The coastland times., 1958-04-11

ERROR /. Iredell County finds
| itself in the middle of one of the
hottest contests for the State SEN
ate it has seen for many day.
From the moment that c. B.
Winberry of Statesville, Judge OF
Recorders Court in Statesvilie.
annouced for the Senate seat held
last session by C. v. Henkel, Jr.
there have been charges and coun-
ter charges on both sides from
within and without the county.
One erstwhile columnist wrote
recently from Raleigh to the eff
feet that if Judge Winberry should
unseat Henkel, that he would be
rewarded by being appointed a
Superior Court judge by the Gov
ernor.
This was not statement of
fact and had no foundation.
1t was an injustice to Judge
Winberry, to the judiciary of the
State, and to the Governor. And
everyone. concerned deserves an,
apology-and a retraction and this
is it.
TOURIST FACTS +. Raleigh has
missed the boat by being one OF
only four state capitals not sched-
uled to be served by the Federal
inter-regional highway system.
In addition to this, just last year
they lost out to Durham when US.
15A through the city was elimi-
mated.
With no hope of any real sub
stantial improvement for High
way No. / in the future, the own
ers of tourist courts, service sta
tons, and other roadside busi-
nesses in the Raleigh area are
feeling the pinch already-and are
staggering under the squeeze of
less business and more expenses
and little hope for the future.
EXAMPLE A typical example
of the problem is the position the
tourist court operators who have
concentrated on the north side of
Raleigh now find themselves in.
With the above facts confronting
them, they are faced now with
the definite possibility that the
future Highway No. Raleigh by
pass-if and when it comes-will
take off farther north of Raleigh
than had been previously thought,
Thus their business will be left
in the middle.
MORE PRESTIGE =. Just. to see
the Honorable Kemp Doughton,
last of the Doughhton clan of that
name prominent in political mat
ters, in action is to give one new
faith in democracy.
And so everybody is delighted
to know that this former Speaker
of the House has finally decided
to come to Raleigh for one more
session of the Legislature. He
won't have opposition in Allegha-
ny County; and you are likely to
see him as chairman of one of the
key committees in the House come
1859.
His being in the Legislature
will lend it prestige, stability, and
dignity. We will all be glad to have
him back.
BELL VS. VOGLER The only
time the N. C. Food Dealers man.
James B. Vogler. h a failed TO
come to Raleigh when he tried to-
come was about five years ago
when he decided to run for the
State Senate.
Jim is one of thhe real veterans
of the House, but somehow h e
has a hankering to get over on
the other side of the capitol and
so this time.once again he has de-
cided to run for the State Senate.
This time he will be taking on
Hon. Spencer Bell, the man who
is leading the way to judicial i'm
provements in North Carolina. AL
though undoubtedly able, Bell is
freshman in politics. He did not
run for the State Senate Seat he
held in 1857, but was named by
the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Mecklenburg to fill 4
vacancy.
Also running with Vogler and
Bell is Jack Love, who served a
session in the House in 1857. This
should prove to be a most inte-
resting race-with runoff indi-
oated between Bell and Jim Vog-
ler,