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I PER MORTALITY. Process is Driving f to the Wall, margin of profit which newspaper business being costs and selling m wiped out in a very of cases by the steady h of contract prices for ny publications are now e streets for nearly the nk paper on which they his rising has caught many publishers who ig enough either to by raising their prices Belves afloat on the lore profitable years in ude of this flood tide and the number of its victims is indicated by the decline in registration of second class publications with the Post Office department: Decrease from previous fiscal year: 1919 1,158 1918 1.183 1917 . 91 These, of course, are not figures; that is. they .do not measure the number of publications which went out of business, without offsetting it with the new publications registering for the first time. 'The full measure of discontinuation of established publications is contained in the figures of Messrs. Ayer ft Son of Philadelphia. Their compilations Bhow the following suspensions, not listed and net losses for the three years: 1919 1918 1917 Publications suspended 1,689 1,964 1,659 ^ Envelopes I Use envelopes to ma I stationery. I We can supply you I printed on Hammenr envelopes to match i colors or white. mi V Remember we are lett V V will find the quality o f paper we give you ver wmw Iatw TWJT lun. Let Us Show You so I I H3 AA per cent ^ 0 v reductioi S3 E3 Gold Rings E3 Cuff Button E3 Scarf Pins E3 Brooches La Valliers ^PP[j Baby Pins SB s Neck Chain W *pv-1*rices are 1( they will e^ H again on this c IS chandise. SI %-SHSHS-SHS-S k New publications listed 1,043 778 1,041 Net loss 646 1,176 6H Only a few of the largest metro politan dailies have their own pape mills; only the largest publications? relatively few in number?contrac direct with producing companies fo their supplies at the published con tract prices. The great number of publication get their newsprint through Jobber and middlemen, and some of then do not even have contracts. Thesi are the consumers whose need drive them to payiny "spot" prices for news print ?sometimes as high as 15 ant 18 cents a pound. A few years ag< newsprint sold under 2 cents a pound The passing of the country news paper would mean the loss of a uni que American molder of public opin ion, as well as the loss of one of th< things which helps the worker on thi soil. When country newspaprs go ou of business, the exodus from th? farm it is feared, will reach even lar ger proportions.?Boston News Bu reau. o , LIGHTNING CALCULATION. The following "short cut" in addi tion is much used by expert account ants and auditors, also by bank an< Insurance clerks. Tfce following ex ample practically explains itself: 6,487.35 3,514.62 3,398.27 7,143.65 8,343.79 1,085.64 2,007.39 4,586.72 ) 5.888.27 i to Natch tch the. color of your with fine letterheads tiU Bond and furnish in any of the twelve ~ erhead specialists. You ,< ' f our printing and the . # y high and our prices What We Can Do m m m m rm m m 5BAC1 Making it posi -? it. C 7D or ine GUARANTEl are marked in lations. Noth sent an approi 2 IS I IS )wer than tzr prevail lass of merlop early. ?st ????B" 9,847.23 3 51,302.93 t 5 53 t h 44 i r 58 t 54 i t 37 v t r 47 i i ns I p * I Bra nn MB nm - ?? ! I C G< Cc * Imhhbhmh -S-SH5HS-5H1HS-B Now fir 1 V T f s ible tor you to / A CHER QUALi Z at prices to sui plain fig, y ing will be chart mi Sper cent reduction China Ivory Electroliers Pitf Place VUl VflUUL/ Mahogany Goods Serving Trays Leather goods Sulzbc Jew ablished 1884 l in error, only the column then beng added would be affected, and the nistake could be corrected in a frac.ion of time.?The Preebytertan. o The boys of the country are rushing Into the army in unprecedented lumbers. During October more than L7,000 enlisted, most of them for three-year periods. 61,302.93 8 Instead of "carrying" from one * lolumn to another, set down the sum 1 >f each column by itself, as shown t ibore. The sum of these smaller imounts will be the total of the vhole. The recommendation of this I nethod, where one has to work rap- i dly, is that if the figurer's attention : s distracted in any way, thus causing I for a limi IfyyilaBI BBSKft with the pui ? *0? COSTS Ni \ I o to your Path< i rmichael-Mooc Dillon, 11 'I ' J IT? >mg un mrchase your ( !TY with the i t your pocket I ou can make yt gecl, engraved, OA Perc ?1/ redui Sterling Silver P Silver N Clocks Watches Pearls Umbrells ichers relers Florence, ! ???[S?5!?IS???StS J latest up-t | RECOF (your own seta ited time 1 rchase of a 0 MORE THAN THE ORDINAR 3N0GRAPF (except small table models) b dealer?quicl _ iy Furniture C , S. C. B?51?51 51 51 5H5 to Christmas WLZBACHEh took. All goodi jur own calcuexchanged 01 :ent ctlon Silver late ovelties is This is < portunity and artis 3. C greatly i jHSH?-?- ?-S~B?ffl I NOTICE. The Improvement Club will meet Friday afternoon at 3:80 o'clock to - 4 one of the class rooms of th? school building. All patrons of the school I are urged to come to this meeting as , subjects pertaining to the school will be discussed which should be of Tl- 1 tal interest to all. Mrs. C. R. 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