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" , I1 ? It fie P i '. m OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1920 CASTOR Yk For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Cost of Safety More than Doubled ... Always bears the Signature of your dealer for if PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING AVILD OVER AUTOMOBILES Ask ' ' .. ' v vft ' tl HI?' " 'it 1J" 'if MB 1 3 I ft "J :; r.; - 1 X V 1 1 v 1 1 hr v 4 4 H' 'A .7$ fr": i u 1. The Owner Of An Auto Who Hides Behind a Petticoat. (Charlotte Observer) A few days ago. Editor Ashecraft. of The Monroe Enquirer, was be sought by one of these felloAvs who seem to have nothing better to do than go about talking hard times and worse coming, to "write an article on folks going wild about automobil es." Editor Ashecraft reflected ov er the matter for a time and then proceeded to do so. But he did not write exactly along the line anticipat ed. He first set about trying to find out just how wild the poople had gone on automobiles and applying himself to pencil and pad found that there are in Union County about 1, 000 machines, the average cost of which is $1,000, which represents an investment of a million dollars for cars in that county. Editor Ashe craft figured it out that this is but ( one-seventh of the value or last j year's cotton crop and is not 10 per cen of the value cf the total crops of the c :;-."(-' for the year 1919- And noT-. Yt ?r 7? ";t r.nd folks have not gone so wild after all in the purchase of automobiles. It costs about two hundred and fifty thou sand dollars a year to keep the auto mobiles of the county going, or about two and a half per cent of the value of the annual crop. The Observer is inclined to the belief that the Monroe editor has set his upkeep figure at the maximum. It is per haps a broad guess and the auto owners might bring it down through a comnaiison of accounts, but letting it stand at the extreme figure, a good case is yet made out for the automobile- On the "one bad feature" of automobile ownership we hear so much talk about The Enquirer ad mits that much of the purchase price ' goes away from home goes out West where the money for hay, wheat and corn used to go 'before our people got to raising their supplies at home," but. even against that we might contend there is an enormous home asset to place. The automo bile brings both money and business to the town in which it is sold. It gives employment to armies of work men and the deposit accounts in the local banks tell their own story of the prosperity brought in by the au . tomcbile. It might be an easy mat ter to show that the auto brings more money into a community than it takes out- One has but to reflect upon what the automobile industry has done for every city and town in North Carolina to find the counter acting argument for the out-going cf the value of the automobile bu siness to any community would be to make suggestion to any town that it drive this business away from its doors. Try it on the biggest city or the smallest town and see what would happen! Cars are a luxury but in many cas es a convenience and money saver, especially so to the farmer. No, our folks are not all crazy about automo biles. But there is a type of automo bile owner who is a downright joke and he takes himself as seriously as is a chapter from the book of. Reva 1? lions. He is the 'petticoat automo oile owner.' The old fossil will look wise and say, 'Well, I tell you, folks are crazy about automobiles, stark crazy about 'em. My women folks kept after me until I just had to buy a machine, didn't want to spend the money fot it, but nothing would do 'em but I must buy one.' Nov, that is the petticoat automobile owner. He wanted a car, was downright anx ious to get rid of the old buggy and ride in the modern vehicle but he "wanted to pose as a wise and a con servative old guy and he stepped be hind the petticoat of the household and 'put up a holler' about being forced to buy a car. The hypocriti cal old cuss!" The increased cost of the various materials and appliances used in the operation of the railways is well illustrated by the two signal towers shown herewith, which are located on the main line of the Southern -Railway, six teen miles south of Washington. TlKse two towers are part of the electric automatic block signal system, protecting the double-tracked line of the Southern Railway System between Washington and Atlanta. Installation of these toners was completed May 15, 1914, at a cost of $3,207.00. To install two similar towers in 1920 would cost $8,000.00. Blue B today mcMe s $3,000.00 in 1900; $8,000.00 in 1920 ;.XXX"X,X!X'Xv; Find out for yourself about Blue Buckles. Test the long wearing denim cloth, the wide double-stitched seams. Try on a pair. Blue Buckle OverAlls and Coats never bind or rip are big, roomy and comfortable. Solid work manship in every detail is bound to give you your money's worth. All sizes Men's, Youths', Children's. Ask your dealer today for Blue Buckles. r Vv - - .. w v.w- r m - Increased costs of building material and of construction of every character are matters of general knowledge, but it is doubtful if many people have thought about them as factors in the cost of railway operation. The rail ways are large users of all classes of building material and their expendi tures for construction are enormous. Just how the cost of buildings which the railways are called upon to construct has increased may be judged from the facts in connection with the combination station of the Southern Railway System at Fairfax, Va., on the Washington-Atlanta line which is shown in the photograph. This station, which is typical of others, was built in 1900 and j cost $3,000.00. The Southern's engineers estimate that it would cost $8,000.00 ! in 1920 to replace this station exactly as it stands, and it is very doubtful j whether a contractor could be found who would agree to furnish the material j and construct such a building for this sum. The view was taken looking j south and the train shown in the picture is the Southern's No. 38, the ! famous "New York and New Orleans Limited." I Ik Bmkk Union Made M IS Biggest selling overall in the world Money back without question if HUNT'S Salve fails in the treatment of ITCH, ECZEMA, RINGWORM, TETTER or other itching: skin diseases. Try a 75 cent box at our risk. J. G. HALL, Druggist HESTER PILL THE IAMXI E2AXI1. Ladies! Ask your Drucgist for tni-encs-ter 8 JUJamoHcl rrand, l'JIIa in Red and iinld metallic boxes, sealed with E!::e Ribbon. Take no olhor. Rn WruKKist. AskfcrHI.C!IE9.TER8 DIAMOND JIRAND PJLLS, for 25 jw3iaAauiaaut.;jaigiL, Always lCIIuDlc SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE QHSO I JUM1VU1VSJ1U lUJSL IU Jl (SIM A V i 0 i too Ci9 2 If IN JUSTICE AT MR. HARDING (New York Evening Post) Senator Harding says that the Fed eral Government is incurring a deficit cf about a million dollars a year. Ac tually the Government's income is in excess-of its expenditure. Senator Harding says that the .nation al debt is increasing. Actually the national debt has been reduced by a bout three billion dollars within a year. But what do these things mat ter? As President, Senator Harding will have a Secretary of the Treasury who can add up figures correctly. Senator Harding says that China was unrepresented at the Peace Con ference and intrusted her case to our representatives. But what does that matter? As President, he wil have a Secretary of State who will know that two Chinese delegates participat ed in the Peace Conference. Senator Harding recalls seeing Ri chard Mansfield in a war-play called "Charles V." But what does that matter? As President, he will have a Commissioner of Education who will tell him that Shakespeare called it "Henry V." In the heat of a Presidential cam paign there is an unjust tendency to which the Evening Post confesses it has occasionally surrendered to ask a candidate what he thinks ought te be done and what he expects to d6 if elected. But that is one-man gov ernment. Mr. Harding has made it Plain that if elected he will not vio late the Constitution by thinking for himself. He will get Mr. Root, Mr. Hiram Johnson, Mr. Lodge, Mr. Bo rah, and Mr. Penrose to think fer him and if they disagree they can always toss up a coin. Black-Draught "has no equal for headache, sour stomach, tor pid liver and feverish colds . declares Mrs. Annie Whitmore, of Gate City, Va. "It is easy to take and does not gripe, as a lot cf medicines do," she adds. "It is good to take in a hot tea for colds, or can be taken in a dry powder. I can't say enough for Black-Draught and the sick ness it has saved us." IGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE HENDERSON, N. C. er 12, 13, 14 and 15, 1920 IB BRIGHT LIGHT SHOWS Frank Wst, owner and manager, will furnish midway attractions this year. These shows are all of the highest character, arid can be visited by Ladies and Children. Among the at tractions of these shows are: Ml !3 has been found a valuable liver 90 medicine,in thousands of homes. "I do not use any other liver medicine," says Mrs. Mary O. Brown, of Europa, Miss. "It is splendid for sour stomach, a bad taste in the mouth or torpid liver. I keep it all the time, use it with the children and feel.it has saved us many dollars in doctor bills and many days in bed." Insist on the genuine Thed-ford's. E 3S 3 I 82 $7,000.00 IN CASH PRIZES to be award ed, covering live stock, farm products, etc. Get premium list today. THE BIGGEST AIRPLANE that ever came to Vance County. A good chance to take a ride in the skies. ABIG ARMY TANK manned by experts See the machine that run the Germans out of France. ONE WEEK OF SOLID ATTRACTION Meet your friends at the Golden Belt Fair this year, where every arrangemn't will be made for your comfort and convenience. DON'T FORGET THE BETTER BABIES CONTEST. COMPETITION IS OPEN TO GRAN VILLE, FRANKLIN, WARREN AND MECKLENBURG VA. and we hope that you will bring an Exhibit however small, so that your County will be represented. THERE WILL BE GOOD RACING ev ery day. Horse racing and Mule racing". A NUMBER OF FREE ATTRACTIONS in front of Grandstand every day. COME BRING YOUR FAMILY to the Biggest fair ever held in Henderson. TWO GREAT FREE ATTRACTIONS 9 dMdtenu BMfc Fail? COL. HENRY PERRY, Pres. R. B. CROWDER, Treas. C. M. HIGHT, Sec'y. r' i i
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