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UNION RECORD**, HILLEDGEYILLE, GEORGIA.
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Special sale of Art Squares, Rugs, Crex Squares
1 " and Crex Rugs; specially priced for quick
I selling.
|>r£;i tiiul New Spring
Suits V"»*v Much Under
Price
Suits that are distinctly
different; Etons and bo
lero effects, with fancy
vests; tricotines and
serges; black and blues
have the call.
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BELL’S
GREAT' AFTER EASTER SALE
A wonderful showing of New Merchandise most of which was bought
before the big advance in prices.
25 pieces New China Matting—the heaviest
and best made; specially priced
65 CENTS.
Special Showing’ of
Polo Coats
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A SPECIAL SHOWING THIS WEEK OF SILKS, FOULARDS AND PRINTED GEORGETTES—
AT A GREATLY REDUCED PRICE
$35.75, $48.75 AND
$65.00.
GEORGETTE BLOUSES
A new shipment just in by express—six differ
ent styles—some are plain and some are
beaded. The new shades are maize, peach,
flesh and white; specially priced
$0.49 TO $9.75.
Dainty Dresses
For Street and Evening Wear
faccta, taffeta and georgette combinations
and beautiful beaded georgettes, in all the
new color
ings, navy,
>
^ !V n taupe, and
brown blacks
Some even
ing shades in
maize, orchid
and deft
blues.
$19.75,
$25.75,
$35.75,
$49.75.
SPORT SKIRTS
Sport Skirls will be in vogue this year, more
than ever before. A wonderful showing in
plaids and stripes; taceta and baronet satins
in the high colorings.
$10.00, $19.00 AND $25.00.
Some are % lengths—
some are short—real
sporty, jauntily made,
best materials; in tans,
reindeer and blues.
$19.75 TO $35.00
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Special Sale this week 32-inch GINGHAM
worth 75c; special sale price
59c YARD.
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m
Pine Slippers
Du 1 leather, kids and patents, in pumps and
oxfords. For snappy
styles and good ser
vice wear Cousins &
Selby’s.
$10, $12 AND $14.
Special Sale of LACE—5,000 yards, heavy Tor
chon lace. See our middle counter; specially
priced
5 CENTS.
REFUSED TO FIX A
WARTIME PRICE ON COTTON
Isa Statement Issued Saturday, Sen
ator Harris Says Blame or Credit
For This Stand Coes to President.
Wilson Also Made Known H is
Readiness to Dispose of Treaty
With Acceptable Reservations.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — There
lave been so many reports circulated
s to the position taken by President
Rilson on fixing a war-time price on
cotton and as to the position taken
h the president on the treaty and
league of nations covenant, that in
wdev to set his constituents right on
iiese two questions, Senator William
•' Harris issued the following state
ment recently:
"Many inquiries from Georgia
'■ends have tome to me asking for
formation as to the attitude of
President Wilson on the fixing of a
1 or cotton during the war and
3e position of the president regai’d-
the ratification of the treaty with
Nervations.
The war industries board claimed
under the law the president had
■•■e power to fix the price of cotton,
ho declined. There was a demand
P't from the north and west, and
" tn somi ' southern growers asked
-r a fixed price. The democratic par-
’ Paid a heavy political toll in the
" l in the 1918 elections because
Price u| wheat was fixed while
“ Was not, and no one familiar
campaign doubts that the is-
t "'' many thousands of votes in
' n ""i' ami west to the democratic
*
; southern member of eon-
■' " Hietul of cotton, for if he
'In tanner would defeat
would not he here. For
<d congress, or anv doz-
nembers, t
‘he price
bevs advocated fixing a price on cot- banks are today lending millions
ton. Numbers of Georgians tele- through New York, Chicago and oth-
graphed me, and I immediately came er banks. This is due principally to
to Washington, where 1 sought and the price of cotton. Had President
obtained an interview with President Wilson fixed the price of cotton at
Wilson. I urged him not to allow tne | what the republicans urged the banks
board to fix the price. We talked for of Georgia would not have one-half
more than half an hour and I told of their deposits and our banks would
him of the great expense of pvoduc- 1 be borrowing money from New York
ing the cotton crop and the inci'eased banks to loan our farmers.
cost of labor. I told the president that
a fixed price of 40 cents a pound
“Regarding the treaty, it is not
true that the president had demand-
would not give the southern fanner ed the ratification of the treaty with-
a greater profit than other industries
were making at the time. The presi
dent, after investigating the matter
thoroughly, understood the situation,
and any suggestion that President
Wilson, a former resident of Georgia,
is not a friend of the southern cotton
farmer is contrary to facts and made
to deceive the people. I had a long
out the dotting of an ‘i’ or the cross
ing of a ‘t.’ On the contrary, the pres
ident has repeatedly made known his
readiness and willingness to dispose
of the treaty if nullifying reserva
tion? are not attached. A hostile re
publican press has continually cam
paigned in an effort to make it ap
pear that the president was as much
interview with him on the subject at an ‘irreconcilable’ as Senators Borah
and Reed, and even so great an ene
my of the treaty as Senator Lodge,
who declined to change his own res
ervations except when Senator Borah
approved changes.
“It was Senator Lodge and his im-
the time and at other times, and I
know his views.
“I do not believe any form of polit
ical clap-trap will bias the southern
farmer against the president and the
democratic administration. The pres
ent price of cotton and the prosperity! mediate followers who brought to a
of the south can be attributed large- sudden end on two occasions the ef-
ly to the democratic administration, forts of the bi-partisan conference,
under the leadership of the president, composed of republicans and demo-
Efforts to fool the southern farmer erats, who were friends of the treaty,
cannot obscure the fact that the dem- The way was clear for argument on
oeratic administration and President reservations which enough republi-
Wilson are the best friends he ever cans and democrats would support to
had. When President Wilson was a J give the necessary two-thirds vote
candidate those opposed to him loud- 1 and be acceptable to the president
ly proclaimed that cotton would go! The ‘irreconcilable group of Sena-
and h,
Wembr
d blame
price, the,
claim credit for rais-
1 cotton is to reflect
J'dcHigeru-i.' of southern farm-
'lue for failure to fix
! | ''lame is on the presi-
due, that credit
gave him the power,
' creise it.
members of congress,
northern democrats,
pr.-.v for cotton. In on-
“i ca-,.
Do,,, i ‘ as mu ch as 20 cents
i P l 0poaed ’ while all others
tent- ss ar *d most of them
lEboJ’-' 1 ' Pound - Had the republi-
totton ' 1> ,°" er * Believe the price
"price W °? li ' laVe been fixed at a
less tb U ' Wou ld be selling today
arie« ‘‘l! ° Cents - When the war
i.L k S> 1 <* tkc ««*
to 5 cents in the event of his election.
It is now selling above 40 cents. The
farmer long ago learned not to be
fooled by such talk.
“I have as much reason to claim
credit for the increased price of cot
ton as any southern public
but I make no such claim. It would
be absurd. The credit largely goes to
President Wilson, who stood out
against price-fixing pressure from all
sides.
“There is not a farmer in Georgia
whose lands, and the crops he raised
on his lands, is not worth at least two
or three times as much as he could
-ell them for under a republican ad
ministration. The average price of
cotton under a republican adminis
tration was less than 10 cents a
nound. Under a 'democratic adminis
ters Borah, Johnson and Sherman,
who r-re open enemies of the treaty,
delivered an ultimatum to Senator
Lodge, who withdrew from the bi
partisan conference. Forty democrat
ic senators, including myself, formal-j
official ' announced in writing that in order.
’ | to obtain the ratification of the trea
ty and remove the controversy over t
Article X they would support a reser
vation which had been drawn by the
bi-partisan conference touching Arti
cle X, or the resei-vation written by:
Mr. Taft, a former republican presi
dent.
“The president could not keep,
faith with our allies and his asso-,
ciates at the peace conference if he
joined forces with the enemies of the
treaty. It must not be lost sight of
that a republican majority in organ-,
dng the senate last May arranged
tration it is selling at about 40 cents. ^ ^ majority mem bership of the
There is not a man in Georgia today fj) . n relatjons committee so that
idle for the lack of work. There is
not a merchant, manufacturer, labor
er or farmer who is not prosperous.
There is hardly a bank in Georgia
which does not have three times the
ed reservations to wreck the treaty
and the league. The enemies of the
treaty voted for the Lodge reserva
tions and then voted against the rati
fication resolution with these reserva
tions. Without the aid of the irrecon-
cilables Senator Lodge and those co
operating with him could not have
adopted the Lodge reservations. Most
of the democrats voted for them only
as a last resort after others had been
voted down. ,
“President Wilson has contended
that many things are already in the
treaty which it is proposed to write
in with reservations. An assertion
that reservations are necessary to
Americanize the treaty and make it
safe for the United States is nothing
less than an intimation that the presi
dent and most democratic senators
are less than 100 per cent American.
Such intimations impute a lack of
patriotism to anyone who favors the
treaty and is unworthy of notice.
“Senator Lodge and his followers
are trying to persuade the country
that President Wilson has refused to
yield. It is Senator Lodge, with his
bitter feeling against the president
and the democratic party, who is un
yielding as any ‘irreconcilable,’ and
I shall never follow his leadership. I
would rather resign from the senate
than do so.
“Millions of American boys were
drafted to be sent to foreign soil to
fight our battles in the world war.
In order to prevent future wars Pres
ident Wilson almost sacrificed his
life.
“No defamation nor criticism can
dim the greatness of President Wil
son in his friendship for the South
and every other section of our Coun
try. He is recovering from an illness
which almost cost his life in service
to our country, but while sick repub- FOR SALE—A five-year-old Jersey
lican senators and a few democrats, bull, solid color, black tongue and
1 regret to say, were condemning switch. Registered with the American
him. This was unworthy of brave and j j erS ey Cattle Club. For further in-
natriotic men. When William McKin- formation apply to UNION RECOR-
ley, a republican president, was DER office,
wounded, the democratic South
mourned.
“This fall, after congress adjourns,
T eyneet to go into as many counties
in Georgia as time will permit and
1(1! the people the truth about some
of the things which have been falsely
I charged against the administration
and the president, hut when the sen
ate is in session my duty is here.”
SPRING FEVER
Following Colds, drip or Flu,
Thla, Watery or Poisoned Blood
(By Dr. Valentine Mott.)
At this time of year most people
suffer from what we term “ spring
fever” because of a stagnant con
dition of the blood, because of the
toxins (poisons) stored up within
the body during the long winter.
We eat too much meat, with little
or no green vegetables.
Bloodless people, thin, anemic
people, those with pale cheeks and
lips, who have a poor appetite and
feel that tired, worn or feverish
condition in the spring-time of the
year, should try the refreshing tonic
powers of a good alterative and
blood purifier. Such a tonic as
druggists have sold for fifty years,
is Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis
covery. It is a standard remedy
that can be obtained in tablet, or
liquid form. Made without alcohol
from wild roots and barks.
N.Brg.MixciTT.VM, Ala.—"Dr.Pierce’s
Golden Medical Discovery is certainly
a good medicine for deep-seated colds,
and as a tonic I have found it to bo
all that could be desired. For the
last forty-five years ‘Golden Medical
Discovery’ and ‘PleasantPellets’ have
been used in my home, for in my boy
hood days my mother used these
remedies of Dr. Pierce’s and no other
medicines were ever used by her as
long as she lived. She bad none but
the highest praise for them, and from
my own experience with Dr. Pierce’s
Golden Medical Discovery for colds
and the 1 Pleasant Pellets’ for bilious
ness and constipation, I know that
these medicines deserve the highest
praise that I can give:”—Ed. Erwin,
No. 2.T13 Twentieth Avenue.
Syrup at a good price. E. P. Ward.
Phone 261.
FOR SALE—About 10,000 stalks of
sugar cane—this week only, at
CHANDLER BROTHERS.
WANTED-—Sweet potatoes. Phone,
write or bring a wagon load to J. F.
BELL.
We have bedded two cars of sweet
potatoes. Place your order for plants
with us. Emmett L. Barnes.
Sweet potato plants, ready when
you need them. Leave us your order,
Emmett L. Barnes.
FOR QUICK SALE.
One Buick Six.
One Saxon Six.
One Reo Four.
One Chevrolet.
All in first class condition and
ready to hit the ball. L. N. Jordan.
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BUILDING LOTS
If you wish to purchase one of
the best building lots in the city
j see MISS MATTIE MOORE.
Clear Your
COLD
Leave your order Ter sweet potato
plants at Emmett L. Barnes’.
Country dried
Phone 2G1.
apples. E. P. Ward,
FOR SALE—About 10,000 stall. - of
sugar cane—this week
CHANDLER BROTHERS.
onl\
at
deposits they had under the republi
can Geiff* coialry
s'x of the ten republicans belonged
to the group who were against the
treaty in any form.
“After the republican committee
had failed to secure the adoption of
(s 9! Srtity im &*»•
LOST—A gold-headed umbrella,
with’the monogram “L, B. M.” en
graved on it. Finder will return to
UNION RECORDER office and get
MARLBORO PROLIFIC
SEED CORN
$5.00 PER BUSHEL.
MARION W. STEMBRIDGE.
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that cough.
Avoid
Influenza
and
Pneumonia«
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lunge clear with
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,n the dust ;U ridit. Will Waril
< ,f Colds, Cm up. LuOrlppo, lmlu-
, nza and Pneumonia. Keep a
Mipply ready. It is the best pre-
\ Milative. Will not si.iin dothinfe
bid others. Ask your dealer lor it.
Vvs\* Co.,
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