Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-11-24
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL

ports of the testimony OF Harry II.
Gardner, Wilmington man, before
Utility Commission hearing here this
week were very embarrassing to
him. According to the stories he testl-
fled against the railroads in their re-
quest for higher rates in certain
cases; when as matter OF fact ne
was one of the strongest witnesses
for the railroads.
Gardner is member of the New
Hanover Board of County Commits
sioners, holds seniority rights as an
A. c. L. engineer, and has been en-
gagged in the trucking business; all
of which adds up to the fact that he
was very much concerned to be "put
right. so concerned that he wired
Utilities Commissioner Stanley Win
borne asking that the records be cor
rected, if they did, in fact, show him
to have been a witness against the
railroads.
State Senator Erskine Smith, ru-
mored candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor, was in Raleigh Wednesday.
"Have you any announcement to
make?" he was asked.
"Well, almost, he replied. Which
may or may not mean anything.
State Auditor George Ross Pou
was with Senator Smith.
81 suppose you newspaper boys
will be saying Pm egging Erik on
Just because you saw me with him,
but just let me set you straight on
all these State races. No matter
which one it is, the only sure and
certain thing you can quote me as
saying is that l am for George Ross
Pou for State AUDITOR said State
Auditor George Ross Pou. Sounds
logical.
Lynn Nisbet tells Of the family
he and his folks invited to have
Thanksgiving dinner with them this
year. All hands became quite con-
fused about which Thursday to come
on.
$50 1 finally wound up by telling
them Well just compromise, come
on UP next Sunday for dinner
said Lynn.
Commissioner Of Banks Quincy
Hood is tickled to death with the
bank statements just issued for the
third quarter, but he predicts that
the situation will look even brighter
when the December 80 abstract of
condition is issued
Total resources were shown in the
third-quarter statement to be almost
1897, 100000 and Commissioner Hood
is convinced that right now the total
has gone above $400,0OO,OOO for the
States commercial banks.
He is also confident that the final
statement of this year will show
that the combined resources of banks
in North Carolina, state, national and
industrial, will be the highest in
history. This despite the big decline
in number Of national banks in the
state.
The State Highway Patrol, having
just finished its fine job of hand
ling Carolina football game
traffic, is already looking forward
to next year and making plans for
even smoother work in 1870 Major
John Armstrong, commander, is
working on a plan for autoists to
attach stickers on the day of the |
zig games showing where they came !
from This, he said, will make it |
easier for officers to steer them in |
the right direction.
CAS- it is now, we can't stop every |
ear and ask whether the driver wants |
to go east or west, we just have to |
shoe them all out in the same di-
rection. But if the cars bore the
stickers, we could turn them out of
the parking lots in the direction they
want to go" said the major.
Raleigh, Nov 24.-Congressman
Graham (Hap) Barden, Of the
third, was in Raleigh Thursday but
declined to admit that his visit had
any official or political import
He put in long spell with Com
missioner of Labor Forrest H. Shu-
ford, giving rise to speculation
whether he was discussing the
Wage-hour bill Ito which Barden Of
fered many amendments at the last
Congress session, but neither he nor
the commissioner would say so.
eve were just discussing-and
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