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" -v. VEY IYEY?S . : EVEHTS 0Fi;inTEr.E8Ti; IVEY'S; v lOJOUSOPHiCE READV -TO PURCHASE . , : , -ravin--. - J- v. - C r iv -4 .7. I II -vv : ;k. J:hlcrs::Fat cr fegcr : Tcrti ici Body Will Proceed yjihsM f ?,:! .A ;SibcK"En3lhscrs f q art chase Of ta-dn qoX v Tv s ' , c A -- f . . v i . , ... e . i. . w -.v.- . . Yf- 0 Following up ins euuue usuiauuH 0f finances from the board of alder- ! . thft member's: ofh the . executive: i board last night -fixed .January :2.;as' I ' '- , " ... tP on which "they will 'receive' K 5 ''" V-:' ' v,:- bids for the ne w - auto .truckyxn&kjng-. second of these., in the; fife equip- ment of the city- -The board will , at h. ,kt time also hear proposals) for;-fire I lilt- - . . . i . ... ! J I .- ::v-. hose, it being proposed , to purchase s -k Try-.. - some 1,000 additional. tee jt hose; ; ;..;V tt. t;v;-. ' Vhich will cost .something, over $900; V-lVTp,;-- ..;. " . ."-.l. mmr 'an . ! . The ordering of theiinew -street - " i" ' j ' - ' xt- -- ;- .. V . ' : - . , - ' . . J . .--.- ..v,--- . .wppner outfit for the city will be tak .n up immediately . anX:, theTiiacliiTj;- - inliiHinir ric-Vlt anil lpft HTOPPnArc I t.t v. j-.w ery. lut o.-- , . the "squeegee" pick--up machine and r ; - ' sprinkling tanRs are expected to te I , .v'. . ...,ioViiP for use m & ievweeKSjTnA -t. board Ol iuuciuicu tiicjvj . 6i.am.aix au appropriation f or.;, this .plurposev at a recent session The question of rent . to be for use of the. .Auditorium H ER II 7 art -- T AT SOMETI VI 117 i c,1,tt;. 1, Inkcf TTnli'Qir T.iTiParnf TnW TCahp.V GoodsjI.G roses at as aOAVAO ; Oil J W Illg Lli. OU CillV. XCtJU g Vo u xivivtj .-.xw TT. 7.";'vV "f -" 'L? r: -7 - ... Coatui&p: $15 : till I ' nnint is known. The ' board- may ; be able to assist the organization" spmfe- L ; what in the matter -and It . was be- j ' lieved inai seiiiiiinsxn,-,:. xjj.vo4su..j;1vw.3 charging of a somewhat less-rent in this particular case. The- matter was hmiic-ht ud by Mr. E.- C. Grifflth' of hp American Trust -Company, fWho act as managers of the buldlng ' T -.p"1.. ; rr J. E. S. ' Davidson- presented to I . " II . t the Doara lIlB:M1CB""Jw"iP-iV. 'li-v;.-.-'lv', an aged negro, .Monroe-' Col ton, who 'i XiaS Uccll ext. CXI u uvu : UOAMOrt J.AVO- pital for several months.' An opera tion is soon to ; be 'performed -In fan effort to save the life. ' of the " aged sufferer. On account of ..the continued cost of keeping- theVpauent at the hos pital the city physician JDr. ,R O. Hawley, had refused to-endorse ifurth. er expenditures without th decision of the execuUveiboardJ ;rThe Aboard voted to let the patient .remain; at? the hosnital until some other, possible ar rangement may be made fpr hiacare. j MRS. J. T. A. LAWING-- WAS BURIED, TODAY Aftek an illness extending over ithe past -fbujr weeks, Mrs. Sallie Ramseyl t i-rinsrfcaied.Jast adght-aJu Ai&O: AtJJti-!- Jercy General Hospital. The funeral was conducted today, RevvIj." A., alls, . pastor kjf Brevard Street Methodist v ; Chutch, having charge of the service. I The death of Mrs. Lawing comes ;as a blow to the family and a large cir cle of friends to whom she was - en deared. " She- was one of yj the most prominent members of Brevarja- Street Church and'actiye and influential In the workl'of the4 auxiliary brancheVof the congregation. She I was teacher .of . ,rYmaTrr niastn Tn 5 the r i Sunday school or; this church for a nnmoer or years and was a woman of deep piety and consecration - " ' ' Surviving are her husband.Mr. J. T. A. Lawing, an infant three ' weeks old a ilittle; girl three years- old , and the f oilowing-named : other 5chlldren, Eugene, Algy, Ethel,, Vernon - ..and Olin. Mrs. Lawing is also survived '-by her aged: mother,- Mrs..; Mary Ai anir r.rf n in ViT-nVior. nrid 'Ristfira. She was one of a family of 12 children, hVe offer! a ;f fine- purchase : of regolar this being, the second DreaK in ;tne iv.uu ;-?u.vw.-. . : f - CHARLESTON VMAN GETS- -. . OXFORD SCUOLARSIIIP - 1 Speqalsiin -to Assorted $ 1.00 values In Salad , Bowls . and Cake Plates . .v. k. . ; . . . 69c- each These are' fine' imported ware. -nice-1 ly decorated. - 7 - ; -" i - '",: -,'- - s : : - fA good table is this . to pick an' ac ceptable f gift -from. , , " - Japanese- Cups and Saucers: at 10c Each TOiiw '. rrvMrin thA mrattv Jat -decora- w ; ft . .. .. v : tion, a ; l &c value tor ..... . . - w $1 Values- Assorted China 50c Each friday : and Saturday A-Mi- tahla nf f-4.Tif"V And Stfttle. DieCeS. XviAa ova cnaot vainca Your rnniuH for. . .V- . OVO VMVUl I ? U MK 4.1 .12"- . . u : - my m v '. '- lo inina'dei Tor we 6oighVtv.wir -price - . I mam : -il -v-twm K.K' rfrtrt-l- L Tiff" a lr-QVa O HA 64 nlMa' white and gold "Dinner Set. lect lot of Long Coats that are. worth 54-piece wnue ; anu B . -"Jv l hk nt.aay. onri-ws hmirfrf them Has. the coverea aisnes. pi-nerf i f .-w"-r"".r.7-r5;'it .n. and oil Jit - t - i 4f- 8D.VO set pv" vvr-Lax w vw - DO1C J.' AUGbJF J UU , MUVM 39c and 50c . Framed $15 ;Eci ' PirhirDC flf Sr ThMA -?arments' .are in the very ,,t I IWUI w u- rwK Ir, .ta inil th tallorlna- and ma- $1.50 Riigs at v 98c Good designs "in" full -27-lnCh tby 54- inchj Axminster, Rugs, -the , S1.'50 ones at . , . . - . . . .- - . ; t?" $1 Doll Garriages9c TP.riv .rn anaihJo 'TjfiM ; narriaere. a' good big,- strong aoiiar,, onts cv; Silk Petticoats at j : ..re-".. V'-"'' T 'J1--- -?..,r.s'.,i-!j.:'i.-S- J . v $2.98tacli $1 ?agons;f5cach': A large ExpressiWagonUwithithelJrqn - wheel, and.-.mgn . dox, . a nuay Saturday price.. ..-..;-. 75c each -V. dSV ' - A . Ant' tiaaTk' niinHV ?"rt1irA ftilk Blacfc Taffeta Petticoat wui De soia j?r-, day -and j Saturday, at. .;,.aw eacn Christmas; - Ribbons: cu ; - Very Cheap Petticoats at 98c Each rTift4ftA . sublects ::and neat t frames, a real . fine gift, , sizes are, large. . Real Leather. Bags 98c (Special " to The Chronicle.) ; r-n-ccsT'Tr'T? .. H C : i -"nftf. 19. -Th 7.nmm,,7fl thot -hsiH rharee of the I ritrnftTriiria'i'fiffttGfi 'heTe award-of the vacant scholarship of Friday, and Saturdaty this Us. perhaps South Carolina at Oxford University, the .best.';, . -. ;-r-4?i.c England, has "decided in favor of tjio '; V". - ' Charleston young man,- Mr. John Xou get.a suit in.the.-.creamof the Robertson Paul, . a.- grauwate' t laiesx. -iyiK :T" ' . mAii - rrviii. 1 on the price. " were two other young men in the race, Mr. J. . Lyles . . Glenn,,. ITr.,, ..of Chester and Mr. G." H.-" E d wards' 'Ol Darlington,, a student '- at .the' .Uni versity of : South Carolina. ' A great, deal of interest - was manifested hero in the contest-owing to the" Chester, young man,- and mrich regret.'-is "felt at his not." securing1 the -appointments The young man that did get. the .ap- pointment was left , over 'jrom two years ago and it is believed thajf that was one of the-things tnatpTobaljty. gave it to him more than .any bfheT.' .- ?r'-'- v CHESTER PARMER. DOSES'''"- s . . ..HOME BT 75c Brush and toinb Set;49c 1 T-r (Specials to The Chronicle.) CHESTER, S. ,Dec.-19. Thft home of John' Murray about three miles out 'on' the YSf JC'-slfre'et V,rtfadV was destroyed "by. flreettetdayir.Thtf origin of the nre'-.is-;' unknown!." The loss of the building was1b ;0' and there was' sont insurarioe cnit:- 3- What He Had1 toSay. . ' " (Judge.) tlv?1:. "Well, prisoner,' safd' the: Justice, "you have been found guilty by the jury, and properly so' on the eyldence The law says -that you may be .eenr tenced to hard labor for 1 20 years 1 shall be glad to hear . anything you may wish - to say. - "T hflvpn't hnvthinsr - to" say". iudge,: RniH' tViai T.i nnor-'W'int'T hOD6 yOUf. honor will remember that; there is a growing feeling in favor ol a wneio term o six years You might also bear in mind thatI've already served tu-fi tsrmo an tliara'a a. Aeri&( nrelUr dice "among thinkfng people s against third " c ; ' " ' . "Twenty-seven years," shouted,- his, Jxouor. ' . ,, . . -i- .Vr '7v7 - "t -v j-: ? ' . -r-. S .,- -.., . , .. - . . . - ' I tfirialn nro' XCAllent. .-? . . ; The assortment is every large you Blue or Black plain cloths, wide ! serges, Scotch and': English .mixtures, land a bigV variety of the Tich long Coat materials' and all ;at-io.wJ eacu. To be sure we . have , "-almost every size arid'alliare'skinner -satin lined. T, , long Coats at $750 and $10 Besides the, big'' Special' Mn -Coats at $15.00 each, 1 we oiterr a .rjew lot ol Sl&.oo ana (iz-ouj joai- .w- vugm cheap, at . : . . . J-r: . $10.(K) each Materials . are'Blue ' and - tJiacK Cloths and Mixtures.! - ;u : - r Also a big. special new ;lot Long! Coats at $70 : each- tnat are wonn each. " , ' - . i . About a dozen piecesew wiae.swo . -Tad.- ,thfii of f cling-- Persian Ribbon torWrjg -iwr-.wrt ceon ' CflW sashes. - . .- . 'Sp0 y . TWeH as "high -as tl.i, but we ' v. -j - onerrtnem. air. !..... A large assortment all Silk Ribbons, 7- t nnr1 oil xalnTa tlrP. Till - .n, Mn.ro PihhnnV r Yard i Baskets at 5c Each -rut. muii v mupviN-. " .1 n - - j - . . - - 1 IJUnU-lU 1 luo'woooniwt. .4. -. .."r Aereat value alf shades 6-inch "Mpire I Saturday we tvill sell a big cottnter Ribbon. - worth . oc, . ror . -. .... v . iuu uv ivui; iviwiw v:-ir 50c Ribbons, 29c Yard Odd ' Specials A dandy ror rancy -worn evii, . . , . , . . -silk, 60c value.. 1.20o.'kyo 24-sheets -"White Tissue -paper' for 5o . - J ' :,- ... a pretty 'New' yer's-' or; Christmas .Cards for.,.' . J .7 .S , Silk Hose 69c Pair Ladled ' grood - leather.' Hand cBags, all - the-newest styies-.ana ,n!j.pe, - va ; ues .to: fi.50, for. ,;x4.8c .each i " - :i t -... r- . A-good- one-dbd. "enoughrto give any one. ; jit s - ;aa f siik. ana a, uu Thie' l:extra lflne- grae. -.Fine We : offer OTnsfnJ at $2,98 $1 Battenburg Scarfs and Covers; 49c Each 25c Art Calendars 2. : ,r. . . .10c each BesV5)fiH.S.. Laifn Handkerchiefs, at . ... -.'., .OJjU.t-WJ" 35c Dolls at 2Sc i "" T ' a' large' SBeT4- TJndressed 'Doll" Friday - . ; ".. -i-iv z -'and Saturday. ..'V,..-; ;.".'--25C-each -1 an-int - : - Tea than- half VTice for. a -newlot good quality". Battenburg- Rureaii or Sideboard. scarrs or aawe wwvcf , 25 Christmas-Cards 10c rspemcer.f Deft" .18The r Junior ,Qf- fler ' United American . Mecnamca, . qQUii o.Vf. ot" Spencer, .Jias gone 'nn . i-Artnrfl VftvWrlne :'' extension ' of - the school term ln north 'Carolina. - -.7 .. . . -i a'. '.' 7 a ..Vx.i... The plan- was 'Strongly .enuoraeu mjt the' counciL-here - last night, -aid o fnr 'fla-la'Vnrt-UTTi- this' Is'the first COn- - cil fin - the State ' to '"take ' such -action. Thel ma!tter' will be ' presemed ;.ta tn General '-Assembly '--next, moith. 1 -TheVRrotherhood x, of : Xocomotlve "TTlTiorl-nopro.ls nrrancrinar for'a.fblr' bah- -f., quet to tie " givenMiere t l3ecembef 31 . The -members i never .v ao-' inmg" u? hfi-tves van4'-;lt-r'goes v.wlthout- .saylng -. , theylwill'haveone '5f:the:biggest ban- quets every given . In this .-.section, - it IS -expeeieu- taai . huuid. - . ; .7 speakers will" be,, presn '. ' . Fireman. George, Cranf ord,i whp' was seriously, burned near" Danville three - weeks ago;,when JbGngmeer ueorge w. "trAK4o'7i-r' -.VmAt'f1nAtfi-:fAr.Vf:HeS blowing but of a crown sjitlnlilsilocomo- uye is , jimp.ov vr-v". . City . Hospital ra-r.Danxile,' where he wis ?takenV after. the'C accident, . Mr. burns . about the, iace andc neck.: . He - ' .' .-. L 7 . " A . . nl . '. 7;. ; ... ., ....... jb mow nuieiu'oii, up, , - . - ".- Killing hogs by-the tnoon,.or ratn er,' according to'stgns" .v as 'handed , d6wn .by. tradition has almost" become . , a 'loBtwartt Vitals mot tso .how.ever. ' -with' -Mr. PhiHip ' Sowers,' one of the . largest, rarmetrs ; in.-.Rowan,(' who , to day ..butchered -1,0-; fine p'orkers which are " said "to have 'averaged '?50 each.: Mr.. Sowers' is now 89 years 'old, is . aitbeliever.'hv signs -and always has thebest -, meat ton be . found in "this ' vf hole, section,; ' '. j - JoKn "A. " Knight, , an employe of, . the "Spencer -shops1 who 'recently suf fered - thB'loss of a" lower limb by amputation, -is - improving-and was re leased from .the &ospital . this week. ; -Dr.' J.VG. ,Busby haslreturned from a 'hijntiTig. expedition in ; the wilds-v of Davie "County and 'reports fair1 luip.k'. .Engineer' and Mrs.w;r.C.-GatQW9od hayeireurnedifrom; anv extended vis- 1 i A Tin r OnVIn ea V n rl ( tt1iai '.nriitl tfl - . West;-- ' .?-, "V-' 1- f5-"' ""; . 4 :x ' Mrs." L. Summers ot Burlington :na mnvAri tn - Rnftrtrer t. to live and . will conduct .a.r boarding house. . , . Presbyterian. ' Church' gave,, the- pas- -trti.f.s-u - rr -r .TTllpr.n rzenerous , poun'ding ,at .thel manse . . here last .- nignt; jNeturiy - jj.uiiu.ieu ; mw a - -attd ; friends -"swarmed' inVupoii? vthe thinister. and,'shotfered .all. kinds of goo.d.tliings.to-eftupon hi,m,and his talk' in" appreciation . of the kindness, dn'd-Vatrespohse'onbehalf "of itheiconr: ; -gregatlon,;wa:s'madeby t, Rev.. L. -M. Kerschnerj. a? iprmer, pasior. r, ,T j. . . The-bitf shop whistle" will send the thousands: of employes home-on next Tuesday . afternoon -to spehd -.Christ'-nias.: .The j. day -will be -observed . as ; a- generals holiday .occasion -and hun- ,; dred&'Of'the railroad men with theit families will . go' to -distant place to oAawh th Ynfitiv pVfint with relatives. 1 ' Only one "day wiil be, given,' however. on acount oiLine:rua;wi..iwuiiv a..wyr-, .. , Shop's.. ' " - ' - v v, -Tammany -Tribe-"Improved. : Order of Red den vheld a ;big . rally and aroolier,- intheir -hau;in,-: Spencer .to night. A 'number of. visiting VRed . Men from other v camps were lrt at tendance to jntriglel in the mlrtlv of the event', with the; members .of.. the Spencer '.tribe.' ".Past" Great Sachem W. JU Stamey of High point : was present and -made', the aaaress o iy occasldn. short speeches - were also made by other. Red Men. ., . ' : ,Tne :- spenc.er uraueu ovuu v., . ... down' Friday afternoon for , the h,oU- ; dayB."rSupt. M. L. Barnes announces tifa twri?fniiweeks.will. begivenand ' schoolvwlll resume its,, work January ": A canvass has Just .been" completed fhi.-a'Thw'ritv directory for .Spen- ' cer:, , The .canvassers report the pop ulation of spencer to De aooui and East Spencer 2,450'"making a total population here of 6,050. --This ;s,oiCQurse, exwuBvvwui, . ro.- ,nnihi .erf -f nllroad men'- - Who work in' Spencer, but-live in Greens- j 1 .'nA,i.l....i iwA V7,l boro,' cnariotie, oa.uuy . iiu - v drede who': reside ;in; .the .country within a radius of .Ave., miles f?6m .v TiiARA nntsiders work In S"pencerTln la.rge numbers -and- frdm , an "inaustriai awopomi y" rT long to Spencer.' but from; a technical viewpoint nave tner4 reuiuBti- where.' It is estimated tnat ipere o n ore-than 2,000 of this clxi$. -W.lMBall ofIew Tork City one of the secretaries 6f the International Committee of vthe Y: M: C." A.; ".will visit Spencer on the- 20th f ixjst. -He comes i t - make an'-, inspection, pf , the sanitary condition, of the Spencer Y. M. C. a! and a' physical Inspection or the .-men-Employed by ;the: SoutheTn Railway and vholdlng .membershlpsiin the associatien. .', ... 1- '.'. The wotk is - a 1 new; line recently, added' in HheV interest "of thtf-'thou-sands of 'railroad f men and with a yiew 'to .improving -jondiliena: In the parlous associations throughout the Country.' -After making, th Jnsiieo tiot Mr; -'Ball : wiirimeethe r commit-'. tee. -of - management and' make rec ommendations ;as to changes needed. ' In, order to 'meet theremirements 6fa heavy Christmas ,traveU mail , ' 1 . train. 'Jffft.v 37,-. between - New I York and New Orleans, has .b?en or- , 'I v-v'tft-Mrtfft'indtwosectiona-:untll- the ' rush is - over. jil The ftfst 'section carries the' man" rrom .wasmngion-iv this place nd- is : consolidated with - train 'Mlns "SOUth The'5 latest ' in 7. automobile- - paints ...mWi. uinfirtarid " One of ',the - largest, firms there has -Just bought . It's a biff lot Jwe -hough, very cneap. -i2iVr?fl'r-! aa- wmiir imaKe'a; fine gift -and only New Year or Christmas Cards z as 2 VSS " ; " sorted .stylesin an:.evelope,:for IOC " f 7.-4 MPAMY f. . - - A - I . - - I I out- - new - varnish, called , - ,umino AluiAttm'. Paint,"; and it is, stated 7 tnat tne',gio.w ul- wb v.-''"-. - -7 nlght is so bright .that the.'ctfr-ls vis ible rfor'two; miles -wiitiuHv t4d - with lamps- People ;orr .the. road near , the factory weref at jlrst frigh tened by the strangely glowing,-light-fess cars - which t steadily-! skimmed through- the village.' - ? '; Often the hdnt .for a ' rich wife . ends when the man meets "a 'woman that usea -Electric Bitters...-Her-strong. retyes tell in a bright' brain-rand ren temper, ..Her Peach-bioom complexlQU"" and; ruby lips result -from her pure blood; ?her'brlsht eyes from restful sle-";, hemelasilc atep from flrrn free. mufccicjV'.'an telling of the health and strength "Electric Bitters give a'' wpman,: and;.the. freedom from in- digestion, backache, headache. faJntin-? and dizzy spells they .promote.; Every where ,tney are woman v,iii,t c.wo dy.' 1 If weak. or. ailing try thenu. BOc at
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