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The Asheville Times from Asheville, North Carolina • Page 3

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inm Thursday, August 1, 1912. THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE-NEWS. PAGE THREE Peoples Department Store 40 and 42 Patton Avenue Sumner's Former Stand A SELNSATIONAL CLEARANCE Hand-Made Silk Bags $1.50 Light blue, pink, brown, white and blue, white ami pink, with extra long cords, worth $3.50, our special price $1.50 KHAKI RIDING SKIRTS $3.50 A complete showing of the newest white felt Hals for lute summer weatf just what yon want for the late season's wear; prices range from $1.98 to $3.98. WHITE RATINE HATS 98 CTS. TO $1.98.

Special Clearance Sale on all Parasols. Tailored Coat Suits at HALF PRICE. All Wash Dresses, Linen Dresses, Silk Dresses and Lawn Dresses GREATLY REDUCED. INVESTIGATE A XT Sale Will Last Until Begins Thursday August 1st Saturday, Aug. 10th Cost and profit will cut no figure in this sale.

Everything in Summer Merchandise must go. Never before had you the chance to buy at such ridiculous low prices as you will find them in this sale. We are just simply determined to make this the greatest sale event in the of Asheville. Trie THAT JAVtl YOU rlfiNEY Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars Worth of Merchandise Will Go in This Great Sale COME! COME! SILKS! SILKS! SILKS! LOT NUMBER ONE CONSISTS OF SILK FOULARDS, CHINA SILKS, TUSSATT SILK, SILK DOT VOILS, JACQUARD TUSSAH IN HALL COLORS, 50 TO 65 CTS. VALUES, CHOICE, THIRTY-FIVE CENTS PER YARD.

BRING OR MAIL Your films to us for developing and printing, and enjoy good, clear prints on velox. Kodaks loaned free. ROBINSON'S KODAK STORE 8 Haywood. Opp. P.

O. WOOL DRESS GOODS! WOOL DRESS GOODS! Asheville Dry Cleaning Co. 38 North Lexington Ave. Phones 835 and 836. "We Clean Everything But Your Reputation" Lot Number One consists of Fancy Voiles, Serges, Pan-mas, Brilliantine and Mohair, in black and all colors, 50 to 75 cent values, choice 39c yard MERCERIZED FOULARDS AND SILK FINISHED BATISTE.

A great variety of beautiful patterns in dark and light colors, 20 and 25 cent values, choice 12 l-2c Great bargains in White Goods, consisting of India Linen, Persian Lawn, Madras, Nainsook, Long Cloth, Faxon, Cambric, 15 to 22 cent values, choice 10c yard SPLENDID VALUES INFANTS AND CHILDREN'S DRESSES 50c Ladies' Lace Hose 25c $1 Ladies' three-quarter length Silk Gloves 69c 50c Ladies' Silk Hose 39c $1.50 Parasols 69c 50c Men's Four-in-IIand Silk Ties 39c 10c Talcum Powder 7c WONDERFUL BARGAINS IN LADIES' SUITS, DRESSES, SKIRTS, COATS $15.00 Woolen Suits, for $7.50 $5.00 Auto Coats for $3.98 $6.50 Pique Norfolk Dresses $3.98 $10.00 Lingerie Dresses for $4.98 $7.50 Silk Kimonas $3.98 $5.00 to $10.00 Wash Dresses, consisting of batiste, voile, lawn, percale, gingham, choice $2.98 $5.00 Knitted Blazer Coats $2.98 All Cash Prices Reduced 20 Per Cent Supply your furniture needs now at a saving of one-fifth from our usual low cash prices. Beaumont Furniture Co. 27 So. Main St. EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS $5.00 Silk Underskirts, black and all colors, choice $3.98 Great Bargains in Linens, consisting of Table Linens, Napkins, Dress Linens, Linen Towels and Linen Toweling, Linen Sheeting, Tray Cloths, Bureau Scarfs, prices MARKED WAY DOWN.

One lot of 12 l-2c Dress Gingham for 8 l-2c One lot of 18c Galatea Cloth for 12 l-2c One lot of 15c Wash Batiste for 8 l-2c One lot of 10c Cretons for 7 l-2c One lot of 18c pretty Poplins for 12 l-2c One lot of 25c Saxon Stripes for 17 l-2c One lot of 18c Mercerized Linene for 12 l-2c One lot of 25c Curtain Goods for 18c One lot of 12 l-2c Percale for. 10c One lot of 25c Oil Cloth for 17c One lot of 10c best Apron Gingham for 6 3-4c SLAUGHTERING PRICE REDUCTION ON HAND BAGS This lot consists of two hundred fine Leather Bags, all sizes, black and colors, gilt frame, silver frame and gun metal values from $3.00 to $4.50, for. $1.98 MARKETS TIE Wabash 5 Wabash pfd 15 NEW YORK COTTON. Open. Close.

August 12.50 12.40 September 12.58 12.49 October 12.72 12.62 De ember 12.79 12.69 runuary 12.13 12.62 Spot 13.00. New York, August 1. Some substantial gains were recorded the early dealings, in the stock exchange today. Canadian Pacific ad ded to its new high record with an advance of lour points, Biscuit 2, Americ an Tobacco 3. Trading was in arger volume than recently, with practically no declines.

Stocks displayed a strong and at times buoyant tendency. Trading in the first hour approximated shares. As a demonstration of bullish Confidence the movement was the CD. BUYS MORE LAND most pronounced of the summer. Bonds were steady.

$2.50 AND CORSETS FOR $1.50. One lot of Corsets, all the odds and ends of our $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 for $1-50 Another lot of $1.50 Royal Worcester Corsets for 75c ONE LOT OF $2.50 PIQUE SKIRTS FOR $1.40. HIGHEST GRADE MILLINERY BARGAINS. You can come in our store and select any hat, shapes, flowers, feathers, any pay only half of what they are marked. One large table full of Silk Ribbon, plain and fancy colors, values from 35c to 39c, choice 25c yard EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS IN OttR BARGAIN BASEMENT.

$1.50 to $3.00 Shirt Waists for 98c $1 Lawn Dressing Sacques for 49c $1.50 Heather Bloom Underskirts for 98c $1.50 to $3.00 Wash Dresses for 98c $1.50 Combination Suits for 89c 75c Ladies' Muslin Night (Jowns 49c 15c Ladies' Ribbed Vests for 10c $2,50 Silk Underskirts for $1.29 7 l-2c Apron and Dress Giugham for 4 l-2c 39c Men's Silk Ties for 19c 25c Boys' Wash Pants for 19c 50c Boys' Khaki Pants for 39c 20c Silk Hair Ribbons for 10c 98c Girls' Wash Dresses 49c $1.50 Boys' Wash Suits for 75c 10c Children's Hose for 5c 25c Silk Windsor Ties 15c 20c Fancy Aprons for 10c 25c Veiling for 5c 12 l-2c Men's and Women's Hose 5c 25c Men's Hose for 12 l-2c 25c Corset Covers for 19c ONE LOT OF GINGHAMS, CALICOES, PERCALES, ETC. 7 l-2c to 10c values for 5c per yard. One lot of Ladies' Summer Union Suits, 50c to 75c values, for 25c arid 39c. Brisk buying of Hill stocks started i general movement upward again, ut the demand waned after the list had returned to about the best fig Big Band Mill to Be Constructed Other Activities in Haywood County. ures ol the torenoon.

Huslness was at a low ebb the latter part of the afternoon and prices not essentially changed. Cotton Much Kaslcr. New York, Aug 1. -Cotton opened easy today at a decline of 16 to IS point and sold 24 to 27 points net SPLENDID BARGAINS IN LADIES' MUSLIN AND RIBBED SUMMER UNDERWEAR One big lot of fine Linen Laces and Insertion, 10c values, for 4c per yd. COME AND SEE THE GREAT VALUES WE OFFER IN VAL.

LACE, EMBROIDERY, ALL-OVER LACE AND lower during the first few minutes un. ler renewed heavy general liquidation. inspired by weakness at Liverpool. A gentleman just In from Waynes-ville reports that the Waynesvllle Lumber company, which rtcently pur-ehased from the Whitings the Smoke-mont tract, has bought several additional tracts of timber on Jonathan creek, the last being the Piatt tract of 2000 acres. This now gives the company nearly 100 million feet of timber.

The railroad which the company Is building from Wuyncsvllle Is progressing rapidly, the graders hav Hcports of further showers in Ii'sih and claims as to what the government ero report will bo were fully dis counted. The market continued nervous and unsettled late In the forenoon and at midday prices were within a point or ing pusred Dellwood. two of the lowest, or about 24 to 25 The millwright, who Is to have mints under last night's elosing fig charge of the construction of the big ures. band mill at Wnynesville, is on the WAISTS! WAISTS WAISTS! i One lot of fine Lingerie, $1.50 waists, for 89c One lot of Silk Taffeta and Messaline $3.50 values, for $1X9 ground organizing his working force STOCKS. preparatory' to commencing Open.

Work is also processing favorably Atchison 107J Amer. Locomotive 431 Amer. Smelting 841 on the dam for the lake of the Southern Methodist assembly, and the various enterprises now In progress around Waynesvllle are making great demands for labor. Atlantic Coast Line 141 Brooklyn Rapid 92 MISSIONARY MEETING BOWLING SCORES WORKS FOR ASHEVILLE The gentleman also stated that he Baltimore Ohio, ex dlv. 1071 IASS1VE BRDMZE TABLET "flvn Amal.

Copper 831 had learned from the manager of the Champion Fibre company at Canton Canadian Pacific 275J Mnj Helpful Papers and Talks novum Scwdon Wax Held Last evening. Y. it A. Kefonta Nee If Team, Giving Former a Total Lead of -hi. W.

S. Neville, Now In Orlamlu. Ills. trlbuteM Advertising for Ills Home Town. that the company Is alwut to Increase N.

Y. Central the capacity of the sulphite mill, as It Close. 1081 43S 841 14U 921 108J 84 275 1171 30) 811 361 1441 1421 1301 27 159! 69J 1181 1361 1161 Colorado Fuel Iron Chesapeake A Ohio 814 Is found that the supply of hemlock Erie 36 The meeting of the home and for- Consolidated Gas elen missionary societies of the Ashe and spruce In this territory Is sufficient to furnish a plant of greater rapacity for 40 or 50 years to come. This Increase will add employment MR. PICK'S MEMORY IP Be Placed in Wall of Li-Kbrary Building Fine Work of Art.

vllle nnd Waynesvlllo districts of the Methodist church, held at Bethel for 100 more men. church, cam" to a close yesterday af Mr. Pack nnd also becauee It facea the square which bears his name. The tablet Is of bronze five fee by three feet In dimension and Is a fine work of art made by the Gorham company, silversmiths, of New whose design was regarded as the best of those submitted. The Inscription on the tablet was prepared by a committee named for this purpose by Donald Olllls, president of the association, consisting of Mayor J.

K. Rankin. Hurls Oodbey, Mist Annie C. Williams, a P. Ravenel, Dr.

it R. Swop. It reads as follows: 'To the msmory of George Willis Pack, whoa gifts to tha city of Ash-vlllr Include this building and four public parks. Of his many acta of private beneficence no record has been kept, but the loyal admiration and gratitude of hi fellow cltliena are the highest tribute to a man In whose character modesty and simplicity were not leas conspicuous than generosity and pub- Fisherman "I wonder If anybody ever caught anything In this blamed pond?" Native "Sure. A feller fell In here once and caught a bad cold." Judge.

ternoon. An Interesting program was earned out, and It Is felt by those who attended that much gooJ Will result, as the missionary workers displayed much enthusiasm and many helpful 1241 Pore haa tut arrived from New 26 511 Occsslonally there la evidence that Asheville is receiving no little public-It through the efforts of former residents snd visitors. Some of these not only, take pleasure In telling of the advantagea of Aahevllle. buf they go to the trouble of distributing literature, and they even, Influence local newspnpers to nirry Asheville news. Secretary Ruckner of the board of trade haa Just received a letter from Will 8.

Neville, formerly of Asheville, who Is now sales manager of the Ourry Smith Cigar company of Orlando, Kia. Mr. Neville i that he aometlme ago had Mr. Ruckner to sent htm some Aahevllle booklets. These he distributed.

He alao sntd that he had made ar alignments with the editor of a paper it carry some picture of Aahevllle. and he asked Mr. Bucknel- to forward thv OUtSk papers were read ana uukh mane. The Y. M.

C. A. bowling team won over the team of Neely In the match last night by 06 pins. The winners were already 186 pins nhaad, which give them a lead of M. The following scores' were made laat night: Y.

M. C. Total SeMer 05 171 lsO B6 Qfl nt mi US 114 Brwn 14:1 1ST III 401 Juries i4 166 11 Burg 148 17 140 465 "rand total 2442 NcNy'a Team. Total Loenbeln ISO 160 ISO 46" Ml Insky 1 36 1 53 IIS 421 White 188 14S 1TB S04 Williams 147 171 il 467 Necly 12 192 111 60? Urand total 2347 nerc It wu wrought, a mir 'rrnze tablet In ilieat Northern pfd 141 Illinois Central Kans. Tex.

Louisville Nashville National Lead Norfolk Western 1181 Northern Pacific libj People' Gas Pennsylvania 1231 Bock Island Bock Island pfd Reading 166 Amer. Sugar 127 Southern Pacific St Paul 106 Southern Railway 29 Southern Railway 771 Tennessee Copper I'nlon Pacific 11 U. 8. meet 7 1 a U. 8.

Stool pfd iTJtah Copper 024 1671 tt W. Punk A.h.lll..'. Intensely Interested. 127 112 "How's things at your boarding house?" "Vory Inharmonious We've' got four kinds of republican nnd three kind of democrats, to ay nothing of those who favor the bull moose pary." Washington Herald. raptor, which la to be placed In 1071 291 fluffraaette "I read every line of wail of the building of the Memorial Library association.

l't waa presented to the Memorial Ubrarv association by 78 the presidential convention doings 411 Lo Women ahould know how these things or Mr. Pack arid It la pel ittle "How doe that candid te Hnttlc "She addreases her or: i are done." oed In thi 171 711 118 621 Ordinary woman "Of coursel Bo did Weren't some of the women's gift 01 costumes Just Judgu..

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