I wh school boy who hat«s I Th wortc usually grows up and - crirl who is obliged to take Bjffijhe - ■ I^CHand |7EWELRYWf3 SPECIAL LOW PRICES Guaranteed Work I j. W. WILKINS, Across from Postoffice SANFORD, N. C. I YOU HEED AN OVERCOAT ] K Raincoats, Shoes, | Dry Goods and 111 Notions If You Need an I Overcoat See us at once. We also wish to J [ call your attention to our ;; John B. Stetson Hats AND II O Florsheim Shoes I ! They are the BEST on the market j| ! J. J. JOHNSON & CO., I Pittsboro, N. C. f O ' <£ | Our Roofing j ► Keeps the Water Out < ► 4 ► AND KEEPS ON KEEPING IT OUT FOR YEARS AND 5 * YEARS AND YEARS. 1 l _ 5 > 5 t 5-V CRIMP GALVANIZED ROOFING for barns, sheds J t and pack houses 3 ► GALVANIZED SHINGLES, painted tin shingles, As- 3 J phalt and Asbestos shingles and slate for residences. 3 ROLL ROOFING (slate surfaced or smooth) for gen- 5 * eral use. J i RICHARDSON SUPER-GIANT SHINGLES FOR < t HOMES, CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS. < ► < £ Gutters, Downspouts, Ridge Roll, Valley Tin, Sheet Iron, 3 J Sheet Copper, Zinc, Tobacco Flues, Etc. 3 5 3 ► —— - ... 4 IF YOU CAN’T FIND IT IN YOUR HOME STORES, 3 l TRY DURHAM. 3 [ Badd-Fiper Roofing Co. \ l WALTER P. BUDD, Sec’y ... DURHAM, N. C. 3 ► """ ' < t “IT PAYS TO TRADE IN DURHAM” 3 ; i UAA^aaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAA fYoUrMon^Herr'l | Means Safety Plus | A DOLLAR UNDER LOCK AND KEY is worth two in |jj * our pocket. Not true, you’ll say, but consider a moment 4- :J }nd you’ll agree with us. The guarded dollar means no 2k ft fear of loss by *theft, spendthrift or speculation. M You’ll think twice before you remove the guard, be- M \ cavse he’s your dollar's best friend. |M ')} . Here we extend the utmost vigilance to keep your dol- Hgt I iar’s intact. .. 0. [*). for your con- protected p | VENIENCE l|^Su^p|f SAFETY BOXES - || | The Chatham Bank 1 [|V J. C. GREGSON, President. J. J. JENKINS, Cashier. || \A w A Teague, vice President. (El ;>• SILER CITY r , NORTH CAROLINA. || 1 ■There^are many (hundreds of'men H °w does it office ? n ***** *^* ey are not for ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Nancy Thomas, de ceased, of Chatham county, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the said es tate to file them with the undersign | ed, duly verified, on or before the sth day lof November, 1925, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said estate will please come for ward and make settlement. This November 5, 1924. Duncan Thomas, Dec. 21, 6tp. Administratoor A. C. Ray, Attorney. north Carolina briefs. Short Items of State News That Will Interest Busy Reader. Dr. R. R. Burgess is dead at fiis home in Liberty. Heavy rains in Buncombe county checked forest fires. Only two (hours by bus from Eli zabeth City to Norfolk. Roseboro is to vote on water and sewerage bonds January 10th. A horse kicked Joseph Outlaw in Duplin county and he died from the effects. B. R. Lacy, state treasurer, has held that office since 1900. He is now 70 years old. Seven people in Alamance county are taking the Pasteur treatment for miad dog bite. Seventy-six busses leave Greens boro daily and that many come to that city every day. More than 1,500 children of Ral eigh and Wake county, are to have two Christmas trees. The Tallahassee Power Company, at Badin, has 125,000 horse power at their generating plant. There will be no more boxing in Raleigh. The promoters have thrown up the sponge and quit. James S. Grant, of Jackson county, will be the only Confederate veteran in the next state legislature. A Fayettevile couple were married last week in a Masonic lodge room. Fifty Masons witnessed the ceremony. Mrs. S. E. Mercer, wife of the pre siding elder of the Weldon district, died in Durham Friday after a long illness. \ Mrs. Bruce Strowd and her 6-year old daughter, of Chapel Hill, were recently bitten by their fox terrier which had the rabies. When the superintendent of the Mu tual Mills at West Gastonia stepped out of his office Friday a thief stole the payroll of about S6OO. The Baptist denomination has had a wonderful year, which has just closed. They expended $3,685,416.82 and added 21,565 new members. Graham county has a big lumber project on hand. It involves 180,000 acres. By this lumber deal Graham county will get its first railroad. A contract for a new Methodist church at Chapel Hill has ben given out. It will cost $156,000. Jewell & Riddle, of Sanford, are the contract ors. The Southern Railway’s new round house at Spencer is about completed. It (houses 57 engines. In 1895 the scale at Spencer for mechanics was 20 cents an hour. Today it is cents. Two duck hunters below Wilming ton had a narow escape when their row (boat turned over. The negito rowing the boat was drowned and Dr. Colin Shaw and Julian Keith saved themselves. In the Royster trial at Raleigh, Miss Mary White Nash, of Franklin l county, gets $6,000. She sued Dr. Hu bert A - . Royster for $25,000 for ne glecting her when she was operated on. Bynum Nevelle, 16, son of Claude Nevelle, of Chapel Hill, was struck by a bus near that place Friday and killed. The boy was hurled 40 yards, his neck being broken. Julius Pickett, driver of the buses, was put under SSOO bond. GUILFORD HAS MOST REPUBLICAN BALLOTS. Raleigh, Dec. s.—Although carried by the Democrats by a large major ity, Guilford county is the banner Re publican county in North Carolina in j the number of votes cast in the re- i cent election, figures made public at the historical commission revealed to- i day. Guilford county cast approxi- | mately 6,600 Republican ballots in the j recent election, pasing Randolph and i j Wilkes counties. Republican strong- j. holds, the figures show. Wilkes was j I the banner Republican county in the j j state for a number of years, but Ran- i i dolph led Wilkes in the 1924 election. | Randolph' cast approximately 6,450 j and Wilkes 6,200 Republican votes | this year. m • m Clover helps to restore poor soils, find many Tarheel farmers. : Clean seed in a clean bed wil de- I crease the amount of tobacco leaf dis- j ease next year. i SEE yaUITLABEI, €OLOUEDT,EApHERS MEET. (Reported by T, V. Crump.) , On -Saturday, December 6th, a coun ty wide meeting of the colored teach- was (held at the public school at Pittsboro. The meeting was called to order by Rev. G. C. Roberts, president of the Chatham County Colored Teach ers Unit. My Country *Tis of Thee was very spiritually sung; prayer; the Ist Psalm and Holy, Holy, Holy, formed the devotional exercises. The officers of the previous year were all re-elected with a few changes here and there. After the or ganization Was perfected, our super intendent gave the teachers food for thought and an inspiration in the work for the year, and what is ex pected of them as teachers in the community in which they are placed. The teachers are placed in groups, as they were last year, and so the Reading Circle work will be made convenient to all. On the whole the meeting was very inspiring and we have a very bright odtlook in the future for better training of our boys and girls, if one could look at the teachers present and prophesy. We have several new teachers and we bid them welcome and may their stay be long and useful. HANGEDFORMURDER. Mortimer King and Frank Harrell, both white, were electrocuted in the penitentiary at Columbia, S. C., last Frilday. It will be remembered that last July Major Samuel H. McLeary gave these two men a ride in his car over the highway and for the dis appearnace of the officer they were arrested, tried and convicfed, and paid the penalty Friday. Both men con fessed. Both were married. LOST FINGER*"AT MILL. Carolina Banner, Dec. 5. T. C. Perry, of Chatham county, near Manndale, had the misfortune to crush the index finger while working at a saw mill near his home last week. Mr. Perry came to the,, Scott Hos pital, where it was found necessary to amputate below the first joint. He was here oit Tuesday to have the wound dressed, and it is pronounced nearly well. Mr. Perry is one of Chatham's prominent lumbermen. s m Women candidates in England kiss their men constituents to get votes. Shall our American women be cow ardesses? CATARRH Catarrh la a Local disease greatly In fluenced by Constitutional conditions. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE con sists of an Ointment which gives Quick Relief by local application, and th# Internal Medicins, a Tonic, which acts through the Blood on the Mucous Sur faces and assists in ridding your System of Catarrh. Sold by druggists for over 40 Years, F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. rThe Secret of 8 ~, Getting On Is I | • Getting Started 9 I (Ij Too many people are discouraged by small beginnings. ill , They would like to start off with $10,000.00 They lack IjjjJj Cl] the vision to see that even SIOO.OO is a $10,000.00 start. JRS V One 6% First Mortgage Real Estate Bond, for example^^^flft^^^^ [MI secured by first mortgage on income-earning properties, !rg| 'MJ and guaranteed as to interest and principal, is more capi- luK jVj| tal than half the rich men of this country had to begin M with. But they enjoyed one great advantage over the av- IBJ| erage mind— ip THEY GOT BUSY! ' || |M| We have these Guaranteed Six Per Cent First Mort- |j| M ' gage Real Estate Bonds for sale in denominations of— IMI || ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND UP. Si « ' I |. —ffi I I Central Loan and Trust Company, | || CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $500,000.00 S IW. W. BROWN, - Secretary and Treasurer, ffi BURLINGTON, N. C. i| - ." jy 1— After going through courts for 88 years trying to get his part of an es ' tate, Peter McClelland, of Waco; Tex as, died in two weeks after receiv ing d fortune of $300,000. 'A Charlotte, N. C., firm is adver tising corkscrews. What do Tar heels want with corkscrews when they just pull the cork stopper out ] with their teeth? ' • Mmttmr thmm a Muutard Plaafr r> r « , A . . __ . For Coughs and Colds, Head aches, Neuralgia, Rheumatism wllVll9 i!ll3 and All Aches and Pains y imuiiv] i ■ all DRuccisTs 35c and 65c, jars and tubes t Hospital size, $3.00 Repeat Orders is the evidence of satisfied customers, and that is the basis on which we bid for your orders in 1 PRINTING - ] Phone or Write TOe paragon press, r Exclusive Job Office s Siler City, N. C. i; ' ~., Going to Build, or Repair ? ► If yoii are going to build a HOME, GARAGE, or. < BARN, or REPAIR any building this fall, we can fur nish all your LUMBER, and at reasonable prices. Have just received a car load of No. 1 and 2 KILN DRIED FLOORING, CEILING, MOULDINGS etc., from our Ashboro Plant, and will appreciate your busi ness. , Asheboro Wheelbarrow Company PITTSBORO PLANT Fall Goods Here. Our store is more completely filled with furniture than ever before. We sell for just a little less than anyone and much cheaper than the majority. See our goods, get our prices and we will abide your decision. WALDEN & THOMAS Undertakers & Embalmers, MONCURE, NORTH CAROLINA gug■■-■I■HlJ■■■■■» Farmers of Stanly county are har vesting 100 bushels and over of lei* pedeza seed per acre this fall. On# farmer with a mowing machine and seed pan attached harvested 75 bush* els in less than 20 hours and was offered $5 per bushel for all that ha would not need. This man just went and found $375, states farm agent j O. H. Phillips. low atltopr label

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