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Prosperity Peace and Plenty • , < Money will soon be plentiful. \ The temptation will be to become extravagant. MAKE UP YOUR MIND NOW TO BANK AS MUCH AS YOU CA*f. This bank has served the people of Caswell since July. 1906. Our sole interest is in Caswell. Patronize home industry. THE BANK of YANCEYVILIE The Bank That Satisfies if 4 jj{ R. L. Mitchell, Pres, f S. M. Bason, Cashier E, A. Allison, V. Pres. T. D. Boswell, Ass’t. Cashier YANCEYVILLE. N. C. il.....i GOODYEAR Means Good Wear 4 ' ‘ If you are not getting long and trouble-free ntileage from the tires you use on your car. If you are not getting A-i helpful, sincere service from the place where you buy them, we invite you to buy just one Goodyear from us next time. We'd like to show you how a mighty good tire, backed by EXPERT TIRE SERVICE, can cut your present costs. We have the famous All-Weathers, and the lower priced Goodyear-built Pathfinders, for you. With Goo'dyear and Pathfinder Tubes to match. And you'll never know until you try. Thank you. Yours very truly, Crowell Auto Co. Yanceyville, N. C. p, s._“We will give you a liberal allowance for your old tires. Come around and let us put on a new set." SPECIAL Saturday Sept. 24 ONLY 15c Toilet Soap, 6 Cakes For 50c NO CUSTOMER CAN GET OVER 6 CAKES Come and Share In Our Sale |; Yanccyvillc Drug Co. THOS. J. HAM. JR., Propj. ‘‘A Good Store In a Good County. Yanceyville, N. C. ....... A FEW OF A STRANGER’S OBSERVATIONS IN PARIS Visits the Pont Neuf, Notre Dame, the Louvre, the Garden! of Tuileries. Arch of Triumph,! Opera Street, and Sees Various Types of People. (By J. A. Thompson) Where am I? What am I do ing? What, why? Ah, now I remember. I am in the midst of Paris, the true melting pot of the world. Therejs the “Pont Neuf/' of which I have heard}—it isn’t new at ail, rather it -appears to be much „ older than the other bridgesand there just beyond if on the island in the river must be the famous Notre Dame Cathe dral. I shall follow that crowd of clamoring tourists and see what is attracting them. This is strange—the main portals seem to be for show only, and we must enter an unimposing side door. I atp subject to abstractions, there fore I have stood too long watch; ing that double-chinned old lady adjusting her lorgnettes and gaz inging in rapt attention around her. 1 feel sorry for her. It was pitiful to see that expression of . life-long expectations about to be realized change slowly into a j blank quizzical look, and then i give way to disappointment. No wonder, poor thing! But t have stood watching her too long and have lost the group of tourists I've been following. I need not worry, however, for if I pause here a moment. I shall be swept onward by the next group. A guide has spied me ami is coming towards me. I shall pre tend not to see him arid shall walk rapidly along th\s side and at the same time avoid those sellers of souvenirs and those others who are making a “house of merchan dise out of the Father’s House.” i But what’s this? Who is this /gentleman that is selling ticketsj in the box-office farther along? 11 shall go nearer and see. Bless me! I thought I had entered a ’ House of Prayer and not a circus.! This appears to be quite an in teresting side show, 1 must not miss anything. I have bought my ticket and am patiently awaiting the guide! who is to show me through the treasury along with the seven teen others \yho have come after me. 1 stood wearily listening to j him explainingWhat Louis XIV (gave this set of jevrels to the | church in connection with some .1 festival or perhaps in atonement I for some sin. and now l am ready to return to the main' part; the tickets mean nothing, for the guide has stationed himself at the exit and is extorting as much money as possible from the in nocents. I shall give him three I francs rather than have him stare at me in that insulting manner. The atmosphere is oppressive; I shall make my escape from the "den of thieves.” Mayhap the Louvre will be a more desirable place to look aVoutid. 1 shall proceed along the Seine a little and look at the "Gardens of the Tuileries.'’ That must be the Arch of Triumph andj the Tomb of the Unknown Soldi er, and that great sombre U-shap ed building is the Louvre, un doubtedly. I shall procure a ticket and enter. I notice that I shall not be alone. There are pictures,—marvelous paintings, the most wonderful collection in the world, ranging in subject matter ^from the Madonna to a Dutch windmill, from the Day of Resurrection to a cut-throat sciene. Even a great er variety is found jn the stream' of humanity admiring them. Ob-| serve the gentleman over there j who has stooped to flick a bit of cigarette ash from his spots. He is now removing all traces of the same bit of ash from his white gloves. I wonder of what is he thinking? Obviously his mind is far from being interested in the masterpieces around him. Look how he pauses in the midst of a stride! He places his gold-head ed cane on the floor and half leans upon it. What can be the terrible problem that weighs upon him? He may be thinking in terms of millions—but no, he is not the type of man to soil his hands by delving into the vulgar world of trade—nay, 'tis not a question of money that worries him. Nor yet is it a matter of state. He has some of the ear-marks of a sports man, can it be that he is troubling himself about a steeple-chase this far from his native England? No, ’tis a weightier matter than that. How long he stands thus! Ah, his face lights up, a semblance of smile plays about his lips. He transfers his cane from his right hand to his left arm. adjusts his monocle and scrutinizes the watch which" he has led from a vest pocket by means of a fnassive gold chain, lie glances around to get his bearings and starts' for the nearest exit. At last he has remembered where and when he was to meet his wife. There go two Chinese excitedly talking to each other by means of^a few grunts and abundant In Danville The Best Bank For You is one whose strength is unquestioned, whose experience covers fifty five years, and whose aim is always to render the highest class of service to its patrons. Such a bank is — THE FIRST National Bank of Danville Oldest - Largest - Strongest gesticulations. Just beyond a guide is delivering one of his orations to a group of helpless tourists. The subject of his harangue must be the merits of that representation of a royal fam ily. His victims are interesting. ’Tis a delayed honeymoon, as I live! They seem to be Americans of the middle class. They are not rich, (they have skimped .and sav ed and denied themselves almost the necessities of life in order to have this summer abroad. Their air of uncertainty proclaims them to he strangers to travel. 1 he husband is better at camouflage than the rest of the family—he as sumes an interested look and even ventures a Question from time to time, and then shows himself ex tremely gratified if the guide’s answers conceal the ridiculous ness of the question. And yet ’tis evident that he enjoyed the three days’ fishing trip of last year's vacation much more than this. The little four-vear-old daughter tries to appear interest ed also, but Tommy is plainly bored and would prefer ;» base continued on Pago 8) An Open Letter to the Editor From the President of General Motors ■. r * LfAST SPRING I wrote you that my belief , in the country newspaper had led us in General Motors to decide to advertise our products together in the small-city press of the country. The returns from the series of the messages . recently published have justified that faith; and we shall continue to advertise in your community through your newspaper this fall. It occurs to me, however, that some of your readers may be asking: "What is General Motors?” and “Why is General Motors?” These are fair questions and I should like to answer them as frankly as l can. General Motors was organized some years ago on the theory that a group of large com panies, working together, could render a better service than they could separately. In this we simply applied to industry a principle that h as old as civilization as regards the human family and human progress. Original members of V c General Mo.ora family were Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Oak land and Oldsmobile, together with the E-eko Light Company and other well-known com panies manufacturing automotive equipment. By joining together their resources, we were able to establish great Research Laboratories, a 1245-acre Proving Ground and the GMAC Plan of credit purchase; to effect vast econ omies in purchase and manufacture and distribution; to assure and maintain the quality of every product in the General Motors family. Has the General Motors family principle proved itself in practice? The best answer, I think, is to compare the Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile and Oakland of today with the models of five or ten years ago. Then add Pontiac, a General Motors crea tion. Add LaSalle, another General Motors creation. And then consider how General Motors has developed these cars into a com plete line, within which any family may find a suitable quality car at the price it plans to pay: “A Car for Every Purse and Purpose.*' Another example is Frigidaire, the electric refrigerator. General Motors had the resources io spend millions to develop a satisfactory refrigerator, and then- to apply to its manu facture the same processes which have in creased the utility and lowered the cost of the automobile. We believe that this record justifies General Motors as an economic institution. Its prod ucts are quality products, first of all. Their prices represent the economies of united effort passed on to the purchaser. In the last year one in each three automobiles chosen by the public has been a General Motors car. The service of Dclco-Light electric plants has extended to more than a quarter million homes, while Frigidaire has become the world’s largest sell ing convenience of its kind. We believe also that the values now offered iu the current General Motors products (which are listed below) prove anew that "many minds are better than .one” and that a family of companies, , working together, can produce results which are decidedly in the public interest and of increasing benefit to tlie individual family. Very truly yours, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., President General Motors Corporation Detroit, September 23, 1927 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVR C* PONTIAC • OLDSMOBILE • OAKJLAND • BUICK. • LaSALLL • CADILLAC FRIGIDA1RE—The Eleetrie Refrigerator • T)EhCO-LlGHT~~Etectrie Plant* GMAC Plan of Time Payment*
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