NEARLY 1000 MARTIN COUNTY
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OF THE WORLD EACH WEEK.
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VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 93
Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 24, 1944.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Outlook for Number
Of Crops Next Year
Raiecl Fairlv Bright
'Some Croos und Products
Generally Predicted
In view of the probable nigh level
of domestic consumption of most to
bacco products and improved export
prospects, the outlook for most types
of tobacco during the next year or so
is favorable. Stocks of aged tobacco
are below normal in relation to de
mand, however production in 1944
is greater than disappearance during
1943-44 season. Consequently, with
consumption ^ending to level off, no
further reduction in stocks is an
ticipated. Although the immediate
post-war outlook for tobacco is bright
growers should not lose sight of the
fact that over a longer period of
time (perhaps 3-5 years) the situa
tion may not be particularly favor
able. In view of the upward trend
in foreign production, exports will
probably decline after foreign stocks
are again built up to normal, levels.
Should industrial employment and
consumer income decline apprecia
bly in tiie early post-war period,
stocks and supplies in this country
could pile up quite rapidly and prices
decline materially.
Cotton
With cotton being purchased at
parity prices by the War Food Ad
ministration, producers are assured
a favorable return for their 1944
crop. In fact, the crop as estimated
in October would, if the price aver
aged 21.08 cents per pound (the pres
ent parity price), have a value of 1
1-4 billion dollars. This is about 11
per cent higher than in 1943 and the
highest since 1928. On a per-acre bas
is, gross returns this season promise
to be the highest on record. The in
dicated average of about $72.50 is 173
per cent above the 1909-13 average
and 5 per cent above the previous
high reached in 1919.
rotators ana sweet Potatoes
Prices for potatoes of the 1945
crop may be expected to be some
what lower than in 1944 if the war
in Europe ends by the spring of 1945.
An acreage of potatoes in 1945 sim
ilar to that planted in 1944 might be
expected, with average yields, to
produce a crop of between 390 mil
lion to 400 million bushels. Under
such conditions, prices might be ex
pected to be nearer the support level
than the ceiling if such support and
ceilings are similar to those in ef
fect for the 1944 crop.
Prices for sweet potatoes during
the winter season are expected to
average lower than the high prices
of a year' earlier. The ceilings for
this year's crop were established at
a somewhat lower level than those
existing last year under the tempor
ary freeze order of the Office of
Price Administration. This year’s
crop is estimated at 73,465,000 bush
els, only slightly larger than a year
ago but about 9 per cent larger than
the 10-year 0933-42) average.
Poultry and Eggs
Since the number of layers on
farms January 1, 1945, will proba
bly be 7 to 10 per cent less than a
year earlier pioduction of eggs in
1945 is expected to be 8 to 12 per
cent less than 1944. But with stocks
of egg products, including govern
ment-owned stocks, large, more eggs
may be available in 1945 for civilians
than in any previous year. Per cap
ita consumption of eggs in 1945 may
exceed that in 1944, which is tenta
tively estimated at a new record of
347 eggs. This compared with a pre
war (1935-39) average per capita
consumption of 298 eggs. Prices re
ceived by farmers for eggs during
1944 probably will average about 34
cents per dozen, 933 per cent of par
ity. Some slight decline from thus
average price may take place in
1945.
Demand for poultry during 1945
may be slightly lower than in 1944.
But supplies of poultry meat will be
less due to a smaller number of lay
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Soldier Seriously
J
111 In New Guinea
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Pvt. James E. Moore, son of Mrs.
Lula Moore Gardner and the late
Claude Moore, is seriously ill in an
Army hospital somewhere in New
Guinea, his mother was advised here
a few days ago. It could not be learn
ed whether the 32-year-old county
man had been wounded or had fall
en victim of some tropical disease.
His chaplain, the Rev. Peter Bis
sett, in a letter to Mrs. Gardner, ex
plained that her son would not be
able to write for a few days, that
he was getting the best of care in a
large hospital somewhere in New’
Guinea a long way from where he
was in action.
Pvt. Moore has been overseas
about two years, leaving this coun
try a few months after entering the
service. Relatives had not heard
from him in about six weeks until
the War Department advised his
mother that he was seriously ill.
Approximately fifty Martin Coun
ty young men have been treated for
wounds or for illness in various
Army and Navy hospital! through
out the world so far in the war.
Receipts At Local Post Office
This Year Highest on Record
Riw-ripts at the lpfjl .jjps*. office
accdrdiry, to
1 master F. £arl Wynne, who predicts
the total will be well in excess of
$32,1*00 by next January 1. Income
for the third quarter was nearly $2,
000 greater than a year ago, and the
increase in the first and second quar
ter was of substantial size.
While the receipts, traceable main
ly to the sale of stamps in small de
nominations, skyrocketed to new
hie** levels, money order business
decreased by over $6,000 last quar
ter as compared with the business
handled in the corresponding period,
a year ago. The decrease in money
order business was possibly due to
the increased fees. However, the
fees were reduced the first of this
month to their old iates, and the out
going cash will probably start mov
postal receipts, Mr. 'Wynne"said it
was traceable to a general rise in all
types of business, but possibly sol
dier mail accounts for a considerable
portion of the gain, he declared.
A comparison of stamp sales by
quarters, this year and last, follows:
1943 1944
1st Quarter $6,603.42 $7,649.88
2nd Quarter 6.809.44 7,327.08
3rd Quarter 6,679.36 ' 8,457.74
Rates for insuring packages were
reduced November 1 and range from
3 cents for a purcel valued at $5.00
up tc 25 cents for one valued from
$50.01 to $200. Money orders last
quarter were written in the sum of
$45,982.61 compared with $52,333.10
in the corresponding quarter a year
ago.
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| 106TH TRANSFUSION |
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Little Miss Peggy Harrison,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E, C.
Harrison received her 106th
blood transfusion In the Brown’s
Community Hospital here this
week, and her condition is much
improved.
The transfusions are needed
at regular intervals, doctors ex
plaining that few if any will be
necessary after she reaches a
certain age.
More blood donors are needed
if the transfusions are to be con
tinued, and volunteers are asked
to report to the local hospital
for blood typing and to arrange
for the next transfusions several
weeks from now.
Lewis T. Holliday
Died Last Evening
At Home In County
Funeral Service for Promi
nent Farmer To Be Held
Saturday Afternoon
Lewis Thomas Holliday, promi
nent county farmer and retired
teacher-preacher, died at his home
on the Williamston - Washington
Highway in Bear Grass Township
last night at 10 o’clock. He had been
in feeble health for four or five
years, but was able to be up until j
about two pionths ago. Since that:
time his condition had been criticalj
and the end was not unexpected.
Mr. Holliday, a son of the late
Thomas S. and Sarah Leggett Holli
day, was born on June 10, 1870.
When a lad he attended the old
Williamston Academy and started
teaching in the county schools when
a young man. His teaching and
guidance have been instrumental in j
the cultural and material advance-!
ment of his county For a number j
of years he was pastor of several i
churches in the Roanoke district,
the exemplary life he led as a min
ister and citizen supporting his pro
nouncements. He was an industrious
and hard-working farmer and was
held in high esteem as a neighbor,
friend and citizen.
When a young man, or some over
fifty years ago, he was married to
Miss Charley Ann Coltra n. No
children vere born to the union, but
his home was opened to others
Down through the years lie befriend
ed those in need, and six children
were taken into his home and reared
as if they had been his own. One of
the number, Jack Lilley, died while
in the service of his country just
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Former Local Man
Missing in Action
\Vilbur Anderton, for three years
a resident of Williamston ,has been
reported missing in action, according
to information received by friends
here this week. Few details could be
had, but it is understood that the
young man was a petty officer on
an ill-fated destroyer that was lost
in the great sea battle in the Philip
pine area on or about the 23rd of
last month.
Coming here in 1932 from Roan
oke Rapids, Mr. Anderton was em
1 ployed in the local offices of the Vir
1 ginia Electric and Power Company
I for about three years. He and Mrs.
Anderton made many friends here
during that time. Promoted, he
moved from here to the company’s
offices in Williamsburg.
The young man was one of a
‘ large number from the Virginia
Electric and Power Company per
’ i s-onnel to volunteer for service in the
war.
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LOCAL GIRL PROMOTED
; Fort Sill, Okla.—Pvt. First Class
Elizabeth L. Cowan, daughter of Mr.
- and Mrs. O. S. Cowan, Williamston,
r N. C., has been promoted to corporal
s at the Field Artillery School, Fort
- Sill, Oklahoma, where she is sta
tioned with the WAC Detachment.
County Man Killed
In Accident on Oak
City-Tarboro Road
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Roland Raynor Loses Life In
stantly; Sylvester
Wynne Injure*!
Roiand Raynor, 28-year-old Mar
tin County farmer, was killed in
stantly and Sylvester Wynne, neigh
bor farmer, and Tom Pilgreen of
near Hamilton, were painfully but
not seriously hurt in an automobile
accident on the Oak City- Tarboro
Highway about 10:30 o’clock last
Monday night. Few details could be
had here, but one report stated that
the accident climaxed a day of cele
bration for the three men, that they
were driving in Edgecombe County
toward Oak City on the Tarboro
Highway when Raynor, apparently
speeding, lost control of his car. The
machine left the highway and plow
ed across a ditch and struck n tree,
breaking Raynor’s neck. Wynne, cut
and bruised about the body, was hos
pitalized for a short time. Pilgreen’s
leg was badly bruised, but hospital
treatment was not given immediate
ly. The car was wrecked, one report
stating that it could not be repair
ed.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Raynor, the victim of the fatal acci
dent had lived on the old river road,
a few miles from Hamilton, for the
past ten or twelve years, moving
there from the Oak City community.
He was a hard-working farmer, re
liable and accommodating, and had
many friends.
He was married to Mrs. Eva Clark
Whitaker who survives with four
small children whose ages range
from six months to six years. He
also leaves several step-children.
Funeral services were conducted
at the home Wednesday afternoon
by Rev J M. Perry, Rohersonville
minister, and interment followed in j
the cemetery at Hamilton.
Has Face Operation
In Naval Hospital
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Wounded in the fierce fight on Pe
leliu Island the latter part of August
or early September, Cpl. George
Norman White, son of Mrs. W. A.
White, RFD 1, Oak City, is now in
a naval hospital at Norman, Okla.
j He was returned to this country
about a month ago.
While the exact nature of his
wound is not yet known, the young
man underwent an operation on his
face the 14th of this month, a report
received by his mother last week
stating that he was feeling much bet
ter and that he would be all right in
a few more months. Cecil White vis
ited him a few days ago, and both
enjoyed seeing each other very much.
It was very plain in a recent let
ter that the young man was a bit
disappointed in existing conditions on
the home front. “If the boys were as
slow doing things overseas as the
people are over here, they proba
bly would have lost the war by this
time."
The young man’s record a few days
ago had not caught up with him and
he has been without pay for some
time. It is apparent that the young
man will more than appreciate a
card or letter or some remembrance
from friends and acquaintances back
home. His address is: Cpl. George
Norman White, Ward 26, U. S- Naval
Hospital, Norman, Oklahoma.
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PASSES GOAL
A new high figure in Farm
Bureau membership was re
ported Wednesday evening when
Secretary L. L. McLendon
checked the list and announced
that 1.502 members had been
signed by the organization dur
ing the past few weeks. With a
goa! of 1,500 members, th" drive
1 has already passed the figure
and it was learned that one or
two other canvassers had not
made their final reports, that
| the membership will approach
1 13*5 or more.
Superior Court In
Recess for Holiday
Until Next Monday
Eight IMvovr*'*
mg First Two f)avs of
The Session
After granting eight divorces, the
Superior Court in the first of a two
weeks session, spent considerable
time on the trial of one or two oth
er cases before recessing late Wed- j
nesday afternoon for the Thanksgiv
ing holiday. The court with Judge;
Jeff Johnson of Clinton presiding,
will resume its activities next Mon
day when a series of more or less
important civil actions including a j
few more divorce cases are tenta- |
' ively scheduled for trial. (
Questioning the legality of certain j
proceedings advanced in several di- (
voice cases. Judge Johnson appar- ,
ently ruled the method was all right j
and belatedly signed two decrees, i
However, he did not recognize a j
deposition submitted in the divorce ,
case of Marshall Gray Moore against (
Wantiie Mae Moore, and directed (
that the verdict favoring the plain*.,
tiff be set aside as being contrary to ;
the gfPIfei w,. igl t of competent evi- i
donee. A witness, acting by written ;
statement, alleged he had bad illegi- |
timate relations with the defendant
in the case. i
Divorces, based on two years’ sop- ]
oration and not previously reported, i
were granted in the following cases:
Luther Hardison against Minnie Ma
bel Hardison, William Everett
against Susie Everett. A divorce bas
ed on adultery, was granted Lillie
Kyan Rodgers against Octavious
Rodgers.
In the case of Betty Ann Green
against Askew Green, matters in
controversy had been settled and the
case was dismissed, the court tax
ing the defendant with the cost.
A voluntary non-suit was taken in
the divorce case brought by Tony
Manson against Mary Whitley Man
son, and the Linwood Willie Rhodes,
suing Cora Lee Alberta Rhodes for
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Club Sponsors Sale
Of Christinas Seals
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Sponsored by the Junior Woman's
Club of Williamston, the annual sale
of Christmas seals for the National
Tuberculosis Association is schedul
ed to begin in Martin County next
Monday, Nov. 27th. This year’s goal,
exclusive of the town of Roberson
ville, which will conduct a separate
sale drive, has been set at $600.
The NTA , organized June fi, 1904,
by a small group of physicians and
laymen, is a non-governmental
health agency which now has 2,500
state and local affiliated associations
in 48 states, District of Columbia,
Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the
Canal Zone.
The tuberculosis association’s at
tack on tuberculosis is carried on
through health education, medical
research, statistical research, public
health nursing, case-finding, clinics,
consultation service, patient rehabili
tation, and close cooperation with
the U. S. Public Health Service, state
and local health departments, and
other voluntary health and welfare
associations.
The annua] Christmas Seal Sale
is the sole support of the N. T. A.,
and its affiliated associations. Nine
ty-five per cent of the seal sale in
come remains in the state where it
is raised. Five per cent goes to the
national association.
Christmas seals are not charity.
Because the disease is highly com
municable. Christmas seal dollars
can well be considered an invest
ment in health insurance.
Christmas seal income is not used
to pay for treatment of poor and
needy patients. In place of treat
ment, Christmas seals finance an ex
tensive program of prevention and
control in this country. The associa
tions early realized that the cost of
hospitalization for indigents was
completely beyond the power of any
voluntary organization. Hence, they
have worked, are still working, to
secure tax supported institutions to
meet the problem.
Mrs. Asa Crawford is the Martin
County chairman of the Christmas
Seal sale . He r sub chairmen arc as
follows: T. B. Bond sale: Mrs. Ben
Courtney; booth sale: Mrs. “Bud”
Crockett; Bangle Day: Mrs J. Paul
[Simpson; newspaper publicity: Mary
Whitley; church publicity: Mrs.
Wheeler Manning; high school seal
sale: Evelyn Baker; grammar school
seal sale: Grace Talton.
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\o One Hurt In Main
Street Accident Here
No one was hurt and no great dam
age resulted about 7:30 Wednesday
evening when ah express truck driv
en by Geo. Edward Phillips side
swiped a log truck parked by Floyd
. Aller Whitfield two feet on the high
I way in front of Rogers’ store on West
j Main Street here. Cpl. W S. Hunt
| of the Highway patrol, estimated the
damage at about $50.
Whitfield was charged with im
proper parking and Phillips is to
face the court on December 4 for
speeding.
Bond Sales OH To A
Good Start In County
SflffSviHc First k>
(Jo Over Top with
4E' Bond Purchases
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Nearly $38,000 Invested in
“E” Bonds During Ete
Three Days of Drive
That the Sixth War Loan Drivte is
gaining momentum and is certain to
meet with marked success is evi
denced in early reports released at
the end of the first three days of the
drive by County Chairman Herman
A. Bowen. No sales of negotiable
bonds has been reported, but invest
ments are beginning to pile up rap
idly in the “E" bond series, the chair
man explaining that most of the pur
chases had been made without soli
citation." the chairman ijddcd.
■ d out in front of
all the townships on the third day of
the drive when a number of its citi
zens, remembering the price a num
ber of young men in that section have
already paid on the field of battle,
oversubscribed the district’s “E”
bond quota. Township Chairman
Chas. Davenport reports that $9,
112.50 had been invested in “E"
bonds in Jamesville during the first
three days, the amount exceeding
the $0,250 goal by almost $1,000. “We
have hardly begun the drive,” Mr.
Davenport said, adding that his town
ship always went “long” on “E”
bonds. It is possible that the people
of that township and possibly those
in other districts will boost their
“E" bond sales to cover their over
all quotas. The original goals can
and must be met, but there is no
limit to the amount of bonds the
people in any one district may buy.
All but two townships, Bear Grass
and Poplar Point, have reported
sales. While the total is not impress
ive, over fifteen per cent of the E
bond quota has been subscribed and
when a record like that can be es
tablished in the first three days,
there is every reason to believe that
Martin County people will carry the
drive to a successful conclusion and
do it in a hurry.
Based on early reports, Roberson
ville holds second place in the pur
chase of “E" bonds with $12,243.75
to its credit. Williamslon is third, and
little Williams is making progress
with half of its quota already sub
scribed.
The “E” bond quotas for the ten
townships and reports from eight
are listed, us follows:
Quotas Sales
Jamesville $ 8,250
Williams 3,300
Griffins 12,500
Bear Grass 10,000
Williamston 101,000
Cross Roads 8,750
Roberson ville 73,500
Poplar Point 3,900
Hamilton 14,300
Goose Nest 8,500
$ 9,112.50
1.687.50
3,150.00
7.237.50
168.75
12,243.75
3,056,25
825.00
$245,000 $37,481 25
Over Hundred Tires
Allotted By Board
One hundred and thirteen tires,
including 9fi Grade I's, fifteen for
small trucks, one for a large truck
and one small one for a tractor, were
allotted by the Martin County War
Price and Rationing Board last Fri
day evening:
Grade I tires were released to the
following:
Mary Slade, Clarence Hardy, J. K.
Gardner, Robert L. Ward, W. A.
Coffieid, Mildred Everett, .1 R
Winslow, King Tobacco Co., Hilda
Modlin, Leslie Bullock, Oliver Car
ter, W. H. Gray, Bryant Wynne, S.
F. Mizelle, Herbert A. Sexton, David
G. Modlin, II. H. Taylor, C. U| Rog
ers, Jesse Matthews, Claudius Hard
ison, Mrs. J. A. Everett, Dan Jones,
C. B. Keel, Arrington Hale, Capt.
Btty J. Fulton, Roy Clark, Jasper
Taylor, Chester B. Reeves, Willie
Lanier, Jessie Peel, Garland Rog
ers, John Mobley, John A. Mizelle,
J. G. Tyre, Hebron Lanier, Mrs.
Mamie G. Taylor. Charles Everett,
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TOBACCO SALES |
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Selling approximately 100,00(1
pounds since last Monday, the
! local tobacco market boosted its
total sales this week to 10,527,
432 pounds and closed down for
the Thanksgiving holidays. The
season’s sales to date, amounting
to $4,580,671.11, have averaged
right at $43.52 per hundred
pounds.
The market will reopen next
Monday for an indefinite period,
It is believed, however, that the
crop in this section will have
been marketed in its entirety in
a few more days, that possibly
the market will hold its last sale
next Thursday. No definite date
has been fixed, however.
WOUM3KLI
Pvt. Way loti It. Brown was
slightly wounded in Germany on
October 9, according to informa
tion icceived a short time ago
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Brown, RFD 1, Oak
City. He was removed to a hos
pital in Fngland.
J. Henry Gurganus
Dies At Home Here
Early This Morning
Funeral Services for Well
known Citizen To He Held
Saturday Afternoon
John Henry Gurganus, well
known local citizen and retired far
mer, died at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Henry D. Harrison, Sr., on
Hassell Street this morning at 2:30
o’clock following a long period of
declining health. His condition had
been serious following an operation
in a Durham hospital the early part
of last month and his illness had
been critical since the early part of
this week. Despite his infirmities,
he never complained, and maintain
ed his cheery disposition until he
lapsed into a coma two or three days
before the end which came peaceful
ly. Although troubled with a heart
ailment, he was unusually active up
until the time he entered the hos
pital on October 4, taking time that
day to call on many of his old friends
and bid them good-bye before leav
ing.
The son of the late Simon D. and
Jane Coltrain Gurganus, he was
born near Everetts in this county
on July 24, 1870. After spending his
early life there he was married to
Miss Virginia Elizabeth Manning and
purchased the Slade farm neai here,
living there until 1917 when lie locat
ed in Williumston. His wife died a
few years ago.
When a young man he joined the
church at Christian Chapel in Cross
Roads, later moving his membership
to the local Christian church which
his father helped build years before.
He was one of the oldest members of
the church here.
Mr. Gurganus’ life was marked
for its sincere simplicity, and while
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Allies Score More
Gains In The West
Starting a week ago what is now
fairly certain lo be the greatest of
fensive of the war, the Allies are
scoring new gains slowly but stead
ily on the Western Front. While the
greatest advances have been report
i d at the almost extreme ends of the
line, the bloodiest and possibly more
costly battles are raging east of
Aachen, aided by forces from the
British Second Army, arc pushing
ahead slowly.
In a nineteen mile dash to the
Rhine, the French have taken Stras
bourg, the action ousting the enemy
from about the last hit of French
soil. It was at Strasbourg that Hitler,
following his goose-stepping and ar
rogant troops some over four years
ago, did a jig, proclaimed the terri
tory for Germany and changed the
namef Af the streets. It was a bat
tered and beaten enemy that re
treated from the city day before yes
terday. The drive to the Rrune is
believed to have outflanked 100,000
Germans.
Reports declare that the enemy is
fleeing across the Rhine and moving
to other fortifications, some going
to join the main fight in the sector
east of Aachen.
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RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Sheriff C B. Roebuck returned
home Wednesday after more than
six weeks spent in a Washington hos
pital for treatment. Ho returned tc
Washington toda yfor treatment, but
is expected to stay only a few hours
| Stresses Prayer In
Thanksgiving Day
. JJtessage Yesterday*.*
linicn Service in Local
ituptini Church
Delivering the Union Thanksgiv
ing sermon in the Baptist church
here yesterday morning at 10 o’clock,
Rev. Jos. H. Huske, Jr., stressed the
need of prayer, and urged the large
congregation to “put first things
first'’. Repeating the prayer of a
17th century bishop, Edward Rey
nolds, the minister asked, “Which of
us would put the emphasis upon
primary things....?"
Bishop Reynolds's general Thanks
giving prayer reads:
“Almighty God, Father of all
mercies, we, thine unworthy ser
vants, do give thee most humble and
hearty thanks for all thy goodness
and loving kindness to us, and to all
men. We bless thee for our creation,
preservation, and all the blessings
of life; but above all for thine in
estimable love in the redemption of
the world by our Lord Jesus Christ;
for the means of grace and for the
hope of glory. And, we beseech thee,
give us that due sense of all thy
mercies, that our hearts may bo un
feignedly thankful; and that we
show forth Thy praise, not only with
our lips, but in our lives, by giving
up ourselves to thy service, and by
walking before thee in holiness and
righteousness all our days."
Rev. Huske said, “We may say
these words glibly enough or hear
them gone through time after time
without ever realizing their tre
mendous import. In effect, it is as
though we said, ‘I give thanks to
thee, O God. that I was born, that I
entered this world as a member of
the human race and so am able to
give thee praise. I thank thee that I
did not die of diphtheria, of scarlet
fever, that I did not get run over by
an automobile as a child. I am grate
ful to thee for the roof over my head,
a father, a mother, children, three
meals a day, a happy family life, for
tlie privilege of being able to live in
the United States where I can free
ly move and live and worship and
pursue the things which engender
my own happiness and the happiness
of those near and dear to me, for a
few luxuries now and then; but
what I value far more than any of
these things or all combined is the
assurance of Thy love for me, be
cause of the incarnation of our Lord
Jesus Christ and his redeeming
sacrifice on the Cross, that I may
hope for a joy beside which all these
other blessings sink into insignifi
cance and nothiness. And I am grate
ful for that thou, O God, hast left
to the world the means where by I
may take hold of and make my own
the merits of that sacrifice of re
deeming love.’ That, in substance, is
what is meant by the central portion
| of that prayer.
I “I wonder if that is what any ot
| us really mean by being present
here this morning. If not, we should
strive to make it so...
“Thanksgiving Day began, of
course, with the expression of grati
J tude to Almighty God for saving
i the people of a New England colony
’ from starvation. .. The colonists did
not say, ‘See what we have done,’ but
‘See what God has done for us and
through us.
"Furthermore, in times of great
stress people are bound to pray first
and foremost for relief from that
stress and by the same token, when
their prayers are answered, their
first though will be to give thanks
for the immediate blessings received
at the hand of God. That the New
England fathers gave thanks for
food does not mean that they were
not thankful for the redemption of
| the world.
“We, too, niT living in times of
j great stress and upheaval. It is in
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Martin Ninety seven
Percent Democratic
Martin County Democrats rallied
the highest percentage vote over the
Republicans of any county in the
State in the recent election, accord
1 ing to unofficial figures.
With 4,540 votes counted, 4,407
voted democratic and 133 the repub
lican ticket in this county, with a
! percentage of slightly more than 97.
Bertie ran a close second with a vote
slightly less than 96 percent in the
democratic column, and little Frank
lin took third place with slightly
more than 94 percent.
Only eight counties in the State
gave a majority to the Republicans,
and three of them were very close;
j in fact, two of the eight were less
| than a 100 majority, Clay giving the
i Republicans 354 and the Democrats
238. Transylvania voted 312 re
publican and 259 democratic. The
I other counties that voted over the
50 percent mark for the Republicans
were Avery, Davie, Madison, Samp
son, Wilkes and Yadkin.
The headlines in the St. Peters
burg Times (Democratic) Fla., the
day after the election should be very
i consoling to Martin County Demo
crast: “Oh, What a Beautiful Morn
ing”.