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yy ys ' PAGE TWO THE COLUMBIA HERALD FRIDAY, JULY i. 1921 '! if hi . ,1 (B Begins Friday, July 1st and Continues 1 Days.? pers, Men s F urnishings and Hats. This sale is given twice a year and means a great saving on every article we offer 1 This year the retailers all over the country are facing new merchandise problems. They must cut their stocks to a minimum and must make their turn over more rapid; This store is no exception and this Clearance Sale is one of the means by which we hope to accomplish this end. This sale is for cash and cash only. ' I ( (((O T CITY'S BARGAIN FEAST WILL BEGIN ON NEXT FRIDAY GREAT SEMI-ANNUAL EVENT IN MERCHANDISING TO CONTIN UE FOR FIFTEEN DAYS. RECORD MAQEJPRICE SLASHING Full Appreciation Shown for Changed Economic Conditions j'jflSelling Values That Have Btef Fi'x$. by the Merchants. 'SWSQfr (From Wednesday's Daily Herald.; Columbia's semi-annual bargain rest will begin on Friday next when the tores of Anderson Bros, & Foster. Maury Dry Goods 6onpanj, W.. W. , Evans & Company and the J. Rosen thal Company are opened for business.' a The semi annual bargain?; fiesta are aimost an institution. rneynwve Deen established customs of progressiva Co lumbia merchants for ho,, JutviJ that many housekeepers plan 4hfiir, house hold and wardrobe purchases with them in view. a With tumbling prices on farm pro ducts and manufactured goods general and with the Columbia bargain giving merchants determined that so far as is possible they are going to adjust Belling prices of their goods to the changed conditions in the country, this year's summer bargain event is going to be the most notable one in the history of these sales. Prices have been mude that show the extent to which values have been lashed,, during the paBt year. All that is asked in order to convince one of this statement, is a comparison of what is offered now with what was priced a year ago. These sales, will last for only fif teen days. They are strictly cash vents. No charges will be made dur ing the period of the sales, for the rea son that One of the main objects of making the heavy aaorilices involve! la to convert merchandies into money , and be prepared for the coming sea son's trade. It is expected that not only will Maury countians be attract ed to this bargain feast but that ap preciative buyers from other counties will also be here. - . - - : : . r JL? jru .w - yys zrp Xnough Heat From" Oil For- i - 7.7.'."' ''" : '" - "vi t. '-'-. Every :ikd. : Have you thought that to prepare a big dinner perfectly and quickly required a city gas range? Any cooking large or small is easily, quickly and economical done, on the Red Star Detroit Vapor Oil Stove the advanced type, all-the-year-'round oil stove. It will cook a 54b. beef roast to delicious tenderness in l 1-2 hours;.boil potatoes perfectly la . 20 minutes; cook string beans in one hour and turn out baking powder biscuits, tender and flaky, in 12 to 15 minutes. v' These remarkable results are due to the big 8 1-2-lb. gray iron Red Star burner. It converts kerosene, gasoline or distillate into'gas. Gives a double ring of hot, blue, gas flame. In operation the butner becomes red hot adds this intense heat directly beneath the cooking untensil. Gives 19 hours of wonderful cooking heat from each gallon of fuel. Saves 25 per cent of fuel and does work equal to any gas range. Come in and see it demonstrated by Factory Expert Thursday and Friday, June 30 and July 1 . "... ,i See how, with this stove, you may have the same convenience as with a city gas range. We'll be glad to show you any time. 48 lb. Sackol Hour FREE Willi Each Stove Sold During Demonstration CooIiM - - --Jim ;0 THIRTY BUSHELS OF WHEAT TO ACRE (From Tuesday's Daily Herald.) Wlwat yields of as high aa thirty buahflls pr acr have ben reported j on a United acreage. Van Tankersley j on the Halliday ptafe south of Co- 1 lumbia iftade thirty busheis on one 1 field. . fit expected that the total yield ofwheat on this place will run around f 2.500 bushle. ' m ' ' Deiroityapor Oil Stove Columbia Hardware & Furniture Co. FORMER MISSIONARY PREACHES IN COUNTY (From Tuesdays Daily Herald.) Hey. J. T. Redmon, from New Mexico,1 has been in the county for several days visiting old friends. He -preached Sunday at Cross Bridgae and Sunday night at Culleoka. He was formerly missionary from the First Methodist t-uurch here to the Isle of Pln but in recent years has been in the Weslk'for the benefit of bit wifa'a health. HEAVY DAMAGE FROM WIND AT FARM STATION Tnrir said to be Bendy 2U.0UU AUDITORIUM OF ADMINISTRA- TION BUILDING UNROOFED AND WALLS DEMOLISHED. (From Wednesday's Daily Herald) Wind on Tuesday afternoon during a hard shower did damage at the Mid dle Teonessea Kiperimmt Station an tfmatad at from S4,()i0 to $5,000. The I entire roof of -the "I' or au3itorium I of the administration building was blown off and the walla of the main liuilding cranked and otherwise dam aged. . Tho wind waa of terrific orce for it blew the metal roof of the auditorium, a structure that would weigh many tons, not Ipbs than Bevr-ntj- or seventy five feft and blew .down the brick walla of this portion of the building. The walls were bauly damaged and a hurried estimate of the ".loss of the building made by Superintendent Hume, aggregated about i,500 and probagly more. The loxs from the wind was fully ' coTemd by Insurance. Altogether the st at a. whif-h Cns the protrty1 'hrough the University of Tennessee, carried on the administration building n",' of cyclone or wind storm in surance, divided between the Colum bia Insurance Agency and Hendley, Thomas & Hendley. - There was little wind in the city and general surprise was expressed when news was. received of the loss at the station. Between the station and the city there was a severe wind that blew down forest frees at he homes of John F. Stephenson. Ned J. Dais and others and also felled some telephone poles. The administration building, a two story brick structure; was rrted by the University of Tenessee in ISIS. The "L" or anditorfnm, btiflt as a salesroom and intended for public meetings, was only one story, but it was a substantial structure. ENORMOUS DEMAND ' FOR ICEJT PRESENI BUT WEATHER WA3 ANTICIPAT ED AND LOCAL CONCERN'S SERVICE IS UNIMPAIRED. (From Tuesday'a" Daily Herald.) Local demand for ice during the past ten days has probably exceeded any previous ten days In the history of fh local icf plant. It Is abJ of I any similar period of'last year. This has been doe to the excessive heat. Mi nday being one of the hottest days on record. Whilo the mercury did not go to a record mark, t average heat was probably equal to any day in re cent years. A remarkable feature, of the day was that it was hottest at 7 o'clock when usually it is hottest at 2 or 3 o'clock. The weather bureau at Nashville reported a temperaUire of 90 degrees at 11 o'clock last niht. Despite the tremendous demand for ire the Columbia Ice & Cold StAraee Company has met every requirement. Ha deliveries have been prompt and there has been little complaint of ser vice. Manager Kloepfer baa good ra siin i 'benf'i'ij of u.ii' efforts to give the people the best of service. Despite the fact that right at present the demand for he is slight ly in excess of plant capacity there is no danger of an lie Bhortage, because Mr. Kloepfer prepared for an emer gency by filling his storage capacity. Admiral Sims has left England, but that doesn't make much difference, for Ambassador Harvey is there and booked for a long stay. Omaha World. An omelette or a piece of fish, with fruit to follow, is -said by one diet ei- Prt to be the ideal midday mehl for a