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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Special Meeting.

A special meeting Of the auxiliary
of Christ Episcopal church was held
Monday afternoon in the parish
house, and box of comfortable
clothing was lacked and sent by the
members of the society to the noun
taineers of North Carolina.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
EninxahIe Sesion,

A very enjoyable session was held
from 8 to S o'clock Friday afternoon
by the members of the Parish Aid So
ciety Of Christ Episcopal church In
the parish house. Tea and waters
were served from an attractive tea
table.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
business session study Of 1.-THE
Child In the Midst" was the diversion
OF the evening and ater refreshments
were served. y.
Birthday Party.

Mrs. Ralph Shields delightfully."- en-
tertained at a children's party in her
home at ITO Virginia avenue from,
$3.50 to $3.50 o'clock Thursday after
noon In honor Of the fifth anniversary
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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
To Meet.

The Marcato Choral Club will meet
in the Central Christian church al
1870 o'clock Tuesday evening with
Mrs. Lee Williams leader ana
Mrs Homer w. Williams pianist IN
charge. All members are asked 70
be present.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
M Meeting.

Owing to the Indictment weather Of
Thursday afternoon there was no
meeting OF the Ladies Aid Society Of
the Central Presbyterian church
which was to have been held In the
home Of Mrs. Charles Waybright,
but was postponed until Thursday at
'ternoon, January ~.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Successful Sale.

Under the auspices Of the Civic
Club a very successful sale Of home.
made cakes, pies and bread was held
in the Priscilla Shop all day Satur-
day and the committee in charge
is most gratified at the liberal pat
ronage extended.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Ladies', Aid to Meet.

At $3.50 o'clock Monday afternoon
the members of the Ladies Aid soci-
ETY. of the First Presbyterian church
will meet in the church parlors, and
it is hoped there will be a large at
tendance.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Choral Club Meets.

There was much interest manifest
ed at the regular weekly meeting OF
the Marcato Choral Club held Tues
day evening in the Central Christian
church, with Mrs. Lee Williams and
Mrs. Horner Williams in charge.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
Great Success.

The sale of homemade cakes held
Saturday by the Young Woman's
Christian Association in their rooms
on West Main street. Telegram
Square, was a great success and a
nice sum was realized.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
.Leap Year Ball,

The leap year, fancy dress, mas
querade ball to be given by some Of
the young married women and girls
New Britain herald., 1916-10-07

! of Mrs. Robert N. Peck, a most satis- l factory detailed account of the work l of the nurses since June 1 was read. 1 During this time 2,021 visits were made and 276 patients treated. AS t194 of these cases have been dis- 1 charged there are at present S2 de- manding attention. As the work of the nurses has been 1 so successful in the past it is hoped 1 that the people of New Britain will l earnestly cooperate with the asso- l citation in order to make the work even more successful in the future. delightful informal dance took place last evening in Booths hall, the dance being given by the members of the local chapters of the Alpha Delta Sigma fraternity. A large number of couples enjoyed a splendid program of dances for which Judd's orchestra furnished the music. Mrs. M. Stanley, Mrs. +. w. Christ and Mrs. A. Vibberts were the chaperones. Mr. and Mrs, Guy Hutchinson, their daughters, Misses Cara and Marjorie Hutchinson and their sister, Miss Ruth Hutchinson will leave next week for Yonkers New York, where they will make their home.
 Announcement was made yesterday of the engagement of Miss Gertrude StrOsSer, daughter of Dr. Herman Strosser, and Howard N. Pascoe of East Pittsburgh, Penn.
 
 William J. Woram and Miss Gladys Woram of Maple Hill are in Atlantic City.
 Mrs. Brayton Porter has returned from Ithaca, New York, where she has been visiting her mother, Mrs. At water.
 MT. and Mrs. A. $. Walker have re- turned from Garden City, l.. l., where their son, Gerald w. Walker, has en- tered St. Paups school
 The officers of the Maple Hill Liter ary society held a meeting last week in the Berlin Tea Shop. They plan ned in part, the years program.
 Mr. and Charles Corbin of Maple street have returned from Oak Bluffs, Mass, where they spent the summer months.
 MT. and Mrs. H. S. Hart enter tained at dinner Friday evening in honor of MT. and Mrs. Guy Hutchin- son
 Mrs. Hartley and Mrs. Cobb of 1 West Haven are visiting Mrs. L. l.. 1 Clark, of Maple Hill.
 Charles Johnson of Maple Hill has to Hotchkiss school.
 Russell Nelson has returned from Maine.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-07
YOUR SICK CHILD IS CONSTIPATEDl
 LOOK AT TONGUE Hurry, Mother! Remove poisona from little stomach, liver,
 bowels. Give "CaIifornia Syrup of F1gs'' if cross, bilious or
 feveriSh.

No matter what ai1s your child, Q gentle, thorough laxative should al- ways be the first treatm ent given
 If your little one is out-of-sorts. half sick, isn't resting, eating and acting naturally-look, Mother! see if tongue is coated. This is a sure sign that it's little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with waste. When cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour, breath bad or has stomach ache, diarhoea, sore throat, full of cold, give a. teaspoonful of "Califor- mia Syrup of figs" and in a few hours all the constipated poison, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of it's bowels without gripping and you have a well. playful child again.
 Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless fruit laxative" be- cause it never fails to cleanse the lit tie ones liver and bowels and sweetcn the stomach. Full directions for ba- bies, children of all ages and for grownups printed on each bottle.
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrups Ask your druggist for 50-cent bottle of "Californta Syrup of Figs" then see that it is made by the "Califor- mia Fig Syrup company"
New Britain herald., 1916-10-07

Much interest is being manifested in the lately organized New Britain High school club. Any student in the school may belong to this or ganization, the object of which is to create, maintain and extend through out the school the highest standard of Christian character. Officers were elected at the meeting Thursday even- ing in the Y. M. c. A. rooms. They are:
 President, Emory Corbin; vice president, Bennett Hubbard; secretary, Robert Swift; treasurer, Holgar John | son. There will be a meeting of the officers Sunday to draw up consti- tuition. The first regular meeting of the club will be held Friday evening October IS, in the Y. M. c. A. A banquet will start the activities. 1 A very pleasant and interesting aft 1 ernoon was spent Wednesday when l those interested in relief work for France met in the First Congrega- 1 tional church chapel and listened to 1 a splendid talk by Reverend George &. Perry Rev. Perry has been closely connected with work at the front and so his subject, "The Gospel in the
 
 treated. Tea was served to the guests.
 Miss Mildred Robinson gave an in- formal supper-party Thursday evening to Miss Ruth Hutchinson Miss Robin sons guests were the Misses Ruth Bristoll, Edith White, Mildred Good win, Alice Hart Constance Russell, Mabel Crawford, Agnes Vance and the guest of honor, Miss Hutchinson.
 Monday afternoon the members of the Woman's Foreign Missionary so ciety of the South church held their first meeting of the season. The meet ing was an especially interesting one since Miss Ruth Loomis, Miss liar riet Eastman and Miss Alice Tuck told their impressions of the North field Conference.
 MT. and Mrs. James s. North are giving a dinner-dance tonight at their home on Sunnyledge, in honor of MT. and Mrs. Guy Hutchinson. Today the Current Events club of which Mrs. Hutchinson is a prominent member entertained her at luncheon at the Pennington Country club.
 H *
 As has been the custom for some years the ladies of the First Congre- gational church observed Sewing day yesterday. The entire day was spent in sewing necessities and preparing various bandages for use at the New Britain hospital. Mrs. J. H. Robinson and Mrs. Hahn had charge of yester- days work. At the annual meeting of the Visit l ing Nurses Association which was held Thursday afternoon at the home
New Britain herald., 1916-10-07

Miss Mabel Crawford gave a de- nghtful card party Tuesday afternoon at her home on Sherman court. The party was in honor of Miss Ruth Hutchinson who will leave New Brit ain Monday, to live in Yonkers, N. Y l There were four tables of cards, Miss Margaret Eddy and Miss Ruth Hutch inson winning the prizes. Tea was served to the guests, Mrs. Guy Hutch Pinson and Mrs. Howard Wilson pre- siding at the prettily arranged tea l table.
 At the seasons first meeting of the McAll mission, held on Tuesday of this week in the First Church chapel, Rev. George s. Perry gave a very interest ipg address. When the business of the meeting was completed tea was served to the members; Mrs. F. H. Church l i'll and Mrs. H. w. Maier poured. It will be of interest to many to know that the New Britain McAll mis- sion sent, this week, one hundred dol lars to the McAu French relief war ! fund.
 "a The local branch of the Y. w. c. A. #has planned a very busy winter sea- 8son; there will be numerous courses of sstudy as well as many social } events, The association program starts with the annual banqeut for (which no date has as yet been set. It is probable. however, that the
 event will take place the latter part
 of this nonth
 .5eMiss Dorothy scherp delightfully."- ,+oi Sot at !,
 home on Camp street in honor Of
 @ miscellaneous shower for Miss
 Lamb, who will be one of this months
 brides.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Frederick
 Lamb have issued invitations for the
 marriage of their daughter Miss
 Maude Gladys, to Hugh Murdocl1 sCharleton. The wedding will take
 place on Saturday evening, October
 21, at MT, and Mrs. Lambs home, 29 Park Place.
 Miss Alice Hart gave a luncheon at the Pennington County club Wednesday experimenting Miss Ruth Hutchinson. MT. and Mrs. H. c. TTine and Miss Gertrude Hine have returned from ]! New London where they spent the i summer. Ia"
 MT. and Mrs. T. H. Bristoll of Wal l hut street are giving a dinner-dance i tonight at their country home n 1 Cheshire.
 Miss Mildred Leeds left Wednesday ] for Holyoke College where she will ! resume her studies ]
New Britain herald., 1916-10-07

Recent war reports renew the tributes paid since the beginning of the war to the famous French soix- ante-quinze (seventy-fve millimeter cahbre) guns, acknowledged on all sides to be one of the best field guns in the world if not the best. The 'seventy-fives" are playing very im-
New Britain herald., 1916-10-07

in the direction of Fregicourt. Hour after hour there was a tremendous tattoo of French soixante- -quinzes, coming nearer and nearer, and a final outburst of gun and rifle fire when Fregicourt was taken" Picture shows the bringing up to the firing line of a soixante-quinze.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-07
B/G FRENCH GUN PREPARES WRY FoRA7Tach oN 5oA1n1e

portant roles in the fighting on the Somme. A recent account of the meeting of the French and English in the captured village of Com bles says:
 The French were hammering for ward with soixante-Q Quinzes and mass es of infantry to the east of Combles
New Britain herald., 1916-10-07

Last evening the eight graduating members of the New Britain General Hospital enjoyed a banquet, Miss Anna Saucy acting as toastmistress&
New Britain herald., 1916-10-07
PIMPLES COVERED
 BAbY'S HEAD
Became One Scale Which Was Awful to Look At. Burning and Itching
 All the Time. Began on Body.
HEALED BY CUTICURA SOAP AND OINTMENT

Baby was i've days old when I first noticed that her head was covered with red pimples. The ball of her head became ono
Evening star., 1916-08-31
THE COURTS.
District Supreme Court.
EouIrY pIy1s1oN-rusttce siddon.

EQUITY DIvIsIoN-Justtce siddons.
Hays aEt. Hays; order OF publication;
plaintiffs attorney. Mark stearman.
pany appointed substituted trustee:
plaintiffs attorney. L n. King: defend
ants attorney. Irving Williamson.
Thompson agt Thompson; order Of
publication; plaintiffs attorney. J. J.
Darlington.
speakes agt. spsakes; rule returnAble
september s; plaintiffs attorney, c. W.
Fowler.
rutherford ast whi.shsir: decree
sion: plaintiffs attorney. J. ". Davidse.
Lansdale agt. Adams: trustee direct
ed to surrender possession Of property
and pay over net balance to Anna c.
Adams: plaintin's attorney. W: q: Les
Peelle & Ogilby and George C. Cert
man.
Coleman agt Coleman: rule as to
contempt returnable September 8:
plaintiff's attorney. C. W. Fowler; de-
Luh agt Mades: proof ordered taken
before Margaret NJ. Murray, examiner;
plaintiffs attorney. A. L. Newmyer: de-
fendant's attorneys. J. S. Easby-Smith
A"n In r. re Z iunsey gs Of Samuel Cole; order
appointing John F. Cole committee;
bond. 5000
Warren agt- Warren: order for pay
ment Of arrears Of alirnony; plaintin's .
attorney. II. I. Tignor: defendant's at
torneys, c. v. Meehan and Fulton Bry-
lawski.
CRIMINAL pIv1sIoN-Justiee siddons.
United States ast- Peter ter Snyder. lar lar
Irwin E Jones surety: attorney, Octave
United States ast George W. Helm.
adultery: time to nle transcript ex-
tended to September l5; attorney. M.
United states ayt. Walter c. Allen.
assault: time to file transcript ex-
tended to October 2; attorney. NJ b.
United States as& T. johnson. for
nication; time to file transcript ex-
tended to October 2; attorney. M. e.
E. O'Brien.
CIRCUIT DIv1sIoN-Justioe siddons
Washington Burlesque Company: Judg'
ment for possession; plaintiffs attorney
H winship wheatley.
Hill Publishing Company agt Auto
ment BY default: plaintiffs attorney
H Winship Wheatley.
Bank Of Henry agt- Southern Com
mercial Congress ct al: judgment BY
default: plaintiffs attorney. Enoch A
Chase.
United States ex rel. Evans agt. Blai,
ct al: time to file statement Of evil
dence or bill Of exceptions extended te
October /: REALTORS attorney, A. A
Birney; respondents attorney, F. H
Stephens
Henderson agt Mann; time to submit,
| bill Of exceptions extended to October
| 10. and to file transcript to October 81
| plaintiffs attorneys, Edmund Hill and
John Ridout; defendants attorney. J.
J. Darlington.
BANKRUPTCY DIvISION-Justice Sid
dons.
In re Frank J. De Kowski: report OF
special master ratified.
PROBATE DIvIsION-Justice siddons
Estate Of Lyman F. W. Cushing; will
| admitted to probate and letters tesla
mentary granted to Julia A. Cushing;
| bond, 5000: attorney, w. e. Davis.
Estate Of Henry NJ. Baker: petition to
sell stock filed; attorney. Peyton Cor
don.
Estate Of Margaret Schneider: petit
| tion for letters OF administration filed
attorney. J. A. Purcell.
Evening star., 1916-08-31
UNABLE To BUY GOODS
At ADVERTISED PRICES
Vigilance Committee Pays Visit to
Stores-Proprietors
"Stall."

For tho purpose Of additional inves-
tigation to 500 how far fake advertis-
ing" Il carried on IN the District Of
Columbia. members Of the Vigilance
committee on advertising OF tho Retail
MerchAnts' Association today accom-
panied c. q. La Vgne. field representa-
tive of the American Fair Trade
League. on a tour Of certain stores In
the business section.
Ono OF the stores visited. dealing In
|haberdashery, was one In connection
with which Mr.. La vigne had found
false advertising day or two ago. Be
fore entering Mr.. La vigne called the
attention Of r. P. Andrews. president Of
the Retail Merchants Association
Charles J. Columbus. secretary Of that
organization. and DR.. Lyman r. Kebler,
one of the citizen" members Of the
vigilance committee. who accompanied
| him, to certain signs.
Tries to Make Purchases.
Now. wen try to buy some Of the
things advertised" he said.
Going into tho store. q convsrsation
about as follows took place:
Mr.. La Vigne-I want to buy one Of
Evening star., 1916-08-31
Real Estate Transfers.

STREET SOUTHEAST between sth and
7th streets-Corinne e. Eaton ct al. to
Nellie M. L. Jenkins. original lot and
part original lots and 6; SO; stamps.
NO. las ADAMS STREET NORTHWEST
Charles B. Craig to Henry and The
resa schaefer. lot a., block SO, Addition
to LeDroit Park; SO: stamps, 50.
CLARK MILLS ESrATE-Ira ]. Baker
ct ux to Frederick W. Newell. part
tract described; $3.50. Same to Pearl
r. Hill, part same tract: $500.
NO. 22s2 CLEVELAND PLACE NORTH
WEST-Julia D. Broderick and Pat
rick Doody to Daniel Doody, lot 1o1.
NO. 1911 NORTH CAPITOL STREET
NORTHEAST-Mary v. Horrigan ct
al to Daniel and Bridget Doody. lot
80. square $40; $40; stamps, $3.50.
NO. 615 STREET NORTHWEST
Lee D. Latimer ct al. trustees. to
Washington Loan and Trust Co. part
original lot 8. square ass; $4,000.
LONG MEADOWS-Ernest L. Schmidt ct
al, trustees, to William A. Hettinger
and Adolph Feldvoss. trustees. lot 27l.
block 27: $3.50.
sEAroN PLACE NORTHWEST between
North Capitol and 1st streets@James
r. Conway ct ux. to Charles s. and
Josie H Grindle. lot lit. block s,
EMERSON STREET NORTHWEST be-
tween 18th and 1lth streets-Charles
s. Grindle ct ux. to James R. and
Verne e. Conway. lot 81. square 28Os
(Saurs Addition): SO; stamps. $780,
NO. GOT AZ STREET SOUTHWEST
Benjamin F. Leighton ct al. trustees.
to Voliner Anchi Svart Chesea Shell
Emoth, lot -, square 496: $4,000.
NO. 1914 SOUTH CAPITOL STREET
SOUTHWEST-Char L. Benjamin
ct al to Johann and Rosina Lindner,
lot IS. square 697; 500.
H1GHVIEW-Frank J. Volkman to Will
liam A. Hit and Robbie e. Hit, lot
127. square 3533; SO; stamps, So.
NO. 1748 NJ STREET NORTHWEST
John H. Hewson ct ux. to Douglas v.
Cornwell. lot 10. square 163; $40;
stamps, $13.
WHITECROFr-Harry K. Boss and H.
Glenn Phelps to William ]. Cook, lot
81, block 8: $40: stamps, so cents.
STREET NORTHEAST between Ana
costa avenue and 42d street-Ot-
way B. Zantzinger ct ux. TO Thomas
r. Horner. lots 3 and 4. square 5077,
Htllbrook: $40: stamps, SO cents.
ALBEMARLE STREET SOUTHEAST
between Livingston road and 4th
street-Charles g. Taylor to Eldred
s. Brandt. lots 50 and 80, square
6166. Washington Highlands; SO;
stamp. so cents.
Evening star., 1916-08-31
ARMY-NAVY.
Army Orders.

A4y S4oO45s
Leave Of absence for two months is
granted Capt Arthur NJ. shipp, in
fantry.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted First Lieut.. Francis H. Far
mum. infantry.
Naval Orders.
Capt n. A. Field. from command OF
| the North Dakota to naval examining
board and naval retiring board, Wash
ington. D. c.
Passed Assistant Surgeon J. B. Pol
| lard, from tho Wyoming to Naval
Academy.
Assistant Surgeon j. T. Boone, to the
Wyoming.
Assistant Paymaster J. A. Hartman,
from the Jupiter and wait orders.
Civil Engineer A. L. Parsons to bu-
ment-
Chief Boatswain Edward Crouch. from
the Dixie to three months sick leave.
ehisf mcsssn 70 wnfa.e ea frS%
engineering material. Baltimore, Nd.
Machinist d. H. Muehlhause. from in
spector Of coal and engineering ma
ter,. s,.i Bslt1mors: csrnsn: Md tS the Mishigaa
works william Cramp q Sons. Phila-
delphia, Pa. to the New Hampshire.
Chief Carpenter d. W. Craig, from
navy yard. Portsmouth, N. H, to tho
Ohio.
Chief Carpenter c. 9. Taylor, from
the Ohio to works William Cramp 4
Sons, Phtladelphia. Pc
Carpenter c. N. AQuid. from the New
N. H.
Pay Clerk Frederick scherberger. from
receiving ship at Norfolk. Va, to tho
South Carolina.
South Caroline 60 receiving ship NJ
Norfolk. Va.
Evening star., 1916-08-31

those 81 ana g purs SIX shirts you
advertise for e3.4k
The Proprietor-I haven't got any of
those.
those thirty-five-cent silk hose you're
advertising for 10 cents.
Proprietor--I haven't got any OF
those. either.
La vigne-wen. how about those
under the sign in the Window I'll
take those.
Proprietor-No. can't let you have
those. It would disturb my window.
and the window dresser is not here.
IS Several more ,as articles we're called tor.
chant evidently realised that the que
ries for goods had something TO do
with the campaign against false ID
vertising which is being waged Jointly
and the Retail Merchants' Association
here. Finally. showing that he knew
he was being investigated" for false
advertising. he refused point blank 10
sell anything.
Stalls" at Every Point.
Tho proprietor ''stalled'' at every point.
Not ono article could be purchased under
the signs advertising them. As the party
left the merchant promised to remeve
certain signs from his window which had
''been made by mistake but which he
had not removed because II would dis
turb his window. and his window dresser
was not there Later today when Mr..
La vigne returned all Of the offending
signs had been removed.
A sample shoe store" vas next visitsd.
Here not only were various ''stalls'' met.
but gross discourtesies were offered. Mr..
Evening star., 1916-08-31
TONIGHT-August 31st

TONIGHT-August 31st
We are mailing to each and
every depositor
STATEMENT
for the month of August.
Tomorrow morning they will
be delivered at Office or home by
the postman.
And, remember, they come in
the FIRST mail.
Every transaction is clearly
shown-the record is complete
and correct-all deposits are list
ed by dates and amounts-all
checks paid are entered in the
same way. The c&seled checks
are returned with the statement.
Finally, the EXACT BAL
ANCE is given.
Come in tomorrow and open
your account. This wonderful
system has advantages which you
should enjoy. -
Evening star., 1916-08-31
IF EIDE RIAL
| NATIONAL BANK.

"The Bank With the Monthly Statement" X,}
Southeast Corner Fourteenth and G Streets ~