Man Has A Long
Crime Pedigree
Arrested here a short time ago
lor alleged larceny of an automo
bile. Clarence Leon Carawan. 28
year-old white man. holds what
appears to be a notorious crime
pedigree. He is now in jail await
ing trial in the federal courts, ac
cording to Patrolman K. F. Nar
ron, the arresting officer.
Said to have no home but main
taining an address in Cincinnati
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next heard from in San Francisco
in February, ’.943. charged with
burglary but found not guilty
About three months later he was
said to have been listed AWOL by
the army. In February of 1946
he was charged with drunkenness
in Greenville. Moving into New
York State, he was booked for
petty larceny in Troy, N. Y.. on
August 1. 1945, and four months
later he was charged with the
larceny of an automobile there.
'April 2, 1946, he was booked for
violating traffic laws in Utica, N.
Y., and two weeks later he was
booked for the same thing in Sy
racuse, N. Y. There was a charge
investigated m Keene, New
Hampshire on July 3 ,1946. He
was then called to account for al
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t ebruat \
(with reckless*’driving in Arling
ton, V'a. In November of 1549, he
j was booked for vagrancy in El
j Paso, Texas, and for the same of
i fense a month later in San Jose.
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We're wishing you
a sprightly, happy
time this
Yuletide
ALPHA CLEANERS
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James L. Harris
Died in Hospital
Early Thursday
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church. Interment was in Wood
lawn Cemetery.
Among those from out of town
who attended the funeral were,
Mr and Mi's. Reid Harris. Mr. and
Mrs Russell Harris, Sr., Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Barbee, Mi and Mrs.
Rus.<ell ■ Harris. Jr„ and Mr. Geo.
Mi and Mr Whit*. Griffith' of
Murfreesboro, Mr. and Mrs W. I.
Pierce, Miss Janie Saunders of
Lewiston, Mr and Mrs. Russell
Bazemore. Mr. Geo. Jilcott, Mr.
R P. Stephenson, Mr. T. N. Wil
kins and Mr. Hobart Austin of
Kelford, Mrs. Coy Brown and
Miss Viola Peel of Roxobel, Mrs.
Lessie Driver, Mrs. Chas. Lee and
Mrs. Pat Lynch of Dunn, Mr. W.
W Umpstead and Mr and Mrs.
John Tullos of Rocky Mount, Lt.
and Mis Gilbert Woolard of Kin
ston, Mi Bill Woolard of Ply
mouth, Mrs Pat Patterson and
Mrs Merill Daniels of Washing
ton, Mr. Chas. Marston of Green
ville, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Co
burn and Mi and Mrs Roland
Coburn of Dardens, Mrs. W. K.
Parker, Miss Jean Parker and
Mi Fred Parker of Sunbury, the
Rev. J M Perry of Robersonville.
itinounee liirlli And
Death of Daughter
Mr and Mrs Halsey Hardison
j announce the birth and death of a
I daughter in a local hospital on
Thursday, December 20 Funeral
I services were conducted at 2:00
o'clock Saturday afternoon, and
I Interment was in the Hardison
j family cemetery near Jamesville.
i Calif He was drunk in Kaleigh
Jin October of las! year, and a
j month later he was booked for
drunkenness and non-support in
| Media, Pa. On December 23, 1950,
he was booked for disorderly con
duct m Wilmington, Delaware.
| where he faced a non-support
| charge on January 5, 1951. He
was next heard from in Phoenix
| City, Alabama, where he was
(booked for drunkenness on April
d 21, 1951 Seven days later he was
I booked for white slavery in Ma
i con, Georgia.
He came to Williamston with a
carnival, driving a stolen car, and
■ went away with federal officers
1 about two weeks ago.
Several Wrecks
In The Comity
Several minoi accidents, invol
ving no personal injuries and com
paratively little property damage,
were reported on the highways of
this county during the past few
days.
Traveling the new road from
Parmele to Highway No. 11 early
last week, Clinton Latham swerv
ed his car to miss a dog. lost con
trol of the 1949 model Chevrolet
and turned it over. Patro'man B.
P-oKt-v, investigating tin
Last Tuesday afternoon
Janie Overman Scssoms started
to make a left turn into her drive
way on the Prison Camp Road
just as Prince A. Ayers started to
pass The cars collided, causing
about $40 damage to Ayers' 1949
Plymouth and about $50 damage
to the other. No one was hurt,
Patrolman Parker said, adding
that it was raining at the time.
At 1:45 o'clock the same after
noon John Rorrlelcau, Jr., a ma
rine stationed at Cherry Point, hit
a slick spot in Highway No. 11
neat the H. S. Keel residence and
lost control, the 1950 Olds coming
to a stop in a ditch. No one was
hurt and damage was estimated at
$25 by Patrolman B. W. Parker
who made the investigation.
Fred Chesson, Jr., miraculously
escaped injury when he lost con
trol of his father’s Kaiser car and
turned it over three times on a
curve in Highway 125 just out
side of Williamston Thursday
night about 11:00 o’clock. Inves
tigating the accident. Patrolman
R. P. Narron estimated the dam
age between $200 and $250.
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Jaycees Had Big
Parly For Tots
Williamston’s Jaycees and fifty
or more little tots from the town
and community had a great time
at the organization's annual
Christmas party held in the Wo
man's Club hall Tuesday evening.
Making extensive preparations
foi the event, the Jaycees did a
noble job in entertaining the
little folks who were given a plea
sant start for Christmas.
The event, one of tht top enter
tainments of its kind in this sec
tion centered around the tree.
The gifts were attractively wrap
ped and the refreshments were
plentiful even if the guest list
was swelled right at the last min
ute.
May the angels bending
near the ear th bring
you an abiding peace
In the spirit of the blessed
day we wish you a
completeiy happy
Christmas 1
Harrison Oil Company
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'Tr'fr
By Shirley Sargent
Hailey Davis was always want
ing something. He knew Christ
inas was only two weeks off, but
he .just itched to buy a gondola
car for his electric train. One day
he di*ched his little sister. Char
gondola car. Harley hoped his
mother wouldn't be angry because
he had beer, gone all afternoon.
He hoped.
Contrary to his expectations,
Mrs. Davis was jovial, teasing him,
and even, to his immense relief,
Jos. B. Whitaker
Die ’ Thursday In
A Local Hospital
(Continued from Page One)
Daniel Gurganus of Williamston,
and Mrs. Joe Warren Martin of
Robersonville; two brothers, C. C.
Whitaker of Cross Roads and Dick
Whitaker of near Williamston; one
sister, Mrs. Minine Leggett, of
Cross Roads and a half-brother,
Henry W. Leggett, of Cross Roads.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday afternoon at 3:00
o’clock in the Holiness Church on
North Haughton Street by the pas
tor, the Rev. E. W. Downing, as
sisted by a former pastor, the
Rev. N. J. Ward, of New Bern.
Interment was in Woodlawn Cem
etery.
keeping Charlene away from his
package. Charlene was five and a
pest to Harley, because he was
nine and grown up. Helping mo
ther with the dishes that night was
almost lun. Harley thuught; she
was so friendly and nice. Then it
happened.
“Harley,” his mother said ten
derly, "Don't tell me what you
bought unless you want to, but
what did you get for Charlene?”
Harley was stunned. He wished
she wouldn t smile at him—
couldn't she see he was trying to
think? “Nothing, mom." he stam
mt: -id. T bought a gondola car.*’.
Harley was stunned. He
wished she wouldn't smile at
him.
"I guess I spent all my mon
ey; I guess I sort of forgot about
Christmas presents," Harley hung
his head.
"Yes, 1 guess you did." she an
swered and that was all she said
about it. but he felt terrible. He
didn't even unwrap his new car.
Gee, he’d really pulled a dumb
trick this time, Hailey thought
miserably. He’d always bought
them presents, but he’d complete
ly forgotten it. Well, he’d have to
earn some money; even his piggy
bank was empty. He earned a
quarter the next morning shovel
ing snow, but he had to take care
of Charlene most of the time.
He tried to get a job the next
day, with no luck, and when he
found a dime in the snow Char
lene grabbed it, yelling "Fenders
keepers ... ” He was so furious,
he felt like choking her. Instead
he made her a big snow house on
the sidewalk, right in everybody’s]
way, but people didn't seem to
mind. Then the apartment lady
with her little girls stopped to ad
mire it.
"How old are you, Harley'’'' she
asked.
Tittle girls this a"i tei ndoii.
Hailey slarted to tell her gosh
no, but she interrupted, saying
she'd pay him 25 cents an hour.
Harley was so surprised he lean
ed against the snow house, knock
ing part of it down. "Why sure,
I’d be glad to,' he said.
Harley worked hard that after
noon, di.ing everything three little
girls could think of and he could
build. Once in a while the lady
would wave to him from the
apartment window, but he was
usually too busy to look up. She
paid him a whole dollar and asked
if he would take care of the child
ren again the next day. Harley,
tired as he was, managed to say
"Yes." His mother teased him
about being a baby sitter, and was
he going to charge hei for taking
rare of Charlene? Harley didn't
mind; after all he had a cash cap
ital of $1.25.
Although it rained the follow
ing day, Harley earned another
dollar taking care of the little
girls in the apartment.
That afternoon, with his mo
ther's blessing, he went Christmas
shopping. He felt proud to pay for
the presents with money he hud
earned. He had the packages gift
wrapped arid put them under the
Bear Grass And
Jamesville Split
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No official report on the games
was received by this office, but
it was reported bv spectators that
the basketball teams of Jamesville
and Bear Grass divided a twin
hill at Jamesville last Thursday
evening. Janesville’s boys with
stood a late rally by the Bear
Grass boys *o win 43-41 while the
Bear Grass girls defeated th?
in some time. Set shots played a
big part in the scoring, it was stat
ed. This is the first loss for the
Bear Grass boys in county com
petition while the Jamesville boys
have won all their county games
so far. The games ended the cage
play in the county for the holi
days. All teams swing into their
heavier schedules the first and
second weeks in January.
Bear Grass plays in Williamston
on January a while Jamesville is
at Cak City and Robcrsonvillc at
Farm Life on the same date.
tree without telling his mother
what he had gotten.
Christmas morning the floor
was littered with gay papers,
children’s toys and Harley’s elec
tric train. He opened the box and
put the gondola on the track. It
looked keen.
Then mother handed him an
other package. ”1 bought you a
gondola car a long time ago,” she
explained, “But of course 1 had to
return it. 1 think you vc earned
this, though.
Harley grinned at his mother as
he peeled the paper off. He knew
what she meant. “A tank car!'
he shouted, “Gee, mom, just what
I need.”
Public Auction
Monday
10:00 A. M.
We will sell North (laroliiiuV foremost lur|'t>l I’crsoiial I’ropiTly sale. I he W. I. ladlock
personal properly sale on the Capeharl Fishery Farm 15 miles from Windsor ofl Highway
No. I 7. Turn South a| Midway lo Merry Hill. Al Merry Hill turn left and follow road
straight in. Arrow signs will direel yon from Highway No. 1 • lo sale. Sale consists of:
50 Single Flows; lOCuuno Sowers; Potato Plows; 10 Wash Pols; 3 Scalding \als; 15 2
horse turning Plow's; 5 Tobacco Sellers; 10 Peanut-W eeders; 1 Peanut I’ickrrh; 12 Walk
ing Wheel-Plows; 10 Tractor Discs; 4 Stalk Cutters; 1 Pulverizer; 10 Seed Sowers; 15
Tobacco Trucks; 10 W agons; 25 Carts; Mola-ses Mill; Complete Black-Smith Shop; 15
Tobacco Cnrcrs; 5 Hay Rakes; 1 Hay Balers; 1 Corn Picker; Fog Cart; 3 Fog Carl
Bunks; 25 Bells; 2 Horse-drawn Seed Sowers; 5 Tobacco Sprayers; 1 Combine; Manure
* • -Spreader: I Side Rake; i fol of hog- frcdcr.v-w-atcrct1?!' -.meWn-hrt •OisitilPfs; otic and**
one-half miles fish nets; 2 Bottom Plows; 2 Peanut Diggers; Row Markers; W ire Stretch
er; Horn Shreader; 10 Section-Harrows; 5 Gastdine Motors; 3 Hammer Mills; I lot Har
rells; Several Barrels Cylinder Oil; 3 Peanut-Planters; 2 Soya Bean Planters and Fan
ners; I Farmall (M) Tractor; I John Deere (A) Praetor with all planting and cultiva
tion allachments; 1 complete Grist Mill. 2000 Bushels Corn; 300 Bushels Oats; IOOO
Bales Peanut Hay; 2 Mowing Machines; 100 Cement Pallets; 10 Two-in-One Cultivators;
I Complete Cannery; Tractor Wagons; 1 Nail Bin; 10 I ruck Canvases; 2 Chevrolet
Trucks; 30 Mules and Horses; 150 Pitchforks. Rakes. Hoes, and Hole-diggers. 100 or
more items not mentioned above will also be offered at this sale. 5000 people are ex
peeled lo attend this sale. Barbecue will be served on tin- grounds by Criffin s f^uick
Flinch of W illianislou, known as the Barbecue Kings of Fastern Carolina.
If it's personal property or Real Estate of aiiykind that you want to sell or buy. it will pay
you to contact ROANOKE REAF ESTATE & AUCTION COMPANY, for we conduct sales
throughout the entire state of North Carolina. Be sure to attend this sale for you will In*
able to find just what you want. And remember — you won t have lo go hungry al this
sale. Sale starts promptly al 10 o'clock. Follow the arrows and they will lead you to the
sale. I OB I acres of cleared laud lo park on.
ROANOKE REAL ESTATE &
AUCTION COMPANY
I 15 East Main Street
HENRY JOHNSON
Phone 2077
Auctioneer*
CECIL SUMNER
W iUianiston, N. C.
JOE MOYE
Henry Johnson, Mgr.
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