Owing to a shortage of funds and not as the result of any inefficiency, a number of federal prohibition agents in Eastern North Carolina have been discontinued. Among those take off the force was Mr. J.J. Batten of this city. Mr. Batten has served in this capacity for over four years and has given impartial service. Whether the officers will be reinstated after a new appropriation is made, is now problematical.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Feb. 12, 1926
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