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WILLIAMS TON, NORTH CAROLINA
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Editor ? 1908-1938
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Turiday. February- I. If 11.
4n 4tinner 4l l.anl
After four long years of the Hoey adminis
tration an excuse has been offered for ignoring
the secondary roads? ."later ridges in Martin
"County, it you don't mind
A highway commissioner, temporarily with
out port-folio, is quoted as saying that no sec
ondary road improvement projects could be ad
vanced unless the State appropriation was
matched by the Federal government, or some
thing to that effect. Briefly stated, North
Carolina's highway policy during the past four
years was to sidetrack its secondary road obli
gations under a ruse and pour extra millions
into projects conceived in the minds of dream
ers North Carolina, according to the highway
commissioner, could not or would not appro
priate more than meager amounts for its sec
ondary roads on its own hook North Carolina,
the progressive state that it is. had to turn to
Washington for help before it would dare
tackle a problem that should have had the at
tention of the highway lords irrespective of
Federal plans or programs
After ten years, highway authorities point out
in a very certain manner that the reason there
are so many 'tater roads in Martin County they
were dumped into the State's lap by the coun
ty. During that time, reports state that 22
miles of secondary roads have been widened,
and that's the record up to this moment. In
other words, about 100 convicts have widened
two miles of road each year and spent a greater
part of the remaining time piddling here and
there. After ten years, the people are begin
ning to call for a return to home ownership,
believing that the administration of the gaso
line tax fund by counties would make for an
improved road system
High-powered road projects may be neces
sary for defense, but the little fellow in the
by-ways and hedges must be counted in if our
defense program is to prove successful. And if
money-burdened commissions can't handle the
problem, then place it into the hands of some
one who can handle it. Martin County people
get mad every time they think about the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars they advanced for
a primary road system and then were left hold
ing the bag. It is an impossibility to improve ev
ery secondary road, but this county, many be
lieve. is entitled to the completion of the road
from U. S. 17 to Farm Life and to a road from
Hassell to Butler's Bridge and for the marked
improvement of a number of other feeder roads.
Mr. ttailey Concurs
Josiah William Bailey, North Carolina's rep
resentative in the upper house of our
al Congress, has. at last, concurred in the move
ment to aid Britain Mind you, he announced
his position just a few days ago "after long de
liberation." Mr. Bailey in making his stand pub
lie ad\ ises that he will support the measure
when it comes to a vote.
What is Mr. Bailey doing now? What has he
done in the past to aid Britain? Mr Bailey's
record shows that he has leaned to a certain
group, ignoring the wishes of the masses of the
people these past few years. Now when it ap
pears that Mr. Bailey and his little group ap
pear in line of attack he announces in favor of
aiding Britain.
Way back yonder in the fall of 1939, farmers
from the outlying districts of Martin County
were of the expressed belief that aid should be
tendered Britain. Now, nearly two years later,
Mr. Bailev comes along and says we ought to
aid Britain.
If Mi Bailey had turned his attention to the
people back home he would have known months
ago that Britain should have all the aid the
United States could possibly give. But he ap
parently has centered his attention on what
Mr Bailey thinks and what his little group
wants that he has overlooked the wishes of the
people- back home, not only as they applied to
aid for Britain but to numerous other ques
tions.
However, it is encouraging even at this late
date to learn that Mr. Bailey has finally decid
ed that the United States should aid Britain.
/Viae 41 hi *
Although they are clamoring for and even
demanding a statement of peace aim.s. Messrs
r. Wheeler. Nye. Lindbergh and Company are
apparently more interested in slowing down and
Lord Halifax, now ambassador to the United
States, clearly stated the issue a short time
ago But have the Wheelers, the Nyes and Lind
berghs recognized the statement? They are
demanding an answer after one has already
been given, clearly indicating they are not in
terested in peace aims, but that they are ap
parently more interested in a negotiated peace
which at the present can mean nothing more
than an overwhelming victory for Hitler, the
downfall for Democracy and slavery for all
people outside the Axis realm >
It would be well for the Lindberghs, the
Wheelers and Nyes to read the following quo
tations attributed to the British "spokesman:
The only reason why peace cannot be made
tomorrow is that the German Government have
as yet given no evidence whatever of their
readiness to repair the damage they have
wrought upon their weaker neighbors or of
their capacity to convince the world that any
pledge they may subscribe to is worth as much
as the paper on which it may be written
We must insist upon the restoration of liber
ty to small nations that Germany has cruelly
deprived of it. and, profiting I hope by exper
ience of tin- past, we shall do our utmost to se
cure Europe from a repetition of this disaster.
We seek nothing for ourselves. We have said
publicly that if we could once again feel se
curity that a German Government would re
spect its undertakings and honestly co-operate
in trying to build, instead of destroy, European
peace 011 terms of live-and-let-live for all na
tions, we would not seek a vindictive peace or
one that would deny to Germany her rightfuh
place among the nations.
There are things today within our body pol
itic which we need to fight not less intensely,
if with other weapons, than we fight the enemy
without But the broad record of the British
rate stands to be judged 011 facts that are in
contestable. It is the fact that during the nine
teenth century, when the power of this country
was unchallenged, there was 110 nation in Eu
rope that felt for that reason insecure, or that
did not recognize our power to be an instru
ment of peace.
.When we think and speak of peace, what do
we really mean? We naturally tend to think
of it as something negative not war?and for
that reason to be something worthy of all we
can do for its preservation. But just as I can
imagine individuals confronted by a situation
was worse than death, so 1 can imagine circum
stances for a nation or for human civilization in
which immunity from war could be too dearly
purchased.
"WAR CONGRESS IS RIGHT!
V?i\
Recalled to Duty
Rear Admiral H. E. Yaruell, re
tired former commander of the
Asiatic Squadron, has been recalled
to active duty in the U. S. Navy
and will visit engineering colleges
throughout the nation to recruit
advanced technical students for the
naval reserve.
Interesting Pits Of
Business In the U.S.
In sizzling summer weather some :
foundries or steel mills give work- j
ers skit tablets to keep up salinity
lost through perspiration?cold wea
ther counterpart of this idea is be- I
ing employed by a Minneapolis ma
chine company which plies workers
daily with cold-resisting vitamin
pills . . President Roosevelt re
ports to Congress that the govern
ment has now spent $13 billion. 4t>6
million of the $13 billion, 987 mil
lion emergency relief funds author
ized by Congress since April 8. 1935. 1
Future ()f Tobacco
s
E\|>ort Markets h
Hated Uncertain
of Kxport* Present the
? frruHrr* Willi
cult Situation'1
The nation's tobacco farmers are
facing the possibility that some por
tion of their former export outlets
would remain closed regardless of
the outcome of the present war
The agriculture department in its
annual report to Congress said "most
authorities" believed this would be
true, particularly of markets in con
tinental European countries which
are aiming at agricultural self-suf
ficiency.
The report said prospective ex
ports in future years depended "to
a great extent upon the effect which
the war has upon Great .Britain."
England, which was this nation's
biggest customer for tobacco before
the war, stopped purchases short
ly after the start of the conflict to
conserve foreign exchange for the
purchase of armaments.
The report outlined steps taken by
the Commodity Credit corporation
to absorb the shock of the loss of
foreign markets and of the agricul
tural adjustment administration to
hold down production of leaf.
"With uncertainty as to what will
happen to export markets during and
after the war, the agricultural ad
justment act is becoming increasing
ly important as an aid to adjusting
production to changing conditions."
the report said.
The department warned that loss
of export markets coupled with rec
ord stocks presented growers witl:
a "difficult situation" although then
had been a slight increase in do
mestic consumption of cigarettes.
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Things To Watch
For In The Future
Chocolate chewing gum?for yean
the chewing gum manufacturer*
have been trying to capture thi*
popular flavor in a chewing confec
tion?now a new process is report
ed that doe* ju*t that . A new in
cinerator for home use which does
not require fuel, k*ut after lighting
with waste paper has a down draft
that dries other refuse and burns
either wet or dry waste A coin- i
holder for motorists to simplify the
paying of tolls and making pur
chases at roadside stands?it's at
tached by a suction cup to windshield
or dashboard, and holds half dol
lars, quarters, dimes, nickels and
pennies . . Rugs made entirely of
rayon which are said to be fire and
moth-resistant as well as durable
and lustrous . '
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of Buck Roberson, de
ceased, this is to notify all persons
having claims against said estate to
present them for payment on or be
fore the 27th day of December, 1941,
or this notice \\ill be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons in
debted to the said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This the 27th dav of Dec., 1940.
ASA J HARDISON,
Administrator of the estate of
d31-6t Buck Roberson. deceased.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having this day qualified as ex
ecutor of the estate of the late Mrs.
Mollie Harris, deceased, of William
son Martin County..this is to notify
all persons holding claims against
the said estate to present them for
payment on or before December 31.
1941, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This the 23rd day of Dec., 1940.
GEORGE HARRIS.
Executor of the estate of
j7 tit Mrs. Mollu- Harris
NVIM/a
North Carolina. Martin County. In
The Superior Court.
CaMtoU Hocera vs. Russell Rogers.
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in
the Superior Court of Martin Coun
ty for divorce avinculo matrimonii
on the grounds of two years separa
tion, and the said defendant will
further take notice that he is re
quired to appear before L- B. Wynne.
Clerk of the Superior Court of Mar
tin County, within thirty days after
the completion of this service of
summons by publication, and answer
or demur to the complaint in said
This the 4th day of January, 1941.
L. B. WYNNE,
j7-4t Clerk Superior Court
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County,
action, or the plaintiff will apply to
the court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of James L. Coltrain,
late of Martin County, North Caro
lina, this is to notify all persons hav
ing claims against the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the un
dersigned at Williamston. N. C? on
or before the 15th day of January,
1942, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recoverv. All persons
indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This 11th day. of January, 1941.
ROY C. COLTRAIN,
Administrator of estate of
JamesColtrain.
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