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$3.50 Shoes at. . ..'..$2.38 ;p
' ' " $3.00 Shoes at. . ..... .$1.98 -
If yt 7""TT rVTN TTT R $2.50 Shoes at $1.65 1
N II ( ( ) J K U $2.00 Shoes at.. ...$13 ;
yj J V, J S J -zS J Q $1.50 Shoes at ...98c
-V. T.. Douglas $5.00 Shoes
,r $3.98
.u Shoes at
;;.."' Shoos at
Other )rands
;1.00 Shoes.
.. x$3.48
. . . . $2.98
$2.50 and
. . . . .$1.98
So-me
cjood ones $1.10
Ladies'
Coat Sviits
00 Suits now.. ..$16.50
$L'4.00 Suits now. . . .$12.50
$18.50 Coats now.. ..$8.75
slfi.OO ("oats no $7.50
i
Children's
s,i.50 and 4.00 kind now go
in 4 $1.98
BlanKets
W1! just any old price will
p-o
A t'ew of those beautiful
I?u?s left 89c to $2.98
Can't duplicate for twice
the price.
'Twoiild !be business suicide to make these
prices if we were going to stay in business It's a
cinch we wouldn't stay in Business long' at this
pace Lay in your supply now. All semblance
of price is crushed in one mig'hty effort to close
out Our business by the time our lease expires.
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Shirts
$1.00 and $1.25 Shirts at 79c
75c Shirts at 59c
50c and 60c Shirts at. . .39c
Assoi-tment 50c Shirts to
close at 25c
All SilKs and Dress Goods
at prices from 25 to 5Q per
cent under factory cost.
Closing out all Millinery
at 50c on tHe dollar.
Coat
The kind that
sell for $1.50,
going at 98c.
Hats
For Men
$2.50 Hats now. . . .; $1.68
$2.00 Hats now. .... .$1.24
$1.50 Hats now. . . . :. . .98c
Large assortment of Stiff
Hats at.. .. .. .. ...19c
3 Spools of good Thread for
i. . . . . . . . . .- :. .5C
Ladies
50c Hose at . .
25c Hose at. .
18c Hose at . .
10c Hose at . .
..39c
. ...19c
. .. . .12c
8c
Men's Hose at. ..4c, 8c, 12c
Teddy Bear Coats, the $3.50
kind going at ... . . . $1.68
NEWS AND GOSSIP
FROM GAY PARIS
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Aiii.-- J.li: l-r U' U women.
i'..ii nil' s ii, particular. are
'"--i imiu t" et rested from the
' ' :; ! 1 Mies they have to pcr
" ' i i' hi!il.i.' time of the year.
' is the ol. ligation to send
' ir -ards to every one they
rh;s ; ! ii. ins custom fortu-.-.':.
the wane, and it is hoped
' -ihia a cry l ew years there
i'Misrer he seen at every
ii C 'St.-Hiec , as well as at the
th. t . htrjie h;iskets intended
r i 1 ' ie,-eie visiting cards mail
!' Marteis of France, as well
' :: re.
' ; s of these pieces of paste -''
' ' i"e s' nt out for Xpiv Year
- ! . iind while, of course, the
t-v ji.-irt ee delivered. 'et thou-
r re... hed their destination.
' ! t re. 1 1 ieu tly naving snatch
1 lis of envelopes containing
u i i;i s.-nie secluded place re
' ' 'he postage stamps, which
' ' ! S..(l.
" most "'nscieiitious of let-
!' lii iled to deliver tens of
- q ! ciirds, preferring to risk
' -dt of late delivery, some
'' " the lirst of the year, rather
'" the immense burden of
':- ".th w hi h they stagger along
: ' for many days before
the same time as Mary Garden, the
near -mir.. w ho has since changed her
mil d al o.-.t taking religious vows, is
following, the present ,rage of celeb
rities lor giving lectures about them
selves j-.nd their art.
While no doubt this1 is chiefly done
for the purpose of self-advertisement
and is a piece of clever press-agent
work, by the way. which has not yet
become known in the United States,
apparently yet hundreds of persons,
chifley society women, attend these
affairs. Mle. Badet, who is a. very
attractive woman with lots of person
al magnetism, discourses familiarly
with her audience, and tells them a
good deal they do not know about
the prosaic and hard life of women
of the stage, concerning which the
public has little conception.
Rising from her seat she walks to
and fro on the stage, at one moment
the sympathy of her heart as she
speaks of the fixed smile of the dancer
must wear, although her heart may
be tilled with sadness, and at the next
moment causing uncontrolled laugh
ter by her comical description of cer
tain aspects of the professional dan
cer's life.
can foremen in their factories. There
can be no doubt that German imita
tions of American shoes are hurting
the American trade with France;
there is a very decided falling off in
the foreign trade in American
shoes."
Irrespective of the question wheth
er the Germans are foisting cheap so
called American shoes on the French
market, let me give a word of advice
! to American women who contemplate
looming to France, if only for a visit:
j Huy your shoes at home, where you
. have the opportunity of getting just
, what you want and have been accus
jtomed to wearing, and which you can
obtain at home at a lower price than
iin France. Heed not his word of ad
'vice and you will probably live to
j regret it, for what small annoyance
; is more momentous, while it lasts,
;than aching feet resulting from ill-
ritting shoes? NAny woman can eas
ily answer this for herself.
by side with fur and velvet turbans
now being worn are shown tulle and
straw hats lor ve;u n the Riviera,
and later on in Paris which is a
cheering sign that spring time is not
jSo very far distant.
I One smart model saw consisted
iof huge and towering bunch of dou
ble violets, around which was twist
ed a small band of fur, tied at one
side in loops and donkey ear hows,
and the ornament was worn perched
at the right side of tne head not at
left, please observe, for the right is
the correct side for all height in mil
- linery and coiffure effects.
HISTORY OF THE
LAYMEN MOVEMENT
Organization Began in 1906 at a Small Prayer Meeting
on Fifth Avenue, New York The- Greensboro
Meeting Wednesday.
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:he nrst week in January un-
i week early in February,
!ety is engaged in one con
t' md of amusement, with
i'ess halls and dinners the
he ,i;ty or, rather, night.
! 1 -k nou n society woman,
h-s to i,e original, has issued
f'-r a dinner to be given
de of January at which all
;ne asked to come in the
".imals.
'he taste of appearing in
- may be questioned, it can
fse than tnat shown by a
' I J. 1.. hostess a few year.-i
1 had a live monkey occu-
-at as a guest at a large
. My given iy h,er
' ' -gant. de idedly, is the din
" i. to be given by a
1 ,; tess during the week of
ih, when the costumes
eS ;ire all to be of the pe
; ' is XVI., ind prepared at
1 h. while it may not "stag
it ." u hi !,0 a blow to the
' "' many of the little sis-
i" rich, as wet! as to the
thereof.
' Ti.Ldet. a young woman
" 1 -' 1 ' " regard as the greatest
"ii tlie French stage to-day,
rl sprung into prominence at
A discussion of particular interest
to Americans in Paris and to those
who expect to come here, is taking
place in the press and elsewhere
about the genuineness of the so-called
American shoe sold in Paris. It is
freely charged by some that many of
the shoes on sale here as of Ameri
can manufacture never even saw the
United States, but are simply imita
tions made in Germany.
Just now near a German shoemak
er, knowing nothing of American
shoes, from practical standpoint of
personal experience, can come to
duplicating the genuine article is not
difficult to guess.
An official of one of the best known
shoe manufacturing concerns in Mas
sachusetts now here, sale: this week:
"American-made shoes are as much
in vogue in Paris as ts Paris millin
ery in the United States." He doubt
ed if the Germans are making much
f an inroad into the sale of genuine
American shoes in the French cap
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Another large shoe manufacturers
from the same State said: "We do
not fear competition on the part of
the Germans. We are so far ahead of
them from the Standpoint of general
excellence that the German product
can onTy be regarded as a joke."
Other shoe manufacturers here,
however, some of them from Xew
York, take a "different view of the
situation, and say: "The Germans
copy our products and have Ameri-
"Here, man," is having a delight
ful time at a professional hair-dressers
competition now mi progress. Al-
j though established in 3 863, the so
' ciety under whose auspices the eom
j petition is being held, has never rec
jognized professional women hair
i dressers, and no woman has ever
'been permitted to take part in its
j public competitions.
"It may appear i-rmarkable," said
one expert who was spoken to on
i the subject, "that although women
! have invaded almost every trade and
I profession, thej' are almost unknown
las hairdressers, with the men for men
lor women. Some have attempted it,
jbut none have ever excelled. It is
one 'of the few businesses left where
men experince no serious competi
ition from the opposite sex.
Girls are employed in the ' hair
dressing - business, it is true. They
can cut hair, singe, shampoo, comb
and perfume, and they are excellent
at manicuring and massaging; but
when it comes to building a coiffeure
and creating a style to suit the face,
they can no more tYiah assist. As a
matter of fact, they seem to lack the
creative art.
To this aspersion all the other male
hairdressers present gave loud en
dorsement." Said a woman customer to her
fashionable tailor this week: "What
length shall I have my new coat cut?"
His answer was unexpected.
' .Let it be cut short, madam," he
i replied, "short enough to hang just
over the hip line. Fashion is veer
ing around from the very long coat
to one that is ;ts ori-Cite, and al
though it is not certain that women
will remain faithful to the whim, it
is altogether probable that women of
I fashion will take up the new style.
"By spring fashion will have defi
nitely made up its mind as to the
eorrect length of coats; and after all,
a long coat, can be transformed into
a short one, but the reverse is im
possible." In the smart millinery shops, side
Is True lie
Iuspiiat Ion.
eyed reptile,
regarded the
snake. "He
Food in
He needeC
meat in
down his
BROKEN HEART OF A SNAKE.
Story tlte Teller Knows
cause Ho Supplied the
New York Sun.
"Dead," said the red
dealer as he mournfully
lifeless body of a king
died of a broken heart. And yet
there are those who will tell you that
snakes are cold blooded creatures,
devoid of romance, incapable of any
lasting love."
"Died of a broken heart?" ques
tioned the customer with surprise.
"Why, that was the snake that
wouldn't eat, wasn't itT I thought
you said he was starving to death?"
"I see you remember," said the
dealer with a sad smile. "Yes, that
was Ferdinand. the snake who
wouldn't eat; and would that I had
never tried to make him eat! Better
a thousand times starvation than
death from an unrequited love.
'"Twas this way. He finally grew
so weakv from lack of nourishment
that in order to save his life heroic
measures were necessary
itself would not suffice,
stimulant. I soaked his
whiskey and forced it
throat.
"Oh. the curse of strong drink?
Unused to alcohol, the stuff went to
his head. He became drunk. He
saw snakes.
"Being a snake himself, these
imaginary reptiles did not affect
Ferdie as they would have you or
me. He merely acted bored, as
though he were .in the midst of a
crowd, that did not particularly in
terest him.
"But suddenly out of the writing
mass squirmed the most beautiful
young lady snake imaginable. She
was an exquisitte Alice blue with pale
pink lozenge and a straight front
the color of old ivory.
"It was all off with Ferdie the
minute he set eyes on her. Head
erect, tongue a-quiver, he gracefully
glided toward her.
" 'H-h-hhh!' he hlissed frevently.
" 'H-h-hhh!' se answered faintly,
her pale ping lozenges blushing a
deep crimson with maidenly embar
rassment. It was love at first sight.
"For the next three hours Ferdie
was in snake heaven. Then the
effects of the alcohol began to wear
off and his beloved became fainter.
He thought that she was tiring of
him. t and he redoubled his ardent ap
peals. "More and more indistinct became
his fair charmer. His grief sobered
him. Finally she faded entirely away,
and Ferdinand died of a broken
heart." '
"But how do you know?" demand
ed the customer' sceDtically. "If it
was only the snake's hallucination V
"I saw it all with my own eyes,"
the dealer gravely assured him.
"'Twas some of my .whiskey I gave
him." '
BY 3IAMII-: BAYS.
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The greatest movement of the Uni
ted Christian Church of the present
time & the Laymen's Missionary
movement, and the rapid progress
which this organization is making inlin"a number of the cities of the Uni
gifts of money for the cause of for
eign missions is such as has noi been
made by any other. The -.Laymen's
Missionary Movement grew out of a
prayer meeting which a few business
men in the city of New Fork held
on Fifth aveVuie at noon day in Jan
uary, 1906. These laymen, who were
representatives of several denomina
tions, realized that they, as individ
tials, and the churches of which they
were members, were not doing the
work that was sufficiently definite for
the cause of tjje evangelization of the
world and the burden of their pray
er was for light which would lead
them to larger efforts and larger re
sults in this work.
The enthusiasm and earnestness of
these laymen soon reached others and
within a few months the laymen of
several denominations were banded
together in a systematic manner, all
working with the definite purpose of
securing an increase in the contribu
tions from the various denominations
to the cause of foreign missions.
So the movement has grown, until
now it embraces hundreds, and even
thousands of laymen of all avengel
ical denominations, and while these
are all working together in the true
interdenominational spirit, all of the
contributions are directed through the
foreign mission boards of the denom
inations, and last year in no denom
ination where the Laymen's Mission
ary Movement is organized did the
gifts to foreign missions' fail to ex
ceed by 2 5 per cent those of the year
preceding.
More than two years ago the Lay
men's Movement took definite form in
North Carolina, and since that rime
it has made rapid progress. A num
ber of prominent miinsters in all
parts of the country have been the
arden tadvocates of the Laymen's
Movement, and from its beginning
this fact has added in no small de
gree,, to its- success, and in North Car
olina there is np exception to this
rule. Among the prominent minis
ters and layraen-ln this State who are
identified with this movement are
Bishop Robert Strange, Rev. D. Clay
Lilly, D. D., Rev. W. R. Ware, Mr
Julian S. Carr, Dr. .D. B." Zollicoffer,
Mr. C. H. Ireland, Mr. J. B. Ivey and
Mr. J. H. Tucker.
Several months ago the executive
commitete of the Laymen's Movement
decided upon an itinerary of interde
nominational conventions to toe Held
ted States, this itinerary to be known
as the national campaign of the Lay
men's Missionary Movement, and sim
ilar to the campaign in Canada;
which closed recently, and which cul
minated in what was known as a Ca
nadian National Missionary Congress,
and which was attended by more than
4,000 commisisonerS, representing all
Protestant churches of the Domin
ion. The plan as outlined for the
itinerary in the United States involves
the holding of men's misisonary con
ventions in about 70 of the most im
portant centres in the Union, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. It
is expected further that from these
7 0 main centres, deputations of
speakers will be sent to many other
cities to hold similar meetings. This
great campaign will begin with the
convention in Greensboro next week,
and man' other conventions similar
to this will be held in quick succes
sion tintil the last of April and the
culminating feature of the campaign
will be an national missionary con
gress, which will be held early in May
in Chicago. It is expected that 5,000
or more Christian men of America,
representing ail evangelical denomi
nations will attend this Congress.
In the point of leadership in this
great movement, the South has held
and still holds, the honored place,
and it is generally conceded that the
movement is more thoroughly and
better organized in the South than in
any other part of the country. Already
six great denominational conferences
have been held in the South, at which
more than 3,000 delegates were pres
ent. The campaign of the movement
in the South will begin with the con
vention in Greensboro, and in sixteen
more of the leading cities of the
South similar conventions will- bef
held.
The immediate end of these con
venventions is very practical. No col
lections will be taken, but the object
is to create such an interest among
the men of the various denominations
that they will increase their contribu
tions to missions through the mission
boards of the churches. The conven
tions will be Educational, and it is
felt by the leaders of the movement
that when men are thoroughly in-"
formed regarding the great needs of ;
the mission fields, they will not with- "
hold their money. "
Every church in the State is being
urged to send a large delegation - ol .
representative men, to attend tKe con
vention in Greensboro. The conven
tion will be self-entertaining, and-spe- ;
cial rates for board have been sectir-
ed for the delegates in Greensboro ,
No effort is being spared to secure
some of the ablest speakers on the .
missionary platform now in America.
Among those already promised are: -Mr.
J. Campbell Wbite, of New Tork;
Rev. "G. A. iR. Janvier, o- iPhiladel- ;
phia; Rev. II. J. Williams, dt Nash
ville, Mr. C. H. Pratt, of Athens, t3.,
of the Presbyterian church; Hon .Jo-.
siah Levering, of Baltimore; Rev. T.
B. Ray, "D. D., of Richmond; Dr. Ed- - ,
ward M. Poteat, of Greenville, S.. C;
of the Baptist Church; Dr. George .
B. Cromar, of Newbery, S. C, of the
Lutheran Church; Rev. E. H. Raw
lings, D. D., of Richmond; Rev. A. P.
aPrker, D. D.. of China; Mr. W. "B.
Stubbs, of Nashivlle, of the Metho- , ,
dist Church; Hon. Henry B. MacFar- . '
land, Washington, D. C; Rt. RevA."
S. Lloyd, D. D., Rev. Walter. L. tin
gle. D. D.. Atlanta. Ga.; Geroge Sher
wood Eddy, India: Rev. Robert
Strange. D. D.; Rev. J. O. Reavis. D. . '
D., Nashville, Tenn.; Rev. D. Clay
Lilly. . !
The sessions of the convention In "
Greensboro will be held in West Mar- -ket
Street Methodist church, begin
ning on Wednesday evening and clos
ing Friday evening.
MADE $12,000 IN MILK;
SPENT IT ON KINDERGARTEN.
Chicago Woman Surprises Some of
the Dairy People.
CHICAGO, Jan. 10. Mrs. Scott Dti-V
rand gave members of the Kane
County Farmers Institute- at Geneva. -a
surprise when she told them about
her experiences as a dairy womaiti'
When a questioner asked her to "-what
she attributed her success, she ans-
wered; "Because I am a woman."
Mrs. Durand caused surprise when'
she said her profits from a herd -of :
sixty cows was $12,000 last year. Ask
ed what she did with the money she '
said she spent it in keeping a free
kindergarten in Chicago. ..
"x became interested in the ques- ,
tion of good milk for babies, said
Mrs. Durand "and the more ltried.
the more fascinated I became. The
outrages perpetrated upon the people ;
by careless and money-grabbing milk
men' made my blood boil, and t mae
up ,my mind tha't I would show them',
ho wto run a dairy and make money.
an dat the same time make the. dairy ,
barn s clean and wholesome aimy
own kJto&en." . ;-
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