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I k o State library f' F 0 The Independent n=n ^- 00 our r~!? ?- _ ?? * XXVL. N() u?),j. x: (V a"u*le" ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1934. E" *\nTBiM SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS Magnificent Lighting Effects Play An Important Part In "The Pageant of Roanoke"j When the brilliant lights which are to be leveled L?))! the itreat stage of the Amphitheatre at Fort' falcifih <>n Roanoke Island on the occasion of the first \\rii>ct?ancc of the "Pageant of Roanoke", presented 'iff commemoration of the 350th anniversary of the first Walter Raleigh Expedition, Friday night, they will disclose a moving panorama of color so magni ticient that this color alone will be able to convey toj the east audience which is expected the beauty and the majesty of the purpose of the Pageant. Tiv first color iom ?_V audience is that of deep, fores: ?.en. This color is symbolic of the ye* World, fresh and untouched, its forests verdant and primeval, and ill be seen in the long soft robes jf the Chronicler of the P. grant, and the brief, flowing draperies of .tieL the Figure of the New World. ,:10 seen in the Prologue. The :r.'.-t episode of the Pageant, take- the audience to the court of; ELiibeth. where the rich, jewel-' Lis colors of the Tudor period pre-, doaiin ? The dusky, mingled tones c: old ;ap-r.-tr:e.i. those arras of gut-.-.?are .- scenes, are seen in the v of the Hail in Westmin Walter Raleigh has been rjrir. led to receive his Charter to w. a ... :lie mellow back ; ci by the-e hangings ?j : b ? -r. .eits. geld n \. ?.... : .'.ltd grape pur : the eli'ooiate costumes o.' ib Courtiers stand forth in splen dor. Ti.e trm paren: white of lace. ar.vi :.k ti n v g id mesh caps, and the t the steel of swords, are the iii.h lights jf the scene. Tii re a definite con:-as: drawn I by the color of the next scene, in au.:.: a fishing camp cf the Croat xj n; P. ai ke I-land is revealed. Here tile :.... and brown and fawn et cr:.-j.i deer sk.n are the pre-1 don.r.atir.g . >!or notes, with the oe-' o?..:i.>I i flash of a bright-hued leather, cr a string cf corul. or of b?ac- :r. .ie of dyed g.ain.- of Indian ccrn Anurias and Barb we bring ato the ?eene. the browns and greys, tie dark greens, the maroons and vioivts of England. This color is the subdued 'one- of .he more brilliant ires which graced the Court scene, i' Color plays a dramatic par: in!, ?rssccii wr.rh discloses .he Ralph L..-. Colony en the moment of its df.ar.are w.t.i b.r Francis Drake to England. Roanoke b being left , aecfc;jarrly: L.:t unwillingly. The scene is defimtt-lv grey. Tie colors.] t.ie costumes range in the terti-'j shad ?: citron, grey, mustard. j| lewii. i.;-. drab. Thus color ] ts...::tvii.- ...e dramatic eti c: o; rhc; V~<~ D ? urns . ? t i<e ,-te.ge ]*???? tiie omu.g of the John White . Co.ony. 7n -e . .e women in the*.5 group, and the.r deep rose, sof' j< ?f. and dusty yellow dresses lend : a--n..e the color scheme.,< tuni s of the men are do- < ?Mix?. m ti.e deeper tones of these N colors, with the occasional bril-'i Jance o; a game: or purple velvet j 5 tj ? p: . ;h .scene in which tie i.. Vj-c.nu Dare, appears [ t? I- . .ci ? in Adoration of: t >nna blue dominates' &i? symbolic .?>;en'.\ White returns to England. Cur ... ; *il- the story of his ti'. describes the Spanish Arcnda. Fir -ri: .n the waters of ni.?h Galleon burns ?a rule on the sand a dancer clad in the red nnflic: and the black of defeat .. Defeat of the Invin "-3.1* Armada. i mes back to Roan T C.t: of R ileigh" is des ?^wi. t:i?- Colonists gone. The - tiv tragedy of the '?' .. : ; ? ned by the color. -? "cn _reyed by blue lights. ^motional appeal. of the Pageant de i ? color as controled by j Ri entirely for its effect. ^ <ux. the three possible Color.L-.ts are depicted, ic ic pictures are seen ;;?> tho they existed: - nmds of the beholder. :f . suggests mystery.; bit as conclusion to this :!en light pours across " . n. to reveal a statue1 !'?"-. 1'i. which represents thej ?Vm .i'm, supported by the, "? f- in he fore-ground the, i of the New World, Pav-ant triumphant a-1 ? golden statue, thus ac-j una of the immortal- ( Lost Colony by painting! ;.-:un- which the audience, : the victorious colors of -uci gold. S f ~ ~ i ' -I Freiburg near the .' 1 : has at different tunes.?' Austria, France, lta-Jy., i-i harmaQV, I '34 PUC Audit Shows Decline In Net Profit; i That services rendered the (lily tree of charge are an eating eaneer in the side of. Public I tilily (lorn mission re ceipts is noted from ti^nresi >. t forth in Dundy ?$; Moran's audit of P. I . (.. hooks for the year ending .tune 1>1>, !!>.'{ I, which audit was made public this week. During the I.e: fiscal year. the net income from the light depart meat amounted to $76,319.95. while the water department shewed a loss ef SlG.33j.43 and the sower depart m nr. a loss of $13.837 90. This made the total net income for the three departments amount to $31. 933.60. But the P. U. C. furnished the Cf.y with electric current to the am;tut: of $13,003.95. and wth water to the amount of $10,114.02. making' . trial of 326.117.97 in free services rendered the City. This cut the net income for all three departments to only $4,918.63. This amount re-' presented a dec-ease el $13,349.00 from the net income of the previous fiscal year. This huge decrease was due chiefly to an increase of $17.-; 734.92 in operating expenses. Chief causes of this increase were the re-1 pairing and replacement of lines and pcles fcllowng the storms of last August and September, and an in crease tn the purchase of current. The amount of current purchased oy the P. U. C. from the Virginia Electric ic Power Co. last year was 3.387200 k:I-wa:t hours. This was sailed at $74,614.44. or at an aver age c. $.01158 per k. w. h. The line .CIS. that is. the amount of current est by one means or another,' amounted to 896.731 k. w. h.. which >e? m.> lake a tremendous loss, but it jdually as less than 15 per cent of :he total amount of current pur chased. and this is a lower per cent! Df loss than mast municipalities; sustain annually. The 5.491.469 k. x. h. that were sold brought in >133.936.81 in revenue, or an average ot $.03441 per sc. w. n. The loss in the water department also is largely due to free service rendered the City. Last year 19-. 990.000 gallons of water were pump ed into the City mains. Of this, 71.588.000 gallons were metered and sold. 16.5Tf.000 gallons were fur-, nished the various Cty departments,1 and 103.845 000 gallons were used in lire hydrants, cemeteries and for the flushng of mains. Other significant items gleaned from the audit: Accounts receivable from consum ers en June 30. 1934. totaled $22. 538.10. Fixed assets, set down at cast, totaled SI .581 207.71. with no pro vision made for depreciation of plant and equipment. . Expenditures for additions during last fiscal year totaled $38,341.82, of which $32 963.83 was for the new water project. Interest payable and due at the end o:' the year amounted to $65, 991.72. | The P. U. C on June 30. this year, was in default on $29,000 in bonds. World membership in Sunday schools increased at the rate of a million a year during the past four years. 25 PER CENT OF RATTLE SNAKE VICTIMSLIV E Nothing phenomenal in the survival of Albert Teester, the up-state Holy Roller preach er who was bitten hv a rattle snake on Sunday, August 5th, according to Dr. Zack 1). Owens, Elizabeth City physi cian and surgeon. "Approximately 25 per cent of all people bitten by poisonous snakes re cover." says Dr. Owens. "The per centage holds true even in India where the deadly cobra takes a life toll of 20.000.000 to 25,000,000 persons ?annually." "There are 15 varieties of rattle snakes found in the United States," Dr. Owens goes on to say, "of which the diamond back rattler is the deadliest. Bu: the deadliness of the rattler depends upon his age and size. The smaller the rattle snake the less poisonous he is." Asked if the preacher's prayers' and faith were -accountable for hisj recovery. Dr. Owens replied cautious- ? ly: "The therapeutic value of pray- j er and faith in all human ailments has been definitely determined. One might muster enough faith indeed: to move a mountain; but I've never seen it done. In the ease of a rat tles snake bite I would prefer to; p;n my faith in Anti-Venin. now, obtainable of any good druggist." Dr. Owens says the rattle .snake is sluggish and timid and doesn't strike unless cornered or rudely dis turbed. He usually sounds a warn-, ing with a whir of his rattles that can be heard a distance of 10 to 20 feet, unless the rattles are we. from rain wa.er or dew. If wet they give forth no sound. - ^ Roanoke Island All Set for Biggest Week in Its History Music, Pageantry and Oratory Will Crowd Hard Upon Each Other in Final Three Days Program?Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 17,18 and 19 Manteo, N. C.?Roanoke Island is draped with flags; hotels, boarding houses and private homes have set up extra beds and cots; members of the state high way patrol are laying out parking spaces for cars, and the Pamlico U. S. C. G. Cutter, has anchored in Manteo Bay, all set for one of the biggest weeks in Roanoke Island's history. l nc isiaua is uums iwnui w n? own heroes and heroines, the men and women who braved the dangers of the unknown more than three centuries ago. crossisg a little known ocean, to try to build a new! city in a New World, that they found, according to the reports they have left to history, a fair land. And just as, 350 years, the original inhabitants of Roanoke Island wel comed the newcomers from England with every show of hospitality, so! the folks of Roanoke this week are; inviting their friends from every-1 where to come and celebrate with them one of the greatest historical events in American history?the birth, on Roanoke 350 years ago. of J English civilization in America. In the .summer of 1584 Sir Walter i Raleigh's first expedition to the New World took possession of the Island in the name of Queen Elizabeth, { starting a chain of events that in the next three years made some of' America's most interesting histori cal reading, and laid the foundation for permanent English settlement ? But though Amadas and Barlowe; are the immediate heroes of thisj year's celebration because their an-1 niversary has reached its 350th [ milestone, Virginia Dare, perhaps! the best known of those early colon- ] ists will come in for her full share of attention. She has, for almost fifty years been the occasion of a celebration on Roanoke, and this 3-ear her own day. August 18, will' be the big day of the festivities.... i Eeginnimr' Friday morning %itn* boat races under the auspices of! the Fort Raleigh Post of the Ameri- j can Legion, the celebration will con tinue through Sunday. Govenor George C. Pccry. of Virginia and Governor J. C. B. IVringhaus, of North Carolina, with a long list of distinguished guests, will be present at the Vir ginia Dare execcises at Fort Ral eigh on Saturday. Lindsay Warren, congressman front the first district, will preside at the exercises which will be held for the first time in the restored Fort. Every effort lias! been made to reproduce a settle-! ment such as the colonists had, with the materials at hand. Just a few yards from the marker which indi cates the location of the actual old: Fort, a grandstand has been erected1 for Saturday's events, i Just before the exercises, which | will begin promptly at 10:30, the Natal Band from the Naval Base at Hampton Roads will give an hour's (Continued on Page Sixi i Fr. Michael Carey Succeeds Lane at St. Elizabeth's Rev. Fr. Michael A. Carey suc ceeds Rev. Fr. Howard V. Lane as priest to St. Elizabeth's Parish, in Elizabeth City, the Rt. Rev. Wm. J. Hafey, Bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of North Caro lina, lost no time in moving Lane out and moving his successor in. In appearance and general de meanor Father Carey is the antithe sis of his predecessor and if he lives up to good impression he made up on his congregation Sunday morn ing, he will go a long way toward undoing the harm done to Catho licism locally by Father Lane. Father Carey is a young man, be ing ony 28 years of age. He is a fairly good-looking man, with wavy hair and a pleasing smile. He cer tainly should be better liked by the feminine portion of his congrega tion than was Father Lane, who was a distinct anti-feminist or misogy nist. The nbw priest was educated at St. Frances Seminary, Lore t to, Pennsylvania. lie was ordained two years ago, an? served one year in th^pfiesthood befcte^comipg here Ms" week. His' fllfet parish was at Waynesville, 35 miles west of Ashe ville in the mountain country. This newspaper understands that Father Lane, whose bumptious and unreas onable conduct caused his removal from the local parish, is now in Waynesville. In other words, the two were swopped about. Father Carey conducted services here for the first time Sunday morn ing. His congregation was pleased with Its first impression of him, looked forward to a more pleasant relationship with their church in the immediate future. NOT BLACKWATER FEVER Dr. Bruce Mayne of the U. S. Public Health Service .announced In Columba. S. C., ths week that the type of fever epidemc in Cam den County is not Blackwater fever but is ihstead a malignant type of malaria. Quick-Freezing and Cold Storage Plants Proposed to Save a Prostrate Industry Quick-freezing and cold storage plants at Man-j teo, IVanchese, Hatter as, Morehead City and possibly other points along the North Carolina coast will be the salratinn of North Carolina's cast fishing in dustry, according to R. Bruce Etheridge, State Direc tor of Conservation and Development. Pointing out that the income oil North Carolina fishermen shrunk from $2,629,214 in 1928 to $827,000 in 1932. according to latest estimates of the U S. Bureau of Fisheries, | Mr. Etheridge goes on to say:? 1 I "To state that the commercial] fisherman has been a heavy suffer-! er from the effects of low prices and' general stagnation of business may seem trite, but to point out that little of a permanent nature has been done to place him in the same status with those engaged in other occupations is only justice to a large group of our population. "Quick-freezing and storage plants i will be in the nature of both tern- { porary and permanent relief for a | branch of industry that remains al-! most prostrate. Further it will fit! ir. excellently with the established: policy of preserving the surplus of1 food and other necessities for dis- j tribution to there in need of im-1 mediate relief. A Terrible Waste I "No accurate figures are available on the waste of fish from the lack of markets; but it has been great, particularly in recent years. The catch of seafoods is extemely un-j certain, being dependent upon the 'CorHunuprl on Page pjv> <? WARREN TO CALL POTATO GROWERS IN EARLY FALL Representative Lindsay Warren inncunccd today that in the early ?all he would call a meeting of potato growers in North Carolina i::d possibly Eastern Virginia j with a view of working out a :cmprehensive plan for the future and the consideration of such | egislation that might be neces- j -ary. Mr. Warren has shown deep interest in the problems of | the potato farmer and it is be- : ieved that a call for a meeting j roming from him will bring to- ; jether a large majority of the ; jrowers in the two States. I. <rf >V*3-|r-v I 2/h?<QANK CLERK *~? TUE SODA JECKEQ WHAT THEY 1)0 WITH ?COBS' IN NORTH CAROLINA I | "One of the fellows at my board-i ing house just got back from thej Worlds Fair. He motored up and back. And he tells me that every] filling station he stopped at between: here and Chicago somebody spotted j his Elizabeth City license plate andj wanted to know about W. O. Saund- i ers. The Independent and North | Carolina's twenty five miles of newi fangled backhouses. That back house edition of The Independent I has certainly spread the fame of Eliza.bPth City and Pasquotank | County." the Bank Clerk speaking.) "Yeah." said the Soda Jerker; "I j notice that the magazine 'HOOEY' j lifted The Independent's 'privy CO-j up' page and reproduced it in its i September issue, without asking The Independent's consent or respecting; its copyright." "Yeaht"' said the Scda Jerkctf. ' "But if violations of copyright pri-j vileges don't mean any more than violations of NRA codes. The In-1 dependent won't get far with a suit; against that 'HOOEY' outfit." "The American sense of humor is; funny, mused the Bank Clerk, i "Chic Sales wrote a little book call- I ed 'The Specialist.' dealing with an! old jackleg carpenter whose speci-j alty was building backhouses and i who was proud of his workmanship.! That little hook sold into e milli?h' copies. And back in 1931 The In dependent published an editorial de ploring the passing of the corn cob as a toilet accessory. That editorial was incorporated in a book of Saunders editorials and it is about the only thing that made the book I sell." I "Speakin' of corn cobs," said the ] Soda Jerker: "I reckon you heard the story they tell on Irving S. Cobb?" "No, I never heard the story," said the Bank Clerk. "Let's have! it. * "It was this way," said the Soda | Jerker: "A former North Carolin-j iaa went into Irvin Cobb's office in New York with a friend, introduc ing him to Mr. Cobb thusly: " 'Mr. Cobb, may I introduce to you my friend George M. Hicks, of. North Carolina?"' ' "Cobb said, 'Hicks, huh? Do youi know what we do with 'hicks' in New! York?"' "The North Carolinian replied; slowly 'N-o-o-o, I don't; but I know, what we do with 'cobs' in Pasquo-1 tank County, North Carolina ." There is no form of nerve disorder that may not be caused or aggra vated by Eye Strain. For a thorough, Eye examination see. DR. J. D. HATHAWAY OurNewWater Supply Looks Good to Luther Elizabeth Citizens this week have been smacking their lips over the City's fine new supply of water. Taxpayers will enjoy the water even j more when they learn that this water is being treated at a cost of approximately $15 per day less than the cost of treat ing the Knohhs ('.reek water which the City was using until a week ago. There's as much difference be tween this water from the Ives farm and that from Knobbs Creek J as there is between day and night, i i almost. The Knobbs Creek water, | for instance, was an ugly dark' color, contained matter offensive to the taste and smell and was very dirty. The new water is utterly de void of color, contains no offensive odors, tastes very good, and is quite clean, even in the raw or untreat ed stage. The cost of treating the Knobb3 Creek water was around $20 per day. Almost every known pro cess for the treatment of water had to be used in treating that filthy, smelly, dark stuff, including the use of several costly chemicals for the removal of the color and tastes and j the use of aerators for the removal of odor. About the only treatment the new water requires is the addi iton of a little lime. This treat- j ment costs around $5.00 per day, or less. The chemical analysis of the last Knobbs Creek water pumped into | the City mains was as follows: j chlorides. 43: color, 12; hardiness.' 26; alkalinity, 3; carbon dioxide,' 10; hydrogen iron, 4.9, and bacteria,' 3. The new water analyzes thusly: chlorides, 37; color, 0; hardness, 43; j alkalinity, 61; carbon dioxide, 0; j hydrogen iron. 9.5, and bacteria, 0. It will be seen that the new water is cleaner, clearer, more potable, but a little harder than the Knobbs ( Creek water. The iron content is the only thing troubling City Chem ist R. W. Luther at present, but he says he soon will have that eliminat ed. Mr. Luther expressed himself as [being very agreeably surprised at the quality of the new water suply. "It is far better than I had dared) hope it wou'.d be." said he. The thing to .wbrry-about-now iS! quantity, according to Mr. Luther, j It will be about two months. he! says, before it can be determined if [ the new supply will last indefinitely. | I: has been noted that the level' of the water in the well field lias' been sinking slightly each day, but' that was expected. However, after; the water drops to a certain level, j it should cease to drop. If it does! | an unlimited supply of water will be virtually assured. Another noticeable difference be- 1 tween the new water and the old is) the temperature. Knobbs Creek j water is from 80 to 90 degrees in; temperature at this time of the year. Tire temperature of the new water is 73 degrees this week. I LIVELY DEMANB For SPECIAL EDITION Last week's issue of The In dependent with its dare County Historical Supplement, carrying a wealth of hitherto unpublish ed special articles and pictorial matter, has brought forth com pliments from many sources. Many people are buying them to send to relatives and friends in other parts of the country. Complete copies of that edition are obtainable of The Indepen dent. Mailed anywhere in the United States or Canada, the price is lCc a copy, which includes postage. Just send us the names and addresses to which you want i copies of the paper sent, ac companied by the proper re mittance, and copies will be mail ed same day order is received, i Drum & Bugle Corps Off To Celebration The local Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps left here Thursday noon on the Steamer Trenton, bound for Manteo, where they will take part in the American Legion i exercises in, connection with the j Dare County Homecoming Week on! Friday. Between 40 and 50 made i the trip. dipt. Martin Johnson, genial | skipper of the Trenton, made the) Corps a special rate for the trip, and the local American Legion Post j contributed enough to make the trip possible. The boys will return I on the Trenton 011 Saturday morn-1 ing. 1 Cutting Up at Kitty Hawk FERA Transient Camp Is Getting On Nags Head Nerves Theft of an Automobile, Attempt to Mob a Negro, Trespass on Private Property and ! Insults to Women; Charged to Men in I Federal Relief Camp at Nags Head | | (BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE) Resentment against certain types of men man-1 nine/ the Federal Transient Camp at Nags Headl reached a high pitch this week, with the notoriety at-\ tending the recovery of Allen Bell's new Chevroletj coach which was stolen from Nags Head several days, ago. Resentment was heightened following an at-j tempted assault on a negro chauffeur in the employi of Frank Dawson and trespass by a mob of trail- j sient workers at the home of Mrs. B. B. Dawson. I Sheriff Victor Mcekins made a flying trip to Ashevillc Sunday night, and returned Monday, bringing with him one William Sams, alias Fred Davis, and the automobile. Davis.; with Wm. Barnes, and Ralph Moore, other transients at the camp de parted from Nags Head Sunday night a week ago with the auto mobile. Moore and Barnes arc each said to have served more than ' one prison term for larceny of au- i | tomobiles and other crimes, and i a few days before the departure. 'Moore had obtained a 33 calibre re-, volver Getting Barnes and SairimSi drunk, he got them off with him. j The trio took the new Chevro-1 let and drove off. They went as far as Savannah. Ga., and traeked J back to Columbia. South Carolina. They took French leave of their companion Barnes whlie he was seeking a job at a garage in Col- j umbia, and headed for the North j Carolina line. While yet in South i Carolina, Moore tried to inveigle | Samms into robbing a filling station.! Samms. who had only entered into! the proposition as a drunken picnic. 'Continued on Page Six; * Bootleg War in Pasquotank Alarms JudgeMorse andExcites Ire of Commissioner Thompson Kenneth Bateman, Suburban Bootlegger, Says He Is Broke Under Persecution, Blames Keppy Ferrell Who Aspires to Control Local Liquor Racket?Special Investigator for Alcoholic Tax Unit and Sheriff Carmine Raid Woman's Home Without Warrant, in Her Absence?May Be in For Trouble Sensational facts and rumors concerning Eliz abeth City's illicit liquor trade leaked out this week as a result of the arrest of Kenneth Bateman, well known local bootlegger, who has been bound over to U. S. District Court under $100 bond as a resxdt of a raid Monday afternoon by Senior Investigator H. G. Gulley, of the Alcoholic Tax Unit of the Dejmrtment of Internal Revenue, assisted by Sheriff Charles Car mine. i m.s raia was wie must. mgu-iiiuiu ed affair Elizabeth City has known recently, and it appears that the officers who produced it are in for ? trouble. The two officers drove up to Bateman's filling station, known as Welcome Inn, on the George Washington highway Monday after noon. Getting out of the car, they went straight to the house next door | to the station. This house is owned by N. H. Caroon and is rented by jone Margaret White. The tenant of the house was in Norfolk at the time of the raid, and the house, according to her statement, was locked. The officers went to the front door and could not get in. They then went to the back door and effected an entrance, presum ably with a skeleton key. Going to the second floor, they smashed a bedroom door and found 60-odd pints of A.B.C. liquor, two five-gal lon jugs of corn and 25 empty five gallon jugs. The jugs they smashed and the A.B.C. liquor was taken to the sheri|f's office. Leaving the house, they went over to Bateman's filling station and notified Bate man and a boy by the name of Stanford Calloway, who was work ing in the station to ap;>ear before U. S. Commissioner J. P. Thompson for a hearing on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. According to Recorder W. C. Morse, Jr., and Commissioner Thompson, no search warrant, either State or Federal, has been issued for the home of Margaret White, and the officers were entirely with out authority to enter the house as they did. Messrs. Morse and Thomp son expressed surprise that the of ficers would do such a brazen and high-handed thing, and Commis sioner Thompson predicted trouble for Gullcy as a result of the raid. Margaret White, tenant, and N. H. Caroon. owner of the house, also threaten to make trouble for Gul ley and Sheriff Carmine by having them indicted for forcible trespass. How It Came About Investigator Gulley, operating out of Raleigh, came to this section last week end. His first visit was to Nags Head, where he arrested Ed gar ("Hickey") Williams and E. L. ("Eph") Mann, charging both with selling and possessing untaxed li quor. At a hearing before U. 8. Commissioner V. G. Williams at Wanchese Tuesday, the two men were bound over to U. S. District Court. Gulley then came to Eliza beth City. Proceeding cautiously at first, or apparently so, he con sulted two or three persons whom he had been told he could tirust. He was told to leave local offtpers out of it. Yet his very next move was to enlist the sup|x>rt of Sheriff Carmine. On Monday, in addition to the raid Involving Bateman. Gulley and the sheriff searched filling stations operated by C. D. ("Kcppy") Pcr rell. Jake Matthews. Grandison Phelps and Wiley Long, all scattered along the edge of town on the two leading highways coming into town. Long and one other man were ar rested. The officers reported find ing nothing at the other places. Bateman says the whole thing was a frame-up. engineered by "Keppy" Ferrell and Sheriff Car mine. He says Ferrell boasted open ly a few days ago that "Nobody but me and Phelps is going to sell any liquor in Elizabeth City." He says Ferrell promised to break every other rival just as he broke him (Bate man.) Something Funny Here It is a notorious fact that Ken neth Bateman has been the object of a relenflcss pursuit by local of ficers lately. Three times in as many months he has been raided, ana large quantities of A.B.C. li quor pre:umably owned fcy him have been seizsd by the officers. And 'Continued on Page Four)
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