The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-01-04
GOSSIP FROM
YOUR CAPITAL
Says Many Upstate Folks
Would Be Glad to Sec
Ehringhaus Run
by o. J. COFFIN
Special Raleigh Correspondent OF
THE INDEPENDENT

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oil our loru i'@f 'o'' '"N
vicwpoint OF 4 more or less
;,,occpt bvst,nder M the Capi-
=, g. ;.
'a' VI 'No''' "'o''''"
eS much ot prosperity ana
something of excitement.
,, M,
IL WIS S''''' ''"''''
lGuar,lsmcn Of years agonc who said
"IIappy Is that country which has
no history" lie and his statement
may hc dismissed with the remark
that he was not q Tar Heel and
WINS wrong i'm addition thereto. Hap
pincss cannot bc n matter Of Iuie-
scncc and Tar Heel happiness has
ever called for much political adOo
about nothing-or next t0 nothing.
lust now the item To e disposed
M f. NOT. Ms might have been OK
nectel IN, projcctcd announce.
m,nt of 4 ". Bnilry for Governor.
.v.rvho,Iv r,nlizes thnt the an.
,,un,cmcnt will bc Forthcoming at
IN. m,m.n, Mr. Bniley's deems
mos, nusuicous.-but the matter of
, sne,i,l session of the General
Assembly. This Governor Morri-
An, has opuarcd willing, and even
o,x;ous ,t ,imes Ia emil i'm behalf
~ his hoot lin, md II not that, In
h,h,,f ~ ,crminol facilities.
HANGS Tn Roat Line,
Iast weeks appearancc of the
.c,rorr,r md S,notor Simmons at
m. meeting of the freight rate
oy,t,,ors M Wilson and their ap.
nrovol of the fight agninst the vir.
ripio sbippkrs, who are alleged
IN still hold North Carolina In
h,,dor,. bns served To revive
s,snicion that Governor Morrison
hns not thrown out and over the
boat line as has been suggested. but
merely awaits the opportunity to
press the matter. At the same time
one or more members of the. council
sftSmte are known -ts-le opposed
TO conyening the Legislature In
special session for any reason
whatever. How long they would
hold ont nrninst insistcncc by the
head Of thr administration Is some
thing else again. There have been
special sessions before that the
counsel. but on the head OF the
Governor who called was placed the
responsibility for the lack Of sue
cess of the venture.
Old Guard Losing
The past year has seen the com
plcxion of state Officialdom slightly
changed. The pOlitical demise of
Alston ID. Watts brought into the
commissioner of rcvcnucship an
.miueutly. respectable, but not
.s,.cinlly aggressive. Democrat.
Ruf, Dourhton of Allcghany will
uot hc disposed Ia use his office for
the furthcrancc of the ambition Of
the Old Gunrd--hr'd be unwilling
10 take the chance IL he wanted to.
For this reason Mr. Mclean has
lost IN, services Of an outfit Of
bushwhnckcrs who would other.
wise have done no little service In
his cnmairn. They may even yet,
lint their persistence will l,c less.
Major Grnham's son viii, who
succeeded his father as Commits
sioner Of Agriculture, Is regular,
and may have considerable of u
drag i'm Lincoln County. As II fac
tor I'm State politics, however. hc Il
~ vet negligible. The established
order probably lost instead of
of ginning his appointment.
Six Months Too Late
An item Of considerable interest
in regard to the gubcrnatorlni pri-
mary was the suggested cniididacy
Of J. e. B. Ehringhaus OF Elizabelh
City. II came about six months
too late. perhaps; but ulipcusti"il'
ably Ehringhaus, VINO mas hos'
Of friends and no enemies up
State. could have made tlile
showing as plumb-castcrn caidi.
date. For those who are weary OF
the Old Guard but afraid ot Mr.
Bailey he would have made an ideai