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iTHR MfTRfMINfi STAR. WILMIWfVTON N ' C. . TUESDAY. MARCH 9, 191 :. - - T i FOUR 111:-:-: rvl-if - ' -:J! :..- if m ! A m hi 1 ;? ' m III m - .i '.(-, ff.r III m 3 "it tin.. am V it' i w fit mr .-'if WILMINGTON STAR COMPANY, INC Wilmington, N. C Entered ss second class matter at toe postoffica nt Wilmington, i O. under Act of Congress, March 2nd, 18 1 4. Act of Congress, FULL AS 8Q OIATEP PRESS REPORT PCBIASHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT. THE MORNING STAR the oldest daily newspaper in North Carolina, is ?ttb5sheT W ?and mailed to subscrib ers ouUlde the county at Jb Pjr Xfr IS for six months: i-50 for tax months: or served-by carrier in tM city Sui suburbs at 60c per month, or, whVpSdta tWce. .00 Per year. S2.&0 tor six months. 11.76 for tnreo month. THE SUNDAY cTin hv mail, one XI: six months. 50 cents', throe year. "taSlSBo RATES may bo tuul on aDDiication. And advertisers may lew m5?ed tST through the coiuans of this paper they may reach ail wum" toa, Bartern Carolina and contiguoue territory in South Carolina. tlak Obituary sketches, cards of twaits. communlclttons espousing th cauaeof a private enterprise or a poliucal can didate and like matter will be obArged at the rate of 10 cenu rexule ner line, to per ar aocouas y r A. AS f if sons carry uia ?VT in t paid cashln advance, a haJX rate wtU be Allowed. Announcements of fai-'s, lesxi TalsT balls, hops, picnics, excursions, so cwSr eUngsTpoliacal meetlntf t, eta. wUfbe charged under .the same toudi Jons. ePt so much thereof as may fce of newsvalua to tbe readers of the paper, in the discretion of the aitore. TELEPHONES! Business Office, no. L Editorial and Local rooms, o. ci. COMMUNICATIONS, unless tney con talB important news, or discuss brteny Sd properly subjects of real interest, are not wanted; and, if acceptable In very other way, they "rthl bo rejected unless the real name o f the author accompanies the same, not nec uarily for publication, but &9 a guar antee of good faith.. . ALL DRAFTS, checks, express mo ney orders and postal money orders for the paper should be made payable and all communications should be addressed ,WV THE WILMINGTON STAR CO. TUESDAY, MARCH 0, 1015. A Paris paper says "the French wo anen are up in arms." Probably so kvhcn the heroes are on hand. A biologist says the war in Europe ls simply a struggle between ploto brfasms. If that be true the fittest ought to survive. In little more than SO days Eastern North Carolina will be hustling around (to get Its million dollar strawberry crop to market. Two young married men met at the market and agreed that matrimony iiad made it necessary for them to go after "chicken" feed - every now and Jthen. . - When a man. once gets stuck on Wilmington he won't stay! away, even if he runs the .chance of returning and being caught for something that caused while. him to absent himself for a Probably the handwriting is on the Wall, but the Turks can't make out whether It is "Get out" or something else scrawled by. the "Bear That Walks Like a Man." The Largo (Fla.). Sentinel says: "Watch Largo Grow No doubt, there would be a great inrush of newcom ers if the town would manufacture something like Largo beer. " If the Turks only knew enough they would give , up i Constantinople to the British and the French so they could once more make a nightmare of Rus cia's dream for centuries' past. - Between now and the time for hold ing the next Republican National Con vention a number of political incendi aries will try to make the country be lieve that they can set the whole "world on fire, i The Baltimore American continues to insist that a "Republican will be in the White House in 1917." Of "course. He will be in there long enough to congratulate President Wilson on liis re-election. In the West, a woman is resisting 11 efforts to make her turn over an office to another. She announces her determination to hold on to it, in which respect there is no difference between a man and a woman. Old Hurrygraph says in i the Dur ham Sun: "Of course, if women vote they should tell their ages. Very few of them nowadays look old enough to vote." Of course, if North Carolina women were to try to vote, it would. look as if they were engaging in some firlish prank. - Now that Congress has adjourned, Siepublicans are saying that "there is now po Congress in Washington to be bossed by Rresident Wilson." j The President got a great deal of necessary "team work" out' of Congress, and the team management was so heartily en dorsed that Republicans are' laboring tinder the hallucination that Congress was bossed. In justice to the Con gressmen, "it is only necessary to state that they were only the teammates of the President. i The hammer and the anvil quarreled. 'I'm tired being hammered from morn- ing till night," the anvil complained. "It's true," said the hammer, "that you stand a whole lot of (pounding, but that is what you were made for. I am. the tool which makes something, but I couldn't make useful things &it of Iron, if I didn't make you do your part. Tou don't even make a noise till ; I hit you, but you become use ful when I hammer on you from morn ing till night.". The anvil retorted: yTes, you make an underling of me and put it all over me in every way, but v.x.. guess j. u nave to be content with being an adjunct in the plan of economy." - The bellows broke in with the remark that ' it boosted the whole shop by doing all the blowing, but the blacksmith wound up the conver sation with the pniiosophic remark that so far as men are concerned some have to be hammers, .some anvils and eome blow-hards in- order to achieve THE LUMBER INDUSTRY AND THE . WAR. ; We often hear saw mill men assert that the depression in the lumber bus iness is due , solely to the "Democratic tariff and thatl the war iff " Europe has nothing to do rith its As a matter of fact, the war has affected every line of business in America, even the news paper business. One of the first effects of the war was -to stop the building operations of the 100,000,000 people of the United States. Even repair work was suspended in most cities and in some of the largest of the cities of this country huge buildings were left ha,lf finished. Plans for others were de ferred. Every man of ' intelligence must know that a condition like that would affect the lumber industry, all the ; building trades, and even the la bor which is so essential a part in building and construction operations. The effect which the war had upon the money, market alone would put . a halt upon all kinds of business. ' The tariff ought to bear whatever blaine justly attaches to it for the con dition of any business, out there is something else responsible for the de pression in the lumbering industry of the South. Differential freight rates, for instance. It has not been so long ago that all the lumber manufacturers' associations were up in .arms on the freight rate question' and they appeal ed to the Interstate Commerce Com mission for relief. ' Most everybody has forgotten that the original Payne-Aldrich tariff bill put lumber on the free list. Senator Simmons wouldn't stand for it, and on that ground, together witli "quebra cho" and other things, the brilliant .W. W. Kitchin waged war on him for his seat in the United States Senate. The altogether able and adroit Mr. Kitchin made speeches that rang from the sea to the mountains, and surely we have not forgotten that Senator Simmons' friends had to get busy. While New England and the North and the West were getting their share of protection and Senators Aldrich and Smoot and Representative Payne fully intended to leave the South out. Senator Sim mons saw that it would mean inequita ble taxation, so he made a successful fight for the retention of a tariff on lumber. Nevertheless, the Canadian, Northern and Western railways nulli fied it by immediately granting a freight differential in favor of Cana dian lumber. The railroads reduced freight rates to points above the Ohio river and increased them from points below the Ohio river. They made it a stand-off, so the Western as well as the Southern lines could get lumber traffic from all the producing fields. They did it also because consumers in states which have no, lumber or tim ber interests wanted relief from the tariff on lumber. Those same consum ers wanted their" own interests pro.- tected, but they did not want to i pay any tariff on Southern lumber if jthey could get the Canadian product' cheap er by getting lumber on the free list. That is the reason the . Republicans wanted to put lumber on the free list. They were complying with an Insistent demand in the North and the Middle West,, and if the Republicans get in power again they will be sure to put lumber on the free list again. They will do it because they will get the votes of the lumber consumers who outnumber the lumber producers. The Republican party distributes the benefits of protection with an eye to business ballot box business. .. They give plenty of it for that great part i of the country where votes are the thickest, but they incidentally resort to the free list when it is to the Interest of the most voters in the North. There fore, Yhe lumber people who say they want the Republican party hack in. power, so they can get. protection on lumber so as to ! shut out Canadian lumber, want something they can't get from the Republican party a high tar iff tax on Northern lumber buyers fo the benefit of Southern lumber manu facturers. Let the lumber people remember that Northern Republicans are protection ists when they have something to sell and free listers when they have some thing to buy. Shoe manufacturers want a" high tariff on shoes, Taut they want free leather and plenty of it to make protected shoes. They want to tax the masses who wear shoes, but they do not want to pay any tariff tax on the leather which they import for making slioes. They play the game open at one end and shut at the other, and it is the pet special interests which get benefits coming two ways leather duty-free and shoes duty-high. The Democrats . are trying to adjust the tariff so its burdens and benefits will be equitable in all sections pf the country, without regard to any special interest. They may have to revise their tariff in order to do that to the best advantage of the Treasury, and the people, but they should be given time to accomplish what they honestly aim to do. Under such extraordinary war conditions as we. face at the present, however, no. economist or politician is able to correctly analyse the - tariff question. All we know now is that if we had. a high protective 'tariff toz aid the war in shutting out foreign lm ports, ships would have to go to Eu rope loaded and come back empty.. Finally, it should be borne in mind that this is the only European war in which ten of our ; customer nations haVe ever .participated 'at onetime. The situation is without precedent. . They can't buy as much from us as we would like to sell, and they can't sell us as much as we want to buy. We can deny the truth as to that? Not a living soul People . who" are - willing to look the stubborn facts in the face surely have to agree with the Jacksonville Times Union when" it expresses the indisputa ble economic vieW that'the depression of Industry and the paralysis of capi tal, for the moment in America," Is as much the effect of the war in Europe as the starvation; of. Belgium and the slaughter of contending hosts on bat tlefields." Furthermore, when the war in Europe is at an end and the nations there are" reoovering'" f rom prostration, their unfortunate condition is bound to be fortunate for American industries. That will;be inevitable. Europe will have to rebuild and it will depend upon America for the wherewithal In money and materials. INDUSTRY MUST HAVE CREDIT Mr. R. B. Belser, of Sumter, S. C, has contributed to the Charleston News and Courier" a thoughtful, wise and timely appeal to merchants, bankers and landlords not to restrict, credits. He warns the bankers particularly that the real danger threatening the South at this time is "the danger of great economical loss through the throttling of the force of production, by undue restriction of credits." We take it that credits are being restricted to such an extent in South Carolina as to make a man of sound economic views like Mr. Belser write to The News and Courier some things that apply to North Carolina and ev ery other Southern state' as well.- We have heard North Carolina manufactur ers, for Instance, state that they have been so restricted in their credits that they , could not run their plants when there was every reason Jwhy they should keep on running and giving employment to wage earners. . They not only need money to buy raw ma terial while it Is cheap,' but need it for their pay rolls. They also need it to market their products on the same line of credits which their factories formerly extended. Who doubts that much of the indus trial depression of the country is at tributable to that very cause? How ever, 'the Sumter man makes '- this warning apply to all forms of, indus try. He might apply it to business rfs well, but as the planting ' season is here-he refers particularly to the dan ger of doing Berious injury to our farming industry by the restriction of credit by banks, merchants and. land lords. He "recognizes the fact that due caution should be exercised, but he goes on to say: 'We all realize that some degree of restriction is necessary indeed, desir able for all parties concerned. But that does not mean that this restric tions must bo carried- to the point where it necessitates a large portion of the lands of the state lying idle, that perhaps half of the annual 160, 000,000 product of the field shall be lacking next fall for the want of nec essary supplies with which to make it. If this condition is brought about h";r,!Lbe-rL hard times times the result Of a short-sighted economic policy. " "This is an agricultural state. Sixty per cent, of the. wealth- produced each year consists of agricultural products. If we include 'cotton seed products and cotton- manufactures, amounting' -together to nearly $100,000,000, more than 90 .per cent, of the state's annual prod ucts may fairly be said to be directly dependent upon its agricultural activi ties. The necessity for keeping these forces in operation is patent. . "Let us examine into the conditions that make some restriction necessary, with a view to determining the meas ure of restriction that is-sound eco nomic policy. Agricultural disorgan ization exists to a marked degree only in the South, and the logical conclu sion is that it is due almost entirely to the effect of the war on distribu tion, consumption and prices of cotton. The grain and live stock sections are enjoying unusual prosperity. The South can produce on lands that will make a. bale of cotton per acre, (and on other lands in proportion): 50 bushels of corn, with several bushels of peas, and vines to be turned under with manurial value of $5 to $10 per acre; 40 to 50 bushels of oats, followed by., a ton or more .of peavine hay; 30 bushels of wheat, followed by a pea vine hay crop of a ton or more; yields of tobacco worth $100 to $200, and of truck and lesser crops to the value of $100 to $1,000 per acre. Why then all of this wail because cotton no longer promises much profit?. Because there is no market for anything but cotton? Other sections have provided and are finding a market for grain. live stock and diversified products and are prospering,- It is up to us to do likewise. Are we going to let a great agricultural section like the South to go to the bow-wows because periodically low prices prevail for cot ton? Where is the proof of our boasted resourcefulness and of our conflidence in our state and the South?" We catch the hint that nobody wants to finance a cotton crop, but since cotton' heretofore has been the sole basis of credit, no chances will be taken on financing any other crop." For instance, if a farmer wants credit to enable him to diversify his crops he can't get it, whereas he should be en couraged by credit to abandon the all-cotton system and grow : other money crops for which there is bound to be a great demand. If the credit men are denying credit to any great extent, in either North Carolina- or South Carolina, they are doing the very thing that will make diversification Impossible". Mr. Belser makes It very plain that we cannot revolutionise our credit system or revolutionise our farming system all at once. We have to do both . by degrees, and he empha sizes this view: "The banker, the merchant, and the lanaiora eacn nas nis dutv nnri r sponslbility, and failure to measure up to it will not fail to come .home to th, delinquent...; a nie-iong credit system cannot be changed in one year. The measure oi restriction and change that is possible is a matter for the careful consideration of the best business brain of our commercial life. Let us give tne matter careful study and" ar rive at an adjustment that will keep in' operation the productive forces of our state. If this be done our peo ple by economy and thrift can, and I believe will, come through this trying period without serious loss m j ultimately benefit by the lesson which fit has driven homej' " frThe;;v agricultural industry in our Southern-states is such a tremendous one' thKt 'lts, depression by ' war has taught us what it means., if de press, it further by withholding credits, business is in for -it. We don't know that -.'such... has prevailed to any great extent, . but it is. well ,to be on our guard ' about it. We must remember that . probably as many as three-quarters of a million people in North Car olina are directly dependent on agri culture. ; Sixty per cent, of our business also depends on It. The merchants and the landlords are all directly concern ed In seeing that our agriculture is not demoralized ' if they can help it. . GRAIN EXPORTS FOR WILMINGTON,. A news item appeared in The Star a few days ago to the effect that a sur plus of 365,000 bushels of corn from last year's crop remains in Hyde coun ty because of the war 'in Europe. Few knew that North' Carolina's .eastern oorn belt had been exporting com to Germany till the war brolce ut and put an end to Hyde's export business. The fact came out by reason of the action of the State Corporation Com mission In allowing a readjustment of freight rates pn the Norfolk Southern Railroad so Eastern North Carolina corn can reach . the interior markets. While North Carolina has been buying thousands of car. loads of o6rn, 4 por tion of the State probAly could supply a million or more bushels but for the matter of transportation-partlcularly railroad rateB that would enable State consumers to get the North Carolina product. A few years ago Hyde county lacked railroad facilities, and may to a large extent now be so isolated as to make rail shipments uneconomical. Yet the Norfolk Southern has come along and to a great1, extent will be a powerful factor in promoting the grain growing resources of that part of the State. When it" comes to-water transporta tion, Hyde had that, and the probabil ity is that corn, could be shipped to Bremen cheaper than it could be trans ported by rail to Charlotte. Wllmlnjston has water communica tion with Hyde and, owing to the fact that Europe will want an immense amount of grain for he next few years, it would be a good Idea for Wil mington to prepare to export corn. There also will be a large increase in corn production all over Eastern North Carolina and the possibility is that Wilmington can concentrate it to great advantage for distribution both by export abroad and by rail to all parts of this country. If this is going to become a grain country, Wilming ton wants to get the business. Whenever it tries to get dull around Wilmington, something happens and disappoints it. THINKS WELL OF FESTIVAL Editor of The Star I was delighted to see the sugges tion of Mr. J. ;F. Harris in your col umns regarding the proposed Musical Festival at Lumina. Most of the larger cities have adopted th" Musical Fes tival as an annual event, and I am pleased to see -Wilmington falling in line. It may interest you to know that the subject has been discussed in musical circles ; for some time, and I feel assured that Mr. Harriss will have the hearty appreciation and support of the music lovers of the city. I am one of several who believe Wilmington can compare favorably with any i city In this respect and that the material for the making of a good chorus will be, readily obtained by organized effort. Having had the privilege of attend ing and taking part in festivals of this kind, both in this country and abroad, I have yet to learn of one that has not been a success, both musi cally and financially. I wish-Mr. Harris the best or suc cess and trust his efforts will be brought to a successful termination and form the basis for a permanent choral society for the city of Wil mington. Yours, ' BERT JONES. CURRENT COMMENT. Since the strawberry season opened in Florida, 434,327 quarts have been shipped North, and the growers have received in exchange money to the amount of, $86,016.10. The average "price this season is better than it was last year. As the Florida season wanes, the strawberries from the Wilming ton section will come on, and the grow ers will be encouraged over the pros pect Of making" more money than was the case with the-past season's crop. Charlotte Observer. Murne Cpwan Is the name of am Ohio Guernsey cow that has broken the world's, record as to milk production. The Ohio State universjty has just giv en out the results of several competi tive tests made, and they resulted in resting the laurels on the head- of Murne. tast year she produced 12 tons. of milk, and 1,096 pounds of butter fat, which churned into 1,400 pounds of butter. America is a land of poli ticians big and little. They flourish in every county seat and militia district. Each one has a separate' panacea for saving the country, and a good many of them who have since gone to Wash ington" claim to have written chapters in-American history. As against the great majority of these busy gentle- Our candies are made in fourteen different cities insuring fresh candies at every Huyler agency. Our Sales" Agents in Wilmington are H Mathews , Jno. "W. Pliuniiier, Jr. Hurler's . Cocoa, Wee uyler's Candy, is Supreme men; we put the unobtrusive, activities of Murne Cowan. ' For ' the cow that sets a new record in milk; production like 'the : hen . that sets a new record In egg production, has accomplished something definite. And few poliicians can sincerely make affidavit to that effect.;-: Murne never made a speech from a stump or got a plank Inserted in a political platform. AH she haB done is to raise the milk production record of . tho world. Therefore, we I hail Murne as a patriot and a "perfect lady." Atlanta Constitution. S,; THE BEST PROOF Given by a Wtlmtagton Cltlaen. Doan's Kidney Pills were used they brought benefit. - j ... The story was told to Wilmington residents. - i Time has strengthened the evidence. Has proven , the result lasting. The testimony is home testimony The. proof convincing. It can be investigated by Wilmington residents. ! T J. F. Hansley, 406 Walnut St., Wil mington, says: 'iMy back and kidneys troubled me a great deal and I think it was due to my being on my feet so much. I suff ered 1 f rom dull, dragging backaches and I couldn't stoop without having sharp twinges In my loins. The kidney secretions were too-frequent in nassasre and contained sediment. I got a box of Doan's Kidney Pills at. Bella? my's Drug Store and in a few days the pains and aches left." (Statement given Feb. 25, 1908.) 'f OVER TWO YEARS LATER Mr. Han sley said: "I have'not had occasion to use a kidney medicine since Doan1 Kidney Pills gave me lasting benefit." Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for a kidney remedy - get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Hansley had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION, Notice is hereby given that pursuant to tne provisions ot an Act oi tne. gen eral Assembly of . North Carolina, pass ed at Its session for the year A. D. 1915, entitled "An Act to Charter the City of Wilmington," and a resolution duly passed by the City Council of the City of Wilmington, and by the City Board of Elections for said City, adopt ed on the 5th dav of March. A. D. 1915, a special election is hereby called, and ordered to be held in the City of Wil mingtbn and in the territory described in said Act. on Tuesday, the 30th day of March. A. D. 1915. for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Wilmington and in the territory described in said Act. the auestion of the ratification of said Act by the voters of said City, and the territory covered in said Act, as, and for, the charter Of the City of Wilmington, at which said election those favoring the adoption of said Act as the charter of the City of Wilmington shall vote a written or printed ballot containing the words "For Charter," and those opposed to the adoption of said Act shall vote a written or printed ballot containing the words "Against Charter;" and that" an entire new registration has been or dered for said election, and the regis tration books for the registration of electors, desiring to vote in said elec tion shall be opened on Tuesday, the 9th rlfiv of March. A D. 1915. and shall ''continue to be kept open up to and in cluding the second Saturday preceding said election. Sundays excepted; an that the books will be keDt ODen for the registration of electors residing in the, various precincts, from 9 o'clock A.. M. until 5 o'clock P. M on each registra tion day except Saturdays, on which days the . said registration books shall be kept open for registration until 9 o'clock P. M., on said day; and only those electors registering as required by law will be allowed to vote in said election. That- there have been established only six election precincts in the territory covered by said Act, namely: One pre cinct for each ward: The First Ward precinct, covering the territory describ ed in said Act as the: First Ward; The Second Ward precinct, covering the ter rltorydescrlbed in said Act as the Sec ond Ward; The Third Ward precinct, covering the territory described in said Act as the Second Ward; The Fourth Ward precinct, covering the, territory described in said Act as the Fourth Ward: The Fifth Ward precinct, cover ing the territory described in said Act as the Fifth Ward; The Sixth Ward pre cinct, covering the territory described in said Act as the Sixth Ward. That the following named polling places, registrars and judges of elec tions have been named and designated for thepurpose of holding and con ducting said election, to-wit: First Ward Precinct t Polling Place Engine House, 4th and Camnbell streets. Registrar W. McD. Evans. Poll Holders and Judges of Election W. H. Howe, Willie Kerr. Second Ward Precinct: Polling Place Court House of New Hanover County, in basement at north western corner of said building. Registrar W. W. Hodges. Poll Holders and Judges of Election E. H. Munson, C. H.-Ward. Third Ward Precinct i Polling Place Giblem Lodge, Eighth and Princess streets. " . . Registrar J. R. Davis, Poll Holders and Judges of Election Sam Wood,' Norcum Hewlett. Fourth Ward Precinct: Polling Place,. McClellan's Stables, No. 116 Dock street. - Registrar F. W. Peiffer. Poll Holders and Judges of Election- W. A. Spooner, J. O. Reilly. iriftn war a rrecinct. Polling Place- New i Engine House, i Fifth and Castle streets. , Registrar R. H. Orrell. j Poll Holders and Judges of Election Ike Burrlss, W. W. Sellers. Sixth Ward Precinct : . Polling Place Mann's Store, -Seventeenth and Market streets. Registrar J. F. Mann. Poll Holders and Judges of Election J. H. Womble, J. D. Edwards. The polls will be opened on the day. of election at S o'clock A. M., and remain open until sunset of said day, and no longer. " i Each registrar will keep the regis tration books open for the registration of electors residing in the respective precincts, between the hours of 9 A. M. and 5o'clock P. M., beginning Tuesday, March 9th, up to and including the sec ond Saturday preceding said election, Sunday excepted, except on Saturdays, when the said registration books shall be kept open from 9 o'clock A. M. un til 9 o'clock P. M. No registration will be allowed on election day except to such persons as shall give satisfactory evidence to the registrar and the judges of election that he has become of the age of twenty-one 'years, or otherwise has become qualified to register and vote since the registration books, clos ed. On the second Saturday before the election, the registration books will also be open at the polling places in the voting precincts. for the inspection of the electors of the precinct, and to enable challenges to be made of the right of any person to vote in said elec tion whose name appears thereon, and if any person is objected to, notice will be given him and a hearing granted as provided by law. - The registras and judges of said elec tion have been notified of their ap pointment and of the polling places, and required to take the oath prescrib ed by law, and will be furnished with the necessary books and ballots for conducting said election, and all vacan cies occurring among registrars 'and judges of election will be filled and the returns from said election will be re ceived as required by law. v If a majority of the electors voting In said election shall vote for "For Charier," the said Act will then be comethe charter of the City of Wil mington, but if a majority of the votes cast, in said election shall be cast "Against Charter," the said Act will not then become the charter of the City of "Wilmington. - By order of the City Council and City Board of Elections.- A r THOMAS D. MEARES, -City Clerk and Treasurer of the City of - . Wilmington. , - - ' ' -mh8 to mh28 - . . The finest grade of Aluminum Kitchen Ware that is manu- factured consisting utensil used, in kitchen service each article sells for $2.50. Inq uire at the Get Your Premium Card We have gone through our stock and selected such ar ticles as must be sacrificed to make room for Spring Goods, and will have them on sale this week at about one half of the original price. This is the time that the wise buyer makes the Dollar go Twice as Far. You will find Blankets, Comforts, Winter Underwear, Overcoats, Heavy Hose, Felt Hats, arid All Winter Goods so cheap that you can well afford to buy at pres ent prices and carry them until needed. We cannot af ford to carry them .over, but you can. 210-212-214 The Busiest Hanbv's Hardware 29 SO. FRONT ST. All day long we were busy with a continual stream of discriminating buyers, and they all left well satisfied with their 'bargains in - Crc:!:cry, Hardware, Tools, Canoes, Tents, House Fur nishing Goods, Motor Boat Supplies, Heaters and Ranges, Gasoline Engines, and Sporting Goods and Farming Implements. W. B. THORPE & CO Coal and Builders' Supplies Prompt Service and Satisfaction Guaranteed CUNCHFIELD PORTLAND CEMENT Blue Seal Cement Plaster ' Washington Finish Hydrated Lime Shingles Shingles Shingles Million Brick 'PHONE 154. Roger Moors STRUCTURE BEAMS ANGLES . CHANNELS VENTILATORS COAL SHUTTERS CHIMNEY, BRACES DOOR PLATES JOIST HANGERS We maUe the Iron for all Builder . and set your orders, out prompt. Iron, Steel, Brnsa, or Other Metal WILMINGTON v- "THE IRON MEN" Everybody Reads the of every Cash Desk and North Front St. Spot in Town Store, Sons & STAIRWAYS FIRE ESCAPES 8TAR WASHERS at Right Priced. W e carry the to It pays'. to SEE US when it's " IRON WORKS v FOOT OP ORANGE STREET Star Business Locals Co. v , . ' r T- i .