ti x.r r 4 - . i Advertisers Will '/lad Oar Columns a Latch Key ta 1500 ~ of Martin Coautjr'a Home* VOLUME 23—NUMBER 69 BRIDGE OPENING THURSDAY IS 810 EVENT FOR TWO STATES LIVESTOCK AT FAIR WILL GET SPECIAL ATTENTION The Roanoke Fair Association Is milking preparation for giving ; fecial care to fall live stock exhibit at the Fair October 2-6 this year. "New watering cups for poult iy are being ordered iml all'buildings are being put in or Jar. New paint in ,evt deuce and a general cleaning up is now going oil. Every man and woman in M rtii and adjoining counties ere aspecial'y invited to assist us in the Allien tural Boost that The Koanoke Fair As sociation is attempting .o put on. Thanks for the hearty cooperutioi: we are receiving, -s Yours for an extremely .successful fair. J L. HOLLIDAY. MISS WARD ENTERTAINS Miss Bertha Ward was hostess at a delightful party Tuesday evening at tlie beutifully decorated home, of h* sister, Mrs. L. 1.. Ward, complimen tary. to her niece, Miss "Clara Ma Ward, The decorations were asters, loses, nasturtiums and potted plain.. Upon arrival the guest were given a cardial welcome by the host."::# and lioiio.-ee and invited into the lib Try where ihey were served delicious punch by Mrs. L. L. Ward and Mrs. N. O. Van Norl.vitk. From the libmi., the guest were ushered into'tlie di- w (ng-roo.u where a number of interest - ing contests were given and a few games played. After this die gue. ts J were arranged in groups ant! calletl oa by Mrs. RdytthCarson-to useist in., writing items for "The Novel News j Paper." Each group was asked to read ! their item which was of much interest, but the most interesting w. s the final item read by Mrs. Carson which an nounced the engagement .and approach ing marriage of Miss Clara Mae Ward to .Mr. Leon llurel ltoberson of -Rob ersonviUe, JN". C. The bridd elect is the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Ward and is on 6 of Bethel's most attractive young .ladies. The * grooin to be is the youngest son ol Mr. Mrs. J. S. ltoberson. He possesses a winning personality and is held in highest esteem. Iniediately following the announcement "Peter Par." Deloris James, little cousin of the bride-elect, lead in the serving of the ice course which was d .-orated with miniature brides and grooms and cupula. After the ..serving of the ice course prizes were presented to the winners of each contest. MONEY SAVED SHIPOWNERS UY RADIO WEATHER SERVICE More than 2,000 hours of operating ' time, worth at a conservative estimate j $11)0,000 has been saved to navignt- J ing interests by means of the radio in i u single season by means of the hkj io advices sent out from one of the email | er Weather Bureau, stations on the lakes There is no way of aseertain- ing-definitely. ho w large is the total saving effected by the Great Lakes i radio weather service, which if one of the many activities of the United States Department of Agriculture. Vessels are not only warned off the lakes because of approaching storms, but they are also advised when safe to proceed and wht route to tke to avoid heavy seas and adverse cur rents. When boats are idle the over head expense averages $75 an hour, and may be much higher A large fleet of 40 boats anchored near Mackinaw, Mich., for example, would not have left before 8 p.m. had not radio advice assured the leader that it would be safe to proceed at 2 p. m. This difference in time meant a saving of at least SIB,OOO to the shipowners. At anothe rtime BO boats sheltered at Detour, Mich., were ad vis j ed that conditions would permit them i to start immediately instead of 10 u 16 hours later. The saving here wm estimated at $37,500. Last September a steamer assist ed by a tug was grounded outside it regular channel. The captain was in formed by th«! lo*il Weather Buieau that the water would not return t normal till the next morning, aw. suspended operations which were con pleted in a tpw minutes when condi tions were right. Five hundred dol lars for tug hire alone was saved. Capt. Thomas of the post office rural department seamed to be lost yesterday as it was a holiday no mail was delivered on the rural routes. Mrs. J. G. Elmore and children of Norfolk arrived today and are visit * ing her sister, Mrs Jno. D. Biggs, Jr. and Mr. Biggs. THE ENTERPRISE RESTRAINING ORDER HITS STRIKERS HARD Chicago, Sept. 2.—(By I. N. S..)— The injunction asked for by Attorney General Daugherty seeks £o enjoin railroad men all over the country from: Aruging with anyone who an nounccs that Ire intends to go to Work for a railroad. Parading. Holding public mass meetings to show how strong the striking organi zations are. Writing to it friend, advising hini t > leave ruilioud employment. Throwing stones at freight or p-s --seugar ear- or locomotives. Calling railroad employes names, such as "scab," ete Walking down a railroad track or 1 right of way. Interfering with, hindering or ob structing in any manner the agents, servants or employes of the rnilroals in the performance of their duties.'*' Interfering, obstructing or hinder- j inn the inspection, repair, operation or use of 'rains, locomotives, ears uinl other railroad equipment. Pi eventing .or attempting to pre vent persons from enU>r>.g railroad employment or fiom continuing in rail road employment. Loitering in the vicinity of any railroad station, roundhouse, switch tower, water tank ,railroad yards or railrod offl-e Agreeing with the union members to hinder workers from going to work. Telling a worker that it is unsafe for him to remain in railroad em ploy. ECLIPSE OF SUN SEPTEMBER THE llill The total eclipse of the sun Septem ber 11th is visible in eastern Africa and in the southern Pacific Ocean. The next total eclipse of the sun wil! be seen in the United States Septem ber 10, 1923, and wil lonly be tola in the southwestern corner of oui country. After that, there will not be a total eclipse of the sun visible iii the United States for' more tha -95 years. The exact date being August 21, 2017. This 'is some li. ninety years the, exact date being Aligust 21, 2017. This is some fine calculating, to tell to the fraction of ■4i minute when the sun will be eclips ed a hundred . year's hence, yet it i true and only goes to furnish us proof of just how perfect God's.machinery works. Our great trains, steamers an sometimes automobile? often coime i; behind schedule, but the sun, moon and stars are always on tune. HAIL WAS 32 INCHES I)EEI> Staunton, Va., Sept. 4.—Hail piled up to depths as great as thirty two inches in hollow places >ind along fences during a severe hail storm that skirted Staunton. From a distance certain fields'in the county looked Bjf if had been a heavy snow. "The llepdeniTtch orehord four miles flom Staunton, on the Middle brook road, was greatly damaged, fruit being torn from trees. Two bridges over Lewis creek were washed away and ihis stream, which darins this city, overflowed its banks and a half dozen houses were flooded Cornfields and orchards also sur fered as well as gardens. The Stauh ton branch of fhe Richmond Dairy company lost about thirty tons of coal in the flood and water rushed in'e the Klotz Bros.' junk yard and stor age buildings, cellar and ground floors damaging hides, wool and rags to a bout SSOO, it was estimated. The production of 6,277,000 bales of cotton, in addition to the seed that would have been ginned from that a mount, was prevented by the boll weevilin 1921, according io the compu tations made by the United Stat** Department of Agriculture from esti mates furnished by many thousand crop reporters. CHILD DIES FROM DRINKING RUM, ANOTHER VERY ILI Dr. J. B. H. Knight, corner was call «d to the upper end of the county near Palmyra last night to hold an in - quest over the body of a colored child who had been drinking monkey rum supposed to have been mixed with poisonous concoction. The child, a girl and her little brother drank the liquor. The girl died and the little boy is critically ill. The children are colored but we failed to get the names from the report recWved. . Mr. A. L. Roebuck and son, H. L. Roebuck of Cross Roads paid us a pleasant visit today. kVilliamatcin, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, September sth, 1922 LARGEST BRIDGE PROJECT IN NORTH CAROLINA WILL BE INSPECTED AND FORMALLY THROWN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BY HIGHWAY OFFICIALS GOVERNOR WILL BE HERE MIGHTY BRIDGE RESULT OF YEARS OF PLANNING For many years the region l>e>ond the Roanoke River huse been a sort of dreamland. Hut instinct tuu ht us that if a river hail one liauk i. must have two and we wondered what lay beyond the other side of the old Roa noke. We knew of that fur away land culled Bertie and that it was peopled with folk like our own and that long ing to know, and that longing to see led some of us to think and look a cross the swift stl&uu and wonde how it could be crossed. It h; v i been in the minds of our citizens fo year; and generations as it was in th '-m m of Columbus before his wonder ul d I covery. Hp suid there must 1 e I, iu people and things beyond and there a way to reuch them and so has it been in the minds of our own tow.i men that there wus a way to I* the river and the lowlands an hands with our next door neighbor, Bertie. Little circles of men would t-1 and dream übout a bridge hut the t si looked to great so for a long time not. it>g was done except talk, but th - thought would not be drow'ned an with the advent of the automobile tin need grew und it wus evident that i a bridge spanned the Rounokp be e it would mean a Hying stream of tra th flowing over it from ull parts oi Central and Eastern Carolina and Eastern Virginia. Thiß vision not only uppenred t the people of Martin and Hei lit counties but also to the grpst conti nental and transcontinental road buil ders. The Bunkhead Highway. Com mission was studing the geography o the country. It wus their plan to builxl a great road fro mtho Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean by the Southern- Central United States route makni; Norfolk the eastern terminal and Los Angeles the western with u prong extending down Hong the Atlantic seaboard to the Gulf o Mexico. Colonel Benehum Cameron, one oi tli£> most distinguished men of our state, minutely studied the geographi cal situation and after consulting maps und charts found that William-., ston was the key point to the whole project in this teritory and that the gihhway should fork at this point, one branch via Washington to the Gulf, the othpr via Tarboro, Raleigh on to the Pacific. (lolonel Cameron began making a distribution of Ufe needs of the territory coupled /witA, the advantages offered by bringing th ehighway through this district, became fully convinced th« this war the logicul point for the «r\ssing and wrote to several of the leaoing zens of this County, outlining od which would insure a bridge. Colonel Cameron did this In his own handwriting and with that preciseness which only those past middle age have time to do, in this rushing world of fast things. The plan suggested brought in the stiong hands of the Federal .Government anil that of the Slate in combinat • with local assistance. This was a impetus Wor new life and our people began to see with a clear er vision than ever before the pos i hilitifis of a bridge. The Martin pre. • ty people called a mass meeting am invited Col. Cameron (low nto tell it to all the folks. When he finished tlit' great mutlitude stood in a body ap proving the plan and pledging their support. A meeting wa salso held in Bertie county and a boost was put ii the project. Committees were sent to a large number of towns and counties to thi South and South West and a' great meeting was held in the town of Washington in August 1918 at wh'cl time Senator Simons was the principal speaker. All these meetings revealed the universal approval of the people everywhere. The Legislature of 191! passed a bill, introduced 1 by Mr. J. H Matthews, authorizing the counties o' Martin and Bertie to appropriate money for the erection of the bridge Soon thereafter a joint meeting of the commissioners of Ma.tin and Bertie | DISTINGUISHED VISITOR JOSEPHUS DANIELS Secretary of the Navy in Woodrow Wilson's Cabinet, who will be here to attend the opening of Ihe Koanoke Itridge Thursday. wus held ut Williamston and the.\ approved the plan, the county of .Mar tin furnishing $150,000 and the coun ty of Bertie $50,000. The Bankhead Highway Commission represented by Colonel Cameron a {'resident and Mr." Rountree of Ala as Secretary made personal inspection as dii(l the State Highway Commission and they each approved the project and the work was given over to the State Highway Department under the direction of Mr. W. S. Fullis, Engin eer.- -The- way was surveyed uud laid out and complete pluns were made by the bridge engineers which were ap proved by the Federal Government and the War Department. Heal Work began March 1919. A bout sixty convicts were sent from the Caledonia farm under the management of Capt. Rliem and they begun cutting away th edense forest and getting out ull the rubbish und in a few months a right of way was i through the swamp. The Roanoke is a typical river, a real mountain stream. It is deep, nar row and swift, in most places 200 to, 400 feet wide uud in many pluces iff least fifty .feet deep. The river vullj/y or swamp is almost straight ' for many miles and its ustfal width is about four miles. This entire width overflows almost every year, general ly in the spring when the rains melt the mountain snows, the reaching the depth of eight fjUH. It is usually flooded about idle-' twelfth of the year, u southeast rain storm ruiinning as much as thirty six hours nearly always brings a freshet caused by the rlnuds packing up the mountain gorges and' pouring their waters out in the entire valley. One peculiar thing about the river is that it wallows from slile to side of the valley, leaving the high banks on one side of the swamp and run ning across digging out the high land on the other side, crossing about every six'miles from one side to the other. These' waters have been very treach erous during thee oustruction of the bridge, and much inconvenience has been cauifed by them. BARACAS ENTERTAIN One of the most enjoyable events of the season was a picnic given by the Barucu Cla-Ss of the Memorial Baptist Church in honor of the Phi latheas ast Thursday at Ra ,'s Beach On arriving the table was spread with everything good to eat and everyone having an enormous appetite soon made way with 'most everything. Bathing was enjoyed through the day. Each member departed looking for ward to another day like this. The Baroca's wish to urge e>ery young man in Williamston and sur rounding community who do not at tend any other Sunday School to come and join our claes. We have a splendid teacher. Come to Sunday School It will make you feel better. The various committees will call on you between now and Thursday. Help them by cooperating with them. PERPETUAL MONUMENT TO ENGINEERING SKILL The contract to do the concrete ano steel stTTicttrraPwork was let to Boyle- Roberson Construction Company ol Washington, D. C. The contract price was $332,308.83. These gentlemen lia\e done their work well under the management of Mr. A. W. Brown. The 220 feet steel draw and the 2773 feet concrete bridge known as the Roanoke bridge with the 1700 feet bridge known as the Conine bridge and tin three miles of dirt dam which is fifty feet wide at the base, thirty feet wide at the top and fourteen feet high am which required a million cubic feet t build is' the State's most imposing structure. "Chief" A. K. Ilaxstun as resident engineer has been on the job both day and night, rain or shine mudc-Uti tie difference with him. He has com pleted the biggest job the State High way Commission has ever undertaken. Mr. A. W. Brown, for the construc tion company has stood by the job and smiled when they would work on the cofferdam to empty it and it would fill up in a few hours in spite of all efforts to hinder it franwloing so. Only one man was hurt seriously during the construction of the entire project. This man was George Bunch who fell to the bottom of the caffer dam and had his hip and leg -broken. The people of this whole sectioi have so uniformly stood behind this work that wo would say that the. honors are equal and while officials attorneys and engineers have stood ii the front they have only done their duty and the widow's mite is equal in the House of Justice, therefore We will not be able to mention the naii > of the multitudes who have reallj helped to build the bridge, however, if we were called upon to suggest a name for the bridge; we should s. "Cameron." The opening of the Bridge on tin seventh, Thursday, will be the great j>»t celebration ever held in this tiou of the State and people are com ing front everywhere. The Govern and the officials of the State Ilighwaj Commission will bo present, also Hoi Josephus Daniels, not only the State' most distinguished son but the great est Secretary .of the Navy Americ has ever seen, but wjthal a plai, private whom every mother would re to see her son follow. There will i other leading men from niuiTy plti&'t among them noted newspaper men from North Carolina and Virginia. ALL TODAY'S NEWS IN THE BIBLE SAYS CLERGYMAN Comparing the stories of the Bible with those found in the dialy press, the Rev. Mark A. Matthews of Seattle speaking at the Generol Bible Confer ence of the Presbyterian Church at Stpny Brook, L 1., last Sumluy said: "In the third chapter of II Timothy, if you look you will find precisely all taht you can see in the metropli tan press this morning. Written 1,1.00 years ago, it tells accurately what it happening today. I challenge any one to red that chapter and then the colu mns of the daily press and then deny that the chapter is a perfect statement of conditions today. Not a crime com mitted in the last forty-eight hours or a deflection from law is not con tained there. "The people who relegate the BI) I to a shelf and regard it as old-fashion-1 ed book are unscientific and fools.. It Is the most up-to-date book of tin day. There is a need of a revival of religious faith in this country more than at any time in history. Decorate your cars, F° r ls too, for Thursday. . Decorate your homes and places of business Thursday. The Boys Scouts are appointed as Water boys on next Thursday. There will be several tubs at different places Drink and be marry. " «- MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED IN AUGUST WHITE Samuel A .vers 22—Sullie Stalls 85. COLORED Wm. Lloyd 28 —Hosunna Ballard 25. Gus Knight 21—Amelia Ciibson 20; Wm. 11. Cruwell 34—Addie L. Griffin 20; Roy Higgs 21—Addie Green2l, Miss Mildred White of Merry Hill is visiting Iter sister, Mcij. H. H. llol loman und Mr. Hollomun. Mr. E. E. Honey visited friend; in Roper I'ir the weekend. Misses Me.ry (iladys Watts, Mary Hardy, Mary King Ellison and Messrs, Bill and C. D. Carstarphen motored to Helh iven Saturday afternoon" to spend the weekend. Miss Mary Cljile leggett and Mrs. J. A. Leggett motored to Win.isor yesterday morning. Mr. William Clyde Harrell left yes terday for Norfolk where he will meet his ship and sail for New York, PERSONALS Mr. T. Join's Taylor of Roberson ville is in town today. Mr. J. M. Moseley of Spring Gnert is iu town today truuueting busjue s Misses Martha and Louise Harrison uud Messrs. S. C. l'eel and W. Henri Gurkin accompanied Miss Eli/ali- > Etheridge to W'hitakers Sumluy where Miss Etheridge will visit relatives foi a few days. Mr. Arthur White spent the week end in Washington with relatives. Mrs. Bowden and children of Port Norfolk left this morning after spend ing several days visiting her brother Mr. B. S. Courtney and Mrs. Court ney. Mr and Mrs Jack Ilardesty und children, Mary, Mildred and Jack Jr. left Monday afternoon for Washington D. C. viu automobile. Mr. and Mrs. Ilardesty and children have been here for the jnist year. Mr. "ffurdesty wus employed by Boyle-Robertson Cons truction Company. Whilo here they have made many friends who regret to have them leave. Mr. Joo Taylor had tho misfortune to be thrown from his buggy Satur day morning while fox hunting and to get his arm broken in two pluces, the bone projecting outside the flosh. He is in town today and' is getting along nicely. Mr. Jno. L Tyndal of Snow Hill is in town. Mr. Robt. Ilsirrell and family will move to the home formerly occupied by Mr. Jack Ilardesty Friday. Editor Osborne of the Washington Daily News is to visit our city next Thursday. ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL l.ast Saturday night between twelve and three o'clock the night policeman, Frank Gurganus heard a noise in the county jail. He immediately went to the jail and found that one of the prisoners was attempting to get out of bis cell by cutting the bolts with an axe. The sheriff was called and he went iu side the. jail just as the a Greek arrested some time ago for robbery at Oak City, was ready to get outside his cell, having already pushed his clothing outside. The axe was taken from the Green and signs were seen of a hack saw on the bolts but it is nowhere to be found in the prisoner's cell. It ia evi dent that assistance is being rendered by friends on the outside. The Greek says thht he is innocent and that hi is coming out of there so he is being held under careful surveilance. On Monday as the food was be ng given the prisoners Mr. Peel found i bolt broken in one of the negro pris oner's cells but nothing had been heard from him during'the nights be fore. The mattresses have been re moved from the cells where the pris oners have attempted escape and every safety precaution is being ob- ' served. THE TRUTH Do you remember Lincoln's etory about the little steamer wtih the big whistle? Everytlme they tooted the whistle blew off so much steam that the boat stopped ruhning. That'a the way with lot sof people today. If thej would only use their energy to drivr the paddle wheel of opportunity in stead of eternally blowing the whistle of discontent they woud find them selves .going up the stream of auecesr so dnged faat that the barnacles of failure wouldn't have a chance in the world to hook onto their little craft. —Trade Wlnda. AH Williamaton people are expect ed to wear tehir miles Thursday. IF YOv quiet RESULTS DBS A WAJff AD IN THE B2VTSKFUBB ESTABLISHED 1898 FORMER RESIDENT SER IOUSLY HURT IN YARDS —Limiipt Ldwurdj, a former resi dent of this place iui dthe father of Jiiss Jsuuo Edwards of this town, was seriously injuied in a railroad yard iu High Point last Thursday, lie with wi*ther man was stanu.i between two cars when a shifter came along and bumped one of the cais causing it to run in contact with the other one, catching Mr. Edwards and the oilier man between the two and seri >usly injuring both. Mr. Ed wards had one leg broken and so bad ly smashed that it was leojssary te amputate it above the knee. His hand and arm were badly mangled and it is luxlly probable that it can bo saved but it has not yet been removed Miss Janie Edwards left on the afternoon train for Hijh Point to be w-'th her father and the latest news received by relatives in town is that Mr Edwards received some other dangerous injuries and is at the point of death. SAYS PROSPERITY COMING IN NA lios Washington, Sept. 4.—Secretary Davis, in a Labor l)ay message to the Ameiican people made public la t night, declared that "we can look for ward with pride and gratituda upos the achievements o fthe last twelve months" atui that during this peiiorf "America has been ( brought to the threshold of an era of unexampled prosperity." Hut for the industrial strife which has been evident far several months throughout the country, the Secre tary added, the outlook of the nation would not have been darkened "We must find a common ground during the year. of finances and co-operation for employes where they can adjust their employers ami employes where they can adjust their dkerencea without s recourse to an appeal to force," be taki. "There can b» not justification I lor bloodshed and destruction in A inerica today." The Labur Secretary declared that "two great things have been accom plished i.i Aineriivn industrial lif*. "We hi'j C"ii(n'cro. the menict of unemp'oyiiii: it which threat* icj us," he Kind, aej we litve prevent#) a wage p.inii t »i# nmkes of labw. We ha"o put b -tv-.-i f•. :r and five ii lllion m«.i b»:k to work and we l.ave pu' „hi-i batk to jvn'C • wages which leave the general wage level of the nation very littia below the high point reached following the war." Despite the pressure of unemploy ment, Mr. Davis said, "we forestalled th«e short-sighted employers who saw in the situation only an oppor- • lunlty to beat down the price of labor," adding that "through the*4 lines we have brought America te the threshold of an era of unexampl ed prosperity." PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS The proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners of Martin county which is composed of the fol lowing members, Jno. L. Hassell, chairman, Henry &. Green, Henry D. Peel, Joshua L. Coltrain and Dr. B. L. Long all present, are as follows: Ordered the Luke Comb's allow ance be raised from $2.00 to $4-00 per month. Ordered the Abner Bennett be al lowed |4.00 per month. Ordered that Ged Wynne be allow ed $3.00 the month ef September. Ordered that the county truck be rented to J. J. Roberson for two days in October at the rate of $5.00 per day. I Ordered that Sam Bonner be allow ed SB.OO per month. I Ordered by the Board that the road m leading from the Williams ton wharf to Spellar's Ferry be doaed on Oct. Ist. and the bridge over Conoho Greek be removed. Ordered by the Board that Daffcl Coltrain be allowed $6.00 per month while he it, in the hospital. A resolution was passed request ing the Governor to call a special session of the Superior Court to be gin Nov. 20th and run for the, term of two weeks for the purpose otf try ing civil cases only. The resignation of Mr. J. k Statoc as , a member ef tbe Williamstoa Township Road Trustees waa accept-, -fj Ordered that the clerk wfite Deania Jg C. Cobnrn notifying Urn that the tag , list doea not show any aheap listed him tbe year lttt

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