Are You
Capable
really capable of starting and building a bank account of your
own? If yoa really WANTED to start and build aa account
could you do It?
It's a question ot some Importance to you a matter ot a tery
vital importance to your future welfare.
Certainly you could then why not do It? Why not begin at
once? Tou appreciate the fact that a growing bank account has
many advantages other than accumulating Just the amount you
are able to save. You cannot get rich on small savings alone,
but YOU CAN GET RICH by using your accumulated savings to
make good Investments.
No matter how small your start, we shall be glad to have you
open an account with us; be glad to help you In any way we can
consistent with safe, sound banking.
Farmers & Merchants Bank.
CAPITAL $00,000.00.
SVRI'Ll'S f 8.000.00.
M. K. LEE, President
J. L. EVERETT, Vice President.
C, B. ADAMS, Cashier.
An Unexpect
ed Promotion.
5, Horses, Mares
sa(y snrl Whiloe
unu muiuoe
We liare alxiut forty lu-jtl In our barn now, all kinds and all sizes
aud (trades. Come and see tlieiu before you buy or trade.
We also have about fifteen good second band buggies and surrys
we will sell cheap. Our terms are reasonable.
Don't forget our number when you want a livery turnout.
Respectfully,
MOORE & FOWLER
Phone 227.
West Franklin Street.
The Savings Department
of
Savings, Loan & Trust
Company
Fays 4 per cent, on savings accounts, com
pounded quarterly.
Start an account with us now and watch
it grow.
R. B. Redwine, President,
S. 0. Blair, Vice-Pres., H. B. Clark, Cashier.
Look Here, Gentlemen!
HERE IS SOMETHING TO AHOISE VOVlt ENTHUSIASM.
Spring Is almost upon us and while we are getting In our stock
of CLOTHING and want you to como In and see it, we nre of
fering you some ItOCK BOTTOM IUIIUAINS.
LOOK AT THESE:
Our whole line of the famous E. & W. Shirts that sell every
where for One Dollar, all color and sizes, while they last 75c.
Our whole line of the famou Silver Brand Dollar Shirt, at 75c.
We can give you all colors of these shirts and all sizes. We
are going to sell every one of thein. The opportunity Is yours.
I
We have 250 handsome four
in hand Ties that are so
popular In beautiful colors
that we are offering for on
ly 13c. each. They look as
good as any 80c tie. Here
Is your chance to look Just
as well and save 85c We
picked up this lot unexpect
edly and give you the benefit.
And we have a Fifty Cents Silk Socks that we are letting go
for only Twenty-five cents. It will surplse you. In all the
popular shades and colors.
All High Cut
Shoes
Reduced.
To make room for our
Spring Stock of Shoes we
will seU all our well known
brands of high cut Shoes
st greatly reduced prices.
It will pay yon to see theui.
And Don't Forget to Come and See the New SPRWa SUITS.
Grow Bros. 6asn store.
Jim Carson drove the water wagon
for the Palmer thresher. There were
three men besides himself with the
machine Dacle. the engineer, and
rill and Sam Scott, the two feed
ers. It was Jim's duty to keep the
engine supplied with water, and
when they happened to be near a
river or spring, bis work was light;
but If they were threshing at a con-
siderable distance from water as
was often the case he was taxed
to his utmoat to keep up the supply.
During the working season that
is. from the time they began to
thresh out the grain in July, to Oc
tober or November they were busv.
Days commenced with the light, and
only ended when it was too dark too
see. Often they worked aa many
as seventeen or eighteou hours In
a day, and it seemed to Jim that he
bad only touched his bed at night
when it was time to rise.
There were several threshing ma
chines in the neighborhood ami com
petition was keen; and this com
petition made his employer uc.-ept
(ibs that he would otherwise have
refused. A farmer would want his
rye threshed one week, and his oats
he next, and perhaps his wheal a
week later; and often he would
not have more than one or two hun
dred bushels of either. As (lie ma
chine was capable of threshing from
ten to twelve hundred bushels a
day, it necessitated a constant mov
ing from one farm to another. Some
days they would thresh ut us many
b throe or four places, and more
than half the tune would be con
sumed in moving.
Naturally this made a sharp com
petition for large jobs. The fanner
v. ho had three or four hundred
bushels of wheat to thresh was an
object of interest to the owners of
machines, itnd tliey approached him
from every vulnerable point.
Jim was not yet fifteen, but he
was strong and well-grown, and had
already been over a year with the
machine. He was thoroughly inter
ested In his work; and us he was
a boy to be trusted, the owner, Mr.
Palmer, was already beginning to
hint that he might be given charge
of the thresher. The other men were
fair workers, but they were stolid
and Ignorant, and had little Interest
in their labor beyond the wages it
brought them. ' They had been with
Mr. Palmer for years, but they were
not the kind of men to have charge
of a machine, bo he said, lie want
ed a hustler, a person who would be
ambitious to pick up Jobs. Tne
only trouble with Jim was his age;
but if he kept on as he had been
doing he would certainly be com
petent to look after the entire out
fit before lonir.
And with this understanding Jim
rose in the morning aud went to
bed at night; and the thought of it
made his work lighter, and the days
shorter, and his small wages more
satisfactorily. There were only him
self and his mother, and they lived
in a small cottage surrounded by
two or three acres of land. The
owner was anxious to sell, and Jim
had already saved one hundred of
the four hundred dollars necessary
for Its purchase; nnd now he was
looking eagerly forward to the
time when he would be old enouuh
to have charge cf the thresher. With
the good wages he would then re
ceive, It would ha only n question
of time to pay for the place.
During the latter part of August
the season became very dry, ami
many of the small streams and
springs dried tip. At some places
it was almost Impossible to find
water enough for the engine.
At one of these places Jim was
obliged to go to a small roadside
spring nearly a mile away, and dip
water with n bucket. Just across Hie
road from the spring was a Negro
cabin. As Jim was filling his wag
on a Negro woman came wrathtully
arrnsn th road.
"Drum nn tiili rtat water! tdie
cried. "YVe'all 'pend on hit 'spress-
lv tnr nnr llliln. Jes vou irow uai
bucket in de cyart an h'ist out. Now
I tells ye."
Jim laughed.
"Rut I must take It. aunty." he ex
nnstnlHtprt "This Is the only wa
ter in the neighborhood und we must
keep our machine going.
"What I car' for your machine?
I tells you leave dat water 'lone.
Dar's de creek."
"Two mile away auntr. Too far
for us. Plenty more water will run
intn tha anrlnir for vou to use." and
Jim reached down to take up anoth
er bucketful.
"Hiin what's the matter? ask
ed a gruff voice; and Jim looked
up to see a portly, welNdressed man
rein in his horse.
"Dia mamnnlllon thresher s done
takln' the water." complained the
colored woman, "I tells him 1
make my llbln' by dls spring.
"Too bad too bad, said tne man
"There's too little Water In the
spring for it to be taken away by
wagon loads.
Then turning to Jim, he said,
"Can't you go to the creek
"It's too far away," answered Jim
civilly. "I couldn't get it fast
enough to keep the machine going."
"Whose niactune are you wuni
"Mr. Palmer's."
A'h! Did he tell you to come
here for water?"
"Yes, sir; he got permission from
the man who owns the laud."
"What I car' for dat?" broke in
the Negro woman fiercely. "I been
una dia anrlns for twenty year.
.TeriirA. a in' I cot to wash you alls
clothes, an' aln' Mis' Laura tell me
do hit sho' tomorrow! Metie ais
spring run 'nough ta drink, but how
"bout de washing? V 'bleeged to
have mons'rous big lot, Jedge; an'
it dls thresher use hit all, whar I
be? Take dls no "count spring fre
days to run full ag'ln. Jes' make
him go "way honey."
The Judge shook his head. "I
reckon you'll have to make the best
of It. -Aunt Lisa." he said. "This
boy seems to be rather obstinate. If
he has permission from the owner
of the land, there's nothing more to
be said. But It does seem too bad
to have all our spring water used 2
up Dy tbreebing machines.
Jim watched him anxiously as be
rode away. Judge Morgan owned
several large farms, and was sup
posed to have ten to fifteen thou
sand bushels of wheat to thresh.
Mr. Palmer had been negotiating
for the job. but so far had only been
able to obtain an Indefinite answer.
Would this Incident affect bis deci
sion? Jim was afraid that It might.
Can't you lea be me jes' a few
tubfuls, please, sur," asked the ne
gro woman anxiously, as she saw
the water gradually disappear from
the spring. "I jes' 'bleeged to wash
for de Jedge tomorrer. It you take
hit all dar won't be 'nough tomor
row to rense de clothes."
Can't you find enough in the
relghborhood to do your washing?
asked Jim.
"All but dls spring done dried up.'
"Well. I'm sorry, aunty; but
I'm afraid I'll have to take every
bit of it. Mr. Palmer told me to
keep the machine going at all hai
ards, and 1 can't do that and go to
the creek. We are on a particular
job which we must finish before
night.
But it wag not long after dark
when the Job was finished, and Jim
was free to seek rest. Instead of
doing that, however, he went to the
creek and once more filled his wa
ter wagons. And it was near mid
night when he stopped at the Ne-
fcro woman's cabin and called her
to bring out her tubs.
A few days later Judge Morgan
rode up to the machine as it was
at work.
'I've decided to let you have that
Job, Mr. Palmer," he said abrupily.
'You may coniemnce on it whenever
ou like. And, by the way, I saw-
that water boy of yours the other
('ay. Unite an Independent, well-
spoken fellow I thought him. 1 par
ticularly like the way he treated an
old colored woman who does our
washing. She told my wife about
li. From a business point of view-
Mr. Palmer, I would advise you to
keep hold of him.
As the Judge rode away, Mr. Pal
nier turned to Jim.
"I don't believe It will be worth
while to wait until you grow up.
Jim," ho said smilingly. "It Isn't
always nge and size. You're perfect
nimmiiniiTTtrrf
Come and Get Them!
Fresh carload of first cUse
and
Mules
from the Wnt.
They are all well broken,
guaranteed, and will be
sold right. Come ami see
them.
E. m. griffin & CO.
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1913 Models
ly competent to run the machine
now, and you're trustworthy and:
hustling. Suppose you take charge
at once. I have other work thatj
needs my attention, nnd will be glad
to he relieved." Frank H. Sweet,
1b American Messenger.
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The Twin Cylinder are the things.
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Cultivators.
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rjHE season for Spring
Tooth Cultivators is
now here.
We have a complete
stock of these labor-saving
implements ranging in price
From $3.50 to $7.50.
We invite your inspection.
Respectfully,
HEATH HARDWARE CO.
WHOLESALE
MONROE, N. C.
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