The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-05
WHAT ARE We
/. In FOR NEXT?
Appointment. OF anderson For
Street Commission Illegal
and Reprehensible

prohibit Il man from holding
: two offices at the same time,
but which also prohibit a board
! of commissioners from con-
tracing for the purchase OF
material or labor from one OF
its own members. the Board OF
Aldermen OF Elizabeth City
, have made Alderman l.. W,
Anderson Street Commissioner
at a salary OF $50 a month.
Anderson was made Street Com
missioner Monday night. First he
voted for a Street Commissioner tc
iH employed and made Il pretty
speech strcsSing the city'S need "i
street commissioner. He made
pretty speech saying that members
nf the Roard had approached him
aud thought he should m Street
Commissioner. 10 said hc was
for the people and would take the
Office if his friends thought he could
bc of moro service rs Street Com
missioner than as Alderman
: Rui he didn't resign aS Alder
man. The fact i that Anderson
wanted a job nj $iU month anu
( the scheme To make him Street
Commissioner was worked up hy
him and tloroly understood by the
ma iurity with which he works ON
the Board Of Alderman. \ more
ircprchcnSihlo pirrr Of business has
not hrrn cnactcd by your Aldermen
since a former administration under
Nlavor W. Ben Goodwin betrayed
!rlr' city into the purchase Of the
Crook public utilities at Crook
,wu price.
! The Aldermen voting for the en-
IBIS mcnt Of Il Street COmmlS'l"ne
we're Anderson. Armstrong. Davis
Kramer and Morgan. Upon motion
of Kramer. Anderson was namcd
and Armstrong. Davis. Kramer and
Morgan voted for him. The whole
ding waS prc-arrlngcd.
Having taken care of .Andcr>"u
il now remains to hc seen what
reciprocal arrangement has h".l
made 10y which Armstrong. Davis
| Kramer and Morgan are To he help
cd at the expense of the tax payers
II is nll too Obvious that the city
, is in rhr hands of small group oi
| small fellows who control til" city
administration by trading among
themselves.
Anderson has been wanting Il pub
! lie job for IL long time. lie was
first created Alderman hy the lat,
! Mack Sawyer 20 years ago and has
: been an Alderman ever since. lie
! wicldS much Influence among I'll,
; ,ar-r uninfurmrd class "f voters III
! 'hr Second Ward. But there Is no
! money i'm the office of Alderman. i'll
, itself. Anderson has aSpircd To he
! chief Of police of the city and sheriff
of the county. lie never could h
irthcr. Now he wants to be- City
Manager and he thinks the first
step is to gct himself created Street
! commissioner. lie has succeeded in
this. And with majority of the
! Board of Aldermen Of his peanut
calibre Elizabeth City may wake III
any fine morning and find Andcr
son in the office of City Manager
Or it may bc Armstrong or Morgan
Elizabeth City is in II sorry plight
It probably never had more short
sighted. less efficient and more
pctty-miudtI city administration
than that which ii is laboring under
at the present time. 1t is but ono
pr The penalties the town is paying
for that great religious orgy We had
last fall. Everybody was made II
believe that by arrangement Will
Ham and Ramsay God would hence
forth look after everything in Eliz
ahcth City. and everything was left
! 1, God. Elizabeth City has been ii
dead TOWN ever since; dead CONNER
riaIIy. dead spiritually and dead il
riviC-mindcdncSS.
Andcrson's appointment as Street
Commissioner automatically rctircS
him from tbc Board of Aldermen
Tho fact that he has requested that
Er DO given until March l. 1926 IL
fake over the office doesn't matter
A successor 10 Anderson is to bt
appointcd. What sort of bird Will
The Aldermen choose to fill Ander'
sons uncxpircd term: That's the
question.
j Anyway. Anderson is OF lh'
Board. That is thc one good th'h"
about his appointment. Having soI
fen him Off the Board may III ih'
long RIM be worth $40 month u
the town.
S225,O0 For Streets
The same Board of Aldermen III
Monday nights session votcd tue
a. a.n,- ,,,A . ifr-s LANDS