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VOLUME 31.
Suggestions for Christmas Gifts.
DAVISON & LOWE’S
Big Store Brim Pull.
We have Useful Things to suit all ages and classes. Make
out your list and make your selections early. Note
the numerous articles mentioned below.
Dolls, Pictures,
Picture Frames,
China Novelties,
Comb and Brush Sets,
Shopping Bags,
Chatlain Bags
and Purses,
Handkerchiefs,
Gloves and Stockings,
Knit Underwear,
Lace Curtains,
Portiers, Table Covers,
Druggets and
Window Shades,
Table Linens, Towels,
Napkins, Sheets,
Pillow Cases and
White Quilts.
Cloaks—
Ladies 7 Cloaks,
Misses 7 Cloaks,
Children’s Cloaks,
Tailor-Made Suits,
Tailor-Made Skirts,
Zephyr Shawls,
Fur Collarettes,
Chilfon Boas,
All suitable for Christmas Gifts. Something Useful,
Something Serviceable, Something for Everybody.
DAVISON & LOWE,
STIES. :asrs. gka.. I
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LEXINGTON, GA., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1903.
Nothing nicer than a
pair of Queen Quality
Shoes for a useful Christ¬
mas present.
A stylish Hat from our
Millinery departm’t would
make a present that any
lady would appreciate.
A nice Lounge Robe
would make a useful
Christmas present.
A nice Automobile
Rain Coat would make a
present that, would be
appreciated.
We are closing out the
entire line of Cloaks, Suits
and Skirts at reduced
prices. Don’t wait but
come at once.
Neckwear,
Belts and Jewelry,
Telescopes and Dress
Suit Cases,
Umbrellas for Ladies and
Men,
Shoes for Ladies, Misses,
Children and Infants.
Bedroom Slippers.
COL. SMITH HOT TO MOVE.
Mr. Gantt Writes Letter Denying
Rnmor to That End.
Will Reduce His Land Holding to Mod¬
erate Farm and Remain
Upon it.
In Sunday’s Athens Banner appears a
letter which we reproduce below from
Mr. T. L. Gautt defying the rumors
that Ool. Jas. M. Smith would dispose
of his possessions in this county and
move to Athens. He also gives addi¬
tional facts as to the proposed depi. .The
letter is:
Editor Athens Banner:—I do not see
all of the Georgia papers, but understand
that a sensational article is going the
rounds of the press in your state in re¬
gard to the private movements and po¬
litical designs of Hon. Jas. M. Smith.
It is said that I have been employed to
sell out his farm of some twenty thous¬
and acres, and that Ool. Smith will move
to Athens, build a fine mansion and make
the rare for governor. Now, Mr % Edi¬
tor, so far as I am informed, that corres¬
pondent is mistaken in several particu¬
lars, aud I ask the use of your columns
to make correction.
Here are the facts, so far as I kuow,
aud I think I am as much in ’the confi¬
dence of Ool. Smith as any one, we hav¬
ing been close and intimate friends for
31 years:
For some time past Ool. Smith has
been seriously considering the question
of reducing his farming operations so
that he could have time to visit around
among his friends, travel around over
his country and enjoy the pleasure of
life. For Several years past I have been
urging him to do this, bnt owing to his
vast business interests—and that it is
hard tp dispose of such a concentrated
bulk of property aud real estate as he
owns—he could not clearly see his way
to do so.
But last fall Col. Smith decided tha
Dress Goods Departm’t—
A nice Dress Pattern,
A nice Waist Pattern,
A nice Silk Pattern, ■
A nice Silk Waist, |
A nice Silk Dress, B H
A nice Fur Collarette,
A box of nice Handker¬
chiefs,
A box of Stockings,
A nice Jacket,
A Tailored Suit,
A Tailored Skirt,
A nice Wool Drugget,
A nice Smyrna Rug,
A nice pair Lace Curtains
A nice pair Blankets,
A nice Comfort,
A nice White Quilt,
A nice Linen Table Cloth
A dozen Napkins,
A nice Trunk,
A nice Leather Dress Suit
Case.
Screens and
Screen Frames.
Rugs, Mattings,
NUMBER 10.
22 POUNDS
SUGAR
FOR $1.00.
Best Standard Granulated
For anybodyjbuying .$1.00 worth
of any goods except coffee we will
send out and get this Sugar. As
you get all your goods at bottom
price you should take advantage
of this proposition.
Good Calico, per yard.........4C
Cups and Saucers, all grades
45c to 1.25. Nice Gups aud«.
Saucers per set............ juG
Nice Kid Gloves, worth $1 .75C
Chattalaiu Bags, a beautiful .. OC
assortment, worth 50c...... 4
30 doz Men’s Sunday Shirts,
this is a job. Fine Madras
and Percale, worth cuffs.......4DG 75c to .<■
1.00 detachable
Underwear, Men’s heavy 40C ..
Fleece Lined, extra heavy.
Bowl and Pitchers, all the
latest designs. See onr
Pitcher at.................1, and Roll Edge * 1 19 .
Bowl,
2 bars best Laundry Soap and - QG
a 5c box of starch all 3 for..
RACKET"STORE
BROAD STR.,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
a portion dis¬
consulted me as to the best way for
posing of it. With this end in view I have
have visited him twice within the past
months and will leave again for Georgia
iu the next ten days to Ipok into the
matter. We have about decided to carve
some nine or ten thousand acres from
his farm and cut up the land into small
tracts, and sell on easy terms to respon¬
sible parties. Ool. Smith will probably
retain an extensive farm of some four
thousand acres around his house, to¬
gether with his railroads and machinery,
and which will employ liis mind aud at
the same time give him an opportunity
to devote more attention to outside mat¬
ters. This is the whole matter in a nut
shell. Doubtless Col. Smith would be
willing to sell his entire landed proper¬
ty at Smithonia— if a suitable purchaser
I could be found.
I do not think at this time Ool. Smith
has any thought of moving to Athens or
elsewhere, but it would certainly be'a
I great thing for your city should he do
so. Hon. James M. Smith would be a
valuable addition to any city, county,
! state or country ; for I look upon him as
one of the most remarkable and greatest
men that either Georgia or the south
has ever produced, and makes a grand
success of whatever he undertakes.
Should he move to this state South Car¬
olina would welcome him with her ev¬
ery brass band aud pyrotechnic display.
If Col. Smith has any gubernatorial or
other political aspirations, I am not
aware of the fact. For more than twen¬
ty years myself and other of his friends
have been urging him to make the race
for governor and I believe he would be
an easy winner; for there is no denying
the fact that Hon. James M. Jmith
would make the best executive that
either Georgia or any other state ever
had. He would bring to bear on public
affairs that same clear-sighted foresight
and sagacity that has made his own bus¬
iness such a prominent success, and
with such a man as her chief magistrate
the old Empire State of the South would
blossom as the rose I
Col. Smith’s reputation is not confined
to his own county and state, for his
name is synonymous of brain and busi¬
ness success, and while he is not person¬
ally known in South Carolina, his re¬
markable talent and ability are as much
recognized and appreciated over here as
CHRISTMAS STOCK
is ready for inspection. Our stock includes
the latest and best designs in large assort¬
ments, and in wide* range of price. It in
includes Sterling Silver, Out Glass, Gold
Pendants* Broaches, Collar Pins, single stone
and fancy Rings, gold and filled Watches,
High-Class Bric-aBrac, China, Lamps, and
all Holiday Goods usual to a jewelry store.
C. n. SCUDDER,
Optician and. Jeweler, ATHENS, GLA*.
his own people and at his home.
As I stated, I will again be at Smith
ouia in a very few days, and if it is do
cided to cut up Col. Smith’s farm aud
offer it for sale in small tracts, the same
will be duly advertised in The Banner
aud other papers throughout the state.
So far as I am several personally good offers concerned,
I have received to re¬
enter journalism in Georgia, aud it was
a great temptation, for I love all Geor¬
gians, and the best friends I have are in
your state, and nothing would delight
me more than to spend the remainder of
my days among them. Oil January 1st
next I will begin the publication of a
paper in Columbia, S. C., but this will
not interfere with my real estate deal¬
ing, as I will spend a portion of my
time looking after such matters across
the Savannah.
And right here let me ^ay to your peo¬
ple setting that iu the southward, tide of emigration and is now
it behooves
them to secure their share of these new
white citizens and settlers. Your laud*
owners should carve iheir plantations
into small farms, aud soil these farms to
thrifty and industrious white men, for
it is the only and true solution of our
vexed labor problem, and is the only
way-to build np a state and section. I
am at the head of the Southern Real
Estate and Investment Company, and
whose object and mission is to undertake
this important work.
I have already some splendid white
farmers who 'contemplate moving to
Georgia and buying lands there.
T. Larry Gantt.
Inman, S. C. Dec. 4th.
Better Than a Plaster.
A piece of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and bound on
the affected lame back parts, and is for better pains than plaster
for a in the side
or chest. Pain Balm has no superior as a
liniment for the relief of deep seated
muscular and rheumatic pains. For
sale by W. J. Cooper & Co., Lexington;
Howard & Young, Stephens; A. J.
Giilen, Maxeys.