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Odd Facts and World News
,, , of General Human Interest, Edited for
1,1 " r uiers of tHE INDEPENDENT.
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farms was S2 cents a bushel com-1
laired with a sale value of $1,111 a ;
bushel, and the average eost of oats;
on o.5tlM farms was ;"s) coats a j
husliel compared with a sale value'
of "?7 cents a bushel. The cost in-1
i-hule charges for labor of the farm
er ami his family ami a cfc ?rge for j
the use of the land on a cash rental |
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TriSKKCTMN TKSTS.
The distDVPry of iii)>er?*uliii was
Hiiiuiiiumi liy Dr. Kohert Koch ill
I HIM i. Dr. KooL claimed that is in
jected into the tissues of a tuber
culosis animal it had the effect of
causing a decided rise of {pni|ier
tnre, hut said it would not produce
that reaction on animals free from
t ulKereulosft:. TH?- 1'nired States
Department of Agriculture advises
live stock owners to apply the
tuberculin test to their herds, parti
cularly when there is any suspi
cion of infection among them. The
Department warns the owners of
live stock against permitting the
test to he made by anyone except
a qualified veterinarian.
POMTH'AV HOHTS
The Republican organization has!
no idea of letting tlie legatees of
the late. Senators La Toilette and
J.atld take over the political assets
of Wisconsin and North Dakptn
| without a fight. According to re
, ports received h.v the Hepuhlicnn
National Committee there is a
chance to regain both States for the
regular party organization. Sena
1 tors I.a Toilette and Ladd were
I favorite sons of their States and
j Washington believes that it was
{ their personal, rather than their
political alfiliation, which kept them
I in office.
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, EPIOKAMS ANI) KPPTAPHS
Kpigrnins originated as inscrip
! tioas, especially on tombs, liichard
{? i. 11 Its, is said to have heon among
| the first to use mottoes, and he pick
ed a good one: "I serve." An np
1 to-dale application of the use of
epitaidis is illustrated by a story,
j '.'A penny for your thoughts." said
a wife to her quiet husband. "I
was thinking of what 1 would put
on your tombstone." lie answered.
"That's simple, just say. 'wife of
the above.' " she returned.
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WATER POWER
Ti?> Muscle Shoals Hydro-Elec-1
trie Company of Sheffield. Alabama I
has asked the Federal Power Com
mission for a license to Imild a dam
and power house on the Tennessee
Htver with a primary capacity of
liO.l M a I horsepower. The Mississippi
Power Company of (iulfport. Missis
sippi wants a license to carry out a
project on the Tennessee River ill
Mississippi and Alabama, with a
primary capacity of 66,000 horse
power. Business isn't very lively
with the commission outside these
major events around Muscle Shoals.
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THE (iREENSMOOT BILE
chairman of the House Ways and |
Means Committee is commissioned |
to draft what a* will be known as
the flreen-Smoot bill which will in
sure the tax out of $H(MMMKMKMl in
income and other Federal tnxes de
manded by President Coolidge.
Chairman Oreen says that the sur
tax will be fixed at 20 per cent.
Tax Exempt Securities. A soft
pedal lias been put on official op- I
| position to rax exempt securities.']
| The realization that the greater
! part of these securities have been I
! issued in connection with public
building and road enterprises and
in financing of .the sort that has
been principally helpful to farmers,
has percolated through the heads of
? Treasury chiefs and most of them
? have been convinced that they were
| fighting windmills when they at
! tacked the exemption of this class
of securities from taxation.
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AVKICIITN AMI MKANI'KKS '
The United States Bureau of
Standards reports that the manu
facturers of settles and weighing ap
pliances throughout the United
States are cooperating with Federnl
and State officials in olttnining hon
est weight and measures. The scien
tists on .weights and measures have
long advocated the metric system.
The Bureau of Standards keeps
pounding away upon the proposal
that ice cream should he sold by
weight, ice cream has the same
frailties which saloon-keepers form
erly complained existed in beer:
"From the bubbles come the profits
out '. A gallon of ice, cream comes
no where near the top of the meas
ure when the ice cream begins to
soften and "let the bubbles out."
For this reason the officials feel
that ice cream should be sold by
weight in order to protect the deal-J
ers from losses which are very
heavv at times.
LYNCHING f
According to the records compiled
or Tuskegee Institute in the Dev
pailineiit of Records and Research
that in the first six months of 102f?
there were nine lynrhings. This is
jour more than toe number five for
the first six months of l!t'2t; six less
than the number 15 foe rim first six
months of 10?H and less than tho
..umber ?0 for the fir-f si; months
of ltliMI. All of the persons lynch
i d were negroes. The offense^ charg
cd were: murder, four: rape, two:
attacking woman, one: attacking
child, two. The states in which
l.vnchimrs occurred and the number)
in each stat" are as follows: Ar
kansas. one: Flt ii la. one. Georgia,
one: I.oi'. si m.i. one: .Mississippi,
three: rtati, one: awl Virginia, one.
FANATICS EVERYWHERE 1
During the hysteria produced hy i
a bitter polifieal campaign, the peo
ple of Oregon, two years ago. voted,
in favor of a law prohibiting par
ents from sending their children toj
any but public schools. Private |
schools were entirely eliminated by
the measure.
The Cnited States Supreme Court
lias annulled that law as contrary!
to every principle of constitutional
liberty.
mere arc many rt-<iMiu> nU,i ,
cuts may not want to send their
children to public schools. The tie-1
cision does not affect the power of
the stale to enforce proper school
ing. The state may insist that the
academic standards of private
schools he the same as those of pub- (
lie schools. It may license teachers
and supervise all schools to assure |
the maintenance of standards. Burl
it cannot interfere with special in
struction of the normal or cultural
nature. j
j This decision illustrates how the
? 1"nited States constitution and the
I'nited States Supreme Court guar
j autce and protect the rights of the
American citizen. Ilasty legisla
tive action or hysterical decisions
at genetal elections cannot override
the ultimate protection afforded
every citizen by these two great in
stitutions of American liberty.
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WAGES ON SHIPS
Henry Ford i* disturbing another
great industry by raising the wage
Males. He i< entering the shipping
business in order to provide carriers
for his products. The higher wages
yaid on American flag merchant
vessels in the overseas trade than
thoes paid by British German, and
other shipping men lias been one
of the chief arguments advanced for
Government aid to American ship
ping. The Washington Stnr says
that Mr. Ford's latest raise in the
wage scale i?* "not a very clubby
tiling to do particularly when an
other movement for some kind of
Government nt<i to AWPiiraii mn
chant shipping is; l>f?intr agitated."
The Star has information that Mr.
Foial has established a minimum
wage of .$10(1 a month on his ships,
and that wages in some instances
run 100 per cent higher than those
paid on hoard the Fleet Corporation
vessels. The discussion of Ford's
latest seems to indicate that he is
throwing monlceywrenehos into the
steering gear of merchant ships.
The explanation is given by some
newspaper that the Ford ships are
primarily designed to deliver his
products abroad and to gain further
advertising for those products. The
Star expresses the hope that Ameri
can genius and the same principles
applied by Mr. Ford may he utiliz
ed "with considerable advantage tn
the shipping business."
The Leviathan. When the Levia
than sails out of Xew York harbor
on July 4. the list of its passengers
will look like an American social
register. Despite the difficulties of
navigating this great sh.p the Gov
ernment expects to make money out
of it this year. Operation of the
Government ships is being carried
on faint-heartidly, and the Govern
ment itself continues its efforts to
i sell the ships, bncklng their sales
| program with the impotent argu
ment "that we can't make them
pay." Private capital interested
in American shaping, complains
j bitterly because of the wage scale
; under which they are competing
J with foreign shipping.
The whole shipping situation from
| the American standpoint is hope
j less. But that is what the anto
! mobile manufacturers said when
I Henry Ford introduced the $5 a day
minimum wage scale. What will
the miracle he that will save Amer-j
#an shipping? '
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Farmers in the Northeastern
States are lneetinjr with serious
difficulties in (jetting enough effi
cient hired lahor and in many in
stances they cannot get help at all
A (internment report says-that this
shortage is partly because of the
seasonal nature of farm work hut
ip a larger number of instances is
due to the fact tbut the farm work
ers are often poorly paid and poorly
housed.
Truck Farmers. The Department
of Agriculture says that women
minors are employed very frequently
by truck farmers and fruit growers,
particularly in New Jersey and in
other Northeastern States. The
report says that Italian families
from Philadelphia furnish a large
part of the migratory farm labor
employed in New Jersey. Economic
necessity generally compels all
members of these families to work
if possible. They come to the farms
in time for asparagus cutting or
strawberry picking in the Spring,
and stay in the country often as
late as October for the cranberry
harvest. The housing conditions for
this class of lahor is generally very
scanty. Three-fourths of the labor
ers are unskilled, and the children
have few advantages of education
Of course the situation as ir is
described in the Northeastern States
is quite different from that found
in the corn belt and in I lie wheat
and grain growing sections in the
West and illddlewesf. Neverthe
less the situation is acute with re
ference to labor on farms in ail
these regions.
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4,(1110 BEFORE COLI'MBI S
Did you read about the drought
in Arizona, lowering the waters of
ltoosevelt Lake, and uncovering
what was, five thousand years ago,
, I In* biggest city in AiiioHcii?
More lli.iii forty eClitltrlcs liefbre
('olumbus ..sailed for this country,
men had crossed over from Asia,
a ml built that city in the hollow.
In that ancient city has been:
found one single apartment house
bigger than was ever dreamed of
thus far in America, with a length
of 54!) feet.
More than forty centuries before
Columbus came here. Americans of
: a different kind, with high cheek
j bones and dark skins, were building
i the great ancient city of Arizona,
i now covered usually by the waters
of the lake. The city was built of'
I stone, and its houses contained j
i apartments bigger than those in any j
j modern apnitment house.
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Men li;i v?? hern ;i long while hero, : ,
si niggling. <'.\|M,riiiM'iitiiis, lighting
thinking, Inventing. gradually rising
upward through the process of eyo- j
lul Ioii. It Is <0111 fort lug to realize
that we have at least, a hundred 1
million more years in which to [
reach something worth while,
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Love is life- The unloving mere
ly hrenthe.
p i off For Dental Gold,
vAdil platinum. Silver,
Diamonds, magneto points, false
teeth, Jewelry, and valuahlef.
Holce S. & R. Co., Otsego, Mich.
Mail today. Ca-h hy return mail.
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AND COMPETENCY
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Every prescription that conies to this store is '*
handled by a druggist with long experience, who handles
each one as if a human life actually depended on his
best skill and attention.
That is the only kind of service you should con
sider on your prescriptions.
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Sloie Closes Friday's at One o'clock During July and August
Practical Items For Your Vacation Needs
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H iTfASFS?of all leather~excel
it.it values
}/,95-$.9,9$?$12.50
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BAGS?inset fra^ifts, heavy quality,
iJid leather
$14.75? to $19.75
M?T ROXFS?Round, at
$4:^5
Square v?*ith tray
$5.75 and $9.95
Week-Fnd Cases
$4.95 and $7.50
iatilcs Uaii.pioot, Sunproof Parasols,
Club stub and tips, all colors
$2.98 and $3.95
Lsdies Georgette Floral Scarfs, all
pat is 1 shades and white grounds,
$2.95
! ad es Hosiery fn all colors and white
?every nu.v.bec the best value at the
pi iC6
j 1 00? $1.50-?$ 1.85?$1.95
Ladies' Bathing Suits?AH colors?
plain or striped, size 36 to 46,
$3,95 and $5,00
Misses Bathing Suits, best quality, all
colors, size 28 to 36,
$3.95
Men's Bathing Suits, all wool plain or
striped, wanted colors, one piece, sizes
36 to 46,
$3.00?$3.95?$5,00
Two Piece, navy with white, brown
with tan, all wool,
$5.00
Boys' Bathing Suits, red, green, nav3",
brown, copen, sizes 30 to 36,
$3.95
Mens Broadcloth Shirts, a special
value, white, blue and tan, all sizes,
$2.00
Men's Terry Cloth Bathrobes, all
sixes with slippers to match,
$8.95
Rucker & Sheely Co.
^lizabeth City's Best Store
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Iurniture Special
! -For July F ourth
I Ten-Piece ||
QINING ROOM SUIT
$250^ VALUE $175
I Here is a beautiful Walnut Dining Room Suit consisting of I
len pieces with chairs upholstered in tapestry. It is one of the
I newest, and most-up-to-date pat terns, and will go on July Fourth
I at the' extremely low price of $175. Such Suits ordinarily cost
I $250.00. Let us show you this sait.
I Quinn Furniture Co. I
I J Store located also a t Edenton, N. C.
II ?#fs@?f Is Out
Vacation time has come at last! Mil^ons of
families will take advantage of Ford ownership
to tour this summer. v
Wherever you live the roads invite you to travel.
You can tour every day if you own a Ford car.
You can take short trips or long crips, any
where, any time, any weather. X Ford car
will make this summer a happier, healthier
one for the whole family. And it costs no
more for five to ride than for one.
Low prices and easy payments bring J he Ford
car within the means of nearly every house
hold. it is the most profitable investment
you can make with your vacation savings.
Runabout - - 5260 Coupe .... J520
Touring - - ? 290 Fordor Sedan - doi)
On open cars dsmenn table rims and start.r arc (fl5 c.tr.i
Full sized balloon ti/sa ?:S extra. Alt privet f. o. b. Oenr.it.
Tudor Sedan
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