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I - vis.' jr. V.'--'- - - SDUESuILES Don't Blame the Boy. - . -:t ; The Teacher- Your son, needs .cor rectlon. He hasn't soitediCny f 13 arithmetic problems for three days. 1 - Urs. Newgllt It ain't his fault. JBCIs jepmputlngr machine broke j down " and pis pa had to send it out to have It . r-;.. Cause ? f 6rYjt .G rolich. 'L7 ! i : - : v - .:-"That : woman : seems T soured on j lif e." r : , ! : - 9Tes, v she mar .! jried once for Iovq f I - an d i o nee vf of ' , money." . - - ; -1 ; : "Aiid" didn't get .H either. -: .' I-.,-. , 4 '. ft 1 Two of a Kind. V FrA sclentlstrehr' -frG Yes.","- :: ., - I nT. ... ;xie ii jfiug-iu uuu a suusuiuio xu m I ;.i:?ihave an eccentric friend: he ought .';:-.jt tmeet." - - - -: . 'L . ' ': : - - J-; ,?What is your; friend working on t j V"Perpetual motion." - ' I t- Beating Father Time.."' -..-""--S t Music TeacherWhy, madame, .do 0 you always bring ragtime swift music 1 z : (Why not a quiet number ; something teoothing?-:-';:? r Pupil-rYour lessons are" too expen- , I; v slvel 1 can't afford to play to slow V nausia " V J . -':-:.-,'.V ''. -; fv'-ftC Interdependences. ' : . ? ' ". : T)oes ".; stomach 7: - jtrouble affect the ; .. iminar; - i . : ; ' ' ' . fU nqu estiona-;.--..r,: jbly. ... I ; ' know ; a ; : -- .mahwhb has wor-: ; ried himself sick v - v thinking about the . : cost 01 every uuug ; ;-r. -cats." . Marke future Reference. - j ? Willie, T hear y6ute been fighting with one' of those boys next door tana hare given liim a black eye." " : ; "?Tes'm. You see, they's twins, and I wanted some way to -tell, them apart. . :" 7." m7i.-. .... r r-- J, ' ', . ' - - - ' . . . Born Tired. - - vWhat dp you think is your natuU vocation, Reggie ?x "Haven't any, deah boy. t What I wasr born with is a natural vacatioa, In-Washington. - J .Wif e, Tvef ailed of ' re-election and must return home. . , ; "Impossible. senator." - - - Ehr t ; , - - r - - -'1 cw more than 400 calls." . :V ; "No matter. You can Safely wrttd 'eni ?off ' now - -:. '-: :-' Pressing Hair; Back Cause - v i -rrr Sof Baldness, Expert 5ays V ' The penalty of a smooth, glossy X,V:: head, " with hair well brushed back and " - plastered to the' skull by grease "and v ; pomades is premature baldness'says - a London hair, expert This style of , f brushing the hair ' is common, : and baldheaded generations . are expected. "By ' pressing" the hair back, contrary .' to its natural disposition," says; the : expert,-"you . are , offending it, causing '; A- It to go on strike-in fact, fall out." Equal Pay for Equal Work. "The Federation o f , Women's Civil Service orgailzatibns, which has been formed in Ifew York city, will work to open r civil -service; . examinations ' to women 'to obtain egual pay for. equal work In .the "public service and equal opportunity for advancement. . ' TOWN ORDINANCE. Whereas it is the desire of the Mayor . and Board' of Aldermen to make the ? , Hying conditions iritne town of Marion : ' nuslheaithful and sanitary as possible, ? 7.. T'-Kow therefore be it; ordained .; by 'ihe " , Board of tMdefmen" of 4bhe , Town of 'S- MaAom.V First, That all; existing : ordinances. ; relating to the keeping of hogs in the Town of Marion are hereby repealed. . ' ' '' . 2nd.: That the ordinances now in - "ef--;; feet relating to the keeping of ; hogs ; in " the Town of Marion .sbaU continue' in effect until ;the first day- of -February, - 1920, and no longer;' -, . ; ; .; -.-; ; . ': 3rd. : That on and after ihe first! day . of February, 1920, no hog or hogs -shall be allowed .to be kept or maintained within the;; corporate .limits otj the ; ; Town of Marion- v. . 4th VThat any person or persons, firm - or corporation that shall keep or main ? ; tain a hog or hogs within the corporate 'limits of the. Town of 'Marion on or y. after the first day of February, -1920, : shaU pay a fine of $5.00 per rday -for r each hog so kept or maintained. - ' " ;- ;;' " L; J. P. CUTLAB," Mayor. "; : : ; v W. C. SMITH, Clerk." 1'.4: ;I v !h - ticribo to The f cooiiess.' : TO SAVE VIIHf youi:g ;,jjoonl25d.-That Oueeess Lay In Sound 1 " Investment--Safest 3ourity In " - World Is, Now Offsred By " . T " " Q ovem m en t. , Andrew 7arnegie dl4 not long ago, laafiner behind 'Min "30.000,000. He ; had glTen away about $300,000,000 .la ail "effort toar.old the reproach of flying rich. 'r " . .; . ' " j r- Iths probable that the high cost -of ;liTinggave the' "steel master" litUe worry during-; the latter half "of his ,Ufe, but it is certain that -in his boy hood XhB prices of the" necessaries ; of life; Were vital factors. And Andrew Carnegie. In his .early - years: met the' cost of . livjng with the same'; remedy which America's leaders, - headed '-.by rPresident ".Wilson, ; are ' " now " putting forth as the bisic, principle . of the fight to Withstand the;'' menace" that lurks t in the soaring prices of today. That remedy is thrift the practice of saving, the elimination of waste .' and ; sound . Investment t - - ? ; ' ' . In the days when Andrew Carnegie, 14 :years bid, earned $1,30 a ;Veek - as .a :bobbin boy --.In an Allegheny City. cotton lmill, and later when ne earned I fll.25 & month; as "a- telegraph mes- aenger boy, the cost of living meant jxnuch to him, v He bad little J margin Jfor saving. . But he ; did save " !There were few opportunities' for -the small saver to makV safe investments. . ;--" &e 'curities were-not issued Ia' small de : nominations. - There were -; no.. Thrift Stamps ; or War Savings Stamps, : backed : by : the . government,-' into which the meager" proceeds of the -" Scotch . boy's; thrift -oould be converted. -, ,: ' ; -But Andrew Carnegiel at the age of : 20 ;determined upon, safe ..Investment. ; The soundest securities that offered 'were .10 shares of stock. n an express ' company worth 1 60 0. :Carnegle had to borrow r part .'of - the ! money . he' paid. But" hd was convinced that savings ly ing:;idle were not ' perf orming their proper function' ivl : - " ;; 'j' : The American man ".orvjvroman, boy er girl 'of today joes not' have to bor row to add to the savings, fund in or der to find safe Investment. "The gov ernment makes soun4 sscurity in the 1 form of Savings V stamps, Trtasury : Savings Certificates, . and war bonds v available to every"; saver who will ; be gin to practice; thrift by, the regular In-1 vestment of sums -as . small as 25. i cents. V , - . ". '-"--- - i Every American today "lias a be tter opportunity for '.success than lay : be- fore Andrew Carnegie when he. faced ..the world. ' ' '- " - ; NOW AND THEN vWhat is a dollar ?S Foolish ques tion you say ? Not at all these days 'of H. C L. and profiteeringC Certainly a dollar Isnt what it was ten years ago. ..It isn't what it will be five years from now. ! . ' A dollar Is what -you' can get .for it in beans, butterflies or bunk- no; more, no less. A dollar wouldntb worth' anything if you QpjildA't get anything for it. ; .--;,.',. ; Ten years ago-you bought,; say, bunk at one dollar a portion.. ,.Now bunk costs" two dollars. - That doesn't mean it has doubled in'val ue." It means that, your dollar i worth half what if was ten years ago. ' .-t-. This Is, therefore, not the" time to spend too many ot joxlt dollars. They will 'bring you onlynalf ; of what they are worth. ; This is ;the; time to ave' thenx. l'ft lC'-'r : ' They will bring; more- later ' on. That is tbd'hlstory of dollars. Val ues run in . cycles. As. surely 1 tui you live five years a dollar wlirbe wojth more than It Is now." Maybe twice as muhv So when you save a dollar ;now"you are perhaps saving, two dollars. Treat dollars as - you would ""any "other Commodity. ; Buy them "-when"; they are : cheap, pf ;- : Stick, every UloUar .you. can vinto War. Savings ; Stamps.- Carrying . 4 per ..cent 7 interest-' compounded quarterly, a War : Savings . Stamp bought this month for flS will h ortH 5 January 1, 1924; "By 1924 :1t tha?lollftr is worth twice as much tar it now you ; will really . have tea dollars for the' $4.22. : : . ; . uAll parties will hereby- take notice that A the - undersigced - has qualified as administrator of Marv ; C. Dqbson and all, parties holding claims against the estate of said Mary C -Dobson are re quired to -present same to the ; u nder signed for payment withiq f wel ve months from this . date, or this , notice wUl levplead in -bar of such claim s - All parties owing"said estate will couie for ward and settle with the undersigned at once - X ' This December 1st,-1919. ." " " . W. DOBSON, : - y.r Administrator of MaryC Hobson AS IIABIT TAKES HOLD Youno . Pecj5le Must hi rruSht .ta RMllwtlon of What Future Mesne to Thoee Who Spend' "V - -S : Wisely. v'. It Is easier to spend mbnty than" 11 Is to save. It is, also 'more- fun at first. . But money that Is spent jloes not work, for you. " It Is goneand is working for somebody else. It is as hard to. make young neb Die ureallxe the necessity of ' saving as It Is .to make them realize that they are not always going tQ be young. It il so easy tir be young and reckless. .' But habits -of thrift have to be taught. - They also have to be formed bypractice.. That means that the ris In.g generation must be taught to cap ItalLze its youth, ' and in childhood shown how to distribute and allot suci income as it may have. . . . .That indeed, is. a, large psrt of civ? illzation The savage lives today The civilised man: lives today vrlth an eye upon - tomorrow ' In order that toinor row " may be as secure a today"-' he saves some of 46dsys goods for ' to morrow's use: ". :T.;: The war taught many people . how to save j At taught 6th et people how to spend..": The wise spender Is the wise " saver, but the emphasis is on the Vwlse" and not on the pending.' Education in thrift is an education In good citizenship and In - good mot als. ".The person who "la being . taught to save is - also being taught .to fore cast the future and-to make tomorrow better because of wise living 1 todajv : The government of the Units d States Is. offering to men, twomen and vchl dren the opportunity to Invest savings In safe and profitable securities.-; - ARE YOU A CAPITAUSTi Ths 'dictionary defines a "capita ist" as one - who. " has ra "pecuniary surplus.-- The dictionary is " wrong. . :4 A -capitalist. Is -one who has & pecu niary, surplus ,which : is. Invested-' ; " x Are ydti A capkallstT " V 1 - . Tou are If "you 'T are' buying VWsj Savings Stamps or Treasury Savings Certiflcates."'Thy repre sen t ; "p ecu niary surplus or, in '.simple "Bngllsh, "savings, and they make your money work by bringing to you'i'per cent la terest, -compounded quarterly. J ?! -.lAre you.'a capltalstf - y-X ,. , :- ' Secretary ; of Commerce Redfield t cently said to the Cteyeland advertls ing men, "There are 6 f, 000,6 00 sub scribers to our Ltiberty Ixans. I sus pect that many a factory Is manned, as I know some ? government services are, byTa force from top to bottom of capitalists. In varying degrees, but not theses really . ; v Don'tTkick about . the high ; cost . of living. Beat it .by trimming your, sails and buying War Sayings -Stamps. The capitalists are. not kicklngabout the high cost of living. . - Why? J . ' - . ' -' . v Because, they- have money at work. Cut your expenses to the bone, la vest-in War Sayings Stamps; - -Be a capltalistf . " , SCOTCH SONQS TO DATS If a. body meet a body - Coming .through the rye: If a body save a dollar ; - r ; -: Why, then, bye andbye, . - - When the shiftless people holle : 'i'Moitey Scarce nd tight! V ; He who saves the nimble dollar, Will come through all; right! , , Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never come to mind? Why, nol unless he is a sot . - And better left -behind. " : v But one thing you must not forgst, , : A thing more true than funny: - fWhen your mind on. saving's set It's easy saving money!" Knowing-War. Savings Stamps ari a" good Investment won't do you any good unless, y outback up the know! edge-with. yourmoney. : . ;" . - Follow ihe examole-of rich men if you vcjid be rich: VThey mae thei money work for them.You can do l by' buying "War Savings Btsnpa. . .v AtSrtli"ltratrU. Notice. : Having qualified as.administratrix'of the'estite of Joe Hemphill, deceased, late of McDowell County, N. C., this is to notify- all persons having : claims against the estate of paid deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned st the office of Morgan & Chambers on or - be ftre 26th day of November, 1920, or this this notice will be pleaded in' bar ot their reqovery. AU.persons ifl.3 sited to said estate will please make - Immediate payment. . .. ; - . This 25th day of Nov. 1919. r " ; : . Ida Russaw, Administratrix .of Joe Hemphill, deces?ed. mm 3 X When giving presents why not give something usefulsomething that- will be an everlasting re jninder of good spirit in which it is given? - "ILatect "OacIgoG Prices ; -"tliEii all -can afford. . . : ; No matter how "much or little you can ' afford to spend, yeni will be able to find some piece of furni ture here that will prove highly acceptable. at Fleacink. Pricec. 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