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j LANC/ ' I Spring I / X All our energies, activities Y SALE of SILKS. All our reser ^ wanted things when they are i Y Read the inspiringly low ? is the best of its kind. Y No false hopes will be en *1 vertised offerings which start X Hungry to Save. I Silks "ts jL On this table you will And plain ^ Taffetas, Meusalines and Satin Fou t of colors. $1.75 New Crepe de Chines, all $1.65 New Novelty Silks T SATIN MKSSAIANKS V ^8^ All Silk In Street and Evening * Shades, 36 inches wide , .91.10 Yard 2 91.85 WHITE WASH SATIN. Exquisite quality for Waists und Underclothes 05c Yard X ======= > STOKE KDlTOJ X | A We try to make each day here as \ * that preceded it and so, like the "m popularity depends largely upon the frt the reels, we change stocks constantly ? JL We want no one to be able to say jT at T1IE LANCASTER DEPARTMENT 'i reason that iT public interest in this . tained the store will start on the dowr j| price never loses its business bringing J V variety, newness and novelty in stocks W sure l>usiness progress. We change tl x New, Beautiful, Effe X T 1 IMPROVEMENTS APPRECIATED, up by S ity, wt Mr. Editor: Will you print a few lines of appreciation from an inter- uive , esied reader of your newsy little pa- C1<^ 10 per? I The :are Ju We are delighted to know that the yOUng improvements mentioned in your pa- w-jj per concerning the mill vflliyte are way really to happen in the near future. | ^,Jie "We have longed for a stop such ns . .. . . , , v tutiom this for years and now it seems al- jtlng most too good to he true, to know ,. the w( that we are really to have a chance CftUSft /or better things in our little "City , ; condlt of the Mill. * I. __ , ... handll The need of a place for social gath- | erings and recreation for ihe employees of the mill has been an un- f'ie tr eolved problem to thinking people 8*lou'< here at the mill, for we realized that of It required quite an outlay of money BOOn In the beginning. And how to go about raising the money was a prob- ors w lem. : Now that the matter has been taken them home 4 WHAT IS |groTh" UX-FOSs LAX-fOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA ! for * A Digestive Laxative re,,a' must I CATHARTIC AND UVtK lUWHi now Lax-Fos is not Secret or Patent Medi- w cine but is composed of the following old-fashioned roots and herbs: vv CASOARA BARK 1 BLUE FLAG ROOT P>? RHUBARB ROOT com] BLACK ROOT MAY APPLE ROOT I SENNA LEAVES ifcul AND PEPSIN i Si In Lax-Fos theCASCARA is improved by And the addition of these digestive ingredi- I vjva BP* ents making it better than ordinary Cas* cara,and thus the combination acts not nGBB only as a stimulating laxative nndcathar- h?ac tic but also as a digestive and liver tonic, one, Syrup laxatives are weak, but Lax-Fos gorf combines strength with palatable, aromatic taste and docs not gripe or disturb 'Hf" the stomach. One bottle will prove trna Lax-Fos is invaluable for Constipation, g{gt Indigestion or Torpid Liver? Price 50c. A(Jv iSTER I The Bet Silk Sale c or The W and resources have been c ailed up /e strength has been drawn upon tc nost wanted. prices that will prevail at this SII dangered, no promises broken, no i on Wednesday morning, will re\ If10 95c Si colors, fancy stripe and checked Oth lards in an excellent assortment garnei also n Silk Guaranteed Hox Loom. tat ... $2. .t?r in u __ L $1.25 $1. IiLACK H ABUT AI SILK ?5c. 3 6 inches wide for Waists and Lin-, ings. NATURAL COLOR PONGEE 33 inches wide, extra quality, beautiful and rich 85c Yard IllAL. Colored V\ new designs interestingly new as the day oving picture" houses whose 2 7-ifaeh Di 'quency with which it changes A new shipn in truth "there's nothing new C olored S STC'IE" for the self-evident combination! store should fail to be main- Fancy Cn iward track. While value for 39 inches w ; power, yet that is not all? are quite as necessary to in- Beautiful le "reels" constantly here. wide ictive Creations in Millin STYLE, Ql k. A A. Aw .A. %, VVVvv -< people with the financial abll- MYSTEKY si s feel that It 1b only a matter SI'H 1I>1 3 before we will have what we loped and prayed for?a He- Namett Att4)rr n Center. she Col Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A Durham, M st the thing needed by our roundtng the people and here's hoping that sujcide of Vii prove a great success In every va.. wh her name as re are two more needed instl- Greenwich. U i at this mill village?a vis-!ed up today. nurse and a kindergarten format jn slat ie tots. We need the nurse be- diately after we don't understand sanitary 19-year-old si ions and proper methods of could not giv Ing our sick folk. jBhe Btated th need the kindergarten because Keith, a youi aining of the mill children and son of a 1 begin at an early age as most of Granville sm have to quit school just as cernlng the as old enough for work in the Mr. Keith ad and too, so many of the moth- with hor. H< rork that it would be a great had asked h to have a kindergarten to send he had jiltec to instead of leaving them at knew no re in the care of an ignorant ne- Keith said th ervant. is the only e time is coming when all of acquainted v things will be included in the had known b ling of a mill village and may, Saturday hasten the day. Truly, the en- ma(ie by per ment around most mills is bad ^he girl to c he youngsters, ancl if we have 8eCrecy. It ble citizens in the future we the g|ri ha . change things for the better taking bichl I while sittini e trust that the mill company the center o continue to study eur needs and trict, and in hem as they can for better peo- joo persons will give better service to the , HHP9 A Mill Woman. Colds From Hudden Changes H/^v >ring brings all kinds of weather It with It come colds and the re- rai? 1 of winter coughs and hoarse. Dr. Bell's Pino-Tar-Honey will I off n new cold or stop the old g the soothing bnlsams relieve the > throat and heal the irritate ies. Get a bottle today and sta/t .tinent at once. * At your drug, 25c. Formula on the bottle.? ^ I ? * ? ' ?? . )EPARTM it Place To Shop After All i Tempting I oman Hungry ion to fittingly provide for this great S ) render it logically helpful by providing t iK SALE?each stands for true economy, expectations remain unsatisfied through eal a Tempting Feast of Values for the 11 __ That Sold Up to Q illvS 6'5c yd. > table of fine quality China Silks, colors, brown, blut t, tan, nile and etc. 'Suitable for waists, kimonas, sacq lake pretty linings. 00 Cheney Satin Foulards, 40 inches wido, $1. 50 New Taffeta Silks $1.75 GEORGETTE CREPE. -- ? Stunning bright shades so much in demand $1.45 Yard A s to wear $1.75 CHARMECSE $1.40 YAK1> $1.35 V All siik, extra neavy quality, cnii- i fon flnish. I Waists. ,'ash Fabrics, Printed Cotton Voiles; 3 8 inches wide in light and dark effects 52"?c Y?r ess Ginghams; Plaids, Checks, Stripes and Plain Color lent Just received 112 l-i2c Yai hirtings, 36 inches wide; entirely new range of coli s 2<>c Yai oss Stripe Voiles; Ail-Over, Striped and Check effort ide . . 5?c Yin Paisley Crepes; All-Over Dresden effects, 36 inch 5l)c V? ery, Suits, Dresses and Co. (ALITY AND MODERATE " " * J* ItltOL'NDINC* the name of Mrs. V. VV. Kirl, C I'AItTJAI.UV t'l.KAU which she went, could he learn i girl's condition improved i iey of Durham as Man 1 and this morning she was pi ild Not Gi\o l*p. a machine an(1 ,oft with llal arch 18.?Mystery sur- ^her supposed destination. SUppunuu aiicuii/iv-ii I ginia Wingate, of Nor- STKHI5M* Ol T or o Saturday night gave | KECJI.MKNT S'l Mra. V. W. Kirl, of j Columbia, March 18.?The . I., was partially clear- j'nK ?ut H10 Second Soutl when it was learned llna Infantry, recently return ements made irainedl- border an<' In Camp Stj the attempt, the pretty here was stopped today on re tranger, had said she orders directing the Federal e up her "man." Later 'n^ ?"lcer to await further lat the man was V. W. ,iona- Only the sanltury deti jg attorney of this city, ?' "ie orKnnization had b wealthy lumber dealer charged from federal servi, county. Asked con- ,he or<lors were received. N statements of the girl, and furloughs were to be gn mitted his acquaintance was 8a'd* 3 denied reports that sho im for money, and that ' nfortunate Positioi 1 her. He said that he A y?un* man found und< ason for her act. Mr. 'n a Minneapolis hotel < at, so far as he knew, he H,at 'ie l,ad grown so accus person in Durham well sle?Ping in a trundle bed in 1 ,1th the girl and that he nood 'that he never cou,d An ier for five years. reKular way, but as h , . . ? , registered for' the room In night every attempt was . . . . . A . . , . . was found, he had to make sons who took charge of , , . .. .. _ . , planation to the police.?S| :loak the entire affair in ' ... was several hours after epU Can' d attempted suicide by . ., . ... . . , . Sloan s Liniment For Rhc orlde of mercury tablets. _ 5 I. an automobile near Th? la'tnT* ?< rh ?m ,t Durham'a bualneaa die- psln" ""d achM ,hnt makf , , , , .. bearable are relieved by Slo plain view of more than J ? ? .lo.n oloo w f h i that her name, or even to apply and more effect] mussy plasters or ointment it penetrates quickly with for the many pi aches following exposure, 1y.% k m 3 H pains and muscle soreness akAflDpB&HnnBSKn is promptly ? n. m 1 ?11 fehl SflBH waj bottle lumbago, toothache, backi T'a v neck and all external pains gists, 25c.?Adv. ySmm Plies Cured In 6 to 14 ' Yoor druggist will rotund tnoi !tt flmMllltTtlil^l OINTMRNT fads to cure any cat Blind, Bleeding or I'rotnidlng i'Mea The a ENT SI east of V ' to Save PRING ~ he most Jc for each ' SjwA? 1? {".' v I the,a- . g Woman ^ #4 5c " green, | / lies, will ^j 50 Yard - II IliACK OIIFFOX TAFFETA $1.25 $1.45 YARD. . ilk, very lustrous, guaranteed niing: k'HITK JAI* SIliK 1MV- YARD. $1.7.1 llent for entire dresses and new FIRST SHOW I.Nia OF THE MOW SI Handsome high-cut models, of ? white or grey ivory leathers welted heels and very graceful lines throng )r The price is very reasonable, i tions s, This is only one of the many footv from time to time during the seas rd touch with the announcements fron its. Distinguished fo : PRICE 4^4 , under MOltK SOUTHERN ?d The IMl'ltOVKMK! ra pidly. 1 l>? eigh as Ashevill<\ N. C.f March 13.?E' frame trestle on the 228 miles of Southern Railway system's line tween Morristown, Tenn., and S <H'l'Kl) bury, N.C., will be replaced by muster- manent structures of steel and h ( aro- crete when the work of sterngt i'd from iillU( which has been in x, neai gregs for several months, is < iceipt of pleted musterTo facilitate the movement oi ins'vucvery heavy trallic which passes achroent this line, the Southern plans to een dlain service Santa Fe type freight :e when , . , , motives, much heavier than 0 leaves anted it Povver now 'n us?. an(* it then became necessary to replace strengthen a large number of s turea. sr a bed The extent of this work will b< explained derstood from the fact that i turned to eludes: Erection of 18 new his child- bridges to take the place of li, d rest in structures; encasing 5 stone e wasn't brick arches In reinforced cone which he elimination of 119 trestles by 1 this ex- struction of 6 underpasses for pringfleld ways and 14 concrete culverts the filling of the remaining tie ? large concrete and cast iron pip< 'uiimtism. ing placed to take care of drain tism, the Over this line is handled a j life un- volume of coal moving from V an's Lint- ia ftn(j Tennessee mines and a at Is easy mj8cellaneous traffic in both ivo than tions. That part of it between s because ristown and Asheville has the out rub- traffic of any line of the 1 alns and ern Railway system, includin strains, recently inaugurated movem i, Sloan's sm,thern coal for export throui 'Ctlve. A' port of Charleston, for ro\I ache, stl | whenever Yon Need a Oeneral , At druf Take drove's The Old Standard Grove'a Ti chill Tonic is equally valnabh General Tonic because it cotita Days wel? -xnown tonic properties of QVJ ney 1! PAZO on,\ IRON. It acts on the Liver, fn 6 t</l4d?y?! out Malaria, K"riches the Bio ud K.?t, 30c. 8urhls up the Whole System. ^ rtt.-t- i? i>> ii isMiii wirim ?ia i miA ii? iiil 1 ORE I X i r i X alues | ? T | .^.ILTfe I I rvio j! ^v V 1 <-\ \f} ! \ l Mb I Misjih \ % Y COLORED CHIFFONS > ?5c VAHD Z iiutiful shades, suitable for trim 3. : hlack ciikney fourard SILK $1.45. W<T inches wide, suitable for the mourning dress. Jk i Y I?HING BOOTS AND SLIPPERS. white and grey kid skin, with ^ at the sole, kid covered Louis' [hout. ?! n view of present market comlt- 4 9T.OO ^ T vear novelties which we will offer ?* ion. It will pay you to keep in 1 the shoe sections. _ ? y T r their exclusive Y T T Y HANK NO. 38. NTS Statement of tlie Condition of THE HAN K OF LA N< ^ ASTER, ^ery Located at Lancasterr S. C., at the close of business March 5th, 1917. the RESOURCES. be- Loans and discounts. ... $700,239.76 <? alls- Overdrafts .. .. 2.753.32 , i _ llonds and stocks owned p' by the bank 10,000.00 con- Furniture and fixtures . . 1,000.00 hen- Ranking house 6,042.18 * Other real estate owned. . 3,500.00 1 " Due from banks and bank- 1 com- ers 68,559.93 Currency 23.604.00 , . IrUlU ,5.3D (.OU Silver and other minor f over coin 1,332.12 put Checks and rash items. . 9,728.14 H l?4Cl?" Total $830,726.95 l" tue LIABILITIES. ? efore Capital stock paid in..$ 50,000.00 ,n , or Surplus fund 100,000.00 ^ Undivided profits, less true- current expenses and J taxes paid 37.028.19 lin :Due to banks and bank- is ers 18,523.77 ^ 1 in* Individual deposits substeel ject to check 249,105.67 ghter Savings deposits .... 124,694.21 rk Time certificates of de- r>r> * j noslt 101.684.84 ,ft irete; (Cashier's checks 578.96 con- ,T~ high- 476,063.68 Notes and bills redis- Hi 1 counted 145,000.00 titles, Reserved for interest ss be- on time deposits 4,111.31 lfrse To,Rl $830,726.95 STATIC OF SOTTTH CAROLINA. J irgin- . County of Lancaster??ss. heavy ' Before me came Geo. W. Williams. jJ .. ','Cashier of the above named bank, ^ i who ho1 n& Hulv aworn covo thot ihA \lor- | above and foregoing statement is a heav- true condition of said bank, as shown South- ^ hooka of said bank. th I GEO. W. WILLIAMS. T< | Sworn to and subscribed before mo >r ent of this 19th day of March, 1917. L gh tho , JNO. H. T'OAO, Notary Public, s. C. 'Ij Correct Attest: I , leroy springs, t 1 ion,c l. C. payseur. R. L. CRAWFORD, asteless , Directors. i 89 O _________ V g>? Drives Out Malaria, Bulltfs Up System 11 ' j * The Old Stand ird general atrengthenlng tonic, _ Drives QHQvg.jj t> STKLKSS chill TONIC, drive# out od and M?la:la,cnrieli<'sttK-HoM,iEdhiHldiiuptheaya0 cents, tern. A true tonic. For tdoUs and children. 50c. i , JB ?^11 - ?'