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| j Miss Kate Vestal f
I is offering her annual July attractive prices on millinery
1 to begin JUNK 15th.
& All spring models at price that will appeal to the late
| buyer.
I Also Leghorns and Mid-Summer White Hats, Felts, etc.,
| will be shown as the season demands. Taffetas, Crepes,
I Hosiery, 12 months the year.
1 To serve you.
| MIS* KATE VESTAL
1 MISS KARA LANE MISS M. STONE.
I This line or Millinery is also being Shown by Mrs. C. B.
I Fitts at Bear Creek.
jp ——• IT CAN’T
I BE DONE
1 THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT THE “RADIO”,
I BUT IT IS BEING DONE. CHIROPRACTIC ALSO CAN
I AND DOES MAKE SICK PEOPLE WELL. INVESTI
| GATE. CONSULTATION AND SPINAL ANALYSIS
if FREE.
| DR. ERNEST C. BROWN,
I Palmer Graduate. CHIROPRACTOR Sanford, N.C.
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| Listen, Ladies, Listen!
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I WE HAVE A FEW SPRING AND SUMMER COATS
I AND DRESSES THAT WE ARE OFFERING FOR THE
NEXT TEN DAYS AT AND BELOW COST. NOW IS
I THE TIME TO BUY. LET US SHOW YOU.
| Woody Bros. Quality Shop
Formerly Ladies Emporium,
I E. D. WOODY, SILER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA.
TOURING CAR
New Price
I This is the lowest price at
which the Ford Touring
Car has ever sold, and with
the many new improve
ments, including the one
man top, it is a bigger value
than ever before.
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Buy now. Terms if desired.
THE
I CHATHAM MOTOR CO.
PITTSBORO, N. C.
FACTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA
Things of Interest About Old North
State —Its Leadership in Many Lines.
North Carolina leads all the States
of the union in the production of pea
nuts and tobacco.
Winston-Salem leads the world in
the production of tobacco products
from raw materials; Greensboro
boasts of the largest denim and dam
ask mills on earth; Kannapolis
“points with pride” to her towel fac
tory, a world beater; Lexington
shows the way in making underwear;
Durham claims leadership in the pro
duciton of hosiery and Statesville has
the world’s largest herbarium.
There are 168 optometrists in this
State, 72 chiropractors, 1,867 lawyers
and 647 practicing dentists.
In the World War North Carolina
furnished a total of 92,510 fighting
men of which 84,577 were soldiers, 7,-
312 sailors and 621 marines. Os
these there were 2,505 soliders, 107
sailors and 33 marines who gave up
their lives.
Since North Carolina has been re
cognized as a State she has had 82
governors. Twenty-three were un
der the Lord Proprietors’ regime; 6
under the crown; 27 were elected by
the General Assembly; 21 by the peo
ple and 6 were lieutenant governors
and became governors through the
death of the governor during his ad
ministration.
There are 36 different railroad com
panies in operation in the State.
There are 15 religious denomina
tions represented by churches in this
State.
The North Carolina signers of the
Declaration of Independence were
William Hooper, a lawyer; Joseph
Hewes, a merchant, and John Penn,
another lawyer.
North Carolina is credited with the
highest birth rate of any of the Unit
ed States and one of the lowest death
rates.
In the way of educational institu
tions the State has 21 State institu
tions, 26 denominational colleges, 54
preparatory schools, 99 accredited
high schools and 23 orphanages sup
ported from various sources.
The State has 89 national and 547
State banks.
North Carolina has 383 cotton mills
with a total of 5,605,102 spindles and
employing 78,971 persons; 7 woolen
mills; three silk mills; three cordage
mills; 142 knitting mills that fur
nish employment for 12,564 people and
107 furniture factories working 8,697
employees.
With the exception of one city High
Point manufactures more furniture
than any other city in the world.
There are 25 State fair associaitons
in North Carolina and the highest
point in the United States, east of the
Rockv Mountains, Mt. Mitchell, is sit
uated in western North Carolina.
She is a erreat old State all right.
May her tribe increase.
Volstead’s colleagues, when he re
tired from Congress, presented him
with a watch. It probably was a Wat
erbury.
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TIPPERARY OVER THE TOP.
A remarkable photograph made at Prestage, of Calgary, Alta., Canada, die a new seven-passenger touring
Aiken, S. C., snapped just as “Tipper- made a record jump of 22 feet dis- car.
ary,” a wonder horse owned by Jack tance, 6 1-2 feet high, using as a hur-,
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STRANGE AND CURIOUS.
Peculiarities That Will Astonish
Almost Anyone.
It will take 20,000 men to harvest
the wheat crop of Kansas.
Two murderers in Berlin recently
hid themselves in the :town clock.
A Chinaman in San Francisco re
cently wrote his will on a laundry
ticket.
Out in Kansas City, Mo., a dog
barked and saved five negroes from
being cremated.
A diamond wortn st>uO was found
in the stomach of a fish caught near
Union Hill, N. J.
Mrs. Laura Valles, of El Paso Tex.,
recently gave birth to her 20th child,
a girl. All the others are dead. <
A bull frog was caught by John
Patterson, of Boonville, Ind., that had
a water moccasin snake 18 inches
long in him.
Merrill, Wis., has been invaded by
millions of black ants. The streets 1
and sidewalks were covered with the
pests.
Prairie du Chien, Wis., has a house *
that was put up in 1835. It was ]
brought to the town, a distance of 6,- ’
000 miles. !
William McPherson, of Kansas City,
is blind and has no hands, but he
reads his Bible daily by sticking' % the 1
tip of his tongue to the raised letters. <
In a spiritualistic seance in New j
York a sitter grabbed the hand of a !
“spirit” who was waving a trumpet
The “spirit” struck the sitter over the
head and made a getaway.
Five years ago George Davis, a '
Chicago boy, had his leg crushed so '
badly it had to be amputated. A few
days ago a train struck him and cut
cff the other leg.
In Bloomington, 111., five denomina
tions have built a church and each
worships in it at different times. It
was built bv the Presbyterians, Bapt
ists, Christian, Congregational and
Methodist.
A federal convict in the Atlanta
prison has painted a life-size
of Jesus Christ on the wall of the
chapel. It took him six months of
hard work to finish the work. It de
picts Christ on the- steps of the tem
ple while all about him are gathered
the sick, the lame and sightless and
the weary.
Washington.—Foreign governments
have about come to the conclusion that
the United States even though pos
sessing the legal right to keep liquor
oiT foreign ships touching American
ports will not in actual practice chal
lenge the good feeling of the powers j
and cause serious embarrassment.
GENERAL NEWS BRIEFS.
Short Items of Common Interest
to All.
Dayton,O.—United States dirigible
TC-1 is destroyed by fire in an elec
trical storm.
Portland, Ore.— The Tillamook
Creamery Associaiton has announced
an increase in price of cheeses of two
cents a pound.
Valparaiso, Ind.—Harry Diamond,
found guilty of murdering his wife, is
sentenced to die in the electric chair
at Michigan City on October 12.
Washington.—Earnings of class one
railroads during April totalled $83,-
197,800 equivalent to annual return
of 6 1-2 percent on invested capital.
Atlanta. —Brick prices are continu
ing to advance in response to active
demand in this section and products of
Southern yards are now selling at sl9
per thousand.
Washington.—Woodrow Wilson is
serenaded in his Washington home by
Shriners from Greenville, S. C., he
calls for “The Star-Spangled Banner”
afetr “Dixie” is sung.
St. Louis. —Transportation of mon
ey by airplane to reduce interest
charge and lessen number of robber
ies is being considered by Federal re
serve board.
Palm Beach, Fla.—The body of
Henry Simmons, negro, riddled with
bullets, was found hanging to a tree
on Palm Beach Island. The negro
was suspected of having shot and kill
ed Policeman J. A. Smith, a native of
Staunton, Va.
Wenatchee, Wash. —Apple growers
in this section are confident that they
will recover the losses of last year
during the present season. The fruit
is finely set and weather conditions
have been ideal.
Denver. —Modification o 4 ' the Vol
stead act and the return of light wines
and beer were favord in a resolution
adopted at the closing session of the
annual convention of the Colorado
State Federation of Labor.
Washington.—The state department
is officiallv advised of the resignation
of the Chinese cabinet in dispatches
from Pekin which said the action was
taken because of alleged ‘presidential’
encroachments on the rights and priv
ileges of the government.
New Yoj-k.—Recommendation that
striking bricklayers and employers
up to January 1, 1926. was made by a
scale of sll a day or $1.37 1-2 an hour
up to Jaunary 1, 1926 wasmade by a
conference of the committee of the
public group of the building industry.
The bricklayers, who have been on a
strike for more than three weeks, seek
sl2 a day and a two year wage agree
ment.
“COLD IN THiT^
is » acute attack
Those subject o f re i ,
generally In a “run SX'S 1
HALT, S C'ATARrtt JLcondnif
Treat r-
be us- caliy, and a TW oir %
Quickly through the p,lc
ecus Surfaces, buMn? 004 «» s
•Rd Rl^ ln S you lesc liabl'p P t ,lle I
Sold by druggists for a, *° “cot
r. J. Cheney &
Get 1) A
Rid of |\ A
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Rid your premises of rats v
TRIPLE STRENGTH rV»
not a poison, affects n»i l 'i
We find it hard to get r ,J,
sons, they eat this readily y**
ey back if it fails. iout i
For further information wrW
’phone 27. ffril( *
Wayside Hatched
SILER CITY, NORTH CARo^
A throbbing
M WtIQTVOUS
iMENTHOLATUM
seethes it,
Quick Relit
All the sufferings
the world won’t cure
disease. Pain makes
most diseases worse
and sometimes brings
on still further dis
orders.
Stop the pain and
give nature a chance to
work a cure.
DR. MILES 1
Anti=Pain Pill
One or two will bring
relief.
Your druggist sells tin
at pre-war prices—2s d«
25 cents. Economy pai
age, 125 doses SI.OO.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTIO
Having qualified as admimsts
of the estate of the late N. B.JjJ
deceased, this is to notify all
sons holding claims against saide
to exhibit same to us duly venw
or before the Bth day of May,
or this r.otce will be plead in®
their recovery.
All persons indebted to saw*
will please come forward a?.d ;
immediate payment.
This the Bth day of May, p
W. J. HACKNEY
FRED. C. JUSTICE,
June 14-c. Ad.nuii^
EXECUTOR’S RE-SALE OF l
Under and by virtue of tie
itv given in the last wi ' a (l j
ment of J. T. Womble, deceased
undersigned having
sold the below described lajy
court house door on May j 4 -'
and an advanced bid oi m-e H
having been filed with tie c "
superior court, and under ■
tue of an order of the c - el 'k L
ior court for the re-sa*e o
low described lands, the uno- •
will on „ T 4
On the 16th day of
at 2 o’clcok, p. m., at the P -*
door in Siler City, Chatham “
expose again to sale the m _
scribed land on the follow i .
One thousand dollars cash,
payable Five hundred dollars! j
until paid in full with in - Y
per cent per annum, payable
payment secured by notes a
land reserved until paid m t ■
Situate in Matthews
Chatham county, and bourn
lows: ,
Bounded on the east by J- ,
of J. T. Womble estate; on £ j
by the Paschal lands and -
lands; on the west by tne
lands and the Estridge ■d T1 _»
south bv the lands of Ira . *
Mrs. M. R. Houston,
recent survey 144 acres, mo
and being situate near the
way leading from Green?' 10 g
ford, and on which is pmia ;
residence, a tenant house a
barn and other outbuilding--
a good farm and in a g°°
cultivation.
This June Ist, 1923. T .
F. A. HOUSTON
Miss DAVIE HOI,
Executors estate of J. T.
ceased.
Dixon and Dixon. A ttys. -
Siler City, N. C.