THE SUNDAY CITIZEN, ASHETTLLE, N. 0., FEBRUAET II, 1917.
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FOUNDATION OF WEST ASHEVIUE
LIBRARY LAID BY CAPT. J, E. RAY
YWE PALAIS M(Q)YAIL
HE "LOVES TO SEE HIS BOOKS AT WOBK"
Noted Veteran, "As Old as Aaheville," Gives 300
Books as a Start to Library Across the River, For the
town in Which He is Taking a Great Interest.
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MONDAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY
AIRE YARD (GOODS DAYS
AND GOING TO BE PROFIT-SHARING DAYS. It ought to be three of the busiest days of the season, because we
are going to divide our profits with you. Silks, Dress Goods, Voiles, Organdies, Nainsooks, Batistes, Long Cloths, Dimi
ties, Sheets, Pillow Cases and Curtain Materials in this great PROFIT-SHARING SALE. Every "penny saved these days
counts, and you can save in a great many instances a good many pennies, dimes and quarters yes, halves, too. If you
contemplate buying a Silk Dress, we have some beautiful new stripes also Black and Colored Taffetas all to be sold at
a profit-sharing price to you on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
This is the Real Silk House
You get the same quality here for less. You
see the bipgest variety here. You have the
privilege of looking through our stocks, with
out obligation to purchase unless you so desire.
Remember These Prices
40-in. Best Crepe de Chine, $1.98 val., yd. $1.69
40-in. Heavy Crepe de Chine, $1.69 value ;
yard $1.50
36-in. Good Crepe de Chine, special, yd. .$1.19
36-in. Dark Crepe de Chine, $1.25 value;
yard 98c
40-in. Georgette Crepes, $1.69 value; yd.. $1.49
36-Inch Handsome New Striped Silks
Just placed in stock elegant qualities. They
were bought to sell at $1.98 yard. For Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, yd-. . . .$1.69
Get Your Black Silk During This Sale
These Are New Goods Just In
A splendid Black Taffeta, yd. 95c
A very good Black Taffeta, 3d 89c
Our best $1.50 Black Taffeta, yd $1.29
Our best $1.35 Black Taffeta, yd $1.19
Our best $1.75 Black Taffeta, yd $1.59
See the Pretty New Striped Wash Silks
For Ladies' Waists and Men's Shirts. A
$1.25 value for, yd ' -
Lovely Striped Crepe de Chine at, yd. . .$1-
Our best Navy Blue Taffeta, yd $1.35
And all Colored Silks are reduced.
Our Natural Pongee Silk, $1.00 quality,
for 79c
A Few Specials in Wool Goods
A 42-in. All-Wool Serge for. , 95c
A 42-in. French Serge for 95c
A 36-in. Ail-Wool Serge for 65c
A 34-in. Half-Wool Serge for 49c
10 off on all Woolen Goods for Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
White Goods Specials For Three Days
These are all last year's prices. It's in
teresting: 40-in. Rilarney Linen Finished Suiting,
yard 12Jc
40-in. Dundee Linen Finished Suiting,
yard 121c
32-in. Heavy Linene Suiting, 15c value;
yard 12Jc
32-in. Linene, an excellent value, yard. . . 10c
32-in. Pajama Checks, special, yard 10c
40-in. White Lawn, very special, yard ... 10c
Be sure to come Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
All Long Cloths, Nainsooks, Batistes
Are to go in this 3 Bays' Sale Buy a plenty
It won't spoil.
10-yd Bolts Long Cloth special ....98c
12-yd. Bolts Long Cloth special . . .... .$1.15
$1.50 Bolts of Long Cloth special $1.29
$1.75 Bolts of Long Cloth special. . ... . .$1.59
$2.00 Bolts of Long Cloth special $1.79
$2.25 Bolts of Long Cloth special $1.98
All Nainsooks Are Reduced
Our 35c Nainsook will go at, yard. . . 29c
Our 30c Nainsook will go at, yard 24c
Our 25c Nainsook will go at, yard 21c
Our 20c Nainsook will go at, yard. 17c
Our 15c Nainsook will go at, yard l2o
This is a great opportunity to buy White Goods
Short ends of White Voiles at, yard 12c
Our 25c White Voile special at, yard. .. .19c
Our 35c Vhite Voile special at, yard. ... .29c
Our 50 White Voile fipecial at, yard. . . . .44o
White Stripes Voiles at 12c, 15c,
20c, 25c, 35c Yd.
ig line of Skirtings from. .... .25c to 65c yd.
(All new, crisp and fresh.) ";
All Seamless Sheets Quoted
75c value, 72x90 Seamless Sheets at 69o
80c value, 72x90 Seamless Sheets at 65c
85c value, 72x90 Seamless Sheets at. ..... .69c
Elmdale, 81x90 Seamless Sheets at. ..... .85c
Very Special Prices on Mohawk Sheets.
63x90 Mohawk Sheets special. . . . .. . .79c
72x90 Mohawk Sheets special. ..89a
81x90 Mohawk Sheets special 97c
72x99 Mohawk Sheets special 97c
Pillow Cases Priced Right
42x36 Pillow Cases special.... 14c
45x36 Pillow Cases special 16c
45x36 Byram Pillow Cases special 24o
AH Curtain Materials Reduced
25c Curtain Materials for 3 days yard. . ,22o
20c Curtain Materials for 3 days yard. . ,17c
15c Curtain Materials for 3 days yard. . .13c
See the Hemstitched Scrim in White and
Cream and Colored Bordered Scrims at,
yard ' 9c
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CAPT. J. K. RAT,
Founder of WM AshevUlCs Public library.
MILLINERY
Our milliners are now in the market buying for our Millinery Department and
you will find every express brings something new to the Palais Royal.
' Our Mrs. Milholland and Miss Warren are receiving the latest instructions for the
coming season and when they return we want you to come in and talk the Hat question over
with them. They will be glad to see you.
' See the new, Chic Hats.
See the Davenport Hat, the latest fad. It is a beauty.
Tell your friends to visit the most popular Millinery Department in the city -
Sec the New Spring Coats and Suits
Now is the time to take advantage of this offer. One Hundred Ladies' Sample Suits the new Spring styles
1917. A line of Drummers' Samples in all the popular shades will be placed on sale tomorrow. No two alike. Now is
the time if you want a new Spring Suit.
Tine : Pallais Koyall, 5 aedl 7 Mtaore Ave.
Some day, whn Wm AihwMlft h
latlon of 4.000 people, its clttiens will
point to a MDrary Duuaing mere, wnu
well fllied shelve and big reading
room, and say:
"Yes, Captain RayCaptain J. K.
Ray, you know started that library."
The visitor will agree, and there
mm h. nHMilleA to him the beginning
of that library of the future, now
housed In a Klngl room ovw '
nnsa houae In West Aaheville. There
are 300 volume, powtbly more, on
the alielvea, and they offer the eeekr
after mental refreshment a well
balanced mnu. There are books of
travel, taking the reader to strange
lands. Of flrst-olase notion there Is
no dearth, and histories there are In
plenty. A long table dpwft ths middle
of the room la filled with magazines
and periodical. Pictures are on the
walls and sveryining invites mw ywnur
iir ini nm i.t the chairs and
than rt both body and mind at one
and the same time.
Hegln Jfiven nmca.
The point a that West Aaheville
and its Hbrary ar gtimns; an even
race with the town halving a little
the bettor start A few ymn ago
led wren wntu n w 2.7' "iii
Iwssm't. tt bad a moat admirable site
'of a Jarre racy ?"v "
ha otty was tacking. And so was the
'ibrery. Then somWbodr dweoverea
. SzLaia mW. hrtdre which
DiUn h rl'.-er wa oujix, ana wj"j
ryor 3. B. Rankin, mVl T
"fXWxtain nay, nipw w "- "
I tlha bridge was thrown acr
l.lyrwuoh Broad the street oars fol
lolad. and then the pople and the
Now hre ia on the uwvr
al&M of the river mllTfj
mroswrous ana nuui
with the longest lHtreet In tths
state, running through tt wih hand
some and mibntantial buslneas blocks,
a bank, comfortable homes by the
hundred and with the foundations tald
for a library. And a library, as it has
been pointd out. Is as necessary as a
rrooery store or other buslnees house.
(to. then, while the mutiicSpallty
has the wee trifle of a start toward
coming greatness, the Hbrary is oIom ,
behind. As one grow so will the
other, and this is already manifest la
this way:
There's a great brick structure sow
well towards completion ta West
Ashevlll. This to the new pubsfl
school, deetlned to house TOO pupisv
That to, there are 700 pupil read
to fill the building whn completed.
By that time thers will be still mora,
of course But In tw handsoma new
building thre will be set apart otie
room for the home of Captain Rar
library. It will be a much larfer and
better adapted room than the on
where the books now rest, and from
the windows of the room may be seen
the mountains whose beauty felons
wiH dotiraot the attention of hs Ub
rany visitor from reading of ,the
volumes. There will be young My
In charge of tho room, and its antlro
convontenos will make It of tar mora ,
general use thiur vsn at presBnt.
Bo this is evidence that th library
is about to catch up with the town in
Its growth. For without. doubt, others,
tmiplred by th xamipt of Cwptata
Ray. will add "till mora books to
thoso soon to bo plaesd in this room,
and so th list wtH grow and grow
until a building all 1U owa Is demand
ed for the West AshevUlo library. AM
Captain J. B. Ray will have beo
rcwponslblo for alL . J;"lli '
Captain Ray is as old as AfhantU.
whldh I his homa. Hs was born on .
th same day that the dty was Inoor-
. 1 K... iMika anil fMTSOBSil '
aooearanee aro decolving in this ree
ect Ho says Hks to
books at work, and although he
many and loves them all. ??r
dded to part with at least 0I -of
thorn that others might enjoy them ,
too. That Is tho kind of man Cs
tain Ray i Hs has soon Asbvtlls
grow from nothing to tto vrmt 4m-.,.
portano. Ho has oeon West Aae-.
vlllo start Ha remarkable tow to
town of Impontanoa. During all thess t
years, with a record of brilliant sor
vlce in tho Confederate army, his ,
ficart is "till as young as it w slitr
years ago. and tho. aftr all. It ta o
only thing that counts, d solars thas ,
who havs thought deeply on such
matters. i
INTERNED GERMAN SHIPS A
RICH PRIZE IN CASE OF WAR
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bnimiiiiimniiiinmmn:
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Nearly
one hundrde German and Austrian
merchant vessel with a total tonnage
of 2M7 and a net tonnage of 171,
021 He in United States porta, most
of 'them subject to selsure In-the
vent of war with Germany. Such
showing of prises that would tall
Into the lap of an enemy never has
been mads Miore in anjr wi .--tory-
These ships range from tno uiu.
. . . . . rhii to the
vveigaiia oi " -v
great Vaterland of 64,8i gross tons
lying in tne naruor ui .i" "
the toUl number of vessels only eleven
ar of Austrian ownersnip. nu w
inr-at tonnage of any one Austrian
vessel la 8, ill.
Some of the largest German vessels
i , ,M AmavMn nnrtl. with
now jyms " ' r
their ownership and tonnage, are as
follows:
Vaterland, Hamburg-American line,
tl.tlt gross tons; at New Tork.
George Washington, North German
Lloyd line, 16.67 gross tons; at New
York.
Amerika, Hamburg-American line,
(..lit gross tons; at Boston.
Cecille, North German Uoyi Una,
11,601 gross tons; at Boston.
ir.i.r WSihelm IL North German
Lloyd Una, l,ll gross tons; at Now
"o-aaidant Lincoln. Hamburg-Ameri
can line, 11.161 -ross tons; at New
Torn.
t rirant Hamburc-Ameri-
can lino, 18,071 gross tons; at New
Cincinnati Hamburg-American, Uae.
16.111 gross tons; at Boston.
Kronprtna Wllhelm. North Oerman
Llovd line. 14,101 gross tons; at Nor
folk. .
Pennsylvanaa. Hraoon-ni-rnmu
Una. 11,111 gross tono: at Nsw rork.
Grosser Kurfurst, North Gee mas
iinnpu.
Lloyd line, 11.102 gross tons; at New
York. ,i -
Bulgaria, Hamburg-American Una,
11.440 gws tons; at Baltimore.
Barbarossa. North German Lldyd
Una, 10,984 gross tons: at New York.
Prlnzea Irene. North German Lloyd
line; 10,811 gross tons; at Nsw York.
Princess Alice. North German Lloyd .
llns, 10,981 grose. tons; at Cebu.
.Frledrlch der Grosse, North Germma
Lloyd line, 10,771 gross tons; at Naw
York.
Hamburg, Hamburg-American line,
10,531 gros tons; at New York.
Rbein. North Oerman Lloyd line,
10,058 gross tons; at Baltimore.
HELD IN KKADI.VESS.
SPARTANBURG, . C, Fab. 10.
The Hampton guards, the Spartan
burg company of the national guard. .
is held In readiness to report for
service with the least possible delay,
according to a statement of Captain
B. T. Justice today. The company5
has been in Spartanburg since too
South Carolina companies were order
ed home from Mexico.
Eveo-Handod Jostles.
ITi Itimlrin- ati-ana-ar was dkss
ousslng the vlllago rose show with a
native, and oongraiuianng mm
baring secured first prise for bis dls- '
play of roses. '
"I supposs you wore very pleased
when ths result was anaoonoadt" tho
WsKor observed. "Were you sur
prised at your success "
-veil. I don't know as I was sur
prised," tho rustic admitted. "You
sea. I bought all my Plants from tho
Judgea-V-Grit.
To keep disk phonograph records)
deaa an Inventor baa patented a
small brush to bo mountsd In frotSJ
of tho needle. , .