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«> ♦ 1 IT W \\ I r 4> VOL. «8 LEXINUTON, HOLMES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TllUltSlJAY. JI NK 15, 1905. NUMBER 12 NEVER SINCE LEXINGTON First Saw the Light of Day We still sell King's Thread, not made by the trust, for Women's Hose, worth 12 1*2 cents to 15 cents for 8c 3 and 4: Valen:in:s Laces yard .... pr lc 50 and 75 cents Shirt Waists go at I4C Were there so many shoppers out shopping as were here last Saturday and so far this week trying to get into OUR STORE 15 and 18c Huck Towels go at !. 9c Bed Spreads at the Price of sheets elsewhere. I T IS simply push and jam and all in a good naiured way. People enjoy going into a live store. No Coat's Best Thread goes in this Sale 7 Spools for /^\ur name is back of each and every article and any ^ thing you get, not just as represented can be re turned and the money will be refunded as cheerfully taken. It is the greatest work of our life to unload this big stock. It is cannon balls to the other fellows, but sunshine for the people. This is strictly a bonafide loading sale. We are storming the forts: we are forging to the front getting rid of the goods. They are being dumped out by the wagon loads. McCain don't keep that ablaze with bargains. dead timber down here, kind. The whole house was The people never saw the like and never dreamed of it before; they didn't know what it was to buy goods at wholesale prices and less, but they are fast finding out now, and throughout the entire house every available space is filled with the best that money can buy. as 25c Ladies' $1,00 and $1.25 Shoes go in this Sale, pair un 69c YOUR DOLLARS WILL DO WONDERS HERE DURING -THIS MAMMOTH SALE - The whole house, the whole city, the whole surrounding country is awi'ce to the situation, and if yo i haven't been here, you certainly will be here. Teams, wagons, buggies, horses, men afoot, on horse back , whole families are coming, and the varnished cars bring their share of people and we would liki to know the road open which the people are not headed this way. We want to talk to you a little^bit about some merchandise that we are selling so ridiculously cheap people are coming a distance of ifty miles around to buy, for instarce that lot of Men's $5.00 and $6.00 Suits at $2.98—Those chil dren's Handkerchiefs two for a penny that will cost youa nickle in any war pri:e store on earth. 29c for Men's Sunday go to meeting Shirts that war price merchants get 50c to 75c for. Two papers Pins for 1c, Needles, good ones too, 1c paper. Boy's Pants go at 14c, worth a quarter more. Who ever heard t':e like? Nerve is what it takes to sell goods at these prices and McCain has got it, for he is determined to unload this stock in 30 days. Remember Ladies, Pri&s cut and slashed so in our Dress Goods Department a half dozen sales people were unabie to wait upon the crowds in this department alone. 6 and 7c Wash Goods go at 3 l-2c. Beautiful 25c White Goods go in this sale at 17 1-2 and 18c. Don't delay but come quick and get some of the good things out of this department before they are all gone. It Was Simply a Real Shaking Up oî The Whole City Two Suits of Clothes for about the price of ment but McCain can deliver the goods. Men's, Youth's or Boy's kind, it makes no difference. Come and see for yourself. One lot Men's Shoes war price mer-^ . . n chants get $2.1)0 to $2.25 go at $ I i4o One lot Men's Suits war price mer- ^ chants get $8.00 to $9.00 go at $ 5 ■ 7 O One lot men's Hats, war price mer- ^ chants get $2.00 to $2.25 go at $ | ,4o one—a broad state One lot Ladies Skirts war priced mer- rt — chants get $1.50 to $1.75,yours at O wC One lot 50 and 75c silks, all dumped into ^ - this sale at the ridiculously low price of 2 9C Over 50 styles in this season's dainty wash Dimities, Lawns, Batiste etc., 15 and 18c values, sale price yard 9c McCain is behind the big guns shooting to kill, but shooting so that the farmer and working man can get a little of the good tilings of this world. [ we cant help that: we are bound to unload. We have some lace curtains, bed Spreads and table Linen, that if your eyes saw them you would certainly buy. elsewhere and table linen cost but little moie than oil cloth anywhere else. Here 9c in notions will do the work of 15c elsewhere. Coat's Famous Thread will be sold at seven spools for a 5 c while Pins here you will buy them at two papers for one cent; and tho ç e famous Hooks and Eyes, war priced merchants got ç c a card for, will be, while this sale lasts, TWO CARDS FOR ONE CENT. Did you ever hear the like? While Pearl Buttons you pay these would be merchants, çc and iOc a dozen here go toall the people, rich and poor alike, THREE CENTS A DOZEN. Handkerchiefs tor children as well as the ladies' will be TWO FOR ONE 'CENT: some at 2 c, 3c, 4c, 5c, 6 c, 7 c, 8 c, 9c, 1 lc, 12 c, 14c, 1 7c, i9c, worth 20 to 50 per cent more in any other store in fifty miles of here. Come get 'em. We are storming the forts. The sale is on. It is un paralleled within the walls of this city and it comes as a God-send to all the people and not the favored few and from now It has got the other fellow to howling, but Bed spreads at about the price of sheets UNTIL JULY 8th, we are going to make the welkin ring and rebound to the good of working man and farmer, such as was never seen in this part of the state before. All we can say to you is, load up: bring the whole family, come and make our store your home and we wall show you how nice we will treat you in our plain old-fashioned w'ay. Remember, Ibis Rig Sale is For 30 Rays and Closes July 8th, 1905. Remember, there isnot a single item in the sture but what's marked down. This sale is real and so plain that you can see the big price cutting on every article. Every day we bring out nd plenty of them. When in the store ask to see those Men's Shirts at 49c worth 75c: that lot Underwear at 22c worth loc: those Boys Suits at $ 1.98 worth $3.00. new' WE BID YOU WELCOME A full bin of Boy's 25c wash Pants at __ „ Barrels of Ribbons, per yard r 3, 4 and....5c 14c A^VVWVVVVV l VWV l WV<> WATT McCAIN, LEXINGTON, MISS. Great stacks of Ladies' 15 and 18c Vests at Barrels of Embroidery Rem nants per yard, 5, 7 and 8c 9c Big counter of Tinware and Hardware worth 15 to 25-* your pick 5 and. The Ceiling literally covered q with Hosiery per pair 5, 8 and ' C JOc