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GIVE RENTERS AND TENANTS . FRIENDLY WELC0M1 December is a month that bring* into txie average boutuern ueigiioor <hoo<t a number of new families?ren ters who have moved into the com munity frcm elsewhere. It is in be "half nf th^se renters and their fann lies?strangers within your gates? that we wish to speak a word. Ir God's name do something to giv< them a welcome. It is indeed unchiv alrous and umChristian to hold aloo: from them. One of the first com mands the Almighty gave His peopl( after bringing them out of Egypt was to this effect: "But the stranger thai dwelleth with you shall he as on< fcorn among yon, and than shalt lov< him as thyself." And again: "Lov< ye therefore the stranger: for ye wer* strangers in the land of Egvpt.^'More mpr ir> thA narahlp of the Last JudS merit Christ Himself declares tha' ministering to the stranger will b( cne of the requirements for the soul's 'entrance into Paradise. It is indeec not much credit to you that you ar< hospitable to -well-to-do people or peo pie of your class. It is hospitality tf the friendless, or to the poor wh< cannot repay yon, that really en riches the soul.?The Progreselv< Parmer. Printed letter Head*. "Wh^n I get a letter from a farmei written in ink on a printed letter head, I assume at once that her? is a reading man and an intelligent farmer, and much the contrary is th* impression when I get a letter scraw< led in pale pencil on dark poor pape: which makee it hard for old eyes U read. Then another advantage ii the printed letter head, e&peciallj when the letter is from a business man, is that many of these business men make their signature in the most complex manner, and but for th< printed name at tV top I could hardl} AUV TT tv ? UV 111 IsVJ OV^liU l/UC I Cf/i y One can guess at a good deal in anj one's letter. J>ut cannot guess at t signature, that is unreadable.?W. F Ma^sey, in The Progressive Farmer How It Was. "In obidence to the universa mandate and innate instinct which with irresistine alluring maenprism is ever drawing into juxtapositior the beauteous and .chivalrous, Th< brave and the gay, softly and secret' ly as the song of sirens; but never theless unerringly and eternally as the mariner's compass is ever seek, ing the pole, until in the process oi itim'^ two existences, two lives, tw< individualities which have hitherU flowed on each in its independen' course through the vicissitudes o: this mundane sphere;' even as tw< v mountain rivulets have rippled or separately and thoughtlessly ovei their pebbly beds through sunehim and shadow until, at last, escaping Achilmef* w dollar for dollar I Another evide ment is in the in 6-30 Chalmers From now to is $1090. Afte: $1250. Thasa You could not pmtuig jruui un Chalmers. The announc( made broadcast rAmainincr FS.hA takers. When 1 ) late to get youri \ ? Order your C (JaroJ Distributor for Lau . \ - f from their mountain fastnesses, the> emerge upon the surrounding plain I to blend together into a single purl ing brook destined forever more to travel as a single ribbon of crystalline clearness toward the great ocean oi futurity; two of our Pierce acquain I tances on Sundav last amalgamates their earthly existence into one har monious entirety, when Johnnie Kv ans and Miss Nora Briggs, at til-: home c-i' the bride, tliere. upon tht hymeneal altar, s.;i;l the fateful words which bind the twain as one."?From the Green County R c ord. Some Krrors of Types. A popular and prominent man in England was once called upon to ad dress an assemblage, which greeted him enthusiastically and with cbeer* Tlie newspaper wmcn reverted the meetine said innocently: "The vasi t concourse rent the air with snouts.' i [ A M"S. read as follows: "All these 5 tacts are really worth noting." Th 1 printer, however, inserted an "h"* in *, to the last word, and it was thus se: !-up: "All these facta are really worm >! nothing." )' <A provincial paper, in reporting the - speech of a celebrated politician, in a rtn^Ac) .-./I/I ,to n /.nmmonf "an/I Mil IC11UUU IU UUU CIO a V-v/iuuivu v9 v**.< vt ?> > j masses believed him.'' instead ol which, by a typographical error, tnt j addition read, "and the asses believ fd him." J An enthusiastic editor wrote, "Tin i battle is now opened." But. alas; tht compositor spelled battle with an "o," and his readers said they had sus pected it all along. A N>w York editor wrote an obitu ary of a man of some prominence anc I among other things he said: "He *>e I gan life as a legal practitioner, bus I was diverted from it by love of bit VC1 O. \ 1 Rev. Dr. Todd was given some relics %: to present to a museum. In bi< ' speech he alluded to the "lives of the saints." When his remarks were pub lished they came out "lies of the i saints," and this so enraged the givvi of the relics that he demanded theii "} return. ! An instance of taitliful effort tc I "follow copy" occurred in a New Yori newspaper office. The reporter, wh< 1 wrote a very bad vertical hand, pul , it down that zigzag flashes of light . ning played among the clouds, anc + u ^ 1191(1 L lit me piuui it vrtmc \j ui tiiat oif," j 009 flashes" p-layed among the clouds - i A lecturer before a temperance so . ciety told his audience, in describing 5 his journeys, that he had merely "a . tsste of Naples and Rome." He was t horrified the next day, in reading i , report of his lecture, to see that lu j had merely had "a taste of apples and t rum."?Catholic Telegraph. ) A Question of Knowledge. 1 Two men in Kansas City were hav r ing a heated argument concerning me location of a certain theatre in . New York city, says the Chicago Rec nves ill give you greater invested, than any oil ;nce of its immediate icrease in price of tt to be made effective March first the price I thp first of Mairli prices f. o. b. Detroit find an easier way 1 ler now for immedia :ment of this change by the Chalmers ssenger Chalmers a those we have are gc ( Chalmers today. linsi Ani rem, Newberry, Saluda, Ri< Fairfield Counties ord-HerakL The one insisted that the house stood on lower Broadway, while the other was equally confident that it was uptown. Finally the first man becoming an gry, exclaimed: "Perhaps you cuuuv you know more about New lork uia.i 1 do? How otien have you been there?" The vanquished onc was silent fci a moment. Presently he spoke witn a smile oil his face: "How lxig diu you s'ay in New York 011 each of the five visits you made?' The otht r scratched his head a mo ment before replying aud said: "Well, each time I was there for two or three davs. How long die! you stay on tin only visit you made?'* "Sev. nteeii years," was the calm're ply. That endiwi the conversation. When (*reefc Mot {?roek* "When my wife was a little girl." said the gue?t to hi* host, "she -swal lowed a needle. A few da/s :igo, whiie seated at the table, she uttered a sharp cry and complained of a pain in her foot. So intense tyas he suf fering that a physician had to he called in. He made an incision and - ? .A. ? ^ extract? "The needle?" quickly added anoth er jruest. "Yes," answered th" gentleman who liad related the incident, annoyed be cause of the interruption. 4iv*"hen I was a boy," responded the host, "I- ran a sliver of wood Int;> my foot. .At the timev I thought I had removed it entirely. One morning, a year, ago, I felt a dull pain back of my ear. I put my hand to my head, and there found?" 'The sliver of wood?" again inter upud the unmannerly guest. "No," retorted the host, "! found Ko/-.* nf nor- o T iff uav.iv v/jl au^ va* kv'4*j ?? FOR RE\T. Intensive farm, 7 miles no-thwest ot Lexington. S. C. on Cherokee road, 'About 6 acres arable land, suitable for dairy, track ard cfck-ken farm. Com fortable 9 rrvom dwelling, large 3 story barn. improved chicken house, and all necessary outbuildings. Pure water on or in kitcken norch. plenty fuel. 100 yards from district school. In easy reach of several churches. Reason for renting?left alone. P. T. RAITVIL, Lexington. S. C.. Rt. Xo. - 3-16-4t. PLEASE TAKE >OTICE. T lVoncft fn~ hnainflsa nf nil is now due for 1917. Same schedule *1 , rs last year. . i By order of the city council. i Vfi [ j J. W. CHAPMAN, j it/ Clerk and Treasurer. vlj l-13-4t. d/ . Invigorating to tlte Palo and ?jic?c?* w ; The Old Standard jreceral stxenerthei inrr tnrv.. ft , GROVE'S TASTELESS c'.iitl TONIC. Jr ve- ot %|| Maliria.eariche ;t nebkxxl.snd V.i?5.;s nunt aj- . Vwl lem. A Hu" tor r n - 1 r-> J ^ i is an motor car value her car of its cla?" valueasan invest le five-passenger ; March first. of this Chalmers its price will be o savf? $1 fifi than te delivery of this in price is being Motor Co. The re finding ready ii may De too r? , Lexington, and i nr*F ? A Tk TVS I /i/iiVA To all for i and now we wai I I- - v ana mane u yoi do our very best We will ma die s Suits and C< The very best Outing, i Bleaching worth 15 cei A lot of Men's Pantsh i Shoes of almost every 1 Millinery at almost you LLi U Scotch Woe wool. Suits san t c : gei your opnng / PR03P1 ^09 The boss knows every man. He is looking for som after he feels like slowing up The young man with 1 will have a chance to buy a 5f he will onlv keen on worki < Put Y We pay 4 per cent int mi tr _ The Nations B. C. MATTHEWS, T. K. J President 'S! THAI your patronage it it to invite you to ir shopping place. to make it profita ke very special pru oats and Men's and ill colors, the yard its, at the yard eavy at very much redu * find at Below the War ir own price. S FIT YOU 1 >len Mills made to i le old price, $15.( Suit NOW! ERITV, SOUTH CAROLINA </ ~ The with t had ii in th ai\d becan Partr man in his employ. He is 11 i i l:_ t e one wno win neip mm iu n i a little. the BANK BOOK, who is eai "partnership in the business" ng hard and BANKING his < Attn ? t UUK money in uun Dana. er?t. i bank ot 1 OHNSTONE, H. T. CANNO Cashier Asst Ca?] * * * m ifi * ine pasi, our store We will oie 10 you. ces on La Boys Suits. 10c ced Drices. * * 10c * Prices. vT UP! * * * * * * * - measure, all 30. Let us m TV (I? 'f* * mnn woney e tok \e a ier. him. WATCHING every in a growing business 'nest and on the job, sooner than he thinks earnings. i ! dewberry www rpriMrD r