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Put into the Bank every week | )llar that you do not need for the time and long J i know it you will have a checking account that ; you feel like a different man. ihead of you when you need it is like a home on ! et. It gives you comfort, security and rank. ; ek put a deposit, big or littel in ; Page Trust Co., I Concrete Improvements I I Pay Dollars and Cents Profits I nui? ar P ut nto Concrete Improvements comes back multiplied |J {j' flrn^ s * Concrete Improvements pay for themselves in labor and g facti SdVe °’, * n enlarged yield from land and stock, and in greater satis- |I 1 serv 'l ce * Concrete is the farmer’s safest, strongest and most p 2®es r f C P nStruct * on mater i a k l ts first cost is low when all its advant- p I Q^ c are weighed; upkeep cost is practically nothing. Build with H ■ '- re te it costs no more but gives greater value. || j armer can make Concrete Improvements himself which, if || done by outside help, would cost many times the small amount fl \ spend for materials. Any Security Cement dealer §§ \ w tP give you information and furnish Free Blue Prints. g ms i TYI CEMENT I I Ladies’ Felt j House Slippers \ Good Quality j x * = ““ = * a ’* s *9Bc pair j (Cv All colors and styles and j sizes to fit every man and J woman and child. These | will make nice, useful Holi- | day gifts. 1 S^== Only 98 cents per pair I STROUD & HUBBARD j I HE SHOE AND HOSIERY STORE. • NPORd, NORTH CAROLINA I brief, interesting facts Figures and Historical Mention Os Interest. , Dearborn Independei.it. Hotels and refuge huts in the moun tains of Alpine Switzerland are to be fitted with wireless telephones. * Big aircraft firms of England plan on producing an airplane for less tnafi 100 pounds sterling. The cost of maintenance and operation will be slight. A new gold currency in the form of a “rye bond” may be issued by Germany. This would be stabilized on the basis of the Bourse quotations for rye. The government has fined a num ber of trans-atl antic companies amounts aggregating $563,500 because it is alleged steamers bound for New York City crossed the barrier a iew seconds before midnight, August 31. “Savages on the South Sea Islands get more satisfaction and happiness out of life than we do with our inces sant pursuit of the dollar,” said Dean Charles R. Brown, of Yale Divinity School. & | Aeroplanes will be used for business and pleasure in the United States f within the next ten years oa a scale f commensurate with the extension of. | automobile traffic between 1905 and | 1915, it is predicted i na statement | issued by the' Department of Com s> merce. y | A maker of stringed instruments in £ Italy has discovered the secret of the | renowned varnish of Cremona violins I which used to give the old instruments I their marvelous sonority. He lounu t the secret in an Italian manuscript i dated 1716 and states that it is made | with certain resinous substances and | is not soluble in alcohol. | An international system for the lo | cation and identification of criminals £ and fugitives is being planned by the | Unted States, in co-operation with the | principal European nations. Exchange | of information regarding crimes and | criminals, includng fingerprnts, meas urements and other identification data | between the natoins entering the i agreement is contemplated. ; Miss Grace Li, daughter of Li Yuan > Hung, president of China, is attend ; ing Wellesley College. In contraven tion of the custom of protecting the | daughters of the rulers of China with * troops of attendants Miss Li arrived | with only one companion, a girl of | twenty-one. The girls have rented a | hall bedroom in a side street. I A fireless railway locomotive is be ll ing developed in France. It is equip ? ped with a boiler after the manner of I the ordinary locomotive, but the water | in it is heated to the necessary tem f perature from a stationary plant, t, Enough power can be stored in it to i operate it four hours for switching | purposes in a railway yard. It re f quires fifteen minutes to charge ti. 9 The German mark dropped so rap idly recently that many Berlin res taurants changed prices on menus in the midst of meals, managers and as sistant managers rushing from table to table altering the tariffs before the guests asked for their bills. Many stores closed until they could get the final official rate of the day. The gov ernment granted cities, industries and stores the right to print their own money. No record is kept of the out put and the country is becoming flood ed with currency. When the Eastern Telegraph Com pany laid the Cape cable in 1899, the route between St. Helena and Cape town was surveyed, soundings being taken every fifty miles. When the cable parted recently the repair ship found that at one point the ocean bed had risen to within three-quarters of a mile of the surface, where the chart had shown a depth of just over three miles. The bed of the Southern At lantic consists of ranges of moun tains, of which Ascension and St. Helena are the lone sentinels. LOOK AT YOUR LABEL J J J I A Rendezvous of Holiday i f Jr Suggestions “Just what I’ve been looking for,” you’ll say, when you jj see our marvelous exhibition of unusual gems deftly set to enhance their attractiveness. There are also the less expensive Jewelry novelties in va ried selections. j! W. F. CHEARS, Inc., I SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA. IT IS WHAT WE SAY IT IS. ; s BUILDING A TOWN. Why is it some towns grow faster ; than others ? Why do some men kick • when a stranger enters some tow; s ■ j to go into business? They seem to be | , afraid that the stranger will be tak- \ ! ing money from the common people \ that they think they are entitled to. jj In course they do. i You go into some towns a d you j see a lot of woodeo shacks upon some i of the principal streets which are 2 \ menace to the town and are unsie-ht- ] ly, so much so, that the bats refuse 1 to make their headquarters in them ’ The owners of these shacks hold to { ’em, refuse to sell to people who woidd \ tear down and build nice residences ] or stores, and yet they go along year after year and pay high taxes on them, before thev will part with them In course they will. And what a picture thev make to the new comer. Houses old enough and out of date, with moss on their roofs long enoup’h to make them real skeervdookinp\ In course thev a^e. But these town destroyers will tell j you that this property is their proper ty. and hain’t I got a right, to hold it if I want to? In course I have. And if I want my property to rot down, can’t I let it do so if I want" to ? In course you can. But is it right to refuse to sell this dilapidated property when it is rot only a menace to the town, is an un sightly picture and causes those who own nice buildings and stores, higher . „ rates of insurance, which stems men who have some pride in their home town from building on acount of the high prices asked for this kind of property. In course it does. Don’t "you see the picture in the above of ouv little town of Pitt shorn, now when the town is beginning to grow, when more people want to come her'* to live and huPd homes for their families or build stores? In course vou do. JOE SNYDFP. Who wants a job as canal driver in the new boat line. * * * * He * * * He He ♦ * QUERY DEPARTMENT. * * Answers by John * * * * * * * * * * * * * j Why do they say women are like pearls, asks Mayme, of Moncure. Ans—lt’s because thev require a Tot of attention, we suppose. Is the liquor made these days dan gerous to drink? Sam, Goldston. Ans —Whv. of course not. It might make you die easy. Who is the strongest man of today ? Wash, Apex. , Ans—Bruce Poe. He recently lift ed a pound of feathers with his teeth. Is religion a good thing? Sometimes I think it is not. John Q., Bynum. Ans—You must be crazy, John, to have such thoughts. Don’t do like a man of your town. In prayer he his hands so tight that he can’t loos en them when the collection box is passed around. I am losing my memory. What causes it and what can I do to stop it? Johnnie, Pittsboro. 1 Ans—Loss of memory, Johnnie, is 1 caused from too much water on the brain. The only way it can be cured ! is to see Dr. Chapin and let him tap 1 !t - There are 1,300,000 men and women out of work in England. ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE. Having qualified as administratrix ! of the estate of J. A. Siler, deceased, ! late of Chatham county, North Caro • lina, this is to notify all persons hav i ing claims against the estate of said 1 deceased to exhibit them to the under [ signed at Staley, N. C., Rt. on or be : fore the Ist day of November, 1924, ; or this notice will be plead in bar of i 1 their recovery. All persons indebeted . |to the estate will please make imme ! diate payment. I This Ist day of November, 1923. Dc 13-c Mrs. ALVERTA SILER, Dixon & Dixon, Administrator. Attorneys. J. A. Siler, deceased. | NEW PRICES ON || OVERLAND Automobiles j| NOW REDUCED TO— | - Delivered $595 Delivered || GET THE BEST THRE IS. SEE \\ June N. Peoples § FREE DEMONSTRATION PITTSBORO, N. C. * X * * * * ***».*****»»***XX»* ***■»*»»**** A Big Opportunity Watch our ad next week for announcement of big demon stration on Sewing Machines. It is to be your opportun ity. In the meantime, if you need anything for your home in the furniture line, let us price you before you buy. We have real bargains in the very best things you may need. MARLEY FURNITURE COMPANY Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Siler City, N. C. Phone 21. Motor Hearse Service. I LEE HARDWARE CO. M SANFORD, (hi Shelf Hardware. || Building Material. JBj Farming Implements. M Buggies and Wagons. H See us when in need of something in our line. \ 1 lan investment j For People 1 of Every I Class and Age Every class of investor —the large, the small, old and I young, is gradually learning that a good bond forms one of the very best investments. Bonds are safe, free from market manipulation, and yield a satisfactory rate of interest. Alamance First Mortgage 6 Per Cent Gold Bonds High up among first class investments are first mortgage bonds. Os these Alamance First Jdortgage 6 percent Gold Bonds must be considered. Each bond is secured by mortgages on property and back ed by a well known financially sound company. CALL OR WRITE FOR FREE BOOKLET AND ALL DETAILS. I 1 m ALAMANCE INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE CO. ; Si i BURLINGTON. N. C. r ' ~ j.f' CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $300,000. IC. G. SOMERS, W. E. SHARPE, Field Representative, Manager. . • -
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