Expect Throngs For Victory Shopping Days In Williaraston
Israel's Is Listing
"Victory" Specials
Nat Israel, owner and operator of
Israel's, Main Street, WiUiamston,
is extending a cordial Invitation to
all thrifty buyers to take advantage
of the super Victory Shopping Days
bargains especially planned for this
event in WUliamston.
As a cooperator in the movement
to acquaint more people with Wil
liamston as a real shopping center,
the management in addition to Vic
tory specials, is offering greatly re
duce^grice^on a store-wide scale.
Victory Shopping Days in Wil
liamtson on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week will be long
remembered as the trade event of
years.
Thrifty Shoppers To
Come Here From Five
Counties This Week
Leading Stores In
Town Cooperating
In Great Movement
Victory Shopping Days Ef
fective in Every Field of
General Merchandising
Staging their most appealing and
most effective selling event in his-1
tory, Williamston merchants are
making ready for the greatest shop
ping throngs in the early spring sea
son. Tlirowing their weight behind
a town-wide Victory Shopping Days
festival, the leading stores will offer
astounding and Super buying oppor
tunities to wise and thrifty shoppers
on Thursday. Friday and Saturday
of this week. With few exceptions,
the festival will-be extended to every
store and shop in the town, making
available all types of merchandise
at bargain prices.
Designed primarily to acquaint a
larger clientel with the advantages
offered by Williamston as a modern,
convenient and advantageous shop
ping center, the Victory Shopping
Days will attract hundreds here from
five or more counties in this section
of the State. Never before have Wil
liamston merchants cooperatively ad
vanced a bigger and greater trade
event. While the various advertise
ments in this paper list numbers of
special Victory Days bargains for
the last three days of this week, there
are hundreds of others too numerous
to mention awaiting the careful and
wise shopper.
Any and every member of the
family who would tune up his or
her wardrobe, equip the tool house
and make ready for an uninterrupt
ed work schedule on the farm and in
the garden and yard will find it ab
solutely advantageous to attend Wil
liamston's Victory Days festival the
last three days of this week.
It will require a little time, to be
sure, to read all the specials listed in
the advertisements appearing in this
paper, but the buyer who would
save good money will do well to
ready and study every item careful
ly. Ibis Victory Days festival is not
an ordinary event; it is one that
helps Williamston merchants meet
and make new friends and customers
and it is conducted on a narrow mar
gin basis and in many instances at a
loss to the merchant. Take time out
for this big trade event; it will pay
you to travel far for the astounding
bargains listed by Williamston's lead
ing firms.
Hundreds of special items have
been added to the large stocks for
the event. Store operators have an
ticipated for a large crowd, but ex
ercise discretion and don't wait un
til the last day to stock up for the
spring and summer with dependa
ble merchandise.
Town's Crowing
Shopping Center
While recognized an one of the
youngest mercantile establishments
in this section, the Martin Supply
Company on Washington Street in
Williamston is,now rated as one of
the town's main shopping centers.
Under the active management of Ed
die Trahey and Stephen Manning,
the Martin Supply Company is en
joying an ever-expanding patron
age.
Victory Shopping days at the Mar
tin Supply Company's store are be
Blackout Diaper?War Creation
Newest creation of the war is the blackout diaper, which has luminoua
ties to eliminate tho use of pins. Mary James is holding baby Robert
Deering during a demonstration in New York City.
Good Will-Trade Expansion
Will Feature "Victory" Days
Although the average individual
cannot bo converted to the fact, the
profit angle is not taken into consid
eration when a group of merchants
collectively sponsor a unique trade
event. Particularly is this true with
the Williamston merchants for they
are interested in creating good will
and acquainting themselves with the
potential customers of this trading
territory.
A careful study of the bargains
offered in this section will reveal or
rule out the profit angle of this
town-wide trading event. Thousands
of special items have been bought
for dollar days and they, with the
usual staple items, will be sold at
practically cost. On items such as
dresses or coats, prices will be low
ered to as much as half of the origi
nal cost.
The Victory Shopping bargains,"
recognized as the most tempting ever
offered in this section, are not being
placed before the shoppers in an off
season, but they will fit in with the
thrifty shopper's current needs.
The following stores are cooperat
ing in the extensive Victory Shop
ping Days festival:
Cigarettes May Be
Rationed T o Men
In Armed Services
Rationing Will Likely lloowt
( <ni?iiiii|ili<>n To a Now
High l'cak
Danville. Va.?There is some rea
son to believe that the War Depart
ment may (hange its attitude tow
ard cigarettes ;is a ration for men
in the service.
Congressman Thomas CI. Bureh, of
Virginia, has been pressing the mat
ter for some trmr. But he has re
ceived, until now, little support, be
cause Secretary of War Stimson
brushed the proposition aside, say
ing that cigarettes must he consid
ered a luxury, and that Uncle Sam
cannot afford to provide his fighting
men with luxuries.
Recently, however, it has become
known that the Commodities Cred
it Corporation has awarded u $600,
000 order for cigar* ties in this coun
try to one of the major tobacco com
panies, or possibly more than one for
the manufacture of a cigarette for
British tastes. This is a lend-lease
order, and Congressmen are begin
ning now to take the position that,
if the Ameicaii taxpayers' money is
to be used in providing cigarettes for
the British Tommies, the govern
ment can do no less than supply Am
erican soldiers, sailors ami marines
with free smokes. Nobody seriously
entertains the belief that any of the
lend-lease costs to this country will
ever be liquidated. Theory is that one
can neither lend nor lease a cigar
ette because it is consumed, and
there has never been any assurance
that any of this American investment
will be repaid.
If this plan eventuates, there will
be a tremendous rise in the already
increasing domestic demand for to
bacco, and one which might possi
bly balance loss of trade through
spiked exports.
It is thought possible that this sit
uation was at the back of the mind
of officials of the Department of
Agriculture in recently stepping up
the bright belt acreage allotments by
10 per cent.
It was not generally known here
that the cigarette making contract
had been awarded It was known
that Brown and Williamson is mak
ing a smoking mixture for the Brit
ish navy at Louisville, Ky.. and Pet
ersburg, Va., but the size of this or
der has not been revealed.
Purpose in manufacturing these
tobacco products for England is that
it is easier to ship the finished cig
arette and manufactured smoking to
bacco than it is to ship hogsheads of
raw leaf. And it is also true that, if
British labor can be released from,
tobacco making, it can turn out
more valuable war products.
ing advanced on a super-extensive
scale, and it is certain that thrifty
buyers will fill their needs in ad
vance from the extensive and varied
stocks of dependable merchandise.
A trip to Williamston is not com
plete until every store has been vis
ited and especially th? Martin Sup
ply Company store
Shoppers Turning
To Basic Material
While there are still many, many , ,
I I
calls for the frills, trinkets and strict
ly ornamental gadgets, shoppers ore
rapidly becoming more conservative ; 1
in their wants and are more and
more demanding serviceable goods !
and articles. Style, too, is still a big !
factor m Milady's shopping sched- '
tde, but there is a definite trend i
away from the extreme frills that |
at one time were pu/zling of de^
script ion.
No marked change in styles is yet
apparent .but all wide-awake mer
chants ppint out that replacements
can now be effected only with diffi
culty and waiting, that some few
items have already been lost to the
shelves for the duration. However, a
thorough survey reveals that Wil
liamston merchants were not caught
napping when the real emergency
presented itself, that they had an
ticipated shortages and had taken
steps to relieve their situation for
an expanding clientel. Those thrifty
shoppers who would save money
and at the same time keep abreast
with the trend of styles and last
minute developments on the mer
cantile front will find it to their
great advantage to attend Williams
ton's Victory Shopping Days on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
this week
VICTORY DAYS
SPECIALS
LADIES' SPRING HATS
Hundreds to select from. Straws and Felts.
All color*. shapes and style*. Special
$1.00
LADIES' EASTER HATS
All the new Spring shades and wide brims.
Halt you utually pay at much at $5.00 for.
$1.29 to $2.49
LADIES'SPRING COATS, SUITS
$7.95 to $12.95
DRESSES FOR EASI ER
Expertly tailored and made from the
finest quality materials. All sizes.
$3.98 to $6.95
CHILDREN'S SPRING DRESSES
$1.09 to $2.98
CHILDREN'S SPRING COATS
$2.98 to $6.95
LADIES' '
DRESS SIR >ES - SP<)RT <)\F<)RDS
$1.98 to $3.98
(lliildrcn's Sandals and Oxfords
$1.25 to $1.98
Ladies* (doves and Pocketbooks
All Colort and Sizcn
97c to $1.98
WASHABLE SILK BLOUSES
All Color ? ? (Jualily Material
$1.19 to $1.49
Ann's V ariety Store
Victory Days Specials
WOMEN'S SUITS?Plaids, Solids
$6.95 ? $7.95 and $9.95
Siaet 12-20 and 38-44
LADIES' COATS
$6.95 and $9.95
NEW SPRING DRESSES
$1.98-$2.98-$3.95 and $4.85
W* 9-17; 12-20; 38-30
LADIES' SPORT JACKETS
$1.98 ? $.298 and $3.95
CHILDREN'S SIIA DRESSES
Only $1.98
Skirt*. Hut*, Shoe*. Glove* and Children"* Coal*
ISRAEL'S ? Williamston
10%
DISCOUNT
ON KVKin ITEM
IN OIK STORK
During
WILLIAMSTON
VICTORY DAYS
M AKCII 19, 20 and 21*1
This special offer includes every
single item in onr store
except Dynamite.
lYItmy of llii' items we are offering can
not he duplicated or replaced. Take our
sincere advice and huy your hardware
needs at 10 per cent discount.
Williamston
Hardware Co.
Shop Here During
Williamston Victory Days
Our Stock
\\ t> iir<' ii rimiparali W'ly ni-w ronrrrn in W illiam?lnii anil win*
hlnrk in aliMolnti-ly rlran anil iich. Any ili-in in our store in a
bargain anil rest assured hp have Ii 11 mlri'iln of speeiul values es
pecially bou^bl for William*ton'H VIC7TORY DAYS!
Prices Lower
The policy of illi? store is to give you just :i lillle more for your
money than other mercantile establishment*. However, we nev
er sacrifice ipiality ami make our purchases according to the
stylcs, seusonahle colors and fabrics.
Easter Specials
Willi Ka*tcr jiiHt ? I i 111?- incr two ueeks off we Kii^enl tliat you
maki' your piireliaNCft now. Tin* finrr i|iialily material* anil
clothing may he a little difficult to get and they may be secured
here now ut no extra rout.
Martin Supply Co,
LOCATED ON WASHINGTON STREET