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> INVITED GUESTS HAD TO SWIM TO BIG CHICKEN DINNER FRIDAY An unusual party was held in the home of a member of the Hunters ville textile local last Friday evening. It was a chacken supper, and many members of the local and some oth ers had been invited. The supper was in the nature of a celebration of the completion of this new home of the worker and his splendid fam ily. Some time ago they purchased a lot, in the midst of a beautiful Woodland, about a million miles from Huntersville. Upon this big lot they erected a beautiful home, and moved into it, and prepared the feast and sent out the invitations. Well, every one who has any mem ory at ^11 recalls the fact that the rains fell for 72 hours last Friday. Harry Eatough and this writer had been invited and were delighted to attend the feast. The tHp was made in Harry’s Buick. Harry was driv ing and he skidded to Huntersville SPENCE* PEOPLE ATTEND MEETING Railroad Men’s Club Names Spencer Man on Board of Directors —- Barringer is Present. President and Mrs. C. P. Barring er, Mt. and Mrs. P. E. Thompson, Messrs. EE. E. Withers and G. E. Parson, of Salisbury and Spencer, have returned from Jacksonville, Fla., where they attended a meet ing of the Railroad Men's Club. Dr. E. J. Bryan, of Jacksonville, is vice president and general man ager of the club. The sessions were presided over/ by Dr. J. M. Harrell, of Huntington, West Virginia, in the absence of the president. Dr. Har rell is second vice president. With out profit or reward the organization and officers function “for the sh^er love of mankind and strive to serve the world,” it was stated. . Railroad men and members of their families are those benefited by the administration of the club. As a progressive step in prevention and early discovery of incipient mala dies and warnings against environ mental dangers, a club is maintained at Proctor, Fla., where periodic phy sical examinations. and treatment are given all those whoh ave come un der observation of the organization. •In conectioh with the institution , a convalescent home and commun ‘ '1 ity house is maintained at Proctor offering every advantage and force and for a mile beyond, when it was necessary to leave the paved road and travel due east through hereto fore unexplored territory. The car stopped skidding and began swim ming at this point and swam for many hundreds of miles, until it was completely submerged under an un usually big wave. After the Buick sank from sight the occupants swam on to the home of their friends. Fords and Studebakers, Maxwells an<J Andersons, were seen all about, some floating, others sinking. But after swimming to the house, where a big fire was burning and pots of chicken were stewing, all the difficulties were forgotten and there followed one of the most enthusiastic union meetings ever held in North Carolina. The good people promised to have another party, some day when folks could reach their pretty home with out swimming to it. i conducive to the upbuilding of life, at the same time reducing the de mand for surgical service, medicines, hospitals and sanatori. Advances in general sanitation, higher living standard and more att-eptlon to indi vidual health habits have' been some of the principle suggestions spon sored by the movement since its orig in in 1920,” Dr. Bryan said in talk ing of the club. A few thoughtful men on the Chesapeake and Ohio railway are said to have initiated the movement which has gained nation recognition by its powerful results. Clubs are being formed ^ in every state and large city and clinic in each commun ity as the outgrowth of the idea con ceived to be “eternal on nature and almost divine in origin.” Dr. Bryan stated Dr. Ralph N1. Greene has been placed in charge of the Jack sonville clinic, it was announced. The club is said to be accomplish ing the greatest work of its kind in the world and their method and procedure for prevention of tuber culosis and dreaded maladies is gain ing wider-/“recognition daily, Dr. George E. Vincent, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, has recently released an article commending the ideals and ambitions of the club. The club came into national promi nence since its incipiency. The following officers were elect ed for the year: President—C. E. Glass, Hinton, W.^ Va. . First Vice President—Dr. E. J. Bryan, Jacksonville, Fla. Second Vice President—C. B. Scott, Ashland, Ky. * Third Vice President—C. L. Bess, HJnton, W. Va. Fourth Vice President—J. M. Cole man, Shelbiana, Ky. Fifth Vice President—-H. E. Wil liams, Shelbiana, Ky. Secretary Treasurer—H. E. Wise man, Portsmouth, Va. Board of Directors—P. E. Thomp son, Spencer, N> C.; I. J. Crosby, St. Auburns, W. Va. ; H. E. Williams, Shelbiana, Ky.; C* L. Bess, Hjinton, W. Va.; Chas. B. Scott, Ashland, Ky.; H, E. Withers, Spencer, N. C,; C. P. Barringer, Salisbury, N. C. General Manager—Dr. E. J. Bryan, Jacksonvtle, Fla, A FEW LAUGHS , Sgme years ago in a western state, then a territory, a popular citizen became involved with an influential and overbearing character, and kill ed him. r Public sentiment leaned -toward the defendant, but the law was against him, and, when the day of the trial came the defendant, his counsel, and friends held a consul tation, and, fearful of the conse quences, they decided that the de fendant should plead guilty and beg the court’s mercy. The jury was charged by the court and retired. Presently, it returned, and the foreman said: “We find defendant not guilty.” The judge viewed the jury in sur prise, and said: “Gentlemen of the jury, how be it? This defendant pleads guilty, and you find him not guilty?” The foreman answered: ‘YVoii, your honor, the defendant is sqch a liar we can't believe him under oath.” — The Progressive Grocer. . Among the Monday morning cul prits hailed before a Baltimore police magistrate was a darky with no vis ible means of support. “What occupation have you here in Baltimore?” asked His Honor. “Well, Jedge,” said the darky, “I ain’t doin’ much at present—jest circulatin’ round, suh.” His Honor turned to the clerk of the court and said: “Please enter the fact that this gentleman has been retired from cir culation for sixty days.”—Green Bag. ^Industrial disputes in Canada caused a greater loss of time in May than in the preceding month. Dur ing May there were in existence 34 disputes involving 4707 . employes and a time loss of 65,188 days, as compared faith 22 strikes in April, involving 2263 employes and a time loss of 34,553 days. During May, 1922, there were recorded 31 dis putes, involving 13,433 employes and a time loss of approximately 279,857 days. At the end of May, there were IS deputes in existence with prospects for a clearing of the situation. The Kind of Prices You’ve Longed to See Are On These An Important and Timely Selling of Desirable Floor Coverings at Most Attractive Price Concessions TODAY, TOMORROW and MONDAY, we present a collec tion of Fine Rugs in a splendid assortment of lovely patterns and colorings, especially suited for meeting the Requirements of your Spring re-decoration program. —And, Madam, this quality of Rugs, at the prices in this sale are positively an offering, not to be overlooked. 9x12 Wyncoe Axminsters $45.00 8.8x10.6 Wyncoe Axminsters $39.75 Blue Ribbon Velvet (Fringed) 9x12 Manhattan Axminsters $39.75 8.3il0.6 Manhattan- Axminster* $37.50 9x12 Radio Axminsters $49.75 27x54 Radio Axminsters $4.50 EXTRA! . 27x54-Inch Hit and Miss RAG RUGS In Charming Colorings $1.00 9x12 Badger Grass Rugs $12.50 8x10 Badger Grass Rugs $10.50 6x9 Badger Grass Rugs $7.50 v - * ^ 27x54 Badger Grass Rugs $1.75 27x54 Emperor Smyrna Chenilles $4.50 27x54 Manhattan Axminsters $3.75 £ 218i/2 S. COLLEGE ST. BRUNSWICK PHONOGRAPHS AND RECORDS PHONE 364 FIND MODERN FA6IN HAS CRIME SCHOOL Baltimore Police Say Thief Coaches Boys to Rob. ....* Baltimore! Md.—A school of crlmo Is which a band of boys were taught burglary, pickpocketing and shoplift ing wag described by the police fol lowing a series of arrests and alleged confessions. The teacher of the school, whom po lice termed a "modern FagW’ held classes nightly end taught secrets of the “underworld," they ssy, that he had learned during a life of petty thievery between periodic yeara of im prisonment The teacher taught his pupils well, Lieut William Forrest declared after ho had ,struggled with each of the young prisoners In verbal duels for hours to force them to yield the se crets of the school Many Thefts 8olved. More arrests are expected to clear Up a series of mysterious burglaries in the wholesale district, whose clever ness fqr months has baffled attempts to solve them, police believed. The loot, police said, would exceed $5,000. The known organization of the “school,” they said, was something like this: John Beslsi, thirty, alleged teacher, who was confined at St Mary’s indus trial school from the time he wsa thir teen until he was twenty-one. He since has been arrested several times, records show. Rosario Provenzo, seventeen, at the head of the class, with a record of ar raignments in juvenile court for throw ing stones at trains and for petty lar ceny. i »»osepn Aucnuicaius, nneen, atso haring a record, chiefly for truancy. Frank Muffalato, fifteen, still In short trousers, who, .police said, was the most hardened of the gang. Long Battle of Wits. Sergt James Cain and Policeman Anthony McHale uncovered what they describe as a “modem Fagln” gang with the arrest of ProvenZo. A long battle of wits resulted In the arrest of Beslsl and the other boys. i When faced with part of the alleged loot, said by police to have beta found ' In their homes, they confessed bur-1 glarlzlng warehouses of the Baltimore ! Candy and Tobacco company and the j Lee Morgan Coffee company. The school of crime was organized so carefully, police said, that chances of the students being caught In the : act were few. | The boys would enter a building near the one to be robbed, make their I way to the roof and climb In the sky-1 light of the place where the real “haul" was to be made. From a place of concealment, nearby, according to the police, the tea eh or weald signal danger or safety with a flashlight Sense of '‘Loyalty.'* ' " , Even after their arrest loyalty to Beslsl was unbroken until they de- j scribed how the teacher divided the spoils, Sergeant Cain said. Be added:! "Then they ‘squawked.’ They ac cused him of taking clocks, pistols, jewelry and other loot and selling it They would get a few trinkets and a doRar or two to keep quiet “If the# protested ho would threaten to hive them, turned over to the po lice, they told us. They never dared refuse to do his bidding. y “The romance of having a room in Besisl’s flat as a rendezvous also had Its lure. They used to meet there regularly, they said, and learn how to steal without getting caught” Awed Explorers Gaze for Three Days at Phenomena Washington.—Robert F. Griggs, pro fessor of botany at George Washing ton university, the first white man to set foot in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Alaska, spoke on his initial j trip into the valley at a meeting in the : Cosmos club. Motion pictures of the many phe nomena in the valley were exhibited, and Doctor Griggs told of the many j experiments ma*le by Ms party.' He j said that when, the valley was first | viewed It was three days before any of the party could do more than gaze in wonder. No living creature or any Indication of plant life "was found In the area covered by volcanic ash thrown off by Mt. Katins I, but on the edges of the valley, trees 'grow in abundance, the explorer satfl. The Intense heat has no efTect on the perpetual snow banks that abound on the fringes of the valley, he said. Finds North Australia Holds Many Surprises Sydney, N. S. W.-—Sdward A. “Cook recently completed a leisure stroll of more than 2,060 miles, as the crow flies, from Melbourne to Darwin in the north of Australia. His object was to make an examination of mid-Aus tralia and the northern territory to substantiate his contention that those sections were not worthless wastes. He took more than 800 pictures of scenes along the route. Speaking of his experiences with natives in northern Australia he said they appeared to be of a better class than those of the south. “The territory is full ‘ of surprises from the pastoral viewpoint,” said Mr. Cook, “being well watered and sub stantially grassed and timbered. Free from droughts, the much maligned north country must soon coma into Us own." x . ■»a1'/-’ Profit by reading the Advertise ments in The Emerald. ■ —— • ' = BELK’S Sell It for Less. \ Do you realize what a substantial amount you can mtc each mouth by purchasing here? Consistently low prices on reliable goods are one of the ’ definite factors in this store’s phenome* nal success. BELK’S Home of Better Values It’s the Better Values You Get Here For Your Money That Counts The lower prices we are able to maintain every day and every week on the Best Standard Merchandise that continues to increase our volume of business from day to day—It’s Steady—Regular. 200 Dozen Extraordinary Tabley Napkins, No Better $2 Quality to Be Had at $1.50 Dozen We secured through our New York office 200 dozen of these Napkins, 22x22 inch. Splendid $2.00 quality Table Napkins. As long as we have any they g#at fA DOZEN___«J>1. DU In Our Linen Department. 50 Dozen Best 7§c Quality Hem stitched Pillow Cases The “Cohasset.” You can’t buy a better one for 75c—you might get one not as good. See these beautiful hem stitched cases this \veek at SOc Two Cases, 40 Dozen, 81x90 Bed Sheets No dressing, no seams—made by a Caro lina mill. Cheap at $1.50—We will sell these 40 dozen this week at d*! OC EACH___$1»£D 1 lot 50 doz. Pilow Cases. to match the sheets at _ _ _ ---- Best 39c values ...... 29c 1 Case, 20 Pieces, Hill Quality Pillow Tubing at 29c and 33c This tubing is worth this by the case. For this week you can buy this clean heavy quality Tubing OA* at _ —_aUC and OOC Full Size 9-4 Bed Sheets at $1.00 No stearch, no seams, 81-inch wide, 90-in. long. As good or better than a $1.50 Sheet. The reason this can be sold at this price is they are not hemmed., £1 AA $1.50 quality at-•.--— yl*vu 1.000 Yards 9-4 Full Bleached Bed Sheeting at 48c Yard This Sheeting you cannot huy for less than 60c regular—a limited quantity, of this 9-4 full 81 inches Wide at YARD_:_4oC Why Not Save Your Dollars, By Buying Here Where Your Money Goes Farthest? > 5.000 yards best fast colored Apron and Dress Ginghams. Solid color | C CURTAIN GOODS—Good quality Bleach Domestic—solid color quilt calico—yard wide Sheetings— *1 A all on our 10c Counter___1UC For These Three Days You Will Find These on Our 5c Counter Good Ginghams, Calicos, 36-inch Sheet ing, Percales in short lengths. Curtain Goods in 1 1-2 to 3 yard pieces, and many other good Remnants, at, C YARD _ __—--DC For the Week-End 5,000 yards 36-inch Bleach Domestic in our White Goods Department—-all good, clean Domestic, worth 5c to 10c yard. Buy these.this wefc JQC 15C Money Saved to You in House Hold Necessities All the Time At Belk’s. LOOK AT THIS LIST. 1 dozen 10c Ivory Soap for --80c 1-2 dozen 10c Ivory Soap for _—-40c 6 cans Old Dutch Cleanser —--48c 6 cans Swift’s Sunbright Cleanser —50c 3 Packages P. & G Crispo for-_25c 12 cakes of Swift’s 5c Laundry ‘ Soap for -- -40c 12 cakes P. & G. Star Laundry—_48c 12 cakes P. & G. White Naptha Soap for---—-__48c Toilet Soaps for Less Armour & Company's Coco and Almond Soap—goo<f large cakes—a splendid laundry soap. The Perfect Coco and Castile of the Armond Coco and Castile —all Armour's Goods. Retails for 12 l-2c cake—for this Week at--95c doi. or 1-2 dozen for--—-Stic One Case 2,000 Yards 26'In. Fine Chamoise Finish White Nainsook A well-knowh popular 25c Nainsook— to be sold this week at— 6 yards for '—-— 3 yards for - - - - You can buy Ho better for 25c a yard. Three More Days of the 25c Ginghams at 18c Yard Wejbought front ohe mill 100,000 yards of these best 25c quality Spring Ginghams— all kinds of checks and plaids, best fast colors. You can buy no better for 25c. As long as we have* any you get f O these at—YARD -^ IOC Wash Fabrics at 25c BEST COLORS—new patterns and styles —-winder values in— Japanese Crepes at --*-25c Windsor Lingerie Crepes at—--25c 32-inch Ladlassie Cloths at —--:25c 39-inch Quality Dress Poplins_2J»c 35c Quality Serpentine Crepes_25c And many other extra values on this ' Counter. . \ ; h ;rvfl s ■ See the 25c Values at 19c Look at the Tag 25 c Windsor Krinkle Longerie- Crepe- 19c 25c Bungalow: Cretonnes at--19c 25c all white 36-inch Suiting at-19c 25c 27-inch Ladlassie Cloth at_-19c 2j5c Dress Crepes in solid colors at-—19c Get Your Toilet Soap Here at 5c Cake—6 for 25c LOOK AT THE LIST AND QUALITY— P. & Gi Guest Ivory, 6 for--25c Almond Oil Buttermilk Soap-5c The Cleo Palm, the 'oest 5c soap in Am'erica—few as good, this 6 for—25c %Coco and Almond Oil for-5c Williams Shaving Soap-5c And other fine brands-—5c It’s Time to Buy Your Spring . Curtain Material We are putting out extra values now; at— 10c 12ic 15c 18c i Special value really 25c quality or £ yards for_ $1,00 The Biggest Values You Have Seen at 25c a Yard Our buyers have sent us 2,000 yards of Mill Shorts, 2 to 10 yard lengths, in White and Black Sateens, Lingerie Cloths, White Poplins, Black Poplins, De Luxe Suitings, Pongees, Satin finish Lingerie Cloths. Npne on counter worth less than 40c to 60c.-— some worth 75c a yard. See these wonder ful values on our main floor at Of? YARD _ ____ WC Belk Brothers Co. v,
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