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Model Machine Has Been Ac
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(Special to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh, May 10. Raleigh's aero
plane has heen accepted and the mod
el manufactured here has a placee In
the fighting forces of the nation.
This is the news that comes indi
rectly but certainly and Raleigh that
lost cantonments and ordnance camps
mav develop a mushroom city in
(urtf shakes. For the manufacture of
mich machines the government has
positions for 7,500 men, a representa
L from Washington said today,
and Raleigh can get them if she can
An the work.
Raieieh lost the other big things.
through varied hard luck. There waa
unplacated Fayetteville and that city
von been robbed virtually after
vcr body in town had settled down
fhpn citizens locally hammered the
.tat representatives in Congress for
Virginia to import North
rarniina into the Old Dominion. Now
u i ud to Raleigh. It has the small
rnmmerce can bring 20,000 people
t,0ra shortly if it can deliver.
The plane presented by Harry N.
Atwood noted avriator, is one de
signed for speed and simplicity. Noth
ing in tae message reueivea uoro lu
xated more than governmental sat
isfaction with the machine that At
ifiod and his associates are turning
out. Great things are expected of it
and despite the well-kept secret that
the airplane nas been accepiea, xnere
jg joy among the few wno Know it.
Fight Over Pool Rooms.
The city commissioners who last
ncek ordered the pool room owners
w close their places after May 31,
bare up the issue of allowing them
to remain open until November to
allow the managers a chance to sell
tie vares. '
The commission seems itself to
have reacted from its order. Com
missioner Pace introduced the first
one but he liked Commissioner Moon
evhan's so much better that Mr.
Page agreed to that. Now Mr. Moon
evhan is disposed to give more time.
He made the seconding speech yes
terday when Commissioner and May
or Johnson made the motion. Mr.
Pace stands hotly against.it and 'says
he wishes to see the fellows who own
tfcem and frequent them to go to
work. . .
State Bankers in Session.
The bakers of North Carolina, an
even three dozen, attende dthe state
meeting Wednesday and collaborated
with Food Commisioner Henry A.
Page who has had mighty little
trouble with them.
ind many of them are Germans.
Some were born in the old-country
and the Teutonic names of quite a
law are present with individuals
many generation away from the
fatherland. Nearly half bflhe bakers
of the state were represented.
Among them was Peter Andres, of
Badin. whose contribution of 250 to
the Albemarle Red Cross and volun
tarily imposed penalty of closed doof
for a day marked him. He placarded
his closed business declaring that hs
had violated the law. His sin was
failure to mix the proper amount of
cereal substitute with his wheat
products. He set up claim of inabil
ity to get the cereal, but Mr. Page
cculdn't pass him on that examina
tion. The door of the bakery carried
a placard confessing the violation
and Albermarle's Red Cross chapter
s2ts the monev.
In this meetine the bakers did most
o ftheir deliberating without an - in
structor from the food administra
tion's office. After hearing the talk
if Chief Assistant Paul Lucas, they
settled down to discussion of the
ay to serve best the cause of their
country. The first session began at 10
"!ock in the morning and the sec
ond at 2 in the afternoon.
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was going on and discreetly turned
his face away -The man who cuts his N
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naar, we man wno gives oniy one
Cheer when three are called for, the
dan who holds out his littlest finger
when asked to shake hands all these
may now be considereu second-hand
cheap men.
Cupid calls so many hello girls
away from their switchboards x that
Broadway hotels are finding it almost
impossible to get skilled operators. As
a result the jD of Phone Proprietress
has been created the job of teaching
recruits the art of proper hone con
versation. Manhattan has many phone girls
-sho : say "Allrightie," "Yep,; "You
betcha," "111 say so'and other slangy
phrases which are distasteful to ho
tel managers. Thus the, new recruits
are taught to eliminate slang and
speak good English.
The phone girls are never permit
ted to say "Hello. Ieilher are they
permuted to say "Number" .they say
vomer please Instead. In calling
guests in the morning they must say
'Good morning. It Is 7 o'clock." And
above all things they must never give
a sharp answer. Hotels believe that
efficient telephone service is' the
most important thing in establishing
business. And it is possibljr true.
He is a poet and he makes money
writing verse. The other day someone
asked him what was Koine to be the
biggest factor in winning the war-
that is in his opinion He thought
awhile then he said: "For a number
of years I have tried to belittle
George M. Cohan. Some years agoin
a little sheet he got out there was
a line which read 'Boys, I'm on my
third million' or something like that.
It was disgusting to me. I saw him
rise to theatrical greatness as an act
or and playwright. Still I thought he
was a sublime egotist flag waving
glory seeker. I was "younger then
Perhaps I was a bit jealous. You know
George Cohan makes more money in
a year than I make in ten years. Well
to get back to the biggest factor in
winning the war. I believe it is the
song 'Over There.' It is inspiring men
on land and sea. It is doing what no
other song has done and a singing
army will always win."
IHE WILMINGTON DISPATCH; THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1918;
Editors'to Discuss War Service
Indianapolis, InL, May 10. War
service will be one of the chief top
ics of discussion at the second an
nual convention of the National As
soclation of City Editors, which is to
assemble here tomorrow for a two-
day session. The convention will
bring together a notable assemblage
of newspaper men from all sections
of the country.
Viscount Bryce 80 Years Old.
London, May 10. Among the hun
dreds of congratulations received to
day by Viscount Bryce, on the occa
sion of his eightieth birthday anni
versary, were many greeting from
prominent Americans whose friend
ship he gained during his years of
residence at Washington as British
ambassador to the United States.
NEW YORK LETTER.
(By O. O. Mcintyre.)
(Special Correspondence to the Dis
patch.)
New York May 10. Not far from
Herald Square there is a blind man
ho makes a doubtful living selling
newspapers. He has been there for
fears. It was a warm, spring morn
with enough tang in the air to
Bake New Yorkers glad they were
alive.
une of those 1918 model cheap men
aiKed up to the stand. He had on a
ugh hat, frock coat, striped trousers,
pats and mayonnaise mitts. A cane
as crooked over his left arm. He
im.. llke a man who could recite
Aat the men will wear," without
missing a stroke.
vi. Spring war headdline on the
"Hud man's newsnanp.rs raueht his
eye. He paused, and from a distance
Wed to read the announcement. This
.netted his curiosity and stepping
'"ward he withdrew the top news
ier, retaining it until he had fin
uea the article
ah the while the blind man, stood
Mitt upturned palm waiting for his
cents. Mr. Snappy Dresser ig
"0red the mute anneal. -He refolded
y newspaper, slipped it under the
iiS man's arm' helP himself to a
-"'s ana walked on.
teamster with an unclean neck
perhaps a clean heart was driv
wth saw the Performance and
. J a w"d whoop jumped from his
ar grabbed the nlfty drtser 6
9M,a!ing the news from a blind
inn.: ..ne exclaimbed. "That's a little
tnan the limit. You wouldn'
tbnAman tae mumps when you got
MB
c II a. r. it nun Kisn acrnna rnA
em." And with that he
lSaJ , cu a oack ha
?U-Une nurlfriner'B fnj
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a cop on the corner, aroused
we crowd, walked over, saw what
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12ECAUSE Luzianne rnakes-the best-tasting
"When It
Pours, It
Reigns'
cup of coffee you ever drank. It roasted
just right. The fragrance you can't forget it.
And the flavor is delicious.
Coffee-lovers kiyow that Luzianne just hlte the
epor, for it's full of punch and pep.
If you don't think that this good old Luzianne
is worth what you paid, then tell your grocer
and he'll give you back every cent.
White Flowers
White Hats
Milan Trimmed and Untrimmed, Leghorns, Ribbons,
Baby Ribbon 1 0c Spool Wide Ribbon all widths.
MISS ALMA BROWN
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128-130 SOUTH FRONT.
Datent Oxford High Heel with regular tip, Belmont toe at
. .$3.50
Dark Tan Oxford with High Heel, Stpck Tip, a real dress kid oxford at . . $4.00
A look at these two numbers will convince you that they are real bargains.
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Black Kid Oxford, with Plain toe and Cuban heel, a dress shoe for tender feet at $5.00
Black Kid Oxford, Military heel. Stock tip at . .
..$5.00at$4.X)0
We have a large assortment of Pumps in High and "Medium heels, in Kid,
Dull Kid, Patent Colt, Patent Kid, Gun. Metal and Tan at prices to suit you.
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Foiepltone Compmiy
Necessary
Every perfoninNn
personal 'ani bi9!:ll;yie. enonhout increase in the coat qf food and other
necessities and the increased cost of labor and material which has been experi
enced during the pat four years. ,
Individuals have met this situation by effecting economy in their personal life
and by seeking increases in their income. Private business, concerns and many pub
lic utility, enterprises have, secured relief by increasing the price of goods they sell
or the service they render. Practically ths only service, the cost of which remain
the same to the public in spite of the increased cost of labor and material, is tele
phone service..
The tune has arrived when it is necessary to secure additional revenue if
we are to render adequate and efficient-general 'service in the State of Norfh
(Molina and meet our obligations to our patrons and to our government which
are impoised upon us as a public servant,
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We have stated the situation frankly to the State Corporation Commission
and have requested authority to increase our local exchange rates in certain cit
ies based upon a complete exposition of our, operations which show clearly that he
proposed increase in our revenue will by no means produce a reasonable return
upon our investment..
We have endeavored to rneef our obligation to our employes by large increases
in the wagges paid to enable them to m&et in a measure the increased' cost of liv
ing, but the demand lor labor due to the commercial activity of the past
year and to government requirements has, affected us just as it has every other in
dustry. . X
In 1916 we required one employe for every '41 stations in North Carolina,,
while in 1917 there was one employe to every 35 stations. This was not due to any
large increase in the number of stations but to the increased traffic and to the large
number of new and inexperienced employes who could not handle as much work
as a more experienced organization.
In January, 1917, the salaries and wages paid in North Carolina amounted to
99 cents pe station. In December, 1917, this item amounted to $1.34 per station
and is now even greater.
In 1916 we disbursed 43.4 cents for salaries and wages out of every dollar
of revenue earned in North Carolina. In 1917 our employes received 50.4 cents
out of every dollar of revenue earned in North Carolina, and this figure is increas
ing. 1
Our gross revenue in 1917 was $944,752.18- increase of $82,873.31 over
1916. Our salaries and wages paid were actually increased $64,096.75 in 191 7 w
which is at the rate of $120,662.-04 per annum, or $37,788.73 more than our in
crease in revenue in 1917.
The estimated increase in revenue on the basis of the proposed rates will be
at least $50,000.00 per annum less than the increase in salaries and wages already
made and estimated to )e necessary in 19 18. It will not take care of the other in
creased expenses such as taxes, material, etc. With this increased revenue the
net result of our operations in North Carolina in 1918 wiJJ not equal the net result
in 1917.
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A complete statement of these facts and many ojhers will be presented in de
tail to the State Corporation Commission, but we want our patrons and the public
o be familiar with them and we indulge he hope that our request will appeal to you
as so reasonable that you will extend lis your co-operation.
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