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The Winslow mail., 1923-07-27
Here,s a New Word-

You can't beat the flapper for COIN
ing new words and expressions. Two
young girls were aboard a Waikiki
'car. One had on new dress, the de-
sign of which might or might not have
been semi-Egyptian. She was explain
ing to her friend that it was the latest
style.
"Quite tootankish, TIL say" her
friend remarked.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-27
BaItimore's Bus Traffic,

More than quarter of million pas
sengers are carried monthly in the
buses of the Baltimore Transit COM
pany, Baltimore, Md. The company op-
crates 40 of these vehicles, which have
an average seating capacity of 1873 and
a total scheduled daily mileage of 2,097
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-27
cuticura soothes itching Scalp.

On retiring gently rub spots of dam
druff and itching with Cuticura Oint-
ment. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. Make
them your everyday toilet preparations
and have clear skin and soft, white
hands.-Advertisem
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-27
Our Conscience.

If conscience smite thee once it is
an admonition; If twice, it is con-
demnation. Repose is as necessary in
conversation as in a picture.-Hazlitt
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-27
A Clever Manaoer.

Mrs. Marks-You never wear mourn.
ng.
Mrs. Muchwed-No. It isn't becom-
ng to me, and for that reason I never
keep a husband long enough to have
him die on my hands.-Boston Eve
ning Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-27
Intelligence and Charity.

The brightest blaze of intelligence is
of incalculably less value than the
smallest spark Of charity.-W, Nevins
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-27
Only One EXPLANATION,

"Madge and Mabel used to be bosom
friends and now they scarcely speak"
whats his name?"
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-27
Tho Ground of Joy.

We can do nothing well without joy,
and a good conscience which is the
ground of joy.-Sibbes.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-27

The key to success has the best pos
sible resemblance to a night key.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-27
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
Sl119ldaySchoel q
' Lesson '
By REV. P. B. FTTZWATER. D. D..
Teacher Of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago.)
Copyright, 1928. Western Newspaper Union
LESSON FOR JULY 2o
MATTHEW, THE PUBLICAN

LESSON TEXT Matthew 9:9-13&
Luke 5:27-32
GOLDEN TEXT came not to call
the righteous but sinners to repent
ance."-Matthew 5:32.
REFERENCE MATERIAI-Mark 2:
1879.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Matthew Invites
Jesus to His Home.
JUNIOR TOPIC-What Jesus Did for
Matthew.
INTERMEDIARY AND SENIOR TOP
4C-Matthew Overcomes a Handicap.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Matthew, Study of Conversion.
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-27

Practically everybody knows
Grape-Nuts as delicious, nourish.
ing breakfast food. And while it is
common knowledge that Grape
Nuts with milk or cream is a COM
blete food, many housewives do not
know of the appetizing and eco
nomical dishes that cen be prepared
with Grape-Nuts.
GraDe.Nnts lends itself, sOe believe,
TO more uses than any other cereal.
Thousands of women are finding
varied uses for Grape-Nuts in their
home cooking; and thousands of
others would be glad to learn that
The Winslow mail., 1923-07-27

Grape.Nuts adds distinctive flavor
and nutritive qualities to a great
variety of dishes.
So the thought back of our offer
of over $7500.00 for Grape-Nuts
Recipes is to bring out the new
ways in which this wonderful food
is adding to the health and pleasure
of people everywhere.
Ask your grocer, or write to
Dept. B, Postum Cereal Co., Inc,
Battle Creek, Mich, for details Of
the offer of over $7500.W for New
Grape-Nuts Recipes, which must
be mailed by August 81, 1923.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-03-23

Street cars put quick transporta-
ton at low cost within reach OF ev-
eryone. Quick communication at a
nominal charge followed with the in
production Of the telephone. Electric
light and gas give universal service
at low expense.
I'm its capacity of market place for
the varied wants and offers of all the
people, the classified section of these
two papers gives as general and vital
a service to the people Of Lowell as
the telephone or the electric plant.
This city without the service of
its classified ads would be as definite
ly crippled as without any of it's other
utilities.
Every day the classified columns
of the Courier-Citizen and Evening
Leader are at your service, with their
countless opportunities for saving
money, making money and increasing
your prosperity and happiness"
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-03-23
OF
ELECTRIC INDUSTRY

Comparisons show the remarkable
development of the electric light and
power industry during the forty years
of its existence, since the opening of
the first central generating station in
the world in New York City on Sep
TENDER 4, 1882:
The first central station served SO
customers. Today the industry has
expanded to 1854 operating compan-
les, serving 14,500 communities, 10,-
375,200 customers of whom S,467,600
take residential lighting service.
The old Pearl Street station in New
York, the first station in the world,
had six generators, with total gen.
Grating capacity of about $50 horse
power. The total generating capac-
ity of all plants at the end Of 1921
was over 100000 horsepower.
The output of the first central sta
ton to it's original So customers was
about 64.2 ki1owatts. The output Of
electrical energy in 1921 was about
10, 100, 100000 kilowatt hours.
From the first central station, cur
.ent was sent along lines for total
ength of 13 miles. Today there are
more that $4,000 miles of high tension
lines.
The first central station had Is en-
,loyees. Now there are 100000 en-
'loyees in the lighting branch of the
Electrical industry alone.
The original capital Of the first CEN
raj station company was s1,OOO,OO0.
low, the Investments of the electrical
Industry is almost $5;000,000,O6O and
IS securities are held by more than
SOC, 900 investors. '
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-03-23
UTILITY RATES BELOW AVERAGE.

Utility rates at all times nave
been maintained at levels distinctly
below the cost of living" says H. W..
.Brundige, president of the Railroad
Commission Of California
while living costs are given to-
day by the United States Bureau Of
Labor Statistics as being Sc 2-3 per
cent above 1913 base" said Mr.. Brun-
dige, electric prices are only 16 and
20 per cent above the pre-war levels.
In the peak Of 1920 living costs
went to PIG from base of q in 1913.
In the same period the average in
crease in electric rates did not ex-
coed 100 to 143 from a base OF 100.
In other words, the cost OF living
went up 122 per cent and is still up
Sc 2-3 per cent. while electric power
Increases ranged from 80 to 43 per
cent at the peak, and at present rates
the country are only 16
o 20 per cent above the normal base
4 100."-Santa Cruz (Cal) Sentinel.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-03-23

trically driven factories in all COM
munities adequate for the utilization
OF all the natural resources of the
section.
He said that at present 51.4 per cent
OF Americas population live in the
city, and this is the source Of most
OF our social and economic troubles.
Strikes, unemployment, intermit-
tent occupation, crime waves and
high prices are all products of city
congestion. The city has almost de-
stroyed the home, but it has brought
other advantages which modern man
will not do without.
And he adds that electricity is now
going to make it possible to carry
these comforts, amusements, occupa-
tions and opportunities out from the
city into the clear air and healthful
spaces of the country and life there
will be no longer difficult or solitary.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-03-23
BY BENJAMIN M. AN.
DERSON JR., PHI. D., ECONOMIST
OF CHASE NATIONAL BANK, N. Y.

"Misled by the false economic phil
osophy that only gold is wealth, and
that a country grows rich by always
selling and never buying, great
many Europeans still hold to the
view that America grew rich as a
consequence of the Great War. 1t Is
not true. We sacrificed luxuries and
even comforts. We frightened our
belts in order to send a great flow
of goods and services to Europe. We
ceased expansion and we neglected
maintenance of our public utilities,
our railroads, our highways, and the
like. We so greatly reduced our
building of houses that an APPALLING
housing shortage appeared in virtu-
ally all growing cities.
Instead Of consuming and enjoy
ing the products Of our labor, we sent
them to Europe and frightened our
belts.
1--WE need Europe as a customer,
but not on such terms as we have
had her as a customer during the
past seven years. We need Europe as
a solvent customer, who sells us
goods, as we'll as buys them from us,
so that through our commerce with
her we may balance our own indus
trial situation, removing the discre
pancy between prices of manufactur
ers, on the one hand, and prices Of
raw materials and farm products, on
the other, and have that steadiness Of
life which only balanced in
dustry can give. We are interested
in Europe also as debtor. A rich
and prosperous Europe would be a
good customer. A rich and prosper
Gus Europe would be good debtor"
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-03-23
VISION OF THE FUTURE
PICTURED BY c. A. COFFIN

1.-THE next big social change, as l
see it, will be Decentralization. Elec-
tricity made the big city. 1t may now
be expected to unmake It,"
This is the vision of the future of
the electrician industry as seen by
Charles A. Coffin, former chairman of
the Board of the General Electric
Company.
Mr.. Coffin explains how the mass
ing Of men in cities where power and
labor we're at hand made CUR great
industrial developments possible. But
the expanding progress of electricity
is now bringing power to all men,
in the village and on the Farms.
This "broadcasting of power" he
said, will gradually make 1t possible
to manufacture our raw materials
close to the source Of production and
obvi0fe the necessity Of transporting
them first to the distant city factory
and then in the manufactured state
back to the markets.
Mr.. Coffin pointed out thxt food can
be eaten more economically out in
the country where It is produced.
Fabrics should be woven where the
cotton, flax, Ind wool are grown.
Coal should be burned and ores con-
verified into articles of commerce close
to the mines. All of this, he said,
will be possible when labor is dis
tributed out through the open coun-
try. Mr.. Coffin believes that this
will come through the extension of ,
gerat super-power electric systems !
and the establishment of small cleo
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-03-23

According to the report of Presi-
dent Charles Wesley Tenny, who if
now in conference with Secretary
John w. Hancher, of the Methodist
Board of Education and Bishop Char
les Wesley Burns at Helena, Montana,
the Board Of Bishops, the Council of
Church Boards and the Committee on
Conservation and Advance are unani-
nous in the recommendation of the
Easter Week Tithing program.
During the period March 25 to 81,
every member and constituent of the
Methodist church is to set aside one
tenth of his weeks income, to be
brought to the church Easter morn
ing and given at that time as a spec
ial offering to the benevolent work Of
the church
Last year this same plan was Ised
by most Of the Methodist churches OF
Eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho
and many who had never practiced
tithing before found that the plan
was so feasible for them that they
have adopted it as one Of their regu-
lar forms Of expression OF their de-
Totion to their Master and the King
lom which he came to establish.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-03-23

turned 1t ten-times-ten and laughted
aloud and said with glee, See what l
do for men," Ma Spark few to a
humble home where housewife slav-
ed. and there performed the hardest
work, that health and strength be
saved. Ma washed and swept and
ironed, turned household work to
play, and said, These things l do
for you'll do 'em every day." Joe
Spark went out along his route, 1T
up public way; Mae Spark illumed
a picture show where everything was
gay. And, when the Sparks all met
again, they had the right to claim,
I'VE serve the world as no one else
Good Service is our name"
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-03-23
ALMOST A PUBLIC UTILITY,

We have heard Of newspapers being
likened to the public utilities as nee
essary agencies in everyday life OF
the nsfiern community, but 1t remain
ed fur Massachusetts newspaper to
make the comparison direct. The
Courier-Citizen and Evening Leader,
OF Lowell, Massachusetts,, advertised
Its service in the following words.
The great service that the Courier
Citizen and Evening Leaders class
flied section gives day in and day out,
to the people Of Lowell places It be-
side the public utilities Of the city.
the street railway, the telephone, .he
electric light and gas plants.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-03-23
ADVERTISING BEST.

Utica, N. Newspaper advertis-
Reagan, commercial manager Of the
Utica Gas and Electric Company told
members Of the Empire State Gas
and Electric association.
advertising plays an increasingly
important part in the commercial ac-
tivfties of public utilities" said Mr..
! Reagan "a greater interest in pub
lie relations work is noticeable in
whatever section Of the country you
care to look for It, Utilities are
slowly coming out OF the dark and
turning the light on themselves
"The newspaper is used by more
advertisers, reaches more people, and
reaches them more often, than any
other advertising medium. They pro-
duce the maximum of result. Many
times the subject matter will be Of
the moment, necessitating publica-
ton the same day or Whereabouts. It |
is logical conclusion, therefore, that |
in the interests Of sustained atten-
ton, quick service and widespread |
clientele, the newspaper can almost
be relied upon as the sole medium
If contact"
Back of Insurance Policies.
"At the end Of 1921, life insurance
lssets amounted to eight and one
bird billions of dollars and the large
,art of these assets are invested in
'ublic utilities" says Haley Fiske,
resident Metropolitan Life Insurance
company.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-03-23
DISABLED VETERANS

!, The disabled war veteran is prov
!, ing to be good farmer, according to
opinions expressed by federal agri
cultural supervisors of vocational
trainees at a conference held in the
Seattle district office of the U. 8. Vet
Grams Bureau for three days, ending
March 18th. Fifteen rehabilitation
supervisors of Washington, Oregon
and Idaho handling veterans prepar-
ing to become independent farmers
attended the conference.
W. Homer, Maris, of Washington,
d. c., regional supervisor of farm
training, announcer that sixty-one
disabled war veterans of this district
have completed their agricultural
training successfully and are now in
dependent farmers. Approximately
L 200 others are training on small land
projects and several hundred more
are learning agriculture through
placement or institutional training.
"a large percentage of disabled ex-
service men of this district who Sc
lected farming as their new vocation
are making good" declared Mr.. Maris
Hundreds of veterans are sacrificing
ordinary comforts and pleasures of
life to get staht on small place of
their own. The government does not
expect to make big ranchers out of
these trainees, but rather Independent
farmers on a small scale. We advise
the veterans to engage in diversified
farming with one speciality such as
poultry raising or dairying There
are approximately 1000 disabled
farm service men in the United States
training in agriculture at the present
time"
Cooperation between agricultural
training supervisors of the Bureau
and farm instructors of Washington, |
Oregon and Idaho State Colleges was
advice is given trainees through these |
college instructors at the Veterans |
land project once a week. H. L. Nc
Coy, head of Rehabilitation work in |
the Pacific Northwest urged that spe-
cial attention be given by the federal |
to outlining of training
programs when the ex-service men
take up their newly selected occu-
pations.
The government allows vocational !
trainees the sum of $4,000 or $4,000
a month with additional compensa-
ton for dependents during the per-
od of training. Trainees in agricul-
ure in most instances use a portion
If this governmental pay for pur-
,hase of land and farm equipment.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-03-23
THE SPARK FAMILY.

A family of Electric Sparks went
flying through the wire, each hand a
bolt of Energy, each heat ablaze with
fire; they whirled about the city with
never sound or show and what this
family did is what we ought to know:
Dad Spark was whirled into a mill
where ponderous wheels went round;
where big machines with steely jaws
made beams with crashing sound; he
put his shoulder to the wheel and
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-03-23
Logical Conclusion.

Il see Congressman Spool has got
the presidential bee in his bonnet and
has tossed 1t into the ring"
yep, but it's the public that will
get stung."
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-02-23
EDENTON HOSIERY MILL
is BOUGHT FOR $4,000
c. O. Robinson of This City, Pur-
chaser, VINO Will Improve and
Operate 1t.

The E,!rnton Hosiery Company has
bcco bonght by &. q. Robinson of This
city for S3OOOO. of which %Iu.OHO is
to be paid in cash and distributed to
fine StockholdcrS. the balance to go
ir.o tho rouidorion of the ndrbtcd-
ness Of the company. for the di>Solu-
tion of which. Edcuton attorneys have
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-02-23

WAY Wednesday,. Representative
Broughtoa Of Wake is prosecuting.
former Judge Wat Nca!c Of Laurin-
burg defending before tn" commits
sioa. 1t is charged that Dr---Mc=
Brayer hes put too MANY of his
family OH the payroll of his m>titu-
rion. bought from and traded with
firms whose profits. if any. he Shar-
cd. has drawn Il salary from the
Federal Government and devoted too
much attention to outside matters
and too little to the patients.
Friends point out the great pro-
gre>> made by the Sani,orium under
McRraycr'< management. assert that
the members of the family hired are
competent AMI work for far less
money than other capable employees
would and declare that DIR. McBraycr
has done nothing for which the Leg
islatnre can hold him amcaabIr.
Tlse printing investigation report
i st6 be- made TOMORROW. Prophecy
wouldn't do any more good than The
Investigation will-and that's none:
80 let IL wait.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-02-23
I<iuckerS Are Hopeful.

The Ku Klux bill which Games over
from the House was reported I'M
fayorablv by a Senate committee to-
dav. The Senate substitute i made
of stcrner stuff than the bill rcquir-
ing the listing of members by the
Kan if il desire To retain It's night
shirts and hoods for parading rur-
poses.
Drawn by Armfic.d of Cabarru~. Il
scrious-mfndrd country Iawyrr and
real estate dealer. the Senatr'> meas
urc provides that appearances OF
ones own premises in tn" >o"t OF
rcgaIia affected by the Kluckcr& shall
he prima facic evidence of violation
&c tho act. which provides 4 mini
Min fine Of 500, Il maNimum OF
5000 with Jail sentences up to two
voars m the discretion Of n" court.
Tic weakest thing about tn" Sub
sri.vfc fS that the Kluckc"> friends
and the political trimmrrS seem to
like it. They probably th'nE that 1t
y. II b, next to impossible 10 got ii
Il ,,;gh the House in the last day o.
tlo session and that thrr"ter" the
se4s.o nwill end without apy l"@INa'
tir1 OF the subject.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-02-23
new TAX HITS
FLIVVERS HARD
Gasoline Tax viii Cost Eiiz-
ahcth City Motorists
$1,000 a Month

The additional tax placed Oh
gasoline Tor pleasure purposes,
At this session of the Lcgisla-
turc, will boost Elizabeth
Citv's gasoline bill $1,000 a
month. or $4,000 a year. Ac-
cord;nG to reliable estimates,
Elizabeth City is now usin" in
its automobiles, 100000 gal
Ions OF gasoline monthly
Some OF this gas is sold out
side Elizabeth City.
\ coed estimate places the amount
of gasoline sold NJ thc filing stations
Of Elizabeth City and Immediate
vi,inity. at 1O0.CG0 gallons month
II the average price of 2% cents per
gallon. ut which this gasoline IS re-
tailed 70 motorists, it sells for q
total Of $23.0GO.
In - months. Elizabeth Cfty'S
gasoline bill is $2TG. 900. or more than
a quarter Of a million dollars. Th'
new tax will boost the price of gas
three cents on the gallon. making M
additional cost of $1,000, and 4 tota
yearly expenditure Of S3l2.0O0.
The above estimates do not include
gasoline sold on the waterfront tc
vessels. or gasoline shipped away
from the city by rail or water. 1t
is stated that the new tax is intend
cd to pay the expenses of road build
ing. and will not be charged against
gasoline used by fishermen who usc
il for motorboats engaged in fishing
Elizabeth City motorists however
are not worrying about the increased
tax. because the tax means more
good roads to travel on. Improved
roads will save the mOtOrist many
timos over. the increase in tax. not
only in length Of time required 10 get
from place to place. but in the saving
of gas. because Il car will then travel
farther on less gas. On TIE Camden
ferry road for instance, a Cadillac will
20 on a quart of oil whore Ford
couldn't have soae. en- a gallons-last
spring.
There are some 1000 automobiles
in Pa>quotArk County. according to
Leon Holmes. chief of polio" Of EIiz-
abcth City. The avcraS" con~ump-
,ion Of gas rcr car is about one bar
rel per month according to this esti-
mate.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-02-23
NEAR EAST RELIEF DRIVE
PROMISES TO GO OVER TOP

The Near East Relief drive IN PaS-
motank County promises to 90 far
over the top this time. according TO
Mrs. Anne Lewis. County Chairman
More than 50 300 had been subscribed
early in the week. and it is believed
that the total subscriptions will 20
we'll above 81 100 by the end OF the
week. when full reports will come III
from schools and churches in the out
living districts of the county.
Pasquotank'S quota was originally
$3.50. but the TcSpon>c way 50
liberal that it WAS considered adTlS-
able to carry the drive on Tor Il
larger amount.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-02-23
NOTICE TO
TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS

The spring and summer edition
of the Norfolk & Carolina Teie-
; phone & Telegraph Co. Will be
published on or about March To-
. 1928. If you want your name
and telephone number listed IN
: BOLD BLACK TYPE in TINS
directory remit one dollar al
: once either TO the Telephone
Company or to The Independent
. Do not wait to be solicited IT yeu
. wish to take the opportunity OF
, having your name and business
. stand out big in book that hah9S
: or the telephone hooks OF more
. than 1000 people for six moiifnS
, in The year.