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THE DAILY COMMONWEALTH, SCOTLAND NECK, N. 0. TUESDAY, NOV. 29, 1921. re if I, I 1 I if if:; Si 1i '!.. Mi 1 b if & m l P 1 1 I H vi si If it p it li El III 1 pi THE COMMONWEALTH Afternoon Daily Established 1882 Clee Vaughaa, Publisher. Norfleet S. Smith, Editor Entered at the Post Office at Scotland Neck, N. C, as second ellasa matter under Act of Con gress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION BATES (In Advance) Through the Mail ' Daily Issue . One Year $4.n0 TMontra . $2-00 Thre Months $1.00 One Month .40 By Carrier 15c . per week All articles submitted for pub tkation must bear the author's name, not necessarily for publi cation, but as a guarantee of geod faith. Members of tie Associated rresa TVie Associated Press la exclu. eively entitled to the use for re publication of all news dispatch es credited to it or not otherwise credited in thispaper, also ' in local news published lereini And it isn't the fact that you're hurt will run over and see it." And they were forced to carry the cus that counts, jso it will go, and sooner or later .tomers over to another . year But only, how did you take it?" it will attract home-seekers, jthereby getting them and' them- Lvnd, so, for the greater benefit 'selves deeper into the hole. COMMISSIONERS DESIRE TO of the town as a whole let us j When every line of business SERVE PUBLIC Jtake" advantage of the opportun-jgets on a cash basis and every 'ity offered and make Main Street jman is required to pay as he With reference to the decision the most beautiful and most talk-! goes then can he say say as this of the town commissioners at ed ff street in the State. It will j old gentleman does, that he nev their last meting to do away with De worth while to do so from an;er goes to sleep owing any man the grass plot on Main Street advertising standpoint. jand never eats a thing until it Is with the exception of. the block j ' ipaid for, and this section and the PAY AS YOU GO 'South will not be howling and begging the balance of the nation between 12th and 13th streets, we wish to say that no snap judg ment was taken on the proposi tion or plans of the street, thev felt We heard a man wh is sixty-' to send money to them that they )Ut eight years of age make the state-.may borrow to carry-on with that some definite ac- merit that he never ate a meal from year to year, and crop or no TUESDAY, NOV. 29, 1921. THINK IT OVER (Edmund Vance Cook) "Did you tackle the trouble that came your way With a resolute heart and cheerful. Or hide your face from the light of day. With a craven soul and feaful? Oh, a trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it, tion should be taken. It is the until it was paid for, and that he desire of this board to serve the never went to sleep at night ow people and plan the streets justing any man a penny, as thev want them. However. 1 What a blessed thins it would i 7 i i positive and final action must be be if every man in this commun (taken in a few days in order not ity could live by the rule as set j to delay the work. We feel that down for himself by this old gen- if the public will express itself pieman. Many of the stores have as favorable to the grass plot adopted the purely cash plan, these men will have it arranged and it is apparently working sat in that way. isfactorily. The greatest curse Main Street is a street of the f the South has been the credit town as a whole and in planning system, and this section and the for this street it should be look- South will never arrive at the ed upon as one affecting the financial state which should per whole public. All visitors in to tain to assure absolute indepen town practically all pass through donee until a more or less cash this street and it should be plan- system is inaugurated, nod in view of the best advertis- j The merchants have been more ingpossible. If we build a dis- or less responsible . for this state tinctly beautiful street the casual of tilings, for in the past they visitor is going to talk about it would urge people to buy on and say "Have you seen the credit with the hopes of collecting beautiful Main Street of Scotland in the fall when the crops are Neck?." The other will say, marketed, and if anything hap- p'No, I have not, but I believe L pened to the crop or to prices, crop, they will be independent as they should be with all the ad vantages provided them by na ture and the Creator of all things. If one must get into debt and owe money, owe it for real es tate or investments, for that is commendable and is good busi ness, but for the nonessentials and everyday evpensps of life pay cash and go to sleep at night without the harrowing worry of owing every man with no money with which to pay. Life will be ' sweeter and much more worth j living and there will be greater , fellowship between man and man. How Would You Like to See What Irvin Nerhood (Pa.) Saw? "One customer told me that after using one large package of Rat-Snap, he got FORTY-EIGHT dead rats. How many more dead he couldn't see. he doesn't know. Remember rats breed fast and de stroy dollars' worth of property. " 35c. 65c. Si. 25- Sold and guaranteed by JTOSTH END DRUG STORE. IARDY HARDWARE CO. 2C Boyette-Shields Comp'y's Store Closed Tuesday And Wednesday. Our store will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to mark down and arrange every article in our immense stock for the GREATEST VALUE-GIVING SALE ever attempted in North Carolina. WE NEED MONEY! Wait for our opening Thursday, December 1st -t f'C'r-m-bfrf-k rW. 3DE A g-v & y Jalll iirii,n,nr i .iiAjlBfejaEfa E&sgiBm&&s& bn(S&A.v tsmf,saa& -7-- -- Hrrr U WrmfJ '-i&BS't'mSi m p-!k:t W p ' ,J . ( At Eight Miles an or Eighty! WHETHER crawHng albugo t a snail's pace in congested traffic or hitting the.jtiigh spots on ain open country road, "Standard" Motor Gasoline will fire smoothly and burn lip completely. That is why its sales, are, limbing out of all proportion to the increase in total gasoline consumption. erfcneiver aiUing pf thn improved Standard" Motor Gasoline would cheerfully go far out of their way to place repeat orders. not, necessary. Reliable dealers handling this ideally balanced motor fuel are to be found on both sides of t,ghway whereve yo traxd. They charge no more for Standard" Motor Gasoline lhan others ask for inferior grades masquerading under fanciful names. If your motor is sluggish have tli3 carbon cleaned from cylinders and spark plugs, empty the old diluted oil from your crank case, and after washing wilh a pirn or so-of kero sene, fiU with POLAR1NE of the grade specified for X car. Then put "Standard" Motor Gasoline into vovfuel tank and see what a good car can do. STANDARD OIL C (NEW JERSEYS it5 , rv j. cy ! '!. ... ?l ! H 35 H Si s i a H E H g H S M 3 I H N S H H 3 K Scotland Neck People Know! "Wheii old customers stie and new customers continue to come, to a CERTAIN STORE, THERE IS NO USE ASKING THE REASON. It is very evident that they are getting the VERY BEST m QUALITY, SERVICE, PRICE. . . YTou cannot fool the people in Scotland Neck, for they know. This is why our busines continues to grow. 'PHONE 159. Gash Grocery Co. By the way! Do you w nt something for nothing? Watch this space a few days, and you will be surprised. HSHBHSHSHSHZH8HBHSHBHSHSHSHBA2HBHEES3MH&BSHSa:M 8Wmnmmma YES It's Better Than Ever. DRINK A BOTTLE NOW Gifts I CUT-GLASS JEWELRY SILVERWARE Ideal Gifts For Any Occasion New Goods Arriving Daily. E. T. Whitehead Co 1. bd M S Ki SS 55 K K S K E BP K. K S K K Et K S 55 Ki 5? M S Tt i
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