The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-10

rTIneIl OI WIiOIH VIC tO"h SouAu DS
Mayor Flora speaks a mouthful,
Tuesday May ID is the date for
election in Elizabeth City;
only the Second Ward seems to be
cognizant of it. To the working folk
back in the Second Ward an elec-
ticn is always a lark. It's more OF
a lark this year than ever because
Keppy Ferrell, fireman on the Nor
folk Southern yard engine and the
biggest mouthed and most popular
wag in the ward is running for
Alderman. And to make 1t more
hilarious, they have trotted out
George White, Able, Honest, Fear
less Driver of a Street Cart for %
Years."
II tell YOU" says candidate
George White; Il amt got brains
enough to be a city manager-the
kind of city manager we ought to
have; but it don't take much brains
to be an Alderman. Make me Alder
man and I'll fire the City Manager.
I'll give you free sewerage and I'll
sell you electric lights for cents
a kilowatt." That's what they say
candidate George White is telling
em in the Second Ward. And the
Second Ward sicks him on and roars
with laughter behind his back. 1t
is pathetic; but it is democracy.
AS this newspaper sizes the situ-
alton up. it looks as If the best the
town can do at this late date is 70
pick four candidates who will work
in harmony with Mayor Flora.
Mayor Flora is a candidate for re-
nomination without opposition: he
has made a highly satisfactory
chief executive, harmonizing and
satisfying many conflicting interest,"
It would be disastrous to return him
to office with Board of Aldermen
that would not work In, harmony
with him. Nothing would be more
disquieting to Mayor Flora than to
return Nix Morgan from the First
Ward. L. B. Red) Armstrong
would be more satisfactory to Mayor
Flora.
The problem is complicated in the
Second Ward by numerous candi-
dates; but the Second Ward candi-
date who seems to be leading thru
out the town. Radio Jim Anderson.
is a man who is entirely satisfactory
to Mayor Flora. Mayor Flora knows
Jim Anderson. has the" measure Of
his ability and integrity and would
expect full cooperation from him.
/ The third Ward is safe with E. c.
Conger running for reelection with
out opposition.
I In the Fourth Ward are two cam
didateS, E. M. Davis and Ba5com
Sawyer. Davis is Up for reelection.
Under Mayor Flora he has made a
good record as a member of the
Board. If he played petty politics
under former administrations. he
has come clean under Mayor Flora
and the Mayor has come to regard
him as a trustworthy supporter.
Bascom Sawyer who is opposing
Davis is an unknown quantity. He
is not a straight Democrat. In the
recent election he was an Anti
Smith or Hoover-Democrat. Why
he should inject himself into a
Democratic primary with a record
like that is not easy to figure out.
There are whispcrers who say that
he was put forward by the Junior
Order along with Claude Ballard OF
the Second Ward But E. M. Davis
is also a member of the Junior
Order. Other whisperers say that
both Sawyer and Ballard have been
pushed into the campaign by their
boss, C. o. Robinson. But nobody
can figure cut what designs Mr..
Robinson could have on the Board
of Aldermen.
But it will all be over Oh May
l4th. With little reflection it IS
possible for Elizabeth Citizens yet
to pick four members of the Board
of Aldermen who will be safe under
Mayor Flora for the next two years.
And if Elizabeth City can play safe
for two years at time, that's doing
pretty good for Elizabeth City.
Ectiraotirn thot q SIlhSta ntial nor.