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Therefore the Big Reduction: Ladies Gingham Dresses Ladies' Voile Waists : Ladies Pure Thread Silk Hose- MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS Men's Lisle Thread Sox Men's Linen Collars ; For a limited time only we will offer Our Crossett Oxfords at -- Practically all numbers in stock now. $7.98 PHONE 336.1 OUR MOTTO: Watch Methodism Grow in Weldon. WELDON METHODIST CHURCH. L. D. HAYMAN, Pastor. No matter what you see it advertised for it is cheaper here. HI Tl 1 II u If from Worry You'd be Free Come to Freid's Store and you will 0 A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF ORGANDIES, VOILES, FLAXONS, BATISTES, e Etc. In all shades. Any of these fabrics make lovely, cool, comfortable dressers for all occasions. To be happy you must be comfortable. Our racks ire filled with pretty cool, looking dresses, "0.7 M. FREID at 77 imD UQtT STORE, M. FREID, Proprietor.. . WELDON, N. C (LADIES AND GENT'S OUTFITTER. r 1 STANDARD NON-SKID Fastest Selling Tire In America The increasing papular demand for the Klrestone Standard 30x3H Inch tire ovet pei tod of years has given us big volume. Our Plant No. i devoted wholly to this size tire with a capacity of 16,000 tires and 20,000 tubes per day cutacostson every operation. On 1, we dropped our price to SU.M passing on to the car owner the full benefit' cl li. i big sales volume and this labor-saving plant. This tire has been our, standard loi wars four plies long slaple lubiic extra gum between plies heavy nou-skid irea'j. The greatest value eer offered car owners. Insist on Firestone. Our Cord Tire Values Flre&N.iie Cord tires ar made eicluslvely In Plant No. .. Our process of double gum-dlupii.f iich plv of cord gives thicker Insulation. The massive non-skid tread, with extra tlii. kness where wear is rliust severe, glvet re.. effectiveness to holding the car against li;;plng and adds many eura miles ul service. Ilreetone Cord tires are sold at Hi lowest prices In cord tire history: 30x3''.. s-14.50; 3ii4. $4.3i UiiH, $34.9t. There are Firestone Dealers Everywhere to Serve You J. A. HARVELL, Agent, Weldon, N. C. Mr. C. P. Vincent spent the week end at Ocean View. There's a metre in every hymn, and a him in every meet her. Miss Mary McCain, of Ashboro, is visiting Mrs. A. L. Cochran. Mrs. W. L. Knight is spending a few weeks at Virginia Beach. Being discourteous is a small man's way of feeling important. The mosquito bills have lost none of their old-time piquancy. The dearest girl on earth is the one who eats the most ice cream. Mrs. W. G. Suiter has returned home after an absence of several weeks. Mr. R. S. Hall is spending a few days with relatives in Scotland Neck. Picnic lemonade one lemon, two ounces of sugar and a tub full of water. Lots of men keep out of jail by not having sufficient nerve to break the law. Mrs. D. F. Green, of Parkers- burg, W. Va., is visiting relatives in town. Another cure for pessimism is to take something for the liver oc casionally. Yes, indeed; this weather is en ough to make a man hot under the collar. Miss Pattie Shaw spent Sunday in Halifax with her brother, Mr. I. G. Shaw. Mr. Frank Shaw, of Enfield, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Williams. Mrs. T. S. Dickens, of Halifax, was the guest of Mrs. E. L. Wil liams, Tuesday. Some married men admit that their wives boss them. And others just say nothing. See what prohibition has done. Not a single seaserpent has been reported this summer. Misses Bessie Lee and Mary Anthony, of Florence, S. C, is visiting relatives here. At this pleasant weather no one should demur; such real pleasant "dog days" seldom occur." Miss Ada Eure, of Durham spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Williams last week. Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth and children, of Washington, are vis iting Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Williams Dr. W. G. Suiter, who has been taking a special course in a New York hospital, has returned home. Miss Katherine Ward, who has been spendir? some time with rel atives in Norfolk, has returned home. Mrs. Geo. D. Hawks and Mrs. Alice B. Hudson went to Rateigh last Sunday to attend the funeral of a relative. Misses Lillian and Florence Freid who have been visiting relatives and friends in Baltimore, have re turned home. Mrs. W. A. Pierce, Mrs. J. W. Pierce, Mrs. L. D. Hayman and others, spent several days at Ocean View last week. Misses Willie Black Musgrove, Virginia Inge, Carrie Rowe and Anna Shaw are spending the week at Virginia Beach. Mrs. J. J. Stainback and chil dren and Mrs. Eunice Trueblood and children are spending some time at Saranac Lake. Mrs. W. A. Pierce went down to Kinston, Monday to attend the funeral of her nephew, Mr. Jesse Grainger who was killed in an au. tomobile accident. Miss Ruth Mayo Dickens who has been attending the summer school at Wake Forest College for the past several weeks, has re turned home after having finished the course. She now becomes one of the class of full graduates of the Weldon High School for 1921 WHAT'S IN A NAMR. The reason demists call their offices dental parlors is that "draw ing rooms" would be loo suggestive. GET READY FOR COURT. Never make up your mind until you have heard both sides of a story. Sometimes that leaves you more perplexed than ever. Any man will tell you that who has ever done jury duty. ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT. DIED SUDDENLY. Lula Scott Cheek, a well known colored woman of Weldon, died in a hospital in Wilson last Saturday morning. She was the wife of Roger Cheek. She had been taken to Wilson for treatment and died rather suddenly. THE BOY SCOUTS. The Boy Scouts, from all reports received here, are having a grand lime of it, near Ocean View. They are all well and happy and were expected to have started home last Tuesday, and if nothing happens, will arrive here next Friday. ABLE TO BE OUT. Mr. Charles House, to the de light ot his many mends, was brought out last week to see the game of baseball between the leans and fats and through the courtesy ot Mrs. J. w Daniel the car on which he was was placed in her garden where he could in part see the game. News Reporter. WATERMELON PARTY. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Joseph son gave a watermelon party last Thursday night in honor of Miss Ida Bloom, ut Richmond, which was very largely attended by the young people of the town. There was music and dancing and a gen eral good lime for all those who attended. WATERMELONS QALORE. There were more watermelons brought to town last Friday than ever before in the history of the town. Some large and some small. The prices ranged from 5 cents to 85 cents. The market was glutted and in some instances they were hauled back home to be fed to the hogs. IN HONOR OP MISSES MARY AND MARTHA STRINGER. The following appeared in the News-Leader of last Friday : Miss Virginia stringer enter tained on Tuesday evening in her home, U J North avenue, in honor of her cousins, Misses Mary and Martha Stringer, of Weldon, N. C 1 he rooms were attractive ly decorated in green and yellow. Music and dancing were the amuse ments, after which refreshments were served"' STREET WORK. The street force has arrived and the street work that was left un finished several years ago has been resumed and will be pushed to rapid completion. Bigsieam plows and a large force of hands are now at work on 4ih street. THE ROANOKE NEWS Thursday, Aug. 1 1, 1921. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE, 666 cures Biliousness. Fall time is approaching. Dog days end August 19ih. Fans are flirting flirts are fanning. Have you planted your fall Irish potatoes? The fruits of victory turn out to be lemons. Waste of the raw material two girls kissing. e Mr. L. Kittner spent the week end at Norfolk. The preserving season should be in full blast. . 666 cures Chills and Fever. A good melon has a crisp sound when you rap it. The school vacation days are on the home stretch. Sweet potatoes will soon make their appearance. The watermelon crop is certain ly a grand success. m September with he mild eyes will peep In upon us soon. 666 cures Malarial Fever. PAY UP. (Jur cemetery which has up peared as a wilderness is now place of beauty, a cemetery of which we no longer need feel ashamed. We maintain a perma nent keeper to keep, the place in good condition. The keeper must have his weekly wages and unless each square owner pays his yearly dues we wilt not be able to retain the keeper. Shall we let our cem eiery go back to the wilderness out of which we have taken it? All square owners who have not paid their yearly dues of $10.00 and those who stifl owe half of the yearly dues, please send their checks at an early date to Mrs. S. J. Dixon, Treasurer, of Cemetery Fund. 666 cures Dengue Fevtr. COURT WEEK. Next Monday, August 1 5th, Su perior Court convenes at Halifax, Judge Calvert presiding. There will doubtless be a full two week's term, as there are forty-six cases on the civil docket. Among the number there are thirteen divorce cases. Just how many criminal cases there are on the docket we do not know, but we judge the first week of court will be taken up trying criminal cases. We pub lish in full the civil docket for the convenience of our readers who may have business at court. QOINO TO VIRGINIA NOW. Owing to the very stringent law in this State, runaway couples are going to Virginia now to get mar ried. The following couples were mar ried at Emporia, Va.: Mr. William Brown, of Colum bia, S. C, and Miss Taylor, of Roanoke Rapids, were married at the Baptist parsonage, on July 25, Rev. C. T. Taylor, officiating. Mr. Frank Woodeel and Miss Leola Phipps, both of Roanoke Rapids, were married at M. E. Church parsonage, on August 2, Rev. B. C. Candler; officiating Mr. Eulas Marlin and Miss Eva Midget, both of Rosemary, were married on July 31st, by Rev. B, C. Candler. Mrs. Harry Smith Scores at Cards For Attractive Bride-to-Be. On Tuesday morning from eleven to one Mrs. Harry Smith delightfully entertained the ladies of Weldon at Progressive Auction and Rook, this affair an nouncing the engagement of one of Weldon's most attractive young ladies, Miss Mary Ellen Travis. Mrs. Smith greeted the guests on the spacious porch, which was beautifully decorated in golden rod, and directed the guests to the re ception hall where each guest found her place card, a bride ana groom, with her name thereon. Tables were set for forty-eight players, and at the end of the game, Mrs. smnn announcea ine ucky contestants which won the top prizes, vanity ooxes, to miss hva Stainback, ot ureensooro, Miss Katherine Ward, of Weldon, and Miss Marvel Mitchell, of South Weldon; table prizes, miniature brides, in Mrs. L. C. Draper, Mrs. U B Zollicolter, Miss Mary Blalock, Miss Bishop, Mrs. D. B. Byrd, and Mrs. DeLeon r. Green, of Parkersburg, W. Va. The honoree, Miss Mary Ellen Travis, received a miniature Bride and Groom, eoincidenily. Mrs. Smith announced the prizes, and ihe arrival ot a telegram from Mr. Troy Myau, ot Sinithtield, the lucky winner of "hearts" in this game his beautiful prize, Miss Mary Ellen Travis to be presented in the Episcopal church, OciohttrS, 1921. The living room and dining room were tasiily decorated in pink roses and crepe mynle Mrs. Smith, ussisted by Miss Ward, Mrs C. W. Gregory and Mrs John Zol icott'er, served deli cious ice cream molded in shape of golden wedding bell and slippers. The Bride to-be, Miss Travis, beautiful in her creation of blue taffeta, wearing a corsage of Bride's roses, was showered with good wishes. Each departing guest led hearts as trumps to miss Travis so that in "life's game" they could be doubled and redoubled in happiness and prosperity. " POOR SHOW POOR CROWD. The Sanger circus gave two per formances here last Friday, which in our opinion, was as near noth ing as ever "came down the pike." They advertised to have the largest elephant in the world, but when the show arrived, the people were informed that the elephant had died on the wayj Whoever heard of an elephant dying? We always understood that it took two cannons to kill one. The old canvas, with a thousand holes, was doutless dis carded by the first circus perform ing here after the civil war. The seats were dirty and broken up matched the canvas. The crowd in keeping with the show.' There was a fairly large crowd in town, but they did not attend the show. You cannot fool all the people all the time. NEQRO KILLED. Walter Ward, a well known col ored farmer, was shot and instant ly killed near his home three miles of Enfield at about ten-thirty Mon day night, and Robert Bell, a son in law of Ward's, is being held charged with the crime. Ward was at a store a short distance from his house talking with a party of other colored men when he was shot at close range with a shot gun. The shot was fired through a win dow in the side of the building. The authorities were immediately notified and Bell was arrested. Coroner Rowe, held the inquest Tuesday morning and evidence sufficient to hold Bell was brought out at the hearing and he was com mitted to jail without bail to a- wait the next term of Halifax Crim nal Court which convenes Mon day, August 15th. Enfield Pro gress. REWARD OP MERIT. 'What's the most attractive feat ure of farm life?" asked the city dweller. "Knocking off work on Satur day and going to town in the fliv ver," said the truthful agricul turist. THE BOY SCOUTS. The following ws sent to the News and Observer from Elizabeth City: I he WHtlon Hoy Scout troon that was marooned on Frog Island, in lower Pasquotank county, by reason of engine trouble and a storm, stopped over at Elizabeth City on the way to Norfolk, and was entertained by Troop 5 of the local Scouts at the Chamber of Commerce assembly hall Tuesday night. The hall was attractively decorated in American flags. The entertainment opened with a speech by Secretary Job, follow ed by a brief talk by Scoutmaster Morrisette Pendleton, of Troop 5. The Scouts played games, after which ice cream and other refresh' menis were served, i he visiting Scouts were later shown through the Chamber of Commerce quar ters, and at U:JU all went down to the weldon scouts ooat lor an hour of fun. Rub-My-Tim for Rheumatism. A bride is never really and truly happy unless she thinks some oth er girl envies her. Warning to young people who contemplate matrimony-brimstone is at the end or all matches. NOTICE OF SALE. Under end br authority of Section 24:UortheConsolideted8Utuee ofNorth C'srolins, the undersigned will, on the 1H1H DAY OK ALGLST, 1921, t 11 o'clock A. M , in front of their piece of business in Littleton, N. C, sell at pub lic suction, one two ton Keo Motor Truck, the same beviDg been delivered to the undersigned by tne Monthern Auto Eichsnge of Norfolk, Vs., for the purpose of bsvins; certain work done and materials furnished to eaid truck all of which is unpaid and past due for over SO dara and amounts to (44.35. The purpose of sale beinr to satisfy mechaniea's lien for work done and materials furnished to repair said truck. This the 4tb day or August, QLA8UOW-BAIJCOM & CO. MRS. J AN IE HAYWARD, NOTARY PUBLIC, WELDON, N. C. Ofices of Daniel A Daniel. WANTED TO BORROW $1,000 on improved real estate in the heart of Weidon. Will pay a reasonable bonus in ad dition to interest. Apply to This Ofhcb.
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