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Merchandise gathered together from the four quarters of the world for our Opening Event imiiimmmmimiiimmii 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 niiiiiiiiiiiif iiiiiiiiiiiiiiinir V-Jt- -v--:- " 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 11 I I i 1 1 ill 1 1 1 11 i it 1 1 1 1 1 ti 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t " - uiu it 1 1 1 1 1 111 ri 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 111 ii 11' Buying for thirty-one big department stores enables us to save you at least 25 percent on your purchases STOP PAYING THE HIGH PRICES! WAIT FOR THE EFIRD EVENT! 1 Everything new New merchandise at the . new low prfces New styles New Materials-New Methods. In fact, the biggest and newest MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON HOME OF EFIRD'S DEPARTMENT STORE llllllUllllllllllllllllJlllllllll mi 1 mi ii rm 11111111111 1 1 iiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiitii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii EFIRD 'S DEPARTMENT STORE FRONT AND GRACE STREETS WILMINGTON ,N.C. . '-if 'I iff. ".I: l';l-V ills 's :? i!l "it " I .ilrnl" Bin.'..,." f i . : . jit,- r . :f ii: "rvr'i ill II " " . ' . . -.. .4 ! AUTOMOBILES LEAVE TO ADVERTISE EVENT Staging of Dollar Day in City April 12 and 13 Being Made . Known Widely Today . Real work of advertising "Dollar" day in the adjacent territory from which the merchants hope to draw hundreds of purchasers, April -12 and 13. began this morning when -five au tomobiles left the city with 3,000 cir culars heralding the bigr trade event to be distributed in every cross-road, ullage and town within a. radius of approximately 50 miles. This Is one of the means of advertising "Dollar" Day that the committee of 12 mer chants intend to carry out. An automoMle will work , each of ne sections near the five main roads fading out of Wilmineton. ' The fur thest points on the main highways win reached bv tnese cars are Scott's Lake Waccamaw, Southport, lace and Whiteville.' The machines ""l return to the city by night. Louis t tlJr" is chairman the commlt- featu arrangea for this advertising In addition to the five automobiles vai wnich wi ruiars there 'ere distributed the clr- lirr.. IK hIifa. j id uuier curs en SUNDAYS REATJ.Y "RTJTR" II 11 . . . . i II tha 1 .7 abulia, i oa.y gsnnera mat left tho ; , ir n j -"10 morning, going Wvenvdl"C"0"s- The89 a".ar! "uesale merchants and who regular. return . n,s terrtory. They will not By tM the cit"" "several days. dvr-rt Li"?an8 "oar" day will, be a rar'i Jn towns and cities within u'us of approximately 100 miles. total If Vnnounced Iast night that a n. int merchants and other busi TihM re"u" of iw"mington had sub the co'n?.1 fund ,be,n' Procured by Pns. ittef of 12 to defray the ex Each' , vertising "Dollar" " day; f"n-l anrt"ull?er donated toi the ha'h" 18 said that the amount irr uni i.een receved is more than nabVrt uh was anticipated. . This fact aavertisin Commlttee ti expand the BEj IEVENATIONAL GANG ' STAGED BIG MAIL THEFT SatorRClG?' .Apr11 7. Special investi- neetion Tuu ?m Washington in con Mi " With th j. ' Dpou. ""t yenieraay .hi lnt,,, u,rn Station of mail nnnch. thP Tu.:'tn th theft yesterday .at lttl moro u til 1 lien lllftl Berlin than 5,000,000, tonight were rhberv 1 ,",pon the theory that" the tionarean .en carred out by a na. ,ainl advl , mail thievea who ob shiPmernu ,fued Jnformatlon of money '""tlfratn"0"1 Postal employes. The thpft wa,, - wa convinced .that the 8orUne?a",,nsld Job," the robbers track ii t er.of sack8 on th mal1 se ii,. "'"uun ana selected on The "J: WPre considered valuable. 4 - (Carl Jloliday in N. Y.: Times) ? . ITo 6n shall kiss his or tier children on-the Sabbath or feasting days." "No one shall personally cook meals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair or shave on the Sabbath day." "No one shall cross a river on the Sabbath but an authorized clergyman." "No food or lodging Bhall be offered to a heretic." The present national commotion re sulting from the reformers' attempt to take the sun out of Sunday brings to mind a previous attempt some two cen turies ago. Those Connecticut blue laws are far famed; but they wero by no means limited to the colony vnoted for its wooden nutmegs and Ichabod Cranes. ; Down in that land, Virginia, where the colonists' consumed so mtich mint julep that to this day, the mint grows out of the graves at Jamestown, the rules were just as strict. In 1802 a woman was indicted-for shelling corn on Sunday! Indeed, the very first gen eral assembly in the Old Dominion passed a- law requiring every citizen to attend church on the- Sabbath, and ,if a freeman disobeyed' he was compelled to pay three shillings, and if a slave -he was flogged! And going to church, mind you, meant in those days going to a particular kind of church. For in 1632' the' Virginia assembly passed a law punishing all dissenters from . thf; church: of England, in 1662 passed an 'act banishing all who refused to have tneir cnuaren baptized, m mat cnurcn, in 1741 issued a law making life un comfortable for Presbyterians, and in 174(( created further' statutes aimed at Moravians andv " Methodists. ' Verily, those were the days -Of the real blue Sundays. '' .'' But wflo has ever surpassed a Yan kee in anything even in keeping or in breaking the Sabbath? In those days religion entered into every phase of Hf eKne's food, sleep, recreation, work, dress. Those grave old church men ' of Massachusetts and Connecti cut, passed stern . regulations about one's ' puffs, ruffles, , ribbons and bands. There should be, for instance, no "short sleeves whereby the nakedness of the arms may- be discovered," but, on the other hand, no sleeve must be more thahV,"half an ell long." It was a nerve-racking time , for tailors v and dressmakers! ,7 ' If you did not go tor church you were simply "beyond the pale." "No one." declared the old laws, "shall be a free man or have . a. vote unless he is con verted: and a member of the churches allowed , in the Dominion." And, more over If .you failed.; to attend divine services the town watchman saw to.it tfhat time ;hung heavy on your hands. No' one was allowed' to leave . town on the ; Sabbath; no 'one ..must 'come to town except for church attendance. No work, vai permitted on rarm, in snop, a physician's certificate. No one shall use it publicly in the street or the fields or the woods, except on a journey of . at least ten miles, or at dinner. Nor shall any one take it in any house in his own town with mere than one per son taking it at the same time.". What chance: for an American tobacco trust in those truel days! Nor did one dare for a long time to make mince pies or play-any musical instrument, "except a drum, a trumpet or, a jew's harp"! Luckily, the early New Englanders were not musically inclined. Card playing was absolutely forbidden; whoever brought cards into the dominion was fined five pounds! And as for dancing th-e thought was unbearable. Says t old Judge Sewall in his famous 17th-century diary: "After the" ministers of this town (Boston) come to ' the court and complain against a dancing master who seeks to set. up here and hath mixt dances, and his. time of meeting: is- lecture day (Thursday), and tls reported he should say that; by one play he could teach more divinity than Mr. Willard (the pastor) or 'the Old Testament." A lit tle later Sewall joyfully records that the dancing matter has fled 'town be cause of" debt "several warrants out for, him." But why.'expect to dance when the laws declared that no one should run on the-Sabbath or walk in his garden or elsewhere "except rev erently to. and. from meeting?" For more than 100 years there was ' legal interference with the most petty personal affairs of the Colonial citi zen In Massachusetts a . woman might not receive, frer own male relatives hot ey err iher .brother ''or father if her husband 'were away, and old Judge Sewfcli-records that, in the depth of the night he- was; turned away for " Buch cause from a close . friend's home, , al though there ' were two oter male travelers -with him! It-was also hotly' dispyted in the early Boston and Salem churches "whether - women:- should sing in divine services. One, of old ' John'l cottons most famous sermons deal with this identical subject, and he .ex presses grave doubt in the matter be cause . "the woman is more subject to error, than a; man, and therefore might soon prove . a ' seducer . if she become a teacher;"' . - ' ' Perhaps.; KJacaulay, was right when he declared ;that the Puritans were op posed to bear-baiting, not because it gave, the -bears pain, but because it gave the spectators pleasure. Blue Sun day - extended its influence to blue Christmas, and as late as . 1865 that staunch sold- Puritan Judge Sewall ex ultlngly wrote in his diary: . :"Dec. 25. Friday.' Carta come to townnd shops open as usual. Some somehow observe the day., Blessed be God na au thority yet to compel them to keep-it." : m .J xiiuB, bo upuuseu iu pleasure . ware blue-law forefathers had all the ego tism in the world. It is declared that one of their councils early passed, the ,ro"llowing unabashed resolutions: "Rc solved, firstly, that the. saints shall in herit the" earth; resolved, secondly, that we are the saints." We moderns might add A. third, resolution: "Re solved, further, It these are indeed tha saints, we willingly, allow them to in herit the earth; for .we both can't stay." UNION CO JfTlNtJEg STREAK In what .is sa)j. to have been a fast and snappy ' game of baseball ;the Union school sixth" grade defeated the Hemenway sixth, grade aggregation by a score of,i2 to 9 at Robert Strange playgrounds yesterday afternoon. This is the Union school's third consecutive victory over. the. Hemenway bunch this season. Kane and Hawkins were batterymen for the winners, while Moore pitched and Jones caught for the Hemenway. HARDING WILL REJECT TREATY AND COVENANT BUT WILL BE CAREFUL , (Continued from Page One) Germany unless some genius in inter national law provides a formula where by the good parts of the treaty of Ver vailles approved by Mf . Harding can be interwoven in a new treaty satis factory to America and her allies. 'Mr. Harding forsees no chance of using the treaty without clausing considerable embarrassment abroad in tearing it apart. But he has given everybody to understand that there is no special hurry about, the new association of nations or th"e new treaty or even the Knox resolution. The Harding ad ministration wants to feel its way 1 slowly. NOTE THESE PROSPERITY BARGAINS ; i f hi :' BRAND NEW W TENTS SI'ISSSS Gemiise V. S. Ariny SHOES Boat twftiM ttiN it&' uffluo ' ln ghoM. Ihj ftUi kind our aoidim wowf &4 nS Rnsset Shoe fflffi w irortli every cert ot flUO. Blodier pttern with tort- to4- fi boz. Taa( bb Djuowixoatua...yM, nd Aim UdmI with' .1 .' 1 j wrmrnii wniw . IW111. toda Ind. e samf y In those . station and selected onlv another rohhftrv ainow b .UU11I V Cittlf lb sack. na?f!l rhbrs selecting, ZVmns money, although , dioa tha I "ns on the pouches , to -"nun... . a yy mai procedure was carried out f.ral Win -it "0me of Postmaster Genii sackf Was iey contained other than" iav J of Person ' . . 11 T,t ho . . . . or on -snip, a tuum - tnese maigo-worsmppers that as late eipepi.:'w"u .yBviure. - C t, as i(cu sarauei meters round the laws to nonle . to "meeting .house Using a' horse, an ox, or a wagon was unlawful if the church were within rea sonable walking distance, and "reason able was in this case a. most expan sive word. ' -f.. Then, too, the odor of cooking food in the . Sabbath " was ' anl'abomination,' whil to' smoke or: chew tobacco ..near a meeting house ion ; Sunday meant i a seat in the stocks, instead of a church pew I - Indeed, this use of sotweed,V a3 tobacco-was called, vwas a most sinful ,.-Kif ii anv daV' "None, -under. ?1 here ' ...nction w XI VSMl i Cr anr not pfeviously" accus- most of th.m ZZ.a . rt -it. shall take tobacco witnout of Connecticut so strict that "dancine. fishing,, hunting, skating and riding. tnl sieigns on tne jce are all the amuse ments - allowed in this - colony." Even today the laws of Massachu setts and several other states forbid on Sunday the buying of newspapers; stationery- or soft drinks, the playing -cf golf, working in one's garden, hiring a boat or swimming, obtaining a shoe- sjilne Jr a- shave, . sprinkling- a. lawnJ making ic.creamtor. lilring a horse: I ,It requires v, a . deal ' of .egotism, in a manlto undertake tlie detailed control of another man's, conscience; but Jour P IV POB SALE" changes to 'SOLD" in tne twink- 'linjr.'of an eye when li the owner uses Star Want Ads. v.-:; . - " 'X-. ; - : ''"'..' .''-... . '. "'.'..'-. Scores7 of deals take place every day. through the help of the real estate advertising columns in this newspaper ;- t .. r ' ' ' ;"r , . ' '. More than 'ever' before people are coming to realize this wisdom, of owning, their homes. For people who w4nt tp buy : real estate ; thevwant ai pages offer, a convenient and. helpful service by bringing buyer and ' seller ; together. :'.;- . r S' : ' ' The Paper With the Want Ads" CaddU.S.Anny Amy peUoUoa fltans MA ': Each $3.45 This la tha Tiin Tf r,mA u. MM JUlfl.Brooi Khaki eelerDndL OiMB it and Haaty alaflt Kit. Ona loch EajUv worth tl0i. Amy BanlatloB . aid mm pattarn-ood crada tht,n pmbtr nay ba faftrnwrtocatbar to mak naaat laathar. Soft toe V4-ii doublatali. Ona ",.bl t diird. irlca quoted U fori inch haaL . - . . ;' :,." t . balraa or ob complata taut, tbat any awabar nay ba faatanad tavatbar to maka " tjpt MOT darira.. Tin for Boy oouta. ChlldMo'a . JJay TtnU ar to proUct tool, hay 01 machtnary. Tant conaUta af 1 hilw tiiK k. m. fatt 4 inehta wlda, faat hlfL Bo arrantl rm ii a I II I 1 0 U. S. ARMY MATTRESSES Vina for eota. alnaV bad; porch awlnaa, ate. SoCt and egofortabla. with heavy Ucklnf. Saclalmad and In Una sanitary condition. Rcctafmod Army Canv folding Cots A l $30.00 htozen wcn SSA- $45.00 'c2hdeA,$3.95 195 dozen n.w each Grade B, $90 n a Grade B, $ CltfeVV eaeb U. S. Army Steel Cleaver Wool Wrapped Spiral Iieggtns k-mCJt- .. GensiB v '-. -' - c 95 ells. 1 iSi-v !'. mm '"lift ' ' fi' i. in:!. n WW) -I V ; , V ,.- -F 14, n t ! i ?'-!. mm :u: i't.' ! P mm ftaaraUnad vIVrappet Spiral v i Fit anybody. Fopvlar wlth vaoas. na wall aa man. Beat clotbaa protactora you' eosld . ar. Prtoa tSa fair (otbara ? aa .' .for naUtaaad). Deaan Palr .oa. IVf I w Theaa claaTara wart nttd by tha U. B. inn It. 1. C Tola tata tha aaal of ouallty on thvm. Tnay SoW tbalr adaa. tha rlfbt waicht, tha riaht ttalanai and 'right prtca. Thay art naw, mada of ona piaoa or lortea ataai. tqu pouanaa, groana ana anarpanaa. i; i !'. ' a;;- VM v Bandit poUahtd walnut, rivatad to tant with tbrao Trtra rlvata. Lancth of cutting adtt lnehat; latifta of handla lnehat; waicht about t' pounda aach. g- S. ARMYlEATnER Reinforced Canvas Leggins tcdimc4. rrr rtr - ODC .hl.i J?, "5 Iwtabaok riUnor Pararar unntually hard iarvtoa la tneouaUrod. . Folding Meat . Pans coHrirri witbout ri ' la twa tarU. tot far try. lag pan aad aaa far tlafa, klatft. -AH tha O, f. Army klaf . All tht tl. 8. Army ttallty. AH bavt tlit aaf kaadhk. Raelatmed Oral 'Alumloun foldlnr meat pan, 1H inchaa daap. Waiabu nehaa Ions. rnehi block tin, t-lneh dtamator, S incboa daap.- Eaeh. 2St wlda. 11 ouneaa. lid aaulooad with rlna to attach to halt. This la tha ona wa recommend. Eaeh, 50a. . ? Brand Wew Bound roMini Mat ran. utbt ed tO"It shall tajce iodcco wimuuvi viot4 ., vvuv.w!, uutsourj . r '-vi, : v -s .i r r " , . ' s IS HaeUimad HXAVT Block Tin foldln Vlaat P.r. featk. Mi " . .- ,. .- , Ronnd Canteen Reclaimed vilh ShoulderStraps crade D. dozen S2.00: 25 ttnte nair bOT,152 CTDSrU U. S. ARMY CANVAS LEGGINS Grade B, dozen $4.00; 50 cents pair ':. ADMW 3r; & IN A V Y STORE BRANCH; OK BRADLEY BONDED WAREHOUSE 'MSsv 18 Market Street . ; Wilmington, rfN G Read Star 7. Classified ... Ads ;"V:'S;l1i''; ;.: ; . - -- ";- . : i . '" v;'rlv x'.i" : ' l .'''' 'j0;tl- t "' ;.' (: '.V 1 !'. . H. , ' 1 f 'r r;:;-;-lM;- ! j!; t- .7.:-' t-
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