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A $400 Player Piano to be given to some Alexander Girl. See our proposition on this page iV DEVOTED TO THE SOCIAL. MOftA L AND FINANCIAL IWTEHET OF THE CITIZENS OP ALEXANDU OOUWTY AMD WBSTtUN CAROLINA. VOL. XIII NO. 689. Taylorsville, N. C. Wednesday, July 28, 1915. $1.00 PER ANNUM THE MOUNTAIN SCOUT. Published every Wednesday, at Taylorsville, North Carolina. J. P. BABINGTON, Editor and Publisher. red at the Post Office, in Taylorsville, N. C, as second class matter, Feb- YOUR P0CKETB00K oi demands that you go where you can get the most for your 'money. A $400 BF M Ell will be given YOUR BETTER JUDGMENT WE tells you to go where the goods are of the best quality. oi meet both arguments with a specially select ed line of merchandise at prices that com mand your attention. GIVE US A CHANCE to prove it. HIVE a JLxJLpjLOJLxV KNOW THY COUNTRY IIITelegrdph and Telephone Our transportation facilities are the most perfect product of this great com merclal age and the telegraph.and tel ephone systems of this nation crown the Industrial achievements of the ' whole world. These twin messengers of modern civilization, born in the skies, stand today the nut faithful and efficient public servants that ever toiled for the human race. ' They are of American nativity and while warm from the mind of the In ventive genius have, under American supervision, spun a net-work of wires across the earth and under the seas. TeleKranhy,.ln Its early youth, mas tered the known world and the tele phone has already conquered the earth's surface, and now stands at the aaahore ready to leap across the ocean. - No Industry In the history of the world has ever made such rapid strides In development and usefulness, and none has ever exerted a more powerful influence uiHn the civilization of its day than the Telegraph and Telephone. Their achievement demonstrates the supremacy of two distinct types of American genius Invention and organ isation. , ' v The industry was peculiarly fortun ate In having powerful inventive intel lect at Its source and tremendous minds to direct Its organisation and growth. It Is the most perfect fruit of the tree of American Industry and when compared with its European con temporaries, it thrills every patriotic American with pride. ' ".' "i you"i r-n End no more in spiring company than the fellowship of the giant Intellects that constructed this marvelous Industry and a Journey along the pathway of Us development, Illuminated at every mile-post of Its progress by the lightning-flashes ol brilliant minds, will be taken at a very early date. A brief statistical review of the In dustry brings out Its growth and mag nitude in a most convincing and un- forgetable manner. The telephone service of the United States Is the most popular and efficient and its rates are the cheapest of the telephone systems of the world. ' We are the greatest talkers on earth. We send 60 per cent of our communi cations over the telephone. The world has about 15,004,000 telephones and ol this number the United States has ap proximately 9,540.000, Europe 4,020,000 and other countries 1,300,000. Accord ing to the latest world telephone cen sus, the total telephone Investment la $1,906,000,000 and of this amount U 095,000,000 was credited to the United States, $636,000,000 In Europe and $175,000,000 in other countries. The annual telephone conversations total 24,600,000,000 divided as follows: Unit ed States 15,600,000,000; Europe 6,800, 000,000, and other countries 200,000 000. The total world wire telephone mileage Is 33,262.000 miles divided ai follows: United States 20,248,000, Eu rope 10435,000, and other countries 2479,000. About six per cent ot the world's population and sixty -on per cent of the telephone wire mile-1 age la'in the United Etates. - - Absolutely Free to the young lady in Alexander County securing the greatest number of votes in our Voting Contest which began on Monday, June 14th, 1915. Here are the terms and conditions which make it possible for some young lady to secure this valuable prize: Each yearly subscription counts 100 votes. Persons not now taking The Scout may subscribe and pay for a term of one or two years, but no longer. Present subscribers can renew or extend their subscrip tions for one or two years, but no longer. Subscriptions may be taken anywhere in the United States or Canada. Every dollar paid on this contest must be accompanied by the name of some person to whom the Scout is to be sent for a term of one or two vears. In other words, no money will be received without a subscription. Any one wishing to place a friend in the contest can do so by paying one dollar for a subscription to The Mountain Scout This gives your candidate 100 votes to start with. Then bring in every subscription you can secure and watch the standing of the contestants in the Scout each week. A candidate can enter at any time and withdraw at any time; but one candidate will not be allowed to transfer her votes to another candidate. Every subscription taken in this contest will be enter ed in a book kept for this purpose, with the name of the candidate for whom the votes are cast. This book will be kept open for examination by any of the candidates or their friends. The contest will be conducted with absolute fairness to all. The Piano is now on at the exhibition .1915. Enclosed find - Dollar Send The Mountain Scout 1 year to. P. O. Count votes for Miss. Send all subscriptions to THE MOUNTAIN SCOUT, t Taylorsville, Jf. C. QUANTITY QUALITY and PRICE- are three things to consider. We keep the QUANTITY with us, you find THE QUALITY and we al ways make THE PRICE to suit the Quan tity and Quality. We buy all kinds of Produce and pay the highest price the market will afford. We are here for business. THE WATTS COMPANY L AN OPPORTUNITY My stock of General Merchandise and Furniture is too large for the dull season. FOR THE NEXT 60 DAYS I propose to offer to the people of Alexander Some Surprising Bargains and thereby clean up and reducefall lines. Produce $ will catch these bargains. I also want . your Cross Ties'and Lumber. Come and see me and you will be sur prised at my prices on many staple goods. JT C WIMIE A Joint Account is a mutual protection for husband and wife. Better start saving from the first savins; is a habit easily acquired.- After the first hundred dollars is put away the rest comes easy. Come and place your savings in our care, and we will show you how to msjee your money earn money. You have here absolute security for your money and ex cellent interest while it stays with US. ' ' The Bank of Alexander
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