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Horse, Mule and Bull ROPING AND RIDING WILL BE WITNESSED IN FRONT OF THE GRAND STAND AT Fair Grounds, Williamston, N. C. Friday, August 26th, 2:00 P. M. The purse of .$25.00 given to owner of animal we do not ride with HALTER, SADDLE AND SPURS. The following are the names of men who are going to take their animals down and have them tested as t.» whether they net a purse or not. Their names are respectively:,. Approx. V. t. Appiox. V\ t. W. S. Rhodes—Hull I,MK> l Taylor—Mule. "Jake' J S Ayors—Hull 1,000 Oscar J one* —Mule, S. !• ..... »0U Savannah —Bull, (owner unknown)-.. 1,100- N. F. lirown— Mule, "Alice" 1.000 BRING THAT BUCK Kit OF YOURS AND GET A PURSE » ' _ ______ ** SPECIAL FEATURE: Bullswill.be let loose in baseball diamond, lassoed, saddled and rode. One 300 pound pony given to first boy, fifteen years old and under, who harnesses and carts him. Note: 1 lie parents oi any boy who tries to harness this pony must be present and say O. K. to the judges. Admission: Adults, ,$1.00; ('hildren, 50c. Admission cheerfully re funded if judges say it is not worth the price. Judges > • j G. STATUN UK. W. K. WAKKKN VV. S. KIIOOKS H. S, JOHNSON 1)K JNO. I> UHiOS I'K. JNO. J'' TIIIGI'KN VV. K. I> AVIS ' F. L. HAISLW LFSUF FOVVDKN KI.HKUT S. I'l-.MI. T. H. SI.A OK, JK. I'. 1.. SALS BURY ' • - VV. °F. 11AISLII 1 Especially We Recommend (irand Stand Seals for Personal Safety C. Lance Everett and G. Robert Roebuck . (ROPERS AND RIDER; ) COME AND—TELL—YOUR—FRIENDS Let The Martin County Building land Loan Association .> BUILD YOU A HOME • * . ■ • * . /;;; ... - - I I ■■ . Or Start You on the Road to Success by a Saving INVESTMENT 4-.•„, . ' , * ► Series No. 10 Opens Saturday, Sept. 3 - . i .. i' : : J - >— i - - 1 —— TZL-L ?_ : xi.—i SEE , " ■ ; - : WHEELER MARTIN, or ASA T. CRAWFORD * ? • 7^—:■ W " V *' s / THE ENTERPRISE TREASURE TROVE IN LONDON Chanc* Discovery Hat Led iana to Belleva They Ara on Eve of Rare Find. A chance discover}' of a pi ere of blue enamel, curiously marked, by H. 8. Gordon, a London raining engineer, has turned a vacant plot, where gar- I den truck wax grown, Into u treasure trove. Toduy diggers Mre busy dig i ging and sifting every bit of the I eurtli, believing that It is on the edge of im old Roman cemetery, used cen- I luries ago. Digging Into one part of It the men ! say they ciin trace London's history by strata to. thousands of years ago. It Is estimated that London's level In j" creased at the rate of one toot a cen ■ tury. Things appear to have been |>thrown Into the place, wldcli must l ba>e been a queer pit, as, though It | bail been a place for refuses. Its rare treasures are mostly broken bits of ' Jewelry, chilia, gla'sware, etc. (lie ex- I qulsltely carved ornament of pure gold, evidently pun of n golden col lar. was found, and- Is estimated to I tiuve been made between and W)0 It Some of the'most interesting ob jects are broken pipes, a whole }terl«r 1 ascending through nearly four feet of I soli. Illustrating the pipe's evolution front the days of Queen l.llzabeth. Swatting the Fly. I _"llave you slopiied swatting the ; fly?" asked Charles II Taylor of the ; Boston Globe, who was here attelid- I Iflg a meeting of the intenfatjonal | arbitration board, *iii ' organizath*fi that settles disputes between printers and publishers, lie was not address ing this question to the hoard, but simply making an observation as a swarm of tiles rose from the street. "I know Unit a year or two ago when I was here you were advising everybody to swat the tiles, ami. the result was that you had ' oujp£H'.utlve freedom from these pests. Now I uo tbVllmt they have Increased. In Bos ton we have repeated the 11 y swatting Instructions until we are rid of tiles This Is another, case where eternal vigilance fs required, but it produces results. 1 find Hies in some of your restaurants and soda places, which, of course. Indianapolis .will m»t long tol erate. —Indiana polls News, Land* aod Water Ship. The hippopotamus Is how rivaled by an amphibious tank that travels equal ly well by land and water. It Is a tank only In the sense that It origi nated In the lighting tanks of the wur, for It Is, as a matter of fact,, a pas senger vehicle. When ashore. It trifv,- els on endless tread wheels, and looks like a motorhus; when atloat. It Is propelled and acts like a launch. It Is the Invention of a French man, and was recently tested, carrylrtg sl\ pas sengers, In Marseilles, the great Medi terranean port. The I'.reneh .got around the dltljculty of giving It an appropriate appellation by callliif it a Itind and water ship. --Popular Me- Character and Credit i Money can buy almost anything-, but it cannot buy character. It floes not follow, however, that abscence of money is evidence of the possession of character, for it takes charac ter to save and keep money. This fact is so well recognized, that a man entering business with a small capital accumulated through years of saving is considered a better credit risk than a man with a much larger capital whose money came through inheritance It pays anyone desiring credit to have a savings ac count. The possession of such an ascotm 1 is evidence to his bankers that the habit of savii p; mon -y ha°> Leen leai -led. Credit is seldom refused where credit is deserved, and the surest way to deserve credit is to have evidence that you are thrifty and can save money. The only Rank in Martin County whose checks are ac cepted by the Federal Reserve Bank. 1 PEOPLES BANK CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $150,000.00 J. (*. Staton, Pres.; J. JL. Hasscli, Active Vice-Pres. & C ashier v. Taylor, Vice-President J no. KOKCI son, Ass i. Cashier ---= ■ 1 ARTHUR ANDERSON J. L. lIASSELL 11ENKY D. PEEL JAMES I). HOW EN I■ '1 FttWDEN W. C. MANNING M.. U. TAYLOR G. W. HAKDISON HOY T. ORIFFIN J. J. MANNING J LASS WYNNE A. R DINNING J O. GIKKIN K. J. I'EEL M I*. TAVLOK S. C. GRIFFIN W. A. PERRY A. li. AYEKS W. W. GRIFFIN JESSE T. PRICE J STATON J. L. HOLLIDAY "* ~ JOSHUA L. COLTRAIN W 1.. TAYLCK SYLVESTER I'XEI. KEEP AN EVE ON YOUR LABEL—j-RENEW BEFORE IT EXPIRES
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