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JL L A VAC* J J 7 a | 1 Slipper Tii That's the coziest time of the for father. Slipper and pipe an and the Perfection Oil Heater drafts away and add an extra toi Tko Porfonfinn Jo rrrvn^.lnnlr iV/1 t* J. JL V/I !V>VtlVU AO gWU'lV/V/a reliable, and inexpensive both tc operate. Now used in over 3,000,000 hor Fill it with Aladdin Security Oil buttling fuel. Eight hours of comfort STANDARD OIL CO (New Jersey) Washington, D. G BALTIMORE Norfolk, Va. MD. Richmond, Va. PERFECTION ?lc?S*??2SvS^ I wist a merr^ christm; to everyb1 except the enem of Christianity, Hv ' and the United S J. C SHEPI i i Tailor < > WILSON DENIES ASKING SWEJ BRYAN'S RESIGNATION Demure i White House Issues President's Let- fr ter, Written to Former Secre- ty] tary. They sit ^ m; (Those Wncliinfton. Dec. 18.?The White House made public a letter from ^du'milK fh President Wilson der.ying that he ^ demanded the resigr.ation of Wil- Making liam Jennings Bryan as secretary of Working: state because BryaA told Ambassa- la: )ior Dumba, of Austro-Hungary, Knittin that America's first Lusitania note was a "bluff". This old charge is The ngec revived In a book, according to the j president's letter to Bryan. jn "You may quote me as saying while th that I did not ask for your resigna- dr 1 ? ~ ****** Aon TT7 _ __ 1 tion or aesire it, aa any unt vuu yy e cai 1 learn from my note accepting your Round a resignation," said the president's th letter, dated the 17th. "And, this To tic] statement ought also to be a suffi- Tangled cient answer to the criticism of you sk based upon the Dumba interview, Knittir for I could not make it if I thought you responsible for the misinterpre- Widening 1 tation placed upon that interview inj "Perlii Berlin. But knowing at the time | Kissing 1 all the facts, I did not give,the mat-j with * ter serious thought, and I may add. while th in justice to you that as you y. ... i promptly corrected the mismterpre-1 Forgin tation when within a few days it For they . was brought to- your attention it di ,> could not have affected the diplo- Sweetl matic situation." ? me (?f{ whole day l?||jf| d a book? jgjpSi to keep the gflsK ach of com- S||l ing, sturdy, JIV j i buy and to , clean, clearfrom a gallon. MPANY | Charlotte. N. C. S^SxS&j Charleston. W. Va. ?x:x:x:SSS:xl Charleston. S. C. ?::::x::v*i:x::::f -?nmi i nt?' I f VS ODY I IES imanity itates. >ARD ETHEART KNITTERS. is though they had steppe om grandma's daguerrc pes, and knit, these model lids old dames' prototypes), the stitch and casting tl read, ; some man their debtor as long as the dayligl sts, g a sweetheart sweater. lies flash with an amb< int soft yarn, silver gray,? e eyes above shine with earn [1 "some far, sweet day"? nd round with "ribbing at's taut, k of the midnight clock, hearts in the unwoui :ein, lg a sweetheart sock. j for shoulder or for che: ig" and wiping a tear, ;he stitches above the heai t prayer that God be neare needles fly in the olr lrn, g a soldier's fetters knit and knit, these patri imes, leart socks and sweaters. Sara Beaumont Kennedy. 1 - "THE BIRTH OF A NATION." The magnitude of David W. Grif- " m fith's feat in stating "The Birth of < a Nation", is almost appalling?at (l " least to the devotees of the older 1 forms of theatrical entertainment. Jl- - Ui.il ,i 1' j wnere now are ine liLue groups uii II' actors, the pinchbeck scenery and , II I the petty properties of the so-called i j"legitimate" drama? By compari- son with the new art, the "legiti- ; 11 mate" measures to the mountain <> lie a molehill. Instead of scenery i II for his background Griffith has used c Nature. For subject he has cover- i ed 150 years of American history, e " Eighteen thousand people have done r " his bidding and in the hair-raising I " rides of the Ku Klux Klan three j II thousand riders and horses sweep j II over the dusty roads. II No wonder that this; magnificent * || historical spectacle is the talk of ' the country. It has established an 11 entirely new art in the realm of u the theare?the art of pantomimic * II screen spectacle with an orchestral ^ II score perfectly synchronized to the * I action. It has also created a trei. mendous sensation because of its I vaster and more forceful treatment c o fthe theme of Thcmas Dixon's t "The Clansman," which both as < book and play created the greatest c ! furore of the last decade. f >_ The great deeds of the Civil War a and the horrors of Reconstruction < n are made to live again and the na- ? tion re-born is apothesized. Mr. 1 Griffith, pioneer among directors, i ie I managed this stupendous achieve- 1 ! ment without the aid of dialogue or speech, for motion pictures with ' ' music and effects tell vividly this thrilling tale of fifty years ago. "The Birth of a Nation" will be produced at the Opera Hcuse Fri- ' day and Saturday, Dec. 28ih and 1 ;r 29th, matinees both days. Seats on '' sale now at Opera House. a AMERICANS TO MAKE 1 MUNITIONS ABOARD ? % London, Dec. 17.?As soon as the American armies are ready to take the field a very large number of American skilled workmen will be sent to England and France to as- ( sist in the manufacture of munitions ( says The Evening Standard. The view is taken by the members of the ] American mission , according to the same authority, that it is desir- ] ? able that as much of the highly ( | skilled work as possible be acme on . i this side of the water. A mine or ] a torpedo might destroy in a mo- j ot ment weeks of the labor of thousands of hands, and that risks in that direction should be reduced to 1 j a minimum. < TheD Selling Oi Do your will save lo Everythii We ar e our Custon prices. 5 Be sure c mil at 0a We have goods. Hardwar DARGi Hare What is felt to be essent n the interest of economy iency is to keep all the f n Britain, France and Ital (quipped with skilled labor j naterial, and in this directi Jnited States will, as her i >rogram is developed, play >rominent part. IAILROADS HANDLING MORE BO Washington, D. C., Dec. Fairfax Harrison, chairman itailroads' War Board, au he following : Reports to the Railroad! 3oard from all the railroad: :ountry show that on Decen his year the excess of unfi >rders amounted to 117,132 lecrease of 22,880 comparer igures for November lsttti ind an increase of only 10,( compared with December lsi igo .although the railroads ? ing currently at least 20 ] nore passenger and freight ;han a year ago. PORTO RICAN GOVERNOl ARRIVES IN AJ An Atlantic Port, Dec. ;hur Yager, governor of Por arrived here with his famil; steamship Monday on his ' Washington. There he will with government officials ma lating to Porto F.ico's war : bilities. \MERICANS ARE GIVEN OVATION BY ME: Laredo, Tex., Dec. 18.?C W. P. Hobby and other Te rials were given an ovation 1 :an military and civil officis they crossed the internation lere today to Nuevo Laredc fer with Governor Nicefor brano, of the state of Nue\ on measures to preserve ord the border and to combat raids. A banquet preceded Terence. J. S. Banks of Route 3, the city this week buying th Christmas. " argan-King ut! Selling Out! shopping here th ts of real money, tig going cheap. 1^ going to sell ov tiers the benefit ind attend this sa Toys, China and e all being sold at \N-KING ( Iware and ( ial both . Y* jk T and ef- V M A I" 'actories k/ RmJl 1 Ik JL LI6" Air Line Ra on the snipping a more "THE PROGRESSI a Steel Equipm< siness Observation-] ' _ Thru Coaches of the To principal points N thonzes pQr ra|.es> schedule s? War on nearest Seaboard ' 5 of the C. S. COMPTON, iber ist Traveling Pass'r. Ag 1,ed rr S. A. L. RWY., Atlanta, Ga. lis year, ? )00 cars ^ t a year j .... ire hand lA# per cent ? business Deliver UER1CA 18?Ar. Because we hav to Rico, my to We carT the Srt discuss able and absolute] tters re- ^ ^ responsi- * We can "deliver hurry, because ou kicans mean quick service, i Jovernor | __ __ xas offi- j CAN WE by Mexiils when ? al bridge > to con- ^ T o Zam- I mA/ B Jf ro Leon, | w w er along i bandit ^ 1 n I I _?*/\/tnviac onH \ tne con- j vji uv^i ico unu u was in ings for F. L. Ferguson of Antre was in the city Saturday. - . . . . ". ' >' .. m | Company I - -\V$3 . flH . ' M v*L Selling OutHjM is week and you||H r Vj ' * . .'Jrj ' ' lothing reserved, t 9 it and are giving M of the reduced |H le~for everything 9 other suitable gift [fl before war prices. jfP JUMP AN Y i Crockery Vm JOARD "i ilway Company I VE RAILWAY OF THE fl OUTH" I Parlor-Cafe Cars. i and Sieepers. I 1 fi .K n . * ? ortn, ooutn, nast ana west. -m ;s or other information, call : :\|1 Ticket Agent or write I FRED GEISSLER, t. Asst. Gen. Pass'r Agt. . ?9 S. A. L. RWY., Atlanta, Ga. ECAN ll! The Goods j e the goods. latest variety of depend' -11 ly top-notch groceries in j the goods" and do it in a r Automobile deliveries SERVE YOU? I . Barksdale ervice Phone 76 iville, Mrs. George Link was in the city Wednesday shopping for Christmas. ???1