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W. B. YOUNG,
President.
.1. G. WEIGLE,
Cashier.
,rc OEOBHIA.
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SIVINUS ACCOUNTS
SOhiriTKD.
Interest Pntrt
On Drpomls
THE
CITIZEN.
Volume 19.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, January 12, 1901.
Number 39
THE
PLANTERS
LOAN AND
SAVINGS
BANK,
Augusta, Ca.
Oil DfiDOSitS.
Solicited.
L-C. Hayne.
President.
ORGANIZED 18 0 |
, WATtDLAW
Cashier.
Trip to Savannah
11
WE RAY YOUR RAILROAD FARE OWE WAY.
'jh Only Condition is, that 5 ou Buy Twenty Dollars’ Worth of Goods, at Prices that are Unmaicbable, and we leave that point
to your judgment. 1 ou might not need Twenty Dollars worth ef Goods, hut certainly your two.
neighbors on either side of you, and yourself can use that much.
lliese are Days of Combinations and Trusts,
go coini
ine with your neighbor and run down to Savannah, at no cost to you, and save yourself the middle-man’s profit.
Our
Five-Story Building, Covering Nearly
Block, we carry
a
OJT EVER Y K I X 1 >
Low Prices aucl a Free Ride Maxe a GreatCombination.
Merply as an Index to !he Basis of Prices—We are Selling-
A Good Brussels Carpet, worth 75d
II tmisome Parlor Rockers, Oak or Cherry, worth $5,.... ....
3ii inch Black and Navy Blue Storm Serge, .... .... ....
li) inch Bhvk Taffeta Silk, splendid value,..:.
Wen’s Black and Blue Cheviot Fancy Suits, sold everywhere -110,
Now i
55 i
$2 69 |
.25
.59 i
7.50 i
Ladies Fast Black Lace Lisle Hose, good 40c hosiery, ....
New fancy Ginghams, Outings and Percales,
Ladies pat. tip Vici Kid Button and Lace Shoes, worth $2,
Men’s Calf Bals. ana Congress, plain and tip, good value, $2.
Everything in this store on lliis same basis.
sw Make up your Club.
.25
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1.5(1
I 50
THESOUTK’MElBERy LEOPOLD AOLERj 0FT0WPR1CES.
I Savannah, - - - Georgia j
uaptam TYazer, received later iu fue j
day,stated that Bass was not at home and j
indicated tha greatest snrprise that he I
was not at his boardinghouse in At- j
i lauta.
Miss Williams was at a loss to under-
stand the situation, as she felt a respou- j
| kibility attaching to her iu the matter of j
| the young man’s safety.
Monday afternoon Captain Frazer, at
j his home at Union Springs, received the
j letter which explained his son’s unn-
i snal absence from Atlanta.
This letter, which tells the tale of the
kidnaping, was not dated by its author,
but the envelope, which bore a special
delivery stamp, also bore the postmark,
“Memphis.”
Better to Ilis Father.
The words of the letter had been care
fully priuted out and the wording indi
cates that the writer is a man of meager
education. The letter is as follows:
“Dear Sir—As kiduaping is all the
rage nowadays, we have stolen your
son. We intended to steal him before
Christmas, hut could never get a chance.
We don’t know your financial standing,
as your son refuses to tell us and we
ouly found $15 on his person. He is a
boy 'way above the average and we need
him iu onr business, so we intend to
keep him, but you might send a letter to
Jim Glacer, General Delivery, Kansas
City, as we will be in that city by the
time this reaches you, stating how much
you will give for his return, and if the
amount meets with my approval I will
write you more about it. Do not notify
any official authorities, as it won’t do
any good aud would ruin all your
chances of getting him. We will allow
him to sign his name, to prove to you
we are not jokiug. We have him iu a
stupefied condition and we are carrying
him as a sick person and onr younger
. brother. Bass Frazer. ’ ’
The letter is iu pencil throughout,
while the signature of “Bass Frazer” Is
in purple ink. The name or names of
the abdnctors rlo not appear at the end
of the communication and the only
name lending the slightest clue to the !
identity of the men is that of that “Jim
Glacer,” who is mentioned as the inter
mediary at Kansas City between the
kidnapers aud the family of the kid
naped.
The careless tone of the letter lent the
impression to the members of the fami
ly that the abductors meant business
and that to put the detectives on the
track would be to work the injury of
Bass Frazer himself.
A Door for
Less Than a Dollar!
We make a great many doors.
We make thousands upon thousands
and carloads upon carloads every year.
In the process of making these doors
there are sometimes pieces of lumber slight
ly defective in quality or accidentally dam
aged by the machines. All these imperfect
pieces are made up int# cheap doors, and we
paint them one coat of lead color paint,
which is put .on to cover up the defects. The
doors are solid, strong and durable.
Here is what they cost you :
n
in.
■ in
2 ft. 6 in. wide, 6ft. Gin. high, l£in. thick,
75c. each.
2 ft. Sin. wide, G ft. Sin. high,
80c. each.
2 ft. 10 in. wfide, Gfc. lOin. big
85c. each.
3 ft, Oin. wide, 7 ft. Oin. high,
90c. each.
They are money-savers, particularly
for ordinary or common buildings.
1£
in.
thick,
thick,
thick,
TiugustajjiuAr^
V ^iigusKE
PARENTS HEAR THE NEWS
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3&J
•F
ORPHANAGE
’-'-EIGHT PERISH
■ E
’H
Others Were So Badly
Burned They Will Die
of Their Injuries.
ORPHAN HOME DESTROYED
Eire Spread So Rapidly That Escape
Was impossible—Horrors Were Be
yond Description—Children Die in
Sight of Thousands of People Una
ble to Aid Them.
Rochester, Jan. S. — By the burning
of the Rochester Orphan asylum early
today between 30 aud 40 lives were lost
aud many of the inmates will die from
burns or other injuries.
The asylum was a 3-story structure
and its occupants numbered between 163
and 195.
It was but a few minutes after 1
o’clock this morning when a nurse in
the hospital. Miss Giine, smelled smoko.
Site immediately called another nurse,
Miss Vallient. and the latter reported
the matter to the matron, Miss L. Dine-
The suioke was speedily located
hart.
in the boiierroom aud word was sent to
Police headquarters. All the fire app.i-
latus was rushed to the burning build-
iim, but before the first engine arrived
the neighbors for blocks around had ar
rived and were doing their best to res
cue the inmates.
Shortly after the fire broke out a bod
or exploded with terrific force, com
pletely blowing out the lower part of
west end of the connecting wing,
thereby cutting off the escape of the
children in the east end of the building.
Ibe children nearest to the connecting
"mg we re apparently dazed by the force
of the explosion aud with difficulty were
able to take in their surroundings when
anally aroused.
In the east wing were the sleeping
apartments of the asylum. They were
located mainly oil the second and third
doors, ide lower floor was known as
tile first nursery aud the upper as the
second. Herein were 40 children or
l!li b T H. B.McMaster, Druggist.
xiiiss sarah Ash bow n was in
charge lor the night and with her was
Miss Brad of the hospital ward, who
was taking care or two sick children.
T!ie Work of Rescue.
The explosion, though of great force,
was not loud enough to awaken the
sleeping nurses. When the smoke be
gan to pour into the east wing it was
but a matter of a few secoud.s before
the whole sleeping population was
brought to a realization of the situation
with a suddenness which at once seemed
to rob nearly every one of their judg
ment and mental faculties. A terrible
chorus of cries and groans filled the air.
It was impossible to see anything and
as the thick smoke ponrefd iu the scene
became one of indescrible confusion.
The chief nurse, Miss Ashdown, did all
within tier power to save the children
and nurses.
When the firemen arrived on the
scene their attention was first turned to
the inmates of the hospital ward on the
western section of the asylum.
Ou the floor next to the top was Miss
Brad. With the flames leaping all
around her it seemed impossible to es
cape. She did, however, but was so se
riously injured by ialliug that she will
not live. It was stated by the matron,
Miss Dinchart, that there were 75 girls
iu the west wing. Besides there were
two children and two nurses in the hos
pital department, which was also in the
west wing. It was estimated at 8 o’clock
that all the inmates of the west wing
had been gotten out, either dead or
alive. Many were taken away early
and the number saved and those dead
and injured could with great difficulty
be counted.
The work of rescue and attempted
rescue was taken by many bands, vol
unteers as well as firemen, and in many
cases was carried on in a mauuer that
was nothing less that heroic, but the
flames gained such rapid headway and
spread with such incredible speed that
it was beyond human effort to prevent
the loss of life.
Horrors Beyond Description.
Ambulances from all the hospitals
were ou the ground as soon as the fire
companies and houses in the neighbor
hood were thrown open to receive the
little waifs who were carried from the
asylum. Ambulances were started to
the hospitals with the more seriously
burned of the children. Iu several cases
the little victims were dead when taken
from the vehicle at the hospital doors.
The horrors near the asylum were be
yond description.
A large portion of the asylum was de
stroyed and the portion that remains
standing is probably in such condition
the imprisoned inmates. The long lad
ders were run up aud plunging iuto the
stifling smoke, fireman after fireman
came sliding down the ladders bearing
inanimate forms iu their arms. Most |
of the children and adults carried from
the building were unconscious from the
effects of the smoke.
BASS FRAZER, TECH
Kell to Their Death.
When it became apparent the fire was
not being subdued with the apparatus
already on the scene, a general alarm
was sent out, bringing the remainder of
the department. The fire was fought
from every available point, but iu spite
of that the building was almost com- j
pletely destroyed before the flames were [
finally under control. *
Fireman Morris Keating went up to j
the roof on a ladder to rescue women j
and childreu. Just as he reached the I
top a stream of water was turned on j
him to keep away the flames, but it had |
the effect to confuse the man. He
reached for a woman and the latter
Young Alabamian Abducted
In Atlanta Saturday.
IS TAKEN TO KANSAS CITY
h "'i human cured In 30 minutes by
- sanitary Lotion. This never fails- fts demolition will be necessary.
For . .
Christmas
Two young men were coming down
Plymouth avenue this morning when
they saw smoke issuing from the asy
lum. Clark immediately ran to a fire
alarm box and sent in an alarm. Then
he and his companion ran up the fire es
cape to the roof of the buiiding farthest
away from the fire. Just as they reached
the top a terrific explosion was heard
aud the flames burst forth with renewed
Our holiday stock is
bow open for inspec
tion. The largest
and handsomest
stock ever displayed
in our city.
vigor.
In a few minutes half of the buildings
\ybich the hospital was situated were
a mass of flames. The smoke poured
from every window aud screams and
frantic cries conlihabnerd *
^ nte tor new catalogue.
IB CHIT* CO
Jewelers,
Augusta, :: Georgia.
A Fireman’s Close Call.
“I stuck to my enginp, although
every join; ached and every nerve
was racked with pain,” writes C. W
Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of
Burlington, Iowa, “I was weak and
nale, without any aopetite and all
run down. As I was about to g ve
ud I got a bottle of Electric Bitters
and, after taking it, I felt as well as
I ever did in my life ” Weak, sick
ly run down people always gain
new life, strength and vigor from
their use. Try them. Satisfaction
guaranteed by H. B. mcmaster.
Price 50 cents.
Send us the news of your section.
jumped for his arms. Suddenly the
man lost his hold on the ladder. The
crowd groaned as the fireman fell with
the woman to the ground. The woman
was kilted outright aud the fireman was j
so seriously injured that he may die.
The roof was covered with children who ■
had escaped through the scuttle aud the !
firemen were kept busy carrying them
down. Many escaped unharmed in this
way. .
Heartrending Scene.
One nearby house was like a morge.
Half a dozen dead bodies lay on the
floor in heaps of consumed rags. Crowds j
gathered around to look, but turned
away quickly, sickened at the dreadful
sight. !
Miss Hibbard, who had charge of 23
children on the third floor in tne main
building, said:
“I was awakened by the cries of the
children. I knew that the building was
ou fire, as did all the childreu. As
quickly as possible we all made onr way |
to the .roof of the buiiding, escape in any
other direction being impossible.
“Already the firemen had their lad
ders to the roof of the building aud
quickly the children were carried down.
After most of them bad been rescued
the heat became so intense that to save
myself I slid down a post leading from
the roof to the ground.”
Miss Hibbard was terribly burned
about the face and body. The flesh ou
her face was hanging in patches and
blisters had formed on the exposed por
tions of her body.
Most of the dead taken from the
building were carried temporarily to the
residences of the janitor, William E. Er-
bardt, Herman Behan and Louis W.
Egmau.
In oue house a dozen bodies were lying
at one time.
The living aud dead were laid on the
floors, conches and beds. As soon aa
the hospitals ambulances arrived, how
ever, the living children were speedily
sent to the hospitals, while the dead
were taken in hacks to the morgue.
Early this morning the morgue reported
that already 25 children have been
brought there, some of whom still re
main to be identified.
Slain by His Uncle.
Saluda, S. C., Jan. 7.—George Lewis
of this county was shot and killed by
his uncle, Jim Stidham. There had
been ill feeling between the two for
some time concerning a small tract of
land which Lewis had hired from Stid
ham’s mother.
! Crime Committed on the Streets of At
lanta iu Broad Daylight—Letter Is
Sent to His Parents Stating That
He is Held For Ransom.
Atlanta, Jan. 9.—Frank Bass Fra
zer, of Union Springs, Ala., a 19-year-
ola student of the Technological school,
was kidnapped last Saturday afternoon.
He was taken in a stupefied condition
to Kansas City aud is now held there
by his abductors for rausom. The only
cine to the perpetrators of the crime is
found in a letter mailed from Memphis
aud addressed to the father of the boy,
Captain N. H. Fraser.
Tne letter stated that young Frazer
was being carried to Kansas City, but
the police of that city have been unable
to secure any clue as to the kidnappers’
identity.
An explicable motive for the crime
seems entirely lacking. Captain N. H.
Frazer, father of the kidnapped youth,
is a comparatively poor man. Until six
years ago he had considerable wealth,
but business reverses at that time swept
bis fortune almost entirely away. All
the circumstances surrounding the
crime are cloaked in deep and seemingly
unfathomable mystery.
The first intimation received by the
parents of youug Frazer of his disap-
■ pearance in Atlanta came in the shape
j of a telegram from Miss Callie Williams
l of 405 Spring street, with whom Bass
Frazer boarded in this city.
The young man was last seen at his
boardinghouse at 1:45 o’clock Saturday
afternoou. He did not return to supper,
but this fact did not cause his room
mates any uueasiness. It was taken for
granted that he was taking tea with
some college friend.
His Father Notified.
When, however, young Frazer failed
to show up at his room Saturday night,
Miss Williams gave expression to some
uneasiness. The fear that some mis
fortune had happened to the young man
took firm hold of her mind when the
roommates of the youug inau notified
her Sunday morning that they were en
tirely ignorant of the cause of his ab
sence.
Half of the opinion that Bass Frazer
had gone to his home at Union Springs,
and hoping that such would prove the
case, Miss Callie Williams addressed
the following telegram to the fattier of
the missing boy on Sunday:
“Bass left Saturday at noon. Is he
at home?”
This came to the parents of Bass Fra
zer as a first intimation of his disappear
ance from Atlanta, for the reply from
They Were Almost Prostrated Upon
Learning the Facts.
Union Springs, Ala., Jan. 9.—The
letter containing the news of the abduc
tion of Bass Frazer created a great sen
sation here, his home. His parents are
almost prostrated over the affair, while
the whole community is aroused over
the outrage.
The first intimation his parents had of
his disappearance was on Sunday after
noon, when Captain Frazer received a
telegram front Atlanta asking if his son
was here.
This was followed Monday afternoon
by the receipt of a letter from the
abductors, signed by the young man,
stating that he had been kidnaped and
would be held for ransom.
The fact that young Frazer should
have been kidnaped is almost beyond
belief. The theory generally accepted
ftere is that he was drugged after being
lured away from his boardinghouse.
The generally accepted impression is
that the abductors must have made a
mistake in selecting tbeir victim. The
brother of Captain Frazer is a man of
considerable wealth, although he him
self lost nearly all he had some six years
ago. It is the hope of the grief-stricken
parents that when this fact is made
known the abductors will release their
son. —
No name is signed to the letter re
ceived from Memphis except that of the
boy himself. Bass Frazer was forced to
sign the letter, and his family have
agreed that without doubt the signature
is genuine.
THE RETURN TO NASHVILLE.
GOLD MINING IN GEORGIA.
President Adams Issues a Statement
/■
to Stockholders.
Chattanooga, Jan. 8.—A statement
has just been issued to the stockholders
of the Dahlonega Consolidated Gold
Mining company, operating extensively
in the territory surrounding Dahlonega,
Ga., by President J. W. Adams, from
the headquarters in this city. A list of
about $100,000 in real estate aud per
sonal property donated to the corpora
tion is given, consisting largely of miu-
eral lands in that section. Iu regard to
Colonel Baxter and Party Enter
tained at a Banquet.
Knoxville, Jan. 9.—The Tennessee
Central special train with the Nashville
party and 94 representative citizens of
Knoxville, left here this morning at 8
o’clock on the return trip to Nashville.
The trip will be made over the Tennes
see Central route, reaching Nashville
tonight at 7 o’clock, aud will be the sec
ond through train between the two
cities over this route, the first having
arrived here Monday.
Before departing Colonel Jere Baxter,
president of the Tennessee Central, ex
pressed his appreciation for the courte
sies extended by the citizens of Knox
ville aud said that the only way he
could repay them would be to bring the
Tennessee Central here, which he hoped
to do in the very near future.
The Knoxville party will be ban-
quetted tonight in Nashville aud will
return here tomorrow. Knoxville is en
thusiastic for the Tennessee Central.
Knox county has been asked to pay a
bounty ou the completion of the road to
Knoxville.
Savannah’s Property Valuation.
Savannah, Jan. 4.—The board of city
tax assessors has made its annual report
to the mayor. The report shows the
total assessed valuation of the city’s
property to be $27,100,077, divided as
follows: Realestare, $25,254,635; ground
rents lots, $976,117; stock in trade, $2,-
099,120; personal property, $5,737,775;
banking, $2,386,120. shipping, $654,025.
The city’s estimated income on this re
turn at the present tax rate of 1.45 is
$538,067.
Northerners at Cuthbert.
Cuthbert, Ga., Jan. 4.—Cuthbert’s
already large colony of northern citizens
is being increased. Mr. Knowles of
Wisconsin, father of H. J. Knowles,
who has been here several years, has
moved his family here. Last week his
son, also from Wisconsin, purchased a
farm near here and will move to this
county. Hughs and Hoffman, from Il
linois, have purchased the telephone ex
change and moved their families here.
Party In Nashville.
Nashville, Jan. 9.—The special from
Knoxville over the Tennessee Central
arrived here at 7 o’clock this evening.
Colonel Baxter and party were met at
the depot by a delegation of business
men and conducted to the chamber of
commerce, where a banquet and speech-
making were indulged in.
Boy Robbed the .Mail.
Asheville, N. C., Jan. 4.—Hugh
Ivey, 13 years old, went to the post-
office and secured Dr. T. C. Smith’s
mail on representation that he was em
ployed at the store. He took out two
checks. Dr. Smith’s name was forged
on the back aud the boy presented oue
at a grocery store and the other at a
bank, but payment was refused on
both. He was arrested aud held for the
United States court. He told the com
missioner that an older boy bad sug
gested the scheme.
Fire In a Coal Mine.
Aspen, Colo., Jan. 9,—At midnight
last night a party of miners coming off
a shift discovered fire burning about 400
feet from the mouth of the Cowen
Haven tunnel. It was on the side next
to the Smuggler mine aud it was sup
posed started in the black shale. This
the operations of the new 120-stamp mill, j is where the great Smuggler’s fire of
President Adams says: j two years ago originated. The mines
“The mill was started May 1, and | will have to be closed down,
shows a capacity for haudling 500 tons j ”
Belief In Six Hours.
Accidentally Killed Himself.
Blacksburg, S. C., Jan. 5.—Joseph
Ham bright, while handling a shotgun,
lowered the rnuzze below his body when
the trigger caught aud emptied both
barrels in his bowels, inflicting wounds
from which he subsequently died.
$100— Dr. E. Betclieon’s Aali-Diurttia
May be worth to you more than *100 if you
have a child who soils bedding from inconte-
nence of water during sleep. Cures old and
young alike. It arrests the trouble at once.
$1. Sold by H. B. McMaster, Druggist,
Night Was Her Terror.
‘I would cough neaily all
night
long,” writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate,
of Alexandria. Ind., “and could
hardly get any sleep. I had con
sumption so had that if I walked a
block I would cough frightfully and
spit blood, but. when all other medi
cines failed, three $100 bottles of
Dr. King’s New Discovery wholly
cured me and I gained 5S pounds.”
It’s absolutely guaranteed to cure
coughs, colds, la grippp, bronchitis
and all throat and lung troubles.
Price 50c and $1 00 Trial bottles
free at H. b mcmaster’s drugstore.
of ore per day.
“Investigations by mill tests of ores
have proved couclusivelv that the ores .. , , .
coming from the solid formation under heved in six hours i ew
the ground yield precious metal with- American Kidney ,ure. is j
out difficulty, aud as depth is attained,
the ore bodies increase iu value and
Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease re-
Great South-
American Kidney Cure. It is a great surprise
on account of its exceeding promptness in re
lieving pain in bladder, kidneys and back. In
Augusta Southern Soid.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 5.—It is reported
here that the Southern railway has pur
chased the majority of the stock of the
Augusta Southern and that the transfer
of ownership will take place during this
month. President James U. Jackson
would neither deny nor. affirm the ru
mor. The Southern has been operating
the Augusta Southern for several years
under a lease to the Sonth Carolina and
Georgia railroad.
Mayor Woodward Retires.
Atlanta, Jan. 7.—The government
of the city of Atlanta has passed into
the hands of the new administration.
Mayor James G. Woodward formally
relinquished the reins of the municipal
ity tonight, and Mayor Livingston Mims
assumed his duties. The ceremonies of
the occasion were of a most interesting
nature. The oath was administered by
Judge Lumpkin of the superior court.
Ordered to Levy a Special Tax.
Savannah, Jan. 7.—In the United
States court today an order was signed
directing the city of Fitzgerald to levy
a special tax to satisfy a judgment iu
favor of the Fire Extinguisher company
of Chicago. The amount involved is
about $4,000.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
quantity, and that for every ton of sur
face ore wo have thousands of tons of
far better ore than that which can be
obtained by deep mining.”
Appended to the statement are the re
sults of mill tests of ores from various
veins. President Adams says:
“It is manifestly clear that the mines
will soon be yielding large returns, thus
bringing about the dividend paying
time. ”
The report shows about 300 tons of
concentrates have been treated in the
chlorination plant, to the entire satis
faction of the company. Regular ship
ments of gold ore are made from the
mill to the mint, some of it passing
through this city.
Harris Commits Suicide.
Augusta, Ga, Jan. 7.—Christopher
Harris committed suicide Sunday after
noon by taking laudanum.
SajBHeWas Tortured.
“I suffered such pain from corns I
could hardly walk,” writes H. Rob
inson, Hillsborough, III, “but Buck-
len’s Arnica Salve completely cur
ed them Acts like magic on
sprains, bruises, cuts, sores, scalds,
burns, boils, ulcers. Perfect healer
of skin diseases and piles. Cure
guaranteed by h. b mcmaster 25c,
male or female. Relieves retention of water
almost Immediately. If you want quick re
lief and cure this Is the remedy. Sold by H.
B McMaster. Druggist Waynesboro, Ga.
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is by
constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused
by an inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube, hen this tube
gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed deafness is the result, and unless this
inflammation can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
arc caused by catarrh, which is notiiing but
an inflamed condition Of ihe mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that we
cannot cure by taking Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY' & CO., Props.,
Sold by Druggists. 75c. Toledo, O
THE NEW STORE.
HONEST CLOTHING-
We know only one class of Clothing—worth a full one
hundred cents on the dollar, at which we price it. They
are garments built for comfort, service and style, and sold
with your money back if you want it. From this standpoint
of excellence it is impossible for us to give greater bargains
than we are now prepared to offer. Visit our new store.