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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-02-16
Forest Church Note.
,ndav Fehruarv 18th 1918.

Sunday, February 18th, 1918.
1890 A. M. Public worship with SER
mon.
11.45 A. NJ. Sunday School session.
Men are cordially invited to attend the
Pastor s Bible Glass.
GASP. M. Christian Endeavor SER
vice. Topic: "What My Church is Do
ing?" l Thess. 1928.
7.3O P. M. Evening service with
sermon.
Wednesday evening, Prayer Meeting.
You are reminded that during the
present month, the yearly collections
are being taken for the Boards Of Col
leces. Education and Freedmen.
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Bethesda Church Notes

Sunday, February 18th, 1918.
Brotherhood, $50 A. M.
1890 A. M. Preaching by the Pastor.
Sunday School at 2 P. M.
73OP. NJ. Revival services. These
Sunday evening services are increasing
in interest and attendance. You are
cordially invited to attend them.
Prayer-meeting every wednesday
evening at 80 o'clock.
The fourth quarterly conference will
be held on Monday evening, February
25th, at 7.3O, in the church parlor.
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PROTECT EMPLOYERS

Secretary Charles H. Grantland of
the Industrial Accident Board has
stated that the Board desires to direct
the attention of employers of labor in
Delaware to Section 119 and 12O of the
Workmen's Compensation Law of
this State, which read as follows:
Every employer shall insure
his liability or shall furnish to the
industrial Accident Board proof of
his financial ability to pay compen-
sation. Every employer shall within
sixty days file evidence of his COM
pliance. If an employer refuses to
comply, he shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor and shall be punished by
fine of ten cents per day for each
employee in his service at the time
when the INSURANCE. becomes DUE
The sixty day period herein mentioned
will expire on March End. and after that
date any employer, who has failed to
comply with these provisions, will be
liable to the penalties above set forth
All employers, who have five or more
employees excepting such as may be
engaged in domestic service or farm
labor, are subject to the law unless they
file with the Board an affidavit as to
the posting of notice not to be bound by
it.
AS numerous cases of industrial ac-
cidents have come to the notice of the
Board of which no reports have as yet
been received. from the employers as
required by the law. the Secretary
further stated that all employees, who
are injured at their work, should see
to their employers having actual know
ledge of the accident by giving written
or printed notice to them within four
teen days; otherwise no compensation
can be claimed until such notite has
been given.
The Board desires to cooperate both
with employers and employees who
come under the provisions of Del
aware Workmen's Compensation Law
and all inquiries regarding same may
be addressed to the Industrial Accident
| Board.
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Broke Her Wrist

Mira. William J. Elias0n met with q
painful accident last Sunday afternoon
by falling on the ice in the back yard OF
her home breaking her left wrist DR..
D. w. Lewis was summons and set the
fractured arm, and Mrs. Ellison who d
one of our aged ladies 10 doing ~ well
as can be expected.
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HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items oi
the Past Week
In THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

Don't forget to feed the birds.
| Spring-like weather this week.
What are you doing to help Hoover
Did Mr.. Ground Hog see his shadow
Next Friday, Feb. 22d, Washington.
birthday.
Who has kept track of the SHOWS
this winter?
Please report your visitors and visits
to The Transcript. 1t is always appre.
ciated.
More snow has fallen in Delaware SC
far this winter, than in any previous
year in the past twenty.
There has been more slt5ghng this
winter in Delaware, than in the past
five years altogether.
Miss Prudence Lewis entertained the
U. T. C. Sewing circle at her home
Wednesday evening.
After all, there isn't such a lot of
difference between has-been and a
coal bin
Directors of Chesapeake City Fire
Company have decided to purchase a
chemical engine to supplement the
present equipment.
List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the Post Office for week ending Feb
7th, 1918: Mrs. Mary Johnson, Mrs.
Harriet Jones. Mrs. Mary tagls, Mrs.
Annie Postles, Miss Elsie j iferson,
Mr.. Jonn johnson, Mr.. Frank Kany,
Mr.. H. e. Rhoades. Mr. Jackson Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. James l.. Warren, of
near town, entertained at dinner on
Monday. The guests were:-Mr. and
Mrs. NJ N. Willis, Misses Laura and
Clara Willis, Mrs. G. Lindsey Coch-
ran, Mr. ard Mrs. F. P. Williams, Mr..
Robert Cochran and Misses Lydia,
Josephine and Hattie Cochran.
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FRIENDS & VISITORS
Personal Items About People You
See and Know
THOSE THAT COME AND co

THOSE THAT COME AND &C
| Mrs. Louise Griffith is visiting in vii
mington.
Miss Mary Droll was in Philadelphia
Wednesday.
Mr.. J. E. Walls was Philadelphls
visitor Wednesay. ....
Miss Edith Eliason, of Wilmington,
spent Sunday with relatives.
Miss Lillian CHM spert the weekend
with friends in Phi adelphia.
Miss Bernice Metten, Of Wilmington,
visited her parents Sunday and Monday.
Mr.. William C. Gallagher. Of Will
mington. visited his parents on Sunday.
Mr.. William T. Eiiason, of Whining
ton, spent Sunday with relatives in
town.
| Mrs. George H. johnson has returned
af ter stay with friends in New York
state.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. K. Belts and little
son. were guests of relatives at Fred
erica Sunday.
Mrs. N. J. Williams and Mrs. D. W..
Lewis are spending six weeks at st.
Petersburg, Fla.
Mr.. Fennimore Douglas has accepted
a position with the Government at Fort
Hamilton, N. Y.
Mrs. Fannie Craddock, of PbiIadel-
phia, is visiting her brother Mrs. W.
3. Hates and family.
Mrs. Issac Wilson is spending this
week with her daughter Mrs. Hattie
Eliason in Wilmington.
Mrs. William Palmer and daughter
Gertrude, of Clayton. spent Tuesday
with Mrs. John Smith.
Miss Mildred Hall has returned home
after visit with her aunt Mrs. W. W.
Besselle in Wilmington.
Mrs Arthur PennewiIl entertained
on Wednesday her niece Mrs William
Bolten, of Earleville, Md.
Private Horace V. hitlock, of Camp
Dix N. j., is visiting his parents Mr..
and Mrs. William Viii lock.
Miss Madeline Pennington, is spend
ing this week with her sister Mrs.
Frank N. Richards in Philadelphia.
Miss Clara Frame. Of Dover, was
the guest of her grandmother Mrs.
Richard Clayton over the week end.
Mrs. Robert A. Peblow visited her
husband Sergeant Robert A. Peblow at
Camp Dix, N. J. over the week end.
| Miss Florence Pennewill spent
several days of this week with hear
aunt Mrs. John Doess, of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Mary Reed has returned to her
home in Glendale after visit with her
daughter Mrs. W. S. P. Combs. Mrs.
j Combs and sons are visiting her mother
this week.
Mrs. e. E. Cullen. Mrs. T. S. Four.
acre. Mr.. John D. Gill and r. Claude
Fouracre. of this town, and Mrs. w. D.
, More of Milford, attended the wedding
of Kiss Sarah Cullen and Mr.. Bradford
Shawn, in Wilmington, Thursday after.
noon.
, Mr.. and Mrs. George H. CHM on the
, Levels entertained at dinner on Thurs.
; day in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
, S. Kane, Of Philadelphia, who were
, recently married The guests were: Mr.
: and Mr.. Dan M. Cochran, Mr.. and Mrs
: A. w. Woodal Cochran, Miss Mildred
a CHM, of Greensboro. and Mrs. Marga
/ ret CHM and Mrs. Viola Harman, Of
E, Townsend.
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OBITUARY
MRS. RACHEL J. MAILLEY

MRS. KBCHEL J. MEILLEI
Mrs. Rachel j. Mailley died at her
home in Odessa, Thursday morning,
aged r3 years. Death was caused from
heart trouble
The deceased leaves to mourn her
death two daughters.
Funeral services will he held at her
late home this Saturday afternoon at
2o'clock and interrent will be made in
Drawers cemetery.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-02-16

THURSDAY MARCH II, 191S-Public
Sale Of stock and farming implements
by Elwocd Williams, mile south Port
Penn. D. P. Hutchinson Auc.
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OLD BANKS HlST0RY
The Citizens National Bank Chang.
es Its Name to
DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY

The Transcript extends its warmest
congratulations to the Citizens National
Bank, or the Delaware Trust Company,
as it is now styled, for its good fortune
in having found such an able successor
to its former cashier Mr.. John S. Crouch
who for 81 years so faithfully and well
managed it's affairs. ........
Mr. Ladley is not only fine banker
but he is in every way live, progress
sive citizen whose coming to our town
is proving in many ways blessing.
A short time ago as our readers
know, the Citizens National Bank be-
came the Delaware Trust Company.
We think the event a proper occasion
to give short history of this institu-
tons highly successful career.
The Citizens was first established as
a state bank in 1859, remaining such
until 1865 when i, became a national
bank under the National Banking Act,
and continued such until the present
year 1918.
Its first president was Mr.. George
Derrickson, and it's first cashier, Mr..
j. B. Mcdowell, both holding their
positions until 1865. Mr.. Dei irckson
was thereafter its president under the
National Charter until 1870.
Mr.. j. V. Crawsord succeeded him as
president from 1870 to 1874; L. Henry
Clayton Was president lrom 1874 to
1885, at which time he was followed by
= Mr.. Joseph i'iggs who sulI retains that
position u,der the new arrange nent,
having thus sa;isfacto. flied that
important office fcr over RI years, and
is stub in the saddle as etiieiert IS OF
yore.
The Banks cashiers have been AS fol-
lows: Messrs. J. R Hall, 1865 to 1885;
John $. Crouch; 1885 to 1916; Edward
Ladley from 1916 to the recent change
to the Delaware Trust Company. Mr..
LadIey retains his old Office as mana. er
for the new institution.
The following Directors under the old
bank have been retained as such for the
Trust Company viz:-Joscph Biggs, chair
man; J. Frank Biggs, c. NJ. Cochran,
A. II. johnson, D. W. Lewis, George
v. Peverley. Jesse L. Shepherd, Will
liam G. Taylor, N j. Williams, James
E. Woodall. Jr.
The C,izens National Bank has been
big financial success as the following
statement showing the growth of its
assets will prove-an increase IRON
1858 to 1918 Of nearly 400 per cent,
while this increment in the past Il
wears amounts to over 200 per cent
Here are the figures:
TOTAL ASSETS
1ooo & 297. 2G6 2,
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This gratifying exhibition OF the
Banks past and present financial con-
dltion, reflects The highest credit upon
all the gentlemen who have had the
management Of it's affairs during thosa
years.
The Transcript needs not express its
wishes for future continuance OF this
prosperity under its new name and
functions. FIR that is 50 amply assured
by the personnel of its present manage
ment as to be altogether superfuous.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-02-16
ST. ANNE'S CHURCH NOTES

Sunday, February 18th. The First
Sunday in Lent
Services: 1890, Morning Prayer Lit
any and Sermon.
11.45, Sunday School session.
7.3O, Evening Prayer and Address
MEETINGS
The Parish Guild will meet at the
Rectory, On Thursday afternoon at two
O'Clock.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06
OF CAPT.
HUNGERFORD TODAY
Body of Marshall Hall Officer Home
for Burial.

The funeral Of Capt Joseph Dent
Hungerford, Of Marshall Hall, who
was shot by Mexicans at Nogales,
Ariz., August p, will take place at
10 o'clock this morning at st. Pat
Fick's Church.
It will be a military funeral and
the body will be inferred in Arling-
ton Cemetery. High mass will be
held BY Rev. NJ P. Egan.
/. Capt HunSerford was the son &C
AR. and Mrs. E W. Hungerford, Of
Marshall Hall. He was educated at
St. JOINS. Annapolis, graduating n
ts1s He received the degree of B.
.. from the University of Maryland
The same year.
. He volunteered in April. 1911. be-
fore war was declared, and received
his commission in September. 1911.
He went to training school at Leav-
tain at Huachuca, Ariz., and assign
ed to the Tenth Cavalry. He was
leading his troops. when shot. The
charge up the hill which he was
making was successful, although he
lost his life.
: He leaves two sisters at Marshall
Hall, Hazel and Marion, another sis
ter, Mrs. Charles E. Able, lives at
s35 Seventh street northwest, Wash
fngton. Two young brothers, Robert
Adelbert and Vincent Brewer, also
reside with the parents at Marshall
Hall.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06
D. e. WRITER LOSES
BROTHER in ACTION
Albert W. Fox Hears Lieut.. Frank
lin Gray Fox Is Killed.

Albert W. Fox of this city. promi-
nent newspaper man and chess player
OF national reputation. has received
word Of the death of his brother,
Lieut. Franklin Gray Fox, in a cable
Communication from Gen. Pershing.
Stating that letter would follow i'm
mediately, the cable gave only the
bare fact that Lieut.. Fox was in an
alrplane which caught fire and both
he and the pilot were killed.
Mr.. Fox said that he assumed the
accident had taken place between the
front and headquarters where his
brother was detailed as a member of
Gen. Pershing's staff
Previous to his entrance into the
service, Lieut. Fox was on the stafr
OF the Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
He was persistent in his efforts to get
into the army from the outbreak of
the war. but was turned down for the
off1cers training camp for enlistment
and the draft on account of defective
eyesiGht. Finally he obtained a COM
mission as second lieutenant on the
rSa1 and sailed for France last jan
-uary.
Another brother Of Lieut.. Fox is
Charles James Fox. professor of in
ternational law at the University of
peiyans. Tientsin. China.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06
TWO WILLS FILED.

Jesse L. Havens Is made sole
leeatee in the will of Elizabeth
Woods. dated December 5. 1917. and
filed yesterday with Register of
Wills Tanner. She died here last
month leaving an interest in a cafe
at 1905 New York avenue north
west.
Mrs. Louise c. Tompklns, who
died in Washington December IT,
1917, left will dated January 81.
1916, in which her daughter. Ethel
L. Tompkins. Is made trustee of
estate for the benefit of
her husband and children. A house
and lot here Is included in the
property thus bequeathed.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06
DEATH RATE LOW
In LARGER CITIES
August Shows Favorable Compan-
son with Fiive-Year Average.

Large cities are healthier places
70 live in than smaller ones, ac-
cording to a chart of death rates
for 80 cities OF the United States
published for the week ended Aug
ust 81, 1918, by the Bureau Of the
Census.
The number Of deaths for the
week in several cities are given.
as well as the average for the cor
responding week for the last five
years The figures are rather in
complete. so that precise coTclu-
sions are not t. be drawn. never
theless the lesser death rate in the
larger cities seems positive.
Chicago has a death list OF 491
as compared with the five-year
average of 613. New York runs
Be62 compared with an average of
L325. Boston compares the recent
f92 favorably with the average
10. and Philadelphia's list Of 4O2
is much less than the average 435.
Washington lies between the two
series. having a death list Of 81 to
compare with the average Of ss.
Smaller cities which have a death
rate much larger than the average
for the last five years include Cam
bridge. Dayton, Los Angeles, Dem
yer. Milwaukee, Newark, New Or
leans, and Syracuse.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06
VIRGIN ISLANDS FALL
FAR IN POPULATION

A census of the Virgin Islands. for
merly the Danish West Indies have
just been published. The report
shows that by this territorial acqui-
sitien the area of the United States
was increased slightly more than l2
square miles.
In 1917 the value of the exports from
the United States to the islands was
81. .4l6.342, and of the imports from The
islands s., ,259. .607.
The population, which was 26.o5l on
November /, 1917. has decreased since
1895. when the population was B,l7s.
The present proportion of whites to
colored people Is about to 20.
Agriculture and animal husbandry
are the principal occupations on the
islands. There are a few manufac-
turing establishments. and fisheries
constitute an important industry.
This census was issued by. the Gen.
sus Bureau Of the Department of
Commerce.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06
MEADE MARRIAGE HAD
SETBACK IN D. c.
Private G. M. Hixon Found License
Bureau Closed but Perseyered.

Cupid entered the ranks at Camp
Meade Saturday. when Private
George M. Hixson took TO himself q
wife in the person of Miss Salllie Lee
Lancaster. OF Lexington. KY. Owing
to the fac that the bridegroom eject
could not leave from camp until later
Saturday afternoon, tho pair found
the marriage license office closed IN
Washington. Not willing to delay so
important ceremony. Private Hix-
son was equal to the emergency and
hurried with Miss Lancaster to Rock
vile. Nd. where they were married
by Rev. Mr. Barnes, of the Christian
Church. The pair were accompanied
by Mrs. Thompson. of Lexington, KY,
sister Of the bride. The affair came
as a surprise to the comrades OF Htx-
son. at Camp Meade.
Mrs. Hixson and Mrs. Thompson
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06
BOYS ANXIOUS
TOHELP DRAFT
School Cadets Hold Enthusi-
: astic Meeting for Reg
istration Aid.

Patriotism. the fourteen to seven
teen year old brand. displayed IT
self both enthusiastically and
.noisily at a meeting of the High
school Cadets at Mckinley High
School Wednesday evening.
Make every effort possible to be
p present at this meeting, this IL a
duty which you owe yourself and
your country"
Z That was the message which had
2 been sent to the cadets by Assist.
| Supt. OF Schools Stephen E. Krae-
mer. The meeting was called to
feonsider the profrered services of
Fthe cadets upon registration day.
400 Boys at Meeting.
-Four hundred boys showed up at
the meeting. eager and anxious to
\ their part in facilitating the registra-
[ tion.
The lights went out shortly after
I the meeting was opened. but far from
being nonplussed at this unexpected
accident. the boys wasted no time
l waiting for the lights to come on.
4 They sang every battle hymn they
could think of. all the war songs ex-
tant and finally after exhausting all
singing material relating to the war.
WED with each other in giving their
school yells.
All the schools were represented al
most with their full membership.
The enthusiasm the boys displayed
In answering this call for their bit
of service for their country was in
. spring." said Mr.. Kraemer.
Every available boy was there
eager to be instructed in doing his
share except a few who unavoidably
could not attend.
The father os enc boy attended the
meeting explaining that the family
lived in Gaithersberg and as the boy
was Ill he could not attend the meet
ing.
Il have received a number Of letters
since from the fathers explaining their
sons absence at the meeting. One
father wrote explaining that his son
was out OF town. but that he hoped
he would get back from his vacat-sn
in time to serve on September T."
Employed Boys Let on.
Mr.. Kraemer said that OF all the
boys who would be employed up to
the opening of school, most of them
declared that their employers were not
In the least adverse to letting them
of for service on that day.
: Another meeting will be held next
Monday at Mckinley High School at
o'clock. to complete arrangements
and details for service.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06
CONFIScATE $4,000
POUNDS OF SUGAR
Lunch Room Operator Charged
with Hoardins Commodity.

Tony Antanopalis. who has a
lunch room at s23 D street, had
$4,000 pounds OF sugar which was
7conhscated and has been forbidden
to purchase any more of that COM
modify until further notice by the
Federel food administrator for the
District
IL Is alleged that AntanopalIs
filed false reports in regard to the
amount of sugar he had on hand
with the administration during
July and August He also denied
the possession OF ten 1oo-pound
bags of sugar which he had secret
ed In the rear OF a store at s21
d street
He was given a hearing before
the sugar department OF the admin
istretion and IL was brought out by
one Of the administration's inspec-
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06
BUTTER TAKES
2-CENT JUMP
Weekly Fair Price. List Gives
Retailers Several New
Advances.

The price at which retailers may
sell butter has increased : cents a
pound in the last week, according
to the weekly fair-price list of the
Food Administration, made public
today. The price of standard hams is
also Increased cents over last weeks
quotations, while the price Of fancy
hams shows an increase Of / cent. The
price of the best eggs also took a
Jump of cent per dozen.
Cold storage eggs are quoted on
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06

tors that this large amount Of sugas
belonged TO Antanopalis
II was announced at the admin
istration's offices yesterday thai
several cases OF sugar boarding art
being Investigated and that the
guilty persons will soon be brought
to Justice.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06

this weeks list for the nrst fine.
The price IL given as being 47-62
cents per dozen. 1t is made plain
by the administration that cold .stor-
age eggs must be plainly labelled and
sold az such.
Fancy bacon is also given on tkis
weeks list, with the price ranging
from 4s to 50 cents per pound when
bought in whole pieces, and IS 10
Sc cents when toueht sliced.
Housewives are urged by the ad-
ministration to distinguish between
fancy and standard brands of bacon.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06
Jackie Musicians Eat
$6 Worth Of Ice Cream

st. Louis, Mo.-Part Of the Great
Lakes Naval Band was sent out on
parade here one evening.
John Ring. jr.. was with them. He
invited them to have some ice cream.
The invitation was accepted by
twenty-five.
The bill was IS. or "a cents for each
packie.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06

have been the guests Of Nrs. Frank
lin T. Howe, of lao Quincy street
Northeast, during their stay ia WASH
ington. and when he cou'd obtain
leave I. ON camp. Private Htxson has
also oeen the guest Of Mfs. Howe.
Mrs. Hixson and Mrs. Thompson are
returning to Lexington.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06

Dermatone S k n
Soap relieves skin ir-
ritation and keeps the
skin like velvet; reg
ular Csc cakes, IecI 3
for S0S.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06
IS Deaths, LIS Births,
Weeks Totals In D. E..

Ninety-fve deaths occurred In the
District Of Columbia in the week end
ed August 81. This is seven more
than were reported in the previous
week, according 20 the report OF the
health officer made public yesterday.
OF the total 54 were deaths Of white
people and Al of colored-
The total number Of births for the
week were 1s. Of which IZ were
white and 20 colored.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06

Choice selection OF
Early Crop Tea makes
excellent iced tea; n
ID. pkg &c.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06

Combination Relicved-Just
take several Express Tablets at
night and you'll feel all right
in the morning; 100 tablets in
4 box, 25c.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06

Cascnrcts, 1OS 23c
and 45c.
25c Cnrter's Pills, lie.
Charcoal Tablets (Re-
quasi, relief of heart
burn and sour stomach.
Zoe size, Sc; 25c size,
Zoe; soc size, 3Sc.
Grny's GIycerine
Tonic, 4gc md S1.O9.
Treadeasy Foot Pow
der. excellent for tired
feet. 25c.
25c Beechnm's Pills,
BIaud's Iron Pills
make rich, red blood;
100 in bottle. 1sc.
HorsfOrd's Acid Phos-
phnte, 4Sc and S5c.
kOhler's HendR che
Powders, 1Oc md 23c.
II. X. wnmpoIe's Cod
Liver OIL (orginiaD. 73c
Lnctopeptine Elixir,
$1.15.
Mothers Friend, S5c.
Munyon's Remedies,
Csc size, 23c.
Maltine Preparations,
s1.15.
Philips ,Phospho Mu-
riate Quinine, SOC.
Pape's Dinpepsiu, 4Sc.
Philips Milk of Mag
nesia, 23c and soc.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, CSC.
Resinol Ointment, 48c
and SOC.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-06

Study the store ads-that you may
know when q merchant offers the
things you want at the prices you
consider fair.