Henderson Daily Dispatch

Both Parties
Back Longer
Sheriff Term

Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel

Raleigh, Oct. 5.--The constitutional amendment increasing to four years the terms of North Carolina sheriffs and coroners will receive the support of Republican as well as Democratic counties and leaders, State Senator John D. Larkins predicted today after returning from a trip which took him into the West.

"This campaign is completely non-partisan", the Jones county legislator stressed, "and we are going to carry the counties in which Republicans predominate or are numerous just as
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well as the
staunch
Democratic
strongholds.

Senator Larkins, who is in charge
of headquarters for the amendment
here, attended the three Democratic
rallies in Gastonia, Statesville and
Asheville last week, but he took no
active part in the partisan maneuver-
ings. He made contact with leading
G. O. P. members as well as with
Democratic.

"My impression is that the amend-
ment will carry in practically all the
counties I visited on the trip," he
said. "It was well received at the
three rallies and those leaders with
whom I talked told me that they are
confident of the result."

Among the prominent Republican
leaders who have indorsed the four-
year term project is Dr. James W.
Davis, of the Davis Hospital at States-
ville, Senator Larkins said.

In a letter to Senator Larkins Dr.
Davis said:

"Every sheriff should have a four-
year term of office. To force sheriffs
to go out for re-election every two
years is a great mistake. A change to
a four-year term would enable them
to serve much more efficiently.