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VOlvUME XII
and the people are now demand*
ing, and justly demanding, the re
peal of every dollar of war tax
not absolutely necessary to a care
ful admimsteration of public af
fairs.
Lrge tor various reasons;- One ot
these reasons is the anticipated
Uense of constructing the Nicar*
y & Canal. A letter from one
. the party leaders, written some
[iine since, also speaks of the Ni
caragua Canal as one of the things
that would “Strain the resources”
[f the government.
The American people favor the
joustruction of this canal; but
ihey also know that its construct-
on will require at least ten years,
md that only a friction of the
lost will be required each year,
[n addition to this'every intelli-
rent man knows that this great
enterprise unlike most objects , of
inblic expenditure) is to be a
mrmanent and presumably, an
We cannot recall tbe time when we have been so liberal in cutting prices;—-certainly i ^
has never been done in Gainesville. This year we are going to make a good Thanksgiving
of.it. We are going to give you something to be thankful for. Read below and you will
believe it. .... ■ ■ ’, - ■ 1 A
MERCERIZED SKIRTS.
In Royal blue, American Beauty,
purple and black—-Made of splen
did goods and a special for this
sale at $2.00 and
A RUG OFFERING.
A 27x54 size Shiek rug with a
slight imperfection which doesn’t
injure the rug in the least, but re
duces the price. Worth $2.00
Special at
BLANKET BARGAINS.
Full size with red, pink and bine
borders. 'These prices per pair
for this sale:
Selma, finest wool, $3,50.
Glen wood, heavy wool, 3.00.
Rosemot, “ 2.50.
Albion, ' “ “ 2.00.
Gladiolus, big and warm, 1.25.
Quisseta, another big one, 1.00.
Pecan, just as warm, .75.
Leader, a leader too, .50.
Boom Town Gone Broke.
« . * ' " ■v. 1 \
A recent dispatch from New
Brunswick, N. J., says that the
village of Lincoln, near that city,
has passed into the hands of a re
ceiver, the New Jersey Realty
Company being the owner of the
larger part of the. village, and the
receiver being named to wind . up
the affairs of the company. Silas
Drake, the founder of the village,
made the application for receiver
ship. There was a time when Ml
Drake was, himself* the New Jer-.
sey Realty Company, but outsi
der* got into his stock company
The* new directors, who are in
the majority, bitterly opposed the
appointment of a receiver when
the application was beard in the
chancery court at Jersey City yes
terday, and their counsel, Alvah
DRESS GOODS.
We have made many reductions
here. Our Dress Goods stock is
being constantly added to and is
never allowed to fall, below the
highest standard. The prices
Will say more.
MEN'S MACKINTOSHES.
A Mackintosh is the best thing,
in the World for winter—As warm
as an Overcost and Watrrproof—
One that we think is a special bar
gain.
MEN’S OVERCOATS.
We have made special reductions
here—We have wiped out the price
objection on suits and Overcoats.
Overcoats from $3.50 and up—the
best one in Georgia for *
Our Shoes are long-lived shoes
because there’s life in the leath
er, comfortable shoes because
they’re made right—Monarch
Pats for men always
In Blue,; Grey, Bjack, Castor and
Tan—This season’s styles. It is
easy to get a fit here—its the way
they are made—Up from
UNDERWEAR
All wool, half wool and cotton un
derwear for men, women and chil
dren—Medium and heavy weight
in great abundance at Thanksgiy-
ingprices.
Freshness, purity and full
weight are three things weal-,
ways guarantee.
Nothing equals “Grandeur’'
flour for holiday cooking. It’s
the purest and whitest flour
ground, 50 lb sack for
Cloth Capes trimmed with braid
and : fur from 50c and up. Silk
Plush capes, not cotton plush, up
from
commerce of the world, which
will pass through that canal in
homing generations, pay for its
[construction.
If it were left to the people
who pay the taxes, they would
(certainly favor the issue of
FOUR THANKSGIVING SPECIALS
Outings.
500 yards, good quality,
pretty patterns, sold
by us at 10c, but for
this sale, yours for
Waist Special,
I<adies Suit Specials.
Gray and bluish gray
handspun, 5 gore Skirt,
Coat lined with Silk ro-
maine. Marked from $10
Jno. J, Clark’s six-cord
finish spool cotton,
guaranteed 200 yards
per spool
tne very nature of things, men
pow living can secure no benefit
pom it for- ten or fifteen years to
pome. Many of those who would
pe forced to pay taxes for its con
struction will die long before the
Icanalis completed; and while the
p&nal should be promptly con
ducted, common sense demands
that the cost be provided for in
j 8 ach a way as to make the burden
[feU upon the generations that
j w ill use it, and upon the com
merce of the world which will
profit by it. ‘
Such policy would at once ren-
^ possible the repeal of $15,000,-
. or m ore of war taxes, which it
m now the apparent purpose to re-
am ln order to provide for a pro-
P°s e tl permanent * and dividend
Paying investment. Prosperity
d get the dividends. Let pros-
Pority pay the cost.
This is the common sense of the
f ^ti°n. It is a good deal easier
? ^ 011 gress to vote away taxes
for the people to pay them;
An odd old woman huckster of
New York, who was quite a char-
known a3
acter in her way,
“Apple Mary,” taking her sobri
quet from her stock in trade, So
well did she attend to business
about the public buildings, that
she accumulated a fortune which
now amounts to some $20,000.
The other day her will was filed
for probate. In the will she called
herself “Mrs. Levi P. Morton,”
which name was permitted to
stand in the records-
was
Ten years in the Millinery business in Gainesville
Courteous Protest.
“Great Britain has made a cour
teous protest to Russia,” says the
St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Mail, “against a tew re
grettable incicents where Russians
have brusquely opposed the hoist
ing of the British Sag.’*
IN GAINESVILLE,
Get our prices on drugs
before buying- M. C.
Brown & Go.
MRS. J. E. JACKSO
