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4 ' The Oglethorpe Echo W. A. MU( KKf.KOKD, BdHor. BATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: ©VR YEAR................................SI.»0 SIX MONTHS............................. 50 T IBEE MONTHS......................... 25 Terms.—C ash in advance No Rtpereentuntii ■oncy All received. renewed. papers stopped at expiration of time, unless No club rates; but any one sending us ten ■Ames and ten dollars will receive tae paper one year free of charge. Morey can be remitted by postofflce moneyor deror registered letter at our risk. Address all business commanications and sake all remittances payable to W. A. SHACKELFORD, Pub. and Pr». Jtatered at the Postoffice in Lexington, Georgia, as second class mail matter. OUR CLUBBING RATES. Following are the elnhbing rates of The Echo with other papers: The Echo and the Weekly Atlanta Constitution, both one year for $1.75 The Echo and the Weekly Consti¬ tution and the Sunny South, three papers one year.... . $2.00 The Echo and the Semi-Weekly Atlanta Journal with choice of several other papers and premi¬ ums, all for..................$1.75 The Echo and the Thrice-a Week New York World,.............$1.65 The Echo and the Louisville Semi Monthly Home and Farm. $1 35 Combinations can toe formed from the above that will give any family about all the literature it could desire. All subscriptions cash in advance. Fit IIIAY, IIECBHBKIl 25, l»M>3. " This Panama muddle is mighty a line place for the postoffiee department scandals to get lost in. It looks more and more like the con¬ stitution will ho following the flag down about Colombia ere long. The alacrity with which Roosevelt and Hanna can fall out and in stamp them ns sure enough Republicans. Mb. Bryan is having so many honors bestowed upon him in the old world that we fear wo will lose him. Ho is by no by them. Panama ought to have a great celebra¬ tion of Christmas on that $10,000,000 Uncle Sam gives her for room to dig that ditch. With such a President as wo now have Uncle Sam may say, "Peace on earth and .good will to all meu" but lie can’t live up to it. It is net the first time Atlanta has been army headquarters but. some of the previous occasions were not as wel¬ comed as is this one. From the tenor of speeches made in the Senate Roosevelt will be shown that liis stronuousness has for once carried him a step or t wo too far. Suppose we do go to war with Colom¬ bia, who can compete the cost of that canal? That’s how llnole Sam is made to pay for what he gets these days. Oglethorpe county takes no share in the big reductions made in the cost of school books by the adoption of uniform text books We have a five-year con¬ tract of our own. Our recent dealings with Colombia are being termed our nation’s disgrace, but what does the present administra¬ tion care for that? It hasn’t much honor at stake nohow. We would just like to know how many of those mentioned in that con¬ nection were disappointed in not finding « nomination for the presidency in their stockings this morning. Cm. ago is bidding high for the next democratic national convention. But that don’t necessarily mean that another Chicago platform of tlm same sort will be thrust upon the people. The state school commissioner is glad¬ dening the hearts of the public school teachers by distributing more than $300, 000 among them. The teachers will en¬ joy it more because it is well earned. Some who are overly enthusiastic pre¬ dict that cotton will go to twenty five cents before spring. What a calamity that would bo. Farmers would have none to sell at tl at price but an abun¬ dance to put on the market next fall at a price below the cost of production. Don’t take the twit, dear farmers. Or ii fraternal sympathy to the owners of the Luwrenctville News-Herald the plant of which whs 'oi .tt t! un dav Ins; means priH>t against hein;; captivated week. But the N H. is tun good a one to he kept down and as goon as new material can bo installed it will re¬ appear, and bigger and better than t ver. THE ECHO, LEXINGTON, GA.: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25. 01 R CHRISTMAS GREETING. Here’s a Merry, Merry Christmas to every subscriber, reader, patron, friend of The Echo—and if there are any who do not consider themselves in the last named class our greeting is as heartily extended to them—for The Echo awake. this Christmas morning with no feeling of ill will 'towards anyoDe, but with sincere good will to all mankind. We have, as we firmly beleive, every reason for such felicitation for we con gratulate ourselves in the se’f-appropii ated assurance that it is reciprocated by the people whom the paper ser ves and all who read it. The year 1903 can ever be looked back upon by us with a feeling of pride and gratitude. It has been one of the best years in the business history of the pa¬ per, and for which we thank a liberal and lenient public. It is equally as gratifying to us to feel that the liberal patronage extended The Echo is but a reflection of an increased prosperity among the people upon whom it is dependent. A paper is a thermom¬ eter, so to speak, of the county or sec¬ tion it serves. When the one is pros¬ perous the other is sure to indicate it; and on the other hand the effects of adversity is sure to tell first upon the affairs of a paper. This being true, we axe assured that we have every reason to extend felicita¬ tions to The Echo’s constituency for what 1903 has done for them in a mate¬ rial way. We are at all times a pecu¬ liarly blessed people, but during this year we have been especially favored by Providence and to the Giver of all good gifts we should render praises of grati¬ tude. Let us nil therefore take courage and look to the future, each and everyone striving, not only for our individual wellfare and happiness but to aid our fellowman to attain better things. As we are blessed let us give blessings; we are favored by a kind Providence let us dispense what blessings we can to those around us. With these sentiments welling up ia us wo close the labors of 1903; with them encouraging ns we wall take up the duties of the new year with greater determination to live up to them, so that when another cycle of time shall have been completed we can with as much sincerity and as heartily wish all— A Merry, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. COTTON A NO COTTON GOOOK. A writer in the Augusta Chronicle, commenting on the complaint of cotton mills that raw cotton is too high priced, says; "Why not put up the prices of manufactured goods? They say we can’t. Suppose you make the trial. You will find every consumer of cotton goods in the country willing to pay the ad¬ vance. Give the farmer a living price for his products. By so doing you help, not country, The more money planters have to spend the more trading they do with the coun¬ try merchant; the more the country mer¬ chant sells, the more goods he buys from the wholesale dealer, and ho in turn buys more from manufacturers. The more money the farmers have to spend the greater the prosperity of the country. A country oau be bankrupted and yet have lots of money iu banks and invested in manufactures. It isn’t the money owned by banks and manufac¬ tures that, builds business, it is the mon¬ ey in the hands of the people, who spend it for what they need. It goes from their hands to the retail dealer, from him to the manufacturer. Money flows up stream, never down. When custom¬ ers have money, dealers thrive, but yon can have the wealth of the world in banks and manufactures, and griiSd down the people, and you will have hard times, and a total lack of prosperi¬ ty. Give the planters a show. If cot¬ ton is scarce, pay them what it is worth, based on supply and demand,” Commenting on the above, the Chron¬ icle says: "Our people are deeply in¬ terested in the welfare both of cotton growers and cotton manufactures, and art* naturally disturbed that the prosper¬ ity of one class should appear in the light of a menace to the other. The South is greatly benefit-tod by the high price of cotton, and it is deeply interest¬ ed in the prosperity of our cotton mills. Our people want to see both prosper. They do not understand whj the in¬ crease in the cost of the raw material cannot be logically and successfully fol¬ lowed by an increase in the price of the manufactured product sufficient to cover it dacha practice'obtains in all other line*, why not n cotton manufacture?” The Chronicle and its correspondent an* right. It when cotton is high priced prices of cotton goods should be advanc¬ ed. That is the natural thing to do, and ; everybody t v-ucerned would be satisfied. .... 1 he producer would , , not mind , paying j more for cotton goods if he got a good; | In Clothing the Workmanship Should be § 1 I One of the First Considerations. ^ Our Clothing is tailored right; it tits and holds its shape after being SE worn. There is something about it, too, different from most tine clothing— 5= it looks better and is better than any clothing sold for the same money. It’s true w e carry finer and better clothing than is carried by any other 31 |E house in Athens, but our prices are.the lowest for the Athens. quality ot goods. 5= We are*the only One Price Clothing Store in 3 I HEAD & MCMAHAN, 3 | 112 Clacton. Street,. STS, GhA.. § profit out of his cotton, and the manu¬ factures could afford to pay more for cotton if he got more for his cotton goods. Everybody would be benefited ; but under the system of forcing down the price of cotton, the beuefit would be confined to a single class, if in fact such a course could benefit anybody in the end. Atlanta has been made headquarters of the department of the gulf and is doing lots of crowing over it. So many good things come Atlanta’s way that it would seem she would have reached the place of taking them as a matter of course. Rydales Stomach Tablets. Rydales Stomach Tablets are made for the Stomach and organs of assimila¬ tion and are not intended for a “cure all.” They contain concentrated asep¬ tic, Pepsin, Pure Paucreatin and other digestive agents. They contain power¬ ful tonics and mild stimulants that have a specific effect on the Stomach and or¬ gans of assimnlafioti and which aid na¬ ture in reconstructing the broken down cells and strengthening the flacid mus¬ cles of the walls of thestomach and oth¬ er digestive organs, Rydales Stomach Tablets are a perfect stomach medicine, they relieve at once and soon cure the worst forms of stomach trouble. Price 25 and oOcts. a box. W. J. Cooper & Co., Lexington, Arnold and Berry, Huching, ,T. E. Brooks, Anon. One car-load of shingles on hand for sale. Arnold & Rayle. Don’t forget the old man with the fish on his back. For nearly thirty years he has been traveling around the world, and is still traveling, bringing health and comfort wherever he goes. To the consumptive he brings he the strength and flesh so much needs. To all weak and sickly children he gives rich and strengthening To thin and food. pale persons he gives new firm flesh and rich red blood. Children who first saw the old man with the fish are now grown up and have children of their own. He stands for Scott's Emul¬ sion of pure cod liver oil—a delightful food and a natural tonic for children,for old folks and for all who need flesh and strength. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, » 409—1-15 Pearl Street, New York. SOc. and $1.00; all druggists. TO BE t t GIVEN I AWAY I 3 OHiTT :mrsr if’iebie: READ THIS, IT MAY EE YOU. Shoes Encouraged by the appreciation shown ns for giving away one pair of every week to our customers we have decided to give you, this time, something more valuable in the shape of a useful Handsome $50 Suit of Furniture. e shall continue to give you with every 50c purchase, or over, one ^ Ticket, and the holding the lucky number will receive ROOM SUIT person the BE1> on exhibition at the furniture store of Mr. J, S. Bernstein. The number to be selected by three prominent and disinherited men on a day to be decided. Remember, we give you this inducement ABSOLUTELY FREE, and in addition have reduced the prices throughout the immense stock we car ry. a,1( i this is t> chance to buy your fall and winter goods at prices to suite tiie times. Don't Miss Your Chance at this Suit of Furniture. A small purchase may cause you to be the lucky one, and don’t forget,, there is no guessing, and your chance is just as good as any one else, i Our Premium list of handsome Table and Glassware will be ready in a few days. “BE SURE YOU ARE RIGHT. T. Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoes, 225 Broad Street, TS, Below Racket Store ! YOU WEAR SHOES You want Ccod Shoes ; you want Cood Shoes as cheap as money will get them. I SELL SHOES II sell only good Shoes ; I sell only good Shoes cheaper than others sell them. WHY? Because I sellfonly for Spot Cash. E. I. SAAITH. Spot Casli SHc© IDealer,’ ATHENS CLASSIC CITY STABLES Sale, Feed, Trade and Exchange, THOHAS SI 1 .. - ATHENS, Bernstein’s Old Stand. Ycmr patronage respectfully solicited. Open night and day. A. E. ARNOLD, Manager.