Welding the Crank
Shaft
or any vita! part of an auto
engine or transmission
should be entrusted to
specialists in this iine of
work. We are prepared to
apply our knowledge of
and facilities tor welding to
any problem that presents
itself inan auto. We mend
the break by welding
wed."
GOOCH MACHINE SHOP
Oxford, North Carolina.
!
Arinl?
Kur-Fa-Cite
A high-grade
varnish stain
for furniture,
] floors, and
B woodwork
H any color.
S Granitoid
] Floor Paint
3 Put it on to
day—walk on
it to-morrow.
Shines like
enamel.
As you dip your brush into
the heavy lead body of
you instantly realize why it covers
(hides) and protects the surface so
much better. There isn't any magic
about it—Kurfees is just better paint.
Good painters use and recommend
it because it contains more pure lead*
per gallon. Look at the formula:
Z,6w/ - #0%
- - 20%
700%
It's surprising the small amount
of Kurfees required to paint a
house right. Let us figure the
amount for you and show you
the beautiful color selections.
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HOLEMAN HDW.
COMPANY.
Think This Over
isn't it reasonable to suppose
that the largest battery maker
can produce and seH better bat
teries at a lower figure than
any other maker?
WiUard Batteries are the
choice of 134 car manufac
turers. These men know bat
teries and their knowledge is
based on tests and facts.
Their judgment shouid be of
va!ue to you.
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Oxford Battery Co.
8 HOUR BATTERY CHARGING
THE NOVEEETTE
AX INTERNATIONAL EPISODE
(By H. Irving King)
If you should ever go to Paris be
sure and drop in at the Cafe
Smithers in the Rue de Jacqueminot.
There you can get Johnny cake,
baked beans, brown bread and Indian
pudding such as w ill make you fee!
yourself at home—if home for you
happens to be New England. And
this is how it all came about: Eph
raim Crane a few years ago went
over to France, consiredable length
of time in Paris and became a fre
quenter of the Lion d'Or, which
rather languishing restaurant occu
pied the place now known as the
Cafe Smithers. a most flourishing es
tablishment.
It was not the cooking at the Lion
d'Or, which was only fair, nor the
wines, which were pretty bad, that
attracted Corporal Crane to that lit
tle cafe and made him linger there,
but Clotilde, the motherless daugh
ter of the proprietor, Monsieur Bou
lais. The pretty French girl held
the raw-boned New Hampshire youth
as the pole star holds the needle.
Clotilde and Ephraim swapped les
sons in French and English and got
so that in a remarkably short time
they could not only converse with
each other understandingly, but
could write little notes to each other
in a combination of the two lan
guages.
But alas the time came when Cor
poral Crane must leave. Cotilde
wept at parting and Ephriam would
have wept, too, but for his desire to
appear "hard boiled." They prom
ised to write to each other—oh, ever
so many times. And Ephraim was
to come back and marry Clotilde or
she was to follow him across the
briny deep—they had not yet decid
ed which. Ephraim recalled an
other parting which he had had with
Mary Ellen Dodge the day he left
home to be mustered in. Gracious,
what an untimely thought! He won
dered if Mary Ellen was waiting for
him still. She had not written very
often of late, or else her letters had
gone astray; and he felt with a lit
tie twinge of conscience, that his own
homeward-bound letters had not
been as frequent for the last two
months as they might have been.
And—and—what should he say to
Mary Ellen when he arrived at Gran
iteville?
On the way over he had time to
think things out, but the more he
thought the more he was perpiexed.
And then he reached home and saw
Mary Eien—and it was all up with
Clotilde. But Ephraim was a New
England boy—with a conscience. He
had never plighted his troth with
Mary Ellen, but he had with Clotilde
and therefore—! He wrote and Clo
tilde wrote , of course; but they com
mitted nothing like the devastation
on the international paper supply
which they had agreed upon. His
youthful looking, well-to-do and very
capable mother saw that something
was "on the mind" of her only child
and lured him on in a wily way until,
one night, he broke down and told
her the whole story.
"Humph," said Mrs. Crane, "Clo
tilde, hey? Can she cook? I'll bet
she can't. French messes, perhaps;
but nothing that a civilized man
ought to eat. And I said I never
would have my boy marry a girl
who couldn't cook. Mary Ellen
Dodge is a fine cook. Ever eat any
of her apple dumplin's " Ephraim
groaned. Now, Mrs. Crane, as she
been said, was well off.
"Eph," said she one dayafterthe
disconsolate youth had been getting j
thinner and thinner. 'Eph, I have
always wanted to go abroad. As you
won't break* off your engagement
with this French girl, suppose you
take your old mother over and let
me have a look at her."
So one fine morning behold the ex
corporal escorting his mother to the
portais of the Lion o'Or.
M. Boulais came to welcome his
former customer with all the effu
sion of the sprightly Gaul.
"And—and Clotilde?" Ephriam
ventured.
"Ah! my daughter—yes," replied
\I. Boulais. "she is married yester
lay to ze sergeant of jeandarmes."
Mrs. Crane liked Paris immensely,
:ook to studying French and insist
*d upon dining at the Lion o'Or
3very day. There were great possi
bilities in the place if properly con
iucted, she told Ephraim. For two
months the good lady lingered on m
he French capital in spite of her
ion's impatience to get back to
ffraniteville and Mary Ellen. Then
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Beware of Imitations!
Unless you see the 'Tayer Cross"
on package or on tablets you are not
getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin
proved safe by millions and, prescrib
ed by physicians over twenty-three
years for
Colds
Toothache
Neuritis
Neuralgia
'Headache
Lumbago
Rheumatism
Pain, Pain
Accept Bayer Tablets of Aspirm '
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tains proven directions. Handy box
es of twelve tablets cost few cents
Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and
100. Aspirin is the trade mark of
Bayer Manufacture of Monojvcetica
cidester of Salicylicacid. (1)
one day she said, "Eph, I am too
old to keep gadding about—but you
go back home and marry Mary Ellen
Dodge. Grandpa Smithers, who kept
tavern down at the Corner's, was a
mighty good hand at it and always
lamented that he had no son to carry
on the name and business. I've been
talking matters over with Mr. Bou
lais and we both have decided to go
into partnership, and change the
name of the Lion p'Or to the Cafe
Smithers.
And that's that about the
Cafe Smithers. Mrs. Boulais was'
not present at the wedding of her
on and Mary Ellen Dodge, but she
sent over a most beautiful present—
and so did Clotilde.
Vice President Aims
t )
George L. Berry, President of
the Internationa! Printing Press- ;
men's Union, has hied in Ohio as
cand:date for Vice-President on the
Democratic ticket.
REPAIRING
Buggy and Surrey
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OXFORD BUGGY CO.
KH
Sick
Headache
"I have used Black-Draught
when needed for the past 25
years," says Mrs. Emma
Grimes, of Forbes, Mo. "I
began taking it for a bad case
of constipation. I would get
constipated and feel just mis
erable—sluggish, tired, a bad
taste in my mouth, . . . and
soon my head would begin
hurting and I would have a
severe sick headache. I don't
know just who started me to
taking
Ihedford's
ELACK-0RAU6HT
but it did the work. It just
seemed to cleanse the liver.
Very soon I felt like new.
When I found Black-Draught
so easy to take and easy
acting, I began to use it m
time and would not have sick
headaches."
Constipation causes the
system to re-absorb poisons
that may cause great pain
and much danger to youi
health. Take Thedford's R
Black-Draught. It will stimu- Q
late the liver and help to !
drive out the poisons. ^
Sold by all dealers. Costs H
only one cent a dose. ^ g
the most skilled druggist and a legitim^
price when the Doctor gives you a prescrip,
tion. We give you all these and the bl
possible service. We want your business
and give you the best we have to p^,,
our appreciation.
1 J. G. HaH
! Druggist.
! Eyaight And !ts Care
is a matter of great importance, as you
depend upon it for ai! your labors and
pleasures.
We are Speciaiista in the examination
of the eyes and fitting glasses, with
many years of experience.
J. W. KNIGHT
Call at tun ^fice when in doubt about your eyes and giaases
6 COLLEGE STREET, OXFORD, N. C.
g WHITE S VULCANIZING & RADIATOR SHOP
^ Oxford, X. C. G. M. White, Manager
Ft's a Great
Satisfaction
to the ear owner or driver
to know that his car is
equipped with tires of max
imum service at minimum
cost. The tires that xve seii
anti repair are that kind.
Carry a coupie of "spares"
syith you on your iong or
short trips. They tan be
depended on.
Saunders Motor Co.
j31 HiHsboro Street.
JACK L. SAUNDERS
—and—
CLAUD L. SAUNDERS
Experienced auto mechanics and were
with E. H. Crenshaw for several years.
Repair work on aM kinds of cars. Ac
cesories in stock.
GfVE US A FRMi
Auto Repairing i
Your friend on the right
was having the same
trouble you are having.
We worked on his car
and now he is
We Understand Automobiles—Have Had
Fears of Experience. Our prices are )ei<)"
the average. CALL US AT ANY TIML.
CLARK & GRIMM
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