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How Seven Live On $13 A Week ll? MILTON HIIOWKH XKA Srrvltc Writer London Sept. u^ --IT isn't" al~ way* easy for t h?? American work* ingmun to make cudi meet. But the lot of the- BrltLh lab orer 1b (ar harder still. Take Alfted K. Mummery, for Instance. He Is feeding. housing and clothing himself, his wit.- an?: fire children on \ i .1 'A ni'rk- ? K * And tiure are th?uisjiiu.4 ? \ -.i less fortunate than he. For Mummery, employed by Hi street cleaning department of the Borough of Soulhwurk, which i u part of hig Loudon, gets morn' rather than leas tit ?* ordinary un skilled worker. llr's just an a\ PTaKe Bt itlsli workman. _ -On -the- job 2f? years. In- proba , hly will stay at it as long as li ? can work. It is the one thine he Knows how to do. And it is a safw job. ? .Which. is som ' thing to 'consider In those days o ?- n n?>iit-~ ployment in Great Britain. Luck) to llnve Thus- Booms But to get hack to his living *~~Pf0blM!t~tTl ? aflotM h*~vv;,r exptU c^aiyg England ... rr,m. . Mummery ? hvrs H ? tfm Wal worth district. ilU home i> on the lop floor of a tenement uuil l-' Ing. There are three rooms ? two bedrooms and ~i rmiin ifn- f iiiilj uses at a kitchen, dining room and sitting room. It is in the ou ter his children study their i?v sons every night alt t u: 1 1 "We rented the flai before tl>" war." M u mine ry explains. "W nro lucky to. have it. "Under the law, the landlord cannot put us out. bo long ay >v<> pay our rent, mid lit- can t K ' f, over 20 per "WHt Tnorc-tfttHi w?? ^ paid before the war. "Most landlords nowaday4, when they get an unfumislu'l flat vacated, put a few things in ? it, call It furnished^ and ask al most any price they want. And they can put you out almost any time th*y wish: "Our landlord installed In oui ^Iat a crflll move .urd~al?o a r..< i stove with a pentty-ln-ihe-slot con liactlon for our gas Supply. \V pay him nearly $3 a week. "In case 1 get Kick, the horoiign wBI pay my wages for six months If anybody in my family takes ill. we get doctors and medicine un der the nntional health net. If we need dentists we get ihnui free through the London County Council. i "The nine shilling (less than . Two Extremes Handsomest! * * ' ? > * / vy Ag<j will vk With youfh in lite tn:rr naltnii'il Alt llflcw ?l Wllliu: Ufl?:?u Flolil, Duyion, O , llw iii?l week It Ortolifr llm an- tlw ol<tc*t m.J youiiK'-Ml mnlcalanla llai|?li iHckln ?on of I'hlrHgo, who ndinllM CG yearn, mid T*?<1 MbHIrndlrk <1 With lln. Km., )uit 17. .M??rv 1.4 th<- hnndxotnc?T in ^V.isniiiyioM llm nan.r l* John \V rt.uk Thirl > -iniit* nhi>ikn wcrtt I'liiMin.aUtl Ivforc I hi- jiid^i'n derided to tiw.ml (he |?rlw io John Hut ?ihIvm uirlN ? John m tmirrliKl , and tils tiiU- t* chiiiH-roiilnR htm ever> liuiv ht- venture* downtown. MOKKISON WILL FIHE OPENING GUJS Raleigh, 8ept. 6. ? Announce ment was mado yesterday by Gen ?ral Albert Co* that Gov<-rnoi ? Morrison will 4ir?. the qd iiIhl Kiin In the fight for the Port Coin miMlon till I in a npeech next Mon day night at Rockingham and wili ?peak four timea next week. New Fall Styles I For Men ! Youiip Mm, Mm l<> 16. " MEN'S TWO PANTS SUITS $25 to $37.50 Alrrudy llorp. T. T. Turner & Co. Wor# for Dud an<l Iho |lo)? WKIW IMm,Al>KM'HIAN K. uihcrn l'inc.s. 8*?pt. 6. ? Ml *4 Kuto UaohotPHu Page, danghtoi of former Con??roH!?iririn - Uohei Newton I*aki?, whh married y? ?tHr day to LlvlnK?t<in Ludlow Kiddle. Jr., son of Anthony Drexel Riddle 1 of Philadelphia. PHONE 114 | Standard Pharmacy THEY WILL SEND IT. $2) that I krcp- for myself. I uaej partly in kci'pint; up my dues in efuli* that puy benefits in ease ??' i ] I n < ? ? n or d<alh. ? ^N'iiw I suppose you .wolnle' what wo e;?t. Woll, hero's about , how l( runic "Itreakfasl ? -Tea, bread and oleoma rgerine. "?Noon dinner ? Meal, greens or ca bbn Re, " poTai oea, tea. "Five oYloek tea ? IJread, oleo ma serine. tea. "Light 'o'clock "supper ? l!roud, IM - "My wife uses three or'Tou?" pound* of t?*a a wo?-k eosting on** ! shilling and four penco (SO cents) a pound. We have about eight I or nine pounds of sugar a week at 7 12 pennies (about 15 cents) a pound. "When we have meat it Is Wi* con, or mutton, or sometimes beef at one . shilling and four pence a pound. We get greens' ui a penny ha'penny (approxl mately three cents) a pound. "Potatoes don't cost us much. We get three pounds for tuppence ( about four rents). We need about five loaves of bread a day. They are *maTI Iouvea costing 4 1-2 pence (about nine cents) each. And our oleomargarine ? running about three or four pound* ? co*t< uh sir pence (about 12 cents) a pound." Clothing and shoes for himselT and his family, however, form Mummery's big problem. Ue tri?s to meet it by paying some of his "h pell it fng~ man try into - -boot and clothing clubs That coats him ubout 12 ceuts a we*-k. "When h? has puid in a cer tain amount, he is entitled to boots or clothing equal to that amount. Oiur-ch Fptlf Their Ainuscinents "But we make ours last a lonj; Where every man finite what he liket to wear Two-k nicker Suits for Two Fiatfd Boys IT'S a real problem to flud Clothed that cjui ntand up nn (lor the strenuous wear of red-blooded lloys. Bl)t wo have them. Doubly rein forced at every vul nerable point ? from woolens chosen for their durability a n d smartness In appear ance. ?7.50 and up A real jack knife with rhnlu PHKK with every null. Spencer - Walker Company Incorporated Young Men's Stylish Clothes For Men Who Know Correctness is a hyword horc. Our Clothes arc chosen only after careful study of the trend of style in America's leading center*. Raulfs & Cox ASK THE MAN WHO WEARS THEM time." he Bays. ?'! always can | u|prj?f ^bur fuirly chtap. and I re pair the ?h'?es of all Un: lajuily. Aud my wife is mighty clever at patchlbK up The clothes." .Mummer>. unlike many Dritish workmen. doesn't spend his b par ti n?e ui the "pubs." public houses or j&loons. lie neither ilrlnIM u??r b rno ken. And he doesn't ko to the movies. "There are some." he declares, "who spend their money at the ?pubs' und on ?how? ut the cine mas (movie houses* ? money they really need for their families. Re sult is some of the poor kills of i??n ko to ut-d Aitriout supper. ' .Mine never have. The mlxsn* and I see to it that t'.iey k 't pleu ty to eat." .Mummery Is religious. He ji There is ?Hope* tiii: AroTfff:- At:v h:iop Pbouc 400 A Good I>rutc Stor? KL dai.lo <:i<;ai;s r.tiiKiUM I-'or Qiiality D. It. MORGAN & CO. WHOMISAI.M (ilUH'KliH I 'li< nit* ALKRAMA Today Dorothy r-i -\y-J Daifcn .a Jack Kelt fie LoaeWolf i i -f* - ? -2 AUo AI.BKKTIN1 in "THE IIJON MAN" Adinishion lOe & 30c, Malinrc !>ncl INipht JOIN OUR HEATROLA CLUB Kr?m AiikiikI 23rd to September l.'tlii. *f lire going In givr awnv one ton of <-o:il with eueh HEATKOLA *old. Will heat from four to right room* ami only hurnn a little more eoal than an ordinary Move. There are thirteen *atinliril liner* in Eli/alieth < "ity? and they are all itoontem. M.G.Morrisette&Co. i "th* Mhin Slreel Furniture Store" a regular churchgoer. And he - and. hU? brood look to (he church i (ostlvaU tor all tb?ir "We go to the concerts aqd ths services at the Browning Settle ment.* which " is n?>ar where we ihre. Thc*c entertainments don't co. any thing. and they art* pleas-, ant. "They often have lemonade and cuk? and the co*t Is so amill that uuyhody con afford it if he has a regular Job." That, in brief, is how a mau la supporting himself, hi* wife and fiv ? I? . ill r . ? 11 ,,n <13 u wi . Ict r NEW PERFECTION AND PURITAN OIL COOK STOVES The plaee to buy your Oil Cook Stov?** ud ports. Quinn Furniture Co. FALL HATS That Emphasize Your Good Taste As Can No Other Article of Wear The fir.-l tiling you tin a man i * his Hal. Il ran a.h! nr dcfiv.rl from ."ii iillici'wisr sim?rt appearancc. Rny a {iood llat. Il pays in the loii? run. Ami here jon'H find ai? l!:t? iM'wei?t shapes piid shades. Stetson ? Schobels ? Eagles $3.50 to $7.00 WEEKS & SAWYER "W here the Rest ( lothes Come From" mm The Albemarle Building and Loan Association OPENS ITS NINETEENTH SEMES, SATURDAY, SEPT. (>, I?>21 I.nlxirt'r Clerk * ? Capitali?t lin-im-? Conci-rn Tfnchfr I'mfcBsiiilral Man Iiankcr Kvorylwdy ? All arc invited to holp us help Elizabeth City grow. No safer in vestment. All welcome, from the boy or ifirl investing 2:> ccnts n week to the business concern saltint; nwjty $25.00 li wui>k aif.iinst pinching financial times. v Any of the men lii-lotv will lw to talk to jmi ::l?uiit it: o V ??? I r K km hi is K f * <> It s \l>r>vr OlYIrn-* ami 4. T. HAW Y Kit. I*n .?? P. kHAMKIl \\. If. /i()KI.I.KI(, l?t Mro-I rf'i. NOAM I ' I Cl'oo I, .III. m. <i. mokiiihkttr, and %\-i\ li. r. \i;\ ri;im \v. IlKN UOODWIN. HiC'r-Trow. ?}; }/? vjV'ioi >f)\ 4. Ik. m:i<;ii, Attorney. \v. li. \vi:.\Ti!i:tif v ju Office: Sull* 20.V2U6 Saving Hunk & Tru?l (>?. (III-HTAIIIH) r H <? N E 3 12 Alfited E. Mummery O^paiTS Tandy's ohoe3 BrwUTast
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