The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-12-09

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DOCTOR ACCUSED OF MUIR
DER-Dr. Hobart Todd, 43-year-
old Chicago doctor is accused Of
numbering his wife Hazel, IS. She
slapped him and he slapped her,
he said. the quarrel being over
money. Death was caused by in
jections of drugs with a needle.
TWELVE MILLIONS-In No
vember taxes collected by the
State of North Carolina ran above
the IL million mark, or 1871 per
cent more than in November of
1854. Nearly So millions have been
collected by the state in the five
months since July 1.
LIMIT FOR WIFE BEATING
In Lumberton, Red Turner, cafe
operator, %, was sentenced the
limit, ten years in prison for beat
ing his wife. Two other charges
against him were not tried: run
ming down a man with a car and
stabbing a waitress to death.
NATIONAL SHRINE-The lab
oratory used by Thomas Edison.
great inventor the last A years of
his life has been made National
Historic Shrine and is now cared
for by the National Park Serv-
ice. The property was donated by
the two surviving children of the
inventor.
TEENAGERS KILLED-Three
teenagers, Benton Moss 16, Bobby
Davis, Is, and Miss Freddie front
man, II were killed when their
car and freight train collided Fri
day night near Enfield. Rachel
Mullen, II was badly injured. They
were out in a $50 Buick owned by
C. D. Moss, a farmer who had
loaned it to his son.
ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN
Bertha Anderson II, a former
Negro teacher was forcibly elected
from a rural white, Baptist Church
in Franklin County which she had
walked four miles to attend, she
said. She was told not to come
back. Members of the church ap-
parently considered she had come
''to snoop around and make troy
ble."
UNION OF 16 MILLIONS
What may be the most powerful
group of organized labor in the
history of the world materialized
this week with the consolidation of
the American Federation of Labor
with John l.. Lewis CLIO, with
combined membership of 16 mil
lion, big enough, when united, to
dictate who shall be the president
of the United States.
NO MIXED UP SCHOOLS-Vir-
GINA wants no checkerboard
schools, and on January 9, that
state will vote toward settling the
question of whether the state shall
grant funds to private schools for
pupils who do not wish to be inte-
grated with negroes. A constitu-
tional amendment will be neces
sary.
ENGINE BUILDER HON E.
LESS-Charles Taylor 81, who is
said to have built the first success
full airplane engine was found
homeless in Los Angeles, and in
hospital, living on $500 er year
left him by Orville Wright. After
disclosure of this news, the air
craft industry association said they
would provide him home and sup
port the rest of his life.
SUES FOR DAUGHTERS IN
JURIES-J. M. Barbour, Raleigh
man has sued Thomas White Sr.
and Jr. for $6,771.93 for injuries
sustained by his young daughter
while riding with young White who
was driving his daddy's car. He al
leges the boy drove the car at rs
miles an hour, resulting in a
crash while trying to make curve.
POLL TAX IN VIRGINIA-Vir
ginia is a state that still clings to
the theory that a person too little
in citizenship and it's responsible
ties to pay small poll tax, is not
a suitable person to select the men
who run the state, and announce
ment goes out that those who have
not paid their poll tax by Mon.
day of next week will not be allow
ed to vote in the referendum on
January 9th. While this system
has been fought by those who wish
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