Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], September 06, 1934, Image 7

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CAPITAL KEYHOLES
BEHIND THE NEWS IN NORTH CAROLINA
By BESS HINTON SILVER
STATE AUDITOR —Bookkeep
ers may come and bookkeepers
may go but State Auditor Baxter
Durham is not a Certified Public
Accountant. That fact, long com
mon-knowledge back-state in Ra -
leigh politics brought exclamations
of surprise at the recent Raleigh
meeting of the State Democratic
Executive Committee where there
was a rumor afloat that George
Adams, now with the Local Gov
ernment Commission, is sounding
the waters with a view to unhors
ing Mr. Durham in the jolly pri
maries of 1936. Adams recently
declined the position of auditor
of the City of Raleigh and you
may not know that his present
duties carry him into every coun
ty in the State. Friends of Mr.
Adams are missing no tricks in
letting it be known that he is
a C. P. A. and making notes of
the fact that Mr. Durham has
been on the public payrolls for a
quarter century.
LOOKING AHEAD—Much has
been said and not a little done
about who will be the next Gov
ernor1 of North Carolina but
some folks are far ahead of
that. Long visioned men in pol
itics are already pondering who
will be Governor an 1940 when
the honor' will return to the
East. Although a lot of dust
will blow down the secondary
roads of North Carolina before
that time there is no question
that State Treasurer Charles M.
Johnson is being groomed for a
gubernatorial candidate in the
year that President Roosevelt
will complete his second term.
Watch Mr. Johnson’s smoke.
BATCHELORS — The recent
wedding of Assistant Director of
the State Budget, Frank Dunlap,
leaves only three unmarried offi -
cials among the upper crust of
State officialdom. These eligibles
for blondes and brunettes are: Wm.
A. Graham, Commissioner of Agri
culture; Edwin M. Gill, Parole
Commissioner; and A. J. Maxwell,
Commissioner of Revenue. Don’t
get excited if the trio is reduced
to a duet since a most persistent
rumor has one of the three slated
for double harness in the near fu
ture. Mr. Dunlap was married to
the charming Miss Kate Leak, of
Wadesboro.
A BIG NEGATIVE —Former
Lieutenant Governor Richard T.
Fountain, who made a good bat
unsuccessful sprint for the gub
ernatorial nomination against
Governor Ehringhaus in 1932 will
|not say that he is going to run
against Senator J. W. Bailey in
1936 but then he will not say
that he will not seek to capture
Mr. Bailey’s toga. When last
asked for publication if he
would run, the enigmatic Mr.
Fountain replied, “I won’t say
that I won’t.” Mr. • Fountain is
a business man these days and
his business takes him over the
State quite often. He is a past
master at mixing business and
politics. The logical conclusion
is that while he may not have
decided to run he is not burning
and bridges.
PUZZLING—A number of Re -
leigh politicians have long prided
themselves on being able to pre
dict what a Governor will de be
fore the Governor himself knows.
Their system has been simply put
ting two and two together and
taking four. But that hasn’t work
ed with Governor Ehringhaus, es
pecially on appointments and
"It Pays To Smile”’
NEW YORK . . . Miss Mildred
Smith, above, was living quietly in
her home town of Wilbur, Wash.,
population 700, one year ago. . . .
Today she is here to pose for artist
McClelland Barclay, with her loviest
* < Queen of Dental Charm ’ ’ smile,
the title she won over 25,000 other |
American beauties.
more than one wiseacre has been
put to shame and embarrassment
by publishing predictions. Now -
adays when a vacancy occurs in
State circles a great silence set
tles over Raleigh.
JOHN BARLEYCORN — A1 -
though many Raleigh political
writers have freely predicted that
modification of the State's liquor
laws is a long distance in the
future the Drys smell a mouse
and are not to be caught nap
ping. Cale K. Burgess, who di
rected the ditching of repeal in
North Carolina last November,
is active again, writing Drys
that money will be needed to
keep the State a Sahara during
the next Legislature.
COUNTER ATTACK — Just a.
few years ago the office of Com
missioner of Revenue was made
appointive instead of elective on
the premise that this important
position should be kept free of
politics. Recently the Revenue De
partment has set about the task
of collecting all taxes due the
State and that has not been pop
ular. Now there is talk of making
the office elective again. One
member of the next Legislature is
making solemn vows to introduce
a bill to make the Revenue Com
missioner run for office. Then
the local political big-shots could
have more to say about who re -
ceives favors.
STALKING HORSE —Capitol
Hill is not taking too seriously
all this talk about State Senator
John Sprunt Hill, of Durham,
running for Governor in 1936.
Close friends of Mr. Hill avow
that he harbors no greater po
litical ambition than to repre
sent his district in the Legisla
ture but they also whisper that
he would not like to see Lieute
nant Governor A. H. Graham
win the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination. You can hear in
some places that Mr. Hill will
run against Mr. Graham just to
split his strength in Durham,
Orange and surrounding coun -
ties. Put this down in your lit
tle blue book—Senator* Hill has
enough 60-cent dollars and the
intestinal fortitude to run for
Governor if the notion strikes
him.
INVITES TROUBLE — Raleigh
politicians are of the opinion that
Governor Ehringhaus throws
crumbs in his own bed by delay
ing appointments that come his
way. They recall several occa -
sions on which the Governor has
postponed naming appointees while
partisans of candidates organized
campaigns that give His Excel -
lency little rest. He lost no time
in naming a successor to the late
Justice Walter Adams an^ paying
several political obligations before
Justice Michael Schenck ascended
to the Supreme Court bench. But
in filling the vacancy on the In
dustrial Commission left open by
the resignation of Chairman Matt
H. Allen the Governor again took
his own sweet time while lines
formed behind several candidates
for the post.
REAL ISSUE—The fight over
adoption of the proposed revised
constitution for North Carolina
is taking on the appearance of
an administration and anti-ad -
ministration battle. Looking over
the list of opponents you will
find the name of Attorney Gen -
eral Dennis G. Brummitt, R. T.
Fountain, who lost in 1932 guber
natorial scrap and a host of his
supporters. On the other side
you will see administration stal
warts. One prominent attorney
remarks that it looks like po
litical prejudice is going to de
termine the kind of constitution
North Carolina will have for
awhile.
SILENT CAMPAIGNING— You
don’t hear much about races for
Lieutenant Governor until just
a week or two before Primary day
but prospects are that you will
get some real entertainment out of
the next one. State Senators Geo.
McNeill, of Cumberland, and W.
G. Clark of Edgecombe, both have
been engaged in laying- the ground
work of their campaigns for sec
ond high man in the State govern
ment. Both are popular and know
political ropes. They have many
mutual friends and interests and
Not Worried About Age
WASHINGTON . . . Rush Holt,
29, West Virginia candidate for U.
S. Senator, is not worried about
being seated if elected, even thoagh
30 years is stipulated as youngest
IT. S. Senate age. The Senate has
sole right to judge qualifications o#
-'embers.
if they hold to their present in -
tentions a lively battle will en -
sue.
MRS. CLEATON HOSTESS
Mrs. R. E. Cleaton, Jr., enter
tained with a lovely bridge party
on Thursday faternoon, places for
playing were found by attractive
tallies. Zinnias, verbena and lupins
were effectively used for decora -
tionst Mrs. Fletcher Dickens was
winner of the highest score for the
afternoon and was given cards, a
salad course was served at five
o’clock with Mrs. George Hayes
assisting the hostess in serving.
The players for the afternoon
were: Mesdames Jack Young, Tom
White, J. H. Vries, W. H. Bab
cock, Fletcher Dickens, William
Batton, Carl Hales, Edward Hales,
Eugene Kimball, Frank Nash,
William Medlin, Paul Reid, Ralph
Knight and Miss McGlowhorn,
, house guest of Mrs. Knight.
LAND SURVEYING
Rural and Urban—Work
Guaranteed
JACOB C. SHEARIN
R. F. D. 1 Roanoke Rapids
Religious Play At
Baptist Church
Littleton, Sept. 6th. — “The
Magic Mirror,” a religious play
was presented by the G. A. Girls
of the Baptist church, Sunday
night at 8:00 o’clock at the
church, under the direction of
their leader, Msis Lucretia Jones.
The program was as follows:
Scriptural Reading, by Mr. Will
Williams.
Solo, Bobbie Jones.
Prayer, "Mr. E. C. Bobbitt.
The Magic Mirror, a one act
play, with the following girls
taking part: Martha Cutchin and
Dorthy Farmer, Jane and Dorthy
Johnston, Christine Evett, Rebie
and Margaret Pegram, Maxine
Threewitts, Marlyn Newsome and
Annie Farmer.
Francis Lederer, who plays a
Hessian soldier in Paramount’s
“The Pursuit of Happiness,” is the
active head of a movement against
war and maintains peace offices
in downtown Los Angeles.
Eyes Examined and Glasses
Fitted. Office near Roses 10c
Store. Up stairs. Hours 9 to 12
and 1 to 5. In every day except
Mondays.
Dr. E. D. Harbour
Optometrist
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
FOR SATISFACTORY
Watch Repairing
AND HIGH CLASS
JEWELRY
—SEE—
HODGES
Next to City Barber Shop
Full Line of ELGIN Watches
Have Your Car
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POLISHED
You will see a world of difference after it Has made a trip to our
cleaning department.
SIMONIZING
Dents removed from fenders. Running boards recovered.
NASH
MOTOR CO.
“ANY REPAIR TO ANY CAR”
Roanoke Rapids North Carolina