North Carolina Newspapers

re The Independent i "eir8 W^^Tsn IJ*? s ' ^U/.ABEf^Clix~N/C.rFKU)AY;iUNEXi?3t *ri SJ^ATiSnSS^" SiMgEECOPY 5 CENTS l^ve Threat to Law and ! Ijrder by Police Indifference I K Transient Labor Problem!; Ta'k "/ ?w imfiending conflict between local ?. idhnrcrs ami transient laborers from Florida I Wu?thee Southern states was heard on the streets \ HJ'l, fliis week a* the annual influx of transient] who come here to compete with local labor < the Mag pea and Irish potato seasons pot j< rThe local labor has stood this competition I ?: <i as it can, and resentment against the < Kir* J* ' < >7/ kiflh )"st ?ou\ L - . j irs now tne same, happened each year. ^ G-v:-> a!ld South Caro-i| |Bf.r .? ;r'.xr growing seasons j section. finish the mar *.. ? M.iv !>????? -??nd Iri^h l>:>* '"before this section is ready "n:n-::ij its crop. White; ' ? xne cases unscrupulous | Uiwenerate. then round up. of ignorant, poverty-1 Sr Negro laborers from those | contacts with them JJL -bev guarantee to pay all ^ cxt-n-.s for a trip to t and to find employ- | Jrf3: :;>tf workers, in return for'. t- workers mu?t pay them a | --'per ecu: cf their wages. The I <referr.t"g to take a trip , 'J re meagerly rather than re- t t. ': .;<>:???? ar.d live raeageriy. agree :o '-he :erm?. laborers reach Ji- -he heigh* of the pea-pick- (? jolir. ,r.d :v contractors im- . y v v.c various growers and t v o'furtus:: :hem with pickers . t-:: cents le<s per , tekr. run '?'? prtce then bring ( rJ:, ? ; :> ca " of |>0- . at*; agree :: furnish labor ; ;> < u ? . burr. : po.a es an i n local ? aoor :;u:;c- to: picking up alone, j Nvira.y. a; rn ?. ..?*?>. tney get . ?> j-.iis :?r " v vgnpl. reason that . :o? ;rov:> y making very lit- , tie anvihinz ^n the crop and are , extremely ar.xt>u> t > cut expenses; wherever tit ne local labor ... *8" j Tl;.:- i v a nnrib* bc*( by 1 .1. artt.es for lack j ...... . \i.g au.der the , c: Itx-tl ?:!. Tne City or,, to? C>of .? family', a;:*.:. .. wh'Ui mem'tors cf : im.l;. :?. ..? :r first chance to work ? ? .. m aey t > ? nab. ?-a :> jown food and r imp >r: .; la bor .r. ? .. .... 1 cats th an out c: .r and leaves them . :?.? ::t anon local a- ?:: . ? i way .. ;> that -. ; ?: ?! ? :. . :n th wage.' .. ....':. . T:.v an ? . *'-? .-.as:)! Tn- - transients have . -? u.? ::d d.m cx:h-:i ? I.. lay thctr tra T:;"Y sleep on the' g . :>?v or unvwhere' "? little shel ls. T... .? oa" practically nothing. * v c'-" chicken^ i:-'; > vat from farm-1 ' ?' M )>t ot tiicm1 * ?- ?? ji j to make money :? a :. w place 3!"t ? r abode, or perhaps - - ?>.? i.r. ) "hot for them :i ni-o ana tney -'2.r . ... . ;aitC this method | A ? . ,???. tiuy arc an1 : .paOsiblc lot a:":; . ;ac contractors *' - '> .s satisfactory 1 I . l.to.r cannot and r- aot w. ,,u?n competition. u% ,s:ood this sort I - enough. Seeing; V rid of this com- i ' ?ay, local No-1 ~ ? ? ? .'.km* of organiz . arming than > :. :l pitchforks and - mtractors and .1 i.y Vyro slaves out of the, have indicated ; .... look with dis \ . .. ion. provided it! -? -v r?v;' n bloodshed. r/;:- ? tiM mdifl rence .* .. foregoing sit-: E..yCity has been' ^ ' . .in labor distur-1 . I''disorders of any *?'j uu'.' r how just their I i Negroes are encour- ? <? .nd.notion to deal' >>' wr.i. the interlopers wlio| i '.*11 iK-ir bread and ?ftt>r ? ? < ? . , , r % ? ? mun- do no rnci of, r>r ? -.ae mob spirit is a-. not eadiy subdued. j K'u Prices llettcr, Quality Improved i.i'v improved as a :i<i coil weather. ? May ;x>a crop has been iy better prices this ??? ::oin; up to Silo -A 5s Tuesday. Mors than ?a have be?n shipped from here to date this season, and thousands of baskets have been shipitrd by truck. The bulk of the crop will have been moved by the end of this week. The Irish potato crop will begin I to move around June 10 .according to local dealers. This crop, too. has been materially benefitted by the recent rains and cool weather, and ; much 'better quality is now expected [than had previously been hoped for. Company to; Develop Beach Tract700Acres The Kitty Iluwk Develop-! 11ii'iit C.ur|).. with oll'hvs in 111?- Hankers t rust 1 il<in Norfolk. is |)Iannnij4 a tlwo lopau'ut of a tract of 70!) uris more or less adjoining he I". S. tjovc rninent's Wright Memorial reservation. A pavillicn was started this week! md this week it is planned to si irt i sand clay oil treated road from' he o an fiont to the sound, south! >f K;:l Devil Hills. The company! ? ntemplates the early constr iction >f a few cottages with fire places| md log cabins with fire plates oaj he sound side. Arrangements hav ? been made to ran port a hundred bus loads of ; icople from Norfolk to the property his summer as a part of an mien-1 ive selling campaign. As the money! :om?s in more streets, lights and avater are promised. Trie company is composed of F G. M Pherson. C. H. Bruce and J.! B. Fogal. "idle .property Jct,J>e dyvcl- (5 jped was purchased of Chas. AI. Baker and Miss S. S. Sutton of A - oury Park. N. J. Mr. McPherson ist rrcdited with several successful cie-, irelopments on the New Jersey coast.' Mr. Bruce was a close business a ociate o: the late Alien Hueth. He has had considerable experience 1 with developments 0:1 the California coast. Mr. Fogal has had 15 years! banking experience as a bank of fie:al and has had real estate and advertising training. An entire block cf the ocean front; ~ >:>os:te the Wright Memorial has o- tn reserved for a hotel site and he company has opened negotiations w.th a northern party interested 111 erecting a 50 room fireproof hotel :>:i the property. A strip along the) ntire ocean front has ben reserved' for .? proposed board walk and bath- ? hig beach lor tiie benefit of lot own-; ers. The tract in question is part of the acreage which lh" U. S. govern-; men: seeks to acquire for the t x- j paitsion of its Kill Devil Hills reser vation. What's News In Elizabeth City's ! Best Stores E. S. Chcsson ?Vc Son arc featuring! a lot of some 200 men's suits of ex ceptional quality at $15 this week. Another demonstration of Che.s son's ability to comman<l conces sions from manufacturers by reason of their ability to pay cash down and take all discounts. Sawyer Co.. the Main St. men's wear store, is featuring Eclipse shirts this week at $1.35 each, 3 for $4 00. A good buy. Rticker & Sheely Co. are featur ing a large line of boy's golf knick ers and shorts at 79c to $1.50 and a snappy showing of wash dresses priced at 79c to $2.98. Sawyer Harris. South Poin dexter St., living up to its slogan. "The Friendly Store." 'is giving tickets for free ice cream cones to youngsters whose parents trade at their store. See their ad for parti culars. yuinn Furniture Co. is m-uking the first announcement of New Perfec tion Oil Stoves. Their new 1934 line is on their floors. Share Planters! K ill Irish P ot at o Vlarket Plan I I The hold the share-planters luive upon the Karlv Irish j potato crop of North Cairo-j Una and Tidewater Virginia nice more was.demonstrated >n Monday of this week when ihsolutely nothing was ac-j L'omplished at a hearing held? it Norfolk on the proposed] marketing agreement f o r, Irbh potatoes because share-plant ers objected to so many provisions of the agreement that no agreement' could be reached. County Agent Grover \V. Falls, who attended the hearing, described it as "-a day wasted." The agreement is designed to control the production and mark eting of potatoes, to so regulate marketing of potatoes as to coor dinate with the demand, and to pre vent surpluses from being dumped cn the market and depressing prices. As provision after provision was i read, share-planters rose to offer numerous amendments. They ob jected to this and they objected to that. In fact, they objected to any-1 thing that loked like government, in- I tcrference with their virtual mono poly and piratical practices. The result was that the sum total of the accomplishments of the hearing was nil. The one event of the meeting which stood out as being noteworthy was the admission by a representa tive of a share-planting concern that the system is unfair to the growers. J. B. Champion of the Davison Chemical Company, speak ing for his company's affiliate in this section, the Albemarle Produce Company of Elizabeth City and W. S. Carawan cf Columbia, asserted that share-planting now embraces 75 per cent of the total potato crop in North Carolina and that the sys tem followed is designed to give ihQ gl'trtver ^caching Ihan "pocket change", if anything at all. in return for his crop. Mr. Cham pion described the system general ly in vogue in this section as being one of "give all and take all" from the share-planters' viewpoint. The share-planters furnish the farmers with seed potatoes, fertilizer, barrels and -all other supplies in return for which the farmer agrees to deliver his potatoes to them for shipment. The representatives of the share planters make a certain charge for shipping each carload of potatoes. After this Is deducted, the cost of the .'ccds. fertilizer, etc.. arc de ducted. What is left Is divided be (Continued 011 Page Five) $10,000 Bid for Property! Valued by Late E. F. Aydlett! At $130,000 in Disrepair! In 1926 the Elizabeth City Hotel Corporation ; was prepared to offer the late E. V. Aydlett $90,000 1 for the Southern Hotel real estate, for a site for the < Virginia Dare Hotel. A feeling out offer of $60,000 i was actually made for the property. Mr. Aydlett i wanted $130,000. The Southern Hotel was knocked s down at the courthouse door this week to L. S. Gordon, high bidder, for $10,000. ] The Virginia Dare Hotel wanton - the Southern Hotel property for a . site for the new community hotel, because it was an established hotel J site and because there would not ?be room for two hotels in the town 1 for years to come. But Mr. Aydlett I refused to deal. The Southern Hotel at that time ? was a rat and roach infested firetrap | sadly in need of extensive repairs. I After the completion and opening, of the Virginia Dare, Mr. Aydlett spent upwards of $100,000 in rehab ilitating the Southern and acldcd a 1 fireproof garage and a store build ing on the rear. j . And the reconditioned structure J brought only $10,000 when offered | at auction this week. The sale was < made by John H. Hall and J. Henry: ^ LcRoy, Jr., Commissioners, incid-ij ent to a partition proceeding brought, ( by the heirs of the Aydlett estate.I, It is inconceivable that- the heirs!' will let the bid stand. They have 20 I days in which to raise it. I The personal property in the hotel'. was solo to Miles Jennings for $100.,1 The Southern hotel garage, two; I stores and filling station were sold to Mrs. Helen A Kendrick for $1,000.1] The Cooi>er cleaning works build- 1 ing was sold to Mrs. Kendrick for I < $500, the personal property in the I hotel grille and kitchen to Miles < Jennings for $50, and the personal j < property in the hotel barber shop to, ] Mr. Jennings for $25. I ] All real and personal property' was then offered for sale in one lot I but there were no bidders. I ] The refusal of the late E. F. Aycl-' ( tie -lualie-^errus-wiUt, the'^ro-'' moters of the Virginia Dare Hotel j' and his subsequent expenditure of j j a small fortune in remodeling the i i property in hopes of creating em- j< barrassing competition for the new < hotel, turned out to be a colossal 11 blunder. The property has been a! i white elephant on the hands of his 1 heirs ever since his death in 1930. j: The Pacific Ocean is larger in I area than the total land surface ofji the earth. i 1 More than 8.000 foreign students, i. representing 100 different counties, arc enrolled in colleges and uni versities of the United States. irf Anr\ oJheSANK CLtQK TUE SODA JU2KE.R AND WHAT THEN OF THE PRESS? "Til? Nil A seems to be having I hard sledding the.se days and I'm afraid it rant stand up under the j Arc that it is being subjected to be I foes both within and without the administration." Thus spoke the Bank Clerk. "And I'm asking vcu if you ever expected anything else?" replied the Soda Jerker. "As I see it, the NRA never was anything but a makeshift measure to save th:: country from a revolution. Business had gone to i the devil, business men were in a i panic and all industry demoralized | after four years of Heibcrt Hoover. J President Roasevclt stepi>ed into of I fico, called the business leaders of I the country together and proposed j that tiie government enter into a sort of partnership with them, to abolish the anti-trust laws, to pro tect them from unfair competition land to enable them to put their [businesses on a profit making basis again. In return for this govern m' nt protection, the business lead ers agreed to a shorter work week and higher wages for their hell), to the end that employment would be spread and the purchasing power of the working classes improved. "It all worked beautifully for a time, but it was inevitable that busi ness would dominate the partner ship and get the long end of it. i Business always docs, bccau.se or ganized business is more j>owerful than government. And business, in I the very nature of things, can not j live by fair practices because of its j paucity of brains and moral fibre. For every big. broad-minded, honor able. humane business executive there axe six or a dozen unmoral ones, many cf whom are unsocial 'crooks and brigands whose .sole objective is profit-making. And the only way you're ever going to get rid of crookedness and brigand age in business is to abolish the profit system." "And that would mean that the government would take over all ?business!" replied the Bank Clerk. "Exactly!" said the Soda Jerker. "Including the newspaper, maga zine and book publishing business?" ?asked the Bank Clerk slyly. "Yes." replied the Soda Jcrkcr. "And what do you think would ' become of our cherished freedom of I the press if the government con trolled our sources of news, com ment and criticism?" "That's a fair question," said the Soda Jcrkcr. "and it should be the most serious concern' of the ]>coplc at this time; for we are right now but a step removed from socialism in America and these attacks on the NllA are hastening the final collapse 'of capitalism and a plunge into col lective ownership and management of industry. In the change from capitalism to socialism, the freedom of the press must not be destroyed or the nation will be imperiled by the possibilities of a dictatorship as hateful and ruthless as anything in Russia, Italy or Germany." "Well. I'm darn glad to hear you concede that much." said the Bunk Clerk, who finished his morning glass of coca cola and ammonia and went across the street to his job. There is no form of nerve disorder that may not be caused or aggra vated by Eye Strain. For a thorough Eye examination see. DR. J. D. 'HATHAWAY. adv. j, Farmers to Get Big Money For No Hogs-Corn That the corn-hog mine-,! ion program that is sponsor-. (I by the Agricultural Acl-Jj ustmcnt Administration will!; n-ing sl7o,(KlO to if2(K>,0(?? to armors of eight Northeastern . S'orth Carolina counties was he estimate made 1 uesclay ifler the formation of the .'usquotunk Corn-Hog l.on rol Association at a meeting n the county courthouse lere. lhis Association, tho bearing the,, tame of only one county, will em-j jrancc eight counties, with a total >f 765 members. Bach signer of a corn-|.og reduction agreement or| contract is a member of the Assso-, nation. The membership of the j ocal Association is divided as fol-( ic ws: Btrtie, 20; Camden, 7'; Chowan, 113; Currituck, 110; Gates, 203; Hertford. 40; Pasquotank, 144; Per juimans, 57. , It is.- estimated that4 each.,of 765 members will receive at least; 5250 from the Triple A as his share | n the benefit payments to contract signers. Tiic government will pay each signer SI5 per hog, less ad ministrative expenses, for a 25 per cent reduction from their average hog production in 1932-33. For reducing their corn acreage from 20 to 30 per cent they will receive 30 cents per bushel for corn not grown on the land rented to the gov ernment. If each of the 765 mcm of the local Corn-Hog Control Association should receive $250 un der those terms, and it is likely that they will receive at least this much, the total amount of money that the government will pay to members of this Association will be $191,000. And that- is no small amount of money in these days. Tuesday's meeting was called by Com.ty Agent Grover W. Falls and by W \V. Shade, swine extension j specialist of the State Department. of Agriculture. Each county to be included in the Association wasl represented at the meting. The fol lowing directors were elected: Camden County, W. N. Davenport,: Shiloh; Chowan. Julien Wood of, Edenton and W. II. Winborne; Gates County. Martin Kellogg. Sr., Sun bury: Hertford County. J- H. Barnes; Pasquotank County, W. T.. Jackson; Perquimans County, E. M. Perry; Currituck County, R. H. Forbes, and Bertie County, unnamed. The following officers were elected by the directors: ' Martin Kellogg. Sr., President; E. M. Perry, vice president; Mary Casey, secretary, and W. H. Prit chard, treasurer. The allotment committee, which studies all contracts and is em powered to make either specific or horizontal reductions in the allot ments .is composed of Messrs. Forbes, Kellogg and Winborne. The" time limit for the signing of corn-hog reduction contracts was set for May 15, but county agents and Association officials arc empowered to accept contracts up to the time 'the tabulations are to be made. Tabulations arc now being made and will probably be completed within a forthnight. M. (,. Morrisette To Build Cottage at Kitty Hawk Beach j M. cj. Morrisctte cxjiccts to let a! contract for a five room cottage atI Kitty Hawk Beach this week. Aj feature of the cottage will be a liv-J iiitt room 14x19 feet with eastern, southern and western exposures sur rounded by a porch with overhang ing caves. The living room will be fully gazed and screened, giving out door comtort with protection from ram., storms and mosquitoes. LEGAL BANKER KILLS USUROUS MONEY LENDER All bankers have a pet aversion for misers and pri- j vate usurers. R. M. Riddiek, ?asliier of the Hertford Rank-' mg Company never dreamedj it would fall to his lot to kill! such a character, but he did.; Cashier Riddiek struck and killed E. V. Bagley, an eccentric Gates County citizen, with his automobile last Thursday night. The accident ?for it was an accident?occurred about 8:30 o'clock on what i.s known as the Mitchell Swamp Road, about four miles from Gatesville. When Deputy Sheriff C. W. Hin-| ton examined the body of the dead man shortly after the accident, he found $3,357.13 on his person, mosti' of which was sewed up in his un- h derwear. $150 of the money was in gold coin and the balance in old bills of large denomination. Bagley, who lived alone in the neighbourhood where the accident occurred, was a miser and a money lender. His loan business was con fined largely among colored people who stood in great terror of him. , They believed he carried a gun and that any Negro who failed to repay him a loan would surely die. Bor- ! rowers who received $10 from him, | paid back $15, and he had the repu tation of getting his money. Bagley was about 55 years old and his hearing was defective. Witness- i es testified that he was walking in the middle of the road when he | sensed the approach of the Riddiek j car. Frightened, he jumped in front, of the car instead of In the direction; of safety. He was dragged six feet I on the pavement before the car' could be stopped. His skull and left shoulder were fractured and both legs broken. Mr. Riddiek stood by until Sheriff Hinton arrived and. took charge of the situation. Several | witnesses testified to the una void- t ability of the accident and at aj coroner's inquest Friday afternoon Mr. Riddiek was absolved ??' of all blame for it. It was neighbourhood knowledge! that Bagley carried thousands of! dollars hidden away in his wearing 1 apparel and his life had been fear-j cd for. Many friends and relatives' thought that he would ultimately fall a victim of burglars or high-1 waymcn. But a banker removed j him. Five daughters, Mrs. W. E. Pearce' of Raleigh. Mrs. Lloyd Carter of j Hobbsville, Mrs. Earl Carter of Sun- ? bury, Mr.->. Lautlier Wright of Trot- j viile and another married daughter! in Norfolk; and one son, R. E. Bag-1 ley of Hobbsville, survive. An "Off Year" In Politics, Candidates Must Haul Many Voters in Saturday's Primary, I With no Gubernatorial or Congressional contests\ to arouse widespread interest, and with a number of\ important offices uncontested in each county, pros-j pects are for a comparatively slim vote in Saturday's? Democratic primary in Northeastern North Carolina, depending upon the last minute activities of candi dates in stirring up votes. This is simply what is known in political lingo as an "off-year." During 10 LUG divergence ui ujjin ion on the Ehringhaus sales tax and a keener interest in school and highway legislation, the office of Representative is more in demand in this section than perhaps any ether one office, and the contests for General Assembly seats have aroused interest in some counties where in terest otherwise would be some what lacking. Of major interest thruout the sec tion. however, are the two district races?those for the First District, Solicitorship and for the District's two seats in the State Senate. The Solicitorship race is a three cornered affair which probably will result in a second primary run-off. The candidates are: Herbert Learv, blundering and incompetent incum bent: Hallet S. Ward, Beaufoit County "old line" politician who has seen his best days, and Chester R. Morris, fearless and conscientious young Currituck attorney. Leary has the advantage of having many supporters and 'being already in of fice. Mr. Ward was a brilliant orator and an able prosecutor a generation back, and many people in the district will vote for him on his past reputation. Mr. Morris was previously known personally to a very small percentage of the voters in the district, but he has always had a pretty strong following com-. I posed of those who know him -and know his capabilities, of those who think a younger man should be given a try at this office, of those who are tired of Leary's incessant bungling and of those who regard Mr .Ward as being some vu t senile and having outlived his usefulness. Any two of these may have to enter a second primary. For the State Senate, there are four candidates. The two incum bents. Dudley Bagley of Moyock and Lloyd GrifTin of Edcnton, who were swept into office by a big major ity in 1932, are opposed this year by R. C .Holland .prominent Edcn tonion, and W. I. Haistead of South Mills and Elizabeth City. The in cumbents are regarded as having the edge in this race, but the strength of the two others cannot be too easily discounted and either or both of them may upset some-! body's apple can. Congressman Lindsay C. Warren is without opposition, for which he and his constituents aje duly thank ful. In this county, the offices of Register of Deeds. Clerk of Court. , County Auditor and Prosecuting At torney ire sought only by the in cumbents. Sheriff Charles Carm:ne (.Continued on Page Two) j i Bill Culpepper : Will Support Webb Williams < \V. T. Culpepper, whose 11 appointment as postmaster at r Elizabeth City was announced jt last week, was confirmed by l [lie U. S. Senate Tuesday after-1 noon. Immediately upon ad- h vice of his confirmation ^r- r Culpepper announced his ( wtihdrawal from the race for s the (ieneral Assembly. Mr. Culpepper had witheld such ( announcement previously, consider ing it an act of' impertience to anti-} cipate the action of the Senate. Mr. Culpepper served Pasquotank Coun- ( ty with distinction in the last | General Assembly and inaugurated , many projects for his county and t district that would have made his return to the General Assiembly in 1935 eminently desirable. "I regret * that I can not serve two masters," , said Mr. Culpepper. In a brief talk at the Chamber ' of Commerce-Merchants Associ-!' ation dinner at the Virginia Dare,1' Hotel Tuesday night, Mr. Culpepper j' said that he had discussed his meas ures and ]>olicies with F. Webb Wil- j liams and had been pledged Mr. Williams's support in furthering; ? those measures. He threw his sup-1 port then and there to Mr. Wil- j J liams. i j i1 Tonga is the only native kingdom !j left in the Pacific; these tiny South', Sea islands have no army nor navy i, yot they declared war on Germany, ' aJong with the other nations. Local Merchants Told State Should Tax Church Property And Curtail Higher Education Gr. Leslie Hall Virginia Merchant and Civic Leader Advocates Drastic Measures To Get Away From General Sales Tax Eliminate much of the wasteful cost of higher education and put a tax on all church property were two of several ivays to get away from a general sales tax, suggested by G. Leslie Hall, of Norfolk, Va., in a speech to the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce Merchants Association at the Virginia Dare Hotel Tuesday night. Mr. Hal! is vice president of the Jorfolk Association of Commerce, 'resident of the Tidewater Auto mobile Association and a past presi ent of the Virginia Retail Mcr hants Association. '?An effort was made, sponsored iy Virginia real estate interests, to evy a sales tax in Virginia. We old our law-makers plainly that f they would sj>end less tax money here would be no need for addi ional 'taxation. The hue and cry or a sales tax comes from owners of eal estate who want to shift the >urden of taxation to the common >eople. Now, there are three class es of real estate: (1) the home own d by the individual, (2) rental property, (3) property bought and told for speculative purposes. I wouldn't impose a dollar of taxation >n the small home owner, exempting ill homes valued at $5,000. or even >10.000 from all taxes. I would also "avor tax relief for improved real estate without tenants. But the pwner of property for rental pur poses and the owner of real estate aeld for speculation deserve no special favors. It is unfair to shift :he burden of taxation from the shoulders of property wealth to the shoulders of the propertyless." Pursuing the thought that the states should effect great economies n higher education, Mr. Hall said: ?The state owes the best possible _ elementary education to its boys and jirls. Every boy and girl should pe given primary, grammar school ind high school education at the expense of the state. The respon sibiiity cf ihe state to the individual should stop there. Hardly a fourth :f the graduates of our high schools .an avail themselves of a college or miversity career. And yet wc per sist in taxing all the people for the jenefit cf a one fourth minority. &nd. for one thing, we are turn ing, at enormous expense, ten imes as many teachers as we can ibsoib. I can show you college graduates running filling stations and hot dog stands, or walking the streets looking for white collar jobs hat don't exist for them. It Is time we stopped this silly and extravagant pusiness. If we do our duty by our ,'ounger citizens up to the point of heir graduation from high school, hose who seriously desire more education will get it, and you can't stop them. Wc have just twice as Many .state supported colleges and iniversities as we need or can af ford to support." ** TT_ii (itfu/vlti/taW hv W S. Ml*, nun Wd3 iAi Wi WUVV.U Krj ... ? - darney, secretary of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce Association, md a former resident of Elizabeth ~i:y. who received a real ovation [rom this former townsmen. Candidates Spout The occasion of Mr. Hall's s;>eech was the annual dinner of the Chamber of Commerce-Merchants Association. To this dinner was invited all candidates for seats in he next General Assembly. The candidates were instructed to make ;hree minute sj>eeches as a prelude :o the main speech. Many of them spouted for fifteen minutes or more, delaying the principal speaker for nearly two hours. Mr. Hall got to >pcak not until 9:15 P. M., but his iynamic personality, infections good minor and, at times, brilliant nandling of his subject kept his ludience in their seats until he finished. W. I. Halstead, candidate for the State Senate, took a dig at candi iatcs who made rash promises in advance of a legislative session, de scribed the three ]>er cent sales tax is a crude and iniquitous measure, md said he would work and vote or a one per cent sales tax with no ?xemptions and no exjiensive ad ninistration. "The State now spends me cent in collecting its three cents, md it loses another cent from ex emptions and lack of enforcement A one per cent sales tax proiierly tollectcd would yield as much reve nic as the present three |>er cent ax," he said. R. C. Holland, of Edenton, can iidate for the State Senate, declar :i himself unalterably opposed to a ;ales tax. , Lloyd Grifftn .candidate for re (Continued on Page Six;