POOO BUDGET REACHED
HIGH RECORD IN MAY
a# Imimi
1 Cent Ova*
J«»a II —Th* food
m inrwi American tam
a mw Wfh record In Mar
' af labor announced
of tt artialo* of food
an tb* “retail food
---throe per cent erer
th* total coot ia April and eoron par
«aat aa eampared with Janaary. Su
gar adoaaced U per coat compared
with the April price i; corn areal It
par aaat; flour T par root and pota
taaa I par coat.
Daria* th* year period from May,
1111, ta May, 1*20, the greetert la
otaaaa—SS per cent war ebown In
Springfield, IQ. The neat largoet ln
creaee ar SI par cent waa ta ButW
tad Chicago, u Iadiaaapolia, Peoria,
St. Peal aad Bah Lake City tba av
erage family expenditure for th* 22
food article* i DC reared during the
year SB par coat; Cincinnati, Cleve
land, Detroit, Hoaatan. Kaniaa City,
MianoapoHr. Omaha. 8c Louie aad
San Praneieco IP par coat. la Atlan
ta IP par coat; Mobile and Portland,
Oregon IT par coat: Dollar and Pall
IP par coat: JacheonvlDr. Man
New Haven, New York, Pto
Becheatar. Scranton, end
IS par coat; Birmingham,
Bridgeport, Philadalphia and
id It par eeat; Buffalo, Co
LoalevUle, Memnhia. Wow
ark. midai|h aad Portland, IS pci
Dcrvsr iz per cvat; Lharleaton,
N*» Orleana, Norfolk and Washing
ton 14 per cant; Baltimore 10 par
cent.
Wholesale pricer also advanced
during May, the department'! review
■howa, the "index" In this rase being
2 1-2 per rent over that of April.
“The group of furl and lighting
materials again famished the moat
notable example of price Increase,"
the statement raid, “due mainly to
the recent sharp advance in both hard
and soft coal and coka. The index
number of this group rose from 218
in April to 2SS in May."
TWO IKS~F4ftIS AT tALTWOU.;
Baltimore, June 28.—Stalling
Within several hundred feet of when
‘-he great fire of !»04. which wiped
sat Baltimore'* business district.
Tames early this morning practically
necked the sevan-stary building ST
Hopkins place, and quickly ipread to
rout other structures.
Tha damage according to insurance
’nan at the scene, will likely reach
11,000,000 and this brings the fire
for Baltimore to 81.600,000 t or
bcurv. The first blase began in the
seven-story Darby building, swept the
wholesale boose uf Blurs berg Broth
ers.
The chisf suffer* ■* by today's On
us garment manufacturers, occupy
ing the building at 87 Hopkins place.
They are the American Coat ami 8ult
Company, Tobies, Baker, and Com
, l*ny. New York Pants Mapufactur
Ing Company and L. Summerfirld.
The other buildings worv lest serious
ly damaged.
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY* i
SEEIC RELIEF FROM TRANS
PORTATION CONGESTION
Far Sappact af Malar Truck
la Lilt Burdaa cf Short-Haul
Busin* is Froso Rattraad*
IHt increasing complications and
dlfr.vnhica of the traiuportacior
;*». m the throc-c of which thr na
tier har been gripped since the war
haa brought forth drastic comment
from leaden of Industry throughout
the to anti y who are b scorning more
end mure concerned over the Deed
of a practical solution to the vexing
and appaling problem with whirl
commerce of the United Stale* b
confronted.
A consequent result of discussion
by these representative business met
it » greater realisation than avet
of the Inter-dependence of railway]
and tmc-tTanapori. It baa coma non
forcefully apparent to i.-idnatty that
fulfillment or the demand for add’
tiooal transportation facilities is im
perative.
Within the Last fete weeks acorei
cf butineaa executives who are u
close touch with thr situation havi
made such ardent appeals for wide!
utilisation uf the motor track as i
means of raliaving tho railroads o
unprofitable and wasteful short-hau
ibipments that the question has beei
I taken up uo every aids.
Or.r of :hc strongest appeals wa
contained in a statement of Wlllian
C. McAduo who declared that, *‘th<
country has outgrown our railroai
facilitiis and it will be a long timi
ocfcre the raflreadr tan lc bre : -t,
up to the need.' of the court;/. lh.’
most practicable a; well as th.' mo '
mawlale . *!tef thst can lie ;j o. .UwJ
6 through goed rauii a.-.u m/*.
truck."
The opinion of burin; ).. w
ally I; that Is t url; la it. rivir.
if urqcallticd sc.p/u t foi.l rvr ,
i anch of ind.utry.
E. A. W’Riam Jr. jnv Jsr; of
h* Oarford Motor Tmek to, u.
lima, Ohio, ..ays theta a t no. , ••uu-.ii!
tracks ia use to bring rcl.cf to tho|
,.taa'..on which, a, b; putr it "h a
bicomt acuta- and which xli-iulii bo
of the greatot concern to u« all."
"Although the production has been
groatly increased and a vast number
of trucks are seen in daily use every
where," Mr Williams said, "there are
(till not half enough."
Mr. Williams pointed out that
trucks already are hauling a largo
pait of the country’s short-haul
freight and doing it economically.
They have solved the problem in
witching yards and freight termi
nal* of the big cities. The railroads,
he cites, are saved delays and expense
caused by congestion from this class
, of business.
"Long-hnul freight rightfully be
longs to the railways." Mr. Williams
said. "Its ewift and sure delivery
most not be clogged or hampered."
Mr. Williams is plraaed with the
1 sentiment that is being fostered for
support of the truck. "Manufactur
ers, merchants, wholesaler*, jobbers,
bankers, and other men conneetml
a
•vuc me aiuimg 01 ui« conriry §
*.raafportation baaing* are beginning
to m* lh* vilal neccaiity of «uch «op.
»n" he Mid —-Adv.
00 MC3T USED WORDS
Did von know that 49 per cent of
ooi- curvciaatioa constats in merely
vpiating a certain group of fifty
<o dsf Well, It's true, and ten of
ho.v -•oids make up 28 per cent of
..rythirg you writ* and say:
Her* ur* the 10: the, of, and, to,
n, a. that, wu. it. Is.
And her* are aomr others: I, as,
or, with, his. by. he, be. which, not,
mve, at, on. will, but, all. tbie, from,
ire, nr, bad, were, your, been, they,
we, my, who, an, has, their, him, very,
when, me, could, sbc.
Those percentages are rained from
counting 167,618 word* In th* Bible,
newspaper* and correspondence —
Capper'* Weekly.
CANDIDATE MUST BE
“DRY“, DECLARES BRYAN
Crest Kail*, Mont, June 23.—
Spanking before several hundred peo
ple here last night, William J. Bryan
declared that no candidate who stood
against the policy of prohibition
should be nominated by the Demo
crats at San Francisco.
Mr Bryan will join the Montana
<lolegation en route to San Francisco
it Butte this morning.
Paint, Pride and Prosperity
go Hand in Hand
. V
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“Save
the Surface
ahd you
So** 4 IT
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portation service. Gar- jB
ford owners are getting it ■
in the Low Cost Ton-Mile. 1
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Dur.n, N. C. fl
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anythiuv in the optical line. Eyes examined an^*laaee«
fitted properly by a licensed optometrist who u thor
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In our store, you can ? : %
phonograph that substituted
for Anna Case—
and astonished all
New York in the
audacious “Dark
Scene” Test*
Read below what the New W
York newapapcra raid of the 1
teat. Remember—the mar
ntna inacromcnt oaed in
New York City waa an exact
duplicate of the original Offi
cial Laboratory Model, which
-_- n a*
v*«* m*. wuiuB mmwn aouan in research wort 1
We, too, have an exact duplicate of the famous three million
dollar original. We guarantee that it ia capable of sustaining
all the astonishing teats made on March loth, at Carnerie
Hall, New York City. .
Come in and hear this guaranteed Official Laboratory Model.
Experience its marvelous realism for vourself We give Mr.
Ediaoo's unique Realism Teat.
a
23k NEW EDISON
** A portion of the demonstration
M even carried on without the
figbts, ao that no one could tee
whether Mae Case's lips moved oe
mac It msa all genuinely instruc
tive, and the twin-chip between
Uln Case’s rising, sad the ispn
dwctinn thereof; proved so dace u
«» bo often indtsbngmshablnL”—
ti«m Ytrk GUI*
■‘When you see and hear Miss Case
sing, you can scarcely believe that
an art ao aaaawdnity individual and
personal as bars couid ever be repro
duced aseehanscaUy, vet the New
Kdiaon bns an ora ad ad to the point
■Ann the voice in the fluffy pink
flriflii and the voacs hi the ms
hamnwr box mand owe and tbs
■mVATw Ytrk 9-hr UmL
“When th* tights were lowered,
it wu impossible to tell when it was
4*na Case, and when it was only
her voice that waa singing."—New
Turk Evening Sun.
The "dark scene ' fast waa poaidva
ly aeaastioaal in ha proof of tha
realism of tha New Ediaon
Anna Case, the world-famed so
prano, stood betide a dignified
Chippendale cabinet. She started
to sing. Her soke enthralled the
audience with its colorful brilliance.
Suddenly the Ighta went osrt.
Denaeet black swallowed stage,
pheimgraph and linger.
"71# Pkomtgrmpk
with k SomT
9mt Mia Cme‘% -nimimnA
ty on. It rone to the wmj heights
if its npctb ■natty.
Then, the fights ftsa^d «al
mhnymnm m, mr Bm+0 ftte. ’ f,
tkf *Or p <ir*i(r—4 A* JAa aa» «a*k
THE BARNES & HOLLIDAY COMPANY
Broad Street Dunn. N. C.