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["National |P|()gress" ?Put ft modern gas range ?in tft -.average kitchen wind ?i'e tone of that ijfoom is-, immediately ele Bvated: .put one of our Kpew water heaters in the ?average eelkjr and the ?f-- - p has been taken. [ , make the cellar a -ba ?iLitable part of the house: ?rrtd when the lirst mod Kern industrial appliance ?goes into the average fthop. cleanliness and con ?venfence accompany it. ?One locik at our modern Kga< - burning appliances ?vill ,n>nvince you of the ?wonderful progress that Kh:;s fi'een made in their ?riesigiu and workmanship. Iffliev not only save labor Kand promote comfort, hut Kthev"fnirlv radiate heatt Lt ? aMH ntilitv. I ?To-dap's gas range, for ?ex a mole. ? is a work of ?art. Xothing.like it has I; ever Keen attempted be Bfore. The giant strides ftmade in range construc Itlon alone, show how Itx.ger American house fy : . : re for up-to-date EppWrniccs of <|imlity and ?beauty. !outhern Gas Impt. Company Tiev sav that gas can do it better." I Here, There and Everywhere j A Digest of Odds and Ends of General News and Infor mation Edited for Readers of The Independent ' 1 NE COAL SUPPLY Th"' Geological I NOW UP TO ROADS Sm-rn state- i nient shows that coal mining lias i heeii quite satisfactorily resumed un i < I <ler ilie terms of the Cleveland I! agreement. Tile statement says:, < "The limiting factor in the supply of i soft coal has now become transpor- i tatioti. It is true that some tlions- I anils of miners are still on strike, I notably in .the Connellsville anil Kn-ll i nawha districts, but the tonnage of-: Bishop^Moultonj 'As a Ute i Tub right rkv. arthur w MOl'I.TO.V, I>r>., is Episcopal missionary bishop of Utah. lit ! has just been made a chief of the Ute Indian tribe, which dwells within ? his diocese. J lis part was a prominent one, as a member of thr House of Bishops, at his church's general convention ^ at Portland. Ore., recently. J Fercd for shipment by flip other mines at work will absorb flip avail-, ablo transportation facilities. The demand for cool is active and the prices are high. I'nder such coa litions coal is offered for shipment up to the limit of the ability of the railroads to transport it." Shortly! iiefore the middle of September the' Survey found "the present rate of production is 0.(500,000 tons a week. In the corresponding period of 1020 the average was 11,750,000 tons." Later reports received, which are! not entirely official, show a marked I Increase in mining over the state-; mcnt given out l>y the Survey. * * * I Every night 10 million persons,! averaging in age under 20 years, crowd the picture houses?an at-1 tendance nearly equal that of our! public schools. There are 17,824 theatres in America as against 22,- j 353 newspapers. ' ? ' S45.000.000 WAT- The river ami ERWAYS BILL harbor bill as ill lias passed the Senate provides for; Federal acquisition of the t'npe Cod,1 Mass.. and Dismal Swamp, Ya.-N. ('. canals. Another pew provision placed in the House bill provides for the survey of lite Tennessee river and its tributaries in Tennessee, J Kentucky and North Carolina. A large number of additional surveys are provided for. As passed by tlie| Senate the bill carries authorization for expenditures totaling nearly IMKi.lNNl. of which So.OOrt.OttO goes to pay for the cash settlement for the Cape Cod canal. In addition the (iovernment is authorized to take ov er StNl.OtMl in bonds issued by the Cape Cod Company as part of the settlement. The bill is now in con ference with the House. ? ? ? The attendance on the opening day of the public schools in New York City last Monday was approx imately 1.000,000. * * ? DECREASER USE The Coifed OF LUMBER States Forest Service d'reets attention to the sub stitution of other materials for wood. The per capita consumption, says the Service, lias dropped from ."WtO board feet in 1!MI(! to ,*ll(! board feet in IfLio. This decreasing use of a fun damental commodity, according to forests experts, is not a result, of decreasing needs but a result of for est exhaustion. Tp quote again the Forest Service: "Kvett at the re duced rate of consumption we are -tin ciiiting (iirr' forests more than four times as fast as they grow. . In general, the older and more dense ly settled States show the lowest av erage consumption. The States char acterized hy heavy agricultural op erations come next, and the greatest use per individual is indicated in those States where there is still con siderable timber and where the ex tension of home building is proceed ing at a rapid rate, using the abun dant material provided hy the for ests. The States are going thru an evolutionary process, building first of lumber and later of more costly ma terials as the forests recede before , fire aud axe." ? ? * There are 30,000 drug addicts in Philadelphia, supplied by at least I. 000 dealers is the statement of a Philadelphia judge. | * ? * VETOING THE No one need SUPREME COURT to lose" any sleep over the proposition of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which will deprive the Supreme Court of the power of setting aside acts of Congress as unconstitutional. The champions of this new thing they call "reform" want to shackle the Supreme Court by providing that through a two | thirds vote Congress may "veto" a ' decision of the Supreme Court. Agitations of this kind have usual 1 ly followed decisions of the Supreme j i Court that are "unpopular." In the ' present instanee the Court is being } ' criticized because of its decision j holding the Child Labor Law uncon stitutional. Therefore those who are 'displeased would upset the funda mental policy upon which the Court is founded. Thus history repeats it self. A hundred years ago Chief Justice John Marshall was writing the last of his great decisions that defined constitutional law. llis bio grapher. Senator Bovcridge, points out that only one or two of all these decisions were "popular"' with the country. Talk of "vetoes" by Con gress was always in the air thruout the more than quarter of a century that Marshall was on the bench. Im peachment was threatened time and again. Orders of the Court were treated with disdain by Southern States, and even Jefferson while President, refused to obey the sum mon of Marshall to testify in the trial of Aaron Burr. The Supreme I Court in those early days was kicked [ about pretty much as the Railroad Labor Board is being cuffed in these later days. The final success it ob tained in enforcing Its power should prove heartening to the Labor Board. The income tay decision in 189(3 land the injunctions to stop the great railroad strikes in the early nineties aroused storms of protest against j the Supreme Court. To these special cases there may be added a number of rather unpopular opinions, all of which are dwelt upon by men who may fairly be classed as enemies of I the Supremo Court. But in ill! of ' the storm of protests tlmt are now." or have in the past, boon directed towards the Supreme Court, the fuel I am! conviction lias always been ' steadfast in the country that the I Court, while not infallible, has al ways been extremely able and ever , unquestionably above reproach. It I inay therefore he expected that the J talk of uprooting the Supreme Court j i will gradually subside when the rail I road strike is over and the Full oloc- 1 I tions have burned out the passion J and hate in certain groups of politi ! eians. , The automobile industry of the! United States turned out more cars' , in the first eight months of 1022 than in the full year 1921, according to trade reports. It is expected the, output for the full year will exceed j the record for all time, which was | 2.205.000 cars in 1920. ? ? ? ! HOW DOES THIS The first object STRIKE YOU? of the recently organized American Birth Control Lfagtte is laid down in its dcclarn-1 jtion of principles in the following j language: "To create a race of well-born I ' children '* is essential that the funo-j jtion of motherhood should he elevat ed to it position of dignity, and this is impossible its long as conception j remains a mat lor i of chance. "We hold that .children should be "1. Conceived in love: "If. Born of the mother's eonsei : ous desire; And only begotten under con I ditinns which render possible (hie 1 , heritage of -health. '?Therefore we hold that everv wo i . .. 11 i man must possess tho power and ! freedom to prevent conception ex -1 ; oept when these conditions can be' : satisfied. "Every mother must, realize her j : basic position in human society. She ? must be conscious of her responsibil ( ily to the race in bringing children ! into the world. "Instead of being a blind and hap hazard consequence of uncontrolled | instinct, motherhood must be made1 II the responsible and self-directed i s means of human expression and re-1 i! generation. 11 "These purposes, which are of I ! fundamental importance to the whole ? J of our nation and to the future of mankind, ean only be attained if wo 11 men first receive practical scientific I education in the means of Birth Con ? | trol. That, therefore, is the first i ; otfject to which the efforts of this' I League will be directed."' ? ? ? I The total commercial cantaloupe crop in America this year is estima i ted at 44,573 cars by the Depart ment of Agriculture at Washington. I * * * ? BUSINESS CON- No clearer dem :j DITIONS SOUND onstration could : II be asked to indicate the soundnessj :|of the fundamental conditions under-' / lying tho present, business revival than the persistence with which com merce and industry have progressed in the face of recent, serious obsta cles. says a statement from the De partment of Commerce. The ex tremely serious labor difficulties thru which we are now passing would, under many conditions, have com pletely demoralized business: instead real progress continues to be made. There is reason to suppose that the economic losses occasioned by the coal and railroad strike will ntakc themselves felt for some months to come. Disturbances of this charac ter affecting basic industries cannot tiike place without having to be paid for in the long run. It is possible that the full force of these losess will be felt severely in future months. Figures now available on business movements during .Inly show that the rate of progress was materially slackened in that month. In the ma jority of industries, production and sales were less than in .Tune. A part of this is to be attributed to the usual mid-summer seasonal slump and part either to approaching over production or to increased prices and increased production costs. The extent of the real progress of industry on the road back to normal is seen when current figures arc compared with those for a year ago. Tit almost every instance production is ou a much higher level than in 1021. Perhaps the most favorable feature of the present situation is the prospect for a bountiful harvest this fall. This will do much to off set the other less favorable factors. An anniversary which will be cele brated in France this year is one which every woman will appreciate. It is the fiftieth anniversary of the invention of the Marcel wave. * ? ? GOVERNMENT The office of CAN'T AFFORD Supervising Ar NEW BUILDINGS obitoets for the Government has given out word that building operations are held up thru out the country because of the ex cessive cost of construction. The Government has made appropriations calling for .$15,000,000 worth of new buildings, but the architects say that to build now would call for build ings greatly smaller than those called for by the appropriations. Govern ment authorities say that a building slump is bound to come, and they ex pect to wait for it. This slump, says acting supervising architect James A. Wetmore, will take place within a year and a half. ? ? ? So rapidly are the Baptists of America growing that in the three years from 1918 to 1921, inclusive, their number increased by 1,000,000, according to a survey that has just been completed by Dr. E. P. All dredge, secretary of survey, statistics and information of the Baptist Sun day School Board at Nashville, EMPLOYMENT Wo liavo it from IS NORMAL the authority of Hip Secretary of Labor of the I "nit-1 od States thar employment is again normal in this conn try. That (lors i not moan that ovory man or ovory i J woman has a job, because, as wo ro onll it, tho statistical sharps have it j figured out that thrro aro always a , I couple of miHion people unemployed, j j They aro people temporarily oiit of ' work from choice or necessity, anil ! others who aro jaf-ks of all trades , and aro constantly shifting ?employ ment. When you add the loafers and the gums the total of two millions i 1 out of a population of more rhati one l hundred million isn't so bad. Tho Secretary of Labor litis spoki ! on "kind words." and it is hearten1 ' ing to know that wo are again bark ! to "normnlev" in the matter of em ployment since there were o\'er live I million unemployed last Winter. ' ^ _ " _ j Hidden,. Alas,py Latest Skirt *t; THIS is the newest and classiest thins in sarters, the Italian but j , ton on kind. But, alas, skirts ire longer now. and they don't show. I Cheapest Place to Buy FURNITURE IM. G. Morrisette & Co. ?Main St. : Eliz. City, N. C. f. Yoti need no longer be puzzled when you begin to rc Bjaper your home. We have a pattern for every taste. ^KV'e can furnish the proper color and design for any room Kan your house and give you suggestions and measure ?"rfehYs-to avoid waste and worry. We have people to give you the advantage of years in Bh??.fcvall paper business. Their advice is yours for the tasking. Bring us your wall paper problems, let us set f tie them. I; Hundreds of beautiful patterns in.our complete new kstocl^s. You should see them at once. IP. W. MELICK CO. NOTICE | To Holders of U. S. Victory and Liberty Loan Bonds All 4Y\r/r Victory Ronds. which hear the distinguishing letters A, P?. C, D. E and F have been called by the Treasury Department for redemption on December 15, 1022. and interest on such bonds will cease as of that date. ' - -Ij Victory Bonds of scries (i to L inclusive are not affected by this call for re demption. and will be due and payable on May 20. 1923. We recommend that holders of such bonds convert them into SAFE invest- I ments while same can lie obtained at an attractive interest return, and we will be I glad to accept at the market price, plus accrued interest, any Victory or Liberty I Loan Bonds in exchange for Joint Stock Land Bank Bonds; First Mortgage Real Estate Bonds and other investment securities?making no commission charge for I handling such Liberty Bonds. Ij SOUTHERN TRUST COMPANY INVESTMENTS and INSURANCE I POINDEXTER STREET ELIZABETH ITY, N. C. || | s* FORD'S WEALTH I [., ... , M ? ? ? > ' ??? ? ? rffi Henry Ford family now is worth more than $400,000, 000, according to the latest estimates of credit experts x in Wall Street.. v _ _ ^ ^ One expert predicts that Ford's income this year will "reach the enormous figure of $75,000,000. ^ _ __ On the basis of these figures, John D. Rockefeller probably still is the world's richest man. There has been much specu lation over the possibility that Ford may be richer than John D. j Less than 20 years ago, Ford's fortune'was'certainly" less i than $20,000. Ford has made his money faster than any super-rich man who ever lived. f Some will call it luck. But any other man could have done the same?if he had had Ford's inventive genius, his organ izing and productive ability and his power to see into the fu ture and grasp the possibilities of cheap autos. v Ford's genius is not available to all, by any means. But the economic system that has enabled him to cash-i.1 ! on his abilities is open to all. There are just as big opportunities today, for men who cat ; see them, as when Ford was toiling in his litile bicycle repait sNop years ago. Only America offers suah c cities. We Make You Feel at Home In This Bank This is the way customers feci ahout our hank and it is shown every day in our growing list of new accounts. The strength of this institution lies not alone in its capital and resources, but in the character rm.] financial responsibility of the men who conduct its affairs as well. And, of course, you like this kind of a bank with which to do business. Savings Bank & Trust Company ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. * . / - - - ? ? ? | Ames & Brownley Ikc. rheWoman's Store -? * r ' GranbYand Freemason Stt, Norfolk, Va. ; The Expert Personnel of; Our Corset Section ? * Nothing is easier t<? give than advice. Few things arc harder to give tit:in good advice. And good advice is one of ili? things women seek when there is a new corset to he purchased. The personnel of our eorset department comprising a group of expert corsetieres whose special training and experience in fitting qualities them to advise with the utmost reliability, expresses ?iir keen recognition of this responsibility to ottr patrons. WHKN IX NORFOLK?a visit to our corset seeiion will serw to nequoinl you more fully with the advantages of seieinilic tititrig and the possibilities it offers for comfort and a better figure. Your visit at this time will he particularly opportune n< ton may now see our first complete showing of the very newest Kali models in several standard makes, incl/ttling Modart front lace and Nemo. Mme. Irene. Stylish Stout and C. B. iltack laee. and A, L B . Special for all figures. . ADDRESS MAIL ORDERS TO MISS JANE GREY Carrying Charges prepaid on all purchases amounting to $5.00 and over. 1 d MATTRESSES, SPRINGS, BEDSTEADS iO^ over your home and see what you need in Mattresses, Springs and Bed* steads. Then Come to our Store and find exactly what you want among our new ar* I rivals. A good metal Bedstead can be bought her* J at a very low price right at this time. We have some unusually good Cotton Mat tresses, and strong, comfortable Spring' ? at very reasonable prices. Get a new rug for your htk room floor. We have them in raJj I ^ rugs, straw rugs, Wiltons andlJ ? others. All sizes at unusually 1?* II prices. I Quinn Furniture Co. Largest Furniture Store in North Carolina
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