? VICTORY SHOPPING DAYS ? m " WILLIAIV1ST ON MARCH 1920 21 Wifliamston Merchants Making All-Out Plans For Outstanding Shopping Festival This Week Trade Discount on Every Article Far Better Than Prizes TTiereby Offering Everyone A Greater Saving In The Long Run What's that something. Mrs. Housewife, that you've been wanting to get for a long while but have not been able to get because it costs just a little too much for your budget? Wall, the good news is here! You will be able to get that something you want much cheaper than you would usually and all because the Wllliamston merchants are holding a Victory Shopping Days celebration Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The merchants in town are par ticipating in this event which is be ing put on with the cooperation of the Williamston Chamber of Com merce. Instead of the usual prizes that you have heard of for most trade events, you'll find that in Williamston stores you can get, for instance, $2 mer chandise for )1, and even $5 things for $4.00. It'll be the biggest event of its kind ever held here, and will be for three whole days, March 19, 20 and 21 at. So. everyone who is interested in getting real honest-to-goodness bar gains should come to Williamston for the big Victory Shopping Days cele bration and see the fine things you will be able to get for your money in Williamston stores. Come, look and take advantage of the bargains offered by Williams ton merchants. MOTIVE Forgetting profits and costs to tlirm, Wllliamston merchants are making extensive prepara tions for the big Victory Shop ping Days trade event. Prices have been slaughtered, and the profit motive has been virtually lost. No greater bargains have over been offered. The motive behind the Victory trade event is to prove to in creasing numbers that Williams ton is an ideal shopping renter, one that offers dependable mer chandise under convenient and advantageous circumstances. Dan lei is Store Is Ready For Event Extensive preparations have been made and Dar den's Department Store is all set and ready for Victory Shop ping Days in Wllliamston on Thurs day, Friday and Saturday of this week The firm owner-manager, Dred Darden, has added special buys for the occasion, and is, along with other firms, offering a golden oppor tunity for thrifty shoppers to fill their 'merchandise needs. Read the list of bargains appear ing in the firm's advertisement to day, and make your plans to be present for the biggest shopping festival in Wllliamston in many months. Victory Shopping Days at Dardens will begin Thursday, March 19th, and continue through Saturday, March 21st. Great Semi-Annual Sales Event To Get Underway Thursday Special Additions Are Made To Lar^e Storks By Merchant* One of the great trade events in this section of the State will get un derway on Thursday of this week when Williamston merchants launch an all-out three-day Victory Shop ping Festival. Thrifty shoppers will find one of the greatest arrays of bargains ever seen in these parts. While the war is cutting down on some items, local stores have about the largest stocks in their history, and in some lines the inventories are larger with the sides literally bulging. The first community trade days in the history of the town were held in 1940 under the sponsorship of the Williamston Chamber of Commerce. The merchants were highly elated over the results of the trade event and have decided to make it an an nual affair during the months of March and October. These special days in Williamston not only afford the public to secure unusual bargains but they give both the merchant and the customer an opportunity to be come better acquainted and to know each other better. These special trade days, March 19, 20 and 21st, are certain to attract throngs from miles away, for never before have such great bargains been offered on such an extensive scale. Practically all the Williamston mer chants are participating in this spec ial trade festival for the last three Victory Shopping Days Designed To Promote Good Will ? Market! KeiluetioiiH in Prioesl Have Been Effected On Large Scale by Stores 1 Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 19, 20 and 21, will be big days for the shoppers of the regions here abouts. Merchants will conduct a special trade event advertised as Vic tory Shopping Days in Williamston. Bargains and reductions will be featured in nearly every Williams ton store and shop on these three days. Plans were originally planned for the trade event several weeks ago but the uncertainty of prices caused by the war and the scarcity of wearing apparel of certain types prompted the merchants to withhold the promotional days until they could make definite plans to give the shoppers of eastern Carolina the largest and most elaborate trade event ever staged in Williamston. Despite the rising cost of goods and the difficulties of replacing stocks the Williamston merchants and business firms decided three shopping days dedicated to good will and unusually fine bargains for the people of eastern Carolina would be valuable both to the consumer and to the merchant. These three days of shopping bar gains will feature the idea of buying] defense stamps and bonds with the money saved on purchases. The mer chants are fostering sales with this idea in mind. According to Richard Smith, secretary of the Williamston Chamber of Commerce, the mer chants will, through these sales, at tempt to do their bit to foster the purchase of bonds and to make the people conscious of the importance of everybody's contributing to the | war effort. This event will be advertised ex tensively through the press and by | circulars. Many people from sur rounding towns and counties arc ex pected to come to Williamston on Thursday, Friday and Saturday to take advantage of the many unusual attractive values being offered. Belk-Tvler Store Is Heady For Festival I Just recently moved to it* modern new store on Main Street, the Belk Tyler Company, one of this section's largest mercantile establishments, lias made extensive plans for the three Victory Shopping Days in Wil liamston on Thursday, Friday and | Saturday, March 19, 20 and 21st, Mr Chas. Bowers, manager, states thai additional purchases had been made in anticipation of tin- big event, that representatives of the firm had just returned from the markets and that new goods and materials were coming in daily. While numbers of special bargains | are listed in the company's page ad vertisement appearing in this paper, I there arc many hundreds of others | as equally as attractive and inviting Tin- management and the com pany's personnel extend to the peo ple of this entire section a cordial | welcome to visit thc-largo and mod ern new Bclk-Tyler store during the I special trade event and at any and | all other times. days of the week and a really worth while opportunity is being offered I the conservative buyer to purchase | standard and reliable brands of mer chandise at marked savings These savings will not only apply to the women and young women but to the men and boys as well. Instead of offering prizes and many other freak inducements to at tract shoppers, the Williamston mer chants are offering genuine season able ready-to-wear and quality items for the home and family. No odds or ends will be featured during this Ihree-day sales event. The items placed on sale will bear trade marks that are nationally advertised and with a nation-wide reputation. Many of the merchants participat ing in the Victory Shopping Days event have gone out into the markets to make special purchases. This merchandise will be absolutely new and in many, many instances will be offered at cost. In some cases mer chandise, especially wearing apparel, will be aold during Victory Shopping Days for less than half the actual cost mark Although the merchants feel that they have purchased a sufficient amount of the special items which thay will place on the bargain count er, it is impossible to anticipate the demand. In this case it will be to your davantage ot shop as early as possible during these days. However, not all the items will be thrown on sale the firit day. A number of spec ial items will be reserved and sold" on each of the three days. Local Victory Shopping Days To Roost Sale Of War Stamps Attend and participate in the Vic tory Shopping Festival in Williams ton on Thursday, Friday and Satur day of this week and help smack down Hitler, To jo and Company by purchasing savings stamps and bonds with your savings. Willamston merchants are really going all out with a unique and val uable plan to save exacting shoppers j many, many hundreds of dollars, and while they would not dictate the use of those savings, they cordially sug gest the purchase of war savings stamps and bonds. Some still call them defense stamps and bonds, but I those days are past and as the Allies make ready their offensive, Wil liamston merchants are staging an offensive of their own by beating down prices and passing the savings Drug Stores Ready For Shopping Event Clark's and Davis' pharmacies are offering extra special inducements in prices for quality merchandise as their part in cooperating with the Victory Shopping Festival in Wil liamston the last three days of this week. Visit these drug stores during the special trade event in Williamston and anticipate your drug and sundry needs for months to come. Remem ber, Thursday, Friday and Saturday offer golden opportunities to the thrifty shopper in Williamston Western Auto Store Meets New Demand Its tire business virtually suspend ed by government war orders, th< Western Auto Store is switching ov er to meet new demands of the times. One may not be thinking about a bi cycle just now, but Mr. W J. Mil ler, manager of the store, advises J preparation and hints that a bicycle beats walking. Cooperating in the town's Victory Shopping Festival this week, the store is offering spec ials in radios, garden tools and bth r items handy in and around the home and yard, and for sports fish - imt? i ? on to their customers for the desired purpose of purchasing stamps and bonds. One can't imagine the savings that are being effected for the trade un til he has compared prices with those announced for Williamston's first Victory Shopping Festival the last three days of this week. So make ready to attend the big event. There will not be another to equal it and under such favorable circumstances again soon in this section of the old North State. And. remember, you accomplish three objectives when trading in Williamston: First, you-get depend able goods and merchandise; Sec ond. you make possible sizable sav ings for yourself; and Third, you are enabled to buy more war savings stamps and bonds for carrying the fight to Hitler. Tojo. Mussolini or any other scoundrel who would dare challenge our way of life. "\ icloiV Shopping Vl FurnitureStores Williainston's two large furniture stores. Courtney's and Woolard's, are going all-out in the Victory Shop ping festival scheduled on Thurs day. Friday and Saturday of this week While a few items have been "frozen" in their stocks as a war measure, both stores have the larg est stocks to be found in thus sec tion of tin* State. The stores and warehouses . are .literally bulging with furniture and house furnishing being packed so tight. Both Mr. Woolard and Mr. Court ney anticipated the needs of their customers months ahead, and while others hesitated, they placed their orders and the goods and furnish ings. modern and up-to-the-minute, came rolling in in large quantities. They have large displays of radios arid many other items that are fast disappearing from the manufactur ers' list. Special Discount On All Furniture During Victory Days IKJT1 By CUOPAYI Wufc.H., oU-r*l>i?d WhMlwii 4mw lhUd V* bJW. WINDOW SHADE PRICES! Widths 18"-22" $1.98 Widths 23"-27" $2.19 Widths 28"-32" $2.49 Widths 33*-36" $2.98 ? Yes?the price is so ttntu ttonally low you'll 6nd it hard to believe. Hut it's true?these ima/inK newC t.OPAY Venetian blinds are really completely beautiful, thoroughly substan tial and as easy to operate as the^finest you can buy! theck their 5-quality features?you'll agree they'd he a bargain at twice the price! WHAT! ONLY} $1.98 j 3-piece BEDROOM SUITE A Regular $69.50 Value. Selling During VICTORY DAYS For Only ? $44.50 3-piece Living Room Suite. 869.1)0 J -i value. Special for .'{ Victory Days at. T Woolard Furniture Co. RADIOS! just rlclivkd ?100 latest MODI L RADIOS. BOTH BAT TERY AND KLK( IRK TYPES. Also Pliointfirojtli ('ombiootions Trade your old radio in on a new one nliilo tliry laHl. W x 12 $34.95 up lircnkiuHl Kooiii Seta pieces $16.95 up LINOLKUM 2 YARDS WIDE, 79c up J (lotion MuttlTHSCH Special For $5.95 Living Itooni Suites I Real Victory Value $46.95 KADI O S $9.95 up LINOLEUM HUGS $3.95 GONGOLKUM RUGS SIZE 9 x 12 $5.75 KITCHEN CHAIRS ? SPECIAL FUR ONLY $1.49 B. S. COURTNEY WILLI AMSTON. NORTH CAROLINA.