THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBLit ..... IK r in .pbb. m m - ja m Mj tar m . tmr or mtm m act.' an Wednesday the Greatest Day of Opportunities in this Great Coat Clearance is A bigger sale, because the styles are so up-to-date that any woman would be able to choose just the model tha most becoming and that which expresses best her particular ideas as to individuality. A bigger sale, because all the desirable and popular materials are included light or heavy weight beautiful plain models or luxurious fur trimmed ones. Coats to wear now or in the spring and summer in fact coats for every kind of weather or any sort of occasion, and every one' reduced and a remarkable bargain whatever you pay. Here Are The Reduced Prices Note the Fine Materials and Styles -The season's finest and richest materials are made into the coats found in this sale. There are coats or Normandy, Bolivia, Panvelaine, Marvella, Veldyne, Er mine, Evora, Orlando and other fine fabrics. The same variety is true of the models whatever style is best suited to anyspecial fig ure or occasion will be found included in tjiis immense stock We need not mention the dif ferent styles in detail simply say, come and see if we have exaggerated All the fashionable colors are to be found'in this collection of coats, and you will be very dis appointed if a friendj shows you her wonder ful bargain and . you can't exhibit an equally desirable find from such a collection. - WAS NOW 39.50 26.34 42.50 .. 28.34 47.50 31.67 49.50 33.00 52.50 35.00 55.00 36.67 59.50 39.67 62.50 41.67 65.00 43.6 67.50 4o.00 69.50 46.34 72.50 48,34 ,75.00 50.00 79.50 53.00 82.50 55.00 85.00 56-67 87.50 58.34 89.50 59.67 92.50 61.67 95.00 63.33 97.50 65.00 98.50 6o.67 100.00 ... 6J.67 105.00 70.00 110.00 73.37 115.00 , 76.67 120.00 80.00 125.00 83.33 127.50 85.00 128.50 8o.67 132.50 -r 88.34 135.00 90.00 137.50 91.67 139.50 93.00 142.50 95.00 145.00 .. 96.67 147.50 98.34 149.50 99.67 150.00 "... 100.00 152.50 .... 101.67 155.00 ......... 103.33 157.50 105.00 158.50 105.67 159.50 106.34 160.00 106.67 162.50 108.37 165.00 H0.00 167.50 111,67 168.00 112.00 175.00 116 67 176.50 ...... 117.67 178.50 ,., 11900 179.50 ...... 119.67 182.50 121 67 185.00 ...... jui. 123.33 189.50 126.34 190.00 126.67 195.00 130.00 197.50 131 67 198.50 132.34 200.00 133-33 202.50 135.00 205.00 . 136.2p 207.50 ..7. 138.34 210.00 140.00 215.00 H3.33 217.50 145.00 218.50 14o6 220.00 146.67 225.00 , 150.00 Very Special Values in Junior v Misses' Fine Coats Material and workman ship just as fine as in the larger models. The Reductions Are $15.00 Coats $10.00 $19.50 Coats ... . . $13.00 $22.50 Coats , ... $15.00 $25.00 Coats .... $16.67 $27.50 Coats .... $18.34 $32.50 Coats' .... $21.67 $35.00 Coats .... $23.34 $39.50 Coats .... $26.34 $57.50 Coats ....$38.34 SALE STARTS 9 O'CLOCK WEDNESDAY MORNING erf VatefBroim car Qd Floor4 SALE STARTS 9 O'CLOCK WEDNESPAY MORNING SOVIET TRYING TO GET MONEY All Sorts of Schemes Put in Effect in Effort to Meet Expenses. Moscow, Dec. 27. (By the Associated Press). The Soviet government is de vising all sorts of taxes in an effort to meet its expenses. It is reducing the number of employes and charging for everything which used to be free. A State bank has been opened to facilitate foreign trade. Bills of exchange will be handled. Deposits will be accepted and interest paid on them. Loans will also be made. The capital of the bank is 3,000;000,000,000 rubles and the total is sue of paper money to date is said to be 5,750,000,000,000 rubles. The ruble continues to fall, and the government and public alike are scramb ling all the time for foreign currency. Chicherin's offer to recognize the pre vrar foreign debts if the Entente Pow ers will grant Soviet Russia recogni tion had no stabilizing effect on Bolshe vist money. The American Relief Administration child-feeding, and the announcement Ihixt warehouses will be established bv the Hoover organization to supply food j packages on drafts sent . from abroad j have not checked the rising price of bread and economists say it will con tinue to rise unfcil the next harvest and the famine will be far worse next Spring than it is now. It is clear that the Soviet govern ment is reverting to capitalisms s rap- idiy as it can without losing its Com : munistic support .But Lenine. Kalenia ' and other leaders frankly admit in their j addresses that this is being done only j after stores of manufactured articles i and financial resources have been ex ! hausted. They also say the change is 'being made merely to get a breathing i spell for another attack on world capi ' talism. j - With this threat ringing in his ears, j the American or British business man i who is in Moscow trying to establish i commercial relilions, does not have much heart in his negotiations. So far j foreign business men ore not permitted to rent offices. Neither may they rent I apartments. They must live in the guest nouses conducted by the Government. All mail and telegrams for foreigners not attached to some officiall mansion must pass through the foreign office. Odessa has appealed to the Moscow government for permission to have in 'yurancc written in foreign companies j so it can resume its export trade. After j failure to get foreigners to operate the iron industry in the Donetz Basin the Government has organized a trust com I bininer sevpral nf tho wnrtj nH ; will try to run them with the aid of ; leans from the State Bank. Shipping j in the Black Sea has been even less; j active than m the Baltic. Small craft 'thave taken flyers in the import and ex jport trade but the turnover has been almost negligible. (GERMANY SELLS RUSSIA ENGINES 111 General, However, Trade Conditions Are Most Unsatisfactory. Moscow. Dec. 27. (By the Associated Press). Sixteen locomotives in all were ; delivered by Germany to Petrograd be j fore the port was closed on account of ice the middle ot" November. It had been j promised by port officials that Pet rograd jv .itai J v. i until lcct'lll' ber 20. but the icebreakers failed to function. There are many rumors as to the number of locomotives Russia has ac tually contracted for in Germany. Best (informed foreign commercial experts say 000 is the actual number, and that the deposits on these are not sufficient to justify the Germans in starting a large number of the railway engines. Railway equipment is so essential to moving raw materials which Russia may assemble at interior points that I foreigners are watching the efforts of Russia to get railway supplies with unu : sual interest. So far the foreign trade agreement of the Bolshevist government have been chiefly paper achievements and the efforts of foreigners to do .business in Russia have been so ham (pered by conflicting decrees and bureau j cracy that even the Germans, with ; their advantageous geographical posi tion and superior knowledge of the Rus sian markets, have been able to do but little. Other imports for the first nine i months of 1921 totalled about 700.000 ! tons. More than one-third of this was foodstuffs, chiefly from Englnad. Fuel. I which included coal from America, made jup another third of the imports. Various ! metal articles made up one-fifth of the j imports, and came chiefly from Ger many. Machinery of various sorts, in t eluding locomotives, steel rails, repairs j for railway cars and engines and agri I cultural impliments were included in .the German shipments, which are the , only considerable imports of such a ;cnaracter mat tney may pe said to give evidence of the establishment of trade on a permanent basis. England sent chiefly grain and foodstuffs of a sort which Russia would be exporting, rather than importing, in normal years. Ger many received chiefly flax, asbestos and furs in payment for its machinery. Without grain for exportation Russia has kittle chance of buying extensively abroad, and the pressing problem of the Soviet government is how to get the seed grain and farming implements nec- esary to enable the peasants who sur vive the famine to put in a crop next spring. Cold Weather Winter is just around the corner Get a pair nice warm boots and be ready $5.00 to $9.85 We have some of the real nice ones the kind you'll like Have a look. Thompson's r oi j rhone 23. Since 1868 The Home of Good Shoes ft T ALastMinuteThought! Bedroom Slippers We have them for Mother, Sis ter and Dad. A world of pretty styles to choose from. So easy to giv3 such a pleasure to receive. GILMER-MOORE CO. Shoes, Hosiery, Luggage, Lingerie fr-r-....- ..- , 1 rkJmmi Piedmont Ma 301 East Second St. oiniinent Our entire stock of ready built Monuments being sold at greatly reduced prices. MaRe your selections early. rmev Phone 694 FOR MEN f, W. L. Douglas shoes are worn bymen who show good taste in selecting their wearing apparel. For Style, Cofnfort and Ser vice W. L. Douglas Shoes have been leaders for nearly half-a-century and they are more popular today than ever. You'll like the new styles this season. NA TRANS 38 East Trade Street.. n DIAMONDS Our many years of experi- ence in selling precious atoriia is your warranty against rnis takes in judsrine quality is value. See our showings of gift suggestions in gems. ; B. F. ROARK i Diamond Merchant, j Jeweler, Silversmith 10 X. Trvon St. Suggested Ways To Spend That Christmas Check Dinnerware One of those so beautiful open stock patterns in fine American or Imported China or Porcelain. Pyrex Glass dishes for baking everything from the smallest of custards to the largest of baking dishes. Rookwood The aristocrat of American Pottery, in which we are showing all man manner of handsome pieces. Lamps Fire Goods Aluminum Percolators and scores of other beautiful house wares on dis play and sale in our Home Furnishings depart ment, second floor. SMITH-WADSWORTH Hardware Company , "The Quality Hardware Store" 'Jit 29 East Trade Street Phones. 64-6f ' 1 WWtft'tlll Till 1