The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06
Ferebee Says He Will Bring Suits
Against the Culp peppers and Jones
City Manager That He Has Grossly Sandered and
Thinks Suits Instituted By Him Will Bring Out The Real
Facts About Grating City Contracts and Purchases

lhe charges OF graft in which
prominent Elizabeth City busi-
ness men and members of the
city administration are named
will be aired in the courts.
City Manager Miles w. Fere-
bee says that he will himself
take the initiative by institut-
ing suits for slander against w.
l.. Jones, president and L. B.
Culpepper, secretary and treas
urer of the w. L. Jones Con-
struction Co., and possibly
George Culpepper, dealer in
automobiles, road machinery
and almost everything else that
street paving and road contrac-
tors use.
At meeting Of the Board of AL
dermen Monday night the City
Manager called for an investigation
of every purchase made by his Of
flee during his administration. A
citizens committee composed of c.
f. Thompson, l.. X. Foreman and
J. b. Flora was appointed upon
motion Of Alderman Jerry Hughes.
But the City Manager has no idea
that this committee without judi
cial powers can proceed far enough
to suit him.
q shall not be satisfied says Mr.
Ferebee until the malicious business
of hampering the city administra-
tiOn and grafting upon its contracts
is broken up and l believe I owe it
TO myself and to the city to enter
suits against every man against
whom have concrete evidence.
'In their despicable business of
loading up contracts with commits
siOns for themselves certain men,
notbaly l.. Is. Culpepper and W. l..
Jones, have represented to various
concerns doing business with the
town that they cohtruiied me AMI
certain members Oh the boaru oi
Aldermen ana that Ill order 10 uo
business WIN inc 'owh 1 hau to pe
p"i"' io pro'ee' themselves '
men nave rei''esen'eu 'nu' "us.
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Ihey nave createu Tue iinpreS-
sion everywhere that no one can 40
business In ElizaDetn Clty WITHOUT
paying graft ana the CITY mas peeh
constantly hahhpered oS contiactoiS
ana others pauuihs 'ieir pii'es "
pay secret profits to local indivl-
duals who render the city no service
at all and whose only claim to a
rake-OT is their false representation
that they have to split their prolit'
with me.
II have suffered under the igno-
miny of these false representations
for months and l shall go to the
courts for redress"
Thus speaks the City Manager in
an exclusive interview given this
ncwspaper this week. Mr.. Ferebee
insists that he has documentary evil
dcuce upon which TO proceed and
says he believes that numerous con-
tractors who have done business
with the city will substantiate his
charges when put on their oaths.
This then is the latest develop
ment i'm Elizabeth Cltys laieSe
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