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.a..i.'.a, ipiam "•"v- * WWA- Wfifiua.O V/*hi*fi | 4 Wh#R egfifia J Atllil VOLL ME iS~NUMBER lit HAXWiLLHOOEKAIES Hti CUAKU AOIK>T FJWNtti LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES ARE BUSY INVESTIGATING THE MAXWELL CHARGES RALEIGH ,Feb. 6.—lnterest in the legislature this week, on the part of both the public gnd the legislature, is largely directed to the work of the , committee in charge of the mvestiga- Uon into the finanrial condition' of the state, as recommended by the gover aar in his thrilling and,dramatic ad dress at a joint sssattn of the two branches ef the general assembly last Friday. Mr. Maxwell now states that ha did net mean to assert or insiauste that a dallar ef North Carolina money had been miaappropriafced or wrongfully hut that, ia attention to what he claims to be danger in appro priatiag tea large suma to meet the condition of the atate's fiacal ability .to successfully shoulder through hea vy appropriations, tWmaartad by the •bacational department, for example, 'aad other calcuiatioaa being expressed upon the legislature, he deeaaed it inn to —* mlr T wtiifrmrnt which appeared in the daily newspa pers last Fridgy. la n latter statement, Mr. Max *ell eaya: "The way to protect the state's credit, aad the only way, is to keep it eoanrt The state cannot keep WM l our of indebtedness auoat and con nWiatly fail to earn iu living ex penses. i have disclosed notnuig that a competent bond attorney or expert accountant could not taarn in a lew minutes of investigation of tne pub lished reports of the state treaaurer. If we cannot set up sinking lunds, or retire aenai bonds trom revenue when due, we must at leaat earn our nv-l lag expanses. Anu tne nacai pone., ot tue general aaaemoiy musi ue .u ed with a knowledge of tkese lacu. "While eating the bread of the state, i 1 ea earn it, aad without, ftgwng motives of other gentle I men. Governor Morrison has a greai j deal more ef reputation and rpspoi.- Mbtuty at stakeout readjusting Uie it nannai poocy 01 the suae 10 a sourd basis tnan l nave, lhe good oid Scoica rrvso*.enan nen Lacy was rignt wbea no cauod attention to a nei oeuat at la operating ex peaaea in one lull rounded year it revenue income, and tne mistake ef the governor aod the budget wmms-' •ton waa ia nut accepting at mJI va lue his iaitUul warning tun econo my must be practiced tagamet that aituaUoa. inatead 01 doing tnat, they invented special methods 01 their own to convert that deficit into a two-end naU-null ion- dollar surpws, aad then recommended appropriations for tnu ant two years covering the full an - aunt of that fallacious surplus in ad dition to two mora full years ef esti mated inrome the old frog-in-the wel letory applied to atate financing, with atate credit getting deeper ia the well. And they cant get it oat by denouncing me, or by ignoring thd focts and sound adfke presented by ear own good old Scotch Presbyterian state treasurer. "Ridicelene." haye Garerner Governkor Morrison said ha had ■and the latest stetewieai from Mr. Maxwell, and he ilaeuihitd the cor parntien commissioner's position as "ridiculous." -1 think Mr. Maxwell had batter attead to his own basinets and cease trying to m the whole state," he stated, lie gavurnar re - aaeerted his faith ia the figures wed 1 ear the bodget rommlaaien. open wjdet he bused his statement in regard te •■peaaea for the last fiacal year, when taxaa levied hot uncollected ere paid to the treasury. "ft je ridKulaus," the «ovener aaid Ja put ia diacusaing Mr. Maxwell's "No raitroad taxes have been collected for either al the two yean of say administrate. >w: Mr. Unwell refuses to crtdit any of that and aaya that R aught not to be aud ited. The committee appointed to fa vestigati. this matter wiU find the •truth. _"*• Maxwell had batter attend to He owa oOrial dutiea. If hrwfll at tend to leeUag out for the freight «utea of Neeth Carolina aad his othfr ■■W" l *«**• «• well aa B. R. Lacy 1 MRS. BARNES HOSTESS , 1 TOMORROW. AFTERNOON AND ALBD AT MIGBT Mrs. F. U. Bainhae win antortahi Xtecfc, the MakMr^laiße^bam THb bi\Tcr(PRISK attends to his official duties, and as wel Us Major Baxter Durham, the auditor duly elected by tue people, at tends to his, 1 Uuuk we will get along better." Public Printing Inquiry J. C. 11. Ehringhaus and L. T. Hart sell are her* for the first testimony Monday in tne printing controversy, between the commissioner of labor anu printing and Edwards anu liroygliton Printing company. "hare-none lacts," the committee is in hopes of getting througK with the controversy this week. MR. DANIEL BIGGS DEAD SkciuM to An Attack of Paralysis. Was Highly itcspected Citizen With Numerous Friends Mr. Daniel Biggs died Saturday af ter attack of paralysis. Mr. Bigg* was in his seventy-second year, beuig born in 1&60 and had been in compar atively good health until the past few months.' On Dececmber 24th, 1886, he mar ried Annie E. Olfoid in Edgecombe county. He waa a member of the Primitive Baptist church and after the funeral services which were heut at the home oi Mr. Leon bums, uie remains were uiieiixu with iua late lamer and mo uiet, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Biggs, with iJksMki t>. tiusseli officiating. our v a tug luia aie ms widow anu miii/ iiiuiud, iui' iie Hub Auveu Uj toa Uiwov »uU auti«v UiHi iUi lUtt aim wmisuau spirit, onouia have the iawtci a UUtu Liojj ' i.wt .»Oi Ujitb A jjtiiiiit I'Uin 1U aioiinor. MAivivttutkiu IN V* ILMAMaIOiV. ___ We have heard many farmers rf of | Martin county in the past lew week., leinaraiug that they have more sweet txjuttocj man ti.Cj cau Uati aiici uia. uicie n> not eiiougn- maiaei ror uiem 'V I'aj to oruig Uiem to town. iius is true now, nut rney will be gtu to get scarce ui a suoit wm.e 0.. account oi v many ot tnem rotting on Mtxount of not being abie to prop- e 4 »y care lor tnem and Uien they win oring twice or utiee times the amount they now do. u »e nan a storage warehouse. a» yuyatues coulu be stored away uuu. u.e oeuianu arises an dtney count U. sufpeu out in Car toad lot* With .. guou out on them. "As toe twig is bent, so is the tree inclined." The first five or sue years are as important in the life ef a fruit uee as they an in the life of a boy or girt. HAKDISON MUX LOCAL ITEMS ■i m ■ Miss Carrie Dell Vanning of the Williauaston High school Is spending several days with her parrents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Mc. Manning. Min Katie Peel entertained a num ber ef friends Thursday night. Mr. John D. Miselle had the mla fortune of getting three of his fin gen on hie left hand cut off Thurs day afternoon while working at his planing machine. We are glad to kaew he fa getting along nicely. .We are glad to know that Mr. John R. Col train and family who are siek with Influenza are improving soma. Miss Elisabeth Phelps spent the : week end with Misses Hodge* and; Peel of Farm life school. Mr. gad Mrs. Claudius Roberum apeat Sunday in Wllliamston, with Sneriff H. T. Roberson and family. Miss Gladys Roberson spent Satur day night and Sunday with her sis ter, Mrs. R. J. Corey. • Mr. J. A. ElUs. spent Suodng. at terason with friends near Jamesville. We wish to know what makes Jim J Ed se happy, the mall or the female, this bad weather * J. G. Carey left here Monday with a aheval aud has net been seen, ghee; we Mrfe* that he is somewhere be twtaf ha*e And lib home digging Ida Fort out of a mod hole. Mr. T. C. Co* spent the we* ead Mm with his faoAh, • : • -j- WILLIAMSTON. MARTIN COUNTY, NORTR CAROLINA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY «, 1923 DEAfH OP MRS. MARCIA KOKBLCK ON IHLB6DA 4 Was Church Worker and Beloved By All tier Acquaintances Aa As tier Relatives Mis. iiiarcia at. Koebuck dieu at U.e oome 01 ner parents, Mr. and Mrs. a. Harrison, near Ply mouth, u> W&hmgvon county, on Thursday, lei* luaiy Ist, IjZJ, alter a long and puiu. tui illness. 1 She was the widow of Wm. Aithar hoebuck, and leaves oue son, Wm. Ar 1 tnur, Jr., her parents, five sisters,- | two brothers and numerous friends to 1 awara her loaa.—— She was u member of the Primitive Baptist church a( Spring Green; was a kind aud lovable woman, and a dear friend of the writer, not only as a sister-in-law, but as a sister of the church also. Mrs. Fred Roebuck. ■ • ' COTTON GROWERS TO HAVE THEIR fcIKST liIRIHDA Y WILL BE ONE YEAR OLD THURS DAY OF THIS WEEK WITH 32.0 M MEMBERS RALEIGH, Feb. 6.—lts first birth day on Thursday of this week finds lIIV North Carolina Cotton Growers w>ooptrative association one of Uie .uwSk neity youngsters in tne state. liM young&ter was born February otn 01 last year when President. W. ii. ! . ax>u oiaev ineniuei* 01 uie pre^- ...» ooiuu Oi oil ec .01 a uiet in Itaitsifc.. --- VVI 4IUUU 11 lllCOl pUirtUUll .mm uie M.ci«Miy 01 u.o state. iu uivuiueuiuii uteii Was aim a to wui.o in uaiei^h" oven Mk ut> ne«MV|U4u tars WIUI ac uaaom( anu aeiiaig uepatV —W.ibo M.IU wvti. ucu»titNl K>J Hit lUuvia Mi UIL W-a *» Ml N.UMUOVA \ftwi WIUUw Utv uojsiMjisaUou idb coutraiu. iia vuiunic 01 business uus seaaou Will run up c-iose to twenty inimoii doiiars. • J 'the cooperative enterprise was; launched without a dollar of capital, out. lotta) it s uie complete con uutiKt- 01 nit U.111K.1 01 tne stale as I »ew as ute ou. incss interesu, accord ' ii.g (v siaienieais from bank twit weeK. 1 Mtute ine acuieieiiient of actually, soung up au oiKaafzanou 01 such a t»iftc ocaie an" puiung it to work is vuiutiueteu remaraauie, uie euucation at wora iu proper maraetiug method.s, is oeneteu uy agricultural leaders to ••ave ueeu an even greater feat. Nev er oeioie lias it been possible to cen ter attention on agricultural margin ing as has beea uone the past six months, it is declared. ' The stahiliaibg of cotton prices lias oeoehtteu the cooneraUvea and non-co operatives alike This has been one 01 tne definite results from organized marketing faciUties though the short age in the cotton crop has been the big ageia~y that has kept, prices ad vancing. NEW SOLICITOR GOT BOOTLEGGERS IS MAKING A GOOD START AT KEEPING HIS PLEDGE TO THE VOTERS RALEIGH. Feb. & One of the out standing promises of William F. Ev an*-, when he entered the primary for the nomination for aolicitor of this (7th) judicial district, was that pledg ing his best efforts to "get" the whis key traffic bndgade of Ralfigh and of. Wake county, and Saturday aight he, launched his first drive in that direc tion with the active cooperation of Judge Cranmar, a few sleuth» and the sheriff aad deputy sheriffs he made the biggest aad most important haul on record here, aad a number went to jail to await trial la default of bonds ranging from 9*oo to VtfiOO. ■ Now, If it ia pnieible to secure pet it jurors iMMnWimnncrt by the •liquor eminent, Solicitor Evans will secure convictions and sentences that win raise tne hair ef the wocst law defy ing element of bootleggers and dis tillers that have iafested this city and county for years, and ha has just started the work. All good citizens will wish him suc cess in hie efforts. Ju#t like a letter foam home to the folkrwho have left the community— that's what thg home town paper is. Oats la a good growing food for all kinds of young stock, aad is the stand art grain feed for homes in most parts of the country. « has a high protein content and la easily digaated, says the United States iliihilmsl of agrical- SENTIMENT IS UNANIMOUS TO BtiAlJilFY TOWN WJLLIAMSTON HAVE BEAU TIFYING CAMPAIGN AND KEEP UP WITH OTHERS Announcement was made last week by the Nashville Graphic that a "beau tifying campaign" would be put on in Nashville this week under the di rection of Mr. F. E. McCall, landscape gardener from the division of horti , culture. It iy being put on with live help of the icfiool and the homes and pictures of these homes have been taken sol that they may be compared with a picture of them in June and a prise will be given to the one showing the greatest improvement. Beautifying any town will enhance its value materially and will make the people happier that inhabit it so why should W Uiiamstou not benefit by the aid which the* -state is willing to render. Mr. W. H. Gurkin, chairman of the beautifying committee of the Chamber of Commerce is preparing to do some real work in the near future, so let every one begin ,to clear olf their i premises and make the fellow does not, feel so badly' that hd will follow suit. i ■ ' BEAK GRASS GRADED SCHOOL | HONOR KUiX 1W JANL AKi i i 1 First grade, MisaJ Sallie, Cook, teacher: liianche Cow£n, E. D. liar- { us, Lmiiuos lvogeis, George Peel, Jr.; Second graue: Rogms Vviisou, Ko larni ivogeis,'« aul Vv mcnard. '1 niru giaue, auss jewel overstreet, teacher: Mliured Ayers, John li. . Wnichard. t ouixli grade: Maud Bailey, Daisy Cowan, vera ureeu Rogers, Mosbi Lw Taylor. i'titn graue, Mrs. Mary Itoeouc.., MMUHU: 1-VLuti bixiii gruue: cnarieo iioseiso.., Aua Taylor, Euxeua Taylor. Uevcntn grade: Mamie Clyde Kog- I ers, Mudreui rto'oiej, Uariand Yvhite, Utuia.li Cowan, Essie Mae Taylor. Eiglitn grade, Miss Stella Taylor, teacner: Alary nam*, Meivin iiaiie>. •; ~ * iWIOiM IXJ-Oi'S viCiUivi HVE ME MUk.tU> AKfi RESTRAIN- | Eli l Ku.n atLLiMi a t At'EE I IN OPEN MAKKi'ii ItALEiUII, Feb. 6.—Five members ot the IN or ui Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative association are perma nently restrained irorn selling any col- ; , ton grown by them last season out- j side of the coopeiative in uu order signed by Judge E. 11. Cranmer, of Soutliport, last Monday in Wake coun :ty superior court. * f lIMM injunctions are the first se cured by the big cotton cooperative and represent all the legal actions taken to far with the exception of six actions recently to secure liquid ated damages for cotton alleged to have been sold outside of the asso ciation. , I W. U. Home of Edgecombe county, who is alleged to have grown five hundred bales of cotton last year, wjia one of the member* enjoined in Judge Cranmer'* order. Mr. Uorne did not contest the continuance of the injunc tion nor did J. S. Proctor, of Nash j county, who is *aid to . have grown j 80 bales last season. _ S. M. Crisp and G. M. Pittman, two ; prominent Pitt county farmer*, claim ed that they had sold their cotton : before the temporary restraining or- ; i ders were secured, but Judge Cranmer ruled that this matter could be de termined at the final hearing on the liquidated damages claim. Attorneys . ior the cotton cooperative* contended ihat the two men had merely parted with visible possession by transferring their cotton- to a busineu firm of which they were partners. Joel B. Lee, of Johnson county, al leged iai*e representation* in getting uiS s.gnature to tfie contract. fie ask ed lor a removal of his case to tiie ouui.itieid court, but this was de nied. " - 1 .. * • i A community dipping vat, built in Jerauld county, S. Dak., in September through the efforts of agricultural ex te.ision workeje in the county, success fully checked in its beginping what promised to be a serious outbreak of scabbies, according to report* to the United States department of agricul ture. Over 1,20© cattle were dipped during the two months following the completion of the community dipping vat " Mr. Lufc» Larab returned last night trvm Rocky Mount *■»-Wilson where RULES AND REGULATIONS TO GOVERN OPENING OF HIGHWAY DRAWBRIDGE * ' ■ . V Change Number 1 In Rules Coverning Roanoke River bridge Near W il iiamsion. North Carolina. In accordance with the river and harbor act of August 18, 181)4, here tofore quoted jinil by order of the sec retary ol war, dated January 26,192;!, paragraph 6 of the rules and regula tions to go\ern the opening pf the highway drawbridge over the Roanoke river near W illiamston, North Caroli na is hereby amended to read as fol lows ; 0. These rules and regulations shall be in force on and after March Ist, 11123. ♦ USE OF LIME AGAIN PA\S IN FIVE YEAit TEST EXPERIMENT STATION GIVES OUT RESULTS OBTAINED IN THOROUGH TEST RALEIGH,, Feb. t».—Excellent re sults have been .secured in a test made with ground limestone lii a live year crop rotation the rod clay loam soils ol |iie Piedmont Branch station farm near Statesviile, reports E. C. liltur, extension agronomist for the State college and department of agri culture. Mr. lilair hua recently secur ed ihe results of a test, conducted by \v. F. fate, soil agronomist tor ag ricultural expenment station. Mr. Pate applied two tons of ground limestoiic per acre early in the spring during iiie hist year ol the rotation. . 'ihe land was thjn planted to corn ai.d Hie limed area produced 43 bush els per acre while the unhmed urea piouuced only 31>.0 bushels. This dif lcrence of 7.0 was not much for the 'ihe second year, tiie land was in wheat. The limed area pro udccu 14.1 bushels wtiile the unliiued t/.udueed 11.4, a ditleieiice of only {..t oiisneis. Not much ellect shown vet, but here is the third year, when icd ciover was on the land. The first ci op was turned under and tins \»bh Hie second crop to be cut and used lor hay. Tue liiued area produced 3,- iu4 t'Oimus Ol hay while the unlimed area produced 821) pounds and most oi' Uus~ Was * weeds. This is a dif lereiice of 2,275 pounds of hay from nine applied tnree year* before. 'ihe lourtu year the limed area pro duced 1,360 pounds of seed cotton and tiie unlimed produced 1,302 pounds and tne tilth year, Uie limed area produced (>0.2 bushels of corn while the unlim-, ed area produced only 38.6 bushels. This was an increase of 11.6 bushels as con (pa red to the increase of i.ti bushels secured the first year the lime was applied. Mr. Ulair states that this "experi ment shows beyond all doubt the ben eficial effects to be secured from the proper use of lime especially in the growth of legumes and the effect on the crops that follow. HUGH G. HORTON APPOINTED MAYOR TOOK OATH OF OFFICE ON LAST ' FRIDAY MORNING HEFOHE A. T. CRAWFORD, J. P. Last Friday at 10:30 a. in., Mr. Hugh G. Horton, the junior member of the law firm of Dunning, Moore and Horton was sworn into the office of mayor before A. T. Crawford, J. P. He was appointed by the board of town commissioners to fill the unex pired term, to which Dtv John D. Biggs was elected at the last town election; he hsving resigned in a few month*, Attorney E. S. Peel was ap pointed and he served until December Ist, of the yesr 1822, when he resign ed to become county solicitor,jaiince which time Mr. S. R. illggs, a*em ber of the board, has been occupying the office as Mayor, pro tem. Mr. Horton has not lived in Wil liamston but a few years, but he was selected by the city to fill the important office of mayor after much consideration because of his ftrict adherence to the principles of right and his unusual ability. , • Mr. Horton finished law at the sum mer school of Wake Forest college last summer and entered the firm of Dunning and Moore, where he is stead ily gaining the esteem and confidence of the people. Space to a newspaper is aa shoes to a shoe dealer; it Is the sole stock in trade. One must pays for news space in new* valuee, and (er adver tising space in cash. . Keep the yeang pigs (towing con tinuously from the time of birth to maturity as o« important item in mic INItRESTINC HISTOKV OF THE COUNTY OF MARTIN ONE OF THE 32 COUNTIES STILL EXISTING. WHICH. WERE FOBB ED BEFORE 1776 FRED A. OLDS March 19,' 1774, the general assem bly in_ session at New Bern ena "to I a hrw "erecting, part of the counties of Halifax anil Tyrrell into que coun ty and parish, to l>e called and known by the name of Martin county and the parish of St. Martin." It was stated that this was done "on account of the great extent of Halifax and Tyrrell, rendered it exceedingly troublesome and expensive to many of the inhabitants to attend courts, el ections and general, matters of the mi litia." The act was ratified in open assembly and signed by Josiah Mar tin, Esq., Governor, James Hassell, speaker of the council, and John Har vey, speaker of the lower holi.se. The county was named for Josiah Martin, the last royal governor ol North Carolina, who August 12, 1771, succeeded Gov. 'l'ryon, who had been in May, 1771, appointed governor of New York. Governor Martin* lied from the "palace" at New Bern in May 177.6, and took refuge on a ves sel of wir at Fort Johnston, on the Cape Fear river. His administration really ended when hp 'led from New Bern. He stopped at the fort and Col. J no. Ashe at the ueau oi a large body of urined men drove him aboard i the vessel and then dismantled thu fort and carried otf the cannon. From tlie vessel Governor Martin issued a I lurrious proclamation forbidding the , people to elect delegates to a "Con gress" at Hilluboro, but tlhs procla mation was publicly burned by the "common hangmen." The congress met, all thu a& counties represented and also the borough towns, each of (Which had one delegate. There were *l*4 membors and all signed the "test" oatli of patriotism. Governor Mtirtin, before his flight front New Bern had sent his wife and children to .New York. He went to Fort Johnston on a vessel byway of Oc racoke inlet. The six jfcaiinon in the "palace" yard lie hufi spiked, I Hit the UnUiots took them, and they also used the leud which the roof was covered for bullets, ilis administra tion came to uu end olficially July 4, 177b. The 11111*1! of the county of Martin would huve been changed by the pa triots but for the fact thut general UIKI later Governor Alexander Martin, a native of Guilford county, made so brilliant a record and wax so great ly beloved. He served as governor Irum April, to April 1786, and ugam from December, 1781), to Decern* l>er 14, 17'J2. His inuuguraution in 17«U UN governor was made memora ble and wus the most 'imposing on record in North Carolina history, by reason of the fact that when it took place ut Fayetteville (then the seat of government) tlus legislature sol enui|y placed in his care, "the origi nal constitution of the state and Uie bill of rights" and presented him with a "sword of state," und "duly pro claimed uiul aecluimod him captain general, commander-in-chief and gov* ernor," No such remarkable honor was ever paid a chief magistrate here. The first court house was built in 1775, of wood, at a little hamlet call- MRS. ALICE JESSUP DEAD Member of Prominent Melver Family of Mooj-e County FAYETTEVILLE, Feb. a lingering illness of several months' duration Mrs. Alice Mclver Jessup, died at her home in this city at 3:46 o'clock yesterday. Mrs. Jessup had been in declining health for the past two years, yet her death, though not totally unexpected was a shock to her many friends. She was the widow of Isaatf-Jessup of tms city, and had made her home here since her mar-, riage. Mrs. Jessup was a member of the well ' known Mclver family of Moore county, being the daughter of the late Daniel D. and lfary A. Mc lver of that county. She was 72 years of age in December. Surviving her are three sons, Gor don li. Jeasup, Robert W; Jessup and Walter McL Jessup, of this city, and two daughters, Mrs. Royali D. Jones, of Fayetteville, and Mrs. R. G. Har rison of Williamaton. In addition to her children she leaves three sisters, Mrs. W. T. Thorn and Mre. Charles T. Hamilton of Montieet, and Mrs. J. li. Currie of Carthage, and two; brothers, Lynn Mclver of Bufoni, and R«v. Donald MeTver of Bristol, Ttan. Hr. M. J. Davis will spend so vend this woik it y* 3* j Trade In Williamflton Be One of the Luclqr Ones. SSOO Given Free! | -•BTABLISHED 189# Ed Squharky. In 1779 the name was changed to Williams ton, in compliment to Colonel William Williams, a lead ing man of the county. Maitfa was soon in the "liberty" movement which immediately preceded the war of the Revolution. In April, 1776, Francis Ward and Baker were appoint ed by the general assembly to collect arm for the militia, and "minute men'* and for the troops to go to the con tinental forces. Fifty men were seat to Wilmington to join the force of ' Gen Julin for the of that vital point. This company was commanded by Captain little. Wil liam was colonel of the comi ty militia, Whitmel Hill, Lt Cok, and Thomas Wiggins and ennetta Men.an lie, majors. The provincial council in session at New Bern March 3rd, 1776, adopted the following resolu tion; "Tins council in the warmest terms returns the gentlemen, o(Beers and soldiers from the counties of Mar tin, and Bertie, under the command of Col. William Williams, of Martin* thanks for tneir readiness and spir ited conduct in marching against thn enemies ot their country." N I In September, 1777, John LeweUaa of Martin was convicted at If il 111 l— of high treason to the state and Thom as 11. Huie wrote Gov. Richard Can? well, asking him to "respite the ex# cult on ot this unhappy and deluded mail and permit him to apply to the next general asseiublf for pardon. It being his first deviation from recti tuda anu virtue, and the certainty that disgrace and poverty must remain emailed on his family, consisting al most entirely of the softer sex and cluetty arrived to womanhood." The prisoner's wife took this petition,* Mr. Mayo accompanying her, with testi monials of her husband's previous good character. Llewellen was in a Tory conspiracy, formed mostly in Martin and the ad joining counties in June, 1777, to at tack and assassinate all the leading patriots on a certain night Whitmeil llill discovered this conspiracy ***4" said jt was "generaHy delieved somes principal persons were concerned in this horrible plan." Gen. Caswell was promptly advised and arrests follow* ed. The riug leader was William Bri mage, who tried to escape by Onacokn but was captured and jailed. In 1778 Wliitniel appointed colonel of the Martin n>iiitiq[to nucceed. Wil- . lims, resigned. The county was in 1777 token from the superior court district of Eden ton and placed in that of Halifax and its militia to the other district. Thn , assembly authorised further tax to inv»| prove the court house and jail. Ia ] October of that year a bill passed the ] assembly "for erecting a town on the ; land of Thomas Hunter, on in Martin county." This became Will. liamston. Hunter gave 78 acres far 1 the town site. The assembly appoint- " ed Samuel Williams, Thomas Hunter, Samuel Smithwick, William ward Smithwick, and John Griffin, gen tlemen, commissioners to build the ' town. i Msy 8, 1777, Martin sent 87 men to till the ranks of the continental battalions. In 1778 a plot of the To- ries of Martin, Beaufort and Hyde; te J assemble and march en Kingston destroy the powder maguilap ThlfM was betrayed by Pitt county pMH und many arrests followed. In volunteers and drafted men of MUKM tin were sent out to join the tnfl in the north. The first census taken by thn Unrfj ed States, 1790, gave Martin 786 whthsl head* of families; the number of fntl white males over 16 being 1,064; thnj white males under sixteen 1,009; females, 2.022; all other free person*J 96; slaves 1,889. Marti(i county's members of tktf house of commission (the lower heeaqfl of the assembly), ward Smith wick, HcKsnsijyj Whitmel Hill, Jlhn Everett, WHlfwl Slade, John Stuart, William WlltlaidD Thomis Wiggins, Thomas Hunter, Hardison, Samuel Smith whit. 1 jlfl members pf die council of state, 177*-| 1866, were WMtmel Hill, Stubbs; speaker of the ssnate, WhH legislature under the state system «tl government (1777) were William WM liams, senator, Whitmel Hill and Ham Slade, representatives. lfadH of the rtnte constitutional roa*s£^H WMtam n m—nbtr of thi | Jonoh J, KMh • 1
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