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13' Hotel Quest Loses Jewels But ; Cannot Collect From tKe Hotel Court's Ruling Against Guest Affects a Large Number' of Tour " lsta, Habitues of London HotelsEngland Is Now Enjoy . tag a Real Musle Boom Other London News. T GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS, SUNP AY, DECEMBER 17, 1922 A PreMvemtoiry Sale I : tendon, Dee. II. (By Associated ress) An Important Judgment wi aitsa. In the high oourt this week whloh will affect lerga admber I ' tourist, habitues ef London hotela A woman guest at a West , Bnd hotel lost Ml pounds worth -of jewelry from hor room. She sued the proprietor of -the hotel whs de - nlad liability and contended that the . plalntIK waa negligent In leaving . her bedroom door unlocked.. ; Jodie Banker save Judgment for th proprietor taking; the ground 'bat the woman guest did not use proper ewe regarding her Jewelry, he bad a key to the bedroom door and also a key to her wardrobe, both of wbloh she could have lock ed, the court said. She left her Jewel ease sot where It could be seen while she was absent ten minutes lit her bathroom; therefore . she was guilty of negligence. t Another interesting . Judgment glTen by the same court was la a ' ease where two women claimed sev--' oral hundred pounds sterling from aether woman, who was alleged to : have borrowed the money on rep- reaentatton, that her husband : ra : eulred It to meet certain bills. The : husband was brought into the oe . tlon as a defendant, but denied bar V lag given his wife authority to bor - row. the. money. The Judge found . against the wife, bat dismissed the husband from the ease, asserting "a , husband Is not liable, for fraudulent Mtpresentations of hia wife, who f might order an expensive eutemo V bile, representing that It was for her ' husband." ' ', i".v Fish mongers In Bond street Lon don's Fifth avenue are what In the vernacular may be termed frars ' birds" but whea they happen to be titled Englishwomen as was the V, cu.se this week their rarity Is still f mere enhanced. Several wives of prominent lords, under ,tne leader ship of Lady Rodney, donned rubber aprons and took over a fish shop In ths fashionable shopping district, Thsy proceeded to arrange kippers, bloaters, flounders ana oysters, and all their brothers and cousins, in such a manner that. Instead of pre senting their usual, scaly appearaaca. thsy looked so delicable that titled housswlves throughout London be gin booking orders at fanoy prices. Be it said on behalf of these arlatoo ratlo saleswomen that they were not after sordid gain! they were resort ing to this novel scheme tot raising funds tor the, dockland settlement at Cannlngtown, a famous social set' tlement sponsored by trading arti 'foorats. The duke of York and Prln eess Helena Victoria are residents of, ths settlement which la supported by suoh prominsnt personages as Dowager Queen Alexandra, Ladies Patricia Ramsay,' Juliet Trevor and Evelyn Ward, Vlscountees Curson and others. . There Is a muslo boom on in Kng' tend at the presents time, and the aaaslctana and ths mtrsle industry are enlortne- a psrtod of great pros rrtt notwithstanding the central A trade depression. Ths rsason for this Jej Is ths great Interest In musloal en .J tertainmenu for ths publlo and the Popularity- of danolng. ' Musicians have euffered little from unemployment during the dark daya in other, trades and 'business. Out r Not Too Lai:e To Have Your Clothes. Cleaned and ' Pressed 1 For the Holidays. Phone 2667 They'll Look Like New Yottll Look Better and Feel Better Guaranteed "Benson Did f" v Benson's Dry Cleaning ; , .Works 305 S. Groan of the 1,000 musicians who specialise! in theater, muslo hall and cinema 1 orchestras there are barely one hun dred without work. The fact that there , Is dancing practically everywhere creates si keen demand fop Instrumentalists. I many of whom earn mors than two I guineas nightly. Choral societies have been revlv-l ed alnce the we, and this year many I new ones have been started through; out the country, creating an Increas ed demand for solo vocalists, or chestras and shset music. Ths piano building trade also has sxperlenced a boom. Most of the factories have been working overtime for months. This Is dus partly to : ths Inoreased I call for nlanos at horns and abroad I and ths fee that trads In German I made Instruments has virtually been I killed. The. long standing disputs between! the United States and Oreat Britain ovsr ths method for determining the! worm tennis cnampion may as set tled here at Christmas time. Dele gates from the Davis cup nations 111 assemble In London December 10 to discuss ' international tennis I mattere. The United States Is 'un derstood to be ready to enter, the I International Tennis Federation iff that body rsvokes the old agreement! whlchv gave England the right In I perpetuity for holding annually the tournament to , establish ths grass court world champion. Tna united gtates was no party to this agreement and never has rec ognised Wimbledon winners as hav ing right to ths world title, while England stubbornly has refused to I reoognns any .but a Wimbledon vic tor as champion, Irrespective of whether he la Immediately after wards defeated In the United States But asw new bleod and new Ideas have been Infused Into the British Isles Lawn Tennis association through a reform committee which has announced Its policy ss "one of progress, not of prejudice." The reformers have succeeded In placing a score of their candidates on the council of old members whlcb I they contended held obsolete views and has been following 4 polloy off masterly Inactivity. P. W. Roth'an, one of the leasers of the association has been elected chairman -of the association's Inter national eomralttee. Mr. Rottvan and other speakers at a recent meeting expressed the feeling that the trou ble between' the U. 8. and British tennis bodies-soon would be settled I by round table discussions. "If It will bs ths first time in more than I a decade that all the tennis nations leave agreed on how a tennis okam plon jihould be agreed on. Covent Garden, opera house which for more than a centaury has been England's premier borne for grand opera, has fallen under the influ ence of the ribdera trend ' toward eomedy- and Jass and - shortly will opsa as a musical 'comedy emporium. As a grand opera house the theater! has not been a sueeeas since before! the war... The. waning popularity etl grand 'perm in England waa dealt I Its final blow-by the wartime 'in termission. Although there have been I a few attempta slnos ths war to re introduce opera .on a grand scale thsy I all have been failures. Convent Garden Is not the only theater that baa been forced to give np grand opera, for out of, the many houses, which la pre-war daya pro duced opera there la none now which oanN be called , London's home of grand opera. Ths late Oscar Hammersteln's beautiful opera house, which failed ten years ago, Is now being used as Covent Garden will open In January with the Amerloan eomedy played by George Robey, England's premier oomedlan. Proof that the averags Londoner Is ardently fond ot birds was famished this week when the report ot the untimely death of ssveral score .of eralla, out ot the thousands that dally fluttsr ovsr the foggy Thsnfee, was given prominent space In the Metro politan newspapera- and oallsVl forth general Indignation. One of the oldest customs In Lon don la the feeding of the gulls along ,the Thames embankment where hundreds of persons dally stand, throwing bread crumbs. Into ths air and watching the swirling gulls catch the morsels on ths wing with unoanny accuracy. , Ths othsr day ths bodies of a I number et guile were found floating! In the river. An Investigation dis closed that some person, instead of I throwing bread crumbs to the birds, had fed tham matches," the phos phorus ends of whloh poisoned and! killed them. NEWS OF BESSEMER People ef Biaeiiotf leerlea te Or ganise New Baptist Church Saaday Ifeedtl le Raur N-. Bessemer, Dec. JJ. The M. A. Bap tist church will bs organised here Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock In one of J. C, Delaney's new bungalows. All thoss Interested are oordjaly In vited to attend. Jack Aydelette, who has recently had two operations for trouble on his neck, Is -still 111 and will probdbly have to have another operation soon. Ernest Robertson Is lll'at ths home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Causey. - Mrs, O. C. Oorrell Is visiting her mother, Mrs. U A. Bhaw. Prof, Enno Sohuslks will leave I Tuesday for Florida, whsrs he will spend the Christmas holidays The ssnlor Epworth league of Holt's chapel held Its monthly meet ing and social Tuesday evening In the school auditorium. Aftsr ths business meeting many reoltatlons, original poems and songs were given By members of the league. Refresh ments were served' after the meeting. - The Intermdlate league ot Holt's chapel will meet Sunday afternoon at t o'clock with Mlsa Bessie. Boone as the leader. Rev. A. Burr ash will apeak at Bolt's chapel 8unday afternoon at I 1:10 0 clock. Everyone Is Invited. Mr. and Mrs. J. C Medlln received a telegram Monday from Mrs. Med line's mother eaylng shs was seri ously 111 at mar home In Spring Hose. Mr. and Mrs, Medlln left. Immediately lor ner nome. I . ' - F Look For the , Green Tags s Ever one) means a Reduction of 2S Of Fine Furniture at IRedod&oinis On All Furniture Bearing A Gre ek Tag Commencing Tomorrow, Monday Harllee Deferred Charge Account Service Confidential Convenient Economical By means of. our de ferred charge account service you can buy any furniture you need and pay according to terms easier than a 30-day charge account . This is a sale usually held after Christmas. But to give our customers a holiday opportunity to take advanage of these sharp reductions, we launch this big value giving event a week ahead of time. The merchandise involved is appropriate to the holiday season and this sale will be welcomed by Xmas shoppers. In spite of price advances November first and with a further ad vance certain to come January first we makethese.reductions to close out merchandise much of which was purchased, before November first. Inspection will show you what unusual values this sale offers. The merchandise embraces: - . . Living Room Furhiture Dining Room Furniture Bed Room Furniture Entire Stock of Springs and Mattresses. Floor, Table and Reading Lamps. Also a large number of smaller, odd pieces, including Console Tables and Mirrors, Wrought Iron Smoking Stands, Davenport Tables, Earthenware Jardinieres and Pedestals, Umforella Stands, Ferneries, Bird Cages. 3-Piece Semi-over-stuffed Living Room Suite Best Grade of Tapestry Hand carved, solid mahogany frame, full Marshall spring con struction, removable cushions. 84 inoh Davenport, Wing chair and cosy chair to match, upholstered In blue, gold and old rose, pat ' tern on black ground. Sale Original Price Price 12-Piece Dining Room Suite -' Solid Mahogany In the Italian renalssanos period. Has 71-lnoh buffet with two linen drawers and two silver drawers and two elds cabinets, serving table, china oablnet with orna mental carved fret work glasa , loors, 60-lnoh oblong table with sisrht feet extension, two guest chairs and six side chairs, up holstsrsd In patterned silk hair cloth. 1 1373.25 $495.00 : 3-Pc.,Cane Filled Living Room Suite. Finest Brocade Mohair Solid mahogany, hand carved frame, full Marshall spring con struction, full slse davenport has three looss cushions, extra pillow and arm cushions. Extra high back chair with pillow and arm cushions and a low back chair to 5-Pc. Enamel Bed Room Suite. Dawn Gray-Silver Highlighted Twin bsds, full vanity, with triple adjustable mirrors, dressing table, also hss triple mirrors. All with mahogany lined drawers and of dust proof construction. Ths commodious chiffonette hae jthree outside drawers and three full length Inside trays. Original V Price $998.00 Sale Price (748.00 Original Price $298.00 Sale Price $223.60 4-Pc. Old Ivory Bed Room Suite. High bass dresser, ohlfforette. .with two large drawers and three inside trays, dressing table with triple mirror and bow foot bed. A very desirable medium pricea auite. Original Price $600.00 match. Original Price $296.00 Sale Price $222.00 Sale Price $450.00 3-Pc. Cane Filled Living Room Suite Finest of Mohair Another solid mahogany frame suite. The davenport Is full slzs snd has two Sunburst pillows snd holster. Full Marahsll spring construction. There la a deep arm chair and wing chair to match. A suite guaranteed to give comfort and service. 6-Pc. Mahogany Bed Room Suite Dresser with large mirror, semi vanity, semi four-poster bed, bench (for vanity) rocker and chair, all with drawers, furnished inside and outside In a lustrous rubbed finish... Original Price $200.00 Sale Price. $150.00 . Original Price $425.00 Sale Price $318.75 Open Evenings Until 9 o'Clock 10-Piece Dining Room Suite. Solfd Mahogany 71-Inch buffst having four oom partmenta, aervlng table matches buffet, china closet has grilled glass doors, all eciulpped with Silver hardware. M-lnoh oblong table with eight feet extension. Five side chairs snd one sunt chair upholstered in brocaded repp. Original Price $750.00 Sale Price $562.50 12-Piece Solid Mahogany Dining 4 , Room Suite American Colonial , A Feature of This Sale . ' A suite ef unusual richness snd beauty. Extra tops and pilasters, chairs upholstered In flneet quality blue repp, extra large buffet, china closet, sewing table, two guest chairs and six elds chairs. Original price $1,000.00 ' Sale price $675.00 A Separate Event In NAPANEE KITCHEN CABINETS (Not included in the 25 reductions) The labor-saving kitchen equipment every housewife should have ' Oak, White or Gray Enamel, Pricef $36-oo to $90-oo According to Equipment v During This Sale y We will give a 6x9-ft. genuine Linoleum Rug With every Cabinet told Our Finest Lamps Included , In Tljis Sale This is one of the real holiday offerings ,of this announcement. There never were more beau tiful lamps than these noV offered, at 25 per cent less than regular price's. Any home would welcome on6 of them. Their beauty of design, the richness and neatness of coloring and workmanship all help to put them in a class by themselves. Remember some one with your choice of them Xmas. , Look for the Green Tag. OaJ Floor Lamps $85.00 to $160.00 ALMCO LAMPS;. Reading Lamps $75.00 to $130.00 v. - r Table Lamps $43.75 to $120.00 Furniture Purchased DuringThis Sale N . Will be stored free of charge for a .reasonable length of time , Davenport'.and Console Tables The home of today uses tables, small tables here and there all through the house for any and every purpose. This general use calls for unique deisgn and diversity of finish and in this sale you will find just such a vari ety, quaintly styled, small tables that ornament any room and are also useful In many ways. Look For the Green Tags Davenport table $50.00 to $135.00 Console Tablet $35.00 to $55.00 Prompt Attention Will Be Givento Mail Orders And we will be glad to welcome all of our out-of-town customers to this big sale. '.Ceataet lavaaaah Bleetlaa .Savannah, Oa., Dec. 1 1. Attorneys In oharge ot Interests of Jamea 1C Rogers, who was defeated for mayor in the muniolpal primary Tuesday by nine rotes, will tile action In the Su perior court here tomorrow aaklns- that tribunal to Iscertaln the facts I In regard to the charges of fraud I and Illegal .voting. Decision w reai-nea ei e. cumvrence .mis aicar- mm- nooo. LJ H arilee Greensboro, 220-230 East Market Street .Fpraitarje First Door Below Tea Garden Phone 1667 Phone Orders Filled ":V'
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