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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