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: 9 THE MORNING STAR, TLMINQTON. N. C gUNDAT," DECEMBER 1, i9i ar Christmas Wale of egdyto-Mearfrpparel Regius tomorrow at 9 a.m. garments of Quality at greatly Reduced Prices for a Jen Pay Svent Jhat Should Attract the Jhrifty in &ery Part of Sastern forth Carolina ' The epidemic of Influenza during October is the real cause of this-big sale. With January 1st (our fiscal year) just around the corner, orders have been issued to re duce our surplus stock. . '.-. Every garment offered in this event is "handppicked" our regular stock. You profit because for four weeks, during the epidemic, business was sub-normal, leav ing us with more merchandise than we intend to inventory. " Charming Coats at &owesi Prices of the Season Value and intrinsic worth are the first consideration in this offer of choice Winter Goats for Women at special prices. The reductions make them doubly attractive to women who appreciate good tailoring, handsome materials and smart styles. .$18.95 $50.00 Coats for $39.95 . $22.95 $65 and $75 Coats for.. $54.95 $29.95 $85 and $95 Coats for . $69.95 .$37.95 $135.00 Coats for. .". .$94.95 5.00 Coats for. . $30.00 Coats for. . $35.00 Coats for. . $45.00 Coats for.. 3U ouses $6.50 Crepe de Chene and Georgette blouses, in high and low necks, new conceits, all sizes, excellent Christ mas present, special at $4.98 $4.50 Georgette and Crepe, de Chine Waists, in all si?es, excellent values, at the regu lar price, for this sale at .$3.48 Extraordinary Clearance of Jiylish fall and Winter presses The display of dresses that will greet you tomorrow will be decidedly the most inter esting feature on the entire second floor. There will be dresses of jersey,, tricolette, serge, charmeuse, georgette messaline and silk and wool combinations ; in colors embrac ing the entire range of winter shades; sizes from 14 to 46. 825.00 Dresses for $14.95 $35.00 Dresses for .:. . .$19.95 $40.00 Dresses for .. . .$24.95 $45.00 and $50.00 Dresses for. .. $34.95 $55.00 Dresses for . ' ;. . $39.95 $75.00 Dresses for .$49.95 Clearance Sale of fall Millinery All ready-trimmed hats offered in Decem ber sale at prices much smaller than usual. In the assotment are hats from the best known makers in America, including "Vogue." The range of choice includes hats of every fashionable shape, from the little "tarn" to the smart large fuzzy sailor. , Values to i $17.50, including nearly a dozen handsome "Vogue" Hats, priced at . . $9.95 Values to $8.50 in banded Velours of all colors, very stylish for winter, special at $4.95 Values to $10.00, hats of velvet, ready trimmed, popular styles, priced yery special at. $3.95 Jadies9 tailored Suits Exceptionally Vtnderpriced This sale of Suits is unparalleled in our merchandising. It offers at the very beginning of Winter purchasing possi bilities which usually come at the end of the season. It gives larger varieties and better selections, and our only reason for an event of this nature is that we have more on hand than we should at the present time. ' - $30.00 Suits for ...... $18.95 $60, 65 and $70 $35.00 Suits for ..... .$23.95 $40 and $45 Suits for. $29.95 $50 and $55 Suits for. $3995 Suits, for $49.95 $80.00 Suits for ......$59.95 $95.00 Suits for ...... $69.95 Children s Serge ress s Under Regular Prices While children's Serge Dresses have been unusually good this fall, we still have a lim ited quantity, which we will offer in the De cember sale at 20 per cent, under regular selling price. $10.00 to $25.00 Serge Dresses, in Middy and Peter Thompson styles, navy blue, copen and checks, priced for the big sale at . $8.00 to $20.00 Rules Governing &his Sale No sales merchan dise will be sent on ap proval or exchanged. We cannot fill mail or ders unless garments ' are personally select ed and without the privilege of return. Children's J4ats at Jfalf Price Children's Hats of felt, velvet and plush. Cute new styles for children. With months to wear winter hats, this December Sale is a wonderful opportunity to save real money on desirable, choice children's millinery. $2.50 to $8.50 ready-trimmed hats for chil dren, in all colors and black, priced at half, or $1.25 to $4.25 &ath Robes and Kimonos In this aggressive sale we have neglected nothing that would prove of interest to our customers. Bath Robes, Kimonas and Negligees, in a wide variety of designs and colorings. Christ mas gifts of practical value are offered in the big Ten Day Event at 10 per cent. off. A HARPER O'SULLIVAN IS LIVELY AT THE FRONT ud Drum and Bugle Corps Bnffler hh1s a Cheery Letter to Friend 1 Bert Kite. ft: t Kite, drum major of the Wil- frgron drum and bugle corps, has 3st rf ceived a very interesting letter n.-n Harper O'Sullivan, 56th pioneer V tiie 17 members of the drum and ns'e corps in the service of Uncle From "Somewhere in France," 3tlrler date of October 26th, Mr. O'Sul- ;vaa writes: J,t a few lines to let vou hear ('0m i. w Harper' and some of his ' 1 . ni c Will iHUUll Vd,l Ijlilld. J1 full of pep. Sam Jones, Johnnie !3p'is. Simon Oliver, Horace Gorman, M'-Allister. Avant Johnson. Chan- " Holloman, J. J. Casey and myself, . CIi "hullivan, all in ojie squad and in a dug out one of those .VOU read ahnnt in tho nan'era j. . - -r- 1 i ' - " v. V'l 11 . tills i u nannv f-jn-,. i i i i. nih " e rats run over us- n Monday u,"' -:,M'- the rats made a drive on ron , uui quau logemer anu ePUiserl then, ,xr!l,' .11..I. ' t.if rat division was compelled 'to Aftpe;u b-v the force of tht? N. C. squad. vrh, """'c wan xxxe rai army h; n iff were jufit fixing to ' 'hit the a German airship came buzzing cr nilr little' v, A; nuiiii;, Uiup(llll5 DC 1 ys which frightened us a lit mak;ng our 'pompies' stand hog bristles; also throwing dirt and rocks on our shack, but they were soon chased away by the Liberty motors with the aid of searchlights. We en joy seeing the American planes chas ing the Hun ships. Lots of times you can see from 75 to 100 machines flying around, most of the time going to the front. They actually look like English sparrows. You had better quit the drum and bugle corps and join the army. "We go to sleep by the music of the bursting shells and they play all night and do a lot toward wak ing us up around 5:30 a. m. The American army has plenty of snap and has the Germans 'balling the jack' and Germany isn't what she used to be. We are up close to the front and do ing work on the roads for the heavy artillery and all kinds of war ma chines to go against the Boche. I see German prisoners passing by and you should see them all the way from 17 to 40odd years old, and they look pleased at being captured. Germany is on a pivot and doesn't know which way to turn, but she will soon tall off the log. I am turning out a beautiful mustache and getting as fat as a New Tear's turkey. To beat all that, Hor ace Gorman, the well known tinner, is patching roadis instead of roofs. Give my regards to all the boys and tell them I will soon be there to play 'Turkey on that- bugle. Give this to The Star. We are fixed for the win ter with plenty of clothes, but don't think we will be here long enough to wear thexn out. Paper and envelopes are scarce, so you see that I have to scare up some once ih a while. I don't hear any roosters crowing but hope to hear some eoon. I 'will now quit push ing this' pencil forjitis time to hit the phucks. I am always thinking about you and the boys back home and hope to be back with you soon. "Your old bugle pal, "HARPEJ O'SULLIVAN." ISSUE WARRANTS AGAINST HOPEWELL-BANK OFFICERS K. C. Sidbnry, Formerly of Wilming ton, It One of Three Officials. - (Special Star Telegram.) Richmond," Nov. 30 Tlje grand jury is scheduled to make inquiry Monday into affairs of the Peoples bank of Hopewell whose doors. were closed a few days ago by State Bank Examiner Barksdale. Already' criminal warrants have been sworn out against three of the officers including Vice-President K. C. Sidbury, former Wilmington lawyer, who was one of the- leading spirits in the organization of the in stitution last spring. The accused officers are. charged with receiving deposits knowing that the bank was insolvent. In the opin ion of Examiner Barksdale, gross mis management and bad investments were responsible for . the failure, alT though the action of many depositors thrown out of work at the- Dupoht plant, in withdrawing their balances, was believed to have brought things to a climax. Examination showed, that deposits aggregating &60.000 had ,feeen recently withdrawn, while an equal amount,- is still due depositors. Cash in hand to talled $12,000; bills payable aggregated $55,000, while loans and inotes out standing amounted to $107,00.0. In judicious investments will result in ;a considerable loss of these, said Barks dalA. . .... . PACK EXPRESS WELL AND MARK PACKAGES PLAINLY Successful Handllngv of Snch Matter Demands These' Things. E. S. Goodman,.-traffic manager, of the Richmond chamber of" commerce, in a recent issue, of '''Richmond" the chamber's (publication, has the follow ing in regard to express shipments: The foundation of successful trans portation by express is first to pack property in a strong container, cap able of standing . the .. strain of rapid handling, and then, to mark the con tainer, first, with the name and aBdress of the shipper, and second, with the full name and full address, where pos sible, of the . consignee, - so that -every employee of the express company handling the package-can do so with the greatest efficiency, and . will have no exefuse, so .. fac ,: as -packing and marking are concerned, for not doing so.- Short of unavoidable accident, property well packed and legibly marked can not conceivably tail of de livery. " . ' ' t ; "These are truisms, and they should h.e "eyer - present in the minds of express-, shippers, but, as a matter of fapt, while ; many shippers " recognize the-importance of packing ,and mark ing properly,--there are some1 who do- not,' and there are sOme" wis. can not understand why the . express company can not perform l its simple' duty of transporting . and ?dlivering their packages. I - have lately "had occasion to follow up. some express shipments the delivery , of which was in doubt and the intormatfoq as ;to the delivery considArablwdelaved.. I -hav . rq.nrTi to believe 4hat those packages were properly packed and marked, but it was while' following - them up that I became aware of the extent to which packing and marking rules were not being followed, and I am, therefore, impelled to revive this subject, which has been time and again considered, because at the present time the cir cumstances surrounding transporta tion by express are unprecedented and call for the full co-operation of both the shippers and the express company, if an improvement is desired. Owing to the difficulties which have been known to exist for some time in connection with transportation by freight train, property unsurpassed in volume and unprecedented in bulk and weight, which no express . company i ever contemplated carrying, and which no shipper ever contemplated shipping by express, has been shipped by ex press. . This has happened at a time when the express company has lost manyv of its employees through the draft and through the attraction of higher wages in "other employment, and at present by sickness. The handling of express packages differs . materially from the handling of shipments by freight. Unless con ducted in. the mos.t rapid I might say instantaneous manner, express mat ter will become hopelessly congested. Therefore, it follows that in handling packages as rapidly as they must be handled in going through the receiv- f ing room, into wagons, then to the car, and from the car to the receiving room at destination, or to consignees, pack ages must be indeed strong to stand the treatment which they. receive,"-and they must be will marked .' V 119TH REGIMENT TOOK SIX OF NINE TOWNS CAPTURED Col. Metts Writes Gen. Jas. I. Metts of October Fighting. . In a letter received recently, dated October 26, before the armistice, Col. John VanB. Metts, writes his father, Gen. Jas. I. Metts of the strenuous campaign the 30th division was then engaged upon: "Have just 'come out of the line for a little rest and to get a few more men. We certainly need the rest. Have pushed night and day over 20 miles forward. Out of nine towns taken by the division, this regiment (Col. Metts' 119th) captured six of them. "Have had a bad cold and cough for Sometime, but everyone is so affected. Living on the ground and under the ground in all sorts of weather tends to give one a cold. Am now in a beautiful chateau with good food and fire in my room and wood and coal to burn. "Have made Captain Manning and Captain Hobbs majors. Major Free man is on the: staff at division head quarters. Major Waring was sent to the 33rd division as brigade adjutant. Major Privett is now sick in the hos pital. I have an army officer as lieut-enant-colonel. "We have done lots 'of fighting, and naturally, had casualties, but in com parison ours are not near . so great as the other regiments in the division. Have had only four officers killed so far . Sorry Lieut. Frank Williams was one of them. Young Greene ' Fenley was wounded and is getung on O. K. but has not returned to us yet. ' "Tell Mr. 'Kefo Bellamy, that we be lieve his son, Harerov. is eant"- s some-j 1, they in the.' We fought over the ground where he disappeared an there Is no indication,' of his having Jseen killed. The grounds.' have been well searched. In the Hin-! denburg line advance and where some-: of our men pushed well ahead. were captured arid Bellamy was line well to the front. The troops oa,,' our left didn't keep up and the Boche got in some strong licks on our flank! and cut off a few forward men. I amy doing all I can to get some trace oft them. ' "I got a copy of the New York Times speaking of the capture of Voorme-' zeele. That was our first fight and?, capture. We have not time to de scribe the different battles end have no newspaper men with us as -some others have. Major Privett of my regiment" took Voormezeele. As you see from the map, we are far east of the St. Quentin-Cambrai line. Any one who has been on our flanks know who haye kept ahead and done the work. - ' r- "Things look good and I do not care r v if the Germans would quit now, but I am not placing so much faith in thef V peace talk. Somethings we hear are' ' exaggerated and some we never hear, r but there is no douht but that to the French towns which the Germans have. ' occupied for. so long, they haveMaken v' away with them many men and girls j'- ' too. In one case told me by an en-1 , gineer officer and he saw the girl, th!sp.' girl had been tied to the floor with , scarcely .anything to-eat- for seven days. There, are many eases of such beastly things." ' -:v '.X- Until next harvest the Arr.rlin - tab!- mu'Jt be ' set according to. ...the ..i'. . food resources of the world and the, ... i . .' ' Kurox "i:'' ' '' ' ''-L'!'-- ; ' i i i- 1 C -
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