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" " ?" 'f " u 3TiIE LIBRARY MORE THAN ?mk tm | AjualUH- It C I f?r?u? THE INDEPENDENT "set ,n| XVI. NO. 827. Entered u Second (Maaa Matter at the roat-offioe _ r ^ ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1923 PnbUehed tEealLiJ2dlc bTnWQ? 8*l,*lta,, SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS. (OUNTY HAS OUTGROWN PRESENT COURTHOUSE i Believed That County Should Seek New Court house Site and Town Buy Old Court house For a Town Hall . :.uik County has out :t> court house and is I: !>c forced sooner or K- ? \nn?dcl its present :-i oil Main Street or ' new location and build .::i.i m olern courthouse : , Hie present court ' it in 1882. has long ceased to adequately: . t!:e growing business cr.kirged activities ot the tvnn. ? j T- mailer of a iu?\v ?"ourthoriso v . itii dUeiissed in meetings of i s i>t" County Couimissioners Ir!i -i' cautious gentlemen with jn,iv.v.r on the tax sheets have, k.v- ? i to make mueh noise about ?? l* will rosr money to build a if ?. , .i;:tlnMise in keeping with the irK'lfli. dignity ami courthouse of Pasquotank. ami the i : :n :s are the last folks in tli. \\.?ri<l to sjietid money. Tl;.. ..t':'i.Ts of the Clerk of the It'-gister of iHvds in the ? ?urrkoitse need to l>e enlarged 0 no room in the building rlo ' 'o'mty Superintendent of f- i ? Ii -' rnetion. no room for the Welfare Officer. no room for ? . ! ria is-mon st rat ion Agent, ami . :???: : t'?r the Home lH>nioiistru ? Agent. All of these eonnt.v dc ? ?t. - are now housed outside -aiding. There isn't even a _ 'el .iitrv r>?-:a. When court eon the t'oiiaty Auditor has to m-'Ve out to make room for the jnrr. The eoitrt!: ? jse I'asi|notaiik needs u-ald not only provide necessary ?iarter< for all existing of fit vs. hut ? oiild aiitieinate the early demand f?r quarters for a whole tiuie health iiffieer. The new court house, to !*? tiilern in every jsiriieiiiar would IT ' i'le sleeping quarters for jurors rfiri a r? ^r room for ladies. There are tin eoiivetiietna-s for women in ? ? eld eoiirihouse and a jury that ! M over liight has to la- housed 1 r loil^iag ran lv found for tli'-m. .? Mi.- w.iv "irthonscs are now ? t!i?- <?!?! jail would have to Ik* > <1 :: new jail built on ton ' ????iirth?n*f.'. a t<art of the i-.>trrh'>iis>> itself. T ? v.lio have I us* a thin kirn; of ? - of a new courthouse ?!?? ?!. :k tli" present hitilditu: could -:':?'t ?rily enlarged ami made v..? h. ? it seriously cmbarrassim; ???<n:t work of the (utility for a : tii-M". It is l>elieve<l that the practical plan would In* for ?' to look al"?ut and acquire >'|ii:iie somewhere else in " tirtvii and huild a new court ? ?'ttriJit. It is |o?i;?tt*<l out rty on Main Strect ?I !??? so|?| at a much higher than the cost of other J?roJier ? le re in the town. It is su.i - ? 'i ; r the city, which is in need :i tov n hall, mi^'ht l?ny the old l>ro|?.rty ndvantajtcons ?y retaining the courthouse ? the one park or I went h within the heart of the !' woiiM seem that here is a tiatr.-r for tli" Chaiul>cr of Colli i:* tariatis. Kiwaaians and l?>dies to Is- thinkiug ' 1 s' tiitm together on. The Mionld not waste time ia ("I' _ a new courthouse site. te is to Is.* acquired, as t'i ;? rty wiil never lie chilli a* r now. And ritrht now :u. !?es available that may .-ailahle in years to come. . tin- available sites is the K ;'i."r >>ro|M*rty lyiiur lictwcen ?I l'oindexier streets and ? "? "iiniiii projKTty lying lie South Koad and Martin - "?'* Tli" former projM,rt." would ' in bit" with tie* pro;n?sed crca . .immunity center. hoiir* in i tli- new city tiiith School. 11 ' ? i oiirt lion *? ! .i ii'ed on :i ''i.ir. K<i w ecu Mart its end l'oin 'i". ;s. ii would is- ikvcssj ry ! "iily the Mock of proper Martin and l'ool Street ?It" city a |stlk lietwcca " - i .-*? lend and ill" new court '?/in;: the dream of those '?I inak" KiizaU'tli City a '"?anr-fill l?y plail. K 1 KOM IH V|N<; TKII*. *' 1 lb. Jit. jeweler, has ref'urn '?i.vinx trip to New York :'l IVovj.i,|h j|?. [after city '"i the factory of the tjor ' "i1 ''ompaiiy where he made v ' I'Uri'hsises in silverware. ,l| * !?(.; i , ' :ilit '.spates a good fill! j"W"try iaasnnieh as '?????ii comparatively no ?I. 'la* market. CREW ASLEEP WHEN STEAMER CAUGHT FIRE North Kiver Line Steamer 1 >nriie<! to Water's Ktlge in Fairfield Canal Saturday. Willi the erew asleep, the loO-ton steamer (Jen. J. It. Carr of the] North ltiver Line, caught fire early, last Saturday morning. entailing a loss ef or more, partially covered l?y insurance. The General Carr was ltd f.s-t long ami w;i> built in Iloniloiit. N. Y.. in lSb'J. She carried a erew of five men and was j o|M-mted lad ween this city. llyd? County, and |N>ints on the Alligator ltiver. by the North ltiver Linej which bought the vessel about fivt years ago. Three members of the erew were a I sard when the vessel caught at alsiut four o'clock in the morning. They were the Captain. (J. K. John son of this city, deckhand Adam Hough of Kitty Hawk and Perry, a Negro eiH?k. The fire was discover ed by a little girl, who mysterious ly hapi>encd' to l>e awake and on the 'canal hank at Fairfield at that early hour. The Carr will not be rebuilt as the vessel was htirncd too badly, i A smaller ertnle oil steamer has !>een put on the Fairfield run to re place the Carr. until the owners I find another steamer to take her place. This leaves the North ltiver Line with only one steam vessel, the "Annie L. YanSeiver." now operat ing Udween this city and Norfolk. The "YanSeiver" is the largest ves sel plying out of the Elizabeth City llarln>r. Certain Norfolk interests, anxious to acquire this vessel and tie up the water trade of this sec tion. are said to have attempted to merge the North Klver Line busi ness. imt the owners, not satisfied with the offer have refused them, and held on to what they have. NEW 'PHONE DIRECTORY TO BE ISSUED NOV 15. A new issue of tile telephone directory of the Norfolk ?!t Caro lina Teh-phone \ Teh-graph Co. of this city is in course of preparation ami will eoiiie from the jolt presses of this newspaper about Nov. l.~>. lif-iti. There will U' 2.."?<ni copies of the new directory, altont g.grui of which will go imiiietliately on Un hooks of jiii telephone subscribers in Klizulieth t'ily. Hertford. Kdeu ton. ami on the rural lines of I'a< qttotank. Camden, Currituck. I'er <|iiimaiis. Chowan ami tiutcs. Ap plication for advert ising space or for the listing of your phone in large black type should be made at mice 'either to the manager of the tele phone exchange in Elizabeth City. Hertford or Kdeutoii, or to this newspai?er. It AM At. K FROM STORM NOT AS HAD AS RKI'OKTKl) Damage from the storm that ] swept the coast this week has not i Im-co so great in this immediate sec tion as has la-en reported. While it is true that a great many vessels were delayed, on account of getting on the shoals ill the sounds because the tide was low, local Coast Ouard headquarters has no information of any wrecks. High winds kept many of the fishermen from fishing their nets regularly, ami did some dam age to pound nets, but only a few small boats were delayed on their regular runs. The greatest damage was done the occasional water pas sengers who were oil the boats dur ing the storms and receive'I the frights of their lives. KIHK THICK DKIYKK DRINKS WOOD ALCOHOL BY ERROR (?corgi* Koch, driver of one of the city's fire trucks is in the hospital as a result of drinking denatured alcohol in a .Matthews Street resta urant Thursday. It happened that Koch was working on an alcohol stove and had been down the street to get a bottle of alcohol when lie stopped in the restaurant after a bottle of coca-cola. Koch stopped to talk to some friends ami when ho rcached around after his drink, the Isittlcs being similar, he got the i wrong ImiMIc, and got a rattling big swig of the alcohol. He was rush ed to l)r. Howard J. Combs for treatment. Don't neglect your eyes. See Hathaway. He knows. adv. An Indefatigable Booster - ? " MKS. (t. FKAiUMi THIS local woman lias attracted, considerable recognition thmoiit the state largely because of lie:- inde fatigable activities in Woman's C'IuJj work. Anions oilier things she is a director of Safety F.ducaiion in North Carolina, a;:;! spends imirli of her time going from school to school am! teaching safety to thou sands of children in eastern X. C. No more energetic or persistent woman can he found than .Mrs. 1 Fearing who is usually concerned in any of the civic projects undertaken by the women of her home town. She is the daughter of I'rof. W. M. Million of this city, which largely accounts for her teaching proclivi ties. 'She says the smile simply means thai she is happy because she is busy. Photo by Zoeiler. WOULD MAKE MOVIES IN ELIZABETH CITY Famous 1'layns-I.asky Kepresenta tivc Here On Tuesday Locking The Place Over The famous l'layers-Lasky mak ers of First National Attractions, may come to Klixahcth City in short to stage a pia.v for the screen. The j 1'layers-I.asky have sent tlicir repre* jseutntive to the city to look over the prospects ami to report hack, i The representative. Louis A. j Sareeky was here Tuesday. lie ' stop|H>d at the Southern Hotel, and 'mentioned that he thought Eliza j heth City would do to shoot till the 'scenes in ev-epl one. In one scene he wanted t<> show a vessel leaving a wharf, without showing any land on the other side. The name of the picture he plans to shoot here is ! "Sinners from Heaven", and some Imdy told him he could find what he wanted at Kdenton. So he went to Kdenton. He said lie thought he might shoot the one scene at Kden ton and the balance of the picture in this city. Anyway tln re is a possibility that Klixalieth City's younger vamps will in the near future have the long desired optiortunSt,y of observing now tie- movie vamps do their stulT, ??lid to learn if the ih sire to he u movie actress is just a hankering j or a real ambition. READY FOR THE BIG SLAUGHTER Gu*c!cs and Sportsmen Ready For Opening of Migratory Came Season, Nov. 1. 1 luiulrcds of hunters of wild fowl in eastern Xortli C r.ro-; lina arc looking forward to a great day next Thursday. Nov. 1st. when the season opens for the shooting of migratory birds The hunters anticipate the opening of a good season lar gely because blustry weather and heavy freezes in the north will drive tin- wild-fowl south in great numbers ahead of time, Natives of (-limine!; ami other eounttes who entertain non-resident .sportsmen are making greater prep-' ?rations than ever liefore for this, business. Dozens of new boats are being built for hunting guides to put in the service of hunters who will come south this winter. In fact it would he hard to Had a boat-buil der in eastern S'orth Carolina who hasn't built one or more boats for hunting guides this season. The guides are expecting a good business this winter because, nor thern sportsmen haven't Iniilt many new clubhouses in eastern North Carolina Ibis year. Many sportsim n have found the homes of guides "so comfortable and up to date, the tn ! Iile so carefully prepared and every feature of entertainment so well looked after that they don't seem to get enthused over putting thousands ?of dollars in a clubhouse to be maintained at great expense for only a few days shooting each year, when at every landing in eastern North Carolina, one or more guides may be found who specializes In the en tertainment to sportsmen. These guides are eiiuipped with boats, blinds, batteries, woodcih and live decoys, and there houiotpfcivc good service and plenty of good tilings to eat. The warefute will begin next Thur sday Nnvemltcr 1. While hunters find encouragement in the cold i weather in the north that will stniSt. the fowl moving south earlier, tlure is added encouragement in the good crop of wild grasses and weeds in the sounds and marshes of eastern North Carolina. All wild fowl will stop'.' to feed where feed ing is best. A few geese have come south al ready this season and thousands of ducks may be seen at any time now in the hunting country. A hunter may not take more than "J"? ducks, eight brant or eight geese in one day. And not more than ."it I ducks, or 10 geese or 10 brant may be shipped out of the state. This law keeps down the excessive slaughter of wildfowl. A hunter now often l'.'tgs his limit bv noon. The law has made hunting bett< because it brings many of the guns ashore before the day is over. Hun ters who formerly made considerable 'money from the sale of slaughtered wildfowl now reaps a handsome revenue from the wealthy spor men for whom they act as guides. "I I g- AT-y <> r i j * d/h^?BANK CLERK TUE S'OOA JE.RKE.R THEY DISCUSS THE MATTER OF GAMBLING. "Tin* police took nil the joy out | of tin- Shrine Circus when they closed down till' games of eluiiiee i:ist week, didn't they?" nskod the Ib.nk Clerk of the Soda Jcrkcr. "Tliut's wh;;t the Shriners get by trying to ptiii off n thing like that right under the windows of police hi adijuurters," said the Soda Jcrk cr. "If they hail oiiiv used a little judgement itnd gone three or four Mocks away the police never would have itothorcd 'em at all. Why. the cops we have in this town , I could actually catch small pox if you milked it all over them. ".Next time 1 reckon the Shriners will go outside the city limits, tint in the country the Sheriff is the law ami the policemen nint in it. You can hot your life Sheriff Iteid wouldn't have bothered "cm if they' had put on a regular Monte Carlo, say nothing of the innocent ten cent crap stuff the Shriners were monkeying with for charity. You never heard of Sheriff Iteid arrest ing anybody for gambling, drinking, bootlegging, ma king lh|iior or any thing else, lie believes in letting everybody do to suit themselves so; long as they pay their taxes and vote for hint every two years." "You must think gambling's all right?" said the Itaiik Clerk. "I don't know how you get that", said the Soda .lerker. "(Jumbling is taking a chance to win or <os"; sinking your dimes on the numbers on these paddle wheels for n hox of candy, u goggle-eyed doll luthy or n cot ion blanket aint gambling: that's just throwin' your money to the birds. Now I rail it a eriine when the hirds throw it to are it lot of lousy carnival bums who come to town one week and blow out next: btit when you keep the money at home and give it to charity I don't call that a crime, and 1 think the police were a lot of minnics to hut; in on the Shrine Circus. I'm telling it to you straight. "Hut I hi' church people were down behind the police and insisting upon them doing their duty,'' said the l?ank Clerk. "Don't talk to me about the church people," said the Soda Jerker. "The church people didn't get down be hind the Fair Association because ?f the gambling going on at the Fair Grounds during the Fair did they? I think if you'll look over a list of the Hoard of Directors of the Fair Association you'll find that most of them are church folks and some of 'cm the shiniest white washed pillars in the church. The trouble with the Nhriners is. there aint enough of 'em in the churches; when you get a church membership and pay your dues promptly you can do a lot o' things id this town that you can't do if you aint on the in side." Yes, We Have Good Fishing Here . Si'JJ; and line fisheinv.n on {lie coast of California or of Florida never found lieitor fishing tlian many North Carolinians have been finding right here home at Oregon Inlet this fall. The ponderous and powerful drum- ; fish, the swift and agile trout, and the snappy and vicious bluefish make life interesting for our fisherman. The above picture showing several {hundred pounds of fish is of a day's catch made a few days ago at Oregon Inlet by Or. it. I). Walker and S. B. Parker of this city. Photo by Zoeller. COTTON NOT SAFE TO | PUNT ANOTHER YEAR Dairy Cows and Poultry Seem To Afford Only Sure Relief From Boll Weevil Condi tions Forever j' Last vcar this newspaper urged the farmers of North eastern North Carolina to plant cotton this year. \\ eek after ?week this newspaper printed articles and editorials urging the planting of more cotton. ?Fanners generally followed the suggestion and everybody , is happy. But what of next year ? In sim-kins 1<> find mi answer ns to what's the best course for the fanners of this section to pursue . ujiM ycu? this newspaper is convlnc cd thai 'he Northeastern North Carolina fanner will play safe next year by leaving off cotton. Tliis newspaper's advice to the farmer last year was to get ill a big crop of cotton this year ahead of the hell weevil. This is what our farmers iliii; but the boll weevil is here now. The bo!! weevil is here ami it litis been conclusively demonstrated in other places that the toll weevil can not lie successfully combat ted In a low. wet country. In some parts of (tcorgin. Alabama. Mississippi and Texas and other Southern I Slates, some cotton is produced in spite of the boll weevil. Hut those who have succeeded barely with cotton in weevil infested territory j have succeeded only on highlands j land win n blessed by long spells of; hoi dry weather. We haven't the. j hills here and seldom gd long ! spells of hot. dry weather in the, I cotton growing season. The boll | weevil thrives in moist land and a moist climate. Spraying the cotton plants is like throwing money away when a rain is likely to coiuc up ? | he iiexi day and wash the spraying I mix I lire off I he plants. Having given the subject much audy ami having sought the opinion ?f the best agricultural minds in lie Slate, this newspaper warns t h??' farmers of Northeastern North I Carolina against going in heavily j for cotton n not her year. There are ^ fertilizer agents ami dealers in cot-, 'on gins who may argue differently. The farmer should remember that the dealer in cotton fertilizers and the dealer in cotton gins are inter-1 estcd parties. This newspaper has ao axe to grind and is interested only in I lie general welfare of the farmers in its territory. The farmer who is determined to plant cotton anyway another year should reduce his acreage to such as he can cultivate intensively with the help of his own family, lie should plant early, fertilize heavily.' work rapidly and fight the weevil incessant ly. What t?? plant in place of mi (on is the great problem. The fanners of this section haven't taken hold of Hie idea of dairy farming and dairy farming is one way out: in fact, it appears to lie the wujJ out ami the way to a greater and en during* prosperity. Hut dairy fit rilling involves u new kind of work and tin* care of good live stock. Our folks have never learn ed to cure for live stock: our live stock generally has been left to care for itself under free range condi tions. 1*\ F. Column, owner of one of the finest farms in l'lisipiotank,. located only a mile from the city limits and ideal for dairying pur poses. has tried in vain for two | years to find intelligent tenants _who understand live sim-k <>?? who : i will ttpilerlMkc dairy farming. Mr. Cobooii says be can't find u dairy! farmer for his place. Mr. Cohoon is one of those who tire convinced that Northeastern 1 North Carolina should go in strong for poultry and dairy farming. He I is ready to try it on his own place if lie can only find tenants who hare more of an ambition than to j hoe corn and pick cotton the rest i of their lives. | SAYS GOOD ROADS DONT i HURT RAILROAD AT ALL The Fact is, Humanity's Needs In, Some Direction Hate "Oat-"1 ' grown the Railroads'. ' Those who foresee the elimina tion of the railroads as a result of | the thousands of miles of good highways that are only the begin-! nltig of a great system of roads In terlacing the nation, and who feel! that conditions occasioned by the new roads of North Carolina are [being severely felt by railroad lines: Ihuve another think coming to them, 'according to M. K. Dennis. local' | freight agent for the Norfolk-South-1 eru Railroad. "The fact is." says Mr. Dennis,: "the railroads are doing more bust-' I ness than ever before. In the trans-1 portal ion of materials for highway building, the railroad is necessary, and a large part of all road IhmicI i issues is spent for freight: rond biiildiug material all being heavy stult which costs a lot to handle. "Not only does roadlmilding make business better for the railroads,! but the combination of the two makes greater facilities l'or a great er production of Industry and agri | culture in the disposition of which both are necessary. "iuuIo luivn L rilii*lMinill iiru iii-v u.> iih.v , ivjirhe?l tIh% point whoro tliivv linre ? i outgrown the railroads", continues Mr. Dennis. "just as modern r:i51 roj'd efficiency hns reached the point ; where trnins no longer stop lieYe I .?tnd there wore sintill loads for the convenience of ono or two jieoplo. The iniIrond is too Intsy looking af ter the big things. Neither out the big hiisiness man stop to wait for a train, 110 matter h'ow often or ex act I lie schedule, business condi tions often dciuaml sudden trips to notirhy towns, for which the auto tnohile, or airplane even, will save money ami time, lint the railroad is .coin;,' to always have plenty te j do. because it is the cheaper medium of transportation and the only fa cility yet devised for headline heavy stuff. MOKE THAN $1,000,000 GAIN. j The Carolina Bankinc & Trust Co. of this city celebrated its sec- j ond anniversary 011 Saturday. Oct. i 2(1. Sfartinc with deposits of $217.-, <11 <).!?; on Oct. 2d, 1021. (his hank; reported deposits of $1..'M)(?,042.."4 on Oct. 2d. l!)2:i. a cain of $1,088,131.58. | "The growth of the Carolina Bank' ing & Trust Co. is recorded as liiah-. ly satisfactorily by its officers and directors." says (J. It. Little, cashier. "Growth of hanks means confid'Mice of the people and the hank is proud of the confidence of so many cus tomers who have'made its wonder ful growth possible." For your eyes' sake see Dr. J. D. ? Hathaway, Optometrist. Brad for.-. . f: >z , Elizabeth City, >T r ....... I LINING UP FOR CANAL FIGHT Big Delegation To Insist Upon Government Carrying Out Its Good Intentions An effort will be made to send a delegation fifty strong from Elizabeth City td the At lantic Deeper Waterways Con vention in Norfolk in Novem ber to register Elizabeth City's demand for Government own ership of the Lake Drummond or Dismal Swamp Canal. Committers nre to lie Appointed from the Hoard of Aldermen, Ro tary Club, Khrnnis Club mid Mer chants Association, to act jointly with the rtroni; committee already appointed by tho Chamber of Com merce. For more tlmn a hundred years. Lake Drumiuond Cauul trns the chief channel of exchange of com modities Is'twoou the Sound# aud rivers of eastern Xorth Carolina and Baltimore and Chesajteake Bay. KiuBt years ngo two-thirds of such water borne traffic i>assed through the Canal paying annual tolls of from $75,000. to $90,000. The prop erty was in a high state of mainten ance and efficiency, and its owners free from auy indebtedness. At thut time the Congress author ized the purchase and enlargement of the Alls'iuarle and Chesapeakei Canal, to be a free competitive waterway: although warned by the TVS. Engineers, "that the business of the nmr * competitive Dismal Swamp Canal will probably la> prac tically ruined." That prediction at once Itecninc fact in the diversion of all except strictly locul traffic in the Canal, aud threatened finan cial ruin of its owners. The , Government having greatly injured the property, it was asked to liny it upon Its own price. The Bourd of V. S. Engineers re joried a strong rccommcndntioa tha' i Congress authorise its purchase fori $500,000, to he maintained and otter-i ated as a free waterway. The Chief of Engineers concurring sent the report to the Hirer and Flur 1 hor Committee of the House, In re-; spouse to Its request, if such action j was desirable. I'nfortunately the Hirer ami; Harlsir Committee had completed > its liill for that session, and rc |s?rted it to the House, and its | Chairman objected to an amendment; to include the Engineers' report. , j The Senate, however, authorized, thi' Secretary of War to buy thej Canal for $500,000, and to maintain ! and operate it. The Cbairinan of the House Coin- ; mittec refused to concur opposing , any appropriation, and that is thej situation today, obliging renewed! effort over the same ground. ANYWAY, PENINAH GOT RID OF THE BEG BUGS Estimable Colored Woman Lost Her' Home .Smoking Bed Bugs Out. Caul ions housewives will not need a second warning to beware of the I disaster which overtook Peuinnh Overton, colored woman of Body Road this city who attempted last j week to smoke the bed bugs out of her house with a can of burn ing sulphur. While reuinali was endeavoring to get the very last1 bug out of the couch in her front, room, the sulphur fumes liecrtine s->! room, the sulphur fumes became to take the can outdoors. Half way to the door she was overcome by the fumes, fainted and fell to the floor. When she revived, her house was in flames from the overturned can and she was barely able to escape with her life. The house was an eight-room building, and with it went nearly nil the family's possessions. FOR SALE (il'KRNSEY BI LL three xe.'.rs old; registered out of imported stock. Annual milk flow of grand duiu 10.ptill pounds: butter, (ill pounds. Apply to A. K. COIIOOX, City. c()26-2t. j OooJ eyesight is inexpensive. CeO Dr. J. I). Hathaway, Opf City. V. ?? / I MAY HAVE SMOKED OUT THEKUKLUX KLAN Party Calling Himself Grand Klaliff Insists That Solicitor of Klan Memberships Here Last Week Was A "Crook" I seemed to hare smoked out the Ku KIux Klan in North Carolina, or at least its imper ial high uppermost. Here is a ! letter from E. F. Randolph, of | Warsaw, N C. who signs him ; self "Grand Klaliff, Realm of ! North Carolina, Invisible Em pi rt of th? Ku Klux Klan." That's what he says he is. I don't know. Next week I may i get another letter from the i Grand Kockaloriuni of the ! Realm of Somewhere saying ! Randolph is not a Kluckcr but i a "crook." Anyway I print the i letter as I got it by registered i mail. Read% GRAND PALAOE Inrlaibls Empln I RNAI.il OF NORTH CAROLINA Office of ?RANI> DKAfiOX P. O. Box I2T. ffiw*, X. C. ^ Oct?brr 23, 1023. , Mr. W. O. Baandef*. Editor. Tin Independent, Mkibrl* City. X. C. Ifeiir Hit : I fill ci bar ,.?? > r..- i copy of your issue of tfjo Ib'h of October that carries a Iropt atoiy a* *? d ?? an editorial concern iuf km* 'lied" Moots who it alleged to l<e an oritaiilr.ee for tiia El Elua Elan. In fart it la stated at a poaitira fart in hotli the story and in tha editorial eonmrtit tint ancli is tha caae. Aa a matter of fact, no such man it engaged la organization work for the Eaiglita of the En KIbt Klan. nor haa he erer been employed for tliia work. Your re porter allowed lark of rcaaouable caution in not luring rtrinanded tbs credential! of tliia raaa. Cartaialy, ao ona would ha no foolish aa to pay say ttionry to the first crook that might coma along aad represent himself hi lie the organizer of thia or any other tinier without demaadiag to aae tba credentials of aucb a ana. Pleaaa ba adriaed tliat Bo one ia authorized to aotioH aaaaaberabip ia thia Order in North Carotins whs does not bear credential* on a letterhead lika the out sued for this letter, at^ed by aaad bsarinc tha aeal of the Stata Organization id ttia EUa in North Carolina. It ia certainly not Mia purpose, intent or dasirs of tha Knights of tbo Kn Kiwi Klan to run this or any other country nor any part rr portion to ft /or any purpose. I cannot lieliera that yoar patier woald accept any statement that might ba rnadt at fact without properly predtigating tiie authority of the twrain making tho atatcment. and I am very sorry j that you hare iiertaitted yourself to lie so mis led r.s yoa hare in tliia case. I am sure that, in the interests of common justice and fair play, you will gire as prominent a place to tliia letter of correction ot a tuiaitatoment of fact, aa you did to tha mis-statement iUeif. Yha newspaper* of North Carolina hare al ways beagled of their fairneM and the iui btasod character of tlig tiewa they rtrry. Tan hare he*a kadly imposed'niam h> a rrook. aad yoa crtlaialy ka?a tha maniiiMNl to ac kaawledge this (a tha plblit wlm might Ik ?ialed by tba story and the editorial you bars published. For your information, permit me Pi nay that tba Eo'gilts of the En Ktux Klan hare nerer hid a representative in Ulenbni, Hlit alietli City nor. in fart, in that section of tha Ktiife, anil tiara no intcuticn of sending aur eus thera for aotna time to coiue. When the duly accredited '.itepreSHiitatirk Hoc, turn* there, ha will Ih> an upstanding Christian gen tleman. hearing proper credentials under seal of the Htale Organization. So peison who does not bear these credentials or who will not produce tlietu Wltll 1117 signature ailltni thereto, carrle* *ny right or couniiieiuon to 1 solicit membership in this Onlcr nor to in - cept fee* for tnembentliip therein. itnc to speak tritli *ny lutliority for this Order t resiiect your honest opinion regarding tht* Order or any other matter or thing You hare erery right to thut opinion ax lux every ? man. I am ?orry that aueli an opinion iixa l<e.? base<l Ulma talx.-lexid, hoireeer. and Uiat you hare ?llowrd yourself to publish *u<-h falsehood in your excellent pxiwr atel time mix-led the good people who read it, and who, (lonbtlexx, hare erery confidence in your .iodic merit and truthfulnexa. Tha feet that your raia xtaternerit of fact wa* made without intent of no doing lannot be learned by your xuh eeriherx unlexa you. youraelf. tell thein so Please know that the Knighta of the Ku KI111 Klan in North Carolina will prmm-ut* imixixtera to tlia fulh-et extent of the l.xtt as rap'illy a* they can he caught and brought to justice, Tliexa crook*, hewerer, are xome tirnca hard ta ratch. and it I* only with the co operation of tha public that tbey can lie ap prehended. I should dreru it a iM-rxonnl I a for 1 if anyone who fx approaeheit to become a memhiT of the Kuighla of the Ku Klu* Klan would demand the credentials of Inc iwrson so apiiroarhiiiir Jiiiu ami, if such |x-ixoii Ins not the i>ro|ier crcdentila aa deacribed a hove, pi notify me by telegraph inllect, Tbi* letter la not Pi be regarded as pro liagxiida for this Onler nor as a foundation lor any controversy with anyone, but merely as a measure of protection for anyone who might h* inclined to accept the alatcment of the f rst man who comes along representing him self ?s being connected Willi tliia Onler in any way. In tbe interest of trutb, juslfc-c an) fair play, I linpa yen will give it cipul prominence with the aPiry ami tlie edilnnal that ea.ied it forth. Cordially your*, K. V. KAXIXU.PM. i?riiid Klaliff. ftealm of North Carolina. [iiil.iihlr Kinpirr, Knight of tbe Ku Kins Itl-.n. Klaliff Randolph's letter calls for lit tip continent. This iic\vs|mi|ht tlii! not ask Mr. "Red"' Moore for his credentials for the oIivIoiik reason (hat no one would assume that the pussy-foot inn organizer of an "iui vlsllilo empire" would Ik? caught with the good* on him. Further more, the man Moore auswercsl every dpxeription of a Klan organ izer. Mr. It -pit. lph talks about it; i?'-t 11 tiding Christian -c-.11 .(??infill" i.r at some distil tit ?tiilc 10 tlo to organizing. The firsi organizer who eame here nliout two years ago was an ei-lmrteader from Virginia who was ray of u job. Maybe he was an upstanding Christian #-nt Ionian at tluits I don't know. Of course Mr. Randolph says tlm Klan never had an org.ii.izcr here. Then the man Mar ..'ell. the ??* Par ('Jonelud'... 0.1 I'aee 2)
The Independent (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Oct. 26, 1923, edition 1
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