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Evening star., 1925-07-29
BLAMES NOTE CHANGE.
Friend of Bryan Says Revision o,
Text Caused Resignation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PORTLAND, Greg, July 29.-Mi'
ton A Miller of Portland, an intimate
friend of William jennings Bryan,
Yesterday gave an account that Bryan
told him in 1920 of why he happened
10 quit the cabinet of President VIII
son. 1t had nothing to do with the
Presidents notes to Germany, as dis
matches have reported, said Miller.
Miller said Mr.. Bryan told him the
United States was having trouble with
Austria during the Summer or 1913
and il was thought the Austrian en-
bassy was plotting with the German
war office to cripple American plants.
Mr.. BRYAN prepared a note which Mr..
Wilson approved and Bryan sent 1t TO
the cable office, after delivering copy
to the Austrian Ambassador, DR. hon-
stantin Theodor Dumba, with the
statement that the note to Austria
would be sent the same as the copy
Dr. Dumba received.
Saws Dumba Was Angry.
A few days later. DR.. Dumba called
at the State Department in an angry
mood and said the note as received by
his government was different from
that he had received from Mr.. Bryan.
Later. Mr.. Bryan got the original
copy from the cdDle ONCE ana ne 10
quoted as saying ito my modification
l found President Wilson had obtained
the copy from the cable office before it
was sent and had marked out many
of the clauses of mine and had In
serted in his own handwriting great
deal of matter l knew nothing about.
II went to the President and he Of
fered no explanation why he had not
consulted me about making the
changes after he had OK.'d the note.
saw there was nothing for me to
do but resign, which l did. AS the
! President did not give out why l had
rendered my resignation, l did not
| think 1 should do so. The world has
the idea I resigned on account of the
| Presidents note TO Germany. Let it
think So"
Bryan's resignation was accepted
June 8, 1915, and Robert Lansing was
appointed in his place.
Evening star., 1925-07-29

he was continually raising questions
in class-questions that had no part
in the class Work-and one time I had
to request him not to do it any more.
He was very good about it and never
did"
Evening star., 1925-07-29

In order to test their wearing quail
ties shoes are sometimes tried on d
kind OF walking machine, which can
produce in a few hours the amount
of wear that would actually take
place in six months of ordinary use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-14

PRACTICAL utility is what a hopes find in a gift.
depends upon the size of the evers pocetboo how
should be- Solve perpexes by choosing from the
illustrations this page and you can't 60 wrong. Main Floor
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
WHEN YOU LEAVE HOME
LET THE FAMILY KNOW
Berkl"y Woman Who Drove Away
In 4 Car Full of Kids Had Her
Husband Worried

no little excitement was caused
W. III. Ellis of Lee Street, Berkeley.
Virginia when his wife, who had left
hGme in Il borrowed car for ride
down the Dismal Swamp canal
road. failed to return on time, Mrs.
Ellis WAS in company with three
of her children, her Sun-in-laW and
granchild. Going away on SHtlr-
day. they started to drive Ia E!lZ-
ahrth City hut because of the smoke
from forest fires returned tu Nor
folk early and they decided to drive
down to Virginia Beach. and then
thought to make the return trip
Ia KITTY Hawk. HuU ticy stopped
to visit old aCQuantancc>.
In the meantime relatives and
friends in Bcrklry were frantic and
believing them 10 have lost their
bearings in the dense smoke that
prevailed thru the Dismal Swamp
region. and had run in the canal
and been drowned. search was
made. Searching parties continued
to look for motorists. until WCdncS-
day afternoon. when the party show
ed up and returned the car.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
GETS FOURTH CONTRACT
FOR PASoUOTANK ROAD
Williams TO Build Road From Old
NeeksyiIle to SimOnds Creek
For S65,59l

Taking the fourth contract tOr
roads i'm PaSquotank County. for
thn sum of $6:5.59l. f. l.. Williams.
i To construct the three ana one
half miles from old WcckSvillc to
Simnr,lS Creek. the contract being
lei Tuesday of this week by the
Cuuutv Highway Commission. Inc
road is TO br plain concrete nine feet
Wide and Mr.. Williams was the only
bidder on the project. The road Is
IN be completed in 100 working days,
or five months.
Mr.. Williams was the lowest bld-
der on q creoSoted wooden bridge
for this road to cost S2,Ol2.5O. Ihe
read is to cost $4,000 a mile, as
compared with roads near this ely
casting $4,000 Il mile, which is ct
tributed to the heavy hauling over
Il distance of ten miles necessary
10 place the material on the JoD.
The Williams firm seems to have
uncauny success in bidding Ill PaS-
ouotank, this being the contract far
the fourth, and all the roads let
this year. ..-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
PROVIDENCE FOLK NOT
IN FAVOR OF SCHOOL
Election For Consolidation Of Ten
Small Schools Lest BY Heavy
Vote

The people of Providence town
ship. which would have lost two
small schools, as the result Of the
consolidation, voted heavily against
abandoning these schools, when the
election for the consolidation of ten
small schools in Providence, Mt.
Hermon and NiXonton Townships
was held Saturday, and the election
was lost. \ second election, how
ever. is to be held shortly.
There were only II in Providence
who voted for consolidation, as
against 13O who were opposed to il.
The registration in this township
WAS lG6.
Mt. Hcrmon and NiXOntOn Town
ships both recorded substantial mi
j0ritieS in favor of consolidation.
WeCksville School Opens Monday
The opening of the Weeksvillc
school will be celebrated Monday,
September {. with Il celebration to
he participated in by patrons, pupils
and school officials. SimnndS Creek,
Fork and Riverside Schools will also
open on that date.
Newland, Mt. IIcrmOn. and OkiSkO
Schools will open on Monday, Sep
tcmber II. while Bcrca School will
open September y. Dates Of the
opening of other schools will be an
mOunCUd later.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
HEREFORD GETS
CLOSER TO Us
As Plans Advance For Celebra-
tion of Opening of Road to
Gates on September IL.

Elizabeth Citv'S live-wire
sister town. Hcrtford the capt.
tai OF PcrquimanS County will
be much closer to Elizabeth
CITY after September y, the
last OF the paving having been
laid and the road will be open
ed on this date. HertfOrd will
JOIN in with Elizabeth City in
the celebration OF the opening
OF the Gates County Road.
4 concrete highway 80 miles
long now extends from Elizabeth
C.tv to EdentCu. passing thru Hert-
ford. The new road % Gates Coun-
II places Elizabeth City, Gatesvi!e,
and Edcnlon on the three poin,S Of
a triangle. about which the bnSi-
r"<s Of the entire section will re-
volve and cause much business here
tofore goin. u another state. TO re-
main at home.
In the meantime plans mature
for the celebration of the opening OF
the Gates County road 10 be held III
this city September Il. Ne%otla-
tionS are being made for the Marine
Band of Norfolk. and Navy dirt
gihle To visit Elizabeth city on that
date. The Elizabeth City r0yS band
which has made successful appear
anccS i'm many places. the last "i
which was at Newport News last
week. where they went aS the
guests of the Virginia Fircmen :
convention. will be feature OF the
celebration here.
Invitations have been extended
urrminent state officials. including
Governor Mclean and members or
the State Highway Commission. i'll
Guiding Commissioner W. y. Hart
who has assured the committee that
br will come. Hon. L. W. COSten
and other speakers of Gates County
will be present.
Preparations are going torWar"
for IL hi" barbecue picnic dinner Tor
the visitors. and Il ball game OF
more than ordinary interest Is 10 he
arranged for the afteihoOn. As
rlanS are not complete the program
has not been prepared.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
THE INDEPENDENT
Box 3S1
Elizabeth City, \. {.

fort and rest about it that one
doesn't expect TO find in town OF
only 1000 people. AT table across
thn room. one man remarked to an
other: Il stopped all night in Eliz-
abeth City. last night. They Ger
tainIy need Il good hotel there his
e. cmpanion said.
.AhoSkic's newspaper is III keeping
with, the fOwn. and one the town
should he and is proud Of. The
editor and manager, j. Roy Parker,
and Jas. :. VinSOn, respectively,
owners and both native products,
are turning out paper that mas
won the Walter SavOry loving cup
at the State Press Association Con-
vpntions for two successive years.
And AhoSkic merchants are live
wires. Judging from thc patronage
they give this ncwSy paper.
AhoSkic merchants are not feeling
blue, because the recently complrt-
ed WintOn bridge, and many new
highways. make it easy for their
business to get away to Elizabeth
CITY. Suffolk. Norfolk. and other
trwnS. These merchants are 60
iu- ahead with new stores. new fiX-
tlrcS. new and enlarged stocks, and
increased advertising, and they are
going to keep trade at home. ana
create more trade from hitherto re-
mote sections of their own terri
tnrv. They refuse TO twaddlc their
thumbs CT 10 complain that good
roads are running their business.
IF You want TO keep business, then
keep up with business: don't OK
prct TO held business when others
are Offering something better: give
it Yourself" is the way Roy Park
or. who continues To improve MS
newspaper and his printShop, would
express the AhoSkic' spirit.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
We MAY LOSE
this BUSINESS
Great Scheme Proposed to
Unite Large Slice of Dare
County with Hyde

Out of the States splendid
highway program, and the re-
clamation scheme on the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance prop
erty in Dare County is born a
great dream to build a high
way that would connect the
Dare County villages of MannS
Harbor and Stumpy Point,
with a highway leading into
Hyde County.
The plan for this highway. which
would extend from MannS Ilarhor
where Il ferry would connect with
l:oanOke Island, to Stumpy Point.
Englehard and Swan Quarter, would
mean that traffic from these vii
la.eS would then be diverted from
Elizabeth City where it now comes
by boat, and eventually thru to
Washington in BdaufDrt County.
The road would be built upon drain
age taxes and would make an out
let for thousands of acres of the
swamp lands of the Metropolitan
Company. that are now useless, I'M
less drained and cleared for cult
vatiOn. Will the Metropolitan do
all this. is the question: Writing i'll
the News X Observer. Ben Dixon
MacNeill has this to say of the pro-
jcct:
Ont of the collapse of the larS'
est industry in Dare County, arg'
cr even than the fishing business
which is centcred in the quaint
village of Stumpy Point and larger
than the United States Coast Guard
Service which gives livelihood to Il
good 10 per cent of the population
of the county. may come reality Ia
Il dream that Dare has dreamed
dimly for generations. feeding It's
hope upon desire rather than the
substance of possibility.
Roanoke. Island may he united
with the mainland Of North Caro-
ina by a modern highway.
This island of Americas begin
min" has turned its eyes westward
across CrCatam Sound. over the four
miles of smooth water 10 Mann 5
lIarhor and the miles of timhcrcd
>wampS beyond where the Dare
Lumber Company f0undercd. leaV-
iug the Metropolitan Life lnSur-
ancc Company. its chief creditor
holding what appeared to he Il very
empty and profitlcS$ hag. There
were more than 10000 acres of the
Continued on Page ThrceD
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN MARRIED?
You May Get S. in Gold

THE INDEPENDENT wants
to know the names of the couples
who have been married longest in
the counties of Currituc!i, Cam
den, Pasquotanli, Pcrquimans,
ChOwan, Gates, Washington,
TyrrelI, Dare and Hyde. This
contest will be open until Dee
ember l., and the couple that has
hcen married longest at that
time, will win a prize of So in
Gold.
TO the person who sends the
best story by December ], Of the
married life Gf some old couple
in these counties, we will give
S. i'm gold. \ story Of this kind
should give the old peoples ver-
sion Of the ups and downs Of
their married life, ard how they
managed to navigate success
fully, the sometimes storm sea of
matrimOny. The second, third
and fourth best stories of these
couples will win a years sub.
scriptiOn TO TIE NDEPEN-
DENT. If you do not care to
write a brief account Of some
elderly couple, but know OF one
that would be interesting enough
to be written up, drop us Il line
and we'll do the rest. Now get
busy and let's give some of these
fine old couples Il little credit,
and Tip younger folk of TO the
art of getting along together.
Address
THE INDEPENDENT
Box 3S1
Elizabeth City, \. c.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04

Il see the old burg HctSry Is
lifting her skirts and stepping of
in high, to show the folks il good
time soon" said the Bank Clerk to
the Soda Jcrkcr, anent the cclchra-
ton of the opening of the Acorn Hill
road on September 18th. You could
have Knocked me cold with Il fcath,
or. when the glad tidimgS broke
forth that the town council had
donated 81, 800 to the cause Of put
ting Elizabeth City on the map and
entertain some of the folks who will
he coming over to pay call that
day"
It's high time that Old BctSry
got busy and put on the pot for some
of the ncighhOrS who stop III Ia
chat: for long time when "'Il
sisters dropped in TO pay Il call the
old gal has been too lazy to raise
her poSteriOr extremity ana nc
away to the cOOkStOvc to fix dinner,
and tco long have the folks gone
away and talked about what Il town
this is for not putting out Things
to eat. We find time TO Scamrrl
about SIvly to talk about women
who ScraD in drug stores. ana have
been too darn lazy, diSputlng ana
Snoutiu- among ourselves, while
other towns have been showing ON
folks Il good time, like the
boarding house landlady who SAT
around and gOssipcd while her
boarders driftcd off to eat at hash
house table, which is verify better
than a mahogany dining room with
no grub in it.
Il don't see that we'll he able to
do so darn much with the Sl,oOo
the Aldermen gave. 1t would really
take $1,000 to put on the feast we
ouuht to have. Now while Gates
County folk are coming over Ill
large numbers to make trip oven
This new road. there he S0ne of Oul
old friends from the other corul-
ties who'll drift in for the day to
SEQ the doiugs aud enjoy them.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
FARMERS DON'T CAUSE
HIGH COST OF LIVING
Retailers Oh Northern Markets
Found To. BE Getting Over
400 Per Cent

Don't blame the farmer Tor the
high cost of living. This newspaper
has pointed ont time after time That
if is the retailer and not the farm
or who gets the profits. Here is an
Illustration reprinted from market
review i'm = recent issue of the New
York World
"The wholesale market is Flooded
with fresh vegetables, but profitcer-
ing dealers are not passing unusual
" low prices to the consumers.
"Bushel hampers of fancy cucum-
bers containing 81 are wholcsallng
at 30 cents basket, and dealers are
charging five cents for each cuclIm-
Der. or more than 400 per cent. over
the cost. Tomatoes are bought at
two to three cents Il pound, but the
consumer pays 10 to ID cents a
pound. Sweet corn WHOLESALERS at
30 cents TO 81 a hundred. and is re-
tailed at IL to 80 cents Il dozen.
jersey cantaloupes whOleSaled this
week at IN to - cents = crate con
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
BETSEY'S IN A CORNER NOW
che BANK CLERK ANo THE SOOA JGPKGR

SclvSc. How are we going to take
care of EN-.
"Wc'rc going to take care Of them
all right" said the Soda JcrKcr.
THE b;iSincSS men of the this town
have got to fork up the balance
Of the cash to keep faith with the
Aldermen. who SO generously gave
this 81. 800" Here's one time we've
cot to do something. Usually old
BctScy has conceived Il bright idea
about something, and after turning
il over 10 few committees, finally
succeeded in talking the thing To
death. Old BctScy this time is ram
med solid i'm the corner with her
butt against the wall, and its either
TO cCmc across. or butt the wall
down on herself. She can't get
out of it this time because the word
has gone forth to all the world and
Washington County that this Celc-
bration is going to he did, and if ii
amt done. BetScy will be laughed
at louder than forty flappcrS dress
IL in 1880 buStleS, a4d the affections
of the surrounding country will all
fluttcr away.
Il tell You the business houses
have got 10 come across now and
donate TO this enterprise. and that s
no Joke. OLE BetSey has been
cackling like the devil and laying
no eggs for too long Il time, the
me" "nwhilc she has st on her nest
waitin" for the farmers in 'hc inI-
mediate territory to throw cn"h@h
corn in reach of her bill to Keep
her alive. while her tail feathers
have shielded and her wings grown
shabby. This Gates County cclc-
bration is going 10 be the broom
handle to ram under her COM
placency, drive her out i'll il pasture
among the rOOStprs awhile and i'll Il
wear or two we'll have to buy i'll
cubatorS to hatch the output
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
GET YOUR AID IN THE
GATES COUNTY EDITION

Every business house in Elizabeth
CITY that is interested in boosting
Elizabeth City as the foremost trad
iuy center of Northeastern North
Carolina should have an advertise
ment i'm next weeks edition of THE
which is TO be
sent over all Gates County. This
edition will contain much interest
ing material about Gates County,
and will reach the people of that
county to invite them to the formal
opening of the Acorn Hill Road.
There will not DE another opportun-
ity like this TO send your message
to every home in Gates. Space may
be reserved by telephonins 2S4.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
NOTICE TO CLUB
SUBSCRIBERS

If you do not receive the list
Of papers given i'm connection
with the club offer of THE IN
DEPENDENT Immediately, do
net be alarmed. These subScrip-
TORS have to he forwarded thru
offieeS i'm other cities, and may
reach there Just after the cur
rent issues have he<R n'aitd.
There is bound to be some delay
in getting them started, but you
will ne credited with the full
time. If, after u reasonable
length Of time, you do not hear
frOm these papers, drop us line
and we will fOllGw them up.
THE INDEPENDENT
Box $50
Elizabeth City, y. {.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04

tanning 80, and were retailed Mt
three for % cents, or more than 800
per cent. profit.
Poultry is cheap, but dealers are
profiteering and charging 30 TO 40
cents Il pound for chickens that cost
them from 20 to % cents"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04

Your eyes examined and their
needs looked after at once. Drs.
uatknwev. uintcn 2ldc. II
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04

Your eyes e-a-.i-3d a-d tneic
needs looked aft.r at olcs. Ers,
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49,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04

Your eyes examined and their
needs looked. after It Oucc Ors.
uintgn Ed -
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
/ Heard From Home.

Stopping in at the restaurant on
the newly and smoothly paved
Main Street, l was impressed with
the fact that hele was Il more pre-
tentious cafe than anything III Eilz-
abeth CITY. II had an air Of com
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
FAIL BRIDES

~ raec Thrcc for our
tooH ,,.r Swcau's latest bul.e-
NaI',.',' TIE ETIQUETTE OF
fin CNt,,
NEDDlNts'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-09-04
'.'".ri@ Taxpayers

....." corporations
Z '--e, last year
.. Threal
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
Tammany VS.. Hearst

Open rebellion against Mayor Iyan Of New York
will put spice into the city election On tn
one side is the Tamlnany faction and opposing them
the Hearst Iylan forces. With this split the
fusion reform party brlics"S there is chance "i
rlcCtng reform mayor.
The coming campaign viii pnt TO the test the
sway Tammany has had over the city for years
without the backing of tn" machine, speculation is
rife TO how liyian will fare. Whether Hears,
with his wSpapcrS can overcome tn" lack OF Tam
many backing remains to be seen. Gov. Smith and
his friends ais, after liy.ans scalp. A K"
publican victory in New York municipal affairs
seems likely. II will he a contest worth watching
and Of more than local interest.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
Editorial Comment
He Belongs in the Age of Poetry
(ChamDaign News GaZctte)

CHAMPAIGN News Gazette)
Once more archaeology digs up history and makes
it news. The bones OF Peter the Hermit have been
found, after resting for near.y a thousand years.
Peter both fact and a myth Actually, he
and band of pcnniless irregulars who called them
selves "paupcrs took part in the First Crusade, in
the years just preceding the year 100.
But the LEGENDS grew with the centuries, unit!
Peter became the inspirer. as Godfrey the
leader, of almost mythical crusade.
From the medieval songs of TasSo. he was q hero
of the spirit. and Of the few names not born
to die.
Then a generation that read newspapers
instead of poetry and forgot him. Now the finding
of his bones makes him news, and brings him
back to the only notice the contemporary world
knows.
Put his bones back, and let him rest again. Per-
haps, some day, there will come another generation
that reads poetry, and cares
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
LETTER FROM LESLIE PRES
COLT TO RUTH BURKE
CONTINUED.

Under the circumstances ther,
should have been no awkwardnes.
about my standing there. my hands
in the clasp of Melville Sartoris. but
knowing that my husband did not
know what he had been telling me
for the life of me could not KEEP
from jerking them away. and blush
ing.
in the movies-was not in the script
Jack forgot to act and became really
angry.
All the way to our house he pro
ceeded to tell what an immoral man
Melville Sartoris was. | was furi-
Gus. both with him and with Sgd
with him for saying these things
and with sgd for not shutting him
up.
Of course, l know that Jack did
not mean half he said, but thought
he had no right to make any re:
marks about the man who had just
been entertaining us, before sgd.
sgd, however, poured Oil on TIE
troubled water, and when ! got into
the house things had been patch 4
up after Il fashion. Before this tics
Jack had declared he would not go T.
the luncheon, and sgd had told h;il
not to make Il fool of himself
ran quickly up the steps. dis
daining the help of either man
When | got in the door ! was hand"
the telegram announcing the death
of Bee, and all was forgotten. That
drove everything else from my mind
When Jack came in ! told him
could not 90 to the luncheon after
this sad news. Then my husband
turned completely around and insist
ed that ! should go.
He said that Mr.. Sartoris had
planned the whole thing on an elab.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-08-11
Brings New Responsibilities

The automobile and the we'll kept public high
way present police situation which is difficult in
the extreme Crime the public highway is fast
becoming prevalent as on the city streets
Motorists touring go armed in many localities, and
hardly day goes by without the story of some
crime committed on the highway far from the city
limits.
That day is coming if the highways are to
be safe when each state will have it's constabulary
or state police. The job is too big for any city.
Cooperation with state police in some states has
cut down the prevalence Of crime on the important
highways.
II we'll paved roads are to be built and not poced.
the pleasure Of using them is reduced In some
localities 1t is not safe to drive after dark Thugs