People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1897 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Ladies fleece lined seamless, fast black hose, at 10c 25doz. Ladies fine all wool seamless cashmere hose, 35c grade, at. ..18c 10 doz. Gents all silk Teck scarfs, at. ..23c 25 doz. Gents heavy under shirts and drawers, 35c value, at 25c 25 doz. Gents fine heavy shirts and drawers, white, gray or jersey ribbed, 65c grade, at 43c Sweaters. Full" line of men’s and boy’s, from Men’s overs for felts at lowest prices ever quoted anywhere. 100 pair Ladies fine shoes, French Kid, hand turned. These shoes were worth $3, $4, $5 a pair, all go in at sl-50 a pair These shoes and the gents Teck scarfs at 25c we accept from our regular discount sale.

W. J. Bryan’s lecture at Atlanta was a most unqualified success, but at its close he refused to accept the SIO,OOO check that would have bound him to. deliver the entire series of lectures. He has as yet not fully stated his plans. The New York Journal, one of the most independent papers in the east, recently published a number of interviews with leading business men, in regard to the present status of business. Reports were made from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Memphis, San Antonio, Denver, Kansas City and San Francisco. The most hopeful reports were from the west and south where a very slight improvement was noted. Eastern men state that the depression has become more marked during the last month.