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I THE ADVAN.Cjd HERPILRT PEELE, EDITOR Joseph Peele, Associate Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1j00 If Mr. Leading Citizen of Elizabeth City was half as much interested and ns well ver.ed in his commun ity's Industrial needs ns he la in Its politics we could put Elizabeth City on the map in red letters. A friend to whom we had mailed a statement writes us that he will pay his bill "when convenient." We wish we cou'd stop paying curs till we find a convenient oc casion to take care of them. A plance nt the list of hst year's f hiutauq.ua Guarantors Bhowed about twelve of the number who do not pet The Advance. In other words there are twelve public spirited men In Elizabeth City wno have overlook ed at least one home enterprise which deserves their support and which will be worth more to them thr.iv It will cost them. If one of them should see thi editorial and rerenf. we supst that our phone number Is 357. The present pri' of The Advance Is 2 cents a week. ' 'If we have a preat livestock In dustry, we will have a packing house Industry. If we have a packing house we will have livestock With neither there will be no chance for either. We will have either or neither, but we can make It either and conse quently have both" Wilmington Star. Twinkla! Twiiklr! 'Little Star! Pu'h n wonder as you are; Shining bright Loth day and night Make flio people see It right. Coming to this office yesterday for n number of Monday's Issue of The Advance, the Chautauqua Superlnten dent was kind enough to say that our write-up of the first two day's program In that Issue was one of the best bits of work of the sort he h ever read. Some folks thin The Advance ain't got ho style, because ltr has courage to defy convention i and be small when the advertising ,, patronage Is weik. Hut The Advance Is style all the whilffr-Those who don t know it are tne oneB wno uon t read It, Dr. B. C. Henlng left Tuesday for Richmond, Va. where he is at tending a meeting of the Foreign Mission Hoard of the Southern Bap tist Convention. He expects to re turn to the city on Friday. BOY SCOUTS MAKE REAL MEN Continued From Fnge One "If you can trust yourself when all - men doubt yon Yet make allowance for their """u'ujting, too; ' If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting, "Or being lied about don't deal In lies, "Or being hated don't give way to hating, ' 'And yet don't look too gootl or talk too wise. ' 'If you can dream and not make dreams your master, ' 'If you .can think and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet wlffi Triumph and Disaster, "And treat both these Imposters just the same; "If you can bear to hear a truth you've spoken "Twl-ted by knaves to make a trap for foo's, "Or watch the things you gave your life to broken "And stoop and build them up wl h worn out tools; ' 'Tf you can make one heap of all your winnings "And risk it on one turn of pitch and toss, ' 'And lose nnd start again at your beinnincs try? v "And never breathe a word about your loss; ' 'If nu can force your heart and none aid sinew 'To serve your turn long after , they are gone ' 'And so hold on when there Is noth lng fi you "Fx"ept the wl 1 whl h sys, "Hold on!" "If you can talk wl'h crowds and keep your virtue "Or walk with kings, nor lose the common touch; "If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you ' 'If all men count with you, but none too much; "If you can fill the unforgiving mo ment "With just sixty seconds worth of distanco run. "Yours is the earth nnd everything that's on it, "And which Is morf you'lJL be a man, my son." ' 'Finally,' ' said Mr. Cook, 'I want you to have for the hand of your ITTe compass your own conscience, keep ing it free from the Tust of the world, always pointing to the goal of every manly boy a useful life." Immediately after Junior Chautau qua this morning Mr. Cook will or ganize the Boy Scouts and the Camp Fire Clrls.' Following Mr. Cook's acTdress, the Schu'ert String Quartet rendered an enjoyable program of classical muslc responding to the request for a pop ular air at the close of the concert by a vory sympathetic rendering of the Southern melody, ' 'Old Black Joe." VOTAN TEA Exquisite Flavor. ... Retained from Garden to Tea Cup Sold Exclusively By Morrisette & Perry Retail Fancy Grocers PORCH CHAIRS IND ROCKERS st-eonifo At Very Reasonable Prices W. J. Hendricks Wheelwright &. Blacksmith General Repairing A Specialty (Poindexter Street Below Bridge DO YOU OWN AN AUTOMOBILE? Then you need the cheapest and best quick repair outfit on the market today. THE DOBOFAX Self Curing Vulcanizing Outfit. Supplies that need. With it you can do your own vulcanizing quickly, permanently, without heat or the use of gasoline and at a fraction of the expense of any other method. Enough ma terial is included in a Dobofax Vulcanizing Outfit to permanent ly vulcanize from 25 to 4q ordinary punctures. The price is ONE DOLLAR Sharber & White Everything in Hardware Main Street - Elizabeth City. N.C. ,i I - '- - ' ' 1 It breezes all day and all night for a jitney. What does? A Westinghouse 8" electric fan. They are well made, strong and lastingly durable. Visit our show room and judge for yourself. And we sell them accost. Elizabeth City Electric Light & Power Company Phone 80 Fearing St. Ladies Pumps & Oxfords- Jiffi? Atf. prices from $3.50 to $4.00. Will be sc Id at $2.00. GALLOP & TOXEY SHOE COMPANY
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