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"The Town With A City Future"
TABOR CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1946
No. 2
lerb Waddell Killed In Wreck
ARMERS VOTE ON QUOTAS TODAY
Referendum
May Decide
Leaf Future
The destiny of tobacco as the
fading money crop in eastern Nortt
Carolina is at stake today whet
flue-cured tobacco flarmers everj
where cast votes to determine whe
ther or not government acreage quo
tas continue to exist or die a natural
death.
Several states, notably Georgia anc
Lousiana, are almost sure to vote
against the government control, the
authorities say. because they want
to grow more tobacco than they are
now growing. This means that il
North Carolina is to stay at tht
top in the tobacco industry, they must
turn out in great numbers to vote
for the control or else 1947 will be
out of control.
Rhonirj the control cease with th«
present crop, it is believed that the
increased growth of tobacco in Ga.
and La., would flood the market com<
another year, thus forcing govern
j ment control in 1948. If the presen!
control is voted down, North Caro·
lina, acreage will undoubtedly take
a cut future Quota* are allotted
Two thirds of all farmers votina
today must cast affirmative bailóte
or else control stops. The voting
can be one of three ways; Quota:
may be continued during -1947, thej
may be continued for 1947, '4®, and
'49, or they may be discontinued
Farmers have an opportunity to vote
for one of the three alternatives
listed on the ballots.
At the present time, flue-cured
tobacco growers are producing abovf
world consumption levels to build up
depleted stocks in war torn coun
tries. Market quotas afford the op
I portunity to adjust this supply tc
' demand.
J. P. Quinerly, assistant rountj
! agent of Columbus county, carrie'
an article in The Tribune this weel
I which brings out some of the rea
sons why tobacco farmers in thi¡
area are being urged to vote affir
mative in today's referendum,
i Voting will be done at the usua
community centers where such is
■ sues have been voted upon before,
ί
Civitan Club
Still Considers
Safety Measures
The local Civitan Club had it;
regular semi-monthly meeting a
East Tabor Monday night with goo<
attendance and continued discussloi
on needed safety precautions in thi,
area, especially highway safety mea
sures.
A former objective of the clul
was to hold a survey of the towi
in an effort to find out where va
ί cant lots were available but thi
! survey has been taken over by th
town of Tabor City and is schedule·
to begin soon.
A report on the current financia
standing of the club was given b;
Phil Hughes, secretary.
norms hospitalized
J. J. Norris, a veteran of six year
in the Navy, reported to the vet
erans' hospital in Fayetteville Tues
day for treatment. Mr. Norris whι
runs a bustoees on the Pireway road
was released trim the service las
October.
CARTER'S
¡COLUMN
B> \\. Horace Carter
ι many respects the first issue
Γ:ϊΞ IΠ ID I'NE set tae record in
newspaper field for Tabor City,
rus Lie first time .ι Ιό page Tabor
&pu;>er was ever circulated, it
rieci more ad ertising than has
r been carried in any single ia
::: the past, and it is believed
t *: circulated more widely than
r previous paper here. The co
rarion with which the paper met
jh :n that issue and in this has
Κ superb. No better spirit could
re been encountered.
Β J. Hedges, who runs a grocery
Κ market: here, was talking about
Κ rainy season the other day and
■nar.-ced about the phrases he had
■arc his stepfather say. "He al
■ys ¿aid. that he never knew a dry
fcie to beg for bread", said Mr.
■dges. "And he always looked lor
■'mud soaker' in July if a drought
Bd been prolonged la June", Mr.
Bdges continued.
Ig. Garland Fowler's little daugh
Ir has been sick and it took several
lansfusion to help her ova* the
■roat infection she has been suf
■ring at Sidbury's hospital at
■rightsville beach. One look at
■r Fowler last week was enough
ft convince you he was worried about
■mething. He just wasn't his usual
Wiendly self.
11 guess there have been rainy
■asoos before, but to a mid-stater
Ike me. these week long rains in
kie summer is something quite un
■saal. Incidentlv. people up in the
■icicle of the state are needing
■tin badly right now. The report is
Bat some of the corn crops are
■tout ruined for lack of water.
Erxk are continuing to stack up
ι tiie Presbyterian Church, and it
Dr.': ce long until that denomina
on :> going to be able to move into
(v. quarters for its services. That
len styling ceiling that the new
lurch has certainly creates a holy
rr.o-Mhere. Makes you think about
t ciar.: Cathedrals scattered around
rough France and the other old
una*.:.
* ♦
J P. Brown, town clerk, is proud
the new lenses he has in his
i-vses. Says he has been working
r ' hree months trying to get the
meriean Legion
Ieets Tonight
The local American legion post
" hold its regular monthly meet
S it the Legion Hut Friday night,
il.v 12. at 8:00. This is the first
feting to be held since the elec
Ϊ-- of new officers, and R. B. Mal
new commander, urges all mem
to attend.
Efforts are being made to get as
any new members into the organiza
>n as possible and current mem
irs are asked to invite as many fel
w veterans to fote meeting as well
ι all others as they wffl.
All veterans may attend Ameri
ca Legion Meetings here whenever
ley wish whether they a» wem
or not
; NEW BUSINESS: The S. and T. Motor company is one of the newest
businesses in our town. It opened operation about a month ago on
the Loris highway, one half mile out of Tabor City. (This is the second
in a series of pictures on new buildings in Tabor City.)
Local Farmers Interested
In Truck Crop Organization
Only a handful or fanners attend
ed the Saturday night meeting, of
theSouthern Fruit- and Vegetable
Growers held at the .. school house
for the purpose of discussing pro
1 posáis for a local farmer-owned
packing and shipping shied but In
terest ran high among those in at
tendance.
" . V·»
C.· W.-Kennedy, chairman of the
North Carolina committee of the
1 organization and responsible for the
formation of as many local units
through thij section as ' possible,
explained the aims of the Southern
ι Fruit and Vegetable Growers point
i ing out that his time was being
given free and that even his ex
penses were not being paid by any
i one other than himself.
He asked that every farmer in at
tendance attend the September 3,
1 mass meeting of the organization at
j the Ocean Forest hotel at Myrtle
j beach. At that time, the group is
1 expected to discuss in detail the
overall aims, of the group.
Several of the farmers present
agreed without hesitation to go to
: the meeting and to ask as many
j ether farmers as they could to go.
; Thoi.\? more or less appointed as
delegates were: J. E. Bullard, E.
L. Wright. Joe Blunt. Kenny Jordan
and J. P. Huggins. All other farmers
are asked to go that will.
The local organization requested
that a meeting be called here follow
ing the mass meeting to tell Tabor
City area farmers of the discussion
! at Myrtle beach. Mr. Huggins was
' given the responsibility of setting
1 the date for the next meeting.
1 The meeting was informal in
• character with Mr. Kennedy explain
' ing that an overall "stabilization of
farm prices once and for all with
> proper distribution of truck farm
ι products" being the chief purposes
■ of the outfit.
» "However," Mr. Kennedy asserted
ϊ "to carry out these broad plans, local
I groups such as this will have to or
ganize and stick together. Pack
1 their products in more attractive
f and uniform packages and all in all
put a more desirable commodity on
the market."
The death of OPA has meant one
5 increased price if no more to this
• vicinity. Milk took a two to three
• cent jump throughout the area the
> first of the week. Most of the milk
• on the Tabor City market is hauled
t in from outside and local dealers
were forced to hike their prices to
meet the increase in wholesale prices.
EDITORIAL
• -* —■ m. »ir.ν'
The Christian people of Tabor
City and the surrounding area be
lieve that through the advertising
of whiskey in the columns of The
Tribune, more people will be led
from the straight and narrow wfcy
than we already have on that un
fortunate path.
The Tribune carried an advertise
ment from a national whiskey con
cern in its first issue and that one
ad has brought considerable criti
cism to the paper and its editor.
This newspaper wants it under
stood once and for all thai hence
forth no whiskey advertising «ill be
solicited by it and ¿hat none will
be carried regardlessly of the temp
ting financial contract which such
I concerns have to offer.
I This newspaper seeks to please
j the people through advertising and
; news which the people like to read.
I it has never anticipated carrying
anything that was contrary ίο the
I desires of the people as a group. It
: is impossible to please everyone and
j still keep the freedom of the press
but this particular phase, ¿hat is
whiskey advertising, is obviously in ill
! repute with the readers of The
I Tribune ..Your kind letters and per
j sonal criticisms have been read and
: considered with much thought.
¡ We want you to know that we ap
I precíate your sentiments and hope
i that you will continue to write your
ι letters to the editor. .We are al
I ways glad to get slaps an he back
but your thoughtful and construc
tive criticism of anything that you
think we are doing incorrectly will
be carefully considered also.
As stated, we will not cater to the
whims of a few but wholesale re
quests based on sound reasoning, will
be met with minute study.
It is our purpose to sell you a
newspaper that every member of
every family in this area will enjoy
reading with no disrupting adver
tisements or news items that you
deem undersirable to the masses.
Thank you for your expressions
and advise.
THE EDITOR.
Mr. and Mrs J. R.Lewis are spending
some time with, their daughter, Mrs.
J. W. Peay at Myrtle Beach. Miss
I Knight Leiutmr at Pfrtanoont was
a guest in thüs
week.
Merchants Seek
More Efficient
Phone Service
Local telephone service has been
deemed "inadequate" by the Tabor
City Merchants Association and let
ters have been written to the Colum
bus Telephone Company, which serves
the area, and the North Carolina
Utilities Commission asking that
somethiing be done to rectify the
condition.
Business men, doctors and resi
dents of all kind who use the tele
phone have long known that present
facilities are totally unsatisfactory.
A dial system was installed some
time ago but there has been little
success with it thus far. The familiar
"wrong number" answer at the other
end of the line comes much too often.
"I worked for half an hour the
other night trying to get an import
ant call hrough," one local doctor
stated this week.
Many other criticisms such as this
have been widespread in Tabor City
for several months.
"We have little trouble getting
long distance calls through once we
¿et connected witti -the Urtrajfrtem.
S. P. Smith; president of the mer
chants association stated," but there
is absolutely no efficiency with the
local concern when you try to place
;your long distance call."
Calls going relatively short distance
out of town are inexcusably delayed,
taking up time of doctors, buyers
and others who are not used to,
and can not, waste valuable minutes.
Letters to the Columbus Telephone
system and the State Utilities com
mission were in the mails earlier In
the week but nothing has been heard
from either source yet. The office
of the secretary of the merchants
association has been directed to
follow the problem down, and if
necessary contact the Interstate Com
merce Commission in this connec
tion.
County Agent
Urges Farmers
To Use Heads
By Charles D. Siper
The OPA Is no longer to effect.
Some fanners are glad its out while
others are sorry. After all has been
said and done, all of us will admit
that there has been some good done
by Price Control.
Many farmers have long wanted
to see price control ended. However,
while prices of farm comodities may
go up soon, the price of things
farmers buy will probably go up
even hiigher.
Now that price control is gone,
we may have inflation. If we do, I
want to urge every Columbus coun
ty farmer to heed the lessons from
(See County Agent, back page)
ALL MERCHANTS ARE ASKED
OPINION ON OPENING, CLOSING
¡ In an effort to reach Some com
'mon ground of cooperation, all
' merchants of Tabor City are being
asked by S. P. Smith, president of
the association, to answer the ques
tions in the questionnaire printed
below and mail it to the executive
secretary's office immediately.
Considerable discussion has been
heard regarding the opening and
closing times of the establishments
in town and many have expressed
the idea that "Tabor City is no
longer a cross roads town". The
business houses here should be able
I to get together with some type of
I agreement whereby all stores will
have the opening and closing times
I synchronized.
Others have expressed belief that
' the situation could best be handled
: by having one hour for grocery stores
to open aod close, another for cloth
! ing stores, another for hardwares
I and et cetera; so long as stores
handling like commodities worked
I in unison.
i These questions, it is hoped, will
be met with serious consideration by
each merchant and his Interest shown
by filling out the printed question
naire and mailing it to the execu
| tive Secretary. All the responses will
'then be tallied and a meeting called
to determine just what should be
done.
The questionnaire follows:
All ¿«tores should opon at and close at
011 week days and All stores should open
at and close at on Saturday.
(irocviy stores, hardwares, clothing, etc. should get
together and work out opening and closing times
for l; at particular kind of business. (Answer yes
or no)
All stores should decide independently when they
want to open and close with no set times for either.
(Answer yes or no)
The name of this firm is ,
4. (Please bring or mail this to the executive secre
{ tary, merchants association, Tabor City, N. C.)
Elton Prince In Hospital;
Odell Hill Is Not Injured
Inquest Will
Be Held Soon
Herbert Waddell 19, of Tabor City
was instantly killed yesterday morn
ing about 1 o'clock when a '36 Pord
driven by Elton Prince 21, also of
this city, apparently went out of
control just beyond the Legion Hut
on the Whiteville road and toppled
over.
Prince sustained some injuries aha
was carried to the Columbus county
hospital. His condition was not be
lieved to be serious. The third oc
cupant of the car, Odell Hill, was
apparently uninjured and was not
carried to the hospital.
County Coroner Hugh Nance was
summoned along with Sheriff Stan
ley and Patrolman Sherfield. An
investigation was conducted and aa
inquest is expected to be held pend
ing the condition ofPrinee.
The mishap happened after the
car had been driven from East Tabor,
turned around in front of the Legion
Hut and headed back in the direc
tion it came. Prince apparently lost
control of the car soon after turn
ing around and it toppled over only
a short distance from the Legion
Hut. The car was a total loss. No
other car was hit in the accident.
Waddell was dead before he could
be cleared from the wreck with a
broken neck. He was carried direct
ly to the Jessup-Inman Funeral
Home, only a scant 150 yards away.
Funeral arrangements were to be
made yesterday afternoon.
I
Banker Nesmith
Attends Confab j
At Chapel Hill
Ben Nesmith, cashier of the Wac
1 camaw Bank and Trust company of
Tabor City, is attending a North
i Coralina-South Carolina bankers*
: conference in Chapel Hill this week.
The conference opened Monday and
is scheduled to end today.
This is the 12th annual bankers
conference to be held in North Caro
i lina and is a kind of school for
bankers. Instructors for the current
conference have been procured from
Rutgers university to help those al
ready available at the University of
North Carolina.
Mr. Nesmith has not been in his
office at all this week but is expec
ted to be back in the bank Monday
morning.
Former Nakina ,
Resident, Dies
Friends here will regret to learn
of the death of Hamlin H. Smith,
68, brother of Mrs. Otto Wright;
The deceased passed away at the
Cache Valley Hospital in Logan,
Utah, Saturday, following a major
operation performed three weeks
ago. Funeral rites were held Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Wright, along with Mr. Wright
Willard Wright and Miss Lucille
Wright recently returned from a
trip in the Wert where they visited,
Mr. ftniti'