The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17

IN the ConquerOr Root.
He was told that near Suffolk, Va,
on the edge of the Great Dismal
Swamp, High John the Conqueror
Root could be found. But Candi-
date White is unfamiliar with the
Suffolk territory and hesitant to
venture so far from home. And
then the Conjure Woman told Mr.
White he could find High John the
Conqueror Root nearer home. in
the swamps around Hertford in Per-
quimans County, 18 miles from Eliz-
abeth City.
Hertford was George Whites old
hunting ground: armed with de-
scription of magic High John, Can
didate White explored the bcgs
around Hertford and came back TO
Elizabeth City armed with the
potent root that would sweep him
into political victory. He gave his
friend Dan Williams a piece of the
root. And that, he fears had some
thing to do with the failure of the
charm to work; for Chief Of Police
Leon Holmes told White that Danl
Williams was using the root against
him. ,
Back to Dan1 Williams went Can
didate White to get that piece of
root of Danl. He didn't want To
hurt Danfs feelings by telling han
what he had been told, so he. ex-
planned that he had just learned
that he had to soak the root In
whiskey for four days to bring out
it's full strength. He said he want
ed to get the root to put it in
whiskey Dan let him have the root.
Next morning there appeared on
the door stoop of George Whites
home a mysterious bottle of red
liquid containing scraps of red flan-
lei. chicken bones, cat; hair, rusty
nails, frogs feet and lot of other
strange things The liquid smellcd
like quinine hair tonic, but Candi-
date White was sure some one was
trying to Conjure him. And when
the votes were counted in Tues
days election George H. White,
honest, able, fearless" candidate
for Alderman from the Second Ward
had only six votes. He got only one
vote Chis own vote in his own
Ward; not even his wife voted for
him. w. L. Hill, a lesser known
candidate than White in the Sec
end Ward got 19 votes. And this is
democracy in America.
Not a Bad Board
But out of all the raft of candi-
dates in Tuesdays municipal cleo
ton and with one of the lightest
votes recorded in many years, Eliz-
abeth City picked a good ticket.
There are more than 1,500 register
ed Democratic voters; only 889 voted
Mayor Jerome Bell Flora was re-
elected for a second term without
opposition.
Leslie B. Armstrong, First Ward;
Claude " Ballard, Second Ward
and Bascon Sawyer, Fourth Ward,
were elected to succeed r. Nix
Morgan, Noah Bright and E. M.
Davis respectively. E. c. Congcr,
Third Ward was reelected.
The Aldermen are elected for a
term of four years, four Aldermen
holding over from the election of
1927. The new Board will there
fore be composed of R. T. VentcrS
and Leslie B. Armstrong, First
Ward; D. R. Kramer and Claude V.
Ballard, Second Ward; Jerry Hughes
and E. c. Conger, Third Ward and
E. J. Cohoon and Bascom Sawyer,
Fourth Ward.
A feature of the election was the
Reputation of r. N. Morgan, First
Ward Aldermen up for reelection.
Morgan was an Anti-Smith in the
late general election, allied hin self
with the Ku Klux Klan and mas
been trouble maker ana an OBJ
structionist generally. H. got Sal
votes; his opponent Leslie B. och
Armstrong polled 538 VOTE.
Another Anti-Smith, Bas,om
Sawyer of the Fourth Ward uas
elected by vote of 344, sliding INTO
victory on a division of votes oc-
tween three candidates IL his ard.
E. M. Davis was for long Mr..
Sawyer's only opponent and stood
to win by an overwhelming ns or
ity. But G. w. Oyermal threw
his hat in the flng dJ Tie tleN,n1h
hour Charlie Ovcrmon is Al OLD
resident, is cordial IN hls relations