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THE ECHO, LEXINGTON, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25
MAXEYS' BIG BARGAIN STORE
CHRISTMAS GREETING
Santa Claus is making his rounds and I have engaged him to spend
the balance of December with me, dispensing presents for the babies,
young folks and old folks too. He is now displaying at my store a lot
of High Grade Christmas Novelties which the public is invited to see.
I am making the greatest run in Men’s, Boys and Youths Suits
and Overcoats that the trade here ever saw.
Specials in Shoes for Men, Women, Boys and Girls, and the
greatest line of Men’s Head Wear to be found in this county.
Don’t forget that I am selling the best Buggies to be found.
COME TO SEE ME WHETHER YOU BUY OR NOT.
A. vJ. GIL/L/BN, MAXBY S, GA.
Wintry Wrinkles.
Oh, the happy boy is flopping
Down the hill with his new sled,
While the humble tramp is chopping
Kindling wood out in the shed,
And the ruffled, ,
Muffled, stuffled
Chicklet pecks the frozen corn,
And the golden,
Molden, olden
Brandy’s looked for ev’ry morn!
The fragile maid Is skating
On the pond behind the mill;
The sparrow’s masticating
Frozen crumbs upon the sill,
And the bawling,
Sprawling, crawling
Infant’s wrapped In flannels hot.
While the zealing,
Ever healing cot.
Goose grease stands beside the
The suburbanite is skipping
To his snow becovered lair,
And old Boreas is flipping air.
Merry snowflakes through the
And the creeping,
Leaping, sleeping mush.
Trolley car hops through the
While the rosy.
Always dozy slusn.
Butcher’s boy slops through the
These wintry scenes I fancy
As I’m snuggled in my bed.
Concealed so that you can’t see
E’en the baldness of my head.
And the dashing.
Clashing, smashing
Hailstones rhyme upon my pane,
While I coolly.
Honest, truly. again.
Bream that summer’s here
—New Yerk Journal
To -improve the appetite and
strengthen the digestion, try a few doses
of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver
Tablets. Mr. J. H. Seitz, of Detroit,
Mich., says, “They restored my appe¬
tite when impaired, relieved me of a
bloated feeling and caused a pleasant
and satisfactory movement of the
bowels.” There are people in this com¬
munity who need jnst such a medicine.
For sale by W. J. Cooper & Co., Lex¬
ington; Howard & Young, Stephens,
A. J. Gillen, Maxeys. Every box war¬
ranted.
Christmas Wonder Oranges.
The wonder orange may be used to
conceal small Christmas gifts, and it
also makes a pretty decoration for the
tree. Take a good sized ball of coarse
orange colored worsted and begin wind¬
ing it about the present. If the gift is
not symmetrical enough to admit this,
first wrap It in crushed tissue paper.
After the worsted is completely
wound so as, to make a ball the size of
a big orange fasten green tissue paper
leaves in a cluster about where the
step should be and a loop of baby
orange ribbon with which to hang it up.
The w’onder orange can also be used
to stuff into the toe of some expectant
Christmas stocking.
The Penn Mutual is the only old
line company guaranteeing a 2o p.er
cent, dividend on 20 -payment life
accumulated surplus. See Joe J
Smith about it.
Joys of Christmas Time.
While the Christmas season brings a
of joy to all the aged who have
lived correct lives, yet it is sometimes
saddened by reminiscences of sins of
omission and commission. The knowl¬
edge that during this blessed time evil
spirits are shorn of power to do evil
does not always soothe the pangs of
conscience. But to the young, to whom
life in prospect is fill hope and sun¬
shine, the season is one of unalloyed
bliss. In addition to health and good
digestion, they have two patron saints,
“Little Jack Homer, who sat in the
corner,” and Santa Claus, who, though
a Dutchman, Is endeared to the in¬
fantry of all nations by the bound¬
less profusion he showers on all na¬
tionalities. There are trees sufficiently
stacked up around the market house to
carry all the old gentleman’s benefac¬
tions this year, and they are selling
readily, a testimonial to the improved
prospects of the expectant recipients
of his bounty. to
Numerous, indeed, are the hearts
which Christmas brings a brief sea¬
son of happiness and enjoyment. How
many families wffiose members have
been scattered far and wide in the rest¬
less struggle for life are then reunited
and meet again in that happy state of
companionship and mutual good will!
How many old recollections and how
many dormant sympathies does
There are thousands of Pickwicks to¬
day as well as a century ago who enjoy
that sacred time as well as he.—Pitts¬
burg Press.
Revolution Imminent.
A sure sign 6f approaching revolt and
serious trouble in your system is ner¬
vousness, sleeplessness, or stomach up¬
sets Electric Bitters will quickly dis¬
member the troublesome causes. It
never fails to tone the stomach, regulate
the Kidneys and Bowels, stimulate — ~
Liver and clarify the blood. Rundown
systems benefit particulariy and all the
usual attending aches vanish under its
searching Bitters and is thorough only 50c, and effectless. that is
Electric don’t give perfect satisfac¬
returned if it J. Cooper &
tion Guaranteed by W.
Co., Lexington, Walter Maxwell, Craw¬
ford.
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A Country Named For Ckrt«tma».
South Africa was discovered by the
Portuguese, who were searching for an
ocean road to India. Bartholomew
Diaz was the commander of the two
little ships that formed the expedition
in 1480. Eleven years later Da Gama
took another Portuguese fleet south.
Up discovered Natal on Christmas d.iy
and thus named it in consequence.
Let Joe J. Smith tell you about
that guaranteed 20 per cent, divi¬
dend which the Penn Mutual is
only old line company paying.
THE FARMER FEEDETH ALL,
Some Very Interesting Figures About
Our Farm Products.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson in his
seventh annual report to congress re¬
views at length the production and ex¬
port of American agricultural products.
The increase in the exports of farm
products for the half century ended 1901
was from $147,000,000) to $952,000,000-
550 per cent. The exports of farm pro¬
ducts for the closing decade of the last
century was over $700,000,000, and for
1903 over $878,000,000, an amount second
only to that of 1901.
Although the consumption of cotton
in this country is greater than that of
any other country in the world, yet in
addition to supplying the home market,
the south exported last year over three
and a half billion pounds of cotton, worth
$317,000,000. Of grain and grain pro¬
ducts, the export exceeded in value
$221,000,000, and in the supply of animal
meats, and meat products, the value ot
exportation was $211,000,000. trade, the
Discussinj | he balance of sec¬
retary shows that, the favorable balance
to the credit of the country is due entire¬
ly to the farmers. The balance of trade
in favor of farm products during the last
14 years, no year excepted, aggregated other
4,806 million dollars. In products, the
than those of the farm, during same
period, the balance of trade was adverse
to this country to the extent of $865,000,
000. Our farmers not only cancelled
this immense obligation, but placed 3,940
million dollars to the credit of the nation
exchange
were balanced. He concludes that, “It
is the farmers who have paid the foreign
bondholders.” magnitude of
Reviewing the agri¬
cultural porductiou, after giving the
figures of the most important crops, Mr.
Wilson states that the value of all farm
products, not fed to live stocks, for 1903
considerably exceeded their value in the
census year, when it was given as 3,742
million dollars. According to the de¬
partment’s inventory of farm animals
for January 1, 1903, the value of horses
was over $1,000,000,000, and of mules,
nearly $200,000,000. The value of cattle
of all kinds considerably exceeded 1,300
million dollars, of sheep, $168,000,o00,
and of hogs, $365,000,000. the
He congratulates the country upon
better distribution of agricultural distribution pro¬ of
gress since 1890. The
expansion, progress, and welfare has
been more general thronghont all sec¬
tions of the country, especially in the
south.
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep?
Beauty is only skin deep, but the
forces that create beauty are as deep as
the fountain from which they flow,
when the Blood is charged with impuri¬
ties Beauty disappears, when the blood
i« pure Beauty blossoms in face and
form. Rydales Liver Tablets keeps the
Liver he lthy and the Bowels regular,
prevents the blood becoming ladened
with bile and waste, make the skin
clear, eyes bright and Beauty more than
skin deep. W. J. Oooper & Go., Lexing¬
ton, Arnold & Berry, Kuching, J. K.
| Brooks, Anon.
Some Cotton Figures.
The high price of cotton, the dis¬
turbance among the mills, and the bull
of Messrs. Bull, Brown and
threatening yet higher figures
have set everybody to talking and hardly writ¬
ing about cotton, and one can
pick up a publication of any character
that does notrtiontain an article on cotton.
The discussion has led the New York
World to go into statistics, and it notes
that the highest price ever reached by
cotton was in 1864 during the Civil
War, when the crops were cut short by
disorganized labor conditions in the
Houth, and the blockading of our ports,
which prevented its egress to the world’s
markets. In that year cotton reached
$1.90 oer pound. reached
The lowest price market ever price in New was York in
1845, when its
was 5 cents a pound. raised
The largest American crop ever
was in 1898 and which aggregated 1899, it 12,
156.000 bales. Since then, in 1901,10,- was
9,442.000; in 1900, 10,339,000;
760.000 ;1902, 10,750,000, and the govern¬
ment’s estimate of the 1803 crop that
was given out last week, and which caus¬
ed the unprecedented rapid advance in
price, is 9,962,000 bales.
The New York Post cites the record to
show that the government’s December
estimate has always been under the
crop. That, may be true this year also,
but the department’s estimate is not
usually more than 200,000 or 300,000
bales too low, and with these added to
the December estimate there is still a
short crop, and a guarantee for high
prices.
...SUCCESS...
WITH HERNIA,
The successtul treatment of Hernia
has for years been one of our special¬
ties. Probably we have lltted and
sold more Trusses that have Riven
comfort and satisfaction to wearers
than any other two or throe concerns
in this city. Cur work in (his depart¬
ment is carried on in a way that ap¬
peals most favorably to physicians
and all well informed people. Our
prices are reasonable and fair, never
excessive. We carry a complete lino
of Trusses and Bandages of all kinds
and have private apartments for lu¬
ting. Correspondence and personal
inquiries are earnestly solicited.
H. R. PALMER & SONS,
Druggists and Pharmcists,
ATHENS, GA.
.. .THE____
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contains Mercury.
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such arti¬
cles should never be used except on pre¬
scriptions from reputable physicians, as
the damage they will do is tenfold to
the good you can posMbly derive from
them. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactur¬
ed by F. J. Cheney & Co . Toledo, O.,
contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mneous surfaces of the sys¬
tem. In bayiDg Hall’s Catarrh Care be
sure yon get the genuine. It is taken in¬
ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
How We Catch a Cold.
A cold is sometimes contracted while
remaining inactive for a while in an
uncomfortable room or a cold draft and
by falling to sleep under like conditions.
But most colds are caught while sleep¬
j ing too cold at night. Deep renders sleep causes the
slugg ; sh circulation which
: system susceptable to change of tem
perature. To prevent colds, sleep under
plenty of cover. To cure colds use Ry
: dalesElixir, it lessens the severity and
shortens the duration of a cold and
prevents Pneumonia, Bronchitis and
Consumption. W. J. Cooper & Co.,
; Lexington, Arnold & Berry, Huchiug,
J. E. Brooks, Anon,
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For information as to routes, sehed
ules and rates, both
write to any of the undersigned and
you will receive prompt reply
and reliable information
0 0. McMILLIN, A. G. JA0K80H,
(1. A. Pium. Dept. (1. P. A.’
A. 0. DAWSON, S. A.
AVOt'STI, GA.
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