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New Dress Goods New Silks Jnaugural Sale of High Grade Fabrics Everything Named Below is at a Special.Price J Wc* started a Special Sale of Dress Goods and Silks last Avcck Without waiting for lhe cntirc complction of the new building. ll was sticcessfti'l, despite tlie fact that wc were a fittle crowded, incidenl to our'prepar(iig to rnbvc. ' - To-morrow ihbrnirjg thc sale starts in a fresh under cntirely dif? ferent surroundings. New Goods, a New Store, Abundanceof Room?everything, in fact, up to date. All the desirablc weay'cs both in Silks and Dress Goods' will bc found here, both in staplcs and novelty effects. We contracted for these goods long ago?months.before the re? cent advance in prices. You'll find tlie savings in prices to be no small matter. Look at the display in thc new wihdows on Broad Street. New Black Dress Goods Light Aveight. sheer materials noAV, and never Avere avc better pi ^JSc : yd. \ have the call in black goods just eparcd for the demand. Shadow Check Bali Painunn Voiles . . JMohnlr Sicllinns . Mohair HrilUnntinr 3'minmn Suitinpy, Cordurn Suiting .. . Chiffon Bntlsto ... "Wool Pojilln . , French Sdrgo.? ???.) yd \85c Wool TnfTetn . . . . , Froiieh flntiste *. . , , Mohnir Tnmisc . .*. Mohnir Rrillinntlne Mohnir Slcillnn Tvvine Voiles Chlfl'mi Voiles Prench Voiles .... Plnid Voile Mnons . Rtriped A'oile Ninons.yj*J " Ptnirl Novelty Voiles, $2.50 ynrd Enibrotdered Novelty, $3 ynrd. .$2** Plnid Voiles. Shndow Check. Voiles Grenhdipe Voiles Plnid Marnuisettes Plain MnrquisettPs Strlped Mnrqnisottcs $l50 s.f T"! s .... yd les ...J . Colored Dress Goods Note the Prices iGerman Noveltles, in stripes, ehecks and mlxtures. Imported Plalds in the now llght color effects. . New Serge Suitings, cream grouuds, in line ehecks and stripes.j Embroidered Voiles, in tan, champagne, gray artcl.brown. Marquisette Voiles, in navy. brown, tan and gray.. a^rench Voiles. in tan, champagne, gray, browns nnd blues. Chiffon Pariamas in thc most Avanted shades. Kdvelty Mohairs, in plalds and ehecks. The price is $1 yard The value is $1.50 Chift'on Voiles . Caro de Soio ., Crepe de Parls Voile Ninons ., U'issue Suitings 77ic once is 69c yd Thc values from $1 to $1.50 Cream Voiles, 30c ynrd. All wool, 3 6 inches wide. Checkcd Suitings, 50c yard. In th6 most fashiouable colors. Plnid Batiste, 30c yard. 30 inches wide; a regular 48c vaiue. Novelty Skirtings, 48c ynrd. 45 inches wide, in ehecks, plaids and stripes. Cream Pannmn, 50c yard. 38 inches wide; ? all ? pure Avorsted. Crepe de Pnris, 50c yard. In black, cream and colors; all pure wool; a regular 75c value. $1 Skirt ing, ?0c .yard. 54 inches wide, excellent qual? ity, in the popular llght gray. QilbQ Special KJlLtX.O Bargains 59c yd Every yard of these weaves would be a good A^aKie at 75c, We'rc making you a special offer for this sale. Strlped Louisine Jac-I -Crepe de Chines. . .?Tjuards. ,r . .. ., , . , 14 Yard wide Natural Striped Louisines. j Habu'tai. j Striped Taffetas. Black Waferproof \\ Checked Taffetas. -Habutai. Roman Striped Taffe-i Black Peau de Soie. i>tas. Black Louisine. Black Messaline. Black Taffetas. Colored Liberty Sat ius. And the best Colored Taffeta ever sold for 50c a'yard; in sixty dif? ferent shades.' j-Printed Pongees, 50c yard. 'Novelty Taffetas, $1 yard. Navy, brown, champagne and|?. , , ,, _? ', biactotsroupds. with different Slm,,8hal Von^ei 80? y?ri-' size/dofcs.- '-'.' , 23 inches Avide, iu fashiouable japanese Silks; 50c yard. cream. 27 inches wide, in twenty dif- Silk-Warp Crepe dc Chines, 20c yd. In both street , and evening slia'des. Cream Japanese Silks, 25c and 30c ynrd. ?' - ; Black IVaterproof Habutnj, 50c ynrd.; Cordcd AVash Silks, 30c yard. Showerproof Pqngec, 50c ynrd. i ln Avhite, black and colors. ferent shades. -Black Peau de Soie, 40c yard 1 9 inches wide. Black Swlss Habutai, 75c ynrd. Sh Wh Z Linen Lawn, 25c and 33c yd These Prices Are Special-the Next Lot Will Sell for 39c and SOc yard The difference between our present prices, 25c and 33c yard, and what the next lot we order will cost you repre eents the advance in price at the mills on pure Linen Lawns. Our iriiport ordors were placed a ycar 'ago at lhe. old prices EJpZido?nW" Pillow Slips, SOc Art Needlework Department. _ Something new in Pillow Tops and Backs?istamped in beautiful 'designs pertaining to the exposition; ,Your friends will ap'preciatc them as soiivenirs. Some of the slips are already Avbrked and ready to slip the pil lows in, 50c. SiAmped niatertais for the-'maklng of j Shirtwaist patterns of Perslan Corset Covers, Nlglugowns, Chemlae, ,??,? ',.. , Petticoats and Drawcrs, nll of Eiigllsh i lawn* WP^ design and cotton, $1. Nainsook ;:nri rnatehecl Kanncnta. 1 _??_i.w_'. , , ,, Flnlshed samples of these garments 60c to 5.2.25 i*. pattern, und cutton to work whh Inuludtd. ; can be seen iu the depnrtment. Moving Into Our New Store The first_ and third floors of the New Building are now in complete readiness for business, The first floor space contains the Woolen Dress Goods in black and colors, Silks, Laces, Trimmings and Buttons. It is fair to say that no store in the country is better arranged for the display of these fabrics than our main floor in ihe New Building. Plenty of room, plenty of natural light, up-to-date fixtures, experienced help and the best assortmenis of merchandise that the market affords. Linens have moved to the Broad Street side of the older building, formerly occu pied by Silks and Dress Goods. Linings are near the Sixth Street door. White Goods are now on the north side of the Sixth Street building in the space formerly occupied by Linings and d.portion of the Dress Goods stock. The thiiyl floor of the New Building is occupied by the best arranged and most complete Carpet Store in the Sotith. Carpets and Rugs in this house now have more floor space at their disposal than in any store of similar size in the country. The second floor and basement departments will moVe into their new quarters just as rapidly as possible. The contractors, like ourselves, are anxious to hurry things along, biit this store is to be a credit to Richmond, and to make it what we want it? fVie finest in the South?takes a little time and care in attention to detail. Sheer White French Lawn, 15c yard Forty-fivc inches wide and one of the kind that sells. as a; rule, at 25c yard. French Lawnis -have advanced in price, and this fabric Avill go up to 25c after the present lot is sold. We bought.it many months ago. 40-inch White Lawns, Wc, 12 l-2c, 15c yd Fortunate we are that our Judgment -was cor rect -when we bought largely of plain White Lawns a year ago. We can't get the same values to-day from the job? bers as low as our present retail prices. St. Gall Batiste, New Printings 12 l-2c. yd Black, blue and red large coin dots and large single aud double rings printed on Avhite. Fine sheer fabrics. 30 inches Avide, at ia i-2c yar.d. Beautiful goods for Avaists or dresses. Big value at 12 i-ac. Wc, 12 l-2c, 15c yd for Plaid Lawns and Dimity : Sheer White Fabrics : Special Prices. Plaids and ehecks, especially the fine, sheer fab? rics, are very popular for waists and dresses. The best assortment of styles and qualities we'.yc ever seen are now on sale, 10c, 12 1-2C, 15c yard. New Jap Mattings 28c yd-?Good Values Any price that we quote on Mattings always includes the lay ing. . The Japs have turned out some mighty pretty patterns for this season, and unusually tough and durable in AveaAre. The new Mattings at 28c a yard are in Avhite and colored grounds, Avith inlairl and carpet patterns. You'll like them, avc know-couidn-t help but do so. This season's Cliina .Mattings are unusually pretty?tho Chinese seem to be taklng lessons in pat? tern designing from. their Jap nelghbors. Especially good values in heavy, close w'eayo China Mat llngs,-20c, _5c, SOc and upwards per yard. Thousands of housekeepers are using FIBRE CARPETS and Rugs for the Summer. You can't possibly get any? thing better. Very light in Aveight, casily clcancd and absolutcly sani jtary. Tho Carpet is as low as S5c yd. The Ruga raiigo from 00c, for the 20x3S-ln'ch siae, up to $10.50, for the liixlS-feet sizes. Pretty colorings and patterns Wash Dresses for Little Children Yv'arm Aveather is coming and the little folks will Avant to play in the open air. That always means soiled clothes. VVe're in especially good shape this spring to furnish the pretticst and chcapest little Dresses you | ever saAv for youngstcrs between j two and five years of age. Ginghnin Dresses, in ehecks and > plaids, all washable colors, Russian j style, SOc. litit.cli Dress of blue percale, trim I med in while lawn, ages 1, 2 and 3 | years, SOc. j Giiiglinni Dresses, in green and j red plaids, Russian style, yoko and j sailor eollar of white pitiue, $1.10; \ ages 2. to 5 years This Automatic Trunk is $9.75 ll's the siniplest Automatic Trunk on the market; 32 inches in size, covered with eight-ounce duck, full linen hncd, cxcelsior lock, extra Aveb tray, two wide straps, a very substantial, Avell-made trunk.. Extra good value at the price, as ju-dging by all trunk standards, this ar ticle is Avorlh fti 1 ly $11.50. The picture is 'a'n, exact reproduction of the trunk. Hundreds of good A'aiues ln Trunk3,! Geniidue Leather. .Suit Cases, 34 inch size, brass lock, special, $5. $3.50, $-1.50, $5.50, $0.75 and. .up- j wards. W'e're in excollent shape to furnish you wlth Suit. Cases and Trnveling lings, Real ITornlmck . Alligator Bngs, polished brass lock, $5. Sheets & Pillow- Cases mu M $7.50 and $8.50 $?.98 Net Waists ... O We only have 25 of them, so they're practically exclusive. It's a special shipment made us the latter part of last Aveek. Fllet Net over silk; circular yoko of narrow ecru insertion, with a ruffle of lace around the yoke. The back and front has two wide bands of cluny lace; all sizes. We haven't had or seen any? thing this season to equal them in value under $7.50. 19c. White Poplin 12 l-2cyd We've just been hotified hy one of the largest and best mills of the country of a furthcr advance in the price: of its Cotton Goods. SheetB nnd Pillow Cases will go up in prico, and deliveries at any figure will bo very imcertaln. Wise housekeepers and hotel and boarding-house keepers will do.Avell to purchase'noAV, as Pillow Cases, Bolster Cases and Sheets purchased from our present stock A\"ill be.sold.-you at less than we can rcorder them for at thc mills. . Two weights, light and heavy?a flne corded white- fabric, 28 inches wide. \rery popular for skirts and costumes. The regular price every wh'ero is 19c. AVe bought all that a johber ha'd, and socurod the lot to sell for 13 l-2c. Women9s Belts 21c, Worth 25c Black, tan and gray leather. All sizes, and plenty, of them. The Belts are the betit 25c values sold under ordlnary circumslanees. Wo secured tliem epeclal. Window Shades, Slip Covers. You'll want new bnea this spring, will y'ou not ? If Jou'll nothy us by postal or 'phone we'U be glad to send a man to your home to estl? mate on the cost. No charge for tliis servlce. Women*s Ready-to- Wear Garments Six Very Good Values in New Suits, Coats, Skirts and Petticoats It is not the material, style or finish, taken scparately, that makes our women's wear so valuable, although avc excel in each of these requisites-but thc detail work on each separate picce has been so carefullystudicd and worked out hy experts that thc finished garnicnt is a liarmony in ready-to-wcar clothing. It is only in stores like ours thst you'll find such ind> viduality. Chiffon - Panama Suit, 1.50 Kton coat, full G i b son Blyle. Jackot llned with <?OA.50 whIt0 Bllk- fJo' %p?t*T lnf, cuffrt ? and froftt trimmed Avith sllk brald and gllt soutacho. Silk Btrai)8 over tho shoulder. Box-plaited skirt. Bluo nnd black Panama, $24.50. Taffeta Silh Petticoats, 198 Best quality silk, in tan, black, navy, jns CC95 por ancl e?1(i"n *pO' brown. Two rows of shirrliig, pin tucking and stitched straps. Full Avidth and alt lengths. A very Btiperlor value, $5.08. Shephcrd's Chcch Shirts, 198 , Imported All Wool Serge; sido plaited and triui rf? f r\ aa med with a band *plU of black sllk and h i 1 k Routache triraming around the bottom. All lengths. A handsome Skirt at a modcrate prlce?$10.0S. Strlped Novel? ty Cloth; coat tight fitting back nnd front; long ulenvos, etiffs aml eollar trimmed Avith blnck vclvet; clustcr-plaited skirt, $127.50. 3-Button Cut away Suit, $27-50 Taffeta Silh Coat, 150 Beautiful gar m e n t h, long enough to pro d* i Q,50 tcct you troixi *pJL%j' rain nnd dust. Talfeta, in bluo nnd black plaids, or nll black. Rubbor back, making tho gar? ments wnterproof. Stitched band down tho back and over tho shoul ders. Doublo br'oasted; eollar but? tons to tho throat; long sleevca witli cufffi, $10.50. Brillianline Shirts, $4-98 all lengths, $1.08. Cream Whlto B r 111 I a n tlne Skirts, full wid th, narrow plalt, stitched to below tho hips, This q>? One m^ is$5 ^m It is Redfern No. 24. Made of coutil, with ?high extension bust, medium low under the arms, long hip and back. Like all Rcdferns, No. 24 is fitted Avith genuine Avhalcbone. Red? fern Corsets have 110 superior in domestic makes and are the equal of many French Cor ?seHs at double thc price. Useful Wedding Presents Silver and Cut Glass These articles, while rich looking, are intended for every day use. Wo were especially fortunate in securing all of them at rock bot? tom prices. Silverware Sterling Silver Tomato Servers. Bonbon Spoons, Ollve Spoons, Sugar Spoons, Pickle Forks, each $1. Sterling Silver Cold Meat Forks and Lettuce Forks, $_. Quadruplo I'lato Jlrcnd Trays, $1.25. Tea Sets, 4 pieces, $10. Tcu Sets, 5 pieces, colonial shape, $12.80. Sotip Turecns, colonial shape, $12.80. A'eRRtablc Disbes, covered. Sl.O. Baking Dislies. rocebud de3ign, gray linish. $5. Cut Glass Bonbon Dishes, SI.OO. Spoon Trays, $2.30. 7-inch Bowls, $3.08. 2-quart I'llcliers; $5.50. Flower Baskcts, with handle, very unique, $5.80. 10-lnch Vnse, pretty design, $5.08. Our New Linen Department To eclebrate our moving to rriqre commodious quarters on thc Broad-Street side, we Avill roffe'r Several extra good bargains in Linens for the coming- Aveek. Pure Linen Dihner ^O-SSi^-L^J5 the equal of a f2 linen Napkins, - ?'",-:" - ~ dz Regular $4 Value. Extra heavy Irish Damask, in four pretty designs. : - . . They Avere. all the importer and Avould bo good values at dozen. had, M a Best Quality 751' Ct German Merceriz- Mfj etj Satiw Damask, yk 04 inches wide ,and sells reg^iarly at 75c!-'a* yard.; In pattern .aud'rfla dam ask. . Biggost kind of a bargaln at 55c Huck Towels. Special Val? ues 85c, $1, $1.35, $1.50, and $1.75 Dozen. Antieipating a searcity and higher prices on popular priced towels for botels and boarding-house, Ave bought very largely before the general nd vance. We are now selling towels at lower prices than the wholosale houses. Special values in Hemmod Huek Towels at 85c, $1.00, $1.35, $1.50 and $1J75 dozen. Summer Curtains fS^ST .Doubtless you'ye seen specimens of them in the Broad Street Avindows 'during the past few days. '?'Diiin'ty and 'pretty; of course-?t-yery serviceable and very mod eratei.iri, price also. : ?[ Evorybody's charmed wlth the Xew Colonial Hep at 25c a yard. It's reprodiiced in the bld English chintz designs. Hundreds of patterns iu domestic and foreign weaves; any price be? tween 12 l-2c and $2 a' yard- ? The CURTA'IN STOCK is almost liniitless as far as variety of dcsign is ebneerned. Ev.ei-ybody's. purse has been consulted, and even at lhe lowest figures good taste has been shown in selection, and the values are not. surpasscd.-at the prices. Beautiful Mudras Curtains, all colors, 75c palr. SiiovrfUtke offects, ln Madras Curtains, $1.50 a pair. French Net Curtains, wlth Reuaissance edge and insertion, corner motif, $2.50 pair. ...... We Prepay Forwarding Charges on Cash Orders of $5.00 and over from the Virginias and Carolinas. FOR TBE WEEK PftST Tho wtekly report of the Itich tnond liranch of tlie Dun _ Co.'s Bghney tliows ponsid^rablo u? tlvlty ~ ln Southern banking cir? cles. Money is easy ut fuir rntes of Interest antl the banks are tjeneralty Uberal in the matter uf nccouimoUa tlonn. An apiillcation to organlzn has boen filed by thu lleiuiurson Natlonal Banlt, of HuiUdville, Ala. Capltal, -J 100.000. Ap pllcatlon filed by Fox Henderaon. New State banks, private banks and triiBt. <*onipunieH: The Brom'en Deppslt Hank.of Bremcn, Ky, Pald capltal, $7,r,uo. Clarenca Woodiiurii, presldeht; E. o. .Shavt-r, vlca-preBldent; J. w. Humphrey. raHhicr. The Veople'n Bank, of Earlington Ky Capital, ?2r..ooo. c, a. aivinn, presi denf, T. r.. FinUy, vlce-presldcnt: F. B. Arnold, caBliler, The Amerkau ISxehange Bank, of Oreeni-boio, N. C. T-ald caiiital, $300,000. 10. P. AVliurton, presfdent; .1. AV. HeoU, vlcotpresklent: II. G. A'uiighn, oashter; K. I* iSldf!H, asslstant oashler, Tho Oabarras Savlrifjs Bank, of Mount PleaBant, N. C Branch of Concord. Tho l.aurons Trust Compuny, of LaureriH, S. C, Incorporatcul, Capital, $25,000. It. A. Cooper; iiresldent; M, j, OwImkk, vliHi-iiniHldiint; C, W. Tuno, secretary and treasiiror. Thu Brookland IJanlt, of New Brook lumi, s. c, Capital, JZTi.odo, Q'rpan I-jIiik*. Tlio 3mpt}p|al- Tiiitit mni SdvipVa llank, of.Spray, N. C Capital, 1125,000, B. F, Mobaho,' presddeiit.; A.' V.' Ivie 'aud ,T. M. Hoppor, vlce-presldent3; S. IT. Marshall, caahlar. The- Carolina Trust Company, of Spurtanburg*, ?. C Capital ?25,000. Ap pllod for cliartar.j W. T. Magnosa, preBldenf, J. B. Ramsoy, caahlar. Thi! l'av.-idson Truat Company, of Snartttnburk, S. Ci 'aapltnl, J5.000. II. K. llavonel, prosldont; K. W. Johnson, seerotary. and treaaurot*. I'lmiiKo ln odicors: , Thn Commorclal aml Farmers' .Na? tlonal Bnnk, of Baltimora, Md.. J. M. liluHto'r ls now proaldent, vlco .Goorgo A. von T-iliig-en, .raelKnod. Tlio Bank of -Dover,- N.' C.' John A. Hobortson ls now caahlar.' The Ralelgh Banking and Trtist Com? pany, of Ralelgh, N. C.! ?, 13. Johnson ls now president; AV, N. Jones, vlee presldout. Tho Bowmat, Boan and Tru8t Com? pany, of Bownian, S. C. D. E. Connor ls now prosldont: 8. A. Fair, cashier. Tho Commorclal Savlngs Bank, of Charleston, S. C. Courtenay Olney la now caehlor. Mlaoellaneous: *: Tho Comrnerclal Natlonal Bank, .of Chlcngo, III. . James A. Eckles, presi? dent, is dead. The Sa'llsbury. Natlonal Bank, 'of Salisbuny, Md. Wllliam1 B. i Tighman, vlce-presldont, ls dead. Old' Friend to the Front. That a man may mako money and atlll bo uttorly devoid o flnanqlal under standlng seems to bo -shown. by Jacob S.'. Coxey, leador of the "Oommonwoal march upon AVashington ln tho nard times of 18U4.H8 booamo qulte tvealthy ln the steel business Bome; yeara ago, went through bankruptcy, and how clalms to be weU on the- road '? agaln to multl-mlillonairedom. As aoon as trie timo isrlpoho plnns a tour of tho country in a Bp.ecial train, wdth a bl_ tont and a large company of mlaeol lanoous amusonient performers, who will offer tho puhlle a freo show ln the IntervalaWhon Coxoy is not har angulng. tho pooplo on tho polloy of i having tho govornrne,nt issue non-ln torost-bearing bonds nd libitum, whleh nro to provido a roally olastio cur rency and "liunlsli forover tho danger of inonoy Btringency."?SprlngtlQld Ro publican. o_s_.jaTO_=?.XA.. Bear? tbe Blgimtuxa tt Tha Kind You Have Always Bpyght ^^uio iniiiu iuu naio nnrruya