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I LOCAL soa With Mrs. Cobun. The Woman'* Foreign Missionary toclety of the M. P. Temple will meet on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home, of Mm. Emma Cobun on Boydston street. The hostesses will he Mrs. Cobun and Mrs. John Nelll. The lesson will be on the subject, "The White Man In Africa" and will bo led by Mrs. Frank P. Kelley. m A Hallowe'en Party. The Ladles of the Order of the Solden Links No. 8 will give a Hallowe'en party on October 30 at their ball. The event will be a masked tffalr. Members and friends are Inrltcd to attend * * * * Presbyterian Missionary Society. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the Frist Presbyterian church "will meet on Friday afternoon at tne nome 01 Mrs. jonn Klsner at 409 Maryland avenue. Tills la the laat meeting of the organization before the convening of the West Virginia Synod here Oct. ICth and members are urged to attend. The program la aa follows: Devotional?Lot's Wife, Disobedience, Mrs. Hugh K. Smith Business. A Story of Utah?Mrs. H. G. Stoetzer Philippine missions?Member-- Music. Solo?"God Is Love"?Marftts? Miss Powell. Review?The Living Christ of Lntln America, Chapter V. Missionary benediction. Social hour. Hostesses?Mrs. John M. Klsner, Mrs. Nettie Anthony, Mrs. M. I. ' Sturm, 409 Maryland r airs. Glen Downs was hostess yesterday at her home on Oliver avenue to the Buzz Club a popular organization composed of young women. The afternoon was spent at needle work and refreshments were served. * * A Chicken Supper. The women of the First M. E. church have announced that thee will nerve a chicken supper at the church on the evening of November 8. Past achievements in the culinary art have the women of the church an ft4*"" - * enviable reputation. * * * * Reception Tonight. Itev. R. J. Voak the new minister of Williams'Memorial M E. eliurch| and Rev. F. S. Pollitt. presiding olilor nf the district, with their families will he the honnr gnosis tonight at a reception at the church at which members of the congregation will he guests. A splendid program has b" n j prepared. ? * Entertained Friends. Miss Gavnell Barr delightfully entertained a number of her friends at a masquerade party 011 Tuesday at her home on Walnut avenue. She was assisted In entertaining by Miss Dnrlle Kerns. Musle and games were features of the evening. Hallowe'en appointments characterizing the doc oration. # * * Motor to Fort Benjamin Harrison. John Kennedy, Mrs. ('has. Smith. WUj Ther I Educating ? We have on our floor s ing such celebrated makes Foster & Co. More than to the players without any ol Play A Few Dollars Dow Special showing of slight fully overhauled at our fac ft This high grade player was used lei I and It cannot be told from new. A ge I J395. Bench and large selection ot rt I Other used pianos and pi ft used instruments?you will I! Davis, Bu j 414 MAIN STREET 1 Y M I AL EVENTS 1 i mm i .a Mr. and Mr?. David Konendy and Mrs. Raymond Kennedy left this morning for a motoring trip through the middle west with Fort Ben Harrison, Ind., as tbelr objective point Mr. John Kennedy's son, Edwin Kennedy, Is In training at the officers camp. * Missionary Society Meeting. The Isabella Tboburn Circle of the ? lrst M. E. church will meet on Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the church. Election ot orricem win tana place end a business session will bo held. All members are requested to be present The program will be rendered as follows: Song; devotional; roll call, every member responding with a Bible veree containing the word "love;" Acting the 1 arable Miss Georgia Torrey; Getting Married In Africa, Miss Margaret Hobkins; music; Declaring a Dividend, Miss Katharine Troxell; Explanation of Mystery Box; song. Eollowing the program there will be a social hour and refreshments. j PERSONALS-] The Misses Margaret and Anna Murphy who have been In Atlantic city for the last ten days, are spending several days In New York before returnning home. Mrs. Earl H. Smith left yesterday for Baltimore, where she will spend several days. Mr and Mrs J. D. Galliher and uumiter, Miss Meta have returned Irom Pittsburgh, Pa., where they hau spent several days at the William I'enn. H. B. Clark has gone to New York on a business trip. Mrs. L. M. Foster has been in U11 iontown, Pa., for the last several days having motored there In her Pack ard Country Club. Miss Cora Wilson returned yestci day from Now York where she hac spent a week. Mrs. Harry Fleming and her guesi Mrs. E. C. Bcblung, of Missouri Mont., will go to Pittsburg today te attend the thirtieth wedding anniver sary of Mr. ana Mrs. J. J. Montgom ery which will take place at the home of the Montgomery's, 233 Trowbridge street, Pittsburgh. M. V. X. Lines Will Get the Once Over Uctober 17 and IS are the dates set for the semi-annual inspection of the iines of the Monongahela Valley Trac Con company. Invitations announcing the inspection have been set out to n 1 < the directors and officials of the com patty. A special car will leave Fairmont or Wednesday morning going to Clarks !:..rg. Weston and intermediate points The next trip will be to Ida May ano Carolina, then to Mannington, then t Fairview and Stafford mine. Those in (barge are planning to complete tilinspection in two days. e Be Musi jy Hoi lim felt want for Ill ]j ill and while plaj p'liiiiiiiiiwii^j come an acc011 as Well as E everal of the highest grade p as the Angelus, Hardman, 1 ,venty styles to select from. 1 ligation to buy. While You m. A Few Dollars Each IV ly used and shopworn instru tory and are guaranteed for Your money is bet? ? ter invested in a good jl used piano than a ! cheap new one. ? k ki i? than 4 monthi This standard nulne bargain at CosVnew S ill! fre?. a lifetime serric ayers from $85.00 and up. A find one to suit you?and at irkham & W. G. KEI.TLEY, MGR. will participate In the unveiling of the Colonel Crawford monument on Oct 1?. Elizabeth Maneer, SO yoare old. la missing from her home at Falrchance. She bad never been farther away than Fairmont eo her folks are alarmod. Store* at Brownsville close at six o'clock In the evening the year around, excepting Saturdays, Sundays and the thirteenth and twenty-eighth of the month. The Charlerol postofflce was robbed but money and stamps were safe In the safe. A bushel and a halt of letters were scattered everywhere. A Waynesburg autolst bad his back broken In trying to avoid running Into a wagon standing on the bridge over Blackdog hollow. Frank White, Jr., eight years old.; i of near Brownsville, had his left fnni I badly bitten by a copperhead snake. Explained. This clam chowder tastes different from that we had at the sociable last night Yes. This has got clams In It.? Browning's Magazine. CROUP d** Spasmodic croup fa usually relieved with ft one application of? ' j V K*rr Littl? Kody-Cmtrd lrOkwr Horn#" y^-jj VioSwoauBi' Feels 50 Per Cent Better On i DRECO j i 0oal Man 3aya Dreco Is a Most Won\<'i derful Remedy for Indigestion and Stomach Troubles. f' ' f "I feel fifty per cent better than 1 have for fifteen years," says J. M. Goldsmith, a contractor of Ashevllle, N. C., In referring to his experience with DRECO, the new herbal remedy which Is working near-miracles accord1 lng to the testimony of many people tfte country over. fj Mr. Goldsmith Is in the coal bus!- j ness at New Riv.r, \V. Va., and says that he has been a sufferer from indigestion and Inactive liver for fifteen years past. He had doctors, took medicines by the score and almost despaired of ever getting better. He saw so many people recommending DRECO that he got a bottle, Rnd says "I will say this for Dreco; it will do all that Is claimed for it." Dreco is on sale and recommended by Boggess, Wriston's drug stores, Huntington. W. Va., Boremann & Co.. Pnrkersburg, W. Va., Burke's Pharmacy, Clarksburg, XV. Va., Crane's Drug Store, Fairmont, W. Va c in Your me This Vinter i in the home fills that long good music. A child can ayer as wen as grown ups ring creates a desire to beiplished musician. j ntertaining ! ianos on the market includ- j ^utotone, Matchless Milton, il We will gladly demonstrate Pay [onth. ments that have been care- j a life time. i make piano In a beautiful mahnranc 11 ew. Used two years by careful fam315. This Instrument will give you e for $135. tsk to see the entire stock of a price you are willing to Tyler Co. Phone 926 ? ^y^r? (| this we _J price, S WL 4JULWL* Jlo AM Wome New Gk Ha That the Woman W Fashion Should Set and Suits Our buyer, Miss Jennie New York, carefully select] view of presenting not onh styles, but to offer such a c crown the Autumn showi complete than at any oth? unusually attractive gather you whether from a point _r 1 i._J M ' ui vaiuc preseiueu. now Mew Dresses for 1 and Young Wo You will always find something c teresting here because we are const new frocks to take the places of thoj so fast. A great new shipment has just arh es as most every woman has need for Mew Dresses of Jersey Cloth?Very smartly ft this material give the maximum of comfort and i near They come in rich shades of brown, tauii I and burgundy,. Prices $18 to $25. New Dresses of Serge?Such dresses as are v dressed women in the largest cities. They come i rhades, beautifully embroidered in metallic eft bead embroidery and soutache braiding. Bustle i are represented. A splendid assortment at $1S to to $50. New Afternoon Drosses of satin. Georgette, ere in the very newest models of the season. $15 to j (Scond Floor) The Question of Mew Suit can be settled at once. Here are suit arrived and they are aglow with the est thoughts of fashion land. Suits of silvertone, velour, plain vi broadcloth, gabardine and serge in lumn colors, featuring the new bas :~i. M.. - . .a*- _.L -i ? euecis, iiigiit waisi jme eueccs anu ne many with fur trimming. Prices are $18 to $100 with a genei between $18 and $40. I He dows an< orative c L?dCO thing ca: ?. The se r depends have mai $2 a yar< Home Cratt Week The idea of devoting one week each to.. son to condtoering'the. b'eefcifilying of the home started two years ago. It spread like wildfire. Today homo-maltera from the Pines of Maine to the Palms of Florida will consider the problem of making home more attractive during this week of October 8-13. We are co-operating in this great national movement, dur store windows show the latest materials and our drapery department displays a splendid range of decorative fabrics at prices to interest every one. . Blankets ~ "< Every kind of blanket worth having is here. Every blanket shown here Is worth every penny of the price marked on It Some are marked at less than they are worth according to today's market These are plain state- Ave ments of facts. You will find ns ready Are to back them up. Wool blankets, $3.75 to $15.00. if'-iv * (Third Floor Annex) - ??? - ' Delineator at Special Pr splendid style magazine Is Issued monthly and a le best Ideas on authentic fashions. Banner a special New York representative will be ek to take new subscriptions or renewals at the s 5c a year. (First Fit n Who Are G jfches This Wir ve This to Say ho Prides Herself on C ; the New Coats, Dres ; Just Received Montgomery, spent last we ing the newest creations, wit 7 the last word in Fall and V liversity of style and value th? ng. Today the stocks are ?r time of the season. An ing will be of intense inter of good fashion or from a s the time. ? omen New *2, 5?. Blouses for large w men I to size 53 have just The styles are vet llfferent and 111- and the prices are \ antly getting in crate- - ? 1r. tsecond not ie we are selling ! ed?such dress- IE right now. <ti ishioneci. Dresses of We have gone durability for general . , e. beige, Copenhagen . 0U1 new stock in which a persi torn by the smartest Hartley Store Si in the newest autumn hprp ects, wool, silk and ilclc. iiid side-drape effects *'ox Furs in taupe, ; $35; others from $10 se^Muffs, Capes and St $115.00 a piece, pc meteor and velvet Muffs and Neckpiece ,8?- $18 a piece. T opco if ooir Never has thei ;s that have just played such a pi ; prettiest, new- growing. Here are hanc slour, duvetyne, fashion in the ve the newest" au- evei7 day now n sque and bustle to look after you w belt ideas and They are coats for ous .assortment ?w ,r* t t-m \ Kray squirrel with sk (Second Floor) $350.00. Busy! Busy >ME CRAF 3 the week that is nationally given ovei riting to your boys and girls. This is K t has made extensive preparations for rou'll find Curtains and Drapery matei i brighten up your home wonderfully, 1 iffect of all the other furnishings, prod lied harmony. lection of Curtains and other hangings upon the curtains for they are backgro de a very careful study of the proper se 3; Quaker Craft Curtains, $1.50 to $6.0 Home Craft Specials $1.35 a pair for Scrim and Quaker Lace Curtains, hemstitched and with lace edges, white and cream. $2,45 a pair Quaker Lace Curtains made of the highest grade of marquisette, one and two-Inch silk hemstitching; beautifully embroidered medallion in corner and good for any room In the home. $4.25 a pair for Quaker CurtainB with fine filet lace drawn work and edging, cream and white. 42c a yard, choice of a large and varied assortment of curtain materials; madras, marquisette and voile. 22c a yard for a good collection of cretonnes in new autumn colorings, and every pattern you are likely to want. _ (ifhird Floor) New Victor Records FOR OCTOBER. ! being played today in the Victrola Roc (Fourth Floor) ^ fl^S ?img to Have II iter We J uun-u .III I W \ \ C)Xi como V LLA s y smart 1 , Mp*/ v . .. .^.3 cry mod * 1 v lr) 1 '?j >" lis J ^ ' URS to some extra pains in the selection of furs, because furs are something ?. j >n is very apt to he deceived. The Lands behind every purchase made '] poiret blue and Georgette Beta, $45 to $140.00 a . * oles ot Hudson seal, mole and kolinsky, $12 ttf ;s of kit coney, raccoon and river mink at $5 to (Second FIoo% j ; | - ' . ats For Women HO to $125 i e been an Autumn in whicb'topcoafcq gj ominent role and the fashion keeps K Isome coats of New York authentic ry newest shades and materials and ew ones coming in. Now's the time 5 ir Winter Coat. (Second Floor)! For Coatts tne coldest Winter days, because they are 80 ,;*? r coats of Hudson seal, natural river mink and unk trimming, 10 to 48 inch lengths, $87:50 to (Second Floor) ! Busy! i T WEEK-j | : to planning how to make your home. , tome Craft Week, Our drapery de- .1 this splendid occasion. ' J ials that will not only dress the ydri? jut will heighten the charm and dec* i lucing that one, much thought-aft^r is an art. The success of any room unds for all other furnishings. We ilections. Quaker Craft Laces 25c to 0 a pair. Home Craft Week ?j "It is a woman and only a woman, who fif'l can turn a house into a home"?and this Is home-maker's week. "To Adam Paradise was home?to the Rood among his descendants home Is Para- ! ^ And this week i3 devoted to the consideration of this country's greatest Institution ' ?The American Home. Do you know that every one who passes j your home judges you by tho way your windows are draped? Bare windows suggest . ' a poor housekeeper; ill-draped windows the lack ot good taste. Fashionable Footwear jj|9 Buckskin, calfskin and kldskin shoeg f I in pearl gray, dark gray, Jaya brown, I | . J tan, ivory tan and black?not to men- 1 tlon the targe assortment ot two-tone II '?3 im color effects in medium and high boot.. It styles with high and,l<rb heels. Prices It I ? (First Floor) lit - . A'-* V " ' "riB