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The sun., 1918-10-06
Books and the People Who Make Them

THE Penguin series of books, which
L Boni & Everight are preparing to
publish, win start this fall with four Titles
-Gobnesls dc Bersersc, by Henry
James; Karmo, by Lafeadio Hearn; Jap
0ness Fairy Tales, by Lafcadio Hearn,
and Iolanths,s Wedding, by Hermann Su-
hermann. These books will sell at $1-25
apiece; none Of them viii be reprints, and
all will be books that have never before
been published in this country. This is
the feature that particularly distinguishes
the books of this series from the volumes
of the modern library series. Of the
Henry James book the publishers say that
it is perhaps the finest novel of his early
period, written in simple, lucid style.
Gertrude Hall, author of Miss Ingalls,
Century Company, was born in Boston
and taken at seven to Italy. For nine years
she and her sisters were boarding pupils
at the young ladies' pension described in
The Truth About Camilla. There her first
stories were written. Her first book,
verse, appeared in 1890; Far From To-
day, short stories, in 1892. Then two
more books Of verse, two more Of short
stories, and then four novels, ending with
Aurora the Magnificent. Miss Hall has also
had published TRANSACTIONS of Chdntecler,
Cyrano de Bergerde and some poems Of
Paul Verlaine.
The sun., 1918-10-06

Mr.. II. L. Mencken has been known to
disguise himself behind beard in Prince
Albert, hard hat and flowing tie, that he
may go sightseeing through Greenwich
Village with his beerbrother, George
Jean Nathan, introduced here and there
rs Owen Hatteras, q frequent contrib
utor to Smart Set. So has legend
sprung up concerning Hatteras, and it is
even whispered that he is Pigment Of
the Imagination, having no reality in fact.
The sun., 1918-10-06

To TIE EDITOR OF Books AND THE Book
WoRLD--Sn: picked up copy of Books
and the Book World the other day and
read a review of The Ghost Garden, by
Amelie Rives. And rs / laid it down /
announced to my assembled family (who,
| must admit, did not seem at all thrilled
by the announcement that that was my
idea of a good review. 1t is the sort of
review that gives you pleasure from be-
ginning to end, that makes you think, and
that makes you determine to buy the book.
1t used to be considered a triumph of
the critics art to condemn and yet, in the
very act of condemning, to make one
curious to read the book condemned. But
this reviewer-who lives on West Eighty
first street and cannot afford to go to the
country and has to manufacture his own
local color as best he can-goes further
still. Without any exaggerated or sensa-
tional condemnation. holding the balance
quite even and nicely distributing praise
and blame, he yet draws you on irresisti-
bly, to buy not one book but two-not
alone The Ghost Garden but also The
Quick or the Dead.
He has said what he has to say without
fear or favor; he has kept the critics
ermine Tor whatever fur the critic wears)
perfectly clean; he has steered his bark
cleverly enough between the Scylla, on the
one side, Of foolins the all too gullible
public, and, on the other, the Charybdis of
hurting the feelings and hindering the
sales of an all too sensitive authoress. But
that is not all. He has drawn pictures
he has created an atmosphere-he has
awakened memories, and all this apropOs
Of one little book. Truly sin reviewing:
as in art, the subject is nothing; the treat
ment is everything"
And my favorite style Of literary treat
ment-if may be allowed to mention it
is that advocated and used by Anatole
France to describe everything trHh refer
ence to yourself; not TO mete out justice
from some Olympian height, not to pre-
tend TO strict impartiality ALWAYS the
shallowest of pretenees, for what "living,
breathing, thinking man. ever can be I'M
partially, but to look at everything in the
light Of your own experience, to judge Of
everything as it affects yoa. a.'-.:'i +
Standards, of course, we must have:
But the true critic conforms to certain
standards as naturally and as uncon-
sciously as we ordinary mortals conform
TO the law of gravitation. And so what +
like best of all about this review is that
the reviewer has gone back into his own
experience and has called up 'the ghost
of 1885," He has done it so well that the
ghost seems almost alive-no- pale, ~in-ss
personal wrath of vanished days. but as
The sun., 1918-10-06

Mr.. Barrett III. Clark, an omnivorous
reader, not daring to trust treaehcrous
memcry, fears lest some day he may
(without Acknowledgement steal the
choicest of another's phrases and find him
self accused of plagiarism. The fear
seems constant with those who write. /
find Mr.. Arthur Symons topping an essay
on Oscar Wilde An Artist in attitudes,
and years later Tin Puck) Mr.. Huncker
sagely announces that at was always at
titudes with Oscar" Is this permissible2
laughed at Mr.. Clark's scruples. To
the victor the spoils. 1t was Ben JON
sons theory that the business of author
ship involved wide acquaintance with
books and Gan ability AS he put i'll TO
convert the substance and riches of an
other poet in ones own use" Dryden
said Of him that he "was not only n pro-
fessed imitator of Horace, but learned
plagiary of all the others; you track him
everywhere in their snow. But
he has done his robberies so openly that
one sees he fears not TO be taxed by any
law. He invades authors like monarch,
and what might be theft in others is only
victory in him."
The crime is not that We, all Of us,
steal, but the uses We make of our
thievings.
However, Mr. Clark does not agree
with me- He gave case in point. He
attended the premiere of Barrie's New
Word with Clayton Hamilton. In the
lobby after the curtain, four other critics
listening, Mr.. Hamilton said: "Who but
Barrie could write play On reticence?'
using the one word applicable to that
playlet. Next morning that word oc-
CURED in four separate eritiques.
insist his instance is unusual and not
necessarily criminal. How many Of Mr..
Hamilton's readers read any one of those
other reyiews7 We none of US think that
we have originated our syntaX or have
lien on any word because we first hap
pened to discover its applicability. We
are none of us lin the narrow meaning Of
the word) original However, 1 can
understand Mr. Clark's fear; I am not
wholly without it.
The sun., 1918-10-06
Third Edition .... .-. IS.
the -...<
ROUGH ROAD
A Romance OF Youth and
the Great War .i.e

By WILLIAM J. LOCKE s-
Author Of "The Red Planet" "The
Belored Kagdbond," etc.
Cloth, $1-50 net.
Possesses all of Mr.. Locke's Gus
tomary imaginative charm. 1t Is
told, moreover, with his usual verbal
skill, it Is rich in romantic flavor, it
is filled with the liveliest Of humor,
and it is in many ways Of the stuff
whereof the worthwhile novels Of the
war are made"--Boston Transcript.
The sun., 1918-10-06

One terrible result Of John Cowper
Powys's lectures on Rabelais. as reported
TO me by booksellers clerk, concerned
the gentlest of New York's mid Victorian
spinsters and matrons who took to Panta-
Cruel and Gargantua with such zest, in
sisting always upon unwashed transla-
tions, that the stock this side the pond
was soon exhausted; it seems that he him
self had not yet read that breviary of
the unregenerate and was forced to con-
tent himself with a sadly wholesome
abridgment. He has, however, a vivid
imagination and supplied fresh blasphe-
mics (culled from George Moore and
Edgar Saltus) wherever he seemed TO
detect delction. | fancy his edition
would not pass the censor.
The sun., 1918-10-06
Third Edition %,
OuU "a 2
70 WIN
The Story OF America
in France -
pv Irs SohiINcaPy nAuSh-

By 1T: SoNINGSBY DAWSON
Author Of "The Glory of the
Trenches, % H'Cnrfs Oh" etc.
Cloth, SIPS net.
Out to Win will help US all to
fight better: to do our humble share,
whatever it may be, toward winning
the war. Out to Win VIII deepen
our respect for our countryTnen and
enlarge our understanding and SYM
patty for our allies"
-Ckicago Daily Ners.
: OFALL BOOKSELLERS = :
II. - - e ~, I'D e
John LANE CO. NEW YORK
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07

ELECTION OFFICIALS.

The inst OF commissioners and clerks
IuSen to serve at the Democratic
imarv - be held in NermiliOn Par
n, La, on Tuesday, September 10,
JI3, are as follows:
FIRST Ward, first precinct: W. J.
rousard, O. j. Moss, f. NJ. Harrington,
rnmissioners; Felix LeleuX and Teles-
.dor Nunez, clerks.
First Ward, second precincts: T. V.
andry, Haaore e. Leblanc, =. b. Brous
I'd, commissioners; L. Bernard and
0.tave Trahan, clerks.
Second Ward, first precinct: Law
,rcc Primeaux, Amelie J. Broussard,
aodice Hulen, commissioners; r. w.
onrv and O. H. Williams, clerks.
Third Ward, first precinct: r. J.
Hontagne, J. G. Broussard, Claude
rousard. commissioners; W. R. Ellis
md Adam BoudreauX, clerks.
Fourth Ward, first precinct: H. D.
2roussard, c. D. Trahan, Sidney An
us, commissioners; Frank Otenor and
Numa Prejean, clerks.
Fifth Ward, first precinct: Alex
3,nin, John w. Faulk, J. T. Broussard,
commissioners; Eleasin Trahan and j.
-. Landry, clerks.
Fifth Ward, second precinct: Felix
Iorgan, Beiizaire LeicuX, Numa Math-
u. commissioners; Jean Mirc and
lomas J. Hoffpauir, clerks.
Sixth Ward, first precinct: Masale
.gmaire, JOS f. Broussard, Felix Nj
Iez, commissioners; Alexis Langlinais
nd Walter Nunez, clerks.
Sixth Ward, second precinct: Leon
lrd Landry, w. H. Sledge, T. B. Smith,
commissioners; L. \. Smith and How
ard Roman, clerks.
Seventh Ward, first precinct: J. z.
Zones, Geo NJ. Derouen, JOS. Delaune,
commissioners; \, y. Baudoin and G..
v. Stansbury, clerks
Seventh Ward, second precinct: Th0s
Morgan, L. |. Bernard, J. NJ. Meste-
,cv, commissioners: Walter Theall and
rseph Theall, clerks.
Seventh Ward, Third Precinct: Pau
in LaDlacc, Sim Segrcra, VIM. Choate
commissioners; Edmond Wgite and
TaIter White, clerks.
Seventh Ward, fourth precinct: Jas.
Morgan. Jectno Broussard, p. F.
Winch, commissioners: Eugene srous-
-.~I and Edward Morgan, clerks
Eighth Ward, first precinct: II, L.
Cueyd1n, Ben Isacs. w. /. Truman,
commissioners; E. f. Brousard and o.
VI. Jones, CLERKS.
Eighth Ward, second precinct: J. G.
Laurents, Henry Rees, R. D. Kellal
.ommi ssioners: Philbert Gibbs, John
-Tungerford,. clerks.
Ninth Ward, first precinct: A. NJ
NTH. O II. Deshotels, Frank Muucux,
.ornmissioners; Chas. Saint and jules
Mottv, clerks.
Ninth Ward, second precinct: Henry
Sarver, c. Sellers, Eraste Guiirv, com
,nissio1ers: Homer Leblanc and The0
c. J. EDWARDS.
Democratic Executive Committee OF
Vcrmilion Parish, La.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07
OLD TIRE WEEK.

Beginning Monday, the 9th driv,
for old automobile tires will be made
for the Red Cross. The drive cover
the whole parish and will last through
ont the week. All those who hav oil.
tires are urgently asked to turn then
ever to Mr.. R. J. lRock) Broussard
Who Is charge Of the drive. 1t is hoped
that several hundred dollars will b,
realized through this drive, and every
hody should help to 81 that ever,
available old tire is turned over to tn,
taHse
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07
NORMAN JOSEPH VILLEMFz.

Ny. and Mrs Lawrence Villcmcz. liv
ing southeast f AhhcviUr had the mis-
fortune Of losing tleir little son. Nor
man Joseph. ON Wednesday, I5rn:u.
-"nt lth, 19lS, acn1 I wear. : mont
"nd ; DAYS. The little child had beca
sick for several weeks. after WIFI
It finally succombei to the illness.
Funeral services were held Welnesda
evening ut $40 from the Catholic
hnrcA, burial being made in the nc,,
'atholic cemetery, The family has our
heartfelt sympathy in their misfortune
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07
When Children Start r. School

ne change Of seasons is likely to cause
ughS, colds, crup, hay fever and asth-
ma. Prompt action at the first sign
infection may keep children in prime
-ood health and help them to avoid
sing time. Foley's Honey and Tar
3 an ideal home remedy-Sold Every
liam IL
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07
Tried Many. Fonnd the Rnst

Foley Cathartic Tblets keen the bow
Is regular swecten the stomach and
tone the liver. J. G. Castor. Newark
md, saws he usel great many kinds
If cathartic Tablets gave him more
ratiswac;ion than any other. He saws
hey are the best cathartic tablets
uade-Sold Evervwherp-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07
REGISTER ON SEPT. 18th.

See that others of the proper age
register. This is a part of your pc,
triotic duty. Every man between Is
md -, both inclusive, who has not
already registered, must come forward
nd show his willingness to help over
throw the common enemy.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07
Cat This Quit is Worth Money

ONT MISS THIS. Cut out this sli
pclosc with sc 70 Foley & Co., 2S3
sheffield Ave, Chicago H., writin
our name and ddress clearly. Yo'
rill receive in return a trial packaC
"antaiuing Folev's Honey and Tar Con
'aumd, for coughs, colds and crour
oIcy kidney Pills and Foley Catharti
FnhlctS.-Scld E,vorvwhere-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07
SHERIFF'S ShT
state of Louisiana, Pa1ejomingrmil
ion-l7th Judicial De surt-
No j314.
Theodule B BsoudroAT7
Clement Konio


BY virtue OF a writ 81 kseiznre and
sale to NE issued out Of NH 3norable
Seventeenth Judicial Dist1 c!I,Court, in
and for the Parish of VerI MI N, State
of Louisiana, in the aboJ : numbered
and entitled suit, fully AUTH ling and
empowering me in ~ prem uss, | have
this day seized ana taken M my pos
session to satisfy said wriA and / VIII
proceed to sell at public aI.fion to the
last and highest responsible bidder, at
the PRINCIPAL. front door the Court
House, in Abbeviile, Veri-flion Parish,
La, within tIe legal houg, prescribed
by law Cor judicial sales IN,
Saturday, October 5th, 1918.
the following described praperty, stu
ated in Vcrmiion Parish, .o.Nit:
That certain parcel Of around stu
ated in the Parish of Verailion in tle
Village Of Erath, La, nrbsuriag 136
feet and West by Ij5 fec North and
South on the West line, ~ 118 feet
north and South on the EatT-S ne. bound
ed on the North by Theodu oudreaux
on the East By Broussard1 Wet on the
South by Duprelon and tx q. West by
AdQlph Landry, togetherX the resi-
dence and all other impro.A Jnts there
on.
To be sold for cash Wits hi the bene-
fit of appraiscment
Shc7iH's OTice, Ahbevf 81. La. this
10Th day of August, 1889
AUG sORTON.
Sheriff. Vernfili farisl, La.
J. Z. Kibbe, Jr, Atty.
z-.z-x-h ss 1T I'll
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07
Prera~c fer chacreable Weather.

II. b. Miller P. T. p. to Wooster
O., writes: "P~ the changing of beds
and the weather, ! tocke a very bad
cold and sore throat. Four doses of
Folcv's Honey and Tar put me right
in days time. II paws to get the
genuine Folev's and avoid substitutes
and counterfeits Contains no opiates.
Sold Everywhere-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07

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mediate. ........r.t..s. ..r ~,l,.tf.e Norr.
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u'Hr.au of gu.ra.n. was
,r,..,.r -r... f..,.. L,r I,.r.ina tIa CARLY
n.r+ If fine w..s
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Mrs T. e.. Leblanc and daughter.
Mis-, f3ura. retained Saturday from .
pfra,ant visit i'm New Orleans.
-yvss
Miss Ella priuaagv has returned
from . ,.f~5r tu R3au, While There ,l.
wa, quite IN for few dql,.
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Miss Carrna Cobb returned Monday
from Icanrr.rt.. where She spent = few
-w.ss-
Mr. ami Mrs p ! Samson entertain
Oh at ,f.rr,. Monday uiyht. Mr.. and
Mrs. AIa'rh Bra,se,ly and Mr.. and
Mrs. 4. 4. Dubu>.
vas
The council of Defense hold = rurct-
ing of the Police jury. The attendance
was very small. but some matters were
taken mp and discussed.
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Hiss Bessie Leblanc and 'leomere
Leblanc, Of sulphur, returned to then
l''iiif l,lNt i'Ia n. It. \ NY comic over 10
90 '''' ga. t"t''dt or tt'f t""Ni"'
h"'''H d. "'"''''
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Mcn "''"''h we ages Oh - an" -
p''n inclusive, WIN" nave NOT aIl,aIN
ITIl''rtt'' must register on sept. I'm.
i"i'""''. II jill. 'Ih',I TO your duIN
an" see 'i'' o'hclS 40 'he'r'.
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t'",iN' o. i''S'',' VINO came over
:" "''"I re io"efat "i th'if COUSIN
I-.H,', -; H'''F'' ave spending a WHIt
VIII II'5r parents MI ana MIS-. Oleo-
nl'I' Heo''I'
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MT y, S'""' ne INFORMS us mat he IS
nov statIoheu at camp hearhey, Cal,
aHu 'ua, ne wants the Progress sent
there. ME- harrington sends his best
feN"f"S 10 all
, ~,
me Chlfstlan EndeaFor Society OF
I -, FFeSDyterlah Chhreh gave party
',''f pe7t9Nseyep ln.@es.-'at -1ha- hone afri
AMr' ami gheaQ s;-.-----..--Ne cities. There !
were alR 'hiloux. people present. who !
spent n tof thireasnt evening singing
and PLAYING games of different kind. !
-w.s.s.-
We take particular pride in calling
vour attention 70 orr line Of advertise
ments this week. We feel sure that
the people of AbheviIIe have never
had bitter opportunities of knowing
where to get what they want. than is
furnished through the columns of our
-wss-
The friends of Miss Azana Rrasseux.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. J 4 Bras
scux. of this place will be glad to learn
of her marriage to Mr.. Joseph H.
Zuhancih, Chicago ON August 14th.
Miss Brasseux wore a pretty dress of
gray crppe-de-chpne with hat and shoes
to match. and was ccompanied bv Mrs
Agnes Woodward. Of Macon, Ga. AMI
Mr. Frank Human of Chicapo Mr.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07
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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07

Mrs, Louis Stafford returned Monday
from a visit in different points of
Texas.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07

.PNG~.
-w.ss-
Every word Won scatter TO speed tic
..,sa s." # Nclcctiyc Service Regis -r"-
I'm is a step towards the end of tie
var.
-wsS-
Registration !, the one and only duty
male American citizen.
The city council met in regular Scs-
sion Monday night at the regular meet
p gplacc, and after spending Sever&!
.oWS discussing business matters al
i1urHcI to met later to finish up Their
vurE. Among enc Of the things done
was the raising Of the salaries of the
TWO assistant policemen. The manager
ri the light and water plant was caltc 4:
ia and the council proceeded to lay
at the work that they expected him
. accomplish, then the matter of ths
street crawling came M for straight
ming out, but owing TO the lack of
ortain information, was also postponed
- Il next meeting.
--w.ss.-
Hens in the vicinity of Ruston, La =,
lav their Sunday eggs for the Re
Cross.
On Sundays the air around this Lou
LLAMA town Is noisy with the sound c.
hens cackliug their defiance TO the Raj
ser. IT'S said that more eggs are lai
GA this day than during the rest @.
the week
Not only do the Red Cross members
IN RuSton, give their SUNDAY eggs T..
the Red Cross, but the Siblev and Dou
glas auxiliaries Of the Choudrant
branch do likewise. As a result tn
treasury Of the Lincoln Parish Chaptc~
las GAINED a considerable amount.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07
RlCKIE SAYS

Say you saw it in the Progress.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07

In a letter from our friend. NJ. f.
Harrington, he informs us that he is
now stationed at Camp Kearney, Cal,
and that he wants the Progress sent
there. Mr.. Harrington sends his best
reEar1s 10 all
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-09-07

IF clothes 10 go back ..un a -.. '..r
reported ior service 81 s1a..ra i.....
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-07
NOTICE

On and after Saturday, January
4th, 1919, the banks of Martinsburg,
members of the Clearing House AS.
sociation. will not be open for bust.
ness on Saturday evenings from six
to eight o'clock, as has been the Gus.
tom for some years past, but will
observe the same hours as on other
week days, viz; from nine o'clock in
the morning until three o'clock in
the afternoon.
The Clearing House Association of
Martinsburg.
THE OLD NATIONAL BANK
THE PEOPLES TRUST COMPANY
THE OLD NATIONAL BANK
MERCHANTS g. FARMERS BANK
THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
THE BANK OF MARTlNsBuRG
Ia 7 II IA IS 81 25 2S Dec 80 ed ct
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-12-07
FIXING THE COAL PRICE

In order that the people of this city and county might
know what they OUGHT TO PAY for hard coal allotted
to this county by the United States Fuel Administration
the Journal in the face of the severe the
part OF coal Dealers gave the complete facts to the public
The Journal showed clearly and fairly that the price
OF Sl238 for 1000 pound ton of hard coal was exorb
tant and that was not the price charged in Hagestown
State Fuel Administrator Barnes said that he had been
lead to believe and upon which information he had based
the price for Martinsburg at that figure.
The Journal showed that the price in Hagerstown for
1000 pound ton Of Red Ash Stove Coal was only $023
After giving the facts to the public the Journal had
done its part The matter before the state fuel adj
mnsrator because could not put it up to the county
fuel administrator, that office locally, being vacant
But now that Mr.. Silver has accepted the office of
Chairman of the County Fuel Board bring the matter
up again to tell the public that the County Board has the
facts and up them take action and to take i'm
medlately 1t now out of the pubcs hands and should
be out of the dealers hands 1t is UP to the county fuel
board for prompt action and that action should put the
price where it ought to be.
Chairman Silver announces in notice. published else
where in this paper today that from public meeting to
be held Monday night the board will determine the price
at which coal will be sold in the local market.
70 this statement there is but answer namely
that the government has already established the selling
price for coal here and neither the county committee
the public the coal dealers have any right to fix any
other price.
1t is high time we all learned the lesson that in times
like these government orders are orders The govern
ment said that the dealers could charge MAXIMUM
profit of 1920 ton hard COAL that profit to be the
difference between the price at the mine plus the freight
pe the tax and the retail price here That is simple
proposition and there is why Berkeley county
fuel dealers cannot abide by it the same dealers in
other communities doing.
public meeting to decide what to do when the gov
eminent has ordered what is to be DONE is joke.
Let Chairman Silver establish what the cost freight
and tax u.s. then add the $3.50 f the dealers wish to
charge the maximum profit and the result is the RIGHT
AND ONLY PRICE for hard coal. Then enforce that
price to the letter.