed a forged check for j
$15.4» at a local store in Sep
j tember 1959 was arrested Mon
I day in Elizabethtown by the
Bladen County Sheriff's De
partment.
Fred Cain. Rt. 1. Blackburn,
was turned over to Tabor City
police Tuesday, and is in jail
here awaiting a hearing sche
duled for Monday night.
The check, which was drawn
on the Waccamaw Bank and
Trust Co. here was passed at
the then—Jackson Department
! Store.
Μ C. Thompson, current
I owner of the store—now called
I the Tabor Bargain Store—saw
ι a picture of the man he re
membered as the forger in a
I news article and identified
ι him.
Cain is being held under
bond for $500.
In other bad check action.
Assistant Police Chief Ted
Wi.tts Tuesday night arrested
Leon Stackhouse. 18. Rt. 2.
Tabor City, on three counts of
'orjtefy resulting from chicks
oassed in local stores during
the latter part of July and the
first part of August.
The first, passed at Lee's
Dime Store, was made payablv
to James Brown in the amount
of $10.50 for labor, signed
Clyde Shelley.
The second, also passed at
Lee'« was made payable to
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dent., transporting a prisoner
to Whiteville to be lodged in
t)._ Columbus County jail.
Driving a 1961 Ford, the
chief was approaching Cerro
Gordo on Highway 76 when
the collision with the north
bound auto, a I960 Chevrolet
took place.
According to Phillips, as he
was meeting the other car it
suddenly turned across the
highway in front of him.
Damage to Phillip's auto was
estimated at S300; damage to
the Chevrolet at $120.
Driver of the Chevrolet was
identified as Jasper Benton. 53,
of Macon. Georgia.
Pvt. G. E. Lane of the State
Highway Patrol investigated
the accident.
Phillips, 32, was appointed
Chief of Police here July 1.
He was formerly with Fair
Bluff Motors.
Although he has had no prior
police work, he said Friday
that he has not found it diffi
cult to adjust to his new dut
ies.
"I figure that in police work
just like anything else it's most
important that you try to be
fair and treet everybody alike.
That's what I've been trying to
do, and I think things are
working out all right."
The Horry County (S. C.l
native is married to the form
er Carolyn Gasque of Rt. 1,
Tabor City.
He succeeded Burgess Grif
fin as chief.
Commissioners
Study Stoplight,
Water And Taxis
Tuesday night's monthly
meeting of the Tabor City
Town Board produced a
crowded slate ot business for
consideration.
Subjects discussed included:
tax collections, the town audit,
taxi service, town water sup
ply. the vacancy in the police
department, and the need for
a stoplight.
Following a recommendation
by Mayor Howard Harrelson,
the board unanimously apr
proved a move to limit taxi
permits to two for the time
being.
Conditions surrounding the
town water supply were pre
sented as serious because of the
loss of one of the four town
wells last week which began
pumping sand into the system.
In addition, another well—
designed to pump 500 gallons
per minute—has been cut down
to about 150 gallons du« to
improper functioning.
The well, which was put
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