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TO THE
1957 MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF NORTH CAROLINA
TO THE
STATE, COUNTY, CITY AND TOWN OFFICIALS
AND TO THE
PEOPLE OF THE OLD NORTH STATE
AT HOME AND ABROAD
THIS MANUAL IS RESPECTFULLY
DEDICATED
Secretary of State
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CONTENTS
PART I
HISTORICAL
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The State 3
The State Capitol 15
Chief Executive of North Carolina
Governors of Virginia 18
Executives under the Proprietors 18
Governors under the Crown 19
I Governors Elected by the Legislature 19
Governors Elected by the People 21
List of Lieutenant Governors 23
The State Flag 25
The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence 26
The Great Seal of North Carolina 28
The State Bird 31
The Halifax Resolution 32
Name of State and Nicknames 33
The State Motto 33
The State Colors 34
The State Flower 34
The State's Most Famous Toast 34
Legal Holidays in North Carolina 35
Population of the State since 1675 36
State Song 37
The Constitution of North Carolina 39
The American's Creed 79
The American Flag
Origin 79
Proper Display 81
Pledge to the Flag 85
The National Capitol 87
Declaration of Independence 90
Constitution of the United States 95
PART II
CENSUS
Seventeenth Census, 1950
Population of State 119
Population of Counties 120
Population of Cities and Towns
Incorporated places of 10,000 or more 120
Incorporated places of 2,500 to 10,000 121
>• Incorporated places of 1,000 to 2,500 121
W5 Incorporated places of less than 1,000 123
jy,^ Estimated Population of United States, 1956 127
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PART III
rOLlTK AL
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Coiinrt'ssioiial Districts 131
.Iu(iic-ial Districts 131
Senatorial Districts and Apportionment of Senators 133
ApiJortiomncnt of Members of the House of Representatives . . 137
State Democratic Platform 138
Plan of Or^ranization of the State Democratic Party 159
Committees of the Democratic Party
State Democratic Executive Committee 172
Congressional District Executive Committees 176
Judicial District Executive Committees 180
Senatorial District Executive Committees 185
State Democratic Solicitorial District
Executive Committees 188
Chairman of the County Executive Committees 192
County Vice-Chairmen 194
State Republican Platform 196
Plan of Organization of the State Republican Party 201
Committees of the Republican Party
State Republican Executive Committee 209
Congressional, Judicial and Senatorial
District Committees 212
Chairmen of the County Executive Committees 212
PART IV
ELECTION RETURNS
Popular and Electoral Vote for President by States, 1956 . . 215
Popular Vote for President bv States, 1940-1952 216
Vote for President by Counties, 1936-1956 218
Vote for Governor by Counties, Primaries, 1956 221
Vote for Governor by Counties, General Elections, 1936-1956 . . 223
Vote for State Officials, Democratic Primaries, 1948-1954 226
Vote for State Officials bv Counties, Primary, 1956 228
Total Votes Cast— General Election, 1954-1956 232
Vote for Governor in Democratic Primaries, 1932-1956 234
Vote for Congressmen in Democratic Primaries, 1956 235
Vote for Members of Congress, 1942-1956 237
Vote for United States Senators in Primaries, 1942-1954 249
Vote for United States Senators in
General Elections, 1942-1954 250
Vote for United States Senators, Democratic Primary, 1956 . . 251
Vote for United States Senators, General Election, 1956 .... 252
Vote on Constitutional Amendments by Counties, 1956 255
Vote on Prohibition, 1881^ 1908, 1933 259
Contents VII
PART V
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
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Agencies, Boards and Commissions 263
North Carolina Institutions
Correctional
White 292
Negro 292
Educational
White 293
Negro 301
Hospitals
White 304
Negro 307
Confederate Woman's Home 308
Examining Boards 309
State Owned Railroads 317
PART VI
LEGISLATIVE
The General Assembly
Senate
Officers 321
Senators (Arranged Alphabetically) 321
Senators (Arranged by Districts) 322
Rules 323
Standing Committees 339
Seat Assignments 345
House of Representatives
Officers 346
Members (Arranged Alphabetically) 346
Members (Arranged bv Counties) 348
Rules .' 350
Standing Committees 366
Seat Assignments 380
PART VII
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Eixecutive Officials 385
Administrative Officials 394
United States Senators : 425
Representatives in Congress 428
Justices of the Supreme Court 438
Members of the General Assembly
• Senators . ; . . . .■■... . . : : 445
Representatives 479
Occupational and Professional Classification 542
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OFFICIAL REGISTER
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United States Government
President and Vice-President 549
Cabinet Members 549
North Carolina Senators and Representatives in Congress 549
United States Supreme Court Justices 549
United States District Court
Judges 549
Clerks 549
District Attorneys 549
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Fourth District 549
Governors of the States and Territories 550
State Government
Legislative Department 551
Executive Department 551
Judicial Department 551
Administrative Department 552
State Institutions 553
Heads of Agencies other than State 554
County Government 555
ILLUSTRATIONS
State Capitol 16
State Flag 24
State Seal 29
State Bird 30
State Song (Words and Music) 37
Map of North Carolina 76
The American Flag 78
Map Showing Congressional Districts 134, 135
Map Showing Senatorial Districts 198, 199
Seating Diagram of Senate Chamber 344
Seating Diagram of House of Representatives 381
Pictures
Governor 384
State Officers 389
Senators and Congressmen 424, 432
Justices of the Supreme Court 437
State Senators 444, 455, 466
Members of the House of Representatives
478, 487, 496, 506, 514, 524, 534
PART I
HISTORICAL
THE STATE
North Carolina, often called the "Tar Heel" state, was the scene
of the first attempt to colonize America by English-speaking peo-
ple. Under a chai'ter granted to Sir Walter Raleigh by Queen
Elizabeth, a colony was begun in the 1580's on Roanoke Island.
This settlement, however, was unsuccessful and later became
known as "The Lost Colony."
The first permanent settlement was made about 1650 by immi-
grants from Virginia. In 1663 Charles II granted to eight Lords
Proprietors a charter for the territory lying "within six and
thirty degrees of the northern latitude, and to the west as far as
the south seas, and so southerly as far as the river St. Mattias,
which bordereth upon the coast of Florida, and within one and
thirty degrees of northern latitude, and so west in a direct line as
far as the south seas aforesaid; . . ." and the colony was called
Carolina. In 1665 another charter was granted to these noble-
men. This charter extended the limits of Carolina so that the
northern line was 36 degrees and 30 minutes north latitude, and
the southern line was 29 degrees north latitude, and both of these
lines extended westward to the South Seas.
In 1669 John Locke wrote the Fundamental Constitutions as a
model for the government of Carolina. The Lords Proprietors
adopted these constitutions and directed the governor to put into
operation as much of them as was feasible. In 1670 there were
four precincts (changed to counties in 1739) ; Pasquotank, Per-
quimans, Chowan, and Currituck. North Carolina now has one
hundred counties.
Garel'ina on December 7, 1710, was divided into North Carolina
and South Carolina, and Edward Hyde, on May 12, 1712, became
the first governor of North Carolina.
In 1729 seven of the eight Lords Proprietors sold their interest
in Carolina to the Crown and North Carolina became a royal
colony. George Burrington was the first royal governor. Richard
Everard, the last proprietary governor, served until Burrington
was appointed.
North Carolina, on April 12, 1776, authorized her delegates in
the Continental Congress to vote for independence, and on Decem-
ber 18, 1776, adopted a constitution. Richard Caswell became the
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first governor under this constitution. On November 21, 1789, the
state adopted the United States Constitution, being the twelfth
state to enter the Federal Union. North Carolina, in 1788, had
rejected the Constitution on the grounds that certain amendments
were vital and necessary to a free people.
A Constitutional convention was held in 1835 and among several
changes made in the Constitution was the method of electing the
governor. After this change the governor was elected by the peo-
ple for a term of two years instead of being elected by the Legis-
lature for a term of one year. Edward Bishop Dudley was the
first governor elected by the people.
North Carolina seceded from the Union May 20, 1861, and was
readmitted to the Union in July, 1868.
A new State Constitution was adopted in 1868 and since that
date the governor has been elected by the people for four-year
terms and he cannot succeed himself. There has not been a new
constitution since 1868, but numerous amendments have been
added to it.
North Carolina has had a democratic administration since 1900,
during which period it has made its greatest progress.
North Carolina has had two permanent capitals — New Bern and
Raleigh — and there have been three capitol buildings. Tryon's
Palace in New Bern was constructed in the period, 1767-1770, and
the main building was destroyed by fire February 27, 1798. The
first capitol in Raleigh was completed in 1794 and was destroyed
by fire on June 21, 1831. The present capitol was completed in 1840.
The state in 1790 ceded her western lands, which was composed
of Washington, Davidson, Hawkins, Greene, Sullivan, Sumner,
and Tennessee counties, to the Federal government, and between
1790 and 1796 the territory was known as Tennessee Territory,
but in 1796 it became the fifteenth state in the Union.
In 1738, the General Assembly of North Carolina passed an act
authorizing the establishment of district courts which served as
appelant courts. These courts were authorized to be held in Bath,
New Bern, and New Town — now Wilmington. In 1746, the Gen-
eral Assembly repealed the act of 1738 and established district
courts to be held at Edenton, Wilmington, and Edgecombe. From
1754 until 1790, other districts were formed as the state expanded
in territory and developed needs for these districts. By 1790, there
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were eight judicial districts divided into two ridings of four dis-
tricts each. In 1806, the General Assembly passed an act estab-
lishing a superior court in each county. The act also set up judi-
cial districts composed of certain contiguous counties, and this
practice of expanding the districts has continued from five dis-
tricts in 1806 until now there are thirty districts.
When North Carolina adopted the Federal Constitution on
November 21, 1789, she was authorized to send two senators and
five representatives to the Congress of the United States accord-
ing to the constitutional apportionment. In 1792, when the first
federal census had been completed and tabulated, it was found
that North Carolina was entitled to ten representatives. It was
then that the General Assembly divided the state into ten congres-
sional districts. In 1812, the state had grown and increased in
population until it was entitled to thirteen representatives in Con-
gress. Between 1812 and 1865, however, the population decreased
so much in proportion to the population of the other states of the
Union that North Carolina was by that time entitled only to
seven representatives. Since 1865 the population of the state has
shown a slow but steady increase, and now there are twelve con-
gressional districts. The state, therefore, has two senators and
twelve representatives in the Congress of the United States.
Agriculture
North Carolina is one of the leading agricultural states of the
Nation, with the largest farm population of any of the 48 states.
Although acreages planted to many of the crops have been trend-
ing downward due primarily to smaller acreage allotments, farmers
in the state are generally producing more efficiently than in earlier
years, with the result that total agricultural income has continued
to increase.
In 1955, the most recent year for which complete agricultural
income statistics are available, cash receipts from farm operations
in North Carolina totaled $942,757,000. This is the second largest
total cash income from agriculture in North Carolina, having been
exceeded only in 1951 when the total reached about $962 million.
In 1955 North Carolina ranked tenth among the states of the
Nation in total cash income, while Texas was the only Southern
state in which the value of the agricultural output exceeded that
of North Carolina.
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Cash receipts from crops in 1955 amounted to $712,502,000,
IcadiiiK- all states of the Nation except Texas and California.
Income from livestock and livestock products amounted to $222,-
Dfi.S.OOd. Ill iiddition. North Carolina farmers received government
imymeiits of $7,2!I2,000 for conservation practices.
As is jrenerally the case, tobacco counted for more than one-half
the total cash income to Noi-th Carolina farmers in 1955. Cash
receipts of about $534 million for this crop is 56.6 percent of the
total ajri'icuitural income and abcut three-fourths of total income
from field crops. Poultry and poultry products accounted for
$99,024,000 or 10.5 percent of the total, cattle and calves and
dairy products $81,182,000 or 8.6 percent of the total, and cotton
and cottonseed $58,488,000 or 6.2 percent.
Farm income statistics are not now available for all of 1956,
but for the first nine months of the year cash receipts from
marketings of agricultural products amounted to $523,017,000—
about 4 percent below the $540,779,000 total for a comparable
period in 1955. Receipts from sales of livestock and livestock
products during the first nine months of 1956 were running about
4 percent above receipts for the comparable period in 1955, while
receipts from sales of crops were running 6 percent below. Much
of the loss in receipts from sales of crops through September of
1956 results from a slightly smaller poundage of tobacco harvested
during 1956 as compared with 1955.
With respect to the 1956 crop season, it is significant to note
that unusually good yields per acre were realized from most of
the crops harvested in the state. Several all-time records were
broken both in per-acre yield and in total production.
The harvested yield of flue-cured tcbacco averaged 1,641 pounds,
exceeding by 142 pounds the previous record of 1,499 pounds
harvested in 1955. Despite a reduction in acreage for harvest
of about 11 percent from the preceding year, the 952 million
pounds of flue-cured tobacco harvested in 1956 was only 2.8 per-
cent short of the previous record high of 979 million harvested in
1955.
The 1956 corn yield of 41.0 bushels per acre was 7 bushels
above the previous record of 34.0 bushels harvested in 1955.
Total production of 80.7 million bushels was 9 percent above the
previous record crop harvested back in 1950. During each of ■ the
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intervening years between 1950 and 1956 the State's corn crop had
been adversely affected to varying- degrees by excessive drought
and by hurricane damage.
Per-acre yields of wheat, oats, rye, and barley all established
new records during 1956. The average of 25.5 bushels per acre of
wheat was 2-% bushels above the previous record of 23.0 bushels
produced in 1951. Oats yielded 40 bushels compared with 36 the
previous record, barley 37.0 compared with 34.5, and rye 15.5
compared with 14.5. Total production of each of these crops except
rye also established new records.
Acreages of soybeans continued to trend upward, and the 416
thousand acres harvested in 1956 was well above any other year
of record as was the 21.5 bushels per acre realized from this
crop. Total harvested production of 8,944,000 bushels of soybeans
in 1956 exceeded by 70 percent the previous record of 5,253,000
bushels harvested in 1951.
Marketing quotas have held cotton average to a low level in
recent years, so that the 440 thousand acres harvested in 1956
was the smallest since 1869.
Although record cotton yields were not realized in 1956, the
average of 393 pounds of lint harvested per acre was 72 pounds
above the 10-year 1945-54 average.
North Carolina's peanut crop yielded an estimated 1,550 pounds
per acre with total production calculated at 306,900,000 pounds.
This is almost 50 percent above the 1955 harvest of 204,250,000
pounds. Production of potatoes, sweet potatoes, hay, and cowpeas
— all fell just slightly below totals harvested in 1955.
There were 1,600,000 bushels of commercial apples produced in
North Carolina during 1956, compared with the 10-year 1945-54
average of 1,239,000 bushels. Production of peaches at 950 thou-
sand bushels compared with an average production of 1,559,000
bushels, while pecan production totaled 2,775,000 pounds compared
with 2,254,000 pounds, the average.
Commercial vegetables produced in North Carolina for fresh
market during 1956 were valued at $11,503,000, approximately
$2 million above the $9,529,000 evaluation placed on 1955 pro-
duction.
In production of livestock products, several new records were
established in 1949. The total of 94,087,000 broilers produced in
the State during 1956 exceeds the previous record of 72,936,000
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pro<iuct'(i in litfio by 29 percent. Production of milk has continued
to trend upward, aii<i the 1,741 million pounds produced during
1956 compares with the previous record of 1,683 million pounds
produced in 1955. E^fX production, likewise, continued its upward
trend, with an estimated total of 1,672 million eggs for 1956,
comparing with the previous record of 1,469 million produced in
1955.
The jihenomenal increases in pre-acre yields for many crops
realized in 1956 reflect improvement in cultural practices which
have been under way for several years, breeding of higher yield-
ing varieties of seed, and generally favorable climatic conditions.
For a number of years prior to 1956 North Carolina farmers
had not realized their full potentials from crop production due
to unfavorable climatic conditions. The increase in production
of livestock products also represents a continuation of the up-
ward trend which has been under way for several years, and
reflects better feeding and breeding practices in connection with
the livestock industry.
Conservation and Development
Notable progress continues to be made in the conservation,
development, and promotion of the wiser use of North Carolina's
natural resources. More profitable use of these vast natural re-
sources are paying dividends, but their greatest potential is yet
to be reached.
Constant efforts are being made to bring about a better balance
between agriculture and industry. More industrial payrolls of a
year-around nature are constantly being sought by local develop-
ment and area groups working with the Department of Conserva-
tion and Development. Industrial expansion is being pushed on
a statewide front.
While it has long been noted for its leadership in the pro-
duction of textile, tobacco, and furniture products, North Caro-
lina is becoming more and more known for the numerous diversi-
fied goods its 7,500 manufacturing plants annually produce with
their approximately 470,000 employees for the markets of the
nation and the world.
In sales volume, textiles, tobacco, furniture, food, electronic
products, and chemicals are highest.
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Indicating a growing trend in the manufacture of diversified
products, the electrical and electronics industry is the newest and
fastest growing in North Carolina. Since 1939, when there were
only 3 small electronic plants in the State with about 60 workers,
the number had grown to more than 40 in 1956 with more
than 22,000 workers. Products they produced were valued at
$162,000,000.
The approximately 470,000 workers employed in the State's
7,500 manufacturing plants produced goods in 1955 that had a
value of $6,482,000,000. Their adaptability, productivity, and will-
ingness to give an honest day's work for a day's pay and the
unusually good relations between management and worker have
drawn praise on numerous occasions from out-of-State industrial-
ists locating plants in North Carolina.
A total of $1,852,000,000 was paid in salaries and wages to
North Carolina's industrial workers in 1955.
The textile industry has about 1,100 plants in the State. In
1955 some 230,000 persons were employed. They produced textile
products valued at $2,675,000,000 and their total payroll amounted
to $800,000,000.
The State's textile industry, tops in the nation, is gradually
becoming more and more diversified within itself. In addition to
cotton products, it is now producing a wide variety of synthetic
and woolen textiles.
More than 44 percent of America's hosiery is produced in the
State.
To illustrate how North Carolina has progressed industrially,
the following table^ of the leading classifications is shown below:
1939
1953
1954
1955
Textiles
1 549,700,000
538,400,000
69,200,000
58,800,000
45,800,000
$ 2,819,000,000
1,661,000,000
496,000,000
332,000,000
271,000,000
162,000,000
197,000,000
125,000,000
194,000,000
18,000,000
324,000,000
1 2,430,000,000
l,5SO,00O,OO0
590,000,000
295,000,000
254,000,000
148,000,000
192,000.000
128,O(JO,00O
192,000,000
15,000,000
297,000,000
% 2,675,000,000
Tobacco _
1,623,000,000
Food -
439,000,000
Furniture
.326,000,000
Lumber
262,000,000
Elec. Machinery
192,000,000
Chemicals^
50,700,000
19,000,000
26,000,000
1,000,000
62,700,000
191,000,000
Apparel.
176,000,000
Paper Pulp
175,000,000
Rubber....,
Others
53,000,000
370,000,000
Total
$ 1,421,300,000
270,210
S 6,599,000,000
464,000
$ 6,121,000,000
441,000
$ 6,482,000,000
Employees
470,000
'Source — Blue Book of Southern Progress.
'Syntbetio yarns and fabrics included under Textiles.
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Other t'xamples of North Carolina's growinj? industrial diversi-
fu'ation are seen in the current manufacture of boilers and other
metal products, cigarette paper, cellophane, electric equipment,
automatic tyiiewriters, aluminum windows and jalousies, electric
blankets, smoking pipes, wooden screws, firearms, pottery, particle
boards, tish nets, silverware, and a wide variety of lesser known
items.
The State's approximately 100 tobacco manufacturing plants
produce more tobacco products than all other states combined.
These plants in 1955 employed 37,000 workers and paid them
!P241,000.000 foi- jiroducts they produced aJid which had a value of
$1,023,000,000.
North Carolina's approximately 500 furniture plants employed
36,000 persons in 1955, paid them $127,000,000 for work they did,
and the employees turned out products having an overall value of
$326. 000, 000. This State is the nation's largest producer of house-
holfi furniture.
About 64 percent of the State's total land area of 49,097 square
miles is in woodlands. Its total area comprises 52,712 square miles,
making it 27th in the U. S.
Products manufactui'ed from the State's forests in 1955 had a
combined value of $763,000,000. In 1955 it had approximately 2,700
lumber mills.
Tourists are finding North Carolina more and more attractive.
The State's large number of scenic attractions, plus a systematic
and effective advertising campaign, bring hundreds of thousands
of visitors into its midst. The tourist industry is currently valued
at $350,000,000 annually. In addition the State has 10 public parks
and numerous historical sites that also attract growing numbers
of people.
Commercial fisheries currently provide a livelihood in whole
or in part of about 25,000 persons along the State's coast. Value
of the State's commercial fisheries to fishermen during the 1954-
56 biennium was $13,296,363.
Also growing in value and use is the State's mineral industry.
Development in this field is progressing. The State contains almost
93 percent of the total known reserves of lithium in the nation.
Systematic studies, including a geologic map now nearing com-
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pletion and being: the first such map made since 1875, are carried
on in addition to detailed surveying, mapping and evaluating of
mineral deposits.
With increased emphasis being placed on water conservation
and use, systematic studies are carried on of surface and under-
ground water supplies. Constant chemical analyses are made to
inform and assist industrialists in proper location of plant sites
and to assure healthy supplies for domestic use.
Health
The services of public health now are available to those living
in every one of North Carolina's 100 counties. This goal was not
easily accomplished, but the progress of extending all the services
CI public health to the local level has been steady, even if slow
at times.
During the past few years, public health in North Carolina
has been made more democratic ; that is, its administration has
been given into the hands of local officials. Of course, the general
pattern is the same throughout the State, but local health de-
partments now administer their affairs to meet their peculiar
needs, with no interference from a highly centralized state depart-
ment in Raleigh.
The year 1949 was destined to become a turning point in the
public health program in North Carolina. The Legislature of
that year did more for Public Health than any of its predecessors.
There was a spirit of close cooperation between public health
officials, the Governor and members of the General Assembly. As
an outcome of this, approximately $890,000 in new money was
voted for each fiscal year of the new biennium for local health
woi-k, which had only been receiving $350,000 a year. This meant
an increase to $1,150,000 in State funds.
Effective February 1, 1950, the State Health Department be-
came streamlined, the number of divisions being reduced from
14 to 6, exclusive of central administration. While it is neces-
sary for a central public health department to be maintained
with offices in Raleigh, at the saine time it is realized that, to be
thoroughly effective, the services of public health must be avail-
able, through local administrations, to the inhabitants of every
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home in North Carolina. In other words, public health is as close
to every citizen of this State as his or her nearest local health
officer.
While there were various laws and statutes relating to public
health measures passed prior to that time, the State Board of
Health was created by the General Assembly of 1877, and has
been functioninKS with changes from time to time, ever since.
Guilford has the distinction of being the first county in the United
States to inaugurate full time county health work. That was in
1011. The following year, Robeson became the first purely rural
county in the United States to take this step.
State Highway Systems
On January 1, 1956, the State had under its direct jurisdiction
09,592 miles of highways, roads and streets, a distance equivalent
to two and one half times around the world at the equator. This
vast mileage is almost 11 per cent of the gross length of all mile-
age under State control in the entire Nation. The three basic
systems in this North Carolina network are as follows:
The Primary State Highxvay System, in rural areas is made up
of the U. S. and N. C. numbered routes, and has a length of
10,968 miles, substantially all hard surfaced. The largest of the
three systems is the Rural Secondary System of 56,053 miles, of
which 22,074 miles are paved — the remainder being surfaced with
stone, soil or other all weather material. There is more rural
paving in North Carolina than in any other state except Texas,
California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Some 96% of the
State's rural people live on, or within one mile of a paved highway
or road.
In addition to these two rural systems, the State has juris-
diction over 2,571 miles of streets which form a part of the State
Highway and Road Systems in Municipalities. Of this Municipal
System, 2,236 miles are paved.
Combining the three systems, the State operates a network of
35,154 miles of paved and 34,438 miles of unpaved highways, roads
and streets. The State has direct jurisdiction over more mileage
than has any other road governing body in the nation. In terms
of size and population, no other state exceeds North Carolina in
the extent of road services provided for its people. There are no
toll roads in North Carolina.
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Major emphasis is now being' placed on modernizing many
obsolete sections of the Primary System, and building the Inter-
state Expressway System. Some 150 miles of the latter have
already been built, and this program is being more than doubled
in rate of construction.
Since 1921, the entire Road and Highway Program of the State
has been financed exclusively from the gasoline tax, motor vehicle
license fees and Federal Aid, without recourse to property tax-
ation or aid from the General State Fund. During the past fiscal
year, the State Highway Fund expended $134,604,747 for highway,
road, and street construction, maintenance, betterments and im-
provements, including the operation of the Motor Vehicle Depart-
ment, Highway Patrol, Highway Safety Division, several other
state agencies, and the retirement of Secondary Road Bonds.
Rural Electric and Telephone Service
Rural areas of North Carolina received little benefits from
rural electrification prior to 1935, which is often spoken of as
the starting: point. At that time, only 1,884 miles of rural lines
serving 11,558 farms were recorded by the North Carolina Rural
Electrification Authority, which was created in that year to secure
electric service for the rural areas. Today the Authority reports
in operation 80,284.78 miles of rural lines serving 569,495 con-
sumers. In addition to this, there were 217.32 miles under con-
struction or authorized for construction to serve 962 consumers.
Electrification has contributed considerably to the great progress
in agricultural development over the past few years. The electrified
farm provides for comfort and health in farm living through
lighting, refrigeration, ranges, washing machines, fi-eezers, plumb-
ing' and all the other many useful household electric appliances.
Electricity is essential to modern farm production. Farmers have
motors for universal use — yard and building lighting, running
water, poultry incubators, brooders for chickens, pigs and stock,
milking, grain and hay driers, irrigation, and many other useful
pieces of farm producing equipment. Electricity affords fire pro-
tection and the operation of the many labor saving devices for
the rural home and farm activities. Electric service is absolutely
essential, for example, for a farm to qualify as a grade A dairy.
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The 1045 United States Census indicated that only 14,539
North Carolina farms had telephone service. The desire and need
in the rural areas for communication, so essential to the well-
liein^ <>t" the peoi)le was so widespread that the 1945 General
Assembly enacted the Rural Telephone Act, chai'^iiiK the North
Carolina Rural Electrification Authority with the responsibility of
assisting rural residences in securing- telephone service. Funds
and personnel were first assigned to the program in 1949, which
might well be termed the active beginning. Through the activities
of the State Authority and other State Agencies and as a result
of cooperation on the part of the telephone industry and the or-
ganization of a number of member owned Telephone Membership
Corporations over three times as many farms now have telephone
service as in 1945. In addition, approximately 132,000 rural non-
farm residences also have service.
Public Schools
North Carolina pi'ovides a basic, state-supported nine months
public school term. Sixty-four of the 174 units supplement this
locally. Public school enrollment in 1955-56 was 1,023,747. There
were 33,428 teachers and 1,897 principals and supervisors and
174 superintendents. More than two-thirds of all general fund
taxes collected by the State are used for education. The State
operates a bus fleet of 7,498 vehicles, transporting 487,711 children
to the public schools. Attendance is compulsory for children be-
tween ages 7 and 16. There are 3,161 public school buildings, and
the total value of public school property is $519,606,658.
Colleges and Universities
The University of North Carolina, chartered in 1789, was the
first State university to open its doors. The Greater University of
North Carolina is comprised of the University at Chapel Hill,
State College at Raleigh, and Woman's College at Greensboro. In
all there are 63 institutions of higher learning in the State. Twelve
are state-supported. Forty-six are private or church-related. Five
are public institutions with some state support. There are 34
senior, 23 junior, 1 theological seminary, and 5 unclassified in-
stitutions. Duke University in Durham is one of the most heavily
endowed institutions of higher learning in the world. Total uni-
versity and college enrollment in 1956-57 was 53,727.
THE STATE CAPITOL
The original State Capitol of North Carolina was destroyed by
fire on June 21, 1831.
At the session of November, 1832, the Assembly resolved to
rebuild on the old site, and $50,000 was appropriated for the pur-
pose. Commissioners were appointed to have the work done. The
rubbish was cleared away, the excavations made and the founda-
tions were laid. On July 4, 1833, the cornerstone was set in place.
After the foundations were laid the work progressed more
slowly, and it was so expensive that the appropriation was ex-
hausted. The Legislature at its next session appropriated $75,000
more. To do the stone and finer work many skilled artisans had
been brought from Scotland and other countries. The Building
Commissioners contracted with David Paton to come to Raleigh
and superintend the work. Mr. Paton was an architect, who had
come from Scotland the year before. He was the builder, the archi-
tect, and designer.
The Legislature was compelled to make appropriations for the
work from time to time. The following is a table of the several
appropriations made:
Session of 1832-33 $ 50,000.00
Session of 1833-34 75,000.00
Session of 1834-35 75,000.00
Session of 1835 75,000.00
Session of 1836-37 120,000.00
Session of 1838-39 105,300.00
Session of 1840-41 31,374.46
Total $531,674.46
The stone with which the building was erected was the property
of the State. Had the State been compelled to purchase this ma-
terial the cost of the Capitol would have been considerably in-
creased.
In the summer of 1840 the work was finished. At last, after
more than seven years, the sum of $531,674.46 was expended. As
large as that sum was for the time, when the State was so poor
and when the entire taxes for all State purposes reached less than
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The Capitol 17
$100,000, yet the people were satisfied. The building had been
erected with rigorous economy, and it was an object of great pride
to the people. Indeed, never was money better expended than in
the erection of this noble Capitol.
Description of the Capitol, Written by David Paton,
the Architect
"The State Capitol is 160 feet in length from north to south
by 140 feet from east to west. The whole height is 97% feet in the
center. The apex of pediment is 64 feet in height. The stylobate
is 18 feet in height. The columns of the east and west porticoes
are 5 feet 2l^ inches in diameter. An entablature, including block-
ing course, is continued around the building, 12 feet high.
"The columns and entablature are Grecian Doric, and copied
from the Temple of Minerva, commonly called the Parthenon,
which was erected in Athens about 500 years before Christ. An
octagon tower surrounds the rotunda, which is ornamented with
Grecian cornices, etc., and its dome is decorated at top with a
similar ornament to that of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates,
commonly called the Lantorn of Demosthenes.
"The interior of the Capitol is divided into three stories: First,
the lower story, consisting of ten rooms, eight of which are appro-
priated as offices to the Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, and Comp-
troller, each having two rooms of the same size — the one contain-
ing an area of 649 square feet, the other 528 square feet — the two
committee rooms, each containing 200 square feet and four clos-
ets; also the rotunda, corridors, vestibules, and piazzas, contain
an area of 4,370 square feet. The vestibules are decorated with
columns and antse, similar to those of the Ionic Temple on the
Ilissus, near the Acropolis of Athens. The remainder is groined
with stone and brick, springing from columns and pilasters of
the Roman Doric.
"The second story consists of Senatorial and Representatives'
chambers, the former containing an area of 2,545 and the latter
2,849 square feet. Four apartments enter from Senate Chamber,
two of which contain each an area of 169 square feet, and the
other two contain each an area of 154 square feet; also, two rooms
enter from Representatives' chamber, each containing an area of
170 square feet; of two committee rooms, each containing an area
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of 2'M s.|ii,iii' I't'ct : (if four presses and the passages, stairs,
lobbies, and ((iloiiiKuk's. containinf>- an ai-ea of .'5,204 square feet.
•'The lobbii's and Hall of Representatives have their columns
and antse of the Octagon Tower of Andi-onicus Cyrrhestes and
the plan of the hall is of the formation of the Greek theatre and
the columns and aiita- in the Senatorial chamber and rotunda are
of the Temple of Erectheus, Minerva Polias, and Pandrosus, in
the Acropolis of Athens, near the above named Parthenon.
"Third, or attic story, consists of rooms appropriated to the
Supreme Court and Library, each containinjr an area of 693 square
feet, (laiicrics of both houses have an area of 1,300 square feet;
also two apartments enterinjr from Senate g-allery, each 169 square
feet, of four presses and the lobbies' stairs, 988 square feet. These
lobbies as well as rotunda, are lit with cupolas, and it is proposed
to finish the court and library in the florid Gothic style."
CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF NORTH CAROLINA
Governors of "Virginia"
Ralph Lane, April ..., 1585-June ...., 1586.
John White, April .. ., 1587-August ...., 1587.
Chief Executives Under the Proprietors
William Drummond, October ...., 1663-October ...., 1667.
Samuel Stephens, October ...., 1667-December ...., 1669.
Peter Carteret, October .. ., 1670-May ...., 1673.
John Jenkins, May ...., 1673-November ...., 1676.
Thomas Eastchurch, November ...., 1676- , 1678.
Thomas Miller, , 1677-
John Culpepper, , 1677- , 1678.
Seth Sothel, , 1678-
John Harvey, February ...., 1679-August ...., 1679.
John Jenkins, November . .., 1679- , 1681.
Seth Sothel, , 1682- , 1689.
Philip Ludwell, December ...., 1689- , 1691.
Philip Ludwell, November 2, 1691- , 1694.
Thomas Jarvis, , 1691- , 1694,
Governors 19
John Archdale, August 31, 1694- , 1696.
John Harvey, , 1694- , 1699.
Henderson Walker, , 1699-August 14, 1704,
Robert Daniel, , 1704- , 1705.
Thomas Gary, , 1705- , 1706.
William Glover, , 1706- , 1708.
Thomas Gary, , 1708-January . .., 1711.
Edward Hyde, , 1710-May 9, 1712.
Edward Hyde, May 9, 1712-September 8, 1712.
Thomas Pollock, September 12, 1712-May 28, 1714.
Gharles Eden, May 28, 1714-March 26, 1722.
Thomas Pollock, March 30, 1722-August 30, 1722.
William Reed, August 30, 1722-January 15, 1724.
George Burrington, January 15, 1724-July 17, 1725.
Richard Everard, July 17, 1725-May ...., 1728.
Governors Under the Crown
Richard Everard, May .. ., 1728-February 25, 1731.
George Burrington, February 25, 1731-April 15, 1734.
Nathaniel Rice, April 15, 1734-October 27, 1734.
Gabriel Johnston, October 27, 1734-July 17, 1752.
Matthew Rowan, July 17, 1752-November 2, 1754.
Arthur Dobbs, November 2, 1754-March 28, 1765.
William Tryon, March 28, 1765-December 20, 1765.
William Tryon, December 20, 1765-July 1, 1771.
James Hasell, July 1, 1771-August 12, 1771.
Josiah Martin, August 12, 1771-May ...., 1775.
Governors Elected by the Legislature
Name, County, Term of Office
Richard Caswell, Dobbs, December 19, 1776-April 18, 1777.
Richard Caswell, Dobbs, April 18, 1777-April 18, 1778.
Richard Caswell, Dobbs, April 18, 1778-May 4, 1779.
Richard Caswell, Dobbs, May 4, 1779-April, 1780.
Abner Nash, Craven, April, 1780-June 26, 1781.
Thomas Burke, Orange, June 26, 1781-April 26, 1782.
Alexander Martin, Guilford, April 26, 1782-April 30, 1783.
Alexander Martin, Guilford, April 30, 1783-April 1, 1785.
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Richard Caswell, Dobbs, April 1, 1785-December 12, 1785.
Richard Caswell, Dobbs, December 12, 1785-December 23, 1786.
Richard Caswell, Dobbs, December 23, 1786-December 20, 1787.
Samuel Johnston, Chowan, December 20, 1787-November 18, 1788.
Samuel .Johnston, Chowan, November 18, 1788-November 16, 1789.
Sanuul .Johnston, Chowan, November K), 1789-December 17, 1789.
.Alexander .Martin, Guilford, December 17, 1789-December 9, 1790.
Alexander Martin, Guilford, December 9, 1790-January 2, 1792.
.•\lexander Martin, Guilford, January 2, 1792-December 14, 1792.
i;. !). Spaiuht, Craven, December 14, 1792-December 26, 1793.
i;. I). Si)aiKht, Craven, December 26, 1793-January 6, 1795.
11. 1). SpaiKht, Craven, January 6, 1795-November 19, 1795.
Samuel Ashe, New Hanover, November 19, 1795-December 19, 1796.
Samuel Ashe, New Hanover, December 19, 1796-December 5, 1797.
Samuel Ashe, New Hanover, December 5, 1797-December 7, 1798.
W. R. Davie, Halifax, December 7, 1798-November 23, 1799.
Benjamin Williams, Moore, November 23, 1799-November 29, 1800.
Benjamin Williams, Moore, November 29, 1800-November 28, 1801.
Benjamin Williams, Moore, November 28, 1801-December 6, 1802.
James Turner, Warren, December 6, 1802-December 1, 1803.
James Turner, Warren, December 1, 1803-November 29, 1804.
James Turner, Warren, November 29, 1804-December 10, 1805.
Nathaniel Alexander, Mecklenburg, December 10, 1805-December
1, 1806.
Nathaniel Alexander, Mecklenburg, December 1, 1806-December
1, 1807.
Benjamin Williams, Moore, December 1, 1807-December 12, 1808.
David Stone, Bertie, December 12, 1808-December 13, 1809.
David Stone, Bertie, December 13, 1809-December 5, 1810.
Benjamin Smith, Brunswick, December 5, 1810-December 9, 1811.
William Hawkins, Warren, December 9, 1811-November 25, 1812.
William Hawkins, Warren, November 25, 1812-November 20, 1813.
William Hawkins, Warren, November 20, 1813-November 29, 1814.
William Miller, Warren, November 29, 1814-December 7, 1815.
William Miller, Warren, December 7, 1815-December 7, 1816.
William :\Iiller, Warren, December 7, 1816-December 3, 1817.
John Branch, Halifax, December 3, 1817-November 24, 1818.
John Branch, Halifax, November 24, 1818-November 25, 1819.
John Branch, Halifax, November 25, 1819-December 7, 1820.
Jesse Franklin, Surry, December 7, 1820-December 7, 1821.
Governors 21
Gabriel Holmes, Sampson, December 7, 1821-December 7, 1822.
Gabriel Holmes, Sampson, December 7, 1822-December 6, 1823.
Gabriel Holmes, Sampson, December 6, 1823-December 7, 1824.
H. G. Burton, Halifax, December 7, 1824-December 6, 1825.
H. G. Burton, Halifax, December 6, 1825-December 29, 1826.
H. G. Burton, Halifax, December 29, 1826-December 8, 1827.
James Iredell, Chowan, December 8, 1827-December 12, 1828.
John Owen, Bladen, December 12, 1828-December 10, 1829.
John Owen, Bladen, December 10, 1829-December 18, 1830.
Montford Stokes, Wilkes, December 18, 1830-December 13, 1831.
Montford Stokes, Wilkes, December 13, 1831-December 6, 1832.
D. L. Swain, Buncombe, December 6, 1832-December 9, 1833.
D. L. Swain, Buncombe, December 9, 1833-December 10, 1834.
D. L. Swain, Buncombe, December 10, 1834-December 10, 1835.
R. D. Spaight, Jr., Craven, December 10, 1835-December 31, 1836.
Governors Elected by the People
E. B. Dudley, New Hanover, December 31, 1836-December 29, 1838.
E. B. Dudley, New Hanover, December 29, 1838-January 1, 1841.
J. M. Morehead, Guilford, January 1, 1841-December 31, 1842.
J. M. Morehead, Guilford, December 31, 1842-January 1, 1845.
W. A. Graham, Orangre, January 1, 1845-January 1, 1847.
W. A. Graham, Orange, January 1, 1847-January 1, 1849.
Charles Manly, Wake, January 1, 1849-January 1, 1851.
D. S. Reid, Rockinoham, January 1, 1851-December 22, 1852.
D. S. Reid, Rockingham, December 22, 1852-December 6, 1854.
Warren Winslow, Cumberland, December 6, 1854-January 1, 1855.
.Thomas Bragg, Northampton, January 1, 1855-January 1, 1857.
Thomas Bragg, Northampton, January 1, 1857-January 1, 1859.
John W. Ellis, Rowan, January 1, 1859-January 1, 1861.
John W. Ellis, Rowan, January 1, 1861-July 7, 1861.
Henry T. Clark, Edgecombe, July 7, 1861-September 8, 1862.
Z. B. Vance, Buncombe, September 8, 1862-December 22, 1864.
Z. B. Vance, Buncombe, December 22, 1864-May 29, 1865.
W. W. Holden, Wake, May 29, 1865-December 15, 1865.
Jonathan Worth, Randolph, December 15, 1865-December 22, 1866.
Jonathan Worth, Randolph, December 22, 1866-July 1, 1868.
W. W. Holden, Wake, July 1, 1868-December 15, 1870.
T. R. Caldwell, Burke, December 15, 1870-January 1, 1873.
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T. K. Caldwoll. Hurkc, .Tamiary 1, 1878-July 11, 1874.
C. II. HroKdfii. WayiK", July H, 1874-January 1, 1877.
Z. H. Vance, Meckleiibuip:, January 1, 1877-February 5, 1879.
r. J. Jarvis, Pitt. February 5, 1879-January 18, 1881.
T. .1. Jarvis, Pitt, January 18, 1881-January 21, 1885.
A. .M. Scales, Rockingham, January 21, 1885-January 17, 1889.
D. v.. Fowle, Wake. January 17, 1889-April 8, 1891.
Thomas I\I. Holt, Alamance, April 8, 1891-January 18, 1893.
Elias Carr. Edgecombe, January 18, 1893-January 12, 1897.
D. L. Russell, Brunswick, January 12, 1897-January 15, 1901.
Charles B. Aycock, Wayne, January 15, 1901-January 11, 1905.
R. B. Clenn, For.syth, January 11, 1905-January 12, 1909.
\V. \V. Kitchin. Person, January 12, 1909-January 15, 1913.
Locke I'laijr, Buncombe, January 15, 1913-January 11, 1917.
Thomas W. Bickett, Franklin, January 11, 1917-January 12, 1921.
Cameron Morrison, Mecklenburg-, January 12, 1921-January 14,
1925.
Angus Wilton McLean, Robeson, January 14, 1925-January 11,
1929.
0. Max Gardner, Cleveland, January 11, 1929-January 5, 1933.
J. C. B. Ehriiifrhaus. Pasciuotank, January 5, 1933-January 7, 1937.
Clyde R. Hoey, Cleveland, January 7, 1937-January 9, 1941.
J. Melville Broug-hton, Wake, January 9, 1941-January 4, 1945.
R. GrepTp: Cherry, Gaston, January 4, 1945-January 6, 1949.
W. Kerr Scott, Alamance, January 6, 1949-January 8, 1953.
William B. Umstead, Durham. January 8, 1953-November 7, 1954.
Luther H. Hodges, Rockingham, November 7, 1954-February 7,
1957.
Luther H. Hodges, Rockingham, February 7, 1957-
Lieutenant Governors
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LIST OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SERVED AS
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SINCE JULY 1, 1868
This List Has Been Compiled From The North Carolina
Manual of 1913 And The Manuals Published Every
Two Years Since That Date.
Name
TodR. CaldweUi-...
Curtis H. Brogden2___
Thomas J. Jarvis^
James L. Robinson
Charles M. Steadmaa.
Thomas M. Holt-*
Rufus A. Doughton.-.
Charles A. Reynolds..
W.D.Turner
Francis D. Winston...
William C. Newland..
Elijah L. Doughtridge
0. Max Gardner
W. B. Cooper.
J. Elmer Long
Richard T. Fountain..
A. H. Graham
W. P. Horton
R. L. Harris
L. Y. Ballentine
H.P.Taylor.
Luther H. Hodges*
Luther E. Barnhardt..
County
Burke..
Wayne.
Pitt.-.
Macon
New Hanover
Alamance
Alleghany
Forsyth
Iredell
Bertie
Caldwell
Edgecombe...
Cleveland
New Hanover
Durham
Edgecombe...
Orange
Chatham
Person
Wake
Anson
Rockingham..
Cabarrus
Term Elected
1868-1872
1872-1876
1876-1880
1881-1885
1885-1889
1889-1893
1893-1897
1897-1901
1901-1905
1905-1909
1909-1913
1913-1917
1917-1921
1921-1925
1925-1929
1929-1933
1933-1937
1937-1941
1941-1945
1945-1949
1949-1953
1953-1957
1957-1961
Term Served
1868-1870
1872-1874
1876-1878
1881-1885'
1885-1889
1889-1891
1893-1897
1897-1901
1901-1905
1905-1909
1909-1913
1913-1917
1917-1921
1921-1925
1925-1929
1929-1933
1933-1937
1937-1941
1941-1945
1945-1949
1949-1953
1953-1954
1957-
Became Governor December 15, 1870 when W. W. Holden was impeached, tried, and put out of
office.
Became Governor July 11, 1874 when Tod R. Caldwell died in office.
Became Governor February 5, 1879 when Governor Vance was elected U. S. Senator.
Became Governor April 9, 1891 when D. G. Fowle died in office.
Became Governor November 7, 1954 when William B. Umstead died in office.
THE STATE FLAG
An Act to Establish a State Flag
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the flag of North Carolina shall consist of a blue
union, containing in the center thereof a white star with the letter
N in gilt on the left and the letter C in gilt on the right of said
star, the circle containing the same to be one-third the width of
the union.
Sec. 2. That the fly of the flag shall consist of two equally pro-
portioned bars; the upper bar to be red, the lower bar to be white;
that the length of the bars horizontally shall be equal to the per-
pendicular length of the union, and the total length of the flag
shall be one-third more than its width.
Sec. 3. That above the star in the center of the union there
shall be a gilt scroll in semicircular form, containing in black let-
ters this inscription: "May 20th, 1775," and that below the star
there shall be a similar scroll containing in black letters the in-
scription: "April 12th, 1776."
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this 9th
day of March, A.D., 1885.
No change has been made in the flag since the passage of this
act. By an act of 1907 it is provided:
"That the board of trustees or managers of the several State in-
stitutions and public buildings shall provide a North Carolina flag,
of such dimensions and materials as they may deem best, and the
same shall be displayed from a staff upon the top of each and
every such building at all times except during inclement weather,
and upon the death of any State officer or any prominent citizen
the Flag shall be put at half-mast until the burial of such person
shall have taken place.
"That the Board of County Commissioners of the several coun-
ties in this State shall likewise authorize the procuring of a North
Carolina flag, to be displayed either on a staff upon the top, or
draped behind the Judge's stand, in each and every courthouse in
the State, and that the State flag shall be displayed at each and
every term of court held, and on such other public occasions as
the Commissioners may deem proper." (Rev., s. 5321; 1885 c. 291;
1907, c. 838.)
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THE ME( KLENBURG DECLARATION OF
20th May, 1775*
Declaration
Names of the Delegates Present
Col. Thomas Polk John McKnitt Alexander
Ephriani Brevard Hezekiah Alexander
Hczekiah J. Balch Adam Alexander
John Phifer Charles Alexander
James Harris Zacheus Wilson, Sen.
William Kennon WaiRhtstill Avery
John Ford Benjamin Patton
Richard Barry Mathevv^ McClure
Henry Dovims Neil Morrison
Ezra Alexander Robert Irwin
William Graham John Flenniken
John Quary David Reese
Abraham Alexander Richard Harris, Sen.
Abraham Alexander was appointed Chairman, and John Mc-
Knitt Alexander, Clerk. The following resolutions were offered,
viz :
1. Resolved, That whosoever directly or indirectly abetted or in
any way form or manner countenanced the unchartered and dan-
gerous invasion of our rights as claimed by Great Britain is an
enemy to this country, to America, and to the inherent and in-
alienable rights of man.
2. Resolved, That we the citizens of Mecklenburg County, do
hereby dissolve the political bands which have connected us to the
mother country and hereby absolve ourselves from all allegiance
to the British Crown and abjure all political connection contract
or association with that nation who have wantonly trampled on
our right and liberties and inhumanly shed the blood of American
patriots at Lexington.
3. Resolved, That we do hereby declare ourselves a free and in-
dependent people, are, and of right ought to be a sovereign and
self-governing association under the control of no power other
than that of our God and the General Government of the Congress
•The above is found -n Vol. IX, pages 1263-65 of the Colonial Records of
North Carolina.
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to the maintenance of which independence we solemnly pledge to
each other our mutual cooperation, our lives, our fortunes, and
our most sacred honor.
4. Resolved, That as we now acknowledge the existence and con-
trol of no law or legal officer, civil or military within this County,
we do hereby ordain and adopt as a rule of life all, each and
every of our former laws — wherein nevertheless the Crown of
Great Britain never can be considered as holding rights, privileges,
immunities, or authority therein.
5. Resolved, That it is further decreed that all, each and every
Military Officer in this County is hereby reinstated in his former
command and authority, he acting comformably to these regula-
tions. And that every member present of this delegation shall
henceforth be a civil officer, viz., a justice of the peace, in the
character of a "committee man" to issue process, hear and deter-
mine all matters of controversy according to said adopted laws
and to preserve peace, union and harmony in said county, and
to use every exertion to spread the love of Country and fire of
freedom throughout America, until a more general and organized
government be established in this Province,
THE GREAT SEAL
The Constitution of North Carolina, Article III, section 16, re-
quires that
"There shall be a seal of the State which shall be kept by the
Governor, and used by him as occasion may require, and shall be
called 'The Great Seal of the State of North Carolina.' All grants
and Commissions shall be issued in the name and by the authority
of the State of North Carolina, sealed with 'The Great Seal of the
State,' signed by the Governor and countersigned by the Secretary
of State."
The use of a Great Seal for the attestation of important docu-
ments began with the institution of government in North Carolina.
There have been at various times nine different seals in use in the
colony and State.
The present Great Seal of the State of North Carolina is de-
scribed as follows:
"The Great Seal of the State of North Carolina is two and one-
quarter inches in diameter, and its design is a representation of
the figures of Liberty and Plenty, looking tow^ard each other, but
not more than half fronting each other, and otherwise disposed, as
follows : Liberty, the first figure, standing, her pole with cap on it
in her left hand and a scroll with the word 'Constitution' inscribed
thereon in her right hand. Plenty, the second figure, sitting down,
her right arm half extended toward Liberty, three heads of wheat
in her right hand, and in her left the small end of her horn, the
mouth of which is resting at her feet, and the contents of horn
rolling out. In the exergon is inserted the words May 20, 1775,
above the coat of arms. Around the circumference is the legend
'The Great Seal of the State of North Carolina' and the motto
'Esse Quam Videri'." (Rev., s. 5339; Code ss. 3328, 3329; 1868-9,
c. 270, s. 35; 1883, c. 392; 1893, c. 145.)
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THE STATE BIRD
By popular choice the Cardinal was selected for adoption as
our State Bird as of March 4, 1943. (S. L. 1943 c. 595; G. S.
145-2.)
This bird is sometimes called the Winter Redbird because it is
most conspicuous in winter and is the only "redbird" present at
that season. It is an all year round resident and one of the com-
monest birds in our gardens and thickets. It is about the size of a
Catbird with a longer tail, red all over, except that the throat and
region around the bill is black; the head is conspicuously crested
and the large stout bill is red; the female is much duller — the red
being mostly confined to the crest, wings and tail. There are no
seasonal changes in the plumage.
The Cardinal is a fine singer, and what is unusual among birds
the female is said to sing as well as the male, which latter setx
usually has a monopoly of that art in the feathered throngs.
The nest is rather an untidy aff'air built of weed stems, grass
and similar materials in a low shrub, small tree or bunch of briars,
usually not over four feet above the ground. The usual number of
eggs to a set is three in this State, usually four further North.
Possibly the Cardinal raises an extra brood down here to make
up the difference, or possibly he can keep up his normal population
more easily here through not having to face inclement winters
of the colder North. A conspicuous bird faces more hazards.
The Cardinal is by nature a seed eater, but he does not dislike
small fruits and insects.
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THE HALIFAX RESOLUTION
Adopted by tlie Proviiu-ial Congress of North Carolina in Session
at Halifax, April 12, 1776.
It appears to your committee that pursuant to the plan concerted
by the British Ministry for subjugating America, the King and
Pailianient of Great Britain have usurped a power over the per-
sons ami properties of the people unlimited and uncontrolled; and
disregarding their humble petitions for peace, liberty and safety,
have made divers legislative acts, denouncing war, famine, and
every species of calamity, against the Continent in general. The
British fleets and armies have been, and still are, daily employed
in destroying the people, and committing the most horrid devasta-
tions on the country. The Governors in different Colonies have de-
clared protection to slaves who should imbrue their hands in the
blood of their masters. That ships belonging to America are de-
clared prizes of war and many of them have been violently seized
and confiscated. In consequence of all of which multitudes of the
people have been destroyed, or from easy circumstances reduced
to the most lamentable distress.
And WHEatEAS, The moderation hitherto manifested by the
United Colonies and their sincere desire to be reconciled to the
mother country on constitutional principles, have procured no
mitigation of the aforesaid wrongs and usurpations, and no hopes
remain of obtaining redress by those means alone which have been
hitherto tried, your committee are of opinion that the House should
enter into the following resolve, to wit:
Resolved, That the delegates for this Colony in the Continental
Congress be empowered to concur with the delegates of the other
Colonies in declaring Independency, and forming foreign alliances,
reserving to this Colony the sole and exclusive right of forming
a Constitution and laws for this Colony, and of appointing dele-
gates from time to time (under the direction of a general repre-
sentation thereof) , to meet the delegates of the other Colonies for
such purposes as shall be hereafter pointed out.
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NAME OF STATE AND NICKNAMES
In 1629 King- Charles the First of England "erected into a
province," all the land from Albemarle Sound on the north to the
St. John's River on the south, which he directed should be called
Carolina. The word Carolina is from the word Carolus, the Latin
form of Charles.
When Carolina was divided in 1710, the southern part was
called South Carolina and the northern or older settlement was
called North Carolina, or the "Old North State." Historians had
recorded the fact that the principal products of this State were
"tar, pitch and turpentine." It was during- one of the fiercest
battles of the War Between the States, so the story goes, that the
column supporting the North Carolina troops was driven from the
field. After the battle the North Carolinians, who had successfully
fought it out alone, were greeted from the passing derelict regi-
ment with the question : "Any more tar down in the Old North
State, boys?" Quick as a flash came the answer: "No; not a bit;
old Jeff's bought it all up." "Is that so; what is he going to do
with it?" was asked. "He is going to put it on you'uns heels to
make you stick better in the next fight." Creecy relates that Gen-
eral Lee, hearing of the incident, said : "God bless the Tar Heel
boys," and from that they took the name. — Adapted from Grand-
father Tales of North Carolina by R. B. Creecy and Histories of
North Carolina Regiments, Vol. Ill, by Walter Clark.
The State Motto
The General Assembly of 189.3 (chapter 145) adopted the words
"Esse Quam Videri" as the State's motto and directed that these
words with the date "20 May, 1775," should be placed with our
Coat of Arms upon the Great Seal of the State.
The words "Esse Quam Videri" mean "to be rather than to
seem." Nearly every State has adopted a motto, generally in Latin.
The reason for their mottoes being in Latin is that the Latin
tongue is far more condensed and terse than the English. The
three words, "Esse Quam Videri," require at least six English
words to express the same idea.
Curiosity has been aroused to learn the origin of our State
motto. It is found in Cicero in his essay on Friendship (Cicero de
Amicitia, Chap. 26.)
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It is a little singular that until the act of 1893 the sovereign
State of North Carolina had no motto since its declaration of in-
dependence. It was one of the very few states which did not have
a motto and the only one of the original thirteen without one.
(Kev., s. 5320; 1893, c. 145; G. S. 144-2.)
The State Colors
The General Assembly of 1945 declared Red and Blue of shades
appearing in the North Carolina State Flag and the American
Flag as the official State Colors. (Session Laws, 1945, c. 878; G. S.
144-6.)
The State Flower
The General Assembly of 1941 designated the dogwood as the
State flower. (Public Laws, 1941, c. 289; G. S. 145-1.)
The State's Toast
Officially adopted as the toast of North Carolina by the General
Assembly of 1957. (Session Laws, 1957, c. 777.)
Here's to the land of the long leaf pine.
The summer land where the sun doth shine,
Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow gi'eat,
Here's to "Down Home," the Old North State!
Here's to the land of the cotton bloom white,
Where the scuppernong perfumes the breeze at night,
Where the soft southern moss and jessamine mate,
'Neath the murmuring pines of the Old North State!
Here's to the land where the galax grows,
Where the rhododendron's rosette glows,
Where soars Mount Mitchell's summit great,
In the "Land of the Sky," in the Old North State!
Here's to the land where maidens are fair.
Where friends are true and cold hearts rare.
The near land, the dear land whatever fate.
The blest land, the best land, the Old North State!
(Composed in 1904- by Leonora Martin and Mary Burke Kerr.)
Legal Holidays 35
Legal Holidays
January 1 — New Year's Day.
January 19 — Birthday of General Robert E. Lee.
February 22 — Birthday of George Washington.
Easter Monday.
April 12 — Anniversary of the Resolutions adopted by the Pro-
vincial Congress of North Carolina at Halifax, April 12, 1776,
instructing the delegates from North Carolina to the Continental
Congress to vote for a Declaration of Independence.
May 10 — Confederate Memorial Day.
May 20 — Anniversary of the "Mecklenburg Declaration of In-
dependence."
May 30 — Memorial Day (Applies to State and National Banks
only).
July 4 — Independence Day.
September, first Monday — Labor Day.
November, Tuesday after first Monday — General Election Day.
November 11 — Armistice Day.
November, Fourth Thursday — Thanksgiving Day.
By joint Resolution No. 41 of Congress, approved by the Presi-
dent December 26, 1941, the fourth Thursday in November in each
and every year after 1941, was designated as Thanksgiving Day
and made a legal public holiday to all intents and purposes.
December 25 — Christmas Day.
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Population
l(i75 (Estimated) 4,000
1701 (Estimated) 5,000
1707 (Estimated) 7,000
1715 (Estimated) 11,000
1729 (Estimated) 35,000
1752 (Estimated) 100,000
17(".5 (Estimated) 200,000
1771 (Estimated) 250,000
1786 (Estimated) 350,000
1790 (Census) 393,751
1800 (Census) 478,103
1810 (Census) 555,500
1820 (Census) 638,829
1830 (Census) 737,987
1840 (Census) 753,409
1850 (Census) 869,039
I860 (Census) 992,622
1870 (Census) 1,071,361
1880 (Census) 1,399,750
1890 (Census) 1,617,947
1900 (Census) 1,893,810
1910 (Census) 2,206,287
1920 (Census) 2,559,123
1930 (Census) 3,170,276
1940 (Census) 3,571,623
1950 (Census) 4,061,929
THE OLD NORTH STATE
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CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
PREAMBLE
We, the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to
Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for the preser-
vation of the American Union and the existence of our civil, politi-
cal and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon
Him for the continuance of those blessings to us and our posterity,
do, for the more certain security thereof, and for the better gov-
ernment of this State, ordain and establish this Constitution:
ARTICLE I
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
That the great, general and essential principals of liberty and
free government may be recognized and established, and that the
relations of this State to the Union and Government of the United
States, and those of the people of this State to the rest of the
American people may be defined and affirmed, we do declare:
Sectio7i 1. The equality and rights of persons. That we hold it
to be self-evident that all persons are created equal; that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights;
that among these are life, liberty, the enjoyment of the fruits of
their own labor, and the pursuit of happiness.
Sec. 2. Political power and government. That all political
power is vested in, and derived from, the people; all government of
right originates from the people, is founded upon their will only,
and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.
Sec. 3. Internal government of the State. That the people of
this State have the inherent, sole and exclusive right of regulat-
ing the internal government and police thereof, and of altering and
abolishing their Constitution and form of government whenever
it may be necessary to their safety and happiness; but every such
right should be exercised in pursuance of law, and consistently
with the Constitution of the United States.
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Sec. 4. That there is no right to secede. That this State shall
ever remain a member of the American Union; that the people
thereof are a part of the American Nation ; that there is no right
on the part of the State to secede, and that all attempts, from
whatever source or upon whatever pretext, to dissolve said Union
or to sever said Nation, ought to be resisted with the whole power
of the State. ,
Sec. 5. Of aUegiance to the United States Government. That
every citizen of this State owes paramount allegiance to the Con-
stitution and Government of the United States, and that no law or
ordinance of the State in contravention or subversion thereof can
have any binding force.
Sec. 6. Public debt; bonds issiied under ordinance of Conven-
tion of 1868, '68-69, '69-70, declared invalid; exception. The State
shall never assume or pay, or authorize the collection of any debt or
obligation, express or implied, incurred in aid of insurrection or
rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or
emancipation of any slave; nor shall the General Assembly assume
or pay, or authorize the collection of any tax to pay, either directly
or indirectly, expressed or implied, any debt or bond incurred, or
issued, by authority of the Convention of the year one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, nor any debt or bond incurred or
issued by the Legislature of the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight, either at its special session of the year one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-eight, or at its regular sessions of
the years one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight and one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine and one thousand eight hundred and
seventy, except the bonds issued to fund the interest on the old
debt of the State, unless the proposing to pay the same shall have
first been submitted to the people and by them ratified by the
vote of a majority of all the qualified voters of the State, at a
regular election held for that purpose.
Sec. 7. Exclusive emoluments, et cetera. No person or set of
persons are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privi-
leges from the community but in consideration of public services.
Sec. 8. The legislative, executive and judicial powers distinct.
The legislative, executive, and supreme judicial powers of the
government ought to be forever separate and distinct from each
other.
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Sec. 9. Of the power of suspending laws. All power of sus-
pending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without
the consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to
their rights, and ought not to be exercised.
Sec. 10. Elections free. All elections ought to be free.
Sec. XI. In criminal prosecutions. In all criminal prosecutions,
every person charged with crime has the right to be informed of
the accusation and to confront the accusers and witnesses with
other testimony, and to have counsel for defense, and not be com-
pelled to gfive self -incriminating evidence, or to pay costs, jail
fees, or necessary witness fees of the defense, unless found g^uilty.
Sec. 12. Answers to criminal charges. No person shall be put
to answer any criminal charge except as hereinafter allowed, but
by indictment, presentment, or impeachment. But any persons,
when represented by counsel, may, under such regulations as the
Legislature shall prescribe, waive indictment in all except capital
cases.
Sec. 13. Right of jury. No person shall be convicted of any
crime but by the unanimous verdict of a jury of good and lawful
persons in open court. The Legislature may, however, provide
other means of trial, for petty misdemeanors, with the right of
appeal.
Sec. 14. Excessive hail. Excessive bail should not be required,
nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishments
inflicted.
Sec. 15. General warrants. General warrants, whereby any
officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places,
without evidence of the act committed, or to seize any person or
persons not named, whose offense is not particularly described and
supported by evidence, are dangerous to liberty and ought not to
be granted.
Sec. 16. Imprisonment for debt. There shall be no imprison-
ment for debt in this State, except in cases of fraud.
Sec. 17. No persons taken, etc., but by law of land. No person
ought to be taken, imprisoned or disseized of his freehold, liber-
ties, or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner de-
prived of his life, liberty or property, but by the law of the land.
Sec. 18. Persons restrained of liberty. Every person restrained
of his liberty is entitled to a remedy to inquire into the lawfulness
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thereof, and to remove the same, if unlawful ; and such remedy
ought not to be denied or delayed.
Sec. 19. Controversies at law respecting property. In all con-
troversies at law respecting- property, the ancient mode of trial
by jury is one of the best securities of the rights of the people,
and ought to remain sacred and inviolable. No person shall be
excluded from jury service on account of sex.
Sec. 20. Freedom of the press. The freedom of the press is one
of the great bulwarks of liberty, and therefore ought never to be
restrained, but every individual shall be held responsible for the
abuse of the same.
Sec. 21. Habeas corpus. The privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus shall not be suspended.
Sec. 22. Property qualification. As political rights and privi-
leges are not dependent upon, or modified by, property, therefore
no property qualification ought to affect the right to vote or hold
office.
Sec. 23. Representation and taxation. The people of the State
ought not to be taxed, or made subject to the payment of any
impost or duty without the consent of themselves, or their repre-
sentatives in General Assembly, freely given.
Sec. 24. Militia and the right to hear ar^ms. A well regulated
militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right
of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; and,
as standing armies in time of peace are dangei'ous to liberty, they
ought not to be kept up, and the military should be kept under
strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. Nothing
herein contained shall justify the practice of carrying concealed
weapons, or prevent the Legislature from enacting penal statutes
against said practice.
Sec. 25. Right of the people to assemble together. The people
have a right to assemble together to consult for their common
good, to instruct their representatives, and to apply to the Legis-
lature for redress of grievances. But secret political societies are
dangerous to the liberties of a free people, and should not be
tolerated.
Sec. 26. Religious liberty. All persons have a natural and
inalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dic-
tates of their own consciences, and no human authority should,
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in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of
conscience.
Sec. 27. Education. The people have a right to the privilege of
education, and it is the duty of the State to guard and maintain
that right.
Sec. 28. Elections should be frequent. For redress of griev-
ances, and for amending and strengthening the laws, elections
should be often held.
Sec. 29. Recurrence to fundamental principles. A frequent re-
currence to fundamental principles is absolutely necessary to pre-
serve the blessings of liberty.
Sec. 30. Hereditary emoluments, etc. No hereditary emolu-
ments, privileges, or honors ought to be granted or conferred in
this State.
Sec. 31. Perpetuities, etc. Perpetuities and monopolies are con-
trary to the genius of a free State, and ought not to be allowed.
Sec. 32. Ex post facto latvs. Retrospective laws, punishing acts
committed before the existence of such laws, and by them only
declared criminal, are oppressive, unjust and incompatible with
liberty; wherefore no ex post facto law ought to be made. No
law taxing retrospectively sales, purchases, or other acts pre-
viously done, ought to be passed.
Sec. 33. Slavery prohibited. Slavery and involuntary serviture,
otherwise than for crime, whereof the parties shall have been
duly convicted, shall be, and are hereby, forever prohibited within
the State.
Sec. 34. State boundaries. The limits and boundaries of the
State shall be and remain as they now are.
Sec. 35. Cotirts shall be open. All courts shall be open ; and
every person for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person,
or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right
and justice administered without sale, denial, or delay.
Sec. 36. Soldiers in time of peace. No soldier shall, in time of
peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner;
nor in time of war but in a manner prescribed by law.
Sec. 37. Other rights of the people. This enumeration of rights
shall not be construed to impair or deny others retained by the
people; and all powers herein delegated remain with the people.
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ARTICLE II
LEXJISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
Section 1. Two branches. The legislative authority shall be
vested in two distinct branches, both dependent on the people, to-
wit: a Senate and House of Representatives.
Sec. 2. Time of assembly. The Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives shall meet biennially on the first Wednesday after the
first Monday in February next after their election, unless a differ-
ent day .shall be provided by law; and when assembled, shall be
denominated the General Assembly. Neither house shall proceed
upon public business unless a majority of all the members are
actually present.
Sec. 3. Ninnber of senators. The Senate shall be composed of
fifty Senators, biennially chosen by ballot.
Sec. 4. Regulations in relation to districting the State for
Senators. The Senate District shall be so altered by the General
Assembly, at the first session after the return of every enumera-
tion by order of Congress, that each Senate District shall contain,
as near as may be, an equal number of inhabitants, excluding
aliens and Indians not taxed, and shall remain unaltered until the
return of another enumeration, and shall at all times consist of
contiguous territory; and no county shall be divided in the for-
mation of a Senate District, unless such county shall be equitably
entitled to two or more Senators.
Sec. 5. Regulations in relation to apportionment of represen-
tatives. The House of Representatives shall be composed of one
hundred and twenty Representatives, biennially chosen by ballot,
to be elected by the counties respectively, according- to their popu-
lation, and each county shall have at least one Representative in
the House of Representatives, although it may not contain the
requisite ratio of representation ; this apportionment shall be made
by the General Assembly at the respective times and periods
when the districts for the Senate are hereinbefore directed to be
laid off.
Sec. 6. Ratio of representation. In making the apportionment
in the House of Representatives, the ratio of representation shall
be ascertained by dividing the amount of the population of the
State, exclusive of that comprehended within those counties which
do not severally contain the one hundred and twentieth part of the
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population of the State, by the number of Representatives, less
the number assigrned to such counties; and in ascertaining the
number of the population of the State, aliens and Indians not
taxed shall not be included. To each county containing the said
ratio and not twice the said ratio there shall be assigned one
Representative; to each county containing twice but not three
times the said ratio there shall be assigned two Representatives,
and so on progressively, and then the remaining Representatives
shall be assigned severally to the counties having the largest
fractions.
Sec. 7. Qualifications for senators. Each member of the Senate
shall not be less than twenty-five years of age, shall have resided
in the State as a citizen two years, and shall have usually resided
in the district for which he was chosen one year immediately
preceding his election.
Sec. 8. Qualifications for representatives. Each member of the
House of Representatives shall be a qualified elector of the State,
and shall have resided in the county for which he is chosen for
one year immediately preceding his election.
Sec. 9. Election of officers. In the election of all officers, whose
appointment shall be conferred upon the General Assembly by the
Constitution, the vote shall be viva voce.
Sec. 10. Powers in relation to divorce and alimony. The General
Assembly shall have power to pass general laws regulating divorce
and alimony, but shall not have power to grant a divorce or secure
alimony in any individual case.
Sec. 11. Private laws in relation to names of persons, etc. The
General Assembly shall not have power to pass any private law
to alter the name of any person, or to legitimate any person not
born in lawful wedlock, or to restore to the rights of citizenship
any person convicted of an infamous crime, but shall have power
to pass general laws regulating the same.
Sec. 12. Thirty days notice shall be given anterior to passage
of private laws. The General Assembly shall not pass any private
law, unless it shall be made to appear that thirty days notice of
application to pass such a law shall have been given, under such
direction and in such manner as shall be provided by law.
Sec. 13. Vacancies. If a vacancy shall occur in the General
Assembly by death, resignation or otherwise, the said vacancy
shall be filled immediately by the Governor appointing the person
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recommended by the executive committee of the county in which
the deceased or resifriied member was resident, being the exec-
utive committee of the political pai-ty with which the deceased or
resigned member was affiliated at the time of his election.
Sec. 14. Revenue. No law shall be passed to raise money on the
credit of the State, or to pledge the faith of the State, directly
or indirectly, for the payment of any debt, or to impose any tax
upon the people of the State, or allow the counties, cities or towns
to do so, unless the bill for the purpose shall have been read three
several times in each House of the General Assembly and passed
three several readings, which readings shall have been on three
different days, and agreed to by each House respectively, and un-
less the yeas and nays on the second and third readings of the bill
shall have been entered on the journal.
Sec. 15. FJntails. The General Assembly shall regulate entails
in such a manner as to prevent perpetuities.
Sec. 16. Journals. Each House shall keep a journal of its pro-
ceedings, which shall be printed and made public immediately after
the adjournment of the General Assembly.
Sec. 17. Protest. Any member of either House may dissent
from, and protest against, any act or resolve which he may think
injurious to the public, or any individual, and have the reasons
for his dissent entered on the journal.
Sec. 18. Officers of the House. The House of Representatives
shall choose their own Speaker and other officers.
Sec. 19. President of the Senate. The Lieutenant-Governor shall
preside in the Senate, but shall have no vote unless it may be
equally divided.
Sec. 20. Other senatorial officers. The Senate shall choose its
other officers, and also a Speaker (pro tempoi-e) in the absence
of the Lieutenant-Governor, or when he shall exercise the office
of Governor.
Sec. 21. Stijle of the acts. The style of the acts shall be: "The
General Assembly of North Carolina do enact."
Sec. 22. Potvers of the General Assembly. Each House shall be
judge of the qualifications and election of its own members, shall
sit upon its own adjournment from day to day, prepare bills to be
passed into laws; and the two Houses may also jointly adjourn
to any future day, or other place.
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Sec. 23. Bills mid resolutions to he read three times, etc. All
bills and resolutions of a legislative nature shall be read three
times in each House before they pass into laws, and shall be
signed by the presiding officers of both Houses.
Sec. 24. Oath of members. Each member of the General Assem-
bly, before taking his seat, shall take an oath or affirmation that
he will support the Constitution and laws of the United States,
and the Constitution of the State of North Carolina, and will
faithfully discharge his duty as a member of the Senate or House
of Representatives.
Sec. 25. Terms of office. The terms of office for Senators and
members of the House of Representatives shall commence at the
time of their election.
Sec. 26. Yeas and nays. Upon motion made and seconded in
either House by one-fifth of the members present, the yeas and
nays upon any question shall be taken and entered upon the
journals.
Sec. 27. Election for members of the General Assembly. The
election for members of the General Assembly shall be held for
the respective districts and counties, at the places where they are
now held, or may be directed hereafter to be held, in such manner
as may be prescribed by law, on the first Thursday in August,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and every
two years thereafter. But the General Assembly may change the
time of holding the elections.
Sec. 28. Pay of members and presiding officers of the General
Assembly. The members of the General Assembly for the term
for which they have been elected shall receive as a compensation
for their services the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day
for each day of their session for a period not exceeding 120 days.
The compensation of the presiding officers of the two houses shall
be twenty dollars ($20.00) p(ii- day for a period not exceeding
120 days. Should an extra session of the General Assembly be
called, the members and presiding officers shall receive a like rate
of compensation for a period not exceeding 25 days. The members
and presiding officers shall also receive, while engaged in legis-
lative duties, such subsistence and travel allowance as shall be
established by law; provided, such allowances shall not exceed
those established for members of State boards and commissions
generally.
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Sec. 29. Limitations upon potver 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 es-
tablishment of courts inferior to the Superior Court; relating to
the appointment of justices of the peace; relating to health, sani-
tation, and the abatement of nuisances; changing the names of
cities, towns, and townships; authorizing the laying out, opening,
altering, maintaining, 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 townships, or changing township lines, or establish-
ing or changing the lines of school districts; remitting fines,
penalties, and forfeitures, or refunding moneys legally paid into
the public treasury; regulating labor, trade, mining, or manu-
facturing; extending 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 informal wills and deeds; nor shall the General
Assembly enact any such local, private or special act by the par-
tial repeal of a general law, but the General Assembly may at any
time repeal local, private or special laws enacted by it. Any local,
private or special act or resolution passed in violation of the pro-
visions of this section shall be void. The General Assembly shall
have power to pass general laws regulating matters set out in
this section.
Sec. 30. Inviolability of siriking funds. The General Assembly
shall not use nor authorize to be used any part of the amount of
any sinking fund for any purpose other than the retirement of the
bonds for which said sinking fund has been created.
Sec. 31. Use of funds of Teachers' and State Employees' Re-
tirement System restricted. The General Assembly shall not use,
or authorize to be used, nor shall any agency of the State, public
officer or public employee use or authorize to be used the funds,
or any part of the funds, of the Teachers' and State Employees'
Retirement System except for retirement system purposes. The
funds for the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System
shall not be applied, diverted, loaned to or used by the State, any
State agency, State officer, public officer or employee except for
purposes of the Retirement System: Provided, that nothing in this
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Section shall prohibit the use of said funds for the payment of
benefits as authorized by the Teachers' and State Employees' Re-
tirement Law, nor shall anything- in this provision prohibit the
proper investment of said funds as may be authorized by law.
ARTICLE III
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Section 1. Officers of the Executive Department; Terms of
Office. The Executive Department shall consist of a Governor, in
whom shall be vested the supreme executive power of the State; a
Lieutenant-Governor, a Secretary of State, an Auditor, a Treas-
urer, a Superintendent of Public Instruction, an Attorney Gen-
eral, a Commissioner of Agriculture, a Commissioner of Labor,
and a Commissioner of Insurance, who shall be elected for a term
of four years by the qualified electors of the State, at the same
time and places and in the same manner as members of the Gen-
eral Assembly are elected. Their term of office shall commence on
the first day of January next after their election, and continue
until their successors are elected and qualified: Provided, that the
officers first elected shall assume the duties of their office ten days
after the approval of this Constitution by the Congress of the
United States, and shall hold their offices four years from and
after the first day of January.
Sec. 2. Qualifications of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor.
No person shall be eligible as Governor or Lieutenant-Governor
unless he shall have attained the age of thirty years, shall have
been a citizen of the United States five years, and shall have been
a resident of this State for two years next before election; nor
shall the person elected to either of these two offices be eligible to
the same office more than four years in any term of eight years,
unless the office shall have been cast upon him as Lieutenant-
Governor or President of the Senate.
Sec. 3. Returns of elections. The return of every election for
officers of the Executive Department shall be sealed up and trans-
mitted to the seat of g-overnment by the returning officer, directed
to the Secretary of State. The return shall be canvassed and the
result declared in such manner as may be prescribed by law. Con-
tested elections shall be determined by a joint ballot of both
Houses of the General Assembly in such manner as shall be pre-
scribed by law.
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Sec. 4. Oath of office for Governor. The Governor, before enter-
ing: upon the duties of his office, shall, in the presence of the mem-
bers of both branches of the General Assembly, or before any
Justice of the Supreme Court, take an oath or affirmation that he
will support the Constitution and laws of the United States, and
of the State of North Carolina, and that he will faithfully per-
fo)-m the duties appertaining- to the office of Governor, to which
he has been elected.
Sec. 5. Duties of Govenwr. The Goveinor shall reside at the
seat of government of this State, and he shall, from time to time,
give the General Assembly information of the affairs of the State,
and rtH'ommend to their consideration such measui'es as he shall
deem expedient.
Sec. 6. Reprieves, commutations and pardons. The Governor
shall have power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons,
after conviction, for all offenses (except in cases of impeachment),
upon such conditions as he may think proper, subject to such
regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of
applying for pardons. He shall biennially communicate to the Gen-
eral Assembly each case of reprieve, commutation, or pardon
granted, stating the name of each convict, the crime for which
he was convicted, the sentence and its date, the date of commu-
tation, paidon, or reprieve, and the reasons therefor. The terms
reprieves, commutations and pardons shall not include paroles.
The General Assembly is authorized and empowered to create a
Board of Paroles, provide for the appointment of the members
thereof, and enact suitable laws defining the duties and authority
of such board to grant, revoke and terminate paroles. The Gov-
ernor's power of paroles shall continue until July 1, 1955, at which
time said power shall cease and shall be vested in such Board
of Paroles as may be created by the General Assembly.
Sec. 7. Annual reports from officers of Executive Department
and of public institutions. The officers of the Executive Department
and of the public institutions of the State shall, at least five days
previous to each regular session of the General Assembly, severally
report to the Governor, who shall transmit such reports, with his
message, to the General Assembly; and the Governor may, at any
time, require information in writing from the officers in the
Executive Department upon any subject relating to the duties
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of their respective offices, and shall take care that the laws be
faithfully executed.
Sec. 8. Commander-in-Chief. The Governor shall be Comman-
der-in-Chief of the militia of the State, except when they shall
be called into the service of the United States.
Sec. 9. Extra sessions of the General Assembly. The Governor
shall have power on extraordinary occasions, by and with the
advice of the Council of State, to convene the General Assembly
in extra session by his proclamation, stating therein the purpose
or purposes for which they are thus convened.
Sec. 10. Officers whose appointments are not otherwise pro-
vided for. The Governor shall nominate, and by and with the
advice and consent of a majority of the Senators-elect, appoint all
officers whose offices are established by this Constitution and whose
appointments are not otherwise provided for.
Sec. 11. Duties of the Lieutenant-Governor. The Lieutenant-
Governor shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote
unless the Senate be equally divided. He shall receive such com-
pensation as shall be fixed by the General Assembly.
Sec. 12. In case of impeachment of Governor, or vacancy
caused by death or resignation. In case of the impeachment of
the Governor, his failure to qualify, his absence from the State,
his inability to discharge the duties of his office, or, in case the
office of Governor shall in any wise become vacant, the powers,
duties and emoluments of the office shall devolve upon the Lieu-
tenant-Governor until the disability shall cease or a new Governor
shall be elected and qualified. In every case in which the Lieu-
tenant-Governor shall be unable to preside over the Senate, the
Senators shall elect one of their own number president of their
body; and the powers, duties and emoluments of the office of
Governor shall devolve upon him whenever the Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor shall, for any reason, be prevented from discharging the
duties of such office as above provided, and he shall continue as
acting Governor until the disabilities are removed, or a new Gov-
ernor or Lieutenant-Governor shall be elected and qualified. When-
ever, during the recess of the General Assembly, it shall become
necessary for the President of the Senate to administer the govern-
ment, the Secretary of State shall convene the Senate, that they
may elect such president.
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Sec. 13. Duties of other executive officers. The respective duties
of the Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of
Public Instruction, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agricul-
ture, Commissioner of Labor, and Commissioner of Insurance shall
be prescribed by law. If the office of any of said officers shall be
vacated by death, resignation, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of
the Governor to appoint another until the disability be removed
or his successor be elected and qualified. Every such vacancy shall
be lilled by election at the first general election that occurs more
than thirty days after the vacancy has taken place, and the per-
son chosen shall hold the office for the remainder of the unex-
pired term fixed in the first section of this article. Provided, that
when the unexpired term of any of the offices named in this sec-
tion in which such vacancy has occurred expires on the first day
of January succeeding the next general election, the Governor
shall appoint to fill said vacancy for the unexpired term of said
office.
Sec. 14. Council of State. The Secretary of State, Auditor,
Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner
of Agriculture, Commissioner of Labor, and Commissioner of In-
surance shall constitute, ex officio, the Council of State, who shall
advise the Governor in the execution of his office, and three of
whom shall constitute a quorum; their advice and proceedings
in this capacity shall be entered in a journal, to be kept for this
purpose, exclusively, and signed by the members present, from
any part of which any member may enter his dissent; and such
journal shall be placed before the General Assembly when called
for by either house. The Attorney General shall be, ex officio, the
legal adviser of the executive department.
Sec. 15. Compensation of executive officers. The officers men-
tioned in this article shall at stated periods, receive for their
services a compensation to be established by law, which shall
neither be increased nor diminished during the time for which
they shall have been elected, and the said officers shall receive
no other emolument or allowance whatever.
Sec. 16. Seal of State. There shall be a seal of the State, which
shall be kept by the Governor, and used by him, as occasion may
require, and shall be called "The Great Seal of the State of North
Carolina". All grants and commissions shall be issued in the name
and by the authority of the State of North Carolina, sealed with
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"The Great Seal of the State", signed by the Governor, and
countersigned by the Secretary of State.
Sec. 17. Department of Agriculture, Immigration and Statis-
tics. The General Assembly shall establish a Department of
Agriculture, Immigration, and Statistics, under such regulations as
may best promote the agricultural interests of the State, and shall
enact laws for the adequate protection and encouragement of
sheep husbandry.
Sec. 18. Department of Justice. The General Assembly is
authorized and empowered to create a Department of Justice
under the supervision and direction of the Attoi-ney General, and
to enact suitable laws defining the authority of the Attorney Gen-
eral and other officers and agencies concerning the prosecution
of crime and the administration of the criminal laws of the State.
ARTICLE IV
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
Section 1. Abolishes the distinctions hetiveen actions at law and
suits in equity, and feigned issues. The distinctions between actions
at law and suits in equity, and the forms of all such actions and
suits, shall be abolished; and there shall be in this State but one
form of action for the enforcement or protection of private rights
or the redress of private wrongs, which shall be denominated a
civil action ; and every action prosecuted by the people of the
State as a party, against a person charged with a public offense,
for the punishment of the same, shall be termed a criminal action.
Feigned issues shall also be abolished, and the facts at issue tried
by order of court before a jury.
Sec. 2. Division of judicial powers. The judicial power of the
State shall be vested in a court for the trial of impeachments, a
Supreme Court, Superior Courts, courts of justices of the peace,
and such other courts inferior to the Supreme Court as may be
established by law.
Sec. 3. Trial court of impeachment. The court for the trial of
impeachments shall be the senate. A majority of the members
shall be necessary to a quorum, and the judgment shall not extend
beyond removal from and disqualification to hold office in this
State; but the party shall be liable to indictment and punishment
according to law.
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Sec. 4. Impeachment. The House of Representatives solely shall
have the power of impeaching. No person shall be convicted with-
out the concurrence of two-thirds of the senators present. When
the Governor is impeached, the Chief Justice shall preside.
Sec. 5. Treason against the State. Treason against the State
shall consist only in levying- war against it, or adhering to its
enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted
of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same
overt act, or on confession in open court. No conviction of treason
or attainder shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture.
Sec. 6. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court shall consist of a
Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. The General Assembly
may increase the number of Associate Justices to not more than
six when the work of the Court so requires. The Court shall
have power to sit in divisions, when in its judgment this is neces-
sary for the proper dispatch of business, and to make rules for
the distribution of business between the divisions and for the
hearing of cases by the full Court. No decision of any division
shall become the judgment of the Court unless concurred in by
a majority of all the justices; and no case involving a construc-
tion of the Constitution of the State or of the United States shall
be decided except by the Court in banc. All sessions of the Court
shall be held in the city of Raleigh. This amendment made to the
Constitution of North Carolina shall not have the effect to vacate
any office or term of office now existing under the Constitution of
the State, and filled or held by virtue of any election or appoint-
ment under the said Constitution, and the laws of the State made
in pursuance thereof. The General Assembly is vested with au-
thority to provide for the retirement of members of the Supreme
Court and for the recall of such retired members to serve on said
Court in lieu of any active member thereof who is, for any cause,
temporarily incapacitated.
Sec. 7. Teryns of the Supreme Court. The terms of the Supreme
Court shall be held in the city of Raleigh, as now, until otherwise
provided by the General Assembly.
Sec. 8. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court. The Supreme Court shall
have jurisdiction to review, upon appeal, any decision of the courts
below, upon any matter of law or legal inference. And the juris-
diction of said court over "issues of fact" and "questions of fact"
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shall be the same exercised by it before the adoption of the Con-
stitution of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and the
court shall have the power to issue any remedial writs necessary
to give it a general supervision and control over the proceedings
of the inferior courts.
Sec. 9. Claims against the State. The Supreme Court shall
have original jurisdiction to hear claims against the State, but
its decisions shall be merely recommendatory; no process in the
nature of execution shall issue thereon; they shall be reported to
the next session of the General Assembly for its action.
Sec. 10. Judicial Districts for Superior Courts. The General
Assembly shall divide the State into a number of judicial districts
which number may be increased or reduced and shall provide
for the election of one or more Superior Court judges for each
district. There shall be a Superior Court in each county at least
twice in each year to continue for such time in each county as
may be prescribed by law.
Sec. 11. Judicial Districts; Rotation; Special Superior Court
Judges; Assignment of Superior Court Judges by Chief Justice.
Each Judge of the Superior Court shall reside in the district for
which he is elected. The General Assembly may divide the State
into a number of judicial divisions. The judges shall preside in
the courts of the different districts within a division successively;
but no judge shall hold all the courts in the same district oftener
than once in four years. The General Assembly may provide by
general laws for the selection or appointment of Special or Emer-
gency Superior Court Judges not assigned to any judicial district,
who may be designated from time to time by the Chief Justice
to hold court in any district or districts within the State; and the
General Assembly shall define their jurisdiction and shall provide
for their reasonable compensation. The Chief Justice, when in his
opinion the public interest so requires, may assign any Superior
Court Judge to hold one or more terms of Superior Court in any
district.
Sec. 12. Jurisdiction of courts inferior to Supreme Court. The
General Assembly shall have no power to deprive the judicial de-
partment of any power or jurisdiction which rightfully pertains
to it as a coordinate department of the government; but the Gen-
eral Assembly shall allot and distribute that portion of this power
and jurisdiction which does not pertain to the Supreme Courti
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amonp: the other courts prescribed in this Constitution or which may
be established by law, in such manner as it may deem best; pro-
vide also a proper system of appeals; and reflate by law, when
necessary, the methods of proceeding in the exercise of their
powers, of all the courts below the Supreme Court, so far as the
same may be done without conflict with other provisions of this
Constitution.
Sec. 13. In case of waiver of tHal by jury. In all issues of fact,
joined in any court, the parties may waive the right to have the
same determined by a jury; in which case the finding of the judge
upon the facts shall have the force and effect of a verdict by a
jury.
Sec. 14. Special courts in cities. The General Assembly shall
provide for the establishment of special courts, for the trial of
misdemeanors, in cities and towns, where the same may be
necessary.
Sec. 15. Clerk of the Supreme Court. The Clerk of the Supreme
Court shall be appointed by the Court, and shall hold his office
for eight years.
Sec. 16. Election of Superior Court clerk. A clerk of the Su-
perior Court for each county shall be elected by the qualified
voters thereof, at the time and in the manner prescribed by law
for the election of members of the General Assembly.
Sec. 17. Term of office. Clerks of the Superior Courts shall hold
their offices for four years.
Sec. 18. Fees, salaries and etnoluments. The General Assembly
shall prescribe and regulate the fees, salaries, and emoluments of
all officers provided for in this article; but the salaries of the
judges shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.
Sec. 19. What laws are, and shall he, in force. The laws of
North Carolina, not repugnant to this Constitution or the Consti-
tution and laws of the United States, shall be in force until law-
fully altered.
Sec. 20. Disposition of actions at law and suits in equity, pend-
ing when this Constitution shall go into effect, etc. Actions at law
and suits in equity pending when this Constitution shall go into
effect shall be transfei-red to the courts having jurisdiction thereof,
without prejudice by reason of the change; and all such actions
and suits commenced before, and pending at the adoption by the
General Assembly of the rules of practice and procedure herein
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provided for, shall be heard and determined according to the prac-
tices now in use, unless otherwise provided for by said rules.
Sec. 21. Elections, terms of office, etc., of Justices of the
Supreme and Judges of the Superior Courts. The Justices of the
Supreme Court shall be elected by the qualified voters of the
State, as is provided for the election of members of the General
Assembly. They shall hold their offices for eight years. The judges
of the Superior Courts, elected at the first election under this
amendment, shall be elected in like manner as is provided for
Justices of the Supreme Court, and shall hold their office for
eight years. The General Assembly may, from time to time, pro-
vide by law that the judges of the Superior Courts, chosen at
succeeding elections, instead of being elected by the voters of the
whole State, as is herein provided for, shall be elected by the
voters of their respective districts.
Sec. 22. Transaction of business in the Superior Courts. The
Superior Courts shall be, at all times, open for the transaction of
all business within their jurisdiction, except the trial of issues of
fact requiring a jury.
Sec. 23. Solicitors and Solicitorial Districts. The State shall
be divided into twenty-one solicitorial districts, for each of which
a solicitor shall be chosen by the qualified 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 justice in his district. But the General Assembly
may reduce or increase the number of solicitorial districts, which
need not correspond to, or be the same as, the judicial districts
of the State.
Sec. 24. Sheriffs and Coroners. In each county a sheriff and a
coroner shall be elected by the qualified voters thereof as is pre-
scribed for the members of the General Assembly, and shall hold
their offices for a period of four years. In each township there
shall be a constable elected in like manner by the voters thereof,
who shall hold his office for a period of two years. When there
is no coroner in a county the Clerk of the Superior Court for the
county may appoint one for special cases. In case of a vacancy
existing for any cause in any of the offices created by this section
the commissioners of the county may appoint to such office for the
unexpired term.
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Sec. 25. Vacavciefi. All vacancies occurring in the offices pro-
vided for by this Article of the Constitution shall be filled by the
appoiiitnu'nt of the Governor, unless otherwise provided for, and
the appointees shall hold their places until the next reg:ular elec-
tion for members of the General Assembly that is held more than
30 days after such vacancy occurs, when elections shall be held
to fill such offices. Provided, that when the unexpired term of any
of the offices named in this Article of the Constitution in which
such vacancy has occurred, and in which it is herein provided
that the Governor shall fill the vacancy, expires on the first day
of January succeeding: the next General Election, the Governor
shall appoint to fill said vacancy for the unexpired term of said
office. If any person elected or appointed to any of said offices,
shall neglect and fail to qualify, such offices shall be appointed to,
held and filled as provided in case of vacancies occurring therein.
All incumbents of said offices shall hold until their successors are
qualified.
Sec. 26. Terms of office of first officers. The officers elected at
the first election held under this Constitution shall hold their
offices for the terms prescribed for them respectively, next ensuing
after the next regular election for members of the General Assem-
bly. But their terms shall begin upon the approval of this Con-
stitution by the Congress of the United States.
Sec. 27. Jurisdiction of justices of the peace. The several
justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction, under such regula-
tions as the General Assembly shall prescribe, of civil actions,
founded on contract, wherein the sum demanded shall not exceed
two hundred dollars, and wherein the title to real estate shall not
be in controversy, and of all criminal matters arising within their
counties where the punishment cannot exceed a fine of fifty
dollars or imprisonment for thirty days. And the General Assem-
bly may give to the justices of the peace jurisdiction of other
civil actions wherein the value of the property in controversy
does not exceed fifty dollars. When an issue of fact shall be joined
before a justice, on demand of either party thereto he shall cause
a jury of six men to be summoned, who shall try the same. The
party against whom the judgment shall be rendered in any civil
action may appeal to the Superior Court from the same. In all
cases of a criminal nature the party against whom the judgment
is given may appeal to the Superior Court, where the matter shall
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be heard anew. In all cases brought before a justice, he shall make
a record of the proceedings, and file the same with the clerk of the
Superior Court for his county.
Sec. 28. Vacancies in offices of justices. When the office of
justice of the peace shall become vacant otherwise than by expira-
tion of the term, and in case of a failure by the voters of any
district to elect, the clerk of the Superior Court for the county
shall appoint to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.
Sec. 29. Vacancies in office of Superior Court Clerk. In case the
ofllice of clerk of a Superior Court for a county shall become
vacant otherwise than by expiration of the term, and in case of a
failure by the people to elect, the judge of the Superior Court
for the county shall appoint to fill the vacancy until an election
can be regularly held.
Sec. 30. Officers of other courts inferior to Supreme Court. In
case the General Assembly shall establish other courts inferior
to the Supreme Court, the presiding officers and clerks thereof
shall be elected in such manner as the General Assembly may
from time to time prescribe, and they shall hold their offices for
a term not exceeding eight years.
Sec. 31. Removal of judges of the various courts for inability.
Any judge of the Supreme Court, or of the Superior Courts, and
the presiding officers of such courts inferior to the Supreme Court
as may be established by law, may be removed from office for men-
tal or physical inability, upon a concurrent resolution of two-thirds
of both Houses of the General Assembly. The judge or presiding
officer against whom the General Assembly may be about to pro-
ceed shall receive notice thereof, accompanied by a copy of the
causes alleged for his removal, at least twenty days before the
day on which either House of the General Assembly shall act
thereon.
Sec. 32. Removal of clerks of the various courts for inability.
Any clerk of the Supreme Court, or of the Superior Courts, or of
such courts inferior to the Supreme Court as may be established
by law, may be removed from office for mental or physical inability,
the clerk of the Supreme Court by the judges of said court, the
Clerks of the Superior Courts by the judge riding the district, and
the clerks of such courts inferior to the Supreme Court as may
be established by law by the presiding officers of said courts. The
clerk against whom proceedings are instituted shall receive notice
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thereof, accompanied by a copy of the causes alleged for his re-
moval, at least ten days before the day appointed to act thereon,
and the clerk shall be entitled to an appeal to the next term of
the Superior Court, and thence to the Supreme Court, as provided
in other cases of appeals.
Sec. 33. Amendments not to vacate existing offices. The amend-
ments made to the Constitution of North Carolina by this con-
vention shall not have the effect to vacate any office or term of
office novi^ existing^ under the Constitution of the State, and filled,
or held, by virtue of any election or appointment under the said
Constitution and the laws of the State made in pursuance thereof.
ARTICLE V
REVENUE AND TAXATION
Section 1. Capitation tax; exemptions. The General Assembly
may levy a capitation tax on every male inhabitant of the State
over twenty-one and under fifty years of age, which said tax shall
not exceed two dollars, and cities and towns may levy a capitation
tax which shall not exceed one dollar. No other capitation tax
shall be levied. The commissioners of the several counties and of
the cities and towns may exempt from the capitation tax any
special cases on account of poverty or infirmity.
Sec. 2. Application of p^-oceeds of State arid county capitation
tax. The proceeds of the State and county capitation tax shall be
applied to the purposes of education and the support of the poor,
but in no one year shall more than twenty-five per cent thereof be
appropriated for the latter purpose.
Sec. 3. State taxation. The power of taxation shall be exercised
in a just and equitable manner, and shall never be surrendered,
suspended or contracted away. Taxes on property shall be uniform
as to each class of property taxed. Taxes shall be levied only for
public purposes, and every act levying a tax shall state the object
to which it is to be applied. The General Assembly may also tax
trades, professions, franchises, and incomes: Provided, the rate
of tax on income shall not in any case exceed ten per cent (10%),
and there shall be allowed the following exemptions, to be de-
ducted from the amount of annual incomes, to-wit: for a married
man with a wife living with him, or to a widow or widower having
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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.
Sec. 4. Limitations upon the increase of public debts. The
General Assembly shall have the power to contract debts and to
pledge the faith and credit of the State and to authorize counties
and municipalities to contract debts and pledge their faith and
credit for the following purposes: To fund or refund a valid
existing debt; to borrow in anticipation of the collection of taxes
due and payable within the fiscal year to an amount not exceeding
fifty per centum of such taxes; to supply a casual deficit; to sup-
press riots or insurrections, or to repel invasions. For any pur-
pose other than these enumerated, the General Assembly shall
have no power, during any biennium, to contract new debts on
behalf of the State to an amount in excess of two-thirds of the
amount by which the State's outstanding indebtedness shall have
been reduced during the next preceding biennium, unless the sub-
ject be submitted to a vote of the people of the State; and for any
purpose other than these enumerated the General Assembly shall
have no power to authorize counties or municipalities to contract
debts, and counties and municipalities shall not contract debts,
during any fiscal year, to an amount exceeding two-thirds of
the amount by which the outstanding indebtedness of the partic-
ular county or municipality shall have been reduced during the
next preceding fiscal year, unless the subject be submitted to a
vote of the people of the particular county or municipality. In
any election held in the State or in any county or municipality
under the provisions of this section, the proposed indebtedness
must be approved by a majority of those who shall vote thereon.
And the General Assembly shall have no power to give or lend the
credit of the State in aid of any person, association, or corporation
except to aid in the completion of such railroads as may be un-
finished at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, or in
which the State has a direct pecuniary interest, unless the sub-
ject be submitted to a direct vote of the people of the State, and
be approved by a majority of those who shall vote thereon.
Sec. 5. Property exempt from taxation. Property belonging
to the State or to municipal corporations, shall be exempt from
taxation. The General Assembly may exempt cemeteries and prop-
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erty held for educational, scientific, literary, charitable, or re-
li^-ious i)uiposes; also wearing apparel, arms for muster, house-
hold and kitchen furniture, the mechanical and agricultural im-
plements of mechanics and farmers; libraries and scientific
instruments, or any other personal property, to a value not ex-
ceeding three hundred dollars. The General Assembly may exempt
from taxation not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in
value of property held and used as the place of residence of the
owner.
Sec. 6. Taxes levied for counties. The total of the State and
county tax on property shall not exceed twenty cents (20c) on
the one hundred dollars ($100.00) value of property, except when
the county property tax is levied for a special purpose and with
the special approval of the General Assembly, which may be done
by special or general act: Provided, this limitation shall not apply
to taxes levied for the maintenance of the public schools of the
State for the term required by Article IX, Section 3, of the Con-
stitution : Provided, further, the State tax shall not exceed five
cents (5c) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) value of property.
Sec. 7. Acts levying taxes shall state objects, etc. Every act of
the General Assembly levying a tax shall state the special object to
which it is to be applied, and it shall be applied to no other pur-
pose.
ARTICLE VI
SUFFRAGE AND ELIGIBILITY TO OFFICE
Section 1. Who may vote. Every person born in the United
States, and every person who has been naturalized, twenty-one years
of age, and possessing the qualifications set out in this article,
shall be entitled to vote at any election by the people of the State,
except as herein otherwise provided.
Sec. 2. Qualifications of vote7\ Any person who shall have re-
sided in the State of North Carolina for one year, and in the
precinct, ward or other election district in which such person offers
to vote for thirty days next preceding an election, and possessing
the other qualifications set out in this article, shall be entitled to
vote at any election held in this State; provided, that removal from
one precinct, ward or other election district to another in this
State shall not operate to deprive any person of the right to vote
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in the precinct, ward or other election district from which such
person has removed until thirty days after such removal. No
person who has been convicted, or who has confessed his guilt in
open court upon indictment, of any crime the punishment of which
now is, or may hereafter be, imprisonment in the State's Prison,
shall be permitted to vote unless the said person shall be first
restored to citizenship in the manner prescribed by law.
Sec. 3. Voters to be registered. Every person offering to vote
shall be at the time a legally registered voter as herein prescribed,
and in the manner hereafter provided by law, and the General
Assembly of North Carolina shall enact general registration laws
to carry into effect the pi'ovisions of this article.
Sec. 4. Qualification for registratioyi. Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be able to read and write any section
of the Constitution in the English language. But no male person
who was, on January 1, 1867, or at any time prior thereto, entitled
to vote under the laws of any State in the United States wherein
he then resided, and no lineal descendant of any such person, shall
be denied the right to register and vote at any election in this
State by reason of his failure to possess the educational qualifica-
tions herein prescribed: Provided, he shall have registered in ac-
cordance with the terms of this section prior to December 1, 1908.
The General Assembly shall provide for the registration of all
persons entitled to vote without the educational qualifications
herein prescribed, and shall, on or before November 1, 1908, pro-
vide for the making of a permanent record of such registration,
and all persons so registered shall forever thereafter have the
right to vote in all elections by the people in this State, unless
disqualified under section 2 of this article.
Sec. 5. Indivisible plan; legislative intent. That this amendment
to the Constitution is presented and adopted as one indivisible
plan for the regulation of the suffrage, with the intent and pur-
pose to so connect the different parts, and make them so depend-
ent upon each other, that the whole shall stand or fall together.
Sec. 6. Elections by people and General Assembly. All elections
by the people shall be by ballot, and all elections by the General
Assembly shall be viva voce.
Sec. 7. Eligibility to office; official oath. Every voter in North
Carolina except as in this ai'ticle disqualified, shall be eligible to
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office, but before entering upon the duties of the office, he shall
take and subscribe the following' oath:
"I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I
will support and maintain the Constitution and laws of the United
States, and the Constitution and laws of North Carolina not in-
consistent therewith, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties
of my office as So help me, God."
Sec. 8. Disqualification for office. The following classes of per-
sons shall be disqualified for office: first, all persons who shall
deny the being of Almighty God. Second, all persons who shall
have been convicted or confessed their guilt on indictment pend-
ing, and whether sentenced or not, or under judgment suspended,
of any treason or felony, or of any other crime for which the
punishment may be imprisonment in the penitentiary, since be-
coming citizens of the United States, or of corruption or mal-
practice in office, unless such person shall be restored to the rights
of citizenship in a manner prescribed by law.
Sec. 9. When this chapter operative. That this amendment to
the Constitution shall go into effect on the first day of July, nine-
teen hundred and two, if a majority of votes cast at the next
general election shall be cast in favor of this suffrage amendment.
ARTICLE VII
municipal corporations
Section 1. County officers. In each county there shall be elected
biennially by the qualified voters thereof, as provided for the elec-
tion of members of the General Assembly, the following officers:
A treasurer, register of deeds, surveyor, and five commissioners.
(Under authority of the Public Laws of 1935, c. 362, s. 13, pro-
vision was made for the quadrennial election of registers of deeds,
certain counties being exempted.)
Sec. 2. Duty of county commissioners. It shall be the duty of
the commissioners to exercise a general supervision and control
of the penal and charitable institutions, schools, roads, bridges,
levying of taxes, and finances of the county, as may be prescribed
by law. The register of deeds shall be ex officio clerk of the board
of commissioners.
Sec. 3. Counties to be divided into districts. It shall be the
duty of the commissioners first elected in each county to divide
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the same into convenient districts, to determine the boundaries and
prescribe the name of the said districts, and to report the same
to the General Assembly before the first day of January, 1869.
Sec 4. Townships have corporate powers. Upon the approval
of the reports provided for in the foregoing section by the Gen-
eral Assembly, the said districts shall have corporate powers for
the necessary purposes of local government, and shall be known
as townships.
Sec. 5. Officers of townships. In each township there shall be
biennially elected, by the qualified voters thereof, a clerk and two
justices of the peace, who shall constitute a board of trustees,
and shall, under the supervision of the county commissioners, have
control of the taxes and finances, roads and bridges of the town-
ships, as may be prescribed by law. The General Assembly may
provide for the election of a larger number of justices of the peace
in cities and towns, and in those townships in which cities and
towns are situated. In every township there shall also be biennially
elected a school committee, consisting of three persons, whose duty
shall be prescribed by law.
Sec. 6. Trustees shall assess property. The township board of
trustees shall assess the taxable property of their townships and
and make return to the county commissioners for revision, as may
be prescribed by law. The clerk shall be, ex officio, treasurer of
the township.
Sec. 7. No debt or loan except by a majority of voters. No
county, city, town, or other municipal corporation shall contract
any debt, pledge its faith or loan its credit, nor shall any tax
be levied or collected by any officers of the same except for the
necessary expenses thereof, unless approved by a majority of
those who shall vote thereon in any election held for such pur-
pose.
Sec. 8. No money drawn except by law. No money shall be
drawn from any county or township treasury, except by authority
of law.
Sec. 9. When officers enter on duty. The county officers first
elected under the provisions of this article shall enter upon their
duties ten days after the approval of this Constitution by the
Congress of the United States.
Sec. 10. Governor to appoint justices. The Governor shall
appoint a sufficient number of justices of the peace in each county,
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who shall hold their places until sections four, five, and six of
this article shall have been carried into effect.
Sec. 11. Charters to remain in force until legally changed. All
charters, ordinances, and provisions relating: to municipal cor-
porations shall remain in force until legally changed, unless in-
consistent with the provisions of this Constitution.
Sec. 12. Debts in aid of the rebellion not to be paid. No county,
city, town, or other municipal corporation shall assume or pay,
nor shall any tax be levied or collected for the payment of any
debt, or the interest upon any debt, contracted directly or indirectly
in aid or support of the rebellion.
Sec. 13. Poivers of General Assembly over municipal corpora-
tions. The General Assembly shall have full power by statute to
modify, change, or abrogate any and all of the provisions of this
article, and substitute others in their place, except sections seven,
nine and thirteen.
ARTICLE VIII
CORPORATIONS OTHER THAN MUNICIPAL
Section 1. Corporations under general laws. No corporation
shall be created, nor shall its charter be extended, altered, or
amended by special act, except corporations for charitable, educa-
tional, penal, or reformatory purposes that are to be and remain
under the patronage and control of the State; but the General
Assembly shall provide by general laws for the chartering and
organization of all corporations, and for amending, extending, and
forfeiture of ail charters, except those above permitted by special
act. All such general laws and special acts may be altered from
time to time or repealed; and the General Assembly may at any
time by special act repeal the charter of any corporation.
Sec. 2. Debts of corporations, hoiv secured. Dues from cor-
porations shall be secured by such individual liabilities of the cor-
porations, and other means, as may be prescribed by law.
Sec. 3. What corporations shall include. The term "corporation"
as used in this article, shall be construed to include all associa-
tions and joint-stock companies having any of the powers and
privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or part-
nerships. And all corporations shall have the right to sue, and
shall be subject to be sued, in all courts, in like cases as natural
persons.
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Sec. 4. Legislature to 'provide for organizing cities, towns,
etc. It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide by general
laws for the organization of cities, towns, and incorporated vil-
lages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrow-
ing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to
prevent abuses in assessment and in contracting debts by such
municipal corporations.
ARTICLE IX
EDUCATION
Section 1. Education shall be encouraged. Religion, morality,
and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happi-
ness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever
be encouraged.
Sec. 2. General Assembly shall provide for schools; separation
of the races. The General Assembly, at its first session under this
Constitution, 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 the children of the white race and
the children of the colored race shall be taught in separate public
schools; but there shall be no discrimination in favor of, or to the
prejudice of, either race.
Sec. 3. Counties to be divided into districts. Each county of the
State shall be divided into a convenient number of districts, in
which one or more public schools shall be maintained at least six
months in every year; and if the commissioners of any county
shall fail to comply with the aforesaid requirements of this sec-
tion, they shall be liable to indictment.
Sec. 4. What property devoted to educational purposes. The
proceeds of all lands that have been or hereafter may be granted
by the United States to this State, and not otherwise appropriated
by this State or the United States; also all moneys, stocks, bonds,
and other property now belonging to any State fund for purposes
of education; also the net proceeds of all sales of the swamp lands
belonging to the State, and all other grants, gifts or devises that
have been or hereafter may be made to the State, and not other-
wise appropriated by the State, or by the terms of the grant, gift
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or devise, shall be paid into the State Treasury, and, together with
so much of the ordinary revenue of the State as may be by law
set apart for that purpose, shall be faithfully appropriated for
establishing^ and maintaining in this State a system of free pub-
lic schools, and for no other uses or purposes whatsoever.
Sec. 5. County school fund; proviso. All money, stocks, bonds,
and other property belonging to a county school fund; also the
net proceeds from the sale of estrays; also the clear proceeds of
all penalties and forfeitures and of all fines collected in the several
counties for any breach of the penal or military laws of the State;
and all moneys which shall be paid by persons as an equivalent for
exemption from military duty shall belong to and remain in the
several counties, and shall be faithfully appropriated for estab-
lishing and maintaining free public schools in the several coun-
ties of this State: Provided, that the amount collected in each
county shall be annually reported to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Sec. 6. Election of trustees, and provisions for maintenance, of
the University. The General Assembly shall have power to pro-
vide for the election of trustees of the University of North Caro-
lina, in whom, when chosen, shall be vested all the privileges,
rights, franchises and endowments thereof in any wise granted to
or conferred upon the trustees of said University; and the Gen-
eral Assembly may make such provisions, laws, and regulations
from time to time, as may be necessary and expedient for the
maintenance and management of said University.
Sec. 7, Benefits of the University. The General Assembly shall
provide that the benefits of the University, as far as practicable,
be extended to the youth of the State free of expense for tuition;
also, that all the property which has heretofore accrued to the
State, or shall hereafter accrue, from escheats, unclaimed divi-
dends, or distributive shares of the estates of deceased persons,
shall be appropriated to the use of the University.
Sec. 8. State Board of Education. The general supervision and
administration of the free public school system, and of the edu-
cational funds provided for the support thereof, except those
mentioned in Section five of this Article, shall, from and after
the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five,
be vested in the State Board of Education to consist of the Lieu-
tenant-Governor, State Treasurer, the Superintendent of Public
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Instruction, and ten members to be appointed by the Governor,
subject to confirmation by the General Assembly in joint session.
The General Assembly shall divide the State into eight educational
districts, which may be altered from time to time by the General
Assembly. Of the appointive members of the State Board of Edu-
cation, one shall be appointed from each of the eight educational
districts, and two shall be appointed as members at large. The first
appointments under this section shall be: Two members appointed
from educational districts for terms of two years; two members
appointed from educational districts for terms of four years; two
members appointed from educational districts for terms of six
years; and two members appointed from educational districts for
terms of eight years. One member at large shall be appointed
for a period of four years and one member at large shall be
appointed for a period of eight years. All subsequent appoint-
ments shall be for terms of eight years. Any appointments to fill
vacancies shall be made by the Governor for the unexpired term,
which appointments shall not be subject to confirmation. The
State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be the adminis-
trative head of the public school system and shall be secretary of
the board. The board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman. A
majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of business. The per diem and expenses of the appointive
members shall be provided by Ihe General Assembly.
Sec. 9. Powers and duties of the board. The State Board of
Education shall succeed to all the powers and trusts of the Presi-
dent and Directors of The Literary Fund of North Carolina and
the State Board of Education as heretofore constituted. The State
Board of Education shall have power to divide the State into a
convenient number of school districts; to regulate the grade, salary
and qualifications of teachers, to provide for the selection and
adoption of the textbooks to be used in the public schools; to
apportion and equalize the public school funds over the State;
and generally to supervise and administer the free public school
system of the State and make all needful rules and regulations
in relation thereto. All the powers enumerated in this section shall
be exercised in conformity with this Constitution and subject to
such laws as may be enacted from time to time by the General
Assembly.
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Sec. 10. Agriciilfio-al departwenf. As soon as practicable after
the adoption of this Constitution, the General Assembly shall
establish and maintain, in connection with the University, a de-
partment of agriculture, of mechanics, of mining-, and of norrjial
instruction.
Sec. 11. Children must attend school. The General Assembly is
hereby empowered to enact that every child, of sufficient mental
and physical ability, shall attend the public schools during the
period between the ages of six and eighteen years, for a term of
not less than sixteen months, unless educated by other means.
Sec. 12. Education expense grants and local option. Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Constitution, the General
Assembly may provide for payment of education expense grants
from any State or local public funds for the private education of
any child for whom no public school is available or for the private
education of a child who is assigned against the wishes of his
parent, or the person having control of such child, to a public
school attended by a child of another race. A grant shall be avail-
able only for education in a nonsectarian school, and in the case
of a child assigned to a public school attended by a child of another
race, a grant shall, in addition, be available only when it is not
reasonable and practicable to reassign such child to a public
school not attended by a child of another race.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, the
General Assembly may provide for a uniform system of local
option whereby any local option unit, as defined by the General
Assembly, may choose by a majority vote of the qualified voters
in the unit who vote on the question to suspend or to authorize the
suspension of the operation of one or more or all of the public
schools in that unit.
No action taken pursuant to the authority of this Section shall
in any manner aff"ect the obligation of the State or any political
subdivision or agency thereof with respect to any indebtedness
heretofore or hereafter created.
ARTICLE X
homesteads and exemptions
Section 1. Exemptions of personal ])roperty. The personal prop-
erty of any resident of this State, to the value of five hundred
dollars, to be selected by such resident, shall be and is hereby
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exempted from sale under execution or other final process of any
court, issued for the collection of any debt.
Sec. 2. Homestead. Every homestead, and the dwellings and
buildings used therewith, not exceeding in value one thousand
dollars, to be selected by the owner thereof, or in lieu thereof,
at the option of the owner, any lot in a city, town or village with
the dwellings and buildings used thereon, owned and occupied by
any resident of this State, and not exceeding the value of one
thousand dollars, shall be exempt from sale under execution or
other final process obtained on any debt. But no property shall be
exempt from sale for taxes, or for payment of obligations con-
tracted for the purchase of said premises.
Sec. 3. Homestead exemption from debt. The homestead, after
the death of the owner thereof, shall be exempt from the payment
of any debt during the minority of his children, or any of them.
Sec. 4. Laborer's lien. The provisions of sections one and two
of this article shall not be so construed as to prevent a laborer's
lien for work done and performed for the person claiming such
exemption, or a mechanic's lien for work done on the pi'emises.
Sec. 5. Benefit of ividoiv. If the owner of a homestead die,
leaving a widow but no children, the same shall be exempt from
the debts of her husband, and the rents and profits thereof shall
inure to her benefit during her widowhood, unless she be the ownei
of a homestead in her own right.
Sec. 6. Property of married women secured to them. The real
and personal property of any female in this State acquired before
marriage, and all pi'operty, real and personal, to which she may,
after marriage, become in any manner entitled, shall be and re-
main the sole and separate estate and property of such female,
and shall not be liable for any debts, obligations, or engagements of
her husband, and may be devised and bequeathed, and, with the
written assent of her husband, conveyed by her as if she were
unmarried. Every married woman may exercise powers of attorney
conferred upon her by her husband, including the power to execute
and acknowledge deeds to property owned by her or by herself
and her husband or by her husband.
Sec. 7. Husband may insure his life for the benefit of wife and
children. The husband may insure his own life for the sole use
and benefit of his wife and children, and in case of the death
of the husband the amount thus insured shall be paid over to the
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wifo aiui fhihlien, or to the guardian, if under age, for her or
their own use, free fiom all claims of the representatives of her
husband, or any of his creditors. And the policy shall not be sub-
ject to claims of creditors of the insured during the life of the
insured, if the insurance issued is for the sole use and benefit of
the wife and/or childi-en.
Sec. 8. How deed for homestead may he made. Nothing con-
tained in the foregoing sections of this article shall operate to
prevent the owner of a homestead from disposing of the same by
deed; but no deed made by the owner of a homestead shall be
valid without the signature and acknowledgment of his wife.
ARTICLE XI
PUNISHMENTS, PENAL INSTITUTIONS, AND PUBLIC CHARITIES
Section 1. Punishments; convict labor; proviso. The following
punishments only shall be known to the laws of this State, viz:
death, imprisonment with or without hard labor, fines, removal
from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of
honor, trust, or profit under this State. The foregoing provision
for imprisonment with hard labor shall be construed to authorize
the employment of such convict labor on public works or high-
ways, or other labor for public benefit, and the farming out
thereof, where and in such manner as may be provided by law;
but no convict shall be farmed out who has been sentenced on a
charge of murder, manslaughter, rape, attempt to commit rape,
or arson : Provided, that no convict whose labor may be farmed
out shall be punished for any failure of duty as a laborer, except
by a responsible officer of the State; but the convicts so farmed
out shall be at all times under the supervision and control, as to
their government and discipline, of the penitentiary board or
some officer of this State.
Sec. 2. Death jmnishment. The object of punishments being
not only to satisfy justice, but also to reform the offender, and
thus prevent crime, murder, arson, burglary, and rape, and these
only, may be punishable with death, if the General Assembly shall
so enact.
Sec. 3. Penitentiary. The General Assembly shall, at its first
meeting, make provision for the erection and conduct of a State's
prison or penitentiary at some central and accessible point within
the State.
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Sec. 4. Hotises of correction. The General Assembly may pro-
vide for the erection of houses of correction, where vagrants and
persons guilty of misdemeanors shall be restrained and usefully
employed.
Sec. 5. Houses of refuge. A house or houses of refuge may be
established whenever the public interests may require it, for the
correction and instruction of other classes of offenders.
Sec. 6. The sexes are to be separated. It shall be required, by
competent legislation, that the structure and superintendence of
penal institutions of the State, the county jails, and city police
prisons secure the health and comfort of the prisoners and that
male and female prisoners be never confined in the same room or
cell.
Sec. 7. Provision for the poor and orphans. Beneficient provi-
sions for the poor, the unfortunate and orphan, being one of the
first duties of a civilized and Christian state, the General Assem-
bly shall, at its first session, appoint and define the duties of a
board of public charities, to whom shall be entrusted the super-
vision of all charitable and penal State institutions, and who shall
annually report to the Governor upon their condition, with sug-
gestions for their improvement.
Sec. 8. Orphan houses. There shall also, as soon as practicable,
be measures devised by the State for the establishment of one
or more orphan houses, where destitute orphans may be cared
for, educated, and taught some business or trade.
Sec. 9. Inebriates and idiots. It shall be the duty of the Legis-
lature, as soon as practicable, to devise means for the education
of idiots and inebriates.
Sec. 10. Deaf-mutes, blind, and insane. The General Assembly
may provide that the indigent deaf-mute, blind, and insane of the
State shall be cared for at the charge of the State.
Sec. 11. Self-supporting. It shall be steadily kept in view by
the Legislature and the Board of Public Charities that all penal
and charitable institutions should be made as nearly self-support-
ing as is consistent with the purposes of their creation.
ARTICLE XII
MILITIA
Section 1. Who are liable to militia duty. All able-bodied
male citizens of the State of North Carolina, between the ages of
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twenty-one and forty years, who are citizens of the United States,
shall be liable to duty in the militia: Provided, that all persons
wlio may be averse to bearing arms, from religious scruples, shall
be exempt therefrom.
Sec. 2. Organizing, etc. The General Assembly shall provide for
the organizing, arming, equipping, and discipline of the militia,
and for paying the same, when called into active service.
Sec. 3. Governor commander-in-chief. The Governor shall be
commander-in-chief, and shall have power to call out the militia
to execute the law, suppress riots or insurrections, and to repel
invasion.
Sec. 4. E.vemptions. The General Assembly shall have power to
make such exemptions as may be deemed necessary, and to enact
laws that may be expedient for the government of the militia.
ARTICLE XIII
amendments
Section 1. Convention, how called. No convention of the people
of this State shall ever be called by the General Assembly unless
by the concurrence of two-thirds of all of the members of each
House of the General Assembly, and except the proposition, con-
vention or no convention, be first submitted to the qualified voters
of the whole State, at the next general election, in a manner to
be prescribed by law. And should a majority of the votes cast be
in favor of said convention, it shall assemble on such day as may
be prescribed by the General Assembly.
Sec. 2. Hoiv the Constitution may be altered. No part of the
Constitution of this State shall be altered unless a bill to alter
the same shall have been agreed to by three-fifths of each House
of the General Assembly. And the amendment or amendments so
agreed to shall be submitted at the next general election to the
qualified voters of the whole State, in such manner as may be
prescribed by law. And in the event of their adoption by a
majority of the votes cast, such amendment or amendments shall
become a part of the Constitution of this State.
ARTICLE XIV
miscellaneous
Section 1. Indictments. All indictments which shall have been
found, or may hereafter be found, for any crime or offense com-
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mitted before this Constitution takes effect, may be proceeded upon
in the proper courts, but no punishment shall be inflicted which is
forbidden by this Constitution.
Sec. 2. Penalty for fighting duel. No person who shall hereafter
fight a duel, or assist in the same as a second, or send, accept, or
knowingly carry a challenge therefor, or agree to go out of the
State to fight a duel, shall hold any office in this State.
Sec. 3. Drcnving money. No money shall be drawn from the
Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and
an accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of the
public money shall be annually published.
Sec. 4. Mechanic's lien. The General Assembly shall provide, by
proper legislation, for giving to mechanics and laborers an ade-
quate lien on the subject-matter of their labor.
Sec. 5. Gov€)-)ior to make appointments. In the absence of any
contrary pi'ovision, all officers of this State, whether heretofore
elected or appointed by the Governor, shall hold their positions
only until other appointments are made by the Governor, or, if
the oflficers are elective, until their successors shall have been
chosen and duly qualified according to the provisions of this
Constitution.
Sec. 6. Seat of government. The seat of government in this
State shall remain at the city of Raleigh.
Sec. 7. Holding office. No person who shall hold any office or
place of trust or profit under the United States, or any depart-
ment thereof, or under this State, or under any other state or
government, shall hold or exercise any other office or place of
trust or profit under the authority of this State, or be eligible to
a seat in either House of the General Assembly: Provided, that
nothing herein contained shall extend to officers in the militia,
notaries public, justices of the peace, commissioners of public
charities, or commissioners for special purposes.
Sec. 8. Intermarriage of whites and Negroes prohibited. All
marriages between a white person and a Negro, or between a
white person and a person of Negro descent to the third genera-
tion, inclusive, are hereby forever prohibited.
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THE AMERICAN'S CREED
I believe in the United States of America, as a government of
the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are
derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a re-
public; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect
union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of
freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American
patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it
is my duty to my country to love it, to support its constitution,
to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all
enemies.
(The American's Creed by William Tyler Page was adopted
by an act of Congress, April 6, 1918.)
THE AMERICAN FLAG, ITS ORIGIN
In 1775, the Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse carried a stand-
ard with thirteen alternate blue and silver stripes in the upper
left-hand corner. At Cambridge on January 2, 1776, Washington
without authorization of the Continental Congress, raised a flag
consisting of thirteen alternate white and red stripes with the
crosses of St. George and St. Andrew in a blue field in the upper
left-hand corner. It was called the "Union Flag," "Grand Union
Flag," and the "Continental Flag," and was employed until dis-
placed by the Stars and Stripes adopted by the Continental Con-
gress.
The beautiful tradition that Betsy Ross, as early as June 1776,
made a Stars and Stripes flag from a pencil sketch supplied by
Washington but changed the points of the stars from six to five,
has become a classic. Historians doubt its accuracy. Half a dozen
localities claim to have been the place where the Stars and Stripes
was first used. Within New York State such contention has been
for Fort Ann on July 8, Fort Stanwix on August 3, Bennington
on August 13, and Saratoga on September 19, 1777. The flag with
thirteen stripes and thirteen stars, authorized on June 14, 1777,
continued to be used as the national emblem until Congress passed
the following act, which President Washington signed :
"That from and after May 1, 1795, the flag of the United States
be fifteen stripes, alternate red and white; and that the union be
fifteen stars, white in a blue field."
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This action was necessitated by the admission of the States of
Vermont and Kentucky to the Union.
The tiaii of 1795 had the stars ari'ang-ed in three rows of five
each instead of in a circle, and served for 23 years.
With the admission of more new states, however, it became
apparent that the 1795 flag would have to be further modified;
hence in 1818 a law w-as passed by Congress providing:
"That from and after the fourth day of July next, the flag
of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red
and white; that the union have twenty stars, white in a blue field.
"That on the admission of every new state into the Union, one
star be added to the union of the flag; and that such addition
shall take eff"ect on the Fourth of July next succeeding such
admission."
Since 1818 additional stars have been added until today there
are 48 on the flag. No law has been passed to designate how the
stars shall be ari'anged. At one time they formed a design of a
lai'ger star. Now by common practice they form six rows of eight
stars each.
Betsy Rcss, it is now said, lived at 233 Arch Street, Philadelphia,
and not at 239. She made flags, but says Theodore D. Gottlieb,
she never made the first Stars and Stripes. He adds: "The Depart-
ment of State, the War and Navy departments, the Historical Sites
Commission of Philadelphia and other official bodies repudiate the
legend. The book and pamphlet material available is overwhelm-
ingly against the legend.
"The story arose for the first time on March 14, 1870, when
William J. Canby read a paper before the Pennsylvania Historical
Society in which he states that in 1836, when his grandmother,
Betsy Ross, was 84 years old and he was 11, she told him the
story. He apparently thought little of it because nothing was done
until 1857, when at the suggestion of his Aunt Clarissa, oldest
daughter of Betsy, he wrote out the notes as he remembered the
conversation.
"Nothing further was done until 1870 when he wrote his paper.
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania thought so little of the
paper it neither catalogued nor kept a copy of it. Even George
Canby, younger brother of William, disputed several points in the
paper.
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"The legend grew to strength from 1888 to 1893 when pro-
moters secured an option on the so-called Flag House.
"Modern historical researchers are giving much thought to
Francis Hopkinson of New Jersey as the possible designer and
the Fillmore or Bennington flag as the first flag."
The Proper Display of the American Flag
Sec. 2. (a) It is the universal custom to display the flag only
from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs
in the open. However, the flag may be displayed at night upon
special occasions when it is desired to produce a patriotic effect.
(b. The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
(c) The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather
is inclement.
(d) The flag should be displayed on all days when the weather
permits, especially on New Year's Day, January 1 ; Inauguration
Day, January 20; Lincoln's Birthday, February 12; Washington's
Birthday, February 22; Army Day, April 6; Easter Sunday (var-
iable) ; Mother's Day, second Sunday in May; Memorial Day
(half staff" until noon), May 30; Flag Day, June 14; Independence
Day, July 4; Labor Day, first Monday in September; Constitution
Day, September 17; Columbus Day, October 12; Navy Day, Octo-
ber 27; Armistice Day, November 11; Thanksgiving Day, fourth
Thursday in November; Christmas Day, December 25; such other
days as may be proclaimed by the President of the United States;
the birthdays of States (dates of admission) ; and on State holi-
days.
(e) The flag should be displayed daily, weather permitting, on or
near the main administration building of every public institution.
(f) The flag should be displayed in or near every polling place
on election days.
(g) The flag should be displayed during school days in or near
every schoolhouse.
Sec. 3. That the flag, when carried in a procession with another
flag or flags, should be either on the marching right; that is, the
flag's own right, or, if there is a line of other flags, in front of
the center of that line.
(a) The flag should not be displayed on a float in a parade
except from a staff, or as provided in subsection (i).
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(b) The flas should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or
back of a vehicle or of a railroad train or a boat. When the flag
is displayed on a motorcar, the staff shall be fixed firmly to the
chassis or clamped to the radiator cap.
(c) No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on
the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of
America, except during church services conducted by naval chap-
lains at sea, when the church pennant may be flown above the
flag during church services for the personnel of the Navy.
(d) The flag of the United States of America, when it is dis-
played with another flag against a wall from crossed staffs, should
be on the right, the flag's own right, and its staff should be in
front of the staff of the other flag.
(e) The flag of the United States of America should be at the
center and at the highest point of the group when a number of
flags of States or localities or pennants of societies are grouped
and displayed from staffs.
(f) When flags of States, cities, or localities, or pennants of
societies are flown on the same halyard with the flag of the United
States, the latter should always be at the peak. When the flags
are flown from adjacent staffs, the flag of the United States should
be hoisted first and lowered last. No such flag or pennant may
be placed above the flag of the United States or to the right of
the flag of the United States.
(g) When flags of two or more nations are displayed, they are
to be flown from separate staffs of the same height. The flags
should be of approximately equal size. International usage forbids
the display of the flag of one nation above that of another nation
in time of peace.
(h) When the flag of the United States is displayed from a stafl"
projecting horizontally or at an angle from the window sill, bal-
cony, or front of a building, the union of the flag should be placed
at the peak of the staff unless the flag is at half staff. When the
flag is suspended over a sidewalk from a rope extending from a
house to a pole at the edge of the sidewalk, the flag should be
hoisted out, union fiist, from the building.
(i) When the flag is displayed otherwise than by being flown
from a staff, it should be displayed flat, whether indoors or out.
When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall,
the union should be uppermost and to the flag's own right; that
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is, to the observer's left. When displayed in a window, the flag
should be displayed in the same way; that is, with the union or
blue field to the left of the observer in the street.
(j) When the flag is displayed over the middle of the street, it
should be suspended vertically with the union to the north in an
east and west street or to the east in the north and south street.
(k) When used on a speaker's platform, the flag, if displayed
flat, should be displayed above and behind the speaker. When dis-
played from a staff in a church or public auditorium, if it is dis-
played in the chancel of a church, or on the speaker's platform
in a public auditorium, the flag should occupy the position of honor
r.nd be placed at the clergyman's or speaker's right as he faces the
congregation or audience. Any other flag so displayed in the chancel
cr on the platform should be placed at the clergyman's or speaker's
left as he faces the congregation or audience. But when the flag
is displayed from a staff in a church or public auditorium else-
where than in the chancel or on the platform it shall be placed
in the position of honor at the right of the congregation or audi-
ence as they face the chancel or platform. Any other flag so dis-
played should be placed on the left of the congregation or audi-
ence as they face the chancel or platform.
(1) The flag should form a distinctive feature of the ceremony
of unveiling a statue or monument, but it should never be used
as the covering for the statue cr monument.
(m) The flag, when flown at half-staff, should be first hoisted
to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff posi-
tion. The flag should be again raised to the peak before it is low-
ered for the day. By "half-stafl"' is meant hauling the flag to one-
half the distance between the top and bottcm of the staff. Crepe
streamers may be affixed to spear heads or flagstaffs in a parade
only by order of the President of the United States.
(n) When the flag is used to cover a casket, it should be so
placed that the union is at the head and over the left shoulder. The
flag should not be lowered into the grave nor allowed to touch the
ground.
Sec. 4. That no disrespect should be shown to the flag of the
United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any
person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organizations
or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
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(a) The ftag should never be displayed with the union down
save as a signal of dire distress.
(b) The flajr should never touch anything beneath it, such as
the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
(c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, bat
always aloft and free.
(d) The flag should never be used as drapery of any sort what-
soever, never festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always
allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always ar-
ranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red
below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the
front of a platform, and for decoration in general.
(e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored
in such a manner as will permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or
damaged in any way.
(f) The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
(g) The flag should never have placed upon it, ncr on part of
it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, de-
sign, picture, or drawing of any nature.
(h) The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving,
holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
(i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in
any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such
articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or other-
wise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is de-
signed for temporary use and discard ; or used as any portion of a
costume or athletic uniform. Advertising signs should not be fas-
tened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
(j) The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a
fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way,
preferably by burning.
Sec. 5. That during the ceremony of hoisting or lowering the
flag or when the flag is passing in a parade or in a review, all
persons present should face the flag, stand at attention, and salute.
Those present in uniform should render the right-hand salute.
When not in uniform, men should remove the headdress with the
right hand holding it at the left shoulder, the hand being over
the heart. Men without hats merely stand at attention. Women
should salute by placing the right hand over the heart. The salute
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to the flag in the moving column should be rendered at the momeht
the flag passes.
Sec. 6. That when the national anthem is played and the flag
is not displayed, all present should stand and face toward the music.
Those in uniform should salute at the first note of the anthem,
retaining this position until the last note. All others stand at at-
tention, men removing the headdress. When the flag is displayed,
the salute to the flag should be given.
Sec. 7. That the pledge of allegiance to the flag, "I pledge al-
legiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all," be rendered by standing with the
right hand over the heart: extending the right hand, palm upward,
toward the flag at the words "to the flag" and holding this position
until the end, when the hand drops to the side. However, civilians
will always show full respect to the flag when the pledge is given
by merely standing at attention, men removing the headdress. Per-
sons in uniform shall render the military salute.
Sec. 8. Any rule or custom pertaining to the display of the flag
of the United States of America, set forth herein, may be altered,
modified, or repealed, or additional rules with respect thereto may
be prescribed, by the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy
of the United States, whenever he deems it to be appropriate or
desirable; and any such alteration or additional rule shall be set
forth in a proclamation.
The Pledge to the Flag
(Taught in many of the schools and repeated by pupils daily)
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,
And to the Republic for which it stands.
One Nation under God, indivisible.
With liberty and justice for all."
The Pledge to the Flag, according to a report of the Historical
Committee of the United States Flag Association (May 18, 1939),
was written by Francis Bellamy (August 1892), a member of the
editorial staff" of The Youth's Companion, in Boston, Massa-
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the c'C'lehiatiDii of Columbus Day (October 12, 1892, Old Style).
The i(le;i of this national celebration on Columbus Day was largely
that of James B. Upham, one of the junior proprietors of The
YoKth's Companion.
Francis Hopkinson, a sijj-ner of the Declaration of Independence,
was the designer of the Stars and Stripes — not Betsy Ross of
Philadeli)hia, who made flags. He also designed the first Great
Seal of the United States, and a number of coins and several
items of paper currency in the early days of the Republic.
Hopkinson, born in Philadelphia (September 21, 1737), and a
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, was the first native
American composer of a secular song, "My Days Have Been So
Wondrous Free." He was a lawyer and later a judge in New Jersey
and then in Pennsylvania. He died in Philadelphia (May 9, 1791).
His portrait, painted by himself, hangs in the rooms of the Penn-
sylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia. He played the organ and
the harpsichord.
THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON
The Capitol building in Washington, D. C, is situated on a
plateau 88 feet above the level of the Potomac River and covers
an area of 153,112 square feet, or approximately three and one-
half acres. Its length, from north to south, is 751 feet, four inches;
its vs'idth, including approaches, is 350 feet; and its location is
described as being in latitude 38°53'20.4" N. and longitude
77°00'35.7" W. from Greenwich. Its height above the base line on
the east front to the top of the Statue of Freedom is 287 feet,
five and one-half inches. The dome is built of iron, and the aggre-
gate weight of material used in its construction is 8,909,200 pounds.
The Statue of Freedom surmounting the dome is of bronze and
weighs 14,985 pounds. It was modeled by Thomas Crawford,
father of Francis Marion Crawford, the novelist, in Rome, and
the plaster model shipped to this country. It was cast in bronze
at the shops of Clark Mills, on the Bladensburg Road, near Wash-
ington. The cost of the casting and the expenses in connection
were $20,796.82, and the sculptor was paid $3,000 for the plaster
model. It was erected and placed in its present position December
2, 1863.
The grounds have had an area of 58.8 acres, at one time a part
of Cern Abby Manor, and at an early date were occupied by a
subtribe of the Algonquin Indians known as the Powhatans, whose
council house was then located at the foot of the hill. By sub-
sequent purchase of ground at the north of the Capitol and at
the west of the new House Office building the area of the grounds
has been increased to 139% acres.
The Rotunda is 97 feet 6 inches in diameter, and its height from
the floor to the top of the canopy is 180 feet, 3 inches.
The Senate Chamber is 113 feet, 3 inches, in length by 80 feet,
3 inches, in width and 36 feet in height. The galleries will ac-
commodate 682 persons.
The Representatives' Hall is 139 feet in length by 93 feet in
width and 36 feet in height.
The room, until 1935 the meeting place of the Supreme Court,
was, until 1859, occupied as the Senate Chamber. Previous to that
time the court occupied the room immediately beneath, now used
as a law library.
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The Capitol has a floor area of 14 acres, and 430 rooms are de-
voted to office, committee, and storage purposes. There are 14,518
square feet of skylights, 679 windows, and 550 doorways.
The dome receives light through 108 windows, and from the
architect's office to the dome there are 365 steps, one for each day
of the year.
The southeast cornerstone of the original building was laid Sep-
tember 18, 1793, by President Washington, with Masonic cere-
monies. It is constructed of sandstone from quarries on Aquia
Creek, Va. The original designs were prepared by Dr. William
Thornton, and the work was done under the direction of Stephen
H. Hallet, James Hoban, George Hadfield, and B. H. Latrobe,
architects.
The north wing was finished in 1800 and the south wing in 1811.
A wooden passageway connected them. On August 24, 1814, the
interior of both wings was destroyed by fire, set by the British.
The damage to the building was immediately repaired.
In 1818 the central portion of the building was commenced
under the architectural superintendence of Charles Bullfinch. The
original building was finally completed in 1827. Its cost, including
the grading of the grounds, alterations, and repairs, up to 1827,
was $2,433,844.13.
The cornerstone of the extensions was laid on the Fourth of
July, 1851, by President Fillmore, Daniel Webster officiating as
orator. This work was prosecuted under the architectural direction
of Thomas U. Walter until 1865, when he resigned, and it was
completed under the supervision of Edward Clark. The material
used in the walls is white marble from the quarries of Lee, Mas-
sachusetts, and that in the columns from the quarries of Cokeys-
ville, Maryland. The House extension was first occupied for legis-
lative purposes December 16, 1857, and the Senate January 4, 1859.
The House office building was begun in 1905 and occupied on
January 10, 1908; later a story on top was added. The Senate office
building was started in 1906 and occupied on March 5, 1909. The
House building cost, with site, $4,860,155; the Senate structure,
$5,019,251.
Among the paintings in the Capitol are:
In Rotunda: Signing of the Declaration of Independence, Sur-
render of General Burgoyne, Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at
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Yorktown, Va., George Washington Resigning His Commission as
Commander in Chief of the Army, all by John Trumbull.
Baptism of Pocahontas, by John G. Chapman; Landing of Co-
lumbus, by John Vanderlyn; Discovery of the Mississippi River
by DeSoto, by William H. Powell; Embarkation of the Pilgrims,
by Robert W. Weir.
In House Wing: Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way,
by Emanuel Leutze; First Reading of the Emancipation Procla-
mation, by Francis Bicknell Carpenter.
In Senate Wing: Battle of Lake Erie, by William H. Powell;
Battle of Chapultepec, by James Walker.
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
(Unanimously Adopted in Congress, July 4, 1776, at Philadelphia)
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for
one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected
them with another, and to assume among- the powers of the earth,
the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and
of Nature's God entitles them, a decent respect to the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident : That all men are created
equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain in-
alienable Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty and the pur-
suit of Happiness. That, to secure these rights, Governments are
instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent
of the governed ; That, whenever any Form of Government becomes
destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter
or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its founda-
tions on such principles, and organizing its powers in such forms,
as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happi-
ness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long estab-
lished should not be changed for light and transient causes; and,
accordingly, all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more
disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right them-
selves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But
when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably
the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute
Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Gov-
ernment, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies, and such
is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former
Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great
Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all hav-
ing in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over
these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid
world.
He has refused his assent to Laws, the most wholesome and
necessary for the public good.
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He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and
pressing' importance, unless suspended in their operation till his
Assent should be obtained; and, when so suspended, he has utterly-
neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of
large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the
right of Representation in the Legislature — a right inestimable to
them, and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, un-
comfortable and distant from the depository of their public Rec-
ords, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with
his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing
with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause
others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of
Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exer-
cise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the
dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States for
that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreign-
ers; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither,
and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing
his Assent to laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure
of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither
swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their sub-
stance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace. Standing Armies with-
out the Consent of our Legislature.
He has affected to render the Military independent of, and
superior to, the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction
foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws;
giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation :
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
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For protectinjr them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any
Murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these
States :
For cuttin.ir off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving: us, in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by
jury :
For transporting: us beyond Seas, to be tried for pretended
offenses:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbor-
ing Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and
enlarging its Boundaries, so as to render it at once an example
and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these
Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable
Laws, and altering fundamentally, the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves
invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his
Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns,
and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mer-
cenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny,
already begun with circumstances of Cruelty and perfidy scarcely
paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the
Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow-Citizens, taken captive on the
high Seas, to bear Arms against their Country, to become the exe-
cutioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by
their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has en-
deavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merci-
less Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undis-
tinguished destruction of all ages, sexes, and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Re-
dress in the most humble terms; Our repeated Petitions have been
answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is
thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit
to be the ruler of a free people.
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Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren,
We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their
legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We
have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and
settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and
magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our com-
mon kindred to disavow these usurpations, which inevitably inter-
rupt our connections with correspondence. They, too, have been deaf
to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore,
acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and
hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind — Enemies in War, in
Peace Friends.
We, Therefore, the Representatives of the United States of
America, in General Congress Assembled; appealing to the Su-
preme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do,
in the Name and by authority of the good People of these Colonies,
solemnly publish and declare. That these United Colonies are, and
of Right ought to be free and independent States; that they are
Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all
political connection between them and the State of Great Britain
is, and ought to be, totally dissolved; and that as Free and Inde-
pendent States, they have full power to levy War, conclude Peace,
contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts
and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for
the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the pro-
tection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other
our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
John Hancock
Button Gwinnett Edward Rutledge
Lyman Hall Thos. Heyward, Junr.
Geo. Walton Thomas Lynch, Junr.
Wm. Hooper Arthur Middleton
Joseph Hewes Samuel Chase
John Penn Wm. Paca
Thos. Stone Carter Braxton
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Charles Carroll of Carrollton
James Wilson
Geo. Ross
Caesar Rodney
Geo. Reed
Tho. M. Kean
Will. P^loyd
Phil. Livingston
Frans. Lewis
Lewis Morris
Richd. Stockton
Jno. Witherspoon
Fras. Hopkinson
John Hart
Abra Clark
George Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Th. Jefferson
Benja. Harrison
Thos. Nelson, Jr.
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Robt. Morris
Benjamin Rush
Benja. Franklin
John Morton
Geo. Clymer
Jas. Smith
Geo. Taylor
Josiah Bartlett
Wm. Hippie
Saml. Adams
John Adams
Robt. Treat Payne
Eldridge Gerry
Step. Hopkins
WMlliam Ellery
Roger Sherman
Samuel Huntington
Wm. Williams
Oliver Woolcott
Matthew Thornton
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
Preamble
We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more
perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, pro-
vide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and
secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do
ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of
America.
Article I
Section 1 — All leg'islative powers herein granted shall be vested
in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate
and House of Representatives.
Sec. 2 — 1. The House of Representatives shall be composed of
members chosen every second year by the people of the several
States, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications
requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State
Legislature.
2. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have at-
tained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citi-
zen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an
inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
3. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among
the several States which may be included within this Union, ac-
cording to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by
adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound
to service for a term of years and excluding Indians not taxed,
three-fifths of all other persons. The actual enumeration shall be
made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress
of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten
years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of
Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand,
but each State shall have at least one Representative; and until
such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire
shall be entitled to chose 3; Massachusetts, 8; Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations, 1; Connecticut, 5; New York, 6; New
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Jersey, 4; Pennsylvania, 8; Delaware, 1; Maryland, 6; Virginia,
10; North Carolina, 5; South Carolina, 5; and Georgia, 3.*
4. When vacancies happen in the representation from any State
the Executive Authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill
such vacancies.
5. The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and
other officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment.
Sec. 3 — 1. The Senate of the United States shall be composed
of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature there-
of for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.t
2. Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence
of the first election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into
three classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be
vacated at the expiration of the second year; of the second class
at the expiration of the fourth year; and of the third class at the
expiration of the sixth year, so that one-third may be chosen every
second year, and if vacancies happen by resignation, or otherwise,
during the recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive
thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting
of the Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies. f
3. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to
the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United
States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that
State for which he shall be chosen.
4. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of
the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
5. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a Presi-
dent pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he
shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
6. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments.
When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation.
When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice
shall preside; and no person shall be convicted without the con-
currence of two-thirds of the members present.
7. Judgment in cases of impeacement shall not extend further
than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy
any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States; but
♦See Article XIV, Amendments.
tSee Article XVII, Amendments.
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the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to
indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment, according to law.
Sec. 4 — 1. The times, places, and manner of holding elections
for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State
by the Legislature thereof, but the Congress may at any time by
law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of
choosing Senators.
2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and
such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless
they shall by law appoint a different day.
Sec. 5 — 1. Each House shall be the judge of the elections, re-
turns, and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of
each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller num-
ber may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to com-
pel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under
such panalties as each House may provide.
2. Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, pun-
ish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concur-
rence of two-thirds, expel a member.
3. Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from
time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in
their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the
members of either House on any question shall, at the desire of
one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
4. Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without
the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor
to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be
sitting.
Sec. 6. — 1. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a
compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid
out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all cases,
except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from
arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective
Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for
any speech or debate in either House they shall not be questioned
in any other place.
2. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for
which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the
authority of the United States which shall have been created, or
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the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such
time; and no jiiMson holding any office under the United States
shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office.
Sec. 7 — 1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the
House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur
with amendments, as on other bills.
2. Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate shall, before it becomes a law, be presented
to the President of the United States; if he approves, he shall
sign it, hut if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that
House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objec-
tions at large on their journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If
after such reconsideration two-thirds of that House shall agree to
pass the bill, it shall be sent together with the objections, to the
other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if
approved by two-thirds of that House, it shall become a law. But
in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by
yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and
against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House re-
spectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within
ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to
him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it,
unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in
which case it shall not be a law.
3. Every order, resolution, or vcte to which the concurrence of
the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (ex-
cept on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the Presi-
dent of the United States; and before the same shall take effect,
shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be
repassed by two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives,
according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a
bill.
Sec. 8. The Congress shall have power:
1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the
debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of
the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be
uniform throughout the United States;
2. To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the
several States, and with the Indian tribes;
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4. To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform
laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States;
5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign
coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities
and current coin of the United States;
7. To establish postoffices and postroads;
8. To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securi-
ing, for limited times, to authors and inventors, the exclusive
right to their respective writings and discoveries;
9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court.
10. To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the
high seas, and offenses against the law of nations;
11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and
make rules concerning captures on land and water;
12. To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money
to that use shall be for a longer term than two years;
13. To provide and maintain a navy;
14. To make rules for the government and regulation of the
land and naval forces;
15. To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws
of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions;
16. To provide for organizing, arming, and discipling the
militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed
in the service of the United States, reserving to the States respec-
tively the appointment of the officers and the authority of training
the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
17. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over
such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may by cession
of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the
seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like
authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legisla-
ture of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection off
forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful build-
ings;— and
18. To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for
carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers
vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States,
or in any department or officer thereof.
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Sec. 9 1. The nii.u:ration or importation of such persons as any
of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be
prohibited by the Congress prior to the year one thousand eight
hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such
importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be sus-
pended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public
safety may require it.
3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.
4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in
proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to
be taken.*
5. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any
State.
6. No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce
or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another; nor
shall vessels bound to, or from, one State be obliged to enter, clear,
or pay duties in another.
7. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in conse-
quence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement
and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money
shall be published from time to time.
8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States;
and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them,
shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present,
emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king,
prince, or foreign state.
Sec. 10 — 1. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or
confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money;
emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a ten-
der in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder; ex post facto
law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any
title of nobility.
2. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any
imposts or duties on imports or exports except what may be abso-
lutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the net pro-
duce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or
*See Article XVI, Amendments.
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exports, shall be for the use of the Treasury of the United States;
and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of
the Cong'ress.
3. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty
of tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war in time of peace, enter
into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a
foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in
such imminent danger as will not admit delay.
Article II
Section 1 — 1. The Executive power shall be vested in a Presi-
dent of the United States of America. He shall hold his office
during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice Presi-
dent, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows:
2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature
thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole num-
ber of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be
entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Representative or
person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States
shall be appointed an elector.
3. The electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote
by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an
inhabitant of the same state with themselves. And they shall make
a list of all the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for
each; which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed,
to the seat of the Government of the United States, directed to
the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall,
in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives open
all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The per-
son having the greatest number of votes shall be the President, if
such number be a majority of the whole number of electors ap-
pointed; and if there be more than one who have such majority,
and have an equal number of votes, then the House of Representa-
tives shall immediately choose by ballot one of them for President;
and if no person have a majority, then from the five highest on
the list the said House shall in like manner choose the President.
But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by States,
the representation from each State having one vote; a quorum,
for this purpose, shall consist of a member or members from two-
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thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be
necessary to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the Presi-
dent, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors
shall be the Vice-President. But if there should remain two or
more who have equal votes, the Senate shall choose from them by
ballot the Vice President.*
4. The Congress may determine the time of choosing the elec-
tors and the day on which they shall give their votes; which day
shall be the same throughout the United States.
5. No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the
United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution,
shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any per-
son be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the
age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within
the United States.
6. In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his
death, resignation or inability to discharge the powers and duties
of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President,
and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal,
death, resignation, or inability, both of the President and Vice
President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and
such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed,
or a President shall be elected.
7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a
compensation which shall neither be increased nor diminished dur-
ing the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall
not receive within that period any other emolument from the
United States, or any of them.
8. Before he enters on the execution of his office, he shall take
the following oath or affirmation :
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute
the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best
of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of
the United States."
Sec. 2—1. The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the
Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the
several States, when called into the actual service of the United
States; he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal
•This clause is superseded by Article XII, Amendments.
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officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject re-
lating to the duties of their respective offices; and he shall have
power to grant reprieves, and pardons for offenses against the
United States, except in cases of impeachment.
2. He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators
present concur; and he shall nominate and, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other
officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein
otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but
the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior
officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts
of law, or in the heads of departments.
3. The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that
may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commis-
sions which shall expire at the end of their next session.
Sec. 3 — He shall from time to time give to the Congress infor-
mation of the State of the Union, and recommend to their consid-
eration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient;
he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either
of them, and in case of disagreement between them with respect to
the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he
shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and other public
ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed,
and shall commission all the officers of the United States.
Sec. 4 — The President, Vice President, and all civil officers of
the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment
for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and
misdemeanors.
Article III
Section 1 — The judicial power of the United States shall be
vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the
Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges,
both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices
during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their
services a compensation which shall not be diminished during their
continuance in office.
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Sec. 2 — 1. The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law
and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United
States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their
authority; — to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public min-
isters and consuls; to all cases of admiralty and maritime juris-
diction;— to controversies to which the United States shall be a
party; — to controversies between two or more States; — between
a State and citizens of another State; — between citizens of differ-
ent States; — between citizens of the same State, claiming lands
under grants of different States, and between a State, or the
citizens thereof, and foreign States, citizens, or subjects.
2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and
consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the Supreme
Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before
mentioned the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction,
both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under such
regulations as the Congress shall make.
3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall
be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said
crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within
any State the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress
may by law have directed.
Sec. 3 — 1. Treason against the United States shall consist only
in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giv-
ing them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason
unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or
on confession in open court.
2. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of
treason ; but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood,
or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
Article IV
Section 1— Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to
the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other
State. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the man-
ner in which such acts, records and proceedings shall be proved,
and the effect thereof.
Sec. 2—1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all
privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.
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2. A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other
crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State,
shall, on demand of the Executive authority of the State from
which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having
jurisdiction of the crime.
3. No person held to service or labor in one State, under the
laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any
law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor,
but shall be delivered upon claim of the party to whom such
service or labor may be due.
Sec. 3 — 1. New States may be admitted by the Congress into
this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the
jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the
junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the con-
sent of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as of the
Congress.
2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all
needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other
property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Con-
stitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the
United States or of any particular State.
Sec. 4 — The United States shall guarantee to every State in
this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect
each of them against invasion, and, on application of the Legis-
lature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be con-
vened), against domestic violence.
Article V
The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it
necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on
the application of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several
States, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which,
in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part
of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-
fourths of the several States, or by conventions in three-fourths
thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be pro-
posed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be
made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall
in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the Ninth
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Section of the First Article; and that no State, without its con-
sent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.
Article VI
1. All debts conti-acted and engagements entered into before the
adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United
States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.
2. This Constitution and the laws of the United States which
shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or
which shall be made, under the authority of the United States,
shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every
State shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws
of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
3. The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the
members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and
judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several
States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this Con-
stitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a quali-
fication to any office or public trust under the United States.
Article VII
The ratification of the Convention of nine States shall be suf-
ficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States
so ratifying the same.
Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States
present the Seventeenth Day of September, in the Year of Our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth. In
witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.
GEO. WASHINGTON, President and deputy from Virginia,
New Hampshire— John Langdon, Nicholas Oilman, Massachusetts
—Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King, Connecticut— Wm. Saml. John-
son, Roger Sherman, New York— Alexander Hamilton, New Jersey
— Wil. Livingston, David Brearley, Wm. Patterson, Jona. Dayton,
Pennsylvania— B. Franklin, Robt. Morris, Thos. Fitzsimmons,
James Wilson, Thomas Mifl^in, Geo. Clymer, Jared Ingersoll, Gouv.
Morris, Delaware— Geo. Read, John Dickinson, Jaco. Broom, Gun-
ning Bedford, Jr., Richard Bassett, Maryland— James McHenry,
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Danl. Carroll, Dan. of St. Thos. Jenifer, Virginia — John Blair, Jas.
Madison, Jr., North Carolina — Wm. Blount, Hu. Williamson, Richd.
Dobbs Spaight, South Carolina — J. Rutledge, Charles Pinckney,
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Pierce Butler, Georgia — William
Few, Abr. Baldwin. Attest: William Jackson, Secretary.
The Constitution was declared in effect on the first Wednesday
in March, 1789.
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
The following amendments to the Constitution, Article I to X,
inclusive, were proposed at the First Session of the First Congress,
begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday, March 4,
1789, and were adopted by the necessary number of States. The
original proposal of the ten amendments was preceded by this
preamble and resolution :
"The conventions of a number of the States having, at the time
of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to
prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further de-
claratory and restrictive clauses should be added, and as extending
the ground of public confidence in the Government will best insure
the beneficient ends of its institution:
"RESOLVED, By the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of
both Houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to
the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Con-
stitution of the United States; all or any of which articles, when
ratified by three-fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all
intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution, namely":
Amendments
the ten original amendments
(Sometimes called our Bill of Rights)
(Declared in force December 15, 1791)
Article I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of re-
ligion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress
of grievances.
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Article II
A well-reKulatod militia being necessary to the security of a free
State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed.
Article III
No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house
without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war but in a man-
ner to be prescribed by law.
Article IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,
shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon prob-
able cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly de-
scribing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be
seized.
Article V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise in-
famous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand
jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval foi'ces, or in the
militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor
shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in
jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal
case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, lib-
erty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private
property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Article VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to
a speedy, and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and
district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which dis-
trict shall have been previously ascertained by law, and be in-
formed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted
with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for
obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of
counsel for his defense.
Constitution of the United States 109
Article VII
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall
exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved
and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any
court of the United States than according to the rules of the com-
mon law.
Article VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Article IX
The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not
be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Article X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitu-
tion, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States
respectively, or to the people.
Article XI
The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to
extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted
against one of the United States, by citizens of another State, or
by citizens or subjects of any foreign State.
(Proposed to the Legislatures of the several States by the Third
Congress on the 5th of March, 1794, and declared to have been
ratified by Executive Proclamation, January 8, 1798.)
Article XII
The electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by
ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom at least shall
not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves; they shall
name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in dis-
tinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President; and they shall
make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all
persons voted for as Vice President, and of the number of votes
for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit.
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sealed, to the seat of the Government of the United States, directed
to the President of the Senate; the President of the Senate shall,
in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open
all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted; the person
having the greatest number of votes for President shall be the
President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of
electors appointed ; and if no person have such majority, then from
the persons having the highest numbers, not exceeding three on the
list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives
shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing
the President, the votes shall be taken by States, the representation
from each State having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall
consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and
a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. And if
the House of Representatives shall not choose a President, when-
ever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth
day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as
President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional dis-
ability of the President. The person having the greatest number of
votes as Vice President shall be the Vice President, if such number
be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no
person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the
list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the
purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Sena-
tors, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a
choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of
President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United
States.
(Proposed by the Eighth Congress on the 12th of December,
1803, declared ratified by the Secretary of State, September 25,
1804. It was ratified by all the States except Connecticut, Dela-
ware, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.)
Article XIII
1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punish-
ment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted,
shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their
jurisdiction.
2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appro-
priate legislation.
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(Proposed by the Thirty-eighth Congress on the 1st of February,
1865, declared ratified by the Secretary of State, dated December
18, 1865. It was rejected by Delaware and Kentucky; was condi-
tionally ratified by Alabama and Mississippi; and Texas took no
action.)
Article XIV
1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States
and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or en-
force any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States ; nor shall any State deprive any per-
son of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor
deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of
the laws.
2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several
States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole
number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But
when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for
President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives
in Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a State, or the
members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male
inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citi-
zens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for
participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representa-
tion therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number
of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citi-
zens twenty-one years of age in such State.
3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress,
or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil
or military, under the United States, or under any State, who,
having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as
an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legis-
lature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support
the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insur-
rection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the
enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of
each House, remove such disability.
4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, author-
ized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and
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bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall
not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State
shall assume or pay any debt or obliji:ation incurred in aid of in-
surrection or rebellion ajrainst the United States, or any claim for
the loss of emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obliga-
tions, and claims shall be held illegal and void.
5. The Congress shall have power to enforce by appropriate
legislation the provisions of this article.
(The Reconstruction Amendment, by the Thirty-ninth Congress
on the 16th day of June, 1866, was declared ratified by the Secre-
tary of State, July 28, 1868. The amendment got the support of 23
Northern States; it was rejected by Delaware, Kentucky, Mary-
land, and 10 Southern States. California took no action. Later it
was ratified by the 10 Southern States.)
Article XV
1. The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall
not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on
account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by
appropriate legislation.
(Proposed by the Fortieth Congress the 27th of February, 1869,
and was declared ratified by the Secretary of State, March 30,
1870. It was not acted on by Tennessee; it was rejected by Cali-
fornia, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland and Oregon ; ratified by the
remaining 30 States. New York rescinded its ratification January
5, 1870. New Jersey rejected it in 1870, but ratified it in 1871.)
Article XVI
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on in-
comes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment
among the several States, and without regard to any census or
enumeration.
(Proposed by the Sixty-first Congress, July 12, 1909, and de-
clared ratified February 25, 1913. The income tax amendment was
ratified by all the States except Connecticut, Florida, Pennsyl-
vania, Rhode Island, Utah, and Virginia.)
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Article XVII
1. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two
Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six
years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electoi's in each
State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most
numerous branch of the State Legislatures.
2. When vacancies happen in the representation of any State
in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue
Merits of election to fill such vacancies; Provided, That the Legis-
lature of any State may empower the Executive thereof to make
temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by
election as the Legislature may direct.
3. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the
election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as
part of the Constitution.
(Proposed by the Sixty-second Congress on the 16th day of May,
1912, and declared ratified May 31, 1913. Adopted by all the States
except Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah and
Virginia.)
Article XVIII
1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manu-
facture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the
importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the
United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof
for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent
power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the Legislatures
of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven
years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the
Congress.
(Proposed by the Sixty-fifth Congress, December 18, 1917, and
ratified by 36 States; was declared in effect on January 16, 1920.)
Article XIX
1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on
account of sex.
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2. Congress shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to
enforce the provisions of this article.
(Proposed by the Sixty-fifth Congress. On August 26, 1920, it
was proclaimed in effect, having been ratified (June 19, 1919 —
August 18, 1920) by three-quarters of the States. The Tennessee
House, August 31st, rescinded its ratification, 47 to 24.)
Article XX
1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at
noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and
Representatives at noon on the 3rd day of January of the years
in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been
ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and
such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3rd day of January, un-
less they shall by law appoint a different day.
3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the
President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President
elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been
chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if
the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice
President elect shall act as President until a President shall have
qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case
wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall
have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the
manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such
person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President
shall have qualified.
4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death
of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives
may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have
devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the
persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President when
the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.
5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October
following the ratification of this article.
6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures
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of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the
date of its submission.
(Proposed by the 72nd Congress, First Session. On February 6,
1933, it was proclaimed in effect, having been ratified by thirty-
nine states.)
Article XXI
1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of
the United States is hereby repealed.
2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory,
or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of
intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby
prohibited.
3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by convention in the
several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years
from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Con-
gress.
(Proposed by the 72nd Congress, Second Session. Proclaimed
in effect on December 5, 1933, having been ratified by thirty-six
States. By proclamation of the same date, the President proclaimed
that the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution was repealed
on December 5, 1933.)
Amendment XXII
1. No person shall be elected to the office of the president
more than twice, and no person who has held the office of presi-
dent, or acted as president, for more than two years of a term
to which some other person was elected president shall be elected
to the office of the president more than once. But this article shall
not apply to any person holding the office of president when this
article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any
person who may be holding the office of president, or acting as
president, during the term within which this article becomes op-
erative from holding the office of president or acting as president
during the remainder of such term.
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2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the constitution by the legislatures
of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the
date of its submission to the States by the congress.
(The Twenty-second Amendment was certified by the Adminis-
trator of General Services on March 1, 1951, to have been rati-
fied by three fourths of the whole number of states and to have
become valid as a part of the Constitution of the United States.)
PART II
CENSUS
POPULATION OF THE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Seventeenth Census of the United States: 1950
Based on preliminary population figures, North Carolina's urban
places continued to grow faster than rural areas between 1940
and 1950, according to the seventeenth decennial census, issued by
Director Roy V. Peel, of the Bureau of the Census, Department
of Commerce.
According to the final figures, the total urban population in-
creased from 974,175 in 1940 to 1,368,101 in 1950, or 40.4 per cent,
while the rural population increased from 2,597,448 in 1940 to
2,693,828 in 1950 or an increase of 3.3 per cent. The final count
of the Seventeenth Census for the entire state on April 1, 1950
was 4,061,929 compared to 3,571,623 for 1940, showing an increase
of 13.7 per cent. Urban residents accounted for 33.7 per cent of
;he State's population in 1950 as compared with 27.3 per cent for
1940. Rural areas in 1950 accounted for 66.3 per cent of the total
population. The Census Bureau considers as urban areas the in-
corporated places of 2500 or more, or unincorporated places of
2500 or more located outside an urbanized area. The remaining
territory is classified as rural.
There were 30 incorporated places of 10,000 or more in 1950
according to preliminary counts. Four of these (Albemarle, Hen-
derson, Monroe, and Sanford) reached this size since 1940. All of
these cities increased in population between 1940 and 1950.
The final figures, by counties, of the 1950 census showed that
there was a gain in population in 78 of the 100 counties. Onslow
county, with an increase of 133.3 per cent had the most extensive
growth, followed by Cumberland with 61.8 per cent. Craven with
55.5 per cent. Orange with 49.2 per cent and New Hanover with
32.1 per cent.
The first census of North Carolina was taken in 1790, returning
a population of 393,751. The population has shown an increase
at every census since that time. The population passed 1,000,000
between 1860 and 1870, 2,000,000 between 1900 and 1910, 3,000,000
between 1920 and 1930, and 4,000,000 between 1940 and 1950. The
present population represents a density of 77.1 inhabitants per
£:quare mile. North Carolina's total area in square miles is 52,712.
Land area is 49,142 square miles; water area is 3,570 square miles.
Table 1 presents the figure for counties and for incorporated
places of 10,000 or more, and Table 2 for incorporated places of
less than 10,000.
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TABLE 1. POPULATION' OF COUNTIES AND OF INCORPORATED PLACES
OF 10,000 OR MORE IN NORTH CAROLINA: 1950 , . .... .
County ot Place
Population
County or Place
Population
County or Place
Population
The Statb:..
4,061,929
1,368,101
2,693,828
33.7
71,220
14,554
8,155
26,781
21,878
13,352
37,134
26,439
29,703
19,238
124,403
45,518
63,783
43,352
5,223
23,059
20,870
61,794
25,392
18,294
12,540
6,006
64,357
50,621
48,823
96,006
6,201
5,405
62,244
15,420
Counties— Con*.
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe . . ..„ .
Forsyth
Franklin...!
Gaston
41,074
101,639
. 51,634
146,135
31,341
110,836
9,555
6,886
31,793
18,024
191,057
58,377
47,605
37,631
30,921
21 , 453
15,756
6,479
56,303
19,261
65,906
11,004
23,522
45,953
27,459
16,174
20,522
27,938
25,720
197,052
15,143
17,260
33,129
59,919
63,272
Counties — Cont.
Northampton....
Onslow -". _
Orange
Urban...
28,4.32
Rural
42,047
Per Cent Urban
34,435
Counties:
Alamance
Pamlico ;
Pasquotank
Pender...
Perquimans
Person..
Pitt
Polk.
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham
Rowan
Rutherford
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly.
Stokes
Surry
Swain.
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake
9,993
24,. 347
18,423
Alcxaiider.
Alleghany
Anson
Gates.
Graham
Granville
Greene
Guilford
9,602
24,361
63,789
Ashe
Avery
11.627
50,804
Beaufort _
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood
Henderson
Hertford
Hoke
Hvde
Iredell.
Jackson
Johnston
Jones
Lee -
Lenoir
Lincoln..
Macon
Madison
Martin
McDowell
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
39,597
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus.
Caldwell....
Camden.
Carteret
Caswell-
Catawba
Chatham
87,769
64,816
75,410
46,356
49,780
26,336
37,180
21,520
45,593
9,921
15,194
5,048
42,034
Chowan
Clay
.32,101
1,36,450
Cleveland
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland. ..
Warren
Washington
Watauga
Wayne
23,539
13,180
18,342
64,267
Currituck
Montgomery
Moore
Nash
New Hanover
Wilkes
45,243
Dare...
Davidson
Davie
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
54,506
22,1.33
16,306
Incorpobateo Places of 10,000 or More
Albemarle
Asheville
Burlington
Charlotte
Concord
Durham
Elizabeth City
Fayetteville...
Gastonia
Goldsboro
11,798
53,000
24,560
134,042
16,486
71,311
12,685
34,715
23,069
21,454
Greensboro
Greenville.
Henderson.
Hickory
High Point
Kinston
Lexington .
Monroe
New Bern..
Raleigh
74,389
16,724
10,996
14,765
39,973
18,336
13,571
10,140
15,812
65,679
Reidsville
Rocky Mount..
Salisbury
Sauford
Shelby
Statesville
Thomasville
Wilmington
Wilson
Winston-Salem
11,708
27,697
20,102
10,013
15,508
16,901
11,154
45,043
23,010
87,811
Population of Cities and Towns
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TABLE 2. POPULATION OF INCORPORATED PLACES OF LESS
THAN 10,000 IN NORTH CAROLINA: 1950
2,500 to 10,000
City or Town
Ahoskie.-
Asheboro
Beaufort
Belmont
Bessemer City.
Boone
Brevard
Canton
Chapel Hill.
Cherry ville.
Clinton . .
Draper...
Dunn
Eden ton.
Elkin...
Farmville
Forest City
Graham
Hamlet
Hendersonville.
Jacksonville
Kings Mountain.
Laurinburg
Leaksville
Lenoir
Lincoln ton..
Louisburg . .
Lumberton.
Marion
Mooresville.
County
Hertford . .
Randolph.
Carteret..
Gaston
Gaston
Watauga
Transylvania.
Haywood
Orange
Gaston
Sampson
Rockingham.
Harnett
Chowan
Surry
Pitt
Rutherford -
Alamance. .
Richmond..
Henderson..
Onslow
Cleveland
Scotland
Rockingham.
Caldwell-...
Lincoln
Franklin..
Robeson...
McDowell.
Iredell....
Popula-
tion
3,579
7,701
3,212
5,330
3,961
2,973
3,908
4,906
9,177
3,492
4,414
3,629
6,316
4,468
2,842
2,942
4,971
5,026
5,061
6,103
3,960
7,206
7,134
4,045
7,888
5,423
2,545
9,186
2,740
7,121
City or Town
Morehead City...
Morgan ton
Mount Airy
Mount Olive
Newton
North Wilkesboro
Oxford
Plymouth
Roanoke Rapids..
Rockingham
Roxboro
Rutherfordton
Scotland Neck
Selma...
Smithfield
Southern Pines...
Spencer.
Spindale
Tarboro
Valdese
Wadesboro
Wake Forest
Washington
Waynesville
Whiteville.
Williamston
County
Carteret..
Burke
Surry
Wayne ..
Catawba.
Wilkes
Granville
Washington.
Halifax
Richmond..
Person
Rutherford.
Halifax
Johnston...
Johnston , . .
Moore
Rowan
Rutherford .
Edgecombe-
Burke
Anson
Wake
Beaufort..
Haywood..
Columbus.
Martini...
Popula-
tion
5,144
8,311
7,192
3,732
6,039
4,379
6,685
4,486
8,156
3,356
4,321
3,146
2,730
2,639
5,574
4,272
3,242
3,891
8,120
2,730
3,408
3,704
9,698
5,295
4,238
4,975
1,000 to 2,500
Aberdeen. ..
Moore
Cherokee
Harnett
Wake
Randolph
Bertie
1,603
1,397
1,182
1,065
1,218
1,112
2,282
2,528
2,102
1,402
1,034
1,174
1,145
1,499
1,613
Burnsville -
Carolina Beach
Carrboro.
Carthage
Gary
Yancey
New Hanover...
Orange .
1.341
Andrews
1,080
1,795
Apex...
Moore
Wake
1,194
Archdale
1,446
Aulander.. . .
Chadbourn
Columbus
Rowan
2,103
Pitt
Beaufort
Johnston
Pitt
China Grove
1,491
Johnston
Harnett
Tyrrell. ..-
2,229
Benson
Coats
1,047
Bethel
Columbia
1,161
Biscoe _ ..
Montgomery
Buncombe
Cleveland
Swain
Conover
Catawba
Mecklenburg
Gaston
1,164
Cornelius .-
1,548
Boiling Springs
Bryson City
Dallas
2,454
Davidson
Mecklenburg
Henderson
2,423
Burgaw
Pender
East Flat Rock
1,285
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TABLE 2. POPULATION' OF INCORPORATED PLACES OF LESS
THAN 2,500 IN NORTH CAROLINA: 1950— Continued
1,000 to 2,500— Continued
Citv or Town
East Lumberton.
East Spencer
Elizabethtown...
Elon College
Enfield
Fair Bluff,.
Fairmont-..
Franklin
Franklinton.
Fremont
Fuquay Springs.
Ciarner
(laston
Gibsonville. ..
Granite Falls.
Hazelwood. .
Hertford
Hillsboro
Holly Ridge.
Hope Mills..
Jones ville
Kenly...
Kernersville.
La Grange...
Landis
Liberty
Lillington.
Littleton . .
Longview.
Lowell
Madison . . .
Maiden
Mars Hill. .
Marshville.
Maxton. .
Mayodan
McAdenville.
Mebane
Mocksville
Mount Gilead.
County
Robeson..
Rowan
Bladen
Alamance.
Halifax...
Columbus.
Robeson...
Macon
Franklin..
Wayne
Wake...
Wake.
Northampton
Alamance
Guilford...
Caldwell
Randolph.
Harnett...
Halifax
Warren
Catawba..
Gaston
Rockingham
Catawba
Madison
Union
Robeson
Rockingham.
Gaston
Alamance
Orange.
Davie
Montgomery.
Popula-
tion
Haywood
Perquimans
Orange
Onslow..
Cumberland
Yadkin...
Johnston.
Forsyth . .
Lenoir
Rowan...
1,106
2,444
1,611
1,109
2,361
1,056
2,319
1,975
1,414
1,395
1,992
1,180
1,218
[ 1,866
2,286
1,769
2,096
1,329
1,082
1,077
1,768
1,129
2,396
1,852
1,827
1,342
1,061
> 1,173
2,291
2,313
1,789
1,952
1,404
1,258
1,974
2,246
1,060
2,068
1,909
1,201
City or Town
Mount Holly
Mount Pleasant.
Murfreesboro
Murphy
Nashville
Norwood
Pembroke
Pilot Mountain.
Pinetops
Pineville
Pittsboro
Raeford
Ramseur
Randleman..
Red Springs.
Robbins
Robersonville.
Roseboro
Rowland
Saint Pauls
SilerCity....
Southport
Spring Hope-
Spruce Pine..
Stanley
Sylva
Tabor City.
Taylors ville.
Troy
Tryon
Wallace
Walnut Cove.
Warrenton
Warsaw
Weaverville...
Weldon
Wendell
Wilkesboro.
Windsor
Zebulon
County
Gaston...
Cabarrus.
Hertford.
Cherokee.
Nash
Stanly
Robeson
Surry
Edgecombe. _,
Mecklenburg.
Chatham..
Hoke
Randolph.
Randolph.
Robeson..
Moore
Martin
Sampson . .
Robeson...
Robeson...
Chatham..
Brunswick.
Nash
Mitchell...
Gaston
Jackson
Columbus
Alexander
Montgomery.
Polk
Popula-
tion
Duplin
Stokes
Warren
Duplin
Buncombe.
Halifax
Wake
Wilkes....
Bertie
Wake
2,241
1,019
2,140
2,433
1,302
1,7.35
1,212
1,092
1,031
1,373
1,094
030
134
066
245
1,158
1,414
1,241
1,293
2,251
2,501
1,748
1,275
2,280
1,644
1,382
2,033
1,310
2,213
1,985
1,622
1,132
1,166
1,598
1,111
2,295
1,253
1,370
1,781
1,378
Population of Cities and Towns
123
TABLE 2. POPULATION OF INCORPORATED PLACES OF LESS
THAN 1,000 IN NORTH CAROLINA: 1^50— Continued
Less Than 1.000
City or Town
Acme
Addor
Advance -.-
Alexander Mills
Ansonville
Arapahoe
Arlington
Atkinson
Atlantic
Atlantic Beach
Aurora
Autryville
Baileys
Bakersville
Banner Elk
Bath...
Battleboro |
Bayboro
Beargrass
Bell Arthur
Bennett -..
Bertie
Beaulaville
Biltmore Forest
Black Creek
Bladenboro
Blowing Rock ',
Bolivia
Bolton
Boonville --.
Bostic...
Bowdens
Bridgeton
Broadway
Brookford
Brunswick
Bunnlevel
Bunn
Calypso
Cameron
Candor
Cashiers
Castalia.-
Catawba
Cerro Gordo
County
Columbus...
Moore
Davie
Rutherford..
Anson
Pamlico
Yadkin
Pender
Carteret
Carteret
Beaufort
Sampson
Nash.
Mitchell
Avery
Beaufort
Edgecombe..
Nash
Pamlico
Martin
Pitt
Chatham
Bertie
Duplin
Buncombe...
Wilson
Bladen.
CaldweU....
Watauga
Brunswick...
Columbus...
Yadkin
Rutherford..
Duplin
Craven
Lee..
Catawba
Columbus
Harnett
Franklin
Duplin
Moore
Montgomery
Jackson
Nash
Catawba
Columbus
Popula-
tion
139
110
216
885
545
273
525
294
844
49
525
151
743
428
462
381
329
453
128
190
236
259
724
657
316
796
661
215
606
502
227
239
805
469
768
190
177
255
688
284
617
305
421
506
265
City or Town
Cherry
Claremont
Clarkton
Cleveland
Clyde
Colerain
Columbus
Conetoe..
Conway
Council
Cove City
Creedmoor
Creswell
Crossnore
Crouse
Culberson
Deep Run
Deleo
Dellview
Denton
Denver
Dillsboro
Dobson
Dover.
Drexel
Dublin
Dudley
Dundarrach
East Bend
East Laurinburg
Edward
Elk Park
Ellenboro
Ellerbe
Elm City
Eureka
Everetts
Evergreen
Faison
Faith
Falcon
Falkland.
Fountain
Four Oaks
Franklin ville
County
Washington..
Catawba
Bladen
Rowan
Haywood
Bertie
Polk..
Edgecombe..
Northampton
Bladen
Craven
Granville
Washington..
Avery
Lincoln
Cherokee
Lenoir
Columbus
Gaston
Davidson
Lincoln
Jackson
Surry.
Craven
Burke
Bladen
Wayne
Hoke..
Yadkin
Scotland
Beaufort
Avery
Rutherford. ..
Richmond
Wilson
Wayne
Martin
Columbus
Duplin
Rowan
Cumberland.
Pitt..
Pitt
Johnston
Randolph
Popula-
tion
73
669
589
580
598
367
486
172
618
64
465
852
425
240
303
150
142
257
7
766
415
198
609
638
988
243
133
134
475
745
155
545
537
773
839
192
244
245
768
490
245
174
451
942
778
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TABLE 2. POPULATION OF INCORPORATED PLACES OF LESS
THAN 1,000 IN NORTH CAROLINA: 1950-Continued
Less Than 1,000— Continued
Citv
Garland..
Garysburg
Gatesville
Germanton
Gibson..
Glen Alpine
Godwin
Gold Point
Goldston.
Grainger
Granite Quarry.
Grifton
Grimesiand
Grover
Halifax
Hamilton
Hamilton Lakes
Harmony
Harrellsville
Harrels Store.. .
Hassell
Hayesville
Haywood
Highlands
Hildebran
Hobgood
Hoffman
Holly Springs...
Hookerton
Hot Springs
Hudson
Huntersville
Indian Trail
Iron Station
Jackson
Jackson Springs.
Jamestown
Jamesville
Jefferson
Jupiter
Kelford.
Kenansville..
Kittrell
Knightdale
Kure Beach
County
Popula-
tion
Sampson
Northampton
Gates
539
344
323
118
609
695
145
132
372
168
591
510
414
535
346
514
882
374
167
147
137
356
169
515
529
603
398
406
253
721
922
916
308
232
843
246
748
529
359
136
405
674
189
461
228
Stokes.
Scotland
Burke.
Cumberland
Martin
Chatham
Lenoir.
Rowan
Pitt
Pitt
Cleveland
Halifax..
Martin..
Guilford
Iredell..
Hertford
Sampson
Martin
Clay...
Chatham
Macon
Burke
Halifax
Richmond
Wake
Greene
Madison
Caldwell
Mecklenburg
Union
Lincoln
Northampton
Moore
Guilford
Martin
Ashe
Buncombe
Bertie. .
Duplin
Vance
Wake
New Hanover...
City or Town
Lake Lure
Lake Waccamaw.
Lasker
Lattimore
Laurel Park
Lawndale
Lewiston
Lilesville
Linden.
Locust
Lucama
Lumber Bridge...
Macclesfield
Macon
Magnolia
Manly
Manteo
Margaretsville
Marietta
Marshall
Matthews
Maury
Maysville
McDonalds
McFarlan
Merry Oaks
Micro
Middleburg.
Middlesex
Midway
Milton
Milwaukee
Mineral Springs..
MorrisviUe
Mortimer..
Morven
New London
Newland
Newport
Newton Grove...
Norlina
Norman
North Lumberton
Oak City
Oakboro.
Rutherford
Columbus
Northampton.
Cleveland
Henderson
Cleveland
Bertie
Anson
Cumberland.
Stanly
Wilson
Robeson
Edgecombe.
Warren
Duplin
Moore
Dare
Northampton.
Robeson
Madison
Mecklenburg.
Greene
Jones
Robeson
Anson
Chatham..
Johnston. .
Vance
Nash
Richmond.
Caswell
Northampton.
Union .
Wake
Caldwell
Anson
Stanly
Avery
Carteret...
Sampson . .
Warren
Richmond.
Robeson...
Martin
Stanly
174
575
177
286
302
964
339
605
194
216
405
154
370
238
585
280
635
113
94
983
589
251
818
78
13ft
160
310
217
446
479
317
302
135
221
13
601
285
425
676
374
874
300
423
518
631
Population of Cities and Towns
125
TABLE 2. POPULATION OF INCORPORATED PLACES OF LESS
THAN 1,000 IN NORTH CAROLINA: \950— Continued
Less Than 1,000 — Continued
City or Town
Oakley.--
Old Fort.
OrientaL.
Orrum . _ .
Pactolus_
Palmyra
Pantego
Parkersburg.
Parkton
Parmele
Patterson. _
Peachland.
PikeviUe--
PineHilL.
Pine Level.
Pinebluff
Finetown
Polkton
Polloeksville-
Powellsville..
Princeton--.
Princeville..
Proetorville.
Rhodhiss...
Richfield...
Rich Square.
Richlands
Robbinsville.
Roberdel
Rockwell
Rolesville.
Ronda
Roper
Rose Hill.
Rosman..
Roxobel...
Ruth
Salemburg.
Saluda
Saratoga..
Seaboard.
Seagrove.
Severn
Shallotte.
County
Sharpsburg .
Pitt
McDowelL-.-
Pamlico
Robeson
Pitt
Halifax
Beaufort
Sampson
Robeson
Martin.......
Caldwell
Anson
Wayne
Lenoir
Johnston
Moore
Beaufort
Anson
Jones
Bertie
Johnston
Edgecombe ..
Robeson
Burke
Caldwell
Stanly
Northampton.
Onslow
Graham
Richmond
Rowan
Wake
Wilkes
Washington..
Duplin
Transylvania.
Bertie
Rutherford. .
Sampson
Polk
Wilson
Northampton
Randolph
Northampton
Brunswick...
Edgecombe..
Nash
Wilson
Popula-
tion
58
771
590
162
265
67
275
114
527
406
195
485
464
386
602
575
301
459
420
250
608
919
232
923
237
971
877
515
451
852
288
545
793
896
535
394
324
435
547
366
745
319
340
493
415
City or Town
Shelmerdine.
Simpson
Sims
Smithtown..
Snow Hill
South Creek
South Wadesboro...
Sparta..
Speed.
Staley
Stantonsburg .
Star
Stedman
Stem
Stokes
Stoneville
Stonewall
Stovall
Swan Quarter.
Swansboro
Teacheys...
Todd
Townsville.
Trenton
Trinity
Troutman . .
Turkey
Unionville..
Vanceboro..
Vandemere.
Vass
Vaughn
Waco
Wagram
Walstonburg.
Warrensville
Washington Park.
Watha
Waxhaw
Webster ..
Whitakers...
Whitehall.-.
Wilson Mills.
Winfall
West Jefferson Ashe
County
Pitt
Pitt
Wilson.
Yadkin -
Greene.
Beaufort
Anson
Alleghany- -
Edgecombe.
Randolph. .
Wilson
Montgomery.
Cumberland.
Granville
Pitt..-.
Rockingham.
Pamlico
Granville
Hyde
Onslow
Duplin
Ashe
Watauga-.
Vance
Jones
Randolph .
Iredell....
Sampson .
Union
Craven
Pamlico..
Moore
Warren
Cleveland.
Scotland..
Greene
Ashe
Beaufort.
Pender...
Union
Jackson . .
Edgecombe.
Nash
Wayne
Johnston
Perquimans.
Popula-
tion
32
278
207
182
946
108
390
820
103
236
627
677
424
217
217
786
272
410
212
559
226
1 89
219
469
764
613
223
124
753
475
757
181
310
397
177
120
421
222
818
142
871
962
197
349
421
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TABLE 2. POPULATION OF INCORPORATED PLACES OF LESS
THAN 1,000 IN NORTH CAROLINA: 1950— Continued
Less Than 1,000— Continued
City or Town
County
Popula-
tion
City or Town
County
Popula-
tion
Union
793
870
834
128
590
Woodville
Wrightsville Beach _ _
YadKin College
Yadkin ville.
Y'oungsville. ..-
Bertie
New Hanover...
Davidson
Yadkin
Franklin
387
Winterville
\\ inton
Pitt --
Hertford
Franklin
Northampton ._
711
82
Wood
820
619
Population of Cities and Towns
127
ESTIMATES OF POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES'
AS OF NOVEMBER. 1956
Area
Continental United States.
Alabama. _
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky. _..
Louisiana
Maine.
Maryland...
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota.
Ohio. '";;
Oklahoma..
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah "'.'//.
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming.
District of Columbia
July 1,1956
167
3
1
1
13
1
2
3
3
9
4
2
2
3
3
2
4
7
3
2
4
1
16,
4,
9,
2,
1,
10,
2,
3,
,191,000
,135,000
,057,000
,815,000
,433.000
,612,000
,232.000
402,000
,770,000
,712,000
625,000
,432,000
,413,000
,692,000
,103,000
,017,000
,004,000
910,000
,812,000
,812,000
,516,000
,241,000
,124,000
,255.000
638.000
,414.000
247.000
560.000
.403,000
815,000
,195,000
,423,000
657.000
096.000
237.000
718.000
964.000
828.000
353,000
696,000
466,000
925,000
812,000
370,000
651,000
667,000
983,000
764,000
321,000
866,000
April 1, 1950
(census)
150.697.361
3,061.743
749,587
1,909,511
10,586,223
1,325,089
2,007,280
318,085
2,771.305
3.444.578
588,637
8,712,176
3.934.224
2.621.073
1.905.299
2.944.806
2.683.516
913.774
2,343,001
4,690,514
6,371,766
2.982.483
2.178,914
3,954,653
591,024
1,325,510
160,083
5.33,242
4.835.329
681.187
14.8.30.192
4,061.929
619.636
7.946.627
2.2.33.351
1.521.341
10,498.012
791.896
2.117.027
652.740
3.291.718
7,711.194
688.862
377.747
3.318.680
2.378.963
2.005,552
3,434,575
290,529
802,178
Increase (+) or
decrease ( — ).
April 1, 1950 to
July 1, 1956
Amount
+ 16,493,000
+ 74,000
+ 308,000
— 95,000
+ 2,846.000
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ 1
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
287.000
224.000
84,000
998,000
267,000
36,000
720,000
478,000
71.000
198,000
72,000
321,000
4.000
469.000
121,000
1,144,000
258,000
55,000
300,000
47,000
89,000
87,000
27,000
567,000
134.000
1,. 365, 000
361,000
37,000
150,000
3,000
196,000
466,000
.36,000
236,000
43,000
175,000
+ 1,214,000
+
+
+
+
+
+
123,000
7,000
333,000
289,000
23,000
329,000
30,000
63,000
Percent
+ 10.9
+ 2.4
+41.0
— 5.0
+26.9
+21.7
+ 11.2
+26.4
+36.0
+ 7.8
+ 6.1
+ 8.3
+ 12.2
+ 2.7
+ 10.4
+ 2.5
+ 12.0
— 0.4
+20.0
+ 2.6
+ 18.0
+ 8.7
— 2.5
+ 7.6
+ 8.0
+ 6.7
+54.6
+ 5.1
+ 11.7
+ !9.6
+ 9.2
+ 8.9
+ 6.0
+ 14.5
+ 0.1
+ 12.9
+ 4.4
+ 4.5
+ 11.1
+ 6.6
+ 5.3
+ 15.7
+ 17.9
— 2.0
+ 10.0
+ 12.1
— 1.1
+ 9.6
+ 10.4
+ 7.9
'From current Population Reports, Bureau of Census, Series P. 25, No. 148, dated November 18, 1956.
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PART III
POLITICAL
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
(Chapter 3, Public Laws 1941)
First District — Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare,
Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt,
Tyrrell, Washington.
Second District — Bertie, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Lenoir,
Northampton, Warren, Wilson.
Third District — Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Pam-
lico, Pender, Sampson, Wayne.
Fourth District — Chatham, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Randolph,
Vance, Wake.
Fifth District — Caswell, Forsyth, Granville, Person, Rocking-
ham, Stokes, Surry.
Sixth District — Alamance, Durham, Guilford, Orange.
Seventh District — Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland,
Harnett, New Hanover, Robeson.
Eighth District — Anson, Davidson, Davie, Hoke, Lee, Montgom-
ery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland, Union, Wilkes, Yadkin.
Ninth District — Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Cabarrus, Cald-
well, Iredell, Rowan, Stanly, Watauga.
Tenth District — Avery, Burke, Catawba, Lincoln, Mecklenburg,
Mitchell.
Eleventh District — McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Cleveland, Gas-
ton, Madison, Yancey.
Twelfth Z)isincf*— Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Hay-
wcod, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Swain, Transylvania.
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
First Division
First District — Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pas-
quotank, Perquimans.
Second District — Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, Washington.
Third District — Carteret, Craven, Pamlico, Pitt.
Fourth District — Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Sampson.
Fifth District — New Hanover, Pender.
♦Created by the 1941 General Assembly.
131
132 North Carolina Manual
Sixth District — Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton.
Seventh District — Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson.
Eighth District — Greene, Lenoir, Wayne. .jH— lyircOCi
Second Division ..• uvi.::;c-;; Vv .ii .t-x- T
'Ninth District — Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Warren.
Tenth District — Wake. .. - ''^
Eleventh District — Harnett, Johnston, Lee. , , .^ ,
Twelfth Z)isf/-/cf— Cumberland, Hoke.
Thirteenth District — Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus.
Foiifteenth District- — Durham. ''■■■''- .:;■'.■.-;;■•—•-:
Fifteenth District — Alamance, Chatham, Orange.
Sixteenth District — Robeson, Scotland. "3
Third Division ."•"■■• " ' -
Seventeenth District ^Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry. .,,...
Eighteenth District — -Guilford.
Nineteenth District — Cabarrus, Montgomery, Randolph, Rowan.;
TiveMietrh District — Anson, Moore, Richmond, Stanly, Union.
Twenty-first District — Forsyth. „ . , .„ , ■..'.;■ ...^i.;-'i.
Twenty-second District — Alexander, Davidson, Davie. .'.' J,
Twenty-third District — Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes, Yadkin, .t^,-
Fourth Division
Twenty-fourth District^ Awery , Madison, Mitchell, Watauga,
Yancey.
Twenty-fifth District — Burke, Caldwell, Catawba.
Twentyr^iscth •DistWct-^-Mecklenburg. juin^;... — '. :' -: ^ '-;> 1 :--i-,Vh
Twenty -seventh District — Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln. - ■ ■ ;,
Twenty-eighth District^— "Bnncomhe.
Ttventy-ninth District-^'Rendev&on, McDowell, Polk, Ruther-
ford, Transylvania.
Thirtieth District — Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson,
Macon, Swain.
is:
District Divisions 133
APPORTIONMENT OF SENATORS BY DISTRICTS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CENSUS OF 1940
AND THE CONSTITUTION
(Chapter 225, Public Laws 1941)
Fi7-st District — Bertie, 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 — Northampton, Vance and Warren 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.
Niyith District — Duplin, New Hanover, Pender and Sampson
shall elect two senators.
Tenth District — Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus and Cumberland
shall elect two senators.
Eleventh District — Robeson shall elect one senator.
Tivelfth District — Harnett, Hoke, Moore and Randolph shall
elect two senators.
Thirteenth District — Chatham, Lee and Wake shall elect two
senators.
Fourteenth District — Durham, Granville and Person shall elect
two senators.
Fifteenth District — Caswell and Rockingham shall elect one
senator.
Sixteenth District — Alamance and Orange shall elect one sen-
ator.
Seventeenth District — Guilford shall elect one senator.
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Eighteenth District — Davidson, Montgomery, Richmond and
Scotland shall elect two senators.
Nineteenth District — Anson, Stanly and Union shall elect two
senators.
Twentieth District — Mecklenburg; shall elect one senator.
Twenty-first District — Cabarrus and Rowan shall elect two
senators.
Twevty-second District — Forsyth shall elect one senator.
T IV enty -third District — Stokes and Surry shall elect one senator.
Twenty-fourth District — Davie, Wilkes and Yadkin shall elect
one senator. /' . ' '' - \ ?^J --■" "
Twenty-fifth District — Catawba, Iredell and Lincoln shall elect
two senators.
Twenty-sixth District — Gaston shall elect one senator.
Twenty-seventh District — Cleveland, McDowell and Rutherford
shall elect two senators.
Twenty-eighth District — Alexander, Burke and Caldwell shall
elect one senator. , : . , .-;",,. | \ ■'• '--f^'
Ticeyity -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, Henderson, Jackson, Polk and
Transylvania shall elect two senators. f , . , \ . : ; . *
Thirty-third District — Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon and
Swain shall elect one senator.
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APPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE CENSUS OF 1940 AND THE CONSTITUTION
(Chapter 112, Public Laws 1941)
No. of
County Reps.
Alamance 1
Alexander 1
Alleghany .... 1
Anson 1
Ashe 1
Avery 1
Beaufort 1
Bertie 1
Bladen 1
Brunswick .... 1
Buncombe 3
Burke 1
Cabarrus 2
Caldwell 1
Camden 1
Carteret 1
Caswell 1
Catawba 1
Chatham 1
Cherokee 1
Chowan 1
Clay 1
Cleveland 1
Columbus 1
Craven 1
Cumberland ... 2
Currituck .... 1
Dare 1
Davidson 1
Davie ..,,.',.. 1
Duplin . .'. .^!\ . . 1
Durham 2
Edgecombe .... 1
Forsyth 3
No. of
County Reps.
Franklin 1
Gaston 2
Gates 1
Graham 1
Granville 1
Greene 1
Guilford 4
Halifax 1
Harnett 1
Haywood 1
Henderson .... 1
Hertford 1
Hoke 1
Hyde 1
Iredell 1
Jackson 1
Johnston 2
Jones .,... . 1
Lee .V. . 1
Lenoir 1
Lincoln
Macon ,
Madison ....
Martin
McDowell
Mecklenburg ,
Mitchell
Montgomery
Moore ,
Nash
New Hanover
Northampton
Onslow
No. of
County Reps.
Pamlico 1
Pasquotank ... 1
Pender 1
Perquimans ... 1
Person 1
Pitt 2
Polk 1
Randolph 1
Richmond 1
Robeson 2
Rockingham ... 1
Rowan 2
Rutherford
Sampson . .
Scotland . .
1
1
1
Stanly 1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake 3
Warren 1
Washington
Watauga . .
Wayne . . . .
Wilkes . . . .
Wilson . .' . .
Yadkin-
1
1
1
1
1
1
Yancey '.. ..... 1
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STATE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM FOR
1956
We, the Democrats of North Carolina, in convention assembled,
reaffirm our faith in the great Party of Jefferson and Jackson: we
endorse its dynamic and far-sighted record in State and Nation,
and offer the following statement of policies and principles as our
platform for 1956:
National Affairs
During the twenty years next preceding January 20, 1953, the
people of the United States wisely entrusted the management of
national affairs to the Democratic Party, which proved its fidelity
to this time honored principle: "Equal opportunities for all men
and special privileges for none." On assuming responsibility for the
conduct of the Federal Government at the beginning of this period,
the Democratic Party found agriculture, business and labor in a
state of total collapse resulting from the previous twelve years of
Republican mal-administration. Democratic administrations rescued
agriculture, business, and labor from their tragic plight and pre-
served our free enterprise system by a series of progressive meas-
ures and programs, which were designed and developed by Demo-
crats for the welfare of all the people of America, and which were
denounced and opposed by Republicans as "creeping socialism."
Since their return to power, the Republican Party has not dared
to repudiate any of these Democratic measures or programs. How-
ever, it has deprived the people of the full benefit of these meas-
ures and programs by entrusting their administration to admin-
istrators not sympathetic with their purposes.
At the general election in 1952, the Republican Party recaptured
the Presidency and through it the power to administer national
affairs by issuing to the American people campaign pledges which
it has failed to redeem. The incompatability between pre-election
Republican promises and post-election Republican performances is
clearly illustrated by Republican words and Republican deeds in
the fields of agriculture and the rights of the States. Although Re-
publican campaigners promised to support basic crops at ninety
percent of parity "without any ands or buts". Republican adminis-
trators and legislators have deliberately depressed the prices of
virtually all agricultural commodities far below that standard to
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carry out Secretary of Agriculture Benson's theory that farming
must be made unprofitable in order to prevent the accumulation
of surpluses. When it was seeking- the votes of the country in
general and the South in particular, the Republican Party posed as
the champion of the rights of the States. Since the election, how-
ever, the Republican national administration has adopted admin-
istrative practices and recommended the enactment of legislation
calculated to reduce the States to meaningless zeros on the nation's
map. When all is said and done, the Republican Party has kept
only one of its campaign promises — the promise implied in the
slogan "It's time for a change." It has changed our government
from a government of the people, by the people, for the people, to
a government of the privileged few, by the privileged few, for
the privileged few.
The Democrats of North Carolina in convention assembled call
upon the lovers of democracy throughout the nation to aid them in
restoring the government of the United States to the people of the
United States.
Congress
When a Republican administration is in power in Washington,
it is more important than ever that our Democratic congressional
delegation be alert and sensitive to the public interest. They are
like watchmen in the night, and it is good to hear them cry out in
warning when the welfare of the people is threatened. We commend
them for having the courage of their convictions. They have not
hesitated to oppose the National Republican Administration when
they thought it was in the wrong, and likewise have not hesitated
when they thought it was in the national interest to rise above
partisan politics and join in a non-partisan front in defiance of
the enemies of Amei'ica. This they would have done more often had
the Eisenhower Administration generally been willing to carry on
a non-partisan program in foreign aff'airs. The Democratic Party
of North Carolina takes pride in the accomplishments of its
United States Senators and Democratic members of the House of
Representatives. We feel that we have outstanding congressmen as
individuals and that they work together well as a strong team for
North Carolina. We commend them for the diligence and the devo-
tion with which they have served their constituents, the State of
North Carolina, and the Nation as a whole.
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'■'>'■- The General Assembly
The General Assembly of 1955 was confronted with an unusual
number of difficult problems and it is to the credit of our legisla-
tors that they met issues of serious and even grave importance
with courage and wisdom. The General Assembly reached reason-
able solutions of the problems confronting it, laying aside factional
and sectional interests and generally legislating with a broad view
of the welfare of the State as a whole. We commend heartily the
caution and the moderation that characterized their action and
take particular pride in the farsighted manner in which grave
developments were anticipated. We feel that our General Assembly
is an outstanding body. As usual, the great bulk of the members
are of the Democratic faith, and have continued to carry on the
great work for which our Party is noted. ^.
The Hodges Administration
North Carolina has been fortunate in the quality of its execu-
tive leadership under Democratic Governors for the past half cen-
tury. This tradition is now being carried forward capably by
Governor Luther H. Hodges.
Following the untimely death of Governor William B. Umstead,
Governor Hodges came into office with less than two months in
which to prepare for the convening of the 1955 General Assembly.
With characteristic vigor and resourcefulness. Governor Hodges
faced squarely the many formidable problems looming ahead. These
involved revenues, public education and the segregation decisions
of the United States Supreme Court, governmental reorganization,
Superior Court re-districting, industrial development, agriculture,
highways and highway safety — to mention a few. To a marked
degree, his program met with favor in the 1955 General Assembly,
and between the Executive and the General Assembly, there was
a substantial meeting of minds resulting in a record of achieve-
ment and cooperation of which the Democratic Party is justly
proud.
We are indebted to Governor Hodges for his initiative in rally-
ing forces necessary for immediate relief to the people of eastern
North Carolina during and following a series of destructive hurri-
canes. With determination and persistence, he worked through
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every available source for badly-needed rehabilitation and assist-
ance, and has provided far-sighted planning in an effort to prevent
recurrent damage from possible future disasters. In this, as in
other matters affecting the welfare of the State, Governor Hodges
has had the sustained support of our Democratic members of
Congress.
While grappling with the problems of today, the Governor has
also stimulated and encouraged the people of North Carolina to
look ahead to the future with courage and confidence. He has re-
peatedly emphasized the vital need for increasing our per capita
income, and for diversifying our economy so that we may achieve a
prosperous and effective balance between agriculture and industry.
We commend him especially for his wise leadership in the many
and complex problems resulting from the segregation decisions of
the United States Supreme Court. He has not hesitated, where
necessary, to speak out frankly and candidly on controversial is-
sues affecting the welfare of the State. He has acted promptly,
without fear or favor.
In times of emergency, in times of great stress, it is good to
have as our Chief Executive a man in whom the people of North
Carolina have great confidence, whose ability, honesty and sin-
cerity are well known, a man who has a keen understanding of
the needs of our people. The Democratic Party hereby endorses
the record of Governor Hodges, which we believe reflects great
credit upon the Democratic Party of North Carolina.
Education
Believing that public education and democracy are inseparable
allies in promoting and maintaining the common good, we reaffirm
our faith in our children and assume with pride our obligation to
provide for them the best education possible.
Caught in the surging tide of increasing school enrollments
necessitating additional buildings and enlarged appropriations, the
people of this State have enthusiastically responded to the leader-
ship of the Democratic Party in guaranteeing that the more-than-a-
million children in our public schools shall have those opportunities
envisioned by Aycock, Joyner, and others at the beginning of this
century. In scope, the growth of our school system is almost phe-
nomenal. During the last decade there has been an increase of
200,000 pupils in school enrollment, and, looking toward the future.
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the largest number of births in our history was recorded in 1955.
Likewise, in opportunity, our record is enviable. We have, for ex-
ample, within the last 15 years, made the transition from an
eleven-grade system to a twelve-grade system; lengthened the term
to nine months; extended the age of compulsory school attendance;
inaugurated a retirement system for teachers and other State em-
ployees; initiated a program in driver training and safety educa-
tion ; begun a program of special education for handicapped and
exceptional children; pi'ovided a Statewide school health program;
and, through a program of school district leorganization and con-
solidation, invested millions of dollars in improved facilities. Truly,
our record is one of consistency in educational progress.
This Party, however, does not propose to be complacent about
the status of its educational achievements; but rather, within the
tax resources available, it pledges its continuing support to a pro-
gram of public education that shall be commensurate with the
ideals and aspirations of our people and shall be rewarding both
to the individual and to the State which nutures him.
All over North Carolina there is a general re-birth of public
interest favoring better schools and better opportunities for our
children and youth. This new spirit inspires us to look ahead with
confidence and to face the challenges of the future with faith,
with vision, and with all the intelligence and genius at our com-
mand.
The Democratic Party recognizes that further advancement in
educational opportunity for the increasing number of youth in this
State will require additional qualified teachers, adequately com-
pensated; additional buildings, adequately maintained and supplied
with instructional materials, additional transportation facilities,
for extended services; additional administrative and supervisory
personnel at both the State and local levels, for leadership and
guidance in an expanding school system; and, additional funds
with which to expand our curriculum to meet the contemporary
demands of our State, particularly in the areas of industrial and
technical education. These are obligations which we assume with
pride, realizing that our investments in public education are, in
reality, investments in human resources, in which lie the hope of
our people.
The Democratic Party is particularly proud of the manner in
which our State has met and continues to meet the crisis in public
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education created by the segregation decisions of the United States
Supreme Court. In the calm and orderly manner traditional to
North Carolina, the Governor and the Advisory Committee on
Education have, with firm resolve, attempted to analyze the prob-
lems we face. The Democratic Pai-ty stands squarely behind the
Governor and the Advisory Committee in their efforts to find a
solution to this problem.
Public Health
When North Carolina was redeemed from Republican rule in
1900 by the brilliant Aycock and his associates, the annual appro-
priation for all Public Health work was a mere $2,000 a year.
When the first local health department in the United States was
organized in Guilford County, in 1911, the State appropriation had
gi-own to $22,000, but Public Health still was centralized under the
State Board and its affairs were administered from Raleigh.
During the fiscal year of 1954-1955, for which figures are com-
plete, there was spent for all Public Health services in North Car-
olina the sum of $8,007,917 of which nearly $4,000,000 was voted
by the counties. Under Republican leadership in Washington, Fed-
eral aid for Public Health has dwindled rapidly, which made it
necessary for our own people, under Democratic rule, to make up
the deficiency. This they have done in a noble way.
That progress which we have made under Democratic leadership
has found expression in the administration of Public Health, as
well as in our expanding economy and social development. Not
only has Public Health kept pace with our physical development,
in the improvement of its administration and in expanded appro-
priations, but it has been decentralized and placed, since 1949, in
the hands of our one hundred counties, each of which now enjoys
all the privileges of Public Health services, locally administered.
With the expansion and decentralization of Public Health, there
has been developed, under Democratic leadership, an ever-increas-
ing interest on the part of the people which has found fruition in
increased local financial support.
Our Public Health practices, confined, for the most part, strictly
to preventive medicine, have resulted in the eradication of small-
pox, typhoid fever, pellagra, malaria and many other preventable
and controllable human ailments which formerly plagued our peo-
ple and took such a heavy toll of life each year.
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Among our greatest victories in the field of preventive medicine,
through the administration of Public Health, have been those in
connection with the prolongation of life among our infants and
children, and in the reduction of maternal deaths. We now are
giving more thought to the study of what we call degenerative
diseases, more prevalent among our aging population, to mental
health, to farm and home accidents and other enemies of life and
happiness, with a view to bringing these within the range of
preventive medicine, where this is possible.
We must take no backward step in Public Health, if we are to
continue our march of progress along other lines. No state or na-
tion can enjoy the abundant life half sick and half well, and
nothing contributes more than Public Health to our agricultural
and industrial and tourist trade expansion and prosperity — our
over-all standard of living for all North Carolinians. ■ j\i
Mental Institutions ...
During the past ten years all institutions for the mentally ill
in North Carolina have made great strides forward. Approximately
$44,000,000 have been appropriated for Permanent Improvements,
including the $22,000,000 raised by the Bond issue of 1953, and all
of this sum has already been spent for buildings or allocated for
building in progress. Additional funds have also been allocated
each biennium for expansion of professional staffs.
There has been a great increase in the number of persons seek-
ing admission but waiting lists have been eliminated for all acute
cases. This is a big step forward, made possible by the increase of
professional staff and the change in emphasis from custody to
treatment which results in patients leaving the hospitals much
earlier. Modern drugs and psychiatric treatment have helped
greatly in the progress made, : " r ^ -•
Two new training schools for the mentally retarded are under
construction and should be completed next year, and this will go
far to relieve the greater part of the waiting list that has been
in existence for many years. Greater emphasis is paid to the
training now than was possible in the past.
The progress made during the ten year period has been phe-
nomenal. All old firetrap buildings have been eliminated and re-
placed by buildings of good design and construction. Treatment
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programs are of good standard and North Carolina can take pride
in this service given to its citizens vv^ho find it necessary to use it.
Agriculture
We reaffirm our belief that a vigorous, prosperous agriculture
is essential to the w^elfare and prosperity of our people in North
Carolina and throughout the nation. We have faith in the funda-
mental principles of farm policy developed by Democratic admin-
istrations down through the years. And we strongly decry the
Republican conspiracy to discredit these principles and to nullify
them piecemeal and by indirection. We especially deplore the re-
peated efforts of Eisenhower, Benson and Nixon to blame the
decline in farm prices and income on high, rigid price supports,
and to refuse to accept the responsibility for their poor leader-
ship.
We advocate for continued progress in North Carolina agricul-
ture :
(1) Continued emphasis on agricultural research with a view
to further improvement of production efficiency and further diver-
sification.
(2) Greater effort in the development of new uses and expand-
ing markets for farm commodities, the encouragement of in-
creased agricultural exports, and the promotion of better market-
ing practices and facilities at home.
(3) Expansion of agricultural education, especially in bring-
ing technical training to a larger number of dirt farmers.
(4) Continuation of the Soil Conservation Service as a program
to maintain and build up our precious resources of soil and water.
(5) Continuation of the Rural Electrification Administration
and the Rural Telephone Program under vigorous, progressive
policies which resulted in their success under Democratic admin-
istrations, and brought greater living comforts to our farm people.
(6) Support of adequate agricultural credit facilities making it
possible for farmers to buy their own farms, and to finance their
production at reasonable rates of interest.
(7) Expansion of crop insurance, as need and experience dic-
tate.
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Notwithstanding the industrial progress of our State, North
Carolina is still fundamentally dependent upon agriculture. Two-
thirds of our people live outside incorporated cities and towns, and
half of these are employed directly on farms. In fact. North Car-
olina has the largest rural population in the Nation, only Texas
having a larger number of farms. Small unit farming, then, is
characteristic of North Carolina, and a substantial number of
these are operated entirely by one farm family. To such small
unit farmers, the farm is indeed not only a livelihood but a way
of life, which has provided a stabilizing influence in our society.
The time has come when we must take steps to conserve our farm
families as a great national resource. To that end, we pledge our
support to policies and programs which will help farm families to
maintain a standard of living similar to that enjoyed by others.
We are proud of the fine record of our State Department of
Agriculture in administering regulatory programs to protect the
interests of both farmers and the general public, in promoting
better markets and processing facilities for farm products, and in
providing other services for our farmer. We also take pride in the
outstanding work in agricultural research and education conducted
by the College of Agriculture and its related agencies at North
Carolina State College. We commend the fine spirit of cooperation
that exists between these institutions and agencies, and we pledge
to them our continued support, recognizing that through them we
can best serve the everchanging needs of our large farm pop-
ulation.
Roads
Since the initial State-wide Highway Program of 1921, North
Carolina has been known as the "Good Roads State". Its mileage
has been expanded many times over, as the number and usage of
motor vehicles by its people has steadily grown. At this time, the
North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission has
direct jurisdiction over a greater mileage of Public Roads than
has the Highway agency of any other state. Due, mainly, to the
Secondary Road Bond issue authorized by the voters in 1949, North
Carolina has one of the best and most extensive systems of hard
surfaced Secondary roads in any state in the nation.
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As of January 1, 1956, the State of North Carolina has on its
systems 32,918 miles of paved highways and roads, and 34,103
miles of unpaved roads which are kept in substantially all-weather
condition. In addition, there are 2,571 miles of streets on the sys-
tems, thus making a total of 69,592 miles being maintained by the
State Highway and Public Works Commission.
Both the age of this great mileage and the evermounting traffic
volumes and burdens to which it is subjected has brought about a
task of great magnitude, requiring costs and personnel greater
than in any other State agency. Our Commission has done much
with the funds available to provide our people with adequate,
comfortable and safe highways and roads. The number of North
Carolina motor vehicles served has doubled within the past eight
years, and is still growing. Funds for needed modernization of
our Primary highways are not adequate from State sources, but
there is reason to believe that materially increased Federal aid
will soon become available, which should prove to be most helpful
to us.
We commend the Governor, the General Assembly, the Commis-
sion and all those who have had a part in providing our roads and
highway services for the people of the State. We pledge our con-
tinued support for a fully adequate and modern highway system
for the entire State, and a program which, within available State
and Federal funds, will bring the Primary system to a standard
commensurate with the needs of the present day heavy traffic
which our highways serve, including the use of access control on
expressway designs. The Democratic Party will continue to back
its Governors and Legislators as they seek to provide adequate
facilities for motor vehicle transportation for all the people in
every section of the State.
Prisons
The State Prison System, which is now administered as a divi-
sion of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, is grow-
ing in size and in cost, constituting not only a growing economic
problem, but posing challenging questions in the field of human
rehabilitation.
Approximately 11,000 prisoners are now in the System and the
population is steadily increasing, operating costs running around
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$9,000,000 a year. With a growing- prison population and mounting
costs, business efficiency and effective rehabilitation programs have
become essential to proper prison administration. Great progress
is being made in meeting these essentials. Prison farms are now
operated under graduates of agricultural colleges. Improvements
instituted have not only made it possible for the Prison System to
approach self-sufficiency respecting its food requirements but have
also increased the ti'aining value of farm work for prison inmates.
Inmates are also being afforded opportunities to learn other trades
which will enable them to be self-supporting upon their return to
society. Prison rules and regulations have been reviewed, amended,
and changed to conform with modern methods of prison administra-
tion. The reforms have improved the morale of prison inmates and
prison personnel.
The Democratic Party will continue to press for progress in the
administration of the prisons, and commends the Governor and
Legislature for the studies now underway which will place greater
emphasis upon rehabilitation, in the hope that more and more
offenders may be returned to the community as useful members
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'' Parole and Probation
On July 1, 1955, as a result of a constitutional amendment, au-
thority to grant, revoke and terminate paroles was transferred
from the Governor's office to the Board of Paroles to relieve the
Governor of this burden. The Board, which consists of three mem-
bers, has worked out a plan of procedure which, through rules and
regulations, embodies the best experience in this highly specialized
field. The State can be justly proud of the fact that in North
Carolina all prisoners with terms of twelve months or more are
automatically and carefully considered at regular intervals.
Both parole and probation are today important agencies in the
rehabilitation of prisoners. We should make every reasonable ef-
fort to improve and strengthen both of these agencies to the end
that they may continue to render great service and protection to
the people of North Carolina.
Highway Safety : "
Under the administrations of Governors Umstead and Hodges, a
determined and sustained effort has been made to make our high-
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ways safer for our people. With a steady increase from year to
year in the number of registered motor vehicles and drivers and
a corresponding increase in motor vehicle mileage, the need for
continued reduction of the accident and fatality rate is imperative.
Definite progress in that direction is being made. The Governor,
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and the Highway Patrol and
various citizen groups have given splendid leadership to the safety
program. However, if this vital work of saving human lives is to
succeed as it should, the hands of these public officials and others
working for safety must be upheld by the courts and by our citi-
zens. We pledge our best efforts and encouragement to the public
officials of our State engaged in this vital work and call upon all
the people of North Carolina to throw their moral support behind
the safety program.
State and Local Employees
The Democratic Party owes a debt of gratitude to the loyal and
efficient employees of State and local governments who have
through the years made possible our record of achievement. They
have been honest and efficient and have rendered courteous service.
The Democratic Party takes pride in their devotion to duty and
recognizes them as the custodians of our good name and as the ef-
fective means through which the principles of our Party are made
manifest and real to the people of North Carolina.
The welfare of teachers and State employees has always been
a matter of great concern. For instance, in 1941 a program of
retirement was adopted which has been improved by evei-y subse-
quent General Assembly. The system is operated on an excellent
actuarial basis and is recognized as one of the soundest and most
liberal systems in the entire country.
The most recent change made was the coordination of the retire-
ment system with Social Security. This progressive program has
only recently been put into operation and has already gained na-
tional recognition.
The State Retirement Board has given assistance to local gov-
ernments in planning retirement programs for their employees.
This has been done on an optional basis. More than 562 cities,
counties, towns and instrumentalities have adopted either a retire-
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ment system or Social Security for their employees which is ad-
ministered on a state-wide basis by the Board of Trustees of the
Retirement System.
Public Welfare
In recent years we have come to a better understanding of the
fact that even in good times economic advances do not benefit all
groups, nor do they affect in the same degree all individuals and
groups within the State's population.
The Democratic Party has never been willing to look merely at
the balance sheet of the State as a whole and conclude that no
one within its borders needs constructive assistance to meet
situations beyond individual control. There has been an alert con-
cern for the changing and continuing needs of those individuals
who have been handicapped by illness, by the death of the wage-
earner in the family, by the helplessness and lack of protection of
childhood, by the increasing disabilities of old age, by discordant
domestic and personal situations, and by other misfortunes beyond
their control.
This concern for the welfare of our citizens is implemented
helpfully by the strengthening from year to year of the programs
of the State Board of Public Welfare which bring both financial
assistance and other services to those individuals and families with
special problems. The strengthening of the public welfare pro-
grams has not only helped individuals in times of need and brought
into a better measure of balance the maladjustments occasioned
by changing conditions, economic and personal, but has also re-
sulted in a total benefit to the State through the added self-respect
and purchasing power given these citizens.
The Democratic Party views the needs of our citizens who have
met misfortune within the perspective of our State's total economic
and social setting. Thus much has been done to make increasingly
more effective the public welfare programs which provide protec-
tion, preventive and rehabilitative services. This foresight repre-
sents a sound investment in human welfare and in the conservation
of our human resources. In addition, some citizens, once unable to
make a contribution to the economy of the State, are thus enabled
to assume some share of this individual responsibility.
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In administering- programs dealing with the welfare of our
citizens who have met misfortune and other programs affecting
citizens in all walks of life, the State Board of Public Welfare has
pursued a conservative policy in keeping with the intent of the
legal bases of the several programs. In percentage of administra-
tive cost and in policies for determining eligibility for financial
aid, North Carolina has an enviable record of economical admin-
istration and careful factual determination.
Relationships throughout the State-supervised and county-ad-
ministered public welfare program have continued harmonious and
effective. This is but one illustration of the democratic process in
action — a process basic to the tenets of the Democratic Party.
Within the limits of a balanced budget, the Democratic Party
seeks to keep abreast of the needs of the citizens of our State. To
children, to older citizens, to all in need, we pledge the financial
aid required so that our citizens may share equally the opportuni-
ties inherent in a democratic society; for we believe that no com-
munity fully dischai'ges its obligation if it neglects the under-
privileged, the handicapped, those unable to help themselves.
Labor
More than a million of our people earn their living as wage and
salary workers. With their labor and skills they add greatly to the
income of the State and discharge responsibilities which are vital
to the life and future of North Carolina. In addition to their in-
dustrial jobs, many of these workers occupy responsible positions
of leadership in their communities where their influence is felt for
civic betterment.
The Democratic Party, traditionally the friend of labor, reviews
with pride the tremendous progress made by working men and
women in recent years and pledges its continued support to a pro-
gram of humane labor laws, safe working conditions, and fair com-
pensation for industrial workers who contribute so much to the
prosperity of our State. No true progress can come to North Caro-
lina unless it embraces the welfare and advancement of those who
by their work and their skill contribute substantially to our
economy. '
The Democratic Party is dedicated to the cause of industrial
peace and harmony. During the past two years, we take pride in
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the fact that relatively few strikes have occurred. For this splen-
did record, both nianagement and labor are to be commended.
We also commend the Department of Labor for the fine v^^ork
that it has done on behalf of the working men and women of North
Carolina, standing* ever ready to devote its facilities to their aid
and assistance.
Conservation and Development
Under the leadership of the Democratic Party, North Carolina
has experienced astonishing growth. However, despite our prog-
ress, we stand at an economic crossroad. Economic studies confirm
the theory that North Carolina will remain relatively poor until
the State processes for sale in finished form products of its farms,
mines and commercial fishing waters, rather than sending them to
market in their raw state.
North Carolina must encourage new industry both from inside
and outside the State, and expand existing industry. This is neces-
sary in order that we may raise our per capita income and pro-
duce revenue which will support the public services including our
schools, roads and other undertakings demanded by our people.
An increasing number of new industries have been brought into
the State through the efforts of development corporations in many
communities, working in cooperation with the Division of Com-
mei'ce and Industry of the Department of Conservation and De-
velopment. Progress in attracting industries employing personnel
in higher income brackets is particularly gratifying. These include
electrical, metal products, chemical and specialty industries.
The Small Industries Section of the Department of Conservation
and Development has been better oriented and is expanding its
operations to help our citizens. The leadership of Governor Hodges
has stimulated such private undertakings as the North Carolina
Business Development Corporation, which is now making capital
available to new and expanding industry, the needs of which can-
not be met fully through regular banking channels.
The Research Triangle Committee, composed of oustanding
business leaders of our State, has recently been created to develop
and promote the research potentials existing in the area bounded
by three of our great educational institutions.
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Studies for more profitable use of our water, mineral and
forestry resources are continuing. We are beginning to package
and market our seafoods instead of shipping them away to be
labelled and marketed to the considerable enrichment of other
states. We are making great strides in providing recreational areas,
including privately developed tourist attractions. These serve the
dual purpose of making our State more attractive to workers, en-
abling them to employ their leisure time to greater advantage;
and in making North Carolina more attractive to the tourist trade,
which is today a multimillion dollar industry and an increasing
source of new revenue to the State.
Recognizing that we are on the threshold of a new economic era,
it is evident that our State must as never before conserve and
develop its natural resources.
The branch of government charged primarily with this program
is the Department of Conservation and Development. Other
agencies, public and private, have major responsibilities in special-
ized fields, including the State Ports Commission, the Wildlife
Resources Commission, the Department of Agriculture, and the
research facilities of our colleges and universities and private
research laboratories. There are also special commissions created
by the Legislature engaged in special assignments ranging from
water resources to ccastal erosion.
The Democratic Party pledges its whole-hearted support to con-
tinued progress in the vital area of conservation and development
of our natural resources.
Utilities
North Carolina is continuing to grow. New homes, new busi-
nesses, new factories, and new industries are being constructed in
various parts of our State, and all of these create an immediate
demand for utility services. The utilities of our State are spending
millions of dollars each year, not only to supply present day needs
but to create adequate facilities for the future.
Mammoth electric plants have been constructed, both hydro and
steam, in various parts of North Carolina sufficient to supply
adequately our electric energy requirements. During the past ten
years the generating capacity of our privately owned electric com-
panies has increased approximately 300 per cent, and our REA
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facilities 322 per cent, thereby assuring adequate electric energy
for the industrial and economic growth of our State. This abund-
ance of electricity, available to all sections, has made it possible
for the rural dweller to have the same comforts and conveniences
in his home as only a short time ago were available to those in
urban centers, thereby increasing the attractiveness of rural living
and lessening the crowding of our population into congested areas.
The telephone companies of North Carolina are accepting the
challenge for expansion of telephone service, and with the expendi-
ture of millions of dollars have since 1946 increased the number of
subscribers served by the private telephone companies from less
than 300,000 to more than 800,000. This expansion is continuing
and plans have been approved for the ensuing year for enlarging
telephone facilities. Telephone service in rural areas of the State
has been tremendously stimulated during the past five years by the
assistance of the REA in the establishment of rural telephone
service.
Natural gas is a newcomer in North Carolina, but already many
of our larger cities and some of our smaller towns are receiving the
benefits derived from the use of natural gas. The Utilities Com-
mission has granted certificates of convenience and necessity to
serve several areas of North Carolina, which when completed, will
make natural gas available to a large part of our State.
The Democratic Party fully realizes that the services rendered
by the utilities are absolutely necessary for our modern day of
living, and under the proper supervision of State agencies, our
Party will exert every effort for better and further service to our
citizens at rates which are fair and reasonable.
Administration of Justice and Law Enforcement
Prompt and eff"ective enforcement of the laws and protection of
the rights of the individual are imperative functions of govern-
ment.
With recognition of these principles and a manifest increasing
need for smaller judicial districts presided over by judges selected
by the people, the 1955 General Assembly divided the State into
thirty judicial districts. This action has resulted in sharp inroads
into the congestion oi court trial dockets. The status of pending
litigation is the best in our generation. Civil cases can now be
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heard with less delay and violators of the criminal law can be more
promptly brought to trial.
Efforts of individuals or groups to set themselves above and to
ignore the law are contrary to the genius of our people and the
tradition of our Party. The Democratic Party pledges itself to the
energetic enforcement of the law, to the end that the blessings of
peace and order shall be fully known throughout the State.
Relation of the Races
The Democratic Party believes in the preservation of the rights
and liberties of the citizens of North Carolina as guaranteed to them
by their Constitution and of the citizens of all the States under
the Constitution of the United States. As we interpret the Consti-
tution of the United States, this includes the right of separation of
the races in our schools and all institutions involving personal and
social relations, and the preservation of our right to regulate public
health, morals, marriage, education, peace, good order, domestic
tranquility and the general welfare of the citizens of North
Carolina.
Fiscal Affairs
It is with pride and satisfaction that we review the sound fiscal
policies that have characterized our State government under Demo-
cratic administrations. It is a record of honest and efficient admin-
istration unsurpassed by any other State in the Union. We have
avoided radical and costly experiments and have insisted that there
be a reasonable balance between income and outgo, the corner-
stone of our policy being a balanced budget. We have been neither
radical nor reactionary, charting our course squarely down the
middle of the fiscal road. As the direct results of sound and pru-
dent planning, based upon administrative integrity, North Caro-
lina's credit has never been better nor her good name more highly
regarded. Let us keep our financial house in order and continue
these business-like policies, for our ability to continue progressive
service to our people rests upon our unquestioned solvency and
our good financial reputation.
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Taxation
A system of taxation should not only be successful in raising re-
quired revenue, but should, in addition, be just, apportioning the
cost of government among our people as fairly as possible. To this
end, North Carolina has for many years by a series of amendments
to the Revenue Act, relieved a harshness here, or eliminated an
inequity there. However, the time has come for an over-all look
at our tax structure, and we commend the General Assembly of
1955 for creating a Tax Study Commission charged with the duty
of making objective analyses and of making careful studies com-
paring our taxes with those of other states so that comprehensive
recommendations for needed changes and improvements in our tax
laws may be made to the General Assembly of 1957. Such recom-
mendations should consider the needs of our State for revenue, the
equitable distribution of the tax load, as well as North Carolina's
efforts to bring and to hold industry in competition with other
States.
We wish to commend the leadership of our State as it has sought
to bring new industry to North Carolina. And we particularly ap-
prove of the way in which these efforts have been directed. North
Carolina has consistently taken the position that new industries
should be fairly treated taxwise, but that no effort should be made
to lure new industries by give-away programs or by gratuities of
any kind, the position being that the right kind of industry should
expect only to be treated fairly and to bear its proportionate part
of the cost of public service. We commend these policies because
they are not only fair to new industry but are just to established
industries, many of which were organized and developed by native
sons and which have borne their share of the cost of government
for generations, thus developing and enriching our State.
CONCLUSION
It is inspiring to contemplate the confidence that the people of
North Carolina have reposed in the Democratic Party for more
than half a century. Beginning with Aycock and continuing on into
the administration of Governor Hodges, we see an unbroken record
of honest, efficient and progressive government, which, for consist-
ent fidelity to the public interest, is outstanding by comparison with
any other State. However, in this solemn hour, it is good for us to
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remember that political power is not only a privilege, but also a
responsibility. And we, the Democrats of North Carolina, hereby
express our gratitude to the generations of North Carolinians who
have trusted us with their fate and their fortune, pledging to them
continued devotion to high ideals as we seek to lead our great State
upward toward the summit of good living for all our people.
Our North Carolina Constitution declares that "A frequent re-
currence to fundamental principles is absolutely necessary to pre-
serve the blessing of liberty." So, in bringing this statement of
policy to a close, we wish to restate, if you please, our devotion to
great principles.
We believe that democracy cannot be effective unless citizens are
well informed and know the truth respecting the public issues upon
which they must pass judgment. For this reason, we reaffirm our
faith in a free press which includes, of course, all modern media of
communications such as radio and television. At the same time, we
call upon the press of North Carolina and those through whose
channels the news is distributed to be conscious always that their
freedom is a sacred trust that must be administered honestly, fairly
and without prejudice. The press should not only criticize construc-
tively the conduct of public affairs, but should likewise have the
courage of self-criticism. We commend the leadership of the press
in North Carolina for the high moral plane upon which it has
generally operated as exemplified by the code of ethics adopted by
the North Carolina Press Association. Those newspapers that are
careful to print the unbiased truth are the most effective advocates
of their own freedom. The Democratic Party affirms its faith in a
free and responsible press.
In a world in which mankind lives under the threat of atomic
destruction and which is darkened by clouds of dictatorship and
oppression, the Democratic Party of North Carolina proclaims its
faith in the possibility of a peaceful world in which men, under
the blessing of liberty, govern themselves. In an age in which
tyrants seek to force all to conform to official patterns of thinking,
we assert the importance and the dignity of the individual, his
right to know, to be educated, to worship as he pleases, to pursue
truth wherever it may lead, to speak his mind freely, to criticize
the acts of those in authority and to protest against usurpation in
public office. In an age in which government is ever expanding and
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ji-rowing- in power, with a consequent temptation to invade the
citizen's right of privacy, we assert the right of the individual to
be secure in his home, his property, his business and his person.
All these freedoms the citizen should have without let or hindrance,
under the protection of the government itself. Likewise, we de-
nounce those in government who would buni books or who would
ill any way attempt to censor free discussion. We condemn "brain-
washing" and all those tendencies and policies which attempt to
dull the mind of man, or to in any way regiment his thinking. In
the spirit of Jefferson, the founder of our great Party, we re-
dedicate ourselves to the freedom of individuals who as a whole
constitute the common people for whose welfare and happiness
parties and governments exist.
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION OF DEMOCRATIC
PARTY OF NORTH CAROLINA
State and District Committees
Section 1. The State Democratic Executive Committee shall con-
sist of nine men and nine women from each congressional district
in the State, who shall be elected at the preliminary meetings of
delegates from the congressional districts, held on the morning of
the State Convention as provided in Section 29, hereof; provided,
however, that every county shall have at least one member on the
Committee.
Sec. 2. As early as is practical after each State Convention,
the Chairman shall call the State Democratic Executive Committee
to meet for the purpose of electing a chairman and a vice chair-
man, one of whom shall be a woman, and each of whom shall serve
for a term of two years, and until his or her successor shall be
elected.
Sec. 3. The Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Com-
mittee, as early as practicable after his election, shall appoint his
advisory or campaign committee, consisting of not less than six
nor more than twenty-four, with equal representation as to men
and women, and a secretary of the State Democratic Executive
Committee.
Sec. 4. The Congressional Democratic Executive Committee for
each congressional district in the State shall consist of two mem-
bers from each county in said district, who shall be elected at the
preliminary meetings of delegates from the congressional districts
held on the morning of the State Convention as provided by Sec-
tion 29 hereof; provided, however, that in any congressional dis-
trict embracing less than five counties, the committee shall consist
of three members from each county in the district.
Sec. 5. The Judicial Democratic Executive Committee for each
judicial district in the State shall consist of two members from
each county in said district, who shall be elected at the prelimi-
nary meetings of delegates from the congressional districts held
on the morning of the State Convention as provided by Section 29
hereof; provided, however, that in any judicial district embracing
less than five counties, the committee shall consist of three mem-
bers from each county in the district.
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Sec. 5-A. The Solicitorial Democratic Executive Committee for
each solicitorial district in the State shall consist of two members
from each county in said district, who shall be elected at the pre-
liminary meetings of delegates from the congressional districts held
on the morning of State Convention as provided by Section 29
hereof; provided, however, that in any solicitorial district em-
bracing less than five counties, the committee shall consist of three
members from each county in the district.
Sec. 6. The State Senatorial Executive Committee for each sena-
torial district in the State which comprises more than one county
shall consist of one member from each county in said district,
who shall be elected at the preliminary meetings of delegates from
the congressional districts held on the morning of the State Con-
vention as provided by Section 29 hereof. In districts composed
of only one county, the County Democratic Executive Committee
of said county shall have jurisdiction as in the matter of county
candidates.
Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, as soon as practicable after the State
Convention, to designate one member as chairman and one mem-
ber as secretary of each of the executive committees provided for
in each of the foregoing four sections. The State Chairman shall
notify the members so selected of their appointment, and in case
any member shall fail or decline to accept such appointment, he
shall appoint some other member in his stead.
Sec. 8. All Democratic Executive Committees shall meet at such
times and places as the chairman of the respective committees may
appoint and designate in the call. If for any reason there should
occur a vacancy in the chairmanship of any executive committee,
or if such chairman should be incapacitated or should fail or
refuse to act, the secretary shall call a meeting of said executive
committee for the purpose of electing a successor to the said
chairman. If no meeting shall be called within five days after
such vacancy occurs, then any other officer of said executive com-
mittee, or any three members thereof, may call a meeting to fill
said vacancy; provided, however, if such vacancy shall be in a
state senatorial executive committee, in that event, any member
thereof after said vacancy shall have existed for five days, may
call a meeting to fill such vacancy.
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Sec. 9. The State Democratic Executive Committee shall have
the power to fill all vacancies occurring in said committee; vacan-
cies occurring in congressional, judicial, and senatorial committees
shall be filled by the executive committee of the county in w^hich
such vacancies occur; precinct committees shall fill all vacancies
occurring in their respective committee.
Sec. 10. All officers of the State Executive Committee and the
National Committeeman and the National Committeewoman from
the State and the President of the Young Democratic Clubs of the
State shall be ex officio members of the Committee w^ith the power
to vote.
Sec. 11. All executive committees shall have the power to ap-
point subcommittees or special committees for such purposes and
with such powers, in their respective jurisdictions, as may be
deemed necessary or desirable.
Sec. 12. In each election year the Chairman of the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee shall convene said Committee in the
City of Raleigh on or before the 10th day of March, and at said
meeting the following business shall be transacted:
(a) The time and place of holding the State Convention shall
be determined and duly published.
(b) A common day shall be fixed, on which all precinct meet-
ings shall be held for the election of delegates to the county con-
ventions.
(c) A common day shall be fixed for the holding of a county
convention in each county in the State for the purpose of electing
delegates to the State Convention.
Sec. 13. Immediately after the adjournment of the aforesaid
meeting of the State Democratic Executive Committee, it shall be
the duty of the chairman to publish the proceedings of the same,
and it shall be the duty of the secretary of the committee to notify,
in writing, the several chairmen of the County Democratic Execu-
tive Committees in the State of the respective dates so fixed for
the holding of precinct meetings and county conventions. Directly
after receipt of such notice, it shall be the duty of each chairman
of a County Democratic Executive Committee in the State to fix
the hour and places for holding the precinct meetings in his
county, the hour and place for holding the meeting of the County
Democratic Executive Committee required by the provisions of
Section 20 to be held on the day of the county convention; and
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thereupon the said chairman shall issue a call for the precinct
meeting-s, the county convention, and the meetings of the County
Democratic Executive Committee. The call shall be in writing and,
at least ten days before the day set for the precinct meetings, it
shall be posted at the courthouse door of the county and copies
thereof shall be sent to the chairmen of all precinct committees in
the county; a copy of the call also shall be sent as a news item to
each newspaper published in the county.
County and Precinct Organization
Sec. 14. The unit of county organization shall be the voting pre-
cinct. In each precinct there shall be an executive committee con-
sisting of five active Democrats, at least two of whom shall be
women, who shall be elected by the Democratic voters at the pre-
cinct meeting called by the chairman of the County Democratic
Executive Committee as provided in this plan of organization. The
precinct committee so elected shall elect from its membership a
chairman and a vice chairman, one of whom shall be a woman.
Sec. 15. The precinct meetings shall be presided over by the
chairman of the precinct committee, but in his absence, the vice
chairman of the committee shall preside, and in the absence of
both the chairman and the vice chairman, any member of the com-
mittee may preside.
Sec. 16. At the said precinct meeting, the Democratic voters in
attendance shall elect delegates and alternates to represent the
precinct in the county convention ; and said delegates or alternates,
or such of them as shall attend the county convention, shall be
entitled to vote the full democratic strength of their precinct upon
all questions, nominations, or elections which may come before
the county conventions. The chairman, or presiding officer, and the
secretary of the precinct meeting shall certify to the county con-
vention the names of the delegates and alternates selected at the
meeting.
Sec. 17. Each precinct shall be entitled to cast in the county
convention one vote for every 25 Democratic votes, and one vote
for fractions over 12 Democratic votes cast by the precinct for
Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election: provided
that every precinct shall be entitled to cast at least one vote in
the county convention, and each precinct may appoint as many
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delegates to said convention as it may see fit, not exceeding three
delegates and three alternates for each vote to w^hich said pre-
cinct may be entitled in the county convention.
Sec. 18. At every precinct meeting, if requested, a vote shall
be taken on the different questions, nominations, and elections
anticipated to come before the county convention, and in that
event, the chairman or presiding officer and the secretary of the
precinct meeting shall certify to the county convention the vote so
cast, and the relative vote as fixed in the precinct meeting shall
not be changed in the county convention, except by two-thirds vote
of the entire unit of delegates desiring to change its vote.
Sec. 19. In case there shall be a failure to hold a precinct
meeting in pursuance of the call of the chairman of the county
democratic executive committee, or if at any meeting there shall
be a failure to elect delegates to the county convention, in either
event, the precinct democratic executive committee shall appoint
the delegates and alternates from the Democratic voters of the
px'ecinct.
Sec. 20. The chairman of the several precinct committees shall
compose the County Democratic Executive Committee, which shall
meet on the same day as the county convention first held in each
election year, the meeting to be held either before or after the
convention at an hour and place to be designated in the call issued
in pursuance of Section 13 hereof. At said meeting a chairman
of said county executive committee shall be elected. Immediately
after the election of the chairman, the committee shall elect one
or more, but not exceeding three, vice chairman, and also a secre-
tary. If more than one vice chairman shall be elected, the order
of their succession shall be designated by title, e.g., first vice
chairman, second vice chairman, third vice chairman. Either the
chairman or the first vice chairman shall be a woman. The chair-
man, vice chairman or vice chairmen, or secretary need not be
members of the County Democratic Executive Committee, but all
of said officers shall be ex-officio members of the committee, with
the power to vote, however, at any organizational meeting of said
County Democratic Executive Committee said ex-officio members
shall not have the power to vote. If for any reason there should
occur any vacancy in the chairmanship of a county executive com-
mittee, by death, resignation, or removal, or if such chairman
should be incapacitated or should fail or refuse to act, then the
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vice chairman or vice chairmen, in their order of succession, and
thereafter the secretary, shall, in such order of succession, be
vested with the full authority and power of the chairman until
such time as said county executive committee has met and duly
elected a successor to such chairman. A majority of said precinct
chairman, in person or by proxy in the person of some active
Democrat of the precinct in which an absent chairman resides,
shall constitute a quorum. The county executive committee may
appoint a central committee of five who shall act in its stead when
the county executive committee is not in session.
Sec. 21. In case there shall be a failure to elect any precinct
executive committee prior to the day of the county convention,
the County Democratic Executive Committee at its meeting held
on the day of the said convention shall appoint the committee for
such precinct.
Sec. 22. The county executive committee shall have power to
make any rules with regard to holding precinct meetings which it
may deem proper, not inconsistent with the rules prescribed in
this plan; it shall be the duty of said committee to prepare and
furnish all forms and blanks needed in making the returns from
said precinct meetings, and any reported challenges and appeals
therefrom; and it shall have the power to raise the funds neces-
sary to pay the expenses thereof.
Sec. 23. All county conventions shall be called to order by the
chairman of the executive committee of such county, and in his
absence, by the vice chairman or by one of the vice chairmen in
the order of succession set out in Section 20 hereof, and in his or
their absence, by any member of the county executive committee
who may be present at the convention, and in case none of the
foregoing persons shall be present, then by any delegate to the
convention, and he shall preside until a permanent chairman is
elected by the convention.
Sec. 24. The chairman shall provide the convention with a suf-
ficient number of secretaries or ready accountants, who shall re-
duce the votes to decimals and tabulate the same, disregarding
all fractions after the second or hundredth column.
Sec. 25. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the convention
from making nomination by viva voce or acclamation where a
vote by township or precinct is not demanded by any Democratic
elector present.
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Sec. 26. The County Democratic Executive Committee shall
have the power to make such other rules and regulations for the
holding of county conventions not inconsistent herewith, as may be
deemed necessary or expedient.
Sec. 27. Any chairman of a county executive committee who
announces his candidacy for an elective office in the primary shall
resign immediately as such chairman and the vacancy shall be
filled as heretofore provided; but any chairman who shall so resign
may be reelected to such chairmanship if and when a vacancy
occurs after the primary.
State Convention Rules
Sec. 28. The state convention shall be composed of delegates
appointed by the several county conventions. Each county in the
State shall be entitled to elect to the State Convention one dele-
gate and one alternate for every 150 Democratic votes and one
delegate and one alternate for fractions over 75 Democratic votes
cast therein for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial
election.
Sec. 29. A preliminary meeting of the delegates shall be held
by each congressional district on the morning of the State Con-
vention, at rooms to be designated by the State Executive Com-
mittee, for the purpose of selecting the following committees and
officers of the convention :
1. One member of the committee on Eesolutions and Platform.
2. One member of the committee on Permanent Organization,
Rules, and Order of Bvisiness, which committee will nominate a
permanent president and secretary of the convention.
3. One vice president of the convention.
4. One district assistant secretary.
5. One member of the committee on Credentials and Appeals.
6. Nine men and nine women as members of the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, with at least one member being se-
lected from each county.
7. Two members from each county for the Congressional, Judi-
cial, and Solicitorial District Democratic Executive Committees;
provided, however, in districts embracing less than five counties,
three members of each said committee shall be elected from each
county in said district.
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8. One member for each county of the State Senatorial Execu-
tive Committee where the district embraces more than one county.
Sec. 30. Such delegates (or alternates of absent delegates), as
may be present at any Democratic Convention shall be allov^^ed to
cast the whole vote to which their precinct or county may be
entitled.
Sec. 31. In all conventions provided for by this plan, after a
vote is cast, there shall be no change in such vote until the final
result of the ballot shall be announced by the chairman of said
convention.
Sec. 32. The chairman of the different county conventions shall
certify the list of delegates and alternates to the State Conven-
tion, and a certified list of said delegates and alternates to the
secretary of the State Executive Committee.
Sec. 33. The secretary of the State Democratic Executive Com-
mittee shall make up a roll of all delegates and alternates from
the several counties and transmit the same to the chairman of
the State Convention.
Sec. 34. In all conventions a nomination may be made by any
maiority, even though it be a fraction of a vote.
Sec. 35. In all State Conventions it shall be the duty of the
delegates from the several counties to chcose one of their number
chairman, whose name shall be reported to the president of such
convention, and whose duty it shall be to cast the vote of his
county as directed, and the vote as announced by him shall be
recorded unless some delegate from that county shall challenge its
accuracy, in which event it shall be the duty of the president of
the convention to cause the roll of delegates from that county to be
called, when the vote of such county shall be tabulated and re-
corded according to the response of its delegates; but in no event
shall the vote of one county be challenged by a delegate from
another county.
Rotation of State Senators in Districts Composed
of More Than One County
Sec. 36. That in all State Senatorial Districts composed of more
than one county, in which it has been the custom to concede the
right to nominate a senator to one county of this district, by a
plan of rotation or otherwise, and in which such plan was fol-
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lowed in the Primary Election of 1936, the same shall remain in
full force and effect until terminated as herein provided.
The executive committees of the several counties composing
such Senatorial District may hereafter adopt a plan for the nomi-
nation of candidates for the State Senate by one or more counties
composing such district, but such plan shall not be effective until
the executive committee of each of the counties composing the
district shall, by a majority vote, approve such plan and file with
the chairman of the State Executive Committee a copy of the
resolution approving the same. The agreement in any senatorial
district composed of only two counties may be terminated by a
majority vote of the county executive committee of any one of the
counties and in districts of more than two counties by a majority
vote of each of the executive committees of at least two counties,
provided that notice of the termination of such agreement must
be filed with the chairman of the State Executive Committee at
least 120 days in advance of the date of the primary election at
which the candidates for the General Assembly are to be nomi-
nated. The chairman of the State Executive Committee shall
promptly notify the State Board of Elections of all such agree-
ments and of the termination thereof.
Nomination of Candidates for County and Township Offices
and for the General Assembly in Counties
Not Under Primary Law
Sec. 37. In all counties in which the selection of candidates for
members of the General Assembly and county and township offices
is not provided for by the primary law, nominations shall be
made in the following manner :
(a) The county democratic executive committee shall meet and
set a time and place for holding a county convention for the nomi-
nation of candidates for the aforesaid offices, and shall also set
the time and places for holding the necessary preliminary precinct
meetings, and thereupon the chairman of the county executive
committee shall issue a call for the precinct meetings and the
county convention, notice of which call shall be sent to the pre-
cinct officials and published in such manner and form as shall be
directed by the said county executive committee.
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(b) At the meeting- held in each precinct in pursuance of said
notice, delegates and alternates to repi^esent it in the county con-
vention shall be elected from the body of the Democratic voters
of the precinct; and said delegates or alternates, or such of them
as shall attend the county convention shall be entitled to vote the
full Democratic strength of their precinct in the nomination of
candidates and upon all questions which may come before said
county convention.
If there is a failure to hold a precinct meeting in pursuance of
said notice, or if said meeting shall fail to elect delegates to rep-
resent it in said convention, the precinct executive committee shall
appoint delegates and alternates from the Democratic voters of
the precinct.
(c) Each precinct shall be entitled to cast in the county con-
vention one vote for every 25 Democratic votes, and one vote for
fractions over 12 Democratic votes cast by the precinct for Gov-
ernor at the last preceding gubernatorial election: provided that
every precinct shall be entitled to cast at least one vote in the
county convention, and each precinct may appoint as many dele-
gates to said convention as it may see fit, not exceeding three
delegates and three alternates for each vote to which said pre-
cinct may be entitled in the county convention.
(d) The precinct meetings shall be presided over by the chair-
man of the precinct committee, but in his absence, the vice chair-
man of the committee shall preside, and in the absence of both
the chairman and vice chairman, any member of the committee
may preside.
(e) The county executive committee shall have power to make
any rules with regard to holding precinct meetings which it may
deem proper, not inconsistent with the rules prescribed in this
plan; it shall be the duty of said committee to prepare and furnish
all forms and blanks needed in making the returns from said pre-
cinct meetings, and any reported challenges and appeals therefrom.
Appointment of Democratic Members of
County Board of Elections
Sec. 38. The chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee
in each county shall, before submitting to the State Chairman
recommendations as to Democratic members of the county Board
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of Elections in such county, call a meeting of the democratic
executive committee of the county and submit such recommenda-
tions for the approval of the executive committee, and only when
such recommendations are approved by a majority of the com-
mittee present, shall same be submitted to the State Chairman by
the county chairman. The time of such meeting of the respective
county executive committees for the purpose of passing on such
recommendations shall be fixed by the State Chairman.
Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 39. In the several counties of the State where primaries
are provided for by law, whether optional or mandatory, this plan
of organization shall nevertheless be followed in all matters not
inconsistent with such laws.
Sec. 40. In the nomination of candidates for municipal offices
to be voted for in any town or city election, where the same is not
controlled by charter or legislative enactment, a municipal demo-
cratic executive committee may be created for the purpose of
facilitating the orderly selection of such candidates. The com-
mittee shall be composed of five residents of the municipality, at
least two of whom shall be women, to be elected biennially at a
meeting of all members of the regular precinct executive com-
mittee or committees, who reside in the municipality, the meeting
to be called and presided over by the chairman of the county
democratic executive committee. It shall be the sole function of
any municipal democratic executive committee created under the
provisions of this section to supervise and direct the selection of
candidates for municipal offices, and in so doing, the committee
shall follow in principle the procedure set out in Section 37 hereof,
and to that end, the committee may formulate such rules and
regulations as may be deemed necessary, practicable and fair in
applying in principle the procedure set out in said Section 37.
The committee shall elect from its membership a chairman and
vice chairman, one of whom shall be a woman; and all vacancies
in membership shall be filled by the committee.
Filling Vacancies Among Candidates and Selecting
Candidates in Special Elections
Sec. 41. In the event any person nominated as a candidate of
the Democratic Party of a state office shall die, resign, or for any
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reason become ineligible or disqualified between the date of nomi-
nation and the ensuing general election, the vacancy caused thereby
shall be filled by the action of the State Executive Committee; in
the event of such vacancy in the case of a district office (except in
a state senatorial district operating under a rotation agreement
which concedes the candidate for senator or one of the candidates
for senator to one county) , the vacancy shall be filled by the action
of the executive committee for such district; and in the event of
such vacancy in the case of a county office, or the House of Rep-
resentatives, or the State Senate in a district composed either of
only one county or of two or more counties operating under a
rotation agreement which concedes the candidate for senator or
any one of the candidates for senator to one county, in either of
said events, the vacancies shall be filled by action of the county
executive committee of the county wherein such vacancy occurs;
provided, that should a vacancy occur in any office after a nomi-
nation has been made, or if a special election shall be ordered to
fill a vacancy either in the Congress of the United States or in the
General Assembly of North Carolina, in any or either of said
event or events, a nomination shall be made by the appropriate
committee in like manner as hereinbefore provided. Any nomi-
nation made under the provisions of this section shall be certified
immediately by the chairman and secretary of the nominating
committee to the board or boards of elections, State or county,
having the responsibility of printing and distributing the ballots
on which the name of the nominee shall appear.
Sec. 42. The right of appeal shall lie from any subordinate
committee or convention to the committee or convention next su-
I>erior thereto, and in all county or state conventions appeals shall
first be referred to the committee on Credentials and Appeals, or
a special committee provided by the convention, and the findings
and reports of such committee had before action thereon by the
convention.
Sec. 43. It shall be the duty of the county executive committees
and their chairmen to make such reports and furnish such informa-
tion to the chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee
and chairman of the several district committees as the said State
and district chairmen may desire.
Plan of Organization 171
Sec. 43-A. The State Democratic Executive Committee shall
appoint a committee of three whose duty it shall be to audit, not
less frequently than biennially, the financial accounts and balances
of the Committee.
Amendments to Plan of Organization
Sec. 44. The State Democratic Executive Committee shall, by
a majority vote of the full committee, have power to amend this
plan of organization.
The foregoing is the plan of organization of the Democratic
Party of North Carolina as adopted by the State Democratic
Executive Committee, at a meeting held in the city of Raleigh
on the 5th day of March, 1918, together with all amendments
thereto up to and including a special meeting of said committee
held in the City of Raleigh on August 20, 1952.
John D. Larkins, Jr.,
Chairman.
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COMMITTEES OF THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
(From list furnished by Secretary, State Democratic
Executive Committee)
STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
1956
OFFICERS
Chairman John D. Larkins, Jr.
Vice-Chairman Mrs. John T. Richardson
Secretary Herman A. Moore
EX-OFFICIO
President Young Democratic Clubs of N. C Steve Nimocks, Fayetteville
National Committeeman B. Everett Jordan, Saxapahaw
National Committeewoman Mrs. B. B. Everett, Palmyra
Committees
First District
Beaufort Ashley Futrell Washington
Beaufort Scott Topping Pantego
Camden Mrs. Jerry Forbes Camden
Chowan A. B. Harless Edenton
Currituck Mrs. Dudley Bagley Moyock
Dare R. Bruce Etheridge Manteo
Gates A. P. Godwin, Jr Gatesville
Hertford Mrs. R. H. Jernigan, Jr Ahoskie
Hyde Mrs. Dick O'Neal New Holland
Martin Mrs. Elbert Peele Williamston
Martin Hugh Horton Williamston
Pasquotank John H. Hall Elizabeth City
Pasquotank Mrs. Norman Shannonhouse Elizabeth City
Perquimans J. Emmett Winslow Hertford
Pitt Mrs. W. J. Bissette Grif ton
Pitt John G. Clark Greenville
Tyrrell Mrs. Claire E. Morris Columbia
Washington Carl Bailey Plymouth
Second District
Bertie Mrs. C. W. Beasley Colerain
Bertie Charles H. Jenkins Aulander
Edgecombe John H. Price Tarboro
Edgecombe Mrs. J. W. Sexton Rocky Mount
Edgecombe Don Gilliam, Jr Tarboro
Greene Mrs. H. MajTior Hicks Snow Hill
Greene M. Bruton Taylor Walstonburg
Halifax Mrs. A. L. Hux Roanoke Rapids
Halifax Eric W. Rodgers Scotland Neck
Lenoir Mrs. Woodrow Taylor Deep Run
Lenoir Mrs. Verdie Noble Deep Run
Lenoir J. Marvin Rochelle, Sr Kinston
Northampton Mrs. Grace Duke Parker Lasker
Northampton J. Guy Revelle Conway
Warren John H. Kerr, Jr Warren ton
Warren Mrs. Barker Williams Warrenton
Wilson S. E. High Wilson
Wilson Mrs. A. D. Williams Wilson
State Committees, Democratic 173
Third District
Carteret C. G. Holland Beaufort
Carteret Mrs. D. F. Merrill Beaufort
Craven Miss Theresa Shipp New Bern
Craven D. L. Ward New Bern
Duplin R. D. Johnson Warsaw
Duplin Mrs. Vance D. Gavin Kenansville
Jones Mrs. John D. Larkins, Jr Trenton
Jones W. M. Whitaker Trenton
Onslow C. L. Sabiston Jacksonville
Onslow Mrs. E. W. Summersill Jacksonville
Pamlico M. Dewitt Brinson Grantsboro
Pamlico E. R. Goodwin Oriental
Pender Mrs. Robert G. Johnson Burgaw
Pender Ashley M. Murphy Atkinson
Sampson Mrs. Alvin Sessoms Rt. 2, Newton Grove
Sampson Henry Vann Clinton
Wayne Mrs. Sue C. Hooks Fremont
Wayne W. Dortch Langston Goldsboro
Fourth District
Chatham Mrs. Margaret W. Sharpe Chapel Hill
Chatham J. Speight Wrenn Siler City
Franklin Walter E. Fuller Louisburg
Franklin Mrs. A. E. Hall Youngsville
Johnston Mrs. Tom I Davis Selma
Johnston James R. Poole Smithfield
Johnston Adam J. Whitley, Jr Smithfield
Nash Mrs. Don Evans Rocky Mount
Nash O. B. Moss Spring Hope
Nash Mrs. G. Ralph Strickland Middlesex
Randolph E. D. Cranford Asheboro
Randolph Mrs. Fletcher Craven Ramseur
Vance Robert B. Taylor Henderson
Vance Mrs. Elizabeth Wright Henderson
Wake Arch T. Allen Raleigh
Wake Thomas A. Banks Garner
Wake Mrs. J. M. Broughton, Sr Raleigh
Wake Mrs. L. M. Massey Zebulon
Fifth District
Caswell S. M. Bason Yancey ville
Caswell Joseph H. Warren Prospect Hill
Forsyth Calvin Graves Winston-Salem
Forsyth M rs. Mary Ann Parrish Winston-Salem
Forsyth William T. Wood Winston-Salem
Granville Mrs. D. C. Brummitt Oxford
Granville N. E. Cannady Oxford
Granville Allen Cross Creedmoor
Person R. L. Harris Roxboro
Person E. P. Warren Hurdle Mills
Rockingham Mrs. J. Hampton Price Leaksville
Rockingham P. W. Glidewell, Sr Reidsville
Rockingham J. Hoy t Stultz Draper
Stokes William F. Marshall Walnut Cove
Stokes Grace Rodenbough Walnut Cove
Surry Mrs. Joe Fowler, Jr Mt. Airy
Surry Frank Moore Dobson
Surry Livingston Williams Elkin
Sixth District
Alamance Eugene A. Gordon Burlington
Alamance Duke Paris Graham
Alamance Mrs. John H. Vernon, Sr Burlington
Alamance E. T. Sanders Burlington
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Durham J. Leslie Atkins, Jr Durham
Durham Sam B. Brockwell Durham
Durham E. C. Brooks, Jr Durham
Durham Mrs. Mary Trent Semans Durham
Durham J. S. Stewart Durham
(iuilford O. A. Kirkman Hi^jh Point
(luilford Mrs. Ruth Dobson High Point,
Guilford Frank Lin ville ( )ak Ridge
Guilford Mrs. W. E. Younts Greensboro
Guilford C. M. Vanstory, Jr Greensboro
Guilford Mrs. Marion Y. Keith Greensboro
Guilford Eugene G. Shaw Raleigh
Orange Robert O. Forest Hillsboro
Orange Mrs. George E. Nicholson Chapel Hill
Seventh District
Bladen James A. Bridger Bladenboro
Bladen Mrs. E. E. McCuUoch Elizabethtown
Brunswick S. Bunn Frink Southport
Brunswick Mrs. Foster Mintz Bolivia
Columbus Miss Ann McGougan Tabor City
Columbus W. A. Thompson Lake Waccamaw
Columbus A. W. Williamson Whiteville
Cumberland Lester G. Carter, Jr Fayetteville
Cumberland Heman R. Clark Fayetteville
Cumberland Mrs. Grady Howard Spring Lake
Harnett Fred Byerly Dunn
Harnett Mrs. W. H". Byrd Lillington
New Hanover Mrs. Thomas J. Cause Wilmington
New Hanover R. M. Kermon Wilmington
New Hanover Mrs. Alice Strickland Carolina Beach
Robeson Mrs. W. S. Alexander McDonald
Robeson E. P. Bond Rowland
Robeson John S. Butler St. Pauls
Eighth District
Anson J. A. Hardison Wadesboro
Davidson J. Lee Wilson Lexington
Davidson Miss Shirley Harris Thomasville
Davie G.H.C. Shutt Mocksville
Hoke J. Benton Thomas Raef ord
Lee Ralph Monger, Jr Sanford
Lee W. E. Horner Sanford
Montgomery T. Wade Bruton Raleigh
Moore W. P. Saunders Southern Pines
Moore Bess McCaskill Carthage
Richmond J. Elsie Webb Rockingham
Richmond Mrs. Norman K. Lee Rockingham
Scotland James R. McKenzie Laurinburg
Union Max Thomas Marshville
Union Miss Edith Marsh Monroe
Wilkes W. H. McElwee North Wilkesboro
Wilkes Miss Zell Harris Roaring River
Yadkin Fred J. Brandon Yadkinville
Ninth District
Alexander Mrs. Harry Miller Stony Point
Alexander Mrs. R. E. Current Taylorsville
Alleghany R. F. Crouse Sparta
Alleghany Mrs.Edna Thompson Sparta
Ashe Mrs. Elizabeth Hensley West Jefferson
Ashe Ira T. Johnson JefTerson
Caldwell E. F. Allen Lenoir
Caldwell F. H. Hoover Lenoir
Caldwell Mrs. Margaret B. Moore Lenoir
Cabarrus G. Lee White Concord
State Committees, Democratic 175
Cabarrus Mrs. H. B. Robertson Kannapolis
Iredell D. D. Nantz, Sr Statesville
Iredell Mrs. E. M. Land Statesville
Rowan George Uzzell Salisbury
Rowan Mrs. Ervin Lambert Salisbury
Stanly Vann B. Smith Oakboro
Stanly Mrs. Everette Beam Albemarle
Watauga Clyde Perry Sugar Grove
Watauga Mrs. R. C. Rivers, Jr Boone
Tenth District
Avery Robert T. Lewis Minneapolis
Avery Hope B. Teaster Minneapolis
Burke Sam J. Ervin, III Morganton
Burke T. Earle Franklin Morganton
Burke Mrs. Yates Palma Valdese
Catawba Theo F. Cummings Hickory
Catawba Martha L. Vander Linden Hickory
Catawba George L. Wilkinson Newton
Lincoln Mrs. Hal Heafner Lincolnton
Lincoln Arnold E. Tarr ; Lincolnton
Mecklenburg Mrs. R. E. McDowell Charlotte
Mecklenburg Mrs. Martha Evans Charlotte
Mecklenburg Mrs. Peggy Hurt Charlotte
Mecklenburg Ben Huntly Himtersville
Mecklenburg Alfred E. Smith Charlotte
Mecklenburg Thomas Watkins Charlotte
Mitchell U. D. Hensley Bakersville
Mitchell Nathan H. Yelton Bakersville
Eleventh District
Cleveland O. M. Mull Shelby
Cleveland B. T. Falls, Jr Shelby
Cleveland Clyde Nolan Shelby
Gaston George Jenkins Gastonia
Gaston Mrs. Rubye Rhyne Gastonia
Gaston W. O. Barrett Mt. Holly
Madison A. E. Leake Marshall
Madison Fred Freeman Marshall
McDowell Robert W. Proctor Marion
McDowell Mrs. John Poteat Marion
McDowell Hugh Beam Marion
Polk Mrs. Janie Thompson Columbus
Polk Fred Smith Tryon
Rutherford O. J. Holler Union Mills
Rutherford Charles C. Dalton Spindale
Rutherford M rs. Mildred Moore Forest City
Yancey Miss Hope Buck Burnsville
Yancey Mark Bennett Burnsville
Twelfth District
Buncombe Philip Cocke Asheville
Buncombe Don S. Elias Asheville
Buncombe Mrs. Ruth Goodson Asheville
Cherokee H. L. McKeever Murphy
Clay C. L. Davis Hayesville
Graham Jack Morphew Robbinsville
Haywood Mrs. Mary Robinson Canton
Haywood Joe N. Tate, Jr Waynesville
Henderson H. E. Buchanan Henderson ville
Henderson Mrs. B. J. Romeo Hendersonville
Jackson Mrs. Frank Brown, Jr CuUowhee
Jackson Mrs. Dan K. Moore Sylva
Macon Clyde West Franklin
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Macon Mrs. Kate Wren Franklin
Swain W. E. Elmore Bryson City
^*a">-; ■ • • : Mrs. W. T. Jenkins Brvson City
Transylvania Thomas R. EUer, Jr ' Brevard
1 ransylvania Mrs. J. E. Osborn ] Brevard
State Democratic Conj?ressional District Executive
Committee
1956
First District
Beaufort R„bt. P. Mackenzie Washington
Beaufort Mrs. Wilton Smith Bath
Camden J W. Gary -. -. ; :South Mills
Camden Mrs. P. P. Gregory Shawboro
Chowan P. S^ McMullen Edenton
Chowan B. W. Evans RFD, Edenton
Curntuck Dudley Bagley Moyock
CuTituck S. A. Walker Snowden
^are Mrs. Thomas Basnight Manteo
Dare C. R. Evans Manteo
Cates L. C. Hand GatesviUe
gates R. E. Miller GatesviUe
Hertford H. W. Green Ahoskie
Hertford R. H. Underwood Murfreesboro
"yde Mrs. Margaret Lupton Scran ton
f/af. M. A. Matthews Engelhard
Martin J. R. Winslow RobersonviUe
Martin Hugh Horton WiUiamston
Pasquotank Miles Ferebee Elizabeth City
Pasquotank Mrs. Farmer Midgette Elizabeth Citv
Perquimans W. F. Ainsley Hertford
Perquimans J. H. Towe Hertford
Pitt C. W. Everette Bethel
Pitt W. I. Bissette Grifton
^y"^]] Julian H. Swain Columbia
/yrrell Mrs. Blanche Coborn Columbia
• Washington W. T. Freeman Plymouth
Washington Mrs. James H. Ward Plymouth
Second District
Bertie H B. Spruill Windsor
Bertie Mrs. L. D. Perry Colerain
Edgecombe V'inson Bridgers Tarboro
Edgecombe C. W. Wickham ' ' Tarboro
Creene M. C. Lassiter Snow Hill
§■"??»« Harry S Taylor Hookerton
ga ifax W. B. AUsbrook Roanoke Rapids
f'alifax Mrs. Lois Grumpier Roanoke Rapids
fenoir J. C Hooten Grifton
Lenoir A. H. Jeffries Kinston
Northampton J. Ivey Bridgers Conway
Northampton Mrs. Julian Porter Severn
Warren R W. Thornton V//, .Littleton
Warren WE. Turner R 2, Henderson
Wilson Jeff Batts Wilson
Wilson John D. Wilson [[ Wilson
State Committees, Democratic 177
Third District
Carteret Irvin W. Davis Beaufort
Carteret Mrs. C. G. Holland Beaufort
Craven Mrs. N. C. Reed, Jr New Bern
Craven J. E. Wetherington Vanceboro
Duplin Mrs. Frank Casteen Faison
Duplin David Henderson Wallace
Jones Mrs. George Hughes PoUocksville
Jones John D. Larkins, Jr Trenton
Onslow Herbert Eastwood Jacksonville
Onslow Mrs. John Murrill Jacksonville
Pamlico J. C. Wiley Grantsboro
Pamlico Mrs. R. A. Wharton Bayboro
Pender Leon H. Corbett Burgaw
Pender Mrs. A. B. Herring Watha
Sampson Milton Carter Garland
Sampson Mrs. Gertrude Cooper Salemburg
Fourth District
Chatham Carl G. Butler Pittsboro
Chatham Herman Scott Chapel Hill
Franklin T. M. Harris Louisburg
Franklin W. P. Pearce, Jr Franklinton
Johnston E. W. Ellis Clayton
Johnston Mrs. Ed L. White Pine Level
Nash Don T. Evans Rocky Mount
Nash John D. Weaver Rocky Mount
Randolph S. Davis Cranford Asheboro
Randolph Archie L. Smith Asheboro
Vance E. O. Falkner Henderson
Vance Robert S. Hight Henderson
Wake J. H. Anderson, Jr Raleigh
Wake Banks Arendell Raleigh
Fifth District
Caswell A.J. Florence Yancey ville
Caswell W. C. Taylor Blanche
Forsyth Heartt Bryant Clemmons
Forsyth Cliff Harper Winston-Salem
Granville Clarence Jones Creedmoor
Granville B. S. Royster Oxford
Person E. G. Thompson Roxboro
Person D. W. Bradsher Roxboro
Rockingham Jake Balsley Reidsville
Rockingham J. S. Burton, Sr Reidsville
Stokes Mrs. Marjorie Christian Danbury
Stokes A.J. Ellington Walnut Cove
Surry Franklin Folger Elkin
Surry L. W. Haynes Mt. Airy
Sixth District
Alamance C. C. Bayliff Graham
Alamance Melvin H. Hearn Haw River
Alamance D. K. Muse Mebane
Durham S. E. Blaine Durham
Durham Ellis E. Jones Durham
Durham Wilbur Hobby Durham
Guilford John Caffey Greensboro
Guilford Andrew Joyner, Jr Greensboro
Guilford Dave Neal High Point
Orange Collier Cobb, Jr Chapel Hill
Orange Miss Harriett Herring Chapel Hill
Orange L. J. Phipps Hillsboro
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Seventh District
Bladen Charlie Braddy Council
Bladen R. J. Hester Elizabethtown
Brunswick Mrs. Lois Lane Herring Southport
Brunswick Ray H. Walton Southport
Columbus J. A. Thompson Lake Waccamaw
Columbus L. R. Wayne Lake Waccamaw
Cumberland R. H. Butler Fayetteville
Cumberland
Harnett H. S. HoUoway Fuquay Springs
Harnett Mrs. W. E. Nichols Coats
New Hanover Glenn M. Tucker Carolina Beach
New Hanover Mrs. J. W. West Wilmington
Eighth District
Anson W. E. Brock Wadesboro
Anson John Crawford Wadesboro
Davidson George Hundley Thomasville
Davidson E. T. Morris Lexington
Davie E. C. Tatum Cooleemee
Davie J- B. Cain
Hoke Sam C. Morris Raeford
Hoke John Flannery
Lee Robert Dalrymple Broadway
Lee J- Glenn Edwards Sanford
Montgomery Garland C. Garriss Troy
Montgomery Chas. A. Dorsett Mt. Gilead
Moore J- Hubert McCaskill Pinehurst
Moore Mrs. W. G. Brown Carthage
Richmond J. Brant Lear Rockingham
Richmond Clyde H. Gausey Rockingham
Scotland P- D. Jones Laurinburg
Scotland Jim Sutherland Laurinburg
Union Kemp Armfield Marshville
Union Mrs. Henry Hall Wilson Monroe
Wilkes Clyde Beshears N. Wilkesboro
Wilkes Harry Summers N. Wilkesboro
Yadkin Paul Speer, Sr Boonville
Yadkin Fred C. Hobson Yadkin ville
Ninth District
Alexander Earl Current Stony Point
Alexander Mrs. T. D. Crouch Stony Point
Alleghany W. F. Osbourne Sparta
Alleghany Edwin Duncan Sparta
Ashe Wade E. Vannoy Jefferson
Ashe Thomas Bowie W. Jefferson
Caldwell Mrs. J. G. Spencer Lenoir
Caldwell J. C. Talbert Lenoir
Cabarrus Dr. J. O. Nolan Kannapolis
Cabarrus R- Ray McEachern Concord
Iredell Ralph Millsaps, Jr Statesville
Iredell W. C. Morris Statesville
Rowan J. F. Hurley Salisbury
Rowan Wm. D. Kizziah Salisbury
Stanly O.J. Sikes Albemarle
Stanly J. B. Little Albemarle
Watauga Gordon Taylor Boone
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Tenth District
Avery Bynum Dobbin Pineola
Avery Mrs. W. D. Tennant Pineola
Burke H. McDowell Estes Morgan ton
Catawba D. Locke Russell Hickory
Catawba Mrs. Marguerite Trott Newton
Lincoln D. E. Garrison Lincoln ton
Lincoln Luke Grooms Lincolnton
Mecklenburg G. M. Bogan Charlotte
Mecklenburg John Ray Charlotte
Mitchell W. B. Ellis Bakersville
Mitchell R. T. Phillips Bakersville
Eleventh District
Cleveland David Royster Shelby
Cleveland Robert Morgan Shelby
Gaston Grady B. Stott Gastonia
Gaston J. A. Blackwelder Cherry ville
Madison Bryan Teague Marshall
Madison Floyd Wallin Marshall
McDowell J. W. Streetman Marion
McDowell O. F. Adkins Marion
Polk Mrs. Annie Mae Walker Campobello, S.C.
Polk J. W. Durham Tryon
Rutherford Robert Blanton Forest City
Rutherford Robert Edwards Rutherfordton
Yancey Mrs. Charles Hutchins Burnsville
Yancey '. '. Mrs. E. R. Ohle Celo
Twelfth District
Buncombe Francis J. Hazel Asheville
Buncombe J- Harris Sample Asheville
Cherokee H. A. Mattox Murphy
Cherokee Richard Mauney Murphy
Clay Mai R. Kitchens
Clay Jack R. Rogers
Graham Mrs. Opal Long Robbinsville
Graham Leonard Llovd Robbinsville
Haywood Joe Campbell Maggie
Haywood Richard Queen Waynesville
Henderson Monroe Redden, Jr Hendersonville
Henderson R. L. Whitmire, Jr Hendersonville
Jackson Ed Bryson CuUowhee
Jackson Crawford Shelton Whittier
Macon W. C. Burrell Frankhn
Macon Jess Shope Franklin
Swain McKinley Edward Bryson City
Swain Frank Hyatt ■
Transylvania Clara Bryson Brevard
Transylvania B. H. Freeman Brevard
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State Democratic Judicial District Executive Committees
1956
First District
Camden R. L. Bray Belcross
Camden R. L. Whaley Camden
Chowan Marvin Wilson Edenton
(Chowan Mrs. John F. White Edenton
Curriluck E. Ray Etheridge Shawboro
Currilui-k Leroy Powers Moyock
Dare Martin Kellogg, Jr Manteo
Dare Victor Meekins Manteo
Gates F. H. Rountree Sunbury
Gates G. P. Kittrell Corapeake
Pasquotank W. L. Thompson Elizabeth City
Pasquotank Mrs. W. O. Dawson Elizabeth City
Perquimans C. R. Holmes Hertford
Perquimans W. G. Edwards Hertford
Second District
Beaufort W. B. Carter Washington
Beaufort Mrs. G. W. Marsh Bath
Hyde W. H. Cox Engelhard
Hyde Keith Dunbar Seranton
Martin A. Corey Jamesville
Martin Paul D. Roberson Robersonville
Tyrrell Harry Swain Columbia
Tyrrell Preston Walker Columbia
Washington W. Blount Rodman Plymouth
Washington Carl L. Bailey, Jr Plymouth
Third District
Carteret A. Luther Hamilton Morehead City
Carteret Mrs. Sam Adler Morehead City
Craven John Simpson Vanceboro
Craven Mrs. Emma Stocks Jasper
Pamlico B. B. Hollo well Bayboro
Pamlico Mrs. Ernest Harrison Bayboro
Pitt J. B. Lewis Farmville
Pitt J. H. Harrell Greenville
Pitt Robert Booth Ayden
Fourth District
Duplin R. D. Johnson, Jr Warsaw
Duplin Mrs. Christine Williams Kenansville
Jones George R. Hughes Pollocksville
Jones Mrs. R. P. Bender Pollocksville
Onslow Zennie L. Riggs Jacksonville
Onslow Mrs. W. Victor Venters Richlands
Sampson H. H. Hubbard Clinton
Sampson J. C. Moore Clinton
Fifth District
New Hanover Cicero P. Yow Wilmington
New Hanover Mrs. Marie G. Butler Wilmington
Pender J. J. Best Burgaw
Pender Mrs. J. J. Howard Hampstead
State Committees, Democratic 181
Sixth District
Bertie Joseph W. Parker Windsor
Bertie Mrs. Ed Pugh Windsor
Halifax M.S. Benton Roanoke Rapids
Halifax Mrs. Calvin Kennerman Roanoke Rapids
Hertford J. Carlton Cherry Ahoskie
Hertford J. William Copeland Murfreesboro
Northampton Angus A. McKellar Jackson
Northampton R. H. Johnson Conway
Seventh District
Edgecombe O. T. Leary Tarboro
Edgecombe Cameron Weeks Tarboro
Nash L. L. Davenport Nashville
Nash I. T. Valentine, Jr Nashville
Wilson Mitchell P. Farris Wilson
Wilson James Manning Wilson
Eighth District
Greene I. J. Horton Snow Hill
Greene Walter G. Shepherd Snow Hill
Lenoir Tom Davis Pink Hill
Lenoir. Marion A. Parrott Kinston
Wayne John J. Dortch Goldsboro
Wayne Wm. A. Dees, Jr Goldsboro
Ninth District
Franklin Ed F. Yarborough Louisburg
Franklin Mrs. Walter E. Fuller Louisburg
Granville Edward Taylor Oxford
Granville W. W. Whitfield Creedmoor
Person Richard Long
Person T. F. Davis
Vance R. G. Kittrell, Jr Henderson
Vance Fred S. Royster Henderson
Warren John M. Piquot Littleton
Warren R. H. Bright Warren ton
Tenth District
Wake Carl Holleman Raleigh
Wake Col. W. T. Joyner Raleigh
Wake A. L. Purrington Raleigh
Eleventh District
Harnett Neil McK. Salmon Lillington
Harnett Howard Godwin Dunn
Harnett L. M. Chaffin Lillington
Johnston H. R Britt Smithfield
Johnston J. Narvin Creech Smithfield
Lee K R. Hoyle Sanford
Lee D. B. Teague Sanford
Twelfth District
Cumberland Terry Sanford Fayetteville
Cumberland Grady Howard Spring Lake
Hoke Charles Hostetler Raeford
Hoke , N. H. C. Balfour Lumber Bridge
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Thirteenth District
Bladen Edward Clark Elizabethtown
Bladen Frank Grady Elizabethtown
Brunswiek Earnest Parker Southport
Brunswick E. J. Prevatt Southport
Columbus W. H. Powell Whiteville
Columbus D.J. Hooks Whiteville
Fourteenth District
Durham John E. Markham Durham
Durham M. H. Thompson Durham
Durham J. N. Brame Durham
Fifteenth District
Alamance D. M. McLelland Elon College
Alamance L. C. Allen, Jr Burlington
Alamance S. F. Hensley Graham
Chatham Ike F. Andrews Siler City
Chatham Mrs. Lacy Alston Pittsboro
Orange F. O. Bowman Chapel Hill
Orange S. M. Gattis, Jr Hillsboro
Orange Mrs. W. M. Snipes
Sixteenth District
Robeson R. L. Campbell Rowland
Robeson E. K. Butler Lumberton
Scotland Joe M. Cox Laurinburg
Scotland Gilbert Medlin Laurinburg
Seventeenth District
Caswell C. L. Pemberton Yanceyville
Caswell D. D. Chandler Yanceyville
Rockingham A. D. Ivey Leaksville
Rockingham Jess Moore Reidsville
Stokes Leonard Van Noppen Danbury
Stokes R. L. Smith Danbury
Surry P. O. Wilson Pilot Mountain
Surry A. B. Carter Mt. Airy
Eighteenth District
Guilford Shelley B. Caviness Greensboro
Guilford Archie Myatt, Jr High Point
Guilford Wynne Bevill Brown Summit
Nineteenth District
Cabarrus John Sharpe Hartsell Concord
Cabarrus Bedford Black Kannapolis
Montgomery Garland C. Garriss Troy
Montgomery Chas. A. Dorsett Mt. Gilead
Randolph L. T. Hammond Randleman
Randolph T. R. Wall Liberty
Rowan T. K. Carlton Salisbury
Rowan J. Giles Hudson, Jr Salisbury
Rowan Ira Swicegood Salisbury
Twentieth District
Anson Fred J. Coxe Wadesboro
Anson Moran D. McLendon, Jr Wadesboro
Moore E. O. Brogden Carthage
Moore W. Lamont Brown Southern Pines
Richmond Hugh A. Lee Rockingham
State Committees, Democratic 183
Richmond Mark Frutchey R-I, Mt. Gilead
Stanly R. R. Ingram Albemarle
Stanly P. D. Lowder Albemarle
Stanly S. P. Williams Albemarle
Union J. H. Price Monroe
Union Carr Price R-6, Monroe
Twenty-first District
Forsyth Earnest Shore Winston-Salem
Forsyth Phillip Lucas Winston-Salem
Twenty-second District
Alexander L. P. Jackary Taylorsville
Alexander Mrs. J. C. Connally Taylorsville
Davidson C. W. Mauze Lexington
Davidson Carlos Kennedy Thomasville
Davidson Beamer Barnes Lexington
Davie George Martin Mocksville
Davie Mrs. R. S. McNeill Mocksville
Iredell I. T. Avery, Jr Statesville
Iredell Grant Balmer Mooresville
Iredell W. R. Pope Mooresville
Twenty-third District
Alleghany Worth Folger Sparta
Alleghany Gene R. Irwin Sparta
Ashe Mrs. Ed M. Anderson West Jefferson
Ashe J. Ivan Miller West Jefferson
Ashe W. G. V'annoy West Jefferson
Wilkes Homer Brockshire North Wilkesboro
Wilkes Max Ferree North Wilkesboro
Yadkin R. B. Matthews East Bend
Yadkin Mrs. Orlyle Calloway
Twenty-fourth District
Avery R. W. Wall Newland
Avery Mrs. Arizona Hughes Newland, Route
Madison E. Y. Ponder Marshall
Madison Tom Russell Hot Springs
Mitchell Frank Watson Spruce Pine
Mitchell Mrs. Nell Wilson Bakersville
Watauga
Watauga
Yancey C. P. Randolph Burnsville
Yancey D. R. Fouts Burnsville
Twenty-Fifth District
Burke Jack Kirksey Morgan ton
Burke W. Harold Mitchell Valdese
Caldwell
Caldwell
Catawba Young M. Smith Hickory
Catawba Stanley J. Come Newton
Twenty-sixth District
Mecklenburg Porter Byrum Charlotte
Mecklenburg Paul Ervin Charlotte
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.C. C. Horn Shelby
.B. T. Falls, Sr Shelby
. Harley B. Gaston Belmont
James AUran, Jr .• Cherry ville
. A. L. Tait Lincolnton
. K. B. Nixon Lincolnton
Twenty-seventh District
Cleveland
Cleveland
Gaston . . .
Gaston . . .
Lincoln . .
Lincoln . .
Twenty-eighth District
Buncombe Wm. C. Morris Asheville
Buncombe Edward O'Donnell Barnardsville
Twenty-ninth District
Henderson A.J. Redden Henderson ville
Henderson Frank Todd Henderson ville
McDowell E. P. Dameron Marion
McDowell W. B. Lonon Marion
Polk Wm. A. McFarland Columbus
Polk John R. Burgess Columbus
Rutherford B. T. Jones Forest City
Rutherford Clyde Keeter Lake Lure
Transylvania Milton L. Herzog Brevard
Transylvania Robert T. Gash Brevard
Thirtieth District
Cherokee Ralph Moody Murphy
Cherokee Herman Edwards Murphy
Clay R. T. Long
Clay Glen Byers
Graham Leonard Floyd
Graham Ray Carver
Haywood Jack West Waynesville
Haywood Gaston Burnett R-2, Canton
Jackson David M. Hall Sylva
Jackson William Harris
Macon Banks Finger. Franklin
Macon Guy Houck Franklin
Swain Robert Jackson Letherwood Bryson City
Swain Lexie Trawick (Mrs.) Bryson City
State Committees, Democratic 185
State Democratic Senatorial Executive Committees
1956
First District
Bertie Raleigh Lawrence Colerain
Camden H. C. Ferebee Camden
Chowan Mrs. Josie Ruth Carr Eden ton
Currituck John Wright, Jr Jarvisburg
Gates J. E. Gregory Sunbury
Hertford Gordon Maddrey Ahoskie
Pasquotank N. Elton Aydlette Elizabeth City
Perquimans W. H. Pitt Hertford
Second District
Beaufort Dr. Zeno Edwards Washington
Dare Melvin R. Daniels Wanchese
Hyde CM. Swindell Fairfield
Martin Clarence Griffin Williamston
Pamlico Raymond E. Dunn Olympia
Tyrrell Harvey Davis Columbia
Washington Thos. H. Hampton Plymouth
Third District
Northampton Leon Blythe Seaboard
Vance Bennett H. Perry, Sr Henderson
Warren W. R. Drake Macon
Fourth District
Edgecombe Randolph Eagles Macclesfield
Halifax W. E. Bellamy Scotland Neck
Fifth District
Pitt County Executive Committee Greenville
Sixth District
Franklin J. Fred Perry Zebulon, Rt. 2
Nash John T. Morton Rocky Mount
Wilson Albert S. Thomas Wilson
Seventh District
Carteret M. C. Howard Newport
Craven Norris C. Reed, Jr New Bern
Greene Percy Holden SnowHill
Jones R. P. Bender PoUocksville
Lenoir Paul LeRoque Kinston
Onslow James K. Sabiston Jacksonville
Eighth District
Johnston J. Marvin Johnson Smithfield
Wayne Ralph Howell Goldsboro
Ninth District
Duplin Grady Mercer Beaulaville
New Hanover Wallace Murchison Wilmington
Pender A. H. Davis Burgaw
Sampson J. C. Morrisey Clinton
Tenth District
Bladen Albert Thompson Bladenboro
Brunswick Odell Williamson Shallotte
Columbus Dr. Ross Williams Tabor City
Cumberland W. D. Milner Fayetteville
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Eleventh District
Robeson H. A. McKimmon Lumberton
Twelfth District
Harnett J. T. Lamb Lillington
Hoke Harry A. Greene Raeford
Moore Charles M. McLeod Carthage
Randolph W. B. Stamey Liberty
Thirteenth District
Chatham Joe H. Hargrove Siler City
Lee Dr. J. H. Byerly Sanford
Wake Harvey Holding Wake Forest
Fourteenth District
Durham Bruce E. Riddle Durham
Granville Joe A. Watkins Oxford
Person J. S. Merritt
Fifteenth District
Caswell W. A. Cobb
Rockingham Clarence Stone Stoneville
Sixteenth District
Alamance Thomas E. Mitchell Elon College
Orange Clyde C. Carter Chapel Hill
Seventeenth District
Guilford
Eighteenth District
Davidson Ralph Ennes Thomasville
Montgomery Charles M. McLeod Carthage
Richmond Harllie McDonald, Sr Rockingham
Scotland C. L. Jones Laurinburg
Nineteenth District
Anson Avery Hightower Wadesboro
Stanly Crayton C. Efird Albemarle
Union Irwin Price Monroe
Twentieth District
Mecklenburg C. V. Pridgen Charlotte
Twenty-first District
Cabarrus Brice J. Williford Kannapolis
Rowan Nelson Woodson Salisbury
Twenty-second District
Forsyth
Twenty-third District
Stokes E. M. Taylor Danbury
Surry Glenn Stone Pilot Mountain
Twenty-fourth District
Davie Mrs. Clyde W. Young Mocksville
Wilkes C. C. Faw, Sr North Wilkesboro
Yadkin C. E. Hartman Yadkinville
Twenty-fifth District
Catawba John M. Abernathy Newton
Iredell Troy F. Pope Statesville
Lincoln Frank Kuck Lincoln ton
State Committees, Democratic 187
Twenty-sixth District
Gaston R- Grady Rankin Gastonia
Twenty-seventh District
Cleveland D. W. Royster Shelby
McDowell V. E. Price Marion
Rutherford O. A. Harrill Spindale
Twenty-eighth District
Alexander J. H. Willett Hiddenite
Burke O. H. Pons Valdese
Caldwell D. A. Coffey Lenoir
Twenty-ninth District
Alleghany Clay Fox Scottsville
Ashe W. B. Austin Jefferson
Watauga John Bingham Boone
Thirtieth District
Avery Kenneth Anderson Newland
Madison Pearson Ball Rt. 1, Marshall
Mitchell Rex Wilson Spruce Pine
Yancey Paul Buck Rt. 3, Burnsville
Thirty-first District
Buncombe E. L. Lof tin Asheville
Thirty-second District
Haywood W. G. Bvers Clyde
Henderson Nathaniel Boone Henderson viUe
Jackson Hoyle Deitz Rt. 2, Sylva
Polk Eugene Anderson Saluda
Transylvania E. M. Medford Penrose
Thirty-third District
Cherokee Lloyd Hendrix Murphy
Clay H. M. Moore Hayesville
Graham J. Booth Crisp Robbinsville
Macon Frank I. Murray Franklin
Swain Charles R. Crawford Bryson City
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State Solicitorial District Executive Committees
1956
First District
Beaufort Mrs. Earl Hickman Chocowinity
Beaufort Carver Wallace Pinetown
Camden Ashton Leary Camden
Camden W. F. Williams South Mills
Chowan W. S. Privott Eden ton
Chowan J. W. Pruden Edenton
Currituck Wilton Walker, Jr Currituck
Currituck W. W. Jarvis, Jr Moyock
Dare M. K. Fearing Manteo
Dare Robert H. Midgett Manteo
Gates Tazewell Eure Gatesville
Gates C. C. Edwards Sunbury
Hyde S. A. Long Engelhard
Hyde H. E. Rhem Rt. 1, Belhaven
Pasquotank Noah Burfoot Elizabeth City
Pasquotank John D. McMuUen Elizabeth City
Perquimans S. M. Whedbee Hertford
Perquimans Charles Johnson Hertford
Tyrrell C. E. Morris Columbia
Tyrrell Hilton Summons Columbia
Second District
Edgecombe W. G. Clark, Jr Tarboro
Edgecombe W. Eugene Simmons Tarboro
Martin A. E. James Robersonville
Martin Hugh M. Martin Williamston
Nash Ben K. Neville Whitaker
Nash I. T. Valentine, Sr Nashville
Washington W. R. Gaylord Plymouth
Washington Z. V. Norman Plymouth
Wilson Tom Daniel Wilson
Wilson Mrs. Sharpe Newton Wilson
Third District
Bertie C. B. Griffin Woodland
Bertie E. R. Tyler Roxobel
Halifax Harry Fishel Roanoke Rapids
Halifax R. E. Shervette Enfield
Hertford J. B. Bly the Harrellsville
Hertford R. T. Vann Murfreesboro
Northampton Garland Barnes Severn
Northampton W. H. S. Burgwyn, Jr Woodland
Vance Geo. W. Blackburn Henderson
Vance Henry W. Hight Henderson
Warren T. P." Hicks Norlina
Warren W. S. Smiley Macon
Fourth District
Chatham Jesse O. Fearington Pittsboro
Chatham Mrs. Beulah Snarr Siler City
Harnett Mrs. E. H. Lassiter Erwin
Harnett H. C. Strickland Angier
Johnston J. Dobbin Bailey. Kenly
Johnston W. H. Britt Smithfield
Lee Ray Byerly Sanford
Lee Deia F. Harris, Jr Sanford
Wayne J. Frank McGinnis Goldsboro
Wayne Harry W. Tatum Goldsboro
State Committees, Democratic 189
Fifth District
Carteret Hugh Salter Beaufort
Carteret Mrs. C. L. Beam Beaufort
Craven Miss Lenora Carrawan New Bern
Craven C. D. Lancaster New Bern
Greene Cecil Beaman Snow Hill
Greene Geo. W. Edwards Snow Hill
Jones Mrs. John M. Hargett Rt. 3, Trenton
Jones Starling Pelietier Maysville
Pamlico Mrs. Sadie B. Lupton Vandemere
Pamlico Z. V. Rawls Bayboro
Pitt L. W. Gaylord, Jr Greenville
Pitt S. B. Underwood Greenville
Sixth District
Duplin Henry L. Stevens, III Warsaw
Duplin Mrs. Winifred T. Wells Wallace
Lenoir C. Brantley Aycock Kinston
Lenoir John G. Dawson Kinston
Onslow Carl V. Venters Jacksonville
Onslow Mrs. J. N. Starling Hubert
Sampson Bynum Jackson Rt. 1, Godwin
Sampson W. D. Hall Clinton
Seventh District
Franklin John W. King Louisburg
Franklin Mrs. Hugh W. Perry Louisburg
Franklin Jas. P. Lumpkin Louisburg
Wake W. A. Hinton Apex
Wake Howard E. Manning Raleigh
Wake Charles H. Young Raleigh
Eighth District
Brunswiclv Kenly Sullivan Leland
Brunswick R. L. Rabon Winnebow
Columbus Sankey Roberson Whiteville
Columbus Ed Williamson Chadbourn
New Hanover Henry C. Bost Wilmington
New Hanover Mrs. J. C. Birmingham Wilmington
Pender Mrs. H. P. Bell, Jr Currie
Pender W. E. Blake Burgaw
Ninth District
Bladen Rufus Britt Bladenboro
Bladen Leon Smith Elizabethtown
Cumberland Mrs. Joyce Sprouse Fayetteville
Cumberland A. A. Da vis Hope Mills
Hoke J. M. Andrews Raeford
Hoke H. D. Harrison Raeford
Robeson Sam C. Floyd Fairmont
Robeson John W. Campbell Lumberton
Tenth District
Alamance A.M. Carroll Burlington
Alamance W. S. Harris, Jr Graham
Alamance Dr. J. H. Hawkins Graham
Durham T. R. Bane Durham
Durham A. D. Atwater Durham
Durham J. Grover Lee Durham
Granville T. W. Allen Creedmoor, Rt. 1
Granville W. M. Hicks Oxford
Orange Roy Cole Hillsboro
Orange Charles B. Hodson Chapel Hill
Orange Mrs. R. E. Hughes Chapel Hill
Person R. P. Burns Roxboro
Person R. B. Davis Roxboro
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Eleventh District
Alleghany Alton Thompson Sparta
AlloKhany Amos WaKoner, Jr Sparta
Asho. . . " R. W. Barr West Jefferson
Ashe Mrs. B. W. Tugman West Jefferson
Forsyth William S. Mitchell Winston-Salem
Forsyth Rev. Kelly Goodwin Winston-Salem
Twelfth District
Davidson Ross Graver Lexington
Davidson C. F. Lambert, Jr Thomasville
Davidson Fred Myers Thomasville
Guilford Dwight Bowman Greensboro, RFD
Guilford Charles T. Hagan Greensboro
Guilford Mrs. Albert Hart, Jr High Point
Thirteenth District
Anson Fred M. Mills, Jr Wadesboro
Anson H. P. Taylor, Jr Wadesboro
Moore J. Douglas David Pine Bluff
Moore Robert N. Page, III Aberdeen
Richmond John Collins Hamlet
Richmond Bynum Meachum Rockingham
Scotland Jennings G. King Laurinburg
Stanly George Harris New London
Stanly Hal C. Turner Albemarle
Union C. Frank Griffin Monroe
Union James E. Gritfln Marshville
Fourteenth District
Gaston Wade Mitchum Lowell
Gaston Max Childers Mt. Holly
Mecklenburg Charles Bundy Charlotte
Mecklenburg Hunter Jones Charlotte
Mecklenburg Eddie S. Merritt Charlotte
Fifteenth District
Alexander Loy Wittenburg Rt. 5, Hickory
Alexander Mrs. Solon Moose Taylorsville
Cabarrus Robert Warren Concord
Cabarrus E. L. Wrenn, Jr Kannapolis
Iredell John G. Lewis, Jr Statesville
Iredell David Stewart Statesville
Montgomery David H. Armstrong Troy
Montgomery George Coggins Star
Rowan Walter Woodson, Jr Salisbury
Rowan Archie Rufty Salisbury
Randolph Richard S. Clark Asheboro
Randolph Tom English Trinity
Sixteenth District
Burke Karl Hudson Morganton
Burke John H. McMurray Morganton, Walton Road
Caldwell Coit F. Barber Lenoir
Caldwell
Catawba Irene Whisnant Maiden
Cleveland Ernest Gardner Shelby
Cleveland A. A. Powell Shelby
Lincoln W. S. Childs, Jr Lincolnton
Lincoln Joseph Graham Iron Station, Rt. 1
Watauga Ray Luther Boone
Watauga Jack Edmisten Boone
State Committees, Democratic 191
Seventeenth District
Avery Ivan S. Stafford Banner Elk
Avery Mrs. Howard Wiseman Rt. 2, Spruce Pine
Davie Bryan Self Mocksville
Davie Mrs. Grady Smith Farmington
Mitchell Mrs. Fred U. Brummett Bakersville
Mitchell George Brummett Spruce Pine
Wilkes Mack Reavia Moravian Falls
Wilkes Lee Walsh Purlear
Yadkin Wade Hobson Boonville
Yadkin Ed Spears Boonville
Eighteenth District
Henderson Brit Toms, Sr Hendersonville
Henderson Arthur Shephard Hendersonville
McDowell Dr. J. B. Johnson Old Fort
McDowell Ernie House Marion
Polk A. G. Miller Rt. 1, Campobello, S. C.
Polk Mrs. Arliene Dalton Mill Springs
Rutherford James Burwell Spindale
Rutherford George Morrow Forest City
Transylvania W. W. Britton Brevard
Transylvania Marguerite Aycock Brevard
Yancey Ernest Briggs Burnsville
Yancey Bill Anglin Burnsville
Nineteenth District
Buncombe Charles W. Dermid Asheville
Buncombe Joe Morris Asheville
Madison B. K. Meadows Hot Springs
Madison Roy Freeman Rt. 1, Marshall
Twentieth District
Cherokee A. B. Chandler, Jr Andrews
Cherokee W. Frank Forsyth Murphy
Clay L. C. Gray Hayesville
Clay Howard C. Rogers Hayesville
Graham L. W. Wilson Robbinsville
Graham Mrs. J. R. Harrison Fontana
Haywood Jerry Rogers Hazel wood
Haywood Frank Ferguson Waynesville
Jackson R. R. Nicholson, Sr Sylva
Jackson Charles Reed Sylva
Macon Jim Rabev Rt. 4, Franklin
Macon Burt Slagle Franklin
Swain Lawson Schuler
Swain Paul Crisp
Twenty-first District
Caswell Harry Bray Providence
Caswell R. R. Blackwell YanceyviUe
Rockingnam Lon Folger, Jr Madison
Rockingham Earl Vaughn Draper
Stokes Barlow J. Bowles Danbury
Stokes C. E. Davis Walnut Cove
Surry Wilson Barber Mt. Airy
Surry Dudley Simmons Pilot Mountam
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COUNTY CHAIRMEN— DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
1956
County Chairman Address
Alamance D. J. Walker, Jr Burlington
Alexander W. C. Patterson Rt. 1, Stony Point
Alleghany R. F. Grouse Rt. 2, Sparta
Anson James A. Hardison Wadesboro
Ashe W. D. McMillan West Jefferson
Avery J. W. Ellis Elk Park
Beaufort John W. Winfield Pinetown
Bertie John R. Jenkins, Jr Aulander
Bladen Robert J. Hester, Jr Elizabethtown
Brunswick W. T. Russ Shallotte
Buncombe John F. Shuford Asheville
Burke Sam Ervin, III Morganton
Cabarrus E. T. Bost, Jr Concord
Caldwell James C. Farthing Lenoir
Camden Dempsey B. Burgess Shiloh
Carteret Irvin W. Davis Beaufort
Caswell Clarence L. Pemberton Yancey villa
Catawba Charles C. Bost Conover
Chatham Wade Barber Pittsboro
Cherokee L. L. Love Andrews
Chowan Lloyd E. Griffin Edenton
Clay Howard Rogers Hayesville
Cleveland G. G. Horn Shelby
Columbus W. Avery Thompson Lake Waceamaw
Graven William F. Ward New Bern
Cumberland H. R. Clark Fayetteville
Currituck S. A. Walker Snowden
Dare M. L. Daniels Manteo
Davidson H. D. Townsend Lexington
Davie Gordon Tomlinson Mocksville
Duplin F. W. McGowen Kenansville
Durham J. Leslie Atkins, Jr Durham
Edgecombe W. G. Clark, Jr Tarboro
Forsyth Bert Bennett Winston-Salem
Franklin Walter E. Fuller Louisburg
Gaston George Jenkins Gastcnia
Gates Martin Kellogg, Sr Sunbury
Graham Rav Carver Robbinsville
Granville Edward F. Taylor Oxford
Greene K. A. Pittman Snow Hill
Guilford Frank R. Hutton Greensboro
Halifax Joe Branch Enfield
Harnett A. R. Taylor Lillington
Haywood Lorenzo Smathers Canton
Henderson A. J. Redden Hendersonville
Hertford R. H. Jernigan, Jr Ahoskie
Hoke Dr. Walter P. Baker Raeford
Hyde John H. Swindell Swan Quarter
Iredell John F. Long Rt. 1, Statesville
Jackson R. U. Sutton Sylva
Johnston Ed L. White Pine Level
Jones R. P. Bender Pollocksville
Lee J. C. Pittman Sanford
Lenoir A. H. Jeffress Kinston
Lincoln J. H. Ross Lincolnton
Macon Jess Shope Rt. 1, Franklin
Madison Glenn Reems Rt. 1 , Marshall
Martin James H. Gray, Sr Roberson villa
State Committees, Democratic 193
County Chairman Address
McDowell S.J. Westmoreland Marion
Mecklenburg W. M. Nicholson Charlotte
Mitchell Ural D. Hensley Bakersville
Montgomery Miles Paul Poole Troy
Moore Lament Brown Southern Pines
Nash W. B. Harrison Rocky Mount
New Hanover R. M. Kermon Wilmington
Northampton Buxton Midyette Jackson
Onslow Guy Lockamy Jacksonville
Orange Robert O. Forrest Hillsboro
Pamlico J. E. Ragan, Jr Oriental
Pasquotank Noah Burfoot Elizabeth City
Pender R. H. Balcombe Rocky Point
Perquimans Wm. F. Ainsley Hertford
Person R. B. Dawes Roxboro
Pitt John G. Clark Greenville
Polk W. M. McDonald Tryon
Randolph Thad T. Moser Asheboro
Richmond Athos Cockman Rockingham
Robeson David M. Britt Fairmont
Rockingham Jule McMichael Reidsville
Rowan Walter H. Woodson, Jr Salisbury
Rutherford Solon D. Smart Cliffside
Sampson Stewart B. Warren Clinton
Scotland Joe M. Cox Laurinburg
Stanly Henry C. Doby, Jr Albemarle
Stokes R- J. Scott Danbury
Surry Mrs. R. C. Lewellyn Dobson
Swain I. B. Jenkins Bryson City
Transylvania Thomas R. EUer Brevard
Tyrrell D. M. Pledger, Jr Columbia
Union Oscar L. Richardson Monroe
Vance B. H. Perry, Sr Henderson
Wake W. T. Hatch Raleigh
Warren John Kerr, Jr. Warrenton
Washington C. L. Bailey Plymouth
Watauga D. Frank Baird Valle Crucis
Wayne Edwin C. Ipock Goldsboro
Wilkes C. Watson Brame North Wilkesboro
Wilson G. T. Fulghum Wilson
Yadkin J. W. Hedspeth Yadlnn viUe
Yancey Woodrow Anglin Rt. 1, Burnsville
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COUNTY VICE-CHAIRMEN— DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
1956
County Chairman Address
Alamance Mrs. Loy Bowland Graham
Alleghany Mrs. C. A. Thompson Sparta
Alexander Mrs. R. S. Ferguson Taylorsville
Anson Mrs. Ola H. Redfern Peachland
Ashe Mrs. Edith F. Jones Grumpier
Avery Mrs. Howard Wiseman Spruce Pine
Beaufort Mrs. Jessie Taylor Belhaven
Bertie Mrs. E. S. Pugh Windsor
Bladen Mrs. E. F. McGuUoch Elizabethtown
Brunswick Mrs. Foster Mintz Bolivia
Buncombe Mrs. PM White Asheville
Burke Mrs. A. T. Abernathy Rutherford GoUege
Gabarrus Mrs. Anne L. Greene Goncord
Caldwell Mrs. Margaret B. Moore Lenoir
Gamden Mrs. Annie Sanderlin Gamden
Garteret Mrs. Effle Adler Morehead Gity
Gaswell Mrs. E. H. Wilson Blanche
Gatawba Mrs. Marguerite Trott Newton
Ghatham Mrs. Ada W. Diggs Ghapel Hill
Gherokee Mrs. Clarence Hendrix Murphy
Chowan Mrs. E. N. Elliott Tyner
Clay Mrs. Pansy Bradshaw Hayesville
Cleveland Mrs. J. H^Lipford Kings Mountain
Columbus Mrs. LoUie P. Johnson Whiteville
Graven Mrs. L. T. Kornegay Dover
Cumberland Mrs. L. S. High Fayetteville
Currituck Mrs. Harriet H. Nottingham Coin jock
Dare Mrs. Herbert Perry Kitty Hawk
Davidson Mrs. W. E. Tomlinson Thomasville
Davie Mrs. Odell Foster Advance
Duplin Mrs. Christine W. Williams Kenansville
Durham Mrs. Mary Trent Semans Durham
Edgecombe Mrs. J. W. Sexton Rocky Mount
Forsyth Mrs. Eunice Ayers Winston-Salem
Franklin Mrs. A. E. Hall Youngsville
Gaston Mrs. J. A. Blackwelder Cherryville
Gates Mrs. A. P. Godwin, Jr Gatesville
Graham Mrs. Harry Brown Fontana
Granville Mrs. Joe A. Watkins Oxford
Greene Mrs. George W. Edwards Snow Hill
Guilford Mrs. J. Wm. Coleman Greensboro
Halifax Mrs. James Taylor Roanoke Rapids
Harnett Mrs. Eugene H. Lasater, Sr Erwin
Haywood Mrs. Raymond Caldwell
Henderson Mrs. Virginia Harrell Hendersonville
Hertford Mrs. William Copeland Murfreesboro
Hoke Mrs. A. D. Gore Raeford
Hyde Mrs. Gilbert Richards Scranton
Iredell Mrs. E. M. Land Statesville
Jackson Miss Jane Coward Sylva
Johnston Mrs. Tom L Davis Selma
Jones Mrs John D. Larkins, Jr Trenton
Lee Mrs. Kemp Gaddy Sanford
Lenoir Miss Verdie Noble Deep Run
Lincoln Mrs. Ruby Miller Lincolnton
Macon Miss Lassie Kelly Franklin
Madison Miss Hazel Sprinkle Mars Hill
Martin Mrs. Elbert S. Peel Williamston
McDowell Mrs. John A. Poteat Marion
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County Chairman Address
Mecklenburg Mrs. Willard Catling Charlotte
Mitchell Mrs. A. N. Fuller Spruce Pine
Montgomery Mrs. Ed Burton Biscoe
Moore Miss Bessie McCaskill Carthage
Nash Miss Bessie Bunn Rocky Mount
New Hanover Mrs. Alice Strickland Carolina Beach
Northampton Mrs. Mildred W. Keen Rich Square
Onslow Mrs. Harry Venters Richlands
Orange Miss Harriet Herring Chapel Hill
Pamlico Miss Clyde Jones Mesic
Pasquotank Mrs. Vernon James Elizabeth City
Pender Mrs. Clifton L. Moore Burgaw
Perquimans Miss Irene P. Towe Hertford
Person Mrs. Mildred Nichols Roxboro
Pitt Mrs. W. C. Spencer Greenville
Polk Mrs. Joe Ritchie Columbus
Randolph Mrs. Eva C. Frye Asheboro
Richmond Mrs. T. B. Mathewson Mt. Gilead
Robeson Mrs. Martha B. McKinnon Lumberton
Rockingham Mrs. J. C. Johnson Draper
Rowan Mrs. Ed L. Ketchie Spencer
Rutherford Mrs. Beth Grigg Lake Lure
Sampson Mrs. A. N. Johnson Garland
Scotland Mrs. Frances Parish Laurinburg
Stanly Mrs. B. C. Parker Albemarle
Stokes Mrs. Charles Christian Danbury
Surry Wilson Barber Mt. Airy
Swain Mrs. Lonnie Floyd Bryson City
Transylvania Mrs. Inez Whitmire Brevard
Tyrrell Mrs. Borden McClees Columbia
Union Mrs. H. H. Wilson, Jr Monroe
Vance Mrs. Elizabeth W. Wright Henderson
Wake Mrs. Flossie C. Moore Raleigh
Warren Mrs. Roy Overby Norlina
Washington Mrs. C. N. Davenport Plymouth
Watauga Mrs. Grady Greer Boone
Wayne Mrs. W. R. Hooks Goldsboro
Wilkes Miss Zell Harris Roaring River
Wilson Miss Naomi Morris Wilson
Yadkin Mrs. Shelley B. Calloway Cycle
Yancey Mrs. W. A. Peterson Cane River
NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN STATE
PLATFORM 1956
, Issued by
NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE
Durham, North Carolina
We, the Republicans of North Carolina in convention duly
assembled in the City of Durham on March 10, 1956, rededicate
our party to the service of the people of our state and our nation.
We submit herewith to the people of North Carolina the follow-
ing statement of our beliefs and our objectives.
We wholeheartedly commend the Republican National Admin-
istration under the leadership of our great President, Dwight D.
Eisenhower. We are thankful that this Republican Administra-
tion has returned our government to the fundamental principle of
requiring honesty, integrity and ability from its public servants.
We commend the Republican National Administration for return-
ing our government to the fundamental American belief in the
responsibility of the individual and of local governments. We
commend this Republican National Administration for proving to
the world that we can have prosperity based on peace. We are
thankful that this Republican National Administration has elim-
inated wasteful and excessive government spending, and has
returned this nation's government to a sound and solvent economic
basis.
We offer, on behalf of the 5,000,000 people of this State, our
deep gratitude to our great President and his administration for
having reduced world antagonisms and having led humanity away
from the awful threat of atomic warfare. We promise that by all
we do and say in the performance of our duties we shall seek to
strengthen the President's hand in striving to bring about a peace-
ful, prosperous and orderly world.
In the realm of state affairs we believe that the voice of minority
groups should never be ig-nored by the majority groups con-
trolling the government. It is our belief that 60% of a people
should not be permitted to politically enslave the other 40% of
the people. The Republican Party of North Carolina has suffered
from oppression exercised by the Democrat Party for more than
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50 years. This political oppression exercised by the Democrat
Party has not been limited solely to members of the Republican
Party but has also been inflicted upon the independents and en-
lig-htened Democrats of this State.
The Republican Party of North Carolina, for the past 50 years,
has advocated that the state provide equal educational facilities
for all the school children of our State.
In the sincere hope of resolving the inequities existing under
the present Democrat machine in North Carolina and in an effort
to inaugurate much needed reforms in our State affairs, the
Republican Party of North Carolina pledges itself to do the
following, if entrusted to political power in the coming Novem-
ber election:
1. To adopt an honest and fair election law which will apply
to primaries and general elections alike; repeal the absentee
ballot law except for citizens in the Armed Forces and those
who are unable on account of illness to attend the voting place
on election day; create a bi-partisan State Board of Elections
required by law to investigate and prosecute all election law
violations. We condemn the 1955 Democrat controlled Legislature
of North Carolina for its un-American action in enacting a law
to make it more difficult for an elector to vote a mixed ticket, and
thus attempting to prevent the exercise of a free ballot.
2. To re-align Congressional and State Senatorial Districts on
a fair and equitable basis; eliminate the unconscionable practice
of gerrymandering Congressional and Judicial Districts, take the
judiciary entirely out of partisan politics.
3. To provide for two-party representation upon all Commis-
sions, Boards and Bureaus, including the Highway System.
4. We will expand our inadequate highway system to meet
the requirements of ever increasing population and travel demands.
5. To provide that members of County Boards of Education
be elected by the people of the respective counties; take the
operation of the public school system entirely out of partisan
politics; strive toward further reductions in the teacher's class
load, adopt an adequate salary schedule for certified teachers and
we believe the minimum salary schedule for teachers should be
increased.
6. We favor the amendment of the State Income Tax Laws to
allow each taxpayer full deductions for his Federal Income Tax
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payments. We also favor allowing each taxpayer to take full
deductions fi-om his State Income Taxes for all hospital and
medical bills paid for himself and family.
7. Provide adequate facilities and competent care for the insane,
the orphans, and the delinquents.
8. Provide the increased and improved services to the people
as herein indicated by practicing strict economy in administration.
We believe adequate funds will be available for these services
without increasing taxation if there is a complete re-organization
of the state government and a consequent elimination of useless
and expensive agencies and bureaus.
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Adopted in Convention, March 10, 1956, at Durham
ARTICLE I
The Precinct as a Unit
1. The unit of party action shall be the election precinct.
In every precinct in each General Election year, the County
Chairman shall call precinct meetings at such time as shall be
designated by the Chairman of the State Republican Executive
Committee after giving ten (10) days written notice to each
Precinct Chairman and after ten (10) days notice of such meet-
ing in a newspaper of general circulation within the county.
2. Precinct meetings shall elect a Precinct Committee of five
or more voters, one of whom shall be designated as Chairman
and one as Vice-Chairman, one of whom shall be a woman, and
a Secretary. The members and officers of the Precinct Committee
shall hold their places for two years and until their successors are
chosen. Precinct meetings shall elect one delegate and one alter-
nate to the County Convention and one additional delegate and
alternate for each fifty votes, or major fraction thereof, cast for
the Republican candidate for Governor at the last General
Election.
3. Other precinct meetings may be held at such times and
places as shall be designated by the Chairman of the Precinct
Committee after first giving ten (10) days notice of such meeting.
4. In case of death or resignation of any officer of the precinct,
such vacancy shall be filled by the remaining members of the
Precinct Committee. In the event any Chairman of any precinct
fails to act, then the Chairman of the County Committee shall
appoint someone to serve in his or her place until a Precinct
meeting can be called and the new Chairman elected. The County
Chairman shall call such a meeting within thirty (30) days.
ARTICLE II
County Convention and Committee
1. A County Convention shall be called in each general election
year by the Chairman of the County Committee, at the County
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Seat, at the date set by the Chairman of the State Republican
Executive Committee, after giving fifteen (15) days notice thereof
to all precinct chairmen and after giving fifteen (15) days notice
of such Convention in a newspaper of general circulation within
the County. The alternates and delegates elected in the precinct
meetings shall sit as delegates and alternates in the County Con-
vention.
2. The County Convention shall choose a Chairman and a
Vice-Chairman, one of whom shall be a woman, a Secretary, and
such other officers as may be deemed necessary. Such biennial
County Convention shall further elect one delegate and one alter-
nate to the District and State Conventions for every two hundred
votes, or major fraction thereof, cast for the Republican nominee
for Governor at the latest election in said county. Every county
shall have at least one vote. In addition thereto, each county shall
be entitled to one additional delegate and alternate for each
Republican member of the State House of Representatives elected
by the county in the preceding election.
3. The County Convention shall elect a County Executive Com-
mittee of five or more voters, who shall hold their places for a
term of two years, and until their successors are elected. This
committee shall cooperate with the District and State Committees
on all elections, shall encourage qualified candidates for office
within the county, and shall have active management of Party
affairs within its boundaries.
4. The County Executive Committee shall meet at least once
a year upon the call of the Chairman, and upon the petition of
one-third of the members of the Committee, if the Chairman shall
fail or refuse to call a meeting.
5. The Chairman of the County Committee shall issue the call
for the County Convention, preside at all meetings of the County
Committee, shall obtain and preserve a list of registered Republican
voters within the county, and shall have such other duties as may
be prescribed by the County Committee. The Vice-Chairman shall
function as Chairman of the County Committee in the absence of
the Chairman. The Secretary shall keep all minutes and records,
and shall keep a roster of all precinct officers and Committeemen.
Such records shall be available, upon request, to any registered
Republican within the County.
Republican Platform 203
6. In case of death or i-esignation of any member of the Com-
mittee or any officer of the Committee, the resulting vacancy shall
be filled by the County Executive Committee.
7. Any officer or member of the County Committee may be
removed by a two-thirds vote of the Committee after being furn-
ished with notice of the charges against him, signed by not less
than one-third of the members of the Committee and allowing
him thirty days to appear and defend himself; provided further
that said cause for removal shall be confined to gross inefficiency
or party disloyalty.
ARTICLE III
Congressional, Judicial, and Senatorial Committees
1. The District Committees shall be composed of the Chairmen
of the several County Committees within the District, and a
Chairman and Vice-Chairman, one of whom shall be a woman, and
Secretary of said District, who shall be elected biennially at the
District Conventions. The District Committees shall manage all
District campaigns, cooperate with the State Committee on all
State campaigns, and shall encourage qualified candidates for
public office within their respective Districts.
2. The District Conventions shall be called by their respective
Chairmen on the date designated by the Chairman of the State
Republican Executive Committee upon twenty (20) days notice of
the time and place for holding same. Upon the failure, for any rea-
son, of the District Chairman to call a District Convention, the said
call may be issued by the Secretary of the District Committee.
3. In every Presidential Election year, the Congressional Dis-
trict Convention shall further elect one Presidential elector, and
two delegates and two alternates to the Republican National Con-
vention, and members of the State Executive Committee.
ARTICLE IV
State Conventions
A State Convention shall be called in every General Election
year by the Chairman of the Republican State Executive Commit-
tee after forty-five (45) days notice thereof to all members of the
State Executive Committee, all Chairmen of the several County
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Executives Committees, and the Chairmen of all District Com-
mittees, of the time and place of holding same. In the call for the
State Convention the Chairman of the State Republican Exec-
utive Committee shall designate the date for the precinct meet-
ings, and the County and District Conventions. The State Con-
vention biennially shall elect a State Chairman and a Vice-Chair-
man (one of whom shall be a woman). In each Presidential elec-
tion year, the State Convention shall recommend to the National
Republican Executive Committee, for a term of four years, the
names of two persons, a man and a woman, for National Com-
mitteeman and National Committeewoman, respectively. The State
Convention shall further elect, in every Presidential election year,
four delegates and four alternates to the National Republican
Convention.
ARTICLE V
Republican State Executive Committee
1. The Republican State Executive Committee shall be com-
posed of four members from each Congressional District, and
one additional member from each Congressional District for every
three thousand votes or major fraction thereof cast in said Con-
gressional District for the Republican candidate for Governor
at the preceding election, elected at the Congressional conventions.
They shall hold their office for a period of two years, or until
their successors are elected and qualified.
2. The State Chairman, State Vice-Chairman, National Com-
mitteeman, National Committeewoman, the permanent Chairman
and Secretary of the preceding State Convention, the Treasurer of
the Republican State Executive Committee, the National Com-
mitteeman, the National Committeewoman and the President of
the Women's Republican Federation, State Chairman of the
Young Republicans and the National Committeewoman of the
Young Republicans shall be members of the State Executive
Committee, ex-officio, with the right to participate in its dis-
cussions and to vote on all matters coming before the Committee.
3. The State Committee shall meet annually, upon the call of
the Chairman on the afternoon preceding the annual Lincoln Day
Dinner, and at such other time or times as the State Chairman
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shall determine. One-third of the members of the State Committee
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
4. The State Committee shall have the power to elect a Secre-
tary and an Assistant Secretary (one of whom shall come from
the Young Republicans), a Treasurer, and such other officers
which it may deem necessary, who shall serve for a term of two
years and until their successors are chosen. The State Committee
shall formulate and provide for the execution of such plans and
measures as it may deem conducive to the best interests of the
Republican Party. It shall manage all State campaigns and en-
courage qualified candidates for State offices. The State Committee
shall have active management of all affairs of the party within
the State, and shall delegate such duties as it deems proper, from
time to time, to the Republican State Executive Board.
5. The State Chairman shall call meetings of the State Exec-
utive Committee, after giving fifteen (15) days notice of time,
place and purpose of said meeting, when the needs of the Party
so demand, but in no event less than once a year. He shall preside
at all meetings of the State Committee, and shall have such other
duties as may be prescribed by the State Executive Committee.
The Vice-Chairman shall assist the Chairman in his duties and
shall preside at all meetings of the State Executive Committee
in the absence of the Chairman. The Secretary shall keep all
minutes and records and shall further keep a roster of all County
officers and all State Committee members. Such records shall be
available, upon request, to any Committee member and to any
County Chairman.
6. In the case of death or resignation of any officer of the State
Executive Committee, the resulting vacancy shall be filled by the
State Executive Committee. In case of death or resignation of any
member of the State Committee, representing a Congressional
District, the resulting vacancy shall be filled by the remaining
members of the Congressional District in which such vacancy
occurs.
ARTICLE VI
The State Executive Board
1. There shall be a Republican State Executive Board composed
of twelve members to be selected by the members of the State
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Republican Executive Committee, one from each Congressional
District, and in addition thereto the Chairman of the Republican
State Executive Committee, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer,
and Republican National Committeeman, Republican National
Committeevi^oman shall be members of the State Executive Board,
ex-officio, with the full right to participate in its discussions and
activities, and vote on all matters at issue before the Board.
2. The Republican State Executive Board shall have the power
to appoint a General Counsel, a Finance Committee, a Publicity
Committee, a Campaign Committee, and such other committees
as it may deem necessary for the proper conduct of the affairs
of the Party; to adopt a budget, and to do all other things per-
taining to Party affairs which it may be authorized to do from time
to time by the Republican State Executive Committee. The Re-
publican State Executive Board shall keep accurate accounts of its
proceedings and shall make repoi-ts to the State Executive Com-
mittee annually.
3. The Republican State Executive Board shall meet upon the
call of the State Chairman, or upon the failure of the Chairman,
upon the call of the State Vice-Chairman. One-third of the
members of the State Executive Board shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business.
ARTICLE VII
Voting in Convention
1. No delegate, alternate, or other member of a Convention shall
cast any vote by proxy, provided however, that any delegate or
delegates present shall have the right to cast the entire vote of
the precinct in County Conventions, and of the County in State and
District Conventions.
ARTICLE VIII
Convention Procedure
1. The State, District and County Conventions shall be called
to order by their respective Chairmen, or in the absence of the
Chairman, by the Vice-Chairman or Secretary, in order stated,
who shall have the power to appoint and receive the reports of the
Credentials Committee, to appoint other temporary and necessary
committees, at or before the convening of the Convention.
Republican Platform 207
2. The certificate of the Chairman and Secretary of any Pre-
cinct mass-meeting or Convention authorized to elect delegates
and alternates shall be deemed sufficient to place the name of such
delegates and alternates on the temporary roll of the respective
conventions, and unless successfully challenged, shall be a com-
plete authorization to said delegates and alternates to act.
ARTICLE IX
Financial Accounts
The Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the County, Dis-
trict and State Committees shall keep faithful and accurate rec-
ords of any and all moneys received by them for the use of said
Committees and shall make faithful and accurate report thereof
when so requested.
ARTICLE X
Appointments
1. When a vacancy occurs in a Federal office on a local or
County level, the Republican County Executive Committee shall
make recommendation for the filling of such vacancy, and it shall
be the duty of the State Chairman to abide by such recommenda-
tion.
2. When a vacancy occurs in a Federal office on a District level,
such vacancy shall be filled by recommendation of the State Chair-
man, only upon recommendation of the National Committeeman
and National Committeewoman and members of the State Com-
mittee from the District involved.
3. When a vacancy occurs in a Federal office on the State level,
such vacancy shall be filled by the recommendation of the State
Chairman, only on recommendation of the State Executive Board.
ARTICLE XI
Participation in Party Actions
All references herein to voters, delegates, alternates, chairmen,
vice-chairmen, and other precinct, county and state officials shall
in all cases be construed to mean persons identified and registered
with the Republican Party.
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ARTICLE XII
Controversies
Controversies in any county w^ith respect to the organization set
up therein under this plan, shall be referred to the State Chair-
man, National Committeeman and National Committeevi^oman for
arbitration and their decision shall be final.
ARTICLE XIII
Effective Date
The foregoing plan of organization shall become effective after
the close of the Republican State Convention held in Durham,
North Carolina, March 10, 1956.
Frank C. Patton
Chairman
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COMMITTEES OF THE STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY
(From list furnished by Chairman, State
Republican Executive Committee)
State Republican Executive Committee
STATE ORGANIZATION
Chairman : Ray Jennings Taylorsville
Vice Chairman: Mrs. Walter Zachary Yadkinville
Secretary : Richard A. Williams Maiden
Treasurer: Dr. Sam J. Holbrook Statesville
National Committeeman: J. E. Broyhill Lenoir
National Committeewoman: Mrs. Louis G. Rogers Charlotte
First District
T. D. Somerville, Plymouth Zeno O. Ratcliff, Sr., Pantego
L. V. Gaskill, Wanchese H. T. Liverman, Columbia
G. L. Markham, Elizabeth City J. B. Burgess, Old Trap
Second District
Mrs. Bessie U. Wood, Littleton Julian E. Cameron, Kinston
W. T. Outland, Woodland Thomas J. Moore, Wilson
Third District
Luther Smith, Atlantic A. L. Butler, Clinton
Steve Wilkins, Rose Hill Owen Matthis, Clinton
John W. Cowell, Bayboro Freddie C. Butler, Roseboro
Perry B. Lockerman, Clinton P. G. May, Dudley
Dr. Robert A. Wilkins, Mount Olive
Fourth District
S. C. Frazier, Asheboro Bradley McLamb, Benson
A. J. Brower, Liberty Joel Johnson, Four Oaks
E. T. Walton, Asheboro W. R. Young, Youngsville
George D. Manning, Asheboro Herny E. White, Henderson
J. E. Spence, Siler City Paul C. West, Raleigh
E. J. Straughan, Siler City A. H. Farmer, Bailey
David D. Lacey, Raleigh
Fifth District
S. R. AUred, Burlington Grady Swisher, Kernersville
Mrs. Eugene Hester, Reidsville Janies A. Tuttle, Winston-Sal("m
W. Forrest Bedell, Reidsville Ray Helsabeck, Winston-Salem
Harold Y. Hodges, Mt. Airy Harvey Dinkins, Winston-Salem
Joe Southard, Elkin Dr. Raymond Wenger, Winston-Salem
J. W. Hunter, Mount Airy C. E. Brady, Rural Hall
Charles Matthews, Pilot Mountain K. I. Dunlap, Walnut Cove
M. O. Jones, Walnut Cove
Sixth District
Mrs. C. W. Dwiggins, Greensboro S. Newlin Hayworth, High Point
N. D. McNairy, Greensboro L. W. Sparrow, Chapel Hill
Worth D. Henderson, Greensboro Paul Messick, Burlington
Percy H. Sears, Greensboro Dr. H. M. Patterson, Burlington
Stanton Cecil, High Point A. A. McDonald, Durham
Rufus K. Hayworth ..Jr., High Point Russell N. Barringer, Durham
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L. C. Babson, Freeland
W. D. Cross, Elizabethlown
D. E. BagKett, Whiteville
George W. Hair, Fayetteville
Seventh District
Ed F. Hodges, Fairmont
George Cannon, Wilmington
C. H. Gentry, Maxton
Mrs. Warren Coolidge, Spring Lake
J. O. West, Dunn
H. H. Tarleton, Peachland
H. O. Wooten, Vass
John C. Hammond, Rockingham
H. H. Ward, Denton
J. E. Snyder, Lexington
Wylie Taylor, Thomasvilie
B. C. Bro'ck, Mocksville
Claude Hicks, Mocksville
Harold W. Gavin, Sanford
Eighth District
Arthur B. Atkins, Cameron
W. C. Barrett, Carthage
W. E. Rutledge, Yadkinville
L. B. Cohen, Mount Gilcad
M. A. Nicholson, Troy
A. D. Baucomb, Monroe
P. E. Brown, Wilkesfcoro
H. P. Eller, North Wilkesboro
T. R. Bryan, Wilkesboro
Avalon E. Hall, Yadkinville
Ninth District
C. H. Vestal, Sparta
Carl Jones, Sjjarta
B. B. Graybeal, West Jefferson
Rex Morton, West Jefferson
W. H. Gragg, Boone
E. D. Cook, Boone
Frank L. Smith, Lenoir
Emory C. McCall, Lenoir
Sherman Starnes, Granite Falls
John L. Anderson, Lenoir
Dallas A. Campbell, Taylorsville
W. Frank Woodfin, Taylorsville
Raymond C.
Monroe Adams, Statesville
Neil S. Sowers, Statesville
A. Hugo Kimball, Statesville
G. C. Peeler, Salisbury
H. N. Thompson, New London
R. C. Pittman, Salisbury
Weldon Stirewalt, Faith
J. B. Beaver, China Grove
O. O. Cruse, Rt. 3, Concord
C. C. Smith, Concord
C. McNeil Petrea, Concord
Branch Lilly, Norwood
Barker, Badin
Tenth District
William E. Cobb, Morganton
N. O. Pitts, Sr., Glen Alpine
R. M. Lineberger, Morganton
Dan R. Simpson, Morganton
Charles B. Von Cannon, Banner Elk
M. E. Burleson, Spruce Pine
W. O. Gouge, Bakersville
A. L. Bumgarner, Hickory
Mrs. Nancy Wilkinson, Maiden
Kenneth B. Thomas, Hickory
John T. McFarland, Hickory
John Huss, Newton
Claude S. Nantz, Lincolnton
Elmore Goodson, Lincolnton
Marcus T. Hickman, Charlotte
Mrs. J. W. Lassiter, Charlotte
Mrs. E. W. Simpson, Charlotte
R. Powell Majors, Charlotte
W. T. Alexander, Charlotte
Jesse W. Page, Jr., Charlotte
Jerry Greene, Charlotte
Frank Caulkins, Charlotte
Eleventh District
R. S. Rice, Mars Hill Harold Jones, Gastonia
Joe R. Henderson, Hot Springs Miles B. Wiggins, Gastonia
James R. Jackson, Tryon Kelly Dixon, Kings Mountain
Paul Westbrook, Rt. 1, Campobello, S. C. Russell Lockridge, Shelby
C. Harry McCall, Marion Clarence M. Morrison, Shelby
W. R. Chambers, Marion Fred D. Hamrick, Jr., Rutherfordton
Oliver Shook, Stanley A. Clyde Tomblin, Spindale
Donald Banks, Burnsville
Republican Platform 211
Twelfth District
Mrs. Gola Ferguson, CuUowhee T. M. Jenkins, Robbinsville
Lewis P. Hamlin, Brevard M. F. Lominac, West Asheville
Tillman Powell, Canton Dan S. Judd, West Asheville
Glenn A. Boyd, Waynesville Harold W. Sams, Asheville
Frank Waldroup, Hendersonville J. V. Noland, West Asheville
A. R. Higdon, Franklin L. C. Crisp, Bryson City
Hartwell Gregory, Hendersonville John C. Odell, Murphy
J. C. Crisp, Franklin R. A. Dewar, Andrews
A. H. EUer, Hayesville
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STATE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL, JUDICIAL,
AND SENATORIAL DISTRICT COMMITTEES
The work of the State Republican Congressional, Judicial and
Senatorial Executive Committees is handled by the Chairmen of
the Republican County Executive Committees.
Chairmen, Republican County Executive Committees
1956
Alamance — W. Cliflf Elder, Burlington
Alexander — N. K. Martin, Stony Point
Alleghany — W. Beal Pool, Soarta
Anson — C. A. Bland, Wadesboro
Ashe — Jake Graham, Todd
Avery — Ileen Smith, Ingalls
Beaufort — John L. Ratcliff, Pantego
Bertie —
Bladen — W. D. Cross, Elizabethtown
Brunswick — H. L. Willets, Bolivia
Buncombe — Jack A. Crawford, Asheville
Burke — W. Bruce Garrison, Morganton
Cabarrus — Henry D. Carpenter, Concord
Caldwell — Frank L. Smith, Lenoir
Camden — J. B. Burgess, Old Trap
Carteret — Jesse Piner, Williston
Caswell — Ernest L. Minor, Yanceyville
Catawba — Carroll Abernethv, Hickory
Chatham — Archie M. Ellis, Siler City
Cherokee — J. Doyle Burch, Murphy
Chowan — Robert B. Smith, Edenton
Clav — Horace McClure, Hayesville
Cleveland— J. Worth Silver, Shelby
Columbus — D. E. Baggett, Whiteville
Craven — W. B. Rouse, New Bern
Cumberland — George W. Hair, Fayetteville
Currituck — •
Dare — L. V. Gaskill, Wanchese
Davidson — Elmer R. Everhart, Lexington
Davie — D. L. Whittaker, Mocksville
Duplin— H. G. Ward, Rose Hill
Durham — A. A. McDonald, Durham
Edgecombe — J. H. Satterthwaite,
Rt. 1, Tarboro
Forsyth — Grady P. Swisher, Kernersville
Franklin — W. R. Young, Youngsville
Gaston — Ralph D. Wallace, Belmont
Gates — H. A. Eure, Corapeake
Graham — Tillman Stewart, Robbinsville
Granville — J. U. Gilmore, Oxford
Greene — Philip Dixon, Walstonburg
Guilford — Rufus K. Hay worth, High Point
Halifax — J. W. Wood, Littleton
Harnett — J. O. West, Dunn
Haywood — W. G. Duckett, Canton
Henderson — Richard C. Clarke, Jr.,
Hendersonville
Hertford— Dr. J. H. Keller, Ahoskie
Hoke — T. C. Scarborough, Raeford
Hyde — -Dan L. Berry, Swanquarter
Iredell— A. Z. Goforth, Statesville
Jackson — Lewis Bumgarner, Sylva
Johnston — O. B. Batten, Kenly
Jones — H. M. Mallard, Trenton
Lee — O. F. Patterson, Sanford
Lenoir — J. E. Cameron, Kinston
Lincoln — Dr. L. A. Crowell, Jr., Lincolnton
Macon — C. Bryant McClure, Franklin
Madison — Clyde Roberts, Marshall
Martin — Wade E. Vick, Robersonville
McDowell — Dotson S. Hollifield, Marion
Mecklenburg — Marcus Hickman, Charlotte
Mitchell — Warren H. Pritchard,
Spruce Pine
Montgomery — Leslie B. Cohen,
Mount Gilead
Moore — Robert S. Ewing, Southern Pines
Nash — John C. Matthews, Spring Hope
New Hanover, Francis M. Foy, Jr.,
Wilmington
Northampton — W. T. Outland, Woodland
Onslow — K. B. Hurst, Jacksonville
Orange — M. L. Gates, Sr., Hillsboro
Pamlico — Kelly Watson, Lowland
Pasquotank — G. L. Markham,
Elizabeth City
Pender — E. C. Highsmith, Rocky Point
Perquimans — Cecil C. Winslow, Hertford
Person — O. Y. Clayton, Roxboro
Pitt — X. E. Manning, Bethel
Polk— Ernest H. Gibbs, Columbus
Randolph — T. Worth Coltrane, Asheboro
Richmond — John C. Hammond,
Rockingham
Robeson— Fred R. Keith, St. Pauls
Rockingham — W. T. Combs, Jr.,
Leaksville
Rowan — A. M. Miller, Salisbury
Rutherford — L. E. Sherrill, Spindale
Sampson — Edwin E. Butler, Clinton
Scotland — D. A. Monroe, Jr., Laurinburg
Stanly — Gerald Chandler, Albemarle
Stokes — Joel B. New, King
Surry — Harold Y. Hodges, Mt. Airy
Swain — Harold R. Dugan, Bryson City
Transylvania — Eugene S. King, Sr.,
Lake Toxaway
Tyrrell — Irving R. Swain, Columbia
Union — T. Edgar Traywick, Marshville
Vance — Col. Henry E. White, Henderson
Wake — Arthur Hayes, Raleigh
Washington — T. D. Somerville, Plymouth
Warren — Edward F. White, Norlina
Watauga — S. C. Eggers, Sr., Boone
Wayne — J. Thomas O'Berry, Dudley
Wilkes— E. R. EUer, Wilkesboro
Wilson — Thomas J. Moore, Wilson
Yadkin — Walter Zachary, Yadkinville
Yancey — G. D. Bailey, Bumsville
PART IV
ELECTION RETURNS
ELECTION RETURNS— 1956
Popular and Electoral Vote for President by States
States
Alabama .-.
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida- .-.
Georgia...
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts...
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire.
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina-.
North Dakota...
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina..
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virgmia...
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Popular Vote
Stevenson
Democrat
Total.
279,982
112,880
213,277
,315,630
263,997
405,079
79,421
480,371
450,094
105,868
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783,908
491,857
292,450
476,453
243,977
102,468
372,603
948,190
,354,100
617,525
144,498
919,187
116,293
193,590
40,640
90,364
850,337
106,098
,750,769
590,530
96,742
,439,655
385,581
328,654
,979,231
160,758
135,824
122,239
456,507
859,958
119,437
42,549
267,760
498,461
377,586
586,768
49,580
25,875,408
Eisenhower
Republican
194,883
176,990
188,287
2,872,654
394,479
711,837
98,057
643,849
216,652
166,979
2,623,327
1,182,811
718,775
622,087
572,192
329,047
249,238
559,737
1,393,197
1,701,945
719,302
60,683
914,486
154,933
364,713
56,076
176,519
1,606,942
146,788
4,340,340
575,062
156,766
2,262,610
473,769
405,038
2,577,621
223,401
75,632
171,953
462,288
1,080,619
216,109
110,390
386,459
579,766
444,297
954,844
74,586
Electoral Vote
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35,387,015
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32
6
8
3
10
4
27
13
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10
10
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11
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VOTE FOR GOVERNOR BY COUNTIES— PRIMARY 1956
County
Hodges
Sawyer
Stokely
Earle
Alamance -
6,542
711
761
3,220
1,861
384
4,065
1,400
3,721
3,308
11,418
4,053
5,546
2,516
808
3,315
1,983
1,717
3,167
841
796
264
7,378
6,869
4,746
7,477
1,377
1,293
4,665
1,142
4,154
11,766
3,180
14,276
4,455
10,782
386
789
3,895
2,665
12,259
6,974
5,042
3,910
1,371
1,551
1,460
1,258
5,805
2,375
8,040
1,445
3,591
3,723
1,943
1,284
2,767
1,754
1,256
28
25
212
53
19
136
91
431
148
348
423
333
405
65
149
148
105
134
104
28
23
584
476
528
979
196
23
292
65
148
993
141
1,270
261
941
16
265
308
39
1,203
246
287
238
103
61
82
42
363
101
305
120
175
173
127
83
60
53
219
39
26
400
91
27
154
68
160
106
722
568
485
278
155
59
109
140
78
20
35
8
655
212
378
308
100
45
109
97
108
238
95
943
228
1,254
13
31
194
68
307
366
174
292
152
101
70
44
409
87
265
140
170
147
206
65
84
69
154
7
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18
113
Ashe
19
13
Beaufort
76
Bertie
36
Bladen
156
Brunswick - _
253
831
Burke
103
Cabarrus _ .- _
99
Caldwell
50
Camden _ -.
Carteret ..
11
40
80
Catawba
26
57
Cherokee
30
16
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Cleveland
Columbus
4
199
254
112
Cumberland .
261
Currituck
Dare-
70
15
102
Davie
41
78
Durham
452
67
Forsyth
897
94
Gaston .. _.
262
Gates
4
Graham
23
101
Greene
30
Guilford
390
Halifax
165
Harnett
139
Haywood . .
109
21
Hertford
60
Hoke..
37
Hyde
11
Iredell-
186
Jackson
43
132
Jones
43
Lee . -
65
Lenoir
90
29
Macon ..
32
21
Martin
40
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County
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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
Wa\ne
Wilkes...
Wilson
Yadkin..
Yancey
Totals
Hodges
105
332
252
927
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,480
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,644
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139
,672
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515
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413
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522
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,288
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945
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401,082
Sawyer
162
1,134
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52
244
255
696
133
233
515
198
126
48
27
1,098
249
105
112
1,019
1,034
617
817
382
101
238
188
110
590
105
252
38
289
379
718
105
94
15
140
126
252
68
165
29,248
Stokely
24,416
Earle
309
102
016
500
32
6
175
27
109
98
142
97
531
682
180
112
160
97
125
93
66
35
217
51
44
28
57
18
261
155
279
114
132
47
49
40
735
211
344
349
425
226
868
279
607
134
90
63
1.37
98
182
27
88
25
283
117
70
36
127
69
23
11
408
95
420
109
816
292
108
53
55
89
31
2
147
107
138
44
187
215
67
27
125
61
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VOTE FOR STATE OFFICERS IN THE PRIMARIES OF
1948, 1952 AND 1954
1948
First Primary
FOR GOVERNOR-
CharlesM. Johnson - - --- _ 170, 141
W.Kerr Scott-,- - - 161,293
R. Mavne Albright - - --- "6,281
Oscar Barker - - 10,871
\V. F. Stanley, Sr - --- 2,428
011a Ray Boyd --- 2,111
Second Primary
W.Kerr Scott 217,620
Charles M . Johnson - 182, 684
FOR LIEUTEN.\NT GOVERNOR—
H. P. Tavlor- 240,251
Dan Tompkins. __ 100,079
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE—
ThadEure _257,260
John T. Armstrong.- - - 103,118
FOR STATE AUDITOR—
Henry L. Bridges-... - - - 192,458
Charles W. Miller 128,797
FOR STATE TREASURER—
Brandon P. Hodges _ 180,340
James B. Vogler - .122,656
Z. W. FrazzeUe. 36,200
FOR COMMISSIONER OF LABOR—
Forrest Shuford.. .212,139
Donald B. Sherrill ..114,532
FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE—
Watt H. Gragg (R) 9,798
G. L. Willard (R) 5,288
1952
FOR GOVERNOR—
William B.Umstead... 294,170
Hubert E. Olive.. .265,675
Manley R. Dunaway - 4, 660
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR—
Luther H. Hodges - 226,167
Roy Rowe -... 151,067
Marshall C. Kurfees -- 55,055
Ben J. McDonald... - 52,916
Warren H. Pritchard (R) - - 13,463
William G. Lehew (R) - 2,798
FOR COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE—
Waldo C. Cheek..-. 313,979
John N. Frederick. - - 126,901
Election Returns 227
VOTE FOR STATE OFFICERS IN THE PRIMARIES OF
1948, 1952 AND 1954— (Continued)
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT—
First Primary
(SHORT TERM)
R.Hunt Parker .165,817
William H. Bobbitt..- - _ 142, 907
ItimousT. Valentine 110,930
Oscar 0. Efird 53,561
(REGULAR TERM)
R.Hunt Parker _ 135,079
William H. Bobbitt __ 109, 476
ItimousT. Valentine 86,462
Allen H. Gwvn.. _ 66,301
F. Donald Phillips 43,356
Oscar 0. Efird 37,794
Second Primary
(SHORT TERM)
R.Hunt Parker _ .100,614
William H. Bobbitt 99,457
(REGULAR TERM)
R. Hunt Parker 99,282
William H. Bobbitt 96,994
1954
FOR STATE TREASURER—
Edwin Gill 344.796
Joshua S. James 149,473
FOR COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE—
Charles F. Gold 278,913
John F. Fletcher 197,432
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VOTE FOR STATE OFFICERS IN THE PRIMARIES
1956, BY COUNTIES
Counties
Lieutenant Governor
Luther E.
Earnhardt
J. V.
Whitfield
Alonzo C.
Edwards
Kidd
Brewer
Gurney P.
Hood
Alamance.
3,056
481
404
1,712
490
214
805
427
949
1,150
7,814
2,542
5,952
1,928
107
367
785
1,049
809
357
323
235
3,635
1,720
1,164
3,087
436
304
2,274
645
630
3,740
910
3,847
989
6,071
145
430
1,651
121
5,651
3,120
1,271
2,023
405
720
774
292
2,927
1,881
1,996
218
1,737
609
1,293
600
20
21
420
76
22
249
97
649
332
480
281
71
157
613
113
310
95
209
76
50
12
774
737
291
892
530
112
208
44
1,952
482
127
739
520
823
16
172
777
42
762
470
506
404
133
134
118
78
390
149
797
157
234
233
112
1,082
61
271
752
967
35
2,061
635
1,419
1,312
1,988
873
203
243
80
2,218
554
296
1,193
110
191
17
1,286
2,862
2,844
1,406
264
614
964
232
1,000
7,329
1,570
5,799
1,323
1,850
140
123
952
2,577
2,173
2,083
1,776
643
744
424
299
514
1,410
172
2,397
933
851
2,737
266
1,139
139
48
493
210
82
255
74
515
196
1,659
754
218
427
22
213
162
299
706
342
47
15
1,357
704
426
1,126
46
32
809
265
209
2,704
267
3,927
820
2,333
9
87
400
44
1,938
539
710
597
143
57
143
50
822
114
903
73
415
208
326
1,530
Alexander
42
Alleghany
22
Anson
Ashe
318
85
Avery ..
58
Beaufort
599
Bertie
236
Bladen
576
Brunswick . .
326
Buncombe
535
Burke
363
Cabarrus
80
CaldweU
201
Camden
47
Carteret
378
Caswell
218
Catawba
211
Chatham
328
Cherokee
80
Chowan
152
Clay
22
Cleveland -
Columbus
Craven
1,102
872
501
Cumberland
Currituck
1,861
184
Dare
141
Davidson .
650
Davie
146
Duplin
456
Durham
1,072
Edgecombe
497
Forsyth .
2,166
Franklin
980
Gaston
1,090
Gates
86
Graham
84
Granville
472
Greene
55
Guilford
2,691
Halifax
1,180
Harnett
994
Haywood
477
Henderson
175
Hertford . .
276
Hoke
204
Hyde
135
Iredell...
715
Jackson
162
Johnston
1,556
Jones
138
Lee
489
Lenoir
277
Lincoln
151
Election Returns
229
VOTE FOR STATE OFFICERS IN THE PRIMARIES,
1956, BY COUNTIES— (Continued)
Counties
Lieutenant Governor
Luther E.
Earnhardt
J.V.
Whitfield
Alonzo C.
Edwards
Kidd
Brewer
Gurney P.
Hood
Macon
588
355
385
1,618
11,027
159
1,077
1,572
1,977
3,773
1,023
801
1,688
406
651
223
393
993
711
1,020
1,295
2,961
2,197
2,217
6,260
3,892
566
1,263
1,546
536
2,131
908
925
66
1,357
2,610
6,364
1,102
239
199
895
509
1,610
314
588
131
71
104
342
921
21
62
140
437
2,283
220
515
393
114
278
1,590
28
1,009
329
303
141
1,068
1,133
818
256
749
625
200
115
91
367
123
264
27
300
361
1,074
194
99
17
358
77
279
33
347
193
2,328
856
375
3,211
54
579
1,451
2,741
4,335
1,809
1,268
846
454
385
154
138
1,294
4,424
248
446
1,267
3,389
1,762
930
1,248
589
290
271
1,331
1,805
138
376
246
1,029
1,242
5,444
868
558
158
1,733
2,077
2,142
227
784
94
110
113
547
4,200
36
167
318
826
1,121
187
326
1,102
104
60
79
14
530
239
169
468
870
733
1,304
700
1,129
168
521
341
211
990
114
438
21
855
461
4,073
183
81
141
242
437
299
277
210
261
Madison
77
Martin
277
McDowell
458
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
1,750
13
Montgomery
Moore
205
478
Nash
1,188
New Hanover
Northampton
Onslow
2,112
524
446
Orange
619
Pamlico
183
Pasquotank
Pender
462
205
Perquimans
Person
45
423
Pitt
370
Polk
144
Randolph
464
Richmond
727
Robeson
1,749
Rockingham.
Rowan -
1,111
516
Rutherford
554
Sampson
322
Scotland _,
425
Stanly _-
194
Stokes - -
293
Surry
1,025
Swain
200
Transylvania
Tyrrell
360
53
Union
441
Vance _
802
Wake
2,997
Warren
429
Washington
Watauga
214
49
Wayne _
1,169
Wilkes
323
Wilson
1,135
Yadkin
158
Yancey
355
Totals
161,662
37,275
124,611
56,227
54,747
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VOTE FOR STATE OFFICERS IN THE PRIMARIES
1956, BY COUNTIES— (Continued)
Counties
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Alleghany...
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick..
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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
Lenoir
Lincoln
Commissioner of
Agriculture
L. Y.
Ballentine
5,663
630
534
2,533
1,574
281
3,299
1,269
3,072
2,175
9,660
3,601
4,671
2,010
468
2,711
,484
1,516
2,811
667
567
239
6,013
5,300
3,631
6,328
772
432
3,266
976
3,115
12,341
2,986
8,984
3,938
8,106
291
465
3,483
2,085
9,659
5,806
4,619
3,133
1,173
1,513
1,219
868
4,595
1,955
6,506
1,062
2,994
3,182
1,611
Kermit
U. Gray
1,461
73
127
940
204
89
625
189
938
932
1,441
983
1,336
730
203
365
479
349
378
246
156
51
1,697
1,.325
1,207
1,961
570
718
1,511
295
677
1,190
269
7,246
708
3,196
82
325
579
291
2,943
1,259
677
846
306
151
243
207
1,507
437
878
299
536
616
390
Commissioner of
Insurance
Charles
F. Gold
5,036
556
409
1,977
1,061
288
2,977
1,153
2,896
2,274
6,148
3,556
4,353
2,014
406
2,702
1,227
1,544
2,447
623
538
243
6,799
5,221
3,373
6,065
789
696
3,596
1,020
2,864
9,091
2,735
10,761
3,509
8,119
239
490
3,106
1,841
10,653
5,933
4,059
2,902
1,192
1,165
1,207
679
4,841
1,922
5,950
897
2,559
2,869
1,652
John N.
Frederick
1,
1,
1,
885
110
126
419
549
82
662
223
026
774
3,075
998
1,533
686
163
402
629
315
574
258
148
50
1,048
1,250
1,259
2.023
463
292
1,009
214
769
2,675
444
787
898
3,286
93
276
785
342
2,385
1,301
954
931
351
323
299
278
1,247
385
1,020
331
737
765
349
4
Commissioner of
Labor
Frank
Crane
2,581
420
.334
1,228
986
168
1,473
740
1,965
1,153
7,808
2,803
3,532
1,429
250
2,018
753
1,190
1,570
496
318
170
2,665
2,S03
1,711
3,517
454
437
2,276
421
1,481
8,522
1,836
5,166
1,591
5,571
139
319
2,037
866
4,094
4,216
2,049
2,089
684
919
673
402
3,176
1,612
3,106
455
1,180
1,621
1,109
James R.
Farlow
1,776
81
99
979
297
76
761
247
834
2,190
841
1,045
614
117
454
396
241
735
198
141
61
1,932
1,662
1,010
1,696
413
285
926
302
901
3,421
516
4,242
906
2,239
101
1.38
1,041
534
4,227
1,396
1,200
734
333
299
319
283
1,058
353
1,.325
359
888
739
416
H.D.
Lambeth
2,534
169
134
1,139
274
103
1,090
278
1,051
856
1,255
837
1,205
611
200
524
690
392
685
175
152
65
2,504
1,425
1,469
2,465
353
234
1,437
452
867
1,137
615
5,184
1,556
3,022
81
327
587
435
3,876
1,524
1,518
996
420
222
499
166
1,425
428
1,870
287
1.129
929
416
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VOTE FOR STATE OFFICERS IN THE PRIMARIES
1956, BY COUNTIES— (Continued)
Counties
Commissioner of
Agriculture
Commissioner of
Insurance
Commissioner of
Labor
L.Y.
Ballentine
Kermit
U. Gray
Charles
F. Gold
John N.
Frederick
Frank
Crane
James R.
Farlow
H. D.
Lambeth
827
2,417
1,523
2,223
13,713
241
1,683
3,034
6,877
9,018
3,108
2,320
3,719
919
1,261
1,592
423
3,169
4,743
1,250
2,349
4,781
7,348
5,040
5,590
5,294
1,908
2,048
1,751
1,849
4,445
998
1,737
305
2,887
4,202
17,583
2,344
968
471
3,739
2,359
4,748
660
1,499
437
186
212
879
4,442
36
266
619
537
3,644
591
871
756
242
480
.397
121
945
974
520
441
2,128
1,690
1,745
2,305
1,775
309
529
494
476
1,668
382
566
78
883
1,072
2,042
415
235
52
520
543
593
249
560
838
2,564
1,462
2,400
13,019
201
1,637
2,851
5,601
9,624
2,687
2,244
3,167
741
1,223
1,396
414
2,620
4,567
1,461
2,262
4,593
6,770
5.343
5,314
7.579
1,668
1,896
1,587
1,758
4,615
994
1,610
278
2,292
3,987
16.244
2,134
887
427
3,564
2,500
4,422
758
1,577
359
157
216
657
6,196
52
312
684
1,285
3,522
752
796
1,103
281
495
491
104
1,056
1,039
352
433
2,179
2.003
1.375
2,398
354
385
648
612
356
1,336
338
639
71
1,290
1,167
2,367
569
262
68
595
502
695
170
432
635
2.479
836
1.545
8,175
128
1,083
1,520
3,631
5,113
1,654
1,150
1,732
420
892
692
242
1,463
2,568
701
1,059
2,760
3,607
2,823
4,004
3,633
1,035
1,026
1,065
1,061
2,709
822
939
118
2,697
2,204
11,216
1,037
537
280
2,075
1,823
2,465
319
1,282
332
143
272
473
3,. 383
68
267
632
859
2,707
690
760
1,951
291
308
563
108
1,042
1,093
414
1,004
1,387
1,641
1,629
1,937
1,481
453
632
481
541
1,699
369
520
92
353
1,302
3,265
610
250
74
794
347
967
199
425
219
Madison
146
357
McDowell- -
Mecklenburg-
Mitchell
991
5,255
61
Montgomery
Moore
523
1,301
Nash
1,752
New Hanover
Northampton
3,786
776
774
Orange
771
264
Pasquotank _
334
497
Perquimans
Person - - -
146
926
Pitt
1,301
Polk
551
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson _ -
614
2,532
3,210
Rockingham
Rowan
Rutherford---
2,019
1,594
2,073
547
Scotland
Stanly -
786
565
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Transylvania
Tyrreil- --
Union
Vance
Wake
433
1,450
166
767
85
709
1,373
3,266
Warren
Washington
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes--- ---
794
276
131
927
584
1,266
Yadkin
Yancey
405
382
Totals
324,795
86,342
308,998
90,409
191,937
88,261
101,959
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TOTAL VOTES CAST— GENERAL ELECTIONS
1954-1956
Democrats
1954
Treasurer
Republicans
Edwin Gill
406,440
Rex Morton
201,433
Commissioner of Insurance
Charles F. Gold
404,338
Commissioner of Labor
Fred G. Frick
201,747
Frank Crane
406.019
Chief Justice Supreme Court
M. V. Barnhill
402,845
Buford T. Henderson
201,846
Associate Justice Supreme Court
William H. Bobbin (Ti
405,633
jrm ending 12-31-54)
William H. Bobbitt (Ti
409,108
erm ending 12-31-62)
J. Wallace Winborne (Term ending 12-31-62)
404,425
Carlisle W. Higgins (T(
404,516
Brm ending 12-31-58)
1956
President
Adlai E. Stevenson
590,530
Governor
Dwight D. Eisenhower
575,062
Luther H. Hodges
760,480
Lieutenant Governor
Kyle Hayes
375,379
Luther E. Earnhardt
738,322
Secretary of State
Joe A. Dunn
368,457
Thad Eure
737,266
Auditor
Graver C. Robbins
366,752
Henry L. Bridges
730,098
Treasurer
William White
367,611
Edwin GiU
730,875
Calvin Monroe Adams
367,446
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
Charles F. Carroll
729,101
George B. Patton
730,753
L. Y. Ballentine
731,405
Frank Crane
728,311
Charles F. Gold
731,385
J. Wallace Winborne
733,617
T. E. Story
367,325
Attorney General
0. E. Hyde
369,285
Commissioner of Agriculture
Fred R. Keith
366,635
Commissioner of Labor
J. M. Standi
366,735
Commissioner of insurance
David W. Lee
366,895
Chief Justice Supreme Court
Associate Justice Supreme Court
William B. Rodman, Jr.
733,169
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VOTE FOR GOVERNOR IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES
1932-1956
1932
First Primary
J. C. B. EhriiiKliaiis _ _ jg2 493
Richard T. Fountain 115 127
Allen J. Maxwell ---"-_" !^"^]"'" " "" 102 032
Second Primary
J. C. B. Ehringhaus _ _ lg2 955
Richard T. Fountain... .."I^.""'""!^^" "" 168 971
1936
First Primary
Clyde R. Hoey _ ___ J93 9y2
Ralph McDonald, _ _ _ "I"" ' 189 504
A.H.Graham ._ " " 12678"'
John A. McRae ---"--.- ]]!^]^-']^^["^^!"'"""^^^"""" 6 606
Second Primary
glydeR Hoey .266.354
Ralph McDonald 214 414
1940
J. Melville Broughton __ I47 ggg
W.P.Horton j05 gig
A.J Maxwell. .102,095
Lee Grave y ___ _ 53 ggo
Thos. E.Cooper 33 17g
Paul D.Grady _ 15 735
Arthur bimmons __ 2 058
1944
§-p['???l""'Tj - - — - - -185,027
Ralph McDonald ....134,661
Ulla Kay Boyd. _ _ 2 069
1948
First Primary
Charles M. Johnson J7q J41
W. Kerr Scott l[[[[[l[[l[[ 161 293
R. Mayne Albright \ -\\\\\"[ll[[[][][ 76281
Oscar Barker ' ' " in's7l
w. F. Stanley, Sr... -^"i\i\i^[\[i[[[i:M[[\[[[[:::\:\:: — ::" 2428
Olla Ray Boyd 2111
_ „ „ Second Primary
W. Kerr Scott 217 6''0
Charles M . Johnson " 182 684
1952
William B. TJmstead _. 294 170
Hubert E. Olive ...I..]I"^ ' " 265' 675
Manley R. Dunaway ----I----I---I-I"--""""I!^I"" "" 4*660
1956
Luther H. Hodges _ _ _ 401 082
lorn Sawyer 29 248
Harry P. Stokely I-I--l-lI-II""""my.m."'.ir.l 24* 416
C. E. Earle, Jr "' " u'gos
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VOTE FOR CONGRESSMEN IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY,
MAY 26, 1956, BY DISTRICTS
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
County
Graham A.
Harden
James Oscar
Simpkins
Carteret -
2,688
3,906
3,245
1,129
2,776
1,068
1,704
1,737
3,174
799
Craven
2 086
Duplin
1 348
Jones _
559
Onslow
1 397
Pamlico .
481
Pender
553
Sampson. _.
765
Wayne
1 342
Total
21,427
9,330
FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
County
Harold D.
Cooley
W.E.
Debnam
Chatham
2,223
3,263
6,040
6,534
1,800
3,074
11,969
1 265
Franklin
1,932
Johnston
2,948
Nash..
1 633
Randolph
1,322
Vance .
2 966
Wake
8,584
Total
34,903
20,650
FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
County
Thurmond
Chatham
Ralph J.
Scott
Caswell
861
11,293
1,391
2,003
2,843
329
4,083
1,617
Forsyth-
7.674
Granville ._
3,165
Person. _
Rockingham
Stokes - _
Surry .
3,030
6,224
3,083
3,542
Total
22,803
28,335
SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
County
Carl T.
Durham
Ralph H.
Scott
Alamance . ..
4,367
9,188
9,459
4,144
4,048
Durham.. .
6,688
GuUford
5,168
Orange . . ....
1,107
Total
27,158
17,011
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SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
County
F. Ertel
Carlyle
Alton
Lennon
Bladpn
2,018
1,382
1,541
4,982
2,509
2,907
7,949
2,534
2,640
6,650
Cnmborland
4,101
Haniptt
3,168
12,754
2,555
Total - ---
23,288
34,402
EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
County
C.B.
Deane
A. Paul
Kitchin
Anson
612
3,465
910
851
1,861
662
2,266
2,447
1,.308
1,547
2,967
762
3,589
1,874
522
Hoke
798
Lgg
2,086
Montffomerv -
1,535
Moore -
1,777
5,447
1,913
Union - -
2,973
Wilkes - -
927
Yadkin
361
Total ---- -
19,658
23,802
ELEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
County
Ralph Webb
Gardner
Basil L.
Whitener
Hugh A.
Wells
Cleveland
5,022
3,676
1,729
2,. 329
1,182
4,318
1,400
1,848
9,630
1,268
1,306
769
3,015
1,426
2,397
Gaston _
490
42
155
Polk
122
Rutherford -
763
Yancey
45
TotaL. -
19,656
19,262
4,014
VOTE FOR CONGRESSMAN IN SECOND PRIMARY
JUNE 23, 1956
ELEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
County
Ralph Webb
Gardner
Basil L.
Whitener
6,464
3,793
1,492
2,745
1,313
4,272
985
2,907
11,145
1,095
McDowell --
1,578
Polk
904
Rutherford -
3,502
1,111
Total -
21,064
22.242
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VOTE FOR UNITED STATES SENATORS IN PRIMARIES
1942-1954
1942
Josiah W. Bailey. - 211,038
Richard T. Fountain 94,581
Sam J. Morris (R) 11,343
Stoner W. Klutz (R)_ ___ _._ 3,793
1944
Clyde R.Hoey_-__ , ...,211,049
Cameron Morrison 80,154
Marvin L. Ritch 7,428
Arthur Simmons 4,593
G. Y. Newton 3,057
1948
Short Term
J. Melville Broughton 206,605
William B. Umstead 188,420
Regular Term
J. Melville Broughton .207,981
William B. Umstead 183,865
1950
First Primary
Frank P. Graham 303,605
Willis Smith 250,222
Robert R. Reynolds 58,752
011a Ray Boyd 5,900
Second Primary
Willis Smith 281,114
Frank P. Graham 261,789
1954
Short Term
W.Kerr Scott 274,674
Alton Lennon 264,265
Alvin Wingfield 12,372
Henry L. Sprinkle 5,013
Regular Term
W.Kerr Scott 312,053
Alton Lennon 286,730
Alvin Wingfield 7,999
Henry L. Sprinkle 2,548
A.E.Turner 2,361
011a Ray Boyd 1,674
W. M. Bostick.. 1,293
250
North Carolina Manual
VOTE FOR UNITED STATES SENATORS IN
GENERAL ELECTIONS 1942-1954
B Democrats
1942
Republicans
Josiah W. Bailey
230,427
1944
Sam J. Morris
119,165
Clyde R. Hoey
533,813
A. I. Ferree
226,037
J. Melville Broughton
(Democrat)
540,762
1948
John A. Wilkinson
(Republican)
220,307
1950
William T. Brown
(Progressive)
3,490
Clyde R. Hoey
376,472
Regular Term
Halsey B. Leavitt
171,804
Unexpired Term
Willis Smith
364,912
Frank P. Graham
2,259 (write-in votes)
E. L. Gavin
177,753
1954
W. Kerr Scott
402,268
Short Term
W. Kerr Scott
408,312
Regular Term
Paul C. West
211,322
Sam J. Ervin, Jr.
410,574
Unexpired Term
Election Returns
251
VOTE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, MAY 26, 1956
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
Sam J.
Ervin. Jr.
241
719
69S
,037
,654
409
647
,273
,252
,607
,850
,917
,398
,783
658
,031
,518
,835
,768
795
679
264
,231
,558
,286
,601
,123
999
,122
,038
,219
,493
,906
,750
,721
,444
306
657
,228
,092
,033
,054
,385
,548
,381
,368
,402
897
,509
,233
,321
Marshall C.
Kurfees
1,186
34
76
537
216
25
394
187
787
608
805
252
793
313
149
214
452
128
369
134
55
37
973
1,064
782
1,591
257
130
845
338
546
2,969
328
6,832
699
1,502
54
191
720
305
2,335
1,2.37
774
510
171
202
156
191
996
220
902
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. . .
Sam J.
Ervin, Jr.
1
2,
3
1
1
2
1
2
18
1
3
6
12
2
2
4
1
1
1
2
5
1
2
5
7
5
6
6
1
2
2
2
4
1
1
3
4
17
2
,158
,843
,460
,966
,178
,725
,569
,969
,929
272
,873
,113
,479
,092
,900
,732
,092
,041
,457
,761
453
,881
,179
,492
,568
,565
,442
,969
,787
,721
,923
,191
,092
,132
,800
,257
,911
303
,516
,444
,138
,381
966
511
,674
,053
,326
826
,919
360,967
Marshall C.
Kurfees
253
573
393
188
158
83
172
373
2,440
13
174
552
723
1.640
692
570
572
167
290
263
90
1,104
658
319
296
1,.370
1,508
1,622
1,559
888
291
412
297
621
1,823
200
419
59
454
878
1,771
365
223
36
478
328
1,111
208
264
65,512
252
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VOTE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
NOVEMBER 6, 1956
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
Hay wood.- -
Henderson.-
Hertford- --
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston
Sam J.
Ervin, Jr.
Democrat
14
3
1
4
4
1
6
3
4
3
22
10
11
5
2
14
4
3
1
1
11
8
7
11
1
1
13
2
7
16
8
25
5
21
1
1
4
3
33
9
8
8
5
2
2
10
4
10
992
164
879
309
339
214
334
483
652
871
186
020
798
992
902
107
761
527
844
043
710
350
185
492
716
895
624
187
132
699
334
220
591
144
488
712
315
589
674
114
099
071
336
900
605
979
157
984
585
239
286
Joel A.
Johnson
Republican
6,963
3,291
1,398
.584
4,216
3,419
924
172
569
2,507
15,338
9,516
8,947
8,404
160
2,180
611
15,161
2,734
3,460
198
1,354
3,719
923
1,023
2,681
199
493
12,504
3,740
1,084
5,674
676
17,345
295
10,748
117
1,616
506
80
19,184
713
2,594
5,262
7,168
298
242
225
7,136
3,019
3,389
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....
Sam J.
Ervin, Jr.
Democrat
2
4
7
6
3
4
5
5
39
1
3
5
11
15
4
5
6
1
3
2
1
4
12
2
10
7
11
11
14
9
7
3
2
4
7
5
27
3
2
3
7
6
9
2
3
065
474
880
453
466
109
747
728
666
325
596
923
323
408
517
028
430
534
852
663
258
063
977
821
134
871
566
600
447
535
373
552
379
199
568
104
103
781
539
975
818
062
173
775
997
242
471
688
266
731,353
Joel A.
.Johnson
Republican
205
1,116
960
5,680
2,8.33
3,694
248
3,809
24,237
3,788
33
3,711
593
2,401
292
676
2,159
547
824
333
333
704
832
2,196
10,943
1,114
893
4,551
11,564
4,832
5,297
391
8,976
3,740
6.970
1,656
3,227
229
1,614
598
5,709
231
604
4,086
1,857
10,528
1,005
4,727
2,470
367,475
Election Returns 253
VOTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS BY COUNTIES
Proposed amendments to the Constitution of North Carolina
submitted to a vote of the people at the General Election,
September 8, 1956.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ADOPTED
Chapter 1, Extra Session 1956.
Article 9, Section 12.
"§ 12. Education expense grants and local option. Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Constitution, the General
Assembly may provide for payment of education expense grants
from any Stat'e or local public funds for the private education of
any child for whom no public school is available or for the private
education of a child who is assigned against the wishes of his
parent, or the person having control of such child, to a public
school attended by a child of another race. A grant shall be avail-
able only for education in a nonsectarian school, and in the case of
a child assigned to a public school attended by a child of another
race, a grant shall, in addition, be available only when it is not
reasonable and practicable to reassign such child to a public
school not attended by a child of another race.
"Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, the
General Assembly may provide for a uniform system of local op-
tion whereby any local option unit, as defined by the General As-
sembly, may choose by a majority vote of the qualified voters in
the unit who vote on the question to suspend or to authorize the
suspension of the operation of one or more or all of the public
schools in that unit.
"No action taken pvirsuant to the authority of this Section
shall in any manner affect the obligation of the State or any
political subdivision or agency thereof with respect to any in-
debtedness heretofore or hereafter created."
254 North Carolina Manual
No. 1
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ADOPTED
Chapter 1169, Session Laws 1955.
Article 2, Section 28.
"Sec. 28. Pay of Members and Presiding Officers of the Gen-
eral Assembly. — The members of the General Assembly for the
term for which they have been elected shall receive as a compen-
sation for their services the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per
day for each day of their Session for a period not exceeding 120
days. The compensation of the Presiding Officers of the two houses
shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for a period not exceed-
ing 120 days. Should an Extra Session of the General Assembly
be called, the members and Presiding Officers shall receive a like
rate of compensation for a period not exceeding 25 days. The
members and Presiding Officers shall also receive, while engaged
in legislative duties, such subsistence and travel allowance as shall
be established by law; provided such allowances shall not exceed
those established for members of State boards and commissions
generally."
No. 2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ADOPTED
Chapter 1253, Session Laws 1955.
Article 2, Section 2.
"The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet biennially
on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in February next
after their election, unless a different day shall be provided by
law; and when assembled, shall be denominated the General As-
sembly. Neither house shall proceed upon public business unless
a majority of all the members are actually present."
No. 3
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ADOPTED
Chapter 1245, Session Laws 1955.
Article 10, Section 6.
"Every married woman may exercise powers of attorney con-
ferred upon her by her husband, including the power to execute
and acknowledge deeds to property ovmed by her or by herself
and her husband or by her husband."
Election Returns
255
VOTE ON FOREGOING AMENDMENTS BY COUNTIES
Special Session Amendment
Regular Session Amendment
(1)
Constitutional amendment authorizing
Amendment allowing limited necessary
education expense grants for private
compensation of members of the general
education and authorizing local vote to
assembly.
suspend the schools.
Counties
For
Against
For
Against
Alamance
7,160
1,852
5,216
2,582
Alexander
2,504
299
1,455
529
Alleghany
918
147
504
265
Anson
3,380
1,747
329
587
2,589
1,179
657
Ashe.
670
Avery
1,884
366
1,172
605
Beaufort _
5,430
369
3,377
1,140
Bertie _
2,156
240
1,3.32
347
Bladen
3,734
381
2,467
1,075
Brunswick
3,963
358
2,9,33
663
Buncombe.
11,524
3,687
10,003
3,946
Burke-...
5,364
2,136
3,962
2,458
Cabarrus
8,822
2,047
6,243
3,389
Caldwell
5,234
1,114
3,731
1,472
Camden
832
53
578
76
Carteret
4,055
2,720
9,191
682
288
2.642
3,487
1,978
6,590
665
Caswell
505
Catawba...
3,394
Chatham
4,078
472
2,407
1,220
Cherokee
2,012
1,170
465
110
1,469
749
422
Chowan
175
Clay..
772
66
621
67
Cleveland.
8,758
861
6,136
1,632
Columbus
6,953
660
5,014
1,336
Craven.
4,803
922
3,689
1,093
Cumberland.
7,964
1,385
5,652
2,656
Currituck
1,414
646
114
162
1,049
564
263
Dare
126
Davidson
9,046
2,919
1,749
599
5,855
1,784
2,986
Davie..
718
Duplin.
6,788
452
4,509
924
Durham
8,979
5,646
8,009
4,799
Edgecombe
6,099
653
4,224
1,353
Forsyth
9,634
6,277
9,239
5,134
Franklin
3,632
14,202
374
2,106
2,361
10,866
884
Gaston
3,176
Gates
797
904
73
108
557
720
83
Graham
120
Granville
3,258
2,707
15,706
5,897
5,723
543
106
6,258
745
951
2,540
1,385
13,583
4,666
3,919
818
Greene . . .
646
Guilford
5,950
Habfax.
1,391
Harnett.
1,731
Haywood
4,101
4,589
862
498
3,130
3,361
1,144
Henderson
876
Hertford
1,309
1,322
862
6,059
3,639
8,459
1,725
2.490
357
123
117
1,675
157
899
192
440
1,002
1,055
545
3,443
3,279
5,042
1,283
1,675
378
Hoke
245
Hyde
180
Iredell.
3,291
Jackson
3.30
Johnston
1,653
Jones
286
Lee
825
256
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VOTE ON FOREGOING AMENDMENTS
BY COUNTIES— (Continued)
Counties
Lenoir
Ijiiicoln
Macon
Madison
Martin.
McDowell
Mecklenburg.
Mitchell
Montgomery.
Moore
Nash
New Hanover
Northampton
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank..
Fender
Perquimans. .
Person
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham.
Rowan.
Rutherford...
Sampson
Scotland
Stinly
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Transylvania.
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake.. ,
Warren
Washington...
Watiuga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey
Totals....
Special Session Amendment
Constitutional amendment authorizing
education expense grants for private
education and authorizing local vote to
suspend the schools.
Regular Session Amendment
(1)
Amendment allowing limited necessary
compensation of members of the general
assembly.
For
5,302
4,800
2,488
4,1.30
.3,628
4,662
19,073
994
3,450
4,724
8,536
9,215
2,971
3,936
3,359
1,282
2,114
2,753
1,154
1,851
8,621
1,803
7,464
4,485
5,945
7,882
10,096
7,299
6,342
1,678
6,159
2,892
4,590
2,297
2,716
682
4,781
3,556
13,910
2,221
1,634
1,779
6,175
5,766
6,666
2,437
1,325
471,657
Against
884
592
241
289
365
541
9,947
254
318
875
610
2,074
439
413
1,784
224
378
156
131
556
992
378
1,228
674
813
1,217
2,7,35
906
828
325
1,136
311
1,084
124
440
93
621
629
6,641
321
248
317
912
1,223
909
590
238
101,767
For
3,471
3,074
1,858
2,922
2,434
3,094
17,846
564
2,431
2,944
5,437
7,276
2,0.55
2,226
3,467
953
1,544
2,018
659
1,2.39
6,665
1,569
4,068
2,934
4,200
5,141
7,074
5,436
3,769
1,262
3,936
1,.3.39
3,427
1,916
2,207
428
2,974
2,289
11,762
1,702
1,317
1,159
4,253
3,595
4,904
1,390
945
343,351
Against
1,824
1,262
497
1,981
556
1,243
184
509
129
1,355
1,359
6,882
589
339
340
1,517
1,482
1,392
811
333
137,944
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257
VOTE ON FOREGOING AMENDMENTS
BY COUNTIES— (Continued)
Regular Session Amendment
Regular Session Amendment
(2)
(3)
Constitutional amendment changing the
Amendment authorizing married woman
date for convening the general assembly
to exercise powers of attorney conferred
from January to February.
upon her by her husband.
Counties
For
Against
For
Against
Alamance
5,987
1,522
6,564
1,236
Alexander ,
1,486
514
470
210
1,617
571
324
Alleghany
216
Anson
2,798
1,272
1,165
3,889
1,434
2,742
365
470
526
517
206
652
2,928
1,234
1,243
4,226
1,427
2,941
312
Ashe
585
528
Beaufort
446
Bertie
225
Bladen. ._.
531
Brunswick.
3,017
477
2,972
603
Buncombe -
11,348
2,469
11,956
2,208
Burke .
4,361
7,338
4,015
582
1,737
2,082
967
• 68
4,781
8,142
4,164
624
1,674
Cabarrus -
1,547
Caldwell
965
Camden
51
Carteret
3,674
2,124
389
344
3,923
2,198
282
Caswell.. ---
310
Catawba ..
7,513
2,150
8,298
1,735
Chatham
2,744
1,085
786
626
758
730
103
59
2,937
1,463
879
642
635
Cherokee
363
Chowan
84
Clay
56
Cleveland
6,684
5,364
946
878
7,243
5,752
662
Columbus
754
Craven ..
3,923
678
4,349
447
Cumberland .. -..
6,582
1,557
7,145
1,268
Currituck
1,062
141
1,151
155
Dare
567
105
629
74
Davidson
6,713
1,923
7,276
1,673
Davie
2,002
471
2,135
430
Duplin
4,708
502
4,976
458
Durham..
9,046
3,573
10,327
2,820
Edgecombe
4,709
611
5,015
492
Forsyth
10,446
3,490
11,173
2,357
Franklin
2,686
508
2,824
441
Gaston
11,748
1,954
12,274
1,666
Gates
572
45
612
41
Graham
717
99
712
122
Granville
2,714
459
2,852
441
Greene
1,735
238
1,871
167
Guilford
15,738
5,199
4,264
3,552
771
1,236
17,328
5,329
4,636
2,492
Halifax
681
Harnett.
1,012
Haywood
3,416
755
3,403
837
Henderson
3,578
581
3,709
598
Hertford.
1,092
253
1,189
200
Hoke
1,128
175
1,177
146
Hyde
576
4,663
3,317
113
1,850
208
632
5,377
3,311
91
Iredell
1,360
Jackson
238
Johnston
5,491
1,303
1,931
1,014
191
497
5,805
1,367
2,165
964
Jones
188
Lee ---
427
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VOTE ON FOREGOING AMENDMENTS
BY COUNTIES— (Continued)
Counties
Regular Session Amendment
(2)
Constitutional amendment changing the
date lor convening the general assembly
from January to February.
Regular Session Amendment
(3)
Amendment authorizing married woman
to exercise powers of attorney conferred
upon her by her husband.
For
Against
For
Against
Lenoir _
Lincoln
4,097
3,588
1.870
2,700
2,556
3,430
20,997
619
2,498
3,614
6,395
7,840
2,326
2,426
3,676
987
1,571
2,143
666
1,435
7,236
1,625
4,809
3,778
4,641
5,570
8,627
6,045
3,608
1,427
4,291
1,511
3,743
1,975
2,245
371
3,524
2,727
14,569
1,919
1,389
1,254
4,853
3,774
5,314
1,582
963
621
698
199
470
403
601
4,511
168
570
903
797
1,878
473
404
777
148
284
232
143
427
781
236
1,237
832
1,004
1,337
2,585
1,129
910
286
1,412
388
863
107
410
162
645
784
3,862
322
244
205
849
1,138
830
506
279
4,414
3,921
1,839
2,301
2,751
3,328
23,786
620
2,798
3,917
6,875
8,966
2,490
2,688
3.977
1,067
1,882
2,248
722
1,534
7,754
1,730
5,116
3.973
4.999
6,105
9.467
6,173
3,995
1,571
4,601
1,802
4,101
1,910
2,241
385
3,529
2,990
16,379
1,985
1,418
1,200
5,101
4,020
5,669
1,853
984
500
629
238
Madison
896
Martin
324
McDowell
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
799
2,876
181
Montgomery
Moore
372
736
Nash
573
New Hanover
Northampton
Onslow
1,314
386
356
592
Pamlico
118
Pasquotank
Pender
235
244
Perquimans
Person
128
366
Pitt - ..-
614
Polk
180
1,197
Richmond --
Robeson
766
821
Rockingham
1,183
2.034
Rutherford --
Sampson
1,121
800
Scotland
214
Stanly
1,183
Stokes
318
Surry
699
Swain
152
Transylvania
Tyrrell
432
134
Union
800
Vance . -.
641
Wake
2,518
Warren
275
Washington
Watauga
208
252
754
Wilkes
1,124
Wilson . .
635
Yadkin
452
328
Totals
382,968
84,695
412,655
70,316
Election Returns
259
VOTE ON PROHIBITION 1881 AND 1908
August, 1881
May, 1908
For
Prohibition
48,370
Against
Prohibition
166,325
For
Prohibition
113,612
Against
Prohibition
69,416
Vote on calling convention to consider proposed amend-
ment to the Constitution of the United States repealing
the 18th amendment and Election of Delegates.
November, 1933
Delegates
Delegates
For Repeal
Against
For
No
of
Repeal of
Convention
Convention
18th
18th
Amendment
Amendment
120,190
293,484
115,482
300,054
PART V
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES,
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
GOVERNMENTAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
ADVISORY BUDGET COMMISSION
1925, c. 89; 1929, c. 100; 1931, c. 295; 1951, c. 768; G. S. 143-4
Composition : Six members. Chairman of the Appropriations
and Finance Committees of the House and Senate, and two mem-
bers appointed by the Governor.
Appointed by the Governor:
LeRoy Martin Raleigh
Alonzo C. Edwards Hookerton
Appointed by the Legislature :
J. C. Eagles, Jr Wilson
Nelson Woodson Salisbury
B. T. Falls, Jr Shelby
Carl V. Venters Jacksonville
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME
1953, c. 1129; G. S. 106-568.14
Composition: Eight members. Five Ex-officio, three appointed
by the Governor.
L. Y. Ballentine, Commissioner State Board of Agriculture,
Chairman, Ex-officio Raleigh
David S. Weaver, Director North Carolina Agricultural
Extension Service, Ex-officio Raleigh
A. G. Bullard, State Supervisor of Vocational
Agriculture, Ex-officio Raleigh
Randolph Eagles, President North Carolina Farm
Bureau Federation, Ex-officio Macclesfield
Harry B. Caldwell, Master of State Grange,
Ex-officio Greensboro
Dean I. 0. Schaub Raleigh
T. E. Brovrae Murfreesboro
Mrs. Charles Graham Linwood
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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
Rev. s. 3931; Code s. 2184; 1901, c. 479, ss. 2, 4; 1907, c. 497, s. 1;
1931, c. 360, s. 1; 1937, c. 174; C. S. 4667; G. S. 106-2
Composition : Eleven members. Ten appointed by the Governor.
L. Y. Ballentine, Commissioner of Agriculture,
Chairman, Ex-officio Raleigh
Glenn G. Gilmore Julian
Hoyle C. Griffin Monroe
Claude T. Hall Roxboro
J. Atwell Alexander Stony Point
J. Muse McCotter New Bern
George P. Kittrell Corapeake
Charles F. Phillips Thomasville
J. H. Poole West End
A. B. Slagle Franklin
W. I. Bissette Grifton
STATE BOARD OF ALCOHOLIC CONTROL '
1937, c. 49, ss. 2, 3; c. 411; 1939, c. 185, s. 5; 1941, c. 107,
s. 5;G.S. 18-37; G.S. 18-38 . .
Composition : Three members appointed by the Governor.
T. W. Allen, Chairman Raleigh
Clint Newton Lawndale
Sam B. Etheridge Washington
Roy L. Davis, Secretary Raleigh
STATE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
Rev. s. 4539; 1903, c. 767, s. 2; 1907, c. 714, s. 1; 1941, c. 306;
1943, c. 237; 1945, c. 55; 1955, c. 543; C. S. 6141; G. S. 121-3 -
Composition: Seven members appointed by the Governor.
McDaniel Lewis, Chairman Greensboro
W. T. Laprade Durham
Gertrude Sprague Carraway New Bern
Mrs. P. F. Patton Hendersonville
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Dr. Fletcher M. Green ;..... Chapel Hill
Clarence W. Griffin Forest City
Josh L. Home, Jr Rocky Mount
Dr. C. C. Crittenden, Director Raleigh
STATE ART COMMISSION
1947, c. 1097; 1951, c. 1168; 1953, c. 696; G. S. 140-5.6
Composition: Five members appointed by Governor from mem-
bership of State Art Society.
Robert Lee Humber, Chairman Greenville
Dr. Sylvester Green Winston-Salem
Edwin Gill Raleigh
Dr. Clarence Poe Raleigh
Dr. Clemens Sommer Chapel Hill
NORTH CAROLINA STATE ART SOCIETY
1929, c. 314; 1943, c. 752; G. S. 140-1
Composition: Sixteen members. Four members Ex-officio; four
members appointed by the Governor; eight members elected by the
Art Society.
Ex-officio :
Luther H. Hodges, Governor Raleigh
Geo. B. Patton, Attorney General Raleigh
Charles F. Carroll, Superintendent of
Public Instruction Raleigh
Mrs. C. B. Clegg, Art Dept., Chairman, N. C. Feder-
ation of Women's Clubs Greensboro
Appointed:
Dr. Sylvester Green Winston-Salem
Mrs. Charles Cannon Concord
Robert Lee Humber Greenville
Ralph Price Greensboro
Elected :
Mrs. Isabelle Bovi^en Henderson Raleigh
Dr. Clarence Poe Raleigh
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Egbert L. Davis Winston-Salem
Edwin Gill Raleigh
Dr. Clemens Sommer Chapel Hill
Henry Bridges Raleigh
Mrs. Elizabeth Hamrick Mack Charlotte
Gregory Ivy Greensboro
Mrs. J. H. B. Moore Greenville
Mrs. May Davis Hill, Acting Secretary Raleigh
STATE BOARD OF ASSESSMENT
1939, c. 310, s. 200; 1941, c. 327, s. 6; 1947, c. 184; G. S. 105-273
Composition : Five members, all Ex-officio under the Act.
Eugene G. Shaw, Commissioner of Revenue, Chairman . . Raleigh
Stanley Winborne, Chairman Public Utilities Commission Raleigh
Geo. B. Patton, Attorney General Raleigh
Edwin Gill, Director of Local Government Raleigh
James S. Currie, Director Department of Tax Research . . Raleigh
J. C. Bethune, Secretary Raleigh
STATE BANKING COMMISSION
1931, c. 243; 1935, c. 266; 1939, c. 91; 1949, c. 372;
1953, c. 1209; G. S. 53-92
Composition: Eleven members. Two Ex-officio, nine appointed
by the Governor.
Edwin Gill, State Treasurer, Chairman, Ex-officio Raleigh
Geo. B. Patton, Attorney General, Ex-officio Raleigh
A. K. Barrus Kinston
Don S. Elias Asheville
R. P. Holding Smithfield
Oscar J. Mooneyham Forest City
John W. Spears Lillington
M. B. Fowler Durham
Edwin B. Brown Murfreesboro
Edwin Duncan North Wilkesboro
Charles M. Reeves, Jr Sanford
Governmental Boards and Commissions 267
THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR COUNCIL
1933, c. 210; 1937, c. 51; 1955, c. 651; G. S. 84-17
Composition : Thirty- four members. Four Ex-officio as officers
of the North Carolina State Bar, and one each from the thirty
judicial districts of the State.
Officers :
Robert W. Proctor, President Marion
James B. Swails, First Vice-President Wilmington
John C. Cheesborough, Second Vice-President Asheville
Edward L. Cannon, Secretary-Treasurer Raleigh
Councilors:
J. Kenyon Wilson, Jr., First District Elizabeth City
Bryan Grimes, Second District Washington
Albion Dunn, Third District Greenville
Rivers D. Johnson, Sr., Fourth District Warsaw^
Marsden Bellamy, Fifth District Wilmington
Eric Norfleet, Sixth District Jackson
Oliver G. Rand, Seventh District Wilson
J. Faison Thomson, Eighth District Goldsboro
Bennett H. Perry, Ninth District Henderson
Armistead J. Maupin, Tenth District Raleigh
Grover Martin, Eleventh District Smithfield
Robert H. Dye, Twelfth District Fayetteville
Hector H. Clark, Thirteenth District Elizabethtown
R. P. Reade, Fourteenth District Durham
Bonner D. Sawyer, Fifteenth District Hillsboro
James W. Mason, Sixteenth District Laurinburg
P. W. Glidewell, Sr., Seventeenth District Reidsville
Charles T. Hagan, Jr., Eighteenth District Greensboro
William L. Mills, Jr., Nineteenth District Concord
Walter E. Brock, Twentieth District Wadesboro
G. H. Hastings, Twenty-first District Winston-Salem
Don A. Walser, Twenty-second District Lexington
W. G. Mitchell, Twenty-third District North Wilkesboro
Wade E. Brown, Twenty-fourth District Boone
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Thomas P. Pruitt, Twenty-fifth District Hickory
Francis H. Fairley, Twenty-sixth District Charlotte
Marvin T. Leatherman, Twenty-seventh District .... Lincolnton
E. L. Loftin, Twenty-eighth District Asheville
Paul J. Story, Twenty-ninth District Marion
Frank D. Ferguson, Jr., Thirtieth District Waynesville
STATE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND
1935, c. 53, s. 1; 1937, c. 285; G. S. 111-1; 111-3
Composition: Eleven members. Five Ex-officio, six appointed
by the Governor.
Judge Sam M. Cathey, Chairman Asheville
Dr. Howard E. Jensen, Chairman, Exec. Com Durham
H. C. Bradshaw Durham
Joe W. Hood Wilmington
Frank C. King Brevard
Sam Alford Henderson
Ex-officio members:
Dr. J. W. R. Norton Raleigh
J. W. Beach Raleigh
Chai'les H. Warren Raleigh
E. N. Peeler Raleigh
Dr. Ellen B. Winston Raleigh
H. A. Wood, Executive Secretary Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF BOILER RULES
1935, c. 326; 1953, c. 569; G. S. 95-54
Composition: Six members. One Ex-officio, five appointed by
the Governor.
Frank Crane, Commissioner of Labor, Chairman,
Ex-officio Raleigh
W. E. Shuping, Jr Charlotte
W. W. Lloyd Greensboro
Gordon Thomas Raleigh
Wilkes C. Price Asheville
William M. Reading, Jr Kinston
Governmental Boards and Commissions 269
BUILDING CODE COUNCIL
1933, c. 392, s. 4; 1941, c. 280, s. 2; G. S. 143-139
Composition: Five members appointed by the Governor.
Bernard Crocker, Jr., Chairman Raleigh
Eccles D. Everhart High Point
Verne G. Moser Asheville
L. H. Rouse Wilmington
John Smith, Jr Leaksville
BOARD OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
1941, c. 224, s. 2; G.S. 129-2
Composition: Five members, all Ex-officio under above Act.
Luther H. Hodges, Governor Raleigh
Thad Eure, Secretary of State Raleigh
Edwin Gill, Treasurer Raleigh
Geo. B. Patton, Attorney General Raleigh
D. S. Coltrane, Assistant Director Budget Raleigh
CAROLINA-VIRGINIA TURNPIKE AUTHORITY
1953, c. 1159; G. S. 136-89.3
Composition: Four members. One Ex-officio, three appointed by
the Governor.
W. T. Joyner, Chairman State Highway
Commission, Ex-officio Raleigh
John G. Clark, Chairman Greenville
W. J. Sermons, Vice-Chairman Washington
Guy H. Lennon, Secretary-Treasurer Manteo
GOVERNOR RICHARD CASWELL MEMORIAL COMMISSION
1955, c. 977; G. S. 143-204.1
Composition: Twenty members. Four Ex-officio, sixteen ap-
pointed by the Governor.
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Ex-officio:
Dr. C. C. Crittenden, Director Dept. Archives
and History Raleigh
Dr. Chas. F. Carroll, Supt. of Public Instruction Raleigh
Guy Elliott, Mayor of Kinston Kinston
J. R. Davenport, Chmn. Board of Commissioners of
Lenoir County Deep Run
Mrs. Charles M. Johnson Raleigh
Mrs. G. A. Kernodle Burlington
Mrs. R. 0. Everett Durham
Ray Galloway Raleigh
Dr. J. Carlyle Sitterson Chapel Hill
Paul A. Rockwell Asheville
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher Edenton
Mrs. J. Roger Brooks Kinston
Mrs. W. M. Bellamy Wilmington
Mrs. Edwin Pate Laurinburg
J. Lawrence Sprunt Wilmington
R. Hunt Parker Roanoke Rapids
Sam N. Clark Tarboro
John G. Dawson Kinston
Thomas J. White Kinston
Mrs. George W. Knott Kinston
STATE CIVIL AIR PATROL
1953, c.l231;G. S. 167-1
Composition : Nine members. Six Ex-officio and three appointed
by the Governor.
Ex-officio:
Major General John Hall Manning, Adjutant General Raleigh
Lt. Col. Stanhope Lineberry, Deputy Wing Commander Charlotte
Lt. Col. J. Toms Dover, Wing Executive Officer .... Charlotte
Major Mary B. Reid, Wing Adjutant Charlotte
Lt. Col. Robert D. McCallum, Wing Director of
Communications Charlotte
Major G. A. Stephens, Coordinator of Civil Defense Charlotte
Governmental Boards and Commissions 271
Appointed:
Frank Sherrill Charlotte
James C. Pennington Wilmington
Charles T. Hagan, Jr Greensboro
NORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL OF CIVIL DEFENSE
1951, c. 1016; G. S. 166-3
Composition : Six members all ex-officio.
Luther H. Hodges, Governor, Chairman Raleigh
Edward Scheidt, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles,
Exec. Vice-chairman Raleigh
Dr. J. W. R. Norton, Exec. Sec, State Board of Health . . Raleigh
Dr. Carey H. Bostian, Chancellor N. C. State College Raleigh
Walter F. Anderson, Director of State Bureau
of Investigation Raleigh
John T. Morrisey, General Counsel N. C.
League of Municipalities Raleigh
General Edward F. Griffin, Director Raleigh
BOARD OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
1925, c. 122, s. 6; 1927, c. 57; 1941, c. 45; 1945, c. 638;
1953, c. 81; 1957, c. 248; G. S. 113-4; 113-5
Composition: Eighteen members appointed by the Governor.
Luther H. Hodges, Governor, Honorary Chairman Raleigh
Miles J. Smith, 1st Vice-Chairman Salisbury
W. J. Damtoft, 2nd Vice-Chairman Canton
Charles S. Allen Durham
W. B. Austin Jefferson
H. C. Buchan, Jr North Wilkesboro
Scroop W. Enloe, Jr Spruce Pine
R. M. Hanes Winston-Salem
Leo H. Harvey Kinston
Charles H. Jenkins Ahoskie
Amos R. Kearns High Point
Cecil Morris Atlantic
Hugh M. Morton Wilmington
F. J. Boling Siler City
H. C. Kennett Durham
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Walker Martin Raleigh
Voit Gilmore Southern Pines
W. Eugene Simmons Tarboro
T. Max Watson Spindale
STATE BOARD OF CORRECTION AND TRAINING
1943, c. 776, s. 1; 1945, c. 847; 1947, c. 226; G. S. 134-90*
Composition: Ten members. One Ex-officio, nine appointed by
the Governor.
Dr. Ellen Winston, Commissioner Department of Public
Welfare, Ex-officio Raleigh
C. A. Dillon, Chairman Raleigh
M. S. Hayworth Rocky Mount
Paul B. Bissette Wilson
Joseph W. Nordan Raleigh
Elton Edwards Greensboro
T. Clyde Auman West End
Mrs. C. L. Gilliatt Shelby
Steed Rollins Durham
Dr. Charles F. Strosnider Goldsboro
S. E. Leonard, Commissioner Raleigh
*(This Board has the management of the Stonewall Jackson Training
School, Eastern Carolina Training School, State Home and Industrial
School, Morrison Tiaining School and State Training School for Negro
Girls.) . .
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
North Carolina Constitution, Art. IX, sec. 8; G. S. 115-16.1
Composition: Thirteen members. Three Ex-officio; ten appointed
by the Governor and confirmed by the General Assembly.
Luther E. Earnhardt, Ex-officio Concord
Edwin Gill, Ex-officio Raleigh
Charles F. Carroll, Secretary, Ex-officio Raleigh
Dist. No.
1 J. A. Pritchett, Vice-Chairman Windsor
2 W. Dallas Herring Rose Hill
3 A. S. Brower, Chairman Durham
4 Charles G. Rose, Jr Fayetteville
Governmental Boards and Commissions 273
5 Charles W. McCrary Asheboro
6 O. L. Richardson Monroe
7 R. Barton Hayes Hudson
8 Gerald Cowan Asheville
* Dr. Guy B. Phillips Chapel Hill
* H. L. Trigg: Raleigh
C. D. Douglas, Controller Raleigh
♦State at large appointments.
NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION
1955, c. 1186; G. S. 116-156
Composition: Nine members appointed by the Governor.
D. Hiden Ramsey, Chairman Asheville
L. P. McLendon, Vice-Chairman Greensboro
Mrs. T. R. Easterling, Secretary Rocky Mount
W. D. Herring Rose Hill
W. J. Kennedy, Jr .- Durham
Robert Lassiter, Jr Charlotte
Charles H. Reynolds Spindale
E. L. White Wilmington
W. F. Womble Winston-Salem
J. Harris Purks, Director Raleigh
STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
Rev. 4300; 1901, c. 89; 1933, c. 165; 1953, c. 428;
C. S. 5921; G. S. 163-8
Composition: Five members appointed by the Governor.
J. Hampton Price, Chairman (D) Leaksville
John G. Dawson, Secretary (D) Kinston
H. A. Maddox (D) Murphy
J. E. Holshouser (R) Boone
J. E. Hill (R) Denton
R. C. Maxwell, Executive Secretary Raleigh
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EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION
Ex. 1936, c. 1, s. 10; 1941, c. 108, s. 10; 1941, c. 279, ss. 1-3;
1943, c. 377, s. 15; 1947, c. 598; G. S. 96-3
Composition: Seven members appointed by the Governor.
Henry E. Kendall, Chairman Raleigh
Crayon C. Efird Albemarle
R. Dave Hall Belmont
Mrs. Quenton Gregory Halifax
Bruce E. Davis Charlotte
W. Benton Pipkin Reidsville
Dr. Harry D. Wolf Chapel Hill
EUGENICS BOARD OF NORTH CAROLINA
1933, c. 224; G. S. 35-40
Composition: Five members, all Ex-officio under above act.
Dr. Ellen Winston, Commissioner State Board of Public
Welfare Raleigh
Dr. J. W. R. Norton, Secretary State Board of Health . . Raleigh
Dr. Ira C. Long, Superintendent State Hospital Goldsboro
Dr. Walter A. Sikes, Superintendent State Hospital at
Raleigh Raleigh
Geo. B. Patton, Attorney General Raleigh
Ethel Speas, Executive Secretary Raleigh
GASOLINE AND OIL INSPECTION BOARD
1937, c. 425, s. 9; 1941, c. 220; 1949, c. 1167; G. S. 119-26
Composition : Five members. Two Ex-officio, three appointed by
the Governor.
L. Y. Ballentine, Commissioner of Agriculture,
Chairman, Ex-officio Raleigh
C. D. Baucom, Secretary, Ex-officio Raleigh
G. E. Bobbitt Raleigh
E. W. McDaniel Elkin
G. Allen Ives New Bern
Governmental Boards and Commissions 275
GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION
1945, c. 157; 1947, c. 114; G. S. 164-14
Composition : Nine members appointed as follows : One each by
the President of the North Carolina State Bar and North Caro-
lina Bar Association; one each by the Deans of the law schools
of Duke, Wake Forest, and the University of North Carolina;
one each by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House, and two by the Governor.
Robert F. Moseley, Chairman Greensboro
Frank W. Hanft, Vice-Chairman Chapel Hill
James H. Pou Bailey Raleigh
Henry A. McKinnon Lumberton
J. W. Hoyle Sanford
E. K. Powe Durham
Buxton Midyette Jackson
James E. Sizemore Winston-Salem
E. C. Bryson Durham
F. Kent Burns, Secretary, Ex-ofRcio Winston-Salem
NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Rev. s. 4435; Code, s. 2875; 1879, c. 177, s. 1; 1885, c. 237, s. 1;
1893, c. 214, s. 1; 1911, c. 62, s. 1; 1931, c. 177, s. 1; 1945,
c. 281;C. S. 7048; G.S. 130-1
Composition : Nine members. Five appointed by the Governor,
four elected by the Medical Society.
Dr. G. Grady Dixon, President Ayden
Dr. Lenox D. Baker Durham
Dr. John R. Bender Winston-Salem
Dr. A. C. Current Gastonia
Dr. Ben J. Lawrence, Vice-President Raleigh
Dr. Roger W. Morrison Asheville
Dr. H. C. Lutz Hickory
Mrs. J. E. Latta Hillsboro
Dr. John P. Henderson, Jr Sneads Ferry
Dr. J. W. R. Norton, State Health Officer,
Secretary-Treasurer Raleigh
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STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
1933, c. 172; 1935, c. 257; 1937, c. 297; 1941, c. 57; 1945, c. 895;
1953; c. 115; 1957, c. 65; G. S. 136-1
Composition: Seven members appointed by the Governor.
Col. William T. Joyner, Chairman Raleigh
Ralph Rowland Elkin
E. L. White Wilmington
Fletcher Gregory Weldon
Cutlar Moore Lumberton
Robert Bunnelle Asheville
Lee White Concord
STATE (HOSPITAL) ADVISORY COUNCIL
1945, c. 1096; 1947, c. 933; 1949, c. 1019; G. S. 131-120
Composition: Five members appointed by the Governor.
Claude F. Gaddy, Chairman Raleigh
Dr. Fred C. Hubbard North Wilkesboro
James P. Richardson Charlotte
James G. Stikeleather, Jr Asheville
Dr. David A. Young Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS BOARD OF CONTROL
1943, c. 136; 1945, c. 925; G. S. 122-7*
Composition: Fifteen members appointed by the Governor.
W. G. Clark, Chairman Emeritus . . . i . ; ; Tarboro
John W. Umstead, Jr., Chairman Chapel Hill
R. P. Richardson, Vice-Chairman Reidsville
Mrs. Vance B. Gavin, Secretary Kenansville
H. W. Kendall Greensboro
Kelly E. Bennett Bryson City
Bedford W. Black Kannapolis
John T. Rodgers Asheville
Dr. Yates S. Palmer Valdese
Governmental Boards and Commissions 277
D. W. Royster Shelby
John S. Ruggles Southern Pines
Mrs. E. F. McCulloch Elizabethtown
J. F. Strickland Durham
J. Melville Broughton, Jr Raleigh
C. Wayland Spruill Windsor
N. C. Green Williamston
*(This Boai'd has the management of the State Hospital at Raleigh, the
State Hospital at Morganton, the State Hospital at Goldsboro, the State
Hospital at Butner, the Caswell Training School, the Butner Training
School and the Goldsboro Training School.)
NORTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
1929, c. 120, s. 51; 1931, c. 274, s. 8; G. S. 97-77
Composition: Three members appointed by the Governor.
J. W. Bean, Chairman Spencer
Frank H. Gibbs Warrenton
N. F. Ransdell Varina
NORTH CAROLINA INSURANCE ADVISORY BOARD
1945, c. 383; G. S. 58-27.1
Composition: Seven members. One statutory and six appointed
by the Governor.
Charles F. Gold, Commissioner of Insurance,
Chairman (Statutory) Raleigh
Wm. H. Andrews, Jr Greensboro
H. P. Mobley Williamston
L. M. Buchanan Greenville
D. M. Woodard, Jr Conw^ay
-J. Leslie Atkins, Jr Durham
Max 0. Welborn Yadkinville
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NORTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL COUNCIL
1953, c. 74; G. S. 7-448
Composition : Fourteen members. One member of Supreme Court,
two judges of the Superior Court, one member of Attorney Gen-
eral's Office, two Solicitors from Superior Court and eight addi-
tional members, two of whom shall be appointed by the Governor,
one by the President of the Senate, one by the Speaker of the
House, and four by the Council of the North Carolina State Bar.
Emery B. Denny, Chairman Raleigh
Claude L. Love Raleigh
Leo Carr Burlington
William H. Murdock Durham
M. G. Boyette Carthage
Carl L. Bailey, Sr Plymouth
David McConnell Charlotte
William Medford Waynesville
J. Will Pless, Jr Marion
Louis J. Poisson Wilmington
John C. Rodman Washington
W. H. McElwee, Jr N. Wilkesboro
Don A. Walser Lexington
John H. Hall Elizabeth City
John A. Robertson, Executive Secretary Millbrook
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BENEFIT
AND RETIREMENT FUND
1937, c. 349, s. 8; 1939, c. 6; 1941, cc. 56, 157; 1943, c. 145;
1949, c. 1055; 1951, c. 382; 1953, c. 883; G. S. 143-166
Composition : Seven members. Three Ex-officio, four appointed
by the Governor.
Henry L. Bridges, State Auditor, Chairman
Ex-officio Raleigh
Charles F. Gold, State Insurance Commissioner,
Secretary, Ex-officio Raleigh
Edwin Gill, State Treasurer, Ex-officio Raleigh
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C. C. Stoker High Point
B. Everett Jordan Saxapahaw
W. B. Lentz Raleigh
Robert J. Pleasants Raleigh
STATE LIBRARY BOARD
1909, c. 873; 1953, c. 1102; 1955, c. 505; C. S. 6597; G. S. 125-29
Composition: Eight members. Two Ex-officio, six appointed by
the Governor.
Dr. Charles F. Carrol, Ex-officio Raleigh
Dr. Andrew H. Horn, Ex-officio Chapel Hill
Dr. Roy B. McKnight, Chairman Charlotte
John Harden, Vice-Chairman Greensboro
Paul S. Ballance Winston-Salem
Dr. Charles E. Jordan Durham
Dr. Mark McD. Lindsey Hamlet
Clifford Peeler Salisbury
LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION
1931, c. 60, s. 7; 1931, c. 296, s. 8; 1933, c. 31, s. 1; G. S. 159-3
Composition: Nine members. Four Ex-officio, five appointed by
the Governor.
Edwin Gill, State Treasurer, Chairman Ex-officio Raleigh
Thad Eure, Secretary of State, Ex-officio Raleigh
Henry L. Bridges, State Auditor, Ex-officio Raleigh
Eugene Shaw, Commissioner of Revenue, Ex-officio Raleigh
Walter A. Coble Guilford College
S. Preston Douglas Lumberton
L. B. Hollowell Gastonia
W. T. Moss Youngsville
C. W. Roberts Leaksville
W. E. Easterling, Secretary Raleigh
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LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES' ,
RETIREMENT SYSTEM
1938, c. 390, s. 8; 1941, c. 357, s. 6; 1943, c. 535; 1945, c. 526;
1947, c. 259; G. S. 128-28
Composition: Ten members. Two Ex-officio, eight appointed by
the Governor and approved by the Senate.
Edwin Gill, State Treasurer, Chairman Ex-officio Raleigh
Charles F. Carroll, Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Ex-officio Raleigh
H. L. Stephenson Smithfield
Clyde W. Gordon Burlington
Sam J. Burrow, Jr Asheboro
Thomas F. Royall Wadesboro
Mrs. Annie H. Swindell Durham
Claude Love Raleigh
D. H. Umstead Durham
James A. Glover Nashville
Nathan H. Yelton, Executive Secretary Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
1945, c. 1096; G. S. 131-117
Composition: Twenty members. Two Ex-officio, eighteen ap-
pointed by the Governor.
James H. Clark, Chairman Elizabethtown
Agnew Bahnson, Sr., Vice-Chairman Winston-Salem
Dr. J. Street Brewer Roseboro
Dr. George L. Carrington Burlington
Dr. Wm. M. Coppridge Durham
E. C. Daniel Zebulon
Sample B. Forbus Durham
Dr. G. Fred Hale Raleigh
J. B. Clemence Salisbury
Dr. Walter L. Jackson High Point
Dr. Harry L. Johnson Elkin
Carl V. Cline Hildebran
Marshall I. Pickens Charlotte
Governmental Boards and Commissions 281
Earl H. Tate Lenoir
Wm. M. Rich Durham
Dr. Wm. Raney Stanford Durham
Flora Wakefield, R. N Raleigh
Dr. Paul F. Whitaker Kinston
Dr. J. W. R. Norton, State Health Officer,
Ex-officio Raleigh
Dr. Ellen B. Winston, State Commissioner of
Public Welfare, Ex-officio Raleigh
Charles S. Templeton, Executive Secretary Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA MERIT SYSTEM COUNCIL
1941, c. 378; G. S. 126-1
Composition: Five members appointed by the Governor.
Rev. Warren Carr, Chairman Durham
Fred Royster Henderson
Robert B. Justice Enka
Mrs. J. V. Whitfield Wallace
Rev. J. B. Willis Hamlet
Dorothy C. Adkins, Supervisor Chapel Hill
NORTH CAROLINA MILK COMMISSION
1953, c. 1338; 1955, c. 406; G. S. 106-266.7
Composition: Nine members. One Ex-officio, eight appointed by
the Governor.
L. Y. Ballentine, Commissioner of Agriculture, Ex-officio Raleigh
W. W. Fitzpatrick, Chairman Rougemont
John Burn Shelby
Fred M. Eagles Wilson
H. G. Strom Asheville
0. A. Swaringen Concord
J. E. Wilson Albemarle
1. B. Julian Fayetteville
William C. Mclntire, Jr Greensboro
J. V. Whitaker, Executive Secretary Raleigh
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NORTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL BOARD OF CONTROL
1917, c. 136, sub. c. 2, s. 4; 1935, c. 440; 1941, c. 97;
C. S. 2779; G. S. 160-195
Composition : Three members. All Ex-officio under the Act.
Geo. B. Patton, Attorney General, Chairman Raleigh
Thad Eure, Secretary of State, Secretary Raleigh
Stanley Winborne, Chairman, Utilities Commission Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF PAROLES
1953, c. 17; 1955, c. 867; G. S. 148-52
Composition : Three members appointed by the Governor.
George W. Randall, Chairman Mooresville
Johnson Matthews Durham
W. A. Brame . Wendell
STATE BOARD OF PENSIONS
1921, c. 189, s. 1 ; C. S. 5168 (a) ; G. S. 112-7
Composition: Three members. All Ex-officio under the above Act.
Luther H. Hodges, Governor, Chairman Raleigh
Geo. B. Patton, Attorney General Raleigh
Henry L. Bridges, State Auditor,
Secretary-Treasurer Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA STATE PERSONNEL COUNCIL
1949, cc. 718, 1174; 1953, c. 1085; G. S. 143-35
Composition: Five members appointed by the Governor.
Fred Royster, Chairman Henderson
Wade Barber Pittsboro
Earl Crump Wilson
John Harden Greensboro
Robert B. Justice Asheville
J. W. McDevitt, Director Raleigh
Governmental Boards and Commissions 283
NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY
1945, c. 1097; 1949, c. 892; 1953, c. 191 ; G. S. 143-216
Composition: Seven members appointed by the Governor.
Edwin Pate, Chairman Laurinburg
Raymond A. Bryan, Vice-Chairman Goldsboro
W. Avery Thompson, Secretary-Treasurer Lake Waccamaw
Harold F. Coffey Lenoir
Harvey W. Moore Concord
J. Harry White Winston-Salem
Henry A. Lineberger Belmont
Richard S. Marr, Executive Director Wilmington
PRISON ADVISORY COUNCIL
1949,0. 359; G. S. 148-86
Composition : Seven members, two Ex-officio, five appointed by
the Governor.
Di-. Ellen Winston, Superintendent State Department
of Public Welfare, Ex-officio Raleigh
Geo. B. Patton, Attorney General, Ex-officio Raleigh
Dr. William McGehee, Chairman Spray
Mrs. J. Melville Broughton, Secretary Raleigh
Mrs. J. Wilbur Bunn Raleigh
Wiley Andrews Goldsboro
Linn D. Garibaldi Matthews
STATE PRISON COMMISSION
1957,0.349; G. S. 148-1
Composition : Seven members appointed by the Governor.
Linn D. Garibaldi, Chairman Matthews
Mrs. J. Melville Broughton Raleigh
Dr. M. B. Davis High Point
W. W. Shope Weaverville
T. R. Eller Brevard
Dr. William McGehee Leaksville-Spray
Edgar Gurganus Williamston
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STATE PROBATION COMMISSION
1937, c. 132, s. 5; G. S. 15-201
Composition: Five members appointed by the Governor.
Judge Wilson Warlick, Chairman Newton
Dr. John S. Bradway Durham
Allen Lang-ston Raleigh
Judge Henry A. Grady New Bern
Clem B. Holding Raleigh
J. D. Beaty, Director Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Rev. s. 1913; Code s. 2331; 1868-9, c. 170, s. 2; 1909, c. 899;
1917, c. 170, s. 1; 1937, c. 319, s. 1; 1943, c. 775, s. 1;
1945, c. 43; C. S. 5004; G. S. 108-1
Composition: Seven members appointed by the Governor.
E. N. Brower, Chairman Hope Mills
E. Hervey Evans, Vice-Chairman Laurinburg
Irving E. Carlyle Winston-Salem
Thomas Cornwell Shelby
Jack B. Kirksey Morganton
Mrs. R. E. Stratford Haw River
C. M. Vanstory, Jr Greensboro
Dr. Ellen Winston, Commissioner Raleigh
DIVISION OF PURCHASE AND CONTRACT
1931, cc. 261, 396; C. S. 7502; G. S. 143-48
David Q. Holton, Director Raleigh
Board of Award:
J. C. Eagles, Jr Wilson
Nelson Woodson Salisbury
B. T. Falls, Jr Shelby
Carl Venters Jacksonville
LeRoy Martin Raleigh
Alonzo C. Edwards Hookerton
Governmental Boards and Commissions 285
NORTH CAROLINA RECREATION COMMISSION
1945, c. 757, s. 3; G. S. 143-207
Composition: Eleven members. Four Ex-officio, seven appointed
by the Governor.
Luther H. Hodges, Governor, Ex-officio Raleigh
Charles F. Carroll, Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Ex-officio Raleigh
Dr. Ellen Winston, Commissioner of Public
Welfare, Ex-officio Raleigh
Wm. P. Saunders, Director, Department of
Conservation and Development, Ex-officio Raleigh
Rev. Charles S. Hubbard Chapel Hill
Dr. A. E. Weatherf ord Durham
Mrs. Harriett Pressly Raleigh
Charles L. McCullers, Chairman Kinston
Max A. Parrish Gastonia
R. W. Watkins Boone
Dr. W. D. James Hamlet
Ralph J. Andrews, Director Raleigh
ROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
1945, c. 953; G. S. 143-200
Composition: Tw^enty-four members. Three Ex-officio, tw^enty-
one appointed by the Association.
Officers :
Robert Lee Humber, Chairman Greenville
Russell Grumann, Vice-Chairman Chapel Hill
Isaac Davis, Secretary Winton
Chauncey Meekins, Treasurer Manteo
Luther H. Hodges, Governor, Ex-officio Raleigh
Geo. B. Patton, Attorney General, Ex-officio Raleigh
Dr. Christopher Crittenden, Director, Dept. of
Archives and History, Ex-officio Raleigh
W. D. Carmichael, Jr., Honorary Vice-Chairman .... Chapel Hill
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Lindsey Warren, Honorary Vice-Chairman Washington
W. Kerr Scott, Honorary Vice-Chairman Haw River
Paul Green, Author "The Lost Colony" Chapel Hill
Clifton Britton, Director of "The Lost Colony" Manteo
Mrs. Charles Cannon, Past Chairman Concord
Bill Sharpe, Past Chairman Raleigh
Jonathan Daniels, Past Chairman Raleigh
Martin Kellogg, Jr., Past Chairman and General
Counsel Manteo
Directors :
Sam Selden Chapel Hill
Miles Clark Elizabeth City
Melvin Daniels Manteo
Chester Davis Winston-Salem
John Parker Chapel Hill
Bishop Thomas Wright Wilmington
R. Bruce Etheridge Manteo
M. Keith Fearing, Sr Manteo
Mrs. Inglis Fletcher Edenton
C. Sylvester Green Winston-Salem
Mrs. Roy Homewood Chapel Hill
Guy H. Lennon Manteo
Hugh Morton Wilmington
Harry Buchanan Hendersonville
Lavv^rence Swain Manteo
Mrs. Fred Morrison Washington, D. C.
Edmund Harding Washington
NORTH CAROLINA
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AUTHORITY
1935, c. 288, s. 1; G. S. 117-1
Composition : Six members appointed by the Governor.
Gwyn B. Price, Chairman Raleigh
C. L. Ballance St. Pauls
Dr. S. H. Hobbs, Jr Chapel Hill
George R. Hughes Trenton
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Glenn C. Palmer Clyde
Mrs. Fred B. Davis Stoneville
David S. Weaver Raleigh
STATE STREAM SANITATION COMMITTEE
1945, c. 1010; 1947, c. 786; 1951, e. 606; 1953, c. 1295;
G. S. 143-213
Composition: Eight members. Two Ex-ofRcio, six appointed by
the Governor.
J. V. Whitfield, Chairman Burgavi^
J. M. Jarrett, Ex-officio Raleigh
B. C. Snow, Ex-officio Raleigh
Scott B. Berkeley Goldsboro
Walter Clark Lincolnton
Mrs. Karl Bishopric Spray
J. N. Vann Ahoskie
H. Grady Farthing Boone
E. C. Hubbard, Executive Secretary Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY, INC.
1943, c. 755; 1947, c. 1049; G. S. 140-6
Composition: Not less than sixteen members. Two Ex-officio,
four appointed by the Governor, balance chosen by the members
of the Symphony Society.
Ex-officio :
Governor Luther H. Hodges Raleigh
Charles F. Carroll Raleigh
Officers :
Russell M. Grumman, President Chapel Hill
M. Elliott Carroll, Executive Vice-President Durham
Lester C. Gifford, Vice-President Hickory
James McClure Clarke, Vice-President Asheville
Mrs. Floyd D. Mehan, Vice-President High Point
John E. Adams, Secretary Chapel Hill
William R. Cherry, Treasurer Chapel Hill
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Mrs. Vera N. Campbell, Assistant Treasurer Chapel Hill
Benjamin F. Swalin, Director Chapel Hill
Executive Committee :
John E. Adams Chapel Hill
Mrs. Athel Campbell Burnham Chapel Hill
M. Elliott Carroll Durham
William R. Cherry Chapel Hill
James McClure Clarke Asheville
Mrs. John N. Couch Chapel Hill
Mrs. Edward C. Curnen, Jr Chapel Hill
Lester C. Gifford Hickory
Voit Gilmore Southern Pines
Paul Green Chapel Hill
Russell M. Grumman Chapel Hill
J. Welch Harriss High Point
George Watts Hill, Jr Durham
A. G. Ivey Chapel Hill
Charles E. Jordan Durham
Thomas J. Lassiter Smithfield
Mrs. Fred B. McCall Chapel Hill
Mrs. Floyd D. Mehan High Point
E. K. Powe Durham
Jan P. Schinhan Chapel Hill
Benjamin F. Swalin Chapel Hill
Cleveland Thayer Asheboro
TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM
1941, c. 25, s. 6; 1943, c. 719; 1947, c. 259; G. S. 135-6
Composition: Eight members. Two Ex-officio, six appointed by
the Governor and approved by the Senate.
Edwin Gill, State Treasurer, Chairman, Ex-officio Raleigh
Charles F. Carroll, Supt. Public Instruction,
Ex-officio Raleigh
H. L. Stephenson Smithfield
Clyde W. Gordon Burlington
Sam J. Burrow, Jr Asheboro
Governmental Boards and Commissions 289
Thomas F. Royall Wadesboro
Mrs. Annie H. Swindell Durham
Claude Love Raleigh
Nathan H. Yelton, Executive Secretary Raleigh
TEXTBOOK COMMISSION
1923, c. 136, s. 325; 1943, c. 627, s. 1; 1945, c. 707, ss. 4, 12;
C. S. 5735; G. S. 115-278.4
Composition: Twelve members appointed by the Governor and
the Superintendent of Public Instruction :
I. E. Ready, Chairman Roanoke Rapids
Elementary Division:
Mrs. Carrie Abbott Bryson City
Mary Greenlee Mooresville
Marie Haigwood Yadkinville
Cornelia McLaughlin Lillington
Luther Medlin Greensboro
Mrs. Helen D. Wolff Greenville
High School Division:
Bertha Cooper Elizabeth City
Mrs. Phebe Emmons Washington
C. B. Martin Robersonville
0. L. Norment Asheville
(One vacancy)
NORTH CAROLINA TURNPIKE AUTHORITY
1951, c. 1159; 1953, c. 1116; G. S. 136-89.14
Composition: Ten members. One Ex-officio, nine appointed by
the Governor, five of whom shall be members of the State High-
way and Public Works Commission.
W. T. Joyner, Chairman State Highway
Commission, Ex-officio Raleigh
Orton A. Boren, Chairman Pleasant Garden
W. W. Shope Weaverville
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Nello L. Teer, Sr Durham
Edwin L. Jones Charlotte
M. E. Robinson Goldsboro
Forrest Lockey Aberdeen
James A. Hardison Wadesboro
J. F. Snipes Marion
June F. Scarborough, Secretary Statesville
UTILITIES COMMISSION
1933, c. 134; 1941, c. 97; 1949, c. 1009; G. S. 62-1
Composition : Five members appointed by the Governor and
approved by the Senate.
Stanley Winborne, Chairman Raleigh
Ralph Moody Raleigh
Edward H. McMahan Raleigh
Sam 0. Worthington Raleigh
Harry T. Wescott Raleigh
Mrs. Mary Laurens Richardson, Chief Clerk Raleigh
VETERANS COMMISSION
1945, c. 723; G. S. 165-5
Composition : Five members appointed by the Govei-nor.
S. Amos Maynard, Chairman Greensboro
J. O. Thomas Leaksville
John L. Kallam Kinston
Frank W. Swan Andrews
J. M. Caldwell, Director Raleigh
(One vacancy)
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
1955, c. 857; G. S. 143-320
Composition: Seven members appointed by the Governor.
J. R. Townsend, Chairman Greensboro
George Hundley, Vice-Chairman Thomasville
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James J. Harris Charlotte
David Hall Sylva
Jack Riley Raleigh
James McKenzie Laurinburg
C. W. Mayo Tarboro
W. H. Riley, Executive Secretary Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION
1947, c. 263; G. S. 143-241
Compositon: Nine members appointed by the Governor.
District 1 0. L. Woodhouse, Chairman Grandy
District 2 Robert M. Carr, Secretary Wallace
District 3 G. E. Beal Red Oak
District 4 J. A. Bridger Bladenboro
District 5 S. I. Stev/art Greensboro
District 6 Thurman Briggs Lexington
District 7 R. Floyd Crouse Sparta
District 8 James A. Connelly, Vice-chairman Morganton
District 9 Charles T. Wilson Biltmore
Clyde P. Patton, Director Raleigh
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NORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTIONS
CORRECTIONAL (White)
Eastern Carolina Industrial Training School for Boys,
Rocky Mount
1923, c. 254, s. 2; 1925, c. 306, s. 5; 1927, c. 144;
C. S. 7362; G. S. 134-67
Under the North Carolina Board of Correction and Training.
1943, c. 776; G.S. 134-90
State Home and Industrial School for Girls, Samarcand
1917, c. 255, s. 2; 1925, c. 306, s. 4; 1929, c. 279, s. 1;
1937, c. 147, s. 1; 1947, c. 226; C. S. 7329; G. S. 134-22
Under the North Carolina Board of Correction and Training.
1943, c. 776; G.S. 134-90
Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School,
Concord
1907, c. 509, s. 6; 1907, c. 955, s. 2; 1925, c. 306, s. 2;
C.S. 7313; G.S. 134-1
Under the North Carolina Board of Correction and Training.
1943, c. 776; G. S. 134-90
CORRECTIONAL (Negro)
Morrison Training School, Hofifman
1921, c. 190, s. 2; 1925, c. 306, s. 6; 1927, c. 63;
1941, c. 241; G.S. 134-90
Under the North Carolina Board of Correction and Training.
1943,0.776; G. S. 134-90
State Training School for Negro Girls, Kinston
1943, c. 381; 1947, c. 226; G. S. 134-84.1
Under the North Carolina Board of Correction and Training.
1943,c. 776; G.S. 134-90
GOVKRN MENTAL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 293
EDUCATIONAL (White)
APPALACHIAN STATE TEACHERS' COLLEGE, BOONE
Rev. s. 4229; 1903, c. 798, ss. 1, 9, 11; 1907, c. 526, s. 1;
1915, c. 527, s. 1; 1917, c. 100, s. 1; 1919, c. 231, s. 1;
Pr. 1925, c. 204; Pr. 1929, c. 66; G. S. 116-66
Compositon : Nine members appointed by the Governor, ap-
proved by the Senate.
William J. Conrad, Chairman Winston-Salem
B. C. Brock, Vice-Chairman Mocksville
J. R. Hix North Wilkesboro
W. W. Mast Valle Crusis
Fred N. Colvard Jefferson
Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell Greensboro
Mrs. Eunice Moose Taylorsville
S. P. Jones Statesville
L. A. Dysart Lenoir
EAST CAROLINA COLLEGE, GREENVILLE
1907, c. 820, s. 15; 1911, c. 159, s. 2; 1925, c. 306, s. 7; 1927, c. 164;
1929, c. 259; 1951, c. 641; 1955, c. 1147; 1957, c. 1142;
C. S. 5866; G. S. 116-59
Composition: Twelve members appointed by the Governor with
the approval of the Senate.
W. W. Taylor Warrenton
Fred Willetts Wilmington
Ralph Hodges Washington
Luther Hamilton Morehead City
Charles H. Larkins Kinston
Henry Belk Goldsboro
Herbert Waldrop Greenville
E. E. Rawls Greenville
N. Elton Aydlett Elizabeth City
I. H. O'Hanlon Fayetteville
Mrs. W. B. Umstead Durham
Arthur L. Tyler Rocky Mount
Agnes W. Barrett, Secretary Greenville
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NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
AT MORGANTON
Rev. s. 4203; 1891, c. 399, s. 2; 1901, c. 210; 1925, c. 306, s. 11 ;
C. S-5889; G. S. 116-121
Composition: Seven members appointed by the Governor.
Chas. K. Bryant, President Lincolnton
Rev. James R. Fortune, Vice-President Durham
William S. MeCord, Secretary Charlotte
H. L. Wilson Morganton
Howard Moose Newton
O. H. Pons Valdese
R. J. Morris Marion
OXFORD ORPHANAGE, OXFORD
Private Laws, 1923, c. 119
Composition : Three members appointed by the Governor. Nine
under the by-laws of the Institution.
Appointed by the Governor:
Benjamin Cone, Vice-President Greensboro
J. Edward Rooker Warrenton
Thomas L. Simmons Rocky Mount
Appointed under by-laws :
John C. Vance, Chairman Asheville
Charles A. Harris, Vice-Chairman Roxboro
Wade H. Dickens Scotland Neck
E. T. Howard, President High Point
L. T. Hartsel, Jr Concord
Judge J. Wallace Winborne Raleigh
A. D. Leon Gray, Secretary Oxford
M. E. Parham, Treasurer Oxford
(One vacancy)
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PEMBROKE STATE COLLEGE, PEMBROKE
1925, c. 306, s. 9; 1929, c. 238; 1931, c. 275; 1941, c. 323;
1949, c. 58; G. S. 116-81
Composition : Eleven members appointed by the Governor.
L. W. Jacobs, Chairman Pembroke
Lester Bullard Maxton
Albert Hammond Lumberton
James R. Lowry Pembroke
Steve Hammond, Jr Lumberton
C. L. Maynor Pembroke
A. G. Lowry Rowland
D. F. Lowry Pembroke
Zeb A. Lowry Pembroke
James A. Sampson Pembroke
John L. Carter, Secretary Pembroke
THE STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
AND THE DEAF, RALEIGH
Rev. 4188; Code s. 2228; 1899, cc. 311, 540; 1901, c. 707; 1905, c. 67;
1925, c. 306; ss. 10, 13, 14; C. S. 5873; G. S. 116-106
Composition : Eleven members appointed by the Governor.
Ben R. Roberts, Chairman Durham
D'Arcy Bradsher Roxboro
Fulton A. Huntley Wadesboro
Mrs. Julian B. Hutaff Fayetteville
Mrs. B. C. Mangum Henderson
Tom L. Pendergrass Durham
James Penland Asheville
S. Linton Smith Raleigh
J. B. Spilman, Jr Greenville
Carroll W. Weathers Wake Forest
Egbert N. Peeler, Secretary, Ex-officio Raleigh
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TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The State College of Agriculture and Engineering of the
University of North Carolina at Raleigh
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro
C. S. 5789; G. S. 116-4
Compositon : One hundred members. Elected by the General
Assembly. The legal term of office expires April 1st of year indi-
cated.
*Executive Committee
Governor Luther H. Hodges, Chairman Raleigh
1958
Mrs. May L. Tomlinson High Point
Victor S. Bryant Durham
Mrs. A. H. Lathrop Asheville
1960
Thomas J. Pearsall Rocky Mount
George Watts Hill Durham
A. H. Harris Oriental
1962
John W. Umstead, Jr Chapel Hill
John W. Clark Franklinville
W. Frank Taylor Goldsboro
1964
John J. Parker Charlotte
Wade Barber Pittsboro
Reid A. Maynard Burlington
*Term expires July 1st of year indicated.
Governmental Boards and Commissions 297
BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR LIFE
W. Kerr Scott Haw River
EX-OFFICIO
Luther H. Hodges, Governor Raleigh
Charles F. Carroll, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction Raleigh
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD
Arch T. Allen Raleigh
Miss Billie Curtis, Assistant Chapel Hill
1959
Arch T. Allen Raleigh Wake
Mrs. Ed. M. Anderson West Jefferson Ashe
Wm. C. Barfield Wilmington New Hanover
Kemp D, Battle Rocky Mount Nash
George Nick Noble Trenton Jones
Charles A. Cannon Concord Cabarrus
Mrs. Nancy Hall Copeland. . Murfreesboro Hertford
W. C. Harris, Jr Raleigh Wake
Hugh Horton Williamston Martin
Dr. Paul E. Jones Farmville Pitt
A. H. London Pittsboro Chatham
Mrs. P. P. McCain Red Springs Robeson
J. W. York Raleigh Wake
John J. Parker Charlotte Mecklenburg
J. Hampton Price Leaksville Rockingham
Claude W, Rankin Fayetteville Cumberland
Ben F. Royal Morehead City Carteret
B. S. Royster Oxford Granville
Wm. P. Saunders Aberdeen Moore
Fred I. Sutton Kinston Lenoir
Dr. Shahane Taylor Greensboro Guilford
Oscar Vatz Fayetteville Cumberland
Herman Weil Goldsboro Wayne
Hill Yarbrough Louisburg Franklin
J. Robert Young Dunn Harnett
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1961
Wade Barber Pittsboro Chatham
Frank H. Brown, Jr Cullowhee Jackson
Victor S. Bryant Durham Durham
John W. Clark Franklinville Randolph
W. Lunsford Crew Roanoke Rapids Halifax
Floyd Crouse Spai'ta Alleghany
Horton Doug'hton Statesville Iredell
A.. C. Edwards Hookerton Greene
Henry A. Fescue High Point Guilford
Robert M. Hanes Winston-Salem Forsyth
Dr. L. J. Herring Wilson Wilson
Mrs. J. B. Kittrell Greenville Pitt
John D. Larkins, Jr Trenton Jones
Dr. Harvey B. Mann Lake Landing Hyde
C. Knox Massey Durham Durham
Reid A. Maynard Burlington Alamance
Glenn C. Palmer Clyde Haywood
Edwin S. Pou Raleigh Wake
Mrs. Grace T. Rodenbough. . Walnut Cove Stokes
Alex A. Shuford, Jr Hickory Catawba
Dr. L. H. Swindell Washington Beaufort
Mrs. Charles Tillett Charlotte Mecklenburg
Qarl V. Venters Jacksonville Onslow
J. Shelton Wicker Sanford Lee
Dr. Roy B. McKnight Charlotte Mecklenburg
1963
Mrs. Oscar Barker Durham Durham
Mrs. Mary Mclver Stanford. Chapel Hill Orange
Irwin Belk Charlotte Mecklenburg
Mitchell Britt Warsaw Duplin
Mrs. Mebane H. Burgwyn . . . Jackson Northampton
Sam N. Clark, Jr Tarboro Edgecombe
T. J. Collier Bayboro Pamlico
A. Roy Cox Asheboro Randolph
Eugene Cross Marion McDowell
Ben E. Fountain Rocky Mount Edgecombe
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0. Max Gardner, Jr Shelby Cleveland
John G. H. Geitner Hickory Catawba
George Watts Hill Durham Durham
John H. Kerr, Jr Warrenton Warren
W. C. Lassiter Snow Hill Greene
J. Spencer Love Greensboro Guilford
D. L. McMichael Madison Rockingham
Rudolph I. Mintz Wilmington New Hanover
Thomas O. Moore Winston-Salem Forsyth
Ashley M. Murphy Atkinson Pender
Mrs. B. C. Parker Albemarle Stanly
Thomas Turner Greensboro Guilford
John W. Umstead, Jr Chapel Hill Orange
Sam L. Whitehurst New Bern Craven
Macon M. Williams Lenoir Caldwell
1965
H. L. Riddle, Jr Morganton Burke
Dr. John C. Tayloe Washington Beaufort
Mrs. Emily H. Preyer Greensboro Guilford
Larry I. Moore Wilson Wilson
H. P. Taylor Wadesboro Anson
Marshall Y. Cooper Henderson Vance
Kemp B. Nixon Lincolnton Lincolnton
John P. Stedman Lumberton Robeson
Calvin Graves Winston-Salem Forsyth
W. Frank Taylor Goldsboro Wayne
Cameron S. Weeks Tarboro Edgecombe
F. E. Wallace Kinston Lenoir
Clarence L. Pemberton Yancey ville Caswell
A. B. Smith, Jr Dunn Harnett
Mrs. George Wilson Fayetteville Cumberland
Mrs. Albert H. Lathrop .... Asheville Buncombe
Wilbur H. Currie Carthage Moore
James L. Pittman Scotland Neck Halifax
Roy Rowe Burgaw Pender
Thomas J. Pearsall Rocky Mount Nash
Dr. John Gilmer Mebane . . . Rutherfordton Rutherford
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C. Lacy Tate Chadbourn Columbus
Dr. Jesse B. Caldwell Gastonia Gaston
Dr. Francis A. Buchanan . . . Hendersonville Henderson
Lenox G. Cooper Wilmington New Hanover
NORTH CAROLINA VOCATIONAL TEXTILE SCHOOL
1945, c. 806; G. S. 115-255.1
Composition : Seven members. One Ex-officio, six appointed by
the Governor.
J. Warren Smith, Director of Vocational Education,
Ex-officio Raleigh
Otis M. Mull, Chairman Shelby
J. Harold Lineberger Belmont
Alex W. Bell Mount Holly
Claude C. Dawson Cramerton
Ben R. Rudisill Cherryville
R. Grady Rankin Gastonia
WESTERN CAROLINA COLLEGE, CULLOWHEE
1925, c. 270; 1929, c. 251; 1951, c. 1167; 1953, c. 1282;
G. S. 116-46
Composition : Twelve members appointed by the Governor, ap-
proved by the Senate.
Philip Woolcott, Chairman Asheville
E. J. Whitmire Franklin
J. Ramsey Buchanan Sylva
H. A. Helder Canton
Charles F. Gold Raleigh
James J. Harris Charlotte
Frank H. Watson Spruce Pine
W. H. McDonald Tryon
Mrs. Robert Russell Asheville
Mrs. Dan K. Moore Sylva
Hieronymous Bueck Murphy
Mrs. F. S. Griffin Robbinsville
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EDUCATIONAL (Negro)
THE NEGRO AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE
OF NORTH CAROLINA, GREENSBORO
Rev., s. 4223; 1891, c. 549, s. 4; 1899, c. 389, ss. 2, 3;
1939, c. 65, s. 4; 1943, c. 132; 1957, c. 1142; C. S. 5828; G. S. 116-94
Composition: Twelve members appointed by the Governor.
Shelley B. Caveness, Vice-Chairman Greensboro
A. H. Brett Winton
James A. Graham Raleigh
E. E. Waddell Albemarle
H. A. Scott Haw River
Robei't H. Frazier Greensboro
W. B. Wicker Sanford
George Sockwell Gibsonville
Joseph M. Hunt, Jr Greensboro
J. Wilson Alexander Huntersville
E. R. Merrick Durham
Dr. Murray Davis High Point
ELIZABETH CITY STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE,
ELIZABETH CITY
1921, c. 61; 1925, c. 306, s. 9; G. S. 116-103
Composition: Nine members appointed by the Governor, ap-
proved by the Senate.
J. W. Davis, Chairman Edenton
G. H. Ferguson Raleigh
O. Roy Symons Elizabeth City
W. C. Chappell Belvidere
J. H. Moore Elizabeth City
T. S. Cooper Sunbury
T. C. Sawyer, Sr Belcross
E. P. Leary Old Trap
Dr. E. L. Hoffler, Secretary Elizabeth City
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FAYETTE\ ILLE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE,
FAYETTEVILLE
1921, c. 61; 1925, c. 306, s. 9; G. S. 116-103
Composition: Nine members appointed by the Governor, ap-
proved by the Senate.
John H. Cook, Chairman Fayetteville
Gurney E. Edgerton, Secretary Fayetteville
Dr. W. P. DeVane Fayetteville
Victor Davidson Fayetteville
Dr. C. W. Furlonge Smithfield
R. J. Hester Elizabethtown
W. E. Horner Sanford
Stewart B. Warren Clinton
Emil Rosenthal Goldsboro
NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE AT DURHAM
1925, c. 306, s. 9 (a); 1939, c. 65, s. 4; 1947, c. 189; G. S. 116-99
Composition: Twelve members appointed by the Governor,
approved by the Senate.
R. M. Gantt, Chairman Durham
Bascom Baynes, Vice-Chairman Durham
Dr. J. M. Hubbard, Sr., Secretary Durham
Dr. J. W. Black Rocky Mount
Walter Jones, Jr Rockingham
B. I. Satterfield Timberlake
Frank Banzet Warrenton
C. A. Dandelake Tarboro
T. W. Ellis, Jr Henderson
Ernest B. Johnson Winston-Salem
Banks Wilkins Sanford
Nelson Woodson Salisbury
Governmental Boards and Commissions 303
THE COLORED ORPHANAGE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
OXFORD
1887, c. 47; 1927, c. 162; G. S. 116-139
Composition: Thirteen members. Five appointed by the Gover-
nor and eight under the by-laws of the Institution.
Appointed by the Governor:
Dr. R. L. Noblin Oxford
M. S. Currin, Secretary-Treasurer Oxford
B. K. Lassiter Oxford
W. T. Yancey Oxford
N. W. Weldon Oxford
Appointed under by-laws:
Dr. E. E. Toney, Chairman Oxford
R. L. Shepard Oxford
S. B. Simmons Greensboro
L. E. Austin Durham
Dr. G. D. Carnes Wilmington
Dr. J. W. Seabrook Fayetteville
Dr. P. A. Bishop Rich Square
Mrs. Ellen S. Alston Raleigh
THE STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND
THE DEAF, RALEIGH
Rev. 4188; Code s. 2228; 1899, cc. 311, 540; 1901, c. 707; 1905, c. 67;
1925, c. 306 ss. 10, 13, 14; C. S. 5873; G. S. 116-106
Composition: Eleven members appointed by the Governor.
Ben R. Roberts, Chairman Durham
D'Arcy Bradsher Roxboro
Fulton A. Huntley Wadesboro
Mrs. Julian B. Hutaff Fayetteville
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Mrs. B. C. Mangum Henderson
Tom L. Pendergrass Durham
James Penland Asheville
S. Linton Smith Raleigh
J. B. Spilman, Jr Greenville
Carroll W. Weathers Wake Forest
Egbert N. Peeler, Secretary, Ex-officio Raleigh
THE WINSTON-SALEM TEACHERS COLLEGE,
WINSTON-SALEM
1921, c. 61; 1925, c. 306, s. 9; G. S. 116-103
Composition: Nine members appointed by the Governor, ap-
proved by the Senate.
John C. Whitaker, Chairman Winston-Salem
William F. Womble, Vice-Chairman Winston-Salem
Dr. Rufus S. Hairston, Secretary Winston-Salem
Thomas Winfield Blackwell Winston-Salem
J. Harmon Linville Kernersville
L. D. Long Reynolda
Clarence Pemberton Yanceyville
Julian Robertson Salisbury
Mrs. Birdie G. Robinson Winston-Salem
HOSPITALS (WHITE)
BUTNER TRAINING SCHOOL, BUTNER
Under the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control.
1943, c. 136; G. S. 122-7
CASWELL TRAINING SCHOOL, KINSTON
1921, c. 183, s. 2; 1925, c. 306, s. 3; 1945, c. 925, s. 1;
C. S. 6159 (a);G.S. 122-7
Under the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control.
1943, c. 136; G. S. 122-7
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THE NORTH CAROLINA CEREBRAL PALSY HOSPITAL,
DURHAM
1945, c. 504; 1953, c. 893; G. S. 131-128
Composition : Nine members appointed by the Governor.
Dr. Ellen Winston, Secretary Raleigh
Grizzelle Norfleet Winston-Salem
Felix S. Barker Raleigh
Russell M. Grumman Chapel Hill
Hubert 0. Teer Durham
Dr. W. M. Roberts Gastonia
Margarette Wood Smethurst Raleigh
George R. Hughes Pollocksville
(One vacancy)
THE MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,
GREENSBORO
Pr. 1913, c. 400
Composition: Fifteen members. Eight members appointed by
Mrs. Moses H. Cone, three members appointed by the Governor,
OFFICERS:
Benjamin Cone, President Greensboro
Jospeh T. Martin, Vice-President Greensboro
Howard Holderness, Treasurer Greensboro
Thomas F. Williams, Assistant Treasurer Greensboro
TRUSTEES:
Claud B. Bowen Greensboro
Ceasar Cone Greensboro
Mrs. Julius W. Cone Greensboro
James A. Doggett Greensboro
Charles A. Hines ., Greensboro
Joseph T. Martin Greensboro
Roger A. McDuffie Greensboro
L. P. McLendon Greensboro
Miss Mereb E. Mossman Greensboro
James R. Townsend Greensboro
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C. M. Vanstory, Jr Greensboro
Dr. Wilburt C. Davidson Durham
J. Spencer Love Greensboro
Harold L. Bettis, Assistant Secretary Greensboro
NORTH CAROLINA ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL, GASTONIA
1917, c. 199, s. 4; C. S. 7254; G. S. 131-1
Composition : Nine members appointed by the Governor.
W. Frank Phillips Charlotte
George Blanton, Chairman Shelby
Frank Dowd, Secretary Charlotte
W. L. Balthis, Treasurer Gastonia
Kay Dixon, President Gastonia
Mrs. R. E. McDowell Charlotte
Helen Kaiser Durham
J. Harold Lineberger Belmont
(One vacancy)
NORTH CAROLINA SANATORIUMS FOR THE
TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS
BLACK MOUNTAIN, McCAIN, WILSON AND CHAPEL HILL
1907, c. 964; Ex. session 1913, c. 40, s. 1; 1923, cc. 96, 127;
1925, c. 306, s. 12; 1935, c. 91, ss. 2, 3; 1935, c. 138;
1939, c. 325; G. S. 131-62
Composition: One Ex-officio. Tv^^elve members appointed by the
Governor with the approval of the Senate.
Dr. J. W. R. Norton, Ex-officio Raleigh
Carl C. Council, Chairman Durham
A. E. Gibson, Vice-Chairman . . . Wilmington
L. L. Love Andrews
Charles A. Cannon Concord
P. D. Jones Laurinburg
0. Arthur Kirkman, Secretary High Point
Mrs. P. P. McCain Southern Pines
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Mrs. Roy Parker Ahoskie
Dr. M. A. Pittman Wilson
Dr. W. G. Suiter Weldon
Hardy Talton Pikeville
(One vacancy)
STATE HOSPITAL AT BUTNER
1947, c. 537; G. S. 122-1
Under the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control.
1943, c. 136; G. S. 122-7
STATE HOSPITAL AT MORGANTON
1921, c. 183, s. 2; 1925, c. 306, s. 3; 1947, c. 537; G. S. 122-7
Under the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control.
1943, c. 136; G. S. 122-7
STATE HOSPITAL AT RALEIGH
1921, c. 183, s. 2; 1925, c. 306, s. 3; 1947, c. 537; G. S. 122-7
Under the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control.
1943, c. 136; G. S. 122-7
HOSPITALS (NEGRO)
GOLDSBORO TRAINING SCHOOL, GOLDSBORO
Under the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control.
1943, c. 136; G. S. 122-7
STATE HOSPITAL AT GOLDSBORO
1921, s. 183, s. 2; 1925, c. 306, s. 3; G. S. 122-7
Under the North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control.
1943, c. 136; G. S. 122-7
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NORTH CAROLINA CONFEDERATE INSTITUTION
Woman's Home at Fayetteville
1913, c. 62; C. S. 5135; G. S. 112-2
Composition: Seven members appointed by the Governor.
Mrs. E. R. McKeithan, Chairman Fayetteville
Chas. G. Rose, Jr Fayetteville
Mrs. John D. Boyd Fayetteville
Mrs. J. Y. Gatewood Yanceyville
Mrs. R. Grady Johnson Burgaw
Mrs. J. F. McGill Fayetteville
Mrs. H. L. Stevens, Jr Warsaw
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EXAMINING BOARDS
STATE BOARD OF
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT EXAMINERS
1913, c. 157; 1925, c. 261, s. 11; 1939, c. 21; 1951, c. 844;
C. S. 7008; G. S. 93-12
Composition : Four members appointed by the Governor.
S. Preston Douglas, President Lumberton
Leslie A. Heath, Vice-President Charlotte
R. Glenn Snipes, Secretary-Treasurer Asheville
Sydney H. Shavi^ Rocky Mount
Katharine D. Guthrie, Administrative Secretary .... Chapel Hill
STATE BOARD OF
ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION
1915, c. 270, s. 1; C. S. 4986; G. S. 83-2
Composition : Five members appointed by the Governor.
Henry Irven Gaines, President Asheville
Leon McMinn, Vice-President Greensboro
John Erwin Ramsay, Secretary-Treasurer Salisbury
James W. Griffith, Jr Greenville
William A. Bowles Charlotte
Ross Shumaker, Executive Secretary-Treasurer Raleigh
STATE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS
1929, c. 119, s. 6; G. S. 86-6
Composition: Three members appointed by the Governor.
J. M. Cheek, Chairman High Point
J. Lanning Asheville
C. T. Land Rocky Mount
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STATE BOARD OF CHIROPODY EXAMINERS
1919, c. 78, s. 3; C. S. 6765; G. S. 90-190
Composition: Three members appointed by the North Carolina
Pedic Association.
Dr. W. W. Potter, Chairman Charlotte
Dr. Charles Darby, Secretary Statesville
Dr. R. W. Getchell Goldsboro
NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF
CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS
1917, c. 73, s. 1; 1933, c. 442, s. 1 ; C. S. 6711; G. S. 90-140
Composition: Three members appointed by the Governor.
Dr. W. E. Thornton, President Goldsboro
Dr. W. O. Briens, Vice-President Hickory
Dr. Carl H. Peters, Secretary-Treasurer Rocky Mount
NORTH CAROLINA LICENSING BOARD FOR CONTRACTORS
1925, c. 318, s. 2; G. S. 87-2
Composition: Five members appointed by the Governor.
N. K. Dickerson, Jr., Chairman Monroe
Roy L. Goode, Vice-Chairman Charlotte
R. A. Bryan Goldsboro
V. B. Higgins Greensboro
R. D. Beam Raleigh
James M. Wells, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF
COSMETIC ART EXAMINERS
1933, c. 179; 1935, c. 54, s. 2; G. S. 88-13
Composition : Three members appointed by the Governor.
James A. Henderson, Chairman Winston-Salem
Mrs. Zada Noe, Vice-Chairman Beaufort
Mrs. Eleanor Wallace, Secretary Durham
Mrs. Catherine Munn, Executive Secretary Raleigh
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STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS
1879, c. 139; 1915, c. 178; 1935, c. 66, s. 1 ; G. S. 90-22
Composition : Six members elected by the Society and commis-
sioned by the Governor.
Dr. Cleon W. Sanders, President Benson
Dr. J. H. Guion, Secretary-Treasurer Charlotte
Dr. Wade H. Breeland Belmont
Dr. S. W. Shaffer Greensboro
Dr. William M. Matheson Boone
Dr. Darden J. Eui"e Morehead City
BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
1937, c. 87, s. 1; G. S. 87-39
Composition : Five members, three appointed by the Governor,
two Ex-officio.
N. E. Cannady, Chairman Oxford
W. A. Darden, Vice-Chairman Greenville
R. S. Fouraker Raleigh
E. C. Peele Burlington
W. W. Hanks Charlotte
Elizabeth E. Anderson, Secretary-Treasurer Raleigh
EMBALMERS LICENSING BOARD
Rev. 4384; 1901, c. 388, ss. 1, 2, 3; 1931, c. 174; 1945, c. 98, s. 1;
1949, c. 951, s. 1 ; C. S. 6777; G. S. 90-203
Composition : Seven members elected by The North Carolina
Funeral Directors and Burial Association, Inc.
J. Ollie Harris, President Kings Mountain
Raymond Pollock, Vice-President New Bern
Jack T. Pugh, Jr., Secretary Asheboro
Willis H. Groce Asheville
Winston Montgomery Durham
S. J. Westmoreland Marion
I. T. Seymour Goldsboro
Clyde 0. Robinson, Executive Secretary Raleigh
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STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR
ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS
1921, c. 1, s. 3; C. S. 6055(d) ; G. S. 89-3
Composition : Five members appointed by the Governor.
Walter J. Seeley, Chairman Durham
Arvin Page, Vice-Chairman Winston-Salem
Robert B. Rice, Secretary Raleigh
Wm. G. Brown, Jr Concord
G. S. Harrell Shannon
NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF LAW EXAMINERS
1933, c. 210, s. 10; c. 331 ; 1935, cc. 33, 61 ; 1941, c. 344, s. 6;
G. S. 84-24
Composition : Seven members elected by the Council of the N. C.
State Bar.
L. R. Varser, Chairman Lumberton
George B. Greene Kinston
Kingsland Van Winkle Asheville
L. T. Hartsell, Jr Concord
Buxton Midyette Jackson
Thomas H. Leath Rockingham
Arch K. Schoch High Point
Edward L. Cannon, Secretary-Treasurer Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA LIBRARY CERTIFICATION BOARD
1955, c. 505; G. S. 125-9
Composition : Four members consisting of State Librarian, the
Dean of the School of Library Science of the University of North
Carolina, President N. C. Library Association and one librarian
appointed by the Executive Board of the North Carolina Library
Association.
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Hughey, State Librarian, Chairman . . Raleigh
Olan V. Cook, President, N. C. Library Association . . Chapel Hill
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Lucile Kelling, Dean, School of Library Science
The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Charlesanna Fox, Secretary Asheboro
STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS
Rev. s. 4492; Code, s. 3123; 1858-9, c. 258, ss. 3, 4; Extra Session
1921, c. 44, s. 1; C. S. 6606; G. S. 90-2
Composition : Seven members appointed by the North Carolina
Medical Society.
Dr. L. Randolph Doffermyre, President Dunn
Dr. Joseph J. Combs, Secretary Raleigh
Dr. J. B. Anderson Asheville
Dr. Thomas W. Baker Charlotte
Dr. Carl V. Tyner Leaksville
Dr. Thomas G. Thurston Salisbury
Dr. Edwin A. Rasberry, Jr Wilson
NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF
NURSE REGISTRATION AND NURSING EDUCATION
1917, c. 17; 1925, c. 87; 1931, c. 56; 1953, c. 1199; C. S. 6729;
G. S. 90-158; 90-171.1
Composition : Twelve members appointed by the Governor.
Joyce Warren, R. N., Chairman Winston-Salem
Dr. Moir S. Martin, Vice-Chairman Mount Airy
Mrs. Priscilla D. Ballance, R. N., Secretary Wilson
Elizabeth White, R. N Charlotte
Louise Harkey, R. N Concord
Mrs. Lillian D. James, R. N Hamlet
J. Lyman Melvin Rocky Mount
J. Grayson Brothers Morganton
Mrs. Dorothy E. Woods Durham
Mrs. Lura K. Davis Waynesville
Allie Christine Hill Goldsboro
Dr. Louten R. Hedgpeth Lumberton
Vivian M. Culver, R. N., Executive Secretary Raleigh
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NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF OPTICIANS
1951, c. 1089; G. S. 90-238
Composition : Five members appointed by the Governor.
Frank McBryde, President Fayetteville
H. L. Ridgeway, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer Raleigh
W. B. Fluharty, Jr Asheville
H. R. Tolar Goldsboro
Robert R. Albertson Fayetteville
NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF
EXAMINERS IN OPTOMETRY
1909, c. 444, s. 3; 1915, c. 21, s. 1; 1935, c. 63;
C. S. 6689; G.S. 90-116
Composition: Five members appointed by the Governor.
Dr. James S. Bailey, President Charlotte
Dr. Kenneth W. Ramsey, Secretary-Treasurer Marion
Dr. John D. Costabile Wilson
Dr. Harold C. Herring Fairmont
Dr. John T. High Rocky Mount
NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF
OSTEOPATHIC EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION
1907, c. 764, s. 1 ; 1913, c. 92, s. 1 ; 1937, c. 301, s. 1 ;
C.S. 6701; G. S. 90-130
Composition: Five members appointed by the Governor.
Dr. A. H. Zealy, President Goldsboro
Dr. F. R. Heine, Secretary-Treasurer Greensboro
Dr. S. D. Foster Asheville
Dr. Neva A. McCoy Charlotte
Dr. T. T. Spence Raleigh
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NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
Rev., s. 4473; 1905, c. 108, ss. 5, 7; C. S. 6652; G. S. 90-55
Composition : Five members appointed by the Governor.
Roger A. McDuffie, President Greensboro
Robert N. Watson, Vice-President Sanford
H. C. McAllister, Secretary-Treasurer Chapel Hill
Frank W. Dayvault Lenoir
W. Moss Salley, Jr Asheville
STATE EXAMINING COMMITTEE OF
PHYSICAL THERAPISTS
1951,0. 1131; G. S. 90-257
Composition: Five members appointed by the Governor.
Helen Kaiser, Chairman Durham
Margaret Moore, Secretary-Treasurer Chapel Hill
Dr. G. Erick Bell Durham
Maria Kennedy ; Charlotte
Anne M. Parrish Raleigh
STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF
PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTORS
1931, c. 52, s. 1; 1933, c. 57; 1939, c. 224, s. 1; G. S. 87-16
Composition: Seven members appointed by the Governor.
W. H. Sullivan, Chairman Greensboro
L. L. Vaughan, Vice-Chairman Raleigh
J. M. Jarrett, Secretary-Treasurer Raleigh
H. G. Baity Chapel Hill
C. C. Davis Wilmington
R. H. Haley Charlotte
R. 0. McGary Charlotte
W. F. Morrison, Executive-Secretary Raleigh
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STATE BOARD OF REFRIGERATION EXAMINERS
1955, c. 912; G. S. 87-52
Composition: Seven members appointed by the Governor.
Karl P. Hanson, Chairman Raleigh
C. V. Stevens, Secretary Salisbury
Walter H. Jones, Treasurer Raleigh
Emil T. Chanlett Chapel Hill
P. B. Mayo Asheville
G. A. Brickie Wilmington
James A. Dean, Executive Secretary Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL
COMMISSION
1955, c. 1017; G. S. 106-65.23
Composition : Five members appointed by the Governor.
Clyde F. Smith, Chairman Raleigh
D. L. Wray, Secretary Raleigh
I. H. O'Hanlon Fayetteville
Walter H. Wilson Winston-Salem
John L. Reitzel Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF
VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS
Rev., s. 5432; 1903, c. 503, s. 2; C. S. 6755; G. S. 90-180
Composition : Five members appointed by the Governor.
Dr. C. B. Randall, President Kinston
Dr. J. W. McKee, Vice-President Hickory
Dr. J. I. Cornwell, Secretary-Treasurer Asheville
Dr. George Armstrong Charlotte
Dr. J. C. Bateman Greenville
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STATE OWNED RAILROADS
ATLANTIC AND NORTH CAROLINA RAILROADS
Directors :
J. H. Blount Greenville
J. A. Speight Windsor
M. G. Mann Raleigh
Charles M. Johnson, Jr Raleigh
Clayton Fulcher, Jr Atlantic
John L. Kallam Kinston
Hugh Salter Beaufort
A. B. Harless Edenton
Dr. B. F. Royall Morehead City
H. S. Gibbs Morehead City
Officers :
J. H. Blount, Chairman of the Board Morehead City
M. G. Mann, President Raleigh
G. Paul LaRoque, Secretary-Treasurer Kinston
J. C. Little, Attorney Raleigh
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
Directors :
Bascom Baynes Durham
A. W. Thomas, Jr Concord
Harry Finch Thomasville
Robert H. Frazier Greensboro
Thomas Van Noppen Madison
A. E. Finley Raleigh
H. V. Biberstein Charlotte
James H. Pou Bailey Raleigh
LeRoy Martin Raleigh
Alexander Webb Raleigh
John M. Morehead New York, N. Y.
W. M. Russ Raleigh
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Officers:
John M. Morehead, President New York, N. Y.
W. M. Russ, Vice-President Raleigh
Milton Abbott, Asst. Sec.-Treas Raleigh
A. M. Carroll, Attorney Burlington
Marshall Bennett, Expert Raleigh
PART VI
LEGISLATIVE
Senate 321
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
NORTH CAROLINA— SESSION 1957
Officers and Members of the Senate
OFFICERS
Luther E. Earnhardt President Concord
Claude Currie President pro tem Durham
S. Ray Byerly Principal Clerk Sanford
William H. Byrd Reading Clerk Lillington
Herman Scott Sergeant-at-Arms Chapel Hill
SENATORS
(Alphabetically Arranged)
Name District Party Address
Aydlett, N. Elton First Democrat Elizabeth City
*Bell, J. Spencer Twentieth Democrat Charlotte
Bennett, Kelly E Thirty-third Democrat Bryson City
Carroll, Seavy A. Tenth Democrat Fayetteville
Clark, Edward B Tenth Democrat Elizabethtown
Cobb, William E Twenty-eighth Republican Morgan ton
Cooke, Frank Patton Twenty-sixth Democrat Gastonia
Cope'and, J. William First Democrat Murfreesboro
Cowen, Robert H. Second Democrat Williamston
Crew, W. Lunsford Fourth Democrat Roanoke Rapids
Currie, Claude Fourteenth Democrat Durham
Dawson, John G Seventh Democrat Kinston
Eagles. J. C, Jr Sixth Democrat Wilson
EUer, H. P Twenty-fourth Republican N. Wilkesboro
Gentry, Todd H Twenty-ninth Democrat West Jefferson
Graves, Calvin Twenty-second Democrat Winston-Salem
Hamilton, Luther, Sr Seventh Democrat Morehead City
Henkel, C. V Twenty-fifth Democrat Tumersburg
Hightower, E. Avery Nineteenth Democrat Wadesboro
Hoyle, J. W Thirteenth Democrat Sanford
Jolly, Wilbur M Sixth Democrat Louisburg
Jones, Dr. Paul E Fifth Democrat Farmville
Jordan, Dr. Henry W Twelfth Democrat Cedar Falls
Kirkman, O. Arthur Seventeenth Democrat High Point
Lanier, Edwin S Sixteenth Democrat Chapel Hill
Long, Richard G Fourteenth Democrat Roxboro
Marshall, William F Twenty-third Democrat Walnut Cove
Martin, Perry W Third Democrat Rich Square
Mason, James W Eighteenth Democrat Laurinburg
McBee, John C Thirtieth Republican Bakersville
McMichael, Jule Fifteenth Democrat Reidsville
Moore, Cutlar Eleventh Democrat Lumberton
Morgan, Robert F Twenty-seventh Democrat Shelby
Owens, Edward L. Second Democrat Plymouth
Poyner, James M Thirteenth Democrat Raleigh
Rose, Dr. D.J Eighth Democrat Goldsboro
Rowe, Roy Ninth Democrat Burgaw
Rutledge, J. Carlyle Twenty-first Democrat Kannapolis
Shelton, Henry G. Fourth Democrat Speed
Shu'ord, W. B Twenty-fifth Democrat Hickory
Stephenson, J. R Thirty-second Democrat Saluda
Stikeleather, James G., Jr. .. . .Thirty-first Democrat Asheville
Stoner, Paul G Eighteenth Democrat Lexington
Sumner, Benjamin H Twenty-seventh Democrat Spindale
Thomrs, J. Benton Twelfth Democrat Raeford
Vann, Henry Ninth Democrat Clinton
Whitley, Adam J., Jr Eighth Democrat Smithfield
Whitmire, R. Lee Thirty-second Democrat Henderson ville
Williams, Staton P Nineteenth Democrat Albemarle
Woodson, Nelson Twenty-first Democrat Salisbury
♦Appointed Feb. 11, 1957 to succeed Senator-elect, F. J. Blythe, resigned.
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i - ■ • SENATORS
Arranged by Districts
(Democrats unless otherwise indicated)
District Name Address
1st — N. Rlton Aydlett Pasquotank
1st — J. William Copeland Hertford
2nd — Robert H. Cowen Martin
2nd — Edward L. Owens Washington
3rd — Perry W. Martin Northampton
4th — W. Lunsford Crew Halifax
4th — Henrv G. Shelton Edgecombe
5th — Dr. Paul K. Jones Pitt
6th — J. C. Eagles, Jr Wilson
6th— Wilbur M. Jolly Franklin
7th— -John G. Dawson Lenoir
7th — Luther Hamilton, Sr Carteret
8th— Dr. D. J. Rose Wayne
8th — Adam J. Whitley, Jr Johnston
9th — Roy Rowe Pender
9th — Henry Vann Sampson
10th — Seavy A. Carroll Cumberland
10th— Edward B. Clark Bladen
11th — Cutlar Moore Robeson
12th— Dr. Henrv W. Jordan Randolph
12th — J. Benton Thomas Hoke
13th— J. W. Hoyle Lee
13th — James M. Poyner Wake
14th — Claude Currie Durham
14th — Richard G. Long Person
15th — Jule McMichael Rockingham
16th— Edwin S. Lanier Chapel Hill
17th — O. Arthur Kirkman High Point
18th — James W. Mason Laurinburg
18th — Paul G. Stoner Lexington
19th — E. Avery Hightower Wadesboro
19th — Staton P. Williams Albemarle
20th— J. Spencer Bell Charlotte
21st — J. Carlyle Rutledge Kannapolis
21st — Nelson Woodson Salisbury
22nd — Calvin Graves Winston-Salem
23rd— William F. Marshall Walnut Cove
24th— H. P. Eller (R) N. Wilkesboro
25th— C. V. Henkel Turnersburg
25th— W. B. Shuford Hickory
26th — Frank Patton Cooke Gastonia
27th — Robert F. Morgan Shelby
27th — Benjamin H. Sumner Spindale
28th— William E. Cobb (R) Morganton
29th— Todd H. Gentry West Jefferson
30th— John C. McBee (R) Bakersville
31st — James G. Stikeleather, Jr Asheville
32nd — J. R. Stephenson Saluda
32nd — R. Lee Whitmire Henderson ville
33rd — Kelly E. Bennett Bryson City
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RULES AND STANDING COMMITTEES
OF THE SENATE
1957
Powers and Duties of the President
1. The President shall take the chair at the hour fixed by law
or at the time fixed by the Senate upon adjournment on the pre-
ceding legislative day, and shall call the members to order.
2. It shall be the duty of the President, upon order being ob-
tained, to have the Sessions of the Senate opened with prayer.
3. In the absence of the President, the President pro tempore
shall reconvene the Senate and preside, and during such time
shall be vested with all powers of the President except that of
casting a vote in case of tie when he shall have voted as a Senator.
And in the event of the absence of the President and 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.
4. After the prayer, and upon appearance of a quorum, the
President shall cause the Journal of the preceding day to be read
and approved, unless the Chairman of the Committee on Journal
or some member of the Senate by motion sustained by a majority
of the members present, have the reading thereof dispensed with
and the same approved as written.
5. The President shall preserve order and decorum and pro-
ceed with the business of the Senate according to the rules
adopted. He shall decide all questions of order, subject to an
appeal to the Senate by any member, on which appeal no member
shall speak more than once unless by leave of the Senate. A two-
thirds vote of the members present shall be necessary to sustain
any appeal from the ruling of the Chair.
6. All questions for a vote shall be put as follows: "Those in
favor say 'Aye'," and after the affirmative vote is expressed —
"Opposed 'No'." After which the President will announce the
result. If a division on any vote is desired, it must be called for
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immediately before the result of the voting is announced on any
question, and upon such call, the President shall require the mem-
bers to stand and be counted for and against any pi-oposition un-
der consideration.
7. The ayes and noes may be called for on any question be-
fore the vote is taken, and if the call is sustained by one-fifth of
the Senators present, the roll of the Senate shall be called and
the ayes and noes taken, and the same shall be entered upon the
Journal. If a Senator desires the ayes and noes recorded on any
question, he shall address the Chair and obtain recognition and
say, "Upon that vote or question I call for the ayes and noes."
Whereupon the President shall say, "Is the call sustained?" If
one-fifth of the members present then stand the roll is called and
the ayes and noes recorded. If less than one-fifth present stands,
the Chair announces, "An insufficient number up" and a viva voce
vote is then taken.
8. If any question contains several distinct propositions, it
shall be divided by the President, at the request of any Senator,
provided each subdivision, if left to itself, shall form a substantive
proposition.
9. The President shall have general direction of the Hall of
the Senate, and in case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct
in the galleries or lobbies, he shall have the power to order the
same cleared.
10. He shall have the right to call on any member to perform
the duties of the Chair, but substitution shall not extend beyond
one day.
11. The Lieutenant Governor, as President of the Senate, be-
ing a Constitutional Officer shall not have the right to debate
any question or to address the Senate upon any proposition un-
less by permission of the majority members present, and shall
have the right to vote only when there is a tie vote upon any
question or election.
12. The President of the Senate, unless he shall have by law
disqualified himself from that office, shall have the exclusive right
and authority to appoint all Committees, regular or special, but
he may delegate said authority in any instance, as he may choose.
13. All acts, addresses and resolutions, and all warrants and
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subpoenas issued by order of the Senate shall be signed by the
President.
14. The President shall appoint doorkeepers and pages, and
such laborers as may be necessary, and shall assign to them
their duties during sessions, and when not in session they shall
be under the direction of the Principal Clerk and Sergeant-at-
Arms, to perform such duties as are necessary and proper to the
conduct of the Senate.
15. No person except members of the Senate, members of the
House of Representatives, clerks of the General Assembly, Judges
of the Supreme and Superior Courts, State Oflficers, former mem-
bers of the General Assembly and persons particularly invited and
extended the privileges of the floor by the President shall be ad-
mitted to the floor of the Senate during its sessions: Provided,
that no person except members of the House of Representatives
and officers of the General Assembly shall be allowed on the floor
of the Senate or in the lobby in the rear of the President's desk,
unless permitted by the President of the Senate; Provided further,
no Registered Lobbyist shall be admitted to the floor or any of
the lobbies of the Senate while the Senate is in Session.
16. The President of the Senate, in the interest of orderly
procedure and in order properly to expedite the business of the
Senate, may refuse to recognize any member for the purpose of
extending the courtesies of the floor, lobbies or galleries to any
one or group during any particular order of business, but shall
recognize such member for said purpose at the close of such or-
der of business if he then desires recognition.
17. The President may assign such space or place on the floor
of the Senate as he desires proper to Reporters desiring to take
the proceedings of the sessions, provided such does not interfere
with members of the Senate and its officers and clerks in the
performance of their duties.
18. Smoking shall not be allowed on the floor or galleries of
the Senate during sessions: Provided that smoking may be per-
mitted in the side lobbies and in the lobby in the rear of the
President's desk.
19. The pages of the Senate shall be responsible to and under
the direction of the President at all times when the Senate is in
gession, and shall not exceed fourteen in number. They shall re-
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port to the Principal Clerk at other times to be assigned such
duties as he may direct and shall be under his supervision. i
Order of Business
20. After approval of the Journal, the order of business shall
be as follows :
(1) Reports of standing committees.
(2) Reports of select committees.
(3) Introduction of bills, petitions, and resolutions.
(4) Messages from the House of Representatives.
(5) Unfinished business of preceding day.
(6) Special Orders.
(7) General Orders — First, local bills on third reading roll call,
then local bills on second reading roll call. After that the viva voce
second reading local calendar in numerical order, taking up the
Senate bills in first order. After disposition of the local calendar,
the public calendar of bills will be considered in the same order,
that is : .
(a) First, third reading roll call bills.
(b) Second reading roll call bills.
(c) Second reading bills to be considered viva voce, with Senate
bills taking precedence in order over House bills.
But messages from the Governor and House of Representatives
and communications and reports from State officers and reports
from the Committee on Engrossed and Enrolled Bills may be re-
ceived and acted on under any order of business.
21. Any bill or other matter may be taken up out of order
upon order of the President or upon motion sustained by a
majority of the membership present and voting.
Powers and Duties of Principal Clerk
22. The President and the Principal 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 Representatives and have been received by the Senate
for concurrence.
23. The Principal Clerk shall certify the passage of bills by
the Senate, with the date thereof, together with the fact whether
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passed by vote of three-fifths or two-thirds of the Senate, when-
ever such vote may be required by the Constitution and laws of
the State.
24. 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.
25. The office of Eng'rossin^ Clerk is discontinued, and the
duties of that office as heretofore performed by the Engrossing
Clerk shall devolve upon the Principal Clerk, who is charged with
the responsibility therefor.
26. The Principal Clerk shall cause the Journal of the Senate to
be typewritten in duplicate, 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.
27. All Committee Clerks, when not in attendance upon the
direct duties connected with the committee to which they are as-
signed, 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.
Standing Committees
28. The following committees shall be named by the President
of the Senate:
1. Agriculture
2. Appropriations
3. Banking
4. Conservation and Development
5. Counties, Cities and Towns
6. Courts and Judicial Districts
7. Education
8. Election Laws and Senatorial Districts
9. Finance
10. Insurance
11. Interstate and Federal Relations
12. Journal, Engrossing, Enrolling, Printing
13. Judiciary No. 1
14. Judiciary No. 2
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15. Manufacturing, Labor and Commerce
16. Mental Institutions
17. Penal Institutions
18. Propositions and Grievances
19. Public Health
, 20. Public Roads
21. Public Utilities
22. Public Welfare
23. Retirement, Employment Security
24. Rules
25. Salaries and Fees
26. State Government
27. University Trustees
28. Veterans and Military Affairs
29. Wildlife
.Joint Committees
29. "The Chairman of the Committee on Education, with the
approval of the President, shall appoint a sub-committee of three
members (the first of whom shall be the Chairman) from the
membership of the Education Committee, to be known and desig-
nated as the Sub-Committee on Library."
The Committee on Trustees of the Greater University, the Com-
mittee on Journal, Engrossing, Enrolling and Printing, and the
sub-committee on Library, provided for under this rule shall act
as the joint committees for the Senate.
Provided: When any Senate Committee shall sit jointly with
the House Committee, the Senate Committee reserves the right
to vote separately from the House Committee.
30. Membership on standing committees shall consist of not
more than sixteen Senators, including the Chairman and Vice
Chairman who shall be designated by the President. Provided the
committee membership on the Committee on Rules, the Committee
on Appropriations, the Committee on Finance, the Committee on
Agriculture, the Committee on Roads and the Committee on Edu-
cation shall not be limited as to membership. No Senator shall
hold membership on more than nine standing committees unlegs
the Rules Committee provides otherwise.
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30%. The Senate recognizes that the House of Representatives,
by adoption of its Rules No. 53 V2, had abrogated G. S. 143-14
and G. S. 143-15 to the extent of the conflict of said Rule with the
provisions of said sections which heretofore constituted rules of
each branch of the General Assembly.
Notwithstanding the inherent right of any committee or sub-
committee to hold Executive Sessions, no committee or subcom-
mittee shall take any final action on any measure or thing before
it except in open session.
31. 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.
32. All bills introduced in the Senate providing for appropria-
tions from the State, or any subdivision thereof, shall, before
being considered by the Senate, be referred to the committee on
Appropriations, and bills referred to other Committees carrying
any of the provisions herein mentioned, shall be re-referred to
the Senate as being bills to be considered by the Appropriations
Committee before proper action may be taken by the Senate. All
bills inti'oduced in the Senate providing for bond issues, levying
taxes, or in any manner aff'ecting the taxing power of the State
or any subdivision thereof, shall before being considered by the
Senate, be referred to the Committee on Finance, and bills referred
to other committees carrying any of the provisions herein men-
tioned shall be re-referred to the Senate as being bills to be con-
sidered by the Finance Committee before proper action may be
taken by the Senate.
"All bills prepared to be introduced by departments, agencies or
institutions of the State must be introduced in the Senate not later
than April 10th of this Session. All local bills must be introduced
in the Senate not later than April 1 of this Session."
33. 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
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committee shall show that a majority of the committee were
present and voted. "A quorum of any committee shall consist
of a majority of the committee."
34. "The President of the Senate and the Principal Clerk shall
appoint Clerks who shall be stenographers to serve as Committee
Clerks to the following Committees to be assigned when the Com-
mittees are appointed and when needed."
Agriculture
Appropriations
Conservation and Development
Counties, Cities and Towns
Courts and Judicial Districts
Education
Finance
Judiciary No. 1
Judiciary No. 2
Propositions and Grievances
Public Health
Public Roads
Public Welfare
Rules
State Government
Wildlife
In addition to the above-named clerks, the President of the
Senate, upon recommendation of the Rules Committee, shall ap-
point additional clerks to perform such duties as may be assigned
them by the Principal Clerk of the Senate.
Decorum in Sessions
35. When any Senator is about to speak in debate or deliver
any matter to the Senate, he shall rise from his seat and respect-
fully address the President.
36. No member shall speak until recognized by the President
and when two or more members rise at the same time, the Presi-
dent shall name the member to speak.
37. No remark reflecting personally upon the action of any Sen-
ator shall be in order in debate unless preceded by a motion or
resolution of censure.
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38. 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.
39. 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.
40. 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.
41. Every Senator who shall be within the bar of the Senate
when the question is stated by the chair shall vote thereon, unless
he shall be excused by the Senate or unless he be directly inter-
ested in the question; and the bar of the Senate shall include
the entire Senate Chamber.
42. When a motion to adjourn or for recess shall be affirmatively
determined, no member or officers shall leave his place until ad-
journment or recess shall be declared by the President.
43. 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.
44. No Senator or officer of the Senate shall depart the service
of the Senate without leave, or receive pay as a Senator or officer
for the time he is absent without leave.
Procedural Rules in Debate
45. Every bill introduced into the Senate shall be printed or
typewritten. Amendments need not be typewritten.
46. All bills should be read by their titles, which reading shall
constitute the first reading of the bills, 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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47. 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 statement
of such report with the name of the committee and members
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 memorials
shall be delivered to the Principal 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.
48. 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 Principal Clerk, so as to indicate the full
purport of the. bjll as amended and the county or counties to
which it applies. .
49. 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 of its subject-matter shall not be embodied in any other
measure. Upon the point of order being raised and sustained by
the Chair, such measure 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 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.
50. Whenever a public bill is introduced, seven carbon copies
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 Principal Clerk shall deliver the carbon copy
of the bills designated to be printed as hereinafter provided for
the public printer and cause 400 copies thereof to be printed. On
the morning 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
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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 Com-
mittee. If the bill is passed, the remaining copy shall be by the
Chief Page delivered to the Principal Clerk of the House for the
use of the House. The cost of printing shall be paid from the
contingent fund of the Senate. The Chairman of the Rules Com-
mittee of the Senate and the Chairman of the Rules Committee
of the House shall appoint a sub-committee consisting of three
members of the Senate and two members of the House from the
body of the Senate and the House and such Chairman shall notify
the Principal Clerk of the House and of the Senate who has been
appointed. Such sub-committee shall meet daily and examine the
carbon copies of the public bills introduced and determine which
of such public bills shall be printed and which shall not, and stamp
the copies accordingly. If the member introducing a public bill,
which the committee shall determine should not be printed, so
desires, he may appear before the committee at the next meeting
thereof with reference thereto.
51. When a bill has been introduced and referred to a com-
mittee, if after ten days the committee has failed to report there-
on, then the author of the bill may, after three days' public notice
given in the Senate, on motion supported by a vote of two-thirds
of the Senators present and voting, recall the same from the
committee to the floor of the Senate for consideration and such
action thereon as a majority of the Senators present may direct.
52. All motions shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the
President or a Senator, delivered at the table, and read by the
President or Reading Clerk before the same shall be debated; but
any such motion may be withdrawn by the introducer at any time
before decision or amendment.
52a. When a bill is reported by a committee with an unfavor-
able report, but accompanied by a minority report, the minority
report shall be placed on the calendar and considered the following
day, and the question before the Senate shall be "The adoption
of the Minority Report" and if failing to be adopted by a majority
vote, the bill shall be placed upon the unfavorable calendar. Be-
fore a minority report can be considered by the Senate, it must
be signed by at least three (3) members of the committee who
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were present and voted on the bill when the bill was considered
in the committee.
On General Orders and Special Orders
53. 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 Sena-
tors voting, and if it shall not be completed on that day, it shall
be returned to its place on the Calendar, unless it shall be made
a special order for another day; and when a special order is un-
der consideration it shall take precedence of any special order
or subsequent order for the day, but such subsequent order may
be taken up immediately after the previous special order has
been disposed of.
54. 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 mo-
tion 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.
On Precedence of Motions
55. When a question is before the Senate no motion shall be
received except those herein specified, which motion shall have
precedence as follows, viz. :
(1) For 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.
(7) To commit to a select committee.
(8) To amend.
(9) To substitute.
56. 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
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amendments are pending, the question shall be taken upon such
amendments, in their inverse order, without further debate or
amendment: Provided, that no one shall move the previous ques-
tion 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 Senate at the time the bill or
other matter under consideration is reported to the Senate or
taken up for consideration.
57. When a motion for the previous question is made and is
pending, debate shall cease and only a motion to adjourn shall
be in order, which motions shall be put as follows: adjourn, pre-
vious 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.
Some Questions to be Taken Without Debate
58. 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.
59. The respective motions to postpone to a certain day, or to
commit, shall preclude debate on the main question.
60. All questions relating to priority of business shall be de-
cided without debate.
61. 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.
62. Any Senator requesting to be excused from voting may
make, either immediately before or after the vote shall have been
called for 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 explain
his vote on any bill pending by obtaining permission of the Pres-
ident before the vote is put: Provided, that not more than three
minutes shall be consumed in such explanation.
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Questions That Require a Two-Thirds Vote
63. 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.
64. No bill or resolution shall be sent from the Senate on the
day of its passage except on the last day of the session, unless
otherwise ordered by a vote of two-thirds of the Senators present.
65. 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.
66. No rule of the Senate shall be altered, suspended, or re-
scinded except on a two-thirds vote of the Senators present.
67. When a bill has been introduced and referred to a com-
mittee, if after ten days the committee has failed to report there-
on, then the author of the bill may, after three days' public notice
given in the Senate, on motion supported by a vote of two-thirds
of the Senators present and voting, recall the same from the com-
mittee to the floor of the Senate for consideration and such action
thereon as a majority of the Senators present may direct.
68. All bills and resolutions reported unfavorably by the com-
mittee to which they were referred, and having no minority re-
port, shall lie upon the table, but may be taken from the table, and
placed upon the Calendar by a two-thirds vote of those present and
voting.
69. After a bill has been tabled or has failed to pass on any
of its readings, the contents of such bill or the principal provi-
sions of its subject-matter shall not be embodied in any other
measure. Upon the point of order being raised and sustained by
the Chair, such measure 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 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.
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Proceedings When There is Not a Quorum Voting
70. If, on taking the question on a bill, it shall appear that a
constitutional quorum is not present, or if the bill requires a vote
of certain proportions of all the Senators to pass it, and it appears
that such number is not present, the bill shall be again read and
the question taken thereon ; if the bill fails 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 Calendar in
its proper order.
On Conference Committee and Report
71. Whenever the Senate shall decline or refuse to concur in
amendments put by the House to a bill originating in the Senate,
or shall refuse to adopt a substitute adopted by the House for a
bill originating in the Senate, a conference committee shall be
appointed upon motion made, consisting of the number named in
the motion; and the bill under consideration shall thereupon go
to and be considered by the joint conferees on the part of the
Senate and House. In considering matters in difference between
the Senate and House committed to the conferees only such mat-
ters as are in difference between the two houses shall be con-
sidered by the conferees, and the conference report shall deal only
with such matters. The conference report shall not be amended.
Except as herein set out, the rules of the House of Representa-
tives of Congress shall govern the appointment, conduct, and re-
ports of the confei'ees.
Miscellaneous
72. When a question has been once put and decided, it shall
be in order for any Senator who shall have voted in the majority
to move a reconsideration thereof; but no motion for the reconsid-
eration of any vote shall be in order after the bill, resolution,
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 in the next following legislative day on which the
vote proposed to be reconsidered shall have taken place, unless
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same shall 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; Provided that when the next legislative day has by
motion of the Senate, been restricted as to matters which may be
considered, a motion to reconsider shall be in order on the next
succeeding day upon which regular business is conducted. Nor shall
any question be reconsidered more than once.
73. 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 Sen-
ators present shall determine.
74. No papers, writings, pamphlets, or printed matter shall be
placed on the desks of the Senators or distributed in the Senate
Chamber without the approval of the Principal Clerk.
75. That in case of adjournment without any hour being named,
the Senate shall reconvene the next legislative day at 11
o'clock A.M.
76. In the event the Senate Rules do not provide for, or cover
any point of order raised by any Senator, the rules of the United
States House of Congress shall govern.
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STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Committee on Agriculture
Senators: Morgan, Chairman; Thomas, Vice Chairman; Shel-
ton, Vice Chairman; Clark, Eagles, EUer, Jones, Kirkman, Mc-
Bee, Moore, Rose, Stikeleather, Stoner, Sumner, Vann, Whitley,
Williams.
Committee on Appropriations
Senators: Eagles, Chairman; Whitmire, Vice Chairman; Sum-
ner, Vice Chairman; Bennett, Carroll, Cooke, Copeland, Crew,
Eller, Gentry, Hamilton, Henkel, Hoyle, Jones, Long, McBee, Mc-
Michael, Marshall, Moore, Owens, Rose, Rowe, Stoner, Thomas,
Williams, Woodson.
Committee on Banking
Senators: Shuford, Chairman; Bell, Clark, Currie, Crew,
Eagles, Eller, Henkel, Marshall, McMichael, Sumner, Thomas.
Committee on Conservation and Development
Senators: Henkel, Chairman; Long, Vice Chairman; Aydlett,
Clark, Cobb, Hamilton, Kirkman, Poyner, Rowe, Shelton, Sumner,
Whitmire, Williams.
Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
Senators: Aydlett, Chairman; Stephenson, Vice Chairman; Bell,
Crew, Hightower, Jolly, Lanier, Martin, Mason, McMichael, Owens,
Rowe.
Committee on Courts and Judicial Districts
Senators: Cooke, Chairman; Stoner, Vice Chairman; Bell,
Vice Chairman; Aydlett, Carroll, Cowen, Graves, Hamilton, Jolly,
Martin, Whitmire.
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Committee on Education
Senators: Crew, Chairman; Rutledge, Vice Chairman; Martin,
Vice Chairman; Bennett, Carroll, Cobb, Cooke, Dawson, Graves,
Gentry, Henkel, Jones, Jordan, Kirkman, Lanier, McMichael,
Owens, Rose, Stephenson, Thomas.
Committee on Election Laws and Senatorial Districts
Senators: Currie, Chairman; Aydlett, Bell, Bennett, Cobb,
Crew, Dawson, Gentry, Henkel, Hoyle, McMichael, Sumner.
Committee on Finance
Senators: Woodson, Chairman; Poyner, Vice Chairman; Stike-
leather, Vice Chah-man; Aydlett, Bell, Clark, Cobb, Cowen, Currie,
Dawson, Eagles, Graves, Hightower, Jolly, Jordan, Kirkman,
Lanier, Martin, Mason, Morgan, Rutledge, Shelton, Shuford,
Stephenson, Vann, Whitley.
Committee on Insurance
Senators: Rowe, Chairman; Williams, Vice Chairman; Aydlett,
Cobb, Currie, Hamilton, Hoyle, Long, McMichael, Shelton, Stike-
leather, Vann.
Committee on Interstate and Federal Relations
Senators: Hamilton, Chairman; Bennett, Cobb, Dawson, Jones,
Morgan, Owens, Rose, Stephenson, Stoner, Vann.
Committee on Journal Engrossing, Enrolling, and Printing
Senators: Stoner, Chairman; McBee, Vice Chairman; Cooke,
Cowen, Eller, Jolly, Lanier, Owens, Thomas, Woodson.
Committee on Judiciary No. I
Senators: Graves, Chairman; Jolly, Vice Chairman; Aydlett,
Carroll, Cooke, Crew, Currie, Dawson, Eagles, Hamilton, High-
tower, Hoyle, Long, Poyner, Stoner.
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Committee on Judiciary No. II
Senators: Copeland, Chairman; Mason, Vice Chairman; Bell,
Clark, Cowen, Kirkman, Martin, McBee, McMichael, Owens, Rut-
ledge, Williams, Whitmire, Woodson.
Committee on Manufacturing, Labor and Commerce
Senators: Moore, Chairman; Copeland, Dawson, Gentry, Mar-
shall, Mason, Rutledge, Shuford, Stikeleather, Whitmire.
Committee on Mental Institutions
Senators: Vann, Chairman; Cobb, Vice Chairman; Cooke,
Cowen, Hightower, Lanier, Long, Marshall, Moore, Morgan, Rose,
Stoner, Whitley.
Committee on Penal Institutions
Senators: Hightower, Chairman; Eller, Vice Chairman; Carroll,
Cooke, Cowen, Gentry, Jordan, Kirkman, Long, McBee, Marshall,
Martin, Rose, Stephenson, Vann.
Committee on Propositions and Grievances
Senators: Thomas, Chairman; Aydlett, Bell, Bennett, Carroll,
Gentry, Hamilton, Martin, Shelton, Stikeleather, Stoner, Sumner,
Vann, Whitmire.
Committee on Public Health
Senators: Rose, Chairman ; Bennett, Vice Chairman; Cowen,
Eller, Henkel, Jones, Jordan, Lanier, Rutledge, Shelton, Stephen-
son, Thomas.
Committee on Public Roads
Senators: Jones, Chairman; Gentry, Vice Chairman; Jordan,
Vice Chairman; Copeland, Currie, Eagles, Graves, Kirkman,
McBee, Mason, Moore, Morgan, Poyner, Rowe, Shelton, Shuford,
Stikeleather, Whitley.
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Committee on Public Utilities
Senators: Whitmire, Chairman; McMichael, Vice Chairman;
Cooke, Copeland, Crew, Eller, Jolly, Long, Mason, Shuford, Stoner,
Woodson.
Committee on Public Welfare
Senators: Marshall, Chair-man; Lanier, Vice Chairman; Bell,
Bennett, Eller, Graves, Jolly, Morgan, McMichael, Foyner, Rose,
Sumner, Thomas, Williams.
Committee on Retirement Employment Security
Senators: Dawson, Chairman; Cowen, Vice Chairman; Carroll,
Cobb, Hamilton, Hoyle, Marshall, Mason, Moore, Morgan, Foyner,
Rutledge, Whitley.
Committee on Rules
Senators: Currie, Chairman; Crew, Copeland, Dawson, Eagles,
Graves, Henkel, Jones, Kirkman, Mason, Morgan, Rutledge, Whit-
ley, Whitmire.
Committee on Salaries and Fees
Senators: Owens, Chairman; Hoyle, Vice Chairman; Eller,
Jordan, Lanier, Long, Marshall, McBee, Rose, Shuford, Stephen-
son, Vann, Whitley.
Committee on State Government
Senators: Kirkman, Chairman; Clark, Vice Chairman; Bell,
Crew, Henkel, Hightower, Jordan, Rutledge, Whitmire, Williams.
Committee on University Trustees
Senators: Whitley, Chairman; Aydlett, Clark, Cooke, Copeland,
Currie, Dawson, Eagles, Graves, Hightower, Hoyle, Jones, Mason,
Moore, Foyner, Rowe, Stikeleather, Shuford, Sumner, Thomas,
Woodson.
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Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
Senators: Poyner, Chairman; Carroll, Vice Chairman; Clark,
Cobb, Cowen, Gentry, Henkel, Hightower, Hoyle, Jolly, Jordan,
Martin, Morgan, Williams, Woodson.
Committee on Wildlife
Senators: Bennett, Chairman; Gentry, Hamilton, McBee, Moore,
Owens, Rose, Rowe, Shelton, Shuford, Stephenson, Stikeleather.
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SEAT ASSIGNMENT CHART— SESSION 1957
NORTH CAROLINA SENATE
(Democrats unless otherwise indicated)
District — ^Name County Address Sea t
1st — N. Elton Aydlett Pasquotank Elizabeth City 6
1st — ^J. William Copeland Hertford Murfreesboro 7
2nd — Robert H. Cowen Martin Williamston 40
2nd — Edward L. Owens Washington Plymouth 3
3rd — Perry W. Martin Northampton Rich Square 37
4th — -W. Lunsford Crew Halifax Roanoke Rapids. . . .21
4th — Henry G. Shelton Edgecombe Speed 50
5th— Dr. Paul E. Jones Pitt Farmville 16
6th— J. C. Eagles, Jr Wilson Wilson 13
6th — -Wilbur M. Jolly Franklin Louisburg 25
7th — -John G. Dawson Lenoir Kinston 12
7th — Luther Hamilton, Sr Carteret Morehead City 20
8th— Dr. D. J. Rose Wayne Goldsboro 29
8th — Adam J. Whitley, Jr Johnston Smithfield 28
9th — -Roy Rowe Pender Burgaw 22
9th — -Henry Vann Sampson Clinton 2
10th — Seavy A. Carroll Cumberland Fayetteville 35
10th — Edward B. Clark Bladen Elizabethtown 34
11th — Cutlar Moore Robeson Lumberton 17
12th — Dr. Henry W. Jordan Randolph Cedar Falls 31
12th— J. Benton Thomas Hoke Raeford 9
13th— J. W. Hoyle Lee Sanford 46
13th — James M. Poyner Wake Raleigh 14
14th — Claude Currie Durham Durham 5
14th — ^ Richard G. Long Person Roxboro 32
15th — Jule McMichael Rockingham Reidsville 39
16th — Edwin S. Lanier Orange Chapel Hill 42
17th — O. Arthur Kirkman Guilford High Point 38
18th — James W. Mason Scotland Laurinburg 41
18th — Paul G. Stoner Davidson Lexington 30
19th — E. Avery Hightower Anson Wadesboro 47
19th— Staton P. Williams Stanly Albemarle 48
20th — J. Spencer Bell Mecklenburg Charlotte 11
21st — -J. Carlyle Rutledge Cabarrus Kannapolis 15
21st — Nelson Woodson Rowan Salisbury 18
22nd — Calvin Graves Forsyth Winston-Salem 19
23rd— William F. Marshall Stokes Walnut Cove 36
24th— H. P. EUer (R) Wilkes N. Wilkesboro 45
25th— C. V. Henkel Iredell Turnersburg 23
25th— W. B. Shuford Catawba Hickory 24
26th — Frank Patton Cooke Gaston Gastonia 4
27th — Robert F. Morgan Cleveland Shelby 27
27th — -Benjamin H. Sumner Rutherford Spindale 26
28th— William E. Cobb (R) Burke Morganton 44
29th— Todd H. Gentry Ashe West Jefferson 33
30th— John C. McBee (R) Mitchell Bakersville 43
31st — -James G. Stikeleather, Jr Buncombe Asheville 1
32nd— J. R. Stephenson Polk Saluda 49
32nd — R. Lee Whitmire Henderson Henderson ville 10
33rd — Kelly E. Bennett Swain Bryson City 8
Officers and Members of the House of Representatives
OFFICERS
J. K. DouRhton Speaker Sparta
Mrs. Annie E. Cooper Principal Clerk Raleigh
W. J. Arthur Reading Clerk Chapel Hill
Joseph H. Warren Sergeant-at-Arms Prospect Hill
REPRESENTATIVES
(Alphabetically Arranged)
Name County Party Address
Anderson, John L Caldwell Republican Whitnel
Arledge, J. Thurston Polk Democrat Tryon
Askew, Allen E Gates Democrat Gatesville
Bell, D. G Carteret Democrat Morehead City
Blue, H. Clifton Moore Democrat Aberdeen
Best , E. T. , Jr Cabarrus Democrat Concord
Bowman, James C Brunswick Democrat Southport
Brinkley, Harold Alexander Republican Taylorsville
Britt, Sidney D Bladen Democrat Bladenboro
Brock, B. C Davie Republican Mocksville
Buchanan, Marcellus Jackson Democrat Sylva
Burgess, S. E Camden Democrat Belcross
Burleson, Jeter C Mitchell Republican Bakersville
Bynum, Fred W., Jr Richmond Democrat Rockingham
Byrum, Albert G. Chowan Democrat Edenton
Carpenter, John F., Sr Catawba Republican Maiden
Childers, Max L Gaston Democrat Mount Holly
Clark, David Lincoln Democrat Lincolnton
Coates, Roy C Johnston Democrat Smithtield
Combs, Lewis L Tyrrell Democrat Columbia
Craig, George W Buncombe Democrat Asheville
Crawford, C. R Swain Democrat Whittier
Crawford, I. C Buncombe Democrat Asheville
Davis, J. Toliver Rutherford Democrat Forest City
Delamar, Ned Pamlico Democrat Oriental
Dellinger, Da vid P Gaston Democrat Cherry ville
Dill, Thomas G Edgecombe Democrat Rocky Mouht
Doughton, J. K Alleghany Democrat Sparta
Eggers, S. C Watauga Republican Boone
Etheridge, R. Bruce Dare Democrat Manteo
Everett, R. Frank Martin Democrat Hamilton
Falls, B. T., Jr Cleveland Democrat Shelby
Ferebee, Percv B Cherokee Democrat Andrews
Floyd, F. Wayland Robeson Democrat Fairmont
Floyd, W. F. " Columbus Democrat Whiteville
Fowler, Joe, Jr Surry Democrat Mt. Airy
Gaither, James C Transylvania Democrat Brevard
Gavin, W. Ed Randolph Republican Asheboro
Gobble, F. L Forsyth Democrat Winston-Salem
Gregory, Carson Harnett Democrat Angier
Griggs," Walton S Currituck Democrat Point Harbor
Hardy, Herbert Greene Democrat Maury
Hargett, John M Jones Democrat Trenton
Harris, W. C, Jr Wake Democrat Raleigh
Harriss, Clvde H Rowan Democrat Salisbury
Henley, John T Cumberland Democrat Hope Mills
Hewlett, Addison, Jr. New Hanover Democrat Wilmington
Hicks, Ernest, L Mecklenburg Democrat Charlotte
Hill, Watts, Jr Durham Democrat Durham
Holcombe, Harlon Yancey Democrat Burnsville
Holmes, Carroll R Perquimans Democrat Hertford
Hostetler, Charles A Hoke Democrat Raeford
Houk, G. L Macon Democrat Franklin
Hughes, Jim Avery Republican Lin ville
Hunt, Joseph M., Jr Guilford Democrat Greensboro
Johnson, Hugh S., Jr Duplin Democrat Rose Hill
Jones, Austin Ashe Democrat West Jefferson
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Name County Party Address
Jones, Walter Pitt Democrat Farmville
Jordan, John Y., Jr Buncombe Democrat Asheville
Kemp, Ed Guilford Democrat High Point
Kennedy, Claude L Wilkes Republican Wilkesboro
Kerr, John, Jr Warren Democrat Warrenton
Kiser, Roger C Scotland Democrat Laurinburg
Leake, A. E Madison Democrat Marshall
Lloyd, Leonard W Graham Democrat Robbinsville
Long, George A Alamance Democrat Burlington
Love, Jack Mecklenburg Democrat Charlotte
Martin, Vernon F Clay Democrat Hayesville
McCrary, Charles B Haywood Democrat Clyde
McKnight, James E Iredell Democrat Mooresville
Murphy, Ashley M Pender Democrat .Atkinson
O'Neali Dick Hyde Democrat New Holland
*Parker, J. Roy, Sr Hertford Democrat Ahoskie
Phelps, J. M., Dr Washington Democrat Creswell
Philpott, H. Cloyd Davidson Democrat Lexington
Pittman, Frank S Halifax Democrat Scotland Neck
Powe, E. K Durham Democrat Durham
Powell, Radford G Rockingham Democrat Reidsville
Quinn, Dwight W Cabarrus Democrat Kannapolis
Randall, J. T Henderson Republican Henderson ville
Reynolds, W. D Robeson Democrat Lumberton
Rodenbough, Grace Taylor. . Stokes Democrat Walnut Cove
Ross, L. H Beaufort Democrat Washington
Satterfield, B.I Person Democrat Timberlake
Shreve, Clyde A Guilford Democrat Summerfield
Simpson , Dan R Burke Republican Morgan ton
Snepp, Frank W Mecklenburg Democrat Charlotte
Speight, J. A Bertie Democrat Windsor
Stone, Clarence E., Jr Forsyth Democrat Belews Creek
Talton, Hardy Wayne Democrat Pikeville
Taylor, H. P. , Jr Anson ? Democrat Wadesboro
Thomas, A. V Stanly Republican Oakboro
Thomas, C. Blake Johnston Democrat Smithfield
Thompson, W. Reid Chatham Democrat Pittsboro
Turner, Thomas Guilford Democrat Greensboro
Umstead, J. W., Jr Orange Democrat Chapel Hill
Uzzell, Geo. R Rowan Democrat Salisbury
Valentine, Itimous T., Jr Nash Democrat Nashville
Vann, P. R Sampson Democrat Clinton
Venters, Carl V Onslow Democrat Jacksonville
Vogler, James B Mecklenburg Democrat Charlotte
Wall, W. W McDowell Democrat Marion
Wallace, J. Paul Mongtomery Democrat Troy
Watkins, Joe A Granville Democrat Oxford
White, Thomas J Lenoir Democrat Kinston
Whitehurst, Sam L Craven Democrat New Bern
Whitley, Philip R. Wake Democrat Wendell
Wicker, J. Shelton Lee Democrat Sanford
Williams, F. Webb Pasquotank Democrat Elizabeth City
Williams, H. Smith Yadkin Republican Yadkinville
Wilson, Edward H Caswell Democrat Blanche
Wilson, Henry H., Jr Union Democrat Monroe
Womble, W. Brantley Wake Democrat Gary
Womble, William F Forsyth Democrat Winston-Salem
Woodard, J. Ravnor Northampton Democrat Conway
Woodard, Thonias H Wilson Democrat Wilson
Wooten, Frank M., Jr Pitt Democrat Greenville
Yarborough, Edward F Franklin Democrat Louisburg
Yarborough, Wilson F., Sr. . . .Cumberland Democrat Fayetteville
Zollicoffer, A. A., Jr Vance Democrat Henderson
*Died May 8, 1957. Succeeded by C. Gordon Maddrey of Ahoskie.
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representatives
Arranged by Counties
(Democrats unless otherwise indicated)
County Name Address
Alamance George A. Long Burlington
Alexander Harold Brinkley (R) Taylorsville
Alleghany J. K. Doughton Sparta
Anson H. P. Taylor, Jr Wadesboro
Ashe Austin Jones West Jefferson
Avery Jim Hughes (R) Lin ville
Beaufort L. H. Ross Washington
Bertie J. A. Speight Windsor
Bladen Sidney D. Britt Bladenboro
Brunswick James C. Bowman Southport
Buncombe George W. Craig Asheville
I. C. Crawford Asheville
John Y. Jordan, Jr Asheville
Burke Dan R. Simi)son (R) Morgan ton
Cabarrus E. T. Host, Jr Concord
Dwight W. Quinn Kannapolis
Caldwell John L. Anderson (R) Whitnel
Camden S. E. Burgess Belcrosa
Carteret D. G. Bell Morehead City
Caswell Edward H. Wilson Blanche
Catawba John F. Carpenter, Sr. (R) Maiden
Chatham W. Reid Thompson Pittsboro
Cherokee Percy B. Ferebee Andrews
Chowan Albert G. Byrum Eden ton
Clay Vernon F. Martin Hayesville
Cleveland B. T. Falls, Jr Shelby
Columbus W. F. Floyd Whiteville
Craven Sam L. Whitehurst New Bern
Cumberland John T. Henley Hope Mills
Wilson F. Yarborough, Sr Fayetteville
Currituck Walton S. Griggs Point Harbor
Dare R. Bruce Etheridge Manteo
Davidson H. Cloyd Philpott Lexington
Davie B. C. Brock (R) Mocksville
Duplin Hugh S. Johnson, Jr Rose Hill
Durham Watts Hill, Jr Durham
E. K. Powe Durham
Edgecombe Thomas G. Dill Rocky Mount
Forsyth F. L. Gobble Winston-Salem
Clarence E. Stone, Jr Belews Creek
William F. Womble Winston-Salem
Franklin Edward F. Yarborough Louisburg
Gaston Max L. Childers Mount Holly
David P. Dellinger Cherry ville
Gates Allen E. Askew Gatesville
Graham Leonard W. Lloyd Robbinsville
Granville Joe A. Watkins Oxford
Greene Herbert Hardy Maury
Guilford Joseph M. Hunt, Jr Greensboro
Ed Kemp High Point
Clyde A. Shreve Sumnierfield
Thomas Turner Greensboro
Halifax Frank S. Pittman Scotland Neck
Harnett Carson Gregory Angler
Haywood Charles B. McCrary Clyde
Henderson J. T. Randall (R) Hendersonville
Hertford *J. Roy Parker, Sr Ahoskie
Hoke Charles A. Hostetler Raeford
Hyde Dick O'Neal New Holland
Iredell James E. McKnight Mooresville
Jackson Marcellus Buchanan Sylva
♦Died May 8, 1957. Succeeded by C. Gordon Maddrey of Ahoskie.
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County Name Address
Johnston Roy C. Coates Smithfield
C. Blake Thomas Smithfield
Jones John M. Hargett Trenton
Lee J. Shelton Wicker Sanford
Lenoir Thomas J. White Kinston
Lincoln David Clark Lincolnton
Macon G. L. Houk Franklin
Madison A. E. Leake Marshall
Martin R. Frank Everett Hamilton
McDowell W. W. Wall Marion
Mecklenburg Ernest L. Hicks Charlotte
Jack Love Charlotte
Frank W. Snepp Charlotte
James B. Vogler Charlotte
Mitchell Jeter C. Burleson (R) Bakersville
Montgomery J. Paul Wallace Troy
Moore H. Clifton Blue Aberdeen
Nash Itimous T. Valentine, Jr Nashville
New Hanover Addison Hewlett, Jr Wilmington
Northampton J. Raynor Woodard Conway
Onslow Carl V. Venters Jacksonville
Orange J. W. Umstead, Jr Chapel Hill
Pamlico Ned Delamar Oriental
Pasquotank F. Webb Williams Elizabeth City
Pender Ashley M. Murphy Atkinson
Perquimans Carroll R. Holmes Hertford
Person B.I. Satterfield Timberlake
Pitt Walter Jones Farmville
Frank M. Wooten, Jr Greenville
Polk J. Thurston Arledge Tryon
Randolph W. Ed Gavin (R) Asheboro
Richmond Fred W. Bynum, Jr Rockingham
Robeson F. Wayland Floyd Fairmont
W. D. Reynolds Lumberton
Rockingham Radford G. Powell Reidsville
Rowan Clyde H. Harriss Salisbury
Geo. R. Uzzell Salisbury
Rutherford J. Toll ver Davis Forest City
Sampson P. R. Vann Clinton
Scotland Roger C. Kiser Laurinburg
Stanly A. V. Thomas (R) Oakboro
Stokes Grace Taylor Rodenbough Walnut Cove
Surry Joe Fowler, Jr Mt. Airy
Swain C. R. Crawford Whittier
Transylvania James C. Gaither Brevard
Tyrrell Lewis L. Combs Columbia
Union Henry H. Wilson, Jr Monroe
Vance A. A. ZoUicoffer, Jr Henderson
Wake W. C. Harris, Jr Raleigh
Philip R. Whitley Wendell
W. Brantley Womble Gary
Warren John Kerr, Jr Warren ton
Washington Dr. J. M. Phelps Creswell
Watauga S. C. Eggers (R) Boone
Wayne Hardy Talton Pikeville
Wilkes Claude L. Kennedy (R) Wilkesboro
Wilson Thomas H. Woodard Wilson
Yadkin H. Smith Williams (R) Yadkinville
Yancey Harlon Holcombe Bumsville
Enrolling and Indexing Departments
Enrolling Clerk L. M. Chaffin Lillington
Indexer of Laws William Lassiter Raleigh
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RULES AND STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1957
RULES OF THE HOUSE
Touching the Duties of 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 2/3
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 affirmative
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,
except in case of sickness or by leave of the House.
7. All committees shall be appointed 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.
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9. All acts, addresses, and resolutions, and all warrants and
subpoenas issued by order of the House shall be signed by the
Speaker.
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 person except members and officers and clerks of the
General Assembly, Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts,
State officers, former members of the General Assembly who are
not registered under the provisions of Article 9 of Chapter 120
01 the General Statutes of North Carolina, and persons particular-
ly invited by the Speaker shall be admitted within the hall of the
House: Provided, that no person except members and officers of
the General Assembly shall be allowed on the floor of the House
cr in the lobby in the rear of the Speaker's desk, unless permitted
by the Speaker of the House.
12. No motion to suspend the rules for the purpose of extending
the courtesies of the floor, lobby or gallery shall be made during
the consideration of the Public Calendar, except upon motion of
the Speaker.
13. 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.
14. Smoking shall not be allowed in the hall, 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
15. 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 addressed
to the General Assembly or to the House.
(2) Reports of standing committees.
(3) Reports of select committees.
(4) Resolutions.
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(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, unless
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.
On Decorum in Debate
16. 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.
17. When the Speaker shall call a member to order, the mem-
ber shall sit down, as also he shall when called to order by an-
other 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
member may appeal from the decision of the Chair, and if, upon
appeal, 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.
18. 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.
19. No member shall speak more than twice on the main ques-
tion, 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.
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20. While the Speaker is putting any question, or addressing
the House, no person shall speak, stand up, walk out of or cross
the House, nor when a member is speaking, entertain private dis-
course, stand up, or pass between him and the Chair.
21. 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.
22. 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 ayes and noes, 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 before the call
of the roll. The hall of the House shall include the lobbies and
offices connected with the hall.
23. 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. A motion to table or adjourn shall
be seconded before the motion is put by the Speaker to the vote
of the House.
24. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if the Speaker
or any two members request it.
25. 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.
26. When a question is under debate no motion shall be received
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 in-
definitely, to postpone to a day certain, to commit or amend, be-
ing decided, shall be again allowed at the same stage of the bill
or proposition.
27. A motion to adjourn or lay on the table shall be decided
without debate, and a motion to adjourn shall always be in order,
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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.
28. In case of adjournment without any hour being named, the
House shall reconvene on the next legislative day at twelve o'clock
noon.
29. When a question has been postponed indefinitely, the same
shall not be acted on again during the session, except upon a 2/3
vote.
30. Any member may call for a division of the question, when
the same shall admit of it, which shall be determined by the
Speaker.
31. When a motion has been once made and carried in the af-
firmative 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 2/3 vote. But unless such vote has been taken by a
call of the ayes and noes, any member may move to reconsider.
32. When the reading of a paper is called for, which has been
read in the Houses, and the same is objected to by any member,
it shall be determined by a vote of the House.
33. 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 be-
fore reference to a committee, but shall not be debated or de-
cided on the day of their first being read, unless the House shall
direct otherwise.
34. When the ayes and noes 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 decided by
the ayes and noes; and in taking the ayes and noes, or on a
call of the House, the names of the members will be taken alpha-
betically.
35. Decency of speech shall be observed and personal reflection
carefully avoided.
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36. 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.
37. Fifteen members, including the Speaker, shall be author-
ized to compel the attendance of absent members. A quorum shall
consist of a majority of the qualified members of the House.
38. No member or officer of the House shall absent himself
from the service of the House without leave, unless from sickness
or inability.
39. Any member may excuse himself from serving on any com-
mittee if he is a member of two standing committees.
40. 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.
41. 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 2/3 of the House shall be required.
42. 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.
43. 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 2/3 vote.
44. 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 measux'e.
Upon the point of order being raised and sustained by the chair,
such measure shall be laid upon the table, and shall not be taken
therefrom except by a vote of 2/3 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 Statewide
measure which has been laid upon the table, or failed to pass any
of its readings. No amendment or rider to a bill before the House
shall be in order unless such rider or amendment is germane to
the bill under consideration.
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45. A motion to table an amendment sent up from the floor
shall not be construed as a motion to table the principal bill or
any other amendment which has been offered thereto, and if such
motion is carried, only the amendment shall lie upon the table.
46. When a member desires to interrupt a member having the
floor he shall first obtain recognition by the Chair and permission
of the member occupying the floor, and when so recognized and
such permission is obtained he may propound a question to the
member occupying the floor, but he shall not propound a series of
questions or interrogatories or otherwise interrupt the member
having the floor; and the Speaker shall, without the point of order
being raised, enforce this rule.
Standing Committees
47. At the commencement of the session a standing committee
shall be appointed by the Speaker on each of the following sub-
jects, namely:
On Agriculture.
On Appropriations.
On Banks and Banking.
On Commercial Fisheries and Oyster Industry.
On Commission and Institutions for the Blind.
On Congressional Districts.
On Conservation and Development.
On Constitutional Amendments.
On Corporations.
On Counties, Cities, and Towns.
On Courts and Judicial Districts.
On Drainage.
On Education.
On Elections and Election Laws.
On Employment Security.
On Engrossed Bills.
On Expenditures of the House.
On Federal and Interstate Cooperation.
On Finance.
On Health.
On Higher Education.
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On Institutions for the Deaf.
On Insurance.
On the Journal.
On Judiciary No. 1.
On Judiciary No. 2.
On Justices of the Peace.
On Local Government.
On Manufacturers and Labor.
On Mental Institutions.
On Military Affairs.
On Penal Institutions.
On Propositions and Grievances.
On Public Buildings and Grounds.
On Public Utilities.
On Public Welfare.
On Roads and Highway Safety.
On Rules.
On Salaries and Fees.
On Senatorial Districts.
On State Government.
On Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement.
On Veteran's Legislation.
On Wildlife Resources.
Joint Committees
On Enrolled Bills.
On Library.
On Printing.
On Trustees of University.
The first member announced on each committee shall be chair-
man, and where the Speaker so desires he may designate one or
more vice chairmen. In any joint meeting of the Senate and House
i^ommittees, the House Committee may in its discretion reserve
the right to vote separately.
48. Whenever the House shall decline or refuse to concur in
amendments put by the Senate to a bill originating in the House,
or shall refuse to adopt a substitute adopted by the Senate for a
bill originating in the House, a conference committee shall be
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appointed upon motion made, consisting- of the number named in
the motion ; and the bill under consideration shall thereupon go
to and be considered by the joint conferees on the part of the
House and Senate. In considering matters in difference between
the House and Senate committed to the conferees only such mat-
ters as are in difference between the two houses shall be consid-
ered by the conferees, and the conference report shall deal only
with such matters. The conference report shall not be amended.
Except as herein set out, the rules of the House of Representa-
tives of Congress shall govern the appointment, conduct, and
reports of the conferees.
49. After passage of a motion to form a Committee of the
whole House, the Speaker shall appoint a chairman to preside in
committee, and the Speaker shall leave the Chair. A Committee of
the whole House shall not be formed if there be objection by any
member except by suspension of the I'ules.
50. 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 considered. The body of the bill shall not be defaced or inter-
lined, but all amendments, noting the page and the 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.
51. 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.
52. In a Committee of the whole House a motion that the com-
mittee rise shall always be in order, except when a member is
speaking, and shall be decided without debate.
53. Every bill shall be introduced in regular order of business
unless introduced under suspension of the rules, or on the report
of a committee. Each bill not introduced on the report of a com-
mittee shall immediately upon its introduction be referred by the
Speaker to such committee as he deems appropriate.
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53%. Standing committees and subcommittees of standing com-
mittees shall be furnished with suitable meeting places. Standing
committees and subcommittees thereof shall permit other members
of the General Assembly, the press, and the general public to
attend all sessions of said committees or subcommittees: Provided,
however, that the chairman or other presiding officers shall have
general direction of the meeting place of the committee or sub-
committee and, in case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct
therein, or if the peace, good order, and proper conduct of the
legislative business is hindered by any individual or individuals,
said chairman or presiding officer shall have power to exclude
from the session any individual or individuals so hindering the
legislative business or, if necessary, to order the meeting place
cleared of all persons not members of the committee or subcom-
mittee. Provided further, that upon the affirmative vote of a ma-
jority of the members of any standing committee or subcommittee
executive sessions may be held, but in no event shall final action
be taken in executive sessions.
54. 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.
55. Every bill shall receive three 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.
56. Any member introducing a bill or resolution shall bi'iefly
endorse thereon the substance of the same.
57. When a bill has been introduced and referred to a commit-
tee, if after ten days the committee has failed to report thereon,
then the author of the bill may, after three days' public notice
given in the House, on motion supported by a vote of 2/3 of the
Members present and voting, recall the same from the committee
to the floor of the House for consideration and such action thereon
as a majority of the Members present may direct.
58. 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 disposed
of in the order they stand upon the Calendar; Taut the Committee
on Rules may at any time arrange the order of precedence in
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which bills may be considered. No bill shall be twice read on the
same day without the concurrence of 2/3 of the members.
59. All resolutions which may grant money out of the Treasury,
or such as shall be of public nature, shall be treated in all respects
in a similar manner with public bills.
60. The Clerk of the House shall be deemed to continue in office
until another is appointed.
61. 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 of
the House the names of the members shall be called over by the
Clerk and the absentees noted, after which the name of the absen-
tees shall again be called over. Those for whom no excuse or suffi-
cient 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 mes-
senger appointed for that purpose.
Previous Question
62. 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 inverse 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 consideration.
When a motion for the previous question is made, and pending
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
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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 commit, 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 debate
shall be in order.
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 consti-
tutes 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 motions
to adjourn and lay on the table are in order, but not after a sec-
ond. 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.
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Substitute.
Bill.
The previous question covers all other motions when seconded
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.
63. All committees, other than the Committee on Appropria-
tions, when favorably reporting any bill which carries an appro-
priation from the State, shall indicate same in the report, and
said bill shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations for
a further report before being acted upon by the House. All com-
mittees, other than the Committee on Finance, when favorably
reporting any bill which in any way or manner raises revenue or
levies a tax or authorizes the issue of bonds or notes, whether
public, public-local, or private, shall indicate same in the report,
and said bill shall be referred to the Committee on Finance for a
further report before being acted upon by the House.
64. The Principal Clerk and the Sergeant-at-Arms may appoint,
with the approval of the Speaker, such assistants as may be neces-
sary 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 Principal Clerk's office to the office of the Attorney General
for the purpose of drafting bills.
65. The Speaker may appoint a Clerk to the Speaker, a Chap-
lain of the House, 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.
66. The Chairman of each of the following committees: Agri-
culture, Appropriations, Banks and Banking, Conservation and
Development, Constitutional Amendments, Corporations; Coun-
ties, Cities and Towns, Courts and Judicial Districts, Education,
Elections and Election Laws, Employment Security, Finance,
Health, Higher Education, Insurance, Judiciary No. 1, Judiciary
No. 2, Local Government, Manufacturers and Labor, Mental Insti-
tutions, Military Affairs, Penal Institutions, Propositions and
Grievances, Public Utilities, Public Welfare, Roads and Highway
Safety, Rules, Salaries and Fees, Senatorial Districts, State Gov-
ernment, Veteran's Legislation and Wildlife Resources may each
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appoint a clerk to the said Committee. The Leader of the minority
party may be assigned a committee clerk with the approval of
the Speaker, and whenever he deems advisable he may assign a
clerk to act for two or more committees. All Committee Clerks
heretofore provided for are to be appointed by and with the ap-
proval of the Speaker. With the exception of the Clerks appointed
to the Appropriations and Finance, the Clerks to all the other
above named committees, when not on duty with their specific com-
mittee shall report to and be under the supervision of the Princi-
pal Clerk of the House for assignment to special duty with other
committees and to serve the convenience of the members of the
House.
67. The Chairman of all committees shall notify, or cause to
be notified, the first named introducer on such bills as are set for
hearing before their respective committees, the date, time and
place of such hearing.
68. That no clerk, laborer, or other person employed or ap-
pointed under Rules 64, 65, and 66 hereof shall receive during such
employment, appointment, or service any compensation from any
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 persons 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.
69. The Chairman and five other members of any committee
shall constitute a quorum of said committee for the transaction of
business.
70. 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.
71. 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
the minority report," and if failing to be adopted by a majority
vote, the bill be placed upon the unfavorable calendar. Such
minority report shall be signed by at least one-fourth of the mem-
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bers of the Committee who were present and voting when the bill
was considered in Committee. 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 un-
favorable calendar, a 2/3 vote shall be necessary.
72. A bill from the unfavorable calendar shall not be debatable,
but the movant may make a brief and concise statement of the
reasons for the motion before making the motion, taking not more
than five minutes.
73. Whenever a public bill is introduced seven carbon copies
thereof shall accompany the bill, and any bill submitted without
the required number of copies shall be immediately returned to the
introducer. The Clerk shall stamp the copies with the number
stamped upon the original bill. Such copies shall be daily delivered
to the joint committee hereafter provided for. The Clerk shall
deliver the carbon copies of the bill designated to be printed, as
hereinafter provided for, to the Public Printer and cause four
hundred copies thereof to be printed. On the morning 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 commit-
tee 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
Principal 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 Committee of the Senate
shall appoint a subcommittee consisting of two members of the
House and two members of the Senate from the body of the House
and Senate, and such chairmen shall notify the Principal Clerk
of the House and the Senate who has been so appointed. Such
sub-committee shall meet daily and examine the carbon copies of
the public bills introduced and determine which of such bills shall
he printed and which shall not, and stamp the copies accordingly.
Such sub-committees shall serve for one week unless for good cause
the chairmen of the respective rules committees shall determine
otherwise. If the member introducing a public bill, which the
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committee shall determine should not be printed, so desires, he
may appear before the committee at the next meeting thereof
with reference thereto.
74. 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 resolu-
tion or bill is a public resolution or bill, an additional carbon copy
shall also be attached thereto for the use of the Public Printer, un-
der the provisions of Rule 66.
ARTICLE II
Constitution of North Carolina
Sec. 29. Liynitations 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 abate-
ment of nuisances; changing the names of cities, towns, and town-
ships; authorizing the laying out, opening, altering, maintaining,
or discontinuing of highways, streets, or alleys; relating to ferries
or bridges, relating to non-navigable streams, relating to ceme-
teries; relating to the pay of jurors; erecting new townships, or
changing township lines or establishing or changing the line of
school districts; remitting fines, penalties, and forfeitures, or
refunding moneys legally paid into the Public Treasury; regulating
labor, trade, mining, or manufacturing; extending the time for the
assessment or collection of taxes or otherwise relieving any col-
lector of taxes from the due performance of his official duties or
his sureties from liability; giving effect to informal wills and
deeds; nor shall the General Assembly enact any such local, pri-
vate, or special act by the partial repeal of a general law, but the
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General Assembly may at any time repeal 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 THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
Alphabetically Arranged
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Mr. Murphy, Chairman
Mr. Fowler, V ice-Chair man
Mr. Gregory, V ice-Chairman
Mr. Whitehurst, Vice -Chairman
Messrs: Askew, Blue, Bowman, Brinkley, Britt, Brock, Burgess,
Byrum, Clark, Coates, Delamar, Dill, Floyd of Robeson, Griggs,
Hardy, Hargett, Hewlett, Jones of Pitt, Kisei-, McCrary, McKnight,
Parker, Pittman, Reynolds, Rodenbough, Satterfield, Speight,
Stone, Talton, Taylor, Thomas of Johnston, Valentine, Vann,
Venters, Watkins, Whitley, Wicker, Wilson of Caswell, Woodard
of Northampton, Woodard of Wilson, Wooten, Yarborough of
Franklin.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mr. Venters, Chairman
Mr. Clark, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Hewlett, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Hunt, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Taylor, Vice-Chairmari
Messrs: Anderson, Bell, Blue, Bowman, Brock, Buchanan, Bur-
gress, Burleson, Byrum, Carpenter, Childers, Combs, Crawford of
Buncombe, Delamar, Dill, Eggers, Etheridge, Everett, Falls, Floyd
of Robeson, Gobble, Gregory, Griggs, Hardy, Henley, Hargett, Har-
riss of Rowan, Hicks, Hill, Johnson, Jones of Ashe, Kerr, Leake,
Love, Martin, McCrary, McKnight, Murphy, Parker, Phelps,
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Quinn, Rodenbough, Ross, Shreve, Speight, Talton, Thomas of
Johnston, Thomas of Stanly, Thompson, Umstead, Valentine, Vann,
Whitehurst, Williams of Yadkin, Wilson of Caswell, Womble of
Wake, Woodard of Northampton, Wooten, Yarborough of Frank-
lin.
COMMITTEE ON BANKS AND BANKING
Mr. Whitley, Chairvian
Mr. Ferebee, V ice-Chairman
Mr. Hill, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Askew, Blue, Buchanan, Burleson, Byrum, Craig, Floyd
of Robeson, Harriss of Rowan, Hicks, Hunt, Johnson, Jones of
Pitt, Kerr, Phelps, Philpott, Rodenbough, Ross, Taylor, Thomas of
Johnston, Thomas of Stanly, Thompson, Turner, Valentine, Vann,
Venters, Wallace, Watkins, White, Whitehurst, Wicker, Wilson of
Caswell, Womble of Forsyth, Womble of Wake, Woodard of North-
ampton, Wooten, Yarborough of Cumberland, Yarborough of
Franklin, Zollicoffer.
COMMITTEE ON
COMMERCIAL FISHERIES AND OYSTER INDUSTRY
Mr. Vann, Chairman
Mr. Bell, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Combs, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Askew, Bowman, Burgess, Byrum, Delamar, Etheridge,
Griggs, Hewlett, Jones of Pitt, Murphy, O'Neal, Parker, Phelps,
Ross, Speight, Whitehurst, Williams of Pasquotank, Yarborough
of Cumberland.
COMMITTEE ON
COMMISSIONS AND INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND
Mr. Gobble, Chairman
Mr. Floyd of Columbus, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Brinkley, Britt, Childers, Combs, Crawford of Swain,
Davis, Griggs, Harris of Wake, Houk, Kiser, Martin, Powell,
Rodenbough, Thomas of Johnston, Wilson of Caswell.
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COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
Mr. Powell, Chairman
Mr. Coates, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Buchanan, Byrum, Carpenter, Clark, Combs, Floyd of
Columbus, Harriss of Rowan, Hughes, Jordan, Kemp, Kennedy,
Long, Parker, Satterfield, Speight, Vogler, Watkins, Williams of
Pasquotank, Zollicoffer.
COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Mr. Hunt, Chairman
Mr. Etheridge, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Love, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Yarborough of Franklin, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Askew, Bell, Blue, Bost, Bowman, Britt, Burgess, By-
num, Carpenter, Childers, Coates, Craig, Ferebee, Gaither, Griggs,
Harris of Wake, Hewlett, Hill, Jones of Ashe, Kemp, Murphy,
Parker, Phelps, Philpott, Pittman, Randall, Speight, Stone, Tay-
lor, Thomas, of Stanly, Thompson, Turner, Uzzell, Valentine, Wal-
lace, White, Whitehurst, Williams of Pasquotank, Williams of
Yadkin, Wilson of Union, Woodard of Northampton, Woodard of
Wilson, Wooten, Yarborough of Cumberland.
COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Mr. Kerr, Chairman
Mr. Dill, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Bost, Brock, Bynum, Clark, Dellinger, Floyd of Robe-
son, Gavin, Hewlett, Holmes, Jordan, Long, Powe, Taylor, Turner,
Uzzell, Womble of Forsyth, Yarborough of Franklin.
COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS
Mr. Shreve, Chairman
Mr. Bost, Vice-Chairman
Mr, Floyd of Robeson, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Bowman, Buchanan, Bynum, Gavin, Harris of Wake,
Holmes, Philpott, Powe, Satterfield, Simpson, Snepp, Taylor,
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Thompson, Uzzell, Valentine, Venters, Williams of Yadkin, Wom-
ble of Forsyth, Wooten, Zollicoffer.
COMMITTEE ON COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS
Mr. Holmes, Chairman
Mr. Houk, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Stone, Vice-Chairmxin
Messrs: Anderson, Arledge, Blue, Bowman, Brinkley, Brock,
Buchanan, Burleson, Bynum, Carpenter, Davis, Dellinger, Dill,
Eggers, Etheridge, Floyd of Columbus, Floyd of Robeson, Fowler,
Gaither, Gregory, Holcombe, Hostetler, Hughes, Jones of Ashe,
Jones of Pitt, Kennedy, Leake, Lloyd, Phelps, Pittman, Quinn,
Randall, Reynolds, Ross, Shreve, Thompson, Umstead, Uzzell, Val-
entine, Wall, Wicker, Williams of Yadkin, Womble of Wake,
Woodard of Northampton.
COMMITTEE ON COURTS AND JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
Mr. Craig, Chairman
Mr. Powe, Vice-Chmrnfian
Messrs: Brock, Buchanan, Childers, Dill, Falls, Floyd of Robe-
son, Hewlett, Holmes, Hostetler, Lloyd, Long, Ross, Simpson,
Snepp, Thompson, Valentine, Venters, White, Williams of Yadkin,
Wilson of Union, Womble of Wake, Zollicoffer.
COMMITTEE ON DRAINAGE
Mr. Etheridge, Chairman
Mr. Askew, Vice-ChavrmMn
Mr. Burgess, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Bell, Bowman, Britt, Byrum, Combs, Delamar, Gregory,
Hardy, Hargett, Holmes, O'Neal, Phelps, Ross, Speight, Wall,
Williams of Pasquotank, Woodard of Northampton, Wooten.
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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Mr. Yarborough of Franklin, Chairman
Mr. Hargett, Vice -Chairman
Mrs. Rodenbough, Vice-Chairnvan
Mr. Wilson of Caswell, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Anderson, Askew, Blue, Bowman, Burgess, Burleson,
Coates, Combs, Crawford of Swain, Bellinger, Dill, Etheridge,
Gaither, Gavin, Gregory, Griggs, Harriss of Rowan, Hicks, Hol-
combe. Holmes, Hughes, Johnson, Jones of Ashe, Kiser, Leake,
Lloyd, McCrary, McKnight, Philpott, Powe, Randall, Satterfield,
Shreve, Thompson, Turner, Uzzell, Vogler, Wall, Wallace, Wat-
kins, Womble of Wake, Woodard of Wilson.
COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ELECTION LAWS
Mr. Jordan, Chairman
Mr. Askew, V ice-Chairman
Mr. Blue, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Bowman, Buchanan, Burleson, Clark, Coates, Eggers,
Ferebee, Gaither, Gobble, Holcombe, Johnson, Jones of Ashe, Kemp,
Kerr, Leake, Love, McCrary, Philpott, Pittman, Quinn, Roden-
bough, Taylor, Thomas of Johnston, Wallace, White, Wilson of
Union, Woodard of Northampton, Wooten.
COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
Mr. White, Chairman
Mr. Watkins, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Arledge, Brinkley, Carpenter, Crawford of Buncombe,
Everett, Gaither, Griggs, Holcombe, Johnson, Martin, McCrary,
Philpott, Powell, Quinn, Reynolds, Stone, Talton, Thomas of John-
ston, Thomas of Stanly, Vann, Whitehurst, Wilson of Union, Wom-
ble of Wake, Zollicoffer.
House of Representatives 371
COMMITTEE ON ENGROSSED BILLS
Mr. Askew, Chai)man
Mr. Wall, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Britt, Burleson, Combs, Fowler, Kemp, Kennedy, Lloyd,
Parker.
COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES OF THE HOUSE
Mr. Speight, Chairman
Mr. Gregory, Vice-Chairm,an
Messrs: Dill, Gavin, Hewlett, Ross, Turner.
COMMITTEE ON
FEDERAL AND INTERSTATE COOPERATION
Mr. Wilson of Union, Chairman
Mr. Houk, V ice-Chairman
Messrs: Crawford of Swain, Hill, Hughes, Love, Parker, Simp-
son, White, Wicker, Williams of Pasquotank, Womble of Wake,
Woodard of Wilson.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Mr. Falls, Chairman
Mr. Jones of Pitt, Vice-Chaii-man
Mr. Jordan, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Pittman, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Womble of Forsyth, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Arledge, Askew, Bost, Brinkley, Britt, Bynum, Coates,
Craig, Crawford of Swain, Davis, Dellinger, Ferebee, Floyd of
Columbus, Fowler, Gaither, Gavin, Harris of Wake, Holcombe,
Holmes, Hostetler, Houk, Hughes, Kemp, Kennedy, Kiser, Lloyd,
Long, O'Neal, Philpott, Powe, Powell, Randall, Reynolds, Satter-
field, Simpson, Snepp, Stone, Turner, Uzzell, Venters, Vogler,
Wall, Wallace, Watkins, White, Whitley, Wicker, Williams of Pas-
quotank, Wilson of Union, Woodard of Wilson, Yarborough of
Cumberland, Zollicoffer.
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COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Mr. Woodard of Northampton, ChMirman
Mr. Phelps, Vice-Chairtnan
Mr. Satterfield, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Anderson, Bell, Blue, Brinkley, Britt, Byrum, Carpen-
ter, Childers, Coates, Floyd of Columbus, Gaither, Henley, Hill,
Jones of Ashe, Jones of Pitt, Powell, Randall, Rodenbough, Simp-
son, Thomas of Johnston, Thompson, Umstead, Wilson of Caswell,
Woodard of Wilson.
COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Mr. Womble of Forsyth, Chairman
Mr. Long, Vice-Chai7-man
Mr. Uzzell, Vice-ChairTYvan
Messrs: Brock, Buchanan, Craig, Eggers, Ferebee, Harris of
Wake, Hicks, Hill, Kerr, Murphy, Parker, Snepp, Speight, Stone,
Taylor, Turner, Umstead, Vann, Whitley, Williams of Pasquotank,
Williams of Yadkin, Wooten, Yarborough of Cumberland.
COMMITTEE ON INSTITUTIONS FOR THE DEAF
Mr. Fowler, Chairtnan
Mr. Wilson of Caswell, Vice-Cha/irman
Messrs: Brinkley, Britt, Crawford of Buncombe, Crawford of
Swain, Falls, Gobble, Houk, Randall, Reynolds, Simpson, Speight,
Thomas of Stanly, Valentine, Wall, Watkins, Wilson of Union.
COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE
Mr. Gregory, Chairman
Mr. Blue, Vice-Chairmun
Mr. Everett, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Bell, Byrum, Davis, Dellinger, Floyd of Columbus, Fow-
ler, Harriss of Rowan, Harris of Wake, Henley, Hill, Holcombe,
Hostetler, Hunt, Johnson, Jones of Pitt, McKnight, Murphy,
House of Representatives 373
Phelps, Philpott, Pittman, Powe, Powell, Quinn, Thompson, Um-
stead, Valentine, Vann, Whitley, Womble of Forsyth, Woodard of
Wilson, Yarborough of Franklin.
COMMITTEE ON JOURNAL
Mr. Stone, Chairman
Mr. Wall, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Brinkley, Carpenter, Crawford of Swain, Hargett,
Henley, Whitley, Williams of Pasquotank.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY NO. 1
Mr. Bost, Chairman
Mr. Valentine, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Wilson of Union, Vice-Chairmun
Messrs : Brock, Bynum, Childers, Craig, Bellinger, Floyd of
Robeson, Harris of Wake, Houk, Jordan, Leake, Long, Ross,
Shreve, Simpson, Taylor, Venters, White, Williams of Yadkin,
Womble of Forsyth, Womble of Wake.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY NO. 2
Mr. Hewlett, Chairman
Mr. Thompson, V ice-Chairman
Mr. Uzzell, V ice-Chairman
Messrs: Bowman, Buchanan, Clark, Crawford of Buncombe,
Davis, Dill, Falls, Gavin, Holmes, Hostetler, Kerr, Lloyd, Powe,
Satterfield, Snepp, Turner, Wooten, Yarborough of Franklin,
Zollicoffer.
COMMITTEE ON JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Mr. Wicker, Chairman
Mr. Watkins, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Britt, Carpenter, Craig, Crawford of Swain, Everett,
Hughes, Shreve, Wall, White.
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COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Mr. Turner, Chairman
Mr. Bell, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Davis, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Anderson, Arledge, Blue, Britt, Bynum, Childers, Craw-
ford of Buncombe, Delamar, Harg-ett, Harriss of Rowan, Hill,
Johnson, Jordan, Kennedy, Martin, Powell, Speight, Thomas of
Stanly, Vogler, Wooten, ZoUicoffer.
COMMITTEE ON MANUFACTURERS AND LABOR
Mr. Wallace, Chairman
Mr. Powell, V ice-Chairman
Mr. Quinn, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Anderson, Arledge, Brock, Burleson, Davis, Dill, Falls,
Ferebee, Fowler, Gobble, Gregory, Hicks, Holmes, Johnson, Jones
of Ashe, Kemp, Kennedy, Kerr, McCrary, McKnight, O'Neal,
Phelps, Philpott, Pittman, Vann, Womble of Wake, Woodard of
Northampton, Yarborough of Cumberland.
COMMITTEE ON MENTAL INSTITUTIONS
Mr. Umstead, Chairman
Mr. Gobble, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Yarborough of Cumberland, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Anderson, Bell, Blue, Burleson, Coates, Craig, Davis,
Delamar, Dill, Everett, Ferebee, Floyd of Robeson, Gaither, Greg-
ory, Hill, Holmes, Houk, Kemp, Long, Love, McKnight, Murphy,
Parker, Phelps, Powell, Rodenbough, Satterfield, Simpson, Talton,
Wall, Wallace, Watkins, White, Wilson of Caswell, Womble of
Wake, Woodard of Wilson, ZoUicoffer.
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS
Mr. Floyd of Columbus, Chairman
Mr. Powe, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Arledge, Bell, Delamar, Everett, Fowler, Gavin, Hill,
Quinn, Turner, Valentine, Whitley, Wilson of Caswell, Yarborough
of Franklin. ..... ,^ . ■
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COMMITTEE ON PENAL INSTITUTIONS
Mr. Blue, Chairman
Mr. Vogler, V ice-Chairman
Mr. Wallace, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Bowman, Brock, Burleson, Childers, Craig-, Crawford
of Swain, Eggers, Etheridge, Gaither, Gregory, Hargett, Harriss
of Rowan, Hicks, Holcombe, Hostetler, Kemp, Kerr, McKnight,
Powe, Speight, Talton, Turner, Wall, Watkins, Wooten.
COMMITTEE ON PROPOSITIONS AND GRIEVANCES
Mr. Quinn, Chairman
Mr. Buchanan, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Bowman, Brock, Burgess, Burleson, Bynum, Craig,
Gaither, Gobble, Gregory, Griggs, Harriss of Rowan, Henley,
Phelps, Pittman, Snepp, Umstead, White, Womble of Wake, Wood-
ard of Wilson.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Mr. Vogler, Chairman
Mr. Whitley, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Henley, Hill, Hostetler, Kerr, Kiser, Talton, Umstead,
Wicker, Yarborough of Cumberland, Zollicoffer.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UTILITIES
Mr. Long, Chairman
Mr. Harriss of Rowan, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Hicks, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Anderson, Arledge, Bell, Blue, Bost, Buchanan, Burle-
son, Bynum, Clark, Davis, Etheridge, Ferebee, Gaither, Gavin,
Gobble, Griggs, Harris of Wake, Hunt, Jones of Pitt, O'Neal,
Philpott, Randall, Snepp, Speight, Taylor, Thompson, Wallace,
Watkins, White, Williams of Yadkin, Womble of Wake, Woodard
of Wilson, Yarborough of Cumberland, Yarborough of Franklin,
Zollicoffer.
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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WELFARE
Mr. Kiser, Chairman
Mr. Shreve, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Vann, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Anderson, Arledge, Blue, Britt, Brock, Buchanan, Bur-
gess, Byrum, Crawford of Buncombe, Dill, Eggers, Everett, Fow-
ler, Henley, Holcombe, Kennedy, Leake, Love, McKnight, Parker,
Pittman, Powell, Reynolds, Rodenbough, Speight, Talton, Vogler,
Williams of Yadkin, Woodard of Wilson, Yarborough of Cumber-
land.
COMMITTEE ON ROADS AND HIGHWAY SAFETY
Mr. Philpott, Chairman
Mr. Holmes, Vice-Chairman
Mr. White, Vice-Chairman
Messrs : Bell, Bost, Bowman, Burgess, Bynum, Byrum, Coates,
Craig, Davis, Eggers, Falls, Ferebee, Floyd of Columbus, Floyd of
Robeson, Gaither, Gavin, Harriss of Rowan, Harris of Wake, Hill,
Leake, Long, Love, Murphy, O'Neal, Pittman, Powell, Ross, Simp-
son, Taylor, Thomas of Johnston, Thompson, Turner, Uzzell, Wal-
lace, Watkins, Whitehurst, Wicker, Williams of Pasquotank, Wil-
liams of Yadkin, Wilson of Union, Womble of Forsyth, Woodard
of Northampton, Woodard of Wilson, Yarborough of Cumberland,
Yarborough of Franklin, Zollicoffer.
COMMITTEE ON SALARIES AND FEES
Mr. Thomas of Johnston, Chairrnan
Mr. Watkins, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Anderson, Bowman, Brinkley, Everett, Floyd of Colum-
bus, Gregory, Harriss of Rowan, Holcombe, Johnson, Jones of Pitt,
Jordan, Kennedy, Martin, Phelps, Snepp, Wallace, Wicker.
House of Representatives 377
COMMITTEE ON SENATORIAL DISTRICTS
Mr. Floyd of Robeson, Chairman
Mr. Thompson, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Askew, Blue, Byrum, Craig, Ferebee, Gobble, Gregory,
Hargett, Harriss of Rowan, Henley, Hicks, Holmes, Johnson,
Leake, Martin, Pittman, Powe, Powell, Quinn, Shreve, White-
hurst, Whitley, Wicker, Wilson of Union, Wooten, Yarborough of
Cumberland, Yarborough of Franklin.
COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
Mr. Clark, Chairman
Mr. Kerr, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Philpott, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Bost, Brock, Bynum, Craig, Davis, Falls, Ferebee,
Gavin, Hewlett, Hicks, Hill, Holmes, Jones of Pitt, Kiser, Long,
Murphy, Pittman, Powell, Taylor, Thompson, Turner, Umstead,
Uzzell, Vann, Venters, Wallace, Whitley, Womble of Forsyth,
Woodard of Northampton, Yarborough of Franklin.
COMMITTEE ON
TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT
Mr. Womble of Wake, Chairman
Mr. Ross, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Britt, Brock, Burgess, Burleson, Bynum, Carpenter,
Coates, Eggers, Hardy, Hicks, Kemp, Kiser, Lloyd, Martin, Parker,
Powe, Reynolds, Rodenbough, Stone, Thomas of Johnston, Wall,
Wilson of Caswell, Yarborough of Cumberland.
COMMITTEE ON VETERAN'S LEGISLATION
Mr. Whitehurst, Chairman
Mr. Coates, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Anderson, Brinkley, Carpenter, Childers, Dill, Hewlett,
Hughes, Kennedy, Lloyd, Martin, Satterfield, Stone, Thompson,
Wicker, Williams of Yadkin, Zollicoffer.
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COMMITTEE ON WILDLIFE RESOURCES
Mr. Hargett, Chairman
Mr. Buchanan, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Wicker, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Anderson, Arledge, Blue, Britt, Burgess, Carpenter,
Coates, Combs, Craig, Davis, Everett, Floyd of Columbus, Floyd
of Robeson, Fov^^ler, Gaither, Gregory, Griggs, Henley, Houk,
Johnson, Jones of Ashe, Lloyd, Martin, O'Neal, Satterfield,
Speight, Stone, Turner, Wall, White, Williams of Yadkin, Wood-
ard of Northampton, Yarborough of Franklin.
COMMITTEE ON ENROLLED BILLS (Joint)
Mr. Dellinger, Chairm,an
Mr. Satterfield, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Crawford of Buncombe, Hardy, Hughes, Martin, Mc-
Crary, Reynolds, Wicker.
COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY (Joint)
Mr. Rodenbough, Chairman
Mr. Hargett, Vice-ChairTnan
Messrs: Anderson, Burgess, Carpenter, Dill, Eggers, Gobble,
Hardy, Kiser, Long, O'Neal, Parker, Reynolds, Ross, Satterfield,
Speight, Stone, Williams of Pasquotank, Wilson of Caswell.
COMMITTEE ON PRINTING (Joint)
Mr. Satterfield, Chairrnari
Mr. Everett, Vice-Chairm.an
Messrs: Blue, Henley, Holcombe, McKnight, Parker, Thomas of
Johnston.
House of Representatives 379
COMMITTEE ON TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY (Joint)
Mr. Coates, Chairman
Mrs. Rodenbough, Vice-Chairman
Mr. Taylor, Vice-Chairman
Messrs: Blue, Brock, Buchanan, Burleson, Childers, Clark, Dill,
Floyd of Columbus, Floyd of Robeson, Gregory, Hardy, Hargett,
Harris of Wake, Henley, Hill, Jordan, Kiser, McKnight, Murphy,
Pittman, Ross, Shreve, Simpson, Stone, Thompson, Umstead, Val-
entine, Venters, Vogler, Wall, White, Whitehurst, Whitley,
Wicker, Williams of Yadkin, Wilson of Caswell, Woodard of North-
ampton, Woodard of Wilson, Zollicoffer.
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SEAT ASSIGNMENT CHART— SESSION 1957
NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
(Democrats unless otherwise indicated)
County Name Address Seat
Alamance George A. Long Burlington 66
Alexander Harold Brinkley (R) Taylorsville 107
Alleghany J. K. Doughton Sparta Speaker
Anson H. P. Taylor, Jr Wadesboro 51
Ashe Austin Jones West Jefferson 82
Avery Jim Hughes (R) Linville 108
Beaufort L. H. Ross Washington lib
Bertie J. A. Speight Windsor 55
Bladen Sidney D. Britt Bladen boro 81
Brunswick James C. Bowman Southport 115
Buncombe George W. Craig Asheville 40
I. C. Crawford Asheville 39
John Y. Jordan, Jr Asheville 41
Burke Dan R. Simpson (R) Morgan ton 73
Cabarrus E. T. Bost, Jr Concord 26
Dwight W. Quinn Kannapolis 27
Caldwell John L. Anderson (R) Whitnel 104
Camden S. E. Burgess Belcross 114
Carteret D. G. Bell Morehead City 93
Caswell Ed ward H. Wilson Blanche 117
Catawba John F. Carpenter, Sr. (R) Maiden 74
Chatham W. Reid Thompson Pittsboro 96
Cherokee Percy B. Ferebee Andrews 52
Chowan Albert G. Byrum Edenton 79
Clay Vernon F. Martin Havesville 95
Cleveland B. T. Falls, Jr Shelby 1
Columbus W. F. Flovd Whiteville 53
Craven Sam L. Whitehurst New Bern 37
Cumberland John T. Henley Hope Mills 99
Wilson F. Yarborough, Sr Fayetteville 98
Currituck Walton S. Griggs Point Harbor 75
Dare R. Bruce Etheridge Manteo 25
Davidson H. Clovd Philpott Lexington 6
Davie B. C. Brock (R) Mocksville 106
Duplin Hugh S. Johnson, Jr Rose Hill 83
Durham Watts Hill, Jr. Durham 86
E. K. Powe Durham 85
Edgecombe Thomas G. Dill Rocky Mount 36
Forsyth F. L. Gobble Winston-Salem 69
Clarence E. Stone, Jr Belews Creek 71
William F. Womble Winston-Salem 70
Franklin Edward F. Yarborough Louisburg 28
Gaston Max L. Childers Mount Holly 34
David P. Dellinger Cherry ville 33
Gates Allen E. Askew Gatesville 47
Graham Leonard W. Lloyd Robbinsville 119
Granville Joe A. Watkins Oxford 45
Greene Herbert Hardy Maury 64
Guilford Joseph M. Hunt, Jr Greensboro 31
Ed Kemp High Point : 30
Clyde A. Shreve Summerfield 32
Thomas Turner Greensboro 29
Halifax Frank S. Pittman Scotland Neck 9
Harnett Carson Gregory Angier 4
Haywood Charles B. McCrary Clyde 38
Henderson J. T. Randall (R) Henderson ville 109
Hertford *J. Roy Parker, Sr. Ahoskie 62
Hoke Charles A. Hostetler Raeford 61
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County Name Address Seat
Hyde Dick O'Neal New Holland 105
Iredell James E. McKnight Mooresville 43
Jackson Marcellus Buchanan Sylva 118
Johnston Rov C. Coates Smithfield 20
C. Blake Thomas Smithfield 3
Jones John M. Hars;ett Trenton 91
Lee J. Shelton Wicker Sanford 84
Lenoir Thomas J. White Kinston 5
Lincoln David Clark Lincolnton 15
Macon G. L. Houk Franklin 88
Madison A. E. Leake Marshall 57
Martin R. Frank Everett Hamilton ,59
McDowell W. W. Wall Marion 94
Mecklenburg Ernest L. Hicks Charlotte 22
Jack Love Charlotte 24
Frank W. Snepp Charlotte 23
James B. Vogler Charlotte 21
Mitchell Jeter C. Burleson (R) Bakersville 110
Montgomery J. Paul Wallace Troy 46
Moore H. Clifton Blue Aberdeen 16
Nash Itimous T. Valentine, Jr Nashville 68
New Hanover Addison Hewlett, Jr Wilmington 54
Northampton J. Raynor Woodard Conway 58
Onslow Carl V. Venters Jacksonville 7
Orange J. W. Umstead, Jr Chapel Hill 97
Pamlico Ned Delamar Oriental 50
Pasquotank F. Webb Williams Elizabeth City 60
Pender Ashley M. Murphy Atkinson 17
Perquimans Carroll R. Holines Hertford 8
Person B. L Satterfield Timberlake 19
Pitt Walter Jones Farmville 63
Frank M. Wooten, Jr Greenville 65
Polk J. Thurston Arledge Tryon Ill
Randolph W. Ed Gavin (R) Asheboro 103
Richmond Fred W. Bynum, Jr Rockingham 89
Robeson F. Wayland Floyd Fairmont 48
W. D. Reynolds Lumberton 49
Rockingham Radford G. Powell Reidsville 44
Rowan Clyde H. Harriss Salisburv 14
Geo. R. Uzzell SalisburV 13
Rutherford J. Toliver Davis Forest City 76
Sampson P. R. Vann Clinton 18
Scotland Roger C. Kiser Laurinburg 2
Stanly A. V. Thomas ( R) Oakboro 72
Stokes Grace Taylor Rodenbough Walnut Cove 42
Surry Joe Fowler, Jr Mt. Airy 90
Swain C. R. Crawford Whittier 80
Transvl vania James C. Gaither Brevard 56
Tyrrell Lewis L. Combs Columbia 78
Union Henry H. Wilson, Jr Monroe 77
Vance A. A. ZoUicoffer, Jr Henderson 35
Wake W. C. Harris, Jr Raleigh 11
Philip R. Whitlev Wendell 12
W. Brantley Womble Gary 10
Warren John Kerr, Jr Warren ton 112
Washington Dr. J. M. Phelps Creswell 116
Watauga S. C. Eggers (R) Boone 101
Wayne Hardv Talton Pikeville 92
Wilkes Claude L. Kennedv (R) Wilkesboro 100
Wilson Thomas H. Woodard Wilson 87
Yadkin H. Smith WilJiams (R) Yadkinville 102
Yancey Harlon Holcombe Burnsville 67
PART VII
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
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Luther Hartwell Hodges
Governor
Biographical Sketches
EXECUTIVE OFFICIALS
LUTHER HARTWELL HODGES
GOVERNOR
(Elected by the People)
Luther Hartwell Hodges, Democrat, was born in Pittsylvania
County, Virginia (only eight miles from his present home in
Leaksville, North Carolina), March 9, 1898. Son of John James
and Lovicia (Gammon) Hodges. Attended public schools in
Leaksville and Spi'ay; graduated from Leaksville High School in
1915; University of North Carolina, A. B. degree, 1919; awarded
honorary LL.D. degree by University of North Carolina in 1946.
Worked as office boy in local textile plant, 1910-1911, and as mill
hand during summers; after graduation in 1919 became Secre-
tary to General Manager of local mills; in 1938 was appointed
General Manager of all mills of Marshall Field and Company and
became Vice President of this corporation in 1943; retired in
1950. Spent over a year in West Germany as head of the In-
dustry Division of the Economic Cooperation Administration;
consultant to State Department in the latter months of 1951 on
the International Management Conference; head of the Textile
Division of the OPA in 1944 and consultant to the Secretary of
Agriculture in 1945. Active in community, state and national
affairs throughout career; organized one of the first vocational
schools in the State; taught for ten years in night school. For-
merly active in Boy Scout work. Member Masonic Order; former
Commander of local American Legion Post; organized and be-
came first Secretary of the Leaksville-Spray Rotary Club; for-
mer Governor of North Carolina Rotary Clubs; Past President
New York City Rotary Club; International Director Rotary, 1953-
1954; former world-wide campaign chairman of the American
Leprosy Society; former State Chairman for the North Carolina
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Society for Crippled Children Campaign, the State Cancer Cam-
paigrn and the State United Fund Campaigrn ; member of the
Y.M.C.A. since 1910; former member of the Board of Southern
Y.M.C.A. Industrial Conference, Silver Bay Conference and
Metropolitan Y.M.C.A. of New York City. Served as a member
of the State Board for Vocational Education under Governor
0. Max Gardner and of the State Highway and Public Works
Commission under Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus. Has been
active in the Democratic Party at precinct and congressional
district levels. Elected Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
in November, 1952 and succeeded to Governorship November 7,
1954 upon the death of Governor William B. Umstead. Nomi-
nated as Democratic candidate for Governor on May 26, 1956;
elected Governor of North Carolina on November 6, 1956; inaugu-
rated on February 7, 1957. Methodist; former Lay Leader and
Steward of Leaksville Methodist Church. Married Martha
Blakeney of Union County in 1922. Two daughters, Betsy (Mrs.
D. M. Bernard, Jr.) of Anacortes, Washington, and Nancy (Mrs.
John C. Finley) of Karachi, West Pakistan; one son, Luther, Jr.,
a senior at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Six
grandchildren. Address: Leaksville, N. C.
THAD EURE
SECRETARY OF STATE
(Elected by the People)
Thad Eure, Democrat, of Hertford County, was born November
15, 1899, in Gates County, N. C. Son of Tazewell A. and Armecia
(Langstun) Eure. Attended Gatesville High School, 1913-1917;
University of North Carolina, 1917-1919; University Law School,
1921-1922. Lawyer. Mayor of Winton, 1923-1928. County attor-
ney for Hertford County, 1923-1931. Member of General Assem-
bly of 1929, representing Hertford County. Principal Clerk of
the House of Representatives, Sessions of 1931, 1933, 1935, and
Extra Session, 1936. Presidential Elector First District of North
Carolina, 1932. Escheats Agent, University of North Carolina,
1933-1936. Elected Secretary of State in the General Election
of November 3, 1936, and assumed duties of the office December
21, 1936, by virtue of executive appointment, ten days prior to the
commencement of Constitutional term, on account of a vacancy
Biographical Sketches 387
that then occurred. Re-elected Secretary of State in General
Elections of 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952 and 1956. President, Ahoskie
Kiwanis Club, 1927. Theta Chi Fraternity; Junior Order; B.P O,
Elks; President, N. C. Elks Association, 1946; T. P. A.; Chair-
man Board of Trustees, Elon College; American Legion, Forty
and Eight; President, National Association of Secretaries of
State, 1942. Keynote speaker. Democratic State Convention,
1950. Congregational Christian Church. Married Minta Banks
of Winton, N. C, November 15, 1924. Of this union there are
two children, a daughter and a son, Mrs. J. Norman Black, Jr.
and Thad Eure, Jr. Legal residence, Winton, Hertford County,
N. C. Official address: State Capitol, Raleigh.
HENRY LEE BRIDGES
STATE AUDITOR
(Elected by the People)
Henry Lee Bridges, Democrat, was born in Franklin County,
N. C, June 10, 1907. Son of John Joseph and Ida Loraine (Carroll)
Bridges. Attended Wakelon High School, 1914-1920; Wiley School,
Raleigh, 1921; Wakelon High School, 1922; Millbrook High School,
1923-1925; Mars Hill Junior College, A.B. degree, 1929; Wake
Forest College, B.A. degree, 1931; Wake Forest Law School, 1932-
1933. Attorney-at-Law. Member of the Greensboro Bar Associa-
tion; N. C. State Bar. Deputy Clerk, Superior Court of Guilford
County, August, 1935-September, 1940; December, 1941-October,
1942; December, 1945-June 1, 1946. (Break in dates caused by
Military Service). Secretary and Treasurer, Guilford County
Democratic Executive Committee, 1933-1940. Member and Past
Master of Greensboro Lodge No. 76 Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons. Choraz in Chapter No. 13 Royal Arch Masons; Ivanhoe
Commandery No. 8 Knights Templar; Sudan Temple A. A. O.N. M.S.;
Societas Rosecrucians in Civitatibus Foederatis. Enlisted in Na-
tional Guard May, 1934, as a Private; promoted to Sergeant, Feb-
ruary, 1935; commissioned Second Lieutenant, June 18, 1935; com-
missioned First Lieutenant, November 18, 1939; promoted to Cap-
tain, January 28, 1943; to Major on inactive status, January 17,
1947. Entered Federal Service, September 16, 1940; released from
active duty November 2, 1941 ; recalled to active duty October 7,
1942; relieved from active duty December 14, 1945. Veteran World
War II, Post No. 53 American Legion Local; Local No. 506 Forty
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and Eight. Deacon, Hayes Barton Baptist Church; Member Board
of Trustees Wake Forest College. Appointed State Auditor Feb-
ruary 15, 1947; elected four-year term 1948; re-elected 1952 and
1956. Married Clarice Hines, December 12, 1936. Two children:
Joseph Henry, age fourteen years; George Hines, age eleven
years. Home address: 2618 Grant Ave., Raleigh, N. C.
EDWIN MAURICE GILL
STATE TREASURER
(Elected by the People)
Edwin Maurice Gill, Democrat, was born in Laurinburg, N. C,
July 20, 1899. Son of Thomas Jeffries and Mamie (North) Gill.
Graduate of Laurinburg High School; Trinity College, 1922-1924.
Representative in the General Assembly from Scotland County,
1929 and 1931. Private Secretary, Governor Gardner, 1931-1933;
Commissioner of Paroles, 1933-1942; appointed Commissioner of
Revenue by Governor Broughton, serving from July 1, 1942 to
July 1, 1949. Admitted to the Bar, January 28, 1924, and prac-
ticed law in Laurinburg, 1924-1931 as a member of the firm of
Gibson and Gill, and practiced law in Washington, D. C, 1949-
1950 as a member of the firm of Gardner, Morrison & Rogers.
Member of North Carolina Bar Association and the Bar of the
District of Columbia. Collector and Director of Internal Reve-
nue, Greensboro, N. C, 1950-1953. Appointed by Governor Um-
stead Treasurer of North Carolina, July 20, 1953, and elected to
this office November 2, 1954. Re-elected for four year term, No-
vember 6, 1956. Ex-officio: Chairman of State Banking Commis-
sion; Chairman of Local Government Commission; Director of
Local Government; Chairman of Tax Review Board; Chairman
and Investment Officer of Board of Trustees of Teachers' & State
Employees' Retirement System; member of Board of Commission-
ers of the Law Enforcement Officers' Benefit and Retirement
Fund; member and Investment Officer for Board of Trustees of
Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System; member of
State Board of Education ; member of State Board of Assess-
ment; member of the Sinking Fund Commission. President
American Parole Association, 1940-1941 ; President Southeastern
State Probation and Parole Association, 1939-1940; Director
American Prison Association, 1939-1940. Elected member of
Executive Committee of the National Tax Association in 1944
Thad Eure
Secretary of State
( Henry L. Bridges
State Auditor
Edwin Gill
State Treasurer
Charles F. Carroll
Superintendent of Public
Instruction
Geo. B. Patten
Attorney General
L. Y. Ballentine
Commissioner of
Agriculture
'Frank Crane
Commissioner of Labor
Charles F. Gold
Commissioner of Insurance
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for three year term. Elected member of Executive Committee of
National Association of Tax Administrators in 1946 for two-year
tejm. Former member of N. C. Probation Commission. Member
of State Art Commission since Aug-ust 1, 1951. Member of the
American Legion. Sigma Nu Phi, Legal Fraternity; Omicron
Delta Kappa, Leadership Fraternity, honorary member, Duke
University, 1940. Methodist. Address: Raleig:h, N. C.
CHARLES FISHER CARROLL
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
(Elected by the People)
Charles Fisher Carroll, Democrat, was born in Warsaw,
North Carolina, March 31, 1900. Son of Charles Fisher and
Agnes (Robinson) Carroll. Attended public schools of Warsaw,
1906-1915; Trinity Park School, 1915-1917; A.B., Trinity College,
1921; M.Ed., Duke University, 1930, LL.D. (honorary) 1954;
LL.D. (honorary). High Point College, 1952. Teacher and coach
of athletics Vance County Farm Life School, Middleburg-, N. C,
1921-1922. Principal Buena Vista High School, R.F.D., Hender-
son, N. C, 1922-1923; Newport Consolidated School, Newport,
N, C, 1923-1924 and 1925-1929; Long Creek-Grady School, Pender
County, 1924-1925; Bryson City Elementary and Swain County
High Schools, Bryson City, N. C, 1929-1932. Superintendent
Swain County Schools and Supervising Principal of Bryson City
Elementary and Swain County High Schools, 1932-1937. Super-
intendent High Point City Schools, High Point, N. C, 1937 to
August, 1952. State Superintendent of Public Instruction for
North Carolina since August, 1952. Member North Carolina
Education Association, National Education Association, American
Association of School Administrators. Member N. C. High School
Textbook Committee, 1936-1943; member N. C. Committee on
Secondary Schools, Southern Association of Colleges and Sec-
ondary Schools, 1945-1950; member N. C. Education Commission,
1947-49; former member Policies Committee of Superintendents'
Division of North Carolina Education Association. Director,
Council of Chief State School Officers. Member, Ex-Officio, Board
of Trustees of Greater University, East Carolina College, North
Carolina College, Agricultural and Technical College; member
of Board, Ex-Officio, of N. C. State Art Society, Library Commis-
Biographical Sketches 391
sion of N. C, Local Government Employees' Retirement System,
Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, N. C. Recre-
ation Commission, The N. C. Symphony Society, Inc.; N. C. Com-
mission on Interstate Cooperation ; Executive and Development
Committee, and Advisory Council on Education for Exceptional
Children of Southern Regional Education Board; President Asso-
ciated Public School System, 1951-1952. Former State Director
of Rural Education of the Department of Rural Education of
the National Education Association. Honorary member and
past president of Rotary Club of High Point. Former member
High Point Housing Authority, Parks and Recreation Commis-
sion, Library Board, and former chairman of Budget Committee
of High Point Community Chest. Mason. Phi Beta Kappa.
Member Beta Omega Sigma, Kappa Delta Pi, and Omicron Delta
Kappa Fraternities. Student Army Training Corp3, 1918. Past
Commander, Sergeant Freeman Post, American Legion. Coordi-
nator of Civilian Defense, High Point, 1943-1945. Methodist;
former Chairman of Board of Stewards in Bryson City Methodist
Church and Wesley Memorial Church in High Point. Married
Nellie Jane Wynne of Wilmington, N. C. One son, Charles, Jr.
Address: Raleigh, N. C.
LYNTON YATES BALLENTINE
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
(Elected by the People)
Lynton Yates Ballentine, Democrat, was born at Varina, Wake
County, N. C, April 6, 1899. Son of James Erastus and Lillian
(Yates) Ballentine. Attended Oakwood and Cardenas Elementary
Schools and Holly Springs High School, 1913-1917. Graduated
from Wake Forest College in 1921 with an A.B. degree, having
specialized in political economy. Dairyman, farmer, and business-
man. Member Wake County Board of Commissioners, 1926-1934.
State Senator from the Thirteenth Senatorial District, 1937, 1939,
1941, and 1943. Member Board of Agriculture, 1941-1944. Elected
Lieutenant Governor November 7, 1944. Elected Chairman State
Board of Education, 1945. Elected Commissioner of Agriculture,
November 2, 1948; re-elected November 4, 1952 and November 6,
1956. A charter member of the Fuquay Springs Post of the
American Legion. Baptist. Address: Varina, N. C.
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FRANK CRANE
COMMISSIONER OF LABOR
(Elected by the People)
Frank Crane, Democrat, was born at Waxhaw, N. C, August
18, 1907. Son of James Thomas and Mary Emma (Lathan)
Crane. Attended Marvin Elementary School, 1913-1918; Wed-
dington Institute, 1919-1922; Prospect High School, 1923-1927;
University of North Carolina, A.B., 1931; University of North
Carolina Summer School of 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934; night
course in Personnel Management, North Carolina State College,
1939. Athletic Director and Instructor, Welcome High School
in Davidson County, 1931, 1934. Safety Director, North Caro-
lina Industrial Commission, 1934-1938; Administrative Assist-
ant, North Carolina Employment Service, 1938-1939; Factory
and Wage and Hour Inspector, North Carolina Department of
Labor, 1939-1940; Director of Conciliation and Arbitration Di-
vision, 1941-1954. Appointed Commissioner of Labor by Gover-
nor William B. Umstead for the unexpired term of the late For-
rest H. Shuford, June 3, 1954; elected to the office of Commis-
sioner of Labor in the General Election of November 2, 1954; re-
elected for four year term November 6, 1956. Ex-officio mem-
ber N. C. Employ The Physically Handicapped Commission; mem-
ber Governor's Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee; Governor's
Committee on Studying Problems of Aging. Member Interna-
tional Association of Governmental Labor Officials; Association
of State Mediation Agencies; Society for the Advancement of
Management; American and State Forestry Associations. At-
tended tvv^enty annual meetings of Southern Industrial Relations
Conference. Member Carolina Bird Club; Raleigh Torch Club;
Executives Club of Raleigh. Methodist. Married Edith Peacock,
January 1, 1938. Address: 802 Williamson Drive, Raleigh, N. C.
CHARLES FORTUNE GOLD
COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE
(Elected by the People)
Charles Fortune Gold, Democrat, was born in EUenboro, N. C,
December 17, 1911. Son of Hattie Poe (Johnson) and the late Dr.
Charles F. Gold. Attended Blue Ridge School for Boys, Render-
Biographical Sketches 393
sonville, N. C, graduating in 1930; Davidson College, B.S., 1934;
University of North Carolina Law School, LL.B., 1937. Attorney.
Member, Rutherford County Bar Association and North Carolina
State Bar; Rutherford County Club. Member and former Com-
mander of Fred Williams Post No. 75, American Legion; Forty
and Eight and Disabled American Veterans. Member, Sigma Phi
Epsilon Fraternity, Solicitor of Rutherford County Recorder's
Court, 1939 and 1940; Judge, 1941, resigning in summer of 1942
in order to enter armed forces. Secretary to Congressman A. L.
Bulwinkle from December 1, 1943 to March 1, 1950. President
Rutherford County Young Democratic Club, 1939. National Com-
mitteeman of the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina,
1941-1946. Chairman Board of Ti'ustees Alexander Schools at
Union Mills, and member of Board of Trustees of Western Caro-
lina Teachers College at Cullowhee. Private in Army Air Corps
from July 27, 1942 to March 5, 1943. State Senator from the
Twenty-seventh Senatorial District, 1951. Appointed Commis-
sioner of Insurance November 16, 1953 to fill unexpired term;
nominated and elected for remainder of term in November, 1954;
re-elected for four year term November 6, 1956. Episcopalian;
Vestryman. Married Ernestine Bailey, June 6, 1946. Two daugh-
ters. Patsy Lee Gold and Elizabeth Foushee Gold. Home address:
Rutherfordton, N. C.
GEORGE BRABSON PATTON
ATTORNEY GENERAL
(Elected by the People)
George Brabson Patton, Democrat, was born in Franklin, N. C,
August 27, 1898. Son of Erwin and Maggie (Crawford) Patton.
Attended University of North Carolina as a special student
in law, 1921-1923. Lawyer. Representative from Macon County
in the General Assembly of 1939; Special Judge Superior Court,
1947-1956. Appointed Attorney General by Governor Luther H.
Hodges, Augxist 21, 1956; elected to four year term, November 6,
1956. Married Kate Penland, April 30, 1928. Address: Franklin,
N. C.
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THOMAS WATKINS ALLEN
chairman state board of alcoholic control
(Appointed by the Governor)
Thomas Watkins Allen, Democrat, was born in Creedmoor,
N. C, January 7, 1893. Son of Glaudious L. and Catherine Bragg
Allen. Attended Creedmoor High School. Farmer. Member
Board of Directors Tobacco Stabilization Corp. since its organiza-
tion; Board of Directors Central Carolina Farmers' Exchange
since 1942; 15-Man Belt-Wide Flue-Cured Tobacco Committee;
N. C. Tobacco Advisory Council; N. C. Farm Bureau; Granville
County Pomona Grange, Master since 1945; N. C. State Grange,
member Executive Committee since 1940 and Chairman Tobacco
Committee since 1940; President 3-County Production Credit As-
sociation since 1934; President 7-County Rural Electrification As-
sociation since 1945. Member Granville County Board of Edu-
cation, 1928-1932; North Carolina Library Commission, 1940-1944.
Representative from Granville County in the General Assembly
of 1949, 1951 and 1953. Appointed Chairman, State Board of
Alcoholic Control in August of 1953. Served as Corporal in
World War I, January 5, 1918 to June 23, 1919. Baptist; Deacon
since 1918; Superintendent of Sunday School, 1922-1940. Mar-
ried Julia Farmer, September 11, 1921. Children: Thomas W.
Allen, Jr. and Mildred A. Jenkins. Home address: Route 1,
Creedmoor, N. C. Official address: Raleigh, N. C.
WILLIAM FLEMING BAILEY
STATE DIRECTOR OF PRISONS
(Appointed by the State Prison Commission
with approval of the Governor)
William Fleming Bailey, Democrat, was born in Washington,
N. C, November 9, 1901. Son of William Thomas and Clarissa
Harris (Ruggles) Bailey. Attended Charlotte University School,
1919-1920; Duke University, 1921-1924; Guilford College, 1925-
1926, A.B.; University of North Carolina, one year of graduate
work; Harvard University, one year of graduate work. Mem-
ber American Correctional Association. Listed in Who's Who
in America. Former Judge of High Point Juvenile Court; former
Director of High Point Parks and Juvenile Commission. Mayor
Biographical Sketches 395
of City of High Point, 1949-1951; Regional Director, Office of
Price Stabilization, 1951-1952; Director, N. C. Council of Civil
Defense, 1953; past Co-ordinator of High Point Civil Defense
Council; Chairman, 1946 High Point United Fund Drive. Past
Director, High Point Family Service Bureau. High Point Inter-
racial Committee and High Point Community Chest. Served as
Coach on Athletic Staff of Duke University and Harvard Uni-
versity. Member U. S. Olympic Games Committee, 1936-1940;
Pan American Games Committee, 1942; President, Carolina As-
sociation Amateur Athletic Union, 1935-1945; Vice President
Amateur Athletic Union of U. S., 1941 ; Chairman National AAU
Swimming Championships, 1941 and 1950; former Chairman Na-
tional AAU Wrestling Championships. Member American Legion
and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Past President High Point Civi-
tan Club and Lieutenant Governor Civitan International. Served
in U. S. Army as Colonel, 1942-1945; 34 months overseas;
awarded Legion of Merit, Order of Crown of Italy and 3 Battle
Stars. Episcopalian. Married Margaret Brown, December 24,
1926. Two sons, William Fleming Bailey, Jr. and Thomas Ed-
ward Bailey. Address: Raleigh, N. C.
J. W. BEAN
CHAIRMAN NORTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
(Appointed by the Governor)
J. W. Bean, Democrat, was born in Montgomery County, N. C,
December 7, 1893. Son of O. D. and Annie (Cornelison) Bean.
Attended Montgomery County grammar and high schools; Ether
Academy. Taught two years in a public school. Accepted a posi-
tion with the Southern Railway as Clerk, 1916, at Spencer, N. C,
and was promoted to various positions, including General Fore-
man of Southern Railway Supply Department. Identified with
several railroad organizations. Served as alderman and mayor
pro tern of Town of Spencer, N. C. Chairman, Spencer School
Board, 1928-1946. Served as Chairman of the Rowan County
School Board Association and as Chairman of Spencer Precinct
Democratic Executive Committee for a number of years. Secretary
to Rowan County Democratic Executive Committee, 1928-1950.
Representative from Rowan County in the General Assembly of
1933 and 1935. Secured leave-of-absence from the Southern Rail-
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way Company in 1935 for six months to help organize the North
Carolina Works Progress Administration as State Director of
Labor-Management and Relations. Appointed by Governor Hoey
as a member of the North Carolina Manpower Commission. Ap-
pointed by Governor Broughton as a member of the Selective
Service Board of Appeals, District No. 6, serving for the dura-
tion of the war. Appointed by Governor Cherry as a member of
a nine-man committee to study the needs of Area Vocational
Schools in North Carolina. Appointed by Governor Cherry in
1945 to a one-year term on the North Carolina Medical Care
Commission and re-appointed in 1946 for a four-year term. Ap-
pointed North Carolina Industrial Commissioner by Governor
Scott on April 1, 1949, to fill two-year unexpired term; reap-
pointed on May 1, 1951, for full six-year term. Appointed Chair-
man North Carolina Industrial Commission by Governor Hodges
on December 22, 1954. Baptist. Married Annie Stutts of Sea-
grove, N. C. Three children: two sons and one daughter. Ad-
dress: Raleigh, N. C.
JAMES DAVIS BEATY
DIRECTOR STATE PROBATION COMMISSION
(Appointed by the North Carolina State Probation Commission
with the approval of the Governor)
James Davis Beaty, Democrat, was born in Lancaster, S. C,
January 27, 1891. Son of Robert T. and Mary Elizabeth (Davis)
Beaty. Attended Lancaster High School, graduating in 1909.
Member National Probation and Parole Association; Southern
States Probation and Parole Association, Treasurer, 1956; An-
cient and Accepted Free Masons. Presbyterian; Ruling Elder
since 1917. Married Roberta Porter, September 3, 1913. Chil-
dren: Mrs. J. M. Beckley and Mrs. R. H. Dickert. Permanent
address: Wrightsville Beach, N. C. Official address: Raleigh,
N. C.
WILLIE ANDREW BRAME
MEMBER NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF PAROLES
(Appointed by the Governor)
Willie Andrew Brame, Democrat, was born in Vance County,
N, C, August 23, 1886. Son of George W. and Geneva (Jackson)
Biographical Sketches 397
Brame. Attended Red Oak High School; Wake Forest College.
Served as Mayor of Town of Wendell for two terms; Judge of
Wendell Recorder's Court for more than twenty-seven years.
Served as Adviser to Draft Board under President Wilson and
President Roosevelt. Member Wendell Masonic Lodge more than
forty years. Baptist; Deacon; taught Baraca Class over twenty-
five years. Married Mary Lillie Griffin, June, 1910. Children:
Mrs. V. O. Roberson, Mrs. W. F. Farmer, Mrs. France Dew,
Mrs. M. C. Henry, Willie A. Brame, Jr. and Dr. Robert G. Brame.
Home address: Wendell, N. C. Official address: Raleigh, N. C.
JAMES McCORKLE CALDWELL
DIRECTOR NORTH CAROLINA VETERANS COMMISSION
(Appointed by the Commission with the
approval of the Governor)
James McCorkle Caldwell, Democrat, was born in Concord,
N. C, February 2, 1897. Son of Morrison H. and Rosa (Mc-
Corkle) Caldwell. Attended Concord High School, graduating in
1914; Smithdeal Business College, Richmond, Va. ; Wake Forest
College; Wake Forest College Law School. Lawyer. Member
N. C. State Bar; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Appointed Department Adjutant, American Legion, Department
of North Carolina, by Department Commander R. Gregg Cherry
in October of 1928 and served as Department Adjutant for
eighteen successive years during which time the membership
of the American Legion in North Carolina increased from 11,012
to 67,667. Appointed Director, North Carolina Veterans Com-
mission, April 28, 1949. Served as Private in 49th Company,
Fifth Marines, Second Division of U. S. Marine Corps, June 8,
1918 to July 12, 1919, participating in the three major offensives
of St. Mihiel, Mont Blanc and the Meuse-Argonne. Presbyterian.
Married Ann Williams, December 29, 1933. One daughter, Ann
Morrison Caldwell. Address: 2504 Grant Avenue. Raleigh, N. C.
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GEORGE BRYAN CHERRY
D.RECTOR GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION
(Appointed by the Governor)
George Bryan Cherry, Democrat, was born in Windsor, N. C,
January 10, 1901. Son of Solomon and Elizabeth Webb (Gray)
Cherry. Attended Windsor High School, 1914-1917; North Caro-
lina State College, B.E. degree in Civil Engineering, 1922. Former
Director N. C. Society of Engineers; member and past President
Raleigh Engineers Club. Past President Needham B. Broughton
PTA and Raleigh Civic Council; former Director N. C. State
College Alumni Association ; President Wake County Tuberculosis
Society; member and past President Raleigh Lions Club; District
Governor, Lions International, 1954-1955. Member State Em-
ployees Association ; former member Raleigh Parking Advisory
Committee and Wake County Democratic Executive Committee.
Mason. Second Lieutenant U. S. Army Reserve, 1922-1927. Epis-
copalian; past President Batte Men's Bible Class; former member
of Vestry; former Director Brotherhood of Saint Andrev^^. Mar-
ried Winifred Eugenia Beddingfield, of Raleigh, N. C, January 9,
1924. Children: George Bryan Cherry, Jr. and Alexander Bed-
dingfield Cherry. Address: 1916 Craig Street, Raleigh, N. C.
DAVID STANTON COLTRANE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET
(Appointed by the Governor)
David Stanton Coltrane, Democrat, was born in Randolph
County, N. C, July 27, 1893. Son of James Ruffian and Martha
Ann (Stanton) Coltrane. Attended Cedar Square Elementary
School; Jamestown High School, 1911-1914; Guilford College;
N. C. State College, Class of 1918. Farmer. Assistant Director
of the Budget since July 1, 1949. Member National Association
of State Budget Officers; President American Association of Fer-
tilizer Control Officials, 1947; President Southern Association of
Feed Control Officials, 1946. Assistant Commissioner of Agri-
culture, 1937-1947; Commissioner of Agriculture, February, 1948
to January, 1949. Member of N. C. State Grange. Recipient of
N. C. Farm Bureau Award for Distinguished Service to Agricul-
ture, 1944. Member Board of Trustees, Wesleyan Methodist Col-
Biographical Sketches 399
lege. Methodist; Chairman Board of Stewards, 1947; President,
"Methodist Men" of Edenton Street Church, 1956. Married Lela
Hayworth, Aug'ust 10, 1920. Children : James Ralph Coltrane
and Martha Sue Coltrane Robertson. Address: 1611 Oberlin
Road, Raleigh, N. C.
CHRISTOPHER CRITTENDEN
DIRECTOR OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
(Appointed by the Executive Board of the Department)
Christopher Crittenden, Democrat, was born in Wake Forest,
N. C, December 1, 1902. Son of Charles Christopher and Ethel
(Taylor) Crittenden. Attended Wake Forest Grammar and High
Schools. A.B. Wake Forest College 1921 and A.M. in 1922; Yale
University, Ph.D. 1930. Director State Department of Archives
and History (formerly the State Historical Commission) since
1935; Secretary State Literary and Historical Association since
1935; Member American Historical and Southern Historical asso-
ciations; President Society of American Archivists, 1946-1948;
President American Association for State and Local History
1940-1942; President Archeological Society of North Carolina,
1948-1950, 1955-1956; Secretary Board of Trustees, Olivia Raney
Library; Member Executive Board, National Trust for Historic
Preservation ; President Watauga Club. Principal Roxobel, N. C.
Public School 1922-1923; Instructor in History, Yale University
1924-1925; University of North Carolina 1926-1929; Assistant
Professor of History, University of North Carolina 1930-1935.
Author of North Carolina Newspapers before 1770; The Com-
mei'ce of North Carolina 1763-1789; and various historical articles
and book reviews. Editor The North Carolina Historical Review.
Baptist. Married Janet Quinlan of Waynesville, N. C, 1930.
Three children: C, Jr., born 1933; Robert Hinton, born 1936;
Ann Lane, born 1938. Address: 1537 Caswell St., Raleigh, N. C.
JAMES SLOAN CURRIE
DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF TAX RESEARCH
(Appointed by the Governor)
James Sloan Currie, Democrat, was born in Clarkton, N. C,
March 17, 1919. Son of George Hendon and Marie (Sloan)
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Currie. Attended Clarkton Public Schools, 1924-1930; Davidson
High School, 1930-1935; Davidson College, 1935-1936; University
of North Carolina, B.S. in Commerce, 1939 and M.S., 1949;
University of North Carolina Law School, LL.B., 1948. Lawyer.
Member Phi Alpha Delta; Pi Kappa Alpha, President, 1939;
Raleigh Rotary Club, Chairman Program Committee, 1956-1957.
Assistant to Corporation Finance Professor at University of
North Carolina, 1939-1940; Securities Analyst, Jefferson Stand-
ard Life Insurance Company, 1940-1941; Underwriting Aide,
Federal Housing Administration, 1941-1942; practiced law at
Chapel Hill, 1948-1949; taught business law two sessions of
Summer School, School of Business Administration, University
of North Carolina, 1949. Appointed Director of the North
Carolina Department of Tax Research, January 3, 1950. Execu-
tive Secretary, Commission for the Study of the Revenue Struc-
ture of the State, 1955-1957. Member National Association of
Tax Administrators, Chairman of Research Section, 1953-1954;
National Tax Association; Tax Institute. Entered United States
Army as Private in March of 1942 and released in 1946 with
rank of Major; served two and one-half years in Southwest
Pacific Theatre; received Bronze Star Medal; now Instructor in
Judge Advocate Subjects, Army Reserves. Presbyterian. Married
Virginia Layton Spruill, September 3, 1946. Children: Marie
Sloan Currie, age 9 and Mary Virginia Spruill Currie, age 2.
Address: 2515 Kenmore Drive, Raleigh, N. C.
CLARENCE DeWITT DOUGLAS
CONTROLLER STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
(Appointed by the State Board of Education
with the approval of the Governor)
Clarence DeWitt Douglas, Democrat, was born in Surry County,
N. C, October 19, 1894. Son of Francis Bryan and Susan (Cock-
erham) Douglas. Attended Fruitland Institute, 1910-1911; Bre-
vard Institute, 1911-1915; A.B. degree. Trinity College (Duke
University), 1920. Member North Carolina Education Associa-
tion; American Association of School Administrators; Board of
Trustees, Greensboro College; Raleigh History Club. Assistant
Director and Director Division of Finance, State Department of
Public Instruction, 1920-1939. Director Division of Auditing and
Biographical Sketches 401
Accounting in State School Commission and State Board of Edu-
cation, 1939-1949. Controller, State Board of Education, Septem-
ber 9, 1949. Charter member of Raleigh Lions Club. Served in
the U. S. Armed Forces, Hq. 156 Field Artillery Brigade, 81st
Division, Corporal, 1918-1919; American Expeditionary Forces;
discharged June 23, 1919. Methodist. Married Mary Teresa
Peacock of Salisbury, August 25, 1931. Address: 2621 Dover
Road, Raleigh, N. C.
WILLIAM EWART EASTERLING
SECRETARY LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION
(Appointed by the State Treasurer)
William Ewart Easterling, Democrat, was born in Marlboro
County, South Carolina. Son of Cary Thomas and Columbia
(Wyatt) Easterling. Attended Wofford College, A.B., 1918;
Eastman-Gaines School of Business, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Certi-
fied Public Accountant. Secretary, North Carolina Local Gov-
ernment Commission since November of 1932. Served as Private
in United States Marine Corps, June of 1918 to July of 1919.
Presbyterian; Deacon, 1938-1941, 1950-1953; Elder, 1954. Mar-
ried Hannah McCutchen Montgomery, October 27, 1927. One
son, W. E. Easterling, Jr., M.D. Address: 2412 Everett Avenue,
Raleigh, N. C.
JACOB WILBERT FORBES
COMMISSIONER NORTH CAROLINA BURIAL ASSOCIATION
(Appointed by the Governor)
Jacob Wilbert Forbes, Democrat, was born in Camden County,
Son of Jacob Foster and Ida (Dozier) Forbes. Attended Oak
Ridge Military Institute, 1933-1934; Wake Forest College, 1934-
1936. Farmer. Member South Ruritan Club (Camden) ; Ma-
sonic Order, Lodge No. 54, A.F.&A.M. Representative from
Camden County in the General Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Ap-
pointed Commissioner, N. C. Burial Association, June 8, 1955.
Baptist. Married Jerry Louise Wilcox, November 28, 1936.
Children: Larry, age 18; Marie, age 13; Ida, age 10. Perma-
nent address: Shiloh, N. C. Official address: Raleigh, N. C.
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FRANK HERBERT GIBBS
MEMBER NORTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
(Appointed by the Governor)
Frank Herbert Gibbs, Democrat, was born in Rocking-ham,
August 4, 1895. Son of J. T. and Mary Alice (Overbaugh) Gibbs.
Attended Trinity College, 1912-1914 (academic) ; Law School,
1914-1916. Lawyer. Mayor of Warrenton, May, 1920 to Novem-
ber, 1934 and from December, 1941, to November, 1947. Ensign,
U. S. N. R. F. (Naval Aviator); enrolled December 11, 1917;
active service, March 4, 1918 to December 23, 1918. Sigma Chi
Fraternity. State Senator in the General Assembly of 1935, 1939
and 1949. Methodist. Married Mary Tasker Polk, December
15, 1921. Two children: Mary Tasker, now Mrs. Barnaby W.
McAusland, and Frank H., Jr. Address: Warrenton, N. C.
ALEXANDER HAWKINS GRAHAM
CHAIRMAN STATE HIGHWAY AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION
(Appointed by the Governor)
Alexander Hawkins Graham, Democrat, was born in Hillsboro,
August 9, 1890. Son of John W. and Maggie F. (Bailey) Graham.
Educated in the Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va., 1906-
1908. A.B. University of North Carolina, 1912. Attended Uni-
versity of North Carolina Summer Law School, 1912-1913, and
Harvard Law School, 1913-1914. Lawyer. Member North Carolina
Bar Association. Commissioned Second Lieutenant at Fort Ogle-
thorpe in 1917; promoted to First Lieutenant and then to Cap-
tain, serving overseas with the 81st Division. Member of the
House of Representatives, 1921, 1923, 1925, and 1927; Speaker of
the House of Representatives, 1929. Served as Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor from January, 1933 to January, 1937. Appointed Chairman
of the State Highway and Public Works Commission May 1, 1945,
serving to February 1, 1949. Again appointed chairman of the
State Highway and Public Works Commission, May 12, 1953.
Episcopalian. Married Kathleen Long in August, 1917. Address:
Raleigh, N. C.
Biographical Sketches 403
EDWARD FOSTER GRIFFIN
DIRECTOR NORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL OF CIVIL DEFENSE
(Appointed by the Governor)
Edward Foster Griffin, Democrat, was born in Louisburg,
N. C, November 4, 1900. Son of Paul B. and Frances Wilder
Griffin. Attended Louisburg High School, graduating in 1920;
University of North Carolina, 1920-1922; Wake Forest College
Law School, 1922-1923. Received law license in August, 1918.
Lawyer. Member N. C. State Bar Inc.; Franklin County Bar
Association, Past President; Past President 7th Judicial District
Bar Association. Solicitor Franklin County Recorder's Court,
1936-1940; Franklin County Attorney, 1946-1954; member State
Democratic Executive Committee, 1946-1953; Chairman Franklin
County Democratic Executive Committee, 1946-1953. State Sen-
ator from the 6th Senatorial District in the General Assembly of
1933 and 1935. Appointed Director of N, C. Council of Civil
Defense, March 1, 1954. Enlisted in the N. C. National Guard,
113th F. A. Regiment, October 1, 1923; inducted into the
Federal Service, September 16, 1940, and commanded the 113th
Field Artillery Battalion as part of the 30th Infantry Division
through World War II, participating in five major engagements
in the European Theatre of Operations; discharged in November
of 1946 and again joined the N. C. National Guard in August
of 1947 as Division Artillery Executive Officer; now holds rank of
Brigadier General and commands the 30th Division Artillery.
Member American Legion, Past Com.mander Louisburg Post; 40
& 8, Past Chef-de-gare. Mason, Past Master Louisburg Lodge
413 A. F. & A. M.; 32nd Degree Scottish Rite; Shriner. Meth-
odist; Steward for twenty years; Trustee; Lay Speaker. Married
Mildred Scott Griffin, June 18, 1925. One daughter, Mrs. Nancy
Griffin Person of Greensboro, N. C. Home address: 105 Sunset
Avenue, Louisburg, N. C. Official address: Raleigh, N. C.
DAVID QUINTON HOLTON
DIRECTOR DIVISION OF PURCHASE AND CONTRACT
(Appointed by the Governor)
David Quinton Holton, Democrat, was born in Forsyth County,
November 14, 1910. Son of A. E. and Elizabeth (Petty) Holton.
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Attended Winston-Salem High School, 1925-1930; Wake Forest
College, B.S., 1935. Teacher and athletic coach, Edenton, N. C,
High School, 1936-1940. Retail hardware merchant, Edenton,
N. C, 1940-1953. Postmaster of Edenton, N. C, 1952-1953. Mem-
ber Edenton City Council, 1942-1944; N. C. State Ports Authority,
1948-1953. Mason and Elk. Member National Association of
State Purchasing Officials. Appointed Director of N. C. Division
of Purchase and Contract by Governor William B. Umstead in
September of 1953. Methodist; Steward, 1940-1953. Married
Kathryn Leggett in 1937. Children: Frances, age 14; Walter,
age 12; David, age 9. Permanent address: Edenton, N. C. Pres-
ent address: 3020 Eton Road, Raleigh, N. C.
MRS. ELIZABETH H. HUGHEY
state librarian
(Appointed by the North Carolina State Library Board)
Mrs. Elizabeth House Hughey, Democrat, was born in Rober-
sonville, N. C, February 2, 1916. Daughter of Thomas Lawrence
and Susan Elizabeth (Mizell) House. Attended Keel's School,
1921-1927; Robersonville Public School, 1927-1931; Atlantic Chris-
tian College, A.B., 1936; School of Library Science, George Pea-
body College for Teachers, B.S. in Library Science, 1938. Member
Am.erican Library Association; Southeastern Library Association;
North Carolina Library Association; North Carolina Literary and
Historical Association; Adult Education Association of America;
Advisory Committee, Recreation Commission; North Carolina
Family Life Council. Trustee, Atlantic Christian College. Mem-
ber Raleigh Woman's Club; Beta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma
Disciples of Christ. Married A. Miles Hughey. Address: Route
6, Raleigh, N. C.
WILLIAM WRIGHT JONES
COMMISSIONER OF BANKS
(Appointed by the Governor with the approval of the Senate)
William Wright Jones, Democrat, was born in Raleigh, N. C,
April 21, 1903. Son of Charles Hinton and Beulah (Thompson)
Jones. Attended Raleigh Public Schools, 1908-1919; accounting
courses, Raleigh Business School and American Institute of
Biographical Sketches 405
Banking. Associated with Commercial National Bank, Raleigh,
1919-1931; State Banking- Department, 1933-1937. Organizer
and Treasurer, State Employees' Credit Union, 1937-1951. Hon-
orary Life Member, State Employees Association. Managing
Director, North Carolina Credit Union League, 1938-1939; Editor,
League News. Member, Board of Trustees, Teachers and State
Employees Retirement System, 1949-1951. Secretary-Treasurer,
North Carolina Railroad, 1950-1951. Appointed Commissioner
of Banks, April 14, 1951 by Governor W. Kerr Scott; re-ap-
pointed. May 20, 1955 by Governor Luther H. Hodges; Third Vice
President, National Association of Supervisors of State Banks.
Member, Raleigh Lodge No. 500, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons; Raleigh Chapter No. 10, Royal Arch Masons; Enoch
Council No. 5, Royal and Select Masters; Raleigh Commandery
No. 4, Knight Templar; Thirty-second Degree Scottish Rite
Mason, Wilmington Consistory; Shriner, Sudan Temple. Member,
Capital Grange. Member, Christ Episcopal Church, Raleigh,
N. C. Married Ruth Florence Dorval of Bywood, Pennsylvania,
June 2, 1924. Four children: Charles Lawrence, William Wright,
Jr., Ronald Arthur, and Dorval Thompson Jones. Address:
Raleigh, N. C.
HENRY E. KENDALL
CHAIRMAN EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION
(Appointed by the Governor)
Henry E. Kendall, Democrat, was born in Shelby, N. C, August
24, 1905. Son of Henry E. and Mary Whitelaw (Wiseman) Ken-
dall. Attended Shelby Public Schools; N. C. State College, 1922-
26, B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. Member Pi Kappa Alpha;
Theta Tau Engineering Fraternity; Tau Beta Pi (Scholastic)
and Phi Kappa Phi (Honor) fraternities. Engineer with Plumer
Wiseman & Co., Danville, Va., 1926-30; Assistant office manager
Dibrell Bros, tobacconists, Shanghai, China, 1931-36; engineer
N. C. State School Commission, Raleigh, N. C, 1937-42. Commis-
sioned 1st Lt. Engineers Corps, U. S. Army, September 18, 1942;
served twenty months in European Theatre Operations and eight
months in Asiatic Pacific; separated with rank of Lt. Colonel, Au-
gust 7, 1946. Appointed Chairman, Unemployment Compensation
Commission (now Employment Security Commission) by Governor
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R. Gregg Cherry, July 1, 1946; reappointed by Governor W. Kerr
Scott in 1949 for 4-year term; reappointed by Governor William
B. Umstead in 1953 for 4-year term. Member Lions Club; N. C.
Society of Engineers; Raleigh Engineers Club; American Legion
(member of State Administrative Committee 1950-54). Mason.
Registered Engineer. President General Alumni Association N. C.
State College, 1949-50; Chairman Executive Committee Alumni
Association 1950-51. Vice-President Region III Interstate Con-
ference of Employment Security Agencies 1950-52. President
Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies 1953-54.
Member Legislative Committee same organization. Listed in Who's
Who in the South and Southwest. Married Eliza Katharine
Kerr of Yanceyville, N. C. Presbyterian. Address: 2814 Exeter
Circle, Raleigh, N. C.
BLAINE MARK MADISON
COMMISSIONER STATE BOARD OF CORRECTION AND TRAINING
(Appointed by the Board)
Blaine Mark Madison, Democrat, was born in Olin, Iredell
County, N. C. Son of Charles M. and Molly (White) Madison.
Attended Union Grove High School, graduating in 1926; High
Point College, A.B., 1929; Duke University, M.A., 1933 and M.Ed.,
1939. Member National Association of Correction and Training
Schools; American Prison Association; American Welfare Asso-
ciation; North Carolina Council for Social Service; Kappa Delta
Pi Honorary Scholarship Fraternity in Education. Author of
numerous professional articles for North Carolina Education,
North Carolina Christian Advocate, The State, PTA Bulletin and
Bulletin Service of the Methodist Church of the United States.
President Adult and Juvenile Delinquency Division North Caro-
lina Council for Social Service; President North Central District
of North Carolina Education Association, 1950; President Raleigh
Unit of North Carolina Education Association, 1949; Treasurer
Southeastern Division of Child Welfare League of America, 1948;
President Raleigh Family Service Society, 1949. Appointed
Commissioner of the State Board of Correction and Training,
July 1, 1956. Member Raleigh Lions Club, First Vice President,
1951. Member Edenton Street Methodist Church of Raleigh;
Biographical Sketches 407
past Chairman Board of Stewards; Teacher of Fidelis Bible
Class; former Lay Leader of the Raleigh District of the Meth-
odist Church; former Treasurer of the Board of Lay Activities
of the North Carolina Methodist Conference; member Board of
Education of the North Carolina Conference; Executive Commit-
tee of the North Carolina Council of Churches; Executive Commit-
tee of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Council of the Methodist
Church. Married Helen Williams, 1935. Address: 1809 McDonald
Lane, Raleigh, N. C.
JOHN HALL MANNING
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
(Appointed by the Governor)
John Hall Manning, Democrat, vi^as born in Durham, N. C,
September 27, 1889. Son of James Smith and Julia Tate (Cain)
Manning. Attended Durham High School, 1902-1905; University
of North Carolina, A.B. degree, 1909; University of North Caro-
lina Law School, 1911-1913. Former attorney at law. Member
Wake County Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; Na-
tional Guard Association of the United States. Assistant United
States Attorney, 1934-1946; United States Attorney, Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, 1946-1951. Member North Carolina Na-
tional Guard, December 23, 1913 to August 16, 1919 and May 2,
1921 to September 30, 1951. Rank: Private; First Lieutenant,
January 7, 1914; Captain, April 7, 1914; Major, October 4, 1918;
Lt. Colonel, May 2, 1921; Colonel, February 1, 1937; Major Gen-
eral of the Line, September 11, 1947. Retired, Major General,
September 30, 1951. Appointed Adjutant General of North Caro-
lina, October 1, 1951. Mason, Sudan Temple, Episcopalian. Mar-
ried Jane Hildenbrand Stillman, November 23, 1920. Children:
Jane Stillman Manning (Mrs. Charles A. McKenney, Jr.) ; Rich-
ard de Yarmon Manning. Address: 2911 Fairview Road, Raleigh,
N. C.
JOHNSON MATTHEWS
MEMBER NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF PAROLES
(Appointed by the Governor)
Johnson Matthews, Democrat, was born at Riverton, Scotland
County, N. C, September 29, 1899. Son of Walter Jesse and
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408 North Carolina Manual
Mary (Johnson) Matthews. Attended Riverton High School and
Spring Hill High School, 1907-1918; Wake Forest College, A.B.,
1922; Wake Forest College Law School, 1927. Served in World
War I as Private, 1918. Representative from Scotland County
in the General Assembly of 1927. Baptist. Married Nina Horner,
June 15, 1940. One daughter. Home address: 1606 Carolina
Avenue, Durham, N. C. Official address: Raleigh, N. C.
RAYMOND CRAFT MAXWELL
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
(Appointed by the Board)
Raymond Craft Maxwell, Democrat, was born in Whiteville,
N. C, May 17, 1896. Son of Allen J. and Delia (Ward) Maxwell.
Attended Raleigh High School; University of North Carolina,
LL.D., 1919. Member N. C. State Bar. Has served as Executive
Secretary of State Board of Elections since April 1, 1926. Author
of "Life and Works of Allen Jay Maxwell", 1947. Student
officer in U. S. Naval Reserve Flying Corps, 1918. Baptist. Mar-
ried Stella Garrett, November 22, 1921. One daughter, Mrs.
James S. Hunt, High Point, N. C. Address: 1124 Harvey Street,
Raleigh, N. C.
EDWARD H. McMAHAN
STATE UTILITIES COMMISSIONER
(Appointed by the Governor)
Edward H. McMahan, Democrat, was born in Yancey County,
N. C, June 20, 1905. Son of William Hayes and Eva Mae (Riddle)
McMahan. Attended Marion Elementary and High Schools, 1911-
1923; Wake Forest College, 1923-1927, LL.B. Lawyer. Member,
N. C. Bar Association. Methodist. Married Sarah Kathleen
Jenkins, December 19, 1925. Two children: Edward H, Mc-
Mahan, Jr., and Sarah Judson McMahan. Legal address: Bre-
vard, N. C. Official address: Raleigh, N. C.
Biographical Sketches 409
RALPH MANNING MOODY
STATE UTILITIES COMMISSIONER
(Appointed by the Governor)
Ralph Manning Moody, Democrat, was born in Robbinsville,
N. C, August 12, 1899. Son of Jasper N. and Josephine (Crisp)
Moody. Attended Asheville Schools, 1913-1916; Murphy High
School, 1917; University of North Carolina, literary and law
course combined. Lawyer formerly. Chief Counsel Unemploy-
ment Compensation Commission; designated acting Chairman by
Governor Broughton, December 21, 1942. Appointed Assistant
Attorney General in November of 1944. Appointed State Utilities
Commissioner by Governor Luther H. Hodges, August of 1955.
Former President Twentieth District Association, North Caro-
lina State Bar. Private U. S. Army, 1918. Member Woodmen
of the World. Member first Student Board of Editors of the
North Carolina Law Review. Baptist. Married Carrie Payne,
October 29, 1924. Address: Raleigh, N. C.
JAMES WILSON MURDOCH
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS BOARD OF CONTROL
(Appointed by the Board)
James Wilson Murdoch, Democrat, was born in Stonehaven,
Scotland, April 13, 1900. Son of George and Williamina (Bridge-
ford) Murdoch. Attended Fetteresso School and Mackie Academy,
1904-1918; Faculty of Medicine, Aberdeen University, Scotland,
1919-1924, M.B. and Ch.B. Member American Medical Associa-
tion; Amei-ican Psychiatric Association; N. C. State Medical As-
sociation; N. C. Neuropsychiatric Association; British Royal Med-
ico-Psychological Association; British Medical Association. Served
in World War I as Private in British Army, 1918. Became an
American citizen in 1954. Appointed General Superintendent,
North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control, December 7, 1955.
Episcopalian. Married Evelyn Audsley in 1929. One daughter,
Evelyn Janet Barbara Murdoch. Home address: Chapel Hill,
N. C. Official address: Raleigh, N. C.
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JOHN WILLIAM ROY NORTON, M.D.
secretary state board of health
(Appointed by the North Carolina State Board of Health
with the approval of the Governor)
John William Roy Norton, Democrat, was born in Scotland
County, July 11, 1898. Son of Lafayette and lola Josephine
(Reynolds) Norton. Attended Snead's Grove School, 1916-1920;
A.B. degree. Trinity College (Duke University) June, 1920; one
year's work in the Law School Trinity College, 1922-1923. Prin-
cipal and athletic coach, Lumberton, 1921-1922 and Snead's Grove
(Scotland County), 1923-1924. University of North Carolina
Medical School, Chapel Hill, 1924-1926; Vanderbilt University
Medical School, 1926-1928, M.D. degree, 1928; interne at Henry
Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich., July, 1928-June, 1929; member
medical staff of the Henry Ford Hospital, July, 1929-June, 1930;
chief of the medical department Holt-Krock Clinic, Fort Smith,
Arkansas, July, 1930-August, 1931. City Health Superintendent,
Rocky Mount, 1931-1935; Harvard School of Public Health, MPH
degree, 1936; Assistant Division Director State Board of Health,
1936-1938; Professor Public Health Administration, University of
North Carolina, 1938-1940. Private to Second Lieutenant of Field
Artillery, 1918; Captain to Colonel in Medical Corps, 1940-1945;
Medical Inspector Fort Bragg; Assistant Chief Preventive Medi-
cine European Theatre; Deputy Chief Hygiene Allied Force
Headquarters; Medical Inspector Seventh Army; Director Epi-
demiology for Army; Chief Preventive Medicine Ninth Service
Command. Awarded battle stars Tunisian and Sicilian Cam-
paigns and Army Commendation Citation for service as Army
Epidemiology Chief. Chief Health Officer TVA, 1946-1948; N. C.
State Health Officer since July, 1948. Visiting Associate Profes-
sor Public Health, School of P. H., UNC. Member Wake County,
Sixth District, North Carolina, Southern and American Medical
Associations ; Past Secretary-Treasurer Edgecombe-Nash County
and Vice-President Fourth District and Past Secretary and
Chairman Section on Public Health and Education of N. C. Med-
ical Society and of Public Health Section of SMA; Member N. C,
Southern Branch and American Public Health Associations; Sec-
retary-Treasurer and Executive Committee NCPHA; Chairman
Health Officers Section, Governing Council and Executive Com-
Biographical Sketches 411
mittee, Secretary-Treasurer and President (1953-1954), Southern
Branch APHA; Governing Council, Secretary and Chairman
Health Officers Section APHA; American Association, P. H. Phy-
sicians; International Society of Medical Health Officers, Secre-
tary-Treasurer (1954) ; State and Territorial Health Officer's
Association Executive Committee and Chairman Mental Health
Section, President 1955; Fellow American College of Physicians;
American Academy of General Practice; Fellow N. C. Academy
of Preventive Medicine and American College of Preventive Medi-
cine and President 1955; Diplomate American Board Preventive
Medicine; President Association State and Territorial Health
Officer, 1955; Honorary Member North Carolina Dental Society;
Board of Directors Planned Parenthood Federation of America
and Recipient Lasker Foundation Award (1953) ; Executive Com-
mittee North Carolina Division of American Cancer Society,
N. C. Dental Foundation and N. C. Heart Association; Board of
Directors N. C. Conference of Social Service, President 1951 ;
Medical Advisory Board N. C. Military District and N. C. Selec-
tive Service System; N. C. Civil Defense Council; President Wake
County Duke Alumni Association, 1953, and member National
Council; President Harvard P. H. Alumni Association, 1951, and
N. C. Harvard Alumni Association, 1952; American Legion Capi-
tal City Post 297; Commander 1952 and N. C. Department Boy's
State Committee and Junior Baseball Area I Commissioner, 1955;
Executive Committee Board of Trustees N. C. Cancer Institute;
Consultant National Mental Health Institute, USPHS; Gover-
nor's Committee on Interstate Cooperation; U. S. A. Delegation
8th World Health Assembly 1955; N. C. Medical Care Commis-
sion; Chairman Governor's State Advisory Committee on Polio-
myelitis Vaccine; Chairman Postmortem Medicolegal Examina-
tions Committee; Member Advisory Committee to Board of Water
Commissioners; Vice-Chairman Governor's Coordinating Com-
mittee on Aging; Member Governor's Nuclear Energy Advisory
Committee; Delta Omega (Public Health), Alpha Omega Alpha
(Medical) and Sigma Xi (Scientific) Honorary Societies; Scien-
tific Exhibit Award (N. C. Medical Society), 1947, and Reynolds
Medal (NCPHA), 1948; Woodman of the World and Mason;
Delta Sigma Phi, Alpha Kappa Kappa and Sigma Nu Phi Fra-
ternities; listed in Who's Who in America. Author of Rabies
Control; Diphtheria Control: Observations on 1948 Polio Epi-
412 North Carolina Manual
demic in North Carolina; Planning^ a Public Health Program; A
Mid-Century Review of Public Health Activities in North Caro-
lina; Joint Responsibilities of Public Health and Private Prac-
tice; Public Health Aspects of Civil Defense; Looking Ahead for
Health in North Carolina; Strengthening Local Health Depart-
ments— A Vital Security Need. Looking Ahead Tv\renty-five
Years in Public Health; A Century of Medical Leadership in
Public Health in North Carolina; Chronic Diseases — A Joint Re-
sponsibility of Private Practice and Public Health; The Past is
Prologue — Southern Public Health Pioneering; State and Local
Health Department Services in North Carolina; Poliomyelitis
Control in North Carolina ; Efforts to Define and Help the Health
Officer to Fulfill His Role in Mental Health; many articles in
N. C. Health Bulletin. Methodist; Steward, First Methodist
Church, Rocky Mount, 1934-1935 and 1950, Edenton Street Church,
Raleigh. Married Juanita Harris Ferguson, 1928. Three children:
Geraldine, 27; Jean, 23; Lafayette Ferguson, 17. Address: 2129
Cowper Di-ive, Raleigh, N. C.
CLYDE PHARR PATTON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION
(Appointed by the Commission)
Clyde Pharr Patton, Democrat, was born in Monroe County,
West Virginia, September 17, 1913. Son of Clyde Thompson and
Glenna Robinson (Pharr) Patton. Attended Herndon High
School, Herndon, Va. ; Virginia Polytechnic Institute, B.S. in
Biology, 1936 and M.S. in Wildlife Conservation, 1939. Member
Wildlife Society, Outdoor Writers Association of America; Out-
door Writers Association of North Carolina; Atlantic Water-
fowl Council, Chairman, 1954-1956; National Waterfowl Council;
International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Com-
missioners, member Executive Committee; Southeastern Associa-
tion of Game and Fish Commissioners, President, 1953 ; Carolina
Bird Club; Atlantic Flyway Representative, National Waterfowl
Council. Editor, Virginia Wildlife Magazine, 1946-1948. Co-
author of "Wild Mammals of Virginia." Author of numerous
articles in scientific and popular publications. Executive Direc-
tor, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission since Feb-
Biographical Sketches 413
ruary 1, 1948. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Infantry Re-
serve (ROTC), May 31, 1936; called to active duty with Air
Force, June of 1941; served in European Theatre of Operations
from August of 1942 to September of 1945; released from active
duty as Lieutenant Colonel, March, 1946; Reserve Officer at pres-
ent. Member Raleigh Lodge No. 500, Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons. Presbyterian; Elder; President and Teacher of Adult
Sunday School Class. Married Lucile Nadine Jennings, Decem-
ber 7, 1945. Address: 105 Ashland Street, Raleigh, N. C.
JAMES WILLIAMS POWELL
DIRECTOR STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
(Appointed by the Attorney General)
James Williams Powell, Democrat, was born in Laurens, S. C,
August 24, 1909. Son of James W. and Tallulah (Caine) Powell.
Attended public schools of New Hanover and Lenoir Counties;
graduated from Cape Charles (Va.) High School, 1926; Virginia
Military Institute, Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engi-
neering, 1930. Also completed courses in following: Boyd Busi-
ness School, Washington, D. C, 1932; Institute of Criminal Sci-
ence, Washington, D. C, 1937; U. S. Army Counter-intelligence
School, Chicago, 111., 1942; British School of Military Intelligence,
Matlock, England, 1944. Member International Association of
Chiefs of Police; Academy for Scientific Interrogation; North
Carolina Sheriffs' Association; Past President N. C. Police Ex-
ecutives Association. Major, Military Intelligence Division,
United States Army, 1942-1946; Major, 113th Field Artillery Bat-
talion, 30th Division, N. C. National Guard, 1948-1951. Mason,
Raleigh Lodge No. 500. Presbyterian. One daughter, Kitty Tal-
lulah Powell, age 17. Address: Apartment A, 2018 Smallwood
Drive, Raleigh N. C.
JAMES HARRIS PURKS, JR.
DIRECTOR NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION
(Appointed by the Board with the approval of the Governor)
James Harris Purks, Jr., Democrat, was born in Bartow, Ga.,
August 6, 1901. Son of James Harris and Lulie Carswell (Kin-
man) Purks. Attended Madison (Ga.) High School, 1913-1917;
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Emory University, 1919-1923, B.S.; Columbia University, 1924-
1928, A.M. and Ph.D. Member Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Chi;
American Physical Society; Southeastern Section American Phys-
ical Society; Masonic Lodge; Sons of American Revolution.
Served as Second Lieutenant in Georgia National Guard, 1923-
1924; Second Lieutenant, ORC, 1923-1928. Professor of Physics
and Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, Emory University,
1938-1947; Director of the University Center in Georgia, 1948-
1950; Associate Director of the General Education Board (of
New York, a Rockefeller Foundation), 1950-1954; Provost and
Vice-President of University of North Carolina, 1954-1956; mem-
ber Council of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies since
its origin, Chairman in 1948 and currently member Board of
Directors. Author of several scientific papers in journals of
physics. Elected Director of North Carolina Board of Higher
Education on January 4, 1956 and assumed duties on March 1,
1956. Methodist. Married Mary Pearce Brown, June 9, 1932.
One son, James H. Purks, IIL Address: Raleigh, N. C.
GEORGE WASHINGTON RANDALL, JR.
CHAIRMAN NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF PAROLES
(Appointed by the Governor)
George Washington Randall, Jr., Democrat, was born in West
Blocton, Ala., July 13, 1910. Son of George Washington and
Carrie Leland (White) Randall. Attended West Blocton, Ala.,
High School, 1923-1927; Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn),
1927-1929; University of Alabama, 1929-1931; University of Ala-
bama Law School, 1931-1932. Member Iredell County Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, 1949-1951; Mooresville Planning
Board; Mooresville Chamber of Commerce, Director; Mooresville
Rotary Club, President, 1948-1949. Member Phi Delta Theta
Fraternity. Representative from Iredell County in the General
Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Appointed Chairman, N. C. Board
of Paroles by Governor Luther H. Hodges, June 29, 1956. Episco-
palian; Vestryman. Married Satie Graham of Sumter, S. C,
January 19, 1935. Three children: George Robert Randall (de-
ceased); Martha Leland Randall, age 9; and Rosemary Randall,
age 2. Home address: 215 West Stewart Ave., Mooresville, N. C.
Official address: Raleigh, N. C.
Biographical Sketches 415
NEROS FREDERICK RANSDELL
MEMBER NORTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
(Appointed by the Governor)
Neros Frederick Ransdell, Democrat, was born in Franklin
County, N. C, September 19, 1903. Son of William C. and Mary
(Dixon) Ransdell. Attended Sandhill Farm Life School, 1923-
1927; Mars Hill College; Wake Forest College; Wake Forest Law
School, 1930-1933. President, Euthalian Literary Society, Mars
Hill College, 1929; awarded improvement medal, 1928; Debater's
Medal, 1929; Commencement Debater's Medal, 1929, Inter-Collegi-
ate Debater, 1928-1929, Delegate from Wake County to National
Farm Bureau Organization in Chicago, 111., 1944. Lawyer. Mem-
ber Wake County Bar Association ; North Carolina State Bar As-
sociation. Solicitor, Fuquay Springs Recorder's Court, 1934-1944
and 1954-1955. Representative from Wake County in the General
Assembly of 1945 and 1947. Chief Enrolling Clerk during 1949
Session of the General Assembly. Appointed Director of State
Probation Commission by the North Carolina State Probation
Commission and the Governor, January 21, 1950. Appointed Com-
missioner of Paroles for the State of North Carolina by Governor
Scott, June 2, 1952. Appointed a member of the North Carolina
Probation Commission by Governor Scott, August 20, 1952. Ap-
pointed a member of the North Carolina Industrial Commission
by Governor Hodges, January 14, 1955. Member Fuquay-Varina
Lions Club. Presbyterian. One daughter: Sylvia Nan Ransdell.
Address: Varina, N. C.
WILLIAM P. SAUNDERS
DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
(Appointed by the Governor)
William P. Saunders, Democrat, was born in Gaston County at
Dallas, October 28, 1897. Son of the late Thomas Lee Saunders
and Mary Elizabeth (Gaston) Saunders. Attended Plumtree
Academy in Spruce Pine; was graduated from the Morganton
High School. Attended University of North Carolina, Class of
1921. While an undergraduate at University, he was a private
in the Student Army Training Corps (SATC), 1917-18, and
played outfield on University baseball team of which the now
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Governor Luther H. Hodges was business manager. After serv-
ing in various capacities in textile industry he became manager
of Pinehurst Silk Mill at Hemp (now Robbins) in 1931. Was
President of Robbins Mills, Inc., which had branches at Aber-
deen, Raeford, Red Springs and Robbins when mills merged with
American Woolen Company in 1954. Had retired to home in
Southern Pines when Governor Hodges requested him to be-
come Director, Department of Conservation and Development,
effective December 15, 1955, to succeed Ben E. Douglas, resigned.
Mayor of Robbins, 1935-50; served on Robbins School Board;
member Moore County Board of Education; USO Chairman for
Moore County during World War II, and has been a member of
Moore County Hospital Board for more than 20 years. Named
by Governor R. Gregg Cherry as a member of first State Stream
Sanitation Commission. Resigned membership on State Banking
Commission to which he had been named by Governor William
B. Umstead when Governor Hodges appointed him to present posi-
tion. Member Board of Trustees University of North Carolina;
Chairman of Board's Visiting Committee; Director and Vice
President Business Foundation of University of North Carolina,
member of Advisory Council North Carolina State College.
Scottish Rite Mason; Shriner; member Southern Pines Kiwanis
Club; former member of Robbins Lions Club and Knights of
Pythias. Life-long Democrat, he served as chairman of his pre-
cinct in Moore County and is a member of the State Democratic
Executive Committee from Moore County. Member Pine Needles
Country Club; Southern Pines; Kings Mountain Country Club;
Carolina Country Club and Sphinx Club, both in Raleigh. Pres-
byterian; Elder. Married Elizabeth Yates Plonk of Kings Moun-
tain, October, 1923, deceased. Two daughters: Mrs. Ralph W.
Barnhart, Raeford, N. C, and Mrs. Robert 0. Southwell, Rome,
Ga. Official address: Education Building, Raleigh, N. C. Home
address: Southern Pines, N. C.
EDWARD SCHEIDT
COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES
(Appointed by the Governor)
Edward Scheldt, Democrat, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota,
January 20, 1903. Son of John and Anna (Kerber) Scheldt. At-
Biographical Sketches 417
tended Winston-Salem High School, Class of 1921 ; University of
North Carolina, A. B., 1926; University of North Carolina Law
School, LL.B., 1931. Admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1931.
Worked with Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1931-1953, serving
as Special Agent in Charge of the Charlotte, New York and
Detroit offices. Member Society of former Special Agents of the
F. B. I.; Chi Phi Social Fraternity; Omicron Delta Kappa Hon-
orary Fraternity. Lutheran. Married Ruth Schwenck, August
28, 1933. Two daughters, Elsa and Ruth. Address: 2338 Hatha-
way Road, Raleigh, N. C.
EUGENE GUILFORD SHAW
COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE
(Appointed by the Governor)
Eugene Guilford Shaw, Democrat, was born in Pittsburgh,
Pa., April 2, 1899, Son of James Henry and Lillian (White)
Shaw. Attended Greensboro High School, 1912-1917; Oak Ridge
Military Institute, 1917-1918; University of North Carolina,
1920-1923; University of North Carolina Law School. Attorney
at law. Tax administrator. Member, Greensboro Bar Associa-
tion; N. C. Bar Association; Greensboro Real Estate Board;
Past President Bar Association of 12th Judicial District. Charter
member and Past President, Guilford County Young Democratic
Club. Former Secretary, Guilford County Board of Elections.
Former Executive Vice-Chairman, Guilford County Democratic
Executive Committee. Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court Guil-
ford County, 1923-1925. Public Administrator in Guilford County,
1942-1949. Seaman 2. c, U. S. Navy in World War 1. Member
Corinthian Lodge No. 542 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
Past Master, 1929-1930. Member Oasis Temple Ancient Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Appointed Commissioner of
Revenue on April 26, 1949 by Governor Kerr Scott; re-appointed
June, 1953 by Governor William B. Umstead. President of Alumni
Association of Oak Ridge Military Institute; President of Na-
tional Association of Tax Administrators, 1952-53; President of
Southeastern Association of Tax Administrators, 1952-53; First
Vice-President of Tax Institute, Incorporated, of Princeton, New
Jersey, 1953. Chairman of Board of Trustees, Federation of Tax
Administrators, Chicago, 111., 1955-56. Presbyterian. Married
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Alice Elizabeth Lindsay of Taylorsville, N. C, April 3, 1926. One
son, Eugene Guilford Shaw. Address: 1616 Nottingham Road,
Greensboro, N. C.
CHARLES STEPHENS TEMPLETON
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
(Appointed by the Commission
with the approval of the Governor)
Charles Stephens Templeton, Democrat, was born in China
Grove, N. C, May 27, 1913. Son of George J. and Roxie B.
(Sechler) Templeton. Attended China Grove Public Schools, 1919-
1930; University of North Carolina, A. B., 1934; Columbia Uni-
versity, M. A., 1939; On-the-Job Training in Hospital Adminis-
tration, 1946. Member Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa and
Phi Mu Alpha Fraternities. While at the University of North
Carolina was member of YMCA Deputation Team. High School
Teacher and Band Director, Fayetteville High School, 1934-1935;
Supervisor of Teacher Training, Chapel Hill Public Schools, 1935-
1939. Teacher of History, Durham Public Schools, 1939-1941;
Assistant Professor of Social Science and Secretary of the Fac-
ulty, Mississippi State College for Women, 1941-1942; Adminis-
trator, St. Aenes Hospital and School of Nursing, Raleigh, N. C,
1947-1950; Hospital Administrative Consultant and Program
Director, North Carolina Medical Care Commission, 1950-1957.
Appointed Executive Secretary, N. C. Medical Care Commission,
February 1, 1957. Member American Association of Hospital
Planning Agencies; Wake County Association of Phi Beta Kappa;
former member of Raleigh Junior Chamber of Commerce; Direc-
tor Raleigh Chamber of Music Guild; President Social Science
Teachers, North Carolina Education Association, 1938-1939. En-
tered United States Army Air Force as Private, May 28, 1942;
released from service as First Lieutenant, February 16, 1946;
Reserve Officer since 1946. Episcopalian. Address: 914 Culpepper
Lane, Raleigh, N. C.
Biographical Sketches 419
HARRY TRACY WESTCOTT
STATE UTILITIES COMMISSIONER
(Appointed by the Governor)
Harry Tracy Westcott, Democrat, was born in Manteo, N. C,
April 13, 1906. Son of George Thomas and Odessa (Tillett) West-
cott. Attended Manteo Graded School, 1914-1920; Manteo High
School, 1920-1924; North Carolina State College, B.S. degree,
1928. Attended and completed School of Transportation and Mar-
keting conducted by the University of Chicago in cooperation
with the U. S. Department of Agriculture in New York, 1938.
President, Inspectors Association of America, 1941. Marketing
Specialist, N. C. Department of Agriculture, 1936-1948. Adminis-
trator, Federal Marketing Agreement and Order No. 81 States of
N. C. and Virginia, 1948. Director of Markets, State of North
Carolina, 1948-1950. Appointed by Governor Scott as a member
of the Utilities Commission, March 1, 1950. Reappointed for a
term of six years, February 1, 1951. Methodist. Married Helen
Rankin of Gastonia, N. C, March 21, 1942. Two children: Helen
Rankin Westcott; Robert Thomas Westcott. Address: 3046 Gran-
ville Drive, Raleigh, N. C.
STANLEY WINBORNE
CHAIRMAN STATE UTILITIES COMMISSION
(Appointed by the Governor)
Stanley Winborne, Democrat, was born at Murfreesboro, N. C,
August 25, 1886. Son of B. B. and Nellie (Vaughan) Winborne.
Attended public schools; Dr. E. E. Parham's School, Murfrees-
boro; University of North Carolina, 1907; Ph. B. degree. Member
of North Carolina Bar Association. Member of the North Caro-
lina Society of the Cincinnati. Mason. Pi Kappa Alpha Frater-
nity; Order of the Gorgan's Head. Kiwanis Club. Mayor, Mur-
freesboro 1909-1910; County Attorney 1911-1914; Representative
from Hertford County 1915-1919; Senator from First District
1921; Democratic nominee for Presidential Elector 1928. Appoint-
ed member of the Corporation Commission in February 1930, by
Governor Gardner; elected for unexpired term in November 1930;
re-elected for regular term 1932. Appointed Utilities Commis-
sioner by Governor Ehringhaus, effective January 1, 1934; elected
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for four-year term in November 1934; re-elected November 8,
1938; made Chairman of present N. C. Utilities Commission by
General Assembly 1941; reappointed Chairman by Governor
Cherry, 1947; reappointed Chairman by Governor Umstead in 1953.
Methodist. Married Frances Sharp Jernigan, April 17, 1912. Four
sons, three daughters, ten grandsons and seven granddaughters.
Address: Raleigh, N. C.
DR. ELLEN WINSTON
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE
(Appointed by the State Board of Public Welfare
with the approval of the Governor)
Dr. Ellen Winston, Democrat, was born in Bryson City, N. C.
Daughter of Stanley Warren and Marianna (Fischer) Black.
Attended Bryson City Public Schools; Converse College, Spartan-
burg, S. C, A.B.; Graduate work at N. C. State College and
University of North Carolina ; University of Chicago, M. A. ;
Ph.D. Honorary L.H.D., Woman's College of University of North
Carolina, 1948; Honorary LL.D., Converse College, 1952. Ap-
pointed Commissioner of the State Board of Public Welfare, June
1, 1944. Member American Sociological Society, American Pub-
lic Welfare Association, National Conference of Social Welfare
Health Association, North Carolina Conference for Social Service,
American Association of University Women, Raleigh Business
and Professional Women's Club, Raleigh Woman's Club, and In-
ternational Conference of Social Work. President State Legis-
lative Council, 1943-1944; Legislative Chairman State Federation
of Women's Clubs, 1943-1944. International Relations Chairman,
N. C. Branch American Association of University Women, 1943-
1946. Chairman Administrative Board of State Nutrition Com-
mittee, 1947-1948. President, N. C. Conference for Social Service,
1948-1950. Head, Department of Sociology and Economics, Mere-
dith College, 1940-1944. Consultant Federal Works Project Ad-
ministration, 1939-1943. Consultant National Resources Planning
Board, 1940-1943. Consultant United States Office of Education,
1942-1944. Member, Board of Dix-ectors, North Carolina Confer-
ence for Social Service, Mental Health Council, and Hospital for
Treatment of Children with Cerebral Palsy; Chairman, North
Carolina Board of Eugenics. Ex-officio member N. C. Medical
Care Commission, State Recreation Commission, State Commis-
Biographical Sketches 421
sion for the Blind, Prison Advisory Council, and State Board
of Correction and Training. President, American Public Welfare
Association. Chairman, North Carolina Committee on Refugee
Act of 1953. Member, Committee on Federal Aid to Welfare of
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-1955. Mem-
ber, Factfinding Committee, Midcentury White House Conference
on Children and Youth, 1948-1950; member Slum Clearance Ad-
visory Committee, U. S. Housing and Home Finance Agency,
1950-1954; member, Executive Committee, National Conference
of Social Work, 1951-1954; President, North Carolina Health
Council, 1955 — . Chairman, Governor's Coordinating Committee
on Aging. Listed in "Biographical Directory of American Schol-
ars," "Who's Who in the American Education," "Who's Who in
the Western Hemisphere," and "Who's Who in America." Co-
author of "Seven Lean Years"; "The Plantation South, 1934-
1937"; "Foundations of American Population Policy." Author of
numerous articles dealing with social and economic problems.
Formerly special technical editor National Economic and Social
Planning Association and for the Carnegie Corporation of New
York. Presbyterian. Married Dr. Sanford Winston. Address: 1712
^iccadilly Lane, Raleigh, N. C.
HENRY ALTON WOOD
EXECUTIVE SFCRETARY
NORTH CAROLINA STATE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND
(Appointed by the Commission)
Henry Alton Wood, Democrat, was born in Lincolnton, N. C,
September 7, 1904. Son of John Henry and Ella (Heavner) Wood.
Attended Valle Crucis Industrial School; Lincolnton High School;
A.B., University of North Carolina, 1927; University of North
Carolina Graduate School, 1928-1931. Member, National Rehabili-
tation Association; N. C. Society Social Service; N. C. Society
Crippled Children; Exceptional Child; lAPES; American Associa-
tion for the Blind; National Society for the Prevention of Blind-
ness; Association of Rehabilitation Woi'kers for the Blind, Na-
tional President, 1949 ; Director, American Association Workers
for the Blind, 1950 and Vice-President 1956-1960; Director,
North Carolina State Association for the Blind. Trustee, Amer-
ican Foundation for the Blind. First Vice President, States'
Council of Agencies for the Blind, 1954. Director, States Council
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National Rehabilitation Association. Member, U. S. Delegation,
World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, Paris, France, 1954.
Member, Sir Walter Lions Club. Episcopalian. Married Pauline
Patton, June 17, 1933. One daughter, Polly Patton, age 20.
Address: 2619 Grant Avenue, Raleigh, N. C.
SAMUEL OTIS WORTHINGTON
STATE UTILITIES COMMISSIONER
(Appointed by the Governor)
Samuel Otis Worthington, Democrat, was born in Winterville,
N. C, January 24, 1898. Son of Samuel G. and Lydia Campbell
(Smith) Worthington. Attended rural schools, 1905-1912; Winter-
ville High School, 1912-1917; University of North Carolina, two
years of academic work and two years of law, fall of 1917 through
summer of 1921. Attorney. Served in the Naval Unit of S.A.T.C.
at the University from September 1, 1918 to November 1918.
Served in N. C. State Guard October, 1943 to October, 1944.
Representative from Pitt County in the General Assembly of
1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955. Member
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. Grand Chancellor of the Order
of Knights of Pythias in the State of North Carolina from June,
1930 to July, 1931. Supreme Representative from Domain of
North Carolina to Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias, 1938-1948.
Member Greenville Exchange Club; Treasurer, N. C. State Ex-
change Clubs, 1953-1955. State Utilities Commissioner, June 1,
1953-December 31, 1954; reappointed June 28, 1955. Episcopalian.
Married Bessie Harrison, April 29, 1926. Two children: Lina
Hackett Worthington Mays, Richmond, Va., and Samuel Otis
Worthington Jr., Greenville, N. C. One grandson, Robert Worth-
ington Mays, age 2. Home address: Greenville, N. C. Official
address : Raleigh, N. C.
NATHAN HUNTER YELTON
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
(Elected by Board of Trustees)
Nathan Hunter Yelton, Democrat, was born at Bakersville,
N. C, April 5, 1901. Son of David and Sarah Jane (Deyton) Yel-
ton. Attended Berea Academy, Ky., 1916-1918; Friendville High
School, (Tenn.) 1921-1922; Yancey Collegiate Institute, Burnsville,
Biographical Sketches 423
N. C, 1922-1923; Maryville College, Tenn., 1923-1924; Summer
Schools, University of Tennessee; B.S., Vanderbilt University;
George Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn., 1928; Graduate work at
the University of North Carolina, 1930, and in School Administra-
tion, George Peabody, 1931. Member of Municipal Finance Officers
Association, U. S. and Canada ; Southern Conference on Teacher
Retirement, National Council on Teacher Retirement. President
High School Principals Association, Western District, N.C.E.A.,
1931; Western District, Superintendent's Association, N.C.E.A.,
1934. Superintendent, Mitchell County Schools, 1931-1937; State
Director Public Assistance 1937-1941 ; Executive Secretary, State
School Commission, 1941, 1942; Controller State Board of Educa-
tion, 1942-1943; Director and Executive Secretary of the North
Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System for
cities and counties of North Carolina which began July 1, 1945.
Immediate past president of Southern Conference Retirement Offi-
cials. Chairman Mitchell County Democratic Executive Committee,
Philadelphia; member State Democratic Executive Committee,
1933-1937. Delegate to 1936 National Democratic Convention in
1933-1943; elected again in 1945 and at present a member of The
State Democratic Executive Committee. Former member Board of
Directors National Council on Teacher Retirement and Chairman
Legislative Committee. Immediate past president. Southern Con-
ference on Teacher Retirement. Chairman National Council on
Teacher Retirement, a division of the National Education Associa-
tion, State Director of Public Employees Social Security program
fo}- cities, counties, and towns not covered by an existing retire-
ment system. Board of Directors Raleigh United Fund. Pvt., Stu-
dent Army Training Corps, 1918; Captain U. S. Army, December
19, 1943 to October 7, 1945 with eighteen months overseas. At-
tached to British 11th Armored Division for eight months; partici-
pated in the invasion of Normandy, North France and Rhineland
Campaigns. Attached to 3rd Army with headquarters in Munich
in charge of Military Government Education program for Bavaria
in the denazification of the German School System. Promoted to
rank of major and now holds this commission in the Officer Reserve
corps. Mason, member Raleigh Lodge 500. Member American
Legion ; Veterans of Foreign Wars ; Raleigh Lions Club. Presby-
terian; Deacon. Married Cerena Sue Polk on April 16, 1922. One
daughter, Natalie. Address: 113 Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh, N. C.
Senator W. Kerr Scott
Bonner — First District
Fountain- Second District
Barden — Third District
Cooley — Fourth District
Scott— Fifth District
Durham — Sixth District
UNITED STATES SENATORS
SAM J. ERVIN, JR.
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Democrat, of Morganton, N. C; born at
Morganton September 27, 1896, a son of Samuel James and Laura
(Powe) Ervin; graduated from University of North Carolina with
A.B. degree, 1917 and Harvard Law School with an LL.B. degree,
1922; granted honorary LL.D. degrees by University of North
Carolina, 1951 and by Western Carolina College, 1955; served in
Fi'ance with First Division in First World War; twice wounded in
battle, twice cited for gallantry in action and awarded French
Fourragere, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, Silver Star and
Distinguished Service Cross; admitted to North Carolina Bar,
1919; practiced law at Morganton from 1922 until present, ex-
cept during service on the bench; Representative from Burke
County in the North Carolina General Assembly, 1923, 1925, 1931;
Chairman Burke County Democratic Executive Committee, 1924;
member North Carolina State Democratic Executive Committee,
1930-1937; Judge, Burke County Criminal Court, 1935-1937; Judge,
North Carolina Superior Court, 1937-1943; member North Caro-
lina State Board of Law Examiners, 1944-1946; Representative
from the Tenth North Carolina District in 79th Congress, 1946-
1947; Chairman, North Carolina Commission for the Improve-
ment of the Administration of Justice, 1947-1949; Associate
Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court, from February 3, 1948
until June 11, 1954, when he qualified as a United States Sen-
ator from North Carolina under appointment of Governor Wil-
liam B. Umstead as successor to the late Clyde R. Hoey; elected
to the Senate at the general election on November 2, 1954, for a
term expiring on January 3, 1957; re-elected to Senate at General
Election of November 3, 1956, for a term expiring on January 3,
1963. Trustee, Morganton Graded Schools (1927-1930), University
of North Carolina (1932-1935, 1945-1946), and Davidson College
(1948-1955) ; member American Bar Association, American Judi-
cature Society, North Carolina Bar Association, North Carolina
State Bar, American Legion, Army and Navy Legion of Valor,
Disabled American Veterans, Society of the First Division, Vet-
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erans of Foreign Wars, Knights Templar, Scottish Rite Masons,
Junior Order, Knights of Pythias, American Historical Associa-
tion, North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities,
North Carolina Society of Mayflower Descendants, South Caro-
lina Historical Society, Southern Historical Association, State
Literary and Historical Association, Western North Carolina
Historical Association, Morganton Kiwanis Club, General Alumni
Association of the University of North Carolina (President, 1947-
1948). Presbyterian. Married Margaret Bruce Bell of Concord,
North Carolina, June 18, 1924; three children: Sam J. Ervin, III,
Margaret Leslie Ervin, and Laura Powe Ervin. Address: Mor-
ganton, N. C.
Biographical Sketches 427
WILLIAM KERR SCOTT
UNITED STATES SENATOR
William Kerr Scott, Democrat, was born at Haw River, Ala-
mance County, on April 17, 1896. Son of R. W. and Elizabeth
Hughes Scott. Attended Hawfields Graded School, 1902-1908;
Hawfields High School 1909-1913; N. C. State College 1913-1917;
B.S. degree in Agriculture, honor student and athlete. Farmer
and dairyman. Emergency Food Production Agent, U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, 1917; Private Field Artillery, 1918; Ala-
mance County Farm Agent, 1920-30; Master North Carolina State
Grange, 1930-33; Regional Director, Farm Debt Adjustment Pro-
gram of Resettlement Administration, 1934-36; State Commis-
sioner of Agriculture 1936. Reelected 1940, 1944. Resigned Febru-
ary 14, 1948, to become candidate for Governor. Elected Governor
November 2, 1948. Elected to the United States Senate, November
2, 1954. Member American Jersey Cattle Club; N. C. Jersey Cattle
Club (President) ; N. C. Rural Electrification Authority and first
North Carolinian to make public address advocating rural electri-
fication (Statesville in 1930) ; N. C. Dairy Association (President) ;
State Farmers Convention (President) 1934; N. C. Cotton Growers
Cooperative Association (Advisory Board) ; Walter B. Ellis Post
No. 63 American Legion, Burlington; Originator Tobacco Advisory
Council; Tobacco Advisory Board (Chairman 1945) ; National
Association of Commissioners, Secretaries and Commissioners of
Agriculture (President 1947) ; National Advisory Committee of
Agricultural Research and Marketing 1946-1948; Special Com-
mission to Mexico to study Hoof and Mouth Disease 1947. Re-
ceived Progressive Farmer award "Man of the Year" as N. C.
Agricultural Leader in 1937. Junior Order American Mechanics.
Hawfields Presbyterian Church (Deacon 1920-32, Elder 1933-48).
Married Mary Elizabeth White of Hawfields, July 2, 1919. Three
children: Osborne W., Haw River; Mary Kerr (Mrs. A. J. Louder-
milk), Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; Robert W., Haw River. Address:
Haw River, N. C.
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REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS
HERBERT COVINGTON BONNER
(First District — Counties: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Curri-
tuck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perqui-
mans, Pitt, Tyrrell and Washington. Population 247,894.)
Herbert Covington Bonner, Democrat, was born in Washington,
N. C. Son of Macon Herbert and Hannah Selby (Hare) Bonner.
Attended Public and Private Schools, Washington, N. C; Warren-
ton High School 1906-1909. Farmer. Sergeant Co. I, 322nd In-
fantry, 81st Division World War I. Attended Officers Training
School, Longres, France, after Armistice. Commander Beaufort
County Post 1922, and District Commander American Legion,
N. C. Dept., 1940. Elected to Seventy-sixth Congress from the
First Congressional District, November 1940, to succeed Lindsay
C. Warren, resigned. Re-elected to Seventy-seventh, Seventy-
eighth, Seventy-ninth, Eightieth, Eighty-first, Eighty-second,
Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses. Episco-
palian, Mason, Shriner, Elk and Legionnaire. Married Mrs. Eva
Hassell Hackney, August 2, 1924. Address: Washington, N. C.
LAWRENCE H. FOUNTAIN
(Second District— Counties : Bertie, Edgecombe, Greene, Hali-
fax, Lenoir, Northampton, Warren and Wilson. Population,
306,904.)
Lawrence H. Fountain, Democrat, was born in the village of
Leggett, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, April 23, 1913. Son
of Sallie (Barnes) and the late Lawrence H. Fountain. Educated
in the public schools of Edgecombe County and at the University
of North Carolina, A.B. and LL.B degrees. Active attorney-at-
law from 1936 until elected to Congress. Member local, state and
national Bar Associations; Kiwanis and Moose Clubs; Executive
Committee East Carolina Council Boy Scouts of America; Board
of Trustees, Consolidated Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, N. C;
former JAYCEE; Director home chapter American Red Cross;
Reading Clerk North Carolina State Senate, 1936-1941; North
Carolina State Senator, 1947-1952. World War II veteran of four
years service. Elected to 83rd Congress; re-elected to 84th and
Biographical Sketches 429
85th Congresses; Chairman, Intergovernmental Relations Sub-
committee of Committee on Government Operations, 84th and 85th
Congresses. Presbyterian; Elder. Married Christine Dail of Mount
Olive, N. C. Address: Tarboro, N. C.
GRAHAM A. BARDEN
(Third District — Counties: Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones,
Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Sampson, and Wayne. Population
308,470.)
Graham Arthur Barden, Democrat, was born in Sampson County,
N. C, September 25, 1896. Son of James Jefferson and Mary Rob-
inson (James) Barden. Attended Burgaw High School; University
of North Carolina, LL.B. degree. Attorney-at-law. Member of
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; Sigma Chi Fraternity. Member
Sudan Shrine; Doric Masonic Lodge; Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks ; American Legion ; Master of Doric Lodge 1928 ;
Exalted Ruler of the Elks Lodge; Commander of the American
Legion. Served in the United States Navy during World War I.
Judge of Craven County Court. Representative from Craven
County to General Assembly 19.33. Elected to the Seventy-fourth
Congress, the Seventy-fifth Congress, the Seventy-sixth Congress,
the Seventy-seventh Congress; the Seventy-eighth Congress, the
Seventy-ninth Congress, the Eightieth Congress, the Eighty-first
Congress, the Eighty-second Congress, the Eighty-third Congress,
the Eighty-fourth Congress, and the Eighty-fifth Congress. Pres-
byterian; Deacon of First Presbyterian Church, New Bern. Mar-
ried Agnes Foy; two children, Graham A., Jr., and Agnes Bar-
den Sabiston. Address: New Bern, N, C.
HAROLD D. COOLEY
(Fourth District — Counties: Chatham, Franklin, Johnston, Nash,
Randolph, Vance, and Wake. Population, 401,913.)
Harold Dunbar Cooley, Democrat, of Nashville, N. C, son of
the late R. A. P. Cooley and Hattie Davis Cooley; born July 26,
1897; attended the public schools of Nash County, the University
of North Carolina, and the law school of Yale University; licensed
to practice law in February, 1918; served in the Naval Aviation
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Flying Corps during World War I; presidential elector in 1932;
President, Nash County Bar Association, 1933; member of Junior
Order United American Mechanics, Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and
Phi Delta Phi national law fraternity; member of Baptist Church;
married Madeline Strickland in 1923, and is father of two chil-
dren, a son, Roger A. P. Cooley, II, and a daughter, Hattie Davis
Cooley Lawrence. Elected to Seventy-third Congress, July 7,
1934; re-elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress, November 6,
1934, and to each succeeding Congress. Chairman, House Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Eighty-first, Eighty-second and Eighty-
fourth Congresses. Member Executive Committee and Council
of Interparliamentary Union and Vice-President of the Ameri-
can Group. Address: Nashville, N. C.
RALPH JAMES SCOTT
(Fifth District — Counties: Caswell, Forsyth, Granville, Person,
Rockingham, Stokes and Surry. Population, 355,088.)
Ralph James Scott, Democrat, was born in Surry County,
October 15, 1905. Son of Samual M. and Daisy M. (Cook) Scott.
Attended Pinnacle High School, graduating in 1925; Wake Forest
College, LL.B., 1930. Lawyer. Member State and District Bar
Associations. Representative in the General Assembly of 1937.
Chairman Stokes County Democratic Executive Committee since
1936. Elected Solicitor 21st District, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1950 and
1954. Elected to 85th Congress, November 6, 1956. Mason, Shriner
and Elk. Baptist. Married Verna Denny, November 30, 1929. Two
children, Mrs. W. F. Southern of Walnut Cove, N. C, and Nancy
Scott, Woman's College, UNC. Address: Danbury, N. C.
CARL T. DURHAM
(Sixth District — Counties: Alamance, Durham, Guilford and
Orange. Population, 398,351.)
Carl Thomas Durham, Democrat, was born at White Cross,
Bingham Township, Orange County, N. C, August 28, 1892. Son
of Claude P. and Delia Ann (Lloyd) Durham. Attended White
Cross Graded School 1898 to 1908; Mandale High School 1909,
1910, 1911 and 1912; University of North Carolina School of
Biographical Sketches 431
Pharmacy 1916 and 1917. Pharmacist Member N.C.P.A.; vice-
president, N.C.P.A. Member Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen 1922
to 1927; Chapel Hill School Board 1927 to 1938; Orange County
Board of Commissioners 1933 to December 1, 1938. Elected to the
76th Congress, 77th Congress, 78th Congress, 79th Congress, 80th
Congress, 81st Congress, 82nd Congress, 83rd Congress, 84th
Congress, and 85th Congress. Third ranking member of the House
Armed Services Committee and Vice-Chairman 84th Congress Joint
Committee on Atomic Energy. Married Margaret Joe Whitsett
(now deceased), December 30, 1918. Five children: Mrs. Gregg
Murray, Mrs. Joe Wall, Anne, Carl T., Jr., and Mrs. Bill D.
Sessler. Address: Chapel Hill, N. C.
ALTON ASA LENNON
(Seventh District — Counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus,
Cumberland, Harnett, New Hanover and Robeson. Population,
394,214.)
Alton Asa Lennon, Democrat, was born in Wilmington, N. C,
August 17, 1906. Son of Rosser Y. and Minnie (High) Lennon.
Attended New Hanover County Public Schools, 1913-1925; Wake
Forest College, LL.B., 1929. Lawyer. Member New Hanover Bar
Association; North Carolina Bar Association; State Bar, Inc.
President, New Hanover County Bar Association, 1953-1954;
Judge, New Hanover County Recorders Court, 1934-1942. State
Senator in the General Assembly of 1947 and 1951. Served in the
United States Senate from July 15, 1953 to November 29, 1954,
by appointment of former Governor William B. Umstead. Elected
to the 85th Congress in the General Election of November 6,
1956. Member International Order of Odd Fellows; Loyal Order
of Moose. Member of First Baptist Church of Wilmington, N. C.
Married Karine Welch, October 12, 1933. Children: Mrs. Edna
Lee Lennon Frost and Alton Yates Lennon. Address: Wilming-
ton, N. C.
senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr
Lennon — Seventh District
Kitchin— Eighth District
Alexander — Ninth District
Jonas — Tenth District
Whitener — Eleventh District
Shuford— Twelfth District
Biographical Sketches 433
ALVIN PAUL KITCHIN
(Eighth District — Counties: Anson, Davidson, Davie, Hoke,
Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland, Union, Wilkes and
Yadkin. Population, 369,455.)
Alvin Paul Kitchin, Democrat, w^as born in Scotland Neck, N. C,
September 13, 1908. Son of Alvin Paul and Carrie Virginia (Law-
rence) Kitchin. Attended Oak Ridge Military Institute, 1923-1925;
Wake Forest College, 1925-1930; Wake Forest College Law School.
Lawyer. Worked with Federal Bureau of Investigation from
January, 1933 to September, 1945. Elected to 85th Congress in
the General Election of November 6, 1956. Member Kappa Alpha
Southern; Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite 14th Degree; Woodmen
of the World; Rotary Club. Member, First Baptist Church of
Wadesboro ; Deacon ; Teacher of Barracca Class. Married Dora
Bennett Little, October 13, 1934. Children: A. Paul Kitchin, Jr.,
and Henry Little Kitchin. Address: Wadesboro, N. C.
HUGH QUINCY ALEXANDER
(Ninth District — Counties : Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Ca-
barrus, Caldwell, Iredell, Rowan, Stanly and Watauga. Population
338,907.)
Hugh Quincy Alexander, Democrat, U. S. Representative, 9th
N. C. District; was born in Glendon, N. C, August 7, 1911. Son
of 0. S. and Mary Belle (Reynolds) Alexander. Attended Goldston
Grammar School, 1918-1925; West Durham High School, 1925-
1928; Durham High School, 1928-1929; Duke University, 1929-
1932; University of North Carolina Law School, 1934-1937, LL.B.
Lawyer. Member of the N. C. Bar Association ; Cabarrus County
Bar. Shriner, Oasis Temple, President Cabarrus County Shrine
Club, 1946; Member of Executive Club; Kannapolis Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce; Cannon Memorial Y's Men's Club; Past Presi-
dent of Interstate Y.M.C.A.; Young Men's Council N. C. and S. C;
President Kannapolis Y. D. C. 1948; Beaver-Pittman Post Ameri-
can Legion, Commander, 1946. State Commander of American
Legion, 1950; Past Judge Advocate 12th District V. F. W.; Chair-
man Public Affairs Committee of North Carolina Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce 1949; Representative in the N. C. General As-
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sembly Sessions of 1947 and 1949. Solicitor Cabarrus County
Court, 1950-1952; Member National American Legion Boy's State.
Entered service as Ensign, U.S.N.R., June 19, 1942; discharged
as Lieutenant, U.S.N.R., December 25, 1945. Elected to Eighty-
third Congress, November 5, 1952; re-elected to Eighty-fourth
Congress, November 2, 1954 and to Eighty-fifth Congress,
November 6, 1956. Presbyterian. Married Myrtle Eliza-
beth White, September 25, 1942. One daughter, Elizabeth Rippy
Alexander, and three sons, Hugh Q, Alexander, Jr., Stephen
Alexander, and William George Alexander. Address: 207 S. Main
St., Kannapolis, N. C.
CHARLES RAPER .JONAS
(Tenth District — Counties: Avery, Burke, Catawba, Lincoln,
Mecklenburg and Mitchell. Population, 360,318.)
Charles Raper Jonas, Republican, of Lincolnton, N. C, was born
in Lincoln County, N. C, December 9, 1904. Son of Charles An-
drew and Rosa (Petrie) Jonas. Attended Lincolnton High School,
1918-1921; University of North Carolina, A. B., 1925; University
of North Carolina Law School, J.D., 1928. Attorney at law.
Member Lincoln County, North Carolina and American Bar
Associations. President North Carolina Bar Association, 1946-
1947. Member North Carolina National Guard since December
29, 1928; active duty in United States Army, 1941-1946, being
discharged as Lieutenant-Colonel; at present Colonel, North Caro-
lina National Guard. Elected to Congress from the Tenth North
Carolina Congressional District, November 4, 1952; re-elected
November 2, 1954, and November 6, 1956. Methodist. Married
Annie Elliott Lee, August 14, 1929. Children: Charles Jonas, Jr.,
age 15; Richard Elliott Jonas, age 13. Address: Lincolnton, N. C.
BASIL LEE WHITENER
(Eleventh District — Counties: Cleveland, Gaston, Madison, Mc-
Dowell, Polk, Rutherford, and Yancey. Population, 295,724.)
Basil Lee Whitener, Democrat, was born in York County, S. C,
May 14, 1915. Son of Laura Barrett Whitener and the late Levi
Whitener. Attended the public schools of Gaston County, grad-
Biographical Sketches 435
uating from Lowell High School in 1931 ; Rutherford County
College; University of South Carolina; Duke University, LL.B.,
1937. Admitted to North Carolina Bar in August of 1937 and
immediately entered general practice in Gastonia. Member Ameri-
can Bar Association; North Carolina Bar Association; Gaston
County Bar Association, President, 1950; American Judicature
Society; General Statutes Commission, 1946; Commission to Study
Improvement of Administration of Justice, 1947-1949; National
Association of Claimants' Compensation Attorneys; Judicial Con-
ference of Fourth Federal Judicial Circuit. Organizer and first
President, Gastonia Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1938; Vice-
President, N. C. Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1940-1941 ; Presi-
dent, N. C. Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1941-1942; honorary
life member of Gastonia Junior Chamber of Commerce. State
President, Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina, 1946-1947;
Permanent Chairman, Young Democratic National Convention at
Chattanooga, Tenn., November, 1949; Chairman Speakers' Bureau,
Young Democratic Clubs of America, 1948-1949; Chairman, Ad-
visory Committee of Young Democratic Clubs of America, 1949-
1951; Chairman, Board of Regional Directors of the Young
Democratic Clubs of America, 1951. Delegate from the Eleventh
Congressional District to 1948 Democratic National Convention in
Philadelphia. Representative in the General Assembly of 1941 ;
renominated in 1942 but resigned to enter the U. S. Navy. Served
as a gunnery officer in U. S. Navy during World War II, being
separated from service in November of 1945 with rank of Lieu-
tenant, USNR. Appointed Solicitor 14th Solicitorial District in
January of 1946; renominated in May of 1946 as Democratic
candidate for Solicitor and elected in November, 1946; re-elected
in 1950 and 1954. Elected to 85th Congress, November 6, 1956.
Member Kiwanis Club, Elks Club; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; V. F. W.; 32nd degree Mason; York and Scottish Rite
Bodies; Shriner. Member, Main Street Methodist Church of Gas-
tonia and now serving on the Official Board. Married Harriet
Priscilla Morgan of Union, S. C, September 26, 1942. Three
children: John Moi-gan Whitener, born October 25, 1945; Laura
Lee Whitener, born August 15, 1950; Basil Lee Whitener, Jr.,
born October 16, 1952. Address: Gastonia, N. C.
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GEORGE ADAMS SHUFORD
(Twelfth District — Counties: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Gra-
ham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Swain and Transyl-
vania, Population, 284,691.)
George Adams Shuford, Democrat, was born in Asheville, N. C,
September 5, 1895. Son of George A. and Julia E. (Dean) Shu-
ford. Attended Asheville public schools and graduated from Ashe-
ville High School in 1913; attended University of North Carolina
and thereafter the University of Georgia, receiving LL.B. degree
at the latter university in 1917; admitted to the practice of law
in the State of Georgia in 1917. Attended First Officer's Training
Camp, Fort McPherson, Georgia, May, 1917 and commissioned
2nd Lieutenant Infantry, August, 1917; thereafter in November,
1917 was assigned to the 119th Infantry Regiment of the 30th
Combat Division; commissioned First Lieutenant in January, 1918
and served with the 19th Infantry Regiment in the United States
and France until discharged at Camp Jackson in 1919. Licensed
to practice law in the State of North Carolina following military
service, August 1920. Member Buncombe County Bar Association,
President in 1940; North Carolina State Bar Association; Chair-
man Buncombe County Board of Elections, 1940-1942. Representa-
tive from Buncombe County in the North Carolina General As-
sembly of 1945 and 1947. Appointed Superior Court Judge for
the State of North Carolina in the fall of 1947 and served as such
until July, 1949. Elected to the Eighty-third, Eighty-Fourth and
Eighty-Fifth Congi-esses. Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fratern-
ity; thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner; Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. Episcopalian. Married Daphne Brown, April 23,
1932. Children: Sydney Herbert Shuford, Elizabeth Dean Shuford,
Fuller Adams Shuford. Address: Asheville, N. C.
Chief Justice Winborne
Justice Denny
Justice Johnson
Justice Parker
Justice Bobbitt
Justice Higgins
Justice Rodman
JUSTICES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA
SUPREME COURT
JOHN WALLACE WINBORNE
CHIEF JUSTICE
John Wallace Winborne was born in Chowan County, N. C,
July 12, 1884. Son of Dr. Robert H. and Annie F. (Parker) Win-
borne. Attended Horner Military School, Oxford, 1900-1902; A.B.,
University of North Carolina, 1906; LL.D., University of North
Carolina, 1946. Married twice: first to Charlie May Blanton,
March 30, 1910 who died November 4, 1940. To them two children
were born : daughter, Charlotte Blanton now Mrs. Charles M.
Shaffer, Chapel Hill, N. C, and a son, John Wallace, Jr., of
Northampton, Mass. Second marriage to Mrs. Lalage Gates Rori-
son, June 14, 1947. Taught Bingham Military School, Asheville,
N. C, 1906-1907. Admitted to practice. North Carolina, 1906.
Practiced, Marion, N. C, after 1907. Member firm of Pless and
Winborne, 1907-1919; Pless, Winborne and Pless, 1919-1926; Pless,
Winborne, Pless and Proctor, 1926-1927; Winborne and Proctor
1928-1937. Member of Board of Aldermen, 1913-1921; Attorney,
Marion and McDowell County, 1918-1937; Member local Selective
Service Board during World War I. Chairman Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, McDowell County, 1910-1912; Member State Dem-
ocratic Executive Committee, 1916-1937; Chairman, State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, 1932-1937. Member Local Govern-
ment Commission of North Carolina, 1931-1933. Chairman N. C.
Judicial Council, 1954. Delta Kappa Epsilon; Mason; Grand
Master of Masons of North Carolina, 1931 ; Executive Club of
Raleigh. Member North Carolina State Bar Association and
American Bar Association. Honorary member of North Carolina
Society of the Cincinnati; Honorary member Phi Delta Phi;
Marion Kiwanis Club (president, 1923). Appointed by Governor
Hoey Associate Justice Supreme Court of North Carolina, July 1,
1937; elected for a term of eight years in November, 1938; re-
elected for a term of eight years in November, 1946; re-elected for
a term of eight years in November, 1954. Appointed Chief Justice
by Governor Luther H. Hodges, to fill vacancy in the office, ef-
fective August 21, 1956, and elected in November 1956 to fill out
term expiring December 31, 1958. Home address: Marion, N. C.
Official address: Raleigh, N. C.
Biographical Sketches 439
EMERY B. DENNY
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
Emery Byrd Denny was born in Surry County, North Carolina,
November 23, 1892. Son of Rev. Gabriel and Sarah Delphina
(Stone) Denny. Attended public schools of Surry County, Gilliam
Academy, and University of North Carolina. Honorary degree of
LL.D. conferred by the University of North Carolina in 1946 and
by Wake Forest College in 1947. Admitted to practice law, 1919.
Member law firm of Denny & Gaston, 1919-1921, Mangum & Denny,
1921-1930, practiced alone 1930-1942. Attorney for Gaston County,
1927-1942, and North Carolina Railroad, 1937-1938; Mayor of
Gastonia 1929-1937. Private, corporal, sergeant and master elec-
trician in aviation section. Signal Corps, World War I. President,
Gastonia Chamber of Commerce, 1925; Chairman, Gaston County
Board of Elections, 1924-1926; Chairman, Gaston County Demo-
cratic Executive Comm.ittee, 1926-1928; Chairman, State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, 1940-1942. President and director
Ranlo Manufacturing Company, 1936-1941; Trustee, University
of North Carolina, 1941-1943; Chairman, Board of Trustees of
Gaston County Public Library, 1935-1942; Chairman, Board of
Trustees of Garrison Memorial Hospital, 1934-1939; special counsel
for the Governor during the General Assembly of 1941. Member
Amei'ican Legion; Phi Delta Phi; Watauga Club; Holland Me-
morial Lodge No. 668, A. F. & A. M.: Gastonia Chapter No. 66,
Royal Arch Masons; Gastonia Commandery No. 28, Knights Tem-
plar and St. Titus Conclave No. 72, Red Cross of Constantine.
Baptist. Chairman, Judicial Council. Trustee, Noi-th Carolina
Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, N. C. Trustee and member of
Executive Committee of the Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Wake Forest, N. C. Appointed Associate Justice Su-
preme Court of North Carolina by Governor Broughton, Febru-
ary 3, 1942, to succeed the late Associate Justice Heriot Clarkson.
Elected to fill out the unexpired term and for a full eight-year
term, November 3, 1942; re-elected for a term of eight years No-
vember 7, 1950. Married Bessie Brandt Brown, Salisbury, N. C,
December 27, 1922. Children, Emery B., Jr., Betty Brown, Sarah
Catherine (now Mrs. Bailey P. Williamson of Raleigh), and Jeane
Stone. Address: Raleigh, N. C. Home address: Gastonia, N. C.
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JEFFERSON DEEMS JOHNSON, JR.
associate justice
Jefferson Deems Johnson, Jr., Democrat, was born in Garland,
N. C, June 6, 1900. Son of Jefferson Deems and Mary Lily
(Wright) Johnson. Attended Trinity Park School, Durham, N. C,
1917-1918; A.B., Trinity College, 1923; graduated from Duke
University Law School, 1926. Honorary degree of LL.D. conferred
by the University of North Carolina in 1956. Entered practice of
law in Clinton, fall of 1926. Appointed Special Superior Court
Judge by Governor J. M. Broughton, 1941; reappointed in 1943,
serving until June 1945. Resumed practice of law in Clinton.
Was nominated by Democratic Executive Committee and elected
in November 1950 to fill out unexpired term of Justice A. A. F.
Seawell, deceased, of the Supreme Court of North Carolina; re-
elected for a term of eight years November 4, 1952. Member North
Carolina Bar Association. Town Attorney of Clinton, 1928-1941.
State Senator from the Ninth Senatorial District in the General
Assemblies of 1937 and 1941. Member of the Commission on Re-
codification of statute law of the State, 1941-1943; former member
State Board of Law Examiners. Member, Sigma Chi and Omicron
Delta Kappa Fraternities. Private in World War L Past Com-
mander of the Clinton Post of the American Legion. Methodist.
Married Frances Faison, August 17, 1935. Children: Frances, age
19; Mary Lily, age 17; Jeff D., Ill, age 15. Residence: Clinton,
N. C. Official address: Raleigh, N. C.
ROBERT HUNT PARKER
associate justice
Robert Hunt Parker, Democrat, was born in Enfield, N. C, Feb-
ruary 15, 1892. Son of R. B. and Victoria C. (Hunt) Parker. At-
tended Enfield Graded School, graduating in 1908; University of
North Carolina, 1908-1911; University of Virginia, 1911-1912,
B.A.; University of Virginia Law School, 1912-1915, LL.B.; Wake
Forest Law School, summer of 1914. Field Artillery officer in
World War I with nearly seventeen months of service in France.
Representative in the General Assembly of 1923. Solicitor for the
State Third Judicial District, February 23, 1924-September 24,
1932; Judge Superior Court, September 24, 1932-November 25,
Biographical Sketches 441
1952; having been nominated and elected without opposition in
1934, 1942 and 1950. Nominated in Democratic Primary of 1952
for Associate Justice of the N. C. Supreme Court and elected No-
vember 4, 1952, assuming office November 25, 1952. Member Amer-
ican Legion; 40 «& 8; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Episcopalian.
Married Mrs. Rie Williams Rand of Greensboro, N. C, November
28, 1925. Home address: Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Official address:
Raleigh, N. C.
WILLIAM HAYWOOD BOBBITT
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
William Haywood Bobbitt, Democrat, was born in Raleigh, N. C,
October 18, 1900. Son of James Henry and Eliza May (Burkhead)
Bobbitt. Attended graded schools of Baltimore, Md. ; Charlotte
High School of Charlotte, N. C, 1913-1917; University of North
Carolina, A.B., 1921; University of North Carolina School of
Law, 1920-1921. Licensed to practice law January 30, 1922; asso-
ciated with firm of Stewart & McRae until September 1, 1922;
member of firm of Parker, Stewart, McRae & Bobbitt from Sep-
tember 1, 1922 to October 1, 1925; member of firm of Stewart,
McRae & Bobbitt from October 1, 1925 to October 1, 1930; mem-
ber of firm of Stewart & Bobbitt from October 1, 1930 through
December 31, 1938; admitted to practice in State Courts of North
Carolina, United States District Court, United States Circuit
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the
United States. Member Mecklenburg County Bar Association;
North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association;
American Judicature Society. Received honorary LL.D. degree
from Davidson College, 1953. Member N. C. Commission to study
Improvement of Administration of Justice in N. C, 1947-1949;
N. C. Judicial Council, 1949-1954; Past President and life mem-
ber of Charlotte Civitan Club; Trustee of Brevard College, 1933-
1952; President, General Alumni Association, University of North
Carolina 1954-1955. Elected resident Superior Court Judge of the
14th Judicial District in 1938 and again in 1946; served as Su-
perior Court Judge continuously from January 1, 1939 thi'ough
January, 1954; appointed by Governor William B. Umstead as
Associate Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court, February 1,
1954, and served under such appointment until 1954 General Elec-
442 North Carolina Manual
tion; elected without opposition in 1954 General Election to un-
expired portion of term of former Associate Justice Barnhill and
for full eig'ht-year term beginning January 1, 1955. Member Dil-
worth Methodist Church, Charlotte, N. C; Married Sarah Buford
Dunlap, February 28, 1924. Children: Mrs. John W. Carter, Mor-
ganton, N. C; Wm. H. Bobbitt, Jr., Charlotte, N. C; Mrs.
Ekkehart Sachtler, Forest Hills, N. Y.; Harriet Bobbitt, Univer-
sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Home address: Char-
lotte, N. C. Official address: Raleigh, N. C.
CARLISLE WALLACE HIGGINS
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
Carlisle Wallace Higgins, Democrat, was born at Ennice, N. C,
October 17, 1889. Son of Martin A. and Jennie C. (Bledsoe) Hig-
gins. Attended Bridle Creek Academy, Independence, Va., 1905-
1908; University of North Carolina, A.B., 1912; University of
North Carolina Law School, 1913-1914. Member North Carolina
Bar Association; Forsyth County Bar Association; North Caro-
lina State Bar. Solicitor, Eleventh Judicial District, 1930-1934;
United States Attorney, Middle District of North Carolina, 1934-
1947; Assistant Chief and Acting Chief International Prosecution
Section, International Military Tribunal, Tokyo, 1945-1947. Repre-
sentative from Alleghany County in the General Assembly of 1925
and State Senator from the Twenty-ninth Senatorial District in
the General Assembly of 1929. Appointed Associate Justice
Supreme Court of North Carolina by Governor Umstead, June 8,
1954 to succeed Sam J. Ervin, Jr. Member Masonic Lodge; Ameri-
can Legion; Forty and Eight. Methodist. Married Myrtle Bryant.
Children: C. W. Higgins, Jr., Galax, Virginia; Mrs. Mary Cecile
Bridges, Greensboro, N. C. Official address: Raleigh, N. C.
WILLIAM BLOUNT RODMAN
associate justice
William Blount Rodman, Democrat, was born in Washington,
N. C, July 2, 1889. Son of Col. William Blount Rodman and
Addie (Fulford) Rodman. Attended Horner's Military Academy;
Oak Ridge Institute; A. B., University of North Carolina, 1910;
University of North Carolina Law School. Licensed to practice,
Biographical Sketches 443
1911. Member law firm Small, MacLean, Bragaw and Rodman and
subsequently of Rodman and Rodman. President of the North
Carolina State Bar, 1941. Lieutenant U. S. Navy (R) duration of
World War I. Mayor of Washington, N. C, 1919-1920. State
Senator from the Second Senatorial District, 1937 and 1939. Rep-
resentative from Beaufort County in the General Assembly of
1951, 1953 and 1955. Appointed Attorney General of N. C, July
1955. Appointed Associate Justice N. C. Supreme Court, August
1956. Married Helen Farnell, August 17, 1918. Five children:
Commander William Blount Rodman 4th, U. S. Navy; Mary
Helen, wife of Commander John C. Hill 2nd, U. S. Navy; Marcia,
wife of Major George E. Lawrence, U.S.M.C; twin sons, George
Farnell Rodman, Foreign Service, U. S. State Dept., and Edward
Newton Rodman, lawyer, Washington, N. C. Official address:
Raleigh, N. C. Home address: Washington, N. C.
Luther Ernest Earnhardt
President of the Senate
Aydlett of Pasquotank
Bell of Mecklenburg
Bennett of Swain
Carroll of Cumberland
Clark of Bladen
Cobb of Burke
Cooke of Gaston
Copeland of Hertford
Cowen of Martin
Crew of Halifax
Currie of Durham
Dawson of Lenoir
Eagles of Wilson
Eller of Wilkes
Gentry of Ashe
Biographical Sketches 445
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SENATORS
LUTHER ERNEST EARNHARDT
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
Luther Ernest Earnhardt, Democrat, was born at Concord,
N. C, November 29, 1903. Son of George Thomas and Lillie
Virginia (Faggart) Earnhardt. Graduated from Concord High
School, May, 1921; LL.E. Wake Forest College, May, 1925. Law-
yer. Member Cabarrus County Ear Association, President, 1942;
member State Bar and American Ear Associations. Chairman
Cabarrus County Board of Elections, 1933-1944. Pi Kappa Alpha
National Fraternity (Wake Forest College) ; Charter member
Golden Bough, Wake Forest College; Omicron Delta Kappa, Beta
Alpha Circle, National Honor Society, Wake Forest College; Sec-
retary Student Body, Wake Forest College. Member Rotary Inter-
national. Trustee Concord Community Center, 1940-1941; Trustee
Public Library, 1943-1949. Member General Statutes Commission,
1945-1953; Director Concord Chamber of Commerce, 1949-1951;
National Counsellor, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1947-1950;
Past Vice-President and Director Concord Community Boys' Club,
Inc. State Senator in the General Assembly, 1945, 1947, 1949,
1951, 1953 and 1955; President, 1955. Methodist; Member Board
of Stewards; Teacher Adult Bible Class. Married Burvelle Mc-
Farland, June 3, 1930. Four children: Luther Ernest, Jr.; Phoebe
Jean; John McFarland; Ann Drucilla Earnhardt. Address: Con-
cord, N. C.
N. ELTON AYDLETT
(First District — Counties: Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck,
Gates, Hertford. Pasquotank and Perquimans. Two Senators.)
N. Elton Aydlett, Democrat, Senator from the First Senatorial
District, was born at Harbinger, Currituck County, N. C. Son
of N. T. and Lydia (Duncan) Aydlett. Attended University of
North Carolina, Class of 1925; University of North Carolina
Law School, LL.E., 1926. Lawyer. Member of North Caro-
lina State Bar. Clerk Superior Court and Juvenile Judge of
Pasquotank County, 1928-1946; Chairman Pasquotank County
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Democratic Executive Committee, 1943-1954; member State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, 1950-1954; Mayor Elizabeth City,
1951-1955. Director and General Counsel Kill Devil Hills Memorial
Society; Director N. C. League of Municipalities; President
Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce, 1948-1951 ; Past President
and Director Elizabeth City Kiwanis Club; Past President Eliza-
beth City Concert Association. Member Lambda Chi Alpha Social
Fraternity; Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity; B.P.O. Elks; Im-
proved Order of Red Men. State Senator in the General Assembly
of 1955. Baptist. Married Pantha L. Houser, June 6, 1928. One
daughter, Mrs. Robert D. Aldridge, age 25. Address: 1006 West
Church Street, Elizabeth City, N. C.
JESSE SPENCER HELL
(TiventictJi Disttict — County: Mecklenburg. One Senator.)
Jesse Spencer Bell, Democrat, Senator from the Twentieth Sena-
torial District, was born in Charlotte, N. C, April 1, 1906. Son
of James A. and Jessie M. (Spencer) Bell. Attended Charlotte
Public Schools and Charlotte High School; Duke University, A.B.,
1927; Harvard Law School, 1928-1929; University of Noi-th Caro-
lina Law School, 1930. Lawyer and farmer. Member Mecklenburg
County Bar Association; N. C. Bar Association, President, 1952-
1956; American Bar Association. Chairman Charlotte-Mecklen-
burg Planning Commission; President Social Planning Council.
Selected by Charlotte News as Charlotte Man of the Year, 1955.
Member Sigma Chi Fraternity. Served in World War II as Major
in Field Artillery, 1941-1946. Methodist; member of Official Board,
First Methodist Church of Charlotte, N. C. Married Katherine
Castellet, May 8, 1953. Address: Route 1, Matthews, N. C.
KELLY EDMONI) BENNETT
(Thiyfij-thiid District — Counties: Cherokee, Clay, Graham,
Macon, and Swain. One Senator.)
Kelly Edmond Bennett, Democrat, Senator from the Thirty-
third Senatorial District, was born near Qualla Indian Reservation
in Jackson County, February 8, 1890. Son of Dr. Aurelius Mc-
Donald and Mary Charlotte (Hyatt) Bennett. Attended Bryson
Biographical Sketches 447
City Grammar School, 1897-1904, 1905-1906; Orange Street School
of Asheville, 1904-1905; Bryson City High School, 1906-1910;
University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina
School of Pharmacy, 1910-1912, Ph.G. Pharmacist. Member Amer-
ican Pharmaceutical Association; National Association of Retail
Diuggists; North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association; Western
North Carolina Drug Club; North Carolina Board of Pharmacy,
1920-1925; National Association Boards of Pharmacy; host to the
organization meeting of Western North Carolina Associated Com-
munities and served as Vice-President, also member of Board of
Directors, 1945-1954; one of the founders and trustee Cherokee
Historical Association "Unto These Hills," 1948-1954; member
North Carolina Hospitals Board of Control, 1947-1953; Bryson
City School Board, 1914-1934; National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis and Chairman Swain County Chapter, 1942-1954; Wil-
derness Society; North Carolina State Automobile Association,
Inc.; President and member Board of Directors Swain County
Chamber of Commerce for five years; charter member and Presi-
dent Bryson City Rotary Club, 1933-1954; Chairman United
States Bond sales, 1941-1954; associate member Soil Conservation
Society of America ; honorary member Association of Law En-
forcement Officers of the Carolinas ; permanent contributing mem-
ber Shriners Crippled Children ; member Board of Directors of
Morrison Training School, 1920-1926. Colonel on the staff of the
Governor of Kentucky. Received North Carolina Pharmaceutical
Association Award "Pharmacist of Year," 1954; National Foun-
dation for Infantile Paralysis Award for Meritorious Service,
1954; United States Treasury Award for achievement in the
United States Savings Bonds Program; President Dwight D.
Eisenhower Achievement Award for patriotic service in the United
States Savings Bonds Program ; North Carolina Pharmaceutical
Association Award in Recognition of Exceptional Meritorius Serv-
ice to the Advancement of Public Health and Welfare, 1954. Rotary
International Governor, District 280, 1955-1956; member Board
of Aldermen of Bryson City, 1914-1918; Chief Clerk Swain County
Local Draft Board; Mayor Town of Bryson City, 1924-1926, 1947-
1955; Chairman Swain County Democratic Executive Committee,
1929-1931 ; member and Chairman North Carolina National Park,
Parkway and Forest Development Commission, 1947-1955. State
Senator in the General Assembly of 1917, 1931 and 1937. Repre-
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sentative from Swain County in the General Assembly of 1955.
Member Oconee Lodge No. 427 Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, Worshipful Master; Bryson City Chapter No. 63 Royal
Arch Masons, High Priest; Doric Council No. 20 Royal and Select
Masters; Waynesville Commandery No. 31 Knights Templar;
Asheville Consistory Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite 32 de-
gree; Knights Commander Court of Honor; Oasis Temple; An-
cient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Tucka-
seegee Chapter No. 16 Order of the Eastern Star, Worthy Patron;
District Deputy Grand Master Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
of North Carolina, 1933. Presbyterian; Deacon and Elder; Super-
intendent Sunday School, 1909-1910; member Home Mission Com-
mittee of Asheville Presbytery, 1922-1926; Moderator of Asheville
Presbytery, 1956. Married Ola Tela Zachary, December 30, 1913.
Children: Mrs. Mary Alice Greyer, Mrs. Sam J. Coleman and Mrs.
William J. Swan. Address: 108 Everett Street, Bryson City, N. C.
SEAVY ALEXANDER WESLEY CARROLL
(Tenth District — Counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus and
Cumberland. Two Senators.)
Seavy Alexander Wesley Carroll, Democrat, Senator from the
Tenth Senatorial District, was born in Lumberton, N. C, Feb-
ruary 4, 1918. Son of Samuel Willard and Berta (Butler) Carroll.
Attended Wake Forest College, B. A., 1940; Wake Forest Law
School, LL.B., 1946. Lawyer. Member Cumberland County Bar
Association; North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina
Bar; American Bar Association. Solicitor Cumberland County
Recorder's Court, 1948-1952; Judge Cumberland County Record-
er's Court, 1952-1956. Member Ancient Mystical Order of Rosa-
crucians; Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Fayetteville Inde-
pendent Light Infantry; Fayetteville Civitan Club, President,
1953; American Legion; Cumberland County Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Commander, 1948; State Legislative Chairman Veterans of
Foreign Wars, 1949. Served in U. S. Army, 1942-1945. Methodist;
Steward, 1954-1956. Married Virginia Brooks Corbett, November
16, 1956. Address: 105 Olive Road, Fayetteville, N. C.
Biographical Sketches 449
EDWARD BREEDEN CLARK
(Tenth District — Counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus and
Cumberland. Two Senators.)
Edward Breeden Clark, Democrat, Senator from the Tenth
Senatorial District, was born in Abbottsburg, N. C, January 29,
1916. Son of Hector H. and Olive (Breeden) Clark. Attended
Elizabethtown Public Schools, 1921-1932; University of North
Carolina, B.S., 1936; University of North Carolina Law School,
LL.B., 1939. Lawyer. Member Bladen County Bar Association;
13th Judicial District Bar Association; North Carolina Bar As-
sociation ; American Bar Association ; Council of North Carolina
State Bar since 1954; President Ninth Judicial Bar Association,
1954-1955; President Elizabethtown Junior Chamber of Commerce,
1949; President Elizabethtown Chamber of Commerce, 1948;
Chairman North Bladen Chapter American Red Cross, 1948-1954.
Judge Bladen County Recorder's Court, 1945-1950 and Solicitor,
1950-1952. Chairman, 7th Congressional District YDC, 1950. Mem-
ber Bladen Lodge No. 646 Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons.
Entered United States Army in March of 1942; commissioned 2nd
Lieutenant of Infantry in October, 1942; served as officer in rifle
company with 36th Infantry Division in Italy; wounded and re-
turned to United States in April, 1944 and transferred to Judge
Advocate General Department; discharged as Captain, October,
1946. Methodist; member Official Board; Teacher Young Men's
Bible Class, 1950-1955; Church School Superintendent, 1955-1956.
Married Adele Peele, Laurinburg, N. C, December 20, 1942. Chil-
dren: John Hector, age 10; Edward, Jr., age 9; Ben, age 6.
Address: Elizabethtown, N. C.
WILLIAM EDWARD COBB
(Twenty-eighth District — Counties: Alexander, Burke and Cald-
well. One Senator.)
William Edward Cobb, Republican, Senator from the Twenty-
eighth Senatorial District, was born in New York, N. Y., October
9, 1922. Son of William Jesse and Elsie Francis (Jones) Cobb.
Attended Andover, 1938-1940; Yale University, A.B., 1947. Whole-
saler of hardwood lumber. Author of "Air Facts" in National
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Hardwood Magazine. First Lieutenant, United States Marine
Corps, 1942-1945. Member Elks Club; Moose Club; Kiwanis Club;
American Legion; Junior Chamber of Commerce. Episcopalian;
Vestryman. Married Mildred Cochran Huffman, June, 1943. Ad-
dress: Morganton, N. C.
FRANK PATTON COOKE
(Twenty-Sixth District — County: Gaston. One Senator.)
Frank Patton Cooke, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-Sixth
Senatorial District, was born in Floyd County, Georgia, January
17, 1921. Son of Caric Moore and Florence Hearn Cooke. Attended
Cramerton High School, 1934-1938; Emory University, 1939;
University of Georgia Extension in Atlanta, 1940-1943, BCS de-
gree; University of North Carolina Law School, 1946-1948, LL.B.
degree. Lawyer. Member American Bar Association ; North Caro-
lina State Bar Association; Gaston County Bar Association;
Alpha Kappa Psi; Phi Alpha Delta; Sigma Pi. Served as Sergeant
United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. State Senator in the
General Assembly of 1955. Member First Presbyterian Church of
Gastonia; Member Board of Deacons First Presbyterian Church
of Gastonia ; former Chairman Board of Deacons of Cramerton
Presbyterian Church. Married Dorothy Irene Carlton, April 6,
1940. One son, three daughters. Address: 2008 Country Club Road,
Gastonia, N. C.
JAMES WILLIAM COPELAND
(First District — Counties: Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck,
Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans. Two Senators.)
James William Copeland, Democrat, Senator from the First
Senatorial District, was born in Woodland, N. C, June 16, 1914.
Son of L. C. and Nora L. (Benthall) Copeland. Attended Wood-
land-Olney High School, graduating in 1930. Guilford College,
A.B. degree, 1934; University of North Carolina Law School,
J. D. degree, 1937. Lawyer and farmer. Member of Hertford
County Bar Association; North Carolina Bar Association; Member
of Council, N. C. State Bar, Inc., 1955-1957. Murfreesboro Rotary
Club; American Legion; V. F. W.; Mayor of Woodland, 1940-1942,
Biographical Sketches 451
Chairman of Northampton County Board of Elections, 1939-1942.
Mayor of Murfreesboro, 1947-1950. Chairman of Hertford County
Board of Elections, 1946-1949. Member American George Lodge
No. 17, A.F. & A.M., Murfreesboro, N. C; Sudan Temple,
A.A.O.N.M.S., New Bern, N. C. Assistant Editor, North Carolina
Law Review, 1936-1937. Delegate to 1956 Democratic National
Convention; Lieutenant, U. S. Navy, 1942-1946; presently a mem-
ber of the U. S. Naval Reserve with rank of Lieutenant. State
Senator in General Assembly of 1951 and 1953. Baptist. Married
Nancy Hall Sawyer, October 11, 1941. Two children: Emily Robin-
son Copeland, age 11; James William Copeland, Jr., age 5. Ad-
dress: Murfreesboro, N, C.
ROBERT HENRY COWEN
(Second District — Counties: Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin,
Pamlico, Tyrrell and Washington. Two Senators.)
Robert Henry Cowen, Democrat, Senator from the Second Sena-
torial District, was born in Williamston, N. C, January 16, 1915.
Son of Henry Herbert and Jenette (Mobley) Cowen. Attended
Williamston Public Schools, graduating in 1932; Wake Forest
College, 1934-1939; Wake Forest College Law School, 1939-1942,
LL.B. degree. Lawyer. Member American Bar Association; North
Carolina Bar Association; Martin County Bar Association. Mayor
Town of Williamston, 1947-1957; President Martin County Young
Democrat Clubs, 1952-1955; Chairman Wasmarty District Boy
Scouts of America, 1956-1957. Member Beaufort-Hyde-Martin
Library Board, 1951-1952; Martin County Board of Health, 1947-
1957; Board of Directors N. C. League of Municipalities 1948-
1949; Williamston Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1947-1950 and
Board of Directors, 1948-1949. Rotarian ; President of Rotary
Club, 1953 and member Board of Directors, 1951-1952. Served in
World War II as Ensign in U. S. Navy. Baptist; Sunday School
Teacher; Superintendent Young People's Department. Married
Sue Henderson, August 6, 1953. One son, Robert H. Cowen, Jr.,
born May 31, 1954. Address: 111 Elm Street, Williamston, N. C.
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WILLIAM LUNSFORD CREW
(Fourth District — Counties: Edgecombe and Halifax. Two
Senators.)
William Lunsford Crew, Democrat, Senator from the Fourth
Senatorial District, was born in Northampton County, October
29, 1917. Son of James Winfield, Sr. and Texas A. (Stanley)
Crew. Attended Pleasant Hill Grammar School, 1923-1930; Roa-
noke Rapids High School, 1930-1934; University of North Caro-
lina, A. B., 1938; University of North Carolina Law School,
LL.B., 1941. Lawyer. Member American Bar Association and
North Carolina Bar Association. Organize!*, Director and At-
torney for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Roa-
noke Rapids. Member of N. C. Education Advisory Committee.
Member Phi Gamma Delta, Secretary, 1938; Civic Music Club;
Roanoke Rapids Chamber of Commerce; Roanoke Rapids Junior
Chamber of Commerce, President, 1949 ; Roanoke Rapids Exchange
Club, President, 1948-1949 and at present District Governor;
American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Roanoke Rapids
Civic Music Association, President; Roanoke Rapids Executive
Club. Lieutenant (j.g.) United States Navy from July 1943 to
April, 1946. State Senator in the General Assembly of 1953 and
1955. Methodist; Sunday School Teacher, 1947-1952. Married
Nancy Trotter Horney, November 14, 1940. Children: William
Lunsford Crew, Jr., age 8, Nancy Alexander Crew, age 14. Ad-
dress: Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
CLAUDE CURRIE
(Fourteenth District — Counties: Durham, Granville and Person.
Two Senators.)
Claude Currie, Democrat, Senator from the Fourteenth Sena-
torial District, was born in Candor, Montgomery County, N. C,
December 8, 1890. Son of John C. and Louise (McKinnon) Currie.
Attended Oak Ridge Military Institute, 1911-1914; University of
North Carolina, A.B. and LL.B., 1926. President Security Savings
and Loan Association. State Senator, Eighteenth Senatorial Dis-
trict, 1927; Fourteenth Senatorial District 1945, 1947, 1949, 1953
and 1955. United States Army Air Corps, 1917-1919; Pursuit
Observer, Sgt. Presbyterian. Address: Durham, N. C.
Biographical Sketches 453
JOHN GILMER DAWSON
(Seventh District — Counties: Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones,
Lenoir and Onslow. Two Senators.)
John Gilmer Dawson, Democrat, Senator from the Seventh
Senatorial District, was born in Lenoir County, N. C, April 19,
1882. Son of John H. and Annie (Daly) Dawson. Attended Guyers
Male Academy, LaGrange, N. C. ; Kinston Public Schools; Uni-
versity of North Carolina Law School. Admitted to the North
Carolina Bar in 1908. Lawyer. Member Lenoir County Bar Asso-
ciation; North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State
Bar; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society.
Kinston City Attorney, 1914-1924; former Chairman State
Democratic Executive Committee. Member Kappa Sigma Fra-
ternity; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Odd Fellows.
Formerly active in Masonic Order including all branches through
Shrine. Representative in the General Assembly of 1919, 1921
and 1923; Speaker of House of Representatives, 1923-1924. Episco-
palian; former Vestryman. Married Margaret Regina Weyher,
November 23, 1911. Children: Victor Weyher Dawson and Ann
Dawson Highsmith. Address: 907 Dewey Street, Kinston, N. C.
JOSEPH COLIN EAGLES, JR.
(Sixth District — Counties: Franklin, Nash and Wilson. Two
Senators.)
Joseph Colin Eagles, Jr., Democrat, Senator from the Sixth
Senatorial District, was born at Wilson, N. C, October 5, 1910.
Son of J. C. and Susie Whitehead (Moye) Eagles. Graduated
from Wilson High School, 1927; University of North Carolina,
A. B., 1931; University of North Carolina Law School, J. D.,
1934; Tobacconist and farmer. Member of Kappa Sigma and
Phi Beta Kappa Fraternities. Partner in Cozart, Eagles & Com-
pany, Tobacco Warehouses; Director Boykin Grocery Company,
Inc. ; Director Watson Warehouse, Inc. ; Director North Carolina
Medical Foundation; Director Branch Banking & Trust Co.; Di-
rector General Supply Store, Inc.; Director North Carolina Here-
ford Breeders Association; Director N. C. Symphony Society.
Member Farm Bureau; Grange; Board of Governors Bright Belt
Warehouse Association. Trustee Hospital Savings Association.
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Lieutenant U. S. Navy, 1944-1946. Member Advisory Budget Com-
mission, 1955-1956 and Board of Purchase and Award, 1955-1956.
State Senator in the General Assembly of 1949, 1951 and 1955.
Episcopalian; Vestryman, 1943-1944. Married Betty Ledford
Spai'kes, 1938. Two children: Betsy Boyden Eagles and Joseph
Colin Eagles, III. Address: 1100 West Nash Street, Wilson, N. C.
HENRY PRITCHARU ELLER
(Tweyitij- fourth District — Counties: Davie, Wilkes and Yadkin.
One Senator.)
Henry Pritchard Eller, Republican, Senator from the Twenty-
fourth Senatorial District, was born in Purlear, N. C, on October
15, 1904. Son of Robert Lee and Flora (Minton) Eller. Attended
Boiling Springs School. Transportation business and merchant.
Member North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club, Director, 1949-1950;
North Wilkesboro Chamber of Commerce. President, Catawba
Transit Co., Inc., Hickory, N. C; Wilkes Transportation Com-
pany; Eller, Brown & Barnes. Member Knights of Pythias;
Dokies; Junior Order United American Mechanics. State Senator
in the General Assembly of 1951. Representative from Wilkes
County in the General Assembly of 1953. Methodist. Married
Georgia Elizabeth Johnson, June 28, 1930. One son, Robert H.
Eller, age 25. Address 223 C. St., North Wilkesboro, N. C.
TODD H. GENTRY
(T IV enty -ninth District — Counties: Alleghany, Ashe and Wa-
tauga. One Senator.)
Todd H. Gentry, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-ninth
Senatorial District, was born in Ashe County, April 23, 1912. Son
of J. B. and Leora (Trivett) Gentry. Graduated from West Jeff-
erson High School, 1932; attended Lees McRae College. Secretary-
Treasurer of Oak Flooring Company, Inc., West Jefferson, N. C.
Member of Ashe County Chamber of Commerce. Elk; Mason;
Shriner. Member Board of Directors, Blue Ridge Electric Mem-
bership Cooperation. Representative in the General Assembly of
1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955. Chairman of the Ashe County Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, 1944-1952. Methodist; Steward. Mar-
ried Nina Houck, September 1, 1934. Children: Tony, Diane and
Sara. Address: West Jefferson, N. C.
Graves of Forsyth
Hamilton of Carteret
Henkel of Iredell
Hightower of Anson
Hoyle of Lee
Jolly of Franklin
Jones of Pitt
Jordan of Randolph
Kirkman of Guilford
Lanier of Orange
Long of Person
Marshall of Stokes
Martin of Northampton
Mason of Scotland
McBee of Mitchell
McMichael of Rockingham
Moore of Robeson
Morgan of Cleveland
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CALVIN GRAVES
(Twenty-second District — County: Forsyth. One Senator.)
Calvin Graves, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-second Sen-
atorial District, was born in Mount Airy, N. C, July 2, 1909. Son
of Calvin, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth (Johnson) Graves. Attended
Mount Airy High School, 1922-1926; University of North Caro-
lina, A.B., 1930; University of North Carolina Law School, LL.B.,
1932. Lawyer. Member American Bar Association, North Carolina
Bar Association, Forsyth County Bar Association. President For-
syth County Bar Association, 1947. Chairman Forsyth County
Democratic Executive Committee, 1948-1952. City Attorney for
Winston-Salem, 1943. Served in U. S. Marine Corps, 1944-1945.
Member of State Democratic Executive Committee. State Senator
in the General Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Methodist; Member
of Board of Stewards. Married Julia Benton Pendergraph, Feb-
ruary 16, 1933. Three children: Mrs. J. F. Webber, Nancy Bailey
Graves and Mary Watkins Graves, Address : 418 Hawthorne Road,
N. W., Winston-Salem, N. C.
LUTHER HAMILTON
(Seventh District — Counties: Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones,
Lenoir and Onslow. Two Senators.)
Luther Hamilton, Democrat, Senator from the Seventh Sena-
torial District, was born in Atlantic, N. C, February 20, 1894
Son of Samuel E. and Rebecca F. Hamilton. Attended Atlantic
High School, 1908-1910; Oak Ridge Institute, 1910-1911; Univer-
sity of North Carolina, 1911-1915. Lawyer. Member Delta Theta
Phi; Masonic Ocean Lodge No. 405; Sudan Temple A.A.O.N.M.S.
of New Bern. Mayor Morehead City, 1925-1929; County Attorney,
1921-1937; State Senator in Regular and Special Session of 1921;
Representative in the General Assembly of 1931 and 1933; Judge
Superior Court, 1937-1951. Served in World War I as Second
Lieutenant with 34th Infantry and 21st Machine Gun Battalion,
1917-1919 with overseas duty from August 1918 to June 1919.
Methodist; Member of Official Board since 1917; Teacher of
Men's Bible Class since 1917. Married Marie Long, July 6, 1918.
Children: Luther Hamilton, Jr. and Mrs. Laurence H. Vickers
of Durham, N. C. Address: Morehead City, N. C.
Biographical Sketches 457
COLUMBUS VANCE HENKEL
(Twenty-fifth District — Counties: Catawba, Iredell and Lincoln.
Two Senators.)
Columbus Vance Henkel, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-
fifth Senatorial District, was born in Statesville, N. C, September
16, 1908. Son of Columbus Vance and Lila (Dunavant) Henkel.
Attended Woodberry Forest School, Class of 1926; University of
North Carolina, two years. Engaged in textiles and farming.
State Senator in the General Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Episco-
palian. Married Marguerite Nunan in 1944. Address Turners-
burg, N. C.
ERWIN AVERY HIGHTOWER
(Nineteenth District — Counties: Anson, Stanly and Union. Two
Senators.)
Erwin Avery Hightower, Democrat, Senator from the Nine-
teenth Senatorial District, was born in Wadesboro, N, C, July 29,
1914. Son of Forace Monroe and Bettie Elizabeth (Ratliff) High-
tower, Attended University of North Carolina, 1931-1933; Wake
Forest College, 1933-1936, LL.B. Lawyer. Clerk Superior Court
of Anson County, 1946-1954. Member American Legion; Veterans
Foreign Wars; Woodmen of the World; Secretary Kilwinning
Lodge No. 64 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Wadesboro.
Attended U. S. Coast Guard Academy Reserve School, Class of
May, 1943; commissioned Ensign; released from active duty as
Lieutenant (j.g.), November 1945. State Senator in the General
Assembly of 1955. Presbyterian. Married Margaret Elizabeth
Edmunds, May 31, 1939. Children Erwin Avery Hightower, II
and Bette Anne Hightower. Address Wadesboro, N. C.
JAMES WOMBLE HOYLE
(Thirteenth District — Counties: Chatham, Lee and Wake. Two
Senators.)
James Womble Hoyle, Democrat, Senator from the Thirteenth
Senatorial District, was born in Sanford, N. C. Son of Kenneth
Raynor and Jewel Goldston (Womble) Hoyle. Attended Sanford
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Public Schools, graduating in 1942; University of North Carolina,
A.B., 1950; University of North Carolina Law School, LL.B., 1950.
Lawyer. Technical Sergeant, United States Army, 1943-1946.
Methodist; Steward. Married Julia Cornelia Alexander, Morgan-
ton, N. C, 1952. Address: Sanford, N. C.
WILBUR MORTON .JOLLY
(Sixth District — Counties: Franklin, Nash and Wilson. Two
Senators.)
Wilbur Morton Jolly, Democrat, Senator from the Sixth Sena-
torial District, was born in Ayden, N. C, January 16, 1916. Son
of William O. and Cornelia (Mumford) Jolly. Attended Ayden
Elementary and High School, 1922-1933; Wake Forest College,
B.S., 1937 and LL.B., 1941. Lawyer. Member Franklin County
Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; American Bar Asso-
ciation. Town Commissioner, 1955-1956. Shriner. Member Ameri-
can Legion, Commander, 1954; Voiture 1215, 40 & 8, Chef de
Gare, 1956; Lions Club. Served in U. S. Army, 1942-1946, and
U. S. Army Reserve, 1946-1956, with rank of Major. Baptist;
Sunday School Teacher. Married Sybil King, May 25, 1940. One
son, M. King Jolly, age 3. Address. 710 North Main Street,
Louisburg, N. C.
PAUL ERASTUS JONES
(Fifth District— County : Pitt. One Senator.)
Paul Erastus Jones, Democrat, Senator from the Fifth Sena-
torial District, was born near Bethel, Pitt County, April 9, 1890.
Son of Solomon Major and Gertrude (Whichard) Jones. Gradu-
ated from Bethel High School, 1907. Attended Richmond College,
Virginia, one year; Medical College of Virginia, 1907. Doctor of
Dental Surgery, 1910. Dentist and farmer. First Lieutenant
World War I, June 30, 1918-March 15, 1919. Member of Pitt
County Medical and Dental Society; American Dental Association,
served as delegate since 1931. Member of Council of Legislation
American Dental Association six year term; Chairman 1955 and
1956. Member Fifth District of N. C. Dental Society and served
as Secretary and President. Fellow of the American College of
Biographical Sketches 459
Dentists; Fellow International College of Dentists. Elected to
N. C. State Board of Dental Examiners, 1938, serving until 1947.
Vice President American Association of Dental Examiners 1943,
serving two terms. President 1946. Director of the Bank of Farm-
ville, 1921-1937. Member Farm Bureau; Rotary Club; Local School
Board (twenty-five years, Chairman five years) ; Pitt County
Board of Education, 1944-1949; Pitt County Democratic Executive
Committee (Chairman seven years) ; State Democratic Executive
Committee, 1945 until present. Appointed to N. C. Board of
Health, 1944 (served four years) ; Author of several Essays be-
fore the N. C. Dental Society, including a Presidental Address in
1931 ; Presidential Address to American Association of Dental
Examiners in 1946. State Senator in the General Assembly of
1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955; President pro tern, 1955. Chairman
Advisoi-y Committee of the N. C. Dental Society to the Dental
College Committee of the Faculty of the University of North
Carolina, 1951-1952. Elected a member of the Board of Trustees
of the University of North Carolina for an eight year term in
1951. Elected President of the Dental Foundation of North Caro-
lina, Inc., 1951. Re-elected President in 1952. Member Christian
Church; Deacon ten years. Married Vernice Lee Lang, October
22, 1913. Two children: Mrs. Charles M. Duke; Dr. P. E. Jones,
Jr. Two grandsons and one granddaughter. Address : 502 North
Main Street, Farmville, N. C.
HENRY WATSON JORDAN
(Twelfth District — Counties: Harnett, Hoke, Moore and Ran-
dolph. Two Senators.)
Henry Watson Jordan, Democrat, Senator from the Twelfth
Senatorial District, was born in Ramseur, N. C, August 31, 1898.
Son of Henry H. and Annie (Sellars) Jordan. Attended Ruther-
ford College, 1912-1914; Emory and Henry College, 1914-1916;
Emory University, D.D.S., 1919. Manufacturer of cotton textiles.
Member National Association of Manufacturers; American Cotton
Manufacturers Association; N. C. Cotton Manufacturers Asso-
ciation. Member Gaston County Board of Education, 1935-1940;
Randolph County Board of Education, 1942-1945; N. C.
State Highway Commission, 1945-1949; Chairman N. C. State
Highway Commission, 1949-1953. Elk; Mason, 32nd degree;
Shriner; Knights Templar; Master Masonic Lodge, 1928-1930.
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Sergeant, Student Army Training- Corps, 1917-1918. Methodist;
Chairman Board of Stewards, 1926-1938. Married Mary Ruth
Rankin, November 3, 1933. Children: Henry Harrison Jordan,
Anne Rankin Jordan and Thomas Andrew Jordan. Address: Cedar
Falls, N. C. J
OSCAR ARTHUR KIRKMAN
(Seventeenth District — County: Guilford. One Senator.)
Oscar Arthur Kirkman, Democrat, Senator from the Seven-
teenth Senatorial District, was born in High Point, N. C, April
16, 1900. Son of Oscar Arthur, Sr., and Lulu Blanche (Hammer)
Kirkman. Attended Public Schools of High Point, graduating in
1918; University of Virginia, B.S., 1923; University of Virginia,
M.S., 1924; one year of law at the University of Virginia, 1924-
1925; two years of law, Oxford University (England) 1926-1928.
Admitted to North Carolina Bar, 1929. Executive Vice-President
and General Manager High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railroad
Company of High Point, N. C. President, Atlantic B. and L. As-
sociation, High Point, since 1937; Director Southern Furniture
Exposition Building, High Point. Director, American Short Line
Railroad Association, Washington, D. C, since 1930. Member
Board of School Commissioners, High Point, 1932-1939; Guilford
County Board of Public Welfare, 1938-1939; Board of Trustees
of Winston-Salem Teachers College, three terms. Member Board
of Trustees High Point Memorial Hospital; member Board of
Trustees, North Carolina Sanatorium for Treatment of Tuber-
culosis; American Cancer Society, President, 1953-1954. Member
Railway Industry Advisory Committee, National Production Au-
thority. Economic and Financial Mission to Chile, S. A., 1956.
Mayor, City of High Point, 1939-1943; Councilman, 1945-Decem-
ber 27, 1948. Federal Operating Manager, railroads of Puerto
Rico on special assignment from the Office of Emergency Man-
agement, 1943-1944. Teacher of Spanish, three years. University
of Virginia; Business Law, High Point College, one year. Member
of Elks; Masons; Woodmen of World; Royal Arcanum; Klein
and Saks. Private U. S. Army, 1918; American Legion, Adjutant
in the 20's; Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity. National President,
Alpha Kappa Psi (Commerce and Business Administration Fra-
ternity), Indianapolis, Indiana, 1929-1933. Representative in the
Biographical Sketches 461
General Assembly of 1949 and 1951. State Senator in the General
Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Methodist; member Board of Stew-
ards. Married Katharine Morgan of Salisbury, N. C, March 10,
1933. Children: Larkin, age 19; Carolina, age 17; John, age 15;
Susan, age 8. Address: 501 West High Street, High Point, N. C.
EDWIN SIDNEY LANIER
(Sixteenth District — Counties: Alamance and Orange. One
Senator.)
Edwin Sidney Lanier, Democrat, Senator from the Sixteenth
Senatorial District, was born near Metter, Georgia, July 19, 1901.
Son of Richard and Hassie (Banks) Lanier. Attended Green
Valley Rural School, RFD, Metter, Ga.; State Normal Teachers
School, Athens, Ga., 1917-1921; University of North Carolina,
1921-1924, Class of 1925; special student in University of North
Carolina Law School, 1930-1934. Speaker of Philanthropic Literary
Society; Mary D. Wright Memorial Prize in Debate, Algernon
Sidney Sullivan Award. Member Y. M. C. A.; Order of the Grail;
Order of the Golden Fleece. Occupation is education (financial
aids for students and students' records). Taught in Baptist Or-
phanage High School, Thomasville, N. C, 1924-1930. Member
Chapel Hill Rotary Club. Served three terms as Mayor of Chapel
Hill, 1949-1951, 1951-1953, 1953-1955. Member Democratic Pre-
cinct Committee; Chapel Hill Board of Alderman, 1945-1949;
Orange County Board of Commissioners, 1954-1956; Board of
Trustees, Baptist Orphanage of North Carolina, 1945-1949. Mem-
ber Chapel Hill Rotary Club. Baptist; former Deacon and Super-
intendent of Sunday School. Married Nancy Thelma Herndon,
Durham, N. C, November 29, 1934. Children: Nancy Helen, age
15 and Edwin Sidney, Jr., age 10. Address: 313 W, University
Drive, Chapel Hill, N. C.
RICHARD GWYNN LONG
(Fourteenth District — Counties: Durham, Granville and Person.
Two Senators.)
Richard Gwynn Long, Democrat, Senator from the Fourteenth
Senatorial District, was born in Roxboro, N. C, November 16,
1923. Son of James Anderson and Anne Elizabeth (Bickford)
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Long. Attended Roxboro High School, 1936-1939; Woodberry
Forest School, 1939-1940; Duke University, 1940-1943; Vander-
bilt University Law School, 1946-1949, LL.B. Lawyer. Member
American Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; Person
County Bar Association. Director, Roxboro Cotton Mills; Presi-
dent, Reinforced Plastics Corporation. Mayor of Roxboro, 1951-
1953; Person County Man of the Year, 1956; Jaycee Young Man
of the Year, 1956. Member Lodge 2005, B.P.O.E.; American Le-
gion; Post 2058, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Commander, 1954-
1955; Junior Order of United American Mechanics; Rotary Club.
Staff Sergeant, United States Army, 1943-1946. Methodist. Mar-
ried Betty Layne Hollinshead, November 16, 1949. Children:
Margaret Gwynn Long, Catherine Layne Long and David Hollins-
head Long. Address: Westover Road, Roxboro, N. C.
WILLIAM FLYNT MARSHALL
(Twenty-third District — Counties: Stokes and Surry. One
Senator).
William Flynt Marshall, Democrat. Senator fi-om the Twenty-
third Senatorial District, was born in Walnut Cove, N. C, July
16, 1900. Son of Albert Franklin and Nannie Flynt Marshall.
Attended Walnut Cove High School and Commercial School. Lum-
berman, farmer and banker. President Stokes Lumber Company,
Walnut Cove, N. C; Chairman of Board State Planters Bank,
Walnut Cove, N. C. Commissioner Town of Walnut Cove, N. C.
from 1933 to 1938; Treasurer Town of Walnut Cove, N. C, 1933
to 1957. President in 1956 and Chairman of Board 1957 of North-
west North Carolina Development Association. Representative
from Stokes County in the General Assembly of 1939, 1943 and
1945. State Senator from the 23rd District, 1941, 1949 and 1953.
Member Walnut Cove Lodge 629 A. F. & A. M. and Oasis Shrine;
President Walnut Cove Rotary Club 1951-1952. Baptist. Married
Iva Lee Isaacs, April 24, 1924. Two sons William Flynt, Jr. and
Joe Isaacs Marshall. Address: Walnut Cove, N. C.
Biographical Sketches 463
PERRY WHITEHEAD MARTIN
(Third District — Counties: Northampton, Vance and Warren.
One Senator.)
Peri-y Whitehead Martin, Democrat, Senator from the Third
Senatorial District, was born near Conway, N. C, June 28, 1928.
Son of B. R. and Virgie (Whitehead) Martin. Attended Conway
Elementary and High School, graduating in 1945; Wake Forest
College, 1945-1947; Wake Forest College Law School, 1947-1950,
LL.B. Lawyer. Recipient of Freshman Orators Award at Wake
Forest College. Solicitor Northampton County Recorder's Court,
1954-1956. Member Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity; Rotary In-
ternational; Masonic Order. Entered U. S. Army as Private in
October of 1951; received direct commission as First Lieutenant
six months later and made Trial Judge Advocate for 47th In-
fantry Division; released from active duty, June 28, 1954. Baptist;
Teacher Men's Bible Class; Chairman Board of Deacons. Married
Carolyn Calhoun of Cottonwood, Ala., December 13, 1953. Address:
Rich Square, N. C.
JAMES W. MASON
(Eighteenth District — Counties: Davidson, Montgomery, Rich-
mond and Scotland. Two Senators.)
James W. Mason, Democrat, Senator from the Eighteenth Sena-
torial District, was born in Laurinburg, N. C, February 8, 1916.
Son of James Walter and Marie (Cornelius) Mason. Attended
Wake Forest College, LL.B., 1938. Lawyer. Member American Bar
Association; N. C. State Bar Council, 1956-1957; Board of Gov-
ernors North Carolina Bar Association, 1955-1957; President 13th
Judicial District Bar Association, 1950. Special Agent, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, 1942-1946. Member Laurinburg Masonic
Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 305; Laurinburg Lions Club, Past Presi-
dent. Baptist; Deacon; Past Chairman Board of Deacons; Mod-
erator Pee Dee Baptist Association, 1954-1956; Member General
Board Baptist State Convention, 1955-1957. Married Nell Celeste
Adams, June 7, 1940. Children: Celeste Adams Mason, age 11 and
James W. Mason, III, age 2. Address: 307 Prince Street, Laurin-
burg, N. C.
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JOHN CALHOUN McBEE
(Thirtieth District — Counties: Avery, Madison, Mitchell and
Yancey. One Senator.)
John Calhoun McBee, Republican, Senator from the Thirtieth
Senatorial District, was born at Mica, N. C, August 19, 1876.
Son of James A. and Rachel (Mace) McBee. Attended Bowman
Academy, 1892-1895; Wake Forest College, LL.B., 1911. Lawyer.
Member N. C. State Bar. Delegate to National Republican Con-
vention in 1920 and alternate in 1936. Director Northwestern Bank
since 1937 and President, 1945-1946. Representative in the General
Assembly of 1917, 1921 and 1931. Private, Co. "B", 16th U. S.
Infantry, 1899-1902; served two years in Philippine Islands;
seven years in Civil Service, Department of Education Insular
Government; Chairman S. S. Board, 1917-1918, 1940-1956. Mason;
Junior Order United American Mechanics. Baptist. Married
Margaret C. Thomas, August 12, 1904. Children: Paul Thomas
McBee, John Carl McBee and Helen McBee. Address: Bakers-
ville, N. C.
JULE McMICHAEL
(Fifteenth District — Counties: Caswell and Rockingham. One
Senator.)
Jule McMichael, Democrat, Senator from the Fifteenth Sena-
torial District, was born in Madison, N. C, November 19, 1910.
Son of James Pleasant and Annie Dell (DeShazo) McMichael.
Attended Wentworth Elementary and High School, 1916-1926;
Reidsville High School, 1926-1927; University of North Carolina,
A.B., 1932; University of North Carolina Law School, LL.B., 1934.
Lawyer. Member Rockingham County Bar Association; Seven-
teenth Judicial District Bar Association; North Carolina Bar As-
sociation. City Attorney for Reidsville since 1949; Rockingham
County Attorney since 1953; Chairman Rockingham County
Democratic Executive Committee since 1950. Member Phi Beta
Kappa. Lieutenant Commander, USNR, 1942-1946. Presbyterian;
Deacon. Married Mary Browne Wallace, February 7, 1942. Chil-
dren: Jule McMichael, Jr., age 13; Howard Reid McMichael, age
9; George Pell McMichael, age 7. Address: 1601 Country Club
Road, Reidsville, N. C.
Biographical Sketches 465
DU BRUTZ CUTLAR MOORE
(Eleventh District — County: Robeson. One Senator.)
Du Brutz Cutlar Moore, Democrat, Senator from the Eleventh
Senatorial District, was born in Burgaw, N. C, August 6, 1895.
Son of John Bailey and Serena Lee (Corbett) Moore. Attended
Burgaw High School; University of North Carolina, 1913 and
1914. Real estate dealer. Member North Carolina Association of
Realtors; N. C. Democratic Executive Committee for six years,
Secretary, 1934-1936. Chairman of N. C. Alcoholic Control Board,
1937-1941. Mason. Member Benevolent Protective Order of Elks;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion. Private in U. S.
Army, 1917-1919, serving in Europe as member of the Wilming-
ton Light Infantry. State Senator in the General Assembly of
1953 and 1955. Presbyterian; Member Board of Deacons. Married
Ruth Robeson Norment, June 28, 1922. Children: Du Brutz Cutlar
Moore, Jr., Mary Corbett Moore; Mrs. Ruth Norment Morgan. Ad-
dress: Box 985, Lumberton, N. C.
ROBERT FOSTER MORGAN
(Twenty-seventh District — Counties: Cleveland, McDowell, and
Rutherford. Two Senators.)
Robert Foster Morgan, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-
seventh Senatorial District, was born in Anderson County, South
Carolina, June 24, 1922. Son of O. Z. and Minnietta (Foster)
Morgan. Attended Cleveland County Public Schools and Boiling
Springs High School; Gardner-Webb College, A. A. degree, 1941;
Yale University, 1943-1944. Part owner of Morgan & Company,
Inc., Shelby. Member N. C. Seedsmen Association National Cot-
ton Council; Executive Committee N. C. Seedsmen Association;
Past-President of Cleveland County Ginners Association. Member
of Rotary Club and Director of Shelby Junior Chamber of Com-
merce. Member of Shelby Lodge of Masonic Order. Enlisted as
Private in Air Force, 1942, and discharged as Captain in 1946.
Member of Inactive Reserve Air Force at present. State Senator
in the General Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Member Beaver Dam
Baptist Church; Deacon; Teacher Young Men's Bible Class; Vice-
President Brotherhood; Chairman Finance Committee. Married
Ruth Norment Moore of Lumberton, N. C, 1953. One daughter.
Address: Shelby, N. C.
Owens of Washington
Poyner of Wake
Rose of Wayne
Rowe of Pender
RutledKe of Cabarrus
Shelton of Edgecombe
Shuford of Catawba
Stephenson of Polk
Stikeleather of Buncombe
Stoner of Davidson
Sumner of Rutherford
Thomas of Hoke
Vann of Sampson
Whitley of Johnston
Whitmire of Henderson
Williams of Stanly
Woodson of Rowan
Byerly — Principal Clerk
Biographical Sketches 467
EDWIN LINDSAY OWENS
(Second District — Counties : Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin,
Pamlico, Tyrrell and Washington. Two Senators.)
Edward Lindsay Owens, Democrat, Senator from the Second
Senatorial District, was born in Plymouth, N. C, July 1, 1904.
Son of Ambrose L. and Luceille (Willey) Owens. Attended Ply-
mouth High School; University of North Carolina, A.B. and
LL.B., 1926. Lawyer, farmer and real estate dealer. Member
Washington County Bar Association; N. C. State Bar; North
Carolina Bar Association; Plymouth Rotary Club, charter mem-
ber; Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity; Perseverance Lodge No.
59 Sudan Temple (York Rite), Master, 1945. Member Board of
Aldermen, Town of Plymouth, 1927-1928; Attorney for Washing-
ton County, 1929-1930; Judge Washington County Recorder's
Court, 1931-1932, 1944-1946, 1951-1952. State Senator in the Gen-
eral Assembly of 1955. Methodist; Steward, 1930-1931. Married
Eloise McArthur, June 27, 1932. Children: Lucille Shelton Owens,
age 23 and Suzanne McArthur Owens, age 16. Address: 322 East
Main St., Plymouth, N. C.
JAMES M. POYNER
(Thirteenth District — Counties: Chatham, Lee and Wake. Two
Senators.)
James M. Poyner, Democrat, Senator from the Thirteenth Sena-
torial District, was born in Raleigh, N. C, September 18, 1914.
Son of James Marion and Mary Sherwood (Smedes) Poyner.
Attended Raleigh Gi'ammar Schools; Needham Broughton High
School, graduating in 1930; N. C. State College, B.S. in Chemical
Engineering, 1935 and M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 1937; Uni-
versity of North Carolina Law School, summer of 1938; Duke
University, 1940, LL.B. Lawyer. Member Wake County Bar As-
sociation; North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar As-
sociation. While in college was leader of "Jimmy Poyner and his
Collegians," a widely known and popular dance orchestra. Served
as President of Wake County Young Democrats Club, 1947.
Member Sigma Nu Social Fraternity; Raleigh Kiwanis Club;
Raleigh Country Club; Carolina Country Club; Sphinx Club;
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Director Raleigh YMCA; Past Director Raleigh Chamber of Com-
merce. Member, Commission for the Study of the Revenue Struc-
ture of the State. Active duty from 1942 to 1946 in Chemical
Warfare Service; awarded Legion of Merit Medal; now Lieutenant
Colonel in Army Reserves. State Senator in the General Assembly
of 1955. Member of Vestry, St. Michael's Episcopal Church.
Married Florence L Chan of Dallas, Texas, February 24, 1945,
Children: Susan, Florence, Margaret, Edythe and James M.
Poyner, IIL Address: 710 Smedes Place, Raleigh, N. C.
DAVID JENNINGS ROSE
(Eighth District — Counties: Johnston and Wayne. Two Sena-
tors.)
David Jennings Rose, Democrat, Senator from the Eighth
Senatorial District, was born in Wayne County, N. C, September
26, 1896. Son of Joel L. and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Rose.
Attended Grantham Consolidated School of Wayne County; Uni-
versity of North Carolina, 1916-1920; Tulane University, 1920-
1922, M.D.; University of Vienna, Austria. Surgeon (retired) and
farmer. Fellow American College of Surgeons. Mason and Shriner.
Member Sigma Nu and Theta Kappa Psi fraternities. President
N. C. State School Board Association for two years; President
National School Board Association for two years; President N. C.
Camellia Society; Chairman Neuse River Watershed Authority;
Chairman Aycock Restoration Commission; Director Branch
Banking and Trust Company for past fifteen years; Director
Citizens Building and Loan Association fifteen years; Recipient
Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope in Scouting. Served in U. S.
Navy during World War I, 1917-1918. State Senator in the Gen-
eral Assembly of 1955. Member Christian Church. Married first
time to Janet T. Conway in 1925. Children: Conway Rose, David
J. Rose, Jr. and Marjorie Rose Patrick. Married second time to
Mary Elizabeth Farrior of Willard, N. C. in 1956. Address: 1402
E. Mulberry St., Goldsboro, N. C.
Biographical Sketches 469
ROY ROWE
(Ninth District — Counties: Duplin, New Hanover, Pender and
Sampson. Two Senators.)
Roy Rowe, Democrat, Senator from the Ninth Senatorial Dis-
trict, born in Burgaw, N. C, May 29, 1905. Son of Nicholas
Henry and Mary Belle (King) Rowe. Attended Carolina Indus-
trial School, Pender County, 1911-1920; Vanceboro Farm Life
School, 1920-1923; University of North Carolina from time to
time from 1923-1931; Theatre Manager School, New York City,
1931. Theatre owner and operator; farmer. President, Theatre
Owners of North and South Carolina (1934-1944), President
Carolina Aero Club (1942-1944); Major (1944-1947) in North
Carolina Wing of Civil Air Patrol. Licensed to operate private
aircraft. Mason, King Solomon's Lodge 138, Burgaw. Member and
Past President Burgaw Rotary Club. State Senator from the
Ninth District in 1937, 1941, 1945 and 1949. Member House of
Representatives, 1943; Chairman N. C. Aeronautics Commission
(1943-1949). Unitarian and Universalist. Married Nina Lavinia
Worsley of Maysville, February 22, 1929. Two children: Tenia
Rowe and Roy Rowe, Jr. Address: Burgaw, N. C.
J. CARLYLE RUTLEDGE
(Twenty-First District — Counties: Cabarrus and Rowan. Two
Senators.)
J. Carlyle Rutledge, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-first
Senatorial District, was born in Stanley, Gaston County, N. C,
December 28, 1909. Son of Joseph Graham and Frances Virginia
(Moore) Rutledge. Graduated from Stanley High School, 1927;
Weaver College, 1930; A.B., University North Carolina, 1932;
LLB., 1935. Lawyer. Past President of Cabarrus County Bar
Association. Member North Carolina Bar Association. Co-owner
of Kannapolis Real Estate Agency. President of Carolina Homes,
Inc. President of Watkins' Building Materials Co. Former Judge
of the Cabarrus County Domestic Relations-Juvenile Court. Mem-
ber Board of Directors Cannon Memorial Young Men's Christian
Association, Kannapolis, N. C. since 1937; Interstate Committee
of the Y. M. C. A. of the Carolinas; International Committee of
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the Y. M. C. A. Past District Governor of Rotary International.
Representative in the General Assembly of 1943 and 1945. Meth-
odist; Steward. Married Judith Rea Kuykendal, April 23, 1938.
Two daughters: Martha Rea Rutledge, born April 2, 1941 and
Polly Virginia Rutledge, born July 11, 1949; one son, James
Carlyle Rutledge, born Nov. 17, 1944. Address: Kannapolis, N. C.
HENRY GRAY SHELTON
(Fourth District — Counties: Edgecombe and Halifax. Two
Senators.)
Henry Gray Shelton, Democrat, Senator from the Fourth Sena-
torial District, was born near Speed, N. C, November 14, 1906.
Son of Benjamin F. and Annie Little (Thigpen) Shelton. Attended
Speed Grammar and High School, 1912-1923; North Carolina
State College, B.S., 1927. Farmer. President Edgecombe County
Farm Bureau ; President Edgecombe County Mutual Livestock
Association; Past President Tarboro Kiwanis Club. Member Edge-
combe County Board of Health, 1955-1957; Speed School Board,
1941-1957; State Highway Commission during Governor Scott's
Administration. Member Alpha Zeta. Episcopalian ; Vestryman
since 1937. Married Athlea Boone, December 18, 1947. One daugh-
ter, Anne Boone Shelton, born December 3, 1956. Address: Speed,
N. C.
WILLL\M B. SHUFORD
(Twenty-fifth District — Counties: Catawba, Iredell and Lincoln.
Two Senators.)
William B. Shuford, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-fifth
Senatorial District, was born in Hickory, N. C, June 20, 1907,
Son of Abel Alexander, Sr., and Maude (Ferguson) Shuford. At-
tended Woodberry Forest, 1921-1926; University of North Caro-
lina, 1926-1929, B.S. in Commerce; Columbia University, 1929-
193C, M.S. in Business. Textile Manufacturer. Kappa Sigma, Phi
Beta Kappa, and Beta Gamma Sigma Fraternities. Trustee of
Woodberry Forest School ; former Trustee, University of North
Carolina and Hickory Administrative School Unit. State Senator
in the General Assembly of 1953. Member of Corinth Evangelical
\
Biographical Sketches 471
and Reformed Church, former Deacon. Married Virginia Jones of
Charlotte, N. C, October 10, 1931. Four children: William B.
Shuford, Jr., Frank Jones Shuford, Charles Hunt Shuford and
Virginia Shuford. Address: Hickory, N. C.
JOSEPH RAYMOND STEPHENSON
(Thirty-second District — Counties: Haywood, Henderson, Jack-
son, Polk and Transylvania. Two Senators.)
Joseph Eaymond Stephenson, Democrat, Senator from the
Thirty-second Senatorial District, was born near Saluda, N. C,
December 15, 1907. Son of Joseph H. and Minnie M. (Guice)
Stephenson. Attended Saluda Elementary School ; Everetts High
School, Everetts, Ky. ; Union College, Barbourville, Ky. Automo-
bile dealer and farmer. Chairman Polk County Board of Education
for past six years. President Saluda Lion's Club. Presbyterian.
Married Kathleen Elizabeth Garren, September 7, 1931. Children:
Joseph R. Stephenson, Jr. and Lucille Ann Stephenson. Address:
Saluda, N. C.
JAMES GUDGER STIKELEATHER, JR.
(Thirty-first District — County: Buncombe. One Senator.)
James Gudger Stikeleather, Jr., Democrat, Senator from the
Thirty-first Senatorial District, was born in Asheville, N. C,
September 8, 1911. Son of James Gudger and Nancy (Weaver)
Stikeleather. Attended Asheville High School, 1925-1929; Univer-
sity of North Carolina, B.S. in Commerce, 1934. General insurance
and real estate dealer. President, Carolina Federal Savings &
Loan Association. Member Asheville Real Estate Board; Asheville
Insurance Agents Exchange, President, 1949-1950; Sigma Chi
Fraternity. Entered U. S. Naval Reserve December, 1943; dis-
charged as Lieutenant (j.g.), March 1946. Representative from
Buncombe County in the General Assembly of 1955. Methodist;
Steward. Married Dorothy Kimberly, November 6, 1937. Children:
Jane Stikeleather, age 18; Rebecca Stikeleather, age 15; James G.
Stikeleather, III, age 11. Address: 221 Kimberly Avenue, Ashe-
ville, N. C.
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PAUL GLENN STONER, SR.
(Eighteenth District — Counties: Davidson, Montgomery, Rich-
mond and Scotland. Two Senators.)
Paul Glenn Stoner, Sr., Democrat, Senator from the Eighteenth
Senatorial District, was born in Davidson County, March 29, 1906.
Son of Oscar Lee and Frankie (Harris) Stoner. Attended South-
ern Industrial Institute; Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute;
Duke University; Duke University Law School, LL.B., 1931. Law-
yer. Member State Bar Association ; American Bar Association.
Former Solicitor and Judge of County Court. Representative from
Davidson County in the General Assembly of 1951. Served as
Private First Class in U.S. Army. Shriner. Methodist. Married
Ruth Bright in 1931, Children: Betsy Stoner Guest, Paul Glenn
Stoner, Jr., Frank Lee Stoner and Mary Roberts Stoner. Address:
512 Fairview Drive, Lexington, N. C.
BENJAMIN HAMPTON SUMNER
(Twenty-seventh District — Counties: Cleveland, McDowell and
Rutherford. Two Senators.)
Benjamin Hampton Sumner, Democrat, Senator from th-?
Twenty-seventh Senatorial District, was born in Lincolnton, N. C,
August 11, 1905. Son of Charles McBee and Margaret Stokes
(McKenzie) Sumner. Attended Christ School, 1921-1923; Lincoln-
ton High School, 1924; University of North Carolina, A.B., 1928;
American Institute of Banking, 1930-1936; Graduate School of
Banking, Rutgers University, 1937. Assistant Secretary and As-
sistant Treasurer of Spindale Mills, Inc., Spindale, N. C. Member
and Past President of Rutherfordton Kiwanis Club, Spindale
Mills Management Club, Spindale Club, Rutherford County Club
and Civitan Club. "Kiwanian of the Year", 1952. Awarded trophy
by Spindale Mills Management Club for "Foreman of the Year",
1954. Member Executive Board of the Piedmont Council of
Boy Scouts; Steering Committee of the Rutherford County Ru-
ral Development Program; Director Farm Bureau and Ruth-
erford County Club; Vice Chairman Rutherford County Boy
Scouts; Past President Union Development Club. Former Director
of Patterson School in Caldwell County and former member of
Board of Thompson Orphanage of Charlotte. Episcopalian; Chair-
Biographical Sketches 473
man of Building and Finance Committee; former member of the
Executive Council of the Diocese of Western North Carolina; for-
mer Secretary and Treasurer of the Laymen's Work of Western
North Carolina. Married Lillian F. Carmichael in 1935; second
marriage to Frances N. Cox, 1945. One son, Benjamin Carmichael
Sumner and one stepson, Daniel M. House. Address: Fox Haven
Farm, Rutherfordton, N. C.
JAMES BENTON THOMAS
(Twelfth District — Counties: Harnett, Hoke, Moore, and Ran-
dolph. Two Senators.)
James Benton Thomas, Democrat, Senator from the Twelfth
Senatorial District, was born in Scotland County, N. C, July 4,
1892. Son of James Crawford and Rena (Benton) Thomas. Gradu-
ated from Raeford Institute, 1909; University of North Carolina,
1909-1910; graduated from Kings Business College, 1911. Farmer.
Sec.-Treas. Hoke Oil & Fertilizer Company for thirty years, now
Vice President; Vice President McLauchlin Company; Sec.-Treas.
Hoke Cotton Warehouse Company; Sec.-Treas. Colonial Frozen
Foods, Inc.; Director, Bank of Raeford, Raeford Power & Manu-
facturing Company, Upchurch Milling Company, and Hoke De-
velopment Corporation. Director, Raeford Chamber of Commerce.
Past President, Raeford Kiwanis Club and N. C. Cottonseed
Crushers Association. Lieut.-Governor Carolinas Kiwanis Clubs,
1955. Delegate member. National Cotton Council; member County
Board of Education; Town Alderman; Chairman of Hoke County
Democratic Executive Committee for twelve years. Mason;
Shriner; Past President Raeford Shrine Club. First Lieutenant,
N. C. National Guard before World War I; during World War
II, served for four years as member County Rationing Board;
Chairman County Salvage Board. State Senator in the General
Assembly of 1949 and 1953. Methodist; Trustee. Married Kate
Shaw, June 22, 1916. Two daughters: Mrs. Julian McLeod, Mrs.
Robert E. Foreman. Address: Raeford, N. C.
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HENRY VANN
(Ninth District — Counties: Duplin, New Hanover, Pender, and
Sampson. Two Senators.)
Henry Vann, Democrat, Senator from the Ninth Senatorial
District, was born in Sampson County, N. C, February 10, 1892.
Son of Arthur and Portia (McPhail) Vann. Attended County
Grammar School, 1898-1906; Salemburg High School, 1907-1908;
Oak Ridge Auto Mechanic School, 1909-1910. Farmer, automobile
dealer, theatre owner and operator. President of Henry Vann
Industries, manufacturers of Henry Vann Tobacco Curers, oil and
gas fired space heaters. President, Henry Vann Tractor Co.,
Clinton, N. C. Mayor of Clinton, 1925-1929. Director of First
Citizens Bank & Trust Co., home office Smithfield, N. C. Vice-
Chairman, State Ports Authority, May 1949-May 1951. Chairman
of South Eastern Soil Conservation District since January, 1945.
Mason, member Hiram Lodge, No. 98, Clinton, N. C; Thirty-
second degree Masonry Wilmington Consistory; Sudan Temple,
A.A.O.N.M. Shrine, New Bern, N. C. State Senator from the
Ninth District in the General Assembly of 1945, 1949 and 1953.
Married Beulah Madge Williamson, August 21, 1915. One daugh-
ter: Mrs. Louise Vann Austin. Address: Clinton, N. C.
ADAM JACKSON WHITLEY, JR.
(Eighth. District — Counties: Johnston and Wayne. Two Sena-
tors.)
Adam Jackson Whitley, Jr., Democrat, Senator from the Eighth
Senatorial District, was born in Johnston County, N. C, April 14,
1894. Son of Adam Jackson and Abigail (Casey) Whitley. At-
tended Smithfield Grammar and High School, 1901-1914; N. C.
State College, 1915-1917. Farmer. Member Junior Order; Ameri-
can Legion, Commander of American Legion Post No. 132 of
Smithfield, N. C, 1953-1954; Rotary Club, charter member when
organized in 1944. Mason and Shriner. Member Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee, 1953-1954, Chairman, 1945-1947; Precinct
Committeeman, 1939-1945. Member State Democratic Executive
Committee since 1953. President, N. C. State College Agriculture
Foundation, 1956; member Governor's Youth Service Commission,
1955-56. Served as a Sergeant in World War I, 1917-1918. State
Biographical Sketches 475
Senator in the General Assembly of 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955.
Baptist; Deacon, 1927-1948; Chairman, Board of Deacons, 1929-
1952; Moderator of Johnston Baptist Association, 1936-1954. Mar-
ried Florence Elizabeth Lassiter, February 14, 1923. Three chil-
dren: Adam J. Whitley, III; Dennis Whitley; Leah Lassiter
Whitley. Address: Rt. 1, Smithfield, N. C.
R. LEE WHITMIRE
(Thirty-second District — Counties: Haywood, Henderson, Jack-
son, Polk and Transylvania. Two Senators.)
R. Lee Whitmire, Democrat, Senator from the Thirty-second
Senatorial District, was born in Brevard, North Carolina, Jan-
uary 21, 1898. Son of W. P. and Annie Floyd Whitmire. Attended
Brevard and Hendersonville High Schools; University of North
Carolina Law School, 1919-1921, and admitted to the Bar in 1921.
General practitioner with offices in Hendersonville since March
1921. Member Henderson County Bar Association and North Caro-
lina State Bar. Chairman Henderson County Board of Elections,
1922-1924. Hendersonville City Attorney, 1923-1932. Delegate to
Democratic National Convention, 1924. Served as enlisted man,
United States Army, April 1917 to February 1919; overseas, 1918-
1919. Henderson County War Bond Chairman, World War IL
Chairman of Selective Service Appeal Board for Western United
States Judicial Division of North Carolina, 1952-1953. Commander
Hendersonville Post of American Legion, 1923-1924. President
Hendersonville Rotary Club, 1931. Member Masonic Lodge, Elks
Club, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars; Member
North Carolina General Statutes Commission, 1949-1951; Board
of Trustees University of North Carolina, 1949 to 1955; North
Carolina Judicial Council, 1951-1953. State Senator from the 27th
Senatorial District, 1927. Representative from Henderson County
in North Carolina General Assembly, Sessions of 1949, 1951 and
1953. Chairman Committee on Judiciary No. 1 Session of 1951 and
1953. Democratic nominee for State Representative Session of
1953 without opposition in Primary and Election. Superior Court
Judge, 1953 to 1955, appointed by Governor William B. Umstead.
Democratic Candidate for State Senator without opposition in
Primary and General Election of 1956. Member official Inaugural
Committee (Governor Luther H, Hodges), 1957. Baptist. Married
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Irene Louise Jones (now deceased) July 30, 1924, Madge Schacht
Watson (now deceased) September 14, 1937, and Margaret Alice
Davenport June 11, 1946. One child, Robert Lee Whitmire, Jr.,
Hendersonville attorney, born of first marriage. Address: Hen-
dersonville, N. C.
STATON PENDER WILLIAMS
(Nineteenth District — Counties: Anson, Stanly and Union. Two
Senators.)
Staton Pender Williams, Democrat, Senator from the Nine-
teenth Senatorial District, was born in Robersonville, N. C. Son
of John Lawrence and Hallie Leary (Pender) Williams. Attended
Robersonville High School, graduating in 1927; Duke University,
A.B., 1931 and M.A., 1935; University of North Carolina Law
School, 1934-1937, LL.B. Lawyer. Member N. C. State Bar; N. C.
Bar Association; Past President Stanly County Bar Association.
Appointed for five year term to N. C. Veterans Commission by
Governor W. Kerr Scott in 1949 and reappointed in 1954 by
Governor William B. Umstead. Past President Albemarle Chamber
of Commerce and Albemarle Lions Club. Member Woodmen of the
World, Head Consul, 1953-1954; National Law Committee, Wood-
men of the World; former Consul Commander Holly Camp Wood-
men of the World; member and Past President Washington Camp,
Patriotic Order Sons of America, Albemarle, N. C. Entered U. S.
Navy as Lieutenant (jg) in February of 1944 and released to in-
active duty January 1, 1946 as Lieutenant. Methodist; Steward
for several terms. Married Margaret Louisa Moyer, December 23,
1933. Children: Carolyn L. Lee and Staton P. Williams, Jr. Ad-
dress: 331 North Ninth Street, Albemarle, N. C.
NELSON WOODSON
(Twenty-first District — Counties: Cabarrus and Rowan. Two
Senators.)
Nelson Woodson, Democrat, Senator from the Twenty-first Sen-
atorial District, was born at Salisbury, N. C, March 26, 1909. Son
of Walter H. and Pauline Bernhardt Woodson. Attended Salis-
bury High School, 1921-1925; University of North Carolina, A.B.
Biographical Sketches 477
degree, 1929; University of North Carolina Law School, LL.B.
degree, 1932. Lawyer. Member of Rowan County Bar Association;
North Carolina Bar Association, President, 1956-1957; American
Bar Association. Partner, Woodson & Woodson, Attorneys. Served
in the U. S. Army, 1942-1946; 77th Infantry Division in the Pa-
cific; discharged as Captain. Rotarian and Elk. State Senator in
the General Assembly of 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955. Episcopalian.
Married Mary Holt Whittle, October 19, 1946. Children: Walter
Nelson Woodson and Mary Holt Woodson. Address: 225 South
Fulton Street, Salisbury, N. C.
J. K. Doughton — Speaker
Anderson of Caldwell
Arledge of Polk
Askew of Gates
Bell of Carteret
Blue of Moore
Bost of Cabarrus
Bowman of Brunswick
Brinkley of Alexander
Britt of Bladen
Brock of Davie
Buchanan of Jackson
Burgess of Camden
Burleson of Mitchell
Bynum of Richmond
Byrum of Chowan
Biographical Sketches 479
REPRESENTATIVES
JAMES KEMP DOUGHTON
SPEAKER
James Kemp Doughton, Democrat, Representative from Alle-
ghany County, was born at Sparta, N. C, May 18 1884. Son of
Rufus A. and Sue (Parks) Doughton. Attended Oak Ridge Insti-
tute and University of North Carolina. Farmer. Trust Officer,
Northwestern Bank, North Wilkesboro. Formerly bank official;
State and National Bank Examiner; Manager Richmond Agency
Reconstruction Finance Corporation ; General Agent and Chair-
man Board Farm Credit Administration, Baltimore. Representa-
tive in General Assembly of 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955. Methodist.
First marriage to Josephine Brown of Raleigh, N. C. Three chil-
dren. Second marriage to Ivy G. Doughton of Laurel Springs. Ad-
dress: Rt. 3, Sparta, N. C.
JOHN LELAND ANDERSON
John Leland Anderson, Republican, Representative from Cald-
well County, was born in that county, August 15, 1906. Son of
Leland Lofeyette and Cornelia (Oxford) Anderson. Graduate of
Caldwell County High Schools; local business training under pri-
vate tutor. Furniture and tapestry dealer. Active in Community
and county organizations, P.T.A. Member Community Betterment;
Patriotic Sons of America, having held all offices of local camp as
well as Deputy State President; President of Whitnel Kiwanis
Club, 1955. Representative in the General Assembly of 1953 and
1955. Methodist; Superintendent of Sunday School, Trustee, Lay
Leader and Sunday School Teacher. Married Margie Arney, No-
vember 5, 1929. One daughter: Jerolene, now Mrs. T, G. Messick,
Jr. Address: Whitnel, N. C.
JAMES THURSTON ARLEDOE
James Thurston Arledge, Democrat, Representative from Polk
County, was born in Saluda, N. C, July 22, 1921. Son of Hosea
Levi and Alpha Elizabeth (Tallant) Arledge. Graduated from
Tryon High School in 1940. Manager of Arledge Hardware Com-
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pany, Tryon, N. C. Member Out Board Motor Boat Club of Amer-
ica; Polk County Democratic Executive Committee, 1951-1956; Past
Member Tryon Kiwanis Club; Chairman Tryon Democratic Pre-
cinct Committee; Secretary & Treasurer N. C. YDC 11th District,
1952; Vice President Western District of N. C. YDC, 1956-1957.
Member Jeff L. Nelson Lodge No. 605 A.F. & A.M.; Polk County
Memoiial American Legion Post No. 250, Commander, 1946, 1947,
1950; Commander 33rd District American Legion, 1955. Sergeant
in U. S. Marine Corps, 1943-1956; also served in Marine Corps
during Korean War, September, 1950 to August, 1951. Baptist.
Married Margaret Cline, March 26, 1948. Two sons, David Cline
Arledge, age 6 and Micheal Robert Arledge, age 4. Address: Vine-
yard Road, Tryon, N. C.
ALLEN EDGAR ASKEW
Allen Edgar Askew, Democrat, Representative from Gates
County, was born in Eure, N. C, March 6, 1918. Son of William
John and Venie (Piland) Askew. Attended Eure Grammar School,
1925-1932; Gatesville High School, 1932-1936; Elon College, B.A.,
1940. Merchant. Mason, Lodge 126, Gatesville. Served in U. S.
Army from February 4, 1940, to September 27, 1945, with Sixth
Armored Division with rank of Corporal. Representative in the
General Assembly of 1951, 1953 and 1955. Member of Christian
Church; Teacher of Men and Women Sunday School Class. Mar-
ried Martha Elizabeth Stokes, July 18, 1944. One son: Allen
Edgar Askew, Jr. Address: Gatesville, N. C.
DANIEL GRAHAM BELL
Daniel Graham Bell, Democrat, Representative from Carteret
County, was born in Morehead City, N. C, August 9, 1913. Son
of Daniel Graham and Madie A. Bell. Attended Morehead City
High School, 1921-1932. Merchant. Commissioner, Town of More-
head City since 1947; Mayor Pro-tem since 1951. Member Elks
Club; Past President Morehead City Junior Chamber of Com-
merce; Past President Morehead City Chamber of Commerce;
Commodore Morehead City Sailing Club, 1946-1950. Winner of the
J. C. Young Man of the Year Award, Morehead City, 1939. Served
as Lieutenant in US Coast Guard during World War II; Lieuten-
Biographical Sketches 481
ant Commander, USCGR and Commanding Officer of Coast Guard
Reserve Unit, Morehead City. Representative in the General As-
sembly of 1955. Methodist; Steward, 1938-1942, 1946-1948. Ad-
dress: Morehead City, N. C.
HERBERT CLIFTON BLUE
Herbert Clifton Blue, Democrat, Representative from Moore
County, vi^as born in Hoke County, N. C. (then Cumbei'land) ,
August 28, 1910. Son of John Patrick and Christian (Stewart)
Blue. Graduated from Vass-Lakeview High School in 1929. Pub-
lisher "The Sandhill Citizen," Aberdeen, N. C. Member, Town of
Aberdeen Board of Commissioners, 1945; President, Moore County
YDC Club, 1941-1946; Elected Eighth Congressional District YDC
Chairman, 1946; Secretary North Carolina Young Democratic
Clubs, 1947-1948; President North Carolina Young Democratic
Clubs, 1948-1949; Secretary State Democratic Executive Commit-
tee, 1949 to 1952; Member Moore County Democratic Executive
Committee; Charter member, Aberdeen Lions Club; President of
the Club for the 1946-1947 term; Zone Chairman 1947-1948;
Deputy District Governor, 1953-1954. Mason. Woodman of the
World. President Vass-Lakeview High School Alumni Association,
1933-1935; also 1942. Representative in the General Assembly of
1947, 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955. Presbyterian. Served as Super-
intendent of Cypress Sunday School, 1930-1940; Deacon in Cy-
press Church, 1931-1941 ; Superintendent, Bethesda Presbyterian
Sunday School, 1940 to present time; Deacon, Bethesda Church,
1941-1946; elected Elder and Clerk of Session, Bethesda Church,
1946. Director N. C. Press Association. Married Gala Lee Nun-
nery, July 4, 1937. Three children : Patricia Joyce, age 18, Her-
bert Clifton, Jr., age 16; John Lee, age 11. Address: Aberdeen,
N. C.
EUGENE THOMPSON BOST, JR.
Eugene Thompson Bost, Jr., Democrat, Representative from Ca-
barrus County, was born in Cabarrus County, June 11, 1907. Son
of E. T. and Zula A. (Hinshaw) Bost. Attended Mount Pleasant
Collegiate Institute; Duke University, School of Law, 1930-1933.
Bachelor of Law. Lawyer. Member American Bar Association;
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North Carolina Bar Association. Representative in the General
Assembly of 1937, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1949 and 1951;
Speaker, 1953. Methodist. Mason. Married Bernice Hahn, March
27, 1937. Address: Concord, N. C.
JAMES C. BOWMAN
James C. Bowman, Democrat, Representative from Brunswick
County, was born in Kenly, N. C, March 27, 1910. Son of John C.
and Cleva (Griggs) Bowman. Attended Wadesboro High School,
graduating in 1926; Duke University, 1926-1927; William and
Mary, 1927-1928; Oglethorpe University, 1928-1929; Virginia Mil-
itary Institute, 1929-1930; Washington College of Law, Washing-
ton, D. C, 1935-1938. LL.B. Lawyer. Member American Bar As-
sociation; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Bar Associa-
tion. Solicitor Brunswick County Recorder's Court since 1953. Mem-
ber Southport Lions Club; Brunswick County Farm Bureau;
Pythagoras Lodge No. 249; 32nd Degree Mason Gautama Consis-
tory M.R.S.; Live Oak Chapter No. 179 Order of the Eastern
Star; American Legion Post No. 194, Southport, N. C. Served in
U. S. Navy, 1941-1946, with active duty in European and South-
west Pacific areas; at present Lieutenant Commander in U.S.N.R.
Methodist; Teacher Young People's Sunday School Class. Married
Ruby Gordon Fuzzell, December 26, 1947. Children: Ann Cameron
Bowman and Cornelia Lea Bowman. Address : Southport, N. C.
HAROLD GWYN BRINKLEY
Harold Gwyn Brinkley, Republican, Representative from Alex-
ander County, was born in that county, October 17, 1923. Son of
Charlie L and Stella (Gwaltney) Brinkley. Attended Hiddenite
High School, Ellendale-Tayorsville High School, 1930-1940. Farm-
er. Served in World War II, 1944-1946. Married Marie Fox, De-
cember 1, 1950. Address: Route 1, Taylorsville, N. C.
SIDNEY DANIEL BRITT
Sidney Daniel Britt, Democrat, Representative from Bladen
County, was born near Lumberton, N. C, August 1, 1914. Son of
Rev. Paul T. and Letitia (Hilborn) Britt. Attended Orrum High
School, 1921-1931; Bladenboro High School, 1931-1933. Farmer
Biographical Sketches 483
and automobile dealer. Manager Bladen Oil Co., 1935-1939; Part-
ner and Manager Britt Oil Co., 1939-1951; Owner and Manager
Britt Buick Co., 1951-1953. President Bladen Oil Jobbers Asso-
ciation, 1946-1948. Member Executive Board of Bladen County
Hospital; Vice President Bladen County Farm Bureau. Judge
County Recorder's Court, 1950-1952. Member Woodmen of the
World; Council Commander, 1946-1947. Baptist; Deacon; Teacher
Young Men's Class since 1953; Assistant Superintendent Sunday
School; Director Association Training Union, 1955-1956; Presi-
dent Baptist Brotherhood, First Church of Bladenboro. Married
Sarah Nance Britt, August 17, 1935. Children: Charles Fredrick
Britt, born August 16, 1936 and Ronald Paul Britt, barn February
3, 1939. Address: Route 1, Bladenboro, N. C.
BURR COLEY BROCK
Burr Coley Brock, Republican, Representative from Davie
County, was born in Farmington, N. C, November 26, 1891. Son
of Moses B. and Vert (Coley) Brock. Attended schools of Advance,
Baltimore, Cooleemee, Woodleaf, Farmington and Clemmons High
School, graduating in 1913; University Law School, 1913-1915;
A.B., 1916. Lawyer. Mason; Junior Order United American
Mechanics; Odd Fellows; Member of Grange; Woodmen of the
World; President Mocksville Lodge of P.O.S. of A., also county
and district president. Chairman Boy Scout Committee, Farming-
ton, 1940-1949. Member School Committee, 1941-1949. Trustee Ap-
palachian State Teachers College, 1949-1952, Vice Chairman,
1952-1956. Representative in the General Assembly from Davie
County in 1917, 1933, 1935; Minority Leader in 1951. State Sen-
ator, 1937, 1943, 1949 and 1955. Minority Leader in the General
Assembly, 1933; Chairman Joint House and Senate Caucus Com-
mittee, 1935. Methodist; Teacher Young Men's Class for eight
years, Mocksville M. E. Church, South; now teaching Men's Wes-
ley Bible Class; Chairman Circuit Board of Stewards and Lay
Leader Farmington Methodist Circuit; Chairman of Board of
Stewards; Chairman, Building Committee; Superintendent of
Sunday School for four years; Associate Lay Leader, Elkin Dis-
trict, 1940-1941; Lay Leader, 1942-1943; Associate Lay Leader of
Thomasville District; Secretary and Treasurer of District Trus-
tees and Chairman of the Location and Building Committee. Gov-
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ernment appeal agent, World War II. Married Laura Tabor, De-
cember 23, 1919. Children: B. C. Brock, Jr.; Margaret Jo, Francis,
John Tabor, James Moses, Richard Joe, William Laurie and Rufus
Leo. Four gi-andchildren. Address: Mocksville, N. C.
MARCELLUS BUCHANAN
Marcellus Buchanan, Democrat, Representative from Jackson
County, was born in Sylva., N. C, September 30, 1923. Son of
Marcellus, Jr., and Rebecca (Cathey) Buchanan. Attended Sylva
High School, graduating in 1940; Western Carolina Teachers
College, 1941-1942; University of North Carolina Law School,
LL.B., 1949. Lawyer. Member Jackson County Bar Association;
N. C. Bar Association; American Bar Association; Attorney for
Town of Sylva; former Chairman Jackson County Democratic
Executive Committee; President Jackson County Y.D.C., 1950-
1952. Member Sylva Lions Club; Chi Phi Fraternity; Phi Alpha
Delta Law Fraternity. Served in World War II, January 1943
to October 1945. Representative in the General Assembly of 1955.
Methodist. Married Jane Poteet in 1943. Address: Sylva, N. C.
SHERMAN EVERETT BURGESS
Sherman Everett Burgess, Democrat, Representative from Cam-
den County, was born in Old Trap, Camden County, N. C, De-
cember 5, 1908. Son of Willie H. and Eva Bell (Leary) Burgess.
Attended Public Schools Camden County, 1914-1925; A.B., Duke
University, 1934. Taught in Public Schools of Camden County,
1932-1942. Farmer. Member Elizabeth City Rotary Club. Mason.
Member Widows Son Lodge No. 75, Camden, N. C; Past Master
1942; District Deputy Grand Master, 1943-1944; New Bern Con-
sistory No. 3; Sudan Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. of New Bern; Chair-
man, Camden County Chapter American Red Cross since 1937-
1952. Chairman, United War Fund Drive for Camden County,
1943 and 1944. Member, Camden County Draft Board, 1948-1950.
Representative in the General Assembly of 1945 and 1951. Bap-
tist; Sunday School Superintendent. Married Lorraine Sawyer
April 2, 1937. Three children: Everett Duke, age 17; David Saw-
yer, age 16; and Diane Burgess, age 12. Address: Belcross, N. C.
Biographical Sketches 485
JETER C. BURLESON
Jeter C. Burleson, Republican, Representative from Mitchell
County was born in Bakersville, N. C, July 17, 1899. Son of Wil-
liam Anderson and Hester Ledford Burleson. Attended Bakersville
High School, 1913-1917; Appalachian State Teachers' College two
years. Engaged in insurance and bonding. Owner and manager
of the J. C. Burleson Lumber Co., Bakersville, N. C. Principal,
Glen Ayre Consolidated School for two years. Clerk, Superior
Court, Mitchell County, 1922-1930; youngest clerk in State elected
to that office. Chairman Republican County Executive Committee,
1928-1930. Delegate from 10th Congressional District to the Re-
publican National Convention, San Francisco, Calif., 1956. Served
in Special Session of General Assembly, 1936, regular sessions
1937, 1939, 1943, 1947, 1951, 1955 and Special Session of 1956.
Member, Bakersville Men's Club. Mason. Baptist. Married Atta
Rankin, 1925. Two sons: Bruce Eugene, teacher at UCLA, and
William Anderson, law student at U. N. C. Address: Bakersville,
N. C.
FREDERICK WILLIA3IS0N BYNUM, JR.
Frederick Williamson Bynum, Jr., Democrat, Representative
from Richmond County, was born in Aberdeen, N. C, November
7, 1921. Son of Frederick Williamson and Florence (Page) By-
num. Attended Rockingham High School ; Darlington School for
Boys at Rome, Georgia; Duke University, A.B., 1943; Harvard
Law School, LL.B., 1948. Lawyer. Member North Carolina Bar
Association; North Carolina Bar; American Bar Association;
Richmond County Bar Association. City Attorney for Town of
Rockingham, 1949-1950. Member Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Lieu-
tenant (s.g) United States Navy, June of 1943 to June of 1946.
Methodist; member Board of Stewards; Assistant Teacher Men's
Sunday School Class. Married Mary Schoolfield Gorham, August
1, 1953. Address: Laurel Lane, Rockingham, N. C.
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ALBERT GASKINS BYRUM
Albert Gaskins Byrum, Democrat, Representative from Chowan
County, was born in Edenton, N. C, December 19, 1902. Son of
Octavious Coke and Sarah Ida (Basnight) Byrum. Attended
Edenton Hi,G:h School; N. C. State College, B.S. degree, 1925.
Farmer. Member Edenton Town Council. Baptist; Trustee. Mar-
ried Clara Ruth Pruden, June 12, 1929. Children: Betty Byrum
Ward and Albert Gaskins Byrum, Jr. Address: Edenton, N. C
JOHN FRANKLIN CARPENTER, SR.
John Franklin Carpenter, Sr., Republican, Representative
fi'om Catawba County, was born in Maiden, N. C, January 12,
1894. Son of David Martin and Mary Janette (Williams) Carpen-
ter. Attended Catawba College Academy, 1907-1908; South Fork
Institute, 1908-1910; Catawba College, A. B., 1914. Farmer and
real estate dealer. Principal of Rockwell, N. C. High School,
1915. Assistant Secretary and Superintendent of Maiden and
Providence Cotton Mills prior to World War I. Member Maiden
City Schools Committee, 1920-1932; Catawba County Board of
Education, 1932-1951; Trustee Catawba College, 1932-1938; Ca-
tawba County Surveyor, 1928-1930; Manager, Treasurer and Tax
Collector of Catawba County, 1951-1955. Member Royal Arch
Masons, Lincoln Chapter No. 22, Lincolnton, N. C; Maiden
Lodge No. 592 Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, Master, 1925-
1927 and Secretary, 1917, 1929-1935; Hickory Commandery No.
17, Knights Templar, Hickory, N. C; Oasis Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Charlotte, N. C; Dis-
trict Deputy, Hickory Masonic District, 1931-1932. Served overseas
in World War I as Corporal, Company A 323rd Infantry, enlisting
May 27, 1918 and being discharged June 26, 1919. Member Maiden
Memorial Evangelical and Reformed Church; Elder since 1945;
former Deacon, Sunday School Teacher and Superintendent.
Married Sallie Smyre Fisher, December 28, 1919. Two sons, John
Franklin Carpenter, Jr. and Edward Martin Carpenter. Address:
39 East Main Street, Maiden, N. C.
Carpenter of Catawba
Childers of Gaston
Clark of Lincoln
Coates of Johnston
Combs of Tyrrell
Craig of Buncombe
Crawford of Buncombe
Crawford of Swain
Davis of Rutherford
Delamar of Pamlico
Bellinger of Gaston
Dill of Edgecombe
Eggers of Watauga
Etheridge of Dare
Everett of Martin
Falls of Cleveland
Ferebee of Cherokee
Floyd of Columbus
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MAX LAMAR CHILDERS
# Max Lamar Childers, Democrat, Representative from Gaston
* County, was born in Lenoir, N. C. Son of W. C. and Gertrude
(Kincaid) Childers. Attended University of North Carolina;
Appalachian State Teachers College; University of North Caro-
lina Law School, LL.B., 1948. Lawyer. Member Gaston County
Bar Association; N. C. Bar Association; American Bar Associa-
tion. Served in U. S. Air Force as First Lieutenant, 1942-1945.
Methodist. Married Dolores H. Roberts, June 9, 1945. Two sons.
Max, Jr., age 9 and David Christian, age 5. Address: 103 Cedar
Lane, Mt. Holly, N. C.
DAVID CLARK
David Clark, Democrat, Representative from Lincoln County,
was born in Lincolnton, N. C, July 4, 1922. Son of Thorne and
I Mabel (Gossett) Clark. Attended Lincolnton High School, 1935
to 1939; Darlington School, 1939 to 1940; Washington and Lee
University, 1941 to January, 1943, 1946; University of North
Carolina Law School. Lawyer and farmer. Member N. C. Judicial
Council; Secretary, 16th Judicial District Bar Association. Mem-
ber North Carolina Bar Association Committee on Improving and
Expediting the Administration of Justice; Extension Service
Advisory Committee; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta; Knights
of Pythias; V. F. W., Vice-Commander; American Legion. Mason.
Chairman of State Government Reorganization Commission, 1955-
1957; Co-chairman of N. C. Citizens Committee for Hoover Re-
port, 1951; Chairman, Lincoln County Red Cross, 1950, 1951.
Member Junior Chamber of Commerce, State Chairman of Ameri-
canism Committee, 1950. First Lieutenant, Air Force, 1943 to 1946.
Representative in the General Assembly of 1951, 1953 and 1955.
Presbyterian. Married Kathryn King Goode of Charlotte, N. C,
April 18, 1951. Two children: David Clark, Jr. and Allison Thorne
Clark. Address: Lincolnton, N. C.
ROY COLUMBUS COATES
Roy Columbus Coates, Democrat, Representative from Johnston
County, was born in Johnston County, July 4, 1918. Son of Joseph
B. and Lula (Smith) Coates. Attended Wilsons Mills Elementary
Biographical Sketches 489
School, 1924-1931; Smithfield High School, 1932-1936; North Caro-
lina State College, 1937-1939. House moving contractor. Member
Carolina Roadbuilders Association. Member 4-H Club during
school days; 4-H State Champion Seed Judging Team, 1935; State
President of 4-H Clubs, 1935. Entered Military service in 1940
with rank of Private; received pilot training as Aviation Cadet
and commissioned Second Lieutenant upon graduation; received
subsequent promotions up to Major in U. S. Army Air Force and
released from active duty December 6, 1946, Mason; member
Smithfield Lions Club. Representative in the General Assembly
of 1953 and 1955; Vice-Chairman, Conservation and Development
Committee, 1955. Baptist; Deacon; Assistant Director of Baptist
Training Union, 1951-1952. Married Lacy Ruth Powell, December
24, 1942. One daughter, Kaye Ruth Coates and one son, Roy
Columbus Coates, IL Address: Route 3, Smithfield, N. C.
LEWIS L. COMBS
Lewis L. Combs, Democrat, Representative from Tyrrell County,
was born in Tyrrell County, September 23, 1909. Son of Benjamin
B. and Estelle (Patrick) Combs. Attended Wake Forest College
from 1929-33, B.S. Degree. Principal and teacher in N. C. Public
Schools for ten years. Farmer. Mason, Providence No. 678, 32nd
degree Scottish-Rite; New Bern Consistory No. 3; Sudan Temple,
A. D. O. N. Mystic Shrine, New Bern; O. E. S. Columbia Chapter
281; Ruritan. Member of Farm Bureau. Representative in the
General Assembly in 1951, 1953 and special session 1956. Baptist.
Married Dorothy Liverman, September 1, 1935. Two children:
Carol Ann, 12 years; Dorothy Lynn, 6 years. Address: Columbia,
N. C.
GEORGE WINSTON CRAIG
George Winston Craig, Democrat, Representative from Bun-
combe County, was born in that county June 18, 1894. Son of
Locke and Annie (Burgin) Craig. Attended public and private
schools of Asheville and Webb School, Bellbuckle, Tennessee, 1911;
University of North Carolina, 1912-1916; Wake Forest Law
School, 1916. Lawyer. First Lieutenant United States Army, Tank
Corps, 1917-1919. Member Board of Education, 1925. Referee in
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Bankruptcy. Representative in the General Assembly of 1935,
1937, 1943, 1945 and 1955. Married Kathryne Taylor, of Hickory,
N. C, June 8, 1921. Children: Mrs. Milton G. Smith and Mrs. Wal-
ter H. Davis. Address: 176 Governor's View Road, Asheville, N. C.
CHARLES RAYMOND CRAWFORD
Charles Raymond Crawford, Democrat, Representative from
Swain County, was born at Ela, N. C, July 5, 1902. Son of Gordon
L. and Mary Jane Crawford. Attended Ela Graded School; Cullo-
whee High School; teacher training at Cullowhee. Feed whole-
saler and operator of tourist court. Methodist. Charge Lay Leader;
Sunday School Superintendent for four years. Address: Whittier,
N. C.
IRVIN COOPER CRAWFORD
Irvin Cooper Crawford, Democrat, Representative from Bun-
combe County, was born in Bryson City, N. C, September 1, 1905.
Son of Gordon Lee and Mary Jane (Cooper) Crawford. Attended
Cullowhee High School, 1919-1922; Duke University; Wake For-
est College. Lawyer. Member Swain County Board of Education,
1933-1934; Mayor Bryson City, 1935-1936; Chairman Swain County
Democratic Executive Committee, 1932-1940. Member Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks; Royal Order of Moose. Methodist;
Steward, 1953-1956. Married Evelyn Gregory, August 20, 1935.
One son, Stephen G. Crawford. Address : 10 Hampshire Circle,
Asheville, N. C. -
JAMES TOLIVER DAVIS
James Toliver Davis, Democrat, Representative from Ruther-
ford County, was born in Forest City, N. C, June 21, 1922. Son
of James Webb and Lois Elizabeth (Cagle) Davis. Attended Forest
City Elementary School, 1928-1934; Cool Springs High School of
Forest City, 1934-1938; Mars Hill Junior College, 1938-1940;
Wake Forest College Law School, 1940-1943, LL.B. Lawyer,
Member of American Bar Association; North Carolina Bar Asso-
ciation, Inc.; North Carolina State Bar, Inc.; Rutherford County
Bar Association; Loyal Order of Moose; President Rutherford
Biographical Sketches 491
County Young Democrats, 1949; member of Rutherford County
Board of Elections, 1953; City Attorney for Town of Forest City
since 1947. Appointed County Attorney for Rutherford County in
1956. Elected Director of North Carolina League of Municipalities
in 1955, and re-elected in 1956. Served in the United States Navy,
1943-1945; now holds commission as Lieutenant in U. S. Naval
Reserves. Representative in the General Assembly of 1955. Bap-
tist. Married Jackie Jones, March 13, 1946. Children: Sharon
Elizabeth Davis and Gayle Gray Davis. Address: Forest City,
N. C.
NED EVERETT DELAMAR
Ned Everett Delamar, Democrat, Representative from Pamlico
County, was born in Oriental, N. C, July 10, 1920. Son of Ned
E. and Ina Pearl (Johnson) Delamar. Attended Oriental High
School, graduating in 1937; Chicago Conservatory of Music, 1938-
1939; Smith-Deal Massey Business College, Richmond, Va., 1946-
1947. Retail merchant. City Commissioner, 1949-1950. Member
Mount Vernon Masonic Lodge No. 359 of Oriental. Served in
U. S. Army, 1940-1945, as Infantry Platoon Sergeant and First
Sergeant in combat; received direct commission; at present First
Lieutenant in U. S. Army Reserve. Recipient of Combat Infantry-
mans Badge, Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, World War
II Victory Medal, Croix de Guerre, Distinguished Unit Badge,
American Defense Service Medal, American Theater Service Rib-
bon and European African Middle Eastern Service Ribbon. Metho-
dist; Sunday School teacher for past nine years. Married Libby
Marie Woodard, April 27, 1946. Children: Ned Jr., Dennis and
Mary. Address: Oriental, N. C.
DAVID P. DELLINGER
David P. Dellinger, Democrat, Representative from Gaston
County, was born in that county. Son of John C. and Barbara
(Glenn) Dellinger, a relative of the late Governor Robert B.
Glenn. Attended the public schools and Sylvanus Erwin Normal
Institute, Waco, N. C, 1893-1896; Rutherford College (Old),
1897-1899, A.B. Degree; University of North Carolina Law School,
1900. Licensed by the Supreme Court, September, 1900. Lawyer.
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Delivered Alumni Address Rutherford College, commencement,
1912 and again in 1926. Mayor of Cherryville, 1901-1902, and
1933-1935. City Attorney, 1900-1935. Clerk to Committee on Fi-
nance, 1909. Executive Vice-President Rhyne-Houser Manufac-
turing Company; Local Counsel Seaboard Air Line Railway since
1913. Representative in the General Assembly of the extra session,
1912 and regular sessions of 1913, 1925, 1937, 1943, 1945, 1947,
1951 and 1953. Reading Clerk in House of Representatives, 1915,
1917, 1919, 1921, 1923, and 1927. Chairman, Committee on In-
surance, 1925. Chairman, Committee on Propositions and Griev-
ances, 1937. Masonic Lodge life member; Royal Arch Mason;
Knights Templar; Oasis Temple Shrine; Scottish Rite; Thirty-
third Degree Mason; Received Thirty-third Degree in Masonry
with President Harry S. Truman as active candidate; Inspector
General Honorary; Past Chancellor Commander, Knights of Py-
thias; D. O. K. K.; Junior Order United American Mechanics;
Improved Order of Red Men; Member all Scottish Rite Bodies.
Served Cherryville Masonic Lodge over twenty-five years as
Master; Past District Deputy Grand Master, 28th District. Past
Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Arizona, twelve
years. Baptist; Sunday School Superintendent twenty years;
Organizer and Clerk, Gaston County Baptist Association of
sixty-eight churches and 28,000 members; Clerk of Association,
twenty-eight years. Married Grace Abernethy of Rutherford Col-
lege in 1903. One daughter, Mrs. Howard Hamrick of Jackson-
ville, Fla. One grandchild and two great grandchildren. Address:
Cherryville, N. C.
THOMAS GREEN DILL
Thomas Green Dill, Democrat, Representative from Edgecombe
County, was born in New Bern, N. C, January 19, 1922. Son of
Alonzo Thomas and Clara Maria (Green) Dill. Attended New
Bern Public Schools; New Bern High School, graduating in
1939; University of North Carolina, 1939-1943, A.B. degree;
University of North Carolina Law School, 1943, 1946-1947, LL.B.
degree. Lawyer, Member Edgecombe County Bar Association;
Rocky Mount-Nash County Bar Association; N. C. Bar Associa-
tion; N. C. State Bar. Staff member North Carolina Law Review,
1947. Member Edgecombe County Democratic Executive Commit-
Biographical Sketches 493
tee. Prosecuting- Attorney, City of Rocky Mount, 1950-1955. Mem-
ber Phi Delta Phi Legral Fraternity; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; Rocky Mount Junior Chamber of
Commerce; American Legion; Edgecombe County Young- Demoo-
cratic Club. Served in U. S. Naval Reserve, 1943-1946; attended
Midshipman's School, Northwestern University; commissioned
Ensign in 1943; served Amphibious Forces in Central Pacific
and China; released to inactive duty as Lieutenant (jg), U.S.N.R.;
Representative in the General Assembly of 1955. Presbyterian;
Deacon since 1950; Vice-President of Men of Church, Albemarle
Presbytery, 1952-1953; Superintendent of Sunday School; Teacher
Young Adults Class. Married Ann Sloan Fountain of Rocky Mount,
November 3, 1944. Children: Ann Sloan Dill, Harriet Fountain
Dill, Susan Green Dill and Thomas Green Dill, Jr. Address 723
Sycamore Street, Rocky Mount, N. C.
STACY CLYDE EGGERS, SR.
Stacy Clyde Eggers, Sr., Republican, Representative from
Watauga County, vv^as born in Forest Grove, N. C, April 17, 1890.
Son of Emsley R. and Lucinda M. (Johnson) Eggers. Attended
Watauga County Public Schools, 1897-1908; Cove Creek High
School, 1909; Appalachian Training School 1909-1912. Farmer,
merchant and real estate broker. Taught in Public Schools of
Watauga County, 1911 and 1912. Member of Boone Chamber of
Commerce. Chairman Board of County Commissioners, 1924-1926;
Bookkeeper, Sheriff's office four years; County Tax Assessor;
United States Commissioner. Pi-esident and Secretary-Treasurer,
Sugar Grove National Farm Loan Association; Chairman Board
of Directors, Mountain Burley Tobacco Warehouse; President
Board of Directors, Wilkesboro National Farm Loan Association ;
Secreary-Treasurer, Boone Tobacco Board of Trade; Member
Board of Directors, Watauga Fair Association; President of
Boone National Farm Loan Association. Representative from
Watauga County in the General Assembly of 1945, 1947 and
1949. Baptist. Moderator, Three Forks Association, 1940-1944.
Married Nora South, December 3, 1913. Four children: First
Lieutenant E. Morris Eggers, Air Corps, killed in action; Chris-
tine Eggers Simons, Stacy C. Eggers, Jr., Margaret Eggers Perry.
Address : Boone, N. C.
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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 Atlan-
tic Collegiate Institute, Elizabeth City; A.B., Trinity College (now
Duke University) 1899. Cashier Bank of Manteo 1907-1933. Gen-
eral Insurance. Clerk Superior Court, Dare County; Superintend-
ent of Schools; Member State Executive Committee 1928-1952;
Postmaster, Manteo 1914-1922; County Chairman Democratic
Executive Committee. State Senator from Second District 1907.
Representative in General Assembly 1903, 1905, 1929, 1931, 1933,
1951, 1953 and 1955. Director of Conservation and Development
1933 to May 1949. Member New York World's Fair Commission.
Chairman Ex-officio Cape Hatteras National Seashore Commission.
Mason, Treasurer Masonic Lodge twelve years; Junior Order;
Woodmen of America; Red Men; Kappa Sigma (College frater-
nity). Married Elizabeth Webb, April 22, 1908. Address: Manteo,
N. C.
RICHARD FRANK EVERETT
Richard Frank Everett, Democrat, Representative from Mar-
tin County, was born in Hamilton, N. C. Son of LeRoy and Maggie
Jarvis (Davenport) Everett. Graduated from Oak City High School
in 1937. Merchant, fertilizer dealer and peanut buyer; also en-
gaged in farm equipment and insurance business. Past President
Hamilton Ruritan Club; President Hamilton Lions Club; Post
Commander Hamilton American Legion Club. Shriner. Served
two terms as Town Commissioner and two terms as Mayor of
Town of Hamilton. Captain, U. S. Marine Corps, 1939-1946. Rep-
resentative in the General Assembly of 1955. Baptist; President
of Young Men's Class. Married Delma Faye Everett, May 2, 1942.
Three children. Address: Hamilton, N. C.
BAYARD THURMAN FALLS, JR.
Bayard Thurman Falls, Jr., Democrat, Representative from
Cleveland County, was born at Shelby, N. C, September 14, 1911.
Son of B. T. and Selma E. Falls. Attended Shelby Public Schools,
1917-1929; LL.B., Wake Forest College, 1939. Lawyer. Member
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North State Bar. Gamma Eta Gamma, Law Fraternity. President
Shelby Junior Chamber of Commerce. Charter member Shelby
Lodge No. 1709 B.P.O.E. Member N. C. Democratic Executive
Committee. Representative in the General Assembly of 1943, 1949,
1951, 1953 and 1955. Episcopalian. Married Sara Hines, November
12, 1938. Two children: Betsy Falls, age 14 and Selma Falls,
age 10. Address: Shelby, N. C.
PERCY B. FEREBEE
Percy B. Ferebee, Democrat, Representative from Cherokee
County, was born in Elizabeth City, N. C. Son of James Bartlett
and Alice (Bell) Ferebee. Attended Elizabeth City High School;
North Carolina State College, B.E. in electrical engineering, 1913.
Banker. Member American Bankers Association ; North Carolina
Bankers Association, Treasurer; Executive Committee, North
Carolina Bankers Association; Chairman, Group Ten, North Caro-
lina Bankers Association. Mayor, Town of Andrews, 1920-1924,
1950-1954. Married Florence Flood (now deceased) of Watkins
Glen, N. Y., 1920. One son, James B. Ferebee, IL Address: An-
drews, N. C.
FRANCIS WAYLAND FLOYD
Francis Wayland Floyd, Democrat, Representative from Robe-
son County, was born in Lumberton, N. C, May 23, 1904. Son of
Francis A. and Nora Mae (Lewis) Floyd. Attended Wake Forest
College and Wake Forest Law School. Lawyer and farmer. Solic-
itor Robeson County Recorder's Court, 1936-1940 and 1944-1948.
Member Fairmont Civitan Club, Past President; Past Lieutenant
Governor of N. C. District Civitan International; 32nd Degree
Mason; Shriner, Sudan Temple, New Bern, N. C; Woodman of
the World; Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Past President
Fairmont Chamber of Commerce. Attorney for Town of Fair-
mont, 1936-1946. Representative in General Assembly in 1949,
1951, 1953 and 1955. Baptist. First marriage to Meddie Thomp-
son, July 5, 1926 (deceased) ; second marriage to Lillian Faulk,
November 6, 1954. Children: Robert F. Floyd and Edwin O. Floyd.
Address: Fairmont, N. C.
Floyd of Robeson
Fowler of Surry
Gaither of Transylvania
Gavin of Randolph
Gobble of Forsyth
Gregory of Harnett
Griggs of Currituck
Hardy of Greene
Hargett of Jones
Harris of Wake
Harriss of Rowan
Henley of Cumberland
Hewlett of New Hanover
Hicks of Mecklenburg
Hill of Durham
Holcombe of Yancey
Holmss of Perquimans
Hostetler of Hoke
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WILLIAM F. FLOYD
William F. Floyd, Democrat, Representative from Columbus
County, was born at Green Sea, S. C, November 3, 1907. Son of
Dr. J. W. and Rebecca (Cunningham) Floyd. Attended Tabor
City High School, 1921-1925; University of North Carolina for
two years. General insurance business. Member National, State
and County Insurance Associations. County Commissioner, 1946-
1948, 1948-1950; Chairman of Board, 1950-1952. Member White-
ville Civitan Club; Moose Club; Country Club. Charter member,
Board of Directors, Boys Home of North Carolina, Inc. Entered
U. S. Army March 21, 1942; CCS September 12, 1942 and com-
missioned December 13, 1942; separated as Captain, October 14,
1945. Representative in General Assembly of 1953 and 1955.
Presbyterian; Deacon. Married Mary Lesesne Brown, May 10,
1942. Children: Mary Frances, age 14, Joseph Walker, age 10,
William Frederick Jr., age 8, and Robert Dixon, born Decem-
ber 28, 1956. Address: Whiteville, N. C.
JOSEPH RALPH FOWLER, JR.
Joseph Ralph Fowler, Jr., Democrat, Representative from
Surry County, was born in Faison, N. C, November 17, 1925.
Son of Joe R., Sr. and Bernie (Allen) Fowler. Attended Mt. Airy
High School, 1938-1942; University of North Carolina, 1942-
1943; Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 1946-1948, A.B. in
Political Science and Economics. Automobile dealer. Member
N. C. Automobile Dealer's Association, Area Chairman 1950-
1954; National Automobile Dealer's Association; Farm Bureau.
Phi Delta Theta; Mu Lambda Sigma, Vice-President and Pledge
Master, 1947; Renfro Masonic Lodge No. 691, A. F. & A. M. of
Mt. Airy; Lions Club, Vice-President 1950 and Zone Chairman
1951. Surry County Y. D. C, Vice-President 1945 and President
1948-1949; Chairman Fifth District Y. D. C, 1950-1951; Central
Division Organizer of Y. D. C. in 1951 ; permanent Chairman
Y. D. C. Convention, 1956. Chairman of Mt. Airy Industrial and
Business Development Association. United States Navy, H.A. 1/c,
Aviation Cadet, active duty August 1943 to September 1945;
inactive duty, September 1945 to September 1947. Commander
American Legion Post 123, 1954; Member Mt. Airy Jaycees.
Representative in the General Assembly of 1953 and 1955, and
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Special Session of 1956. Methodist; Steward. Married Patricia
Shine, September 25, 1945. Two children: Glory Williams Fowler
and Joy Allen Fowler. Address: 118 East Lebanon Street, Mt.
Airy, N. C.
JAMES CLYDE GAITHER
James Clyde Gaither, Democrat, Representative from Transyl-
vania County, was born in Mocksville, N. C. Son of Benjamin
Arthur and Betty Ann (Shaw) Gaither. Attended Harmony High
School, 1931; Lewis Hotel Training School, Washington, D. C,
1936; University of Chicago, 1948, certificate in restaurant man-
agement; Army's Cooks' and Bakers' School, Fort Bragg, N. C,
1933; Navy's Cooks' and Bakers' School, Jacksonville, Fla., 1943.
Restaurant owner and manager. Member National Restaurant As-
sociation ; Director North Carolina Association of Quality Restau-
rants since 1949; Director WNC Highlanders since 1951. Member
Brevard Elks Lodge; Brevard Moose Lodge; Woodmen of the
World; Junior Order American Mechanics; American Legion;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; WNC Historical Society. Brevard
Chamber of Commerce, President, 1956; Vice President and Direc-
tor, Brevard Rotary Club; Director Transylvania Industrial Cor-
poration ; Sponsor Transylvania Rural Development Program ;
Served in U. S. Navy as Bkrs/1, 1943-1945. Baptist. Children:
James C. Gaither, Jr., Virginia Gail Gaither, Joyce Ann Gaither
and Danny Hayes Gaither, all of Brevard. Address : 287 Maple
Street, Brevard, N. C.
WILEY EDWIN GAVIN
Wiley Edwin Gavin, Republican, Representative from Randolph
County, was born in Sanford, N. C, March 3, 1921. Son of E. L.
and Mary Caudle Gavin. Attended Sanford Grammar Schools,
1927-1934; Sanford High School, 1934-1938; Wake Forest College,
1938-1942, B.S. degree; Wake Forest Law School, 1946-1948, LL.B.
Member of Law Firm of Coltrane and Gavin, Asheboro, N. C. Tax
Attorney for Randolph County. Served in U. S. Army, 1942-1946;
October 1950-April 1952, Captain, Judge Advocates Gen. Corps.
Representative in the General Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Baptist;
Deacon since 1949. Address: Asheboro, N. C.
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FLEETUS LEE GOBBLE
Fleetus Lee Gobble, Democrat, Representative from Forsyth
County, was born in Davidson County, N. C, January 1, 1891. Son
of John H. and Frances (Foster) Gobble. Attended Public Schools
Davidson County 1897-1910. Entered Atlanta Barber College Janu-
ary 2, 1911 and completed course. Barber. Barber and Beauty
School Operator. Member Associated Master Barbers of America;
President State Association Master Barbers 1934-1935. Member
Educational and Legislative Committee since 1935. Member Wilson
Democratic Club. Member of Chamber of Commerce. Member House
of Representatives 1941, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955.
Methodist; Treasurer 1926-1928; President Men's Bible Class 1925-
1926; Board of Stewards 1925-1932. Married Blanche Evans. Three
children: Juanita, Dr. Fleetus L., Jr., and James F. Address: 1710
West Clemmonsville Road, Winston-Salem, N. C.
CARSON GREGORY
Carson Gregory, Democrat, Representative from Harnett County,
was born in that county, August 11, 1911. Son of Alex and Carra
(Parrish) Gregory. Attended Campbell College one year. Farmer;
dairyman; dealer in dairy cattle; interested in Carolina Auction
Cattle Company; breeder of Registered Spotted Poland China
Swine; owner of Red Bird Cab Company; co-owner of cafe. Mem-
ber Board of Directors N. C. Spotted Poland China Breeders Asso-
ciation; Vice President Harnett County Artificial Breeders' Asso-
ciation. Member of the Agricultural Foundation Inc. of N. C. State
College; Coats Agriculture Planning Committee; Harnett County
Agricultural Planning Committee; Local AAA Committee of Har-
nett County for several years; made honorary member of the
Future Farmers of America of the Coats Chapter in 1956. Former
Chairman and Vice Chairman of Harnett County Farm Bureau;
President of Harnett County Farm Bureau in 1956 for fourth
term; member of Harnett County Kellogg Committee; Commis-
sioner Harnett County, December 1948 to December 1950. Chair-
man of Coats P. T. A. in 1956; District Finance Chairman for the
Boy Scouts Drive of Harnett County District of Occoneechee
Council; Chairman of Harnett County Finance Committee for the
Boy Scouts, 1956. Member W. 0. W., Erwin Lodge; J.O.U.A.M.,
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Coats Lodge No. 417, Board of Trustees and Financial Secretary;
Vice Council 18th District O. U. A. M., 1956; appointed State
Deputy Councilor of North Carolina Junior Order United Ameri-
can Mechanics, November 27, 1956; Mason, Angier Lodge No. 686,
A.F. & A.M.; member Dunn Shrine Club; member Sudan Temple;
32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason; Coats Fellowship Club. Repre-
sentative from Harnett County in the General Assembly of 1951,
1953 and 1955. Member Nichols Sunday School Class of Coats First
Baptist Church. Married Blanche Williams, November 4, 1939.
Three children: Carson Gregory, Jr., Joe Gregory and Frances
Gregory. Address: Rt. 2, Angier, N. C.
WALTON SIDNEY GRIGGS
Walton Sidney Griggs, Democrat, Representative from Curri-
tuck County, was born in Point Harbor, N. C, September 19, 1905.
Son of Albert Sidney and Minnie Pauline (Newbern) Griggs. At-
tended Dr. W. T. Griggs High School, Poplar Branch, N. C. Owner
and operator of the Point Harbor Grill. Member Currituck County
Board of Education, 1953-1955. Mason, Currituck Lodge No. 463;
Shriner, Sudan Temple; Knights Templar, Griggs Commandery
No. 14. Member Powells Point Christian Church, Harbinger, N. C.
Married Ruth Lee Midgett, May 19, 1939. Two children: Marjorie
Elizabeth and Molly Louise. Address: Point Harbor, N. C.
HERBERT WALLACE HARDY
Herbert Wallace Hardy, Democrat, Representative from Greene
County, was born in Chatham County, July 24, 1919. Son of
Herbert Seth and Mattie (Stevenson) Hardy. Attended Sanford
Elementary Schools, 1925-1931; Sanford High School, 1932-1936;
University of North Carolina, 1937-1941. Farmer. President of
Class of 1941 at University; also permanent President of Class of
1941. Served in World War II as Staff Sergeant, 1942-1945;
Master Sergeant, 1949-1952. Methodist; Trustee; Steward; Sunday
School Teacher. Married Wilma F. Fry, February, 1946. Children:
Herbert Stevenson Hardy, John Carlton Hardy and Barbara Lynn
Hardy. Address: Maury, N. C.
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JOHN McKENZIE HARGETT
John McKenzie Hargett, Democrat, Representative from Jones
County, was born in Jacksonville, N. C, July 15, 1899. Son of John
Sandlin and Olivia (Steed) Hargett. Graduated from Trenton High
School in 1917; University of North Carolina, 1917-1921, A.B.
degree; also various summer schools. Farmer and service station
owner. Served as high school teacher and principal for twenty-
two years. Several times Vice Chairman of Jones County P.M.A.
Committee and former member F.H.A. Committee. Past member
Blue Lodge Mason of Trenton and Royal Arch (7 degrees) of
New Bern. Member Clen Newton Smith Post of American Legion,
Number 154, Trenton, N. C, County Chairman of Red Cross for
1955. Veteran World War I; served in U. S. Army from October
1, 1918 to December 11, 1918 while a student at University of
North Carolina. Representative in the General Assembly of 1953
and 1955. Methodist. Married Linda lona Thigpen, September 11,
1942. Address: Route 2, Trenton, N. C.
WILLIAM CLINTON HARRIS, JR.
William Clinton Harris, Jr., Democrat, Representative from
Wake County, was born in Raleigh, N. C, January 1, 1913. Son
of William Clinton and Juliet Sutton (Crews) Harris. Attended
Hugh Morson High School, Raleigh, N. C, 1929; Virginia Episco-
pal School, 1929-30; University of North Carolina, A.B. degree,
1934; University of North Carolina Law School, 1934-36. Lawyer.
Member State Bar; North Carolina Bar Association; American
Bar Association; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. United States
Navy, 1942-46, Lieutenant Commander. Episcopalian. Married
Jean Roslyn Erskine July 25, 1945. Children: W. C. Harris, III,
Malcolm E. Harris and Sarah F. Harris. Address: 124 North Lord
Ashley Road, Raleigh, N. C.
CLYDE HAMPTON HARRISS, SR.
Clyde Hampton Harriss, Sr., Democrat, Representative from
Rowan County, was born in Laurinburg, N. C, December 2, 1902.
Son of T. W. and Cornelia Baldwin Harriss. Graduated from
Laurinburg High School, 1919; Georgia Military Academy, Busi-
ness Administration, 1921. Automobile, automobile finance and
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insurance business. Member N. C. Automobile Dealers Associa-
tion, former Director; National Automobile Dealers Association;
American Finance Conference; N. C. Association of Automobile
Finance Companies, Past President; Salisbury Sales Executives
Club, President. Served on General Motors Dealers Council, 1942-
1946. Red Cross Drive Chairman for several years; Past Presi-
dent of Red Cross Chapter; County War Bond Chairman during
World War II. Member Lions Club, Past President; Elks Club;
The Sphinx Club of Raleigh; Salisbury Country Club; Salisbury
Chamber of Commerce; Knights of Pythias; Y.M.C.A. Mason.
Representative in the General Assembly of 1955. Lutheran. Married
Mildred Godfrey, December 10, 1927. Three children, two sons and
one daughter. Address: Milford Drive, Milford Hills, Salisbury,
N. C.
JOHN TANNERY HENLEY
John Tannery Henley, Democrat, Representative from Cumber-
land County, was born in Wadesboro, N. C, August 10, 1921. Son
of Frank C. and Melissa (Hamilton) Henley. Attended Mt. Vernon
Goodwin Elementary School, 1929-1935; Gary High School, 1935-
1939; University of North Carolina, B.S. in Pharmacy, 1943.
Pharmacist, owner of Clinic Pharmacy in Hope Mills, N. C. Mem-
ber North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association; National Associa-
tion of Retail Druggists. Mayor, Town of Hope Mills, 1946-1952
and member of Town Commission, 1952-1956. Member Kappa Psi
Pharmacy Fraternity and Masonic Order. Staff Sergeant in U. S.
Army from November 1943 to December 1945; served in Europe
with Ninth Division. Methodist; Steward for ten years and Su-
perintendent of Sunday School for four years. Married Rebecca
Ann Beddingfield, July 28, 1943. Children: three sons, ages five,
seven and nine. Address: Box 608, Hope Mills, N. C.
ADDISON HEWLETT, JR.
Addison Hewlett, Jr., Democrat, Representative from New Han-
over County, was born at Masonboro Sound, Wilmington, N. C,
May 4, 1912. Son of Addison, Sr. and Ethel (Herring) Hewlett.
Attended Masonboro Elementary School, 1918-1924; New Hanover
High School, Wilmington, 1924-1929; Wake Forest College, B.S.,
Biographical Sketches 503
1933; Wake Forest Law School, 1933-1934. Attorney at Law.
Member, New Hanover County Bar Association; President, 1948;
North Carolina Bar Association. Member, Improved Order of Red
Men, Sachem of Cherokee Tribe No. 5, 1937; Wilmington Civitan
Club, President, 1941 ; American Legion, Commander of Wilming-
ton Post No. 10, 1948. Trustee of Wake Forest College, 1950.
Entered Army as private, June 12, 1942; separated as Captain,
March 11, 1946. Representative in the General Assembly of 1951,
1953 and 1955. Baptist. Married Annie Crockett Williams, June
19, 1939. One son: Theodore Herring Hewlett. Address: Mason-
boro Sound, Wilmington, N. C.
ERNEST LEE HICKS
Ernest Lee Hicks, Democrat, Representative from Mecklenburg
County, was born in Ionia, Michigan, September 15, 1892. Son of
John Thomas and Gazella (Clark) Hicks. Attended Ionia High
School, Ionia, Michigan; Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan; Univer-
sity of Michigan; Pre-Medical, University of Michigan. Automo-
bile dealer until December 11, 1954; President, Pettit Motor Com-
pany of Charlotte, N. C. Former member N. C. Automobile Dealers
Association; National Automobile Dealers Association; Charlotte
Automobile Dealers Association, Past President and Director;
Member Legislative Committee Charlotte Merchants Association;
Director Charlotte Chamber of Commerce; Member of Legislative
Committee of N. C. Automobile Dealers Association, 1950; Na-
tional Ford Dealer Council, 1952. Member Joppa Lodge, No. 530-
AF and AM, Past Master, 1930-1931; Carolina Consistory; Char-
lotte Oasis Temple; Charlotte Executives Club; Chai'lotte City
Club; Myers Park Country Club; Charlotte Rotary Club, President,
1951-52 and member Board of Directors, 1949. Former Director,
Community Chest Board. Ensign, United States Naval Reserve
Force, with active duty from October, 1917 to July 1919. Repre-
sentative in the General Assembly of 1953. Member Covenant
Presbyterian Church; Deacon since 1927. Married Susan Garth
Bible, May 3, 1920. Children: John Darwin Hicks; Marilee Clark
Hicks (now Mrs. John N. McLaughlin) ; Suzanne Jones Hicks.
Address: 500 Clement Avenue, Charlotte, N. C.
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WATTS HILL, JR.
Watts Hill, Jr., Democrat, Representative from Durham County,
was born in Baltimore, Md., August 3, 1926. Son of George Watts
and Anne (McCulloch) Hill. Attended Millbrook School, Millbrook,
N. Y., 1938-1944; Princeton University; University of North Caro-
lina, A.B. degree in economics, 1947; Institute of Higher Interna-
tional Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, 1948. Banker; Vice President
of Durham Bank & Trust Company. Director, Home Security Life
Insurance Company, Security Savings & Loan Association and
Pennsylvania Exchange Bank (New York). Member Southern
Economic Association; Robert Morris Associates; Financial Public
Relations Association; Durham Committee of 100; Durham Mer-
chants Association ; Junior Chamber of Commerce. Treasurer
American Association for the United Nations for N. C; Trustee
N. C. Symphony Society; Director Durham Merchants Association,
Aeronautical Electronics, and Carolinas United Red Feather Serv-
ices. Member Durham City Council, 1955-1956. Rotarian. Served
in U. S. Navy as Ensign, 1944-1946. Presbyterian. Married Mary
Lamberton, July 22, 1946. One son, Watts Hill, III, age 6 and one
daughter, Deborah L. Hill, age 3. Address: 1212 Hill Street,
Durham, N. C.
HARLON HOLCOMBE
Harlon Holcombe, Democrat, Representative from Yancey
County, was born in Mars Hill, N. C, February 1, 1917. Son of
Fred H. and Kimmie (Davis) Holcombe. Attended Mars Hill High
School, graduating in 1934; Gupton-Jones School of Embalming,
graduating in 1935. Funeral director and embalmer; partner,
Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home of Burnsville, N. C. Member
N. C. Funeral Directors & Embalmers Ass'n.; Burnsville Mens
Club; Burnsville Town Council, 1948-1952. Served in World War
II from April, 1942 to December, 1943 as Corporal, Medical De-
partment. Member Bald Creek Masonic Lodge No. 397, Master,
1953; Bald Creek Chapter No. 56 Royal Arch Masons, High
Priest, 1952; Bald Creek Chapter No. 276 O.E.S., Worthy Patron,
1955. Presbyterian; Elder since 1954. Married Alma Robinson,
April, 1947. Children: Jean Annette Holcombe, age 7 and Patti
Lynn Holcombe, age 1. Address: Burnsville, N. C.
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CARROLL RANSOM HOLMES
Carroll Ransom Holmes, Democrat, Representative from Prequi-
mans County, was born in Benson, N. C, August 6, 1902. Son of
John William and Emily Wilmouth (Britt) Holmes. Attended Fork
Union Military Academy, 1921-1922; Wake Forest College, B.S.,
Civics, 1926; University of North Carolina Law School, 1926-1928.
Lawyer. Member, N. C. State Bar; North Carolina Bar Associa-
tion and American Bar Association. Prosecuting Attorney, Perqui-
mans County Recorder's Court, 1943-1944. Member, Perquimans
Lodge, A.F. & A.M. No. 106, Jr. and Sr. Warden and Secretary;
York Rite Masonic Bodies, Elizabeth City, N. C. Director, Hertford
Rotary Club, President, 1953-1954; Elizabeth City Executives Club.
Representative in the General Assembly of 1951, 1953, and 1955.
Baptist; Chairman, Board of Deacons, 1949, 1950, 1951. Married
Hannah Mae Fleetwood, June 12, 1929. One daughter, Catherine
Anne; one son, John W., IIL Address: Hertford, N. C.
CHARLES ANDERSON HOSTETLER
Charles Anderson Hostetler, Democrat, Representative from
Hoke County, was born in Raleigh, N. C, August 14, 1924. Son
of Earl Henry and Mildred (Anderson) Hostetler. Attended Need-
ham Broughton High School, graduating in 1942; Wake Forest
College; Wake Forest College Law School, LL.B., 1949. Lawyer.
Member N. C. Bar Association; N. C. State Bar; 12th District
Bar, past president. Chief Deputy Insurance Commissioner for
North Carolina Insurance Department, 1952-1955. Member Kappa
Alpha Order and Phi Delta Phi. Served in World War II as Private
First Class, 1943-1946. Baptist; Deacon. Married Anne Gore, June
27, 1953. One son, Charles Anderson Hostetler, Jr. Address: Rae-
ford, N. C.
GUY LACKEY HOUR
Guy Lackey Houk, Democrat, Representative from Macon
County, was born in Morganton, N. C, August 2, 1897. Son of
H. 0. and Lura (Lackey) Houk. Attended Morganton High School,
graduating in 1912; Emory & Henry College, A.B., 1916; graduate
work, Emory University and North Carolina State College. Law-
yer. Mayor Town of Franklin, 1938-1939; Macon County Superin-
Houk of Macon
Hughes of Avery
Hunt of Guilford
Johnson of Duplin
Jones of Ashe
Jones of Pitt
Jordan of Buncombe
Kemp of Guilford
Kennedy of Wilkes
Kerr of Warren
Kiser of Scotland
Leake of Madison
Lloyd of Graham
Long of Alamance
Love of Mecklenburg
Martin of Clay
McCrary of Haywood
McKnight of Iredell
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tendent of Schools, 1939-1951; County Attorney for Macon County
1939-1948. Mason; Grand Orator, Grand Lodge of N. C, 1947;
American Legion; District Governor, Rotary International, 1937.
Served in United States Marine Corp during World War I, 1918-
1919. Representative in the General Assembly of 1955. Methodist.
Married Lynn Johnston, June 8, 1924. One son, Fred J. Houk.
Address: Franklin, N. C.
JAMES FRANK HUGHES
James Frank Hughes, Republican, Representative from Avery
County, was born in Linville, N. C, June 20, 1925. Son of Colom-
bus Henry and Bertha (Boone) Hughes. Attended Newland High
School, 1931-1941. Co-owner and manager of Linville Lumber Co.
Mason; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Order of Eastern Star. Served
in U. S. Army, 1944-1946. Methodist. Married Marietta Pittman,
March 25, 1947. Two children, Karen Kay Hughes and Sharon
Faye Hughes. Address: Linville, N. C.
JOSEPH MARVIN HUNT, JR.
Joseph Marvin Hunt, Jr., Democrat, Representative from Guil-
ford County, was born in Greensboro, N. C, October 19, 1906.
Son of Joseph M., Sr. and Pattie (Kirkman) Hunt. Attended
Riverside Military Academy, graduating in 1924; Duke University.
General insurance business. Vice President, Wimbish Insurance
Agency. Member Greensboro Association of Insurance Agents;
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce ; Duke University Athletic Coun-
cil; former Mayor Pro Tem, Town of Hamilton Lakes; Greensboro
Special School Board; Kiwanis Club. Representative in the General
Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Methodist; Member Board of Stew-
ards, Muir's Chapel Methodist Church, 1948-1950. Married Grace
Boren, October 21, 1933. Children: Joseph M. Hunt, III, born July
2, 1939; Etta Elizabeth Hunt, born August 18, 1947. Address:
3308 Starmount Drive, Greensboro, N. C.
HUGH STEWART JOHNSON, JR.
Hugh Stewart Johnson, Jr., Democrat, Representative from
Duplin County, was born in Rose Hill, N. C, December 12, 1920.
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Son of Hugh S., Sr. and Ethel (Southerland) Johnson. Attended
Oak Ridge Military Institute, 1937; Mottes Business School of
Wilmington, N. C, 1938. Retail hardware merchant. Member Town
Commission of Rose Hill, 1947-1949. Received Man of the Year
Award from English-Brown Post No. 9161 Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Wallace N. C, 1956. Member Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons; Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry;
Master Rehobeth Lodge No. 279 A. F. & A. M., Rose Hill, N. C,
1953. Served as a naval aviator for three years in United States
Naval Reserve with rank of Lieutenant (jg). Presbyterian; Deacon
since 1940. Married Evelyn Furr in 1944. Five children. Address:
Rose Hill, N. C.
ROBERT AUSTIN JONES
Robert Austin Jones, Democrat, Representative from Ashe
County, was born at Clifton, N. C, May 17, 1906. Son of Jacob
Thomas and Laura (Mahaffey) Jones. Attended Jefferson High
School, Jefferson, N. C. Automobile dealer. President G-F-P Chev-
rolet Co., Inc.; President Ashe Industrial Interprizes; Director
Ashe Industrial Development Corp. Member N. C. Automobile
Dealers Association; Charlotte Zone Dealer Planning Committee;
Area Chairman N. C. Automobile Dealers Association, 1954; Ashe
County Welfare Board; Ashe County Board of Education, 1936
and 1938; Chairman Riverview High School Committee, 1942-
1947; President Jefferson Rotary Club, 1955. Mason and Odd Fel-
low. Methodist; Steward. Married Lessie Halsey, December 3,
1924. One daughter. Norma Jones Freeman. Address: West Jeffer-
son, N. C.
WALTER BEAMAN JONES
Walter Beaman Jones, Democrat, Representative from Pitt
County, was born in Fayetteville, N. C, August 19, 1913. Son of
Walter G. and Fannie M. (Anderson) Jones. Attended Elise
Academy, 1926-1930; North Carolina State College, B.S. in Educa-
tion, 1934. Office equipment dealer. Member Board of Commission-
ers, Town of Farmville, 1947-1949; Mayor Pro-tem, 1947-1949;
Mayor Town of Farmville and Judge Farmville Recorder's Court,
1949-1953. Member Masonic Lodge; Rotary Club, President, 1949;
Biographical Sketches 509
Loyal Order of Moose; Junior Order. Representative in the Gen-
eral Assembly of 1955. Baptist; Deacon since 1945. Married Doris
Long, April 26, 1934. Children : Mrs. James B. Fountain and Wal-
ter B. Jones, IL Address: Farmville, N. C.
JOHN YATES JORDAN, JR.
John Yates Jordan, Jr., Democrat, Representative from Bun-
combe County, was born in Elizabethton, Tenn., June 8, 1896. Son
of John Yates and Meena (Smith) Jordan. Attended Asheville
High School, 1910-1914; Mars Hill College, 1914-1915; University
of North Carolina, 1915-1918, 1920-1921; University of North
Carolina Law School, 1917-1918, 1920-1921. Lawyer. Served as
American Vice Consul, Brest, France, 1918-1920. Member Bun-
combe County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations;
International Association of Insurance Counsel; Commercial Law
League of America; American Judicature Society, Phi Delta Phi.
President Buncombe County Bar Association, 1936. Chairman
Asheville Boxing Commission, 1932-1939 and 1943-1952. Member
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Asheville Lodge No.
1401; Mount Hermon Lodge No. 118 A.F. & A.M.; Asheville Con-
sistory A. & A.S.R.; Oasis Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. Potentate Oasis
Temple, 1949. Representative in the General Assembly of 1953
and 1955. Baptist. Addresses: Office, 603-606 Jackson Bldg.; Mail-
ing, P. O. Box 1448; Residence, 86 Midland Drive, Asheville, N. C,
CLARENCE EDWARD KEMP
Clarence Edward Kemp, Democrat, Representative from Guil-
ford County, was born in High Point, N. C, August 24, 1921. Son
of William Thomas and Etta (Dailey) Kemp. Attended High Point
High School, graduating in 1938; Duke University for two years;
High Point College for two years, graduating in 1948. President
and principal stockholder of Kemp Recreation, Inc., operating-
bowling establishments in High Point, Winston-Salem and Ashe-
boro. President Bowling Proprietors Association of North Caro-
lina ; Director Bowling Proprietors Association of America. For-
mer newspaperman for ten years, serving as staff writer for the
Greensboro Daily News and the High Point Enterprise; editor of
Camp Lejeune Globe while on duty with Marine Corps during
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Korean War. Served in World War II with U. S. Marine Corps,
1942-1946, including service in the South Pacific as Combat Intelli-
gence Officer; recalled to active duty during Korean War and re-
leased in 1952 with rank of Captain. Member Benevolent and
Patriotic Order of Elks. Methodist. Married Jessie Dean Russell,
December 4, 1949. Two sons, Allan Dean Kemp, age three and Jon
Edward Kemp, age one. Address: 624 Westwood, High Point, N. C.
CLAUDE LEE KENNEDY
Claude Lee Kennedy, Republican, Representative from Wilkes
County, was born in Wilkesboro, N. C, March 1, 1897. Son of
Bulo J. and Laura (Honeycutt) Kennedy. Attended public schools
of Wilkesboro, 1903-1914. Manufacturer of pottery. Member
Wilkesboro Business and Professional Men's Club; Wilkesboro
City Council, 1930-1934; Moose Club: American Legion. Private
in World War I, 1918. Baptist. Married Lillie Mae Shelton, 1923.
Two daughters and three sons. Address: Box 235, Wilkesboro,
N. C.
JOHN KERR, JR.
John Kerr, Jr., Democrat, Representative from Warren County,
was born in Warrenton, N. C. Son of John H. and Lillian (Foote)
Kerr. Attended Warrenton Public Schools until 1917; A.B., Uni-
versity of North Carolina, 1921; attended Wake Forest College
Law School, 1923. Lawyer. Member North Carolina Bar Associa-
tion. Private in World War I. Representative in the General As-
sembly from Edgecombe County in 1929 and from Warren County
in 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1947 and 1949. Speaker, 1943. State Sen-
ator in the General Assembly of 1955. Chairman Warren County
Democratic Executive Committee since 1932. Baptist. Married
Mary Hinton Duke. One son, John Kerr, III. Address: Warrenton,
N. C.
ROGER CLINTON RISER
Roger Clinton Kiser, Democrat, Representative from Scotland
County, was born in Yadkin Township, Stokes County, August 30,
1894. Son of Edwin Kiser and Amy Florence (Butner) Kiser. At-
tended public and private schools in Stokes County; Piedmont High
Biographical Sketches 5H
School, Cleveland County; Guilford College; University of North
Carolina; Teachers College of Columbia University. Teacher and
farmer. Mason; Rotarian; Legionnaire. Member Christian Church.
Representative from Scotland County in the General Assembly of
1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955. Married Gertrude Margaret Bedell,
Ridgewood, N. J., August 14, 1926. Two children: Mrs. Philip J.
Crutchfield and Edwin Marten Riser. Address: 318 Vance Street,
Laurinburg, N. C.
ARTHUR ELDRIDGE LEAKE
Arthur Eldridge Leake, Democrat, Representative from Madi-
son County, was born in that county, July 11, 1911. Son of Frank
Bruce and Lillie Mae (Wallin) Leake. Attended Walnut High
School, Walnut, N. C; Western Carolina College; University of
North Carolina Law School; Duke University Law School; Claude
L. Love Law School. Lawyer. Member Madison County Bar Asso-
ciation, President in 1956; 24th Judicial District Bar Association;
Executive Committee, 24th Judicial District Bar Association;
North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association. Attor-
ney for Madison County. Member Committee of 100 for Better
Schools; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; Marshall Lions Club,
Director; President Walnut High School Alumni Association; Com-
mitteeman Boy Scouts of America. Presbyterian; Treasurer Wal-
nut Presbyterian Church since 1953. Married Annie Lee McDevitt,
November 12, 1938. Children: Arthur Eldridge Leake, Jr., age
14 and Larry Bruce Leake, age 6. Address: Marshall, N. C.
LEONARD WALTER LLOYD
Leonard Walter Lloyd, Democrat, Representative from Graham
County, was born in Robbinsville, N. C, April 25, 1923. Son of
Clyde C. and Icie C. (West) Lloyd. Attended Robbinsville Ele-
mentary School, 1929-1936; Robbinsville High School, 1936-1941;
Duke University, A.B., 1951; Emory University Law School, LL.B.,
1953. Lawyer. Member N. C. State Bar; N. C. Bar Association;
Graham County Chamber of Commerce; Robbinsville Lions Club;
Delta Theta Phi. Sergeant, United States Marine Corps, 1942-
1946. Baptist. Married Berniece Adams, August 11, 1945. Children:
Carolyn Liez Lloyd, age four and Pricella Lynn Lloyd, age two.
Address: Robbinsville, N. C.
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GEORGE ATTMORE LONG
George Attmore Long, Democrat, Representative from Alamance
County, was born in Graham, North Carolina, March 10, 1911.
Son of J. Dolph and Hannah (Attmore) Long. Attended Graham
Public Schools, 1919-1926. A.B. degree, University of North Caro-
lina, 1930; LL.B. degree, 1932. Attorney at law. Member Ameri-
can Bar Association; North Carolina Bar Association; North
Carolina State Bar; President, Alamance Bar Association, 1950;
Chairman, Burlington Planning Board, 1950-1951. Solicitor, Ala-
mance General County Court, 1943-1946; Judge 1948-1950. Mem-
ber Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity. Representative in the General
Assembly of 1951, 1953 and 1955. Episcopalian. Married Helen
Brooks Long, October 16, 1937. Children: James Eugene Long,
Hannah Elizabeth Long, and Julia Margaret Long. Address: 1201
West Davis Street, Burlington, N. C.
JACK D. LOVE
Jack D. Love, Democrat, Representative from Mecklenburg
County, was born in Concord, N. C, June 20, 1919. Son of Lonnie
A., Sr. and Elsie (Love) Love. Attended Central High School of
Charlotte, N. C, graduating in 1934; The Citadel. Vice President,
Queen City Trailways, Charlotte, N. C. Member National Defense
Transportation Association ; National Association Motor Bus Op-
erators, Chairman of Safety Committee; North Carolina Bus As-
sociation; Chamber of Commerce; Quarterback Club; Carmel
Country Club; Charlotte City Club; Variety Clubs International;
Board of Trustees, North Carolina Symphony Society, Inc. Served
in United States Navy, July 6, 1944-July 11, 1945. Representative
in the General Assembly of 1955. Member Memorial Methodist
Church, Charlotte, N. C; served ten years as Chairman Board
of Stewards, Love's Chapel Methodist Church, Stanfield, N. C.
Married Emily Pulley, February 3, 1939. Children: Jack D. Love,
Jr., age 16; Richard Bruce Love, age 14; Emily Carol Love, age
11. Address: 5015 Albemarle Road, Charlotte, N. C.
VERNON FLOYD MARTIN
Vernon Floyd Martin, Democrat, Representative from Clay
County, was born in Hayesville, N. C, October 17, 1918. Son of
Benjamin Hayes and Laura Elizabeth (Passmore) Martin. At-
tended Hayesville High School, 1933-1937; Western Carolina Col-
Biographical Sketches 513
lege, B.S., 1941 ; graduate work, Western Carolina College. Teacher
in Hayesville School. Member North Carolina Teachers Associa-
tion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Chairman Clay County Chapter
American Red Cross, 1953-1956. Life member of the Two Gallon
Club, having donated sixteen pints of blood to the American Red
Cross. Served in United States Navy, 1942-1945. Address: Hayes-
ville, N. C.
CHARLES B. McCRARY
Charles B. McCrary, Democrat, Representative from Haywood
County, was born in that county, October 23, 1895. Son of William
F. and Callie (McClyre) McCrary. Attended Clyde High School,
1912 and 1913; Weaver College, 1914; Manual Business College,
1917. Farmer. Chairman Haywood County Democratic Executive
Committee, 1948-1952. Served in U. S. Army during World War
I, August 1918 until July 1919. Elk. Methodist; Lay Leader. Mar-
ried Naomi McCracken, September 14, 1919. Children : William
Charles McCrary, Lorena McCrary Plott and Mary Jane Mc-
Crary. Address: Route 1, Clyde, N. C.
JAMES EARL McKNIGHT
James Earl McKnight, Democrat, Representative from Iredell
County, was born in Mooresville, N. C. October 4, 1906. Son of
George Locke McKnight and Pearl Harris McKnight. Attended
Mooresville High School, graduating in 1924; Erskine College;
Southern Methodist University, degree in Life Insurance Market-
ing, 1948. Insurance agent. Member National Association of Life
Underwriters; Charlotte Underwriter's Association; National
Quality Award Winner, 1946-1956 inclusive; 500 Club Winner,
1955. President Iredell County YDC, 1948; Past President Junior
Chamber of Commerce; Past President and Director Chamber of
Commerce; Past President and Director Mooresville Kiwanis Club;
Past Director Mooresville Recreation Commission. Member and
Trustee Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Served for three
years in Army Air Force during World War II with rank of
Sergeant. Member Mooresville Associated Reformed Presbyterian
Church; Trustee. Married Virginia McChesney McKnight, July
26, 1940. One son, James Earl McKnight, Jr., age 2. Address;
Mt. Ulla Highway, Mooresville, N. C,
Mui-phy of Pender
O'Neal of Hyde
Parker of Hertford
Phelps of Washington
Philpott of Davidson
Pittman of Halifax
Powe of Durham
Powell of Rockingham
Quinn of Cabarrus
Randall of Henderson
Reynolds of Robeson
Rodenbough of Stokes
Ross of Beaufort
Satterfield of Person
Shreve of Guilford
Simpson of Burke
Snepp of Mecklenburg
Speight of Bertie
Biographical Sketches 515
ASHLEY MONROE MURPHY
Ashley Monroe Murphy, Democrat, Representative from Pender
County, was born in Atkinson, N. C, August 14, 1909. Son of John
Alexander, Sr. and Mary (Campbell) Murphy. Graduated from
Atkinson High School, 1926. Attended N. C. State College, 1930;
University of North Carolina; Emory University, A.B., LL.B.,
1934. Farmer and insurance dealer. Member, Alpha Lambda Tau
Social Fraternity; Elks Club; Atkinson Ruritan Club, Secretary
1950-1952; American Legion Post No. 165; Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post No. 9961. Trustee Greater University of North Caro-
lina; Director and Vice President N. C. Agricultural Foundation;
member State Government Reorganization Commission; Educa-
tional Advisor Boy Scouts of America. Sergeant, U. S. Army,
January 19, 1942 to December 5, 1945, serving in Africa and Italy
with 1st Armored Division, 27th F. A. Chairman, Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee, Pender County. Representative in the General
Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Presbyterian; Elder. Married Alice
Hill Reeves, January 18, 1947. One daughter: Priscilla Katherine
Murphy. Address: Box 87, Atkinson, N. C.
DICK O'NEAL
Dick O'Neal, Democrat, Representative from Hyde County, was
born in New Holland, N. C, July 15, 1922. Son of Leslie and Irene
(Sadler) O'Neal. Hotel manager and wholesale seafood dealer.
Member National Fisheries Institution. Tar Heel of Week, No-
vember, 1955. Shriner, Sudan Temple. Served in World War II
as Seaman 1/c, October 23, 1943 to January 20, 1946. Episcopalian.
Married Daphne H. Duke, June 1, 1945. Children: Richard Duke
O'Neal and Edward Alan O'Neal. Address: New Holland, N. C.
*JOSEPH ROY PARKER, SR.
Joseph Roy Parker, Sr., Democrat, Representative from
Hertford County, was born in Ahoskie, N. C, January 11,
1895. Son of Joseph Thomas and Julia (Newsome)
Parker. Attended public schools of Ahoskie, 1901-1909;
Wise High School, 1909-1910; Wake Forest College, A.B.,
1915; School of Journalism, University of Missouri, 1922;
Pell's Law Class, Rocky Mount, 1926-1928. Licensed to
practice law, January, 1929. Publisher and farmer. Mem-
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ber National Editorial Association, Chicago, 111.; Presi-
dent, North Carolina Press Association, 1933-1934. Re-
porter, edit writer and columnist for Hertford County
Herald, Ahoskie, N. C. since 1915. Author of "The
Ahoskie Era of Hertford County", 1956. Professor of
Journalism at University of North Carolina, 1941-1946; now
Professor Emeritus; volunteer lecturer at Roy Parker
School of Printing, Chowan College, 1951-1953. Served in
USNRF during World War I as Yeoman 2c, April, 1918
to December, 1918. Baptist; Deacon. Married Louise
Buffaloe, Jackson, N. C, May 5, 1923. One son, Joseph
Roy Parker, Jr., of Windsor, N. C. Address: Ahoskie,
N. C.
*Died May 8, 1957.
JOHN MAHLON PHELPS
John Mahlon Phelps, Democrat, Representative from Washing-
ton County, was born in Plymouth, N. C, August 8, 1906. Son of
John L. and Ida (Walker) Phelps. Attended Creswell High School;
Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Va., 1920-1923; Wake
Forest College, B.S., 1928 and B.S. Med., 1930; Jefferson Medical
College, M.D., 1932. Doctor. Member Tri-County Medical Society
and N. C. State Medical Society. Member Town Board of Cres-
well, 1937; Washington County A. B.C. Board, 1951-1954; Director
Branch Bank and Trust Company of Plymouth. Mason, Shriner.
Member Lambda Chi Alpha Social Fraternity; Phi Chi Medical
Fraternity; Disabled Officers Association; N. C. State Highway-
Employees Association; Washington County Farm Bureau; Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; B.P.O. Elks. Served as
Captain in Medical Corps, 1942-1944. Representative in the Gen-
eral Assembly of 1955. Episcopalian ; member of Vestry, 1940-1954.
Married Caredwyn Thomas Sheets, 1934. Children: Donald Edgar
Phelps and Robert David Phelps. Address: Creswell, N. C.
HARVEY CLOYD PHILPOTT
Harvey Cloyd Philpott, Democrat, Representative from David-
son County, was born in Bassett, Va., April 6, 1909. Son of Benja-
min Cabell and Daisy (Hundley) Philpott. Attended Lexington
Biographical Sketches 517
High School, 1921-1925; Virginia Military Institute, A.B. degree,
1929. Furniture Manufacturer; President, United Furniture Cor-
poration of Lexington, N. C. President Southern Furniture Manu-
facturer's Association, 1950-1951; Member Board of Directors,
National Association of Manufacturers. Director Mutual Build-
ing and Loan Association. Director Commercial Bank of Lexington.
Member Lexington School Board, 1934-1945, Chairman, 1943-1945;
Lexington Utilities Commission, 1949-1956. Mayor of Lexington,
1945-1949. Member Junior Order United American Mechanics;
Patriotic Order Sons of America; Lexington Rotary Club, Past
President, 1933-1934. Captain of Lexington Company, North
Carolina State Guard, 1941-1946. Representative in General As-
sembly of 1953 and 1955. Baptist; Deacon and Teacher of Women's
Bible Class; Superintendent of Sunday School, 1935-1937; Chair-
man Board of Deacons, 1941-1943. President Board of Trustees,
Baptist Orphanage of North Carolina, 1953-1954. Married Frances
Thompson, June 11, 1931. Three children: Kathleen Hundley Phil-
pott, Cloyd Philpott, Jr., and Betty Joe Philpott. Address: Lexing-
ton, N. C.
FRANK SHIELDS PITTMAN
Frank Shields Pittman, Democrat, Representative from Halifax
County, was born in Scotland Neck, N. C, October 24, 1908. Son
of Laertes Morgan and Lelia (Shields) Pittman. Attended Scot-
land Neck High School, 1922-1925; Wake Forest College, 1925-
1926. Merchant, grower and processor of hybrid seed corn. Mem-
ber N. C. Merchants Association; N. C. Seedsmen Association,
President, 1951 and Secretary, 1947-1950; Southern Seedsmen As-
sociation; American Seed Trade Association; N. C. Crop Improve-
ment Association; N. C. Foundation Seed Producers Association,
Inc., President, 1952; Halifax County Farm Bureau, President,
1953. Member Scotland Neck Masonic Lodge No. 689; Scottish Rite
Bodies, Enfield, N. C. and New Bern, N. C; Yoi-k Rite Bodies,
Rocky Mount, N. C; Shriner Sudan Temple, New Bern, N. C.
Representative in the General Assembly of 1955. Baptist; member
Board of Deacons, Scotland Neck Baptist Church, 1936-1939; Board
of Deacons, Enfield Baptist Church, 1945-1948. Married Virginia
Blackwell, October 14, 1937. Children: Frank Shields Pittman, Jr.
and Fayetta Neff Pittman. Address: 201 South Church St., Scot-
land Neck, N. C.
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EDWARD KNOX POWE
Edward Knox Powe, Democrat, Representative from Durham
County, was born in Durham, N. C, November 18, 1921. Son of
E. K., Jr. and Louise (Watkins) Powe. Attended Episcopal High
School, Alexandria, Va., 1937-1940; University of North Carolina,
A.B., 1948; University of North Carolina School of Law, LL.B.,
1950. Lawyer. Member North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina
Bar Association ; American Bar Association ; Durham County Bar
Association; Sig-ma Alpha Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi. Captain in
Infantry, United States Army, 1942-1946. Member General Stat-
utes Commission, 1956. Representative in the General Assembly of
1955. Episcopalian. Married Sibyl Goerch, December 27, 1946.
Children : Louise Banks, Katherine Street and Josephine Erwin.
Address: 1007 N. Gregson Street, Durham, N. C.
RADFORD GILMORE POWELL
Radford Gilmore Powell, Democrat, Representative from Rock-
ingham County, was born at Reidsville, N. C, December 9, 1903.
Son of William Johnson and Ophelia (Strader) Powell. Attended
Mt. Carmel School; Reidsville High School, 1918. Employee of
American Tobacco Company. Former First Vice President N. C.
State Federation of Labor; President Local 192 T.W.I.W., Reids-
ville; President Tobacco Workers International Union, A.F. of L.,
1943-1944. Served as member of Board of Directors, Reidsville
Chamber of Commerce, 1942-1943. Appointed by Ex-Governor
Broughton during war to serve on Unemployment Compensation
Board of Reidsville; former member Junior Order of American
Mechanics, 1925. Boy Scout worker. Representative in the General
Assembly of 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955. Methodist; former Super-
intendent of Sunday School; Teacher of Men's Bible Class for
twenty-four years. Married Effie Mae Chapmon, April 11, 1925.
Four children: Eleanor Gail Powell and Harvey Glen Powell and
two sons deceased. Address: Route 3, Reidsville, N. C.
DWIGHT WILSON QUINN
Dwight Wilson Quinn, Democrat, Representative from Cabarrus
County, was born in York, S. C, September 12, 1917. Son of Wil-
liam Lytle and Lucy (Wilson) Quinn. Attended Kannapolis Public
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Schools; Night and Correspondence Schools, taking courses in
Business Law, Bookkeeping and Accounting, Typing, Business
Management and Textiles. Supervising capacity, Cannon Mills
Company. Member Cabarrus County YDC, President, 1948, and
has sei'ved on various State YDC committees. Precinct Registrar,
1948-1950. Voted Kannapolis Man of the Year in 1948 by the
Jaycees. Received Amvets National Distinguished Service Award
for outstanding community service, 1953. Member National
Y.M.C.A. Young Men's Council; District Boy Scout Committee;
Board of the National Cerebral Palsy Association; President of
the Cabarrus Chapter of the North Carolina Heart Association;
President, Inter-Club Council ; Advisor to Hi-Y. Served in United
States Army, 1944-1945. Member American Legion, Post 115, serv-
ing as Vice-Commander; 40 & 8. Representative in the General
Assembly of 1951, 1953 and 1955. Lutheran; member of the Church
Council, Secretary of Congregation, 1947-1950; General Superin-
tendent of Sunday School, President of the Brotherhood, and for-
mer Sunday School Teacher. Married Marian Elizabeth Isenhour,
February 23, 1936. One daughter, Linda Jo Quinn, age 19. Ad-
dress: Box 314, Kannapolis, N. C.
JOHN TROY RANDALL
John Troy Randall, Republican, Representative from Henderson
County, was born in Leicester, N. C. Son of H. C. and Laura
Elizabeth (Martin) Randall. Attended Fruitland Institute, 1914-
1915; Leicester High School, 1915-1917; Western Carolina College,
A.B., 1919; Bliss Electrical School, Tacoma Park, Md., 1921. Service
station operator and retail grocer. Formerly taught in public
schools of North Cai'olina; also worked vidth Western Electric
Company, Chicago, Illinois and International Telephone & Tele-
graph Company, Mexico. Methodist. Married Ruth Pace, March 15,
1929. Address: Hendersonville, N. C.
WILLIAM DANIEL REYNOLDS
William Daniel Reynolds, Democrat, Representative from Robe-
son County, was born in Clinton, N. C. Son of R. B. and Elviory
(Tew) Reynolds. Attended Salemburg High School, graduating in
1927; N. C. State College, B.S. degree, 1931. Engaged in farm
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management and real estate. Member Farm Bureau and Grange;
President of the Robeson County Farm Bureau, 1955-1956. Robeson
County Manager, 1947-1956. Mason and Elk. Baptist. Married
Evelyn Maynard in 1935. One daughter, Linda Reynolds. Address:
301 West 8th. St., Lumberton, N. C.
GRACE TAYLOR RODENBOUGH
Grace Taylor Rodenbough, Democrat, Representative from Stokes
County, was born in Danbury, N. C, October 5, 1899. Daughter
of James Spotswood and Nellie Pemberton (Moon) Taylor. At-
tended Guilford College Preparatory School, 1912-1914; Guilford
College, 1914-1917, A.B. degree; Woman's College of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, M.A. degree. Supervisor Stokes County
Schools. Agent for 3,500 acre ancestral estate; also manages own
farm of several hundred acres. Taught for number of years at
Salem College. Member, National Educational Association; North
Carolina Educational Association; Association of Supervision,
Curriculum and Development; Stokes County School Masters Club;
Stokes County Library Board; Delta Kappa Gamma (National
Teachers' Honorary Society) ; Secretary Stokes County Unit
N.C.E.A., 1938-1939, President, 1939-1940. Serving second term as
member of Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina.
Member of the Commission for the Study of State Supported
Institutions of Higher Learning, appointed by Governor Umstead
in 1953. President Hanging Rock Park Foundation, Inc., Presi-
dent Stokes County Young Democratic Club, 1936-1937; Vice Presi-
dent North Carolina Young Democratic Club, 1938-1939. Stokes
County President, American Red Cross, 1942-1943; Executive Di-
rector American Red Cross (Tallahassee, Fla.), 1945-1946; Field
Representative, American Red Cross (N. C), 1946-1947; Stokes
County Chairman, War Savings Bonds, 1943-1945. Member Daugh-
ters American Revolution; United Daughters Confederacy; North
Carolina Literary and Historical Association; North Carolina So-
ciety for the Preservation of Antiquities. Representative in the
General Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Presbyterian; Sunday School
teacher. Married to Stanley Leigh Rodenbough, Jr., August 4,
1947. Two stepsons: Leigh and Charles. Address: "Covington",
Walnut Cove, N. C.
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LEMUEL HIRAM ROSS
Lemuel Hiram Ross, Democrat, Representative from Beaufort
County, was born in that county, February 4, 1909. Son of Lemuel
Hiram and Sallie (Hodges) Ross. Attended Washington High
School, graduating in 1926; University of North Carolina; Jeffer-
son School of Law (University of Louisville), LL.B., 1936. Lawyer.
Judge Beaufort County Recorder's Court, 1940-1942 and 1946-
1951; City Attorney, Washington, N. C, 1951-1953; County At-
torney for Beaufort County since 1953. State Senator in the Gen-
eral Assembly of 1955. Member Elks Club; Improved Order of
Red Men ; American Legion ; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Served in
United States Navy, 1942-1945. Member Christian Church; Deacon.
Married Lyle Golden, 1946. One daughter, Elizabeth Lyle Ross.
Address: Washington, N. C.
BYRD ISAAC SATTERFIELD
Byrd Isaac Satterfield, Democrat, Representative from Person
County, was born in that county on September 29, 1898. Son of
Albert G. and Mollie E. (Paylor) Satterfield. Attended Public
Schools of Person County, 1906-1915; Roxboro High School, 1915-
1917; Trinity College, A.B., 1922; Columbia University, A.M.,
1925; University of Virginia, 1922; University of N. C. Law
School, summer, 1927; Wake Forest Law School, summer, 1929.
Farmer and lawyer. Received law license, 1929. Member North
Carolina Farm Bureau; Grange. Person County Superintendent of
Schools, 1925-1929. Private in the U. S. Army, 1918. Member Amer-
ican Legion; Forty and Eight. U. S. Engineer Corps (Real Estate
Branch), 1941-1946. Representative in the General Assembly of
1951, 1953 and 1955. Methodist; Charge Lay Leader, 1950-1954.
Married Sarah Winnie Jones, June 11, 1931. Children: Mary
Emily Satterfield; Winnie Davis Satterfield; Byrd Austin Satter-
field. Address: Timberlake, N. C.
CLYDE ALLISON SHREVE
Clyde Allison Shreve, Democrat, Representative from Guilford
County, was born in Rockingham County, N. C, June 25, 1908.
Son of J. A. and Bessie D. (Lester) Shreve. Attended Bethany
High School, Rockingham County, 1923-1927; University of North
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Carolina, 1928-1931; Woodrow Wilson College of Law, Atlanta,
Ga.; LL.B., 1935. Lawyer. Member State Bar; Greensboro Bar
Association; American Bar Association; N. C. State Grange; N. C.
State Farm Bureau; A. F. & A. M., Stokesdale Lodge No. 428;
Jr. 0. U. A. M., Summerfield Council No. 174; State Vice Council-
lor, 1942-1943; State Councillor, Jr. O. U. A. M., 1943-1944; Deputy
National Councillor, 1945; Sertoma Club. Instructor Business Law,
Greensboro Evening College, 1949-1950. Member State Board of
Civil Air Patrol; Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. Representa-
tive from Guilford County in the General Assembly of 1943, 1947,
1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955. Baptist. Married Ruth Marie Doggett,
December 27, 1933. One son and one daughter: Clyde Allison
Shreve, Jr. and Donna Ruth Shreve. Address: Summerfield, N. C.
DANIEL REID SIMPSON
Daniel Reid Simpson, Republican, Representative from Burke
County, was born in Glen Alpine, N. C, February 20, 1927. Son
of James Reid and Ethel Margaret (Newton) Simpson. Attended
public schools of Glen Alpine; University of Mississippi; Auburn;
Lenoir Rhyne College; Wake Forest College, B.S., 1949; Wake
Forest College Law School, LL.B., 1951. Lawyer. Member N. C.
State Bar; Burke County Bar Association. Mayor of Glen Alpine,
1952-1956; former Chairman Burke County Republican Executive
Committee; former Vice President of the North Carolina Young
Republican Clubs; Past President Burke County Young Republi-
can Clubs; member North Carolina Republican Executive Commit-
tee. Member American Legion; Junior Chamber of Commerce;
Catawba Valley Lodge No. 17 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
presently serving as Master. Served in U. S, Army from March
of 1945 to December of 1946 as T/5 with overseas service in
Pacific Theater. Methodist; Steward; Trustee; Sunday School
Teacher. Married Mary Alice Leonard, September 16, 1951. Chil-
dren: Mary Alma Simpson, James Reid Simpson, II and Ethel
Barie Simpson. Address: Morganton, N. C.
FRANK W. SNEPP
Frank W. Snepp, Democrat, Representative from Mecklenburg
County, was born in Memphis, Tenn., August 4, 1919. Son of Frank
Biographical Sketches 523
W. Sr., and Aurelia (Pettigrew) Snepp. Attended public schools
of Memphis, Tenn.; Columbia University, A.B., 1940; Columbia
University Law School, 1940-1941; Duke University, LL.B., 1948.
Lawyer. Member 26th Judicial District Bar Assn.; N. C. State
Bar; N. C. Bar Association; American Bar Association. Member
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif. Served in U. S. Marine Corps with rank of Captain,
1941-1945; at present Major in Marine Corps Reserve. Episco-
nalian; Vestryman and Lay Reader. Married Nancy Goodwin,
March 14, 1942. Children: Frank W. Snepp, IH, Nancy G. Snepp
and Frances P. Snepp. Address: 2509 Hampton Ave., Charlotte,
N. C.
JAMES ALEXANDER SPEIGHT
James Alexander Speight, Democrat, Representative from Bertie
County, was born in Windsor, N. C. Son of Thomas T. and Mar-
garet O. (Sharrock) Speight. Attended Buies Creek Academy,
1908-1911; Wake Forest College, 1911-1912, 1914. Farmer. Mem-
ber Bertie County Board of Commissioners, 1937-1940 and Chair-
man of Board for over three years; North Carolina Municipal
Road Board, 1949-1950. Member Junior Order. Served in U. S.
Marine Corps two years, 1917-1919. Representative in the General
Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Baptist; teacher of Men's Bible Class
for twenty years. Married Millie Celia Harrell of Colerain, N. C,
December 26, 1922. Two children: Thomas Sharrock Speight and
Mary Celia Speight. Address: Windsor, N. C.
CLARENCE E. STONE, JR.
Clarence E. Stone, Jr., Democrat, Representative from Forsyth
County, was born in Pinnacle, N. C, September 23, 1914. Son of
Clarence E. and Annie Irene (Moore) Stone. Attended Wiley
School and Reynolds High School of Winston-Salem; University
of North Carolina. Wholesale grocery business and farming. Presi-
'^'ent of Yerkes Chemical Company. Member "The United Commer-
cial Travelers" U. C. T., Senior Councillor, 1953; Winston-Salem
Commercial Civic Club, Treasurer, 1952; Forsyth County Chapter
N. C. Society for Crippled Children and Adults, member of Board,
1951-1952; The Forsyth County Society for the Prevention of
stone of Forsyth
Talton of Wayne
Taylor of Anson
Thomas of Johnston
Thomas of Stanly
Thompson of Chatham
Turner of Guilford
Umstead of Orange
Uzzell of Rowan
Valentine of Nash
Vann of Sampson
Venters of Onslow
Vogler of Mecklenburg
Wall of McDowell
Wallace of Montgomery
Watkins of Granville
White of Lenoir
Whitehurst of Craven
Biographical Sketches 525
Cruelty to Animals, President, 1948-1950 and Chairman of Board,
1950-1952; The D. D. Schouler Humane Society for Forsyth Coun-
ty, President, 1950-1951; The Belews Creek Project Club, Presi-
dent, 1952. Served as Private in U. S. Army, July 22, 1942 to No-
vember 20, 1945. Representative in the General Assembly of 1953
and 1955. Member of The Fourth Street Church of Christ, Win-
ston-Salem, N. C. Married Virgie C. Yokeley, June 26^ 1938. Ad-
dress: Route 1, Belews Creek, N. C.
HARDY TALTON
Hardy Talton, Democrat, Representative from Wayne County,
was born at Pikeville, N. C, August 18, 1900. Son of Mack Duffie
and Rebecca (Pike) Talton. Attended Gurley School, Wayne
County, 1906-1913; Kenly High School, 1914-1915. Tobacconist and
farmer. Member, Harmony Masonic Lodge, No. 340, Master, 1943-
1944; J.O.U.A.M. No. 312, Councillor, 1936 and 1948; District Coun-
cillor, 28th District, 1946; Grange No. 964, Master, 1939-1948;
Master of Wayne Pomona Grange No. 38, 1943-1948. State Senator
in the General Assembly of 1949, 1951 and 1953. Member of Pleas-
ant Grove F.W.B.; Member of Board of Ruling Elders, 1932-1948;
Teacher, 1927-1948. Married Mildred Roberts, December 21, 1921.
One daughter: Mary Ellen, age 19. Address: Route 2, Pikeville,
N. C.
HOYT PATRICK TAYLOR, JR.
Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr., Democrat, Representative from Anson
County, was born in Wadesboro, N. C, April 1, 1924. Son of H. P.
and Inez (Wooten) Taylor. Attended McCallie School, Chattanooga,
Tenn., 1940-1942; University of North Carolina, B.S. in Commerce,
1945; University of North Carolina Law School, LL.D., LL.B.,
1948. Lawyer. Member of staff of North Carolina Law Review.
Member Civitan Club; American Legion; Junior Chamber of Com-
merce; Young Democrats; Phi Gamma Delta; Delta Sigma Pi;
Phi Delta Phi. Served in United States Marine Corps, 1945-1946;
1951-1952 as First Lieutenant. Representative in the General As-
sembly of 1955. Methodist. Married Elizabeth Lockhart, March 17,
1951. Address: Wadesboro, N. C.
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A. V. THOMAS
A. V. Thomas, Republican, Representative from Stanly County,
was born in Union County, N. C, January 25, 1890. Attended the
county schools; mail correspondence course in bookkeeping and
accounting, 1924. Tax consultant and notary public. Accountant for
Stanly County, 1944-1954; Cashier of Bank of Oakboro, 1929-1933.
Past member Albemarle Rotary Club. Baptist; Church Clerk, 1924-
1925; Trustee for past eight years. Married Fronia Smith, De-
cember 12, 1915. Children: Two daughters and one son. Address:
Oakboro, N. C.
CORNELIUS BLAKE THOMAS
Cornelius Blake Thomas, Democrat, Representative from Johns-
ton County, was born in that county, November 3, 1893. Son of
Rufus Daniel and Easter Pherlicia (Temple) Thomas. Attended
Four Oaks High School and Benson High School. Farmer. Member
American Farm Bureau. Former school teacher, instructor in
vocal music, city mail carrier and postal employee. Member and
Chairman of Johnston County Local Production and Marketing
Administration, and Vice-Chairman of Johnston County PMA for
one year. Served in World War I, June 26, 1918-December 26, 1918,
being discharged with rank of Sergeant. Representative in the
General Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Baptist; Sunday School
Teacher; Chorister; Church Treasurer; Deacon; Chairman Board
of Deacons. Married Letha Lee of Sampson County, April 14, 1918.
Children: Norwood J., Alene Joyce, Letha Jessamine, Mildred Lee,
Mary Elizabeth and Grace Darling. Address: Route 1: Smith-
field, N. C.
WILLIAM REID THOMPSON
William Reid Thompson, Democrat, Representative from Chat-
ham County, was born in Durham, N. C, August 13, 1924. Son of
William Reid and Myrtle (Siler) Thompson. Attended Pittsboro
High School; University of North Carolina, B.S., Commerce, 1948;
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1949. Lawyer. Member Phi Beta
Kappa, University of North Carolina, 1944; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Member Pittsboro Junior Chamber of Commerce, President 1951;
American Legion. Member American Bar Association; North
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Carolina Bar Association; Chatham County Bar Association,
President 1954. Lieutenant (j.g.), United States Navy, 1943-1946.
Representative in the General Assembly of 1955. Methodist; Presi-
dent, Methodist Men's Club, 1953-1954; Teacher, Young Men's Bible
Class, 1952-1956. Married Mary Louise Milliken, August 16, 1952.
Tw^o children: Mary Elizabeth Thompson, born December 23, 1953,
and William Reid Thompson, III, born August 11, 1956. Address:
Pittsboro, N. C.
THOMAS TURNER
Thomas Turner, Democrat, Representative from Guilford County,
was born in that county, October 3, 1900. Son of Henry Catlett
Turner, of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, and Elizabeth Little (Dowd)
Turner, of Mecklenburg County; grandson of Col. Thomas Turner,
member of Congress from Kentucky. A.B., University of North
Carolina, 1923; Graduate study at Harvard University; University
Law School, 1923-1924. Lawyer. Member North Carolina, Greens-
boro and American Bar Associations. Vice Chairman Guilford
County Democratic Executive Committee, 1927-1929. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, College Fraternity. Member, Elk's Lodge, former Exalted
Ruler; Knights of Pythias, Cone Lodge No. 158; Greensboro Ki-
wanis Club; Merchants and Manufacturers Club and Greensboro
Country Club; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Dis-
abled American Veterans; Society of Forty and Eight. Served 32
months overseas, World War II, with 82nd A B division. Fifth
Infantry Division and 28th Infantry Division; five battle stars.
Awarded Croix de Guerre with palm and Croix de Guerre of
Luxembourg. After hostilities. Commanding Officer of Military
Government for district of Hanau, one of largest industrial areas
in American occupation zone, Lieutenant-Colonel; Reserve Officer;
Reserve Officers Association, Lt. Colonel, USRC-JAGC. Represen-
tative in the General Assembly of 1931, 1933, 1943, 1951, 1953
and 1955. Trustee of the University of North Carolina. Appointed
by Governor William B. Umstead to the Commission on Reorgani-
zation of State Government. Episcopalian; former Vestryman;
former Secretary Parish. Married Elizabeth Nolan of Marietta,
Georgia, October 28, 1925. Three children: Thomas Turner, III,
Marion Nolan Turner and Henry Catlett Turner. Address; Greens-
boro, N. C.
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JOHN WESLEY UMSTEAD, JR.
John Wesley Umstead, Jr., Democrat, Representative from
Orange County, was born in Mangum Township, Durham County,
April 7, 1889. Son of John Wesley and Lula (Lunsford) Umstead.
Attended Public Schools of Durham County. Entered University
of North Carolina in September, 1905 and graduated with the
Class of 1909. Director, General Alumni Association of the Uni-
vei'sity of North Carolina since 1921. Trustee and member of
Executive committee of the Greater University of North Carolina;
Chairman Hospitals Board of Control; Chairman of Commission
on Merit System for Teachers; Member Study Commission on
Education. State Senator from the Sixteenth Senatorial District,
1931, 1939. Member of House of Representatives from Orange
County in 1941, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955. Mason;
Elk; Grange; Farm Bureau. Methodist. Married Sallie Hunter
Reade of Person County, January 20, 1914. Three children living:
Frank Graham Umstead, Sarah Elizabeth Umstead, and Anne
Umstead Maultsby. A son, John Wesley Umstead, HI, Captain in
U. S. Marine Corps, was killed in action on Saipan Island, June
14, 1944. Representative of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Company. Address: Chapel Hill, 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 Schools 1919-1921; Davidson College 1921-1923; Wake Forest
College 1924-1926; Passed State Bar Examination, January 25,
1926. Lawyer. President, Rowan County Bar Association, Civi-
tan (President); Knights of Pythias; D.O.K.K., Suez Temple,
No. 73; Winona Council No. 18, Jr. 0. U. A. M.; Kappa Sigma,
Wake Forest College. Chancellor Commander, Salisbury-Rowan
No. 100, Knights of Pythias, 1927-1929; Woodman of the World;
Member of B. P. 0. E. No. 699, Salisbury; Patriotic Order,
Sons of America; Past President of Washington Camp No. 24;
North Carolina Bar Association; Rowan County Bar Association.
Member, State Democratic Executive Committee. Member of
House of Representatives of 1931, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1943,
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1945, 1947, 1951, 1953 and 1955. Baptist. Teacher of Men's Bible
Class since 1932. Moderator of First Baptist Church. Married on
November 23, 1934, to Ruth Harrison of Spencer, N. C. Two chil-
dren: Betty Ruth, born April 11, 1938, and George Randolph
Uzzell, Jr., born May 9, 1944. Address: Salisbury, N, C.
ITIMOUS THADDEUS VALENTINE, JR.
Itimous Thaddeus Valentine, Jr., Democrat, Representative from
Nash County, was born in Rocky Mount, N. C, March 15, 1926.
Son of Itimous T. and Hazel Graham (Armstrong) Valentine.
Attended Nashville High School, 1939-1943; The Citadel, A.B.,
1948; University of North Carolina Law School, LL.B., 1952.
Lawyer. Member North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar
Association; Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity; Clerk of Thomas
RufRn Chapter, Phi Alpha Delta, University of North Carolina
Law School, 1951-1952. Mason. Member Jr. Chamber of Com-
merce, Lions Club, and American Legion. Sergeant, United States
Army Air Corps, 1944-1946. Representative in the General As-
sembly of 1955. Baptist; Teacher of Young Peoples Class of Sun-
day School since 1952. Married Elizabeth Salyer Carr, September
6, 1953. Two children: Stephen May, born April 27, 1955, and Mark
Lee, born Sept. 10, 1956. Address: Nashville, N. C.
PERCY R. VANN
Percy R. Vann, Democrat, Representative from Sampson County,
was born in Newton Grove, N, C, May 9, 1896. Son of R. D. and
Ellen (Tart) Van.. Attended Glencoe Preparatory School; Clin-
ton High School; Campbell College. Chevrolet dealer for 23 years;
also engaged in extensive farming. Formerly wholesale merchant
in Clinton for twelve years. Past member Chamber of Commerce;
Merchants Association; Rotary Club; Elks Club; Junior Order
U.A.M.; President of Roseboro Lions Club, 1953; Chairman of
Roseboro Lions Club Farmers Day Celebration, 1953. Served in
World War I with service overseas. Representative in the General
Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Methodist; Steward; Church Treasur-
er, 1947-1951; Chairman of Church Official Board, 1955-1956. Mar-
ried Marie Turlington of Clinton, October 2, 1926. Children: Ida
Rae Vann and J. E, Vann. Address: Clinton, N. C.
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CARL VERNON VENTERS
Carl Vernon Venters, Democrat, Representative from Onslow
County, was born at Richlands, N. C, January 18, 1906. Son of
Wayne B. and Julia G. (Stevens) Venters. Attended Richlands
High School, 1918-1921; A.B. degree, University of North Caro-
lina, 1926; LL.B., 1929. Lawyer. Member of N. C. State Bar and
N. C. Bar Association. Editorial Staff, Edward Thompson Co.,
Law Publishers, Northport, L. I., N. Y., January 1930-August,
1935; Associate Member Law Firm of Milbank, Tweed & Hope, 15
Broad St., New York, N. Y., September, 1935 to August, 1943;
Associate Member Law Firm of Oliver & Donnally, 110 E. 42nd
St., New York, N. Y. September, 1943 to September, 1945. So-
licitor, Onslow County Criminal Court, 1947-1948. City Attorney
for City of Jacksonville, N. C, 1955-1956. Member of Phi Gamma
Delta (Social) and Phi Delta Phi (Legal) Fraternities. Repre-
sentative in the General Assembly of 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955,
Episcopalian; member of Vestry, St. Pauls Episcopal Church,
Northport, N. Y., 1932-1935; member of Vestry, St. Anne's Episco-
pal Church, Jacksonville, N. C, 1946-1955. Married Margaret
Dean Burnette, April 30, 1930. Three children: Carl V. Venters,
Jr., Wayne B. Venters, Margaret Gayle Venters. Address: Jack-
sonville, N. C.
JAMES B. VOGLER
James B. Vogler, Democrat, Representative from Mecklenburg
County, was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, April 13, 1895.
Son of the late James A. and Susan Carolina (Alexander) Vogler.
Attended the Public Schools of the city of Charlotte; Baird's
Military Institute. Executive Secretary and Manager of the North
Carolina Food Dealers Association; Editor of The Carolina Food
Dealer. Served as Secretary for the North Carolina Food and
Grocery Distributors Code Authority during the N.R.A. Organized
North Carolina under the National Recovery Administration for
the food and grocery industry. President, National Association
Retail Grocers Secretaries Association. Chairman, Fair Trade
Council of the City of Charlotte. President, Mecklenburg County
Food Trades Council. President, Charlotte Chapter of American
War Dads. 32nd Degree Mason, B. L. Excelsior No. 261, Char-
lotte, Royal Arch Masons and Ausa Grotto. President, Asparaguj
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Club International. President, Board of Governors, Southeastern
Executive Secretaries Association. Vice President, Charlotte Chap-
ter Travelers Protective Association. In January of 1942 was
appointed by His Excellency, Governor J. Melville Broughton,
as Director of the War Production Board Salvage Activities in
North Carolina and served in this capacity until March 15, 1944.
Member of the General Assembly, 1936 Special Session, 1937, 1938
Special Session, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1951, 1955, and 1956 Spe-
cial Session. 1939 Regular Session, Chairman of Committee on
Manufacturers and Labor; 1941 Regular Session, Chairman of
Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns; Author of House Bill
No. 815 introduced by Bost of Cabarrus, Vogler of Mecklen-
burg, and Rudisill of Gaston, establishing the North Carolina
Vocational Textile School; 1945 Regular Session, Chairman of
Committee on Public Welfare; 1947 Regular Session, Chairman of
Election and Election Laws; 1951 Session, Chairman of Committee
on Printing; 1955 Regular Session, Chairman of Building and
Grounds Committee. Methodist; Chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees, Memorial Methodist Church, formerly the Brevard Street
Methodist Church. Married Lillian Raymelle Ketchie, June 12,
1916. Three children: James Brevard Vogler, Jr., Major, U. S. Air
Force; John T. Vogler, and Mrs. Louis H. Layne of Charlotte.
Home Address: 2011 Crescent Avenue, Charlotte, N. C.
WALTER WILBORN WALL
Walter Wilborn Wall, Democrat, Representative from Mc-
Dowell County, was born in Marion, N. C, October 30, 1911. Son
of A. U. and Affie (White) Wall. Owner of W. W. Wall Co.,
manufacturers of garments. Representative in the General As-
sembly of 1955. Married Hettie Joe Walker, November 16, 1934.
Children: Avery Dean Wall, age 15, and Melinda Carole Wall,
age 12. Address: Oak St., Marion, N. C.
JOSEPH PAUL WALLACE
Joseph Paul Wallace, Democrat, Representative from Mont-
gomery County, was born in Troy, N. C, October 29, 1905. Son
of James Rufus and Louise (Wooley) Wallace. Graduated from
Troy High School, 1925. Automobile dealer; Secretary and Treas-
urer of Montgomery Dairy, Inc., Troy, N. C. Past President of
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Young Democratic Club of Montgomery County; Past President
of Troy Rotary Club; I*resident of Troy Merchants Association;
Chairman of Board of Commissioners of the Town of Troy, 1940-
1942. Mason. Senator from the Eighteenth Senatorial District in
the General Assembly of 1943. Representative in the General
Assembly of 1945, 1947, 1949 and 1955. Methodist; Church Treas-
urer, 1940-1944. Married Miriam Rebecca McKenzie, December
25, 1934. Three children: Rebecca, Susan, and Carolyn. Address:
Troy, N. C.
JOSEPH ADAMS WATKINS
Joseph Adams Watkins, Democrat, Representative from Gran-
ville County, w^as born in that county. May 25, 1908. Son of John
S. and Belle (Norwood) Watkins. Attended Cornwall Grade
School, 1914-1922; Oak Hill High School, 1922-1927; Wake Forest
College, A.B. degree, 1931. Automobile dealer. Member N. C. Auto
Dealers Association and National Automobile Dealers Associa-
tion. Commissioner, City of Oxford, 1945-1954; Mayor Pro-tem,
City of Oxford, 1953-1954. Director Oxford National Bank; Direc-
tor Oxford Credit Union; Treasurer N. C. Automobile Dealers
Association 1956-57. Member Adoniram Masonic Lodge; Oxford
Kiwanis Club, former Director, Vice-President and President;
Granville County Chamber of Commerce, former Director and
Vice-President. Representative in the General Assembly of 1955.
Baptist. Married Doris Poole of Virgilina, Va., October 1, 1938.
Two daughters, Jo Anna Watkins and Doris Poole Watkins.
Address: Pine Cone Drive, Oxford, N. C.
THOMAS JACKSON WHITE
Thomas Jackson White, Democrat, Representative from Lenoir
County, was born in Concord, N. C, March 6, 1903. Son of Thomas
Jackson, Sr., and Mary Isabelle (Culp) White. Attended Cabarrus
County Elementary Schools, 1909-1914; Kershaw, S. C, County
Elementary Schools, 1915-1917; Charlotte University School
1917; Bailey Military Institute, 1918-1919; Concord High School,
1919-1920; North Carolina State College, 1920-1922; University
of North Carolina Law School, 1924-1927. Lawyer. Lenoir County
Attorney since 1938. Member Lenoir County Bar Association,
President, 1952; President 6th District Bar Association, 1954.
Biographical Sketches 533
North Carolina State Bar Association, Inc.; North Carolina Bar
Association; American Bar Association; American Judicature
Society; Phi Gamma Delta (Epsilon Chapter, U. N. C); Phi Alpha
Delta Law Fraternity; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
(Kinston Lodge No. 740). Member Wildlife Resources Commis-
sion, 1947-1949 and Chairman, 1948-1949. Member Commis-
sion on Legislative Representation; Delegate, Federal Judicial
Conference of the Fourth Circuit, Hot Springs, Va., July 6, 7,
1956; Delegate, Legislative Work Conference on Southern Reg-
ional Education, New Orleans, La., September 13, 15, 1956. Mem-
ber of Company E, 120th Infantry, N. C. National Guard, 1921-
1924. Representative in the General Assembly of 1953 and 1955.
Episcopalian. Married Mrs. Virginia Edwards Turley, December
29, 1937. Children: Isabelle White (daughter by former marriage);
Sarah Ellen White; Thomas Jackson White, III; Mrs. Virginia
Turley Moseley (stepdaughter). Address: Box 603, Kinston, N. C.
SAM LATHAM WHITEHURST
Sam Latham Whitehurst, Democrat, Representative from Craven
County, was born near New Bern, N. C, July 30, 1922. Son of
Fred Hancock and Sallie Tingle Whitehurst. Graduated Fish-
bourne Military School; attended North Carolina State College.
Farmer. Past President Craven County Farm Bureau. Member
Doric Lodge No. 568, A.F. & A.M. Director of N. C. Dairy Foun-
dation. Rotarian; V. F. W.; American Legion; Scottish Rite
Bodies; Sudan Temples. Member Board of Trustees of the Uni-
versity of North Carolina. United States Army with rank of
Corporal, January 1943 to December 1945. Representative in the
General Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Methodist; Steward. Married
Frances Wells, July 5, 1943. Children: Sam Latham Whitehurst,
Jr., Frances Gay Whitehurst and Fred Hancock Whitehurst, II.
Address: Bayboro Road, New Bern, N. C.
PHILIP RAY WHITLEY
Philip Ray Whitley, Democrat, Representative from Wake
County, was born in Selma, N. C, July 1, 1905. Son of Raford
Bryant and Mamie (Harper) Whitley. Attended the public schools
of Wendell; University of North Carolina, LL.B., 1929. Merchant
and farmer. President, R. B. Whitley & Son, Inc. and Wendell
Whitley of Wake
Wicker of Lee
Williams of Pasquotank
Williams of Yadkin
Wilson of Caswell
Wilson of Union
Womblc of Forsyth
Womble of Wake
Woodard of Northampton
VVoodard of Wilson
Wooten of Pitt
Yarborough of Cumberland
Yarborough of Franklin
Zollicoffer of Vance
Annie Cooper Principal Clerk
Biographical Sketches 535
Industries, Inc.; Chairman Board of Directors The Bank of Wen-
dell; Director State Capital Life Insurance Co. and Contentnea
Guano Co. Wake County Democratic Chairman, 1934-1942. Mason;
American Legion, (40 & 8). Volunteered for duty day following
Pearl Harbor; Captain, Infantry, January 1942, to October 1945;
commanded an infantry company in France. Representative in
the General Assembly of 1951, 1953 and 1955. Member, Wendell
Christian (Disciples) Church; Chairman Official Board, 1949;
Chairman Building Committee, 1950. Married Ruth Ballard, July
20, 1936. Two children: Ruth Raye, age 19 and Philip Hugh, age
16. Address: Wendell, N. C.
J. SHELTON WICKER
J. Shelton Wicker, Democrat, Representative from Lee County,
was born in Sanford, N. C, December 10, 1917. Son of S. A. and
Sally Jane (Stone) Wicker. Attended Sanford High School; North
Carolina State College, B.S. in Agriculture, 1941. Wholesale gas
and oil jobber, Shell Oil Company, in Lee and Harnett counties.
Member Lee County Board of Commissioners. Member Lions Club;
Elks Lodge; Forty & Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion. Member, Lee County Wildlife Club; Chairman of District
5B North Carolina Wildlife Federation. Trustee of the Greater
University of North Carolina. Drafted into United States Army,
December 1942; served sixteen months overseas with 290th In-
fantry, 75th Division; separated January of 1946 with rank of
First Lieutenant. Representative in General Assembly of 1953 and
1955. Methodist. Married Clarice M. Burns, August 3, 1942. Four
children: Bobby, Sharon, Michael and Dennis. Address: R.F.D.
No. 4, Sanford, N. C.
FRANK WEBB WILLIAMS
Frank Webb Williams, Democrat, Representative from Pasquo-
tank County, was born in South Mills, N. C, April 19, 1899. Son
of Daniel E. and Mamie Elizabeth (Webb) Williams. Attended
South Mills High School, 1912-16; Wake Forest College, 1916-
1918; University of North Carolina, 1920-1922. Insurance busi-
ness. Member N. C. Board of Alcoholic Control from April 23,
1937, until December 27, 1940. Private, S.A.T.C, State College,
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September to November, 1918. Member of Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order of Elks. Representative in the General Assembly of
1935, 1937 and 1941. Member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, South
Mills. Married Pauline Creekmore Menzel, April 19, 1924. Two
children: Lucille Williams MacDonald, Winnipeg, Canada and F.
Webb Williams, Jr. Address: Elizabeth City, N. C.
H. SMITH WILLIAMS
H. Smith Williams, Republican, Representative from Yadkin
County, was born in Yadkinville, N. C, May 13, 1924. Son of Co-
lumbus and Pearl (Davis) Williams. Graduated from Yadkinville
High School, 1941 ; University of North Carolina, A.B. degree,
1949; University of North Carolina Law School, LL.B. degree,
1951. Lawyer. Member North Carolina Bar Association; Delta
Theta Phi Legal Fraternity, Vice-Dean, 1950 and 1951; Farm
Bureau ; American Legion. Served in United States Navy from
April, 1944 to June, 1946. Representative in the General Assem-
bly of 1953 and 1955. Member Pilot View Friends Church; Treas-
urer and Teacher at present. Address: Yadkinville, N. C.
EDWARD HOWELL WILSON
Edward Howell Wilson, Democrat, Representative from Caswell
County, was born in Danville, Va., December 16, 1916. Son of
William T. and Vela L. (Farmer) Wilson. Attended Bartlett Yan-
cey High School, 1930-1934; North Carolina State College, 1934-
1938, B.S. in Agriculture Education. Teacher and farmer. Served
in World War II, 1941-1946, and Korean War, 1951-1953, with
rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Member Kiwanis Club, President in
1950. Representative in the General Assembly of 1955. Member
V.F.W. Post 7316. Presbyterian; Deacon. Married Jeanette R.
Ziglar, June 20, 1942. Children: Edward H. Wilson, Jr., James R.
Wilson and Connie Sue Wilson. Address: Route 1, Blanche, N. C.
HENRY HALL WILSON, JR.
Henry Hall Wilson, Jr., Democrat, Representative from Union
County, was born in Monroe, N. C, December 6, 1921. Son of
H. H. and Annie V. (Sanders) Wilson. Attended Monroe Ele-
mentary School, 1927-1932; Monroe Junior High School, 1932-
Biographical Sketches 537
1934; Monroe High School, 1934-1938; Duke University, A.B. de-
gree, 1942; Duke University Law School, LL.B., 1948. Lawyer.
Member Monroe Lions Club, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign
Wars. President, North Carolina YDC, 1955-56; YDC Regional
Director for Southeastern United States; American Bar Associa-
tion; North Carolina Bar Association. Entered U. S. Army, Janu-
ary, 1943; discharged in July, 1946 as First Lieutenant. Represen-
tative in the General Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Baptist. Married
Mary C. Walters, January 11, 1944. Three children: Mary Jean
Wilson, age 10; Nancy Ellen Wilson, age 7; Henry H. Wilson, III,
age 5. Address: Box 261, Monroe, N. C.
WILLIAM BRANTLEY WOMBLE
William Brantley Womble, Democrat, Representative from
Wake County, was born in that county, August 6, 1896. Son of
Andrew Thomas and Carrie Lee (Edwards) Womble. Attended
Wake County Public Schools; Cary High School; University of
North Carolina, 1918-1921. Lawyer. Member of Wake County,
North Carolina and American Bar Associations. Theta Chi Frater-
nity; Phi Alpha Delta (Law) ; Order of the Grail. Mason. Repre-
sentative in the General Assembly of 1933, 1951, 1953 and 1955.
Baptist. Married Aetna Katherine Smith, October 22, 1923. Two
children: Mrs. Aetna Katherine (Womble) Dowst, New York
City; Mrs. Barbara (Womble) Innman, Norfolk, Virginia. Mar-
ried Eliza N. Womble, October 23, 1934. Married Dorothy K. Rid-
dle, May 22, 1948. Two children : Janet Lee Womble and Patricia
Ann Womble. Address: Route 1, Cary, North Carolina.
WILLIAM FLETCHER WOMBLE
William Fletcher Womble, Democrat, Representative from For-
syth County, was born in Winston-Salem, N. C, October 29, 1916.
Son of B. S. and Edith (Willingham) Womble. Attended Reynolds
High School, graduating in 1933; Duke University, A.B., 1937;
University of North Carolina Law School, Summer Session of
1938; Duke University Law School, LL.B., 1939. Lawyer. Member
of N. C. Board of Higher Education; N. C. General Statutes Com-
mission, 1953-1955; American Bar Association; N. C. Bar Asso-
ciation; Forsyth County Bar Association; Winston-Salem Junior
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Bar Association, President, 1954. Council Member Junior Bar
Conference of American Bar Association representing Fourth Cir-
cuit for 1951-1952. Member Board of Trustees High Point College;
Board of Directors local United Fund; Chairman Forsyth County
Community Chest Campaign, 1948. Member Phi Delta Phi Legal
Fraternity and Phi Delta Theta Social Fraternity. Drafted July,
1941, and released from active duty with rank of Major in Air
Forces, January 1946. Representative from Forsyth County in
General Assembly of 1953 and 1955. Methodist; Member Board of
Stewards of Centenary Methodist Church. Married Jane Gilbert,
October 11, 1941. Three children: William F. Womble, Jr.; Jane
Womble; Russell G. Womble. Address: 2027 Virginia Road, Win-
ston-Salem, N. C.
JOHN RAYNOR WOODARD
John Raynor Woodard, Democrat, Representative from North-
ampton County, was born at Pendleton, N. C, July 6, 1906. Son of
Donald M. and Maggie (Maddrey) Woodard. Attended Buies Creek
Academy, 1924-1925; Wake Forest College, graduating 1930, B.S.
degree. Merchant and farmer. Town Treasurer of Conway, 1941-
1948; Member of Northampton County Board of Education, 1942-
1943; Member of Northampton County Board of Commissioners,
1943-1948; Member Board of Trustees Chowan College 1948-52;
Chairman of Board of Trustees of Chowan College 1952. President
Northampton County Farm Bureau 1951-52. President, Conway
Chamber of Commerce, 1956. Member of Masonic Lodge; Scottish
Rite Mason; York Rite Mason; Member of Sudan Temple Shrine;
Member Roanoke Valley Shrine Club; Member of Raleigh Shrine
Club; Master, Pendleton Masonic Lodge, 1943-48. Representative
in the General Assembly of 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955. Baptist;
Deacon, 1939—; Sunday School Superintendent, 1940-1946; Sun-
day School Teacher, 1931-1940, 1947-1952. Married Bernice Nor-
ris, June 4, 1933. Two sons: John Raynor Woodard, Jr.; James
Anderson Woodard. Address: Conway, N. C.
* THOMAS HADLEY WOODARD
Thomas Hadley Woodard, Democrat, Representative from Wil-
son County, was born in Wilson, N. C, December 3, 1901. Son of
Walter Farmer and Mattie (Hadley) Woodard. Attended Webb
Biographical Sketches 539
School, Bell Buckle, Tenn., 1916-1917; Augusta Military Academy,
Fort Defiance, Va., 1917-1920; University of North Carolina, A.B.,
1924. Farmer and owner of general insurance business. President
North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents, 1944-1945; Wil-
son County Commissioner, 1934-1937; Chairman War Price and
Rationing Board, 1941-1945. Member Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, Exalted Ruler, 1944. Methodist. Married Matilda
Barnes, December 3, 1930. One daughter, Matilda Barnes Wood-
ard. Address: 611 Raleigh Road, Wilson, N. C.
FRANK MARION WOOTEN, JR.
Frank Marion Wooten, Jr., Democrat, Representative from Pitt
County, was born in Greenville, N. C, May 3, 1916. Son of Frank
Marion and Elizabeth Hampton (Wade) Wooten. Attended Green-
ville High School, 1930-1933; East Carolina College, A.B., 1938;
University of North Carolina, LL.B., 1941. Lawyer. Member Pitt
County Bar Association; North Carolina Bar Association; Ameri-
can Bar Association. Member Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
Greenville Lodge No. 284. Episcopalian; member and Clerk of
Vestry; formerly Treasurer and Junior Warden. Address: 312
West Third Street, Greenville, N. C.
EDWARD FOSTER YARBOROUGH
Edward Foster Yarborough, Democrat, Representative from
Franklin County, was born in Louisbui'g, N. C, February 10, 1910.
Son of William Henry and Eloise (Hill) Yarborough. Graduated
Louisburg High School, 1927; attended Woodberry Forest School,
Woodberry Forest, Va., 1927-1928; University of North Carolina,
1928-1931; Wake Forest College Law School. Lawyer. Member
N. C. Bar Association and American Bar Association. County At-
torney for Franklin County, 1955 to date. President, Seventh
Judicial District Bar Association, 1954-1955. President of Louis-
burg Lions Club, 1956-57; Mason, Shriner, member of Sudan Tem-
ple, Secretary of Franklin County Shrine Club, 1954-1955. Chair-
man of Morehead Scholarship Committee for Franklin County
since 1955. Served in Army of the United States, 1942-1946, over-
seas service in Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations; discharged
as Captain; Major, North Carolina National Guard, 1947-1952; Lt.
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Colonel, 1952 to date; Commanding- Officer 113th Field Artillery
Battalion of 30th Infantry Division since 1951. Commander, Louis-
burg Post of American Legion, 1948-1949. Member of Forty and
Eight. Representative in the 1951, 1953 and 1955 sessions of the
North Carolina General Assembly. Member of North Carolina Ad-
visory Committee on Education, 1955 to date. Episcopalian; Ves-
tryman and Secretary of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Louisburg,
N. C; Bible Class Teacher, 1946-1956; Lay Reader, 1949-1952.
Married Nancy Hayes, February 8, 1948. One son, William Henry
Yarborough, born June 13, 1955. Address : Louisburg, N. C.
WILSON FRANKLIN YARBOROUGH, SR.
Wilson Franklin Yarborough, Sr., Democrat, Representative
from Cumberland County, vi^as born in that county, December 10,
1908. Son of Franklin Curtis and Romelia (Marsh) Yarborough.
Attended Gray's Creek High School, 1915-1925; Brevard College,
Commercial Law and Bookkeeping, 1927. Automobile and real
estate dealer. Member North Carolina Automobile Dealers Asso-
ciation, Director from 1945 to 1954; President North Carolina
Automobile Dealers Association, 1954-1955. Member Fayetteville
City Council, 1942-1943. President Fayetteville Rotary Club, 1953-
1954. Mason and Shriner. Representative in the General Assem-
bly of 1955. Served one term as Page and one term as Chief Page
of N. C. Senate. Trustee of Methodist College, Fayetteville. Meth-
odist. Member Board of Stewards since 1946; Chairman Board of
Stewards, 1953; Chairman Finance Committee, 1946-1947. Mar-
ried Mary Pearl Butler, October 10, 1928. Children: Wilson F.
Yarborough, Jr., Ramon L. Yarborough, David B. Yarborough.
Address: 1703 Raeford Road, Fayetteville, N. C.
ALGERNON AUGUSTUS ZOLLICOFFER, JR.
Algernon Augustus Zollicoffer, Jr., Democrat, Representative
from Vance County, was born in Henderson, N. C, March 6,
1924. Son of Algernon Augustus and Fannie Spotswood (Cooper)
Zollicoffer. Attended Henderson High School, 1937-1940; McCallie
School, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1940-1941; University of North Car-
olina, B.S. in Commerce, 1947; University of North Carolina Law
School, LL.D., 1950. Lawyer. Past member Rotary Club; member
Biographical Sketches 541
Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Delta Phi while at University of
North Carolina. Prosecuting' Attorney, Vance County Recorder's
Court, 1955-1956. Served in United States Navy Resei've as Lieu-
tenant (jg), with active duty from July of 1943 until August of
1946. Episcopalian. Married Jane Crichton Lewis, April 11, 1953.
Children : Jane Crichton Zollicoffer and Allison Caulaincourt Zol-
licoffer. Address: Meadow Lane, Henderson, N. C.
OCCUPATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1957
SENATE
AUTOMOBILE DEALERS
Stephenson, J. R.
Vann, Henry
BANKER
Marshall, William F.
BUILDING & LOAN
Kirkman, O. Arthur
BUSINESSMAN
Thomas, J. Benton
DENTIST
Jones, Dr. Paul E.
EDUCATION
Lanier, Edwin S.
FARMERS
Bell, J. Spencer
Copeland, J. William
Eagles, J. C, Jr.
Henkel, C. V.
Jones, Dr. Paul E.
Marshall, William F.
Owens, Edward L.
Rose, Dr. D. J.
Rowe, Roy
Shelton, Henry G.
Stephenson, J. R.
Thomas, J. Benton
Vann, Henry
Whitley, Adam J., Jr.
FLOORING COMPANY
OFFICIAL
Gentry, Todd H.
INSURANCE
Stikeleather, James G., Jr.
LAWYERS
Aydlett, N. Elton
Bell, J. Spencer
Carroll, Seavy A.
Clark, Edward B.
Cooke, Frank Patton
Copeland, J. William
Cowen, Robert H.
Crew, W. Lunsford
Dawson, John G.
Graves, Calvin
Hamilton, Luther, Sr.
Hightower, E. Avery
Hoyle,J. W.
Jolly, Wilbur M.
Long, Richard G.
Martin, Perry W.
Mason, James W.
McBee, John C.
McMichael, Jule
Owens, Edward L.
Poyner, James M.
Rutledge, J. Carlyle
Stoner, Paul G.
Whitmire, R. Lee
Williams, Staton P.
Woodson, Nelson
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643
LUMBER BUSINESSES
Cobb, William E.
Marshall, William F.
MANUFACTURERS
Jordan, Dr. Henry W.
Shuford, W. B.
Vann, Henry
MERCHANTS
Eller, H. P.
Morgan, Robert F.
PHARMACIST
Bennett, Kelly E.
RAILROAD OFFICIAL
Kirkman, 0. Arthur
REAL ESTATE DEALERS
Moore, Cutlar
Owens, Edward L.
Stikeleather, James G., Jr.
SAVINGS & LOAN
Currie, Claude
SURGEON (retired)
Rose, D. J., Dr.
TEXTILES
Henkel, C. V.
Sumner, Benjamin H.
THEATER OWNERS
Rowe, Roy
Vann, Henry
TOBACCONIST
Eagles, J. C, Jr.
TRANSPORTATION
Eller, H. P.
HOUSE OF
AUTOMOBILE DEALERS
Britt, Sidney D.
Fowler, Joe, Jr.
Harriss, Clyde H.
Hicks, Ernest L.
Jones, Austin
Vann, P. R.
Wallace, J. Paul
Watkins, Joseph A.
Yarborough, Wilson F., S
AUTOMOBILE FINANCE
Harriss, Clyde H.
BANKERS
Doughton, J. K.
REPRESENTATIVES
Ferebee, Percy B.
Hill, Watts, Jr.
BARBER AND BEAUTY
SCHOOL OPERATOR
Gobble, F. L.
BONDING & INSURANCE
DEALER
Burleson, Jeter C.
OPERATOR OF BOWLING
ESTABLISHMENTS
Kemp, Ed
CATTLE DEALER
Gregory,Carson
r.
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CHEMICAL
MANUFACTURER
Stone, Clarence E., Jr.
DAIRYMAN
Gregory, Carson
FARMERS
Brinkley, Harold
Britt, Sidney D,
Burgess, S. E.
Byrum, Albert G.
Carpenter, John F., Sr.
Clark, David
Combs, Lewis L.
Doughton, J. K.
Eggers, S. C, Sr.
Floyd, F. Wayland
Gregory, Carson
Hardy, Herbert
Hargett, John M.
Kiser, Roger C.
McCrary, Charles B.
Murphy, Ashley M.
Parker, J. Roy, Sr.
Reynolds, W. D.
Satterfield, B. I.
Speight, James A.
Stone, Clarence E., Jr.
Talton, Hardy
Thomas, C. Blake
Vann, P. R.
Whitehurst, Sam L.
Whitley, Philip R.
Wilson, Edward H.
Woodard, J. Raynor
Woodard, Thomas H.
FARM EQUIPMENT DEALER
Everett, R. Frank
FERTILIZER DEALER
Everett, R. Frank
FOOD DEALERS
ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL
Vogler, James B.
FURNITURE AND
TAPESTRY DEALER
Anderson, John L.
GAS & OIL DISTRIBUTOR
Wicker, J. Shelton
GROWER & PROCESSOR OF
HYBRID SEED CORN
Pittman, Frank S.
HOUSE MOVING CONTRACTOR
Coates, Roy C.
HOTEL MANAGER
O'Neal, Dick
INSURANCE
Etheridge, R. Bruce
Everett, R. Frank
Floyd, William F.
Harriss, Clyde H.
Hunt, Joseph M., Jr.
McKnight, James E.
Murphy, Ashley M.
Umstead, J. W., Jr.
Williams, F. Webb
Woodard, Thomas H.
LAWYERS
Bost, E. T., Jr.
Bov^rman, James C.
Brock, B.C.
Biographical Sketches
545
Buchanan, Marcellus
Bynum, Fred W., Jr.
Childers, Max L.
Clark, David
Craig, George W.
Crawford, I. C.
Davis, J. Toliver
Dellinger, David P.
Dill, Thomas G.
Falls, B. T., Jr.
Floyd, F. Wayland
Gavin, W. Ed
Harris, W. C, Jr.
Hewlett, Addison, Jr.
Holmes, Carroll R.
Hostetler, Charles A.
Houk, Guy L.
Jordan, John Y., Jr.
Kerr, John, Jr.
Leake, A. E.
Lloyd, Leonard W.
Long, George A.
Powe, E. K.
Ross, L. H.
Satterfield, B. I.
Shreve, Clyde A.
Simpson, Dan R.
Snepp, Frank W.
Taylor, H. P., Jr.
Thompson, W. Reid
Turner, Thomas
Uzzell, George R.
Valentine, Itimous T., Jr.
Venters, Carl V.
White, Thomas J.
Williams, H. Smith
Wilson, Henry H., Jr.
Womble, W. Brantley
Womble, Wm. F.
Wooten, Frank M., Jr.
Yarborough, Edward F.
Zollicoffer, A. A., Jr.
MANUFACTURERS
Philpott, H. Cloyd
Wall, W. W.
LUMBER BUSINESS
Burleson, Jeter C.
Hughes, Jim
MERCHANTS
Arledge, J. Thurston
Askew, Allen E.
Bell, Dan G.
Delamar, Ned
Eggers, S. C, Sr.
Everett, R. Frank
Johnson, Hugh S., Jr.
Pittman, Frank S.
Randall, J. T.
Whitley, Philip R.
Woodard, J. Raynor
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
DEALER
Jones, Walter B.
NOTARY PUBLIC
Thomas, A. V.
PEANUT BUYER
Everett, R. Frank
PHARMACIST
Henley, John T.
PHYSICIAN
Phelps, Dr. J. M.
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POTTERY MANUFACTURER
Kennedy, Claude L.
PUBLISHERS
Blue, H. Clifton
Parker, J. Roy, Sr.
REAL ESTATE DEALERS
Carpenter, John F., Sr.
Egg-ers, S. C, Sr.
Reynolds, W. D.
Yarborough, Wilson F., Sr.
RESTAURANT OWNERS
Gaither, James C.
Gregory, Carson
Griggs, Walton S.
SCHOOL SUPERVISOR
Rodenbough, Grace Taylor
SEAFOOD DEALER
O'Neal, Dick
SERVICE STATION
OPERATORS
Hargett, John M.
Randall, J. T.
Wallace, J. Paul
SWINE BREEDER
Gregory, Carson
TAX CONSULTANT
Thomas, A. V.
OWNER OF
TAXICAB COMPANY
Gregory, Carson
TEACHERS
Kiser, Roger C.
Martin, Vernon F.
Wilson, Edward H.
TEXTILE MILL SUPERVISOR
Quinn, Dwight W.
TOBACCO COMPANY
EMPLOYEE
Powell, Radford G.
TOBACCONIST
Talton, Hardy
TOURIST COURT
OPERATOR
Crawford, C. R.
TRANSPORTATION
Love, Jack D.
UNDERTAKER
Holcombe, Harlon
WHOLESALE FEED DEALER
Crawford, C. R.
WHOLESALE GROCER
Stone, Clarence E., Jr.
PART VllI
OFFICIAL REGISTER
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Kansas
Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, California
THE CABINET
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, New York
Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Anderson, Texas
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson, Michigan
Attorney General Herbert Brownell, Jr., New York
Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield, Michigan
Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton, Nebraska
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, Utah
Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks, Massachusetts
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell, New Jersey
Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare Marion B. Folsom, New York
NORTH CAROLINA SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS
SENATORS
Sam J. Ervin, Jr Morgan ton
W. Kerr Scott Haw River
REPRESENTATIVES
First District Herbert C. Bonner Washington
Second District L. H. Fountain Tarboro
Third District Graham A. Barden New Bern
Fourth District Harold D. Cooley Nashville
Fifth District Ralph J. Scott Danbury
Sixth District Carl T. Durham Chapel Hill
Seventh District Alton A. Lennon Wilmington
Eighth District A. Paul Kitehin Wadesboro
Ninth District Hugh Q. Alexander Kannapolis
Tenth District Charies R. Jonas Lincolnton
Eleventh District Basil L. Whitener Gastonia
Twelfth District George A. Shuford Ashe-rille
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
Earl Warren Chief Justice California
Harold H. Burton Associate Justice Ohio
Hugo L. Black Associate Justice Alabama
Charles E. Whittaker Associate Justice Missouri
Felix Frankfurter Associate Justice Massachusetts
William O. Douglas Associate Justice Washington
Tom C. Clark " . . . . Associate Justice Texas
William J. Brennan, Jr Associate Justice New Jersey
John M. Harian Associate Justice New York
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
JUDGES
Eastern District Don L. Gilliam Tarboro
Middle District J. J. Hayes Wilkesboro
Western District Wilson Wariick Newton
CLERKS
Eastern District A. Hand James Raleigh
Middle District Herman A. Smith Greensboro
Western District Thomas E. Rhodes Asheville
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
Eastern District Julian T. Gaskill Goldsboro
Middle District Edwin M. Stanley Greensboro
Western District J. M. Baley, Jr Marshall
UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
^ , For the Fourth Circuit
Judge John J. Parker Charlotte
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STATE GOVERNMENT
President of the Senate Luther E. Earnhardt Cabarrus
Speaker of the House of
Representatives J. K. Doughton Alleghany
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Governor Luther H. Hodges Rockingham
Secretary of State *Thad Eure Hertford
Auditor *Henry L. Bridges Guilford
Treasurer *Edwin Gill Scotland
Supt. of Public Instruction *Charles F. Carroll Duplin
Attorney General Geo. B. Patton Macon
Commissioner of Agriculture *L. Y. Ballentine Wake
Commissioner of Labor *Frank Crane Union
Commissioner of Insurance *Charles F. Gold Rutherford
♦Constitute the Coimcil of State (Attorney General is the legal advisor to the Executive
Department).
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
Supreme Court
Chief Justice J. Wallace Winborne *Raleigh
Associate Justice E. B. Denny *Raleigh
Associate Justice Jeff D. Johnson, Jr *Raleigh
Associate Justice R. Hunt Parker *Raleigh
Associate Justice Wm. H. Bobbitt *Raleigh
Associate Justice Carlisle Higgins *Raleigh
Associate Justice Wm. B. Rodman *Raleigh
Emergency Justice M. V. Barnhill Rocky Mount
Emergency Justice W. A. Devin Oxford
♦Official (not legal) residences
Superior Court Judges
District Name Address
First Chester R. Morris Coin jock
Second Malcolm C. Paul Washington
Third William J. Bundy Greenville
Fourth Henry L. Stevens, Jr Warsaw
Fifth Clifton L. Moore Burgaw
Sixth Joseph W. Parker Windsor
Seventh Walter J. Bone Nashville
Eighth J. Paul Frizzelle Snow Hill
Ninth Hamilton H. Hobgood Louisburg
Tenth William Y. Bickett Raleigh
Eleventh Clawson L. Williams Sanford
Twelfth Q. K. Nimocks, Jr Fayetteville
Thirteenth Raymond Mallard Tabor City
Fourteenth Clarence W. Hall Durham
Fifteenth Leo Carr Burlington
Sixteenth Malcolm B. Sea well Lumberton
Seventeenth Allen H. Gwyn Reidsville
Eighteenth A L. Richardson Preyer Greensboro
Eighteenth B Walter E. Crissman High Point
Nineteenth Frank M. Armstrong Troy
Twentieth F. Donald Phillips Rockingham
Twenty-first Walter E. Johnston, Jr Winston-Salem
Twenty-second Hubert E. Olive Lexington
Twenty-third J. A. Rousseau North Wilkesboro
Twenty-fourth J. Frank Huskins Burnsville
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Twenty-fifth James C. Farthing Lenoir
Twenty-sixth A Hugh B. Campbell Charlotte
Twenty-sixth B Francis O. Clarl<son Charlotte
Twenty-seventh P. C. Froneberger Gastonia
Twenty-eighth Zeb V. Nettles Asheville
Twenty-ninth J. W. Pless, Jr Marion
Thirtieth Dan K. Moore Sylva
Special Judge J. B. Craven, Jr Morgan ton
Special Judge George M. Fountain Tarboro
Special Judge W. A. Leland McKeithen Pinehurst
Special Judge Susie Sharp Reidsville
Emergency Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn Woodland
Emergency Judge Henry A. Grady New Bern
Emergency Judge H. Hoyle Sink .' Greensboro
Solicitors
First Walter Cohoon Elizabeth City
Second Hubert E. May Nashville
Third E. R. Tyler. . ." Roxobel
Fourth W. Jack Hooks Kenly
Fifth Robert D. Rouse, Jr Farmville
Sixth Walter T. Britt Clinton
Seventh Lester V. Chalmers Raleigh
Eighth John J. Burney , Jr Wilmington
Ninth Maurice Braswell Fayetteville
Tenth William H. Murdock Durham
Eleventh Harvey A. Lupton Winston-Salem
Twelfth Horace R. Komegay Greensboro
Thirteenth M. G. Boyette Carthage
Fourteenth Grady B. Stott Gastonia
Fifteenth Zeb A. Morris Concord
Sixteenth B. T. Falls, Jr Shelby
Seventeenth J. AUie Hayes N. Wilkesboro
Eighteenth Clarence O. Ridings Forest City
Nineteenth Robert S. Swain Asheville
Twentieth T. D. Brvson, Jr Bryson City
Twenty-first Chas. M. Neaves Elkin
HEADS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Adjutant General John Hall Manning Wake
Department of Administration. . . .Paul A. Johnston, Director Orange
Department of Agriculture L. Y. Ballentine, Commissioner Wake
Board of Alcoholic Control T. W. Allen, Chairman Granville
N. C. Alcoholic Rehabilitation
Program S. K. Proctor, Director Wake
State Dept. of Archives and
History Dr. Christopher Crittenden, Director Wake
Department of Auditor Henry L. Bridges, State Auditor Guilford
Banking Department W. W. Jones, Commissioner Wake
Commission for the Blind H. A. Wood, Executive Secretary Lincoln
Budget Bureau D. S. Coltrane, Assistant Director Randolph
N. C. Burial Association J. Wilbert ForlDes, Commissioner Camden
N. C. Council of Civil Defense. . . .Edward F. Griffin, Director Franklin
Department of Conservation
and Development William P. Saunders, Director Moore
Board of Correction and Training. .Blaine M. Madison, Commissioner Iredell
State Board of Education CD. Douglas, Controller Wake
Board of Higher Education J. Harris Purks, Director Wake
State Board of Elections R. C. Maxwell, Executive Secretary Wake
Employment Security Com Henry E. Kendall, Chairman Cleveland
General Services Division George B. Cherry, Director Wake
State Board of Health Dr. J. W. R. Norton, Secretary Wake
State Highway Patrol James R. Smith, Commander New Hanover
State Highway Commission W. T. Joyner, Chairman Wake
State Highways W. F. Babcock, Director Wake
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N. C. Hospitals Board of Control. .Dr. James W. Murdoch, General Supt Wake
R. M. Purser, Business Manager Wayne
Industrial Commission J. W. Bean, Chairman Rowan
Department of Insurance Charles F. Gold, Commissioner Rutherford
Bureau of Investigation Walter F. Anderson, Director Wake
Department of Justice Geo. B. Patton, Attorney General Macon
Department of Labor Frank Crane, Commissioner Union
N. C. State Library Mrs. Elizabeth House Hughey, State Librarian . Martin
Local Government Commission. . . W. E. Easterling, Secretary Wake
Medical Care Commission Charles S. Templeton, Executive Secretary. . . . Rowan
Merit System Dorothy Adkins, Supervisor Orange
N. C. Milk Commission J. V. Whitaker, Executive Secretary Wake
Department Motor Vehicles Ed Scheidt, Commissioner Wake
Municipal Board of Control Thad Eure, Secretary (Ex-officio) Hertford
Museum of Art Dr. W. R. Valentiner, Director Wake
State Board of Paroles George W. Randall, Chairman Iredell
Personnel Department J. W. McDevitt, Director Madison
Department of Prisons William F. Bailey, Director Guilford
Probation Commission J. D. Beaty, Director Wake
Dept. of Public Instruction Dr. Chas. F. Carroll, Superintendent Duplin
State Board of Public Welfare. . . .Dr. Ellen B. Winston, Commissioner Wake
Purchase and Contract Division. . .W. R. Henderson,
State Purchasing Officer Rockingham
Recreation Commission Ralph J. Andrews, Director Wake
Retirement System Nathan Yelton, Secretary Mitchell
Department of Revenue Eugene G. Shaw, Commissioner Guilford
Rural Electrification Authority Gwyn B. Price, Chairman Ashe
Department of State Thad Eure, Secretary of State Hertford
Supreme Court Bert M. Montague,
Administrative Assistant to Chief Justice. . .Wake
Dillard S. Gardner, Librarian and Marshal .... Orange
Adrian J. Newton, Clerk Davidson
John M. Strong, Reporter Wake
Department of Tax Research James S. Currie, Director Orange
Tax Review Board Harlan E. Boyles, Executive Secretary Wake
Department of Treasurer Edwin Gill, State Treasurer Scotland
Utilities Commission Stanley Winborne, Chairman Hertford
Veterans Commission James M. Caldwell, Director Cabarrus
Board of Water Commissioners. . .W. H. Riley, Executive Secretary Wake
Wildlife Resources Commission . . . Clyde P. Patton, Executive Director Wake
All official addresses, Raleigh, N. C.
HEADS OF STATE HOSPITALS, CORRECTIONAL AND
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Confederate Women's Home Mrs. Paulina Carter Fayette ville
Correctional
White
Eastern Carolina . „ , ,,
Training School for Boys Wm. D. Clark Rocky Mount
State Home and Industrial .
School for Girls. Samarcand . . Reva Mitchell Eagle Sprmgs
Stonewall Jackson Manual Train-
ing and Industrial School J. Frank Scott Concord
Negro
Morrison Training School
for Negro Boys Paul R. Brown Hoffman
Training School for Negro Girls. . .Mae D. Holmes Kmston
Educational
White
Appalachian State Teachers
College W. H. Plemmons Boone
East Carolina CoUege J. D. Messick Greenville
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N. C. School for the Deaf Ben E. Hoffmeyer Morganton
Oxford Orphanage A. D. Leon Gray Oxford
Pembroke State ('oUege W. J. Gale Pembroke
The State School for the
Blind and Deaf E. N. Peeler Raleigh
University of North Carolina:
President William C. Friday Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill Unit, Chancellor W. B. Aycock Chapel Hill
State College Unit, Chancellor. . Carey H. Bostian Raleigh
Woman's College Unit, Chancellor. W. W. Pierson Greensboro
Western Carolina College Paul A. Reid Cullowhee
Negro
Agricultural & Technical College . . Dr. W. T. Gibbs Greensboro
Elizabeth City State Teachers
College S. D. Williams Elizabeth City
Fayetteville State Teachers
College Rudolph Jones Fayetteville
N. C. College at Durham Alfonso Elder Durham
The Colored Orphanage of
North Carolina Rev. T. H. Brooks Oxford
The State School for the
Blind and Deaf E.N. Peeler Raleigh
Winston-Salem State Teachers
College F. L. Atkins Winston-Salem
Hospitals
White
Caswell Training School Dr. Frederick E. Kratter Kinston
N. C. Sanatoriums for Treat-
ment of Tuberculosis:
N. C. Sanatorium Dr. Williard C. Hewitt McCain
Eastern Sanatorium Dr. H. F. Eason Wilson
Gravely Sanatorium Dr. Russell R. Chambers Chapel Hill
Western Sanatorium Dr. C. D. Thomas Black Mountain
N. C. Orthopedic Hospital Dr. W. M. Roberts Gastonia
State Hospital Dr. James L. Cathell Butner
State Hospital Dr. J. S. McKee, Jr Morganton
State Hospital Dr. Walter A. Sikes Raleigh
Negro
State Hospital Dr. Mintauts M. Vitoes Goldsboro
HEADS OF SOME ORGANIZATIONS OTHER THAN STATE AGENCIES
N. C. Association
Clerks Superior Court Institute of Government,
Secretarial Agency Chapel Hill
N. C. Association
County Commissioners J. Henry Vaughan, Secretary Elm City
N. C. Citizens Association, Inc. . . Lloyd Griffin, Executive Vice-President Raleigh
N. C. Education Association Mrs. Ethel Perkins Edwards,
Executive Secretary Raleigh
N. C. Fire Insurance Rating
Bureau W. S. Bizzell, Manager Raleigh
Institute of Government Albert Coates, Director Chapel Hill
N. C. League of Municipalities. . . . Mrs. Davetta L. Steed, Executive Secretary. . Raleigh
N. C. Teachers Association W. L. Greene, Executive Secretary Raleigh
Sheriff's Association John R. Morris, Secretary-Treasurer Wilmington
Social Security Administration. . . . J. H. Ingle, Manager Raleigh
N. C. State Bar E. L. Cannon, Secretary-Treasurer Raleigh
State Employees' Credit Union. . . . J. M. Brothers, Treasurer Raleigh
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
ALAMANCE
Alamance County was founded in 1849 from Orange. The name is supposed to be
derived from an Indian word meaning " blue clay." The county gets its name from
Alamance Creek, on the banks of which was fought the battle between the colonial troops
under Governor Tryon and the Regulators, May 16, 1771.
Population 71,220 County Seat, Graham
Office Officer Address
State Senator 16th District Edwin S. Lanier Chapel Hill
Member House of Representatives. George A. Long Burlington
Clerk of Court D. M. McLelland Graham
Register of Deeds D. B. Paris Graham
Sheriff Joe W. Cole Graham
Treasurer George E. Holt, Jr Graham
Auditor Owen, Hogan & McMillan Burlington
Tax Supervisor D. K. Muse Graham
Tax Collector D. K. Muse Graham
County Accountant C. V. Holt Graham
Coroner Dr. J. B. Walker, Jr Graham
County Health Officer Dr. Wm. L. Norville Burlington
Superintendent of Schools M. E. Yount Graham
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Gerard J. Anderson Graham
Home Demonstration Agent
White Katherine Millsaps Graham
Colored Carrie S. Wilson Graham
Farm Demonstration Agent
White George Coble Graham
Colored Plese Corbett Graham
Chairman Board of Education .... Henry A. Scott Haw River
Chairman Board of Elections H. Clay Hemric Burlington
Wildlife Protector Vance M. Perry Graliam
County Forester D. D. Dewey Chapel Hill
County Attorney Eugene A. Gordon Burlington
Veterans Service Officer James Porter Scott Burlington
General County Court:
Judge John H. Vernon Burlington
Solicitor Louis C. Allen, Jr Burlington
Burlington Recorder's Court:
Judge C. C. Gates, Jr Burlington
Solicitor Kenneth W. Young Burlington
Elon College Recorder's Court:
Judge E. L. Smith Elon College
Solicitor Spencer Ennis Burlington
County Commissioners:
Chairman Garland M. Newlin Rt. 1, Haw River
Commissioner W. Hale Duncan Burlington
Commissioner J. B. Long Elon College
Commissioner Thomas E. Mitchell Elon College
Commissioner W. L. Beamon Burlington
ALEXANDER
Alexander County was formed in 1847 from Iredell, Caldwell, and Wilkes. Was named
in honor of William J. Alexander, of Mecklenburg County, several times a member of
the Legislature and Speaker of the House of Commons.
Population, 14,554 County Seat, Taylorsville
State Senator 28th District William E. Cobb Morganton
Member House of Representatives. Harold Brinkley Taylorsville
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Office Officer Address
Clerk of Court Charlie R. Watts Taylorsville
ReKister of Deeds Herman K. Lackey 1 ay orsvi e
Sheriff T. E. Bebber Taylorsville
Treasurer J. R. Stewart Taylorsville
Auditor J. R. Stewart Tay orsvi e
Tax Supervisor J. R. Stewart Tay orsvi e
Tax Collector J. R. Stewart Tay orsvi e
County Accountant J. R. Stewart Tay orsvi e
Coroner L- M. Warren Taylorsville
Surveyor Rhueben L. Tatum Taylorsville
County Health Officer Dr. William H. Bandy ^ .Newton
Superintendent of Schools Sloane W. Payne Tay orsvi e
Superintendent of Public Welfare Luther Dyson Tay orsvi e
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Agnes Watts 1 aylorsvi le
Farm Demonstration Agent Grover Dobbins taylorsville
Chairman Board of Education . . . W. S. Patterson Stony Point
Chairman Board of Elections Harold Price Tay orsvi e
Wildlife Protector Frank Reese Ta>'lorsville
Forest Ranger Glenn Lackey ^ Hiddenite
County Attorney A. C. Payne Tay orsvi e
Veterans Service Officer Dewey R. Warren taylorsville
Recorder's Court:
Judge Sam Poole Taylorsville
Solicitor A. C. Payne Taylorsville
County Commissioners:
Chairman J. C. Fortner Taylorsville
Commissioner Gill Dellinger ^ Hiddenite
Commissioner Elbert Bowman T aylorsville
ALLEGHANY
Alleghany County was formed in 1859 from Ashe. The name is derived from an Indian
tribe in the limits of North Carolina.
Population, 8,155 County Seat, Sparta
State Senator 29th District Todd H. Gentry West Jefferson
Member House of Representatives J. K. Doughton Sparta
Clerk of Court Gene R. Irwin Sparta
Register of Deeds Ernest E. Edwards Sparta
Sheriff Dent B. Pugh Sparta
Treasurer Dent B. Pugh Sparta
Auditor Mrs. Ruby M. Irwin Sparta
Tax Supervisor Ernest E. Edwards Sparta
Tax Collector Dent B. Pugh Sparta
County Accountant Mrs. Ruby M. Irwm -^^ Sparta
Coroner Charlie Wooten Whitehead
Surveyor C. G. Fender Sparta
County Health Officer Dr. M. B. H. Michal Boone
Superintendent of Schools. ...:... Miss Clyde Fields Sparta
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . Mrs. Doris W. Busic Sparta
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Frances Wagoner Sparta
Farm Demonstration Agent R. E. Black Sparta
Chairman Board of Education. . . Arthur Gambill Sparta
Chairman Board of Elections Worth B. Folger Sparta
Wildlife Protector D. T. Bryan ■ ■ ■ ...Sparta
Forest Ranger Andy Mack Royall Roaring Gap
County Attorney R. F. Crouse Sparta
County Librarian Mrs. Carrie Morrell bparta
Veterans Service Officer Gene R. Irwin Sparta
County Government
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County Commissioners:
Chairman D. M. Edwards Sparta
Commissioner Greek Hill Sparta
Commissioner Clay Cox Laurel Springs
ANSON
Anson County was formed in 1749 from Bladen. Was named in honor of George Lord
Anson, a celebrated English admiral who circumnavigated the globe. lie lived for a
while on the Pee Dee in South Carolina. In 1761 he was given the honor of bringing to
her marriage with King George III, Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg, for whom
Mecklenburg County was named.
Population, 26,781
State Senators 19th District.
Member House of Representatives
Clerk of Court
Register of Deeds . .
Sheriff
Treasurer
Auditor
Tax Supervisor
Tax Collector
County Accountant
Coroner
Surveyor
County Health Officer
Superintendent of Schools
Superintendent of Public Welfare
County Seat, Wadesboro
. E. Avery Hightower Wadesboro
Staton P. Williams Albemarle
. H. P. Taylor, Jr Wadesboro
H. C. Tucker Wadesboro
, F. E. Liles Wadesboro
, H. E. Rayfield Wadesboro
F. E. Liles Wadesboro
, F. E. Liles Wadesboro
P. E. Liles Wadesboro
W. C. Hardison Wadesboro
F. E. Liles Wadesboro
H. H. Leavitt, Jr Wadesboro
Frank S. Clarke Wadesboro
Dr. W. D. Carter Wadesboro
J. O. Bowman Wadesboro
. Robert H. Ward Wadesboro
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Ada B. Dalla Pozza Wadesboro
Colored Margaret Kirk Wadesboro
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White John Potter Wadesboro
Colored H. H. Price Wadesboro
Chairman Board of Education . . . . B. T. McRae Peachland
Chairman Board of Elections H. C. Gray Wadesboro
Wildlife Protector Ralph Gritfin Wadesboro
Forest Ranger Earl Robertson Rt. 2, Polkton
County Attorney Taylor, Kitchin & Taylor Wadesboro
County Librarian Shepherd Pritchett Wadesboro
Veterans Service Officer R. C. Covington Wadesboro
County Criminal Court:
Judge B. T. Hill Wadesboro
Solicitor George C. Childs Wadesboro
County Commissioners:
Chairman
Commissioner. .
Commissioner. .
Commissioner. .
Commissioner. .
. James A. Leak Wadesboro
.L. C. Springer Rt. 2, Wadesboro
. Paul B. Little Rt. 3, Wadesboro
. M. B. Dutton Rt. 3, Wadesboro
. R. A. Lyon Wadesboro
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ASHE
Ashe County was formed in 1799 from Wilkes. Was named in honor of Samuel Ashe
of New Hanover, brother of General John Ashe. Samuel Ashe was a Revolutionary
patriot, one of the first judges of the state, and afterwards governor.
Population, 21,878 County Seat, Jefferson
Office Officer Address
State Senator 29th District Todd H. Gentry West JefTerson
Member House of Representatives Austin Jones West JefTerson
Clerk of Court P. T. McNeill JefTerson
Register of Deeds J. D. Stansberry .JefTerson
Sheriff K. C. Miller Jefferson
Tax Supervisor John G. Gentry JefTerson
Tax Collector J. T. Woodie Jefferson
County Accountant John G. Gentry Jefferson
Coroner Charles Anderson Jefferson
Surveyor Charles F. Sexton Lansing
County Health Officer Dr. Mary Michal Jefferson
Superintendent of Schools A. B. Hurt Jefferson
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Frances Tucker Jefferson
Home Demonstration Agent Sue Norman Jefferson
Farm Demonstration Agent A. B. Addington West Jefferson
Chairman Board of Education . . B. E. Sturgill Grassy Creek
Chairman Board of Elections H. H. Lemly West Jefferson
Wildlife Protector Roland H. Koontz Jefferson
County Forester J. F. Clayton West Jefferson
County Attorney Vannoy, Johnston & Johnston Jefferson
County Librarian Mrs. Chessie Neal Jefferson
Veterans Service Officer Leonard Shepherd Laurel Springs
County Commissioners:
Chairman Q. A. Duncan West Jefferson
Commissioner Ed Davis Tuckerdale
Commissioner George Shepherd Laurel Springs
AVERY
Avery County was formed in 1911 from Mitchell, Watauga, and Caldwell. Was named
in honor of Colonel Waightstill Avery "of Revolutionary fame," Attorney-general of
North Carolina, 1777-1779.
Population, 13,352 County Seat, Newland
State Senator 30th District John C. McBee Bakersville
Member House of Representatives. Jim Hughes Linville
Clerk of Court J. Walter Buchanan Newland
Register of Deeds Grant Webb Newland
Sheriff Fred B. Banner Newland
Treasurer Charles Lambert Newland
Auditor Charles Lambert Newland
Tax Supervisor Charles Lambert Newland
Tax Collector Richard F. Horney Newland
County Accountant Charles Lambert Newland
Coroner Earl Lobacker Newland
Surveyor Paul Banner Banner Elk
County Health Officer Dr. Cameron F. McRae Burnsville
Superintendent of Schools Kenneth Anderson Newland
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . W. W. Braswell Montezuma
Home Demonstration Agent Marie Scott Newland
Farm Demonstration Agent Sam Gartner Newland
Chairman Board of Education .... John Frank Hampton Linville
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Office Officer Address
Chairman Board of Elections Byron Dobbins Banner Elk
Wildlife Protector Wallace Carpenter Three Mile
Forest Ranger J. R. OUis Cranberry
County Attorney Charles Hughes Newland
County Librarian Marge Braswell Montezuma
Veterans Service Officer Bruce Daniels Newland
County Commissioners:
Chairman Fornie Green Cranberry
Commissioner Stokes Pittman Frank
Commissioner Ratha Hughes Newland
BEAUFORT
Beaufort County was formed in 1705 from Bath. Was first called Archdale and name
changed to Beaufort about 1712. It was named in honor of Henry Somerset, Duke of
Beaufort, who in 1709 became one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. He purchased
the share originally owned by the Duke of Albemarle.
Population, 37,134 County Seat, Washington
State Senators 2nd District Robert H. Co wen Williamston
Edward L. Owens Plymouth
Member House of Representatives L. H. Ross Washington
Clerk of Court Mrs. Ada M. Taylor Washington
Register of Deeds C. C. Duke Washington
Sheriff William Rumley Washington
Auditor W. A. Blount Washington
Tax Supervisor W. A. Blount Washington
Tax Collector D. E. Redditt Washington
County Accountant W. A. Blount Washington
Coroner J. Bonner Paul Washington
County Health Officer Dr. L. E. Kling Washington
Superintendent of Schools W. F. Veasey Washington
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .R. A. Phillips Washington
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Rita Preston Washington
Colored Mrs. Vivian Morris Washington
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White M. P. Chestnut Washington
Colored Chester L. Bright Washington
Chairman Poard of Education . . . R. H. Hodges Washington
Chairman Board of Elections John G. Bragaw Washington
Wildlife Protector C.J. Overton, Jr Aurora
Forest Rpnger Albert Woolard Aurora
County Attorney L. H. Ross Washington
County Librarian Lee S. Trimble, Jr Washington
Veterans Service Officer James T. McKeel Washington
Recorders' Courts:
Aurora : Judge W. W. Langley Aurora
Belhaven: Judge P. H. Johnson Belhaven
Washington: Judge L. E. Mercer Washington
Solicitor J. D. Grimes, Jr Washington
County Commissioners:
Chairman A. D. Swindell Pantego
Commissioner W. A. Magee, Jr Aurora
Commissioner Sam T. Moore Washington
Commissioner Julian S. Cutler Bath
Commissioner Alton Cay ton Chocowinity
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BERTIE
Bertie County was formed in 1722 from Bath. Was named in honor of James and
Henry Bertie, Lords Proprietors, who in 1728 owned the share of Lord Clarendon.
Population, 26,439
OlTice
State Senators 1st District.
Officer
County Seat, Windsor
Address
. . .N. Elton Aydlott Elizabeth City
J. William Copeland Murfreesboro
Member House of Representatives. J. A. Speight Windsor
Clerk of Court Geo. C. Spoolman Windsor
Register of Deeds J. S. Warlick , . . . Windsor
Sheriff T. E. Joyner Windsor
Treasurer Mrs. Ethel R. Cherry Windsor
Auditor J. S. Warlick Windsor
Tax Supervisor Lacy M. Early Windsor
Tax Collector Lacy M. Early Windsor
County Accountant J. S. Warlick Windsor
Coroner Goodwin Byrd Windsor
Surveyor J. B. Parker Rt. 1, Windsor
County Health Officer Dr. W. S. Cann Windsor
Superintendent of Schools John S. Dupree Windsor
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . Mrs. Norman P. Smith Windsor
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Lenora Grouser Windsor
Colored Gladys Lucinda Ruffin Windsor
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White B. E. Grant Windsor
Colored M. W. Coleman Windsor
Chairman Board of Education. . . . J. P. Rascoe Windsor
Chairman Board of Elections R. E. Williford Lewiston
Wildlife Protector Lindsay Everett Windsor
Forest Ranger Miles White Windsor
County Attorney John R. Jenkins, Jr Aulander
Veterans Service Officer Mrs. E. S. Pugh Windsor
Recorder's Court:
Judge
Solicitor. . .
. J. B. Davenport Windsor
. M. B. Gillam, Jr Windsor
County Commissioners:
Chairman. . . .
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner .
Commissioner.
. W. R. Lawrence Colerain
. T. N. Peele Lewiston
. B. F. Hoggard Aulander
C. D. Bazemore Rt. 1, Windsor
W. L. Powell Windsor
BLADEN
Bladen County was formed in 1734 from Bath. Was named in honor of Martin Bladen,
one of the members of the Board of Trade which had charge of colonial affairs.
Population, 29,703
County Seat, Elizabethtown
State Senators 10th District Seavy A. Carroll Fayetteville
Edward B. Clark Elizabethtown
Member House of Representatives Sidney D. Britt Bladenboro
Clark of Co art Carl C. CaupbeU Elizabethtown
Register of Dee is D. T. To vnsand Elizabethtown
Sheriff John B. Allen Elizabethtown
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Office Officer Address
Treasurer Bank of Elizabethtown Elizabethtown
Auditor P. G. Cain Elizabethtown
Tax Supervisor P. G. Cain Elizabethtown
Tax Collector H. M. Chason Elizabethtown
Coroner Gordon Kinlaw Elizabethtown
County Health Officer Dr. A. F. Phumprey Elizabethtown
Superintendent of Schools D. M. Calhoun Elizabethtown
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . Mrs. Bessie R. Lyon Elizabethtown
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Fleta Harrelson Elizabethtown
Colored Mrs. Mamie Moore Elizabethtown
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White R. B. Harper Elizabethtown
Colored C. R. Greene Elizabethtown
Chairman Board of Education . . . . G. B. Squires Kelly
Chairman Board of Elections Wilson L. Fisher Elizabethtown
Wildlife Protector Sam Culbreth Elizabethtown
Forest Ranger Frank Sholar Rt. 2, Elizabethtown
County Attorney R. J. Hester, Jr Elizabethtown
County Librarian Thelma Cromartie Elizabethtown
Veterans Service Officer John O. West Rt. 1, Acme
Recorder's Court:
Judge W. Leslie Johnson Elizabethtown
Solicitor Leon D. Smith Elizabethtown
County Commissioners:
Chairman G. Ellis Clark Elizabethtown
Commissioner J. Snowden Singletary Clarkton
Commissioner F. L. Tatum White Oak
Commissioner H. Graden Melvin Rt. 2, Elizabethtown
Commissioner CD. Brisson Dublin
BRUNSWICK
Brunswick County was formed in 1764 from New Hanover and Bladen. Was named
in honor of the famous House of Brunswick, of which the four Georges, Kings of Eng-
land, were members.
Population, 19,238 County Seat, Southport
State Senators 10th District Seavy A. Carroll Fayetteville
Edward B. Clark Elizabethtown
Member House of Representatives. James C. Bowman Southport
Clerk of Court Jack E. Brown Southport
Register of Deeds H. M. Hickman Southport
Sheriff E. H. Gray Southport
Auditor Ressie Whatley Southport
Tax Supervisor Ressie Whatley Southport
Tax Collector Betty Prevatte Southport
Surveyor M. G. Mooney Sout hport
County Health Officer Dr. B. C. Davis Southport
Superintendent of Schools H. C. Stone Shallotte
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Bina Roberts Southport
Home Demonstration Agent Suma Leigh Brown Supply
Farm Demonstration Agent A. S. Knowles , Supply
Chairman Board of Education . . . . C. Y. Coleman Ash
Chairman Board of Elections A. J. Dosher Southport
Wildlife Protector H. T. Bowmer Southport
Forest Ranger D. L. Mercer Bolivia
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Oflice Officer Address
County Attorney S. B. Frink Southport
Veterans Service Officer C. L. Rourk Southport
Recorder's Court:
Judge W. E. Bellamy, Jr Shallotte
Solicitor J. C. Bowman Southport
County Commissioners:
Chairman F. H. Swain Southport
Commissioner R. E. Bellamy, Sr Shallotte
Commissioner D. T. Clark Leland
BUNCOMBE
Buncombe County was formed in 1791 from Burke and Rutherford. Was named in
honor of Colonel Edward Buncombe, a Revolutionary soldier who was wounded and
captured at the battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777, and died a paroled prisoner.
May 1778, in Philadelphia. Colonel Buncombe lived in Tyrrell County. He was noted
for his hospitality. Over the door of his house were these lines: "Welcome all to Bun-
combe Hall."
Population, 124,403 County Seat, Asheville
State Senator 31st District James G. Stikeleather, Jr Asheville
Members House of
Representatives George W. Craig Asheville
I. C. Crawford Asheville
John Y. Jordan, Jr Asheville
Clerk of Court J. E. Swain Asheville
Register of Deeds Geo. A. Digges, Jr Asheville
Sheriff L. E. Brown Asheville
Tax Collector John P. Brown Asheville
County Accountant James C. Garrison Asheville
Coroner P. R. Terry Asheville
Surveyor Kenneth Roberts Asheville
County Health Officer Dr. H. W. Stevens Asheville
Superintendent of Schools T. C. Roberson Asheville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Geo. H. Lawrence Asheville
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Mamie Sue Evans Asheville
Farm Demonstration Agent W. Riley Palmer Asheville
Chairman Board of Education . . Frank E. Laycock Asheville
Chairman Board of Elections Clyde W. Bradley Asheville
Wildlife Protector Avon O. Ray Asheville
Forest Ranger Woody L. Reeves Asheville
County Attorney Roy A. Taylor Asheville
County Librarian Evelyn C. Boone Asheville
Veterans Service Officer Thomas L. Mallonee Asheville
General County Court:
Judge Burgin Pennell Asheville
Solicitor Zebulon Weaver, Jr Asheville
Asheville City Court:
Judge Sam M. Cathey Asheville
Solicitor W. C. Hampton Asheville
County Commissioners:
Chairman Coke Candler Asheville
Commissioner John C. Vance Asheville
Commissioner Harry P. Mitchell Asheville
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BURKE
Burke County was formed in 1777 from Rowan. Was named in honor of Dr. Thomas
Burke, member of the Continental Congress and governor of North Carolina.
Population, 45,518 County Seat, Morganton
Office Officer Address
State Senator 28th District William E. Cobb Morganton
Member House of Representatives. Dan R. Simpson Morganton
Clerk of Court W. C. Ross Morganton
Register of Deeds W. Alvin Berry Morganton
Sheriff Ray A. Sigmon Morganton
Treasurer Mrs. Beatrice Steiner Morganton
Auditor Graham DeVane Morganton
Tax Supervisor Phifer E. Smith Morganton
Tax Collector Phifer E. Smith Morganton
County Accountant Mrs. Beatrice Steiner Morganton
Coroner R. F. Setzer Morganton
Surveyor James A. Harbison Morganton
County Health Officer Dr. G. F. Reeves Morganton
Superintendent of Schools R. L. Patton Morganton
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . M. J. Lynam Morganton
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Evelyn W. Watson Morganton
Farm Demonstration Agent Herbert M. Speas Morganton
Chairman Board of Education .... Lester H. McNeely Morganton
Chairman Board of Elections H.J. Hatcher Morganton
Wildlife Protector Robin Rhyne Morganton
Forest Ranger Robert Perkins Rt. 2, Nebo
County Manager Phifer E. Smith Morganton
County Attorney Dan R. Simpson Glen Alpine
Veterans Service Officer Jack Winchester Morganton
County Criminal Court:
Judge Russell Berry Morganton
Solicitor Dan R. Simpson Glen Alpine
County Commissioners:
Chairman Tellis G. Bumgarner Drexel
Commissioner Ben Allen Glen Alpine
Commissioner Robert Ramsey High Peak
Commissioner John C. Simmons Valdese
Commissioner Ralph Abernathy Hildebran
CABARRUS
Cabarrus County was formed in 1792 from Mecklenburg. Was named in honor of
Stephen Cabarrus, of Edenton, several times a member of the Legislature and often
Speaker of the House of Commons.
Population, 63,783 County Seat, Concord
State Senators 21st District J. Carlyle Rutledge Kannapolis
Nelson Woodson Salisbury
Members House of
Representatives E. T. Bost, Jr Concord
Dwight W. Quinn Kannapolis
Clerk of Court D. Ray McEachern Concord
Register of Deeds John R. Boger Concord
Sheriff J. B. Roberts Concord
Treasurer Mrs. Margie M. White Concord
Auditor Chas. N. Field Concord
Tax Supervisor R. C. Harris Concord
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Tax Collector Warren Manus Concord
("ounty Accountant (^.has. N. Field Concord
Coroner Clifford H. Brown Concord
Surveyor W. L. Furr, Jr Kannapolis
County Healt h Officer Dr. J. Roy Hege Concord
Superintendent of Schools C. A. Furr Concord
Superintendent of Public Welfare. E. Farrell White Concord
Home Demonstration Agent Sarah F. Wise Concord
Farm Demonstration Agent J. Ray Allen Concord
Chairman Board of Education . . Boyd Biggers Concord
Chairman Board of Elections John Sharpe Hartsell Concord
Wildlife Protector Leon Lineberry Concord
County Forester Edward Setzer Concord
County Attorneys John Sharpe Hartsell Concord
Luther E. Earnhardt Concord
County Librarian Elizabeth Plexico Concord
Veterans Service Officer Corum F. Miller Concord
County Recorder's Court:
Judge Clyde L. Propst, Jr Concord
Solicitor Brice J. Willeford, Jr Kannapolis
County Commissioners;
Chairman ....
Commissioner
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
. J. Lee White Concord
. P. E. Stallings Concord
M. Smoot Lyles Concord
L. B. Barrier Mt. Pleasant
. Frank McCray Kannapolis
CALDWELL
Caldwell County was formed in 1841 from Burke and Wilkes. Was named in honor
of Joseph Caldwell, the first president of the University of North Carolina. He was
one of the first and strongest advocates of the public school system and of the railroad
through the center of the state from Morehead City to Tennessee.
Population, 43,352 County Seat, Lenoir
State Senator 28th District William E. Cobb Morgan ton
Member House of Representatives John L. Anderson Whitnel
Clerk of Court G. W. Sullivan Lenoir
Register of Deeds Margaret B. Moore Lenoir
Sheriff Clyde W. Roberts Lenoir
Auditor William E. Stevens Lenoir
Tax Supervisor James H. Sherrill Lenoir
Tax Collector James H. Sherrill Lenoir
County Accountant Stella H. Spencer Lenoir
Surveyor Thomas P. Isbell Lenoir
County Health Officer Dr. Wm. H. Happer Lenoir
Superintendent of Schools CM. Abernethy Lenoir
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Joseph R. EUer Lenoir
Home Demonstration Agent Martha Haas Lenoir
Farm Demonstration Agent Max H. Culp Lenoir
Chairman Board of Education .... George W. Boutwell Lenoir
Chairman Board of Elections Cecil W. Hailey Lenoir
Wildlife Protector Cecil Lindsay Lenoir
Forest Ranger Lee G. Steele Lenoir
County Attorney L. H. Wall Lenoir
County Librarian Joyce Brunner Lenoir
Veterans Service Officer Cecil W. Hailey Lenoir
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Office Officer Address
Recorder's Court:
Judge Marshall E. Cline Lenoir
Solicitor Benjamin Beach Lenoir
County Commissioners:
Chairman Robert L. Bradley Lenoir
Commissioner Danny Courtney Lenoir
Commissioner Coit F. Barber Lenoir
Commissioner Stewart W. Lingle Lenoir
Commissioner J. B. Myers Lenoir
CAMDEN
Camden County was formed in 1777 from Pasquotank. Was named in honor of the
learned Englishman, Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden, who was one of the strongest friends
of the Americans in British Parliament. He took their side in the dispute over taxation
without representation.
Population, 5,223 County Seat, Camden
State Senators 1st District N. Elton Aydlett Elizabeth City
J. William Copeland Murfreesboro
Member House of Representatives S. E. Burgess Belcross
Clerk of Court Shirley Topping Camden
Register of Deeds Jack Leary Camden
Sheriff M. D. Stevens Camden
Treasurer First Citizens National Bank Elizabeth City
Auditor R. E. Aiken Camden
Tax Supervisor R. L. Bray Camden
Tax Collector M. D. Stevens Camden
County Accountant Elizal^eth HoUowell Camden
Coroner Carrel Godtrev Camden
County Health Officer Dr. B. B. McGuire Elizabeth City
Superintendent of Schools N. W. Shelton Burnt Mills
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Elizabeth Sawyer Shiloh
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Mamie Sawyer Elizabeth City
Farm Demonstration Agent Sam Tufen Camden
Chairman Board of Education. . . Frank Williams South Mills
Chairman Board of Elections W. J. Burgess Camden
Wildlife Protector Harry McPherson Camden
Forest Ranger M. B. Williams South Mills
County Attorney W. P. Britton Camden
Recorder's Court:
Judge R. L. Whaley Camden
Solicitor W. P. Britton Camden
County Commissioners:
Chairman C. C. Meiggs Camden
Commissioner George Williams Camden
Commissioner E. C. Pugh Shiloh
CARTERET
Carteret County was formed in 1722 from Bath. Was named in honor of Sir John
Carteret, afterwards (1744) Earl Granville, one of the Lords Proprietors. When the
other Lords Proprietors sold their shares to the king in 1728 Carteret refused to sell, and
an immense tract of land in North Carolina was laid off as his share in 1744. It was
called the Granville District and was the cause of a great deal of trouble. He lost it by
confiscation when the Revolution freed North Carolina from British rule.
Population, 23,059 County Seat, Beaufort
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State Senators 7th District John G. Dawson Kinston
Luther Hamilton, Sr Morehead City
Member House of Representatives. D. G. Bell Morehead City
Clerk of Court A. H. James Beaufort
Register of Deeds I. W. Da vis Beaufort
Sheriflf Hugh Salter Beaufort
Auditor J. D. Potter Beaufort
Tax Supervisor J. D. Potter Beaufort
Tax Collector E.G. Moore Beaufort
<"oroner L. D. Springle Beaufort
Surveyor Phillip K. Ball Morehead City
County Health Officer Dr. Luther Fuloher Beaufort
Superintendent of Schools H. L. Joselyn Morehead City
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . Georgie P. Hughes Beaufort
Home Demonstration Agent Foye Garner Newport
Farm Demonstration Agent R. M. Williams Beaufort
Chairman Board of Education . . . . R. W. Safrit Beaufort
Chairman Board of Elections C. Z. Chappell Beaufort
Wildlife Protector Winfield Ryan Morehead City
Forest Ranger E. M. Foreman Beaufort
County Attorney A. L. Hamilton Morehead City
County Librarian Mrs. Paul Woodard Beaufort
Veterans Service Officer C. L. Beam Beaufort
Recorder's Court:
Judge L. R. Morris Atlantic
Solicitor W. H. Taylor, Jr Beaufort
Morehead City Recorder's Court:
Judge H. O. Phillips, III Morehead City
Solicitor A. L. Hamilton Morehead City
County Commissioners:
Chairman Moses Howard Newport
Commissioner S. A. Chalk, Jr Morehead City
Commissioner C. Odell Merrill Beaufort
Commissioner H. C. Taylor Sealevel
Commissioner Walter Yoemans Harkers Island
CASWELL
Caswell County was formed in 1777 from Orange. Was named in honor of Richard
Caswell, member of the First Continental Congress, first Governor of North Carolina
after the Declaration of Independence, six times re-elected Governor, and Major-
General in the Revolutionary Army.
Population, 20,870 County Seat, Yanceyville
State Senator 15th District Jule McMichael Reidsville
Member House of Representatives . Edward H. Wilson Blanche
Clerk of Court G. M. Harris Yanceyville
Register of Deeds J. B. Blaylock Yanceyville
Sheriff Lynn B. Williamson Yanceyville
Treasurer James N. Slade Yanceyville
Tax Supervisor Giles Mebane Yanceyville
Tax Collector Giles Mebane Yanceyville
County Accountant James N. Slade Yanceyville
Coroner Dr. T. L. Gwynn Yanceyville
County Health Officer Dr. M. J. O. GuUingsrud Spray
Superintendent of Schools T. H. Whitley Yanceyville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . Maurice Blevins Yanceyville
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Office Officer Address
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Louise Homewood Yancey ville
Colored Helen Payne Yancey ville
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White J. E. Zimmerman Yancey ville
Colored E. B. T. Carraway Yanceyville
Chairman Board of Education ... David Johnson Yanceyville
Chairman Board of Elections Dan McMuUen Yanceyville
Wildlife Protector Raymond Allen Leasburg
County Attorney Clarence L. Pemberton Yanceyville
County Librarian Mrs. W. E. Niven Yanceyville
Recorder's Court:
Judge Ralph O. Vernon Blanche
Solicitor W. B. Horton Yanceyville
County Commissioners
Chairman ....
Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner
.W. W. Pointer Blanche
.A. P. Dabbs Rt. 1, Yanceyville
. C. B. Rogers Yanceyville
James W. White Rt. 1, Ruffin
A. D. Swann SR, Danville, Va.
CATAWBA
Catawba County was formed in 1842 from Lincoln. Was named after a tribe of
Indians which dwelt in that section of the State. Catawba County voted with Gaston
and Lincoln until 1854.
Population, 61,794 County Seat, Newton
State Senators 25th District C. V. Henkel Turnersburg
W. B. Shuford Hickory
Member House of Representatives. John F. Carpenter, Sr Maiden
Clerk of Court P. W. Deaton Newton
Register of Deeds Mrs. Willie Trott Newton
Sheriff C. Wade Davis Newton
Treasurer George Wilkinson Newton
Auditor George Wilkinson Newton
Tax Supervisor Ray E. Pitts Newton
Tax Collector George Wilkinson Newton
County Accountant George Wilkinson Newton
Coroner W. E. Bass Newton
County Health Officer Dr. William H. Bandy Newton
Superintendent of Schools Harry M. Arndt Newton
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Joseline Harding Newton
Home Demonstration Agent Marjorie Gilbert Newton
Farm Demonstration Agent Jesse F. Giles Newton
Chairman Board of Education . . . . W. Locke Lowrance Newton
Chairman Board of Elections D. Lee Setzer Newton
Wildlife Protector John Fairchild Conover
County Forester S. R. Swanson Newton
County Manager George Wilkinson Newton
County Attorney Eddy S. Merritt Hickory
County Librarian Bill Wilkinson Newton
Veterans Service Officer Leslie Brady Newton
County Recorder's Court:
Judge Jesse C. Sigmon, Jr Ne^vton
Solicitor Richard A. Williams Maiden
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Hickory Recorder's Court:
Judge E. Murray Tate Hickory
Solicitor Joe Whitener Hickory
County Commissioners:
Chairman John M. Abernelhy Newton
Commissioner Carl Brooks Hickory
Commissioner Thad Gabriel Terrell
Commissioner Brade K. Lineberger Hickory
Commissioner Jacob C. Rhodes . .Newton
CHATHAM
Chatham County was formed in 1770 from Orange. Was named in honor of the great
Englishman who won for England all of French America and was the most eloquent
defender of the American cause in the British Parliament during the Revolution —
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham.
Population, 2.'3,392 County Seat, Pittsboro
State Senators 13th District J. W. Hoyle Sanford
James M. Poyner Raleigh
Member House of Representatives. W. Reid Thompson Pittsboro
Clerk of Court J. W. Drake Pittsboro
Register of Deeds Lemuel R. Johnson Pittsboro
Sheriff J. W. Emerson, Jr Pittsboro
Treasurer Bank of Pittsboro Pittsboro
Auditor John M. Mclver T ittsboro
Tax Supervisor John M. Mclver Pittsboro
Tax Collector J. W. Emerson, Jr Pittsboro
County Accountant John M. Mclver Pittsboro
Coroner Dr. W. Clyde Thomas Pittsboro
Surveyor Richard L. Siler Siler City
County Health Officer Dr. O. David Garvin Chapel Hill
Superintendent of Schools J. S. Waters Pittsboro
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Mrs. C. K. Strowd Rt. 2, Chapel Hill
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Flossie Whitley Pittsboro
Colored Mrs. Mildred Payton Pittsboro
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White J. B. Snipes Pittsboro
Colored Joseph Turner Goldston
Chairman Board of Education. . . Lewis Norwood Rt. 1, Pittsboro
Chairman Board of Elections W. B. Morgan Pittsboro
Wildlife Protector A. Eugene Jones Siler City
Forest Ranger A. B. Clark Pittsboro
County Attorney Wade Barber Pittsboro
County Librarian Evelyn Parks Pittsboro
Veterans Service Officer Carl G. Butler Pittsboro
County Criminal Court:
Judge J. Lee Moody Pittsboro
Solicitor Harry P. Horton Pittsboro
Siler City Municipal Court:
Judge J. S. Wrenn Siler City
Solicitor T. F. Baldwin Siler City
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Office Officer Address
County Commissioners:
Chairman Earl J. Dark Pittsboro
Commissioner W. S. Phillips Bonlee
Commissioner Hal Clark Siler City
Commissioner W. H. Scott Rt. 3, Chapel Hill
Commissioner John I. Walden Moncure
CHEROKEE
Cherokee County was formed in 1839 from Macon. Was named after an Indian tribe
which still dwells in that section of the state.
Population, 18,294 County Seat, Murphy
State Senator 33rd District Kelly E. Bennett Bryson City
Member House of Representatives. Percy B. Ferebee Andrews
Clerk of Court K. W. Radford Murphy
Register of Deeds J. E. Graves Murphy
Sheriff Claude Anderson Murphy
Treasurer Joe Myers Murphy
Auditor Joe Myers Murphy
Tax Supervisor Joe Myers Murphy
Tax Collector Joe Myers Murphy
County Accountant Joe Myers Murphy
Coroner J. C. Townson Murphy
Surveyor O. G. Anderson Culberson
County Health Officer Dr. Robert R. King, Sr Murphy
Superintendent of Schools Lloyd Hendrick Rt. 1, Murphy
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . Johnsie R. Nunn Murphy
Home Demonstration Agent Thelma Wheeler Murphy
Farm Demonstration Agent Paul Nave Murphy
Chairman Board of Education ... Noah Hembree Rt. 1 , Murphy
Chairman Board of Elections Fred Martin Rt. 3, Murphy
Wildlife Protector Arnold R. Dalrymple Murphy
Forest Ranger Harold Hatchett Murphy
County Attorney C. E. Hyde Murphy
County Librarian Josephine Highway Murphy
Veterans Service Officer John Davidson Murphy
Recorder's Court:
Judge Herman Edwards Murphy
Solicitor O. L. Anderson Murphy
County Commissioners:
Chairman W. A. Hyde Andrews
Commissioner E. L. Townson Murphy
Commissioner W. B. Dockery Hiwassee Dam
CHOWAN
Chowan County was formed in 1672 from Albemarle. Was named for an Indian (ribe
dwelling in the northeastern part of the State when the English first came to North
Carolina
Population, 12,540 County Seat, Edenton
State Senators 1st District N. Elton Aydlett Elizabeth City
J. William Copeland Murfreesboro
Member House of Representatives. Albert G. Byrum Edenton
Clerk of Court E. W. Spires Edenton
Register of Deeds M. L. Bunch Edenton
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Sheriff J. A. Bunch Eden ton
Treasurer Geo. C. Hoskins Edenton
Tax Supervisor William P. Jones Edenton
Tax Collector J. A. Bunch Edenton
County Accountant Mrs. Evelyn B. Williams Edenton
Coroner Hubert B. Williford Edenton
County Health Officer Dr. B. B. McGuire Blizabeth City
Superintendent of Schools W. J. Taylor Edenton
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . Mrs. Carolyn C. McMuUan Edenton
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Madrian Morris Edenton
Colored Mrs. Onnie S. Charlton Edenton
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White C. W. Overman Edenton
Colored J. B. Small Edenton
Chairman Board of Education . . . . G. B. Potter Edenton
Chairman Board of Elections L. S. Byrum Edenton
Wildlife Protector Robt. E. Evans Edenton
Forest Ranger Frank V. White Edenton
County Attorney J. N. Pruden Edenton
Veterans Service Officer J. L. Wiggins Edenton
Recorder's Court:
Judge Marvin P. Wilson Edenton
Solicitor Weldon A. HoUowell Edenton
County Commissioners:
Chairman W. W. Byrum Edenton
Commissioner J. A. Webb Rt. 2, Edenton
Commissioner J. R. Peele Rt. 1, Edenton
Commissioner W. E. Bond Edenton
Commissioner C. J. HoUowell RFD, Tyner
CLAY
Clay County was formed in 1861 from Cherokee. Was named in honor of the great
orator and statesman, Henry Clay. Prior to 1868 Clay voted with Cherokee.
Population, 6,006 Coimty Seat, Hayesville
State Senator 33rd District Kelly E. Bennett Bryson City
Member House of Representatives. Vernon F. Martin Hayesville
Clerk of Court George H. Martin Hayesville
Register of Deeds Mont H. Reece Hayesville
Sheriff Neal R. Kitchens Hayesville
Treasurer F. B. Garrett Hayesville
Auditor F. B. Garrett Hayesville
Tax Supervisor Mont H. Reece Hayesville
Tax Collector Neal R. Kitchens Hayesville
County Accountant F. B. Garrett Hayesville
Coroner Dr. L. R. Staton Hayesville
Surveyor L. D. Rhinehardt Hayesville
County Health Officer Dr. Robert King Murphy
Superintendent of Schools Hugh S. Beal Hayesville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Alvin L. Penland Hayesville
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Velma B. Moore Hayesville
Farm Demonstration Agent R. G. Vick Hayesville
Chairman Board of Education .... Paul Caler Brasstown
Chairman Board of Elections B. M. McClure Hayesville
Wildlife Protector Harrison Martin Hayesville
Forest Ranger R. H. Chambers Hayesville
County Manager Mont H. Reece Hayesville
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Office Officer Address
County Attorney T. C. Gray Hayesville
County Librarian Mrs. P. C. Scroggs Hayesville
Veterans Service Officer George H. Martin Hayesville
County Commissioners:
Chairman W. G. Mingus Hayesville
Commissioner Boyd Scroggs Brasstown
Commissioner Carl Parlter Hayesville
CLEVELAND
Cleveland County was formed in 1841 from Rutherford and Lincoln. Was named in
honor of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, a noted partisan leader on the western Carolina
frontier in the Revolution, and one of the "Heroes of King's Mountain."
Population, 64,357 County Seat, Shelby
State Senators 27th District Robert F. Morgan Shelby
Benjamin H. Sumner Spindale
Member House of Representatives. B. T. Falls, Jr Shelby
Clerk of Court J. W. Osborne Shelby
Register of Deeds Dan W. Moore Shelby
Sheriff J. H. Allen Shelby
Treasurer Lillian Newton Shelby
Auditor Max Hamrick Shelby
Tax Supervisor Max Hamrick Shelby
Tax Collector Robert Gidney Shelby
County Accountant Max Hamrick Shelby
Coroner Ollie Harris Shelby
Surveyor Marion M. Packard Shelby
County Health Officer Dr. Z. P. Mitchell Shelby
Superintendent of Schools Horace Grigg Shelby
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .J. S. Hoyle Shelby
Home Demonstration Agent:
White La Una Brashears Shelby
Colored Thelma McVea Shelby
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White Howard Clapp Shelby
Colored L. J. McDougle Shelby
Chairman Board of Education . . . B. Austell Earl
Chairman Board of Elections Joe F. Mull Shelby
Wildlife Protector J. O. Price Rt. 2, Shelby
County Attorney C. C. Horn Shelby
County Librarian Mrs. Maude Q. Kelsey Shelby
Veterans Service Officer Chalmus Miller Shelby
County Recorder's Court:
Judge Reuben L. Elam Shelby
Solicitor Bynum Weathers Shelby
County Commissioners:
Chairman Zeb Cline Rt. 2, Shelby
Commissioner Knox Sarratt Earl
Commissioner John D. White Rt. 1, Lawndale
Commissioner F. L. Rollins ■ Lawndale
Commissioner Hazel B. Bumgardner Kings Mountain
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Columbus County was formed in 1808 from Bladen and Brunswick. Was named in
honor of the Diseoverer of the New World.
I'oi)ulation, 50,G121 County Seat, Whiteville
Onice Officer Address
State Senators 10th District Seavy A. Carroll Fayetteville
Edward B. Clark Elizabethtown
Member House of Representatives. W. F. Floyd Whiteville
Clerk of Court Lee J. Greer Whiteville
Register of Deeds Leo L. Fisher Whiteville
Sheriff J. R. Pridgen Whiteville
Auditor Josephine Ray Whiteville
Tax Supervisor Venie H. Rouse Whiteville
Tax Collector W. A. Weir Whiteville
Coroner Worth Williamson Whiteville
Surveyor Herman Schnibben Whiteville
County Health Officer Dr. Floyd Johnson Whiteville
Superintendent of Schools Dr. T. Ward Guy Whiteville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Mrs. Alice S. Wright Tabor City
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Erline Gibson Whiteville
Colored Dorothy Valentine Whiteville .
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White Charles D. Raper Whiteville
Colored John Spaulding Whiteville
Chairman Board of Education ... Dr. Ross Williamson Tabor City
Chairman Board of Elections D. Jack Hooks Whiteville
Wildlife Protector J. H. Coleman Bolton
Forest Ranger Frank Batten Chadbourn
County Attorney E. K. Proctor Whiteville
County Librarian Edna Creech Rt. 2, Whiteville
Veterans Service Officer H. Hugh Nance Cerro Gordo
Recorder's Court:
Judge Sankey W. Robinson Whiteville
Solicitor Joe W. Brown Whiteville
Fair Bluff Recorder's Court:
Judge J. B. Eure Fair Bluff
Solicitor Bobby Floyd Fairmont
County Commissioners:
Chairman L. P. Ward Clarendon
Commissioner Dan Bartley Evergreen
Commissioner W. B. Buff kin Whiteville
Commissioner Lacy Thompson Chadbourn
Commissioner C. R. Council Hallsboro
CRAVEN
Craven County was formed about 1712 from Bath. Was named in honor of William,
Lord Craven, one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina.
Population, 48,823 County Seat, New Bern
State Senators 7th District John G. Dawson Kinston
Luther Hamilton, Sr Morehead City
Member House of Representatives. Sam L. Whitehurst New Bern
Clerk of Court W. B. Flanner New Bern
Register of Deeds Jane Holland New Bern
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Sheriff C. B. Berry New Bern
Auditor Ben O. Jones New Bern
Tax Supervisor U. W. Daugherty New Bern
Tax Collector C. C. Pritchett New Bern
County Accountant Ben O. Jones New Bern
Coroner R. Clyde Smith New Bern
County Health Officer Dr. E. D. Hardin New Bern
Superintendent of Schools R. L. Pugh New Bern
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Constance F. S. Rabin New Bern
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Rebecca Col well New Bern
Colored Alease Massenburg New Bern
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White A. T. Jackson New Bern
Colored Otis Evans New Bern
Chairman Board of Education .... C. A. Seifert New Bern
Chairman Board of Elections A. A. Kafer, Jr New Bern
Wildlife Protector R. A. Watson Rt. 2, New Bern
Forest Ranger Calvin Morris Rt. 1, Vanceboro
County Attorney R. A. Nunn New Bern
Veterans Service Officer W. B. Rouse New Bern
County Recorder's Court:
Judge Raymond E. Sumrell New Bern
Solicitor E. Lamar Sledge New Bern
City Recorder's Court:
Judge A. D. Ward New Bern
Solicitor C. E. Hancock, Jr New Bern
County Commissioners:
Chairman George W. Ipock Ernul
Commissioner C. D. Lancaster New Bern
Commissioner A. L. Dail New Bern
Commissioner W. J. Wynne, Jr Havelock
Commissioner Edward R. Ipock Cove City
CUMBERLAND
Cumberland County was formed in 1754 from Bladen. Was named in honor of
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, second son of King George IL Cumberland
was the commander of the English army at the battle of Culloden, in which the Scotch
Highlanders were so badly defeated. Many of them came to America, and their principal
settlement was at Cross Creek in Cumberland County.
Population, 96,006 County Seat, Fayetteville
State Senators 10th District Seavy A. Carroll Fayetteville
Edward B. Clark Elizabethtown
Members House of
Representatives John T. Henley Hope Mills
Wilson F. Yarborough, Sr Fayetteville
Clerk of Court Thomas H. Williams Fayetteville
Register of Deeds J. W. Johnson Fayetteville
Sheriff L. L. Guy Fayetteville
Treasurer R. E. Nimocks Fayetteville
Tax Supervisor T. G. Braxton Fayetteville
Tax Collector B. C. Bramble Fayetteville
County Accountant R. E. Nimocks Fayetteville
Coroner Alf Clark Fayetteville
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County Health Officer Dr. M. T. Foster Fayetteville
Superintendent of Schools F. D. Byrd Fayetteville
Superintendent of F'ublie Welfare. E. L. Hauser Fayetteville
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Lena Bullard Fayetteville
Colored Mary LeGrand Fayetteville
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White J. T. Monroe Fayetteville
Colored B. T. McNeill Fayetteville
Chairman Board of Education . . R. Glenn Cobb Fayetteville
Chairman Board of Elections L. Sneed High Fayetteville
Wildlife Protector Oscar Chadwick Fayetteville
Forest Ranger P. P. Smith Fayetteville
County Attorney James MacRae Fayetteville
County Librarian Dorothy Shue Fayetteville
Veterans Service Officer D. T. Perry Fayetteville
Recorder's Court:
Judge L. G. Carter, Jr Fayetteville
Solicitor Lacy S. Hair Fayetteville
City Recorder's Court:
Judge Robert Butler Fayetteville
Solicitor Charles Kirkman Fayetteville
County Commissioners:
Chairman Roscoe L. Blue Fayetteville
Commissioner J. McN. Gillis Rt. 3, Fayetteville
Commissioner W. L. McDonald Rt. 2, Fayetteville
Commissioner Henry M. Tyson Rt. 7, Fayetteville
Commissioner Robert F. Williams Rt. 1, Fayetteville
CURRITUCK
Currituck County was formed in 1672 from Albemarle. Was named after an Indian
tribe.
Population, 6,201 County Seat, Currituck
State Senators 1st District N. Elton Aydlett Elizabeth City
J. William Copeland Murfreesboro
Member House of Representatives. Walton S. Griggs Point Harbor
Clerk of Court Ralph E. Saunders Currituck
Register of Deeds William Brumsey, Jr Currituck
Sheriff L. L. Dozier . . ." Currituck
Treasurer Bank of Currituck Moyock
Auditor J. P. Morgan, Jr Currituck
Tax Supervisor William Brumsey, Jr Currituck
Tax Collector L. L. Dozier Currituck
County Accountant J. P. Morgan, Jr Currituck
Coroner J. Bryan Smith Currituck
Surveyor D. D. Springle Aydlett
County Health Officer Dr. W.W. Johnston Currituck
Superintendent of Schools S. C. Chandler Currituck
Superintendent of Public Welfare .Pearl J. Hastings Belcross
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Elizabeth Sanderlin Shawboro
Farm Demonstration Agent L. A. Powell Barco
Chairman Board of Education . . . L. L. Dozier, Jr Jarvisburg
Chairman Board of Elections Francis Morse Point Harbor
Wildlife Protector John Howard Forbes Poplar Branch
County Attorney Wilton F. Walker, Jr Moyock
County Librarian W. B. Cruise Currituck
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Judge. . .
Solicitor.
W. F. Leary Gregory
. Wilton F. Walker, Jr Currituck
County Commissioners
Chairman ....
Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner
. H. D. Newbern, Jr Powells Point
. J. J. Bunch Poplar Branch
. S. C. Doxey Maple
. I. F. West Moyock
. Harold O. Capps Knotts Island
DARE
Dare County was formed in 1870 from Currituck, Tyrrell, and Hyde,
honor of Virginia Dare, the first English child bom in America.
Was named in
Population, 5,405
State Senators 2nd District.
County Seat, Manteo
. . Robert H. Cowen Williamston
Edward L. Owens Plymouth
Member House of Representatives . R. Bruce Etheridge Manteo
Clerk of Court C. S. Meekins Manteo
Register of Deeds Melvin R. Daniels Manteo
Sheriff Frank M. Cahoon Manteo
Treasurer The Bank of Manteo Manteo
Auditor R. O. Howard Manteo
Tax Supervisor P. A. Tillett Manteo
Tax Collector Frank M. Cahoon Manteo
County Accountant C. S. Meekins Manteo
Coroner Marvin Rogers Manteo
County Health Officer Dr. W. W. Johnston Currituck
Superintendent of Schools Mary L. Evans Manteo
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Goldie H. Meekins Manteo
Farm Demonstration Agent Robert S. Smith Manteo
Chairman Board of Education . . . H. E. Best Stumpy Point
Chairman Board of Elections Hugh Basnight Manteo
Wildlife Protector W. S. White Manns Harbor
Forest Ranger Frank Hemilright Manns Harbor
County Attorney Martin Kellogg, Jr Manteo
County Librarian Mrs. Jean Ward Manteo
Veterans Service Officer J. M. Vannote Manteo
Recorder's Court:
Judge W. F. Baum Manteo
Solicitor Martin Kellogg, Jr Manteo
County Commissioners:
Chairman ....
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
. Claude C. Duvall East Lake
. Lawrence L. Swain Manteo
. H. F. Perry Kitty Hawk
. E. P. White Buxton
. Newcomb Midgett Waves
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DAVIDSON
Davidson County was formed in 1822 from Rowan. Was named in honor of General
William Lee Davidson, a soldier of the Revolution, who was killed at the Battle of
Cowan's Ford. When General Greene retreated across North Carolina before Corn-
wallis in 1781, he stationed some troops under General Davidson at Cowan's Ford over
the Catawba River to delay the British Army. The British attacked the Americans,
killed General Davidson, and forced the passage. The United States has erected a
monument in his honor on Guilford Battleground.
Population, 62,244 County Seat, Lexington
Office Officer Address
State Senators 18th District James W. Mason Laurinburg
Paul G. Stoner Lexington
Member House of Representatives H. Cloyd Philpott Lexington
Clerk of Court M. P. Cooper Lexington
Register of Deeds M. V. Lomax Lexington
SheriflF Homer Lee Cox Lexington
Treasurer Ola T. Sink Lexington
Auditor Wm. M. Russ & Co Winston-Salem
Tax Supervisor Eugene Morris Lexington
Tax Collector Robert Miller Lexington
County Accountant Ola T. Sink Lexington
Coroner Dr. Milton Block Lexington
Surveyor Adrian Kinney Lexington
County Health Officer Dr. J. W. Varner Lexington
Superintendent of Schools Paul F. Evans Lexington
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .J. S. Grimes Lexington
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Martha Thompson . .Lexington
Farm Demonstration Agent C. E. Bernhardt Lexington
Chairman Board of Education. . . Roy F. Lohr Lexington
Chairman Board of Elections Thurman Briggs Lexington
Wildlife Protector J. J. Wheless Lexington
County Forester Homer H. Gresham Lexington
County Manager Eugene Morris Lexington
County Attorney Charles W. Mauze Lexington
County Librarian Antoinette Earle Lexington
Veterans Service Officer Albert M. Bray Thomasville
Davidson County Court:
Judge Joe H. Leonard Lexing . n
Solicitor Phillip R. Graver Lexingtor.
Denton Recorder's Court:
Judge J. O. Garner Denton
Thomasville Recorder's Court : v
Judge L. Roy Hughes Thomasville
Solicitor Charles F. Lambeth, Jr Thomasville
County Commissioners:
Chairman E. M. Hunt Denton
Commissioner J. Frank Smith Lexington
Commissioner Wayne Shoaf Lexington
Commissioner Wallace Kennedy Thomasville
Commissioner R. W. Zimmerman Lexington
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DAVIE
Davie County was formed in 1836 from Rowan. Was named in honor of William
R. Davie, distinguished as a soldier of the Revolution, member of the Federal Convention
of 1787, Governor of North Carolina, special Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary to France, "Father of the University of North Carolina."
Population, 15,420 County Seat, Mocksville
Office Officer Address
State Senator 24th District H. P. Eller North Wilkesboro
Member House of Representatives. B. C. Brock Mocksville
Clerk of Court S. H. ChafRn Mocksville
Register of Deeds J. K. Smith Mocksville
SherifT B. Y. Boyles Mocksville
Treasurer Eloise C. Stephens Mocksville
Auditor Eloise C. Stephens Mocksville
Tax Supervisor Eloise C. Stephens Mocksville
Tax Collector Kathlyn H. Reavis Mocksville
County Accountant Eloise C. Stephens Mocksville
Coroner Dr. G. V. Greene Mocksville
Surveyor S. L. Talbert Advance
County Health Officer Dr. Fred G. Pegg Mocksville
Superintendent of Schools Curtis Price Mocksville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Leona G. Smoot Mocksville
Home Demonstration Agent Florence Mackie Mocksville
Farm Demonstration Agent Leo F. Williams Mocksville
Chairman Board of Education . . . J. B. Cain Rt. 5, Mocksville
Chairman Board of Elections J. C. Dwiggins Mocksville
Wildlife Protector T. B. Woodruflf Mocksville
County Attorney A. T. Grant Mocksville
County Librarian Blanche H. Clement Mocksville
Veterans Service Officer Woodrow J. Wilson Mocksville
County Commissioners:
Chairman Atlas Smoot Mocksville
Commissioner B. T. Browder Advance
Commissioner C. W. Alexander Cooleemee
DUPLIN
Duplin County was formed in 1749 from New Hanover. Was named in honor of George
Henry Hay, Lord Duplin, an English nobleman.
Population, 41,074 County Seat, Kenansville
State Senators 9th District Roy Rowe Burgaw
Henry Vann Clinton
Member House of Representatives. Hugh S. Johnson, Jr Rose Hill
Clerk of Court R. V. Wells Kenansville
Register of Deeds Mrs. Christine W. Williams Kenansville
Sheriff Ralph Miller Kenansville
Auditor F. W. McGowen Kenansville
Tax Supervisor F. W. McGowen Kenansville
Tax Collector Harry L. Phillips Kenansville
County Accountant F. W. McGowen Kenansville
Coroner Garland Kennedy Kenansville
County Health Officer Dr. J. F. flowers Wallace
Superintendent of Schools O. P. Johnson Kenansville
Superintendent of Public Welfare . . Grace C. Vann Warsaw
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Alta L. Kornegay Warsaw
Colored Alice C. Luton Warsaw
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Farm Demonstration Agent:
While Vernon H. Reynolds Kenansville
Colored Riddick E. Wilkins Warsaw
Chairman Board of Education . . A. P. Cates Faison
Chairman Board of Elections W. E. Craft Kenansville
Wildlife Protector John Edwards Kenansville
Forest Ranger E.G. Wells Wallace
County Attorney Mrs. Winifred T. Wells Wallace
County Librarian Dorothy Wightman Kenansville
Veterans Service Officer J. B. Wallace Kenansville
General County Court:
Judge Grady Mercer Beaulaville
Solicitor David N. Henderson Wallace
County Commissioners:
Chairman . .
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
. E. E. Kelly Rt. 2, Mt. Olive
A. C. Hall Wallace
. J. B. Stroud Magnolia
Lott Kornegay Warsaw
Leon Brown Beaulaville
DURHAM
Durham County was formed in 1881 from Orange and Wake,
town of Durham, a thriving manufacturing city.
Population, 101,639
Was named after the
County Seat, Durham
State Senators 14th District Claude Currie Durham
Richard G. Long Roxboro
Members House of
Representatives Watts Hill, Jr Durham
E. K. Powe Durham
Clerk of Court Jas. R. Stone Durham
Register of Deeds R. Garland Brooks Durham
Sheriff E.G. Belvin Durham
Treasurer Mrs. Wado A. Stone Durham
Auditor E. S. Swindell, Jr Durham
Tax Supervisor H. T. Warren Durham
Tax Collector M. V. Pendergrass Durham
County Accountant E. S. Swindell, Jr Durham
Coroner Ramon Harton Durham
Surveyor S. M. Credle Durham
County Health Officer Dr. J. H. Epperson Durham
Superintendent of Schools C. H. Chewning Durham
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . W. E. Stanley Durham
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Marilyn Hartsell Durham
Colored Mrs. Estelle T. Nixon Durham
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White Jack Watts Durham
Colored J. C. Hubbard Durham
Chairman Board of Education . . C. E. Jordan Durham
Chairman Board of Elections John E. Markham Durham
Wildlife Protector Marvin Ward Durham
Forest Ranger William S. Terry Durham
County Manager E. S. Swindell, Jr Durham
County Attorney R. P. Reade Durham
County Librarian Mrs. Clara Crawford Durham
Veterans Service Officer Mrs. Buna O'Briant Durham
Durham County Civil Court:
Judge Oscar G. Barker Durham
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Recorder's Court:
Judge A. R. Wilson Durham
Solicitor W. J. Brogden, Jr Durham
County Commissioners:
Chairman G. F. Kirkland Durham
Commissioner S. L. Proctor Durham
Commissioner Frank Kenan Durham
Commissioner Dewey Scarboro Durham
Commissioner Edwin B. Clement Durham
EDGECOMBE
Edgecombe County was formed in 1735 from Bertie. Was named in honor of Richard
Edgecombe, who became Baron Edgecombe in 1742, an English nobleman and a lord
of the treasury.
Population, 51,634 County Seat, Tarboro
State Senators 4th District W. Lunsford Crew Roanoke Rapids
Henry G. Shelton Speed
Member House of Representatives. Thomas G. Dill Rocky Mount
Clerk of Court Don Gilliam, Jr Tarboro
Register of Deeds Mace Edmondson Tarboro
Sheriff Tom P. Bardin Tarboro
Auditor Allen L. Harrell Tarboro
Tax Supervisor James A. Pitt Tarboro
Tax Collector R. A. Stancil Tarboro
County Accountant Allen L. Harrell Tarboro
Coroner Dr. J. G. Raby Tarboro
County Health Officer Dr. W. A. Browne Tarboro
Superintendent of Schools E. D. Johnson Tarboro
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Claudia Edwards Tarboro
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Eugenia P. Van Landingham Tarboro
Colored Mrs. Hazel Parker Tarboro
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White Joe C. Powell Tarboro
Colored T. C. Boyd Tarboro
Chairman Board of Education .... Dr. W. W. Green Tarboro
Chairman Board of Elections Paul E. Warren Tarboro
Wildlife Protector Douglas Rawls Tarboro
Forest Ranger Herbert Hattaway, Jr Tarboro
County Attorney C. H. Leggett Tarboro
County Librarian Janie F. AUsbrook Tarboro
Veterans Service Officer Alfred E. Miller, Jr Tarboro
Recorder's Court:
Judge H. H. Taylor, Jr Tarboro
Solicitor H. H. Philips, Jr Tarboro
County Commissioners:
Chairman W. C. Hargrove Tarboro
Commissioner B. C. Mayo "Tarboro
Commissioner Robert Lee Dunn Pinetops
Commissioner H. N. Davenport Battleboro
Commissioner Wiley W. Mears Roeky Mount
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FORSYTH
Forsyth County was formpd in 1849 from Stokes. Was named in honor of Colonel
nonjamin Forsyth, U. S. A., a citizen of Stokes County, who was killed on the Canadian
frontier on June 28, 1814, during the second war with Great Britain.
Population, 146,13.5 County Seat, Winston-Salem
Office Officer Address
State Senator 22nd District Calvin Graves Winston-Salem
Members House of
Representatives F. L. Gobble Winston-Salem
Clarence E. Stone, Jr Belews Creeh
William F. Womble Winston-Salem
Clerk of Court W. E. Church Winston-Salem
Register of Deeds Mrs. Eunice Ayers Winston-Salem
Sheriff E.G. Shore Winston-Salem
Auditor Lloyd Abbott Winston-Salem
Ta.x Supervisor Fred C. Perry Winston-Salem
Tax Collector J. Arvol Hepler Winston-Salem
County Accountant Lloyd Abbott Winston-Salem
Coroner Dr. V. M. Long Winston-Salem
Surveyor June Lineback Winston-Salem
County Health Officer Dr. Fred G. Pegg Winston-Salem
Superintendent of Schools T. Ray Gibbs Winston-Salem
Superintendent of Public Welfare. John T. McDowell Winston-Salem
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Elizabeth Tuttle Walkertown
Colored Mrs. Lottie Hairston Winston-Salem
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White Forrest Harmon Winston-Salem
Colored Bill Knight Winston-Salem
Chairman Board of Education ... Fred D. Hauser Winston-Salem
Chairman Board of Elections William Z. Wood Winston-Salem
Wildlife Protector W. W. Jones Winston-Salem
County Forester Jim Lanier Winston-Salem
County Manager Lloyd Abbott Winston-Salem
County Attorney Nat S. Crews Winston-Salem
County Librarian Paul S. Ballance Winston-Salem
Veterans Service Officer Lindsay Cox Winston-Salem
Municipal Court:
Judge Leroy Sams Winston-Salem
Solicitor C. F. Burns Winston-Salem
County Commissioners:
Chairman Fred F. Bahnson Winston-Salem
Commissioner P. Huber Hanes, Jr Winston-Salem
Commissioner D. C. Speas Winston-Salem
Commissioner Jack L. Covington Rural Hall
Commissioner Wally G. Dunham Winston-Salem
FRANKLIN
Franklin County was formed in 1779 from Bute. Was named in honor of Benjamin
Franklin.
Population, 31,341 County Seat, Louisburg
State Senators 6th District J. C. Eagles, Jr Wilson
Wilbur M. Jolly Louisburg
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Member House of Representatives Edward F. Yarborough Louisburg
Clerk of Court Jno. W. King Louisburg
Register of Deeds Alex T. Wood Louisburg
Sheriff C. Willis Perry Louisburg
Treasurer First Citizens Bank & Trust Co Louisburg
Auditor Melvin C. Holmes Louisburg
Tax Supervisor Kenneth C. Braswell Louisburg
Tax Collector Kenneth C. Braswell Louisburg
County Accountant Melvin C. Holmes Louisburg
Coroner William W. O'Neal Louisburg
Surveyor Phil R. Inscoe Louisburg
County Health Officer Dr. A. J. Holton Louisburg
Superintendent of Schools Wiley C. Mitchell Youngsville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . Creighton C. Bunn Louisburg
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Peter Dean Rt. 4, Louisburg
Colored Mrs. Margaret Baldwin Louisburg
Farm Demonstration Agent C. T. Dean, Jr Louisburg
Chairman Board of Education .... Paul W. Elam Louisburg
Chairman Board of Elections T. W. Boone Rt. 4, Louisburg
Wildlife Protector Phil Wilson Louisburg
Forest Ranger J. A. Pearce Louisburg
County Attorney Edward F. Yarborough Louisburg
County Librarian Mrs. Elsa Yarborough Louisburg
Veterans Service Officer John A. Rouse Louisburg
Recorder's Court:
Judge James E. Malone Louisburg
Solicitor W. H. Taylor Louisburg
County Commissioners:
Chairman Brooks W. Young Rt. 1, Youngsville
Commissioner Norwood Faulkner Louisburg
Commissioner Ira Weldon Rt 3, Louisburg
Commissioner Norris W. Collins Franklinton
Commissioner R. Burt May Rt. 2, Louisburg
GASTON
Gaston County was formed in 1846 from Lincoln. Was named in honor of Judge
William Gaston, Member of Congress and Justice of the Supreme Court of North Caro-
lina. From 1846 to 1852 Gaston voted with Lincoln and Catawba.
Population, 110,836 County Seat, Gastonia
State Senator 26th District Frank Fatten Cooke Gastonia
Members House of
Representatives Max L. Childers Mount Holly
David P. Dellinger Cherry ville
Clerk of Court Paul E. Monroe Gastonia
Register of Deeds Mrs. Rubye D. Rhyne Gastonia
Sheriff D. L. Beam Gastonia
Treasurer J. A. Ormand ,. : . Gastonia
Auditor C. E. Dent Gastonia
Tax Supervisor C. Fied Shuford Gastonia
Tax Collector C. Fred Shuford Gastonia
County Accountant C. E. Dent Gastonia
Coroner W. J. McLean Gastonia
Surveyor J. H. Findley Gastonia
Superintendent of Schools Hunter Huss Gastonia
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Graham Ponder Gastonia
Home Demonstration Agent Lucille Tatum , , Gastonia
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Farm Demonstration Agent Paul Kiser Gastonia
Chairman Board of Education ... John R. Rankin Gastonia
Chairman Board of Elections Verne E; Shive Gastonia
Wildlife Protector Jake McLean Bessemer City
County Attorney Harley B. Gaston Belmont
County Librarian Mrs. Bruce Heafner Gastonia
Veterans Service Officer Charles W. Hawkins Gastonia
Recorder's Courts:
Bessemer:
Judge Claude B. Woltz Bessemer City
Solicitor Henry L. Kiser Bessemer City
Cherryville:
Judge Ray Ballard Cherryville
Solicitor Berlin H. Carpenter, Jr Gastonia
Dallas:
Judge John Friday Lincoln ton
Solicitor Frank L. Carpenter Dallas
Gastonia:
Judge Julius T. Sanders Gastonia
Mount Holly:
Judge Tom A. Belk Mount Holly
Solicitor Dotson Palmer Charlotte
County Commissioners:
Chairman M. Fred Ormand Bessemer City
Commissioner O. E. Massey Mount Holly
Commissioner W. B. Garrison Gastonia
Commissioner C. Grier Beam Cherryville
Commissioner Robert F. Rhyne Dallas
Commissioner Joseph W. Lineberger Belmont
GATES
Gates County was formed in 1778 from Chowan, Perquimans, and Hertford. Was
named in honor of General Horatio Gates, who commanded the American Army at the
battle of Saratoga. At this battle an entire British Army was captured, but General
Gates contributed nothing to that success. It is regarded as one of the most important
battles in the history of the world.
Population, 9,555 County Seat, Gatesville
State Senators 1st District N. Elton Aydlett Elizabeth City
J. William Copeland Murfreesboro
Member House of Representatives. Allen E. Askew Gatesville
Clerk of Court L. C. Hand, Sr Gatesville
Register of Deeds Tazewell D. Eure Gatesville
Sheriff L. F. Overman Gatesville
Treasurer Tarheel Bank & Trust Co Gatesville
Auditor Tazewell D. Eure Gatesville
Tax Supervisor Tazewell D. Eure Gatesville
Tax Collector L. F. Overman Gatesville
County Accountant Tazewell D. Eure Gatesville
Coroner J. M. Eason Gatesville
County Health Officer Dr. James A. Fields Winton
Superintendent of Schools W. C. Harrell Gatesville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Mrs. Clarine G. Carter Gatesville
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Home Demonstration Agent:
White Lydia GrifBn Gatesville
Colored Mrs. Pennie Battle Gatesville
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White John W. Artz Gatesville
Colored Howard L. Mitchell Gatesville
Chairman Board of Education .... S. P. Cross Gatesville
Chairman Board of Elections W. P. Taylor Gatesville
Wildlife Protector D. E. Barnes Corapeake
Forest Ranger H. L. Langston, Jr Gates
County Attorney Hubert Eason Gatesville
County Librarian Lucy Costen Gatesville
County Court:
Judge
Solicitor
County Commissioners
Chairman ....
Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner
. H. V. Beamon Gatesville
. W. D. Brown Sunbury
. C. H. Carter Hobbsville
. R. E. Miller Gates
W. L. Askew Eure
T. J. Stallings Hobbsville
J. E. Gregory Sunbury
GRAHAM
Graham County was formed in 1872 from Cherokee. Was named in honor of Governor
William A. Graham, United States Senator, Governor of North Carolina, Secretary of
the Navv, Confederate States Senator. Graham County voted with Cherokee until 1883.
Population, 6,886
County Seat, Robbinsville
State Senator 33rd District Kelly E. Bennett Bryson City
Member House of Representatives Leonard W. Lloyd Robbinsville
Clerk of Court W. M. Sherrill Robbinsville
Register of Deeds Arnold Jenkins Robbinsville
Sheriff Jack F. Shuler Robbinsville
Treasurer Citizens Bank & Trust Co Robbinsville
Ta.x Supervisor Carmel Crisp Robbinsville
Tax Collector Judd Orr Robbinsville
County Accountant Judd Orr Robbinsville
Coroner J. D. Evans Robbinsville
County Health Officer
Superintendent of Schools
Superintendent of Public Welfare
Home Demonstration Agent
Farm Demonstration Agent
Chairman Board of Education .
. Dr. Robert R. King Murphy
. Guy Sutton Robbinsville
Christine Courtning Tapoco
Nellie Joe Carter Robbinsville
Albert Ramsey Robbinsville
Wavne Marcus Robbinsville
Chairman Board of Elections Ray Phillips Robbinsville
Wildlife Protector C. L. Garland Robbinsville
Forest Ranger John McKeldrey Robbinsville
County Attorney T. M. Jenkins Robbinsville
County Librarian Mrs. Tillman Orr Robbinsville
Veterans Service Officer Mrs. Eloise D. Tatham Robbinsville
County Commissioners:
Chairman F. J. Jenkins Tapoco
Commissioner John C. Bryson Rt. 1, Robbinsville
Commissioner Toney Ayers Tapoco
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GRANVILLE
Granville County was formed in 1746 from Edgecombe. Was named in honor of John
Carteret, Earl Granville, who owned the Granville District. He was Prime Minister
under King George II, and a very brilliant man.
Population, 31,793 County Seat, Oxford
Office OlUcer Address
State Senators 14th District Claude Currie Durham
Richard G. Long Roxboro
Member House of Representatives. Joe A. Watliins Oxford
Clerk of Court A. W. Graham, Jr Oxford
Register of Deeds Mrs. Flora O. Mann Oxford
SheriflF Roy D. Jones Oxford
Auditor I. W. Bullock Oxford
Tax Supervisor I. W. Bullock Oxford
Tax Collector Roy D. Jones Oxford
County Accountant I. W. Bullock Oxford
Coroner Grover C. Saunders, Jr Oxford
Superintendent of Schools D. N. Hix Oxford
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . W. W. Mullen Oxford
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Dorothy Wilkinson Oxford
Colored Mary Parham Powell Rt. 3, Oxford
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White C. V. Morgan Oxford
Colored J. R. Redding Oxford
Chairman Board of Education .... Dr. R. L. Noblin Oxford
Chairman Board of Elections John N. Watkins, Jr Oxford
Wildlife Protector John D. Savage Oxford
Forest Ranger CuUom Critcher Rt. 3, Oxford
County Attorney T. G. Stem Oxford
County Librarian Mrs. Edith F. Cannady Oxford
Veterans Service Officer T. G. Stem, Jr Oxford
Recorder's Court:
Judge Will Z. Mitchell Oxford
Solicitor Roy H. Royster Oxford
County Commissioners:
Chairman George D. Morton Rt. 4, Oxford
Commissioner Hubert L. Cox Oxford
Commissioner W. W. Yeargin Rt. 3, Oxford
Commissioner W. D. Gooch Rt. 1, Franklin ton
Commissioner Morgan Daniel Rt. 1, Oxford
GREENE
Greene County was formed in 1799 from Glasgow. Was named in honor of General
Nathaniel Greene, Washington's "right-hand-man." Next to Washington General
Greene is regarded as the greatest soldier of the Revolution. He fought the battle of
Guilford Courthouse and saved North Carolina from the British.
Population, 18,024 County Seat, Snow Hill
State Senators 7th District John G. Dawson Kinston
Luther Hamilton, Sr Morehead City
Member House of Representatives. Herbert Hardy Maury
Clerk of Court J. E. Mewborn Snow Hill
Register of Deeds Mrs. Lula Heath Snow Hill
Sheriff H. K. Cobb Snow Hill
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Treasurer R. P. Aiken, Jr Snow Hill
Auditor Geo. W. Edwards Snow Hill
Tax Supervisor Geo. W. Edwards Snow Hill
Tax Collector J. M. Albritton Snow Hill
County Accountant Geo. W. Edwards Snow Hill
County Health Officer Dr. Arthur S. Chesson, Jr Snow Hill
Superintendent of Schools B. L. Davis Snow Hill
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Rachel Payne Sugg Snow Hill
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Elizabeth W. Jones Snow Hill
Colored Mrs. Mabel Peterson Snow Hill
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White John W. Grant Snow Hill
Colored A. L. Jones Snow Hill
Chairman Board of Education . . . . R. L. Hart Snow Hill
Chairman Board of Elections James H. Potter Snow Hill
Wildlife Protector Melvin Hill Snow Hill
Forest Ranger Zell Smith Snow Hill
County Attorney Walter G. Sheppard Snow Hill
County Librarian Violet Caudle Snow Hill
Veterans Service Officer Walter G. Sheppard Snow Hill
County Court:
Judge Walter G. Sheppard Snow Hill
Solicitor I. Joseph Horton Snow Hill
County Commissioners:
Chairman W. B. Gay Walstonburg
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
. L. F. Herring Snow Hill
. E. E. Butts Hookerton
. W. D. Corbett Snow Hill
. E. L. Jones Snow Hill
GUILFORD
Guilford County was formed in 1770 from Rowan and Orange. Was named in honor
of Francis North, Earl of Guilford, an English nobleman. He was the father of Lord
North who was Prime Minister under King George III during the Revolution. Lord
North afterwards succeeded his father as Earl of Guilford.
Population, 191,057 County Seat, Greensboro
State Senator 17th District O. Arthur Kirkman High Point
Members House of
Representatives Joseph M. Hunt, Jr Greensboro
Ed Kemp High Point
Clyde A. Shreve Summerfield
Thomas Turner Greensboro
Clerk of Court J. P. Shore Greensboro
Register of Deeds John H. McAdoo Greensboro
Sheriff John E. Walters Greensboro
Treasurer I. H. Black Greensboro
Tax Supervisor W. F. Hester Greensboro
Tax Collector W. F. Hester Greesnboro
County Accountant John T. Harrington Greensboro
Coroner Dr. W. W. Harvey Greensboro
County Health Officer Dr. E. H. Ellin wood Greensboro
Superintendent of Schools E. D. Idol Greensboro
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Louis M. Thompson Greensboro
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Ruth Thomas Greensboro
Colored Mrs. Rosa T. Winchester Greensboro
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Farm Demonstration Agent:
White Willard Kimrey Greensboro
Colored B. A. Hall Greensboro
Chairman Board of Education .... Howard E. Carr Greensboro
Chairman Board of Elections A. L. Meyland, Jr Greensboro
Wildlife Protector Robert Wiles Greensboro
County Forester John F. Spivey Greensboro
County Manager J. Harry Weatherly Greensboro
County Attorney T. C. Hoyle, Sr Greensboro
Veterans Service Officer A.M. Cumbie Greensboro
Greensboro Municipal-County Court:
Judge James B. Wolfe Greensboro
Solicitor Hubert L. Seymour Greensboro
High Point Municipal Court:
Judge Byron Haworth High Point
Solicitor R. E. Bencini, Jr High Point
County Commissioners:
Chairman Lloyd C. Amos Greensboro
Commissioner Wm. G. Ragsdale Jamestown
Commissioner Carson Bain Greensboro
Commissioner Sidney B. Allen Greensboro
Commissioner Charles J. Hunt Greensboro
HALIFAX
Halifax County was formed in 1758 from Edgecombe. Was named in honor of George
Montagu Dunk, Earl of Halifax, president of the Board of Trade, which had control of
the colonies before the Revolution.
Population, 58,377 County Seat, Halifax
State Senators 4th District W. Lunsford Crew Roanoke Rapids
Henry G. Shelton Speed
Member House of Representatives. Frank S. Pittman Scotland Neck
Clerk of Court W. R. Bryant Halifax
Register of Deeds Frank D. Wilson Halifax
Sheriff Harry A. House Halifax
Treasurer Bank of Halifax Halifax
Auditor C. S. Vinson Halifax
Tax Supervisor C. S. Vinson Halifax
Tax Collector Mrs. Ruth S. Gregory Halifax
County Accountant C. S. Vinson Halifax
Coroner Rufus G. Britton Halifax
Surveyor J. C. Shearin Roanoke Rapids
County Health Officer Dr. Robt. F. Young Roanoke Rapids
Superintendent of Schools W. Henry Overman Halifax
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Bernice Hitchins Halifax
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Estelle White Halifax
Colored Ruth Whitworth Halifax
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White J. R. Woodard Halifax
Colored D. J. Knight Enfield
Chairman Board of Education . . . . C. L. Kelly Rt. 2, Littleton
Chairman Board of Elections CD. Moss Enfield
Wildlife Protector Victor S. Coward Scotland Neck
Forest Ranger J. W. Johnson Scotland Neck
County Attorney Kelly Jenkins Roanoke Rapids
Veterans Service Officer John R. Herring Scotland Neck
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Office Officer Address
Recorder's Court:
Judge W. B. AUsbrook Roanoke Rapids
Solicitor Nicholas Long Roanoke Rapids
County Commissioners:
Chairman J. R. Wrenn Roanoke Rapids
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
C. S. Alexander Scotland Neck
.J. R. Rives Enfield
. T. W. Myrick Littleton
. Meade H. Mitchell Weldon
HARNETT
Harnett County was formed in 1855 from Cumberland. Was named in honor of
Cornelius Harnett, eminent Revolutionary patriot. President of the Provincial Council,
President of the Council of Safety, delegate to the Continental Congress, author of the
Halifax Resolution of April 12, 1767. Harnett voted with Cumberland until 1865.
Population, 47,605 County Seat, Lillington
State Senators 12th District Dr. Henry W. Jordan Cedar Falls
J. Benton Thomas Raeford
Member House of Representatives . Carson Gregory Angler
Clerk of Court Mrs. Elizabeth F. Matthews Lillington
Register of Deeds Mrs. Inez Harrington Lillington
Sheriff C. R. Moore Lillington
Auditor Herbert D. Carson, Jr Lillington
Tax Supervisor Berles Johnson Lillington
Tax Collector D. P. Ray, Jr Lillington
Coroner R. L. Pate Lillington
Surveyor Walter Lee Johnson Lillington
County Health OflScer Dr. W. B. Hunter Lillington
Superintendent of Schools G. T. Proffit Buies Creek
Superintendent of Public Welfare Lela Moore Hall Lillington
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Thelma Hinson Lillington
Colored Mrs. Ida P. Hinnant Lillington
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White C. R. Ammons Lillington
Colored L. K. Boston Lillington
Chairman Board of Education. . Sidney G. Thomas Rt. 1, Broadway
Chairman Board of Elections Dougald McRae Rt. 3, Lillington
Wildlife Protector Robert Wright Rt. 1, Lillington
Forest Ranger J. Ellis Byrd Bunnlevel
County Attorney W. A. Johnson Lillington
County Librarian Mrs. S. R. McKay Lillington
Veterans Service Officer L. B. McLean Lillington
Recorder's Court:
Judge Robert B. Morgan Lillington
Solicitor Charles R. Williams Erwin
Dunn Recorder's Court:
Judge H. Paul Strickland Dunn
Solicitor Charles L. Guy Dunn
County Commissioners:
Chairman L. A. Tart Dunn
Commissioner J. E. Womble Lillington
Commissioner A. M. Cameron Rt. 6, Jonesboro Heights
Commissioner Joe Currin Angler
Commissioner Jarvis M. Pleasant Rt. 2, Angier
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HAYWOOD
Haywood County was formed in 1808 from Buncombe. Was namod in honor of
John Haywood, who for forty years (1787-1827) was the popular Treasurer of the State.
Population, 37,631 County Seat, Waynesville
Office Officer Address
State Senators 32nd District J. R. Stephenson Saluda
R. Lee Whitmire Hendersonville
Member House of Representatives. Charles B. McCrary Clyde
Clerk of Court J. B. Siler Waynesville
Register of Deeds Jule Noland Waynesville
Sheriff Fred Y. Campbell Waynesville
Treasurer James Kirkpatrick Waynesville
Auditor James Kirkpatrick Waynesville
Tax Collector B. D. Medford Waynesville
County Accountant James Kirkpatrick Waynesville
Coroner Dr. J. Frank Pate Waynesville
County Health Officer Dr. R. K. Butler Waynesville
Superintendent of Schools Lawrence Leatherwood Waynesville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . Mrs. Sam L. Queen Waynesville
Home Demonstration Agent Mary Corn well Waynesville
Farm Demonstration Agent V. L. Holloway Waynesville
Chairman Board of Education. . . . Jarvis Caldwell Wavnesville
Chairman Board of Elections John Carver Waynesville
Wildlife Protector Frank E. Williams Lake Junaluska
Forest Ranger R. E. Caldwell Waynesville
County Attorney Grover C. Davis Waynesville
Veterans Service Officer J. H. Howell, Sr Waynesville
County Commissioners:
Chairman Farady Green Rt. 1, Clyde
Commissioner Frank Medford Rt. 1, Clyde
Commissioner Floyd Moody Canton
HENDERSON
Henderson County was formed in 1838 from Buncombe. Was named in honor of
Leonard Henderson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina.
Population, 30,921 County Seat, Hendersonville
State Senators 32nd District J. R. Stephenson •. . . .Saluda
R. Lee Whitmire Hendersonville
Member House of Representatives. J. T. Randall Hendersonville
Clerk of Court Geo. W. Fletcher Hendersonville
Register of Deeds Marshall Watterson Hendersonville
Sheriff Paul Z. Hill Hendersonville
Tax Supervisor Curtis Newman HSndersonville
Tax Collector Preston Drake Hendersonville
County Accountant E. E. McBride Hendersonville
Coroner Dr. R. A. Porter Hendersonville
Surveyor Donald Hill Hendersonville
County Health Officer Dr. J. D. Lutz Hendersonville
Superintendent of Schools J. M. Foster Hendersonville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Mrs. Jamie M. Purcell Hendersonville
Home Demonstration Agent Kathleen C. Hodges Hendersonville
Farm Demonstration Agent D wight W. Bennett Hendersonville
Chairman Board of Education . . . . L. C. Youngblood Hendersonville
Chairman Board of Elections Mac H. Aiken ■ Hendersonville
Wildlife Protector Clyde Jackson Hendersonville
Forest Ranger James Rhodes Rt. 2, Hendersonville
County Attorney G. H. Valentine Hendersonville
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Office Officer Address
County Librarian Mary Kent Seagle Hendersonville
Veterans Service Officer Asa B. Hadden Hendersonville
Recorder's Court:
Judge J. E. Shipman Hendersonville
Solicitor J. W. Jackson Hendersonville
County Commissioners:
Chairman E. E. McBride Hendersonville
Commissioner J. J. Thompson Hendersonville
Commissioner William E. Dalton Edneyville
HERTFORD
Hertford County was formed in 1759 from Chowan, Bertie, and Northampton. Was
named in honor of Francis Seymour Conway, Marquis of Hertford, an English noble-
man. He was a brother of General Conway, a distinguished British soldier and member
of Parliament, who favored the repeal of the Stamp Act. The word Hertford is said to
mean "Red Ford."
Population, 21,453 County Seat, Winton
State Senators 1st District N. Elton Aydlett Elizabeth City
J. William Copeland Murfreesboro
Member House of Representatives. J. Roy Pariver, Sr Ahoskie
Clerk of Court Arthur W. Greene Winton
Register of Deeds T. D. Northcott Winton
Sheriff C. W. Parker Winton
Auditor H. J. Brown Winton
Tax Supervisor T. M. Condon Winton
Tax Collector T. M. Condon Winton
County Accountant H. J. Brown Winton
Coroner Lee Roy Fuller Winton
County Health Officer Dr. James A. Fields Winton
Superintendent of Schools R. P. Martin Winton
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .1. P. Davis Winton
Home Demonstration Agent:
Colored Mrs. Mary D. Craig Winton
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White J. W. Ballentine Winton
Colored Melvin L. Johnston Winton
Chairman Board of Education .... Wm. R. Raynor Ahoskie
Chairman Board of Elections W. W. Winborne Murfreesboro
Wildlife Protector Henry L. Bazemore Ahoskie
Forest Ranger Kader Bass Ahoskie
County Attorney C. Wallace Jones Winton
County Librarian Mrs. Carl Bickers Winton
Veterans Service Officer Joseph D. Blythe Ahoskie
Recorder's Court:
Judge W. D. Boone Winton
Solicitor Joseph D. Blythe Ahoskie
County Commissioners:
Chairman Fred Jones Winton
Commissioner Merrill J. Evans Ahoskie
Commissioner H. O. Edwards Ahoskie
Commissioner W. W. Hill Murfreesboro
Commissioner Robert L. Rowe Harrellsville
Commissioner R. G. Whitley Como
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HOKE
Hoke County was formed in 1911 from Cumberland and Robeson. Was named in
honor of Robert F. Hoke, of Norlfi Carolina, Major-General in the Confederate States
Army.
Population, 15,756
Office
State Senators 12th District.
Officer
County Seat, Raeford
Address
Member House of Representatives
Clerk of Court
Register of Deeds
Sheriflf
Auditor
Tax Supervisor
Tax Collector
County Accountant
Coroner
Surveyor
County Health Officer
Superintendent of Schools
Superintendent of Public Welfare
Home Demonstration Agent
Farm Demonstration Agent
Chairman Board of Education. .
Chairman Board of Elections
Wildlife Protector
Forest Ranger
County Attorney
County Librarian
Veterans Service Officer
Recorder's Court:
Dr. Henry W. Jordan Cedar Falls
J. Benton Thomas Raeford
Charles A. Hostetler Raeford
M. D. Yates Raeford
J. E. GuUedge Raeford
D. H. Hodgin Raeford
John W. McPhaul Raeford
John W. McPhaul Raeford
D. H. Hodgin Raeford
John W. McPhaul Raeford
J. C. Lentz Raeford
J. H. Blue Raeford
Dr. J. W. Willcox Southern Pines
K. A. McDonald Raeford
Mrs. C. H. Giles Raeford
Josephine Hall Raeford
W. C. Williford Raeford
N. L. McFadyen Raeford
W. L. Poole Raeford
H. R. McLean Raeford
C. F. McBryde Raeford
Gore & Hostetler Raeford
Mrs. Ina Bethune Raeford
Mrs. Marion M. Clark Raeford
Judge Harry A. Greene Raeford
Solicitor G. B. Rowland Raeford
County Commissioners:
Chairman ....
Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner
. T. D. McPhaul Rt. 1, Shannon
. Douglas Monroe Rt. 2, Raeford
. Dr. Julius F. Jordan Raeford
E. C. Smith, Jr Raeford
. B. H. Williamson Rt. 3, Raeford
HYDE
Hyde County was formed in 1705 from Bath. Called Wickham until about 1712.
Named Hyde in honor of Governor Edward Hyde, of North Carolina, a grandson of the
Earl of Clarendon. The Earl was one of the Lords Proprietors. Governor Hyde was a
first cousin of Queen Anne.
Population, 6,479
State Senators 2nd District.
Member House of Representatives
Clerk of Court
Register of Deeds
Sheriff
Tax Supervisor
Tax Collector
Coiuity Accountant
County Seat, Swan Quarter
Robert H. Cowen Williamston
Edward L. Owens Plymouth
Dick O'Neal New Holland
Marjorie M. Swindell Swan Quarter
Evelyn H. Swindell Swan Quarter
Charlie J. Cahoon Swan Quarter
Gladys B. Midyette Swan Quarter
Charlie J. Cahoon Swan Quarter
Gladys B. Midyette Swan Quarter
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Office Officer Address
Coroner Pratt C. Williamson Swan Quarter
County Health Officer Dr. W. W. Johnson Manteo
Superintendent of Schools Tomnaie Gaylord Swan Quarter
Superintendent of Public Welfare. William A. Miller Swan Quarter
Home Demonstration Agent Jean Woodley Swan Quarter
Farm Demonstration Agent George O'Neal Englehard
Chairman Board of Education . . Jabin Berry Englehard
Chairman Board of Elections Fred A. Mason Swan Quarter
Wildlife Protector James L. Cahoon Swan Quarter
Forest Ranger Ben C. Simmons Swan Quarter
County Attorney Geo. T. Davis Swan Quarter
Veterans Service Officer Evelyn H. Swindell Swan Quarter
Recorder's Court:
Judge D. D. Cutrell Fairfield
Solicitor Geo. T. Da vis Swan Quarter
County Commissioners:
Chairman H. L. Sadler Swan Quarter
Commissioner Seth B. Credle Swan Quarter
Commissioner Pat C. Simmons Fairfield
IREDELL
Iredell County was formed in 1788 from Rowan. Named in honor of James Iredell,
of Edenton, who was one of the foremost lawyers of the State. In 1788 and 1789 he was
one of the leaders in the State in advocating the adoption of the Constitution of the United
States. His speeches in the Convention of 1788 at Hillsboro were among the ablest de-
livered by any of the advocates of the Constitution. Washington appointed him in 1790
a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Population, 56,303 County Seat, Statesville
State Senator 25th District C. V. Henkel Turnersburg
W. B. Shuford Hickory
Member House of Representatives. James E. McKnight Mooresville
Clerk of Court Carl G. Smith Statesville
Register of Deeds Mariemma Henley Statesville
Sheriff J. C. Rumple Statesville
Treasurer Mrs. Flossie King Statesville
Tax Supervisor W. J. Haseldon Statesville
Tax Collector Mrs. Flossie King Statesville
County Accountant Mrs. Bernice McJunkin Statesville
Coroner Marvin Raymer Statesville
Surveyor L. B. Grier Statesville
County Health Officer Dr. Ernest Ward Statesville
Superintendent of Schools E. H. Helton Statesville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Albert W. King Statesville
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Nancy Myers Statesville
Colored Pauline Moore Statesville
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White Wayne Franklin Statesville
Colored D. O. Ivey Statesville
Chairman Board of Education .... Halbert Crowson Statesville
Chairman Board of Elections Zeb V. Long, Jr Statesville
Wildlife Protector Miles E. Forbes Statesville
County Forester R. G. Carney Statesville
County Manager Mrs. Bernice McJunkin Statesville
County Attorney Hugh G. Mitchell Statesville
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Oflice Officer Address
Counly Librarian Mrs. W. H. Pumphrey Statesville
Veterans Service Officer J. P. Van Hoy Union Grove
Recorder's Court:
Judep C. B. Winberry Statesville
Solicitor R. A. Hedrick Statesville
Mooresville Recorder's Court:
Jude? W. R. Pope Mooresville
Solicitor W. S. Neel Mooresville
County Commissioners:
Chairman Eugene Fraley Statesville
Commissioner N. M. Blackwelder Statesville
Commissioner J. S. Dobson Rt. 2, Statesville
Commissioner Roy W. Troutman Mooresville
Commissioner V. L. Wagner Troutman
JACKSON
Jackson County was formed in 1851 from Haywood and Macon. Named in honor
of Andrew Jackson, who was born in Mecklenburg County (the site of his birthplace is
now in Union), won the brilliant victory over the British at New Orleans in 1815 and
was twice elected President of the United States. '
Population, 19,261 County Seat, Sylva
State Senators .32nd District J. R. Stephenson Saluda
^^ , „ , „ . R. Lee Whitmire Henderson ville
Member House of Representatives . Marcellus Buchanan Sylva
Clerk of Court Mrs. Margaret W. Henson Svlva
Register of Deeds Glenn Hughes ' Sylva
Sheriff Frank Allen ' .' .' .Sylva
Treasurer Jennings A. Brvson Sylva
Tax Supervisor Jennings A. Bryson Svlva
Tax Collector Tom L. Clayton Sylva
County Accoimtant Tom L. Clayton ' Sylva
Coroner Dr. P. E. Dewees Sylva
Surveyor George T. Knight Svlva
County Health Officer Dr. G. V. Gooding Svlva
Superintendent of Schools W. Vernon Cope '. . . Svlva
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .G. C. Henson . . . . Sylva
Home Demonstration Agent Mary Johnston Sylva
Farm Demonstration Agent Paul Gibson Sylva
Chairman Board of Education ... Tom Dillard Svlva
Chairman Board of Elections Harley Buchanan Svlva
Wildlife Protector W. William Danner Sylva
Forest Ranger Charlie Evans Sylva
County Attorney D. M. Hall [ Svlva
County Librarian Sadie Luck [ Sylva
Veterans Service Officer L. H. Higdon ! Sylva
County Commissioners:
Chairman Jennings A. Bryson Sylva
Commissioner M. V. Breedlove Sylva
Commissioner Ed Fisher Sylva
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JOHNSTON
Johnston County was'formed in 1746 from" Craven. ' Aftorwards parts of Duplin and
Orange were added. Was named in honor of Gabriel Johnston, Governor of North
Carolina from 1734 to 1752.
Population, 65,906 County Seat, Smithfield
Office Officer Address
State Senators 8th District Dr. D. J. Rose Goldsboro
Adam J. Whitley, Jr Smithfield
Members House of
Representatives Rov C. Coates Smithfield
C. Blake Thomas Smithfield
Clerk of Court H. V. Rose Smithfield
Register of Deeds W. G. Massey Smithfield
Sheriff B. A. Henry Smithfield
Treasurer J. Narvin Creech Smithfield
Auditor W. H. Britt :•.... Smithfield
Tax Supervisor W. H. Britt Smithfield
Tax Collector Thomas L. Upchurch Smithfield
County Accountant W. H. Britt : . . . Smithfield
Coroner V. J. Underwood Smithfield
Surveyor C. B. Fulghum Selma
County Health Officer Dr. E. S. Grady Smithfield
Superintendent of Schools E. S. Simpson Smithfield
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .J. D. Pegram Smithfield
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Sarah Butts Smithfield
Colored Mrs. Lucy O'Toole Smithfield
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White C. W. Tarlton \ . '. ; . .Smithfield
Colored L. R. Johnson : . : Smithfield
Chairman Board of Education ... .J. V. Ogburn Smithfield
Chairman Board of Elections Harry E. Canaday Benson
Wildlife Protector H. H. King Smithfield
Forest Ranger H.J. Whitley, Jr Smithfield
County Attorney Jerry George Smithfield
County Librarian Evelyn Bishop Smithfield
Veterans Service Oflncer L. P. Creech Pine Level
County Recorder's Court:
Judge William I. Godwin Selma
Solicitor William R. Britt Smithfield
Recorders' Courts:
Benson:
Judge J. E. Johnson Benson
Solicitor A. L. Parker Benson
Clayton:
Judge L. H. Champion Clayton
Solicitor ■. .E. V. Wilkins Smithfield
Kenly:
Judge Griffin Edgerton Kenly
Solicitor Wiley Narron Smithfield
Selma:
Judge J. N. Wiggs Selma
Solicitor E. Craig Jones, Jr Selma
Smithfield:
Judge R. E. Batton Smithfield
Solicitor Pope Lyon Smithfield
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Office
County Commissioners
Chairman
Commissioner. .
Commissioner. .
Commissioner. .
Commissioner. .
Officer
Address
. R. P. Holding Smithfield
. Henry M. Johnson Four Oaks
Floyd C. Price Selma
. J. Dobbin Bailey Kenly
. R. G. Gurley Selma
JONES
Jones County was formed in 1778 from Craven. Was named in honor of Willie Jones,
of Halifax. He was one of the leading patriots of the Revolution, was President of the
Council of Safety, and was opposed to the adoption of the Constitution of the United
States. It was due to his influence that the Convention of 1788 rejected it.
Population, 11,004
State Senators 7th District.
Member Ifouse of Representatives
Clerk of Court
Register of Deeds
Sheriff
Treasurer
Auditor
Tax Supervisor
Tax Collector
County Accountant
Coroner
County Health Officer
Superintendent of Schools
Superintendent of Public Welfare
County Seat, Trenton
John G. Dawson Kinston
Luther Hamilton, Sr. Morehead City
John M. Hargett Trenton
W. Murray Whitaker Trenton
Dorothy Noble Koonce Trenton
W. B. Yates Trenton
Branch Banking & Trust Co Trenton
Earl Franck Trenton
G. C. Herritage Trenton
Zelle Pollock Trenton
G. C. Herritage Trenton
William Metts Trenton
Dr. R. J. Jones Kinston
W. B. Moore Trenton
Zeta G. Burt Trenton
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Fay tie Cox Trenton
Colored Eva M. Andrews Trenton
Farm Demonstration Agent;
White J. R. Franck Trenton
Colored Fletcher Barber Trenton
Chairman Board of Education . J. C. West, Jr Trenton
Chairman Board of Elections W. F. Hill Trenton
Wildlife Protector Carlton R. Parker PoUocksville
Forest Ranger B. E. McDaniel Rt. 1, Trenton
County Attorney George R. Hughes Trenton
Veterans Service Officer Donald P. Brock Trenton
County Commissioners;
Chairman
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
J. T. Stilley Trenton
. D. A. Jones Rt. 1, Pink Hill
Bruce Simmons PoUocksville
. Harold C. Mallard Rt. 1, Trenton
C. L. Davis Rt. 1, PoUocksville
LEE
Lee County was formed in 1907 from Chatham and Moore. Named in honor of
Robert E. Lee.
Population, 23,522 County Seat, Sanford
State Senators 13th District J. W. Hoyle Sanford
James M. Poyner Raleigh
Member House of Representatives. J. Shelton Wicker Sanford
County Government 595
Office Officer Address
Clerk of Court E. M. Underwood Sanford
Register of Deeds J. B. O'Brien Sanford
Sheriff D. F. Holder Sanford
Tax Supervisor Paul Lucas Sanford
Tax Collector W. H. Campbell Sanford
County Accountant Una Gregson Sanford
Coroner Dr. J. H. Byerly Sanford
Surveyor J. Chandler Bakes Sanford
County Health Officer Dr. O. David Garvin Sanford
Superintendent of Schools J. J. Lentz Sanford
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Mrs. Clifford Tracy Sanford
Home Demonstration Agent Monica Brown Sanford
Farm Demonstration Agent K. S. Harmon Sanford
Chairman Board of Education .... J. B. Cameron Broadway
Chairman Board of Elections W. H. Ray Sanford
Wildlife Protector A. C. Godwin Sanford
Forest Ranger A. C. Farrell Sanford
County Attorney W. W. Staton Sanford
County Librarian Mary Scott Gurley Sanford
Veterans Service Officer W. D. Gregson Sanford
County Criminal Court:
Judge W. W. Seymour Sanford
Solicitor K. R. Hoyle Sanford
County Commissioners:
Chairman Percy Measmer Sanford
Commissioner J. M. Cheshire Sanford
Commissioner Clyde J. Atkins Sanford
Commissioner Evander Winstead Sanford
Commissioner Sion Kelly Sanford
LENOIR
Lenoir County was formed in 1791 from Dobbs and Craven. Was named in honor
of General William Lenoir, one of the heroes of King's Mountain.
Population, 45,953 County Seat, Kinston
State Senators 7th District John G. Dawson Kinston
Luther Hamilton, Sr Morehead City
Member House of Representatives. Thomas J. White Kinston
Clerk of Court John S. Davis Kinston
Register of Deeds Catherine Cooke Kinston
Sheriff H. C. Broadway Kinston
Auditor Katie Cobb Kinston
Tax Supervisor M. G. Williams Kinston
Tax Collector M. G. Williams Kinston
County Accountant Katie Cobb Kinston
Coroner R. T. Jarman Kinston
Surveyor Alfred Cheney Kinston
County Health Officer Dr. R. J. Jones Kinston
Superintendent of Schools H. H. Bullock Kinston
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Joseph F. B. McCauley Kinston
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Marie Penuel Kinston
Colored Victoria Black Kinston
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White Joe Koonce Kinston
Colored W. N. Peyton Kinston
Chairman Board of Education . . . . E. S. Wooten Kinston
Chairman Board of Elections F. E. Wallace, Jr Kinston
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Office Officer Address
Wildlife Protector D. B. Bell Kinston
Forest Ranger John L. Ives Kinston
County Attorney Thomas J. White Kinston
County Librarian Louella S. Posey Kinston
Veterans Service Officer Burt Edmundson Kinston
Municipal-County Court:
Judge E. R. Wooten Kinston
Solicitor P. H. Crawford, Jr Kinston
Grifton Recorder's Court:
Judge Robert B. McCotter Grifton
Solicitor J. H. Brooks Kinston
LaGrange Recorder's Court:
Judge H. A. Rouse LaGrange
County Commissioners:
Chairman J. R. Davenport. Deep Run
Commissioner W. L. Measley LaGrange
Commissioner Harry Sutton Kinston
Commissioner Ralph G. Daughety Rt. 1, Kinston
Commissioner Whitford Hill Pink Hill
LINCOLN
Lincoln County was formed in 1779 from Tryon. Was named in honor of General
Benjamin Lincoln, a distinguished general of the Revolution, whom Washington ap-
pointed to receive the swords of Lord Cornwallis at the surrender of Yorktown.
Population, 27,459 County Seat, Lincolnton
State Senators 25th District C. V. Henkel Tumersburg
W. B. Shuford Hickory
Member House of Representatives. David Clark Lincolnton
Clerk of Court J. H. Ross Lincolnton
Register of Deeds W. H. Boring Lincolnton
Sheriff Frank P. Heavner Lincolnton
Treasurer Fred M. Houser Lincolnton
Tax Supervisor C. H. Hoover Lincolnton
Tax Collector C. H. Hoover Lincolnton
County Accountant Fred M. Houser Lintcolnon
Coroner Guy Cline Lincolnton
Surveyor Hoke S. Heavner Lincolnton
County Health Officer Dr. William H. Bandy Lincolnton
Superintendent of Schools Norris Childers Lincolnton
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Rose S. Grigg Lincolnton
Home Demonstration Agent Ainslee Alexander Lincolnton
Farm Demonstration Agent George Stoudemire Lincolnton
Chairman Board of Education .... Pat Harrill Rt. 3, Lincolnton
Chairman Board of Elections J. Robt. McNeely Lincolnton
Wildlife Protector Cecil AUran Lincolnton
County Attorney Kemp B. Nixon Lincolnton
County Librarian Mrs. Estelle Ross Lincolnton
Veterans Service Officer Mrs. Macie Beaman Lincolnton
Recorder's Court:
Judge Thomas J. Wilson Lincolnton
Solicitor W. H. Childs, Jr Lincolnton
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Office Officer Address
County Commissioners:
Chairman B. P. Costner Lincolnton
Commissioner James Warren Boger City
Commissioner Rodney Sherrill Rt. 1, Stanley
Commissioner Lee O. Bess Rt. 1, Cherryville
Commissioner L. M. Aderholdt Rt. 1, Crouse
MACON
Macon County was formed in 1828 from Haywood. Was named in honor of Nathaniel
Macon, Speaker of the National House of Representatives, United States Senator, Presi-
dent of the Constitutional Convention of 1835.
Population, 16,174 ' ' County Seat, Franklin
State Senator 3.3rd District Kelly E. Bennett Bryson City
Member House of Representatives Guy L. Houk Franklin
Clerk of Court Kate M. Wrinn Franklin
Register of Deeds Lake V. Shope Franklin
Sheriff J. Harry Thomas Franklin
Treasurer J. Harry Thomas Franklin
Auditor Lake V. Shope Franklin
Tax Supervisor Lake V. Shope Franklin
Tax Collector J. Harry Thomas Franklin
County Accountant Lake V. Shope Franklin
Coroner C. Jack Ragan Franklin
Surveyor Richard Slagle Rt. 1, Franklin
County Health Officer Dr. Guy V. Gooding Sylva
Superintendent of Schools Holland McSwain Franklin
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Eloise G. Potts Highlands
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill Franklin
Farm Demonstration Agent T. H. Fagg Franklin
Chairman Board of Education ... Ervin Patton Franklin
Chairman Board of Elections J. Lee Barnard Franklin
Wildlife Protector C. H. Boring Franklin
Forest Ranger J. Fred Bryson Franklin
County Attorney R. S. Jones Franklin
County Librarian Mrs. Frank Murray Franklin
Veterans Service Officer R. E. Welch Franklin
County Commissioners:
Chairman W. E. Baldwin Franklin
Commissioner Wiley Brown Franklin
Commissioner John W. Roane Rt. 1, Franklin
MADISON
Madison County was formed in 1851 from Buncombe and Yancey. Was named in
honor of James Madison, fourth President of the United States.
Population, 20,522 County Seat, Marshall
State Senator 30th District John C. McBee Bakersville
Member House of Representatives. A. E. Leake Marshall
Clerk of Court Herbert Hawkins Marshall
Register of Deeds Hilliard Teague Marshall
Sheriff E. Y. Ponder Marshall
Auditor Ted Russell Marshall
Tax Collector Fred Redmon Marshall
Coroner Fred McDevitt Marshall
Surveyor Wesley Hunter Mars Hill
County Health Officer Dr. Margery J. Lord Marshall
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Superintendent of Schools W. W. Peek Marshall
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Frances G. Ramsey Marshall
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Janie M. Ramsey Marshall
Farm Demonstration Agent Harry Silver Marshall
Chairman Board of Education. . . Glenn Reemes Marshall
Chairman Board of Elections Marvin Ball Walnut
Wildlife Protector Raymond Ramsey Marshall
Forest Ranger J. Moody Chandler Marshall
County Attorney A. E. Leake Marshall
County Librarian Ann F. Cox Asheville
County Commissioners:
Chairman Dewey Wallin Marshall
Commissioner Wayne Brigman Marshall
Commissioner Rex Allen Mars Hill
MARTIN
Martin County was formed in 1774 from Halifax and Tyrrell. Was named in honor
of Josiah Martin, the last royal governor of North Carolina. It is probable that this
name would have been changed like those of Dobbs and Trvon, but for the popularity
of Alexander Martin, who was Governor in 1782 and again "in 1790.
Population, 27,938 County Seat, Williamston
State Senators 2nd District Robert H. Co wen Williamston
T,, ^ ^^ , „ Edward L. Owens Plvmouth
Member House of Representatives R. Frank Everett Hamilton
Clerk of Court L. Bruce Wynne Williamston
Register of Deeds J. Sam Getsinger Williamston
Sheriff W. R. Rawls Williamston
Treasurer R. H. Smith Williamston
Auditor J. Sam Getsinger Williamston
Tax Supervisor M. L. Peel Williamston
Tax Collector M. L. Peel Williamston
County Accountant J. Sam Getsinger Willismaton
Coroner W. W. Biggs Williamston
Surveyor O. B. Roberson Roberson ville
County Health Officer Dr. Samuel Graham Williamston
Superintendent of Schools J. C. Manning, Sr Williamston
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Mary W. Taylor Williamston
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Helen L. Hoskins Williamston
Colored Mary Virginia Brooks Williamston
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White T. B. Brandon Williamston
Colored R. M. Edwards Williamston
Chairman Board of Education . . . C. U. Rogers Williamston
Chairman Board of Elections CD. Carstarphen Williamston
Wildlife Protector Harold Dail Robersonville
Forest Ranger M. H. Leggett Williamston
County Attorney E. S. Peele, Jr Williamston
Veterans Service Officer Edgar J. Gurganus Williamston
Recorder's Court:
Judge H. O. Peele Williamston
Solicitor H. M. Martin Williamston
County Commissioners:
Chairman John Henry Edwards Williamston
Commissioner C. C. Martin Jamesville
Commissioner J. C. Gurkin Rt. 1, Williamston
Commissioner H. L. Roebuck Robersonville
Commissioner H. S. Johnson, Jr Hamilton
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McDowell
McDowell County was formed in 1842 from Rutherford and Burke. Was named in
honor of Colonel Joseph McDowell, an active officer of the Revolution. McDowell voted
with Rutherford and Burke until 1854.
Population, 25,720 County Seat, Marion
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State Senators 27th District Robert F. Morgan Shelby
Benjamin H. Sumner Spindale
Member House of Representatives. W. W. Wall Marion
Clerk of Court S. D. Martin Marion
Register of Deeds John M. Gowan Marion
Sheriff Ashby Robinson Marion
Treasurer John M. Gowan Marion
Auditor Mary G. Burgin Marion
Tax Supervisor G. Watson Wilson Marion
Tax Collector G. Watson Wilson Marion
County Accoimtant Mary G. Burgin Marion
Coroner S.J. Westmoreland Marion
Surveyor J. L. Field Marion
County Health Officer Dr. W. F. E. Loftin Marion
Superintendent of Schools Melvin H. Taylor Marion
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Nelle G. Lonon Marion
Home Demonstration Agent Elsie Garret Marion
Farm Demonstration Agent C. H. Kirkman Marion
Chairman Board of Education .... E. P. Dameron Marion
Chairman Board of Elections O. F. Adkins Marion
Wildlife Protector James N. Beatty Marion
Forest Ranger Monroe U. Marlowe Glen wood
County Attorney Robert W. Proctor Marion
County Librarian Alice Bryan Marion
Veterans Service Officer H. R. Early Old Fort
County Criminal Court:
Judge William C. Chambers Marion
Solicitor Everette C. Carnes Marion
County Commissioners:
Chairman M. W. Gordon, Jr Marion
Commissioner Glenn A. Morris Marion
Commissioner Clyde M. Norton Old Fort
MECKLENBURG
Mecklenburg County was formed in 1762 from Anson. Was named in honor of Prin-
cess Charlotte, of Mecklenburg, Queen of George III, King of England. The county
seat, Charlotte, one of the prettiest cities in the State, was also named in her honor.
Mecklenburg County was the scene of some of the most stirring events in the Revolution.
Population, 197,052 County Seat, Charlotte
State Senator 20th District J. Spencer Bell Charlotte
Members House of
Representatives Ernest L. Hicks Charlotte
Jack Love Charlotte
Frank Snepp Charlotte
James B. Vogler Charlotte
Clerk of Court J. Lester Wolfe Charlotte
Register of Deeds John R. Renfrow Charlotte
Sheriff J. Clyde Hunter Charlotte
Treasurer Mrs. Jessie C. Smith Charlotte
Auditor Mrs. Ethel D. Byrd Charlotte
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Tax Supervisor Rufus A. Grier Charlotte
Tax Collector P. W. Davenport Charlotte
County Accountant Mrs. Ethel D. Byrd Charlotte
Coroner W. M. Summerville Charlotte
Surveyor J. W. Spratt Charlotte
County Health Officer Dr. M. B. Bethel Charlotte
Superintendent of Schools J. W. Wilson Charlotte
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Wallace H. Kuralt Charlotte
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Helen John Wright Charlotte
Colored Lillie C. Simons Charlotte
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White George B. Hobson Charlotte
Colored R. A. Gaddy Charlotte
Chairman Board of Education . . . . W. B. McClintock Charlotte
Chairman Board of Elections W. C. Davis Charlotte
Wildlife Protector John O. Brown Charlotte
County Attorney Henry C. Dockery Charlotte
County Librarian Hoyt R. Galvin Charlotte
Veterans Service Officer V. O. Tucker Charlotte
County Recorder's Court:
Judge J. Edward Stukes Charlotte
Solicitor Ray Rankin Charlotte
City Recorder's Court:
Judge Basil M. Boyd Charlotte
Solicitor James E. Walker Charlotte
County Commissioners:
Chairman S. Y. McAden Charlotte
Commissioner J. Herbert Garrison Pineville
Commissioner John M. McEwen Mint Hill
Commissioner S. S. McNinch Charlotte
Commissioner Ernest K. Brown Charlotte
MITCHELL
Mitchell County was formed in 1861 from Yancey, Caldwell, Burke and McDowell.
Was named in honor of Dr. Elisha Mitchell, a professor in the University of North Caro-
lina. While on an exploring expedition on Mt. Mitchell, the highest peak east of the
Rocky Mountains, Dr. Mitchell fell from a high peak and was killed. His body is buried
on top of this lofty mountain. Mitchell County voted with Yancey County until 1868.
Population, 15,143 County Seat, Bakersville
State Senator 30th District John C. McBee Bakersville
Member House of Representatives. Jeter C. Burleson Bakersville
Clerk of Court R. P. Greene Bakersville
Register of Deeds Bill Masters Bakersville
Sheriff Sam C. Gouge Bakersville
Treasurer Paul Henline Bakersville
Auditor J. Dont Street Bakersville
Tax Supervisor J. Dont Street Bakersville
Tax Collector Paul Henline Balkersvile
County Accountant J. Dont Street Bakersville
Coroner Hughes Burleson Bakersville
County Health Officer Dr. C. F. McRae Burnsville
Superintendent of Schools Jason B. Deyton Spruce Pine
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . Rayburn Yelton Bakersville
Home Demonstration Agent Marguerite W. Shook Bakersville
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Farm Demonstration Agent George Conrad Bakersville
Chairman Board of Education .... Harper Wilson Bakersville
Chairman Board of Elections W. B. Ellis Bakersville
Wildlife Protector Ho ward Camp Spruce Pine
Forest Ranger James Bruce Street Bakersville
County Attorney W. C. Berry Bakersville
County Librarian Dorothy Anderson Bakersville
Veterans Service Officer B. B. Burleson Bakersville
County Commissioners:
Chairman W. O. Gouge Bakersville
Commissioner Brown McKinney Bakersville
Commissioner Burl Tipton Bakersville
MONTGOMERY
Montgomery County was formed in 1778 from Anson. Was named in honor of the
brave General Richard Montgomery, who lost his life at the battle of Quebec in 1775
while trying to conquer Canada.
Population, 17,260 County Seat, Troy
State Senators 18th District James W. Mason Laurinburg
Paul G. Stoner Lexington
Member House of Representatives J. Paul Wallace Troy
Clerk of Court W. L. Wright Troy
Reg\ster of Deeds Thad Cranford Troy
Sheriff Elwood C. Long Troy
Treasurer James S. Smitherman Troy
Auditor James S. Smitherman Troy
Tax Supervisor A. P. Guyer Troy
Tax Collector A. P. Guyer Troy
County Accountant James S. Smitherman Troy
Coroner E. T. Reynolds Troy
County Health Officer Dr. R. E. Fox Albemarle
Superintendent of Schools J. S. Edwards Troy
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Frank M. Ledbetter Troy
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Martha McK. Harris Rt. 2, Mt. Gilead
Farm Demonstration Agent Austin M. Garris Troy
Chairman Board of Education . . E. R. Wallace Troy
Chairman Board of Elections H. Page McAulay Candor
Wildlife Protector CM. Capel Mt. Gilead
Forest Ranger Guy Alexander Mt. Gilead
County Attorney G. S. Garris Troy
County Librarian Mrs. O. R. Scarboro Mt. Gilead
Veterans Service Officer E. A. Pipkin Troy
Recorder's Court:
Judge David H. Harris Rt. 2, Mt. Gilead
Solicitor Edmund O. Kennion Candor
County Commissioners:
Chairman R. B. Jordan, Jr Mt. Gilead
Commissioner Henry Allen Troy
Commissioner Wiley C. Nance Biscoe
Commissioner J. Edgar Maness Biscoe
Commissioner J. P. Mcintosh Star
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MOORE
Moore County was formed in 1784 from Cumberland. Was named in honor of
Captain Alfred Moore, of Brunswick, a soldier of the Revolution and afterwards a Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Population, 33,129 County Seat, Carthage
Oflice Officer Address
State Senators 12th District Dr. Henry W. Jordan Cedar Falls
J. Benton Thomas Raeford
Member House of Representatives. H. Clifton Blue Aberdeen
Clerk of Court C. C. Kennedy Carthage
Register of Deeds Bessie J. Griffin Carthage
Sheriff C. J. McDonald Carthage
Treasurer Carolina Bank Pinehurst
Auditor Estelle T. Wicker Carthage
Tax Supervisor Estelle T. Wicker Carthage
Tax Collector J. Douglas David Carthage
County Accountant Estelle T. Wicker Carthage
Coroner Ralph G. Steed Carthage
Surveyor H. H. Frye Carthage
County Health Officer Dr. J. W. Wilcox Southern Pines
Superintendent of Schools H. Lee Thomas Carthage
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Mrs. Walter B. Cole Carthage
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Flora McDonald Carthage
Colored Mrs. Ozetta P. Guye Carthage
Farm Demonstration Agent F. D. Allen Carthage
Chairman Board of Education ... J. A. Culbertson Bobbins
Chairman Board of Elections S. C. Riddle Carthage
Wildlife Protector Ray Overcash Aberdeen
Forest Ranger Travis Wicker Southern Pines
County Attorney M. G. Boyette Carthage
County Librarian Kate Blue Covington Southern Pines
Veterans Service Officer N. A. McLeod Carthage
County Recorder's Court:
Judge J. Vance Rowe Aberdeen
Solicitor W. Lamont Brown Southern Pines
Aberdeen Recorder's Court:
Judge P. H. Wilson Aberdeen
Solicitor Robert N. Page, III Southern Pines
County Commissioners:
Chairman G. M. Cameron Pinehurst
Commissioner L. R. Reynolds Robbins
Commissioner J. M. Currie Carthage
Commissioner T. R. Monroe Robbins
Commissioner J. M. Pleasants Southern Pines
NASH
Nash County was formed in 1777 from Edgecombe. Was named in honor of General
Francis Nash, a soldier of the Revolution, who was mortally wounded while fighting
under Washington at Germantown. The United States has erected a monument in his
honor at the Guilford Battleground near Greensboro.
Population, 59,919 County Seat, Nashville
State Senators 6th District J. C. Eagles, Jr Wilson
Wilbur M. Jolly Louisburg
Member House of Representatives. Itimous T. Valentine, Jr Nashville
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Tax Collector
County Accountant. . .
Coroner
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Superintendent of Schools
Superintendent of Public Welfare
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Mrs. Catherin F. Griffin Nashville
. G. O. Womble Nashville
• J. C. Ellis Nashville
• J- C. Ellis Nashville
. J. C. Ellis Nashville
. J. C. Ellis Nashville
J. C. Ellis Nashville
. M. C. GuUey Nashville
. Dr. John S. Chamblee Nashville
. L. S. Inscoe Nashville
James A. Glover Nashville
Home Demonstration Agent:
White M rs. L. S. Inscoe Nashville
Colored Mrs. Margaret H. Wade Nashville
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White J. P. Woodard Nashville
Colored W. F. Wright Nashville
Chairman Board of Education . . John W. Roberson Rt. 1, Spring Hope
Chairman Board of Elections J. G. Vick Nashville
Wildlife Protector C. A. Bone Spring Hope
Forest Ranger O. D. Jenkins Nashville
County Attorney J. P. Bunn Rocky Mount
County Librarian Ruth O. Jefleries Rocky Mount
Veterans Service Officer Hobart Brantley Spring Hope
Recorder's Court:
Judge J. W. Grissom Rocky Mount
Solicitor John Ed Davenport Nashville
County Commissioners:
Chairman Dallas Alford, Jr Rocky Mount
Commissioner F. B. Cooper, Jr Nashville
Commissioner Ralph Bass Spring Hope
Commissioner Henry Milgroom Battleboro
Commissioner M. H. Grirtin Bailey
NEW HANOVER
New Hanover County was formed in 1729 from Bath. Was named after Hanover, i
country in Europe whose ruler became King of England with the title of George I.
Population, 63,272
County Seat, Wilmington
State Senators 9th District Roy Rowe Burgaw
Henry Vann Clinton
Member House of Representatives Addison Hewlett, Jr Wilmington
Clerk of Court Foster Edwards Wilmington
Register of Deeds R. L. Black Wilmington
Sheriff M. B. Register Wilmington
Treasurer T. D. Love Wilmington
Auditor T. D. Love Wilmington
Tax Supervisor T. D. Love Wilmington
Tax Collector C. R. Morse Wilmington
County Accountant T. D. Love Wilmington
Coroner Dr. L. B. Mason W ilmington
County Health Officer Dr. C. B. Davis Wilmington
Superintendent of Schools H. M. Roland Wilni igton
Superintendent of Public Welfare. J. R. Hollis Wilmington
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Home Demonstration Agent:
White Verabelle Lowery Wilmington
Colored Mrs. Rebecca Hall Wilmington
Farm Demonstration Agent D. D. Baggett Wilmington
Chairman Board of Education . . Dr. John T. Hoggard Wilmington
(!^hairman Board of Elections Henry C. Bost Wilmington
Wildlife Protector J. L. Musselwhite Wilmington
County Attorney John Bright Hill Wilmington
Veterans Service Officer A. H. Sea well Wilmington
Recorder's Court:
Judge H. Winfield Smith Wilmington
Solicitor John M. Walker Winlmigton
County Commissioners:
Chairman James M. Hall Wilmington
Commissioner L. E. Broadhurst Wilmington
Commissioner Berry A. Williams Wilmington
Commissioner James E. Holton Wilmington
Commissioner Ernest R. Mayham Wilmington
NORTHAMPTON
Northampton County was formed in 1741 from Bertie. Was named in honor of
George, Earl of Northampton, an English nobleman. His son, Spencer Compton, Earl
of Wilmington, was high in otiice when Gabriel Johnston was Governor of North Caro-
lina, who had the town of Wilmington named in his honor.
Population, 28,432 County Seat, Jackson
State Senator 3rd District Perry W. Martin Rich Square
Member House of Representatives. J. Raynor Woodard Conway
Clerk of Court Geo. P. Burgwvn Jackson
Register of Deeds A. H. Martin Jackson
SheriflF E. Frank Outland Jackson
Treasurer The Farmers Bank Woodland
Tax Collector James W. Pierce Jackson
County Accountant J. Ivey Bridgers Jackson
Coroner W. W. Carter Jackson
Surveyor C. R. Rebelle Conway
County Health Officer Dr. W. R. Parker Woodland
Superintendent of Schools N. L. Turner Rich Square
Superintendent of Public Welfare . Mrs. Janet Brown Rich Square
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Lela M. Melvin Jackson
Colored Mrs. Louise Slade Jackson
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White P. H. Jameson Jackson
Colored CD. Hoges Jackson
Chairman Board of Education .... Dr. C. G. Parker Woodland
Chairman Board of Elections R. H. Johnson, Jr Conway
Wildlife Protector N. B. Hughes Jackson
Forest Ranger H. G. Bottoms Margarettsville
County Attorney E. N. Riddle Jackson
County Librarian Mrs. L. A. Froelich Jackson
Veterans Service Officer B. F. Ricks Conway
Recorder's Court:
Judge Ballard S. Gay Jackson
Solicitor J. Buxton Weaver Rich Square
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. S. G. Baugham Rich Square
. J. Grady Bridgers Jaclison
. Jasper Bley Jaclison
. T. G. Joyner Garysburg
J. Guy Re velle Conway
ONSLOW
Onslow County was formed in 1734 from Bath. Was named in honor of Arthur
Onslow, for more than thirty years Speaker of the House of Commons in the British
Parliament.
Population, 42,047
County Seat, Jacksonville
State Senators 7th District John G. Dawson Kinston
Luther Hamilton, Sr Morehead City
Member House of Representatives. Carl V. Venters Jacksonville
Clerk of Court Wilbur F. Justice Jacksonville
Register of Deeds Mildred M. Thomas Jacksonville
Sheriff T. J. Marshall Jacksonville
Treasurer First Citizens Bank & Trust Co Jacksonville
Auditor Graham K. Eubank Jacksonville
Tax Supervisor James H. Justice Jacksonville
Tax Collector Leo Lanier Jacksonville
Coroner Talbert Jones Jacksonville
Surveyor Roscoe Sandlin Jacksonville
County Health Officer Dr. Eleanor H. Williams Jacksonville
Superintendent of Schools I. B. Hudson Jacksonville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Edward C. Sexton Jacksonville
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Jeanne Hood Jacksonville
Farm Demonstration Agent Donald Holsey Jacksonville
Chairman Board of Education . . Clyde Hurst Jacksonville
Chairman Board of Elections Guy Lockamy Jacksonville
Wildlife Protector Lonnie Koonce Richlands
Forest Ranger W. B. Flanner Jacksonville
County Attorney Albert J. Ellis Jacksonville
County Librarian Margaret E. Poole Jacksonville
Veterans Service Officer Herbert Riggs Hubert
County Criminal Court:
Judge Harvey Boney Jacksonville
Solicitor A. Turner Shaw Jacksonville
County Commissioners:
Chairman W. H. Walton Silverdale
Commissioner A. B. Humphrey Richlands
Commissioner H. E. Williams Jacksonville
Commissioner M. F. Duff Holly Ridge
Commissioner R. H. Williams Swansboro
ORANGE
Orange County was formed in 1753 from Granville, Johnston, and Bladen. Was named
in honor of William of Orange, who became King William III of England. He was one
of the greatest Kings of England and saved the English people from the tyranny of
James II. His name is held in honor wherever English liberty is enjoyed.
Population, 34,435
Countv Seat, Hillsboro
State Senator 16th District Edwin S. Lanier Chapel Hill
Member House of Representatives. J. W. Umstead, Jr Chapel Hill
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Clerk of Court E. M. Lynch Hillsboro
ReKislerof Deeds Betty June Hayes Hillsboro
Sheriff O. H. Clayton Hillsboro
Treasurer S. M. Galtis Hillsboro
Auditor S. M. Gattis Hillsboro
Tax Supervisor S. M. Gattis Hillsboro
Tax Collector Carl C. Davis Hillsboro
County Accountant S. M. Gattis Hillsl)oro
Coroner A. H. Walker Hillsboro
Surveyor J. Rali)h Weaver Chapel Hill
County Health Officer Dr. O. David Garvin Chapel Hill
Superintendent of Schools G. Paul Carr Hillsboro
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Jane C. Parker Hillsboro
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Jossie Trowbridge Hillsboro
Colored Mrs. B. B. Davis Hillsboro
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White Don Matheson Hillsboro
Colored M. C. Burt Hillsboro
Chairman Board of Education . . . . C. W. Stanford Chapel Hill
Chairman Board of Elections S. T. Latta Hillsboro
Wildlife Protector Robert Logan Chapel Hill
Forest Ranger D. D. Dewey Chapel Hill
County Attorney Graham & Ranson Hillsboro
County Librarian Mrs. William E. Niven Yancey ville
Veterans Service Officer Walter Wrenn Hillsboro
County Recorder's Court:
Judge L.J. Phipps Chapel Hill
Solicitor j. . . J. Q. LeGrand Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill Recorder's Court:
Judge William S. Stewart Chapel Hill
Solicitor Emery B. Denny Chapel Hill
County Commissioners:
Chairman R. J. M. Hobbs Chapel Hill
Commissioner H. S. Walker Hillsboro
Commissioner Dwight M. Ray Chapel Hill
Commissioner Claud T. Pope Cedar Grove
Commissioner Donald Stanford Chapel Hill
PAMLICO
Pamlico County was formed in 1872 from Craven and Beaufort. Was named after the
sound of the same name, which was the name of a tribe of Indians in eastern North Caro-
lina. There was a Pamlico Precinct in North Carolina as early as 1705. Pamlico County
voted with Beaufort up to 1883.
Population, 9,993 County Seat, Bayboro
State Senators 2nd District Robert H. Cowen Williamston
Edward L. Owens Plymouth
Member House of Representatives. Ned Delamar ._ Oriental
Clerk of Court Hallett W. Mavo Bayboro
Register of Deeds
Sheriff
Treasurer
Auditor
Tax Supervisor
Tax Collector. .
. T. Z. Spencer Bayboro
. R. A. Whorton Bayboro
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co Bayboro
. T. Z. Spencer Bayboro
T. Z. Spencer Bayboro
. R. A. Whorton Bayboro
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County Accountant T. Z. Spencer Bayboro
Coroner G. F. Harris Bayboro
Surveyor R. C. Helton Rt. 1, New Bern
County Health Officer Dr. L. E. Kling New Bern
Superintendent of Schools A. H. Hatsell Stonewall
Superintendent of Public Welfare Willie C. Sutton Bayboro
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Thelma McCotter Vandemere
Farm Demonstration Agent J. P. Stovall Stonewall
Chairman Board of Education. . . J. A. Tingle Alliance
Chairman Board of Elections F. H. Reel Rt. 1, New Bern
Wildlife Protector D. E. Barkley, Jr Oriental
Forest Ranger V. J. Daniels Oriental
County Attorney B. B. HoUowell Bayboro
Veterans Service Officer J. H. Mayo Hobucken
Recorder's Court:
Judge Raymond E. Dunn Rt. 1, New Bern
Solicitor B. B. Hollowell Bayboro
County Commissioners:
Chairman E. A. Hunnings Grantsboro
Commissioner A. B. Sanders Merritt
Commissioner .Ralph Brooks Alliance
Commissioner T. M. Potter Lowland
Commissioner Fred Hardison Arapahoe
PASQUOTANK
Pasquotank County was formed in 1G72 from Albemarle. Was namod for a tribe of
Indians in eastern North Carolina.
Population, 24,347 County Seat, Elizabeth City
State Senators 1st District N. E'ton Aydlett Elizabeth City
J. William Copeland Murfreesboro
Member House of Representatives F. Webb Williams Elizabeth City
Clerk of Court M. W. Ferebee Elizabeth City
Register of Deeds J. C. Spence Elizabeth City
Sheriff W. L. Thompson Ehzabeth City
Treasurer First & Citizens National Bank Elizabeth City
Auditor Carlton B. Garrett Elizabeth City
Tax Supervisor J. I. Saunders Elizabeth City
Tax Collector W. L. Thompson Elizabeth City
County Accountant Carlton B. Garrett Elizabeth City
Coroner Dr. John F. Weeks Elizabeth City
County Health Officer Dr. B. B. McGuire Elizabeth City
Superintendent of Schools J. H. Moore Elizabeth City
Superintendent of Public Welfare. A. H. Outlaw Ehzabeth City
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Edna C. Bishop Elizabeth City
Colored Mrs. Hassie Smith Torian Elizabeth City
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White S. L. Lowery Elizabeth City
Colored E. A. McCoy Elizabeth City
Chairman Board of Education .. D. S. Morgan Rt. 3, Elizabeth City
Chairman Board of Elections Forrest V. Dunstan Elizabeth City
Wildlife Protector Lester A. Pierce Rt. 3, Elizabeth City
Forest Ranger Graham Harris Rt. 2, Elizabeth City
County Attorney McMuUan, Aydlett & White Elizabeth City
County Librarian Mrs. Ethel P. Alexander Elizabeth City
Veterans Service Officer E. Pratt Fearing Elizabeth City
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Recorder's Court:
Judge F. T. Horner Elizabeth City
Solicitor Russell R. Twiford Elizabeth City
County Commissioners:
Chairman P. A. Penny Elizabeth City
Commissioner John Wood Foreman Elizabeth City
Commissioner H. A. Rcid Rt. 4, Elizabeth City
Commissioner P. A. I'ritchard Rt. 2, Elizabeth City
Commissioner CM. Jones Rt. 3, Elizabeth City
Commissioner G. R. Brinson Rt. 3, Elizabeth City
Commissioner Jarvis M. Scott Weeksville
PENDER
Pender County was founded in 1875 from New Hanover. Was named in honor of
General William D. Pender of Edgecombe County, a brave Confederate soldier who
was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. The last order ever given by the famous "Stone-
wall" Jackson on the battlefield was to General Pender: "You must hold your ground.
General Pender, you must hold your ground," he cried as he was carried otf the field to
die. General Pender held his ground.
Population, 18,423 County Seat, Burgaw
State Senators 9th Dist rict Roy Rowe Burgaw
Henry Vann Clinton
Member House of Representatives. Ashley M. Murphy Atkinson
Clerk of Court CD. Murphy Burgaw
Register of Deeds H. C Walker Burgaw
Sheriff O. F. Riven bark Burgaw
Treasurer Mrs. Callie D. Bordeaux Burgaw
Auditor George F. Lucas Burgaw
Tax Supervisor George F Lucas Burgaw
Tax Collector L. R. Bradshaw Burgaw
County Accountant George F. Lucas Burgaw
Coroner B. Simmons Burgaw
County Health Officer Dr. N. C. Wolfe Burgaw
Superintendent of Schools T. T. Murphy Burgaw
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .H. B. Thomas Burgaw
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Emily G. Johnson Burgaw
Colored Mrs. Arvista M. Merrill Burgaw
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White J. N. Honeycutt Burgaw
Colored V. T. Maultsby Burgaw
Chairman Board of Education ...M.S. Ellis ! Willard
Chairman Board of Elections W. R. Marshburn Maple Hill
Forest Ranger Maxie Lanier Burgaw
County Attorney J. J. Best Burgaw
County Librarian Mrs. Eleanor D. Casey Burgaw
Recorder's Court:
Judge Kinchen S. Powers Maple Hill
Solicitor J. J. Best Burgaw
County Commissioners:
Chairman A. H. Page Burgaw
Commissioner J. F. Bradshaw, Sr Burgaw
Commissioner R. M. Lefler Willard
Commissioner Elgin Langston Rocky Point
Commissioner Harvey Jones Hampstead
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Perquimans was formed in 1672 from Albemarle. Was named after a tribe of Indians.
Population, 9,602 County Seat, Hertford
Office Officer Address
State Senators 1st District N. Elton Aydlett Elizabeth City
J. William Copeland Murfreesboro
Member House of Representatives. Carroll R. Holmes Hertford
Clerk of Court W. Howard Pitt Hertford
Register of Deeds Julian C. Powell Hertford
Sheriff J. Kelly White Hertford
Treasurer Durwood F. Reed, Jr Hertford
Auditor Max Campbell Hertford
Tax Supervisor Julian C. Powell Hertford
Tax Collector J. Kelly White Hertford
County Accountant Max Campbell Hertford
Coroner Dr. Carlton A. Davenport Hertford
County Health Officer Dr. B. B. McGuire Elizabeth City
Superintendent of Schools J. T. Biggers Hertford
Superintendent of Public Welfare. C. Edgar White Hertford
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Florence Webb Hertford
Colored Mrs. Minnie B. Taylor Hertford
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White R. M. Thompson Hertford
Colored W. C. Stroud Hertford
Chairman Board of Education ... J. Edgar Morris Hertford
Chairman Board of Elections Ralph C. Murray Hertford
Wildlife Protector Horace A. Cahoon Hertford
Forest Ranger Lewis Stallings Hertford
County Attorney Silas M. Whedbee Hertford
County Librarian Mrs. Silas M. Whedbee Hertford
Veterans Service Officer C. C. Banks Hertford
Recorder's Court:
Judge Chas. E. Johnson Hertford
Solicitor Silas M. Whedbee Hertford
County Commissioners:
Chairman Archie T. Lane Rt. 2, Hertford
Commissioner Warner Madre Rt. 1, Hertford
Commissioner Wm. C. Chappell Belvidere
Commissioner Earl B. HoUowell Winfall
Commissioner Robert L. Spivey Rt. 3, Hertford
PERSON
Person County was formed in 1791 from Caswell. Was named in honor of General
Thomas Person, Revolutionary patriot, member of the Council of Safety, and trustee
of the University. He gave a large sum of money to the University, and a building was
erected in his honor called Person Hall.
Population, 24,361 County Seat, Roxboro
State Senators 14th District Claude Currie Durham
Richard G. Long Roxboro
Member House of Representatives. B. I. Satterfield Timberlake
Clerk of Court George R. Perkins Roxboro
Register of Deeds W. T. Kirby Roxboro
Sheriff C. C. Holeman Roxboro
Treasurer T. C. Brooks Roxboro
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Auditor
Tax Supervisor
Tax Collector
County Accountant. . .
Coroner
Surveyor
County Health Officer
Superintendent of Schools
Officer
Address
. T. C. Brooks Roxboro
S. C. Tillman Roxboro
. S. C. Tillman Roxboro
. T. C. Brooks Roxboro
■ Dr. A. F. Nichols Roxboro
. W. R. Cates, Jr Roxboro
. Dr. O. David Garvin Roxboro
. R. B. Griffin Roxboro
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Mrs. T. C. Wagstaff Roxboro
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mary M. Smith Roxboro
Colored Annie Mae Tuck Roxboro
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White W. J. Reams Roxboro
Colored C. J. Ford Roxboro
Chairman Board of J^ducation ... Clyde Satterfield Timberlake
Chairman Board of Elections D. D. Long Roxboro
Wildlife Protector John K. Davis Rt. 4, Roxboro
County Attorney Charles B. Wood Roxboro
County Librarian Mrs. Georgia Niven Yancey ville
Veterans Service Officer Mrs. H. M. Beam Roxboro
Recorder's Court:
Judge
Solicitor
. W. R. Gates Roxbor
.A. M. Burns, jT Roxbor
County Commissioners:
Chairman John H. Merritt Woodsdale
Commissioner John R. Jones Rt. 1, Timberlake
Commissioner Bennie L. Bradsher Hurdle Mills
Commissioner Jack T. Blanks Roxboro
Commissioner James T. Burch Roxboro
PITT
Pitt County was formed in 1760 from Beaufort.
(See Chatham County.)
Population, 63,789
Was named in honor of William Pitt.
County Seat, Greenville
State Senator 5th District Dr Paul E. Jones Farmville
Members House of
Representatives Walter Jones Farmville
Frank M. Wooten, Jr Greenville
Clerk of Court D. T. House, Jr Greenville
Register of Deeds Mrs. Blair C. Wheless Greenville
Sheriff Ruel W. Tyson Greenville
Auditor H. Reginald Gray Greenville
Tax Supervisor Harold M. AUred Greenville
Tax Collector Harold M. AUred Greenville
County Accountant H. Reginald Gray Greenville
Coroner G. H. Rouse . " Greenville
County Health Officer Dr. Walter C. Humbert Greenville
Superintendent of Schools D. H. Conley Greenville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .K. T. Futrell Greenville
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Lillie B. Little Greenville
Colored Mrs. Amelia S. Capehart Greenville
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Farm Demonstration Agent:
White S. C. Winchester Greenville
Colored James M. Goode Greenville
Chairman Board of Education .... J. S. Moye Greenville
Chairman Board of Elections D. S. Spain, Jr Greenville
Wildlife Protector J. O. Teel Rt. 4, Greenville
Forest Ranger N. S. Tyson Rt. 2, Greenville
County Attorney W. W. Speight Greenville
County Librarian Elizabeth Copeland Greenville
Veterans Service Officer M. E. Cavendish Greenville
County Recorder's Court:
Judge Dink James Greenville
Solicitor James C. Lanier, Jr Greenville
Greenville Recorder's Court:
Judge Charles H. Whedbee Greenville
Solicitor Eli Bloom Greenville
Covmty Commissioners:
Chairman Alton Gardner Ayden
Commissioner Robert G. Little Grimesland
Commissioner R. L. Martin Bethel
Commissioner J. Vance Perkins Greenville
Commissioner Woodrow W. Woo ten Falkland
POLK
Polk County was formed in 1855 from Rutherford and Henderson. Was named in
honor of Colonel William Polk, "who rendered distinguished services in the battles of
Germantown, Brandvwine, and Eutaw, in all of which he was wounded." Polk County
voted with Rutherfo'rd until 1868.
Population, 11,627 County Seat, Columbus
State Senators 32nd District J. R. Stephenson Saluda
R. Lee Whitmire Hendersonville
Member House of Representatives. J. Thurston Arledge Tryon
Clerk of Court Robert S. McFarland Columbus
Register of Deeds C. W. Ballenger Columbus
Sheriff L. E. Westbrook Columbus
Treasurer Woodrow Wilkins Columbus
Tax Supervisor Max H. Feagan Columbus
Tax Collector Woodrow Wilkins Columbus
County Accountant J. E. Johnson Columbus
Coroner Otis Dalton Columbus
Surveyor CO. Story Lynn
County Health Officer Dr. G. O. Moss Rutherfordton
Superintendent of Schools G. W. Gantt Columbus
Superintendent of Public Welfare. F. R. Evans Tryon
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Essa D. Shaw Columbus
Farm Demonstration Agent Paul Culberson Columbus
Chairman Board of Education .... Oliver Taylor Mill Spring
Chairman Board of Elections Walden Thompson Columbus
Wildlife Protector Arthur Pack Tryon
Forest Ranger Joe Ritchey Columbus
County Attorney J. T. Arledge Tryon
Veterans Service Officer Loraiene Page Columbus
County Commissioners:
Chairman Baty Hall Saluda
Commissioner W. H. Barnett Rt. 1, Campobello, S. C.
Commissioner D. E. Chapman Tryon
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randolph
Randolph County was formed in 1779 from Guilford. Was named in honor of Peyton
Randolph, of Virginia, the President of the first Continental Congress.
Population, 50,804 County Seat, Asheboro
Office Officer Address
State Senators 12th District Dr. Henry W. Jordan Cedar Falls
J. Benton Thomas Raeford
Member House of Representatives. W. Ed Gavin Asheboro
Clerk of Court Carl L. King Asheboro
Register of Deeds Annie Shaw Asheboro
Sheriff W. W. Wilson Asheboro
Auditor Fred Phillips Asheboro
Tax Supervisor A. E. Garner Asheboro
Tax Collector A. E. Garner Asheboro
County Accountant Annie Shaw Asheboro
Coroner Dr. Hugh Fitzpatrick Asheboro
Surveyor Clotus Craven Ashevoro
County Health Officer Dr. H. C. Whims Asheboro
Superintendent of Schools William J. Boger, Jr Asheboro
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .James E. Burgess Asheboro
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Rose Bagdett Asheboro
Colored Mrs. Betty Taylor Asheboro
Farm Demonstration Agent Ben Jenkins, Jr Asheboro
Chairman Board of Education .... Lynn Albright Coleridge
Chairman Board of Elections T. Fletcher Bulla Asheboro
Wildlife Protector Paul Lamphere Asheboro
County Forester E. H. McGee Asheboro
County Attorney T. Worth Coltrane Asheboro
County Librarian Charlesanna Fox Asheboro
Veterans Service Officer Tyler Lisk Asheboro
Recorder's Court:
Judge H. Wade Yates Asheboro
Solicitor J. Harvey Luck Asheboro
County Commissioners:
Chairman Ira McDowell Asheboro
Commissioner Carl S. Hill Rt. 1, Trinity
Commissioner Earl Walker Rt. 1, Franklinville
Commissioner George Ward Asheboro
Commissioner Colon Byrd Worthville
RICHMOND
Richmond County was formed in 1779 from Anson. Was named in honor of Charles
Lennox, Duke of Richmond, principal Secretary of State in William Pitt's second ad-
ministration. He was a strong friend of the American colonies and made the motion
in the House of Lords that they be granted their independence.
Population, 39,597 County Seat, Rockingham
State Senators 18th District. .... James W. Mason Laurinburg
Paul G. Stoner Lexington
Member House of Representatives. Fred W. Bynum, Jr Rockingham
Clerk of Court Thomas L. Covington Rockingham
Register of Deeds Agnes C. Flake Rockingham
Sheriff R. W. Goodman Rockingham
Treasurer Mary T. Covington Rockingham
Auditor Mary T. Covington Rockingham
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Office Officer Address
Tax Supervisor Raymond Smith Rockingham
Tax Collector Raymond Smith Rockingham
County Accountant Mary T. Covington Rockingham
Coroner W. Raymond Marks Rockingham
Surveyor. Thomas Marshall Bray Rockingham
County Health Officer Dr. Julian L. Harris Rockingham
Superintendent of Schools F. D. McLeod Rockingham
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Lora P. Wilkie Rockingham
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Frances Temple Rockingham
Colored Mrs. Estelle Gilmore Rockingham
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White John R. Faison Rockingham
Colored S. N. Shclton Rockingham
Chairman Board of Education ... Dr. W. H. Parsons Ellerbe
Chairman Board of Elections John T. Page, Jr Rockingham
Wildlife Protector Walter Bray Rockingham
Forest Ranger J. A. Pippin Rockingham
County Attorney Harvey C. Carroll Hamlet
County Librarian Dorothy Moore Rockingham
Veterans Service Officer John B. Parker Rockingham
Richmond County Court:
Judge W. M. Lampley Rockingham
Solicitor John B. Pittman Rockingham
Hamlet Recorder's Court:
Judge R. C. Ross Hamlet
Solicitor Nash LeGrand Hamlet
County Commissioners:
Chairman John S. Williamson Hamlet
Commissioner Brack I. Tedder Mt. Gilead
Commissioner H. B. Rushing Hoffman
Commissioner Arthur L. Capel Rockingham
Commissioner W. C. Crenshaw, Sr East Rockingham
ROBESON
Robeson County was formed in 1786 from Bladen. Was named in honor of Colonel
Thomas Robeson, a soldier of the Revolution. He was one of the leaders at the battle
of Elizabethtown, which was fought in September, 1781. By this battle the Tories in
the southeastern part of the State were crushed forever. The commander of the Whigs
was Colonel Thomas Brown.
Population, 87,769 County Seat, Lumberton
State Senator 11th District Cutlar Moore Lumberton
Members House of
Representatives F. Wayland Floyd Fairmont
W. D. Reynolds Lumberton
Clerk of Court B. F. McMillan Lumberton
Register of Deeds D. G. Kinlaw Lumberton
Sheriflf M. G. McLeod Lumberton
Treasurer J. D. Herring Lumberton
Auditor J. D. Herring Lumberton
Tax Supervisor J. D. Herring Lumberton
Tax Collector CM. McNeill Lumberton
County Accountant J. D. Herring Lumberton
Coroner D. W. Biggs Lumberton
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Surveyor Grady S. Harrell Shannon
County Health Officer Dr. E. R. Hardin Lumberton
Superintendent of Schools B. E. Littlefield Lumberton
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Brent P. Yount Lumberton
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Hilda Clontz Lumberton
Colored Mrs. Molly Briley Lumberton
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White O. P. Owens Lumberton
Colored S. T. Brooks Lumberton
Chairman Board of Education .... I. P. Graham Proctorville
Chairman Board of Elections W. F. French Lumberton
Wildlife Protector W. E. Gooden Red Springs
Forest Ranger Braddy Pait Lumberton
County Manager J. D. Herring Lumberton
County Attorney H. A. McKinnon, Sr Lumberton
Veterans Service Officer A. E. Watson Rowland
Recorder's Courts:
Fairmont District:
Judge A. A.
Solicitor W. H.
Lumberton District:
Judge W. B.
Solicitor W. E.
Ma.xton District:
Judge Early BuUard Pembroke
Solicitor Andrew G. Williamson Maxton
Red Springs District:
Judge J. Dickson McLean Red Springs
Solicitor C. Durham Ratley Red Springs
Rowland District:
Judge John Frank Bridgers Rowland
Solicitor R. L. Campbell Rowland
St. Pauls District:
Judge J. Herman Brisson St. Pauls
John D. Canady St. Pauls
Fowler Fairmont
Hough Fairmont
Ivey Lumberton
Musselwhite Lumberton
County Commissioners:
Chairman ....
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
. V. J. Griffin Fairmont
. Frank White Pembroke
. J. A. Singleton, Jr Red Springs
R. B. Tolar St. Pauls
. M. H. McLean, Jr Lumberton
. G. L. Pate Rowland
ROCKINGHAM
Rockingham County was formed in 1785 from Guilford. Was named in honor of
Charles Watson Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham, who was the leader of the party
in the British Parliament that advocated American independence. He was Prime
Minister when the Stamp Act was repealed.
Population, 64,816
County Seat, Wentworth
State Senator 15th District Jule McMichael Reidsville
Member House of Representatives Radford G. Powell Reidsville
Clerk of Court John W. Satterfield Wentworth
Register of Deeds Mrs. R. E. Wall Wentworth
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Sheriflf Carl H. Axsom Wentworth
Treasurer Eugene Irvin Wentworth
Auditor Eugene Irvin Wentworth
Tax Supervisor Eugene Irvin Wentworth
Tax Collector Eugene Irvin Wentworth
County Accountant Eugene Irvin Wentworth
Coroner Dr. M. P. Cummings Wentworth
County Health Officer Dr. Miles GuUingsrud Leaksville
Superintendent of Schools Allan Lewis Wentworth
Superintendent of Public Welfare. A. S. Daniels Reidsville
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Isabella Buckley Reidsville
Colored Mrs. Zadie Jackson Reidsville
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White J. E. Foil Wentworth
Colored Dewey Williamson Reidsville
Chairman Board of Education . . . E. S. Powell Reidsville
Chairman Board of Elections J. C. Johnson, Jr Mayodan
Wildlife Protector A. D. Neal Reidsville
County Attorney Jule McMichael Reidsville
County Librarian Margaret Johnston Leaksville
Veterans Service Officer Henry Wimbish Wentworth
Leaksville Recorder's Court:
Judge Herman A. Peters Leaksville
Solicitor Bennet Nooe Leaksville
Reidsville Recorder's Court:
Judge E. H. Wrenn Reidsville
Solicitor Charles W. Campbell Reidsville
County Commissioners:
Chairman C. S. Burton Reidsville
Commissioner James T. Chandler Leaksville
Commissioner Steve J. Smith Stoneville
Commissioner Henry E. McCoUum Reidsville
Commissioner J. Leonard Powell Reidsville
ROWAN
Rowan County was formed in 1753 from Anson. Was named in honor of Matthew
Rowan, a prominent leader before the Rfvolution, and for a short time after the death
of Governor Gabriel Johnston, acting Governor.
Population, 75,410 County Seat, Salisbury
State Senators 21st District J. Carlyle Rutledge Kannapolis
Nelson Woodson Salisbury
Members House of
Representatives Clyde H. Harriss Salisbury
George R. Uzzell Salisbury
Clerk of Court Paul A. Swicegood Salisbury
Register of Deeds Paul Hinkle Salisbury
Sheriff Arthur J. Shuping Salisbury
Treasurer Wayne C. Simpson Salisbury
Auditor Wayne C. Simpson Salisbury
Tax Supervisor W. S. Overton, Jr Salisbury
Tax Collector Glenn Trexler Salisbury
County Accountant Wayne Simpson Salisbury
Coroner Dr. R. B. Wright, Jr Salisbury
Surveyor Thomas F. Hudson Salisbury
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County Health Officer Dr. C. W. Armstrong Salisbury
Superintendent of Schools C. C. Erwin Salisbury
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . Mrs. Lucile Donnelly Salisbury
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Nancy S. Dean Salisbury
Colored Georgie Poinsette Salisbury
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White P. H. Satterwhite Cleveland
Colored Gilbert Winborne Salisbury
Chairman Board of Education. . J. F. McKnight China Grove
Chairman Board of Elections J. Giles Hudson, Sr Salisbury
Wildlife Protector Robert Milstead, Jr. China Grove
County Forester R. G. Carney Statesville
County Attorney Clarence Kluttz Salisbury
County Librarian Edith Clarke Salisbury
Veterans Service Officer Howard Howell Granite Quarry
County Court:
Judge Archibald C. Rufty Salisbury
Solicitor Thomas W. Seay, Jr Spencer
County Commissioners:
Chairman Frank G. Hall Mt. UUa
. W. F. Brinkley Granite Quarrv
. C. C. Owen Salisbury
. R. L. Holshouser Rockwell
.Troy H. Powers China Grove
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RUTHERFORD
Rutherford County was formed in 1779 from Tryon and Burke. Was named in honor
of General Griffith Rutherford, one of the most prominent of the Revolutionary patriots.
He led the expedition that crushed the Cherokees in 1776, and rendered other important
services, both in the Legislature and on the battlefield.
Population, 46,356 County Seat, Rutherfordton
State Senators 27th District Robert F. Morgan Shelby
Benjamin H. Sumner Spindale
Member House of Representatives. J. Toliver Davis Forest City
Clerk of Court Vance R. Price Rutherfordton
Register of Deeds W. Oscar Geer Rutherfordton
Sheriff Vance H. Wilkins Rutherfordton
Auditor Chas. H. Metcalfe Rutherfordton
Tax Supervisor James L. Hall Rutherfordton
Tax Collector Rex Bridges Rutherfordton
County Accountant Chas. H. Metcalfe Rutherfordton
Coroner Fred Crowe Rutherfordton
Surveyor W. O. Justice Rt. 2, Rutherfordton
County Health Officer Dr. G. O. Moss Rutherfordton
Superintendent of Schools J. J. Tarleton Rutherfordton
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Mrs. Gladys W. Doggett Rutherfordton
Home Demonstration Agent Eugenia Ware Rutherfordton
Farm Demonstration Agent F. E. Patton Rutherfordton
Chairman Board of Education. J. Harvey Carpenter Rutherfordton
Chairman Board of Elections R. E. Price Rutherfordton
Wildlife Protector Barney Peeler Rt. 1, Mooresboro
Forest Ranger C. E. Parton Gilkey
County Attorney James Toliver Davis Forest City
County Librarian Mrs. Martha K. Barr Rutherfordton
Veterans Service Officer Frank S. Hall Rutherfordton
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Judge . . .
Solicitor.
County Commissioners;
Chairman ....
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner .
Forrest I. Robertson Rutherfordton
. H. M. Owens, Jr Rutherfordton
. J. Arthur Blanton Forest City
W. Paul Carpenter Henrietta
-J. L. Thompson Rt. 3, Rutherfordton
B. B. Jones Gilkey
. W. J. York Rt. 2, Forest City
SAMPSON
Sampson County was formed in 1784 from Duplin and New Hanover. Was named in
honor of Colonel Sampson, who was a member of Governor Martin's Council.
Population, 49,780
State Senators 9th District .
County Seat, Clinton
. . Roy Rowe Burgaw
Henry Vann Clinton
Member House of Representatives . P. R. Vann Clinton
Clerk of Court J. C. Moore Clinton
Register of Deeds Edith H. Goodwin Clinton
Sheriff W. D. Hall Clinton
Auditor Jean S. Lockamy Clinton
Tax Supervisor R. E. Pendergrass Clinton
Tax Collector D. A. Wiggins Clinton
Coroner Coleman Carter Clinton
Surveyor R. L. Kerr Clinton
County Health Officer Dr. J. Cooper Howard Clinton
Superintendent of Schools J. T. Denning Clinton
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . Mrs. R. B. Wilson Clinton
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Emily Teague Clinton
Colored Mrs. Claudia B. McQueen Clinton
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White Frank Harris Clinton
Colored Frank Faison Clinton
Chairman Board of Education . . . W. L. Kennedy Newton Grove
Chairman Board of Elections J. L. Austin Clinton
Wildlife Protector Amos Bordeaux Garland
Forest Ranger William E. Herring Clinton
County Attorney Stewart B. Warren Clinton
County Librarian Margaret Faison Clinton
Veterans Service Officer James G. Herring Newton Grove
Recorder's Court:
Judge Paul M. Grumpier Clinton
Solicitor Croom M. Faircloth Clinton
County Commissioners:
Chairman Tom Newman Rt. 1, Clinton
Commissioner Harvey Hinson Rt- JJ, Dunn
Commissioner James Floyd Rt. 5, Clinton
Commissioner Jesse Harris Roseboro
Commissioner J. H. B. Maynard HarrcUs
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scotland
Scotland County was formed in 1899 from Richmond. Was named after the country
of Scotland, thf northern part of the island of Great Britain. Most of the people of this
county are descendants of Scotch Highlanders.
Population, 26,336 County Seat, Laurinburg
OlRce Oflicer Address
State Senators 18th District James W. Mason Laurinburg
Paul G. Stoner Lexington
Member House of Representatives. Roger C. Kiser Laurinburg
Clerk of Court C. L. Jones, Sr Laurinburg
Register of Deeds Margaret S. Peden Laurinburg
Sheriff Jesse C. Gibson Laurinburg
Treasurer Thos. J. Gill Laurinburg
Auditor Thos. J. Gill Laurinburg
Tax Supervisor Wm. M. Monroe Laurinburg
Tax Collector Wm. M. Monroe Laurinburg
County Accountant Thos. J. Gill Laurinburg
Coroner H. B. McDougald Laurinburg
County Health Officer Dr. K. C. Moore Laurinburg
Superintendent of Schools J. J. Pence Laurinburg
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Howard M. Williams Laurinburg
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Laura B. Wright Laurinburg
Farm Demonstration Agent E. O. McMahan Laurinburg
Chairman Board of Education .... W. G. Shaw, Jr Wagram
Chairman Board of Elections John C. Adams Gibson
Wildlife Protector Roy Bostick Laurinburg
Forest Ranger Albert McMillan Laurinburg
County Attorney Walter J. Cashwell, Jr Laurinburg
County Librarian Helen Thompson Laurinburg
Veterans Service Officer Mrs. Lorraine K. Odom Laurinburg
Recorder's Court:
Judge Thos. G. Neal Laurinburg
Solicitor Walter J. Caswell, Jr Laurinburg
County Commissioners:
Chairman E. P. Jones Laurinburg
Commissioner R. F. McCoy Laurinburg
Commissioner Sidney Smith Wagram
Commissioner Clyde L. Stutts Laurel Hill
Commissioner H. F. Monroe Laurinburg
STANLY
Stanly County was formed in 1841 from Montgomery. Was named in honor of John
Stanly, for many years a member of the Legislature, and several times Speaker of the
House of Commons.
Population, 37,130 County Seat, Albemarle
State Senators 19th District E. Avery Hightower Wadesboro
Staton P. Williams Albemarle
Member House of Representatives. A. V. Thomas Oakboro
Clerk of Court Everett G. Beam Albemarle
Register of Deeds Lemuel R. Almond Albemarle
Sheriff Robert M. Furr Albemarle
Auditor Mrs. Doris Little Albemarle
Tax Supervisor Harold Furr Albemarle
Tax Collector Henry Thompson Albemarle
County Accountant Mrs. Doris Little Albemarle
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Coroner Ren Lefler Albemarle
Surveyor Hugh Burleson Albemarle
County Health Officer Dr. R. E. Fox Albemarle
Superintendent of Schools James P. Sifford Albemarle
Superintendent of Public Welfare Otto Mabry Norwood
Home Demonstration Agent Elisabeth Watson Albemarle
Farm Demonstration Agent Vernon Huneycutt Albemarle
Chairman Board of Education. . . O. J. Sikes Albemarle
Chairman E oard of Elections W. R. Young Badin
Wildlife Protector Harold E. Sides New London
County Forester John W. Stokes Albemarle
County Attorney E. H. Morton, Jr Albemarle
County Librarian Jane McDaniel Albemarle
Veterans Service Officer Paul Blake Albemarle
Recorder's Court:
Judge S. Craig Hopkins Albemarle
Solicitor Gerald Chandler Albemarle
County Commissioners:
Chairman George M. Isenhour, Jr New London
Commissioner Clyde Whitley Albemarle
Commissioner C. B. Dennis Albemarle
Commissioner Lawson Barbee Oakboro
Commissioner Scott Huneycutt Albemarle
STOKES
Stokes County was formed in 1798 from Surry. Was named in honor of Colonel John
Stokes, a brave soldier of the Revolution, who was desperately wounded at the Waxhaw
massacre, when Colonel Buford's regiment was cut to pieces by Tarleton. After the war
Washington appointed him a judge of the United States Court in North Carolina.
Population, 21,520 County Seat, Danbury
State Senator 23rd District William F. Marshall Walnut Cove
Member House of Representatives. Grace Taylor Rodenbough Walnut Cove
Clerk of Court J. Watt Tuttle Danbury
Register of Deeds Robah L. Smith Danbury
Sheriff Harvey G. Johnson Danbury
Treasurer Harvey G. Johnson Danbury
Auditor Robah L. Smith Danbury
Tax Supervisor Cecil H. Frye Danbury
Tax Collector Cecil H. Frye Danbruy
County Accountant Robah L. Smith Danbury
Coroner Dr. Theodore Antonakos Danbury
Surveyor Hiram Adkins Walnut Cove
County Health Officer Dr. Elizabeth Moore Danbury
Superintendent of Schools R. M. Green Walnut Cove
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .V. C. Blevins Danbury
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Jane Davidson Walnut Cove
Farm Demonstration Agent S. B. Brandon King
Chairman Board of Education. . . J. Van Tuttle Pine Hall
Chairman Board of Elections Sam Lawson Rt. 2, Mt. Airy
Wildlife Protector Geo. Barr Kmg
Forest Ranger Elmo Cromer Walnut Cove
County Attorney L. H. van Noppen Danbury
County Librarian Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Danbury
Veterans Service Officer Robert Hedgecock Walnut Cove
Recorder's Court:
Judge L. H. van Noppen Danbury
Solicitor A. J. Ellington Walnut Cove
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County Commissioners:
Chairman T. M, Smith Westfield
Commissioner Ralph R. Mills Walnut Cove
Commissioner Worth Gentry King
SURRY
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Surry County was founded in 1770 from Rowan. Was named in honor of Lord Surrey,
prominent member of Parliament who opposed the taxation of the American colonies
by Parliament.
Population, 45,593 County Seat, Dobson
State Senator 23rd District William F, Marshall Walnut Cove
Member House of Representatives Joe Fowler, Jr. Mt. Airy
Clerk of Court Kermit W. Lawrence Dobson
Register of Deeds Bertha M. Shinault Dobson
Sheriff Neal Thompson Dobson
Treasurer Surry County Loan & Trust Co Dobson
Auditor Paul D. Melton Dobson
Tax Supervisor J. Pate Fulk Dobson
Tax Collector J. Pate Fulk Dobson
County Accountant Paul D. Melton Dobson
Coroner W. F. Harris Dobson
Surveyor Woodrow W. Goldsmith Mt. Airy
County Health Officer Dr. R. B. C. Franklin Mt. Airy
Superintendent of Schools J. Sam Gentry Dobson
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Bausie Marion Dobson
Home Demonstration Agent Charlotte Bridewell Dobson
Farm Demonstration Agent Neil M. Smith Dobson
Chairman Board of Education . Joe A. Pell, Jr Pilot Mountain
Chairman Board of Elections Charles Folger Dobson
Wildlife Protector George Beamer Mt. Airy
Forest Ranger Ray Norman Mtn. Park
County Attorney Fred Folger Mt. Airy
Veterans Service Officer Robert A. Freeman Dobson
County Recorder's Court:
Judge R. S. Westmoreland Mt. Airy
Solicitor Foy Clark Mt. Airy
Pilot Mountain Recorder's Court:
Judge Richard W. Reid Pilot Mountain
Solicitor Charles Folger Dobson
County Commissioners:
Chairman S. M. Smith Pilot Mountain
Commissioner R. P. Jones Mount Airy
Commissioner E. W. McDaniel Mount Airy
SWAIN
Swain County was formed in 1871 from Jackson and Macon. Was named in honor
of David Lowrie Swain, Governor of North Carolina and president of the University.
Population, 9,921 County Seat, Bryson City
State Senator 33rd District Kelly E. Bennett Bryson City
Member House of Representatives . C. R. Crawford Whittier
Clerk of Court Henry J. Truett Bryson City
Register of Deeds J. R. Gibson Bryson City
Sheriff I. B. Jenkins Bryson City
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Treasurer W. R. Ayers Bryson City
Auditor W. R. Ayers Bryson City
Tax Supervisor A. J. Sutton Bryson City
Tax Collector W. R. Ayers Bryson City
County Accountant W. R. Ayers Bryson City
Coroner John E. Goodson Bryson City
County Health Officer Dr. Guy V. Gooding Sylva
Superintendent of Schools T. L. Woodard Bryson City
Superintendent of Public Welfare LeRoy English Bryson City
Home Demonstration Agent Pansie Deal Bryson City
Farm Demonstration Agent R. L. Lyday Bryson City
Chairman Board of Education . . James A. Sutton Bryson City
Chairman Board of Elections Venoy Huskey Rt. 1, Bryson City
Wildlife Protector Wade Grain Rt. 1, Bryson City
Forest Ranger D. J. Dean R . 1, Bryson City
County Attorney E. B. Whitaker Bryson City
County Librarian Mrs. Harley Breedlove Bryson City
Veterans Service Officer J. R. Gibson Bryson City
County Commissioners:
Chairman A. J. Sutton Rt. 1, Bryson City
Commissioner Jack Smith Rt. 2, Bryson City
Commissioner Jess Miles Rt. 1, Bryson City
TRANSYLVANIA
Transylvania County was formed in 1861 from Henderson and Jackson. The name is
derived from two Latin words, "trans" across, "sylva" woods. Transylvania County
voted with Henderson until 1868.
Population, 15,194 County Seat, Brevard
State Senators 32nd District J. R. Stephenson Saluda
R. Lee Whitmire Hendersonville
Member House of Representatives . James C. Gaither Brevard
Clerk of Court F. M. McCall Brevard
Register of Deeds Paul M. Whitmire Brevard
Sheriff E. V. Dillingham Brevard
Auditor C. Lewis Osborne Brevard
Tax Supervisor C. Lewis Osborne Brevard
Tax Collector C. M. Douglas Brevard
County Accountant C. Lewis Osborne Brevard
Coroner. . Donald Lee Moore Brevard
County Health Officer Dr. J. D. Lutz Hendersonville
Superintendent of Schools J. B. Jones Brevard
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . Dora M. Patton Brevard
Home Demonstration Agent Annie Benson Priest Breavrd
Farm Demonstration Agent James E. Davis Brevard
Chairman Board of Education. . . Eddie Varner Brevard
Chairman Board of Elections George D. Shuford Penrose
Wildlife Protector James D. Renegar Brevard
Forest Ranger Charles Paxton Brevard
County Attorney Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr Brevard
County Librarian Mrs. Lehman Kapp Brevard
Veterans Service Officer Paul M. Whitmire Brevard
County Commissioners:
Chairman Freeman Hayes Brevard
Commissioner Dwight L. Moffitt Brevard
Commissioner Dewey Burton Rosman
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TYRRELL
Tyrrell County was formed in 1729 from Albemarle. Was named in hcnor of Sir John
Tyrrell, who at one time was one of the Lords Proprietors.
Population, 5,048 County Seat, Columbia
Office Officer Address
State Senators 2nd District Robert H. Cowen Williamston
Edward L. Owens Plymouth
Member House of Representatives . Lewis L. Combs Columbia
Clerk of Court Melvin Pledger Columbia
Register of Deeds Sara L. Taf t Columbia
Sheriff Clair E. Morris Columbia
Treasurer East Carolina Bank Columbia
Auditor H. S. Swain Columbia
Tax Supervisor H. S. Swain Columbia
Tax Collector C. E. Morris Columbia
County Accountant H. S. Swain Columbia
Coroner C. E. Walker Columbia
Surveyor H. C. Litchfield Columbia
County Health Officer Dr. Claudius McGowan Plymouth
Superintendent of Schools M. L. Basnight Columbia
Superintendent of Public Welfare J. W. Hamilton Columbia
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Ann E. Davenport Creswell
Farm Demonstration Agent H. H. Harris Columbia
Chairman Board of F^ducation .... Otis B. Cohoon Columbia
Chairman Board of Elections Geo. G. Owens Columbia
Wildlife Protector E. L. Mosley Columbia
Forest Ranger James E. Swain Columbia
County Attorney Sam S. Woodley Columbia
County Librarian Ruth Reynolds Columbia
Veterans Service Officer D. A. Simmons Columbia
Recorder's Court:
Judge W. T. Reynolds Columbia
Solicitor Sam S. Woodley Columbia
County Commissioners:
Chairman
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
Commissioner.
. G. W. Selby Columbia
. W. A. Mayo Columbia
H. P. Swain Columbia
H. E. Davis Columliia
B. Frank Alexander Columbia
UNION
Union County was formed in 1842 from Anson and Mecklenburg.
Population, 42,034 County Seat, Monroe
State Senators 19th District E. Avery Hightower Wadesboro
Staton P. Williams Albemarle
Member House of Representatives. Henry H. Wilson, Jr Monroe
Clerk of Court J. Hampton Price Monroe
Register of Deeds Clara Lanev Monroe
Sheriff Ben H. Wolfe Monroe
Treasurer American Bank & Trust Co Monroe
Tax Supervisor Roy J. Moore Monroe
Tax Collector B. Frank Niven Monroe
County Accountant Roy J. Moore Monroe
Coroner Roy B. Funderburk Monroe
County Health Officer Dr. Clem Ham Monroe
Superintendent of Schools Dan S. Davis Monroe
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .Mrs. George S. Lee Monroe
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Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Hilda L. Hudson Monroe
Colored Willette E. Gavin Monroe
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White James A. Marsh Monroe
Colored Phillip E. Bazemore Monroe
Chairman Board of Education . . . R. F. Beasley Monroe
Chairman Board of Elections J. Burns Simpson Monroe
Wildlife Protector Stewart Armfield Marshville
County Attorney Smith & Griffin Monroe
County Librarian Mrs. Kathryn Morrow Monroe
Veterans Service Officer J. Neal Clark Monroe
Recorder's Court:
Judge J. Emmett Griffin Monroe
Solicitor W. H. Rooker Monroe
County Commissioners:
Chairman James R. Brasswell Monroe
Commissioner R. Hall McGuirt Monroe
Commissioner Robert O. Helms Monroe
Commissioner Tom B. Rushing Marshville
Commissioner Frank H. Hawfield Rt. 2, Matthews
VANCE
Vance County was formed in 1881 from Granville, Warren, and Franklin. Was named
in honor of Zebulon B. Vance, "the Great War Governor," a Member of Congress, Gov-
ernor of North Carolina, United States Senator.
Population, 32,101 County Seat, Henderson
State Senator 3rd District Perry W. Martin Rich Square
Member House of Representatives. A. A. Zollicoffer, Jr Henderson
Clerk of Court Henry W. Hight Henderson
Register of Deeds H. M. Robinson Henderson
Sherifl E. A. Cottrell Henderson
Auditor Mrs. Emily G. Whitten Henderson
Tax Supervisor Wilton W. Wortham Henderson
Tax Collector Wilton W. Wortham Henderson
County Accountant Mrs. Emily G. Whitten Henderson
Coroner F. B. Hight Henderson
County Health Officer Dr. A. D. Gregg Henderson
Superintendent of Schools J. C. Stabler Henderson
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Betsy Rose Jones Henderson
Home Demonstration Agent: '
White Anne M. Brown Henderson
Colored Mrs. Esther B. Roscoe Henderson
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White Hugh D. Barden Henderson
Colored Lloyd L. Peace Henderson
Chairman Board of Education .... George Wilson Rt. 5, Henderson
Chairman Board of Elections George Gilliam Henderson
Wildlife Protector N. G. Crews, III Rt. 4 Henderson
Fo-est Ranger Rufus Daniel Rt. 2, Henderson
County Attorney Arthur A. Bunn Henderson
Veterans Service Officer E. Roscoe Orr Henderson
Recorder's Court:
Judge J- W. Beckham Henderson
Solicitor Sterling G. Gilliam Henderson
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County Conimissionprs:
Chairman J. L. Roberson Henderson
Commissioner John E. Wilson " Townsville
Commissioner E. C. Edwards ; ; ; ; Henderson
Commissioner J. Furman Satterwhite Henderson
Commissioner W. J. Bowen ; Rt. i, Henderson
WAKE
Wake County was formed in 1770 from Johnston, Cumberland, and Orange Was
named in honor of Governor Tryon's wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Wake
Some historians say that the county was named for "Ester Wake." the popular sister
pi 1 ryon s wife, but there is no reason to suppose that any such person ever existed. She
IS purely a creature of the imagination.
Population, 136,450 County Seat, Raleigh
State Senators 13th District J. W. Hoyle Sanford
James M. Poyner Raleip-h
Members House of «aieign
Representatives W. C. Harris, Jr Raleigh
Philip R. Whitley '. .. Wendell
W. Brantley Womble Cary
Clerk of Court J. Russell Nipper Raleieh
Register of Deeds W. Frank Booker Raleilh
Sheriflf Robert J. Pleasants '. Raleieh
T'-easu'-er L. A. Doub '.: Raleigh
Auditor. . A. C. Hall Raleigh
Tax Supervisor R. E. Richardson, Jr Raleigh
Tax Collector C. C. Rich '. .•.•.■.■:::.• . R^lej^h
Coroner Marshall W. Bennett Raleigh
Surveyor Moses Farmer Rt 2 RaleiSh
County Health Officer Dr. A. C. Bulla ' Raleigh
Superintendent of Schools Fred Smith Zebulon
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Mrs. Josephine Kirk ' ' Raleigh
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Merle Swicegood Raleigh
Colored Mrs. Natalie P. Wimberly Raleigh
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White. Grady Miller, Jr Raleigh
Colored W. C. Davenport Raleigh
Chairman Board of Education. . . C. V. Whitley Zebulon
Chairman Board of Elections Preston W. Edsall ... Raleieh
Wildlife Protector Bob Perry Wake Forest
County Forester John E. A. Nicholson ' Raleigh
County Attorney Thomas A. Banks Garner
County Librarian Miss Clyde Smith Raleigh
Veterans Service Officer Wiley Pickens Raleigh
Recorders' Courts:
Apex District:
Judge C. C. Cunningham Raleigh
Solicitor George F. Bason Raleigh
Cary District:
Judge H. H. Waddell Gary
Solicitor Robert L. Emanuel Raleigh
Fuquay Springs District:
Judge W. I. Rowland Willow Springs
Solicitor Wm. B. Oliver Fuquay Springs
Garner District:
Judge Robert W. Brooks Garner
Sohcitor Earl Weaver Raleigh
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Wake Forest District:
Judge Donald GuUey Wake Forest
Solicitor J. C. Keeter Wake Forest
Wendell District:
Judge CM. Kirk Wendell
Solicitor Thos. D. Bunn Raleigh
Zebulon District:
Judge Irby Gill Zebulon
Solicitor Ferd L. Davis Zebulon
City Court:
Judge Albert Doub Raleigh
Solicitor R. L. McMillan, Jr Raleigh
Domestic Relations Court:
Judge
Jeff Fountain Raleigh
County Commissioners:
Chairman L. W. Umstead Garner
Commissioner W. W. Holding Wake Forest
Commissioner Ben W. Haigh Raleigh
Commissioner Cary L. Robertson Knightdale
Commissioner Dewey Powell Apex
WARREN
Warren County was formed in 1779 from Bute. Was named in honor of General Joseph
Warren, a brave Massachusetts soldier who fell while fighting at the battle of Bunker Hill.
Population, 23,539
County Seat, Warrenton
State Senator 3rd District Perry W. Martin Rich Square
Member House of Representatives John Kerr, Jr Warrenton
Clerk of Court Joe N. Ellis Warrenton
. S. E. Allen Warrenton
. Roy V. Shearin Warrenton
. A. P. Rodwell, Jr Warrenton
. A. P. Rodwell, Jr Warrenton
. A. P. Rodwell, Jr Warrenton
. N. I. Haithcock Warrenton
Dr. A. D. Gregg Henderson
. J. R. Peeler Warrenton
Julian W. Farrar Warrenton
Register of Deeds.
Sheriff
Auditor
Tax Supervisor. . .
Tax Collector. . . .
Coroner
County Health Officer
Superintendent of Schools
Superintendent of Public Welfare
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Emily Ballinger Warrenton
Colored Mrs. Annie B. Branche Warrenton
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White Frank W. Reams Warrenton
Colored W. A. Godley Warrenton
Chairman Board of Education .... Eugene Davis Warrenton
Chairman Board of Elections Wiley G. Coleman Warrenton
Wildlife Protector A. D. Pridgen Warrenton
Forest Ranger Wilbert Davis Warrenton
County Attorney William W. Taylor, Jr Warrenton
County Librarian Georgia Tarwater Warrenton
Veterans Service Officer Loyce Connell Warrenton
Recorder's Court:
Judge Julius Banzet Warrenton
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.J. T. Harris Rt. 3, Warrenton
. Jim Hundley Norlina
. J. A. Wilson Manson
.A. L. Capps Warrenton
. R. P. Thome Littleton
WASHINGTON
Washington County was formed in 1799 from Tyrrell.
Washington.
Population, 13,180
Was named in honor of George
County Seat, Plymouth
State Senators 2nd District Robert H. Cowen
Edward L. Owens
Member House of Representatives. Dr. J. M. Phelps
Clerk of Court Mrs. Newman Allen
Register of Deeds J. R. Campbell
Sheriff J. K. Reid
Treasurer Branch Banking & Trust Co.
Auditor E.J. Spruill
Tax Supervisor H. L. Davenport
Tax Collector E. J. Spruill
County Accountant E. J. Spruill
Coroner J. L. Horner
County Health Officer Dr. Claudius McGowan
Superintendent of Schools R. L. Lowry
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Ursula B. Spruill
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Frances M. Darden . . . .
Farm Demonstration Agent G. M. Whitford
Chairman Board of Education. . . . J. W. Norman
Chairman Board of Elections W. T. Freeman
Wildlife Protector J. T. Terry
Forest Ranger Wilton Spear
County Attorney W. Ronald Gaylord
County Librarian Eleanor C. Ayers
Veterans Service Officer W. Ronald Gaylord
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Recorder's Court:
Judge W. Ronald Gaylord Plymouth
Solicitor , W. Blount Rodman Plymouth
County Commissioners:
Chairman Frank L. Brinkley Plymouth
Commissioner A. R. Latham Plymouth
Commissioner J. C. Knowles Roper
Commissioner H. L. Davenport Roper
Commissioner Phillip M. Spruill Creswell
WATAUGA
Watauga County was formed in 1849 from Ashe, Wilkes,
named after an Indian tribe.
Caldwell and Yancey. Was
Population, 18,342 County Seat, Boone
State Senator 29th District Todd H. Gentry West Jefferson
Member House of Representatives. S. C. Eggers Boone
Clerk of Court Austin E. South Boone
Register of Deeds Helen Underdown Boone
Sheriff Ernest M. Hodges Boone
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Tax Supervisor I. B. Wilson Boone
Tax Collector Orville Foster Boone
County Accountant Clint Cannon Boone
Coroner Richard E. Kelley Boone
Surveyor Joe J. Miller RFD, Boone
County Health Officer Dr. Mary B. H. Michal Boone
Superintendent of Schools W. Guy Angell Boone
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Dave P. Mast Sugar Grove
Home Demonstration Agent Jean Childers Boone
Farm Demonstration Agent L. E. Tuckwiller Boone
Chairman Board of Education. . . Dr. Charles DaVant, Jr Blowing Rock
Chairman Board of Elections R. T. Greer Boone
Wildlife Protector Tommie F. Osborne Boone
Forest Ranger Russell Greene RFD, Boone
County Attorney Stacy C. Eggers, Jr Boone
County Librarian Homer F. Brown Boone
Veterans Service Officer Lionel Ward Boone
County Commissioners:
Chairman Bynum Greene RFD, Boone
CommiEsioner Clint Lewis RFD, Boone
Commissioner Fred Hatley RFD, Banner Elk
WAYNE
Wayne County was formed in 1779 from Dobbs and Craven. Was named in honor of
General Anthony Wayne, one of Washington's most trusted soldiers. His courage was
so great as to amount almost to rashness, and his soldiers called him "Mad Anthony
Wayne."
Population, 64,267 County Seat, Goldsboro
State Senators 8th District Dr. D. J. Rose Goldsboro
Adam J. Whitley, Jr Smithfield
Member House of Representatives . Hardy Talton Pikeville
Clerk of Court C. L. Derr Goldsboro
Register of Deeds Eula B. Whitley Goldsboro
Sheriff Jesse Hinson Goldsboro
Auditor C. Bryan Aycock Goldsboro
Tax Supervisor C. Bryan Aycock Goldsboro
Tax Collector J. Spicer Holmes Goldsboro
Coroner I. T. Symour Goldsboro
Surveyor E. G. Porter, Jr Goldsboro
County Health Officer Dr. Arthur S. Chesson, Jr Goldsboro
Superintendent of Schools R. S. Proctor Goldsboro
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Edith B. Franklin Goldsboro
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Rachel Herring Goldsboro
Colored Mrs. Elizabeth Brown Goldsboro
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White G. Mark Goforth, Jr Goldsboro
Colored George E. McDaniel Goldsboro
Chairman Board of Education .... Elton Aycock Goldsboro
Chairman Board of Elections J. B. Hooks, Jr Fremont
Wildlife Protector Admiral G. Howell Goldsboro
Forest Ranger Milford Pennington Goldsboro
County Attorney Fred P. Parker, Jr Goldsboro
County Librarian Susan Borden Goldsboro
Veterans Service Officer Walter J. Sochacki Goldsboro
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Recorder's Court:
Judge Charles P. Gaylor Goldsboro
Solicitor W. Dortch Langston Goldsboro
County Commissioners:
Chairman W. Leslie Langston Goldsboro
Commissioner Dallas W. Price Seven Springs
Commissioner Seth B. Hollowell Goldsboro
Commissioner John T. Ballance Fremont
Commissioner A. C. Hatch Mt. Olive
WILKES
Wilkes County was formed in 1777 from Surry and Burke. Was named in honor of
John Wilkes. Wilkes was a violent opponent of the Tory party in England, who would
not let him take his seat in Parliament to which he had been elected. The Americans
imagined he was suffering in the cause of liberty and named the county in his honor.
Population, 45,243 County Seat, Wilkesboro
State Senator 24th District H. P. EUer N. Wilkesboro
Member House of Representatives Claude L. Kennedy Wilkesboro
Clerk of Court Cora Caudill Wilkesboro
Register of Deeds Trov C. Foster Wilkesboro
Sheriff Claude E. Billings, Jr Wilkesboro
County Accountant E. R. Eller Wilkesboro
Coroner Dr. James I. Bumgarner Wilkesboro
Surveyor T. G. Casey Cycle
Superintendent of Schools C. B. EUer Wilkesboro
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Chas. C. McNeill Wilkesboro
Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Annie E. Greene Wilkesboro
Farm Demonstration Agent George G. Farthing Wilkesboro
Chairman Board of Education . . R. R. Church Wilkesboro
Chairman Board of Elections Robert M. Gambill N. Wilkesboro
Wildlife Protector Bill Arledge N. Wilkesboro
Forest Ranger Arlie Foster Wilkesboro
County Attorney J. F. Jordan Wilkesboro
Veterans Service Officer CM. EUedge Rt. 1, N. Wilkesboro
County Commissioners:
Chairman Claude Billings Traphill
Commissioner E. F. Caudill N. Wilkesboro
Commissioner Bill Phillips Wilkesboro
WILSON
Wilson County was formed in 1855 from Edgecombe, Nash, Johnston, and Wayne.
Was named in honor of Louis D. Wilson, many times a member of the Legislature from
Edgecombe County, a soldier of the Mexican War who died near Vera Cruz of fever, and
the benefactor of the poor of his native county. From 1856 to 1868 Wilson County
voted with Edgecombe.
Population, 54,506 County Seat, Wilson
State Senators 6th District J. C. Eagles, Jr Wilson
Wilbur M. Jolly Louisburg
Member House of Representatives. Thomas H. Woodard Wilson
Clerk of Court Chas. C. Lamm Wilson
Register of Deeds Sadie H. Collins Wilson
Sheriff J. W. Thompson Wilson
Auditor K. J. Herring Wilson
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Tax Supervisor K. J. Herring Wilson
Tax Collector J. T. Boyette Wilson
County Accountant K. J. Herring Wilson
Coroner Dr. R. A. Goudy Wilson
County Health Officer Dr. J. L. Campbell Wilson
Superintendent of Schools H. D. Browning, Jr Wilson
Superintendent of Public Welfare. . M. G. Fulghum Wilson
Home Demonstration Agent:
White Mrs. Ona P. Humphrey Luoama
Colored Mrs. Helen Brandford Wilson
Farm Demonstration Agent:
White William D. Lewis Wilson
Colored W. G. Pierce Wilson
Chairman Board of Education .... M. V. Wilkerson Sims
Chairman Board of Elections Harry C. Finch Wilson
Wildlife Protector Elmo L. Walls, Jr Wilson
Forest Ranger Raymond Denton Rt. 2, Wilson
County Attorney Luke Lamm Wilson
County Librarian Nancy B. Gray Wilson
Veterans Service Officer Walter Tucker Wilson
General County Court:
Judge R. L. Brinkley Wilson
Solicitor Silas R. Lucas Wilson
Recorder's Court:
Judge Wiley L. Lane Wilson
Solicitor A. C. Owens Wilson
County Commissioners:
Chairman W. O. Harrison Wilson
Commissioner Walter H. Blalock RFD, Black Creek
Commissioner Thomas Daniel Rt. 2, Wilson
Commissioner L. A. Gardner Saratoga
Commissioner A. D. Williams RFD, Elm City
YADKIN
Yadkin County was formed in 18.50 from Surry. Its name is derived from the Yadkin
river which runs through it. It is supposed to be an Indian name. Yadkin voted with
Surry in 18.52.
Population, 22,133 County Seat, Yadkinville
State Senator 24th District H. P. EUer North Wilkesvoro
Member House of Representatives. H. Smith Williams Yadkinville
Clerk of Court Lon H. West Yadkinville
Register of Deeds Troy R. Davis Yadkinville
Sheriff O. W. Brown Yadkinville
Treasurer J. Roy Pendry Yadkinville
Auditor J. Roy Pendry Yadkinville
Tax Supervisor J. Roy Pendry Yadkinville
Tax Collector Curtis Shore Yadkinville
County Accountant J. Roy Pendry Yadkinville
County Health Officer Dr. Fred G. Pegg Mocksville
Superintendent of Schools Fred C. Hobson Yadkinville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. Mrs. Jewel M. Banks Yadkinville
Home Demonstration Agent Irene Brown Yadkinville
Farm Demonstration Agent Robert L. Smith Yadkinville
Chairman Board of Education. . . .G. C. Wallace Ham|)tonville
Chairman Board of Elections H. Earl Stryker Yadkinville
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Frank Mackie Yadkinville
Walter L. Zachary Yadkinville
Mary Harding Yadkinville
W. E. Rutledge, Jr Yadkinville
H. A. Norman East Bend
E. C. Adams Yadkinville
Berlin J. Joyner Rt. 3, Yadkinville
E. A. Wells Hampton ville
Jesse P. Adams Jonesville
YANCEY
Yancey County was formed in 1833 from Burke and Buncombe. Was named in honor
of Bartlett Yancey, an eloquent orator, many times a member of the Legislature, Speaker
of the State Senate, and a Member of Congress. He was one of the earliest advocates of
the public school system of North Carolina.
Population, 16,306
County Seat, Burnsville
State Senator 30th District John C. McBee Bakersville
Member House of Representatives . Harlon Holcombe Burnsville
Clerk of Court Lowe Thomas Burnsville
Register of Deeds Evelyn H. Pate Burnsville
Sheriff Terry Hall Burnsville
Treasurer L. M. Robinson Burnsville
Auditor L. M. Robinson Burnsville
Tax Supervisor Clarence E. Bailey Burnsville
Tax Collector L. M. Robinson Burnsville
County Accountant L. M. Robinson Burnsville
Coroner W. M. Hensley Burnsville
County Health Officer Dr. Cameron F. McRae Burnsville
Superintendent of Schools Hubert D. Justice Burnsville
Superintendent of Public Welfare. .L. G. Deyton Burnsville
Home Demonstration Agent Sue Nottingham Burnsville
Farm Demonstration Agent E. L. Dillingham Burnsville
Chairman Board of Education .... Roy Ray Burnsville
Chairman Board of Elections Gaston M. Angel Burnsville
Wildlife Protector Milt Higgins Burnsville
Forest Ranger Craig English Burnsville
County Attorney D. R. Fouts Burnsville
County Librarian Mrs. Wendell Thomas Rt. 2, Burnsville
Veterans Service Officer H. G. Bailey Burnsville
County Commissioners:
Chairman W. M. Hall Rt. 2, Burnsville
Commissioner Lloyd Miller Rt. 3, Burnsville
Commissioner D. H. Harrison Hamrick
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