The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-05-18
ELIZABETH CITY FOLKS
SHOW POLITICAL SENSE
They Used To Let Politicians Choose An Ad-
nnistration For Them, But They
Don't Do 1t Now

'Nll! N''' N''N'
.,,.',,:ou> and seriously under
aiken the business OF picking
:, ,i,v officials. The result
:. ,r9t Elizabeth City will have
En9ri 1T .\ldcrmcn to take
,;;,c the iirst Monday i'll June,
,b,. can't DC set down as the
,hn;rc ui this or that faction.
With the exception of one hang
.r... IN ,rr Second Ward there is not
,smhrr If the new Board of Alder
.,.r ,fg- can be labeled aS Il faction
:. Louis Anderson is reelected
,-..r, -hc Second Ward for another
,,rm r. will probably be his last
term Anderson has survived as a
,-,-.Sr from that element i'll the Sec
,ri War,l that holds grievance
,..:rS- the, rest IF the town that lives
.r r,rrd streets. 1t will take the
>.rnrI Ward another two years per-
sgr> 10 get the notes out of its eyes
srl SEQ that the pcrpctuation of An
ssr,nr in office gets them no paved
,rr..,>. or anything else except an
:%., far anderson. Anderson will
,n IN another two years and the Sec
orI War,l will come into the town and
be q part Of the town.
Considering the material the vot-
or, ha,l 20 choose from. the ticket
elected Tuesday is generally conced-
% .o D." cmiucntly satisfactory. It's
,orkr. good Board of Aldermen
anil in .i" ensemble even Louis An
drr,ou isn't bad choice.
Tie Aldermen are: For the First
Ward l.. K. Foreman and l.. :. Cor
don: for the Second Ward. D. Ray
N~rm.r ynI J.. W. Anderson for ;he
Thrill Ward. L. G.. CohOon and j. j.
Hr.Ir,: for IL" Fourth Ward. VI. W.
F,ryh.c and W. ii. Weatherly. W.
Bon r;nodwiu is elected mayor.
The .All"rm"u receiving the high
number ot votes in each ward is elect
yl for four years. This gives four
year terms ~ Aldermen Kramer.
Hughes and Earchrc. There was an
yurrr number If votes for Foreman
ami Gur,!uu in the First Ward and
rlr,, viii nave 10 draw StrawS for
m, four wear rerm. The others
>.ry. two years. Two years hence
Elizabeth City will elect only four
Aldermen. he four members with
four year terms holding over.
The Vote for Mayor,
Naynr W. Ben Goodwin won his
perfection by little better than the
skin of his teeth. He hurt himself
BIZ promising candidate Mccabe that
10 wouldn't run for the office. and
r.sl changed his mind. y lot of peo-
r." drr,- like that and they let 1t be
krowr hv their votes. But that
WASH lie sole explanation of the
heavy ynr" recorded By young Nc
rob". \ lot of people are not so
refined a> 10 regard campaign
promise as something to be Kept.
Aubrey NrCahc poll"d Il large vote
irnm 900 clement in the town that Is
pleased 20 encourage the youth OF the
'oU- Thrr" Of the men on the new
h"ar.j Of Aldermen are young men.
Women and The Churches.
TIL" Influence of the feminine vote
hai i.> greatest effect in the First
War, where Morgan and Armstrong,
'wr .n~ird men might have been
'.rr'ad hy comfortable maiorities but
'rr rar women votes that went Tor
Enr"mar aud Gordon. The women
a..o a..r",l 10 knife G.. W. Stevens in
the Second Ward and ". II. Jcnnette
90 m" TIird Ward. Stevens and
d"ln"''" w"r" open Sunday men and
'H" church folks lined up against
Them.
EV if Stevens and Jennettee owe
their drf.a, to the church element,
o">" Ha, defeated them dill not sue
''"t iG uv''iu. less liberal minded
non u n'iirr Ia succeed them. 1t Is
believed That the new Board is OF a
M"rc LIBERAL order than the old and
That 'a"r" will be no change in the
pr"s"u' Sunday laws.
Who Will Succeed Cohoon.
""">'.pu now of moment is. who
N. ,lr"r"f I. &. Cohonn on the Pub
' Utilities Commission. Senator L,
IL Williams put bill thru the last
'"o'rd Assembly creating Il Public
'."''". '"mmiSSion of three men
10 "''. T. e. Cohoon. VI. L. Gal
yep ami :. II. Johnson. Mr.. Cohoor
:" "H .I"a that he could do more fol
1.> '''n;ry by staying on the Boart
" Aldermen and now finds himself
F'-.."''"'L That means that he cam
SAY %" lac Utilities Commission, ant
100 rr">"nr Board will have to name
,.''"''~>"r before they go out oi
n.."' VIII" will his successor be-
1-'. .'."rhin" :" w""rv about, toe