Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1924 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. PAGE SEVEN V ■ \ As Aunt Susan Saw Christmas % By ETHEL COOK ELIOT 1 V* V*' Optimistic N iece Touched Right Spot and Was Rewarded by Aged Relative Compass as Present Drew Priee Over Boudoir Slippers ItICAT • AUNT SUSAN chuckled. Slie • a i u : ■ i •‘Well. I’m not done for yet, even If I have been pretty sick. They needn’t take It for granted I’m a spent old woman. Why. I'll go to Europe, come spring!” But nobody answered Aunt Susan, for there was only the canary to hear. Not being Interrupted by the canary, a wise little bird who knew Great Aunt Susan’s ways, she went on, all to herself, sitting bolt upright among her many lacy pillows In the rich, big bed, “Not much fun going alone, how ever. Wonder how Jessica or Polly now would !<ke traveling aroundf with a cross old woman. Guess I’ll think It over preity well, though, before I ask « ^ , tir . iinfiii Then silence fell while Great Aunt Susan thought this question over— should she ask one of her great-nieces to see Europe under her care?" The canary, swinging on his perch, began to sing. Had either. Jessica or Polly heard what the canary had heard, they would have begun to sing, too. For neither one of these girls had ever been to Eu rope, or ever traveled at all. And with both It was the fondest dream. They were cousins, but how differ ent 1 Jessica lived on Elm street In a fashionable little house with her wid owed mother, and went to Miss Fisk’s finishing school. Polly lived ’way down bqjow Church hill on a street named “Pearl.” It was a decent enough street but far from fashionable; and Polly was a sophomore In high school. Her father was a teacher In that same high school, and the smallness of his salary explains the smallness of their little house and Its location. While Great-Aunt Susan was sitting up In bed In her dark old mansion •way In the city, thinking about Polly and Jessica, both those girls, strange to say. were thinking quite concen- tratedly of her, too. For It was only a few days to Christmas and It was their yearly habit to send this rich, haughty old aunt a Christmas present. Jessica cried, “Oh, mother, what a bore! Well. I’ll go out and get the old thing her present right away and have It over with. But what can I give her, she has so much?” Jessica’s mother answered wisely, ’"Well, dear. It Isn’t the gift that will matter to Aunt Susan. It’s the thought She has everything In the world, of £ourse. It’s only to let her know you remember her—and so she She was "showing 'em." She had tor gun With her servants. They were the only ones to observe the fact that she was up and dressed and down stairs for Christinas dinner. There, all in her grim solitude, she snrvefed her presents. There were dozens and dozens of tbem. A table heaped and running over.with parcels.fronj all her hopeful relatives. She smiled a trifle wryly. She came to her* great-nieces’ pres ents the very last of all. They hap pened to be lying together at the bot tom of the pile. A footman was at her hand ready to help with the Str)ng* and the unfolding of paper. But now Aunt Susan waved him away. "Fll undo these myself,” she said. In hsr hardened old heart there had always been a spark of affection for theee two young nieces whom she bad not seen since they were children. She would like to undo their presents with her own hands—to get the personal ffav(W\ Jessica’s came first. Off she tore the brown paper wrappings with Its postmarks and address. Out rolled a white paper parcel tied with every day white string. The white paper was rather wrinkled and certainly slightly soiled. Aunt Susan sllpi**! rolled a pair or sort gray siike’ ANDERSON TAKES TO REV. KILGO Writer in Daily Mail Declares his First Sermon Delightfully Re freshing and Helpful. "Well, Dear, It Isn’t the Gift That Will Matter." won’t forget you, you know. All our hopes are on her not forgetting us, re member." “Oh. yes. of course.” Jessica pouted “But what shall I get her?” "Why not some beautiful boudoir slippers? She’ll probably be sick a long time—if Indeed she ever gets better." “That’s an Idea—boudoir slippers You are clever, mummy." And Jessica ran off to her Christmas shopping for Great-Aunt Susan. In the little brown house on Pearl street the same question was being asked and answered. "Poor old thing.’" Polly cried “What’s It to her If she Is so rich and all that! She's not got n soul to love her. and It's almost Christmas. Imag ine Christmas without love! Well, l can’t spend over fifty cents, even though I am so sorry for her. 1 gave a whole dollar to tlie Girl Scouts, and after Christinas I won’t have a cent of allowance left.” “Well, get something cheerful what- rver you do,” Polly’* mother exclaimed. “Nothing to remind her that she’s an , Invalid, Fd say. It’s the thought, not the gift that counts.” But though this last w r as what Jes sica's mother .had said, the motive was entirely diff$re§L Polly’s mother was not v practical-minded like Jessica's. She was Just a simple, kind-hearted woman. So Polly ran away to Chrtetmaa shop for Great-Aunt Snaan. • • • • '• • • Oum Christmas day. And Great* tnaan wan keaptag her .word Rev. P. F. Kilgo, who was made Presiding Elder of the Anderson dis trict upon the completion of his four years of service in the pulpit of the First Methodist church here, made a pleasing impression upon Anderson people when he preached his first ser mon in that city on November 23rd, according to “J. E. W.,” writing in The Anderson Daily Mail. As will be seen by reference to the sermon below, Rev. Kilgo preached one of those sound Gospel sermons on which he and his lamented brother, the late Bishop John C. Kilgo, built their career of usefulness. The contributor to The Mail wrote as follows: Dr. P. F. Kilgo, the newly appoint ed Presiding Elder for the Anderson District Methodist Episcopal church, South, was greeted by a “capacity house” around at St. John’s Sunday, on his new work. Dr. Kilgo made a fine impression on his hearers and was given the closest attention throughout his discourse. He chose for his text a portion of the 6th verse of the 4th chapter of Zacharia: “Not by night, nor by power, but by my spirit saith the Lord of hosts.” Running through Dr. Kilgo’s ser mon there was a golden strand of thought, a wonderfully familiar old mountain peak here and yonder that I will say was pleasingly odd—maybe little bit old fashioned—but in his presentation delightfully refreshing and helpful. Counting one by one the advantages of magnificent houses of worship, of wealthy and influential congregations, of grand organs and fine music, and so on and so on, Dr. alone were the attraction; that if a man desired to connect himself with any certain church because of wealth, influence, or the social standing of its members, and so expressed his de-. sire to him he would advise him to join some secret order, as the church was not the place for him at all. “It is not by these,” he declared, “but ‘by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.’ I have been glad always, to have wealthy men and women, in fluential men and women, in my con gregations, and have prayed often times that their wealth and their in fluence might be increased, but there are wealthy men in the churek for whom I have taken no such interest. That is, I have not desired to see their wealth increased because al ready it was a curse to them.” That God is the only .sure founda tion on which the mind can rest and that it is as easy for Him to supply our greatest as well as our smallest wants was made doubly plain by Dr. Kilgo. CAMDEN FARMER SHOT BY ANOTHER "Then Came a Little White Box, and in the Box, a Compact. 1 * hand embroidered with lavender flow ers and edged and lined with soft gray fur. Lyifig In the heel of one of them was a calling card—Jessica’s. The sur name was crossed out. of course, and scrawled In a careless, artistic band at the top was written. “Merry Christ- mas.” “Well, It’s certainly a generous gift,” thought Great-Aunt Susan. “For I know they’re not any too well off, even If they do manage to keep up appear ances. And very appropriate, too— for an Invalid.” She turned to the other parcel. Under the brown wrapping she found a neat square of white paper tied with silver Christmas cord. Be neath- that lay tissue. This tlss- square was tied with bright holi day ribbon and sealed with Christ mas seals. Then came a little white hox. And In the box a compass! On the hox was written in careful ocrlpt, script easy for sick, old eyes to rend, “For your travels, dear Aunt Susan! Your affectionate niece—Polly." “Humph P said Great-Aunt Susan But after a minute her eyes twinkled und her chpeks grew pinker. ‘That girl’s got sense—and Christinas spirit, too.’’ she added. That night she wrote a long letter to Polly, fi letter all about a Journey she wanted her to go on with her old aunt Just as soon as she had finished with high school. And the day after Christmas Polly In the little brown house on Pearl street was caroling as gayly as the canary In the fine mansion in the city. For her dream of dreams hud come true. “Europe, Euiype, Eu rope.” she trilled. "But suddenly she stopped to ask her mother, “Why. oh why did she jehoose me?" But Polly’s mother couldn’t an swer that. “Old ladies Just take no tions, I guess.” she said. 'fcV. It?*. Wnnt^rn N#w«r Pnlon » -am&m Jftfk Smith Shot And Killed By Bel ton Owens, Bridge Keeper. KEEPING WELL DIRT EATING AMONG CHILDREN DR. FRKDKRlCK R. GREBN Editor of “HEALTH" M ost children have perpetual ap petites. They are always hungry. Their young bodies need plenty of food to build them up and to make It possible for them to grow to full sized, strong, healthy men and women. Plenty of milk, good breatFand butter, fruits and fresh vegetables and meat are needed. The healthy child Is satisfied with plenty of good food. It gets hungry again, of course, but It Is a natural hunger which Is satisfied with ordi nary food. But a few children, when they are from one to three years old develop a craving for unnatural things. Some of them eat mud, "oal, cinders, gravel or mortar, wallpaper, newspaper, or paint. Kopllk of Philadelphia thinks that this starts from the natural Instinct of the child anything It gets Camden, Dec. 1.—J. K. Smith, bet ter know as “Jack” Smith, a well known farmer of the West Wateree section of the county, met instant death this afternoon about 12:30 o’ clock when a load of buckshot was fired into his left breast by Belton Owens, one of the bridge keepers at the Wateree toll bridge near here. The trouble it is said originated between the . two men Saturday night when Smith drove his car into another car driven by H. B. Croft, causing Croft’s car to bump into the side of the toll house; causing a slight damage. Croft and , . . . ... , Smith are said to have settled their Kilgo-expressing his appreciation of j coUision amicabl when it is said _ 1 1 A. 1 a a « a m 1% --v % % a s \ s i s~\ V- * Owens, the keeper, came out and had all these agencies, when used for the glory of God—said that if these FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 14th day of January, 1924, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Executrix of the estate of Charles L. Rounds, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate, of Laurens county, at 11 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will , apply for a final discharge from my trust as Executrix. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said es tate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be foaever barred. MRS. FANNIE S. ROUNDS, 12-25-4t Executrix. NOTICE OF LOST CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT Notice is hereby given that Certi ficate of Deposit No. 3002, Two Hun dred Twenty Dollars ($220) of the Commercial Bank, Clinton, S. C., is sued to Miss Emmie Young on May 19, 1924, has been lost, misplaced or destroyed, and that I will apply for a new Certificate of Deposit In Its stead at the office of the Commercial Bank, Clinton, C., on or after De cember 25, 1924. (Signed): 12-18-3tc MISS EMMIE YOUNG. something to say about the affair. Hot words passed between Smith and Owens and, it is said, Smith cursed Owens and trouble was nar rowly averted, but the affair w’as thought to have been settled. Quick Way To Break Heavy Ccugh Many have been astonished how quickly a bad courIi disappears when treated with a now double action treatment that is simple but wondeilulty effective. Here is the method, which is based on a remarkable prescription known as Dr. Kings New Discovery for Coughs: You simply take one tea- spoonful tmd hoid it in your throat for 15 or 2o seconds before swallow ing. without following with water. The proscription has a double ac tion. It not only soothes and heals soreness and inflammation, but also loosens and removes the phlegm and congestion which are, the direct cause of the coughing. When the cause is removed, the severest cough quickly disappears. This treatment is for _ coughs, chest colds, tickling, sorf throat, hoarseness, bronchitis, spasmodic croup, etc. Recommended for chil dren as well as grown folks—no narcotics or opiates. Economical, too, as the dose is only one tea spoonful. At all good druggists. Ask for that the first thing a bnbytriPR’T with anything It gets Its bands on. is to put It Into Its mouth. Most children outgrow this habit. But In u few, generally those who are weakly oi anemic, the habit Is kept up and the child eats all kinds of queer sub stances. In most cases, these different kinds of dirt are comparatively harmless. But the paint eaters and those chil dren who have a morbid craving for painted objects may easily develop lead poisoning. The . nlld may gnaw or suck paint ed toys or may gnaw the paint off the window sills, white furniture, crib railings, porch railings, or even ort door and window frames. In one case, reported by Dr. John C. Ruddock of Los Angeles, a hoy of three years had gnawed every hit of paint off the porch railing, window sills, furniture and doors. The lead In the paint poisons the child Jnst an It does the painter. It becomes restless and fretful, has a poor appetite, foul hr^ith and pains In the stomach and legs. Its gums Meed and It may have" convulsions. These convulsions may become more frequent and severe and may end fa tally. In Queensland. Australia, where frame houses are common, these cases of lead poisoning in dirt-eating chil dren became so numerous that effo-ta were made to prohibit the use of white lead paint In houses where It was within the reach of young chil dren. (Children from one to three should he carefully watched, and any tendeo«*y to dirt-eating corrected. Paint and oalnted objects should be kept out <4 their way. <£, MU, WaaUrn N»wap*p«r T'-lf | j King’s Big Sale Begins Tomorrow A Red Tag Sale—something dif ferent, something that will arouse the public is to be staged beginning to morrow by the well known firm of B. L. King & Son, dealers in ladies’ ^Jh^k buxer. B. L. King, has just returned irom atrip to New York where he brought back a Santa Claus load of fine wearing apparel that will appeal to the women and that is to be thrown on the mar ket tomorrow at prices that Will at tract and compel the public to buy. The story s told in a two page adver- tismeent in today’s paper, and when King says Sale—the Dollar is King. To Cora a Cold in One Day lake LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablets), k {tope the Cough and Headache and works off the hold. E. w7 GROVE'S signature on each box. Sir WHAT DO P. S. JEANS DO? a Rocket STANDAR OL EVERYBODY READS THE CHRONICLE CHILD OF THE ACES k O Child divine, wrapt In the hope of agea: O Thought of Ood interpreted In love. Thine Infant Hand, within Thy mother Mary's Links all mankind, with Fatncrhoocl above. O Child, unchanged by customs of the agns; O still small Voice, whose soft ap peal we know; Thy plea Is only childhood's rightful portion. A place of love. In which to live, and grow —Lila Vans Shepherd HIS SKIN WAS SENSITIVE She was young and pretty and her eyes sparkled with happiness. She stepped up to,:Gie counter of a men's furnishing store during-the busy Christmas ru>h and asked to he shown something that would make s uue gift for a man. The clerk brought two grades of mufflers, one of silk and the other of coarse knit yarn. SM?? decided on the silk one in a moment, with the remark that the other was entirely too rough for Charlie’s sen sitive skin. The crowd about the counter smiled faintly. They all goeaaad tt,'of course—another newD wed.—Katherine Edetman. 16. MSS. Wurtara NawspMw UaONk) Before You Go Away for Christmas Drop in here and let us fix you up with the new Clothes and Furnishings you will need; Then wherever you go, yqu can be_assured that you are correctly dressed in the newest styles as favored by men who know how to dress well. The economy of buying here, will be apparent when you note our - prices. - Complete line of Dry Goods, Clothing, Ready-to- Wear, Shoes, Hats, Notions. NEW GOODS. LOW PRICES. “We Are the Live Wires” Fanners ” '' Co. CLINTON, S. C.