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PRICES OF FOOD DROP. an sa Retail Trade Slower Reaching Lower Levels than Wholesale Dealers. pi wl 19 Wholesale food prices during the ga past year have declined .much morejgj rapidly than retail. This is shown j by figures complied by the bureau of wj labor statistics of the Department of j Labor. I gr Wholesale food prices dropped 47 j (j0 per cent, in 12 months. Prices paid ;wj to farmers dropped 53 per cent during j qc the same period. But the prices Mrs. wj Housewife paid at the grocery store! declined but 28 per cent. Food which at the outbreak of the European war would have cost her $1, during April | would have cost her $1.52. A year! ago it would have cost her $2.11. , tn In the wholesale markets, however, j mi food products which in 1913 would th< have cost $1, in April would have'an cost but $1.41, and a year ago $2.79. ly Farm products show even a morejwc striking decline, and more nearly ap-1 his proach pre-war levels than any other; th( group of commodities. Products for an -* 1 ^ : i ?i 1Q15 *'mcn me xaimei retencu m during April brought him $1.15; a: year ago they would have sold for th< $2.46. coi In computing its statistics on retail it food prices, the bureau of labor statis- ty tics obtains prices on 43 principal ar- th< tides in 61 tities. The average price wl of each is figured. These average ' prices are then "weighed" according wi to the quanity of each article consum- as ed in the average workingman's fami- tel ly. a 1 The price of food and farm pro- a ducts at wholesale are based on quota- rei tions in representative markets of the to country. They also are weighed in cei making computations, due alowances trj being made for the relative import- cx ance of the different commodities. mc Individual commodities illustrate the ch; discrepancy between wholesale and re- ' tail prices. re< Cattle which in 1913 would have en brought $1 on the market, during do March would have brought $1.12 1-2. gii But sirlion steak, at retail, which in be 1913 would have cost $1.54; the March wi figures for round steak, on the same tei basis, was $1.57. in Hogs, still figuring the value in wl 1913 as $1, in March would have sold to for $1,25 1-2 on the market. Pork sa; chops, also on a 1913 basis .would ori have cost the housewife $1.68. fie The relative price of bacon at wholesale and retail, figuring on the 1913 kn basis, was $1.21 and $1.55, the latter mi figure be: ;g retail. Hams on the tr; same basi sold at wholesale for $1.61, ly CVl IXFT .'i IT fTTT ITfTIT IT M\ ?111 J KKt | Where Y She i I We wa 1 shai I i i ? I i^_ id at retail for $1.81; lard at whole le $1.11 and at retail $1.24. Butter and eggs in their retai ices more nearly have reflected th? lolesale decline. Eggs which ii 13 would have sold for $1 at whole le, in March would have sold foi .20 at wholesale, and at $1.21 retail itter, on the same basis, was $1.48': lolesale and $1.50 retail. The difference in milk is mucl eater. Its retail figure on the 191,' liar basis was $1.71, while th< lolesale figure had declined to $1.49 >rn meal was at retail $1.60. and ai lolesale $1.04. o ie Future of The Country Weekly. What is to be the future of the counr weekly? This rests with the cominity and with the publisher. H ? community recognizes the value d possibilities of the country weekand is willing to pay what it is nth, and if the publisher realize.5 i responsibility to his community ;n its future is bright, it will have important part in building up z tisfying and wholesome rural life First of all, the country weekly of i future will be recognized as z rcmunity institution. This means will be prosperous. The copjmuniwill realize that it is unwise foi i community to have a newspapei lich is not prosperous, rhe country newspaper of the future 11 not be sold as a newspaper, bul a community sen-ice, just as th( ephone is service. No one thinkf telephone rental of from $12 to $3( year is high, yet in the service il iders the paper is quite comparabh the 'jmone; and the telephone repts can't be used to put on the panr shelves the way the old newspapei n. A country newspaper is wortl >re than the $1.50 or $2.00 usuallj arged. The publisher, of course will be s mgnized community. He will hav< -f mm flio fTl V311 laiici^abcu xinaovii xivm vmv m of detail. He will have capabh rls who can do this sort of wort tter than he can do it himself. H< 11 never find that he is unable to at id the meeting of the committee.' charge of the community house, oi lich he is chairman, because he ha: fix a balky linotype. It goes withoul ying that he will have a neat, wel ganized, and systematized front of e. The people of the community wil ow, also, that they have a part ii ikhig it a good paper. As one coun <? editor put it, the country week is "not the sole product of its edi !4.:4:4.;4.:4:4:4:4.3^3 Red on Ma ou Will Find I >es, R< nt your of the su 9, - tor. It is the product of its friends, readers, and advertisers." No country 1 publisher could ever afford to hire ; enough reporters to cover his territo1 ry as intensively as it should be cov ered. And it is well he cannot. It is r better for the community to feel its . responsibility with the editor in mak ing a representative newspaper.?M. V. Atwood, College of Agriculture, 1 Cornell University, Ithica, N. Y. } o ' Rub-My-Tism kills pain. o t For Mayor Friends of Mr. W. R. Scott announce him as their candidate for mayor in the coming municipal election. o The County Record is the only newspaper published in Williamsburg County. 666 cures Chills and Fever. I til "is! ' Indi S > H Many persons, othe/wlas ts - H rigorous and healthy, are H ' Q bothered occasionally with Q ' g Indigestion. The effects of a g m disordered stomach on the i S system are dangerous, and "j t B prompt treatment of imliges- B ; Q tlon Is'importajt "The only g . n medicine I bars needed has m v J" been something to aid diges- 2S tlon and clean the llrer," H t m writes Mr. Fred hshby, a n ; 5 McKlnney, Texas, fanner. " . B "My medicine is 52 : 5 Bedford's 5 . BUCK-DRAUGHT * Efor Indigestion and stomach H trouble of any kind. I hare never found anything that H touches the spot, like Black- W Draught. I take it in broken R doses after meals. For a ltffig D ^ time I tried pills, vrhich grip- Fg 5 VI aB(* dldn 1 ^ve SOOd pa f results. Black-Drahght liver H ; Q medicine is easy to take, easy Q t to keep, inexpensive." r;1 R Get a package from your J! - 5 druggist today?Ask for and D insist upon Thedford's?the fl 1 D only genuine. i D Get it today. Q ? ESKI gg4 - * ; BBBESi^gEBBBB COME T I Froi tin Street, IS ivery Day in the1 Dry 3ady-t< trade; we t 1 ' mercnancii ich unhear They wlier trade a cigarette ^ liKMhis in my dayL ^ The Camel idea wasn't born then. If was the exclusive expert Camel blend that revolutionized cigarette smoking. fThat Camel blend of choice Turkish and Domestic tobaccos hits just the right spot It gives Camels such ^ mellow mildness and fragrance! V1 The first time I smoked Camels I knew they were made for me. I knew they were the smoothest, finest cigarette in the world, at any price. Nobody can tell me anything different* j | ft. J. REYNOLDS Tobacco Co. KB ^B Winston-Salem, N. C. Hft| MM D| H v^dllld ? ; *f| Jow is the time to subscribe to The Record! PH u3 'v 0 THE ^ | nt Store yt* j ear the Railroad JL $ Week the Best and Biggest Bargains in 1 I * 1 Goods and 1 ri~] Wear! I v Cm -wry> 4- rrrvrI fiTV rro f TTA11 I4 Fh WilllL yuu iu yuui tg ise we are offering at g d of prices! 1 # j3 "W pb $ w ' < ? * " * . :