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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
Sweet Potatoes 10 Be Auctioned
On Tabor City Market This Year

Sweet potatoes will be sold at
auction in Tabor City this fall
in which is thought pill be the
first sweet potato auction in the
world.
The auction market will be
conducted by the Tabor City
Marketing Co., Inc. corpor-
alton formed here this week by
six of the largest potato buyers
in this area.
The bylaws of the corpora
ton provide that the company
will also auction other produce,
but the yam will be the main
product handled.
E. w. Fonvielle of Tabor City
was named president of the
group.
Other officers are: 3. w. Peal
OF Chadbourn, vice-preSident; L.
P. Ward of Clarendon. secretary
and treasurer; and Woodrow
Sarvis of Tabor City, assistant
Secretary-treaSurer.
The main business of the COR
poration-the potato auction
will get underway Wednesday,
October 8, when the opening of
sales is set
Funds for operation of the
auction market will be derived
from a five cent assessment from
the grower and two cent as
Sessment from the broker on
each hamper.
Auction will be held at the
w. F. Cox warehouse (Gar-
relis No. q in Tabor City and
sales will continue until No.
vember IS with the possibility
that they may be extended be-
Yond that date.
1t was pointed out by the in
corporators of the new firm that
the sale of sweet potatoes at
auction will be upon a grade bas-
is and that as result the grow
er who raises good potato and
grades 1t properly will receive
more money for his product than
in the past.
In previous seasons, the brok-
erS had purchased direct from
the farmer. 1t is expected that
practically all potato sales this
year will be at auction.
Members of the marketing
company urged that farmers
grade their potatoes properly
before coming to the auction
as they will be subject to in
spection by US. government
inspector at the warehouse.
1t was urged, too, that the
grower haul his potatoes as soon
as possible after digging as that
will increase the quality and
the price.
lncorporatorS of the marketing
firm are: f. w. Fonvielle of Ia
Dor City; II. R. Corbett, repre-
sentlng Corbett Brothers of Will
mington; Woodrow Sarvis, rep
resenting M. c. Sarvis Co. of
Tabor City: L. c. Ward, repre-
senting Mrs. w. NJ Stevens and
Sons of Clarendon: B. w. Peal,
representing the Chadbourn
Storage company of Chadbourn
and B Alton Carroll, represent
ing Garrell Sales CO. of Tabor
City.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
War Department
Gives Information
On Return OF Bodies

Within the next few weeks 1t
is expected that the first bodies
of World War II dead will ar
rive in this country. The War
Department has released the fol-
lowing information, in the form
of questions and answers. These
are questions most frequently
asked by relatives of war dead.
Q.-How many caskets are be-
ing made? and how many are
being shipped overseas?
A.-Approximately 257,99O are
being made under the present
contract. All are to be shipped
overseas where our located re-
mains will be casketed and re-
buried overseas or returned to
the United States, according to
the desires of next of kin.
Q.-How much does the casket
weigh?
A.-The casket weighs 2o6
pounds.
Q.-Can the casket beopened?
Alphabetically, yes. How
ever, while the remains are IN
the custody of the government
which means until they are turn
ed over to the next OF kin or
authorized agent-they will not
be opened except for service as
may be required.
Q.-Are the next of kin for
hidden to open caskets? Or are
their funeral directors forbidden
to open them?
A.-The government has nc
law that says the casket cannot
be opened. AS stated before, the
government says that in agree
ment with national and state
laws, it will not open the cas-
kets at aquest of relatives while
the casket is under War Depart
ment custody. However, mos
funeral directors will be guidec
by laws of their respective
states, and of equal importance
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03

The Tabor City Red Devils
took their second win in three
starts this season when they de-
feated the Chadbourn eleven,
$50, ON Civilian field, Tabor CITY.
The local aggregation had de-
feated the Wilmington "B' team
APO, and had tied Dillon -
in the other two games OF the
year.
five touchdowns and as many
extra points in the Chadbourn
game. making q perfect record
for the year of tallYing the ex.
ira point after each OF their II
touchdowns.
Fred Soles passed to Captain
Ted Fipps for the first touch,
down Friday and Soles passed
to Orben Fowler for the second
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
Rotarians Hear
Talk BY Local
Scout Director

Charlie Bethea, Boy Scout
field director stationed in Tabor
City, was guest speaker at the
Rotary club meeting Monday
night and told the Rotarians
some of the background OF local
Scouting.
He was high in his praise Of
Jack Hyman, Scoutmaster, and
V. r. Burroughs for their work
with the local troop, which IS
sponsored by the Rotarians. He
pointed to the growth OF the
troop from a membership of II
last August TO a present enroll
ment of Al.
John w. Barlow told Of the
National Guard recruiting pro-
gram and asked the Rotarians to
talk it up.
Guests included William G..
Martin of Raleigh and Orbin
Fowler and Don Williams of the
Tabor City high school football
team.
The meeting was held at For
est Inn, where a barbecue sup
per was served
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
Red Devils Face Myrtle Beach
After Defeating Chadbourn Eleven

score. Soles then took the ball
around right end for the third
score.
Again, taking the same route,
Soles made the fourth tally and
Harold Ward broke through from
the tWo-yard line for the tlnal
touchdown.
Coach S. w. caruso is not
so optimistic about the chances
for today. when the Red Devlis
90 up against the Myrtle Beach
team there at 3 o'clock.
His team beset with injuries
and Caruso is wondering what to
do for substitutes.
Ted fps is on crutches and
Harold Ward is carrying a 'brok-
en- rib. Also out with injuries
are Earl Stanley and Sam Jack
SON.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
ID. Jordan. So.
At Home
pear Clarendon

D. Jordan. G3. of Clarendon,
Il :, died at his home Stn-
!: night.
.2e ;Unera. vas held from the
re tuesday afternoon at $3.50
70 Rev. H. c.. Cox officiating.
ia. "aS n the Forest Lawn
@e,ecy.
s-;"!vng az MS wife; four
'<-sHeyS, Lillian Lucille Jor-
T. Of Washington, D. c., Vir-
y. Jordan Williams of Will
-s"A. Beg and Heidi of the
NC. Three sons, Thomas Bry-
q Co.Uo5us, Ga, James
lack OF the home; five sis
'tS, Evans G.. Williams of
\, Mrs. Fannie Shelley of
E5T+agtoo, Mrs. Ellen Sheriff.
%'sosAe, Mrs. Mary Reilly of
j. 5.'o''e M.~. Ruth Rushing of
! '' ,HA FL, and five broth
| = '.!eh o, Tabor City, Cleve-
u Crescent Beach, S. c.,
ss d! Raleigh, Gardner OF
~~@s'on D c. and Glen OF
"'~'!N iat.t
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
robacco Market Sells Nearly
scbt And A Half Million Pounds

Tobacco sales in Tabor City
came to slightly less than eight
and a half million pounds this
year, according to Sales Super
visor John w. Barlow, who re-
leased figures showing that g..
37,072 pounds were sold hree
during the 3l-day 1947 marketing
season.
Growers who sold on the
Tabor City market banked
gross revenue of S3.SS3.60s.6l.
or an average of S44.l8 per
hundred pounds.
This price average is consid-
cred quite favorable" Barlow
said, and should be one of the
highest of the Border Belt mar
ketS.
Last year, he related, Tabor
City was high in price and all
predictions this year pointed to
slump of 10 cents a pound. The
market dropped approximately
nine cents, he said, on the basis
of present figures.
However it IS impossible to
make any comparison of other
Border Belt markets until the
state tobacco marketing figures
are released, he said.
Observers here felt the local
one-sale market did we'll this
year in view of conditions that
reduced poundage and price av-
erage as compared with the 1916
season, which was an all-time
high on the majority of the mar
ketS.
Lateness of the crops and ex-
ceSsive rains in this area account
ed for decreased poundage and
fair to poor quality.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
Merchants Report
Brisk Trade On
Past Week End

Tabor City streets were
crowded last Saturday with
the largest group of shoppers
seen in a long time.
Many merchants reported
exceptionally good business
and several reported that they
did larger volume than ever
before.
One merchant declared that
he could have done another 20
percent of business if he had
had more clerks.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
Methodist Church
AT PirewaY To
Be Dedicated Sunday

The Pireway Methodist church,
recently constructed, will be ded-
icated Sunday with appropriate
ceremonied beginning at IL am.
Sunday, October 5, according to
an announcement made yester-
day by the pastor, Rev. Joseph
F. Coble.
Rev. L. L. Jones, pastor of
the Olyphic Baptist church will
be the guest speaker. Dinner
will be served at the church at
l o'clock after which DR.. John
C. Glenn, district superintend-
ent of Wilmington, will speak
and hold the quarterly confer
ence.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
To Present Mission Play

The Youth Auxiliary of the
Mount Tabor Baptist church will
present State mission play en-
titled THE Garter Family Make
Their Pledges" Sunday evening,
October 5 at $50 o'clock in the
church auditorium The public
is invited to attend, the directors,
Mrs. Reece Burroughs and Mrs.
A. G.. Horne announced.
The cast will include: Jean
Primer, Frances Sarvis, Alice
Ann Horne. 10 Ann Strickland,
Phil Rogers. Melvin Sasser and
Jean Burroughs. Other members
of the Auxiliary will present a
program of further entertain
ment.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
Burg M. Cox Buys
City Barber Shop
From Davis Stevens

Burg M. Cox Of Iron Hill has
bought the City Barber Shop
from Davis Stevens and will con-
tinue operation of the shop with
the present perSOnnel-Blll Will
kins, Bert Blackman and Ken
meth Ray.
Stevens. who has been in the
barber business for rs years, the
last four as owner of the City
Barber Shop, has announced that
he plans TO enter another bus
mess after short rest.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
Seagle Receives
Suspended Term
In SurrY Court

Clarence w. Seagle Of Char
lotte and Tabor City was given
a one to three-year sentence suS-
pended in Surry County Super
ior Court last week after having
entered plea of nolo contend
ere to a charge of criminal abor-
ton.
Dr.. 3. O. Choate, prominent
Sparta physician received a SEN
tence OF one to three years in
State prison after being found
guilty of criminal abortion in
the same case.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
New Members Are
Listed In WV
Membership Drive

New members who have join
ed the Tabor City post of Veter-
ans Of Foreign Wars during the
current membership campaign
are:
Dolphus G.. Faulk, Vivion o.
Elderdice, Gurnie Herring, Hen
ny 3. Norris, Willis D. Troup,
Clayton r. Buffkin, Ralph K.
Turbeville, Isaac w. Long, Claud
Hall, Golden Watts, Clarence L.
Buffkin, Caleb Ralph lnman,
Nomas l.. Sing and Frank J.
Rhue. EiA
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03

Mrs. Robert Otis Cause has re-
turned to the home of her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Davis Ste
vens, after being a patient at
the Columbus County hospital
in Whiteville.
Mrs. Cause is the former Miss
Daphne Stevens. She and her
husband are residents of Loris.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
Mrs. E. A. Brown
Of Wilmington
Taken BY Death

Mrs. E. A. Brown, So, sister.
in-law of j. Percy Brown and
Mrs. Dalton Ward of Tabor City,
and Jesse Brown of Whiteville
died at the James Walker Mem
orial hospital in Wilmington on
Thursday. The deceased was a
resident of South Fourth street
in Wilmington and had been in
declining health for several
years.
Funeral rites were held Satur-
lay afternoon in Wilmington,
and were attended by local rel
atiVeS.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
METHODIST GUEST PASTOR

DR.. John c. Glenn, district
superintendent of Wilmington
will deliver the morning Wor-
ship message at the Saint Paul
Methodist church in Tabor City
Sunday morning at II o'clock.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
OVERHEARD
By BILLY WHlTTED

ra.rv a~.1entS of Carroll
.v. cr.va.s.yd their birthdays
@,av. .a>, Saturday. None OF
r A. -g.-ag their ages or
z, ...v. at 10 celebrate. We
id H.. who they are except
4 Sg.yrg Dewey Stanley and
=. Laur. might not like 1t.
Sig Sm.,. and Paul Rogers
lev Pua...cS last week but
Tx; mao .uc.c babies at the
FAY mrr.as. Shay said the
< "ou,Uu- let him drive the
f ca and Paul said he didn't
Z: 'ne tea to get on his until
Is broken in good.
J2c man sad the cold weather
f. helped business at his
&c. Evr.yoJdy'S started wear
saoes he SAID.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
','-r-e-t ching Out

"r Tribune Is still stretching
-'N"e~ sub-cr,bers added to
Mailing lists each week.
-" business firms taking
,S''A'age OF the Tribune's
's'%9e Of lower Columbus
u9Pes Horny county by
,~ '"'zlng TIE advertising col
A. ~' and he latest: an ad-
~" CT two inches of the
~ rsH Of the page.
he r new Column depth makes
~, ' = the longest in the
H.. 0a'ohnas. The additional
Ss Will be Utilized in giving
s.,,' 'saders ii this area more
il -, and features of interest
Ibis Section,
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
REVIVAL AT PIREWAY

A revival meeting will begin
at the Pireway Methodist church
Sunday evening at 7:3O. The pub
lie is invited to attend the SER
vices.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
TO ENTERTAIN AUXILIARY

The Tabor City Presbyterian
church will be host to the meet
ing of the Wilmington District
Presbyterian Auxiliary on Sat
urday, October 18th.
The program will continue
through the day with luncheon
being served at the church.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-03
WE HATE TODOT

,>.> SUBSCRIPTIONS to the Tribune were taken i'm
t;cr the paper started and now that the
&2' ,,lv more than year old, many of these SUBJ
?*.r.s expiring
..., number of subscribers have come in and
..,,g subscriptions, while others, we know, have
,5H -fnoked this matter.
=, lid like to keep all present subscribers on the
Us. but the acute shortage of newsprint and gov
@a"" ...atons mailing make it necessary for us to
" . policy of stopping subscriptions when they ex-
4 IS-"
. ..,k at the mailing label your paper now The
...,rn, the expiration date. If your subscription
-" yont YOU come in this week mail in the money
=. u.y .sa'""L
subscriptions will be removed from the list next
rea
Arkansas State press., 1947-10-03
Catholics Hear Negro
Leaders ON Farm Problems

Charlotte, N. Car. Special
Solutions for the south's prob
lens through social and interrac-
id justice were outlined by two
leading Southern educators and
s5ciologists at the three-day con
Nenti0n Of the Catholic Committee
Of the South which ended its ses-
sions here today.
DR.. Ira Reid, professor Of socio-
logy at Atlanta University, now
lent to sociology department Of
New York University, and Neal
Mclean, director of the Brick.
North Carolina Rural Life school,
told the i|nterracial meetings in
Hotel Charlotte that only through
justice for Southern tenant farm
ers and plantation laborers, both
White and Negro, would the
South's future be assured.
A plaque honoring him for his
See CATHOLICS HEAR-p1ge 4
Arkansas State press., 1947-10-03

The Virginia State Board of
Censors has banned the Screen
Guild Productions picture THE
Burning Cross according TO a re-
port from Hollywood by John J.
Jones, president of Screen Guild
Joel Fluellen, noted Negro is
starred in this daring expose of
the Ku Klux Khan,
The Virginia boards message
rejecting the picture reads, This
picture is inhuman and is of such
character that its exhibition may
incrte to crime and for those rea-
sons the entire motion picture is
rejected
Executives of Screen Guild and
Somerset Pictures, producers of
the film, met to confer on steps
to appeal the censor boards de-
cisien before the Virginia Court
of Appeals.
Arkansas State press., 1947-10-03
Boris kar|off z
Joins Fight For
Race Equality

Horror man Boris Karloff, dark
er skinned than most eolored men
reveals some of his own exper-
fences with racial discrimination
in October Negro Digest and de-
tails the plan he has laid for the
Screen Actors Guild fight for race
equality IN Hollywood.
Il am a guest in this country
and cannot criticize my host
Karloff, who is an English citi-
zen, says in the Negro Digest
piece which was written by Rob-
ert Ellis. Il was never exposed to
anti-Negro feeling in England or
in Canada. In the states, too, my
own relations with Negroes have
always been the friendliest,"
He and Negro screen star Louise
See BORIS KARLOFF-page 4
Arkansas State press., 1947-10-03
NAACP App|auds Bishop
On Anti Jim Grow Stand

New York-Walter White, exec
utlVe secretary of the National
Association for the Advancement
Of Colored People, today congratu-
lated Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter
Of st. Louis on his recent stand
against st. Louis Catholics who
protested the admission of Negro
children into Roman Catholic
schools with white children. In a
widely publicized battle during
which the group threatened to
bar the Negro children by civil
action against the Bishop, the
head of the Archdiocese of ST.
Louis threatened their with ex-
communication if they persisted
in their efforts. John p. Barrett,
chairman of the anti-Negro group,
has since stated that attorneys
had advised him that since the
Archbishop is titular head of the
parish schools, nothing could le-
gally be done about what he
chooses to do with them.'
Mr., White in his message to
Archbishop Ritter declared. May
| on behalf of the National Asso-
Arkansas State press., 1947-10-03
NAACP Files Petition
Against Oklahoma Univ.

New York-On September %
1947, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
attorneys, Amos r. Hall OF Tulsa,
Okla. Thurgood Marshall and Ro-
bert L. Carter of national legal
staff, filed a petition for a writ
in the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States in the case Of Sipuel V.
the University of Oklahoma. II
this case, Lois Sipuel is attempt
ing to secure admission to the law
school Of the University of Okla
homa BY writ of mandamus. There
is no other state-supportcd law
school in Oklahoma except that
at the state university. The petit
ton for writ of Ccrtiorari seeks to
have the Supreme Court grant
certiorari and reverse without ar
gument or hearing the decision Of
Arkansas State press., 1947-10-03
Va. Board Of Censors
Burning Cross"

THE Burning Cross has been
whole = h~eartedly acclaimed by
newspaper critics wherever it has
been shown" Jones said. In San
Francisco, where it opened a pre-
release engagement, every motion
picture editor praised it for
'courageously bringing to tn e
screen the insidious tactics of the
ku Klux Khan and daring to
show the inner workings of this
un-American hooded organization
in a picture that while it breaches
tolerance also is excellent enter
tainment," he said.
plans to open the picture in
Atlanta, Ga, the home of the Ku
KlnX Khan, are now under con-
sideration,' Jones said. Whether
or not we win through in Virgin
ia we will not deviate from our
intention of putting The Burn
ing Cross on the screens of the
Southern states. We feel that a
vast majority of the people in the
South want to sec this picture and
do not believe in the intolerant
ptecepts Of thte Ku Klux Khan"
Arkansas State press., 1947-10-03
.NAACP's Labor Secretary
.SIaps 8Oth Congress

Grand Rapids, Mich Playing
the Eightieth Congress for its fail
ure to pass needed legislation,
Clarence NJ. Mitchell, NAACP la
Dor secretary, told the Catholic
Tri-State Conference meeting here
that, as far as the welfare of the
people is concerned, this last Con-
gress might just as we'll never
have been in session.
Mr.. Mitchell declared that the
only people who benefited from
Congressional consideration of F.
EPC legislation in 1947 were those
railroads which collected fares
from persons who went to Wash
lngton to testify, and Governor
Wright of Mississippi who was in
a campaign at the time, and, I'M
doubtedly, endeared himself to his
supporters by claiming credit for
blocking passage of the act.
The labor secretary pointed out
that, beside ignoring the FEPC
Bill, Congress failed to broaden
the Social Security Act for the
coverage of domestic and agricul-
tural workers, neatly pigeon-hol-
ed bills to raise the minimum wage
level to more nearly meet the
present cost of living. and.
through the Taft-Hartley Bill,
shackled the American labor
movement by preventing its lead
ers from political action to defeat
the worst Congressional offend.
ers at the polls.
The Congress further cut ap-
Arkansas State press., 1947-10-03
Brotherhood Wins
Increase

In the general offices Of the
Pullman Company in Chicago,
Illinois. International Officers of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Partars, a. Fhi,taip Randolph and
Milton P. Webster, negotiated and
signed a Memorandum Agreement
with the Management of the Pull
man Company for a wage in
crease of Is l-2c an hour or $37,
20 a month.
The Brotherhood has also sign
ed agreements granting Is l-2c an
hour for porters on the Union
Pacific; Western Pacific. Gulf, Mo-
bile and Ohio; The Alton; Milwau-
kee. ST raul and Pacific; Illinois
Central; Baltimore and Ohio;
Chesapeake and Ohio; Burlington
Lines; and Southern Pacific
Tn the next week or two, the
ESCP will have completed nego-
tiating and signing agreements
with the balance of the forty or
more railroads with which it has
agreements", stated A Philip Ram
dolph. International President, at
the Brotherhood's Mid Western
headquarters in Chicago today.
Arkansas State press., 1947-10-03
NhAcp Saves Ct
From Nangnan

The National Association for the
Advancement OF Colared People
was notified by the War Depart
ment this week that one more
Negro CT, sentenced to be exc
cuted by an army c5uTtsmartial,
would be spared his date with
the hangman as a direct result of
Intervention by the Associations
legal department. The condemned
soldier. Pvt. L. z. Henderson, had
been sentenced to be hanged for
an ALLEGED murder committed in
Viernheim, Germany in 1916.
NAACP attorneys had demand
cd the War Department review Of
the case following q request for
assistance from the Interdenomi-
national Ministerial Alliance Of
San Antonio, Texas. AS a result
of NAACp intervention. the War
Department subjected the 26-yr-
old CT who had Ccrved in tho
army since l942 to a psychiatric
examination which proved that
Henderson had been reDt Fly ir-
Arkansas State press., 1947-10-03
Chest
Campaign Gets off.

The colored division of the
Community Chest is being spear
headed TINS year by Dave John
son, district manager, Universal
Lie Insurance Company, as chair
man-dtrector, aided by all of the
officers and members of the
Boards and agencies receiving
support from and through the
Community Chest of Greater Lit
tie Rock,
The Kickoff dinner for the
workers viii be held Monday
evening, at 8 at the Phyllis Wheat
Arkansas State press., 1947-10-03

preparations of the Wage and
Hour Administration : thereby de-
creaslng the staff of the agency
at a time when 81 per cent of the
establishments being investigated
are found to be violating the law
and more than $18, 000, 900 is be-
ing illegally withheld from over
100000 underpaid employees" Mr..
Mitchell said.
There is need for year-round
political education so that only
those persons whose total record
is good will have an opportunity
to get elected. We must mobilize
the right-thinking people in a ma
tlonal drive which will write the
badly needed social reform into
our law the labor secretary con-
cluded.
Inc conference, called by the
National Catholic Welfare Con-
ference, was attended by 5000 del
egates. Philip Murray, president
Oh the CLIO, DR.. George shuster.
president of Hunter College. N.
T. City, and His Eminence Ed
ward Cardinal Mooney, the Arch
bishop of Detroit, also spoke.