The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-01-12

cigarett of any appreciate dis
tribution-Benson & Hedges Par
lament.
A total of 421, 1868 drivers IL
censes were issued to motorists of
North Carolina during 1850, the
Department of Motor Vehicles has
reported.
Like the cost of living the price
of learning is going up. Taking
note of rising textbook costs, the
state board of education last
week decided to raise the rental
fee on high school textbooks. The
rental fee, set at So per pupil for
the year 1950-51 school year, will
be $3.50 per pupil when the
school year opens next fall.
Rep. Burl G. Hardison of Crav-
en- dropped the first bill into the
House hopper when the General
Assembly opened on January 4.
It's mission: the stiffest of penal
ties for speeding and drunken
driving. Provisions of the law:
Jail term of at least 80 days for
any person convicted of speeding
more than 65 miles an hour; a
term of at least Is days for per-
sons convicted in a second or sub
sequent offense of speeding be-
tween 60 and 65; suspension for
not less than 80 days of the IL
cense of anyone convicted of
speeding more than 65, but not
more than 20; suspension for one
year of the license of those convic-
ted of speeding in excess of 20; at
least a 30-day Jail term plus 500
fine for conviction on first offense
of driving drunk or under the in
fuence of narcotics; at least g.
months Jail term plus fine of not
less than 5000 for a second drunk
driving conviction; a Jail term of
not less than six months, plus a
fine of at last $500, for a third
or subsequent conviction. Said
Hardison of the bill: ''If this bill
is passed and local officers and
local courts enforce it, we will
have safety on the highways
Federal rent controls were re-
moved from Chapel Hill on Janu-
airy by Housing Expeditor Tighe
Woods upon certiication by the
local governing body that there
was no longer a shortage of rem
tai housing.
Chances of the North Carolina
Legislature approving a state
wide liquor referendum grew dim
mer with the announcement by
1t. Gov. H. P. Taylor of his COM
mittee assignments. Wet counties
were given strong representation
of the Propositions and Grievan-
ces Committee, which apparently
will handle liquor legislation for
the Senate. A referendum bill in
troduced last Friday was sent to
this committee.
The number of Americans work
ing outside of farming rose 1884,
900 in December to a 54,075, 900
total, highest ever for the Christ
mas month. 1t was second only to
the record of 54,4O7,O0O set last
August. The Census Bureau, re-
porting this, also said the total
number of unemployed went down
to 2,229,000 in December, leaving
a slim labor reserve to meet swell
ing manpower needs in 1851.
Ruffin Van Buren, Collie, 106-
year-old Civil War veteran, died
in Rocky Mount hospital last
Friday. His death left Sam E.
Bennett, 1O2, of Yancey county,
as the sole survivor of the hun
dreds of thousands of soldiers
North Carolina sent into the Con-
federate Army. Collie was the IA
Their of Is children, nine of whom
survive. He had $50 living desceu-
dants.
The Federal Department of the
Interior reports that a total of
286,260 hunting licenses and IT,
359 duck stamps were sold in
North Carolina in the period from
July /, 1949 to une 80, 1850.
| Over $500 miles of secondary
road swere paved during 1850 in
the states 100 counties. Addition
al thousands of miles received
sterilization treatment to place
them in all-weather condition. Az
erage cost of paving totaled about
$4,000 mile, considerably under
original estimates.