r THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH, THURSDAY EVENING" MAY 9, 1918. . J : t ' ' i .... . .. - ..---. - Society - i v "Miss Daisy Foster of Winnabow is 1 f visiting here as the guest'ot; Mrs.? C. I U Kirkpatrick. ;: I ; ': Uliss Martha Dixon, of Dixon, who j3 has been visiting friends here, return- 3 ed to her home tiday. f I? Q.- I Miss Lula Thompson, of Southport, i i Is . visiting here with Mrs. B. R. Phil lips; on North Sixth street. E v. . 'I n Miss Marjorie Turner, of Burgaw, I '0 who has been visiting friends here, 1 4 returned to her home this morning. 1 ta, . , I f? Miss Mary Yates, of Burgaw, . spent 1 B yesterday in the city, shopping, re p turning to her home in the afternoon. --Mr.- and Mrs; N. J. Harris, of Rocky llPoint, returned to their home this morning, after a short stay in the city f? with friends.' ' f Mr .and Mrs. R. T. Whitney, of slGaffney, S. C, who have been visiting friends here for the past several days, returned to their ifcoihV yesterday af ternoon. - , w Misses Ane and Willie Dempsey left this morning for Raleigh, where they will spend the remainder of the ;week with friends. They; will visit in Mt. Olive before returning fcume. A social will bi elven in connection with th rlrtsinr- axercises at the Winter Park school tomorrow even iner Vw tis mothers' club. Of East Wilmington, at the schoolhouse. National Special Aid block messen gers who were unable to report their penny collections yesterday afternoon huoiia nt t n a s ft vera ramswrm ie making returns this afternoon. Tha ftttftTidance on this morning's meeting of the board of directors of the Y. W. tL a., nem h w w. ostniiatinn. was jtood. and . a mass of routine business was trans acted. a frwell earty was given Mr. Mil i. :Va iairo this afternoon for lei w" ,. -.mnn TtoVlAH ftt. th TOOmS Of thS Y. M. H. A. last night. Dancing was enjoyed until far into the evening and refreshments were served. Despite the inclement weather many Gr- - "25 23 S3 ss it 1 SunRain Parasols Very Practical. A Parasol, and Umbrella all in 5 one. I I We are. showing them in attractive colors Plaids, or Stripes, and Plain Colors, -Navy Green, Purple, Black--at moderate prices. ill 1 5 A. D. Brown Company It PAYS to trade at BROWN'S. I!IIIIIlll!l!!l!!IIin!ll!ll!III1l!lll!!it!tM Fattended last night's exfercises at the Seagate school and enjoyea tne min strel efforts of the high school troupe. The cake was raffled off by Brown and it brought $75. All pro ceeds will be- invested inwar savings stamps. J ': : .. . - SOUTHPORT SOCIAL NEWS. Sftuthnort. May '8. The many friends of Miss Bessie Newton are glad to have her back in her old home for a long visit. v "Miss Florence Price who has been visiting in South Carolina for several mdhthaf has ' returned home and ac cepted a position as bookkeeper for Southport Fish and Oil company. rs. J. W. Ruark has returned home after spending a month with her parents in Sanford. Capt. HvIund, for some years master of the Cape Fear, has beten assigned to a naval vessel in New York. The civic league will hold Its May social meeting at "The Robins' Nest" this Wednesday, guests of Mrs. Robinson-and Miss Parkhill. "Mr. L7 Miller went to Wilmington on Tuesday. Mr. E. B. Stevens spent the day in Wilmington Tuesday. Mr. S. B. Northrop is in Wilming ton attending court this week. Mr. and Mrs. Morse are spending several days in Wilmington. Mr. D. F Giles and Miss Hattie Far- rott will be in Southport next Monday to conduct the teachers' institute for Brunswick county Mrs. Manson, who has been spend ing the winter in Florida with her brother, has returned to Southport. HONOR ON F EDERATE SOLDERS T OMORROW Place Wreaths On Mounds of ThoseEor Whom Taps Have Sounded. ARMSTRONG HOUSTON. Miss Helen Elizabeth Houston and Frank Hall Armstrong were married at 2:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the residence of Rev. A. D. Mc Clure, D. D pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church, leaving immedi ately after the ceremony for Jack sonville. N.-C.. where they will snend a week with Mr. Armstrong's rela tives. They will be at home to friends In the early future at 9 South Fourth street. The bride is a popular voune woman, a graduate of the James Walker training school for nurses and Mr. Armstrong is connected with the Hampton Roads Construction com pany. FIRST AUCTION SALE. Offer Sunset Park Property on Mon day Morning, May 27. The first auction sale of Sunset Park business property, that portion lying adjacent to the entrance to the shipyards, will be held at 10 o'clock on the morning of May 27, under the direction of the -iJnited Realty com pany, O. T. Wallace, manager. Those interested In Sunset Park property are urged to attend the sale. Plans have bee completed and a splendid-program arranged for the memorial exercises ta be held tomor row afternoon at the Confederate mound in Oakdale cemetery in honor or the men wnp iought witn iee ana Jackson who went through the ter rible strife between tbenorth and south in defense of the lost cause Veterans will be carried to the ceme tery in machines that have been pro vided and that will leave the W. L. I. armory during the middle of the afternoon. Members of the Wilmington drum and bugle corps, Hemenway drum and bugle corps and boy scouts will as semble at the W. L. I. armory at 3:15 o'clock in the afternoon and march to the cemetery. The line of march will include members of Cape Fear Camp, U. C. V.; Cape Fear Chapter, U. D. C; George Davis Chapter, Children of the Confederacy; Sons of Veterans and boy scouts. The pro cession will move from the lodge at 4 o clock and wreaths will be placed upon the mounds of the wearers of the gray for whom taps have sound ed. The following program will be rendered: Hymn 682, "Stand Up- Stand Up, For Jesus" Choir. Prayer by Chaplain Rev. F. D. Dean. Hymn 306,"Eternal Father, Strong to Save" Choir. Introduction of Orator Chief Mar shall. Addresrf Brooke O. Empie, Eeq. Hymn 676 , "One Sweet, Solemn Thought" Choir. Reading Roll of Honor Chief Mar shall. Names of those who lost their lives in the service of the Confederacy 1861-1865. Quartette, "Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord (Mendelssohn). Reading names of veterans who have died since last Memorial 'Day. Hymn 196, "Our Father's God to Thee" Choir. Presentation of Cross of Honor. "America" Choir. Benediction Rev. F. D. Dean. Taps Wilmington Drum and Bugle Corps. Chief Marshall General James I. Metts. Orator Brooke G. Empie, Esq. Chaplain Rev. F. D. Dean. The music will be rendered under the direction of St John's choir, with Prof." George E. Johnson as musical director. The following ladles com pose the memorial committee: Mrs. Week Specials lil e Proportions Week Sp End Shoe eciais $3.00 to $5.00 May Manton Oxfords, Pumps ' and Strap Pumps in black kid, gun metal, patent and tans. Broken sizes, but al most any size can be had in the lot. Special price for Friday and Saturday's selling $2.13 Ladies' Patent Pumps in high or low heels, complete range of sizes, $2.50 values, Prices for Friday and Saturday . .$1.43 It has always been our aim to make our week end specials of such value that whenever you saw anything advertised by us as a special, you would know the value was extraordinary. We feel that our aim has been accomplished, for each week end brings back to our store not only the same people, but also new customer are to be found among the crowds every time. Read the Specials here advertised for Friday and Saturday and if you have not been takiifg advantage of these week end sales, do so this time. y ITS WORTH YOUR WHILE. Extraordinary Values from the Clothing Dep't. Men's $1.50 Percale Shirts in wide range of fancy and neat stripes. All good colors and sizes 98c Men's $1.50 Dimity Union Suits, made from best quality, heavy weight white check ed Dimity. All sizes ..." $1.09 Men's $1.50 and $2.00 Denin, Khaki and pincheck work pants, sizes 31 to 42. .$1.13 'if -' s - if Week-End Sale of Silk Dresses Why that tiresome visit to the dressmaker, when you can step in here and within a very few minutes be the sole owner of a complete dress, finished in every de tail, not by ordinary dress makers, but byjiigh class tailors, each individual style combininthc smart youthful lines with refinement and good taste. The dresses featured in this week-end sale are priced at just about what the cloth alone would cost. $17.50 to $20.00. Taffeta, Crepe de Chine and Georgette dresses in 1 practically a complete range of col ors and sizes . . . ... . .$14.95 $22.50 to $25.00 New Spring dresses, inTaffeta, Georgette, Foulard and Crepe de Chine: . . . .... .$18.75 $30.0(Fand $33.00 Dresses sin all the Season's New Weaves martly tailored in the most popular styles ......... . v $24.75 Bargains from Dress Goods Department 29c Dress Ginghams, in neat checks and stripes, 27-in. wide . . . i . 19c .25c white Underwear Crepe, 27-in. wide, 15c 36-in. White Washable Corduroy, $1.00 value ... ... . . . 69c .i i $130 Black Taffeta Silk, heavy quality . 36-in. wide .. ... . .. $1.29 Belk Williams Co Week End Sale of Trimmed Hats $4.00 Trimmed Hats, Season's New Spring style . .$2.98 $5:00 Trimmed Hats in go "ariety of new shapes and colors . . ...... . .$3.50 $7.50 to $9.00 Silk, Geor gette and Braid Trim med Hats, early Spring styles' $4.9S $12.50 to $16.50 Smart Trimmed Hats, early Spring models, all pop ular shades . .$9.95 Patriotic People Purchase S. S. We Buy Them. Do You? w Vorth While Notion Specials Large size Colgate Dental Cream ... . 19c 25 and 50c Ladies Neckwear, odds and ends from our regular stock, fevery one worth full price, but priced to close out the lot . . . . . . .... . . 19c Ladies 75c Boot Silk Hose, black only. .59c THE DEPARTMENT STORE Belk-WilUams Co. Jiere Exclusively! &he Weiworth $Z g louse , and the Wirthmor $1 Slouse a 0 It 0, 0. L Blous 46 If we did not think so much of these splen did blouses, and" know that they are far su perior to theiverage, at their prices, we would not advertise them as we do, for we know that our patrons have faith in the statements we make regarding our merchan dise. .. ' Isn't this fact, in itself, a recommendation of Welworth and Wirthmor? are as enthusiastic over the new shipment that comes each mek as though we were seeing for the first time such blouses at SJ and $2. Never, in all our Blouse-buying experience, have we known of so much style and general excellence being crowded into blouses sell ing at these prices. , Jhis Week's Ifew Models are Jn! (We feel that it is not necessary to say an other word to bring you to the store today). JOw Big May Clearance Jae Continues Now is the time to get a real bar .gain. Come in to look and you will re main to buy. Coats at Lfnusual Prices Coats that sold up to $1 2.50 spe cial at . .. . . ... $7.50 Coats that sold up to $1 9.50, spe cial at . . . .$12.50 Coats that sold up to $29.50, spe cial at $21.50 Coats that sold up to $35.00, spe cial at ... . $26.50 1 Coats that soldrup to $39.50, spe cail at . . $29.50 Coats that sold up to $45.00 and $49.00, special at $33.50 Stylish Spring Suits ' Suits that sold for $29.50, spe cial at .......... . .$21.95 Suits that sold for $35.00, spe cial at .... .... . . . .$25.95 Suits thaUsoldfor $39.50, spe cialTat . . . . $27.95 Suits that sold for $45.00, special at ........... . ...$30.95 Suits that sold for $49.50, special at $33.95 Choice Silk presses $19.50 Dresses, special at. .$14.50 $25.00 Dresses, special at. .$18.50 $29.50 Dresses, special at. .$21.50 $35.00 Dresses, special at. .$26.50 $39.50 Dresses, special at. .$29.50 $45.00 Dresses, special at. .$32.50 (Incorporated) Cuthbert Martin, Mrs. GabrielJHolmes, Mrs- B. H. Parsley, Mrs. Jane De Ro8set, Mrs. T. E. Sprunt, Mrs. W. O. Pulliam, Mrs. Louis Skinner, Mrs. William M. Peck, Miss Margaret Price, Miss Julia Gore. Many of the stores of the city win close during the afternoon out of re spect for the memory of those in whose honor the exercises are being arranged, and in most cases many of the clerks will attend. Constantino Under the Knife. Zurich, Switzerland, May 9. For mer King Constantine, of Greece, has undergone an operation in a Zurich hospital and is now out of danger. BRITISH ARE USING GAS SHELLS IN WEST Washington, May 9. The British are using gas shells on the western front with excellent resultsq, the British war mission announced today. "During the last few days," said the statement, "the British have con sistently shelled the German - support trenches and tram heads with as shells with marked results. The Ger man concentrations have been dis turbed and their preparations paral yzed by the effectiveness of these bombardments. Prisoners captured on May 4 said they had been unable to obtain rations since May 1, owins to the constant artillery fire." Amsterdam, May 9. Twelre Dres den members of the independent so cialist party of Germany have been convicted of high treason by the im perial court at Leipsic, a dispatch from that city to the Vorwaerta of Berlin, . reports. They distributed pamphlets advocating the overthrow of the eGrman empire and help to bring the strikes of last summer, ad vocating them as a joeans of otaining peace. They were sentenced to penal servitude for terms varying from 18 months to eight years. tv mmiest curtains ar in uig laun Lory I USED to hang my dainty new curtains wi!h a sigh, dreading from the begin ning the ominous day when they would have to be spoiled in the laundry. Now I never give them a thought I have found how easy it is to keep them always fresh and new. I wash them the modern way in pure Lux suds, and with no rubbing. The dainty Lux flakes dissolve instantly in hot water and whip up into rich, pure suds. I souse the sheer lacey cur tains in the foamy lather gently squeeze the cleansing Lux suds through theoi again and again, then take them out so clean and fresh, with not a thread broken. ' -With Lux there is none of that old-time rub bing to break and tear the sheer material there are no particles of undissolved soap to cling to the delicate threads through all the rinsings, and coarsen and yellow them. Try Lux for your laciest curtains for your fragile laces and finest table linen. See for your self how simple it is to keep them white and pure. Your grpcer, druggist or department store has Lux. Lever Bros. Co., Cambridge, Mass. How to wash fine curtains Shake the dust ctrefulljr out of the curtain, then let them soak in clear, cold water for an hour to loosen the dirt. Ue a tableipoonful of Lux to a gallon of water. Dissolve ia boiline or vert hot water, and whisk into a thick lather. Pot the curtains in and souse thoroughly. Squeeze the suds through the fabric Da met rub. Rinse three times in clear, hot water, and dry in the sun. Silk and Colored Cartains should not be snaked. Wetia cold water, then wash quickly in lukewarm suds, rinse three times in clear, luke-wsrm water, and dry in the shade. Us Lux far anything that pur water alon won't injur Even ia hard water Lux makes wonderful suds. mm V 0 1 -