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J CHANDLER CLOTHIN COMANY ANNOUNCE THEIR Semi-Annual Clearance Sale! All Clothing and Overcoats 33,1-3 Per Cent Off. MEN'S BOY'S. .--$27.50 Suits and Overcoats - - - -$17.34 $13.50 Suits and Overcoats $9.00 25.00 Suits and Overcoats 16.67 12. Suits and Overcoats 8 22.50 Suits and lovercoats ------------15.00 10. Suits and Overcoats 6.66 18.00 Suits and Overcoats -------12.00 8. Suits and Overcoats-5.34 15.~00 Suits and Overcoats 10.00 7.50 Suits and Overcoats-5. 10200 Suits and Overcoats -------------8.00 6. Suits and Overcoats7.50 Sus 4. A Large and Handsome Assortment of Xmas Goods at Reasonable Prices. Telephone 166, - - - "THE HOME OF GOOD CLOTHES." - - - Sumter, S C those -members of council who ity,- express the individual views salb uddb u w RRUE R O BET favored a continuance of* the and convictions of each and ev oresent system;,and we assume ery member thereof, the mayor ti atr uta rsnw PPdior that we 'can afford to be as fi-ank incl'uded. We- would hate tocofswdn'felovryadteedrsoraeeedu Cut shout the matter as they have think that.muhlk blwn th bgeatacfrneatSrabrgK 9 been, These were: We believe, on the contrary, adbaigtedu o nMna gedt oktgte-bc Pit-The. city . of Augusta that practically every memberaryo norgtus taitorethlgsaaetoubtms; .,VnMneed, an cannot afford to do ofconil, deep down in histocmouofisrecs-nthqetonfSaewdep- np -YWDED without the money (approx heart, does not fail to recognizelesofcueombddas uniately $100,000 per annum) the fact that the people who pe-u ocrytefgto l yhbiint pca lcin ei that is, now'derived from the titioned for law enforcement inouslewtJstafwmrfomhiwesuetatheb i sale of saloon licenses. this comunity-well, even for woae' fa osa pt eiltr i o se oi dg 'edChronicle Is Second-That'there can be no better* enforcement of te law, so nc rhbto a.I sSm wSikide prohibition middle ground between absolute if there be those' who wish to iithis S4a to pre prohibition of all intoxicating stickle on this point-really rep heverages, beer -Included, and resented the best interests of M NEET ATCTO LNE)lwcnb u truha h oe 'te gusr 6 omth e open,6 officially recognized the community in this matter, I kaoangtrdr aecmn eso uta aya a ovih ie oNrhsale of any and all intoxicants; and that they were actirg bothbenawoktfrcth hldreeedumppsioadwegi3 buy fliir. The in- in other words, that by reducing unselfishly and patriotically i bes g ftht if the North the license to $50 and permit- undertaking this movement; in rwas closed ting the sale of beer, the city fact, we believe that. a majority .would lose-if the number of of the members of council would teps e asffyo hsta ftelgsauetksd-tev b mol eefre nlicenses were restricted to fifty themselves, like to see the lawlaeseemnhvebn r A ctoiwl'ovaetewsa pgA The whole State Of '-about 17 5,000 annual revenue, enforced in Augusta. We would rse.I sufruaeide eest fslre e og ew opelvtrating under pro- and that whisky and other like hate to think otherwise. ses and Wet it Is a no,- intoxicants would be sold, just And now, what are we going - -- the same. to do about it? Do you want toexrm mesrsaersre foacuetatwlhven ri-iui 1ht *ate prmnciPal While we can not agree with know? listen: ionAystdtofprea 4.t ~ at Ihe -a -s -g- either of these views; certainly When enough representative,gldtsaifrero thsiic itryanelzew tnvi ndlqoris notonly sold not to the extent of thinking responsible people want the sale inoflwess.Thlgs-terutofheeeedmwlla S -Wt*thecities license it they are not far outweighed by of whisky and all other -intoxi b odWe takre from thje Au- other and more vital considera- cants in violation of law stopped CrnceoSudyations;Lwe can, nevertheless, re- in Augusta- eatdacto cegeatwt l fpoiiinraieteti 2 *I~h cognize them as carrying very And are not afraid to comea iwofingaplctomeusesesofrygto in tisti editria whch barsdi-great weight with, at least, four right -u nteoe n a o nthit matter, and Proves classes of people, to wit: as a large number of their citi-edrmistob aean eiu efreceta -veythat the dispensary Firt. city councilmen and city zens have already done, and- sea n ae ohv asdprasi n rtocutemn, a hhe ddeied 'Chronicle officials who feel very deeply And willing to go down into -Viof has ver little ef- the city~s present financial their pockets to make up any eynesloss of revenue that the citymehd eplydb otran evni beosmtoo iur Second, landlords who rent might sustain thereby; or aresttstaaruinvolce whhrteopstonanep elyacrss. the- river, and property to saloon-keepers and willing to see some of the pres Soromes conclusively that those dependent upon the saloon ent heavy expenses of the city -p on laws in Georgia traffic. cutild and-TAD TTEMN --Third, many business men and Are willing to forego a little t nrdc ilt eelteto Jn the communities taxpayers; the former unwilling revenue from rents for a time-cotnargeedtinAt SuhCrlnamtwhasdlwa hepopulation is not in to see conditions disturbed at as, at least, tvo good women bti a eolcinsre'u osi h et fSntrP no thVith them. The Au- such an "inopportune" time, propertyholders in Augusta e.H a hriee favors -the en- and the latter unwilling to stand have done, rather than rentcortlM.Bywaamn pi w of- the law, but it even a slight mncrease in the tax their property for saloon pur- t rate, in order to make up for any poses t.hat the authorites are deficiency that might be created They will get law enforcement rpeet ag otnmlo h iac omteadvt sdipsdbutoheco-by the loss in revenue from the in Augrusta; complete eradica-conyadllfth ers-peietpoenofheSaelci 1iecouncil wants the rev- saloon traffic, tion of the liquor traffic in open, enwue Aerved from the trafflic. Fourth, the saloon men, them- flagrn viltonoea, nti R is what The Chronicle selves, and all of their friends otherwise good old city-and notalprostnswiheddtoce peddjug n. qet pmteffiv says:and. associates and employees before.brnreifortainnywyokadepneesin llm-ev, rypiedysy:who, openly and frankly, want So let's don't try to vent our myhv fetdtetic LTh qe Chronicle. would not be to see the liquor traffic contin- wrath. orl easeets our ownb con-h withthepublc i it id ed in Augusta, law or no law. science, by merely abusing coun jofes tslfdiapoite, Of course, there were many cil for its refuasal to act-as mis-Sea nsrpieathacinother "reasons," such, for in- taken as is its position in thestp eaeiisrcgzdcotoutohsflw. 'he city council of Augusta, stance, as the North Augrusta premises-but let's just walk ta nte alIco fcto o adnwstesu fhn r n rdy night, in the matter dispensary; the "3fiaw" in the right up and face our own regrwthcoigyawllnyyes fxnthsaonlcneadState prohibition law; the short sponsibility for the situation andadtohebrnnwupns.dleI F-slotin regulations in Augusta time given the men engaged in the continuance thereof. There -or next year- the business for any' proposed is a divided responsibility in this a It had" been, generally under- change, etc; but, on the whole, matter; and there is no escape Intitrngim whnheoinhesaeheasfmbu oi stofor some days past, that we think the four arguments, as from it for those people who are pol r tiigt xrct idadcnieae i rn-wr would refuse to interfere above set forth, express the con- either afraid or unwilling to eswsoefhiadrbl the present status of the trolling influences that have speak out against it, or who are ta busmness in Augusta; for caused Augusta to go on record, unwilling to make some personaltepoednsh rwe i-rdal members of council onc more, as being wtiain toer or comuit "sacrifie"-ifi