HE ASHEVUXE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 191?. GLOBE Specials 500 pair Ladies' Shoes in Button and Lace; values up tQ $5.00 all sizes. Special g J Qg 350 pair Ladies' $6 and $7 Shoes in Russia Calf, Tan, Kid, Tan Kid with Grey top and Dull Calf with Grey top; broken sizes. Special j?J 150 pair Childrea's Educator Shoes Black and Tan, in Button and Lace; $3 and $3.50 QO values ; broken sizes. Special price . . . P my 450 pair Men's Shoes in Black and Tan; $5 to $7.50 value; broken sizes. Special Qfft price pO.iU 400 pair Boys' Shoes; values up to $2.50. QQs Special price "Ot ATHLETIC CARNIVAL SLATED FOR Y. M. C. A. JAMES H. POSEY DIES AT MISSION HOSPITAL Three Basketball Games and One Vol ley Ball Game to Be Played on As sociation Court Friday Night. tl 'There' Only One Globe' 14 BILTMORE AVENUE Be Sure You're Right Then Come Right In. DUPONT COMPANY BREAKS RECORDS WILMINGTON. Del., Feb. lg. All records, both as to volume of business and net earnings, were broken by E. I. DuPont De Nemours and company, last year, according to the annual re port of the company made public to night. Gross receipts for the year : asmrrec-ated S3 18, 845, 684, an in crease of 1130 per cent, as compared with the average sales for 1911 and 1914, which amounted to $25,927,427. Net earnings in 1916 were $82,107,692 and in addition to payment of six per ent. in dividends was distributed to the common stockholders during the year. Since October, 1814, about $60,000,. COO has been expended in the construc tion of new plants to All "war orders." In the report, Pierre 8. DuPont, 1 ' president of the company, says. "The company ds not waiting for the end of the war, but Is anticipating it with a view to turning the greatly expanded munition plants over to pro ductive commercial uses as soon as the present abnormal demand for Its pro duct ceases. Plans have been perfect ed to cope with any financial condi tions that may develop after the war." JIM FLYNN VS. JACK DEMPSEY. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 1$. The boxing club at Murray has com pleted arrangements to stage a show tomorrow night with a bout between Jim Flynn, of Pueblo, and Jack) Dempaey, the local heavyweight, as the main attraction. The distance will be fifteen rounds. The contest will take the place of the Carl Morris Jack Dempeey match which was call ed off because of Morris illness. Three basketball games and a game of volley ball are on the program of an athletic carnival to be held at the V. M. C. A. Friday night at 8 o'clock. The first basketball game will be be tween two picked high school girls' teams, the players of which will line up as follows: Blacks. . positions. Whites. M. F. Young S. Neely Forward. 8. Samuels A. Vanneman Forward. D. Tennant C. Jackson Center. E. Henry M. Thorne Guard. R. Sternberg R. Reed Guard. The volley ball game will be be tween two business men's teams pick ed from the following: V. L. Gudger, L. Owens. E. J- Ran dolph, R. Millard, U. S. Miller. L. K. Hall, F. W. Thomas and J- Dennison. A basketball game will be played by two midget teams of the T. M. C. A. known as the Wasps and the Hor nets. The boys are between nine and twelve years old and will line up as follows: Hornets J. Gillespie, captain: R. L. Cook, E. Hudson, C- Gordon. S. Rogers and H. Hudson. Wasps K. Brown, captain; J. Mat his, P. Howell. H. Howell, W. Hampton and R. Florence- The big basketball game will be between a high school team and a team composed of members of the senior gymnasium class of the Y. M. C A: The line-up follows: High School. Positions. Senior. E. Wilkinson. (Capt.) C Henry DeYoung. j Forward. i Coston T. Gamble Forward. 3. Brown O. P. Smith A Davis. Center. B. Smith R. C. Lee (Capt.) W. G'enn. L. Richmond. Guard. E. Smith C Burllson J. Curry A. Clark. Guard. Veteran of ITnlon Army Succumbs to Keccnt Injuries, at the Age Eighty-Four Years. of "Captain" James H. Posey, a well- known Ashevtlle character, died last 1 night at 6:1S o'clock at the Mission j hospital. Captain IVsey was eighty- , four years old. The old man was struck by a wagon on the comer of Patton and South Lexington avenues more than a month ago and was taken to the Mission hospital, which he was never able to leave. i Captain Posey was a widower and 1 while it Is stated that he has several children In Virginia an. I St. Louis, no one in Ashevtlle knows much of his history. He came here several years ago for his health, and became known ' by his faith in olive oil, which he ' used faithfully as a medicine for many years. The old man was quite hale for one of his age and on every clear day. the temperature permitting, he occupied a chair in front of the Are station. He was a veteran of the Union army in the war between the states. He lived In a room In the Library build ing. The deceased was a devout Chris tian and was a member of the First Baptist church. He was a regular at tendant at the weekly men's meeting of the Y. M. C. A., not missing a I meeting. Captain Posey, several ! years ago, had printed thousands of! cards bearing a verse beginning: "Do Not Swear," and with a scriptural , quotation at the bottom. He dis- I trlbuted large numbers of these cards at his own expense. Captain Posey tiody l.i now nt a local undertaking establishment, ; awaiting . word from relatives in the north as to its disposition. ! OP Farewell and Finale CLEARANCE SALE of all Winter Suits, Coats and Dresses AT HALF AND LESS TODAY RED CROSS CHAPTER MEETS AT Y. M. C. A. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GOOD ROADS MEN The annual meeting of the Bun combe County Good Roads associa tion will be held at the city hall to night at 8 o'clock. This will be the eighteenth annual meeting of the as soclation and at it will be elected off) cers and directors for the coming year. Reports covering the work ac complished during the past year will be read, and lit Is expected that for mer Governor Locke Craig will ad dress the meeting. There will be plenty of smokes and fin interesting time Is promised. AT THE "MOVIES" GARNER'S BOWLERS WIN TWO DUCK PIN GAMES Dr. 8. We tray Battle Presides Over Meeting Held For Purpose of Per- t fcotlng Iiocel OrganlwU-lon. I quarters at Washington, giving su.fr i Kiist ons us to the methods of inereas ; tng membership, was read to the ! members. The dues run from $1 to Ix'oo, there being various classes of membership. About fifty per cent, of the collections Is appropriated by the : local organization and the remainder : goes to the centra! body at Washing ton. The executive committee ot the chapter will meet and will have Its j report ready at the meeting next week. Take Brace of Content From But trick's Team by Thirty-Two Pins Two Tied For High Score. Garner's duck pin team won two out of three games from Buttrick's team on the association alleys last A largely attended and enthusiastic nieetlnB' of the Ashevtlle chapter of the Red Cross society, for the purpose cmipleHng the organization of the chapter, was held yesterday afternoon. After several committees were ap pointed and various matters were dis ' ot:m wan adjourned utll Thursday afternoon, February 22. ...a ...etioiig, which was held at the Y. M. C. A. was presided over by Dr. H. Westray Battle. Miss Rachel Hoy- land was appointed secretary ana tne following committee chairmen were VARSITY SOCIETY HAS INTERESTING DEBATE nleht bv thlrtv-two Dins. The scorns I selected were high. Beam and Hoffman of the; Finanre, Dr. R. R. Swope; hospital, Special Excursion Fares TO Washington, D.C. The Southern Railway Sytsem Premier Carrier of the Booth Will Sell Round Trip Tickets Account of Inauguration of PRESIDENT WILSON DATES OF SALE: MARCH 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 1917 FINAL LIMIT: To reach original starting point before midnight of March 10th, 1917. TICKETS EXTENDED . Original purchasers of tickets may secure ex tension until April 10th, 1917, by depositing ticket with Special Agent in Washington and payment of $1.00. (See Local Agent for Particulars.) STOPOVERS: Will be granted going or returning at any sta tions where trains are scheduled to stop, within the limit of tickets. The following rates will apply from stations named and, equallv low fares from all other stations not named: Asheville to Hot Springs, inclusive.. .$14.90 Hendersonville Brevard, N. C. Trycn ....... . Lake Toxaway Saluda... Waynesville . . ; Andrews ...... Murphy ...... Secure your Pullman accommodations in ad vance and get what you want. Through sleep ing cars leave Asheville daily at 3:45 p. m. For further information, apply to your local Ticket Agent, or write . ' ' J. H. WOOD, D.P.A., ; ; : Asheville, N. C, 10.95 16.60 15.35 17.15 15.60 16.05 19.00 ..19.00 AT THE PRINCESS. Violet Mssereau, in "Th Honor of Mary Blake, a five-Dart Bluebird drama, will be the attraction at the Princess today. The story is said to tell of Mary Blake, who married her manager, and two hour afterwards the first and legal Mrs. Kearney turned up and nullified the lifetime of happiness me nttie actress nad been promised by her near-husband. To find solace in hard work, Mary Joined the Man hattan Repertoire company, to play many parts in one week, and travel from town to town. In the vsry first village the company appeared, she was stricken with pneumonia and had to oe left behind almost penniless, and friendless among utter atranarers. How the girl, of her own effort, found happiness when sh had been restored to health, by the tender nursing of the one friend she had made in all the neighborhood will be related in this pnotoplay. The Princess orchestra nasi ar ranged appropriate music to accom pany the picture today. AT THE GALAX. Alice Brady, the charmin World Film star, will be seen ait the Galax today in "The Hungry Heart." adapt er irom tne stag, success, "Frou Frou." The story is said to tell of a young and frivolous woman who marries a man Older than herself. To them a child is born, but the wife still con tinues on her frivolous career. Con sequently her husband brlnra her sister to his home to run the estah- rsnment for him- This alster hail been in love with the husband. When the slater comes she soon usurps the wife's place In the honse and even alienates the child's affection for its motner. The wife, learning all these things, runs away with a former lov er. The husband follows the two to Venice and there fights a duel with the lover in which the latter is killed. The frivolous young wife Is changed into a grief-stricken woman. Broken In health and hreken-haartad aha seeks the forgiveness of her husband. This she eventually secures) and with her child at her side she dies In hap husband's arms. "The Cave Man'. Bluff. a Metro comedy, featuring Mr. and Mrs. Sid ney Drew, will also be shown tadav in connection with 'The Hungry Heart." The Galax orchestra and nine or gan will accompany the pictures to day with appropriate music- . AT THE STRAXD. A double offering la In stent tar the patrons of the Strand today, so the management announces, when the five-part feature. "The Love Hermit." featuring William Russell will be shown in connection with the first or the Fog film comedies en titled, "Brainstorm,' which feature Billy Mason and a score of lansrh provoker; and I in two Darts. .The Lot Hermit" la said to be a power ful dramatisation of Clark Irvine's ripping story of love and high finance and in It Mr. Russell portrays na roi to spienaia advantage. He is supported by Miss Charlotte Burton end a strong east of favorites. The Brainstorm, produced by the Fog Film corporation and staged by Harry Edwards, la said to bo of the "laugh a foot" variety and Billy Mason, the well known comedian, gets off the lat est of "stunts" which are in them selves til fonnleet ever. It la claimed. Tli management announce that on of these) two-reel corned! will be shown each ' week, a often as they are released. - The Strand orchestra will accompany both the Ave-part of fering. The Love Hermit, and The Brainstorm," today With appropriate must. - opposing teams being tied fur high honors with scores of 326 pins. Gar ner rolled 131 pins. Cameron and Honess will bowl tomorrow night at 7:80 o'clock. The scores follow: Garner Ill 92 108 311 Orr 7 88 93 268 Beam B6 99 132 326 Humphries . . . . 3 83 82 268 Totals .186 862 4151,168 Buttrick . Hoffman Coleman Allport .. ,.107 ,.115 ,. T ,. 88 79 104 94 87 278 107 826 91 282 84 250 Dr. Thompson Frazier; membership, Herbert D. Miles; packing and ship ping. Mrs. Arthur F. Rees; instruction, Dr. J. M. Lynch. A letter from the Red Cross head- Totals .402 860 3691,181 DORIMTORY BURNS. RALEIGH, N. C, Feb. 18. Fir today destroyed the boys' dormitory at the Methodist orphanage. No one was Injured but much of the clothing and personal effects of the boys were burned. The damage to the building was about $8,000 and con tents about 12.000. Look and Feel Clean, Sweet and Fresh Every Day Drink glass of real hot water for breakfast to wash out poison. fur I I till III.. ENDS CATARRH, ASTHMA, BratcltrnVGoup, CoHfJatwd Cold, or boacy back. Sot and guaranteed by SMITH'S DRUG STORE. At the weekly meeting of the high school Varsity Literary society, held in the society hall last night, a de bate and a play were both given. "Resolved that the government should own and operate the railroads" was the subject of the debate, and the decision was awarded to the affirma tive side, upheld by Miss Helen' Mar low, Miss Mary Thorne and Miss Nina Kats. The negative was argued by Miss Leola' McRary, "Miss Follansbe's Tramp" was the title of an Interesting little play given by members of the society. Miss Sara Hanson took ths part of "Miss Fol lansbe." Miss Alice Adams was th maid and Llndal Alexander th tramp. COMPANY A. MUSTEBKP OUT. HICKORY, N. C Feb. 18. Com pany A, First North Carolina in fantry, stationed at -Hickory, which returned from El Pao last Thur day, was mustered out of th federal servlc by army officers her this aft- SPLENDID MEDICINE FOR KIDNEYS, LIVER ; AND BLADDER For the past twenty years I have , been acquainted with your prepara tion, 8wamp-Hoot, and all those whu' have had occasion to use such a med icine praise the merits of tr. Kilmer's Hwamp-Root: specially has it b'en very useful in eases of catarrh Or In flammation of th bladder, i ftrmiy believe that it Is a very valuable med icine and reoommendable. for what it is Intended. ; Very truly yours, PR. J. A. COPPEDG-E, 1 Oct;' 26, 1916. Alanrd. Texas Letter to Dr. Kilmer A Co.. Bingham ton. If. Y. Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do F-r You. Bend ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Binghamton, N. Y for sample else bottle. It will convince anyone. Tou will also receive a booklet of val uable Information, telling about the kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and mention The Ashevtl'.e ClHsen. Regular fifty-cent and one-; dollar all bottles (or salo at all drug stores. Advt ' ernoon. Beventy-seven eniiaiea men and thro officer signed th muster roll to rrtum to civil life. Alt aup . a 1 1 1 WA ,KI.m4 piles not neeaeo ni T"7rr to th army dpot at Phlladelphla, Tn men were paid eft today. ... Owm re reports. J". fylng mere In th national schools of Poland ainc German ocouyetlon. , Tine Last Ad Best Scene of the Show Life is not merely to live, but to Hve well, eat well, digest well, work well, sleep well, look well. Wtiat a glorious condition to attain, and yet how very easy It is if one will only adopt the morning inside bath. Folks who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when they arise, splitting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul tongue, nasty breath, add stom ach, can. instead, feel as fresh as a daisy by opening the sluices of the system each morning and flushing out the ' whole of the Internal poisonous stagnant matter. Everyone, whether ailing, sick or well, should, each morning, before breakfast, drink a glass of real hot water with a teasooonful of limestone phosphate in it to wash from ths stomach, liver kidneys and bowels th previous day indigestible wast. our Ml and poisonous toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying th entire alimentary canal before putting more food into the stomach. The action of hot water and limestone phosphate on an empty stomach Is wonderfully invlroratlng. It cleans out all the sour fermentations, gases, Wast and acldltv and give on a splendid appetite for breakfast While you are enjoyin your breakfast the ter and phosphate I quietly ex tracting a large volume of water from the blood and getting ready for a 'borough flushing of all the inside organ.. Th millions of n.pl who are bothered with constipation, billons spells, stomach trouble, rheumatism : others who have sallow skin, blood disorder and sickly complexions are rged to get a quarter pound of lime stone phosphate from the drug store which will cost very Utile, but Is sufficient to mak anyone a pro nounced crank on the subject of Internal sanitation. ' AdvC Place Your Order For Engraved Card, Wedding Invitations, Aamomuotmueau, Sta tionery, etc. High das work, prompt service. Phone 2031 or call at tl Pattce. Ave. and ' Goood-Bye and Farewell wr m nH AAifA Odda and Ends Hizh Shoes thdit for V M II In the past two days been the center of attraction for L lil lid 11J hundreds and hundreds or lames comes 10 a cipse . s--r---s--s-- at 6 o'clock today. , ' : .- V THE LAST SLASH OF POLLOCK'S BARGAIN KNIFE ; Will make today the greatest shoe value day ever offered the public on tne avenue. LAST DAY- $5, $6 and $7 Shoes for wind- fl 0 .98 up at ... . Evening Suppers. mi $9 Gold and IIJff$8,9and Silver S4-95 $10 Shoes up at 98 LAST CHANCE . ": 7: 8 arid 49 Shoes f or wind- (1M.98 an- up at.'.. V.J $7, $8 and $9 Tan and Black English OC.98 Walking Shoes ' Educator Shoes Special $2.50 and' $3 Children's Educator Shoes Spe cial -: r -

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