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At Charlotte—Word to That
Effect Has Been Received
at Mecklenburg Pageant
Headquarters at Charlotte.
ANNOUNCEMENT
IS MADE TODAY
The President Has Not Ac
cepted or Rejected Invita
tion But It Is Believed He
Will Attend.
Charlotte. “April 1 (By the Associated
Press).; —Word lias been received at the;
Mecklenburg pageant headquarters that
President Coolige is seriously consider
ing attending the celebration on May
20th, it was announced today by officials
in -charge of the plans.
•It was stated that the President has
. i not yet accepted the invitation, neither
had he rejected it, but it is believed be
will attend. ’
The President Hag Reached No Decision.
Washington, April I.—President Cool
idge is giving -serious consideration to
an ir.vitntiiin to attend the Celebration
May 20th of the 150th anniversary of
tl.e Mecklenburg. North Carolina, declar
' ation of independence, but It was said
t- day at the White House he had reached
no decision ns to whether it tyill be pos
sible for him to make tbe trip to Char
lotte.
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND
HARBOR ALLOTMENTS
The New Allotment Includes Many Places
In North Carolina.
(By the Associated Pressf
Washington, April I.*—Additional riv
er and harbor allotments announced to
day by the War Department bring the
total of such allotments for the current
year up to $30,(583,510, or more than
three-fourths of tbe lump sum of $40,-
000,000 appropriated by Congress.
The new allotments included-: North
Carolina. Mehrin river $3,000; Roanoke
River $3,000; Scupomong river $1,000;
Mnntea shallow bag bay $2,00Q; Pamlico
. . .and Tar River $18,250; Sense rijey $lB,-
250 t. Trent river $2,500; through Fair
i'Klat Bay Channel $5,000; Re*u*>yt
Wblt $16,260: Core tfonud Beaufort
waterway $7.100; Beaufort-Jacksonville
waterway $11,050; Cape Fear river, Wil
mington and below $320,400: above Wil
mington $0,500: - northeast Cape Fear
$4,000; Black River $3,000.
Opening ot New Hebrew University in
Jerusalem.
(By the Associated Press.)
Jerusalem, April I.—Tourists from all
over the world, including thousands from
America, were in Jerusalem today for
the opening by Lord Balfour of the new
Hebrew University on Mount Scopus.
, Hundreds who arrived at the last hour
beseiged the headquarters of the Zionist
executive* for tickets. .
“A roof over a good wo
man” is one man’s definition
of home.
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A rented house or a close
fitting apartment —that IS
NOT home and never will
be.
Through our plan, people
are coming into home own
ership.
Our home loans are made
at reasonable rates and on
convenient re-payment terms
Once started, it is as easy as
paying rent but there’s a
lot more to show for it.
Moreover our loans can’t
be ‘called” on short notice.
In this respect no other plan
offers equal protection FOR
THE BORROWER. .
Series No. 55 now open.
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THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at an Advance of 7 Points
to a Decline of 2 Points.
(By the Associated Press)
•New York, Apr il 4.—The cot tod' hi*r«
ket opened steady today *at an advance j
of 7 points to a decline of 2 points, near
months being higher on overnight buying
orders and in response to sternly Liver
pool cables. Later deliveries were influ
enced by private reports of rain in the
southwest and a favorable interpretation
of the weather bureau’s first weekly re- '
port for the season, which was regarded j
as encouraging with reference to crop '
prosperity in all sections except parts
of the southwest.
Old crop months eased off after the ,
opening under liquidation, July selling
down to 24.70, while October declined to
24.16, the market showing net losses bf '
6 to 14 points at the end of the first !
hour, ■ *
Cotton futures opened steady. May
24.62; July 24.03; Oct. 24.25; Dec.
24.27; Jan. 24.06.. , •
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DEATH OF ONE OF COUNTRY’S
WEALTHIEST WOMEN
Mrs. Henrietta King, Aged 93, Dead at
Her Home in Kingsville, Texas.
(By the Associated Press)
Kingsville, Texas, April I.—Mrs. Hen- -
rietta King, 93, owner of the world’s i
largest ranch, and rated as ona of the -
country’s wealthiest women, died last
night.
She was proprietor of a rancli border- ,
ing the Gulf of Mexico for 100 miles,
and comprising 1.208,000 acres, which
came to her at the death of her husband,
Captain Richard King, pioner Texas
cattleman. Mm. Kiug’s fortune rose
to an enormous figure through the ad
vance of laud values. from a few cents
to many dollars an acre. Her herd vir
tually were countless, more than 100,000
calve* being branded each yeason.
MUCH LAND HAS BEEN
PREPARED FOR COTTON
Peaches Apparently Killed by Frost In
the Mountain Sections.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, April I.—Much land has
been prepared for cotton. Planting has
become more general -in the Gulf Coast
sections and has advanced to Southern
North Carolina and central portions of
Arkansas. The progress and condition
of early planting cotton in Texas are
good in the extreme south, but seeding
made slow progress elsewhere because of
dry soil.
•Peaches were aparently killed by
frost in the mountain sections of North
Carolina.
MAN KILLED AND BODY
STUFFED IN AREAWAY
In His Pocket Was Found a Savings
Bank Book Showing Deposits of *60,-
000.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, April 1. —The body of a
man containing 2 bullet wounds, and
believed to be that of Mack Passwell, of
St. Louis, was found today stuffed in the
marrow areaway of an upper Park Ave
nue tenement house. In a pocket was
found a savings, bank book showing de
posits of $60,000.
Bus Schedules to Be Considered Friday.
Raleigh, N. C., April I.—Bus sched
ules between Durham and Chapel Hill
will be considered by the corporation
commission Friday morning. Also the
commission will consider at that time
schedules between Greensboro ahd' Char-
J lotte.
Consolidated Rural School Houses
Take the Places of Lot of Shacks
(By the Associated Press)
Raleigh. April I.—Since the session of
1918-1919 the number of public sciiool
liouSes in North Carolina has decreased
' 879 it was pointed out by Professor
! John J. Blair, head of the division of
schoolhouse planning, who said the de
crease was due to consolidation. In
other words, the standard ••£ advance
ment. lie said, has shifted from numbers
to quality and equipment. The con
sol id a ted rural school sometimes takes
the place of a group of shacks and make
shift buildings.
Tlie number of schooihouses steadily
increased: a few each year, from .7.882
in 1000-1901 to 8,239 in 1018-1919. when
the peak was reached. Since then there
has been a decrease.
“When'a comparison is made between
the number of rural and city school
houses,” said Professor Blair, “it wili be
seen that the increase prior to 1919 and
the decrease since then applies only to
rural schools, both white and negro. The
number of city schooihouses has increas
ed every year, with but one exception.”
Until 1922-1923, he pointed out, all
school building was the result of local
initiative. The funds were provided by
local bond issue and private .donations.
• together with what aid the state literary
fund could give by an annual revolving
income of from SIOO,OOO to $200.00().
which was loaned to districts for ten
years at four per cent, interest.
The gpneral assembly of 1921 (lid two
things to stimulate the erection of bet
ter schooihouses. First, it voted $5,-
1000,000 bonds to be used as a loan fund
for the counties. In the next place it
started off the State highway program
by voting an initial $50,000,000. School
authorities attribute the advancement in
education more to good roads than to
any other one contributing factor. A
second $5,000,000 loan fund was voted
in 1923 and a third in 1925.
School property includes all buildings,
sites and equipment. The total value
of school property in North Carolina has
increased from less than $2,000,000 in
1900-1901 to approximately $60,000,000
at the present time. It is pointed out
that the increase in the value of school
property has almost kept pace with the
amount of money spent for good roads
in this state.
Beginning with an average value of
$174 in 1900-1901, the average white
rural schoolhouse last year was worth
$5,720. The value of the average city
schoolhouse in 1900-1901 was $12,125, in
comparison, with $78,704 last year.
The total number of schooihouses in
the state last year was 7.360. Os these,
4,028 wete for white children and 2,432
L~ FOR ■ ■ - • I
Resignation of Secretary of Cotton Grow
ers’ Co-operative Association Is Re- I
quested.
(By the Associated Press)
Raleigh, April I.—Because of alleged
•‘indiscretions” in connection with the i
North Carolina Agricultural Credits Cor- J
poraHon. A. E. Bing, secretary-treasurer
of the North Carolina Cotton- Growers’
Co-operative Association, has been re- 1
quested to resign his position. Action by <
the board of directors was taken late yes
terday.
Confidence in Mr. Bing's integrity and :
efficiency was expressed in the resolution ]
adopted by the board requesting his res
ignation.
The nature of the “indiscretions” of
Bing was not mentioned in the resolu
tion adoptecj yesterday.
Opening to New Inlet WUI Be Abandoned. '
(By the Associated Piece.)
Raleigh, April I.—Following a con
ference with J. K. Dixon, chairman of
the state fisheries commision board, Gov
ernor McLean ihas announced that the
idea of sucessfully opening the new inlet
will,be abandoned. The General Assem
bly of 1923 mode an appropriation of
$500,000 for work of this character. It '
was announced last fall that New Inlet
bad been successfully opened. However,
it was filled up, the Governor announced,
and the project will be abandoned. Tbe
inlet opens into Pamlico Sound, about 25
miles north of Cape Hatteras.
Dorothy EtHngson Observes 17th Birth
day Anniversary.
(By the Associated Press)
San Francisco, April I.—Dorothy El
lingson, accused of matricide, observed
her 17th birthday anniversary here to
day by appearing in court to attend pro
ceedings to determine whether she was
insane when shot shot and killed her
mother last January.
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CONCORD, N. C„ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1925
for negroes.
The value of all white school property
was $53,177,235. Os this amount, 50.6
per cent was invested in 342 city school -
1 bouses and 40.4 per (rent, iri 4,586 rural
sclioolhnnses. ,
Among the systems of rural
schools. Wilkes has the largest number
of schooihouses in the stale, numbering
125. These selioolhanses. however, have
an average value of Only $2,278, and the.
per capital value for* each child enrolled
was only $84.09, much less than the
average for tbe state.
Washington county last year had the
largest per c&pital i «vestment, $217.15.
This is the only canity that eieeeds the i
average for all the t f.v schools together.
In the matter Os vg lie of schooihouses,
Washington is secont to Wilson, having
an average value of (24.792 for each of
its twelve sclroolhouaw.
Wilson’s white I Oral schooihouses,
however, are of a ,bi tier type. There
are in Wilson eou ity fourteen rural
schooihouses. each raving an average
valne of $52,170.
Gaston cokiaty’s rfaral school system
has the greatest value of school proper
ty, $950,000. Buncombe ranks second
in this respect, with school property J
valued at $855,065. 1
; Bufry county' has the smallest per
capita investment, $16.39.
Ti> the matter of per capita invest
ment in rural school property in the
colored schools, Transylvania cqunty
ranks first, with $47.74 for each pupil
enrolled. However, this county only
has three negro schoils, valued at $9,-
500. - '
' Forty-four counties, have a better per
capita average for their negro school
than $1378, the state average for all
the negro rural schools. Only thirteen
Ifave better than $26.44, the state average
for all negro schools.
No county lias an average per capita
value for rural negro schools as great
as the average for all the cities.
Seven city schools have over a million
dollars invested in school property and 1
one —Winston-Salem —has more than a i
million and a half.
Among the 24 largest city systems,
the average value per child enrolled is ;
highest in Gastonia, $370.92. Gastonia,
Roanoke Rapids, Fayetteville and Greens
boro each has an average per capital i
investment cf more than S3OO per child
enrolled in their schools.
Among the fifteen smallest charter
schools listed. Southern Pines ranks first i
with the greatest, amount of property and i
the highest per capita investment. $406.- i
36, for each child enrolled. This is
the highest of any system in the state.
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SCULPTOR Gt TZOk; BORfJLUM
' SPBAKH HERR TONIGHT
Comes to Concord From Raleigh.—He :
Will Spend the Night as Guest of D. <
B. CoKrane. i
Gutzon Borglum, noted sculptor and i
sp’enker, will reach Concord late this as- '
ternoon and will be taken immediately to
the home of D. B. Coltrane on North Un- 1
ion street where he will stay until Thurs
day ns the guest of Mr. Ooltraue and his <
daughter, Miss Jenn Coltrane.
Mr. Borglum is expected to make the
trip from Raleigh by automobile. He has '
made his home la Raleigh since the dis
pute with the Stone Mountain Associa
tion which occurred several weeks ago.
Iu the dispute and subsequent flight
of Borglum from Georgia, officials charg
ed Borglum with wasting the. funds and
tbe time of the Association while lie pre
sented counter charges against the Asso
ciation.
Since leaving Georgia, Mr. Borglum
has spent his entire time, with the ex
ception of one visit to New York, iu
North Carolina and has made Raleigh
his headquarters. He has made a num
ber of speeches over the state in wbich
he has stated that North Carolina has
been a foster-mother to him in the time
of his trouble and has even intimated
that he might make his future home in
this state.
His address tonight will! be made ot
the high school auditorium, the time
set being 8:30. Mr. Borglum was brought
to Concord under the auspices of the
Dodson-Ramseur chapter of the U. D. C.
Administration of Prohibition Unit Re
moved.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, April I.—Administration
of 'the prohibition unit was removed to
day from the office of Assistant Secretary
Moss to that of Assistant Secretary
Andrews.
Mr. MoW will continue the adminis
tration of the Internal Revenue Bureau,
under which the prohibition unit here
tofore has functioned.
Flees Prison
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Mabel Champion, of Cleveland, who
was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
for murder of E. O'Connell, a carnival
promoter, walked out of the women's re
formatory at Marysville, 0.. and had a
10-hour start when lie escape was no
ticed. Authorities have traced the wom
an as far as Springfield, O.
PRESIDENT RESCINDS
UNTENABLE POSITION
National Guardsmen Will Be Paid for
Their Services as Heretofore.
Washington, March 31. —President
Coolidge today reversed his position in
connection with the expenditure of the
deficiency appropriation of $1,332,000 for
national guard arm’ory drill pay during
the remainder of the current fiscal year.
The drills will continue up to not ex
ceeding 48 in any state. If any state
has held 48 drills since July 1, 1924,
pay for additional drills will pot be
forthcoming.
It is not believed North Carolina or
any .other state has held 48 drills during
the present fiscal year.
In directing that the money be held
in the treasury, the president apparent
ly overlooked the fact that the national
defense act requires a minimum of 48
armory drills annually, and authorizes
a maximum of 00. Secretary of War
Weeks recommended that funds be pro
vided for 52 drills,, or one each week.
The President lopped four drills off this
recommendation, holding the number
down to ; (lit minimum requited by law.
• A letter' to Senator Simfuotts from
Catain Claud T. Bower. Company B.
120th infantry, of Warren ton. shows
clearly the situation precipitated by Pres
ident Coolidge s original order. The Pres
ident was bombarded out of his position.
The Bower's communication reads:
“In regard to the action of President
Coolidge concerning national guard pay.
Pay roll goes to the finance department
on or about April Ist, for the first three
montiis of 1925. Failure to pay tbe men
would result in men dropping from tbe
company when their enlistment expires.
Pay per man pqr drill is not sufficient
to .cover the expenses that many of the
men lmve to pay in order to attend drill.
We have one man in our organization
who has served for about three years,
and missed very few drills, driving a dis
tance of about 30 miles to attend drill.
‘The recruiting officer of this com
pany, authorized by the secretary of .war
to enlist men into the service of the na
tional guard with the understanding that
they would receive quarterly, regular pay,
is placed in an embarrassing position
by the President’s refusing to pay the
men at the prope rtime.
“Your efforts towards getting Mr. Cool
idge to release this appropriation, so as
to pay the men for the services that
they have so wollingly rendered our com
mander-in-chief, will be highly appre
ciated by the officers and men of this
organization, and also by the' citizens
of Warren county.”
Dr. Cook to Go to Leavenworth Peni
tentiary.
(By the Associated Press)
Fort Worth, Tex., April I.—Dr. Fred
erick, A. Cook, Arctic explorer and oil
promoter under sentence of 14 years and
9 months for using the mails to defraud,
will leave Sunday afternoon for Leaven
worth penitentiary, U. S. Marshall Gross
stated today.
State Women’s Baptist Union.
(By the Associated Press)
Winston-Salem, April 1. —This morn
ing’s session of the North Carolina Bap
tist Women’s Union opened with a eon
• ference on young peoples’ work with Miss
! Dorothy Allen as leader.
S Reports of training school trustees and
the apointment of committees concluded
the morning sesion.
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MATERIALISM TENDS TO
OVERTHROW RELIGION
Evangelical (liuidies Should Increase the
Scope of Their Work.
Montevideo, April I (By the Associ
ated Press). —A growing spirit of unUe—" 1
ialisin with a tendency to throw o\
board anything that savors of r -I'g\
and a tendency to question all traditioiim
modes of thought are the principal reas
ons why the evangelical churches of the
South American republics should increase
the amount and scope of their work, says
the report of the Commission on Evan
gelism prepared for presentation today at
the Congress on Christian work in
South America. The chairman of the
commission which prepared the report
was Dr. Charles M. Braden, of Chicago,
'a former college professor of tile Method
ist Episcopal Church in Chile.
“While 'not so notably true in the nor
thern sections of South America." says
the report, ”the southern republics are
entering upon a period of intensive com
mercial and industrial development which
is giving a great material impulse to
eaeli country, but is at the sani" time
shifting the emphasis away from the cul
tural, religious evaluation of life to
one that is strongly materialistic. With
in the jiast few years there hns been a
vast increase in the connections, both
commercial and industrial, between Lat
in American lands and both Europe and
North America, interested in the mater
ial profit, have gone into these countries
with their capital and plans for com
mercial expansion, changing the character
and outlook of whole republics.”
A survey of the development of Prot
estant churches in South America shows
that during the past 20 years the num
ber of evangelical pastors and teachers
has increased from 750 to 2,105. and that
the number of nationals from the several
republics engaged as evangelical pastors
and teachers, has grown from 1,000 to
3,106. During the same twenty years
the number of members of Protestant
churches in all the republics has grown
from 30,000 to 122.000.
Relative to labor and the church, the
report says:
“Throughout practically the whole his
tory of the organized labor movement, its
adherents have seemed to thiuk that the
the church iR a capitalistic organization,
nominated by interests, which
seek, through the church to keep ill sub
mission the less favored portions of so
ciety. Has evangelical-Christianity in
Latin America done anything to disprove
th/s statement? Have its leaders shown
themselves in any special way to be the
friends of the exploited groups -in the
national life?
Has evangelical Christianity any word
to say as to the militaristic policy of the
land in which it is working? Have the
churches any distinct mission of pence
and international good-will? are among
the many social questions regarding which
evangelistic Christianity ought tq have
some word, the report deelares.
The. commission asks the congress to
make a study of how to obtain a better
trairimed and larger force of evangelical
ministers, how to strengthen the present
training schools, and theological schools
as to staff and curriculus, and how to
carry on a special ministry for students,
workiug-meu. so-called “intellectuals” and
other groups not now reached by North
American evangelists and the national
pastors working with them.
HELD HIM OVER FIRE
STRIPPED, IT IS ALLEGED
Herbert Gainey Said to Have Been Bad
ly Burned by Marvin and Man “Thorn
ton.
(By the Associated Press.)
Smitlitield, N. C„ April I.—Herbert
Gainey, young white man of lientons
ville township, Johnson county, is in a
critical condition as a result of burns
alleged to have beeu inflicted by Marvin
•and “Man” Thornton, brothers, who are
held without bond. It is charged that
following a quarrel the Thornton broth
el's stripped Gainey to his underclothes
and held him over a fire which they had
built out of light wood. Following the
episode the victim is said to have found
his way to the home of a negro woman
who dressed his wounds with the aid of
a young son.
THOUGHT THAT 84
SOLDIERS PERISHED
In the Disaster Tuesday to a Reichs
wehr on the Weser.
(By the Associated Press)
Berlin. April I.—lt is believed eighty
four soldiers perished in the disaster yes
terdny to a reicliswehr contingent on the
Weser. Tlie minister of defense stated
today that 5 bodies had been recovered,
and that one officer and seventy-eight
men of the one hundred soldiers known to
have been thrown into the river by the
sinking of a pontoon were missing.
There is little hope that any of the
■ missing are still alive.
i Jewelry having declined in popularity
the industry iu Biniiiughain, Ala., which
| employs more than 60.000 people in nor
-1 mal times, is suffering from a severe
slump.
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SHELL? IDENTIFIED :
.SSCJEFIIT
ITBTESTIFIEDTODSY
Testimony Given by Dr. Geo. |
W. Dunne, State Witney
Who Attended Ske 11 y
When He Was Dying. \_|
SAID HE WAS SURE
SHEAN SHOT HIM
Skelly Was Fast Losing Con- J
sciousness When Shean
Was Brought Before Him
and Identified.
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(By the Associated Preaa)
Hartford, Conn.. April I.—Jatnw Shel
ly. New Britain policeman, for whose
murder Gerald Chapman, mail looter, is
on lrial, identified Walter Shean, Chap- jj
man's robber companion, as his assail
ant. it was testified today.
The testimony was given by Dr. Geo. ,S
\V. Dunne, a state witness who nttended
Skelly when he was dying. Skelly was
fast losing consciousness when Shean was
brought before him and the identification
was made. Asked if Skelly had said “I
am sure that man Shean shot me,” the
doctor could not recall.
Shean was a witness for the state yes
terday. He said Chapman shot Skelly in . |
a store robbery. .1. Henri Fitzgerald, of
Hartford, a firearms expert, who was the
next prosecution witness, identified the \j
bullet taken front Skelly's body as hav
ing been fired from a pistol taken from
Chapman, when he was arrested in Mun
cie, Ind.. January 18th. He testified
that an attempt had been made to oblit
erate identification marks on the gun, .'
but that he is an expert, and had been able '1
to find secret identification marks that
had been overlooked by the mutilator. 5
Chapman seemingly displayed little inter
est in the proceedings.
Ask That Indictment Be Dismissed.
Hartford. Conn., April 1. —After two
pistol experts had positively declared that
the bullet which killed Patrolinau James
Skelly iu New Britain last October 12,
had been fired from Gerald Chapman’s
gun, the state's murder ease against the
notorious bandit was completed shortly , ' ;
before noon today.
Directly after the prosecution closed,
Nathan O'Kreedman, of Chapman's coun
sel, moved that the indictment he die- - ;
missed, on the ground that the state had
not proved its case against the accused.
Judge Newell Jennings denied the mo- • •
tion.
Chapman Goes on Stand.
Hartford. Conn., April I.—Gerald
Chapman, debonair mail looter, went on
the offensive in the fight for his life
when his attorneys this afternoon began '
presentation of his defense against the '
accusation that he murdered Patrolman
James Skelly in New Britain last Oc
tober 12th.
With Our Advertisers.
The dollar yard silk sale at the Parks-
Belk Co. lias been a big success and hun
dreds of people have taken advantage of
tlie great values that they are offering ’n
this They still have a good assort
ment to selet front in all the wanted
materials at the wonderfully low price
of SI.OO per yard. You will find here
the latest s-pring fabrics.
See notice of trustee's sale in bank
ruptcy of the Hawthorne Silk mill at
Fayetteville, April flth. . '
Fur trimmed Spring coats and dresses
cleaned at M. R. Pounds'.
Series No. 56 now open at the office
of the Cabarrus County B. L. & g. As
sociation in tlie Concord National Bank.
Beginning Saturday, April 4, J. C.
Willeford, the jeweler, will inaugurate a
Cash Raising Auction Sale of diamonds,
watches, jewelry, clocks, silverware,
hand-painted china, etc. Two sales will
be held daily at 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. The
first 25 ladies attending this sale will
each receive a valuable souvenir.
See the new ad. today of W. J. Heth
cox, the electrical man.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany affords an opportunity in its sav
ings department for safely investing small
sums of money by receiving deposits from
SI.OO upwards and .paying 4 per cent.
. interest, compounded quarterly, thereon.
. New savings quarter now open and all
deposits made between now and April '
10th bear interest from April the first.
Everyday Hoover's is receiving new •
spring suits for men. The stock is al- |
' ways fresh. Schloss suits from $25 to *4
i $45.
You will find a wonderful showing of
; silk dresses for spring at J. C. Penney
Co's. . Rich, lovely satin canton and
flat crepe are the materials. Dresses
are elaborate rather than plain. Ruffles, >
beads, shirring. embroidery, plaits, 'J
tucks, and throws are featured. If you s
have wanted something different in dress
es. you will find it in these spring silks.
Why don’t you liave that old suit
cleaned? Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co. will
do it for you.
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