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Friday, October 17, 1913.
Accidents will happen to all high
fliers anyway yon take it.
We are sorry Hobson did it but even
that can't help Hobson a bit. v
Those who want some kind of office
show.it a long time before the office
is to. be filled. -
' ." The tang in scuppernong wine is
distinctly different from the tang in
tango and tanglefoot.
. Few! men are great on facts and fig
ures: but 'the 'majority prefer to in
dulge insnacks and smiggers.
Small . attendance on important oc
casions indicates that the people of
the .town belong to the dead duck era.
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Those men who talk out in meeting
never do it till they find out whether
Jthe meeting will stand for it or not.
They may . strike oil all. over Okla
homa but there, as 'elsewhere elbow
grease is absolutely' indispensable.
If it is something for people or
stock to eat you can. make money on
- it by growing it in North Carolina.
You , can always .'quietly wait with
absolute obnfidifc.ee fennhe; indication
of President Wilson's honest' judg
ment If anybody should take a notion to
leave- North Carolina we know of no
better place for them to settle than
in the State of Robeson.
A great many men pat their neigh
bor's dog on the head rather than do
something, to the dog and get cracked
over the head by their neighbor.
One of the things not to worry about
is whether Senator Overman may have
one. or more opponents for the Sena
torship two years from now.
One of the things which doesn't
Characterize the National life at
Washington these times is the. white
washing method of by-gone days.
Our idea of the "freight rate solu
tion in North Carolina is that we will
have to wait a while before we can
find ut whether it is wise or other
. wise. " -
"A street angel and a home devil"
is always supposed to be a married
man, but there are exceptions to the
rule if the rule is laid down by a suf
fragette. ,
The situation' in Mexico will con
tinue to be grave so long as a new
grave ' has to ; be dug every few min
utes, for either a Federal, a Constitu
tionalist or a foreigner.
When, an old. rounder calls for one
of Columbia's square meals it is set
out in the shape of a round steak for
"the - first round," which they call the
first; part;; of a meal served in Colum
bia style."
Man as a lover approaches the thres
'hold .with "his .hat in his hand and
' -gently rings the bell. As a husband
he may rush; in and slam the door un
'less the law is laid down to him at
-rvthe very start.
Some statistician has calculated that
; the lard consumed in a year in the
r,Uhited States would fill a pail 205
feet in diameter" and 334 miles deep,
r (.That' miist be a new wayLof indicating
; that -'there is money in hogs
" " Russia rwill.be in luck if the nfew
"Arctic; continent which she claims
' - 'shduld 'become 'a. temperate . zone in
the-, next 'million years.. , In th mean
timecome.SQUth .where you dbn't have
.'to wait so longt
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T Colonel Bryan is accused of not be-
; Ing a" good 'farmer." :- That isn't a thing
"against' bim,?;but -we are satisfied he
- could leara, to - farm if he had to stay
' on 'the. -t&pny instead of . having to lec
- ture so'ie1 cah.make both ends meet
" and ' see' as' much of the country as any
other man of his ability.
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. ' Comptroller; Qf the Treasury George
-iE. Downey has ruled that "a man's
" !hcme is where his wife lives," instead
-' .of '-where-., he has hip washing done,
L According to that ruling a man may
Jmow t"that-e .-steam laundry "is not
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. "the streets" howr is. tie' to toow what
'Street to hang out on in order to make
hirrreelf -fcome?
POPULA-
Tift county, Georgia, has set the
pace for the other counties of the
State, more than half of which a Geor
gia . editor says have lost population
and experienced a decline in their
production. Instead of making pro
gress they have gone backwards and
it is easy enough to account for the
fact that they have failed in produc:
tion. It is because their producers
have gone to more progressive coun
ties and are increasing the thrift and
prosperity of the counties which have
attracted ; them because J;he adopted
counties are in the march of progress.
A county which loses its; people is
bound to fall behind 'in production,
and it also has an uphill task of going
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u.nt:uu ueuausu 1 1 iia.3 iusi uie uieu
who could, have been kept at home if
the .native .county .. had adopted pro
gressive plans for its development.
As we have, said, the county of Tift
has demonstrated how a county can
become progressive and - literally sap
the life out of a county that runs
along in the same old rut that doesn't
go anywhere unless it is into some old
gully. The Atlanta Journal takes up
nearly a. column with an editorial tel
ling about the thrift of Tift and giving
a reason for the prosperity and pro
gress of that old county. In the first
place, the people of that county join
ed the good roads crusade and The
Journal says it is in the forefront of
good, roads counties in Georgia! It is
also in the forefront of development
as a result of its economic rural high-:
way system.
The Journal tells us that "the en:.
riching influence of good roads and
progressive farming, which, by "the
way, generally go side by side, was
strikingly witnessed in a recent sale
of country lands along the Journal-
Herald Highway in Tift county?' The
Atlanta-Journal' and the Tifton Herald
were responsible for the building of
that highway, and its value to the
communities through which it runs
was illustrated at an auction sale of
land a few days ago. Lands sold at
prices ranging from $85 to ?125 per
acre. A lot of Jand sold at more than
100 per acre, while in another part
of the county even the swamp lands
sold at correspondingly good prices.
Good roads developed the agricultural
interests of the county, and today
and values are ten times greater than
they are . in roadless comities with
just as fine resources as those of Tift,
They are neglected resources, and we
may as well say now what we started
out to say, and that is, all counties
which do not build good roads are
neglecting their resources and are
having the life sapped out of them by
progressive counties which are rob
bing them of their people.
The progress of Tift county is the
story "of all counties that adopt the
modern: ideas of - progress. WeT are
willing to lay a wager that a census
of the thrifty county of Tift would
show that many of its now prosperous
people pulled . up pegs and left some
other county to better their chances
in. a progressive county.
THE SHIPS AND THE EXPORTERS.
If a State produces anything for
export or requires imports of any de
scription, and that State has an ocean
gateway, the thing for the port to do
is to get the ships to do the carry
ing and to get exporters and importers
to do the business. Houston figured
it out that way, and found out that
should she get the ships if she had
the water terminals and that the ex
porters would be on hand if they could
get the ships.
Houston furnished a marvelous ex
ample of what a live city can do. It
had no ocean gateway through which
to reach the Gulf of Mexico like Gal
veston. However, a bayou or creek
extended from Houston to Galveston
bay. At an expense of several mil
lion dollars on the part of the gov
ernment and the city of Houston that
creek was converted into ari ocean
gateway. It was dredged to a suitable
depth for; ocean-going Vessels, and for
some years Houston has been -doing
a large commerce. - The construction
of the Panama canal put greater am
bition into Houston,- and she began
to cast about for the best means of
getting a share of canal commerce.
The necessary thing for that was to
get a deeper channel, and Houston
went right to work to get it. ' The
channel work is going right ahead
and next March is set as the date
when Houston will have a ship chan
nel 25 feet deep at mean low water.
With that assured, the ' Houston
Chamber of Commerce began to cor
respond with steamship' companies
and exporters to ascertain what else
is needed. The steamship companies
have assured Houston that if she will
build wharves sufficient to berth four
steamers at one time and equip -them
with modern facilities for handling
merchandise,: build fireproof - ware
houses, and provide adequate railroad
terminals and facilities so Houston's
17 railroads can have connection with
the water terminals, they will favor
Houston as a port of export. , Some
of the biggest steamship' companies of
the country, one of them controlling
more than 200 ocean-going ships, have
assured Houston that they will drop
right in whenever the port of Hous
ton gets ready for business. . -
Houston already handles 1,000,000
bales of cotton annually, and does a
large export business ia lumber, cot
tonseed oil, cottonseed cake,: etc., and
having gotten the cue 'as to what is
necessary ; to increase her commerce
that remarkable Texas city has gone
to work on the terminals that are ne
cessary to her business.' ;
PATERNALISM JS EXPENSIVE.
' Those who look, to the government
to do - things seem to overlook the
fact i that it costs ; Uncle i Sam . about
twice as much to do business laa it
costs . 'private individuals or corpora
ATTRACTS
TION.
tions. The National irrigation schemes
in the arid West show how that is.
The people out there insisted on gov
ernment aid to convert their dry lands
into a watered area, and already the
government has spent $80,000,000 in
constructing canals and providing the
country with an irrigating system.
That is not all, however, for the land
owners have to reimburse the govern
ment by degrees and they have found
out that their reclaimed lands will
cost them double what they could
have been reclaimed by private enter
prise.' State Engineer Field, of Colorado,
has been making a thorough estimate
of the irrigation work in his State.
He ; finds that government, work cost-
about double that of State irrigation,
while the ; - cost of maintenance is
more than twice that under State or
private irrigation. It is said only
about 2 per cent of . the reclaimed land
is under cultivation, and that the peo
ple have found the cost so great that
they are already objecting to the in
stallments due from them to the gov
ernment and are insisting that they
should have more time to pay up. -
Engineer Field makes it plainer
when he says that the average cost of
priyate projects in Colorado in the
past ten years has not exceeded-?25
an acre, while the "average price
charged for water per acre does not
exceed $35. The price for both land
and water on new projects does not
exceed ?50 an acre, while the cost of
water, alone, on the; United States gov
ernment projects appears to be in- ex
cess of $75 'per acre.
Doesn't that look Jike nonsense
when the richest kind of swamp lands
in North Carolina can be drained at a
cost of $15 to $20 per acre, reclaimed
under, drainage, .district bond issues
that give the land owners five years
to pay off the bonds and thus become
in full possession of lands worth any
man's $100?
OPEN AND ABOVE BOARD.
The public's business is very fre
quently kept from the public, which is
more concerned in the business than
are its officials. There is very little
public business that cannot be con
ducted right in the presence of -the
public, and in tte majority of cases
when public business is transacted "un
der cover it turns out that what is
transacted under cover is done contra
ry to the public interest.
Speaking about publicity for public
busmess,the Blackstone (Va.) Courier,
whose editor is a member of the Leg
islature, declares against doing busi
ness behind closed doors. He declares
there is no valid reason why all meet
ings of legislative committees should
not be open to the public. We should
say that since it is the public's busi
ness, it looks like 'doing business be
hind the bush for the public to be ex
cluded -frdm meetings of public bodies
Upon this same subject the Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot approves the view of
the Blackstone editor and adds:
"There is no valid reason why the
sessions of any official body under a
representative government should be
closed against the people of whom
legislatures, Municipal Councils and
County Supervisors are but the ser
vants. Secrecy in the proceedings of
an agent means nine times out of ten
lax J guardianship, of the interests of
the principal. It is the ally of mal-ad-ministration
and breeder of corrup
tion. Publicity would be the preven
tive of most of the methods through
which officialdom now abuses the pub
lic confidence."
Newspaper reporters are always up
against the things that are done be
hind closed doors, and whether any
thing is wrong or not the assumption
generally is that there's "a nigger in
the woodpile." Recently at Jackson
ville, Fla., a secret land purchase by
the county commissioners was expos
ed,, with the result that the deal was
called off and several thousand dol
lars were saved for the county in the
purchase of land for public use. The
public body which' does, not expect to
lay itself liable to suspicion should sit
with all the lights turned oh. The
pussy-foot public servant is getting to
be a back number' everywhere.
KEEP THE SIDEWALKS CLEAR.
It-is to be regretted that there
seems to be a movement looking to
the repeal of the ordinance preventing
the cluttering up of the sidewalks
with displays of all kinds of produce
and merchandise. In days gone by
when Wilmington was provincial afld
evbluting from the village stage, there
might have been some little excuse
for abridging the rights of pedestrians
to . the free use of streets and side
walks, -but : the .Wilmington of today
demands for its citizens air the side
walk room possible and there is neith
er rhyme nor reason in again opening
the' flood-gates to all manner of ob
structions on the1 streets.' .Sidewalks
are 'made primarily for the use of pe
destrians and they ; have at all times
the. right - to expect at 4 the hands7 of
the city government that they be kept
free, and open.-. We hope there will be
no backward step ;4n this important
matter.. The sidewalks are now clear.
LetV keep them so.
We. would like to see, the-people of
every county in the Statetake a more
enthusiastic Interest In the good roads
days, proclaimed - by : Governor Craig
for November jtti and 6 th. Under the
system of improving the public roads
in this county, there is little that New
Hanover can do, but it is refreshing to
know; that our people are. keenly, alive
to the situation. At. the ' meeting of
the. Chamber of! Commerce yesterday,
Mr. ;W. D. MacMillan intimated that
something was to be .done to take cog
nizance, of the day here and we hope
that the effort will succeed.
Although si. consummation 'devout
ly to be wished," we agree with . the
Chamber, of .Commerce, that it 4s just
as Well, for ,.ihe. resent,-to pass . over
the' building of that $150,000 bridge
over the Cape Fear river unless there
could.- come substantial and generous
; WQP.eratio.h ' from1 the railways ' and
other interests that would be benefit
ted by the building of the structure.
Unfortunately we are rather too deep
in the mire just now for the voting of
any more bonds until the financial
skies are clearer and the Interest rates
are lower.
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The Philppines' are gven to under
stand tjiat they will be given their
independence so soon as they are
capable of self-government ,In a year
or two the Filipinos may get it into
their heads: that if South Carolina is
allowed to do as she pleases there
should be no disccrimination against
the Philippines. N f - t
( For an exceedingly clever and grace-.
ful -tribute, we commend to our read
ers the resolution passed yesterday by
the Chamber of Commerce, upon the
introduction, Qf Mr. J. Allah Taylor,
expressing the city's apreciationc of
the Atlantic ,Coast Line's generosity
In providing . Wilmington's new and
handsome union station.v
All aboard for the State Fair at- Ra
leigh next Tuesday,
CURRENT i COMMENT.
One company is preparing to bore
for oil at Yuma. Va.. and another
company is getting ready to dpien salt
wells. Scott county's day is begin
ning to dawn. Gate' City (Va.) Her
ald. N
The (Legislature has passed bills
placing all of Wayne, Duplin, Samp
son, Pender, Lenoir, Bladen and Har
nett counties under the 'Stock law af
ter March 1st, next. There will not
be any election, as was first planned,
as the provision for submitting the
matter to the1 people was. stricken out
before the final vote. . This means that
the fence tax' on the people of a part
of these counties will no lpnger be
necessary and the old fences will be
sold. Mount Olive Tribune.
One of the -enterprises for the ad
vantage of the farmers of Cleveland
county is the Corn Show-arranged by
the Lineberger boys, at Shelby, to be
gin this morning and run through
Saturday. For this show prizes of
buggies and ' agricultural - implements
will- be awarded. The plan was an
nounced last Spring before crop-casting
time and as many farmers plant
ed with a view to competing, the
Corn Show ought to give some re
sults out of the ordinary. It is a
good thing for the farmers and a
good advertisement for Shelby. -Charlotte
Observer.
The finest lot of hay we have ever
seen in Sanford, raised in this sec
tion, came from ' the farm of Wil-kins-Lashley
Company near this
place. They had 23 acres under cul
tivation and gathered from it 125 big
loads which weighed 25 tons. This
forage is a mixture' of timothy, clover,
hay and pea viiies. The yield was
over three tons to the acre. Good hay
is now selling at $23 a ton. At a yield
of three tons to the acre this would be
$69. For the amount of labor it re
quires to produce, it, it. is one of the
most profitable ctops that can be-
raised. Fronrsome of their land Wil-kins-Lashley
Company got two cut
tings. From this 23 cares they are
feeding from 50 to 75 horeses. The
clover and timothy have been stack
ed in rows where it was cut..' It re
minds one of a scene on the great hay
farms of the West. Wilkins-Lashley
Company have solved the problem of
saving hay during wet weather. They
cut and throw it on stakes and if it
gets wet it soon- dries out without
being damaged. Sanford Express.
The C. FC & Yv V. dismemberment
investigation is hot dead. The Cor
poration Commission had a date set
f or; a meeting to continue it, which
has Dassed. But those who have given
a superficial consideration to the his
tory of the past 20 days- must nave no
ticed that the Corporation Commission
had its hands full. The members of
that body have indeed been having a
most interesting time. They have been
as busy as a bee in a tar bucket. They
have been in hot water mostly just
about the boiling point. Furthermore,
the gentlemen have been roasted; and
all the sins of omission and commis
sion of, all past corporation commis
sions, and more, have burst in a cumu
lative storm on these devoted heads.
To add another metaphor, they have
been given the' ordeal of fire; and
purified sc'mewhat, we verily believe,
in the flame. North Carolina may not
have the best Corporation Commission
in the world, nor the wisest, but there
is nowhere a more serious one. When
it is added that gentlemen have been
crucified, manhandled, jarred, pum:
meled, shouldered, jostled, jabbed,
scorched, slapped in the face and spat
upon, the neglect of the C. F. & Y.
V. investigation is fully explained.
There had been some hope that legis
lative consideration of freight rates
would take the direction of the C. F.
& Y. V. affair, but fundamental mat
ters were entirely crowded out of con
sideration by the clamor fop-measures
immediately remedial.' There is, how
ever, no less hope in the final result
of this investigation now than there
was before the meeting of the Gen
eral Assembly. iGreensboro News.
MRS. CATHERINE A. ENNIS DEAD.
Good Woman Enters Into Rest at Har
well's Store, N. C.
On Tuesday of this week, Mrs. Cath
erine A. Ennis, aged 66 years, passed
away at the home of her so"h-in-law,
Mr, W. P. Ward, at Harrell's Store,
Sampson county. Her death was not
unexpected as she had been, in' declin
ing health for some years, and for
several months had been under the
care v of a physician; She is survived
by six children, Mr. James Ennis and
Mrs. R. H. McClung,' of Wallace; Mrs.
W. P. Ward and Mrs. Alice Ward, of
Kerr, R. F. D. No. 1; Mrs. W. G. Prid
gen, of Ivanhoe, R. F..D.N6. 2; and
Mrs. E. C. Marley, of Kerr. Three
brothers and one sts cer also ' survive.
Mrs. Ennis was a good woman. The
death of her husband, Mr. R. J. Ennis,
about 28 years ago, brought extra! du
ties and new responsibilities to her,
but she met -them' bravely and suc
cessfully. Uniting with the Presby
terian church early in life, she -transferred
her membership, 21 years a-go
to Centenary Methodist church, on
the Magnolia charge, where she re
mained a true, faithful and consistent
member to the end of her life. ?
The funeral was held Wednesday at
11:30 o'clock from the residence,
the-services being conducted by her
pastor, Rev. E. C. Sell, in . the pres
ence of a large number of relatives,
friends -and acquaintances. - The bodv
was tenderly laid to rest in the -family
burying ground. The floral offer
ings were beautiful. Sympathy is ex
tended - the children and relatives in
their bereavement.
'Granulated Eyelids Cured.
- The sworst cases, no matter of how
long standing, are cured by: the won
derful, old-i reliable; Dr. Porter's Anti
septic Healing OiL . -.Relieves pain and
heals at the same time. 25c. 50c, $1.00.
NEW
AUTUMN
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A Most Unusual Display of Winter's Best and Most Fashionable Dress Materials, the
Choicest Weaves and Colorings, and Rare, Exquisite .Silken Novelties; -
$1.50 Handsome Charmeuse Silks, in a
wide -range of coloring, at . . . . . :98c
$ 1 .00 Corduroy 'Velvet,' 28 inches wide,
all the desirable shades, at ... . . .75c
Flanelette Undenyear Garments in neat
stripes; turn-over collars or collarlessv
braid trimmed- -Golwns,
at ... . . .... . . . . . .98c
Skirts, at . ... ... .'50c, 75c and 98c
1.50 Balck Petticoats, Klosfit; special;
mercerized, at '. . ... . ,; .'. . . : . . . 98c
SWEATER COATS.
;: All-wool Sweaters, for Men, Women,
"Misses nd Children; all sizes, and the prices
guaranteed.
MILLINERY.
Hatsjrimmed and untrimmed and val
ues typical of this - greatest Millinery
House. '
Special New, Nov
elties in Jewelry.
New Sash, Best
in Silk and Velvet
SPECIAL MEETING CHAMBER.
Called on Account of Hearing on thj
Northeast River Improvement.
. On account of the public ' hearing on
the proposed Northeast river, improve
ment. 1 before . the committee, of the
Board of Engineers for Rivers and
Harbors in the rooms of the Chamber
this afternoon at 2 o'clock, President
M. J. Corbett yesterday called a spe
cial meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce to be held at that hour and as
the matter to be presented fo the. en
gineers is one of vital mterest and
importance to the community a large
attendance is urged. The hearing is
open to the public and. every person
in Wilmington interested in the .im
provement of the Northeast branch of
the Cape Fear, river is cordially invit
ed to be present.
The committee of engineers, four
in number, will arrive this morning
from Washington and will, spend the
morning in an inspection of the har
bor. They will return to Washington
tonight.
The government is asked to in
crease the depth of water on the
Northeast river for a distance of about
three miles above the Hilton bridge.
It is stated that Maj. Stickle, local
engineer in charge of this district, is
in favor of the improvement as is also
the Board of Engineers, and the ques
tion now to be settled is whether those
who would benefit by' reason of the
deeper water should , be required to
pay a portion of the cost of the im
provement. Responsible for Own Death.
After holding several sessions dur
ing the past week, going thoroughly
into all the circumstances of the case,
the ' coroner's jury assembled to in
quire into the cause of the- death of
Georgia Barr, a colored girl, last night
at 8 o'clock returned a verdict that
she alone was responsible for -r the
operation which resulted in her death.
The jury did not mean that the act
was with' suicidal intent, but that the
operation resulted in her death. The
session yesterday las ted from 3 : 30 to
8 P. M., and while several witnesses
were examined" nothing material was
brought out. 4
Probable Cause Not Found.
Dr.J. H. Alston; a colored physician
of the , city, who was arrested last
week on a warrant charging him with
performing a criminal operation on
Georgia Barr, colored, which caused
her death, waa-.released yesterday af
ternoon at 3 7clock, by Justice Har
riss, for want of probable cause. He
has been under a bond of $1,000. : Tom
Gause, colored, charged with being an
accessory, was also released for the
same reason. ; .- ,
'SANTER" WASHINGTON.
Queer Beast Said to be at Large in
: " Takoma Park, There,. " f
Washington, . Oct. 16. The , 'San
ter," that tradition has It. haunted
many Southern States during JSu-Klux
days, feeding , on pigs,- lambs, calves,
and negro babies," is said to be at large
in Takoma Park; one of the popular
suburbs of Washington. -The. beast,
which is described -as a.-'relative"o'f-the
panther family, with long, sharp JblaWs
and a voice like tTncle Joe. Cannon's,
began business near Brightwood.
Mrs.1 J E. Fitzgerald reported that
the animal made away with her. small
dog. Two posses are on the - trail.
SCHOONER ON -ROCKS. ,
Crew and
Passengers
Are Safe - on
Shore.
Eureka, Cal., Oct. - 16. A wireless
message received here from the steam
schooner Mercer bound f rom San
Francisco to Astoria, and. Portland
with 25 passengers and. a cargo of
lumber, said the vessel' had gone - on
the rocks off Point Gorda.
All the "passengers and most "of the
crew were, sent ashore in small boats.
In the foggy weather prevailing it. is
believed, . the. schooner ran out of her
course.-..'
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AND
AND
VELVETS
ion.
TL I"IRM TJIAT "PAYS JOUB CABFABK.
COUNTRY TRIPS A SPECIALTY.
City Service: 4 Passengers, $1.00. Cars, $2.50 an Hour.
One-Price Service guaranteed. Day or Night.
JOHN W HEWLETT " AUTOS FOR HIRE
'PHONE : 879. , GARAGE : NO. 7 MARKET ST.
.nqepenaemji
Cold Storage
Now on hand and ready to deliver.
Two cars butter in tubs, 10, 30 and CO lbs; also In pound prints.
Have only the Very Best. , ,
Two Cars Cheeses.
Daisys 1 and .Flats.
Nothing but full cream. Don't handle skims in any shape or form.
Tennessee Fresh Eggs
Receiving one car per week. Have sold since April 3,000 Crates of
these Ridgefield brand of eggs. And still at it.
Five cars New York State Apples. The "finest brands we could
buy. No nubbins or windfalls. .. . -..'. ,
Four cars Green Mountain Potatoes, Selected.
Phone 221 and 222
- Main office, Second and -.Campbell streets, Wilmington, N. C.
DON'T WANT TO IVUK UEE INSURANCE?
Perhaps not; but, if yoii are wise and loVe your fam
ily you will. , : j.r-l. " ; ; -(:f -
Wheri you aresiekybtf want he dpcton i If you are
not an insuranceexpert you.n 'the. agent. ,; -
We ofFer jou; expert advice on lifeunsurancerr&ttefs.
Contract made to suit our particular need; .
ATLANTIC MFl
James & Janies; Pistrict 'Agents, Wilmington, ;N. C.
W. C Wbodard, Jr., General Agent, Rocl Mount N. C.
500,000 Cypress Shingles
200,000 NO.'t,PINE LATHS. VV j ) . N
tfViCEMENT PLASTER.vAND ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MA-
BUILDERS' SUPPLJES AND COAL.
WIlNlilK
Hats o'f i almosl? every---description - in the
Season's Smartestmedium and small
sh'apes,;m-;"
Valons, -Silk- Velvet, and every material
and color decreed popular by Dame Fash-
ft
Speaking '', of Tailored Suits for Long arid
5 Popular Wear,, -
When a woman wishes to express j her own esti
mate, of her value she ins tinctivelyturna,to clothes."
. they may not be her only form of "expression, but
they are an-uncommonly important pne 'and one
which everybody can recognize at a glance and the
better she understands the art of dress the more
she appreciates the necessity of the plain Suits in
her wardrobe jrnd the more exacting she is likely to
be as to its cut and detail work.
The collections of suits here between $14.98 and
$27.50 in the Suit Department is one that the wo
men who know dress, can look over with satisfac
tion.. ... ) .;:
And apart from the standard black and navy
are the rich dark Cheviots, Poplins, Cords, two
-- Tone fabrics and novelties. All in Fashion's best
models. : ,
Novelties in linen
Drawn Work.
New Green Silk
Hose.
New Kid Gloves.
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