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VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 32
COMMISSIONERS
RESIGN POSTS IN
BERTIE COUNTY
Refuse To Continue When
Voters Nominate Four
New Members
EFFECTIVE JULY 7TH
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Running on a Tax Reduction Platform
New Commissioners Will Discuss
Budgets On July 7th
After reviewing tax valuations at a
special meeting held in Windsor
yesterday, four of the five members of
the Bertie County Board of Commis
sioners tendered their resignations, to
become effective the first Monday in
July. The action was taken because
of the fact that practicatly a new board
was nominated in the primary recently,
»n which the members of the present
board were candidates on a platform
of the past performance in office.
Members of the board in discussing
the action taken, explained that they
felt that their official actions had been
disapproved by the vote of the people
in the primary, and as the new board is
more or less pledged to reduce county
expenditures, the old board wished to
give them an opportunity to begin with
the next year's budgets which will be
presented at the July meeting of the
commissioners. The clerk of the super
ior court is empowered by law to ap
point members to the board to fill un
expired terms, and it is presumed that
he will name the men nominated in
the recent primary to serve until De
cember when their regular terms be
gin.
With the county valuation in Bertie
showing a decrease of around $700,-
000, the old board members did not
see how they could get by without in
creasing the present tax rate, and feel
ing that there would be criticism if they
went ahead and raised the rate in the
fact of the primary returns they de
cided to give the new board the op
portunity of fixing the rate for the com
ing year. It is not yet known definitely
whether the men nominated in the pri
mary will accept appointments to fill
thr unexpired terms or not, and pres
sure is being brought to bear to have
the old members of the board retain
their positions until their terms expire
in December.
While the commissioners are resign
ing in Bertie, a second primary is un
derway Hi this county to determine the
nominees for commissioners. The con
ditions confronting the two counties
arr practically the same, but the desire
for office in Bertie apparently is not
near so great as it is over here.
JAMESVILLE MAN
FULFILLS BET
Chas. Davenport Puahea W.
W. Roberson 2 1-2 Mile*
In Wheelbarrow
"I never dreamed that Bailey would
register such a defeat over Simmons,
and if I had even thought he would
win I would never have agreed, as
loser, to roll Mr. W. W. Roberson from
his filling station, two and one-half
miles away, to our station in James
ville," Mr. Charles Davenport stated
yesterday. The bet was lifted early
Sunday morning, when Mr. Davenport
pushed the builder's wheelbarrow the
two and one-half miles in one hour
and |7 minutes, actual rolling time.
When the Bailey victory was an
nounced, Mr. Davenport stated that
he attempted to influence Mr. Rober
son to look upon the wager as a mere
joke. "He just would not listen to
reason, so we agreed upon the time,"
the Jamesville man stated. With a
pillow and an ordinary rug, Mr. Rober
son fired a cigar and took a seat in
the barrow. The rolling was off to a
good start, Mr. Davenport accepting
his lot without complaint. Slow prog
ress was made in rounding the up
grade carve jmt the other side of
Gfc«dkMtt» Creek, b*t in spite of the
oversized drope of perspiration flowing
from hie face, * Mr. Davenport con
tinued the task.
Visitors from all parts of the coun
ty went down to witness the fulfill
ment of the bet, Pereell Mobley ap
parently laughing the most at Mr.
Davenport's expense. 'Several walked
the entire distance to see that no cheat
teg resulted, and it was agreed that
the obligation, however foolish its ori
0* was fully met But, it is certain
that Mr. Davenport regretted the out
come of the primary. ,
Resume Mid-Week Service
At Local Baptist Church
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At the church Sunday the pastor an
nounced that he is now able to resume
the church's full schedule of services.
Accordingly, ..the midweek service
wiH he held at the church Wednesday
nraiag at I o'clock.
Siacc the Christian Church ia now
eclebratlag the nineteenth hundredth
anniversary of the birth of the church,
a series of studies will be grouped
bout this idea.
An attempt will be made to make
these service* of sack nature as to jus
tify attendance upon them.
THE ENTERPRISE
Property Valuationin County
Reachs the $12,760*969 Mark
CORPORATION
LISTINGS WILL
INCREASE SUM
Decrease Equals a Two and
One-half Cent Increase
In the Tax Rate
REPORT $398,198 LOSS
Williams Township Reported Greatest
Percentage Loas; Cross Roada
la Second in Percent Column
Real estate valuations in the county
reached the $12,760,969 mark yester
day when Bear Grass, thr last town
ship to report, handed in its listings.
The amount, $398,198 less than the
listings for the previous year, does not
include the corporation taxes, which
arr handled through the corporation
commission at Raleigh. The corpora
tion taxes will bring the valuations up
to a total of approximately $16,000,000,
or probably more, as there have been
additions made in telephone and elec
tric lines since the listings were en
tered a year ago.
*—At' the present,"however, 'flie $398"-'
198 loss in the county is to be con
sidered. With no change in the bud
get, or in other words, if the budget
for all county operations remains the
same as it was last year there will
necessarily result an increase in the
tax rate of two and one-half cents on
the SIOO property valuations. Figur
ing on the basis of' the approximately
$400,000 valuation decrease in real es
tate and personal property values, there
will be deducted from the general levy
a sum of $5,500, that amount repre
senting a tax of 2 and 1-2 cents.
Before delving into the prospective
tax rate, the budgets of the county
educational board and the county au
ditor will have to be filed. These
budgets will be ready within the next
few weeks, it is understood. And then
the rate will bt determined. Accord
ing to reports, strict economy is being
followed in every instance possible to
chick the apparently inevitable ' in
crease in the tax rate.
Receiving the Bear Grass list yes
terday, Tax Supervisor John 1). Lilley
expressed himself as I>** i ■ i k much pleas
ed with tire outcome tif the county
valuations. "The loss is not half as
much as first reports indicated it would
be," Mr. Lilley stated. Bear Grass
reported listings in the sum of
699, or a decrease of $41,751, as com
pared with the listings the year before.
Property of white owners t-|iials a five
per cent decrease, and that of colored
owners equals a 14 per cent decrease.
The greatest percentage loss was re
ported in Williams Township, the de
crease in that district being 15 per rent.
Cross Roads was second in the per
centage decrease with a 6 per cent
drop. Bear Grass takes third place.
Jamesville reported a loss of about 1
and 1-2 per cent. Poplar Point was
lowest with a 1 per cent decrease.
Robersonville reported the largest
decrease, $114,794, but its ratio of loss
is only 4 per cent, as the valuation in
that district is the largest in the coun
ty-
Williamston gained about 1-2 of 1
per cent, and was the only township
to report a gain.
The real estate and personal prop
erty listing* for the individual town
ships, complete with the exception of
corporation property values, follow,
with the reported losses and one gain:
Township Listing Lom
Jamesville I $ 1,253,176 $ 17,572
| Williams 417,746 62,576
Griffins ........... 798.047 31,159
'Cross Roads —.... 796,477 49,394
I Robersonville ..... 2,773,900 114,794
Poplar Point —..... 439,016 4,025
'Hamilton 1,311.424 45,137
Williamston 2,501,061 *14,414
Goose Nest ..........: 1,668,423 51,490
Bear Grass 901,699 41,751
Total $12,760,909 $398,198
• Gain.
Community Builders To
Hold Meeting Tonight
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A special meeting of the Community
Builders' League will be held tonight
at 8:00 o'clock in the offices of Mr.
Leslie Fowden, president of the organ
isation. All business and professional
men of the town are urged to attend,
and any others that are interested in
the growth of Williamston.
The tobacco market and other mat
ters of vital importance to the growth
of the town and county will be dis
' cussed, and a large attendance is wished
. for, both young and old.
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'■ Jamesville Woodmen Win
[ Game from Everetts Camp
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' In their first game of the season, the
•. Everetts Modern Woodmen baseball
•J team lost to thit of the Jamesville
' eamp hist Thursday afternoon by a 4
to 0 score:
■ During the next few weeks the
- Woodmen of both camps are planning
to play several games.
Williarnston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June 17, 1930.
FAIL TO SUMMON
MEDICAL AID IN
NUMBER CASES
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No Medical Aid Rendered in
One Out of Every Three
and One-Third Deaths
NUMBER IS REDUCED
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Many of the Death* Occurred at Birth
Statiatica Show; Pneumonia Take*
Around 41 Lives in County
In one out of every three and one
third deaths in this county, no medical
aid is summoned, it was learned in a
recent review of vital statistics for
Martin county in 1929. The majority of
the deaths occurring without medical
aid being rendered was at birth, but a
surprisingly large number was reported
among children of several years of age
and even among grown-ups,
The records show that a majority
of the cases receiving no medical at
tention was among the colored people,
hut there,^were, many similar ones
aiming the whites. . ' .
Ko comparisons were made for a long
perjod of years, but it is an accepted
fact that the number of people dying
without medical attention in this coun
ty at the present time is the smallest
it has ever been, considering the popu
lation increase, of course. A brief re
view of the records for the past few
years also shows that health work has
been advanced rapidly in the county
during the past several years, very few
preventable diseases being" reported
now as compared with the scores and
even hundreds that were common only
a few years back.
A study is now underway to de
termine the main cause attributable to
deaths in this county, but the review
is jtot yet complete. It has been learn
ed so far from the study;'however, that
approximately 41 of the 372 deaths re
sulted from one cause, pneumonia.
Seventy deaths were reported at birth.
The review, up to the present time, in
dicates that tuberculosis is assignable
to many deaths in this county.
FARMERS SHIP
CUCUMBERS
Around 75 Farmers Shipped
175 Crates To New
Bern Yesterday
Martin County farmers this year, for
tlic first time, are planting cucumbers
on a commercial basis, daily shipments
being made from warehouses in
Everetts to pickle factories iu New
Bern.
Approximately 75 farmers in the
Everetts section made initial deliveries
last week, and while their offerings
were limited during the first day or two
to twenty-five crates, the shipments
have mounted daily until as high as
175 crates are being moved daily from
the Taylor warehouses in Everetts.
The Johnson Earl Myers Co., of
N't w Bern, is taking the entire output,
paying price* that are said to conform
with general market conditions. The
cucumbers are loaded on the company's
trucks at Everetts and delivered to the
factory at New Bern.
The price runs by grades, the number
one group bringing two and one-half
cents per pound. Prices for the poorer
grades run as low as one-half cent
per pound.
Growers throughout the county, it
is understood, may sell their surplus
to the company at Everetts, deliveries
being accepted until three o'clock each
afternoon.
Woman's Auxiliary Holds
Last Meet of Current Year
The last meeting of the Woman's
Auxiliary of the Church of the Advent,
for the current year was held at the
home of the president, Mrs! Maurice
Moore, yesterday morning at 10:30. (
During July and August no meetingsj.
will be held unless a special call is.
made. Rev. A. H. Marshall led the!
devotional services, Mrs. W. B. Watts (
reading minutes and Mrs. F. U. Barnes
reporting as treasurer.
Mrs. J. G. Staton, who is United
Offering treasurer of the auxiliary, gave
her report, stating that the book* will
close on June 30th, as instructed by
Mrs. C. J. Sawyer, Diocesan Treas
urer.
There was a discussion as to the
sending of a member of the Sunday !
school to the training school to be held,
at Camp Leach, which has been recent
ly acquired by the Diocese. Upon mo-J
tion it wis decided to name one person
of the required age to attend the school.
The camp will open June 30th, under
the leadership of Rev. Franlt Dean, of
Wilmington, an*•hut two week». v
The rector expresed his pleasure at
the business accomplished at the meet
ing and spoke freely of hia desire to
be asked to aid wherever he was need
ed. Mrs. Collin Barnes, of Murfrees
boro, who was a former member of
the parish, was present and was greet
ed with pleasure.
WEEK TERM OF
COURT STARTED
HERE MONDAY
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Judge Points Out The Im
portance of A Grand
Juryman's Oath
MOORE IS "PRESIDING
Busy Farming Sesson and Minor Im
portance of the Docket Limit
Attendance Upon Court
The regular one-week term of Mar
tin County Superior court convened
here yesterday, Judge Clayton Moore,
of this place, occupying the bench in
the place of Judge N. A. Sinclair. It
was first announced that Judge Garland
Midyette, of Jackson, would preside in
the absence of Judge' Sinclair, but other
arrangements were made at the last
minute.
While the court is being attended by
fair-sized crowds, the attendance is
greatly limited by the busy season for
the farmers and the minpr importance
of the docket. There are very few cases
carrying more than a passing interest.
Judge Moore, in his charge to the
jury yesterday morning, outlined in a
brief way, the methods of proceedure
to be followed by a grand jury, and
pointed out the .importance of the oath
of (Tie grand juryman which i>ml>
him to secrecy, " not only for the cur
rent term of court but for all time.
"The very,, fact htat a grand juryman
will nut keep his oath ijaturally makes
men entertain fear in stating tacts or
in performing their duty, because they
know the danger that anyone subjects
himself to when ews goes to the des
perado that he was one who presented
him to the court,' Judge Moore declar
ed. He also attacked the apparent in
difference of some people to keep their
word even when they are sworn to do
The grand jury, drawn from the
regular pannel includes, T. W. Daven
port, foreman; W. J. Johnson, jr., 7..
T. Cox, Z. H. Hose, C. (i. Gurkin, J.
W. Ward, Gaston James, Ira Roger
son, J. W. Harris, John K. Griffin,
Henry Corey, J. J. Roberson, N. L.
Cheiry, L. K. Brown, Harry Waldo,
Buck Roberson, W. S. IJailey, W. J-
Heath.
FEDERAL AGENT
FATALLY SHOT
P. L. Flinchum Dies In A
Goldsboro Hospital; F.
E. Street Is Injured
I'. L. Flinchum, Federal prohibition
agent was fatally shot, and 11. V. An
drews, both of Wilson, and F. E.
Street and H. A. Dail, of Raleigh,
were badly injured when they were
fired upon aßout three o'clock this
morning while hiding on Route No. 10
near Goldsboro, The officers overtook
a Ford sedan occupied by two un
known men, and as Mr. Flinchum, the
driver of the Chrysler starteil to pass,
one of the Ford occupants opened fire
with what is believed to have been a
Savage automatic pistol Nine bullets
struck the officers' car, one of the first
fired striking Flinchum in the lower
forehead almost" between the eyes. The
car swerved and struck a tret- in the
Goldsboro city park, throwing all the
occupants out and budly wrecking the
car.
Minchum was carried to the Golds
boro hospital where he died an hour
| later. Andrews suffered a broken knee
and is now in the hospital, lie was in
a wreck in January and only recently
returned to the service. Mr. Street
was badly v ul a'"' bruise dabout the
mouth, several of his teeth being
knocked out. Daily was slightly hurt
No shots.were fired by the officers,
aiul they failed to get the number of
the car or any clue by which to identify
the assassins.
Agents Street and Flinchum were
well known here. Mr. Street was sta
tioned here over a year and Mr. Flin
chum had been here many times.
Mr. Flinchum was a native of Dan
bury, Stokes county, where he owned
a small farm. He had recently moved
his family to Greensboro and hail plan
ned to leave the service and make his
home with his family after July l- He
was a prompt and well liked officer.
Continue Efforts To Form
A Four-County League
The outcome of a proposed four
county baseball league will likely be de
termined today when Edenton is ex
pected to report it* position relative to
entering as the fourth unit. Craven,
( Pitt Martin have virtually agreed
l"to enter the proposed organization.
| According to information gained late
yesterday, a meeting will he held in
i Washington by representatives of the
various counties, the meeting pending
on the outcome of Edenton's report to
day.
Edenton and Martin county teams
are playing here this afternoon. To
morrow, the county boys go to. Green
ville, and on Thursday they return the
Edenton game. Greenville is scheduled
to play here next Saturday.
In an effort to organize the league,
local leaders are making' only a nomi
nal charge and is exhibiting a good
brand of ball.
June Primary Costs Martin
County Approximately $664
Board of Equaliza And
Review Hear Tax Complaints
EIGHT ASK FOR
A DECREASE IN
VALUATIONS
Board Likely To Hold An
other Meeting Within
A Short Time
ASKS INVESTIGATION
Limited Power of Board To Make
Changes in Valuations Makes >
Complaints Almost Useless
Comparatively few complaints*'wcre
entered by property owners relative to
tlieir property listings here yesterday
btfore the county commissioners sit
ting «s the hoard of equalization and
review. l'he limited power of the
hi'idM to njake changes in, real estate
values is believed to have resulted in
the small number asking for valuation
changes. Heretofore, adjustments were
nu'de the second Monday in July,
and the new date might have had some
thing to do with the small number ot
complaints. Only eight cases were en
ured, bti't the board discussed and or
dered an investigation in several others
The Virginia Electric and Power Co
was ordered to appear before the board
and 'show cause why the value of its
properties in the county should not be
increased.
Major-Loomis I otnpauy, big lumber
dealers, were notified to appear before
the board that the request for a re
duction in that concern's taxes might
!)••■ further investigated.
The following reductions were made:
I'lemming and Roberson, of James-'
ville, land value reduced $2,000 on ac
count- of timber removed.
Ella K. Powell, of Parmele, &S&CS&
mc-nt reduced s(> HO for two years, same
amount charged to K. R. Kdittondson.
Mrs. J. \V. Mayo, land value reduced
SMS() in Williams Township on account
of timber sold.
Mrs. Nona Holliday, land value re
duced $750 in Jamesville, on account
of house burned.
Askew and Hamilton, assessment in
J;.mesville reduced $350 on account of
loss of 35 acres by survey.
J. S. (iriflin, in Hear (irass, error of
SBOO corrected on account of solvent
credits.
The hoard .recessed, probably to meet
again within the next week or two.
THIRD ROBBERY
AT JAMESVILLE
W. J. Holliday Store Enter
ed Second Time Last
Sunday Night
Store owners in Janiesville are be
ing. preyed upon unmercifully hy..rub
bers cluriiiK the past few days, a third
robbery being-reported there last night.
The loot has been limited in all three
of the cases, but property damage has
been large in one or two of them.
For the second time within a week,
robbers forced an entrance last night
into the story of Mr. VV. J. ilolliday
and stole a quantity of light articles.
Alt attempt .was made to break open
the store safe, bfft the parties to the
robbery abandoned that hope after
they had torn the combination and
hinges from the door of the -safe and
accomplished nothing. According to
current beliefs, the intruders planned
tu roll the sale down the riyer hill to
a boat and haul it away. They either
found the weight too much for con
venient handling or thewwere fright
ened away before they c\uld execute
the apparent plans. In making prep
arations for hauling the safe, the rob
bers entered fhe boat house of Mr.
Charles Griffin and secured a launch,
which they tied securely at the foot
of the river hill just to the rear of the
Holliday store.
Investigations are being made into
the robbery, but no developments had
been reported late yesterday.
The store , was first entered Monday
night of last week, when several pair*
of shoes and several other articles were
stolen. > . .
Many Deaths Reported in
State Over Week End
A series of automobile wrecks, re
sulting in many deaths, was reported
in North Carolina over tin: week end.
Six were injured, two seriously in a
auto-truck collision in Greensboro. Two
people were killed near Smithfield in
an auto wreck. Two more were killed
near l'ine Level, in the Goldsboro sec
tion. Two highway employees were in-
Muntly killed, near Davidson when a
fast train struck their truck. Many
minor accidents were also reported,
Ai far as it could be learned, there
were very few wrecks or accidents re
ported in this particular aection.
Meet With Difficulty
In Securing A Judge
According to unofficial reports,
the June term of Martin County
Superior Court, convening here
yesterday, was made possible
when Judge Clayton Moore, of
this place, came to the scene and
agreed to serve for Judge N. A.
Sinclair, the man scheduled to
preside during the one week.
Five judges, it is understood,
were asked by Mr. Sinclair to
exchange benches during this
week, but excuses are said to
have been offered in each case.
When Judge Moore was called
upon, he readily accepted. Ru
mor has it that if Judge Moore
-could- net- -have served, there
would hardly be a term of court
in session here this week.
PROCEEDINGS IN
MARTIN COURT
Eight Cases Are Heard By
Court Yesterday; Few
Heavy Sentences
Ten eases were disposed of by the
superior court in session here yester
day, the first day of a one week term
for the trial of criminal and civil cases.
1 he cases cleared from the docket yes
terday were minor ones, thirty days in
jail being the heaviest punishment met
ed out by Judge Clayton Moore.
A true bill was found against Hubert
Wooten, charging him with the murder
of Mary Spruill, colored woman of
this- place. K. D. Spruill held in Connec
tion with the killing of his mother will
face an assault with a deadly weapon
charge. No date has yet been set for
the trial of Perlie Rogers, the defend
ant in a second murder case scheduled
tor hearing in the court this week. A
hill of indictment has been standing
since September, \ ( )27, charging Rogers
with the murder of a colored hoy nam
ed Moore in the Free Union section in
July, IV2(i.
In the cases of State against (ieo'rge
Morgan and (has. H.' Young, . in
which appeals were taken from the
recorder's Court, the appeals were not
perfected and sentences' of the lower
court applied.
Edgar Ayers, charged witlr an as
sault with deadly weapon was found
guilty and was required to pay $21.00
to Ueatoti (jndard arid the cost of the
trial.
John Haywood Taylor and John 1..
Wynn pleaded guilty to a charge of
simple assault and each was sentenced
to thjrty days in jail.
Mary I.cm Roberson pleaded guilty
to a larceny charge, and prayer for
judgment was continued to the Septem
ber term.
Thomas E. Eaughinghouse with
drew his appeal from the recorder's
court where he was convicted for driv
ing a car while intoxicated.
• Buck Terry, appearing to answer a
judgment from the March term of
court, was discharged upon the pay
ment of costs.
Kelly Salsbury, charged with lar
ceny, was found not guilty.
W. A. Ayers was found not guilty
ill the case charging him with larceny.
The case charging Addie Roberson
with obstructing an officer in the dis
charge of his duty, was continued.
Eliza Hunter was found not guilty
of vjolatiug the liquor law.
Second Contest for Places
on Board of Commissioners
Doubt expressed yesterday morning
that there would lie no second primary
for county commissioners in Martin
was lifted yesterday afternoon when
Mr. Sylvester Peel, chairman of the
county board of elections, stated that
arrangements for holding the second
primary to determine the county treas
urer and two more commissioners
were complete, and that the ticket as
reported last Friday would be placed
before the voter* on July S*h *'
Improper filing is said to have give
grounds to the rumor that there would
be no second primary for commission
ers, but Mr. Peel stated that everything
was in" order and that the contests
would be held as announced.
Kiwanians Will Hold Their
Regular Meeting Tomorrow
The local Kiwanis Club will hold its
regular semi-monthly meeting tomor
row at 12:30 in the Woman's Club
hall, --
The program will be handled by
Tom Brandon, and he asks that a large
attendance be there, at he ia the oflfic
' ial entertainer for the this par
ticular meeting.
AihirHw WOI Find Oar CaL
umn» ■ Latchkey to Ow 1400
Hows of Martia Commtj
ESTABLISHED 1898
2ND PRIMARY
COST WILL BE
AROUND S2OO
New System and Complicat
ed Ticket Increase Ist
Primary Costs
COST IS REASONABLE
One-Third of The Amount Was Spent
In Keeping Registration Books
Open for Long Period
I lie primary held in this county re
cently cost approximately $664, accord
ing to an official estimate made yester
day afternoon by Mr. Sylvester Peel,
chairman of the Martin County Board
of Elections. Considering the new
voting methods, the distribution of
booths and ballots, and the giving of
instructions, the cost is regarded as
-unusually small.
Ihe complicated county ticket fig
ured prumiiwuly-in. i mining up the'
cost as the voting and counting of the
returns required more than one day. It
was statej. _how.e.ver, tUat tlte judges
of election or poll holders worked at
night on the .same salary scale as they
did during the day. Certain of the
precincts made no charges for night
work, as in their case the count was
complete before or shortly after mid
night. Only in those cases where the
work was continued until early morn
ing were charges made, it wf s pointed
out. "" '
Approximately $221 were required to
handle the registration work, sls
ing added to that amount to allow the
rvgistrars three cents for each liew
name.entered on the books. The judges
oi election were paid approximately
SIOO for regular work ami around S4O
(or extra work, a part of the last a
nu uut going to assistants.
The cost incurred in distributing the
ballots, setting up the booths, and giv
ing the judges of elections instructions
amounted to $125, that amount includ
ing transportation allowances and the
tabulation of the returns here the Mon
day following the primary. Sixty-three
dollars were spent for printing the two
township and the long county ballot
The cost of this Work was greatly iiu
creased when the law required the
name of each candidate to occupy an
initial position on the ticket in propor
tion to each other name, making ap
proximately 30 different changes in the
one ballot. The ballots were then
wrapped iiw bundles of 50 each, and
constituted a stack several feet high.
The sio4 does not include perma
nent investments, such as booths, bal
let boxes, and other equipment.
In estimating the cost of the sec
ond primary to be held in the "County
the fifth of next month, Mr. I'eel stat
ed that it would not exceed S2OO, and
he Indieved it could be held fur several
d> liars less. No registration costs will
figure in the second primary, it was
stated. Citizens reaching the voting
]age luring the meantime will lie able
)to vote on the sth by registering that
day, it was pointed out.
The count should be made fit a com
paratively short time, limiting the
wages of the judges of ejection.
REPORTHEAVY
CROP DAMAGES
Tobacco Crop Declared To
Be Short 25 Per Cent
and Probably More
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| Farmers from practically every sec
tion of the county questioned yesterday
and today, report much damage to
crops as a result of rains falling during
the past ten or twelve days.
In nearly every field, the reports
state, tobacco is flopping and the
leaves are taking oil a yellowish color.
The crop is regarded as extremely
poor at the present time, the best ob
serving farmers stating that only by
the very best seasons from now on can
a reasonably good crop l>e expected.
Basing their statements on the present
outlook, the farmers questioned, gave
as their opinion that the crop would
be short at least 75 per cent of a nor
mal one. Others place the shortage as
low as 60 and 65 per cent of a normal
yield.
Other crops have been damaged also,
but it is not as serious in those as it
is with the tobacco crop. Corn looks
better than any of the crops, but even
there the wet weather has caused some
damage.
Peanut fields, generally, are full of
grass, the farmers finding it impossible
to plow under the wet conditions pre
vailing.
So far the condition in the eastern
end of the county is said to be much
better than in the western end.
With a favorable season from now
on, late tobacco is expected td make
the best crop, the early plants being
greatly damaged by the rains.
Weather' conditions continue unset
tled, and at noon today more rain was
forecasted. •»
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