The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-02
ELIZABETH CITY MAY
GET NEXT JUDCESHIP
And Then Things Will Begin To Happen in
Politics in New First Judicial District
In 1929 or Thereabouts

ships for the Superior Courts
of the State, created by act of
the last General Assembly will
lead to the redistricting of the
State in the near future is the
opinion of many political lead
ers thruout the State. And out
of the redistricting Elizabeth
City may expect to find itself
in smaller judicial district and
Elizabeth City may get a
Superior Court judge. Let's
see about it. -
The late General Assembly Great
ed six emergency judgeships to re-
lieve the congested condition OF
Superior Court dOckets thruout the
State and to give Governor Mclean
additional farors to pass around I'm
anticipation of his candidacy for
the L. S. Senate. Four Of these
judges have been appointed, giving
the State now "a Superior Court
Judges in all. Governor Mclean
is expected to appoint two others
yet. one from the East and enc
from the West.
Now it! is not the way Of govern
ment to abolish offices and while the
new judges are now emergency
judges only. II isn't probable that
the new judgeships will he done
away with 1t. North Carolina is
growing all the time, our law schools
are turning out more lawyers all
the time and the State Courts are
buster all the time.
And so If these extra judges are
to be retained new districts must be
created for them and the redistrict-
ing of the State will be a lively
piece of business for the next ses-
sion of the General Assembly. The
redistrictipg idea has met with
violent opposition heretofore but ID
will he helped along Sais time by
the fact that there will be four or
six fine fellows IN the einergency..
judgeshfpe Who must he looked out
for.
In the process Of redistricting it Is
believed that the counties Of Wash
ington, Beaufort and Hyde will he
lopped of the First Judicial Dis
trict to he assigned to n new district.
That will leave, only eight counties
in the: First District: Curnituck.
Camden. Pasauotaik, Ferquimans,
Chowan, Gates, Dare: and probably
Tyrrell.
This narrowing down Of the First
District Is expected to assure the
district judgeship to the counties
North OF the Sound and the long
heads in North Carolina politics are
already looking around for judicid
timber to succeed Judge WIN. NJ.
Bond. OF EdentoD. the present in
cumbent. Judge Bond has three
more years to serve, but he will be
70 years old next year, his health
Is wretched and the grade OF liquor
necessary to carry him along Is get
ting worse all the time. Judge Bond
may drop out of the jndgeship any
day and it is important that his
successor he Immediately available.
It IL believed that his successor Will
/ be Walter l.. Small Of Elizabeth
City. the present solicitor OF the
First Judicial District.
Walter Small is the most talked
about man for jndgeship In the
district to-day and political seers
| in Northeastern North Carolina pre-
dict that he will be the next judge
of the First Judicial District. He
has made great record as solicitor
and has the confidence of the dis
trict public and the political leaders
of the whole State.
Now see what will happen. IL
Elizabeth City gets the judgeshlp,
Chowan Is going to demand the Of
flee of solicitor and Herbert Leary,
who was an unsuccessful but
powerful candidate five years ago
Is raring to run again. And here
in Elizabeth City Phil Sawyer, judge
of the County Court, seeing bigger
things in line for Walter Small
| is grooming himself to run for Soil
citor in 1880. Now watch things
happen.