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Off Now With the Old Suit--Everybody Has Seen It on You Long Enough. THERE IS NO EXCUSE—WE HAvE REDUCED THE PRICES ON ALL OF OUR CLOTHING, ALL ERAND NEW, AND AT A MARVELOUSLY REDUC ED PRICE. $15.00 AND $18.00 SUITS REDUCED $12.95 $10.00 AND $12.50 SUITS REDUCED $7.95 $7.50 AND $8.50 SUITS REDUCED TO $5.95 SPECIAL FOR XMAS. 69c FOR REGULAR 89 CENTS BLACK SATIN PETTICOAT WITH HEAVY FLOUNCING. 98c FOR WHITE LINEN SHIRT WAIST3, WORTH $1.50. LADIES BLACK VELVET HAND BAGS. 50 CENT KIND FOR 29c 75 CENT KIND FOR ... .• 49c AVIATION CAPS AT REDUCED PRICES. GLOVES FOR LADIES AND GENTS. NECKWEAR, SHIRTS, COLLARS, UMBRELLAS AND SUIT CASES. HATSand SHOES Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear WE HAVE ONLY A FEW SUITS LEFT. MADE UP IN VERY LAT. E»T STYLES, ELACK, BLUE, TAN AND BROWN. REDUCED VERY LOW. FOR A BEAUTIFUL SKIRT THAT YOU CAN’T POSSIBLY BUY ELSE- WHERE FOR LESS THAN $15.CO. $8.93 KIRT THAT YOU CAN’T F 1AN $15.CO. $6.93 FOR REGULAR $10.00 SUITS. A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF COATS FOR CHILDREN, MIS8ES AND LADIES FROM $148 to >3.93 $1.98 FOR A REGULAR $3.50 LADIES SWEATER, IN GRAY, RED AND WHITE. BIG LINE OF CHILDRENS’ SWEATERS AT REDUCED PRICES. THE FAIR M. OROVI1Z Proprietor ❖ ❖ <* ❖ •><► , •> <* <► <* ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ •> ❖ *> ❖ •*» »J» «{» <5* »J» «J» •/ >J« ij, ,J. ,*• »*. •*• <* •> *•* <• ❖, ❖. <• <• •> *8» <• •> ❖ ❖ <• ❖ ❖ <• ❖ ❖ ❖ <• •> •> .j. a ♦ ♦ ❖ •> <*•><* <• •>*•><♦ V SANTA CLAUS TREASURE BOX. ❖ mil PhL Christmas, v.as at haittl, Draper's hear; was heavy. 1«>i 1 number of years lie had seemed ,«• he the particular pet of misfortune. As an artist his work displayed the ma le touch of genius, and he was in a fnir way to achieve fame and worldly success when the first of a series ft calamities befell him. Soon after Phillips marriage to pretty Luc! to Girrard, his father failed In basinets and died within a month thereafter, leaving nothing but a mass of debts ns a legacy to his son. Phillip, who had just been taken into partnership with his father, ami whose outlook In the future was tinged with the color of the rose, was crush ed by this blow; but with if quixotic sens** of duty he set himself the tre menduous task of paying off the debts of the firm. To accomplish ’his iv* had nothing but the sale of his pi"* turw; y< t, year in and year out, he foiled on stubbornly and uncomplaPi- lr.’ !y, While ho and l.ueile and th?’r little boy were deprived of many of the comfcr’c of life that the hulk o f his earr.!ng3 might go to fils creditors The house In which they lived in v.*» a roomy old mansion on the out3kir-3 of the city, left to Phillip by a maiden aunt, who passed away since the iVat’.i father, and which Luclio had bed him not to sefil. The home by^he way, had originally belonged i an eccentric old sea captain, Jeremiah Suggs by name, who was repu'ed to bi^someihing of a miser, and wno ed and died a recluse. crowning calamity came t* lip I rr; .r vhea the debt was o'l but"clerrrd or. it was then he w;s overtaken by a wasting Illness, whic.* sy rm/ned to his bed f or al r: •“* c r‘L”, end leaving; him Jex.i- tute. The butcher and the bakei threatened to deny him further credit nnd his home was heavily mortg'ifti j The outlook was gloomy. “And tomorrow is Christmas," ho ' remarked to bis wife, with a gnu ’ mile. ' “Never mind, dear; let us hold p .i Jt | to < «ir (ournsie,” said Mrs. Drapm trying to sp;ak cheerfully, though there, was an ominous quaver in tier "What hurts mo most is the thougm. ihnt Christmas is so close at hand and that there will bo no Santa Claus for nobby.” "loor, little dear!" said Mrs. Drap er. Suddenly she started up with an anxious glance about the room. ‘T wonder where that child can be? I haven’t seen him for at leas: two ea an r\r i •Ob, don’t be alarm-.1. I dare *.:/ ! t:*- is rummaging about in the cellar ; or a.tic or some out-of the way clov« • and Is wholly absorbed In his invesi Mr. Drap- r had tiantiy liniau*-* speaking waen Hobby popped int*» i e room, held oat a grimy little list, and, : ns he opened his chubby fingers, re- I vealed a twenty-dollar sold pie*,j Iv i fug on Ids upturned palm. "Money!" exclaimed Philip. lit tnatched the coin nnd examined it crttlrnlly. "\\.:eredid you gel this? What decs it mean?" 1 i fo *no it n Mu attic," ex^'alce i Be bby. "There are lots more Merc. ' Come on. I'll show you where.” | The next moment the father and rrrt or, each graspin',* a hand of the frightened youngster, were hastening up the stairs. When they-reached the attic the whole astounding; trull I was laid bare to them. Bobby bad been rummaging, us usual. Finding a loese brick In the crumbling masonry cf the big chimney, he had pulled It out and made a startling discovery. "I wanted to find out bow* Santa Claus comes down the chimney/* said PICKING A PRESENT FOR PLATT When Harry Platt and ti.ui girl friend of t.:e Greens (I forco* .im mune) were married, it was one of those “my goodness gracious, think that" affairs, with no one in on li.o secret except the surburban mini ter who tied the knot, the cabman who drove them out there and the girl from, the minister’s kitchen, who was a witness, and left a thumb-print of grease on the certificate (she was fry ing doughnuts at the time) und the minister's wife (at least the name was the Barnet. Let’s see, where was !.' C.i, ves, when the Platts were mar ried. it being Hint kind of a wed Mug there was no chance to send the;-.' a wedding gift as I would have likei to do, or to have done, (whichev;" n proper, or grarnattleal, thomh ' m .vliicli 111 ! ;»:e hoy, regretfully. I dldn’;- mean to do any harm—" An exclamation from his father in terrupted him. Philip, tearing i v;»y the bricks to enlarge the openin'?, had thrust ids arm Into the cavltv and drawn forth two small boxes, accom panied by a shower of yellow coins. Among t.iem was a scrap of paoer on j which was written: j . “I have no heirs, no kith nor k.'i.-. J This property goes to the finder anil j may he enjoy It. It consists of $’J'v j 000 In gold and government bonds. ar.<i ■ three that'amount. In g*-ms. { j “JEREMIAH'SUGGS’* ’ | Bobby was the hero of the hour. * and the rejoicing that followed may i be better Imagined than descHbc*’. * Was It a merry Christinas for tho Drapers? Ask Bobby, who firmly lleves he found Santa Claus’ treasure box. happened. So I felt ,ve ou'.'ht to do .'. jpething for him, just to snow ocr good will—and. anyhow, we’ve dug down for others we thought in.icli lean of, so why shouldn’t wo lor him? Hu* the wedding was over, without- invita tions, or even a reception, and thc.\ were housekeeping before we knew t So what could wo do? Well, just then Christmas came along not Just then but two months afer the wedding. They were niaivioil October 25, so It wasn’t quite two months, but that’s close enough. NVIieu Christmas dame along, thur is, |ui* Iiefort ft came along, I suggested thut we make up a purse and give them a cort of delayed wedding present, ju« to show our good will. Everybody thought it a splendid idea, that Is, cf course, except Mr. Platt, whom, of course, I didn I consulI. So I goi t> e subscription paper and went to e: erybody in the office (except Mr. l*!i*1 of course). I got $2C.GQ, Including t;n cents from the janitor, who wasn’t pccted to give anything Tin; wan’- l give something, which shows ju:- f how popular Mr. Platt wua with n rrybody in the huildin?, when a j" d to: even would chip In. Chrs;mas shopping la hard erougii goodness knows, when you do it .’or j ymtr~e!f; but when you do It for » | r.toc! com puny capitalized at $-•<*». I with 28 stockholders, with 28 dlffe.* J r-n kinds of Ideas und tastes, then I (l.ristmas shopping rlren above ti mere annoyance to the dignity e? z tea! trouble. And that’s what I w»s up agiiinst. I thought Jt would bo nice ’o get an expression of opln!o.i. to ! went around one morning md caked for Ideap. But # I couldn’t % :t "• word., Nobody could tfilnk of any thing. I couldn't myself. -At noon 1 went out and looked. I walked mllei, I priced, then I went back to the "?• Cr e. Yen should have seen my d*V*. H)nesr, you would have thought some cne had turned in a general alarm, r-tldr/t wait for me to gee t’.:e;- were—28 cf them, (that in. 27. or 28 with me.) They all had suggestions, and they wore all dlff* T.'in head bookke irin chair would be «p all day.) The cc collector llioug a bos:-, while dress pa (fern. I Hint they lef* .1 rely with me; and then each went way mclly, aa much ns :o any that « hoped I wouldn't lie ho foolish ai » buy any of those other tliiiiga that ie others had proposed. The next day I I »oke*l «*ga u. But itiier a thing was io » expensive cr l ould have money left. I» Is rc;tiar*t- able how few things there arc n the world you can buy for $2«!.f*h. »(• more, no less. And then I saw it. It was in a de partment store, and marked down from $.",() to |2(I.G0! There It was, to a cent! A great, big, glittering, »n i•?- nlficcnt Punch Bowl! Nobody bad tbou.^h'. cf that! But, e, I sent :|ie sale t*t wi ll It and told could exchange the p ,iey wished, for some liked heller. And what do you suppose PJails did? In January they traded that- tilficent punch bowl for three m coal! e Plat's ie|i bowl, Ing they Republicans elected to Congress by each state In 1008 und 10B), a dials tor of useful information, and a chap ter of useful law points for every day use. Tills book would cost 25 cent* at a book store. 12 .» tf A FREE BOOK WITH 1912 I CALENDAR FOR OUR READER8. j We take pleasure Jn announcing j (hat any of our readers can secure a | pretty vest pocket note book nnd cal endar by sending 4 ono-cont stamps to D. Swift & Co., Patent Lawyers. Washington, D. C. In addition to the 1’ blank pages for memoranda, it con tains calendars for 1912 and 1913, the ’>? pulntion of the GOO largest cities, o In each state, according to the ** nsus of 1910, tV? population and ^"ei cf each state, the number of, •’lateral votes e*ich presidential can- "dr*e reo*lv»»d from each state In "03, the number of Democrats and, PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, The Honorable Hoke Smith did, on the 15th day November ID1I, resign the office of Governor of this Slum thereby crcaitug a va cancy ill said office: THEREFORE, I, John M. Slu oi. President of the Senate, exercLinx the executive powers of the govern ment as provided by Par. 8, Secriu* it the 5th. Article of tho Constltuiloa ut this State and laws in puraanne# thereof, do issue this my proclamatfoi ordering a special election for Gov ernor to (III the vucancy so occasion ed for the unexpirod term, to bo held on the lotli day of aJnunry, 1912, un der the laws of this Slate gov- irnlng geneeral elections. I also co*- oko tho General Assembly of GorgU u extra session, at the Capitol of his State, on the 21th day of Ja? -rv 1912, at 10 o’clock a. in., to receive «!»•• returns and declare the result of e-u I special election or to elect a Qom**^ in case no person shall receive -* majority of the whole number of %. t *9 at such special election, as provi :•»■! in the Constitution of this State. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I hnve hereunto set my hand and caused tb« Great Seal of the State to be affixed hereto, this 20th day of Noveir’ 1911. JOHN M. SLATON, President of Senate Exercising Executive Powers of the Govornmenr. 11-23 tf. PLANT TREES. Don’t put !t off too lmg. Tho —*’ tor hat a lot of pretty Sycamore? r 'i tale, which he will guarantee If v ’uporlntend* the retting ret cf r m * ' rave erders at Rei* , ’i~ , e T J ”tcre. Chas. H. ReJrtag.