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What will You Eat
in 1921?
Wanted
A Husband
Br KATE EDMONDS
We solicit the privilege of supplying your table the coming year.
We are exceptionally well equipped for this service, as we carry a complete
stock of everything desired in the grocery and food line, and know from long
experience t..e high quality of the brands we handle.
Cordial relations with the wholesale houses enables us to buy at the closest
possible figures, thereby making it possible for us to quote you prices that can
not be undersold.
Shall we feed you in 1921
Bivens Brothers
Ife. ::. by aUOur, N.w.i.r )llr
Had noun gxl fairy sudd.-ilj Inter
rogated Janice com-enilrg what she
j wanted more than aurhlng rise In the
i whole worM. tin? Il::iii'ihmiis answer
! wimlil bate lieen a husband," which
j perhaps, U not so vefy surprising after
fill ; for w hile the resM.nse would come
on the heels of the question. It would
0y '!lrK '"e sniiig gruc 01 neing no-i-
Y lutcly true, it was nt so much a
( husband fur which Janh-e yearned, as
YT j thai wMcli a husband usually repre-
YY wilts.
iSl Janice wanted a husband bemuse
she could not And a 111:111 to wvt In
the role of friend. whose reassuring
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PHONES
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TOWN" CH.UU OK COl MX.Ni;
! visited the little city it was proudly j Stogies are displayed in the same
pointed that the entire company i case with Havana perfectoa at one
There Wns Only One, mid It Be- ! gathered to confer with mm was i dollar eacn.
longed t the High: Mayor. 1 seated and the gratitude of all pres- Twenty and thirty story skyscrap
For tnuny months the little city of eut was voiced to the American lads ers are sprinkled among two and
Coulogne. in the Alsne region hi who naa so generously rnuirumieu iiuee siuiy imams.
France, possessed but a single chair the badly needed tables and chairs,
and it was the property or the mayor. I ""
It was officially known an "The, The Homilies of New York.
Chair" until the Junior Red Cross of (From the Type Metal Magaiine.)
American sent to that city a great ' Someone has called New York a
camion loaded with chairs and tallies city of contrasts,
that had been made by the boys of j And so it Is.
America In their manual training! It makes little difference to New
schools. Last year thoiiaamU of I York whether her visitors are high
tii...... .riirl.w of furniture were seat brows or lowbrows, cultured cos-
to the devastated areas of France. tnopolites or rough-necked provin- splitter, with almost no education.
The story of Coulogne' chair i j cials. tightwads or spendthrifts. j to vise to the presidency of the United
If I were an artist and had to
translate the spirit of New York City
onto a canvas, I think I would make
these contrasts the dominant note.
It seems to me that In these con
trasts wo catch the real spirit of
America.
It is contrast that makes Lincoln
live in our minds- that It should be
possilde for a country boy, a rail
?yj arm would ol.use away all fear when
Sj, i the dark bridge bad to be crossed a
YY night after wore; one witn would sym-
XX pathetically listen to the little tnle of
woe about the domlneerlm forelady In
the "department." Somehow It seemed
to Janice If she could Hud a husband
lie would b the pal for which she
longed.
lint In monotonoi: friendliness Ja
nice continued to hemstitch her days
nway. until one day nbove tho din of
the mncblii'is electrically growling out
the work, she bad heard herself re
ferred to ns "the old maid."
In that moment hii Idea dawned and
found expression : v.uj plan seemed
fenslhle to avoid tf.o ridicule of her
fellow-workers.
'TH pretend there Is sumo one. He
lives fnr away, so I enn't hint, but
I must write him letters to Inspire
him In Ids work." She reassured her
self. "Why shouldn't IT'
Then as tho pretty pieces of or-
candle came out from beneath her
needle In long rows of even hom-
stlfehlnif. the Imagined husband of
Janice was qulto completi" as to do
tails, even to a name. "I think
related by two representatives or the i
American Ked Cross who have just j
tetiniied to this country after long
ser vice abroad. They had gone to ;
Chambery to adjust some diilieullies.
that had arisen to block construction
of the Quentin lloosovelt Memorial
Fountain, the details of which had
been entrusted to the American Ked :
Cross by the late ex-l'resideut Koose
veli. At Chambery they learned that '
the mayor resided in Coulogne and ,
when they located him there he '
apologized for having left the city's j
only chair nt the town hall. All were ;
foiced to stand throughout the visit. J
An exchange of views quickly ad
justed matters pertaining to the
memorial fountain and as the lied
She can give them all they want.
Fine art store nourish alongside i
postcard shops. '
A live minutes' walk separates yott
from a Jew oil y store where they sell '
n hundred thousand dollar necklaces,
and a shop where nothing is priced I
at more than ten cents.
You can spend ten dollars for your i
dinner at any of fifty hotels and res- ;
taurants, or you can go to as many j
little table d'hote places, just around I
the corner, nnd get a wholesome meal ,
for sixty-five cents or a dollar a1
plate.
For amusement there Is the Hip-1
podrome, seating thousands, or a cozy
little theater where four hundred is.
the capacity. For the highbrows there
States!
Teaching has oilier rewards than
money: what reward could be greater
than to teach a new Washington or a
now Lincoln?
Cross representatives departed for . Is the little theater where they put
Taris they promised to relieve the so- ion plays nobody can understand, or
litude of that town chair. Soon after-i the magnificent opera house. j
ward a van-load of Junior Ked Cross Deep-cushioned, luxurious llmou-i
furniture was sent to Coulogne and .sines and squeaky runabouts fight for I
the next time a Ked Cross official the tight of way on Fifth Avenue. I
GORDON INSURANCE
and
INVESTMENT CO.
INSURANCE EXPERTS
Phone 209.
Farmer & Merchant Dank
Building.
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LetJs settle
this right now!
No man ever smoked a
better cigarette than Camel!
. You'il find Camels unequalled by
any cigarette in the world at any
price because Camels combine
every feature that can make a
cigarette supreme
Camels expert blend of choice
Turkish and choice Domestic
tobaccos puts Camels in a class by
themselves. Their smoothness
will appeal to you, and permit
you to smoke liberally without tir
ing your taste !
Camels leave no unpleasant ciga
retty aftertaste nor unpleasant
cigaretty odor 1
You'll prefer Camels blend to either
kind of tobacco smoked straight 1
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Cmmrlt trt tol l nnrwhrm in TimntHlrmirr nmhd
Pckmilfa of 30 etfntft; or fen pacta,! JUO
cigmmimm) in t tein-per-oot-rrf oarfon. Wm
atronjly rmcommmtii Ihtt otrlon tor tko ftxin or
tupply or whmn you trml
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Winiton-Saiom, N. C
I
would like tho sound of Mrs. John
Cur enter," and In her mind s eye
she saw visiting cards bearing the
words.
The day's work completed, sho re
traced her steps to the tiny room
railed home and sauntered Into the
"parlor" as nonchalantly as she was
able, that no attention might be di
rected to her peninl of the nlrnnnac
which comprised the sole extent of the
rooming house llbnry. OiH'tiln? the
book nt "I-lst of Towns In the I'nlted
States." nnd turning to a pnire of
that section nt random, stn placed her
finger with blind faith and opened her
eyes to find herself pointing to "Hay
Itnnch. Oklahoma."
In the safe seclusion of her room,
the first letter was Indited to the cren
tlon of n lonely girl's Imagination. It
wns a sweet little letter, filled with
the yearning for nn understanding
friendship.
When the missive, lacking other
Identification than "John Carpenter.
Hay Knnch. Oklahomn" was deposited
'n the mall box. Janice felt happier.
Though but tho figment of her own
mental creation, she bad somebody to
whom she "belonged." Nor was this the
last letter composed, for whenever the
ogre of loneliness protended power,
another would be dispatched telling
"Nfy darling husband John" all thf de
tails. Some months lind slipped by nnd
early summer hnd merged Into late
fall. At the end of a trying day's
work. Jniilce returned to the rooming
house too despondent and depressed
to care nhont the evening's meal. She
walked slowly down the broad thor
oughfare lined with Its stores, restau
rants nnd theaters, the loud billpost
ers Declaiming the entertainment of
fered within. Amid the jostling of
the nnmindlng crowds. Intent upon
scurrying home, Janice was bandied
about, unnoticed In the motley assort
ment of humanity. In her hand she
held, ready for posting, her letter to
"John Carpenter, Hay I'anch. Okla
homn" In which she bad written. "I
long for a dear little cottage far nw:y
from the struggle of a big city. It
does not seen that I can stand the
strain much longer."
Jnrflce turned the corner onto a more
seeluded street, where some construc
tion work was being conducted. A
scaffolding, Its false foundation fall
ing, gave way with n rasping but ton
nbrtipt warning to ermlt Janice to
escape the deluge of things the boards
supiKirtisl.
Then, save for the fact that she had
been grubbed with precipitate speed,
she was consclonu of no more until
the white walls of n hospital room be
came ns apparent n reality as the pain
in her body; and the smell common
to medical Institutions forced Ifeelf
upon her consciousness.
A nurse, stiffly starched In white
apron cleanliness, greeted her. "Hot
ter. I see. Would you like to see a
visitor?"
Janice closed her eyes. "A visitor?"
This was n new world Indeed. "Who
would visit me?" The question oamr
in a faint, far-away whlsior of utter
hopelessness.
The nurse smiled In professional
fashion. "It Is the mnn who snatched
you actually from death. It was nt
(jront risk to his own life." She paused
n moment and went on: "He comes
every day to learn of your progress."
and she added: "He sent you these
roses."
Janice thought sure'y she wss
dreaming. She- shut her eyes flcbtly
and opened them upon six fef of
man, Kt-.tilly towering above the low
cot.
She lookd ur at the frleedlj
atrangrr as he held her baud Irtng
ao inert above the cuverlet and su-iled
wan, happy smile. Tbatik you, Mr.
Man. fur the loiely roses."
TLn.u,-u )ul. torturous luouiba
ttbt-u traeturvd bono Merited Uillicult
of loeudiu. Mima. l.e was tin-re,
radialing a pioitrtiug (ruu-l-ii n
which seemed to ield tbe klrriitb
her pain-racked body demanded.
liut when the -riud of cwivulete
Ceme was nearly ever nod liu iIin lor'n
time liaiit d.d end the dcl'ghtiul luo
tueiits U fore the bay wanl'' oer
liMikiiig the In-nd ia I lie run where
the witier sluggishly dr.fled ii t the
imvuii beyond, intimate. l..i; e:"ul worda
of fuluie Imi'pliic.-N hurr.fl ll.e ulti
mate day of complete recot.ry.
linh morning the lHru. I . ! u
with ravory bivtikfut dainllis tu
tempt the returning iipi-eiiie 'f the
coiiwiUceiit, was uU'tted by a
sprightly iii.seguy, 'huriiiing. colorful,
fll;ilil. Ab'l liflllli' ill its heart,
Jaime would lind a tiny n:e of g'.d
cliwrj wunetiiiie all original tbouglit
Of the man's big heart ; often a gem
culled from the mighty work of an in
spired poet or author.
It was a wonderful .Homing, the
sun reflecting Its rays within the room
with many multi-colored Ihmiu. Janice
fussel before the hand mirror, ad
justing the furbelows on the pretty
dressing wick the nurse bad gent-rou-ly
lent her. Kellectisl in the looking
glass she held in her hand, she saw
the dotr opened, and then two s.roug
and gentle bunds were biid upon Iter
shoulders.
It did not seem possible that the
lonely Janice, unloved until this, her
twenty-sixth birthday, could be listen
ing to these wonder-words. "I have
come to take you to a dear little ivt
tage far away fiom the struggles ot
a big city."
Astonished. Janice heard this
strange reietltion of the wish con
fided to l.er "husband," and the ntnn
laughed delightedly at her coiisteraa
tiou. "I found this letter In your hand the
day of the accident," he explained,
"and opened It because- It was ad
dressed to me."
He paused a moment to withdraw a
neatly tied packet from his pocket. "I
came to the city from Hay Italic h, I
Oklahoma, to find my 'loving wife j
Janli'e' who wrote these wonderful '
letters." I
Janice did the Impossible. be
laughed and cried nt the same time.
"And there really was a John Carpeii- I
ter of Hay Itanrh, Oklahoma?" j
"(iuilty. 1 ii t won't you unswer my
question?" i
"What question?" Janice naively (
asked. I
"Will you come with me to a dear
little cottage far away from the strug
gles of a big ctiy?"
And with the kiss he- took from her
lips she gave him the answer.
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(From the Type Metal MjUzh .)
Will the army style of corte.-p 4
ence be taken over by busine:,?
There are many who urge tho
adoption of the military form of le
ter on the .round that as bitvtty
and s.iaph.M . wiejll re uii le tet
ter b-lteis ai.U fi.uliooU; saving of
bl.iuess liiue.
I'KCUties who held coM'iii--ion-t
in the aru.y i;j-in.' lie a. It .-J an
U am the of
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. fill r.il i. ,i i c.iU-
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(Hie sura i
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Our rates
O ir folius i lose etc.
Very (nil;..
Vhe I. oe ri:!ili.,l:iiu Ca.
i';. Jo in Siiii l., Kditur.
Th.s roii.muiiiiaie'ii d.tl'eied ..'llit
lv fiom the F.rict luili'aiv form in
that asterisks were u.-ed lj mark the
paiai'.iaphs instead of the iiui.h rals
i 1, i etc; and In tha' the writer
rloMd with "Veiv uuly'- whereas lu
'the aimy then L no phra.M; tu el use
a letter.
I AlMitit t;ie or.ly sniilavitv this form
j has to the ordinary letter i the dale.
I In a military litter allele is no
salutation: no aib'ress a'ter the i.ame
of the person to whom It is m-iii; the
, main subject of the letter is Milted
in le-s than ten w,rds ai the head;
tile I'odj ot th. letter is divided into
I unlabeled ii jsi 'aph.s i ,o li paiu
I graph ci.iiiu.s but om- tiiouuhi, and
de.ils with th.it thought rou.pleiel:
and. Iinully, tiieii is no 'ptdite end
i.ij.." ut simply the siguaunc ot tli--semU
t and his title.
The military liner is (lisp aiuf.
tete.
It Mate. its subject at t!i-- In giu
iiIiil', w hich is very roineniiin w lien
the biter is withdrawn from ;..e UU-J
for letei en ".
The mlliuiry letter wastes n
wotds, liandhs e;uli point in a se;, -rale
paiagrapn, and when the u, . -sage
has been Mated it stops.
I' does awvy wiih those cnt-n '
dried phrases ihal have so lon el -leitd
up business letter; ' In u I . t . I
vise," contents- noted," an.! th- i ;.
There aie some who object hi t'aii
foi m on the giounil th u th ali- iief
of a SiJutatioti and a poliie ciil,iii.'
(b tract from tho lone of a letiei, hut
la Hie opinion ol those v no a iU oca to
it, this object ion is more than o Isel
by ihe clean. i ,-s and brev'tj ol -,!ip
uiililiiiy style,
1'uiiaps ii j.t not suited loi all
btlsinisy eoi i, . n,l, . nee, but ill-;,' iri
lain h to be as.I for the i..:iitarv
let lei.
LOOKING TO COKE FOR FUEL
With the Inevitable End of the Gaso
line Supply, That Material May
Supply Substitute.
0:is. .line will continue to go up In
price. A few years from now we shall
have to use something else ns fuel for
automobiles. The question Is, what?
Tlie United States government bureau
of mines thinks tliut we shall get the
requisite substitute from coal. In
every city there will be "by-product
coke ovens," which will extract from
the coal a light oil available for the
purpose. The coke can then be used
In our furnaces and for other ordinary
fuel purposes. Germany during part
of the war was practically shut off
from every supply of mineral oil. She
depended for her motor find entirely
on coal, putting the latter through by
product coking plants. Hefore long
we shall be obliged to do the same In
the United States. 1'nrt of tie I'ght
oil In coal Is toluol, which In time of
war is needed for the manufacture of
TNT. Modem warfare nsiulies
enormous qmintlt'es of 'lie substance
for milking lilgb-exp'oslve shells. Pur
lug the first part of ilie wi' the allies
came near defmit for ' :-(. uf It An
other by-product frovi the loking of
one ton of soft coal i ...mm cubic feet
of gas, available for cooking and oilier
household uses. Tin ke it-elf makes
an admirable s:uo!;c'es fii"I for fur
naces, If oople could only be persuad
ed to use It.
An Old Story.
( From the Type M-t;. .Vnsazine.)
Thincs and coiulii l.iii.i are largely
ihe relied ion Uf om. nmitai view
point. To one person a dandelion is a tiny
sun radiating a glorious golden glow:
to another It is a common weed not
worth noticing.
An old stmy illustrates the point:
A man who hud Just moved inti
a small Pennsylvania town tell u(i
conversation wiili an old Qu.il; -i who
was accustomed t.i kI oh a bench in
the quiet square ill the ri.r.r of
the village.
"What kind of people live hero?"
asked the i.i'M collier.
"What niai.i;- r of people dl.l-t 'hoo
live it'llOMl..-' In. I' Mi re'iil' l.l -d III"
QnakT.
"till, t ! were mean, n-irtow. su"-
vet;. unfair,'' i:iis , r. d
"I
am
inn?
picious. t
the mnn,
"Tin n," said t'i, Quak
sorry, but t.,. will lind
niauiKi or p'e; lo here."
Not long a.'t! rward. the old Quaker
w;is act fisted by abotVr loan who
had coiee to live in Ihe tov n.
luit son of people at
here?" na id the m ranger.
"What manner of people did
live amongst befor-i?" r;!i
Quaker.
A w-.t'iii smilo rprt-ad over th
comer's face.
"Friend," he answered, "lin y vere
the best folks in ihe wn;l. I. ' Thev
wcro always friendly, kind and lov
able, and I hated to leave the;:::"
The old Quaker beamed.
"Welcome, neighbor," , -
of good chee-r, for thte will liu.'i the
fame tine people here."
they
tliep
! tho
:ip-.v-
Art Collectors Furled.
Wealthy collectors searching Ir
Egypt for treasures nnd relies nr
often Imposed upon by crafty Arabs,
who mii'oifiicttire mummies, usitip the
bodies of their own dead, which fey
swtiihc In the mummy windings in!
encase III stolen or spurious mummy
cases.
The duped collector, after secretly
negotiating with a mysterious Arab,
is led to an abaiidi'iied pyramid, where
the fal.e mummy Is discovered. Then
the Arab aids the collector In smug,
gling the mummy out of Egvpt licit
the Egyptian authorities, who examine
all relics taken out of the country,
iniiy not reveal his swindle.
A Nature l esson.
' Do mm yrow on trots, father
"Tl.ey do, my pin,"
"Thf n what tree doe;; I lie lotli.
nut crow nn"
"The paiilii, p.y son."
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To Slop Fallinif Hair
You ran easily cle in your head tn
daiidnilT. prevent the hair fall'iu onv
aim ueiiiilit.- It. n you tin' Par'
;ige. i.uciiMi Drug t o. so'Is- it
guarantee to return price i: not
isfactorv.
IK
Best Jet Mlre-t In England.
Jet Is a bltmiiliei'is mineral, nnd. It
Is said, the vegi table remains of conif
erous trees or foH'4ed wood. The
best .let comes from mines In Whitby.
England. Spain nud I niuce have large
jet mines. Queen Victoria Is said to
have been very fetid of Jet. ami during !
the latter part of b"r reign It came In- ,
to great favor os jewelry-. It Is ca
pable of Inking t high polish and Is
verv eaT to carve. The genuine Jet
Is mi valuable that many Imitations
are H tre maiket. Vhe rest imita
tions c.ime fi-otti Italy and are called
'Itai! r t." The tvat Jet Is very light.
iti'te me of the imitations made '
fro a " nrs a -e l'.vnj.
Dr. Kcr.ip FunJcrliurk
DENTIST
Offoc over Waller's Old Store.
DR. I 51. ABtRNETHY
Vr.TKRINARIAN
Off.ce FOW1.EU & LKE STATLE
MONIIOK, X. C.
I'hone 308.
Residence riione 159-J.
II. D. Stewart, M. D.
Office Hflk-Dundy Building near
lr. Greene s Oentnl Parlors.
Office engagement any hour by
Apro'atmenf.
lull ISicaie ill orSltk