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THE MOXROE JOfBXAL. TtT-STHT. FEIlRrARY IT. 1920.
Mules and lares.
I have 10 good young Tennessee Mules, 2 good Mares,
and several good second hand Mules.
Will sell at a bargain as business calls me to other
work.
N. C. PRICE,
!
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VV
"I fee in the paper that they bad a
big met-' mi: in Wadesboro lo endorse
that 'ere Brock, what's runnin' agin'
Vann." remarked Uncle Ben. "I see
it too. It was such a big affair that
they held it in a law office." grinned
Aunt Melinda. "I'll bet you a bottle
of the "bvt" that one bottle would
hate given a good drink to all that
was there:" "That shows you know
nothing of Wadesboro lawyers,"
la ii shed Hen.
It's astonlshiu' what a good feller
jer are accordin' to yer friends, ana
v. hat a roiti-r jer are cccorditr to yer
e:i. i. ii when e run itr an oiTis."
'said I'mle Hen. -You nU it." said
WVVV! Aunt Melindy. "Your enemies sure
uo i:ig up yer record, and Live ver
Union ville, N. C.
MOONSHINE
BT THE INNOCENT A3 ROAD.
Carrying a Ton a Mile
for less than a Cent
Freight rates have played a very small part
in the rising cost of living.
Other causes the waste of war, under-production,
credit inflation have added dollars
to the cost of the necessities of life, while
freight charges have added only cent 3.
The average charge for hauling a ton
of freight a mile is less than a cent
A suit of clothing that sold for $30
before the war was carried 2,265
miles by rail from Chicago to I.os
Angeles for 16& cents.
Now the freight charge i3 22 cents
and the suit sells for $50.
( Th cost of the suit has incrsased 30 rfoffar
Tb freight on it has IncrMsed only 5 cent.
, Other transportation charges enter into the
cost of th finished articls carrying the wool
to ths mills and th cloth to tht tailors but
these otbsr charges amount to but a ftw cants
mors.
The $10 pair of shoes that used to
sell for $5 goes from the New Eng
land factory to the Florida dealer for
a freight charge of 5$ cents only
one cent more than the pre-war rate.
Beef pays only two-thirds of a cent
a pound freight from Chicago to
New York.
American freight rates are the low-J
est in the world k
Qfi$ advertisement is published by tixc
Shsociation of Railway executives
Thott duiring information tonctminf th railroad tUuation may
fUatn Utiratvr by rriting to Th Affectation of Railway
Extculivu, ft Broadway, A' York,
United States Railroad Administration
Director General o! Railroads
SEABOARD
Air Line Railroad
Trains Arrive
No. 14 from Charlotte .... 5.50 a.m.
No. 12 from Atlanta ...... 6.45 a.m.
No. 31 from Rutherfordton 10.55 a.m.
No. 5 from Richmond .... 7.55 a. m.
No. 19 front Wilmington .. 11.45 a.m.
No. 15 from Monroe
No. 29 from Monroe
No. 31 from Raleigh 2.40 p.m.
No. 20 from Charlotte .... 5.50 p.m.
Leave
5.55 a. m. for Wilmington.
6. 50 a. m. for Richmond.
11.00 a. in. for Raleigh.
8.00 a. m. for Atlanta.
11.50 a. in. for Charlotte.
S.10 a. m. for Rutherfordton.
11.55 a. m. for Atlanta.
2.45 p. m. for Rutherfordton
6.00 p. m. for Wilmington.
No. 30 from Atlanta 6.50 p. m Monro.
No. 16 from Rutherfordton 9.10 p. m Monroe.
No. 6 from Atlanta
No. 13 from Wilmington
No. 11 from Portsmouth
. 9.35 p.
10.35 p.
11.35 p.
m. 9.45 for Richmond.
m.
m.
10.45 p. m,
11.45 p. m.
for Charlotte,
for Atlanta.
hell when you are a rumiiu' in the
primary, and then ui:i if yer are
noi.:ina:.'il. thej think iu r,re 'ell to
tl;e mcMaru agin. Sirar.;:,- how peo
ple does :t politics."
"I bo a loi in the paper about these
Armenian :ihltt a marvin'," said
Tilde lien. "Ye:!, and if yel look
around yer you'd see a whole lot of
people in rr own township that's i:ot
jibe 'tin and needs soiiieihm' done for
them ion." ' You tell it." sa:d Incle
Hen, -I'm proiti up the road to see
how the nfiehbnrc is right now."
"The deuce you is:" screamed Melin
dy. "You air a poin' to stay right
here, and go and see how the mule is.
and the hosses, and the chickens and
the pips, and the turkeys, and the
peese. You've pot a plenty to do at
home. Ml look out for the neighbors
leastways as long as that carrotty
headed Jones woman Is in the neigh
borhood, my philanthropist friend;"
Ben to his banjo:
I'd likr to be a philanthropist
And h p the neighbors out.
I'd lik io b Ike Johnny D.
So hard time I could rout.
I'd like to piv" the widder a watch
With diamonds on
When Ben had picked himself off
the floor where a skilfully thrown
milk bottle had knocked him, he saw
Melindy petting the rolling pin off the
shelf, and shot out the door, and sil
ence reigned lit the cottage.
Ben singing out.iide:
"I wish I was an Australian
Or else nn Esquimaux
I wouldn't have to ask my wife
Where'ere i want to.
I'd just have to pet me a great
bit; club
Or else a booinerniic
And wallop her all around the
house
And tell her to go hang."
iMeliiid's head appeared as the cot
iture door opened, and It would have
played craps nnd the tail of I'ncle
' Bens coal as he made for the barn.
j "1 see these here men in town buys
wood al $4 a cord and cms up about
three slicks of It, nils the bed of a oae
hoss wapon and sells it for 12," said
I'ncle lien. "Sure they do," snorted
! Melinda. "Thai's what I call profl
lieorin' fer fair. I hope the fair price
I man will pit the last on of them and
put them in Jail, It a sin and a
j shame."
j "I see where they're pnvin' a dollar
an hour to shovel snow, these days In
! New York," read Incle Ben. I think
J I'll po up lliere and see If I can't pel
me a Job at It." "Sure you will,"
I yelled Melindu. "Next summer, you
j will. For the present, bo's you wonl
'pet out of praciice, pet out there and
r
r v.is"
pOOD IDEA!
Open your
this way tear
off part of the top
only.
Protects the Lucky Strike
cigarette a cigarette made
of that delicious real Bur
ley tobacco. It's toasted.
Why and How Some Questions
Answered.
1. loes money contributed leach
Armenia at the present time. Slate
facts concerning method of transpor
tation. Answer: Relief reaches die Near
Kasl at present by two methods:
lal By the shipment of carpnes of
supplies directly from America to
Constantinople, !!:iloum and Beirut.
relief will cease Its emergency work Give the home orchard a pood start
nfln. 1. A V. n .- f , fl 1 ll tl ... ..11 . .1
after the harvest of 1920. However.
It will be compelled lo continue the
maintenance of the hospitals and the
oiphi'iiape after thia date.
6. How Is i he basis for the support
of orphans determined?
Answer: The (mount askotl for by
Netif K;'St Relief for thp puppoit of
an oi-jJian is insert upon the actual
post as teport.-'d by our varU iiri relief
(l) By the transmission of funds !sll,,,lollH- " is posr.ible to supply j
lood at jn.uti per niontn: food, cloth-
hip and shelter st $10.00 per nionih: j
food, clothinp, shelter and education:
at $15.00 per month. j
in the form of cash appropriations
made directly lo our Managing Di
reciurs in the Itussiau Caucasus, Con
slanliuople, Beirut and Persia, the
New York Kxeculive Comnilltee re
ceivlnp audited reports of the distri
bution of relief from each of our op
eralliiK centers.
2. Can any particular orphan be
adopted?
Answer: The committee sent a spe
cal representative to the Near East to
consider the possibility of assipuinp a
snovei up me siame cieanmps inio particular orphan to a particular con
ine wapon, nn.i men po anil snovei ii ; trittttor. Clianplnp conditions and Ihe
lout on the parden. There's nolhliiKjeontlnuous inHux of new orphans
like keepin' yer hand in. New Yorkj,lmke tn at .e!)ent impracticaltle.
I Indeed. I'll attend to yer sliovellin'j 3 j9 t, ,IOnsible to obtain detiniie
j wants. You lazy old do;;." ( Informal ion concerninp Individual or-
I "I swan I'd like to have a drink,";ihas. such as photographs et cetera?
I'ncle Ben. "Very well," said Melin-1 Answer: Answered In No. 2. Wher
jda, "I'll help ver out. Co and collect jever possible children with relatives
!lhe epps, feed the chickens give the 'In this country are brought here. We
hops slop.and bring In some light are placing in the hands of Armenian
'wood and I'll pIV ver a drink." Ben I'wnl paper all lists which we receive
was off like a shot and had Ihe chores j from Constantinople.
done In less than half an hour. I ny is me woi k in me .enr
"Where's that drink, Mellnda," hejKast not carried on by the Red Cross?
asked an he came and sat down tired i Answer: Our committee has always
C. T.
HARRILL,
Ticket Agent.
JOHJf T. WEST,
Division Passenger Agent.
by his haste. "Out at the well, same
old place as you Bllers git It. Or since
you have been a workln so hard I n
laid its program before the Red Cross
and even during the period of the
greatest activity of the Red Cross the
bring ver in a gourd full." Ben's)'omniiuee was unreu io continue us
language must have kept the record-1 work Nr En"' because of the
lug Angel hard at work at the tvpe-iork which il had already done, the
writer for some minutes. that the personnel were already
nn nie iiem, inai ii was a oisiincuve
The cook's assistant was stirring i
Ihe big pot of slew for the company
when he discovered a rat In It. "Hey!
There's a big rat in the soup," he yeil-!
ed. The cook stopped whistling long
enough to reply: "Take the durn
thing out; he don't belong Ihere."
Two Irishmen prepared for a duel, j
"Oi'ni twlct as large as he is, an Oi ,
should stand twice as far away," pro- :
tested one. "Aisy, now," admonished
the second, and stepping up with a
piece of chalk, he drew two lines
down the opponent's coat as far apart i
as his own man was wide. "There, j
now, flre away, and remember any,
hits outside these lolnes don't count."
after pruning, and before the buds
swell, spray for scale.
MIS
!. soaas
Uc 'krile Rerr.;y to En-i
Constipation
i'.ii.i.1 "p.r s'j-." r.j.'.l. th bov.-elj.
T.u y iv iil ttier wny th;';Rh tha ton
d.'tr iii'i .;' .n: l infrr.branea like so mucii
clyn.-'iiiilo. They clean tiiebody, true,
l'iit tbey do it much hnrm.
(;ther laxatives are hnbit forming.
Oi.-o -.he bevids bow to the::i, they
v i! B'lr.wer t no other call. Don't
cen'.nd "laxative habit."
or.j '.n's lieliif Tablets are m peat!e
tt-i nnliin". They ilon't lipht tha
Lovs.'K but easily :ind painlessly cause
llvr. t. im rform their natural func
tions. Tn-7 form no ha! its. They will
civn rMeaiio those row in the toils, of
hab.t fiinninc physics. Constipation,
th piii'ier, is best ended by iloun'a
n.'licf T:i!)iils. U.:c them always.
They're iff est.
Di'itr!nrAd hv The K'oan Prniucts
Co., H Factory Sirojt, Dorby, Conn.
THV THIS TO HAXISH
A I.I. HIIKt'MATIC PAINS
type of work which mipht require
com In u a nee. Consequently the Red
Cross administered its funds largely
, . through the Near East Relief. The
People who have been rheumatic )r,.SPn, ,ogram of the Red Cross re
sufferers for years, yes. even so crip-1 dlloeH wnr hudgel to a peace time
pled that they were unable to hP ' baxin and consequently eliminates an
themselves have been brought bark )inarKP(I proKram which would make
to robust health through Ihe mighty, ,t p0(,sil)le for them to handle such
power of Rheuma. conditions as al present eist in the
Rheum acts with speed; It often ienr p.lfI
brinus in only a few days the relief j" R How long will it he necessary to
you have longed for. It helps aniapo-; !lrl., t5, ,)ro)p ,1P year Kast?
Answer: providing the iolltlcal
coudiiions become settled. Near East
nlze and drive from the system th
poisons that cause agony and pain in
Ihe joints and muscles, (hen ujl sore
ness should completely disappear.
It is a harmless, Inexpensive retue
edv. but gratifying and quirk-acting,
and Is the one discovery that has forc
ed rheumatism and sciatica to yield
and disappear.
It's only necessary to try one 75
cent bottle, and If you do not Immedi
ately begin to get the Joyful relief you
expect your money will be pladly re
turned. The English Drug Company
always has a tupply of Rheuma and
guarantees It to you.
After you eat always tako
'ATONIC
1 (j-Oli TOUR ACIP-SfOMACg)
Instantly relieves Heartburn, Bloat,
d Cj Feeling. Stops food souring,
repeating, and all stomach miseries.
aA ii mmi '!' Kmp (tnouKh
rwMtand itrocis. Imkhw VitaUV wd f
EAT0N1C la th bttt rrnntir. Tw W thoo
nnlawimtarfaUf brMAwd. OilrMtiiJ
Uilim M r " 1 r Cak
English Drag Co., Monroe, N. C
ou Do More Work, j
You are more snib:'.ious and you get more '
enjoymu.t out of everything when your
blood is in gut! cnmlidoii. Impurities in '
the bkiod have u very depressing effect on !
the system, cJ&int( weakness, laziness, '
nervousness and hicknrs.
OROVE'S TASTi'LIiSS Chill TONIC j
restores fcnergy and itnuty by Purifying '
and Enriching the Blued. V.'hen you feci '
its strengthening, Invi irating effect, see '
how It bruiss color to the ciict ks and how
it imjiroves ihit appetite, you will then
appreciate i?j l:ue tonic value.
UUOVIi'S TASTELESS Chill TOMC
is not piitent med.cine. it Is simply I
IRON and QUININE ntspended in Syrup.
pleasant even ciulortn like it. The 1
blood needs Qeit ine to Purify it and IKON
to Enrich lL Thc relinbli ti.tiie rop- j
erties never fa:l tj drive cut impurities in '
ihe blood.
The Strer.i'th-CrestinR Power of GROVE'S j
TAS1 1 LESS Chill TONIC has made it
the fuvorito ton!c in thctisar.ds of homts. !
More than thirty-five years ago, folk 1
would ride a lon distonce to get MOVE'S
TASTLLE.SS Chill TOMC when ai
member of their family had Malaria or !
needed a body-buiiding. strength-giving i
tonic. TLe formula is Just the same to
day, and you can get it from any drug I
stora. 60c pr bottle.
Uncle Sam says
of Life Insurance
That $10,000 is the right amount for the
young man in the anny to carry. On this
basis we ray the right amount for the young
man out ,f the army to carry is $5,000. As
you grow older you .can take more from
time to time. Y e can write policies up to
S100.000, but $10,000 will dry many tears.
Death Debt
and the Sheriff
If your home is mortgaged, that is the com
bination your widow would have to fact;
unless you have a life insurance polity suf
ficient to pay off the mortgage.
"Life insurance is the only mint where sym
pathy for the witlow is coined into cash."
Investigate our famous "Carolina Special"
Policy.
. GORDON ktwrgE ca
State Agents
PHILADELPHIA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Monroe, N. C.