Jfews. The two %*¥$;'
all going to ..the AJdernuin xe-union athig week,* inly
18rh. • •. " ' • • > '.
A. B. Aldermen bar been . superintendent cf tbe
Greene schools, for.: threeyears.; I; j*ur remefnbor A.
b;s. father from wy childhaodrvisitato- theS Moore’s
Creek relative*,vHe •wasFrnnkHnPieree. Alderman.;
He married a sister Of the patrarchlcal J^ T. Ken
nedy of Sampson County. and AJL AWm»ita 4^.1 >
niy good friend attorney,;
are first trains. spa^i*
the Elizabethtown .p©et,~ inbuidneas atJBhjse’
Hjil. A B. is ah Jk B. from 5Vhhev.Forest Caliche, •
class of 1924. Seven yetra. be taught, at OodurCrwk,
Cumberland, apd.aJ^BeaulaviBe, ftuplillXoUllty, be*,
fore coming, tp.jthp 8uperintendth<?;? of -Greene
schools.
. i hadn’t know, whom A. ,B. .Alderman, married,
hut a visit to the home. Introduced .me to* daughter
of the Howards and Fishes, true-blue Samjpsou
stock, though she heraelf and.her mother., were reared
in Cumberland County. lira. Howard, the mother,
lives with her. daughter and is sprightlyand Inter
esting. I found her to be. a niece ..of that fine,, old
gentleman of my Robeson days, .Mr. Ha raison. Fight r
of Tolarsville. and her deceased husband a brother
of my old Robeson friend George Howard and of
.Mrs. W. S. Johnson, mother 0? . former .Representa
tive Mac Johnson of Enfield. It is evident .that my
first visit to Snow Hill was not one to strangers only.
The Aldermans have one of the ©id homes conven
iently and pleasantly located. '
Another Old Friend* v >
But there was still pother old friend to see—Prin
cipal R. W. Isley of Uie Snow Hill school, i knew
Mr. Isley intimately while he was superintendent of,
the Sampson County schools. After leaving Samp
son he served as superintendent, of the Tyrrel. schools
and of the Caswell schools. But he preferred to re
turn to the school room before he should be left hifeh
and dry one day without a superintendency and With:
no prospects of entering the school room as an ac
tive teacher. He acted wisely. I have seen such
tragedies occur. Public office is an uncertain propo
sition. , As many men are ruined for life by being
officers for a time as ever profit from their Jobs.
They are finally left in the lurch, out of touch with
all other jobs. Not only was Mrs. Isley wise in re
turning to class-room work but also fortunate in go
ing to Snow Hill as principal. There he has been
fur several years and seems a fixture.
He is one of the Alamance Isley’s, a remote kins* '
man of Mayor Iseley .of Raleigh, even if the Mayor
does have an extra “e”‘ in his name. R. W. is a grad
uate of the University and is, all in all, one of-the
finest of fellows.
At the Relief Agency.
Another I shall list among'my former friends, Mr.
E. J. Harper, though I hadi met him only once be
fore. But as he has been reading The State’s Voice
more than a year, he certainly‘knows me pretty well
if I don’t know him so well. I found him one 'of
Mrs. M. F. Palmer’s chief helpers in the county re
lief work, of which Mrs. Palmer is superintendent
and evidently an efficient one. At that office I also
met Miss Mildred Taylor, emergency home demon
stration agent for the county, who reports much can
ning already done in the relief homes and a “Teal in
terest being shown in gardening by the., poor .or ..un
employed. Here, too, were Misses Moye and- Mose
ley, two more charming young ladies. To my regret
Mrs. Palmer was not in. T discovered that she is a
sister of the well'known former legislator, D.-F.
Giles, generally called “Fatty Giles” by his many
friends.
At The Cotirf House. ; • - - -t
At the court louse we find Mr. George W. Hart
finishing a 24-y.ear period "ah clerk of the cohrt and
retiring voluntarily. Only oneedttrin£ the "24*'years
has he had opposition forTrenominatioh and that was
not serious, as can be judgedr~ft<fm the fact-that lie
got a majority over three "opponents. Such a record
bears its own commentary. "Mr.'Hart'is not yet ^ofn
out, by any means. He is strong and robust and
good apparently, for many a year yet. He owns a
large farm, on which tie produces long-staple cotton,
tobacco, and corn. &e has also had experience' as a
merchant. He is a fine gentleman. ^
Mi4. E. E. Edwards, is serving his third terhi as
register of deeds and ls the nominee for the next
term. He has had. no opposition since his first elec
tion. And that is a record hard to beat. Hr. Ed
wards was a bookkeeper before becoming, register of
deeds,' having much experience in railroad service,
with the old Tobacco Coop. Association, and a bank.
Sheriff'H. K. Cobb was nominated for his second
term without opposition. It seems that those fellows
down there must be the finest kind of officers or ih?
rest of the men are not'as hungry for office as thby
are in other counties. He was superintendent of a
convict camp before becoming'sheriff. Sheriff Cobb
was quite busy the day I wAs in Snow. Hill. It was
tis join, to see that the monthly Masonic barbecne
MSS**** aSSkitfl&r^Wai I,
^g testlfy? for 1 was graciously a guest upon the
1> easant occasion *Bd was father heavily served.--^3
MK O. W; lawatda i^ ifnditir^ tfelk a lawyer &ivs
University. He received his license in 1987, prhctieM
««e jeer end tfce»<4ttente an&tor; hiding tbe jBh •
eeatimwnrfy s&tee agft, <'*'"* ' "
&y
• • -- WWC
jgBS is CeWty OearTga^e * «.Sd«fcra£ an A.
^graduate ofthe. dassof'Merfct W&e Fotest: He
itia native of Halifa*,* and began his praetfcS ln the ’
•oldtowh of that name. From there he went to Bim
G?ty, but settled in Snow Bill in 1909, where he bitt
eessfnQy practiced titt chOeeh* r^wwder in 1932, Sue
* reeding Jndge Morrilll"' Judge 'Anderson is "a ^very
genial gentleasa. • v‘ 1 ■•■ -~r* ?• - —■?"*■:? -
f Pere is. the baby lawyer of the bunch, young l*bw;<
ell G. Taylor. He is a-native of Northampton. He
£ot . ids I/L. B. degree, at .Wake Forest in 193&^bot
had already secured his ..law license the year before.
He began his practice in Northampton,, bat -moved
over to Snow Hill in 1932. He is a bright ryoungster
-and seems to have hit the right place for a Career. "
. Attorney. W. O* Sheppard moved over- from Farm
ville, Pitt County, when Judge FrizzeUe became judge
and occupied the office vacated by that-officer*-: He
is a Trinity man, class 1914. He seems to be the'
only lawyer in Snow Hill who did not . study at Wake
Forest, . unless ., it . is Judge Frizzeile, whose- allha
mater *t do not know. The further*we go-the more
apparent It becomes that Wake Forest men- are large*
Ty monopolizing" jb^e j^f^essieasT1StlamlanK medicine
in at least half*.thev«ta;te,:rahd fte\t$wdta tf great
measure, is true of teaching. ’
Mr. Sheppard- is county attorney^nd; fOii^tar *of
the Kecordfr’s* 0cmrfj £nd evidently :a*-ca^ble attor
K. A. hav
ing received Kis Id* ;B. de£rep ''thereffa^ iSgdffW: He
is a native oi-S*^^i|i;'':ibhhBt7>'si^lfijK^ihfi9F'pfftc
tice at Ayden, Jc*it‘£;-CouSityi he was ^called saff 1o "the
army. After his army service'he returned to Ayden
and practiced there-till 1931, when. hA came to Snow
Hill. He is a member’ of:the Aria
man'anti
fibre: Mr. J. B. Eure, the other nielnl^^ of thdlirm,
lives at Ayden. Mr. Pittman i^ ^BsidWffd a very
&:■
bright lawyjwAndvn^k
,t I have already toldjou of P^ Marph^i- ^ Here is
f>r. J. H. Harper,'who. is vefglng along toward t£e"
old-timers age, having graduated at Philadelphia back
in 1905 and served an intemeship in a Pittsburgh
hospital the following year. He settled' In his 6wn
county town in 1906 and has been serving" tht? people
of Greene now over a quarter of a century. I was
very favorably impressed with Dr. Harper. ' T'’“~
Here is'Dr. Wm. D. Young, who is ^termed one’
of the best dentists in the State. He studiecfat U.
N, C., at the Atlanta Dental, College, and” at "the
University College of Medicine, Richmond, but just
in the reverse order of that named. • The'two' jea fit
at Chapel Hill were given to postgraduate work. He
’ lias been practicing at Snow HiU 23 years, but not
long enough to find him a wife. Mighty good den*
fist, but mighty podr judgment-r-not enough' to'fiatry
or even to subscribe for The State's Voice.
And here is Dr. D. S. Harper, Snow Hill’s veteri
narian. That he ranks high’ as ai citizen can be
judged from the fact that he has been chairman of '
the county board of education for four_years. Other'
members of the board are W. E. Sugg, J. S. Whitley,
L. C. Edwards, and^S. P. Lane. 1 found the charm
ing Miss Lucy Turnage as Supt.. Alderman’s right-'
hand man in the office. .___ . ;_' >
Snow Bill's Newspapers.
.Snow Hill has two newspapers, The„Sguare. Deal
and The Standard-Laconic. Mr. J. E. Debnam, who
was a teacher bails in our own early dgys ip jhe,
school room, is editer^of Ths Laconic. Unfortunately
I found him in a rather poor state of heplth;„ Mr^.<&?
A. Jones is editor of The Square Deal. Both hare
been on the job about 25 years.. Both, are making
good Uttle papers.: It was interesting todiscoVer that'
Mr. Jones had once been associated with ^ own:
brother in business. — - ... „ -
Some ofjSnew HUl’s Business Men.
I didjbope to interview all the business men of the
good Httle.town, but there are, always more of them
- than one would judge by a glance at business quar
Here-Js a good hardware- storey-belonging to
the firm qf Dixon and Hicks, with Mr. S.hI Hicks
in charge. The jlatter seems worthy of the name he
bears, for the Hicks in the southeastern part of the
State are usually considered real folk. ^
- The old drug store on the corner was handed down
trom the father to fteson^Mr. J. S.* Harper ie-tfie
present proprietor; -Here is R- P."Me^born, general
merchant, O .L. and~B. P. Mewbom, general mei
w*m»ts,—there are-plenty of Mewborns down. that
way. A™* here is another Pittman,^-not^a^iawyerT
; :
——
:«»
st two or
.vm*
^&r«00d^
Rig
, however, I&ad^Tfcet two or^tfifW'good
farmers. Anybody at _a glaoce_wpgid pick pot Mr.
IW. Tf or
^two *m
*£«| w*s» T?m Saowr ^■;v?
Sere Is » member of thsr
eioner*, a Mr. <^nth*jn , W<»uraeBbe*to ^
Ifrom the<lrahtbam fow^Tp* neft and to ;
T fminn a- Knt*, ar KvoMuw Jb#1 m
I found 1&a>tn b* a-brother iff dtf#oUf Triend Black
Grantham Who lived,neb M -ttny &tie£’Wdm''lfaiut B
over In Sampson. a^fe had'•<%toa»lmt one FetomC -
- w«h:fto» Bampscm
editor.” But he didn’t know that editor over at"
iSfeow Hill, but
had been a long-lost brother 'Wftoii ‘be discovered the #
:ldentityB;: "V'^ :"-- -- H
ji^—g <yy■> >.\»>• a tAvfy#
V • •««,* -v»fd
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; - ^Ljv'-' ‘
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. ', As ;i- Si****?.;
jSiiisPUrJSs.
B\' PWN£P1 ^
B-'-Bf ••__ v v>rt...
, (b^fbii.jOeMBhr 3b%L98%.M Shown'
... _-t,> by S4tf«!»®n*>*3W->>„;«*,•
Balance Jf^nfPgevioiw Year, w.,.,.,.7uw-u$27,e29;420f.7O
Income—Prom ^embers*, 33,813,968.73; .*v«v'.•«•» ■:*^':.
Mlscellaneons, $1,326,653.63 ;ri TttMU-1 544044236
Dlsburaements—To Membera, $4,166,941.44;
$£b&ellaneo»s, 35O9^W.8»{ /F0tal---i-^,4,atOI148.83
Business written during yee*~fNumbeFofl •;«**•*
PoUcies, .4,650;, j. >*235,510:00
fcushiess inforce^at, end,p^yeftijnlSanfcr.».^< >t ...>«•
ber of Policies, 81^1 j, ^^^.^^11842451002^®
' ....ASSESS-*'!- . .
Value of. Real 'Estate ; iless. amount-uL" . « > rvi '
• encombrauc^s). ^SOOiOO
Mortgage Loans qu Beal 2rZ28»68&88
Value of Bonds and Stocks ~.iw-.j,,.;i.J84,738,816.20
Deposited in Trust Companies and.. Rankg^ # ^ i
*,;,6n' interest L—1..,,-^™™..!. ■ -, 861,810.0?ft 7
Interest -and ‘Renfs"^ue* aind accrued,^—' »' 464,477.01
All other Assets, as detailed* in. statement... 404,013.97
' .. v A' »w' r..T* W*? vi.uAk.i
' ,T°^,
' Assets^.jxot .'admltteA—-1.5 605,893.18
Total admitted Assets r_>:.^a_-$?8>648^724^Q
„■ ‘ LIABILlirlfcS. f),i; ,v
Death Claims. due- and unpaid_••12,071.88
Death Claims resisted 13,0OO!O0
Death Claims reported, but .ndt’ y’dt ad- ‘
justed-——173,005.90
Permanent Disability Claims* !— _ ____ 9,488 48
Sick and Accident Claims _i-i-vi. ,, 30602
Advance assessments llT._,497,700.6®
All other Liabilities, as detailed, in-state- V
ment__—_ _1_™„„ 138,272.60
■ ...... v :. ■• j. '. ' tut f.
Total Liabilities. .544,705.76
.* • *■ . • _ .j- ^■’"itit1 ».'A
, BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1933
Policies or Certificates in force Decembervi •• ;
v. 31st of previous year, .»• Number l,'l83;-$l»951,585.00
Policies or Certificates issued dafing the ; „:! V •;/■' ■;
year, » Number.346;419,500.'00
Policies or Certificates in .force,DeceihlSer;", « i
"31, 1933. _ Number l,030 ; 1,695,916.00
Losses and Claims unpaid December 31st.. ; .... - - •
: of previous year, ,r Number 2; j;.^,600.00=
Losses and Claims * incurred*duripg the . , ; .' ' • * ~A
. -year, - Number 42,rr^„-^r.-_^__--- . V6,988.48
Losses and Claims paid during tie year, -•> --?r
‘Number 42; . J 66,0432$
Losses and Claimsunpaid December 31, ,, .
. 1983, Number 1; 98848,:
Premiums and AtKessments collected, dur- . ..
ihg the year in North Carolina-I-—- 66^82848.
JAS. E. NORTON, Supreme Regent. ..
/ HEBBERTTP, ^OTCkKIS^, Sup. Secy-.
A. & ROTINSdij,"Supreme Treasurer,...
Home Office: 40T Shairiaenit A’f®**. ^**!*:.
Attorney for Servijee: ^DAIN <3. BONEY, Insurance
r . - Commissioner, Raleigh/N.-tG.- ‘
' Manager for North Carolina: Home Officer
stIte Off :
(Seal) ' ' '' • ‘ I^SUKANiOB D^ABTJpa^Tr
'■- ; ; Baleigb,. July 9th,' 1984.
I, DAlir C. BONBY, Insurance Comjnissipnerr -do.
hereby certify that the above, is a trim and correqt,
abstract of the statement"of the Bloyal Arcannm S«:
preme Connell, a Fraternal Order, of Boston, Mass.,
idled with this Department,’ showing Jbe condition of
~ said Order bn the 31st dayjof December, 1883.
"' "Witness my hand and official seal, the day and
date above written. " •
DM C. BONEY, Insurance Commissioner.