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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31

Groceries, Saturday:
RecandLed eggs (frcsh from cold stoT-
Gge), deliUeTed Nc 7day Nth other gro
ceries; 2 dozen to each at 49c dozen.
Fresh 6aksd bread, ttUo Zoe IoaUes for
I5c.
Fresh Baltimore oysters, sealed at the
tOhnrf and expressed straight to us:
69c at.
Americas Cup" coffee, Pork tenderloin. rolled
acc h. cooked, sliced even; half
Rye -four. 1917 Ib sack, pound for soc.
%4.2S' Dried beef sliced thin
Navy BEANS lbs for and even. half Mound FOR
25c. sse.
Fresh sweet potatoes: o. -. =, =.
lbs. for 2Sc. 49, 49,
LOG Cabin" syrup, 'O"' '''''u'
quarts. CSC. Fresh Iislui"a ehsese'
"FsOxane" pancake -four soc h.
17H c pkg BOneIess cod fish, pound
Fresh hickory nuts. pkg. zoe.
Tbs. for 25c. "Crisco" for Shortening
Small seedIess raisIns, better than lard "a b.
2Sc ID. can sec.
Fancy Jonathan apples, Orange marmaIade,
2 lbs. for 25e. soc jar
post TOaSties," pkgs. Canned shrImps,
for sec. 17H &c can.
Special Demonstration n. B. Co.'S cOpkies and crack
all day Saturday.
Ginger snaps, 15c pkg Cheese waters, 1Sc pkg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31
New Sweaters:

We've set apart big double table
in the Ready-to-W Wear Department for
the new sweaters. At that it is no.
where near enough for the showing.
The line includes ladies' sweaters
of fine combed long fiber wool, in con-
trasting colors, long, full, roomy,
good-looking garments, at $1,000;
others not quite so soft and fine for
$500; some very good ones at $3.50
and $1,000; at $3.50, $3.50, and $3.50.
the assortments afford probably the
maximum of style, and service, for
the price; and there are other ladies'
sweaters at $500 and $3.50.
Sweaters for the girls, IA to 8 years,
$3.50 down to $3.50.
Special 1898 BIouses for $2.9s.
Georgette blouses, bought very re-
Gently in New York city, purposely to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31

Miss NeuBert, Butterick Pattern
Co. Representative, IDith us feI0
days, is making Oery special price
on Delineator subscriptions for the
coming year. See her at our Pattern
Department.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31
:. 1 i: e: !: 4: {: FISK&LOOSLEYG
| dowa DEPARTMENT STfsRE MOL .yksE ILL.
Evening Gowns and Party Frocks For the Miss.
MOLINE lila

quality silk
ton nc deliberately pued and edged with silver tnseI
metal lace: $500 (size 16).
Gown of satin and k with tunc and skirt bottom featuring Fn
rufaes. For $3.50 (ze 1s).
white ru1ed skirt
cred 'front.' Bertha collar: $3.50 $Z2SO
Net fro rued collar gde: $1zS0.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31

New Swiss embroidery aouncings,
pretty, small patterns, especially de-
sirable for children's and infants
dresses: $500, $3.50, 75c and 5Sc yd.
Embroidery edgings with inser-
tons to match, good range of pat
terms: 23c, 19c, 15c and 12112c yard.
A full line of cluny edges and
bands to match. Just the kind for
pillow cases, sheets, dresser scarfs
and underwear: choose for Csc and
29c yard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31

sell as a special bargain. Collarless
neck, embroidered or braided front,
white or flesh: for $2.99.
New Fall Coats:
The line includes ladies' coats at
every price from $125.O0 down to
$14.5O. At S22.5O, $500, S27.5O,
$4,000, $3.50 and $500 the array is
excellent, and our sales at these
prices are daily many.
Goats for misses and small ladies,
up from $3.50, are also here in good
assortment.
$500 Corsets for $1.5O:
The first of Mr.. Nordgren's New
York trip bargains has just come in:
A hundred and fifty fresh, new me-
dunn bust corsets of good white cou-
til, four good hose supporters; fin
ished with neat embroidery band.
These corsets are really worth $500;
they go on sale at $1.5O pair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-31

Five big blanket specials in plaid blankets bloc
plads in blue, tan, and pink Five prices: $3.50,
$6.9S and $7.98 pair.
Wool plaid blankets in assorted eOlors; durable
$1,000 and $12.50 pair.
Strictly awoo plaid blankets, block and broken plads
and pink Soft high grade blankets at 90
One table piled with beautiful homemade chae comfor
size, closely tied with wool yarn: $4.9S each.
Comforter BATS 1880, lbs enough for each conf
Comforter BATS 72x9O, lbs $3.50 and $3.50 each.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31
PERMANENT ROADS FOR
NORTHEASTERN CAROLINA

At a conference Of the Senators and
REPRESENTATIVES of the first District
held in Raleigh Wednesday night, 1t
was planned to form District OF the
I've counties north Of the Albemarle
Sound, and bond the District for the
purpose OF building a permanent road
between the Albemarle Sound at Eden
ton and the Virginia State line at q
point near Moyock. = -
Each county would be .assessed sae-
c6rding to it's taxable property. - asit1a-
beth CITY being the chief beneficiaryco cof
such d highway, would be the most
heavily assessed. The plan has the
approvaT Of the Representatives OF the
ave counties, and they have invited
leading citizens OF all he counties to
meet them in Raleigh next Tuesday
and indorse or repudiate the plan.
Senator Ferebee is sponsor OF the
scheme and has the support OF the State
Highway Commission.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31
|GROCERS CAN GET I'M
HOT WATER ON THIS
New Prohibitton Law Makes The Sale
OF Extracts q Riaky -
Business

The new Prohibition law submitted
to the present General Assembly by
the Anti-Saloon League provides a
bunch Of trouble for druggists and, deal
ers in toilet articles. flavoring extracts.
etc. The question arises. how will such
law be enforced? The section of the
bill designated to put an lend to the
drinking of bay rum. lemon extract.
shoe polish, follows:-.s,z
SEC. IA. That it shall be unlawful
to Manufacture or sell any toilet, medf-
cinal, antiseptic preparation or solu-
ton, sor any navorine extract or patent
or proprietary medicine or preparation
the manufacture or sale Of which re-
.ouires the payment of the United
States liquor dealers tax: All other
toilet, medicinal, antiseptic prepara-
|tions or solutions. or flavorfhg extracts
or patent or proprietary medicines OF
preparations, which are not potable Oh
capable of being used as an alcoholic
beverage may be manufactured ane
sold: Provided, the vendor. by ask
ing the purchaser, satisfies himself OF
herself
"a That the article or preparation
t, be purchased IL 20 be used accord
ing to directions and purposes INTENDED
by the manufacturer of the same.
(2) That the purchaser is not ad'
dicted to the use of alcoholic liquors
has not been under the influence O.
alcoholic liquor during the last, thre'
months preceding, and does not intent
to use the article or preparation as
substitute for liquor.
ls) And that the would-be pur
chaser has not procured from an!
source the identical article OF prepara
ton within the last forty-eight hours
preceding: Provided, further. that no
more than 8. ounces OF fiavorins ex
tracts or twelve ounces Of patent o.
proprietary medicines may be soit
at any one time.
Il
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31
FLYING MACHINE
ADHRT RTI|SESH Flu
Dare County Folk Don't Like
Publicity Of Flu Fighting
EEers

Fighting the Flu via aero may be
great sport for the u. s. Medical Corps
and furnishes interesting headlines Tor
newspapers. but it isn't making the
strongest sort Of appeal to the people
of Dare county who are the beneficiar-
les Cor the vietims1 Of this latest :ad-
venture.
Dare county. Hike every otter county
in North Carolina has had q Flu epi--
demic. On account OF the peculiar;
biographical nature OF that county
physicians can not get about very
rapidly and many communities have
felt the handicap of lack OF prompt
medical aid during the epidemic.
B. G. Crisp, an enterprising lawyer
of Manteo, conceived the idea Of get
ting aid from the u. S. Public Health
Service on the ground that Influenza
had broken out in the U. S. Coast
Guard stations, Of which there are a
great number in Dare County. The
government responded with Capt. c,
/ Michel, Of the u. S. Army Med1cai
Corps, four trained nurses and big
hydro -afrplane to carry the doctor ana
his nurses from place to place. The
presence of that .airp1ane seems to have
advertised the prevalence of Flu In
Dare as no other device could have
done. The result is that merchants ana
| TRANSPORTATION men all over Dare are
said to be objecting to the government
aurting business down. that way 1t
/ is pointed out that the government
| use of a monster airplane In its fight
J,o0 fn
i ing the outside public think that the
Flu in Dare Is worse thar. in other
counties. u. s. Army surgeons ana
nurses have worked in other counties
| in the state without attracting any par-
iticular attention; but when the govern
lment sends them kiting around the
earth in an airpIane at q speed OF So
/ rnfles an hour everybody sits up and
takes notice. Dare, like otner counties,
doesn't like to have the Flu advertised.
! DR.. r. Gates, Health Officer for
1Dare County, is quoted as saying that
Influenza in Dare is not particularly
alarming. and that there have been very
i few Deaths The u. s. Army outfit
doctor. nurses and airplane. was sent
into Dare without the solicitation OF
IDr Gates. He was as much surprised
as any one when the big flying machine
Hit into his practice.
The airplane has demonstrated what
could be expected of an aero mail SER
vice between Elizabeth City and points
In Dare county The airplane now n
use comes from Manteo to Elizabeth
city for a supply Of pills. in about q
minutes and returns In the same space
Iof time Other means OF transports
ition consumes nearly a day under pre-
sent schedules.
DIR. G.. Michel, the s.. Pubic
Heath officer having charge OF ths
EDare epidemic returned TO Norfolk, Va.
l this week. declaring that local physi.
clans had the epidemic well in lland.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31
WOULDPUT NO TAX ON
CHURCH PROPERTY
Mr.. John Berry Resents Editorial sus.
gestion in Recent lssue Of
This Paper

The editor of this newspaper has a
good many ideas in the course OF the
year and occasionally he hits Off one
that doesn't suit somebody. His recent
SUGGESTION that the Genel al Assembly
consider the idea of taxing church
property gets a rise out Of John D
Berry, Grand. Secretary Of the Grand
Lodge Of I. o. o. F. Of North Caro-
lima. This newspaper is always glad
to get views Of its readers and publishes
herewith Mr.. -Berry's Communication
in fu1l:-e
Editor, THE INDEPENDENTLY
I notice in 1.-The Independent under
date of January IT. you call attention
to the fact that church property In
North Carolina amounting to twenty
five to fifty million dollars worth, pays
no taxes, You raise the question,
ewouldn't it be good idea for our
LEGISLATORS in the present General AS
sembly to consider this fact?"
I think the answer to this question
be emphatically NO.
In the first place, churches have no
income except the voluntary contr1bu-
tions of it's members, all OF whom are
already taxpayers. To tax the churcn
property would be an injustice to 1ts
members, as it would mean double
taxation on those who are supporting
the churches of our land. Church
buildings have very little commercial
value except for the purpose for which
they were erected. Very few churcn
buildings could be sold for one nan
their cost of erection for any CONNER
cial purpose. There is no rental incme
from this class Of real estate.
In the second place, churches exers
| a. wonderful influence in their respec-
| tive communities and reduce crime tc
| a minimum. Search the records OF your
criminal courts, and you Will find tna'
a very small per cent Of those who are
prosecuted before the bar OF Justice
not to say convicted. are members OF
any church or ever have BEEN Tnus II
can, easily be- seen that the churcnesf
help to.sreduce the $goyern1ne nental;s .ex-
penses, and thus Justify the time honor
1 ed custom of exempting church pros
perty from taxation.sS wx.zzs>s1es55... {.
/ You say ..rrlore taxes must come frorn
lsomewhere..,' We have no doubt this
| is true. Instead OF Undertaking to ta1
church property, we would suggest nee
/ essary machinery for correct vaiu-
alton of property, both real and per-
sonal, this year as the new assessment
is made. If this be don& we do mo-
believe there will be any occasion Io'
considering the taxation of church pro-
fperty. 80,
L
Etbe property of our schools and col
1aees. which are public benefactor.
lthroughout the State. Surely no on
would advocate the taxation of church
/ property after mature deiiberation OF
the subject.
Yours very respectfully.
1 JOHN D. BERRY.
Raleigh, n. c., January 81, 1913.
l. =
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31
ANIJNUsUAL SERVICE

The country is full Of good
eye specialists and there are
hundreds Of good eye glass man
ufacturers, but it is worth some
thing to Elizabeth City and VI
cinity to know that both can be
found in this town. DIR. Hatha-
way is not only a reputable and
IskiIlful optometrist. but ne
Egrinds and fits glasses on his
premises. This unusual service
|is seldom found except in much
larger cities.
DIR. ]. D. HATHAWAY
- oPToMETRlsT
over Mccabe & Grice
Elizabeth City, ~. g.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31

lWANTED:-s Second hard bicycle. must
tbe In good condition Apply to M
DEPENDENT Office.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31
MRs. VA ROYAL

Mrs. v. A. Royal, wife Of Rev. ". "A:
Royal formerly. pastor Of the Pasquo-
tank Circuit of Methodist Churches.
dropped dead while atout Ter house.
work, at Sanford, N. g last SATURDAY
Mrs. Royal is survived by her husband
and four children.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31
zERu1oN STANLEY

zebulon Stanley, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Nv. Stanley of Nixonton Township
this county, died OF influenza at eight
o'clock Monday morning Three sis
-ters and three brothers survive him.
one brother is now i'll off pneumonia.
The funeral occurred Tuesday after
noon and interment was In Hollywood.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31

r. Gs redutS SHS O0O
Only two persons in Elizabeth City
knew on Monday Of this week that ]
contemplated introducing bill to
create the Office of Public Prosecutor 10
connection with the Recorders Court.
Those two men were Recorder Geo.
Spence and attorney Ernest L. Sawyer.
Continued on page fivet
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31
HOUSEWIVES TO FIGHT
HIGH COST O. LIVING.
Elizabeth City Woman Launches Movement
Organize Against F ilth and PROTECTING


Profiteers, look out! Eliza
beth City housewives are going
after your sealps. They have
fstood high prices and unsani-
|tary conditions in this town long
enough. They are up in arms.
There is to be organized in
Elizabeth City within the next
few days, Housewives League.
The object of the Housewives
League will be the object of all
Housewives Leagues-to COM
bat the high cost Of living. Pro-
fiteers, look out!
Mrs. Sallie Boettcher is the
promoter Of the proposed league.
She has already enlisted a num-
Der of the city's most influential
women in the movement and is
lin correspondence with out OF
town women who have success
fully organized such leagues.
Mrs. Boettcher is one Of the most
enterprfsing women in Elizabeth
City and when she gets down be-
hind a thing something is bound
ito happen. In this instance
things are going to happen to
butchers who pay T6 cents g.
pound for pork and charge the
housewife 40 cents a pound for
Fit. The 24 cent a pound profit
lon pork chops is the straw that
| has broken the canel's back.
Mrs. Boettcher is in earnest.
Ishe says the consumers Of Eliz-
Iabeth City have suffered long
and patiently They are not
only the victims OF high prices,
hut the victims OF dirt and filth.
lThe Board OF Aldermen and the
lGity Health Department are 2
lpair Of jokes. SO far as enfore
ling cleanliness is concerned. ne
Elizabeth City housewife has to
Iput up with dirty bread handled
tby many pairs OF dirty hands
3between the baker and the buy
Ter. Elizabeth City housewives
have to buy their meats too OF
1ten in dirty butcher shops reek-
ling with the odor of tainted
meats. They buy sausage and
know not what they buy. The
lice box in the average store is
la foul and germ laden thing that
hasn't been washed down or air
tled out in years. There is ne one
; to protest against such things
inow. There will be some one
rIto protest against such things
when the Housewives League is
!, organized. Mrs. Boettcher in
t climates that one of the first
things she would have the Lea
,fgue do, would be to boycott
j fevery butcher in town who does
: business outside the city market
). ). eve would compel the butchers
r to use the city market house and
then compel the city adninistra-
I. ton to keep that market house
in a sanitary condition. says
Mrs. Boettcher.
Profiteers. look out!
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31

FoR sALE:-A good gentle work
horse, IL years old. A good worker
but I don't need him any more. Apply
to w. d. WILLIAMS, s14 Maple street,
civ. pJ3t-1ts
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31

PEANUT MEAL For Sale. $500. per
Elizabeth City. n. cJa1-1t
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-31

wANTED.A wlaiteswonaana 25eto .4b4
uaarsi us oY aeSe tosa4tend to linen at hoss
pitaL Apply EI4IzABETH CITY ~ aos. -
EPITAIAaere s-..7555f@- 4<y s.a<,.a -
Mountain advocate., 1919-07-04

rather than to force your own ideas
as to what the trade ought to con-
sumo.
3. Make regular shipments. Instead
of making the city commission district
the dumping ground for what your To-
cal dealers will not buy, keep your
city agent regularly supplied with
what his trade will take, thereby help.
ing him stabilize the business in which
you are both concerned.
4. Keep each other informed. Early
in the shipping season the farmer
should give his agent careful esti-
mate of what may be expected, and
no material changes in the quantity
Of the regular shipment should be
made, unless prompt notice is given
the agent in order that he may secure
purchasers in case of increase or
arrange TO care for his regular Gus
toners if shipments will not meet re-
quirements. Successful shippers make
frequent use of the telegraph or long
distance telephone to keep agents
posted as to changes in shipments.
The agent should also be expected to
keep the shipper informed as to any
changes in the requirements Of the
market.
5. Avoid frequent changes in agents.
Some shippers prefer to divide their
shipments each day among numerous
commission merchants in the same
market. While it may be wise under
certain conditions to check one agent
by the sales Of another the most sue
cessful consignor seems to be the one
who selects an agent with great care
and then sticks to him, cooperating
with him in every possible way and
carefully scrutinizing all settlements.
The honest agent is glad to do his part
in such teamwork" and welcomes the
most exacting examination of his
methods.
Mountain advocate., 1919-07-04
GOOD BLOOD ASSISTED DAIRY
Good Dairy Bull, Purchased as Calf
for 500, Put at Head of Herd
Is Good Investment.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
A good dairy bull, purchased by q
Montana county farm bureau men,
Der, cost 500 as a calf; it was put at
the head Of a herd of ten cows, the
average annual production Of which
was 4,S00 pounds Of milk and 260
pounds of butterfat, The daughters
of the bull have now replaced the old
COWS in the herd and exceed the pro-
duction of their dams by an average
Of 102 pounds butterfat and 1.S2S
pounds of milk per year. This i'm
provement nets $500 profit each year
without taking into account the diff
ference in value of the calves A COW
should "carry on" Tor at least six
years, which would mean $1S0O addi-
tlonal profit from the ten cows, because
Of the $10C invested in the bull calf.
at was a bully good inv estment,"
says the farmer.
Mountain advocate., 1919-07-04
MEDIUM AND HEAVY HORSES
Market Preferences Are Now fer
DrSsters and Southern Chunks,
According TO Reports.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Although horses on farms slightly
decreased in number in the United
States in 1918, this general fact is by
no means true in all sections. 1t Is
true in the North from the Atlantic
Ocean to Iowa and Missouri, and on
the Pacific coast, but the reverse is
the fact in one-half of the South, and
In nearly the whole region between
the Mississippi river and the coast
states, except Iowa, Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Texas, and Oklahoma.
In the North and in the Pacific
states the kind Of horse that is pre-
ferred on and off farms is changing.
The automobile owner does not want
a driving horse and the farmer with
1n automobile does not need a dual
purpose horSe--a work animal that
will also serve as a road horse. Me-
dunn and heavy draft horses are the
new requirements.
This tendency is reflected in prices.
In the Chicago market the mean price
of draft horses rose from S171 in the
five years, 10O1.19Oj, to S213 in 1914.
The mean price declined in the early
period Of the war to S205 in 1915, but
assembled to S252 in 1916, fell to S21g
IN 1917, and recovered to 5000 in 1913,
Or 20 per cent above the mean price
Of the five years, 1901-19Oj. The class
Of horses known in the Chicago mar
ket as general had the mean Of $14S
in the first five years of the century
and reached as high mark as SGD
in 1913, but the mean for 1913 was
1852, or 6 per cent above that Of the
Eve years.
Carriage teams and drivers are small
features of the market. There is little
demand for them and the supply CORE
spends. However snowy carriage
teams sold for $1,000 TO $4,000 in
1918. "Bussers and trammers" have
been fully out of the market for sew
eral years.
The active southern demand for the
southern chunks" sent the mean price
In Chicago from SCI in the five years
19O1-19Oj to sos in 1913, followed by
SSS in 1915, $1O9 in 1916, 500 in 1917,
and 500 in 1918, a gain of 40 per cent
in 10 years.
Hence, in the vicissltudes of pref
erence and unpopularity in the various
sections of the country, on farms and
off, the average price of a horse on
farms in the United States, all ages
Mountain advocate., 1919-07-04
Thin PEOPLE
SHOULD take
PHOSPHATE
Nothing Like Plain BItro-Phosphats
TO Put on Firm, Healthy Flesh and
to Increase Strength, vieor
and Nerve Force.

Judging from the countless preparations
and treatments which are continually be-
ing advertised for the purpose OF making
thin people fieshy, developing arms, neck
and bust, and replacing ugly hollows and
angles by the soft curved lines OF health
and beauty, there are evidently thousands
OF men and women who keenly feel their
excessive thinness.
Thinness and weakness are often due
to starved nerves. Our bodies need more
phosphate than is contained in modern
foods. Physicians claim there Is nothing
that will supply this deficiency so well aa1
the organic phosphate known among drugs
gists as bltro- phosphate, which is mex
pensive and Is sold by most all druggists
under a guarantee OF satisfaction or money
back. BY feeding the nerves directly and
by supplying the body cells with the nee
essary phosphoric food elements bitro-
phosphate should produce a welcome
transformation in the appearance; the in
crease in weight frequently being aston
ishing.
Increase in weight also carries with IL
a general Improvement in the health.
Nervousness, sleeplessness and lack OF
energy, which nearly always accompany
excessive thinness should disappear. dull
eyes become bright and pale cheeks glow
with the bloom of perfect health.
CAUTION: - Although bitro-phosphate
Is unsurpassed for relieving nervousness,
sleeplessness and general weakness, IL
should not, owing to Its tendency to m
crease weight, be used by anyone who
does not desire to put on flesh.