Mrs. \\ Uley BntrrUtliu Mrs. Mae Willey wax hostess Thursday night at a Washington sewing party at her home on West, Main street from 8 to 11 o'clock ladies of the various departments of of the store of McCabe & Grice be ing the guests. The hostess serv-| ed two courses. The favors were red cherries and yaupon green tied with red ribbon. Those enjoying' Mrs Willey's- hospitality were; Mes dames H.'C Grice, A. H. Haskett. Sprigs Brent. L. M. Rodgers, J. Burrows. D. White, Misses Mildred Pritchard. Dell Fearing. Mary Lee Long, and Neva Owens. Mr?*. Ciilbert Kiitertains The George Washington idea and color scheme was beautifully carried out by Mrs. Oliver Gilbert at herj home, 403 Pennsylvania Avenue,; Friday afternoon when she was hos tess to the bridge club of which she is a member. The attractive home was festive in potted plants, carna tions, gay flag favors, and tallies with red. white and blue ribbons. Bright red cherries were used in th*i punch. A blue and silver vase was won as club high score prize by Mrs. Edward Hughes, while the club boo by prize went to Mrs. Carl Blades. She received a dainty vanity case. Mrs. L. E. Skinner won as visitor's prize a box of stationery and Mrs. J. Kenyon Wilson received a beautiful oriental basket of rose leaves in which there was a bottle of perfume. After the game a delicious salad course was served. The .visitors of the Club were Mesdames A. L. Pen dleton, Harold Overman, C. B. Mor risette, Sidney Etherldge, W. H. Jen nette, Kenyon Wilson, and L. E. Skinner. Ixnely Card Party1 A lovely card party carrying out the George Washington birthday idea in decoration was given by Miss Frances Purvis at the home of Mrs. L. E. Skinner, 221 North Road street, Friday evening. Quantities of r*-d carnations and sweet peas were used with a background of American flags. Favors of little hatchets and. cherries made attractive mementoes of the occasion. A box of powder was won by Mrs. Joe Pinner, while Victor Hooper won a necktie. During' the evening a salad course with cof- | fee was served, the hostess being as- 1 Bisted by Miss Mary Louise Skinner) and Miss Katherine Skinner. Those i enjoying the evening with the hos- 1 tess were: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pinner. ] Mr. and Mrs. William Weatherly, Jr., Misses Lucille LeRoy. Olive I Wood. Aleene Ed wards. Nettle White, Lescelles Griffin, Paulino Skinner. Messrs. William Galther. Victor Hooper. Albert Gard. Lesliel Belan.ua, John Pinner, and Dr. John Bell. i Presbyterian Social The Presbyterian social Thursday night &i the home of Rev. and Mrs. Frank H. Scattergood was thorough ly enjoyed by between 35 and 40 people. The pastor was in Chinese costume, consisting of beautiful bro-i csded 1av??nder silk pantaloons with | black silk jacket. Only the queue was lacking, but the guests were told that queues were out of date. On the walls of the living and dining rooms were placards witli Chinese numbers at the top. These letters which, when correctly assembled. | spelled events for which February is i famous. Next, papers were given out with the word Washington as1 number one. Each person was asked to write underneath what the word I reminded them of. and so on throughout the list of 25 numbers.) The reading of these lists caused much merriment. Alvln Haley read : two humorous selections as only he can. He added much to the pleas ure of the evening. Ice cream and cake were served. Personals Mrs. D. Walter Harris and daugh ter, Miss Rdt lr**H arris, were at Nor folk Thursday to attend The orgTTfT recital at .-jJDpworth Methodist Church by th$ fartiBiis French or ganist Marcel I)upre, of Notre Dame Cathedral. Miss EloiaeffWpper summoned from Palm Beacn to Washington to give the. details of the various transactions, unless Mr. Sinclair 1s able to supply the oil in vestigating committee with all the Information I? requires. Mammoth Oil was put over on the market with little or no excitement. Some persons are credited with hav ing mad*> millions of dollars out of the attending rise in Sinclair Oils, but the money was made quietly out of newly created values and there was no "holler" In the Street b" cause there was no squeeze and no one was hurt. Far more spectacular and Inter esting from the public point, of view was Ltvermore'a handling of Piggly Wiggly stock for Clarence Saunders, of Memphis, Tennessee, head of the company operating the chain stores throughout the country. The deal broke Saunders buf this was not the fault of Llvermore. It is said in Wall Street that If Saunders fol lowed the advice of his broker he would have been many times a mil lionaire today. Hearing that certain brokers In the Wall Street district were driving the price of I'lggly-Wlgglv down by "going short," or acreelng to deliver the stock at prices below that quot ed on the stock exchange, Mr. Saun ders. as head of the company, start ed out to "corner" all outstanding stock so that when the "short" brok ers were called upon to deliver they would have to pay any price that Saunders demanded. Saunders called In Jesse Llver more to handle the deal for him and before very long the price of I'lggly Wiggly began to skyrocket. When It reached a certain figure Llvermore advised his client to take hi prof md sell out. launders thought h knew more about the Wall Street game than his wily broker, so Llv ermore la aald to have wlthdrawu from further transactions. Then came the crash. Trading was stopped 'and an arbitrary price was placed on the delivery contracts. The man from Memphis who boasted that he nad beaten Wall Street at its own uame, found he could not handle th? immense amount of stock he had bought and his personal fortune, made out of building Piggly Wiggly, was wiped out in the ensuing settle ments. On the famous Wilson peace note leak during the war. Li verm ore is credited with having gone JJO.OOO shares short on certain "war bride" stocks and to have cleaned up more than $1,000,000. The brokers say it If* because Wr ermore bar been "rlr;ht" on so tnauy bin stock market deals lately thr.t he has obtained such a following in the Street- a following which appar ently can "crash" the market one way or the other at will. Whether Llvermore sitnplv guesses right, or whether he has had some "pipe line" into real sources of information as to developments likely to affect the market. Wall Street apparently does not know. Nor does It seem to care. Wall Street really, likes Hie ? l?-in? nt of uncertainty about llvermore. ^ j Traders never know whether he Is operating for himself alone or for a syndicate. The effect of what he says or Is reported to be doing Is the same. An office boy at $3 a week not so many years ago. Llvermore today Is credited with vast riches. His home is a modest quarter of a million dol lar affair out at Great Neck, Long Island. The young broker owns an emerald for which he paid almost as much as for the house. Speed boats are his hobby. He will pay almost any sum for a speedier one. Most of the Wall Street men of Llvermore's .class get their speed fromVaee hors es. Th<- racing bug has not yet bit ten the "boy wonder" but it may get him any day. Meantime if he cares to express a view on the market, all of the pa pers In New York city will open wide their columns and the stock tickers will quit sending quotations to re port some passing Llvermore re mark. | It Is a strange influence that Llv ermore wields, but he will continue an Influence so long as he guesses right or outguesses the other fel lows. And the Wall Street system Is such that one man's whims, or one man's thoughts, can affect the secur ity values of millions of American cltisens. Many men have tried to Agure out a market place which would not be so sensitive, but so far Wall Street has resisted all attempts at a change. Breaking the Memorable News to the World Tou recall the recent resignation of Secretary of Navy Edwin Denby? It w at brought to you In thin wny: Denby called Washington newspai>er men Into hi.s office and read them his resignation, as thu pholoi;iai>b ahowa. Then this handful of men scattered and zip! the word was flashed around the utobt," e N KWS FROM ( AMDKN Camden, February 23 ? Worth; Bargley Council No 60, Junior Order, United American Mechanics, pre-] sen ted a Bible and an American I flag to Belcrirsa High School Sun day afternoon. The Bible was pre- j Hinted by Rev. E F. Sawyer and the flag was presented by T. J. Mark- , ham. A large number, of Juniors; motored from Elizabeth City and , a number from Shiloli attended. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Tarklngton . spent Sunday night with Mr. O'ar kington's parents at Belcross. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Seymour mo- j tored to Xorfc.k Sunday h to visit | Mr. Seymour's sister, Mrs. Claud Gregory. i Miss Dorothy Upton spent the week end in Norfolk with friends. J. E. Jordan passed through Cam den Thursday on his way to Eliza beth City. 1 George Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Stevens, is attending College at Kansas City, Mo. The people of Camden are mak ing great improvements on the court house. Charlie Berry and Kenneth Jones have returned home after a short visit to Florida. I. M. Meekins of Elizabeth City ' and New York visited Camden Siyi ! day. Preston Cuthrell has purchased a new Ford touring car from Auto & Gas Engine Works. ; Miss Annie Bell Wood of Wood vine, was the guest of her brother, |F. P. Wood, Sunday. E. R. Johnson o-f Currituck was j In Camden in the interest of hard surfaced roads Monday. i P. H Williams and H. G. Kramer ! motored to Camden on business Monday. i Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Etheridge have : recently received quite a number of I very pretty rhode island chickens. It. L. Whaley of Hastings Corner j passed through Camden Monday go ? i ii k to Elizabeth City. i Mr. and Mrs. C N. Jones of Eliza j beth City were the guests of his paY | ents Sunday. , F. P. Wood motored to Elizabeth ! City on business Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Newbern passed through Camden Tuesday j motoring to Elizabeth City. Aionzo Burgess has been quite ill ? with rheumatism but hopes to be [out real soon. H G. Berry went to Elizabeth City j on business Tuesday. W. J. Morrisette has planted about seventy barrels of Irish pota | toes. AI. D. Stevens, postmaster at Cam i den. motored to Elizabeth City on ! buftnnsr.* Wednesday. C. C WM on of Old Trap has pur rhffd a new Jitney body for bring ing passengers from Old Trap to | Camden. W. J. Morrisette motored to Elizabeth City Wednesday on busi ness. j Mrs. Clyde Etheridge and Mrs. I Freshwater Wood motored to Eliza j beth City Wednesday shopping. I Mrs. Jennie Morrisette was in I Elizabeth City this week visiting I friends. F. P Wood and C. G. Etheridge motored to Elizabeth City Wednes day on business. Gram Sawyer of 'Shiloh was In Camden Wednesday. Jim Davis of Mildam passed through Camden Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Whaley of Hastings Corer came through Cam din Wednesday on their way to Elizabeth City. Mrs. Cora Hoggard and baby of Norfolk are spending this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jones. Clyde Eetheridge motored to Belcross Wednesday to fix a broken ' car. Mrs. G. P. Wood went to Norfolk! Thursday to spend a few days with her brother, Alvln Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Etheridge mo tored to Elizabeth City Thursday. Mrs. F. C. Cuthrell and son Ralph Cuthrell of Klizabeth City motor ed over to their old home In Cam den Thursday. M. D. Stevens went io Elizabeth City to purchase merchandise for his store Thursday, Mr and Mrs. J. E. Upton of Elis abeth City spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Upton Thursday. W. D. Stevens of Bhlloh was In Camden Thursday on busiriess. The people of Camden are begin ning to plant potatoes, peas and beet* Rev. (Jco. F. Hill, rector. Sexa gesinia Sunday. Sunday school and adult Bible classes 9:45 a. 111. Morn ing prayer and sermon 11 a. 111. Ev ening prayer and sermon 7:30 p. m. You are invited to worship here. MKTHOD1ST First Methodist H?'V. N. tt. I). Wilson, D. D.. pas tor. Sunday school. Mr. J. A. Hoop er. superintendent. 9:30 a. m. Ep worth League, ?:45 p. m. Worship with sermon by the pastor. 11a. ni. land 7:30 p. in. Morning subject: "How to Hear." Evening sermon by Presiding Elder ? B. Culhrath The public is cordially invited and til? membership of the congregation earnestly urged to attend all ser vices. The musical program for the day is as follows: Morning. Prelude, (organ) Andantino ( Le inake). Anthem, "The Lord Is My Light" (Ash ford). Offertory, organ, Improvision on An Old Hymn. Anthem, "A Morning Prayer" (Ash ford). Evening. Prelude, organ, Plere (Devndi. | Anthem. "Sing lTnto God" (Wil | son ) . I Offertory, organ. Offertorie |n <; (Loud ?. Anthem, "No Shadows Yonder' (Caul). | Postlude. City IUmmI Melhoilist Episcopal Rev. Daniel Lane, pastor. Sunday I school at 9:30, O. F. Seyffert, suiter lntendent. Morning "acnnon at II by the pastor. "A Rear Story." Ev jenlng sermon nt 7:30. "Choosing it King." Junior Epworth League jit j ?? : 3 0. Senior Epworth League at i?I:45. The public Is cordially invit ! ed to attend all services I'n Ion. Xeuhctpin, Epworth. Rev. W. T. I'hipps will preach nt j Union at 11 o'clock Sunday morning J at Kewbevun at 3 o'clock Sunday af ternoon, anX % LS | Spring Is Here u s . ? ? | So Fashion decrees, and 2 this store is in line with 5 Fashion's demands with an |j attractive new line of ia Suits, Coat* and. ? Dresses | M. Leigh Sheep Co. |j Woman's ff 'car Store | "A Change" THY A CAN Norae Crown SardineH, (host you t'Ver iiIp.) Sardines with Tomato Sauce, French Mack eral. Kippered Kerrlng, Saused Mackeral. CALL 698 K. L. GAKKETT -AN INVESTMENT Which n?Mircs an annual return of not lens than 7 |K*r rent and which pay an additional 2 per rent annually when net earnings on the total capital amount to 0 per cent In a cor|M)ratlon under the direct management of n group from among the moat mccewifal executive* In the Piedmont Section wecured by one of the mo*t modem and hcNt eqiiip|>cd weaving mill* In the South manufacturing a consist ently profitable line of goodft IS WORTH LOOKING INTO For full particulars write BOND DKPARTMENT i American Trunt Coiujiiiny Charlotte, N. C. Frank B. Green, Managrr. N'OHI'OLK SOUTHERN ILK. finniHiiirrM Reduced Hound Trip Fare* to New (Mroim, La. ? account Murtli Gran (lrlratioii milt'AKY '2H, MAfttH 4, 1924. Tickets on sale dally Feb. 2#?th to March :5rd, incluaive. and for trains scheduled to arrive New Orleans on or before noon of March 4th, final limit March 11, H>24. For furt her information consult any Norfolk Southern Ticket Agent or write J. P. DALTON, (iencral l*a*?Hcnger Agent, feb. 23-26 Norfolk. Va. Ladies' Chiffon Silk Hose A large ahlpment of Ijull ea Chiffon Silk Hoae Just re ceived V?n Itaalte make - color*. nude, blliah, almond, oriental, pearl, black and other popular ahadea priced at. $2.00 an, I $2.50 Hoi* fo II fnHhloi $2.00 fJothani I, adieu' Silk Hoae for wear - the moat dura ble al Ik hoae made ? full fashioned, all the popular new ahadea, priced at Rucker & Sheely Co.