Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wit arts CKrtuglr (tlpartnt By EDITH RANSOM AVERILL (Copyright.) ROSY-cheeked school. boy on his new red sled sped down the long snow-clad hill. A dozen gayly chattering girls tripped towards the lightly frozen pond with their skates. A farmer came into view with a wagon load of newly cut Christmas trees. Yuletide cheer was effervescing, but there was no responsive echo of its fervor in the hearts of John Lane and Martin Freer. "I'm in accord with you completely," the latter was saying. "My son, Sid ney, has the chance of his life to enter a law career In the city. Since he fell in love with your half niece and ward, Edna, he seems to have lost all ambition of making his way outside of winning Ter." "A foolish fancy," declared John Lane. "Edna is too young to think of marrying." "We are going to send Edna away to a private boarding school after the holidays," he continued. "and that will probably end the affa. ." Meantime Edna Merrill pined in her prisohilke solitude and Sidney sought to devise a way to get word to her. At their last meeting he had said, "no matter what comes, they shall not part us." "They are going to send both of us away, widely apart," mourned Ed na. "Oh, don't let them do it I" and Sid n e y replied, "Have you the faith to believe in me, to act with me with out question if T find a way to de feat two old men, who have forgot ten what love means?" "I have given you my heart sole ly and trustingly," answered Edna stanchly. "Then you shall hear from me when I have matured all my plans," prom ised Sidney. There was a certain solace for Sid ney in climbing the high garden wall at the rear of the Lane grounds and gas ing up at the window of the room that held his heart's treasure. He had a note written detailing his plans and hopes, and he had almost despaired of delivering it, when, the afternoon before Christmas, he observed that the window was open. Sidney added a few lines to the note, gathered up a handful of snow, enclosed the note in the white sphere, aimed, let fly and it passed through the open window. The note had suggested the elop ment he and Edna had previously dis cussed. Ile had added a line, "I will be in the lane at eight o'clock. Don't fall me." There was a light in thtt upper win dow, now closed, when Sidney return ed, and the lamp was set in a pe. culiar way. Across the frosted itnalde of a pane two wordls had been scratch ed, reading: "At eight." A few mninutes later the light was extinguished and a speeding figure crossed the garden, unlocked a rear door in the wall and the iover~s were uini ted. "Quick," apoke StiIney. "It is a ques tion of gettlag to a friend of mIne, a ergymnan at Amhers~t." ie (-laspedl Edna's arm and the'y hurried down the lane, Trhe lane the fugitives were now In was dlet-p wIth Snow. As thei~y anredl a larnge hairn with in wich-l showed a light Sidne'y drew Etldna tharough its "W'Te inust hide11 for- a speil,' lie said, andia, as lite eniti-red theii ga-eat r-ambilima st r ue JJ~l. ~ iiture, atey stared in amiiiiament at. a scene str1-ange and starking, & lIn its ceniter was what looked like an old circus chartiot. Th'lere wais gilt and~ holy3 'and e'vergreaen tiimminag In pirofusioni. Fioiir hone ,~'were alttai e'd anid uponi a sor-t of laronn in thie ceniiter wa*is seated a 'li gorgensly at tired( Soan Clau is. "Wl'll bei-e sin rt,'' spo0ke one of the men.am "if we waint to gc't toi Am herist beifore everaybioiy is ahled.", andi enc i n ll g sigh I of a sigin on Ithe (-lbiarlot Sidniiey was inael a-iwmiare of thie faiet thait toi adivi'rit'iie a nw soap this mtodern puilettiy van was tonurintg thle id'iarlet, gi vinag iiwiiy sampaulles as hol "'Siep linto that low slyice at the boiek," lie whiisperedu to lilina. ''We shl il.he soafe thee.-"i When-i Ithe unine Santla Clat s ye lila ariIveil t thei( edgie of Aniitesi, thle flhilit-o ing love-rs leffl iI mannoti~ced. There un s ma hurrail-i wialk to (lie homue of a cilergyman. The, same lelegrimi wvas sent by the anp~x bridie iital biduegr-oomr to JTohnm Liane :mnd Martin Frmeer. It r-ead: "M: anid Mi-s. Sidneuiy lFreer- wish I hclr- lovlng friends a Mi-rry, Merry Cihthiana" TUR Until Saturday l We will sell ou Prices and the Goods, Notions, CLOSING OUT SA -c Inning Wednesday, ] continuing to Saturday 27th inclusive. We will off( at greatly reduced prices. - 25 per cent off on all Sh< Hats, Caps, Underwear, Cl< Goods and Notions. SHOES (Wai $14.00 Shoes will go for $10.00 Shoes will go for $8.00 Shoes will go for $6.00 Shoes will go for $5.00 Shoes will go for $3.00 Shoes will go for - $2.00 Shoes will go for GILMER'S FAMOUS MA REMNANTS Remnant Bundles, about 50( p~er bundle. We have a gener cost you a pennlhy to A word to the fa illiisave these uninecessa L.ABOR 8[[K8 AiD Oflao AMERICAN fARMERS toan to mee('t Entire P'latform, Drawn Up WithI View than ha of Making it Acceptable to Pro- O)rganiz duciters- (rl spoi WVashi ngton, D ec. 14'.. -AmIerican campainig 1Federationi of Labor01 oflicials made wage in another effort today to establish re- M i hit ions with fa rmers' organ iza tions, In th t he federationt's "cooperation conmmnit- madel( in tce,"' a ppoiniited at the Atlantie City yest enda convention, meeting there with the " 'all oif represen11tat ives of several fa rmer.,' jeity to While only one dlelegate from a labor Ie; farm'i organiizaitioni participat~ed in the labor mn federation's "rIeconstructLion confer-- duing ag (ence," which opened yesterday, it was comiplett undi~erstooid the invitations sent by the tha t the commlinit tee for todaiy 's meeting were labor ani more('('1( iordilly received. Federation aiinl'jii oflicialIs decl inedl to dfiscuss the 'oni- bot h pol fe rence today, saying that the ('om miitee wouldI ma~ke a report to the EvIhery executive council of the organization. bear' on A nxious to Have Farmers Join thenm on In view of the dleclaration of prin- indjeate( ciples adonpted by thn onnference y.n- q...t.r. SIN Ev'il TURB ad Conti Might, Decemb ir entire stock goods were Boots, Shoes, LE We I ecember 17 oi han December now t1 r our stock to rep] >es, Boots, A T )thing, Dry $10.00 $6.00 t Tax Paid) W ' ---$10.50 ri -------7.50 per pa ------6.00 Wrigh -- 4.50 Men's ------4.5 suit . -- -~~-2.25 Ladies ~~~~~~1.5 2 -Ladies ~~~-- !!! We from : TCHED Best C ili Yar< at 25 cents || A goot !!!Tobhac< al line, and too many look at the line. rmners and~ whom we ahv ry trips to the stores. it was genierallyi bel ieved in ,, iarters that theo cooperation e< C hand imaid greater pro(-ress C; a1 conninioli tgioura onl wh ich If the farme~.rs ' repjresenitatives e di laboir was(i~ derhlb ev. m~~~a l('smen to bie anx ious to get. i: d farmers in the fol for the r ii which the worikers pinan to the forthicomiing elect ioni. St Havet P'roiducers' lIelpI e< 5 conltentioni thei si ttements b I the dec'(laraition, adlopted by it y's 'on ference, appiealing to f; hose who contribuit e t o so uniijt( in furt heriace of the I. s ," were ex pinned todnay by a iilers to mean otha t organized ii iist lhe jioined( by t he. "pro- Ipi lasss ifitsvictory is t e i ." Th ese telees aisserted II is muich thle problemis oif their trist (hiss, biecaiuse they ari it iiIa l d'cononieU. the farmer('I groups to liine'e for labhor's pirogramn, it wasM th~ at federation of labor head.- l . ItTforf s. it. wvis sand, will iio. EVILLE, YOIN inuing foi er 27th (store cl< of General Mere bought right. Clothing, Under llililllllllllll s iiiMI!111!IlliIIliil % E11i i!lii!il gave several hundred pairs S d and they are marked at p: tat many merchants are pa enish their stocks. ULL LINE OF GUM 100T U. S. Hip Boots, now J. S. Knee Boots, now UNDERWEAR ,hts Health (Wool offset), ir or $3.00 suit. ts Union Suits Randum Fleeced Union Suits ' Fleece Vests, each ' Ribbed Vests, each have a full stock of IJnderN rices that are astonishingly outings .. _ _-.-22%c to 27 IwideC H-omespun ..22%4 line of 27 in. Homespun - o Cloth, ya/~rd articles to mention, b)ut ask 'ays rely. Now is the t ime :sh- to s how lw firn - that thi oferenc~'s edebat I i a -ain t i r ,, o duismlVlti m ea as t m uht the t iller'i i' te soil a t thl U lus! t a wo k iln ti i woke i n'vees- in the hi'ht itic tmaneuv rin'ii of he'nation' tw plitutu ii s ti u. ' ndert i Gomers ' Diret*' in nTh wlel "plf t fiorm" p f yey ast areta ubye as i po : i to the i' -rs,(i 115 pr es h ent of t he der tion Fo S*1 S.C. G ON - 10 Days sed on Christmas :handise at Greati 25 per cent OFF wear, Auto Good: hoes CLOTHING AN iices $12.00 oy's Suits, ng $10.00 Boy's Suits, Blue Jay Overalls._.. Big 3 Overalls - So 6.00 A GOOD LINE 0] We have the goo children as well as t --0 1.5( HATS Ah We have a full line +3.00 at 25 per cent off th peer = - - .1.88 Groceries will he 45~c off the regular price low. _ A good stock of R ing Flour, while it I (1d lbs. sack. yd. 2~-- -- 15c || H est Pig si M(P 5c |!!!I ~a rdin a in 50 lhs. y ou to co(me see for you rse'lf. to "et y our goods for t he worl TU.R13 fIoY IS A~IlCI 'i : i~ !O H -: ( I S- 11-: \ l eg eI I\ Ison o a ea thy P ila elh t in orI tssiayv. .\.lrs'. lak~e hasI5 been'f lhuel A Iald to the homet osf 11iiasn i u iss MAXWELL KHOUS COFFEELe I day only.) y Reduced on all Dry Etc., Etc = 1) OVERALLS now ------ _$9.00 || iw ---------...7.50 !! 1.50 to $2.25 per pr. --- --2.25 per pr. XMAS GOOD)S. ds to please the he grown-up folks. 'I) CA PS and they are going e regular price. sold at 10 per cent ksing Sun, Self Ris ast at $1.50 per 21 ('anis 27' 25oud. lI won't EVILE, ;.c. t -i \\ h e\ f.o Suhe nowii heen e ldwh tr l. rii h ? b' al H i ngo Prui ng le ,