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VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 17
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, April 24, 1936
ESTABLISHED 1889
LEGION POST TO
SPONSOR SHOWS
HERE NEXT FALL
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Not Known Whether Event
Will Be Operated as
Fair or Not
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Ararngements are being made by
the James E. Jethro Post of the
American Legion with Kaus United
Shows for a week of amusement
here some time in the fall, with an
engagement in October preferred.
P. W. Brown and other legion
naires were in Elizabeth City this
week to meet the Kaus Brothers to
make arrangements and to perfect
an agreement. It is thought that
the show folk will make a flat guar
antee to the local organization that
will be in the neighborhood of $500.
The site that is to be used is the
plot of ground on the Roper-Plym
outh high way just over the city
limits facing the White City section
will be used. This ground is owned
by the Plymouth Box and Panel
Company, and it is thought that ar
rangements for its use can be made
with E. F. Still.
It is not known as yet whether
the event will be operated as a fair
or as an amusement event entirely.
This is to be determined by the
Kaus organization and the local peo
ple at some future date. Nothing
much definite is known as yet.
The Kaus organization is a clean
show. It was here last year with
the Plymouth Greater Fair. There
were little or no complaints from
those who attended the fair from
the standpoint of the shows. They
offered officials a guarantee that for
every 30 cents spent a prize would
be awarded.
It was stated that N. G. Bartlett,
of Kinston, secretary and manager
of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of
Commerce, will have nothing to do
with this event. Last year Mr. Bart
lett was in charge of the fair part
of the show, but this year he will
not be included in the arrangements.
Premiums that were won last year
have not been paid. Some bills are
still owed by the fair organization,
it is understood. The fence on last
year’s fair ground was torn down
and burned as firewood.
County Goes Into
Real Estate Game;
Has Land for Sale
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Total of 3,414 Acres of Old
J. & W. Tract Owned
By County
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Washington County is in the real
estate business.
It has land for sale.
A total of 3,414 acres of the J.
and W. Land Company property, lo
cated in Plymouth and Lees Mills
Township will be sold at public out
cry by Zeb Vance Norman as com
missioner for the Washington
County Commissioners in order to
realize the taxes of $3,958.77.
L. A. Squires, receiver of the
Trust Company, of Washington, in
Superior Court here waived any
trial and asked that the county be
given the land after due process of
law. No valuable timber is on the
property, and the land company
would not pay taxes.
Tracts to be sold follow: Shep
pard, 36 acres; Stewart Allen 71;
Andrew Davenport 359; Pettiford
Watson 124; Marcellus Browning
156; Huff Allen 306; D. W. Davis
135; Dr. C. C. Jackson 77; Battle
entry 174; Battle entry, second plat,
88; G. L. Bowen 80; W. C. Bowen
1,500; G. W. Jackson 3; ft. J. Jack
son 5; other parts of J & W land
300 acres, making a total of $3,414.
Taxes are due as follows, show
ing years and amounts: 1928 $827.87,
1929 $648.33; 1930 $745.42; 1931
$577.51; 1932 $624.24; 1933 $499.40.
This does not include $600 that W.
W. Ange paid for the Alfred Jack
son tract of 169 acres and Halsey
Ange plot of 124 acres on Decem
ber 20, 1933.
This property was bid in by Geo.
W. Hardison for Washington Coun
ty back in December, 1933, and was
conveyed to the county from Mr.
Hardison. This is a lot of money to
have tied up in taxes in this land
It is not known when Mr. Norman
will advertise and sell the property.
The county, of course, will bid it in
for the amount of the taxes unless
some one bids stronger for it.
Two Colored Men Die Here
Sunday Alter Long Illness
Bill Finch, one of the town’s old
est colored residents, and Ed Wal
ston, about 50 years old, died at
their homes here late Sunday night.
Both men suffered strokes of paral
ysis twelve months or more ago and
had been confined to their beds for
some time.
Jamesville Future Farmers Team Wins
Dairy Judging Contest Held Last Week
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With a score of 83 per cent, the
Jamesville quint led four other
groups from schools that are mem
bers of the Tri-County Future
Farmers of America, in the dairy
judging contest held at the Spring
wood Dairy farm, near Plymouth,
with 25 boys participating.
Trailing the leaders was the Plym
outh group, with 73 per cent, while
the Creswell boys were next with
67, Roper following with 56 and
Columbia on the bottom with 43.
Points won by the Plymouth boys
for second place were distributed as
follows: Bill Mizelle, 73; Osborn
Dunbar 38; Thomas Bateman 82;
Jack Lefever, 84; Rjchard Lucas 87.
Individual honors were distribut
ed as follows: Edward Lee Martin,
Home and
ciubNews
By Mary Frances Misenheimer
Schedule for Next Week
Monday, 4-H club at Plymouth.
Tuesday, County Federation at
Roper High School.
Wednesday, Cool Springs Club.
Thursday, canning school at home
agent’s office.
Friday, Lake Farm.
Saturday, curb market, 8:30.
Mrs. Joe Browning led the sales
this past Saturday. Mrs. Browning
has been leading the sales for some
time.
The county federation is to meet
Tuesday, April 28, 2:30, at Roper
High School. All of the club mem
bers are expected to be present.
Which club will get the cup?
There is to be a canning school
held in the home agent’s office on
April 30 at 2 o’clock. A specialist
in canning, Miss Wood, is to have
charge of the school. Some helpful
information will be given to those
interested in canning. There is
nothing like canning a surplus for
the winter.
I notice Mrs. John Spruill’s and
Mrs. Davenport’s gardens in the
Scuppernong club. They were cer
tainly fine-looking gardens. Good
gardens mean a lot to a family. Ev
ery one should have the very best
food. If one grows their own they
are sure of the best.
The women of Mount Tabor club
enjoyed an ‘old-timey” egg hunt at
their club last week. They seemed
to have enjoyed the outing more
than a crowd of young children.
After being absent from the We
nona club for several months, it was
like a reunion meeting with them
again. The women are still work
ing hard in their club and haven’t
lost interest at all.
Such a large number attended the
Cherry club last week. They be
lieve in their club work and show it
by attending every meeting.
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36 Students Visit
Raleigh Saturday
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Thirty-six students of the Plym
outh schools visited State College,
hospital, prison, museum, governor’s
mansion, and the capital in Raleigh
Saturday. J. O. Cooper, a member
of the faculty, chaperoned the stu
dents.
Those going were Elva Spruill,
Frances Swindell, Elizabeth Ange,
Lillie Riddick, Mary Allen, Evelyn
Basnight, Pauline West, Doris Wil
liams, Jenette Roberson, Helen Rob
ertson, Ruby McNair, Louise Allen,
Myrtle Hopkins, Alberta Clagon,
Frances Bateman, Louise Oliver,
Louise Smith.
Helen Bratten, Maxine Jones,
Jeannette Rath, Mildred Dudley,
Edith Robertson, Beatrice Asby,
Martha Hopkins, Shara Allen, Vir
ginia Tarkenton, Agnes Whedbee,
Margaret Bateman and Cornelia
Carlysle.
Not Necessary To Use A
Fertilizer for Lespedeza
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Experiments show less than 1,000
pounds increase in hay yield an
acre from the use of fertilizer alone
and between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds
from lime, with and without fer
tilizer. From these results, it would
seem that it would not pay to use
any fertilizer with this crop except
that when the seed are drilled in,
a small amount of superphosphate,
basic slag or ground limestone may
be mixed with the seed.
92 1-2 per cent; Joseph Holliday,
Jamevsille, 88; Louis Alligood, Cres
weil, 88; Richard Lucas, Plymouth,
87. Teachers present were: A. H.
Guy, Columbia; C. H. Floyd, Roper;
A. H. Tucker, Creswell; R. C. Jor
dan, Jamesville; J. O. Cooper, Plym
outh.
The district elimination contest
will be held on May 2 at Washing
ton. Each vocational agriculture
department will be alowed to en
ter three judges. Dairy cows and
breeding swine will be judged. Ac
cording to R. C. Jordan, teacher of
vocational agriculture in the James
ville School, the judges from that
chapter will be: Edward Lee Mar
tin, Joseph Holliday and Thomas
Holliday, jr.
NAME PRECINCT
OFFICIALS FOR
JUNE PRIMARY
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Registrars and Judges of
Election Are Named by
County Board
Precinct officers to serve in the
Washington County Democratic pri
mary election, which is to be held
June 6, have been appointed by the
county board of elections and re
leased by James E. Davenport, chair
man. Other members are Frank C.
Spruill, secretary; and J. L. McAl
lister, of Roper, Republican mem
ber.
Plymouth: J. T. McNair, registrar;
W. R. Gaylord and E. S. Mizelle,
judges.
Lees Mills: Ralph Harrell, regis
trar; H. W. Tarkenton and A. D.
Ange, judges.
Wenona: W. L Ferebee, registrar;
J. L. Rea and C. S. Heynen, judges.
Skinnersville: C. L. Everett, reg
istrar; L. S. Bateman and W. W.
White, judge.
Scuppernong: J. A. Combs, regis
trar; Louis W. Spruill and T. F.
Davenport, judges.
Candidates may either file with
Mr. Davenport at Mackeys or with
Frank C. Spruill at Liverman’s
store in Plymouth. Candidates must
post their notice of candidacy and
the required fee with the board of
elections before May 9.
Old Soldiers Day To
Be Observed May 8
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The Major Charles Louis Latham
chapter of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy and the Legion
Auxiliary will meet with the James
E. Jethro post of the American Le
gion in their hall on Friday, May 8,
for a cooperative celebration of Old
Soldier’s Day.
Inasmuch as May 10, which is
usually observed as the time to pay
respects to Confederate soldiers,
falls on Sunday, the local organiza
tions chose May 8 for their celebra
tion. On Sunday, May 10, Rev. C.
T. Thrift, pastor of the Methodist
church, will preach an appropriate
sermon at the morning service.
A speaker will be secured for the
Friday night meeting. His name
will be announced later. Hal Wil
liford has been designated to re
ceive a medal presented by the U.
D. C. as the descendant of a Con
federate veteran who served honor
ably in the World War. The U. D.
C. made this choice.
Dr. C. McGowan, past command
er of the legion, urges the mem
bers of the three organizations men
tioned to be present.
Republicans Meet
Here on May 6th
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A mass meeting of Republicans is
to be held in the courthouse here
Wednesday, May 6, at 2 p. m., for
the purpose of selecting their nom
inees for offices in Washington Coun
ty and to adopt a platform, it was
announced today by J. C. Tarken
ton, chairman of the executive com
mittee.
“All Republican women and both
young and old Republicans are
urged to attend,’ by Mr. Tarkenton,
who hopes that a large crowd will
attend this gathering.
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Dolomitic Limestone Is
Best Fertilizer Filler
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Dolomitic limestone makes a bet
ter filler for fertilizer than inert
sand and progressive North Caro
lina farmers are beginning to de
mand that the limestone be used.
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Twenty-five hog-feeding demon
strations have been planned by
swine growers of Beaufort County
for this season.
Resources of State
Recited hy Darden
In Speech To Club
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Leads Nation in Several
Lines of Industrial
Endeavor
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“Increased population from 1,892,
810 in 1900 to 3,170,276 in 1930
shows the progress that North Car
olina is making,” said John W. Dar
den in a speech on resources, prod
ucts and industries in the state to
a large crowd of women at the sen
ior woman’s club meeting recently.
“Transportation is divided into
three systems. There are 57,000
miles of highways, with 10,250 miles
of this hard surfaced. Since 1921
a total of $200,000,000 have been ex
pended on construction and $40,
000,000 more on maintenance, as
this state was the first to undertake
the task of maintaining these rib
bons of concrete.
“Bays, sounds, and rivers offer
more shore-line that any other state
in the nation. Fishing has become
a large industry, as well as the use
of these waters for transportation
along with the railroads.
“This state produces 691,500 horse
power of electricity by hydro-elec
tric plants, while steam plants pro
duce 753,500 horsepower. North
Carolina is first in the Southern
States and fourth in the nation in
tHe use of electric power in indus
u\y.
“There are 31,193,600 acres of land
with 20,568,000 acres classed as for
est, on which is twenty billion feet
of merchantable timber. Forty mil
lion dollars worth is cut annually.
Soil resources are too great to men
tion in the limited time.
“Thirty-four minerals and metals
are found here in ‘the sample case
of nature.’ Up to the California
gold rush in 1849 this state produced
more gold than any other, and it
had been here for a century. An
nual output in 1933 was $23,661,400.
Copper, lead and zinc are mined.
Building stone is produced in quan
tities.
“In 1932 agricultural products
were valued at $314,000,000, sur
passed only by Teas, Iowa, and Ne
braska. Last year the state pro
duced $3,000,000 worth of food fish,
$750,000 worth of fish for fertilizer,
and $750,000 worth of shellfish. An
nually 4,000,000 game fish are
hatched and distributed in streams
and lakes. Fur-bearing game is val
ued at $4,000,000 annually.
“There are 2,084 manufacturing
plant employing 200,202 wage earn
ers who are paid annually $113,
523,150, while turning out products
valued at $877,852,732. The largest
pulp, hosiery, rayon, overall, towel,
cordage, and twine factories in the
world are in this state. Total value
of textiles in 1933 is given at $280,
474,000 and furniture at $33,820,000,’
Mr. Darden concluded.
300 People Attend
Little Theatre Play
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Over 300 people attended the
initial performance of the Little
Theatre Guild, which was presented
at the Plymouth High School build
ing last Friday night, when Phillip
Liverman, as the child always inter
rupting a country courtship, capti
vate the audience which saw “In
Dixon’s Kitchen.’’ Other roles were
played by Bill Roebuck, Hubert Cox
Grady Ward Price, Mildred Robbins
and Doris Bateman.
This play was the first for the lo
cal WPA program which is being
directed by Miss Ada Weede, a lo
cal girl. The large audience was
well pleased with the local talent,
and it is expected the attendance
will increase with the presentation
of a longer play some time within
another month.
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Christian Church
Board in Meeting
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Since Mr. John Jackson is con
fined to his home because of an ac
cident which happened some time
ago, the church board of the local
Christian church held its regular
monthly meeting there Monday,
April 13th. Mr. Jackson, a member
of the board, said it was the best
board meeting he ever attended. Of
18 who compose the board, 16 were
present, and all expressed words of
praise about the recent revival that
was held by local forces. This re
vival resulted in 24 addition and
much renewed interest. A Bible
school that had an average attend
ance of 100 jumped to 236 Easter
Sunday and 160 the following Sun
day.
Rev. N. A. Taylor has announced
his sermon subjects for Sunday,
April 26, at 11 a. m., “The Scope of
the Church; at 8 p. m. “When God
Is Near.” The public is invited.
All Dogs in County Must Be
Vaccinated, Owners Warned
“Dogs must be vaccinated again
this year. Last year’s vaccination
was good for only one year. This
is a treatment that they must take
annually in order to prevent rabies,’
said Frank L. Brinkley, a member
of the Washington CMounty com
missioners.
Last year there were over 1,500
dogs to take this vaccine treatment.
They are slow coming in this year.
It is to be remembered that this is
free, as the 50-'cents fee is for the
vaccine, and will be deducted from
the tax on the animal when a cer
tificate showing the dog has been
vaccinated is presented.
Even in the dog days of last sum
mer there was little or no reports
of the animals with the rabies. This
vaccination has served to reduce
the number of dogs with this dis
ease, and it protects the dogs and
the people also. Penalties of law
will be imposed unless they are
treated.
6.001) FARMERS GO
TO RALEIGH TO
DEMAND ACTION
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Governor Gives Reason for
Not Calling Special
Session
While the value of the move con
tinues in doubt, between five and
six thousand tobacco farmers march
ed on Raleigh Tuesday to urge Gov
ernor J. C. B. Ehringhaus to call a
special session of the General As
sembly that a state tobacco compact
act might be created. For four hours
farm leaders and the governor ex
changed verbal attacks, but after the
rukas was over, it was apparent that
the chief executive had no more
idea of calling the legislature into
special session than he had prior to
the mass meeting.
The governor probably convinced
a few it was useless to call a special
session of the lawmakers, but the
large majority of the farmers left
the Ehringhaus capital still puzzled
at the chief executive’s refusal to
act in their behalf. “We are only
asking the right to organize and
protect ourselves,” the farmers told
the governor, adding that if they
failed it would not be his fault.
They had the governor on a spot,
and a hot spot at that, but it is quite
apparent that no compact bill will
likely received consideration before
early “January.
Now that the control feature is
doomed so far as the 1936 crop is
concerned, farmers will find it more
profitable than ever to turn to the
soil conservation program to save
themselves.
Between 200 and 300 farmers are
believed to have attended the meet
ing from this county, Wilson, Edge
combe, and Pitt sending more than
1,000 each.
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Falsifying Tax
Returns Scored
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“It is just as well to warn peo
ple to be careful in handling their
money to avoid covetousness and
untruth as it is to advise the gam
bler against the gaming tables and
the drunkard against his cups,” said
he Rev, C. T. Thrift, pastor of the
local Methodist church, in a sermon
recently.
“And a man who lists his taxes
improperly is as responsible for this
act of untruth as if the same un
truth was told for another purpose;
and as it is tax-listing time I want
to advise those people who are list
ing at this time,” said the minister
in his discourse.
“Umph,” said the tax official in
the back after looking around, ‘he
sure got ’em that time.”
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Total of $111.55 Was
Sent To Red Cross
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Headquarters of the National Red
Cross have advised Mrs. H. A. Liv
erman, acting chairman of the Wash
ington Counyt chapter, that a total
of $111.55 has been received from
her jurisdiction to aid in relieving
suffering in tornado and flood-swept
sections.
Mrs. Liverman wishes to thank all
of those who have contributed: In
cluded are contributions as follows:
Plymouth Box and Panel Company
$5; W. A. Davidson, $2; Plymouth
Fire Department $3; George W. Har
dison $5; Roper section $36; Nation
al Handle Company $17.55; Mrs. L.
D. Jones $1; W. H. Bolling $5.
New Firm To Open
Here by May I Oth
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The old Buchanan Motor Com
pany building on the main street of
Roper has been purchased by W. T.
Freeman and A. R. Phelps. It will
be used as a filling station, garage,
and seed and feed store. The new
firm hopes to open for business by
May 10.
ABOUT TOWN
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Rev. A. L. Harrison, of Front
Royal, Va., was here visiting his
nieces, Mrs. Sadie F. Alexander and
Mrs. John W. Darden this week.
The minister has been pastor of the
same four Primitive Baptist
churches for 25 years. He remem
bers much of the history of the old
Morrattock church near Plymouth,
which celebrated its first centennial
in 1890.
W. O. Pratt, of Elizabeth City,
project supervisor for this district
of the Works Progress Administra
tion, was in Plymouth this week.
He was down here to see the prog
ress that had been made on the
Roper to Cherry road which it is
hoped will be finished by July 1.
Also he said that he had hopes that
the agricultural building for this
county would be approved.
W. J. Jackson, of Columbia, S. C.,
a former resident, was here this
week. He is an investigator for the
Federal Department of Justice. He
is also an instructor in pistol sharp
shooting for his group. He made
276 out of a possible 300 points with
a .22 caliber pistol. He was rated
an expert rifle shot in the army
during the world war.
H. T. Dillon, of Chicago, an offic
ial of the Carolina Holding Com
pany, which owns thousands of acres
of timberland and other tracts in
Wilmington and Wenona, was here
this week. He was here during the
time an irrigation system was ar
ranged for the Wenona section near
Pungo Lake, and at the time a num
ber of canals were cut for drainage
purposes.
Van B. Martin, a son of Mrs. Es
telle Martin and the former Van B.
Martin, sr., was here this week from
Fort Myer, Va., where he is station
ed as a member of a cavalry unit
of the United States Army. He was
born, reared and practiced law here
for some time. He can tell you a
bout the work of the cavalrymen.
His brother, Ransom Martin, is in
the navy.
Harry Barnes, mayor of Cherry,
was in Plymouth this week. He men'
tioned the convenience and delight
of the populace of this little cor
poration at having electric current
provided by the Virginia Electric
and Power Company. It was nec
essary to incorporate the town be
fore power could be supplied. This
meant expense that was borne large
ly by Mr. Barnes.
Billy Davidson, a student at the
Belmont Abbey school near Char
lotte, was at home this week. He
was a back on the football team.
During the season he broke a leg,
which has healed and which is a
bout “as good as new.” He is also
completing for a place on the base
ball team. He has his eye on an
infield position, and it is expected
that he will land at third base.
H. C. Brinn, of Creswell, was in
Plymouth Friday. He recalled the
singing of the negroes down his
way. P. W. Littlejohn, principal of
the Creswell colored school rates
among the best for the Methodists,
while Joe Lewis ranks among the
best for the Baptist church. People
throwing entertainments can prob
ably import this talent.
W. S. Nurney, of the Nurney Fu
neral Home, is back from an un
dertakers’ and embalmers school in
Raleigh, which is held twice annu
ally by a casket company. The one
in the fall will be held in Leesville
Professor Straub conducts the insti
tute. Numbers of undertakers at
tend each meeting.
Rev. T. F. Davenport, of Creswell,
in town for court last week as a
witness, epressed the belief that
close to 100 in quarters had been
sent to J. E. Pope in Washington,
D. C„ to aid in the beginning of
the immediate payments of pensions
to the aged before Congressman
Lindsay C. Wfirern advised that it
was a “racket” and that Pope had
been convicted three times on
charges relating to use of the mails
to defraud.
24 CANDIDATES IN
FIELD NOW FOR
COUNTY OFFICES
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Time for Filing Closes on
May 9; Few Others Are
Looked for
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.Nominees lor the Democratic
ticket in November will be selected
for Washington County offices from
the following persons unless some
proverbial “dark horses” are run in
before filing time for candidates
closes on May 9:
Sheriff : J. K. Reid, incumbent, no
opposition.
Commissioners, 3 to be elected:
Clyde Smithson. Frank L. Brinkley,
Percy M (Pap) Arps, J. M Clagon,
Sidney A. Ward, sr.
Board of education, three to be
chosen: R. C. (Dick) Peacock, C. N.
(Mike) Davenport, jr., incumbent,
Paul B. Belanga, W. L. Whitley, P.
IT. Darden, incumbent.
Treasurer: J. Robert Campbell,
Stuart J. Davis, W. L. Hassell, James
A. (Jim) Chesson, W. T. (Tom)
Freeman.
Register of deeds: Mrs. Mary
Smith Cahoon and Mrs. Mattie R.
Swain.
Representative: A. L. Owens, J.
Lloyd Horton. Harry Stell, incum
bent.
Coroner: William S. Nurney, no
opposition.
Recorder: Zeb Vance Norman, Jno.
W. Darden, incumbent.
County Magistrates
In Quarterly Meet
Here Last Saturday
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Adopt Schedule of Fees as
Suggested by State
Association
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Next meeting of the Washington
County Magistrates Association will
be held in the schoolhouse at Roper
on Saturday, Independence Day,
July 4, at 10:30 a. m., it was an
nounced today by John W. Darden,
president of the organization.
The organization in a recent meet
ing adopted the proposed justice of
the peace fees that were recommend
ed by the North Carolina Associa
tion of Magistrates and will ask the
legislators in the next General As
sembly to adopt the schedule as rec
ommended by the state association.
The organization is in favor of the
appointment of justices of the peace
by the legislature instead of having
them elected at the polls. They were
elected in 1932, but were appointed
in 1934. The appointment system
has the approval of the local mag
istrates.
The fee system that was adopted
was not a general increase in the
fees that the officials are to get for
their duties, but was merely the
adoption of fees scheduled by the
state so that a state-wide uniform
amount may be charged for the
same service by all oqicials.
The local organization meets quar
terly. They held their first session
in Plymouth last December. They
met again last Saturday and the
next meeting will be in July. They
discussed their duties and the law
as regarding them and also have
lawyers to aid them in discussing
their functions.
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Coburn Announces
For Senate Again
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In filing his formal candidacy for
State Senator from this district, At
torney R. L. Coburn, of William
ston, last Saturday briefly reviewed
his record in the General Assembly
last term. Senator Coburn was a
member of the appropriations com
mittee and was active in securing
greater appropriations for schools
and charitable and correctional in
stitutions. Mr. Cobuin also intro
duced a bill to amend the steriliza
tion laws, which was calculated to
increase sterilization of people men
tally diseased, and as a result more
people have been sterilized during
the past year than at all other times
combined. The senator points out
that this is proving one of the most
effective ways of curbing crime and
the birth of feeble-minded children.
Mr. Coburn opposed the sales tax,
principally because no provision
was made to exempt foods and oth
er necessities of life. The sales tax
was created in 1933 as an emergency
and he felt it should have been so
considered in 1935, that instead of
reducing the sales in proportion to
the emergency, it was increased and
made more oppressive. He also
thinks North Carolina should pass
necessary laws to entitle it to par
ticipate in the benefits under the
national social securities act.
There are three other candidates
in the field, two from Beaufort and
one from Pamlico county.