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Watch The Label On Your Fhpar. Aa It Carnaa The Date Your Subecription Eipirea THE ENTERPRISE Advertiser* Will Find Our Cai umm A Latchkey To Over 1,000 Home* Of Martin County. VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 27 ffilliamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Tneuiay, April 2, 1944). ESTABLISHED 1899 H. Lloyd Hardison Dies Suddenly At His Home Sunday j Last Rites Held Yesterday] Afternoon For Well Known Farmer Henry Lloyd Hardison, well-1 known county farmer, died sudden ly at his home, Kelvin Grove, two miles from here on the Washing ton Road, early last Sunday morn ing. While he had been in slightly declining health. Mr. Hardison was feeling all right about 3:30 o'clock that morning when he got up and started making preparations to ac company friends and relatives to a church meeting down in Johnston County. Fifteen minutes later he screamed twice, and told Mrs. Har dison he had an unbearable pain in his head. Soon thereafter he lapsed into unconsciousness, the end com ing at 6 o'clock before all members of the family could be summoned to his bedside. Suffering with high blood pressure, he suffered a slight stroke last December, but he was in his usual health until his last ill Mr .Hardison, eagerly looking for ward to a visit with friends of the church near Four Oaks, had gotten up earlier than was necessary, but fearful he would oversleep he dared not go back to bed. The son of the late George and Mary Simpson Hardison, he was born in Griffins Township 58 years ago last October. In early manhood he was married to Miss Mary Louise Lilley, and they lived in the county until about four years ago when they moved to Washington County. After two years in that county, they moved back to Martin and located on the Staton farm, near here. As an early youth he was employed by the Den nis Simmons Lumber Company and in later years formed a partnership with his brother as logging contract ors. Some few years ago he with drew from the timber and logging business and devoted his time to farming. Mr. Hardison was held in high [ esteem as a citizen and friend. While he experienced hardships and ad verse circumstances at times, a irienaiy smile was always on RTT face. He n'ever burdened his friends with his troubles, accepting his fate calmly and with a tleteniiiiiaiiun ~uT win at the end. The father of a large family, he found time to devote to the cares and wants of each member a friendly attention. His words of advice were always encouraging and literally packed with hope and nev er suggested defeat. Mr. Hardison was a devoted father and husband, a good neighbor and a thoughtful friend to all. Besides his wife he leaves eleven children, Mrs. Paul Norwood, of Robersonville; Mrs LeRoy Griffin, of Griffins; Mrs. Clarence Waters, Vernon, William Georgie, Garland, Nicholas, Lloyd Saunders, Zelda and Thelma Hardisofi, all of the home. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jeff Holliday and Mrs. Wilmer Barber, both of Jamesville, and one brother, I Mr. W. G. Hardison, of Griffins | Township. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at the home by Elder P. E. Getsinger assisted by Rev. W. B. Harrington. Interment was in the Lilley Cemetery In Griffins Township. a Giants' Secretary Hurt In Accident John S. Schwarz, secretary of the New York Giants, was painfully in jured in an automobile accident near here on the Washington Highway last ftrday afternoon when nis car left the road, plowed down a small sapling and wrapped itself around a pine tree. Schwarz lost a tooth and suffered bruises on his knees, Pa trolman Whit Saunders stating that the man was fortunate to escape with his life. Thg 1940 Buick, belonging to Carl Hubbell, mound king for the Giants, was wrecked beyond repair, reports stating that possibly parts valued at a hundred or so dollars could be sal vaged, that the damage will approxi mate $800 Schwarz was thought to have been driving rapidly and apparently was dozing when the car went off its course and crashed. Receiving treat ment in a Washington hospital that night, Schwarz boarded a bus here Saturday and continued to his home N. 11 Avenue, Massapequa. N. Y Travelers, stopping at the wreck, were excited when they saw bag gage bearing the names of such base ball celebrities as Hubbell, Mel Ott, Joe Moore and Hal Schumacher. It was a bad time for car operators In the county that afternoon. While investigating the Schwarz wreck. Pa trolman Saunders was called to an other wreck on the same road nearer Willtamston. M. J. Whitehead, col ored man of Elizabeth City, had turned his car over, doing about $80 damage to his machine. About the same hour, a motorist whose name could not be learned, wrecked his brother's car, an Olds mobile, near Everetts, causing a dam q|n ?at flftO. Ha deserted the car. Officers are holding it until they complete an investigation. Not a single fatal highway acci dent was reported in the county dur ing the first quarter at 1940. Officals Uphold Order for New Registration of Voters Hearing numerous complaints from the democratic ranks against the order calling for a new registra tion of voters in this county, the three members of the Martin County Board of Elections, in a called meet ing at the county courthouse last Saturday, discussed a motion to re scind the order and call for ? re-list ing of voters. The movement to have the order vacated and a re-list ing substituted was stopped in a fair ly quick order when the member ex pressing himself in favor of a relist ing the Saturday before stated that while he had voiced an opinion against a new registration he was not in favor of rescinding the action. Regardless of what ever drawbacks or merits it may offer, a new regis tration will, without doubt, be the order of the day during the latter part of this month and in early May. No vote on rescinding the action FISHING \ I Interrupted by snow and cold weather last week, fishing sched ules were resumed at the James ville plant yesterday, the own er-operator, C. C. Fleming, re porting "good fishing" at noon today. Shad and rock are being taken in quantities far larger than usual, and the run of her ring is steadily increasing, a late report stated. The outlook is far more en couraging than it was a few days ago, and the fishermen are look ing for larger catches from day to day. of 45 per cent. The number of visitors to the fishery has been small to date, bnt when the season gets under way on a large scale, thousands are expected to go there and view the operations. Local School Wins Honors In District Contest Saturday Gains Kntiiiyw m Four Kvetrtw t Pupils Scheduled To Go To Greensboro Qualifying in four events with hon or ratings, Williamston High School students returned from Greenville last Saturday highly pleased with their showing in the District Music Contest. Local students competed with students from fiflgrn other counties in the meet which is a pre liminary to the State-Wide Music Contest to be held at the Woman's College in Greensboro on April 16. Schools winning honor ratings Satur day qualified for participation in the Greensboro meet. Competing in Class C. a class for schools of enrollments of 250 students or less, the Williamston singers, un der the direction of Miss Kathryn Mewborn, with Miss Grace Talton as piano accompanist, brought the first honors of this kind to the local high school. Contestants receiving honor rat ings from Flora MacDonald College judges were: The boys quartet: Juan Crofton, Roosevelt Coltrain, Irving Gurganus and James Willis Ward The girls trio: Marjorie Gray Dunn, Katherine Manning and Elizabeth Parker. Soprano solo: Mary O'Neal Pope. Baritone solo: Juan Crofton. News accounts coming from Greenville gave the Williamston ?i?f chorus of 84 voices an honor rating but this had not been verified by any official notice today. Several days will be required before it can be learned whether or not the mix ed chorus Is eligible for the state contest. Plans are being made to arrange transportation of the students to Greensboro on April 16, which will be the first trip of this kind since 1937, when the Williamston High School was represented in the mu sic contest. The local high school band made the trip in 1935, 1936 and 1937 Department Goes After Delinquent Schedule B Taxes >f Income and in tangible tax col lections, the State Department of Reveoae Is now out combine for delinquent ached ale "B" or privilege taxes, Depntjr Collector Jack H in ton stating last night that charges are pending In the courts sf this count? against sev eral business operators who are delinquent la their aeeennts. Four sf the five warrants now pending are against WHIiamston business operators, mostly small Thoe who have not paid the privilege tax are snhjset to a penalty of five par cent for sach month In sddltt ant a fine, la pending, the bs will be required to pay a penalty was taken at the meeting last Satur day, but it was apparent that the new proposal would have failed of passage by a margin of one. Whila there may ba several under lying reasons against a new registra tion in this county, the opposition headed by H G Horton, E. S. Peei and Warren H. Biggs, pointed out that the new registration will not reflect the voting strength in this county, that disappoinment will be general when citizens go to vote on primary day and find themselves in eligible because they failed to reg ister In the opinion of some, hard ly sixty per cent of the voting Strength will be recorded on the books. It was intimated by at least one member of the board, that there'll be no voting in the primary unless le gal registration requirements are met in detail. Highly Respected Citizen Passes At Janiesville Home Laal Kilo Held Saturday Af ternoon at 3 P. M. For Mrs. Lenora Lillev Mrs, Lenora Jones Lilley, highly respected citizen of Jamesville Township, died at her home there last Friday noon following an ill ness of several days' duration. Sever al years ago she fell and broke her hip, but despite her advanced age, she regained her health and was able to be up until about two months .fl*9_?!!?n she was forced her bed by a weakened heart. Her condition was not considered critical, however, until just a few days ago when she suffered an attack of pneumonia The daughter of the late Simon and Betty Brown Jones, Mrs, Lilley was born in Jamesville Township 81 years ago last August 9. She spent her entire life there, living the role of a true Christian character and liv ing happily and peaceably with her neighbors and hosts.of fricnds^Shc was a member of the Christian church at Jamesville for a long nuinbpi uf yean, lift lUllgUiug-Wr being marked by its sincere devo tion to the finer ideals and Christian traits. In early womanhood she was mar ried to W Buck Lilley, wljii gained recognition in the milling industry as superintendent of the old Astoria mill of the Dennis Simmons Lumber Company, near Jamesville, for 33 years. Two sons, Messrs. Bennie Lilley, of Jamesville, and Herbert Lilley, of Williamston, survive. She also leaves a step-daughter, Mrs. S. S. Brown, of Williamston, and three sisters, Miss Nealy Jones and Mrs. Lula Spruill, both of Plymouth, and Mrs Grady Brown, of Jamesville, and two brothers, Tom Jones, of Cotton wood, Arizona, and William Jones, of Jamesville. | Funeral services were conducted I Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Rev. W. B Harrington, county Baptist minister. Interment was in the family plot near the home High School Wins And Loses Debate The Williamiton High School de bating teams won and lost yesterday morning in the triangular debates arranged by the North Carolina De bating Union of Chapel Hill. Debating the query, Resolved, That the Federal Government Should Own and Operate the Railroads, the wil liamston affirmative team of Billie Mercer and Joseph Thigpen defeated the Washington negative team of Reda Messick and Murray Hamilton, in Scotland Neck. The local negative team of Marjorie Gray Dunn and John Goff, Jr., lost in Washington to the Scotland Neck team, while the Washington affirmative defeated the Scotland Neck team in Williamston. , The debates which were held si multaneously yesterday morning eliminated the three schools from participation in the state contest in Chapel Hill, since to participate there both teams of a school must win in the preliminary. Judges' decisions in the debates were rather unusual, the affirmative team winning in each town by a vote of 2 to 1. Local debaters, while winning only one decision, drew praise for their arguments and deliveries, and are being commended for very credit able representation of their school. Arthur Bertolett, Mrs. A. J. Os teen, and Rev. J. H. Smith judged the Washington-Scotland Neck debate held in the local high school audi torium. School Boy Safety Patrol En)oy? Outing Yeiterday Members of the Williamston School Boy Safety Patrol enjoyed a wiener roast late yesterday in rec ognition for the splendid work which they have been doing during the school term. Seventeen boys enjoyed the spread but ?on>e slight difficul ty was experienced in "filling up" the group. Plans were made for clos ing out the school year with a spread at which "plenty" will be guaran teed to all. Tuberculosis Clinic' Will Be Held in July By Health Specialist Hrulth Department Is Making Preliminary Tests This Week Health departments have learn ed that the age most affected by tu berculosis is that called early man hood and womanhood. It is here that the disease takes its greatest toll. To prevent some of this damage we are going to offer to every senior in our high schools an opportunity to have a complete check-up regarding this disease. Every class will be visited this week and a tuberculin skin test done. If it is found positive an X-ray will be made by a specialist from the State sanitorium the first week in July The public has learned that early diagnosis is the most important step 'in the prevention and The cure of | the disease and that skin test and i X-ray is the only method to use in making such a diagnosis. The pub lic has also learned there is no dan ger in a test in which tuberculin is used. Nurse Stanton visited the col ored high school at Parmele and the white high school at Oak City Mon day morning. Miss Robinson visited the Jamesville and Farm Life high schools yesterday, and the health of ficer visited Robersonvillv and Bear Grass. Wednesday morning all three will work in the Williamston high school. A clinic will be held by the State tuberculosis specialist from 'he san atorium the first two weeks in July At this time an attempt will be made to contact all suspects referred by physicians, all arrested cases, all con tacts of known cases and all who were positive. We will keep freshly mixed tu berculin at the health department and invite all who are particularly interested in the disease to call for the skin feat any Saturday morning provided they will return the fol lowing Monday morning so that re sults of the test can be read. All pos itives will be listed for further study by the specialist at the July clinic. Funeral Services For Thomas Crisp In Oak City Today ??? Ag;e?l County Citizen Dies At Home of Son I^ist Night In Turhoro Thomas C. Crisp, aged county cit izen, died at the home of his son, W. T. Crisp, in Tarboro last evening at eight o'clock after a long period of declining health. Injured in a fall about two years ago, Mr Crisp had experienced a gradual decline in health since that time. Going to the home of his son in Tarboro for a visit about two weeks ago, he became worse a day or two later, the end coming as a result of heart trouble. The son of the late Thomas and Nellie Bowers Crisp, he was born in Pitt County eighty years ago. He spent his early life there, marrying at an early age Miss Willie Ann Whitehurst, of Pitt County. A num ber of years ago he moved to Martin locating in Parmele where he spent many years of his life. He was a builder by trade, and an Industrious citizen. Held in high esteem by all who knew him, Mr. Crisp was for a long period a member of the Free Will Baptist Church. He was a God fearing man, and valued the ideals of a Christian life which were in stilled by his fatherly examples end teachings in the characters of five sons. The body lay in state at the Biggs Funeral Home here last night and will be removed to Oak City where the last rites will be conducted by Rev. M. Leggett at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The funeral procession will form at the funeral home on West Main Street at 3 o'clock. In terment will be in the Oak City Cemetery. Besides his wife, Mr. Crisp leaves five sons, Messrs. J. F. Crisp, a mem ber of the Martin County Agricultur al Conservation Association, of Oak City; W. T. Crisp, of Tarboro; L. C. and P. R. Crisp, of Parmele, and G. O. Crisp, of Emporia. He also leaves several grandchildren. Louitburg Glee Club To Appear Here Suntlay Rev. S. J. Stames, pastor of the Methodist Church, announces that the Capella choir of Louuburg Col lege will present a sacred musical program at the Methodist Church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The choir consists of 39 young peo ple with trained voices. They are under the direction of Prof. Byerly. Dr. Walter Patten, president' of the college, will accompany the choir here, and remain over and preach at the evening service at the local church. Either the choir or Dr. Patten will also preach at 3:00 o'clock at Holly Spring Methodist Church. 1 The public is cordially invited to all these services. The Wednesday evening prayer service will be held at the church tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. Work On Census Gets Underway Here Today J Mrs. Rose Gurganus Starts Work In The Home Of a Neighbor CeiiHiiH To Know All When (.(Mint Is (lomplrtiMl In Nation Mrs. Hose Gurganus, census taker for the Federal government, launch ed the count of now and a survey of important facts here this morn ing when she called at the home of a neighbor and filled in a form about a yard wide and almost as deep. Dur ing the remainder of this month Mrs. Gurganus will visit every home in Williamston. seeking information not for personal reasons but to formulate a mass of data that might be used in determining the course of govern ment during the next few years Ten other census takers were to have started the work in the county this morning, unofficial reports stat ing that delays were being experienc ed in some eases. The cooperation of all the people in Martin County earnestly solicited for the enumera tors. Anxious to avoid errors and fill in the forms properly, Mrs. Gurganus was off to a fairly slow start this morning, the first two returns re quiring well over an hour. While the forms appear a bit complicated, it is believed the enumerators will soon master the questions and han dle the job efficiently and with dis patch. The population schedule will dom inate the census in the towns along with a housing survey, but in the rural communities the agricultural census is proving quite a task for the census people. The population census asks: address, number in family, value of home, names, ages, color, sex. marital status, education, place of birth, place of residence on April, 1935. employment status, occupation and allied questions. The housing survey calls for rooms, baths, facilities and allied questions. The agricultural census is all-in clusive, and the farmer will save the census taker much time if he counts his chickens, places a value on them along with all livestock. In fact, the agricultural census wants 4o know everything about the farm, its value, number of acres culivated, acres ly ing idle, si/e of pastures, woodlands, value of buildings, ownership, value of tools and machinery, debt status, number of days farmer worked off farm for income, farm expenditur.es, number of workers, crops harvested (Continued on page six) Water Tank Bottom Almost Falls Out Town authoritit-s acted just in time last week to keep the bottom of the municipal water tank from falling and wrecking the system. Bringing in a .special crew" from Memphis, Tenn., the authorities are having the tank repaired with a twenty-year guarantee. At their regular meeting last evening, the commissioners dis cussed the cost and made arrange ments to withstand the shock. The cost will exceed $1,000 possibly. The regular hoard meeting last evening was an uneventful one, the commissioners discussing old husi ness and considering very few new matters. A request to paye Park Street from Williams to Warren and to pave the street to the graded school building, and an appeal for an improved sidewalk on East Acad emy Street were received. Commit tees were named to consider the re quests. No material progress has been made during recent weeks in ad vancing the cemetery project here, but titles to the land are being clear ed and work on the project will go forward as soon as possible. The board was advised that an applica tion will possibly be filed with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to finance a proposed water-sewer project here. Work Progressing On Basket Factory Work on the Goldman Package Manufacturing Company's new plant near the Roanoke River here is pro gressing rapidly, Building Contractor F. B. Birmingham stating today that construction work on the first, unit will be completed within sixty days. Plant Manager C. E. Williams stated this morning that machinery would start moving just as soon as a road to the site can he completed. No date for starting operations has been definitely mentioned, but plans call for the completion of the project within the neicT three and one-half months. The concrete for the foundation is Being poured today. Several men are said to have already applied for jobs In the plant. ORPHANS COMIX; The Oxford Orphanage Sin* in* ( las*, offering an entirely new program and a changed personnel, will appear in annual concert in the high school build ing here on Friday evening. April 26, it was announced to day by a member of the Ske warkee Lodge, sponsoring organ ization. A thoughtful people is urged to keep the date in mind, avoid as far as humanly possible any conflicts and hear the youthful singers when they come here the latter part of this month. Work Of Chamber Of Commerce Is Reviewed Friday Committer "Vminl To Make Plana For Slimmer Trade Kvent Holding their quarterly meeting in the agricultural building last Friday evening, members and directors of the local Chamber of Commerce heard a review by the secretary of the organization's* activities since it was created several months ago In a brief outline, the organization through its secretary and respective ting-an improved mail service. The local pos toff ice will receive out-going mail until 6 o'clock each evening. Appeals for improved parking reg ulations received prompt attention whe nthe commissioners had parallel line Spain ted on Washington Street. A very encouraging report on the dollar days held last month was heard. Consider;!*'1" ?,"rl '""n d-?w in inviting tourists to this section, and some results are now being ob The organization sponsored the Boy Scout Cam puree here during the past week-end and made many young friends for the town. A vote of thanks was extended Mr. G. H.'Harrison, president of the Chamber of Commerce, for handling the requests and working with the Goldman Package Manufacturing Company in locating their plant here. An unusual trade event is being planned for the early summer months here by the organization, and Messrs. Charles Bowers, I). K. Davis and F. J. Margolis were named on a committee to advance plans for the event. The organization instructed Secre tary Billie Clark to get in touch with the Goldman Package Company au thorities and help them meet any needs that might arise for rooms and houses. 9 Education Board In Regular Meet Here O * The Martin County Board of Edu cation met in regular monthly ses sion here yesterday with all members present. Aside from receiving an ap peal from Everetts citizens to have their high school re-established, the board handled very few business matters. A reoslution was passed authoriz ing the chairman to direct a petition to the Works Progress Administra tion for the construction of a voca tional agriculture building in Oak City. The board proposed to con struct a building similar to the one recently completed for the vocation al agriculture group in Koberson ville. The building at Robersonville was constructed for about $5,500, the WPA and the county sh&ring about equally in the cost. Agronomist Will Address Farmers Thursday Night Agronomist Collins, of Stale College, In scheduled to address the Farm Hureau Federation forum in the county agricultural building Thursday evening at H o'clock, the office of the county agent announced today. Mr. Collins, who recently ad dressed Bertie farmers, will cen ter his talk on peanuts, It was stated. In addition to the peanut topic, the forum is expected to consider the proposal to adopt a one-variety cotton for Martin County. Both of these topics are quite timely and should prove of considerable Interest to Martin County farmers. Definite plans have been ad vanced for pushing th?f one-cot county, and a review of the prog ress made In that direction la expected at the meeting Thurs day. All farmers are Invited to attend. Everetts Citizens ^ork To(*et Back Their Hic;h School ? ? Will (larry \|?|M?ul To State School (lonuuirtHion at \n tlarly Date Supported by a large majority of Hit- patrons in the (listrictrtnteregp i'd Fveretts citizens will at an early date appeal directly It? the North Carolina State School Commission for the restablishment of a high school in the Cross Roads metropo lis. Preliminary plahs for carrying the apeal before the commission were advanced as a mass meeting of more than 100 people in the Everetts School auditorium last Wednesday. Strong support was given the move ment there, and yesterday a special delegation appeared before the coun ty board of education in the first of ficial step to get a hearing in Hal eigh. Messrs. ( lordon Bailey, Herman Williams. Herbert Roebuck. W. F. Crawford. Jesse Keel and J. Q Pa trick. appeared before the board and asked that arrangements be made for a hearing before the commission. T. B. Atmore. of this district, will be contacted immediately by coun ty school authorities in the interest of arranging a meeting date with the state commission for the Everetts delegation. T B. Atmore. district member of the commission, is being asked to arrange a hearing for the Everetts delegation. According to unofficial information reaching here, prelimi nary plans advanced by the Everetts citizens call for a strong appeal to the State commission. "We are plan ning to take every high pupil in the district with us when we go to RaU eigh to place our case before the citizen was quoted as say ing Everetts citizens frankly admit they are battling against possible odds, but they reason that the wishes of the patrons and most, if not all the pupils, should be given much con sideration. At the present time, the district is sending around seventy high pu pits to the Robersonville school daily. Several others are attending school III Williaiii.sloii "We have jii avi'l -? age size seventh grade this year, and we believe We can boost our enroll - "menl To ahnosi iuu pupus, a spokes man for the movement was quoted as saying. It is also contended by the instigators of the movement that the school will rank in size ahead of Farm Life and Bear Grass, that the attendance requirement of sixty pu j pits could be met with pupils to spare A movement was started several I years ago to have the high school de partment reestablished in Everetts, ! but it failed. Now the Everetts citi zens are claiming a larger number of pupils, and pointing out that the request is not unreasonable Commissioners In Uneventful Meet The Martin County Commissioners were in an uneventful but long drawn-out session here yesterday when they heard a varied program of motions, discussed a number of matters but took action in such a small number of cases that a single -page--wonIt! hold the minutes. Com? missioner C. C Fleming was held at home by urgent business, but the - other commissioners, R. A. Maislip, R. L. Ferry, C Abram Roberson and J E. Pope, were present and rode out the long session. A goodly portion of the morning was spent hearing reports submit ted by the various departmental heads. No startling revelations were found in the monthly recordings. Proving unusual character and supported by citizens of the com munity, J. C. Council, colored man of the Hassell section, had his beer li cense restored. The commissioners revoked the license a month ago. In restoring the privilege to retail beer, the commissioners directed Council to close his dance hall and turn off his nickelodian each Saturday mid night and keep them silent until the following midnight. The board went on record as rec ommending that the Stat'.' Highway and Public Works Commission take over and maintain a certain road in Williams Township, leading off Highway No. 04 and continuing via Williams Colored School, Clinton Jones', Katie Lanier's, Wiley Lan ier's and others to Griffin Island Road, a distance of one and one half miles. There are ten families liv ing on the road Charlie Moore was said to have asked appointment as constable for Williamston Township. Action was deferred. Drink* Liquor, Oak City Woman Cop* Nearly Craay Said t<> have drunk some poison ed liquor Sunday night, Lucy Mae Dickens, young Oak City colored woman, was reported almost crazy yesterday. Two persons found it dif ricut to hold her at times, the vteltan screaming with pains in her stomach and begging permission to roam the woods It was stated that Berth? Staton, colored, gave the Die Irene woman the liquor. No warrant had been procured in the rase late yesterday, and officers had not completed an investigation of the