The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-17
WAR
WAGES HOTTER
Ports, Ships, and Other Poll
tics, Make Excitement
for Both Parties
Tie ilrlri-wlcnts Bureau.
TOI Lawyers Building.
Ry X. r.. POWELL,

RAl.rllll. bCt. lo-DoiH-
bardcd from all angles for his
Islander" Of the state banking
department of North Carolina,
Colonel Ike Mcckins eases out
from his own cauSlic comment
into that Of the very elect of
the Lord and tells the majori-
ty to come OH with its cunver-
sation.
Tlr Colonel. ynriolisly chrOnicicd
over the state finds himself the
victim uf nrfiduvits AMI the like.
Candidate Angus Wilton Mclean
tells the rasruotnnkrr from u great
distance that this Is ol,I--thc hui.
ness of laying Ia the newspaper boys
the sins of OvrrSprrrh. lnasmuch
ns the twain cannot ret together
there H. uO chance To have u set
tied IN person. But while Mr.
McckinS Is having to put up his
hands Ia block the lr''' '"rm all
positions Of his antagonists. hc has
from highest Democratic authority
the flrrrrst assault on the corpora.
ilon commission nnd the Rcpubli-
rnn cnmli'lalr j. using Ia the utmost
the reflections of Governor Morri-
sons mrs"""' "rd party organ the
.Ashcvlllr Citizen nv Defense.
MrckiIIS OvrrquOtcd
Colonel Alrrkins hns been quoted
NJ saying TINT 225 of the near 80D
state banks urc run by men whom
God Almighty never intended 10 bc
lunkrrs. AMI that these 'l"positorles
should lm closed. The Colonel de.
nirs saying II ~ definitely. but he
has said consistently that state
lmnking IL ~ supervised, Is 80 polit.
irnl nnd partisan that many meu
who never w"r" designed 10 run
banks urr doing ~. That debate
cannot hc settled 10y -riminntin.
AMI recriminnting pr"rssrs. Here
l. what the citizen says of IL:
New lInnovrr's grundjury makes
u report nn the fnilur" ."f the hihcf4
~ hank IN which II bitter iovl for
popular thought. n should also put
new energy int" il" mental processes
Of the stat" corporation rOnimisSi
tn" jury says II IL painfully nplar-
rni that the corporation commission
, has been extremely lax ln ~, per-
! foiinnn,r II The duties laid upon 1.
Icy the hanking laws m 1871. Ac,
rOrins io ~" Jury III. s:itr hank
examiners w"r" not 'lrrrlict. They
warmed. the commission that ili"
hank was hanging over serious II.
! nHn"ial irnIhl"s l..i npIar'ntl, the
commission did ~ ihiug. T. would
! lm diiiiruli iu "'.Irgr ilI" CORPORA
/ Ton commission wiiIi u neglect Uf
duiy Involving: nrur' "f public wei.
! iprC. Ir The Il II" bank laws iIr
not enforced then the structure of
hank credit in North Carolina u
on such foundations that people
may awake amy mornin: Wherever
u Tlni" lank olwrnl"S nnd find ihem-
selves InumrS hHTI,is uf the care.
lrssnrss of The corporation "cmmis-
sion. The comm .sNi"n has been Vi.
Sitrd with several criticisms of iti
orfirini """''''.' This H. il. most
I damning uf nil."
10 l. recalled that The citizen rot
| furiuiis at innunisSionrr Maxwell
when he jumped inip state rinancps
nnh i"ld il" world that the state
had during III" lrsiSlaiur" of 1923
n deficit of Sj.WU.'NM instead Of u
surplus nf 81. ilU,OD. Ampl. allow
HI'r for the fury Of Unr Democrat
iownid another who had spoiled u
beautiful story. H. made. But after
nll has lmrn said. the Republican
rnndidnir H. making his campaign
aud Purifying his assault on the
opposition with Democratic teSti-
/ ilouv altogether. The Republican
stuIrlar,llrarrr would appear 70 bc
In good position 81 long ~ hc can
send call on Democratic to do The
"Slandrring" for him.
u all comes back. The campaign
uf Josiah William Bailey waS one
of harp attack on many weak
points IN the party record. lie de.
sired to correct these evils within
the party. Int lic was violently ham
nIrrrd about the state. The defeat
1l "Hndidni" never said anything
worse Of anybody than the orthodox
Citizen Of AShrvillc. And now this
editorial iS doing great service for
Colonel AIrrkins n illustrating his
disbelief In Democratic perfection.
Port terminals ImramOrnting ok.
prutiyply. the regular stat" Demo-
cratic organization finds Itself for.
rp,l io make u straight Out fight
for the party aud IL is uphill busi-
ness.
Say, $4,000, 1000 Deficit.
Governor Morrison Is giving his
entire time to this issue and leay-
| ing the record made by himself and
the legislature to the regulars. 1t
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