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Mrs. Josephine Nolan Copeland Writes Interesting!) Of Once Thriving Town Ol Dymond City First Development Bv London Lompam Known As "Waring" (iinndhllier of Air*. Lope land W ai? MuiiupT I im Nnmber of A eiS (Continued from page one) In land Grandfather had 'only liven on his farm, which he eat led "M< j., ess. " by us it rrc( up bin at iu n of fii daughters' initials, a veiv short time when in received a request front Hichard Waring that hi conn to Pittsburgli. Pa oh invportan' hu n less. Mr. Waring told granctlcither tin company was practically insoh'ei and that he \vanty< turn to g" to England and muki tin best term possible with tin?British numilioh; ers who naturally would * no- <>ve tin property He did so immediately and made such a success of it>that tia "Wiier.' offered him the job of new managei on the following condition that In would have no funds adv.meed but would make'what he eon id "ti tin one sawmill still in um S? ? fai nnlv eight of the 21 mile- n Wa hmgton had been completed aim ini oilier 13 nules (>f track had t? ? Ilaid m .? suamp. My grandfather v. a> needing a job and accepted it Tin ?id manage! was very angry but he and Ins work ers were proven t- hi.urn lor the bankruptcy of tin i unpany on a< count of tin sgatidaluu contract they had made.'totaiiiu' San a day hu each log hand Cftandfuthei Fishei u/Jiuel herd to make ends meet an<< alter a while he managed to get tin load open loi maii passenger and freight servut By this time Heru v Nolan had ai rivedr and grandfather appointed huh manager of tin too and he was' also postmastei 11. married Maria. A Fisher's oldest daughter and they were my parent.- I have two "sisters- and two 1 n ot hem all of whom, like my sell, lid-longer have a birthplace that is on the map. Wi .Children used to like -celebrations to which many t?f ouJLJather's, grand fathers aiicL t r le'ms eiiiin among iin-M' .I'liO,. wM'." ? "i .iiiim-h villi, the Inasgows and Monies, of Wiliiamston. and the Sparrow s of; Washington One celebration of this type was held at tin- completion of ! the railroad, but I believe this wa- ' ? aflier than 1 can renlembei Henry TT Fisher. grandfather's nephew, was general bonkkeepei and accountant Charles Grinlshaw son of one of I thi: i?iom;kk steam kn<;i\k Tin* above picture is a duplicate of the first steam engine to ever run on rails in Martin Count x. It was used for a long itutn her of tears in the development of the old Jamesville and Wash ington ailroad and Cumber (ompan.x interests with hendquar ters a< iJvmowl C?4> hi (iriffins Township. Manx interesting stor ies are told ahout early railroading in the county. p HI \lt STAND J )? scried ft.i many years after Dy nond Cits was abandoned, tin old tiamwny between the old town ami .Jane - v iM* was u:.? d as a hour stami t"i hunter Many bears were killed there tin English stockholders i?1 the company came to Dymond City foi whil?' He married grandfather's ?. eorvd oldest daughter . Anna Jane, and they built a liouseoo a larni they had purchased and christened it ('hat lewood' letter they settled in | Malv ern Pa vn m re they have con i tinned to live until then late deaths At the completion of the railroad lull Came in the growth of the town and though I remember seeing e.irloads ol cotton. Irish potatoc- , lumber , tai. eti . being shipped from I tin freight station, the town and all ?o"d for. was last going down lifll. One family alter another left. ><-m? individuals going to other places for their health's sake. Among tliosi who left on doctor's order, urn my grandmother, Sarah Fish cr. and my father. Henry Nolan, both returning to Ireland whertytliey died Alter grandmother's death, grandfuther stayed on with three ol his daughters that were neither mai ried nor away at work His biggest -LuslL?Laid lw> n acconinlished when be fmisheil the railroad track Final 4y tin company changed hands and grandfather was no longer manager Then lus great loss, sustained in the burning of his barns, outhouses mid r\cn t-h? hm-vi v ui,fl rim1', llm hniiwi-? was saved only because we kept it wet on the hottest side Lightpmg was tin cause of the fire. Grandfa ther sold out and moved to Pcimsyl vaniii At mv father's death, mother took over tiie post office Several, years later, there was so little mail thai the post office was moved to Mr John Manning's place and called Amherst Then mother moved to "Charlewood my uncle's place, for hy the tine . he had moved to Mal vern IV Henr> -U Fisher and his wife, with then titiei rhddren. lived next to tite hotel and when the new company bought the tailing railroad company out, he- accepted y position with the Noi toll, and U - . lein Hallw ay, and look hi tamiiy to Norfolk. Finally mothei and tla Bissells were about all that w a- left of the thriving coin muhi.fi o| a l"ew ye-ar. previous, and since the ?? ails liadon taken Up hy now. mother moved to Wood hind. N C My Oldest sister. Belinda, went to ?live w 04+nur uncle-and aunt, Charles aird Anna Grirnshavv. 1 went to Mai eni too yud lived with my uncle, J't ?ma- Fisher, and my sister, Fran < joined jm there later. My broth - ii. Joi n. weiii to iive with a family o; Dav ise.s and'my brother, Walter, lived with my. aunt Elizabeth and vvork<'?l in her Store She later mar ? i< ? I a native o'T Martin County, Eu gene Mi/ell. One hy out the buildings m Dy mond City burned and now the town trill.iv i: lu/ed to the giuund has grown up into a wild tract oT underbrush lull of bears, rattle snakes and fleer, i have been inform ed recently that a road has been opened oil that old railroad bed from' Washington to Jainesville. Who knows, maybe some day history, will repeat itself and there will be an other thriving town there Thei e are' munv Pleasant memor j ies as 1 look back to those days. J used to km- to go with my father when he visited 1 us friends in the j?community nearby. Some of the ones I 'rememberespecially are the Get 1 singe is, Seth 1 lard ism is, -john Maii nnigs and Harmon Daniels. Mrs. Manning was noted for her honey cuke.s and how' we children loved* them After a great deer hunt, the men would usually gather at our hi?use to divide the veivisoh among j their friends. I oh a Tax** "Eni ,\m| I lien Makes Heady I o I ? nali/c I liciu IVrM?n (.arryiiiK <Marlon Tax 1 r. f (Ji?cur< ||eH l l? r<. s,,^ M ' l lo #5(K? P,.nu|t> .N'","' Car"'"?ans complain about s ,ux"- l,ul wt in Iowa they tax thin, arid tuio around and threat '?n w itti a $500 penalty anyone carry iottV'stite.,,fcigar,'uesux-'r,-< ?4sSS'5b}* Y,irk ,,W'" " "" s'J"dn< r tourim goes fo M xk,, o, th(.r for,,Kn C(}ufi ..I /"1 :n,; a wh"u' " hui if he decides to see Ammjr, Ili^in^aeatioi, ,n some ul oui - tales |? lead betie, |,m,th,ne - i. loomy Package, else be , ll" la* collector. Should he ? I.I. lo take along a carton to Iowa e l i w"uld f'"d himself .M.? lo ;f n.'at le ,?x ,lf S5()0 or packag, Beginning July 5 fliii I * a f" m"r<'-Ihan two cigarettes without Iowa stamje was mad. liable to a fine of ij, Jo, each package. The head of " ?st' u cigarette and beer tax di ccoon has announced that his agents K" filer everybody we're going after I, a ' Kaid "The- little fet in\ lAtav f a Cart?n c'gai .'I lt-s ' \ dx;fr,c -tat, ,s just as liable ?' tl? commercial bootlegger It s J us 11 was "1 prohibition days The ?',th a pin, of alcohol on'him was jusi as likely t? gel arrested as t'n rtiiin with u truckiuad " Iowa revenue agents may enter wnhoul"" bU,1"l,Ss establishment w ithout .. warrant to hunt for un stamped cigarettes They may .stop . at oi liuck also without a w ar ia It Iowa isn't the only state facing dilli. uJties i,i connection with the enh11 ceiilent ol heavy tobacco taxes Appioximatcly half of states 'at. adopted tobacco tax.-, some of llx-m at high i ,t?->s Consider the situation New Voi,. City for exanipl, There is at P ' ? 111 a state tax ul 2. a package " ?;">? ,ax "I le. O, a total u< "" ' >-ry package of eigar it City Now a ?*> las on a life 14c package ?l < Karcttes w|? , heavy fed, , a tax has already been paid is a . ugh ley. it mounts up to a sizable sin,, father gui.kly hu a p, i -son who smokes g,?,u , smoke's are ii, the J w .m-um, Voup lo "ho," small savings are imporl So what is Mini jra| und Pi' Vitahle than thai ,h. ...mniutersl '?om N. w Jersey, wh, 11,ere ,s no "hare,le tax. will play to buy Ihe r I e'garelt.-s on the Jersey side Also , ' ' "" "'l "annul II,an inai they w di a. comm.dale fellow office work ' ?" who happengo live in New York '> '"'"king litem a package or .ar h.n as d. sued This seems he jus. w mil is happening. Sl1/'11 "" iSwTTTnr^n-^rnjp-iTn spectors a, every railroad station, a' ,, ' tU,m' 1 a,") p'.dge to ex . .1 of 6"d kaggage of - I Ol these entrants to be sure thai ' 1" ''ringing cigarettes ,o ' ;;?'dy. and shall ? examine every "f '"a" and Height to be Ul. there IS no bootlegging? ?,dU! Ill !'X"apPrar ridiculous a id pub!,,, opinion would not toler p '',h blV Moreover, they would .,, , 'V cos, more than the amount '"""I'd In what other way how an.'i I 'I' ^"""'bging and lax avoid unit be eliminatedv would U' W"" " 'cgislator* - ' . ?-?l. ' of this n turr before they rush heedlessly | to the imposition of a new tax. The c urrent situation with respect I to tobacco taxes is another illustra tion of the many evils that follow in the wake of heavy reliance on con-J sumer taxes. Perhaps some day the general/public will wake up to the fact that in the long run all taxes are paid out of capital or mcome and * that if we levy the bulk of our taxes directly on property and income in j the first instance administration will be simplified, business will be aid-; ed, and tax injustices will be reduc ed. Cheaper Milk. MeatI In South Predicted , The way for more and better milk and moat at lower production costs . is being opened by pasture improve ment in the Southi according to R H. 1 'Utihi posture rpocialist -of?the. National Fertilizer Association. "Improved pastures mean fertiliz- j ed pastures," says, Mr. Lu^h. "An ef fective program for the development of pastures in the South can bring a demand for fertilizer that will more nore than equal the loss in fertiliz ?r consumption in recent years due p the retirement of cotton land. "There are striking economic ad vantages for Southern farmers in a vigorous pasture improvement pro gram. At present the 13 Southern states, from Virginia to Texas, and including Kentucky, have 30,532,000 acres, or 31 per cent of the plow able pasture land in the United St at as ?? "These same states have 19,717,000 head of cattle, or 29.5 per cent of all thi cattle in the country. But the value of Southern cattle is estimat ed at $522,638 000 or only 20.3 per cent. Mr. Farmer: liriui: >oor loliarro In (iirrinillr llii? \rar. wlirrr Mill i-hii kill Inn liinU willi om- i-lonr. (irl tiling soil nrril in rlntliiii": for \oni>rlf anil Willi- f; 1111.11 . I ..I mil Lill.l Mm i'rl ill." Iii^fli.'r-t ami Im-mI priri" for \oiir rni|i. Blount-Haivey llii- St-r\ril I *i 11 inil Surrounding (nuiilio for 2'.\ Offering I lie lliuliol Ounlii* MercliaiidiH'. Tiro iifri'nl rooms orc /iroriili'il for your comfort. Bring llir famil\ uilli >uu ami lit' a??urt'<l of a |ili'a?ant mill nifintiralilr ila\ ?|it'iil al our oltirt-. WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU! Farmer Friend! Sincerely your*, Momt - Howey's GREENVILLE, N. C <:i m\<; Co?..ns in fkktilizkk a? whi a?tobacco Y^eiufi anil nifllowin^e liriiifi? mil I In- a|mil? Iy in both. \\ ilh the opening nf the Tobacco \\ archoun-* another crop of Tohacco *larl? In inarkcl. You know thai ipiulily Tobacco in llu- only kind tliul puya. . Watch the crop* firimn with Yd! and you will wc wliy thousand* of fiooil farmer* nay "Yd! (iron* More Ouality Tobacco." Plan lo lie one of lliein next year. See llic \-<! afienl in your coililiiilllily. lie i? a mail WORTH knowing. lie know* the TRDK WIIRTII of fertilizer*. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp. NORFOLK, Y A. FUNERALS NEED NOT BE COSTLY TO BE BEAUTIFUL Hearse & Ambulance Service ()ur eipiipment is of the best, lioth ambulance ami hearse equipment is modem in every detail and we are always ready to serve in any emergency at any time of the day or night. A telephone call u ill bring us to you. liy virtue of years of exper ience. we are prepared to offer the finest type of service avail iible anywhere. Here you'll find a complete service within the bounds of price moderation. Biggs Funeral Home TELEPHONE 7 9 WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
The Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.)
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