THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 23, 1921.
DOLLAR DAY WAS
I ftP F, AT STTrrFSS
oral Merchants Unite in
Declaring it to Have Been
the Best Yet.
All records for "Dollar Day" in Char-
ver in the history of the institu
have Mich crowds thronered thp
patrons departed from stores in
::ii'.ar days here bearing:
,- 1 a This 1 K tVlO XroLnAvalAA.
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i.irement made by heads of a num
of local strres and by officers of
, Charlotte Merchants Association,
?.ppd twice a year in the spring and
; The Fall season.
i ofore the regular hour for stores
.- ( n Thursday mornlns. rrmrTc wc,
',r.ing at the entrances of nearly all
thorn. When the doors were thrown
; n. there was a rush on the part of
.'i.iii-w pmijjijfio uu iruin xne nrst
..v.-.r all through the day, everybody
proprietors on down through the
,V of employes was busy waiting on
Hy 9 o'clock Try on and Trade streets
the aspect of a holiday. Many
A o-'.nd the four corners of Indepen
, Squure and about the entrance
; niy of the stores one had U shove
c or her wav throusrh thmnra 'iw
,i:r. strength tand agile dodsinsr be-
v. ct shoppers.
ISITORS GALORE.
iig feature of the day", Mrs. May
Moore Pifford, executive secretary
.ho Charlotte Merchants Association,
T.i after making the rounds of the
: stores, "was the unusual num
, r f out-of-town people here for the
ion. It may be that the Made-in-,
. . .iras exposition had something to
with bringing a part of the out-of-
: - :i crowds but they certainly were
is conspicuous numbers for eome
: on. Heads of the stores say that
. y have never had larger crowds at
v previous Dollar "Dili- All ..
attendance records have been brok
.. '.. And the visitors as well as the
ones of home-folks were buying, too.
avly every one carried away pack-
curb to waiting automobiles and
hundreds boarded street cars bound for
the suburbs with their amis bulging
with packages." 6 6
TI!7heTsize of the crwds here for
SS LY' Hany during the morn
Ing hours, really surprised me," said
David Ovens, of the J. B. Ivey and
company department store. "Of course
from, previous experience on such days
we knew to expect a large attendance
but were hardly prepared for the rush
that overflowed our store into every
department yesterday. Although the
crowd in our store was at its. largest
,, V s . morning, it was a big one1
all day."
It was the largest crowd of shoppers
on any one shopping day that I have
seen since coming to Charlotte, with
the possible exception of pre-Christ-mas
holidays," said William Perlstein
of the Little-Long Company, "and it
was in every way a success."
"One of tbe biggest shopping days
m our history," said B. Frank Mat
thews of Belk Brothers department
store.
"Dollar Day was never such a success
before with us," said Frank Purcell,
of Purcell's, "and the size of the crowds
indicated that people in many places
111 tniS Pert ion hflVA rrrvck ll-
ward to Dollar Day as bargain day in
Charlotte."
Several merchants confided that
while they were hopeful that the vol
ume of shopping done would be larger
mcy were naraiy prepared for the real
ly gala event that it turned out to be.
Many visitors here to the Made-in-Car-olinas
exposition swelled the shopping
throngs and carried away many a
package of goods. Several merchants
said their stock of goods in one or two
departments were practically depleted
so great was the demand for goods.
AUTO HITS TRACTOR;
TWO MEN ARE KILLED
Ann Arbor, Mich.. SeDt. 23. Manslv
Kerns, of Lansing, and William
Graver, of Chicago, students at tio
University of Michigan, were instantly
killed early today four miles north of
here, when an automobile in which
they were riding struck a tractor
standing in the road. The tractor is
said to have been left without a light.
The automobile rebounded when it
struck the tractor and turned over in
a ditch. The necks of both men were
broken. Kerns was a freshman at "the
University and Graver was a sophomore.
ARGUMENTS HEARD IN
SUIT AGAINST PAPER
Chicago, Sept. 2'3. rguments for and
against demurrer filed by The Chicago
Tribune against the City of Chicago's
suit for $10,000,000 libel damages were
heard before Judge Harry M. Fisher in
circuit court today. Weymouth Kirk-
land, of counsel for the newspaper, an
nounced that he would finish this morn
ing his plea to have the demurrer sus
tained. The answer of the City was in
the hands of Chester Cleveland, special
counsel.
Mr. Kirkland addressed himself today
to technical considerations of the right
of a municipality to sue for libel. He
took the ground that, since the City
possesses no trade, business or other in
herent earning power, it could not suffer
damage in the manner set forth in the
declaration.
He also took up the accusation that
publications in . The Tribune of allega
tions that the City was in financial
straits had affected adversely the mar
ket for its bonds. He maintained that
the safeguards of the law governing
bond issues were such that their value
could not be so changed.
He also directed the court's attention
to what he said was an admission in the
declaration of the suit that, where The
Tribune asserted the city was "broke",
it published a truth.
ODD FELLOWS MAY
EXTEND TO EUROPE
Toronto, Sept. 23 The sovereign
grand lodge of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, which has been in ses
sion for the last week, is considering
the advisability of extending the or
der's activities to Europe and other
parts of the world.
A recommendation was adopted that
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lull ailllUcti lee ui lcii tenia uc uiiaigcu
! each member for a period of five years,
to cover the cost of a grand lodge build
ing in Baltimore, where a site has been
obtained.
The grand lodge has refused to res
cind the regulation adopted in war-time
that English must be the only language
used in the ritual. Subordinate lodges
petitioned that lodges, which used other
languages before the war, be permitted
to return to them under dispensations
running for five years.
IVEY'S
IVEY'S
'we
Offer
For Saturday
These Very Special
I as an added inducement for you to make that day your shopping day.
Fine All-Silk Hose $2.25
Pair
These splendid quality All-Silk
Hose, full-fashioned, and to be
had in black, brown or grey.
Special for Saturday at, pr. $2.25
All-Silk White Hose $2,50
Pair
Fine thread silk full-fashioned
Hose, of an unusually lovely qual
ityin white only. Saturday they
will be, pair. . $2.50
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All-Silk Fancy Hose $4.00 Pair
Fancy lace effects in Hose of very fine quality a big group of them
offered for Saturday, at, pair $4.00
Fine Ribbed Hose for
Children, 50c Pair
These fine Ribbed Hose, very
practical for school wear offered
for Saturday's selling at, pair 50c
Women's Excellent Lisle
Hose, 50c Pair
Black and Cordovan only in
these fine lisle hose. A special
Saturday value at, pair 50c
We Sell Sohmer Pianos
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J. B. hey & Company
POLKTON FIRE
BURNSSTORES
Practically All the Business
Section of the Town
Wiped Out.
"Wadesboro, Sept. 23. Fire of "un
known origin wiped out practically 25
per cent of the business houses of the
little town of Polkton, this county, Wed
nesday morning, entailing a property
loss of something like $15,000, half of
which was covered by insurance. The
fire was first discovered about 2 o'
clock in the morning, starting in the
rear of the store of J. T. Williams who
operates a grocery establishment in the
heart of the little town.
Three store buildings, all stocked with
goods, the home of the bank of Polk
ton, and one small residence were burn
ed outright, and the residence of J. E.
Carter was damaged to the extent of
about $400.' In view of the fact that
Polkton has no facilities for fighting
fire it is concidered remarkable that the
flames were checked when they were,
and that the remaining business houses
of the community were saved.
Wadesboro firemen were called early
in the morning, and a number of the
men responded, carrying with them such
equipment as they could, but as the
town has no water supply the engine
was not carried. They rendered good
service, however, and with the aid of
local citizens who had been aroused by
tne snouts or nre, succeeded at last
in putting out the flames-
Those suffering losses were as follows:
The Ross company, a warehouse valued
at $2,000 with merchandise estimated
to be worth $4,000, was a complete
loss. The Ross company carried $1,000
insurance on the building and $3,600
on the goods stored in it. J. T. Will
iams, who operated a grocery store, and
in whose building the fire originated,
estimates his loss at about $3,500 with
$500 insurance. ' The bank of Polkton
building, owned by J. T. O'Neal, suffered
a loss of about $1,500 with $1,000 in
surance. Tyler Edwards, who operates
a grocery store, succeeded in savins
i practically all of his stock of goods.
but the building in which he operated
was a total loss. The building was
owned by J. M. McDaniels, of Salis
bury. The house burned and valued at
$750, was owned by J. E. Carter. No
plans have been made for rebuilding
any of the buildings.
A lot of girls who do not take any
stock in the "love in a cottage" stuff
would just love to have a summer cottage.
FARM BUREAU TO
OPEN BIG DRIVE
Campaign Will Be Institut
ed by Mass Meeting Mon
day Night.
A meeting of the business men, bank
ers, merchants and representatives of
all commercial interests, in connection
with the farmers of this county, will
be held Monday night in the auditorium
of the Y. M. C. A. under the auspices
of the Mecklenburg County Farm Bu
reau for the purpose of launching the
drive to be made in this county in be
half of the co-operative marketing
movement. Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of
The Progressive Farmer, is to be pres
ent and deliver an address; E. S. Mill
saps, piedmont district agent of States-
ville: J. A. Brown, one of ' the largest
planters in the State, and a member of
the State senate and Homer H. Mask,
director of marketing division of the
State department of agriculture, will be
the other speakers who are coming to
start off the campaign for members
which is to be put on next week.
The aim of those who are launching
the movement here is to get 5,000 bales
of cotton signed up in Mecklenburg.
Already 250,000 bales have been con
tracted for in North Carolina, whereas
the original goal was only 200,000.
When this cotton is signed for," the far
mers whose signatures are on the con
tracts, agree to deliver all of their in
dividual production for a period of five
years to the co-operative marketing as
sociation, which in turn proposes to
hold such cotton as is committed to its
keeping off the market until it can be
profitably absorbed for the prowers.
The aim as to the number of bales to
be contracted for all over the cotton
growing states is more than half of the
average crop and the promoters of this
movement contend that if such a large
proportion of the aggregate production
as this can be held by a farmers organi
zation, it will be possibly to sell cotton
for the five years ahead on a business
like basis, delivering it to the consum
ing world only in such allotments as
will bring a reasonable price to the
producers.
The farm bureau cotton marketing
committee named for this county is
composed of such well known planters
as W. H. Pharr, J. G-. Reid, I. B. Faires,
W. R. Alexander and R. C. Bradford.
These men will be in charge of the
meeting Monday night and also have
general oversight of the campaign dur
ing next week.
Invitations have been mailed to large
numbers of the business and profession
al men of the city to give the meeting
the benefit of their presence and counsel.
Gatling Dry Goods Company
and
Wise Ready -to-WearCompany
Offer Some of the
S trongest Specials
For
SA TURD A Y
that they have ever placed before the public
before
CUT-RATE STORE
313 West Trade St.
Cinco Cisars
Box
$3,40
Red Star
Cigar, Box
$3.40
Prinze Albert
Tobacco, Can
15c
50c Swamp
Root
45c
$1.50 Voigts
Kinotone
$1.20
1.00 Wine of
Cardui
111 Cigarettes
Package
Horlirk's
Malted Milk
$2.85
$1.00 Ilorlick's
Malted Milk
75c
60c Delavan's
Cough Syrup
49c
$1.00 Gillette
Kaor Blades
Dozen
79c
$1.00 Gem Razor
Blades, Dozen
79c
$1.00 Durham
Duplex Blades
Dozen
79c
80c Ever Ready
Blades
Dozen
64c
25c Cuticura
Soap
19c
25c Woodbury's
Soap
19c
25c Resinol
Soap
20c
25c Tackers
Tar Soap
20c
35c Yagers
Liniment
29c
35c Sloan's
Liniment
Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots.
There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashamed of your freckles,
as Othine double strength is guar
anteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of Othine
double strength from any druggist
and apply a little of 'it night and
morning and you should soon see that
even the worst freckles have begun to
disappear, while the lighter ones have
vanished entirely. It is seldom that
more than an ounce is needed to com
pletely clear the skin and gain a
beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength Othine as this is sold under
guarantee of money back if it fails to
remove freckles-
1.50 Fellows
Hypophos
$1.20
Pinauds Lilac
Water
Asst. Waiting
Papers at
Cut Prices
$1.25 Djer Kis
Vegetable
Water
$1.10
Azurea Vege
table Toilet
, Water
$1.20
Mary Garden
Toilet Water
$1.45
Venida Hair
Nets, 2 for
23c
$1.00 Hudnuts
Toilet Waters
Floramye
-Sachet
69c
Armond's Tal
cum Powder
32c
Squibbs Tal
cum Powder
25c
Talcolette
30c Djer Kiss
Talcum Powder
23c
65c Mary Garden
Talcum Powder
Escape the "Stout" Class
An attractive figure is not a
matter of size but of correct
proportions. Th stout wo
men who are never spoken
of as "st at" are those who
give a little time and thought
to proper corseting.
Rcngo Belt Reducing Corsets
give the wearer an appearance of
slcnderness. The exclusive Rengo
Belt feature gives strength and
support where the greatest strain
falls over the abdomen and hips.
They have the reputation of being
'the most economical reducing
corsets ever devised.."
Priced rem $2 f $IO
J. B. Ivey & Co.
SI ' The Greatest Play in Charlotte
INexi neeK is
"THE CHILD THOU
GAVEST ME"
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday .
THE BROADWAY
IwZga Trade Mark Reg IPsjgH
1 MZ&Z4f flVEAVM
Now Is the Time
to Buy that Coat
By an extra special pur
chase we are able to offer
for a few days a line of
Women's $25.00 all wool
Velour and Silvertone Coats
Don't fail to see our line of
Coats offered special at
$14-
Coats to $29.50 at
$19
$35.00 Coats at
.00
Misses $25.00 Plush Coats
at
$141
THINK OF IT
$25.00 all wool Tricotine
Coat Suits at
$19
$19.50 all wool Serge Suits
for women at the special
price of
$141
$35.00 very fine all wool
Tricotine Suits in a large
range of good models at
Suits to $49.50 at
$35
OUR DRESSES ARE THE
TALK OF THE TOWN.
Our customers tell us they
never saw such values be
fore and from the way they
are selling we think they
are correct. Canton Crepes,
Crepe Meteors, Crepe-back
Satins, Charmeuse, Trico
tines, Poiret Twills and Jer
seys, at a guaranteed sav
ing of $5.00 to $25.00 on
every dress.
All wool tricotines, com
mencing in price at $6.75,
$9.75, $14.75, $18.50 and up
to
$39a
Wise
Ready-to-Wear
Company
39 E. Trade St.
Dress Goods In
Silk Department
Never in our business ca
reer have we had a more
dependable selection. Qual
ity is our motto. Lots of
people know and the bal
ance, ought to know where
to get the real quality for
a suit or dress.
56-inch Plaid Skirtings, for
3kirts, elegant, stunning de
signs, new, yard
$2land$3
All wool Tricotine, 46 in.
wide,- navy only, priced a
yard
All Silk Messalines, beauti
ful quality , Messalines, 36
inches wide in light and
dark colors at -
$11
Charmeuse 40 inch Char
meuse, good heavy quality,
in plain and black colors,
a yard
'.98
9
Black Satin Duchess a
material that drapes and
does not crush 36 inches
wide. A yard
.95
Shirting Madras. New ship
ment shirting stripes, fast
colors, a yard
49 c
White Linen 36 in. white
linen, dependable quality
a yard
35c
New Fall Corduroys in
the season's newest shades,
wide and narrow wale, a
yard
75c and 95c
New Ribbons! A prettjr
Satin Stripe Silk Ribbon in
nearly every imaginable
shade, a yard
39c
New shipment dress braids
just received.
Gatling
Dry Goods
Co,
39 E. Trade St.
Price lots dUc
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