NEARLY 4.004 COPIES OP THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
THE ENTERPRISE
NEARLY 4,004 COPIES OF THE
ENTERPRISE GOING INTO THE
HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY
AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN
VOLUME XJLIX—NOIBEJS 11
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ffl illhitnsion, Martin County, !S'or!h Carolina, Tursdu3, February 1!) 16
ESTABLISHED
USO Observes Its
Fifth Anniversary
Monday, Februarv 4
Nearly 40.000 Members Of
_Armed Forres Visit Center
1944
Five- years ago on February 4, the
late President Roosevelt designated
USO to institute and operate a re
creational and welfare program for
all service people in the Western
Hemisphere. Six independent
agencies, the YMCA. National Cath
olic Community Service, National
Jewish Welfare Board, YWCA, The
Salvation Army and National Trav
elers Aid Association, joined hands
to make USO possible, starting out
with 300 clubs and reaching a growth
of 3.035 operations at the height of
World War I.
USO-Camp Shows were instituted
to take entertainment to camps, hos
pitals and combat areas, then to oc
cupied countries. The USO club
opened here as the Service Men’s
Council on May 1, 1944, but through
the efforts of Mrs. W. O. Griffin,
Mrs. Myer Levin, Mrs. F. E. Weston,
and Mrs. J. W. Watts, Jrv had begun
to carry on an open house and free
foods program at the Legion hut.
This service became too strenuous as
the number of service men increas
ed. So an appeal to public spirited
citizens was made, and a temporary
organization was set up, Rev. John L.
Goff being named temporary chair
man. An appeal was made to Na
tional USO for support. Following
an investigation a grant was made,
and officially the Williamston USO
Service Men's Council began opera
tion on May 1, 1944. Without the
pioneering of the above name d group
the growth of USO service could not
have been possible. At a later meet
ing, Rev. John L. Goff was chosen
chairman, Dr. John D. Biggs as treas
urer, and Mrs. F. E. Weston as secre
tary. In August Mr. J. R. Leggett
became a member of the staff, while
efforts were being made to secure a
director. On October 1, 1944, Mrs.
J. D. Thrower began her very effi
cient service and has remained in
that capacity to date.
During the period from May 1,
1944, through January, 19-i6, there
have been 30.934 service men and
women entertained or served, while
9,138 women have volunteered as
either senior or junior hostesses.
Mrs. W. O. Griffin has served as
chairman of the senior hostess com
mittee, while Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Keel Davenport has served in a like
capacity for the Junior Hostess com
mittee. Much credit goes to these
women and their committees.
The local USO does not have any
accommodations at the club for over
night guests, but through the cour
tesy and kindness of the citizens of
Williamston, beds have been furnish
ed for 1998 boys during this period.
There are many more that were not
secured or reported to the director.
The churches of our city, the Wo
man’s Club, and the P. T. A. have
provided free foods for the boys ever
since the doors were opened, and in
addition, a fine Sunday evening sup
per has been given the guests. The
Kiwanis and Lions Clubs have assist
ed and provided gifts and commodi
ties for the Christmas parties that
have been held. 0
Everyone who has contributed to
the United War Fund drive has made
it possible for this service here and
around the world, for USO’s services
which started in small communities
near camps, spread to large cities,
near hospitals, to permanent bases of
the Western Hemisphere, to Hawaii,
thence to the Philippines, and now
Japan.
The United Service Organizations
—USO to millions of soldiers and
their friends — recently estimated
that in five years of work they have
rendered service of one kind or an
other to more than a billion persons.
This is the equivalent of more than
150 contacts for every individual in
the uniform of the United States.
With the end of the war some of
these services were curtailed. Tht1,
number of service clubs, for instance,
has been cut from a peak of 3,035 to
about 2,000 to date. At the same
time work was continuing in Pana
ma, Bermuda, the Antilles, New
foundland, Alaska, Hawaii, and the
Philippines and expanding in Japan.
It continues, too, at separation cen
ters, permanent camps, and hospitals
in the United States.
(Continued on page six)
Man Badly Hurt In
Knife Attack Here
George Shaw, colored man, was
badly but not critically hurt when
he was attacked by Herbert and
“Boot” Brown in Duk-Inn on Wash
ington Street here early last Satur
day night.
Arguing over an alleged dollar
debt, the three engaged in a free-for
all fight. ‘‘Boot" Brown is alleged
to have struck Shaw over the head
____ _ _ _+i far
tim across the forehead and gashed
him on the neck, ....
The assailants escaped anJ have
not been apprehended. Shaw was
treated at a local doctor’s office, one
report stating that several stitches
were taken to close his wounds.
Exceed Paralysis Fund Goal
In the County By Big Margin
Asked to raise a total of $2,120,
Martin County citizens exceeded that
amount by several hundred dollars,
.Csua&X i.airman L B. Wynne an
nounced yesterday,,. '1*0 tio*e. wt
have rasied $2,"391.12, and a ferw
schools did not get their reports into
the office in time to have them in
cluded in the report.” Chairman
Wynne explained, adding that pos
-ibly the 1946 infantile paralysis fund
drive will approximate $3,000.
Commenting on the drive ending
last week. Chairman Wynne declar
ed, and the facts support the de
claration, that the schools of the
county did an effective job in ad
vancing the cause. Williamston’s
lementary Dupils and tlaeir teachers
took the spotlight. The several
theaters in the county did well with
their free-will offerings; in fact, just
about all the spots in the drive were
bright.
The eight white schools reporting.
raised $993.86, as follows: Wi'.liams
ton: elementarv, $407.12, high school.
$134.68; Oak City, $106.75; Farm Life,
$100.80; Bear Grass, $125.55: Hassell,
S)4,4g:
$90.00,
The
porting, raised $238.94, as follows:
Biggs, $20.74; Jamesville, $10; Gold
Point, $14.20; Woolard's, $12.64:
White Oak Springs, $10; Everetts,
$15; Cross Roads, $5; Darden’s, $10;
Jones', $8; Whichard-James, $8.70;
Salsbury, $9.39; Robersonville,
$39.82; Burroughs - Spring Hill,
$10.33; Corey's, $4; Williamston,
$50.05; Poplar Point, $6; and Hamil
ton, $5.07.
The chairman said that $901.32 was
raised by direct mail solicitation and
collectors, that most of the direct ap
peals were recognized. In addition,
the Trio Theater in Robersonville
raised $267.17, and the Watts and
Marco theater raised $389.83.
rngn Sokflji, yruvai
seventeen colored schools re
Ask Living Memorial
For County War Dead
SICK JUDGE
v.i
On account of the illness of
Judge J. Calvin Smith, the regu
lar session of Martin County Re
corder's Court Monday was call
ed off. Most of the litigants
and witnesses were notified in
ample time to save them a trip
to the old hall of justice. A vic
tim of influenza and a cold,
Judge Smith is improving and
expects to be back on the bench
next Monday when all the post
poned cases along with any new
ones will be booked for trial.
When Judge Smith and his fol
lowing did not show up, a large
road delegation from Hamilton
and Goose Nest Townships mov
ed in to take possession of the
court room for a short while.
Former Resident
Reported Killed
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Listed as missing in the Pacific
since October, 1944, Wilbur Edward
Anderton, radioman, 3/C, United
States Navy, was recently declared
killed in action by the Navy Depart
ment, according to a message receiv
ed by his mother, Mrs. Bettie Allen
Anderton, of Roanoke Rapids.
The young man, a resident of Wil
liamston for several years, entered
the service in November, 1943, and
went overseas the following October.
He is belived to have lost his life in
the battle of the Philippines on or
about the same time he was missing.
At that time he was serving on the
destroyer escort, USS Samuel B.
Roberts, which was reported lost in
action.
Following his graduation from the
Roanoke Rapids High School he
studied at the University of North
Carolina and entered the employ of
the Virginia Electric and Power
Company. He came to Williarnston
about the middle thirties and re
mained in the company's offices here
for three years before being promot
ed and transferred. During his stay
here he made many friends and was
held in high esteem by his fellow
workers and all others who knew
him.
Besides his mother he is survived
by a brother, Marvin Anderton of
Roanoke Rapids and a sister, Mrs. J.
A. Suiter of Garysburg.
liny Lot For Home On
Morxliall Avenue Here
Purchasing a lot on Marshall Ave
nue, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Harrison
are planning to build there as soon as
possible. Mi Harrison stated that
they planned to build small living
quarters in a garage at once and live
there until they could build their
home.
TAGGED
Several Marlin County per
sons and a few from outside the
county were tagged during the
week-end for not displaying the
new 1946 tags on their motor ve
hicles. Few of the cases have
reached the courts, but in those
instances where the defendants
are adjudged guilty a minimum
fine of *'10 and about $6.50 costs
will be imposed.
Patrolmen point out that it is
unlawful to display any tag on
a motor vehicle except those for
the year 1946. In those case
where mote rists still display out
Two of the alleged violators
of the" license KaVT Oscar"(/She
aad Clayton Lynch, are appear
ing before Justice J. B. Whitfield
in Oak City this evening for
trial.
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Police Department
Suggests Parking
Changes To Board
High School Group Asking
For Recreation Center;
Other BiiHinegH Handled
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A “living” memorial for Martin
County’s dead in World Wars I and
II was proposed to the town board
of commissioners in their regular
meeting here last night when Sev
eral other suggestions were submit
ted and regular routine duties were
| handled by the authorities.
Appearing before the meeting,
Rev. John L, Goff, representing a
Kiwanis Club committee, pointed out
to the board that the trend was away
from cold stone monuments toward
something worthwhile for the living
and in keeping with what at least
fifty-six Martin County men laid
down their lives for on the far-flung
battle fronts of the world. After re
viewing the war records, Rev. Goff
, explained that a federation of twelve
I counties were holding meetings for
'an interchange of ideas and meeting
social needs and handling allied j
problems. He asked the board to
name a delegate to the next meeting j
of the federation. No one was named. I
The committee chairman then re- j
viewed the prograss made by both j
the local library and the tri-county
bookmobile, and pointed out that i
within the next six or seven years
possibly the county would want to
maintain and operate a library ser
vice of its own, that possibly some
plan could be worked out for the
construction of a library and recrea
tion center to stand as a living mem
orial for the county’s heroes in the I
last two wars. The minister explain
ed that there was no rush, that he
wanted the board to give the pro
posal consideration and join in the
movement to build a lasting and fit
ting memorial for the war heroes.
Just prior to the minister’s ap
pearance, a delegation of high school
students went before the board and
asked its aid in establishing a recre
ational center here. The spokesman
for the small gi^iup explained that
efforts were being made to get the
Legion Hunt when it is vacated by
the USO. The commissioners pro
mised to do what they could for the
teen-agers.
Dr. Edward Early appealed to the
commissioners to provide an outlet
for citizens living between Main and
Washington Streets on the west side
of the railroad of the ACL’s Ply
mouth branch back of the Dixie Pea
nut Company plant. Negotiations
are underway for extending Slade
Street across the railroad, the board
explanied. Dr. Early then asked for
(Continued on page six)
Enforcement Crew
Busy In January
ABC Officer Joe H. Roebuck and
his assistants had a busy period dur
ing the month of January, according
to a report just filed with the ABC
board in this county.
The officer, assisted by Deputies
Roy Peel and Julian Roebuck,
wrecked twenty-two illicit liquor
plants, poured out four gallons of
white “.lightning” and 3,350 gallons
of beer which was made mostly from
molasses. In addition to the twenty
two stills wrecked, the officers upset
five partial plants.
Climaxing the January record was
a raid in the Free Union section of
** ifn H
I of 1 he month Thp afti
a capiurecT a TOlPgaTJon cUpacTT
copoer kettle and poured out four
LIZ
oS'r'refs of oJ'er*a?tRat“pia15f ITnETTwiT
barrels of beer at a second plant,
about one mile away. The copper
kettle was one of the few taken in
this county in the past several years
Dr. John Thigpen
Died At His Home
Saturday Evening
Funeral Services Were Held
Here Yesterday Afternoon
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Dr. John F. Thigpen, well known
local citizen and retired practicion
er-farmer, died at his home here on
Warren Street last Saturday evening
at 6:15 o'clock following a long
oeriod of declining health. He had
been confined to his bed most of the
time since last November and his
condition was recognized as critical
for about two weeks before the end.
A victim of several ailments, Dr.
Thigpen was forced to retire from
ictive practice sixteen years ago. For
several years he devoted his atten
tion to farming interests, but more
recently he was forced to abandon all
his activities and spent much of his
time at home and in bed.
The son of the late T. R. and Mar
tha Parker Thigpen, he was born in
Pitt County in the Bell cross section,
not far from Conetoe. After spend
ing his early life on the farm there
he went to Kentucky where he
studied and earned his license in the
practice of veterinary medicine. He
returned to Pitt County and practic
ed in Greenville for five years, locat
ing in Williamston about twenty-five
years ago. He was active in civic
and community affairs here for a
number of years.
Dr. Thigpen joined the lodge in
Greenville during his residence and
was active in Masonic circles for a
long time. He was a member of the
local Methodist church for almost a
quarter of a century, and attended
its service regularly until forced into
virtual retirement by failing health.
Loyal in the support of the church,
Dr. Thigpen was devoted to his home
and family and friends.
In 1919 he was married to Miss Es
telle Sumner of Aulander and she
survives with two sons, John F.
Thigpen, Jr., of Williamston, and
S/Sgt. Joseph Thigpen who is now
stationed in Japan with the 2nd U. S.
Airborne Troops; a sister, Mrs. B. F.
Shelton of Speed, and four brothers,
L. B. Thigpen of Palatka, Fla., T. R.
Thigpen of Mount Olive, L. L. Thig
pen of Richmond and J. ,1. Thigpen of
Rocky Mount.
Funeral services were conducted
from the late home yesterday after
noon at 3:00 o'clock by his pastor,
Rev. B. T. Hurley, and interment
was in Woodlawn Cemetery here.
Reviews Proposed
Highway Program
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Following the meeting of the coun
ty commissioners with ;i road dele
gation from Hamilton and Goose
Nest Townships in the county court
house Monday, a review of the pro
posed secondary road program in
this county was made.
According to present plans, the
following projects are included in
the program calling for improvement
and surfacing:
Hamilton to Halifax County line,
twelve miles;
Butler's Bridge to Hassell to Edge
combe County line, (1.4 miles;
Everetts to Bear Grass, 5.6 miles;
From Highway 64 near the county
home down the old Greenville Road
to 903, or Robersonville-Stokes Road,
10.7 miles.
From Highway 17, near the Staton
farm to Beaufort County line, via
Bear Grass, 8.7 miles;
Smithwick’s Creek Road to Farm
Life, 8.9 miles, making a total of
54.3 miles.
It is possible that the commission
will be asked to alter the old Green
ville Road project, and change its
course at Cross Roads, a spokesman
pointing out that by making a slight
change more people would be serv
ed.
The newly proposed road program
is certain to attract much attention.
Justice Whitfield
Reports Activities
According to reports coming from
Justice of the Peace J. Ben Whit
field, Oak City had a little crime
wave last week-end. “It was noth
ing serious, but Officer Edmond Ear
ly had a right busv time for a while,”
the justice said.
One was booked for hit-and-run
driving, two were charged with op
erating motor vehicles with improper
licenses and two were carried be
fore the trial justice for fighting.
Wiley Lyons, arrested and jailed
for drunken driving, is alleged to
have run down and slightly hurt two
small colored boys, "Judge” Bunch
and a Savage lad, on the Tarboro
Oak City highway at the edge of
Oak City Saturday evening. He was
chased and caught by Officer Early.
Lyons is to be given a hearing to
night before Justice Whitfield.
Oscar Cabe and Clayton Lynch,
cle^vet hou^hi ’ ejvir'jCariOoheffiw
Thurman _Spruill and Tom Thig
rjeTi*(,»7T
fined $5 each and taxed with the
costs when they were carried before
Justice Whitfield last Saturday eve
ning.
Large Delegation From Hamilton
And Goose Nest Plead For Better
Road From Hamilton To Palmyra
County Agent’s Office Calling
For Tobacco Marketing Cards
A final call was issued this week
by the Triple A in the Martin C.oun
ty farm agent’s office for all 1945
tobacco marketing cards. It was
pointed out that approximately two
hundred farmers in this county have
not returned the 1945 tobacco mar
keting cards to the office and clear
ed their records for the past season.
It was also announced that ap
proximately 25 of the farmers who
overplanted have not reported to the
agent’s office and paid penalties im
posed by law on planting in excess
of the 1945 allotments. No accurate
estimate on the amount of penalty
due the Triple A could be had, but
it will run into several hundred dol
lars. Partial payments, based on es
timates made on the excess plantings
last fall, have been made, but in
about 25 cases, there are balances to
be paid.
Tobacco allotments, reflecting the
ten percent increase allowed by U.
S. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton
P. Anderson, are to be mailed to Mar
tin farmers the latter part of this
week. However, those farmers who
have not turned in their 1945 market
ing cards along with those who have
not paid the penalties for excess
plantings, will not receive their new
allotments until those details are
handled, it was pointed out.
Some few farmers in this county
will take advantage of the 10 percent
tobacco acreage allotments, but as a
general rule, farmers will hold to
about the same acreages planted last
season, according to a spot survey
made in several of the ten townships
during the past few days.
Commissioners In
Second Meeting Of
Month Here Today
Recess Karly Monday After
noon Out Of For
Late Dr. J. F. Thigpen
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Recessing early Monday afternoon
out of respect for the memory of the
late Dr. John F. Thigpen, the Martin
County commissioners are returning
for their second meeting of the
month this afternoon when they will
study road needs.
At the meeting Monday, the com
missioners handled routine duties,
including the drawing of citizens for
duty as petit jurymen during the
March term of court and for perma
nent grand jury service.
Prompted by interested citizens,
the commissioners are recommend
ing that the state highway commis
sion take over and maintain one and
one-half miles of road in Griffins
Township, running via Ira Jones’ to
Highway No. 171.
The board appropriated $350 for
forest fire protection, the clerk ex
plaining that $150 would he applied
on the purchase of a fire lane plow
and $200 would be used for labor in
operating the equipment. The State
Forest Service is to furnish a tractor
and match the amount appropriated
for a plow. Details for operating
the equipment were not revealed,
but they will lie worked out later, it
was learned.
Repairing to the courtroom short
ly before noon, the commissioners
were greeted by a large delegation
from Hamilton and Goose Nest
Townships who made an earnest plea
in support of their claims for a hard
surfaced road from Hamilton to Pal
myra. Attorney H. G. Horton was
the main spokesman for the delega
tion, but quite a few from the two
townships spoke in behalf of the gen
eral plea.
No extension of time for listing
property for taxation in the county
was allowed by the board at its
meeting Monday, meaning that all
listings dated February 1 and after
are subject Jo penalty provided by
law.
At their meeting this afternoon,
the board members are studying a
tentative program for widening and
improving what some would call
connecting roads. The proposed pro
gram, it is hoped, will eliminate most
if net a" ‘inter ridges in the county
road svstem, at'.d ee-T'-rt n bad con
dition that has ( xisted for almost a
quarter century. Following the
study, the commissioners plan to
make a personal inspection of the
roads in company with District High
way Commissioner Merrill Evans
and engineers. A definite date for
the inspection has not been fixed, but
they plan to make it on or about the
18th of this month.
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Fire Damages Lamb
Home Early Today
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Starting from an overheated chim
ney, file slightly damaged the W. G.
Lamb home here on North Smith
wick Street shortly after 3:00 o’clock
this morning.
The fire had burned the lathing
about half way up the chimney in a
back bedroom upstairs and was gain
ing a hold among the attic timbers
when firemen reached there and soon
brought it under control with a small
hose line from the truck.
attic into other rooms and closets in
r»fif "AB.tiWiwwnlii nrm m h
to tiie fire station and turned in the
alarm.
The early hour limited the number
of spectators to a few neighbors.
ROUND-UP
County and local officers have
a fairlv busy time last week-end
when they rounded up and jailed
eight alleged violators of law
and order. Then there was
much time spent locally looking
for those alleged violators who
escaped the law’s strong arm.
Of the eight arrested, two were
booked for public drunkenness,
one of the two staggering into
the police station to tumble into
the hands of the law. One was
charged with drunken driving.
Another was held on a lunacy
count, and three were detained
for carrying concealed weapons.
An eighth one was booked for an
assault.
Two were white. The ages of
the group ranged from 21 to 00
years.
Snatches $120 From
Theater Ticket Box
Prowling around the Marco the
ater on Haughton Street here last
Saturday evening about (1:30 o’clock,
a young colored man darted up to
the ticket window, reached his hand
through the little slot in the glass
window and snatched approximately
$120. After clinching the money, the
hold-up man could not get his hand
through the slot, and Mrs. Dina Jack
son Davis caught hold of his hand
and tried to hold him until someone
answered her call for help. The thief
snatched his hand, broke the glass
and cut Mrs. Davis’ hand. It is be
lieved he cut his own hand, but he
continued to hold to the money and
escaped.
The daring robber was dressed in
a brown suit with small stripes, a
maroon shirt and a brown hat pull
• d well down over his forehead.
Identification is possible, however.
Police are working on a lead in the
case, but no arrest has been made.
The hold-up, made without arms or
threat, was one of the most daring
reported in crime annals here in
years.
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County \ imiifi Man Is
Placed On Inactive Lint
Greensboro, N C., January 31.—
1st Lt. Clifton E. Ward, son of Mr.
John A. Ward, Jr., Route 1, Wil
liamston, N. C’., received orders to
lay, placing him on an inactive duty
tatus with the Aimy Aii Forces.
This post, one of a network con
ducted by the A. A. F. Personnel Dis
tribution Command, is designed to
expedite a speedy return to civilian
life for the veteran.
While at this post, Lt. Ward was in
vited to enjoy the many recreational
facilities available for his entertain
ment during the short period of his
stay.
| 138TH TRANSFUSION |
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Little Miss Peggy Harrison,
nine-.vear-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Harrison, receiv
ed her 138th blood transfusion
last week and with a goodly
helping of Iiill Hunt's blood she
left the local hospital for her
home last Friday afternoon feel
ing fit as a fiddle. Miss Peggy
is returning to school, hut will
return for n.ore transfusions in
about six or eight weeks or when
the white corpuscles overpower
the red ones.
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I hi* <nie»V or “r II M “toner
oherson
Last week she was the guest of
Leaving the hospital, the little
girl and her father expressed
great appreciation to the Kiwan
ians and the blood donors.
Group Strikes At
Apparent Political
Angle In Program
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Spokesmen Build Splendid
Case For Their Claim To
At Better Hoad
Seventy-five strong, a determined
delegation from Hamilton and Goose
Nest Townships appeared before the
regular meeting of the Martin Coun
ty commissions s in the courthouse
Monday morning and ably supported
a claim to a better road between
Hamilton and Palmyra. The group,
incidentally, spoke out against poli
tical maneuvering apparent in the
road-building program in this sec
tion of the State, particularly as it
affects slicing this county into blocks
and opening feeder routes into to
bacco markets in the neighboring
counties.
Heading the group as spokesman.
Attorney Hugh G. Horton pointed
out that the road system is favoring
other sections, that "it is apparently
based on selfishness, and that being
true, we will be forced to tackle the
problem from that angle.”
It was alleged that a neighboring
county had agreed to forfeit several
thousand dollars of its allotment if a
certain road would be included in
the program in this county. It was
pointed out that the people of this
county, long suffering and patient
and recognizing the tremendous task
to be handled by the highway com
mission, never would have raised up
in arms if the road from Oak City
to Council's station, near Hassell,
had not been rammed down the
throats of the people, apparently by
outside interests, under the disguise
of a federal aid project. Possibly the
Oak City road is needed, and while
no vigorous objections were sound
ed against it, representative citizens
are anxious to know why it should
be given priority over other roads
that would serve more people and
prove of greater value to the county,
as a whole. "We are bogged down
in the mud in winter and sand in
summer, and grocery trucks have ac
tually refused to service our stores,
while the program moves to build a
base and unnrove another road with
only one family living on it,” one
spokesman remarked.
The delegation was orderly and
forbearing, but underneath it was a
tone that clearly indicated the peo
ple are anxious to learn more about
the road program.
They are told that material and
equipment are not available, but con
tracts are being lei for such nrojects
as the Oak City-Council store road
and for the widening of the Roanoke
River bridge and for other projects.
In advancing the case for the Ham
ilton -Palmyra Road, Spokesman
Horton said that his plea was not. a
reflection on others seeking better
roads. ‘ But the large number of
neople living on the road and the
fine farming land there are deserv
ing of consideration,” he said in ap
pealing to the commissioners to push
the project as rapidly as possible. “It
will serve more people and advance
the interests of Martin County pos
sibly to a greater extent than any
it her project,” Mr. Horton declared.
He added that the good people of I he
two townships did not come to do
battle, but to advance what* they
recognize as a just claim.
As a member of the delegation,
Mr. J. A. Everett pointed cut that
there was only one small patch of
woods on the Palmyra-Hamilton
Road, that it serves farm and farm
md a large number of families. “On
rhursday of last week, eight vehicles
bad to be pulled out of the mud by
Mr. J. E. Copeland’s tractor,” he said
in pleading for help.
Mr. E. V. Smith, store operator on
the road, declared that it has been
impossible to get goods in and crops
out. Salesmen and delivery trucks
have refused to travel the road, it
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Bad Weather Limits
Patronage at Clinics
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Comparatively few farmers have
carried their work animals to the
horse and mule clinics held in the
•ounty during recent weeks, the of
fice of the county agent explaining
that weather conditions had inter
rupted the work.
Clinics will be held in eight more
centers in the county during the next
few days, as follows: Hassell, Feb
ruary 6 from 10 a. m. to noon; Oak
City, February 8 from 10 a. m. to 1
T. B. Slade farm, February 15, 10 a.
ruary 18, 10 a. m. to 1 p. m.: Mary
Cherry farm, February 19, U a. m.
to 1 p. m.; and Williamston, Feb
ruary 20, 10 a. m. to l p. in.