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IS to $40 Rope Porfieres
S4.05

IS to SO Rope Porfieres
S4.95
Many colors to choose from in
Portieres for single or double
doors. Some with tapestry bands.
S1.25 to $50 Curtains. 89c
Pretty Rufied Scrim Curtains,
with 4S-inch valance and tie
bands to match. White only.
(Second Floor. ST.
S6Z5 Chenille Rags, $3.05
Scatter Size 27x54-inch Rugs,
in exquisitely colored nlottied eff
fects. Suitable for any room.
SI3S Wilton Rags. $50
Finest Worsted Wiltons, in
royal blue Chinese patterns or
Persian patterns, featured in rose
and brown.
CYourth Floor
ChiIdren's Shoes, SI.95
A wide variety of styles for
children and older boys and girls.
Broken sizes ranging from 81
to 2.
Third Floor
Children's Bioomers, 39c
Black and White Sateen
Bloomers. The famous 'Kenil
worth" make. Sizes 4 to 10
years.
Ch;ldven's NightgoWns, 49c
Striped Flannelette Gowns with
high neck and long sleeves. Sizes
2 to IA.
Boys Pajamas, 85c
Flannelette Pajamas and Night
shirts, trimmed with silk frogs
and pearl buttons. Sizes 4 to 10.
Boys SI2 to SIS Overcoats
S8.45
Smaller Boys Coats, of chin
chilla, cheviot, or some heavy
novelty weave. Sizes 2 to Ia.
Third Floor.)
SI.25 Bath Mats. 88c
Heavy, Turkish Weave Mats,
in many designs. Colored pink or
blue and white.
SIo5 TO $3.50 Spreads, s1.48
Heavy, Double-bed Crochet
Spreads, in white only. Abso-
iutely perfect throughout.
(Second Floor. ST.
Evening star., 1925-01-16

A large group OF Slightly
mussed Nightgowns, Step-ins and
Chemise. All white or touched
with color.
Evening star., 1925-01-16
Imported Fabric Gloves
699C-

They certainly are Well-htting, too
And with the help of few warm suds occa-
sionally, you can keep them almost like new
Both strap-wrist and narrow cuff styles. Fea-
tured in beige, gray, mode, fawn, ecru, beige and
brown. Sizes for everybody in one style or
another.
HechtC Co
, 1925-11-13

III NOV Il N1DEi ANLC'
rourteyg Of .he Associated ProSs.)
Philadelphia, Pa.-Tbe hundred and
fftieth anniversary Of the founding OF
the US. Marine Corps was celebrated
nv leaders in Military and Naval service
of country city and state at ceremonies
here. Secretary WIihur was the guest OF
honor at the banquet attended also by
Assistant Secretary Robinson, mayor
General John A. Lejcuue COMMANDER OF
Marine Corps and other members. 4
tablet was unveiled on q downtown
warehouse on the site where the hrSC
enlistment Of men for the Marine Corp
was made.
BELGRADE J~ugosIaviao authorities are
taking every precauliOn TO prevent Iur-
Their anti Italian demonstrations such as
took place or Sunday throughout the
county when Italian flags were torn
down and ri0tinq t2ok place.
New York City. All records Tor VOL
um1 IN history Of the New York Stock
Exchange were broken in yesterday S
dramatic collapse of 3 to II points IN
prices when 1880 600 shares changed
hands.
Chicago Northern Methodist Church
has voted for unIticatiOn with S0uther2
Methodists. The vote has been under
way for months. The result Of voting
was 1916 for and 81 against.
Washington. Leading nation IN ob.
servaticn Of the seventh anniversary OF
Armisfice Day President Coolidge laid a
wreath on the tomb Of The unknown sol,
der coincident with suspension OF all
business activities for TWO minutes as a
tribute Of silence to ,he war dead.
Washil gtrn. Margaret LansdoWne
widow Of commando: Of TIE III fated
Shenandoah will be recalled Monday be
fore the naval court Of InQuly lnVestl-
eating the wreck OF that craft for cues
tioning about certain charges made at the
court martial Of Col. Mitchell.
WASHINGTON. Governments ar pom
cies both at home and in far off possess
ions were assailed in defense testimony
before Mitchell court martial. FIVE VII
nesses were called by defense and thelr
statements were described by Rep FRANK
Reid. chief counsel for the Colonel aS
most helpful to defense.
Vienna King Ferdinand OF Rou'
mania escaped assassination at the
hands of a band oil communists; adVlceS
, 1925-11-13
Publication.

IT is hereby brought to public no
! tice that Trademark No. 46,45O,
which was registered in the United
States Patent Office, Washington,
D. c, on September 10, 1905, in the
name Of Emerson Drug Company
of Baltimore, Maryland, a corpora
ton organized and existing under
the laws of the State of M ryIand,
and which was registered on March
8, 1918, in the Office Of the Govern
ment Secretary ii The Virgin IS
lands of the Unite states, has, I'M
der date Of April q, 1925, been re-
newed at the United States Patent
Office, Washington, D c., for a pc
Rod Of twenty years from Septem-
Der 10, 1925, unless sooner termlna-
ted by law, and that the renewal
has this date been recorded in the
Office of the Government Secretary
of the Virgin Islands of the United
States, at St. Thomas. in accordance
with the provisions in the regula-
tons governing the registration OF
Patents and Trade marks in the Vir-
gin Islands, approved 80 June, 1917.
Government Of the Virgin Islands,
Saint thomas,
Ntvtnb0 3, 1928.
G. S. BAKER,
G|erCrameHt SccretG,y
, 1925-11-13
BY THE GOVERNOR
OF THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Proclamation.
AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK 1925.

gEgHEREAS, His EXcellency, CAL
w WIN COOLIDGE, President of the
~ United States of America, has,
by Proclamation, designated the
week beginning November 16, 1925,
as AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK,
and has urged that it be observed
throughout The United States;
AND WHEREAS, while the bene-
fit of a liberal education is being
brought to the children of the Viz
gin Islands through the medium of
our public schools, there remains
much to be done ''to provide for
every child in the land the full mea-
sure of education which his need
and his capacity demand'';
AND WHEREAS, the question
of public education is one of para
mount importance to the Govern
ment and to the PEOPLE of the Vir-
gin Islands, and the welfare of
these islands must necessarily in a
great measure depend on the intel
ligence Of the inhabitants;
NOW, THEREFORE,, /, MARTIN
E. TRENCH, Governor Of the Virgin
Islands Of the United States Of
America, do hereby call upon the
people of the Virgin Islands to OBJ
serve AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK
in a fitting and proper manner in
the Virgin Islands of the United
States. urge the local education
al authorities, civic and religious Or
CARNATIONS, and the press to unite
IN a whole hearted effort to bring
before the people in general the
advantages to be derived from edU-
cation, and the necessity for it's adj
vancement in these islands.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Ihave
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Seal of the Government of the
Virgin Islands of the United States
to be affixed.
Issued at Saint Thomas this tenth
day Of November, 1925.
M. E. TRENCH,
Governor.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-03
FAST HORSE RACING
THE FOURTH OF JULY
Fast TrOtters Secured for Three
Big Events at Local Fair
Grounds Saturday

Elizabeth City's Fourth Of July
celebration this year, so far as has
been planned will consist only of
three horse races at the Fair
Grounds. Some of the fastest
trotters in two states will be enter
ed in the races, according to Caleb
Walker, Secretary.
The races will begin promptly at
one o'clock. In the Glass A.
race, the following horses will be
entered: Nancy \, owned by W. w.
Simpson: Tom Harrell, owned by
Frank Albertson; Mabel G., owned
by G. w. Bright; Of this county.
DR.. Long, owned by Luke Wright
of Camden; Tom B., owned by r.
E. Flora of Shawboro; and Busy
Bee, owned by Bell and Flora.
In the Glass B. Match race will
be entered Petrol, owned by Caleb
Walker, and Joe Frank. owned by
A. Hooper of Suffolk, Va.
In the Glass c, the entries will
be. Millie Frisco. owned by G. W.
Bright: Senator Red, owned by X.
f. Flora: Minnie Patrick, owned
by W. c. Flora; Gladys Be Sure,
owned by Brownie Davis.
There will he no purses provided
for the entries, the races on the
Fourth being only amusement races.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-03
INCREASE IN PAY FOR
SNOWDEN AND FEREBEE
Council To Spend $4,000 on
Markethouse For Refrigerator
Counters and Motor

At called meeting OF the City
Council, this week. the salaries OF
the City Manager and the City
Auditor were increased, and diff
ferent types of refrigerator count
ers for the City Market were dis
cuSSed. The type of counters TO he
installed has been left to the market
house committee to he reported on
Monday night. 1t IS estimated that
the nine counters with improve
ments to motors VIII cost nearly
$4,000.
City Manager Ferebee'S salary OF
5000 has been raised $50 a month,
in consideration of the fact that he
furnishes his own automobile in
his work, the upkeep of which costs
him about $50 each month.
City Auditor Snowden, whose
salary has been $3.50 a month has
also been given an increase of $50
n month, because of the extra work
imposed upon him by the Utilities
Commission.
The Council will continue to ap-
propriate $50 toward the salary of
Mrs. Anna Lewis. County Welfare
Officer. The Mayors compenSa-
ton was not raised. his salary be-
Sation being $500 Il year.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-03
TOILET CONTRACT FOR
HIGHWAY TO VIRGINIA
Commissioner Hart Advises Secre-
tary Job That He Has Authorize
ed Chairman Page To DO So.

Definite assurance that contract
for the road from South Mills to
the Virginia line will be let at an
early date, is given in statement
which X. c. Job. secretary OF the
local Chamber of Commerce has
received from Commissioner w. A.
Hart, Commissioner of the First
District.
Mr.. Job conferred with Mr.. Hart
last week and obtained his promise
that the road will be built soon.
Mr.. Hart also assured Mr.. job that
the contract for paving the road be-
tween Camden and Currituck Court
houses would be let as early as the
completed right of way has settled
sufficiently to permit this work to
20 on. Paving the road before the
fill has settled, would not be good
engineering feat, and the folks VIII
have to wait with patience little
longer.
The Dismal Swamp Highway,
from Norfolk to the State line Is
practically complete.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-03
TO PAVE BODY ROAD
AT A COST OF $48,S56
Contract Let To Williams For Sec
Ond Road i'm Pasquotank
County

Contract for the construction OF
nine foot paved road on Body Road
from the city limits to Simpson
Ditch road was let Saturday after
noon for $4S,756 to ID. E. & E. l..
Williams. the contractors for the
road to Fork School.
While in session, the County
Highway Commissioners learned
that they were plaintiffs i'll a snit
brought in the name of the High
way Commission to establish
drainage district in Newland town
ship. with W. L. COhOOn as at-
tcrney. The Commissioners recalled
having passed only resolution
favoring drainage and therefore
agreed to drop the suit which now
has the status of an appeal from
Superior Court.
The Commission decided to re-
ceive bids on July II for three miles
of paving en- Peartree Road.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-03
SAUNDERS TELL EN-
HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
Knows Darn Well He Would Have
Been a Sheik In An Auto
In His Day

children today are not nearly SO
bad as their forbearS were when
they were children" declared w. Y.
Saunders, associate editor of Col
lier's Weekly, speaking on moral
education to delegates to the Ma
tional Education Association in
Cadet Temple, indianapolis, Thurs
day morning, July g. I'VE grown
ups may shudder to think how bad
we might have been in our youth
had we had the many and unique in
centive and invitations to immoral
ity that afflict the youth OF this
generation. l can imagine what
Sheik l would have been as boy
if | had had access to the sex movies
and pornographic magazines of to-
day, plus an automobile, a hip
pocket flask Of bootleg liquor and a
half-dressed flapper to run around
with without parental objection or
interference"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-03
,JhQ BANK CICpK Aso THE SOOA .JCPkeR
SODA JERKER ON DANGEROUS GROUND

busy making living, who's going
TO make our citizens. if the women
lay down OH the job?'
Then you wouldn't give the
women time to do anything but
raise a family" asked the Bank
Clerk.
A woman who gives her earnest
efforts toward raising family Will
have all the time for recreation she
wants" said the Soda Jerker. she
will have happier home. more
appreciative husband, and better
surroundings. No man who goes to
his daily work worrying because
his wife won't stay home and raise
the kids ever makes a success OF
life. But the fellow who goes to
work and leaves behind a women
who takes pride i'll her house, ana
is seriously intent upon the busi-
ness of making good men ana
women out of the kids she had
brought in the world, can do nine
times more work. and make more
money. And if he is halfway right,
he will show his appreciation, by
giving that woman all the convent
euces and comforts she needs in the
home. and he'll make sure that she
has opportunity for RECREATION and
pleasure
you're wrong about that said
the Bank Clerk. "SOme men in this
town are rich. and their wives have
to get on their knees almost. to get
15 cents out of 'em, and they've got
the best kind Of wives"
"NIaybe So" said the Soda Jerker.
"Rut so far as I've observed some
thing is lacking in the woman who
will let her husband put it over on
her that way. / notice that the
woman who wants to be boss. usual
ly finds a way to be it. Men need
to he bOssed. and they can be. It's
only a question of starting out
right. and the woman whose nus
band isn't tractable and amlaDle
would do we'll to take counsel with
herself. Women who do nothing
else whatever, except CAD about
every day and leave their home
and family up to colored GIRL
never will learn the secret of man
aging the men. There amt woman
enough about 'rm for that
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-03
CALLS THIS SECTION
STATES GARDEN SPOT
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch Compli-
menis Elizabeth City Section
i'm Road Editorial.

Referring 70 this newspaper 5
comment on the Highway situation
i'm Northeastern North Carolina. the
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch in an able
editorial. pays high compliment to
thp Elizabeth City section, calling it
the Garden Spot of the State e.
Saws the Ledger-DiSpatch:
Although Virginia is by no means
satisfied with the progress OF her
highway construction. Northeastern
North Carolina. il her view is re-
flectrd by w. q. Saunders Eliz-
aheth City Independent. thinks we
are going ahead much faster than
its own state, especially so far as
that section is concerned. VIZ
.fnia is putting our highways TO
shame" the Independent says.
Two years or more ago when the
George Washington Highway along
the Dismal Swamp Canal bank was
nrniectnd. il was the understanding
, that North Carolina would build
road from the south To connect with
il near South Mills Portsmouth and
Norfolk County got busy and the
Virginia highway Is practically
cpmplptr. hut North Carolina mas
done nothing toward improving the
hA n limo
The Independent. attributes the
delay TO a desire on the part OF GER
tain North Carolina officials TO
build a wall around the state, so
4. to keep their people from going
into Virginia to make purchases
and transact business. But, it that
i; the idea. it is not accomplishing
its purpose. the newspapers says
for North CarOlinianS living near
the border go over the rough roads
for a short distance in order to get
the benefit of the boulevard into
Norfolk and Portsmouth. rather
than trade in North Carolina cities
from which they are separated by
worn-out highways.
Elizabeth City merchants are up
i'm arms over the discrimination
against their section out Of the MIL
lions North Carolina is spending for
J good roads, and they are demanding
,ction. Note is made of the increaS-
i'm" number of tourists that have
heard SO much of North Carolina
rradS. vet when they cross the state
line they find themselves on
thorou.harcS worse than those Ill
any part of Virginia.
While here in Tidewater Virginia
we may congratulate ourselves on
hayiu" better roads than NOrth
Carolina possesses immediately
across the line. conditions are not
the same in other sections of the TWO
states. for farther west our neigh
borS have made more progress thah
virginia. However, there Is con-
siderable satisfaction i'll knowing
( that i'm the east. we are better fixed
for roads than the CarOlinlans, al
though it is hoped North Carolina
will not continue to discriminate
against the Elizabeth City section
the garden spot of their state
whether they know it or not.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-03

Il see by the papers that a bunch
Of London Society women got an
awful rakinS when they invited a
French novelist to lecture to them
the other day" said the Bank Clerk
to the Soda Jerker. why he crit
icized the present day woman terri
bly,. and so prone are womenfolks
TO lionize celebrity and excuse
everything uncOmplimentary he
says Oh the ground tina geniuSeS
are crankS, that they just swallowed
everything he said to en-.
We'll, what did he say? asked
the Soda Jerker.
why he asked If any of them kept
their own houses. or gave their per-
sonal attention to the business OF
making home for their families,
and nobody stood up. Then he ask
cd if any of them found pleasure III
keeping house, and only two stood
ND. And before it was over. he as
good as told them they were Doth
liars. Looks to me like he was go
Ing pretty strong.
He wasn't going too strong tOr
the women he was talking to, salu
tbe Soda Jerker. There are lot
of good women who don't need that
kind of talk. and he wouldn't think
of talking that way to them. lie
knew his audience, and we need d
lot more men who will talk that
wav to women. Then instead OF
going away from home to hear lee
lures, they will begin staying home
and keeping their houses,
"Now to my mind, what we need
most in the world, are more women
who will stick closer home ana
mind the serious business for when
God Almighty made them. l don I
mean that women shouldn't nave
their just portion of recreation ana
pleasure, just as the men after their
work is over. l am not opposed
TO women voting, if they want to-
I think in civic matters. the women
folks have lots of cOmmOnsenSe, be-
c,use their ideas are better deve-
loned along the lines of symmetry
and beauty, and they should be con-
suited more often in city planning.
But to my mind nature hasn't de-
signed anything better for making a
home and raising a family mp right
than the women. The future of our
citizenship lies in the hands Of the
women Today. and witL the men
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-03
LACK OF INTEREST
IN MEMORIAL COINS
Folks Not Keen On Buying Con-
federate Memorial Half Dollars
1t Seems

Interest seems to be lacking i'll
Elizabeth City. in the Confederate
Memorial half dollars now on sale
at the local banks for one dollar
apeice. 80 cents of which goes to
help pay the cost OF carving the
memorial to the south on Stone
Mountain, Georgia. Local bankers
say there is little evidence on the
part of the public TO buy these coins,
altho some citizens are buying one
for each of their children.
The d. II. Hill Chapter DauSh-
ters of the Confederacy have agreed
TO help sell the coins. and will
launch their drive Friday morning,
Certificates are issued for one dol
lar. which are redeemable for one
of the coins, half of the money go
ins to the government and the other
hall TO the Stone Mountain fund,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-03
E. CITY STILL
ON HIGH SIDE
One Ball Game Here July
Fourth; Winning Streak
Holds Up

Finishing its third week of
the season, the Elizabeth City
Base Ball team is continuing
its winning streak and seems
to have a decided edge on the
other teams of the section.
Hertford was defeated twice
this week, being shut out in
both games.
Creath. Richmond University
boy pitched his team to victory in
HertfOrd, while Eeaton was the
victor I'm pitchers duel WcdneS-
day against White, Hertford ace.
and considered by many us the best
pitcher in amateur circles.
Friday. the locals again meet
Hertford. while on Saturday, the
fourth of July. the locals are sche-
duled for two games, the morning
game in Edenton and the afternoon
game with Edenton at Elizabeth
City. InaSmuch as Edenton has
strengthened materially within the
past few days, this game is expect
ed to be about the hardest contest
ed game Of the season and. antici-
pating large crowd. the local man
agement is constructing bleacherS
along the first and third base lines.
1t is rumored that this is being done
to take care of the fence jumpers,
those who are doing their best to
help finance the team by viewing
the games from auto trucks parked
alongside the fence. and as the
games progress, finally jump over
the fence to better vantage point.
A wire was received here this
week by f. Pratt Fearing ardent
baseball fan, from John j. McGraw.
President and manager of the \. \.
Giants, asking Mr.. Fearing to bring
pitcher HolShOuSer to Philadelphia
to meet him and discuss terms. 1t
is not known yet whether or not
HolshouSer will sacrifice his col
lege career by signing n contract
with the Giants altho it is said that
he wishes to follow baseball as a
profession after he graduates from
the state university.
Next weeks schedule Includes
games with HertfOrd. Edenton and
Colerain. with the possibility that
the Norfolk Police Team will again
DIV us a visit on Thursday, an open
date in the local schedule.
Due to much criticism of the UNI
piring an agreement has been enter
cd into between EdentOn. Hertford
aud Elizabeth City, whereby Bob"
Sides. former second baseman on
the local team, will officiate at each
game between either Of these teams.
In the few games in which he has
already acted in his official capa-
city. Sides has performed credit
ably and has eliminated much of
the kicking which has prevailed III
several previous games.
And the charter members of the
"Anvil Chorus" still continue on.
being augmented this past week by
several new members whose feat
ures are seen daily peerinS from a
free vantage point over the right
field fence.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-03
TO SELL BRADFORD LOT
AT PUBLIC AUCTION

Announcement has been made
that the LOT of the D. B. Bradford
estate now lying between the First
& Citizens National Bank and The
store of McCahe & Grice will be
offered for sale at the courthouse
door on Monday July II. This is
cne of the most desirable downtown
p,operties. and announcement OF
tie sale has revived talk Of its de-
sirability for a hotel site.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-03
"TOPPY" JAMES IN HOSPITAL
WITH BROKEN LEG AGAIN

The many friends of Edwin
James, known to his acquaintance
as "Toppy', son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. G. James, Of this city will re-
gret to learn that he is back in
the hospital Young James has had
a run of hard luck, following a fall
at Edenton some months ago, when
he fell 40 feet and broke a leg and
arm. He was recovering at homo.
and was just getting out last week,
when his crutch slipped and he
broke his right leg again. it he
came necessary TO return TO ih"
hospital TO undergo an operation,
which vii! shorten his leg C"r-id'--
lhly.