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Governor Ellis, Seeking Re-election.1
Waged a "Pots and Pans" Cam-1
paign in I860 . . .
The hand that rocks the cradle and
makes the bread has been marking
the ballot since 1920, for that is the
date the woman's suffrage amend
ment was added to the Constitution.
Since the wife, who takes care of
the kitchen, is a voter today, it is
wise for a candidate to carry his
campaign into the cooking depart
ment.
Only an unusual circumstance
could cause a gubernatorial candi
date to walk into the eook room with
his political propaganda in I860. Gov
ernor Ellis was seeking re-election
and found it necessary to include
the "kitchen" in his political contio
versy. lie was a candidate for the
Democratic party which had been
liberal, had overthrown the whigs.
and had turned conservative after
gaining control of the state political
ly. The whigs forced Governor Ellis
to resort to his "cook room" strate
gy. That was unusual in 18(H), when
only men went to the ballot box.
The Whig leaders wen making
their last stand. Only an important
issue that would appeal to a large
number of voters could win the elec
tion for them. They chose the faith
ful old platform plank, "taxation,"
for their victory effort.
At that time it was a dormant is
sue, inflammable in character. "Tax
ation" was a plank that might be
used to rouse the non-slaveholding
whites against ihe slavocracy; and
the number of men without slaves
was a much larger group. The whigs
nominated John Pool, of Pasquotank
County, for governor. They demand
ed a properly tax that would be li
led according to the value of a man's
possessions. Tins was a direct ellort
to tax the larger farmer's slave prop
erty. At that time nothing more than
a fifty-cent capitation tax was paid
tor slaves whose value averaged
$800 each. Land was taxed at a much .
higher rate. Mechanics working in |
competition with slave labor paid the
fifty cents poll tax and~an addition-1
al- five dollars. The small farmer i
owning poor land paid as much per |
acre a.s the large planter whose soil |
was fertile and valuable. The 1800 !
plan of taxation favored the large",
land owner. The whigs offered a re-1
form by favoring in their platform 1
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THE LETTER-BOX
"Farm people of North Carolina
and other states were recently asked
by the United States Government to
answer three questions, so that pro
grams could be devised to meet the
impact of war."
"The questions are:
"1. How can agriculture contrib
ute its share to general preparedness
and National unity?
"2. How can agriculture utilize the
benefits' resulting from the defense
program to bring about the adjust
ments needed in farming, forestry,
and rural living, and thereby place
the w hole agricultural industry in a
much stronger economic and social
position?
"3 llow can unfavorable effects
of the war and defense activities
upon agriculture be held to a min
imum without sacrificing or inter
fering with National efforts toward
preparedness?"
Before reading the article further.
I yielded to an inclination to jot
down my ponderous thoughts rela
tive to these momentous questions,
and winch centralized-into a formu
la dfone sentence, namely:
For our National Government to
ascertain and establish the produc
er's just percentage of equity in the
consumer's dollar, for all raw ma
terials. as per grade, and SEE THAT
HE GETS IT
ll seems to me that this would be
a-sample of true Democracy never
handed out to the wheelhorse of ex
istence so far, and if hunded out
NOW. would create a unified class
of AnuTir;iiiMi) i mtmirhahht hy any
"ism" the devil ever concocted; nor
by Industry, the Army, or Canton
ment at dollars-per-hour interfere
with Brother Jim's contentment or
stTuiuy in staying at liutne ahd dlg
the ail valorem principle and by de
manding that it be established by a
constitutional convention. The con
servative Democrats thought that the
proposed plan would enable the
"abolitionists" to tax slaves at will
and would lead to taxing slavery out
of existence.
The ensuing campaign was hotly
contested. In the early stage. Pool
and tin* whigs held an advantage.
Their leaders explained tlfift the ad
valorem principle would require ev
ery person to contribute in propor
tion to the value of his estate. This
would equalize the public burden -
between the various classes upon
principles of justice.
The strategy of Governor Ellis
won the election He reminded the
.voters of the absence of any excep
tions in the proposed reform. Every -
one supporting ihe reform would be
voting a tax upon Ins own chickens,
eggs, furniture, ovens, tin cups, * pots
and pans." ' ?
The supporters ul the whig tax
plarrTcalized t-ht-y were- taxing tluiir
kitchen utensils at an equal ratio
with the landlord's slave labor; and
they hesitated when it was time to
vote for the reform.
Governor Ellis defeated Pool, hut
hi majority was reduced from the
previous sixteen thousand to about
six thousand. Since Governor Ellis
placed the emphasis upon "cooking
utensils" in the election of 1860, it
has been called the "pots and pans"
campaign.
Governor Ellis won the election
f.?r the Democrats, John Pool won u
rnpral vic tory for the whigs, and the
Civil War tooks the slaves.
MANPOWER NOT SO GOOD
Out of the nine selectees sent to camp last week from this county.
Uncle Sam would have only four of them. The induction center even
rejected Doc Perkins, lower left, despite his apparent readiness to
scrap. The group is identified as follows: left to right. Ben Bennett.
Doc Perkins. S. T. Jenkins. J. E. Clark, J. T. Wilson. L. Kodgers. Con
nie Woolard. Wilson Williams and Woodard Collier. Clark, Wilson.
Rogers and Collier "stuck".
ging up the doughnuts so necessary
to Brother John's existence; and
which is just as true as is the fact
that the 21 dollar a month human
target is entitled to the services of
his mechanical brother to make wea
pons for soldier defense.
u The foundation of our Beautiful
Mansion (to quote "by the people,
of the people, for the people") lies
buried in the mud. built there dur
ing the days when manhood, not
dollars, counted; now long subject
ed to microbes and quicksands of
non-content and unfair returns.
How many pounds of cotton does a
farmer have to "sell" to enable him
to buy a shirt weighing six ounces
at two dollars per, and manufactur
ed 98 per cent mechanically?
I was much over the state of
Louisiana during Huey Long's reign
as "King Fish".
Not one "easy livei" can I recall
who claimed ever to "have voted for
Huey, except it be of his political
henchmen, living fat", as Huey did
But the "mud turtles" of the bayous.
\\v, -I..II i. n..?- ..f higher
lands had listened to Huey's per
suasions, ihat his was unlike other
political cure-alls; that if they would
put him in power, he would put them
on their feet. And Huey was a sales
man. They did, and he did, that is,
to a greater extent than they could
see had ever beer?done for them be
fore, and how long a natural life is
possible for a "King-Fish" to enjoy
Huey's untimely demise still
cloaks.
Huey was "crooked", no doubt, but
he sucked the sap of the sap-suck
Storage Spare For Wheat
Farmers Available Soon
Storage space soon will be avail
able to North Carolina wheat farm
ers for use under the 1941 loan pro
gram, reports E. Y. Floyd, state AAA
executive officer at State College.
! ers who had sucked the sap of the
I humble. He kept faith with the "tur
' ties" and "billies" and they in turn
hatched the first "King-Fish" this
been another hatchery at work, and
j though the name "King Fish" was
! scorned, all the Nations now know
him by another, and I ant so thor
oughly patriotic for the lasting wel
fTare of my couhtry that 1 dare poiht *
out that which 1 think is the note in
, thine eye, oh Greed.
The recommendations of the
| questions read fine, but their path
1 leads a long way around.
Chas. Small wood.
Washington; N. C.
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NOTICE OK SAI.K
'North Carolina. Martin County.
Under and by virtue of the power i
of sale contained in a certain deed
of trust executed to the undersigned,
trustee by Sheppard Kice, and wife,
on the 14th day of May, 1937, and Of;
record in the public registry of Mar
tin County in Book P 3, at page 305,
the undersigned trustee will on Mon- |
ilay, the 21st day of July, 1941. at
twelve o'clock noon, in front of the
courthouse door in the town of Wil
hamston, offer for sale to the high
| est bidder for cash the following de
scribed real estate, to wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land
beginning at a ditch on Church
Street; thence a line about fifty-sev
en feet to a tree; thence a line south
ward about 210 feet; thence East
ward along the back line of Henry
Roddick's house and lot about 57
foot; thence a lino along Knight
property about 210 foot to the be
ginning and boing the Henry Red
dick house and lot, situated in the
Town of Williamston. N. C , Martin
County. For further reference, see
public records of Martin County Reg
istry, I
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