The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-03-23
millinery OPENINGS
IN KINGSTREE.
DISPLAYS AND REA-
SONABLE PRICES. DESPITE
THE WAR TIMES.

The annual spring fashion show
opened yesterday at the stores OF
The Kingstree Dry Goods Co. S Mar.
Gus, and Silverman's Department
Store. These openings are always
anticipated apparently, by ladies OF
the community, with considerable
interest, though, this season it
seems to have assumed an unusual
depth owing, perhaps, to the many
hard luck stories concerning the
scarcity of dye stuffs and other ma
terials that are essential to women's
fashions in America. Doubtless
many of them had formed an i'm
preston that the spring Of 1916
would bring out nothing new or
worth while owing to the ban upon so
many european materials excluding
them from our markets. This has
been a mistake and the women, as a
rule. seem to be most agreeably sur
prised, if not amazed, over the beau
tiful display that our local merchants
have put on exhibition. And the
prices do not seem so much higher
than heretofore, but this is due to
the foresightedness of our dealers in
buying these goods early last fall,
before the advanced prices went in
to effect. Mr. Swails. manager of
The Kingstree Dry Goods Co, show
ed US some beautiful dress patterns
that he is selling today for just what
the wholesalers would charge him
had he not placed his order last year.
The display of millinery, dress goods
and trimmings at the Kingstree Dry
Goods company's store is superb
and We don't believe we exaggerate
when we say it is the handsomest in
the history of its business. The
dainty yoiles, crepe de chimes. en-
broidered sea clothes. etc, are ex-
quisite in texture and design, while
the display of millinery is "a thing
of beauty" and should be joy for
ever. 1t plainly bespeaks the artis-
tic taste of the charming little lady
who has charge of the department,
Miss Lillian Shipley of Westminster,
Md. Lady visitors to this store
were pleasantly greeted by Misses
Retha Burgess, saleslady. and Bessie
Harper, VINO assisted Miss Shipley
in the millinery department, while
the Messrs Swails looked after the
men.
At Mr. Marcus place We found
the usual attractive display of Gage
hats, spring dress goods and an un-
usually handsome line of ready-to-
wear ladies' suits and dresses made
up according to fashions very latest
dictations, but what caught our
eye, especially, was the display OF
unique little hats. each one erea-
ton unto itself, ,artistically embellish-
ed with ribbons, flowers or fruits;
some with brims, others without
while the predominating style seems
to favor the latter. Mrs Marcus
and her gracious little milliner. Miss
Ruth Nettles, were busy yesterday
and today entertaining the ladies
WHO called to see, try on or select
their spring bonnet.
We next called at the Silverman
Department Store to see what Miss
Willie Clark had on exhibition. Mr.
and Mrs Silverman we're not in at
the time but Miss Clark and Miss
Pearlstine were present and in their
usual courteous manner showed us
the pretty things which the proprie-
tors had provided for the seasons
trade. There were pretty and stylish
hats for everybody, even for the
little folk, also handsome line. OF
coat suits and dress materials that
would please the most fastldlous
taste.