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LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY
NORTH CAROLINA MANUAL
1931
COMPILED AND EDITED
BY
H. M. LONDON
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PREFACE
This volume is issued by the North Carolina Historical Com-
mission in order to furnish in succinct form information about the
State, its government and institutions, which otherwise would re-
quire much investigation in many different sources. Unless other-
wise stated, the data in each case is the latest available.
Similar manuals were issued by the Secretary of State in
1903, 1905, and 1907, and by the North Carolina Historical Com-
mission in 1909, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927
and 1929. The demand for these volumes has been so great that
all editions except those of 1925 and 1927 have been exhausted.
The minimum cut of twenty percent in the 1930-1931 appro-
priation of the Historical Commission as a result of the general
condition of State finances has compelled a sharp reduction in the
size and scope of the 1931 edition of the Manual. The sections,
"Executive Departments," "Judicial Departments," "State De-
partments, Boards and Commissions," "State Charitable and Cor-
rectional Institutions," "Miscellaneous," and "Constitutions,"
which are found in previous editions, have been omitted.
NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Thomas M. Pittman, Chairman, Henderson
M. C S. Noble Chapel Hill
Heriot Clarkson Raleigh
Mrs. Thomas O'Berry Goldsboro
Miss Nell Battle Lewis Raleigh
A. R. Newsome, Secretary, Raleigh
CONTENTS
Page
Official Register for 1931-1932 7
The Legislative Department:
Officers and Members of the Senate 13
Senatorial Districts 16
Rules of the Senate .... 17
Standing Committees of the Senate 29
Officers and Members of the House of Representatives 35
Rules of the House of Representatives 41
Standing Committees of the House of Representatives.. 55
New State Boards and Commissions:
Industrial Commission 63
State Board of Barber Examiners 65
Platforms of Political Parties, 1.930:
State Democratic Platform . 69
State Republican Platform . 77
Election Returns:
Popular and Electoral Votes for President by States, 1928 85
Popular Vote for President by States, 1912-1924 86
Vote for President by Counties, 1916-1928 88
Vote by Counties for Governor in Democratic Primaries,
1920-1924 90
Vote for State Officers in Democratic Primary, 1928 92
Vote for State Officers in Democratic Primaries, 1924, 1928
and 1930 . 94
Democratic Primary Vote, June 5, 1926, for United States
Senator 95
Democratic Primary Vote, June 7, 1930, for United States
Senator ' 96
Republican Primary Vote, June 7, 1930, for United States
Senator 97
Vote for Governor by Counties, 1920-1928 98
Vote for State Treasui-er by Counties, November 4, 1930 100
Vote for United States Senator, 1920-1930 101
Vote for Members of Congress, 1922-1930 103
Vote for Constitutional Amendments by Counties, 1930 11-
G Contents
Page
Census:
Population and Area of the Several Slate.s ami Terri-
tories, 1 '.MO-1930 121
Population (estimated) of North Carolina, 1675-1786 123
Census of North Carolina, 1790-1840 124
Census of North Carolina, 1850-19:10 125
Population of North Carolina Cities and Towns, 1900-1930 128
North Carolina Counties and County Seats ..., 138
Economic Development of North Carolina 141
Biographical Sketches:
Executive Officials 145
Justices of the Supreme Court 151
Members of Congress , 155
Members of the General Assembly 163
OFFICIAL REGISTER FOR 1931-1932
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
Richard T. Fountain President of the Senate ...Edgecombe
Willis Smith Speaker of the House of Representat-ves Raleigh
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
0. Max Gardner Governor Cleveland
R. T. Fountain Lieutenant-Governor Edgecombe
James A. Hartness Secretary of State Iredell
Baxter Durham Auditor i Wake
Nathan O'Berry Treasurer. Wayne
A. T. Allen Superintendent of Public Instruction ...Alexander
Dennis G. Brummitt -Attorney-General Granville
0. M. Mull Executive Counsel .Cleveland
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
Walter P. Stacy Chief Justice New Hanover
W. J. Adams Associate Justice Moore
Heriot Clarkson Associate Justice Mecklenburg
George W. Connor Associate Justice Wilson
W. J. Brogden Associate Justice Durham
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES
W. L. Small . First District Pasquotank-Elizabeth City
M . V. Barnhill 1 Second District N ash-Rocky Mount
Garland E. Midyette Third District .. Northampton-Jackson
Frank A. Daniels Fourth District Wayne-Goldsboro
J. Paul Frizzelle Fifth District Greene-Snow Hill
H. A. Grady Sixth District. - Sampson-Clinton
VV . C. Harris - . Seventh District Wake-Raleigh
E. H. Cranmer Eighth District-.. -..Brunswick-Southport
N. A. Sinclair Ninth District ..Cumberland-Fayetteville
William A. Devin Tenth District ..Granville-Oxford
J. H. Clement Eleventh District Forsyth-Winston-Salem
H . Hoyle Sink Twelfth District Davidson-Lexington
A. M. Stack Thirteenth District. ..Union-Monroe
W. F. Harding Fourteenth District Mecklenburg-Charlotte
J. M. Oglesb y Fifteenth District Cabarrus-Concord
Wilson Warlick Sixteenth District Catawba-Newton
T. B. Finley. .Seventeenth District Wilkes- Wilkesboro
M ichael Schenck Eighteenth District Henderson- Henderson ville
P. A. McElroy Nineteenth District... Madison-Marshall
Walter E. Moore Twentieth District... Jackson-Sylva
special judges
G. V. Cowper Kinston
Clayton Moore... Williamston
Cameron F. MacRae Ashevillc^
J. H. Harwood.. -. - Brysou City
emergency judoes
C. C. Lyon - Elizubethtown
Thomas J. Shaw Greensboro
8 Official Register
SOLICITOUS
EmBIBT K. I.f.ary ..First District Chowan-Kdenton
DoNNXLL ( J i li.i a m Second District Edgecombe-Tarboro
R Hi NT I'vrkeh Third District . Halifax- Roanoke Rapids
('. I.. Wiii.ums Fourth District Lee-Sanford
D. M. ClARX Fifth District Pitt-Greenville
J. A. Powers _ --Sixth District Lenoir-Kinston
J. C. LITTLE Seventh District Wake-Raleigh
Woodub K Ki.1.1 m _ Eighth District New Hanover-Wilmington
T. A. McNeill Ninth District Robeson- Lumberton
\\ . B. I'mstead.. Tenth District ...Durham-Durham
Carlisle W. Hiogins Eleventh District Alleghany-Sparta
GbOROI A. Yin Twelfth District Guilford-Greensboro
F. D. Phillips Thirteenth District Richmond-Rockingham
J. G. Carpenter Fourteenth District Gaston-Gastonia
V,. V. Long Fifteenth District Iredell-Statesville
I.. S. Spi rling Sixteenth District Caldwell-Lenoir
John H. Jones Seventeenth District.. .Wilkes-North Wilkesboro
J. W. Pless, Jr ...Eighteenth District McDowell-Marion
Zebulon V. Nettles Nineteenth District Buncombe-Asheville
John M. Queen Twentieth District Haywood-Waynesville
CORPORATION COMMISSION
W. T. Lee Chairman Haywood
George 1 '. Pell Commissioner Forsyth
Stanlei Winborne Commissioner. Hertford
R. Otis Self Chief Clerk Jackson
I. M Bailey Attorney Onslow
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT r/
J. Van B. Metts The Adjutant General New Hanover
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
W. A. Graham Commissioner Lincoln
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND PRINTING
F. D. Grist Commissioner .Caldwell
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE S
D. C. Bonet Commissioner Lenoir
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE l/
A. J. Maxwell Commissioner Craven
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
R. A . Doughton _ . _ Chairman Alleghany
Charles Ross -..Attorney.. Harnett
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH /^-~
Dr. W. P. Jacocks -Secretary... Bertie
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
J. W. Harrelson ...Director Cleveland
Official Register
STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES AND PUBLIC WELFARE [^
Mrs. W. T. Bost.. Commissioner- ...Wake
CHILD WELFARE COMMISSION I ^~
E. F. Carter _ Executive Secretary ..Wake
NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
A. R. Newsome Secretary ..Union
LIBRARY COMMISSION
Miss Marjorie J. Beale Secretary Wake
STATE LIBRARY
Miss Carrie L. Broughton Librarian.. Wake
LAW LIBRARY y
John A. Livingstone Librarian Wake
SALARY AND WAGE COMMISSION I/'
0. M. Mull Executive Secretary Cleveland
STATE PRISON j^
George Ross Pou .Superintendent Johnston
INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Matt H. Allen... Chairman ..Wake
COUNTY GOVERNMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION
C. M. Johnson.. Executive Secretary ..Pender
BUDGET BUREAU
0. Max Gardner, Governor, Ex Officio Director Ceveland
TAX COMMISSION
Fred w. Morrison Secretary Wake
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION'
LeRoy B. Martin Secretary ..Yadkin
10
Official Register
Cali m.mi, 1931-1932
DiM
Spring, I
1931
Spring, 1932
Fall, 1932
1
Judge i Sradj
Judge Frizzelle
Judge Daniels
Judge Midyette
2
Judge Harris
1 . i ■ i 1 ■,
Judge Frizzelle
Judge Daniels
3
Judge Cranmer
rrls
Judge Grady..
Judge Frizzelle
4
Judge Sinclair - . .
Judge Cranmer.
Judge Harris
Judge Grady
5
Judge Devil
Judge Sinclair
Judge Cranmer
Judge Harris
C
Judge Small
Judge Devin.
Judge Sinclair
Judge Cranmer
7
Judge Barnbill
Judge Small.
Judge Devin
Judge Sinclair
8
Judge Midyette
Judge Barnhill
Judge Small
Judge Devin
9
Judge l 'aniel
Judge Midyette
Judge Barnhill
Judge Small
10
Judge Frizzello
Judge Daniels
Judge Midyette
Judge Barnhill
11
Judge \\ arlick
Judge Oglesby
Judge Harding
Judge Stack
12
Judgi
Judge Warlick . . .
Judge Oglesby _.
Judge Harding
13
Judge Schenck.. _ .
Judge Finley
Judge Warlick
Judge Oglesby
14
Judge McElroy
Judge Schenck
Judge Finley
Judge Warlick
15
Judge Moore_
Judge McElroy
Judge Schenck.
Judge Finley
it;
Judge Clement
Judge Moore... _ _.
Judge McElroy
Judge Schenck
17
Judge Sink..
Judge Clement .
Judge Moore
Judge McElroy
18
Judge Stack
Judge Sink
Judge Clement
Judge Moore
19
Judge Harding.
Judge Stack
Judge Sink _
Judge Clement
20
Judge Oglesby.
Judge Harding . ..
Judge Stack _
Judge Sink
PART I
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
1. Officers of the Senate.
2. Members of the Senate (Arranged Alphabetically).
3. Members of the Senate (Arranged by Districts).
4. Senatorial Districts.
5. Rules of the Senate.
6. Standing Committees of the Senate.
7. Officers of the House of Representatives.
8. Members of the House of Representatives (Arranged Alpha-
betically) .
9. Members of the House of Representatives (Arranged by
Counties).
10. Rules of the House of Representatives.
11. Standing Committees of the House of Representatives.
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
R. T. Fountain
Rivers D. Johnson.
LeRoy B. Martin..
0. P. Shell
B. F. Smith
A. CORET
Exum T. Lewis
OFFICERS
^ President ^ Edgecombe
.President pro tern Duplin
. Principal Clerk Yadkin
. Sergeant-at-Arms Harnett
_ Reading Clerk Wake
. Engrossing Clerk Martin
.Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Nash
SENATORS
(Alphabetically Arranged)
Name
District
Party
Post Office
Baggett, J. R
Bennett, Dr. K. E._
Bernard, S. G
Blount, M. K
Burrus, Dr. John T.
Burt, E.R....
Campbell, Wm. B...
Clark, W. G
Clarkson, F. 0
Clement, Hay den...
Dortch, Hugh
Dunlap, Frank L.._,
Folger, John H
Gower, Dr. F. G....
Grant, A. T
Gravely. L. L
Grier, H. P
Gwyn, Allen H
Hardy, Dr. Ira M._.
Harmon, Roy A
Hatchett, T. H
Haywood, F. J
Hendren, W. M
Hicks, A. A
Hinsdale, J. W
Horton, W. P
Johnson, M. M
Johnson, R. D
Jones, W. R
Lawrence, Lloyd, J..
Lindsey, T. H
Lovill, W. R
Lynch, W. E
McKee, Mrs. E. L..
McLean, W. K
McSwain, Peyton...
Nixon, Kemp B
Twelfth
Thirty-third . _ .
Thirty-first
Fifth
Seventeenth
P^ighteenth
Ninth
Fourth. .-
Twentieth
Twenty-first
Eighth
Nineteenth
Twenty-third..
Eighth
Twenty-fourth .
Sixth
Twenty-fifth...
Seventeenth
Seventh
Thirtieth
Sixteenth
Twentieth
Twenty-second.
Fifteenth
Thirteenth'.
Thirteenth
Twelfths
Ninth
Eighteenth
First
Tenth.'
Twenty-ninth. .
Eleventh
Thirty-second..
Twenty-seventh
Twenty-seventh
Twenty-fifth...
Democrat . .
Democrat. _
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat. .
Democrat..
Republican.
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Republican.
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat . _
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat..
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat..
Demoi
Lillington, N. C.
Bryson City, N. C.
Asheville, N. C.
Greenville, N. C.
High Point, N. C.
Biscoe, N. C.
Wilmington, N. C,
Tarboro, N. C.
Charlotte, N. C.
Salisbury, N. C.
Goldsboro, N. C.
Wadesboro, N. C.
Mount Airy, N. C.
Clayton, N. C.
Mocksville, N. C.
Rocky Mount, N. C.
Statesville, N. C.
Reidsville, N. C.
Kinston, N. C.
Elk Park, N. C.
Yanceyville, N. C.
Concord, N. C.
Winston-Salem, X. C.
Oxford, N. ('.
Raleigh, N. C.
Pittsboro, N. C.
Aberdeen, N. C.
Warsaw, N. C.
Rockingham, N. C.
Murfreesboro, X. C.
Southport, N. C
Boone, N. C.
(id, N. C.
Sylva, .'v. C
Columbus, V C.
Shelby, X. <'.
Lincolnton,
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Legislative Department
SENATORS—
Continued
Name
District
Party-
Post Office
Peel, I Ibert S
Powell, W. B.
Second
'IVnth....
Nineteenth..
Third
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Williamston, N. C.
Whiteville, N. C.
Price, li I
Monroe, N. C.
Pritchett, J. \.
Windsor, N. C.
Rankin. R. Grady
ell, T. o.
Twenty-sixth
Fourteenth-.
Sixteenth
Sixth..
Second..
Seventh.. __ . __.
First
Twenty-eighth- _. .
Fourth.- -
Gastonia, N. C.
Umstead, J. W. .
Dzzell, Tims. H
Ward. H. S.
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Wilson, N. C.
Washington, N. C.
Ward, U in. F.
New Bern, N. C.
WTiedbee, Charles
Williams, B. F.
Hertford, N. C.
Lenoir, N. C.
Zollicoffer, A. C.
SENATORS
(Arranged by Districts)
First District — L. J. Lawrence, Murfreesboro (D) ; Chas. Whed-
bee, Hertford (D).
Second District — Elbert S. Peel, Williamston (D) ; H. S.
Ward, Washington (D).
Third District— J. A. Pritchett, Windsor (D).
Fourth District— W. G. Clark, Tarboro (D) ; A. C. Zollicoffer,
Rosemary (D).
Fifth District— M. K. Blount, Greenville (D).
Sixth District— Thos. R. Uzzell, Wilson (D) ; L. L. Gravely,
Rocky Mount (D).
Seventh District — Wm. F. Ward, New Bern (D) ; Dr. Ira M.
Hardy, Kinston (D).
Eighth District— Br. F. G. Gower, Clayton (D) ; Hugh Dortch,
Goldsboro (D).
Ninth Disfciff-Wm. B. Campbell, Wilmington (D) ; R. D.
Johnson, Warsaw (D).
Senators 15
Tenth District — T. H. Lindsey, Southport (D) ; W. H. Powell,
Whiteville (D).
Eleventh District — W. E. Lynch, Rowland (D).
Twelfth District — J. R. Baggett, Lillington (D) ; M. M. John-
son, Aberdeen (D).
Thirteenth District — W. P. Horton, Pittsboro (D) ; J. W. Hins-
dale, Raleigh (D).
Fourteenth District — T. 0. Rodwell, Warrenton (D).
Fifteenth District — A. A. Hicks, Oxford (D).
Sixteenth District — J. W. Umstead, Chapel Hill (D) ; T. H.
Hatchett, Yanceyville (D).
Seventeenth District — Dr. John T. Burrus, High Point (D) ;
Allen H. Gwyn, Reidsville (D).
Eighteenth District — E. R. Burt, Biscoe (D) ; W. R. Jones,
Rockingham (D).
Nineteenth District — Frank L. Dunlap, Wadesboro (D) ; H. L.
Price, Monroe (D).
Twentieth District — F. O. Clarkson, Charlotte (D) ; F. J. Hay-
wood, Concord (D).
Twenty-first District — Hayden Clement, Salisbury (D).
Twenty-second District — W. M. Hendren, Winston-Salem (D).
Twenty-third District — John H. Folger, Mount Airy (D).
Twenty-fourth District— A. T. Grant, Mocksville (R).
Twenty-fifth District — H. P. Grier, Statesville (D) ; Kemp B.
Nixon, Lincolnton (D).
Twenty-sixth District — R. Grady Rankin, Gastonia (D).
Twenty-seventh District — Peyton McSwain, Shelby (D) ; W. K.
McLean, Columbus (D).
Twenty-eighth District — B. F. Williams, Lenoir (D).
Twenty ninth District — W. R. Lovill, Boone (D).
Thirtieth District — Roy A. Harmon, Elk Park (R).
Thirty-first District — S. G. Bernard, Asheville (D).
Thirty-second District — Mrs. E. L. McKee, Sylva (D).
Thirty-third District— Dr. K. E. Bennett, Bryson City (D).
16 Legislative Department
senatorial districts
Ch. 161, P. L. 1021
First District — Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford,
Pasquotank and Perquimans counties shall elect two senators.
Second District — Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Tyr-
rell, and Washington shall elect two senators.
Third District — Bertie and Northampton shall elect one senator.
Fourth District — Edgecombe and Halifax shall elect two sena-
tors.
Fifth District — Pitt shall elect one senator.
Sixth District — Franklin, Nash and Wilson shall elect two
senators.
Seventh District — Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, and
Onslow shall elect two senators.
Eighth District — Johnston and Wayne shall elect two senators.
Ninth District — Duplin, New Hanover, Pender, and Sampson
shall elect two senators.
Tenth District — Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, and Cumber-
land shall elect two senators.
Eleventh District — Robeson shall elect one senator.
Twelfth District — Harnett, Hoke, Moore, and Randolph shall
elect two senators.
Thirteenth District — Chatham, Lee, and Wake shall elect two
senators.
Fourteenth District — Vance and Warren shall elect one senator.
Fifteenth District — Granville and Person shall elect one sena-
tor.
Sixteenth District — Alamance, Caswell, Durham, and Orange
shall elect two senators.
Seventeenth District — Guilford and Rockingham shall elect two
senators.
Eighteenth District — Davidson, Montgomery, Richmond, and
Scotland shall elect two senators.
Nineteenth Distri-ct — Anson, Stanly, and Union shall elect two
senators.
Twentieth District — Cabarrus and Mecklenburg shall elect two
senators.
Twenty-first District — Rowan shall elect one senator.
Rules of the Senate 17
Twenty-second District — Forsyth shall elect one senator.
Twenty-third District — Stokes and Surry shall elect one senator.
Twenty-fourth District — Davie, Wilkes, and Yadkin shall elect
one senator.
Twenty-fifth District — Catawba, Iredell, and Lincoln shall elect
two senators.
Twenty-sixth District — Gaston shall elect one senator.
Twenty-seventh District — Cleveland, Henderson, McDowell,
Polk, and Rutherford shall elect two senators.
Twenty-eighth District — Alexander, Burke and Caldwell shall
elect one senator.
Twenty-ninth District — Alleghany, Ashe and Watauga shall
elect one senator.
Thirtieth District — Avery, Madison, Mitchell, and Yancey shall
elect one senator.
Thirty-first District — Buncombe shall elect one senator.
Thirty-second District — Haywood, Jackson, and Transylvania
shall elect one senator.
Thirty-third District — Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, and
Swain shall elect one senator.
RULES OF THE SENATE, 1931
Order of Business
1. The President having taken the chair at the hour to which
the Senate shall have adjourned, and a quorum being present, the
Journal of the preceding day shall be read, unless otherwise or-
dered by the Senate, to the end that any mistake may be corrected.
2. After reading and approval of the Journal, the order of
business shall be as follows:
(1) Reports of standing committees.
(2) Reports of select committees.
(3) Introductions of petitions, bills and resolutions.
(4) Unfinished business of preceding day.
(5) Special orders.
(6) General orders. First, bills and resolutions on third read-
ing; second, bills and resolutions on second reading. But mes-
sages from the Governor and House of Representatives and com-
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munications and reports from State officers and reports from the
Committees on Engrossed Bills and Enrolled Bills may be received
and acted on under any order of business.
Powers and Duties of the President
3. He shall take the chair promptly at the appointed time and
proceed with the business of the Senate according to the rules
adopted. At any time during the absence of the president, the
President pro tempore, who shall be elected, shall preside, and he
is hereby vested, during such time, with all powers of the Presi-
dent except that of giving a casting vote in case of a tie when
he shall have voted as a Senator.
4. He shall assign to doorkeepers their respective duties, and
shall appoint such pages and laborers as may be necessary, each
of whom shall receive the same compensation as is now provided
by law.
Of the Clerk
5. The President and Clerk of the Senate shall see that all
bills shall be acted upon by the Senate in the order in which they
stand upon the Calendar, unless otherwise ordered as hereinafter
provided. The Calendar shall include the numbers and titles of
bills and joint resolutions which have passed the House of Repre-
sentatives and have been received by the Senate for concurrence.
6. The Clerk shall certify the passage of bills by the Senate,
with the date thereof together with the fact whether passed by a
vote of three-fifths or two-thirds of the Senate, whenever such
vote may be required by the Constitution and laws of the State.
7. All necessary supplies and stationery for the Senate, its
various offices and committees of the Senate shall be purchased
upon requisition of the Principal Clerk, with the approval of the
President of the Senate.
On the Rights and Duties of Senators
8. Every Senator presenting a paper shall endorse the same;
if a petition, memorial, or report to the General Assembly, with
a brief statement of its subject or contents, adding his name; if
a resolution, with his name; if a report of a committee, a state-
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ment of such report, with the name of the committee and mem-
ber making the same; if a bill, a statement of its title, which
shall contain a brief statement of the subject or contents of the
bill, with his name; and all bills, resolutions, petitions, and me-
morials shall be delivered to the Clerk and by him handed to the
President to be by him referred, and he shall announce the titles
and references of the same, which shall be entered on the Journal.
9. All motions shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the
President or any Senator, delivered at the table, and read by
the President or Clerk before the same shall be debated; but any
such motion may be withdrawn by the introducer at any time
before decision or amendment.
10. If any question contains several distinct propositions it
shall be divided by the President, at the request of any Senator,
provided each sub-division, if left to itself, shall form a substantive
proposition.
11. When the President is putting a question, or a division
by counting shall be had, no Senator shall walk out of or across
the chamber, nor when a Senator is speaking pass between him
and the President.
12. Every Senator wishing to speak or debate, or to present a
petition or other paper, or to make a motion or to report, shall
rise from his seat and address the President, and shall not pro-
ceed further until recognized by him. No Senator shall speak
or debate more than twice nor longer than thirty minutes on the
same day on the same subject without leave of the Senate, and
when two or more Senators rise at once the President shall name
the Senator who is first to speak.
13. Every Senator who shall be within the bar of the Senate
when the question is stated by the chair shall vote thereon, un-
less he shall be excused by the Senate or unless he be directly in-
terested in the question; and the bar of the Senate shall include
the entire Senate Chamber.
14. When a motion to adjourn or for recess shall be affirma-
tively determined, no member or officer shall leave his place un-
til adjournment or recess shall be declared by the President.
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Standing Committees
15. The following committees shall be named by the Lieuten-
ant-Governor :
On Agriculture.
On Appropriations.
On Banks and Currency.
On Claims.
On Commercial Fisheries.
On Congressional Districts.
On Conservation and Development.
On Constitutional Amendments.
On Corporation Commission.
On Corporations.
On Counties, Cities, and Towns.
On Distribution of Governor's Message.
On Education.
On Election Law.
On Engrossed Bills.
On Federal Relations.
On Finance.
On Caswell Training School.
On Game Law.
On Immigration.
On Insane Asylums.
On Institutions for the Blind.
On Institutions for the Deaf.
On Insurance.
On Internal Improvements.
On Journal.
On Judicial Districts.
On Judiciary, No. 1.
On Judiciary, No. 2.
On Justices of the Peace.
On Labor and Commerce.
On Manufacturing.
On Military Affairs.
On Mining.
On Penal Institutions.
On Pensions and Soldiers' Home.
On Propositions and Grievances.
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On Public Health.
On Public Roads.
On Railroads.
On Rules.
On Salaries and Fees.
On Senate Expenditures.
On Senatorial Districts.
16. Joint Committees
On Library.
On Printing.
On Trustees of the University.
On Consolidated Statutes.
On Water Commerce.
On Trustees State College.
17. The Committee on Engrossed Bills shall examine all bills,
amendments, and resolutions before they go out of the possession
of the Senate, and make a report when they find them correctly
engrossed: Provided, that when a bill is typewritten and has no
interlineations therein, and has passed the Senate without amend-
ment, it shall be sent to the House without engrossment, unless
otherwise ordered.
18. The Committee on Appropriations shall carefully examine
all bills and resolutions apropriating or paying any moneys out
of the State Treasury, except bills creating or increasing salaries,
which shall be referred to the proper committee: Provided, said
committee shall report to the Appropriations Committee the amount
allowed, and keep an accurate record of the same and report to
the Senate from time to time.
19. Every report of the committee upon a bill or resolution
which shall not be considered at the time of making the same, or
laid on the table by a vote of the Senate, shall stand upon the
general orders with the bill or resolution; and the report of the
committee shall show that a majority of the committee were
present and voted.
20. No committee shall be composed of more than 18 mem-
bers.
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On General Orders and Special Orders
21. Any bill or other matter may be made a special order for
a particular day or hour by a vote of the majority of the Senators
voting, and if it shall not be completed on that day it shall be re-
turned to its place on the Calendar, unless it shall be made a
special order for another day; and when a special order is under
consideration it shall take precedence of any special order or sub-
sequent order for the day, but such subsequent order may be taken
up immediately after the previous special order has been dis-
posed of.
22. Every bill shall receive three readings previous to its be-
ing passed, and the president shall give notice at each whether
it be the first, second, or third. After the first reading, unless a
motion shall be made by some Senator, it shall be the duty of the
President to refer the subject matter to an appropriate commit-
tee. No bill shall be amended until it shall have been twice read.
Proceedings When There is Not a Quorum Voting
23. If, on taking the question on a bill, it shall appear that a
constitutional quorum is not present, or if the bill require a vote
of a certain proportion of all the Senators to pass it, and it ap-
pears that such number is not present, the bill shall be again read
and the question taken thereon; if the bill fail a second time
for the want of the necessary number being present and voting
the bill shall not be finally lost, but shall be returned to the Calen-
dar in its proper order.
Precedence of Motions
24. When a question is before the Senate no motion shall be
received except those herein specified, which motions shall have
precedence as follows, viz.:
(1) For an adjournment.
(2) To lay on the table.
(3) For the previous question.
(4) To postpone indefinitely.
(5) To postpone to a certain day.
(6) To commit to a standing committee.
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(7) To commit to a select committee.
(8) To amend.
(9) To substitute.
25. The previous question shall be as follows: "Shall the main
question be now put?" and until it is decided shall preclude all
amendments and debate. If this question shall be decided in the
affirmative, the "main question" shall be on the passage of the
bill, x-esolution, or other matter under consideration; but when
amendments are pending the question shall be taken up on such
amendments, in their order, without further debate or amendment.
However, any Senator may move the previous question and may
restrict the same to an amendment or other matter then under
discussion. If such question be decided in the negative, the main
question shall be considered as remaining under debate.
26. When a motion for the previous question is made and is
pending, debate shall cease, and only a motion to adjourn or lay
on the table shall be in order, which motions shall be put as fol-
lows: adjourn, previous question, lay on the table. After a motion
for the previous question is made, pending a second thereto, any
member may give notice that he desires to offer an amendment
to the bill or other matter under consideration; and after the
previous question is seconded such member shall be entitled to
offer his amendment in pursuance of such notice.
Other Questions to be Taken Without Debate
27. The motions to adjourn and lay on the table shall be de-
cided without debate, and the motion to adjourn shall always be
in order when made by a Senator entitled to the floor.
28. The respective motions to postpone to a certain day, or to
commit, shall preclude debate on the main question.
29. All questions relating to priority of business shall be de-
cided without debate.
30. When the reading of a paper is called for, except petitions,
and the same is objected to by any Senator, it shall be determined
by the Senate without debate.
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31. Any Senator requesting to be excused from voting may
make, either immediately before or after the vote shall have been
called and before the result shall have been announced, a brief
statement of the reasons for making such request, and the ques-
tion shall then be taken without debate. Any Senator may ex-
plain his vote on any bill pending by obtaining permission of the
President before the vote is put: Provided, that not more than
three minutes shall be consumed in such explanation.
Questions that Require a Two-Thirds Vote
32. No bill or resolution on its third reading shall be acted on
out of the regular order in which it stands on the Calendar, and
no bill or resolution shall be acted upon on its third reading the
same day on which it passed its second reading unless so ordered
by two-thirds of the Senators present.
33. No bill or resolution shall be sent from the Senate on
the day of its passage except on the last day of the session, un-
less otherwise ordered by a vote of two-thirds of the Senators
present.
34. No bill or resolution after being laid upon the table upon
motion, shall be taken therefrom except by a vote of two-thirds
of the Senators present.
Decorum in Debate
35. No remark reflecting personally upon the action of any
Senator shall be in order in debate unless preceded by a motion
or resolution of censure.
36. When a Senator shall be called to order he shall take his
seat until the President shall have determined whether he was in
order or not; if decided to be out of order, he shall not proceed
without the permission of the Senate; and every question of order
shall be decided by the President, subject to an appeal to the Senate
by any Senator; and if a Senator is called to order for words
spoken, the words excepted to shall be immediately taken down
in writing, that the President or Senate may be better able to
judge of the matter.
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Miscellaneous Rules
37. When a blank is to be filled, and different sums or times
shall be proposed, the question shall be first taken on the highest
sum or the longest time.
38. When a question has been once put and decided, it shall
be in order for any Senator who shall have voted in the ma-
jority to move a reconsideration thereof; but no motion for the
reconsideration of any vote shall be in order after the bill, reso-
lution, message, report, amendment, or motion upon which the
vote was taken shall have gone out of the possession of the Senate;
nor shall any motion for reconsideration be in order unless made
on the same day or the next following legislative day on which
the vote proposed to be reconsidered shall have taken place, un-
less the same be made by the Committee on Enrolled Bills for
verbal or grammatical errors in the bills, when the same may be
made at any time. Nor shall any question be reconsidered more
than once.
39. All bills and resolutions shall take their place upon the
Calendar according to their number, and shall be taken up in
regular order, unless otherwise ordered.
40. No smoking shall be allowed on the floor of the Senate
Chamber during the sessions.
41. Senators and visitors shall uncover their heads upon enter-
ing the Senate Chamber while the Senate is in session, and shall
continue uncovered during their continuance in the Chamber.
42. No Senator or officer of the Senate shall depart the ser-
vice of the Senate without leave, or receive pay as a Senator or
officer for the time he is absent without leave.
43. No person other than the executive and judicial officers
of the State, members and officers of the Senate and House of
Representatives, and ex-members shall be permitted within the
Senate Chamber.
44. No rule of the Senate shall be altered, suspended, or re-
scinded except on a two-thirds' vote of the Senators present: Pro-
vided, that this shall not apply to Rule 55.
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45. In case a less number than a quorum of the Senate shall
convene, they are authorized to send the doorkeeper, or any other
person, for any or all absent Senators, as a majority of the Sena-
tors present shall determine.
46. The aye's and no's may be called for on any question be-
fore the vote is taken, and if seconded by one-fifth of the Senators
present, the question shall be decided by the aye's and no's and
the same shall be entered upon the Journal.
47. The Chairman of the following Committees, with the ap-
proval of the President of the Senate, shall appoint clerks in
order to expedite the business of the Session of 1931, as follows:
Finance
Appropriations
Judiciary No. 1
Judiciary No. 2
Counties, Cities and Towns
Rules
Propositions and Grievances
Agriculture
Education
Roads
Public Health
In addition to the above named clerks, the President of the
Senate shall, upon recommendation of the Rules Committee, ap-
point four additional clerks who shall perform such duties as may
be assigned them by the Principal Clerk of the Senate.
All Committee Clerks when not in attendance upon the direct
duties connected with the Committee to which they are assigned,
shall report to the Principal Clerk of the Senate and, in order to
expedite the work of the Senate, shall perform such clerical or
stenographic work as may be assigned to them.
48. Every bill introduced into the Senate shall be printed or
typewritten. Amendments need not be typewritten.
49. All bills shall be read by their titles, which reading shall
constitute the first reading of the bill, and unless otherwise dis-
posed of shall be referred to the proper committee. A bill may be
introduced by unanimous consent at any time during the session.
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50. The Chief Engrossing Clerk of the Senate shall appoint,
with the approval of the President of the Senate, as his assist-
ants not more than four competent stenographers and typewriters.
Should the public business require more than this number the pre-
siding officer may appoint such additional ones as may be neces-
sary. Such stenographers and typewriters shall work under the
direction and supervision of the Engrossing Clerk. They shall
also make for the members who introduce a bill, without extra
cost, one original and two carbon copies of all bills.
51. The Journal of the Senate shall be typewritten in dupli-
cate, original and carbon, the original to be deposited in the office
of the Secretary of State as the record, and the other (carbon)
copy to be delivered to the State Printer.
52. All bills and resolutions reported unfavorably by the
committee to which they were referred, and having no minority
report, shall lie upon the table, but may be taken from the table
and placed upon the Calendar at the request of any Senator.
53. That in case of adjournment without any hour being
named, the Senate shall reconvene the next legislative day at 11
o'clock A.M.
54. When a bill is materially modified or the scope of its ap-
plication extended or decreased, or if the county or counties to
which it applies be changed, the title of the bill shall be changed
by the Senator introducing the bill or by the committee having
it in charge, or by the Engrossing Clerk, so as to indicate the full
purport of the bill as amended and the county or counties to which
it applies.
55. The pages of the Senate shall be responsible to and under
the direction of the President at all times when the Senate is in
session. They shall report to the Principal Clerk at other times to
be assigned such duties as he may direct and shall be under his
supervision.
56. After a bill has been tabled or has failed to pass on any
of its readings, the contents of such bill or the principal provisions
of its subject-matter shall not be embodied in any other measure.
Upon the point of order being raised and sustained by the Chair,
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such measure shall be laid upon the table, and shall not be taken
therefrom except by a vote of two-thirds of the elected member-
ship of the Senate: Provided, no local bill shall be held by the
Chair as embodying the provisions, or being identical with any
State-wide measure which has been laid upon the table or failed
to pass any of its readings. <
57. That in the event of the absence of the President of the
Senate and the President pro tempore, at any time fixed for the
reconvening- of the Senate, the Principal Clerk of the Senate or,
in his absence also, some member of the Senate Committee on
Rules shall call the Senate to order and designate some member to
act as President.
58. Whenever a public bill is introduced, a carbon copy thereof
shall accompany the bill. The Reading Clerk shall stamp the copy
with the number stamped upon the original bill. Such copy shall
be daily delivered to the joint committee hereinafter provided for.
The Chief Clerk shall deliver the carbon copy of the bill desig-
nated to be printed, as hereinafter provided for, to the public
printer and cause 400 copies thereof to be printed. On the morn-
ing following the delivery of the printed copies, the Chief Clerk
shall cause the Chief Page to have one copy thereof put upon
the desk of each member and shall retain the other printed copies
in his office. A sufficient number of the printed copies for the use
of the committee to which the bill is referred shall be by the
Chief Page delivered to the chairman or clerk of that committee.
If the bill is passed, the remaining copies shall be by the Chief
Page delivered to the Chief Clerk of the Senate for the use of the
Senate. The cost of printing shall be paid from the contingent
fund of the House of Representatives. The Chairman of the Rules
Committee of the House and the Chairman of the Rules Com-
mittee of the Senate shall appoint a sub-committee consisting of
two members of the House and two members of the Senate from
the body of the House and the Senate and such chairman shall
notify the Chief Clerk of the House and of the Senate who has
been so appointed. Such sub-committee shall meet daily and ex-
amine the carbon copies of the public bills introduced and de-
termine which of such public bills shall be printed and which shall
not, and stamp the copies accordingly. Such sub-committee shall
serve for one week unless for good cause the chairman of the
Standing Committees of the Senate
respective Rules Committees shall determine otherwise. If the
member introducing a public bill, which the Committee shall de-
termine should not be printed, so desires, he may appear before the
Committee at the next meeting thereof with reference thereto.
SENATE COMMITTEES
Session 1931
(Alphabetically Arranged)
Agriculture— Senators Price, Chairman; Hatchett, Dunlap,
Hardy, Burt, Lovill, Lynch, Nixon, Pritchett, Clark, Hicks.
Appropriations — Senators Gravely, Chairman; Burt, Burrus,
McKee, Jones, Powell, Dunlap, Blount, Uzzell, Campbell, Dortch,
Folger, Gower, Gwyn, Johnson of Moore, Lawrence, Ward of Cra-
ven, Lovill, McSwain, Pritchett, Zollicoffer, Hardy, Harmon.
Banks and Currency — Senators Lawrence, Chairman; Johnson
of Moore, Burt, Dunlap, Folger, Gower, Hicks, Horton, Lindsey,
McSwain, Nixon, Uzzell, Gravely.
Caswell Training School — Senators Hardy, Chairman; Baggett,
Bennett, Clarkson, Dortch, Gower, Hatchett, Harmon, Johnson of
Moore, Lawrence, Lindsey.
Claims — Senators Johnson of Moore, Chairman ; Zollicoffer, Wil-
liams, Whedbee, Ward of Beaufort, Rodwell, Hatchett, Jones, Hen-
dren, Harmon, Gwyn.
Labor and Commerce — Senators Jones, Chairman; Bernard,
Campbell, Lovill, Lynch, McSwain, Price, Pritchett, Ward of Cra-
ven, Grant, Clarkson.
Commercial Fisheries — Senators Campbell, Chairman; Wil-
liams, Hicks, Clark, Peel, Blount, Lawrence, Grier, Lindsey, Rank-
in, Hardy.
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Congressional Districts — Senators Grier, Chairman; Rodwell,
Dunlap, Gravely, Clark, Campbell, Burrus, Blount, Bernard, Peel.
Conservation and Development — Senators Rankin, Chairman;
Lindsey, Umstead, Burnett, Ward of Craven, Johnson of Duplin,
Clement, Lawrence, Grant, McKee, Lovill.
Consolidated Statutes — Senators Hinsdale, Chairman; Hen-
dren, Bernard, Baggett, Clarkson, Folger, Dortch, Clement, Lovill,
Nixon, McSwain, Powell, Zollicoffer.
Constitutional Amendments — Senators Ward of Beaufort,
Chairman; Grier, Baggett, Bernard, Clement, Haywood, Hicks,
McSwain, Lovill, Rodwell, Umstead, Whedbee, Hendren.
Corporations — Senators Hendren, Chairman; Bernard, Burrus,
Clarkson, Clement, Grant, Grier, Hicks, Johnson of Duplin, Jones,
McLean, McSwain, Nixon, Peel, Pritchett, Rankin.
Corporation Commission — Senators McSwain, Chairman; Bag-
gett, Bernard, Burt, Campbell, Dortch, Clement, Folger, Gower,
Harmon, Hatchett, Horton, Price.
Counties, Cities and Towns — Senators Clark, Chairman; Hins-
dale, Clement, Burrus, Clarkson, Powell, Dunlap, Gravely, Ber-
nard, Blount, Dortch, Folger, Gwyn, Uzzell, Hatchett, Horton.
Courts and Judicial Districts — Senators Clement, Chairman;
Lynch, Clarkson, Powell, Dunlap, Uzzell, Dortch, Grant, Gwyn,
Hicks, Horton, Johnson of Moore, McSwain.
Distribution of Governor's Message — Senators Lindsey, Chair-
man; Pritchett, Zollicoffer, Williams, Whedbee, Ward of Craven,
Umstead, Rankin, Price, Powell, McSwain, McLean, Lynch.
Education — Senators Folger, Chairman; Baggett, McLean,
Clark, Blount, Uzzell, Grier, Johnson of Duplin, Campbell, Horton,
Burrus, Dunlap, Lovill, McKee, Price, Pritchett, Gravely, Rankin,
Harmon.
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Election Latvs — Senators Powell, Chairman; Jones, Bennett,
Bernard, Lovill, Nixon, Haywood, Hicks, Lynch, McSwain, Price,
Burrus, McKee, Whedbee, Blount.
Engrossed Bills — Senators Zollicoffer, Chairman; Bennett, Bag-
gett, Williams, Whedbee, Ward of Craven, Price, Powell, Nixon,
McSwain, McLean, Lynch, Lindsey.
Enrolled Bills — Senators Lovill, Chairman; Hinsdale, McLean,
Lawrence, Gower, Grier.
Federal Relations — Senators Clarkson, Chairman; Baggett,
Dortch, Folger, Gower, Grant, Grier, Gwyn, Hendren, Johnson of
Duplin, Johnson of Moore, Nixon.
Finance — Senators Dunlap, Chairman; Ward of Beaufort, Bur-
rus, Haywood, Hinsdale, Lynch, McKee, Rankin, Burt, Bennett,
Gravely, Peel, Blount, Folger, Grier, Hendren, Johnson of Duplin,
Whedbee, Umstead, Clark, Hicks, Clement, Price, Grant, Hatchett.
Game Laws — Senators Nixon, Chairman; Lindsey, Rankin,
Johnson of Moore, Lawrence, Williams, Grier, Hinsdale, Horton,
McLean, Clark, Umstead.
Governmental Reorganization — Senators Lovill, Chairman;
Hicks, Hinsdale, Price, Hendren, Clark, Folger, Nixon, Ward of
Craven.
Immigration — Senators Uzzell, Chairman; Powell, Pritchett,
Rankin, Rodwell, Umstead, Price, Nixon, McLean, Lynch, Lindsey,
Jones.
Insane Asylums — Senators Gower, Chairman; Hardy, Harmon,
Hatchett, Hinsdale, Johnson of Moore, Lawrence, McLean, Peel,
Umstead, Burnett.
Institutions for the Blind — Senators Hatchett, Chairman; Ber-
nard, Blount, Burrus, Burt, Clark, Clarkson, Gower, Hardy, Hicks,
Horton.
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Institutions for the Deaf — Senators Williams, Chairman; Zolli-
coffer, Whedbee, Price, Powell, McLean, Lovill, Hatchett, Harmon,
Gwyn. Baggett.
Insurance — Senators Baggett, Chairman; Jones, Umstead, Ben-
nett, Dunlap, Lovill, Clark, Burt, Grant, Peel, Blount, McSwain.
htt (Dial Improvements — Senators Hardy, Chairman; McLean.
Baggett, Bennett, Burt, Campbell, Zollicoffer, Williams, Ward of
Beaufort, Rodwell, Pritchett, McKee, Lynch, Lindsey.
Journal — Senators McLean, Chairman; Ward of Craven, Law-
rence, Horton, Haywood, Lindsey, Jones, Harmon, Hardy, Gwyn,
Dortch, Clarkson.
Judiciary No. 1 — Senators Blount, Chairman; Clement, Lynch,
Jones, Powell, Dunlap, Uzzell, Baggett, Campbell, Gravely, Gwyn,
Harmon, Hendren, Johnson of Duplin, Lawrence, McSwain, Nixon,
Rodwell, Whedbee.
Judiciary No. 2 — Senators Horton, Chairman; Hicks, Dortch,
Johnson of Moore, Hinsdale, Clarkson, Peel, Bernard, Folger,
Grant, Grier, Jones, Lovill, McLean, Pritchett, Ward of Beaufort,
Ward of Craven, Williams, Zollicoffer.
Justices of the Peace — Senators Lynch, Chairman; Hatchett,
Baggett, Whedbee, Gower, Peel, McLean, Rodwell, Pritchett, Price,
Williams, Burt.
Library — Senators Umstead, Chairman; Baggett, McLean, Bur-
rus, Uzzell, Rodwell, Pritchett, Lawrence, Peel, Gwyn.
Manufacturing — Senators Haywood, Chairman; Gower, Burt,
Clement, Dortch, Folger, Grant, Gwyn, Rankin, Zollicoffer, Hins-
dale, Johnson of Duplin.
Military Affairs — Senators Dortch, Chairman; McLean, Dunlap,
Burt, Campbell, Gower, Gwyn, Hardy, Harmon, Haywood, Hendren,
Johnson of Moore, Jones.
Penal Institutions — Senators Hicks, Chairman; Burt, Powell,
Dunlap, Uzzell, Gravely, Ward of Beaufort, Grier, Hatchett, Price,
Hinsdale, Gower.
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Printing — Senators Gwyn, Chairman; Lindsey, Clarkson, Cle-
ment, Gravely, Haywood, Hendren, Hicks, Johnson of Duplin, M
Kee, McLean, Nixon.
Pensions and Soldiers' Home — Senators Pritchett, Chairman;
Price, Dunlap, Baggett, Bernard, Clarkson, Folger, Grier, Gwyn,
Hatchett, Rodwell, Ward of Craven, Williams, Ward of Beaufort.
Propositions and Grievances — Senators Ward of Craven, Chair-
man; Haywood, Bernard, Campbell, Clement, Gower, Grant, Gwyn.
Hardy, Hendren, Hicks, Hinsdale, Johnson of Duplin, Zollicoffer.
Williams.
Public Health — Senators Burrus, Chairman; Bennett, Gower,
Hardy, McKee, Uzzell, Blount, Clark, Dortch, Gravely, Hinsdale,
Johnson of Duplin, Price, Rankin, Zollicoffer.
Public Roads — Senators Peel, Chairman; Burrus, Johnson of
Duplin, Hinsdale, Clarkson, Dunlap, Baggett, Gravely, Ward of
Craven, Rodwell, Lindsey, Grier, Hicks, Folger, Lovill, Blount,
McKee, Clark.
Public Welfare — Senators McKee, Chairman; Uzzell, Gravely,
Baggett, Rankin, Grant, Hatchett, Haywood, Johnson of Moore.
Horton.
Railroads — Senators Burt, Chairman; Ward of Beaufort, Bag-
gett, Zollicoffer, Williams, Whedbee, Umstead, Rodwell, Rankin.
Pritchett, Price, Powell.
Rules' — Senators Johnson of Duplin, Chairman; Blount, Hor-
ton, Folger, Dunlap, Clark, Burrus, Peel, Haywood, Lovill.
Salaries and Fees — Senators Bennett, Chairman; Campbell.
Clark, Clarkson, Burt, Dunlap, Clement, Dortch, Folger, Gower.
Grant, Grier, Gwyn, Horton, Hinsdale.
Senatorial Districts — Senators Rodwell, Chairman; Hicks, Dun-
lap, Gravely, Grier, Whedbee, Clark, Campbell, Folger, Harmon.
Horton, Nixon, Peel.
Senate Expenditures — Senators Lovill, Chairman: Ni
Hatchett, Johnson of Duplin, Lynch, McLean, Rodwell. Pritch
Williams, Zollicoffer, Clark, Folger.
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Trustees of State College — Senators Bernard, Chairman; Dun-
lap, Price, Pritchett, Gravely, Hardy, Hinsdale, Lynch, Johnson of
Moore.
Trustees of the University — Senators Whedbee, Chairman;
Blount, Rankin, Burrus, Nixon, Dunlap, Umstead, Clarkson, Hardy,
Folger, Powell.
Water Commerce — Senators Lindsey, Chairman; Whedbee, Law-
rence, Campbell, Ward of Craven, Ward of Beaufort, Clark, Blount,
Uzzell, Zollicoffer.
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OFFICERS
Willis Smith Speaker
Thad Eure Principal Clerk
B. L. Lunsford Reading Clerk
C. M. Higgins. _• Sergeant-at-Arms
J. F. Burkhead Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms.
Miss Rosa B. Mund Engrossing Clerk
. Wake
. Hertford
.Buncombe
Davidson
.Randolph
.Cabarrus
REPRESENTATIVES
(Alphabetically Arranged)
Name
Allen, Claude W.
Bender, R. P Jones
Binford, H. N Rockingham
Black, Sam.
Braddy, C. L
Brinson, J. J
Brooks, E. C, Jr._
Brown, W. T
Bruton, T. Wade.
Burgin, W. 0
Butler, A. L
Cherry, R. G.._.
Cloud, E. B
Coffield, 0. R....
Connor, H. G
Cox, R. M
Cox, Thos. A
Cranor, H. A
Crouse, R. F._._
Crudup, John B.
Davis, George E._ .
Davis, J. S
Davis, R. B
Day, N. E
DeHart, James
•Dillard, JohnH..
Dosher, Wilbur R.
Edwards, Henry B...
Ervin, S. J., Jr
Etheridge, R. Bruce
Ewbank, John
Ewing, W. C ._.
Flanagan, E. G._
Fulghum, R. T._
Garibaldi, Joe
Gatling, G. D.___
Gattis, S. M., Jr.
Gay, A. C
County
Granville-
Cabarrus .
Bladen
Pamlico, N. C.
Durham
Perquimans
Montgomery...
Davidson
Sampson
Gaston
Polk
Rutherford .
Wilson
Forsyth
Jackson
Wilkes
Alleghany..
Vance
Hyde
Warren
Edgecombe. _.
Onslow
Swain
Cherokee
New Hanover-
Cleveland
Burke
Dare
Henderson
Cumberland _ _
Pitt
Johnston .
Mecklenburg..
Gates
Orange
Northampton-
Party
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Republican...
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Republican...
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat .
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Post Office
Creedmoor, N. C.
Pollocksville, N. C.
Madison, N. C.
Harrisburg, N. C. ,.\o. 2.
Council, N. C.
Grantsboro, N. C.
Durham, X. C.
Hertford, N. C.
Troy N.C.
Lexington, N. C.
Clinton, N C.
Gastonia, X. C.
Trvon, N. C.
Ellenboro, N.C.
Wilson. X. C.
Winston-Salem, X. C.
Cullowhee. X. ('.
Wilkesboro, N. C.
Sparta, X. C.
Henderson, X. C.
Lake Landing, N.C.
Creek, X. C.
Rocky Mount, N C.
Jacksonville, X. C.
Brvson City, X. C.
Murphy, X. C.
Wilmington. N. C.
Shelby, N.C.
Morganton, X. C.
Manteo, X. C.
Hendersonville, X. ('.
Fayetteville, N.C.
Greenville, X. C.
Kenly, V C.
Charlotte, X. C.
Gates, X. C
Hillsboro, N
Jackson, X. ('.
"Died February 11, 1931.
36
Legislative Department
REPRESENTATIVES— Continued
Name
Gill, E. M
ham, Ernest.
m r, R. T
Groves, J. A.
• iwaltney, J. L...
Gwyn, X. H
ead, VV. I
Hamilton, Luther..
Hanes, R. M
Harris, R. L
Haynes, C. H
Helms, T. L. A
Henrv, W. M
Hipps, R. E
Holmes, J. \\ .
Hood, Gurney P...
Howell, J. S
Huffman, E. W. G.
James, J. C
Jeffress, E. B
Jones, Henry H...
Johnson, D. Mac.
Johnson, E. K
Johnson, R. G
Johnson, V. R
Johnston, Ira T...
Johnston, Julius..
Jolly, D. M
Kiffian, Dr. P. B
"Kitchin, Clement S,
Leake. H. H
LeGrand, J. P
Long, J. Dolph
Long, Dr. T. W. M.._.
Loven, Ed. S
Lumpkin, W. L
Lyon, J. M.„
MaeLean. A. D
McBee, J. C
McDevitt, N. B. ...
hern, Laurie.
igan, D. F
McRae, John A
Marshal!, J. A
ne, .Mrs. Lillie M.
Mess, 0. B
Moye.J. C
Morphew, R. B
Neal, W. W
Newman, H;
Norman, Z. V
County
Scotland . .
Robeson...
Watauga . .
Stanly
Alexander.
Caldwell..
Camden
Carteret
Forsyth
Person
Surry-J
Union
Transylvania .
Haywood
Pitt....
Wayne
Buncombe
Rowan
Pasquotank.
Guilford
Hertford
Halifax
Currituck. ..
Pender
Chatham
Ashe
Caswell
Kenansville..
Clay 0.
Halifax
Stokes
Davie
Alamance-
Halifax
Avery
Franklin..
Yancey...
Forsyth
Rockingham .
Nash
Greene
Graham
McDowell
New Hanover.
Washington-
Party
Beaufort
Mitchell
Madison
Hoke
Columbus
Mecklenburg . Democrat
Democrat. .
Democrat . .
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat. _
Democrat. .
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat..
Democrat. .
Democrat .
Democrat. _
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat..
Democrat. .
Democrat. _
Democrat..
Democrat- .
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat..
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat..
Democrat-
Democrat..
Democrat..
Republican.
Democrat..
Democrat. .
Democrat. .
Democrat-
Democrat .
Democrat-
Democrat.
Democrat-
Democrat.
Democrat-
Democrat-
Post Office
Laurinburg, N. C.
Red Springs, N. C.
Blowing Rock, N. C.
Albemarle, N. C.
Taylors ville, N. C.
Lenoir, N. C.
South Mills, N. C.
Morehead City, N. C.
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Roxboro, N. C.
Mount Airy, N. C.
Monroe, N. C.
Brevard, N. C.
Canton, N. C.
Farmville, N. C.
Goldsboro, N. C.
Asheville. N. C.
Salisbury, N. C.
Weeksville, N. C.
Greensboro, N. C.
Cofield, N. C.
Edfield, N. C.
Currituck, N. C.
Burgaw, N. C.
Pittsboro, N. C.
Jefferson, N. C.
Yancey ville, N. C.
Kenansville, N. C.
Hayesville, N. C.
Scotland Neck, N. C
King, N. C.
Mocksville, N. C.
Graham, N. C.
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Linville, N. C.
Franklinton, N. C.
Burnsville, N C.
Washington, N. C.
Bakersville, N. C. "
Marshall, N. C.
Raeford, N. C.
Tabor, N. C.
Charlotte, N. C.
Walnut Cove, N. C.
Spray, N. C.
Spring Hope, N. C.
Snow Hill, N. C.
Robbinsville, N. C.
Marion, N. C.
Wilmington, X. (.'.
Plymouth, N. C.
! December.1!, 1930.
Members of the House of Representatives '-M
REPRESENTATIVES— Continued
Name
County
Party
Post Office
Parker Fred P. Jr.
Wayne . .
Democrat
Republican...
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat.
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Republican. ..
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat
Democrat -
Democrat
Goldsboro, N. C.
Pinnh J. C.
Yadkin ....
Cycle, N. C. -~
Pitts, Oscar T. .
Catawba
Gaston..
Mecklenburg..
Buncombe. . . . .
Hickory, N. C.
Puett, John F. .
Dallas, N. C.
Readling, J. B. .
Cornelius, N. C.
Reed M. L.
Asheville, N. C.
Polk
Trvon, N. C.
Ruffin Dr J. B.
Bertie ..
Powellsville, N. C.
Richmond
Rockingham, X. C.
Seawell A A F.
Sanford. N. C.
Sigmon, W. H
Smith, J. C.
Lincoln .
Martin
Denver, N
Robersonville, X. C.
Smith, Willis
Wake
Raleigh, N. C.
Moore .
Carthage, V C.
Sutton, F. I.
Lenoir
Kinston, N. C.
Tatem C. W.
Tvrrell...
Columbia, X. C.
Anson
Brunswick
\\ . .
Southport, X. ('.
Iredell
■ .illc, X. ('.
Guilford
High Point, X. C.
Rowan. _
Upchurch, J. Sherwood..
Ward W L
Raleigh, N. C,
Asheboro, X. ('.
Waynick, C. M
White A. E.
Guilford .. ..
High Point, N. C.
Robeson . . .
Lumbert'ni, V < '.
White, J. F
Whitley, R. B.
Chowan.
Wake .. ...
Craven . .
Johnston. .
Nash -.
Harnett
Durham
Edenton, X. C.
Wendell, X. C.
Willis, David H.
New Bern, X. C.
Woodall, Preston .
Benson. X. C.
Woodard, W. C.
Rocky Mount. X. C.
Dunn, X. C.
Durham. X. ('.
REPRESENTATIVES
(Arranged by Counties)
Alamance — J. Dolph Long, Graham (D).
Alexander — J. L. Gwaltney, Taylorsville (D)
Alleghany — R. F. Grouse, Sparta (D).
Anson — F. E. Thomas, Wadesboro (D).
Ashe — Ira T. Johnston, Jefferson (D).
Avery — Ed. S. Loven, Linville (D).
Beaufort — A. D. McLean, Washington (D).
Bertie— Dr. J. B. Ruffin, Powellsville (D).
Bladen— C. L. Braddy, Council (D).
38 Legislative Department
Brunswick — James W. Thompson, Southport (D).
Buncombe — M. L. Reed, Asheville (D) ; J. S. Howell, Ashe-
ville (D).
Burke — S. J. Ervin, Jr., Morganton (D).
Cabarrus — Sam Black, Harrisburg, R. 2 (D).
Caldwell — N. Hunt Gwyn, Lenoir (D).
Camden — W. I. Halstead, South Mills (D).
Carteret — Luther Hamilton, Morehead City (D).
Caswell — Julius Johnston, Yanceyville (D).
Cataivba — Oscar Pitts, Hickory (D).
Chatham — V. R. Johnson, Pittsboro (D).
Cherokee — *John H. Dillard, Murphy (D).
Chowan — J. Fernando White, Edenton (D).
Clay— Dr. P. B. Killian, Hayesville (D).
Cleveland — Henry B. Edwards, Shelby (D).
Columbus — D. F. McGougan, Tabor (D).
Craven — David H. Willis, New Bern (D).
Cumberland — W. C. Ewing, Fayetteville (D).
Currituck — E. R. Johnson, Currituck (D).
Dare — R. Bruce Etheridge, Manteo (D).
Davidson — W. O. Burgin, Lexington (D)?-
Davie — J. P. LeGrand, Mocksville (D).
Duplin — D. M. Jolly, Kenansville (D).
Durham — E. C. Brooks, Jr., Durham (D) ; Victor V. Young,
Durham (D).
Edgecombe — R. B. Davis, Rocky Mount (D).
Forsyth — R. M. Hanes, Winston-Salem (D) ; R. M. Cox, Win-
ston-Salem (D) ; J. A. Marshall, Walnut Cove (D).
Franklin — W. L. Lumpkin, Franklinton (D).
Gaston — R. G. Cherry, Gastonia (D) ; John F. Puett, Dallas
(D).
Gates— G. D. Gatling, Gates (D).
Graham — R. B. Morphew, Robbinsville (D).
Granville — Claude W. Allen, Creedmoor (D).
Greene— J. C. Moye, Snow Hill (D).
Guilford— V. B. Jeffress, Greensboro (D) ; C. M. Waynick, High
Point (D) ; Thos. Turner, Jr., High Point (D).
* Died February 11, 1931.
Members of the House of Representatives 39
Halifax — D. Mac Johnson, Enfield (D) ; *Clement S. Kitchin,
Scotland Neck (D) ; Dr. T. W. M. Long, Roanoke Rapids.
Harnett — J. R. Young, Dunn (D).
Haywood — R. E. Hipps, Canton (D).
Henderson — John Ewbank, Hendersonville (D).
Hertford — Henry H. Jones, Cofield (D).
Hoke — Laurie McEachern, Raeford (D).
Hyde — George E. Davis, Swan Quarter (D).
Iredell — D. E. Turner, Mooresville (D).
Jackson — Thos. A. Cox, Cullowhee (D).
Johnston — Preston Woodall, Benson (D) ; R. T. Fulghum,
Kenly (D).
Jones — R. P. Bender, Pollocksville (D).
Lee— A. A. F. Seawell, Sanford (D).
Lenoir — F. I. Sutton, Kinston (D).
Lincoln — W. H. Sigmon, Denver (D).
Macon — Dr. W. A. Rogers, Franklin (D).
Madison — N. B. McDevitt, Marshall (D).
Martin — J. C. Smith, Robersonville (D).
McDowell— W. W. Neal, Marion (D).
Mecklenburg — John A. McRae, Charlotte (D) ; Joe Garibaldi,
Charlotte (D) ; J. B. Readling, Cornelius (D).
Mitchell— John C. McBee, Bakersville (R).*^
Montgomery — T. Wade Bruton, Troy (D).
Moore — U. L. Spence, Carthage (D).
Nash — 0. B. Moss, Spring Hope (D) ; W. C. Woodard, Rocky
Mount (D).
New Hanover — Wilbur R. Dosher, Wilmington (D) ; Harriss
Newman, Washington (D).
Northampton — A. C. Gay, Jackson (D).
Onslow — N. E. Day, Jacksonville (D).
Orange — S. M. Gattis, Jr., Hillsboro (D).
Pamlico — J. J. Brinson, Grantsboro (R).
Pasq\iotank — J. C. James, Weeksville (D).
Pender — R. G. Johnson, Burgaw (D).
*Died December 21, 1930.
40 Legislative Department
Perquimans — W. T. Brown, Hertford (D).
Person — R. L. Harris, Roxboro (D).
Pitt— E. G. Flanagan, Greenville (D) ; J. W. Holmes, Farm-
ville (D).
Polk—E. B. Cloud, Tryon (D).
Randolph — W. L. Ward, Asheboro (R)."^
Richmond — D. E. Scarborough, Rockingham (D).
Robeson — A. E. White, Lumberton (D) ; Ernest Graham, Red
Springs (D).
Rockingham — H. N. Binford, Madison (D) ; Mrs. Lillie M.
Mebane, Spray (D).
Rowan — George R. Uzzell, Salisbury (D) ; E. W. G. Huffman,
Salisbury (D).
Rutherford— 0. R. Coffield, Ellenboro (D).
Sampson- — A. L. Butler, Clinton, (R).r
Scotland— E. M. Gill, Laurinburg (D).
Stanly — J. A. Groves, Albemarle (D).
Stokes— H. H. Leake, King (D).
Surry — C. H. Haynes, Mt. Airy (D).
Swain — Dr. Jas. DeHart, Bryson City (D).
Transylvania — W. M. Henry, Brevard (D).
Tyrrell— C. W. Tatem, Columbia (D).
Union — T. L. A. Helms, Monroe (D).
Vance — John B. Crudup, Henderson (D).
Wake— Willis Smith, Raleigh (D) ; J. Sherwood Upchurch, Ra-
leigh (D) ; R. B. Whitley, Wendell (D).
Warren — J. S. Davis, Creek (D).
Washington — Z. V. Norman, Plymouth (D).
Watauga— R. T. Greer, Blowing Rock (D).
Wayne — Fred P. Parker, Jr., Goldsboro (D) ; Gurney P. Hood,
Goldsboro (D).
Wilkes— H. A. Cranor, Wilkesboro (D).
Wilson— U. G. Connor, Wilson (D).
Yadkin— J. C. Pinnix, Cycle (R).*^
Yancey — J. M. Lyon, Burnsville (D).
Rules of the House of Representatives 41
RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1931
Touching the Duties of the Speaker
1. It shall be the duty of the Speaker to have the sessions of
the House opened with prayer.
2. He shall take the chair every day at the hour fixed by the
House on the preceding legislative day, shall immediately call the
members to order, and, on appearance of a quorum, cause the
Journal of the preceding day to be approved.
3. He shall preserve order and decorum, may speak to points
of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for
that purpose, and shall decide questions of order, subject to an
appeal to the House by any member on which appeal no member
shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the House. A
two-thirds vote of the members present shall be necessary to
sustain any appeal from the ruling of the Chair.
4. He shall rise to put a question, but may state it sitting.
5. Questions shall be put in this form, namely, "Those in favor
(as the question may be) will say, 'Aye'," and after the affirma-
tive voice has' been expressed, "Those opposed will say 'No'." Upon
a call for a division the Speaker shall count; if required, he shall
appoint tellers.
6. The Speaker shall have a general direction of the hall. He
shall have a right to name any member to perform the duties of
the Chair, but substitution shall not extend beyond one day, ex-
cept in the case of sickness or by leave of the House.
7. All committees shall be apointed by the Speaker, unless
otherwise specially ordered by the House.
8. In all elections the Speaker may vote. In all other cases he
may exercise his right to vote, or he may reserve this right until
there is a tie; but in no case shall he be allowed to vote twice on
the same question.
9. All acts, addresses and resolutions, and all warrants and
subpoenas issued by order of the House shall be signed by the
Speaker.
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10. In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct in the
galleries or lobby, the Speaker or other presiding officer shall have
power to order the same to be cleared.
11. No persons except members of the Senate, officers and
clerks of the General Assembly, Judges of the Supreme and Su-
perior Courts, State officers, former members of the General As-
sembly, and persons particularly invited by the Speaker shall be
admitted within the hall of the House: Provided, that no person
except members of the Senate and officers of the General Assembly
shall be allowed on the floor of the House or in the lobby in the
rear of the Speaker's desk, unless permitted by the Speaker of the
House.
12. Reporters wishing to take down debates may be admitted
by the Speaker, who shall assign such places to them on the floor
or elsewhere, to effect this object, as shall not interfere with the
convenience of the House.
13. Smoking shall not be allowed in the hall, the lobbies, or the
galleries while the House is in session: Provided, that smoking
may be permitted in the lobby in the rear of the Speaker's desk.
Order of Business of the Day
14. After the approval of the Journal of the preceding day,
which shall stand approved without objection, the House shall
proceed to business in the following order, viz. :
(1) The receiving of petitions, memorials, and papers ad-
dressed to the General Assembly or to the House.
(2) Reports of standing committees.
(3) Reports of select committees.
(4) Resolutions.
(5) Bills.
(6) The unfinished business of the preceding day.
(7) Bills, resolutions, petitions, memorials, messages, and
other papers on the Calendar, in their exact numerical order, un-
less displaced by the orders of the day; but messages and motions
to elect officers shall always be in order.
No member shall rise from his seat to introduce any petition,
resolution or bill out of order unless he is permitted so to do by
a suspension of the rules.
Rules of the House of Representatives
On Decorum in Debate
15. When any member is about to speak in debate or deliver
any matter to the House, he shall rise from his seat and respect-
fully address the Speaker.
16. When the Speaker shall call a member to order, the mem-
ber shall sit down, as also he shall when called to order by another
member, unless the Speaker decides the point of order in his
favor. By leave of the House a member called to order may clear
a matter of fact, or explain, but shall not proceed in debate so long
as the decision stands, but by permission of the House. Any mem-
ber may appeal from the decision of the Chair, and if, upon ap-
peal, the decision be in favor of the member called to order, he may
proceed; if otherwise, he shall not, except by leave of the House;
and if the case, in the judgment of the House, require it, he shall
be liable to its censure.
17. No member shall speak until recognized by the Chair, and
when two or more members rise at the same time, the Speaker
shall name the member to speak.
18. No member shall speak more than twice on the main
question, nor longer than thirty minutes for the first speech and
fifteen minutes for the second speech, unless allowed to do so by
the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present; nor
shall he speak more than once upon an amendment or motion to
commit or postpone, and then not longer than ten minutes. But
the House may, by consent of a majority, suspend the operations
of this rule during any debate on any particular question before
the House, or the Committee on Rules may bring in a special rule
that shall be applicable to the debate on any bill.
19. While the Speaker is putting any question, or address-
ing the House, no person shall speak, stand up, walk out of or
cross the House, nor when a member is speaking entertain private
discourse, stand up, or pass between him and the Chair.
20. No member shall vote on any question when he was not
present when the question was put by the Speaker, except by the
consent of the House. Upon a division and count of the House
on any question, no member without the bar shall be counted.
44 Legislative Department
21. Every member who shall be in the hall of the House for
the above purpose when the question is put shall give his vote
upon a call of the aye's and no's, unless the House for special
reasons shall excuse him, and no application to be excused from
voting or to explain a vote shall be entertained unless made be-
fore the call of the roll. The hall of the House shall include the
lobbies and offices connected with the hall.
22. When a motion is made, it shall be stated by the Speaker,
or, if written, it shall be handed to the Chair and read aloud by
the Speaker or Clerk before debate.
23. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if the Speaker
or any two members request it.
24. After a motion is stated by the Speaker or read by the
Clerk, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the House, but may
be withdrawn before a decision or amendment, except in case of
a motion to reconsider, which motion, when made by a member,
shall be deemed and taken to be in possession of the House, and
shall not be withdrawn without leave of the House.
25. When a question is under debate no motion shall be re-
ceived but to adjourn, to lay on the table, to postpone indefinitely,
to postpone to a day certain, to commit or amend, which several
motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand
arranged; and no motion to lay on the table, to postpone indefi-
nitely, to postpone to a day certain, to commit or amend, being
decided, shall be again allowed at the same stage of the bill or
proposition.
26. A motion to adjourn or lay on the table shall be decided
without debate, and a motion to adjourn shall always be in order,
except when the House is voting or some member is speaking;
but a motion to adjourn shall not follow a motion to adjourn until
debate or some other business of the House has intervened.
27. When a question has been postponed indefinitely, the same
shall not be acted on again during the session, except upon a
two-thirds' vote.
28. Any member may call for a division of the question, when
the same shall admit of it, which shall be determined by the
Speaker.
Rules of the House of Representatives 45
29. When a motion has been once made and carried in the
affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member of the
majority to move for the reconsideration thereof, on the same or
succeeding day, unless it may have subsequently passed the Sen-
ate, and no motion to reconsider shall be taken from the table
except by a two-thirds' vote. But unless such vote has been taken
by a call of the yea's and nay's, any member may move to recon-
sider.
30. When the reading of a paper is called for, which has
been read in the House, and the same is objected to by any mem-
ber, it shall be determined by a vote of the House.
31. Petitions, memorials, and other papers addressed to the
House shall be presented by the Speaker; a brief statement of
the contents thereof may be verbally made by the introducer before
reference to a committee, but shall not be debated or decided on
the day of their first being read, unless the House shall direct
otherwise.
32. When the aye's and no's are called for on any question,
it shall be on motion before the question is put; and if seconded
by one-fifth of the members present, the question shall be de-
cided by the aye's and no's; and in taking the aye's and no's,
or on a call of the House the names of the members will be taken
alphabetically.
33. Decency of speech shall be observed and personal reflection
carefully avoided. -, .
34. Any member may arise at any time to speak to a question
of personal privilege, and upon objection to him proceeding, the
Speaker shall determine if the question is one of privilege.
35. Fifteen members, including the Speaker, shall be autho-
rized to compel the attendance of absent members.
36. No member or officer of the House shall absent himself
from the service of the House without leave, unless from sick-
ness or inability.
37. Any member may excuse himself from serving on any
committee if he is a member of two standing committees.
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38. If any member shall be necessarily absent on temporary
business of the House when a vote is taken upon any question,
upon entering the House he shall be permitted, on request, to vote,
provided that the result shall not be thereby affected.
39. No standing rule or order shall be rescinded or altered
without one day's notice given on the motion thereof, and to sus-
tain such motion two-thirds of the House shall be required.
40. The members of the House shall uncover their heads upon
entering the House while it is in session, and shall continue so
uncovered during their continuance in the hall, except Quakers.
41. A motion to reconsider shall be determined by a majority
vote, except a motion to reconsider an indefinite postponement, or
a motion to reconsider a motion tabling a motion to reconsider,
which shall require a two-thirds' vote.
42. After a bill has been tabled or has failed to pass on any
of its readings, the contents of such bill or the principal pro-
visions or its subject-matter shall not be embodied in any other
measure. Upon the point of order being raised and sustained
by the Chair, such measures shall be laid upon the table, and shall
not be taken therefrom except by a vote of two-thirds of the elected
membership of the House: Provided, no local bill shall be held by
the Chair as embodying the provisions or being identical with any
State-wide measure which has been laid upon the table, or failed
to pass any of its readings.
42%. That the name of the Committee on Fish and Fisheries
be changed to Commercial Fisheries to which shall be referred
all coastal fishing problems. Also that the Committee on mines
and mining be abolished and instead a Committee shall be desig-
nated as the Committee on Conservation and Development to which
shall be referred all matters pertaining to Inland Fisheries, Geol-
ogy and Mining, Forestry, Water Resources, and State advertis-
ing.
Rules of the House of Representatives 47
Standing Committees
43. At the commencement of the session a standing commit-
tee shall be appointed by the Speaker on each of the following
subjects, namely:
On Agriculture.
On Appropriations.
On Banks and Banking.
On Claims.
On Commerce.
On Commercial Fisheries.
On Congressional Districts.
On Conservation and Development.
On Constitutional Amendments.
On Corporation Commission.
On Corporations.
On Counties, Cities, and Towns.
On Courts and Judicial Districts.
On Education.
On Election Laws.
On Engrossed Bills.
On Expenditures of the House.
On Federal Relations.
On Finance.
On Game.
On Health.
On Immigration.
On Insane Asylums.
On Institutions for the Blind.
On Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb.
On Insurance.
On Internal Improvements.
On the Journal.
On Judiciary No. 1.
On Judiciary No. 2.
On Manufactures and Labor.
On Military Affairs.
On Oyster Industry.
On Penal Institutions.
On Pensions.
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On Private and Public-Local Laws.
On Privileges and Elections.
On Propositions and Grievances.
On Public Roads.
On Public Welfare.
On Regulation of Public-Service Corporations.
On Rules.
On Salaries and Fees.
On Senatorial Districts.
Joint Committees
On Enrolled Bills.
On Justices of the Peace.
On Library.
On Printing.
On Public Buildings and Grounds.
On Trustees of University.
On Revision of the Laws.
The first member announced on each committee shall be chair-
man.
44. In forming a Committee of the Whole House, the Speaker
shall leave the Chair, and a Chairman to preside in committee
shall be appointed by the Speaker.
45. Upon bills submitted to a Committee of the Whole House,
the bill shall be first read throughout by the Clerk, and then again
read and debated by sections, leaving the preamble to be last con-
sidered. The body of the bill shall not be defaced or interlined,
but all amendments, noting the page and line, shall be duly entered
by the Clerk on a separate paper as the same shall be agreed to
by the committee, and so reported to the House. After report, the
bill shall again be subject to be debated and amended by sections
before a question on its passage be taken.
46. The rules of procedure in the House shall be observed in
a Committee of the Whole House, so far as they may be applicable,
except the rule limiting the time of speaking and the previous
question.
Rules of the House of Representatives 49
47. In a Committee of the Whole House a motion that the
committee rise shall always be in order, except when a member
is speaking, and shall be decided without debate.
48. Every bill shall be introduced by motion for suspension
of the rules, or by order of the House, or on the report of a com-
mittee, unless introduced in regular order during the morning
hour.
49. All bills and resolutions shall be reported from the com-
mittee to which referred, with such recommendations as the com-
mittee may desire to make.
50. Every bill shall receive three several readings in the
House previous to its passage, and the Speaker shall give notice
at each whether it be its first, second or third reading.
51. Any member introducing a bill or resolution shall briefly
endorse thereon the substance of the same.
52. All bills and resolutions shall upon their introduction be
referred by the Speaker, without suggestion from the introducer,
to the appropriate committee. No bills shall be withdrawn from
the committee to which referred except upon motion duly made
and carried by a majority vote.
53. The Clerk of the House shall keep a separate calendar of
the public, local, and private bills, and shall number them in the
order in which they are introduced, and all bills shall be dis-
posed of in the order they stand upon the Calendar; but the Com-
mittee on Rules may at any time arrange the order of precedence
in which bills may be considered. No bill shall be twice read on
the same day without the concurrence of two-thirds of the
members.
54. All resolutions which may grant money out of the Trea-
sury, or such as shall be of public nature, shall be treated in all
respects in a similar manner with public bills.
55. The Clerk of the House shall be deemed to continue in
office until another is appointed.
56. On the point of no quorum being raised, the doors shall
be closed and there shall be a call of the House, and upon a call
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of the House the names of the members shall be called over by the
Clerk and the absentees noted, after which the names of the
absentees shall again be called over. Those for whom no excuse
or sufficient excuses are made may, by order of those present,
if fifteen in number, be taken into custody as they appear, or may
be sent for and taken into custody wherever to be found by special
messenger appointed for that purpose.
Previous Question
57. The previous question shall be as follows: "Shall the main
question be now put?" and, until it is decided, shall preclude all
amendments and debate. If this question shall be decided in the
affirmative, the "main question" shall be on the passage of the bill,
resolution or other matter under consideration; but when amend-
ments are pending, the question shall be taken upon such amend-
ments, in their order, without further debate or amendment. If
such question be decided in the negative, the main question shall
be considered as remaining under debate; Provided, that no one
shall move the previous question except the member submitting
the report on the bill or other matter under consideration, and the
member introducing the bill or other matter under consideration,
or the member in charge of the measure, who shall be designated
by the chairman of the committee reporting the same to the House
at the time the bill or other matter under consideration is reported
to the House or taken up for considex'ation.
When a motion for the previous question is made, and pend-
ing the second thereto by a majority, debate shall cease; but if
any member obtains the floor, he may move to lay the matter under
consideration on the table, or move an adjournment, and when
both or either of these motions are pending the question shall
stand:
(1) Previous question.
(2) To adjourn.
(3) To lay on the table.
And then upon the main question, or amendments, or the
motion to postpone indefinitely, postpone to a day certain, to com-
mit, or amend, in the order of their precedence, until the main
question is reached or disposed of; but after the previous question
has been called by a majority, no motion, or amendment, or de-
bate shall be in order.
Rules of the House of Representatives 51
All motions below the motions to lay on the table must be made
prior to a motion for the previous question; but, pending and not
after the second therefor, by the majority of the House, a motion
to adjourn or lay on the table, or both, are in order. This con-
stitutes the precedence of the motions to adjourn and lay on the
table over other motions, in Rule 25.
Motions stand as follows in order of precedence in Rule 26:
Previous question.
Adjourn.
Lay on the table.
Postpone definitely.
To commit or amend.
When the previous question is called, all motions below it fall,
unless made prior to the call, and all motions above it fall after
its second by a majority required. Pending the second, the mo-
tions to adjourn and lay on the table are in order, but not after
a second. When in order and every motion is before the House,
the question stands as follows:
Previous question.
Adjourn.
Lay on the table.
Postpone indefinitely.
Postpone definitely.
To commit.
Amendment to amendment.
Amendment.
Substitute.
Bill.
The previous question covers all other motions when sec-
onded by a majority of the House, and proceeds by regular
graduation to the main question, without debate, amendment,
or motion, until such question is reached or disposed of.
58. All committees, other than the Committee on Appropri-
ations, when favorably reporting any bill which carries an ap-
propriation from the State, shall indicate same in the report,
and said bill shall be referred to the Committee on Appropria-
tions for a further report before being acted upon by the
House.
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59. The Principal Clerk, the Engrossing Clerk, and the
Sergeant-at-Arms may appoint, with the approval of the
Speaker, such assistants as may be necessary to the efficient
discharge of the duties of their various offices, and one or more
of whom may be assigned by the Speaker from the Engrossing
Clerk's office to the office of the Legislative Reference Librarian
for the purpose of drafting bills.
60. The Speaker may appoint a Clerk to the Speaker, and
he may also appoint ten pages to wait upon the sessions of the
House, and when the pressure of business may require, he may
appoint five additional pages.
61. The chairman of each of the following committees — Ap-
propriations, Counties, Cities and Towns, Education and Finance
— may each appoint a clerk to the said committees; and the
chairman of Judiciary Committee No. 1, and of Judiciary Com-
mittee No. 2 may jointly appoint a clerk to serve both of said
committees, all by and with the approval of the Speaker.
62. That no clerk, laborer, or other person employed, or ap-
pointed under Rules 59, 60 and 61 hereof shall receive during
such employment, appointment or service any compensation from
any other department of the State Government, or from any
other source, and there shall not be voted, paid, or awarded any
additional pay, bonus or gratuity to any of them but said per-
sons shall receive only the pay for such duties and services as
now provided by law. When the House is not in session, the
pages shall be under the supervision of the Principal Clerk.
63. The chairman and five other members of any committee
shall constitute a quorum of said committee for the transaction
of business.
64. The Committee on the Journal shall examine daily the
Journal of the House before the hour of convening, and report
after the opening of the House whether or not the proceedings
of the previous day have been correctly recorded.
65. When a bill shall be reported by a committee with a recom-
mendation that it be not passed, but accompanied by a minority
report, the question before the House shall be, "The adoption of
Rules of the House of Representatives 53
the Minority Report," and it failing to be adopted by a majority
vote, the bill shall be placed upon the unfavorable calendar. Such
minority report shall be signed by at least three members of the
committee who were present when the bill was considered in com-
mittee. In the event there is an unfavorable report with no
minority report accompanying it, the bill shall be placed upon
the unfavorable calendar. To take a bill from the unfavorable
calendar, a two-thirds vote shall be necessary.
66. Whenever a public bill is introduced, a carbon copy thereof
shall accompany the bill. The Reading Clerk shall stamp the copy
with the number stamped upon the original bill. Such copy shall
be daily delivered to the joint committee hereinafter provided for.
The Chief Clerk shall deliver the carbon copy of the bills desig-
nated to be printed, as hereinafter provided for, to the public
printer and cause 400 copies thereof to be printed. On the morn-
ing following the delivery of the printed copies, the Chief Clerk
shall cause the Chief Page to have one copy thereof put upon the
desk of each member and shall retain the other printed copies in
his office. A sufficient number of the printed copies for the use
of the committee to which the bill is referred shall be by the
Chief Page delivered to the Chairman or Clerk of that committee.
If the bill is passed, the remaining copies shall be by the Chief
Page delivered to the Chief Clerk of the Senate for the use of the
Senate. The cost of printing shall be paid from the contingent
fund of the House of Representatives. The Chairman of the Rules
Committee of the House and the Chairman of the Rules Com-
mittee of the Senate shall appoint a sub-committee consisting of
two members of the House and two members of the Senate from
the body of the House and the Senate and such chairman shall
notify the Chief Clerk of the House and of the Senate who has
been so appointed. Such sub-committee shall meet daily and
examine the carbon copies of the public bills introduced and de-
termine which of such public bills shall be printed and which
shall not, and stamp the copies accordingly. Such sub-com-
mittee shall serve for one week unless for good cause the chair-
man of the respective Rules Committees shall determine otherwise.
If the member, introducing a public bill, which the Committee
shall determine, should not be printed, so desires, he may appear
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before the Committee at the next meeting thereof with reference
thereto.
67. Whenever any resolution or bill is introduced a carbon
copy thereof shall be attached thereto, and the Principal Clerk
shall cause said carbon copy to be numbered as the original
resolution or bill is numbered, and shall cause the same to be
available at all times to the member introducing the same. In
case the resolution or bill is a public resolution or bill, an ad-
ditional carbon copy shall also be attached thereto for the use of
the Public Printer, under the provisions of Rule 66.
ARTICLE II
Constitution of North Carolina
Sec. 29. Limitations upon power of General Assembly to
enact private or special legislation.
The General Assembly shall not pass any local, private, or
special act or resolution relating to the establishment of courts
inferior to the superior court; relating to the appointment of
justices of the peace; relating to health, sanitation, and the
abatement of nuisances; changing the names of cities, towns and
townships; authorizing the laying out, opening, altering, main-
taining, or discontinuing of highways, streets, or alleys; relating
to ferries or bridges; relating to non-navigable streams; relating
to cemeteries; relating to the pay of jurors; erecting new town-
ships, or changing township lines, or establishing or changing the
lines of school districts; remitting fines, penalties, and for-
feitures, or refunding moneys legally paid into the public treas-
ury; regulating labor, trade, mining, or manufacturing; extend-
ing the time for the assessment or collection of taxes or otherwise
relieving any collector of taxes from the due performance of his
official duties or his sureties from liability; giving effect to in-
formal wills and deeds; nor shall the General Assembly enact
any such local, private or special act by the partial repeal of
a general law, but the General Assembly may at any time re-
peal local, private, or special laws enacted by it. Any local,
private or special act or resolution passed in violation of the
provisions of this section shall be void. The General Assembly
shall have power to pass general laws regulating matters set
out in this section.
Standing Committees of House 55
house committees, session 1931
(Alphabetically Arranged)
Agriculture. Messrs. White of Robeson, Chairman; Sigmon,
Holmes, Ruffin, Graham, Davis of Hyde, Mrs. Mebane, Ewing,
Johnson of Currituck, Braddy, Johnson of Pender, McGougan,
Jones, Black, Johnston of Caswell, McEachern, Cox of Forsyth,
James, Allen.
Appropriations. Messrs, Harris, Chairman; Cox of Forsyth,
Garibaldi, Morphew, Dillard, Burgin, Coffield, Norman, Brown,
Holmes, Ewing, McEachern, Turner of Guilford, Hipps, Whitley,
Graham, Edwards, Cranor, Sutton, Dosher, Seawell, Davis of
Edgecombe, Haynes of Surry, Spence, Bruton, Johnson of Pender,
Woodard, Young of Durham, Black, Butler, Brinson.
Banks and Banking. Messrs. Cherry, Chairman; Hanes of
Forsyth, Flanagan, Ruffin, Leake, Haynes of Surry, McEachern,
Etheridge, Burgin, Newman, Holmes, Davis of Edgecombe, Rog-
ers, Cloud, Harris, McGougan, Ewing, Sutton, Whitley, Woodard,
Greer, Hood, Coffield, Turner of Guilford, Ward.
Claims. Messrs. Tatem, Chairman; Ewing, Woodard, Johnston
of Caswell, Lumpkin, Moye, Turner of Iredell, Allen, Cloud,
Gwyn, Davis of Edgecombe, Uzzell, Thomas, Ewbank.
Commerce. Messrs. Woodard, Chairman; Henry, Brooks,
Johnson of Chatham, Howell, Halstead, Bender, Davis of War-
ren, Hanes of Forsyth, Upchurch, Helms.
Commercial Fisheries. Messrs. Hamilton, Chairman; Davis of
Hyde, Davis of Warren, Etheridge, White of Chowan, Tatem,
Johnson of Currituck, Brown, Willis, Halstead, Bender, Thomp-
son, James, Hood, Dosher, Lumpkin, Gatling, Brinson.
Congressional Districts. Messrs. Crudup, Chairman; Gill,
Etheridge, Edwards, Moss, Cranor, LeGrand, Young of Durham,
Reed, Ewing, Burgin, Spence, Cherry, Sutton, Flanagan, Neal,
Waynick, Long of Halifax.
Conservation and Development. Messrs. Coxe of Jackson,
Chairman; Hamilton, Whitley, Garibaldi, Willis, Greer, Ewing.
Etheridge, Gwyn, Cranor, Jolly, Cox of Forsyth, Tatem, Waynick,
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White of Chowan, Sutton, Neal, Moss, Thompson, Day, Howell,
Gill.
Constitutional Amendments. Messrs. Long of Alamance, Chair-
man; Mac-Lean, Turner of Guilford, Cranor, Moss, Connor, Mor-
phew, Gill, Gay, Brooks, Young of Harnett, Seawell, Ervin, Butler.
Corporation Commission. Messrs. Bruton, Chairman; Killian,
Dillard, Etheridge, Cranor, Moye, Gill, White of Robeson, Pitts,
Halstead, Johnston of Ashe.
Corporations. Messrs. Turner of Guilford, Chairman; Dillard,
Connor, Scarborough, Groves, Davis of Edgecombe, Readling,
Gay, Seawell, Cherry, Henry, Rogers, Burgin, Howell, Parker.
Counties, Cities and Towns. Messrs. Neal, Chairman; Pitts,
Holmes, Greer, Burgin, Day, Braddy, McGougan, Dosher, Ewing,
Bruton, Hipps, Johnson of Pender, Cox of Forsyth, Etheridge, Gill,
Johnson of Halifax, Long of Alamance, Lumpkin, Ward, Long of
Halifax.
Courts and Judicial Districts. Messrs. Brooks, Chairman; Sut-
ton, Moss, White of Chowan, Long of Alamance, Howell, Gattis,
McRae, MacLean, Huffman, Morphew, Bender, Johnson of Chat-
ham, Turner of Guilford, Halstead, Spence, Crouse, Lumpkin,
Young of Harnett, Crudup, Bruton, Butler.
Drainage. Messrs. Holmes, Chairman; Tatem, Johnson of
Currituck, Davis of Hyde, Scarborough, Woodall, Halstead, Nor-
man, Thompson, Jones, Johnson of Chatham, Gatling, Willis.
Education. Messrs. MacLean, Chairman; Ewing, McRae,
Jeffress, Harris, Woodard, Cox of Forsyth, Mrs. Mebane, Neal,
Holmes, Johnston of Ashe, Whitley, McGougan, Ruffin, Con-
nor, Halstead, Uzzell, Coxe of Jackson, Coffield, Bruton, Gattis,
McEachern, Norman, Graham, Dosher, Ward, McBee, Long of
Halifax.
Election Laws. Messrs. Ewing, Chairman; Crudup, Young of
Harnett, Dosher, Haynes of Surry, Edwards, Pitts, Upchurch,
Bruton, MacLean, McEachern, Neal, Crouse, Graham, Davis of
Hyde, Morphew, Gill, McDevitt, Ewbank, Cranor, McBee, Butler.
Engrossed Bills. Messrs. Lumpkin, Chairman; Gattis, Thomas,
Bender, Uzzell, Black, Crudup, Bruton, Johnston of Caswell,
Readling, Etheridge.
Standing Committees of House 57
Expenditures of the House. Messrs. Pitts, Chairman; Coffield,
Johnson of Pender, Jeffress, Black, Puett, Tatem, Allen, Upchurch,
Flanagan, Uzzell, Dillard, McBee.
Federal Relations. Messrs. Jolly, Chairman; Loven, Brooks,
Thompson, Leake, Hanes of Forsyth, Hamilton, Johnson of Hali-
fax, Etheridge, Readling, Allen, Gwaltney, Mrs. Mebane, Brinson.
Finance. Messrs. Spence, Chairman; Harris, MacLean, Hanes
of Forsyth, Hood, Moss, Brooks, Upchurch, White of Robeson,
Flanagan, Coxe of Jackson, Reed, Ewbank, Greer, Neal, Groves,
Connor, Ervin, Newman, Crouse, Waynick, Gill, McGougan, Ewing,
McRae, Day, Crudup, Cherry, Rogers, Ward, Long of Halifax.
Game. Messrs. Johnson of Currituck, Chairman; Sutton,
Readling, Johnson of Halifax, Ruffin, White of Chowan, Crouse,
Etheridge, Braddy, Hood, McDevitt, Ewing, Johnson of Pender,
Ervin, Woodard, Crudup, Flanagan, Upchurch, Johnson of Cas-
well, Loven, Brinson.
Governmental Reorganization. Messrs. Jeffress. Chairman;
Seawell, McLean, Tatem, Garabaldi, Burgin, Davis of Edgecombe,
Rogers, Cherry, Cox of Jackson, Holmes, Ewing, Long of Ala-
mance, Johnson of Pender, McBee.
Health. Messrs. Rogers, Chairman; Moye, Sutton, Upchurch,
Ruffin, DeHart, Killian, Coffield, Gwaltney, Loven, Braddy,
Thompson, Howell, Lyon, Helms, Long of Halifax.
Immigration. Messrs. Newman, Chairman; Johnson of Hali-
fax, Woodall, Smith of Martin, Leake, Davis of Hyde, Parker,
Thompson, Lyon, Jones, James, Turner of Iredell, Dosher.
Insane Asylums. Messrs. Graham, Chairman; Johnson of
Chatham, Ruffin, Mrs. Mebane, Puett, Dosher, Rogers, LeGrand,
Brooks, Garibaldi, Turner of Iredell, Johnston of Caswell, Ervin.
Sigmon, Lumpkin, Gwyn.
Institutions for the Blind. Messrs. Ruffin, Chairman; Johnson
of Halifax, Allen, Killian, Rogers, Moye, Bender, Braddy. Ful-
ghum, Bruton, Johnson of Chatham, Smith of Martin, Gill,
McGougan, Marshall.
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Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb. Messrs. Gwyn, Chair-
man; Turner of Iredell, Davis of Warren, Braddy, McDevitt,
Woodall, Ervin, Garibaldi, Black, Brown, DeHart, Binford, Gat-
ling, Coffield, Haynes of Surry.
Insurance. Messrs. Hanes of Forsyth, Chairman; Woodard,
Johnson of Ashe, Turner of Guilford, Crouse, Etheridge, Read-
ling, Long of Alamance, Graham, Seawell, Cherry, Uzzell, Groves,
Morphew, Haynes of Surry, Ervin, Brooks, McRae, Davis of
Edgecombe.
Internal Improvements. Messrs. Dosher, Chairman; Hamilton,
Readling, Newman, Bender, Waynick, Spence, McDevitt, Johnson
of Currituck, McBee.
The Journal. Messrs. Thomas, Chairman; Scarborough,
Crudup, Brooks, Turner of Iredell, Gatling, Gay, Young of Dur-
ham, Gattis, Bruton, Parker.
Judiciary No. 1. Messrs. Moss, Chairman; Seawell, Day,
MacLean, Johnston of Ashe, Norman, Connor, Dillard, Brooks,
Morphew, Crudup, Ewbank, Turner of Guilford, Gill, Newman,
Cherry, Spence, Long of Alamance, Bruton, Johnson of Halifax,
Huffman, Butler.
Judiciary No. 2. Messrs. Sutton, Chairman; McRae, Young
of Harnett, Bender, White of Chowan, Willis, Halstead, Parker,
Young of Durham, Thomas, Cloud, Ervin, Crouse, Johnson of
Chatham, Lumpkin, Smith of Martin, Gattis, Uzzell, Burgin,
Jolly, Gay, Edwards.
Manufactures and Labor. Messrs. Young of Harnett, Chair-
man; Turner of Guilford, Mrs. Mebane, White of Robeson, Hipps,
Edwards, Black, Long of Alamance, Uzzell, Harris, Gay, Hood,
Cherry, Johnson of Currituck, Burgin, Ward.
Military Affairs. Messrs. Allen, Chairman; Johnston of Ashe,
Bruton, Morphew, Cherry, Johnson of Halifax, Hanes of Forsyth,
Day, Ervin, Gwyn, LeGrand, Dosher, Gattis, Leake, Young of
Harnett.
Oyster Industry. Messrs. Etheridge, Chairman; White of
Chowan, Brown, Davis of Warren, Day, James, Willis, Hamilton,
Brinson.
Standing Committees of House 59
Penal Institutions. Messrs. Flanagan, Chairman,; Dosher,
Gattis, Edwards, Moss, White of Robeson, Sutton, Upchurch,
Readling, Hanes of Forsyth, Sigmon, Jeffress, Allen, Willis,
Loven, Rogers, Ervin, Howell.
Pensions. Messrs. McEachern, Chairman; Johnston of Ashe,
Flanagan, Harris, Johnson of Currituck, Sigmon, Gatling, Davis
of Warren, Cranor, Brown, Lyon.
Private and Public-Local Laws. Messrs. Crouse, Chairman;
White of Chowan, McGougan, Brooks, Young of Durham, Cloud,
Huffman, Jolly, Thomas, Scarborough.
Privileges and Elections. Messrs. Cloud, Chairman; McRae,
Ervin, Loven, Leake, LeGrand, Hamilton, Johnson of Currituck,
Young of Durham, Johnson of Halifax, Brinson, Ward, Butler.
Propositions and Grievances. Messrs. Seawell, Chairman; Gat-
tis, Binford, Brown, Davis of Edgecombe, DeHart, Fulghum,
Gwaltney, Gay, Helms, Henry, Huffman, Long of Alamance, Jones,
Lyon, Hanes of Forsyth, Johnson of Chatham.
Public Roads. Messrs. Connor, Chairman; Jeffress, Norman,
Ewbank, Coxe of Jackson, Johnston of Ashe, Pitts, Braddy, Ruf-
fin, Gill, McGougan, Willis, Coffield, Hamilton, Crudup, Graham,
Ewing, Rogers, Brooks, Halstead, Edwards, Brown, Etheridge,
Tatem, Whitley, Reed, Groves, Parker, Gwyn, Woodard, Loven,
Greer, McBee.
Public Welfare. Mrs. Mebane, Chairman; Johnston of Ashe,
Ruffin, Johnson of Halifax, Crudup, Upchurch, Neal, Garibaldi,
James, White of Robeson, Etheridge, Davis of Edgecombe, Bur-
gin, Coffield, Lyon, Moye, Sigmon, Pinnix.
Regulation of Public Service Corporations. Messrs. Norman,
Chairman; Coxe of Jackson, Thomas, Uzzell, Woodall, Waynick,
Killian, Woodard, Hipps, Scarborough, Gwaltney, Reed, Puett,
Marshall, Ward.
Rules. Messrs. Cox of Forsyth, Chairman; MacLean, Connor,
Sutton, Moss, Cherry, Crudup, Brooks, Johnson of Pender, Ta-
tem, Pitts, Johnston of Ashe, Harris, Crouse, Ewing, McBee.
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Salaries and Fees. Messrs. Johnson of Pender, Chairman;
Davis of Edgecombe, Young of Durham, Ervin, Braddy, Greer,
DeHart, Binford, Crouse, Jeffress, Fulghum, Black, Killian,
Flanagan, Cloud, Garibaldi.
Senatorial Districts. Messrs. Gill, Chairman; DeHart, Pitts,
Brooks, Gay, Dillard, Crouse, Henry, Groves, Smith of Martin,
Haynes of Surry, Neal, Coxe of Jackson, Edwards, Crudup,
Fulghum.
JOINT COMMITTEES
Enrolled Bills. Messrs. Ervin, Chairman; Parker, Lumpkin,
Halstead, Johnson of Halifax, White of Chowan, Jolly, Bender.
Huffman, Scarborough, Gatling, Willis, Howell.
Justices of the Peace. Messrs. White of Chowan, Chairman;
Davis of Warren, Binford, Ervin, Young of Harnett, Brown,
Cloud, Day, Fulghum, James, Marshall, Parker, Brinson, Butler.
Library. Messrs. McGougan, Chairman; Binford, Mrs. Meb-
ane, Tatem, Flanagan, Spence, Allen, Lumpkin, LeGrand, Huff-
man.
Printing. Messrs. Gatling, Chairman; Brooks, Hood, Woodard,
Henry, Hipps, Gay, Jones, Killian, Helms, Jeffress, Pinnix.
Public Buildings and Grounds. Messrs. Brown, Chairman;
Woodall, Waynick, Sigmon, Upchurch, Uzzell, Thomas, Pitts,
Newman, McRae, McBee.
Revision of the Laws. Messrs. Johnston of Ashe, Chairman ;
Bender, Connor, Day, Long of Alamance, Ervin, Gill. Gay, Jolly,
Norman, Seawell, Butler.
Trustees of University. Messrs. Waynick, Chairman; Sutton.
Woodard, Hanes of Forsyth, Young of Durham, Connor, Cloud,
Crouse, Johnson of Pender, Jeffress, McRae.
Trustees of State College. Messrs. Hipps, Chairman; Johnson
of Currituck, Tatem, Brooks, Allen, Davis of Edgecombe, Greer,
Graham, Holmes, James, Loven.
PART II
NEW STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
1. North Carolina Industrial Commission.
2. State Board of Barber Examiners. ^ i j I
NORTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Chapter 280, P. L. 1929.
Composition — Three members.
Personnel — Matt H. Allen, Chairman, Raleigh; J. Dewey Dorsett,
Raleigh; Thurston A. Wilson, Raleigh.
Executive Secretary — E. W. Price, Raleigh.
Commissioners
Appointment — By Governor.
Term — First appointment for two, four and six years, subsequent
appointments for six years.
Compensation — Chairman, $4,500; commissioners $4,000 each.
This Commission was created by the Legislature of 1929 in the
adoption of the Workmen's Compensation Act for the purpose
of administering the Act which is recognized as one of the most
beneficial social and economic pieces of legislation of modern
times.
The Compensation Act provides a system of insurance to pay
employees injured in industrial accidents that arise out of and
in the course of the employment. The Act assures an injured
employee compensation for his injuries at a time when the com-
pensation will be of greater benefit to him during disability, also
at a time when his injury may require that he change his vocation
by reason of loss of limb or other permanent disability. Should
the injury result in death, the employee's dependents are pro-
vided funds at a time when the loss of the wage earner is most
greatly felt, as well as caring for funeral expenses not to exceed
$200.00.
Prompt and skillful medical and hospital aid is assured to
speedily restore the injured employee to his former earning capa-
city without cost to the employee and with a guarantee that the
bills for this treatment will be paid and not charged off by the
physician as charity. Thus the Act places upon industry the cost
of industrial accidents and relieves the State of many potential
charity wards. The employer is benefited by the assurance that
the cost of industrial accidents in his plant will be borne by all
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industries through the insurance feature; that the employee will
be speedily restored to usefulness and that expensive litigation
arising from damage suits with the attendant antagonisms en-
gendered between employee and employer are abolished. Both
The employer and employee are benefited by the Act and con-
tribute to its costs, the one contributing the premiums to pro-
vide insurance against compensation and medical costs and the
employee contributing 40 percent of his weekly wage, and in
many cases contributing as much as seven days without recover-
ing any compensation. This mutual contribution to defray the
cost of industrial accidents makes both the employee and the em-
ployer interested students in the study of prevention of accidents;
the prevention of accidents being far more beneficial to both than
the compensation for injuries received.
In the administration of the Act the Commission has to pass
upon the ability of employers to provide insurance by providing
a bond rather than purchase of an insurance policy which necessi-
tates an examination into the financial condition of such em-
ployers. Rules of procedure had to be formulated and adopted
by the Commission for the uniform administration of the Act.
Forms, in the number of forty-eight, for the reporting and in-
vestigation of accident claims and agreements for payment of
compensation were devised and adopted. Only eight of these are
required in the handling of injury claims. Provision for indexing
and recording the reports of accidents as received on the average
of one hundred and fifty each day. In the year ending June 30,
1930. there were filed 37.370 reports of accidents and 9,681 agree-
ments were approved providing for payment of SI, 208, 386. 00 com-
pensation.
Medical and hospital bills were approved by the Commission in
the amount of §581,439.00 and paid by the insurance carriers or
self-insuring employers.
In 647 cases the Commission conducted hearings upon dis-
puted claims. Opinions were filed in 376 allowing compensation
and denying compensation in 182 cases, the remaining cases be-
ing under investigation. In conducting these hearings the Com-
missioners travelled a total of 32.191 miles at a cost of S5.688.93.
The Commission's files and the files of the insurance carriers
are The only sources of information as to the costs of compensa-
tion benefits and medical expense incurred under the Act. Since
State Board of Barber Examiners
the insurance premiums are primarily based upon these costs, it
is desirable that the Insurance Commissioner be provided with a
check upon these costs in order to approve the reasonableness a
adequacy of the rates on compensation.
The study of cause and resulting disability, also frequency of
occurrence and severity of accidental injuries, is desirable for the
purpose of taking steps to prevent recurrence of accidental in-
juries. To tabulate the information necessary for these studie>
is another important duty of the statistical department of the
Commission.
In November, 1930, the Commission sponsored a State-wide
Safety Conference which was attended by a very large and repre-
sentative group of employers, employees and representatives of
insurance carriers. It is expected that great results from the
meeting will be achieved in the industries of the State in the study
and prevention of accidents. Annual meetings of similar nature
are planned for the future.
STATE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS
Chapter 119, P. L. 1929.
R. P. Branch, Secretary, Raleigh.
Composition — Three members.
Personnel — J. M. Cheek, High Point; J. G. Shannonhouse, Jr.,
Rocky Mount; S. R. High, Durham.
Appointment — By the Governor.
Term — Six years overlapping.
Qualification — Five years' practice in North Carolina.
Compensation — $10 per diem and expenses.
Function
To meet at least four times a year in Raleigh or other place?
designated to examine applicants for certificates of registration
practice as registered barbers or apprentices, to keep a record of
receipts and disbursements and to make annually to the Governor
a full statement of same and of its work during the year witl
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such recommendations as it may deem expedient. Act only ap-
lies to barbers in cities and towns with a population of five hun-
dred or more at the 1930 census, except that it does apply to all
towns in Bladen county irrespective of population.
Historical Note: Created by act of General Assembly of 1929.
PART III
PLATFORMS AND POLITICAL PARTIES
1930
1. State Democratic Platform.
2. State Republican Platform.
State Democratic Platform, 1930 69
state democratic platform
Adopted July 3, 1930.
The Democratic party of North Carolina by its representatives
in state convention adopts this declaration of principles and poli-
cies and submits it for the approval of the people of the state;
The Democratic party presents itself to the people of North
Carolina on its record as their tried and proved vehicle of govern-
ment derived from the will of the governed and directed solely
to the common welfare.
For more than 60 years, excepting a brief and lamentable
period, the people of North Carolina have governed themselves
by means of the Democratic party. It has never failed them, and
never will, because it is of them, and is controlled by them. Every
two years it calls upon all who would advance the Democratic
principles to organize it, to name its candidates and leaders, and
to determine its policies. It is proud that 332,000 men and women
participated in its latest primary. It has no existence apart from
the people and no function save to determine their will under the
principle of the rule of the majority and within the historic stan-
dards of the party. Its doors are open to every man and woman who
would serve the common welfare as voter or official by means of
any measure or policy consistent with its principles. It offers to
them the historic political principles of the rule of the majority;
equal rights to all, special privileges to none; simplicity in govern-
ment; individual liberty; personal initiative; local self-government
and invites all who would sustain these vital principles to join with
it in devotion to them, and in pressing them forward until they
shall have been established securely in the structure of our re-
public and our commonwealth.
We invite with confidence the scrutiny of the record of the
Democratic Party as a vehicle of human and public progress. It
was by means of the Democratic Party that this commonwealth
was reorganized and restored after the devastation and ruin of
the Civil War and Reconstruction. It was by means of the Demo-
cratic Party that white supremacy was established. It was by
means of the Democratic Party that our system of courts and our
processes of justice were developed; that the present great and
beneficent free-school system was created, affording a sound edu-
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cation to every child in the state; that our institutions of higher
education were preserved, enlarged and given precedence amongst
the foremost; that the operation of the saloons and distilleries
was prohibited and the temperance cause advanced ; that the state's
charitable institutions were enlarged and made adequate; that our
systems of public health and public welfai'e were developed; that
our magnificent system of public roads was created; that our
agricultural department was created and expanded so as to reach
into and aid every home; that our modern election system was
brought forth. In a word, under the rule of the people by means
of our party, North Carolina has become a great, modern, forward-
looking and forward-moving commonwealth, in which not only the
necessities of the common welfare have been met, but also the
aspirations and the ideals of a great people have been realized in
a measure that gives our state a unique interest and position
throughout our land, and even throughout the world, and that
provides the standards and sources of an ever-advancing civiliza-
tion.
So much of progress achieved, so faithful a record of re-
sponsiveness to human need and human hope, is the guarantee
that the Democratic Party may now be trusted as no other may
to guide our commonwealth in the peculiar and distressing con-
ditions through which our people are passing, largely due to Re-
publican incapacity and neglect of duty. We shall conserve our
progress. We shall foster agriculture, commerce and industry.
We shall voice the rights of the toiler and have regard likewise
to the great structure of commerce and industry. And we shall
strive that the farmer shall sow and tend in confidence of a just
reward in the day of harvest. We shall preserve the fundamental
liberties of a free people, maintain order and justice, and con-
serve all that makes for material, industrial, agricultural, moral
and spiritual progress. We offer now, as our fathers have here-
tofore, to the people of North Carolina the Democratic Party as
the vehicle of their will, the vindicator of their rights and the
voice of their aspirations.
We indorse and commend the record of our Democratic sena-
tors and representatives in Congress and the faithful and efficient
administration of all department of the state government by Demo-
cratic state officials. We especially indorse and commend the ad-
ministration of Governor O. Max Gardner. Democratic statesmen
State Democratic Platform, 1930 71
of the past have set a high standard in public service for the
chief executive of the state, and Governor Gardner is measuring
up to the high standard set by distinguished predecessors. In
maintaining a sound fiscal policy in these times of extreme eco-
nomic difficulties, in helpful and progressive legislation he has
promoted, and in his leadership toward a great and more secure
economic independence for our people, he is rendering high service
to the state.
In legislation he supported and the general assembly enacted:
The Australian Ballot Law, which guarantees to every qualified
citizen a convenient and accurate method of casting a secret ballot,
in party primaries and in general elections.
A Workmen's Compensation Law, which guarantees to every
employee speedy and certain compensation for personal injury.
A State Bond and Sinking Fund Commission, to supervise the
issuance of bonds and creation of indebtedness by all local units
of government.
Reduction of property taxes by a three million dollar state par-
ticipation in the costs of county highways and six and a half
million dollars participation in the cost of public schools.
Agriculture
In his "Live-at-Home" policy, Governor Gardner has furnished
an inspiring leadership for the agricultural interests of the state.
In the effort, the resources of the Department of Agriculture, the
Extension Service of the State College of Agriculture and En-
gineering, the property and facilities of the state's prison, and
the agricultural and public schools of the state have been so co-
ordinate as to present this program of balanced agricultural pro-
duction, aided by pure bred seeds and thoroughbred livestocks.
Every energy of the state government has been directed toward
better agricultural conditions and improved marketing facilities.
The direct and indirect benefits of this program reach every class
of business and industry in the state.
Agriculture is the basic industry in all civilized lands. Out
of its fruits a people are fed and clothed. It furnishes the raw
material from which others gather their gains. Above all others,
it should receive the fostering care of government.
The farmers are affected by economic laws extending through-
out the nation. The national government should seek to invigorate
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these forces so that they may serve the farmer as equally as other
businesses and industries. Such was the case under the just and
beneficent legislation of the Wilson administration. The farmer
has suffered his greatest period of disadvantage under recent Re-
publican administrations. Promise after promise to aid him has
been made only to be broken by a Republican President and Con-
gress.
It is the duty of the national government to exercise all of
its constitutional powers to aid the farmer in his dire distress.
The application of Democratic principles to national legislation
is the surest means of restoring prosperity to the American farmer.
Public Roads
Our system of modern state highways, adequately maintained,
is aiding materially in the development of the state, agriculturally,
commercially and industrially, and in serving the convenience and
pleasure of our citizenship. The sound financial plan on which
it was developed, and the efficient manner in which it was con-
structed, are an enduring satisfaction to the Democratic Party,
that bore the major responsibility for its conception and execu-
tion.
Since 1927 the state has followed a policy of extending the
mileage of the state system by taking over the more important
county highways into the state system which has in this way been
extended in three years from 6,797 miles to 8,963 miles. As the
state system expands the burden of county road maintenance be-
comes less, and reduces this burden of tax on property. Under this
plan it will be an exceptional case that will justify any county
incurring further bonded indebtedness for the construction of any
road within its borders. In addition to this extension of the state
system the last general assembly provided for distribution to the
counties approximately three million dollars per annum, either
in cash or in state maintenance of county roads, from the in-
creased gasoline fund. The state should continue as rapidly as
possible its policy of relieving the counties of maintaining public
roads, and thus extend further relief to property taxes for county
road maintenance.
We recommend a larger use of state's prisoners in state high-
way work, to furnish useful employment to idle prisoners.
State Democratic Platform, 1930 73
Public Schools
As declared in its last state platform, the Democratic Party is
the party of education and of progress in North Carolina and
under the leadership of Aycock, Mclver and other great leaders,
past and present, it added an educational qualification to the right
of suffrage, while at the same time assuring its free exercise by
a state-wide school term of six months at least, which, in most of
the counties, has been increased to eight months and in many com-
munities to nine months each year.
The Democratic party, therefore, reiterates that the time has
come in the economic progress and development of North Caro-
lina when educational opportunity and the cost of providing it
shall be more nearly equalized and the benefits as well as the
burden fairly distributed over the entire state.
The state out of indirect sources of revenue has rapidly in-
creased its contribution to the support of public education until
the tax rates necessary among the several counties to provide the
current operating costs of the constitutional school term have been
equalized and the educational opportunities have been increased.
In addition to this, by a wise policy of permissive legislation
over a long period of years, local communities, as they saw fit,
have provided educational opportunities far beyond the constitu-
tional requirement. When the local tax burden on farm lands
for this purpose became oppressive, and the rural people were
no longer able to support the schools which they had erected for
their children, the Democratic legislature of 1929 set aside
$1,250,000 as a tax reduction fund on farm lands in local school
districts. By the aid of this fund the high schools for the great
rural population have been kept open and a great burden of taxa-
tion lifted from the back of the farmers. By this act the Demo-
cratic Party solemnly committed itself to an adequate support of
the rural school. The Democratic Party pledges anew its faith
in the public schools and promises to reduce as rapidly as possible
the ad valorem taxes necessary for their support.
Taxation
The burden of taxation on property necessary to sustain the
standard of facilities and public services in North Carolina is
recognized to be heavy, and has been greatly accentuated by the
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diminished productive quality of lands and property as measured
in income. We recognize the need for substantial relief, and
pledge our continuing efforts to achieve it. The record will show
that the Democratic Party has not been and is not now unmind-
ful of this great need. Before undertaking its program of ex-
panding state institutions and services it set up a modern state
income tax and expanded its income from corporate franchises,
licenses and inheritances, so that the state's program of expansion
not only did not increase the tax burden on property but entirely
removed the state tax on property. It has greatly increased state
participation in the costs of schools and local reads and pledges a
continuation of this policy. It established a county government
advisory commission to assist counties with their fiscal problems.
It has assumed responsibility of supervising local bond issues. In
recognition of the changed order of economic conditions it has set
a standard of retrenchment in expenses of the state government
and institutions by scaling a million dollars from appropriated
expenses for the last fiscal year, and two million dollars for the
present fiscal year. It has a tax commission making a continu-
ing study of all phases of the state and local taxation, with the
view of keeping our tax system abreast with the best of changes
and improvements in other states. The heart of the Democratic
Party of North Carolina beats in unison with the needs of its local
units of government and with the problems of community life
throughout the state, and we submit our cause to the confidence
of the people in the earnest purpose and endeavor of the Demo-
cratic Party, that has always met every emergency in the history
of the state, to solve this problem without injustice to any class
of taxpayers. The Democratic Party has always denounced op-
pressive and unjust taxation, both in the state and in the nation.
It again declares that taxation is a burden to be borne by those
most benefited and best able to bear it, and it opposes any system
which discriminates against homes, farms, factories and other
real estate.
We approve the achievement of the present administration in
enforcing methods of economical management to all agencies of the
state, and recommend that the general assembly give careful con-
sideration to the further benefits that may be obtained by con-
solidations of governmental agencies in both state and local gov-
State Democratic Platform, 1930 75
ernments and the reducing of tax burdens by the practice of rigid
economy.
Capital and Labor
There must be frank recognition and encouragement of the
rights of both capital and labor if we are to have a satisfactory
and continuing progress of industrial development and a more
wholesome industrial life in this state. We believe the time has
come when we can have the cooperation of each of these groups in
the revision of our labor laws so as to provide for a lower maxi-
mum schedule of working hours and greater limitations upon
working of women and children in industry.
Prohibition
The Democratic Party stands firmly for the enforcement of
every provision of the constitution of the United States, including
the 18th Amendment and points with pride to the fact that the
Democratic General Assembly of North Carolina enacted ade-
quate legislation guaranteeing concurrent enforcement of the 18th
Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. We pledge
the Democratic Party to the enactment of such additional legisla-
tion as may be necessary for the better enforcement of the 18th
Amendment and other laws against the sale of alcoholic liquors in
the state. We denounce the Harding, the Coolidge and the Hoover
administrations for their respective failures to enforce the 18th
Amendment and the laws enacted pursuant thereto.
Equal Freight Rates
We pledge a continuing support of the contest for equal freight
rates for our commercial interests and for our agricultural and
industrial producers to and from all markets in this country. The
last General Assembly made an additional appropriation of thirty-
six thousand dollars per annum for this purpose.
We approve the action of our senators and representatives in
Congress in securing additional appropriations for improvement
of our facilities for transportation of freight by water.
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Public Health
For many years it has been the policy of Democratic state ad-
ministration to support and sustain the State Board of Health in
its program to eliminate infectious and contagious diseases, and
to promote sanitation, healthy living conditions, and to disseminate
wholesome information to promote the development and mainten-
ance of a healthy citizenship. The success of this work has been
very gratifying and should receive our continuing support.
Mental and Physical Defectives
In the broader field of humanities, our institutions ministering
to our mental and physical defectives have better equipment and
larger capacity for serving these unfortunates. Their claims
upon the strong must not be unheard or neglected.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
We approve the action of the General Assemblies of 1927 and
1929 in joining with the State of Tennessee and with patriotic
private organizations and individuals in creating the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, and we take pride in the energy with
which this great enterprise has been prosecuted by these patriotic
organizations representing the State of North Carolina.
Need for Democratic Unity and Strength
In neither state nor country does the Republican Party at this
time offer any well-considered remedy for our difficulties, local or
national, or any leadership that can be safely followed. At no
period in the country's history has the national government shown
a more complete failure of remedy or leadership in meeting condi-
tions of distress. While the Democratic State Government of
North Carolina is re-adjusting its operations to meet definitely
changed economic conditions, the national government continues
to expand governmental costs. The Secretary of the Treasury
forecasts a deficit of a hundred million dollars for the next fiscal
year and a consequent increase in federal taxation to further ac-
centuate economic difficulties. Every gesture of agricultural re-
lief has been a complete failure, evei-y promise has been broken,
and under the pretense of agricultural relief a new tariff bill has
been enacted which greatly increases the burdens of agriculture
State Republican Platform, 1930 77
and adds a billion dollars a year to the living costs of our people.
While the whole country suffers from economic depression from
unmarketable surplus of products of farm and factory, which can
be relieved only by increasing foreign markets, they enact the
highest tariff laws in the history of the country, and invite all
foreign markets to close their doors to our surplus products.
Thirty-seven foreign nations have erected retaliatory barriers, and
others threaten to do so. This unwise legislation has engendered
a spirit of resentment against our country and its products in all
foreign markets. Bread on sale in London bakeries carries pla-
cards, "Not made from American wheat." After ten years of
Republication administration our people find business prostrated,
labor unemployed and confusion and distress nation-wide. We
have an unnatural condition of surplus and hunger. These con-
ditions obtain under an administration that promised to abolish
poverty. The Republican Party is disci-edited and divided. People
are demanding the return to power of the Democratic Party and
the application of Democratic principles. Our party should gather
unity and strength for this great opportunity of service, and we
in North Carolina should make our contribution by regaining the
temporarily lost ground in this state and by electing to the next
Congress a Democratic senator and ten Democratic congressmen.
We appeal to all people of North Carolina, without regard to
previous political affiliation, to support our earnest endeavors to
work out the best solution of our difficulties at home, and, through
the Democratic Party, to restore the government at Washington
to genuine representatives of the people, and to rescue it from the
control of the increasingly powerful special interests that domi-
nate its policies.
STATE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
Adopted April 17, 1930
The Republicans of North Carolina assembled in party conven-
tion in the city of Charlotte, this April 17, 1930, view with satis-
faction and pride the record of the party and its ever increasing
popularity. We look to the future with abounding faith thai
our party will continue to grow in strength and in the confidence of
the people. It is the day for which we have hoped and for the
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advent of which we have devoted our energies for more than a
quarter of a century. Today, as we reaffirm our allegiance to the
great principles which have guided us in the past, we are con-
scious of entering that era in which the Republican Party must
assume the responsibilities of administering the Government of
North Carolina. The party has achieved this position in the con-
fidence of the people of our State by its consistent devotion to the
ideals of clean, honest and efficient government, and by its faith-
fulness to the cause of the people. The Republican Party in
North Carolina has struggled upward and onward through the
vicissitudes of persecution and the disadvantages of grossly and
unfair election laws, until by the force of the righteousness of its
cause and the wisdom of its policies, it stands today conscious of
its superior moral strength and proud of its history. It is ready
for the approaching contest and is prepared to assume supremacy
in the State.
Taxation
We deplore the unfortunate condition to which the Democratic
Party in North Carolina, through its unwise, unbusiness-like and
extravagant policies, has brought the affairs of our state with
reference to taxation. The Democratic system of taxation has
seriously affected business and industry, practically destroyed land
values and has placed upon the people of the state, particularly
the farmers and home owners, tax burdens which are intolerable
and impossible for them to bear. We demand a complete readjust-
ment and revision of the tax system in North Carolina, to the
end that all classes of property, personal as well as real, intangible
as well as tangible, shall bear their just proportion of the tax
burden and that land shall be relieved of its present grossly un-
just proportion of the tax burden. And we recommend to the
next General Assembly that there be submitted to the people of
North Carolina the question of calling a constitutional convention
for the purpose of revising our fundamental law to meet the
modern requirements of government. We offer this method in
substitution of the present "patch-work," piece-meal system of at-
tempting to amend our constitution every four years after the plan
now proposed for the amendment of the State Constitution for
the purpose of the classification and taxation of intangible per-
sonal property.
State Republican Platform, 1930 79
Democratic Extravagance
We believe that it is high time to call a halt to gross extrava-
gance in the administration of the affairs of the state; to the
creation of new offices, high and low, with which to pay political
debts; to the wholesale increase of bonded indebtedness by the
state, the counties and municipalities; and to the extravagant
waste of the people's money under the guise of a "program of
progress." We believe in progress, but we believe that it should
be attained along sane and reasonable lines and always kept within
the limits of the power of the people to pay. The party in power
owes it to the people to curtail expenditures, abolish unnecessary
offices, reduce excessive salaries, and safeguard by proper limita-
tions the creation of bonded indebtedness, and its failure to do
so in the face of dire distress which it has brought upon the people
proves it to be unworthy of confidence and unfit to govern. If
placed in power by the voters of the state, we pledge ourselves
to reduce taxes as speedily as circumstances will permit, to practice
the most rigid economy in the administration of the State's af-
fairs, and guarantee the elimination of the gross waste and lavish
extravagance which has been practiced so long by the Democratic
Party. What the State needs more than new sources of taxation
is simplification of and rigid economy in government.
Education
Whereas, Article IX, Section 1, of the State Constitution pro-
vides that "religion, morality and knowledge being necessary for
good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the
means of education shall forever be encouraged," and Section II
requires that the General Assembly "shall provide by taxation
and otherwise for a general and uniform system of public schools
wherein tuition shall be free of charge to all the children of the
state, between the ages of six and twenty-one years." And,
Whereas, the Legislature has failed to carry out, in full mea-
sure, this provision of our Constitution, and instead of providing
a state system that is "general and uniform," has provided a dual
system wherein the counties have in a large measure been re-
quired to finance the public schools.
Therefore, we demand that the state assume its constitutional
obligations to provide for a general and uniform system of free
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public schools of the state for the Constitutional requirement of
school term so as to furnish equal educational opportunities to all
the children of the state.
Law Enforcement
We believe in the impartial enforcement of all laws by the duly
constituted authorities of the State and Nation, and we renew our
pledge to the vigorous and impartial enforcement of prohibition
as provided in the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, the National Prohibition Act and the Prohibi-
tion Laws of the State of North Carolina.
Unfair Election Laws, etc.
We demand that the so-called Australian Ballot Law adopted
at the last session of the General Assembly of North Carolina be
amended so as to give the people of the State a genuine Aus-
tralian Ballot to the end that there will be secured to every citizen
of North Carolina the right to cast a secret, free and untrammeled
ballot and to have that ballot honestly counted; and to the further
end that all parties may be equally represented in the election
machinery of the state.
We insist upon the demands heretofore made that the present
iniquitous and grossly misused and abused absentee ballot law be
repealed or so amended as to render impossible the corrupt and
fraudulent practices so freely and easily perpetrated under the
law in its present form.
We condemn the administration of the State Banking Laws
by the present State Corporation Commission and the Banking
Department thereof for its inexcusable negligence and inefficiency
which has resulted in numerous unnecessary bank failures and
consequent suffering on the part of innocent depositors.
We repeat our demands for a change in the system of selecting
judges of our Courts in North Carolina to the end that we may
have a non-partisan judiciary in the state.
We condemn now and shall never cease to condemn the
cowardly, corrupt and contemptible practice of the Democratic
Party in North Carolina of appointing school boards, other boards
and officers in the Republican counties of the state while it permits
the people to elect these officials in counties that are Democratic.
State Republican Platform, 1930 81
Protection
It is our ambition to make life happier and better for the
masses, to safeguard the laborer and guarantee to him a high
standard of living which he has so long enjoyed under Republican
rule. We recognize that in North Carolina, as well as elsewhere,
there are many basic industries dependent upon the Protective
Tariff for which the Republican Party has always stood.
We, therefore, re-assert our profound faith in the policy of
protection as advocated and practiced by the National Republican
Party, for we believe that the policy of protection is one of the
foundation stones of the welfare, happiness and prosperity of the
laborer, the farmer, the manufacturer and all of the American
people. Without protection business stagnates, industries wither
and perish and the laboring man finds himself without a job and
the farmer finds no market for his products.
The National Republican Administration
We heartily endorse and approve the splendid record of con-
structive achievements of the administration of President Herbert
Hoover. By persistent adherence to sound Republican policies the
pledges of the party have been carried forward with unequalled
promptness. A fund of five hundred million dollars has been made
available for the aid of the farmer — thirty million dollars of this
fund has already been loaned for the aid of the cotton growers
of the south. A reduction of one hundred and sixty million dollars
per annum in taxes has been effected. The tax on smaller incomes
has been reduced 66 percent. Nevertheless, the reduction of the
National debt has continued with marked rapidity, so that the in-
debtedness as of 1919, amounting to twenty-six billion, five hun-
dred million dollars has been reduced to sixteen billion, five hun-
dred million dollars, or at the rate of approximately one billion
dollars for each year since the Republican Party has been restored
to power. The record of the United States Treasury under Secre-
tary Mellon is unsurpassed.
It is of interest to note that while the taxes and bonded in-
debtedness of the State of North Carolina under Democratic rule
have constantly inci-eased by leaps and bounds, both the National
debt and National income tax rate under the Republican rule have
been greatly reduced.
82 Platforms of Political Parties
We point with pride to the foreign policy of the administra-
tion— the settlement of the French loan; the withdrawal of troops
from Nicaragua; the establishment of cordial relations with
Mexico and above all the adoption of the London Naval Agreement
which marks another great step towards the conservation of peace
and the happiness of our people.
PART IV
ELECTION RETURNS
1. Popular and Electoral Vote for President by States, 1928.
2. Popular Vote for President by States, 1912-1924.
3. Vote for President by Counties, 1916-1928.
4. Vote by Counties for Governor in Democratic Primaries,
1920-1924.
5. Vote for State Officers in Democratic Primary, 1928.
6. Vote for State Officers in Democratic Primaries, 1924,
1928, and 1930.
7. Democratic Primary Vote, June 5, 1926, for United States
Senator.
8. Democratic Primary Vote, June 7, 1930, for United States
Senator.
9. Republican Primary Vote, June 7, 1930, for United States
Senator.
10. Vote for Governor by Counties, 1920-1928.
11. Vote for State Treasurer by Counties, 1930.
12. Vote for United States Senator, 1920-1930.
13. Vote for Members of Congress, 1922-1930.
14. Vote for Constitutional Amendments by Counties, 1930.
Vote for President
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POPULAR AND ELECTORAL VOTE* FOR PRESIDENT IiY
STATES, 1928
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120,725
52,533
77,751
1,162,323
253,872
296,614
68,860
144,168
99,369
99,848
1,768,141
848,280
623,818
513,672
558.064
51,160
179.923
301,479
775,566
965,396
560,977
26,889
834,080
113,300
345,745
18,327
115,404
925,796
69,617
2,193.344
348.923
131,441
1,627,543
394,052
205,341
2,055,382
117,522
5,858
157,603
195,388
367,036
94,618
90.404
164.609
335,844
375,551
544 . 205
52,748
127,796
38,537
119,196
614,356
133,131
252,040
36.643
101,764
129,602
53,074
1,313,817
562,691
378,936
193,003
381,070
164,655
81,179
223,626
792,758
396,762
396,451
124,539
662,562
78,578
197,959
14,090
80,715
616,517
48,094
2,089,863
286,227
106,648
864,210
219,206
109,223
1,067,586
118,973
62,700
102,660
157,343
341,032
80,985
44,440
140.146
156,772
263, 7S1
450,259
29,299
460
429
19,595
3,472
3,019
329
4,036
124
1,293
19,138
3,871
2,960
6.205
837
7,071
41,445
30,233
113,495
17,192
97,650
1,451
56,842
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Arkansas
184
317
112
675
730
59
3,074
64
13,996
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Colorado
Connecticut . .
Delaware.
•"Florida
622
547.967
120,741
44,574
32,217
42,404
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46,774
454,324
285,589
244,882
320,669
176,994
Illinois .. .
3,581
321
328
320
293
1,812
645
230
340
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Iowa.. ... _ ...
Kansas _
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1,068
1,701
6,262
3.516
6,774
263
3,739
1,667
3,434
98,744
77,853
~568~634
164.526
/Maryland.
Massachusetts
Michigan.. .
Minnesota
Mississippi. . . .
<• 'Missouri
Montana _
636
2,461
2,881
4,853
906
773
799
1,921
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340
171,518
34,722
147,786
4,237
34,689
309,279
21,523
103,481
62,696
24,793
763,333
174.846
96,118
987,796
New Hampshire. .
New Jersey.
464
4,897
156
107,332
173
1,257
500
New York
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North Dakota
Ohio
10,876
4,211
842
8,683
3,926
2,720
18,647
936
2,836
1,515
Oregon .
Pennsylvania .
Rhode Island
South Carolina. . .
South Dakota
Tennessee.
Texas.
Utah _ ...
1,094
4,726
1,564
330
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443
631
722
954
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232
111
209
47
54,943
38,045
26,004
13,633
45,964
24.463
179,072
111. 76,7
93,946
23,449
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Washington..
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
250
2.615
1,313
18,213
788
179
1,541
401
1,528
174
1,068
181
Total
21,429,109
15,005,497
267,835
48,228
21,181
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*Minor parties vote (not included in above table): .
For Varney, prohibition: Indiana 5, 496; Michigan, 2, 728; New Jersey 160; Ohm 3,55
3, 875; Vermont 338; West Virginia 1,703; Wisconsin 2,245; total 20,101.
For Webb, farmer-labor: Colorado 1,092; Iowa 3,088; Oklahoma 1,284; South Daki total 6,391.
Scattering: California 261; Connecticut 6; Louisiana 18; Manic 1; Wisconsin 41; total 327.
Total of popular votes: 36,798,66!).
Hoover's plurality: 6,432, 6 1 2. „,,-,,. , ■ .
Note: California Hoover total includes 14,394 votes for \ arney, Prohibition I artj . winch partj mdi
Mr. Hoover. Pennsylvania Foster total includes 2,687 labor parly vote. South < arollD 1 Hoovei
includes 2,670 anti-Smith Democrats voting for Hoover.
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Election Returns
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT BY COUNTIES, 1916-1928
Counties
1916
Alamance
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen..
Brunswick
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham
Cherokee
Chowan
Clay
Cleveland
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland-- _
Currituck
Dare
Davidson
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe
Forsyth
Franklin
Gaston
Gates
Graham
Granville
Greene
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood
Henderson
Hertford
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell.
Jackson
Johnston
Jones..
Lee
5£W
2,476
954
796
2,046
1,898
360
1,957
1,461
1,261
810
4,229
1,621
2,080
1,725
368
1,165
849
2,569
1,839
1,362
610
400
2,764
2,143
1,780
1,971
945
470
2.675
910
1.824
2,463
2,028
4,115
2,057
3,019
826
476
1,713
1,066
4,616
2,312
1,992
403
66
977
780
840
3,335
1,306
3,468
712
1,054
1. If
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2,278
1,187
641
301
1,930
1,158
1,274
116
651
989
3,830
1,474
2,314
1,659
86
1,246
338
2,614
1,501
1,362
91
453
1,497
1,327
542
1,217
87
363
2,801
1,245
1,527
1,837
135
3,585
396
2,542
309
460
648
294
3,670
299
1 , 603
1,523
1,795
209
110
277
2,073
1,288
2,857
233
573
1920
OH
5,255
2,045
1,409
3,175
3,431
397
3,522
1,840
1,939
1,253
10,167
3,262
4,418
2,931
540
2,070
1,239
5,404
3,186
1,761
1,091
755
5,181
3,111
3,413
3,233
1,000
825
4,797
1,624
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646
343
123
742
148
796
644
2,622
1,649
9,615
3,429
3,919
4,229
2,496
1,104
1,266
1 , 134
6,470
2,385
6,030
964
2,327
4,619
2,643
1,201
433
3,808
2,503
2,266
212
1.064
1,362
8,917
3,592
5,148
3,298
142
2,315
505
5,935
2,906
2,506
209
911
2.953
1,783
731
1,972
86
632
590
2,591
2,697
3,550
24
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589
5,803
327
915
833
439
7,920
524
3,311
3,000
3,337
221
166
530
4,402
2,355
5.588
385
1,143
1924
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4,859
2,291
1,643
2,372
4,333
357
3,048
1,785
1,551
1,118
10,098
4,137
4,449
3,348
436
2,261
1,075
5,754
3,446
1,742
714
953
3,749
2,757
2,942
2,923
670
820
6,507
1,795
2,924
4,837
2,274
7,404
1,991
5,654
679
841
2,220
1,119
8,804
3 , 232
3 , 296
4,582
3.007
932
1,146
653
6,449
3,100
4,656
692
1,834
OH
3,217
2,437
1,234
225
3,952
2,189
1,502
159
1,296
6.285
3,190
3,510
2,503
132
1,854
467
5,998
2,755
2,314
98
1,090
1,743
1,629
325
1,372
52
629
6,227
2,672
6
542
093
171
315
302
566
215
907
461
182
822
268
2,895
2,440
3,548
164
141
305
3,565
2,788
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109
459
13
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14
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317
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1928
M
coH
4,260
1,722
1,414
2,947
3,458
390
3,533
2,000
1,552
1,018
12,405
2,881
4,869
2,291
624
2,045
936
4,916
2,680
1,911
936
903
4,914
2,854
2,494
3,297
1,253
883
5.220
1,085
2,647
4,482
4.184
6,639
2,831
6,702
572
963
2,962
1,181
9.872
4,882
3,554
4 . 173
3,149
1,030
1,154
590
4,836
3,171
5,041
486
1,715
Oi o
O S>
gjj
Ka
6,810
2,605
1,368
726
4,337
3,273
2,521
374
1.911
1,931
16,590
5,108
6,548
4,207
245
3,133
749
7,556
3,318
3,239
352
1,106
4,766
3,533
2,237
3,534
166
814
8,960
2,959
2,911
8,723
977
13,258
729
9,702
558
1,260
858
542
16,541
890
4,740
4,472
5,210
393
311
682
6,712
3,512
7,696
658
1,416
Vote for President
89
Vote for President — Continued
Counties
1916
^a
bo u
1920
8 .2
1924
03 .£
OH
1928
men
Lenoir___
Lincoln
Macon _ _
Madison
Martin
McDowell
Mecklenburg- .
Mitchell
Montgomery. -
Moore
Nash
New Hanover.
Northampton .
Onslow. _
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank- ..
Pender
Perquimans. ..
Person
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham. .
Rowan
Rutherford
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Transylvania-
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake..
Warren
Washington..
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
Totals
1,666
1,521
1,146
972
1,472
1,274
4,508
462
1,222
1,337
2,189
2,355
1,518
1,197
1,230
710
1,177
970
645
953
2,839
679
2,747
1,553
2.894
2,316
3,053
2,445
1,3(19
938
2,110
1,569
2,029
829
821
416
2,662
1,451
4.627
1,217
651
1,141
2,625
1,632
2,052
879
1,273
168,383
667
1,369
1,069
1,965
281
1,218
1,257
1,298
1,196
1,047
826
492
45
785
1,158
527
270
400
288
917
719
750
3,031
650
1,453
1,957
2,320
1,871
2,727
137
1,941
1,852
2,977
1,128
841
392
702
558
2,461
227
486
1,352
1,446
3,470
730
1,721
1,082
120.890
2,560
3,331
2,177
1,340
2,561
2,809
11,313
697
2,321
2,679
4,031
4,102
2,305
1,557
1.993
1,286
1,736
1,580
1,042
1,646
4,196
1,361
5,110
3,341
6,183
4,507
6,421
5,101
2.246
1 . 705
3,843
1,999
3,547
1,434
1.542
718
4,1 lis
2,461
8,020
1,865
1,116
1,721
4,794
2,843
3,496
1,350
2,280
305,447
1,153
3,137
2,050
3,616
530
2,561
3,421
2,153
2,304
2,279
1,556
712
165
853
1,737
1,008
507
699
487
1,566
864
1,326
6,297
1,124
2,220
3,605
4,888
4,015
5,353
306
4,312
2,926
5,170
2,239
1 ,680
532
1,404
SI 6
3 , 653
295
971
2,631
2,822
6 . 4.J 1
1,374
3,301
2,596
232,848
2.191
2,909
2,178
1,471
1,999
3,023
8,443
689
2,483
2,771
3,129
4,735
1,662
1,122
1,879
798
1,236
1,175
550
1,576
3,197
1,613
5,397
2,475
4,064
4,467
4,816
5,101
2,021
1,469
3,832
2,309
4,418
1 . 769
1,776
638
2,721
2,013
8,376
1 . 742
883
2,365
3,586
2,619
1,381
514
2,658
2,015
3,252
216
2,590
2,572
1,540
2,077
1,974
823
1,190
144
423
1,065
459
305
253
295
1,025
512
1,445
6,336
599
314
2,566
3,560
3,897
3,188
205
3,594
2,482
4,990
2,178
[,814
442
672
470
2,975
166
v'l
J.i.i...
6.131
574
2,156
25
42
18
74
9
25
437
8
5
38
131
405
17
31
66
12
17
8
3
56
13
24
163
14
89
7:{x
29
35
11
50
44
66
24
22
1
32
21
485
6
8
42
11
81
11
21
2,363
2.913
2.191
1.093
2,818
3,430
9,690
827
2,016
2,639
4,249
2,760
1,723
1,072
1,799
878
1,943
998
609
1,235
4\646
1,616
4,188
2.975
4.7MO
3.411
4,783
4.146
1,761
3,000
1,970
3,647
1,723
1 . 7-2-2
475
2,395
9,341
.Mi:;:
3,720
2 802
761
2,476
284,270 191,753 6,651
1,311
3,930
2,903
4,776
411
3,423
12,041
3,436
2,653
3,290
2,066
4,248
456
1.253
J .--.I
1,099
814
1.300
600
1.123
1,395
1,873
7.414
2,045
2,767
5,585
7 . '.'57
5,762
5 579
588
4,597
3 . 7511
7.(11.-.
2,484
2,165
rui.-.
2. 448
1,449
6,720
379
3,159
1,340
1,933
2.712
90
Election Returns
VOTE BY COUNTIES FOR GOVERNOR IN DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY,* 1920-1924
1920
First Primary
1920
Second Primary
19
24
Counties
a
o
.2
t-r
o
Li
CD
csi
o
bfl
Hi
o
o
2
Li
a
-3
OS
a
3
CQ
134
187
131
590
214
18
438
694
694
91
1,873
633
303
270
161
449
89
891
535
147
282
101
46
806
1,263
413
408
202
553
160
265
752
1,254
514
1.323
956
128
53
518
209
497
359
368
1,674
378
250
450
92
1,578
397
1,154
464
488
183
60
834
107
157
1,086
229
229
306
1,443
146
149
262
277
427
219
292
349
195
247
13
2,219
699
718
957
99
68
281
50
697
608
713
1,094
715
1,258
196
627
373
692
1,177
595
395
228
576
177
254
478
297
577
251
182
14
60
569
45
9
73
350
316
172
217
55
284
31
106
136
375
343
319
17
137
26
521
420
124
443
184
30
833
237
133
410
457
510
547
279
120
2
282
70
1,298
607
542
113
22
213
233
201
313
30
178
32
358
375
320
986
429
41
579
627
1,037
209
2,052
737
532
361
142
382
292
1,033
689
315
232
103
390
1,011
1,451
840
450
189
886
277
741
1,106
1,604
936
1,349
1,375
189
180
847
284
1,031
915
783
1,162
478
406
469
492
1,959
266
1,924
453
488
203
200
1,082
173
308
1,220
517
334
445
1,967
359
321
443
158
273
433
401
390
106
186
26
3.248
1,322
951
1,323
135
13
752
211
757
584
767
1,410
632
1.494
145
713
576
1,307
999
682
553
257.
592
189
444
1,011
339
1,240
378
1,349
375
1,002
1,883
2,153
216
2,153
1,059
2,623
295
5,297
1,492
1,172
1,663
334
987
505
980
1,400
298
590
100
3,341
2.961
1,738
1,908
863
501
1,831
402
2.036
3,609
1,798
2,802
1,351
3.080
448
353
1,314
348
2,222
2,721
1,285
3,222
869
512
745
421
4.082
1,568
2,725
455
491
81
162
1,516
Ashe -.
202
Averv ..
193
Beaufort ..
1,167
Bertie . .
1,131
Bladen .
901
Brunswick.
116
2,007
Burke
194
Cabarrus
123
Caldwell
464
615
Carteret
337
Caswell
637
418
Chatham
1,375
Cherokee --
78
Chowan .
593
Clay
42
1,204
Columbus
1,117
Craven
1,728
Cumberland . . .. .
1.128
Currituck .
416
Dare.
188
Davidson -
538
Davie .
145
Duplin . -
817
Durham _
924
Edgecombe
1,402
Forsyth
504
Franklin..
1,860
Gaston
369
Gates
314
Graham
77
Granville.
1,303
Greene
1,266
Guilford
1,616
Halifax
1,840
Harnett ...
1,834
Haywood
1,321
Henderson
474
Hertford . . ...
926
Hoke
448
Hvde. .
812
Iredell
930
Jackson ... . . ...
350
Johnston
1,927
Jones _. _ .
304
Primary Vote for Governor
91
Vote by Counties for Governor in Democratic Primaries*
1920-1924— Continued
Counties
1920
First Primary
a
1920
Second Primary
o
a
1924
pa
Lee
Lenoir
Lincoln
Macon
Madison
Martin
McDowell
Mecklenburg..
Mitchell
Montgomery. .
Moore.
Nash
New Hanover.
Northampton .
Onslow.
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank . _ .
Pender
Perquimans..
Person
Pitt.
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham..
Rowan
Rutherford. _.
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
Surry.
Swain
Transylvania.
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake
Warren
Washington..
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
Totals. 49,070
458
240
227
175
215
537
309
5,022
108
205
298
953
615
398
418
85
201
188
215
69
62
896
177
1,031
853
1,974
76
733
453
194
401
316
154
315
210
245
11
528
215
1,090
485
36
92
690
915
1,161
130
386
230
900
543
73
226
274
421
496
160
49
69
521
1,097
1,023
313
358
327
332
268
435
170
1,392
138
147
274
2,536
546
1,104
1,158
183
205
333
103
294
98
91
146
1,152
500
2,281
541
247
25
917
117
292
130
464
48,983
346
290
398
21
22
118
21
,048
14
615
697
321
482
399
98
256
28
350
430
141
164
792
1
811
686
615
290
535
88
162
276
468
100
377
16
17
31
898
398
1,593
315
137
43
462
61
354
140
11
30,180
788
530
364
350
269
632
422
3,443
62
474
695
1,395
1,167
957
431
181
246
420
691
112
180
1,457
256
1,373
1,077
1,861
447
856
613
331
557
721
384
580
286
345
51
791
376
2,131
678
151
271
1,106
1,435
1,640
261
285
70 332
368
1,050
595
224
147
361
507
1,506
182
304
202
873
735
835
298
440
220
279
235
219
277
1,480
177
512
785
2,472
718
878
1,029
206
424
464
197
715
78
286
107
1,463
412
2.5M5
542
124
24
955
186
823
195
392
1,113
2,049
1,429
678
496
1,598
1,149
5,958
202
881
1,431
1,593
2,393
1,523
835
701
615
1,261
874
554
556
2,795
1,024
1,408
2,731
5,536
1,212
2,984
2,699
634
1,871
651
318
1,512
527
284
182
2,838
939
4,596
534
711
2,109
1,772
339
856
61,073 151,197
532
1,480
430
382
186
783
653
2,449
189
136
622
1,712
1,463
1,455
402
770
171
686
320
954
2,492
125
594
660
1,314
1,055
1,218
682
722
633
231
156
576
23
633
340
1,418
875
277.
83
1,551
1,575
153
515
■
"The Republican party held no gubernatorial primary. O. Max Gai m his
candidacy for the Democratic nomination in 1928.
92
Election Returns
VOTE FOR STATE OFFICERS IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
JUNE 2> 1928
Lieutenant-Governor
Cc
of Lab
mmissioner
or and Printing
Counties
a
Q-S
- M
-° 5
o «
1-5 J
a
'a
c
3
o
Q
-id —
c
T3
S
1H
394
46
7
373
12
147
879
341
685
172
3.860
221
148
51
121
672
466
100
279
122
247
51
566
953
274
1.059
198
89
176
109
265
2,296
843
656
1,307
481
403
43
932
870
782
1,287
601
1.461
1.310
762
316
322
58
930
902
137
►-S o
5s E
x a*
280
27
49
201
49
93
1,140
263
550
378
4,643
124
182
245
110
1,092
280
589
435
58
129
56
1,810
787
1,310
974
268
236
450
223
1,403
2,810
404
1,814
1,176
1,250
329
32
518
223
686
466
1,346
700
552
92
523
653
399
194
1,588
751
175
40
73
519
64
57
1,337
1,010
1,704
i46
4,917
1.049
96
395
380
482
270
344
322
135
428
71
2,860
1,152
616
1,795
551
207
334
230
339
663
225
1,272
612
1,544
277
9
858
87
728
2,185
203
1,961
858
997
130
61
82
1.021
874
46
833
72
31
1,117
135
310
428
254
783
183
2,314
269
148
113
167
501
456
356
1,105
67
110
16
872
1,210
1,389
1.172
137
36
639
31
351
1,401
3,246
1,076
1,589
3,481
12!'
56
1,125
1,571
1,563
1.438
624
1,426
393
306
534
101
154
297
1.022
172
573
.64
132
1,053
135
326
1,748
981
1 . 683
429
7,258
621
220
699
506
1 306
438
1.086
356
128
286
86
4,403
1,895
2,995
2,124
714
371
755
174
1,381
1.635
1,857
3,205
1.477
5,339
242
56
1,147
697
1.002
1,692
1.251
2.426
415
278
738
321
523
441
2.103
813
305
19
25
345
101
27
165
175
531
67
862
571
Cabarrus -
50
Caldwell
35
48
48
Caswell. - -
138
141
1,268
13
100
Clay .
5
Cleveland -
385
317
134
510
60
Dare -.
12
481
Davie - - -
198
Duplin __ .
355
865
Edgecombe -
826
Forsyth _ _ _-_ - . -_
263
379
Gaston
487
Gates -_ _
42
Graham _.__ .. -__
1
382
Greene. . _
179
Guilford
508
Halifax ..
892
Harnett .. _ - _
289
235
98
Hertford .
90
Hoke
129
Hyde...
51
Iredell.
23
Jackson _. ___
Johnston.. _ --
Jones .. __
133
309
56
Primary Vote for State Officers, 1928 93
Vote for State Officers in Democratic Primary,
June 2, 1928,— Continued
Lee
Lenoir
Lincoln
Macon
Madison
Martin
McDowell...
Mecklenburg-
Mitchell
Montgomery.
Moore. ..
Nash.
New Hanover.
Northampton.
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank
Pender
Perquimans...
Person
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham.
Rowan
Rutherford...
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Transylvania.
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake
Warren
Washington..
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
Counties
Lieutenant-Governor
a m
-a 5
•-5 1-3
Totals.
— M
695
411
1.732
987
207
404
53
61
76
138
96
738
78
256
3,632
2,578
74
86
186
93
339
551
397
227
1,004
1,544
299
2,040
842
94
385
190
314
115
482
403
399
199
102
64
603
245
314
872
170
403
612
219
1.901
498
2,182
1,610
900
465
665
1,084
1,488
959
273
44
565
283
593
351
206
143
186
69
73
55
75
59
16
11
2,107
948
594
1,151
3,244
2,695
335
1,207
245
83
105
16
2,959
429
129
391
963
276
290
315
41
259
8-'
789
899
983
51
180
615
28
5.310
500
705
1,463
2,413
777
262
865
954
362
335
839
92
835
2,563
427
1,047
1,073
3,892
1,447
1,473
1,380
72
1,103
809
187
151
109
131
277
902
1,242
4.434
985
349
51
645
678
1,690
83
711
68,480 I 62,866 84,471
Commissioner
of Labor and Printing
3-g
811
2,030
1.193
49
204
569
221
4.214
238
431
1,420
1,939
1,836
1,112
996
601
511
700
668
112
521
2,008
534
1,148
1,710
5,265
1,189
1,777
1,896
62
938
689
421
227
165
41
59
1,821
1,572
3,454
996
351
158
2,156
799
[,739
240
115,442
a
a
'3
r.
758
1,157
404
95
135
741
127
6,815
394
467
575
731
836
722
334
467
81
271
521
129
553
1,086
462
412
1,357
1,517
1.001
996
700
48
618
638
116
99
60
168
103
1,300
761
5.083
1,125
237
29
853
209
717
24
077
1.70
305
323
6!
7
35
.,1
14
950
80
83
356
223
442
40i.
270
425
64
219
297
14
484
474
32
512
382
939
535
45i.
274
274
367
426
45
80
13
9
28
500
435
1,761
a
14
734
198
In!
31
28,207
94 Election Returns
vote for state officers in democratic primaries,
1924, 1928 and 1930
1924
for governor-
Angus Wilton McLean 151,197
Josiah William Bailey — _ _ , 83,574
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR—
J. Elmer Long _. __ __ - 80,231
R. R. Reynolds — 68,676
T. C. Bowie 62,086
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL—
Dennis G. Brummitt 78,411
Charles Ross _ - - 70,448
Fran k Nash 53,167
FOR COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND PRINTING—
First Primary :
M. L. Shipman 81,011
Frank D. Grist 69,158
O. J. Peterson — 31,556
L. M. Nash - — 19,180
Second Primary:
M. L. Shipman 36,847
Frank D. Grist - - 69,382
FOR CORPORATION COMMISSION—
George P. Pell .123,558
Oscar B. Carpenter 78,240
FOR STATE AUDITOR—
Baxter Durham - - 119,900
James P. Cook 1_ _. 83,162
FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE—
W. A. Graham 92,561
Fred P. Latham _ 76,808
T. B. Parker ----- 37,776
FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER—
Stacey W. Wade — 61,463
J. Frank Flowers 41,340
1928
for lieutenant-governor-
John D. Langston 68,480
W. H. S. Burgwyn - - — 62,866
R. T. Fountain 84,477
FOR COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND PRINTING—
Frank D. Grist 115,442
M. L. Shipman 66,391
Oscar J. Peterson 28,207
1930
FOR CORPORATION COMMISSIONER—
George P. Pell __ ----- 167,083
James H. Holloway — 86,227
Vote for U. S. Senator
95
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTE, JUNE 5, 1926, FOR UNITED
STATES SENATOR
Counties
Alamance
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick...
Buncombe...
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham
Cherokee
Chowan
Clay
Cleveland
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland.
Currituck
Dare
Davidson
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe..
Forsyth
Franklin
Gaston
Gates__
Graham
Granville
Greene
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood
Henderson...
Hertford
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston
633
58
632
,918
111
285
.484
781
,506
350
,911
,313
806
,096
602
,129
867
973
,589
700
536
322
,725
,676
,863
,183
474
185
725
310
.796
,212
|562
,962
,959
,385
281
162
,495
,059
,117
,455
,473
,300
684
568
466
517
,567
374
,254
«
135
107
341
1,040
232
644
437
1,081
972
68
6,973
524
143
365
331
852
272
549
1,179
419
505
169
2,191
1,780
1,171
913
883
407
518
77
716
1,900
638
1,196
1,239
1,019
389
151
877
464
857
1,100
1,115
3,278
1,199
955
141
542
887
1,761
1,255
Counties
Jones
Lee
Lenoir
Lincoln
McDowell
Macon
Madison
Martin
Mecklenburg..
Mitchell
Montgomery..
Moore
Nash
New Hanover-
Northampton.
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank...
Pender
Perquimans. ..
Person
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham. .
Rowan
Rutherford
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
Surry..
Swain
Transylvania.
Tyrrell..
LInion
Vance
Wake
Warren
Washington ...
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
■r,
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Totals.
641
107
330
'.IS'.I
253
499
226
,306
,708
381
761
.187
,125
,147
,767
944
,249
527
756
814
174
,127
,108
290
,106
.033
,864
,251
,234
:km
559
,541
,309
481
628
431
17S
,480
.217
,586
..'.".7
228
185
.381
4S4
163
948
369
1,187
1,467
507
390
388
981
2. n45
324
1.141
1.564
1.050
463
586
460
454
478
821
361
2. 3 7'. i
41)'.
94
1,652
-.v.
242
628
1,263
195
663
415
290
192
702
711
321
1,444
-
1.2:. I
22.!
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22i,
839
■
96
Election Returns
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTE, JUNE 7, 1930, FOR UNITED
STATES SENATOR
Counties
5
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D,
OS
Counties
F. M. Simmons
J. W. Bailey
a.
m
to
m
H
1,262
184
284
1,432
366
103
1,346
1,059
1,193
529
5,892
599
527
507
397
832
919
918
527
169
474
41
1,667
1,917
3,279
1,916
357
124
771
410
1,428
3,230
1,533
5,289
1.239
3,324
390
69
1,074
1,183
3,580
1,308
1,139
1.446
475
912
445
639
3,113
254
932
2,637
657
1,115
2,407
2.087
154
2,395
1,669
1,311
688
10,062
1,934
1,636
1,030
728
1,750
779
3,665
1,839
1,156
1,061
539
4,105
2,338
1,514
2,154
1,168
571
3,732
713
1,688
4.381
2,466
4.511
2,332
4.199
587
661
2,654
1,283
6,610
3,111
2,594
3,697
1,848
866
952
536
2,573
2.244
2,376
32
6
62
29
2
2
18
3
26
24
249
6
6
4
2
16
15
26
10
2
9
3
59
107
19
31
19
0
8
4
23
71
7
50
32
72
15
7
30
19
38
21
16
35
17
10
10
16
33
11
11
Jones
979
1,096
2,295
747
316
252
697
553
5,989
146
652
877
1,726
4,696
1,175
1.339
656
476
835
785
473
816
2.333
374
648
2,378
4,934
1,908
2,070
1,736
718
1,186
581
496
1,057
123
251
82
2,374
1,752
6,225
1,028
431
268
2,644
463
2,583
517
136
257
1,057
1,600
2,038
1,653
1,110
2,213
1,680
5,158
585
1,166
1.538
2,730
1,769
1,238
752
1,626
773
2.094
784
782
1,443
3,864
1,212
2,258
2,235
2,808
2,350
3,623
3,327
1,323
1,685
968
939
2,397
1,332
1.523
293
3,381
1,863
7,572
1,666
587
697
2,799
1,623
2,517
551
1,000
5
Lee .
20
Lenoir
10
Lincoln . . .
47
Macon
21
Madison
7
Martin
25
McDowell-
21
M ecklenburg
Mitchell
Montgomery.
Moore
Nash
New Hanover
Northampton
Onslow
85
Brunswick
3
12
Burke
24
Cabarrus _
12
Caldwell
87
Camden
4
17
Orange, . - -
13
Catawba _
Pamlico- _.._-_
Pasquotank
Pender
8
Chatham
9
7
Chowan
Perquimans -
Person .
V
Clay
46
Pitt
61
Polk
22
Randolph
9
Richmond.
Robeson -
118
78
Rockingham
Rowan
34
72
Rutherford _ .
41
Duplin
3
Scotland
40
Stanlv
8
Stokes - -
9
Surry -. - -
6
6
Gates _ .
Transylvania
8
6
61
Vance .
24
Guilford
Wake
59
31
Washington .. .
6
Watauga. .
1
22
Hertford
Wilkes
8
Wilson . -
15
Hyde
Yadkin
Yancey
Totals
9
Iredell
4
129,875
200,242
2,592
Republican Primary Vote for U. S. Senator 97
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTE, JUNE 7, 1930, FOR UNITED
STATES SENATOR
Counties
»
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0
3
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Alamance _
101
40
2
35
39
222
"21
27
21
62
28
222
246
12
8
174
388
17
20
48
71
8
27
4
56
15
8
1
1
12
413
36
61
3
8
59
18
9
35
24
350
13
42
8
1
9
2
125
12
19
6
112
10
3
4
88
2
44
73
31
10
13
65
1,396
88
3
5
14
3,288
140
38
95
8
1
2
113
1
5
15
17
2
3
1
Jones..r
Lee. -. _
4
48
31
7
2
114
10
38
142
52
29
14
11
37
1
29
27
55
8
49
12
13
35
3
65
11
25
25
304
41
I.II.S'.I
3
65
439
428
2
17
14
41
26
51
1
2
26
153
86
28
!U7
6
1
17
8
6
2
24
7
11
168
4.'
41
55
15
58
13
10
6
5
8
2
3
22
15
2
139
6
80
29
223
18
19
23
28
482
83
1
5
19
14
9
127
3
10
128
25
334
37
898
4
4
22
20
211
3,023
1
644
90
961
48
138
25
16
5
2
21
20
6
6
9
23
16
346
96
45
12
107
281
994
22
19
48
593
147
516
26
72
21
115
I
6
64
23
137
5
537
286
4
Lenoir
Lincoln.
4
Macon .
2
Avery - --.
Madison
40
Martin__ .
McDowell-
3
Bladen
48
442
102
24
67
22
Mecklenburg...
Mitchell...
16
21
Buncombe
Montgomery.
Moore .. .
2
10
Nash
3
Caldwell
New Hanover.
Northampton.
Onslow
4
1
425
8
57
47
27
2
6
64
9
20
40
6
13
90
116
173
202
4
365
19
76
100
16
60
58
498
7
272
95
3
10
11
2
17
261
57
8
140
5
125
27
225
165
3
15
518
26
34
813
2,015
8
9
12
60
253
107
11
1
1
43
2
5
2
2
4
1
18
13
2
101
1
24
2
24
1
1
17
3
3
6
172
1
0
1
19
2
7
1
Orange
51
Pamlico
1
Pasquotank.
• >
Pender.
Clav
Person.
9
Pitt
Polk
3
Randolph
14
5
Currituck
Robeson. ..
Rockingham
Rowan
Rutherford
Sampson
5
Dare
5
Davidson ___
259
Davie .
5
Scotland
•>
Edgecombe
5
Stokes
96
30
Swain
Transylvania
Tyrrell
4
9
3
292
32
377
15
506
4
11
13
63
14
159
Union
10
3
Guilford
Wake . -
28
Halifax
Harnett .
Washington
Watauga
Wayne
6
Hertford
.".
Hoke
Hyde
Yadkin
191
Iredell
1
9.098
6,277
98
Election Returns
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR BY COUNTIES, 1920-1928
Counties
Alamance. ..
Alexander...
Alleghany...
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick ..
Buncombe..
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell....
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham
Cherokee...
Chowan
Clay
Cleveland...
Columbus. .
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck...
Dare
Davidson...
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe.
Forsyth
Franklin
Gaston
Gates
Graham
Granville...
Greene
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood...
Henderson. .
Hertford....
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston...
1920
C CS
o t-
OJ o
274
000
417
340
628
403
559
886
991
311
412
314
394
953
565
094
250
424
219
762
129
763
116
313
464
316
974
846
907
634
432
706
395
250
786
220
812
655
662
664
594
540
902
227
525
165
266
170
351
398
076
«9
4,624
2,643
1,187
422
3,800
2,497
2,212
147
1,010
1,381
8,005
3,566
5,226
3,222
116
2,292
496
5,912
2,895
2,474
162
913
2,978
1,655
604
1,849
69
624
5,844
2,583
2,704
3,494
292
6,759
552
5,749
294
916
793
427
7,788
413
3,318
2,962
3,604
210
156
475
4,194
2,354
5,336
1924
£a
4,934
2,292
1,648
2,391
4,350
460
3,081
1,836
1,691
1,123
10,826
4,089
4,539
3,374
396
2,313
1,074
5,831
3,271
1,767
733
1,004
3,789
2,855
3,081
3,304
639
823
6,558
1,807
2,981
5,233
2,437
7,875
1,987
6,694
664
871
2,218
1,132
9,236
3,329
3,336
4,569
3,066
986
1,160
657
6.505
3,170
4,727
3 =
3,168
2,429
1,242
209
3,891
2,151
1,283
85
600
1,247
6,011
3,227
3,604
2,466
161
1,832
443
6,028
2,752
2,317
80
1,124
1,796
1,428
221
1,093
638
6,202
2,680
1,502
2,752
92
5,256
270
3,467
95
906
433
151
6,453
185
2,824
2,375
3,406
108
112
352
3,608
2,779
4.842
1928
Ota
& °
s a
OQ
5,600
2,430
1,648
3,263
4,097
481
4,062
2,186
2,185
1,214
15,393
3,847
5,991
3,004
696
2,712
1,257
5,759
3,352
2,149
1,084
961
6,453
3,661
3,744
4.312
1,288
977
7,223
1,553
3,361
6,671
4,662
11,176
3,118
8,640
755
1,058
3,241
1,332
13,523
5,379
4,219
4,837
3,881
1,288
1,321
722
6,539
3,356
5.931
Vote for Governor
99
Vote for Governor, 1920-1928 — Continued
19
20
1924
1928
Counties
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Jones
999
2,319
2,882
3,326
2.101
1,330
2,577
2,821
11,221
736
2,305
2,708
4,072
4,342
2,329
1,578
2,081
1,291
1,816
1,611
1,057
1,629
4,156
1,387
5.066
3.219
6,185
4,469
6,427
5,092
2,428
1,671
3,901
2,001
3,569
1,418
1,549
717
4,025
2,459
8,145
1,891
1,115
1 . 753
4,847
2,884
3.530
1,355
2,306
328
1 , 155
1,024
3,127
2,037
3,609
496
2,563
3,360
2,235
2,309
2,242
1,518
472
126
822
1,786
1,011
417
672
480
1,582
834
1,349
6,243
1,134
2,111
3,592
4,853
4.002
5,333
296
4.273
2,899
5.173
2,252
1,659
535
i . 199
804
3,349
244
971
2,600
2.776
153
1.296
:; 295
2,574
711
1,862
2,294
2,948
2,651
1,430
2,012
3,084
8,978
747
2,510
2,872
3,253
5,295
1,705
1,163
2,015
909
1,020
1,219
557
1,603
3,362
1,659
5,395
2,719
4,778
4,481
5,335
5,170
2,089
1,511
3,968
2,298
4,504
1 . 795
1,842
193
2,782
2.271
9.300
1,827
si -
2.4 05
2,659
i 389
2,649
150
677
395
2,679
2,218
3,110
193
2,557
2,128
1,604
2,060
1,848
765
558
101
364
1,193
393
548
208
283
1,004
433
1,407
6,286
504
610
2,569
3,638
3,842
3,316
138
3,529
2,490
4,979
2.177
1 , 775
599
613
2,267
94
2 747
6,148
467
185 627
824
2,110
2,955
3,503
2,544
1,316
2,905
3,859
15.213
985
2,558
3,051
1,853
4,695
2,104
1,426
2,432
1,069
2,278
1.547
884
1 . 125
5.274
1 . 828
5,560
3,679
5 816
4,667
6,324
5,312
2 750
2,036
2,444
1,678
i 8! 5
1,973
540
3,495
2 901
11,856
! 038
3,199
4.1S5
2.714
362.009
301
1,176
3,752
2,542
3,558
300
3.222
7,373
3,316
2 476
Lee
Lenoir .
Lincoln -.
Macon
Madison
Martin
McDowell. _.
Mecklenburg .
Mitchell
M ontgomery
Moore .
3 165
Nash __
1 38°
New Hanover
! 129
Northampton
160
Onslow
7.55
Orange
2,045
810
Pamlico
Pasquotank
430
Pender ..
770
Perquimans
380
Person
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Pitt..
Polk
1 645
Randolph ..
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Richmond
1 ,470
Robeson, .
1,837
Rockingham
4.71:!
Rowan _ _
6,924
Rutherford
5.121
Sampson
5,160
Scotland
341
Stanlv.
4,175
Stokes
Surry .
i 195
Swain.. __ _
2,335
Transylvania. . _
2.010
Tyrrell _
462
tTnion . . . __
1,598
Vance _.
Wake
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4,209
Warren -
Washington. .
! 059
Watauga
Wayne
3,515
Wilkes
Wilson
1 , 25 1
Yadkin.
Yancey ..
2,475
308,151
.'.'in 175
294. 141
100
Election Returns
VOTE FOR STATE TREASURER BY COUNTIES, NOV. 4, 1930
Counties
Alamance..
Alexander. .
Alleghany. .
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick __
Buncombe..
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell- ..
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham...
Cherokee. __
Chowan
Clay
Cleveland . _
Columbus. .
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck. .
Dare
Davidson. __
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe.
Forsyth
Franklin
Gaston
Gates
Graham
Granville
( rreene
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood. ..
Henderson..
Hertford...
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston
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6,512
5,318
2,571
2,154
1,691
1,312
2,110
119
4,067
3,584
331
1,458
3,442
1,260
1,397
58
1,480
439
1,640
1.419
16,491
10,989
4,743
3,838
6.978
4,208
4,834
3,073
416
28
2,936
1,889
971
155
7,289
5,540
3,328
2,551
2,553
2,650
543
14
1,240
1,146
5,164
2,108
2,807
1,232
2,582
487
2,843
781
604
12
957
346
8,313
6,768
2,064
2,074
2.704
964
4,964
2,610
2,640
119
8,841
4,703
1,593
123
10,946
6,671
503
71
1.240
1,186
2,000
130
803
70
12,262
8,899
3,495
133
5,071
3,282
5,382
2,591
4.045
3,777
795
22
1.095
74
348
73
7,677
4.055
3,881
3,226
8,436
5,118
Counties
Jones
Lee
Lenoir
Lincoln
M aeon
Madison
Martin
McDowell
Mecklenburg-
Mitchell
Montgomery .
Moore
Nash
New Hanover
Northampton.
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank..
Pender
Perquimans. ..
Person
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham .
Rowan
Rutherford . . .
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Transylvania.
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake
Warren
Washington..
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson.
Yadkin
Yancey
Totals
b
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573
,597
,058
,032
,707
.743
,682
,059
,362
926
,352
,658
.784
.706
,669
,116
,709
886
,777
989
679
,613
.019
,133
,653
,648
,178
,047
,903
,453
,966
,745
722
739
,430
,018
.318
435
,375
.605
,872
,354
,141
,852
,668
,073
,433
,256
,826
332,157
6
83
479
261
3,756
2,292
2,364
34
2,689
3,132
2,030
1,933
2,014
359
359
78
115
794
737
234
106
82
642
229
1,561
5,662
429
367
3,872
4,651
4,559
3,514
117
4,084
2,502
4,955
2,215
1,971
157
501
152
1,013
32
764
2.740
1,948
3,953
283
2,138
2,521
196,370
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1920
1924
19
26
1930
Counties
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5,289
2,045
1,426
3,375
3,630
404
3,564
1,887
2,000
1,317
10,413
3,311
4,429
2,966
563
2,094
1,253
5,436
3,229
1,753
1,133
763
5,202
3,337
3,463
3.341
974
845
4.933
1.636
3,442
4,772
3,413
8,309
2,799
7,236
812
653
2,671
1,662
9,808
3,547
3,918
4,225
2,522
1,168
1,274
1,169
6,493
2,399
6 081
4,6(14
2,639
1.182
423
3,793
2,496
2,214
145
1,003
1,378
7,914
3,562
5,208
3,208
118
2,289
493
5,907
2,894
2,473
172
913
2,945
1.639
603
1,836
67
624
5,819
2,579
2,699
3.472
247
6,717
540
5,743
294
914
793
427
7,733
404
3,312
2,962
3.498
210
154
476
4,384
2,354
5,332
4,955
2,297
1,658
2,404
4,350
461
3,084
1,836
1,703
1,130
10,536
4,097
4,533
3,383
433
2,311
1,085
5,845
3,430
1,765
735
1,008
3,795
2,848
3,081
3,316
590
837
6,431
1,813
2,995
5,200
2,452
7,871
1,998
0,693
672
865
2,243
1,136
9,373
3,342
3,349
4,569
3,084
985
1,165
676
6,512
3,138
4,787
3,180
2,424
1,220
209
3,891
2,150
1,276
83
584
1,227
5,982
3,199
3,596
2,464
136
1,822
439
6,173
2,731
2,308
79
1,222
1,789
1,425
221
1,085
36
625
6,191
2,676
1,498
2,793
87
5,243
268
3,484
194
909
430
151
6.435
184
2,823
2,476
3.252
106
112
320
3,600
2,800
4,826
4,360
2,320
1,412
1,694
3,908
416
1,242
729
1,457
1,173
8,699
3,550
4,804
2,893
152
2,389
817
5,171
3,133
1,842
228
845
3,040
3,126
1,237
1,835
346
713
6,144
1,953
2,100
3,228
794
4,790
843
4,443
950
858
1,006
503
6,589
1,139
3,278
3,672
3,273
472
753
3(17
4,774
2 550
1 6.079
3,304
2,203
1,073
64
3,404
1,499
197
21
439
1,026
4,411
3,185
3,997
1,580
14
1,112
273
4,688
2,002
2.063
11
952
797
1,002
81
902
12
508
5.971
2,450
650
1,213
16
2,849
138
2,054
175
976
109
31
4,445
109
2,705
1,568
■; 683
31
35
54
1 946
6,346
2,471
1.711
2,122
4,014
399
3,468
1,423
1,468
1,584
15,338
4.581
6,868
4,844
531
2.936
946
7,225
3,324
2.378
545
1,243
5,013
2,673
2.282
2,691
601
1,037
8 339
1,893
2,681
4.803
2,627
7,971
1,605
10.S55
512
1,218
1,961
79;!
1 1 . 699
3,487
1 968
5 . 229
0
1.070
7.39:',
5,550
2,152
Alleghany
1,386
134
Ashe .
3 . 929
Avery
1,797
Beaufort .. .
1.260
Bertie...
61
514
Brunswick .
1,521
12,413
Burke
3,929
Cabarrus
4.3(15
Caldwell .
3,192
Camden
51
Carteret
2,005
Caswell
226
:>.774
2.926
Cherokee .
2.9H2
Chowan
23
Clay
1,164
Cleveland
Columbus
1,319
Craven .. . _.
685
Cumberland
967
Currituck
13
Dare
120
Davidson ...
6,832
Davie . .
2.104
Duplin.
1,047
Durham
3,049
Edgecombe ....
299
Forsvth _. .
5.997
Franklin
170
Oaston
i 01
Gates
79
Graham
1,181
Granville
293
Greene
103
Guilford
Halifax
191
Harnett
18
Haywood
Henderson
2 . 755
3.981
Hertford
Hoke..
86
Hyde
Iredell..
4,256
Jackson
Johnston
:; 255
5 . 1 75
102
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Vote for United States Senator, 1920-1930 — Continued
Counties
Jones
Lee
Lenoir
Lincoln
Macon
Madison
Martin
McDowell
Mecklenburg..
Mitchell
Montgomery..
Moore
Nash
New Hanover.
Northampton.
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank ...
Pender
Perquimans...
Person
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham. .
Rowan
Rutherford
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Transylvania..
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake
Warren
Washington...
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
Totals 310,504
1902
000
,364
881
337
,106
335
574
817
542
737
,337
747
,084
,342
330
,574
,127
291
817
,606
060
, 656
201
390
078
,368
297
,512
,438
111
,433
,702
911
009
581
419
549
717
203
508
307
894
115
757
867
884
539
360
306
<rt
337
1,124
1,021
3,125
2,033
3,610
498
2,568
3,253
2,554
2,294
2,223
1,511
472
127
821
1,727
1,010
416
672
478
1,565
821
1,350
6,239
1.098
2,055
3,587
4,888
3,993
5,289
286
4,275
2,988
5,153
2,252
1,664
535
1,365
768
3,278
240
970
:*.:.: is
2,766
6,458
1,319
3,290
2,574
229,343
1924
s a
03
717
1,874
2,285
2,948
2,648
1,414
2,022
3,082
8,970
745
2.517
2,878
3,281
5,268
1,713
1,172
2,036
909
1,317
1,229
570
1,639
3,403
1,656
5,452
2,724
4,777
4,489
5,350
5,171
2.097
1,498
3,959
2,314
4,511
1,795
1,837
648
2,782
2,263
9,318
1,829
802
2,405
3,797
3,573
2,777
1,393
2.635
!95,404
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146
675
396
2,673
2,212
3,045
190
2,543
2,110
1,604
2,059
1,849
757
501
96
364
1,185
393
236
209
270
982
416
1,408
6,285
503
614
2,573
696
847
279
145
520
485
4,970
2,177
1,770
448
607
354
2,084
94
812
2,659
1,203
ii,147
468
2,874
2,126
184,393
1926
cS
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425
1,374
1,375
3,115
2,542
955
910
2,934
2,877
429
2,266
2,091
1,833
1,050
941
744
1,547
436
609
681
476
1,124
1,617
1,711
5,440
2,414
2,352
3,188
3.372
3,909
'2,564
716
3,263
2,137
4,623
1,876
1,919
500
1,359
1,382
4,554
1,033
2,923
2,731
3,550
896
935
2,219
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291
277
2,847
2,079
1,789
38
2,815
424
925
1,465
1,170
242
103
118
104
741
103
84
98
72
408
127
1,366
5,487
265
252
1,944
1,561
2,861
2.620
61
2,879
2,607
4,607
1,840
1,908
278
228
165
493
20
618
2,895
997
6,014
110
2,131
2,259
218,934 1142,891 ,324,393
1930
.2 3
531
1,499
1,922
4,023
J.S.'..
1,692
1,732
3,922
7,678
938
2,352
2,558
2,699
2,363
1,660
1,099
1,616
1,091
1,785
945
663
1,661
3,232
2,035
5,602
2,597
4,041
5,862
7,622
5,529
3,015
1,745
4,633
2,653
6,449
2,036
2,383
435
2,266
1,595
7,540
1,327
1,139
2,836
4,400
3,076
2,544
1,170
2,793
OK
133
596
367
3,847
2,400
3,127
59
2,766
4,106
2,126
2,007
2,158
448
863
109
198
895
821
316
207
105
723
367
1,554
5,785
590
564
3,979
4.946
4,718
3,679
171
4,141
2,631
5,033
2,232
1,999
156
622
239
1,427
65
723
2,755
2,221
4,022
483
2,267
2,526
210,761
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19
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141
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307
432
3,097
443
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606
809
668
971
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1,927
1,178
550
3,285
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1,193
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176
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172
235
354
380
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1,235
167
232
348
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940
471
339
880
611
478
1,622
496
897
3,910
691
1,075
1,284
1,021
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1,281
718
2,813
2,145
870
5,019
548
1,016
2,037
104
133
54
659
243
108
342
292
435
370
941
448
1,043
3,749
Camden
574
559
603
1,187
520
Hertford _ -
857
Hyde
367
Martin
1,736
1,883
709
Pitt
3,304
479
1,458
Totals
10,201
3,401
16,387
4.478
9,501
23,140
7,209
17,985
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1924
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1,314
1,402
800
978
1,214
1,844
2,098
1,080
3,219
2,092
1,734
1,761
2.484
736
806
498
1,161
1,374
1,033
987
889
2.111
4,483
1,243
5,234
2,701
2,002
2.207
4,148
104
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230
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553
124
144
1.082
1,440
2,523
805
3,502
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137
284
85
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315
8,533
16,312
1,169
7,484
24,129
3.005
15,987
1,124
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vote on constitutional amendments and refer-
endum by counties, 1930.
Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of North Carolina and
Referendum Submitted to a Vote of the People at the
General Election November 4, 1930.
Constitutional Amendment Rejected
Amendment to Section 6, Article IV — Increasing the number of
Supreme Court Justices from five to seven.
Chapter 142, Public Laws, 1929.
That Section 6 of Article IV of the Constitution of North Caro-
lina be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 6. Supreme Court Justices. The Supreme Court shall
consist of a Chief Justice and six Associates.
Constitutional Amendment Rejected
Amendment to Section 23, Article IV — Providing for Solici-
torial Districts.
Chapter 140, Public Laws, 1929.
That Section 23 of Article IV of the Constitution of North
Carolina be amended to read as follows :
Sec. 23. The State shall be divided into twenty solicitorial
districts, for each of which a solicitor shall be chosen by the quali-
fied voters thereof, as is prescribed for members of the General
Assembly, who shall hold office for the term of four years, and
prosecute on behalf of the State, in all criminal actions in the
Superior Courts, and advise the officers of justices in his district.
But the General Assembly may reduce or increase the number of
districts.
Constitutional Amendment Rejected
Amendment to Section 3, Article V — Authorizing the classifi-
cation of real and personal property.
Chapter 108, Public Laws, 1929.
(a.) That Section 3 of Article V of the Constitution of North
Carolina be amended to read as follows:
Amendment and Referendum 113
Sec. 3. Taxation shall be ad valorem and uniform as to each
class of property. Laws shall be passed taxing, by a rule that is
uniform as to each class of property, all moneys, credits, invest-
ments in bonds, stocks, joint-stock companies, or otherwise; and,
also, all real and personal property according to its true value in
money. The General Assembly may adopt such classification of real
property and of personal property as it may find to be reasonable.
The General Assembly may also tax trades, professions, franchises,
and incomes: Provided, the rate of tax on incomes shall not in any
case exceed six percent (6r/c), and there shall be allowed the fol-
lowing exemptions, to be deducted from the amount of annual in-
comes, to-wit; for married man with a wife living with him, or
to a widow, or widower having minor child or children, natural
or adopted, not less than $2,000; to all other persons not less than
$1,000; and there may be allowed other deductions (not including
living expenses), so that only net incomes are taxed.
(b.) That Section 9 of Article VII as to uniformity of muni-
cipal ad valorem taxes be repealed.
REFERENDUM ADOPTED
Referendum Authorizing Issuance of an Additional $2,000,000
World War Veterans Loan Bonds.
Under Chapter 298, Public Laws, 1929 a referendum was held
on the issuance of two million dollars loan fund bonds, the pro-
ceeds to be added to the present revolving fund for lending money
for the purchase of homes to the veterans of the World War, or
the Spanish-American War, or the Philippine Insurrection or the
China Relief Expedition, who at the time of entering such service
resided in North Carolina and saw service for a period of sixty
days, and a majority of the votes was cast in the affirmative on
the proposition for "World War Veterans Loan Bonds" authoriz-
ing the issuance of said bonds.
114
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Counties
Amendment Providing
World War Veterans'
for Solicitorial
Loan
Districts
Fund Bonds
For
Against
For
Against
1,702
3,060
4,140
2,347
948
1,449
1,594
1,279
69
682
196
647
251
1,450
800
1,091
395
1,850
1,056
1,698
195
212
594
192
893
1,873
1,713
1,403
170
721
561
499
382
954
641
796
442
239
1,064
322
10.651
3,904
15,221
2,744
995
1 . 300
3,063
965
3,049
2,062
5.363
1,516
1,284
1.390
2,705
977
89
106
293
44
379
1,025
1,441
316
390
279
547
210
2,978
1,668
4,449
1,553
432
3,856
1,469
3,226
1,080
946
1,864
776
92
305
204
229
300
84
228
131
1,390
2,074
2,828
1,515
688
1,649
1,366
1,400
578
890
1,648
498
755
2,151
1,762
1,552
219
127
406
56
193
130
360
67
2,846
5,895
3,613
5,786
372
802
765
614
597
2,161
968
1,961
2,276
1,715
3,729
1,293
440
1,623
1,258
1,023
3,207
4,541
5,441
3,719
320
1,053
872
683
4,731
2,930
8,492
1,889
36
238
94
212
408
255
698
275
584
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1,044
666
70
592
223
476
5,850
4,592
8,190
3,949
1,342
1,364
1,868
906
888
4,242
2,450
3,238
2,090
1,593
4,329
926
1,717
1,057
3,214
741
159
439
265
385
128
786
386
599
83
152
206
91
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3,561
3,487
2,992
915
583
1,381
554
1,060
2,748
2,679
2,117
Alamance..
Alexander..
Alleghany..
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick .
Buncombe.
Burke
Cabarrus...
Caldwell. __
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham. ..
Cherokee...
Chowan
Clay
Cleveland..
Columbus..
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck..
Dare
Davidson _ .
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe.
Forsyth
Franklin
Gaston
Gates
Graham
Granville...
Greene
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood..
Henderson..
Hertford
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Johns ton...
Vote on Constitutional Amendments
115
Vote on Foregoing Amendments — Continued
Counties
Amendment Providing
for Solicitorial
Districts
World Wai
Lo
Fund
Veterans'
m
3onds
For
Against
For
Against
50
414
484
977
923
500
188
2,138
3,364
326
388
722
615
1.354
310
107
565
166
620
154
213
486
361
497
851
582
1,228
2,205
2,676
1,544
547
413
859
549
1,214
1,480
1,090
118
698
355
2,246
193
176
1,046
888
919
622
168
886
382
1,165
1,247
1,466
457
801
1,223
1,110
2,470
342
1,848
2,702
1,836
621
1,109
892
879
523
545
601
366
751
2,527
637
4,964
1,342
2,570
2,026
3,003
3,212
2,995
671
2,343
1,567
1,667
386
606
207
988
924
4,484
760
1,034
786
3,538
1,946
1,450
2,011
1,072
244
998
963
1,468
1,460
1,200
467
2,509
4,850
676
890
1,788
1,310
2,046
842
206
1,012
819
1,021
579
391
1,012
964
628
1,871
1,660
2,440
3,303
4,356
2,845
1,039
884
1,563
1,094
2,780
3,668
1.682
215
1,003
735
4,472
451
624
1,629
1,369
1,770
1,214
585
1,487
247
727
865
1 310
649
534
Martin . ..
1,050
McDowell
Mecklenburg _ _ _ ._
998
2,032
Mitchell .
305
Montgomery . . .
1,550
1,281
Nash_._ _
New Hanover -
1,314
484
745
821
Orange . .
757
Pamlico
280
Pasquotank. _ ..
Pender.- .
380
328
Perquimans
218
Person.. . ..
568
Pitt. ..
2,068
Polk
637
Randolph.
4,624
Richmond. ___-
842
Robeson ... . -_-
1,645
Rockingham. ...
1,519
Rowan. . . .
2,294
Rutherford . -.
2,719
Sampson
2,807
Scotland.. _...
444
Stanly
2,139
Stokes
1,394
Surry
1,291
Swain
311
Transylvania
485
Tyrrell . . -
150
Union . .
999
Vance .
643
Wake
3,083
Warren
603
Washington ..
781
Watauga . . .
721
Wayne.. . ..
3,326
Wilkes....
1,688
Wilson
1,061
Yadkin
1,746
Yancey
928
Totals
102,705
153,332
180,184
121,546
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Vote on Foregoing Amendments — Continued
Counties
Alamance _.
Alexander..
Alleghany.,
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick..
Buncombe..
Burke
Cabarrus...
Caldwell...
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba.. _
Chatham...
Cherokee. ..
Chowan
Clay
Cleveland. .
Columbus. .
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck. .
Dare
Davidson..
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe.
Forsyth
Franklin
Gaston
Gates
Graham
Granville
Greene
Guilford....
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood . . .
Henderson..
Hertford
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston
Amendment Increasing
Amendment Authorizing
Supreme Court to
Classification of
Seven Members
Property
For
Against
For
Against
1,811
3,636
2,271
3,064
844
1,621
930
1,503
74
750
99
683
191
1,575
246
1,475
232
2,116
763
1,750
210
334
511
203
660
2,236
881
1,879
117
880
259
688
246
1,175
474
946
416
374
721
196
10,669
5,806
13,134
3,255
935
1,444
1,175
1,429
3,296
2,535
3,678
1,999
987
1,818
1,887
1,327
79
153
166
78
249
1,122
450
1,114
257
447
341
334
2,528
2,309
2,867
1,780
314
4,076
699
3,679
1,020
1,250
1,602
754
96
339
150
275
154
154
109
84
1,105
2,683
1,731
1,989
399
2,116
804
1,711
478
1,251
715
989
767
2,230
636
2,046
213
169
225
129
179
147
173
152
2,572
6,570
3,065
6,003
356
922
483
783
263
2,392
320
2,295
2,468
2,190
2,545
1,712
463
1,730
745
1,596
3,357
5,245
3,412
4,780
183
1,272
246
1,141
4,871
3,425
5,027
2,970
35
281
57
229
437
314
442
237
584
1,156
588
1,108
41
665
79
594
5,616
5,818
6,866
4,423
1,113
1,828
1,030
1,608
764
4,113
922
4,293
2,021
2,104
2,453
1,626
1,571
1,710
2,487
891
98
577
156
472
94
891
185
770
61
195
90
163
1,987
3,987
2,399
3,438
1,007
645
1,062
594
973
3,389
1,476
3,116
Vote on Constitutional Amendments 117
Vote on Foregoing Amendments — Continued
Counties
Jones
Lee
Lenoir
Lincoln
Macon
Madison
Martin
McDowell
Mecklenburg.
Mitchell
Montgomery.
Moore
Nash
New Hanover
Northampton.
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico.
Pasquotank . .
Pender
Perquimans . .
Person.
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham..
Rowan.
Rutherford.. .
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Transylvania.
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake
Warren
Washington. .
Watauga
Wavne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
Totals...
Amendment Increasing
Supreme Court to
Seven Members
For
37
283
444
1,038
833
412
136
2,232
3,721
240
359
750
512
1,423
131
57
539
149
453
150
175
404
269
357
925
698
903
1,772
2,638
1,425
519
379
867
485
1,154
1,406
992
64
497
358
2,065
149
175
946
759
812
472
179
860
96,062
Against
432
373
413
527
820
107
365
161
3,200
427
2,075
2,781
2,021
938
1,441
963
1.110
638
758
674
440
966
2,768
795
5,378
1,672
3,051
2,294
3,568
3,801
3,262
684
2,550
1,674
2,031
518
866
326
1.470
999
5,205
916
1,112
986
3,970
2,168
1,668
2,073
1,350
180,950
Amendment Authorizing
Classification of
Property
For
63
429
506
1,116
1,255
871
203
2,384
3,684
242
690
886
694
1,975
324
107
649
199
573
224
305
511
415
622
1,025
791
1,087
2.358
3,336
1,864
878
640
923
724
1,204
1,548
1,183
177
792
314
2,280
311
261
968
1,384
1.417
697
260
1,083
120,264
Against
389
1,154
1,331
1,375
457
673
1,275
1.007
2,459
359
1,746
2,537
1,802
538
1,181
886
892
565
562
590
331
783
2,601
627
4,878
1,511
2,652
1,908
2,838
3,165
2,922
609
2,372
1,531
1,726
397
663
197
969
896
4.850
749
1.003
964
3,308
1,760
1,392
1.892
1 . 155
152.7611
PART V
CEiNSUS
1. Population and Area of the Several States and Terri-
tories, 1910, 1930.
2. Population (Estimated) of North Carolina, 1675-1786.
3. Census of North Carolina, 1790-1840.
4. Census of North Carolina, 1850-1930.
5. Population of North Carolina Cities and Towns, 1900-
1930.
6. North Carolina Counties and County Seats.
7. Summary of North Carolina's Economic Progress, 1900-
1929.
Population and Area of United States 121
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1675 4,000
1701 5,000
1707 7,000
1715 11,000
1729 35,000
1752 100,000
1765 200,000
1771 - 250,000
1786 350,000
124
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CENSUS OF
NORTH CAROLINA, 1790-i850
Counties
Date of
Forma-
tion
1790
1800
1810
1820
1830
1840
1850
1 Alamance
1840
1847
1859
1749
1799
11 444
2 Alexander
5,220
3 Alleghanv
4 Anson _
5,133
8,146
2,783
8,831
3,694
12,534
4,335
14,095
6,987
15,077
7,467
13 489
5 Ashe
8,777
6 Avery
7 Beaufort .
1705
1722
1734
1764
1791
1777
1792
1841
1777
1722
1777
1842
1770
1839
1672
1861
1841
1808
1712
1754
1672
1870
1822
1836
1749
1881
1732
1849
1779
1846
1779
1872
1746
1799
1770
1758
1855
I SOS
1838
1759
1911
1705
1788
1851
1746
1779
1907
1791
1779
1842
5,462
12,606
5,084
3,071
8,118
6,242
11,249
7,028
4,110
5,812
9,929
5,094
7,203
11,218
5,671
4,778
9,277
11,007
6,158
9,850
10,805
7,276
5,480
10,542
13,411
7,248
10,969
12,262
7,811
6,516
16,281
17,888
8,810
12,225
12,175
8,022
5,265
10,084
15.799
9,259
13 816
8 Bertie
12 851
9 Bladen.
9 767
10 Brunswick _
7 272
11 Buncombe
13 4''5
12 Burke
13 Cabarrus
7,772
9 747
14 Caldwell
6,317
6,049
6,939
15,269
8 862
15 Camden
4,033
3,732
10,096
4,191
4,399
8,701
5,347
4,823
11,757
6,347
5.609
13.253
6,733
6,597
15,785
5,663
6,592
14,693
16 Carteret... . .
17 Caswell
18 Catawba.. __ _
19 Chatham
9,221
11,861
12,977
12',661
15,405
16,242
3.427
6,690
18,449
6,838
6,721
20 Cherokee..
21 Chowan . .
5,011
5,132
5.297
6,464
6.697
22 Clav
23 Cleveland
10,396
5 909
24 Columbus
3,022
12,676
9,382
6,985
3,912
13,394
14.446
8.098
4,141
13.734
14,834
7,655
3,941
13,438
15,284
6,703
25 Craven
10,469
8,671
5,219
10,245
9,264
6,928
14 709
26 Cumberland
20,610
7 236
27 Currituck
28 Dare....
29 Davidson.. ._
13,389
14,606
7.574
11.182
15,320
7 866
30 Davie
31 Duplin
5,662
6,796
7,863
9,744
11,291
13 514
32 Durham
33 Edgecombe
34 Forsyth
10,225
10,421
12,423
13,276
14,935
15,708
17,189
11,168
35 Franklin
36 Gaston
7,559
8,529
10,166
9,741
10,665
10,980
11,713
8 173
37 Gates
5,392
5,881
5,965
6,837
7,866
8,161
8 426
38 Graham
39 Granville
""40 Greene*... .
41 Guilford
42 Halifax
43 Harnett
10.982
6,983
7,191
13,965
14,015
4,218
9,442
13,945
15,576
4,867
11,420
13,620
18.222
4,533
14.511
17.237
19.355
6,413
18,737
17.739
18,817
6.595
19,175
16,865
21,249
6,619
19,754
16,589
44 Haywood
2,780
4,073
4,578
4,975
5.129
4,484
7 074
45 Henderson _
6,853
46 Hertford
5,828
6,701
6,052
7,712
8,537
8 142
47 Hoke _
48 Hyde
4,120
5,435
4,829
8,856
6,029
10.972
4,967
13.071
6,184
14.918
6,458
15.685
7 636
49 Iredell
50 Jackson _
14,719
51 Johnston
52 Jones ...
5,634
4,822
6,30!
4,339
6,867
4,968
9,607
5,216
10,938
5.608
10,599
4,945
13.726
5 038
53 Lee
54 Lenoir
55 Lincoln
56 McDowell
9,224
4,005
12,660
5,572
16,359
6,799
18,147
7,723
22,455
7,605
26,160
7,828
7,746
6.246
*In 1758 Dobbs County was formed from part of Johnston. In 1791 Dobbs was divided into Le-
noir and Glasgow. In 1799 the name of Glasgow was changed to Greene.
North Carolina
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Area in
1860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
l'$0
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Miles
11,852
11,874
14,613
18,271
25,665
28,712
32,718
42,140
492
1
6,022
6,868
8,355
9,430
10,960
11,592
12,212
12,922
289
2
3,598
3,691
5,486
6,523
7,759
7,745
7,403
7,186
234
3
13,664
12,428
17,994
20,027
21,870
25,465
28,334
29,349
556
4
7,956
9,573
14,437
15,628
19,581
19,074
21,001
10,335
31,024
21,019
11,803
35,026
427
238
840
5
6
14,766
13,011
17,474
21,072
26,404
30,877
14,310
12,950
16,399
19,176
20,538
23,039
23,993
25,844
703
8
11,995
12,831
16,158
16,763
17,677
18,006
19,761
22,389
976
9
8,406
7,754
9,389
10,900
12,657
14,432
14,876
15,818
790
10
12,654
15,412
21,909
35,206
44,288
49,798
64,148
97,937
682
11
9,237
9,777
12,809
14,939
17,699
21,408
23,297
29,410
534
12
10,546
11,954
14,964
18,142
22,456
26,240
33,730
44,331
390
13
7,497
8,476
10,291
12,298
15,694
20,579
19,984
28,016
471
14
5,343
5,361
6,274
5,667
5,474
5,640
5,382
5,461
220
15
8,186
9,010
9,784
10,825
11,811
13,776
15,384
16,900
573
16
16,215
16,081
17,825
16,028
15,028
14,858
15.759
18.214
402
17
10,729
10,984
14,946
18,689
22,123
27,918
33,839
43.991
408
18
19,101
19,723
23,453
25,413
23,912
22,635
23,814
24,177
696
19
9.166
8,080
8,182
9,976
11,860
14,136
15,242
16,151
454
20
6,842
6,450
7,900
9,167
10,258
11,303
10,649
11,282
165
21
2,461
3,316
4,197
4,532
3,909
4,646
5,434
220
22
12,348
12,696
16,571
20,394
25,078
29,494
34,272
51,914
496
23
8,597
8,474
14,439
17,856
21,274
28,020
30,124
37,720
933
24
16,268
20,516
19,729
20,533
24,164
25,594
29,048
30,665
660
25
16,369
17,035
23,836
27,321
29,249
35,284
35,064
45,219
670
26
7,415
5,131
6,476
6,747
6,529
7,693
7,268
6,710
292
27
2,778
3,244
3,768
4,757
4.841
5,115
5,202
377
28
16,601
17,414
20,333
21,702
23,403
29,404
35,201
47,865
569
29
8,494
9,620
11,096
11,621
12,115
13,394
13,578
14,386
258
30
15,784
15,542
18,773
18,690
22,405
25,442
30,223
35,103
790
31
18,141
26,233
35,276
42,219
.67,196
312
32
17,376
22,970
26,181
24,113
26,591
32,010
37,995
47.894
509
33
12,692
13,050
18,078
28,434
35,261
47,311
77,269
111,681
388
34
14,107
14,135
20.829
21,098
25,116
24,692
26,1,67
29,456
468
35
9,307
12,602
14,254
17,764
27,903
37,063-
51,242
78,093
363
36
8,443
7,724
8,897
10,252
10,413
10,455
10,537
10,551
359
37
2 , 335
3,313
4,343
23,263
4,749
4,872
5.841
298
38
23,396
24,831
31 ! 286
24^840
25! 102
26,846
28,723
503
39
7,925
8,687
10,037
10,039
12,038
13,083
16,212
18,656
252
40
20,056
22,736
23,585
28,052
39,074
60,497
79,272
133,010
691
41
19,442
20,408
30,300
28,908
30,793
37,646
43,766
53,246
676
42
8,039
8,895
10,862
13,700
15,988
22,174
28,313
37,911
588
43
5,081
7,921
10,271
13,346
16,222
21,020
23,496
28,273
546
44
10,448
7,706
10,281
12,589
14,104
16,262
18,248
23,404
358
45
9,504
9,273
11,843
13,851
14,294
15,436
16,294
11,722
8,386
17,542
14,244
8,550
341
417
46
47
7,732
6,445
7,765
8,903
9,278
8,840
617 4S
15,347
16,931
22,675
25,462
29,064
34,315
37,956
46,693
588
49
5,515
6,683
7,343
9,512
11,853
12,998
13,396
17,519
494
50
15,656
16,897
23,461
27,239
32,250
41,401
48.99S
57,621
807
51
5,730
5,002
7,491
7,403
8,226
8,721
9,912
10,428
417
52
11,376
22.769
13,400
29,555
16,996
35,716
261
53
10,220
10,434
15,344
14,879
18,639
390 54
8,195
9,573
11,061
12,586
15,498
17,132
17,862
22,872
299 55
7,120
7,592
9,836
10,939
12,567
13,538
16,763
20,336
400
56
126
Census
Census of North Carolina, 1790-1850-
—Continued
/
Counties
V
Date of
Forma-
tion
1790
1800
1810
1820
1830
1840
1850
57 Macon
ISL'S
1851
1774
1762
1861
1779
1784
1777
1729
1741
1734
1752
1872
1672
1875
1672
1791
1760
1855
1779
1779
1786
1785
1753
1779
1784
1899
1841
1789
1771
1871
1861
1729
1842
1881
1770
1779
1799
1849
1779
1777
1855
1850
1833
5,333
4,869
6,389
58 Madison
59 Martin.
60 Mecklenburg...
61 Mitchell ..
6,080
11,395
5,629
10,439
5,987
14,272
6,320
16,895
8,539
20,073
7,637
18,273
8,307
13,914
62 Montgomery
63 Moore
4,725
3,770
7,393
6,831
9,981
5,387
12,216
7,677
4,767
6,975
7,060
12,353
5,623
16,362
8,430
6,367
7,268
11,465
13,082
6,669
20,135
8,693
7,128
8,125
10,866
13,242
7,016
23,492
10,919
7,745
8,490
10,959
13,391
7,814
23,908
10,780
7,988
9,047
13,312
13,369
7,527
24,356
6,872
9,342
64 Nash.
10,657
65 New Hanover
66 Northampton
67 Onslow..
17,668
13,335
8,283
68 Orange .
17,055
69 Pamlico
70 Pasquotank
5,497
5,379
7,674
8,008
8,641
8,514
8,950
71 Pender
72 Perquimans
5,440
8,275
5,708
6,402
9,084
6,052
6,642
9,169
6,857
9,029
10,001
7,419
10,027
12,093
7,346
9,790
11,806
7,332
73 Person
74 Pitt
10,781
13,397
75 Polk .
76 Randolph
7,276
5,055
5,326
6,187
15,828
7,808
6,065
9,234
5,623
6,839
8,277
20,064
10,753
6,719
10,112
6,695
7,528
10,316
21,543
13,202
6,620
11,331
7,537
8,204
11,474
26,009
15,351
8,908
12,406
9,396
9,433
12,935
20,786
17,557
11,634
12,875
8,909
10,370
13,442
12,109
19,202
12,157
15,832
77 Richmond . .
9,818
78 Robeson
12,826
79 Rockingham __
80 Rowan
81 Rutherford
14,495
13,870
13,550
82 Sampson
14,585
83 Scotland
84 Stanly..
6,922
85 Stokes..
8,528
7,191
11,026
9,509
11,645
10,306
14,033
12,320
16,196
14,504
16,265
15,079
9,206
86 Surry
18,443
87 Swain .
89 Tyrrell...
4,744
3,395
3,364
4,319
4,732
4,657
5,133
90 Union
10,151
91 Vance
92 Wake.
10,192
9,397
13,437
11,284
2,422
17,086
11,004
3,464
20,102
11,158
3,986
20,398
11,877
4,452
21,118
12,919
4,525
24,888
93 Warren
13,912
94 Washington
5,664
95 Watauga
3,400
96 Wavne
6,133
8,143
6,772
7,247
8,687
9,054
9,040
9,967
10,331
11,968
10,891
12,577
13,486
97 Wilkes
12,899
98 Wilson
99 Yadkin
100 Yancey
5,962
8,204
Totals..
393,751
478,103
555,500
638,829
737,987
753,409
869,039
North Carolina
127
Census of North Carolij^, 1860-1930 — Continue
Land
Area in
I860
1870
1880
1890
1900
1910
1920
1930
Square
Mites
(3,004
6,615
8,064
10,102
12,104
12,191
12,887
13,672
513
57
5,908
8,192
12,810
17,805
20,644
20,132
20,083
20,311.;
436
58
10,195
9,647
13,140
15,221
15,383
17,797
20,826
23,400
438
59
17,374
24,299
34,175
42,673
55,268
67,031
80,695
127,971
597
60
4,705
7,487
9,435
9,374
12,807
11,239
15,221
14,197
17,245
14,967
11,278
14,607
13,962
16.218
213
498
61
7,649
62
11,427
12,048
16,821
20,479
23,622
17,010
21,388
28,215
639
63
11,687
11,077 ■
17,731
20,707
25,478
33,727
41,051
52,782
586
64
21,715
27,978
21,376
24,026
25,785
32,037
40,620
43,010
216
65
13,372
14,749
20,032
21,242
21,150
22,323
23,184
27.161
504
66
8,856
7,569
9,829
10,303
11,940
14,125
14,703
15,289
743
67
16,947
17,507
23 , 698
14,948
14,690
15',064
17,895
21,171
390
68
6,323
10,369
7,146
10,748
8,045
13,660
9,966
9,060
17,670
9,299
' 19.143
350
223
69
8,940
8,131
70
12,468
9,466
12,514
9,293
13,381
10,091
15,471
11,054
14,788
11,137
15,686
10,668
815
252
71
7,238
7,745
72
11,221
11,170
13,719
15,151
16,685
17,356
18,973
22,039
391
73
16,080
17,276
21,794
25,519
30,889
36,340
45,569
54,466
627
74
4,043
4,319
5,062
5,902
' 7,004
7,640
8,832
10,216
251
75
16,793
17.551
20,836
25,195
28,232
29,491
30,856
36,259
803
76
11,009
12,882
18,245
23,948
15,855
19,673
25,567
34,016
521
77
15,489
16,262
23.380
31,483
40,371
51,945
54.674
66,512
990
78
16,746
15,718
21,744
25,363
33,163
36,442
44,149
51.083
579
7"
14,589
16,810
19.965
24,123
31,066
37,521
44,062
56,665
489
V!()
11,573
13,121
15,198
18,770
25,101
28,385
31,426
40,452
544
81
16,624
16,436
22,894
25,096
26,380
29,982
36,002
40.082
886
82
12.553
15,220
15,363
19,909
15,600
27,42')
20,174
30,216
349
416
83
7,801
8,315
10,505
12,136
84
10,402
11,208
15,353
17,199
19,866
20,151
20,575
22,290
480 85
10,380
11,252
15,302
19,281
25,515
29,705
32,464
39,749
520
86
3,784
5,340
4,545
6,577
5,881
4,225
8,401
6,620
4,980
10,403
7,191
5,219
13,224
9,303
4,849
11,568
9,589
5,164
553
379
390
S7
3,536
4,173
SS
4,944
v
11,202
12,217
18,056
21,259
27,150
33,277
36,029
40,979
565 90
17,581
49,207
16,684
54,626
19,425
63,229
22,799
75,155
27,294
94.757
279
824
91
28,627
35,617
47,939
92
15,726
17,768
22,619
19,360
19,151
20,266
21,593
23.364
425
93
6,357
6,516
8,928
10,200
10,608
11,062
11,429
11 -.603
327
94
4,957
5,287
8,160
10,611
13,417
13,556
13,447
15,165
303 95
14,905
18,144
24,951
26,100
31,356
35,698
43,640
53,013
571
06
14,749
15,539
19,181
22,675
26,872
30,282
32,644
36,162
735
97
9,720
12,258
16,064
18,644
23,596
28,269
36,813
44,914
373
98
10,714
10,697
12,420
13,790
14,083
15,428
16,391
is. mo
312
99
8,655
5,909
7,694
9,490
11,464
12,072
15,093
14,486
298
100
992,622
1,071,361
1,399,750
1,617,947
1,893,810
2,206,287
2,559,123
3,170,276
48,580
128
Census
POPULATION OF NORTH CAROLINA CITIES AND TOWNS
1900-1930
City or Town
County
1930
1920
1910
1900
157
1,382
237
230
1,940
3,493
78
858
183
280
1,429
2,691
159
794
Moore -
559
Columbus.-
Davie. .
283
924
2,116
118
273
Hertford
302
1,382
Rutherford ..
831
146
1,634
375
486
926
98
936
221
486
681
Cherokee
1,748
760
532
863
290
628
131
Anson
Wake
349
Randolph .
178
145
182
Pitt
151
1,865
18,762
115
524
543
440
77
990
195
416
137
Randolph
5,021
50,193
331
685
1,041
429
119
1,607
631
426
340
361
330
468
131
2,987
2,458
4,121
248
1,522
715
3,739
1,149
494
2,559
28,504
296
610
803
524
99
1,673
518
332
264
274
309
349
108
2,968
1,816
2,941
190
1,123
324
2,176
817
354
992
Buncombe
14,694
Pender
Bertie...
342
Beaufort
314
Sampson ..
61
Pitt
557
Nash
Mitchell .
511
Hath
Beaufort
283
211
370
56
2,483
2,863
1,176
400
Battleboro
Edgecombe and Nash
Pamlico
229
292
Carteret
2,195
Beaufort
383
145
800
384
Gaston .
1,529
569
1,100
Bethel
Pitt
457
Big Lick*
162
173
697
219
311
276
261
796
132
313
819
365
737
587
503
158
672
156
976
228
172
755
274
531
459
338
828
71
Black Creek
Wilson .
196
Buncombe .
200
Blowing Rock _.
331
Columbus .
604
Boiling Springs ..
199
699
178
85
179
28
209
Watauga
1,295
394
238
214
374
162
206
418
155
Yadkin...
183
Bostic
97
Bowdens
Duplin.. _
Towns marked * are not listed in the U. S. Census, 1930.
Cities and Towns
129
Population of Cities and Towns — Continued
City or Town
County
1930
1920
1910
1900
Transylvania
Wilson
2,339
1,658
919
50
348
149
725
584
Bridgersville*
42
Bridgeton
Craven
Lee
721
347
694
416
1,806
77
376
96
243
1,209
9,737
866
538
287
462
5,117
96
1,242
1,129
909
216
292
340
325
1,311
2,699
82,675
106
2,756
1,258
548
250
709
Catawba
Onlnmhns
Swain
882
78
291
612
66
249
417
Buie
Robeson _ _.
Harnett .. .
Harnett. .
Franklin
150
1,040
5,952
Pender .
956
4., 808
422
387
Alamance
3 , 692
Yancey
207
Duplin.
405
241
267
2,584
Moore
259
160
1,393
218
Montgomery
Canton _ _ _ .
Haywood.
230
1,129
962
645
Moore .
863
383
605
Cary .
Wake
333
Nash
263
250
262
1,121
1,483
46,338
99
1,884
1,027
219
222
323
1,242
1,149
34,014
76
1,153
852
127
297
147
276
1,441
426
1,101
344
160
189
80
848
122
8.715
158
163
Catawba.. .. ...
169
Columbus
123
Columbus
243
Chapel Hill
Orange
1,099
Mecklenburg
18,091
Cherry. _
Washington..
Cherry ville . _-
Gaston .. .
1,008
887
Beaufort
Catawba
368
150
458
1,533
435
2,712
458
562
229
136
864
340
11,820
196
384
973
435
135
368
1,423
366
2,110
363
526
215
123
738
168
9,903
160
160
Columbus
Johnston
754
Rowan -. .
198
Clinton
Sampson .. __
958
Clyde
Haywood
244
Harnett
Bertie
.Mir
Caldwell
57
Tyrrell
382
Polk
334
Cabarrus
7.911)
Edgecombe
132
Connelly Springs _ _
681
421
246
413
400
1,230
90
194
388
350
181
225
196
294
1,141
92
258
392
393
190
833
74
308
;m
I?:.
224
Culberson..
Cherokee
Towns marked * are not listed in the CJ, 8. Census, 1930.
130
Census
Population of Cities and Towns — Continued
City or Town
County
1930
1920
1910
1900
Cumberland..
80
1,397
1,156
300
1,065
1,056
343
Gaston..
1,489
1,445
160
180
10
540
222
284
446
621
781
189
147
4,558
52,037
470
1,062
514
904
Lenoir
Delco
Columbus -
210
Davidson
559
243
228
368
670
392
99
240
2,805
21,719
508
320
282
277
360
737
Lincoln..
199
279
Surry
327
Craven
Burke.
Dublin
Bladen
Wayne
164
1,823
18,241
522
Harnett ...
1,072
Durham
6,679
Yadkin.. .
444
East Flat Rock
East Kings Mountain*
East Laurinburg
835
541
1,011
2,239
2,777
153
8,925
335
1,195
452
383
473
425
1,648
383
577
881
1,729
2,789
171
8,412
117
886
377
293
""266"
1,167
81
162
146
248
441
730
519
352
813
1,111
2,098
3,563
124
10,057
765
2,357
488
431
615
373
2,234
Chowan. .
3,046
Beaufort
99
Elizabeth Citv
Pasquotank.
6,348
Bladen
144
Elkin
Surry. .
860
Elk Park*
Avery ..
498
Rutherford
172
Richmond .. -.
Alamance .
638
Halifax.
361
93
198
270
189
806
1,314
589
434
279
187
2,056
13,049
4,069
187
230
139
397
1,000
477
348
200
198
1,780
8,877
2,312
123
Martin. _. .
127
Evergreen. __ _
Fair Bluff
328
Robeson
432
Duplin . .
308
Faith
Rowan.
Falkland
Pitt
132
816
7,045
1,592
137
189
329
379
139
Pitt
262
Cumberland
4,670
Forest City _
Rutherford .
1,090
Wake
157
Pitt
360
684
1,094
676
1,320
1,316
963
509
476
284
17,093
320
121
243
583
773
631
1,058
1,294
555
301
376
263
12,871
Four Oaks.. - .
Johnston . .. ..
Macon
171
335
Franklin
809
951
127
761
Wayne.
435
Wake
Wake
284
169
5,759
203
154
Northampton
269
Gaston . .
4,610
200
Germantown .
Stokes. . .
132
129
Towns marked * are not listed in the U. S. Census, 1930.
Cities and Towns
131
Population of Cities and Towns — Continued
City or Town
County
1930
1920
1910
1900
Scotland
417
1,605
529
138
136
156
121
14,985
312
2,972
66
2,147
507
53,569
9,194
403
377
435
321
508
83
4,801
297
337
264
1,302
346
132
90
261
130
11,296
239
2,366
Alamance-Guilford
Burke -
1,162
308
119
102
304
126
6,107
240
2,504
521
137
McDowell -_-
Cumberland
Gold Hill
Rowan .
Martin
514
Gold Point
124
Wayne
5.877
Chatham. . _
Alamance
2,052
Caldwell
1,101
466
19,861
5,772
375
463
296
299
474
381
363
15,895
4,101
291
330
209
314
452
277
Rowan _
Guilford —
10.035
Pitt
2. 5ii5
Pitt...
229
Pitt...
277
Cleveland _
174
Halifax _
306
Martin... . ...
493
Guilford
Richmond
3,808
175
2 , 173
205
639
Rutherford..
Iredell
Hardin Mills*
230
140
90
205
159
169
305
105
1,168
6,345
5,070
1,914
7,363
1,514
443
36,745
246
1,232
557
569
362
153
307
971
637
650
800
596
269
131
85
257
141
484
5,222
3,720
1,704
5,076
1,062
313
14,302
172
1,180
336
385
333
107
294
783
495
403
833
447
224
109
Hassell
Martin
Clay
Chatham .
162
428
4,503
2,818
1,841
3,716
487
267
9,525
140
857
165
175
261
126
204
964
443
411
591
398
154
124
107
527
3,746
1,917
Perquimans .
1,382
Catawba ..
2,525
Catawba.
Macon
249
High Point
Guilford
4,163
Burke. ..
109
Orange..
707
122
Richmond .- .
184
Wake --
219
Hollvville
Pamlico -
139
Hope Mills
881
Madison
445
Caldwell
Mecklenburg
533
Ingold*
V,
129
677
267
783
344
22:i
579
441
656
389
505
398
60
184
799
109
235
296
838
196
SKi,
230
Joneshoro _
640
Towns marked * are not listed in the U. S. Census, 1930.
132
Census
Population of Cities and Towns — Continued
City or Town
County
1930
1920
1910
1900
Yadkin
Buncombe
1.306
100
458
400
965
1,754
75
5,632
11,362
220
243
1,500
204
405
1,388
267
201
270
127
3,312
728
1,814
787
87
223
302
827
1,219
113
2,800
9,771
223
621
111
316
270
726
1,128
170
2,218
6,995
242
127
Kelford
Bertie
Duplin.
167
271
Johnston
260
Kernersville
Forsyth
Moore .
652
180
Cleveland-Gaston
2,062
Lenoir
4,106
Kittrell
Vance.-
168
Wake
Lenoir .
1,399
1,007
853
Rutherford .-
Columbus.
237
972
Rowan _ .
437
Ashe -
Lasker
Northampton
196
262
203
297
121
Cleveland .
108
Scotland
2,643
774
1.606
2,322
568
1,127
151
153
3,364
279
262
4,163
474
386
380
2,413
1,334
Cleveland .
Leaksville __
Rockingham -
688
Beaufort
100
Buncombe
126
Caldwell
6,532
235
412
9,652
873
406
752
3,781
174
1,133
103
1,262
2,182
1,664
363
214
4,140
914
141
138
353
227
1,497
802
1,628
269
547
74
304
138
130
2,467
3,718
424
244
5,254
636
440
593
3,390
191
1.010
95
755
1,954
1,151
316
202
2,691
1,162
120
219
294
149
1,247
694
1,266
141
394
99
166
147
85
1,784
1,296
Richmond
Bertie.
163
Davidson
1,234
Liberty .
Randolph
304
Lilesville
Anson
213
Harnett -
65
Lincoln
828
Cumberland .
Halifax-Warren
1,152
.Stanly
Catawba ..
Franklin
Gaston
243
1,775
876
266
165
2,230
983
1,178
290
Lucama.
Wilson
Robeson _
Robeson
236
Lumber Bridge
181
849
McAden ville
Gaston
1,144
McFarland
Anson
186
112
Edgecombe
189
1,033
653
664
220
408
52
157
Madison- .
Rockingham
813
Magnolia
Duplin . .
454
Maiden _ _
Catawba .
614
Manly _ _
Moore
176
Manteo .
Dare.
312
Hertford
Marble
Margaretts ville
Northampton
107
123
McDowell
1,519
225
802
301
1,116
Pitt
111
Madison . ..
1.132
455
748
364
337
Mars Hill
Madison
289
Towns marked * are not listed in the U. S. Census, 1930.
Cities and Towns
133
Population of Cities and Towns — Continued
City or Town
County
1930
1920
1910
1900
Marshville --
Union
933
454
828
310
499
396
141
349
Matthews -
Mecklenburg .
378
Pitt
Maury
Greene
147
1,386
1,948
797
1,568
179
222
138
559
314
321
114
61
1,397
1,886
536
1,351
118
183
104
697
375
197
84
Maxton
Robeson
1,321
874
345
693
88
74
117
467
419
935
M ayodan
Rockingham
904
Maysville..
Jones.
98
Mebane..
Alamance-Orange ...
218
Merry Oaks
Chatham... _•
Johnston
Micro .-
61
Middleburg . .
Vance
169
Middlesex..
Nash
Milton
Caswell . .
490
Milwaukee
Northampton
Mineral Springs
Union
86
194
1,063
100
4,082
254
198
3.400
2,039
2.712
151
261
498
3,844
723
526
1,071
753
347
809
977
Mint Hill*
M ecklenburg
192
Mocksville
Davie
1,503
144
6,100
1,146
136
4,084
167
228
4,315
2,958
2,867
166
88
631
4,752
975
1,160
2,297
770
745
Moncure..
Chatham
Monroe
Union
2,427
Montezuma* .
Mitchell
219
M ooresboro
Cleveland
270
5,619
3,483
6,001
161
50
590
6,045
1,011
2,254
2,685
838
144
Mooresville
Iredell
1,533
Morehead City
Carteret
1,379
Morganton..
Burke
1,928
Morrisville
Wake
100
Mortimer
Caldwell
Morven
Anson.
447
Mount Airy..
Surry
2,680
Mount Gilead
Montgomery
395
Mount Holly
Gaston
630
Mount Olive
Wayne
617
Mount Pleasant
Cabarrus
444
Mountain Island*
Gaston
450
Murfreesboro..
Hertford
1,000
1.612
39
1,137
237
621
1,314
657
Murphy . .
Cherokee .
604
Nags Head..
Dare
Nashville..
Nash
939
243
750
160
95
9,961
479
Nebo
McDowell .
New Hill*
Wake
New Bern
Craven
11,981
328
246
481
4,794
250
761
453
3,688
1,452
421
481
41
866
12,198
289
228
404
3,021
125
673
367
2,363
1,221
282
397
49
931
8,090
New London
Stanly
312
321
2,316
73
■2W
Newport
Carteret
328
Newton
Catawba. .
1,583
Newton Grove.
Sampson
75
North Wilkesboro..
Wilkes
1,902
928
918
Norwood
Stanly..
663
Stanly
Oak City...
Martin . .
251
57
778
94
645
214
3,018
154
94
115
Pitt
Old Fort..
McDowell . .
Ore Hill*
Oriental
Pamlico
601
209
4.101
349
91
607
86
3 . 606
210
103
300
Oxford
Granville-
Pactolus
Pitt ...
52
Palmyra
Halifax
131
Towns marked * are not listed in the U. S. Census, 1930.
134
Census
Population of Cities and Towns — Continued
City or Town
Pantego.. --
Parkersburg -
Parkton
Parmele
Patterson
Peachland
Pee Dee*
Pembroke
Pendleton*
Pikeville -
Pilot Mountain
Pinebluff
Pine Level
Pinetops
Pinetown
Pineville
Pink Hill
Pittsboro
Plymouth
Polkton
Pollocks ville
Powellsville
Princeton
Princeville .
Proctor ville
Raeford
Raleigh
Ramseur.
Randleman
Red Springs
Reids ville
Rennert
Rhodhiss
Richfield
Richlands
Rich Square
Ringwood*...
Roanoke Rapids
Robbins ville
RoberdeL.
Roberson ville
Rockingham
Rockwell.. -
Rocky Mount
Rocky Point
Rocky Mount Mills*.
Roles ville*
Ronda
Roper.. -*■- -.
Roseboro
Rose Hill
Rosman
Rowland
Roxboro.-
Roxobel
Royal Cotton Mills..
Rutherford College . .
Rutherfordton
St. Pauls
County-
Beaufort
Sampson —
Robeson
Martin
Caldwell
Anson
Richmond
Robeson
Northampton
Wayne
Surry
Moore
Johnston
Edgecombe
Beaufort
Mecklenburg
Lenoir
Chatham
Washington
Anson
Jones
Bertie
Johnston
Edgecombe
Robeson
Hoke
Wake
Randolph
Randolph
Robeson
Rockingham
Robeson
Caldwell
Stanly
Onslow
Northampton
Halifax..
Halifax
Graham
Richmond
Martin
Richmond
Rowan.. —
Edgecombe-Nash.
Pender
Nash
Wake
Wilkes
Washington
Sampson
Duplin. .-
Transylvania
Robeson
Person
Bertie
Wake.
Burke..
Rutherford
Robeson
1930
329
94
436
341
187
203
524
449
1,010
289
497
603
300
1,108
188
675
2,139
534
357
194
509
614
185
1,303
37,379
1,220
1,863
1,300
6,851
212
954
221
503
800
3,404
345
559
1,181
2,906
696
21,412
382
344
660
768
554
484
915
,657
334
470
330
,020
,080
1920
335
76
382
355
183
196
838
329
333
707
165
373
465
332
650
166
584
1,847
575
339
157
403
562
204
1,235
27,076
1,014
1,967
1,018
5,333
292
835
177
548
475
3,369
119
476
1,199
2,509
453
12,742
833
1,043
749
516
527
767
1,651
330
442
275
1,693
1,147
1910
324
67
219
272
86
232
628
258
62
210
652
92
394
211
412
688
58
502
!,165
287
227
75
354
627
580
19,218
1,022
1,950
1,089
828
1,179
370
210
445
367
147
1,670
122
422
616
2,155
249
8,051
480
170
819
183
364
145
787
1,425
491
437
229
1,062
419
1900
253
57
336
"156
86
168
710
266
585
"424
1,011
276
198
44
281
552
13,643
769
2,190
858
3,262
133
73
160
232
98
1,009
275
1,507
~2~937
605
155
63
357
1,021
227
880
Towns marked * are not listed in the U. S. Census, 1930.
Cities and Towns
135
Population of Cities and Towns — Continued
City or Town
County
1930
1920
1910
1900
Salemf -
Forsyth
5,533
3 642
Salemburg
Sampson
318
16,951
558
4,253
215
13,884
549
2,977
Salisbury
Rowan
7,153
235
2,282
136
1,726
280
6.277
211
Saluda..
Polk
Sanf ord
Lee
1 044
Saratoga*
Wilson
123
Scotland Neck
Halifax
2,339
534
245
1,857
354
214
275
10,789
39
2,061
1 348
Seaboard
Northampton
287
Seagrove..
Randolph
189
1,601
284
174
334
3,609
93
Selma
Johnston ._
1,331
816
Severn
Northampton ._
Brunswick..
Shallotte..
139
121
3,127
315
308
895
149
Sharpsburg
Nash
Cleveland
Shelby..
1 874
Shelmerdine
Pitt
Shore*
Yadkin ..
Siler City
Chatham
1,730
209
122
2,543
826
1,253
440
Simpson
Pitt
Sims
Wilson.. .
Smithfield
Johnston
1,895
700
245
326
743
373
1,664
293
159
1,347
450
238
764
Snow Hill .
Greene
405
South Biltmore* .
Buncombe
312
South Creek..
Beaufort
133
2,524
404
1,760
224
466
95
3,128
3,066
1,222
1,546
241
1,084
607
634
10,490
289
256
127
238
564
329
Southern Pines
Moore
Camden
542
390
1,484
202
199
517
South Mills
Southport . .
Brunswick
1.336
South Wadesboro
Anson
154
Sparta _.
Alleghany
501
Speed
Edgecombe
Spencer.. _
Rowan. .
Rutherford
Nash , .
2,510
1,915
Spindale. .
Spring Hope.
1,221
717
157
584
424
467
7,895
121
245
138
179
472
218
1,246
666
Spruce Pine. ..
Mitchell
Staley
Randolph .
Stanley .
Gaston.. .
321
204
239
4,599
441
Stantonsburg
Wilson
Star
Montgomery
Iredell
211
Statesville
3,141
Stedman .
Stem .
Granville
Pitt .
Stokes
79
159
404
161
82
305
185
390
698
418
4,129
662
154
3,877
269
Stokesdale .
Guilford
Stoueville.
Stonewall
Pamlico
168
Stouts* .
Stovall...
415
223
394
1,340
1,165
6,379
926
140
10,090
414
184
420
863
782
4,568
1,122
164
5,676
Swan Quarter
Hyde
Swansboro
Onslow
265
Sylva.. _
Jackson.
281
Tabor
Columbus
Tarboro.. .
Edgecombe
2 499
Tavlors ville
Alexander..
413
Thomas ville
Davidson.. _.
751
Tillery*
Halifax
258
Todd
Ashe __
104
92
tReported under Winston-Salem.
Towns marked * are not listed in the U. S. Census, 1930.
136
Census
Population of Cities and Towns — Continued
City or Town
County
1930
1920
1910
1900
Toisnott
Wilson.
590
560
Vance...
Jones ..
Randolph
244
500
554
432
1.522
1.670
156
213
140
206
488
400
342
1,102
1,067
142
146
147
156
135
540
Trenton
Trinity .
331
332
230
1.055
700
43
338
274
Troutman
Troy
Iredell
Montgomery... .
878
Tryon
Polk
Hertford
324
Tunis
Hertford .
139
155
17'!
Union Mills*
Rutherford
Union
140
742
1.816
360
602
211
176
362
3,124
309
1,536
392
291
Burke ... _
Pamlico
308
467
273
189
190
2,648
174
1,425
296
273
420
185
169
Moore
Warren
Cleveland
160
Wade
Anson
2,376
1,546
Scotland
Wake
1,443
287
444
215
480
127
807
723
6,211
823
Wakefield*
Wake
142
Duplin
734
648
218
Walnut*
Madison.. .
Stokes . .
1,081
178
1,072
1,222
7,035
193
227
840
2,414
848
134
2,323
980
1,706
704
651
158
927
1,108
6.314
336
Greene
Warren
836
Duplin
576
Beaufort .
4,842
Washington Park
Pender
181
750
1,942
606
74
1.872
1 . 239
1 , 266
462
169
602
2,008
442
227
1,999
759
846
Union..
752
Havwood.
1.307
Buncombe
329
Halifax..
1,433
Wendell
Wake
West Hickory
Catawba.. ..
213
231
46
755
179
1.368
216
45
799
53
1.574
25,748
6,717
Westray* ._
48
723
164
• 1.664
261
Edgecombe-Nash
930
156
2,205
287
388
Whitehall..
Wayne
Columbus
114
Whiteville
643
Whittier
Wilbanks*
46
Wilkesboro
Wilkes
1,042
814
635
Yadkin
Martin .
2,731
32,270
12.613
359
1,425
426
526
75.274
1.800
33,372
10.612
912
Wilmington
Wilson
New Hanover.
Wilson
20.976
3,525
Wilson Mills
Bertie -
1.210
288
470
48.395
684
289
353
17.167
597
Winfall
Perquimans
222
Winston-Salem
Forsvth
10.008
{Reported under Elm City.
Towns marked * are not listed in the U.
Census, 1930.
Cities and Towns
137
Population of Cities and Towns — Continued
City or Town
County
1930
1920
1910
1900
Pitt
654
582
121
501
650
489
193
400
484
624
243
Hertford .
688
Wood
Franklin
Northampton
312
187
242
Woodleaf*
Rowan
Bertie _ .
464
313
109
64
590
38i
367
20
Randolph
393
54
130
432
338
431
483
467
Wrights ville Beach ..
Yadkin College*
New Hanover
22
Davidson ._ . -
210
Yadkin...
445
292
Caswell -
Franklin
395
860
414
953
345
Wake
Towns marked * are not listed in the U. S. Census, 1930.
138
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Economic Development of North Carolina 141
SUMMARY OF NORTH CAROLINA'S ECONOMIC PROGRESS
The following table is copied from the copyrighted Blue Book of Southern
Progress, 1930, page 216, by permission of the publishers, Manufacturers Record,
Baltimore, Md.
Total Area: 52,426 Sq. Miles; Land, 48,740 Sq. Miles; Water, 3,686 Sq. Miles.
Population
Property, true value
Assessed value property
Manufactures:
Capital
Products, value
Mines and Quarries:
Capital
Products
Cotton Manufacturing:
Capital
Products, value
Spindles, number active...
Looms, number active
Cotton consumed, bales. ..
Cottonseed Oil Mills:
Capital
Products, value
Furniture Manufacturing:
Products, value
Pig-iron made, tons
Lumber cut, feet
Mineral products, value
Coal mined, tons
Iron ore mined, tons
Total land area, acres
All land in farms, acres
Improved land, acres..
Number of farms
Value all farm property
Value farm land
Farm products, value
Farm crops, value
Farm crops, acres
Cotton Crop:
Acreage
Bales, number
Value lint
Value seed
Tobacco crop, pounds
Value.
Acreage
drain Crop:
Corn, bushels
Value.
Acreage
Wheat, bushels
Value
Acreage
Oats, bushels
Value.
Acreage
Live .Stock:
Cattle, number
Sheep, number
Swine, number
Horses, number..
Mules, number
Banking:
Aggregate resources
Paid-in capital... ..
Individual deposits
Pailroad mileage
Motor vehicles, number. .
Highway expenditures. - . -
Public schools, expenditures.
1900
1,893,810
$681,982,000
$306,579,715
$68,283,005
$85,274,083
$924,000
$33,012,000
$28,373,000
1,134,909
25,469
404,535
$2,676,871
$1,023,000
***38,049
1,278,399,000
$1,458,848
17,734
ttt
22,749,356
8,327,106
224,637
$233,834,693
$141,955,840
$89,310,000
$68,625,000
5,609,000
1,007,000
433,000
$15,697,000
$2,291,000
127,503,400
$8,038,691
203,023
29,790,000
$16,980,000
2,483,000
5,961.000
$4,888,000
621,000
5,046,000
$2,271,000
363,000
625.000
302,000
1,300,000
159.000
136,000
$16,758,000
3.831
ft$624,381
$950,000
1910
2.
t$l,685,
$613,
$217,
$216,
$5,
$1,
$96,
$72,
3,
>4
II
1,824
$2
206,287
408,000
000,000
185,588
656,055
985,112
358,617
993,000
680,000
163,199
55,600
754,483
432,010
,504.477
547.000
'*49,490
722,000
616,131
65,278
22
$537
$343
$176
$131
5
1
$49
$9
138
$13
49
$37
2
6
$7
$112
- 16
$67
il$5
$3
,439,129
813,056
253,725
,716,210
164,945
,262,000
,072,000
,736,000
,478,000
706,000
,710,000
,666,000
,813,163
,847,559
221,890
,290,000
,460,000
,650,000
,817,000
,499,000
598,000
,022,000
,413,000
221,000
701.000
214,000
,228,000
166,000
175,000
,213.762
,376,508
,285,654
4,932
tti. 178
,215, 191
,037,000
l'.rjx
2,938,000
t$4, 543, 110,000
$2,903,545,000
0,132,564
88,051
1.596,759
$16,335,000
°1, 055, 222, 000
°$1 1,704, 000
"20,021,736
"8,198,409
*269,763
*|1, 250, 166,995
"$857,815,000
$437,917,000
$359,212,000
7,151,000
1,860,000
836,000
$77,330,000
$14,84(1,000
499,408,000
$97,385,000
728,000
42,642,000
$43,921,000
2,305,000
5,150,000
$7,828,000
444,000
4,202,000
$3,278,000
191,000
511,000
94,000
945,000
98,000
271 I
$519,691,000
138,494,000
$359. 085, 01 ll l
5,223
464.376
- II 289,012
°°$30,980 022
1929
tttt3,
«!$5,396,
$2,972,
*$669,
"11,154
*$2,
*$2,
*$268,
"$311,
6,
1
*$14,
$16
170,276
000,000
917,000
144,000
646,612
250,434
736,543
323,000
155,673
129,392
88,232
642,107
586,456
396.000
"$53,551,220
'i 1,020
r$ll
893,000
480,000
*$1,050
"686
$373
$294
1
$61
$9
508
$93
48
$48
■)
$495
$331
$35
<I$38
"Census 1920. fl912.
Missouri, tftlncluded with (
11922.
eorgia.
1928. "1927. **
ttttCensus 1930.
1925, ffl904. H1914. °°1924.
34,000
,193,600
,593,670
.738.S26
•283,482
,015,835
,424,921
,562,000
,857.000
,339,000
,782,000
735.000
,372,000
.4.54,000
,060.000
.991.000
764,000
,568,000
,568,000
,259,000
,317.000
. 53!) , 000
457,000
,192,
.644.000
258,000
537,000
103,000
803 000
93 000
279,000
,243,000
,335,000
.700.000
5,194
5
,950,425
Includes
PART IV
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
1. Executive Officials.
2. Justices of the Supreme Court.
3. Senators and Representatives in Congress.
4. Members of the General Assembly.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
EXECUTIVE OFFICIALS
OLIVER MAX GARDNER
GOVERNOR
Oliver Max Gardner, of Cleveland County, Democrat, was born
at Shelby, N. C, March 22, 1882. Son of Dr. 0. P. and Margaret
(Young) Gardner. B. S. of the N. C. A. and M. College, 1903.
Studied law at the University of North Carolina. Won debater's
and orator's medal. Two years instructor in Chemistry at N. C. A.
and M. College. Lawyer. In 1908, was State Organizer of Demo-
cratic Clubs. County Chairman Cleveland County, 1908-1910.
Member of the State Democratic Executive Committee. Member
of the Board of Trustees of the N. C. A. and E. College. Member
of the North Carolina Bar Association. State Senator, 1911-1915.
President pro tempore of Senate, 1915. Lieutenant-Governor, 1917-
1921. Elected Governor, November 6, 1928. Odd Fellow. Jr. O.
U. A. M. Sigma Nu Fraternity and Gorgon's Head (college fra-
ternities). Baptist. Married, November 6, 1908, Miss Fay Lamar
Webb, daughter of Judge James L. Webb, Shelby, N. C. Four
children. Address: Raleigh, N. C.
JAMES A. HARTNESS
SECRETARY OF STATE
James A. Hartnes,s, Democrat, of Iredell County, was born
July 28, 1863, six miles north of Statesville. Son of Hiram and
Martha (Gibson) Hartness. Educated in the rural schools of
Iredell County, and the Statesville Academy. Studied law under
private teacher and was licensed to practice in 1887. Editor of
Statesville Mascot. Member of General Assembly 1897. Clerk
of Court of Iredell County, 1898-1928. Chairman Democratic
Executive Committee Iredell County, 1900-1928. Member State
Democratic Executive Committee. Appointed Secretary of State
146 Biographical Sketches
in 1928 to fill unexpired term of W. N. Everett; elected for full
term, November 6, 1928. Mason; Knights of Pythias. Anti-Saloon
League. Presbyterian. Married Miss Jennie Henderson, Rowan
County, March 28, 1888. Of this union there are eight children.
Married Miss Annie Sloan of Winston-Salem, September 20, 1923.
Address: home, Statesville; office, Raleigh.
BAXTER DURHAM
STATE AUDITOR
Baxter Durham, Democrat, was born in Durham, N. C, August
20, 1878. Son of Columbus and Lila (Walters) Durham. At-
tended public schools of Durham and Raleigh, 1884-1892; Raleigh
Male Academy, 1892-1894; Wake Forest College, 1894-1895. Trav-
eling Auditor, Department of State Auditor. Served as private,
sergeant, captain and major in National Guard, 1907-1919. Elected
State Auditor, November 2, 1920; reelected, November 4, 1924;
reelected, November 6, 1928. President National Association of
State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers, 1923 and 1924, 1927
and 1928. Baptist. Address: Raleigh, N. C.
NATHAN O'BERRY
STATE TREASURER
Nathan 0 'Berry, Democrat, of Wayne County, was born in
Tarboro, January 26, 1856. Son of Thomas and Cinderella (Pope)
O'Berry. Attended Wilkinson's School, 1865-1868. Director State's
Prison, 1900-1904; State Hospital, Goldsboro, 1921-1929. Mason;
Past Grand Chancellor, Knights of Pythias. Appointed by Gov-
ernor Gardner February 23, 1929 as State Treasurer, succeeding
B. R. Lacy, deceased; elected to fill the unexpired term, Novem-
ber 4, 1930. Married Miss Estelle Moore, 1882. Home address:
Goldsboro, N. C; office, Raleigh, N. C.
Executive Officials 147
arch turner allen
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Arch Turner Allen, Democrat, was born in Alexander County
on January 10, 1875. Son of George J. and Mary Elizabeth
(Campbell) Allen. Attended the one-teacher school at Rocky
Spring. For one year was under the tutelage of Dr. Brantley
York. Was prepared for college at the Vashti High School and
the Patton School at Morganton. Graduated from the University
of North Carolina in 1897; D. C. L. Elon College, 1924; LL. D.
University of N. C, 1927. Member of the Phi Beta Kappa and
Phi Delta Kappa. Spent one term at Columbia University. Prin-
cipal of the Statesville Public Schools, 1897-1904; principal Wash-
ington, N. C, Public Schools, 1904-1905; principal Dilworth School,
Charlotte, 1905-1907; superintendent of the Graham City Schools,
1907-1910; superintendent Salisbury City Schools, 1910-1917; mem-
ber Text Book Commission, 1916; member State Board of Ex-
aminers and Institute Conductors, 1917-1919; secretary State
Board of Examiners, 1919-1921; director Teacher Training, State
Department of Education, 1921-1923; appointed Superintendent of
Public Instruction, June 11, 1923, to fill unexpired term of Dr.
Brooks; elected Superintendent of Public Instruction on Novem-
ber 4, 1924; reelected November 6, 1928. Identified with the
North Carolina Teachers' Assembly for many years. President
of Department of City Superintendents in 1915; President of the
N. C. Teachers' Assembly in 1917; Secretary, 1919-1922; President
of the National Council of State Superintendents and Commis-
sioners of Education, 1928. Married Miss Claribel McDowell,
June 19, 1909. Two children, Arch Turner, Jr., and Elizabeth Mc-
Dowell. Methodist; Jr. O. U. A. M. Address: Raleigh, N. C.
DENNIS G. BRUMMITT
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Dennis G. Brummitt, Democrat, of Granville County, was born
on a farm in Granville County, February 7, 1881. Son of Thomas
Jefferson and Caroline (Bradford) Brummitt. LL. B. of Wake
Forest College, 1907. Secretary of Granville County Democratic
Executive Committee, 1908-1910; chairman, 1910-1914, 1922-1924.
148 Biographical Sketches
Member of State Democratic Executive Committee, 1913-1924.
Mayor of Oxford, 1909-1913. Member Board of Town Commis-
sioners, 1913-1915. Representative in General Assembly, 1915,
1917, 1919; speaker of House of Representatives, 1919. Trustee
Oxford Graded Schools, 1921-1925. Democratic Elector, 1920.
Trustee of State College, 1923-1925. Trustee Wake Forest College,
1925; Member General Board Baptist State Convention, 1926.
Elected Attorney-General, 1924; reelected November 6, 1928. Ma-
son; Odd Fellow; W. O. W.; M. W. A.; Jr. O. U. A. M. Baptist.
Married, June 25, 1912, Miss Kate Hays Fleming. Home Address:
Oxford, N. C.
FRANKLIN DAVIS GRIST
COMMISSIONER OF LABOR AND PRINTING
Frank D. Grist, was born at Lenoir, Caldwell County, July
23, 1891. Son of John Taylor and Mary Nancy (Davis) Grist.
Elected Commissioner of Labor and Printing, 1924; reelected, No-
vember 6, 1928. Served in World War with First Regular Army
Division in France. Member House of Representatives, session
1923. Married in 1919 to Miss Jessie Deal. Address: Raleigh,
N. C.
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
William A. Graham, Democrat, of Lincoln County, was born at
old Graham homestead in same county. Son of Major William A.
and Julia (Lane) Graham. Attended Piedmont Seminary, Hor-
ner Military School, and University of North Carolina. Farmer.
State Senator from the Twenty-fifth Senatorial District, session
1923; Chairman Committee on Agriculture at that session. Ap-
pointed Commissioner of Agriculture by Governor Morrison, De-
cember 26, 1923, to fill unexpired term of his father, deceased.
Elected, November 4, 1924, to succeed himself for a full term; re-
elected, November 6, 1928. Has been active in Democratic Party
all his life; been member of precinct executive committee since
becoming twenty-one years of age, now chairman; member execu-
Executive Officials 149
tive committee, Lincoln County, also a former member of the
State Democratic Executive Committee. Member executive com-
mittee Southern Association of Commissioners of Agriculture;
former member of executive committee and president of National
Association of Commissioners, Secretaries and Departments of
Agriculture; Member of the National Conference on Weights and
Measures. K. of P. Baptist. Address: Raleigh, N. C.
DANIEL CLINTON BONEY
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
Daniel Clinton Boney, Democrat, was born in Elkin, N. C, De-
cember 6, 1895. Son of H. F. and Susan (McKinnie) Boney. At-
tended grammar and high schools of Elkin and Kinston; Univer-
sity of North Carolina, 1922. Lawyer. Appointed Insurance
Commissioner by Governor McLean, November 15, 1927, to fill un-
expired term; elected November 6, 1928. Served in World War
with 113th Field Artillery, A. E. F., June, 1917, to December, 1919.
Kappa Sigma; Junior Order; Gimghouls, University of North
Carolina. Presbyterian. Married, October 3, 1928, to Miss Char-
lotte Elizabeth Johnson. Address: Raleigh, N. C.
ALLEN J. MAXWELL
COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE
Allen J. Maxwell was born in Duplin County, January 24, 1873.
Son of Hugh G. and Nancy (Maready) Maxwell. Attended Golds-
boro public schools. Mayor Whiteville, 1898; Clerk State Senate,
1899; Principal Clerk, 1901-1910; Clerk N. C. Corporation Com-
mission, 1910-1917; member Corporation Commission, 1917-1929;
ex-officio, Securities Commissioner, 1925-1929; President National
Association Securities Commissioners, 1927; Vice-President Na-
tional Association Railroad and Utilities Commissioners, 1929.
Appointed Commissioner of Revenue by Governor Gardner in
March, 1929, until January 1, 1933, succeeding Governor R. A.
Doughton, who had been appointed Highway Commissioner. Bap-
tist. Married Miss Delia May Ward, April, 1893. Address:
Raleigh N. C.
150 Biographical Sketches
rufus a. doughton
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
Rufus A. Doughton was born in Alleghany County, N. C,
January 10, 1857. Son of J. Horton and Rebecca (Jones) Dough-
ton. Educated at Independence (Va.) High School, 1876-1877;
University of North Carolina. Studied Law at University of
North Carolina, 1880. Lawyer, farmer and banker. President of
Bank of Sparta. Representative in the General Assembly, 1887,
1889, 1891, 1903, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, and
1921; Speaker of the House, 1891; Lieutenant Governor, 1893-1897.
Member of the State Highway Commission, but resigned upon en-
tering upon his duties as Commissioner of Revenue to which he
was appointed by Governor Morrison in January, 1923; elected
Commissioner of Revenue, November 4, 1924; reelected, Novem-
ber 6, 1928. Appointed Highway Commissioner by Governor Gard-
ner in March, 1929, until April 1, 1931, succeeding Frank Page,
resigned. Mason. Methodist. Married, January 3, 1883, Miss
Sue B. Parks. Address: Raleigh, N. C.
Justices of the Supreme Court 151
justices of the supreme court
WALTER PARKER STACY
CHIEF JUSTICE
Walter Parker Stacy: born Ansonville, N. C, December 26,
1884; son of Rev. L. E. and Rosa (Johnson) Stacy; educated
Weaverville (N. C.) College, 1895-98, Morven (N. C.) High School,
1899-1902, University of North Carolina, A. B. 1908, attended Law
School, same, 1908-09, LL. D. (hon.) 1923; married Mrs. Maude
DeGan Graff of Lake Placid Club, N. Y., June 15, 1929; practiced
law, 1910-16; represented New Hanover County in General As-
sembly of N. C, 1915; Judge Superior Court, 8th Judicial District.
1916-20; elected,. 1920, Associate Justice Supreme Court of North
Carolina for full term; appointed by Governor A. W. McLean,
March 16, 1925, to succeed Chief Justice Hoke (resigned) and in
1926 nominated without opposition in primary and elected Chief
Justice Supreme Court for 8-year term, now serving; member
American and North Carolina Bar Associations, General Alumni
Association University of North Carolina, (president, 1925-26) ;
lecturer summers, 1922-25 inclusive, in Law School University of
North Carolina, tendered deanship of same, 1923; lecturer North-
western University School of Law, summer sessions, 1926-27;
named by U. S. Board of Mediation, under Railway Labor Act,
as neutral arbitrator to serve on Board of Arbitration (six mem-
bers) and later elected chairman of board, to settle wage con-
troversy between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and
certain Railroads in Southeastern Territory of U. S., 1927-28;
appointed by President Coolidge, 1928, member of Emergency
Board of five, under Railway Labor Act, to investigate and report
respecting a dispute between officers and members of the Order of
Railway Conductors and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and
certain railroads located west of the Mississippi River; Methodist;
Democrat. Residence: Wilmington, N. C; Office: Raleigh, N. C.
152 • Biographical Sketches
william jackson adams
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
William Jackson Adams, Democrat, Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, was born at Rockingham, January 27, 1860. Son
of Rev. S. D. and Mary (Jackson) Adams. A. B., University of
North Carolina, 1881; LL.D., 1924. Two-year law course at the
University; admitted to the bar in 1883 and began practicing at
Carthage. Member of the North Carolina House of Representa-
tives in 1893; of the State Senate in 1895 and of the Board of
Internal Improvements, 1899-1901. Appointed by Governor Glenn
as Judge of the Superior Court succeeding Judge Walter H. Neal,
resigned, in December, 1908 and elected to the same office in 1910
and 1918 for a term each of eight years. Resigned in September,
1921, upon appointment by Governor Morrison as Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court succeeding Justice W. R. Allen, deceased
and elected to the same office in 1922 for the unexpired term ;
elected for a full term in 1926. Member of the American and
State Bar Associations. Married Miss Florence Wall, of Rocking-
ham. Methodist. Home address: Carthage, N. C; Office, Raleigh,
N. C.
HERIOT CLARKSON
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
Heriot Clarkson, Democrat, of Charlotte, N. C, was born at
Kingville, Richland County, S. C, August 21, 1863. Son of Major
William and Margaret S. (Simmons) Clarkson. Educated at the
Carolina Military Institute of Charlotte, University Law School
at Chapel Hill. Licensed by the Supreme Court of North Carolina
to practice law, 1884. Immediately thereafter began the practice
of law at Charlotte, N. C. Alderman and Vice-Mayor of Char-
lotte, 1887-88, same posts in 1891-92. In 1899 member of House
of Representatives, known as "White Supremacy Legislature."
In that Legislature he introduced and passed in the House a bill
which resulted in the establishment of the Textile Department of
the State College. City Attorney of Charlotte, 1901-04. Twice
codified the city ordinances of Charlotte, 1887 and 1901; legal ad-
viser under administration of Mayor T. L. Kirkpatrick. Solicitor
of Twelfth Judicial District, 1904-10. Author of "The Hornet's
Justices of the Supreme Court 153
Nest," appearing in the North Carolina Booklet of October, 1901.
Delivered address to the Society of the Cincinnati on "The Heroic
Incidents of the Life of General Francis Marion." On December
10, 1889, married Mary Lloyd Osborne, of which union there are
four living children. Mason; life member Lodge No. 31, A. F. and
A. M. at Charlotte; Noble of the Mystic Shrine (Oasis Temple);
Knights of Pythias; Jr. O. U. A. M.; member of the Society of
Sons of the Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati, and the Hugue-
not Society of South Carolina. At one time was Lieutenant of the
Hornet's Nest Riflemen of Charlotte. Thirty odd years director
in the Charlotte Y. M. C. A. One of the original founders of
the Crittendon Home and the Mecklenburg Industrial Home for
Women. For many years a director of the Chamber of Commerce
and "Made in the Carolinas" Exposition. Chairman Anti-Saloon
League when the saloon was voted out of Charlotte, July 5, 1904.
Also President Anti-Saloon League when the saloon and distillery
were voted out of the State on May 27, 1908. Governor Robt.
B. Glenn presented him with the pen with which he signed the
Prohibition Proclamation. Trustee State Association Y. M. C. A.
of North Carolina. Was Chairman of the Good Roads Association
Committee that drafted the tentative good roads act passed by the
Legislature of 1921 substantially as drawn. He drafted the Meck-
lenburg Drainage Act and was the leader in establishing the Bel-
mont Vocational School at Charlotte, the first of its kind in the
State. Episcopalian; built St. Andrew's Chapel in Charlotte; ves-
tryman and senior warden of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal
Church for many years. Appointed Justice of the Supreme Court
of North Carolina by Governor Cameron Morrison, May 26, 1923;
elected for unexpired term of Justice Piatt D. Walker; elected
November 2, 1926, for term of eight years. LL. D., University of
North Carolina, 1928. Residence: Charlotte, N. C; Office, Raleigh,
N. C.
WILLIS JAMES BROGDEN
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
Willis James Brogden, Democrat, Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court, was born near Goldsboro, October 18, 1877; son of
Willis H. and Virginia (Robinson) Brogden. Attended Goldsboro
Graded Schools, 1891-1894; Ph. B., University of North Carolina,
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1898; Trinity College and University Law School. Licensed to
practice in 1907. Member American and North Carolina Bar As-
sociations. Mayor of Durham, 1911-1915. A. F. and A.M.; Past
Master Durham Lodge No. 352; member Kiwanis Club. Appointed
by Governor McLean as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
to fill the unexpired term of Judge Varser; elected to same office
for the unexpired term, November 2, 1926 ; elected for the full term
November 6, 1928. Baptist. Married Miss Lila Markham, Janu-
ary 9, 1917. Home address: Durham, N. C; Office, Raleigh, N. C.
GEORGE WHITFIELD CONNOR
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
George W. Connor was born October 24, 1872, at Wilson, N.
C. Son of Henry Groves and Kate Whitfield Connor. Prepared
for college by Rev. B. S. Bronson, Wilson, N. C. ; A. B., University
of North Carolina, 1892; LL. D., University of North Carolina,
1928. Member of the House of Representatives from Wilson
County, 1909, 1911, 1913; Speaker of House of Representatives,
1913; Judge Superior Court, 1913-1924; appointed by Governor
Morrison Justice of the Supreme Court, succeeding Judge Hoke ;
elected Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 1924; reelected
for full term, November 6, 1928. Married Miss Bessie Hadley.
Address: Raleigh, N. C.
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UNITED STATES SENATORS
CAMERON MORRISON
Cameron Morrison, Democrat, of Charlotte, was born in Rich-
mond County, North Carolina, October 5, 1869. Son of Daniel M.
and Martha (Cameron) Morrison. Educated in the private schools
of N. C. McCaskill at Ellerbe Springs and Dr. William Carroll at
Rockingham. Read law under Judge Robert P. Dick, of Greens-
boro, and licensed to practice law in February, 1892. Lawyer.
Mayor of Rockingham, 1893; Chairman Democratic Executive Com-
mittee Richmond County, 1898; Presidential Elector at Large,
1916; Governor of North Carolina in 1921-1925. During his ad-
ministration he inaugurated the great constructive system of hard-
surface and dependable roads, the program of progress including
the rebuilding of the educational and charitable institutions of the
State. Elected member of the Democratic National Committee
in 1928; appointed United States Senator, December 13, 1930, by
Governor O. Max Gardner to succeed Senator Lee S. Overman,
deceased, until the next general election, November 3, 1932. Pres-
byterian. Twice married: first, to Miss Lottie May Tomlinson, of
Durham, December 6, 1905, who died November 12, 1919; one
child, Angelia; second, to Mrs. Sarah Virginia (Ecker) Watts,
widow of George W. Watts, of Durham, April 2, 1924. Home
address: Charlotte, N. C.
JOSIAH WILLIAM BAILEY
Josiah William Bailey, Democrat, of Raleigh, Wake County,
was born September 14, 1873, in Warrenton, N. C. Son of Rev.
Christopher Thomas Bailey (Williamsburg, Va.) and Annie Sarah
(Bailey) Bailey (Greenville County, Va.) Educated in the public
schools of Raleigh, Raleigh Male Academy (Morson and Denson),
and Wake Forest College, A. B., 1893; Wake Forest Law School;
also private study of law under S. F. Mordecai, of Trinity Col-
lege. Editor Biblical Recorder 1893-1907. Licensed to practice
156 Biographical Sketches
law, February, 1908. Member Wake County Bar Association; N.
C. Bar Association; American Bar Association. United States
Collector Internal Revenue, 1913-1921; Elector-at-Large N. C,
1908; member North Carolina Constitutional Commission, 1913-
1914; member Raleigh Township School Committee and Wake
County Board of Education. Baptist. Married Miss Edith Walker
Pou, 1916; five children, two boys and three girls. Elected to the
United States Senate November 4, 1930, for the term beginning
March 4, 1931, by a majority over his Republican opponent of
113,632, the largest ever given in North Carolina to a Senatorial
candidate. Home address: Raleigh, N. C.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS
LINDSAY CARTER WARREN
(First District — Counties: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Curri-
tuck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perqui-
mans, Pitt, Tyrrell and Washington. Population (Census 1920),
206,137.)
Lindsay Carter Wari^en, Democrat, was born at Washington,
N. C, December 16, 1889. Son of Charles F. and Elizabeth Mutter
(Blount) Warren. Received his preparatory education at Bing-
ham School, Asheville, 1903-1906. Student University of North
Carolina, 1906-1908; Law School, U. N. C, 1911-1912. Admitted to
the bar, February, 1912. Chairman Democratic Executive Commit-
tee of Beaufort County, 1912-1925. County Attorney of Beaufort
County, 1912-1925. State Senator, 1917 and 1919. President pro
tempore State Senate, f919. Member Code Commission compiling
Consolidated Statutes, 1919. Representative from Beaufort
County, 1923. Trustee University North Carolina, 1921-1925.
Member Alpha Tau Omega (College) fraternity. Elk. Episco-
palian. Married Miss Emily D. Harris, February, 1916; three
children. Elected to Sixty-ninth Congress, Seventieth Congress,
and Seventy-first Congress, and reelected to the Seventy-second
Congress. Home address: Washington, N. C.
Members of Congress 157
john hosea kerr
{Second District — Counties: Bertie, Edgecombe, Greene, Hali-
fax, Lenoir, Northampton, Warren and Wilson. Population, (Cen-
sus 1920) 233,111.)
John Hosea Kerr, Democrat, of Warrenton, was born at Yan-
ceyville, N. C, December 31, 1873. Son of Capt. John H. Kerr, of
the Confederate Army, and Eliza Katherine (Yancey) Kerr. Was
a student in Bingham School, and graduated from Wake Forest
College, North Carolina, with degree of A. B., in 1895; studied
law and was admitted to the bar in 1895, when he moved to War-
renton and entered upon the practice of his profession. Married
Miss Ella Foote, of Warrenton, and they have two sons — John
Hosea and James Yancey. Elected Solicitor of the Third District
and served eleven years; while solicitor, was elected Judge of the
Superior Court and served seven years. While serving on the
bench, was nominated for Congress to succeed Hon. Claude Kitchin,
deceased, and was elected at a special election held November 6,
1923, only one vote being cast against him. Reelected to the
Sixty-ninth, Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses. Reelected
to Seventy-second Congress by a vote of approximately (Nov. 4,
1930), 20,000 Democratic, 3,000 Republican. Home address: War-
renton, N. C.
CHARLES LABAN ABERNETHY
(Third District — Counties: Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, On-
slow, Pamlico, Pender, Sampson and Wayne. Population, (Census
1920) 202,760.)
Charles Laban Abernethy, Democrat, from the Third District,
was born at Rutherford College, N. C, March 18, 1872. He is the
son of Rev. Turner Abernethy and Martha Ann Scott Abernethy.
He was educated at Mount Olive preparatory schools, Rutherford
College, and the Law School of the University of North Carolina.
Lawyer. Member of the Kiwanis Club of New Bern and New
Bern Chamber of Commerce. County Attorney of Carteret County,
1896. Presidental elector, 1900 and 1904. Solicitor Third and
Fifth Judicial Districts for about twelve years. Elected to the
Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Con-
gresses. Reelected to Seventy-second Congress, November 4, 1930.
158 Biographical Sketches
Odd Fellow, K. of P., B. P. O. E., Red Men, Jr. O. U. A. M., Wood-
man of the World, Mason, Shriner. Methodist. Married Miss
Minnie May, in 1895. Has one son, Charles L. Abernethy, Jr.,
now practicing law with him. Home address: New Bern, N. C.
EDWARD WILLIAM POU
(Fourth District — Counties: Chatham, Franklin, Johnston,
Nash, Vance and Wake. Population, (Census 1920) 238,594.)
Edward William Pou, Democrat, of Johnston County, was born
at Tuskegee, Ala., September 9, 1863. Son of Edward W. and
Anna Maria (Smith) Pou. Was married to Carrie Haughton
Ihrie in 1887 and has three living children. Presidential Elector
in 1888. Elected Solicitor of the Fourth Judicial District of North
Carolina in 1890, 1894 and 1898. Elected to the Fifty-seventh,
Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty-second, Sixty-
third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, Sixty-
eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses. Re-
elected to Seventy-second Congress, November 4, 1930, by a ma-
jority of 16,385 votes. Home address: Smithfield, N. C.
FRANKLIN WILLS HANCOCK, JR
(Fifth District — Counties: Alamance, Caswell, Durham, For-
syth, Granville, Guilford, Orange, Person, Rockingham, Stokes,
Surry. Population, (1920 Census) 408,138.)
Franklin Wills Hancock, Jr., only son of Franklin Wills Han-
cock and Lizzie Hobgood Hancock, was born in Oxford, Granville
County, North Carolina, on November 1, 1894. He graduated
from the Oxford Graded Schools at the age of thirteen; attended
Horner Military Academy for one year, and completed his educa-
tion at the University of North Carolina. In 1915-16 he served
as secretary to his uncle, Colonel Frank Hobgood of Greensboro,
Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States.
In August, 1916, he received his license to practice law, and has
continued the practice of his profession in Oxford since that time.
In 1924 he was elected Chairman of the Democratic Executive
Committee of Granville County, and in the same year was also
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elected Presidential Elector for the Fifth District of North Caro-
lina. He was elected without opposition to the State Senate in
1926, to represent the Twenty-first District, composed of Granville
and Person Counties, and in 1928 was elected without opposition
to represent Granville County in the State House of Representa-
tives. He was recognized as a leader in both sessions, and was
co-author of the school bill which bears his name. He is recognized
as one of the leading business men in his section of the State.
He is a director of and attorney for The First National Bank of
Granville; vice-president, of the Granville Real Estate and Trust
Company, and trustee of the Colored Orphanage of North Caro-
lina. He is a Mason, Shriner, a member of the North Carolina
Bar Association, of Kappa Alpha Fraternity; is an ex-service
man, and is a member of the Oxford Rotary Club, and of the
Baptist Church. In 1917 he was married to Lucy Osborn Landis,
oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamlin Landis of Ox-
ford. He is the father of six children. On November 4, 1930,
he was elected to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the unexpired
term of Major Charles Manly Stedman, and, at the same time,
was elected to the Seventy-second Congress. Home address: Ox-
ford, N. C.
JEROME BAYARD CLARK
(Sixth District — Counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cum-
berland, Harnett, New Hanover and Robeson. Population, (Cen-
sus 1920) 223,434.)
Jerome Bayard Clark, Democrat, of Fayetteville, was born
April 5, 1882, in Elizabethtown. Son of John Washington and
Catharine Amelia (Blue) Clark. Educated at Clarkton High
School, 1900-1902; Davidson College; University of North Carolina
Law School, 1906. Lawyer. Representative in General Assembly
from Bladen County, 1915. Presidential Elector Sixth District.
1916. Member of State Judicial Conference, 1924-1928. Mason;
Knights of Pythias. Presbyterian. Married Miss Helen Purdie
Robinson, June 2, 1908; four children. Elected to Seventy-first
Congress, November 6, 1928; reelected to Seventy-second Congress
November 4, 1930. Home address: Fayetteville, N. C.
160 Biographical Sketches
hinton james
(Seventh District— Counties: Anson, Davidson, Davie, Hoke,
Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, Scotland, Union,
Wilkes and Yadkin. Population, (1920 Census) 295,917.)
Hinton James, Democrat, was born in Richmond County, April
24, 1884. Son of A. L. and Mary (Patterson) James. Attended
Laurinburg High School, Davidson College. Banker, Farmer and
Cotton Merchant. Member School Board, City Council; Mayor of
Laurinburg. Rotarian; Mason. Presbyterian; Ruling Elder.
Elected November 4, 1930, to fill out the unexpired term of Wil-
liam C. Hammer, deceased, in the Seventy-first Congress, expiring
March 4, 1931. Married Miss Anita Bryant, October 16, 1918;
five children, four girls and one boy, Hinton James III. Home
address: Laurinburg, N. C.
JOHN WALTER LAMBETH, JR.
(Seventh District — Counties: Anson, Davidson, Davie, Hoke,
Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, Scotland, Union,
Wilkes and Yadkin. Population, (1920 Census) 295,917.)
John Walter Lambeth, Jr., Democrat, was born in Thomasville,
January 10, 1896. Son of John W. and Daisy (Sumner) Lambeth.
A. B. Trinity College, 1916; post graduate work Harvard School
of Business Administration, 1916-1917. State Senator, 1921.
Mayor of Thomasville, 1925-1929. Enlisted as private and served
with first American Army at St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne, World
War. Rotarian. Mason; Jr. O. U. A. M.; P. O. S. A.; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Legion; Kappa Sigma. Meth-
odist. Furniture Manufacturer, banker and farmer. Elected to
the Seventy-second Congress, November 4, 1930. Home Address:
Thomasville, N. C.
ROBERT LEE DOUGHTON
(Eighth District — Counties: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Ca-
barrus, Caldwell, Iredell, Rowan, Stanly and Watauga. Popu-
lation, (1920 Census) 217,254.)
Robert L. Doughton, Democrat, Laurel Springs, was born at
Laurel Springs, November 7, 1863. Educated in the public schools
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and at Laurel Springs and Sparta High Schools. Farmer and
stock raiser. Appointed a member of the Board of Agriculture in
1903. Elected to the State Senate from the Thirty-fifth District
in 1908. Served as a director of the State Prison from 1909 to
1911. Elected to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Six-
ty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Sev-
entieth and Seventy-first Congresses. Reelected to the Seventy-
second Congress, November 4, 1930. Home address: Laurel
Springs, N. C.
ALFRED LEE BULWINKLE
(Ninth District — Counties: Mecklenburg, Gaston, Cleveland,
Lincoln, Catawba, Burke, Madison, Mitchell, Yancey and Avery.
Population, (1920 Census) 297,996.
A. L. Bulwinkle, Democrat, Gastonia, Gaston County, N. C,
born April 21, 1883. Attended school at Dallas, N. C. Studied
law at University of North Carolina under private instructor.
Lawyer. Prosecuting Attorney Municipal Coui't of City of Gas-
tonia, 1913-1916. Nominated as Senator for the Genei-al As-
sembly by the Democratic Party, 1916, withdrew on account of
military service on the Mexican Border. Captain First Infantry,
N. C. N. G., 1909-1917. Major, commanding Second Battalion,
113th F. A., 55th F. A. Brigade, 30th Division, 1917-1919.
Married Miss Bessie Lewis, Dallas, N. C, 1911; two children,
Frances McKean and Alfred Lewis. Served on various commit-
tees of the Democratic Party from 1904-1920. Member of Gas-
ton Post No. 23, American Legion. Mason, Jr. O. U. A. M., Mem-
ber of North Carolina and American Bar Associations; Lion, Lu-
theran. Elected to Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, and
Seventieth Congresses, defeated for reelection to the Seventy-first
Congress and reelected to the Seventy-second Congress, November
4, 1930. Home Address: Gastonia, N. C.
162 Biographical Sketches
zebulon weaver
(Tenth District — Counties: Cherokee, Buncombe, Clay, Gra-
ham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Polk,
Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania. Population (1920 census),
231,483.)
Zebulon Weaver, Democrat, of Buncombe County, was born in
Weaverville, N. C, May 12, 1872. He is the son of W. E. and
Hannah E. (Baird) Weaver. A.B. of Weaverville College, 1889.
Studied law at the University of North Carolina, 1894. Lawyer.
Represented Buncombe County in the General Assembly of North
Carolina in 1907 and 1909. State Senator, 1913 and 1915. After
a close contest with James J. Britt, Republican, in 1916, was
declared elected Representative in the Sixty-fifth Congress. Was
elected to the Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth
and Seventieth Congresses. Reelected to the Seventy-second Con-
gress, November 4, 1930. Methodist. Married Miss Anna Hyman
of New Bern, N. C. Has five children. Home address: Asheville,
N. C.
State Senators 163
members of the general assembly
SENATORS
RICHARD TILMAN FOUNTAIN
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
Richard Tilman Fountain, Democrat, Lieutenant-Governor,
was born in Edgecombe County, February 15, 1885. Son of Al-
mon L. and Louisa (Eagles) Fountain. Was educated in the
public schools of Edgecombe County and the Tarboro Male
Academy; University of North Carolina, 1905-1907. Lawyer.
Member of the North Carolina Bar Association. Vice-President
of said Association, 1922-1923; also member of the American
Bar Association. President Rocky Mount Bar Association. Judge
of the Municipal Court of Rocky Mount, 1911-1918. Trustee of
the Rocky Mount Graded Schools; Secretary to the Board, 1917-
1921; Chairman of the Board since July 1, 1924. Chairman of
the Board of Trustees of the Eastern Carolina Industrial Train-
ing School for Boys. Member of the Legislature, sessions of
1919, 1921, 1923 and 1925; Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, 1927. Knight of Pythias; Jr. 0. U. A. M. Presbyterian.
Married Miss Susan Rankin, October, 1918. Four children:
Susan Rankin, Anne Sloan, Margaret Eagles and Richard Til-
man, Jr., two years of age. Address: Rocky Mount, N. C.
JOHN ROBERT BAGGETT
{Twelfth Senatorial District — Counties: Harnett, Hoke,
Moore and Randolph. Two Senators.)
John Robert Baggett, Democrat, Senator from the Twelfth
Senatorial District. Was born in Sampson County, October 1,
1871. Son of Silas E. and Winifred (Wilson) Baggett. At-
tended Glenco High School, 1892-1894; Salemburg High School,
1894-1895; University of North Carolina, 1896-1900; University
Law School, 1900 and 1908. Lawyer. Member North Carolina
Bar Association. Mayor of Lillington, 1912-1918; Chairman
164 Biographical Sketches
Lillington High School Board, 1916-1930; member Board of Di-
rectors Caswell Training School, 1911-1926; North Carolina
School for Blind and Deaf, 1926-1930. State Senator, 1911 and
1923. Mason; Scottish Rite Lodge; Jr. O. U. A. M.; Master
Buie's Creek Lodge A. F. and A. M.. Baptist; Superintendent
Sunday school. Married Miss Allene Keeter, September 8, 1901.
Address: Lillington, N. C.
KELLY EDMOND BENNETT
(Thirty-third District — Counties: Cherokee, Clay, Graham,
Macon and Swain. One Senator.)
Kelly Edmond Bennett, Democrat, Senator from the Thirty-
third District. Was born at Bryson City, February 8, 1890. Son
of Dr. Aurelius McDonald and Mary Charlotte (Hyatt) Bennett.
Attended public schools of Asheville, 1904-1905; Bryson City
High School, 1905-1909; graduate School of Pharmacy, University
of North Carolina, 1910-1912. Druggist. Real estate and in-
surance agent. Member American Pharmaceutical Association;
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association; Bryson City Lions
Club; North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, 1920-1925; active
member National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, 1920-
1925; Board of Aldermen, Bryson City; Mayor Bryson City;
Chairman Democratic Executive Committee, Swain County;
Chairman North Carolina Membership Committee of the Ameri-
can Pharmaceutical Association; Chairman of Legislative Com-
mittee of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association; mem-
ber State Senate from Thirty-second District, 1917. Mason, 32nd
K. C. C. H.; Shriner. Deacon Presbyterian Church; member
Home Mission Committee of Asheville Presbytery. Married, De-
cember, 1913, to Miss Ola Tela Zachery. Three children, Mary
Alice, Gwendolyn and Jean. Address: Bryson City, N. C.
SILAS GARRETT BERNARD
(Thirty- first District — County: Buncombe. One Senator.)
Silas Garrett Bernard, Democrat, Senator from the Thirty-
first Senatorial District. Was born in Franklin County, Virginia,
March 26, 1876. Son of Benjamin F. and Adeline E. (Cooke)
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Bernard. Attended public schools of Asheville; University of
North Carolina Law School, 1901. Lawyer. Member North Caro-
lina Bar Association, Buncombe County Bar Association and the
American Bar Association. President Buncombe County Bar
Association, 1925; Chairman Executive Committee, North Caro-
lina Bar Association, 1930; member Legislative Committee,
American Bar Association, 1930; Corporation Counsel, City of
Asheville, 1909-1911, 1913-1915; Chairman Board of Elections,
Buncombe County, 1921-1925. Sergeant 1st. N. C. V. I., 1898-
1899, Spanish-American War. Knights of Pythias. Christian.
Married Miss Sara Haigh Jones, June 4, 1912. Address: Ashe-
ville, N. C.
MARVIN KEY BLOUNT
(Fifth District — County: Pitt. One Senator.)
Marvin K. Blount, Democrat, Senator from the Fifth Sena-
torial District. Was born at Bethel, March 18, 1892. Son of
Marion Orland and Florence Blount. Attended Culver Military
Academy, Culver, Indiana; A.B., Randolph Macon College, 1914;
LL.B., University of North Carolina, 1916. Lawyer. Member
North Carolina Bar Association and Kiwanis Club. Director and
attorney for Bank and Building Loan Association. Chairman
Pitt County Democratic Executive Committee, 1924-1926. Mem-
ber Phi Delta Theta Fraternity; member Board of Trustees,
University of North Carolina. Shriner. Methodist. State Sena-
tor, 1927 and 1929. Married Miss Ruth Elizabeth Baldwin,
January 22, 1920. Address: Greenville, N. C.
JOHN T. BURRUS
(Seventeenth District — Counties: Guilford and Rockingham.
Two Senators.)
John T. Burrus, Democrat, Senator from the Seventeenth Sena-
torial District. Was born in Surry County, July 13, 1876. Son
of John G. and Bettie (Reece) Burrus. Attended Yadkinville
Institute; Davidson College, M. D., 1898; M. D. Baltimore Medi-
cal College, 1900; Grant University, 1901. Surgeon. Member
166 Biographical Sketches
North Carolina Medical Association; Tri-State Medical Asso-
ciation; Southern Medical Association; American Medical Asso-
ciation; Fellow American College of Surgeons. Owner and Chief
Surgeon, High Point Hospital and Burrus Clinic. Consulting
Surgeon, Southern Railway, Thomasville Baptist Orphanage and
Davidson Hospital. President North Carolina Medical Society,
1928. Two years in World War, rank of Colonel. Chief of
Surgical Service Base Hospital, Camp Beauregard; Commanding
Officer, U. S. Army Base Hospital, Camp Beauregard. Mason;
Shriner; Knights of Pythias; Junior Order United American Me-
chanics; Odd Fellow; Elks. Baptist. Married Miss Mary B. At-
kins, April 2, 1899. Address: High Point, N. C.
EDGAR RAMSEY BURT
{Eighteenth District — Counties: Davidson, Montgomery, Rich-
mond and Scotland. Two Senators.)
Edgar Ramsey Burt, Democrat, Senator from the Eighteenth
Senatorial District. Was born at Osgood, Chatham (now Lee)
County, October 2, 1869. Son of Jessie G. and Delanie (Thomas)
Burt. Attended Holly Springs Academy, 1886. Gasoline and
Oil merchant. President Biscoe Oil Co., Inc.; President Inde-
pendent Oil Jobbers Association. Representative in the General
Assembly of 1921. Knights of Pythias. Methodist. Married Miss
Henrietta Adams, 1900. Address: Biscoe, N. C.
WILLIAM BAUGHAM CAMPBELL
(Ninth District — Counties: Duplin, New Hanover, Pender and
Sampson. Two Senators.)
William Baugham Campbell, Democrat, Senator from the Ninth
Senatorial District, was born at Yatesville, Beaufort County, No-
vember 29, 1888. Son of Charles A. and Martha V. (Wilkinson)
Campbell. Attended Rhodes Military Institute, 1903-1905; Oak
Ridge Institute, 1906-1907; University Law School, 1912-1913.
Lawyer. Member North Carolina Bar Association; New Hanover
County Bar Bar Association; Lions Club. Member National Guard
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for two years. Junior 0. U. A. M. Episcopalian; Vestryman;
Junior and Senior Warden. Representative in the General As-
sembly of 1927. Married Miss Jeannette Robbins, July 31, 1917.
Address: Wilmington, N. C.
WILLIAM GRIMES CLARK
(Fourth District — Counties: Edgecombe and Halifax. Two
Senators.)
William G. Clark, Democrat, Senator from the Fourth Sena-
torial District. Was born in Tarboro, April 28, 1877. Son of
William S. and Lossie (Grist) Clark. Attended Horner's School,
1891-1893; University of North Carolina, 1893-1897. Member D.
K. E. Fraternity. Fertilizer supply merchant and farmer. Presi-
dent Tarboro Ginning Co.; Cotton Belt Land Co.; Vice-Presi-
dent Edgecombe Homestead Building and Loan; President
Edgecombe National Bank; Director and member Finance Com-
mittee, Tarboro Unit, North Carolina Bank and Trust Co.; Di-
rector Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co., Greensboro; Chair-
man Board of Trustees, Edgecombe General Hospital; member
Board of Directors of State Hospital, Raleigh; member Board
of Town Commissioners, Tarboro, 1901-1907; Chairman Board
of County Commissioners, 1914-1920. Delegate to National Demo-
cratic Convention, Baltimore, 1912. State Senator, 1927 and 1929.
Episcopalian. Married Miss Ruth Duval Hardisty, April 17,
1901. Address: Tarboro, N. C.
FRANCIS OSBORNE CLARKSON
(Twentieth District — Counties: Cabarrus and Mecklenburg.
Two Senators.)
Francis Osborne Clarkson, Democrat, Senator from the Twen-
tieth Senatorial District. Was born in Charlotte, August 26,
1895. Son of Heriot and Mary Lloyd (Osborne) Clarkson. At-
tended Charlotte public schools and Charlotte University School
up to 1912; University of North Carolina, A.B., 1916; LL.B.,
1917. Lawyer. Member Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
and American Bar Associations. Director, Charlotte Y. M. C. A.;
168 Biographical Sketches
Trustee, Thompson Orphanage Endowment and Building Fund.
Solicitor Fourteenth Judicial District, 1922, filling an unexpired
term. United States Naval Aviation, Ensign, 1918; Marine Corps
Aviation, Second Lieutenant, 1919. Mason; Jr. O. U. A. M.
Episcopalian ; Vestryman and Warden. Married Miss Cama
Burgess, June 27, 1924. Three children; Sarah Burgess, Cama
Mary and Francis O., Jr. Address: Charlotte, N. C.
HAYDEN CLEMENT
{Twenty-first District — County: Rowan. One Senator.)
Hayden Clement, Senator from the Twenty-first Senatorial
District. Was born in Mocksville, September 25, 1879. Son of
Louis H. and Mary C. (Buehller) Clement. Attended Salisbury
High School; Horner's Military School; University of North
Carolina, 1899-1903; University Law School, 1903. Lawyer. Mem-
ber North Carolina Bar Association. Delegate to National
Democratic Convention, Baltimore, 1912. Assistant Attorney
General, 1907-1909; Solicitor Fifteenth Judicial District, 1914-
1923. Mason; Junior Order United American Mechanics; Sigma
Nu Fraternity. Episcopalian; Junior Warden and Vestryman.
Married Miss Clay W. Croxton, Winchester, Ky., June 25, 1913.
Address: Salisbury, N. C.
HUGH DORTCH
{Eighth District — Counties: Johnston and Wayne. Two Sena-
tors.)
Hugh Dortch, Democrat, Senator from the Eighth Senatorial
District. Was born in Goldsboro, April 24, 1897. Son of Col.
W. T. and Elizabeth (Lewis Dortch. Grandson of Confederate
States Senator, W. T. Dortch, who served as both Speaker of
the House and President of the State Senate and member of
the Confederate Senate. Attended Goldsboro graded schools;
Goldsboro High School; Bingham Military School, 1915; Uni-
versity of North Carolina, class of 1919; Law School, 1919-
1920. Lawyer. Member Wayne County and North Carolina
State Senators 169
Bar Associations; Grievance Committee, North Carolina Bar
Association, 1929-1931. First man from the University to enlist
for service, enlisting April 19, 1917; Machine Gun Co., 119th
Infantry, 30th Division; served overseas one year, attaining rank
of Sergeant. Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Goldsboro
Lodge No. 139; Zeta Psi Fraternity. Episcopalian; Vestryman,
1928-1930. Married Miss Agnes Pearce Quinerly, October 26,
1921. One son: Hugh Dortch, Jr., aged seven years.
FRANK LEMUEL DUNLAP
{Nineteenth District — Counties: Anson, Stanly and Union.
Two Senators.)
Frank L. Dunlap, Democrat, Senator from the Nineteenth
Senatorial District. Was born at Wadesboro, Anson County. Son
of Joseph I. and Charlotte B. (Bennett) Dunlap. Educated at
Horner's Military School, 1902-19*03-1904; University of North
Carolina, LL.B., 1908. Lawyer and farmer. Civitan. Clerk of
Superior Court, Anson County, 1910. Solicitor Recorder's Court,
Anson County, 1911-1914. Senator General Assembly, 1921, 1925
and 1927. Served in World War, 1917-1919; First Lieutenant
Infantry, U. S. A., A. E. F. Episcopalian. Address Wadesboro,
N. C.
JOHN HAMLIN FOLGER
{Twenty-third District — Counties: Stokes and Surry. One
Senator.)
John Hamlin Folger, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-
third Senatorial District. Was born at Rockford, N. C. Son of
Thos. Wilson and Ada Dillard (Robertson) Folger. Educated at
Dobson High School, 1895; Yadkinville Normal School, 1896-
1898. Attended Guilford College, 1898, and the University Law
School in 1901. Lawyer. Member North Carolina Bar Associ-
ation and the American Bar Association. Mayor of Mount Airy,
1909-1910. Member Granite Lodge, A. F. & A. M., No. 322; Blue
Ridge Council No. 72; Jr. O. U. A. M. Methodist; Trustee.
Representative in the General Assembly of 1927. Married Miss
Maude Douglas, November 4, 1899. Address: Mount Airy. X. C.
170 Biographical Sketches
floyd galloway gower
{Eighth District — Counties: Johnston and Wayne. Two Sena-
tors.)
Floyd Galloway Gower, Democrat, Senator from the Eighth
Senatorial District. Was born in Johnston County, May 7, 1887.
Son of Anderson and Bettie (Bridges) Gower. Attended Clayton
High School, 1904-1906; Atlanta Dental College, Dental Surgeon,
1910. Farmer and real estate. Member North Carolina Dental
Society. Mayor of Clayton, 1927-1931. Served in Army, May,
1918, to December, 1918, rank as hospital assistant; four weeks'
training in heavy artillery service. Knights of Pythias; Elks;
Junior Order United American Mechanics. Methodist; President
Sunday School Class, 1928-1929. Married Miss Bertie Taylor,
July 23, 1921. Practiced Dentistry six years at Graham and
Wendell; traded real estate and operated gins and saw mills and
farms since 1906. Address: Clayton, N. C.
A. TURNER GRANT
{Twenty -fourth District — Counties: Davie, Wilkes and Yad-
kin. One Senator.)
A. Turner Grant, Republican, Senator from the Twenty-
fourth Senatorial District. Was born at Mocksville, June 2, 1876.
Son of A. T. and Rebecca (Parker) Grant. Educated at Mocks-
ville Academy, 1896-1897, and University of North Carolina.
Lawyer. Member of House of Representatives, 1903, 1905, 1907,
1909, 1921, 1927 and 1929. State Senator, 1913, 1925. Food Ad-
ministrator for Davie County, 1917-1918. Chairman Liberty Loan
Committee, Davie County, during World War. Supervision Cen-
sus, Seventh North Carolina District, 1910. District member
Constitutional Amendment Commission, 1913. Married Miss
Helen L. Brewster, March 18, 1908. Address: Mocksville, N. C.
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lloyd lee gravely
(Sixth District — Counties: Franklin, Nash and Wilson. Two
Senators.)
Lloyd L. Gravely, Democrat, Senator from the Sixth Sena-
torial District. Was born in Danville, Virginia, December 5,
1889. Son of J. O. W. and Lula (Keen) Gravely. Attended
University School, Rocky Mount, 1895-1903; Randolph-Macon
Academy, 1903-1905; A.B., Randolph-Macon College, 1910; at-
tended Law School, University of Virginia, 1912, and Law School
of University of North Carolina, 1913. Tobacconist. Member
Kiwanis Club. Director, secretary-treasurer, China-American To-
bacco Co.; director, Planters National Bank and Trust Co. Al-
derman, city of Rocky Mount, 1920-1921; mayor, 1925-1928. Phi
Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi (legal) Fraternities; Mason;
Shriner; Knights of Pythias; Sons of American Revolution.
Methodist; steward; teacher Men's Bible Class. State Senator,
1929. Married Miss Mary Clarke Hoofnagle, August 2, 1916.
Address: Rocky Mount, N. C.
HARRY PERCY GRIER, SR.
(Twenty-fifth District — Counties: Catawba, Iredell and Lin-
coln. Two Senators.)
Harry Percy Grier, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-fifth
Senatorial District. Was born in Yorkville, S. C, March 20,
1871. Son of William Lowndes and Mary (Barron) Grier. At-
tended Statesville High School. Read law under Major Harvey
Bingham of Statesville, was licensed by the Supreme Court of
North Carolina at September term, 1893. Lawyer. Mayor States-
ville, 1907-1911. Representative in the General Assembly of 1913,
1915, 1917, 1919; Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1921.
Member commission that revised and published the Consolidated
Statutes of North Carolina, 1919. Woodmen of the World. Asso-
ciate Reformed Presbyterian; Deacon; Elder. Married Miss
Marietta Leinster. October 10, 1895. Address: Statesville, N. C.
172 Biographical Sketches
allen hatchett gwyn
(Seventeenth District — Counties: Guilford and Rockingham.
Two Senators.)
Allen H. Gwyn, Democrat, Senator from the Seventeenth
Senatorial District. Was born near Yanceyville, November 12,
1893. Son of Joseph P. and Sarah E. (Hatchett) Gwyn. At-
tended Yanceyville graded school; Trinity Park School, 1913-
1914; A.B., Trinity College, 1913; Trinity College, 1919-1921.
Lawyer. Member North Carolina Bar Association and the Ameri-
can Bar Association. Enlisted as a Private, September 19, 1917;
commissioned Second Lieutenant, Infantry, June, 1918; dis-
charged January 24, 1919; commissioned Captain, N. C. National
Guard, 1923; now commanding Headquarters Co., 120th Infantry,
N. C. National Guard. Mason. Methodist; Steward, 1926-1930.
Married Miss Janie Johnston Gwyn, August 25, 1917. Address:
Reidsville, N. C.
IRA MAY HARDY
(Seventh District — Counties: Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones,
Lenoir and Onslow. Two Senators.)
Ira May Hardy, Democrat, Senator from the Seventh Sena-
torial District. Was born in LaGrange, July 22, 1874. Son of
Jesse Hutchins and Martha Ann (Stanton) Hardy. Attended
Davis Military School; LaGrange Collegiate Institute; Goldsboro
public schools; A. and E. College, 1895-1896; University of North
Carolina, 1896-1898; M. D. Medical College of Richmond, 1901.
Physician. ■ Member County, Seaboard, State, Southern and
American Medical Societies. Ex-President Beaufort County
Medical Society, Lenoir County Society, and Seaboard Medical
Society; First Superintendent Caswell Training School; Ex-
President County Alumni Association. Captain, World War,
1918; Medical Examiner for County Exemption Board; Major
Medical Reserves, 1919-1930. Knights of Pythias, Deputy Grand
Chancelor, 1898-1899; Junior Order United American Mechanics;
Woodmen of the World; Mason, Chapter Commandry; Shriner;
Eastern Star; Sons of the American Revolution. Episcopalian;
Vestryman fourteen years; Trustee Thompson Orphanage fifteen
State Senators 173
years. Author of "What It Cost," various medical papers, and
"Schools for the Feeble Minded, the State's Best Insurance
Policy." Married Miss Mary Eliza Mansfield Baynor, January
1, 1902. Four children: Mary, Martha, Huldah and Jesse.
Address: Kinston, N. C.
ROY A. HARMON
(Thirtieth District — Counties: Avery, Madison, Mitchell and
Yancey. One Senator.)
Roy A. Harmon, Republican Senator from the Thirtieth Sena-
torial District. Was born at Beech Creek, November 2, 1894.
Son of William M. and Mary M. (Harmon) Harmon. Attended
Beech Creek elementary school, 1903 to 1909; Appalachian Train-
ing School, 1910 to 1913. Taught in public schools of Watauga
and Avery Counties. Banker. Sergeant, United States Army,
from February 3, 1915, to October 15, 1919. Four years' service
in Philippine Islands. Representative in the General Assembly
of 1925. Baptist; clerk, 1920. Married Miss Alma B. Ollis,
December 23, 1923. Address: Elk Park, N. C.
THOMAS HENRY HATCHETT
(Sixteenth District — Counties: Alamance, Caswell, Durham
and Orange. Two Senators.)
Thomas Henry Hatchett, Democrat, Senator from the Six-
teenth Senatorial District. Was born in Caswell County, July
16, 1895. Son of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth (Owen) Hatchett.
Attended public schools of Caswell County. Farmer and Justice
of the Peace. County Commissioner, 1914-1927; Representative
in the General Asembly of 1913; Judge Recorder's Court, 1927;
Justice of the Peace, 1928-1930. First Sergeant Home Guards,
1918. Junior Order United American Mechanics; Thirty-second
degree Mason, Scottish Rite; Master Masonic Lodge, 1911; Coun-
cilor Junior Order, 1911. Methodist; Sunday School Superin-
tendent, 1888-1910; Steward. Married Miss Virginia T. Owen,
1888, who died May 18, 1902. Four children: two sons and two
daughters. Address: Yanceyville, N. C.
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FABIUS J. HAYWOOD
(Twentieth District — Counties: Cabarrus and Mecklenburg.
Two Senators.)
Fabius J. Haywood, Democrat, Senator from the Twentieth
Senatorial District. Was born in Raleigh, November 14, 1876.
Son of Fabius Julius and Nannie Grimes Haywood. A.B., Uni-
versity of North Carolina, 1897. Teacher, 1897-1898. Banker,
1898-1905; State Bank Examiner, 1905-1909. Cotton manu-
facturer since 1909. Married Miss Elizabeth Joyner Burton,
October 7, 1908. Episcopalian. State Senator, 1927 and 1929.
Address: Concord, N. C.
WILLIAM MAYHEW HENDREN
(Twenty-second District — County: Forsyth. One Senator.)
William Mayhew Hendren, Democrat, Senator from the
Twenty-second Senatorial District. Was born in New Bern, Oc-
tober 13, 1871. Son of Linville L. and Mary Elizabeth (Mayhew)
Hendren. Attended Winston-Salem graded schools, 1887-1889;
University of North Carolina, 1890-1892; University Law School,
1894. Lawyer. Member American Bar Association; North Caro-
lina Bar Association; President, 1925-1926; Forsyth County Bar
Association. Methodist. Married Miss Annie J. Rawley, March
28, 1899. Address: Winston-Salem, N. C.
ARCHIBALD ARRINGTON HICKS
(Fifteenth District — Counties: Granville and Person. One
Senator.)
Archibald Arrington Hicks, Democrat, Senator from the Fif-
teenth Senatorial District. Was born near Oxford, on a farm
called White Oak Villa, September 9, 1862. Son of Benjamin W.
and Isabella (Crews) Hicks. Attended Pleasant Hill Academy,
1867-1876; Shilo Academy, 1878-1879; Yadkin College, 1879-1883.
Studied law under instruction of T. T. Hicks. Lawyer. President
Granville County Bar Association; member State Bar Associa-
tion, and member of the Executive Committee; Oxford Chamber
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of Commerce. Mayor of Oxford, 1892-1894; Chairman Democratic
Executive Committee, four terms; Attorney for Granville County
Commissioners for the past twenty years. State Senator, 1899,
1903, 1907, 1911 and 1923. Appointed Major by Governor
Kitchen. Member Oxford Lodge No. 396, A. F. and A. M., hold-
ing all offices, including one term as Master; Royal Arch Chapter
and Knights Templar; member Oxford Lodge No. 103, I. O. O. F.,
holding all offices, including Chief Patriarch in Camp. Methodist
Protestant; delegate to general conference in Washington, D. C,
about 1912. Married Miss Hettie Minor, August 8, 1894. Four
children: Alleine B., Elizabeth A. (Mrs. Leslie R. Hummell of
Wilmington), Will Minor and Julia Brent Hicks. Took an active
part in the Legislature of 1899 in passing the Constitutional
amendment known as the Suffrage Amendment. Address: Oxford,
N. C.
JOHN WETMORE HINSDALE
(Thirteenth District — Counties: Chatham, Lee and Wake.
Two Senators.)
John W. Hinsdale, Democrat, Senator from the Thirteenth
Senatorial District. Was born in Raleigh, August 21, 1879. Son
of John Wetmore and Ellen (Devereaux) Hinsdale. Attended
private schools; A.B., University of North Carolina, 1900; Uni-
versity Law School. Lawyer. Representative in the General As-
sembly of 1909. Address: Raleigh, N. C.
WILKINS PERRYMAN HORTON
(Thirteenth District — Counties: Chatham, Lee and Wake. Two
Senators.)
Wilkins Perryman Horton, Democrat, of Chatham County,
Senator from the Thirteenth District, was born at Kansas City,
Kansas, September 1, 1889. Son of Thomas B. and Mary E.
(Wilkins) Horton. Was educated in the public schools of Chat-
ham County; Draughan's Business College, 1910-1911; Uni-
versity of North Carolina, 1912-1914. Lawyer. County Attorney
from 1916-1919 and from 1924-1930. Chairman of Democratic
176 Biographical Sketches
Executive Committee of Chatham County. Senator from Chat-
ham, 1919 and 1927. Secretary, State Democratic Executive
Committee, 1930. Mason. Methodist. Married Miss Cassandra
C. Mendenhall, June 12, 1918. Address: Pittsboro, N. C.
MURDOCH M. JOHNSON
{Twelfth District — Counties: Hoke, Moore and Randolph.
Two Senators.)
Murdoch M. Johnson, Democrat, Senator from the Twelfth
Senatorial District. Was born in Bethune, S. C, September 30,
1888. Son of Henry T. and Flora H. Johnson. Attended Welsh
Neck High School, Hartsville, S. C. (Now Coker College), 1906-
1908; Wake Forest College; University of North Carolina; L.L.B.,
University of South Carolina, 1912. Lawyer. Member Moore
County Bar Association. North Carolina Bar Association and the
American Bar Association. Mayor of Jefferson, S. C, 1914-1915;
Representative in South Carolina Legislature from Kershaw
County, 1918-1922; Chairman Aberdeen School Board, 1928-1930;
member Board of Commissioners, Aberdeen. Mason; Shriner;
Knights of Pythias; Worshipful Master, Macedonia Lodge, Jef-
ferson, S. C, 1914-1915; Chancellor Jefferson Lodge Knights of
Pythias, 1915. Presbyterian. Married Miss Amilie Blume John-
son, July 15, 1916. Address: Aberdeen, N. C.
RIVERS DUNN JOHNSON
(Ninth District — Counties: Duplin, New Hanover, Pender and
Sampson. Two Senators.)
Rivers Dunn Johnson, Democrat, Senator from the Ninth
Senatorial District. Was born in Wilson, December 29, 1885.
Son of Seymour Anderson and Annie E. (Clark) Johnson. Edu-
cated at James Sprunt Institute, Warsaw High School and
Wake Forest. Attended Wake Forest Law School, 1908-1909.
Lawyer. Member American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar
Association and Duplin County Bar Association. Mayor Warsaw,
1909-1910. State Senator, 1911, 1915, 1923 and 1927. Cadet,
First Officers Training Camp, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Thirty-
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second Degree Mason, Scottish Rite Bodies; Shriner, Sudan
Temple; Jr. O. U. A. M.; Eastern Star. Member Warsaw Rotary
Club. Master Masonic Lodge, 1911-1915; Councilor, Jr. O. U.
A. M., two years; President Shrine Club, 1919-1926; President
Rotary Club, 1926-1927. Episcopalian. Married Miss Olivia R.
Best, May 23, 1921. Address: Warsaw, N. C.
WALTER RALEIGH JONES
(Eighteenth District — Counties: Davidson, Montgomery, Rich-
mond and Scotland. Two Senators.)
Walter Raleigh Jones, Democrat, Senator from the Eighteenth
Senatorial District. Was born in Surry County, December 3,
1881. Son of Francis and Eliza (McGrady) Jones. Attended
Mt. Airy graded school, 1898-1900; Bridle Creek Academy (Va.),
1900-1901; Peabody College, 1901-1903; L. I., 1903; University
of North Carolina, 1904-1906; A.B., 1906; University Law
School, 1913. Lawyer. Member North Carolina Bar Association.
Prosecuting Attorney, Richmond County Court, 1915-1916. Ma-
son; member Oasis Shrine Temple. Married Miss Edith White
Fayssoux, March 2, 1910. Winner inter-society debaters' medal,
Bridle Creek Academy, 1901; Peabody College, 1903; Willie P.
Mangum Orators' Medal, 1906; Principal Woodlawn, Va., High
School, 1903-1904. Insurance business, 1906-1909; manager real
estate business, 1909-1913; began practice of law, 1913. Address:
Rockingham, N. C.
LLOYD J. LAWRENCE
(First District — Counties: Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates,
Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans. Two Senators.)
Lloyd J. Lawrence, Democrat, Senator from the First Sena-
torial District. Was born in Murfreesboro in 1871. Son of James
N. and Mary Elizabeth (Pruden) Lawrence. Attended Mur-
freesboro High School, 1883-1888; Murfreesboro Military Acad-
emy, 1888-1890; University of North Carolina Law School, 1890-
1892. Lawyer. Member State Bar Association; Commercial Law
178 Biographical Sketches
League of America. President of Citizens Bank, 1911-1919;
President of the First National Bank of Murfreesboro, 1919-
1922; Mayor of Murfreesboro, 1893-1901; Chairman of Board of
Education; Chairman of Board of Elections; County Attorney;
Town Attorney. President Ahoskie Kiwanis Club, 1929. Repre-
sentative in General Assembly of 1901 and 1923; State Senator,
1927 and 1929; Supervisor First North Carolina District, 1920
census. Methodist. Married in 1895 to Miss Eva Alberta Eldridge;
in 1919 to Miss Olive B. Vinson. Address: Murfreesboro, N. C.
T. H. LINDSEY
{Tenth District — Counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus and
Cumberland. Two Senators.)
T. H. Lindsey, Democrat, Senator from the Tenth Senatorial
District. Was born in Orange County. Son of John M. Lindsey.
Attended preparatory schools of Durham; B.S., Scottsburg
Normal College; B.E., Holbrook Normal College; A.M. and B.O.,
Tennessee Normal College. Engaged in school and college work,
Dean of Department, Dixon College, platform entertainment until
1916; Alderman, 1917-1921. Mason; Shriner; Jr. Order United
American Mechanics; Past Councilor. Baptist. Married Miss
Kate Fulghum, November 21, 1916. Address: Southport, N. C.
WILLIAM RICHARD LOVILL
{Twenty -ninth District — Counties: Alleghany, Ashe and Wa-
tauga. One Senator.)
William Richard Lovill, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-
ninth Senatorial District, was born at Siloam, Surry County, No-
vember 27, 1868. Son of Edward Francis and Josephine Loretta
(Marion) Lovill. Attended Sutherland Seminary and Boone High
School. Studied law under Major Harvey Bingham, Statesville.
Lawyer. Methodist. Married Miss Jennie D. Sutherland, De-
cember 31, 1890, who died October 16, 1916. Married Miss Lucy
Graybeal, September 9, 1923. Address: Boone, N. C.
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william edward lynch
(Eleventh District — County: Robeson. One Senator.)
William Edward Lynch, Democrat, Senator from the Eleventh
Senatorial District. Was born in Edgefield, S. C, October 12,
1892. Son of William Edward and Kate (Holstien) Lynch. At-
tended Edgefield graded and High School until 1909; Davidson
College, B.S., 1913; University of North Carolina Law School,
1915. Lawyer. Prosecuting Attorney, Robeson County Recorder's
Court, 1923-1930. Private in World War about fifteen months.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. Presbyterian. Married Miss
Virginia Pullen, June 6, 1923. Address: Rowland, N. C.
GERTRUDE DILLS McKEE
(Thirty-second District — Counties: Cherokee, Clay, Graham,
Macon and Swain. One Senator.) (Vo-\^vn*j C^\aaOnjU^ ^^-cX«-o
Gertrude Dills McKee, Democrat from the Thirty-second [^jutUmiL
Senatorial District. Was born in Dillsboro, N. C. Daughter of ..
W. A. and Alice (Enloe) Dills. Graduated from Peace Institute, *s<vMtA
1905. Homemaker. Member North Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs, President, 1925-1927; North Carolina Division
United Daughters of the Confederacy, President, 1928-1930;
President Southern Council Federated Club Women, 1926-1928.
Member North Carolina Educational Commission, 1927-1929;
Member County Government Commission, 1927-1929; Trustee
Western Carolina Teachers' College, 1921-1925; Trustee Peace
College for Women, 1930. Methodist; pianist of Sunday School.
Married E. L. McKee, August 19, 1913. Address: Sylva, N. C.
WILLIAM KATHRINE McLEAN
(Twenty-seventh District — Counties: Cleveland, Henderson,
McDowell, Polk and Rutherford. Two Senators.)
William K. McLean, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-
seventh Senatorial District, was born at Democrat, N. C, De-
cember 2, 1899. Son of Dr. I. N. and Julia M. (Buckner) McLean.
Attended Elon College, 1914-1918; A.B., Wake Forest College,
180 Biographical Sketches
1924. Lawyer. Private in World War, 1918-1919, serving with
the A. E. F. from August until the armistice was signed, in the
battle of St. Mihiel, Argonne-Meuse offensive and west of the
Meuse River. Mason. Baptist. Married Miss Clara Nell White-
head, July 8, 1919. Address: Columbus, N. C.
PEYTON McSWAIN
(Twenty-seventh District — Counties: Cleveland, Henderson,
McDowell, Polk and Rutherford. Two Senators.)
Peyton McSwain, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-seventh
Senatorial District. Was born in Cleveland County, May 4,
1895. Son of D. F. and Margaret (Holland) McSwain. At-
tended public schools of Cleveland County; Piedmont High
School, Lawndale, 1911-1913; University of North Carolina, 1914-
1916; Universite de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, 1919; Uni-
versity Law School, 1914-1916. Received license to practice law,
August 28, 1916. Lawyer. Member Cleveland County Bar Asso-
ciation, Vice-President, 1929-1930; North Carolina Bar Associa-
tion; American Bar Association. Presidential Elector for Ninth
Congressional District, 1928; member Governor McLean's per-
sonal staff, 1924-1928. Representative in the General Assembly
of 1921 ; carried all five counties in Twenty-seventh Senatorial
District in the November election, receiving the largest majority
ever given a candidate in the district. Private, 322nd Infantry,
81st. Division, September 16, 1917-July 29, 1919, A. E. F.; Cap-
tain, U. S. R. C, April 26, 1922; Captain 120th Infantry, N. C.
National Guard, June 16, 1923: Commanding Officer, Company
"K", 120th Infantry, Shelby, N. C. A. F. and A. M., Cleveland
Lodge, No. 202; Shrine, Oasis Temple, Charlotte; American
Legion, Past Commander Warren F. Hoyle Post, Past District
Commander, Ninth District; Junior Order United American Me-
chanics; Red Men; Sons American Revolution. Presbyterian;
teacher Men's Bible Class. Married Miss Ethel Parker, August
9, 1927. Address: Shelby, N. C.
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kemp battle nixon
{Twenty-fifth District — Counties: Catawba, Iredell and Lin-
coln. Two Senators.)
Kemp B. Nixon, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-fifth
Senatorial District. Was born in Lincoln County, August 12,
1883. Son of Alfred and Iola Jane (Robinson) Nixon. At-
tended Lincolnton graded school; B.S. University of North Caro-
lina, 1905; Trinity Law School, 1905-1907; admitted to Bar,
August, 1907. Lawyer. Private Secretary Judge E. Y. Webb,
1907-1908. Chairman Board of Education fifteen years. Mem-
ber Kiwanis Club; First Lieutenant, Troop "A", Calvary, Lin-
colnton; member Advisory Board, Lincoln County, during World
War. Mason; Past Master Lincoln Lodge, No. 137, A. F. and
A. M.; Lincoln Chapter, No. 22, R. A. M.; Shriner, Hickory
Commandry No. 19, and Oasis Temple, Charlotte. Methodist;
Steward twenty-two years. Address: Lincolnton, N. C.
ELBERT SYDNEY PEEL
(Second District- — Counties: Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin,
Pamlico, Tyrrell and Washington. Two Senators.)
Elbert Sidney Peel, Democrat, Senator from the Second Sena-
torial District. Was born at Jamesville, N. C, December 14,
1894. Son of R. J. and Sadie F. (Woolard) Peel. Attended
Williamston High School, 1900-1910; A.B., University of North
Carolina, 1914; University Summer Law School, 1916 and 1919.
Lawyer. Solicitor, Martin County Recorder's Court, 1922-192G.
State Senator, 1929. First Lieutenant, 317th Field Artillery,
1917-1919. Mason; Junior Order; Elk. Christian. Married Miss
Fannie Manning, 1920. Address: Williamston, N. C.
WALTER HOGUE POWELL
(Tenth District — Counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus and
Cumberland. Two Senators.)
Walter Hogue Powell, Democrat, Senator from the Tenth
Senatorial District. Was born September 9, 1887. Son of R. H.
and Nott (McKinnon) Powell. Attended Horner's Military
182 Biographical Sketches
School, Oxford, 1905-1907; Whiteville High School; University
of North Carolina, 1907-1911. Lawyer. Representative in the
General Assembly of 1919. Thirty-second degree Mason; Shriner;
Kappa Alpha. Baptist; Deacon. Married Miss Toccoa Caine,
October 20, 1915. Address: Whiteville, N. C.
HENRY LAWSON PRICE
(Nineteenth District — Counties: Anson, Stanly and Union.
Two Senators.)
Henry Lawson Price, Democrat, Senator from the Nineteenth
Senatorial District. Was born in Union County, N. C, August
1, 1871. Son of J. McCollum and Sarah (McNeely) Price. At-
tended Wesley Chapel High School, 1885-1891; Trinity College
(now Duke University), 1891-1892. Merchant and farmer. Mem-
ber Board of County Commissioners, Union County, 1902-1906,
and Chairman of Board, 1904-1906. Representative in General
Assembly, 1913; State Senator, 1929. Modern Woodmen of the
World. Methodist; Steward. Married Miss Nora Winchester,
March 1, 1893. Eleven children. Address: Monroe, N. C, R. 5.
JOHN ALBERT PRITCHETT
(Third District — Counties: Bertie and Northampton. One
Senator.)
John Albert Pritchett, Democrat, Senator from the Third
Senatorial District, was born at Ruffin, Rockingham County,
October 7, 1896. Son of William E. and Mary J. (Page)
Pritchett. Attended Ruffin High School, 1911-1915; Clifton High
School, Rawlings, Va., 1915-1916; University of North Carolina,
A.B., LL.B., 1921. Lawyer. Member Bertie County Bar Associ-
ation; Director Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce; Com-
missioner Windsor, 1927-1928; Mayor, 1928-1930; Attorney for
Bertie Board of Education since 1927; Bertie County Repre-
sentative Citizens Military Training Camps since 1926. Military
training at University of North Carolina, 1917-1919. A. F. and
A. M.; Charity Lodge, No. 5. Windsor; Temple Chapter, No. 6,
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High Priest, 1926-1930; Bethlehem Commandery, No. 9, Green-
ville; Shrine, Sudan Temple, New Bern; Junior Order United
American Mechanics, Bertie Council, No. 124, First Councilor,
1927-1929; Deputy State Councilor, 1929; Phi Alpha Delta Law
Fraternity. Methodist; Trustee since 1927; Teacher Men's Bible
Class since 1925. Married Miss Mamie W. Stokes, June 30, 1927.
Address: Windsor, N. C.
RUFUS GRADY RANKIN
(Twenty-sixth District — County: Gaston. One Senator.)
Rufus Grady Rankin, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-
sixth Senatorial District, was born at Belmont, February 25,
1891. Son of Rufus Pinkney and Zoe (Hand) Rankin. Gradu-
ated from Gastonia High School, 1906; attended University of
North Carolina, 1906-1909. Manufacturer. President Ridge Mills,
Inc.; Secretary and Treasurer Hanover Mills, Inc. Member
Board of Gaston County Commissioners, 1919-1925. Mason, in-
cluding Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery, Scottish Rite, Shrine;
Improved Order of Red Men; P. O. S. of A. Methodist; Stew-
ard. Married Miss Ruth Boyce, January 23, 1913. Address:
Gastonia, N. C.
T. O. RODWELL
(Fourteenth District — Counties: Vance and Warren. One
Senator.)
T. O. Rodwell, Democrat, Senator from the Fourteenth Sena-
torial District, was born in Warren County, February 17, 1870.
Son of William Brown and Mary D. (Egerton) Rodwell. At-
tended Macon High School; Wake Forest Law School, 1900.
Lawyer. Judge Recorder's Court, Warren County, 1915-1930.
Representative in the General Assembly, 1907, 1909 and 1911.
Methodist. Address: Warrenton, N. C.
184 Biographical Sketches
john wesley umstead, jr.
(Sixteenth District — Counties: Alamance, Caswell, Durham
and Orange. Two Senators.)
John Wesley Umstead, Democrat, Senator from the Sixteenth
Senatorial District, was born in Durham County, April 7, 1889.
Son of John Wesley and Lula Elizabeth (Lunsford) Umstead.
Attended public schools of Durham County until 1903; Mangum
High School, Mangum Township (first consolidated school in
North Carolina) ; University of North Carolina, A.B., 1909.
Life insurance. Mason; Shrine; Elks; Pythians; Junior Order
United American Mechanics, occupied all chairs in Junior Order
at Tarboro; Exalted Ruler Elks, Durham, 1927. Methodist. Mar-
ried Miss SaDie Hunter Reade January 20, 1924. Address:
Chapel Hill, N. C.
THOMAS RANDOLPH UZZELL
(Sixth District — Counties: Nash and Wilson. Two Senators.)
Thomas Randolph Uzzell, Democrat, Senator from the Sixth
Senatorial District, was born in Wilson County, October 7, 1889.
Son of John Randolph and Pattie (Woodard) Uzzell. Educated
in Wilson graded schools; Oak Ridge Institute; University of
North Carolina. Lawyer. U. S. Naval Reserve Force during
World War. Married Miss Grace Butler, June 20, 1923. Ad-
dress: Wilson, N. C.
HALLETT SYDNEY WARD
(Second District — Counties: Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin,
Pamlico, Tyrrell and Washington. Two Senators.)
Hallet Sydney Ward, Democrat, Senator from the Second
Senatorial District, was born in Gates County, August 31, 1870.
Son of Nathan O. and Martha Eliza (Matthews) Ward. At-
tended public school, 1876-1884; Buckhorn Academy, under a
great teacher of that day, Capt. Julian Picot, 1890; University
of North Carolina Summer Law School, 1893. Mayor of Plym-
outh, 1898; Solicitor First District, 1904-1910; United States
State Senators 185
Congressman, 68th and 69th Congress, from the first Congressional
District, 1921-1925. State Senator, 1899 and 1901. Mason, Orr
Lodge, Washington, N. C. Episcopalian; Vestryman. Twice
married; first to Miss Aileen Latham, September 23, 1896; sec-
ond to Miss Dora F. Bonner, August 6, 1929. Address: Wash-
ington, N. C.
WILLIAM FARRIOR WARD
(Seventh District — Counties: Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones,
Lenoir and Onslow. Two Senators.)
William F. Ward, Democrat, Senator from Seventh Sena-
torial District, was born at Kenansville, November 28, 1893. Son
of Alfred Decatur and Carolina Virginia (Farrior) Ward. Edu-
cated at New Bern High School; Warrenton High School, 1910-
1911-1912; A.B., Wake Forest College, 1916; attended Wake
Forest College Law School. Lawyer. Representative from Craven
County in General Assembly, 1921 and 1925; State Senator, 1929.
World War veteran; Lieutenant (junior grade) United States
Naval Reserve. Served on both sides of ocean, Commanding
Officer U. S. Submarine Chaser No. 332, following rating and
rank: Seaman, first class; Quartermaster (signal), first class;
Ensign and Lieutenant (junior grade). Member American Le-
gion; Elks; Kiwanis. Baptist; Trustee. Married, 1920, Miss Car-
rie Duffy Wooten. Address: New Bern, N. C.
CHARLES WHEDBEE
(First District — Counties: Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates,
Hertford, Pasquotank and Perquimans. Two Senators.)
Charles Whedbee, Democrat, Senator from the First Sena-
torial District, was born at Hertford, September 7, 1875. Son
of James Monroe and Mary Fannie (Skinner) Whedbee. At-
tended University of North Carolina, 1897. Lawyer. Member
Board of Trustees, University of North Carolina. State Senator,
1929. Married Miss Mabel Martin, January, 1901; Married Miss
Evelyn Copeland, January, 1917. Address: Hertford, N. C.
186 Biographical Sketches
buford franklin williams
(Ttoenty-eighth District — Counties: Alexander, Burke and
Caldwell. One Senator.)
Buford Franklin Williams, Democrat, Senator from the
Twenty-eighth Senatorial District, was born at Grover, N. C,
November 7, 1884. Son of James Franklin and Candace Jose-
phine (Stroupe) Williams. Attended Shelby graded schools;
Bethel Hill Institute; University of North Carolina; LL.B.,
Wake Forest College, 1909. Lawyer. Member Lenoir Chamber
Commerce; Rotary Club. Mayor Lenoir, 1914-1917; 1929-1930;
Attorney for Caldwell County Board of Education. Chairman
Democratic Executive Committee, Caldwell County, 1928-1930.
Newspaper business, 1906-1909; teacher, 1905-1906; Captain, Bat-
tery "E", 113th Field Artillery, World War. Mason; Knights of
Pythias, Chancellor Commander, 1916-1917; Odd Fellows; Moose.
Baptist; teacher Young Men's Class. Married Miss Sallie Ram-
sey Ivey, March 26, 1915. Address: Lenoir, N. C.
ALLEN CAULAIN ZOLLICOFFER
(Fourth District — Counties: Edgecombe and Halifax. Two
Senators.)
Allen Caulain Zollicoffer, Democrat, Senator from the Fourth
Senatorial District, was born in Northampton County, January
18, 1893. Son of Dr. Dallas B. and Kate (Thomas) Zollicoffer.
Attended Weldon graded schools, 1900-1909; Warrenton High
School, 1909-1912; University of North Carolina, class of 1916;
University Law School, 1915-1916; Wake Forest College Summer
Law Course, 1917; Blackstone's Old Inns Court, London, England,
1919. Lawyer. Chairman Halifax County Democratic Executive
Committee, 1926-1930. Ambulance driver, 318th Ambulance Com-
pany, 80th Division, 1917-1918. Mason; Knights Templar; Shrine;
Delta Kappa Epsilon. Delegate from Beta Chapter, D. K. E.,
University of North Carolina, to National Convention at World's
Exposition, San Francisco, July, 1915. Methodist. Lay leader and
Steward, 1922-1928. Married Miss Jennie Mann Clarke, Novem-
ber 18, 1925. Address: Rosemary, N. C.
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representatives
WILLIS SMITH
SPEAKER
Willis Smith, Democrat, Representative from Wake County,
was born in Norfolk, Virginia, December 19, 1887. Son of Willis
and Mary (Creecy) Smith. Attended Atlantic Collegiate Insti-
tute, Elizabeth City; A.B., Trinity College, 1910; studied law at
Trinity, 1910-1912. Lawyer. Member Wake County Bar Asso-
ciation, North Carolina Bar Association, American Bar Asso-
ciation and Commercial Law League. Inheritance Tax Attorney
for North Carolina, 1916-1919. Private, Company 16, C. B., C.
A. C, Fortress Monroe, 1918. Member General Assembly, 1927
and 1929. Methodist. Married Miss Anna Lee, April 30, 1919.
Address: Smith & Joyner, Lawyers, Raleigh, N. C.
CLAUDE WILLIAM ALLEN
Claude William Allen, Democrat, Representative from Gran-
ville County, was born in that county, December 6, 1895. Son
of Glandiers L. and Emma (Bragg) Allen. Attended Creed-
more High School, 1910-1914. Farmer. President Granville
County Board of Agriculture. Private, Medical Department,
130th Division, March 23, 1918-January 10, 1919; overseas seven
months, captured and wounded. Junior Order United American
Mechanics, Secretary, 1920-1925; Councilor, 1927. Baptist; Chair-
man Board of Deacons, 1926-1931. Married Miss Mary Norwood,
October 4, 1924. Address: Creedmore, N. C.
ROBERT PHILEMON BENDER
Robert P. Bender, Democrat, Representative from Jones
County, was born in Jones County, near Pollocksville. Son of
Bryan and Lucy H. (Tolson) Bender. Attended Pollocksville
High School, 1911-1914; University of North Carolina Law
School, 1914-1915. Lawyer. Member Jones County Board of
Education, 1920-1926; member Jones County Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, 1918-1930; City Attorney, town of Pollocksville,
188 Biographical Sketches
1924-1930. Permanent member Legal Advisory Board for Jones
County during World War. Chairman Jones County Young Peo-
ple's Democratic Clubs, 1928-1930. Woodman of the World, Clerk
of Camp No. 184, Pollocksville, 1916-1930. Presbyterian; Deacon,
1915-1924; Elder since 1924; President Jones County Sunday
School Association, 1927-1930. Representative in the General As-
sembly of 1929. Married Miss Mary McGee Edwards, September
19, 1917. Two sons, Robert P., Jr., 12, and James Virgil, age 9.
Address: Pollocksville, N. C.
HUGH NELSON BINFORD
Hugh Nelson Binford, Democrat, Representative from Rock-
ingham County, was born at Cascade, Pittsylvania County, Vir-
ginia. Son of Dr. Walter Lee and Nannie (Page) Binford.
Taught at home by mother and private teacher. Merchant,
tobacconist and real estate dealer. Presbyterian; Elder. Married
Miss Dora Cahill (now deceased), November 24, 1888. Address:
Madison, N. C.
SAMUEL BLACK
Samuel Black, Democrat, Representative from Cabarrus
County, was born in that county, January 24, 1875. Son of John
M. and Sarah (Erwin) Black. Attended Mooresville High School,
1889-1892. Farmer and merchant. Justice of the Peace, 1900-
1918. Representative in the General Assemblies of 1925, 1927
and 1929. Presbyterian; Elder; Sunday School Superintendent
since 1913. Address: Harrisburg, N. C, R. 2.
J. JACKSON BRINSON
J. Jackson Brinson, Republican, Representative from Pamlico
County, was born at Arapahoe, N. C. Son of G. C. and Pherebe
Martin. Attended public schools; Farmville Institute, 1884-1885.
Farmer. County Commissioner, Pamlico County. Member General
Assembly, 1907. Member Charitable Brotherhood. Christian.
Chairman Board of Elders and Deacons. Married Miss Kate
Pipkin, February 9, 1890. Address: Grantsboro, N. C.
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CHARLES LEON BRADDY
Charles Leon Braddy, Democrat, Representative from Bladen
County, was born at Council, January 5, 1886. Son of Capt. K. J.
and Anna Jane (Stevens) Braddy. Attended Coharie High
School, Clarkton Military School and Nixon Commercial College,
Austin, Texas. Farmer and stock raiser. Mason. Presbyterian.
Married Miss Ruby Johnston, March 28, 1929. Address: Council,
N. C.
EUGENE CLYDE BROOKS, JR.
Eugene C. Brooks, Jr., Democrat, Representative from Dur-
ham County, was born in Monroe, N. C, January 31, 1903. Son
of Eugene Clyde and Ida (Sapp) Brooks. Attended Durham
High School, 1916-1919; Virginia Military Institute, 1920; A.B.,
Trinity College, 1923. Attended Duke University Law School,
1923-1924; University Summer Law School, 1924, and Harvard
Law School, 1924-1925. Lawyer. Member American Business
Club. Private, Virginia National Guard. Director of Publicity
of the North Carolina Child Welfare Commission, 1923-1924.
Kappa Alpha College Fraternity. Representative in the General
Assembly of 1929. Methodist. Married Miss Ruth White, June
11, 1928. Address: Durham, N. C.
WILLIAM THOMAS BROWN
William Thomas Brown, Democrat, Representative from Per-
quimans County, was born in Bertie County, November 1, 1878.
Son of William J. and Sarah E. (Lewis) Brown. Attended
Windsor Academy. Traveling salesman. Mason. Episcopalian.
Married Miss Mary E. Picard, November 15, 1916. Address:
Hertford, N. C.
THOMAS WADE BRUTON
Thomas Wade Bruton, Democrat, Representative from Mont-
gomery County, was born at Capelsie, N. C, September 10, 1902.
Son of David Dudley and Susan Eleanor (Wade) Bruton. At-
tended Biscoe High School, 1915-1919; Trinity College, 1919-1921,
190 Biographical Sketches
pre-medical ; A.B., Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va.,
1921-1925; Duke University Law School, 1925-1927. Lawyer.
U. S. R. O. T. C, 1921-1925. Commissioned Second Lieutenant
Cav. Res., June, 1925, 309 Cav., 63rd Div., U. S. A.; active duty
training, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., July, 1926 and 1929; First Lieu-
tenant Calvary Reserves, 1929. Member Kappa Sigma Fratern-
ity, Eta Prime Chapter, Duke University. Representative in the
General Assembly of 1929. Methodist. Married Marion Sheppard
Piatt, daughter of William McKinney and Marion Sheppard Piatt
of Durham, N. C, February 1, 1928. Address: Troy, N. C.
WILLIAM OLIN BURGIN
William Olin Burgin, Democrat, Representative from David-
son County, was born at Marion, July 28, 1877. Son of Merrett
and Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Burgin. Attended the Rutherford-
ton Military Institute, 1900-1903; University Law School, 1904.
Lawyer. Member North Carolina Bar Association. Trust Officer
Bank of Lexington; President Industrial Bank of Lexington;
President Carolina Panel Co.; Director Bank of Lexington, In-
dustrial B. & L. Association, and Industrial Corporation. Mayor
of Thomasville, 1908-1909. County Attorney, 1922-1928. Captain,
Co. "L", N. C. National Guard, Thomasville, 1909. Member and
President, 1928, Thomasville Rotary Club. Mason; Jr. O. U.
A. M.; Knights of Pythias. Methodist. Member Board of Stew-
ards; Teacher Wesley Bible Class ten years. Married Miss Edith
Leigh Greer, December 12, 1912. Address: Lexington, N. C.
ALGERNON LEE BUTLER
Algernon Lee Butler, Republican, Representative from Samp-
son County, was born in Clinton, August 2, 1905. Son of George
Edwin and Eva Boykin (Lee) Butler. Attended Clinton High
School; Trinity College, 1924; University of North Carolina,
1924-1928; University Law School, 1926-1928. Member North
Carolina Bar Association; member Clinton Rotary Club; Sigma
Nu (college fraternity). Episcopalian; Superintendent Sunday
School, 1921-1924; Senior Warden of the Vestry, 1930. Author
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of articles in the North Carolina Law Review, 1928, and of
"The South Interviews Herself," published in the Carolina Maga-
zine, 1926. Associate Editor North Carolina Law Review, 1928.
Winner of the Hill Law Review Prize for contributions to the
North Carolina Law Review. Address: Clinton, N. C.
ROBERT GREGG CHERRY
Robert Gregg Cherry, Democrat, Representative from Gaston
County, was born in York County, S. C, October 17, 1891. Son of
Chancellor LaFayette and Hattie E. (Davis) Cherry. Attended
Gastonia graded schools, 1900-1908; A.B., Duke University, 1912;
Duke University Law School, 1913-1914. Lawyer. Member Gaston
County Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, Ameri-
can Bar Association and Kiwanis Club. Mayor of Gastonia, 1919-
1921. Captain, Co. "A", Machine Gun Battalion, 30th Division,
April 26, 1917, to April 15, 1919; Major, 120th N. C. National
Guard, 1920-1921. Member Gastonia Lodge No. 369, Ancient Free
& Accepted Masons; Knights Templar; Royal Arch Masons;
Oasis Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. Shrine; Knights of Pythias,
Knights of Khorassan; Improved Order of Red Men; Jr. O. U.
A. M. ; I. O. O. F.; Sons Confederate Veterans; American
Legion, State Commander, 1928-1929. Methodist. Married Miss
Mildred Stafford, 1921. Address: Gastonia, N. C.
EDGAR BURGESS CLOUD
Edgar Burgess Cloud, Democrat, Representative from Polk
County, was born at Columbus, February 22, 1872. Educated in
public schools; Summer Law School, Wake Forest College, 1905.
Lawyer. State Senator, 1915 and 1919. Several times mayor
of Columbus; number of years director Polk County Bank and
Trust Company. Knights of Pythias, having filled the office of
Chancellor Commander and Prelate in the local lodge. Presby-
terian; Deacon for many years. County Attorney for Polk
County. Chairman Polk County Democratic Executive Com-
mittee. Married Miss Ada Walker, April 19, 1914. Address:
Columbus, N. C.
192 Biographical Sketches
orus reid coffield
Orus Reid Coffield, Democrat, Representative from Rutherford
County, was born in Apex, December 3, 1876. Son of Robert
P. and Henrietta (Betts) Coffield. Attended Apex High School.
Station Agent and Operator. Member Chamber Commerce; Mayor
Ellenboro fifteen years; Chairman School Board twenty years.
Mason; Shriner; Jr. O. U. A. M. ; Knights of Pythias; District
Deputy, K. of P., 1906-1907; 1927-1931. Presbyterian; Elder.
Married Miss Ada Mae Martin, January 15, 1906. Address:
Ellenboro, N. C.
HENRY GROVES CONNOR
Henry G. Connor, Democrat, Representative from Wilson
County, was born at Wilson, July 19, 1876. Son of Henry
Groves and Kate (Whitfield) Connor. Was educated at Wilson
graded schools; private schools in Wilson; B.S., University of
North Carolina, 1897; Law School, University of North Caro-
lina, 1898. Lawyer. Chairman County Democratic Executive
Committee; Delegate National Democratic Convention, 1916 and
1924. Sigma Alpha Epsilon (college fraternity). Member of the
State Senate, 1919; House of Representatives, 1921, 1923, 1925
and 1927. Married Miss Elizabeth Clark, April 17, 1901. Ad-
dress: Wilson, N. C.
ROBERT MARTIN COX
Robert Martin Cox, Democrat, Representative from Forsyth
County, was born in that county, July 9, 1876. Son of Romulus
L. and Susan E. (Barrow) Cox. Farmer. Representative in the
General Asembly, 1907, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927 and
1929. Methodist Protestant. Married, 1917, Miss Lillian Miller.
Two children. Address: Winston-Salem, N. C.
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thomas augustus cox
Thomas Augustus Cox, Democrat, Representative from Jack-
son County, was born in Greenville, S. C, August 19, 1863. Son
of Thomas Mason and Hannah Julia (Skinner) Cox. Attended
Peabody School, Greenville, S. C, 1870-1872; W. Christy Ben-
nett's Private School, 1873; Phillip P. Mazycks' Private School
and Furman University, 1874-1879; W. B. Hall Training School,
Baltimore, 1880; Cooper Institute Night School, 1883. Civil
engineer and surveyor. Member Sylva Chamber of Com-
merce, President, 1929-1930; Director Jackson County Bank
and Secretary 15 years; Director and Trustee Cullowhee Mining
and Reduction Co.; Chairman Jackson County Highway Com-
mission, 1921-1923; Jackson County Jury Commission, 1919-1923.
State Senator, 1911. Episcopalian. Married Miss Cora Kate
Davies, at Cullowhee, St. Davids Church, 1887. Address: Cullo-
whee, N. C.
HUGH A. CRANOR
Hugh A. Cranor, Democrat, Representative from Wilkes
County, was born in that county. Son of John S. and Sarah
(Taylor) Cranor. Attended Wilkes County Schools; University
of North Carolina; Wake Forest College. Lawyer. President
Wilkes County Bar Association; member North Carolina Bar
Association"; Mayor Wilkesboro, 1911-1932; public administrator.
Master and Past Master Liberty Lodge No. 45, A. F. & A. M.;
Knights of Pythias; Jr. O. U. A. M. Married Miss Jennie
Hackett, June 26, 1907. Four children. Address: Wilkesboro,
N. C.
RUSH FLOYD CROUSE
Rush Floyd Crouse, Democrat, Representative from Alle-
ghany County, was born in Sparta, July 5, 1892. Son of Floyd
and Ellen (Gamble) Crouse. Attended Elk Creek Training
School, Elk Creek, Va.; Weaver College, 1909-1912; University
of North Carolina, 1912-1916, A.B.; Harvard Law School, 191H-
1922, LL.B., 1922. Lawyer. Second Lieutenant, Air Service, in
France one year during World War. Mason. Address: Sparta,
N. C.
194 Biographical Sketches
JOHN BODDIE CRUDUP
John Boddie Crudup, Democrat, Representative from Vance
County, was born at Kittrell, February 5, 1902. Son of Thomas
Henry and Mary Pender (Coffield) Crudup. Attended Evanston,
Illinois, Township High School, 1917-1918; Raleigh High School,
1918-1920; U. S. Naval Academy, 1920-1922; A.B., University
of North Carolina, 1922-1925; University Law School, 1925-
1927. Lawyer. Sigma Alpha Epsilon social fraternity. Member
House of Representatives, 1929. Episcopalian. Address: Hen-
derson, N. C.
GEORGE E. DAVIS
George E. Davis, Democrat, Representative from Hyde
County, was born in Engelhard in 1870. Son of Thomas M. and
Eliza J. (Sanderson) Davis. Attended private and public schools,
1879-1888. Farmer. Sheriff of Hyde County, 1912-1917. Repre-
sentative in the General Assembly in 1923, 1925 and 1929.
Methodist. Married Miss Orpha Credle, January 6, 1904. Ad-
dress: Lake Landing, N. C.
JOHN SHAKESPEARE DAVIS
John Shakespeare Davis, Democrat, Representative from War-
ren County, was born in that County, August 19, 1871. Son of
James A. and Mary (Cheek) Davis. Attended County Schools,
1878-1885. Farmer. Member Warren County Board of Education,
1917-1918. Representative in the General Asembly of 1919. Bap-
tist; Superintendent Sunday School, 1896-1899. Married Miss
Mamie Allen Davis, February 8, 1893. Address: Creek, N. C.
ROBERT BURNS DAVIS
Robert Burns Davis, Democrat, Representative from Edge-
combe County, was born in Wilmington, September 24, 1872.
Son of Robert B. and Cornelia J. (Nixon) Davis. Attended
Highland Academy, Hickory, N. C, 1881-1885. Insurance; real
estate; Building and Loan; banking. Chairman Rocky Mount
Representatives in General Assembly 195
Unit North Carolina Industrial Bank; secretary and treasurer
Rocky Mount Homestead and Loan Association; vice-president
and general manager Rocky Mount Insurance and Realty Co.;
director North Carolina Bank and Trust Co., Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph Company, and N. C. Joint Stock Land Bank;
ex-president Chamber Commerce and Merchants' Association;
cashier First National Bank of Rocky Mount, 1909-1919; ex-
president Rotary Club; member Rocky Mount Board of Alder-
men, 1920-1924; County Commissioner, Edgecombe County, 1926-
1928. Mason. Episcopalian; ex-member Vestry. Married Miss
Annie Lee Bunn, October 14, 1909. Address: Rocky Mount, N. C.
NERE ELEXUS DAY
Nere Elexus Day, Democrat, Representative from Onslow
County, was born in Boone, May 9, 1889. Son of Jesse J. and
Rebecca (Cook) Day. Attended Appalachian Training School,
1903-1905; Crescent Academy, Rowan County, 1905-1906; Uni-
versity of North Carolina, 1906-1907; University Law School,
1909-1910. Lawyer. Member North Carolina Bar Association;
member State Democratic Executive Committee, 1926-1930. Army
Field Clerk, 1918-1919, stationed at Port of Embarkation, New-
port News, Va., during World War; American Legion. Method-
ist; Steward, 1924-1931. Married Miss Christine Sylvester, Rich-
lands, N. C, November 19, 1915. Two boys, Sylvester, and Nei'e,
Jr., ages ten and eight. Address: Jacksonville, N. C.
JAMES DeHART
James DeHart, Democrat, Representative from Swain County,
was born in that county, December 30, 1873. Son of William
Joseph and Eliza (Gibson) DeHart. Attended schools of Bryson
City; University of Nashville (collegiate and medical), with M.D.
degree. Physician. County Physician, Swain County. Alderman.
Mason; Woodman. Member General Asembly of 1923. Baptist;
Deacon. Married Miss Emma Jane May, February 15, 1906. One
daughter, Gladys Jane DeHart. Address: Bryson City, N. C.
196 Biographical Sketches
♦john henry dillard
John H. Dillard, Democrat, Representative from Cherokee
County, was born in Rockingham County, June 17, 1862. Son of
John Henry and Anne I. (Martin) Dillard. Taught by governess
in home until 1868; attended Miss Lina Porter's School, Greens-
boro, until 1875; Finley High School, Lenoir, 1876; Smith's
Academy, Leaksville, 1877-1878; University of North Carolina,
member class of 1881, but did not graduate. Studied law under
Judge R. P. Dick and Judge John H. Dillard, 1879-1883. Lawyer.
Mason; Senior Warden Greensboro Lodge No. 76, A. F. & A. M. ;
Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias, having filled all offices in the
last two. Representative in the General Assembly of 1911 and
1923. Mayor of Murphy, 1921-1922. Lieutenant in National
Guard, 1880-1882. Presbyterian; Elder for thirty years. Mar-
ried Miss Dixie King, August 19, 1888. Address: Murphy, N. C.
WILBUR RANDALL DOSHER
Wilbur Randall Dosher, Democrat, Representative from New
Hanover County, was born in Southport, September 22, 1881. Son
of William Sterling and Mary Martha (Price) Dosher. Attended
public schools of Wilmington. Plumbing and heating contractor.
Member National Association Master Plumbers, Secretary, 1925-
1926; Director, 1929-1930; President North Carolina Association
Master Plumbers, 1913; Vice-Chairman New Hanover County
Commissioners, 1920-1930. Second Lieutenant, Co. "C", 115th
Machine Gun Battery, 30th Division, World War. A. F. and
A. M., St. John's Lodge No. 1; Wilmington Lodge of Elks;
Sudan Shiine Temple, Drum Major, Drum Corps. Methodist;
Steward twenty-five years; Choir Director fifteen years; Presi-
dent Men's Bible Class seven years. Married Miss Frances A.
Gardner, June 26, 1907. Address: Wilmington, N. C.
HENRY BARRY EDWARDS
Henry Barry Edwards, Democrat, Representative from Cleve-
land County, was born in Scotland Neck, February 14, 1904.
Son of John Burton and Ella (Harrington) Edwards. Attended
Died February 11, 1931.
Representatives in General Assembly 197
Scotland Neck schools; graduated, 1921; A.B., Wake Forest Col-
lege, 1925. Lawyer. Member North Carolina Bar Association,
Cleveland County Bar Association and Commercial Law League
of America. Member Cleveland Lodge No. 202, A. F. & A. M.;
Jr. O. U. A. M.; Kiwanis Club. Baptist; Deacon, 1930. Married
Miss Jewel Pritchard Askew, July 1, 1927. Address: Shelby,
N. C.
SAMUEL JAMES ERVIN, Jr.
S. J. Ervin, Jr., Democrat, Representative from Burke County,
was born at Morganton, September 27, 1896. Son of Samuel
James and Laura (Powe) Ervin. Graduated from University of
North Carolina with A.B. degree, 1917, and from Harvard Uni-
versity with LL.B. degree, 1922. Admitted to bar, 1919. Lawyer.
Served in France with First Division for eighteen months in
World War and cited for gallantry in action and twice wounded
in battle. First Lieutenant in North Carolina National Guard
and United States Officers Reserve Corps, 1924-1926, serving
with Company "B", 105th Engineers, North Carolina National
Guard. Chairman Burke County Democratic Executive Com-
mittee, 1924. Chairman Democratic World War Veterans' 9th
Congressional District, 1928; member State Democratic Executive
Committee, 1930. Representative from Burke County in General
Assemblies of 1923 and 1925. County Attorney, 1926-1928; mem-
ber of Board of Trustees of the Morganton graded schools, 1927-
1930, being Chairman thereof in 1929-1930. Deacon in Presby-
terian Church. Member of the Morganton Kiwanis Club, North
Carolina Bar Association, Harvard Law School Association, State
Literary and Historical Association, Society of Mayflower De-
scendants in the State of North Carolina, American Legion,
Masons, Royal Arch Masons, Knights Templar, Scottish Rite
Masons, Pythians, Dokies, Patriotic Order Sons of America, and
Junior Order. Author, "A Colonial History of Rowan County,
North Carolina." Married Miss Margaret Bell of Concord, June
18, 1924. One son, Samuel James Ervin, 3rd. Address: Morgan-
ton, N. C.
198 Biographical Sketches
robert bruce etheridge
Robert Bruce Etheridge, Democrat, Representative from Dare
County, was born at Manteo, July 31, 1878. Son of Van Buren
and Matilda Etheridge. Attended public schools of Manteo and
Atlantic Collegiate Institute, Elizabeth City; A.B., Trinity Col-
lege (now Duke University), 1899. Cashier Bank of Manteo.
General Insurance. Clerk Superior Court, Dare County; Superin-
tendent of Schools; member State Executive Committee, 1928;
Postmaster, Manteo, 1914-1922; County Chairman Democratic
Executive Committee. State Senator from Second District, 1907;
Representative in General Assembly, 1929. Mason, Treasurer Ma-
sonic Lodge about seven years; Junior Order; Woodmen of
America; Kappa Sigma (college fraternity). Married Miss Eliza-
beth Webb, April 22, 1908. Address: Manteo, N. C.
JOHN EWBANK
John Ewbank, Democrat, Representative from Henderson
County, was born in that county. Son of Ernest Lucas and
Amelie Virginia (Wyttenbach) Ewbank. Attended public schools;
Charleston University School, 1903-1904; Wake Forest Law
School. Lawyer and farmer. Editor and publisher Western
North Carolina Times, 1921-1924. Member County Road Com-
mission, 1924-1927. Knights of Pythias. Episcopalian; Vestry-
man; Sunday School Superintendent. Married Miss Grace Schaef-
fer, June 1, 1921. Address: Hendersonville, N. C.
WALL CHRISTIAN EWING
Wall Christian Ewing, Democrat, Representative from Cum-
berland County, was born at Mount Gilead, N. C, April 3, 1891.
Son of Dr. Joseph Preston and Sallie Hearne (Christian) Ewing.
Attended Donaldson Military School, Fayetteville, N. C, 1907;
The Citadel (South Carolina Military Academy), 1910. Farmer;
manufacturer of fertilizers. Member Cumberland County Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, 1916-1922; Chairman Cumberland
County Board of Elections, 1922-1928; member State Democratic
Representatives in General Assembly 199
Executive Committee since 1924; member State Board of Con-
servation and Development. Mason; Elk. Presbyterian. Repre-
sentative in the General Assembly, 1929. Married Miss Douglas
Southerland, May 14, 1920. Address: Fayetteville, N. C.
EDWARD GASKILL FLANAGAN
Edward G. Flanagan, Democrat, Representative from Pitt
County, was born in Greenville, December 3, 1875. Son of John
and Mary W. (Gaskill) Flanagan. Attended Greenville High
School. President Greenville Banking and Trust Co., Armistead
Motor Co., and Pitt Development Co.; Director Wachovia Bank
and Trust Co., Occidental Life Insurance Co., and Jos. R. Wil-
liamson, Inc. Member Board of Trustees East Carolina Teachers'
College and Chairman Building Committee; member Board of
Trustees Greenville graded schools. Owner and General Manager
John Flanagan Buggy Company. Odd Fellows; Knights of
Pythias, twice Chancellor Commander local lodge. Repre-
sentative in the General Assembly of 1927 and 1929. Married
Miss Rosa M. Hooker, October 18, 1927. Address: Greenville,
N. C.
RAIFORD THOMAS FULGHUM
Raiford Thomas Fulghum, Democrat, Representative from
Johnston County, was born in Wilson County, February 16, 1881.
Son of James Henry and Lenora (Boykin) Fulghum. Studied
pharmacy at the University of North Carolina. Formerly public
school teacher. Druggist. Member Lions Club. Mason; Junior
Order American Mechanics; Shriner. Methodist. Married Miss
Nina Darden, November 14, 1912. Address: Kenly, N. C.
JOE GARIBALDI
Joe Garibaldi, Democrat, Representative from Mecklenburg
County, was born in Charlotte, July 15, 1865. Son of John and
Louisa Garibaldi. Attended Charlotte High School and Capt.
Burrier's Military School. Jeweler (retired). Member Chamber
200 Biographical Sketches
Commerce; Rotary Club; Director Charlotte National Bank;
member Governing Board St. Peter's Hospital; President Gov-
erning Board Salvation Army; City Commissioner, Charlotte,
eight years; member State Guard and Hornet's Nest Riflemen
ten years. Knights of Pythias. Episcopalian. Married Miss
Edna Dunklin. Address: Charlotte, N. C.
SAMUEL MALLET GATTIS, Jr.
Samuel Mallet Gattis, Jr., Democrat, Representative from
Orange County, was born in Hillsboro, August 22, 1891. Son of
Samuel Mallet and Margaret (Parish) Gattis. Attended War-
renton High School, 1907-1908; University of North Carolina,
A.B., 1912; University Law School, 1913-1914. Lawyer. Member
North Carolina Bar. Asociation; Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce.
Lieutenant U. S. Army, April, 1917, to October, 1919. Mason;
Master Hillsboro Lodge, 1928. Methodist. Married Miss Vir-
ginia Parris, January 7, 1921. Address: Hillsboro, N. C.
GLADSTONE DAUGHTRY GATLING
Gladstone Daughtry Gatling, Democrat, Representative from
Gates County, was born in Gates, April 27, 1880. Son of Rid-
dick and Penina (Willey) Gatling. Atttended private schools,
1887-1892; Reynoldson Academy, 1894-1896. Farmer. Member
Board of Education and Tax Supervisor, Gates County. Repre-
sentative in the General Assembly, 1913 and 1915. Mason, Wor-
shipful Master, 1910-1918. Episcopalian; Senior Warden. Mar-
ried Miss Lillian Baxter Harrill, October 7, 1914. Four children.
Member Four-Minute Men during World War. Address: Gates,
N. C.
ARCHIBALD CREE GAY
Archibald C. Gay, Democrat, Representative from North-
ampton County, was born in Jackson, Northampton County, Aug-
ust 20, 1894. Son of Benjamin S. and Annie (Odom) Gay.
Finished Jackson High School, 1911, and Warrenton High
Representatives in General Assembly 201
School, 1912; attended University of North Carolina; Wake
Forest College; Wake Forest Law School, 1917-1918. Lawyer.
Member North Carolina Bar Association and the American Bar
Association. Mayor of Jackson, 1920-1922; County Attorney for
Northampton County; Director Bank of Northampton. Corporal
U. S. Army fourteen months during World War; twelve months
service in France; entered Army April 26, 1918, discharged June
26, 1919. Mason; Junior Order; Shriner, Sudan Temple; mem-
ber Kiwanis Club. Baptist. Superintendent Sunday School : Dea-
con. State Senator, 1929. Married Miss Ruth May Gee, June 7,
1922. One child. Address: Jackson, N. C.
EDWIN MAURICE GILL
Edwin Maurice Gill, Democrat, Representative from Scotland
County, was born at Laurinburg, July 20, 1899. Son of Thomas
Jeffries and Mamie Spann (North) Gill. Graduated Laurinbui'g
High School; attended Duke University Law School. Lawyer.
Sigma Nu Phi (legal fraternity). Executive Secretary of the
North Carolina Young People's Democratic organization. Repre-
sentative in the General Assembly of 1929. Methodist. Address:
Laurinburg, N. C.
ERNEST GRAHAM
Ernest Graham, Democrat, Representative from Robeson
County, was born in Red Springs, February 5, 1891. Son of
Daniel McN. and Maggie (McGirt) Graham. Attended Red
Springs schools; Davidson College, two years; graduated Oak
Ridge Institute. Merchant and farmer. Mayor Red Springs,
1921-1922; Chairman Red Springs School Board, 1921-1930; mem-
ber Board of Trustees Flora McDonald College, 1925-1930; Di-
rector Bank, 1924-1927; Manager Graham Company, 1919-1930;
President Red Springs Rotary Club, 1930. Mason; Scottish Rite;
Shriner; Knights of Pythias. Private, World War, 1918. Pres-
byterian; Elder, 1922-1930. Married Miss Carrie Belle McNeill,
April 10, 1918. Address: Red Springs, N. C.
202 Biographical Sketches
roby thomas greer
Roby Thomas Greer, Democrat, Representative from Watauga
County, was born in that county, February 16, 1889. Son of
Thomas Frankling and Mary (Carlton) Greer. Attended Wa-
tauga Academy and Appalachian Training School, 1903-1907;
University of North Carolina. Farmer and stock raiser. Chair-
man Board of County Commissioners, 1926-1930. Address, Blow-
ing Rock, N. C.
JAMES ALONZO GROVES
James Alonzo Groves, Democrat, Representative from Stanly
County, was born in Lowell, N. C, November 26, 1873. Son of
Robert Alexander and Margaret Lawing (Waddell) Groves. Cot-
ton manufacturer. Methodist. Married Miss Nellie Hearne, 1924.
Address: Albemarle, N. C.
JOHN L. GWALTNEY
John L. Gwaltney, Democrat, Representative from Alexander
County, was born in Alexander County. Son of James and
Clarinda (Stephenson) Gwaltney. Attended Cedar Run Academy,
1867-1868; Rutherford College, 1869-1873; studied law in a pri-
vate school. Lawyer. Local counsel for Southern Railroad for
ten years; County Attorney six years; Attorney for Taylors-
ville eight years; Register of Deeds six years; member Board of
Education two years; City Alderman two years; Director of the
Penitentiary during Aycock's administration, four years; teacher
fifteen years. Representative in the General Assembly of 1927.
Mason; Eastern Star; Junior Order United American Mechanics,
Master of Lodge, Secretary; District Deputy Grand Master;
Worthy Patron Eastern Star; Councillor Junior Order. Baptist;
Deacon twenty years; Moderator Alexander County Association,
sixteen years. Married Miss Emma Connally, March 12, 1876.
Address: Taylorsville, N. C.
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nathan hunt gwyn
Nathan Hunt Gwyn, Democrat, Representative from Caldwell
County, was born at Yadkin Valley, May 3, 1892. Son of Na-
than Hunt and Mary (Moore) Gwyn. Attended Lenoir City
Schools; Trinity Park School, Durham, 1910-1911. Automobile
dealer. Married Miss Alice E. Courtney, February 19, 1921.
Address: Lenoir, N. C.
WILLIAM IRA HALSTEAD
William I. Halstead, Democrat, Representative from Camden
County, was born in that county, September 16, 1878. Son of
Lemuel H. and Laura V. (Lamb) Halstead. Attended Elizabeth
City Academy, 1893; LL.B., Wake Forest College, 1909. Lawyer.
County Attorney. Mason; Red Men; Modern Woodmen of the
World; Past Master Mason. Delegate to Grand Camp, St. Louis,
1921, and Secretary New Lebanon Lodge. Representative in the
General Assembly of 1929. Methodist; Steward. Married Miss
Pauline Jacobs, May 10, 1903. Address: South Mills, N. C.
LUTHER HAMILTON
Luther Hamilton, Democrat, Representative from Carteret
County, was born at Atlantic, February 20, 1894. Son of Samuel
E. and Rebecca (Fulcher) Hamilton. Attended Oak Ridge Insti-
tute, 1910-1911; University of North Carolina, 1911-1915; Uni-
versity Law School, 1914-1915. Lawyer. State Senator, 1921
Mayor Morehead City, 1924-1929; County Attorney, 1924-1928.
Commissioned Second Lieutenant at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., 1917;
assigned to Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, with 34th Infantry,
eight months; thence overseas; twenty-three months' service.
Mason; Ocean Lodge No. 405, Morehead City; Sudan Temple
(Shrine), New Bern. Methodist; Steward and teacher Baraca
Class since 1916. Married Miss Marie Long, July 6, 1918. Ad-
dress: Morehead City, N. C.
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robert march hanes
Robert March Hanes, Democrat, Representative from Forsyth
County, was born in Winston-Salem, N. C, September 22, 1890.
Son of John W. and Anna (Hodgin) Hanes. Attended Winston-
Salem High School, 1901-1905; Woodberry Forest, 1905-1906;
A.B., University of North Carolina, 1912; graduate School of
Business Administration, Harvard University, 1913. Major, A.
E. F., 1917-1919. Banker. Methodist. Representative in the Gen-
eral Assembly of 1929. Married Miss Mildred Borden, 1917. Ad-
dress: Winston-Salem, N. C.
REGINALD LEE HARRIS
Reginald Lee Harris, Democrat, Representative from Person
County, was born in Roxboro, September 9, 1890. Son of Wil-
liam H. and Rosa Lee (Jordan) Harris. Attended Virginia Mili-
tary Institute. Cotton manufacturer. Member House of Repre-
sentatives, 1927 and 1929. Member Educational Commission, 1930.
Roxboro Rotary Club. Methodist. Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Mar-
ried Miss Katherine Long, December 10, 1913. Address: Rox-
boro, N. C.
CALEB HILL HAYNES
Caleb H. Haynes, Democrat, Representative from Surry
County, was born near Mount Airy, April 16, 1863. Son of
Caleb H. and Margaret (Davis) Haynes. Attended country free
school and Mount Airy Male Academy. Real estate dealer. Mem-
ber Kiwanis Club; Director Bank of Mount Airy ten years.
Elected Register of Deeds, 1892, 1894; Clerk Superior Court,
1898, 1902; elected sheriff, 1908, 1910, 1922, 1924 and 1926;
elected Alderman, 1898; Chairman County Democratic Executive
Committee, 1908; State Democratic Committee, 1908, served six
years; Delegate to National Democratic Convention, 1912; mem-
ber Mount Airy School Board, 1915-1918. Appointed Deputy
Collector Internal Revenue, September, 1913; promoted to Field
Deputy, Western District, 1918, headquarters Statesville, holding
said position until consolidation of the districts. Appointed by
Representatives in General Assembly 205
J. W. Bailey Chief Field Deputy, holding said position until 1921.
Appointed Deputy State Tax Supervisor under A. D. Watts,
January, 1922; resigned December, 1922. Elected to the 1931
General Assembly by a majority of 2,461. Mason; Lodge No.
322. Baptist. Married Miss Lizzie Bunker, January 10, 1889.
Address: Mount Airy, N. C.
T. L. A. HELMS
T. L. A. Helms, Democrat, Representative from Union
County, was born near Monroe, January 25, 1857. Son of Joseph
and Frances A. (McLarty) Helms. Attended public schools in
county and Monroe High School about 1878. Farmer. Mayor
of Unionville, 1916-1918. Magistrate, 1919. Mayor of Benton
Heights, 1926; Corporal in the State Guard, 1878. Representative
in the General Assembly of 1927. Methodist; Steward; Sunday
School Superintendent, 1896-1919. Married Miss Ellie Caldwell,
1885. Address: Monroe, N. C.
WILLIAM MARSH HENRY
William Marsh Henry, Democrat, Representative from Tran-
sylvania County, was born in Henderson County, August 3, 1867.
Son of William Blythe and Atilla Delilah (Brittain) Henry. At-
tended public schools of Transylvania County; Rutherford Col-
lege, Connelly Springs, 1886-1888. Farmer. Register of Deeds,
1898-1904; County Commissioner, 1906-1910; Mayor Brevard,
1911-1913; Postmaster, 1915-1923; Alderman, 1925-1930. Repre-
sentative in the General Assembly of 1905. Member Dunns Rock
Lodge No. 267, A. F. & A. M., Brevard; Jr. O. U. A. M. Bap-
tist; Deacon; Church Clerk; Moderator Transylvania Associ-
ation, 1925-1926. Married Miss Mattie M. Williams, November
23, 1897.
206 Biographical Sketches
robert edgar hipps
Robert Edgar Hipps, Democrat, Representative from Hay-
wood County, was born in Madison County, December 18, 1872.
Son of L. H. and Cady Hipps. Attended schools of Canton and
Delwood. Farmer and real estate dealer. Mayor of Canton,
1915-1919; County Chairman Near East Relief; member School
Board. Junior Order. Methodist; Steward; Sunday School Su-
perintendent. Married Miss Sallie Smathers, October 3, 1900.
Address: Canton, N. C.
JOHN W. HOLMES
John W. Holmes, Democrat, Representative from Pitt County,
was born in Johnston County. Son of Warren and Polly Ann
(Allen) Holmes. Attended Benson Academy, 1898-1901. Mer-
chant and farmer. Mason; Shrine Temple. Baptist; Deacon
twenty-five years. Married Miss Emily W. Britt, 1902. Ad-
dress: Farmville, N. C.
GURNEY POPE HOOD
Gurney Pope Hood, Democrat, Representative from Wayne
County, was born in Grantham's Township, Wayne County, No-
vember 26, 1884. Son of Solomon Pope and Betsey (Rhodes)
Hood. Attended public schools, 1890-1899; Goldsboro graded
schools, 1900-1901. Studied law under private teacher, 1906-
1908; licensed, 1908. Banker. President Hood Finance Corpora-
tion, 1924-1929; President The Hood System, Incorporated, 1929-
1931; Vice-President Hood System Industrial Bank, Winston-
Salem, 1927-1931. Alderman Goldsboro, 1911-1913. Mayor More-
head City, 1917-1919. Corporal, North Carolina National Guard,
1906-1908. Mason; Odd Fellow; Woodmen of the World; Junior
Order United American Mechanics, State Council, Treasurer,
1921-1929; member National Board of Trustees, 1929-1931. Meth-
odist. Vice-Chairman Board of Stewards, 1928-1929. Lay Leader,
North Carolina Conference, 1919-1920. Member House of Repre-
sentatives, 1929. Married Miss Marion Lee Stevens, June 16,
1915. Address: Goldsboro, N. C.
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james spears howell
James Spears Howell, Democrat, Representative from Bun-
combe County, was born in Asheville, December 29, 1893. Son
of Frank F. and Mary T. Howell. Attended schools of Asheville;
University of North Carolina; University Law School. Lawyer.
Member American Business Club; Mount Hermon Lodge, Ashe-
ville; Scottish Rite. City Solicitor, 1923-1927. Sergeant, 1917-
1918, during World War. Presbyterian; Chairman Board of
Deacons. Married Miss Katherine C. Williamson, June 15, 1929.
Address: Asheville, N. C.
EWART WILLIAM GLADSTONE HUFFMAN
E. W. G. Huffman, Democrat, Representative from Rowan
County, was born in Hickory, June 24, 1898. Son of William
P. and Mary C. (Fry) Huffman. Attended schools of Hickory;
Lenoir-Rhyne, A.B., 1919; graduate work University of North
Carolina, English and Journalism, 1919-1920; University Law
School. Lawyer. Secretary-Treasurer North and South Carolina
Association of Civitan Clubs, 1930; Past President Salisbury
Club. Solicitor Spencer's Recorder's Court, 1924-1926; Rowan
County Court, 1926-1928; City Attorney, China Grove, East
Spencer, Faith and Rockwell. Served in World War, 1918. Lu-
theran; Sunday School teacher; member Church Council. Mar-
ried Miss Willie Costner, September 14, 1919. Two boys. Mem-
ber editorial staff, News and Observer, Durham Sun, Durham
Herald, Greensboro News and Greensboro Record; Managing
Editor Salisbury Evening Post. Address: Salisbury, N. C.
JOHN CALVIN JAMES
John Calvin James, Democrat, Representative from Pasquo-
tank County, was born in Weeksville, March 9, 1873. Son of
John Calvin and Elizabeth (Davis) James. Farmer and General
Manager Weeksville Ginning Co., Inc. Member Pasquotank
Board of Education, 1907-1910; County Commissioner, 1910-
1918; Justice of the Peace twenty years. Married Miss Fannie
Coppersmith, May 22, 1901. Address: Weeksville, N. C, R. 1.
208 Biographical Sketches
edwin bedford jeffress
Edwin B. Jeffress, Democrat, Representative from Guilford
County, was born in Canton, Haywood County, at "Garden
Creek," May 29, 1877. Son of Charles J. and Maria Love (Os-
borne) Jeffress. Attended Salisbury High School; graduated
Asheville High School, 1903; University of North Carolina, A.B.,
1907. Publisher Greensboro Daily News and Greensboro Record.
Teacher, 1907-1909. Reporter, Asheville Gazette-News, 1909-1911;
Correspondent, 1911; Business Manager, Secretary-Treasurer and
President Greensboro News, 1911-1918; member Associated Press;
American Newspaper Publishers' Association; Southern News-
paper Publishers' Association; Audit Bureau of Circulations;
North Carolina Press Asociation, Secretary-Treasurer, 1920-
1921; National Advertising Executives' Association; North Caro-
lina Advertising Managers' Association; Vice-President Greens-
boro Chamber of Commerce, 1921, President, 1922-1923; Presi-
dent Community Chest, 1930. Director University Alumni Asso-
ciation, 1924-1927; North Carolina Bank and Trust Company,
1929; Roaring Gap, Inc., 1929; Greensboro Historical Museum,
1927-1929. Mayor Greensboro, 1925-1929; President World War
Memorial Stadium Commission; member County Board of Health;
member Kiwanis Club; Merchants' and Manufacturers' Club;
Greensboro and Sedgefield Country Clubs. Mason; Knights Temp-
lar; Shriner; D. O. K. K.; Moose; Elks; Phi Beta Kappa
honorary society, University, 1907; Sons of American Revolu-
tion. Episcopalian; Vestryman, 1922-1928; Junior Warden, 1926.
Married Miss Louise Bond Adams, July 17, 1913. Address:
Greensboro, N. C.
DOCTOR MAC JOHNSON
Doctor Mac Johnson, Democrat, Representative from Hali-
fax County, was born at St. Pauls, August 24, 1892. Son of
Rev. W. S. and Katherine (Howard) Johnson. Attended public
schools of St. Pauls; A.B., Wake Forest College, 1914. Lawyer.
Chairman Enfield School Board, 1923-1928. Two years in World
War; Major, 321st Infantry Reserve. Representative in the
General Assembly of 1929. Mason. Baptist. Married Miss Osee
Long, August 1, 1918. Address.: Enfield, N. C.
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edwin r. johnson
Edwin R. Johnson, Democrat, Representative from Currituck
County, was born near Currituck Court House, September 10,
1868. Son of Silas P. and Carolina (Coulter) Johnson. Attended
public schools and Atlantic Collegiate Institute of Elizabeth City.
Merchant. Chairman County Democratic Executive Committee
continuously since 1893. Member State Senate, 1909 and 1917;
member House of Representatives, 1919, 1921, 1925, 1927 and
1929; Chairman Board of County Commissioners, 1907-1909;
Chairman Board of Education. Food Administrator for Curri-
tuck County during the World War. Chairman Highway Com-
mission, 1923-1924; Chairman Game Commission, 1923-1924. Mar-
ried Mrs. Genevieve Holloman, 1910. Address: Currituck, N. C.
ROBERT GRADY JOHNSON
Robert G. Johnson, Democrat, Representative from Duplin
County, was born at Burgaw, N. C, May 5, 1895. Son of Joab
F. and Myrtie (Grady) Johnson. Educated at Burgaw High
School; University of North Carolina, and Wake Forest College.
Lawyer. Member Board of Aldermen, 1922-1928; Chairman
County Board of Elections; member Democratic Executive Com-
mittee. Member of the State Senate, 1929. Private, U. S. Army,
February, 1918, to May, 1919. Mason. Address: Burgaw, N. C.
VICTOR RICHARDSON JOHNSON
Victor Richardson Johnson, Democrat, Representative from
Chatham County, was born at Mt. Vernon Springs, N. C, July
18, 1893. Son of R. P. and Clara (Hanner) Johnson. Attended
Pittsboro High School, 1908-1910; Round Hill Academy, Union
Mills, N. C, 1910-1911; Wake Forest College, B.A., 1915, LL.B.,
1915; University Grenoble, France, 1919. Lawyer. Cashier
Farmers Bank, 1923-1925. A. E. F., 323rd Machine Gun Com-
pany, 81st Division, 1918-1919. Mason; Master Columbus Lodge
No. 102, Pittsboro, 1923-1924; District Grand Master 13th Ma-
sonic District, 1923-1924; Sanford Chapter; Southern Pines Com-
210 Biographical Sketches
mandery; Shriner, Oasis Temple, Charlotte. Baptist; Moderator
Sandy Creek Association; Superintendent Sunday School, 1928-
1930. Married Miss Nellie Pilkington, May 11, 1922. Two chil-
dren, George Pilkington and Eleanor Winfrey Johnson. Address:
Pittsboro, N. C.
IRA THOMAS JOHNSTON
Ira T. Johnston, Democrat, Representative from Ashe County,
was born at Hopkins, Ashe County, August 1, 1892. Son of
John Romulus and Cisco (Fletcher) Johnston. Attended Appa-
lachian Training School, 1907-1911; A.B., Wake Forest Col-
lege, 1915; University Summer Law School, 1917-1919; LL.B., La
Salle University, 1921. Lawyer. Member American Bar Asso-
ciation; Vice-President Ashe County Civitan Club, 1929; Presi-
dent, 1930. Attorney town of Jefferson, 1924; West Jefferson,
1925; Alderman, Jefferson, 1923, Mayor, 1930; Chairman Ashe
County Welfare Board, 1921-1925; Chairman Ashe County
Democratic Executive Committee, 1924-1930, Secretary, 1922-
1924; member Democratic Congressional Committee, 1928-1930.
First Sergeant, U. S. Army, 1918-1919. Mason; American
Legion; Service Officer, local Post, 1929-1930. Baptist; Church
Clerk, 1923-1930; Chairman Executive Committee, Ashe County
Association, 1923-1930; Secretary Sunday School Association,
1925, President, 1926-1929; member General Board, Baptist State
Convention, 1925-1930; Teacher Men's Bible Class, West Jeffer-
son Sunday School, 1929-1930. Married Miss Mary Adelaide
Shull, July 9, 1919. One son, Thomas Shull Johnston. Address:
Jefferson, N. C.
JULIUS JOHNSTON
Julius Johnston, Democrat, Representative from Caswell
County, was born in Yanceyville, December 30, 1890. Son of
Julius and Willie (Russell) Johnston. Attended public schools
of Yanceyville; Horner Military School, Oxford, 1907-1908; Uni-
versity of North Carolina, 1911-1914. Farmer. Representative in
the General Assembly of 1929. Address: Yanceyville, N. C.
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daniel monroe jolly
Daniel Monroe Jolly, Democrat, Representative from Dup-
lin County, was born in Whiteville, N. C. Son of James and
Trecinda (Bright) Jolly. Attended Whiteville and Chadbourn
High Schools, 1908-1912; Wake Forest College, 1914-1918. Law-
yer. Member North Carolina Bar Association; Duplin County
Bar Association. Mayor Kenansville, 1920-1928; County Attorney,
1922-1926. Served with A. E. F. from May 27, 1918, to August,
1919. Mason; Master Warren Lodge No. 639, three terms;
American Legion, Past Commander Charles R. Gavin Post,
Warsaw. Baptist. Married Miss Lucy Southerland. Address:
Kenansville, N. C.
HENRY HUGH JONES
Henry H. Jones, Democrat, Representative from Hertford
County, was born in Winton Township, that county, November
1, 1872. Son of William Henry and Ellen (Powell) Jones. At-
tended public and private schools, 1879-1890; Massey's Business
College, Columbus, Ga. Farmer. County Commissioner, 1914-
1920. Mason, Lodge No. 327, Winton; Scottish Rite, Sudan
Temple, and Mystic Shrine, Sudan Temple, New Bern; Junior
Warden and Secretary. Married Miss Ha A. Newsome, Novem-
ber 10, 1897. Address: Cofield, N. C.
PAUL B. KILLIAN
Paul B. Killian, Democrat, Representative from Clay County,
was born at Hiwassee, Ga., January 5, 1872. Son of Dr. D. W.
and Martha A. (McClure) Killian. Attended Hayesville public
school, 1879-1890; Hayesville Junior College, two years; M.D.,
Atlanta College of P. and S.; Emory University, 1900. Physi-
cian. Member County and State Medical Society; County Physi-
cian; Member Board Examiners World War. Mason; Woodmen
of the World; Junior Order; Representative in the General As-
sembly, 1915. Methodist. Married Miss Maud Moss, May 18,
1898. Address: Hayesville, N. C.
212 Biographical Sketches
clement satterfield kitchin*
Clement S. Kitchin, Democrat, Repi-esentative from Halifax
County, was born at Roxboro, June 19, 1902. Son of William
W. and Musette (Satterfield) Kitchin. Attended public schools
of Raleigh; Wake Forest College, 1920-1922; University of
North Carolina, 1922-1924; University Law School. Lawyer.
Junior Order; Zeta Psi Fraternity. Baptist. Address: Scotland
Neck, N. C.
HARRY HENDERSON LEAKE
Harry Henderson Leake, Democrat, Representative from
Stokes County, was born in that county, March 1, 1895. Son
of Peter J. and Lourinda J. (Bingmon) Leake. Correspondence
courses (I. C. S.) in Bookkeeping and Business Forms; Short-
hand and Typewriting; Good English; La Salle University Ex-
tension Course in American Law and Procedure. Lawyer. Chair-
man Board of Education, Stokes County, 1897-1930; member
Democratic Executive Committee of North Carolina, 1928.
Cashier Bank of Stokes County, King branch, eight years. Mo-
ravian; Secretary and Treasurer. Married Miss Elsie V. Sprinkle,
August 24, 1922. Address: King, N. C.
JOHN PHILLIPS LeGRAND
John Phillips LeGrand, Democrat, Representative from Davie
County, was born in Richmond County, November 7, 1895. Son
of Wade Hampton and Willie Anne (Brown) LeGrand. At-
tended Mocksville High School. Owner LeGrand's Pharmacy,
Mocksville. Sergeant, Company "C", 306th Ammunition Train,
Camp Jackson, and A. E. F. eighteen months; Post Commander,
American Legion. Mason; Junior Order. Methodist. Married
Miss Elizabeth Earl Johnson of Allendale, S. C, June 9, 1925.
Address: Mocksville, N. C.
*Died December 21, 1930.
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james adolph long
J. Dolph Long, Democrat, Representative from Alamance
County, was born in Graham, January 17, 1880. Son of Joseph
Thomas and Nannie (Pritchard) Long. Attended Graham public
schools until 1900; Ph.B., Elon College, 1905; University Law
School, 1907-1908. Lawyer. Episcopalian. Married Miss Hannah
Attmore, December 8, 1909. Address: Graham, N. C.
THOMAS WILLIAMS MASON LONG
Thomas Williams Mason Long, Representative from Halifax
County, was born in Northampton County, January 14, 1886. Son
of Lemuel MacKinnie and Betty Gray (Mason) Long. Attended
Petersburg, Va., Academy, 1901-1902; V. P. I., 1902-1903; Uni-
versity of North Carolina, 1903-1905; University College of Medi-
cine, 1905-1908; M.D., 1908. Physician. Member Halifax County
Medical Society and the North Carolina Medical Society. Chair-
man Board of Directors North Carolina Sanatorium, 1922-1931,
Roanoke Rapids Hospital, 1912-1931. Member State Board of
Medical Examiners, 1921-1931; Director State Hospital, Raleigh,
1918-1920. Mayor Roanoke Rapids, 1922-1930; Chairman City
Bond Commission, 1915-1922. Mason; Junior Order United Ameri-
can Mechanics; Phi Chi Medical Society. Episcopalian. Married
Miss Maria Greenough Burgwyn, December 7, 1910. Address:
Roanoke Rapidsj N. C.
ED S. LOVEN
Ed S. Loven, Democrat, Representative from Avery County,
was born in Burke County, 1872. Son of Anderson and Mary
(Webb) Loven. Received education in public schools. Merchant.
Sheriff of Avery County, 1911-1912. Representative from Avery
County in the General Assembly, 1923 and 1927. Mason. Pres-
byterian. Married Miss Myrtle L. Clay in 1895. Address: Lin-
ville, N. C.
214 Biographical Sketches
willie lee lumpkin
Willie Lee Lumpkin, Democrat, Representative from Franklin
County, was born at Youngsville, N. C, May 14, 1903. Son of
J. S. and Lena (Parker) Lumpkin. Attended Youngsville High
School and Franklinton High School; Wake Forest College, 1919-
1922; Wake Forest Law School. Lawyer. Member Kiwanis In-
ternational. City Attorney, town of Franklinton. Baptist; Dea-
con; President Franklin County Baraca-Philathea Union, 1924.
Representative in the General Asembly, 1929. Married Miss
Margaret B. Ray, 1922. Address: Franklinton, N. C.
JOHN MITCHELL LYON
John M. Lyon, Democrat, Representative from Yancey County,
was born in Greenville, Tennessee, August 12, 1860. Son of
James Benjamin and Martha (Britton) Lyon. Attended Green-
ville, Tenn., schools, 1870-1875; Tusculum College, Tusculum,
Tenn., 1878-1880; graduate Knoxville, Tenn., Business College,
1882. Chairman Yancey County Board of Commissioners, 1918-
1920. Mason; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows, head uniform
rank, Greenville, 1902. Presbyterian; Elder since 1915. Married
Miss Mary Cecelia Lewis, June 22, 1884. Address: Burnsville,
N. C.
ANGUS D. MacLEAN
Angus D. MacLean, Democrat, Representative from Beaufort
County, was born in Maxton, July 12, 1877. Son of John A. and
Mary Virginia (Brown) MacLean. Educated in private school
at Maxton and Laurinburg High School; attended University of
North Carolina, 1894-1895 and 1896-1897; University Law School,
1898. Member North Carolina Bar Association and American
Bar Association. Representative in the General Assembly of
1927 and 1929. Member law firm of MacLean & Rodman. B. P.
O. E.; Knights of Pythias. Presbyterian. Married Miss Annetta
Everett, October 24, 1900. Address: Washington, N. C.
Representatives in General Assembly 215
JOHN CALHOUN McBEE
John Calhoun McBee, Republican, Representative from Mitch-
ell County, was born at Mica, August 19, 1876. Son of James A.
and Rachael (Mace) McBee. Attended Bowman Academy, 1892-
1895; LL.B., Wake Forest College, 1911. Lawyer. Mayor of
Bakersville, 1912-1920. Private, Co. "B", 16th U. S. Infantry,
1899-1902; served in Army of Philippine Islands two years;
seven years in Civil Service, Department of Education Insular
Government. Delegate to National Republican Convention, 1920.
Representative in the General Asembly in 1917 and 1921. Ma-
son; Junior Order United American Mechanics. Baptist. Mar-
ried Miss Margaret C. Thomas, August 12, 1902. Address:
Bakersville, N. C.
N. B. McDEVITT
N. B. McDevitt, Democrat, Representative from Madison
County, was born in that county, December 22, 1875. Son of
Rev. P. and Sarah E. (Rice) McDevitt. Educated at Mars Hill
and Wake Forest College. Wholesale grocer. County Tax As-
sessor, Madison County; Clerk Superior Court; member Board
of County Commissioners six years, Chairman four years; mem-
ber Board of Education four years; Chairman County Demo-
cratic Executive Committee for many years; member Board of
Trustees Western Carolina Teachers' College. Teacher three
years. Representative in the General Assembly of 1927. Married
Miss Alice Hurt. Five children, all living; three finished college,
one in college and one in high school. Address: Marshall, N. C.
LAURIE McEACHERN
Laurie McEachern, Democrat, Representative from Hoke
County, was born in Marlow, Georgia, May 28, 1896. Son of
John F. and Margaret G. (Baker) McEachern. Attended War-
renton High School, 1910-1913; Washington and Lee University.
Farmer. President Raeford Kiwanis Club, 1930. Presbyterian.
Address: Raeford, N. C.
216 Biographical Sketches
duncan franklin mcgougan
Duncan Franklin McGougan, Democrat, Representative from
Columbus County, was born near Cerro Gordo, N. C. Son of Dr.
J. M. and Mary L. (Powell) McGougan. Attended County Schools
and school at Fair Bluff, 1885-1887; Burroughs High School,
Conway, S. C, 1890-1891; Clemson College, 1894-1896. Farmer
and banker. Member North Carolina Bankers Association. County
Commissioner 1926-1930, chairman in 1928. Cadet officer at Clem-
son, serving as second lieutenant. Mason; Woodmen of the World.
Baptist; Treasurer since 1908. Twice married: first to Miss Jen-
nie E. Bryant, 1897, two children; second to Miss Dula V. Alls-
brook of Allsbrook, S. C, 1903; nine children. Address: Tabor,
N. C.
JOHN ALBERT McRAE
John Albert McRae, Democrat, Representative from Mecklen-
burg County, was born at White Store, Anson County, December
29, 1875. Son of Dr. John Albert and Lavinia (Boggan) McRae.
Attended Public Schools; Marshville High School, 1894-1899; Uni-
versity of North Carolina; University Law School. Lawyer. Mem-
ber North Carolina State Bar Association, President, 1921; Amer-
ican Bar Association; Mecklenburg County Bar Association, Presi-
dent, 1921; Charlotte Chamber of Commerce; Kiwanis Club, Presi-
dent, 1924. City Attorney of Charlotte, 1907-1909, 1927-1929; At-
torney for Mecklenburg County Exemption Board during World
War. Knights of Pythias; D. O. K. K.; Woodmen of the World.
Representative in the General Assembly of 1903; State Senator,
1915. Methodist; Steward. Married Miss Mattie Theodosia Ham;
children: Martha Ham, John Albert, Jr., and William Haywood
McRae. Address: Charlotte, N. C.
JAMES A. MARSHALL
James A. Marshall, Democrat, Representative from Forsyth
County, was born in that county March 25, 1866. Son of J. Matt
and Sallie (Haizlip) Marshall. Educated in public and private
schools. Farmer. Justice of the Peace thirty-two years. Repre-
sentative in the General Assembly, 1925 and 1927. Junior Order
Representatives in General Assembly 217
United American Mechanics, past Councilor. Married Miss Vic-
toria B. Allen, November 28, 1889. Address: Walnut Cove, N. C.
LILY MOREHEAD MEBANE
Lily Morehead Mebane, Democrat, Representative from Rock-
ingham County. Was born at Spray, August 13, 1870. Daughter
of J. Turner and Lily (Connally) Morehead. Taught by governess
before attending Peace Institute and Southern Home School, Balti-
more. Cotton manufacturer. Baptist. Married February 8, 1896,
to B. Frank Mebane. Address: Spray, N. C.
OTWAY BINNS MOSS
Otway Binns Moss, Democrat, Representative from Nash
County. Was born in Wilson, October 20, 1890. Son of Vernon F.
and Loula A. (Binns) Moss. Attended Wilson graded schools;
LL.B., Wake Forest, 1913. Lawyer. Vice-Recorder, Nash County
Court, 1916-1922. Supervisor Census Fourth Congressional Dis-
trict, 1919-1920. Member School Board, 1919-1922. Chairman
Democratic Executive Committee, Manning's Township, 1916-1930;
Member County Executive Committee, 1916-1930. State Senator,
1923 and 1925; Representative, 1927 and 1929. Mason; Shriner,
Sudan Temple. Baptist; Superintendent Sunday School, 1920;
Teacher Men's Bible Class, 1929-1930. Married Miss Dolly Ed-
wards, June 2, 1915; two children. Address: Spring Hope, N. C.
JAMES CLAYTON MOYE
James Clayton Moye, Democrat, Representative from Greene
County. Was born in that county July 19, 1890. Son of James
Franklin and Mary E. (Meeks) Moye. Attended public schools;
Whitsett Institute, 1908; Ayden Free Will Baptist Theological
Seminary, 1912-1916. Minister. Chevrolet automobile dealer. Mayor
of Snow Hill, 1926-1929. Modern Woodmen of the World. Moder-
ator Central Conference of Free Will Baptist Church, 1918-1920.
Free Will Baptist. Representative in the General Assembly, 1929.
Married Miss Ethel Brooks, January 24, 1921. Address: Snow
Hill, N. C.
218 Biographical Sketches
robert bruce morphew
Robert Bruce Morphew, Democrat, Representative from Gra-
ham County. Was born in Robbinsville, N. C, in 1901. Son of
Thomas Arthur and Lillian (Slaughter) Morphew. Graduated from
Robbinsville High School, 1919; attended Cullowhee Normal School,
1920; B.A., Tusculum College, 1925; Duke University, 1926-'27;
Summer School, Wake Forest, 1927. Lawyer. Sigma Nu Phi, legal
fraternity. National Guard, 1924-1926, Troop D, Cavalry, at camp
during summer, corporal. Methodist. Address: Robbinsville, N. C.
WILLIAM WEAVER NEAL
William W. Neal, Democrat, Representative from McDowell
County, was born in Marion, February 15, 1874. Son of G. H.
and Rowena (Weaver) Neal. Representative in the General As-
sembly, 1919, 1921, 1923 and 1925. Address: Marion, N. C.
HARRISS NEWMAN
Harriss Newman, Democrat, Representative from New Han-
over County. Was born in Wilmington, October 2, 1897. Son of
Joseph and Rolinda (Jacobs) Newman. Attended public schools;
Cape Fear Academy, Trinity College; LL.B., University of North
Carolina, 1919. Lawyer. Member New Hanover County Bar As-
sociation; North Carolina Bar Association; Chamber of Com-
merce, member Executive Committee; Chairman Wilmington
Chapter Red Cross, Roll Call Chairman, 1927-1929; Executive
Commander Boys' Brigade; Member Board of Directors Baby's
Hospital, Travelers Aid Society; National Jewish Hospital, Den-
ver, Col.; Member New Hanover County High School Committee;
Vice-Chairman State Allied Jewish Campaign, 1930; Mason, Wil-
mington Lodge No. 219; B. P. O. E.; Shriner; Past President Wil-
mington Independent Order B'nai Brith; Goldenrod Chapter East-
ern Star. Of Jewish faith. Address: Wilmington, N. C.
Representatives in General Assembly 219
zeb vance norman
Zeb Vance Norman, Democrat, Representative from Wash-
ington County, was born in Tyrrell County, February 2, 1888. Son
of Cicero J. and Celesta (Wood) Norman. Attended Plymouth
High School, 1902-1906; Trinity College, 1906-1908; University
of Virginia, summer, 1913; University of North Carolina Medical
School, 1908-1909; Law School, 1915-1916. Lawyer. Member Wash-
ington County Bar Association and North Carolina Bar Associ-
ation. President Plymouth Chamber Commerce, 1929-1930; Mayor,
1918-1919; Prosecuting Attorney Washington County, 1919-1924;
Recorder, 1924-1929. Mason; Worshipful Master Perseverance
Lodge No. 59, A. F. & A. M., 1919, Plymouth; Shriner; Sudan
Temple, New Bern. Methodist; Charge Lay Leader; Trustee.
Married Miss Florence Ryan Bell, September 27, 1919. Address:
Plymouth, N. C.
FRED P. PARKER, JR.
Fred P. Parker, Jr., Democrat, Representative from Wayne
County, was born in Goldsboro, November 28, 1902. Son of Fred
P. and Matilda (Fort) Parker. Attended Goldsboro High School,
1918-1921; University of Illinois, 1922; University of North Caro-
lina, B. S. Commerce, 1925; University Law School, 1925-1928,
LL.B., 1928. Lawyer. Member Goldsboro Bar, Wayne County
Bar, North Carolina Bar and the American Bar Associations;
Member Chamber Commerce; Kiwanis Club. Chairman Young
People's Democratic Club of Wayne, 1928. Junior Order United
American Mechanics; Delta Psi; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity;
Delta Sigma Pi, International Commercial Fraternity, and Epsilon
Phi Delta. Presbyterian. Assistant Sunday School Superintendent,
1928-1930; Chairman Finance Committee, 1930. President Wayne
County Taxpayers League; organizer of Taxpayers Leagues in
Eastern Carolina. Address: Goldsboro, N. C.
JOEL C. PINNIX
Joel C. Pinnix, Republican, Representative from Yadkin
County, was born in that county November 17, 1855. Son of
Frederick and Sarah (Dobbins) Pinnix. Attended Boonville Acad-
220 Biographical Sketches
emy, 1877, and Trap Hill Academy, 1882. Farmer. Taught in
academic and public schools twenty-two years. Postmaster at
Marler, 1894-1900; Justice of the Peace, 1895-1897; Deputy Col-
lector Internal Revenue, 1889-1893, 1901-1904; Representative in
the General Assembly of 1885, 1887, 1897 and 1905; State Senator,
1901, 1911. Mason, having held all offices up to Worshipful
Master. Baptist; Church Clerk, 1878-1884; Sunday School Super-
intendent eighteen years. Married Miss Catharine Shore, Novem-
ber 25, 1877. Ten children. Address: Cycle, N. C.
OSCAR THEODORE PITTS
Oscar T. Pitts, Democrat, Representative from Catawba County,
was born in Hickory, May 11, 1899. Son of R. M. and Emma E.
(Townsend) Pitts. Attended North Hickory Public Schools, 1906-
1907; Lenoir Rhyne College, 1916-1919. Real Estate Broker and
Auctioneer. Lutheran; Elder since 1926. Married Miss Mary Ruth
Miller, June 15, 1922. Address: Hickory, N. C.
JOHN FRONEBERGER PUETT
John F. Puett, Democrat, Representative from Gaston County,
was born in Dallas, N. C, April 28, 1883. Son of John Colier and
Mary Elizabeth (Froneberger) Puett. Attended Dallas Public
Schools. Farmer. Director Bank of Dallas and Fairfield Chair
Co.; Mayor Dallas; member School Board. Representative in the
General Assembly of 1917. Methodist; Steward and Trustee since
1910. Married Miss Sallie Young Coppedge, December, 1916. Ad-
dress: Dallas, N. C.
JAMES BUTLER READLING
James Butler Readling, Democrat, Representative from Meck-
lenburg, was born near Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, May
25, 1879. Son of Charles Robert and Jane (Carver) Readling. At-
tended Mt. Zion Academy, 1893-1897. Insurance. Mayor of Cor-
nelius, 1919-1923. Representative in the General Assembly of
1929. Methodist. Married Miss Minnie L. Goodrum, 1899. Six
children. Address: Cornelius, N. C.
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mark l. reed
Mark L. Reed, Democrat, Representative from Buncombe
County, was born in that county June 5, 1853. Son of Joseph and
Catherine (Miller) Reed. Attended Col. Stephen D. Lee's School,
Asheville, 1867-1870. Deputy Commissioner, State Revenue De-
partment. Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, 1913-1918; Chair-
man Board of County Commissioners, 1900-1908. Representative
in the General Assembly of 1891. Mason; Scottish Rite; Shriner;
Knight Templar. Baptist. Address: Asheville, N. C.
WILEY A. ROGERS
Wiley A. Rogers, Democrat, Representative from Macon
County, was born in Franklin, May 3, 1872. Son of C. T. and
Margaret (Reid) Rogers. Attended Franklin High School; Uni-
versity North Carolina; University Nashville, M.D., 1898. Phy-
sician. Member Macon-Clay Medical Society; State Medical So-
ciety, honorary member, having paid dues for thirty years. Presi-
dent Bank of Franklin. Director State School for Blind, twelve
years. County Health Officer about fifteen years. Medical Ex-
aminer for Macon County during World War. Mason; Worshipful
Master Junaluska Lodge, No. 145, Franklin; Knights Templar,
Waynesville, No. 31; Shriner, Oasis Temple A. A. 0. N. M. S.,
Charlotte. Representative in the General Assembly of 1905 and
1921. Methodist; Steward. Married Miss Marie Renner, May 24,
1911. Address: Franklin, N. C.
JOSEPH BLOUNT RUFFIN
Joseph B. Ruffin, Democrat, Representative from Bertie
County, was born at Powellsville, N. C, 1878. Son of J. B. and
Mary E. Ruffin. Attended Winton High School; College of Phy-
sicians, Baltimore; M.D., University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.,
1900; post-graduate work Illinois Polyclinic, Chicago, 1901.
Physician. Member Bertie County Medical Society, North Caro-
lina Medical Association, the Seaboard Medical Association and
American Medical Association. Medical Examiner of the Selective
Draft Board of Bertie County during the World War. Member
222 Biographical Sketches
Broitton Lodge No. 554, A. F. & A. M. and Powellsville Camp
No. 406, W. O. W. Baptist; Deacon of Powellsville Church since
organization. Married Miss Mary Elizabeth Owen, February,
1900. Address: Powellsville, N. C.
DAWSON EMERSON SCARBOROUGH
Dawson Emerson Scarborough, Democrat, Representative from
Richmond County, v/as born at Mt. Gilead, August 11, 1900. Son
of Alfred D. and Mary Christian Scarborough. Attended Hoffman
High School, 1909-1917; LL.B., University North Carolina, 1923.
Lawyer. Prosecuting Attorney for Richmond County, 1929-1930.
Two months in Students Army Training Corps at Chapel Hill,
1918. Methodist. Winner of J. W. Bailey Prize offered by the
North Carolina Club, University of North Carolina, 1923. Address:
Rockingham, N. C.
AARON ASHLEY FLOWERS SEAWELL
A. A. F. Seawell, Democrat, Representative from Lee County,
was born near Jonesboro, Moore County, October 30, 1864. Son
of A. A. F. and Jeannette Ann (Buie) Seawell. Attended Jones-
boro High School, 1877-1879; University of North Carolina, Ph.B.,
class of 1889, University Law School, 1892. Lawyer. Representa-
tive in the General Assembly of 1901, 1913 and 1915; State Sen-
ator, 1907 and 1925. Mason; Knights Templar; Shriner; Junior
Order United American Mechanics; High Priest Royal Arch Ma-
sons. Presbyterian; Ruling Elder thirty years. Married Miss
Bertha Alma Smith, April 12, 1905. Address: Sanford, N. C.
WILLIAM HENRY SIGMON
William Henry Sigmon, Democrat, Representative from Lincoln
County, was born in Catawba County, November 25, 1867. Son of
Harrison and Sallie (Howard) Sigmon. Attended common schools
and Oak Institute, Mooresville, N. C. Farmer. Register of Deeds
for Lincoln County, 1908-1914. Knights of Pythias, Chancellor
Commander, 1912; Jr. O. U. A. M. Methodist; Steward, 1915-
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1927; Sunday School Teacher, 1915-1930; Chairman Parsonage
Building Committee, 1928. Married Miss Nannie E. Dean, De-
cember 21, 1901. Address: Denver, N. C.
J. CALVIN SMITH
J. Calvin Smith, Democrat, Representative from Martin County,
was born near Farmville, Pitt County. Son of J. Thomas and
Emily (Tyson) Smith. Attended private schools and public schools
of Pitt County; Wake Forest Law School, 1907. Licensed to
practice law, August, 1907. Lawyer. Mayor of Robersonville,
1915-1918; Judge Martin County Court, 1919-1926. Married Miss
Margaret J. Chandler of Mebane, September 6, 1911. Address:
Robersonville, N. C.
UNION LEE SPENCE
Union Lee Spence, Democrat, Representative from Moore
County, was born in Stanly County, August 20, 1867. Son of
Daniel and Mary Ann (Reeves) Spence. Attended Palmerville
Schools; graduated Oak Ridge Institute, 1890; completed Law
Course at University of North Carolina under Judge Manning.
Lawyer. Member North Carolina Bar Association and American
Bar Association. Mayor of Carthage several times. State Senator,
1903; Representative in General Assembly, 1929. Delegate to
Democratic National Convention, 1924 and 1928. Kiwanian; Ma-
son; Knights Templar; Worshipful Master. Methodist. Married
Miss Mary Worthy, April 24, 1912. Two children. Address: Carth-
age, N. C.
FREDERICK ISLER SUTTON
Frederick I. Sutton, Democrat, Representative from Lenoir
County, was born at Kinston, September 7, 1886. Son of L. M.
and Cora Elizabeth (Grimsley) Sutton. Educated at Miss Dora
Miller's School, 1893-96; Dr. Richard H. Lewis' School; Kinston
High School; University of North Carolina, A.B. Degree, 1908;
Harvard Summer School, 1907; Harvard Law School, 191)8-1911.
224 Biographical Sketches
LL.B. Degree. Lawyer. Member Kinston Bar Association; North
Carolina Bar Association; Harvard Law School Association; Amer-
ican Bar Association. Secretary-Treasurer Carolina Municipal
Association. Vice-President North Carolina Good Roads Associ-
ation. Attorney city of Kinston. Director and Attorney Caswell
Banking and Trust Company. Director and Attorney National
Bank of Kinston. Mayor city of Kinston, 1913-1919. Member of
State Board of Conservation and Development. Chairman of the
Committee on Game and Game Fish. Representative in the Gen-
eral Assemblies of 1925, 1927 and 1929. Trustee University of
North Carolina. Served as Corporal in Home Guard. Member St.
John's Lodge No. 4, A. F. and A. M.; Caswell Chapter No. 38,
Royal Arch Masons; St. Paul's Commandery No. 18, Knights
Templar; Sudan Temple A. A. 0. N. M. S.; Jr. O. U. A. M. Lenoir
Council; Alpha Tau Omega and Pi Sigma Fraternities; Kiwanis
Club. President Kinston Shrine Club and Kinston Kiwanis Club.
Married Miss Annie Gray Fry of Greensboro, 1915. Address:
Kinston, N. C.
CHARLES WALLACE TATEM
Charles Wallace Tatem, Democrat, Representative from Tyrrell
County, was born in Columbia, September 25, 1876. Son of Cam-
milas Etheridge and Ellen E. (McClees) Tatem. Attended Co-
lumbia Academy, 1885-1891; Trinity School, 1892-1893. Civil Engi-
neer. Representative in the General Assembly of 1927 and 1929.
Married Miss Ella Gertrude Wynne, September 24, 1896. Address:
Columbia, N. C.
FRANCIS EDGAR THOMAS
Francis Edgar Thomas, Democrat, Representative from Anson
County, was born at Diamond Hill, Anson County, December 25,
1871. Son of John William and Susan (Liles) Thomas. Attended
Polkton High School; Wake Forest College, LL.B., 1902; Uni-
versity of North Carolina Law School. Lawyer. Representative in
the General Assembly of 1913 and 1915. Baptist. Married Miss
Lucy Josephine Hawkins, 1910. Address: Wadesboro, N. C.
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james william thompson
James William Thompson, Democrat, Representative from
Brunswick County, was born in Southport, January 28, 1875. Son
of Thomas Mann and Mary E. (Mintz). Attended schools of
Smithville (Southport), 1882-1887; Atlanta, Ga., 1887-1890; Gradu-
ate Sullivan and Crichton Business College, Atlanta, 1892. Re-
tired wholesale Commission Merchant and Contractor. Member
United Charities Association; Chamber Commerce, Southport,
1910-1930. Inspector State Fisheries Commission, 1912-1914;
Charter Member and Director Peoples United Bank, Southport,
1921-1930; member Board for Distribution Fuel, N. C. Coast
Quartermaster's Department, World War; Alderman Southport;
Delegate to State Democratic Conventions many times; Volunteer
in Spanish-American War, rejected on account of physical dis-
ability; volunteer World War, rejected account age limit. Mason;
Worshipful Master Pythagoras Lodge, three terms; Thirty-second
Degree Scottish Rite, Wilmington; Sudan Shrine Temple, New-
Bern. Methodist. Contributor of short stories to game periodicals
and magazines. Pioneer producer high grade cottonseed oil in
Georgia, 1899-1906; on Board of Refiners and Crushers for de-
termining grades of cottonseed oil for lard and salad oil, 1889-
1906; demonstrated cottonseed and hulls and meal as stock food,
1890-1894. Married Miss Anna E. Butler of Edgefield, S. C, April
14, 1898. Address: Southport, N. C.
DAVID ELMER TURNER
David E. Turner, Democrat, Representative from Iredell
County, was born in Vance, N. C, February 21, 1876. Son of
W. W. and Margaret E. (Knox) Turner. Attended Barnes Acad-
emy, Lenoir, N. C, 1892; Davidson, 1899. Hardware dealer. Mem-
ber Hardware Association of Carolinas. Kiwanis Club. County
Commissioner, six and one-half years; County Board of Edu-
cation, two years; City Alderman, ten years; Clerk, Executive
IBjauaQ eqi ui aAi^uasaaday; f^uaui^iBdaQ d*i& jaiqo ipiBog
Assembly of 1929." Presbyterian; Scout Master. Married Miss
Minnie Lee McNeely, December 17, 1901. Address: Mooresville,
N. C.
226 Biographical Sketches
THOMAS TURNER, Jr.
Thomas Turner, Jr., Democrat, Representative from Guilford
County, was born in that county, October 3, 1900. Son of Henri
Catlett of Mt. Sterling, Ky., and Elizabeth Little (Dowd) Turner.
A.B., University of North Carolina, 1923; University Law School,
1923-1924. Lawyer. Member North Carolina Bar Association and
High Point Bar Association. Vice-Chairman Guilford County
Democratic Executive Committee, 1927-1929. Sigma Alpha Ep-
silon, College Fraternity. Episcopalian; Vestryman; Junior War-
den, 1926. Married Miss Elizabeth Nolan of Marietta, Ga., Oc-
tober 28, 1925; two children, Thomas Turner, III, and Marion
Nolan Turner. Address: High Point, N. C.
GEORGE RANDOLPH UZZELL
George Randolph Uzzell, Democrat, Representative from Rowan
County, was born in Salisbury, November 23, 1903. Son of Harry
M. and Geneva (Wright) Uzzell. Attended Salisbury Graded
Schools, 1910-1915; Raleigh Graded Schools, 1915-1919; Salisbury
High School, 1919-1921; Davidson College, 1921-1923; passed State
Bar Examination, January 25, 1926. Lawyer. Knights of Pythias;
Winona Council No. 18, Jr. O. U. A. M.; Pi Gamma Sigma, Wake
Forest College. Chancellor Commander Salisbury-Rowan No. 100,
Knights of Pythias, 1927-1929; Financial Secretary Winona Coun-
cil No. 18, Jr. O. U. A. M., 1929-1930; Present Council Deputy.
Baptist; Deacon, 1929; General Secretary Sunday School, 1929;
Superintendent Adult Department Sunday School, since 1930. Ad-
dress: Salisbury, N. C.
JOHN SHERWOOD UPCHURCH
J. Sherwood Upchurch, Democrat, Representative from Wake
County, was born in Raleigh, N. C, October 28, 1872. Son of
Alvin and Mary Ann (Overby) Upchurch. Attended Centennial
School, Raleigh, N. C. Representative General Outdoor Adver-
tising Company. Auditor of City of Raleigh, 1907-1908; Alder-
man for fourteen years; Health Officer and Sanitary Inspector,
1913-1917. Member Junior Order; Royal Arcanum; Knights of
Representatives in General Assembly 227
Maccabees; Loyal Order of Moose. Episcopalian. Member House
of Representatives, 1929. Married Miss Mary Mills Hardy, Sep-
tember 4, 1903. Address: Raleigh, N. C.
WILEY LEE WARD
Wiley Lee Ward, Republican, Representative from Randolph
County, was born in that county, January 6, 1882. Son of James
Buchanon and Rufine (Fields) Ward. Attended Asheboro graded
school. Cotton manufacturer. Secretary and Treasurer Leward
Cotton Mills, Worthville. Member Board of Aldermen of Ashe-
boro four terms; County Commissioner for five terms serving as
chairman for three terms; President Asheboro Chamber of Com-
merce. Junior Order United American Mechanics. Methodist
Protestant; member Board of Trustees; Chairman Board of
Stewards; Sunday School Superintendent fifteen years; Secretary
Board of Trustees High Point College; President Board of Con-
ference Trustees North Carolina Annual Conference; Treasurer
Board of Church Extension. Married Miss Mary Elizabeth Bor-
oughs, January 13, 1901. Address: Asheboro, N. C.
CAPUS M. WAYNICK
Capus M. Waynick, Democrat, Representative from Guilford
County, was born in Rockingham County, December 23, 1889. Son
of Joshua J. N. and Anna (Moore) Waynick. Attended County
Schools; graduated from Greensboro High School, 1907; University
of North Carolina, two years. Editor High Point Enterprise. En-
tered National Army as a volunteer, 1918; served in training
camp ; commissioned second lieutenant, after Armistice. Presby-
terian. Married Miss Elizabeth McBee of Lincolnton, June 19,
1915. Address: High Point, N. C.
ALBERT EDWIN WHITE
Albert Edwin White, Democrat, Representative from Robeson
County, was born in Forsyth County, January 7, 1863. Son of
Andrew J. and Hariett A. (Jones) White. Attended Forsyth
228 Biographical Sketches
County Schools. Merchant. Mayor Lumberton eight terms. Mem-
ber State Prison Board for past four years. Representative in
the General Assembly of 1929. Methodist; Chairman Board of
Stewards. Married Miss Ellen Ophelia Fuller, November, 1888.
Address: Lumberton, N. C.
JOHN FERNANDO WHITE
John Fernando White, Democrat, Representative from Chowan
County, was born in Edenton, April 16, 1902. Son of Sidney John-
son and Mary Christian (Goodwin) White. Attended Wake Forest
College, 1922-1925; University Law School, 1925-1926. Lawyer.
Judge Chowan County Court, 1928-1930; Delegate Democratic
State Convention, Raleigh, 1930. Member 115th Ambulance Com-
pany of the 4th Corps Area, Edenton, 1927-1928, rank Sergeant.
Baptist. Married Miss Carolyn Juanita Bunch, March 16, 1930.
Address: Edenton, N. C.
RAYFORD BRYANT WHITLEY
Rayford Bryant Whitley, Democrat, Representative from Wake
County, was born in Johnston County, March 19, 1862. Son of
N. R. and Martha (Richardson) Whitley. Attended public schools
of Johnston County. Merchant, planter and banker. President of
the Bank of Wendell; Director Commercial National Bank,
Raleigh. Representative from Johnston County in the General
Assembly of 1893. Member World War Exemption Board from
Wake County, 1917-1918. Honorary member Junior Order United
American Mechanics. Methodist; Steward and Trustee. Married
Miss Marietta Harper, April 4, 1893.
DAVID HENRY WILLIS
David Henry Willis, Democrat, Representative from Craven
County, was born at Sea Level, N. C, February 29, 1892. Son of
Timothy and Mollie (Smith) Willis. Attended Gilliams Academy,
Altamahaw, N. C, graduating in 1916; Wake Forest College;
Representatives in General Assembly 229
Wake Forest Law School. Lawyer. Member Craven County Bar.
Sergeant, World War, 11 months in France. Mason; Odd Fel-
lows; Elks. Married Miss Lucy Swindell, October 22, 1923. Ad-
dress: New Bern, N. C.
PRESTON WOODALL
Preston Woodall, Democrat, Representative from Johnston
County, was born in that county, May 4, 1874. Son of William
Ransom and Mary (Creech) Woodall. Attended Public Schools of
Johnston County and Turlington Institute, Smithfield. Merchant
and farmer. Formerly Vice-President Commercial National Bank
and President Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Benson; Mem-
ber Town Board; County Welfare Board since organization. Mem-
ber Kiwanis Club. Presbyterian; Elder since 1916. Married Miss
Emma C. Woodall, April, 1899. Address: Benson, N. C.
WILLIAM COLEMAN WOODARD
William Coleman Woodard, Democrat, Representative from
Nash County, was born at Rocky Mount, N. C, June 8, 1889. Son
of William C. and Charlotte Woodard. Attended Wilkinson's
School, Tarboro, 1900-1904; A.B., University of North Carolina,
1908; Law School, 1911. General Agent Atlantic Life Insurance
Company. Member Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis Club.
Director of Chamber of Commerce, Planters National Bank, At-
lantic Life Insurance Company, and Citizens Building and Loan.
Member of Board of Aldermen, 1925. Representative in the Gen-
eral Assembly of 1927 and 1929. Order of Gimghouls; Corinthian
Lodge No. 230; Rocky Mount Chapter, St. Bernard Commandery,
Sudan Temple. Episcopalian. Married February 4, 1915, to Miss
Katharine Bunn. Address: Rocky Mount, N. C.
JAMES ROBERT YOUNG
James Robert Young, Democrat, Representative from Harnett
County, was born in Dunn, January 27, 1896. Son of Ernest
Foster and Alma (Fleming) Young. Attended Warrenton High
School, 1911-1913; Tennessee Military Institute, 1913-1914; Uni-
230 Biographical Sketches
versity of Tennessee, 1914-1915; University of North Carolina,
1915-1917; University Law School, 1919-1920; Wake Forest Law
School, 1920-1922; licensed to practice law, January, 1922. Lawyer.
Member North Carolina Bar Association. Solicitor Recorders
Court of Dunn, 1929-1930. Private 119th Infantry, June 22, 1917-
June 26, 1917; Color Sergeant, June 26, 1917-July, 1917; Brevet
Sergeant Major, July, 1917-April 11, 1919; Served overseas with
119th Infantry, 30th Division, April 1918-April, 1919; graduated
from Army Candidates School, Langres, France, December 31,
1918. At present, Captain Headquarters Battery, 113th Field
Artillery, N. C. National Guard. Thirty-second degree Mason;
Knights of Pythias; Sigma Nu, Psi Chapter, College Fraternity,
University of North Carolina. Methodist. Married Miss Hazel
Virginia Fetner of Savannah, Ga., November 22, 1922. Address:
Dunn, N. C.
VICTOR VERNON YOUNG
Victor Vernon Young, Democrat, Representative from Durham
County, was born in Durham, N. C, November 23, 1901. Son of
W. H. and Annie Bertha (Clark) Young. Attended Durham High
School, 1914-1918; A.B., University of North Carolina, 1923. At-
tended Trinity and Wake Forest College Law Schools. Lawyer.
Member Durham County Bar Association and State Bar Associ-
ation. R. O. T. C, 1918, University of North Carolina. Chi Phi
Fraternity. Representative in the General Assembly, 1929. Bap-
tist. Married Miss Mildred Love Waters of Portsmouth, Va.,
November 27, 1926. Address: Durham, N. C.
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