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' Q—————TlWMir Now Meet “Elsie Smith.” Tvoe writer j 18^ CHICAGO. —The Windy City is hav ing a reform spasm—of sorts — and all sorts of municipal graft stories are coming to light. Just now the common people are laughing over “Elsie Smith.” It appears that “Elsie’s” name first appeared upon the pay roll of the Municipal Contagious Disease hospital in October, 1921. She’s been drawing SSO a month as a typewriter ever since. Her address was 2313 Fed eral street, which turns out to be an automobile salesroom. The superintendent of the hospital Is Dr. Arthur E. Gammage, who draws $3,000 a year. A. E. Webb is a stew ard at the hospital. Detectives engaged in looking into various matters in the interest of effi ciency and reform report that Dr. Grammage last January signed a cer tificate that he had formally vacci- Do Not Overcrowd the Poor Flivver! DES MOINES, IA. —The next prohi bition in order, gentlemen, is you must not allow your lady friend to sit on your lap. In the privacy of the parlor, yes—if she is willing —but em phatically not in the seat of an auto mobile. Twenty women, representing the Woman’s Christian Temperance union, the Young Women’s Christian associa tion, the Woman’s club of this city, the Travelers’ Aid society, the Ministerial association, the Girls’ Community club and the Young Men’s Christian associa tion met with Chief of Police John B. Hammond here and demanded in a resolution that the city council pass an ©refinance prohibiting the loading of THIS BREAKFAST SET USED IN MANY WAYS ; f" | , un * j • •*- . i * feu. | ! 1 * 11 ■—— n£. .■■ j This little breakfast set has innumerable uses. It may be used as a . small square breakfast table and two wmll tables for serving. It may be con verted into two tables, a round and a square, for cards, or it may he used as one long table as shown in the sketch. Four chairs coine with the table, STRANGE AND CURIOUS, j Peculiarities That Will Astonish Almost Anyone. Tir-iid of trouble at home, a Seattle man shot his wife and three daughters to death. He then gave himself up to the sheriff. A. IT. Penfield, a former cashier o +Vo ir-gfi eld, Oh : o Natio ol P r- 11 gets 9.1 jeers in u.<= H en lor mvtswsale-1 ment. He suite \ a yc „', ioi‘S. # Fourteen armed nioa a Ka - ta Fe freight train Frhfuiy near Pe oria. 111., and stole KTo ; O00 wozth of li quor and alcohol. Gen. William B. U-ahlemao was <-•' ected commander-in-chief of the Unit ed Confederate Veterans at the re union at New Orleans last Thursday. We Have ’Em. News and Observer. No man ought to covet enemies, but no fit editor will fail of his duty be cfsusd he may incur the enmity of his duty compels him to criti cizo. Asked if he would not like to ‘die down at night and feel that you did not have an enemy in the world,” the late Colonel Nelson, the wizard of If ansa 3 City journalism, made reply: “No, by the Eternal, I wouldn’t. If I did I wouldn’t sleep a wink.” Ruas:ar. Proverb. *i'he husband s si'! remains on th<- fcitrc-sl. In u»e iViiio- enters the - jr r - - - nated “Elsie” against smallpox. The certificate, signed personally by Gam mage, was the only vaccination cer tificate signed by him in his five years at the hospital, the investigators say. The detectives, investigating “Elsie” and her work, found that the pay checks were indorsed wdtli that name and that below appeared the name “A. E. Webb.” Both names were in the same handwriting. They had been put through a bank at which Webb does business, according to an official of the staff. And what do you suppose this offi cial goes on to say about “Elsie?” ; Why, merely this: “We have the state- J ment of several employees who say j they were ordered to carry the name j on the pay roll and to mark ‘Elsie’ i present every day. ‘Elsie Smith’ did not exist. She was simply an L. C. Smith typewriter used in the office.” Mr. Webb wuis peeved about the mat ter at first, but his old mother pre vailed upon him to ’t'ess up about “Elsie.” Dr. Gammage denied all knowledge of any pay roll padding. Nevertheless Health Commissioner Bundesen, who is new to the job, asked Dr. Gammage to take a leave of absence till “Elsie” could be completely investigated. Dr. Gammage refused. So Health Com missioner Bundesen suspenaeu him. automobiles to the point “that the girls have to sit on the men’s laps.” The meeting was called by Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, state president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance union A petition addressed to the city coun cil, now’ being circulated, states that immoral conditions in Des Moines are largely due to practices in automo biles and taxicabs. “We call your attention to the rapid ly growing evil of young girls riding in j automobiles seated on the laps of young men,” the petition reads. “This leads to undue familiarity and the ‘parked car’ evil.” “We believe that these dangers to our young manhood and our young womanhood can be very largely pre vented by the adoption of proper ordi nances w’ith adequate penalties pro hibiting the practices referred to.” Members of the city council have not yet indicated what action they will take upon the proposed ordinance. And nobody seems to have taken the trouble to Inquire what the flivver gen tlemen and their lady friends think about the prospect of such an ordi nance and what are the chances of en forcing it v if passed. Printer Makes Less Mistakes. The printer makes less mistake than any other professinal man. T-.fc plumber soaks you twice for his mis takes, the lawyer tries his case 'at your expense, the doctor bums hi* the preacher is safe for r.o One knows the difference. The old printer hns no chance, his mistakes are multipli ed by the number of copies he prints '-'hat is why he makes mistake r«'!yvfSi If he did not the I oc^’ 1 house would he his j < we a & .ve mm, cuss ev erything in sight and then laugh over the fact that we have made a fool of ourselves again and survived, Be cause you have occasional spells cf despondency don’t despair, the si lt as a sinking spell every night but it rise:-, again all right the next morn ing’- Emerson, says: “Finish every day and be done with it.” You have done what you could. Fame blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget ’hem as «oon as you can. Tomorrow is a now day: begin it well awl ser enely and with too high a spirit to be; 1 '‘umbered with your ohl nonsense. Thbs day is all that ,is good and fair. It is Loo dear, with its hopes and in •‘L i’o s to awste a wome t on the , - r ' sterdavs. Computation of Centuries. j A century is a period of one hundred years. This is the most common sig nification of the word, and as we be gin our computation of time from the incarnation of Christ, the word gen erally is applied to some term of one \ hundred years subsequent to that [ event, as the first century A. D. HER FATHER | $ By JANE GORDON 8 (©, 1923, Western Newspaper Union.) Tillie stood before the old-fasliioned mirror in her neat but quaint bed room and looked at the picture. She looked at this photograph often —as often, that is, as her querulous aunt’s demands left time. Tillie’s time was, for the most part, taken up with mixing eggnogs and ! cooking tempting meals for her in* ! valid, hurrying out to market and hur . rying back again—anxiously fearing that Aunt Susan might have needed her in the meantime. Perhaps if Miss Susan Bixby had really been Tillie’s aunt she might have had more kindly consideration for this tireless nurse and companion. But the name “aunt” w-as merely by adop tion. The picture she loved to gaze at w T as j a picture of the handsome irresponsi j ble father who had long ago left her ■to Miss Susan’s care. How’ often had ; Tillie been forced to listen to the com plaining tale! “And when your poor, silly young mother died, Tillie, there was that ne’er-do-well left with a child lie didn’r know w’hat to do with. And because I had been kind in sending jellies and things to your mother, who, goodness knows, had little enough to do with, he brought you over to me. ‘You live alone, Miss Susan,’ says your father, ‘and little Tillie will be company for you. • When I And the right work I’ll send you money from time to time.’ “Guess,” Miss Susan would add dryly, “he never found ‘the right work.’ ” “But he did come to see me,” Tilly would put in timidly; “every year father came. And he w ? as always far away.” “Ye#, and went on again without in viting you to go with him,” Susan would reply, “though you adored the man. just like your mother did.” Tilly had secretly adored the good natured big father; always with tears in her tired eyes, she recalled the threadbare sbabbiness of him —the love in his dark eyes—as he bade her | good-by. In later years the roving father wrote less and less frequently. Then his letters ceased altogether and Tillie was unable to locate him. “Dead, probably,” Aune Susan un sympathetically supposed. Tillie’s brown hair had tinged with gray in her devoted service. But Til lie's life had not been altogether col orless. Sometimes she sang a cheery song about her work—if Aunt Susan’s door were closed to the sound, or if her invalid’s chair had been pushed out into the garden. And sometimes when Aunt Susan w’as carefully wrapped up for slumber Tillie would tuck a red flower in the waist of her gray dress or add a soft collar of lace. And she was never too tired to greet David, when he came to call, with a smile. David deserved all the comforting companionship that Tilly could give j him. It was because of bis love for her that he had remained through the disappointing years of bis youth in the narrow confip.es of the tiny village, | j leaving for others the greater work that lie would have chosen in an outer I world; measuring success only as he, : succeeded in brightening the days of i the woman whom he loved and who j J loved him. j | David had no cause for affection i toward the invalid, Jealously w f as h : s ; presence forbidden ; coldly his over- j I Hires friendliness received. But j each year Miss Susud grew more de- j | pendent nn Ti?lie's care; mdre exact-j i btg her .demands. “Tilde j” her v^ice called now sharply, The woman re-. placed the photograph she had been ; lovingly regarding', David hftd brought j the mail u : oia the post Office. Li ) chilly hall h£ (lured ro linger, “The postmark on the letter la stamped ‘Nebraska,’” be said. “1 am anxious to hear if you have word from your father, Tillie.” She sank down on the lowest step tit the stair and deliberately read her] letter, though the invalid’s dominating tone still summoned. David watched her tenderly. Tillie’s cl&efcg crew softly pink, her i bide eves iooklitw up startled, brought, I iri s - -v I ) lovth hi* question: j “What is it, clear? Your father—j ! dead?—bui we have thought thfit for' a long time, Tiilie!” She had pressed , the letter into his hand. “Why, my dear,” he said slowly, un believingly- “my dear, it is* Ukv a i , fctory. Yo* u true; a lawyer’s) i letter. It seems that your father j bought this land in Nebraska years, ago, when first he left you, ! “Now, on this land, baiTOR and ffl*j from a city years afo, they wish to erect a great apartment building. \ “Tiilie! do you realize? You will j be rich 1” Sudden realization shadowed David’s sac 1—” lie added sadly, and stopped. , 1 Tillie cm\ie to draw her arm through his. “We may be rich, David ” she co«> reeled gently, ‘Tor I could have no wealth of any kind apart from you.” i Together they entered the invalid’s | room. Dike a reigning queen she sat ; among her pillow’s. I “My father,” said Tillie, and the old loving pride w r as in her tone, “has ieit us a lot of money, Aunt Susan. You shall live with David and me to enjoy it; we will find a kind nurse for you •—and we shall all be happy together, “It is sr> father would have w ished,” added the loyal daughter. And for once Miss Susan had no EE Firestone Prices on Fabric and Cord Passenger Car Tires and Tubes, also Solid and Pneumatic Truck Tires Will Advance May Ist The postponement of this price revision is possible only because of our realization of the price danger in the British Crude Rubber Restriction Act which became effective November 1, 1922. We were fortunate in our rubber purchases before the Restriction Act increased the price of crude rubber 150%. We have always endeavored to cham pion the cause of better made tires de livered at lowest cost to the tire user by economic manufacturing and .distribu tion. And we are glad of the opportun ity to give the car-owner the additional saving at this time. Firestone Cords embody certain special processes which result in their producing Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio CHATHAM MOTOR CO., Pittsboro, It Most Miles per Dollar iProfessional (Bards VICTOR R. JOHNSON. Attorney-at-Law, Practices in all courts —Federal, State and County. Office over Brooks & Eubanks Store, Northeast corner court house square, PITTSBORO, N. C. LONG AND BELL - Attorneys-at-Law. PITTSBORO, N. C._ J. ELMER LONG, Durham, N. C. DANIEL L. BELL, Pittsboro, N. C. ~X"~c7~r a y~ j Attorney-at-Law. PITTSBORO, N. C. DR. R. M. FARRE JL L. Dentist Offices over the drug store, Main St. • Hours, 8 to 5. PITTSBORO, N. C. PILKIIVGTON PHARMACY. ”*escription§, firugs, Medicines and f-ojigt artjcjeg. j KODAKS. NOTICE. North Carolina, Chatham county: IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Francis M. Alexander vs. W. K. Alexander. The defendant above named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Chatham County by the plaintiff for th£ purpose of! obtaining from the defendant an ab-i solute divorce from the bouds of ma-j trimonyj and said defendant will j take notice that he is required to ap-i pear at the office of the Clerk of j Superior Court of said County on the J 27th day of April, 1923, and answer or demur to the complaint in said ac- j tion, which is now on file in said of- ‘ or the plaintiff will apply to the | CoJlt for relief demanded in said 1 complaint, i This* the 22nd dSv of March, 1923; 1 I J. DEWEY DOR SETT', * ' SILER & BARBER Cik. Ct. j Attorneys Apr. 19-R-p, notice; pM DISSOLUTION. Notice is hereby given that the firm of Bi,ahd & Connell, owned by T. M. BilLo'd and R, M. Connell, doing a mer- Ueantfie business in Pittsboro, is this day dissolved by mutual consent, and i the same has been purchased by T. M. Bland, J. T. Bland, and W. F. Bland, trading as T. M. Bland and Sons, who will continue the same bus ; iness as heretofore, and assume the pavment all debts due by said firm of B!and and Connell, and will collect ; nil accounts, notes and bills dug said firm. We desire to thank our customers so" past patronage and bespeak the same liberal consideration for the new firm of T. M. Bland and Sons;, j This March 31, 1923. T. M. BLAND P M. CONNELL,] W. F. BLAND, j J. T. BLAND, Apr. 26-R-G 1 ✓ 1 | g {We sell goods on the basis of satisfaction, and we haj what you want when you want it. If it is Shoes, Hal Clothing or furnishings of any character, we have it 1 the smallest child to the oldest person in the lioiJ I Dress goods in every variety and priced to sell. 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Firestone Dealers are co-operating with us in our movement to supply y OU j needs at present prices as long as their stock lasts and we have advised our dealers that we will supply them with additional tires this month only so f ar as our output will permit. See the nearest Firestone Dealer. Purchase a set of these Gum-Dipped Cords. Prove for yourself their re markable mileage advantages and easy riding qualities.
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