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DECLARATIONS”
$ We are going out of the retail good 5 business,
nr RO < Our present sale the end of this business.
iiIHLI I IIL IfI } Our present prices will never again be Duplicated.
i The opportunity to buy such trools at such pio 33 will s 3on b j forev h-s-
goods worth ioo cents on the dollar are being offered at 30 cents on thedollar-quantiti’es of them. Ladies’
skirt and tailor madesuits-a big stock. Piques, all the family of them. Without question the best stock of
goods in Rome and being j iven away to get out of the retail dry goods business in Rome.
I.OOOYDS, DRESS CALICO 2jc " 1,000 EANS AT 1 CENT
DOTTED LADIES’ 500 EVERY SHOE 300
, thQf rnQt Shirt waists—the dol- Yards of Dress Goods in our stock at what it Baby caps recently Mens faunaried chirk I
a warr i lar gr ade at 39 cen ts. and waist silks, worth cost us, or less, to quit bought at factory pric- that cost where
S cents P ‘ C 50c, at 25c. business. es. were made 75 cenft
J I |. . on sale at 39c,
ACTUAL COST 1 *
For all millinery, with no chirges for Miss t n Ladies and gents si k and satin necties
Snyder’s work. A positive saving of 75 per • v cost 25 cents to $ 1 .00, on center at IO
cent. • : WWJI : cents each. ~
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5£W YARDS of summer wash fabrics on center tables—much of it cost 15c, 20c and 25 cents-doveliest
jVJVFVF conceptions for ladies and misses dresses. We are giving them away at bcentsa yard. Re.mmb’r
when we quit business your opportunity for such bargains will begone and gone forever. Bay fro n us n w
Not just a few things away below cost to make an impression, and then the balance at big profits to
make money. We affirm, of all the goods in this house, no u a dollar’s worth is priced abo ve cost. “ ‘
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Gen. Barnum, of Abbeville, S.
C., had a body servant before
the war who aped him in every
thing. Peter so loved his master
that he grew to talk like him,
act like him and ajmost look
like him. He lives today, the
heart of hospitality, the soul of
honor. Sunday two white men
drove up to the door of his cabin
and asked if he had any liquor
in the house. He raid he had
about a quart. They offered to
buy. He refused to sell, but, just
as his old master would have
done, invited them to have a
drink. Having drunk they hand
ed him a half dollar. Os course,
like his master, he declined the
coin. The scoundrels went to
town swore out a complaint that
be was violating the dispensary
law.
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I happened to be in Greenville
the other day when the trial
took place, and saw a revela
tion. Peter’s counsel was Gener
al Barnum*s son, adjutant gen
eral of t he state under Gov. J no.
Gary Evans, and the chief wit
ness for the defense was the
general himself, who had come
over from Abbeville, distance
about 100 miles, to say a word
for his former slave. The gener
al took the stand, and his son
said:
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“What is your name?”
“I am Gen. Barnum, sir.”
“Where do you reside?”
“In Abbeville, sir.”
. “How long have you known
the defendant?”
“Sixty-five years, sir.”
“What is his reputation?”
“As good as any man’s in this
court room, sir.”
“Would you trust him?”
“Trust Peter? Why, I’d trust
him my life, my honor !”
o o o
The jury didn't leave their
seats.
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The scene “sorter touched me
up.” I met young Barnum and
asked if he received anything
for his services. “Accept a fee
from Peter?” he said in amaze
ment. “Why, sir, I’d as soon
think of charging my father.”
“You and your father came
100 miles to clear this old ne
gro?”
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“Yes, and we whould have
come a thousand, or ten thou
sand. Old Peter was a second
I father to me. He raised me.
When I was well he played with
me ; when 1 was sick he nursed
me. When I was a boy I’d rath
er take a snack with Peter in
those days than dine with the
President.”
I’m afraid we Yankees don’t
understand the "nigger” ques
tion yet. —New York Press.
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The paper money which now
circulates in Spain has so fallen
in value that two pesetas in pa
per will not buy one in gold.
Thus the disasters of the Span
ish arms are brought home to
the. Spanish populace, who find
that their current money has
lost more than half of its pur
chasing power. The cost of liv
ing is doubled ; there is dimin
iihing employment for labor
and every day the cry for bread
becomes louder and the danger
of revolution more imminent.
CfiSHS RAISZR.
Watters & Son are Slaugh
tering Prices
TURNING STOCK TO CASH
The Sacrifice Sale Will Last
Only a Few More Days.
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Watters & Son, the big Broad
street clothiers, know exactly
how to carry out any undertak
ing or enterprise in which they
engage.
This wide awake hustling firm
of up-to-date business men found,
some ten days ago that, owing
to a mild winter, business had
| not been as good as it should
have been—and in cons quence
i they would soon be in need of
unds.
They had an enormous stock,
but cash was needed worst and
so the firm very promptly decid
ed to lay the knife into prices
and throw their stock on the
market.
Last Sunday morning they
{innounced a "‘Money Raising
I Sale” and to show that they
' meant business they specified
goods and quoted prices.*
Ihe result has been exactly
what the firm anticipated. Their
store has been crowded from
morning to night for six days.
The crowds have flocked in,
have examined goods and eager
ly purchased, for the people
know bargains when they see
them.
“Our sale for the past week ’
has been all we anticipated,”!
said Mr. J. B. Watters yeste r ,
day. “We are rapidly exchang
ing bargains for cash and while
we are raising the funds we
needed in our business, we are
at the same time clothing the
multitudes.”
“Our advertisement in The
Hustler-C omme” ci a 1 has
brought us rich returns, and you
can leave it stand, unchanged,
for another week. It states what
we are doin and that is all that
we want it to state.”
“We will continue the sale for
a few days longer and then will
promptly shut off the slaugh
ter.”
A word to the wise is sufficient
—so look over che Watters &
Co., add and govern yourself by
what you see.
Now is the time to join the
push.
A NARROV ESCAPE.
Thankful words written by Mrs
Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. D.,
"Was taken with a bad cold which
settled on my lungs. cough set in
ami finally terminated in Con*
sumption. Four doctors gav.i m“
un, saying I could live but a snort
time. I gave myself up to my
Savior determined if I could not
stay with my friends on earth. I
wool i meet my absent ones above.
My husband was advised to get
Dr. King’s New' Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds
1 gave it a trial, took io all eight
bottles. It sured me, ami thank
God lam saved and now a we I
and healthv woman. ” Trial bot*
ties free at Curry Arrington’s
drug store. Regular size 50
and SI.OO Guaranteed or price
retun Jed.
Mr. W. T. Cox. of Gadsden,
is in the city.
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The place to get a quick, good meal.
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