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" l-"- VSO 'x 1 cnnirrv untie WE WANT TO BUY , OUOILII nLlfu Colored TenantHouses in Any Section fo the Citv for I . - ' ' Mrs. J. S. Thomas of Franklin. Va., '-"J I Investment. ' ' . GEO. A. BARFOOT & CO. Is , visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. Thompson, on West Gold street. Mr. O. R. Rand o'f Garner is in Wilson the guest of his son, Mr, Oliver. C. Rand. "-. "' -.if " -' -T '"r-- .-v . . - , V ' trr 11 - 1 v . . 1 irTiHinitiiiMii iii 111 r 1 11 11 11 111 : . ' 1 il -1882 THE DEPFNn api p c.. " ' V 1 I . . . - . o o o c o o o a o o o o o o o o v -. - -,' v. ..- ; . .. c - OR. W. g. ANDERSOW 0 yV.'- Ear, Nose nd Throat o vjince Hoars a o . to IX a. m. 1:S0 to C p. m. eoooooocoooo6ooooo . MBMMaaBMm j Thomas, Yelrerton & Co. BETTER FURNITURE Funeral Director WILSON, N. C Phones, Day 58 Night 218-J949 and 933 NOTICE "Watch Tuesday's Paper for GilmerV Dollar Day Ad. Dol lar Day, Wednesday, Feb. 15. Something Better, all the time. We still try to improve our business all the time, to give you the best to be hag. If you are looking for a real good job in Dry Cleaning send it to Powell's Cleaning Works. 2 10 2td ;; MRS. SCOTT TO ENTERTAIN. J-Mrs. H.' Y. Scott has issued invita tions to a bridge party Thursday af ternoon, at 3:30 at the Peace Tea rooms in honor of Miss Lanie Hales. bride elect. u MISS MC-CRAW TO ENTERTAIN-. Miss Elizabeth McCraw has issued: invitations to a bridge party to ,be Try us out with your next suit. SSOA . if Ml iAn tL. .A. you ever got in Dry Cleaning. Posi-fneli Friday V1"110011 at 3.:30 ln iioijr uu gasoline oaor. . poweu s Cleaning Works.. Phone 594. 2 It) 2td A meeting of stockholders of the Wilson Athletic Association will be held Monday evening, February 13, at 7:30 at the Chamber of Com merce. ' - 2 10 3td "MISSIONARY SOCIETY - ' TO HOLD MEETING. The Elizabeth Lamm Missionary 'Society will hold its monthly meeting "Monday night, Februarys 13, at the home of Mrs. H. W. Abbitt at 311 Park Avenue. All membersare urged to be present. Mrs. F. H. Underwood, president. VIOLETS AND VALLEY A corsage made of Violets and Val Lillies makes an ideal gift for Val entines Day. STARR THE FLORIST "Flowers That Please." Phone 234. 2 10 3td OPEN SUNDAY 9 . to 1 & 2 to 6 TURLINGTON & MORRISON . Phone 233 & 168 1 or of Miss Lanie Hales. MRS. F. L. CARR TO ENTERTAIN. .' Mrs. F. L. Carr will entertain Fri day afternoon, Feb. 17 at 3:30 o'clock at a bridge party in honor of Miss Eliza Carr. " . oee the new spring styles in ox fords for ladies, girls and boys at Fulghums. 2 11 ltd 7 FARM APPRAISER HERE. Mr. W. F. Stevens, : appraiser for the Farm Loan Bank is in Wilson inspecting the lands of farmers who have filed applications for loans from the bank. Wilson county farmers have asked for loans amounting to over $200,000. ' Mr. Stevens will make his head quarters with the local Chamber of Commerce while here. A meeting of stockholders of the 'Wilson Athletic Association will be held Monday evening, February 13, at 7:30 at the Chamber of - Com iinerce. 2 10 3td WANTED A SOUND MAN. Judge. Horton said this morning 'that he believed that if he could find a good, sound man among those who - came before him pleading for a com mutation of his sentence he believed; " he would turn him loose. That so far j very one - tnat ne- bad tried was ' weak, afflicted, and one . thing or -another the matter with them. That he had kept Dr. Smith the . health officer busy running backwards and : forwards making examinations of parties who had come before him in ' an effort to find if . they really were the invalids they were represented to Vbe. . SCOTCH HEATHER. : We have just received a fresh ship ment of Scotch Heather. Something very pretty for Valentines Day.' Starr "The Florist. "Flowers That Please." Phone 234. 2 10 3td FOR THE TABLE. We will have a very pretty ' asort ment of Cut Flowers and Blooming Plants for table decorations for Val entine Day. Starr The Florist: "Flow ers That Please." Phone 234. 2 10 3td ' Ladies and children' oxfords and strap pumps just arrived at Ful ghums. 2 11 ltd " NOTICE . Watch Tuesday's Paper for Gilmer's Dollar Day Ad. Dol lar Day, Wednesday, Feb. 15. OTHER COURT CASES TODAY Superior court adjourned at noon today. The following cases other than tttfe Moore and Evans cases were disposed of as . follows. ' Lonnie Jackson was sent to the roads for three years for taking $4000 from a negro woman. a Henry and Sidney Moore, two ne gro boys were given four months in jail for an assault on a negro wo man named Home. Primus Jefferson was given six months on the road for securing the pay check of William- Todd, also employed at the Southern Cotton Mills. He presented the ticket num bered 192 at the office and said that he was Todd. This case had come up from the mayor's court. Mr. C. H. Pearce, cashier for the oil com pany' was the principal witness. He said that Jefferson had collected the money for another employee, but he was only tried this morning for the Todd offense. When he came in with the ticket Mr. Miller phoned for an officer, and the negro- suspecting what was up, started to run. Officer Pearce said that he had never seen such running before, and it re quired a chase with an automobile to catch him. . f A negro named William Pitts was given six months on the roads for breaking into the smokehouse of an other negro with whom Pitts was staying named James .Ward and taking some meat. ' This is not the first time Pitts has been, on the road. 1 v ; Judge Horton called up Jesse Tay lor whom he sentenced to the "roads for being implicated in running a still with three othermen, and ask ed Taylor if he helped to operate the still, and Taylor answered "no." Asked If he owned any of the still and he also replied in the negative. Asked how many times he -went out to the -still, Taylor replied only six or seven. Judge Horton then said, "let the first sentence stand. I want ed to give you . a chance to tell the truth and you haven't done it, and I will not change the sentence." ; MEETING OF LITERARY ' , DEPARTMENT NEXT WEEK The literary and educational de partment of the Woman's Club will meet Monday evening at 8 o'clock with Miss Julia Farmer and Mrs. Langley as hostess at the home of Miss Farmer. The short story will be taken up. The members will answer the roll call with quotations from short .stories. MR. BLAUVELT IS VERY SICK. The many friends "of Mr. E. M. Blauvelt will regret to learn that he continues to be seriously ill His- sons, Messrs. Rodney and Robert Blauvelt, will I arrive from Missouri shortly. Fulghums sale all next week and no longer. . ltd DON'T WORRY. Just take the whole family : to Barnes Graves Cafe tomorrow special dinner 12 to 8 p. m. With our new machinery, it puts us in better shape to give you better Dry Cleaning, and you won't, be wor ried with any more gasoline odor. A trial Buit will prove it. 2 10 2td Powells Cleaning Works. DELICIOUS HOT.DRINKS . The Service is Dainty and Sanitary PATTERSON DRUG CO.", Inc. THE SAFE DRUG STORE MALLIN30N'S; Printed Pussy Willow Taffeta and Other New Sport Fabrics WILLIAMS & CO. MISS ELISE TOWNSEND HOSTESS AT , feRIDGE. Miss Elise Townsend entertained at a bridge luncheon at the Country Club this morning . in honor of Mrs. Robert E.. Townsend, Jr., a recent bride. The Valentine note was carried out in the decorations. Red carnations were used. The places were marked with heart shaped boxes filled with mints in the shape of tiny hearts. The tally cards were heart , shaped. Miss Rebecca Mosley made the high est score and was presented the prize, a guest room -icewater set. Mrs. Townsend, the guest of honor, was presented a pair of silk hose. Refresh ments were served. Those present were, Misses Susan Britt, Minnie Glass Whitaker, Jessie Burden, Eliza Carr Margaret Gold, Nell Overman, Rebecca Eagles, So nora Wilson of Tarboro, Theresa Wil liams, Lallah Rook Fleming, Ruby Lacy, Una Brogden, Rebecca Mosley, Margaret Rawlings, Virginia Williams and Hadley Wpodard; "Mesdames Robert . E. Townsend, Jr., Tom Granthan. Irving Langley. Roscoe 1 Fleming, ,W. ,T. Clark, Jrl, . Clifford Burden, L. P. McFarland, . Douglas Aycock. ' 3 . . 9 1 I I :" rf ' " . SI a Copyright 1921 Hut Schttoec & Marx. I M if:; GoOd Style Requires Fine Quality There's no other way Style must be carefully tailored into good all-wool fabrics; it holds up then. Your " clothes will stay stylish. You need it all you get it at small cost in our clothes HART SCHAFFNER & MARX HEAD ,:fi MR. ANp MRS. CHARLES R. HARPER ENTERTAIN Mr. and Mrs Charles R. Harper entertained last 1 night at their home on Jfash street, in honor of Miss Eliza Carr, who on the 23rd of February i to be Carried to Mr. Richard Thorpe Smith. ' . In the receiving line were Mr. and Mrs. Harper, Miss Carr with Mr. Smith, .Mr. , and Mrs. W. G. Carr, Miss Nannie McCraw with Mr. Ben Smith, Miss Lanie Hales 'with Mr. H. R. Swartzell, - Miss Mary Stuart Davis, Mr. Tom Uzzell with Miss Emily-Little of . Greenville, Dr. and Mrs. W. B.. Murphy, and Miss Sue B-est Morrell of Snow Hill, and Mrs. Dora E. Carr. Miss Rita Gay Williams and Miss Virginia Williams served punch, as sisted by Mr. Tom Davis and Mr. Frank Venable. Receiving in this room were Mr. and Mrs. Norborne Schaum, and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Anderson, -- In the dining room, which was lovely with decorations of pink Rus sell roses and silver candelabra holding pink tapers, were Mr." and Mrs. Ben Cozart, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Darden, and Mr and Mrs. Frank S Hassell. , Here ices in "many attractive shapes were served with cakes, bon bons and almonds xfrom Demonets. Dr. and Mrs. Wade H. Anderson ushered the guests Irito the book- room, where coffee was poured by Mrs; H., Matt Phillips of Greenville? Assisting here were Miss Dorothy Whitehead,:, with Mr. R. E.' Craw ford and Miss Lucille Anderson with Mr. Tom Cozart. Receiving" at the front door were Mr. and Mrs. Selby Anderson, while little Misses Marie Anderson and Catherine Eagles received the cards. The guests were Introduced to the receiving party by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carr.-" -. " ' - ..' ' ... The house was wonderfully b5au tiful in its decorations of ferns and shaded lights. -. ' : About two hundred gutsts called during the evening. ' Music was furnished by Messrs. Jack Harrison and Sidney Willough- by of the Wilson . Theater Jrchestra. m D.IAN 1 1 1 1 n Youivby r HERE ARE THE NEW COLORS FOR MDIAMHEAD GLOTH f . . Re, u. S. Pat. OfiF. ::- ' Now for the first time you can buy Indian Head in colors, and in colors guaranteed fast. By "fast colors" we mean colors that will noid ongnt ana true mrouga ea0"j of sun, sea air, dampness, and wasnmg. ine color are:. - ; Pink, Helio. Copen, Rose, Linen, Ciel.We guarantee: If any. garment made Indian Head fails to give proper service be-cause of. the fading or running of :irrd. Head colors, we win maice gooa tne loiaicosi 01 me garmcui.. ? Fifty-nine cents a yard is the price of guaranteed fast-color Indian Head, 36 wide a value that you will appreciate more tuny alter morons; ox wear. Youn Men's sbus Special $15.00 7 7 7 1