FLOOR COVERINGS Our new showing is in, unpacked and ready for your looking. We invite you ladies. We promise to show you many things of interest in floor coverings. Tickets given that might get you the Ford touring car that will he given away October 19. Marley Furniture Company Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Siler City, N. C. Phone 21. Motor Hearse Service. -FRIENDS! I have been away for the past ten days on an extensive buying trip, and 1 have purchased the greatest line of new Fall Goods ever seen in Chapel Hill at any one time. You’ll Be Surprised at the vast amount of new up-to-date Merchandise I have assembled under one roof for your inspection and ap proval. . ' Don’t Buy Anywhere until you have the opportunity to visit this store and see with your own eyes, the finest stock of new Fall Clothing, Hats, Furnishings, Ladies New Fall Suits, Blouses, Coats, and every known piece of up-to-date merchandise handled by a first-class department store. I’ll Save You Money You are going to buy stylish merchandise here at prices lower than you have seen in a long time. Buying in great quantities direct from the biggest manufacturers in America makes this statement possible. d 3 S. BERMAN, Chapel Hill, N. C. I We Take Care of the Farmers j It is a settled fact that we have gained a reputation in taking care of the farmers of Chatham county, not only in selling what they want, but in fixing a price that is sat isfactory to them. There can be found anything here that ; will be needed and we sell on short profit, thereby making j friends all the time. j: < When you want an article for the home, for the farm, } or for heavy, mechanical use, come to see us. If we do not j have in stock the kind of heavy machinery you want, we can get it on short notice and will save you money at all j times. When you come to town always ask us about our j> special bargains—we have them for your benefit. j The Chatham Hardware Co., UNDERTAKERS and FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Court House Square Pittsboro, N. C. j j Our August Sale 1 Continues With | Great Bargains B | . FOR YOU IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. §) LADIES’ and CHILDREN’S DRESSES i) GREATLY REDUCED. || ! DRESS GOODS ALL MARKED DOWN • [wj FALL AND WINTER SHOES AT RE- [M DUCED PRICES. || MEN’S SUITS PRICES SLASHED TO I PIECES. H I COME AND GET YOURS. || Wihis-Rlcks Company, s N n c. rd 1 The House of Kuppenheimer Good Clothes. — | | | Where Quality Is Higher Than Price. ||j GENERAL NEWS BRIEFS. i I Shotffc Items of Common Interest to All. Sioux Falls, Dak. —Gasoline is .sell i ing here at 15 1-2 cents a gallon. Washington Sanitarium, North Carolina postoffice has been inspected by government authorities. Washington—A regular transconti nental airplane mail service, operated ; at night, as well as day, is now as l‘ sured. Washington—From January to July 1923 there were 297,104 cars and 29,- _ 998 trucks manufactured in the Unit- I ed States. I Los Angeles, Cal.—Gasoline is sell- I ing at six cents a gallon here. One 1 man says he can make a small profit I on it at that price. I Atlantic City.—Anthracite mine I workers’ representatives have taken: I the last step necessary to shut dajwn 1 the mines on September 1. I New Turk —The shopmen’s strike I of 1922 cut the Baltimore and Ohio I, railroad, first six months, $7,500,000. r This was a loss in net income to the I: railway. I Washington!—President Coolidge' I; has been invited to .attend the dedica- I tion of a memorial to mark the scene where Johnston surrendered to Sher man in 1865. The president may at tend. Chicago—Lack of sense .of respon sibility, unwillingness to work hard, lack of thoroughness, false notions about salary and promotions, and Jack of principle are the five chief reasons why 90 per cent of the boys and girls of the United States lose their first ! jobs. Dayton, o.—The Barling bomber, largest airplane in the world, which j was successfully flown in a test flight > at Wilbur Wright field has a wing spread of 120 feet; the length over J all is 60 feet and the height is 28 j feet. Fully loaded the ship weighs 20 tons. • j A BIG BIRTHDAY DINNER. (Too late for our last issue.) Pittsboro, Rt. 3, Aug. 20.—0 n Sun day, August 19th, the friends and ; neighbors of Mr. J. D. Jones began to i drive into his yard and grove until there were about one hundred and ' much talking and a general good time j was had until 12 o’clock. The good ladies began to set the ; table, and the many good things to eat, were spread under the shade oi j large, fine trees. The large and ap preciative crowd then gathered, and after thanks [were returned to the good God that makes such pleasant ; occasions possible, the crowd began to eat. The inner man was well satis fled and that crowd seemed to enjoy • themselves to the fullest extent. After j the meal had been served, a delicious j lot of melons were sliced and greatly - enjoyed. The crowd chatted until late in the J afternoon, feeling happy that they had - been privileged to be there. The same crowd would be glad to enjoy many , more such occasions. It was the fifty-first anniversary for Mr. Jones. To visit his home ; makes anyone feel good, and espec- j ially on such occasions as this was. Mrs. Moody, the mother of Mrs. > Jones, lives in this home and with her sweet disposition, makes any heart glad to be with her. A FRIEND. l| There Were Others. As I was putting in a couple of j| hours loafing around the village store J and postoffice I got into conversation > with a villager about the war in the East, and in speaking of the nava l 'jj battle in the sea of Japan I character ized Togo as the greatest hero of the j age. # \ “Wall, I dunr.o about that,” replied j the man. “We’ve got a few heroes I right in this town who hain’t so slow Come down and lemme introduce you i to the cooper.” We went down to the cooper shop and I was introduced and when wo [j /were outside again my friend said: j| “Don’t look so much like a hero, £ does he? But lemme tell you what >| he did. He went up to the city about || a year ago and stayed over night at a hotel. Blew out the six gas jets 1 in his room instead of turning them (I off, and the gas was going all night. < Got up as chipper as a squirrel in thj jl morning and turned two handsprings. I The hotel said they had lost $2 000 j worth of gas, but the stuff never made Bill sneeze. Come down and be in- IJ troduced to the blacksmith.” > I followed him ard -•fter a second introduction he slapped me on the shoulder and said: l “Nothin’ heroic about Jim’s look, | but lemme tell you sumthin’. He went away to Ohio to visit friends, and they put him in a foldin’ bed. The foot riz up and caught him and stood ) him on his*head. He was a prisoner r for three days* but he never hollered j I Just waited ’til the old bed got tired i out and sunk down agin and then he i { crawled out. Let’s go over to the , sawmill and see George Coots.” j I went over to the mill and got a { third introduction and on the way back * to the postoffice my friend said: “George is cross-eyed and red-head ed but there are no flies on him. A > tin peddler come along last summer j and jumped seven feet. George took | off his coat and spit on his hands and . jumped six inches higher and saved; the town from goin’ all to smash, i < J Had to bust a lung and break a rib 1 to do it, but that’s the kind of stuff he’s made of. I don’t say that Togo < ; isn’t a hero, but when you are talk 'i i n / about ’em jest remember that Pittsboro has shoved three of them to < \ the front within a year and has got [ more cornin’.” > . Hair.—-Prevent by brushing fi j the head night and morning with a (I . brush hard enough to irritate the skin j somewhat. „ !| NEWS NOTES FROM MT. GILEAD. Local and Personal News of Inter est on Rt. One. Pittsboro, Rt. 1, Aug. 27.—Mr. and Mrs. John Herndon and little daugh ter, Elizabeth Pearson of Black Creek, visited their parents last -week, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Herndon. Mrs. I. J. Morris is spending this week with her sister at Saxapahaw. Mr. Bun Seyrrjore and family, of Raleigh, visited relatives in" the Mt. Gilead section last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hatley, of Ral eigh, visited their parents last week. | M O N E YTj I I 1 | § What Is It Worth ? f !! To the man who hides it away somewhere in the house—it’s worth the same as + l.. ;i end of the year as it was at the beginning, plus a lot of worry over its safety. e M To the Man Who Puts It In the Bank I it’s worth what it was when he put it in, plus the good liberal interest earned by deposits || In This Strong Bank | the comfortable feeling that goes wiih a bank balance—and the satisfaction that comes It with knowing that his money is helping to make his home town and county nrosDeroiK M for himself and neighbors. * ’|| pjj =. What is your money worth to you? Put it in this Strong Bank and watch it grow. 1 | Strongest As The Strongest; I || Safe As The Safest | CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY C. - - - SILER CITY, N. C. J I It Is Your Job I till Hp . . § I mmMtmm Income Increases | I As you dispose of your income you create more income, IJ !! either for others, or for yourself. || No one will concern themselves about adding to yours (Jj: “INVESTIGATE —that is your job i BEFORE INVESTING.” J ' There is a sure, safe, practical way to do it. p ( ALAMANCE SIX PER CENT X H GOLD BONDS. § If] WRITE FOR FREE BOOKLET T“T ® f °" the am °” nt § luj “BONDS” 01 Back of each bond is a first mortgage on m- M Xx come producing property. The safety of the bond is at all <& I> times assured and in no way affected by varying prices, [t] . i 1 I ! • ; || 1 Alamance insurance and Real Estate Co., i > CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $300,000. | i| W. E. SHARPE, Manager. C. G. SOMERS, Field Representative. || j BURLINGTON. Rev. Roy A. Morris, Mr. Clyde J. Morris and Miss Ethel Herndon vis-! ited friends at Chapel Hill Friday as- j ternoon. Mr. W. A. Pendergraph and family, 1 of Durham, spent last week with Mr. ! and Mrs. J. W. Neal. Miss Violet Sparrow, of Carrboro, ! spent last week with Misses Josie and Leonie Neal. Mr. John Hatley, of Farrington, spent last week at home with his pa-; rents. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Johnson, of Apex, spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Neal. Miss Thelma Jones visited relatives f an <* friends in this sectim, 1 . | She returned home Sunday ? "' ee t i “ed by Mr. Henry WeS,. »°. raPa | Gertrude, Lillian and Eunice’ i . r - Ldw e Hatley has been sick for several weeks w • Ver y | better. Ks but » soi^ Mr. Ralph Burnett and ffimii Mr. Leonard Hatley and famu y an( l 1 Sunday afternoon with C y T Spent Griffin on Pittsboro Rt. l " i r , M , rs - J - P - Griffin and f arai lv t Durham, were guests W °f Mrs. W. L. Griffin. 1 Week of Tar or paint can be removed fr> sponging well with turpentine by