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THE CHARLOTTE NEW S, DECEMBER 17, 1914.
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PURCELL'S-
Women'i
Ready-to-Wear Garments of Quality P(jfCE LL S
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We place on sale this week an extra quality of
Silk Hose, good weight, very fine smooth thread.
All colors and black, fancy boxed, regular value
$1.25. - -
DR. J. A. AUSTIN
APPROVES CITY
METER READER
You can't beat Handkerchiefs for gifts, especially if new and nov
elties. You will find all the newest here. Beautiful quality Crepe de
Cygne, all colors at. . . 25c
Linen Initial, Longfellow initial worked in white or colors, special
. ............ .. .. .. ..6 for 90c
Other Handkerchiefs at. . .. .. .. . . 5, 10 15 and 25c
The good warm Beacon Blanket Robes, Indian and other new pat
terns, at. . . . $2.98,' $3.98 and $5.00
Japanese Quilted SiSfc Robes
Very pretty, Plain, Combination Colors and Hand Embroidered, at
.... ...... .. . .. ..... . $750, $950 up
Rain Coats, $2.98 to Kid Gloves, $1.00 and Leather Bags, $1.00 to
$1.50 ' $7.50
Kavser Chamoisette VT i o- j -a
rw nnA ei an Neckwear, 2d and oOc
$12.50
Crepe . De Cygne
Blouses, $2.98 to $7.95
Gloves, 50c and $1.00
Umbrellas, $1.00 to Fur Sets, $5.00 to $30
$5.00 Set
Make This Your
Gift Store.
Make This Your
Gift Store.
CIAL
son College because of a merger of
the two institutions. New Orleans
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ONL i' SISTER
TO 7.000 BROTHERS.
To be the only sister of 7,000
brothers is the unusual distinction ot
Mrs. Laura Lynott, the only woman
of the Phi Kappa Psi College frater
nity, an organization w,ith forty-four
chapters in various American colleges
and universities and with alumni
members in every state in the union
and on every continent. '
Among the brothers of this unusual
member are President Woodrow
Wilson, James "Whitcomb Riley, Her
bert S. Hadley, former Governor of
Missouri; Gen. Tasker B. Bliss, Gen.
Warren Keifer, former Congressman
James E. Watson, United States Sen
ators Kenyon and Chamberlain, and
Theodore Shonts, former chairman
of the Panama Canal commission, and
railroad builder.
Among the rest of the 7,000 men
can be found missionaries, poets,
farmers, athletes, business men, phy
sicians and all other kinds of men.
Mrs. Lynott happened to be re
ceived as sister of this illustrious
organization solely because she was
the daughter of Dr. William H. Let-
and the only ' daughter at that. He
also had one son, Dr. William Gor
don Letterman. He naturally joined
the unusual fraternity. Since Mrs.
Lynott is the only daughter of the
founder of the organization, there
is no doubt but that she will con
tinue to hold the unique position ot
being a sister in a college fraternity
to which men only are admitted.
Two years ago at a convention in
Chicago Mrs. Lynott was a guest
of honor at the banquet of the frater
nity. Brought into a great banquet
hall where a thousand men diners
were assembled, she was much sur
pi'ised to be admitted. It was not her
intention at all to enter the banquet
hall, but she called at the door and
was invited in.
She was forced to respond with a
speech. Toasts were drunk in iher
honor and in honor of her father.
The Phi Kappa Psi was organ
ized in 1852 by Dr. Letterman, then a
student at Jefferson College, near
'Pittsburg, Pa. The college is now
known as Washington and Jeffer-
MR. REID DELEGATE TO
S. A. E. CONVENTION.
Mr. E. S. Reid, jr., is home from
Chapel Hill, where he is a student at
the University of North Carolina. Mr.
Reid leaves Friday for Chicago to rep
resent the University Chapter, S. A. E.
at the S. A. E. convention to be held in
that city. He returns home Xmas day.
Mr. Reid is the only representative
from Carolina, a- tribute to him per
sonally and fraternally.
MISS GRAVES WILL GO
HOME FOR XMAS.
Miss Cary Graves, physical director
of the Y. W. C. A. will spend Xmas
at her home in Virginia.
Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly.
The Old Standard general strengthen
ing tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chill
TONIC, drives out Malaria, enriches1
the blood, and builds up the system. A
true Tonic. For adults and children,
thurs.
THINGS OF INTEREST
AT THE "Y. W."
Rev. Dr. McLarty will speak at the
vesper service on Sunday afternoon at
5 o'clock at the Y. W. C. A. The
Misses Mosely will furnish the music.
An increasing number of people are
finding that attending the vesper ser
vice is a pleasant and profitable way
to spend a part of Sunday after
noon. Tea will be served and a
quiet social hour will be spent around
the open fire after the service.
The plans for a Christmas tree to
be given on Christmas day by the
club girls to some children in the
city whom Santa Claus might other
wise neglect are progressing well.
Invitations will be sent to the chil
dren. Every member of the Camp
Fire and Blue Bird groups is asked to
bep resent on Friday 'afternoon at 4
o'clock to complete the decorations,
etc., that they are making. Each one
is asked to bring a toy for the tree.
A number of dolls will have to be
dressed and if any one can volunteer
for this service, Miss Graves will be
glad to have it reported to her at the
Y. W. C. A.
MRS. LONDON
CARD HOSTESS.
Mrs. H. A. London very delightfully
entertained the Wednesday Afternoon
Card Club yesterday in the lovely
"big room" in her house. The guests
were: ' Mesdames Hery B. Fowler,
Ralph Van Landingham, Paul Chath
am, J. E. Kavanaugh, Simmons B.
Jones, Walter S- Liddell, John, M.
Scott, Robert M. Miller, John R. Van
Ness, Robert C. Moore, H. A. Lon
don, Jr., and Miss Matt Dowd. Mrs.
Moore substituted for Mrs. M. fc.
Bryan. , j
Mrs. Van Landingham won the
prize.
WOMAN'S
CLUB.
The board of directors of the Wo
man's Club will meet tomorrow after-
Jnoon at four o'clock with Mrs.
Charles C. Hook at her home on East
Morehead street. .
The board of health of the Wo
man's Club. Dr. Annie Alexander
president, will meet this afternoon at
four o'clock at the Y. W. C. A.
MUSIC AT
HUNTERS VI LLE.
The music department of the Hunt
ersvule High school delightfully en
tertained, a large audience yesterday
afternoon by a splendidly rendered
program of choruses, quartettes,
duets and instrumental solos. Miss
Cora Colson, of Norwood, is the di
rector of this department. The pro
gram was as follows:
Hear the Bells and Whispering
Hope Chorus Class.
First Volse Eunice Dunn.
Little Neighbors, duet Mary and
Reba McCoy.
On the Plantation Tessie Kidd.
Spring Song Girls' Chorus.
Dause Semplice Mary Glyas.
Mozurka Edna Williamson.
Over Hill and Dale, duet Marguer
ite Alexander and Lois Steele.
Parisana Volse John Choate.
'Twas a Gloriaus Hour, quartette
Eunice Dunn, Tessie Kidd, Christine
Smith, Annie Barkley.
Dollie's Dream Elizabeth Blythe.
Rose Petals Mordecei Fite.
Melody of Love, duet Eunice Dunn
and Ethel Bost.
Hunting Song Annie Barkley.
Purple Pansies Grace Cochran.
New Year's Day Sara Alexander.
Bingo Quartette Tom . Stenhouse,
Ralph Knox, Harry Dunn, Wade Cash-ion,.
TO VISIT
IN ARKANSAS.
Mrs. John Caldwell Davidson and
young son, Master Govan Davidson,
leave in a day or so for Helena, Ark,
Mrs. Davidson's old home, where they
will spend Xmas. They will visit in
New Orleans and other cities of the
far South. , ,
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Is that not something worth working for?
Every once in awhile somebody you know
starts a business of his own with money he has .
saved, or with credit he has built up at his bank.
There are business opportunities in Charlotte
right now which YOU can grasp if you are acquir
ing a bank balance and the bank credit which usu-,
ally goes with it.
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Natidna
Bank
Of Charlotte, N. C.
Capital, Surplus and Profits.
$925,000
Chairman of Executive Board
Special Committee for In
vestigation of Rates Charg
ed for Service Suggests Ad
ditional Safeguard for Peo
ple. : v
Thinks Reading for Previous
Month and Current Month
Should be Left With Con
sumer at Time of Reading
Pleased With Progress.
"I have read the interview of Wa
ter Commissioner R. K. Blair on .a
city meter reader," ' said Executive
Committeeman J. A. Austin today,
"and I am convinced that this is one
step toward tne solution ot
tue . complaints concerning rates
for public service. For sev
eral years I have advocated sucli
a plan, at the same time there are
difficulties in the way of -cutting it
into successfuloperation that have not
yet been overcome and I do not know
that they can ever be evaded.
"For instance, if a meter reader is
elected by the city of Charlotte this
city should ipay him for his service
and it should not come from the com
panies whose meters are being in
spected. You can easily see that if the
companies pay the salary of the man
who reads their meters .the meter
reader would, to a certain extent, be
the employe of these companies, and
this shpuld not be the case. The
reader should be paid by the city
itself and alone and be subject only
to the city. With the present state ot
the finances of the city it is well-nigh
impossible to even consider the mat
ter of an additional official, hence
the main difficulty of putting in such
a plan.
"I agree with Commissioner Blair
that such a man would eliminate a
great many of the complaints which
are now made concerning overcharges
and the like.
Another Suggestion.
"But. there is another , way in
which a check may be put on the
companies which will eliminate a
great many of the complaints; I be
lieve, and that is to require the man
who reads the meter to leave the
reading with the householder or
business man for his information so
that the reading may be checked. To
do this the reading for the former
month should be shown on a slip
upon which the current reading is
shown, and both readings let at the
house when the reading is made.
"It would do no good for the com
pany to put the former reading on the !
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urn wen it is sem out simpiy ue
cause .two weeks usually elapses be
tween the time of the reading of the
meter " and the receipt of the bill.
Therefore the man who reads the
meter should leave both readings then
and there so that the householder
or other consumer may read his
meter and compare it with the readj
ing of a month before, and if an er
ror is made, such as sometimes oc
cur, he could notify the company at
once and secure an adjustment.
"To learn to read a meter is no
difficult matter. Any one can be
taught to read his meter in just a
few minutes and there is not a man
in the city . who would object to tak
ing this little time to learn to read
his meter so as to protect himselt
from false; and erroneous readings.
: ;"I am, glad this discussion-has been
occasioned and I , believe that good
will result therefrom. The meeting ot
the executive board and the officials
of the Southern Public Utilities com
pany last night resulted in a start
being made to secure a more equita
ble basis of rating on electric lights
and I believe that the investigation
will be productive of relief especially
for the man who uses only a small
amount of current."
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Mrs. J. P. Gibson Dies at
Her Home on Bland Street
Funeral To-morrjw
Mrs. J. P. Gibson died this morn
ing at S o'clock at her home, No.
13 West Bland street, following a
week's illness. Although she had not
been in good health for some time,
her condition was not considered se
rious until last Friday, when she sud-
rifiTllv Viornnrn vonr ill r, v. A rv, 4 .i
to grow worse until her death this !
morning.
She is survived by her husband and
three children, three boys and three
girls.
Mrs. Gibson came here from States
vilie with her husband and children
about ten years ago and has resided
here since. "She was esteemed as a
woman of excellent character and kind
ly disposition by all who knew her.
She was a devoted member of Chal
mers Memorial Meeting House. The
funeral seriveces will be held tomor
row at the home on Bland street, at an
hour to be determined, when friends
at Statesville are heard from. The
services will be conducted by Rev. J.
W. Simpson, pastor Chalmers Memo
vial Meeting House, and interment
will be in Elmwood oemeterv.
You love nothing when you love an
ingrate. Plautus. .
The Thinkers of tL
oumry Art the
iobaccoCheuiers"-
Vl.1 :r. Ss: thinkers
f& countlT ever Produced.
Says the Doctor:
1" T - li cay visit5
my patients, a chew of PirvT?
TWIST soothes my nc-n
calms and fits me for the norrZ.
"It is the soft, mlH w nt
PTrTTP TITTT C rr . CdI Of
- o j. mat is so satisfv
. - mST- " does not pos-.c tv"
pressing- after effect' of dark 'heavy' tobaccos M T
the same rlifFprp-n
"v, vi,u 1 IViUV x V V I o
tobacco as between a good cup of just
right coffee and one that is muddy and
overstrong-. "
The sweetness of PICNIC TWIST its
long- lasting- chew appeals to the men who
know GOOD chewing- tobacco.
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When Croup Comes
Treat Externally
The old system of dosinfi: delir-atP.
little stomachs with nauseous drugs
and opium syrups is wrong and harm
'i.ul. Try the external treatment
vick s "Vap-O-Rub" Croup and Pneu
monia Salve- Just rub a little over
iiioai anu cnest ana cover with a
warm flannel cloth- The warmth of
the body releases vapors of Pine Tar,
Menthol, Thymol, and Eucalyptol, that
loosen the choking phlegm and ease
the difficult breathing immediately.
One application at bedtime insures a
sound night's sleep. Vick's. is better
than internal medicines for all forms
of cold troubles. Three sizes 25c,
50c and $1.00.
Gentunehas
CHEWING TOBACCO f!AVv! T
"The Thinners of the Country Are the Tobacco Chewers" Xi'
K-.V wi .t
;NIC TWIST in freshness-
is of 11 twists for 50c. L V f ftt' -i
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You can also get PICNIC TWIS
preserving drums of 11 t
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FRANpE MAY CALL
MORE MEN TO COLORS.
Zudora, Thanhauser's great picture.
Amuse U today. 17-1t
Zudora, Thanhauser's great picture.
Amuse U today. 17-1t
Gift Problem Solved.
Make this a Photo Xmas.
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Rain or Shine, Day or Night,
COOKE'S STUDIO
324 No. Tryon St. Phone 1511.
DANSANTS
AGAIN.
The Saturday- afternoon dansants,
which were such delightful social week
end events at the Selwyn last spring,
are to be revived, the first to be held
Saturday. The proceeds, as heretofore,
are for the Old Ladies' Home.
Playground Goes
into Winter Quarters
Resumes March 1st
Independence Park Playground will
close for the winter months, re-opening
March 1, 1915.
This action might be deferred until
later, but on account of the needed
recreation survey of the city, the time
of the director will be taken up with
that. Mr. Wright's survey will sup
plement that of the field secretary of
the Recreation Association of America
in case the temnorarv committee nn
juvenile recreation decides to brins to
tne cuy. n. ae uoes noi come a sur
vey1 will be made under the auspices
of the Park and Playground Associa
tion. The association has been highly com
nlimented upon the field work flnn(
and is eager to do more. "Their fore-
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tnougnt m seeing mat a survey should
be made is excellent," said Mr. DicVi
inson, of the Receration Association
of America.
. The association has established a
tpmnnrarv office in that of tha ioon.
ciated Charities, and the work of the
survey win oe conauciea trom that
point.
Copenhagen, Dec. 2. (Correspond
ence of The Associated Press.) Ger
many . is sending large numbers of
Russian prisonerea to Schleswig-Hols-tein
to work-in the reclamation and
cultivation Qf marsh land. ' ",
THE FIBLIC TASTE IS TODAY
A Cultivated
Taste. It knows
and insists upon
the Best
White House
Tea is just as
good as White
House- Coffee;
both 'are as good
as good can be.
AH first-class Grocers every,
where. .
thisTratfe Mark
Berlin, 17 (By wireless to
Sayville, L. I.) The following pre,ss
information was issued today by the
German official press bureau:
"Reports from Rotterdam say that
the -French minister of war will lay
before parliament, a bill calling out
all Frenchmen fit for service between
the ages of 18 and 52.
At a meeting of the deputies of the
department of the Seine Deputy La
valle is reported to have asked that
measures be adopted with the object
of securing for French commerce bene
fits resulting from the present situa
tion, otherwise Great Britain would be
come the only gainer.
"Prince von Buelow, the former
German imperial chancellor, left Ber
lin yesterday for Rome.
''Telegraphic advices from Petro-
grad by way of Bucharest, Rumania,
fay that in addition to the socialists
all the radical members of the Russian
duma have been arrested."
New Telephone Directory
Will be Ready for
. Issue at Eariy Dai
Manager James North?;.-, of
onarioite Jxcnangt- oi ihc SoiujH
Bell Company, announces that v
ii;u tt-it ijuuue-ujifci on win soon rJ
issued. The new will be correct'
lip to January 1 and he naU'F ihats
those who wish to make clianses
uieir usungs or to nave iiicir i;ara;
placed in the new directory shot'
communicate with him ut or.ct. Tiiol
who are contemplating iuailii'
ephones in their honifs or ofiic
should act propmtly i:i orflcr :L
their names may apin-iU" in me m
directory.
Manager Xorthey staifs tiiut xh'i
will be a number of new nanits ai
ed to the list ami that the growth
the exchange her i. n stvons iatj
cation of thep rogress of Charlotte-
1SS
fiinstmas sliopp
LOOK !
Just one more week to do your Christmas shopping. Why not do it today? This week we are go
ing to make everybody feel happy. Last week we sold more goods than we have ever sold in one
week in Charlotte before. This week must be better still-
This week we are going to give a JNO. B. STESON $5.00 HAT FREE with each .Man's Suit,
and & nice CAP with eachBoy's Suit, and a SILK PETTICOAT with each Coat Suit. Make first pay
ment of $1.00 Jan. 2nd. . , , ,
NO MONEY DO
NOW MAKE THE WINTER OF
OUR' DISCONTENT GLORIUS
SOMEWHERE BY A
Nice Present To
A Deserving
v ' Friend '
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It's a question whether you or
the' friend will be the happier.
THE ART SHOP
WILL HELP YOU.
23 N. Tryon St.
W. I. VAN NESS & CO-
FLOWERS '?
I FOR ALL OCCASIONS
g Phon Us Your Order$.
MRS. H. S. BRYAN . & CO.
The Florist. ,
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Not Use Your
And buy something' NICE for
Christmas present? We will
make the terms so easy that you
can pay for the goods after
Xmas and not miss the money. ,
Buy your wife, daughter or
friend a
NICE SET OF
F U RS
for Christmas. We" have the
very thing you are looking for
THE OLD MAN should
have a nice Overcoat. Why not
come and see what we have? All
the latest can be found here.
This, is a good time to
TO W E A R
GOOD SHOES
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Do not forget that you oan get the goods today or this week and make your firtt i'"1
January 2nd, 1915. STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 P. M.
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206 NORTH TRYON STREET.
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