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W W fLird.iWiiu Voi. via. THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1909. I K EEPIN G VALUES UP A N D P RICES DOWN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 q 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 S OUR CONSTANT WORK FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN. iiwli.-amgawaiaagaB-.i- ^uiuuwmt^r%.<**~«anaohmm* ,. iwmm m,n IN. THE DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT. % % £ 0 0 0 SPECIAL FOR MONDAY ONLY. 25c and 50c Belts at 5c and 10c. Tapestry Art Squares ^9.98 Axminister Art Sq uares $22.50 Sholsten Felt Mattress 12.75 'Yard Wide Sheeting — 4-I-2c 16x20 Hall and Dining Room Pictures 59c Lot $1.00 and $1.50 Slippers at 50c Ladies and Mens 25c Hose at 19c Good Calico at ... . \ ...6c 1 ^ Large Assortment Of Furniture And House Furnishings Always On Hand Best Quality Percals at 111-2c Just received a large assortment towels, prices right. Pretty Patterns in Bilk Muls at ’ 84c We have Clothing to suit the Society Man, the Business Man and the man of the world. Large Assortment of Fancy Vest. .. .. ,. .. We are headquarters for Dress and Neglee Shirts, see them before you buy. .. * .. .. hi MCCOMMONS-BUSH-BGSWELL COMPANY. — 1 it $ 0 0 ■fpj? - New ■® -S? -*S '-3ft i m m m w w fi\ w w W m * tSL Store Vi/ ib G. VV.6c.Cj. F. (irunade announce to the public V$( 1 that they have opened a Grocery Store on Railroad || Street in the building recently occupied by J. P. y Jones, where they will constantly keep on hand a complete stock of \b Fancy and Family Groceries, m \b They solicit a fair share of the patronage of the public, and guarantee fair prices, correct weights and tirst-class goods. ib. \b ib G. W. & G., F. GRANADE. \b Railroad Street, - IIIOMSON, r Headquarters For Building Materia! Song For Decoration Day. By Thomas E. Wat3on. ,ss=: j| 1 away by llie snow and bounds o’er the J ■.ruanM*xaiz.-pMimmmetwicw. || I pastures free. The swan, wlicrc north- j 11 —, w jB I cm rivers How, swims gracefully on rc« JQ' £ h IS I • . ‘ N I rr /f sri »f*4, VKA 5Si/a -s n-a r-», o wn H !h While Hie blooming Bpi'lng is' wafting Odors on efteh bouyant gala— While tile notes of merry songsters Chime wilh brooklets in the vale, Come we now and seal'or gently. With a laving, trembling hand, Garlands o'er mlr buried treasures— ller»es of our sunny bind. Clioucs.—Then scatter Mowers gently; WliCre our shimb’ring hemes llo. Here they sleep gad spring nin.v murmur Joyous music oil the plain; birds may warble sweetest carols, Hut their anthems are in vain. Yet because we loved them fondly in the palmy days of yore; Mem’rios float upon us softly As the waveleietd bn the shore. her way. ! The fisher is out on Lime, Cement, Plaster, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Screen Doors, Screen Sash and etc. Mantels, Grates, Tile, Paints, Var nish, Glass. Building material of all kinds .. .. Ovr services are prompt. Write For Prices and Catalogue. <’Honrs.—Then scatter flowers gently, .fee. There is beauty in the snowflakes— beauty in the waters bright; There is beauty in the evening— i n the holy stars of night; but no scene has ear ill more lovely— More exalting, nobly fair, Than when Hopfcsttcws llotal tributes; ’Hound the grave of still Despair. ,( Hours—Then sent ter Mowers gently, <kc. the sunny sea, The year’s at rhe Spring, and day’s a! the fnorii; Morning's al sev’n, Tin hilUside’s dew pealed ; Anti snail’s <u the thorn; Clod's in his heaven, AH’ right with tlie wtirld Iti, hv IJ i; ow ,N. High Top. uv rim,i.is. I‘HI i<). Ho to-day above the warriors, banner hearers in the fray; (While the cause for which they struggled Hies as low and dead as they;) Drop we roses, while our purpose Frames a watchword fresh as Mowers, “Wrecked our bast is—filled with ashes, but the star-crowned future’s ours.” CTiokcs.—Then scatter flowers gently, &c. Am;—(father Heeds of Kindness. I Fashion- Fair I've devised a walking suit Of jungle grasses, soft and crimpy ; Khe thought it rather neat and cute, Hut Adam gru.ited, “bather skimpy!” A cloak of palm leaves, sought tor miles, Blie made, and Came to be admired ; but Adam said, “The silly styles Y»u women wear just make me tired!” She built herself a little ln«t Of lilies (Eve was very clever/ ; And asked him what he thought of that! And Adam blurted, “Weif, I never'" Spring- Hurl'Mii, Git., Apr. | l')HAii PucKUti-i.su; I Fori I come ntrain with my lit tle news. How do you nil foe I to day, I urn lino. Well Easter is over, I hope j every one enjoyed it fine; l did. |Miss Yiuniotlin Goodnrd’s Easter j exorcises and hunt was enjojed 1 by all present, Friday afternoon. ' There was a Enslbr hunt at I’esd's Chnppel Saturday alter- £ 'noon. They a report a large |crowd and a (hii time. There was services tit Lielhe.-siia j church Sunday afternoon, and a iargo crowd attended. But the I writer is very sorry to say that the Pastor Bro. Jarrett of Aiigus- i fa has lioen very sick and was not Jaldetoiill his appointment, hut j he sent Bro. Key to (ill Ids place 'and Bro. Key preached a very in- ! foresting sermon . We hope Bro. .1 arrett will soon bo out again. Miss Manueltia Goddard visited : homefoiks at Blythe, (ia.. Satur- I day and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom lngleff of flood Chnppgll coinni unity at tended preaching Sunday after noon, and dined with Mr. M. C. Ross and sisters. Announce* to the people of McDuffie and adjoining counties that they have recently greatly enlarged their business and are now better prepared than ever before to furnish their customers, friends and the public generally with every article usually kept in a Grocery Store. At our store on Railroad Street vou can al ways find a larpe stock of Flour, Meal, Meat, Lard, Sugar, Molasses, Salt, Tobacco, Bag ging and Ties. And many other harm Supplies.- The lniantities in which we will purchase these goods will make us buy and sell at the LOWEST market prices. We solicit the patronage of the trading public. Thomson Mercantile Co The Crow Of The Game Cock Our material is the best. R. J. HORNE & CO. 657 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. Long Distance Phone 473. Bo next she placed upon lier head A feathered three-by-four creation. The little word that Adam said Is barred from parlor conversation. Yet Eve refused to lie a dowd, And tied an autumn-tinted sash on. I “I’ll dress to please myself!" she vowed, i “Bor what does Adam knowof fashian? Mr, and Mrs. J. '1'. Gridin visi ted Mr. and Mrs Will Whitaker Saturday afternoon. Spring, oli! how beautiful. The birds have all come back in j plumage and song, and are Milling gai- I ly. They are gathering twigs lo build I their nests. The birdies arc singing and chirping among the trees. What are they saying? “This is tlie neSt-tiine, This in the May-time, Tnis is the best tim*. ” Tlie birdies are S3 cheering. To hear ... , , ... , ,, , them twitting among the trees will Saturday night and bunday. cheer the sad. They are so beautiful j Mrs . Aguila Parker of Augusta, hying from tree to tree in the grove, j Vl8it6d hcr par0nt ,8, Mr. and' Mrs. P. W. Goolsby Saturday and Stin- Mr. and Mrs. WiU Findely and two sweet little children, of Ber- zelia, visited Mr. 0. Y. Wilkerson Is permissible because he has spurs to hack it up wiih; and for quantity ask the man; We mean the Fax Collector. The records show who carries the stock and pays the taxes. It is alright to make a noise about quanti ty, quality and durability provided your jobs back it up—clear to the end of the shafts— Why not have style and etc, combining all these with comfort and a durable finish. Babcocks carry quality to the fullest require ments. “What use to seek applause irom him? lie scoffs and says I cannot reason! Well, then my law shall l>e my whim— Anil that .shall change with every season.” Poinsetiia Salad “For a poinsettia salad, wipe, peel, and chili six small tomatoes,” says Fannie. Merritt Farmer in the April Woman’s H mk Companion. “When teady to serve, cut in eighths, notsevet- ■ , , ” . , , ! half tablespoonful of (inely ing the sections, and open like tiie pet-i als of a flower on a crisp letftfe loaf, j parsley. Keep in a very cold place un til the center put one tcagpoonful cf. til! serving time, and shake thoroughly pearl onions, and serve with n German Uef ure using.” dressing,: Mix one half teaspoonful of Salt, one fourth of a teaspeonful of pepper; one eighth of a teaspoonful of papfiklt, two tablespoonfukl of vinegar and tour and one half tablespoonfuls of olive oil. When well blended add one hopped Since when, revolving cycles tiring The gayest fashions and the queerest, And Eve declares, “It’s just the thing!” While Adam murmurs, “is it, dearest ?” The happy hours are full of song. April showers bring pretty (lowers, j Spring brings golden and silver rain, tLay, atid attended church Sunday The pines have a fringe of softer green, j morning. All of her friends were and the moss looks brighter than ever. \ <r] a d *(> SC!C . h£r Uut in the lonely woods the jessamine j has turncd into a royal coat of green,'j Ma and Mrs, \\ ill Byrd, of and its ycliow flowers give a golden!! Hearing, are visiting relatives in ti;st to the woods. The lilies spread their bell’s o’er forest dells. The flow ers are sweet and blossoms all around EL E E 749 Broad Sireei, COSKERY, f Augusta. Ga. ^ -Artju'r Gr itkum a Homk Companion for April. Peas For Sale Buy now, as prices will advance May 1st, McLmjkkik Fakmkkk i. : nion W a hkiioi sk Co. our feeet. Fragrance lias filled Die air. O come, come, we’ll gather (lowers. First to tlie brook we’ll go. We will gather the beautiful purple violets that grows in soft massy beds, and then the honey suckles that grow by the brook The lilacs are tossing their long purple plumes and the children are gathering in Woman's) thorn Willi delight. The bets are clus tering close round the ricli fragrant blooms gathering liojiey. One almost looks to see the very ground turn green at his feet. The streams are sweeping on to the silvery main, The gla l reindeer seeks uo more the mos* that was hidden cur noighbsrhood. Mr. Sam Ansloy of Avondale, Willie Davis Whitaker attended church Sunday morning, and dined with Miss Jessie Lee Gools by. 'Td Rather Die Doctor> hail have my feet cut ofl',” said M. L.t Bingham, of Prir.ceville, 111. but you’ll die from gangrene (which had eaten a-j way eight toes) if you don’t,” said all | doctors. Instead—he used Bupklen’s Arnica Salve till wholly cured, its cures of Eczema, Fever Sores, Boiles, Burns umi Files astound the world. Uoc. at Gibson Drug (Jo., Dr. A. J. Mathews. ^ ''^Aw''vA’v/ v ' , V v W v ^ { 1 908 BANNER YEAR. ^ ^ Not-withstanding the panic and other business > drawbacks, our sales were larger than any previous ^ year. We are better prepared than ever to serve you £ and can give you your money’s worth every time. Agents for Sucrene Food. r -m. »MB—a—■ < Arrington Bros. $ Company. / LEADING GROCERS, 863 BROAD, ST., AUGUSTA, GA. . i -