The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-20
SPOTTED

Nfanam )lS DIT spotted from the
standpoint of public interest through
out the State. You can talk to travel
ers and one will tell you that Hoey is
running wild while another will avow
that Graham is far in the lead. Most
of the disinterested lads getting
about over the State will tell you,
however, that the campaign has not
progressed far enough to raise many
bets. the political gamblers want to
see the horses warm up before they
lay the long green on tn mahogany.
STIRRING
When Thad Eure, principal clerk of
the House Of Representatives for sew
eral terms, announced that he would
be q candidate for Secretary of State
next spring, he didn't stop there. No
sir, Mr.. Eure is determined to un-
horse Stacey Wade, incumbent, and
while this is written the contender is
up and doing in the little game of
vote-getting. On the other hand, Mr..
Wade is no sluoch at snagging the
ballots and a merry race may be
expected by one and all.
-IRKED-
Governor Ehringhaus is a mild
hammered man but once you get his
ire to the boiling point watch for the
steam to pop off. Down at the Gov
ernor's conference at Biloxi, Missis-
sippi, representative of Harry L.
Hopkins, head man of the federal
relief program, said the money is
not being spent politically. North
Cardinals own Chief Executive re-
piled that such was rapidly becoming
the case, or words to that effect. Of
course, Mr.. Hopkins nor his repre-
sentative liked that not, but they
picked the right man to get them told
if they do sar in to playing human
miseries for votes in 1886.
: ROADS
The State Highway Commission is
making visible use of the $3,OOO,OOO
emergency appropriation passed by
the late General Assembly and as
you ride about over the State on
secondary roads you will find many
holes newely patched. But it will be
a job for some body to keep them in
Shape with big, heavy trucks beating
them to pieces and the highway fund
.d17ersionists already planning their
campaign in the 1887 Legislature.
PRISONS
The State government is hoping to
get an allotment from the federal
relief program to construct modern,
fireproof prison camps in all sections
of North Carolina. Prison conditions
have been greatly improved since the
State took over the old chain-gang
system but housing conditions in
many camps are still bad.
-RELIEF-
The State system of textbooks
rentals authorized by the recent
LEGISLATURE is about to become a
reality. The Commission named has
been sworn in and plans are being
made to make books available by the
time the first country schools open
in July. The task is no child's play
and setting up of any decent system
will require time. Nevertheless, when
parents learn they have to "put out"
less for school books next year than
formerly, maybe they can spare a
kind word or two fer the boys who
stayed two months or more in Ra-
leigh, at their own expense, trying to
make such things possible.
HOPEFUL
DR.. Ralph Mcdonald, who repre-
scented Forsyth county in the 1888
General Assembly as an anti-sales
taxer, now says that if he can get
his hands on about $4,000 he may
consider running for Governor. The
Charlotte Observer remarks that DR.
Mcdonald is an optimist to think that
he would have a chance of election
with such small campaign fund
But worse than that, DR.. McDonald's
antisales tax friends are somewhat
divided. There's Senator John T
Burrus, of Guilford, who would like
to be governor according to current
reports, and others that have similar
aspirations. If the ants would have
hope of putting a ticket across the
barrier they had best start training
one horse instead Of encouraging
flack of colts to gallop over the
political 70 ture.