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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-18

Is said to account for their success
Our apples are considered a great
deicacy in Bolivia and sell for
high price there. the consul reports
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
NERVOUS WIFE TAKES
A POISONOUS DRAUGHT
Twenty-Five Year Old Mother Re
covers From Rashly Taken
Drink of CarbOlic Solution

\ drink of cprholic dtSimfcctihg
solution taken in moment of ncrv-
Gus hyStcria came near lring the
mdoimg Of Mrs. Mildred BarcO. -
year-Old wife of William BarcO of
this city last Thursday night. The
draught WAS taken early i'll the
night. and the prompt attention OF
Doctors Walker and kendrick. saved
the girl from probable death.
Mrs. Barco had had some words
with her husband durin" the day.
probably arising from the fact that
he was not regularly employed. and
hurdened with the care of three
small children. became nervous,
aud lost her poisc When her huS-
band returned home at night. she
Snatchcd the bottle of poison and
drank il in his presence.
The Barco family lives in neat
little bungalow in Euclid Heights.
Mrs. BarcO. who was married at
the age of Il, is the mother of three
children. one aged four years. one
aged two. and II baby of three
months.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
LAND GOING HIGH ON
WEEKSVILLE HIGHWAY
Building Lots Selling at $3.50 Each,
And More Land Being Sub
divided for Home Sites.

Elizabeth City people are eager
for building sites. especially where
tE"rr are no municipal restrictions.
aS i< demonstrated by the facility
with which lots are being disposed
Of ON the WrCkSville road just out
side the city limits. W. Il. Lambert,
who has recently returned To the
real estate business. is making Il 20
of subdivision just beyond Euclid
Heights. aud his success has cnc"ur-
aged others Ia undertake $ubdivi-
SinrS # small farms.
W. y. Brock who OWNS one of
the finest small farms near this
city. is undertaking the sale of the
tract for home sites. finding it too
valuable for this purpose. 10 be- used
for farming. Elizabeth city home
seekers have been quick to take up
l,t< i'm this direction. because they
are served with Il paved road lead
ing into the city.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
NEW INLET PROJECT
LOOKS LIKE FAILURE
Ocean Tides Fill Cut, and Pedes'
trains and Automobiles Go
From Side to Side

After the state has spent about
100000 on the New Inlet project,
after the plans made by Brent ).
Drane. the geological expert hired
by the Fisheries Commission. it
looks like something Is wrong. The
following letter from number OF
citizens in Dare County was receir-
ed by this newspaper yesterday
The reader can judge for himself.
"IIere are the plain facts about
New Inlet. People are driving
across in automobiles there is not
any water running thru the Inlet
and people are walking across dry
footed.
"Ncw inlet WAS drrdgcd ont by
Calkins Dredging Company. ON The
ninth Of February. Claud Williams,
Tom Basnight and Jethro Payne
drove their automobile across on
flood tide, at q spot where there
was seven feet of water three
months ago.
People with practical experience
on the coast. and who are thOrOl!
familiar with tidal movements in
the sounds and ocean contend thai
proper specifications were never
adopted for the job. and su(Ficicn'
funds were not provided to rake il
a success.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
IS GIRLS BORN IN
LIGHTKEEPER'S HOME
MccklnS Household Cn Roanoke IS
land Seems to BE Partial to
Girl Babies

.An interesting coincidence is re-
corded at the home of Captain
Ephriam MccEims. keeper of CrOatan
lighthouse. who lives on Roanoke
Island. Captain AIcckinS is the
father Of six daughters, five Of
when have been mothers. and of the
l3 children that have been born to
them. nine were daughters.
Captain McckinS' six daughters
werc born in his home. and his nine
granddaughtcrs selected the home
of the light keeper for their birth
place. The SONS of his daughters.
with the exception of one selected
some other place for their birth
place. Mrs. McckinS says her wash
crwOman declares it is cOnjure
work. and no couple need expect
the appearance Of any sons while
they live i'm that household.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
FURNITURE REDUCED AT
THE MORRISETTE STORE

Startling reductions on bed room
and living room suites are an
nomced in the February Furniture
Sale of NJ. G. Morrisette Company
The Big Main Street Furniture
Store"
'ThiS sale is offered at this time,
says Mr. Morrisette, "bccause we
need the room to take care of OK
ira heavy stocks that were bought.
We have to keep up our usual vol
umc of buying each spring. and the
shipments now coming in all the
time are taxing our storage capac-
ity. Unfortunately the bad weather
this skasOn. and the impossible
condition of the roads have pre-
vented people from buying as
heavily of all lines Of merchandise
as they would otherwise have done,
SO that we are somewhRt over
stocked for this time Of the year
We are going to give our customers
the benefit Of values such as they
have not had in many months"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13

Il sec the Federal Prohibition De
partmrnt is more hopeful of en-
forcrmrnt Of the NOlStCad Act,
said the Bank Clerk to the Soda
.Jcrker.
"IIOw'S that" asked the Soda
.Icrkrr as he put Il double portion OF
ice cream in the ice cream soda he
was making for II rcd-hcadcd girl.
Gle always gives the rcd-hcadcd
ones n double portion of cream IL
it's Il soda and three cherries and Il
piece of lemon if its IL Coca COlaD
Its this way" said the Bank
Clerk. When the VOlStcad Act first
went into effect back III 1920 the
government scwed mp all the Amcrl-
can whiskcy in about 30 ware
houses. 1t wasn't possible to prop
crly guard SO much liquor i'll so
many warehouses, or possible
to hire enough honest Off
GERS for many warehouses. The
result was that the hi-jackcrS
and bOOtlcggcrS made continual
raids on these warehouses and kept
their customers supplied with bot
tied in bond rye. brandy and gin.
Now the government has CON
ccntrated all the whiSkey i'll the
country in 10 warehouses and they
have one or two honest men Oh
every warehouse. with the result
that about the only liquor that is
coming out of those warehouses
now is going to druggists. The boot
leggers and hi-jackers can't touch
it. That's that.
"The next great source OF sup
ply for the bOotleggerS, and hi-jack-
ers has been thru rum fleet which
used to bring in Scotch and Irish
to the three mile limit where almost
anybody could run out and pick it
up. But they've driven the rum
fleet 40 miles off the coast NOW
and only milliOnaircS can get the
Scotch and Irish that comes from
rum fleet.
1T all means that nobody but
millionaires can get good liquor
any more and the only stuff left for
the average man to buy is corr
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
THE STAMPS 1T TOOK FOR
TRANSFER OF UTILITIES

1t may bc of interest to recall
that in making the transfer of the
utility properties in this city several
days ago, the revenue stamps at
tachcd TO the deeds cost the city
$50, making the biggest single sale
of revenue stamps ever recorded at
the Elizabeth City post office ut one
time. The law requires affixing TO
the deed one dollars worth of
stamps for every $1,000 of trans
fer Of property.
1t is of further interest to recall
that consumers of electric current
have complained much Of their bills
for the month of January, the pat
rons believing that the companies
made the most of their last month
of service, as the bills are declared
to have been unusually high for
that month.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
SENATE UNANIMOUS FOR
CHOWAN BRIDGE BILL
Elizabeth City Sends Delegation to
Raleigh to Fight for I'm.
pOrtant Measure

The bill providing for the state
lending its credit to build Il toll
bridge costing 100000 across the
ChOwan River. is in a fair way
to enactment. according to advice
reaching this d y from Raleigh
Thursday. the Senate Oh Wcdnes-
day having passed the bill unanim-
Ously.
Elizabeth City sent u large dele
CATION to Raleigh this week, to. APP
pear with delegations from Hert-
ford Edrhton. Washington viii
liamstOn, Windsor and other towns.
showing the enthusiasm prevalent
in Northeastern North Carolina
over the project. The only dis
senters. were among the Colerain
delegation. who were ready tONOp-
pose building the bridge at any
point below Colerain, but they had
nothing to fight. when the location
of the bridge was left to the State
Highway Commission.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
WOMAN GOVERNOR is
OF TAR HEEL DESCENT
Charming Woman "oNeri,'' u
Wyoming is Proud of Her Caro-
linian ancestry.

Mrs. Nellie Taylor Ross. Cover
nor of Wyoming and the first wO-
man Governor of any State. Is OF
Tar Heel descent and proud Ot IT..
Mrs. Ross herself is Il native ol
Missouri, but her father and grand
father were North CarOlinianS who
moved West many years ago. The
family uamc is TaylOe.
81 have Il very warm place IN
INV heart for North Carolima. Gov
crunr Ross told W. q. Saunders in
the course of an interview the other
dav. Il watch the progress of North
Carolina with all the proud inter
rSt of one of her own" said Mrs.
Ross. Il have never been To North
Carolina | don't know any of my
fathers people in that state, but
| am sure must have many distant
relatives there.
Mr.. Saunders told Mrs. Ross OF
the Taylor family of distinguished
physicians and surgeons ut Wash
iugton. y. e. I'm 50 glad they re
nice people, said Mrs. Ross. be
cause find it hard to acknowledge
kimShip with all the Tayloc'S who
have made themselves known since
! came to he Governor.
Mrs. Ross looks the part of Il
truc Southern woman: she is no
frcakiSh or militant Suffrasctte. but
Just charming, modest. gcntcel
little woman with no frillS and no
fool notions who is loved and hon
nrcd 10y her State because she first
made good as wife and II mother.
Mr.. Saunders will write of his i'm
prrS>iunS of the Wyoming Govern
or for Golfers. The National Week
".
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
READ THE SALIBA ARTICLE

Thinking people will find much
food for thought in the article on
crime i'm this weeks issue, written
especially for this newspaper by DIR.
John Saliba. who is known over the
state for his writings on social
problems. With him. writing Is
recreation. and his articles come
spontaneously from a mind we'll fed
on reflection and research. and give
new light on vital subjects of the
day. The article deserves wide
reading.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
oJhe BANK CLERK ANo TIE SODA JEPKER
THE POOR TRIED TO MAKE A LAW FOR THE RICH

liTlor and industrial alcohol. The
rye and Scotch that bOOllcggcrS are
selling now is made Of ordinary III
duStrial alcohol. COlUrCd with caru-
mel and put up under fake labels
printed in New York ana Chicago.
We'll | don't see how that helps
the NUlStCad Act" said the Soda
.Jcrkrr. 1T just means that fellows
like me get worse liquor than ever
and the millionaire gets good liquor
lust the same. That's the trouble
with this whole damned NOlStcad
mess. The poor folks III this coun-
try got fool idea in their heads
that they could make law for the
rich man and 50 they voted ma
tional prohibition. But it Just
won't work. Laws arc things made
by the rich to govern the poor and
the rank and file never have made Il
lHW 10 SbNtIu Ilt iiNH anu h'"'N ~
stick. The rich guys are going to
keep on having their whiSkey ANA
as long as they will pay the price
the country will he full of poor
devils who will lie. steal, cheat and
commit murder to make money get
ting whiSkcy for the rich. That 5
what | hate about thi SwhOlc Vol
stead business: it don't take the
liquor away from the rich birds
and it makes thousands of poor
men turn criminals to get some of
the cas-! money the rich are always
ready to pay for their booze
"Why do YOU yclp about the rich.
like Il Bolshcvik?" said the Bank
Clerk. IF | know anything about
it you're encouraging Il lot of poor
devils out here on the Ncwland road
TO break the law by paying them
$500 quart for liquor made out
of their corn
There aint so darn many OF us
that aint criminals, under the Vol
stead law said the Soda Jerkcr.
That's what I'm telling you
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
DAVE SWAIN is DEAD

David Swain, 81, THE INDIE
newsbOy died Sunday
morning. For II years, rain or
shine David Swain sold this news
paper. His children say he was
50 years old. Ills funeral took
place Monday morning. and he was
buried in Hollywood Cemetery. Three
children survive him.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13

The cause of human progress Is
our cause, the Acknowledgement of
human thought our supreme wish,
rthe freedom of human conscience
cur mission, and the guarantee Of
equal rights to all peoples every
where the end of our contention
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
To Increase Our Taxes
And Probe State Offices
General Assembly Now Up Against Problems.
May Tax Cigarettes, Snuff, Pop and
Every Bale of Cotton Ginned
MRS. D.lTSI DONEY
Tlr independent -;'lrctm.
IOI I.nMErIs En,lIm.
By X. T.. POWELL

RALEIGH, Feb. l2.-JuSt
as we start to press with this
letter. the news comes that
the Finance committee. or its
subcommittee rather, has de
iinitcly decided as Il last resort
to recommend to the Legislature
the adoption Of the salcs-luN-
circumstance tax and. in the
language Of the editor Of the
Rhamkattc Roastcr. the COM
mittcC has opened 4 vcrltaDlc
Pandora box OF taxation trout
blcS.
The situation. rs members of the
cOmmillc" explain it. is this: IN
order TO provide fourteen millions
i'm rrvr;I1lc for the next fiscal year
the legislature must either put OH
II sales lax, cut sharply the appro.
priationS which have been recon-
mrndCd hy the budget commission
for the institutions and depart.
mcnt. or finally. return to the nd
NalOrcm tax.
Although there is 4 vigorous Op.
position against il. il is more likely
the sales tax will he adopted than
il is that the legislature will return
to the nd valOrcm TAX. Governor
Mclean is understood To hc both
against returning to IN ad valorcn
tax and also the imposition of Il
sales lax but hr regards the return
to AN ad valOrCm tax Il violation
of the party'S pledge and hr said in
his inaugural that the State must
not resort 10 il.
-Four Gents on CirgarcttcS
The tentative agreement is for u
tax Of four cents on each package
of twenty cigarettes aud two cents
Oh each package Of ten. When this
proposal comes 10 the committee
on the whole. which is the entire
House membership resolved into Il
committee to consider the rrvCmuC
bill, there will be additional pro
! pOSalS, including one TO make The
| tax one and two cents on cigarettes
! Other items suggested include:
| 4 SalcS-luXury tax on soft drinks
bottled and at the fountain:
A sales tax on cigars, smoking to
haccU. chewing tobacco and snuff
/ The cigarette tax is regarded hl
many members AZ piece of ranL
discrimination against SOME mcl
smokers and not few wOmCl
smokers.
\ tax of $l.0O per bale on all cot
| ton ginncd in the State. This tax
il is estimated. will yield approx
matcly $1.000.000 per year. There
is some disposition to scriousl.
press it.
In view of the administration
note of economy. there will be
powerful effort made to avoid levy
imS either of these taxes and thi
school of thought, well Represented
in the House and Senate, will maxi
stab at further cutting the ap
preparations for the schools, uni
verSities and State Department
Events of this week have stimulates
the purpose of some members t
make vigorous fight for cut
ting the appropriation to the Uni
Nersity of North Carolina, to Stat
Continued on page five.J
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
To THE INDEPENDENT
Elizabeth City, N. C.

] am enclosing herewith check or
r. o. Money Order for s1.5e for
which SEND me THE INDEPEN
DENT fOr" one year. 1 want e
keep up with your interesting edi
torials and news articles aboU (
Northeastern North Carolina folk
and things.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13

DR.. j. d. Hathaway has moved
TO 315 Hinton Bldg. Take the
elevator. adyt.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13

DR.. J. d. Hathaway has moved
to 315 Hinton Bldg. Take the
elevator. eaVt
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13

DR.. J. d. Hathaway has moved
to 31J Hinton Bldg. Take the
elevator. adgt.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-02-13
EuF TRAGIC MATING OF
NATURE AGE AND YOUTH
lFeatures in Currituck Murder Case
Bsnsatl0n"n. Ont of Jealous Husbands Long
Crowns d4ino Quarrel With Nephew.

--.T ID ~
..,. \ DoNcv. aged w !, -
u" rrrrituth County J','''
/ 'u' ,.;,h mirdcr m t'iC
[arGtU ..r1rcliou with
F,st degree '', ...br,v Viii
\, death oil "'' p uhn
:, n. DUNcN' ~ M.
|. c,cdav night M t''c LIZ
Evening star., 1925-03-08
Searching the Workers.

ITO avoid workers in factories which
employ in their products gold
silver or precious stones suffering
the fndignity of being selected for
searching, a clover Danish engineer
has invented special apparatus
Hitherto the custom has been to stop
at haphazard a certain proportion OF
the hands leaving such factories at
night. thus apparently casting sus-
picion upon the individual so selected.
BY this new invention all this Is OBJ
waited, for the worker asked to ad-
journ to the searching room Is chosen
by a machine.
The apparatus consists. of a con-
tainer holding a number of balls
corresponding to the number OF
workers engaged in the factory. Some
Of the balls are made of a material
conductive of electricity. AS the
workers pass to the exit they press a
button, when a ball Is released and
coils out of the container, and a
white lamp glows for a moment. In
such case the worker passes on.
Should one of the conducting
spheres roll out, the electric current
turns on red lamp and that means
that the person so indicated is one
of those to be searched As any
quantity Of either kind of ball can be
placed in the machine beforehand, the
management can decide how many or
how few workers are to be indicated
by the red lamp and searched ac-
cordingly.
Evening star., 1925-03-08
Governors as Presidents.

Massachusetts into the vice presi-
dency and finally into the presi-
dency.
This group. it will be noted, con-
tains four of the last six Chief Mag
istrates of the Nation, and this ap-
parent tendency of the people to
choose President from among those
who have formerly been State gov
ernors, together with the fact that
two States now have women in their
highest offices, may be taken as a
"sign of the times" which points to a
day in the ever-nearing future when
|, some one will combine the positions
Of First Lady of the Land" and
"Presidene of the United States"
And still speaking of presidential
ex-governors. it may be added that
Thomas Jefferson was once leader OF
Virginia under the old Articles OF
Confederation: William Henry Harri-
son was the first chief of Indian Ter
ritory, which consisted of what is
now six Midwestern States. and Chief
Justice william Howard Taft served
as civil governor of the Philippines
prior to his four years sojourn In
the White House.
Evening star., 1925-03-08

home from school the other day with
the news that was the Sd best student
in his class so / and her who 1 call the
little woman was feeling very chesty
in regards to same till one of the
other horsemens tipped US off that
they's only people to the class. That
is like last fall when we was so proud
of of the horsemens getting on the
school foot ball team and come to
find out they's only II male pupils
outside of the kindergarten.
Last Winter the main Winter sports
around Great Neck was sliding down
hill and spearing cells through the ice,
but this yr. they seems to be more
hunting than ever and I have saw
dozens of hardy huntsmens passing
by the house with gun on shoulder on
their way to the wilds surrounding
our little community and returning to
their home in the evening worn out
but with game bags 50 heavy that a
new born babe couldn't hardly lift
them unless they used both hands.
One nimrod of these parts who they
say you can reply on his word give
out the news the other night that he
had shot squirrels in less than "a
hrs. beating the former record of
one rabbit for that length of time but
Evening star., 1925-03-08
BY RING LARDNER.

"O the editor: Last Friday the
s of March having been the
birthday anniversary of the
i undersigned all the stores in
Great Neck except the drug
stores closed up at pm. in the
evening. A great many men and
women of both sexes when they get
to be a certain age, why they cheat in
regards to their age and pretend like
they are a whole lot younger than
they are. Personally 1 don't care who
knows how old l am and was 40 yrs.
old Friday but don't feel a day over
so and have often been taken for a
boy of 55.
| sometimes say that person
amt no older than they feel and age
is just a matter of what condition are
you in and have you took good care
of yourself. Like for inst. you take
some people and by the time they get
to 40 yrs. old they already been dead
5 to 90 yrs. and others even dies in
infancy and never reaches double
figures. On the other hand look at
me over 40 yrs. of age and can dress
and undress myself and set up to the
table and eat and read without no
glasses and still enjoy going to the
theater and playing bridge and can
get around the golf course as lively
as John ID. Rockefeller.
A good many friends and admires
has asked me to exclaim the secret
of my longevity and how did I man
Evening star., 1925-03-08
Discovery of Fannie Hurst as Writer Came
After Years of Labor Spent in Seeking Goal

acquaintance on woman's wear
magazine. She took Fannie to her.
This woman happened to be a
friend of Robert H, better known
as Bob" Davis, editor of Munsey's
Magazine. Impressed by the vibrant
personality of Miss Hurst, she drop
ped her work--it had been explained
to her that the discouraged writer
had arranged to take a train to st.
Louis the next day-conveyed her to
the F1atiron Building and introduced
her to the editor.
What have you to show me?'
asked Davis.
She was empty-handed.
"All right" he said, ''go home and
write new story. Forget the old
ones
She complied, half-heartedly, and
hurried the manuscript to Davis.
Train time was nearing and he sent
for her at once.
Fannie Hurst" he said, as she en-
tered his office, whoever you are.
you can write.
You have the intangible quality
all good writers must have.
"I can't use this story, but that
doesn't matter. Write others"
So Fannie Hurst didn't go back to
st. Louis.
A few more attempts and she
made" Munseys. The Saturday
Evening Post and other magazines
followed.
Following Davis discovery of her
she has submitted 81 stories to the
Post and So have been accepted.
Copyright, 1929