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| jjbl « i mam The Ship Never | Returned I —that never i ■ ■ left port TS TOUR ship can’t come in unless you first send it out. Your . Y savings can earn money for you—the same kind of money you j earn yourself—but your savings can’t do this unless you invest j your money; unless you send your idle dollars out to work for you. How can you put your idle dollars to work? How can you j N INVEST your savings? How can you make them earn MORE money? j (It’s really very simple—very easy. , 1 Do as hundreds of our customers and other local folks have done, j They found a job in the Lighting Company for their idle dollars, j They bought Carolina Power & Light Company Preferred Stock! Ptj with their savings and every three months they get a check in the| Nmail from the Company—the wages earned by their savings. If you • j had 25 shares of this stock you’d be entitled to receive 5543.75 every ; UL 3 months. • _ G)|j No one can justly say he makes the most of his opportunities to | get ahead in the world if he knows how to save money and then; I lets it lie idle—producing nothing—instead of investing it and! " making it earn MORE money. Isn’t that the logical, sensible' 1 thing to do? Teach your dollars to have more cents. INVEST* I YOUR SAVINGS. : c P IIIS You would be $105.00 richer today if you had invested in only; 15 shares of our stock a year ago. In that short time your shares j would have paid yoy dividends amounting to $105.00. YOU would; not have had to do a tap of work for that $105.00. Your savings,! j invested in our stock, would have done the work and turned |i wages earned (the $105.00) over to you. Investing is an up-to-date; N( progressive way of making money. Do not confuse “investing” with “speculating . Lots of folks> don’t realize the difference. “Speculating” means taking chances running risks; subjecting your hard-earned dollars to perils hazards—what many people call “stock gambling’ ’. INVESTING* does not consist of plunging or blindly taking chances. Investing means putting your money to work in some firmly established busi ness where your dollars will be SAFE and where they will steadily and surely cam more dollars for you. And that is just what happens when you buy shares of ( a Carolina Power & Light Co. 7% Preferred Stock J This stock is SAFE. There can be no reasonable doubt of it ia) your mind when you consider: 'i \ I—Company Supplies a Necessity. Even in hand times wheitf other plants close down, the electric power and light plant* and gas must be kept running. Electricity and gas are neceij sides of everyday life. ; 2—Company has Valuable Properties. The company M not nr . the promotional stages. There’s no waiting for factories to be ImmM Raleigh, North Carolina | *yl Jl \ I / I I built or mines to be dug or wells drilled. The company’s i|| power plants and other properties are worth millions of dollars, f a - 3—Demand for its Product. Electricity is always in great demand | |g not only for lighting purposes, but for the operation of other; 11 industries—and the demand is constantly increasing. 4 3 4_Diversity. The company does not depend on any one class ;|| of business or people for its success. '{ |H 5 Good Management. The management of this company has 'll demonstrated its ability and efficiency. . { I 6 Supervision. Supervision by the Public Service Commission. || of North Carolina serves to protect alike the interests of cus-j 3 tomer, investor and the company. \ Q 7 Dividends Always Paid. The company has never failed to I pay dividends on its Preferred Stock and has been paying them every 3 months without a break for over 14 years. ; 1 Increase your Earnings by Investing your Savings in Carolina 3 Power & Light Company 7% Preferred Stock. Shares for sale at ■ ill the company’s offices or through any employe of the company. ) jW We maintain a resale market at our offices far the benefit of heal stockholders who wish to sell then shares . e ” INFORMATION COUPON fj ■ (Without Obligation) ■ CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. 9 ■ General Offices: Raleigh, North Carolina. B H £ Please send me booklet, “How to Put Money to Work,” contain- ■ f j£j ■ ing (1) More Information About Your Cumulative Preferred Stock, IS ■ (2) Details of Easy Payment Plan, (3) How to Judge an Investment. a jj jO ■ Street g I®
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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