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Capital $50,000.22 Surplus $90,000.
This Bank has had since its organization, and will continue to have, the fol
lowing guiding principles:
SAFETY. Safetv First. Safety for the bank, and above all, safety for its de
positors. The sum of $90,000.00 has been retained out of the net earn
ings of the bank as a special and additional rand for the protection of
its depositors. This fact puts this bank on the Honor Roll of banks; for
very few banks in the United States have set aside this proportion of
surplus to capital and it is sufficient evidence to convince the most
skeptical that people who deposit with this bank are absolutely safe.
PROGRESS. We are not in the business for a mush room growth. We are,
in fact, conservative. Yes, but our object is to be just conservative
enough to be able to be truly and safely progressive. We believe in
progress along all good lines, and especially progress in civic righteous
ness. This bank undertakes not only to make a success for itself, but to
help on all its customers and friends to better things. Has it done so?
The stockholders are not complaining and the number of people this
bank has helped over tight and rough places and on to better things
must now- be counted by the thousands.
COURTESY. It is our purpose not only to safeguard and benefit materially
in this world's goods all with whom we deal, but to please and satisfy
all our customers to the extent of our utmost patience and ability. To
this end. let it be understood that we are always ready and anxious to
correct mistakes when convinced that we are in error and we will grant
every favor within our power consistent with our duty. If our advice
on a business proposition is worth anything, you are welcome to it, and
we will take and safely keep your valuables until you call for same, and
especially your Liberty Bonds. In short, we are trying to do everything
for our customers and the public that any sound bank ought to do, and
it is upon this basis that we invite your deposits, your confidence and
your friendship, . .: 2-r
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Laaeaster is lepuu-d to be the high
est eon on market in this section. On
last Friday cotton was quoted there
at 39 cents; on the same day. Monroe
was paying 3'J cents;, and, on tap of
this, local buyers claim they wiU pay
more for that grade of cotton sold in
Lancaster! But. leaving grade out or
the question, Montoe is paying the
a!iie for cotton as Lancaster, and we
,.sk the News, of that place, to kindly
take note of this fact.
Once and a while the editor of the
Siatesville Landmark will write a
scathing denunciation of the dog, but
ii th. iu-nn columns ot the last issue
of his aier we read a little story lha?
i i!s in few wolds why seme people
will keep three hound dogs u one pig.
It follows: "A lonesome old colorei:
voiii.iii lives 12 miles from Statesville
i:i a little house v. it!i a dog for com-
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A. ! '..ii., 1 lie .a a iviiiiiivii
i i ound. but his i:iiliess lovts hint Oe
Yi tedly and clints to his companion-
y-!tlie tax on dogs and saw her dog
vv ! uu-ii.-lipt fiiini hr niiL--tt she ronlit
XSlhuy a tag for him. The price of the
tag was a sacrirtce. Hut she secured
the price, and one day recently she
walked to Siatesville and bought the
tac. walking the distance home. The
sole errand that brought her on the
24-mile walk was the paying of the
t;ix on her dog."
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W. S. BLAKENEY, President.
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The Inland One-Piece Pi&on Ring produces a gas-tight elastic joint
between the pion and the cylinder walls.
This gives greater efficiency and a large increase in the Dower generated by the motor, with
a relative decrease in the gasoline consumption, and in the amount of lubricating oil used.
The Inland One-Piece PiAon Ring when contorted h a cylinder tends to uncoH lie a
spring in a perfedt circle exerting an even and gentle radkl pressure at all points of contafl.
Its free ends being diagonally opposite, all openings aie effectually sealed so thai no gas can
With the Inland Ring, the full force of the fuel
consumed is converted into effective power.
Being made of one piece out of the best grade of grey cast iron they cannot score ormar
the cylinders. They need no pins fcr anchoring, and automatically take up all wear. 1 hey
are easy to put on the p&ons and are guaranteed against breakage.
They hold Lack the oil preventing smoky
exhaust end fouling of the spark plugs.
Inland K&on Rings readily adjust themselves to worn cylinders and produce surprising
results in replacement work. Every Inland Ring is absolutely
Guaranteed; money refunded on any ring that
fails to give perfect satisfaction after 90 daya.
Prices of Inland One-Piece Pislca Ricgs ia widths of 532 to 12 inches, inclusive:
2 to 3l-inch diameter, inclusive $1.25 each
4 to 4-inch diameter, inclusive 1.50 each
5 to 5j-inch diameter, inclusive 1.75 each
No extra charge for fractional and decimal sizes in either diameter or width.
Prices on 6 inch and over furnished on request.
All Standard Sizes Carried in Stock.
Monroe Hardware
RETAIL DEPARTMENT.
Co.
William Bickett, son of the Govern
or, has set an example, by slatting at
the bottom in a cotton null, that hun
dreds of other promising young Tar
Heels ought to follow. The textile
industry, net to agricultural pur
sues, is the most important of all
our vocutions. and is still in its infan
cy. Northern capital is coming South,
which means that hundreds of skilled
mill men will be meded in the next
few years to assume control of thous
and mid thousands of spindles; and
oiuiK i'Hlows like Hicl: tt, who learn
t lie busiiit-ss from bottom to top are
ilt ones who are nohlj; to he selected
for these jobs. Leaving Northern
capiial out of (he question, there is
si ill a creat demand for trained mill
men. Every now a-id then one reads
advertisements in the paper staling
that such and such a town will build
,i mill for any coiupeicnt textile man
of ability. Tule Monroe, for in
stance. There is no doubt in our
i i j i.l but thai several hundred thous
ands of dollars could be subscribed
hen in one day for a mill. All that
is lacking is the man; and if sotiu
more of our youths would go into the
uills. like 15.11 ISickefl, they are as
sured of a hr!-i:t future.
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ISl.-r.op 1 Ml I in:: I oil, liu i I'lfi" '("-,V
u at th ' .-stern Norn Carolina
Methodist coufeieiice, in nil address
Friday said he once heard of a man
v. ho announced lliat he was gnin to
preach on garlic and onions. His ob
ject, no doubt, whs toHi an audi
ence; hut there wiis once an evangel
ist who went him one better. This
evangelist, vho vast conducting
niclnlv services, amioii'ieed that on
the following evt uing he would speak
on the subject of ' Liars." He advised
his hearers to lead in advance the
seventeen! Ii chapter of Mark. The
next nitht he arose and said: "I am
going to preach on 'Liars' lonU'ht and
I would like to know how many read
the chaMcr I suggested."- A hundred
hands were upraised. Now, he sam.
von are the persons I want to talk .
to there isn't any seventeenth chap- j
ter ot Mark." I
Wade Harris, editor of the Char-
lotte Observer, Is on a tour of the Eu-
rmean battlefields, and from Flan-.
ders field in Belgium, he sends his pa-
per the follow ing story about one ot j
the German long range guns: "It is In j
this same neighborhood that the Big!
Bertha, the German gun used in
shelling Dunkirk, is located. Gun
and emplacement with its rounding
concrete inntect ion. are in position
exactly as the Germans left it. It is I
an enormous gun. and was brought.
to the spot In five sections. The lo-
cation is in the only bit of woods left
Intact on Flanders Field, and shell
holes all around the locality show how-
close the allied airmen came lo 'get- j
tlnr- It ' rinnkirk in 2S miles distant '
and many shells from this gun made
hits' on the town. This s tne gun
that was holding the excited attention
of the world at the time the greater
German peiiorinance in sneiiing
Paris from St. Gobain Forest, 76 miles
distance, distracted public attention
from It. The gun was mounted on a
nlfliforiii within a circular enclosure
and of course was fired at a great ele
vation. At rest, the muzzle ot tne
gun pointed directly at a concrete
wall nine feet thick, and within 12
miles of it. When news of the arm
istice was received, the Germans
wanted to destroy this gun to keep it
from falling into the hands of the
Allies, hut being pressed for time they
resorted to a unique expedient. They
fired a charge polntblank into the
concrete wall close to its muzzle, ex
pecting that the rebound would ex
plode the gun. But the wall was
blown away and the gun and Its
mountings were uninjured. So it
happened that this expensive bom
bardment out At which cost the Ger
man Government several million dol
lars, became an Allied trophy. No de
cision has been arrived at as to what
will be done with the gun, but as it is
located within six miles of Ostend
and is accessible over a fine auto rood
it will probably be preserved as the
Germans Installed it and turned Into
a source of revenue. It Is now In
rharve of a detachment of British
soldiers who turn a-gcod many hon
est pennies by charging a modest au
i.ilttance fee. Another reason for the
tireaervnttim of this gun is the fact
that there Is stamped on its face the
undisp'.itable evidence or oerman ag
pression. Its breach lock bears a
plate Indicating that It was manufac
tured at the Krupp Works and finish
ed In the year 1914. This is the 'Big
Bertha' the people were reading
about during the time when It seemed
that the Germans were destined ,tn
capture the Channel Porhs. Undoubt
edly It is one of the most interesting
priies ot the whole war." '
l-u:r-I'ootel A tw Help t.ieatly in Hounding Out the Highly lnteief
iiiK t iiriis Program of the Spark Slums.
The management of the Sparks Shows have made it a study for
jtars to give a circus program replete in all particular, and knowing
full well the importance of some high-class animal nets on the program,
have this year imported from Europe several acts that cannot fail to
cieate a sensation.
The acts imported from across the ccean this season include a spec
tacular equine drill and pyramid performance by a group of Arabian stall
ions that is said to be the most bea utiful piece of horse training ever
attempted. The herd of performing elephants tiuder the direction of the fr
fatuous trainer. Louis Heed, will p'oduce groupings, pyramids, and
maneuvers here'ofore thought impost ibl. A group of forest bred Afri
can .lions will also hold an important place on this interesting program
on account of the wonderful control their tra'iir has over these really
Icrocious man-killing beasts.
The extensive menagerie carried by the show also affords unusual
interest to those who are fond of studying animal life. In it are pre
sented many new specimens hitherto unknown to the zoos of America.
Besides the trained animals eo.ae of the world's greatest gymnasts,
aerialists, acrobats and equestrians have a place on the bill, and after the
grand opening spectacle, which is brilliant in its coloring and massive In
effect, the program will go forward with so much vim and vigor, the
acts Villtall be of such a high ord er and classified to such a nicety, that
the most' critical audience cannot help but be pleased.
The Sparks Shows will give two complete txhibitions in this city on
Tuesday. November 4th at the show grounds: Ptret parade at 10:30 a. tn.
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WE SATISFY THE MOST
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VALtlS. THEY' A HE SCALES THAT WEKiH MEIUT. A PLEASEH
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T. P. Dillon & Sons
We Offer
Our Customers
The Services of a Modren and Progressive Bank. Their needs
are always considered thoroughly by our officers. We are always
glad to extend accommodations on as liberal terms as the rules of
modern banking will permit.
We solicit the checking accounts of Firms and Individuals.
This Bank isn't trying tomnke money OUT or its customers,
hut to make money WITH them.
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Farmers&Alercnants BanK
The Bank That Backs the Farmer.
C. B. Adams, Cashier. M. K. Lee, President.
When you have
Money you have
Friends.
Have you ever noticed that when a man is known to
have money in the bank he invariably has friends,
many friends? Not necessarily because he has mon
ey, but because the possession of a banking account
is a strong indication of his success in life and suc
cessful men are always admired.
We invite you to open an account with us today.
The Savings, Loan and Trust Co.
R. B. Redwine, President. H. B. Clark, Cashier.
j COBLES CASH GARAGE 1
FORD REPAIRING A SPECIALTIY.
Next to Baptist Church.
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