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Saturday, October Seventh Presentation Sale KRESSKO CHOCOLATES AND BONBONS The newest'and nobbiest thing in chocolates These are high-grade candies, in dainty boxes, ordinarily selling from 50c to 80c a pound, and are carefully packed in containers that even surpass those in which the most expensive bonbons in the big Northern cities, are sold. We are justly proud of this latest achievement of ours, for it is easily the biggest piece of candy merchandising ever accomplished. It stands in a class by itself. We challenge America to produce anything on a par with it. ' ' This presentation sale of chocolates and bonbons marks the greatest forward step that has ever been made in selling candy of the highest grade at far below the usual prices at prices, in fact, that come within the reach of all. " ;;, , , , , , Always endeavoring to offer the best value for the least money, we were quick to see the ad vantages in keeping apace with the great educational Pure Food movement, started a few years ago, along the line of protecting the consumer from adulterated food. So, in co-operation with this movement, and from its very beginning, we have been working ear nestly and steadily, and we now offer you the fruits of our efforts and labor. , We have secured control of a brand of chocolates which is being' made exclusively for us, under our name and guarantee. These are the now famous KRESSKO MATINEE CHOCOLATES :,v;::; :;:. -.and. rv KRESSKO COLLEGE CHOCOLATES The College chocolates at 25c a pound box, are assorted chocolates, charmingly packed in a manner to tempt the candy lovers and are equal to any chocolates selling at two or three times the price. , The Matinee chocolates at 10c a box, are the wonder of the candy world. They contain just enough candy to satisfy the appetite for a favorite kind. Those who have seen these candies have expressed the greatest surprise at our being able to sell them at such figures, but those of you who have made chocolate candy at home know that it does not cost you more than 9c a pound; sugar ordinarily at 6c or 7c a pound, wholesale, and chocolate at 18c a pound, wholesale, makes the total cost about 9o a pound the sugar centers of the candy weighing about four times as much as the chocolate coating. Our candy is made by machinery. It is therefore, made at a very low cost. It is, likewise, more cleanly and desirable in every way than candy made by hand. In no way does making candy by hand improve its quality. :' Over 100 stores have made it possible for us to co-operate with some of the largest candy manufacturers in the country, and wo offer you strictly high-grade candy at a very small margin of profit. ' In conclusion are you willing to pay an exorbitant profit for your candy? If not, try a box of - v V v KRESSKO CHOCOLATES 1 ' -5.rl025STQRE porta during the remainder of ' 'the year Steel exports are making a material gain. ". The steel business continues good on immediate deliveries. There is sole complaint that the usual quan tity : o bookings lor future delivery ar! not being received. As most of the coinpauie will not accept orders for Uiltr delivery at present prices, there is excellent reason for the non piacing of such orders. The corpora- i lion as a whole is running at 75 per cent ol capacity at producing plants and above 80 per cent of capacity in most of the finishing departments. Exports amount to about 20 per cent, of output. The Government investi gation is having but little effect upon the, company's business, sales or pro fits. Its securities will, of course, rise and fall with each new , rumor. Most of the independents are running from 70 per cent to SO per cent of capacity. Average daily bookings of the Corporation about 7,000 tons above last year. f The August production of pig Iron was the largest month's output this year with the exception of March and April, and the averaged price of all grades for the month were the high est since April, although the advance was very slight and the market is very dull. '. The market for manufactured cot tons Is showing a slight Improvement and bids fair to be much more active L within a few . weeks. Present prices are, however, too low for reasonable profits. Building activity continues to aver age above last year for the entire country. The greater number of new buildings now being erected are In several of the leading cities. Build ing in the smaller cities and towns is about on a par with last year and not quite up to 1909. In the princi pal cities of the country, August set a new record In new buildings which was nearly 60 per cent, over last year and 25 per cent over 1909. A part of this is attributed to unusual con ditilns in Chicago but, without Chic ago, building activity is above nor mal for the season. Prices of high grade railroad bonds are a shade lower, being quoted at an eighth less than a year ago on the average. The volume of bonds traded in on the Exchange for last month was 50 per cent, greater than last year although much below the five- year average. Leading railroad stocks are quoted lower than at any time since the early months of 1908, and the volume of trading. In stocks on the Exchange has Increased great ly on account of the low prices. The recent reduction In prices on the total outstanding stocks of lead ing railroads and Industrial corpora tions totals more than a billion and a quarter dollars. This does not mean that the actual value of these com panies is any less, the Iobs being, whol ly a Stock Exchange shrinkage due to a severe and long continued bear campaign. The production of gold continues to increase, the August figures being PTeater than those reported for any previous month. The slight advance in average commodity prices is par tially traceable to this cause. Business men should keep in mind that the total dividends earned by the large public service and industrial corporations are Just about equal to last year. A very few Of these have A Little Tour Among the Nevv Skirts And the many interesting and delightful things (that you'll see there. Here is what one visitor saw yesterday. j As you enter the department you are at once struck by the marvelously large number of skirts assembled. And as you approach nearer and nearer your amazement grows for there actually seems to be no end to the variety. f Here the severely plain skirt, the many buttoned, the slashed, the graceful, the handsome and many others vie with each oth er for your interest. Not a fa vored model is missing, all are here. ' And from admiring the styles you pass to the mate rials. Here the large assort ment of charming new weaves and shades and the undoubted high quality is no less aston ishing. Then the prices, here you receive a pleasant shock for such modest figures have never before been seen on such good skirts! If you have not as yet inspected this superior display cf skirts, by all means, do so today or tomorrow. Voile Skirts from .$5.00 to $20.00 Serge Skirts from $4.95 to $12.50 Panama Skirts from . . . .$3.98 to $11.50 Heavy Material from .. $5.00 to $10.00 Has e mt THAT CAVES YOU MONEY" I passed dividend payment for the pre sent: but even without these com-l.. ..iv nthlnir to worry about in THE VJEATHEB TEMPERATURE. i it Ashevllls .... . . . Atlanta .. .. 64 Augusta i V. ..66 Charleston .. 72 Charlotte 4 Jacksonville . . . . , , . . . . 76 Key West 76 jinoxviue .. Mobile 71 New Orleans , . 76 . .. .. New York i . . . Oklahoma . Raleigh .. Savannah . Washington Wilmington V 76 60 76 48 61 Normal today: Temperature 69 de grees. Precipitation .08. ' Forecasts until 8 p. m. Saturday for Ashevllle and vicinity: Rising tem perature, with occasional showers to night or Saturday. For North Carolina: Local rains tonight or Saturday; warmer; moder ate northeast to east winds. . Summary of Conditions. ' A storm of considerable Intensity has moved rapidly eastward from Utah and Is now central over Iowa, with rain reported from much of the region Included between centralRocky Mountain districts and the Great Lakes. Excessive amounts of precip itation are noted (In Inches and hun dredths) So follows: St. Paul, Minn,, S.I0; North Platte, Neb., 1.62; Green Bay, Wis.. 1.34. , The continued advance of the dis turbance will be favorable for unset tled and warmer weather In this vicin ity, with occasional showers tonight or Saturday. R. T. LINDLEX. Observer Weather Bureau. In Face of Manufactured Stock Market Near-Panic, Says Citizens Bank Letter. General Letter of Trade Conditions ' and Business Forecast for October, Issued by the Citizens Bank. In the face of surface conditions which look alarming and In the faco of a manufactured stock market near panic, buslpess conditions are really sound and wholesome. . '' . Commodity prices have been and are U S. Department or Agriculture, WEATHER BUREAU WILLIS 1 MOORE, . Chief; . -v .V' H j . . . o . .. . . i . 1 1 Ori - 1.J - - - r " . i advancing slightly. The voluma of trade in various parts of the country is Hilly up to the 10year average, al lowing for the increase in popula tion. On the whole there is nothing In the business situation to seriously disturb substantial Interests. Bank clearings for Nsw Tork City were heavier for August than last last year and heavier for the country outside of New York; than . any pre vious August. Clearings for New York City for September, to the twenty-third, as well aa for the coun try outside of New York, showed a gain for er.ch week over th previous year. The banking condition has im proved materially and the Surplus Reserves, while large enough to In sure sufficient money where needed, aro now not so large aa to be un- wieldly. .August business failures for the country were exactly the same in number as last year with total lia bilities of 1100,000 leas. This fact as sumes great Importance when we con sider the bear attitude of bl inter ests which has been In evidence for fully eighteen months. EaxnlrvKS of principal railroads, while quits satisfactory for July, wers not so good for August but have in creased during September. The num ber of Idle cars is being reduced so rapidly that there Is good promise of very satisfactory earnings both gross and net for the last half of 1911. Ths total number of Idle cars reported tot this date in North America is Iras than ((5,000. which means that for the United States alone the num ber of Idle cars Is considerably loss than on any previous day this year, The report shows 14,000 mlscel laneous cars, many of which are un fit for service. These figures Indicate that w may face a car shortags be fore the year - enda Railroad gross earnings are within a small fraction of 1 per rent of last year's figures to date. Net earnings are Somewhat less. Expenses ars being reduced all along the line and a continuation of present gross earnings will lnsurs net earnings. Ths foreign trads ' situation con tinue to be highly satlirfactory. Im ports fur last month were 111,000,000 I pra than the corresponding month of 1010; while exports were 110.000,000 greater making a gain in favorable trade balance for the month of 28, (100,000, as compared with a year so. The balance in tral In favor of Am trlia f'T the tnorilh una IIS.OOU.OOO niiii fur tlm flrHt fU ' t months of this vi'ir, a nmirtt.r tt a billion dollar. 1i.f l- ' i (i f r t ivh-r n- pantes which have earned dividends but have not paid them yet, dividend payn ents and interest payments com bined so far for the year are fully up to normal. The failure of the Canadian people to ratify the Reciprocity Treaty with this country, while somewhat of a setback to a few lines of business In the United States, will probably prove more of a real shock to Canadian buxiness, and the Dominion will be the greater sufferer. The Government's final figures on the winter wheat crop of 463,000,000 bushels leaves the crop about 10, 000,000 bushels below last year's pro duction, but this crop exceeds that of 1907, 1908 or 1909, with the quality above average. A number of good authorities still pronounce the Government's figure on spring wheat as a few million bushels low, and an average of all authorit ative crop reports Indicates a yield of 109,000,000 bushels. , The oat crop proved up very short with a yield of 841,000,000 bushels, being almost 300,000,000 bushels be low last year. The combined authorities on the corn yield show that the crop will reach 3,800,000,008. -- We have never harvested a corn crop of this magni tude except In 1906 and 1910. There the corn yield, even though the yield per acre averages) less than normal. All of the dependable cotton crop reports averaged have shown consist ently a prospective! crop somewhat In excess of JJ, 600,000 bales, with a pos sibility of getting a crop of two or three hundred thousand bales more. Reports have been persistently prin ted showing the cotton crop tirl above and beyond all previous rec ords. The crop will not be a record breaker either in total production or in production per aer. , but It is a good, satisfactory crop and thn 'eld per acre will be above normal. The tobacco crop Is at least one third below last year's production and the Government report of J8, 000 000 lbs. Is generally considered a trifle high. The hay crop is better than some reports Indicate, although nearly 30 per cent, below last year. Barley and buckwheat crops will be at least 10 per cent, below last year. Potatoes and the entire vegetable crops are short. The fruit crop on the average for the country Is very satisfactory because the yield has been liberal and prices have held well. Business men should consider that final reports from crops are not yet In and that many crops are not even harvested. Weather conditions have been improving steadily, and It would not be surprising If many crops show an Increase over the estimates. The best business conditions of the country are to be found in the South, excepting Mississippi, and In the Central Western States. Michigan, Ohio, Indiana. Illinois and Iowa are especially active, and the Pacific Coast States are taking on new life. Busi ness In thp Pnkotas, Nebraska, Kan-.-aa, Missi.MBOurl, and in Minnesota out side of Minneapolis, Is about the same as last year. Business Is depressed In Mississippi, Pennsylvania and the New England States, as well as In New York City, Indianapolis, Minne apolis, Denver,- and a few lesser cities. Compiled September 36, 1911. I Buy a Heater Eerlyl Get your New Cole's Hot Blsst set np in your Home before real cold weather comes, and let It save for the full season for you. If you have any Idea of buying a heater this winter a k ssriy.. aiany readers win re member that during the cold snap of last winter they wialind ther had dose away with the old hsator that will no longer do the work. on't go through the chilly experience of last winter again. Enjoy the comforts of the nsw stove the whole season nnr.(B-lt Ve Would Like to Show You the New Fall Millinery Now Even Though You Do Not Come to Buy The new styles exhibited here are exceptionally at tractive. There's just the right shade in just the right shape to please every woman, and the qualities will boost our reputation as the greatest value-givers in town. Come in try on a few see V how you look in them. You'll want a New Autumn Hat Boon to be sure.. It ia a good time right now to begin ,.V ; looking into the matter. We're f "a ". ' -ready to show yuiu ." .' . - .' : . , The Palais Royal . , , 5 and 7 S. Mnm t.
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