Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-04
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, August AIN a speech at
Tabor City, made as the Border
Belt tobacco sales opened yesterday,
Commissioner of Revenue A. j.
Maxwell served notice that he will
not emulate Sandy Graham's 1886
attack on former Governor O. Max
Gardner.
While the commissioner did not
specifically endorse the Shelby
mans administration of 1929-33, he
did speak right out for the "Max
Gardner live-at-home program"
''The plainest measure of (crop)
control, about which there should
be no argument, is to renew and in
tensify the Max Gardner live-at-
home program and diversification,"
said Mr.. Maxwell in discussing the
States primary agricultural needs.
Reggie Harris, former House
speaker and often spoken of as a
potential candidate for lieutenant
governor next year, was in Raleigh
Thursday, but was completely mum
on the subject of his reported poll
tical aspirations.
Estimates of the North Carolina
State Employment Service are that
1000 persons referred by it were
busy in Fairmont yesterday as to-
bacco sales opened on the Border
belt.
A temporary office, with staff of
two persons, is being set up in the
town at the request of tObaccOniStS,
who are reported to have been pleas
cd with the N. c. S. E. S. service
last year.
Reports are beginning to circulate
again this year that Tommy Gresham
of Warsaw, will be candidate for
president of the North Carolina
Young Democratic Clubs.
He has been a rumOred candidate
every year for the last two, at least,
but never has actually gotten round
to running.
Speaking of the Young Democrats,
President Gordon Gray is coming in
for considerable commiSeratiOn these
days as he tries to get prominent
acknowledgement speaker to make
the principal address at the conven-
ton to be held in Charlotte, Sep
tember 7, 8, and 8.
Chief difficulty lies in picking out
somebody who will be satisfactory
to New Dealers and, at the same
time, to those who endorse the rec
ord of senior U. S. Senator Josiah
w. Bailey.
High Point Highland Mill employ
ees who are seeking compensation
for the period they have been idle
since more than 80 per cent of the
mills approximately 500 hands walk
ed out June are not likely to hear
the Unemployment Compensation's
decision in less than a week or ten
days.
And when they do, it's dollars to
doughnuts they won't like it. At
least two Of the three commissioners
would gladly vote to pay the en-
ployees, but as they see it the law
is definitely and clearly the other way
and decision against the mill would
be appealed to the courts where a
reversal would be sure to follow.
There is definite impression
hereabouts that the High Point Hy-
dro-electric project, given a tremen-
dous setback by Judge Hoyle Sinks
recent injunction, is certain to get
its final death blow in the Supreme
Court Just case of too much
power on the other side.
From Raleigh letter writing"
concern there came recently to this
bureaus desk mimeographed sheet
which announced at the head "pub-
lished when the spirit moves me
and finances permit"
A great truth in the last part, and
a much-to-be desired state of af-
fairs in the first.
This correspondent fell to discuss
ing politics Wednesday with Keith
Harrison, High Point attorney here
for the Highland mills strikers I'm
employment Compensation Commits
sion hearing, and the subject turned,
as it has way of doing, to affairs
political.
'Do you think High Point will
have candidate in the 1910 con-