OVERMAN AND MORRISON SCRAP IN 1932
STATE TO
FIGHT UN
EMPL’YM’NT
OTHER STATE NEWS
Raleigh, Dec. 4—As the smoke of
the 1930 political battle
clears away, the stage, all set for
1932, appears, and the 1936 contests
in the offing. Included in the 1932
contests will be those of the U. S.
Senate, the Governorship, his lieu
tenant, the attorney general, and oth
ers, while the 1936 governorship race
is beginning to take form.
Senator Lee S. Overman has an
nounced his candidacy to succeed him
self. Former Governor Cameron Mor
rison has announced his opposition
Robert R. Reynolds, Asheville, and
Frank D. Grist, commissioner of La
bor and Printing, have given intima
tion of possible candidacies. Clyde R.
Hoey, of Shelby, mentioned frequently
has said nothing. Governor Morrison’s
friends doubt if Senator Overman will
finally run, but think their candidate
would have no trouble defeating him
on the “new and younger blood” idea.
Former govrenor A. W. McLean, it is
generally understood, will support the
only other member of the N. C. ex
Governor Club, despite splits in the
past. Other supporters of Senator
Simmons in the June Primary may or
may not follow Governor McLean. If
Mr. Hoey should enter the race, which
many doubt, he would cause trouble,
plenty of it.
While the 1932 Governor's race may
be said to be status quo, things are
heading for the 1936 race. Thomas C.
(Tam) Bowie, Jefferson, while not in
clined to go by the Attorney General
office route, will, under normal con
ditions, be a gubernatorial candidate
in 1936. A. H.(Sandy)Graham, Hills
boro, is expected to keep his contacts
and friends by running for lieutenant
governor in 1932, with a idea of step
ping into the Governor’s chair in 1936.
Judge Thomas L. Johnson now of
Asheville, retired from the 1932 race
W’ith the apparent purpose of entering
the 1936 contest.
D. F. Giles, Marion and W. F.
Wood, als oof Marion, are prospects
for the Lieutenant Governor’s race
with Mr. Graham. With Mr. Bowie
definitely out, the prospects for the
1932 Attorney General race include I.
M. Bailey, attorney for the N. C.
Corporation Commission; Charlie
Ross, attorney for the N. C. Highway
Commission and Kenneth C. Royall,
Goldsbro. Doubt that Mr. Royall will
run and intimation that another un
named candidate will enter this race
are being expressed. All of these
contests have interesting possibilities.
Twenty-two highway construction
projects, involving about $1,500,000
are included in the list on which bids
will be received at the State Highway
Department December 9, John D. Wal
drop, State Highway engineer, an
nounces.These include an aggregate of
25.5 miles of concrete, 11.42 miles of
asphalt, 14.31 miles of gravel sur
facing, 21.13 miles of grading and
structure, 3.42 miles of grading, struc
turees and topsoil, three bridges and
the structures on another road.
Nineteen of these projects are ap
proved for Federal aid, estimates be
ing that half a million dollars in Fed
eral money will be utilized on all ex
cept those in Martin, Tyrell and
Sampson counties. The $500,000 coun
ty equalizing fund and funds from
COLD
RUINS
BATTERIES
Zero weather puts an added
strain on your battery. You
need more power for starting
—lights burn longer in Win
ter. Keep batteries at 100%
efficiency-ifs economy. Make
this your battery and ignition
headquarter for service.
ANY REPAIR TO ANY
CAR
Fly Wheel Bands Installed.
Cylinder Reboring and Hone
ing.
Motor Rebuilding.
Cylinder Sleeves Installed.
Generator, Starter and Elec
trical Work.
Any Broken Pieces Welded:
Cast Iron ,Alssunum,
Steel and Brass.
Wind Shield and Door Glass
Installed.
Fenders and Body Dents
Straightened and Ducoed.
Axles Straightened. Battery
Recharging.
Connecting Rod Rebabbitting
Wrecker Service Day or
Night.
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the districts will be used on these pro- j
jects.
First steps toward organized relief
and coping with unemployment in the
State will be undertaken this week,
following the meeting on Tuesday of
Governor Gardner's Council on Un
employment and Relief in North Caro
lina with Frank Bane, Washington,
representing President Hoover s Com
mittee on Unemployment in the Re
venue Building here at 11 o'clock.
M. Eugene Newsom, Durham, form
er president of Rotary International,
is chairman of the committee, with
Mrs. W. T. Bost, commissioner of pub
lic welfare, as vice chairman, with 13
other citizens, men and women, lead
ers in civic, labor, industrial, pub
lishing and other fields as members.
“Immediate organization to meet
the many grave issues arising out of
this problem appears to me absolutely ^
imperative and at this time and is, of
course, in conformity with the Presi
dent’s plans in this connection,” Gov
ernor Gardner wrote the member.
named on the emmittee, urging them
“to cooperate to the fullest degree in
this effort to work out a program in
cooperation with tiie Labor and Wel
fare Departments, which will assist
in organizing the State for the relief ,
of the distress in which large num
bers of our people now find them
selves.''
Prices of textbooks in the three sub
Arithmetic, Writing and Drawing, will
play an important part in determining
w hether changes will be made for next
year in the textbooks in these courses,
on bids submitted by the publishers of
the mutiple books approved by the
State Textbook Commission, to the
State Board of Education this week.
In addition to receiving bids, the
board is hearing publishers of the ap
proved books at a serie sof meetings
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday af
ternoons of this week.
State Superintendent A. T. Allen
states that conditions appear favor
able for a reduction at this time, in
the prices of textbooks, due to eco
nomic conditions, with a resultant sav
ing to the school patrons, if a change
should be made. However, he said,
the board will scrutinize the prices
carefully and if no saving can be
made, the present books may be con
tinued.
In every contract the publishers of
books used in this State agree to fur
nish books at a price as low as the
same books are furnished t > any oth
er states, and when a reduction i>
made in prices on these books else
where, North Carolina and her divis
ions automatically receive a reduct
ion to that price. By which is is seen
that no state can get books at prices
lower than North Carolina and few,
if any receive them at a price a.-, low.
Even though 11.7 per cent of the
banks and l'J per cent of the branches
m the State banking system in North
Carolina, involving 13.33 per cent of
the total capital stock, have closed
their doors since January 1, only 7.8
per cent of the deposits and slightly
more than 8 per cent of the total re
sources in the system are involved in
the banks that are still closed, ac
cording to figurse compiled from re
cords in the office of the State Bank
ing Department.
This means that 92.2 per cent of the
deposits and 92 per cent of the re
sources in the State banking system
remain intact and untouched by the
34 banks and nine branches which
closed and did not reopen, seven banks
and five branchces closed having re-1
o] «■ led and continued business.
The 350 banks and 74 branchces
operating in the State January 1, 1930
1 Eid total deposits of $113,595,202 and
t. tal resources of $341,750,996 on that i
date, while only $8,853,898 in deposits |
subject to check, and only $27,600,- |
892 in total resources wer einvolved
in the bank failures during the year,
including the 13 banks, led by the Cen
tral Bank and Trust Co., Asheville,
which closed last week. The bulk of
the State bank money is still intact.
The Advisory Budget Commission,
c .niposed of chairmen of the finance
and appropriations committee of the
House and Senate and two addtional
citizens with Governor Gardner as
.•tairman, is this week going over the
n., jests for mainetnance and perma
•nt improvements asked by the
State's departments, institutions and
0l‘ ncies, which will be presented to
the 1931 General Assembly, after the
.onmissions pares and cuts them
(Own in many places, probably all.
The requests total approximately
73,000,000 for the next two years, of
which includes highway funds of $17,
563,365 for maintenance and $5,896,
122 for road construct in and $544,
157 for 1931-32 and $546,532 for 1932
33 for the Department * Agriculture,
both of which funda com* from special
taxes raised by the departments.
Of the 32 counties which had Re
publican administration during the
past tw oyears, between 20 and 25
are now manned by Democrats, leav
ing less than a dozer with all or a
dominating part of the county admin
juration in the hands of Republicans,
as a resul tof the chan>:. made Mon
nay, following the election last month.
While only six of the 100 counties
have Republican reprt entatives in
the legislature, some * f those elect
ing Democrats as repre.- ntatives, did
not change parties in county adminis
tration.
Weldon Bridge To Be
Completed Jan. 1st.
Concrete work on the road leading
from Carysburg, in Northampton
County, to the bridge now under con
struction at Weldon was begun a few
days ago.
It is understood the bridge will be
completed on or about January 1.
The steel work was recently finished,
and little work remains to be done
before the bridg eis completed. The
new bridge will serve as a shorter
route from Northampton County to
Halifax County.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
bridge at Roanoke Rapids, connecting
this county with Northampton County.
IVo new piers are completed. The
recent cold weather has not delayed
any of the work.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wyche attended
the funeral of Mr. Traynham in South
Boston, Va., Friday.
Miss Lillian Walstn of Scotland
Neck, N. C., and Miss Maude Fon
ville, of Pikeville, N. C., spent Thanks
giving here as the guests of Miss Vio
la Glover.
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