Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-04-30
AROUND
CAPITOL SQUARE
BY ESB THOMPSON
Daily Dispatch Bureau
In The Sir Walter Hotel-Raleigh

o's"
mains apathtt!c t. all mntters mil
teal but the politicians are Lepin.
nIng 10 bcstir themSell cS. Most 10
niilvunt recent DEVELOPMENT is That
there is almost c rtain to be a rtoC"-
Ju- campaign for speaker Of the 1888
house of resentativG+-.he r,1
which Will carry tn No. 8 license
plate, assuming that the sneaker stu
has an automobile next January
John k.rr Of Warren has been
running for some time. f. F.. "[tu"
Wallace l. now running but not MAX
Ing much noise about il If is quite
likely that the race viii bp be-
tween these two. W. l.. Lumpkin Of
Franklin would like very much TO
have the iOD a. would Arch r. A.
len Of Wax. But Lumpkin has 10
win quite a fight before he'll be
elected 10 the House, if he is. and
Allen thinks the fact that he comes
from the governors home county
tWake) is not in his favor. evident
~ Arch doesn't believe that Wake
r"n command as many offices as
Elcyeland)
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DEMONSTRATIONS Although
Wa}ldc" probably would not wan. 10
+" considered the INSTRUMENTATION
candidate for the speakershlp. much
cat CORY. He has the support Of a
large number Of Hortonltes as well
a. certain BroUghtonitic legislators
who WeYc for Victor Bryant of Dur
ham until he decided not to run.
For reasons satisfactory to them
selves. some Of those who had hoped
l. zee Bryant speaker feel that Gov
c!nur RiouGhton "done him wrong"
N not giving him the adminis+ra-
tons support. They say Bryant in
tended to run for the legislature and
then FOR the ~speaKership and thai
ne had reason TO expect the admin
ist1aticn backing. They say. also.
that Bryant decided to let the whole
business Slide only when he learned
that the administration was quietly
backing Kerr.
Bryant is not saving ANYTHING D,lD-
iIfI.F. n lN%l lSll | lne klnQ mat /
would do much loud talking on such
a subject. But his friends are talk
ing considerably.
So maybe there viii be a firecrack-
CT or two shot Off during the next
lcaj laturc after all.
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DECISION - The State Utilities
Commission is very much worried
over Il decision Of SUPERIOR Court
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle in the case Of
the Atlantic Coast Lines effort t.
do away with two trains between
kirston and Rocky Mount. 1t is not
that the commission cares so mucn
about the trains as it is they believe
friZzCllc'S ruling, If upheld by thc
supreme court. would delay the eff
f, tive date of almost every dec
sion made by the commission and
hamString it insofar as speedy action
in REGARD the war effort is con-
rcrned.
Briefly this is the point. The COM
mission said the ACL could take off
trains. Towns along the line appealed
TO the court. Then the towns secured
from Judge FriZzelle an order 10
the commissions order until the ap-
peal had been decided. Moreover. he
did not require the towns to put lD
n bond.
According to that procedure. Il
would take anywhere from a few
months 10 several wears for ary Of
tn. commissions ruling to become
effective if an appeal were taken.
SUPPOSE a bus line objected to the ey-
adjustment of another line to serve
an Army they have been
doing RIGHT alone. All it would nave
To do was to appeal. get a restrain
ing order and wage a DELAYING FIGHT
through the courts. The camp would
nave been completed, maybe the war