North Carolina Newspapers

SOCIETY NEWS y y ' f McOo2ou;Vi ConilUoa CrtOoal. Ilundrede of friends In tte city a t' rouchout the state of Mrs. D. H-?-C&llough wfil regret to learn that she vaa critically ill last night with double pneumonia, followim a severe attack of Spanish influents. ; - Urs. McCollough was aasistlns; ta nuratnt Mrs. Lee A. Folger ; and chil dren, at their home in the Bland weod apartments, when she wf ta ksa ill there Monday. Hefcondition wu satisfactory until yesterday ahort ly before-Boon when ahe developed d arable eaenmoDia, and . threugheat the day and op to a law ?. night her condition remained critical. The deepest concern wma telt in re gard te her recovery, - . .... . : . uwlBytrfaiitfi moat aaperfeaoed wlrsee. who was call ed to nurse Mra Fotget and Mrs. Mo CeUough was taken ill and removed to St Peter's hospital Tuesday night. Vrs. Paul Chatham and Mrs. C. C. Caddlngton hare been nursing Mrs. McCollongh since Wednesday. , ! s , ... e r Untenant Sutherland oard Freen. Mra. Louis D. Sutherland received a letter yesterday morning from her httsbaaa, Lieutenant utharlaiid, which was the first news sh had re ceived from him slnoe the wire some weeks ago from the war department stating that he had '. been aeTiously weunded. -."" t "!j"''r' Lieutenant Sutherland's letter was written two days after hywaa weunded, September 16. HH left leg was Injured by shrapnel shell and he underwent an operation which n says was painful but not serious. r'-,-v- -Lieutenant .Sutherland at in the JJIth infantry. He Is in base hospital No. II, ward six. In France. . Lieutenant Sutherland, prior to en terlng the service, was associated with Mr. C. C Hook for twelve years, being a draftsman of marked ability. He is a popular member of the various fra ternal orders of the city and fits hun dreds of friends will be Interested to know that his wounds are not se rious. - Archie RobertsoM Wotndecl Mr. A. F. Robertson, of Staunton, Va.. has received a telegram from the adjutant general stating that the war danartment reeretted td inform hint that It is officially reported that his son, Lieutenant Archibald O. Robert son, avalrv. was wounded in- action September 11, degree undetermined, and that the war department had no farther Information. Frior to entering the service Lieu tenant Robertson had been a mem ber of the Charlotte bar for three year or more. He was graduated with : honors from the University of Virginia and was afterwards grad uated from the University Law school. He Is a nephew of Dr. J. F. Robertson, of this city, and is one of Charlotte's most popular young men. yy-,.rv . . e . x; :; Captain Murray Here, Captain B. M. Murray has return ad to the city after spending several weeks north.- Captain Murray was ordered to New York and while there wta quarantined at Camp" Dlx. N. J.. and was unable to return to Charlotte as soon as he expected. He will re main here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Murray, for a lew days after which he will leave for Camp Logan, Houston, Texas. He will Join a new division and expects soon to return to France. y. . -. - " . Mrs. Walker Returns Home. Mrs. Norvell Walker has returned to her home in Baltimore after spend Inf several days here with Mr. and Mra Gaston O. Gallaway and Mr. and Mra .Walter Scott MraJWalketJi ueharminjf and at tractlve woman and her host of friend here regretted that her stay ia tea city was so short. ' -' ' faity-RogCrs Card. Cards reading as follows have been received in the city: - Mr.' Charles Piatt Rogers, Jr., announces the marriage of his daugh-'-.yy, , ter Frances Ned - ' : .- to , Mr. George Francis Talty on Wednesday, Octoben the sixteenth nineteen hundred and eighteen Birmingham, Alabama. v... Accompanying card: . . , Will be at home a , after November tne nru T . 621 Kent Place man cf 1 ,'. 1 t 1 is hfi 1.1 1. i r riri ly a v.i..e circle of frieniJ. At.: r a trl-il tr!p lir. sna 1ST. Hotts vtll be at home at LavLUon. lira C 11. Ehort and son. Charles M., Jr., of Slatesviile, attended the wedding. Mrs. Short Is a sister of the bride. Client Call for Clothing. Mra Ralph Van Landlngham, com mander of the Red Cross canteen service. Issued last night an appeal for bedclothes and nightgowns for pa tients Buffering with Spanish influenza. She added, that' all kinds of clothing, especially for women andV. girls, Is needed. There Is also some need for clothing for men. Two rather pitiful cases wers brought dartng yesterday to Mrs. Van Landingham's attention, of two babies under one year of age, who lack a change of clothes. -- She asked for clothing for them "Just orery-day clothes." Speaking with reference to the work of (be canteen servico -In - providing food for families unable to provide for them serves because of Illness. Mr. 1 van Landmgham said "it to Just won derful the way the poopls of Charlotte are contributing the necessary articles ofdlet to the servico for preparation and distribution. Ths canteen service had instructions last night - which meant the furnishing of 174 meals, breakfast, dinner and supper, today, with the prospect that many addition al xasals would b ordered during to day. - : t . - :cvx.y ' . Boobs-Kerley Weddlnc X Miss Versa Estelle Kerley. "daugh ter of Mrs. C. E. Kerley, of this city, and 'Mr. A. L. Hobbs. of Davidson, were quietly .- married Wednesday evening at I o'clock at the Trinity Methodist church parsonage, Rev. J. W. Moor officiating. The bride is a young woman of splendid executive ability and attrac tive personality and commands a host of ? rtenda , Mr. Hobbs Is a successful business Doctor Hoffman Out of City. Dr. J. 8. Hoffman Is la Washington on business and will not return to the city -until Sunday. Miss Cook More Comfortable, Miss Nyda Cook, who has been so critically, ill with Spanish Infiuenxa, was mora comfortable yesterday. - Miss Cook was taken ill while nurs ing; at Davidson college. She Is a well known and popular nurse. Georg King Joins Naval TniL Mr. George W. Kins;, youngest son of Dr. Charles B. King, and Mra King, of this city, who Is in training at the University of North Carolina, has joined the naval iinlt - .- :f Mr. King is the third son of Dr. and Mra King to enter the service. " - Lieutenant Gerard King has been at tho front for soma time with head quarters, and Charles B, King, Jr., is with hospital unit O. - '"'v .-:-."--T' Oliver Laadls nome. Mr. Oliver Landis, oldest son of Mr. and Mra Frank O. Land la arrived homo yesterday morning add will be hero until Sunday morning, when he will return to bis ship.' Mr. Landis was home on a short visit several months ago. He ia one of Charlotte's -most popular boys and his visits home are a source of pleas ure to his wide circle of frlenda . v Doctor Myero Out. . Dr. J. Q. Myers was out for a short while yesterday after a slight illness with Spanish Infiuenxa. Dr. Myers was taken sick last Saturday night and entered Tranquil Park sanitarium early Sunday morning. He expects to be able to resume his practice by to morrow. ':- .!-: ,1:1" - i ' XI ... i .0 il 1 . C, who have I i i. for several weeks with typholl tivtr, at their home on Kan tUorre lit;, sre Improving. 'J,':. I irion Henoch had an attarz of fcpar 1 i;;.'afiaa prior to her Ill ness wiUi fever. Ceor;' Vkitora. - ' Mra Pearce liorne and daughUr, Miss Annie Home, of Dalton, Ga., are vtalUng Mr. and llra.W. W. John son, the latter also a daughter of Mrs. Horns, at their home on Phlfer ave nue. ;-..,-; - Mrs, Una Improving. ' Mra Joseph Hull, Jr., is improving following an attack of Spanish In fiuenxa, at tho homo of her mother, Mra Lockwood Jones, oa West a ve nae. ' .- , Captain Bull spent last week-end hero with Mra Hull, returning to Camp Jackson, Columbia, 8. C Xoa day. yy-y.K--. ... , Mr. Halley Iterovers From Hbteea. 1 Mr. P. H. Halley has recuperated after being Indisposed, at his home on East Boulevard, Dllworth, for the past two weeka - - ' Mr. Flatt HL Mr. Charles B. Piatt Is ill with Spanish Infiuenxa at his home on Haw thorns lane. Mr. Piatt had been at Kings Mountain on business for sev eral days and was taken ill after his return to tho city Wednesday night "daily (calendar . v Friday. ' 19 a. m. to I p. m. -The Red Cross work rooms. In tho Mint building, on West Trade street, will be OPOSU yyy--- 1 Saturday, -ly,-1' 10 a. in. to1 p. m. The Red Cross work rooma In ths Mint building, en West Trade street, will be , open.. .y;y.,r,l .. , - k. The Chinese v.'or..an rri:'Wi fcsr name whea tv,e narrica A r.xovs.:r.i..t far ,-omaii i has recently ssumcl de.nlte form in the island ef J'ma'ca. A woman su;.raj plank is Included In the state platform recently adopted by the democrats of New Hampshire. Of the 2.141,000 persons employed In the metal trades in the United States, nearly 100,009 are women over II years of -age. When the rush order was received for influenza masks, the women of Atlanta accomplished the task of mak ing 11,000 of the .masks in a single day. y- A school to train women tn rail road drafting has been established by the St Louis women's committee of tho council of national defense. wlll appear, on tho ballots at tho com ing election as candidates for seats in the New York state assembly. ' Supporters of woman suffrage in Louisiana are pursuing a vigorous campaign to secure the adoption of the suffrage amendment to the state constitution at the election next I month. - . The first woman to receive appoint ment as assistant state's attorney In Cook county, Illinois. Is Miss Nellie Carlln, for five years public guardian, and for twenty year a practicing at torney In Chfcago. . y iv -1 ( 4 The hoard of trustees of the .TJni verslty of Georgia and the Georgia School of Technology have voted to permit' women to enter the agricul tural and mechanioal schools of the university and the Peabody institute, Although the list of New Tork wo men seeking; publio office at the elec tion next month to not a long one. In. eluding only about 111 .names, still it is a list that, covers nearly every of fice in state, county, city and village. The field of forestry work, hereto fore monopolized . by menhae now been invaded by women. In - more i 1 i i t I ;,'rc J k....i I.i i, v . A Ur r ' t i v : ! C ' -live c .sit 1 rt:a, itl ii a , i i : c t!onary cf 1 . -a 4 t . . twentye;lt t..-tt fcus.. nd seventy-! are Ctvoitl to tne lives of great Chinese women. . Eventually, it is tali all women wv workers under tie ccr.trol cf tie UniUd States goverr.- .t will be re quired to wear a uniform of battle ship gray, with the possible exception of the women motor dri vera who now wear uniforms of tan eolor, and. the yeowomen, who will retain their blue costumea 1 -: jr. .. tartel JANE OVER HERE TO JIM OVER THERE Aaytown, U. U. X, Oct IT, 1111. Dear Jlmf . V:.y. y.::,r Just this minute received your let tre, after mailing yon an awful mean letter Just an hour ago- I'd fflro the world to get It back. Now when you get It tear it up without reading it because I didn't mean a word I said, and besides well, you honey, sweetie, cutie," lovin' doll. 80 you only love me and that nurse means nothing In your life. x il knew all . the time you were true to your little fierce blonde. Well, we are all made up now, aren't wet Only I'm more so than you. Girls always are. Oh, I'm so happy that I could go out and kiss a policeman, but I wont Jim, do yon mind . If I show your letter all over town to prove that Fra still your "sweet cookie 7" Some folks had the nerve to say that I wasn't , Say. Jim, It would take more than a nurse to wake ns out of our dreams of love, wouldn't It? At the least It would take a farmerette. Well,. I'll bet. you're dy- '" ": " ' " ' 1 f , :- . j t. , it. .. r ! I. I v.. j I ner trtskifij everj'-l . Ca'ahan ' nr; d a sort c Ul i & tool Ivy." I atier sali tiat the:a thlcl ia tie I he i -t 1 r el ",. J.... 1 a:rl t'..n sung very base. Inen they-started father doizr a sort-shoe da'?e, and. It was so set tv.it we receive l a 6is- possess from the landlord this morn-' ing. We'll te out next time TXIST call. Well, deiria, X mut close now to bathe fattr's eye. The sidewalk 1 hose and I t hia ea hu way home, tonisht Zi-e Is eae tump titer n other. . . . ;., :, t More than ever. ' - , TOUR- JANS, (King Features Syndicate, Ino.) TO HOLD K. M. CC0TT3 y , ? FUNLRAU A! bUViWUOD I : 'ins ramsaJiasi ut xweBiaus9i.xa iuuvvy y Scott reached Charlotte last night from Chapel EQl. Richard Battle ' Stltt was sent by the university as an escort ' v v The .funeral . servics will he held wood cemetery. - The service will he : conducted" by Dr. Bunyan McLeod, f pastor of Westminster Presbyterians church, of which Mr. Scott was a t member. , ' Acting as pallbearers from the North Carolina university to the Chapel Bill station were Walker Ste- , vena Henry Cooper, Nathan Mobley, Frank Hooker, Boyd Harden, William Pressly and Elsa Shamburger. 1 IREJLlC I I . . . , ' J. . , I i til "' , (r. - n . , '. . .. ,, a .-, -.41 1 -. . Si lVv'V-' III' V 4 ('r'y' 4 -- P-yk' - ft .. 0 , EM OT "SELL IT FOR LESS" :: 17 - ' . . STORES - Mm. Camway's Mother lit. L . Mr. J. Leake Carrdway has been clled to Gaetonla to see her mother, ?rs, E. F. Olenn, who' is ill with Span--lah influenza. . V :". -'-.' ' 1 Change In Hours at RWI CroM. The Red Cross workrooms In the Ml.1t hulMlnir nn U'e,( Trnd utrpet ;lt be: open today from 10 o'clock this "lornlng until 5 o'clock this afternoon, i "OTOorfOW the workrooms will b open from 10 o'clock In the morning until 1 o'clock in the afternoon. - LMmtennnt Ttltner n Visitor. Lieut. Flippen W. Whitner is Bpend-Ina- a day or two In the city, en route , homf:- to . Memphis, Tcnn., from France, Lieutenant Whitner was stationed at Campv Greene last winter and was on the staff of Major General Dick- man, commanding Camp Greene. . .. Mbts Arrhtgton Accepts Position. Miss Minerva Arrington has ac cepted a position In the clerical offices of the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph company. ; Miss Arrington was one of the vol unteer nurses at the Presbyterian hos pital and wee there for several days this week. She applied for the posi tion ' at the ( telephone offices some weeks ago and has Just, been notified : that she has been accepted. m . - ' Mr. and Mrs. Newell ncre. . Mr, and Mrs. Willis W. Newell have .? returned to the city from Norfolk., where they have been 'since last spring, ' They will spend the winter here. For the present they are visit- , Ing . Mr. Nswell's parents, Mr, : and Mra W, B, NewelV at Newells. Mrs. Newell prior to her marriage ' was Miss Mary Kate Banton, one of the city's most popular trained nurses. Mra Newell is recuperating after a slight illness. ' Mr.' Clyde Hoppe Improving. Mr. Clyde H. Hoppe, of this city, who has been ill for a week past with lnRuensa In Raleigh, is Improving. . Mr. and Mrs.. W. , T, Hoppe and the former's mother, Mrs. Bertha Hoppe, have returned home from Ka iHgh where they were called by Mr, Iloppe's Illness. Miss Doris Hoppe will remain with her brother until he recuperates. t ; ',' i' .'-y: v -, - .. . . . ... v y ''-;V: y y - Lieutenant MaUhews Improving. . Mr.; B. Frank Matthews received news yerterday. that the condition of 1 '9 brother, .Lieutenant ; Venn Mat ( rs, who has been ill m Phlladel 1 hi a week, past.' was much '1m- 1, Lieutenant Matthews is with rnval medical corps. His sister, -Unle Matthwa ia with h. What do You" Wear Clothes for - . '. y- '"'-"' ...,,y '';-::' '.":" -f--- y" ' yy---" --'-- vy r '.-'''.' ' -:' ' " ' ' - vy, , ;. Anyhow? , - . ... . '' ' "i '. , .. . y. ' ..'' Do you wear clothes merely because you have to and do you buy them .with no other idea In view than to. merely supply yourself with something; that is being forced upon you? OR f. Do you buy clothes to express your own taste and individuality, selecting them with the care that such a purchase ' requires, IF it is to be a perfect expression of your own self -of your own ideas. . . y If you belong tojhe latter class a class of men who really appreciate what it means to be well dressed and to dress -wellthen you are the man we are looking for. IWe want to ask you to come in and inspect carefully the garments -that we are offering for the Autumn season three of the strongest lines that any dealer can present clothes made , by Isaac Hamburger & Sons, Schloss Bros, and our own Belk tailored suits. . - . - J- No matter whether you are tall and slender, short and fat) or merely one of those average men we can fit you and , what is"more,fit you in such a way that you yourself will-be perfectly satisfied. ....... Now to the man who buys his clothes from the standpoint of individuality, price Is secondary, and while we are go- Ing to make it aecondary matter in this advertisement, nevertheless we want to call your attention to the fact that; the prices asked at this store the quality of the goods considered are' less than you will have to pay elsewhere, v Come in today and try on your ;own Fall suit. It is here waiting for you. Schloss and Hamburger Hand-Tailored Suits,' $22.50, $25. 00, $27.50, $29.50, $35.00 and $39.50. , ; 1 . Isaac Habbvrgr 55;ws DminuAti ...... Belk All-Wool Suits, $15.00, $16.50, $18.50, $22.50, $25.00, $27.50 and $29.50. If Needed Dress Accessories Men's Cotton Ribbed and Fleeced Shirts and Drawers . . . . ; . 75c, 98c, $1.50 Men's Cotton Ribbed and Fleeced Union Suits, $1.50, $1.95, $2.00 and $2.95 Men's Wool Shirts and Drawers .V;.. .... 75c, 98c, Si. 50 and $2.50 Men's Wool Union Suits. ... . . .... V.$2.So$3.00 and $4.00 1 Boys' Union Suits' . . . , , . . . . . .98ct $1.25, $1.50 and $1.95 'Men's Cambric Night Shirts .. .. ... ...25c, 98c and $1.50 Men's Outing Night Shirts .... . . ..... . . ........ .. $1.00 and $1.25 Men's Outing Pajamas . . ... ... ..... ; . . ......... $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00 xUon, Belk and Maryland Shirts . . . . . . 98c, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 arid $3 Men's Flannel Shirts, brown, gray and blue, 98c, $1.48, $1.98, $2.98, $3,98 and $5.00. . vvi-Hhv;V:.;'';-' . Men's Soft-collar ShirtsvTTT ttt t77. ; . .t- vi 98c, $ i .25: and $1 .50 1 Boys' Olive Prab, Khaki Shirts . .. . .. . . i V, . 1 . ...... .98c , New Silk Neckwear ... . . . , . v . . .. .. 25c, 50c, '75c and 98c Lion Soft and Stiff Collars, 20c each, or per dozen : . . 4 ; . . . . ....'.,.$2.25 if "See counter Sample Hats, values up to $2.50.' Special at .......J$1.50,; Men's , Kid Cloves t . vi.: $3.00 i O. D; Army Gloves Y. .............. . .$2.00, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.95 O. D. Fabric Gloves . . ........... ........... M)c, 75C, 9c ana $1.50 Work Gloves .. . . . t. Boys Shirts and Drawers; ..vA .48c Silk Sox :. 5oc and 75c- Lisle Sox . . : 25c and 35c 5oc; 98c $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 Cotton SoxiU::Hn..:I.15c:&: 'White-foot Sox, . ...... 15c and 25c Sample. Hats . . . 4 $1.50 j 811; In the Juvenile Department Boys' Dress-Up Suits, sizes'uj foi 20 " onH 4 ' . . ... : ...... . . . '. - ,,.' .Boys1 School Suits, new models,tsl2es6,to;i $6.95 and $7,50. , ' v s -,''' , ai-' e..U lUil- iJti... . '.!-! "S try, J'A" aM VIO.M fQ i 'i (St Novelty Suits for the little fellows, sizes 3 to lo; $2.48,f$2.98 ;$3.95. i - . $5.6o35.95 andf$7.S0.5, VV r- '-V: rV;, y Boys' Overcoats,' $5:oo,7.50'ind' upf td $ 1 $Mmt&MWmmBmB Boys' Sweaters, 98c,; $1.48,, $1.98, $2,48, $2.98 and $3.95. . Boys' Buster Brown Hbse, -sizes up; to 11, 48c. . 5 : " r" ;Bbys' Pants50c75c; 98c, $i.48$1.98 and $2.98. ?, - Overcoats: That , Mean Southing ' When we say mean something, we have refer- ; ence to garments that perform the function of ; an overcoat which is providing warmth and -vdoso without cumbersome and unnecessary weight. . Asidejrom this qualification, the new overcoats pow, being shown in our clothing department, : ' expresses much care and thought on the part f of the tailors designing them. All of the newest . ' and;very best styles are represented, including ' the new. trench models, with thejiigh waist and long skirt, arid no matter what your preference - . as to color is, you will certainly find it here. ' ,The prides arc also an attractive feature in xiur overcoat line this season, many of theni being , reminiscent of the times before the war. Look -theni oyer and see what you think about it , thericomeinfof atryoii ; $16.50, $19.50, $122.50, J25.00, $27.50, $29.50, . ; V $35.00, and $39.50. y-i';. . -.yviAyvyyy:-;' ;.: ":yy".'-'y y..;y . yy ivyyv.y.yy.':vg .r Men's Overcoats "made by high-class tailors, 5,16.50 $19:50, 22.50, v v $25.00, jfl27.50, $29.50 and -$3 5.00. v . Men's Long Overcoats, sizes up to 50, $7.50, SS.95, Slo.OQ, g!2.5o , t;$ndSl5.0d.":.; ? j.,.': rJ-)v-tri3r: m Men's i Sheep-lined Coats, $1 5.00 tind$8.50, r ' ' il y -I f'--i ' ' ' ' j 1 sVlffHislsaBTffrW " '-';V - ':L'" " ' ' -f1Thrir--'""-"- i'-r-TSiwIrTwwriiir'' ' ' '''y---" ' " : '-;-- - v-" ' ' :- ' ' I Vfr vi?: v ' - yV:V,'i;).y..:;;is:y-..:,;yy-;y'u V-;y.-;,'yS:,'y