TIE WEEELi ADViECE
Publlehed Every . Friday 1
- - By .
HERBERT pekle,
Edi.or and Manager.
1 tort fact .-anil emphasizes - uru
nesH. He is Jow downer than
liar and who would draw a car
toon and call it-Ji photograph,
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One Year
Six Months ...
91.00
. 50o
. "Entered as second-class matter
May 19, 1911, at the post office at
".-Elizabeth City, North Carolina, under
M hho Act f March 3.1879.".
OXCB AGAIN
I . . .' ",:,.
Ye believe .that with veiv lit
tle effort thin iiier could win the
.i'dvertixinf; of quite U number of
1rnis outhide of Ulizalx'th City
who ai anxious to reach the ieo
jlc of thin section, hut' firms
who would eoinpele with our own
fl'tiUH- merchants' for the people's
Trade.
Wc have never made the effort
- towever. And the columns of
the Advance, tilled as that are al
nost exclusively'-with home ad
' - vert isinjr offer (striking- contras
to "some other local jiapers w
might liieufion .
-The truth Jsf the AdviiiK
believes that the paper that sell
faost of its -space -to competitor
of the merchants of its own town
speaks with little jrace and les
consistency when M ' hiiisc it
. readers to "burnt home."
We ' tl'imk, too, that the tnercl
nt who IhiwIs over the fact, that
many Elizabeth" City shojiper,
iro awav from home to buv their
;oods, and then himself tttrns uj
his nose at thehome paper m
advertises in one published in
larger city, is' more of a howler
- .. htn lie is. a mere liMit or man
But we have always endeaVoi
rd t shun etty spite, am'
where possible, to'., return - good
for evil. We have pursued the
c?en tenor of our way. counsel
ing nnr readers to buy at home
ft Tind saying no word, of ill of the
erring -merchants whA took twelve
months and more to find out that
? 1 HIM l ii4t tmu-mmiiikv in
Elizabeth City.
'FllltJ TwklioV lltlw tiOlil AtVkM -Tltlilll
-J. il 1. I'l'lll T II IF(MMt H U IH'III
a business standpoint, as the in
reusing number of names 111. our
advertising columns will attest
Firm after firm that viewed the
. .Advance first with suspicion, or
.. 'en with contempt, has come o
rv into the ranks of our friends
asd alreadyihe amount of busi
ness seems to maue necessary an
Increase in the size of the paper
. , , But it is not liecause we know
if ovill pay us for our readers
. to support their home merchants
that we continually urge them to
buy t home. It is because we
know that in the long run it
will pay tjieni. 'As a rule, those
who sro elsewhere to '. lmv fee
that thev can be better served
in n birwp i-itv. 15nf if flint
vnniMi ijiKi' uif 1 1 me ami me
trouble- to trv to satisfy them-
c sflves in the home stoi-es. even
; . going to the isnnt of insisting
: If necessary, that their merchant
for, in a little time such insis
tence would not le necessary
The merchant is most anxious
fo satisfy the most fastidious
customer, and will go to greal
. length to meet her demands.
Jt the home merchants get the
lilieral patronage of;these rnsto
iners. and Elizabeth City's stores
already 'the lest to le found in
any town of its size, will become
the ltest in the state.
Not only, however, because it
will pay should Elizabeth V'it.v's
whoppers buy at home. .They
- should give their business to the
home merchant because it is
right. Any town that-, is good
enough for a man to make
livinir in ought to be good enough
for him to buy his food and
clothing in. In oilier words,
it is. nothing but right thai n
fll.lll IMHMIMI f inni iij .. 1 1 14 ,1 it'
where he has made it vea and
likewise they of his own houe
110m .
If their is anything on carta
that gives us a longing for-etet
nal, i-est and deep damp' solitud
it is a man who c ines to a town
or a community, builds up a big
business, grows rich, and then
squats down on the gold like
hen on a doorknob and is too sttn
gy to let the gravels grind in hi;
own big gizzard. "
A Veal, genuine IS karat stin
gy man can t be honest, and If In
should ever get to heaven and
have wings he would fold them
up and walk for fear " that he
would ruffle a plume or lose a
tail feather.; The - men. win
build up u town and ..make good
citizens are enterprising, energet
ie arid liberal J not . tight-wads
who 1 when they , not a dollar
squeeze it until the American Ea
gle .feels as if she had on a corset.
pies of Jndge Clark's key
note sixch. delivered at (ireens
boro and extracts frohi which
have appeared in the .Advance
from time to " time, may be had
by calling at this 'office. Those
interested m the senatorial race
and who mat not have yet de
cided how thev will vole in this
contest should not fail to read
this speech invfull. It is a com
plete exwsition of the Chief J it
tire's platform
" -7 z 1 .. : . :
MECKLENBUItaAYA-
TEI5S WORK -CL'KK
Don't blame the newspaper
.'man '"for what happens in the
eommunity. If there is any
thing In the loiuniunity life that
Jon ifo not wish to go abroad,
blame yourself that it exists
not the pnier for saying somr
thing alxmt it. It is the editor's
bnsiness to make a tyjiogrnphical
photograph of the town enrh
week; and if you take a homely
I'irtnre don't kirk the instru
ment but try to get a letter ex
pression on your fare next tim
This is not intended a an apol
F? for the newspaper that dN-i
' ' (A(hcrtisciiient)
A WdlDefiticd And Obsthmlc
Case of Jf right's Disease Cured:
That of Mr. J. 1). WuLrleld, For
merit of Walefielii Kentucky.
The following statements and
certificates fully warrant ilie
claim that the .leckleubndg AVa
ter has ..effected a most wonder
ful cure of Blight's Disease. Mr.
Wakefield's condition when lie
arrived at Chase ("ity was most
deserate. For-, a number of
years he had . lieen a sufferer
f rornlc i du eyrt rob le in an-n ggra
va ted form and had used in vain
other remedies, including a wide
ly advertised Kithia Water -which
lie hud also used for a number of
years without obtaining relief.
I'roininent t physicians of Louis
ville, Kv.. in consultation pro
nounced the case Blight's Dis
ease, lie came to i nase ( iiy
and commenced 'drinking Meck
lenburg Waters, which in three
months restored him to good
health.
Wakefield; f. DrUloom field
A'., phfHiciani atlendina J. It.
Wakefield.
This certifies -that for ten vears
was the physiciAn of Mr. Jnc,
Wakefield formerly of Spencer
county Ivy., now of Chase Citv
Vn. and that "during this per
1011 his health vs very poor
.Aooui Tour years ago urinary
anai.ysis revealeiP the existence
of Bright'8 Disease. The
ontained large amounts of renal
1 . t .
derivatives. Kemedial agents
gave him for a time partial re-
lef. but soon lost their effect
His sufferings lit times were se
vere. He sent for the water of
Buffalo Lithia Springs, which for
some tune cave relief hut flit
lost its arood effeets. nn,l
lis-i'ondition became hopeless he
was advised to visit Chase Citv
and try the virtue of th nt.
there. The result was wonder
nil, as he now writes m ihat ha
is fully, ii'rovered. I nm fnl
1. 1 .
m satisiied that the water of
hasp ( itv. Vn si nWi i,i-
is J did not lielirvA -U 1-itf
iw him that he could live-three
months. .. - , . -
ineme,it of Dr. H. L. Harwell
hexidenf PhisieianrrT,at- r;f
a., an to Mr. II nlrfr hVuj:
linn. '..-'''!..
!is4o my present condition, I wil
state that for four years prevt
ous to to April 1WMI, mv health
was in verv bad condition
had suffered with Brfght's-IMs
wise in the nios;t aggnivated' form
tnd also with the various distres
sing .ci mplirations " usually at
tending lhat disease. During
this lime I suffered great lv-'from
very severe convulsions ? which
increased in frequency eacli year
and when I came to Chase City,
in April 1S90. I was ill such a
''ewperate condition that T real
ly did not care whether I lived
or not. I had commenced the
use of the Water on mv arrical
here, and soon began to improve
In three months I was complete
ly restored to health, and to-dav
I consider , myself in perfect
health, 1 would . further state
state that all of" the statements
made by the company, and by
Drs. Wakefield. Hughes and Bur
well, are correct in every partic
ular. -
Fourteen Year Later Mr.AVale
Tcstifiex to Vermaneueg of
Cure.
1
Motf ITellenger Count v. N. D.
I a 11 uar if 1, 1!0."
Mr. CiKo. A. Exiu.y, Vice iiieni-
" dent. fcvklcnhuri Mineral
HH'ingH Co.,
Chf'ixe Ci, Vaf
Mv Dkar'FuiknpI It has been
w ine time since J was in ( nase
( Mty, and as I know you were
particularly interested',' in my
T"ase. I thought it 'might be of
some value to pou to know mv
jnt'sent condition,
I am now located in Mott, N.
Dakota.' and am running a farm.
am glad to say. that, although
it is fifteen years since I drank
the waters at Chase City, which
effected my cure from Bright's
Disease. I am still strong as
any man of jny years could lie.
s you well know iny case was
supposed to lie hopeless, and I
had been given up bv all plu;si-
ians as incurable, in fact I V-
lieve when T'weut to Chase City
they thought they could do noth
ing for me.' - In fact, one of the
proprietors... refused to keep me
rTthe TioTeTTor lea rTlvouId71 le
in jure the
Wheg Mr. John D.-Wakefield
commenced using the Mecklen
burg Water on. his arrival at
Chase city, he was in the condi
tion as stated above bv his phy
sician. Dr. Wakefield ' of Ken
fucky. . It worked a wonderfnT
change in him. ne looks like a
new man.- nis digestion Is good
he sleeps well, and says he has
no trouble with h
former troubled
Mr. Wakefield's Statement; "
my
Keplying to yonr inquiry as to
v condition previous to mv
cominof.to Chase Citr. and fltSrt
there, and it would
reputation of the waters. 'but am
glad to say that after using the
waters... for a short time Iconr
inenred-lo improve at once, and
before I left Chase Citv. wan' en
tirely cured.
I will be glad to write to any
one whom von might chance to
er lo ue. Vou have t lie cer
tilic-ates of die physicians who
treated me. and I will gladly cer
fify.to their being true. It is
my great pleasure to recomniei.d
Mecklenburg Waters to anvone
who is suffering as I was. h
ish the conijiany ever.v shcivm;,
is 1 fit'l sure that their waters
are a gift to' suffering humani!;.
lours very truly
J. D. Waeefiki.p
11 nas ik'cii moii' than tweniv
it.. .... '
.'i'"" in i-r .nr. uateneld was
cr.red by ilrinking Meikienbiug
ia'i and he is today in good
nea it n. not-withstanding his age.
Hh address is Mott. Helling
ion i.ounry, jNorin Dakota, so
should any one doubt the abov
assi'rtion we should be more th.n
pleased lor them to write nim
there. "Doubtless nuinlH'rs -of
Iticlimond ieople will rirtneini"i'
having seen him at Chase City
dming'lijsKicknessi -
These Waters ai-e for sale at
all the best' places o.."ll per case
of 12 ane-half gallon bottles ami
$3.00 per 5 gallon carboy. Jfi.OO
paid for empty casis and the car
boy f.o.b. Chase City, hmre
vou can get the best water now
for .what you have Ikimi paiing
for inferior. .
Oct. 25 Ol
BELVIDEBi: NOTES
C. Oct.. 22.--left
Monday for
o visit relatives
Belvidere. N
Miss Ira Ward
Elizabeth Citv
and friends.
Miss Belle (iriftith of New
York is I lie guest of Miss Clara
White.
Mr. Troy l.amb left Saturday
for-New 'York.
Misses .. Adelaide White. Tillie
Lane and Mary Lamb and Mr.
Satnniie Biddick spent Sunday
at Whileson .
Mr. Hinlon of South Mills
assed through our village Fri
day afternoon in Ins automobile.
SANITARY PLUMBING
Remember I am prepared to
do all kinds of plumbing, steam
and gas fitting also special atten
tion to sewer connections.
Thoroughly Equipped Shop
SPECIAL ATTENTION given to Hot Water
and Steam Heating. Nothing but Ideal Boilers
and American Radiators used,
: ONLY SKILFUL WORKMEN EMPLOYED
Prices reasonable. Personal at
tention to all orders.
W. P. KNOWLES
Fearing Street Elizabeth Cityu
FOWLER
COS
SPECIAL VALUES
Ladies s Misses Suits f
1'
And Dresses
PROFESSION
CIS
R. . W. GREGORY.
DENTIST.
OCea Ia flora' new bnllilag,
Cor. Mala and Water Bta.
OR. M. M. HARRIS
DENTIST
Kramer Building, Main SI
f Elizabeth City, N. C. '
. Honre S to 13 and I to I.
Every Suit New, representing the very best
of the season's models. All Wool
Material, handsomely trimned
and tailored.
Now is the time to see theni with tli6
sizes unbroken. -
Ladies' Misses I Chidren's Coals
Bought in large quantities and priced at
4f lowest possible figures. An opportunity to save
some money on your coat purchase.
Dr. H. S. WILLEY
'"DENTIST
Kramer Building.. Room No. 11 f
J. H. WHITE, D. D. S.
Twenty BVe years la
DENTISTRY. "
la all 1U branchee.
Otlee orer lfcCabe A Ortce'a Store
Cor. Main and Potndexter atreeU.
GEORGE J. 6PENCE
Attorney , and Counsellor at . Law
208-209-210 Kramer boJldlwf
ELIZABETH CITY. N. C
Make our stores your headquarters and
profit by the price that
we offer you
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Poindexter St.
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