The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-12
D. RAY KRAMER IS THE
REAL WHEEL HORSE NOW
The Destiny of Elizabeth City Is In The Hands
Of This Modest Young Member of
Your Board of Aldermen

: the most important man on the
j board OF aldermen oi Elizabeth
! CITY and the destiny OF his
! town is in his hands. That
man is -. Ray Kramer
| u. Ray Kramer is today tho key
man in peculiar situation and
vha. he does within the next few
weeks will determine whether Eliz-
ahcth Cfiy will have good govern
! mc'It ar bal government during the
! rcuai indcr of the term of IN" pre-
sent city administration.
| Kramer iS alderman from the
( SECOND Ward. I.ruiS Anderson, who
was ais" IN alderman from th" Sec
end Ward wanted 10 10 Street Com
MI >ioacr whti" The city is spending
Il Giiactrr million dollars or more
on its streets. Aal"rSUu got his i"i-
| luw ald"rnrcn to max" him Street
! Commissioner at salary OF SlJ0 a
month. That lets him III the board.
Louis Is ambitious
! But Anderson didn't Iuit there.
! He has been member "C the board
! for 20 years and he thiukS he is
going To keep. right on playing
/ politics with the board. even to the
/ extent Of naming his successor in
office. He has in mind his brother
jim Anderson. Jim is Il more able
! fellow than Louis. hui b" j. Louis
brother.
, II Louis can get Jim or som" other
! person he ran control on tkr board
! I.cuiS AndtrS fn will control the
/ board Of aldermen Of E1zabcih City,
because Louis cVntrsls three nlcm-
bers Of the pn,seHt hoard, Lssitr
! Armstrong. XorSc dealer; f.. VI.
Davis. forri,an on Il bridge job in
Beaufort Comfy AMI Nixon Morgan,
jsnitor at the High School, mem
hers Of the board of aldermen, have
always worked with Anderson and
regard Anderson as the last word
! in political strategy and leader TO
! b followed.
| Armstrong. Davis aud Morgan are
all good follows Of their kind. but
! they are not the most responsible.
citizens by long shot; they are
men devoid ot political experience;
not uGc or thcm has any peculiar
| business or Cxccutiv" ability and
they are not men Uf large public
! spirit or civic pride. They have no
. Grasp ut the needs Of the city aS
Il Whole. they are not interested III
. th" town H. Il whole. They got
themselves elected by ward politics.
/ Ia rCur. >.ut their wards and 10 Sct
! what they could for their friends
and for Themselves while in office.
They are not to hc condemned for
This. brcau>" all they know about
It.liiirS they learned from bigger
m"n in the town who have for years
-, them an example in >clti>hncSS
and arqui>ilivcncS>.
But There Arc Others
Tbrr'' are three other men on the
board wbo are men ot larger enter
pri>es. larger vision AMI pronounr-
! cd ciyiC.miudcIneSS. These men are
4. 4. Cphocn. T.. j. cohOOn and
Jerry Hughes. Cohoon. Cohoon and
/ Hughes are men Of large public cX-
l"ri.ncc aud esteem Df the town by
th.ir works. They are not 10 be
;cnEtrullcd by Louis Anderson or by
auy other Sclf-ScekinS politician
| They will jealouSly safeguard every
interest Of the tax payers oi the
whole city.
, Now Successor 10 Louis Amer
Srn. retired Alderman from the occ-
rud Ward is tp bc made ut an earls
date. Cchoon, CohOon and liu5neS
will stand for one kind of man.
! their kind Of man: q man who nas
, the city'S interests at heart "i'0
who will work with them to mahe
lhe present administration t"'
rri,ic Of every good citizen ana !
nod.I for other municipalities.
F., But if Armstrong, Davis and MOT
+ cau are TO bc permitted to name th'
, successor 10 Anderson under th'
, leadership and dictation OF Anner
r son himself, God only knows VIII
= sort of bird will be named.
1 Aud 80 it comes about that H. la
2 Kramer iS the key man on the ""r'
, ,f aldermen at the present time ant
n The most important man in the ciI'
I administration. What sort OF CIT.
g. administration Elizabeth CITY VII
hive durin. the next fifteen month
e while the city is spending Il miiiio'
y OIL public utilities and III a way L
u le hlcd by all municipal CRATER
Il and irresponsible politicians dt
= pcndS eatircly upon Ray hralI'cl
Y II h, makcS an alliance with Andcf
sou. Armstrong. Davis ana Alorsai
:; will he Il Louis Anderson nlah ah
; Hhr citizens of Elizabeth City ma
, ,y,ect the affairs Of their town I
:. be run the only way they could eA