The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-04-03
Mclean Hands Out Plun1s
To Robson County Men
State Offices Distributed to Men in Governors
Native County; State Salaries To Get
Drastic Cuts
The independent Bureau
SOC The Vance
BY X. T.. POWELL

IN r
nor Mclean SO far has been
very generous to Robson, his
home county. in making ap-
pointmcnts. Tn the appoint
mcnt of former Senator Narscr
to the Supreme court nc
awarded the one time banner
cotton county the best plum he
has had on the tree 50 far. Yes
terday he named Stephen Nc
Intvrc to succeed NarScr on
the State Hospital board.
Before he had named y. T.. White,
we'll known Lumbcrton business
man. on the Board of Directors oi
the State Prison. 1t turned up
few days ago that. through his III
fluence. III. G. McNair, OF MaXton,
had been appointed superintendent
of the states farm at Caledonia.
Joe Stone. another RobcSon man.
was lately appointed one of the
cxecutionerS at the prison but when
the Governor issued Communication
of sentence to RObeSon negro
moron, Mr.. Stone didn't get chance
TO strut his stuff with tho studded
boards i'm the Octagonal little room
known as the Death House.
In the selection of II. lIoylc Sink,
of Lexington. as pardon commissions
or, the governor seems to have pick
c,l Il man who is popular enough
where he is known. Mr.. Sink was
almost unheard of in the State bnt
those who know him say that he
will make u good official.
1t has been announced by the
Governor that the commissioner VIII
have something to do besides twld-
die his thumbs. If hc runs out OF
work on pardon eases. the executive
planS TO put him at something else.
As much and probably more ;@"HS
for the rest of the appointccS who
haevn't the traditional dignity ol
the crminc to shield them.
There will DO no Republicans ap
pointed during this administration.
AZ least none 10 speak Of. One may
got on now and then and u merely
National Republican may land Il
good berth like that \. VI. kiStlcr.
of MorgantOn. received when Gov
crnor Mclean rc-appGintcd him to
the Highway Commission.
Cutting Down Salaries
Red room scandal in State circles
having passed. the Capital turned
its attention Tuesday to the salary
decrease order of Governor Dough
ton who. Wednesday. became head
of the automobile license and gas
tax division Of the state govern
mcnt.
Mr.. Doughtom didn't wait for
Governor McLcan'S salary commits
sion to begin its work. He trim
med the employees who have been
under control of Secretary Of State
Everett TO a fare you well. Some
of them have resigned aud others
are likely to quit their jobs.
The slashing has created SOME
thing akin TO departmental pauic,
not only in the Revenue Commits
siOncr's office but in some OF the
other departments. IL has famed
the flames IF departmental Jealousy
which the governor has entertained
high hopes of .extinguiShing.
over in the Corporation CommlS-
sion offices, it is understood that
X. O. Self. chief clerk to the com
mission. aud julian Bland, one OF
the aSsiStan clerks, are to receive
salary boosts because of the bus line
SuperviSiun which the commission
has taken over and delegated. IL
the matu, to these gentlemen. Other
clerks want q side line, too, and
there will bc some hOwls let ont.
Morrison Out of Race.
But all these events fade away
as the announcement is broadcast
from Chralottc that his EX-ENcel-
lency. one time called Pope Cameron
I. will not enter the race for the
United States Senate two years
from now unless it be to scatter the
opposition to the Junior Senator.
What Mr., Morrison means by
scattering the opposition is enigma
tic to Raleigh, which, in the four
years he lived here, proved some
what cnigmatic to Mr.. Morrison.
If Mr.. Overman is candidate to
succeed himself, as he very prob
ably will be, there wont be any use
scattering opposition. Mr.. Over
man can shoot the single birds just