Through Capitol Keyholes
By BESS HINTON SILVER
CANDIDACY. —Some members of
the General Assembly don’t think that
Senator Harriss Newman, of New
Hanover, and Representative Gregg
Cherry, of Gastonia, Chairmen of
Senate and House committees on fi
nance, have helped their reported can
didacies for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, also respectively, by the
speed have attempted to apply
to -committee consideration of the
proposed revenue bill. These dis
senters express private opinions that
rushing consideration of the big
money bill has angered more people
than it has pleased
FUTILE.—Dr. John T. Burrus,
Senator from Guilford, thinks the
chairman of the State Highway and
Public Works Commission and the
Commissioner of Revenue should be
elected by the people instead of ap
pointed by the Governor and has bills
intended to make such a change. But
the High Point doctor isn’t betting
any big stakes that his proposals will
become law. On the other hand he
is inclined to be resigned to their de
feat. Senator Burrus defeated Capus
M. Waynick, present chairman of the
highway body, in the Democratic pri
maries last June.
PURPOSE.—The bill by Senator
Paul D. Grady, of Johnston, to amend
the law establishing a State Board
Cosmetoligists, proposes to do many
things but opponents avow its main
purpose is to abolish the three mem
bers of the board of beauty shop in
spectors appointed by Governor Eh
ringhaus. Failure of the Governor
to reappoint Miss Emelie Purcell, who
served on the board one year, has
created no little stir and proposals
for a new set-up occasioned little sur
prise in Raleigh political circles.
GAS TAXES. —From this point it
looks like everybody and his brother
is trying to get his hand into the
pocket of the automobile driver by
diverting highway fund revenues.
Motorists and truck owners have ex
pressed in no uncertain terms the
opinion that any surplus gasoline tax
es should be applied to repairing
roads or reducing the cost of license
taxes. You will not be able to tell
who wins until the General Assembly
adjourns sine die.
TOLLS. This General Assembly
* came to Raleigh determined to make
all bridges as free as the roads and
it didn’t take the members long to re
move the tolls from bridges across
the Chowan near Edenton and the
Cape Fear at Wilmington. You won’t
lose much money, in the opinion oi
those supposed to know, if you wager
that tolls will also be lifted from the
Wright Memorial Bridge, gateway to
Roanoke Island, as the result of leg
islation backed by the administration.
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NOT TOO SOON.— Guesses on the
date for final adjournment of the
Legislature are beginning to vary
widely as the joint finance committees
continue deliberations on the biennial
revenue bill. Legislative prognosti
cators profess to foresee unanticipat
ed delay on the revenue bill in House
and Senate. These unquoted wise
men sense unexpected storms as the
result of rapid passage over many
sections of the money .bill in com
mittee. •
GOVERNOR. Lieutenant Gover
nor A. H. Graham isn’t saying much
for publication but you can make a
note on your suff that he hasn’t with
drawn from the 1936 Gubernatorial
race. Treading the even tenor of his
way Mr. Graham is nevertheless lay
ing the foundation for hid'campaign
next year. Many persons supposedly
versed in the gentle art of politick
think he is doing pretty well with
the second General Assembly to hear
the sound of his gavel. It is general
ly admitted that he knows his way
around in politics.
SNEEZES. —Head and chest colds,
just like those down on the farm,
have been disturbing members of the
General Assembly. Among those ab
sent from the Senate on such an
account are: Senator A. Hall John
ston, of Buncombe; Senator Carroll
Weathers, of Wake; Senator White,
of Robeson; and Senator Harriss
Newman, of New Hanover. To date,
none of these members of the upper
branch of the Assembly have been in
serious condition except Senator
although hoarseness on the
of Senator Spence, of Moore, de
flayed consideration of the Automobile
1 drivers’ license bill for several days.
*! REORGANIZATION.—Members of
the present Legislature are in no
mood for such a waste of time as was
imposed on the 1933 session by Sena
tor Larry Moore’s committee on re
organization of the State government,
is Representative Laurie McEachem, of
Hoke, introduced a Mil to reestablish
such a committee aQer it had been
abolished rules committees of
House anjd Senate but there is little
France tifat a radio microphone will
in the Senate chamber to
reading of a reorganization
BLACK EYE. Members of the
General Assembly often get in bad
with the homefolks by published ac
counts of short session of the House
and Senate. Newspapers fail to re
cord the hours that these same mem
bers spend in committee meetings
ironing out the knots in legislation in
order to avoid lengthy debate in gen
eral sessions. Many legislators are
members of half-dozen or more com
mittees and spend long hours going
over bills in order that time may be
saved when general session convenes.
SALES TAX.—The three per cent
general retail sales tax isn’t reenact
ed yet. Opposition apparently is
greater than in the early days of the
session and opponents have substi
tutes that appeal to many legislators.
The administration is still confident of
reenactment of the Sales Tax but the
revenue bill hasn’t been ratified. It’s
a pretty safe guess that you’ll have
the privilege of paying the sales tax
to keep the schools open another two
years but not if Representative Mc-
Donald, of Forsyth, and Representa
tive Lumpkin, of Franklin, can stop
,it. They have proposals they say will
produce money but a lot of people
doubt their estimates.
AUTO TAGS.—If all goes well you
will not have to pay as much for your
auto license plates next year as you
did this January. It’s pretty well
agreed that the Legislature will cut
the cos| of auto tags and it looks like
the minimum will be about $9.00. It
now appears you will buy your next
year’s tag on a basis of 40 cents per
hundredweight instead of 55 cents as
formerly.
LOBBYlSTS.—Published reports of
increased corporation and business
taxes as substitutes for the sales tax
brought representatives of various
commercial groups to town in a hurry.
The boys are finding their way
around hotel and legislative lobbies,
but general conditions are supposed
to have subtracted from their power.
You can’t blame them for not want
ing taxes upped on their business and
that of their dents and after all every
citizen who is to be taxed has a con
stitutional right to be heard.
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Mrs. R. W. Leary, Sr., was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. T. R. Wins
low, in Hertford, Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Carey Hollowell and
son, Edgar Earl, of Cross J/)ads, Mr.
and Mrs. Rodney Harrell and chil
dren were supper guests of Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Leary Saturday night.
Miss Gladys Byrum and "Doc”
Henderson, of Norfolk, Va., were the
guests of Miss Byrum’s grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. T. Perry, Sunday
aftemoon.
Mr. R. W. Leary, Sr., and daughter,
Mary, spent Saturday afternoon in
WELCOME
Friends of Bertie
AND ADJOINING COUNTIES
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WHOLESALE GROCER
Edenton, N. C.
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1935.
Elizabeth City.
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Furry and
daughter, Irene, of Tyner, were the
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney
Harrell Sunday.
Miss Ellen Oliver was the guest of
Mrs. Ellenia Hobbs, of Belvidere, on
Sunday afternoon. I
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Harrell and
children were the supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Leary, Jr., Sun
day.
Miss Kate Leary was the guest of
Miss Hilda Boyce Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Stillman Leary and
family spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Perry.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Leary, Jr., had
as their dinner guests Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Holland, of Norfolk,
Va., Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Johnson and
little grandson, Raymond Bullock, of
Suffolk, Va.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilson, Mr.
Herman Bunch and Miss Eugenia
Bunch were the Saturday night
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Jor
dan, of Center Hill.
Miss Lillie McClenny, of Norf'
Va., and Mrs. Dan Cannady, of Eden
ton were the guests of their parents
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McClenny on
Thursday.
Misses Pencie and Jessie-Mae Har
rell were the guests of Misses Louise
and Myrtle Simpson Saturday affer
noon.
Mrs. Clarence Bunch visited Mrs.
M. G. Simpson Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McClenny vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tynch Sunday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Boyce visited
Mr. Boyce’s mother in Edenton Sun
day.
Misses Louise and Myrtle Simpson
were the guests of Mrs. J. G. Perry
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. W. T. McClenny visited her
daughter, Mrs. Dan Cannady, in Eden
ton Saturday.
Stanford Dail, who is in the C. C.
Camp, Windsor, visited his parents
Saturday evening.
Mrs. J. G. Perry visited Mrs. Bertie
Wilson Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Harry Wilson, Misses Louise
and Myrtle Simpson were the guests
of Mrs. Spurgeon Tynch Tuesday af
ternoon.
M. G. Simpson spent Monday morn
ing in Edenton on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bunch vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bunch one
night last week.
Mrs. W. T. McClenny was the
guest of Mrs. M. G. Simpson Monday
afternoon.
J. G. Perry was confined to his
home with tonsilitis last Friday.
Mrs. Harry Wilson called on Misses
Louise and Myrtle Simpson Monday
afternoon.
Miss Pencie Harrell visited her
sister, Mrs. Edward Evans, last week.
Miss Sarah Harrell expects to
leave Monday for Baltimore, Md.,
where she will go in training.
Spurgeon Tynch called on Harry
Wilson Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Elsworth Clark and
Miss Lunie Clark, of Portsmouth, Va..
Miss Frances Zener, of Ocean View.
Va., and Mr. Albert Tynch, of Nor- j
folk, Va., were the dinner guests of
Mrs. Clark’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
M. Tynch, Sunday.
After spending the week with her
sister, Miss Nellie Mae Spruill, Miss
Roxie Spruill has returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Wilson and
daughter, Christine Powell, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Miller.
Mr. Carol Crockett, of Baltimore,
Md., was the guest of Mr. T. R.
Tynch Thursday.
Misses Lillian Tynch and Nellie
Mae Spruill visited friends and rela
tives in Windsor Sunday.
Mr. and "Mrs. Bruce Davenport, of
Washington, were the guests'of Mr.
and Mrs. S. M. Tynch SuncTay.
Many friends will regret to hear
that Mrs. W. L. Miller has sprained
her arm.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Harrell and
daughters, Joyce and Carolyn, of
Edenton, were the guests of Mrs.
Harrell’s parents Sunday.
Miss Frances Zener and Mr. Albert
Tynch, of Norfolk, Va., visited Miss
Myrtle Barrow in North Edenton on
Sunday.
Master Rudolph Smith, of Ryland,
spent Thursday night with his grand
parents.
Mr. Fred Spruill was the dinner
guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Tynch
Sunday.
Louis Britt, Charlie Keeter and
James Keeter, of Merry Hill, were in
this community Sunday.
Elton Miller, Palmer Tynch and
Raleigh Wilson spent Sunday with
Murray Tynch at Sunbury.
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Tynch spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. R. Bunch.
Mr. Norman Cobb, of Bertie, visited
friends in this section last week.
Miss Nellie Mae Spruill spent Sat
urday evening with her father," ”Mr.
W. W. Spruill, and Mrs. Spruill, in
Edenton.
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Misses Mabel Bunch and Minnie
Lassiter were the guests of Miss
Evelyn Riddick Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Elliott Bunch and baby, Mrs.
J. L. Parrish and Mrs. W. A. Harrell
were the guests of Mrs. G. L. Parrish
Tuesday afternoon.
The many friends of Mrs. Robert
Lane will be sorry to learn that she
has pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Privott called
on Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Parrish Satin -
day night.
Mrs. Jesse Nixon, Mr. and Mrs.
We extend to all people
in Bertie and other
Counties a welcome
to Edenton
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Jimmie Bunch callea on Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Nixon Sunday evening.
Miss Gertrude Nixon was the over
night guest of Miss. Evelyn Parrish
Saturday night.
Miss Bessie Elizabeth Nixon enter
tained at a delightful party at her
home Friday evening, Feb. 8. Quite
a number of her friends were present.
Games were played, and candies and
apples were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Harrell and
Mrs. R. W. Nixon and daughter, Miss
Bessie Nixon, went to Hertford Satur
day afternoon shopping.
Miss Elizabeth Boyce is spending a
few days with her sister and brother
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Harrell.
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Mr. ana Mrs. W. D. Harrell and
Mr. Lisley Blanchard were in Eliza
beth City Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Daughtry Bunch vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Harrell on
Sunday night.
Mrs. W. D. Harrell and Miss Eliza
beth Boyce called on Mrs. G. L. Par
rish and daughter, Miss Evelyn, on
Monday afternoon.
Miss Inez Nixon visited her sister,
Mrs. Dick Byrum Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Cora Privott returned home
Sunday from a visit to her sister,
Mrs. Ray Winslow, near Gliden.
Mrs. Jesse Nixon and two daugh
ters were the dinner guests of Mrs.
Jim Lane Sunday.
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