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Watch The Label On Your Paper. Aa It Carries The Date Your Subscription Expires. THE ENTERPRISE Advertisers Will Pind Our Col umns A Latchkey To Over 1.M0 Homes Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIY?NUMBER 36 Willimmaton, Martin County, Morth Carolina, Tueaday, May 6, 1911. ESTABLISHED 1899 Indications Point To Medium Increase In Values Of Property Four Reporting Township Show Gains for Both Per sonal ami Real Propertv # Four Martin County townships, filing their tax books for 1941 with the tax supervisor here just recent ly. show gains in listings for both real and personal properties, but it is quite apparent that the increase in values will fall far below estimates i advanced four months ago when the assessors started their work and the list-takers started filling in the ap proximately 8.000 individual ab stracts. The four townships. Bear Grass. Poplar Point. Goose Nest and Wil liamston. filing their tax scrolls just a few days ago. reported a combin ed gain of $360,489, most of the gain or $295,830, being reported in Wil liamston Township The four dis tricts reported a gain of $105,369 in personal property values and $255. 120 in real values. According to preliminary estimates several of the remaining six town ships unreported to date will show comparatively small gains Howev er, a sizable gain is anticipated in Jamesville Township where the list ings of the North Carolina Pulp Com pany were materially increased this year over those for 1940. Even with the increase now in prospect, it is fairly apparent that no sizable re duction in the county-wide tax rate is in sight as far as shifting the base of taxation fnifii the rate m tntal valuations. The following tabulations show the personal and real property listings in four townships for the years 1941 and 1940 and the resulting increases in both types of listings and the com bined values and gains: Bear Grass Township Year Personal Real Totals 1941 $134,207 $ 458.799 $ 593,006 1940 133,830 440,388 574.218 $ 377 $ 18,411 $ 18,788 Poplar Point Township 1941 $ 76.621 $ 265.485 $ 342.106 1940 75.099 260,299 335,398 $ 1,522 $ 5,186 $ 6.708 Goose Nest Township 1941 $243,454 $ 996,885 $1,240,339 1940 218.800 982,376 1.201,176 $ 24,654 $ 14,509 $ 39.163 1941 $698,591 $1,999,494 $2,698,085 1940 619,775 1,782,480 2.402,255 $ 78,816 $ 217.014 $ 295,830 Local Town Hoard In Brief Meeting Holding one of their shortest and one of the most uneventful meetings in recent months, the local town com missioners last evening hardly did j enough to write home about, the minutes showing not a single action J handled in its entirety. The stream of water that has been flowing across the sidewalk all these years between the theatre and Woolard Hardware Company store j on Main Street during heavy rains brought interested parties, represent ed by the hardware company opera tor, before the meeting. "They are | closing the lot and it will turn the water into the stores," the represen- ' tative explained. The officials in structed the water and street de partment superintendent to contact the property owners and propose a cooperative project for tiling the wa- ] ter from the several buildings in that area to a storm sewer on Church Street. It is entirely an individual problem, the board spokesman ex plained. The NYA recreational center for the colored population, a hang-over from the movement started several seasons ago to provide wholesome recreational centers for youth that must be entertained, was up for dis cussion at the meeting last night The unfinished monument just off Broad Street, near the town cemetery, can be completed for approximately $1, 250. With around $1,200 already in vested in the structure, the town agreed to raise an additional $1,250 provided the sponsors raise the re maining $500 The town is to place its $1,250 in the bank for the project and work to complete the building will be started as soon as the $500 is banked. Find Missing Man's Body At Plymouth The body of Franklin David Sim mons, young white man who was drowned in the Roanoke River at the North Carolina Pulp Company plant in the lower part of this coun ty early last Wednesday morning, was recovered from the stream near the Norfolk-Southern freight depot in Plymouth last Sunday afternoon Identification was made by his cloth ing and a key in his pocket. Investi gating the popular plant employee'i death, a coroner's jury returned I verdict stating that the man's death was due to accidental drowning. Hi< body was floating face down neai the Plymouth side of the river wher found. Tobacco TransplantingNears Climax in County This Week Contrary to early predictions, to bacco transplanting is well ahead of schedule in the county, scattered re- \ ports indicating that the work will likely approach a climax before the week a cpent. Just a few weeks ago. numbers of Martin farmers predict ed an unusually late transplanting season and the facts at that time certainly substantiated the predic tions. Cold weather killed many plants and then there was the blue mold to consider. An unusually warm spell about three weeks ago upset the discouraging predictions, and farm ers are now proceeding with the work a few days ahead of schedule There are a few instances where late transplantings will take place ! Blue mojd, the strange-acting dis ease, is attacking the tender plants | only in spots, and it is fairly certain now that it will not materially af- ' ftx.*t the crop in the county this year Those farmers whose plant beds have been damaged, are making plans to get supply of plants after their neigh bors -finish setting their crops. Although May 10 is recognized as an ideal time for transplanting the crop, quite a few farmers had finish ed their task last week, and hun dreds of acres are t>eing planted to I the crop each day now. The season has been favorable to date. Hail, falling in several sections of the county and particularly in the Spring Green. Robersonville. Cross Roads and Jamesville areas, is said to have damaged plant beds to some extent, but the damage will hardly delay transplanting for more than a few days. It was the first hail re ported in the county this season, and the following day. Friday, in surance firms were busy issuing pol icies. Thirty-Nine Years Ago As Recorded In The Enterprise AUGUST 23, 1901. Look out for the big excursion by Hatch Bros . August 28th. Last chance. Don't miss it Mr. W S. Harris, the popular rlerk of Eli Gurganus, is now opening new goods in the new store of Mr Gur ganus. Thti f .in.lni.. U :ni'hmiM' is roming to the front Good management will surely tell. The Carolina is all right The tobacco sales at Roberson ville this week have been very good indeed. The farmers should congrat ulate themselves on having such a good market right at home. Graders are at work at Blount's Warehouse' on Smith wick Street grading tobacco for Mr Eli Gurgan us It is understood that there will | be a large sale at this place in the near future A sleepy looking celestial arrived in town Wednesday evening, and from what can be gathered from him there wrl! be^ a Chinese laundry in , town shortly. This will be a great convenience for our town people On account of the accident of one of the employees in our office last Saturday, we have been unable to fill the orders that we have for job work as promptly as we would like We hope that those of our patrons having orders with us for job print ing will be patient with us for a day or two. Rev B K Mason will preach in the hall Sunday morning and eve ning. The morning service at 11 a m , subject Blessings of Sorrow." Night, 8 o'clock, subject: "The Grace of God " Everyone is cordially invit ed to attend these services. Misses Lizzie and Mattie Quarter mus and brother, Ben, who have ^een visiting in Greenville, returned on Monday morning They were accom panied by their sister, Mrs J R Walker. Prof. C. W Wilson and family left Tuesday morning for their new home in Rocky Mount We wish them the success they deserve, and are sure they will deserve all they get. Messrs H. W Stubbs, S. W. Har rell, W T. Crawford, of this town, and M M Critcher, of Jamesville, spent Friday at Everetts, attending a large barbecue. Mr. J. R Mobley returned from Tarboro Friday evening He had spent the day with his duaghter, who is under treatment at the hospital in that town. ? ? Mart Remodeling The Old Tow n Hall Remodeling work on the lower floor of the "City Hall" was started here yesterday morning, the cost of the work to approximate $1,250, Treasurer N. C. Green said. Handled by day labor, the project calls for the complete renovation of the lower floor. The fire department equipment is being shifted from one side to the middle of the building, the treasurer's office to be located where the fire-fighting equipment is now located The mayor will have an office just back of the police de partment, and the town library will be located in the back of the build ing. The stairs to the upper floors will be arranged to turn traffic from the center entrance to that now ac commodating the treasurer's office and police department. ^ DRAFT CALL i The Cnited States Army this week plated a call with the Mar tin County Draft Board for ten colored men, but no call for white selectees was received. The ten colored trainees are to leave on May 22 for Fort Brarg. During the meantime, four col ored men are to leave on Thurs day of this week, and four white trainees, including Tom Crock ett, a recent volunteer, are to leave on Friday, May 16th, for Fort Bragg. The supply of white volun teers is exhausted, and the num ber of colored volunteers on the waiting list is not sufficient to fill the May Zt quota. Man Is Ba<ll\ Hurt In Auto Accident Lite Sunday INLlit N J K I'lircc (iurx W recked in llir Fount v !Nol Fur From Banlncr\ (!rcck f One person was badly if not see I lously hurt and several others were I cut and bruised in a double automo I bile crash near Gardner's Creek in I Williams Township late last Sunday | night, Patrolman Whit Saunders de scribing the accident as one of the worst oil the highways in this coun i ty in recent months O A. Spivey, of Roseboro. was .removed to a Green ville hospital. where he is being j treated for a severe head and face injury and a broken collarbone Mrs I Spivey, suffering considerably from shock and bruises, and Thomas Sut ton, of Goldsboro. bruised and slight ly cut. were released from the Brown Community Hospital after receiving treatment. Two colored men whose i names could not he learned. fled from the scene of the accident and it could not be learned whether they were hurt Ernie Modlin, driving a third car figuring in the wreck and his companions, Charles Modlin, [John Henry Cooper, Edward Mizelle 1 and Tilghmiiu Cnltram were?uuL I hurt. The Ford, driven by Mr. Spivey, and a 1938 Chevrolet driven by a colored man whose identity could not be established immediately, (crashed on the Richlieu Filling Sta j tipn curve a short distance this side of Gardner's Creek shortly before . midnight The Spivey car, traveling I toward Williamston, turned over and j came to a stop on its side and facing toward JamesvMlle. The Chevrolet, registered in the nanic of Isaiah Bell, K.F.I), Plymouth, and traveling tow ard Jamesville, was left standing in the highway but facing toward Wil liamston. '1 hi- driver and a compan ion were said to have helped the oc cupants of the other wrecked car out and then fled. Before the wreckage could be cleared, Modlin, rounding the sharp curve,'plowed into the stalled Chev rolet and knocked it from the high way and into a ditch. The Modlin machine took its place on the high way and was later pushed away by Patrolman Saunders. No accurate property damage es timate could be had immediately, but it will run close to $500. about $250 to the Spivey car. $150 to the Chevrolet and about $75 to Mod 1 in's car. Bible School Opens Term Here Monday Williamston's annual daily vaca tion Bible School opened in the sev eral local churches yesterday morn ing at 9.00 o'clock with a compara tively small attendance. While the attendance figures aro- 24 greater than they were a year ago, they did not come up to expectations, and there is an actual decrease in the number of teachers and special workers. Yesterday. 131 young peo ple and nine teachers reported for study and work in the various churches, the largest group, the jun ior department, numbering 65. "We are badly in need of additional work ers," one of the school leaders said in addressing an appeal for addition al volunteers. The offering yesterday of $1.21 with others will be turned over to the Red Cross for the care of refu gee children. Convening each morning at nine o'clock, the school will continue dur ing two weeks. All parents are urged to send their children ? Stolen (Jar Recovered Near Here Last Sunday The Chevrolet sedan stolen from Dr. J. S. Rhodes at his office last Saturday night was recovered on the McCaskey Road the following afternoon. The car had been in rqugh hands, the owner stating that an axle was broken and that other parts on the caV were damaged. Expensive medical instruments were found intact. Hitler's Next Move Awaited By Britain * On Several Fronts' Important Development* \re Now Brtilirled W itliin Next Two W eek* Feverishly trying to settle internal disturbances in Iraq and bolster its defenses in Africa and at Gibraltar as well as on the seas. Britain is now waiting for Hitler to make his next gigantic move Important develop ments are due possibly within the next ten days or two weeks, mili tary observers declaring that Ger man successes in Iraq and Africa will seriously aggravate the situa tion for England. Threatening to destroy the Iraq government buildings at Baghdad. Britain i> making every effort to quell an attack by pro-German forces there. If success is not pos sible on that front. Britain is making plans to render the rub Iraq oil Ileitis worthless. A British threat to blast ancient Baghdad from the air unless Iraqi forces dease fighting was contained in 24,000 Arabic pamphlets dropped on the city Sunday, but the Iraqui [ radio, spurning the warning, prom ised reprisal air attacks. Informed quarters in Cairo told of reinforcements of the Habbaniya base disputing Axis radio claims that Habbaniya had fallen to the Iraqi forces The German radio said Habbaniya had been occupied and that other | Iraqi troops had "completely en cireled"?t+n-?important oil shipping center and British base of Basra. General Sir Archibald Wavell's I Middle East command 111 Cairo as- | sorted in an official communique, however, that "the garrison at Hab baniya is intact.' although it was admitted that the situation there was somew hat delicate. In an earlier communique, the. R.A.F had announced that the bulk of Iraq's tiny air force of perhaps 7(1 planes mostly Italian. British and American had been 'destroyed" by the British ail force in air battles and bombings of airdromes Bate reports from Iraq state that the Iraqi claim the control of the im portant oil pipe line to Haifa. In Afri ca. the transfer of virtually all of the British expeditionary forces serv ing in the Balkans had been safely transferred to Egypt, relieving the situation there and improving Brit (Continued on page six) Little Boy s Life Is Snuffed Out By Car In County Saturday Fmieml Serving ll?>l<l Sunday Xftrriioon for Seven?Year (Mil JiiH|M'r ICm Imm L Fatally 'hurt when his father back ed a car over him at their home in Poplar Point last Saturday after noon, Jasper Roebuck, about seven year.- old, died on the way to a Tar boro hospital a short time later. It was the third motor vehicle death reported in the county thus far this year, but rt is not -recognized as a highway fatality Investigating the lad's death, Coroner S. K. Biggs found it was accidental and consid ered an inquest unnecessary The son of Jasper and Alice John son Roebuck, the little fellow with a brother and sister asked the father permission to accompany him to Hamilton. Told they could not go, the children withdrew to one side, Jasper darting behind the car just as I his father started to hack it around to go out of the yard. The boy was | knocked down, the father stating I that he felt the car hit a bump, but it could not be definitely determin ed if a wheel of the car ran over the lad. When the children screamed, Hoebuck stopped the car and the lit tie fellow, the side of his head scratched, bruised and bleeding i crawled from under the machine Picked up by his father, the child I said that hi' was not hurt much. He j was carried to a doctor's office in | Hamilton where an examination re-! vealed that he had also been bruised i on the arm near the shoulder. His removal to a hospital was advised jand the father was speeding toward Tarboro when the little fellow died. He was pronounced dWid by doctors at the hospital The child, survived by his parents and a brother and sister had just completed his first year in school at Hamilton, and was a bright and like able little chap Funeral services were conducted at the graveside in the Hamilton Cemetery Sunday afternoon at four o'clock by Elder William E. Grimes. HOLIDAY The (wo local hanks will ob serve neat Saturday, Confeder ate Memorial Day, aa an holiday. No hunineaa will be tranaacted by the two inatitutiona that day, and patrona are aaked to antici pate their bankinf needa not la ter than Friday. No other boal nen flrma will obeerve the day as an holiday. County Board in Long Session Here Monday Revaluation ^ork Is Completed For Current Tax Year ^inall liirreiiM' V*kr?l K?\ \\ el fnrt' litiartl; Health Officer File* lengtliv Report Little business was scheduled for consideration by the county commis sioners at their regular meeting here yesterday, but they were in session all day handling that business and handling other matters submitted by various ones as the clock ticked away the hours. The quadrennial task of revaluing all real property in the county was announced complete at the meeting when the commissioners decreased the value of 15 acres belonging to K. II Staton in Robersonville Town ship from $35 to $10 "due to the pro cess of being cleared " A few other tax items were handled but they dealt with personal property list ings. The inventory values listed by the Williamstpn Peanut Company were jumped from $9,000 to $20,000, the change being made subject to a hearing possibly at the next meeting John A Manning Peanut Company i inventories as of last January 1 were l hcted ot $3.0UO nt tin- dii't*etnm of the commissioners. Action was taken in the absence of the owners, and they will be given an opportunity to be heard, if they so desire, according to a report heard at the meeting Not all of the tax books are in at the present Time, but a hurried re view of several of the books shows substantial gains were made in some districts. Those list-takers turning in their books were paid as follows George C. Griffin, $115. A 11. Ayers, Bear GrasS, $115; H. M Burras, Wil hamston, $325; Gordon Bailey, Cross Roads, $130, 1! S Everett, Rober sonville. $250, L. H Taylor, Poplar Point, $90; L. R Everett, Hamilton. $140, and J A Rawls, Goose Nest\ $10t) It was pointed out that the list taker had do in ban dling the revaluation than they did last year when no effort was madia to revalue the real listings ?The?commissioners?rrrrtrrrrt?$25 paid to the Town of Robersonville for dogs used in apprehending a criminal there recently. J Sam Getsinger was appointed county accountant for a two year term, effective as of April 1. this year The sale of the old Mirrfle and Stalls home on West Main Street* was considered, but action is to await financing agreements. Mrs I P. Hodges, representing the Works Progress. Administration, ap peared before the meeting and ask ed the commissioners to consider the following .items when preparing the new county budget for 1941-42 $440 for matron service in the schools, $200 for school lunches, garden and canning projects; $300 for a weav ing project, and $300 for recreation al equipment Submitting the first report to the hoard since last October or along about that time, Dr. John W. Wil liams. health department head, re viewed the activities of the organi zation and offered a tentative pro gram for the future. Miss Mary W. Taylor, superinten dent of public welfare, submitted a tentative budget for the financing of the department during the next fiscal year. The budget for the cur rent year and the proposed budget with explanatory notes are as fol Budget Bequest 1940-41 941-42 Salary of supt. $1800 $ 1800 Salary of case worker 1200 1200 Salary of case aide 1020 1020 Salary of case worker 960 960 2 clerical workers 1560 1560 Office sup & equip. 380 350 Telephone 75 75 Travel 900 1200 County home & farm 4500 4750 Indigent pupils 75 75 Child, home soc 25 Hospitalization 3500 350(1 Miscellaneous 100 200 Old age assistance 5967 6480 Aid to depen children 3450 3600 Aid to the blind 528 561 Burial expenses 100 100 General relief 2000 1500 Medicine 500 350 $28,516 29,281 "We are asking for a $513 increase from county funds for O A.A. This will mean $1539 from State and Fed eral funds for distribution to our needy aged. There are 48 applica tions pending as of today "We are also asking a $150 raise for Aid to Dependent Children. This will mean $450 from State and Fed (Continued on page six) ? ? I'iano I'll/til* In Annual Rrcital haul Evening 1 The piano pupils of Mrs. W C Manning appeared in, their annua recital in the high school auditoriuir here last evening at eighj o'clock The fifteen pupils offered an enter taining program to a large audience Thi ls Work In 1 fhv-ident li*???.>??%4 It. in a U tter to the Offut of Ponhietion Manage merit which said the nation is con fronted with a "critical situation." ordered all available machines pool ed for defense work on a 24-hour day. 7 day week schedule. with time out only for repairs The President) also asked the QPM to rceanvass the nation, including the armed forces for skilled workers to operate the nuu limes jNo-t ffort or justifiable ex pense should he span d. the Presi dent said OPM Production Dnvcloi Higgcr I -peaking in Washington, said nation al tU'feiise progress "seems phenom enar but vast increases are >tdl necessary He said an plane produc tion which luis been trebled since May. 15140. must again be doubled before tin end of 1041, machine nun production which has been quad lupled. must be increased five fold | by the end of the year, the.manufac j lure of powder, increased 1,000- per i cent, must be trcbled Defense Needs First Blackwell Smith. Assistant Prior lties Director, said in a speech in Washington 'We cannot have busi ness as mual so long as we must pay first attention to defense needs "We are not choosing between | nuns and butter,0 he said, "but wr are choosing between tanks and air i planes and ships, and some things | which are not so essential "Wlu n you cohsidcr that our ma I jor defense effort is less than a year old. you begin to sense what the fu ture hold. . Mi Smith, said It will ! mean dislocations and difficulties, higher taxes, shortages in an unde ternTThcd numbel of products and it certainly means an overall effort which will tax all the resources of the nation ' Commerce Secretary Jones said in j a speech in Washington We have i not yet made any sacrifices-, hut they are in store for us. plenty of them " Labor Disputes Sei rotary of Lahoi Perkins report ed strikes have dee filled to a point | where less than two tenths of one ? per Cent of deft n>e wankers- or 7, HIM) persons are affected. Selective : Service headquarters advised local | hoard they are not justified in re classifying workers joining a strike ' in a defense industry Labor Supplv The Soc ial Security Hoard report i d shortage <?f labor in ccrtuin ma , (Ivjtic shop nci upations. shipbuilding and hoilermakiug and an increasing j need for electrical; mechanical and optical instrument makers and wood patternmakers*" "TTu- I.ahor Depart merit repented 2510,000 winkers giv en employment in one month and I said that 310,000 additional workers will he needed hy September, 15)42, in shipyards alone The Civil Scrv ? n e Corn mission announce el that per | sons up i? > 05 years old are now el I igihle for Federal trades and artisan | ! positions Cost cd Living Sen etary of Labor Perkins re ported living costs of moderate iri < oine families in Marc h Were 2.0 pe r cent higher than before war started m Kuiope She- reported price rises in sugar, coffee, pork, butter, c anned vegetables and?certain?fresh?fruits and vegetables, rents, clothing and house furnishings Consiimel Commissioner Harriet | Klhott warned that some manufac turers were- maintaining unchanged I prices by lowering the quality of I their products Aid To Democracies The President told,a press confer ence he has ordered a survey to as certain what, if any, planes may be procured immediately from civilian airlines. Navy Secretary Knox told a press conference the* Navy has no combat ships available now for transfer to Great Britain, but that more high-speed "mosquito boats" will be turned over to the British as they conn* off assembly lines Shipping President Hoo.sevelt lequested U S. Maritime Commission Chairman Land to arrange a pool of at least 2, (Continued1'on page six) Ki.ucrioiN Williamson's biennial election is progressing according to plans today with little Interest being shown at the polls. Comparative ly few votes had been cast up until early this afternoon, but it is thought by the poll holders that the count will be greater than the :<H polled two years ago. The closing of the liquor store for the election is being discuss ed mure generally than the elec lion itself. I'ollholders It T. Griffin, C. H. Ilassell and Jesse T. Price were carrying on a conversation among themselves early this af ternoon to keep from dropping off to sleep, the peace and quiet around the polls were so mark V li<M'nl Industry Is Reporting Step-up In Its \cti\ities lti|i l.miilit-r Mill In Mukillt! Ili'utl) To Go On Thu Shift Sln.liil<* Soon Maintaining a close step in the* march of progress reported on the defense front throughout tin* Nation local industry i > .* 1 r?*:?*I> speeding up i;ts -t htdul.' of ai'tryiiiiUnd making read^ to inaieriaii> increase pioduc lion of material vitally ru eessary in advancing national defense In the several-acre plot of land in the fork of. the Janiesvitlv and Wash ington Hoad the dm of speeding machinery is so great oh? t an hard ly liear tin human voire Materials, including food hut principally man ufactured lumber are being loaded at several points ha shipment to stia logic centers St veral handled p? isons in th? small at' i are turn irig and i\\ i. a in,". handling those tasks I in iein.o\ed fi ofn the actual line of battle but tasks that are mighty important to defense The Farmville Wood w .11 <i Lumbci Company t> enlarging it already large plant, arid.making plans to add another shift of workmen Addition ;il side tracks are being laid in the plant yard to speed up shipments, and plans are being mad< to receive logs by tram as well as bv a fleet of trucks.. A new lumber shed, meas juruig 53 by 130 feet, is being con structed and the output of the plant Will he materially increased with in the next few day The 11 H Tlit'inp m in I .umhri t iim pany just across the tracks from the Farmville Woodward plant, rs pour ing a steady stream of dressed lutii her into waiting freight cars The mill of the CI. and II Builders Supply Company, just a few yards I away, is operating when it can get lumber The William-Ion IVanut Company. | handling an entirely different prod uct hut one that holds u high rank in any program be it during war or peace-time. irunning night and day filling orders Jumping from th? road forks to tin tiver front, the plant of Saunders and Cox continue* an effective op ei at nig schedule foi the manufacture 'of lumber, its employment lists hay j ing been materially increased during recent months Making a favorable but fairly slow i start just a short time ago, the Wil Jianistou 1'acl.age?Manufacturing Company ' . iepping up production rapidly and i now .turning out be tween H,(MM) and 12.(MM) baskets for packing fruits .mil vegetables and Irish and -.weet pplatoe.-. The Stanrlard FertiU*< i Company while facing a seasonal decline, is still opei at111;? on a fail ly e^tenSiie si liedU It I Otliei iiulu trial aclivilie. while operating on ,i smaller scale are al | so speeding up production a a basic part of the general businc: - program h? re and in cooperation w itli the na 11 -iial defense activities Will [ so l)\namite On ThcKivcr Kill Tin- stoppage of_tj .iflic uv?'i the Roanoke Rivei fill hece h>i a short I period or. during a few hours for the next two or three days was consid | ei'ed a possibility by Superintendent Hhv today Definite announcement is beirig delayed pending the arrival 1 <)f a powder expert. Rice said About (>50 feet of the fill near the Bertie high land is settling so rap idl that engineers have ordered the road dynamited in an effort to set tle the dirt at that point. Five tons I of dynamite are to be used, the sup ei mtendent representing the dirt J?ontracting firm stating that the I (barges will set tie the foundation | and cause the dirt to settle at least two feet in a very few minutes. Numbers of holes will be bored in the road for planting the dynamite. It is possible that the work can be handled in a very short time, or it may be that the road will bp closed tu traffic for a day or more. The powder expert is expected here to day or tomorrow, and work will be started soon after his arrival. Work on the fill was delayed yes terday and today when a machine, aid to he too light for the work, broke down Repairmen from Greensboro" had just about complet ed repairs to the machine at noon to day and the trucks were to start run ning immediately. Contractors Start Work On Projects ?? Contractors are completing plana ?day for starting work on a deep well and the surfacing of several streets this week. A representative of the l.uync-Atlutitic Company, deep well contractors, was here ov the week-end-to complete ar rangements for starting work about Thursday or Friday. A report from the J M. Gregory contracting firm of Raleigh itates that the company will start moving equipment at once for surfacing the streets. Town forces and WPA work ers are making ready for the con .tractors.