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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10
OLDHAM BROTHERS
DRUGGISTS

Every community favors one store
in a certain line more than another
and as there is a cause for every re-
suit, it must necessarily be on &c.
count of the true worth, high standard
and interest shown to patrons. Be this
as il may, we know that in the very
nature of things the different lines of
business and the vast number of re-
tail stores take their places in the
position they make for themselves ;
they are like steps, one just trifle
higher than the other.
The Oldham Brothers, with an ele-
giant store at Urbana, have won their
place in the business world by sheer
energy, grit, perseverance, holding
high standards and an undaunted
faith in all mankind to appreciate
what is best. 1t is a laudable ambi-
ton and desire to climb to the top,
but we have to hear the first person
yet to say that the climbing was easy.
DiscOuragements and backsets beset
one on every hand and only those who
possess a logged determination ever
reach the heights. This store carries
the ReXal Remedies, Lowe Brothers
High Standard Paints and Varnishes,
window glass, Goodyear Tires and
Tubes; so it is almost like a depart
ment store, with its various stocks.
With the finest of goods, success is the
ultimate result of service, and we are
glad to recommend this store to all
our Unions and readers, in this Twin
City Business Review of 1925.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10
]. Il. HAYES MACHINE
COMPANY

Machinery suggests to the average
person as being something purely me-
ehanical and which the average per
son has only a faint interest in, by
reason of its intricateness and re-
motenesS from eur daily life. Yet
we would not have the luxury of elec-
adequately heated, business houses,
factories, all industries of every kind
and nature could not be run and oper-
ated without this tremendous, in
calculable something we call machin-
erv. We take off our hats to a genius,
no matter whether he is literary in
clined, has discovered new planets,
set the world afire with his eloquence,
or invented and created labor saving
machinery that means such a benefit
to mankind. The dirty, greasy look
ing man we see running hither and
hither among powerful machinery is
the greatest benefactor to the world.
J. B. Hayes Machine Company, To-
Gated at POP ~ Market Street, Ur-
bana, Illinois, are expert machiniSts
and manufacturers scientific inStru-
ments and testing machines, and I'M
derstand their business in these popu-
lar lines. This valuable company
help materially to make the City of
Orbana glide smoothly along. This
concern has ALWAYS lent a friendly
hand to organized labor, and anything
needed in their line should be given
to the attention of this machine COM
pany.
The Twin City Review cannot find
words to express their appreciation
of a company so identified with the
business and social interests of the
city, in this 1925 Business Review.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10
THE PERFECT BAKERY

They used to tell US at school that
when an object was round il could
not be any rounder and the same way
with any adjective, when it was used
to describe a thing, it could not be
made more emphatic. So, the same
thing applies to a bushes that is
Perfect, it cannot be improved upon
or made better, it has reached the
stage of perfection, which is the limit.
Did you ever hear of housewife who
Dragged to her neighbor that every.
thing she cooked was Just right and
done to the pink of perfection? No,
never, in the very nature of things, in
a limited way, no one can concoc,
pies, bread, cakes and cookies and
have them perfect, with the equip.
ment in the average kitchen
The Perfect Bakery, located at ia
w. Main Street, Urbana, Illinois, does
not make any claim that it canno,
substantiate, and if YOU were ever for.
tunate enough to partake Of THEN
delicious and tasty products, you
would want to use a word stronger
than perfect" to describe their won.
derfgul foodstuffs. One of their pies
will make the whole family rejoice
and think what saving Of time, laba
and expense to the head of the culin-
airy department to have these articles
brought to the door, ready to be
served. Many of our members Of IN
ions have tested and tasted these fine
bakerv goods, and delight in boosting
for bakery that is always ready to
lend an ear to the labor question.
The Twin City Review commend
this Perfect Bakery to the favorable
consideration of all our members and
readers, and wish it unbounded sue
cess in this 1925 Business Review.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10
THE COURT HOUSE
CAFE

Have you ever considered how much
of the attention of every person is
directed toward the question of what
to eat, where to eat and who to eat
with? Three times a day does a heal
thy, normal individual seek a place
to build up his physical powers to
sustain him to perform the ordinary
duties of life. Many wander from
one place to another, blaming their
indigestion on the kind of food they
get from day to day, forgetting the
tact that it takes a certain knack
and fitness to feed the public that the
average restaurant or cafe keeper
does not possess. However, when n
man goes from year to year, with
ever increasing business, pandering
TO the wants of the public, that must
be the place to procure well cooked
food, with only the freshest and
choicest of ingredients and materials
are used.
The Court House Cafe, located OPP
posite the Court House, Urbana, Him
ois, deserves our patronage and sup
port, for Mr.. William II. Oates, the
accommodating proprietor, has studied
the wants and whims of those who
eat away from home, or have no
home, until nothing more can be de
sired by the most fastidiOuS person.
1t tastes, and is, just like home cook
ing, and there is no more delightful
honey place in which to entertain
your friends, when you have business
in the city, than at this Cafe. The
appointments and surroundings are
clean, wholesome and comfortable,
and we would recommend that our
many working people, who are obliged
to eat out, to give this place a trial,
and they will become a regular pa
tron. The Twin City Review gladly
accords honorable mention of this
Cafe in its 1925 Business Review.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10
A. w. MOORE co.
FURNITURE, RUGS AND
LINOLEUMS

One of our largest business estab
lishments and which has contributed
in no small degree to the wealth,
prosperity and growth of Urbana, is
the above COMPANY. Their immense
store is filled to excess of all kinds
Of furniture, prettiest rugs, and such
a fine line of linoleums as cannot be
eXcelled.
A. w. Moore Company, located at
20S-210 West Main Street, is one
place We are proud to exhibit to those
visiting our city; its immense stocks
of furniture, rugs, linoleums. find
their place in many "a home of Ur-
bana, and the comfortable, conven-
lent, Hastily furnished houses might
not be were it not for this enterpris-
ing concern. They have literally
killed the mail order business. for
wise folks are learning that it is more
economical to patronize home mer-
chants.
1t would take one a dav to go all
over this house, and view the fine
builders hardware, mechanical tools,
stoves, ranges, refrigerators, chill
dren's vehicles, woven wire fencing
and, what will interest all gardeners
seed. Its almost makes the women OF
cur city want to be a young bride
again and be able to choose her house
furnishings at this store, so attractive
and so we'll selected to suit the aver
age home. This Spring, every Ur-
banaite will be enabled to freshen up
the place and do some repairing and
improving the yards If they get the
advice of this concern as to the besi
method and selection of material.
The Twin City Review gladly COM
mends this firm to its readers ana
members, in this 1925 Business Re
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10
REWERTS & EHLER
HUPMOBlLE
SALES AND SERVICE

Money used to be the main object
in life, and if you wanted to please a
man, woman or child, just hand them
some of this exchange, and you were
their friend fer life. But we know of
something that would tickle them al
most to death-and that is a car.
Oh, the luxury and comfort of nice,
easy-riding machine 1t beggars de-
scription. Just think what it would
mean to your family were you to say
it with a high class, elegant Hup-
tmobile, why they would be the envy
of the whole neighborhood, for every
one is we'll informed as to the advan-
tages of possessing one of these SER
viceabIe, beautiful machines. Hupp
service is superior, unsurpassable,
unequalled and positively unknown In
any other car, and we except none.
Hupmobile cars are handled by Re
werts Il Ehler, two men born abso-
lutely for this privilege of handling
car that speaks for itself. Why,
their statesmen are almost dumb, and
might as we'll be, for the little and
few words they are obliged to use to
sell these cars. They speak for
themselves, they sell themselves and
please every one and everybody. A
Hump will stand more hard wear and
tear than any other car and come out
untouched or hurt by this gruelling.
User cars are bought right and sold
outright, also reeonditioned and re-
painted. Fair and square dealings
are behind every transaction. Get a
hump ON you and buy a Hupp, and
the world will look BRIGHTER every day
you own one.
The Twin City Review gladly
! recommends this car and this concern
to all Union members, in this 1925
Business Review.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10
BUSEY'S STATE BANK

Any city, we care not where it may
be found, is judged and rated by the
number of banking institutions it sup
ports. and If there are more than the
average city maintains, then it is an
uncontroverted fact that that city is
more than unusually prosperous and
enterprising. The value to the bust
ness public of good, sound banks can
not be estimated. The financial life
blood of the community finds an outlet
through these arteries in the form of
loans, diScouns, exchanges, collec-
tons and many other transactions.
Many man would have died a finan-
eial death (if not PHYSICAL were ii
not for some bank tiding him over a
rough place, and the public at large
should appreciate these progressive
businesses. Not only does the man
of big affairs seek consultation and
advice, but the man of limited means
may have a banking home which will
materially aid him to attaining COM
petence in later life.
Busey's State Bank, located in Ur-
bana, is the oldest bank in the city,
and the citizens all honor this bank,
as being the means whereby the local
wheels of trade and industry are kept
moving, tiding men over financial de-
pressions, keeping local money at
home and in a number of ways help
ing the community. Every working
person can avail themselves of the
opportunity to be an interested de-
positor in this bank, putting away
each week a certain amount will grow
while you sleep. This Bank has al
ways been favorable toward organized
labor, and we urge our members to
this when needing a bank
ing home. The Twin City Review
heartily lists this bank in our 1925
Business Review.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10
S. E. HUFF & co.
LUMBER & BUILDING MATERIAL

Since the beginning of time, have
people found it necessary to live in
some kind of structure, whether a
hut, sodhouse, or cave, they have pro-
vided shelter from the hot rays of the
sun and the elements of the winter.
In the real olden times, in tropical
countries, people lived mostly in tents,
but even then, these tents had to be
supported by poles made out of rude
lumber. So, lumber, in some shape or
another has always been used in
housing people from the weather and
as protection from the outside.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10
ANNA GUSSMAN'S
CAFETERIA

just take walk around the city
during meal hours and observe the
great numbers of people, in every
cafe and restaurant, hotel or short
order lunch counter, giving undivid-
ed attention and thought to the bust
ness of sustaining the inner man.
Why one wonders where they all came
from, and if all these persons have
no homes, or the cooks have all gone
on a strike, etc. Most of US know
when we start for home just about
what we will have to eat, for we have
heard it planned at the breakfast
table, and we know what it will taste
Ike and this sort Of thing goes on
three hundred and sixty-fve days in
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10
BECKER'S DRUG STORE

People are getting weaker and
wiser seems to be true, for never
were drug stores patronized as they
are at the present time, and never
was there so many in the history of
the world as now. Time is when one
is ailing and out of sorts, they imme-
diately seek the advice of a reliable
doctor, and he prescribes the neces-
sary medicines, which are carefully
prepared by the druggist, that is why
the public are receiving better re-
suits today.
Becker's Drug Store, located at los
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10

At nine o'clock on December "a
a rather chubby old man with a white
beard knocked at the door of the Or.
phan's Asylum. A man came to the
door but refused to let him in.
"But don't you know who | am?'
said the old man. "TM Santa Claus
THAT don't make any difference
replied the door keeper. "Wednes.
days is visiting days. Darn these
foreigners ANYWAY" he said to him.
self as he closed the door.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10

Billy: Andy Gump preached for us
today.
Mother: How did you recognize
him?
Billy: He didn't have a chin and
had long nose but what makes me
think it was him was because he
yelled "Oh Mini" after he'd finished
praying.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10
ODE TO AN APPLE PIE

Under the crust of the old apple pe,
There is something for both you and
1t may be hair, that the cook mas
left there
Or it may be fat, juicy fly,
1t may be an old rusty nail
Or piece of the pussy cats tail
But whatever it be,
There's something for me
Meath the crust of the old apple PIE
Some shows are worth going miles
to keen from seeing.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-10

Ford Motor Company surplus in
ereases 500, 100000 in year.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-04-10
FINALS AT NEWLAND
SET FOR APRIL 27-Z9
Wrciisyille viii Hold Forth i'll Ma!
Sentiment Grows For PrOpoS-
ed County School.

The annual rOmm' nrcmrnl III
Nrwlamd High school this county
has been set for April -. ~. ana ~
Prof Charles L. Weaver. president
uf Chnwan College has been invited
,u make the commencement address.
Prof. l.. l.. White is principal oi
The school.
WrckSyillr High School. Is I" h"id
its commencement in May, the dates
moi having been announced.
Sentiment is reported To bc grow
iu- ravorably toward the erection
of the proposed consolidated school
for pnS,ulUlauk County to take care
of the pupils for some eight Or ten
.u,II schools i'm Mt. 1IcrmOn, Pro-
yidrnrc. and NiXUmtUn townships.
The uroun<rd school will cost $50
900 10 $lnO.0O0.
paS,rlCiank County got Sl66 back
this week. in iuSurInce money OH
tbc school truck Of the WOodvlllc
school that caught fire in this city
week before last. 1T might Dc ol
interest To mention that the county
c,rrics uuwardS of 100000 in i'll
Sur,,ucc poiirirs on its school prop
criN
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-04-10
REMARKABLE RECORD
OF PENDER STORES
Opening of 2O0th Store to BE y
Great Event on Tuesday Night.

The opening of the 2OOth store
Of the ID. Pcndcr Grocery Company
which is to be Il biz event Tuesday
night in Norfolk. will mark an era
i'm the phenomenal growth of this
wonderful merchandising OrSanlz'I-
ton headed by former North Caro-
linian.
The first u. L. Store was opened
ON January G. 1919. The business
has grown with store after store
in this short period. until today the
annual sales Of the stores total
$4,000. 900. The total assets are ST.
$50. 900 with capital and surplus OF
S1.0S1 600.
Over million and quarter dol
lars are spent i'll the administrative
and general expenses of the business
annually. ID. Pender Stores are
located in the principal cities OF
Virginia and North Carolina.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-04-10
eJhQ BANK CLERK ANo THE SODA uCPKGR
WE NEED GOOD OFFICERS

consideration TO the amount rl
moral courage the man has, and he
ought to have enough sand in his
rraw to block the work of lrrcS'
ponSiblr hoodums. who ain't got
no better sense than To- commit al
art calculated ~ hold back the
progress Of ihr county 30 years.
II say Martin County needs SYM
pathy in her bOur Of trouble, and
she needs 10 take warming. No mat
ter if Necdlcman was guilty, he de-
serves fair trial. Why the poor
devil can he imprisoned for life il
he's guilty. on top of what he's al
ready suffered.
"Nuw if there is any human jus.
ticc, that Sheriff, who wouldn't
guard the Jail. nor move Nccdlcman
out Of town, ought to bc treated
accordingly. | say that would bc
justice. but ] am in favor Of trying
him first, to see if he's guilty.
You'd have u job 10 prove him
guilty in his home county" said
the Bank Clerk.
II know that" said the Soda
Jcrker. Lots Of officers nowadays
come pretty near owning the Office
they get so all fired tied up with
the county politicians, they lend the
poOrfolks money TO pay their taxes,
some they never collect, they let of
lot of whiskcy peddlers, and other
Iawbreakers, so that ii is hard to
jury without man that wouldn't
hang it in favor of the sheriff. Be
licve me, a sheriff in office is Il hard
man to beat; but l tell you what,
it's up to Martin County TO do its
duty, and do it proper
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-04-10

"Wherc have you bccu:' asked the
Soda Jerkcr Of the Bauk Clerk. ITO
Williamstom!'
Il have not" said the Bank Clerk
Il have lost uothins there
You might" said the Soda Jerk
cr.
Il don't see any need 10 he Sar-
castle about the town. said the
Bank Clerk. Neither WillialuStOn
nor Martin County can help what il
gang Of hoodlums, and night shirt
artists do
Il ain't blaming the people, SAID
ibr Soda JcrkCr. Except insofar lis
public sentiment has sanctioned or
yanizations in the county that create
sentiment in favor Of committing
such OrtragcS. and in tOleratlng
public officers. who wink at such
work.
1T looks to me like the crying
need in this day and time is good
and fearless officers who are con-
scicntiOus enough to do their duty.
Now if Martin County had been
blessed with a sheriff who could
have remembered his oath of Office,
and his obligation to the peace and
dignity of the state, Martin County
might have been spared all this dis
grace which today is shaming North
Carolina before every state i'll the
Union. Why if you were to go to
New York or Washington today.
you'd have to hide your identity for
fear of the slurs they give you for
living in North Carolina.
Nov | don't blame Martin COun-
ty. but Martin County's misfortune
ought TO teach every other county
i'm this state Il lesson. Instead OF
taking up with any little old two by
twice fellow and making him sheriff,
just because the people like his
popularity, we ought to pay more
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-04-10
ELIZABETH CITY MAN
Is Much RECOGNIZED

The invitation oC W. y. Saunders,
Editor and Publisher Of THE IN
DEPENDENT, and Associate Editor
of Golfers tine National Weekly, TO
attend the Founders Day celebration
AT TuSkr"cr institute on April .,
WAS no little hit of recognition for
the Elizahcth City man, especially
whrm such prominent New York
n0tHblrS rs Horace ID. Taft, brother
of William II. Taft. DIR. AnSOn
Phelps Stokes, and Frederick NJ.
WaYhurg, were also Oh the program
from New York.
Mr.. Saunders waS also invited TO
attend the celebration Of the 20Oth
ID. Ponder store and make Il ten
minute talk as Il representative Of
North Carolina Oh Tuesday Of next
week. wien the program will be
brGadcaStrd. but was obliged to can
eel the engagement.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-04-10

JUDGE ISAAC NJ. MEEKINS
ji'DGE MEEKINS will hold his
first term in Elizabeth City as
Federal Judge of the Eastern Dis
trict of North Carolina, next week.
Judge MeekinS has already held
court in Fayetteville. and Raleigh.
and wherever Inc has presided,
favorable and liberal notice was ae-
corded his charges and his yerdicts
by the newspapers Judge Meekins
has also been hOnOred by endorse.
mcnts of the local Bar Associations
of these towns, which have added ITO
little distinction TO the appointment
of the Elizabeth City man. Wide
interest has also been accorded him
by court spectators. because Of his
ctate and national political recOgni'
ticns. and il is expected that many
friends i'm this section will turn Oui
TO hear his first charge in his home
town. when court cOnvcncS al III
o'clock Monday morning.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-04-10
TO START BUILDING
ROADS BEFORE FALL
Chairman Shelton Scott Of The
Pasquotank Highway Commission
Prepares 10 Sell BOnds

pasuuotank County will benefit
f!y the Satc'S three years ot-eXprr-
icncc in road building when it be-
gins spending the $l37,OCN that II
will have for roads when the new
S2;O, 600 bond issue is sold. The
Commission j. trying 10 secure from
the state II competent engineer to
survey and plan these roads.
Shelton G.. Srott. WAS named
chairman uf the Highway 'OmlnlS-
sion when il was rc-OrganiHcd TUES
day. There is general approval OF
his apuuiutmvmt. The Commission
will secure attorneys. for the pur-
pose Of Srllin" the new bond ISSUE,
so that work ON the roads may start
as early as possible.
II may be- interesting To notice
inst what attorneys will bc anxious
for the job. and also what they VIII
-ri for their work. sunotank
doesn't usually hire lawyers tn help
sell bonds.
Mr.. Scott Sucvrcds J. J. Morris of
WrckSyillr. The members of the
Board are now :. G.. Scott and y. ;.
Lcary of Elizabeth city: j. y. Will
liamS Of Nrwlamd; II. +. SampI" ot
I,rnyidrurr. II &. NrHdS of Salem !: