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I % ' , I FOR BABY. FOR FATHER. I?> I I ftnifo <?9fi tn $25 I A pair of our Ward ckil- Overcoats"".:: $20 to $sE m dren's shoes, assorted col- Smith Briscoe Kanga0rS $1.50 to $2.50 roo flexible sole shoes $9 P Sweaters.. ~ 75c to $1.50 Racine shoes $7.50 to $8 i Outing seeping gar- E. & "W Shirts $2 to $6 K'*:: ments 50g E. Collars 25c, 30c f _ . . Neckties 50c, $1.50 Trueshape hosiery, Truesliape socks 40, 85c fel 35c to 50c Bats-.: $2to$9.00 H. C. FOLK Rft~. ^ . . - ! RPQTnwiMfi RIPTO iM crrorM .. t waen Christmas tomes " ? Practice of Putting Out Shoes and When Christmas comes, I never mind the j Stockings Resulted From Plan ' "1 I like to get up prompt an* go to school, ' ?* Nicholas* An* do my sums, ^ 'I'--; An* clean the walks 'thout waltin' to be Christmas stockings have come t Vv' ' like sleddln' better, as a rule, down tb us from the good St" Nlcholas- a Or bufldin' forte- But nothin' ain't so' who was a sailit of t&e fourth century j &r ' bad., of the Christian era and was horn De- 81 men Christmas comes. cember 6, 342, in Lycia, Asia Minor. \ ^ When Christmas comes, Fd just as 11 el Ho was regarded as especially the pa*1 give half . * itron saint of children, young girls and '.--'V My cooky to the baby, an' take care igailors. The Christmas stocking cus?v f / About the crumbs. , _ . ? I th jf*. - Xfs fun to make the little fellow laugh, *om arose as follows. i k - An' I don't mind his taggin' ev'rywhere.! It seems that St Nicholas, who was fl I 5S?,^a' uttIel rm not mad the archbishop of Myra, lived in the m F When Christmas comes. , f,. , , , . same town with an impoverished no* When Christmas conn*, I don't forget to bleman who, because he had no por* . gt7e . , _ tions to give his daughters and, in* _' My shoes a wipe, an' scrub my ears a - - ... * deed, no means with which to support j . Till my head hums. them, was about to sell them into a; w Axf mother says, "That boy's too good to; me of sin. St. Nicholas, who was ae-! But rm not 'frald of dyln'. 'cause Ta customed to dispense his large for-| _ not ;tune in gifts of charity, resolved to res-; No different from always?only glad 'cne the yonng women. As he ap> men Cb3SteS WUtoms Burton. iProached their house- wondering how ^ 'he should proceed,,the moon shone out q I. :and displayed an open window. In*; to fc- Thp? nro ?nma " tivc! :stantly St Nicholas threw a purse of. f v. - . f , T7hlrh' ofppH: in at ^his window Which, falling th< * ' ?5 lat the feet of the fathef of the girls, i a single family; others, like national .. _ .. , .. z7 . th( hotkeys, embrace the nation; and :eiaWed Um t0 portl<>11 h'f ?efsS .nmo .. -.daughter. The second time St Nlch-; ~ some there are which girdle the en- * ? ...... . , . ., Th , tire globe. But Christmas Day lifts olas visited the house he also was able; ^ y . at one leap a line of connection be- t0 ***?" ? Pu"e of 8?i" ,thro"gh ah tween earth and heaven. If there be VV1UUUW' ^iUVlulus iU1 nf one day on earth on which above an- P01^011 of.the second daughter. On, of other the gates of heaven are more '^?e tilird visit tiie *; widely opened, it is the day when joy- I*"9 benefactor, cast himself at the feet ./ bells ring in memory of the birth the saint and cried: I of the Babe of Bethlehem. This is the "Oh, St Nicholas, servant of God, j day of the Christmas bells!?Bishop :wky seek *? ^de thyself?" j JJ. Vincent j The saint made the father promise j I not to reveal his benefactions. From No Apology Needed. [this habit of bestowing gifts in secret * 0 Never apologize for a Christmas and under the cloak of night arose the; R ? gift. Never say it is cheaper than practice of putting out shoes or stock-; what you would have liked to give, ^ for the younger members of the; ? or not as pretty as you thought it, or, family so that the good saint would be anything of the sort. A Christmas gift, able to fill them without being spied ^ is supposed to be an expression of, on- ma good will. If there is kindness enough ' ^ back of the giving, no apology is nec- STAR-BEAMS. : of essary. j us while the stars of Christmas shiofl^ dre . Lighting the skies, . ' only loving looks tha L* Beam from your eyes. hin While the bells of Christmas ring, *c= Joyous and clear, m Speak only happy words, i m Jj J & All mirth and cheer. I c\ a rx I Give only loving gifts, i II V<S>y nA J I !l And in love take; s M JpVA 1 Vf 7 Gladden the poor and sad, M \J \ It fi> m For love's dear sake. 7 X' It V V ?Phirnpn Pptlv J Jly "Those pretty girls who stand beceath the mistletoe pretend they don't ; know where they are." ltt= >*m m? ? "Umph!'" replied the heartless cynic. Automobile batteries recharged by "^They'd know in a jiffy if some fellow E Delco-Light at Brickie's Garage, adv. * ftipufi with a harelip." , low ' -i _ |Sgim COME TO OUR STOR: S4? riff WILL SH0 w Y0U AN AB Sm^m THINGS FOR EVERY MI YOU NEED. M OUR STYLES ARE Ri WSSjiM Im VOLUME OF BUSINESS; sS m\wl C0MEAGAINANI)AGA iJ M W]3 SELL 0UR G00DS F y . M KINDLY COME IN 1 JtH i WILL moee tim S FOR CHRISTMA FOR MOTHER. FOR SISTER. \ A pail* of good, comfort- C. P. Ford shoes in all able shoes $3.50 to $6 , , Y Y colors and styles, Waists $3.50 to $6 $5.00 to $10 Trueshape hosiery, Trueshape silk hosier}', 40c, 75c -i c. 1 all colors, from Silk Hose .. $1.25 to $2 $1.25 to $2.00 COMPANY, R BiyiiiiiTTrwiiirrTFrTriTinBfMgnTiiia iii i i mssnsam Ti"Tnr?Tirr,iitiir'ii^i"if rinTiiTTWTmn*nir7n IOST RADIANT OF ALL DAYS ?AKE IT A MERRY CHRISTMAS , i ??? a a. TTTTZ . * _x u - Cause Others to Be Happy and Feel hens Are None Whose Ught Has Eves j of Saerifiee_AI, in the Shone So Far as the Light Front F|anks. of Christmas. Of an the radiant days of the year It comes and every yeat ,ere are none whose llght has ever loye and r we haven,( ione so far as the light of Christ- .. _._u. * .. . , , ^ f , made the spirit of it last all through as. For nearly two thousand years ., ,,77 . . ... .. the year, writes Margaret Mott Gorhas shone with a light that could r>' JL + v,OTTA +v? . , ? .. , , don. Perhaps we do not have the >ver be quenched, and It shines today, we rene and fahr and,steadfast, even Ume? And why ls it that at Christmas ough it may be dimmed by the dark- ?* ? ... , , - - . / we all take time to do the many fittag clouds of man-made human con, fle mongbtm airigs ^ we have ct, says an ex < been postponing for months and For a thousand years before the montjjS^ iristian era the Hebrews were look- ^ . x_ , g forward to the light of Christmas. , ?* the *e se+em * foi*et r^TT is that the more we give to others the ley saw the golden age before them , , len the Christ should come, and their m(*e we *ave ourselves, and the more pectation of a Messiah lighted np we have tte capacity for giving It is ? a j a wonderful thought and one that we e manger at Bethlehem. And then . . ., , ,,, ? , came; and since then the whole should carry around with us all the >rld has been looking both backward For w? alwaya feel s? tingUng d forward to the light of Christmas. *fd *yous wbea we fve made a sa^ , , riflce or see that we have really made Other days we have that are dear A. ?nnM,nl. *onnrr the human heart, but Christmas is ? unusually happy. little dearer than all other days to ? ayear for m03t?f ns dK 3 heart of grown-up men and women, ferent than aay w? have yet hJ^ bed infinitely dearer to the hearts of <*nae' eve? *e are not a" aC" i chUdren. The Ught of Christmss ,tnally ?n tbe flriag"ne'we are tteref ines for them all the year round. !\ouf hearts and the ey hark back to the. joys of the bat 8!Te.us ? 3tfuf exatant fee"Dg ristmas that is past, and they are J? be ln tbe ,front ranks> marcUn? vays looking forward to the light b ' . .. . the Christmas that is to come. a11-that what tbe ^,,otmoe . n - . .. of Christmas is. During the Yuletide h,i .e h J L ? , f we are aU in the front ranks and trimanity, but it belongs essentiaUy i:o . . ? ?? ? > children. You remember thai; ; * i ? w 7* x* tl' rx t- r " n f OTCh'is the klngdom^of^Heaven" loveS and therefore s n'es' which nn" * .W ?vg K?i , derstands and therefore sacrifices, is d that was because a child is so ._ , . .. . . T, . .. ^ . . . , , . the true spirit of Christmas. It is the h in faith and hope and expect!- thrill of life It Is the greatest as. And becanse of this faith and _ ? . _ . ,. ,. .... . and most far-reaching emotion in the ?e and expectation the children a:rf _ .. . .. . i ? ^ ... ^ nyma . , 1 world, and just to know that we are ays looking forward to Christmas ( it tag its light and anticipating t 8b0uM come only once a- year, would 8. And so, whatever else we do, let _ ... .. / ,. A . . /' i^j. i xv t-tJ a. ? i. show 1hat there is the right spirit withmake the children happy on Christ- i . . ... ? T . . . .. ' . . . in us, and with a little cultivation we s. Let us help them to understand . ' . .. . . .. +>ia ? j xx. . ,, ? . . might make it last all through the meaning and the spirit of this day ? loving and giving, and as far a9 iq " ' lies, let us all become as little ehih ! n on Christmas day, remembering : If We Give Ourselves, t he who gave us the Christmas,' Christmas is not a day or a sea* lself had the heart of a little child, j son, but a condition of heart and . ; mind. If we love our neighbors ad ' ^ ourselves; if in our riches we are Rise, happy morn! Rise, Poor in spirit and in our poverty we holy mornf ^ rich iri if our charity Draw forth the cheerful nte,th ?ot >tseIf' bu' 6>fereth,and i,. Is kind; if when our brother asks a r\ t? ?? + wl* 4. loaf we S*ve ourselves instead; if 3 H6 r C 63 eac!l day dawns iD opportunity and -a3? light gef.s jn achievement however small; The light that shone when then every day is Christ's day and hope was born! Christmas is always near. ?Tennyson. j ? J- Day of All ftays. Merry Christmas! may It find yon ^ m Gay with all the bent of cheer; 5ig line of underwear; away be- come your way to remind you , x 0 tt, a Of the time of all tha year, market. Rentz & Felder.?adv. --- - ' 4.- ' - . E AND YOU WILL ALSO KNOW WHEEE TO BUY. WE IAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL LINE OF CHRISTMAS 2MBER OF YOUR HOME AND ALSO USEFUL THINGS J IGHT AND OUR QUALITY HIGH; BUT TO DO A BIG TO MAKE CUSTOMERS HAPPY AND HAVE THEM IN, AND MAKE OUR STORE THEIR STORE FOR LIFE OR A LOW PRICE. 'HIS WEEK TO DO YOUR CHRISTMAS BUYING. WE T1 TA TTT A Tm AIT TTATT xi vyj??? un iuu, S PRESENTS I FOR BROTHER FOR FRIENDS. Suits $5 to $15. \ Overcoats .... $5 to $35 Blankets. E. & W. shirts $2 to $6 Guilts. E. & W. soft collars 20c to 30c Spreads. Latest styles and colors Sweaters. in hats $3 fSO t.n -r-r - ? --- --- ?- f? ? f- underwear for all tiie Shoes, latest styles and family colors ' $8 to 9 c *' Trueshape silk socks 85c Heavy socks, etc.amberg, S. C. * i IBflHUBHHHranBHHBHBni I For Seasonable Gifts I For Xmas I qH See Our Line of H JI Ties, Mufflers, Handkerchiefs Silk I H 11 Shirts, Hosiery; Etc. I ^1 tm I Also a good stock of Clothing, I Shoes, Hats, Underwear, La- H dies and Children's Coats I , 9 in*. SI and suits at rnces gg I That Will Please I IW. D. RHOAD I I BAMBERG, S. C. I n $ * ' ' >' Vr V