Reduces Life Term
Of J. R. Colirain
To Twenty Years
i
*
(Continued from Page One)
cessor, present Commissioner N.
F. Ransdell, answered n lett >r
from a Martin l oumv pusinoss
man, L. P. Lindsley, who had
written in behalf of Coltrain.
“Any action in his ease at tin's
time is entirely'too early." said
Ransdell. "We will be glad to con
sinei tills c;we y'ltfer he has serv
ed about ten years flat.”
tn< wbrU ill's confe!;erif'i‘*y,’iT!t Te?
Governor. Colt rain was to get a
commutation. Last week word of
the action was on its way to the
Coltrain children and to busy
lawyer Long.
Several dozen Martin County
citizens had written letters and
signed petitions in Coltrain’s be-!
half. Clemency also was recom
mended by eleven members o.f
the jury which convicted lrm.
The trial judge, Chester Mot - !
ris of Coinjock, had refused to j
recommend clemency when •.■ n-;
tacted by Attorney Long lest ;
March.
The commutation was accom- j
panied by a parole report indi-;
eating that the move was being!
made "in view of the wishes of
the Governor"
Coltrain was one of eight pris- i
oners whose terms were com-1
muted b\ the Governor. Paroles
and commutations usually are
numerous in the closing months
of a governor's administration j
Former Governor Gregg Cherry I
paroled 160 persons during his
£ last month in office
India has returned a famine re- |
lief donation to ( otrvnyunist China '
beciiusi*Peiping had attached po- ^
Jitical "strings' to the gilt.
'Series Of Wrecks
On The Highways
In Marlin County
(Continued from Page One)
; Driving toward Williamston ip a
,1949 DeSoto. Geo. Willi;; Lee
struck the animal and knocked
it into the other traffic lane. Be
fore the omV could get up. Roland
Guv Manseau of RFD 1. Will ams
tcm, struck and kilted with V.is
1946 Oldsmobile. Investigating
the accident. Cpl. M. C. Bvrum es
timated the damagt HP*..eh ■;<>'ai
about $100.
o clock Ro> A. Hilton oi Cueens
boro was driving west on High
way 64 when James Elmore Par
risher. operating a 1949 Chevro
let. drove out of Main Street in
Everetts and hit Hilton's 1951
Ford in the side, causing about $00
damage to the Ford and none to
the Chevrolet. Making the inves
tigation, Patrolman B. W. Park
er said Hilton was cited for speed
ing, and Parrisher was -ited for
failing to yield right of way.
Wild Chase Over
The Streets Here
Saturday Evening
•'Continued from Page One)
times and leaving his tire marks
on several corners speeded down
Beech Street into the traffic
block. He struck and knocked
Cpl. Byrum's car out of the way
and continued. A second traffic;
block wa. established at the cor- j
nor of Warren and Park Streets,
and Browet stopptyi
Questioned there, Brewer said;
he had blanked out and did not
remember a thing.
Brief Review Of
! Various Markets
——•—
The following brief review oi
i Division of Markets. N. C. De
; partment of Agriculture, in co
operation with the U. S Depait
1 n-.ert of Agriculture, as of last
! week-end:
Hog prices pretty well held
then own at local buying sta
tions last week A few markets
; reported declines of 50 cents, inn
i most markets were steady to 25
| cents lower, ranging from 18 50
i to 17 00. Prices were irregular
ait the leading terminal hog mar
l-sot.' as heavy receipts Ivun't thy
i midwestern states continued.
Cattle prices were about steady
for the light receipts offered on
the Rocky Mount auction market.
Cows auctioned from 9.00 to 15.00;
heifers from 14.00 to 24.00: calves
front 17.00 to 35.00: steers from
12.00 to 23.00. and bulls from
11.00 to 10.00
Fryers and broilers declined
one cent per pound in the Cen
tra] Nfirth Carolina area and the
market closed weak at 31 cents
per pound f. o. b. the farm Heavy
hens remained steady and ranged
from 22 to 25 cents per pound
with most sales reported at 23
to 24.
Egg prices were weaker in Ra
leigh as prices for Grade A large
dropped to 54 to 57 cents per
dozen. A. mediums were report
ed at 43 to 50 cents and B. large
at 40 to 50
Shelled corn prices were steady
to slightly stronger at local mar
kets No. 2 yellow corn closed
at 1.58 to 1.05 per bushel in the
eastern section and from 1.65 to
1 80 in the piedmont. No 2 white
corn ranged from 1.70 to 2.15 in
the eastern area and from 1.00
1o 2.00 in the piedmont. Soybeans
were steads’ with bushels of No.
2 yellow ranging from 2.50 to
2.77.
New York reported a steady to
firm sweet potato market at the
close. Bushels of U. S. No. 1
Porto Ricans from North Carolina
were reported wholesaling from
6.00 to 6.50.
Cotton prices continued to drop
at local markets. 1 1-32 inch
middling was reported at 34 30
to 35.00 cents pel pound on Fri
day and strict low middling rang-'
ed from 33.25 to 34.00 cents per
pound.
The price of cotton declined
2.55 per hale on the Nation's ten
leading markets Middling 15-10
inch averaged 33.05 cents per
pound on Friday This compared
with 33.50 the previous Friday
and 41.59 on the corresponding
date a >eai ago. Reported sales!
m the ten spot markets totaled!
210.000 bales against 272,800 the
pn van s week and 289,200 in the
'oiicsiinnding week a year ago.
Enrollment In
Colleges Gains
Commissioner ol Education E 1
1 McGrath announced recently I
hat college enrollment this full
tad increased lot the first time j
*l" pm-wd.1
Tient being 2.14(1,000. It is in
eresting to note that, of this
tumbet of students. 1,387,000
.ci te malt s, while 761.000 were
emales.
Thus, college student numbers
ire divided about two boys to
very girl emoiled. Another in
cresting trend was reported by
Commissioner McGrath That ts
he decline of students in college
vho are World War II veterans,
-.ast year's onrollnfent figures
ihowed that forty percent of the
otal male student body was en
< lied under the GI Bill. This
a ar. th* figure fell from forty
u seventeen percent. Thus the
var classes seem to lie rapidly
ading out of the picture,
The significant thing is that,
'SesJiTfe this ,if boo. .ell.
oilmen! figuies rose for the first
ime in three years. This indi
ates that the inereasing birth
ate of the late thirties is being
elt in college and that the coun
ty’s increase in population be
uuse of other factors is also be
ng felt
If the economic situation re
nains favorable, the total enroli
nent in the nation’s collegeij is
■xpected to increase steadily for
he next few years
Southern farmers sometimes
>et as much rain in one month as
iVestern farmers get in an entire
rear.
He is-.scheduled to appear in the
ieaulort Count) Bve/irder’s Court
oday to answer in a speeding
ase.
Charged with speeding, reek
ess and hit-and-run driving,
■tashing red lights and stop signs
md failing to heed a siren warn
ng, the young man is scheduled to
ippear in the county court here
Jaturday for trial. During the!
neantime he is at liberty under j
S500 bond
Stresses Forest
| Fire Prevention
Martin County Forest Ranget
J M. H. Leggett is making short
! talks on fire prevention in eon
I ’lection with his current program
I of distributing book covers to the
sixth grade students in the court
j t v schools. These book covers,
furnished by the Department of
! Conservation and Development.
| emphasize the importance of care
j in the use of fire. "Of course
everybody is
j damage wild
|w Hand," County Ranger Leg
's.w
shown that sixth glade students
are especially receptive to mu
book covers and their important
message.”
County Ranger Leggett is al
so distributing the first poster in
“The Little Tree" series to stores
and business establishments in
this county. Colorful and des
criptive, the "Little Tree" series
tells a picture s'orv of the signi
ficance of tiny seedlings, nature's
I source of future timber. "We
hear a lot about fires that destroy
merchantable timber," County
Ranger Leggett said, "such tires
are destructive but people should
also remember that it doesn't
take a very hot fire to kill tiny
to our
Savings Plan For
The Nation Listed
By Safety Council
i •
A R«*al Routt* In Hiniitu
Life Will Be Paid To
(lliser\ ers (>f Plan
j CHICAGO. The National
! Safety Council today announcer
ido Christmas saving'
' ph.n to stop accidents.
"If every American will joir
this savings plan hofnrt tht
j Christmas holidays, a real yule
I tide bonus hunian lite "-ill h,
ifvji'i". .said Nfeii IT' VVofflVW
'Council presidi n!
! The campaign has been joined
.by more than 100 national organ
izations, and by citly and state
('public officials and civic leaders.
They will unite in creating an
awareness of the special holiday
hazards, and will enlist voluntary
! cooperation from every Amet i
lean to hold accidents to a min
imum this Christmas.
The year-end holiday season is
the most dangerous period of the
year, Mr Dearborn said, and ae
eidents annually mar the ceh hra
tion m thousands of homes. Traf
pine trees, and when you burn up
the seedlings you destroy tomor
row's saw logs."
fie accident deaths on both Christ
, mas eve and Christmas day am
about twice as high as the an
nua! daily average
This year, with the holiday c.in
sisting of four davs i(,i ny
. persons, the toll could bi < y >n
higher than the 381 traffic deaths
reported during the fout - days,
Mr. Dearborn warned.
"Travel is especially heave over
long holidays, which encourage
haditional family get-togeihers
even wjjpn the members must
. ■ onsidel able di .* me. hr
said, "file testive spirit Ot tne
season, plus the norma! vintei
hazards of bad w eather, slipm r\
roads and longei periods ol lark
mas, the National S.detv Conn al
.suggests these precautions
1. Driving or walking, out the
Christmas spirit of "good will
toward men" into practical use
by being extra courteous to others
And take youi time!
3. If streets are icy or slippery,
keep your speed down and your
i caution up.
3. If you imbibe Chrism.is
spirit in liquid form, stay away
from the steering wheel of a car
4. Avoid home hazards, toe
Don’t use candles, be sure tree
lights and wiring are m good eon
idition and keep gilt wrappings,
away from the fireplace or othei
source of heat
U. S. Employing
400,800 Overseas
Senators Alexander Wiley, of
Wisconsin, and Tom Connallv of
Texas, the major Republican and
Democratic foreign policy spokes
men in Congress, recently cnli
eised the State Departmen* and
Mutual Security Agency for over
staffing United States’ missions
abroad Then statlnentc were
issued independently, and eaen
man appr-' n<>, ,• •ached his own
conclusions in the matier
Nearly 400,000 civilians are
now employed m overseas posts
h\ I ’• • vi ■ d States ,i;a nei*.1:. and
bus numbei, more than 200.000
are foreigners Most of these
foreigners are under the juris
diction of the Defense Depart
ment, and not the State Depart
ment or the Mutual Security
Agency.
Senator Wiley charges that
there has been “an incredibly
short sighted pole v" followed by
the State Department in ambas
sadorial appointments He also
noted that ' everal foreign gov
ernments' are aghast at the huge
size of many of our diplomatic
aid establishments abroad. He
said he believed that ill some
kc'. spots, masses of employees
were "stepping all over them
selves and there is wide room fm
economy
Senator Connallv .called for “a
greater effort to reduce the staff.'
of ali United States agencies in
Europe" and said he believed this
would improve administration ol
collective security programs
While no citizen can glance at the
figures of overseas employees
and know the number of em
plovecs which should be releas
ed, it nevertheless .seems obvious
that 400.000 overseas civilian em
ployees is too mane
> Hrolhrrs II1)) luirs Old
II illi ) onnHesI On*• 7
Copenhagen, Denmark — When
Christian Banke. of Faeborg. Den
mark CC.'eh.
day I'ceentl.’i
tom brothers aged 91, 90. 88 and
"9 A fifth brother died recently
at the age if 97.
Kentucky
Straight
Bourbon
Whiskey
UtAJOtr X)uttON muurt u nooi thi *taog dist CO.
t
mw \\n
l Sl l) n RMTI RF
WTIQl'KS
W H R FI RMTI RF
EXCHANGE
(Store with (lie Keel Flass)
Washington Street
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 18TH
CLOSING OUT EVERYTHING
THE OUTLET STORE
TO REMODEL OUR BUILDING. ALL GOODS REDUCED 25 Percent and 40 Percent
ALL WOOL
SWEATERS
All colors null styles. S3.IT) to
S5.45 Quality. Now
$2. 19
HOYS’ SPORT
S II I R I S
$1,111
ROYS'
OVERALLS
SI. I()
CHILDREN'S
OXLORDS
#1.89
BOYS’
DIM; ARLES
S1.69
.’.’ill LADIES'
DRESSES
REDUCER TO
$2.97 - S 1.97
100 I.ARIES'
OAHERRINE
COATS
All colors and styles. $29.50
Quality Now going lor
$ 12.99 - S13.99
one UROl'P I,ARIES
COATS
$11.95
N\ <• cordially invilo yot. 1o our lii^ “money-saying" clearance sale.
We alyy tty s j»ive our many friends these Christmas bargains. \\ <• ask
dial you conic ami sec. IT no! satisfied dou'l lutv.
LjuJirs' ()\ K< )|{I )S
At Itt'iliiml Priccii
$2.97 - $.‘{.97
100 Min's
Unlxnlinc SUITS
New Siyl«*w. All ntloi'x,
*16.95 - *29.95
Men's
UNION SUI IS
U l.<ni!> As Tiny Last.
$1.99
.»<> Itoys
SUOIM COATS
All Lolors.
$6.9,")
JUIUSKV BLOUSUS
Only $1.97
W Inn dioppiiip in Williamstou
wli) not «lm|i in |Ii«* Outlet
Store where tile employees will
treat >on with kiudue** and
eonrtes\.
Our store is small lull it is parked from (he floor to llir
ceiling with valuable merchandise. (ionic in ami look
urofind. If you ilon'l see what you arc looking fur ask
one oi our sales girls aiul slu* will fiiul just the item von
arc looking for.
We ha\e a big assortment of wearing apparel ver\ ap
propriate for < .lii-iwliiiiiw gifts. I.ook for llie hauliers on
our store. W e sell mrrrhumlisc cheaper >n line up with
your friends .md visit our store. Kverylhiiig on <lispla\
now.
Men. w<* have a large stock of men's to|> coats. They a it now on display at sale
prices. We also have a large stock men's hest <|uaIit v blue suits, dome to see ns
(luring this sale and bring your Iriends.
THE OUTLET STORE
WILI.IAMSTON ON WASHINGTON STKEfiT
|K