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IBIKBIAOB PAlimk social itfnvm Confined With CekL Mis* Thelma O Brien is confined to her home with a severe cold. Geest Here. Averett Sledge of'Wake Forest Col lege waa lhe guest of R. A. Whitten, Ji yesterday. Guest of Mrs. Handera. Miss Emallne Gilman, of Norfolk, Va i* the house guest of Mrs Ran som Sanders on Belle street. Returns to Hospital. A L Ttllotson has returned to Duke hospital >'» Durham for further treat nisnt it wax learned today. Auxiliary Meeting Cancelled. The Julian E. Ingle branch of the Womans Auxiliary of the Episcopal church, will not have its meeting Frt afternoon. it was said today. Members are requested to be at the Pr.n*h Hon** that evening at 7 30 . nock instead. Mrs. McCracken Is . Hostess To Club Mrs T W. McCracken was hostess ar 'ix tables yesterday morning at 11 ocluck at the regular meeting of the Bridge Lunobeon Club in the West End Country Club. Mrs E G. Glenn was winner of high score prize and Mrs. M. W. Wester won the consolation prize. A delicious luncheon plate was served by the hostess. Mrs C G Patterson is the hostess for ih< n xt regular meeting on Wed resda> October Ift. Bobbitt News B> MISS MARION WOODLfRF. Mr and Mrs Nathan Pace of Ra legh were the week-end guests of Mrs Pace.- parents Mr. and Mrs. W. N cmith ? Gill of Durham visited his pal er’- Mi and Mrs H. P Gill, on Fri ,'n r:eh* M u. l Mr< Robert I*assiter and !;’•{■ daughter. Mary Ann, of War rer’. i -pent the past week-end with Mr- La--iter's parents Mr. and Mrs . \\ Finch. E iwrir.i Gill who is employed in the Tex’i.e 1; -ntute at Concord was the end guest of his parents. Mr. Mi- John E. Gill. M.-- Hazel Woodlief spent Monday igh- ■ f .ast week with Miss Hilda Haft r r.ear Henderson. Mr- James Abbott continues to be friends will regret to learn. :i -crr.ai. Finch of the Bearpond c ~n..riry formerly of this place is •■> be doing nicely, after an for appendicitis at Maria Pa;r,am t...-pital. Friday, his friends tr |.; to learn. P.>- h < h visited his cousin Hlck *a: l p,r, h at Maria Parham hospital, Sur.dai af’ernoon. Woodiief was the gueset of H:-knijr, Finch at Maria Parham hos p:’a Saturday evening. Mr- Josie Duke Woodlief, Miss Lem K Duke, and Mrs. R. O. Wood •*”f and child-en. Charlotte and Ann Maria were the dinner guests of Mrs. 7 J Keiley on Sunday. Mr- T. J Kerley. Mrs. R. O. Wood •iet Mi-s Luna K. Duke visited Mrs. Jan.e. Abbott .Sunday afternoon. Mi-- Ila Mae Young was the guest of Mi-- Hazel and Helen Woodlief Sur.dd\ afternoon. Mi-- Marion Woodlief was the guest Money, Time and Health with the new Vicks Plan (or better Control-of-Colds. * many Colds SOfHIFP HENDERSON SATURDAY a* f OCTOBER IQ [SOWHIE ss? DRoy: % % BIG 3 RING Ifjg CIRC Uf 5 a Spa2ks SSSBfiSfiSfiSSBI TWO shows Zand ß PH DOOKSTSPCN Tand 7 P.M. aeeoQE 3HCy%J?*I«3BaFCMR3D) AND THE FAMOUS Rl IPk* Owens xmarStor ’VBIXD -MBOCAN fUPOST AVON Vlm stab in PEBSON ;! SPECIAL. EMtA6T**£HT t Grandstand Chairs on Sale at Circns Ticket Office Showday—lo:3o ▲. M. _ Circus Grounds—Corner Miami and Maple 'Streets SOCIETY NIWS £TTA KETT ~seo, NS Ueepcpc- Can She Pick a Winner? By PAUL ROBINSON ’ ~ HES OtEN WWE —I r 1 IN OTHHLWOBOT WESaswUI || ' C-ff.T net «.0i * OLD— i SlS*] Hi wRSSSteSSSfIS?*) fe^'^oT ||—'. f ~i | i r of Miss Enid Kerley Sunday after noon. Misses Margaret and Hallie Brown visited Mias Enid Kerley Sunday aft ernoon. Misses Margaret Brown. Hhllle Brown. Enid Kerley and Marion Woodlief were visitors of Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Pittman Sunday. Mlsa Madolyn Ellington and Paul Kerley were visitors of Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Pittman Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Young were the Sunday afternoon guests of Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Pittman Rev. R. E. Pittman is somewhat improved after a week s illness at his home his many friends will be srlad to learn. J. L. Woodlief of Winston-Salem was the guest of his brother, R. o. Woodlief, Sunday. Miss Alma Gill of near Henderson was the dinner guest of Miss Elizabth Young Sunday. Miss Enid Kerley and Miss Mary Allen Rowland spent Saturday in Ra leigh. Mrs. J. R. Ellington visited Mrs. Chacy Hight Sunday afternoon. Ronald Smith, little son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Smith spent Friday with his aunt. Mrs. T. R. Smith. Mrs. Minnie Highl and children, Jessie Fuller, Betty and Doris spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Addie Young. Thee Young People's League of Plank Chapel church will meet at the church Friday evening of this week. Every member is urged to be present ar it is the first meeting since the change from an Epworth League. Visitors are welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Owen Buchanan and little daughter. Rachel spent Sunday with Mrs. Buchanan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Wynne. Mrs. H. P. Gill spent Sunday after noon with her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Ellington of near Henderson. Mrs. J. B. Ellington was the host ess to the Woman’s Missionary So ciety. at her home on Sunday after noon. There was a good attendance, most of the members being present. C. B. Woodlief had as his guests Sunday evening James Satterwhite and Rex Woodlief. Miss Folsom Smith of Henderson was the recent visitor of her aunt, Mra. Maggie Brown of this community Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Rowland visited Rev. and Mrs. Pittman Sunday after noon. Miss Kathyn Murphy of Raleigh, spent the past week-end with Miss Marion Woodlief. Mr. and Mrs. Otho May and chil dren of Henderson were the guests of Mr. and Mr 3. Thad Woodlief and Arch Woodlief, Sunday. Mrs. Thad Woodlief visited her mother. Mrs. J. R. Ellington. Mon : day afternoon. Mrs. Etta Stric>.land visited Mrs; Josie Duke Woodlief artd Miss Luna K. Duke on Monday afternoon. Roy Moss visited C. B. Woodlief on Monday evening. Messrs. Dorsey Woodlief and Char lie Klttrell were the guests of Alex and Ries Finch on Monday evening. T. J. Pardue was host at an ice creath supper given at his home on Monday evening of this week. Delicious home made ice cream was HBNDBRBOR, 7H.C.J DAILY DESPATCH THURSDAY OCTOBER 13 198* “ Tztareokk <xo served. Those present were: Mrs. Josie Woodlief, Miss Luna Duke. Mrs. Etta Strickland, hostess, and Miss Marion Woodlief, Dorsey Woodlief, Wayne Woodlief and W. B. Pardue. Miss Clarice Blanks of Henderson visitedd friends find relative* here Sunday afternoon. DUKE ALUMNI HERE TO GO TO DURHAM V Homecoming Day and Mary land Football Game Are Attractions Some Henderson and Vance county alumni of Duke University are plan ning to go to Durham Saturday for the annual homecoming day exercises and he big attraction of the Duke- Muryland football game in the after noon. Meetings and inspection of the campus will be offered during the forenoon, with a barbecue luncheon at 12A5 p. m.. followed by the football game at 2 p. m A carillon program will be given at 5 p. m.. with other events to follow. An announcement says friends of Duke University are cordially invited to join with alumni in observance of Homecoming Day. The program for the day’s activities is as follows: 10:00 a. m. Registration of Return ing Alumni and Guests (University Union.) 11:00-12:0“ a. m. Class and Group Meetings, Campus Tours. Etc. 11:00 a. m. Meeting to Discuss Spe cial Alumni Memorial to Former President John C. Kilgo. 12:00 m. Organ Program (University Chapel.) 12:45 p, m. Barbecue Luncheon. (Tickets may be Purchased in Lobby University Union.) 12:45 p. m. Concert by Duke Univer sity Band (In front of Courthouse.) 2:00 p. m. Football: Duke vs. Mary land. 5:00 p. m. Carillon Program. 5:30 p. m. Fraternity “Open Houses.” Alumni "Get-togethers,” Etc. 7:00 p. m. (Quadrangle Pictures. VICTIMOF WRECK DIES IN HOSPITAL Complication Fatal to James Abbott After Earlier Improvement James Clinton Abbott, 32 years old, died in Maria Parham hospital here last night at 11:40 o’clock of com plications which developed after an automobile accident two months ago. At the time of the accident he was considered critically hurt, but rallied I and was out and about his affairs. Within the past few days, however, he suffered a relapse due to an infec tion, and gradually became worse. , Abbott is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Finch Abbott, three children, Joseph and James, 7, and Dorothy Lou, four months old, and by his mother, Mrs. M. J. Abbott, his father having died several years ago, and by four brothers, Hermas, Otho. ! David and Melvin Abbott, and a sis ter. Miss Jessie Mae Abbott. , Funeral services will be held at the | grave, in the family cemetery. at 3 , o clock tomorrow afternoon, and will ’ be in charge of Rev. I_ vV. Hughes, , rector of Holy Innocents Episcopal j church in this city. The pallbearers . had not been announced this after , noon. | The automobile accident in which ! Abbott was injured occurred on Sun day afternoon, August 21, on the Hen derson-Eposm highway, three miles east of the city. At the same time Mrs. D. R. Abbott, also riding In the same car, said to have been driven by H. H. Abbott, 23, was injured, at that time thought critically, but she Im proved. The car collided with one from New Wonderful Face Powder Prevents Large Pores— Stays on Longer For a youthful complexion, uae new wonderful MELLO-GLO Face Powder. Hides tiny lines, wrinkles and pores. Iftew French ptocfcaa makes it apread more smoothly and stay on longer. No more shiny noees Purest face powder known. Prevents large pores. Ask today for new, wonderful face powder, MELDO-GLO, Ihkt suits every com plaxion. Parker's Drug Store. —Adv. Marian Martin : Pattern : CHIC AFTERNOON FROCK PATTERN 9347 If you've an eye for (he newest ond smartest frocks . . . and w.vit we! dressed women of today hasn't # . . you'll be doubly sure to love this one. This season there's g flair for flared sleeves, a beltless silhouette and point ed seaming?, and this model has all of those features. Beautiful in velvet, satin, or the new cre<pey silks. Pattern 9347 may be ordered only in siaes 14 to 20 and 32 to 44. Size <3 requires 3 1-2 yards 39 meh fabric. Illustrated sU>p-by-*tep sewing instruc tions included with this pattern. To get*, a pattern of this model, send FIFTEEN CENTS (15c) in coins or etamps (coins preferred). Please write very plainly your NAME, AD DRESS. STYLE NUMBER and SIZE of each pattern ordered. for a complete collection of the smartest, most practical and easiest to-make styles, consult the MARIAN MARTIN FALL AND WINTER PATTERN CATALOG. Its 32 pages include beautiful models for junlorj and kiddies, as well a sthe best of the new season’s afternoon, evening, sportx and house frocks, lingerie and pajamas Exquisite items for gift sewing, too. SEND FOR YOUR COPY. PRICE OF CATALOG, FIFTEEN CENTS. CATALOG AND PATTERN TO GETHER. TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. address all orders to The Daily Dispatch Pattern Department, 232 West 18th Street, New York City. the direction of Epsom, driven by Roy Overton, who suffered a broken atm and bruises about the body. Thirteen individuals were riding in the two cars, find ten of them were injured in varying degrees. MRS. CLIFTON WINS IN HOSE CONTEST Mrs. Nellie B. Clifton won the six pairs of NoMend hosiery oiferei by E. G. Davis & Sons Company ‘fo the one guessing nearest to the correct number of yards of silk thread con tained in a pair of NoMend hosiery. Mrs. Clifton’s guess which won the hose was 26.000 yards us silfc thread. The correct number of yards is 2J1.885. There were other emanates within 500 yards of Hhe correct number, WtUJe others guessed from 75 yards to one million yards, it was stated. This guessing contest, was offered by E # G. Davis & Sons Company two weeks ago as part of an advertis ing campaign conducted by the store to introduce NoMend hosiery to their trade. Another feature of the cam paign was a ftw pair of hose every morning to the woman who identified her picture in the show window of the store. The Gold Coast of Africa la prob~. ably the richest minral arfca known,- in proportion to its si*#. :HOGM 9 A. M. TO 12 NOON HISTORY QUERIES ME INTERESTING Reader la Invited To Try Hit Knowledge Os History On These In another city a few days ago eleven questions bearing on American political history were submitted to members of the Kiwanis club at one of its meetings. Readers may find it interesting to try a hand and see how many of them they can answer. Here is the list: 1. What are the qualifications as to age and birth for candidates for Presidency of the United States? An? 2. How many living Ex-Presidents of the United States are there; Who? Ans: What President served two non ccnsecutive terms? Ans: 4. What was the youngest President of the United States; the oldest? Ans: A Against what President of the United States were impeachment charges brought? Ans: 6. Who wax the first President to Lave the United States during his term of office? Ans: 7. What President of the United States have been assassinated while in office? Ans' 8. What father and son have both been Presidents of the United States? Ans: 9. What state has furnished more Presidents than any other State!* Ans: 10. How many Presidents has North Carolina furnished, and who were they? Ans: * 11. What is the native state of Presi dent Hoover? Ans. Banquet Postponed By The Committee At a meeting yesterday of the com mittee in charge of the Father and Son banquet, which was to have been held Friday night in the Methodist church ii was decided to postpone the banquet indefinitely due so con flicting meetings and the Inability of some of the people taking part on the program being here that night. Those who have purchased tickets may secure their money by returning the ticket to whom it was purchased. Parker's Drug Store The Rexall Store Special*—Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday SI.OO Cotv Po\vd«*r QC.% sl.oo\Vampoles QOk* s It s|sVa ue * “ j!' 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QA^ Freshener gs e Lavender Shaving Cream Cod Liver Oil OJrv sl.lO Wildroot and Probak SI.OO Pint Puretest QA^ Hair Tonic 02rC Blades "K/v 1 Cod Liver Oil Phone 119 —We Deliver Famous Riding Clown Is Circus Star George Hanneford, pictured above, star of the Hanneford family of rid ers featured performers coming here Saturday with Downie Bros, circus when the big Sparks managed show gives matinee and night performances on the William street circus grounds. Known the world over for his in evitable red wig and hilarious comedy mingled amid he thrills of skillful and daring horsemanship this steller come dian has become one of the most popular of all circus funsters. The Hanneford family with their six thorobreds and five of the formost bareback riders of the circus world are said to be Americas highest sal aried circus performers. Sharing the spotlight on the pro giam with the Hannefords will be Buck Owens, cowboy film star, who appears in person with his original Hollywood company of movie cowboys and cowgirls, the Morales family, old Mexico's premere wire artists, Marion Shuford equestrinne beauty star of the 1932 innovation ’Dancing Horses' in which thirty of Kentuckys finest thorobreds are featured in a single number, hosts of the worlds formost aerialists, acrobats, gymnasts, clowns and equestrians, as well as three groups of liberty horses, herds of per forming elephants, trained ponies and the big double menagerie now the second largest traveling menagerie or. c arlh The street parad? revived by Char les Sparks, veteran manager of the show is all new and said to be over a mile in length, radiating with all PAGE FIVE GHU&OH BOOI2TXM *N*ouH<naasm the color and splendor of the street parades of old it will leave the circus grounds at 11 3<> a. m. The dcsri region of the United Elates e-overs about half a million square miles. This Woman Lost 45 Pounds of Fat "Dear Sirs: For 3 months I've been using your salts and am very much pleased with results. I’ve lost 43 lbs , 6 inches in liips and bust measure. I've aken 3 bo ties- one lasting 5 weeks. I had often tried to teduce by dieting but nevir could keep it up but by cui t'ng down and taking Kruschen Ive had splendid results. I highly recom mend it to my friends." —Mrs _ Carl Wilson- Manion, Mich. To lcee fat SAFELY and HARM LESSLY take a half teaspoonful cf Kruschen in a glass of hot water in the morning before breakfast-- don’t miss a morning. To hasten results go light on fatty meats, po'a'oes cream and pastries a bottle that lasts 4 wreks cost but a trifle but don’t take chance*; be sure it's Kruschen- your health comes first get it at Parker's Drug Store or any drugstore in Ame rica If not joyfully satisfied after the first boV le menry back —Adv.