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.i .v - . ' i i ill - - k. m Mm m mrm . k utid -m i - ,l ' - -r-. Tl 5. 11 V m m 4-, Hi T i- 4 K j r t ; i f: Hi Us : s:;l Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention Store Hours 3 A. M. to 5 P. M. ( Showing the Very New Millinery That is Correct for Immediate Wear ERE we touch upon a subject that is of immediate inter est to scores, ves to hundreds of women who make it a r,i voWtino- their Millinerv at this Store-because the time has'come when a woman simply must secure a new Fall It is an Announcement tomorrow we will present a wonderful showing of Millinery Modes that are appropriate to wear right now, Hats that are correct. inter pretations of the latest Fashions. The many lovely modes will present bewitching colors rich fabrics and materials and trimmings that vary from gay plumage to twinkling metallic decorations are some of the features of these Hats. Some of them have large sweeping brims, others are snug-fitting turbans a really . I wonderful variety of shapes, including styles' that are embellished with very fascinating veils. Another advantage of choosing from this exhibit is that there are no tvo alike no such thing as someone else securing a duplicate of the one you select and think of the advantage of being among the first to inspect this showing. Surely it will be worth Avhile to shop early m the day. Prices Range from $10 to. $25. ; '" Plume Street Second Floor One of the Prettiest Sights in Town is Our Display of New Silks and Woolens j ; i A LL the wanted sta ple sorts as well as the me west no- M velties rendered this dis- ply of the Autumn Silks and Woolens as complete as any woman could -de sire Many a weave and design that is not to be seen else whereand whatever you select is certain to be at the smallest possible cost. When you have your new fall clothes ready-to-wear depends upon how soon you purchase the materials really, they should be bought tomorrow. WOOL PLAID SKIRTINGS ."4 inches wide, in black, white and colors. Very pop ular for early fall wear. Priced at $5, $6 and $6.50 a yard. ALL WOOL rtAVY SERGE 54 inches wide; finely wov en. A heavy weight serge, very popular for suits and dresses. Priced at $4.50 and $5 a yd. ALL WOOL FRENCH SERGE 40 inches wide. Shown in gai-net. wine, Copenhagen, grey, tan, navy and; light and dark brown; also black and t-reain. Suitable for one piefe drosM-s. Priced at $2.50 a yard. ALL WOOL POIRET TWILL ;"4 inches wide. A beauti ful fabric in a pleasing weave. Shown in navy, and black. Priced at $6 a yard. SILK DPVETYX 10 inches wide; extra fine quality. Shown in navy, French blue, canton brown and seal' brown. P: ; ed at " $10 a yard. IJLACK COSTUME VELVET 35 inches wide and is an extra fine quality. A very be.autiful material for fall wear. Priced at $5 a yard. ALL-SILK SATIN CIIAIt MEUSE 40 inches wide. Shown in black and colors. Very popular for fall wear. Price,! at $3.98 a yard. SILK T It I CO I -ETTE 30 in ches wide. Shown in black and colors. Vc'T popular for dresses and blouses. Priced at $2.93 a yard. PEAT'-DE-SOIE :sfi inches wide. Plack. Extra heavy n:ality. iood value. All silk. IVi v.! -. t S3 a yard. AM.-:-'!;,Iy P.LACK MOIRE inches wide and a very fine quality. Pri-cd at $3.50 a yard. P!ime Street First Floor WOOL TRK OTINE SUITING 54 inches wide; all wool. Shown in black and colors. Extra fine quality. Priced at $6.50 a yard. ALL WOOL NAVY FRENCH SERGE 40 inches wide. Durable cloth, strongly wo ven. Fine for . children's dresses. Priced $2.50 ayard. ALT. WOOL NAVY FRENCH SERGE 5 inches wide. P?xtra fine quality material, strongly woven, in a good weight. A very stylish ma terial for dresses and skirts. A good value. Priced at $3.50 a yard. ALL WOOL TWEED SUIT INGS 54 inches wide, ' In silvertone effects; shown in oxford, pekin, reindeer and tan. Priced at $4.50 a yard. CHIFFON DRESS VELVETS 42 inches wide; all silk. Shown in taupe, dark brown, seal brown, Copenhagen, plum and black. Priced at $8 and $9 a yard. HOLLOW CUT CORDUROYS 32 inches wide. Shown in a complete line of the most wanted shades. A very lec onomical dress material. Priced at $1.50 a yard. ALL-SILK SATIN MESSA , LINE 36 inches wide. Shown in colors and black A very good value at the price. Priced at $2 and $2.29 a yd. LINING SATINS 3G inches wide. Shown in plain and fancy designs. A very good value. A very low price. Priced at $2 a yard. ALL-SILK GROS GRAIN 3(5 inches wide. Very pop ular for trimming purposes. 1 Slack. . Priced at $3 a yard. ALL-SILK CREPE METEOR black. Priced according to widths. 3(5-inrh widths at $3 a yard. 40-inch widths at $4 and $4 50 a yard. Wash Fabrics For Autumn In the following list we-' have mentioned the most wanted sorts of Wash Fabrics both white and colored and they are of fered to you at the low est possible prices, quali ty considered. ROMPER CLOTH 32 inches wide. You will not find any thing better for the school children. Will stand the hard knocks given it by growing boys and girls. Pric es 59c and 69c a yard. GINGHAMS in widths of 27 to 40 inches. A wide varie ty of checks, plaids and plain weaves and colors. A quali ty to suit every requirement. Priced from 39c to $1.25 a yard. PERCALES 3(5 inches wide in light and dark colors. Many attractive patterns. Fine for shirts, etc. Three grades. Priced at 39c, 50c and 59c a yard. COTTON PLAID SUITINGS In colors, 36 inches wide. A good imitation of the bet ter wool fabrics. Price only $1 a yard. FLANNELETTES A number of dark patterns, 27 inches wide. A fine quality mater ial with a soft finish. Ideal for kimonas and lounging robes. Priced at 39c a yard. OUTING FLANNEL in pink and light brown, 27 inches wide. Extra fine quality. Price only 39c a yard. WHITE VOILES full 40 in ches .wide. A fine quality and an extra good value. Priced at 39c a yard. TYRON SUITINGS medium weight, wliite linen finish suitings, full 39 inches wide. Suitable for nurses' uniforms and children's wear. Priced at 39c a yard. WHITE ORGANDIES full 4o inches wide. Beautifully woven with a sheer crisp fin ish. Priced from 59c to 1 $1.50 a yard. PA.TAMA CHECKS, 36 inches' wide. Formerly sold at a much higher price, bfat is now reduced for quick sale. Comes in length from 2 to 10 yards. This' is one of the best values we have shown in some time. Priced at 29c a yard. SKIRT MATERIALS 1 splendid assortment of fine mercerized finished mater ials. 36 inches wide. "White. Reduced to 69c a vard. A Digest of Everything Worth Knowing About Old North State Folks and Things As the result of injuries which he shs tained when he fell from the roof of the Franklinton hosiery mills, now in course of construction, Grady Conyers, 29 years old, of that city died lastweek. With the biggest enrollment ever re corded in the" history of the institution, Atlantic Christian College, located at Wilson, opened its doors Tuesday morn ing, Sept. 7th. V - As the result of overcrowded condi tions at certain of the Charlotte schools, classes are now being held in several of the churches of that city, which were offered to them without cost. Believed to have imbibed whiskey con taining wood alcohol, Jose Jiminez, a Cuban, was found unconscious on the outskirts of Fayetteville the other night, and died a few hours later at a local hospital. . Replying to various inquiries. Attor ney General Manning this week render ed a decision to the effect that a voter cannot be registered in any election un less he or she present himself or her self to the registrar in person in order to be legally enrolled. The will of the late E. Carl Duncan, prominent politician and business man of North Carolina, was probated at Ra leigh last week, and showed holdings of real and personal property to the amount of $45,000. William B. Duncan, sen of the deceased, was named as sole execu tor. Overcome by gas while working at the bottom of a deep well, R. T. Hower ton,' Jr., of East Durham died a few min utes after being brought to the sur face. Howerton had been employed to deepen the well, and it is believed that his death was caused by the fumes arising from a charge of dynamite which he had fired in the well. He was 29 years old. A special train for Confederate vete raus attending the reunion at Houston, Texas October 5th to ' 7th, will be rur. by General Julian S. Carr, commandin the Army of Northern Virginia. It will leave Raleigh Sunday afternoon, Octo ber 3rd, at 4:15 P. M., passing thru Durham, Greensboro, Salisbury, Char lotte. Atlanta and New Orleans, arriving at Houston at P. M. on the following day. Attacked by an unknown negro at about noon last Friday, Mrs. A. R. John son of Guilford county passed through a harrowing experience. She 'was or dered by the negro at the point of r pistol to dismount from the load of truck which she was carrying tto Greensboro and to obey his commands, or she would be killed. As she alighted to the ground a truck appeared over a neighboring hill, and the darkey took to his heels. A Government-owned boat line between New Hern and Baltimore consisting of a number of barges for the hauling of freight exclusively, will probably, begin operations within the next 30 days, ac cording to recent dispatches from New Bern. Franklin C. Morris, traffic manager of the Inland & Coastwise Trausporta Tion department of the War Depart ment, has been to the North Carolina city to look over the situation and select suitable terminals. In a determined effort ""to raise the price of tobacco, farmers of a number of counties in piedmont North Carolina in mass meeting at Greensboro sev eral days ago passed resolutions rec ommending that the opening of the Guilford tobacco market be postponed to October 15th, that only half their crops be marketed before January 1st, and that a (50 per cent reduction in tobac co acreage be "adopted for the .. 1921 crop. After a controversy lasting four years, during which his enemies have vainly tried to oust him from the position. Col. Dave Milton a few days ago resigned his post as superintendent of the Soldiers' Home at Raleigh. Pressing personal business is the reason given by Col. Mil ton in his request to be relieved of the charge of the home, but behind this is a series of bitter wraneles anion? the members of the board of directors of the ' institution, with a minority of the board always after the colonel's official scalp. The garbling of a single word in a telegram is the basis of a suit for $2,500 damages which J. W. Wilson of Morganton has brought against the Pos tal Telegraph and Cable company in Ra leigh. According to Wilson, he went to Raleigh several months ago to have an operation performed on his mouth, and while there a relative wired him, "I - am worried about your mouth." When Wil son received the message, it read, "I am worried about your mother," and fear ing that she was seriously ill, Wilson im mediately returned to Morganton. The second youngest bank cashier in North Carolina is R. A. Morrow, ' Jr., who was elected to that position in the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Mon roe a few days ago, just, two weeks af ter his 21st birthday. The bank of which he is cashier has a capital stock of $60,000 and total resources of nearly a million dollars. The youngest cashier in the State is declared to be Carl T. Hicks, cashier of the Farmers and Mer chants Bank of Walstonburg, who was elected to that position last May, and who will not be 21 until next Novem ber. The county tax levies for school pur poses cannot be ' restricted under the ten per cent promise of the 1919 Tax" Revaluation act, is the substance of a recent decision of James S. Manning, attorney general of the State. Five coun ties of North Carolina had applied to superintendent E. C. Brooks after the had found that the year's school bud get could not be covered by the amount levied last year, plus the ten per cent increase. Dr; Brooks ha insists? fi.nt the General Assembly could not limit the I I necessary income of schools when the constitution requires that they be oper- ,' eppeEiiJiiieiiinni er ---goodl etoraes There'll he no misunderstanding about your next suit purchased if you'll remember that KUPPENHEIMER g0od clothes are the unquestioned standard of value. remember that this is the store where you can get them. -remember that they are a set-rice we are proud to offer you. They are a 14 karat investment in satisfac tion and economy, also good appearance. our window Other makes $35.00 to $50.00 $50 to $7n Savoy Custom Made SHIRTS For Men FLORSHEJM SHOES FOR MEN SHOES FOR CHILDREN PATRICIAN SHOES FOR LADIES Neckwear Fancy and Solid Colors $1.25 to $4.50 Hose Fancy and Solid Colors 50c to $2.50 Trunks and Bags All Leather $20 to $65.00 Hats The very best $5 to $10 QTfee Spencer Co THE QUACITY SHOP HINTON BLOCK OPPOSITE Y. M. C. A. Caps Latest styles $1.50 to $3.50 tl -Alleging mental incompetency, and tin due influence on the part of interested persons, 90-odd relatives of the late Miss Maggie Ross, who recently died in Union county, are taking .court action to break the will of the deceased, b;. which she left her estate, valued at $200,000, to two negroes. The Ross family, which consisted of a brother an" two sisters, began life in poverty, and the rise to affluence was made at tl: cost of denial and sacrifice. Xoue ever married, and there are no direct rela tives, those attempting to set aside the will being second, third and fourth cou sins. Governor Bickett is a distant re lative of the Itoss family, but he is tak ing no part in the annulment proceed ings. . ' Registration books in the 1.564 vot ing precincts of North Carolina will open for the enrollment of voters in the coming State and National elections on September 30th, and will close on Oc tober 20th. three weeks later, according to announcement recently made by the State Board of Elections. " It is esti mated that 100,000 new voters will reg ister this year, counting the women and the normal increase in the past four years. It is urged that local registra tion officials purchase the registration books from the State, at 75 cents each, instead of through private concerns, in order that excessive charges may be avoided. (Other State News on Page 10.) 3 ' . Zk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BUY STOVES!'. When and where you have a stock to select from. We have on our show room floor a full line of Coal, Wood and Oil Stoves, both cook and heating. We invite you to call to see us. Our service is yours. We know that we can please you. D. M. Jones Co. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. .1 illllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllW lAlkrama Theatre I Continuous Show 3:30 to 10:30 Program For Week Beginning September 20th MONDAY MARY MILES MINTER in "JENNY BE GOOD" Snub Pollard in "Cut the Cards" Fox News Live Topics of the Day TUESDAY WILLIAM FAVERSHAM in "MAN WHO LOST HIMSELF" g Fox Sunshine Comedy "Lightweight Lover S WEDNESDAY MAE ALLISON in "FAIR AND WARMER JACK DEMPSEY in "DAREDEVIL JACK" Episode No. 12 "The Unseen Menace" Mutt and Jeff in "The Beautiful Model" THURSDAY NAZIMOVA in "THE HEART OF A CHILD" Mack Sennett Comedy "Among Those Present" ERIDAY WANDA HAWLEY in "MISS HOBBS" JEAN PAGE and JOE RYAN in "HIDDEN DANGERS" Episode No. 7 "Hindoo Hate" SATURDAY TAYLOR HOLMES in "NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH" JAUNITA HANSEN in "THE LOST CITY" Episode No. 12 "The Jungle Fire" New Prices: 3:30 P. M. to 6:00 P. ML 15c and 20c 6:00 P. M. to 10:30 P. M. 15c and 25c t t "i-: L til atel six. months. ll!lilll!l!!!!!!!!!liillil!llll!ililH 5