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Farmfttle Enterprise Published by the Rouae Priatcry ? II II .1 ? ? ami a ? II ? ? ? mmmmm ? ? ? ? ? Entered la the Poet Office at Firm- j ?rllle, N. C., as second class mail matter. ? ? ? > Ow Dollar the year ? hitdvjee. 1 i.i Ra?cs for publishing Obituary Notices are one-half cent a word; and cash matt accompany copy or asme. will not be published. i i ii FRIDAY DECEMBER 14, 1917] BREAD FOR All say we have the f greatest wheat crop The total acreage of wheat hi $ 60,000, WX) ? a gigantic whe*t tem. No lew than 960.000,000 els of wheat hare bean is the United States this year. { V t m Kv% At the rate et fiTe bushels to the barrel, this colossal crop of wheat will make 190,000,000 bar- f rels of Soar. Baited Into bread, this floor would provide not less than a loaf a day to 100*000,000 persons for a year. NAVAL AND WUTART TOASTS To Britain's May good leaders always have geod followers. British arma and British May bo true son of Neptune shrink from his go. May ovr vessels be indeed hardships to our foes. - Honor and the sword; a lay they never be parted. Here's *o the tar that sticks like pitch to his duty. May the brow of the brave never want a laurel Every soldier a pleasant halt, and every rogue a EVEN THE GRAVY WAS TOUGH Man Who Bought Meoe of Steak If Shown by Butcher Where Ho Has Nothing to Kick About William Alden Smith of Michigan, replied in the coarse of a dispute: "Everything goes ter comparison. The man. for instance/who thinks his own condition almost unendurable has only to look about him to find some other man who Is far worse. Take the case of one customerand his butcher. *"8ey,n said the customer, "that last piece of steak I bought of you must have come from a ' steer old ttttgk to rote." MfWaa n tough r "Waa it tough!' the man reiterated. 'Well, I should say It waa. I could scarcely cut it' "'Oh, is that aU? Weil, you should hare heard BUey kicking a .day <v two sgo. ~He bought a piece over to the saw market, and he said it was as tough he coaldat get his fork into ths - A Friendly Tip. "Ygu will be rich and famous some day," aaid the fortune teller. "Tlars queer," replied the client. Tm only a shopgirl. How can I evei beeoase Tick and tsmouer "3*e future la not clear on thai point" answered the seeress, "bat hum? the movies offer great ogportn nltiee nowadays to young women who kave nothing to recommend thorn but good taoka." - ? j By Contrast . "It's a good idea to re*d a little poetry every day to offset the hard realities of life." "No doubt What are you 'reading oowf Dante's Inferno.'* - "Hum! I shouldn't call that a cheer iful work." "Maybe not but life looks pretty good to me after reading Dante's- da scriptkm of a possible hereafter." . - It ad eat Disclaimer. "The minute X walked in here 1 tee w yon were a man of culture," said (ha visitor. "Why so?"- a^kea the pleased mil lionaire. "Look at all the hooka about your ' Tea. They are pretty, but 'yon mustn't give me too much credit" -Nor "The color scheme is my wife's." IT mu. happens. may mean a k I have on band good lumber Can furnish framing for H and and 16 foot house, ? and 10 foot pitch. ^Weather boarding, 6 and 8 inches. Plenty of ckir boards, 6, 8, 10 and 12 incites. G. T. TYSON. Phone 2305. > Will deliver only on: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, an4 Saturday DENTIST ;v Office it I FARMVILLE ? Lime 9m Analysis, ?3.03 Pure. | $3.60 per ton t o. b., *$Wr0 Newbern. ,;r ? * Vfii v -v t jf ? Af' '*?&? . ??? f ; See J. i. BAkER,Farmville,N.C. j/IWg WATr// flf/WffWcl WATCHES Jg^MSILVERWARE CLOCKS ff/dSES DIAMONDS ? ELRY ^^5-^CUT &LASS r-^-. EmRAVfN60mZ.: ?ft :"1 ^ row
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