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spo, easy; standard white, ssme, elevator;

Spot cosy: standard white. 55ne, elevator;
No. 2. &c. Futures nominal.
pork-Stcady. Becf-Fsrm. Cut Meats
STEADY. Lard-Steady. Tnllow-Quiet. Pc
troeum-steady. Wool-Stcady. Rosin and
Inrpenunc-Qulet. Rtce-Firn. HeIssscs-
Steady. SuBaE-Raw. quiet. Conee-Futur.s
Irregular. net l2aD point, lower. Spot un-
settled: Rio, No. !. ls5lc.; santos No 4,
lbkc-: mild. nominal: Cordova. 1871 q l7ic
Butter-Stendy. Cheese and Esgs-Firm
Potatoes-Duli, but steady Cabbages-
STEADY. Peanuts and Freights-Uuchanged
Cottonsoed oil was fairly active vita
prices ehsler under scattered liquidation
oy recent buyers selling orders from the
West and local bear pressure. Spot closed
unchanged. Futures 2a6 points net lower
January. s.Ga6.+o; February, 6.52T56s;
March. SIS 16os; April. 500 q $50; May, 56i %
s.esi prime crude AS CAS-: prime summer
yellow. sos 600; prime winter yellow. 5..o
Q"so; prime summer white. 5.bo35so
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ana errtai!msnt of 1000 against n.oco last
yc0r.
Heceipts at ths porte to-day 5000 bales
axainst Gs.o+6 last week and aa.oss bsies is,t
year. For the week $4,000 bales against
S't,2es las: week and a23.7s6 last year. To-
ohys receipts At Nov Orleans soei bales
bales nKRtns; s,M last yenr. and at Gus
ton s,sh bales against 6.es3 las, yeer
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NEW YORK pnopUcE rAnKrr.

New York, January Is.-Flour-ouiot
spring patents. s5.loGs.io. winter straights'
$LE3Le5; spring clears, sLcol4.o Ryo
fio".-F!rm al $40 30 Buckwieat Flour
and lsye-Ffrm. Co-nneal-Stcady RarIcr--
Firm. Whcnt-Srot easy; No. ? red .TEsc
elevator. cxpor; basis. and s,.o6I. Z. o. b..
anoat: No. northern, Duluth, SI.i9 T. a. n.
afoat. Futures Sc. net lower. May sloss, I:
July. coke Corn-Spu; easy; export, new,
Gos!c {. o. b. aiont. Futures nominal Oats
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DRY GOODS MARKET.

New York, January is.-T,he market on
drills, sheetinss and print cloth yarn goods
closed fismsr and some fair purchases arc
reported In the past tweuty.four hours.
Fine plain cottons are very quiet. One OF
the large producers OF mems wear reports
GALES OF 1000 pieces OF serges 10 the past
few days for fall delivery.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.

(Reportcd by Rodgers. Mccabe & Coz
Pctershurg Va, January l3.-Peunuts.--
SpGnish.--Sma Spanish firm at S5c. per
bushel. good demand: Jumbo Spanish firm at
soc per bushe good demand. virginius. =
Fancy JLSlbo. iaiac. per pound fancy
handpickcu, aNc. per pound: extra primo. ST.
q sac. per pound; prime, SIG. per pound ;
mnch!ne picked. 333hc, per pound; Smelling
stock, 2lsGf2 Ac,
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NAVAL STORES.

Wilmington. NJ c., January ls-spirits
Turpenttne-ouoted at 4skc.: receipts 10
casks Rosln--Stsady 1t s6..S; receipts 81
barrels. Tar--Firm at $3.50: receipts u bar
'rcis. Crude Turpentine-Firrn al s25o8
40; receipts ! borroL
Savannah, Ga, January is.--rurpentine--
Firm at tsMo. salss laI casks; receipts lss
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MARINE rNTELLYaESor.

PORT OF RICHMOND. JANUARY IS ,s,
ARRIVED.
Steamer Brandon. Harvey Norfo,t 49,,
chandise and passengers. Old Dominion Lins.
steamer Moe1ack. Graves. Norfolk and
James River landings merchandise and na.-
'ehseTs. virginia Navigation Company
SAILED.
Steamer Brandon. Harvey. Nor,o,ts mar,
ohand!se and passengers, Old Dor;n,nr
Line.
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New York January E-Beeves-Nominal.
Caives-Steady. City dressed veaIs. l56lTc.
per pound: dressed do. ll3l6e. Sheep and
Lames--Stcady. Sheep sold at Ss4t.5S;
yearlings. SIS; common to prime lambs, $50
IT'S. Hos9-Sominally steady.
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this respect tho decrease N tho mum
Der OF active cara. though greater
than expected, was IN accordance with
the general business trend, which has
shown greater recovery from do
preston In Tho NortheSst than in
most other sections.
1t was expected that bank clearings
would DO below the total for the cor
responding week last year. for the
Equitable Ore greatly curtailed clear
ings In this city. However. Now York
reported a decrease OF only ~ per
cont. and the decrease the country
over was only per cent Baltimore
experienced an increase of So per
cent Decreases OF SO per cont and
l.3 per cent were reported from ST..
Louis and chicago. respectively.
Low York. January Is.-Money on
call nominal. Time loans steady;
sixty days. S-4Qs; ninety days. 40
"a; six months. 1-a33 "a. Primo
mercantile paper, ta4 Ia. Sterling
excanBo weak, with actual business in
bankers bill at St.sS75 for sixty day
bills. and at S4.SesU for demand. Com
mercial bills. $3.50. Ba- silver. So SIS;
Mexican dollars. 81.
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MkRKrT rnNnJTTN-

Live Poultry-Reeeipts nsht: demand
heavy. except turkeys. Dressed POULTRY
turkeys receipts heavy: market dull Ecss-
Demand heavy; market higher Other pro-
duce active.
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LOCAL ,ARKEr QUOTATIONS..

tFrrnished BY Levy Commission Co., Com
mission Merchants. Richmond, Va
Richmond. Va. January IL. Ie1a
ACTUAL WHOLESALE QUOTATIONS. OF
MARKET
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for Atlanta and Birmingham leav
Richmond 0 T. NJ daily: arrives At
lanta 1880 a. NJ; Birmingham. P. NJ.
Electric lighted sleeping car service.
9o7 East Main, Phone Madison 273.
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Cash grain closed: whe,t-No 2 rcd, $50
No. hard. SGs1; No northern. 5000
..,e; No northern 3lG1lo3: No. north
ern, Sios LOB; No. spring. soa,lt5: No. s
spring. 81 Tfla; No. spring. sopsl.o,; VEL
vet chan. so9slo5; durur. eoa;It6' Corr
No: 8. 6l3siHc.: No white erie; No. 3
yellow. 6lk q slhe.: No. 4. 6s& a CONC: No {
white, 81 @ size: No. yellow. 6ea, Bsic oat.
1916: No. white. ts1A 14sc.
Baltimore: Nd. January l3-wheat-Eal-
Ter: spot. contract. SIC. Corn-Ensier; spot.
contract. esAc. Oats-S;esdy; No white.
tic. fl3IW.
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casks; shipments 20 Casks. ..o.,, ...,,
caeks. Roan--Firm: sales 7s4s barrels. rs.
ceipts Liza barreIk: shipments $50 barrels.
STOCK l3S.T+ barrels. Quote: d, sss7n
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Receipt. 5000 head. Market weak. Native
s3Sa94&; western. S3.bo9heJ; yesrl!ngr
sj.2sIe. 40; lambs. native. st7597.Is: west.
ern, Ss26I Ti5.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Chicago. January IA quick rally. owing
to good foreign ordera resulted In a net
advance In wheat Closing figures wero
shade to Nc higher than last night. Corn
hnished the same as yesterday; oats from
hc. up to Nc lower. Hog products log l5c.
lower.
Leading futures ranged ns follows:
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Cotton. quiet: mi6dlinE. e.@: gross re-
ceiptS. ala bales: stock. i37.757 bsles; OK
port TO Great Britain. 5.57. bales: coa.twise,
see bales.
Total to-day at all ports-Net reee,pts.
1884 bales; export to Great BrItsin, 1882
baieh; to France. ss.275 bales: TO the Cont
nent. t5sS bales: stock. i.4os.ssS bales
Consolidated at all portx-Net receipts
3D. FOL bales; export TO Great Britain 1889
bales; to France. rs bales; to the Cont
nent. G.@s b6les.
Total since September at all ports-Set
receipts, 7.@s.2S bales; export TO Great
britain, 2-23,bi3 baiea: 70 France 77e3si
bales: to the Continent. at5t,sIo bales: to
Japan. al,"o bales: 20 Mexico. Gs,7 bales.
New Orleans. La, January B-Cotton
FUTURES opened quiet and steady. losing 2Ti
points as compared with yesterdays close.
The market closed very steady al net adj
vance OF l83 po!ns. Cables were not up
10 expectations. but the weather map wa,
very unfarorsble. Around the middle OF
the morning longs wcre heavy sellers,
Bears took advantage OF the situation with
the result that the market slumpcd several
points. On the decline fresh buying start
ed. and in tho last hour OF trading bulls
succeeded In putting the moet active
months above yesterdays close. Spot cot
ton steady and unchanged: middl!ng sic
| sales on the spot $50 bales and 100 to arrive
Clo:ing bids: January. as2; February. es5:
, March. s.i2; Nay. os4 July, ssa; August,
ses: October. sse.
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Quotations for interest paying bonds arc
ct price 10 which interest mus, be added
Income bonds and certificates OF Indebted
ness are Cat.
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Chicago, I'll, January is.-cattle--Reoeipts
Lsoo head. Market weak. Beevos, $3.50
$50; Texas steers. asoDSss; western steers,
$40 S7as; stoakcrs and feeders. sa5o&5s5;
Hogs--Roesipts 2i.ooo head. Miri;et slow, Sc.
| lower. Light. $5,sS 9S2S; mixed. sSn6s5:
heavy, Se,D5 aS.+o ROUGH. ss.a51S;S; pigs,
itATSaS'ss; bulk Of salaL ;al6@s'so. Sheep,
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.;ew York. January la.-sioney on
RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.
BIZ Richard w. Maury.

BIZ Richard W. Mnury
Stock and Bond Broker. iol3 e Main Street
Richmond. Va. January II, lsIa
STATE SECURITIES. Bid. Asked
Virginia As, old. c. and r., IiIz.. nH -.
Va Centuries. 2-s. c. and r.. 1871. SH say
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Official Range and Sale OF Stocks in New York
sales. Stock.

Allis-Chalmers ............
AlIis-Chalmers. pfd.......
2'cO Amalgameted Copper -.
Amer. Agri. Chem, com.
200 Amer. Buet Sugar. CON-.
lO American Can ..,..........
2,O9 American Gun. pfd........
oc9 Amer. Car AMI Foundry.
Amer. Car anI Foun., pfd
American Cotton Oil.
200 Amer. Linsee1 OIL. pfd...
!O0 American Locomotive 80.
Amer. Locomotive, pfd...
100 Amer. Malt Co., pfd.
200 American Smelling $500.
American Sugar ..........
LEGO Amer Tel. and Toll. Co...
American Tobacco. com.
COO American Totucco, ptd..
100 Anaconda COPPER .........
SN Atchison ....................
80 Atlantic Coast Lino......
A. c. L. OF Connecticut.
100 Baltimore and Ohio. -.
SIS BROOKLYN Rapid Transit
30 Central Leather, conn.,.
4,22o Canadian Pacific ..........
oW Chesapeake and Ohic....
Chicago Great Western.
$500 Chi. Mil. and ST. Paul..
Crucible Steel Cor. com.
Crucible Steel. pfd.
Chicago and Northwest.
Colorado Fuel and lrcn.
Colorado and Southern.
: $50 Consolidated Gas .........
10 Deli ware and Hudson.
Den. and Rio Gran, com
Den. and Rio Gran, pfd.
Dietillers' Sec Corr.
400 Erie ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
6o Erie. lst pfd.................
Fed. Min and Sm.. pfd..
2,0p General Electric ..........
100 Great Northern. pfd.
$500 Great Northern Ore ctfs
Illinois Central ............
40 lnterboro-Mct. .............
leo lnterboro-Met. pfd........
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CATTLE MARKETS.
RICHMOND LIVE STOCK MARKET.
(Sales al Union Stock Yards.

Richmond. Va, january 10. 1872
Report OF the i've stock market for I'll
week ending January s, 1872:
Rcceipts-cattlc. gil .nehd: calves, 50 head
sheep, 81 head: hogs 5.035 hend.
Best steers 6asitc; medium to good. 81 o
512 q &c.; medium to good. th9 6Ac.: common
to fair. So f4iic.: best COVE 4IaS!6c medium
to good. 81 Siho.: common to- fair, eisSbac !:
oxen. 4G6tc.: bulls. 3stGIGc.; calves. 7,s q
&C. fair TO medium. @s,sc. Cows saSS Co. 90
per head. Hogs. best heavy, $780, good
iip to iso-pound hogs, s,s8sac.: pigs and
light hogs 81 G6He.: sows and stays, 5sD6c !;
best Eheep. 3la9tho:; common to fair, 2ialp
s.&c.; best lambs. she.; common ianlbs. 40
SIC.
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The selection OF Kuhn. Loeb & Co.
as fiscal agents for the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois probably means that
tho company will issue new securities;
In the near future. Tile road is that
part of tho Frisco system. which is
to build a line connecting the system
with, the New Orleans, Mobile and Chi
cago. n accordance with the traffic
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arrangement recently formed between
the Frisco and Louisville and Nash
WILL
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Spot cotton closed quiet; middl!nr
lands, sSS; middiins gulf, $50.
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n1cnMoSp TOBACCO MAnKEr.

Richmond. Va, January Is. 1912.
Following are quotations on the Rich
mond Tobacco Exchange.
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Though Kuhn. Loeb z Co. will act
as finance agents for the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois. Speyer & Co. will oon-
t'nue to be the bankers for tho rest
OF the Frisco system. This unusual
arrangement probably resulted from
the alliance between tho Frisco and
Louisville and Nashville. whose bank
ers are J. P. Morgan q Co It wae
suggested that Kuhn. Loeb q Co. wore
asked to act for Chicago and Eastern
i'iinois because neutral house was
desired.
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According to tie fortnightly bullo-
Tin of the American Railway Assoc
citation, the net surplus OF Idle cars
on the railroads OF the United States
and Canada was 1S5,9Ss on January 8,
an Increase of 69124 In two weeks.
The total is the highest since last
July. Eastern trunk lines did not suf-
fer from the retrosrade movement TO
as great an extent as did the lines In
the Middle Atlantic States. the Middle
West, and tho Pacific Coast States. In
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IT was inferred from the unity OF &C.
ton among Southern steel men in their
Irctest against freight rates from the
birmingham district to Ohio River
RENTS that these and other indepen-
cents would combine To organize a
foreign sales company. similar 20 that
Of the United States Steel Corpora-
ton, and representatives OF some of
the independents admitted that this
was a possibility.
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R1c1r,roNp GRA1N MARrrr

Richmond. Va. January IS, 1872
WHOLESALE QUOTATIONS ON CHANGE.
. WHEAT-Cer lots.
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Total sales shares
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-08
SAVED LIFE OF PRISONER.
Abbeyille Mob, Fooled, Leaves Afte,
Searching Jail.

Abbeville, July 31.-An unsuc-
cessful attempt at lynching was made
here early this morning by an armed
mob of 100 men, from Calhoun Falls.
The intended victim was Will Willie
ford, 15-year-old negro, charged with
cutting a white boy named Ayers, at
Calhoun Falls last Saturday.
Jailer Cox, warned of'the attempt,
spirited the prisoner away in time to
save his life, and there being no
prisoners in the jail, the mob was
permitted to search the building.
Failing to find Willeford, the mob
dispersed. There was no disorder.
Sheriff Lyon kept the prisoner under
strong guard all night and carried
him to Columbia this morning for
safe-keeping.
Ayers is reported at a hospital in
Greenwood. Relatives of Willeford
claim the negro is weak minded.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-08
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

Blease is out in long statement
denying the charges made by his
former friend, John P. Grace. Well,
it's just question of who you care
to believe, Grace or Blease.
William Reed, an Anderson county
negro, was electrocuted at the State
penitentiary Tuesday morning of this
week, he being the first criminal elec-
trocuted in this State, the electric
chair having only recently been in
stalled. Reed was convicted Of at
tempted criminal assault. He con-
fessed the crime before his death.
The supreme court has refused the
Injunction asked by the street rail-
way company Of Charleston forbid
ding the city council to reduce the
rates for lights, power and gas. The
reductions ordered by council are:
Electric lights from IL to eight; elec-
trio power from 71s to six; gas from
s1.20 a thousand to s1.00. 1t is re-
garded as big victory for the city.
The people of Spartanburg were
to have held an indignation meeting
Tuesday evening to protest against
the bowling down of Grace and the
rowdyism prevalent at the meeting,
but as the city council took action
and dismissed several policemen, the
meeting was called off. However,
the people of that city seem deter
mined that the mayor shall resign, If
they can force him to do so.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-08
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.

Ehrhardt, Aug. 5.-Had a regu-
lar fall day Sunday and to-day. Some
talked about getting cold enough to
build a fire; others got Jackets and
cloaks, etc., to keep comfortable.
Quite a change in the temperature.
Mr.. Otis L. Copeland, who has
been travelling salesman for N. Chris
tensen & Sons, of Beaufort, has
changed to Augusta Hardware Co.,
and will travel the territory for them
that Mr.. Sells had. Mr.. Copeland
has given Christensen & Sons good
satisfaction while with them, and
hopes to make friends and customers
in his new territory.
Mrs. Annie Furman, of Florida, is
spending some time with her
nephew, Mr.. Charles Ehrhardt. She
left here about 27 years ago. She
came to see her brother and sister
in particular as we'll as the balance
of her relatives. Mrs. G. W. Carter,
Mr.. Adam King, and herself are the
remains of a large family, and it is
kind of reunion of the family. It
was a joyful meeting, and all are
glad to see her once more.
Rev. Mr.. Lester, of Prosperity, has
been assisting Rev. D. B. Groseclose
carry on a few days meeting at Mt.
Pleasant church. Sunday night he
preached for us at Ehrhardt Luther
an church.
Our chief arrested two colored wo-
men for fighting on the streets Sat-
urday afternoon.
Miss Pearl Copeland is home for
a few days. She is as jovial as ever.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-08
SOLDIERS ANGRY AT "HINT."
Confederate Home Inmates Fiercely
Resent DictatiOn.

Columbia, Aug. 2.-The issue of
"Bleaseism" has invaded the Confed-
crate home, located in this city, and
the inmates there are wrought up
over an alleged effort to induce them
to cast their vote for Cole L. Blease
for governor, coming about, it is said,
through a gentle hint" to man en-
ployed about the home that unless he
cast his vote for Blease he would lose
his lob. This hint" was promptly
spread about, and the old soldiers
fiercely resented any effort that sa-
vored of debating to them as to how
they should vote.
According to the matter as related
by an inmate of the house, one Mr..
Ed Jones, who works about the home
in a responsible capacity, and who Is
a supporter of Judge Ira B. Jones
for governor, stated that Major H.
W. Richardson, the chairman of the
board of trustees of the home, said
to him that unless he voted for
Blease he would lose his job. This
Mr.. Jones promptly told among the
old soldiers.
Yesterday, it is stated, Major Rich
ardson addressed the old soldiers
while they were at dinner, and dis
claimed any intention of trying to in
fuence them as to how they should
vote for governor. In his speech he
eulogized Blease and claimed for him
credit for getting the large apprapri-
credit for getting the large appropri-
ated for the maintenance and care OF
the old soldiers, although it is recall
ed that the last Legislature was over
whelmingly Anti-Blease, and he him
self had stated that they were "liars,"
and simply went against anything he
advocated. This the Jones men are
pointing out, and the whole incident
is being much discussed throughout
the city.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-08
Two Score Injured by Tornado.

Yorkville, Aug. S.-This afternoon
at $50 o'clock, Glover, 10 miles
above Yorkville was visited by a very
destructive tornado. Part of the roof
was blown off of the mill building
and the machinery was badly dam
aged, so that operation will have to
be suspended for some time.
A number of the homes of the op-
eratives were blown down and two
score persons were injured, though
none are believed to be seriously
hurt.
The loss of the cottages was COW
cred by insurance to the extent OF
one half their value.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-08-08
HOW THE MONEY GOES.
High Cost of Living Facts Worth
Thinking About.

Thinking About.
DO you wear them?
Foolish question. Of course you
do.
Your mother never had a pair in
her life and you were brought up on
ascent cotton ones and taught to
put in new feet when the old ones
were past darning, but in these days
of sensitive feelings and low shoes
darned hosiery is an imposs1bll1ty.
And when one can get silk stockings
for 20 cents, and: for cent or two
less than that on bargain days, one
wonders that cotton hose are made
at all.
Of course, you don't get the 29-
cent grade if you can possibly help
it, and Of course, silk does not wear
we'll, but it is so much more comfort
able. At least, it makes one feel
much better, particularly when ones
neighbors and even ones maid, the
waitress at the restaurant and the
clerk in the store all daunt gossamer-
clad insteps in ones face fguratlvely
speaking. Under such conditions it
is quite to be expected that even the
baby's socks must be of silk.
Not to change the subject, though
it may seem to, do you faint or go
into Mysteries when you see the tele-
graph boy at the door? Certainly
not. Your mother would have known
that news of death or disaster await
ed her inside the dreaded yellow
envelope" But times have changed.
This is probably night letter from
John explaining that he has been
too busy to write. This reminds
you that you have been too busy, too,
so you reply to his message with a
similar one. So convenient, these
night letters.
And, by the way, you also forgot
to drop that line you promised to the
friend in Chicago. Never mind. Call
up on long-distance. You can say a
lot in three minutes if you really set
about it.
Would you walk three blocks in
the hot sun or wait for street car!
Would you think of buying a scent
drink in drug store? Would you
dare risk your reputation by taking
a friend to theatre without "buy-
ing afterward?
And do these things, or do they
not, have anything to do with the
high cost of living?"- Milwaukee
Sentinel.