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The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 2

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The Beei
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Danville, Virginia
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2
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THE BEE DANVILLE VA RIDAY AUGUST 17 1928 TWO jf Dorothy Dixx Social Activities note at is black flag IJG1O daughter of Harris of Mother! Clean Child's Bowels with I I 444 Cut Prices! Easy ree Music Lessons! WAIT! Norfolk is DANVH LEVA Here Are a ew Specials In Used Pianos Other Goods Marked Down During This Sale! which CORN Ml (Incorporated) OPP POST OH ICE DANVILLE ISA £39 UIX ST Mrs John Harris of ton is the guest of Mrs hum West Main street South Bos A uig Mesdames Williams spending his vacation ter Mrs Hall In rank Grace be of is ap ie be much Mr and Mrs Allen HernTan and two nephews have left by motor to spend some time in New York Miss Mary Hardy of Asheville and Miss Ruth Hardy of Basker ville Va are visiting their grand mother Mrs tVifly at her home on the Martinsville road Lee George Meeks Stuart Brown Grace who is lie IHC SOC Imagine you can reserve any piano in our large and varied stock for UTABLISHEO 1673 A New Member RIALTO RIDAY AND ATI RD AV Mothers Are Cause of Way ward Children Scrvh for luadi dinner or break fart Delicioue with Bulk or fruit or honey added Order at hotel cafeteria On dining car Sold by all grocer Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek Aluay tinn fniht CODKl SAKES Henry Miller of Baugh street with ms sis Rlchmond Brown of Burlington who underwent an operation at hospital for removal of tonsils yes terday Is reported to be improving Miss Lois Beaver will leave tomor row to spend the week end In Scotts burg NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY! I YOU CANNOT CALL WRITE OR UR THER PARTICULARS SPECIAL PROPOSI TIONS OR SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES Mrs Brown and son of Bur lington are visiting relatives in the city Miss Helen Masloff Mr and Mrs I Masloff Is recover ing from a tonsil operation perform ed at Memorial hospital for flavor and criapnoa aro novor tough thick Novor Mrs Stultz of the guest of her parents Mr and Mrs 3 Dyer Green street BoHety Nou Ch ArtMtte aad Paraoaal 125 125 295 295 475 BRAND Economy' Quart Cun Regular Size Can Tiny Whole Snaps TATE THOMAS CO Ino Distributor 1 Bradley upright mahogany piano good condition 1 Lurch upright splendid tone and action 1 oley Williams cabinet Grand mahogany 1 Story Clark player piano guaranteed 1 Roth Bros player piano regular $600 1 Milton $650 player piano like new ROANOKE Aug In formation here from Alta Vista this morning is that Staunton river Is not as high by two feet as last week end but Is rising four inches an hour No material damage has been done so far as Alta Vista xs advised except to crops and sm 11 buildings In the river bottoms all of which had been flooded with perhaps large damage to farm lands by Erosion This morning the river stood at 30 feet above meanwhile thirty two feet was registered last week and the re cord stage Is forty Crest of the flood passing Roanoke In the river was reached early yestet day evening and this morning the water had run down about five feet The time for water In flood flow between here and Alta Vista proximately 12 hours and it neved the river will ri6t rise more at Alta Vista Waters of Catawba creek blocked route 17 north of incastle yesterday forenoon and halted all motor traffic to Clifton orge and Covington had run down early this morning until trucks and cars could pus by ploughing through six or more Inches of silt The small sec tion of highway overflowed was more or les damaged to surface but It was reported the fills were Intact and the bridge undamaged 'California ig Wallace Simpson and Tom Wat kins of Charlotte are guests in the cl a Miss Elizabeth Staples la spending some time with Mrs Thomas Keith at airfax NORTH CAROLINA RALEIGH August (INS) the loss of six Uvea and property damage estimated at mil lions of dollars north Carolina to day was recovering from floods and storms which have swept the state during the past few days Two persons were killed In a tor nado which struck Ashley Heights near Southern Pines yesterday and four others have died as the result of drowning In streams in western North Carolina Most damage was done In western North Carolina where rivers and creeks already swollen as the re sult of torrential rains of last week burst out of their banks and flood ed the sections through which they flow Many homes and other struc tures were swept away The waters of the Swannanoa Broad Catawba and Yadkin rivers which caused most of the troubles In western Carolina were reported to We have cut prices on our entire stock of Victrolas of all varieties Good used phono graphs as low as $200 and hinall ones as low as Easy terms on tnese too Even If cross feverish bilious con stipated or full of cold children love the pleasant taste of "California ig A teaspoonful never falls to clean the liver and bowels Ask your druggist for genuine "Cal ifornia ig which has direc tions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle Mother! You must say of you may get an imitation fig adv Misses Harris and Pritchett Entertained Honorina Miss Elizabeth South Boston and Miss Lillian Prit chett of Winston Salem Miss Mar tha Arrington ulghum entertained a number of her friends at a delight ful swimming and dinner party on Tnursday After an enjoyable swim at Hylton Hall the guests were serv ed a delicious dinner at the golf club Those present were: Misses Elizabeth Harris munds Roach Robins Robins mily Clark Mary Lee Edmunds Ma rion Hoffmann errand Parker Eliz abeth Dodson rances Hall Madge Mcall Louise Bruce Crowell Louise Anderson Zoe Tetley Alice Heard Emily Wood and guest Mantra Ed win Morton ulghum and Charles Roach As guests of Mrs ulghum Mesdames John Harris of South Bos ton Mabrev Edmunds Roach and Albert of tylnstm Sa lem Edward Wagner is spending some time In Norfolk A Amos who has been attend ing the tobacco market in Georgia has returned to the city Miss Williams I Honor Guests On Tuesday evening Miss Wilma Williams entertained at four tables of bridge in honor of her guests Misses Elizabeth Burgess and Neva Reener of Norfolk To Miss Mar guerite Townes was awarded the high score prize while Miss Thelma Wil liams received the The guests were also presented with at tractive gifts A delicious ice course followed the game Miss guests Included Misses Elizabeth Neva Renner Annie Murray Eliza beth Murray Grace Baines Elle Haga Annie Martin Irma Mitchell Edna Myers Marguerite Townes Daisy Williams Reva Mitchell ran ces Williams Jennie Wilson of Ring gold Thelma Williams Edgar Williams and of Reidsville be receding today and unless there are more rains It was felt that the worst of the flood was over Train service betwen Asheville and Salisbury discontinued Wednesday because of washouts will be restored late today Southern Railway offi cials said It will be seveial days before traffic on several state high ways leaaing into nsnevuie can restored on account of a section them being washed awav Ashley Heights five miles east of Southern Pines was being cleared of debris as the result of a tornado which struck this small village yes terday morning killing two Mid in juring a score when their hemes were blown down The tornado was accompanied by rain which reached the proportions of a cloudburst and much damage was done to crops especially the peach orchards in that vicinity The dam at Lake Kanuga the sum mer assembly grounds of Episcopa lians was washed away causing heavy property loss Damage to highways was reported to be severe One section of a road way three miles in length wa wash ed away while another was under six feet of water Waters of the rench Broad river stood several feet deep on th highway near Marshall nd all roads In that section were impas sable Damage to crops in western Carolina counties ws said to be very heavy Burke county was perhaps hardest hit the crops of that county being damaged to the extend of 250000 according to an estimate made by County arm Agent Sloane All HI aKcj faking fan 4 peasant one A Dutv Toward Her Children Is there a musical instrument in your home? If not there should be especially if there are children in the home The Piano is the basic instrument and the study of it incul cates culture and intelligence in the student lines wer in South ln Burke county were out of their banka and flooding the low lands The rivers of eastern Carolina were receding today The Roanoke which reached a stage of 48 at Weldon on Wednesday night was reported to be at a level of 40 feet this morning The Neuse Zar and Cape ear were all swollen as the result of heavy rains of the past few days but the local meteorologist at the weather bureau said he did not think they would go out of their banks unices further downpours occur Reports that the dam at Lake Lure had broken were proved to be in correct All dams at the large power plants In western North Carolina held and no damage was don to them Of New And A Second Hand What a waste money for haf rf any liqnid iMt kill yon get Black ieaaii EVERY LADY WHO READS I Invito to hv our Book of 26 Rclp for Deliclou Gelatin Dliho Writ for It today GELATINE BALIS CORP Bm 111 RichaMd Vlrslnl Every can of Pocahontas is ab solutely etrinRlesB delicious and rentier and as fresh as if grown in your own home garden Don't bother with trouble? Just buy the freshly canned tas the world's finest stringin beaia all ready prntiri: fr you REE DELIVERY WITHIN 100 MILES Lillian Pritchett Helen Ed Catherlne Harris Betsy Elizabeth Anne Giles Nancy Elizabeth Robins Marguerite Dorothea Hicks Nancy Jones with milk and fruit so refreshing and easy to digest they really help you keep cool! Good Mother It Takes Patience oresight and The Kind of Courage That Can Ignore a Cry or Aid or a Plea or Indulgence What does it take to make a good mother? Ttoe popular definition of a good mother 1 one who practice the rite of child worship A woman who prostrates herself before her children and lets them walk over her roughshod One who offers tierself daily and houly as a living sacrifice on the altar of motherhood A woman whose love for her children crowds out every faculty of common sense and judgement and makes her too blind to see (heir faults and too weak to correct them are shortly to be taken out of clr iculauon the treasury intending to I issue silver coin of either 20 or 25 francs denomination in their place a Manv will be needing and buying pianos by the time the music classes start We are prepared to supply the best values in either new or used pianos on any reason able terms desired ree music lessons to those who purchase new pianos within We next thirty davs which means 'hree months lessons by the teacher you selet i YOU i But Mrs A a good mother She doing her best to give her children health and strength with which to fight the battle of life Nile can hear to deny her darlings anything so she Jets Johnny munch tindy and drink soda water all day which so dertruvs his appetite that he never eats a substantial nourishing meal And she lets Janey who Is thin hysterical and overwrought go to (he movies three or four times V1 up as as the ups By the time they are 35 or into? 1 bleaU down wtt' stomach disorder and nervous pro Mr and Mrs rederic Poteet who have been visiting relatives here left today Tor Bedford City to visit Mr parents there Rev anB Mrs Poteet They will return to ieldale Sept 1 where' Mr Poteet will again be principal of the school for the coming winter 0 ive States Count Toll' 1 beengMthmgaarboutC to make a horn they have of responsibility The quarrel with or been given any sense ipected to act like reasonable humin hlVJ hV6bsnds becuse they are ex Nine tenths of disaDnnimn gs instea1 of pampered babies thinking that the hlbancto la the resuit of th'lr mothers did would go on spoiling them the way their Helpt take the heat out of hot weather a nice crisp bowl of Mrs Hall Paxton wife of the vice consul of Nanking China Is the guest of Mrs Walter Paxton Main street Isaac Berman was operated on Edmunds' hospital yesterday You never see a girl who comes of a respectable family who goes to the bad or a drunken loafing no account boy that jsome one eigh sympathetically and say what a "good he or she had In almost every murder trial the tragic figure Is not the prisoner at the bar but a broken hearted saintly looking old woman The "good mother" who la go ing to the foot of the gallows with her prodigal son or daughter Undoubtedly the mothers of criminals have nearly all thought that they were good mothers Assuredly every mother who is spoiling her children thinks she is a good mother because she put her children be fore herself and because she works her fingers to the bone for them and never considers her own pleasure or comfort where they are con cerned But these are not good mothers they are the worst possible mothers They are their most deadly enemies and in their blind devotion they do their children a greater Injury than malice Iteelf could intent I James RBell chief of police re turned today from Richmond where he has been visiting his daughter Mrs Howard Hudgins Mrs Bell is still in Richmond rom Storms (Continued from page one) cession to lift the worst of the bur den at critical hours None of the dams showed signs of(straln although all were brimfull or running over As communication was restored last night and today reports came In of great damage throughout the Piedmont areas and loss of life was believed definitely fixed as 10 The dead were Myrtle Young 11 HickcV drowned: Guy Young 9 Hic' ory drowned Arvin Blythe Hendersonville drowned John Jones Ashley Heights County tornado victim unidentified man Ashley Heights tornado Marvel Simmons 50 Ariel drowned Ballenger Hudson Ariel drown ed Jesse Dove Roanoke Va drown ed A A Craft Spring Wood Va drowned Miss Ethel Allen Warren ton Va dropped dead of fright while crossing Roanoke river bridge over fiooa While communication still seriously affected Georgia today conditions were Im proving except near Augusta on the Savannah river where 200 negro families were forced to leave tneir homes because of flood water All manufacturing plants on the buun Carolina side of the river were flood ed and business suspended Who then Is a good mother? A good mother Is a woman who prepares her children for life or example look at Mrs A Mrs A considers herself a good mother because she adores her children and since the day her first baby was born she has never done anything but hang over them and worry about them for they are not naturally robust children "and they are always hav ing colds and catching Infections AVe will make your a liberal allowance for your old instrument if yon wish to exchange for a New Baby Grand or upright Piano Xo cash need be paid down if it is inconvenient to do so but payments can be started at a later date mother The good mother Is thewomln wh 0Terlnd11Kent soft tight from start to finish who traTnTher that "te Into their hands the Hanone with £hihhi! en fOr and WK PuM victory She hardens thT she teLh throuh strength and courage and determffion into bYou tidl itshcrles' or to itself and stand on its own feet or els? vam toddler how to take care of Will hang on to hand as long as a weakUn8 that smallest child to carry on after ft You caa the quit You can teach 17to be efficient youn wants to and thrift and how to handle monev even ws lea1lt habits of Industry nles to spend You can teach It to 1 has only a few Pn can teach it consideration for othereopleUandPnnmS lts temPer You ners and when you have done these things' vnn and good man have Insured its success and happiness have fitted it for life You is a good mother whodoeTnrt 'hVdrn And no mother 7 JLBIA can for only 25 cent (Meney back if absolutely satisfied) who sure she is a good mother because she win not admit to herself that her children have a fault Still less does she Johnny uiirreis wlth teacher won go wwln aiWSJS Ue teacher understand him and to When starts half a dozen different things and never fln onof them It to because he Is so tempermental When Tommy gouges himself on pie and makes himself sick it is because he has such a bHnX'i WhCn Sammy nies lnto unrestmlned rages and Strikes out motheyr outorbhabyrtted the that AVe are proud to announce tat we have again secured the exclusive representation of the old rleiable and well known make of KIMBALL PIANOS and are showing the new styles of these firn instruments in beautiful two tone laquer the made Other makes such as STRAUBE GULBRANSEN MILTON HO CABLE and CHICKERING now on display Baby Granas uprignis ana riayei wcauv PIANOS 20 RAXC NOIL TO GO BRUSSELS Aug tS'l Belzlan 20 franc (60 cents) Qfftoe Bonn 10 A I 4 Pbone BBSS Mr and Mrs Dillard Ley have re turned from a visit to West Virginia Mr and 'Mrs Leon Taylor and son Leon Jr have returned to the city after spending some time in Asheville Mr and Mrs Tucker have returned from a visit to Afton Miss Lucy Cox who has been the guest of Miss Dorothy Myers has re turned to her home in Winston Salem hr was good too sweet and tender to dBcinllne with d7rmandi tq hem to lrb their appetites and to hold them Wears the cast off flnerv 4it on her laYette kitchen stove while they are lylngonthe co hdtorthTtotesr world" UvoVrVVreUy Srtf BhSd 8tle tUrns the never given thought towirthtor hi extravaant girls who have their own eTur anJdhlng but their own personal appearance and 1 COUPON I Gentlemen Please end me information about your Clearance Sale I I Address Summer Weather Hard on Nerves Long hot days and nights ie a strain on the nerves often rauslD8 headaches sleepless nights and gen ThV safest and quickest way to ov ercome pain and restlessness is to take teaspoonfuls of Capudlne in a litre water It gives delightful re lief bv soothing the strained nerves liquid It acts almost instant ly all drug stores 30c and 60c adv 1 qelatine dainties Jhef cool you off and! give you lots of pep RICHTO THE ICE Some prefer Blacfi lag wmd inS it wu moMjMae etc and BlavU Powder to kill era 8 pests roaihes tuits cl Adoration and Self Sacrifice Do Not Make a Entertains at Bridge Mrs endley was at a bridge luncheon Thursday morn ing honoring her house guess Mrs Wirt Hatcher of Richmond Bridge was played at three tables Mis George Miller was winner of the "top prize an artistic hand painted Jug while to Miss Elizabeth Meeks went the arttotlc prize an attractive vanity doll The hon oree received a dainty toilet set Mrs Grace Stuart and Miss Grace Stelth Stuart both guests hi the city were presented with bath salts A delici ous plate lunch was served at the conclusion of the game Those playing were: Mesdames Wirt Hatcher Sam Collie Giles A Crowell Will Bryaon Miller Mears snri her euest rlrs of Salisbury Misses Mryt le Elizabeth Meeks and Miss Stelth Stuart of Salisbury the guest of Miss Meeks Stringless Beans MK 5 vN (clearance I I I iiiii I 95 XV I 5 1 li to I El AEfflHnb 9 rii A Nn nliav flalrAa paurI (K 'TT Mtol IO Si fill A If ft i ii i tf nd ii riff i I i Lun mi mill fl ic mill ins 1 111a 1 Ul liflMlv vVi rjra'Lsa atoZL IS.

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