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WISHING YOU A STORE CLOSED TO-DAY. New Suits Very Wonderful At $9.00 to $18.50 Instead of $18.00 to $35.00. Rich Fur Trimmed Coats f 17.50 Some as Low as $5.00 Instead of $10.00 to $35.00. A sale that comprises the balance of our winter stock, including the special purchase garments which have only recently come into our store. This means an unexampled opportunity for the women of Fairmont who want extra suits for winter?both of the tailored and novelty kind, to wear till well into spring?and the coats are the warm and fashionable kind so much in demand right now. All are re-marked at Half. These Suits at $9 to $17.50 Include both the plainer coats?starting at $9.00?and the lovely novelties that run up to$17.50. Formerly these suits were priced $18 to $35, and we know of no better tailor of moderately-priced suits at $9.00. Women's Coats at Half Price,$5 to $17.50 Winter Coats, fine and fashionable, must go at Half Price now. This sale couldjiot have come at a more op portune time. Right now in the midst of the coldest per iod of the season,we offer you warm lovely coats at half of regular value. There are long and short Coat Suits, including broadcloths, garberdines, serges and others; trimmed with velvet) caracul cloth, braids and fur. All are splendid in style, color and fashion. There are silk velours, plushes, duvetyne, zebellnes, fur cloths, plaids and mixtures. Prices were $10 to $35. You now have your choice at Half Price? $5 to $17.50. Nothing Better f~"^ f T O * Especially Than Fine |"4 j V When There Is Furs A. V?' 1\ K*/ ? a Reduction of SPECIAL ATTENTION pf&Js Called to the Fact^w^ That we are very well supplied now with large sized Suits?46,47,48 and 50 size?for tthose stout people who have a hard time in getting properly fitted. We would advise them to come here early. Prices are also at half. A Fourth Off *And1n the Hartley For department you can buy them safely at the last minute, because no Fur is ever admitted here until it has been rigidly inspected for quality, color and style. We have Sets and Separate Pieces of Genuine Mink, Fox, Seal, Fitch, Lynx, Skunk and others. Prices run from a French Coney Scarf at $1.15 to a hand some Mink *yman urcetihouse ^Uton llot. l botKPr ?*-A IRMONT . W . VA kins, George Miller, T. I. Brett, Kem ble White, Thos. W. Arnett. G. H. Richardson, John W. Mason, Sr., Jas. A. Meredith, A. L. Lehman, Misses Mildred LeMasters, Bethiah Sraoot and Doris Jenkins. The decorations of the receiving room were especially attractive, jars filled with large clusters of pink roses arranged artistically lenta pretty ef fect and a splendidly decorated Christ mas tree in the tower nook in the living room provided the Christmas note. It formed an artistic setting for the punch bowl. In the dining room the waters of a fountain arranged in the center of the serving table |ell over a basin of illuminated Bohemian glass, on a bank of daisies and smilax about the base. A handsome cloth' of Battenberg lace covered the table, which was lighted) with candles. Snap dragons formed: an, attractive decoration of the tea! table in the breakfast room. The decorations were under the dl-1 rection of George Wehrle, of the Hay man Greenhouse Co. j Throughout the afternoon the Ca j denza orchestra situated, 'in the bal cony surrounding the conservatory, rendered a pleasing program of mu 1 sic. Last night a dance was a nevent at Sonnencroft, the guests including the young ladies who assisted in enter taining, and a number of other guests. A splendid program for dancing was rendered by the Cadenza orchestra and the New Year was welcomed eag crly by the guests. A buffet suppor was served during the evening. A large number of out of the city guests were here for the-events, the number including Mrs. J. Harrington Cox, Mrs. D. B. Purinton, Mrs. C. Ed mund Neal, Mrs. Paul McKeel, Miss Susan Maxwell Moore, Miss Rose Sweeney, Miss Annie Johnson, Mrs. Roy A. Lough, Mrs. D. H. Courtney. Mrs. Eleanor Knutti, Miss Courtney, Miss Katherlne Courtney, Mrs. Ter rence D. Stewart, Morgantown; Mrs. R. W. -Bawson, Miss Dawson, Miss Katherlne Beighley, Uniontown, Pa.; Mrs. T. S. Hardesty, of Mannlngton; Mrs. C. C. Shepard, of Boston, Mass.; Misses Bertha Bland, Eleanor Annan, Genevieve Harrison, Genevieve Rob* erts, Mrs. Frank White, of Clarks ' ; burg; Mrs. Rose Bussing, of Cincin nati, O.; Mrs. Chas. Watkins and daughter, Miss Martha, of Sliinnston. Chelesa Watch Party. The Cheiesa Club, a popular organi zation entertained at a watch party last night at the home of Mrs. J.. L. Sapper, on Jackson street. The guests, were delightfully entertained at. various amusements and tempting refreshments were served. Give Luncheon. Miss Virginia Peddicord will enter tain a number of her young friends at one o'clock luncheon on Saturday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Peddicord in Monongah. Five Hundred Party. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cavenaugh en tertained a number of riends at 500 last evening at their home on Sixth street. Christmas decorations pre dominated in the appointments. Guests in City. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gilkeson have as their guests this week, Mrs. John Park and daughters, the Misses Ada and Anna Park, of Bellaire, 0. Guests at Sonnencroft I Stewart Race, and sister, Miss Gen evieve of Cleveland, O., "formerly of this city are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hutchinson at Sonnencroft, their sister, Mrs. l^ee Hutchinson is clso a guest Miss Race is enroute to New York to reenter Osslning school and Mr. Race will resume his work at the W. V. TJ. next week. New Year Events. The Woman's Club open house is an event this afternoon which is largely attended by members of tho organization and their friends. The event is the most important of too social events of the club year and is anticipated with interest A largo number of guests are in attendance. Tonight at the Masonic Assembly Hall, the Elks' will hold their New "Year's Ball which event will be at tended by guests from this and adja cent cities. An elaborate event ."has been arranged. The Cadenza orches tra will render music for the event Tfce Misses Conaway are entertain ing at a tea this afternoon at the Hotel Watson which has attracted many members of the younger, set. Miss Jane Montgomery entertained at dinner today at her home on Ben oni avenue, tfce guests including mem bers of fier department at the J. M. Hartley store. To Florida. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Watson and Mj;b. George Thomas Watson leave next week for Baltimore, enroute to points in Florida tospend some time. Mrs. Rose Bussing, of Cincinnati, mother of Mrs. George Watson, is now her guest and will-remain here during her1 absence. For Guests. Honoring Miss Beulah Harbison, of Washington Court House, Ohio, and Dr. Jas. Clinton, of Beaver Falls, Pa., the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Broom field, the Misses Daisy and Margaret Arnett entertained a number of friends las tevening at their home on Fourth street Meade Circle to Meet. MGade Circle No. 13, Ladies of tlio G. A. R? will hold the regular meeting on Saturday, January 2, at two o'clock. A full atendance is desired. Officers will be installed at this meeting. Special Prices Beginning Monday, December 28, 1914, and continuing all week wo will? [aron Two organs in good condition fori almost a song. We must make room j for our new stock coming in. Easy payments without interest. | C. A. HOUSE Music Store Monroe Street. Bell Phone 981 ] BBMBBtOpenEvenlnQs. Dr. James Clinton who had spent the holidays here with his brother, Dr. J. C. Broomfield and wife left this morning for Beaver Falls, Pa., to visit relatives, enroute to Philadelphia to resume Ills studies at the JefTerson ^Medical college. Mrs. Frank Haas and son left last night for Columbus, O., to be the gueats oi relatives for a few weeks. Mrs. H. S. Falconer and children re* turned tills morning from Indianapo-j lis, Jnd., where they were called by the serious illness of the former's mother, Jlrs. John Jenkins. Mrs. Eleanor Knutti has returned to I Morgantown after a brief visit with) friends in the city. Miss Elizabeth Stalnaker returned last evening from Morgantown were she had spent a few days with friends. Miss Georgia Farrell, of Clarksburg! is the guest of Mrs. George M. Flem-1 ing on Locust avenue. Mrs. E. H. Smith and son, Herndon ere the guests of r|latives in Koyser. Mr. and Mrs. Frank White, of Clarksbunrg are the guests of Mayor and Mrs. Anthony Bowen. The Misses Kathaleen Ford and ] Margaret Fleming, spent today with | friends in Grafton. The Misses Frankie Brand and Neil Dougan have returned from Now Mar tinsville, where they had been the guests of Miss Gussie Lowe for sev eral day3. Dr. D.-L. L. Yost has returned from Baltimore, where he paid a visit to his son Ernest, who is a student in the University of Maryland. Miss Martha Banford, of Pittsburgh, | who had been the attractive guest of j ?liss Ruth Miller, has returned home. Miss Beuiuli Harbison, who had been the guest of Mrs. J. C. Broomfield for a weekHeft for Beaver Falls, Pa., today to visit relatives enroute to her'home at Washington Court House, Ohio. Mrsi J. E. Paul,' who has been the guest of her daughters, 'Mrs. C. H. Smoot and Mrs. Margaret Paul Smith, will return to her home in Charleston Saturday morning. Mrs. W. B. McKinley and daughter, Miss Bertie, returned to Weston to day after spending several days with the former's daughter, Mrs. B. L. Nut ter. / Miss Nellie McKinley, from Beling ton. has been visiting her sister, Mrs. j Boyd L,t Nutter. Mrs. H. W. Smouse and son John Walter will leave Monday evening on No. 4 for St. Petersburg, Fla., where they will spend the winter. Mr. Smouse will accompany them as far as Wash ington. Grafton's Store Changes Hands BLUMBERG BROS. CO. HAS ?OLD THE "UNDERSELLING" TO JOS. COHEN. GRAFTON, W. Va., Jan. 1.?Nego tiations have been completed by Blum berg Bros. Co., the proprietors of the underselling store of this city, with Joseph H. Cohen, of Clarksburg, whereby Mr. Cohen becomes the own er of the Underselling store. Thisj store was established by Henry Blum berg about six years ago, and has rapidly grown until it has become one of Grafton's leading stores, as well as one of its largest business houses. Hyman G'. Bass, who has had great success as manager of the store dur ing the last three years, will leave Grafton shortly for Weston, where' Blumberg brothers will place him in charge of their large store at that place. . Official (Continued From Page One) others the French claim successes as for instance at Stelnback in Alsace. The statement claims the repulse of six German infantry attacks at a point between Mouse and Moselle and says that French aviators have assailed from the air the railroad station at Metz. BERLIN to London?The following official communication was given out today at the army headquarters: "In the western theatre of war, nothing of importance happened near Nieuport The idea of retaking the hamlet of St Georges which had been completely demolished by the enemy artillery, fire was abandoned In further progress. Another 400 pris oner*. six machine guns, four mlnej thro wars and numerous arms and quantities of ammunition (ell Into our TBit^Vyfwereirepulsad^^^r'iltua-" tion In the east Prussian frontier and ic Poland remains unchanged. A hear; mist is preventing all oper ations." Nlwlti NEW YORK AUTHORITIES INVES TIGATING STRANGE MATRIMO NIAL TANGLE. LORLYS ELTON ROGERS, PROM! NENT ATTORNEY, HAS THREE WIVES. NEW YORK, Jan. 1.?District Attor ney Francis Martin, of the Bronx, be gan yesterday an investigation of un usual cicumstances under which Mrs. [ Ida S. Rogers took poison and gave it to her two babies last Tuesday. One of the children, Loretta, 8 months old, died yesterday; Mrs. Rogers and-John, 2 years old, the other .child, are at death's door In a hospital. At Mrs. Rogers' bedside there sits Lorlys Elton Rogers, a well-to-do attor-j ney of this city. Apparently he is dis tracted by grief. Neighbors of Mrs. Rogers, who lived in the Bronx, knew him as her husband and the father of her children. Prof. Franklin H. Gld dings, of Columbia University, knew Rogers as the husband of his sister, who was Miss Caroline Glddlngs. Ro gers and Miss Glddlngs were married in 1909. Detectives and an assistant district attorney have endeavored in "aln to obtain from the sick woman in formation as to her relatives or maiden name. Mrs. Caroline Rogers and her hus band lived, until a month or so ago, In a fashionable apartment on Riverside Drive; Mrs. Ida Rogers and,her two children lived In a modest house In the Bronx. There was another Mrs. Ro gers, who divorced the lawyer In 1908 or 1909. The first Mrs. Rogers was Miss Annie Roquemore, of Montgom ery, Ala. After the divorce Mr. and Mrs. Rogers remained friends, it was said, and their 18-year-old son was a ?visitor at the home of Mrs. Caroline Rogers from time to time. District Attorney Martin sought to establish the accuracy of reports that Mrs. Annie Rogers, Mrs. Caroline Ro gers and the woman who calls herself Mrs. Ida Rogers all knew, one another, and that the woman in the hospital had been orisited by one of the other two. Marriage Is On Decrease RECORDS AT COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE SHOW LESS LICENSES THIS YEAR. A decrease In the number of mar riage licenses Issued by the clerk of the county court during the year 1914 Is noted when a census of the records is taken. A tolal ot 433 marriage licenses were issued during the year, and for the year 1913 a total of 470 licenses to wed were issued. For the past fifteen years the records have shown a marked increase of li censes Issued from year to year with the exception of the year 1914 when a noticeable decrease Is shown. 1901?343 licenses issued. 1902?417 licenses issued. 1903?358 licenses Issued. 1904?388 licenses issued. , 1905?357 licenses issued. 1900?385 licenses issued. 1907?386 licenses Issued. 1908?334 licenses Issued. 1909?354 licenses issued. 1910?403 licenses Issued. 1911?393 licenses Issued. 1912?159 licenses issued. 1913?470 licenses issued. 1914?433 licenses Issued. NeelyAsks Pension Tor Marion Resident i "WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.?Silas*Mor gan is 80 years old and blind, a union j veteran who receives at the present time a' pension of $21 a month from the goyernmenL That is ^not enough to ctfre for him, so Congressman Neely has introduced a special bill to' allow I him $100/a month. Morgan's home Is at Broomfleld, Marlon county. ?Little Lost" Sitter Tonight." The public will sec the drama put to educational use, The drama of dis cussion. that form .of play which has agers and revjled by honest but mls brief Is this"* It^hasTadded8^the the avowed purpose of teaching a les son. And it has added to the wea pons of enlightenment and education one of the most widely sttended and democratic institutions o four tlmo, tho theater. The arrival of the drama of discus sion will not hinder in tho least oth er functions of the theater. Through the emotions it-may still entertain '< the eye and the ear and the heart. But it has acquired a new appeal?the -a appoal to the mind. Bernard; Shaw long ago predicted the arrival of the drama of discussion. And his infer ence was that the drama of discus sion is the only knight in armor who can save the theater. Andjljy like token he plsccs it at the height of tho dramatic nobility. In acknowledg ing the arrival of the drama of dis cussion wo do not need to go as fai Ub Mr. Shaw. It is enouKtl that we ? welcome It without compar Ing It with other forms of drama. Us arrlril Is not admitted by the criuSj alone. ? It Is the public?as It always Is In tho theater?that has acepted the drama of discussion. It is for the public now to say Just how large a share of Its theater it wants to glvo | up to this new kind Tot ^"Plays. A JOYOUS AN0iPR08fjERQl We take this opportunl thank you tdrSyoutffgetl' patronage and support d the past year?while wo to merit still further lncri favors In thefyearlCSSosI WALK-?YE5$SS2a OSTEOPATH and EYE i 1 All diseases raooMfSOj without drutfi or mimical c Glasses of all kinds correct and guaranteed satisfactory No 7 HALL BLOCK, MA WHEN||| HOT Will You Up ?raTOGi want! They afford is a real boon to the man who catc.? ? the best protection from wintry blasts. If you don't want one yourself your children better protection than top garments. All sizes chest protectors* single or double. Chamois or felt. ; *?j From 35 cents to $2.00. MOUNTAIN CITY DRUG COMPANY Opposite Court House