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NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OP THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN NEARLY 4,000 COPIES OP THE ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 95 Willi am 3 ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, November 30, 1915 ESTABLISHED 1899 Triple A Elections Are Being Held In This County Today Predirivit* fit One OV Two Districts Martin County farmers today are choosing the men who are to guide the Triple A program for them dur ing the coming year. Patterned after a regular political election, the vot ing is now under way at the regular polling places in nearly every sec tion of the county. The polls close at 5 o’clock. In most districts the election is at tracting very little attention, but keen competition was predicted in at least one or two districts following the nominating conventions held earlier this week. Bear Grass nom inated ten men for the five commun ity committee posts and five for dele gate and alternate to the county con vention to be held here tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock. Hamilton nom inated seven and all the other dis tricts named six except Griffins where barely a sufficient number was placed on the ballot for com munity committeemen i.i tlie community committee group, the three receiving the great est number of votes will serve as chairman, vice chairman and regu lar member, and the next two as first and second alternate in the manner they are elected. One delegate and alternate will be named to the coun ty convention, the one receiving the greatest number of votes to be desig nated as delegate and the second highest as alternate. Just how tie votes will be decided could not be learned immediately. ine names oi me nominees appear ing on the ballots in the election to day follow, by districts: Jamesville, District 1, community committeemen: Carl Griffin, Herbert Sexton, Howard Hardison, Clarence Barber, David Holliday, Arthur Mod 1 in; for delegate to county conven- , tion, Carl Griffin, Herbert Sexton ■ and Arthur Modlin. Jamesville, District 2, community committeemen: Elmer Modlin, C. G. Gurkin, Dan Fagan, D. D. Coburn, ] Leo Gardner, David Ange; for dele gate, C. G. Gurkin, Elmer Modlin and : Leo Gardner. , Williams community committee men: C. L. Daniel, Walter Gardner, O. S. Green, R. J. Hardison, L. J. Hardison, Marvin Hardison; for dele gate, C. L. Daniel, Walter Gardner and L. J. Hardison. Griffins community committee men: Oscar B Roberson, Marvin H. Leggett, Howard Colt rain, Asa H. Hardison. Clarence Gurkin; for dele gate, Lewis Roberson, Stephen Man ning and J. G. Corey. Bear Grass community comm:tee men: H. G. Harrison, T. L. Roberson, E. C. Harrison, M. S. Cowan, H. U. Peel, Ralph Mobley, Jos. S. Holliday, Leon Hall Rawls, Luther Harris, N. R. Rogerson; for delegate, N. R. Rog erson, H. G. Harrison, J. S. Griffin, J. D. Wvnne and W. O. Peel. Williamston-Poplar Point commun ity committeemen: Mayo Hardison, John W. Gurkin, J. A. White, R. T. Griffin, Ben H. James, Edward Cor ey; for delegate, Mayo Hardison, Ed ward Corey and Luther Peel. Cross Road community committee men: W. L. Ausbon, G. H. Forbes, H. I Roebuck, J. F. Bailey, J. Marion Griffin, R. L. Whitehurst; for dele gate, G. H. Forbes, C. C. Bailey and Oscar Ayers. Robersonville, District 1, commun ity committeemen: R. S. Everett, J. R. Daniel, S. T. Everett, Lester House, James L. Roberson and J. J. Williams; for delegate, R. S. Everett, C. A. Roberson and J. R. Daniel. Robersonville, District 2 commun ity committeemen: H. H. Roberson, Charlie G. Forbes, Cecil Powell, J. A. Powell, Johnnie Andrews, J. D. Britton; for delegate, J. R. Winslow, J. A. Powell, Cecil Powell and Clif ton Keel. Hamilton community committee men: George S. Haislip, George W. Ayers, Jesse B. Everett, D. R. Ed mondson, Woodrow E. Purvis, George A. Oglesby and J. H. Lillard; for dele gate, Jesse B. Everett, D. R. Edmond son and George W. Ayers. Goose Nest, District No. 1, com munity commiteemen: H. A. Early, J. T. Moore, J. L. Mizelle, H. H. Wors ley, R. N. Turner, J. W. Belflower; for delegate, H. H. Worsley, R. N. Turner and J. H. Ayers. Goose Nest, District No. 2, com munity committeemen: Jack Smith, Joe Bunting, W. B. Cannon, Jasper -<$-— Auto-Truck Wreck Near Robersonville l -s> No one was hurt and no great dam age resulted in a truck-car wreck about one and one-half miles west of Robersonville at 7:30 o’clock Wed nesday morning. Damage to both ve hicles was estimated at $150 by Cor poral W. S. Hunt who investigated the accident. Sam- J'snts, colored man, was driv ing a log truck and trailer belonging to J. S. Whitman west on the high way and just as he started to make a left-hand turn, V/ R Bullock, 65, started to pass with his 1941 Chevro let sedan. The car plowed into the rear of the trailer, Cpl. Hunt stating that the radiator of the car was mash ed and the wheels on the trailer thrown out of line. A heavy rain was falling at the time. No Decision In Case For Removal Of Body f ew- Gases Cleared * During Short Term Of Superior Court Judgment In Sum of $5,000 Allowed In Highway Death Case -@ After the first week was called off in its entirety, the Martin County Superior Court, called for the trial of civil cases only, worked three and one-half days this week, folded its tent and quietly stole away just be fore noon yesterday, leaving a de cision in the Melton versus Melton case hanging in the air and with comparatively few cases cleared from the calendar. Some over three years ago, L. W. Meltun died in Robersonvttle The old gentleman was buried in the old cemetery there. A short time later the Widow, Mrs. Fannie E. Melton, expressed the desire to move the body tc Tarboro. Joseph H. Melton, defendant, objected and a case devel oped and reached the court last Mon day. By mutual consent the case was heard by Judge Q. K. Nimocks, the presiding officer, without a jury, restimony was offered during a greater part of Tuesday, and it be came apparent that while a widow has prior claim to the body of her deceased husband there was some doubt about the status of the separa tion of the husband and wife in the :ase. The plaintiffs maintained that he separation was friendly, that the rusband found it difficult to main ain a home, and that for economy easons the husband went to live vith children by his first marriage ind the wife went to live with her iwn children. The plaintiffs also jroved that cordial relations existed jetween husband and wife, that they /isited ^>ne another right up until ns aeatn. The defense maintained that the operation was final, and that the vidow had no claim to the body. Judge Nimocks promised in open out t that he would make a decision >efore he left for his home in Fay tteville. It was unofficially learn d that the jurist advanced the opin on that possibly a compromise could ie reached whereby the body could >e moved from the old to the new emetery in Robersonville. Appar ntly if no compromise is reached, he jurist, in due time, will render1 decision. And that’s the present (atus of one of the moat unusual ases ever called in the courts of this ounty. As far as members of the ar can recall and as far as it could e learned from the records, a similar ase has never been called in the ourt in this county. The old divorce mill, running at all blast in previous terms, was vir jally stalled this week when Judge limocks virtually ruled out “easy" separations. Of the fourteen divorce ases, seven were continued outright nd one was denied. . After a mistrial had resulted, the ase of Alice Roebuck against Jasper ioebuck was called again and an ab alute divorce was granted. It was rought out that the litigants had een separated more than six months, i ut that the charge of adultery had een brought within the past six lonths. A mistrial was ordered on 1 ie basis of that evidence. It was iter brought out that adultery al- 1 ■gedly had been committed at a pre- I ious date and the divorce pleadings 1 ere then recognized. i A divorce was denied when a plain- < ff's witness was not absolutely cer lin that the plaintiff and defendant < ad been separated for two years or ■ tore. f Based on two years’ separation a 1 ivorce was granted William B. Hill 1 om Novella A. Hill, the sixth to be ' lowed during the term. ' In the case of J. B. Whitfield « jainst Norman Harrell, the jury re- * irned a verdict favoring the de-'i ndant. It seems that the plaintiff^ aught a farm, that it later develop- 1 1 the defendant held a rental con- ] act on the farm, and the court held 1 lat the contract was still in effect. B A. Critcher was appointed by | c (Continued on page four) OLD PROBLEM ] 1 -> i The age-old problem caused by ! fireworks on the homefront is 9 almost certain to come up for dis- 11 cussion at the regular meeting of the local town commissioners next Monday night. While there is an ordinance prohibiting the use of fireworks in town, its en forcement has been limited to the p business districts, for the most t part. A shortage of the “crack- s ers” during the war offered some trhef. hut the things are now !* coming back in numbers. Mail i order houses are doing a big c business and three retailers have t been issued licenses for the sale s of fireworks in the county so far. ( Special requests have been i heard for strict enforcement of | the ban on fireworks, and the t commissioners are expected to e recognize and consider the re- Y quests at their next meeting. c - j- ■ • -liomm-Lmms."■ v,_' Christmas lights will come on again here for the holiday season, possibly the latter part of next week or the following week, Mayor John L. Hassell said yes terday. It was impossible to get the regular size bulbs, but others of smaller candle power have been received, and plans are being made to have the lights installed as soon as possible. About the same decoration scheme in effect in past years will be used again. The lights were burning at the time of Pearl Harbor, but they went off that season and local streets offered a sad and dreary appearance during the interven ing years. Heavy Docket In J. P. Court Here While the county court was idle, Justice John L. Hassell administered justice in his court during the past several days. Seventeen cases were handled during the period, including several charging violations of the highway laws. The docket follows: Ledes Savage, assault on female, bound over to the county court un der bond in the sum of $50. J. T. Perry, assault with a deadly weapon, bound over to the recorder’s court under $50 bond. Thade Gardner, drunken driving, bound over to the higher courts un der $100 bond. Lyman Britt, disorderly conduct and indecent exposure, bound over to the county court under bond in the sum of $100. Bursie Tyner, drunk and down, $2.50 fine and $8.50 costs. Joe Roberson, (country) disorder ly conduct, $2.50 fine and $7.50 costs. Hoke Baggs, disorderly conduct, $2 50 fine and $8 50 costs. Joe Henry Brown, improper lights on vehicle, $10 fine and $6 costs. James Earl Clark, violating town traffic laws, $3.50 and $6.50 crtsts. Charlie Ben Roberson, improper lights, $10 fine and $6 costs. Mack Bunting, improper lights, $10 fine and $6 costs. Nathan T. Wynn, improper lights, $10 fine and $6 costs. Jesse Beach, improper lights, $10 fine and $6 costs. Booker T. Llo.vd, improper lights, $10 fine and $7 costs. Lester R. Beach, improper parking | an highway with improper lights, $10 fine and $6 costs. John Scott, disorderly conduct, $2 fine and $8.50 costs. -„.> Christmas Gifts For The Boys Who Gave Remembering the approximately 10,000 war veterans who will spend Christmas in various government lospitals, the Auxiliary of the John iValton Hassell Post, American Le sion, tomorrow completes its canvass or contributions and special gifts for he men who gave. The drive to date las been very successful, Mrs. John \. Ward, Auxiliary president and :hairman of the special Christmas >roject, said yesterday, “and we are ieeply appreciative of the willing esponse received so far,’’ Mrs. Ward idded. Approximately $80 in cash has been ontributed and articles in sufficient lumbers to pack possibly fifty or ixty boxes have been received. Ap iroximately $20 will be spent for the lurchase of a radio for a hospital yard, it was explained. Included in he list of items donated are, cigar ttes, pipes and tobacco, pencils, ! having cream, toilet articles, tooth 1 iaste, stamps and postal cards, mir ors, wallets, card sets, scarfs, socks, obacco pouches, shoe polish sets, mzzles, Bibles, diaries, address looks, albums, brush sets and others. Tomorrow is the deadline for re- : eiving contributions, Mrs. Ward ex- ] ilaining that much time will be i leeded to prepare the boxes and turn I hem over to the Red Cross, which t rganization will handle the distribu- i ion task through its regular person al. -« 3lace New Car On Display This Week ——«— The new 1946 model Pontiac was laced on display here this week by he Chas. H. Jenkins Company in its howroom on Washington Street. Each dealer in this area has re eived one car. This policy is be- i ig carried out throughout the rest f the country by Pontiac in the in erest of fairness. More cars will be hipped as soon as each of the ap-1 roximately 3,COO Pontiac dealers ave a 1946 model to display. A preview look at the new Pon iacs now on display reveals advane d styling which emphasizes a road ugging appearance and plane-like ontours. Native Of County Dies In Florida Miss Martha Ann Hardison, native ci this county, died in a Gainesville, t 7; '•c;^ eic-tlt -tr^levM'W « ;/nv; illness. She was taken ill with in fluenza about ten days ago, and pneu monia developed, resulting in her death. The daughter of the late James W. and Emily Manning Hardison, she was born in the Fairview section of Williams Township on November 16, ' 1862, and spent most of her life in : the county. When about eighteen ' years of age she fell victim of some 1 unusual disease and she had been an ' invalid since that time. For sixty- : five years she was confined to her ! bed most of the time, but she accept ed her affliction without complaint. Miss Hardison was a charter member of the church at Fairview. * About twenty-four years ago mem bers of the family moved to Florida c iand located in Gainesville where she 1 j made her home with niece, Mrs. Frank Sexton, and Mr. Sexton, re- | turning to this county for visits last- I ing several months. She returned to ' Florida from her last visit in Feb ruary of this year, an.i was^JMfflPI along about as weli as usual until she was taken ill about ten days ago. ...A s*ster> Mrs. Aggiebet Griffin, of Yv'illiamston, survives. She also leaves twelve nephews, two nieces, twenty-nine greatnephews and twen ty-four greatnieces and sixteen great grealnephews and great-greatnieces. The body, reaching here this morn ing, will remain in the Biggs Funeral Home until this afternoon when fun eral services are to be conducted at 3:00 o’clock in the Fairview church by Rev. J. L. Goff. Interment will follow in the old family cemetery near the church. a. Sale Of Christmas Seals Progressing —»— Sponsored by the local Woman's Club, the sale of Christmas TB seals is progressing very favorably to date, according to a preliminary report re leased late yesterday by Mrs. Joel Muse, chairman. Sending out approximately 600 di rect mail appeals, the chairman yes terday had received $157. Nearly every one of the replies brought $2, but in a few cases $1 was enclosed along with half of the original num ber of seals sent out. In a still few er cases, all the stamps were return ed unaccompanied by money. Sev eral persons boosted the contribu tions to $5 and $10. No report has been received from the bond seal sales, but they were said to be going forward. Seals have been turned over to the schools to be purchased by the chil dren. No seals will be offered for sale on the streets unless the drive as originally planned falls short of the $1,400 goal, it was explained. W illiamston Native To Head Sanatorium In Richmond Dr. Grover C. Godwin, Williams ton native who has been stationed as company doctor for a vast manufac turing firm in Front Royal, Va., for several years, is moving to Richmond to head the Fine Camp Hospital tub ercular work for the City of Rich mond, friends learned here this week. An authority in TB work, Dr. God win was connected with the State Sanatorium at Sanatorium for sever ll years, and headed the Virginia sanatorium at Roanoke, Va., before joing to Front Royal. -- Wreck Victim Returns Home From Hospital This Week Rosalie Whichard, Robersonville r'oung woman who was seriously in ured in an automobile wreck near 3armele early in the morning of No /ember 12, returned to her home Wednesday of this week after re viving treatment in a Rocky Mount ' lospital. -s - Local Man Returns From Durham Hospital This Week In feeble health for some time, Mr i 4. S. Riddick, local man, entered a Durham hospital and underwent an | iperation last Friday. He returned 11 lome last Tuesday, but it will be i »me time before he will be able to i eturn to his work. THE RECORD SPEAKS ... ; - -j Three more accidents were added to the total last week, the action boosting the count to 72 1 for the first 47 weeks of 1945. Traffic is increasing from day to day, making it mandatory to drive with greater care. 1 The following tabulations of- ( fer a comparison of the accident i trend: first, by corresponding I weeks in this year and last and ; for each year to the present time < Forty-Seventh Week ; Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’ge | 1945 3 1 0 $ 1.000 t 1944 220 275 Comparisons To Date 1945 72 40 6 14,195 1944 65 40 6 12,000 I 1 i Club Members Are Preparing For The Next Fat Stock Show ——• Thirty-five Martin County 4-j|j olnh *tg tor maual lot. .stock show to be held in this county next Aipril or May, according to a report ?oming from Assistant Agent Claude joodman. Possibly five others will start their preparations next week, lie agent added. A dozen of the club members pur shased their baby calves some time igo, and twenty-three of the Angus ind Hereford breeds were delivered o the youngsters last week. The de iveries last week were made from a hipment handled by D. M. Rober on. One club member, Billy Worsley, 3 years old, had ill luck at the start, ’he Oak City lad's 500-pound white ace calf, wandered away last week nd has not been heard from, ac ording to the latest information eaching here. Still hopeful of re ooyri ti'.g hi.s -ha! '■>>*, ■ • ! . .. . . .. Uf •* • j. *.■•»■< \»r*n r.9<,' Mfe -.y ♦.♦W -* Organized by Former Assistant Agent L. L. McLendon and sponsored by the various civic clubs in the county, the first county fat stock ! show was held here in 1944. The club boys entered only four calves that year. Last April, the youngsters quadrupled the entries and a great J little show was held. In addition to | the prizes, the youthful exhibitors | sold their calves for “good” money. At the present time it is believed that [there'll be at least forty entries by the club boys and girls for the 1949 show. A list of the club members participating in the stock show pro ject will be released just as soon as the entries are closed. During the meantime, a few of the Kentucky calves are still available and may be seen at Roberson’s Slaughter House. NEW YEAR I J ■■Martin's county eofWnissioners start a new year next Monday with very little r»w business on the calendar. Routine matters, including the appointment of a tax supervisor for 1946, will re quire considerable time, it is be lieved. The reorganization plan calls for the election of a chair man. No applications have been filed for the tax supervisor’s job, but it is thought that the tax collec tor, M. Luther Peel, will be reap pointed. The supervisor, in turn, will appoint the list-takers for the ten townships. As far as it could be learned no formal ap plications for those jobs have been tendered. Contract For River Bridge Is Delayed —$— Canvassing bids for extensive road jobs, the North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission this week delayed action on the one call ing for the widening of the Roanoke River bridge here.. The low bid of I $456,635, submitted by the Bowers Construction Company of Raleigh, apparently was considered too high, and while it was not rejected, the commission engineers pointed out Wednesday that the proposed project would be given further study The local project was included in the list placed before contractors this week, reports estimating that the en tire letting would cost approximately , $3,885,956. The program was described as the largest ever advanced by the com mission, both as to the amount of money and the number of projects. Bids were received last Tuesday, but no contracts were entered into until the following day when several in the list were rejected, and others were delayed. Few details could be learned about the project here, but it is understood that when a contract is awarded the contractor will be required to main tain traffic possibly by opening a parallel detour and the erection of a temporary draw bridge across the river. The present drawbridge, it is understood, is to be replaced by a wider one. -® Former lxx*al Man Dies In Virginia —«— Milton Norman, for several years a resident of Williamston, died in a Williamsburg, Va., hospital last Tues day afternoon. He had been in de clining health for some time, but a heart attack was given as the imme diate cause of his death. Mr. Nor man, known to his friends here as “Mike”, was local representative for a fertilizer company for a number of years. He moved from here to Ral eigh, later locating in Portsmouth where be owned and operated the Certified Sales Corporation. He was fifty yeasts old. Funeral services were conducted at his old home in Halifax, N C., yes- j terday afternoon and interment was in Sunset Cemetery, Littleton. Surviving rae his widow, the for mer Miss Martha Slade Hassell of Williamston; his mother; three sis ters, Mrs. W. T. Stephenson of Hali fax, Mrs. H. O. Fisher of Vaughan and Mrs. L. G. Shields of Kinston; two brothers, Swain S. Norman of Halifax and Dr. J. H. Norman of Bath. to Miss liunn Accepts Eighth Crude Position This Week Miss Mary Kemp Bunn of Zebulon this week entered upon her new duties as teacher of Inc eighth grade' in the local school. Miss Bunn, a( home with the Mercers on Church Street, taught in the Asheboro schools before going to the Canal Zone where she spent several months before returning to her home a short time ago. The eighth grade position had been ! filled temporarily following Mrs. I Ruth Newton’s resignation several weeks ago. 1 To Enlarge Health Board Membership, In accordance with a law passed by the last session of the North Caro lina General Assembly, the Martin County Health Board membership will be altered and increased early next year. The law provides for the election of the chairman of the county board of commissioners, the mayor of the county seat town and the superin tendent of county schools to the board. The three ex-officio members are charged with the election of four other members, including one modi cal doctor, a dentist, a registered pharmacist, and a “public-spirited” I citizen belonging to no profession or group. The full board will, at its I pleasure, appoint a health officer. The present board membersship, including R. L. Perry, county com missioner; John I . Hassell, mayor; J. C. Manning, school superintendent, V. A. Ward and J. S. Rhodes, medical doctors, and W. C. Mercer, dentist, j will have to be altered since the new 1 law provides for the election of one medical doctor. The public members are to be elected for terms ranging from one to four years, and begin ning in 11)47, the ex-officio group will name a successor to the retiring member for a four-year term. -<*> Points Out Visual Aids To Education —«— Addressing a meeting of Martin County teachers in the local high school auditorium last Wednesday evening, Dr. Arnold Perry of the Di vision of North Carolina Public In struction stressed the use of visual aids to education. The educator pointed out that teachers were prone to follow only the printed matter in the school books when there was a wealth of materials which would illustrate and explain problems and give informa tion about places and events of his lory. “This,” he pointed out, “would give the student in physics a com plete knowledge of the construction and that the student, after observing the film, would have a much clearer | idea of the mechanism than if it was '. studied only in a book.” L The meeting, one in a series plan- I. ned for teachers in this county, was ( well attended. I Remove Their Ihtnxlih i Tit Metlical College, Richmond -«►——• Mr. arid Mrs. C. B. Clark, Jr., re moved their two-year-old daughter, Catherine, from a Greenville hos pital to the Medical College Center, dichmond, last Wednesday afternoon or observation and possibly an pperation. The little girl swallowed in open safety pin ten days ago. While apparently suffering no ill effect from the pin, she is being kept mder close observation. Returns Home After sweating it out for months m Guadalcanal and following a sec >nd tour of the Pacific theater, Bill lolloman of the Seabees returned iome last week. iti<; iiocKi r * Judge J. C. Smith and Solicitor Paul D. Roberson will face a large docket next Monday when they hold a sandwich session of the Martin County Recorder's Court. Idle for the nast two Mon days, the court will meet next Monday and withdraw the fol lowing week to give the superior tribunal the right-of-way for the trial of both criminal and civil actions. Forty two cases appear on the tentative calendar for next nick, as follows: assaults, 9; improper lights, 7; health law violations, 1; reckless or careless driving. 4; no operator’s license, 3; liquor laws, 1; drunken driving, 7; co habitation, 1; improper brakes, 4; trespassing and damaging per sonal property, 1; speeding, 1; disorderly conduct, 1; non sup port, 2. 1 f f f \ f V c 1 V t t V i I r rl a i: 1 Committee Members Deny Appropriation |For River Project --Cu■ dutaat-ln— South Hill, Virginia, Next \\ ednesday Rejected by the Appropriations Committee of the National House of Representatives a few days ago, the | one million dollar request for the iconstruction of a dam and reservoir on the Roanoke River at Buggs Is land, \a.. was included in the de ficiency bill offered before the house by Congressman John Kerr on Wed , nesday, j Kerr said he will introduce an I mendment calling for House approv ed appropriations for 120 flood |control projects which the Appro priations Committee turned down j Monday. I he congressman declared the ma jor battle against the flood control projects is being carried on by pri vate power companies who are afraid production of public power might hurt their interests. ' It's the same old story," Kerr said. commissioners of Vance County have adopted a resolution op posing the Buggs Island project on grounds that the reservoir would flood portions of farm land in the county. 1 he Vance County declaration voiced a desire to see the Roanoke River Valley protected from floods. II the same can be accomplished without seriously affecting our eco nomic condition” it was set forth, "wc are advised and believe flood protection could be accomplished at relatively small cost.” Several hundred persons are ex pected to attend the hearing, Eric W. Rodgers, secretary of the Roanoke River Flood Control committee, said yesterday Three principal groups— people living along the Roanoke from Roanoke Rapids to Plymouth, people living above the site for the propos ed dam, and the power companies, chiefly the Carolina Power and l ight Company, will be represented at the hearing, according to informa tion received here. The Carolina Power and Light Company is actually fighting any de velopment on the Roanoke River which will create electric energy. I heir representatives have been very busy visiting communities up and down the river and explaining their viewpoint on the matter. The Caro lina Power & Light Company repre sentatives maintain that it is not pos sible to build dual purpose dams which will both control floods and ; route power, and that the proper thing for the government to do is to forget tin1 power end of the project oid to build dry basin dams for flood .•ontrol alone. The facts thus far irosented by the U. S. Army Kngi lecrs are in contradiction to the con ditions of the power company, and he engineers also say that flood •ontrol alone is not economically easible, but that flood control with lower will give the government a iubstaritial return on its money in zested. Report Increase In Hue-Cured Tobacco —%— According to a government report ust released for October 1. dealers nd manufacturers had 1,255,608,000 inunds of flue-cured tobacco on hand t that time On October 1, 1044, the lealers and manufacturers had 1, 78,840,000 pounds of flue-cured to lacco on hand, the report for this •ear showing an increase of nearly 7 million pounds over the October , 1044, figure. Stocks of all types of leaf tobacco wned by dealers and manufacturers i the United States and Puerto Rico ist October 1, totaled 2,512,082,000 i 151 million pounds more than the mount held at the same time in 044 Vew VMI Source Of Vmple Water Supply An ample supply of water has been nind in the new well now in the igging on the Washington Road at kewarkey, it was learned yesterday allowing preliminary tests. The .i ll has been sunk to a depth of 501 et and four inches, and two large .ater-bearing stratus were found, ne measuring twelve and the other bout twenty-eight feet. The new water is to be tested in lboratories, and if it is acceptable ork on the well will be carried on i completion. If the salt content is ro high the well will be abandoned. -® Into License Tags Cwu (hi Sale Here Tomorrow -». The new 1946 state automobile li ense tags will go on sale in the of ce of Harrison and Carstarphen, in unini: fyrr.. in the George Reynold'?, [otel building on Main Street, to lorrow. Deposits have already been lade, and a brisk sale of plates is xpeeted at the start. Last year the bureau, centering its des in this, Bertie, Washington and ■yrrell Counties, sold between seven nd eight thousand tags. The record i almost certain to fall before the 946 sale is completed.