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. /\ DAILY NEWS WEATHER?rnMKdt* an<^ Colder Tuolfht and S?runl?r, Probablj I- ?! Kalna In Ea?i. Rata or Snow In Wmt Portio?, Moderate Bfclftta? Wh w>? . "'?%?? , ->i.-.:'-... -WASHINGTON N. C FRIDAY AFTERNOON MARCH 16 1915 Ma. 4? id's Fees? County Commissioners Strain At Sheriff Windly Does Not Ask For An Increase In Salary, He Seeks Justice Only, And Has Been Forced To Call On Vot ers To Secure It. Official Elected By lie People? On account of the misnomer the Board of County Commissioners have given to the sheriff's salary bill there has arisen some confusion as to the real purpose of the hill. It Is not a bill to Increase the sheriffs ealary as the county commissioners have attempted to Impress upon th?* people. They have entitled It, "A bill to Increase the sheriff's salary.,' This title was given It by thom In an attempt to prejudice tho minds of the public thlnMng they would not learn the true fscts. I shall endeavor to give a brfef history of the bin and the rpase for Introducing It la the Legislature. Soon after I was nominated last June, Mr. W. E. Swindell, chair man of the Board of County Com missioners saw me on the street In Washington and began a discussion about the sheriff being on both sal ary and fees and snggosted that some change should be made In the bill. I stated to him that I had tried to get the Board which was '.hp same board as are now holding of fice (and of which he was chairman) tc have some change mnde two years ago, while Sheriff Rlrks was j In office and they had refused to do so and now I would not hav?? any thing to do wlfch It and would no* make any chapge. This conversa tion prior to the time the Coun ty Convention wts held and at the convention the Board of Commis sioners offered a resolution request ing that some change be made. The resolution was not adopted by the convention but was referr?^! to me, for my consideration. Up to tbl* time the board had been paying all of the bills which had been filed by Sheriff Ricks for fees and servlc?-. rendered and continued to pay them until about November, 1914. Only one or two months before Sheriff Wlndley wont into office, Just prior to the^jB??ary, 1S15 meeting, I was Informed that the board wan hold Ing op some of Sheriff Rlok* fees and that they wotild hold up Sheriff Wlndley's also. 1 th?n saw Mr. Swindell, the chairman and suggest ed that the board and Sheriff Wind ley get together' end agree on som' kind of a settlement and I would be glad to pass a bill In accordance with their agreement. I also saw Sheriff Wlndley and made the sam* suggestion to him which met with, the approval of both parties. Some time after the January meeting I asked the Sheriff If they had reach ed any agreement. He replied they ? had not. Mr. 8wlndell later calTeri my attention to the fact that no agre<?nent had been reached and at the same time stated that something rfhould be done afcdut It. I then made th^ suggestion that at the February meeting they should get together as the sherlff'a fses wer^ being held up and It looked as If he would he forced Into a faw suit to collect the fees which they had always paid prior to Mr. Wlndlfcy's election and without any question as to their being proper charges a gainst the'county. If ?> told me that' h* would see the sheriff and en deavor to reach some agreement be fore ths February meeting. I ?aw tho county attorney, Mr. Lind say C. Warren end told him what 1 had said to both Sheriff Windley and Mr. Swindell. Mr. Warren ap peared to be anxloua that the mat ter should be settled and immediate- | ly went to flee the sheriff and they discussed tho matter without reach ing any definite agreement. I was not Informed what action was taken by the chairman at the February meeting until late In Fob (rtiary and was then told by Mr Windley that the board had done I nothing; that they were holdinft up his fees and he wa? having to take money from hi* own pocket to pay certain expenses and the board had falled^and refused to repay him. I thon asked for a statement of the expenses of his office and he filed with mo a statement sworn to be foro Geo. A. Paul, clerk, showing actual expenses which are as as fol lows: j Chief Deputy Washington $ 75.00 Asst. Deputy Washington ? SO.00 Deputy Pantego Township 50.00 j Deputy Richland Township 50.00 |Janitor of Jail and Court House 30.00 Feed for two Horses 30.00 Stable r^nt B.00 Premium bond per month 15.85 Shoeing' horses and wear and and tear on bug gies jyirt harness. . . . 10.0ft Other Incidental expenses. 10.0ft Total $325.85 Salary received from the county $333 34 Less monthly expense. . . . 325.85 Leaving net bal. of S 7.94 Th* only other compensation the sheriff receives is f^ee from the Re corders aod J P. Courts, and these having been held ftp leaves him with a le^s salary than what he was re ceiving as Recorder. I believe thai every fair minded man In Beaufort county will agrer that the sh'rtff should receive not lees than $2400.00 per year n*?t for his services. (I eonslder this only a reasonable compensation when you refmernVber the fact that he Is under a heavy bond for the faithful per formance of his duty, not only b himself but his deputies also, and that at. all times In the service of process he takes his life In hi? own hand and he In tn danger It other ways.) T therefore fixed his salary at $3,000 per year out of which he has to pay Premium on bond per month $ 15.8 r Horse feed 80.00 Si able rent....- 5.on Wear and tear on bug gies and htrnefts and shoeing horses.. .. 10.00 Tnoldental expenses.. .-. 10.00, Total monthly ex.... $70.85 Which would leave him a n?t bal-! ancv of $$,149.80 for his service? per fear. I then named the sals rtes of the deputies as follows: A <4?!ef d?t>u1y to l>e located lr Wwftilngton at -990 par an dapnfr for Washington. | ?, 'L^flpr Acre and ? / Hi .v, rJ townships at 150.00 per month, one deputy la Pantepo township at 150 per month and one deputy in Rich land township at $50 per ' month, and a Janitor for the Courthouse a Jail at |30 per month, nolthcr the sheriff nor any of the deputies should receive any other compensa tion from the county and nil of the fees which now go to the ??lierif and tl;e deputies should bo paid Into th? county treasury. The new bll! was intended and t ho sheriff so under stands that h? wa* to receive ne extra compensation for h'.s serrlc* ns Jailer except toard for the prison t?. If this provision is not plain in the bill the ih* riff will agree tha4 he sha!l not rece'.vo extra compen sation for this work I will In the near futuro puhi 1st for the benefit cf the people of the county the ac tual flKu?ca showing the amount of ?alary and fees which ha* been pnid l>y the Board of County Commission ers to the sheriff in addition to all i he fees which he receives from !!:?? Recorder? and J. P. Court? of th county. The bill orf which you are aslcrc* to vote does net provide any in crease In salary hut It does place t ho sheriff and his deputies on ai all salary basis and not on part sal ary and part fees which to say thn least I* absolutely unsatisfactory an>! Jf not a policy In the Interest of poor' povernmpnt. In flx'.nir the 'sftlarle* of the deputies yoi will have rajs ? i ?he standard for them and w!!' thereby secure a more competes* corps of men p-rformlns these d? ties and you will have made It sc | :hat It Is of n.i pecuniary lntere*'" to the sheriff to employ cheap Ir. competent men as d'-putles beenu? it will nol. Inrrense the sheriff'? compensation one cent to have cheap. Inefficient h-lp. As the !av row stands th" cheaper Tabor fi? ?mployj the more h* receives as !' '? all paid to him in a lump sum I recall that lr. 1912 Mr \\\ P Wlndley was elected recorder or Washington. Chncnwlnlty and Lor.-; Acre townships. Immediately after he was nominate.! a movement begun to reduce the oimpf?n?nf lor ?f the office and It was cut dowj frcm mire than *20ft per month tr *75 per montji. VflJs political ene mies thought tliSr would fore- hlir to resljtn. Recorder Wlndley wa 'nter haled before the Board of Coin ly Commissioners to show cans why his salary rhould not be fur 'her reduced. fThls was all fh' *'ork of tho political machine In th ??!ty of Washlncten who think th(-' ^an hound the Pfc out of every p*-r -en who has-the temerity to onpe-? ?hem.) but th* men of rood Jodir nent and common sense throurhou' the entire eonnty said we do nn propose that you shall slaughter Mr Wlndley just hecnuse he was not n1 your elan and th** Board of Commls ?doner? did not reduce ?h? salary. Thft primary for the nomlnntlo of county ofTleers was held lao* ?Tune snd Mr. Wlndley was n<fmlnat ed for Sheriff and beforo h* wo? "leeled tho Board of Commls?done? 'vas after cutting off a part cf hlr salary. It Is rather a slnruls' ?bins 'hat. they should pay all bill* 'or fees filed by Sheriff Hicks up tn within ahont two month" of thr time when his term would expire ??nd th^n h?rln to bo'd up the fee? so that It possibly would no? appenr so eh?r1y that they were nfter Sheriff Wlndley, hut they ha\?e hel?' up kis fee?* ever rlnro and the tots' up to March 1st amounted to more ?ban $300. and when RhTlff Rick?' term expired the board wa<* holdlnr tip about $"fH0 of his money an* bfi -was hold Ins: up about tftOO'of the county's money to offset his claim iralnst them. The chairman of the board ho? not tried to "?neb an agreement with Sheriff Windier but ha? con etnded to enter Into a lawsuit with Sheriff Ricks ?o that the court eo*ts will amount to more than the feep now Involved and the county at torney will be enabled to feather Ms nest, from the county treason to the extent of several hundred d/?lr lurs. . Will the taxpayers of the county *t?ind for this kind of poli ties* Place vonr '^'?rlff on sll ?al ary basis an thereby remove eva^y casus for litigation by the county. Do Justice by the aherlff and don't" leavt him at tho mercy of ? bunoh 1. Dr. M. G. Smith of the L". S Bu reau of Animal Industry, gave an Il lustrated lecture Thursday night to an audience of SOO peoplr at Pine town. Dr. SoAth Is trying <o Inter ns* Beaufort county In the eradica tion of the cattle tick and the Im provement of live stock conditions ir general. He says that it Is use 1*? to try to get anywhere In the live stock business as lone as the! county is infected with ticks and ? lioe Cholera. He also advocates a:i p.d3(iuato stock law for the protoc-1 tlon of the stock, since infectious diseases cannot be controlled under J tree range conditions Dr. Smith ?poke at length on the progressive farmers he found in Richland town ship. He citek us to various par ties around Aurora who have al ready started Co build up herd* o' 'mproved hogs and cattle. A Mr *">!xon has some 50 native cow? and :? purebred Aberdeen Angus bull. He thinks Mr. Dixon has an Ideal Tountaln for a herd of href rattle. He also spoke *bf a purebred Red j ^nll hull owned by Mr. Clayton near Aurora. This animal weighs over I 1 SOO pounds anl his yearling calve?' ire selling for double what the usu al run of calves In Beaufort count v are bringing. There are two or ?hr^e herds of purebred hogs and overa1 purebred stallions in Rich ?iiul township. Dr. Smith considers Aurora community onp of t.h?? mn?' progressive and up-to-date locali ?ie< he has visited in the rta'e. Rome o? the interesting facts men tioned in the leeture were thnt the federal government is spending MOO.000 this year on li<*k eradica tion and that none of it Is beinp vent In Beaufort county, simply be (aus** our county will not co-oper a'e in the work. The counties fur ther west, whore *<he farmers have *"!ded live stni!^ to 'heir money ?Tops, are bring developed much ::?ore rapidly: i he hour-os are bet-' ??*r: th -re is mr.re paint used and 'hey have bette?* schools and church es. He suggested Mia' it would be well for the fanners around Pine ?own to Ink" a day off and visit th? \nrora fraction .'u^t to see what pror re?s hi" be^n made siner they hav< bervn t.o pay tf.me attention t'i -tick raisinc T.eclur'? will lie eiven at Bath. Friday night aid R-inynn Saturday ? nht. Th<* New Theatrr will offer th^!r ->ntron* fonk'h* a five reel program rartr.fi bv the rfrhth Installment ofi Zudora." fhr t-vi-ri'v rullllon dollar mystery Thn six rrrl feature in*? '?(ght. -Thr Souaw Man." was rer ?alnly lm? brsf plet'ire that has he^n ??rrn here for *ome time. With j -??eh pictures as this houa** |R now offering t h? mnvlr fans of rbo ctfv 'hey should b-t'ld up a go-od pat ??onage. WIS. MlVMVf; HAS nrFSTS. Mrs T. S Manning of West Main street, has ns hrr house guests Miss ?r. Cora Carroll and Susie Rat oh el or and her sister. M's* Nina T^auphlnr house orf Orlmrslnnd. of srhemlpg politicians, irome of whom aro nslnr county bualnens to perpetuate themrelvrs In office. I will dral with this bill more ful ly>ln the near future and will give Igure* which are convincing. All Sheriff Wlndley Is asking for Is s square deal and he has on erery oc casion he"n forced to appeal to the votora of the county to secure it. He has not at any tlm? nor la hp now asking that his salary be In creased. but he Is anktng that the Board ntf County Commissioners be required to pay him that which he Is'entitled to snd this I believe ths citizens of Beaufort county will do. JAMM L. MAYO. Pin COUNTY The cous'v b^lll hul'.h of Pitt county haa Juat elected Dr. M. T. Fdg^rton Whole lime county health jfllcer. He u expected to begin bit work immediately. This make? tei rnuntlca In the State with men glv Inp th-lr entire time to health work Dr Edgerton halls from Fremont. X. C . and In a graduate of the Uni versity of Georgia and of Johnc Hop ? kin*. He wns elected from quite a number of streng applicants for the position. For several months the county board of health had de liberated over the matter of securing the right man for the place. In making th?ir choice In this matter, the local board asked for recommen dations and advice from the State Board of Health. The State Board unhesitatingly recommended Dr. Ed e rton because of his superior train ing experience and perjonallty which should pr< eminently fit him a* a health s*Hcer. Several other counties ar-> consld ?r1nr the matter of a health officer, but by nil odd? the greatest difficul ty ?n the wny In most cases I? to we ecre the right man Just because ,ar. applicant I* nn M D does not nccc??arla1y ru-irrntee that he will j m.tko a health ofTleor. f mr. win.is improving. Mr. Albert Willis, who was Tecent 1- operated on for appendicitis. t* L'really Improv^) at this time, and was able to be moved from the hos pital on yesterday to the residence of hi" nio'.her In East Second street. OF SHAD FBI Chapel Hill Mar. 25.? One bene-l flri.il r?sulr already derived on tie rount of the establishment of the j Fisheries Comml'slon passed bythej n?nera1 Assembly of 1915, is tha* ' lie 1" S Bureau of Fisheries havel lF-?tied instructions for t.he planting! of shad fry In the Pamlico. Neus?\ Trent and Tape Fear rivers. Th?se fry w:ll be obtained from the hatch ery at Edenton. Ther* Is po ne*d for another shad hs?rhery fn ??i?*ern Carolina. and In rnn**?f|itenee of th? iurlsdtct'on of the Fisheries Commission beior ?iHte-wlde. ft 1* <-xpert?<i that very I favorable rons'd?*raHon will he glv "n by the Federal Government to ?h?? establishment of surh a hatchery ; it nn carlv date Application will fll*o irade another year 'or a f'oa'lng hatchery In the Cape Fear river. .in^F.PTr HYDF PRATT Wlf f; FRFPT WfTlTF WAV. TIia proprietors of "The Pslms" bavn receive^ Trot?r*nl for the erec t'on of s whit? v.*sv In fron* of their n'we of liii?!re?? Five lljh' nowts w'11 bf rj; f h -ro on Mar kM streM sMa ard two on Serond ?tre?t Fich po?rt will he fitted n-'th three rlohc? nnd the number of vatfa M?er1 In lighting will nggre abou* fortv five hundred PFiA V KINSTIV TODAY. The !T1gh School ball team left on NorfolV Southern train fhls morn Ing for Klnsrton. ?-her? they will be rln the season by going un agsln?4 ? he H!?rb School team of that city. BFTTFinsAf,?? onivo noon. The Flks had an enthasiastie and well ordered r*he?rsal at their hall last night, where preparations ar?* nnder wsr for the presentation hv the order of a musical comedy and travaganra at an early date. Wash ington la noted for It'? home talent slong all theatrical line*, and under Ihe able taanarement of Mr. and Mrs. Pattv, *he public fa assured of one of the most entertatalag ?hows of tha aeason. THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-29JIS REPORTED SUNK; ANOTHER RUSSIAN VICTORY London, Mar 25.?"The admiral ty ha? ?rood reason to bellsr? the German submarine U-29 has been sunk with all hands." This news published tonight, fol lowing reports that the attack on the Dardanelles had been retained and that the Russians had won im portant rtctorles orer the Austrian? in Bukowina and at Fssok Pan In the Carpathians, gave the allied countries cause for cheerfulness. | The admiralty ?rave no details of how or where* the U-8? was strak but th? report ?hat she waa disposed of wm received In Shipping circles with reliaf. It wan this vessel which a fort night aro torpedoed si* steamers 1n Bristol channel and off th* Sdrllj Islands within two days. ITer com nander told one of the merchant captains who was taken aboard that he commanded the submarine wfclch torpedoed th? British cruiser Abou V!r. Creepy and Hogue. If this were true, he was the man who was look ed upon as Germany's most darlnr submarine narlgatohs. This makes the sixth German sub marine sunk so far as the British admiralty has reported. Are of them at least by British warships since th? outbreak -?f the war. and tn only on? case ^ ?he British report ^?een denied * ? e Oennanj. Be sides these, a %h warship re cently sank a si. ^ ?<? off the French coawt and th. ?V*1sh mer chant captains have p <q claims for rewards offered for Mit men ramminr Germar nn?? ater craft. Ortw of ?heae claims that of the captain of the steamer Thordls. has been allowed and the reward paid. The nvwi of a RomIu 1 ?h? renewal of the attack o? Um DsrdmnellM lacXa official oonftnna tlon but com? from sources onany well Informed. Ra&jdan victories ara announced 1n private telegrams received from Bucharest by way of Rome. These state that the Xa? ana bare won a great victory on the Austrian extreme right In Buko wlna and with strong new foroca they hare driven the Austrian* back In Fesok pass of the Carpathians. It Is believed here that the Rus sians. bringing up new force#, may hare turned the Austrian right and reached the Bereth river. getting behind the Austrian army operating in th? rfelnHy of Cxernowlts. Rig events at Fneok pass were erpected as both Russian and Aus trian official reports spoke of heavy fighting there, and with the troops released by 'he fall of Prremysl the Russians mlftht he able to despatch strong reinforcements -to this point. The Russian* also, hare returned the offensive In the region of the Pllloa river. southern Poland, and, nccoord'n* to Petnograd. hare tak en an Important German position; while In the north heavy fighting a galn ts In progress along the east Prussian frontier. despite the condi tion of the ground. Reports oomlng across *he Italian border of 1ncrea*1ng preparation hi that country for war. although, ft Is added, German diplomats hav? t>ot given up tbe hope In Inducing Aus tria to make territorial concessions that would satisfy botfc Italy and Rumania. King George today visited Admi ral Sir John R. JelUcoS fleet. 'Notice To All Cover Crop Demonstrators My Dear Sir:-?Thl* If probably flrs1 year von have used a jrr*cn cov or crop to Improve your soil. Wo ?her^forp wish tn call your attention ?o a f*?w Important points reicardluic the b^st method of handHne yonr land for the sncopftd!n*r crop The ?rtate at which n cover crop | should Ha tamed under depends up- | on the soil. whether conditions and ?ho crop thn* Is to follow Where '?nrn 1? to b<* planted on crimson clover land thA cIotat should he turned under Jus.' when th? hloom begins to appear. The crop at this ??ape will contain about ?hA mail mum amount of plant food. Besides. It will dcenr much more readily than If permitted 'o reach full ma turity Tt mar hp necoa.ary to turn ?he clovcr under a little earlier !n order to *pt the corn planned at the iiToj>or time. I'. Is sometimes advis able to turn nnder earlier on a o rount of the soli heine In rood con dition. whorens to put It off for a f*w days or a *w?k, dry woafher mlrht. prerent dolnr the worV aa tt should he When the land la to h? planted to cotton It -will be nocea ?ary to turn the cover crop under earlier rejrardle^s of the *ta*A of rroxPtb Thla will allow a f??w day? for th" land to sMHa and to he jrot ?<?n In proper shape for a jrood send bed The p'f>w nhould be followed r'onAir with the barrorw to pulrerl*?* thA soil before the wind and aun hlne drl??< ?t out T^nless the soil 1* full of moisture, or ?here are pro? pec?* of an enrlr rain tt 1* beat to run a roller over the land to firm tt, | which will aid tn holdln* the mols tur?* The roller ahonld alwava h? followed with the weeder or Hrht ??moothlnr harrow to mulch the top son When the rover crop eon?drta of ryA or o?her small rratn. It whonlrl be turned under when about Vnee hlsrh Tf thA pondttlou of thA aott ire vent#* plowtne at tbta time, don hie d lac thA crop a eonptA of ttme? and thla will prATent the further drvtnjr out of thA soil, and frArjnAnt *t thA soil will hA tuaUow Anonch tn a f'?w days to plow AVAn If tt doA^ not rain- Thla, of coura*. la truA whAti ctovAr ta to be followed by corn also. Navit turn the cIoaat or nthar rrop under without first tihoronnhly cutting up with a dtac harrow a? the material plowed under tn a lay er aartonaly Interfere* with 111? ea ottlary action of tha mol.tnre In tV to?. Tha affacts of turalnf under In a javor la what to nomaHiuw crilled ?ourlnir the soil wftk *rem n. muring crop?. Double d two tli? c >vr>r crop two or three time? with ft aharp dl6e harrow before plow inn; plow well by talcing a narrow furrow and edging: rather than 1n ?crtlnr the furrow; then doable dim* tho land arafn rather deeply, and to injnriona effect will result how ever lar*:? the growth may h?. Thlf 1* tha Important point T wlitft to Im pr<*? ripon yon The thoronjfh In corporation of the ??fataM?t matter with the noil Do not ret In m hur ry and nejrlect thla Important part o' the worlc If yon expert rood re sult? from yonr rorer rrop. T7*a the die* and ernootMnir harrow nn tl| yon hare the noil well pnlx^rtaed and the matter mixed ?hronrhont the *oll If yon are 1n donht aboat the fer tilizer Injrredlenta to nee on ?oil than ,T>r??pared. rommnnleate with me. Very tmly yonm, ^ I. F TjATHAM. Comity Ar*nf. PROM HRTDAT, TOFTt. Re<r. and Mm R V ITope hate retnrned to the city from an extend ed bridal t>onr of northern ettlee, and are at bom? *o thHr friend? on W?"?t Second street. to tttti nmnrn*frri vnnm* OF TTTP1 hiikT) WARD. After matura consideration, t tin re decided to withdraw my nama n candidate for Alderman from 'he Third Ward 1n tha prlmarlea to he held for dty offices on April fth. 1MB T find It Important for my own hi* r#*rt? to do tbla, and tm* my friend? will appreciate my reason? for tatrlnir tbla ?tap. T heartily endorse tha randlAaef of Mr W n. Dad ley for Aldenman from the Third Ward and will ap preciate any anpport my fH^aid? may rlre him. J. H. BCKLTTT. New Theater TONIOHT mtlMHtTi InirtmTtmMil of Tli? #?ri?l of My?torr In Two Aloo TV?? OI??r Frio. katlh.
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