Window Washer Purchases
Newark Apartment House
And Celebrates Acquirement of Ownership of House
Where Many of His Employers Live hy Washing
u Few Windows in Wav of Recreation
It) JINK HAKItAWAV
(Canrtftl. 1*24, 6, Tilt Mum
Newark, N. J., April 18.?Tanko
Sokolowski. window washer. who
ban Just stepped 111? in to the rank*
of plutocracy by purchasing a $100.
000 apartni?*nt house iu which some
of his employers live, established hid
new status as a landlord today?by
washing a f??w windows. The writer
found liIin a fly-like figure. high up
the Hide of a Newark office building,
lit* was doing some ninth floor win
down. with a strap around his waist
to keep hhn from hurtling into the
street below.
? Sokolowski was a very busy man.
as he has been all of his 11 years in
the window washing business. Hut
finally, by dint of insistent slunal
llng. he was induced to cotue down
from his perch and tell how you go,
about becoming a landlord. The!
formula is very simple.
Work hard; have your wife wori^
hard; don't drink; don't nnioke;
Hhun the movies; go to bed nights. {
Earn all you can. spend as little as
you can?and you'll always have
money in what would be your old
tobacco box. If you smoked.
Sokolowski is a thin little uian.i
who halls from Ukranla. He said'
he was 37. but It would have been,
easier to believe he was 50. Since
he came to America in 19111. settling i
at once in Newark, he has never been
further from home than Kast Or-,
ange. The only time he ever saw:
New York wan when he landed there.
Some time before he dies, he thlnkn'
he may visit the big city, but he;
showed no immediate urge to do so.
"New York far away?cost much,
money," he explain?*d.
l^is only recreation at present,
Sokolownki said. Ih going to church
on Sunday-with his wife and four
children. The reat of the time he!
works, eats and sleeps. He has nev
er taken a vacation?that would!
have cost him two weeks' income.
Sokolowskl Klves much of credit
for his success to his thrifty wife.
And Mrs. Sokolowskl modestly ad
mitted that maybe Tanko was right.
For instance, she pointed out. in
tones that carried above the clamor
of her four children, that she her
self had been a landlord for several
years. She bought and owns in fee
simple, whatever that means, the
house in which the Sokolowskls live,
and parts of which they rent to Ave
other families.
"We married In Newark years
ago.'* she said briefly summing up
her life. ?Tutil. babies come, I
work hard every day?wash. Iron,
cook and clean In house* of floe lm-t
dies. When 1 come home nights you;
think I spend money for candy? No,
I hide It In bank. I earn big money i
?$25 a month. I save It?tor my
children."
Mrs. Sokolowski paused to arbl-:
trate an Issue that had arisen among
the children and then returned.
"My husband good nym." she con
cluded. "He come home at night,
never drink, smoke, never want to
run around. We eat dinner, take
cup of coffee and go to bed. Why!]
go to the movie?? They hurt my
eyee. Why go to New York* Trol-|
ley cars make me ?lek. We work
hard all day and at nlisht we tired.
We go to bed."
Gelfand's Relish
and Mayonnaise at all
good grocers.
Gateway's Paints
The best for Outside and Interior Painting?You
can't get any better Paint, therefore you can't go
wrong with Gateway's Paint. Ask \Y. L. Brothers,
the Painter.
E. J. Cohoon & Co.
Are Women Progressive?
Those are not who persist in doing things the old
fashioned way just because they have always done so.
A progressive woman is one who adopts an up-to-date
invention when it is shown that such is an improve
ment. There can be no doubt but that cooking and heat
ing water with gas saves millions of women many
hours of work a day.
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J. T. STALLINGS, Mgr.
"If it's done with heat, you can do it better with Gas"
P. S.?Potatoes boiled rapidly soon break to pieces,
cooked slowly they become soggy; moderate boil
ing produces best results.
For Your Easter
Dinner
Nothing could be better than a fine,
tender Turkey. We have them.
Order Yours Note.
HERE AKE SOME OTHEK EASTER
SUGGESTIONS
Country Ham, Spring Lamb,
Country Shoulder, Pork Roast,
Chicken, Tender Veal
We have never had finer West
ern and Native Beef and Pork.
o
This market is headquarters for all
that is good in fresh and cured
meats.
i)
Get our prices on packer's ham,
Itucon, shoulders, butter and lard.
Marion C. Love
CITY MARKE1 PHONE 381
Fish
For
Leinfr
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An inviting delicacy that fair
ly tickles your palate?that
beckons to your appetite?
that delicacy could fittingly
be the fresh, inviting fish so
cured from
Thomas Crank
"The Man Who Know* Fi?h"
27 Years in the Business.
201?Phone* *10
ELIZABETH CITY
QUOTATIONS
Easter buyers will find a wider variety of good things to
eat than have been offered by the Elizabeth City merchants
heretofore. Among the new arrivals is green asparagus
which makes its bow at 75 cents a bunch.
Beets are down somewhat this week. They are marked at
from 10 to 12 cents. Lettuce shows an advance to 18 to
20 cents.
Tha last stand will be rtiade by the noble gobbler this
week. A good supply is on hand for Eastr tables and the
demand will probably take them all.
With the arrival of new potatoes in better quantity the
list of fresh vegetables now procurable has been swelled
to lar^e proportions.
VEUSTABWM.
Sweet potatoes. 60c to 75c; $1.75 bushel; parsnips, 10c
pound; carrots, 10c pound; cauliflower, 35c to 40c; celery 15<; to
18c stalk; rutabagas 4c pound; onions 8c pound; Irish pota
toes 40c peck; tomatoes 20c to 25c pound. Florida cabbage 8c
pound. Northern cabbage 4c. Spinach 40c. Beets 6 for 25c.
New potatoes 20c quart. Snap beans 25c quart. Asparagus 75c.
Lettuce 18c to 20c.
Fiturra.
Banauas. 40c to 50c dosen; apples, 25c to 40c peck; fancy,
75c peck; oranges, 30c a dozen; Windfalls, 50c a peck; grape
fruit. 7c to 9c each; cranberries, 17c-20c quart; lemons, 25c to 30c
dosen. ?
FRESH MEATS.
Round steak, 25c; Mrloln. 30c; porterhouse, 30c; chuck steak
and roast, 20c; veal cultlets. 30c; real chops, 30c; real roast. 30c;
veal chuck, 25c; Western round, sirloin and porterhouse, 30c; liver.
25c; brains, 25c; stew beef. 10c; soup bones. 10c.
Cl'UKD MEA1S.
Country ltams, 35c; sutcar cured hams. 23c; F. F. V.
hams, 30c; new corned hams, 30c; country shoulders, 22c:
smoked sides, 20c; frankfurters, 22c to 25c; packer* pork sausage.
25c to 30c; pork plate 12c; dry sides, 14c; sliced bacon* 35c; pack
age sliced bacon, 60c; pork sausage, 25c; mixed sausage, 15c; saus
age meat, 10c.
SEA FOODS.
8&lmon trout, 30c; drum, 15c pound; croakers, 16c; small
perch, 16c; large perch, 20c; oysters, 60c quart; herring, 15c lb.;
back shad, 25c lb.; Roe shad 30c lb.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
Butter, tub. 60c; package, 55?; cheese 32c to 35c pound; eggs,
22c; compound lards, 14c; pure lard. 15c.
j SPECIALS for EASTERN
HAMS
Swift's "Premium"
or
Armour "Star"
Pound?27c
TINY PEAS
"Premier" Brand
Extra Special, can 25c
PEACHES
Lildiy'ft Fancy or
Koyal Scarlet
Special, can 31c
Fancy Winenap ,
Apples, Florida
Orange*, Grape fruit,
Nice Celery,
Iceberg I>ettuce,
Tomatoes
M. V. PERRY
PHONES 182 and l?3
Xthe
DINNER 1
Spring Chickens, Country Hams, Beets, Sprint;
Onions, Kudishes, Parsnips, Green Cahhage, Cel
ery, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Carrots, Greens, Cream
Cheese, Swiss Cheese. Also Sweet Potatoes.
CALL 697 OR 698
R. L. GARRETT
YOUR EASTER NEEDS
ARE SUPPLIED AT THIS STORE
Parsnip*, Cabbage, Tomatoes, Cauliflowers, Let
tuce, Celery, Carrots, Rutabagas, Spinach, New Po
tatoes, Kale, Asparagus, Onions, Snap Beans, Beets
and Cranberries.
SPECIAL SATURDAY?SUGAR 9c
LESLIE "BELANGA
PHONES 31 and 871
Call us when you need Ripe Tomatoes, Snap Reims,
Fresh Celery, Beets, Parsnips, Lettuce, Carrots, Ruta
bagas, Green Cabbage, Irifcf- Potatoes, Salad Greens and
Onions. Oranges, Apples, Lemons, Grape Fruit R:id
Bananas.
J. W. Shannonhouse & Son
PHONE .?8?7