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Prepared ness / < jPiy / 0k FOR many months we have been I |||f tpl putting into practice the “IDEA” ssad fln , suggested by that “MAGIC WORD” //[(,n|SgsE * which today is agitating the minds of j\ • every American citizen. We have ac /*Cr!i J\ fflfatfck cumulated and own at old prices ac— /%2L8 store full of goods dyed with the |ilpi iMfamam) PURE GENUINE German 10*' ~ P |'j ' Jiff indigo dyes. We are proud to be able \, I |i 1/ " y%, to say this because it means more to bJ V the trading public than they can NOW , realize and appreciate unless they knew Cr the conditions that surround the markets of all kinds as we know them. This message goes as a fore-runner or warn- !\ nj V jil ing to buy fftaple lines of merchandise if you Till | |V .sHioNAfeLE need them NOW,be it ll ttgSf&f Cotton Goods, Woolens or Silks, Shoes, Clothing, Furniture ll gKMI or Groceries. Vylrmi- , . . . r . f/V A:VM|S For a long time we have refrained from saying ll \ y vM’v\ anything about advances, because it is not aVI W ~Tg || =l=f \VJ popular or welcomed subject—not pleasing to 111 ll M % I \\ any one, but it is a facft we mu St now face nev- H ■A \ |i \ ertheless and one over which no one has any a t_rb- control. Wars, dye situation, strikes, shortage - :m n Jj of goods, high prices for cotton, grain, iron, t M Not a bit mussed up! My dear, Steel, meat, lard, oil, &c., are responsible for it. # j how do youmanageit?” \y e WO uld be far from advising you to buy any- • Th * aßsw<r thing you don’t need or more than you should, INDIAN but we do want to see our friends and custom ijr * r\ ers protedt themselves as we have done. Get right down to “Brass Tacks,” “Hard g |j | \ Like linen except that ft do Pan,” “Bed Rock” or whatever you choose to JsjNSfeJl less. Wears wonderfully. call it and use your thinker juSt a little and then “SStiiTK atf accordingly. It will pay you. l "ZXL..,.,. 1 Visit The Big Store With The Goods 14 ETHERIDGE, SMITH & CO.