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Li'S CHAPEL
('from hare are attending
Cnrrollfcm *'we':.
Mrs.' W. W. Wallace spent
r night with W. E. Moore and
Iicar Concord. I
FMhry Exurn is spending a few i
days with Mrs. Alton Brock in Doug-1
las. i <
Miss Mae Pavne spent Sh'I""!' 1 '■
night with her grandparents., Mr. and!
Mrs. W. H. Tyson.
Satn Smith and family, of Winston,
were the guests of his sister, Mrs. W.
W. Wallace, last Wednesday. '
Mr. nnd Mrs. Solomon Tyson and
daughter, Miss Burnicc, of Pleasant
Ceov". soent dunjay with Mr. and
Mrs. E. R. Newell.
MIrs Fannie Haves, who ’-n» been
visiting her sister. Mrs. W. H. Tyson,
for several w->k ha returned to her
home in Dallas.
'Messrs. R. U. Boyd and W. D. Tyson
attended the singing convention in
Palmetto Sundry, nnd report finte
sipging.
Mr. Connie Ergle spent Saturday
in Atlanta.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Ore Johnson were
the guests of Mr. Brazzell and family
Sunday.
Several from here attended preach
ing at Liberty Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. nnd Mrs. A. O. Edge spent Sun
day near Villa Rica with their grand
father, Mr. Billie Boyd.
The sieving was given Sunday night
by the Misses Langston.
Mr. Monroe Williams and daughter.
Miss Omar, from Hickory Level, were
visitors heree last. week.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Homer Payne spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
W. IT. Tyson.
TO BOARD OR NOT
By JESSIE A. PARSONS.
I,. ir»o. hr Mrcin
“That | :nvfs wlmt I have a! “iv'
Raid,'’ Interrupted Mrs. Donne, "that
two generations ought not to live lo-
getiter. If Molly thinks her mother In
terferes with the children, how much
worse It would be If It were Tom's
mother who was living with them''
This unfortunate comment kindled
an Idea In the Irresponsible head of
pretty Mrs. Benton, who tactlessly
gave It expression.
“How Is Victor’s mother, dear? It
didn’t seem to me she was looking
very well the last time I went to see
her.”
“She couldn’t have anyone better to
do for her than Kate Stephens,” re
plied Mrs. Donne. “As to not look
ing well, there’s nothing whatever Ihe
mntter with her except that she's al
ways brooding over Ihe loss of her
money."
“Perhaps she misses her home,
Ruth. It wus very lovely und Kate
Stephens’ house Is anything hut home
like, even If she Is a tower of
strength.” Then, seeing that some
thing was wrong, she turned her re
marks Into another channel. "How
wonderfully warm they keep you
here!" she exclaimed as she took
leave.
“That’s a splendid point about the
Gates house,” agreed Mrs. Donne.
Thu visitor had hardly turned the
corner of the street before Mr. Donne
returned for the evening meal. In the
dining room a light suspended In a
garish dome of kaleidoscopic glass
tried to lend a festive air to the occa
sion and to counteract. Hie effect, "f
the smoke-tinged wall paper. There
were two long tallies and two small
In the tinoecnplcd comers. ,
one of the latter sat Mr. nnd Mrs. ;
Donne. Tonight It was Impossible for ,
them to exchange a word »s the nccii- \
pants of one of the long tables—young
men from the mill—were a little more ;
hilarious Hjau usual.
“The tide's out, Lizzie," bawled one
youth, as he thrust Into the hands of
the bewildered waitress an empty milk :
pitcher.
Mr. Donne wearily pushed hack his !
plate with a sigh, glad to reach the !
quiet of Ills room, where he sank Into
a chair near the table and began to
fill his pipe.
“Don’t smoke tonight,” protested his
wife. ’’I’ve a splitting headache," and
she moved her chair near the open
window.
Now Mr. Donne wanted especially
to smoke, not only for the stimulus It
gave his jaded nerves, hut also to
brace him to lay before his wife wlmt
from previous experience he knew
would he an unwelcome proposition.
lie laid down his pipe, . however,
and began. ''Taylor told me today of
a great bargain he has In a house. It s
new, convenient, ami the most attrac
tive place In the town, and he Is will
ing lit hold It for us a day or two.
Won’t It he tine to have our own home,
Ruth, With everything just as we want
It, and get away from this districting
place?”
Mrs. Donne drew a golden tendril
from her beautiful hair nnd wound It
nmiind her Unger for n moment before
speaking. Every word came slowly
and deliberately from ponied lips.
“Victor, you know very well, after
the time 1 was hurt last winter the
doctor said 1 must he careful, so 1
couldn't possibly do housework. Now
don’t Interrupt by saying there will be
maids. This Is a mill town, with its
endless procession entering the mills
and leaving one for days without any
help."
Then heeattse she hadn't yet learned
that loo many excuses weaken a
cat fie. she added
t . “TUsk how horr’
It would be for yi|tu if the furnace man
should be sick Itnd you might even
have to shovel sijow, to say nothing’of
the extra expenses.”
After much patient arguing, Mr.
Donne knew Hint the.only tiling was
to tell his brother, John, who lived In
a small apartment and wanted a
house, about the bargain.
John's wife. Mildred, cante to see
Ruth the next day. Bite was beaming
with happiness over the thought of
having a real home. Although not as
beautiful ns Rifth, she wus must at
tractive In Iter animation.
"And we've asked Mother Donne to
come nnd live with us !" she exclaimed.
“She Is siicli a wonderful woman and
misses her old home so much."
But Mother Donne died suddenly be
fore the young people moved. Ruth
put on the black gown she had worn
to the funeral and went with her hus-
bund to the "trice of Mr. Gray, the
lawyer, to hear the will read.
Mr. Gray explained that Mrs. Doane
had made her will six months before,
after a visit from her physician, who
told her she could not live more than
a yeur. Her money had not been lost
In a foolish Investment ns every one
but himself had thought. She merely
wanted to find out how many people
loved her for herself. Then, in Ills
customary dry manner, with a slight
rustle of paper and adjusting of spec-
lades, Mr. Gray read in a monotonous
voice many things without Interest un
til he came to the following:
“1 give and bequeath to my oldest
son, John. S.KIO, to my younger son,
Bird Outruns Horse.
Anyone who Has traveled through
Western Texas becomes familiar with
the mesqulte tree, or, as It Sometimes
grows, a shrub. In some places where
It may grow to he thirty or forty feet
high. It Is commonly known as the
cCinpnrrnl. says the American For
estry Magazine of Washington. Here
It Is scrubby nnd masses Into dense
clumps, it being the home of that fa
mous bird the "road-runner" or chapar
ral cock, and other Interesting species.
It Is a form of big. ground cuckoo,
thnr only takes to (light when hard
pressed; while on open ground it can
run so fast that an ordinary horse can
not keep up.
ANOTHER knock
“When women art in congress,
doubtless The Congressional Record
will he abolished. It will prove in
adequate,” says the Dublin Courier-
' Herald.
GLASSES BROKEN? IF - SO,
BRING THEM IN TO US FOR RE
PAIRS. WE ARE EXCLUSIVE
AGENTS FOR THE CHAS. A.
GREEN OPTICAL CO., ATLANTA,
j GA. .1. L. SELMAN & SON, DOUG-
i LASVILLK GA
Met.
and the
ddue
late I glv.
..I be,i
of my es-
Mlldred,
on, John."
'quests followed.
;h I lie bequentlinl
: re shawl to tn.v
Disillusioned.
Waiting for his shoes la a whllc-
yoH-walt repair shop, he was im
pressed by tile apparent femininity,
neatness nnd self-respset of the
young woman attending the counter.
He didn’t like to see her handling
worn shoes. He wns wishing she were
In another environment. Just then his
shoes were passed along from the
workman to Iter. She took them,
looked at the tag, railed a hoy and
pointing to llte meditating customer,
said :
“Take these to that gink over
there.”
“These Rats Wouldn’t Eat My Best
Grain,” Says Fred Lamb.
It’s hard to keep rats out of a feed
.. store. Tried for years. A neigh
boring store sold me some RAT-
SNAP. ft worked wonders. Gathered
1 up dead rats every morning. Bought
i more RAT-SNAP. Haven’t a rat now.
1 They wouldn't eat my best grain
! when I threw RAT-SNAP around.”
j Three sizes, 36c, 66c, $1.26.
OIIR PRICES ARE DOWN
We still have a good stock of Gov=
eminent Roast Beef, Sausage and Bacon
Can give you good prices on Over=
alls. Work Shirts and Work Gloves
We give you cash for your produce
No Reduction in Price of
Sensible Six
Oakland j Frank Burton
The Home of Prompt Delivery
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At this lime when the public mind is disturbed by
sensationally announced price reductions <5f automobiles
and other merchandise and commodities, we desire to
give assurance to those who require Personal Passenger
Transportation, such as provided by the Oakland Sensi
ble six, (bid we do not anticipate reducing the price of
ourears.
57 per cent—we believe the workers whose toil produce
the vehicle should be large beneficiaries of the con
structive character of their work.
Starting with the production of the raw material
required and continuing through to the finished pro
duct, over 80 per cent of an Oakland Six is labor.
If normal demand has been responsible for over-
enthusiastic expansion and inflated profits in certain
instances, the wage earner should not be made to suffer
as he must if powerful forces effect lower automobile
prices whether or no.
When wages paid to labor are reduced, or when
ltd)or produces more to the man, then may manufactu
rers of honestly priced automobiles legitimately consider
the reduction of their selling prices.
We have not heard of any instance where auto
mobile workers are receiving lower wages.
If wages may he lowered eventually we see no imme
diate trend in that direction.
In the production of so essential a factor in our
economic life as the passenger automobile—increasing
as it does the personal efficiency of its owners by at least
True enough, there have been many instances of
inflated prices. There has been profiteering. And true
enough, abnormal profits must be eliminated.
And that is what has been going on all around you
recently—the price reductions you have witnessed in
automobiles and other merchandise- are the belated
shaking out of the abnormal profits. The normal
profits are still there.
Manufacturers whose goods have been priced on
actual cost to produce, plus normal profit, have no
inflated figures with which to apncal to the uninformed
public in sensational announcements of ‘‘Price Reduc
tions.” Prudent, studious buyers will not be misguided
by erroneous principles.
Used Cars
Oakland Price Advance in Five Years, Due to In
creased Cost of Labor and Material only 27.4 Percent
FOR SALE
2 1918 model one ton Ford
trucks.
1 1918 Ford Speedster with
top and wind shield.
1 1917 model light Ford truck
Marion Jordan
Villa Rica, Ga.
In 1920 Model 82 Oakland Sensibible Six was put
on the market at $975 f. o. b. factory.
Since 1915 the wheelbase of the Sensible Six has
been lengthened five inches, its weight increased about
four hundred pounds, its horsepower materially in
creased, its frame made deeper, and in many other ways
the car has been enlarged, strengthened, improved and
refined.
If the present Model 34-C had been built in 1915, it is
conservative to say that, based on labor and material
costs at that time, we would have been compelled to list
jt to sell It at $1,095, or more, f. o. h. factory.
We are, therefore, able to say, also with great con
servatism, that the present price of Model 34-C repre
sents an increase, due solely to increased costs of labor
and material, of 27.4 per cent. Larger production each
year lias kept this increase at a low figure.
Compare this increase with the increase ef other
automobiles and-with commodities—with the things you
you buy every day.
Nowhere have we been able to find a standard
article of merchandise that has increased as lirtje in
selling price as the price of the Oakland Sensible Six.
In the event of unexpected reductions in the cost of the labor and material that enter*into
■ he construction of the Oakland Sensible Six to a point where we mav properly Hand
legitimately reduce the price list of our cars between October 1st, 1920, and May 1st, 1921,
we will refund to every Oakland purchaser who buys within the above mentioned period
of time the amount of such reduction
(This guarantee does not apply to second-hand cars or former models)
One of the most important functions of this Bank is
to assist our friends and customers, where either credit
or dependable counsel and advice is needed.
‘ There is no single need you may have
which will not receive our most careful
experienced attention if presented to us
OAKLAND MOTOR COMPANY
Our chief aim is to help each customer
succeed. We grow through your success
Sixth Largest Builders of Automobiles in the World
PONTIAC, MICHIGAN
ERNEST O. SAYER, Dealer
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