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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS FEBRUARY 10 I9C9 Society LACK SILK SKIRT We h.-.ve just received direct from in.; manufacturer a large line Black Ait-Siik Taffetta Skirts. w- bought these at very close nets by placing very large orders .,, -t buying them direct from the r-i.lkfl S. $3 68 Skirts I.. ,i v all-silk Taffeta Skirt. : : i I . 1 ! v luiloivd and sold usu .,':, .it $'. lor $3.98 each. $4 98 Skirts Peptiron Pills; Ivonize the blood, tons the nerves. strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, and pro mote sweet, restful, natural sleep. They aro rliofolale-i-oated, acceptable to the stomach mid easily assimilated, aud the best medicine tor anemic, pale, nervous and dyspeptic men, women and children, and all sufferers from the effects of the strenuous lite of today. Price 50c. or $1. Of I TUissc Umnw r,,..i' i x " .' , i I druggists or by mail. C. I. Hood t.'o., Lowell, ilass, A vullee lelL msl nignt ior if Jlacle by Hood It's Good, Atlanta, Ga., to spend several weeks' : Wlth fliond3 anJ !;latiIes- -A NEGRO SENT UP n rls-Uon- ?? Rjchxaond,)- OiN BURGLARY CHARGE , .tuviii. luauuiite uujuster, is in town. Charlie Dixon Arrested in the House ..and Under the Bed of Maggie Ritch, With Her iDamond Ring in His Pocket. Tho vnnnrnciv tbic ninrnln or cpnt 11 Tl lieutenant Thomas Dewev Oshnrn. ' . b- A- ana Mrs- Osborne, who have colored, who plead guilty to a charge been in Charlotte for several weeks 'of burglary. visiting at the home of Mr. Osborne's! Maggie Rich testified that last night pa raits. Judge and Mrs. Frank I. Os-1 Dixon came to her door and when she borne, on West Trade street, left to- asked him to leave he refused to go. day for Asheville, where they will He then went out into the yard and spend a short time with Mrs. Osborne's threw a rock through the window pane, relatives. Lieutenant Osborne will and tearina- ud thinss on the interior Mr. V. C. Wilkinson, cashier of the Merchants and Farmers National naniv, spent yesterday at Lowell business. on report at his post in Chicago the latter part of the month. Mrs. Allen to Entertain. Mrs. Edgar 1 Allen will entertain at bridge this afternoon at her home on North College street in honor of her guest, Miss Florence Coeer, of Sheffield, Ala. Valentine Party. The young ladies of Efcenezer church will give a Valentine party on the eve ning of Friday, at the home of Mr. J. Walker Griffith. Several interesting contests have been arranged. Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club. The Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club met yesterday with Miss Sara Kelly. The first prize was won by Mrs. Harvey Lambeth. mm New Pumps NEW LOT 1909 PUMPS AND 2 AND 3 HOLE TIES MADE ON PUMP LASTS. $3.50 and $4.00 THESE ARE "NIFTY" STYLES AND WILL PLEASE THE PARTICULAR CUSTOMER. COME IN AND LOOK THEM OVER. THOMPSON'S 07UP OCT) Ready to W ear , it. ;r:ule. heavy Taffeta Skirts ..u. fully made and with all silk i.-i itillli'. A very handsome and a big value, at 4.98 each March Delineators Ju.t received Delineators for March. Tins number is a very attractive one, as it contains many of the new liprmcj anj Summer Styles. 15c. A COPY. Trlfpdone Orders Filled Gladly. Brass Goods or. s.ilc of Trass Jardinieres is ' '.iiu ;i big success because we are !ii.v;!v, a line of artistic Russian l!rass (if the finest grades, at I'tii-thlrd less than usual Mrs. Zweier's Euchre. Mrs. W. A. Zweier entertains at euchre tomorrow, both morning and afternoon hours. In the forenoon there will be eleven tables and in the after noon ten. It will be one of the largest euchre parties of the season. Dainty Valentine souvenirs will be given. Dance for Miss Lipscomb. Mrs. C. B. Bryant will issue invita tions in a day or two to a dance in honor of her attractive guest. Miss Jessie Lipscomb,- of Gaffney, S. C, which will be given at the Selwyn hotel on the evening of the 18th. of the room. Officers were sent for and when they reached the house Dix on was found under the bed in one of the rooms, and a silver bracelet and ring belonging to Maggie Rich were in his pocket. Several articles of clout ing were discovered on the outside ot the house, as k they had been thrown from the 'window. Dixon admitted being in the house but disclaimed any knowledge of the bracelet or the other things. Allen Ruffin. colored, was sent to court under $200 bond on the charge of store-breaking. Saturday night someone broke into the butcher shop of Mr. P. B. Seism, conducted near Elizabeth Mills, and carried off nearly the entire contents the list being given by Mr. Seism con sisting of fish, sausage, pork, steak and half of a vea Ruffin was identified by several of the inhabitants of the Elizabeth Mill district as one who visited them Sun day morning, peddling butcher products identical with those alleged to have been stolen from Mr. Seism. Walter Ross, a driver for the South ern Express Company, was arraigned charged with reckless driving . In going down Fourth street yester day it was alleged that his wagon tongue struck a horse ridden by two little colored boys. The horse was knocked down and one of the express horses stepped on the leg of one of me boys, tearing the stocking and in flicting a slight wound. Ross was fined $10 and costs. D. A. R. Meeting. The Mecklenburg chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will meet with Mrs. Thomas Preston and Miss Alice Springs at four o'clock tomorrow afternoon, at the home of Mrs. Pres ton No. 4 West Morehead street. Mera- hera rir.f rtnuAitP(l tn hrino- dues fori Collided 1909. Hundred Dozen Eggs Stirred Into Omelet Table Linens February is the month to replen ish your linen supply. We have the bst selected and largest stock we l-.ivf ever had. SPECIAL VALUES IN AT 37c, 49c, 69c. UPWARDS. DAMASKS, AND Shirt Waists A'r.yM very day we receive new 'i W. i.is. e buy all our Vaists it i-ini the makers and secure ' i!i'( exclusive styles as lliey :.!' i. -it. Jenkins-Biggers. Invitations reading as follows have been received by Charlotte friends: "Mr. and Mrs. James H. Boyce Jenkins request the honor of your presence at the marriage o f their daughter, Rebecca Catherine, to Mr. William Curetoh Diggers on the evening of Thursday the eighteenth of February, one thousand .nine hundred and .nine at nine o'clock, Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, Rock Hill, South Carolina." Mrs. Liddell's Reception. Invitations to Mrs. Vinton Liddell's reception on the evening of the nine teenth, are out today. This will be tue most elaborate reception of the pre lenteu season and it will mark the op en in 2: of Mr. and Mrs. Liddell's beauti ful home, which they have recently tak en possession of. The cards read: Mr. and Mrs. Vinton Liddell will be at home on the evening of Friday the nineteenth of February from nine until twelve o'clock six hundred and eight East Avenue, e The best part of a hundred dozen eggs were stirred into an omelet last night when a street car and a market wagon from Union county The collision occurred in Piedmont Park, in front of the resi dence of Mr. J. H. Ham, and from ail accounts, no one was to blame. It was one of those unavoidable accidents wherein the countrybred mules, usaccustomed to street cars, backed the wagon on the tracks directly in front of the oar. Two men, whose names could not be learned, were in the wagon, an aged "Gt It at Hawley't." WOMAN'S GROWING GLORY Where the hair is concerned. Brushing will do more for the hair than the careless applica tion of all manner of tonics. Get a good hair brush and care for it properly, using it thoroughly, and you will find it your' best investment. We sell hair brushes from 2."i cents up. As a rule, the more you pay the cheaper it will be in the end. Our line of combs, too, offers you all the variety you could ask to choose from. In using any hair tonic or dandruff cure, it must be used thoroughly and regularly. It must be well rubbed into the scalp. Let us show you what we have in the way of hair pre scriptions adapted to your par ticular case. Our dressings are elegant in every way and can be depended upon. Hawley's Pharmacy Coming to See our GoodRoads October bair Week of 25th A Strong Tendency Towards Ready - Made Garments Editor Varner, of the Lex ington Dispatch, Will Bring 75 Farmers and 225 Others and Have a Barbecue in Country. The special train from Lexington bringing to Charlotte the seventy-five winners in the contest inaugurated by the Lexington Dispatch a short while ago will arrive in Charlotte at 9:2(1 o'clock Friday, February 26th. This contest, as the News has sev tM.u unites saia, was in me way or a subscription contest and was designed to bring to Charlotte 75 of Davidson's farmers and give them the opportunity of seeing Charlotte and the Meckien-1 burg reads. Besides the 75 winners, 1. ...ill 1 .-v - iiit'iu win iLCBt!UTiiii:iiiviTiir intrn vv.r othe, special friends of the Di3Fatch. s time by the forelock' and have in these The visitors will be taken over thej departments a liberal stock for early served at a big barbecue on the farm of Mr. R. B. Fox, five miles from tor.n. ' SOnnfif SnOWinfiT. imtlumi.ij!, iaj - inr- i.iiv uiauri v ill o The Coat Suits, Silk, Wool and Wash Skirts, Muslin Underwear, Shirt Waists, Kimonas, Wrappers and many ! other garments, and we have taken Secretary Creswell cepts This Date Condi tionally Circuit Offer $70,000 in Racing Pur ses Other Details. i served to them at 7 o'clock in the Selwyn Hotel at which occasion Messrs. 1). A. Tompkins, C. C. Moore and W. M. Long will make speeches. - I lias id u in- ucjia i tin tr lii iiir w v v tionally Circuit Offers contests for Mr. Vainer. His previ ous com (-sis naa as ineir ooject taiving of parties to New York and other northern cities, but he decided to make the one now- in progress for the benefit cf the agriculturists of his com munity. It is open only to the farm ers and will give the winners an op portunity to see the conditions exist ing in one of the most progressive and prosperous counties in the state. Mr. C. M. Creswell, secretary of the Mecklenburg Fair Association who at tended the meeting in Greensboro last night of the secretaries of the Virginia Carolina Circuit of Fair associations, made a conditional acceptance of Oc tober 25, 2G, 27,' 28 and 29th, as dates for Mecklenburg's fair this fall. The acceptance of these dates depends prin- on their wav to the city with a load of eggs and other country produce. Music Festival in May. Mr. J. Leon Williams, resident mana ger of the Auditorium, is negotiating for the appearance in this city of the Radciift Music Festival Company, a If ciations accepting the weeks following. lie receives ine proper enwuragemem Tr T: I" . , ,. . , , the artists will be brought here in May. However, a conflict is not anticipated, i Our Millinery buyers are now in New York and are determined to make this department, if possible, more pop ular than ever. E333 man and his son. Thp Initpr escaned 1 without a bruise, but the father was cipally upon the South Carolina asso-Jvell known festival organization slightly hurt, Thev were Mr. Creswell returned to the city this morning. He reports a fine meet ing an all-night affair, lasting from half past eight o'clock last night until Cotillion Club's Dance. The Charlotte Cotillion Club has an nounced the next of the series of danc es. It will be the prel Lenten dance on For the Benefit of the Mercy General. An un-to-date minstrel show will be given at O'Donoghue Hall at 8:30 next; six this morning. There were present j Tuesday evening, the IGth instant Monday evening for the benefit of the j representatives from practically every association m tne circuit, as touows: Galaz. Va., J. P. Corrigher; Tazewell, Va., Dr. Copenhaver: Radford, Va., J. Mercy General hospital. The company of performers is the "Carroll-Monta gue All-Star Minstrels," and is headed T!. .-. 've( k v,e aro showing a dandy T.iilnn-d Waists in white and 'li ffeets at 98c. EACH. 5c Lace Sale We've never shown : .it the price. such a great One long counter given up to a ;'" at showing of Val Laces in Match Sets, at 5c. A YARD. New Coat Suits A i. i her lot arrived this morning, '.tofic is getting more attract ' daily an the pretty new styles "an- in. Sorosis Meeting. Mrs. H. M. Wade entertained the Sorosis yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock and the occasion proved to be one of unusual pleasure and interest. The club is making a study just at present of Victor Hugo, and the book under discussion yesterday was Notre Dame. Mrs. Sampson, Mrs. R. M. Miller and Mrs. Wr. B. Rodman each read nteresting papers and an open dis cussion followed wnicn was anima ted and sparkling. At the conclu sion of the program, Mrs. Wade in vited her guests into the dining oom where she served a luncheon which was exquisite in every detail. In the centre of the tables a large bowl of yellow jonquils looked lovely and spring-like, and the several dainty coures served carried one. The color scheme ot white ana yenow. The plate cards were dainty ts- meralda" slippers of white cardboard with gold heels and toes, each ber- ine a Quotation from Notre uame and attached to boutonniers of jon quils tied with yellow ribbons in touch l"Il;dlv. with it by a visit oc WATCH FOR OUR rIC FRIDAY BARGAIN DAY ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW. EYS by Messrs. Mac Hunter, -Alfred Weber,1 L. Vattghan and W. B. Fowe; Roanoke, Mott Williams, Bill Skinner and Er-jVa., II. N. Dyer, G. Geisen, J. P. Flip nest Williams, and the Linette quar- po, and R. A. Figette; Lynchburg. Va., tette. Charlotte audiences are familiar J.-M. B. Lewis; Richmond. Va., Mark with the ability of these local perform- A. Lloyd; Winston, N. C, G. E. Webb, ers and much interest is being express-! W. N. Reynolds and J. R. Green; ed in the affair. Already several out-1 Greensboro, N. C, Garland Daniels and! of-town dates have been arraneed for' 7. M. Thompson; Raleigh, N. C, Col. the troupe. Union Meeting for Mome Missions. There will be a union prayer ser vice for home missions at the Second Presbyterian church tomorrow (Thurs day) afternoon at 4 o'clock. The la dies from the First church will conduct this meeting. Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Allan will speak on home missions. All ladies invited. J. E. Pogue; Charlotte, C. M. Cres well; Alamance, McBride Holt; Stokes countv, W. R. Kiger; Spartanburg, S. C., E. V. Moore; Columbia, S. C, A. W. Love; Augusta, Ga., Frank A. Beam; Salisbury, blank. A committee of five was appointed to fix dates for the different fairs. After considerable discussion the following were named: Galax, August 31st to September 3d ; Radford. September, 7th to 10th; Tazewell, Sept. 14th to 17th; Roanoke, Sept. 21st to 24th; Lynch burg, Sept. 2Sth to Oct. 1st; W'inston, Oct. 4th to 9th; Greensboro. Oct. 11th to loth; Raleigh, Oct. ISth to 22d; Oct. 25th to 29th; Colum- THE BLAME must rest with you should you fail to protect the home asa'nst s".dden attacks of croup and pneumonia by not providing a bottle of COW AN'S PNEUMONIA PREP ARATION. --Colds. cougs, pains, soreness, inflamma tion and congestion yield quickly to this remedy. To feel secure against these troubles is worth millions. Then buy today. External, quickly absorbed. Interest in Approaching Game. As the time approaches for the game of basketball between- the Da vidson College team and the Char lotte Y. M. C. A. team the enthusiasm ; Charlotte among local athletes begins to waxjbia, Nov. 2d to 5th; Augusta, Nov. 9th warmer and warmer. This promises to 12th; Spartanburg, Nov. ICth to to be the best and fastest and also ! 19th. the closest game that has been j When the arrangement of the dates played this season. The game will . was passed over the secretaries took be called at 8:30 o'clock on Friday I up the matter of racing, purses, night and the admission will be 25 classes, etc. It was agreed by every cents. member in the circuit to put on tour stake races with purses of $500 each. These will be both trotting and pacing events to be run in 2.15, 2.1S, 2.22 and 2.24 classes. In addition to the money offered in the stake events, $2,000 each of the 13 associations in the three states will offer about $2,2-10 in other events, making a grand total of ap- cctorf with n water color of Notre Falls, pastor of the Belmont Metho- nvoximatelv $70,000. which all agreed Dame dainty and clever. dist church. Mr. McCully was 50 j was a very flatten Mrs. Wade is a charming hostess years oia. and the ladies present yesterday laifhinelv told the next hostess or ! veterans Meet Saturday. Sorosis that she would have to look ! The regular monthly meeting ot to her laurels and put the big pot MeckienDurg tamp, united uonieo in the little one or else fall way erate Veterans, will be held Satur- below the standard of the elegant day morning at tr ociock in tne affair of yesterday. , i Veterans' Hall, in the municipal Mrs. Yorke happens to be the next ( building. - hostess and all wno nave parwkeu L acnes jpurnisnings A big express shipment of Ladies' Collars will be opened to-day. All the new styles and designs 25 35 and 50 cents each- Every style of new Ruching is here now 25 to 50 cents a yard. One counter full of remarkable va lues in laces of all kinds at 5 cents (a yard- Funeral of Mr. McCullv. The funeral of Mr. S. H. McCully, whose death occurred at 8 o'clock yesterday morning at his home in Belmont, took place thi3 afternoon at At the conclusion of the delicious 3 o'clock. The services were con- little feast, each guest was pre-, aucted trom the home by Rev. L. A. of her hospitality know that she is j second to none as hostess and pro-; vides a feast of reason as well as dainty dishes fit to put before a king. I Those present were: Mrs. A. D. , Glascock, Mrs. W. L. Butt, Mrs. u. M. Nisbet, Mrs. R. M. Miller, Jr., Mrs. W B Rodman, Mrs. Sampson, Mrs. Yorke, rs. J. E. Reilley, Mrs. W. F. Harding, Mrs. T. S. Franklin and Mrs. IL A. Murrill. It was disclosed somehow, some where at the meeting that Sorosis is just thirteen years old (or young) and bentle hints were faintly whis nered to the effect that some one V .IVfcjj.t...jjMj..,j.' give a birthday party. 15 and 10 ing inducement to horse owners and tempting to turfmen who have never before brought their horses into this section of the country. BRIEFS Be sure to boil POS mm FOR 15 MINUTES and try it for ten days. "There's a ' Reason.1 Capt. William Anderson, who has been under the weather for several days, is out again. He had, besides other things, a boil in his ear, which had to he lanced. Dr. John R. Irwin has his apart-j ments, three, in the Realty building j beautifully fitted up and well equipped in every respect. He delights inj showing his friends through when not too busy. SHOE TALK THE Pullman Oxford IS THE SWELLEST IN TOWN $3.50 to $5.50 THE PAIR News-From Taft Party. Bv Associated Press. Port Eads, via New Orleans, Feb. 10. j A wireless communication received here says Mr. Taft and party are re-j norted three hundred miles off the i passes at the mouth of the Mississippi t river. He is now at south fass at midnight. Foreman & Miller Co. Housekeepers You should examine our Silver Bleached Table Linen, well named uHoueekeepers Linen.' None wears like it or looks as pretty, 65 cents to $1.50 yard. Napkins to match. Remember We are Matting headquarters hun dreds ot rolls ot new spring Matting in our Carpet Department. 325332 322 LittleLong Co. Si KIM--.' twmwn
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