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, 1949-02-18
JUNIOR CLASS GIVES
BOUQUET TO
MISS LA FONTAINE

A beautiful basket of flow
ers was given to Miss Rita La
Fontaine who appeared at a
recital sponsored by the Junior
Glass of the Christiansted
High School on Wednesday
night last, as a mark Of their
appreciation.
Chosen to make the presenta
ton was little Shirley, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph de
Chabert.
, 1949-02-18
Red Cross Chupter
Offers Course in
Home Nursing

A course in Home Nursing
is being offered by the local
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, it was made known to-
day. The courses are schedul-
ed to begin on Monday night,
February %.
Persons interested may re-
gister at the Red Cross Office
or with Mrs. Vivienne Solo
mon, the District Nurse. The
courses are to be given free of
charge. After completion one
would be able to give emer-
gency aid to sick persons until
the arrival of a physician.
, 1949-02-18
Six Refugee Ships
Due to Arrive in us.

-WASHINGTON-A total of g.
SAB refugees and displaced per-
sons r scheduled to sail from
German ports for the United
States during February, under the
provisions of the US, Displaced
Persons Act of 1913, the U.N. In
ternational Refugee Organization
announced here.
Travelling in six IRO- chartered
vessels, the new immigrants are
scheduled to land in New York,
Boston and New Orleans and to
proceed from there to their
homes.
<&. Nt-
, 1949-02-18
Acting Governor Has
Approved Refund
To Treasury

Acting Governor Morris F
de Castro has approved an or
dinance passed by the Munich
pal Council of st. Thomas &
St. John on February 10 autho-
rizing repayment of $4,000
borrowed from Trust Funds
for deficits of prior fiscal
years.
He also approved one rou-
tine money bill authorizing re-
fund of a payment made to
the Municipal Treasury which
should have been made to the
Endemic Typhus Control
Fund.
, 1949-02-18
Buur Receives Order
From Portuguese,
East Africu

Another proof that 1T pays
to advertise" was evidenced in
a letter received by William
Bill" Baar, proprietor of the
international Shop this week
from Lourenco Marques Mo-
zambique, Portuguese East Afri
ca, with an order for the fa-
nous Virgin Islands Charac-
ter Dolls.
In addition to advertising in
House & Garden, Hobby"
and more recently "The New
York Sunday Tines, Mr.. Baar
encloses a splendid pamphlet.
printed locally, inviting the re-
cipient to Come to st. Croix"
and reminding him that it is a
u. S. possession followed by a
brief history of the Virgin Is
lands.
Since the last advertisement
appeared in the "Times" on
February s. nearly 400 orders
have been received.
, 1949-02-18
domination Up For
Confirmation by
st. Thornus Council

Upon confirmation by the
Municipal Council of St. Tho
mas & st. John, commissions
have been issued to George
Mena as a member of the
Board of Trustees of the ST.
Thomas Development Autho-
rity, Mrs. Helen c. Law as a
member Of the School Board;
Louis E. Lindqvist and Ed
ward Elkins as members of the
Guard Committee.
Roy w, Bornn and Randolph
Ottley were named members
of the Board of Parole.
, 1949-02-18
Weuther Severe,
Texas Cunnot Ship
Deer To St. Thomus

Due to severe weather con-
ditions in the state of Texas,
the Game, Fish and Oyster
Commission there, has inform
ed the Game Commission Of
st. Thomas and St. John that
they will be unable to supply
the Virgin Islands Govern
ment with any deer during
this trapping season.
The Commission had ar
ranged for thirty deer from
Texas to be released in st. Tho
mas before the end of Febru-
airy.
, 1949-02-18
Toylor in ST. Tho. For
Tolk with Actq. Gov.

Administrator Harry E Tay-
lor of ST. Croix went to st.
Thomas for conferences with
Acting Governor de Castro.
Most important are budget
estimates and a number of
other matters.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
KATTERA5 LIGHT RE.A(TIvAT!0N
M0MEkTQS Event FOR BANKERS

HATTERAS-No even except
ing World War II and submarine
sinkings almost in their backwards
in the graveyard of the Atlantic.
The greatest moment in ID years
in the ordinarily placid lives of in
habitants of this Outer Banks vii
Iage will be 4:43 P. NJ, Nov. 10,
1919, when Governor Kerr Scott
and L. S. Senator Frank Graham
re-light the lights in Old Hatterss
Lighthouse.
For the Old Light, around whose
imposing brick Cape Hatteras life
has revolved for $50 years, is
bringing a new era TO North Caro-
mas Outer Banks along with its
resurrection-in solving erosion
problems and saving Old Light
from the encroacha:g Atlantic,
engineers have learned how to
build solid roads on shifting sand,
and make trees grow therein too.
Heads of state highway and con-
servation departments. while help
ing in the celebration OF the re-
birth of Old Light will look into
road-buildi.g and citrus fruit pos
sibilities, and plan, too, for the
conversion of the lonely Banks in
to 4 30O-mile long seashore park.
Officialdom, famed Elizabeth
City High School band and some
hundreds of curious uplanders will
converge on Avon village, at the
northern ed of II miles OF pri-
mary highway newly and mirAc.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
Potato Market
Sales Close To
100000 Bushels
Local Sweet Potato
Mart Has Paid More
Than Half Million
Dollars To Growers

The Tabor City Sweet Potato
Auction market reached an ali
time high this week as purchases
by buyers on the local market
through Wednesdays sales reach
ed close to 100000 bushels
Since the market opened on
October 5.n total sales. through
Wednesday. were 252.D50 and
buyers bought more than 10000
bushels before the opening date.
Total money paid out by the
auction market was close to $500
900. and the average for al! bas-
kets was 1923.
The fame Of the local sweet po-
lato market reached into Louis
lana this week. as buyers on the
Louisiana market made flying
trip to Tabor City Monday for the
purpose of studying the operation
of the market.
Officials on the market report
ed potatoes arriving from all sec
tons of North and South Caro-
lima.
One grower. X. r. Wooten OF
Greenville. N C.. brought l,l8e
bushels of sweet potatoes to the
market. selling 802 bushels. anC
returning with 1856. The 38t
bushels were not properly graded
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
NEW CAR Business IN STATE
APPROACHES HALF A BILLION

RALEIGH-The annual business
done by new car automobile deal
ers in North Carolina is approach
i.g the half billion dollar mark,
it was announced this week by
Mrs. Bessie B. Ballentine, execu-
tive secretary of the North Caro-
lima Automobile Dealers Associa-
ton.
The LOTS new car automobile
dealers operating in North Caro-
lima did a business last year ap-
,ptoximating $447621 $4,000 and had
an annual combied payroll of
S58O5O, 100000. which was paid to
1880 men and women employees
These LOIS new car dealers
have a combined capital in
vestment of approximately
$4,000, 10000 and constitute
one of the most important tax %
paying groups In North Caro-
lima. -. .y-...
The 1880 employees of the
North Carolila new car !ausomo-
bile dealers have 1875 depend
ents. which means that. 6,725
North Carolina men, women and
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02

ulously laid on shifting beach
sand, by ferry from Englehard on
the mainland: by bus, plane and
helicopter from Manteo on Roam
oke Island; aid by ferry mail
truxk and plane from Atlantic
(airport ut Beaufort Morehead
City, at II A. NJ The new high
way and bodybuilding prospects
up the Banks to Little kinnakeet
Coast Guard station Will be in
spected until 1900 when speaking
gets underway in Ave-.
At 100 r. NJ, the Avon AnaEi-
can Legion will feed the multitude
with fish fresh-caught from Attain
tic Ocean and Pamlico Sound at
an open-air fish FRY. At 2:30,
grapefruit and orange paintings at
Buxton will be viewed. Between
300 AID 400, Cape Hatteras State
Park, the worlds largest and new
est Long Range Navigation sta
ton and surfboat rescue opera
tons will be inspected, and an
orange tree planted in a newly
planned experimental area.
After the historic .re-lighting Of
Hatteras Light. official guests will
have supper at Cape Hatteras
Lifeboat Station, then depart ,or
join Hatteras Village in the5sa6n-
tinuation of the happiest, end Hsr-
haps the biggest, celebration, Il has
ever known. -
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
Tabor City Merchant
In Serious Condition
Following Accident
w. S. Pumberton In
jured In Fall From
Moving Ambulance
w hile Accompany
ing Son To Hospital

w. S. Pemberton. Tabor City
merchant. was still i'm critical con-
dition today following his fall
from an ambulance last Thurs
day morning.
Reports Tuesday night said his
condition. though improved. con-
tinued serious. Reports late We'd
ncSday indicated his condition rs
being The same. The Ga year OLD
merchant his been in an nncon-
;ciouS condition since the acci-
dent.
Richard Gordon. driver Of the
ambulance owned by the Lewis
Funeral EIuInr If Tabor City, gave
this account Of the accident:
Pemberlon WAS accompanying
his sick son. Frazier. in the ani-
bulance bound for hospital iH
Roanoke. Va. He was sitting to
the rear of the driver. Gordon, in
stead Of in front with Inc driver.
as enormously reported in other
newspaper accounts.
Travelling on Highway 220
about nine miles south Of Greens
boro Gordon reported hearing
loud noise. lie quickly looked
back. saw the door open. and as
he looked through the rear view
mirror. saw Pcmberton roll over
about twice before becoming still
in the ditch on the side of the
road.
Gordon stopped the ambulance.
rushed back To PcmbertOn who
was unconscious. put him into the
ambulance. and tex him 10 a
Greensboro hospital. The sick
son was transferred to another
ambulance which completed the
trip To Roanoke.
Previous to the accident, Cor
don reported that. al the requeSi
If Pcmberton he had stopped iE
West End to procure water 10"
Tic lips of the ailing son. From
then until the time of the acct
lent Gordon said he heard moth
ing from either passenger and did
not know when Pcrberton threw
the water cup out the window
The cause of the accident was
still a mystery Today and will like
ly remain so until the victim re-
covers sufficiently 10 talk.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
Dorothy Carroll
Attends Press Meet

HARTSVILl.E. s. c. $50 Coker
Colleges Scmi-munthly student
new spaper. The PrriScone. was
represented by live staff leaders
at The annual fall convention OF
The South Carolina College Press
Association. -
Coker girl journalists who at
tended the conference at Con-
verse college in Spartanburg, OCT.
1929. are: Peggy Carmichael OF
Mullins. editor i'll chief: Irene
RramDotn Of Staten Island. n. y.
associate editor: Rachel Collier
of Route |. burlington. news edl-
tor: Elizabeth Stevenson OF States
Vile, n. c.. copy editor, and Dor
otty Garrett of Tabor CITY. N. e.
literary editor. Miss Stevenson
and Miss Carroll are SophomoreS'
the rest juniors.
Scores of staff representatives
of about 20 member publications
attended the convention. al
which Edward Weeks. editor o.
the Atlantic Monthly. was the
headline speaker.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
Columbus County
Students Enrolled
At High Point

HIGH POINT. Oct. 26-Despite
the decrease in enrolment in
higher education throughout the
state and the nation, High Point
College for the session l949-
1850, has maintained an almost
all time high in its enrolment
of 748 students. There are 57l
men and III women representing
IA states, Cuba and Poland; there
are 353 Methodist and 1853 Bap-
fists and IA other denominations.
The following students are
from Columbus County:
Joseph Oliver Inman, Route l.
Whiteville.
Leamon Paul Ward, Jr.. Clar-
endOn.
Walter Deland Leonard, Tabor
City.
Bernard Duval Frink. Claren-
don.
J w Ray, East Lewis Street
Whiteville.
Malcolm Carl Stephens, Ciaren-
don,
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02

children. exclusive of owners and
their families, depend entirely
upon the new car dealers for their
livelihood and support.
In announcing these figures re-
lating to the new car automobile
dealers in North CAROLINE. Mrs.
Ballentine said mo other large in
dustry in the state has more in
innate contact and relationship
with the masses of the people than
does the automobile dealer group.
The dealer not crly furnishes the
public with it's new automobiles,
but also services those new auto
mobiles and keeps in running or
der the principal transportation
facilities of the entire state.
Most dealers are thoroughly con-
scious of the important. niche they
occupy in their. respective COM
munitv, -,'cluding, the responsible
ties that go along with being an
employer. a large taxpayer, and
the supplier of vital and essen
tial service. Practically all are
active in civic clubs, fraternal or
ders, and church work" '''
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
Police OF Both
(aroIinas Look
For kidnappers
Mary Spivey, 7-Year.
Old Girl Abducted
Wednesday; Former
Vinegar Hill Resi-.
dent

MULLINS. S. C.-Police in
two states were searching We'd
nesday for the alleged kidnap-
pers of a Seven-year-old white girl
early this morning.
Complete details of the kidnap-
ping were not available. Police
departments attaches al Mullins
and the Marion County sheriff's
officers reported that they had
received a report that two men in
1871 black Plymouth coupe had
picked ur-Ee child near her home
Wednesday afternoon. about five
o'clock.
Police said the girl Mary Spi-
vey, stepped from a school bus
near her home and was picked up
by the two men. A red coat she
was wearing was later found near
the scene of the pickup.
Officers said the parents of the
child are farmers and are not
wealthy. which they said ruled
out any possibility the girl was
being held for ransom.
According to officers at Null
Inns the two men were reported
seen near the North Carolina
border late last night. However
they did not disclose il the girl
was with them At the time. One
officer said he believed that the
two men had been drinking.
Police officers i'm the Carolinas
were alerted TO be on the look
out for the two men and the girl.
The girl is the daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. Joe G. Spivey, formerly
residents of the Vinegar Hill sec
ton near Tabor City.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
Tabor City Gridders
TO Represent This
District In State High
School Contests
By JIMMY DERRICK

A determined Tabor City Red
Devil eleven ground out = to U
win over the Whiteville Wolfpack
last Friday evening before
caracity crowd on the local field.
The victory gave the Red Devils
the Class A of District 2 football
championship crown. the second
such title the local team has had
in the past three years. having
defeated the Wolfnack 2O-7 IN
l947. Coming back from a 3l-O
defeat 1T the hands OF the White
vile eleven in l943, the new dis
lricl champions will represent this
section in further gridiron com
petition in the North Carolina
High School contests.
Most OF Fridays game was play
I'd in Whiteville'" territory. the
desperate Wolfpack making he
rolc stand against the relentless
attacks of the Red Devils who
we're constantly threatening
The first threat of the game
came one play after the kickoff.
with Ford Fowler recovering a
Wolfpack tumble on the White
vile 35 yard stripe. The Wolf
pack took the ball back on downs
after holding the Red Devils 10
few yards.
A series of punts marked the
next few minutes of play and Ia
Dor City wound up with the ball
on the 50-yard line. Bill Rogers
and Ford Fowler carried the ball
to the Whiteville 8-yard line. but
again the Whiteville line held. A
fourth down pass from Ford FoW-
Ter intended for Charles Cox was
batted down as the first quarter
ended.
Two plays later in the second
quarter end Charles Cox caught
Billy Horton behind the goal for
safety and the Tabor City eleven
was ahead to stay The rest of
the second quarter was played in
Wolfpack territory. the Whiteville
crew holding Tabor City ~ no
score.
Receiving the pigskin on the
kickoff of the third quarter. the
Red Devils returned to- their own
SO yard line. From there they
marched to the Whiteville q and
Marion Baxter on the next play
ran to the Wolfpack Z, only to
have a tumble give the ball TO
Whiteville
The strong Tabor line held and
the Wolfpack kicked to their 80.
this time the local team scored
on seven plays. with Dalton An
derson carrying the ball over from
the five yard line.
In the fourth quarter Whlte-
vile threw two passes, each good
for twenty yards This was the
only time Whiteville had been in
Tabor's territory and the drive
ended on the Devils 27-yard line.
Threatening twice more in the
game. Tabor CITY was unable to
score again. the final score go.
Statistics on the game revealed
the Red Devils gained 267 yards
through passing and running to
Whiteville's 81.
Leading ground gamer for Ia
Dor City was Bill Rogers who
gained from eight to twelve yards
each time he carried the ball.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
Last Rites Held
For Columbus
Baptist Minister
Rev. M. K. Beasley,
Columbus c ounty
Church Leader, Was
Buried Sunday

Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday afternoon at Pleasant
Hill Baptist Church for the Rev.
Marvin X. Eeasley of Chadbourn
who ended his life by hanging
Thursday at 2:2O P. NJ. The re-
mains were then carried to Rich
mond. Va. where interment took
place Sunday afternoon at 3
O'Clock.
The final ~ were conducted
Saturday by the Rev. Ed Ulrich
If GoldSboro. assisted by the Rev.
Herbert Noe OF Lake Waccmaw.
Hundreds attended the services
for the beloved minister.
Act;be pallbearerS were W. f..
Harrelson. Scott Gore. n. G.
White. Hubert White. Archie
Buffkin and AlpheuS Cox.
A native OF Richmond, Va. Rev.
MIR .Beasley cane to Columbus
County four years ago and serV-
ed Pleasant Hill and Pleasant
Plains Baptist churches. Success
attended his church and evangel-
istic efforts. and he was regard
ed as one of the ADLER young min
listers in the Baptist denomina-
ton He was graduate OF BOD
Jones University, Greenville.
S. c.
The body of the Rev. Mr.. BeaS-
ley was discovered hanging by a
rope from the closet door in his
home Thursday afternoon by his
wife following her return from
trip to Whiteville. Mrs. Beas-
ley had left their daughter. Betty
Shannon. age 5, in his company.
Coroner Hugh Nance. who in
vestigated the death, ruled 1t a
clear case of suicide and held no
inSuest. He said the minister had
used a short piece of rope. The
coroner said no note was found
md that there was no known mo-
tive for the act.
The Rev. Mr.. BeaSley, in addl-
ton to serving as pastor OF his
two large rural churches, was ac-
| tive in several religious organlza-
! tons. He was moderator OF the
| Columbus Baptist Association and
secretary of the Columbus Coun
~ Ministerial Association.
He would have been % years
! old had !.e lived until October 3O
Surviving are his wife, Mrs
Dorothy Beasley "a daughter, Bet
ty Shannon; his mother, Mrs. Bes-
sic Beasley of Richmond, Va;
and four brothers, Garrett. Doug
las, Benjamin and Roger Beasley
all of Richmond, Va. His father
was killed about a year ago IN
an automobile accident.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
Supt. w. j. Boyer
Addresses Rotarians

Columbus County Superinten-
dent of Schools w. j. Boyer adj
dressed members of the Tabor
City Rotary Club in their regular
dinner meeting on Monday even
ing.
Boyer cited improvements in
the school bus system and the
elimination Of overloaded condI-
tons on the county buses.
OF special interest TO RotarIans
and citizens OF Tabor City was the
subject of new gymnasium.
Superintendent Boyer assured Ro-
tarians that it was impossible to
have the new building for the
coming basketball season. but that
it would be ready for use next
wear
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
.LORIS LIONS TO
PLAY HALLSBORO
FRIDAY NIGHT

The Loris Lions will play the
Hallsboro High School football
team al the LoriS Athletic Field
on Friday. November 4. at 7:45
p. NJ.
From all indications this should
be a good game as EallSboro has
fast-charging, hard-driving
team.
Loris, District II champions.
will be cunning for their 9Th vic
tory of the season. having lost
one game and tied one game.
Loris High School Lions will
meet the WATERFORD eleven on
November 18th, place to- De am
nOunced later.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
WOMAN'S CLUB
TOHOLD ANNUAL
XMAS BAZAAR

The Tabor City Woman's Club
will hold the second annual
Christmas Bazaar at the American
Legion Hut Wednesday, THURSDAY
and Friday. December 7, 8 and 9.
Mrs. Doc Bruton. chairman, an
nounCed. ,
The event will carry two added
attractions this year, a chicken
dinner and CHRISTMAS Carnival.
The dinner will be served Thurs
day evening and the Carnival,
with Santa Clause attending, Will
be held Friday evening.
The three day affair will be
open to the public and the chick
en- dinners will be served by res
ervatiOn.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
REV. SURRATT
AT METHODIST
CONFERENCE

Rev H FREQ Surratt. pastor of
the Saint Paul Methodist Church,
left Wednesday to attend the
North Carolina Methodist Con-
ference now in session al the
Steele Street Methndi%l Church
in Sanford.
Rev. Mr.. Surratt VS. accom-
panied by Mrs. Surratt and j. L.
Baxter, who was appointed an Of
ficial delegate from the church.
Other Columbus County minis
tiers attending the conference in
clude Rev. d. A. Clerke of White
willie; Rev. Gu. Andrews of Chad
bourn;. Rev. L. C. Purcell, Jr., Of
Fair Bluff; Rev. W II. Jamison
of Hallsboro. ,..-,
The appointments will be
broadcast -, Sunday through the
/, WPTF Station in Raleigh.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-11-02
Inman Receives
1l-Mos. Sentence
Appeals Case
Convicted Of Assault
With A Deadly Wea
pom; Given 80 Days
To Perfect Appeal

Ra!nh Tnman. convicted of an
assault with deadly weapon by
Il Columbus County Jury, was
sentenced late Thu ~sdaV after
noon October u. to II months
in Jail and assigned TO work on
the roads under the Snner"'"i"n
of the State Public Works Com
mission.
The sentence caIIr ii almost
the hour SO weeks before that the
assault took place on tie PirGway
road
Defense Counsel j. X. Powell
Immediately gave notice Of appeal
which automatically STAYS eHccu-
ton of the sentence.
Inman waE/siven 80 DAYS to
perfect the appeal and posted 4
$500 appearance bend and Il SlOO
appeal bond.
The ~ month sentence carried
no conditions.
Under the jury's verdict, n
maximum sentence OF two years
could have been imposed. Con-
viction on the charge OF assault
with deadly weapon with intent
to kill carries maximum ST.
tence Of ~ years.
The II month sentence was inn
posed by Judge wilkins p. Hor-
ton about an hour and half af-
Ter the Jury brought in the YER
dict.
Should Inman not perfect his
appeal to the Supreme Court. he
must report to begin his sentence
in February. the same month OF
1919 OF the attack on his former
business associate. Arnold jos
sup.
Good behavior while in the Gus
tody OF prison authorities would
restore Inman'S freedom within
eight months.
The trial last week was the re-
suit of the shooting and black
lacking of Jessup on February B
in a hearse on the Pireway road.
Fne partnership of JesSup and In
man in the Tabor City funeral
business was dissolved after Jes-
sup recovered sufficiently to leave
the hospital.
The funeral homo is now under
the name Of Inman. Cox and Gore.
being owned by G.. I. Gore. {. W.
Cox and Mrs Geraldine 1nman.