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nFiiTYF Conservation io footwear does not mean wearing clumsy unattractive shoes. Women wilt always have a soft spot in their hearts for smart dainty Footwear. Deluxe Shoes con serve in price without sacrificing looks. DeLaxe Foolery is moderately priced, smart and distinctive. Among our new arrivals this week you will find the color that you want such as, Field Mouse. Havana Brown, Coco Brown, Taupe and Battleship Gray. Remember, we can fit the entire family. Baby's first step, and Martha Washington's soft shoes for tender feet. Onyx Hose tor Ladies and Gentlemen, Fay Sfock&tgsfor Children* - i i - _ - _ Farmville Shoe & Suit Co SELL CHEAPER. LOCALS AND PERSONALS OF INTEREST TO - . Farmville and Surrounding Sections ; I Born to Mr. and _ Mrs. J I. Baker Friday Oct 4th, a son. I have one real nice furnished I room for rent? Chief Police. Mr. A. E. James, who has been 1 on the tobacco market Here, left | Tuesday for Robersonville. Sargt John Meyers of the U. S. Army spent last week in town with his mother, Mrs. Ira Meyers Mr. B. S. Sheppard, who has been in a hospital in Richmond, returned the last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Harris, Miss. Novella Horton, Mrs. J* W. Parker, and, Mrs. G. M. Holden spes( Tuesday in Wilson shopj ? i - ? ? * paffv _ parents. Ob account of the Fourth Liberty Loan drive, the Ladies Auxiliary of the Episcopal chinch will be postponed until j . Friday afternoon. Mr. John Willis, Assistant D. S. Fuel Administrator, of Wash* ingtoo, D. Cm spent several days in town this week with" his brother, Mr. W. R. WfUis. R t ^ A telegram Thursday morning brought the .sad message here of the death of Mr. Earl Cobb, son of Mr. and Mn. Hebqr Cobb, who died in Ft Monroe of pneu monia following an attack of | Spanish Influenza. Miss Ada Gray x Dixon, a daughter of Mr. and Mis. J. T* Dixon, of this sectioa, was oper ated on Monday at a hospital in WibOn for append*#* A We are glad to state the operation was successful and dial Miss Diaoa is setting on as nicely as - - - -'^8$ . - . j Official . Statement by the State As To Spit Swapping Raleigh, Oct., 2. ? The North Caro lina State Board of Health today Is sued the following official statement on the epideaiie of influeipxs that} is sleeping over the State: "The State of North Carolina is in the grip of an epidemic of grippfcaTh* disease is invading the State TSpm tnany quarter* as it prevails through the United States, tot the principal linai of invasion seen to be from the seaports of Wilmington and Norfolk Already the dlsessf nas appealed, ever .the entfcMMit b*fcig very prevalent in the East and having established itself in^a number ofteentera in the iayt^ed and practically passed through Europe. The rapidity with which it t9*et?. and the large par eent of the population involved indicate {!) the ex leptionally contagious nature of thedi sease, and (2) that with it public health measures have little influence. The only good fortune attending the present, epidemic in North parobna is that it will probably exhaust its sup ply at susceptible* before it* danger ous ally, pneumonia, arrives in force in December, January and February. "The disease is due to spit swap *mg. Spit is swapped or exchanged m the following ways: (a) By cough ing or sneezing into the air instead of into a handkerchief. In open coughing or sneering, an infectious and in visible sptay is thrown aeveral yards into the air and floats for thirty to sixty miltutea. the grater the spray ing, as in the psychic wave*, of cough ing that pass through sStemHagies, moving picture show churches, and other gatherings, the deafer end more by soiling the hands TritfTspit (very small, -invisible amounts) and trans ferring the spit to the hands Of or'somf article from vi hich a second persan -jets the minutest amount of qrfti <c) by using the cotamon roller towel contaafcating and being con taminated; (d> by . using common ftrialoBg dippers, cda?un drinking cups, and common spit-infected water Wu Clmed Tuesday tort pgf. Mot Two Weeks to Pre vent Spread of taffaenza ' y - # ? - The Farmville High School opened Monday with a large at tendance, but was ordered clos ed on Tuesday for a period of two weeks at .least on account Of the rapidly spreading and dan gerous disease? Spanish Influ enza. The school this season is in charge of Mr. G. R. Wheeler, superintendent; and the follow ing assistant: Miss Annie Per kins, lower 1st; Miss Irene Wig gins, upper 1st; Miss Elizabeth Southeriand/A 2nd; Miss Flora Barnes, B 2nd; Miss Estelle Perry 3rd; Miss Francis Benthall, 4th; Miss Mary Ella, 5th; Miss Estelle Jones, 6th; Miss Margaret Fagan, 7th; Misses Wiikerson and Coun cil, high school. FURNITTRE SALE? AH my household and kitchen Furni ture dishes, glasswear, etc. is for sale privately. Nice* clean, and in good order. H you want a bargain come quick. Residence on Green street, near Baptist church. Z.T. BROUGHTON. LOST? Pocket Book Wednes day, contained checks ametmt ing to $183.23, also a license to sell drugs in Johnson coun ty. A reward of $10.00 Will be given the finder, upon deliver* ing same to the Bank of Farm vffle. - SUTTON WILSON. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. ^ tnrtor of Mrs. Mary Wainwrighf, deceased, of Pitt county, this is to notify , all persons holding claims against the estate Of said deceased to present ' them to the undersigned administrator onor before we 17th d$y of Septera ber, 1919, or s^aoie will be plead in bar of their recovey. All per sons Owning the estate will please ' make immediate pay ment. This 17th day of Sept., 1918. A. JLMOYE, Admr. of Mary Wainright, dec'd. 1 , ? J ? r ' . ; Bpt? p*:- ? , ??!: October ?918,} 1 commissioner will oo Saturday, the 9th day ol NovemteK *91$, at 11:30 o'clock A. in ihe 'ii? WPP -- - ? - T"1' ? is thetowaof County; $tm< described a* : Beginning at corner of Cora ? . Barrett Street and rut South 41 1-2 West 68 yards with Barrett Street to Church Street; thpnre ? Westerly with Church thence thence Westerly wifchi Church Street 82 feet; thence North 44 13 feet East (& yards to Bar rett's Ijpe; thence Easterly with Barrett's Une to the beginning; being that same lot of land deed- j ed to Mary #. Lewis W. A. Lewis and wife on the 30th day of December, 1909, ^hich deed is recorded in Book J. 9, page 99, in the Register of Deeds' of fice of Pitt County. ^||j Second Parcel: Lying and being in Farmville Township, Pitt County, State ot North Carolina, and joining the the lands of J. R. Lewis on theAVest LitOe Contentnea Creek North, a M(H| East, [and the Lewis gin house property' on the South, 1 containing by estimation fifteer acres more or less. Sale made for partitkwt^mopg the joint tenants. Terms of sale cash. Tl^.#le is dueled as This 8thda^of ; J J. LOVO HORTOjfigg '? f"hmi*iJ<whnpr. . -Com miss 1 . w*iisSbri*y ?: For Sale? Nine room house with 2 bath rooms. Lot 93 x 200. Located on corner of Church and Fi? : Raw, stales, and 3 6ur buildings. Tei | M tM Yes, we have just received Let us serve you ooceandwe'ff mmmwm ? >?>? -V. >. - :v J ' . V' " % ?. * v.' . v V V\T& liairAl iiifii' rprp Ej&Staro^' - v gest lot of new ^ . ? J ?!!_ TVi, . Coat Suits, Our stock of shoes and other ci IS if st ^ all a cordial wearing We extend one an invitation to visit our store and look oyer the stock before you buy. Tsfc-'V: and are grow mMKmg?*! ' " ?? - v* iJL^ are J&t a tuii corps ? 'iV "VijW jfftS 0.V > ,?* " vf - , ' anxious
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