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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-19
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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
Dr.. Neill X. Currie Succumbs To
Extended Illness AT Home Here

DR.. Neill X. Currie well known
dentist and former postmaster
died at his home here on the
Neway Road Saturday after
noon after an extended illness.
A native of the Lebanon sec
ton of Columbus County he was
a son Of the late Neill Currie
and Prudance Harper Currie.
Active in the Saint Paul Meth
odist Church, DR.. Currie was a
steward and choir member. He
was member of the Lebanon
Masonic Lodge Of Whiteville
and held the Scottish Rite and
York Rite degrees. He was also
a Shriner.
In addition to his church and
lodge work he was active In the
Columbus County Dental Socie-
ty.
DR.. Currie attended Campbell
College and was graduated from
the Atlanta Dental College. He
had been practicing dentist in
"a Dor City for 30 years. Too, h,
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
arm Loan ASH
Gets New Name

Effective December 81. 1859,
the name of the Lumberton Ma
tional Farm Loan Association
Will be changed to the Lumber
ton Federal Land Bank Associa-
ton. The change in name is in
accordance with the provisions
of the Farm Credit Act of 1859
The legislation was requested b.
the land banks and the associa-
tons and passed by the last Con-
greSS, according to announce
ment by w. II. Powell of White
vile, President OF the Lumber
ton Association.
Powell said. THE new name
better Identifies the association
with the purpose for which il
was chartered and for which il
has operated through its more
than 40-year history. namely. the
making and servicing of long
term Federal Land Bank loans.
The legislation also changes
the title of the executive officer
from "secretary-treasurer'' TO
manager" Powell said.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
1WoCundidufes For
Scholarship Named

OF the final selections of the
county's candidates for 1866
Morehead Scholarships the Local
screening chairman, Lee J
Greer, commented today, III
was very close contest be-
tween the two boys representing
Tabor City. To come to our con-
clusion, we had TO compile the
credits of each on paper, anC
afterwards the winner won by
a small margin"
Chairman Grcer-whO is CLERK
of the Superior Court-rcferrcc
TO Tabor City candidates Joe
HedgeCoc and Levcrne Ward
Both have superb records q.
.athletees, and enthusiastically botf
are i'm the upper-four in theil
senior class.
Another candidate from tn,
county for the coveted scholar.
ship which grants winners ST..
$50 per school year for foul
years, is William Ray Solcs o.
the Whitcville school system
While Soles does not claim ath-
letic interests, he was chosen
basically on other superior quail
ifications.
Also competing from White
vile was John Plasky: from
.Chadbourn, Joe Nance and Rob-
.ert Lowe.
Hedgecoe and Soles will b,
notified by the Scholarship Of
ficials of the University of the
date on which they are to COM
pete in the district competition
in Elizabethtown.
Tabor City alumni now study
ing in Chapel Hill with More
head Scholarships are Tally
Eddings Jr., a senior; and Gene
Dellinger. a freshman.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
Queen City Ri.
To BE Continued

RALEIGH - The State Util-
tiles Commission Tuesday re
itself and refused TO al
low Queen City Coach Co. to
abandon its bus route between
Chadbuurn and the South Caro-
lima line over u. S. Highway rs.
The commission had approx
ed the bus firms proposal to d
DandOn the route in a recon-
mcndcd order written by Com
missioner Richard Long on Sept.
IA.
Commissioncr Sam Workir%-
ton concurred in the order but
lodged objections to Longs find
ings and the matter was reopen
ed.
Two Columbus County towns.
FAIR Bluff and Chadbourn, OBJ
Jected TO loss of the service.
They said it would isolate their
communities and make a no
mans land" of the area.
The order Tuesday also was
written by Long. This time. he
found that the bus firm has
failed to hear the burden of
proof that public convenience
ana necessity no longer requires
its operation over the route :"
At hearing before Long in
Whiteviile prior to the first or
der. evidence indicated the bus
es carried IAN average of less
than one passenger per trip per
day in and out of the area ~
When the matter was reopen
ed, Long wrote, the bus COM
pany presented evidence tend
ing TO show some increase in the
month of November, 1859. al
the number of passengers carri-
ed and the amount of revenue
received . . ."
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
Sgt. Suffocates;
Wife Is Native

Incidents leading to the death
of Sgt. Kermit Abel, 30. at an
army camp near Paris, France.
are yet to be received by his
wodow, the former Mary Fran
ces Prince. a native of Tabor
City.
Mrs. Abel was notified Mon
day by the Department of the
Army of her husbands death on
December 81. Mrs. Frances
Hunt. secretary of the American
Red Cross office in WhitcvillC
received information today
wednesday, that the sergcant's
death was due TO asphyxation,
but no further details were furn-
ished.
Sgt. was a native of Johns
town, N. Y. and Mrs. Mae T.
Abel, st. townsville, N. Y.
He was last stationed in the
States at Fort Bragg, while nc
and his family then lived at
Spring Lake where she contin-
ues to live and work.
Sgt. Abers body has been
flown to Arlington National
Cemetery for burial
Surviving in addition TO his
wife is a son, Larry Gene, 7
years old; his parents; two bro
theirs, CLARK and Sherwood, both
of Johnston. N. Y; two sisters,
Mrs. Helen Sailing, Caroga Lake
N. Y, and Mrs. Eileen Aungicr,
FULLY, N. Y.
Date and time OF the final
rites were not available at press
time. .r.. a.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
Social Security
Tax Jumps no
New Year S Day

Well. your Social Security tax
goes up Friday, January |, 1860
the social security tax will be
increased from the present 2l5
percent of wages, paid by en-
ployees and employers to 3 per
cent by employees and a like
amount by employers.
The present rate of 3A per
cent of net earnings paid by the
5elf-employed will be increased
to Az percent of net earnings.
Since Its inception in 1885 the
social security program has
grown phenomenally, both in
coverage, beneficiary categories
and the amount of benefit pay
mCnts. Starting as a retirement
program for the protection oi
the aged wage Garner, it has now
become a family insurance pro-
gram protecting not only The
wage Garner, but the self-em-
ployed as well, in old-age, ir
total disability, and the family
in case of the workers death
In 1887 the social security tax
rate was one percent by en-
Iployees and one percent by en-
ployers. This low tax rate was
adequate under the restricted
retirement provisions on the
Original Act and sufficient &c
maintain a self-supporting pro-
gram.
The self-supporting principl,
in social security program fin
Iancing has been sustained thro-
ugh the year by periodically
increasing social security ia,
rates to take care OF higher ben
eft payments, extended cover.
age, and other program Inn
.provements.
The new increased social Sc
Icurity contribution rates main
tain the self-supporting feature
OF the program and by its actu-
al soundness assures future pay.
ments to all eligible beneficisr.
les. :." f s.l = ...
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
Fugitive Sought In
Town Take Cupfors
On Xmas Eve Chase

A wild goose chase bccam.
necessary for county lawmcr
Christmas Eve after Sheriff Ben
Duke instructed Chief DEPUTY
Thurman Butler TO drop his
present efforts and search CO.
lumbuS County for one l.. b.
Hill, colorcd, male. age about
&c.
The Chief Deputy was not in
formed of the reason Cor the
subjects importance TO his sup
error. but proceeded to alert
town policemen of the pick up
orders.
A brief few moments follow
ed Deputy Buffers notification
of the Shcriff'S instructions were
answered by Tabor City police
officer Leamon Sing. The SUBJ
Jcct - driving an old-model blue
Oldsmobile was directly in
front of the towns patrol car.
l.. B. Hill, stopped and held
by local authorities while in the
company of several motoring
companions, after checks with
merchants of the county and the
Highway Patrol. suffered accu-
stations of
Larceny of an automobile in
Winston-Salem
Robbery,
Several counts of forgery
and passing of worthless checks
in Columbus County.
After Hill was officially turn
cd over the County's officers by
local police and handcuffed. a
gesture was made to locate the
prisoners coat. While Deputies
were looking for it, Hill bound
cd from a police vehicle and
darted drought the crowds of
Christmas Eve shoppers here.
Alerted of the prisoners escape
by Chief Deputy Butler, Deput-
les J. d. Fowler and Autv God
win I1ced al r. AZ In ut pur-
suit of the man. Two blocks from
the Tabor City Police Station
Hill erred by turning into the
Prince Motor Company yard and
vented into the rear of the park
ing lot. The area is entirely sur
rounded by fencing.
Captured. and transported to
the county jail. Hill was booked
for auto larceny, for worthless
checks and forgery. and was in
formed that his bond was placed
at $4,000.
Also involved in the pursuit.
arrest we're Tabor City Police
Chief J. r. Baker and the High
way Patrol, the later having been
in pursuing Hill for approximate
Ily one month, il was learned
today.
Trail has been scheduled for
the February term of Superior
Court.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
Details Vague On
Saturday Slashing
Says Sheriff Duke

Joe Boyd Nealy. resident of
the Wards Station area. receiv-
I'd severe cuts Saturday night.
according to telephone repor:
received by Sheriff Ben Duke
Tuesday morning. Details of a
reported brawl from which
Nealy received dissertation re-
quiring sixty stitches are yet to
be checked out by the sheriffs
men.
The department has also SEIZED
uled an investigation of a re-
port that Billy Inman. a gas sta
ton attendant in Evergreen. re-
ceived 35 stitches on the same
night.
One unconfirmed report to the
Sheriff suggested that the two
young men we're seen together
Saturday evening.
Nealy is the son of Carson
Nealy.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31

served as postmaster for the
Tabor City office for six years
Surviving are his wife Mrs
Carrie Wright Currie; two bro
theirs, d. M. and A. D. Currie OF
Route 3, Whiteville; two sisters
Mrs. j. c. Stanley of Clarendon
and Mrs. L. c. Price OF Route 8
Whiteville.
Final rites were held in the
chapel Of the Inman Funeral
Home Sunday at 3 p. m. with
his pastor, the Rev. p. II. Lay
field, officiating assisted by the
Rev. p. c. CAN'T, pastor of the
Tabor City Baptist Church. Int
Ierment was in the Forest Lawn
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Clyde
Stanley, Donald Currie, N. c
Currie, Herbert Price, Roy Stan
ley, and Edwin Currie.
Saint Paul Church steward.
and dentists Of Columbus and
Horny counties served ss honor
airy palIbearers.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
Move 10 Dry Out >Sfufe Line Underway

Action following a probaDi
meeting of propcrty-owncrS he
tween the city limits of Tabor
City and GrisSet Swamp Friday
night may result in a petition
% the Corps of Army Engineers
to rcctify present drainage prob
lens of the area.
- Affected is the whole Tab
City municipality from which IN
watershed initiates as il dc
ccndS through the area common
ly called State Line into Girls
set Swamp: drainage problems
under investigation include APP
proximately two miles of terri
tory between the two points
mentioned
According to a spokesman for
the group slated to meet Friday
the inceasCd volume of water
passing through the area has
created dire drainage problem
which would eventully result in
decreased land-valuc in the area
concerned
The Federal government mas
often in the past assisted in
financing the drainage of such
properties.
Critically congestcd during the
past few years is the area COM
monty as Skibow Branch.
Among the committee mem
bers are holland Higgins. Mac
Fowler, Pink Fowler. Walter D..
Fowler and Ross Fowler.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
Hike Postal Rates

Two postal rate-hikes have
been scheduled to be effective
February I. according to Ia
Dor City Postmaster Richard
Gordon.
While rates on second-class
mail will increase very slightly.
parcel post rates will increase
approximately Il percent.
Affected by the End class
hike are only publishers Of
newspapers and magazines.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
Who Ripped Parking
Meters from Street,

The Christmas season found
m-ny shoppers having trou-
bic finding parking places in
Whiteville; but police there
had their own problems i'm the
form of parking meters: four
of the gargets were found to
BIZ missing after the holiday.
Three of them were found
in a wooded area of the town.
Investigation reve called that
they had been looted after a
vehicle ramed into them and
knocked them loose from the
concrete so that they could be
transported. Value of each
meter was set at SIS. while
the amount of cash missing is
unknown.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
Xmas Spirits.
Stills Taken
After Holidays

Somebody's Christmas spirits
were taken by Columbus Coun-
tvs Sheriffs Department during
&c holiuay-pcrIUd after officer.
@ad visited several sites where
'licit whiskcy operations were
discovered.
Chronologically, the deputies
visits followed this order:
Last Thursday Deputies Anty
iodwin and John Coleman de-
itroyed l5O-gallon submarine
type still in the Cherry Grove
81, as well as about 500 GAL
"nS of beer. The operation. To-
'atcd on a ditchbank on proper
~ owned according to the of
ficers) by Rex Lovette. yielded
40 captures.
On Saturday an automobile
flowed by Coleman from
F'iic.ilIc On the Pinclog Road
where IS stopped at The Blue
loom, tavern frcqucnted by
'cgrucS, was found to be carry
ing "a half-pints of bonded liu-
uor and half-pints of non-tax
paid whiskey. The driver of the
car, Wilbert Punk" Daniels.
was charged with three counts
During the same day officers
Goodwin and Charlie Smith Wis
Continued On Page 81
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
NEW YEARS DAY

All County offices will be
closed on New Years Day. in
Guiding those OF the court
house, Health department, We'll
hre department. Library. and
Board Of Education.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
Left For Dead , Man
Lives To Describe
AssuiIunt, Robber

Greenswamp game wardens
stumbled on the crumpled and
near-dead body of a Charles
ton tugboat captain Sunday
night making their rounds.
evived. the victim of a mer-
cless beating and robbery
identified himself as Arthur
Leroy Smith.
Smith, who when found was
bleeding profuscly and imbedded
in the swamp mud and bruised
from stomping. described events
leading to his misfortune as fol.
lows:
On Sunday night he was
hitting in the Wilmington Bus
Station awaiting a bus which
was to take him to Charleston
to see his wife. He was ap-
preached by a man who ask
ed him If he would be inter-
ested In making a short trip
where something to drink"
and some women were avail
able.
The seaman said that he
ateed to accompany the strang.
or but before starting on theii
jaunt. the two stopped in ar
establishment near the bus sta,
ton for beer each.
After the driver arrived in
Columbus COunty's Green
swamp near Bolton his inten-
tiOns to rob Smith were made
known and fight resulted.
Smith said that his knife
Oerced the robber before he
was knocked down and stomp
ed into Inconsistencies.
Game Wardens Coleman and
Boswell notified Deputy Al Ea.
son of their discovery and as.
sisted in the Investigation which
followed. After Smith was hos.
pitalized, Eason had been told
by the tugman that his assailant
was known by mattresses in the
Ger tavern which they had
visited near the bus depot.
Following a bunch the Off
Ger went to Wilmington and was
told by the mattresses the per
son described had indeed return
ed after leaving with Smith and
had broken a $50 bill. A check
of one other tavern for the man
was futile. but in another bar a
man fitting the pursued mans
description was present. Intcrro-
gated. the person identified him
self as Clyde Brown. Eason'S
suspicianS were confirmed when
he noticed the man was wearing
a bloody shirt. Sanctioned by
Wilmington authorities, Brown
was brought to Whiteviile and
charged with robbery and as
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill. He denied the
charges. On him was found the
sAn of S45.
y Previous to Browns commit
ment to the county Jail a check
for a knife wound on his body
was fruitlesS.
On Monday morning Brown
complained Of pains in the
stomach. A hospital physician
discovered that the pain was
from a knife would In the
prisoners abdomen.
0Brown was discharged from
the hospital Tuesday morning
and returned to jail. Accord
ing to Sheriff Ben Duke and
bond has yet been set.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1959-12-31
Grand Jury Will
Investigate z
Recent Deaths

Superior Court Judge Herman
Clark will make his initial ap-
pearance in the Columbus court
when he takes the gavel Mon
day, February | to initiate the
first of two weeks criminal
court.
During the term, which is tC
be followed by two weeks of
civil cases, among cases to be
weighed by members of the
Grand Jury are which evolved
from two recent deaths of chill
.dren in the county.
The merits of the states case
against Mr.. and Mrs. Shep Davis
Sr. whose nine-year old son per-
ished in a December 5 fire in
their home has been scheduled
for Grand Jury investigation.
Testimony during the coron-
ier's inquest suggested that the
Davis couple left nine children
alone in their home near Fair
Bluff and went elsewhere. Wit
mess Hobart Hammonds told the
coroner'S jury that he was a
Weakened on that evening by the
barking of his dog and his wife'S
call, and once outside his home
saw the Davis home aflamc.
Eight of the juveniles were
outside Of the tenant house when
Hammond reached the site due
to the efforts of a paSser-by.
Edna Gardner. A fire truck and
crew were called to the scene of
the fire and it was through their
efforts that the remains of a
four-year old boy was recover
ed from the ashes. The Davises,
said HammondS about 80 min
utes after he arrived. identified
the remains as their son. Shep
Davis Jr.
Tractor Death
Also under Grand Jury probe
will be factors relating to the
Nov. l9 death o. child who
was riding on tractor after the
trailer behind the tractor was
struck by an automobile driven
by Jeremiah Cause. At the cor
.Uner'S investigation witness Leo
Granger related that he was
standing on the draWbar of the
tractor as it travelled along the
GriSt Rood Just outside tn,
.ChadDourn { wn limits, and the
collision Occurred.
Granger stated that the tract
or had lights on it; he stated
that he could not identify the
driver of the automobile.
Chadbourn Police Officer Ra-
lph Freeman told Coroner j. B.
Long Jr.'s panel that he was one
of the first people to arrive on
the scene of the accident He
said that he found the tractor
IN the right-hand side of the
road, and the four-whecl farm
trailer on the same side of the
road A away from the tractor
in the ditch, which was 261s'
from the point of impact. His
report also stated that the car
had stopped l04' from the point
of impact. Freeman also noted
that the car, said to have been
travelling 35 mph hit the tractor
from the rear. The dead child
was lying on the right side of
the pavement.
Cause told the jurors that his
speed was only IS mph when
the crash happened. He said
that he was meeting another car
Continued On Page 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-10

He joined the telephone COM
pany that same year as a clerk,
was appointed assistant mana
ger in 1927 and business office
manager a year later. Active
IN public speaking. he won fire.
quent prizes for his oratorical
skills.
Mr.. Whitaker was a member
of sac Fraternity. st. Johns
Masonic Lodge No. IL and the
Alexander Graham Bell Chapter
of the Telephone Pioneers OF
America, Of which he was a life
member.
He leaves besides his wife,
OF the home address, a sister.
Miss Anne Whitaker, and a
brother, William NJ, both OF
Fayetteville.
Services were to be held to-
day at the s. H. Hines Funeral
Home with burial in Rock Creek
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-10
Bonn's Strauss
Says U. S.Cun Hit
Any Soviet Area

BONN. Germany, April II
(AP Defense Minister Franz.
Josef Strauss said today the
United States can hit any par
of the Soviet Union with nu-
clear weapons.
MIR. Strauss made this as.
seSSment as he prepared to fly
Sunday night to the United
States for talks with Secre.
tary of Defense McElroy.
In an interview, Mr.. Strauss
said the Russians are vel
ahead in conventional weapons
and have a head start in pro-
duction of intermediate and
intercontinental missiles.
But" he said, lone should
not doubt that the United
States through its defense al
liances has the capacity to hit
any part of the Soviet Union
with its own nuclear weapons.
He was referring primarily tt
the Strategic Air Force.
Mr.. Strauss said he does moi
believe the current dispute ovel
the status of Berlin will leaC
to war because the Russians ART
aware of what would happier
to their homeland should they
attack.
He said cit is very doubtful
indeed that a limited war coulc
be fought in Europe today"