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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS AUGUST 5, 1919. ELEVEN? 98c to $4.39 which will be seen at the Imperial again today. Jimmy McGowan, the celebrated baritone, was accorded a regular ovation after every song, and more tnan iuinuea tne glowing promises made for him by the man At the Ottoway. Henry B. Walthall, screen deline agement of the Imperial.

Reld latest picture, The Love are making desperate Efforts to hon orably exist on a far inadequate income. David millionaire, who had ruined the father of Hope Nelson, comes to her in an effort to get her into his clutches. In the meantime J(je Maynard, a crook appears in the room of the girls in an effort to. escape the police. Mr.

Jack X. Ltewis plays the role of Joe Maynard in a manner that only adds to his" already-enviable reputation. Mr. Warren Wade as Detective Clancy, Mr. Parker Fennelly as David Burnham, Miss Mable Frost as Mrs.

Edwards and Mr. Larry Powers as "The' Crab" Burglar," is one scene of rapid-fire ac ator of forceful and imaginative roles, who ia appearing in productions released through Exhibitors Mutual, has TV1 'fd ANTlM A is'arodna. tion after another. Everybody knows how "Wally" can scrap, and he has one splendid battle in this picture, soitD -lying -m which takes place in a second-rate Deen called the "Edgar Allen Poe of the screen." Mr. Walthall is, In fact," a deep student of the author of "The Raven," "Annabel Lee and "The Gold-Bug," and possesses one of the most com inn-up Sale LadIes' Pumps and 'IEJxfords 9Sc, $1.49, $1.98, $2.49, $3.89, $4.39.

Odd Lots Come in Colors White, Brown, "lack. Red, Tan and Blue Some in the Lot Worth $10.00 Take a Look Sale Saturday and Monday. Thompson's Phone 23. saloon. How Reid, a society idler, starts out to rescue his brother, finds himself JSocmprJing.

ilicinff or shain off tdorq than need. GRANDMA is soab-rand it is Pawdtr a. That's the big secret. You just roe4Bare outwJwityou need, no more. prinkfe 4v In t-Vi a tun tagged with the character and reputa- all have exceptionally strong parts plete and interesting collections of the tion of Kid Colt, a western bad man and execute them in a most creditable a.

j.n ji i I great poet's works in existence. The affinity-of Poe and Walthall has just oui ot ju, ttuu now ne lives up i manner. Mr. Hal stack as up jua to that character to win the love Of a wards furnishes much comedy in his magic, millions of clorfoiM, cleatvalog often been remarked. It was in such demonstration of his methods of sell successes as "The Avenging Con ing his safety razor and in his re auos inaninBiaHt.

cleanest, freshest clothes that ever hung on a wash lino. hearsal of the circus act that he is end, Larger Packages science," built upon some of Poe's stories, that the great actor's ability to visualize the psychology of the emotions was demonstrated, and' in endeavoring to establish. girl, form the basic plot of the film, and as in everything else featuring Reid, the picture is full of action from start to finish. Jimmy McGowan 'has a wonderful voice and his songs yesterday brought round after round of well-earned applause. He will sing again today, and all this week.

A Bray pictograph will FRIENDS MEET AT a JAM A such characterizations Waithall is without a rival. In stature, temperament and linea rflUNDED mTTTr CHARTERED IN 1859 GUILFORD COLLEGE Greenboro, Aug. 5. At the annual ments me actor mignt oe called a Lbe shown today in connection with i ty Tilts jrowemrtsu Saves TIMESayesVORK -Saves SOAP Your Grpcer Has lit meting of the North Carolina Society reincarnation of Poe, who himself DURHAM, N. C.

"The Love Burglar." of Friends, Vhich begins at Guilford came of a histrionic family, his father College tomorrow and lasts until next being one of the most talented actors a wpl endowed old colleee. with hsmdonma i "uouuio uc uutmiuga, a. large, beautiful campus, first-class special and general equipment, nd a nation- of his day. As Stephen Duane. in "Modern Hus viae in.ui""-" --o quu.

yiugressive policies. Fees and ex low. Classical and scientific nnraon iciinr tjui- Monday, many interesting speeches will be made and representative members of the denomination from various parts of the state will gather to discuss important topics of the year. bands," at the Ottoway tomorrow and Thursday, Walthall more closely ap jradaate courses in all departments. Schools of Engineering.

Education, and. Three sessions will be held daily, proximates the imaginative role which made him famous, than anything he has done within the past three years, At the Piedmont. Doubtless has any bill ever been presented in Charlotte that proved as entertaining as the one now being presented by the Jack X. Lewis Stoci: company at the Piedmont. "The" Girl He Couldn't Buy" is a production having every quality ot real refined entertainment, and is an attention-holder from the rise of the first curtain to the last.

Girl He Couldn't Buy" will be presented again tonight and tomorrow matinee and For catalogue and illustrated booklet, address R. L. FLOWERS, Secretary ot the Corporation which means that he has again come into his own with a role suited to his rare and distinctive talents. night. The Lewis players were greet At the Imperial.

"Wallace Reid'a best picture." That was the verdict heard time and again yesterday from persons who had seen Wallace Reid in "The Love Burglar," ed with full houses at both matinee and night performances yesterday, and while special religious services have been arranged for Sunday. Zena Dixon, of Elkin, will act as clerk of the meeting; Professor J. Frank Davis, of Concord, reading clerk, and Miss Clara of High Point, recording clerk. The college auditorium and the new garden meeting house will be used as gathering places. The list or speakers includes Levi T.

Pennington, president of Pacific College, Newburg, Oregon, who is in charge, of the Forward movement in the Friends' church; Clarence Picket, secretary of theYoung Friends' Societies Willie Beede, field secretary American Friends Foreign mission board; Louis S. Stout, of the western yearly meeting, a prominent minister of Indiana; William W. Comfort, president of Harverford College, who from reports coming from the box office the remaining performances of this bill will be seen by record break 3n ing audiences. The cast of characters in "The Girl He Couldn't Buy" is one of the strongest ever seen here. Each play er has a role especially fitting to his I or her ability, all of which tends to make this bill one without a dull moment throughout it.

Miss Edna will discuss educational work of the denomonationv TODAY Grandin as Hope Nelson and Mi3S Dawn Frost as Kitty Burns are seen at their best. The play with a scene in a New York tenement house where Hope Nelson and Kitty Burns Early Shipment HMT1 -er STRIKERS WATCHFULLY WAITING. Salisbury Aug. 5 This city has A taken on somewhat of a holiday appearance on account of the presence on the stf ets of the men from the PIANO MOVING PIANO TUNING CHAS. M.

STIEFF, Inc. M. T. MANNING, Manager CHARLOTTE MUSICAL HEAD QUARTERS Telephone 198. 21S South Tryon Spencer shops who are on strike.

There are 1,500 or more of these men and most of them" are about on the streets some time during the day. With them it is a cause of watchful, waiting. No trouble what ever is anticipated. NEW EDISONIA TODAY ALICE BRADY in The Frothy Delightfully Human Picture "RED HEAD" 99 GINGER OLE HOSS SALE! We have just received our first shipment of Fall Hats in all the newest Fall styles and colors. Come to see us we will be glad to show you.

One-Fourth Off all Panamas and Leghorns while they last. CAPITOL CHAFF. Washington, July 17. Some day some "muckraker" is going to spring on an unsuspecting public the real reason why congress makes haste so slowly with important legislation. Just to beat that muckraker to it, here's the reason.

Golf. And a story to prove it. A senate page, son of a senator's secretary said to his dad: "Senator Edge certainly has a lot A Great Feature Picture Featuring Violet Palmer, Garreth Hughes and Paul Everton ROADWAY of influence for a new senator. Why he Called Senator Cummins down, out 500 packages, or more, unclaimed and 0 refused freight at auction, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6, 9:30 A.

M. at Seaboard Air Line Railway Ole flos3 Warehouse, East Trade at under of the presiding officer's chair, and CO got Senators Elkins, Gey, Hitchcock, and I don't know who all, and tney went out to play golf right while the LAST TIME We Close Saturday at 6 P. M. TODAY PIEDMONT TONIGHT Wednesday Matinee and Night 'The Girl He Couldn't Buy" pass. J.

LEE PHILLIPS, J.O.SHANNON, His Trigger Finger Always On The Jobl And he never missed his aim. whether his target was a rustler's heart or the heart of a 2 1 Salvage Agent. Auctioneer. WILLIAM FOX PRESENTS Sfzannon AUTOCRAT EQUI-BALANCED. EKS William Famum TWO WE In senate was in session.

Among' the harmless hobbles of legislators, none, says Senator Mc-Nary of Oregon, is more Interesting than his. "It affords so much variety, and not a few surprises," said McNary, telling about it. His hobby is hunting Sunday dinners. Not a country hotl or old time tavern within many, miles of Wash ington has escaped McNary. Whenever he hears of a new place, he's off to try it.

The other Monday he came to the senate indignant. "Found a new place yesterday," he explained, "and charged me $2.50 for a chicken dinner. Worst of it was, the chicken appeared to have been chased up and down, around and over the adjacent Blue Ridge mountains until it was all toughened up before it got into the $2.50 class' KONC-CKOUT "BLOW. The knockout blow is scientifically explained as follows: When the lower jaw is struck on its point, especially with an uppercut, the bony portion of the ear inside is driven forcibly upward into the glenoid cavity of the skull, above and behind which Is situated the delicate labyrinth of the inner ear. The jawbone strikes hard upon the thin plate of bone that supports these sensitive organs and gives a shock to the semicircular canals that is Ih-stahtly transmitted by.

them to the bulb, producing dizziness, nausea and momentary paralysis. This explains why a sideways blow on the jaw is more effective as a knockout than one delivered directly upon the point of the jaw. For the shock of a sideways blow is received in one glenoid cavity, that on the side opposite the one on which it is struck, while the shock of a' blow in the center is divided between the cavities on the two sides. Paris The Smokers Defense League is conducting an energetic Campaign against the increase in the price of tobaicco by the government. A smoker's strike is advocated.

in "The Lone Star AUGUST Ranger" DO YOU FEEL TIRED AND HAVE BACK ACHE WHEN YOU. GET UP, IN THE MORNING? If so, try an Spring one month at our expense and if you don't feel better, you need a doctor. We sell "Auto-' crat," Waysagless Spring, "Red Cross" and "Restwell" Mattresses and Box Springs. Presented by JACK X. LEWIS STOCK Ct.

With MISS EDNA. GRANDIN MORE LAUGHS THAN IN A DOZEN COMEDIES The Bill That Does A "Turn-Away" Business RESERVE YOUR SEATS EARLY RUTH ROLAND In the 15th Episode "THE TIGER'S TRAIL" A sensational photoplay of those days in Texas when the cattle rustler was handled minus I mercy. hri Last 1 Imperial ime Our Big Furniture Clearance Sale Going Full Speed Ahead YOU WILL SAVE MONEY Buy Now TODAY CO llcOT I. Yon have used iota Kinky Bikstraightenetg WHITE HOUSE COFFE and none nave done, yon any good. Kow try tne reaV kair grower, QUE; EN rz.

Nfltrifljlf1 and get a fcedcb 1 i A ERSKI Bray Pictography-Superb Music Extra, Attraction JIMMIE McGOWAN Baritone Soloist The favorite brand la taonaand of lom rbere live the eoanolaaenra of good Coffee. Wllte House" In the morntaa; la the proper atimnlus for the day' work. It atanda aa (be Coffee supreme oa the market today. Order from your Grocer ho haa It If he's an up-to-date man. "THE 'PROGRESSIVE' FURNITURE STORE" CHARLOTTE, N..

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