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PKKLK * PKKLK. mblUhtm NIRBKItT PCCLI Ulter. Member of Thr AworbiM IViw. TW AimlatM Pr*?? li lutodnli ta fea mm tar n-HMk|h*n ?f nr?i <hmMii ta ttii* H?r ??d alM to tfcr t?Ml ?*? MWI*rt t*ar?ia. [nlHit at t*? ?? Ctafcatft CNy. N. C . wod cUm SubdcriiMiiMi lUtos l(\ t'*rrier. On WM Om Maatli (la artvanri i Twin Manlfti ((? IMM?) 10 Caata ?2 Caata It) Mall. ??Mil (la itnadi l*m Oaa.l 12 Math* Zaaa T wo. 12 aiaatlit Bf Mall Ilmtitri II .29 W.2S MM UM H0? THURSDAY. SEIT. \?. 1921. AJtE MAjOlNl BCC-S.< f TVt'n nmnv ? twixl inn kin' l?vf h ii " finikin' u?hmI. Khsj Hirii'l In jfltlln' (* In* a purly nluidy 4ltoitiuftiifurv. Buniiiriis Follow* lli?' !\1uil it Congratulations to PoHtinaster ...Hooper Qn the improvements in ?service and facilities at the KHz-1 abeth City itostoffift* under -bin ad~ ministration! Business follows the mail, it Is said, and Tho Advance suKKests that Elizabeth City merchants this' fall check up on trade from the , ..territory Kettiim its mall at or! from South Mills or on the star route between Camden and South Mills, to see If the saying will not be found to hold true. ,If, as The Advance feels sure it ?; ^ttlt Improved ? m*H ? senile tie- - tween Elizubi-th City and Upper Camdeb proves a good thing for -both Camden and Elisabeth City. pWSTCllMnlier of Commerce and mJLkt) Merchants' Association will j well to look Into the matter of [ CBi possibility and practicability ' ?^?Plmproved service to Currituck ^?I*d Lower Camden. 1'arccl powt ^?tailed Id Kllzabeth City thin morning at 11 o'clock will be de- j . llvered at Houth Mills, or on ( ' South Mills II. F. D. One, or on ! ' 'Camden .Star Route the same day. But parcel post from Elizabeth ' "??City to flhlloh or to Old Trap or j ti to any point In Currituck not on i tho railroad has to be mailed -''from Elizabeth City today to !' "Teach its destination tomorrow. ? Since business follows the mall, . snd since mall from Norfolk now ' . reaches Currituck much more ex ' pedltiouslv than mail from Kllza beth City, would not It be well ? 'worth while to all concerned to ("begin lmmediat<> and careful con ; alderatlon of the possibilities of k Improving msll service between , Elisabeth City and Currituck and j between Elizabeth City and i/ower liklMlen T I - Of course the Improvement of! I' mall service between Ellzsbeth j ?. tJlty and Upper Camden already <t In effect Is but one of many ex P am pies of pronress for the Eliza ^ beth City postofflce that can be , cited under the administration of j Postmaster Hooper, but it Is em phasised here becsuse of Its far 'leaching Importance, a* we see It. 1 Ellsaboth City business Inter T'tots. We seriously doubt wheth j? ?* M yet the significance of this i??pew service Is as yet properly jip L *p raised and sppreclated by tho w-TOtallers and wholesalers of the t Old tlome Town. h; \ ??*? - ? ? ___ I 1 "One dlsadvsntase of beln* n I preacher s son la thst It gives s J fallow no boyhood Old Horn" L Town to gc back to. On the oth f^er band, we think. It gives him k?ll-ttie more keen an sppreclstlon I of his regular home. If he Is ever I isnunate enough to find one. M. C. Morriwltc & (jmpany FURN1TUKK ? amh. ir r,m Mm it ^ CRKIMT, If Vim Want It. There II Be One (>rand Sma?h-l'p If Some One Inn't C'areful Washingfim Letter BY HARRY B." HUNT NRA Service Writer ? WA8HINOTON? I mako bold to state without fear of auc ceaaful contradiction. ns the orator* eny. that the busiest of the presidential candidates la none other than Robert Marlon La Fol lette La Follette. <ut you prohahly know? maylw you tuned In on It yourself ? made a campaign speech by radio on Labor Day It was "Bob'a" first venture "on " ine air" Ills contact with radio up to that time had been mostly second handed. He had heard It was a popular medium for ereatlng near-personal contact* between a speaker and an Invisible audlenc*. that next to a handshake and a pat on tbe buck It was the moat direct method of approach a candidate could find. But he didn't know It for sure- It was all hear say to him. Not. perhaps, fully realizing just what he was letting himself In for. Bob. In closing his radio address. Invited his hearera to write to hlna their views of the political situa tion. of his position on public ques tions. etc.. etc. ? ? ? AFTER that, the deluge! The radlncs responded. Next to tuning In on Important pro grams, writing letters In the best thing radio lovers do. The La Fol lette moil grew by pecks and bushels. Dally deliveries mountod from a few score to hundreda. then thousands. Now. In Inviting lettera. Bob alao hod promlacd to give ?ach letter hla own personal attention and an swer The reault has been that hla aldea have had to look after the routine details of his campaign while Bob la putting In hla daya and nights rending and answering the flood of letters his invitation inspired. a ? ? OFFHAND, thla may sound like a petty aHd futile way for a candidate to be putting In hla i time. But la Follette baa a hunch It Is not | I>cspite the labor Involved. La, j The high school senior who ah | editor of School News enrries It through .1 whole term without missing an issue save at exrimlua j lions or for some good reason htainlH n mighty good chaucc of 1 making good at whatever she un , il'Ttakcu, in our opinion. Follette And* these letters more stimulating and Invlgorntlng. alto encouraging. than any other sort of reports he haa hud at to the progresa of the Independent cam pulgn. He feels that In them he la getting actual Aral-hand In* | formation. k And as hla speech and hla In vitation for lettera were broadcast through a dozen atatlona. blanket ing the country aa far weat an the Rocklea. he feels tho replies ho Is receiving are ? as ? well aa politically representative. It wan largely an s reault of tha optlmlam Inspired hy the response to his radio apeech that "Fighting Bolt." In nn addrt-as to Independent '"workers In Washington Sept. 8. de clared he now haa "an even break with President Coolidgo for the . olectlon " * * * ALL the . hug* that visit the White House are not political hugs Apparently President Coolldge. for tho period of the campaign, at leaat. can tolerate the kittcr aort. Dut he has declared wur on the > cock roaches, water bugs and kin- [ dred Insects which infest the nooks and crannlea of the century-old ex ecutive mansion. and a profes sional "bug-hunter" haa recently been employed to wage war upon them Latest reports are that the hugs ' are flghtlng a losing battle. After one night's barrage of bug powder, carpenters tore out an old ice box In the White House basement. Hehlnd It they found nearly Ave pounds of dead insects. ? ? ? E White House, however. Is ot Washington's only chotoe retreat for bugs. All the older government build ings. with their thick walls and cool, shaded cracks and corridors. Ailed with musty flies snd dusty shelves. Invite the presence of myriads of bugs, particularly roaches, which develop an unbe lievable else and bravado. A most heavenly welcome to ? little bit of sunshine. I ted Men Take Notice i You are requested to be at the Hsll Thursday night, Heptfmlx-r 18. Come and bring a member jof the tribe with you. Chairman Entertainment Com R. W. GRIFFIN, niittee. sep.l7,18-np Notebook Of An Elizabeth City Bachelor Why ahould a fclrl never married ho an cynical as a lady married four antl twenty your*? No nitfn knows, lint Clara I* of the typf that in Juat that way; ainglo and Kind of It. If Napoleon Bonaparte dropped around to her front porch with u ruby ring as big an the moon, Clara would be auaplmi* and look for the catch In It. "Oh, you men are ao Inalncere." Clara the Cynical handn you that an noon a? you atart to loll her about her wonderful eye*, or her beautiful handn. or her *wect lilt In k voice. Naturally the fellow who la putting on the worfca gota cold on that. She'a nice and fine and would be a wonderful wlfo. But ? And It la that "Hut" that la/going ^o keep her In the tall end of the wedding proceaalon forever and ever. Hhe la cyn ical without having a good reason for It. and ?uch an attitude on the part of a girl puta a crimp in courtahip that nothing can Iron out. ' Tomorrow: Mablo the Matter-of-Fact. * <C*rrrt#it. I9M. *m ?1m Miun) LEE HAS HIS SAY INARHYMYWAY Creator of "Old Home Town"' OIijVpIm to Writ iuK His Obituary lull Ik Willing to Tell Keal Storv iij i.kk ktam-kv (Vrftlor of "The Olil Home Town", HORN ? Topeka, Kansart, 1885. ^ SCIfiOOL DAYS ? In a country town. i-'Ht-ST JOB ? Scltinc Kardua , truck. SECOND JOli ? 'In a survey-] or*? office. TlflRD JOB ? Artist: pohrth job?? ? ? MARRIED ? .Absolutely HOBBY ? Visiting In the coun- 1 try. Residence? Cleveland, Ohio. Little did The Advance editor ' realize what he was asking when he requested me to review my past life for the benefit of hia readers. (What does he mean, "benefit"?) I'm fond of the . slogan. "Let the dead past bury itself." So I'm glad the above obit is over with. ? 'Peeking into some of the past, however. 1 get the biggest thrill iiilt ?.f lh? miinnry ?f lha age day I have spent in an "Old Home Town." And in any "Old Home Town" It's pretty much the same. For instance, my *rt and the folowing yarn, tell the! story! 1 There's twenty-four hout's In a < lis my m lw?t that's wljat Pff h< ard folks say.) But, out. in the. country, that isn't so, for /there's only seven hours of which I know. Early In the morning when the rooster'd crow, out on the stoop we used to go. The sound that was -"heard was not the old n?411 r?c?v, put only me, Jusf^ wash in' my face. In the morning hours the toll was tame; the only moves . we'd make were In a checker game. Old cronies of mine came around my way and played, half asleep till l lie middle ul the da). - Then the noon bell rang and tho gamp would stop and we all w??re sent to the butcher shop. It use.! to be crackers and prunes we'd take while the butcherman Too Late to Classify I OVSTRRS ? OYHTKIt HEAHON is h?*re and I have them comiriR <oinlug In dally frewh from the 1. II Fro.nh an. I sail fi*h of all; kinds that ran be had. I will do my best to please one and all and guarantee to serve you with the" best that can- be had. Thon. Crank, Jr.. "The Man Who Knows Fish." Phones 203 and 410. City Market. 18-19-20np EX l*BRIEN< *E1? Ci It O C E It V clerk wants position. Best of references furnished. Addretts "N. E. W., Care Advance" 18-20p MWT ? POItl> ll\IMM>\ TIKE and rim between Elizabeth "City, Burnt Mills and Old Trap. Re gard If returned to Advance office. si 8-24 pd \ (ioon MIliK <X>\\ EOK HA I jo Apply to sItb. t\ c. InompHon. 60s Southern Ave. 18-19-20np THE OLD HOME TOWN BY STANLEY EVEKETT TRUE BY CONDO <aw-0 tHcw -by aesftce war ! has \ ? THe^ u?o To ADMiT 1 IajA ^ tn/\F.Tef? A L(J III' HAH. ?UT T~M? T?UMCH WTO >buR T^CK NOT INTO MY - . I. RIBS i'.'. I wrapped up the old round steak. In the afternoon a horseshoe game took many a farmer to the hall of fain*. But the biggest thrill that has ever been was the station rush when a train came In. Then the mail sack went to the postman's store while the folks waited round at - the op?n door. When, the mail was sorted there would rise a shout as the catalogs and postals were handed out.. The clock would move till it reached to eight and you know right well that it's klnda late. The coal oil lamps would burn down low and home wm the plac. where we'd all *o. We'd sit around by the front room fire till someone said. "Well, the feathers the folks would flock ? all sound asleep by nlno o'clock. U>nj? -rumbling snoring all through the nlKht. Every farm burning just on<- lone light: The snoozing would last till four, and then ? Well, read this discriptloil ail owr ftfftia; ? " LARGE DONATIO!* TO THIS BAPTIST CHL'KCH Winston' "Salem. Sept. IS ? F. M. Hohunnon. a member of the Firm Baptist Church of this city has donated $15,000 to the building fund of his church in order that the completion of the last wing of the $500,000 edifice may be completed-, it- has-been announced here by the pastor. Dr. John it. | Jester. ' The building committee had Mated that (30.000 was needed to complete the strocture and Mr. Hohanuon' made hia gift upon thn condition that the congregation put up the otht-r $15 Quo which the members immediately agreed to do. l>KMONSTIL\TIO\H ARK WMTl.tll Demonstrvtons of Gelfand'st ProductH are in progress at the varlouM grocery stores of -the city this week ami the sandwich ' spreads, salad dressings. and relishes featured are attracting t _ ?? 1 1 <*nt Ion of honsewlvi's. . "Ptnrr.? wli WTemnno . and crrnvenlent.^ they are a part of tho pantry's first aid" equipment nowadays. MOVING PICTtXRK FILXMK8 fftifir THIS old WASHER WOMAN STOP , SNWflU/' Cut out the picture on uli (our sides. Theu carefully (old dotted, dotted line 2, and bo on. Fold* each section underneath accurate ly. When completed turn over line 1 its entire length. Then iiad aqu'U rind a surprUlac re sult. Savo "the pictured 11 " Daily Advance Classified Ads Say ll Willi A<ls Yon don't have to hire a bram band or a boy to n o around the streets ringing a bell when you want to let Elizabeth City and its environments know that you hav<> a house to Hell or runt. Just tef The Pally Advance Real Estate Ad do thn shouting foe yoiCillyuu want to eloso a deal in record tim ?. You'll be talking directly to the prospec tive property "ownern un3~ rontwin of tills vi cinity when your little ad appears In the classified columns. No one who Isn't interested in real estate will read your ad. and no one who is will miss It. That's straight shooting. Tell these people all the good points of the house, business property or lot that you are offering, and your property will be half sold before the first prospect calls to look at It. rifON'K 837 The A-B-C (llaHHifietl Ads Alwuya the Same ? In Service Always Different lit Opporttmtt y For Sale FOR SAIiE ? TK* SHARKS Carolina Banking & Trust Com pany stock. Address box 176 9tt FOR HAIU ? FIVB H. P. GK\ :oral Electric motor in good run- j nlng order. Trice $70. Apply ^justness office. The Advance tf FOR KA LE ? CHKAI' TO QUCKj buyer, seven room house and lot in good condition. Apply 201 West Cypress street. *opl2-18r FOR SAI.K ? Hot HK WITH AM, modern conveniences. Best resi dential section of the town. D. R. Kramer. septdtf FOR SAI,B ? SIX PER CENT real estate mortgage bonds for safe Investments. Industrial Dank. tf Wanted HOARDERS WANTED ? APPDY 9 East , Church street. Phono 396-W. sep,16-22-np light housekeeping by young mar ried couple. Address "F" Box 286, City. sept 13-lDpd. WANTED ? HOYS AND GIRLS to call In and take a look at our new line of school sweaters. They are dandles and the price Is right. Twiddy ft White. 23np For Rent , %? FOR RHNT ? FOI'R ROOMS FOR light house keeping. 'Apply Mrs. C. R. Hayman. 666 Morgan ^treet. * 18pd FOR RHNT ? THREE OK FOl/R unfurnished rooms for light house keeping. Mrs. Annie Hanks 12"? IN. Martin street. Phone 277-W. sept lOtfnp. Miscellaneous OHOf'KRJES OF Alifj KINDS delivered lo any part of city. Phone 637-*Joe Harrell. 18-2 4 rvp fc. R. MEEKI NS OROTBRY store, Road and Fearing streets, for fresh groceries and fast delivery. 18-24np FRESH POPULAR PRK*KD fancy candies for children. Phone I 776. Sedberry'a Drug Store. 18-24np l-HONE MO FOR 4HJCA.NIMO | and pressing. Work done I promptly and In good shape, tfg BUT AD Y ERTIHI NC i OM THIS page and let It help you buy or veil your product. tf FOIl ADVERTISING ON' THIS pate, telephone Ml ft* Blount ati The Advance office. Phone 1 357. tf ! SF.E THE FALL FASHIONS of latest designs In Hats and Dresses at the Fashion Shop. 18-24np FOR LADIHH WATCHES OH Gents Watches and Chains. See; \I. L. Urltt. Savings Dank Rulld i ii K ? 18-24npd - A. II. HflBUCY ft SON, WHOLE sale Fruits and produce. Apples, Hannanas. Oranges. lemons. Grape Fruit. 'Pears and all kinds of produce. Call us. Phone 69. 1 8-27np . SWEATERS OF ALL KINDS and colors for Men and Women.1 Roys and Girls. Reasonable | prices. I^ook them over. Hurdle' & Parker. 6 North Polndexter j street. 18-24pd LATEST MODES IN FAMi Hat? for Miasm and Ladies. De- ; pend on our service and price. ; Miss 8. A. Perry. 18-24npd DRINK ROWDEN'H GREEN River and NuGraue and high ! grade assorted flavors. New sanitary Improved machinery. Phone 201. 18-24npd i FOR CI ION TINE JOHN DEEIl farm Implements and repair; parts, see W. C. Glover, Fearing ; j street. Phone 30. 24-30npd j HAY FARMERS ? MOT IS Bt'Y your hides. Furs. Soy Deans, Wool. Eggs. Etc. W. C. Glover. 1 Fearing street. Phone 30 18-24np COAL AH OOOD AH Ot'R ICK ! ? Pure Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal. A too Pocohontas and run of-mlne. M. G. Wright. Phone 403. 18-19-20np l*t'RK 1(10 IH REST ? OUT yours from Wright Purity Ico & Fuel Co. Phone 7 2. Prompt ; delivery and full weight. 22-23-24 FOR HCHOOIi HHOIOH FOR ROYS and girls depond on Gallop & Toxey Shoo Co. 18-24np WE HAYE MOVER INTO THE new building opposite our old lo cation on Polndexter street. Come jto see us for anything you may need In clothing and shoes. Den-1 ton A West. septl7-23np IMF NORTH HTAR FLOl'R ? Doth plain and self rising. Guar anteed the best sold In Elisabeth I City. Ask yaur.ftrocer for North 1 Star. C. W. Stevens ft Co.. Phone I. sept 17-23npd PLI'MRINO ? IF ITU REAL i Plumbing and Heating, at rea ; Ronable price*. and work that Is l satisfactory, eee ? R. M. ^ewln i .mpanv 9?P I7.10npd KAMfTv WAMHINO ? ROt'OH (dry and damp wash. * Men's worlc a specially Alhemarl^ 'laundry. Phono 125. Elizabeth City, N. C. sept 17-23npd. RAI*ER*8 STAR BAKERY ? first in service, f lr?t in cakes and bread. and first In low prices. N. Martin ?t. Phone 420. 23np IF ITS FCRNITl'RE ? YOU NRRD give us a call. We have special bargain* in furniture. Also many otht*r bargains In Quality House ^mld- k'TttItt Wfcen~1>oytng call h.erc-flraL - Cash or credit. Gold man Furniture Co. 60S Fearing street: TTTofie 867. sepl7-ZIBp AIJj llOr.M) CAK SERVICK TO be had here. We do vulcanising and crnnk case service. We have th<> gas and oil and plenty of ser vice with It. Auto Supply ft Vul canizing Co. 17-2Spd. EAT AT THE I<IM)HN ? THE Woman's Club Tea Room. Home eat a are promptly served at popu lar prices. All meals 50 cents. Kntrnnce Martin street. 17-23pd TWIDDY & WHITE'S IS THE right place to get your boy's fall xuu. Prices low "but mercfcan-~r~ dlso good. See us before buy ing. sepl7-23np GROCERY SERVICE ? DEPEND on the Main street Orocery to give you th?- best in the. grocery line. Phone 635. 17-83npd FOR PHOMIT JITNEY SERVICE Call Raynor Elliott. Ford Se dan and Dodge Touring Car ln-% operation day and night. Phone 53. , sep 17-23pd I/OOK AT 'EM ? MAYBE WE have a used; car model you will like. Wo have satisfied others. See us first. L. B. Perry Motor Car Co. 17-Mnp mil SHOES FOR SCHOOL children call on T. W. Williams & Son. Prices right. 22-23npd SHOE REPAIRING ? A PRICE to fK you shoe. W. F. Wil liams Shoo Repair Shop. Phone 769, 108 North Water street. Work called for and de livered. 17-23np HEE OCR NEW ARRIVAL* IX Indies and Misses Shoea and Hats. Children's clothes and ahoea and Baby Bonnets a specialty. Hayes ft White, South Polndexter street. 17-23npd SPECIAL SALE ON ALL MHR chandlse In our store. All new goods. Visit us and save money. Needham's Notion Store. North Polndexter street. 17-22np TRY TWIDDY A WHITE'S good school shoes for row chlld ren. They'll give you more days wear at less price per pair. And we can prove it. 17*22np BUY STOCKS AND BONDS i from us on Weekly and Monthly psymants. The Industrial tfnp. I/H4T ? BUNCH OF KEYS somewhere between the Poat offlce and Elliott street. Reward If returned to A. R. Nicholson. sep 13-20np -NOTICE T? *.* Hflri ,1 I. a. rMrift* tollMl, a. a. K?m. 1ft* Wm4m* r.arl*?. Sr. Ma i. Srlaw. Mr*. M ary WMW*ii.r*. ?? r - Irtfclna tM?*ia??. SlMktr | l*Sa C. thrift* mi. W?. r. CkrlMftMt, ?? hairt * ' t ftfMl kit af IS* ?W. MMl 14 prrmm* (Ml til ?h. hMM a ltd If Aft laf n. a. RraAfnrS. * *111 uk# yog lib.. ?*l r~ldr, * lk# HM D , nraSTnfS. ilN-ffMl IM?HI IS* *or* <4 a U?IM U4 ,hm rim a CHIM m ? MMN Ifl otti^r *m mill |||?WI| Th*rwill rirM tak* ?Mk. t? mt -** "??*" ?>"? fcliwt** MrtjN**. Tt.-V Wilt Hnhrr Ufca MM. ifefti " tfH ?*? m* i. .. .r^JTiA eui ha mlM Mr r m I* lav. Th?r wtlt furtliar Ufca aa 4 halMlM la nwin UiMp IMt ilat < rtom
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