The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-03

DOd1u VI vi dOSu OCIlOOl trustees
and the purchase of the proper
ties Of the Elizabeth City E1ec-
trio Light and associated COM
panles at a price to be agreed up
on by P. H. Williams, M. N.
Sawyer, E: F. Aydlett and Louis
Anderson are but two projects
contemplated by the new. Board
of Aldermen, which goes into of
flee Monday night, June 6. J. B.
Ferebee who. was selected for
City Manager at a caucus Mon
day night, May q, remains the
choice of majority of the new
Board, spite of all public pro-
test.
There was a second caucus of the
new Board Monday night of this week.
All members of the new Board were
present, but Mayor elect W. Ben Good
win was again left out and given to
understand that he is to be but cipher
in the new administration.
A motion to reconsider the selection
of a City Manager was carried in the
last caucus and a motion was made to
postpone the appointment of a City
Manager until June 10, enabling the
Board to advertise the vacancy and re-
ceive applications for the position. The
motion got only three votes. L. R.
Foreman, P. C.. Cahoon and Calvin H.
Twiddy| voted for the motion. W. II.
Weatherly. ". b. Jennette, G. W. Ste
vens, ,L:-W. Andersen and p. II. Viii
Hams voted against il. thereby signify
ing their intention to retain J. B. Fer
ebee and consider no other applicant.
WaathsrIy smOkOd Out.
W. 81. Weatherly was elected Alder
man from the Fourth Ward by people
who believed him to be an independent
candidate. Mr.. Weatherly- has posed as
an independent and as opposed to the
Mack Sawyer gang. He led his neigh
bors TO believe that he, was not disap-
pointing them until the caucus Monday
night. At that caucus the gang lost its
grip on Calvin Twiddy and Twiddy
failed them. Weatherly had been hiding
behind Twiddy and Twiddy's change of
front exposed him. Weatherly was
smoked out; he had TO cast his/vote
with the gangN1ik a little tin soldier
and it is a ten to one shot that he will
obey the orders of Williams and Ander-
son without camoudage from now on.
Upsetting the School Board.
In meantime the terms OF Office of
members of the Board of Graded School
Trustees have been juggled so that
twelve of the sixteen expire this month.
E. F. Aydlett, P. H. Williams and NJ.
n. Sawyer are now selecting twelve
trusteemen to succeed the twelve whose
terms expire. Those who know Sawyer
and Aydlett and Williams know just
what sort of a choice of school trustee
men they will make. 1t is generally un-
derstood that the vacancies will be filled
by appointees who will be pledged to
locate the new $3.50 High School
building on property selected by the
Sawyer interests. 1t is believed that
the site they have in mind is in the rear
of the present High School building, IN
one of the most undesirable residential
sections of the city. The section IN
question may be undesirable now Lo-
eating a S1S5, 900 school building back
there will make it more desirable and
put money in somebody's pocket.
The twelve members of the present
board whose Offices will be declared va
cant by the new Board of Aldermen are:
7. D. Hathaway, W. A. Brock, n. ).
Leary, NJ. P. Jennings, NJ. p. Gallop, A.
G. Bell, r. c. Abbott, DR.. S. W. Greg
ory, w. L. Small, E. F. Aydlett, L. J.
Markham and C. O.. Robinson.
The four members of the present
Board of Trustees who will hold over
arc G. S. Seyffert, W. G. Sawyer, F. 6.
Jacocks and G. p. Brown.
One understands now why the Sawyer
faction put up no fight for the Cooke
Bill to change the trustees IN the recent
election. They didn't have to vote the
Cooke bill to upset the school board, be-
cause they had it all cut and dried to
upset the school board anyhow.
Now See What's Coming.
This newspaper has inside informa-
tion and believes that the new Board OF
Aldermen will begin at once to negotiate
q purchase of the properties of the Elec-
associated water and sewerage compan-
les. We saw the gang fight and block
an effort of the outgoing administrator
to buy these properties at a price OF
S325.O 900. We are going to see the new
BOARD entertain much higher figure for
these properties, near half million dol
lars. and the new Aldermen have neat
little scheme by which they nope 70 hA
the responsibility for the deal upon the
public.
And here is the scheme. The new
Roard is going to feign a most humble
and deferentiaI attitude toward the pub
lie in the matter of disposing of the
citv's sewerage problem. These new
Aldermen are going to tell the dear peo-
ple that they are at a loss to kno"
Just what to do and they VIII ask tne
dear people to advise them. 1t is planned
bo,a tho Chamber of Commerce ap-
,,o;,t ,o,,,roittea of three of its mem