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AMUSING —Along about this
time of the year * preceding State
wide primaries, candidates for the
big posts begin to visit Washington
to ascertain how theyl stand with
thy boys from the home-State who
have proved their vote-getting abil
ity. So far, not a single one has re
turned discouraged. The lads who
get to Congress must be good at
politics and must be better to stay
there. They know better than to
give office-seekers the impression
that his Congressman is not his
friend. It's the old army game of
science and skill but it still works.
SCRAPPING North Carolina
power industries are going after the
Rayburn bill, now in the United
States Senate, out in the open.
Some of the companies are running
advertisements in the State news
papers giving the public their side
of the case. Privately some power
officials express the opinion that
there is so much of the undesirable
in the measure to put unprecedented
control of local business in the
hands of the Federal Power Com
mission that the public can be
trusted to decide against the Ray
burn bill. Be that as it may, Tar
Heel members of Congress have re
ported that their mail has been
tilled with protests against the pow
er control bill.'
IN THE MAKING—It now ap
pears that Wrightsville Beach, near
Wilmington, bay be given a new
lease on life by the building of a
bridge to the island and construct
ing a road on the sound side beyond
the center of publiti attraction. New
Hanover county commissioners have
asked the State Highway and Public
Works Commission to spend the
money allocated for general road
purposes in their county on the
Wrightsville Beach project. Since
resort business means so much to
this county by the sea, it is not Im
probable that the commission may
grant the request. In that event
you will be able to drive your car
right up to dear old Wrightsville,
something no living being has ever
done before.
NEUTRAL? —As things are now
shaping up it appears the Ehring
haus administration will be neutral
in the coming gubernatorial primary.
In 1932 charges were hurled that the
Gardner forces favored Ehringhaus
over his opponent R. T. Fountain.
This time Lieutenant Governor A.
H. Graham and Clyde R. Hoey of
Shelby, brother-in-law" of former
Governor Gardner, are considered
the chief contenders for the red
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leather chair and the Mansion on
Blount Street in Raleigh, but so far
there has been no indication that
the present Governor desires to play
favorites. In fact, different key men
in the Ehringhaus organization are
favoring first one and then the oth
er of the two big-shot candidates.
NO SHOCK-ABSORBER—Natives
living along former county dirt
roads have gone along uncomplain
ing paying their gasoline tax of six
cents on the gallon. They were
content under the promise that as
soon as the primary State road sys
tem was completed the roads along
which "real rolks" live would be put
in passable all-weather shape. But
what are they going to say when
they wake up and realize that the
state .system is finished and the
money that was supposed to be spent
in improving by-ways has been di
verted to various and sundry pur
poses? Some of the politicians now
advocating using your gasoline tax
money far away from your roads
may be embarrassed in answering
that very question, not so long in
the future.
DETERMINED—Thad Eure, prin
cipal clerk of several sessions of
the House of Representatives, now
says there is no doubt that he will
oppose Stacey W. Wade for Secre
tary of State In the Democratic
primary next spring. Mr. Eure adds
that he is confident of success but
Secretary Wade believes he will have
something to do with the matter.
Eure is back touring the State as
escheats officer of the University of
North Carolina and reports that he
finds his campaign progressing even
better than he anticipated.
NIBBLING—M. R. Dunagan, Ral
eigh newspaper correspondent, is
reported to be nibbling at the idea
of entering the lists with Eure and
Wade for the posi of Secretary of
State. Dunagan is one of the veter
an capital newsmen and as a State
correspondent has become known
over the State. He has "covered"
several sessions of the General As
sembly and can call by first names
most of the boys who do things in
North Carolina politics. With all
that in his favor, however, the ear
to-the-ground boys shake theix
heads and opine they believe Mr.
Dunagan will change his mind about
entering politics and stick to his
scribbling.
GRAB BAG—Several State de
partment heads are being deluged
with applications for jobs created
by acts of the last General Assem-
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bly. Over In the revenue depart
ment places on the augmented State
Highway Patrol are being mightily
sought after as are positions in the
new department of Highway Safety.
With the great number of applicants
administrative heads have a wide
choice of personnel but they are al
most certain to disappoint or offend
many politicians.
. WINE AND SONG Attorney
General A. A. F. Seawcll has ruled
that under the domestic wine bill
passed by the late Legislature wine
of natural alcoholic content may
be manufactured and sold in this
State but that, no wines may be im
ported containing more alcohol than
legal under the former law. That
bothers many wine manufacturers
located in other States but buying
their grapes in North Carolina. How
ever, the boys and girls who drink
naturally fermented wine of about
14 per cent alcohol will not know
much difference about four or five
glasses—domestic or imported, it is
all calculated to produce song.
BIG JOBS—LITTLE PAT—Don't
make the mistake of continuing with
the idea that a superintendent of a
prison camp is a pot-bellied fellow
who would like to have the privilege
of flogging all his prisoners every
day just for the fun of the thing.
P. D. McLean, newly-appointed as
sistant to the State parole commis
sioner, Edwin M. Gill, reports that
he finds camp heacts surprisingly
intelligent men, with real interest
in prisoners and lots of ,work to do.
Superintendents must know how to
farm, must be able to can surpluses,
know something of keeping accounts,
know how to handle bad men and
able to work a corps of guards. For
these services, which continue al
most 24 hours daily, they receive the
princely sum of from $65 to SIOO
per month.
DOESN'T MIND IT Governor
Ehrtnghaus isn't worrying so much
about all the talk over applying the
three per cent general sales tax to
meals served in eating establish
ments. He remembers that his pre
decessor was "cussed" for running
the State "in the red" and believes
the public will come to appreciate
that a balanced budget is more to
be desired than the applause ac
companying demegogic political
speeches. He thinks good schools,
good hospitals for the insane and
deformed, and decent pay for school
teachers will overcome the present
opposition to expansion of the sales
tax.
Mattie Mae Powell
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