You Make Money,
THK TIMK MAY (XMK WIIKJf YOU
Wil l. WISH OV HI S)MK OK
THK MOKY YOU AUK FlUTTINU
AWAY TODAY.
IT IS KASY TO SAVK IF YOl BUT
MAKK 11' YOl II MIM TO IH SO.
WILL. YOU MAKK THK STAIIT
KOW BY orK.NINU AX -UVOINT
WITH IS?
WK PAY KOI K lKK KXT 1XTKIU
KST OS SAVINGS lF.ltSITS.
But
Do You
Save It?
It is to your individual interest to
start a savings account today.
The Savings, Loan and Trust Co.
R. B. REDWINE, TresidenL
H. is. CLARK. CasHer.
The Reputation
of tr)is Store
Has been built up through many years of service
to the public based upon
HIGH CLASS SERVICE.
Of all places of business a drug store is the one
where ACCURACY, CARE PROMPTNESS and AC
COMMODATION count most.
These have been the life principles of this store.
They still are. And we are more than ever convinced
that the public appreciates them.
As in the past, so in the future.
ENGLISH. DRUG CO.
"The Store That Always Has It"
Phone No. 39. Monroe, N. C.
SAYS WOfNDKn WTJIE SHOT
This
NOW READ IT
You
are ulwny-t looking for an opportun
ity to improve your financial condi
tionto ivtliiro your cvpoiixes . to
Mipply tli ImM possible table ncos
ihir.s mid (li-IU'iu if al tin- minimum
of cost. Till Is the plnrc for you,
because wo keep a full line, sell
itiiitly for cash, nnl save you nil
Iiissi-k on iloiltl lli'.til nicotilllH.
YOU
YOU
u
BENTON'S CASH STORE,
OLD POSTOFFICE BUILDING.
YO
are not funil of pay iiikC full price, for
just nn ordinary grade of groceries
no one is, I'.lllioiiuli inntiy ! It. You
tv;tnt ipuility us well as i-.i:',ntit), and
you don't want to s'lrrcndor your
hank roll to set it. You ir.-l innlity
and iiianlity it ml keep jour roll when
you liny your grot-prim here.
will flntl from pleased experience tint
ihls stoi'P is tdo logical anil economi
cal place to liny ALL of yoiir grocer-it-s,
salt, vegetable, etc.. You are nl!
to the good when you trade here.
The most practical ideas of style, qual
ity, refinement and comfort embodied
in the Ford Coupelet. A storm-proof,
cozy closed car, or a snappy roadster
the change can be made in two minutes.
The deep cushions, the wide, richly up
holstered seat, mean comfort and pleas
ure. Ford Coupelet $590; Runabout
$J90; Touring Car $440; Town Car
$640 ; Sedan $740, f . o. b. Detroit.
HENDERSON
GARAGE & MACHININE CO.,
AGENTS,
MONROE, N. C.
Man W ho Claims to IUtc Been in
livd I'rosa Service Telia Urueaome
Tale.
Atlanta Georgian.
"When a soldier was found hope
lessly wounded, beyond human aid.
we killed him. We bad to do it out
of niercey. Chloroform and ether were
too scarce, and too precious to use.
We just attracted his attention to
something and then blew his brains
out." said Dr. A. Hammond, at the
Piedmont.
Dr. Hammond (and he admits
that's his middle name and not his
surname, because he likes to talk
freely of various things) returned
only a few wet-ks ago from a service
of nearly six months with the Ger
man Red Cross, though he is Eng
lish by birth and still a British citi
zen. He brought with him the scars
of 2? pieces of sharpnel which pep
pered him from head to toe. There's
a bandage over his right temple, and I
his arms are dotted with bits of
plaster and stained a bright yellow
from the antiseptic fluids used in the
hospitals.
lr. Hammond. iuittln; the Red
Cross because of his wounds, came
hark to America, where he had lived
ten years; to travel for a house deal
ing in surgical instruments and sup
plies. Ho has been several days in
Atlanta
Won the Iron Cross.
"Rather odd story, that wound," ho
said. "I had a girl friend in Detroit,
a Miss Hitikenhoff. When she heard
I was going to Europe she said : 'If
you reach German soil, look up my
uncle. Ci.ptaln lliukenhoff.' I didn't
expect to find him. but one day, just
out of Verdun, in the midst of fierce
fighting, I heard somebody cry, "Cap
tain llinkenhoff is shot!" 1 rushed to
the wounded man, threw him over my
shoulders, and brought him out safe.
As I was carrying him that sharp
nel exploded and peppered me. Luck
ily, only the small pieces got me, and
were only flesh wounds. The Kaiser
gave nie the Iron Cross, presenting ii
in person. I gave it to the Detroit
girl when I came back to America."
Dr. Hammond, a surgeon, went to
England after the outbreak of the
war to serve with the British Red
Cross, but they were too slow get
ting away, he said. i
"My family Is a very old one, dat
ing from William the Conqueror," he
said. "They were slow about send
ing us, and 1 became impatient. I
asked Kitchener when we were going,
and he said he didn't want to send all
his Mue blood to war just then. He
said let the French and Uelgans do
the fighting a while. I suppose I came
in that class, for my people are lords,
anil all that, so there wasn't much
chance for me to go. So 1 went across
to tiermany and joined the German
Red Cross, thinking the experience I'd
get would be worth a lot to the Eng
lish if I could rejoin them later. But
when they staiu-il at last the Kaiser
wouldn't let me go. Po the English
say I'm a deserter, and all my prop
erty in London has been conflscaped.''
Dr. Hammond i.l.so showed a scarf
pin with an add, yellowish stone,
rather like a topaz.
Itt'lgiiia lioyal (ietit
"This was given me by the cousin
of King Albert of Uelgium," he ex
plained. "It had been iu the Albert
family for generations. They es
teemed it very highly."
Dr. Hammond was in the Red Cross
work at Ammersvillo, Met, l'ine
court, Nancy and u village near Ver
dun, and saw k rril'IU- lighting at all j
these battle fields.
"At Champagne Hill," he said, "the
trenches were literally knee deep in
blond. We hud to sleep on piles of
dead bodies to keep out of it."
The courage of the East Indian
troops of the Allies was graphically
described by the fuirgeon.
"Nothing could stop them." he
said. "When the Indian rnarged a
trench, they wore wire gauntlets
which came up above the elbows, and
carried long, curved knives. Bullets
didn't seem to bother them. They
came on anyway. Whi n they reach
ed a (iermau trench, they grasped the
bare bayonets with gauatleted hands
and began to work their knives. They
would cut a German half ia two.'
"The Germans couldn't Btand up
against funds like that, and they'd
break and run. The Kaiser gave or
ders to shoot everybody who ran, but
they h,,d to shoot too many. He saw
something cite had to be done. To
show you how smart he id, he t-ent
down to India and started a revolu
tion down then' r.o the Allien had to
take tl-.oso Indians out of Europe and
rush them heme to defend their own
country. Oh. tne Kaiser Is smart."
Knock l-'or l.iiklWi
br. Hammond says he is absolutely
neutral, but be dusen't appear to
think highly of English courage.
"The English hi. hi 75 miles of lir-
Ing line, the French 5no miles, the!
Canadians 200 mile.;," he said. "The I
English furiish the money and the!
ammunition.
"We had fi6,44!l mimes on tho
west front," he Raid. "They attended I
SlK.Otii) beds In ileld and base hos-i
I'iials. We stackcj the wounded upl
in tiers of bunks in improvised hos
How a Torpedo Works
Philadelphia Ledger.
Many of the military devices in use
in the European war are of American
origin. The automobile, the telegraph,
the telephone, certain types of anus
and ammunition, the aeroplane, the
submarine all these received their
first development In this country.
That most terrible of modern weap
ons, the torpedo, is a "Yankee no
tion." David Bushnell. an American
inventive genius, made a torpedo In
1777, but his attempt to destroy the
British ship Cerberus was a failure.
Robert Fulton made a successful tor
pedo in 1805, but could not Interest
any Government in his idea. In the
American Civil war torpedo shells
ignited by electricity were successful
ly user, and from that time forth the
torpedo has been employed by nearly
all Nations.
The present-day torpedo Is a very
different sort of weapon from that
used half a century ago. It is shaped
something like a cigar and is about
23 feet long and 21 inches In diam
eter. It weighs considerably more J
than a ton, and its construction costs
from $5,000 to double that sum. It
is made to travel la a certain direc
tion in a fixed liue and to explode
when it strikes some solid object,
such as a ship's bottom. A torpedo
of the largest and most modern type
will tear a gaping hole In the stanch
est ship ever built. The nose or "ex
plosive head" of a torpedo contains
the deadly charge of high explosives,
nitroglycerin and guncotton being of
tenest used.
When the torpedo strikes its tar
get a tremendous detonation follows
instantly, riving in boih the outer
and inner "skins" of a vessel. The
hole it makes in a ship's bottom va
ries In size, but is seldom less than
10 by 30 feet. The torpedo travels to
ward its victim at the rate, roughly,
of about 1,000 yards a minute. The
distance and rate of speed have to be
calculated to a nicety before the tor-'
pe-do is discharged. It is kept to its
destined course by perpendicular rud-j
ders in Its tail. The modern "dirigi
ble" torpedo was first used in a naval :
war during the Chilean revolution of i
a quarter of a century ago.
GORDON LNVKTMHTT CO.
Fire, Life, Accident and Health
INSURANCE.
State Agents Philadelphia Life Ins. Co.
. Office Second Floor,
Farmers and Merchants' Bank Bldg.,
Monroe, N, C.
MADE RIGHT HERE IN MONROE.
Coca-Cola
"THE FAMOUS UNIVERSAL DRINK."
Delivered in case lots to dealers in Monro
and surrounding localities.
MONROE COCA-COLA COMPANY.
P. N. SNYDER, Manager.
'Phone 340. Monroe, N. C.
lis the Finest
Thing Yet
Try Our Ten Cents
Flavo
Lo&f
Cake
It comes with Orange, Lem
on or Strawberry flavor.
Call on your Grocer for
Flavo Loaf Cake.
Monroe Bakery.
Piles Cured In 6 to H Days.
Your druerist will refund money If PAZO
OINTMHNT (nils to cure any case of Itching.
IilindJIk-rdlnK or Protruding t'ilei in 6tol4dav.
The first application give feast and Kcsl. Sue.
ITIiE .I1KF.I) .WIIITK
Iidi ivS. 15 K.tUiS $1.00
1JY lMIM'KL IOST.
ri-OVKKLAXn FAKM.
OAKllOKO, X. t.
R. F. I). 2.
Tne Henderson Roller Mills
MONROE, If. O.
Are prepared to handle
wheat day or night.
Farmers of Union and ad
joining counties can find
best of service here.
P. S. INVINCIBLE still remains
the most popular high grade flour on
the market.
All Hindis
Seed
Whenever You Need a General Tonls
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
wellknown tonic properties of QUININB
ad IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds np the Whole System. W cent
Potatoes
IiitaU, with Just room enough to move
a bit. Yus. we hart just as Rood re
sults tn saving them us in the finest
hoBpltul at home.
"1 iion'1 know how the war Is coin
ing out. Germany can't be starved
out. She is bringing In solid train
loads of supplies through Holland all
the time. Kngland can't stop her. I
thought the drive at Verdun would
mark the end of the war. If Ger
mans got through, they won. If they
dodn't, their spirit would be broken.
Hut now I don't know."
Some men perform a duty as If
they were doubtful about the pay.
W. B. HOUSTON.
Surgeon Dentist
Offle op lUlrs. Fltigeraid Bulldlai
Northwest of Court Houso,
Monro. N. C.
Cans Old Sorts, Othsr RmmAm WmI Cuts.
Th wont caw, no matter of how hmi staadlnr.
at cured tr tht wonderful, old rrll.bl Dr.
Porter'a antfarptlc Healing Oil. It teller.
Paia aad Heai. at U aaia. time. 2Sc, JOc. ilJ0
iV ii' U vV W 'C )r" rC HV i iaeC.
Ii ? i 5) !& M (f
pi .'" ' ''"'iii'I'M's'".'r'"i'''-"r','i ''''Vj
w ic vnim unup DniruT 8
rrrn niri t l
It's not tf cheerful and comfort
able as it tan be until you've in
stalled electric light "The Sun
lipht of NiSht"
Tht only clean, soft, odorless, ten
'inient jorm of Home Illumination.
$&omax (X diOTL
MARK
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT
plane, renalno Kdlnon Eleelrle M;h.
within rt-vh of the m-wl dliun
home and tho mntrrito pane and p
eraiea elririo uUMlicn and ulouiU. lb,
ltgtiiuu labor at homo.
The Kitl'oa Nlrknt-lrnn-Alkaline "tnr
aro llaitrrr (without arid or l-a(l platt-.)
I. "Id with a niaay-yi-nr rapiuilijr guar
antee ot niuKt Ulwrtil lanai.
Phone 255.
T. C. Lee & Co.
aanamiinaacQC
The Low Cost
of Insurance.
i THE PHILADELPHIA LIFE INSURANCE CO.
is now issuing its NEW TERM POLICY on lives from 20
to 6-1 years old, for periods of five, ten, fifteen or twenty
years, as may be selected. The rates charged are the low
est possible consistent with the benefits and privileges
guaranteed. When it is further understood that they wfll
be diminished annually by the surplus earnings of the
Company, it will be realized that no other contract on sim
ilar lines so fully answers the demand for fufl protection
in a stable institution at so low a cost
Specimen Annual Premium for $10,000 Insurance.
Ages 10 Year Term 20 Year Terra
20.
30.
40.
50.
60.
M. C. HOWIE
ElectrtclM,
MONROE, !. C
$113.90,
$128.90.
$162.80.
.$260.80.
$528.10,
$118.00
$139.00
$194i0
$345.80
$691.SQ
For further information write, phone or call to see 13.
GORDON INSURANCE AND INVESTMENT CO. I
lIonroe.N.C - -.rp?!