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License Revoked Permanently For Man Convicted In Recorders Court Monday $500 Fine Imposed In Case Involving B^peaied Offenses Charged with his second offense of (frunken driving and his third offense of driving after revocation of operator’s license, Roy David Rowan of Carthage, Route 3, felt the power of the North Carolina motor vehicles law in recorders court Monday when Judge J. Vance Rowe imposed a $500 fine and directed that Rowan’s driver’s license be revoked permanently. Two Connecticut drivers may lose their privilege to drive in their home state because they were convicted Monday of speed ing 8& miles per hour in Moore County. James Black was charged with speeding and Robert Lewis May with speeding and also with having no valid operator’s license. Each was handed a 60-day road sentence, suspended on payment of $100 fine. A young Durham man’s visit to liis estranged wife at the home of his father-in-law, Eli Maness, near Jackson Bridge on Deep River Sunday afternoon, brought him plenty of trouble in record ers court Monday. Jonah Powers, 30, was convict-- ed of public drunkenness, making threats, drunken driving and driv ing without valid operator’s li cense. He was sentenced to 60 days on the roads to begin at ex piration of a thred-months sen tence previously imposed in re corders court and put into effect Monday when it appeared that he had violated terms of the judg ment by not keeping up support payments for his children. Sheriff C. J. McDonald said that he and Deputy Lambert went to the Maness home Sunday after noon in response to a call when Powers was creating a disturb ance there. It turned out that Powers had no driver’s license, as his right to drive had been revoked after conviction of drunken driving in Lee County last August. The de fendant’s troubles continued to pile up after he appeared in court Monday. He had not at first been charged with drunken driving, but the warrant was amended to include this, because of testimony given at the trial. Judgment was continued for two years, at the request of the defendant’s wife who said she did not want to prosecute, for P. B. Paris, Jr., whose address was giv en as Sanford, Route 1, but who was arrested at Pinebluff Novem ber 21 on charges of striking his wife and five-year-old child. Probable cause was found against T I. Sutton of Raleigh on charges of larceny of truck body and malicious destruction of prop erty and the case was bound over to Superior Court. Bond was fixed at $250. One of the • oldest defendants ever to appear in recorders court was John Fry, 81, of Carthage Who was sentOTced to six months in Jail or at the county home on ponvlction of possessing nine and a half gallons of illicit whiskey for sale. Ottier cases heard Monday; list ing defendant, charge and dispo sition of case, all with costs added unless otherwise indicated: Robert Thompson, Cameron, carrying a concealed weajKjn, 30 days or $50; Herman Hunter, Washington, D. C., careless and reckless driving resulting in acci dent, failure to stop and render aid, not guilty; Thomas Junior Shamberuger, drunk and disor derly, motion for non-suit allow ed as warrant did not allege a crime; Wilbur Homer, Carthage, public drunkenness, judgment continued on payment of costs. Hansell Townsend, Linville, care less and reckless driving, drunken driving, causing personal injury and property damage, pleaded nolo contendere, 60 days or $100 and pay damages to the Boggs’ auto, license to be revoked lor 12 months. Eugene Spencer, Eagle Springs, operating motor vehicle without valid registration card and valid operator’s license, $15; Paul Ray mond Pearce, Franklinton, Route 1, careless and reckless driving resulting in accident, leaving resulting in accident, leaving scene of accident, found not guilty of leaving scene, guilty of careless and reckless driving, 30 days sus pended on payment of costs; G. L. Boles, Niagara, drunken driv ing, pleaded not guilty, $100, li cense to be revoked 12 months, appeal to Superior Court entered, bond set $256; Harvey Lowe 19, Carthage, auto larceny, entered plea of guilty of simple trespass (offense described by defense at torney as a boyish prank) defen dant taxed with the costs; Marlin Runk, Camp Rucker, Ala., speed ing 75, 30 days or $35. Letha Beatrice Armstrong, Rob ert Ahsbrook, Cornell McCrim- mon, all of Aberdeen, bedding and cohabiting—Letha Armstrong 60 days sentence to run concur rently with sentence to six months at Woman’s Division of State prison on a charge of tem porary larceny of truck (warrant amended to charge this during trial), with commitment not to is sue if she pays costs and makes provision by next Monday to go to Fayetteville or San Francisco, Calif., where she has relatives; sentence also suspended on condi tion she stay out of Moore County for two years; AUsbrook and Mc- Crimmon, 30 days or pay one- third of costs each. , Unreported from last week’s session: Hurley McKeithen, Vass, pos session of ijlicity whiskey for sale, three months to start at ex piration of four-months sentence imposed for violation of previous judgment, appeal to Superior Court entered, bond set at $500. Lacy Hill, Midway, non-support of wife and two children judg ment continued on condition of payment of $5 per week or one- half of wages, whichever is great er, for support of wife and chil dren. Court adjourned earlier Monday morning out of respect for the funeral services for Mrs. W. ’T. Huntley, wife of the Moore Coun ty tax collector. Court was rer sumed in the afternoon. Social Security Rate Increase Starting Today OPEN FOR PRAYER Emmanuel Episcopal Church was to open for prayer at mid night Thursday (New Year’s Eve), bt there was to be no formal serv ice at that time. Regular services wUl be held at the church Sun- iay, announces the Rev. Charles t’. Covell, rector. Beginning today (Friday), the social security tax is increased from 1 1-2 percent to 2 percent of wages up to earnings of $3600 a year. Employers will pay an equal amount. The new rate appUes to all wages paid on or after the fir^t of January, even if some of these wages were actually earned before that date. This new rate is not a recent change in the law. It is in accord ance with the 1950 Amendments to the Social Security Act, and was written into the law by Con gress at that time toward meeting future obligations of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance pro gram. The rate is scheduled to go to 2 1-2 percent each for worker and employer in 1960. 'These social security tax con tributions from employers and employees go into the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and are used to pay month ly benefits to eligible workers and to their families. Old-Age in surance benefits go to insured workers when they retire at age 65 or later; certain members of their families also get payments. When an insured person reaches age 75, monthly payments may be made to him and to his depend ants even if he is still working. The social security tax rate for self-employed persons has been increased also. Beginning with 1954 earnings covered by the law, it will go from 2 1-4 to 3 percent. However, since the new rate be gins with 1954 earnings, self em ployed people will pay the present 2 1-4 percent social security tax on their 1953 earnings. Their first payments at the 3 percent rate will be due March 15, 1955. Funeral Services For MrSo Huntley Conducted Monday Beloved Sandhills Resident Succumbed After Long Illness A large throng attended grave side services held Monday morn ing at Old Bethesda cemetery near Aberdeen for Mrs. W. T. Huntley of Pinebluff who died Saturday night at Moore County hospital after an extended illnes. Officiating were the Rev. Zeb A. Caudle cf Albemarle, former pastor of the First Baptist church of Aberdeen, and the Rev. D. Hoke Coon, Baptist pastor of Southern Pines. Farmers Advised Not To Sell All Their Writing Contest Beef Animals Despite Low Prices Now Deadline Jan. 1 By JOHN A. DINAN Pallbearers were Eutice Mills and Gordon Keith of Pinebluff, Leland McKeithen of Pinehurst, Chris Shamburger of Southern Pines and Charlie Pleasants and W. P. Whitlock of Aberdeen. Mrs, Huntley was the former Miss Della Deaton, daughter of the late J. M. and Henrietta Dea ton of Troy. Her husband has been Moore County tax collector for a number of years, and the couple have been widely known and lov ed throughout their long residence in the Sandhills. They lived for many years at Aberdeen. They moved about four years ago to Southern Pines, and about two years ago to Pinebluff. Recently they observed their golden wed ding anniversary. Mrs. Huntley maintained her membership in the First Baptist church of Aberdeen. Surviving are her husband; one daughter, Mrs. Dan I Allred of Pinebluff; three sons, W. T. Hunt- ley, Jr., of Southern Pines, Charl ton E. Huntley of Hendersonville and Courtney E. Huntley of Aber deen; and several grandchildren. Asst. County Farm Agent With the prevailing price of beef, many farmers are getting discouraged and threatening to sell all of their cows. This may be satisfactory in a few instances, but for the average farmer it is not advisable. The price of beef is low, but the prices of farm com modities fluctuate from year to year and season to season and when beef prices start up again many farmers are going to wish they hadn’t sold out completely but rather maintained a few good animals so that when the market improved they could get back in the beef business in a relatively short period of time. All cattle farmers are asking the ;question, “Whan will beef prices be back to normal?” That is a dif ficult question to answer because the future price of beef will be determined largely by the cattle producers themselves. Too many farmers are dumping all of their cows onto a low price market which naturally lowers the price of beef even further. The next logical question is, “Where do we go from here?” or “What can we do to help our selves in the coming months?” The answers to those questions will depend on how the individr ual farmer is prepared to care for the cattle he now has on hand. The dry weather last summer which ruined a large portion of the hay crop is causing a serious feed shortage now in some areas, and the condition of many cattle indicates that they are not receiv ing adequate feed. Cows that are in poor condition will produce weak calves which are susceptible to disease and parasites, and we aU know that sick livestock lose money for us. If we don’t have the feed or pasture available, it will be neces sary to sell all our cattle, but if a limited supply of feed is on hand it will be advisable to cull and sell the inferior cows and use our feed to maintain the best cows through the winter. No one can say for sure when the price of beef will go up again, but, when it does, the farmer who has kept a few good cows will be the first one to enjoy the high prices. Monday, Janua^ 11, is the deadline for entering this year’s good writing contest sponsored by the North Carolina English Teach ers’ Association, contest director Dr. Francis E. Bowman of the Duke University English faculty has announced. Mrs. Banigan Is Held At Chicago; Release Sought Open to high school juniors and seniors throughout the State, the annual competition offers recog nition for outstanding prose and poetry. Winning entries will be published next Spring in a special student issue of “The North Caro lina English Teacher,” journal of the NCETA. Mrs. Julia Banigan, former local real estate agent whose extra dition to North Carolina is- sought by Kemp Willett, Sanford bonds man, is now a federal prisoner in Chicago, it was learned this week from Sheriff C. J. McDonald. Convicted of real estate fraud in Moore County Superior Court, Mrs. Eannigan disappeared after she was permitted bond, suppos edly to get funds from a safe de posit box in Connecticut to pay a claim of several thousand dol lars due Wayne D. Boring, New York man who advanced the money for purchase of property here. Several weeks ago, Mrs. Bani gan was held in Oregon and Sher iff McDonald had been informed that federal authorities, there were prepared to turn her over to the State of Oregon for extra dition to North Carolina where she has been transferred by fed eral authorities to Chicago. The sheriff said he had been in formed that the efforts of Con gressman C. B. Deane are being solicited to obtain release of Mrs. Banigan to North Carolina. High school teachers may obtain contest information and entry blanks for their students by writ ing to Dr. Bowman, Department of English, Duke Univetsity. Finance Adviser Of Girl Scouts To Visit Sanford Miss Jean Templeton, Girl Scout national staff member, will be in Sanford January 4 and 5. Miss Templeton, who is a mem ber of: the national Finance De partment, acts as finance adviser to local (jirl Scout councils. Be fore coming to the Girl Scouts she worked with the American Red Cross as Assistant Field Director in the North Atlantic area. While in Sanford she will con fer with leaders of the Central Carolina Girl Scout Council on fi nance matters. The Council in cludes troops in Moore County. SUBSCRIBE TO THE PILOT MOORE COUNTY'S LEADING NEWS WEEKLY. / , Happy New Year E WISH YOU every good thing in the New Year — health, happiness and the satisfaction of serving your family, community and country to the limit of your ability. We, too, pledge that we will continue to serve your Insurance needs, not on a cold-blooded basis of cost alone, but on a more satisfactory basis of real inter est in your Insurance problems, friendly courtesy and efficient knowledge of the business that 30 years’ experience can give. Come in and let us get acquainted. Happy New Year EUGENE C. STEVENS SAMUEL B. RICHARDSON BLANCHE E. SHERMAN JOAN W. BESLEY
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