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STATE NEWS II IN DIGEST| Congressman Charles L. Abernathy of New Bern will be the principal speaker in his home town Saturday upon the occasion of the Nary Day Celebration. A total of 4,760 bales of cotten were received by the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co-operative Asso ciation on October 16, which goes down ** the biggest day in the history of the organisation. Throughout the length ond breadth of the United States school children are making millions of tiny forget me-nots of bite of cloth and paper to be sold on November 10 for the ben efit of the 100,000 maimed and bro ken American Veterans of the World War. The Rdtefve Officers' Association of Raleigh held its October meeting at Fort Bragg on October 111 and 12, with Colonel J. W. Harrelson in the capacity of presiding officer, and with assistance of the officers stationed at the camp. Representatives from Enfield, Hal ifax, Rosemary and Scotland Neck were in attendance at a meeting of the County Bankers Association, that was held October 12. There was a discussion of the boll weevil prob lem during the day. The formal opening of the Great State Fair was held at Raleigh on Monday, with one of largest first day attendances on record. Each day has been a largely attended event. Many exhibits, are on display, and good ra cing is featured each day. The annual football struggle between the State College and University teams will be played there today, Thursday. Colonel Bodeheaver, auctioneer for Allen Bros., real estate dealers in Ra leigh, was instantly killed last Thurs day when the car in which he was riding had a head-on colision with another automobile driven by officer W. E. Mangum, who was chasing a liquor car at the time. Will Allen, a member of the real estate company, was also seriously injured and is now in a Raleigh hospital. Other passen gers in the two cars wore also more or less badly injured. Allen was driv ing a Franklin Sedan at the time and hit the other car so hard that the en gine of his car was carried right up in the front seat. The Allen boys are remembered in this section, having conducted several auction land sales here in 1918 and 1919. At a meeting of the board of direc tors of the Raleigh Chamber of Com merce held last Thursday, W. A. Withers, professor at State College, -was elected chairman of the directors and president of the Chamber. With the colorful display of t he Orient and the antics of the typical American at play, the Knights of Zisa Temple, D. O. O. K., held their an nual ceremonial at Fayetteville last Friday. Fifty-six were installed. Wake County alumni of Wake For est College held a meeting October IS, elected officers and adopted a res olution favoring the construction of a new library building not to cost less than a quarter million ^dollars. The Western North ^Carolina con ference of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, will convene in its thirty-fourth session in Centenary Chuerh at Winston-Salem today. Joseph us Daniels, former Secre eary of the Navy, will speak in Kln ston at the unveiling of a war memor ial at the Queen Street Methodist church later on in November. Within the last few weeks 72 new books of fiction have been added to ' the Raney Library in Raleigh. One hunderd and fifty-seven illict distilleries were captured, 17 auto mobiles confiscated, 964 gallons of liquor and 119,644 gallons of malt liquor poured out by federal prohi bition agents operating in North Carolina during September, accord ing to the monthly report issued by State Prohibition Director A. B. Col trane. A joint committee from the Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club and Chamber of Commerce met recently and made up definite plans for the 1924 automo bile Show in Goldsboro. The cave of Daniel Boone was cel ebrated in Davidson county along with the banks of the Yadkin river as the refuge of the noted pioneer and his war with hostile Indians, at public exercise.; last week. A big haul was made by federal prohibition agents in Currituck coun ty last Saturday, when they captured a big steam still with two boilers, a apeed boat, Miss Bulck, a large yawl, one large row boat, one and a half tons of coal, 4000 pounds of sugar, ten bags of meal, 10 bags of rye flour, 12,000 gallons of beer, 260 gallons of whiskey and 36 gallons of water bottle*. The Still was set up on Buck Island Mar t, Currituck County. No on# waa on the scene when the cap The building committee of the - University in session last Thursday authorised the immediate construct ion of three new dormitories to house 348 students. The cost is estimated without overhead at 1386,000. W. C. Cotten and his sea, Coy, far mers of Bartoa's Creek township in Wake County, who were charged of the murder of Milton Woodlief, son in-law of the older Cotten, were ac quitted by a jury in the superior court last Friday. There will be a boll weevil confer ence held in Goldsboro October 24. Governor Morrison granted three paroles last Friday, and refused to interfere in nine other cases in which petitions for pardon have been pre sented to him. While it is impossible yet to accu rately give the Are loss of North Ca rolina during September, Insurance Commissioner Stacey W. Wade sta tes that the iocs can be fairly appor . '? tioned or approximated aa not to ex ceed 9900,000, the loaa during Au gust being 984,000. Seventy-eight of the alumni of the Bute University met at the Yarbor ough Hotel in Raleigh last Thursday to celebrate the 180th anniversary of their alma mater. Librarians from all over the state will meet in Winston-Salem uo/No vember 22 and 28, for th^ bi-ejr>nial conference of the North CarotyU Li brary Association. Will G. Alien, prominent real es tate dealer of Raleigh, died Tuesday in Rex Hospital, as the result of in juries received in an automobile ac cident. Members of the Typographical Un ion at Asheville, working on the Ti mes and The Citizen, have walked out on a strike for higher wages. In the meantime, the two newspapers announce that they will get out their paper* with non-union labor. Approximately 10 percent of the automobile ownefep of North Carolina have complied with the bmt State law effective October 1, requiring all owner* to register the title of their car with the Secretary of the State, a registration fee of $1.50 being charged on each car. C. C. Rowe,' owner and proprietor of a fruit stand at Chapel Hill ha* been locked up following hi* attack upon a young co-ed of the Universi ty. This man'* wife died a few years ago, and so great ha* been hi* grief ' since then that his mind has become abnormal. When he saw the young University student, he' pulled from his pocket a photo of hi* wife, and claimed that the student was hi* dead | wife, saying she was the exact image j of the dead woman. North Carolina farmers are grow ing a greater variety of hay crops than farmer* of any State now, say* Prank Parker, State Agricultural Sta tiacian. A circle of cotton bales surroun ing a?}arge wheel in which the center is another bale, King Cotton, descri bes the general appearance of the display at the sjate fair by the N. C. Cotton Co-ops. COMMUNITY FAIR AT HARRELLSVILLE The initial effort at a Community Fair in Barrel Is ville will be staged there next Saturday, October 20. The woman's clubs are active in that section of the county, and for several years actively co-operated with Miss Swindell in the home demonstration work. The women and girls belong ing to the dubs in that territory will take a leading part in the first fair next Saturday. Down Harrellsville war the farm art ara alto numbered among the beat in the county, tome of them each year winning many prises at the county fair. The farm exhibita of Mr. B. N. Syket of Harrellaville have been con sistent first prise winners at the Win ton fair. The ipen are aito strong for the community project and are halting it along. A general invitation hat been ex tended to visitors and all to attend the fair which will be held in tha school building. Hon. Stanley Win borne of Murfreeaboro will make an address during the day. Mrs. J. L Blythe Is secretary of the community fair. Had you thought about it? Next year is election time. You'll want to keep up with "the boys". Subscribe to the HERALD now and you get all of it for One Dollar. [Miller "I -&r Rhoads l? ?! Tkt first MiUsr 8 Rhands Start ia Rich mond. Op mad in IMS. Ii The story of how a little store grew to be a very big one Tka Miller 9 XWi Stara tm Ml?* that Una Ikamgkt It bt larga "< anaufk far all fa tan naadtl I ? I \ '}?,/> ?, - tfjjf; .^g THIRTY-EIGHT years ago, the Miller & Rhoads Store in Richmond had its begin ning. It was a modest beginning. The original store measured only 22 x 75 feet, but it was destined to grow to be the greatest department store in the South. Two energetic young men, L. O. Miller and W. S. Rhoads, were its founders. Having re ceived a thorough business training under sound Scotch leadership, they came to Richmond and opened their little store at 117 East Broad Street, in 1885. It was a new venture in merchandising. Cast ing aside the old system of barter, with its haggling over prices, the youthful merchants began a policy of marking every article at a fair and definite price. Other merchants pre dicted failure for this venture, which was so radical a departure from the merchandising policies of the time. The store opened with a sales force of only ten persons, including the firm. It was Satur day morning. The opening drew a crowd of curious shoppers interested in buying goods that were sold at "one price to all." It was an instant success. The public met the new policy with a hearty welcome. By the end of the first year, the rapidly growing busi ness had completely outgrown its original space and the store was extended back to a depth of 110 feet Three years later, the store was again forced to seek larger quarters, and the building at 509 and 511 East Broad Street was then erected. At that time, the new building?three stories and a basement?was thought to be large enough for all future needs. How absurd that seems now! Then, twenty-fire sales people were enough to wait on all the customers. Now 1,000 em ployees are required. But the store continued to grow. Not by leaps and bounds, but steadily and healthily. People of Richmond and the near-by communi ties appreciated the efforts of the store to give than what they wanted. Good merchandise at fair prices ana a willingness to serve won their confidence. A steadily increasing patronage was an unmistakable sign of their good-will. There is no better evidence of that patronage than the great new addition to Miller & Rhoads Store now rapidly nearing completion. Ex tending the entire distance from Fifth to Sixth Streets, on Grace Street, this fine new building of six floors, including basement, nearly doubles the floor space of the present buildings. The combined floor space of all the present build ings and the new one is 861,980 square feet, 219 times greater than the original store. The new building is a splendid tribute to the spirit of friendliness that has existed between Miller & Rhoads and the people of the South. We like to ""feel that the building belongs to the people whose loyal patronage has made it possible. The store and all its special features for con venience and comfort are open to shoppers and visitors alike. Come in. You will always find a hearty welcome. *? ? - ?' '*. ? 'Tsv-' f,, '?-<v> ' . ? ?- ; A _y^\ RICH M O N D, VA. JL
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