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The FARMERS &
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wishes every one of its
depositors to prosper
because their success
means more success for
the bank.
? We-^iealously guard
the welfare of our pa
. trons and gladly lend
our facilities to investi
gation.
Evoy Deposit yon make
in Our Bank
is a link in the chain
of vour Success.
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? ? If people would realize h?w easy
it is to grow wealthy, more of them
would make tne effort. " . ?
It is not a hard task ? it is concen
trating their energies tn SAVING
money, instead of thinking how
they can SPlSND it.
Why not make the Effort! Come
in NOW and open an account and
add to it as fast as yon can. As it
grows, determination increases and
it ft that determination and your
\ enthusiasm that will make you rich.
' We will welcome you.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
LOUISBURG, North Carolina
REASONABLE SAVING HELPS US AtL
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California Poppies ?
A field of golden popple*
Under the bright blue sky.
Go<l put them there to thrill the hetrt
Of every passerby. __ .
Blu*lnp uodulng, smiling.
Bhlnlna lu the sun; "* ? ?
rhc> seem to fcc brlmutng full o t Joy
Ami lu.igtiei, every one.
I wish 1 might have lingered
To watch them all the day;
But there was only time to pluck
A few to bring away.
I gathered them Into my not* book.
And brought them mauy miles;
They've loft forever their sunny home
.-But they've kept their golden (miles.
And whenever I open my note book
And see them lying there, y
A bit, ot the joy of that poppy field
^eaps up with a sudden flare.
And floods my soul with gladneos ?
My soul that has known Elnccf then
The bitter ways of sorrow ?
And lifts It up again.
? Florence Polk Holding.
West Chester, Pa.
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for sale everywhere.
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and give your
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form.
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A pessimist cant go forward bo
cause ha always baa .the brakes on to
keep from sUpp1agy tack.
, MANY UKE THIS IN L0UISBUR6
?Imllar Cases Being Published b> '
'? Kaeh Issue
Tba following oaae Is but one of
many occurring dally in Louisburg.
It la an tit; matter to rerlfy It. You
cannot aai for better proof.
L. W. Parrlsb, Jeweler, Court Houee
Square, Louis burf, says: "I bar*
used (Doan j Kidney Pills on differ
oooaalona and found them excel
lent I bellere the constant sitting
at ay work strained my kidneys and
caused them to act too freely, t
found it neoeseary to get up occasion
ally at night to pass the kidney secre
tion*. Mornlngi 1 had a hurting in
Uie small of try back, which bothered
me until i slfrreds around a bit. I
bought Ooan's Kidney Pills a| the Ay
oook Drug Co.,, and they qulokly rid
me of the trouble."
Pride #0o, at all dealers Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy? get
Doan's Kidney P1U?? ths same that
Mr. Parrlah had. Foster-MIlburn Co..
Mtfrv Buffalo. N. T?- Us
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DOINQS or THE DUFFS
Wilber Didn't Get Ytrj
Far
BY ALLKTAH
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ARE YOU GOING
TO GtT JT ?
M?U "TOV.P ME YOU "
WERE BROKE WHEM
I ASKED YOU FOR A
LITTLE MONEY- ,
I AM BROKE .BUT I'lt
/kid him 'awhc a
trrrvt eiT-jmiiNK
t CAM GET AWAY
WITH KF - <
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EASY To KID '
OUT OF IT AS
you DO ME - i
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AS EASY AS I AM.J
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VERY NICE FIX
mr, duff -
I KNOW_,BUT t THOUGHT
FROM THE LENGTH ^>F TIME
YOU'VE QYJ&D- ME. ?CR. THE
LAST QNE 5U*AT VOW
NEVER HAD ANYTHING
To put in them- Gc
I WHY.' I CAN'T TAKE
THIS SUIT- THERE.
AREN'T ANY POCKETS
. >N IT.'.' .
When the Big Boys Have Time to Play
Bankers Like Cooperative
Marketing
The wide spread of bbankers In
the success of th? Tobacco Growers
Cooperative Association is indicated
by the following article which appear
ed n the March number of the Accept
tance Bulletin which is the ofTlclal
organ of the American Acceptance
Council ? 4 bankers -organization
which claims among its T membership
some Of the largest banks of the coun
try.
, The rapid progress made by those
in charge of organizing, agencle to
function under the recently enacted
Federal farm Loan Act, would seem
to make ampel additional farm credit
available at an early date. To what
extent this newly created credit re
servoir Will be drawn upon In the
districts where well organized co
operative marketing association are
located, la a problem that time only
will solve.
Several of these associations have
been remarkably successful and have
been largely, responsible ffor the up
ward trend of the the line indicated
general business conditions in the
state or states in which they have
operated. In the production of to
bacco a notable Illustration Is found
Id 7the record of the Tobacco Grow
er* Cooperative Association with
headquarters fn Raleigh, North Caro
lina. This association operates In
North Carol In South Carolina and
Virginia, In which state/ it has en
rolled 85,000 members, all of whom
are Marketing their tobacco under
the cooperative marketln gplan.
In the first rear the 85.000 mem
here whose contract formed the as
sociation pooled approximately forty
percent of the enormous crop of to
haoeo raised tn Virginia and the Caro
Mnaa. using wholly or In part a hun
dred and fifty receiving stations which
Act purchased or leased. Virginia
pooled the largest percent ? 60 or
mora. South Carolina comes next
with 8#.# percent of the entire crop
and North Carolina around a thllrd.
In the Virginia dark belt 60 percent
la being pooled. The ehree states
pooled 117, #31,109 pounds to Christ,
mas and a large amount since, but
no flguren Uare been Jesued.
To tn ance the movement of such
a crop arrangements were made with
more than 150 local banks, each agree
log to loam a part of the amount esti
mated bythe association to be neces
sary for. Ite first year, "foreign" banks
sach coiWfcnre ift the organisation
that they practically financed the
flfet- advance of M percent of the valu
atloij (et by the banking committee
aad left the local banks free to aW
thf fanners by loaning them a second
4? percent on their participation re
ceipt* in the Pool.
*Fheir legs afe somewhat long for the sport, but the leading bankers of the country engage In a raco
on "Fierce-Arrows" and "Jokomobiles" between sessions in New York City. Left to right, Walter W. Head,
'of1 Omaha; R. S. Hecht, of New Orleans; J. H. Pulicher, of Milwaukee, president of the American Bankers' As
aociCTion, and Wm. D. Knox, of New York City, second vice president of the association.
EVERETT TRUE
BY CONDO
To date the tales of the organi
sation hare approximated 2# percent
higher than the hanker*' Valuation,
or one dollar and twenty cent* on the
dollar of original valuation. Clope
to twenty-tve million dollar* have
been dlitrtbuted in payments, Virginia
and - North Carolina having received
80 percent of the bankers' valuation
and South Carolina farmers 10* petr
cent of the banker* valuation. These
payment* were made poeftible by ad
vantageous tales of the association.
The ltt* crop In the thr?% state*
was around on* hundred ten million
pound* larger than that of last rear,