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THE INDEPENDENT P=1
VOL. XVIII.; NO. 970. 'X0"08 ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1926. KT,a^bV^?; ST"" ' SINGLE COPY S CENTS.
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May 14 th, 1936. i?
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Mr, W.H.Freeman,
Va-Carolina Bldg,,
Norfolk, Va%
Dear Mr. Freeman:
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 13tH with
reference to clay gravel for the City of Elizabeth City, and
I am very sorry to adviee that I was too late to head off your
letter In giving quotation to the city on gravel ae some had
been turned over to the Council by Mr, Terebee*
However, I wish I oould have known of thle earlier ae I feel
sure that we oould have gotten a fair margin of profit out of
this proposition, and nobody would have been the loser*
However, I appreciate very highly the 5# per ton that you
have included for ue and I assure you anytime we oan do for
you will be done with great pleasure* Don't hesitate to oall
on us for any favor we oan render*
With best wishes, I am
Tours truly,
IBC:B I
Iii this letter Mr. Culpepper says "?o could have Rotten "a fair margin of profit and nobody would have
been the loser." Only the tax payer would have been the loser ami the tax payer is always a nobody.
ROANOKE ISLAND READY
FOR ITS NOTED VISITORS
Over Six Thousand People Expected to Visit
Spot Where Many National Notables
Will Gather August 18
HOME COMING TO LAST
AN ENTIRE WEEK
By I). V. MEEKINS
Everything is in readiness j
lor the crowds who will set
sail, beginning .-Monday, and
continuing thru the week, to
attend the Dare County Home
coming. the principal event of
which will be the celebration
of the Birthday of Virginia
Dare on Wednesday, August
IS beginning at 11:30 o'clock
and lasting an hour and a half j
before luncheon begins.
Tr:uis|Mirtatii?n men in Elizabeth
have assured auiple steamer ser
vice. ami four larse vessels will set
sail from this eity on August 18. j
leaving here at seven o'eloek for the'
four-hour run to Itoauoke Island.
Four large power l>outs wil leave |
Point llarlxir. lieginning at six
o'eloek. taking eare of those who,
come from Currituck and .Norfolk,.
I>y Automobile, where parking space
has lieen provided.
The exercises at the fort will lie>
uiu about tl :-"50 a. m.. after all the j
visitors have come ashore. For the
first time in history, since Sir Wal-1
tcr Raleigh's colonists last dropped
anchor in Itoauoke Sound and went
ashore to build their Fort on Ron
noke Island. :*?!> years ago. a re
presentative of the English Govern
ment will set foot on the Island's
historic soil, when Sir Estue William
Howard. British Ambassador to the
Foiled States, who is to arrive the
day In-fore, on the Coast Guard cut
ter Apache, will go ashore at Fort
Raleigh, to make the principal
speech of the day.
With their smoke showing on the
horizon on every baud, the many
vessel.-, coming from all indiits of
consequence, will steam into the
? placid waters off Fort Raleigh. Here
.they will drop anchor. The rattle
1 of chains in the hawse pipes, and
the roar of a camion from a Govern
ment ship, will resound from the
1 'v.....<lioro -nut towcrjng '
duiii's. aw] if a little louder, just as
they sounded when Ralph Lanes j
first colony in 15S1, east anchor and
[ was met he friendly ludinus.
As the vessels approach the an
chorage. a hundred yards or so off
Fort Raleigh, dozens of trim fish- I
ing craft of the natives, will swift
ly emerge from the shore, led by a I
power surfboat. and two life boats i
manned bv the famous Nags Head
Coast Guards, under the direction
of ("apt. Walter Etheridge, who will
hasten to meet the visiters. The
boats, carrying 25 to .'!<> passengers j
apiece, will take the thousands in
short order from tlie steamers to I
the Fort, where along a shady road
way over a hillside the visitors will j
make their way for a short distance
to the wooded glen where Virginia j
Dare was liorn and baptised under
the towering oaks and pines that
sheltered the Colony so mysteriously
lost.
Here under friendly trees on the j
soil where ln-gati our American civi- i
lization. where the first celebrations '
of a Christian sacrament in what
is now the I'nited States took place, |
where mankind learned to smoke the j
pi|K>. and the humble Irish .potato
became the friend of civilized man. '
will gather more dignitaries of high
and mighty rank, state, national and j
international, than have ever metj
before in Eastern North Carolina, J
and many of these distinguished j
visitors will learn for the first j
time, of the scenic beauty, charm
and enchanting atmosphere of their j
romantic, and historic section of the j
coastland.
Thousands Expected
After the visitors have made their j
wily past the long tables and re
freshment stands under the oaks
and pines of the cool, green forest, i
the ceremonies i f the day will open. |
presided over by the lit. Rev. Joseph |
Mount Cheshire of Raleigh. The'
strains of patriotic airs, by the j
Hampton Roads Naval Baud of Nor-!
folk, will float thru the trees. From ,
hundreds of throats patriotic songs ;
and hymns will rise, as the flags j
of two countries flutter out on the
breeze and to the top of the ta'l I
(I 'imtiniiH'l on tyyn)
We examine the eye's ami fur
nish glasses the same day. fee Drs.
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WHERE MUCH OF
OURMONEYGOES
36,000 Ford Cars Bought By
76 Counties in 15 Months
A statement authorized., by i
the Norfolk,"Va. asscmb'y plant1
of the Ford Motor Co. shows I
that this one plant has placed
36.000 Ford cars in 76 Virginia '
and North Carolina counties |
in the first 15 months of its I
operation. This is an economic
fact of supreme importance.
The money for these .'Ki.ooo
Fonts goes out of 7." < f the 7<>
eountles never to return. Ami that j
isn't the Inst of it. The owners [
of these .".tt.lMHl Fords and the owty
ers of thotisands of other ears in
these same eonnties are spending
millions annually for gasoline,
motor oils, tires, parts and acces
sories prodiutd in other States.
Flizaheth City wholesale oil dis
tribution sell IMMNUHMt gallons of:
gasoline a month for automotive j
use in the Kliza belli City territory, j
Millions of dollars annually go .
out of every Northeastern North 1
Carolina county for aiitomohiles |
and the things it takes to keep them j
going. We pay for these motor
ears, the gas. oil. the tires, the |
spare parts and accessories made j
in other States mostly with the
products of our farms, fisheries!
and woodlands. Farm products. j
timber and fish are the principal '
resources of most of our North-1
eastern North Carolina counties.!
the sole basis of most of our
wealth.
And we trade so much of our
wealth for the new and now al
most indispensable joy of individual
transportation that we don't have
enough money left to pay our;
grocery bills, dry goods hills and j
lift the mortgages on our homes. '
J But the condition is one that.
should cause no hopeless grief. The
automobile is here to stay and peo
ple are not going to go without
them any more than they would go
without clocks, sewing machines
and cook stoves. Our problem is'
not to dissuade people from spend
ing the bulk of their wealth for >
automobiles, gas tires and automo-{
bile parts made in other parts of!
the country, hut to produce more
wealth to swap for these things.
While millions of workmen in other
States are producing something to
take our money away from us. we
must bestir ourselves ami produce
more commodities to swap for the
wealth of these millions in other
states.
CAPT. MIDGETT TELLS
OF THE NEXT WAR j
Says Christians In Ilis Sertion Are
Joining Ku Mux Man For
War on Catholics
Cupt. Tlios. I', Slidgett. I". S.
Lighthouse Keeper at Itidge, Md.,
(nissed thru Elizabeth City this
week to visit his old home on Itou- j
noke Island. Capt. .Midgett stop
ped at The Independent office long j
enough to warn the editor that lie |
is going to hell if he doesn't repent j
of his ways and steer clear of
Unman Catholics, Evolutionists and
Science.
'"Itoooi n Catholicism VvolutiO'l
and Science," says Capt. Midgett I
are the three branches of the devil's 1
own church conspiring to undo God's ;
will upon earth and destroy the;
lives and souls of all of God's chil
dren.'
('apt. Midgett says the Roman
Catholic Church was founded by j
the devil after the Lord had ,
thrown the devil out of heaven and I
put him hereon earth with an army j
of (K50 rebellious angels to do his i
work. Capt. Midgett doesnt ex- j
plain why God didnt drop the devil!
and his angels on Murs. Venus,.
Saturn. Jupiter or some other place ;
and give his Earth children a better !
chance. I
'?The next war." says ('apt. Mid
gett. "Will be between true Chris- j
tin lis and the Catholics and it will ?
be the bloodiest war the world has
ever known. I don't know much
about the Ku Klux in the South,
but in the North the Christian peo
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pie are rushing into the Ku Klux
and preparing themselves for the
{treat tvar."
('apt. Midgett is strong for that
sort of war and rearing to go when
the soldiers of the Cross prepare to
do battle.
TREMENDOUS CROP OF
GRAPES ON THE ISLAND
It is a singular eirennistanee that
the {rreatpst crop of wild {trapes in
years, is now growin? on Itoanoke
Island, the small bunch-grape var
iety ripening in August, while the
larger black grapes, commonly call
ed Fox grapes, ripen in September
and Octol?er.
The first settlers wrote Jji their
accounts that the island was over
flowing jwlfh giajtes, that were
growing to the very water, where
the surf was beating upon them. It
is literally true this year.
Because you can see well, It's no j
reason your headaches are not caus
ed by your eyes. Sec Du. Hath- J
y Hint?!! . civ. j
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Eye strain causes wasted nerve
energy. Let us look after your eyes.
Hfrtes Pi** ?,*??.
DOCUMENTS TO
SHOW HOW THE
GRAFTERS WORK
Much has been said about
certain sensational letters writ
ten by L. B. Culpepper of
Elizabeth City in connection
with the city.s recent deal for
200 to 400 tons of gravel. Here
then arc the letters, obtained
by this newspaper with great
difficulty and presented for the
information of its readers.
Photographic flui\iiulles of the
letters slightly reduced are repro
duced here. They moke interest
ing reading. Tboy show how city
I contracts may he padded to pro
I vide secret commissions to influen
j tial citizens who represent them
| selves as having the "inside track"
I with city officials.
A history of the letters is in order.
To l>egin with, on May 11. 1826 W.
H. Freeman, a Norfolk, Va. dealer
in sand and gravel gave City Man
ager Miles W. Fereliee a low hid
of $1.60 a ton for certain gravel de
livered at lizuheth City on bay
barges.
This hid was not considered in the
final letting lieciiuso of the exces
sive cost of unloading the gravel
| from hay barges and putting it ou
the streets. Bay barges have
decks and the gravel has to be re
moved thru hatches, requiring much
i labor.
It was on May 11, 1026- thnt Mr.
; Freeman placed-his bid in the bauds
! of the City Manager.
t)n May 12, 1020 Mr. Culpepper
wrote the following astounding let
ter to Mr. Freeman, a facsimile of
which is printed above:?
Read This Carefully
May 12. 192C.
Dear Mr. Freeman:
Suplementuig our telephone
conversation of a few minutes
ago with reference to Clay
(Jravel for The City of K. City.
! Mr. Ferebee The ('By Managpr
just came around to see us and
advises that you made liim a
prire of $1.55 per net ton de
livered, which seems to lie a
( very good price but before he
would go any further With the
1 matter with you for me to ge|
in touch with you and see if yod
wouldn't allow iw J 5c per ton
ecuimissicn to-be divided be
tween Brother Ferebee and my
self which would be three ways
and of course Mr. Ferebee
couldn't lie known in the prop
osition ami don't let him know
that he is connected atall in the
matter at no time in any con
versation or corresfiomhtice. I
feel you can do this without
very much sacrifice and I am
j sure if you do this the deal will
go through all o. k. I have also
been in touch with the Camden
Highway Conini. today. They
arc going to build 15 miles of
r!ay gravel roads ami I feel sure
I ran sell them your material,
we eould also use barge trans
portation for delivering this ma
terial. We can get a better
price on this material I think
to and in fact I know we can
so you see you wont be loos
ing anything by allowing us 15c
i on the City material, please
' write me at onre just what you
will do at once. Keep this under
jour bat please.
Yours very truly,
L. B. CULPEPPER.
Camden will need about 75 M.
Tons.
On May l.'t. Mr. Freeman replied
to Mr. Culpepper as follows:
May 13, 1926.
I L. B. Cul|>epper
| Care Culpepper Hardware Co.
Elizabeth City, X. C.
Dear Sir.
Reference sand clay gravel
for tlie city of Elizabeth City.
! Your letter of May 12, receiv
ed ami contents duly noted.
While in Elizabeth City the
other day, I gave Mr. FereJiee a
| price of $1.55 net ton on sand
clay gravel delivered F. 0. B.
bay Imrge along side dork, Eliz
abeth City. After getting back
I to Norfolk, aind going into the
barge situation I found it im
possible to get out of Powells
j ('reek with sufficient water en
abling us to carry 800 to 900
tons due to the fact of having
to dredge the channel. I wrote
libn a letter yrsterday, stating
that situation, withdrawing the
price of $1.55 quoting blm
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