, TBE BBtXBSPOm.
Yes, the DaWanelles i« th«
HeJlapDOt cf the »nci«t Greeks
—Qie gamachMiad «C»iBS
Leaader swam wheo he vteited
his lady love, th« tait Hero-
only he 8w®ni once too ofte& uid
was drown^ aiid the love-sick
maiden went and did likewee by
castiiig iiersElf into the bosom
of thP waters tiiat had swallowr
ed up her lover, if the bosom of
watere can swallow lovers. '
At any rate it is Hdlespont,
on the sea of Helle—right where
hetielf was drpwh^ and where
began> perhaps,., the liret-moth-
er*in-law joke, for Helle was
flieing from her moKher-iri'*^'
wh^ she inet her fate.
Mythology has it as Hdle was
fletang through the air updh a
golden fleeced ram, in order to
get away from the aforesaid
mother-in-law. Some kind of an
accident must have‘hkppehed to
her airship, the ram, because it
is related that she fell into the
sea and perished, and ever after
the waters bore the name of
the sea of HeUe, and the straits
1!hat name of the Heelepoat.
And it is a prettier name tlian
that which the Turks have
stuck onto it.—Bahr-Sfed Bog-
hazi.
Just as interesting as the my
thology conceming the place in
an “Ctiial story of the American
who sailed the seas a hundTed
years ago. That was in 1800,
and the Ainsrican was Captain
Bainbridge in command of the
United States frigate George
Washington. Captain Bainbridge
■was on his way to the court of
Turkey, to protest against the
actions of the pirates off the
coast of Tripoli in holding up
American vessels and deniand-
in tribute.
1' !i'i iiiiWilWi
A ^ SAlASmD
MEN.
got
and gr^tiy helped Dhe meeting
with her singing.
vant^of Gad. And
what tlwy ca^ fw.
There were upward ot 100 con-
Syatc^ticatly laying siwde verts as the result of Mr. Light-
a portioa cf our earnings, during bourne’s etforts, ';vhlle nearly all
prosperous times, for a Im Christians present reconsecrated
fortunate day, is as ancient in | themselves to the service of God.
principle, as it is desirable.”— Mrs. Lightboume was present
Franklin Pierce-
This conversation between an
executive and a subordinate ask
ing for inore pay..
“Own your home t"
■“No.".'
“Never been able to make any
—salary *too small."
“If you can’t mianage . such
things for yourself, how can you
for the house?”
■ : A word-to the- wise is..suffkit
eat '' -.
i As far as saving; and making
mon^ is concerned, there are
GOOSE
YIELDS
■«EGG.”
GOLDEN
SUN STBOKiiS.
Aft«r the war is over we won’t
care a whoop whether it is pro
nounced Shem-zel or Shem-e-sel.
If Villa wants to beat Ob-
regon it is evident that he
will have to keep pretty close to
the telegraph station.
QOPS AND QUIDDITIES.
A lot of weather freaks are
explained when it is remembered
that the moon was full twice
during March.
To find imbedded in the giz
zard of a goose which he killed
a gold nugget yalu^ at the sum
of ?15 was the experience of
Weller, of Live Oakl The gold 'i- u ii
* [he .about victories as fluently
‘ Fetrograo of Consiiintiiioyle. - “
A wedding company on its
way to the magistrate's office
had to cross a river iyi a skiff,
when as luck woiild have it, the
bridegroom fell into the water.
V/nnging her hands, the bride
cried out that somebody should
save her beloved.
“Whaat for?” ask^ one of
the company. “He’s a good
swimmer.”
“Tha^s just it!" ’ried the
bride. “E>on’t you see that he
is swiminirig toward the other
bank?"
The Mexican genei~jiis are
learning from Europe. They can
was in ail ,irrsgula”
adher^^ to the gizzard of the
bird. According to a physiciaii.
The man who will make one
stalk of cotton grow \-here two
two kmds of peoplein this world
—^those who are always getting I® t ^ ’grew before will be no slouch
'fore some tmie, but tailed to ■ , „ » , . ..
1-11x1. u- 1 a benefactor to ihe race,
kill the bird.
ready to do something, and those
who go ahead and do it.
The aVei-age salaried man’s
problem is a hard one. He mast
adjust his living expenses very
closely to his income.
Heihas a “fixed use” for every
penny that comes into his hands.
Weller has had the nugget j
mounted on a handsome gold! We’vt jjut the PrinK Eitul
watch alarm by a Marys\ille Fr^a and the Kron Prin^
jeweler, and prizes the same veiyi Wilhelm. Now if we can only
highly, It is believed th| goose , hock dei- Kaiser, the war may
A DISGBACEFUL ORGY.
picked ttie nugget up somewhere be said to l>e prat-ticall}* over.
Each year his salary may be it; | , /
increased a few dollars, but : ^ Germ.my .ays that Uncle Sam
these few dollars quickly find r«eiy- isn’t ^ neutruL But Germany
themselves “fixed" among the get up an argument
expenditures ifnends on his capture of such with England about that.
He still lacks a surplus. 'a prize.-Yura City fCal) Dis-;
Of course, this system
wrong! |
We all know that. But tho;
question is how can the system j
be changed? How can the
Two LancanMiire boys were
expatiating on the' relative
meriCs ur their as musi
cians.
“My father is the greatest
musician in town/’ .said one. ^ ,
“Oh!” the other said. “Wheni'^“^ *‘-
my father .starts every nian i ice water drunk be.
stops work.” :ifore,^e evening was over.
; “How’s that?” said the other, j the.vinegar-oh, mother!
“What does he do?” '
They call it a “temperance
banqiiet”—rbut who was deceiv
ed?
Just because only “soft
drinks” were supposed to be
served they had the assurance
to designate it thus;
The onions were pickled.
The potatoes were stewed ti>
the eyes.
The cpffee was in Its cups.
The candles! were all lit lip.
The mirice pie was groggy.
Each bread pUite had a bun
on.
Every steel knife had an edgt*.
The crkcked tumbler had had
one drop too much befcfre it was.
brought in.
T.h«-aiIt;cellals_,^^^ere. full-
The blooms with v^icli the
table, wa.s .decorated had been
. 'patch.
IS ,
-u-—
HE WASN’T DEAD.
“He blo'vs . the . whistle foj'
meals up at the mill,’’
A well-dressijd, portly man
stood for several moments
Watching a brawny porter, who
was labiJriously. tugging at a
large, heavy box which seemed
almost as wide as t?he doonvay
jthough which he wa.s trying to
; . - .L 1/. I move it. Presently the kindly
• >eing a your.se , "- ,^igpQge(j on-looker approached
have never quite convinced our-j^^ . porter and said,
self w'iieiner a fiit man !K goo^i ‘ --- , ._ri,
. , , » • j» L witn a pciix‘ui»i/«uig •
,naii^«l berause-he isfet, or.
white, totter-bec,\ii,>e he is good ratuied.|
plied and for the next two
minutes the two men on op-
The same v/ind that '
A boy, ghastly
average salaried man get ahead‘ed up to Policeman Mitchell at
without uncomfortably chang- West Eandol{fli and North Clark'
ing his way of living? 'streets, says the Chicago News, m nature.
There is a v;ay. Not a mere! “I’nfi sick,” he gasped, and fell.taKes liberties with the ladies wheezed, but it did
theory, but a real way that oth-^jnto the bluecoat’s arms, >kirt blows dust into the eye.s of
c-r salari^ men are now using- “What’s the matter-” exclaim-gauking loafed. I weH-dre-ssed one straightened uj.
.^uccesstuUy. ied the policeman. | land said between his puiTs:
Yop can save a dollar or two i “The hospital,'
When his ves#l entered t*he jj ^’eek if you assume an obliga-lij^jp youth,
straits a shot was fired by the to put this aside hf a savings! Xen minutes later
mumbled the
"Cotton
And the war is .still going on.
“Why, you idiot. I’m trying
jto get it out!’’
consumption estab-| “I don’t believe we can get if
ilishe-'i new record. Over a mil-1 there.”
■ +i i_ 1 ' i tr 1- lion shares of stock change hands 1 “Get it in?” shouted the oth-
oattery from the pmntMhere tl^e b^nk account. You can ad.iust lance was nishing/him to the .^ock market.” |er.
Turks are now finng at the ai- amount to your cost of hv- iroquoi.s Memorial hospital. The - - '
lies. He knew that if be stop- jj,g never miss it. You will doctor came out in a few
ped to tell the officers where he inconvenience yourself. All - f^inutes.
was going he would not be al-J jj, necessary is to agree with | “Dead yet'
lowed to pass, so he slowed down youraelf that your savings ac-'ed anxiously.
and fired a .salute to the fort count deposit will be a “fixed j "Humph!” ejaculated the doc-
several shots wth the miserable charge” the same as your rent'tor and shrugged his shoulder.
black powder which was then in your tradesmen’s bills or your “Here is my report to the deski|
UvSe. linsurance premiums, all of which sergeant:
In fact, all the food and drink
was on the downward road.—
Judge.
Refinement.
“Have you been making any
progress since my last %'isit to
Crimson Gulch?” asked the seri
ous stranger. '
“Yes. Ever .since some whist
players struck the town we have
been more reiined. They didn’t
last long, but their influence
lingers. Every time a player
says he can open a jackpot evrj’-
body around the tables say.
“Pray do.”—Washington Star.
—o-
LIST YOUR TAXES.
List Taker and Assessor for
South Burlington Township will
serve the people at the office of
J. W. Cates, during the month
of May. .411 real and personul
property must be assessed and
liste-d this year.
some one inqusr-
The powder frora tflio guii yQ^ ^nanage to meet because
hung about the ship like a pail, pj^j, f^jj. them in advance.
and Captain Bainbridge took ad
vantage of the blind and sailed
■>is ?hk> -past the fort. Wlien
the smoke cleared awaj' he was
beyond the reach of the guns,
and was able to make his way
to Constantinople. There were
no mines in the channel at that
time, and the guns from the
battery did not cany far a.s do
the great guns of the present.
But when Captain Bainbridge
reached t)he capital without hav
ing obtained permission to pass
the forts, there was a good deal
of explaining to be done, and it
is exceedingly doiibtful if the
captain told the absolute truth
about the matter. Certainly he
could be pardoned for saying
that he supposed after
Will
you do it?
0~
BEVIVAL AT GRAHAM.
Great Crowds Attend Services
Condacted By Rev. Mr. Light-
bourne.
“Joseph Dryeh, 17, errand boy,
3718 South Lockwood avenue;
became ill from cigarette—fir.st
amoke.”
Graham, April 19.—^The ser
vice held at the courthouse Sun
day evening at 7:45, brought to
a close the 10 days’ rivival that
started out to be the regular an
nual meeting of l!he Christian
church.
When J. F. Morgan, pastor of
the Christian church, announced
that Rev. Victor Lightboume
would conduct the annual meet-
ing this spring, it meant nothing
friendir sa“iutrpemi"s;ion had Graham
tnereby b^en given for him tojthan it had always meant. At
proceed. At any rate he pro- the first service that was held
ceeded, and accomplished his conpegation of the
mission, although we had sub-jCh^"
sequently to whiy the Tripoliti- siders neard Mr. LightDoume.
ans before there was an end to,'rhos‘* Present were dehgnted
pirady in the region. ^nd told others and each mght
the congregation grew until the
! church would not accommodate
NEGRO WOMAN COMES TOj
LIFE WHEN BEING PLAC
ED IN COFFIN.
them. The services were then
^ moved to the courthouse, and
•w'iifii every night the crowd was
~ : larger until standing room was
Golas^ro, A^l ^ premium and the last night
a hara job >or Sheriff ® every available space was filled
to ke^ hi3 deputJes and the scores of people were tum-
jailer from mdulging m the joys
of the small ocean of “booze” re-
fi'e^ments recently stored away
I has Graham had such a revival.
What promised to be a deno-
m the jari, this atteraoon, when
a negro woman confined in the|tj^^ non-nomina-
,^il and who was supposed to be
dead suddenly came to hfe agam^
while-a ne^oundert^wasje^j.^^^
***«! ^ ^ J flocked in from Burlington, Eion I frame dwelling,
co^ The anderteker's hearse Allege, Haw River. Swenson-! This 3lst day of March. 1915.
^ horse are still on the jail.^,.3j^ surroundingl G. W. HOFFMAN,
grounds, but wtiere is the under- '
SALE OF REAL ES-i'ATE, -
—0 —
By virtue of the power i;on-
I'tained in a certain mortgage ex-
'ecuted by Henry Rogers to the
undersigned on the 22nd day of
September, 1914, and duly regi8 >
tered in the office of the Regi.s-
ter of Deeds for Alamance coun
ty, North Carolina, in iaouk No.
66 of Mortgage Deeds, pages
31^-317, to secure the payment
of a certain bond, conveyed a
certain real estate, and whereas
default having been made in the
payment of said bond and in
terest, I will expose to public
sale to the highest bidder for
cash ai the courthouse door of
the eouri^ of Alamance, on Mon
day, May lOi 1915, at twelve
o’clock P. M., the land convey
ed in said Mortgage Deed to-
wit;
A certain tract or parcel of
land in Thompson township.
Alamance county, State of North
Carolina, adjoining the lands of
William Bason and ot’ners a?id
bounded as follows;
BEGINNING at a stone, com
er with Bason and Newlin’s line
running North 45 deg. East with
Bason’s line 19 poles to a stone;
the ice 45 deg. West 24 poles to
stone; thence South S4 deg.
West 4 poles to a «tone, comer
of Church lot; thence South 12
deg. East with said line to first
starting, containing one and one-
half acres, more or less, upon
which is situate a three room
taker?
'jcountry to (hear thi% great sgr-|
Mortgagee.
Pepsi - Cola Makes Rosy
Cheeks 3 Healthy Children
We kiiow of a large number of fantiiiies who have adopted
Pepsi Cola as the beverage to use in the home, to drink between
meals, and with the meals, who have the hcahhiest and most
to be seen today There is no longer any
robusL children
doubt as to the
Superior Merits of Pepsi-Cola
As a beverage unequaiied for indigestion. It is the very best
drir.k available today for relieving that heavy, uneasy feeling
after eating—.4ND WHEN USED CONTiNUOUSLY you will never have
indigestion.
Fepsi-Cok is The King of Drinks.
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Works
L. M. Squires, Proprietor
Buriington, N. C
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