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I *TPHERE was a pattering of ? j
S1 feet through the hall and a ?
| | small spot of light approached g
] I1 the big fireplace. A long and ?
is! bulbous stocking was clasped to g
jS: a beating heart and an eager g
i | little face was half revealed as ?
it turned bedward again in the g
i ? faint glimmer. Then a sudden ?
j | darkness overwhelmed the small g
the floor, peeped up through her
fingers, without effect. Finally, remarking
in an aside, "Wouldn't she
wear you out?" the child was about
to give up, when she was encouraged
by the beginning of a smile that
seemed to promise to spread all over
Mrs. Begone's countenance. This
hint of success was reflected in a
broader smile upon the child's face
that in turn found registry upon the
face of the other and certified that
the battle was won.
It was a costly smile for Mrs. Begone;
six very empty stockings asked
for contributions the next evening,
but I dare say that she was happier in
filling them than she would have been
if her deafness had not been cured.
She was even happier than the children,
and that is saying a good deal.
She was so happy that she changed
an old saying in her mind and, instead
of "True happiness* if understood,
consists alone in being good,"
she made it "True happiness, if understood,
consists alone In doing good."
be very dear in two ears, n was
difficult to make her hear anything
that she didn't want to hear. There
wasn't much chance for persuasive
argument. She could be as deaf as an
adder, when she had concluded not to
be a multiplier.
Nevertheless, Susy did not despair;
choosing a favorable after dinner time,
she advanced to the attack with a
well prepared Christmas appeal which
was flavored with anticipations.
But as soon as the old lady heard
the word "Christmas?' she became
wholly unable to hear more. Susy continued
from behind her back, got
down on her knees, neered up from
? pilgrim, ana, as sue iuai ucr waj ^
g and bumped Into a chair, the ? j
? stuffed Christmas stocking fell ?
g to the floor with a bang. The ?
ig wail that followed brought ?;
] j* father down stairs in a hurry ? j
j | and comfort to the lost traveler. Jf j
j j* "What is the matter, baby, what ? ;
jg are you doing here?" said the ?,
i| rescuer, "The 'lectricity fell g
!t out," was the tearful answer. ?
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(?, 1922, Western Newspaper Union.)
MRS. BEGONE was not giving: anything
that Christmas. The announcement
of her limited purposes
had sent a chill through the house
that froze the hopes of several young
people. A shower of one-cent cards,
registering good wishes that were
rather cheap, had gone out. The bag
of candy for the eager, but insincere,
well-wishers that ring Christmas bells
year by year had not been provided.
The outlook was not promising.
Besides, Mrs. Begone was very deaf
in one ear and could, upon occasion,
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Human Nature j
vs. the
Christmas Spirit
By Mary Graham Bonner
(?, 1922, Western Newsptper Union.)
TX7E WERE full of the Christmas
* * spirit. We were going to be more
kindly, more charitable, more friendly
with the whole world. The Christmas
spirit had penetrated. We could feel
its warm glow. And so?after a glorious
Christmas in the old homestead?
we were on our way back to the city
where lately our work had taken us.
The travel was heavy, of course,
and we found ourselves waiting at
the end of a. long line to get into the
dining car. We waited for an hour by
our watches. We were exhausted from
having stood and from annoyance at
the slowness of others and because we
were very hungry.
Finally the line grew shorter. Soon
onr turns would come. But it seemed
not. For those who had gone into the
dining car at last to eat took time
about it even though their absence
made the waiting line a shorter one.
At last we were at the head of the
line. It had been a long process to
work up to this point and we smiled
at one another.
[! "Only a moment now and well be
eating," we fairly beamed the words,
j But again it seemed not so. For
those at the tables were eating and
eating and eating. They would never
| finish, it appeared. When they approached
the end of their meal and we
almost bounded to the nearly-vacant
table we discovered they were taking
their time over their coffee.
"How selfish people are," we said to
each other. "How much they lack the
unselfish Christmas spirit It means
nothing to them I They know there is
a great line waiting and they don't
hurry in the least. Why, Just think of
the length of time we've waited and
there are more to follow us. And yet
those people can be as leisurely as
though they were in their own homes.
It's outrageous, simply outrageous,
how utterly selfish people are.
And you would think at this time of
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thoughtful."
And to onr exhaustion was added
the sorrow we felt in the thoughtlessness
of human nature.
And then?the head waiter summoned
us to a table. Two persons had
at last arisen and at last our turns
had actually come!
We sat back and luxurious^ perused
the menu. Well, we were hungry. We'd
have a good meal!
And we began to order.
"And I'm just going to take my
time about it, too," I said. "Just because
people stand there and glare at
us, as though we almost had no right
to be eating our meal, isn't going to
make me hurry."
"I should say not," said my companion.
"We'll take all the time in the
world in spite of their ugly looks!"
It was some time later that we re
membered the Christmas spirit we had
been so full of before!
"Human nature vs. Christmas spir1
it," we said sadly to each other.
Dead Broke.
"Are you going to hang up youi
stockings this Christmas?"
"I am more likely to hang up mj
watch."
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APair of Stockings
By Christopher G. Hixsrd
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(?, 1922, Western Newspaper Union.)
BUDDY SMITH had three ideas
about his stockings?they were
i full of feet, full of holes, and they
I hA full of presents. It was with
regard to the third idea that he was
paying attention to the second. Willing
to go barefoot under the circumstances,
he was tieing up the holes in
his best stocking, with a view to the
Christmas possibilities. His sister,
Agnes, had already hung up a much
longer stocking, with a note attached
In which she informed all who might
be concerned that this one was hers.
But Agnes, like the monkey that used
a rabbit for a muff and kept himself
warm by hugging it, was a little selfish.
Not only had she hung up one of;
her mother's stockings, but she had got!
an advantage over Buddy in the matter
of the chocolate cake in the cupboard,
for there were holes all round
It the size of her little finger.
So it was that on Christmas morning
the shorter stocking had the most
In It.
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(?, 1922, Western Newspaper Union.)
?TX7ELL, I'll be getting lots of
* * presents soon," he said. He
: had just met some pleasant new
friends.
i "Yes," he continued, "Christmas is a
! good time for me. You see I'm popuI
lar with wives. I get notes from hun|
dreds of them; there are any number
who write to me, and when Christmas
comes they knit ties for me or buy a
handsome silk handkerchief or two, or
i a fine muffler?a little thought of me
at any rate. And I've never been in
a divorce case yet," he ended.
"You must be a diplomat or luckier
than you deserve," someone remarked.
"Neither," he answered. "I'm a milkman
and a milkman's Christmas is apt
to be full of cheer and the good-hearted
wishes of the ladies 1"
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UOR many years, in good weather
^ or bad, day after day, he had followed
his chosen job faithfully and
welL He had carried many, many
Christmas presents in his day, too.
This year one of the families he had
| served so regularly prepared a Christmas
box for him and for his wife and
1 for his children.
i "It is the first Christmas box I ever
received from one of my families," he
! said. "Wasn't it thoughtful of them
. to have remembered their mail carrier?"
| But the people were saying, "To
think that we haven't done something
of this sort every year. The mail carrier
does so much for us and we, at
; times, almost seem to forget he's even
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YOU must believe in Santa Claus
If in neglect you would not p&OM
And see the holidays drift by
And bring you nothing but a sigh.
He may not greet you if you wait
1 In idleness and selfish state
For him upon his way to start
To grant the wishes of your heart
For he his ways makes known to matt
i By means that are beyond our Ken,
And as his Journeying vast is made
He uses many a masquerade.
So If a scarcity you fear
In the supply of Christmas cheer*
Just hustle like a willing elf,
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NOTICE OP MASTER'S SALE.
Pursuant to a decree of the Court
in the case of J. W. Stokes vs. H. C.
Crum, et al., the undersigned, as Master
for Bamberg County, will sell at
puhl'ic auction to the highest bidder,
at the Court House, Bamberg, S. C.,
on the first iMonday in January, 1923,
between the legal hours of sale on
said day, the following described
lands:
"All of that certain tract of land
situate in the County of Bamberg,
State of South Carolina, containing
two hundred, seventy-four and onehalf
(274 1-2) acres being the same
more or less, and being bounded on
the north by right of way of the
Southern Railway Company and
lands of E. N. Brodie; east by lands
of J. H. Hadwin, E. N. Brodie, and
Willie Bessinger; south by lands of
R. J, Hightower; and west by lands
of E. C. Hays; said tract of land being
the same formerly owned by W.
Af Rrnhham nnrl hv him pfinvpvpd to
H. C. Crum and A. P. Guess, less
forty-eight (48) acres sold 'by said
H. C. Crum and A. P. Guess to E. N.
Brodie."
Terms of sale, cash; purchaser to
pay for papers and revenue stamps.
J. J. BRABHAM, JR.,
Master for Bamberg County.
December 11, 1922.
NOTICE OF MASTER'S SALE.
Pursuant to a decree of the Court
in the case of Mrs. Laura F. Roberts,
Executrix vs. R. C. Roberts, et al.,
the undersigned, as .Master for Bamberg
County, will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder, at the
Court House, Bamberg, S. C., on the
first Monday in January, 1923, between
the legal hours of sale on said
day, the following described lands:
"That certain lot of land, with
buildings thereon, situate in the
Town of Ehrhardt, County and State
aforesaid, fronting on Broadway
Street, and extending along said
btreet from lot of J. F. Chassereau to
ditch which separates said lot from
other lot of the said J. H. Roberts,
and having a depth of two hundred
and ten (210) feet, and bounded as
folows: north by lot of J. F. Chasbereau,
east by Broad street; south
and west by other property of the
said J. H. Roberts, said lot of land
being the same conveyed to the said
B. M. Roberts by the said J. H. Roberts."
Terms of sale, cash; purchaser to
pay for papers and revenue stamps.
J. J. BRABHAM, .JR.,
Master for Bamberg County.
December 11, 1922.
TRUSTEE'S SALE IN BANKRUPTCY
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
In The Matter of
S. W. COPELAND, Bankrupt
Pursuant to Order of P. L. Felder,
Jr., Referee in Bankruptcy, made in
the case of S. W. Copeland, Bankrupt,
I will offer for sale, at public outcry,
for cash, to the highest bidder subject
to the approval of this Court, in
front of the Court House at Bamberg
South Carolina, in the County of
bambeng, State of South Carolina, beginning
at eleven (11) o'clock A. M.
on the 8th day of January A. D.,
1923, the following real estate:
Tract No. 1
566 acres, more or less, farm lands,
in Three Mile Township, Bamberg
County, S. C., this tract being bounded
on the North by lands of I. D.
Copeland, lands of M. W. Rentz and
lands of Mrs. U. A. Hughes; East by
lands of J. C. Rentz, lands of M. W.
Rentz and lands of J. W. Goodson;
South by lands of A. W. Kinard and
lands of F. E. Copeland, and on the
West by lands of F. E. Copeland and
lands of Mrs. U. A. Hughes.
Tract No. 2.
51 acres, more or less, farm lands,
in Fish Pond Township, Bamberg
County, S. C., known as the Hattie
Carter Tract, bounded on the North
by lands of D. B. Rhoad; east by
lands of D. B. Rhoad; and estate
lands of J. H. Smith; South by lands
of L. J. Kinsey, and West by lands
of G. W. Carter and lands of S. L.
Davis.
Tract No. 3.
55 acres, more or less, farm lands,
in Fish Pond and Warren Townships
in Bamberg and Colleton Counties, S.
C., respectively, known as the Sineth
tract, bounded on the North by lands
of V. E. McCormick and lands of Isham
Padgett; East by lands of Isham
Padgett and lands of W. B. Hagan;
south by lands of H. B. and D. M.
Linder, and West by lands of V. E.
McCormick.
Parcel No. 4.
Lot and four stores, in Town of
Ehrhardt, Bamberg County, S. C., lot
running 100 feet on Broadway and
extending through 420 feet deep to
Madison Street, bounded on the North
by lot of Lyles Ehrhardt and Mrs. O.
D. Richie; East by Broadway; South
by lots of D. C. Copeland and J. S.
and E. D. Dannelly, and West by Madison
Street.
Tract No. 1, of 566 acres, located
in Three-Mile Township Bamberg
County, South Carolina, has been appraised
at $11,400.00.
Tract No. 2, of acres, in Fish
Pond Township, Bamberg County
South Carolina, has been appraised at
$j>2U.UU.
Tract No. 3, of 55 acres, In Fish
Pond and Warren Townships, Bamberg
and Colleton Counties, South
Carolina, has been appraised at $550.00.
Parcel No. 4, being four lots and
store buildings thereon iD the Town
of Bhrhardt, Bamberg County, South
Carolina, measuring 100x420, has
been appraised in twro parcels,?lot
and store now occupied as Drug Store
and lot and buidling now occupied by
the U. S. Government as Postoffice,
appraised at $4,500.00; and two lots
and one double store occupied by S.
\V. Copeland, appraised at $6,000.00.
The store now occupied as Drug
^tore is rented for $25.00 per month,
and the building occupied by the
Government as a Postottice is under
contract at a rental of $360.00 per
year. The double store, occupied by
S. W. Copeland, is rented at $37.50
er month. This store property is situated
on the main business street In
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the Town of Ehrhardt.
Any additional information may be
obtained from the Trustee or his Attoneys,
Brown & Bush, H. L. O'Bannon
or Carter, Carter & Kearse,
of Barnwell and Bamberg, S. C.
S. B. MOSELEY, |
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NOTICE OF MASTER'S SALE j
Pursuant to an order of the Court
in the case of Mrs. L. iM. Sledge vs
J. S. Dannelly, et al., the undersigned, i
as Master for Bamberg County, will1
sell at public auction, ta the highest:
bidder, at the Court House, Bamberg, j
S. C., on the first Monday in January, j
1923, between the legal hours of sale!
on said day, the following described
tract of land:
All that certain tract or plantation
of land, situate in the County of Bam
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and containing five hundred
and seventy-four (574) acres, more
or less, and bounded, now or former- *
ly, as follows: north by lands of H. J.
Kearse, and estate lands of Beard;
east by lands of H. J. Kearse and
Connelly; south by other lands of J.
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and seventy (270) acres, and
the J. F. Kearse tract, containing one
hundred and two and six-tenths
(102.6) acres, more Qr less.
Terms of sale, cash; purchaser to
pay for papers and revenue stamps.
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