Massive sale closes two days to move stock prices cut
The store will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday May 26 and 27 and reopen May 28 to clear stock for a big crowd. Prices heavily cut on men and boys clothing and shoes, ladies hats and parasols, fabrics, linens, towels, curtains, and more with many items priced well below regular value. Strong discounts include suits to 2.98, pants 1.50 now 89 cents, girl and boy wear under a dollar, hats under a few quarters, shoes under two dollars, and fabrics by the yard at deep cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. George
Mt. Pleasant
America
Nottingham
Oxfords
Walkover
Dorothy Dodd
Pingree
Gloria
Baby’s
John B. Stetson
Special Sale on Men's and Ladies Accessories and Notions
Readable catalog style notice lists discounts on hosiery shirts handkerchiefs and accessories. Includes prices such as men’s rockford hose four cents from ten cents quality and 19 cent shirts at 19 cents plus lists of buttons pins soap collars and embroidery yardage. Some items show value comparisons and bulk yardage offers.
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Rockford
Missouri Delegates Back Bryan at Democratic Convention
Missouri Democratic convention unanimously adopted resolutions urging delegates to support William Jennings Bryan as a unit. Gov. Joseph W. Falk and Sen. William J. Stowe were elected delegates at large. ex Gov. Francis and ex Mayor Reed of Kansas City named. Moses C Wetmore and others chosen as alternates. The body also endorsed the lakes to the gulf deep waterway and attacked Missouri Republicans over state funds accounting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Joseph W. Falk
William J. Stowe
David R. Francis
A. Reed
Kansas City
Stone
Col
Moses C Wetmore
St. Louis
Wetmore
William Jennings Bryan
Senator Stone
Moses C. Wetmore
Alex M. Dockery
Thomas T. Crittenden
Leon V. Stephens
W. A. Rothwell
Sedalia
William Jennigs Bryan
Lakes
Gulf Deep Waterway
Missouri
Moore Addresses Southern Literature’s National Role
John Trotwood Moore spoke at Furman Hall to the Graduate Club and students outlining how Southern literature must gain a national note to compete globally. He argued compensation should follow merit, urged authentic depiction, and urged the South’s untapped potential in addressing issues like child labor and race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Furman Hall
Graduate Club
University
John Trotwood Moore
South
Continent
Moore
Republic
Poe
Lanier
Middle Tennessee
Birmingham
Shakespeare
Bacon
Local Market Quotations and Rural Prices Reported
Columbia Tennessee May 21 local quotations show firm trade across goods and rising activity. National banks report deposits up from prior statements as money tightness eases. Louisville livestock prices weak for cattle and variable for hogs and sheep with detailed price ranges for classes and regional produce and industrial materials quotes from Columbia and surrounding markets.
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Columbia, Tenn
Ovarks
Hoth Banka
Louisville
Neral
Columbia
Tenn
Gates Torn Down by Mob At Millersville Toll Gate
About twenty five to thirty armed men raided the toll gate on the Nashville and Goodlettsville turnpike at Millersville in Sumner County near the Davidson line. A later pitched battle left toll keeper Arthur Morton and Hart family members under threat. Hart, Hart Jr., and Morton defended the gate with rifles while a mob of about fifteen men used shotguns. Raids have occurred since Hart acquired the property six years ago, including dynamiting bridges and warnings to stop collecting tolls.
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Nashvil Tenn
Nashville and
Goodlettsville
Thomas St. Hart
Thomas Hart, Jr
Arthur Morton
Theother
Morton
Hart
Sumner County
Millersville
Davidson County
Sumter
Bogus primary alleged to sell voters to corruptionists
A speaker accuses a fraudulent primary of allowing bribery by a handful of vagabonds to buy and control honest Democrats in the county, delivering them to the corruptionist.
Non Resident Notice in Tennessee Chancery Case
In Columbia Tennessee May 22 1908 non residents Cornelia Winder Ellen McConnachie John McConnachie John Pugh Catherine Pugh Lon Willie Sanders W G Landers Bettie Sanford and Mary R Looney must enter appearance by July first 1908 in Chancery Court Columbia to plead answer or demur or be confessed against in Minnie Williams Briggs et al case to be published in Columbia Herald with counsel Caruthers Ewing and BH PL Hatcher.
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W. S. Fleming
Ex'r
Core ‘Nella Winder
Ellen McConnachie
John McConnachle
John Pugh
Preston Pub
Poward Pury
Allan Pug
Catherine Pugh
Lon Willie Sanders
W. G. Landers Bettle Sanford
Mary R. Looney
Tennessee
Chancery Court
Columbia
Columbia Herald
Akin
Caruthers Ewing
BH. & PL
Hatcher
Sol
Compl’t
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Advange
R George
Mt Pleasant
Mt, Pleasant, Tenn
WM. J. Bryan
Folk and Stone
Francis
Vanderbilt University
The
Herald
LOGAL
Vauenaer & Co
Louis Barker
B. Calender & Go
Alabama
N. Y
N. Y. Baldwins
Florida
Columbia Mill & Elevator Co
Ashton
Vm. Parmer - Bess and Poultry
Turkess
L Barker
Barre
L. Barker
J. A Sloan Go
Boston
Thomas M. Hart
Minnie Williams Briggs
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