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P^fTttKI.KV C OMPAXV i TIVia-i>H-kih>:xknts ,1,. ,>rai ion of the In-1 v materially to the >, urisht Jewelry rt"?!'l!-known jewelry firm' wiii.-h A. James is, i> handsomely lint, linerally dee-j !i\t'.ires have l?een re-' show windows' ' ? ' '. i .ifwelry t'oiupauy; .ni:i-?'?oent ??f Mr.; ,, --til oMHHletrthly _ | since he took it over last November. I It is one of the largest ami l?est located stores of the kiml in North < Carolina. 001'LD HAVE ESCAPED Samly?You're lookin* mad. Wnl ???? MacTaverlsh?Ah: I've been in the hospital an* the doctors have token awa* ma -appendix. Sandy?These doctor's tak' eny thing. It's a iteetv ye didna ha'e it in yonr wife's name. ?London Answers. Style Headquarters for the well dressed man \Vh?"?'e Society Brand Clothes Are Sold iD.UTatter J&arris .^'cxTCJWCAMnTlfo , v tuzaut-th city - n.c. !"Beautiful Silverware is a Modern lfycessity ^ ^ -i W And what better indication of 1 l taste and tchncmcat than a r? service of celebrated COMMUNITY PLATE P j|j | Tk* Tuikuxrt D* Lux* V By reason of our complete stocks U this store is fast becoming known as headquarters for this delight fel ware. ; ^ j Bright Jewelry Co. i.- i A. G. Jauifs. Mgr. < i Ccr, Main and Maiiin St. 1 ?- - ? ? .... - CJrn 1 with your GAS man ? k \ - i It you haven't that gas water heater ; ct you better phone for it now. ;? \ hath a, day?a warm hath?removes all perspiration and makes you feel fine. it - a healtht1'habit too. , # i And tor di-h washing and laundry ' ??i k.?how have you managed without ac these convenient gas water heaters? ! Southern Gas Imp't Co. J. T. STALL1NGS, Manager "if ds done with heat, you can do it better with Gas." ; ? ALKRAMA THEATRE PROGRAM FOR WEEK BEGINNING JULY 6th, 1925. Mn WH A V PRISCILLA DEAN in "THE WHITE TIGER" JWVIW/II "COMMENCEMENT DAY" OUR GANG COMEDY Tnrni\ i 17 Alice Terry-Wallace Berry-Huntly Gordon-Conway Tearle ' * Si/A Y in "THE GREAT DIVIDE" ">jun 1 SID SMITH in "MIDNIGHT WATCH" .. Alice Terry-Wallace Berry-Huntly Gordon-Conway Tearle nFDNFSnA V in "THE GREAT DIVIDE" l^1 1L JI//11 SID SMiTH "MIDNIGHT WATCH" Til! [pen A V REGINALD DENNY in "SPORTING YOUTH ? nUKiMJA I GE0- O'HARA in "PACE MAKERS" No. 1 r R f 1) A Y Loui" L<?rraine in "THE GREAT CIRCUS MYSTERY" No. 6 n 1 CHARLES JONES in "THE OUTLAW" SA1 URHAY B0B CUSTOR in "FLASHING SPURS" Allene Ray-Johnny Walker in "GALLOPING HOOFS" No. 10. r ? ' THE TENNESSEE CASE By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN (Note:?Here is what the great Commoner gives as his viewpoint on the ease of Prof. Scopes, whose trial for teaching evolution in the schools of Tennessee is to begin in Dayton on July 10.) The first question to' be decided is: Who shall control our public schools. We have something like twenty-six millions of children in the public schools and spend over one billion and seven hundred thou sand dollars a year .upon these schools. As tl)e training of children is the chief work of.each genera don, the pareutt are interested in the tilings to be taught the chil dren. Four sources of control have been suggested. The first is the |ieople. peaking through their legislatures. That would seem to be rlie natural uiuree of control. The people are overeigns and governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. Some seem of; think thai! schools are exci'pted 1 from the control of the people. Legislatures enact all state laws.) and in most states the decision is made without the possibility of a referendum. Legislatures fix the death penalty for crime and the form and extent of other punish meuts. Legislatures regulate mar lias;*' and divorce, pro|>eriy rigors, ties*'cat of proi*erty. tar** of chil dren. and al! other matters be tween citizens. Why are our legis latures not competent to ileeitle what kind of schools are needed, the requirements of teachers, and the kind of instruction that shall he given V in the Oregon case, recently de cided. the Court emphasized the parents 'interest in the child's re ligion and affirmed the state's right to control the schools. Who Shall Control education? If not th<^ legislatures, then who shall control'; Hoards of Educa tion'? It is the legislature that authorizes the election of hoards and defines their duties, and Ixiards are elected by the people or ap pointed by officials elected by the people. All authority goes hark at last to the people: they are the final source of authority. Some have suggested that the scientists should decide what shall he taught. How many scientists are there"; Ami how shall their de cree* lie proclaimed*; Professor : teinmetz put the tmmlier of scien tists at nIkuiI five thousand: Pro fessor Cental, in one of his liooks, puts the iiuiuImt at aistnt fifty-five hundrt-Id. The American Society for the Advancement of Scie?ce has nltoiit eleven Jfciou-Vnd meuihhrs. hut that includes Canadians as well as citizens of the I'nitcd States. If the number is put at eleven thou sand. it makes about one scientist for every ten thousand jieople?a pretty little oligarchy to put in con trol of the education of all the children, especially when Professor Leuha (1 win res thnt over half ofi th?> scientists agree with him in the i lielief thnt there is no personal (iortl ami no personal immorality. 1 The fourth ssonroe suggested is) 1 the teacher. Some say. Let the ? teacher !?' supreme ami teach an.v : thing that seems hest to him. The proposition needs only to he stated J to he rejected as nlisurd. The teach er is an employee and receives a J salary: employees take directions from their employers, and the teacher is no exception to the rule. No teacher would he permitted to teach students in the Tutted States that a monarchy is the only pood government and kind's the only /nod chief executives. No teacher would he permitted to slander presidents and lihel our form of government. No teacher would he permitted to go from the South and teach in a northern school thnt the northern | statesmen and soldiers of the Civil War were traitors: neither would I a Northern teacher he permitted to I go from the North and teach in a I Southern School that the Southern I soldiers and statesmen were trait I ors. These three illustrations are sutlicient to show that a teacher must respect the wishes of his cm j plnyors on all subjects upon which the employers have it deep seated j conviction. The same logic would J suggest that a teacher receiving pay in dollars on which is stamped. "In God \\V Trust," should not be permitted to teach the children that there is no God. Neither should he he allowed to accept employment in a Christian community and teach that the Bible is untrue. Says Kvolution Disputes The Bihle That is the Tennessee ease. Kvolution disputes the Bihle record lot' man's creation, and the logic ol | evolution eliminates as false the ; miracles of the Bihle. including the ! virgin hirth and the Itodily resur . lection of Christ. Christians are : compelled to huihl their own col I leges in wtiieh to teach Christian t ity: why not require agnostics and {atheists to huihl their own colleges if they want to teach agnisticism 01 atheism? The Tennessee ease is represent ed by some as an attempt to stifh freedom of conscience and freedom of speech, hut the charge is seen to he absurd when the case is analyzed. Professor Scopes, the de femlant in the Tennessee case. ha> a right to thing as he pleases?the' law does not attempt to regulate I his thinking. Professor Scopes cam also say anything he pleases?thel law does not interfere with his freedom of speech. As au.imlivid mil.. Professor Scopes is perfectly free to think and s|ienk as he likes ami the Christians of Tennessee I will protect him in the enjoyment I of these inalienable rights. But | that is not th Tennessee case and has nothing to do with it. An Individual Matter. Professor js ropes was inn mn-s j e<i for ? 1 <>iiilt anything as 1111 in dividual. He was arrested for vio ! Inting a law as a representative of j the state and as an employee in a } school. As a representative, lie has ! no right to misrepresent: as tin eiu ' plo.vee. he is compelled to ai't nmlei | the direction of his employers and litis not right to defy instructions ' and still claim his salary. Tin right of frye s|ieech cannot he i stretched as far as Professor Scopes I is trying to stretch it. A man can j not demand a salary for saying j what his employers do not want ; said, and he etiniiot require his em j plovers to furnish him an audience j to talk to. especially an audience ol j children or young people, when he I wants to say what the parents do ! not want said. The duty of a pnr I cut to protect his children is more sacred than the right of teachers to teach what parents do not want taught, especially when the speak er demands pay for his teaching I and insists on helng furnished an i audience to talk to. Prof. Scopes I can think whatever he wants aland j evolution, hut he has no right to j force his opinion upon students against the wishes of the tax payers | and the parents. And. I may add. Prof. Scopes is | doing more harm to teachers than i to anyone else. If he establishes the doctrine that a teacher can say anything he likes to the students, regardless of the wishes of his ein i ployers, who are the parents and tax payers, it will become necessary : to enquire what teachers think he I fore they are employed. At present. teachers are not examined as to | their thoughts on religion: if, how I ever, a teacher when once employed I is at liberty to roh Christian chil dren of their religious lieliefs, then atheists, agnostics, infidels, and all others who seek to undermine the Christian religion will find it dif-' fieult to secure enployinpnf ns| teachers in Christian communities. I and the school boards will become I much more important official bod-! ies than they are now. If religion! has to be protected in the election of school boards, then school board ! elections may become the most im-1 portant elections held for parents! are much more interested in their children ami in their children's re ligion than they are in any political policies or in the election of any particular candidates?even more, interested in their children than in who shall be governor or president.! Prof. Eeopes has raised it question) of the first magnitude and the ones most likely to suffer by the raising of the issues are those who thinkj they can ignore the right of the! people to have what they want in ! government .including the kind of| education they want. WILLIAM J. BRYAX. Cocoa nut drove, Florida, June. "102">. THE STATE NEWS (Continued from Page Six) ? Luniberton?Dr. Sam Levy, of Charlotte, has been elected presi dent of the North Carolina Hoard of Examiners in Optometry. ?Raleigh?Edmund F .Safer. 71, died at the home of his niece. Mrs.; I. A. Clay of Clinton following an illness of several months. -(Jreenshoro? The annual c*<?iivi?n- [ .inn of the North Carolina Assort- ! ation of Travelers Aid Soeieties was i held in Asheville July 1 and 2. ?(Jreenshoro?Mrs. K. V. Arthur, fonner Miss Louise Peterson, died at the ajre of 2d. following a lout; illness eaused hy an aeeident some time ago. ?Winston-Snlen. ? John Wesley Hawkins and Krnest Key. charged with niurderinjr Joseph II. Vatmhn, merchant in August Ihave been sentenced to he eleetroeuted Anjrust : 21i. Fred Jones charged with the murder of Joseph Monroe Kintt. June l.'i has lioeu sentenced to he electrocuted on September 1. ?Kurliimtou?When the aiitomoldle in which they were riding collided wit ha trains .ft Mehaue, Wilke Sykes was killed, his wife fatally injured, dying soon after, and his son Hubert, and his sou-in-larw and daughter. Ili^hfill .lohe and his wife were injured. TRY THIS FOR SUNBURN llefore you l'o in fur another swim a mall tuhe o Tank's Cm Mi. Spread this 1 iH.lint! ointment uvrr yum skin and atari ur tin- first plunge. Cm Mo art.s as a pooling shield l)tti;et-n your skin and the burning aim. You e.ui fee! its cooling effects while the sun heats down. The sun will not hum a skin all tint ?d w th Cm-Mo. No more need he said. Cet a small tuhe ?t this refreshing skin ointment today and how surely it defends you from Miiihuin. At all druggist*. Tulie 2.V. Money returned it not satisfied. Wool. \VAXTK1?: in :iny ipmnfity. Inriic tir small: tup market prices, spar cash. W. (il.oVKK, Eliz aU'lh ntv, X. C. < A24-tf MASTERFUL CLEANING and MASTERFUL COLORING Bray's French Dry Cleaners and Dyers PHONE 7S9 I I ? ? i WOOL WANTED: iii any miantity. law or small: top market prices, spot cash. W. GLOVER, Kliz alietli City. X. O. cA24-tf My Wife's Gone to The Seashore, Hurrah Now I ran Eat at The EAGLE CAFE GREAT BIG DINNER FOR 50c. The City's Oply American Cafe C. B. IVES, Mgr. I -ironm > TlVVtr IRES TUBES AND SERVICE EXPERT VULCANIZING AND REPAIRING PHONE 535 For Prompt ROAD SERVICE E. J. Cohoon & Co. . Main and Water Sts. Classified Ads Advertisements in this Col ?mn Cost One Cent a Word r Each Insertion. No Ad- j, /ertisement Accepted for Less :. fhan 25c. WANTED WANTED?1.000 Bushels Soja 1 Beans. Write <\ K. SAUNDERS. 1 334 W. Queen Street. Hampton. Vn.t! e-J-3-lt. 1 ? I ' DRESSED Hogs and Live and ' dressed poultry and eggs. Top: prices, prompt returns DARDEN & , RIVES, P/.nded Commission Mi r- j chants, 10 Roanoke Dick. Norfolk,) Va. cOlO-tf I i AGENTS Make Big Money Selling ZEMO Products to Colored people. Every lionte a buyer?repeats?give fine satisfaction. $10 per day or more to hustlers. WOODARD BROS., Hickory, Virgiua. pMfl-18t FOH SALE ONE four door Chevrolet Sedan, i practically new, fully equipped: one; four door Ford Sedan, equipped;! one Hnpmuhile five passenger car, fine eondition. runs well. Cheap' for cash next three days. STEVENS & SON MOTOR COM-! l'ANY. eJl.'Mt , FOR SALE?1P24 Ford Touring car! j with starter and $tiii set of Fisk, tires. You should see this bargain! ' $17"..(it? THE INDEPENDENT. | I'hone 2N4 ch jONE Dodge touring car in good j ; condition. Apply WooDHOl'SEj GARAGE. (!randy, X. C. p.lliti-.'tt: Nags Head on Sound side, complete i l.v furnished nine rooms, excellent i i condition. Write or see MRS. j C. W. GRICE. Nags Head. X. C. j c.I10-4t. I SEVEN Room House, three acres high t ilia hie land, near Wanchese i Wharf, at a liargnin. Apply to M. D? Hayiuan, Wunchese, N. C. j c.iiy 4t. FDR SALE?Improved sweet pota to plants, all varieties. $1.00 per' l.ihmi, o.lmml lots 75c per 1,000. I Prompt shipment. I> ORRIS' PLANT Co. Valdosta. Ga. p.I12-4t j | FtiR SALE?15 Acre Farm 25j acres cultivated. S miles of Eliza-j lit-tli City. Located near Belcross, not far from Elizabeth Citv-Nor folk highway. Good buildings, t Price $l{.ooo. One third cash, six years on balance. R. N. DAVIS. Elizabeth City N. C. c.J12-4t. r SPECIAL SCMMER SALE?200 [ i While Leghorn Mens must lie snlil [at mice. One year old this spring. Direct from the Famous Lord Farms | Bred to lay. Fine for Breeders. Prices: $1..K> each; 2.1 to fit? at j $1.2"i. Larger tpiantities at $1.IM)i each. SYKES POFLTRY FARXI,1 Plume .'Hi2-J or Western l'liion. Elizabeth City. X. C. cJW-3t | MISCELLANLOLH I . FOR Monuments and Tonilistones, See It. M. P.ASNltJHT, 2U3 X. Poindexter Street, Eliznlieth City. ! Jackson Ma ride Works, old stand. I cA3-tf. COURSES lit Typewriting, sten - graphy, hook keeping, spelling and , English will prepare yon for a re- i sponsible, good paying position. Trained help Is always in demand. Let its put you on the roud to sue cess. Day nnd evening sessions, j MRS. BOETTCHER'S FCHOOL. , Itli Floor llluton Bldg. Elizalieth j 'Jlty, N. O. eJIX-tf i LOST hetween Plymouth and Louislntrg College on main highway i one tire and luhe with fire cover. I marked Auto & Gas Engine Works. | Elizalieth City.. X. C. Write or re-j j turn to MARGARET HILL. Elite-1 ' nheth City. X. C. r.f!3-1t I i I POR RENT?75 acre fnrm. seven room house, good out buildings: ?lose to ehurch and school: on , shares. J. R. ELLIOTT, Shiloh, V. C. J5-ftt. CARD OF THANKS. To express my thanks to the many friends and neighbors for the kind mid thoughtful consideration shown during the death of my wife Mrs. II. S. Gilbert'and for the beautiful floral offerings and cars loaned. [?JkM t. II. S. GILBERT. Notice of Application for Pardon l'o Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given that on the 30th day of July. 1025. and there after. application will be made to His Excellency, the Governor of North Carolina and Hon. Iloyle II. Sink, Pardon Commissioner for the pardon commutation or parole of Henry McClees, convicted at Nov ember Term 1!>22, of the Sujierior Court of Pasquotank County, of murder in the Second Degree, and sentenced to 12 years in tlfe State's Prison. All persons opposed to said pardon are notified of the above application. This June 2.3. 11)25. J. E. ALEXANDER. Attorney for Petitioner. O'Hanlon Building. c.T2C-4t AViuatomSalem. X. C. NOTICE To All Landowners In the Columbia Drainage District No. 2, of Tyrrell Coanty: Yuii will take lintire that it is the pur pose of the Hoard of Iirainr.se Commissioners of Columbia Drainage District. No. 2 of Tyirell County, to issue bonds for the pay ment of the total cost of the improvement, in the amount of Twelve Thousand Dollars. There bonds are to draw six per rent, inter est. payable semi annually, and ate payable in ten e.pial installments one eaeli year, begin ning in Aug. I. 11123. Any landowner in the distr'et not wanting to pay interest on the bonds n.av. on or before the 27th day of July, 11123, pay "to the County Treasurer the full amount for which his land is liable, which tor Class A laud is $15.00 per acre; fi r Class ^ land is $12.00 tier acre; for Class c laud is $0.00 per acre; for Class D laud is $0.00 per acre; for class E land is $3.00 per acre; said amounts having been ascertained front , the classification sheet and the certificate of tin- Hoard showing the total cost ol of the Improvement. The lands on which the asses sments are so paid shall be released from lia bility to he assessed lor the said improvements, but such land slull continue liable for any future assessments fur maintenance or for any increased assessment authorised under the law. E. n HOI'KINA, Chairman c.120 3t E. I'. COHOOX, Secretary. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION | Hiving iinalif'ed as Administrator of the late Win. Ellis I hereby glru notice to all i persons indebted to It's estate to come forward I and make immediate settlement, and those holding claims against the same to present them lot payment within twelve months from the date of this notice, or it will tie pleaded in bar of their teeovery. This June 27, 1H25. W, X. HBITTOX, cJi3-m. Administrator. UHAimaut inipneinBin i o Notice to Contractor! Sealed protarsals for tlie construction of drainage improvement ill Tyrrell t'nnntv His trrt No. 10. flum XeeK. N. C., will bo re ceived by tile Hoard of lira mage t'otumis >inncrs ll|i to 10:00 o'clock. A. M , on tbe I.wtli day of July, 102.1, at their off be in fSinii Neck, N. r. (1) The work to be done consists of the following'. Approximate 2 1-2 miles of dredge ditches rontfining 22.070 ruhie yards; two highway bridges S 1." acres of right-of-way. (2) l.r.HI I.fniil yards of I.atteral ditches to lie cut by niann d lalror. ' (3) 00 Liulal yards of, Leree which will also he constructed b'v manual labor. Hids will lie received for this ?' rk In sec tions. or in the whole at th- option of the bidder or bb'-lers. The 'lotk will be divided !;? e.ctioua as folijws See. 1. llredged Canals. See. 2. ltiidges. See. 3. Higlit-of-Ways. Sec. 4. I.atterals. Sec. 5. I.elce, This work is to be completed on or hv " Am.'': t tore the fir?t day ?>f IWeeiube" U'-C. . y A rrrtified cheek fur A p. ??>t uf the kliiinmt of each hill i ..nr. arcuW|iany (lie bid. Tike Board rescue. the ri^ht ,1" reject ?, ?n> ami all bid*. The plaint aud upecifi- ' ration* may If arcn at tin* of.fee of the j' Hoard in Hum Neck. X. or in the office if the Kniineer in Columbia, X. This the Slid day of May. 1MB PAI'I. JON MS. t'hairaiall. ? {* C. !,. l'AKItlSll. See refill jr. rJlfl-Ot. r ? SPECIAL 18 DAY EXCUR- i SION FARES ? TO NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. Via NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD ! Ami Conner I ions ? June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 August 5, 12, 19, 26 September 2, 9, 16, 2i, 30 Cctober 7, 1925 j i Limited 18 days including tday of Hale Hound tilii fore from ? ELIZABETH CITY $25.95 ? ; Via Norfolk and RaltiniGte or Washington eJlO-to O-l. NORFOLK SOUTHERN R. R. PASSENGER SCHEDULE Effective February 1, 1925. Dully Except as Shown ELIZABETH CITY. N. C. Lv. 12:10 P. M. Rnlelgh, New Bern, Goldshoro, Beaufort and inter mediate points. Parlor-Car ,to New Bern. i Lv. 10:10 P. M. Raleigh, New Bern, Goldshoro, Beaufort, Charlotte, Fayetteville and iuterMiediate points. Sleeper to Rnlelgh and New Bern. Lv. 12:15 P. M. Suffolk and inter mediate points. Lv. 11:05 P. M. Norfolk and inter mediate points. For tickets. Pullman reservations and other information, call on J. H. TUCKER, Ticket Agent LOW RATES NOW ON * Low Rate Sunday and Week End Fares via Norfolk Southern in '?ouueet'on *vith East Carolina Transportation Company and North River Line to Nags Head and Man ten, X. C.. from Raleigh. New Bern, and intermediate agency stations to Elizabeth City. Tickets sold Tor us? 011 steamer of North River Line ou each Sunday June 13th to Septem ber 13, 102o. limited to date of sHle, sueh tickets being honored to desti nation on train leaving Elizabeth. City at 10:10 I'. II. Week-end tickets sold for use on sfenmer of East Carolina TrnnsportnUtti Com pany Friday and Saturday "of each week commencing May 8th /Jpnttnu ing until September 20. limit ed midnight of Tuesday following date of sale. There is go Sunday Service from Nags Head to Eliz- ' a both City via East Cn rolt^Trans portation Company hut tickots read ing over thnt line will be honored Nags Head to Elizabeth i City on Sundays by the North Rivet* Line, Inc. Excellent Surf Bathing, fishing and other amusements. For^ickets and other information inquire of any agent or write to J. F. I)ALTON, we General Passenger K-S2.1. Norfolk, Va.- ? ' ?*< 1? Ship Us Your DAD IT Poultry, Eggs and . * \J.MVJEp other Country Produce ~ Highest market prices all the time for Dressed Pork, Poultry, tip, Peas, aud other produce. Returns Same Day Goods Sold.-* JARVIS & FENTRESS ROANOKE DOCK NORFOLK, VA. ""the linen thread company % 96 FRANKLIN STREET NEW YORK :: , MANUFACTURERS OF HIGHE: . QUALITY COTTON AND LINEN NETTING I A.N.&T.COY Linen Netting; /natS \ Cot / ij BEST I ALWAYS DEPENDABLE The Leading Brand for 75 Year* GOLD MEDAL Cotton Netting fo* : i SEINES, TRAPS, POUNDS ETC ETC , "? I ?? %* 1 BRANCHES ^ I GLOUCESTER, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO "ll-i?U?j; -T- ?' J, . .I.J, Am 'U, ,M ill I. I I . * * . il?... I, i. ? ? i i, li .<