. fanuary 3, 1924
f me. m*’ ’’"'
■ , ~S IIEKK TOBAY
t engages
m&vW JXm investigator.
BlarW'vv sir Charles is kept
Vout »*>4 by persons un
surv £I l3 ‘n-rrlev dines at the
H\o k ißl - a Sir' Charles falls
a dying condition
■ds-eV'Nnct words are Nicol
-Tnisrue. ' Dr* ilc *
■Vi , death due to
P roß liar! V claims that
lure ' ,,« poisoned and calls
KrU'* /n ask him the mean
■,lßr- r - r -so Bnnn re
-piri-10 ° t
Hotel! the secret.r of S ir
\birP* 0R ; ; Harley.
H' he learns
■ d.* l . 111 " , V ith a liand-
H is ! o-'V"oriental named
■ coos WITH THU STOUT
■ ibitrfo” rcpea'.'-’O ;ho weary
L turned her head aside,
■L dewa to where with one
K« she was restlessly tap-
L floor of the cab. They were
K ltll[ far some moments.
E t y„a trust m.V she asked.
K -Or don't you think lam
■enough to share your conS
t, you tuti respect your
■££•» —ted. quietly.
■Sold anyth.ng from you.
■ wl ““ \ hv a verv difterent
■ prompted b> a- ~
■e from the one you - --« est -
Kd not answer hum but sterod
■ctedivout of the cab window;
Krtev did not breaK thus silence,
Ki be would have liked to o
He was m:nta!ly,rev ewing his
K cf th- preceding day wnen.
■ character of a Colonial visitor
HLuch t : me on his hands, he
■nnmed the fuvey tor hours In
■ope ot eifururg . »ltmPS..f
H z Khan, His vug- nad been
K :e we are," said Phil Abing
■ alighted, and Harley dis
the cabman and followed the
Ko Doctor llcMurdoc.h’s house.
■ j. e m ade the acquaintance of i
■ McMurdoch, who, as experi
■ had taught him to anticipate,
las plump and merry and viva
| as her husband was
|ry and taciturn.
■e were waiting for you, dear."
laid when the formality of pre-
Kg Earley was over. “Are you
■ sure that you want to go?”
■i Abingdon nodded pathetically,
■had raised her veil, and Harley
■ see that her eyes were full of
■ “I should like to see the
■rs," she answered.
Be was staying at the McMur-
I’s house, and as the object at
■eat 1| view was that of a visit
■-: from which the
Bal of Sir Chark s Abingdon- was
Bke place on the morrow, Harley
Br.c suddenly conscious of the
■ thathia presence was inoppor-
Bt Phil Abingdon had her own
Bs on the. matter. She stepped up
Be him and linked her arm in his.
Ha result he found himself a few
Btes later entering the hall of
Hate Sir Charles’ house.
Be first thing that had struck
By on entering the house had
Han overpowering perfume of
Bnths. Now h i. saw whence it
B for. conspicuous amid the
crosses, was an enor-
B'device formed of hyacinths. Its
Btions dwarfted those of all the
■|' s wonderful," said the girl,
Be? forward and drawing Harley
■8 with her. She glanced from
■ cart up to his face, which was
■hja rather grim expression.
■Whan ha s been iso good,”
l.ff’ " H 9 ser -f bis secretary to
|i ts c f d boos any assistance
rfr\ but I certainly had not
■oteo tha.”
WSSL the . Party rctu med to
I neighboring house of the physi-
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Hatnl v Higgins.
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are authorized
j v ~-Ji tii*l* ij- i
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Bvfiiilf i,- ,x ,i;, v ' fi'om date.
''liaiied. About
r , .... :,r " authorized
"y* :i ‘' f ,t H' f W«>perty.
1,1 ‘“Vrivi
Khi-i. 1 l s 40
’ is 111-)
Blfn [j , i -
Tm gf<| , " , , i " {ll ! *im Since
Sat lU'day Ni^h;.
• V-■ ."f Uw
-1 s'/. , " : , 5 “ tailing his
night
1 : "V. S „ t ""'f- ;|, '<"?ding to
• aau Itttjve Wen
,il -'Tiotious.
- depart meats
clan. Almost before they were
seated in the doctor’s drawing room
he voiced his disapproval. “Phil,”
he said, ignoring a silent appeal from
his ttife, “this is, mayhap, no time
to speak of the matter, but I’m not
glad to see the hyacinths.”
Mrs. McMurdoch’s glance became
positively bese ching, but the physi
cian ignored it. “As your father’s
oldest friend,” he continued, “I feel
called upon to remark that it isn’t
usual for strangers to thrust their
attentions upon a bereaved family.”
“Oh,” said Pfiil Abingdon tilth
animation, “do I understand that
this is also your opinion, Mr. Har
ley?”
“As a man of the world,” declared
Doctor McMurdoch, gloomily, “It
cannot fail to be.”
Tears began to trickle down Phn
Abingdon’s cheeks.
“Oh, my dear, my dear!” cried
little Mrri. McMurdoch, running to
her side.
But the girl sprang up, escaping
from the encircling arm of the moth
erly old lady. She shook her head
disdainfully, as if to banish tears
and weakness, and glanced rapidly
around from face to face. “I think
THE CADLER PROVED TO BE
INSPECTOR WESSEX.
you are all perfectly cruel and hor
rible,” she said in a choking voice,
and ran out. >
CHAPTER IX
Two Reports
ON returning to his office Paul
Earley found awaiting him the
report of the man to whom he
had entrusted the study off the
movements of Nicol Brinn.-*'-
Miss Smith, the typist, had gone,
for it was after six o’clock, and
Innes alone was on duty. IJe come
in as Harley, placing his hat and
cane upon the big writing table, sat
down to study the report.
“Inspector Wessex rang up, Mr.
Harley, about an hour ago. He said
he would be at the' Yard until six.”
“Has he obtained any informa
tion?” asked Paul Harley, wearily,
glancing at his little table clock.
“He said he had had insufficient
time to do much in the matter, but
that there were one or two outstand
ing facts which might interest you.”
“Ah!” murmured Harley. He took
up the telephone. “City 400,” he
said. ... “Is that the Commis
sioner’s Office, New Scotland Yard?
. . . Paul Harley speaking. Would
you please inquire if Detective In
spector Wessex has gone?”
While awaiting a reply he looked
up at Innes. “Is there anything
else?” he asked.
"Only the letters, Mr. Harley.”
“Leave the letters, then; I will
see to them. You need not wait.” A
moment later, as his secretary bade
him good-night and went out of th©
office:
WpilAN AMi MAN SHOT
’'~lN~f r REE FOR ALL FIGHT
Police Say Shooting Occurred During a
New Tear Celebration.
Detroit. Jan. 1. —One woman was shot,
probably fatally, and a man was wounded
in what the police describe as a free for
all brawl that climaxed a New Year eve
party at Roseville lim. a Macomb Coun
ty roadhouse, at 5 o'clock this morning.
Thirteen men are being held while the
police continue their investigation. The
cause of the tight has not been determin
ed.
Tlie Roseville Inn affair was the only
outstanding, untoward incident of De
troit's reception to 1924.
111 ERTA DOES NOT WANT
MEXICAN PR ESI DEN C V
He Will Be Plain Citizen if Revolution
He Started Is. Successful.
New Orleans. Im.. Jan. I.*—Adolfo de
Huerta, leader of tin* insurrectionists in
Mexico, will become, a plain citizen
without title or office the moment the
I revolution is successful, according to a
'message now on its way to the Wash
! ington government from Vera Cruz, says
the New Orleans Daily State.
Believe Airship Dixmude Was Destroy
ed By Fire.
j Palermo, Italy, Dec. 81.—Bits of
j charred wreckage swept in by the sea
at Seiaeea and along the coast near
Palermo, have been examined by experts,
and the conclusion has been reached
I that the French dirigible Dixmude was
destroyed by tire, probably %-fter an ex
plosion.
; A solemn requiem mass was cele
brated at the cathedral here today for
| the victims, and the people of Palermo,
il° deepest sorrow, have placed flowers
on the body of Lieutenant Grenadan,
! the commander of the dirigible. The
! body lies in the station here.
“Hello,” said Harleg, speaking
into the mouthpiece. 1 . . . "The
inspector has gone? Perhaps you
would ask him to ring me up In the
morning.” Le replaced the receiver
on the hook.
Resting his chin in his hands, he
began to read from vhsj typewritten
pages before him. His assistant's re
port was conceived as follows:
Re Mr. Nicol Brinn of Raleigh
House, Piccadilly, W. I.
Mr. Nicol Brinn is an American
citizen, born at Cincinnati, Ohio,
February 15, 1884. He is the son of
John Nicolas Brinn of the same city,
founder of the firm of J. Nicolas
Brinn, Incorporated, later reconsti
tuted under the style of Brlnn’s Uni
versal Electric Supply Corporation.
Nicol Brinn is a graduate of Har
vard, He has traveled extensively
in nearly all parts of the wqrld apd
has access to the best society of Eu
rope and America. He has a reputa
tion for eccentricity, has won numer
ous sporting events as a gentleman
rider; was the first airman to fly
over the Rockies; took part in the
Uruguay rebellipn of 1004, and held
the rank of lieutenant colonel of field
artillery with __ the American forces
during the Great War.
He has published a work on big
game and has contributed numerous
travel articles to American period
icals. On the death of Mr. Brinn,
senior, in 1914, he inherited an enor
mobs fortune and a preponderating
influence in the B. U. E. S. C. He
has never taken any active part in
conduct of the concern, but has lived
a restless and wandering life in va
rious parts of the world.
Mr. Nicol Brinn is a confirmed
bachelor. I have been unable to find
that he has ever taken the slightest
interest in any woman other then his
mother throughout his career. Mrs.
J. Nicolas Brinn is still living in
Cincinnati, and there Is said to be a
strong bond of affection between
mother and son. His movements on
yesterday, 4th June, 1921, were as
follows:
He came out of his chambers at
eight o’clock and rode for an hour
in the park, when he returned and
remained Indoors until midday. He
then drove to the Carlton, where he
lunched with tbs Foreign Secretary,
with whom he remained engaged In
earnest conversation until ten min
utes to three. The Rt. Hon. gentle
man proceeded to the House of
Commons and Mr. Brinn to an auc
tion at Christie’s. He bought two
oil paintings. He then returned to
his chambers and did not reappear
again until seven o’clock. He dined
alone at a small and unfashionable
restaurant in Soho, went on to his
box at Covent Garden, where he re
mained for an hour, also alone, and
then went home. He hod no callers
throughout the day.
Deliberately Paul Harley had read
the report, only removing his hand
from his chin to turn over the
pages. Now from the cabiset at his
elbow he took out his tin of tobacco
and, filling and lighting a pipe, lay
back, eyes half closed, considering
what he had learned respecting
Nicol Brinn.
He found himself helplessly tied.
In whlclt direction should he move
and to what end? As was his cus
tom, he took a pencil end wrote
upon a little block:
“Find means to force Brinn to
speak.”
He lay back in his chair again, deep
in thought, and presently added the
note:
“Obtain interview with Ormus
Khan.”
Just as he replaced the pencil on
the table, his telephone bell rang.
The caller proved to be his friend,
Inspector Wessex.
“Hello, Mr. Harley,” said the In
spector. “I had occasion to return
to the Yard, and they told me you
had rung up. I don’t know why you
are interested In this Ormuz Khan,
unless' you want to raise a loan.”
Paul Harley laughed. “I gather
that he is a man of extensive
means,” he replied, “but hitherto h©
has remained outside my radius of
observation.”
(Continued in Our Next Issue)
resolves to make I
LIVING IN NEW YORK
Painjiered Son Out to Paddle Ills OVvn
Boat Meets With Misfortune.
New York, Dec. 31.—Charles Wads
worth, 18S left Bellevue Hospital today
resolved to make New \ork furnish
him a living or starve in the attempt.
Wadsworth, who says hi* mother owns
several coal mines and lives in Repub
lic, Ala., collapsed from hunger, on the
street last Saturday night. After a
couple of square meals at Bellevue lie
told this story:
“I got tired of being a pampered sou
about six weeks ago. and started for
Montreal with S3OO in my jeans, set on
learning to make my own living.
“A fellow f met in Montreal robbed
me. I didn't have a job yet, and 1
was getting cold, so I made my way
to New York. My last ideal was a
cup of coffee and a pair of doughnuts
last Wednesday. I’m going out now
and find a job or—you'll find me back
here again.'’
v
Tax Cut Wouldn’t Aid Incomes of This
Year.
Washington, Jan. 1. —Treasury offi
cials state income tax reductions sug
gested by Secretary Mellon will not be
effective on 11)23 incomes even if the
Mellon recommendations are adopted.
The secretary's proposal is that the
new schedules become effective for in
comes dating #nno January 1, 11)24.
This means tax payments on 1923 in
comes, whether made March 15, 1924,
or by quarterly installments through
out 1924, would be made on the basis
of existing revenue legislation. Calcu
lations of the government income from
the calendar year 1924 have been made
on the basis bf the present revehue law.
In olden times holly was considered
to be an antidot# for jpoison and a pro
tection against lightning.
fITHECONCORD TIMES
NO BIG PROFITS IN THE
COTTON MILLS SAYS CLARK
Charlotte Editor Looks for Curtailment
of Textile Operations.
i Charlotte, .Tan. I.—The first six
mouths of 1024 has little in store for
the cotton mills of thits section, but the
industry will makg- fair profits- during
the last half of the year, according to
•David Clark, editor of the Southern Tex
tile Bulletin, and one of the best posted
[men in the industry. The mills are clos
ing the year in the midst of a curtail
ment movement which has been caused
by apathy in the cotton goods market
and tjie sustained excessive cautio nos
buyers, from jobbers ou througn to the
consumer. It is not hoped that this
state of the market will change in time
to affect the profits of the textile in
dustry for the first half of the new-year.
Mr. Clark's prediction for the second
half of the year is based upon the as
sumption that the markets \yilh be so
depleted before the end of six months
that perforce there will be a consider
able buying movement and tlie mills
many of which have, been compelled dur
ing recent months to warehouse a con
siderable part of their output, will be
able to dispose of their manufactured
stocks at a profit.
It is estimated by Mr. Clark and
others familiar with the textile industry
in North Carolina- that approximately
2r>.000 individuals share each year in
the profits or looses of the mills, this
being the number of stockholders in the
cotton mills of the State. It is believed
that the number of people thus directly
interested in tin* textile industry in
North Carolina is larger than the num
ber iu all of the other Southern states
combined although this State has only
about one-tliird of the spindles iu the
South.
The manner in which the cotton mill
industry was developed in North Caro
lina is responsible for the wide distri
bution of stock in the mills of tlii-s State.
It is also responsible for the small aver
age size of the mills of the State. Most
of the mills in this State were estab
lished as community enterprises, the
promoters being merchants, bankers,
farmers, and other business and profes
sional men who were interested origin
ally rnd primarily in providing profit
able employment for the people of the
community, increasing the payroll of
their town and providing a market for
the products of the adjacent agricultural
community.
The date I>. A. Tompkins, pioneer
industrial leader and economist, fre
uuently declared that the surest and
best way to insure the prosperity of.
agricultural and commercial North Caro
lina was to build cotton mills and other
industries which would provide pur
chasing power for mercantile and agri
cultural products. Those today
have given most thought to the matter
are agreed that Mr. Tompkins was right
and that the present advanced position
of North Carolina in commerce and agri
culture has resulted most largely from
the building up of industrial cities,
towns and villages of the State.
The mills of N Till Carolina today
number approximately 400 and the av
,erage size is about 12.000 spindle*, as
compared with average of 30.000
spindles for the much smaller number
of mills in South Carolina. The mills
of the State consume considerably more
•than 1.000.000 bales of cotton a year.
NATIONAL STAFF BAND
TO VISIT CHARLOTTE
To Appear at Billy Sunday Tabernacle
Next Monday Night.
New York City, Jan. I.—Staff Cap
rain George Darby, bandmaster of the
National Staff Band of the Salvation
Yrmy, has confirmed the report, that the
thirty-five piece band of which he lias
chief director for the past ten years
will visit Charlotte for a musicale at
the Billy Sunday Tabernacle at S o’clock
uxt Monday night, January 7th. In
cluded in the band of thirty-five pieces
is John Allen, talented cornetist. who
was decorated for bravery over seas and
was mustered out of the I'nited States
army with the rank of Major, in (-ham
plain service. Over two-third* of the
men in the band were iu the service of
the I'nited States during the World
War.
This is the first visit of this organiza
tion, which is thirty-two years old, south
of Washington, I). C. Other Southern
•ities have requested the appearance of
this organization, but as the personnel
compose the executive, and secretarial
staff of the national headquarters of the
Army, they d<r not have (sufficient time
to visit any other city on this trip.
The eocert will be given at the Billy
Sunday Tabernacle, Charlotte at S p.
in., Monday. January 7th, and the hand
will be feted by the Chamber of Com
merce in Charlotte while there.
DECREASE SHOWN IN
LYNCHINGS LAST YEAR
Ik crcpse. Compared With , Record of
1922, Was More Than 50 Per Cent.
Tuskegeev Ala., Jiu». I.—Ly nr Kings in
(he Crtited States decreased more than
50 per cent, during 1923, as compared
with 1922, according to figures made
public by the Tuskegee Normal & In
dustrial Institute. During 1923 there
were 28 lynchings. as compared with
57 for the preceding year, these figures
showed. Twenty-six of the ..number
ware negroes and two whites. Two
women were among the victims of the
mobs.'
These figures gave Mississippi and
Florida eight lynchings each: Georgia
four. Arkansas two, Texas two. Virginia
one. Missouri oue, Oklahoma one, and
Lcuisiaiui one. ope was reported from
North CaroSiiia.
Alabama, according ti tire Tuskegee com
pilation.
TURK EKILLKD WHEN
TWO ALTOS CRASH
Accident Occurred Early This Morning
Near Zanesville, Ohio.
Zanesville, Ohio, Juu. I.—Three per
sons. two men and a young woman, were
killed six miles east of here on -the nat
ional road early this morning when an
automobile iu which they were riding
crashed head-on with another car. The
dead are: Arthur Millfelt, aged 20: Rob
ert Gille; and Anna M. Goodrich, 19.
No Change hi Judge Boyd’s Condition.
Greensboro, Jan. I.—Federal Judge
James" E, Boyd, who has been ill for
several weeks, rested very well Monday
night, and his condition today was re
ported as unchanged. No decision as
to an operation Las yet been reached,
it is stated. <
'JOHN M’CORMACK ?
RELIVES HIS DEBUT
Snigs In tho Manhattan Opera House, ''
Seone of His Premiere 12 Years Ago.
N<-w 1 ork World, {
Four thousand music lovers who
came early to the Manhattan Opera
House yesterday failed to avoid the
rush, but succeeded in hearing John Mc-
Cormack, the tenor, relive in song the
triumph of twelve years ago when he
made his American debut on the saipe
stage. Nearly as many were turrit
away.. I
People and cars packed 34th Street
long before, the performance and the
press at the bix office was so great the
entertainment was more than half an
hour late in starting. Several hundred
chairs on the stage and standing room,
that v.as taken quickly, supplemented
the regu ar accommodations.
| On his first appearance in New York
the Irish tenor had the role of Alfredo
ir» Traviata. ’• with Mine. Tetrazzini
and Mario Snmmarco. His initial soug
that night was “The Snowy Breasted
Pearl, and yesterday he sang again the
song that won him the heart of the
American public.
I There were other songs, too: gay,
! rollicking things that swept the aud
ience with mirth; soft, appealing ones
; that left tears in many eyes, and one
riotous fragment sung all in a single
breath that at once left the crowd
j laughing and amazed,
i ( lu closing, McCormack sang “Home.
I Sweet Home” for an encore (he said
later it was the first time since 1004)’
I but the audience would not let him go
; until he had finished with “Charity,”
the selection he calls his “benediction.”
COLD WAVE AND SNOW
STORM IN MIDDLEWEST
;
Budding Years and Old Man Winter
Make Their Dehut Together.
Chicago. Dec. 31. —Young 1024 romp
ed into the middlewest tonight in the
van of a snowstorm and cold wave as its
principal heritage from 1023.
The budding year and Old Man Win
ter made their debut together as it was
the first severe weather this section of
the country has experienced this winter.
The snowstorm and ( old wave came
sweeping out of Alaska and the north
! west as the old year bade farewell and
in Chicago an extremely mild fall and
winter was interrupted by a falling
mercury and a snowstorm driven by a
sharp wind- - ♦
At 0 o'clock tonight the mercury had
dropped to 12 degrees above zero from a
point above freezing this morning and
was continuing to slide down a degree
of two an hour, with a prediction of
five above zero for tomorrow morning.
An inch and one-half of snow was on
the ground here. Continued intense cold
with strong northwest winds were on
the program for New Year’s day in this
forecast area.
WANTS MAXIMUM REWARD
OFFERED FOR GATLING
Solicit'** Will Ask Governor Morrison
to Act—No Trace of Slayer of Two
Found. j
Raleigh, Dec. 31-—Governor Mor
rison will be asked to offer the largest
reward authorized by North Carolina s
laws for the capture of Lawrence Gat
ling, sou of former Raleigh Postmaster
Bart M. Catling, who escaped last Sat
urday night after lie is alleged to have
shot and killed his wife and Owen
Stevens, whom he was said to have
found in her company. Solicitor W.
F. Evans made this announcement today
on his return to Raleigh after having
been out of the city for several days.
Both city and county authorities are
continuing their efforts to apprehend
Gathling. but as yet they have been un
able to find clues leading to establishing
his whereabouts.
Funeral services were held here today
for Mrs. Gatling. Among the persons at
tending the services were Mr. and Mrs.
Bart M- Gatling, parents of her husband
and alleged slayet.
MISSING GIRL RETURNS
TO HOME IN COLUMBIA
Miss Virginia Boozer Had Been in
Jacksonville Working in Store.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 31.—-Miss A ir
ginia Boozer, 17-year-old University of
South Carolina studnet fpr whom a na
tion-wide search has been conducted for
two months, returned to the home of
her parents. Dr. and Mrs. A. Earle
Bozer here early today. She said she
had been in Jacksonville, Fla., working
in a department s'torc.
Miss Boozer disappeared early in-No
vember. She left home ostensibly to
visit friends in Spartanburg. S. C-, but
she never arrived there. Her parents
traced her to Denmark, S. C., and were
inclined to believe that she had gone to
New York, probably to attempt to begin
a stage carrel". No word was received
from her until she appeared at home
today.
A desire to learn wether she coma
make her own way in the world prompt
ed her to disappear, Hiss Boozer said.
She lived in the Y. W. C. A. at Jack
sonville, she told her parents.
TELEPHONES HIS FATHER
HE HAS SLAIN HIS WIFE
“Come and "See Her,” Is and
Police Find Her Strangled.
Montreal, Dec. 31. —Police today found
Mrs. Delphits Goddard strangled to death
in her home, wlfich they had been asked
to visit by her father-in-law and brother
in-law. wsio sab! the woman’s husband
had told them by telephone that he bad
killed her. They declared Goddard in
vited thorn to “come down and see her."
Judge Boyd 111 at Greensboro Hospital.
Greensboro, Dec. 31. —Janies E. Boyd,
veteran judge of the Federal ( ourt of
the Western District of North Carolina,
continues ill at a local hospital where
he has been a patient for several days.
Bladder trouble is the cause of the ill
ness of the jurist, who lias been unable
to go to his office for three weeks. This
afternoon* it 'was reported that Judge
Boyd, who will be (seventy yearn old Feb
ruary 14th, next, had been resting easier
during the past few days but that his
general condition-was about the same.
Building in Salisbury Reaches Nearly
Million.
Salisbury. Dec. 31.—Total building
operation** io Salisbury during 1923
readied according to figures
compiled by the city engineers. No
large building projects were undertaken.
It is estimated that over 125 new resi
' deuces were built in 1923.
Parks-Belk Co.
A
GENERAL
CLEAN
UP
On All Winter
Goods
.. *<; -•!
On Second Floor
/V * •}¥'
$V >
AH Ladies Higher Priced Coats, Hats
Furs, Winter Suits Will be Radically
Reduced to Make a Clean Sweep
On Our Second Floor Mefi’s, Ladies’
and Children's Sweaters
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We have gone through these and made sweeping re
ductions. Come in before the stocks are depleted. All
sweaters, priced to move them out quick. The reductions
on these are made now to clean every one out.
MEN’S AND BOYS’ OVERCOATS
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In Our Clothing Department You
Will Find AH Men’s and Boys Over
coats at Sweeping Reductions,
It will pay you to see these at once. Overcoats of the
best value money can buy. No better made and the price
a radical reduction. AH Winter Goods included in the gen
eral clean-up.
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A Good Time to Buy Blankets. We
Shall Make a Get-Out Price on All
Wool Blankets
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The beautiful all wool plaids and the Elkin White
Blanket. Extraordinary prices will be made on Blankets
beginning today.
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Parks-Belk Go.
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