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RSDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1930 THE BEAUFORT NEWS THU
PAGE SEVEN
CHAIN LSTORE5
Editor of The.Nswi:
I want to write a few knes for
my readers this week. My. friends
we are hs.vtr. vir-y fir.o we&ther now where they can yet the. most for their
and I fieiUvkellat t ie fanar-s ought money. The mewihartt will look at
to apprtiK-ate it and prepare their i the public trading at these places and
tail. We have three chain stores old buildings and they say they can- ago on March 26, 27, the Baptist
that have prices that other stores do not afford to put a new plank in for State Convention of North Carolina
not compete with. the benefit of their tenants, they say was organized with 14 charter mem-
c t.A ,w a,-v ki; 4. 1 taxes re so high are so high. And;bers, seven ministers and seven lay-
Ul,i,.U a,H tk. nlaco " are raiseu t per ceni
soil good .Deloi.-p planting.
My frimds 1 read Mr. Barbour's
letter last week jenncerning the chain
of stores and somewhat I can agree
with him, Jiut yoii don't haw to go
to them in Morehead City !to get
things any cheaper, : there is . Mr.
Freeman, hu sells just as cbetjp or a
little cleajmr but. I. -have been. told
that if you -will go to New Brrn and
count the clerks you will find: nine
out of ten are New Bern reople.
Now if that Hie so they are mow ben
efit than a .aurse. 'Jio 1 don't think
that we ought to saj too much about
them.
Now my frwnds sume one tnt me
a letter i the 15th tf February with
no name sign ml to it. stating that! if
I wanted to find out hat was pjing
on in the county that I could go to
the court-louse :and ee the boriks,
they were their for ny inspedtion
but I feel like ;it would jbe better 5r
Mr. Plint to send it out.o all the tax
payers covM see lor themselves. 2t
is; hard for all of us to get a chance
to go to the court house. We hare
to- pay a man to stay right there anti
he can write one -report avjaonth nS
publish it al we all -c .read tiie,
same'
Now 1 see that two candidates have
come out for sheriff last wsek in the ,
Democratic ranks let some more
come out next week. .We want
enough to come out .so we i an pick
just juch seed that we want to sow.
We want to sow good seed so we can
reap good results from what ve sow.
Now I want the Republicans to call
a convention some time before June
and lets pick out just such men that
:are willing to serve us Tght if Alect
ed any where from representative to
the towrwhip constable. I want .Mr.
J. H. Davis to run for sheriff again
this June rand I want us all to elect
him by a big majority. Be on 'tlie
watch anG look close, see that -too
don't make too many mistakes.
iFrom your friends,
E. L. McCAIN.
Newport, F. 24.
TRADE AT HOME DISCUSSED
Editor Beaufort News:
1 wish to state some facts
gards to trading at home. We find
that its a very gwod policy to do so
but can we trade at home with the
extreme prices that are being charg
ed for both dry goods and grocer
ies. We have wholesale grocery I
Btores that can famish the retail i
stores in Beaufort, we have drug j
stores that can furnish every thing .
in the medicine line, also parages that
can furnish every thing for the car,
we have mills that can furnish lum
ber for the homes, we have bakeries
that have every thing in their line;
we have fish houses, wholesale and re-
wonder why they do .it. This ques
tion is very eary answered, because
they get better -prices -and more for
their money, anQ then the merchants
will say trade at.hnme. Tou will find
each week drummers canvassing the
town selling the merchants every
thing imaginable wid tthe merchants
continue to buy from these people
wh:n we have wholesale merchants
right here in turwn. Naturally the
dry poods merchant has to buy from
other places because there is no
wholtfaie dry gooths houses here, but
when some of the dry goods mer
chants netd an automobile tire for
their car you will find the name of
some mail order tomme on them. This
question was asked a prominent mer
chant, so the writer ha? been inform
ed, where did you buy those tir?s, he
said from Montgomery & Ward Co.
Why did he buy them there, the ans
wer is because he ooiild buy them
cheaper. Then they holler about
sending the money -away when 'the
merchant is doing the -wry same thing
'.Trade-at Home. Wlen you need
vegetables buy from your home farmer-pay
him 3 cents per head for his
collards and cabbages then charge
the public 12-12 cents per head, how
can they expect the public to trade
wtth.them.
Take the fisherman for instance,
who toils both nightand day out in all
kinds of weather and when they catch
a few fish to put on the market then
you can hear the telephone ringing
from one fish house to the other so
as to hold the price down, and when
you go to get a few fish for dinner
or any other meal you will have to
pay 15c -per pound for them against
Gcents for what the fisherman receiv
ed for "his catch, and then trade at
Home.
The merchants say the bridge be
tween Beauufrt and Moreiitad Cityj
has cut out lots of business. The
bridge has "been a God-send to the
eastern part of Carteret county and
;! it has not hurt any thing. The mer
i ch- nts automohile has done more
"harm to him than all the bridges. In
the morning when the merchant
starts to his wot instead of betting
' th morning exercise tat he needs by
I walking, he will ride down in his car
iand block the street in front of his
in re-1 place of business so that the people
who come to rtade cannot find a
place to park and do their trading.
The merchant has many things to
do if he expects the business of to
day. He must clean up his store p.nd
put price tags on his goods and not
block the passway with unprofitable
are raised
run the rents up 50 per cent.
Take the farmer who raises hogs
and takes them to the market and;
gets 12 1-2 and 13 cents per pound j
for his meat and then when he buys
at the same market he pays from 25
to 40 cents a pound for the same
meat then raise for the home market
when the farmer cannot get the price
of feed.
If you want business go end get it
go after it, leave your car at home so
the peopie who come to town to trade
can find a place to park, keep your
place of business clean and pay more
attention to your business. Quit hol
lering trade at home, but put the
pi ices down so the psople can trade
at home. They are going to trade
where they can get the most for their
money. If home stores cannot com
pete with the chain store prices then
that's their hard luck Trade at
home?
A CITIZEN.
CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY
BAPTIST CONVENTION
tuff. Make your stores attractive
and put the prices down so the pub
lic can buy them.
Tflke the garages for instance
charging $1.00 an hour for prentic?
mechanics, fifty per cent profits on
new parts and 100 per cent on old
parts. Take the land-lord charging
from 15 to 35 dollars per month for
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THERE are six glasses and
pitcher all of the tame ex-
auisite design. The glass is
own flu. Terr thin,Tery dear, of
the fsshiooable pink color. The whole
et if tunisoaUy graceful in shape.
All Too hire to do to set this lorely
wster Kt ii to ask your grocer for
"OctMoa" every tune yon buy Una
dry sosp, ftogp powder, scouring
deuuer.toOet toap forth wash buio,
nostras sosp for the huh. snd chips
for your washer. Then acre the cou
pons you set. You need 100 coupon!
to set this premium, at lestf 10 of
which most be from Octagon Soap
Powder.
To get this premium, you must have
at least s
10 Coupons SETi m
Octagon pfgAOya eg
f (J50A13
Powder i
frd$utt sboum mam0 - J
below.
n . ,n .o.nt Rrfnw oa eir before Alril 30. 1930
Present coupons to agent below oa or before April 30, 1930
Raleigh, Feb. 24 A hundred years
men, in Greenville, N. C. At that
time, according to Dr. Thomas Mere
dith and Dr. Samuel Waite, leaders
! in the new organization, there were
in North Carolina around lo,360
Baptists all told, Missionary, Atni
missionary, O-missionary, Free Will,
white and colored, who were grouped
into 272 churches and 14 district as
sociations. At the session of the Convention
in Shelby last fall it was agreed to
mett in extraordinary session in
Greenville on Wednesday morning,
10 o'clock, March 26 and 27, to cel
ebrate in a fitting way the centen
nial anniversary of the organization
of the Convention. It is not expect
ed that any business will be transact
ed. Only inspirational addresses will
be made pointing out the growth and
development, nf the past hundred
years and the challenge of the next
hundred years.
Dr. William Louis Poteat, Wake
Forest, is the chairman of the special
committee to arrange the program,
which has been completed. Many out
standing men of this and other states
are included in tne program, ine ol the hunoreas oi delegates ana vis-
meetings will be held in the auditor- j itors that are expected to attend.
lum ol the bast Carolina leachers
College. The pastor of the Memor
ial Baptist Church, Rev. A. W. Fleis-
chmann, and his committee on ar
rangements are prepared to take care J jately,
All vistiors and messengers expect
ing to attend this cad session of the
Convention, should send their names
to the Committee in charge immed-
COTTON GROWER CHAMPION
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Clark Matheney of the Forest City High School, Rutherford County,
has the honor of being the champion cotton grower among North Carolina's
vocational agricultural students. The picture shows young Matheny in is
cotton field. Yield of 4,280 pounds of lint cotton on five acres.
BIG SALEjj&wjSr (J W I ' )
SATURDAY I t JfilLJlcE,
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Here is a bargain event without parallel in the history of
this community! This great spring clearance sale brings to
bargain seekers a once-in-a-Iif etime opportunity to secure
famous used cars "with an OK that counts" at savings that
will be long remembered.
Due to the tremendous popularity of the New Chevrolet
Six, we have an unusually large stock of fine used cars. To
clear our stock quickly, we offer these splendid cars at low
sale prices that are nothing less than sensational.
Buy a car during this sale at many dollars below its normaf
price! Look to the red "OK that counts" tag as proof of its
quality and dependability. This tag signifies that the car
has been thoroughly checked and reconditioned. Be sure
to attend this sale early !
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Wide choice of four and six cylinder cars
1929
Cheverolet
Coupe
Your last chance to save
$1.75 on a slightly used
Coupe. Completely equip
ped, carefully checked
and Conditioned "With
an OK that counts." Form
erly priced up to
$705.00
1928 CHEVROLET TON TRUCK
Read that price! See this practically
new Chevrolet compare appearance,
performance and reliability and you'll
prefer it to anything the market of
ten at anywnare near this price.
Completely equipped, ready
to drive away
$275
MODEL T FORD SEDAN Just trad
ed in on a new Chevrolet six, and in
excellent condition. Body and uphol
stery like new. For sale "with an
OK that counts" to the first
lucky buyer at this low price
e$225
1926 CHEVROLET COUPE If you
want a coupe, this is the opportunity
of a lifetime. You'll be proud of its
appearance and performance. And
at this low price yon can pay many
months' operation costs with fl1 f)f
the savings. For sale at
1925 FORD COUPE Reliable per
formance, comfortable riding, cheap
transportation. Special sale
price only ............
$90
1 2 Good 1927 1
J 1 ton trucks j
A Good Condition 1
$200 Each
J See Them Before
f Buying f
BUY "OK" USED CARS FROM A CHEVROLET DEALER
Sound Chevrolet Oo.
MOREHEAD CITY, N. C.
H. C. Jones Hardware Co.