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VOLUME .XII.
a Causes a Break: in Cotton.
York, Dec. 10.—The cot^on ?
opened with prices 3 points
to 5 points lower ana all
renoon exhibited intense
sness though ruling com-
rely tame in a speculative
Some three weeks ago we pub
lished from our contributor Lafay
ette McLaws an article showing
how one enterprising Son them
girl, Miss Bertha Hopkins, cleared
$2,100 last year on a little wateu:
power corn mill, from which she
supplied a number of dustomers
with meal and I hominy. ; The
meal from Miss Hopkins’ mill was/
from naturally cured corn, and
contained all of the ingredients ot
e was no belting
A little over two weeks and Christmas will be upon ns. * From now until then we are go
ing to sell more goods than we have ever done in a month before. Here’s the way we are
going to, do /it- You know these price tags. you. see on goods, well the figures on these have
been erased and new ones made. Some are made some and some % smaller, in ev
ery case they are small enough to move the goods. ‘ ‘More goods for same money or the
same goods for less money*” -
Soon alter rue can » euaip
ccurred in a flurry of room arid
ntside covering, started by a sud-
en shift in the trend of fldetua-
ions m Liverpool. Thereafter
adatioDS in the local pit were
arrow with the market apparently
n a position to bolt either way
pon the slightest provocation.
Late in the morning shorts made
wild dash to cover on rumors
bat the government report had
ecosne known and was bullish,
rices advanced 15 pointB on these
iports.
Clothing.
A good suit is 1 to bedesired
above everything else, ex
cept fit. Thera is no fault
to find with our Clothing.
It is made and made right
by the best makers in the
business. We are up a-
gainst the Clothing busi
ness for certain.
We have wiped out the
price objection on suits
and overcoats. Overcoats
from $3.50 and up—The
best line in Georgia, $5.00.
the kernel
to remove the phosphates, and no
kiln-drying to kill the life-giving
properties of the grain. And in
the grinding the slow-moving mill
stones did not heat the meal, as is
always the case in the swiftly re
volving mill stones of the steam
mills of the West, whence New
York gets its “pearl grits” and
“pearl meal.”
Once New York and the North
got a taste of the real, r unimpov
erished, Southern water-ground
corn meal and hominy, they would
never again waste their money and
their digestion on the bolted arid
kiln-dried stuff which
Dress Goods Remnants.
From the season’s selling
there is an accumulation
of short lengths of Dress
Goods, from 1 to 6 yards
long. Every kind and col
or of goods is represented
and the pieces-are perfect
but short. We want ev
ery piece to leave us as
quickly as possible and
have put ridiculously low
prices on them, Come at
once and get first pick.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
Why not buy useful Christmas presents while you
are about it. Articles to be admired for their
beauty and for their practical value as well? You
prefer such gifts yourself. No doubt your friends
do the same—For instance:
What could be more appropriate and ser-
A Nice vicea&e and useful than a rug? Our
Rug Chnstmas supply isso varied that you*
re sure to find just what you want with
in your means.
An We are Very likely to awake most any
u . morning during the next 3 or 4 months
m re ~ and find it wet and rainy. What
la. would be more appreciable than an Um
brella.
Handker Six or a dozen hdndkercheifs are always
cheifs. acceptable.
At'siidday, just before the gov-
•nment report reached the* ex-
lauge, prices showed a slight net
Saturday’s closing
v . Underwear.
All Wool, half wool and
cotton underwear for men,
women and children—me
dium and heavy weights.
Shirts, pants, union suits,
Oneita, any price, any
style, any weight, and the
prices are a good deal low
er than yon will find any
where else.
Warm, wool sox, plain and
fancy. As a gift a half
dozen would fie apprecia
ted by any man.
Ivanee over
*ures. Soon after 12 o’clock the
wernment report, estimating the
Mon crop at 10,100,000 bales,
i an acreage of 25,034,734, was
ranced. This was more than
50,000 bales in excess of the pbp-
[ar estimate and caused a panic
i sell, under which prices dropped
) to 50 points in a few minutes.
Intense excitement prevailed
id the selling was enofmous.
irge blocks of long cotton was
imped on the market which had
ion bought on the bullish rumors,
brope and the south were also
iavy sellers. On the break March
Janu-
Althougb many pretty pie
ces have been picked up,
they are being constantly
replaced by others and we
are always oatbe alert to
get prettier designs and
patterns. We never allow
this department to lack
anything. We have car
pets matched, made and
laid, relieving you of all
trouble. Buying here you
are sure of the most possi
ble for your money.
is now
seryed to them, and which, as the
Press writer says, is “mere mush”
when it is served.—Savannah
News.
^ ec * c Something a man is never ov
wear fo**
Men. on, A tie will delight all men,
There is a superannuated jest
about the man in Philadelphia
who fell five stories without being
hurt, “because, he fell so slow.”
Even envious Gotham has almost
ceased to get it off and certainly
no man ever expected to see snch
a miracle"fulfiled. Truth is living
up to her reputation for out-fict-
ioning fiction, however, and this
morning, in our telegraphic des
patches we present the story of the
fall of Firemrin Flynn.
Baltimore had a destructive fire
yesterday morning. One of her
five-story buildings was destroyed.
There were many narrow escapes
by the firemen who seem to have
rendered valiant and. valuable
service. The climax came, how-
ho wever, when _ Fireman Flynn,
overcome by smoke, toppled from
tbe topmost parapet aind started
for eternity at the rate of fifty
His fellow firemen
Shoes.
Our business is the out
growth of selling good
shoes at all times. No
schemes, no chance, no
questionable shoes, but al
ways the biggest possible
value for the smallest pos
sible price. Every shoe is
exactly as we tell you—no
rags or paper or bones or
old iron but all solid leath
er. Monarch Pats for
Men $3.50.
Groceries.
For Christmas pastry get
“Grandeur”.- flour—There
is no flour whiter, purer
or more wholesome—Its a
perfeet flour in every res
pect.
A barrel of new South
Georgia cane syrup put on
tap today. Its the best.
Are you perfectly satisfied
with the coffee you are
drinking? Trv our roasted
“San tos” and yon will be.
We will gladly exchange for correct
sizes after Christmas. *"
tapped from 9.54 to 9.04
y from 9.64 to 9.20, ai
Dm 9.45 to 9.00.
Shoes & “Two soles with but a single thought”—
comfort. Thats tje sort of gift to bring
Rubbers, grateful remembrance to the giver. ;
And hundreds of others. You will see many a val
uable Christmas suggestion here if you will only
“walk in and look around.”
Meal and Hominy.
[The philosopher who does the
Fip of the Tongue” column for
le New York Press, who has lived
the South and therefore knows
bat good, wholesome, healthful
png is, bewails tbe fact that thef
pal thing” in fheal and hominy
hardly to be had in New York
ly. He says: “In all New York
peis hardly a dealer who knows
pti good cornmeai and good"
kiny mean. The worthless
m they |ell is a kind of vegeta
ble sand. The life of the cer-
I is killed by-quick grinding, or
jhng, and kiln drying. Habit
s' users of hominy and meal im-
pt such luxuries from the old-
N water-mills of the South,
jd obtain both unbolted and un-
pd. A dozen different brands
[hominy are sold here in one find
p*pouud packages, faricily bran-
r m colors and cheerfully label-
| most of it is mere mush
m boiled,”
pore, then, is at least one op-
Itunity for the young man Ab-
l°m, concerning whose future
r ^ r y&u was recently in much'
f young man, or the
I young men, who have the bui-
i 8 ® ability to supply the North,
i e c °mitry, or any part of
r er » w rih the old-fashioned wa-
j ground meal and hominy, may
pooahly expect to win success.
nece9sar y to teach the
porners to eat the delightful
fQgth-giviug j invigorating corn
I Q °t; but have they not taught
I ea t at fancy prices their
| oats and their various
r at0 U “brAO-lrfoe*-
FOUR SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK
Pink, light blue,, navy
blue and old rose French
flannel advertised by us
at $3.00, special at
Gray and bluish gray
handspun, 5 gore Skirt,
Coat lined with Silk ro-
mai ne. Marked from $10
feet a second
turned, from the sight. They could
recall no autobiographies by five
story desendantr. From the fall
to the pall was usualy but a step.
But they might have spared
their own. feelings. Fireman
Flynn was under a
very
lucky star, and the lawjif grav
ity was repealed for awhile. He
struck first one gutter-pipe and
then another until he reached
home stretch. Each one broke his
momentum and when the gutter
pipes gave out his aluminum hel-
mot gracefully fell under him and
sank to the ground unharmed.
He had to go unconscioue for a
few minutes.
Ten years in the Millinery business in Gainesville,
* General and Particular.
New York city owes more by
$60,000,000 than all the forty-five
states in the Union together.
In 1890 the mineral production
of the United States amounted to
$619,000,000 and in 1899 to $976,-
000,000.
Health authorities estimate that
ten per ceh^t of the men who go to
Cape Nome never come back alive.
for appearances’
sake, but.when he came to again
he had nothing more serious than
a bruised shoulder, and went on
about his business.
Fireman Flynn is the champion
tumbler of his time and likewise
the almighty
“Moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform.”
—Augusta Herald.
IN GAINESVILLE,
Clark’s Thread.
Outings.
Jno. J. Clark’s six-cord ?
500 yards, good quality,
finish spool cotton,
pretty patterns, sold
guaranteed 200 yards
by us at iOc, but for
per spool <='
this sale, yours for
2 l-2c.
7 l-2c.