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EFIRP'S
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Great
Is in Full Swing. In fairness
to yourself and your pocket
book, don't miss this great
Money Saving Event
Make your money g'o farther by
trading at EFIRD'S. We can
and do sell it for less.
EfinTs Department Store
Pulls If igh Prices Down.
Young man, what will be your financial conai
? tinn in 1041 twentv vears from now?
It is up to you, and now is the time to decide the
question of your future. Twenty years hence may
be entirely too late.
Opportunities for making money are before you
every day, but without money it is difficult to get a
start in this age of keen competition.
y . . i.u: 1 1. a J J t.
X upen a savings account in uus uuim. nuu tu it
systematically each pay day. Later, when the right
opportunity presents, you will not be handicapped Dy
lack of funds.
Successful men all travel this road. It is the only
one that leads to definite results.
Do it today. Tomorrow is lie piocrasiinator's
excuse.
Monroe BanK&TrustCo. j
R. D. Redwino, Pres. II. Ii. Clark, Cashier. J
Particularly as you are dealing with a strong,
liberal bank.
If your Bank is right, your account properly
handled, ycur credit requirements will be taken care
of as fast as they arise
"nether or not you are in business today, ve
solicit your account as a foundation for your busi
ness requirements later on.
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FuturNt Stuff.
A veil of wlupy green, dulling the
glow of a fading horizon. A mystery
of grays. The blue-black valut of
infinite space. Whispering waves,
hungry, phosphorescent, conspiring
The silhouette of a ghost ship, slip
ping westward. A world of sky and
water, silent, calm, omnipotent. Sud
denly a riiiKinK voice, distinct, com
manding In tone:
"Hey. you blankety-black, dod
ro ted, blinking blank-blanks! I been
up in this blatted crow's nest Ave
hums. Where the linipiu hell's my
relief?"
Hotter build school lioiisot, for
hildren than Jail.", for adults.
txNai" ri:iiij.iii.
"That you. Simeon? Well, how
about il!" Leui Staliifoid hailed
Simeon Gaines as he joined the einle
round the grocery stove. "We're
aching to know who won on them
pumpkins you or Cy Matthews. 1
aear the 1t1e started plumb en the
boundary line and theu run your side,
but Cy lays claim to half the pump
kins, his land supplyin' half the nour
ishment. That correct?"
"Far's it goes, but it don't so all
the way." assented Simeon. Derching
himself on the edge of the counter.
'The tine run my side when It wa'n't
Interfered with, bein towards the
sun; but Cy claimed half and kp'
puUinc the bigKest branches under
the fonc. I let him didn't want
a fuss. I kind of guessed 'twould
work out the way it did, all the leaves
on his side and all the pumpkins 011
mine. Seven of 'em vhoppers! Cy,
he was real peeved."
"But ii ,ie bad half the vine his
fide." put in Lucius IJiiins. "I don't
see how lie could claim anything on
vours."
"Cy ain't one to be stepped by a
little thing like that when he sees a
chance ol p-niii" something. He said
part of his soil v ent to fatten them
pumpkins, so that he'd a right to go
shares. Kind of tickled me, 'twas so
all-tirod i-haiaotori.-tie; and as for
pumpkins. I d more'n I wanted, any
ways. Cy, he didn't. IJorer got
ahead of him, so he'd scarcely a
squash or a pumpkin to his name."
"You moan to say, Simeon," cut in
Alonxo fetors disapprovingly, "you'd
no mote gumption than to lot him
have half of 'cm!"
"1 didn't lot him have half could
n't without halvin the odd pump
kin." admitted Simeon rather sheep
ishly: "but my w ife and Meliuda Mat
thews are good rriends; and Myra,
she opined Melinda was lot tin' on
em for Thanksgiving pies and would
n't have none too much else, Cyrus
being not, so to say. lavish as a pro
vider. So she sent me over with the
whole seven In a wheelbarrer as a
present to Melinda."
"Peace without victory," wheezed
t'nele Si Ilonney.
"L'mp:" sniffled Uncle Eli Em
mons. "Ye didu't come off as well
as your gret-gran'ther's family did.
Simeon, last time there was a to-do
over pumpkins with Cy Matthews's
gret-gran'ther. him that was Parson
liillington. Cy gets his mean streak
direct from the parson.
"So he does." agreed Uncle Si. "1
declare, Elia, I'd most forgot that
pumpkin story. If 'tis In the family."
"The parson was always hintln'
round for thing.." raid lncle Eli.
"He was loo close to buy; and, being
a parson, he generally got 'em. One
day he happened round to your gret
gran'ther's and passed remarks on
their pumpkins, and he let out casual
his wife hadn't any and was yearnln'
for a pumpkin pie. Well, of course,
they gave him one. the biggest of
the lot, and then come out to tuck
it into the buggy fer him, hint doln'
his best to prevent and also being
careful to lilt the robe only a leetle
ways.
"Then he started to drive off quick,
making, a sharp turn, on one wheel
and if the buggy didn't tilt up over
a stone, and out rolled six pumpkins!
You see, he'd made five calls 'fore
he called on Gran'ther Bonney, and
he'd threw out the same at each
place. Your gret-gran'ma'am was so
mad she left the church, at least,
that's the reason folks gave when the
Bonney tribe shifted to the North
End meetin' house, and bad boys
psed to call the Kev. Mr. liillington
Pumpkin Parson' and 'Parson Pump
kin' till the day of his death."
"That's it," snld I'niie Si Bonney.
"Funny I'd forgot. Well, ye can say
this much for Cyrus, anyhow; he
comes-nat'ral by a partlc'ler lik in
for pumpkins and his not too par
lic'lor likln' fer pumpkins and his
not too partie'ler way of getting"
em."
j Are Your
v uiuuuii) uaiv: ;
You are running a great risk if your val
uable, papers are not kept in an absolutely
safe place.
The danger of fire and theft is an ever
present one, and you would do well to pro
tect yourself against it.
Safe deposit boxes in our burglar and
fire-proof vault can be rented as low as
$2.00 per year.
Those interested are invited to call and
inspect these boxes.
i
notice To ci)xn:.CTi)i;s
S'aled pi o'o..als will be received
by tiie iMayor and Hoard of Aldermen
of the City of Monroe, N. C, at the
City Hall until 8 o'clock P. M..
Match 26th, 1021. lor the furnishing
all labor and materials and paving
certaiu streets in the City of .Monroe,
N. C. All proposed work to be done
and materlols furnished as per plans
and specifications now on Tile in the
City Engineer's ofiice. The City re
serves the right to reject any or all
bids.
The quantities given are approxi
mately only assumed for the puriio.se
of comparing bids. The quantities
muy be increased or diminished with
in reasonable limits at the option of
(he City.
Bids must be addressed to John C.
Sikes, Mayor, Monroe, X. C., endors
ed "Proposals for Paving," and must
be received not later than the hour
rtated above, and no bid can be with
drawn after that hour.
Prices must be written In words
mid figures.
Each bid must he accompanied by
a certified check for $500.00 as a
guarantee thi'.t within 10 days alter
notice of award the successful bidder
will enter Into the contract proposed.
The check to be made to John C.
Sikes. Mayor.
The checks of the unsuccessful
bidders will be letnrned as soon as
the contract Is awarded. The check
of the successful bidders will be re
tained until a bond for 5 per cent of
the amount of the contract has boon
executed and filed.
Contractors are requested to In
spect the proposed work before sub
mitting bids.
Approximate OitHiitltie.
15000 sq. yds. Sheet Asphalt or
Topeka Paving on 4 Inch concrete
base.
ICOO Lin. ft. Cement combined
curb and gutter, straight.
4200 Cu. Yds. Excavation, no clas
sification. 650 sq. yd3. Concrete gutter, 2 ft
wide, 6 Inches thick.
2'0 Lin. ft. 6-in x 18-lu. Concrete
curb.
15 Street lb ts and catch basins,
complete.
500 Ll-r. rt. T.mt.i Cot to storm
50n Lin. Tt. 21-in. Terra C.tia
: !oi 111 ievor, lail.
JOHN C. SIKV.. Mave-.
.T. H. POYTi.', -5-c. ft . -KU'TTS
& SMITH, ' r
Mrtich 17th, 1921.
THE BANK OF
UNkJN
Monroe, X. C.
Capital $100,000.00
Surplus $100,000.00
W. 9. BLAKEXEY, Pisldent.
1. n. SHUTE. Vice-President W. H. COLE. Asst. Cashier
II. G. LAXEY. Cashier HAP.fiUOVE BVLES, Asst. Cashier
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T tVit there are two good places to eat ami
All 1TAVJA11VJC
they fire home and
Saleeby's Cafe
If for any reason you cannot or do not want to eat at home, or you
have no home to eut at, then come to Saleeby's Cafe, and the at
nmspheie, cooking niid service will make you feel at home.
We manufacture all kinds of Fancy and Hotne-Made Candy, daily,
and sell at Wholesale and Itctait. We Invite nil the Merchant to
rome and select samples of what they c:ui handle. We will be glad
to quote Secl:il Prices to them.
X. P. SAI.F.EBY A BltO.
First Sale or lla', 4 ,
1 From the Type Metal .Magazine. )
Ten years before the Colonists
started their long light for independ
ence, anthracite coal was discovered
neat Philadelphia by James Tllt.h
nian of that ci'.y.
Ho sent a small piece of the min
eral to Thomas and William Penn
of London, saying that he believed
the bed of cual iniht become val
uable some day.
1800. an enterprising pioneer by
the name of William Morris, brou.'bt
a load of the stuff into Philadelphia,
making the journey of, a hundred
miles from the mine.
But he couldn't find a purchaser.
People called it "rook" coal, and
said it wouldn't burn.
About this time a salesman got on
the Job, or rather three salesmen,
named Minor, Ciest and Robinson.
In August, 1913, they started an
"ark." laden with coal, from Mauch
Chunk to Philadelphia.
On their arrival in the Quaker
City, they went to the first printer
they could find and ordered handbills
printed In both English and German. 1
Those handbills told about the qual
ity of hard coal, and said it was being
usoil with success by blacksmiths.
On the street corners In the city,
the three salesmen set up stoves and
demonstrated lo the crowds that the
coat would burn.
They gold their entire cargo and
obtained orders) for three or lour
more.
One hundred and one ears after
this business venture, the Geographi
cal Survey reports that Pennsylvania i
produced 8,99506l tons of anthra
cite coal.
Some authorities say that the eoal
beds In Pennsylvania will continue
to yield another century, at the prc
ent rate of production.
After that the world can turn lis
attention to the supply In China,
which after careful study is estimated
at 63.000.000,000 tons.
Future.
The visitor in tbe rather hick
town had seen nothing remaikable
until he came to the imposing schcrd
hoiise, which Wii? f -1 ;- more prftf"
tioti3 than anvt'iln-: !' I:' t -
bee.
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il'.i ( '., Cr.,MOl.l"U.
"Weil." nnswe;eil M .-'novcem.
"we liguri J out it wa V.u l" t way
to encourage the young folks."
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pense for a month
can be materially reduced by care and proper
buying.
We oiler you every facility for the economical
purchase of foodstuffs that contain the maxi
mum of nutriment. They produce better re
sults at no increase in expense.
Do you like those delicious fluffy biscuits that
almost melt in your mouth? They are made
from flour sold by us.
T. C. Lee & Son
GEN ERAL MERCHANDISE
PHONE 336.
Make Home Your Heaven on Earth. Make it so
Attractive, so Comfortable no Member of the Family
will care to seek other places for amusement.
LET T. P. DILLON & fcONS
Plan your Interior Decorations. We have the ability
and the furniture and the prices the combination
that spells a Happy Home.
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