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The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 10

Publication:
The Beei
Location:
Danville, Virginia
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10
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THE EE DANVILLE VA WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19 1928 TEN UEL OIL Of Tomorrow Douthat Riddle Co Coal Building Material Brick 22 SOON COMING: JOHN BARRYMORE IN "THE TEMPEST" Today and Only No Baggage Checked SYSTEM THEATRE He stood discover school Is NO CHARGE OR EXAMINATION Richmond Va your own TO THE PEOPLE IV THIRD Electric Motor Act? Repairing Danville 40f0R SERVICE ex friends OER APPLIES ONLY TO MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS MAIL ORDERS or money order with this ill Out Coupon Today The Danville Register Or Circulation Department Danvill Here are the free prcmluma check with (X) your choice $100 and Up years rom Also send me the two premiums checked Second loor Name St or 11 I) Phone 2121 Post Office CECIL DeMILLES KING Cody Beatrice Whiteford Sum Newton Helen Walsh and oth tree arose about minutes he re Tlnles sudden that?" Jas I Pritchett Son LARRO POULTRY EED REG PAT OT 1920 BY NEA SERVICE INC Glass Windows doors and windshields Cut Ground and fitted for ANY MAKE CAR OR TRUCK Phone 3n Office No Entrance Market St broke He never of the house Presentation of his widely herald lat est farce Kenny Co RETAIL 221 Main St Phone 174 175 ATHENS Greece Sept A pitched battle was reported last night between Greek frontier guards and Macedonian Comltadjls who had crossed the Bulgarian frontier at Zernova It was said that the Greek posts had been bombed leet National Bank Danville va Quality In Merchandise un With a Jolly Crowd Coaches Parlor Cars Sleeping Cars The barber was beside the barber's Tinymltes the next story) Saturday September 1928 Skilled workmen in Brass Imo and Other Metals Up and Lay TAMPA la Sept Dam age to the fruit crop will not exceed 10 per cent Of the grapefruit and six per cent of the oranges with strong probability that these per centages will be reduced when final and more accurate reports are re ceived Commander general manager of the citrus change said Tickets sold for all morning trains except Cresent Limited Saturday September 22nd Good to return on any regular train except Cresent Limited due to reach Danville midnight Wednesday TEMBER 26 1928 Will be filled now If accompanied by check or money order Common sense prices: $200 $150 $100 Gallery 75c 50c No gov tax before SEP The state will write your final lines if you do not Why not attend to it now and name this experienced institution executor? No fear of financial loss then when the final curtain falls' TOPS AND CURTAINS REPAIRED DrMEVINson Macedonians Clash With Greek Guards The inest Blends and Qual ity alo Cocoa Chocolate Pet Milk Rice and Baking Powder John Bendall Patton and BridgeXSts Phone 2409 22 bodies tied to trees with rope by rescue workers to keep them from floating away Practically all the territory In that section was un der water he said A Hargraves who formerly lived at Memphis Tenn and who has been farming In the section between Belle I Glade and Pahokee said he ran from i his home when it started to collapse He sought refuge another nome only to leave It again when it too was being blown away He ran to a third house where two white men and ten negroes had sought refuge When it started to collapse he crawled a quarter of a mile on his hands and knees to a tall rubber tree When he climbed to the top he found a negro man and his wife clinging to a top limb Shortly afterward he said he saw the house containing the two white men and the negroes washed away when the dike saw the occupants again Water around the nine feet in thirty lated He and the two negroes were I rescued the next morning and brought I here for treatment The names of the white men in the I house were Horace Redding 25 and I his brother in law Harrison Roberts 21 Hargraves reported I Carroll Wlnegardner of Boynton a I dairy worker was Injured about the i rioini Piniica in wnirn ruit Crop Damage Is Not So Serious Stupendous lolramt Thousand Thrills SAVE $150 Limited Time Only The management of Majestl Thea tre with much pride and pleasure announces mall order reservation of the greatest whirlwind of mer riment TO PAVE HIGHWAY LINK The link In No 90 Highway between Statesville and the Davie county line Is to be hard surfaced at once according to agree ment reached by the highway com 1 mission and the Iredell county board of commissioners in special session here Upholstery Department Third loor Enter rom Lynn Street AT would you think of a three act play with the last act omitted? IMMEDIATE SERVICE OR THE SCHOOL OLKS 0 ANY DIERENCE? your husband idle these days or did he get that appointment as prohibition "Yes" Judge What of the play that is your life? Are you leaving out the writing of the last act the act of preparing for the distribution of the accumulations of your lifetime? Virginia Hardware Mfg Co Wedgewood or Wedding Gifts Start a Set of China Whispering Majestic Next Week Alan Dale a dramatic critic on the New York American paid tribute to George Cohan's merry comedy "Whispering which will be seen at the Majetslc Danville Thurs day night Sept 27th when It was presented at the Hudson Theatre New York where It proved to be one of the laughing hits of the season He expressed the opinion that the Cohan play was a rare comidy gem defty done Among other things he said: consider Mr Cohan's play amusing Interesting amazingly well done genuine comedy and brilliantly dialogued This thoroughly interest ing and Ingenious play keeps you in a persistent good humor say that Mr Cohan has almost done the im possible in "Whispering It Is so droll and its ideas are so hu man and so apt and so well thought out Instead of educing your tears at poor humanity's plight Mr Cohan makes you laugh and laugh heartily The holiday matinee folks yesterday shrieked with or the company visiting this city a cast of unusual distinction has been assembled Including: Emma Bunting Gertrude owler George Rand John Clubley Shirley Reid Clay mer ers This offer is possible because of time saved in handling your subscrip tions one entry to make one transaction instead of two or more and we gladly give you the benefit Used Tires All makes and sizes GEO AmericanNational Bank Machine Works 215 Lynn St Phone 2430 CROWELL AUTO CO SOUTH MAIN AT GRAY Joy In Every ountain Drink Curb Service Delux (ompromlse! A wholesome comedy filled with fun coming to you in this picture Get more than your share of the good thing WEDS IN STATE PRISON I TRENTON Jef eph I Polltowskl who Is serving three years I In the State Prison for breaking and entering and Miss Mary Meyers of No 273 Second street Jersey City were married today In the office of Warden Murphy The Rev ather I Louis Guzzardi one of the prison I chaplains officiated MUST SQUARE HIMSEL best thing you can do John Is to go and apologize to Mary" but I was In the right" I "Well In that case you'd better take some flowers along" Passing Show DANVILLE and vicinity or a limited time we will accept TW YEAR subscriptions at the Special Price of you save $150 and may select TWO ree Premiums from the four items below advice of pretty Dorothy Stone daughter of red Stone comedian as she renearsea win ixogers icr ner latncr roic in UrnaHwav show red crashed in his airplane while attempting a solo flight and the cowboy humorist volunteered to "pinch for him until his nimble legs were all right again (International Ihuatratod Nowa) SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY Wfe it Every dav thia waai receive free aault patrons will rank Drur s7' ror a cold at vanqy ror the Children Every Day Do not bother to write just fold your check advertisement and return it to this office he and his family and several other workers had sought shelter gave way His father and mother Mr and Mrs Wlnegardner were seriously injured and brought to a refugee camp here AMONG THE MISSING SERGEANT: Well madam do our best but if your husband been heard from In twelve years WIE: Oh not him worry about What I want is the sample of the ribbon I sent him out to Passing Show The funny little kittens three were i the muddy spots Sometime when Just as gleeful as could be They I you come near our house like had their little mittens which the Tinymltes had found "They're covered with mud" said one wonder Just how that was "I'll tell you how" laughed Scouty "We Just found them on the ground "If you'll remember Just bet you made mud pies in mud all "You're replied one kitten "In the mud for hours we tolled at making mud pies My 'twas fun When through we Jumped right up to run We left our mittens there and that Is how they all got "All said Coppy "Please cry again 'cause we will short ly try to wash them nice and clean for you Come on 'down by the And down they went the kittens and the Tinymltes who lent a hand They soon were washed and then the Tinies heard the kittens scream: "Oh thank you thank you lots and lots cleaned out all ood Rioting Is Reported PIANO TUNING Sea Cali or Write ALBERT A HALL When you pay a lower price you get less for your Exide Batteries EXIDE is worth more than the difference in performance and service SAN JUAN Porto Rico Sept 19 OP) ood riots are Increasing In this hurricane stricken Island This was the word given to Henry Baker national director of disaster relief for the Red Cross soon after his ar rival here yesterday Mr Baker brought five assistants with him on the destroyer Gilmer and they at once plunged into the work organizing relief measures Recover Bodies of Six Drowned Perrons TAMPA la Sept Bodies of six persons drowned In the Lake Okeechbee area have been recovered by members of the 116th field artil lery national guard on duty in that section and eighteen others were list ed as drowned officers reported here last night THE TINY MITES (READ THE STORY THEN ''OtOR THE PICTURE) Being completely equipped I examine the eyes of school folks thoroughly and grind their glasses promptly here in my office to have you call We live up in a bungalow not far from here Now we must go Now that our mittens are all right we be spanked at "I hope that some time we will meet" said Coppy Then on down the street the merry little walked They heard a squeal "Gee what was sared Clowny said "It sounded like Just ahead I think better not go near It the way I feel" "You cat!" the other said and slowly they all walked ahead and soon they had a merry laugh at what gave them the scare A great big pig was being shaved and over him a barber slaved a dog chair (The open in (Copyright 1928 NEA Service Inc) Important Announcement Washington $650 AND RETURN 5 Day Excursion Sugar Coffee Tea or your service needs after 9 Sunday Call Mr Bradner 1563 Mr II Poindexter 2259 REGISTER PUBLISHING CO DANVILLE VA Gentlemen: Enclosed find check for $1050 for which Ji please enter iny Subscription to The Danville Register for two We are large dealers See us bfeore vou buv PHONE 9 THE LATEST JOKE THE SEASON INSTRUCTIONS: "Now do you know what to do If the baby asked the wife before leaving the house my dear shake well and er er UN TO TRADE AT DRUG STORE Prices Adults 20c Children 10c A story about two sets of kldders who are in love It is rollicking and good natured warning against the pitfalls of too much horseplay at the expense of a sensitive bridegroom perim Qrlends Is generally regarded as the best comedy the "wonder boy" of the American stage has written and tickled the risibilities of New York last season when presented at the Hudson Theatre promise to cause a contagion of laughter in this city Majestic Theatre Thurs Sept 27th KINGS A Pullen Company Certified Public Accountants Audits Tax Service 722 3 Masonic Temple Danville Va Raieign PHONE 2544 GIVE GRAPHIC ACCOUNTS 0 STORM IN LA O' Refugee Tells of Clinging to Tree and of Seeing Bodies in Water BY GILL (Associated Press Staff Writer) WEST PALM BEACH la Sept 19 (P) Graphic eye witness stories of death and privation in the back woods region around the great lake Okeechobee in southern lorida were brought here today by injured and destitute living in that region Thrilling stories of escapes were I told by all refugees who were brought here by the Red Cross for medical treatment lodelne or food I Walker a farmer of South head when the dairy house in which Bay who escaped with his wile ana five children said the dike broke about 11 Sunday sending a wall of 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