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GA., ItntDAT. JANUARY 10, 101a.
Briggs’ Semi-.
WINTE
intial Clearance Sale
CLOTHING
The Public knows the policy of this store ia not to carry over Clothing from one season to another, but to
keep our stock always fresh and new. Following our usual Semi-Annual custom, every Suit, Overcoat,
pair of Pants, Boys’ Suit or Overcoat is placed on sale at extremely reduced prices. Below we give you
only a partial list of the reductions.
$10.00 Suits or Overcoats
$7.50
25 pei\ cent Discount on
$3.00 Men’s Pants
$2.25
12.50 Suits or Overcoats
9.38
all Boys Suits, Over-
4.00 Men’s Pants
3.00
15.00 Suits or Overcoats
11.20
5.00 Men’s Pants
3.75
18.00 Suits or Overcoats
13.50
coats cir Odd Pants in
our store
i
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6.00 Men’s Pants
4.50
20.00 Suits or Overcoats
25.00 Suits or Overcoats
15.00
18.70
7.00 Men’s Pants
7.50 Men’s Pants
5.25
5.63
Do not confound this with any of the so-called sales, but remember our method of marking everything in plain
figures and having but one price guarantees to you la big, bona fide reduction and enables you to tell exactly
what amount you get off of each garment. At this Reason of the year, with all the cold weather ahead of us.
Clothing buyers will take advantage of this big reduction, so try to get here before the cream of the stock is
picked over. The prices quoted are strictly cash. % : : : ; :
M. A. BriggslClo thing Co.
IS
WORST IN FORTY
YEARS UP NORTH
Many Degrees Below
Zero in all Sections
WEATHER MAX l*UOMISF.S A
IlllEAK UP NORTH TONIGHT,
RUT STILL VERY OOM> FAR
INTO FLORIDA.
Now York, Jon. 13.—Tho Bioit
lorrlflc cold weather In twenty yearn
with plonty of mow and a tempera
ture of three degree! below nero,
l» tho condition here today.
Ronton In neretiteen below aero.
Brooklyn, Conn., thirteen below,
Wilmington, Del., Bra below, Bal
timore, four below, Franklin, Pa.,
forty below, Oakland, ltd., thlrty-
nln. below, Rome, N. T„ thlrty-al*
below, Utica, twenty-fire below,
Plttaburg fourteen below,
Thera la heavy enow throughout
the eecttoa demorallulng truffle and
eauilng much suffering among tha
poor.
Snow la Atlanta Today.
Atlanta, Jan. II.—There ,waa
three Inchea of anow la thla city thta
morning and the mercury la twenty-
one degree, above aero. There la
abating on the lake, for the tint
time In yearn.
low aero In Iowa and tan below at
Columbua, Ohio.
Five people are dead from the
cold In Ohio.
Warmer Weather la Promiied.
Washington, Jan. IS.—Tha tem
peratures will gradually rite to
night In thn Middle and Eastern
elates.
There will be enow and rain In
the Sontb Atlantic etatee .Storm
warntngi from Jacksonville to Nor
folk. Colder weather for Florida,
In Penlneuln freezing. Snowing In
Savannah today.
Twelve Relow In Virginia.
Winchester, V«., Jan. IS.—The
mercury vrna twelve below rero to
ny an ( j there In n foot of nnow on
tho ground. It le tho coldest wonth-
er In fiffen yenrn.
Freeing to Tho Gnlf Const.
Now Orlonnn, .Inn. IS.—The mer
cury l» twenty-three nhove this
JACK MOORE’S
DEATH RECALLS!
PRETTY CASI
from South Georgia Mr. Moore
eetved a handsome naw tailor-
hade overcoat He sever, did leara
Ijus* exactly who aant It
An Act of Kindness fto
Prison Boy Came Ba^k
TIIE PRISON INSPECTOR GAVE
OVERCOAT TO A SHIVERING
YOUTH ANI) HAD A NEW/ONE
COME TO JI1M LATER,
FIRE LICKED UP PROP 1
ERTYIH MANY TOWNS
Picture Palace in Philadel
phia, Michigan Hotel. West
Virginia Town.
Philadelphia, Jan. IS.—Tha Lu-
bln Royal Moving Plcturo palace on
Market street wa* burned this morn
ing. The German Ten C«nt atoro
and St. Stevens Episcopal church
were badly damaged. Tho loss la
ouuds 1200,000.
Illg Hotel Is Burned.
Frankfort, Mich. Jan. 13.—Tha
MORSE TO HOT SPRINGS. liner chief Inspector of prisons and Royal Fontenac, a big summer hotel,
I prominent figure in ptrtltLice, who was 'burned thla morning. Tha loss
Rnnker Prisoner Will Re Carried died day before yesterday in Smyr-jl® $100,000.
There for the Tlatlin. | n a, Ga. 7 W. Virgin* Town Hit Hard.
Atlanta. Jan. 13.—Tha 4 . Charles j None of them in more chairacferls-1 Logan, W. Va, Jan 13.-^he coun-
Moree will never again see tho In-!tie of the man *■ hla frfenida knew ty court home with all of lta rec
ede of a prlaqn te the opinion freely | him than a rrory called to /mind hy orde, five business house* and eight
Atlantn, Jan. 13.—A fl
morning. Tho trotting extended to ' lnlsccnc0 ,
are going the
tho Onlf Conet.
In the corridors at the capitol /among
the old friends of Jake Moor*, for
mer chief Inspector of prlscfns and
expressed here following the sud
den announeeent yesterday aft.r
noon that the famous prisoner would
ho remornd Immediately from the
Cspt. Goodloe Tancey, of the state residences were burned today. The
prison board. I .loss Is a Quarter of a million dollar*.
While Mr. Moore was nrlaon In- [
speetor, years ago, ears Crept. Tan-.CAUSES PRISONER TO HOLLER
my hospital a*. Fort McPherson to eey, he happened to be/down
Hot 8prlngt, Ark., where he will South Georgia during § treating Alarm Is Means of Stopping What
take the baths.
Although pardon has been with
held. Mores has been materially and
physically lust as well off since he
was remored to Fort McPherson as
he would hare been with an actual
pardon.
Wont la Forty Years In the Went.
Chicago, Jah. IS.—Tbs mercury
was fifteen below nero today and the
voidest weather In forty yean.
Tar re were thirty deaths from
extreme coif during the pair week.
Many schools, factorise and colleges
were closed.
Traffic of all kinds was hampered
by the heavy snow. Several trains
the Warn warn Mailed.
feL '
THIEVES POORLY PAID.
winter lime Inspecting thW] camps In I Mlgh Hare Been a Bad Blage.
the pine and turpentine wtfode, when I Waycrose, Oa„ Jan. is.—Fire
he happened to meet, all alone, a from a stove caused eoasMerahla
young white boy ceavletff ynny and excitement among SO prisoners In
evidently la til health, elkd only In Ware county Jail esrly last night,
the cotton convict garb und shiver- Their cilia were heard by people
Ing In the wind. ■ passing, and quick work of attaches
, "Ton look cold, boy/' comment- of the sheriff'* office stopped what
cd Jake Moore. / might have been a bad Mass.
"Yes, sir. Pm slnJost froren,":
said the boy, and buret out crying MARKET REPORT TODAY,
at the unexpected kindI word. |
Jake Mlore looked Around. There Stocke Closed Steady, Cotton Steady
was nobody to see hlaj and he slip-1 Provisions lower.
sire over-1 New York. Jsa. IS.—Stocks opea-
NEWS OF A DAY
AMONG PEOPLE
OF
tor the nee of Harbor Master John
Carr. The ever Increasing com
merce and) the extension of the city*
water front property will necessi
tate the nse of a powerful motor
boat to convey tho harbor master
about the harbor.
Firemen Threaten a Strike.
An Interesting Suit in the
Bell Estate Case
THE LARGE RELTi ESTATE IN
EMANUEL COUNTY IS IN LITI-
CATION IN THE FEDERAL
COURT IN SAVANNAH.
the boy's ed Irregular, but closed steady,
knitted awuv! Cotton eloaed steady, net 1 t* 4
nngtttr know points higher. January 1.40, May
Nothing Missed from Merchandise
Par or From Whole Grocery.
America*. Os., Jan. 11.—Thieve*
this morning raided the freight
yard of the Central of Georgia Rail
way. breaking Into eight ears side
tracked In a secluded locality. For
tunately seven ear* ware loaded with
hay and grain, and only from on*
ear of merchandise could the thieve*
have stolen anything. Attar raM- rpnvtet camp wham
Jng the ear* they entered the ware- nnd he explained so
house of a wholesale grocery com-, body recognised
pany, but nothing them could he serlptton. Nothing (was said of It er. Hog* 5 eeuta lower and cattle
missed. jthen, bnt On tha following Chr'jr- steady.
« -m l 1
* vj-i v . \
pert out of hla own 1
coat and threw ft
ehouldera. Then
without letting the
who had befriended 1
But the hoy had '
9 67.
explain at the ' Chicago Provision Market
Cot the coat, ( Chicago, Jan. IS.—Wheat wae
that eomc- easier at one-fourth to one-half
Moore'* do* lower. Prolslons we era shade low-
Savannah, Ga., Jan 13—Solicitor*
representing the respondent in tho
equity suit of DIvola Bell vs. J. Leon
Bell, have filed an answer to Miss
Boll’s claim for a child’* part in th?
estate of Green Bell, deceased,
amounting to $135,000, charging
that her father, George Bell and
Blanche Burton were never lawfully
married. The anawer la filed in the
United States district court here.
The estate la located in Emanuel
eouaty.
The answer denies that the estate
la worth more than $115,000. It Is
alleged that George Bell never mar
ried Blanche Burton; bnt that at his
death he left a lawful wife and child,
Mrs. Rose Folks Bell and iarah Bell,
both of whom reside In Wayeross.
The answer asserts that Green Bell,
tho original owner, waa twice mar
ried, his first wife being Sallle Sum
ner and his second L* Lee.
The proceedings commenced here
last fall before Judge Emor£ Speer
were directed against O. Leon Bell,
ft was charged then that DIvola Hell
* the daughter of George Bell, her
mother belag Mrs. Blanche Burton,
formerly Mrs. Blanch* Bell, and that
George Bell wae tha ton of Owen
Bell.
A Motor Rost for Harbor Master.
In preparation for the Increased
work necessary when the poller for
the extension of the municipal wharf-
ace Is carried out, tho city council
will purchase a Urge motor boat
A conference Is being held here
today between \he firemen of *.hw
Central of Georgia Hallway and Mr.
J. T. Johnson, general superintend
ent. The question of more pay for
the white firemen la being consider
ed. The result of the conference
will not be known until late In the
day.
iviatirtti
Chest Pains
and Sprains
Sloan's Linitnent is an ex
cellent remedy for chest and
throat affections. It quickly
relieves congestion and in
flammation. A few drops
in water used as a gargle is
antiseptic and healing.
Here’s Proof
" I tare used Sloda'fi I.iiiiment for
year* find can tcatiiy to ^iki wonderful
1 it gmrfiififilfifit relief.”
REBECCA JANE ISAACS.
croup, I Ante
."IE ISAM S,
Lucy. Kentucky.
SLOANS
LINIMENT
is excellent (or sprains and
bruises. It stops the pain
at once and reduces swell
ing very quickly.
Sold by all dealers.
Prlco, 230., BOO., SI.OO
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