not PESSIMIST AMD PAOAMINt
By A. K SOB INSON
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M«a mryekw ho iookod.
What a pity that ha era* nat at
t«ut krgn-haartad •aoogh ta tun
Ida plac* mt ta mm «• aka ta
•odk. Wtth th* guarantee that th*
plaao would aot ha la arena condition
at tha Mod *f tbo year. Woader If
thk an »m rttdt tha farm paper,
«T |N* *o faraMra* but Satet, or Ho
taaa to the county ekmonctrater, or
—thlaka Any *aao an, with goad
rcdhked hi bk vafaa, aboald nat lot
a little iaaaet drive aO the energy aad
■■bitten out ef ht* tyoCom. Thk mob
mum b* cuMering front mm* kind
wt haHuekatian. aad It k highly pro
bable that bo do** aot know much
about actual woifc Urnoctf. or ho
could put bk load k mum crop that
would bo bettor than lottiag It grow
op ta wood*.
H k a pity our informant did fiat
get th* no mo and adttrcM of tbk
“•bekr,” for earoly than art away
People that would not ouly dkemdit
bk faun, but would bo glad to take
bMd of hte Cana aad proem* d to
“abow him" what could to done un
der throe advene riadltiiau
tt tbk an war* a roader. aad
w* hanr when ho woo, wo would
liba to nfor him to tbo coo* of th*
areut violiakt, Pagaki, who deep**
tbo fact that hi* *triag broke when
be waa performing, wont an aad
pkyod each ancle at no other of
Porttonnore. ho to dcvolopod bk
yUyteg that hutaacJ of play
ing wtth th*, a—I four ctrlng* te
bk iaMruoaeut, be nmevod all bat
oae, and the reoecda show that with
thia kind of handicap ha amdc Ea
ropa astonished at his ability It is
•aid of him that ha would practice
ham a day an oamc dUkuh pas
sago, until ha had thoroughly master
ed it
If »«r pessimistic » object would
pat toa bean a day into the simple
boeiases af raising chickens, be
would ted that before the year was
eat ha had leaned one lees on from
the hats—she doesn’t quit scratching
jest boeausa she does not torn op a
wenn every time she seratchet, but
the scarcer warns seem to he, the.
more aba ecratohes, anil generally |
gate results, if nothing more than
good health.
It would seem that there should
be same way in which land could be
takca from such a parson, at least1
temporarily, by law, and put into:
the hands af some one that would’
make an honest effort to succeed,
and ia what state of the “Sunny
South" is there any hotter opportun
ity than the "old North State”.
A traveling man stated within the
last week that North Carotins eras
doing morn business than any state
he had visited lately, bnt such gloom
dispensers as the man mentioned
have not brought it about. A few
like him in any community would bo
enough to kill tha enthusiasm of half
a dosen, if they were not orell enough
acquainted with Ulo real situation to
keep their beads up.
Evidently there are some other
pessimists abroad, as evideaeod by'
the following vcrsce from tha Pro*
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TWO MIN AND A SMILE
Two men there live in every town.
With lives as like as nets of brown;
Bat tbo one wears a smile, the othor
a frown;
The one looks up and tha othor looks
down.
The enr that looks op is a merry!
chap . I
With a hearty “hollo" and a friendly’
■lap,
While hia neighbor. Grouch, ecrom
the way, .
Has seldom a friendly word to say
Tlx- things they sec u* just the
»*!»«,
H»t the an* wit) praise, (he other sue
Mum
A rosebush for ona has flowers
grand,
Kor toe other but thorns that prick
his hand.
If it happens to rain, why. C roach
will say?
“"Tls » beastly, nasty, stormy day,"
While Smiles will laugh as the drops
come down:
“ "Twill lay the dust on my way to
town."
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They work side by side. When night
comes along
SmilMN starts for hit hotne with a
snatch of aetig,
Happy In knowing his day’s work 1«
throagh;
Croucli only thinks of the ctores yet
to do.
And fans through life they go along.
Crouch with a grunt. Smiles with a
song;
On* ulway* happy, the other one
bine;
Atwl now, dear friend, which one
ere yon?
HAS UNCLE SAM A HEART?
A plain seaman stood "on watch”
on tlio bridge of a United States bat
tleship several hundred miles out on
the Atlantic when a “wirelets” was
haailed to him:
“little Donald pasaed away yester
day. Funeral Wednesday afternoon.
Can you come?
"MARY." I
Tho aoaman forgot his “welch”; he
“» nothing bat the trailing face of
hta little baby bay ai bo had left him
thnr<- months before. His only bay]
hie hop* I Then he broke. And sob
bing the captain saw him.
“What's tho matter, my UdT"
The seaman stood “at attention"
and handed the captain tho massage.
“Where do you lire?" asked the
captain. . t
“Cleveland, Ohio, tir,*' answered
the hoy, for h* was a acre boy. Then
the captain did some rapid figuring,
and in a moment th* wiroloas of tho
big battleship began splattering out
messages to her lister Alps in the
vicinity. A tremor was felt in tho big
fighting machine, the engines began
to thnndor, sad “fall steam ahead"
went forth tho order, and the big ship
plowed ahead. Than a gray form ap
peared ; a faster ship—and a seaman
.went over the ride of one ship, lata
a boat and climbed over tho ski* of
another, while the signal flags of
the first ahip fluttered “Cood tuck."
Then th* second battleship bsgan
to race madly ahead. For 200 miles
It raced until a torpedo-boat destroy-1
or camcup, which had received a
wireless, and over from the ride of
the battleship went the seaman into
the destroyer. Then tho third ship
pat on full sisam ahead for the near
est port.
When the seaman jumped ashore a
taxi was waiting. Into it wont the
seaman for the depot, the train had
but four minute# before it left for
Cleveland, and the next afternoon,
just one hour before the funeral,
the seaman-father stood loking down
upon his little boy, with the mother
and wife in his arrae.
Three battleships somewhere on
a-.— ..**,. . . -— I
the Atlantic bad felt the Impales of
fatheiheed.—Lndias Home Journal.
WHEN A MAN 13 FOOft
A man U poor when he has lost
the confidence of his friends, when
the people who ere nearest to him
do not believe in him; when hit char
acter it honey-combed by deceit and
punctured by dishonesty. He in poor
when he makes money at the ex
pense of hie character, when he dote
not stand dear out, supreme in his
Mae. When this ie clouded, he is in
dancer of (he worn kind of povert.
To.be in the poerhoute Is not neces
sarily to bo poor. If yea have main
tained your integrity, if your char-*
actet stands fear square to the world,
if eu have never b htneetsor-b-_N(
if you have never bent the knee ofi
principle to'avarice, you are not;
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Pay When Satisfied
If our work is not satis
factory, you don't have us
to pay until we make it so.
Patronize Home Folks1
Our prices art as low,
our work as good, and it
means quicker service.
Place yoar order now
for Mantels, Columns,
Screen Doors and Win*
dows, Mouldings, Window
and Door Frames, Store
Fixtures, or any Cabinet
Work you want done.
Jno. W. Hodges & Co.
Dunn, N. C. . I
—!Mei ■ ■
poor, though you may be compelled
to hog bread.—Queensland Freema
sonry.
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With things m high, the farmer
who puts out a good garden for the*
summer la likely to be woll repaid,
even though ha may tell nothing from
it.
Fnrmcra in Perqulmane county re
cently sold a 600 bushel shipment
of soybeans co-operatively through
the effort* of County Agent L. W.
Anderson.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
THE HARNETT COUNTY AGRI
CULTURAL FAIR ASSOCIA
TION.
Notice in hereby given the stock
holders that the annual meeting of
the stockholders of The Harnett
County Agricultural Fair Association
will be held on tho 2(tth day of March
1923, it being the fourth Monday in
March, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
«t the o(Bcr of the A**ociati
lh« room* of The Dunn Chamt
CominiTc**, Dunn, N. C., for thi
pore n( ivreiving and acting up<
reports of the oBeora, and 10
transaction of such other bu*in<
may piuperly com* before the
fng.
In accordance with tho law* t
State of North Carolina, no itoc
be voted on which hen bocn trar .
red on the books of the AmocI
within twenty day* next piece'
thi* meeting.
Dated March 12. 192*.
H A. TURLINQTON. Pm»Id*
Mnrch 16 21.
NOTICE or ADMINISTRATI
lUvmit qualified ua admlnlsti
upon the estate of B. C. Lucas,
ceased, late of Harnett Co*
North Carolina, this 1* to five n
to all persona liuvtn* claims agi
laid estule to present them to
undersigned administrator. duly
Aed, on or bofono the 13th da'
March, 1P24. or this notice wif
pleaded In bar of recovery. AH
eons indebted to aaid estate
please make immediate settlemen
This the 13th day of March, 1
STUART TURUNGTON,
Administrator of B. I
Lucas, Doccaso
L. L. Levinson, attorney.
March 1C 23 SO April 8 18 21
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since its inception ban bean one of
service to its community, and Ha
state. Upon that solid foundation
haa been built e structure that is a
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. to those who have had a part
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Duon, North Carolina
Undertaker and Licensed Embalmer
Prompt Service
Day or Night Phone No. 16
IEASTER SALE,
I At The Fifth Avenue Shop
Another Easter will soon be here and we are ready for it. We have a wonderful line for our Easter Sale.
Dresses, Coats, Coat Suits and Capes, fine line of Corsets and Silk Underwear. It is a good time for you to buy
your Easter supplies as we have a special price for Easier. Come and look our stock over.
\ . .ooior. m*t.4IM* sotond Oirosd. ueS rtrloo.SI7.SS otyl. . “r^.SlTss
800 Bon Tou Coraetu. aU
di«m and high buat, abort and long
hlpa and fecial atpka for atont we
naan. We are going to ofier thorn at
• »«*T P»fca. We will have a
diaplay on fitting comets and
can fit anyona who com«a to our
ate re. If yon need one, be earn to
come and arc.
No ill medium figure, lew boat
lightly based, medium akin, white
end fie ah, extra gpeeiad for t
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No. 8to aenei. rubbered top, apodal
for aport, price.4UI
No. 827 fieehy figure, well beued. me
dium buat..«*jM
?*?; everuge flgure, free bdp, r+
her top, long eld at, price.|8J8
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e€rf*ct*dfroBt Uca, Median and law
hwt, prelattin* tonywa, alaatU in
sert In back____M M
Ha. 141* any Rant flfura, anUvb
bar tap, lnry* *ld« elaatU ineeft |*M
• He. 7#0 .toot tfir., law but, Un«
*blft. /rant and baak lac*_$4.7*
Ha. I« l »ie«* etaatfc coraot fifdfa,
law bm*. lan« «kiit.%4M
low boat, laac
pn><*otin« ‘-w
Ha. 7M any «*nr»„ rabbar lay Md
bawam, yanal baak..«tH
Ha. 1*4J ■idlwiu and aUwt ftpure,
No. 1067 medium figure, rubber tm
and bettom, ruttmr panel beck.87.M
No. 446 elastic comet girdle, lew
bust, medium skirt _|ijg
No. 877 sport girdle, short front, hip
conftner. long back.82.N
W# only mentioned e few styles
that ws have Inour stock. fllsee run
from 22 to 88; colors, white, flesh
and lavender; qualities plant, elastic
ssvd sift brocaded, and ail guaranteed
from irnt Also we have a Mg stock
at brassieres, all alesa and all etyles.
Klk broesdee, plain and silk sating,
arises from._.«•« to gl.N
and we will hare Hand redo ef ether
hasgalae we eaamat mentteu.