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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-06-28

Seventy people out of every hun
dred have defective eyesight. Yor
may be suffering from eye strain
which later causes blindness. Let
us give your eyes the attention. they
deserve. DIR. j. D. HATHAWAY,
Fvociort c,ocioliet cdy.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-06-28
Church Voted, Police
Held Ballot Box

Rev. Floyd T. Holland, Park
Avenue Baptist Norfolk oroau-
caster OF he'll by radio has been nav
ing trouble with his congregation
He invited the congregation TO Vote Que
on whether they like him OF oon
like him. The vote was tie, l3l 1or
him. l31 against him. Parson hol-
land has called for another vote. he
could hardly accuse the brethren Oh
stuGing the ballot box because us.
trustGul OF one another. they got
the Norfolk police to hold the OoN
until the vote could be counted
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-06-28

THIS striking young Elizabeth City
beauty is Miss Virgilia Banks,
daughter of Mrs. Harry E. Banks,
who will be married tomorrow, Sat-
urday. juno 29th to Mr.. Lanier Leg
gett, son of DR.. and Mrs. j. L. Leg
gett. of Hertford. Mr.. and Mrs.
Leggett will make their home in
Elizabeth City after their honey
moon. The picture is from an
Aufenger portrait
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-06-28
AID OF FIVE COUNTIES
SOUGHT FOR HOSPITAL
Proposed Duke Endowed Hospital Impossible
Here Without Support of Adjoining
Counties

VIII the Elizabeth City Hospital be taken by board of
working direction of The Duke Endowment or
disposed other than hospital
City Albema Counties without ade-
That question will be determined by the
attitude of within few weeks.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-06-28
ISLAND SEES
A MIRACLE WROUGHT
Victim of Sleeping Sickness, Given Up to Die,
Aroused by Radio While Mother Prayed,
After Sleeping Seventeen Weeks
By VICTOR MEEKINS

miracle that restored the speech and
sickness Manteo
this mothers and radio set that brought songs
the factors that life
despair eminent physicians who him up
and sent him home, after long speechless weeks.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-06-28

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-06-28

II the movement 10 stamp out IL
literacy succeeds where Sh2il we get
orr future iurieS?
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-06-28

The fellow who talked ABOUT Vlls
silent night lived before Ihe aye -
the loud speaker.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19

ten about Black Beard, the pirate.
Ben himself, afterward, refers to them
as miserable ditties" but at that time
they had large sale.
No less interesting than the histOr-
zeal material to be found on the faces
of the playing cards is that found up
on the backs of the cards. In the
Colonial days it was the custom TO use
the plain backs of the cards for vari-
Gus things. In the Cincinnati museum
are cards with the backs printed and
used as cards of admission to enter
tainments, lectures and classes at the
University cf Pennsylvania, from 1850
to 1771, and as invitations to teas and
assemblies and balls. Some also bear
directions for figures of square dances
and others various patriotic games.
One of the most interesting is that
shown in No. 9 1t is silhouette por-
trait of Joseph Hopkinson by the
famous artist, Charles Wilson Peale.
In 1924, when Lafayette came back
to visit the country whose indepen-
ueIce lie Hdu HcipCu " sun, "a ~NS"
England card maker, JAZZ ii. Ford, is
sued a set of playing cards, in honor of
the distinguished Frenchman whose
portrait, surrounded by symbolic de-
signs, was printed as the ace of
spades, as shown in No. 4.
Among the interesting exhibits In
the museum are the playing cards of
the Civil war period in which the pa
triotic motif is strong. Instead of hav-
ing the usual suit signs of spades,
clubs. diamonds and hearts, flags.
shields and other patriotic emhlems
were used. An example of this is No.
6 of the illustration above in which
the bewhiskered general is the king"
of whatever suit is designated by the
flag up in the corner. The queen" of
the flag suit was the symbolic figure
of Columbia. Another card of this
same era is shown in No. 5. in which
the figure of the Monitor, famous for
it's victory over the Merrimac, was
substituted for one of the conventional
suit symbols.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19

and this zeal kept on to the end of his
reign"
Although these cards of the French
king. which are preserved in the mu-
scum of the United States Playing
Card company in Cincinnati, Ohio,
form Europeans about the New world
they We're not the only ones. In the
same museum is another set which
IDEALS out" some American history to
the. visitor. 1t is a geographical card
game made in England in 1875. (No.
1 and No. 8 in the illustrations above.)
On one of them (No. ~ is given the
following quaint description of New
England:
New-England by some is Counted q
Part of the Great Region Canada. 1t
is bounded with Virginia on the South.
where is the Late Conquests of the
New-Netherlands, at present Called
New-York, with a good City of that
Name here is Maryland where is the
town of Baltemore and Carolina where
is Charles-Town We but the Capital of
this government is Boston and other
considerable TO" ms are NeW-PlymOuth,
Bristow1, Barnstable VIC the Church
government is Presbytery We this
Country abounds with all sort of Fana-
tickes where they may find Room to
Plant in. Especially towards the West
1t being a Country not we'll discovered
full of Woods v Savage Inhabitants
therefore not bounded when their
Forces have Strength to advance. 9th
er Plantations belonging to the Eng
lish toward the North are New Found
land Whose Chef Town is Torbay most
Considerable for the Fishing Trade
North Wales South Wales, the Isle of
Cumberland We are great Regions In
titled to the English but are little In
habited as vet.
In country Astounding with all
sorts of Fanatickes" one would natur-
ally expect to find the ''blue-noses"
frowning upon such frivolous things as
playing cards, but the fact is that they
were manufactured in this country,
even in Puritanical New England.
Isaiah Thomas, in his History of
Printing in America" mentions James
Franklin as Boston printer and tells
how he printed upon cards" verses
that the youthful Benjamin had writ
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
Acidity

The common cause of digestive diff.
culties is excess acid. Soda cannot
alter this condition, and it burns the
stomach. Something that will neu-
tralize the acidity is the sensible
thing to take. That is why physicians
tell the public to use Phillips Milk of
Magnesia.
One spoonful of this delightful prep
aration can neutralize many times its
volume in acid. 1t acts instantly; re-
lief is quick, and very apparent All
gas is dispelled; all sourness is soon
gone; the whole system is sweetened.
Do try this perfect anti-acid, and re-
member it is just as good for children,
too, and pleasant for them to take.
Any drug store has the genuine, pre-
scriptional product.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
DESPITE "SPECKS,"
HAFEY is A STAR
Was Declared Through, but
Returned to Lead Sluggers.

"Chick" Hafey of the st. Louis Car
dinals, player beset by hard luck
since he broke. into fast company, Is
rounding into his own.
For a time 1t seemed as though
sinus trouble and other handicaps
might force Hafey out of the National
league and possibly cause him to give
up baseball altogether.
"Chick" couldn't see the length of
his bat for a time. Now he is out
in front of the home run parade, with
fine lead towards seasonal honors
and every fan who has followed his
ups and downs is roofing hard for
him.
Hafey hit two home runs the other
day to help the st. Louis Cardinals
beat the Cincinnati Reds. His first
drive cleared the scoreboard at Red
land park which is 415 feet from home
plate and IS feet high.
This was the longest blow ever made
in Cincinnati. A little later. Hafey
drove another homer. over the left field
fence. lss
In the opening game of the season,
"Chick" hit a homer off Red Lucas.
who had been working effectively, en-
abling the Cardinals to start the pen
nant race with victory.
| Hafey's optician soon will start adj
vertising, for "Chick" took to glasses
as last resort and with pronounced
success.
I Few ball players have made goo0
behind spectacles in fast company.
There was Lee Meadows, for one,
and the rest can be counted on the
fingers Of one hand.
When he finally decided to resort
to glasses, "Chick" confessed that it
seemed to him like a last resort.
I'll try them for a season, and then
If l can't make good I'll get out and
admit I'm licked" he said early this
year..
From the way he is going he appar-
emily will make good and his return
to form may mean big things for the
National league champions.
Hafey has had hard luck practic-
ally ever since he came up to the ma
jors, although he has been recognized
as one of the best outfielders in the
game. He is a native of Berkeley,
Calf, Helen Wills home town, and is
twenty-six years old.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
Second Poughkeepsie
Course in Wisconsin

Elaborate changes in the program of
the Wisconsin varsity crew have been
announced by Mike Murphy, new Badg-
er crew coach.
Madison will become second
Poughkeepsie if the cOach's plans for
boathouse and course and cOnstruc-
ton of observation cars by local
railroad materialize.
Murphy made tentative agree
ment with railroad authorities for the
construction of observation cars to run
on the railroad tracks that border two
miles of the new course along Lake
Monona. The proposed course would
make straight sweep the length of
the lake.
The change from Lake Mendoza,
where present training and racing is
done, to Lake Monona is being con-
sidered because of the more sheltered
position and the fact that it usually
Is available earlier in the sprng.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
|I3!sI:S{ygIIS

Freshman athletes at Wisconsin
must pass in their studies to get their
letters and sweaters.
Public parks golfers of Buffalo can
play all year for $50 or pay 80 cents
day with an extra quarter for Sun
days.
Jack Berg, the English lightweight,
never even witnessed professional
contest until he stepped into the ring
for his first bout.
Walter Hagen, American golf pro-
fessional, has won the British open
championship four times in eight at
tempts since 1920.
Dudley l. Skinner of Bridgeport,
Conn, a member of the junior class,
was elected captain of the Williams
track team for next year.
No player has won the United
States open golf championship twice
since Jack McDermott managed to
turn the trick II years ago.
.
Charley Borah, captain of the Uni
versity of Southern California track
team, has run his last race, he says.
An old leg injury has been bothering
him.
Over three-mile course, the Grand
National Steeplechase, which was won
in 1927 and 1923 by Jolly Roger, is
considered the severest test of its
kind in the United States.
Care Free, veteran racehorse, will
run kindly for only one man, A. E.
Alexandra. He can be entered in the
cheapest of events without fear of
any horseman claiming him.
Paavo Nurmi, the phantom Finn
has decided to give up short-distance
races in favor of long-distance running,
and is expected to compete in the
marathon event at Los Angeles in the
1882 Olympics.
Dick Hanley, football coach at
Northwestern, will try the double num-
Der system this fall.
Ed Hamm of Georgia Tech, world
champion broad jumper by virtue Of
his % feet liz inch leap, may tour
Europe this summer with group of
star athletes.
Wisconsin authorities look for Cliff
Conroy, football center, to be In the
running for all-America honors nexI
] fall.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
Tubby Spencer Changed
Back to American Plan

Ty Cobb, when on a training tour
with the Detroit Tigers, one day put
up at hotel in Atlanta which ran
things on the American plan. Ty was
seated at a table with Tub Spencer
Knowing the wide open conditions, Ty
was eating all sorts of things, while
Spencer had ordered only coffee and
rolls.
Spencer, looking at Ty. said in a
rich southern drawl: Nah Cad, Ty,
how can you-all eat that stuff? Coffee
and rolls is all i care fob fob break
fast. Say, Ty, here's Is cents. Pay the
waiter fo' me. want to take little
walk"
''Why, we don't pay for our meals
here" said Ty. "We're staying here
on the American plan. It's the same
price, no matter how much you eat"
rs that fact sure enough?" asked
Tub; 'then pass me that bill of fare.
Ty. All thinks ah can eat little bit
MOI
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

!: !: :; !: !: ;: :: !: $: !"
y A WAY back in the Seven
W dinal MaZarin was en-
-SY trusted the task of pre-
his future career as king
of France, that career
which was to make Louis
QuatorZe Uouis XIV
forever famous as the "Sun King and
LIE Grand Monarque." Mazarin found
that his royal pupil was not nearly so
much interested in the studies which
should fit him for his high position as
he was in other activities, which later
were to make the French court notori-
Gus and which were to lead eventually
TO the downfall of the House of Bour
bon.
One of the young princes favorite
diversions was to ''playe at cardes'
and the cardinal decided that he might
as we'll take advantage of that inter-
est by introducing an educational ele-
ment into the pastime. SO he ordered
a maker of playing cards to devise
could learn such things as geography
and history while he was playing the
game. Soon there was delivered to
the cardinal two sets of cards, one
was historical set and bore the pic
lures of famous queens and the stories
of their careers. The other was a ge6-
graphical game, each card representing
some country with a short description
of that land and illustrated with a
symbolic figure, dressed in the native
costume.
Among the countries depicted thus
were certain parts of North America,
two of which, Virginia and Florida.
are shown in the illustrations (NO., Z
and s. accompanying this article. Nat
urally, the symbolic figures of these
two are Indian maidens, but it is in
teresting to note that the native cos
tune" as shown on these cards print
ed back in 1864, is not so different per-
haps-at least, in one case-frOm those
of today. Take a look at FLORIDA"
above and, except for the bow and ar
row, you might almost think that you
were looking at the picture of bath
ing beauty at Palm Beach, Miami or
some other seaside resort
1t is perhaps futile to speculate up
on how much the young prince learned
from these educational cards and it
might be jumping at conclusions too
hastily to ascribe TO them the awak-
ening of his interest in foreign coun-
tries which made him an imperialst
and led to Frances colonizing expert
ments in the New world. But the fact
remains that "of all the French mon
archS of the Seventeenth century
Louis XIV was the first and only one
to take an active and enduring inter-
est in the great crusade to the north
ern wilderness. He began his person
al reign about 1860 with genuine
display of zeal for the establishment
of colony which would by its rapid
growth and prosperity soon crowd the
English off the new continent
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19

ton and exclaimed in a most naughty
manner:
- think you're perfectly horrid.
OF course I'm sincere about my do
nestle course. | want to know how
to pick out the right things at the del-
icatessen store as well as anyone
else LOS Angeles Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
Why She Wanted 1t

"a great many girls are taking up
domestic science courses nowadays"
declares Mrs Louise May Ward, "and
yet ! doubt the sincerity of many of
them. especially in such colleges
where, by so doing. they escape GER
tain amount of mathematics.
81 accused young lady of this and
my suspicious were confirmed though
not quite as expected. The girl was
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
A Silly Handshake

When King Edward VII was prince
of Wales and on a visit to Paris he
suffered from a carbuncle which
forced him to lift high his right ell
bow when shaking hands. All the
courtiers and handles of his day i'm
mediately copied this gesture and
some people today still believe they
are smart when they hold their arm
high in that way.
One night while he was attending
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
Quirks of Baseball

The strange quirks of baseball will
bring together two former Penn state
pitchers. who were members Of the
same team in college for three years.
Russell Van Alta, star left handler, and
Joe Styborski. will be on the staff
Of the st. Paul. American Association
club. Both Styborski and Van Alta
were given tryeuts by the Yankees
upon completion of their college pitch
ing careers. and are still believed to
be the property Of the New York,
American league club.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19

first night at the Coincide Fran
caise and was talking to a group of
people a dandy asked him: prince.
how did you like the play?"
The prince turned around a bit and
dropped chilly. "Sir, | did not think
| had talked to you.'-Detroit News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
Beneath His Notice

Beneath His Notice
Rogers HOrnsby told baseball
story at banquet in New York.
"a Sunday school teacher" he said
"asked one of her boy pupils:
Willie, who defeated the Phil
istines?
willie had been gazing out of the
window in dream. He gave a start
and answered.:
"I dunno, teacher. don't never
foller none O. them small league
teams.'"
A woman first sheds a few tears
and then proceeds to open the tele-
gram
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
Denoted Boundary

Baton Rouge Is from the French,
meaning "red staff" II was so named.
II is said. from a red boundary mark
which separated the lands of the In.
dams from those of the whites.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
You Know the Type

Not a bad SORT of nifty comes from
the London Humorist, which speaks
of a certain blunt. outspoken man
in fact. one who as bridge partner
calls spade three spades.-Kansas
City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
Pat Haley Thinks
Sharkey Is Big Sap

The athletes in all lines and
the big fellows of sport have
way of free talking when they
are out in the country that they
never exercise at home.
Patsy Haley. the we'll known
New York boxing referee, was
out in an Ohio town recently
and he was asked for his opinion
of the fighting qualities of Jack
Sharkey.
"He's the dumbest big sap ]
ever saw in the ring" he said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
Monarch. Vanity

King Henry VIII, who was proud
of his own broad shoulders, set the
fashion in garments to accentuate this
breadth. lou will see this Indicated In
the many portraits of him by Holbein.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
Unique

1t was during lecture of hygiene
and modesty. false and otherwise, that
DR.. Joseph Jastrow said in New York:
"Man is the only animal that bushes.
He is the only animal with anything
to blush about"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
Particularly

magazine writer says dog fills
an empty place In mans life This
is particularly trne of .he not dog
clpcersvile Lender Republican
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19

The crew OF large Atlantic liner
numbers about $50 members. Six hun
dred of this number are in the stew
ards department and in. the strict
sense of the term are not sailors.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19
DHILLIPS
l. Milk
of Magnesia

Well, Isn't 1t?
just Overheard-She believes that
the best possible stepping stone to
matrimony is diamond.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19

WHEN damp days, sudden
~ changes in weather, or expos
ure to draft makes joints ache,
there is always quick relief in
Bayer Aspirin. 1t makes short work
of headaches or any little pain. Just
as effective in the more serious
suffering from neuralgia. neuritis,
rheumatism or lumbago. No ache
or pain is ever too deep-seated for
Bayer Aspirin to relieve, and it does
not affect the heart. All druggists,
with proven directions for various
uses which many people have found
invaluable in the relief of pain.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19

Topeka has sent Second Baseman
Golf to Muskogee of the Western as
ISOLATION in exchange for Catcher Err
ME Winfield.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19

Bruce Galloway, brother of Chick
Galloway, injured Detroit shortstop, H.
playing center field for the Salisbury
Ce.0nials.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19

Wisconsin authorities look for Cliff
Conroy, football center, to be In the
running for all-America honors nexi
fall.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19

The University of Nebraska clinched
the big six baseball championship by
defeating the University of Missouri
to 2.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-07-19

Ed Hamm of Georgia Tech, world
champion broad jumper by virtue OF
his % feet 11h inch leap, may tour
Europe this summer with a group of
star athletes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-25
CAUTION SHOWN
BY POLICE IN
TAGGING AUTOS
StiCkers Handed Out Less
Freely, With Traffic
Code in TangIe.

Police are using more caution
these days in tagging with stickers
the automobiles of motorists who
violate parking provisions of the
new city traffic code.
Officers have been ordered not to
hand out stickers as promiscuously
as they did during the first few days
of the ordinance, according to Po-
lice Chief Claude M. Worley. They
have been instructed to put stickers
on machines only for fragrant VIC
lations Of the ordinance, such as
parking in safety zones or by fire
plugs or in extreme cases Of over
time parking, Worley said.
But police still are tagging cars
and making a heroic effort to en-
force the new traffic code, in spite
of the dismissal in municipal court
Of cases against motorists ignoring
stickers, police records show
Since the new traffic ordinance
went into effect Jan. l through
Wednesday, traffic police have put
stickers on 1887 cars, according to
records of Traffic Captain Lester
Jones.
OF this number only approximate
ly $50 have obeyed the sticker sum-
mons and paid 50 fines at the traf-
fic office. The remainder have ig-
nored the stickers.
License numbers of $50 cars
tagged during the first four days Of
the year whose owners failed to pay
the 50 fines were turned over to