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| Did you know that I was an tnsur
\ ance Agent? Did you know that thafwas
( my specialty?' Did you know that I can
[/ sell you something that no other company
dos 3 soil? t pid you know that out* com* 1
has loaned over two hundred thou
aund dollars to-the home owners of Gokja
boro? Did you know that we have sold
j[ more insurance than ever before? Did
' you know that the Equitable Life Assur-
K ance Society was a Mutual Company and * (
one of the greatest organizations in the
world? v
If you do not know these things, let
me tell you about it, oh the street, on t^
I s side walk, in the gutter, in your office ©r 1
I mine, by letter, over the phone, in your
0 store or your home—l do not care, just let
5 me tell you. I positively must talk about
l it.
If I
Edgar H. Bain
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9 Special Representative of
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j The Equitable pife Assurance Society
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ONE HUNDRED PER CENT
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CO-OPERATIVE
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SATURDAY, SEPT. J, HAS BREN DESIGNATED “SIGN-UP” DAY BY THE NORTH CAROLINA CO-OPERATIVE. ASSOCIATION, AND THE OCCASION
WILL BE FITTINGLY OBSERVED IN THE WAYNE COUNTY COURT HOUSE. EVERY FARMER, EVERY BUSINESS MAN, SHOULD MAKE IT A POINT
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TO BE PRESENT IN THE COURT HQUSE HERE ON THAT DAY AND HEAR THIS GREAT MOVEMENT EXPLAINED.
WAYNE COUNTY SHOULD MORE THAN REALIZE ITS QUOTA OF 5,000 NEW CONTRACTS, THE GOAL SET FOR “SIGN-UP DAY.” 1
A .jia.. i„* if l.» .A.iwv THIS SPACE PAID FOR BY THE . >. *„ A*M «#£
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NATIONAL BANK OF GOLDSBORO 1
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f BOOSTS BOOZE Pips
B Five ’ Thousand Gbllbmi Are
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ft SweSeta feryry Ifcy
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H STOCKHOLM li- -—-Legislation
in Sweden against druakehnehs ami
JVj consequent heavy taxation on liquor
and hoof has mulled in eery high
«j prieea for alcohol of ever* kind go mob
VI ao that smuggling of drink inW.Kwr«l«-n
II kaa developed all along the i-addt. and
It it ia asserted that about IfiOO gallon* I
from the Baltic are landed uad aold ini
(I Sweden awry dag. .
■4. Recently a German thip *ll said to
H he anekofod outaide territorial valrn
11 with a cargo of s#(rH* for *alo. In
(| ordqr to oatnbliah the trutk of thia
I «l‘re*d rum running. the correspondent
[ of thr Ataociated Proa* derided upon
|!a personal investigation. With a friend
I he embarked oq a tlx ton cutter for
l! iVii German boat, which wan expected
I off Sandhamn, and after a pleaaant anil
tlln the moonlight came up with the vea
J ael which was riding at anchor with
tt the lights ahowing,
// °n hailing the reaael we were re-
VI quested to go aboard and weretVeeeivesl
ff cordinllg by the captain, "fast wait
VI ing for somebody else,” he said, “but j
II you are very welcome anyhow.” Asked;
It down to the cabin, the visitors ex
)l plained they wees neither buyers or I
(I alcohol nor id the service of the cue
)1 tom#, but only wanted to tears some
(l thtng flr*t hand about selling epirita
ll on the high seal.
(| Th * eoptaia was a young Gorman.
ll{ about thirty year* old. “You take me
If for a smuggler," he said" “or boot
JI ,< ’gff* r ou \ buaineaji beyond the
If **w, hut are duite mistaken. Sy nam>
VI la Ludwig Wolff, formerly *f The Q»r j
M •» r > npvy., I 4» n» business which
Jl cab not hone mamlnatlon. and would
It not for anythiag la the world infringe
VI on the privileges <>f Sweden. I am in
/#, international water*, and am entitled to
VI trade here as neucb aa I with with
ll anybody who wants to do business with
ll me. I can offer you the purest and
M hpal whiskies. English and American.
If at abqut SI 25 a quart. I have the beat
11 I>aai*|l »cheap* It 3 krone q bottle.
(I and many thqusanda bottles -es Ger
jl man brandy."
fl Wolff, referring to himaalf. explained
jl that he had been paid off from thr navy .
ff when the armistice waa declared, and
\l on hearing of the liquor trade with
ll i urw *l’ ba decided to join in. “1 am
Vl not dealing for my own account." be'
II * aid; “thia buaineas I* organised in.
VI i Hamburg by big capitalists. Liquor in
II Germany la very cheap and Bran
ll dinavisn currency very big, so although!
Jl we sell much cheaper thag do rrei*
(f tered dealer* ashore, the proAt for as
)1 Is nearly 600 per rent.” lie added he
expected to get rid of hit preeeat cargo
within a week and return for more. He
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mm re utp tt to Harare.
thi* rerelSr
sat I'kb mailing good tub
DEATH LOMBK OF WAB.
K LONDON, Aug. 2®.—Rome interesting
and novel facta respecting England's
social progress sad national healtk are
revealed in the rttrroat report of Ike
Registrar—General of England, a mon
umental work es Ml closely prinked
page*. More children were'horA thin
i ever before, white the deatkrqte of lit
per 1,000 was the loweel recorded* Nev
er before were there bo many marriages
1 ia one year.. The diver?* rate eoathiuea
to iacreaae, the number being thrica
that of any yepr prior to Ittt.
j* There was a striking growth of mar
riaget of boys leas than 20 years eld
The number us young widower* and #1- j
deriy bachelors whq married was dou I
bit previous records, while the total j
i of widows under 21 who married again
nxeaoged Ini only ore previous fear.
Diborce increased hy 100 per sent over
the previses year. in 4 Wes nanrly tre
ble that •< any senior date. The num
ber of illagitimnte children waa tiblow
thnt of war time* being 4 «» per cent.
The death rate in tuberculosis wna
considerably lower than that of any
pievipus year on record, but the mor
tnl tv rate ia malaria greatly In.creoa-j
ed. while in measlea it doubled. Tan
eer mortality for bath sens waa con
siderably higher. Infant mortality de
creased, but thq number of women who
d-ed in child birth was' distressingly I
le-gc. owing largely to septic causes
The figure* relating to the birthrate
confirm the Ind belief that nature sne
i reeds in restoring the balance between
males fad females which tear tend* t«
dv.-trey An excdss of male over female
l bltths is normal, but the highest record
ed ratio la the years of pears was 1,.
M 2 boys to 1.000 girls. In IHIO this
ratio had risen et l.Odtt, and fa 1020
it dropped to I,OM.
NEW SKIN ClAftfc
HATJD IN CHICAGO
BY Bq| GIBBON*. ~, |
( HICAIK), A*g. 1 .—‘‘Tqke one - of
Iheie Hurd |Nrr* and wish you were 1
somewhere and presently you’ll And
you’re there.” '
This waa tha salat talk handed out !
! hf « bewhlakared chap whose forefath i
•r» most likely sold gold bricks to an
enthralled r(jentele of foreigner* herd.
Mr. Whiskers guarantaed his ware in
preparation for the street car strike
I •hick made Chicago hoof It.
The piUs of course, hq said, would
rnly work In case a. strike took place. I
For- rack imekre* J« he charged
Ml rents. A good many were sold.
He pictured to his prospects the ad
vantage of swallowing a “strike pill”
over walking to and from work. (
i “All you have to do is take a pill and
say ’> with I ware on the job.’ and In 0
1 « minute tbw pill take you,” he
promised. j
Os cattrse the nostrum didn't wor%.
| It Were made of coated gulp which the,,
, pwrrhssert chewed in vain and than
walked:
If Whiskers ever hits thia town again
he’ll have to hot foot it some himself, ,
his v victtms warn.'
i » *•***'» r«T*»J^L«u| U H* n """•T furnU “ r « or «»* “" «ny thrown away *r bar *.i aaffag the
f*SRf trPCSiJLi & '.r.t, . * urf * c * **?*■? *• labor of waahieg tb. davtae. ..
SI "oLn oT tartJ r a *«»* *■*.»■•
, . , roepldor hail fervn patented with ro- canted that can ha ateritisad tiT batU
A aaw electric tight can inov*!,. Unlag. th . t eM b. inf „ t . r wHheat injury.
l T- ¥f- «f
--;• All Kinds of
Building
Material
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Ol!R STOCK AND SERVICE IS UNEQUALIJSO ELSEWHERE
IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. LET US CONVINCE,KijL £
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1 Your* very truly
tps
A. T. Griffin Mfg. On.
1 GOLDSBORO, N. C.
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