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TheDEAVER
Offers to its Customers for 1910 a full and attractive line of
General Merchandise and
as the
CHEAPEST
and
As GOOD
as the
BEST
“STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BEHER”
WEAR. THE
SHOE FOR MEN
$3.50 and $4.00
True to name in Honor,
Strength and Character
The Patriot Shoe for Men is the product of an
exclusive high-grade factory. The workmen who
make it know nothing else but to make fine shoes
for men.
It is made by the Goodyear Welt process,
commonly known as **hand sewed.’* The soles
are very flexible and smooth inside. The best
sole leather, the best upper leather, the best silk
thread—in fact every item of material that goes
into the Patriot” is the best that money can buy.
A capital of Two and Half Million Dollars
cash, and an established reputation as honest
shoe builders stands behind every pair of ‘‘Patriots.**
We take great pleasure in thanking the people, from all sections of the county, for their liberal patronage during the year
just closed, and hope by. attentive and prompt service-to merit your continued trade in 19J0.
^ £all and Se« Us, at: Pisgah Foresfi C., and Get Ow Prices.
DBAVBR-Pj?lTTON oo.
NATIONAL CRUSADE
Millions Enlist Under Banner
I For Lower Food Prices.
BEEF BARONS DOOMED
Fight ^Against High Prices is Being
Waged With Vigor and Determina*
tion—Already Its Effects Are Felt—
Beef Barons Capitulate.
Chicago.—The revolt against the
high prices of foodstuffs is nation-wide
in its scope with millions of crusaders
enlisted under its banner. From the
Atlantic to the Pacific, from the gulf
to Canada, grim determination to
break the extortionate combinations
and corporations which by arbitrary
methods have raised the prices of al
most everything edible has made of
the movement a huge melting pot in
which creeds, color, politics and so
cial status are fused into one great
purpose
Originating in the middle West, the
movement recognizes no section as its
xjenter. North, South, East and West
are equally in its grip. Perhaps the
most opposition it has encountered
came in the South, but that was scat
tering and occasional, while the enthu
siasm with which it was acclaimed in
the industrial centers, such as Bir
mingham, more than off set it.
individual members of congress are
ameng the movement’s staunchest
supporters, while President Taft, Car
dinal Gibbons and many others of na
tional prominence have expressed
their sympathy with it*
Although the fight is not yet fully
nnder way, its influence is making It
self felt. The beef barons are report
ed as curtailing the buying of their
live stock to an extent that is flood
ing the markets with cattle. Retail
prices are showing material drops
everywhere and cold storage con-
. cerns, particularly in New York, are
said to be almost ready to dump tlieir
huge accumulations on the market
way belcrw present prices in their
anxiety to clean house before the
many threatened grand jury Investi
gations get under way.
From the four points of the com
pass comes the cry, “Down With'
High Prices,” and the wage earner
and the consumer in general stand to
win the fight.
MAGAZINES FIGHT RATE.
Publishers Declare Postoffice Depart
ment Made Error of $60,000,000.
Washington.—That an error ol
more than $60,000,000 was made by
the postoffice department in its esti
mate in the deficit of carrying second-
class mail matter, is charged by the
Association of American Magazine
Publishers. '
Some 25 leading magazine publish
ers appeared before the house com
mittee on postoffices and post roads
and made strong arguments against
the proposed raise in rates. A pam
phlet entitled, “The Answer of the
Magazines,” attraced great attention.
According to this statement, there is
not a deficit in the postal, department
of $17,000,000 as the department al
leges, but actually a surplus of more
than $10,000,000, when the specific
loss on rural free delivery is taken
intq consideration.
“The department's figures of $64,-
00^0,000 loss on second class matter
is wrong by over $60,000,000,” it Is
declared.
MAY BE A CANDIDATE
Editor John Temple Graves Said to
Have Eye On Congress Seat.
Washington.—Col. John Temple
Graves, editor of the New York Amer
ican, one-time candidate for the
United States senate from Georgia as
a Democrat, and subsequently a can
didate for vice-president as a Hearst
Independent, may be a candidate for
congress from New York city at the
next election, it is said.
If so, he will oppose William S.
Bennett, a Republican, and will run
as an independent Democrat.
Colonel Graves is a native Georgian
and a former ^tlantian.
Defends Father, Kill* Uncie. .
Greenwood, Miss.—Wiil Rom^ne, it
is said, interfered in a duel between
his father and an uncle and fatally
shot his uncle, E.*C. Romaine. tlie
youth 9urrentfm4 to the authorities.
The Romaineti asre WMlthy
living at Greenwood;
Don’t Chase It
Let us do that for you.
Subscribe for this paper and you can sit in comfoxM
at home and read all about it.
MAY PROVE RICH STRIKE.
Qug
While Post Holes Were Being
Oil Well Is Discovert.
Bayou Sara, La.—What may be the
most valuable post hole in ithe coun
try has been opened at a trifling |
cost. ^ I
When a laborer named his price for j
excavating holes for posts to be plant
ed near here, the owner of the prop
erty said that he thought it was* a
little too high.
Finally, however, a compromise was
reached and the work begun. The
spade of the laborer unearthed a‘ flow
of oil and the plans tc^ build a fence
have been abandoned.
MURDERED FOR MONEY.
Assyrian Peddler Thought To Have
Been Kilted By Negroes.
Shreveport, La.—George . Pedro, a
local Assjrrian peddl^w^ j^iiraered
and robbed ten^mil«s^o^ of Shreve
port while traveling in the country
exchanging goods for fri^m products.
He was shot and di:ag^ed into the
shrubbery near the road and his body
concealed. Pedro had several hun
dred dollars when he l®ft here*. >
Negroes are suspected.
Boy Crushed to Death.
Corvington, Ga.—Berry Johnson, the
10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Johnson, was run over by a wagon
belonging to his father, and killed al
most instantly. - He was attempting to
get in the wagon and fell under the
wheels. He was brought to tcrwn as
quickly as possible, but died in a few
mtnutes after reaching the physi*
elan’s office.
^ President Helps Orphans.
Hundreds of orphans have been
helped by the President of the In
dustrial and Orphan’s Home at Ma
con; Ga., who writes: “We have
used Electric Bitters in this Institu
tion^ for nine years. It has proved a
most excellent medicine for Stom
ach, Liver and Kidney troubles. We
regard it as one of the be.«t family
medicines on eartb.’* It invigorates
all vital organs, purifies the blood,
aids digestion; creates appetite. To
strengthen, and build up pale, thin,
weak children or rundown people it
has no equal. Best for female com
plaints. Only 50c. at Allison & Mac-
fies. *
Sidney Landon, “Happy Sid,”as
he is called by those who know him
best, will give ns our next enter
tainment, in the Lyceum course.
He is a remarkable imper^nator
of livinpj men and this number
promises to be one of the best. At
the public school auditorium Satur-
d-sy evening, Feb. 12. tf.
MARK the gr aves
W. L. AIKEN
will furnish to order
MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES,
Majrble, Granite, |etc.
Don’t place your orders until yon
see me.
E. P. MOFFETT
Contractor
and Builder
ft
Estimates furnished 6n all work
promptly.
Patronffe those who Advertise'