The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1897 Page: 3 of 4
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SHORT STOPS
LOCA
DAVID
What Became of Him?
• What Did He Say to Goliath?
Did the Philistines Get Away?
Goliath was a giant—he was a formidable adversary to
all his foes. The little fellows would tremble at the very men-
tion of his name. The big fellow with the voice of Stentaur
would say to the little ones—"Here, you minions, you Im-
pertinent wretches, you vipers, crawl to places of safety and
do not remain in my path." The little fellows, then weak
and humble on account of their size, would tremble at the
sight of the big fellow.
What about David? What did he say to the big fellow?
He talked back to him and said—"This day will the Lord
deliver thee unto my hand and I will smite the and take off
thine head and give thy carcass and the hosts of ihe Philistines
to the fowls of the air and to the wild beasts.''
Then the Philistines fled The dry goods merchant looks
with surprise at the little David—they wonder how long we
will keep up this wonderful business. The grocery mer-
chants—they don't know what to think of the situation, they
may offer some few things cheap to make believe—but the
people are combining also and are agreeing to boycott these
they are joining the army of David and are
1 . »♦ YT i 1
— you
Have
Goliaths and they are
against the Goliaths and the Philistines,
consternation in their ranks?
HERK IS THE CAUSE OF IT:
seen the
Or«ss Goods.
Terry & Co. and Portman Bros.
Bankrupt Goods
Plaid Dress Goods—4.'tc is the
lowest regular price. Bankrupt
price 3 yards for #1.00
Henrietta Cloth, light and dark
shades, 25c and .'10c grade. .18c
Black Serge, ,'{6 in., all wool, reg-
ular 50c grade
10 pieces fancy Dress Silks, #1.50
grade !)8c
5 pieces fancy Dress Silks, #1.25
grade 87c
3 pieces fancy Dress Silks, DOc
grade 69c
15 remnants Surah Silks, 25c and
35c kind 12 Sic
5 remnant Silks, 2 to 8 yards each,
50c and 60c kind 25c
4 pieces Silk, 75c grade, half
price 38c
A good Wool Plaid Dress, 6 yard
for #1.00
A Calico Dress Pattern. 10 yards
for 25c
500 yards dark Dress Organdies,
regular 10c and 12 4c grades.
We offer them at half price, 10
yards for 65c
500 yards Wool Dress Goods. To
wind op the lot, bankrupt
price, 10 yards 85c
We limit the quantity of the
above Dress Ooods to 10 yards
each so every lady can get a dress.
A Calico Dress, 10 yards. ... 25c
A Calico Dress, 10 yards 35c
A Percale Dres*, 10 yards 85c
1000 yards tin«- Percale Rem-
nants 6'tc
Hats and Caps.
Samples and Bankrupt:
Boys' Caps, 40c, 50c and 60c,
bought at half price 25c
Men's Caps, 50c, 60c and 75c
grades, bonght at half price.'Jot-
Men's Fine Fur Hats, bought at
half price #1 -00
Men's Fine Fur Hats, #3.0f> grade
at half price #1 50
Men's Stiff Aats, 25c, 50,-, f 1.00.
and #1.50
Grocery Department.
Dr. Price's Baking Powder, the
25c grades 16c
Dr. Price's Baking Powder, 40c
grade 25c
A large can Baking Powder, bank-
rupt price 8c
A large can Baking Powder, bank-
iupt price 10c
20 ponuds Muscatel Seedless Rais-
ins, bankrupt price #1.00
25 pounds large Pie Raisins, bank-
rupt price #1 00
30 poends Chile Beans, bankrupt
price #i.00
25 pounds large Beans, bankrupt
price #1.00
Salt, per sack 3c, per package. .Si-
Evaporated pears, 10c kind. .7.'»c
Dried Apples, 8c grade 5c
Candies, 1 pound sack 5c, 10
pound sack 40c
Candies, 3 pound sack 25c
(All bankrupt prices.)
Axe Handles, good ones 10c
Toilet Soap 5c
Toilet Soap, 1 box, 3 cakes, fine
.Soap 10c
Tdilet Soap, 1 box six cakes. .10c
2 lb can Corn 5c, 10 cans Corn.40c
Gifod Snuff 18c; Flour, 50 lb
sacks #1.00
California Fruit 15c; Corn Meal,
40 lb sacks 29c
25 lbs yellow clarified Sugar #1.00
20 lbs Rice 1.00
Mixed Tea, per lb 15c
Men's Underwear.
Friedlander's Fine Men's Under-
wear, 75c and #1 grades....50c
Friedlander's Fine Underwear,
60c and 65c class 38c
Terry & Co.'s 45c, 50c and 55c
grades, in wool and cotton, ,25c
Terry & Co.'s 25c and 35c clasn
go at 19c
Ladies' Vests and Union Suits.
1 lot light ribbed Vests, 25c
grade 10c
1 lot heavy ribbed Vests, 50c
grade 25e
1 lot fleeced Vests, 75c grade. .38c
1 lot Ladies' Cotton Fleeced Union
Suits, the 75c kind 48c
1 lot Misses' Wool Union Suits,
light gray 75c
1 lot Ladies' Flannel Union Suits,
75c grade 48c
1 lot Ladies' Summer Ve9ts, 25c
kind 10c
Men's and Boys' Suits.
Friedlander's Fine Suits, he got
#15 00 for them, we get.. .#7 50
Men's Fine Suits, Friedlander
got #10.00, we get #5.00
Men's Good Suits, Friedlander
got #7.50, we get #3 75
Men's Odd Coats and Vests, he
got #10.00, we get $5.00
Men s Odd Coats and Vests, he
got #8.00, we get -... .#1.00
Boys' Knee Suits, #2.00 grade,
bank rnpt 99c
Boy's Knee Suits, #3 00 grade,
bankrupt #1.50
B'»y!?' Koee Suits, #1.50 grade,
bankrupt 75c
Boy9' Knee Suits, #1.00 grade.
bankrupt 50c
B03S' Knee Pants, 30c class,
bankrupt 15c
Boys' Knee Pants, 75c class,
bankrupt 50c
Boys' 3 piece Suits, bankrupt
#2.50
Percale Shirts.
We bought 275 dozens of these
goods from a New York firm—
odds and ends. We paid #1200
for the lot. Some are 75c
grade, some are 80c grades,
some are #1.00 grades, some
are #1.25 grads. We give
choice of entire |lot 50c
120 Percaie Shirts, the 50c grade,
choice of lot 25c
Pants.
Men's #2.00 Pants, fire sale.#1.00
Men's #3.00 Pants, fire sale.#1.50
Men's #4.00 Pants, fire sale.#1.98
Men's 50c Pants, fire sale 25c
Men's #1.00 Pants, fire sale.. .50c
Skirts and Wraps.
All our #1.00 Black Capes 69c
#3.50 Black Capes, bankrupt price
#2.50
#5.00 Black Capes, bankrupt price
#3.50
#7.50 Black Capes, bankrupt price
#4.25
Ladies' Black Figured Skirts, #2
grade, take them at #1.29
Ladies' Black Figured Skirts,
#3.50 grade, bankrupt price
la the Ro«nd«.
Just try an ad today.
Mr*. Downard was tome better
yesterday.
Hear Miss Yaw at the opera
house tonight.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Lather
Bell, yesterday morning, a son.
The opera honse was heated last
night with its accustomed warmth.
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Peery is still very siek.
The Hemming Guards will not
attend the inauguration of Presi-
dent McKinley.
Ten bales of cotton, the prop-
erty of William Myers, sold on
the square yesterday for 6.35.
The Ladles' Guild will meet
with Mrs. W. F. Wise on Sonth
Lindsay street on Friday at 3
p. m.
Miss Yaw deserves a large at-
tendance tonight and the weather
permitting she will not be disap-
pointed.
Miss Mattie Walcott of Ard-
more was in the city yesterday.
She left on the evening train for
Wichita Falls.
The well being bored by the
Water Company is now over 700
feet deep. There is a steady flow
of water over the top of the pipe.
The grip, that friend of the rich
and poor alike, is still /abroad in
the city. Hundreds are afflicted
and there are several severe cases.
A freight train of fifty cars
pulled out of Gainesville yester-
day. The train was what is
called a "double header," having
two engines with but one crew.
Prices for the Yaw concert have
been placed at $1.50 for tbe
b^xes. #1.00 for the parquet, 75c
for dress circle, 75c for the first
three rows of the balcony and 50c
for remainder.
The business portion of Piano
was almost wiped out by fire yes-
terday morning. Nineteen houses
were destroyed. The loss foots
high up in the thousands bnt
everything was pretty well in-
sured.
The First National bank of No-
cona will go into voluntary liqui-
dation. It will be succeeled by a
private bank, tbe Bank of Noco-
na, with |Edward .Rines, Sr., as
president, and Edwaid Rines, Jr.,
as cashier.
F. J. Hall is out this morning
as a candidate for alderman from
the first ward. The people in
that ward should be glad to have
him to represent them in the
council and will no doubt elect
him. He will make a good al-
derman.
The piosperous condition of tbe
Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail-
way under its present manage-
ment is evidenced by the follow-
ing statement of gross earnings
for the past five calendar years:
1891, #9,406,153.08; 1892, 9,838,-
073.64; 1893, #10,502,588.39;
1895, #11,010 140.39; 1896, $11,-
746,239.67.
Rev. J. W. Hill yesterday re-
ceived notice from General Secre-
tary S. A. Steel that he had been
appointed by the Epworth League
board of the Southern Methodist
church to deliver an address be-
fore the world's conference of Ep-
worth Leaguers at Toronto, Can-
ada, next July. Rev. Hill has
written bis acceptance of the high
honors conferred upon him.
A bill soon to be introduced in
the senate at Austin will provide
for a session of the supreme court
continuing during the meeting of
the legislature to pass upon the
constitutionality of all laws enact
ed by the two brandies of the Mate
government, and thereby put a
stop to litigation tending to ar-
rive at the validity of all enact-
ments.
Tbe Vitascope, widely adver
tised as a fine entertainment, was
at the opera bouse last night. The
pictures as presented were very
nice with the exception of the last,
and that was abont as filthy and
disgusting as one could imagine.
It spoiled the evening's pleasure
and disgusted everybody. Aside
from the pictures the specialties
were Just such as used to be seen
here in Bill Garter's theater. The
show is a fake.
Watoh our special sale prices
next Saturday. The prices for
our special sale next Saturday
will astonish everybody. Noth-
ing but new goods will be plaoed
for oar Saturday's special.
Seldom, if ever, has a play re-
ceived such unanimous praise
from the press of tbe conntry as
has "Alabama." It has been the
subject of numerous editorial ar-
ticles in the leading papers of the
large cities, an honor accorded to
but few dramatic productions and
has created a furore wherever it
has been presented..
Officers Elected.
At tbe recent annual meeting of
tbe Merchants Electric Light and
Power Company the following offi-
cers were elected for the ensuing
year: Charles A. Zilker, presi-
dent; Edward J. O'Beirne, vice
president; William H. McGaw,
secretary and treasurer.
Tbe third annual report of tbe
company for the year ending Octo-
ber 31, 1896, which was submit-
ted is as follows:
Gross receipts $13,056.85
Operating expenses 9965.79
Net $ 3091.06
Interest on bonds 1500.00
Surplus $ 1591.06
It was decided to set aside from
the profits of tbe business annual-
ly an amount equal to 4 per cent
of the capital stock to create a
sinking fund tor tbe purpose of
purchasing and retiring the com-
pany's bonds.
The first annual report of this
company showed a loss of $655,
tbe second gave a gain of $1035.41.
The company are well satisfied
with the third report, especially
as 1896 was not a particularly
prosperous year in any line.
A beautiful line of cheviot suit-
ing, superior make, spring shades,
elegajt goods at S. Lapowski &
Bro's.
santa fe excursions.
$9.75 to Galveston and return
account of presentation of silver
service to battle ship "Texas"
and Siege of Alamo. Tickets on
sale February 18, good for return
up to February 22.
T. P. Fenelon,
Ticket Agent.
Rubber shoes for children,
misses, ladies and gentlemen, new
lot, came in yesterday—big as-
sortment, all prices.
S. Zachakias.
2 lb Pan Peas 60, 10 cans lieu, i ■■■■• ■
50c
3 lb Can Peaches 10c, 5 cans, ,50c
Washboards 15c, 2 for 25c
Good Broomr, 4 ply, 30 kind..10c
6 lbs best Starch 25c
1 big bottle Bluing 10c
1 qt. Bottle Ink 10c; 1 big cake
Toilet Soap 5c
Best Oats 8c, Arm and Hammer
Soda 5c
Ladies' Black Figured Skirts,
$3.50 and #4.50
Corsets.
Terry & Co.:
120 doz. Corsets, #1.00 and $1.T>0
grade3, bankrupt price 75c
The American Lady #1.50 Corset,
bankrupt price r..95c
One lot 200 Corsets, 75c and #1.00
grades, bankrupt price 50c
A line of ladies waists, beauful
colors, just received at S. Lapow-
ski & Bro's.
Attention, Firemen !
You are requested to attend a
called meeting of the department
this evening at 8 p. m. Business
of importance. By order of
Henry Frasher, Chief.
C. W. Sims, Sec'y.
February 12, 1897.
lear Tight
And Do Your Trading With
H. P. POTTS
Prepare
The Leading CASH House.
to Find Just What You
Went
AT LESS THAN YOU WOULD GLADLY PAY.
NEW GOODS, fresh and bright, are now daily received and we shall
strive in the future, as we have done in the past, to merit vour confidence by
strictly fair dealing, good goods and low prices.
WHITE GOODS.
This department shows an un-
usually large line of plain and
checked Nainsooks, Dimities and
Piques.
WASH GOODS.
All the newest designs, from
the cheapest printed Lawns to the
finest and daintiest of French Or-
gandies.
TOWELS.
The very best, and big and com-
fortable in size. No worse after a
number of visits to the laundry.
'
TABLE LINENS.
We keep the all linen kind—
that doesn't mean "except what's
cotton." We have tbe sort that
any prndent housekeeper will be
pleased to add to her linen closet.
SHOES.
Tbe best line in tbe city. Don't
take our word for, bnt come and
see and you'll agree with us. We
carry special strong line of school
shoes.
FURNISHINGS—CLOTHING.
We still continue onr great
slanghter sale on Clothing. The
goods in this department must be
moved, no matter at what sacri-
fiee prices.
We show manv eood values in Ladies' and Misses' Hosiery, Gloves, Hand-
kerchiefs, Embroideries; in fact, every department is full of eood and sea-
sonable bargains. Monev gladly refunded if trade is not satisfactory.
H. F. POTTS,
Leading Dry Goods, Shoe, Hat and Clothing House,
North Side Square, Gainesoil/e, Texas
Lake T rout
White Perch,
Salmon,
Sua Perch,
Sea Trout,
Red Fish,
Sheepshead,
Dressed Buffalo
Received by last night's
and this morning's trains.
Guaranteed
- - Fresh.
We call the attention of
all gourmands to the ex-
cellency of our lake trout.
Gainesville
Supply Go.
306 East California Straot.
Profits
* ^
No Longer a Consideration!
200 pairs Ladies' Fine Shoes, good value at $4 and
$5, reduced to
$2.95.
100 pairs Misses' Fine Shoes, good values at $2
and $2.50, broken sizes, to close,
Remember that we are always buying bankrupt stocks
and sample goods and that goods se'l in a hurry at the prices
we sell them. We are not REGULAR MERCHANTS and
don't pretend to keep regular stocks like regular merchants
do. When we advertise anything it is for quantities on hand
only. We se-1 them freely as long as they last. We limit
the quantity sometimes when we are limited in quantity our-
selves. We do that so everybody can get some of these ripe
and luscious plums.
C. L. MISTROT
THE CASH MERCHANT.
East Side Square. Gainesville, Texas.
ONE NIGHT ONLY.
MONDAY, FEB'Y. 15
Clement Bainbridge and His Metropolitan
Company Presenting
ALABAMA -
Augustus Thomas' Beautiful Home Story
of the South.
EYEIY LIRE I SEITI1EIT.
EYERY TYPE A CHARACTER.
OEIGIIAL SCEUC EFFECT*.
Alabama Quartette In Plantation Melodies.
There is hat one Alabama ami hat one company playing it.
Charley R. Johnson,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGeON.
RESIDENCE corner Grand av-
enae and Pecan streets. Tele-
phone No. 119—ring 3.
OFFICE over Racket Store.
Office hours 10 to Yl and 2 to 4.
Plan of Battle.
Fine days of war descriptive of
tbe social work of the Salvation
Army.
The following progra*n will i>
observed:
Drunkards, Sunday, February
"•!
Prisoners, Monday, February
IS.
Food and shelter, Tuesday, Feb
raary 16. #
Rescue, Wednesday, February
17.
Labor, Thursday, February 18.
Flteoda,. Friday, February 19.
Sinners, Saturday, February 20.
Slam, Sunday, February 21.
Closing by celebrating Wash-
ington'* birthday, making it a day
of joy (or the children, February
22. Everybody eoidially invited.
C \PT. AMD MRS. SINCLAIR.
$1.00
100
pairs Misses' Sehool Shoes,! good values at
$1.50 and $2, must be closed, price
$1.00
REPAIRING—We do it right. Try us.
Norton Shoe Store.
In Gainesville is fishing for
your trade, we among the rest.
We are trying to deserve your
trade by furnishing you with
good juicy meat at lower prices
than you can find elsewhere in
Gainesville.
We have Dressed Turkeys and Chickens, Spare Ribs
and Brains, Corn Beef. Mutton and Veal, Oysters, White
Fish, Salmon, Sun Perch, White Perch, Smelts, Red Fish
and Trout.
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117,'East California Street.
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