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♦♦ -mm « ■■ Hit. ■xi’ •* * '* m « : ' JANUARY ». Satin, Chenille Farored; High Waistlines in New Corsets. In thl* reinpencuoug itge, when <le- signera semi their sons through college %y changing the styles ^very three OKtetbs, the milliners are perhaps the worst offenders, says a fashion writer In the New York World. People who follow their vagaries will look at yon askance these days If you are wearing ono of the first dock of autumn hats, (While they are wearing something that Agnes thought up only last Tuesday. So far as sweeping tendencies are •concerned, you should be warned by the number of sales of aolell hata that tfi^ae, which were amart In the eafllest' Local Dry Cleaners Sued for Big Amount i Owners of Adjoining Property for $2,750 for Alleged Da to Floor. r l* - ?h wei are he A suit to recover a total of $2,750 as actual and punitive damages has been started by S. B. Moseley, Ja., and Mrs. Virgmia Moseley Jackson against W. C. Cook, doing business as Cook’s Dry Cleaners, and B. A. Po- teat, doing business as Barnwell Dry Cleamers. The complaint, which was served several days ago, alleges that the plaintiffs have sufferejd actual damages in the amount of $750 and asks $2,000 punitive damages for the de- fell days, are hpw on the wnne. Vis a : wia ta also something on which to stay— abort and, judging from a survey of the situation, velvets are also less good than last month. There la a little flutter In the air about tbe Increasing Importance of .aattn—mot the stiff satin which formed your least becoming hat last spring, hot a soft, supple material which Is tfrdped Into tarbans and berets In the manner of velvet. Chenille Is alto growing »n Importance—It la used espe cially for those little berets whose full ness la drawn to the buck, the fore head being crossed by a band of tight belting ribbon, hiked up so that your frown wrinkle* are there for all the world to see. And of course there are more felts than anything else. Two-tone com binations are very smart, but the shops v *re a little chary of laying In a stock of these, as women are learning to buy their hats last and one of the colon may clash with the shade of the dress or coat.. Brims Art Abssnt. This fashion, therefore. Is being tak es «p with the greatest enthusiasm hy lucky ones who can have their hats made to order out of any color com bination they select. Tbe same principle holds good for tweeda The tweed tain Is evident In all those places where three distinct are pointed out as being sotne- promlnence. But the tweed hat ts a risky thing unless It Is made out of doth off the same bolt as your suit or frock and It hi not always possible to match the tweed of • dress to bar in the next department. The roost surprising thing about the latest hata Is the utter dearth of brims, and women who like s little flattering ahude over the eves are getting pretty angry shorn tt. too. Even Hose Des eat. who nsnally clings to her narrow from brim through all seasons, bus sent over a srsrve four hats whose brims do not tilt abruptly hack from the brow. ' There Is less w idth at the sides then was evident In August sud ths pirate hat la now In the Umbo to which It was consigned by the first girl who wore one when shopping for a cost with a large collar. The new Itebou* hats follow no rule ss to silhouette awl are far loo extreme for young American women who have no Inter est In giving Hollywood stors a run for their money. They tend lo shoot high on one side of the fare and have long, dangling fondants’ fsilnre to remedy defects in the machinery and equip ment after due notice, wamingi and dejnands. Section 4 of the Complaint alleges “that in connection with the operation of said dry cleaning estab lishment on the part of defendants, the defendants used machinery, pipes and other proiperty through which is emitted at all times steam and water. That the said machinery has been and is now being so carelessly, negli gently and wilfully operated as to throw great volumes of steam and water under and into the_. building owned by the plaintiffs, causing the sills and floring of said building to become rotten, the said building to sag, the floors to warp and damaging tbe walls of said building, alj to plain tiff’s actual damage in the sum of $750.“ It is further alleged “that the plain tiffs have called upon the defendants and notlfled them of the damage they were suffering by reason of the de fendants' conduct in causing steam and water to be thrown under and into their said building/' etc., and for de fendants’ failure land refusal to “remedy or correct the negligent, careless, and wilful operation of the said machinery” the plaintiffs ask punitive damages in the amount of $2,000. The plaintiffs further allege that the machinery and piping used at the dry cleaning plant “is not properly and adequately equipped and was in stalled by the defendant W. C. Cook ih ® careless, negligent maner and in wanton disregard of the rights of these plaintiffs,” etc. The dry cleaning plant is located in the Porter building on Main Street, adjoining the. Moaeley build ing, which is occupied by the Reid furniture store. Harley ■ and Blatt represent the plaintiffs and it is un derstood that thedefendants have retained Brown and Bush to defend the suit. • ^ Death of Mrs. F. E. Zorn. Denmark, Jan. 7.—Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Zorn died at her home near Denmark on Wednesday, January 1st, after an illness of ten days. She was the widow of j/ C. Zorn, who died May 9th,. 1929, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. X D. Guess, of Den mark. She was^a devoted wife apd mother. Mrs. Zorn is survived 1 by her mother and the following children: Mrs. W. P. Blume, W. H. Zorn, Leon Zorn, of Denmark, Mrs. G. W. Wag- staff, of Georgetown, Mrs. Beulah Bodiford,- of Union Point, Ga., twelve grandchildren and two great-grand children. Funeral services were / conducted Thursday %orning at 11 o’clock the Rev. B. H. Duncan at the Double^/ Pond s Church, *of which she was a , member. She was a true Christian- and it is hard to uiulerstand why she was taken from her loved ones. She is gone but not forgotten. Never will her memory fade. Loving thoughts will always linger Around the place where she is laid. Not now, but in the coming years— It may be in the better land— Well know the meaning of our tears And then, of course, we'll under stand. Sons ar^d Daughters. Evening Cap of Silver or Gold Net; Black and Gray Kelt, Antelope Suede; Black Felt Model. pieces to the shouhters'OD'tbe other aide In an effect that is being seized on with rapture by the Parisienne. Fifty million Frenchwomen can still be wrong. Cockades for Trimming. 1 Another of his efforts, perfect for the young girl to wear, is of black felt, the narrow brim turned sharply jeip from the forehead, a bow at the ^tmek and several cockades above the how In which so many college colors are represented that one can hardly go wrong. Another of his hate In htacftr antelope suede has scalloped •edges at the sides and also along the asp of the turned back brim. Agnes has contributed an extreme chic little hat patterned after a he!n»ot. A strip of felt ecrofe stands perfectly erect and the esrs lank bight? rial. Another of her or ear / CHEVROIFT - Chevrolet announees THE GREATEST IN CHEVROLET HISTORY Today, CheTrolet presents the Greatest Chevrolet in Chevrolet History—a smoother, faster, better Six—with beautiful new bodies by Fisher. Basically, it is the same sturdy, substantial Six which won such tremendous popularity In 1929. 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