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JIN OLD RECIPE '! TO DARKEN HI j Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns I Gray, Faded Hair Dark and Glossy.* [Almost everyone knows that S&ge , Tea and Sulphur, properly compound- 1 d, brines back the natural oolor and lustre to the hair when faded, streaked or gray. Tears ago the only way to get this mixture was to make It at home, which is muss? and troublesome. Nowadays we simply ask at any ) drag store for "Wyeth's Sag* and Bui- < phur Compound." Tou will ret a large bottleof this old-time recipe improved by the addition of other Ingredients, at very little cost Everybody uses \ this preparation now, because no one . can possibly tell that you darkened your hair, as It does It 10 naturally andjsvenly. You dampen a sponge or I oft^brush with It snd : draw this ( through your hair, taking one small strand a? a time; by morning the gray hair disappears, and after another ap- ' plication or two, your hair becomes, i beautifully dark, tbick and glossy and , you look years younger. WyethW Sage, and Sulphur Compound is a delightful 1 toilet requisite. It is not intended f6r f the cure, mitigation or prevention of \ disease. - ' " ' J f ir mniimn itin t - Ill" NUNtK) Ml H BLADDER BOTHER Taks a glass of Salts to?fto4 oat jour Kidneys and nentrdna irritating adds: v i ' ~?-* !/ v Kidney and Bladder weakness resqli^i from tunc acid, says a noted authority. The kidneys filter this acid from the blood and pass it on to the bladder, where. K often remains to irritate and inflame, Aanamn m hmiinn wnitaiinn. or IVOUOUi^ CP BVW^aui^ w -| etting up an irritation ft the neck of I the bladder, obliging you to seek relief 1 two or three times during the, night-, i The cofferer is in oonatantr dread, - the t water passes sometimes with a scalding** sensation and- is very profuse; again, there is difficulty in avoiding it Bladder weakness, most .folks-call ^ * because they can't oontrol urination.; While it is,extremely anndying and Some- I times Yery painful, this is,)ne?lly one of ( the most simple ailments to oteroome. ] Get about four ounoesTof Jad Salta j from your pharmacist and take,a table-* % spoonful in a glass of^trate# 'Wore . breakfast, continue this for two or three* days. Ibis will neutralize the acids in I the urine so it no longer Is a souroe of I irritation to the Madder and urinary or* 1 gans which then aet normally again.' ~ I Jad Salts is inexpensivei harmlsa, ~ and is made from the acid of gropes and z lemon juice, combined with lithia, and ' is used by thousands of folks who are | j subject to urinary disordan caused Jfrj1 uric ?cid irritation. Jad Sptais'felen'. j'fl did 'for kidneys and caiufee ao-laid f-*?4 ?v.* .*, . -i? *- i IUTCtO ar*" V' S * I Hare you have a piecMst, efferraweat j ithift-water drink, whkh quickly relievea ! j MjrtroiMa. 3B|?BM WHEN YOU WAKE ?; UP DRINK GLASS I _k OF HOT WATER . j Waeh the poieone and toxin* from yetem before putting more, j % [f- food into storrVach, - , f? | -j ^ ays Inelde-bathlrffe make* any-'one look and feektlflftn. I I. v tweet and refreshed. ->v . Wash yourself on the lnsl.de before eakfast like you do on. the.trotstote'' i lis ts rastly more important because e sltfn pores do not absorb Imparl- . ? ftito the blood, causing' illness,1-' Wie the bowel pores da For every ounce of food and drink ken into the stomach, nearly an nee of waste material ?nuiat, ,b?.< rried out of the body, ff thirf "w&ste*' sterial is not eliminated day by day i quickly ferments and generates [isons, gases and toxins which M3k-. [sorted . or sucked into the blood'-' ream, through the lymph ducts which I buld suck only nourishment to sus- j p the body. k splendid health measure is 46 i Ink/; before breakfast each day, a j Iss Of real hot water with a tea- bonful of limestone phosphate In it, , lich. Is a harmless way to wash , ne poisons, gases and toxins from ' ft stomach, liver, kidneys and," pels; thus cleansing, sweetening' Ilresnenlng tne entire alimentary 1 al- befor putting more food Into .}, stomach. ^ 1 quarter pound of limestone phos- J. te costs but very little at the drug < e but is sufficient to make anyone . enthusiast on Inside-bathing. Men women who are accustomed to , :e up with a dull, aching head or | e furred tongue, bad taste, nasty J J ith, sallow complexion, others who'i e bilious attacks, acid stomach or j 1 stlpation are assured of pro- \ peed Improvement in botii health appearance shortly. ,^1;.;; . t )i~. ^ f.j WAR SAVINGS > STAMPS. J1 IcOISTjUTlY J{ 9 4 ' K y-\ ; I I' %kr The I | Snow "Santy" l| ! 3HS 11 | By ALLISON LEB !| fHT ner goT "That will wake hlra "Run fellows! Old Tightwad is coming out of his hut" It was the day before Christmas. "Her" was a giant snowball, the hut in question was a dilapidated hovel at the bottom of a long steep hllL "Old tightwad" was the familiar epithet bertowed upon Ellas Greene. A crowd of energetic urchins had >een busy with a giant snow Santa Jlaus. The great rotund trunk had [ ?*? ? - ^ *-x- _i rrw jeen ouiy nmeu miu miupe. xno iof owing morning there had come a soft sin, then a sharp freere. The now would peck no longer so the dieippolnted lads went back to their fleda, coasting down the long Incline hat ended at the edge of EUaa Greene's domain. A coasting sled had broken two pickits in the rickety fence and Old Tightirad came put Various, wheeled i barrow full of ishes to the base ind spoiling the snd of the slide. JK^V Jls tormentors r , looted him and JBB XA / trove him Into the VJ lJ loose amid a P] / y Juslllade of snow- j4 nils, he roarlnf ( F tp at them that be r&uld have the aw on them. The 7 >oys hid behind , H the mammoth tnowball. One of their number ottered i quick chuckle. / "I eay, fellow?, * he grinned* let's >end Old Tightwad a Christmas pre* sit?the big snowball." And then the climax. The great >ody of Ice and snow went thundering town the hill with terrific momentum, t cleared the open gateway, ran 90 'eet and, Just as the denizen of the rot half-opened the door, It was torn !rom Its hinges by the tmpeet of the peat projectile which broke Into fr?f> Dents and the old man was thrown MCk amid its ruins, the shattered door 1 Itrlktnf him with stunning forces Ettas Greene had ooee been a me* tete di the village. Be had never narrled and that was why his rants* Its relatives coddled sad ptnuilessd nd finally rained him. - He retired to t&a an mc ? mm a Mrmltllke exiateace. Bis isapoQen wr?r went near him. Off an Ms kin UHm Wayne, as orphan half-niece, offered to keep fceose for him, but wea Udely repelled. Ska had ftmnd work t the village and faithfully rlsited tfce lid hut, bearing some dainty and tenInly inquiring aa to his health, That Very afternoon Alice had rrapped np a warn sweater she bad { knitted and bent her steps toward j he wretched habitation. Her Christ- j nas present fen from her ban^s as ihe discovered the plight of its injured inmate. Alice summoned a physician and sat j jp all night, nursing her patient He ; r -=Y^ was Improved by T?morning. She pre* | H pared his break 1 1 anil uronf M m to her ec>' |WB| |? 1^1 ployers. When; F^v^e 1AM A Alice retained she j ?<\ vH 1 ' was not alone.. \ \ vB She hitrtkiuced J \ \W If A Mar* Seaton.j \ \ \ \i \) 111168 ?y0d 111111 i \ ?-Y .closely, for he j know that this' I f ^ ilfflfA was her flance j !| |U1 working to reach k -Xv lib HBM1 an earnln? point j I where he could j r afford to marry.1 Mark was at once! Interested In the welfare of the old! man. He suggested that they move the stove into the sickroom, and removed from the stovepipe hole a mass rf paper. As he pulled It out his eyes ilscovered that It comprised a lot of Jocuments bearing Impressive seals and signatures. His eye caught an engraved name: "Acme Smelter Com- j pany." "Mr. Greene," he spoke, "do yon! inow what these are?" "Do I?" returned old Ellas, with a j Jerislve laugh. "Yes 'r worthless pa-! per 1 There's a trunk full of them up ! in the attic." "Alice," whispered Mark, "I have! nade an Important discovery. I will [ return soon," and was away for the hotel to find a newspaper he had left, there. He returned and folded It at an Item stating that a leading brokerage house In the dty would redeem all tkmds of the Acme Smelter company at fifty cents on the dollar. Ellas; Gteeene became Intensely excited as he read the brief paragraph. He directed Mark to bring down the trunk from uiu niuu ."Alice," he poke, "make two even piles of those documents," which she Jld, wonderfully. He kept one and! lauded the other to Alice. "The only, true eonl among all the ftetched brood who devoured my fortone," bo said. "X give you these as roar Christmas jcewot and Mr ?1w" f t. S ' .j COTTON GINNED PRIOR TO DECEMBER 1 Crops of 1918 and 1917 i? Soutl Carolina Director Sam L. Rogers, of the Bureau of the Census, Departmenl of Commerce, announces the preliminary report of cotton ginned bj counties in South Carolina, for the crops of 1918 and 1917. The report was made public for the state at 1C a. m., on Monday, December 9, 1918, (Quantities are in running bales counting round as half bales. Linters are not included.) County 1918 1917 The State 1,241,384 1,055,676 Abbeville 18,695 18,14S Aiken 45,278 37,20C Andreson 51,666 51,67S Dorchester 16,739 14,076 Edgefield ?25,218 " 23,B8C Fairfield 20,218 15,356 Florence J-30,366 31,052 Georgetown 3,828 3,746 Greenville 31,605 25,802 Greenwood 29,916 26,20( Hampton 20,969 20,10] Horry 6,260 6,548 Jasper : 5,506 4,844 Kershaw 26,485 14,578 Lancaster ' 18,590 13,19S Laurens 33,167 31,69? Lee 36,714 , 29.14E Lexington 31,261 25,10C McCormick 13,853 12,03C Marion 14,939 12,96] Marlboro ' 58,472 47,26? Newberry 30,822 29,95? Oconee 19,002 15,236 Orangeburg 89,644 74/72J Pickens , . n, 12,13c Richland ?' 22,246 16,62? Saluda .23,359 23,915 Spartanburg 63,944 43,23! Sumter ' i.44,877 34,995 Union ?15,674 13,04( Williamsburg ..25,303 23,584 York v?...80,134 23,08* NEGRO A GOOD SOLDIER. \bbeville Colored Citiaea Ord?rl) at Regimental Headquarters. In reply to a letter written by Mr, >avid F. Wataon, Secretary of th< Pennsylvania Oil Company of Flushing, N. Y., to the commanding officer of a company of the 367th Infantrv fnllnwino1 trai To/>oive>r concerning a former Abbeville ne co, who is now overseaa: Mr. David F. Watson, Flushing, N. Y. Dear Mr. Watson, . Your letter of inquiry dated Oct 16th, 1918, in reference to Privatt .Villiam Baker, Headquarter* Co. 367th Infantry, was received this date. In reply therto, would inforar you that your boy, William Baker is getting along nicely and is in excel lent health. He is still on duty ai Regimental Headquarters as orderly and' at present, is driving one of th? Messenger Motor Cycles. I am pleas ed to be able to say to you' that thus far Baker is every thing you said h< was when you brought him to m< at Camp Upton, and has maintainec his excellent character, and is highlj regarded by the officers at Head 4uaiucj.o, ixc ID a gcuuiciiiauijr iciiuw anxious* to please, and a decidedlj cheerfuL worker. Since the middle oJ September he has been on some verj dangerous errands and has nevei faltered. The job of Motorcyclisl and Messenger over here is a thankless position so to speak, though i very important one. Frequently il 5 necessary to start to places ovei roads that are being shelled by th( enemy, and with no light whatever Ere you get this letter, unless there is a change in the situation th( (Buffalo's) will probably have hac some very interesting work, in othei words, will have had a real hare chance at the enemy. I shall con tinue to keep a watchful eye on Ba :r and warn him from time to tim< to maintain hig present good charac ter. He always mentions you t< me whenever he receives a lettei from you. Yours very truly, Walter B. Williams,. Captain 367 Infantry, A. E. P. A. P. O. 766. Bamberg 29,837 24,531 Barnwell 57,893 53,152 Beaufort 6,842 5,034 Berkeley 12,386 10,00? Calhoun 34,634 26,38S Charleston 8,255 8,687 Cheroeke 11,755 8,606 Chester 24,373 18,721 Chesterfield ..26,916 20,102 Clarendon 83,859 31,91'E Colleton 19,237 17,326 Darlington .35,046 29,404 Dillon '-_zy,oua zo,?oo . One ' I; Christmas Eve I ;!; m I ! ! By OTILLIA F. PFEIFFBR fLDEN REVERB love4 everybody, all th world over, and all oi the time. It was natural, therefore, that bfl should expand beyond all limit when Yuletide <came abound. There was' a hidden sorrow in his life, but be had not allowed it ( to shadow the sunshine of his nature. He had 1 sired up a tidy sum to marry win* some Viola Deane. Without warning she and her father had vanished, and , a week later it was learned by the ' city papers she had wedded a man 1 Severe had never heard of before. I A tear-stained note had come to I him in the handwriting of the being r he had loved and lost It bore only , live words: "It had to be?forgive." 1 Revere had kissed Viola as his rj chosen bride under the mistletoe on I > Just such a snowy ^ . ; |'moonlit occasion |Vj| if I i ,! as this Christmas ??- ?)) J, I [ I eve, and in the Jjl M | ^loneliness of his ? ? \]j tj room he now sat, ? JS'rlfet ;j wistfully, longing- y , ly, one by one . looking over the ?iementoes of his ? Id love expertience. Finally he ^? ; put them away Rlr ,j and went down IWJfM ' "Get your ^ [VJJT"^ I, skates, sister," he ^ ifrfJ 1 J hailed hHskiv. A J , i "We mustn't miss 1 a glorious night like this. The ice II '! smooth and hard as glass. They're go !! lug to have the town band and weH > help the crowd keep happy. There I go the chimee. Muffle up good and I warm, for If8 snappy outride." I "Poor soul I" murmured Ruth, "think j ing only of others, when bis heart may > be breaking. II They returned home two hours later, >; flushed and enthusiastic over the rare , ?Port I "Why, brother!" ' At the doorstep Ruth paused, astsre. ? Her brother's eyes followed ber swn. > upon the doorstep lay a basket From | I AAH^r, m.M nlltnv ftTWt POTTO j B Hwauuuut mumi VI. ?? | terpane ft Ony cry issued. '| "Alden, It's a baby! Oh, the ehen)h! ! Quick! Get it Into the boose. To* \\ angel! yon treasurer and under the I banging lamp Bath went into astasias while AVtan whispesed awesomely: "What are we goto# to do wKh KT" "Keep it, cherish it, lore it, of r conner cried Both. "Heaven has . sent it to bless our lonely lives. See, there is a scrap of paper," and Both snatched it op and read: "Because s Alden Bevere to a man with a heart J . ef gold,, a poor mother leaves to him the care of her child." I "I suppose rd better hustle down town and get a couple of gallons of I milk," suggested Alden. j "Ob, you men P mildly scolded Bnth. "There's plenty of milk in the house, I Alden 1" she abruptly cried. "My fur ! collar! It's gone! I lost it on the ; river. Your present last Christmas, | too. Oh, I remember now?I loosened a it in the old boat house ^and it must ' have slipped off. Hurry and see." I j Alden fairly skimmed the ground. ? As he entered the shadowy boat house s his foot touched the missing collar. l A slight moan echoed out He } strained his sight to make out a femlnine form H crouched upon a bench. "Who is it," he questioned quickly. "I?I am just resting," pulsated a feeble voice. +V?to aaM > 1U UJIO vviu 1 ^amp Place? T\ freeze! Who are , ^._. toe, if you need r '**" ? ^ITi shelter and help. F Why?Viola!" ' / * H e s athered r 1*L.,__^a2SBII her up in his r, strong arms, t Breathless, reeling, exhausted, ha reached home to stagger Into the room where Ruth was cooing to the little 1 one, entranced with the rare bright* t ness and comfort of the place, r "Poor soul I" was all that Ruth Bald, , "I?I must go," faltered their latest guest, arousing, but Ruth's arms were 'I around her neck. 51 "Tell me all, dear," she eald tender^ * i? U A TTIaIA ?A. i : iy, UUU ULU1U Ituia uuu auuo nuiu IV 1 cited the tragic story of her life; J forced to wed a man who held a j secret over her weak and vacillating j father, 3 man who squandered her - fortune, deserted her and was killed . In a drunken brawl. Meantime her 1 father had died, she was left alone j In the world, all alone I "| "Not while two loyal hearts that ? love you are here I" cried Alden r Revere, roused out of himself. "Oh Viola, If all those weary years the old' love was in your soul as in mine?go no further. For you and this dear little one let this be?home 1" And the holy stars of Chrlstmastlde shone softly down upon the humble home, destined to be the abiding placi of perfect love and peace. ? STOCKHOLDERS MEETING. A meeting of the Stockholders of the Abbeville Ice, Laundry and Fuel Company is called to meet in the office of William P. Greene, at Abbeville, South Carolina, on January 3rd, 1919, at 6:30 o'clock P. M. to consider a resolution, authorizing the proper officers of the said corporation, to execute and issue one hundred fifteen (115) Coupon Bonds of the said corporation, of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) each, making in the aggregate Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($11,500.00), which bonds are to be dated January 1st, 1919, payable in lawful gold coin of the United States of America at the Farmers, Bank of Abbeville, South Carolina, on January 1st, 1926, which bonds are to bear interest at the rate of WHAT IF YOU CAN' Over 800,000 went to < t . ir . n*n i Let rvaiser dui \ Heap?Bui Trust 4 IT has never proved a 1 loyal service. It is a more. Show your appreciation. F and it will romp through IS old. The Eveready is the batter . guarantee means shelving shoulders. I riTv r. V>1 1 I VJ We tMt and wpdr ty f K flmiktiofbatteries ? ** MMiMWMMiHHMMMI They Have A The For< the Labi that you have been 1< or come to Greenwo< will do. Will give yc you want to see. Th< a mule will. JNO. I. ( i'? . : I: - Not Only The But at the-'present pri GRANITE is the CHEA construction of WALLS, NEYS and UNDERPIN* or on the Farm. We can iurmsh prompt class of work drilled and t two men can handle. Carload Sh^ WRITE FC OGLESBY G ELBERTON TELEPHONE eight per cent per annum, payable semi-annually at the same place, om the surrender of the coupons attached to the bonds, the said bonda to be secured by and subject to th6' provisions of a mortgage to be executed by the said Abbeville Ice^ Laundry and Fuel Company, to be dated January 1st, 1919, conveying and assigning to a trustee, to be named, all of the property of the said corporation of every najtora and kind, including its real estate and machinery. .. The stockholders of the said eornnTB+iftri nro nnfifio/l tn tirwwirt at the said meeting in person or by proxy to vote on the said resolution By order of the Board of , Dine* tors: William P. Greene, President, F. E. Harrison, 8?<trettfry. > 12-3-5t. 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