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CHARLOTTE DAILY : OBSERVER DECEMBERS 4, 3 906. ) Sscial xiricl Personal 7 'f Miss Helen "Llddell. who U etu x -j'-dent at BU Mary's Collere,' Raleigh. ,'camcL bonis for Thankmlvltur end re 1 1 turned laet'alsht..i A' ? f. Misses Mabel and " Made Pott, of V Lower Steel Creek.; and Maoie mo ' Minn, of Berryhlll. cam back to the" Presbyterian Collejw yesterdsjr. tre. W. v A. Reynold will enter tain at bridge whist this afternoon In . honor of Mrs. D. C Lyle, Mrs. Mont , sromery Francis and Miss Ethel Wick ersham. of Atlanta, all meats of Mrs. ' . K. W. Thompson. . Members of Trinity ' Methodist church will rive a receotlon on tha 14th from 8:30 to 10.S0 to Rev. and Mrs. Plato T. Durham, The grown members of the conaresatlon are ox pected to attend. The .officers and the Stewarts of the church aud ihe.r wives will receive. Mrs. R. H. Jordan, who has been spending several weeks In the North, will return to tho city to-morrow. Mrs. W. A. Ingram and Mrs. W. C. Via, of Wadesboro, are visiting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Mlsen helmer, on North Tryon street Mr.'and Mrs. Sam Houston have returned to r-the city to live. They are making their home with' Mra H. T. Hall, at To. 404 North Try on street - Miss Alice Charles-Craft returned to her home at Wilmington yesterday, after spending a tew days with Miss Lola Lucas. , The first expression recital at Elis abeth College for the term wll bo given next Monday night, the 10th in stant The recital will be in charge of Miss Walker, the teacher of ex pression. , Mrs. C. H. Wllmoth has been call ed to Indianapolis, Ind. on account of the illness there of her sister, Mrs. Henry Trimpe. v Among the visitors in Cnarlotte yesterday was Mrs. C. B. Ashcraft, of Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Blair, of Troy, spent yesterday In Charlotte. They were guests at the Central Hotel. briefs! Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Robblns left last night for New York, where tney will spend 10 days or a fortnight. Miss Annie Wilson will entertain a few friends at her home on Boutn Tryon street this evening In compli ment to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Tate and Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Wright. The invited guests will be: Misses Florence Thomars. Louie Jones. Sarah Jones. Louise Wudsworth, Lucy Kay, Hadie Belle Mayer, and Mrs. Frank ifmlth. and Messrs. Robin Hrem, K. J. Parrlsn. Dolpli Young. Frank M. Caldwell, Walter Taliaferro. Chase lirenizer, Thomas W. Alexander, Thomas Rutnn and Wlllouithby K. Chambers aud Drs. B. S. iioore and Brodle C. Naile. Mrs. L. M. Ham returned to her home at Ureonsfboro yesterday morn ing after a visit to her parents. Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Waketleld, at Elisa beth Heights. Miss Maggie Brown, of Wilmington, Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. F. D. Alexander, on South Tryon street. Misses Helen and Laura Ilea me returned to their home at Albemarle, yesterday morning after a visit to their sister, Mis. II. A. Klueppelbcrg. Mrs. C. B. Bryant win entertain at bridge whist at her homo at Oil worth this evening at s:J0 o'clock In com pliment to Mrs. K. W. Thompson and herg uests. Miss Lizzie Lawrence will Rive a re ception to-morrow afternoon at her homo on Tenth avenue, In honor of Mrs. K. W. Thompson and lier guests. Mesdames D. C Lyle, Montgomery Francis and Miss Ethel Wlrkersham will be guests of honor at a euchre party to be glvm by Mrs. T. C. Guth rie, at Dilworth, Thursday afternoon. Miss Anna D. Casler, State secre tary of the Y. W. C. A. left lust even Ing for New York to attend the na tional convention of the association which convenes In New York on Thursday and Friday. After this con vention there Is a national conference of all secretaries. Miss Cssler will spend Chrlsmas at her nome In Little Falls, N. Y., and then return to her work In the Carolines. Miss Cornelia Shaw, who left Sat urday for Oreensboro, will Join Miss Casler and attend the National As sociation convention In New York. A .Few Minor Happmlngs la nd ,..v,,. j-ki.c-AJbom Ut CU. Mr. O. V. McOee, et Haw River, has accepted . position vUht,W. 1. Hand '4 Cotr:!'!-;?.: .?'. v -Mrs. J. B. , Harty ' continues to Improve, , It ts hoped that : she will be able to. sit up In t few days. ' The city "board ofr'gchool.com mlsslonera . will hold ilte , regular .monthly meeting at the' dtp hair th.lt evening t 1 o'clock,; : V The meeting . of the ' Charlotte Ministerial Association,,' whloh was. . . . . . i ' uv ueen oeia yesujraay morniui, was postponed on account of the lack of quorum. ,.-y;v ". "CtV-.'t V: -Deputy Register of Deeds . BenJ. J. Powell yesterday Issued license for the marriage of Mr. II.,. I' Patterson, of Lancaster, county Et C and Miss Maggie ja. Campbell, of this county. The Mecklenburg County 'Medi cal society will, meet In the city lull this afternoon v at 3:10 o'clock, for the annual election of officers. A full attendance qt the members is desired. , .. i ;,. , -The Covenanters ct the First Presbyterian church ere packing n great Christmas box for the Plum Tree school In Mitchell county, Mr. J. P. Hall has chargo of this school and is doing a splendid work there. Mr. J. W, Haas Is putting in u concrete reservoir, 25x87, for tlio Standard Ice Fuel Company and one for "the a Hays Manufacturing Company, In Gaston " county. The Hays - reservoir is to bo 10x100 and nine feet deep. The receipts at the city cotton platform yesterday were 123 bales, and the price ranged from 11 1-18 to 10.99 cents ft pound. The receipts for the corresponding date of last year, when the price war. 11.75 cents a pound, were (S balej. Mrs. C. M. McDonald will movV shortly, from No. 507 North Orsha street to her now " home on North McDowell street Mr. Sam Maxwell has rented the McDonald residence on North Graham street and will move In as soon as It Is vacated. Messrs. Craig 8. Mitchell and John J. Mitchell, Jr.. of the Jim- E. Mitchell Company. - yarn com mission agents of Philadelphia, New York and Boston, arrived In the city yesterday to spend tho day with Mr. A.- C. Hutchison, Southern agent. The ladles of Saint Agnes' Guild will open their bacaar to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock and It will remain open until 6 at Ames' mulsc store. They will observe the same hours both days. Some of the articles they will have for sale are traveling cases, fancy work bags, fancy work aprons, nurses' aprons and caps, hand-painted articles and many other things. BOARD OF KMCATIOX MEETS. Mrs. Henry Wakefield retnrne.l m her home In Friendship yesterday morning, after spending some time in the city with her son. Dr.- W. H. Wakefield. Tho literature department of the Woman's Club will meet this morn ing with Mrs. J. H. Halliburton, on North Tryon street. The announcement has been mn.l of the approaching marriage f Mrs. Mary Byrd Stearns, of Mlmoxp, and Mr. W. W. Graham, of Char lotte, the wedding to take plue Wednesday evening, December 12th. Mrs. Stearns Is pleasantly remem bered by many In the city rs the guest last summer of Miss Celeste Wilder. Mr. Graham In a traveling man. Cards reading as follows were Is sued yesterday: , Miss Dotger At Home Friday evening, December seventh from eight to .on o'clock. Mrs. W. C. Hlnson Miss L. B. McCllntock Mr, and Mrs. J. W. Brawley, of , Mooresvllle, were visitors In the city yesterday, stopping at the Central. WHAT WILL TUB REPORT BE? Much Speculation as to the Govern , ment Uucmn on Cotton Crop Winch' n Is to be Issued next Monday. H. Saturday, the government glnner's VfDort on the number of bales of cot " ton handled up to ueremoer 1st, will '-will bo issusd. Monday, the govern ( . . ment estimate as to the crop will be vl ' announced. js This Is . the event of the year in cotton circles and is being eagerly awaited by all those Interested either directly or Indirectly In the great Southern staple crop. For weeks past ; ' there has been much speculation In dulged In as to what the govern ment guess would be. The figures range from 11,710.000 to ls.000,000 bales. The Charlotte Cotton Kx x change has estimated the crop at , 11,171.000 bales and this Is regarded v"! 1 ss ' ft very . fair and conservative guess. V The government figures; will s . be somMhlng under twelve and ft half , million hales.' ',, ; ; ; - s, - Oaths Admlnlstorcd by County Vm mlsHioners Xra School for Kliaron Otlier ItuKlneMS Transacted by the Board. The oounty board of education held Its regular monthly meeting at tiie court court house yesterday. Tno members, all of wftom were re-elected In the November election, weje sworn In for their new term, which wil be gin next July. Every member of the board was present, these being Cnpt. Wlliam Anderson, chairman; Messrs. John McDowell, W. M. Ross, iC. H. Caldwell and John F. Caldwell. A delegation from dlstlrct No. z. Shuron township, appeured and asked thut t"ne hew school house ordwred for that district a few months ago be built nt once. This building had been hold up on account of opposition to the site on the Providence road. The opposition has been withdrawn and the work upon the building will begin at once. Mr. Ross, Superintendent R. J. Cochran and ftia local commit tee were instructed to lay off new bounds for this dtstrlrt. Mr. Hlythe Abernethy's request for an assistant teacher for district No. 1, Paw t'reek township, was grunt ed, t.r0 being appropriated for this purpose during the rest of tho term. The county superintendent was in structed to advertise and sell nn ubandoned school site in Mallard t'reek township. Another site aban doned In this township was sold to Green Hort, colored, for $20. A petition for a new school dis trict near the Charles Rell home In Sharon township was tabled, it being tho policy. of the board to consolidate rather than make new districts. The members of the board agreed to attend the exercises at Dixie school tne 11th Instant, when the new build ing will be dedicated. These exer cises wil be quite elaborate, lasting slnist the entire day. The address of the oce'aslon wll be made by Rev. Plt-T. Durham. The) Moveasent of N amber f Fas ..', pie. Ykiltor as4 Others.," Messrs. J. Lee Koiner and B.- T Springs left yesterday , morning for Eouth Carolina la Mr. Koinsr's ao4 tomobl)s to spend V several r, iy1l .:i fif':", 'L bunun. J.v 'T ?.r ; t ' l:" F Mr.' Wilbur Huntington returnol yesterday morning from a trip North. iMK W, & Le, Jr., vice president of the Southern Power Company, Is spending; a few days in New York on buritteasv' v 1 Dr. Melvln Page Burnham, super Intendent of' the ' Nw York State Hospital, spent yesterday In the city. Mr. J. L. Owaitney, a well-known attorney of Taylorsvllle,.-was . ths guest, yesterday of Mr. W. M. Smith. Mr. Ned Holmes, the clever busi ness manager for Creston Clarke, who will appear at the Academy of Mmdc next Monday In ''Th- Ragged Mes senger," spent yesterday In Charlotte. Mr. V, Q. ' MeAllster, of Greens boro, spent yesterday here, staying at tho Central. Mr. P. ; 8. Carlton, of the Salis bury bar, spent' yesterday in Char lotte on business. Among the out-of-town people here yesterday was Mr. M. iM. Morrison, of Concord, who was at the Buford. Mr. F. a SherriU. of Cornelius, spent yesterday In the city on busi ness. Mr. R. R. Little, of Little's Mills, spent yesterday In Chutlotte. staying at the Central. Mr. O. B. Harshbarger. of Salls bury, was at the Buford yesterday. Mr. J. F. Relnherdt, of Lincoln ton, spent yesterday In the city on business. ' Mr. K. H. Gaines, of Qaffney. 8. C. Is spending some time in the city, stopping st the Central. Mr. O. Max Gardner, of Shelby, spent yesterday In the city. Mr. J. D. Moore, a young business man of Gastonla. spent lajt night In the city, stopping at the Central. '..v',:t''iJ",''''J,"''' ffllCTIVE CUMS AND SUITS CLOAKS AN1 SUITS. We are getting in new Cloaks near ly every day. Never had such i business. A choice llhe of light-weight, long Broadcloth Coats; special values, at .. $10.00 and $25.00 If you want a low-priced Coat, we have some splendid values In solid colors and mixtures . $4.00, $5.00, $8.00. A choice lot fine Raincoats under value $10.00 and $11.50 SUITS. We can sell v you s nice. Suit for about half price selling them very fast $5.00 DRKSS t.OODS. stylish We are $7.!M, Dr. Witherbce a Member of the Fac ulty. Dr. W. W. Wltherbee, specialist In n. anA aktn rilneases. has been elected to the chair of dermatology ( eic and elctro theraputlcs in the North rvuvillnn MVdlcal fCnllecre and will , lecture on orthopedic surgery. He I A fine lot of Dress Goods to se succeeds Dr. H. 8. Monroe on tnejiecf. from. We have the fashionable faculty. " colors and in .cloths at Donular ac 75c.. $1.00 yard, etc. BELT SALE. prices NRW CURE FOR EPILEPSY. J n Waterman, of Watertown. O Rural free delivery, writes: "My daugh- Choice of hundreds of Fine Belts ter. afrilclad for veurs with enllfosy. was cured by Dr.. King's, New Life Pills, picked up at a bargain, all new, fresh She has not had an attack for over two , . vnn" Beat bodv cleansers and llfelstyles: worth up to $1.00 each. giving tonic pills on eartn. SjC. at it. II. Jordan it Co. drug store. AT f(WJ AT COS! PeWltt s Kldny and Bladder Pills quickly drive the poisons from the sys tem and thus sfford He A ' treatment for Vtc. Sold by Hswler's Pharmacy. o o Quick Delivery In a rush? Need new Clothes need 'em quick. We finish garments P. D. Q. when It's necessary. Not much time 'left for Holiday orders but we'll be abJs to promise Christmas de livery If you'll let as know In side of s couple of weeks. How about Evening Dress Togs or a Tngedo? Supplied? . We employ a special coterie of the best tailors In the land to do nothing but tailor Dresa Garments they hold their profession In too high . esteem, to alur even the slightest de tall. '..!.;'', Dress Bulla . . t IM W $$, Tusmfcn - $ to $ao,. Prince Alberta . $21 lo $eO, febeniss & Cblnc, 1 ' ..kl Thers'a nons Just ss good ss Blue Rib - Tbort Tmon and Vanilla" Absolutely pure, , mn twiee as far and, the "Blue Ribbon flavor la perfection. Ask for the S&c ". W. . ; ,.;:-.i'.--.,,.c-' 'V. ? Christmas is almost here and you must buy presents Our line of Holiday Books is as large as any we have ever had lots of them shipped before our Cost Sale started. So this year you can save money by buy fng Books, the most accept able of all gifts. Books that sell for $1.00, our price 66c. $1..'50 Books, 90c. $1.25 Books, 85c. Fancy Bric-a-Brac at your own price. The most beautiful line of Calendars we have ever had, and they go in i Remember AT COST HOUSTON -DIXON COMPANY It Will Be Disagreeable work washing, at home this winter. It will be dangerous work, too. , . la It wise to expose your-' .elf to the sudden' change from a hot, steamy kltohento the cold, bitter, windy outside work of hanging up clothe T V Is It worth It honestly, fa 'it -when for lo. a pound yon can, escape It all.' . ; . tolcttc to 1 Laaaderera, . Dyers. pUwaera, t:726 Unto Tryti Unti,:i--;: Choice for J5c, MUXINEKY. A fine lot of choice Hats, fresh from the work room, at prices much under former values. Big lot of Japanese China, Lacquered Ware, Silverware, etc., suitable for holiday gifts, at dry goods prices. IVEY'S 13 West Trade St. YOU CAN READ and iiii It over a much as you like, but tho quickest, esideat and best way to set tle the whole matter I to take a stroll through the show rooms of Lubin Furniture Company where you can find any and every thing that you can think of to fur nish a home with, from kitchen to parlor, at MONEY SB PRICES DRAUGHON SmiitneUmlimei, fUleieH. Oolaanbla, Ksjoxrllle, Atlanta. $ Colleges In It ales. FOftlTIONa secured or money RE FUNDED. Also teaoh BY HAIU Catalogue will eoo- vines yen tnai praugaoa a w TUM MUT. Call or send ror it, CHRISTMAS, IIOUDAY HATES VIA BKLAftOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY. ' Thai Hatbeard . anneuncaS avooount nt the Chrlatmss holidays they . will sell round trip tlcfceu at rate of one and one-third nrst-ulaes fares, plus cant a for tne rouno mp tmimmum ritt bo cnts). Between aii poims east ef Ttohets will be sold Desember l to , rnolwilva, Dseembsr SO and 11, 106, and t n Mlasisslppi and South, of the. Ohio and I'otomtc , nvrs. m Tloheis will be sold Jnnuary law WV Anal return January Ttb. IW. - ' ' ' for rates, schedule ar , any : Infama liort sum rc7 r-Tse.-Agtptr CbarWUs, HiC tiort .adaresar V- If. OATTti, ..'J'J.'.;':.-' 4 Our Big Spedai tlANDKERilEf SALE Continues To-Day In spite of the fact that hundreds of dosens were sold yesterday, we have plenty left for another day's selling. A SAVING OF 83 1-S TO 100 PWt CENT. ON KXgriSITK MNFX AND KWISS HANDKERCHIEFS. 10 to 15c. Swiss Embroidered Handkerchiefs, 5c. 200 dozen Swiss Embroidered Ladies' White Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, pretty designs; values 10 and 15c." but on account of some being ullght ly Imperfect, sale price He, MEN'S I.AItr.E WHITE NAINSOOK HEMSTITCHED HANDKER CHIEFS, VALFE 10c; SALE PRICE 60c. DOZEN. 800 doren In this lot, extra size", soft White Nslnsook Handkerr lil Iv; value 10c. Sale price aOc. dozen. , JOo. VALFE LADIES' ALL-LINEN HEMS1TTCHED, HANP-EMIlKOli). F.llED INITIAL HANDKERCHIEFS, lie. 100 doxen In this lot. Sheer, AU-Llnen. Hemstitched Ladles' Hund-Km- broldered Initial Handkerchiefs. Sale price 5c. 100 doxen Ladles' Hemstitched. AU-Llnen handkerchiefs. Sale priis 50c, dozen. LADIES' 25c, SWISS EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFS SALE PRICE LV. 10 Odoxen exqtilHite Importeil Swiss Embroidered Handkerchiefs, a lot we closed out at about half their value on account of being only a few of a pattern. Nearly all aro the 25c. sellers. Sale price 15c. A NFMBER OF SPECIAL SALE BARGAINS. CONSISTING OF LINEN EMBROIDERED ANT) HAND-EMBROIDERED INITIALS. e 20c. Hemstitched Linen Embroidered. Sale price 12 I-2c. 20c. Hemstitched lnltlul Embroidered. Sul price 12 l-i!c. 16c. plain, very sheer Hemstitched Linen, 12 l-2c. 35c. value Ladles' very sheer Linen Embrolilci edj and ered Initial. Sale price $2.50 dozen. Hand Emlfrortd- BE i:i WHOLESALE AND RET A IL it:-: The Victor for Xmas No homo can now afford to be without this great en tertaincr. Because (first) the Victo: Talking and Singing Ma chine is one of the greatest music-making instrument s known; because (second) we sell it on very convenient terms of payment, and be cause (third) with the soft tone needle the Victor may be played with pleasing el feet in the smallest apart ment. What greater delight than to have the voices of Mclba, Caruso, Sembrich and all the stars of hrand opei l constantly at your com mand not imitations, but their real voices? Victors range in price from $10.00 to S5O0.O0 Don't fail to visit our Victor Department, second floor. STONE & BARKER CO. Distributors Victor Talking iMa- chine and Records, as 8. Trjron BL, Charlotl. N. C. Co To The ODE0N 208S, Tryon. Meet Me at The 1 CTORY r-t. rs stone .. & P. Coats' Spool Cotton again at sptiols for 25 Cents. t-; We sold it all the while at .r() rents a dozen. This t ; ' brought about a fight, the Thread Trust notifying us r -that they would not shin us any more thiead. With v. 1 tin nerve to buck the trust, we won. Now you can;-.. ', buy (I spools, any numbers aud colors assorted , fjl for 26 Cents. '' : The Bee Hive will always fight for the lowest selling v;-' price of all "trust" and restricted goods and seilhr all other goods at lower prices thau other stores. ow We o 1 . , !': i is by selling only for SPOT CASH. New lot the Loiig Black Kid Gloves on tho way to, us. 7 Look oit for Wednesday and Thursday of this week; v ; n ' Stcre i ' X iVevT PeaTitent. Ralelfh. K. C lr ; W V""1 , " "T ." -i, WYX-", -W1Wv,' IP': '.';'''
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