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VOLUME XII c STEWART MANSION SOLD, yifth Avenue Palace Secured by a Syndicate. f jj ew York, Nov. 8.—Alexander T gtewart’s many heirs have at last Fold the famous mansion of the dead merchant prince, at the northwest corner of Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street. The price paid for the property is in the neighborhood of $1, 500. 000. The buyer is a syndicate compri sing wealthy real estate operators and bankers. Thus far the pur chasers have concealed their iden tity, and if possible they wiil not allow their names to become public until they are in actual posessioiu This may not be for thirty or six ty days, ad the title has to be searched and other preliminaries arranged. As soon as the syndicate has be come the owner of the record, it is Fail, the marble house will be tern down and the site graded to the street level. It is then propo- No Poll; Tax No School. If the bill of Mr. Miller of Muscogee becomes a law, the at tendance upon the public schools in the state will jpe greatly cut down. Mf. Miller prop >ees to change the constitution so that the children of those who fail to pay their poll tax from January, 190S, be barred from the public schools. The measure was intro duced Monday morning and will require a two-thirds vote ot both houses, and will then have to be submitted to a vote of the people at the next general election for ratification. The constitution now makes the public schools open “to all chil dren” of the state between the ages of 6 and 18. That part sought to be amended is paragraph 1 of section 1 of Article VIII and as amended would be as follows: “There shall be a thorough sys tem of common schools for the education of children in the ele mentary branches of an" English education, only as nearly uniform as practicable, the expense of which shall be provided for by taxation or otherwise. Such schools shall be tree to all chil dren of the state, except the chij- ren of such electors who fail from and after the first day of January. 1903, to pay the poll tax required by the constitution, which pay ment is thereafter hereby made a prerequisite to participation of such children so long as said elec tors are living and no longer, ip the fund provided for such schools, but seperate schools shall be pro vided for the white and colored races. R. G. Dun is Dead. New York, Nov. 10.—R G. Dun, head of th^ Dun Mercantile Agen cy, died at his home in this city this morning at half-past one This is going to be the most remarkable sale Gainesville has ever seen. The price cutter has been through every department in our big store and lias cut* and slashed prices for this big sale. This sale is going to be one to remembered as a genuine cut price sale—and in whiqh prices are real ly cut. It will be absolute extravagance to trade elsewhere and everybody is invited to come and share in the benefits to be derived from trading with us* FLOOR COVERINGS. - S ' . ; ‘ • _ ;' ; ..' •- .. ‘ , " The price cutter didn’t miss this room either. We have made some very noticeable reductions here. If you want anything in Carpets, Rugs, Mattings,- Linoleums, Curtain and Sail Pol^s and fixtures or anything that should be kept in a first class Carpet House yo will firfd it here. If you have not been in our carpet room lately you do not know what a complete earpet house Gaines* ville has. Make it a visit. We have the biggest and best stoek of medium priced Jackets and Capes to be - found in the city. They are all made in \ the latest styles and shades and our pri- xeplreir _ ces speafc for themselyes. vSuilv^S The Capes begin at 50c and go up. Plush Capes (silk, not coton) up from $2 Jackets in all colors and at all prices. LADIES WAISTS O Q These waists are special bargains—They are all wool and come in all colors—They are well made and trimmed with braid—Several different patterns. The prices are $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 We also have them made of best quality French Flannel, plain at $3.00, and beautifully appliqued at $4 00, also a black silk, made of best quality taffeta silk at $3. we are going to have a .special Blanket sale. This, will be ap interesting event to housekeepers, coming at a time when Blankets will be in demand iu a short t.imp Had yon rather buy your blankets and Comforts now and save from 10 to 20 per cent, or wait until a norther tomes whistling down a few weeks hence? Then you’ll be glad to get them at any price. Every Blanket as it should be —all wool where wool is best for your money—cotton and warp and wool filling where that is best. We have them irom 50c—of course it is all cotton —to $5 pair—great bijr til wool, thick, heavy fellows. Attend this sale. a high class line of goods. This sort of building is known as a “Tax payer,” the lent from it j furnishing rdoney enough to pay • the taxes and a low rate of inter est on the investment. Such- an improvement will save the owners of the property from continueing loss in taxes while they determine on the character of the structure they will finally erect. | The Stewart property hae a [frontage of 119 feet on Fifth aven- on Thirtv-f^urth Ready-made Clothes are as much in evi dence now for women as for men. To meet the growing demand we have brought on this Fall quite ah extensive line of Ladies Tailor-made Suits. Thes suits, although moderately priced, are ni t on the cheap order by any means. They are made up over this Fall’s designs and at e from the very best manufacturers. They have the fit and that stylish appear ance of the most costly suits, and the tail- is perfect. It’s hard to put values in cold 11 appreciate them properly. Come in and over. We have suits at $8.75 and up. Up stairs-rrour Clothing depart ment is running over with new winter Clothing for Men and Boys. We have done some vigorous price WJ ‘I . cutting here. If yon are going to buy a suit or an overcoat you will -all H thow away dollars by not .Cuming ^1; H ^ here. In overcoats we have every- ^^ ——— i thing that could be wanted. The great big heavy ulster and the lighter weights-Overcoats We nave the best overcoats in Georgia uemid 150 feet street, and is thus sufficiently 7 large for an imposing structure. It was purchased by.the late A. T. Stewart m 1861, and the pres sed mansion, which is said to have cost $1, 000, 000, was erected several years later. from $3.50 up. for $5.00. UNDERWEAR In our Shoe Department ye have hot held back from price cutting. We have an enormous stock of Shoes, but at new prices lots of them will walk away. Have you seen the new Monarch Pat for men? It ia away aboye the ordinary Patent Leather in quality— they won’t break through—and away below in price, $3.50 lace and buttons. We also have a Patent Leather for Ladies that for quality and beauty is unexcelled ; and the price is only $3 00. What cash and close buying can get in a Shoe we get- it. We have our Shoes made by the best manufacturers that we know of, and made with a guarantee on them, and when we sell you a pair we know what we are selling and will tell you.. Bale and loose Bulls Cotton seed meal See me before in failing you place your order for them, R. Smith. years health for more than six months past. In August he suffered an illness of which it was thought ( he would die at the time. He rallied from it, but had been in a very pre carious state of health ever since, with no hope of ultimate recoyery. The relapse of yesterday was not entirely unexpected,’ and will not corneas much of a surprise to the commercial world. Mr. Dun’s wealth and faqae rests upon the tremendous , mercantile agency of which he*was the head. Whether he was the pioneer ih this business or root is not posi tively known. Others lay claim tothe distinction; -Mr. Dnn, how^ ever, was the first man to appreci- We want to call special attention to our Black Dress Goods. Knowing that black is one of this Fall’s favon- ites,, we have an unusually large stock. No need to tell in detail what is here,- for every weave is represented. We havent let black, take all our attention, as will be seen by an inspection of our colored Dress Goods. Gray is another favorite this Fall, and our Grays are especial favorites. If any one department in this store is strong er than the rest, that department is Dress Goods. Every piece has Estes’ price op. it. Another shipment of French Flannels has been put on sale. Poisoned By Cigarettes. Fairburn, Ga., Nov. 13— Kman- D0 1 Haskins, the six teen-year-old son of Mr. T J . Haskins, a well known citizen of this county died from the effects of blood poison- ln g last Wednesday night caused lu a peculiar manner. The young pttan had been blowing an ordina- That Bicycle We have discontinued giving bicycle tickets and all out will be redeemed by us. Ten years in the Milli^ry ibusiness in Gainesville | Society for Consumptives, society is being organized by Di*t;A. j; Austin' Kelley, of Brookt* 1 vn for the purpose of establish ini; colonies for consumptives in Northern New York. Something like 5,000 acres of land have been bought in the foothills of the Adi- rondacks. The purpose is to es tablish a number of small farms, each with its own house, and the patients will be given light work out of doors when the weather is favorable. * ri ol e , and his head and face J 6re swollen beyond recognition, pmtes had to be administered ree iy to allay the horrible £agony ! 6 8lJ fiered. So much for the eadiy cigarette. IN GAINESVILLE,