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I We Have Decided to Continue Our I SPECIAL SALE I Until Dec. 25th I Everything will be sold | I at these prices as long as | I they last. Our prices are I upon a basis of 10c cot- I ton. Goods have advanc | ed a great deal in all lines. We can not dupli cate our orders at former I prices. Come to us and * I we will give you the ben efit of our early buying. Don’t forget the big red sign THOMPSON HILES & CO. TAYLOR & ESPY r- T” ~ ''.j:; 1 '.V' ■?" r * k JI!U ., 73 L . '< • • ‘ r ’ -■ <- -’■»«’ • > '■ .1»Ju: w- Yv " • "fC «t, Jl'.’ '3 . • .. '.J ■77"Si|gl, ■ ?i-r- ;■ A?: We sell the LION and! ANCHOR Buggies—two of the best Buggies made for the money. Open Bsggiea from $87.50 to $65.00 Top Buggies from $50.00 to SBO.OO are thoroughly ironed, and so constructed that they will give the very best service. They are made of air-seasoned stock throughout Hounds, bolsters and reaches are made full size, while the skeins and skein boxes are extra heavy — hence the Columbus is a light running wagon. We are always glad to show Columbus wagons and their excellent features. I TAYLOR and ESPY I THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1909. LOCALNEWS. Hon. S. E. Jones of Dirttown was here Saturday. ■ Mr. and Mrs. Robert McLeod spent Sunday in Raccoon with relatives. Mr. J. T. Jolly made a business trip to Chattanooga Saturday. Mayor C. D. Rivers made a business trip to Rome Saturday. Little Miss Pearl Henderson of Tu lip is visiting Miss Alice Weathers this week. I Mrs. Amanda Rogers of Pennville B • is visiting Mrs. Joe Mattox Rich this I week. | Mr. and Mrs. Harry Marks moved I Monday to their farm two miles west II of town. | Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Shamblin of |, Lyerly were among the visitors here | Friday. i Hon. Wesley Shropshire has re ! turned from a visit of several days | in Atlanta. ! Mr and Mrs. Harper Henry and I daughter are spending this week with relatives at Menlo. | Col. Albert Howell of Atlanta, is spending a few days here the guest o f his daughter, Mrs. A. T. Heath. ■ The many friends of Mrs. A. L. g I Dalton regret to lea'... that she has 11 been quite ill for several days. | Mr. Brown of Cedar Bluff, Ala., has been visiting his son, Dr. T. S. a I Brown during the past few days. i Col.. Jesse T. Jolly left Tuesday, j for Jackson, Ga., where he will spend | the holidays with his father’s family. Judge J. M. Bellah and Messrs S. 18. Henley and Robert Waters made ■ a business trip to Chattanooga Tues day. | Mr and Mrs. A. B. Simmons of Lafayette spent Saturday and Sunday here the guests of the former’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Simmons. Mrs. James Harper Henry of Chat tanooga is in town and will be here during the holiday season with her I j mother, Mrs. Alice Elder. . I Mrs. Howard McGinnis came up from Atlanta Sunday afternoon to spend the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Alice Elder, on Congress street. The many friends here of Mrs. Robert Evans, formerly of this place, will be pained to know that she con tinues critically ill at her home in Chattanooga. Mrs. D. T. Espy and family moved from Dry Valley last week and are ’ now at home to friends in the resi dence on Union Street, lately occupi ed by Mr. L. P. Wood. Miss Fay Taylor came up from Rome Saturday, where she has suc cessfully closed another term as stu dent In Shorter College. She will spend the holidays with home folks here and with friends In Atlanta. ; Mrs. Will Elder and son, Master Tom, arrived Monday from Birming ham, Ala., and will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Henry during the holi , days. The Summerville High School closed yesterday for the holidays. The spring term will open Monday, January 3rd, 1910. Mr. Eugene Taylor arrived from i Athens Tuesday to enjoy the Yule i tide season with his parents, Hon. j and Mrs. John D. Taylor. Eugene I Is one among Chattooga’s most prom ising young men, and will complete his course in the University next June. Mr. Joe Bellah McGinnis, who has been attending the Southern Busi ness College in Atlanta for the past i four months, came up Sunday to spend the holiday at home. He will return to Atlanta about the first of January. «< ■ • « ' We are overstocked in plain toe i shoes and are going to unload at greatly reduced prices. One lot la- I dies shoes, $1.50 value at $1.19. One: lot, $1.25 value at 98c. One lot of men’s shoes, $2.50 value at $1.98. One lot $2.00 value, at $1.48. PITTS & ESPY. Having sold my large horse, have ■ now for sale two-seat, leather finish, hill brake road wagon and suitablel harness, all in first class condition, j Will sell same to higest bidder be fore Court House at ten ’oclock a. m. Friday, Dec. 24, 1909. Cash or ap- . proved security. Wesley Shropshire. Masons Elect Officers. At the regular communication of 1 Summerville lodge No. 109 F. & A. M. last Friday night the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: : R. D. Jones,—W. M. T. J. Simmons, —S. W. C. P. Neal,—J. W. E. N. Martin,, —Treasurer S. C. Martin, —Secretary J. T. Jolly,—S. D. W. S. Wright,—J. D. R. P. Maloney,—S. S. F. E. Schmidt, —J. S. Geo. D. Espy,—Chaplain T. A. Powell,—Tyler. Messrs. W. F. Henry, P. A. Brooks ■ and T. J. Woods of Chelsea were in ' town Monday. Christmas week makes weak pock j etbooks. T. R. Knox of Teloga was in town ' on business Monday. Mr. F. M. Shropshire of Haywood: spent Saturday in town. Mr. Joseph Large and daughter, and Mr. R. L. Pursley of Teloga were among the visitors here Monday. G. R. Anderson one of Lyerly’s pro I gressive merchants was here Monday j Miss Mattie Beavers of Dry Valley was the guest of friends in town Fri day. Mr. John B. Bryant of Lyerly and Mr. Robert Bryson of Holland were greeting friends here Monday. The Woman’s prayermeeting will be with Mrs. T. P. Taylor, Thursday afternoon at 2:30. : Just because your wife tells you to buy her something useful, don’t think she will be satisfied if you send her home a barrel of flour. If we were as silent with respect to our achievements as we are to our mistakes, what a silent world this would be. Mr. Noble Simmons is expected to arrive from Chattanooga Saturday to spend the holidays here. Many men seek after popularity, especially if they are political aspir ants. But the true popularity is not that which a man consciously strives after, but that which comes to him by virtue of his own character and qualities of heart and mind. Pension Commissioner John W. I Lindsey finds, after careful figuring, I' that there will be a decrease in the ■ pension rolls next year of approxi- ! mately 213 names. He has added! 914 4new names to the rolls for'. 1910, and as the result of experience H estimates that the death rate will I; be 6 3-4 per cent, which will mean a 1 total of 1,127 deaths during the year. 11 This will give an approximate total [ J of 15,576 pensioners to be paid in j ■ 1910, the pensions averaging $60.00 , each, or a total of $934,660. • NOTICE. ; All accounts are now due and if • not paid at once will bo put out for ■ collection. —Pitts & Espy. I “SEE THE SIGN” CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE How about a pair of Gold Mounted Glasses for Mother or Father? We will fit the lenses after Xmas. EYES EXAMINED AND GLASSES GROUND HERE There is no optical house any where qualified to render to its patrons bettor service. HARRIS & HOGSHEAD The Manufacturing Opticians, 13 E. Eight St., CHATTANOOGA, TENN. I GOING OUT OF THE CLOTH- ING BUSINESS We have decided to discontinue handling Men’s and I Boys’ Clothing in order to make room’for other lines, I and have put on sale every suit in the house at great- | fe ly reduced prices. Everyone who will need a suit I ®. . t u this winter should take advantage of this sale. Our r | stock consists of the Chesterfield suits for men and i the Captain Kidd suits for boys’made by the Corinth h woolen mills at St. Louis, Mo. s Our clothing is all marked to sell for spot cash, so h that with the reduction we have made you will see I ( j at a glance the wonderful saving we offer. Come | early for the best selections. HERE ARE THE PRICES: | MEN’S CLOTHING | SIBOO. suits for $12.00 I ; 15.00 suits for 11.00 | n. 50 suits for 10.00 11.00 suits for 8.00 10.00 suits for 7,00 | BOYS’ CLOTHING ; $4.00 suits for $3.00; 3.or> suits for 2.00 2.50 suits for 1.50 2.00 suits for 1.25 ■ Pitts & Espy Summerville, Georgia. I +++++++++++++++++++++++’F+4- j CLEGHORN, HENRY 4 CO. j r * t J f I i Sacrifice I i : SALE ! I ■Now Going on at our Store! S I 5 GREATEST BARGAINS | ; t I Ever offered and the least | e noise you ever heard. | 1 E $ Come and see that you can i equal any of the WONDER-1 j FUL SALES I CLEGHORN, HENRY & CO. |