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F TOU ar? frataftol, Mjr so. Thanks giving It only half Ibituksftlvlng till H blossom* Into ?* prestlon. Le?rn * leaaon from ths nobl?-be?rted Indi an, In whoso vll lage the missionary, pasting through, had left a few pages of the gospel In the Indian tongue. Our Indian read and rejoloed. Measuring the mission* ary'a footprint, be fitted It with mag nificent moccasins, and traveled JOfy miles to give them to the missionary as an expression of his graftltude. Thus the missionary was enriched by the present, but the Indian was en riched by the thanksgiving. The best thanksgiving la a happy heart. . Blossoms mean nothing on a dead stick. Once when the cxar vis ited Paris the ingenious French, It being winter, fastened to the bare bougha of the trees Innumerable paper flowers, very pretty as a spectacle, but very unworthy as a symbol, since they were false. Our praise will be quite valueless unless it is rooted In the dally life. Train yourself to be grateful for the common blessings. There had been a great cotton famine In Lancashire, England. For lack of material to work upon, the mllla had been idle for months, and there was great dis tress among the operatives. At last came the first wagon-load of cotton, til* MmMt of returning opportunity to labor. With what now 'eyee did the people look upon that common place material! Th or not tho wnion In an exultant procession. Tho/ hugged tho baloa. At last, moved by 4 common Impulao, they broko out In tho noble hymn, "Praise Ood, from whom all blowing* /low." There arc In every life a thousand blessings, now little noticed at all, of which II we were deprived, their return would bo welcomed with equal transport*. Hut the going doe* not excuse us from the sending any more than send ing excuses u* from going. If glrlng ?till went by the rulo of the tenth, a* In the .scriptural day*, then ten av erage Christians could anywhere con stitute themselves into a church and support a paetor; and twenty could support both a pastor and a mission ary. No work 1* done at It* best until It is done in an atmosphere of thanka giving. Beethoven understood this. He had hi* piano placed In the mid dle of a field, and there, under the smiling sky, with bird* singing around him, flower* shining and grain glisten* log in the *un, the musician com posed some of hi* great oratorio*. Few of us can take our work into the fields, though all of us would cart? lighter hearts if we would live moft out of doors; but we can ail of us sun round our work with cheery atmo*> phere which our Father ha* breathed into all his works. CjTlje Spirit of VlyfjanKsgtbtng HANKSQIVING day Btandu out by Itself on the calen dar. There la no oth?r day with bo many delightful aa Boclatlona and tender mem ories, no day upon which tho heart so spontaneously pours out its grateful tribute to the Father abovo for all his goodness through the year. And this applies equally to our Bclves as a nation, as communities and as Individuals. For peace within our borders, for generous harvests, for the health and welfare of our com munities, wo owe to God a debt of love end grutltude which finds expres sion in prayer, pralue and tho festivi ties appropriate to tho annual festival of Thanksgiving. We are usually so much engrossed with tho active busi ness of life as a nation that we leave too little time for reflection on the divine goodness; yet every day we are surrounded by blessings. Sleeping and waking, on the farm, in the store, the office, the workshop, we are still the objects of his won drous bounty and care. Whatever re versoa we encounter, he enables ua to overcome them. 80, while the patt ing rear haa had lta sorrowa, we (eel that the Joys have outweighed them, and that we are atlll Ood'a debtors in thanka for multltudlnoua bleaalnga. Let ua ahow our gratitude for all of theae merclea by reaching out a help ing hand to others who hare been leaa fortunate tbap ourselves. Re member the poor at Thankaglvlng ? the sick, the deatltute, the hungry, the Unemployed. In every community there are thoae to whom a kindly word or a generous hospitality would bring a real touch of the aplrlt of the festival. Pass on your blesalnga. By so doing, you will make your own heart the lighter, your own home the brighter and your own Thanksgiving table more enjoyable to all who sit around It. Thank Him for All. "Giving thanks for all things unto God." ? Kph. v. 20. Thanksgiving Is tho mark of a truly religious man. If we are always beg ging God for his mercies without ex pressing to him our sincere gratltudo, wo become selfish In our demands. God delights to Impart his mercies to ua, but he also takes pleaaure in our gratitude to him for his benefits. Only an appreciative heart Is able to fully enjoy God'a unfailing goodness. It is certain that the more we try to praise, the more we will see how our path and our dally way are beset with mercies, and that the God of love is. ever watching to do us good. l'KIWONAL PROPERTY Can bo Hold For Taxctt Hays The Comptroller General. The comptroller general, A. W. Jones, has given the ruling that under tho law the sheriff of a county lias the right to Bell per sonal proporty belonging to a tax payer for delinquent taxes on real estate. According to the code of 1902 tho comptroller general says "tho shorlff 1h directed to soil tho personal property of tho taxpayor If sufficient can bo found beforo le vying upon real estato." Tho comptroller general also rules that under an oxocutlon for collection of delinquent taxes due on any real estato of a tax payor In his county, the Hherlff may levy upon any personal proporty found ' anywhere In tho county or not. Ho also held that the taxpayer who owes the entire tax on both per- | sonal property and real ostato can jnot acquire an exemption On eith er by paying only part of tho taxes duo by him. I Theso opinions were given by the comptroller upon tho following statement submitted by tho coun ty auditor of Orangeburg county: "I will thank you to glvo me an answer to tfio following ques tion in regard to tho payment oT taxes: "During tho year 1910, I-. L. Jackson rosldod in tho city of Or angeburg, and on January 25, 1910, returned for taxation a horse and buggy in City township of Orango burg county and also 622 acres of land In Union township of Orango burg county. During the latter part of 1910 he paid taxes on the horso and buggy in City township and received a receipt from the treasurer therefor. He never paid taxes on the land in Union town ship, and during March, 1911, the said land was sold under foreclos ure proceedings to another party. iDurlng the latter part of March, 1911, the treasurer issued execu tion for delinquent taxes on the ?and, levied upon the horse and buggy In. City township. "I wlBh to know IP tho horso and ihuggy aro subject to levy for the payment of taxoa upon the land." ? Columbia State, 27th Inst. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice la horeby given that ono month from this date, on Saturday, December 30th, 1911, at 11 o'clock, in tho forenoon, we will apply to tho Judge of Probato for Korahaw county fc.r a final discharge as Ex ecutrix an.-! Executor of the Eatate of I3enj. T. Trueadel. Laura T. Truusdol, Executrix, Charlie H. Trueadel, Executor. Dec. 1, 1911 ? lmo. ADMINISTRATORS* NOTICE. | Tho creditors of the estato of 1'nnl T. Vllleplgue, deceased, are horeby notified to rendor to tho undersigned, or either of them, at Camden, S. C., an account of tholr demands, duly attested, and all per sons indobted to said estate aro no tified to mako payment llkowlao. Mary D. Vllleplgue, John M. Vllleplgue, Admlniatrators. | Camden, S. C., Nov. 24, 1911. ?OUTH ATLANTIC OOJtN SHOW. M any ExtOUtf Kip?etod FV* The Big KipovlUoa. / Columbia, 8. C. Not. IS. ? The In dication* are that there will, ibr several thousand axhlblta seut to the second South Atlantic States Corn expoeitloa to bar hold hara from Dao. It to 16, whan, 98,000 In prtft** will ba given for tha baat corn' ahown. Tha program for tha axpoaltlon l? being praparad by A, O. Hudson, of Newberry, presl Ident, and will aoon ba announcad. All entries of axhlblta should ba mada through C. C. Porter, of Co lumbia. It/ la tha purpose of tha man*gp~ mant of tha axposltlon to make It distinctly educational, and to that and axhlblta hava been secured ! from tha agricultural experiment stations of North Carolina, Georgia and Soutl) Carollua. Friday of the exposition will ba "Boys' Corn Club Idays," and aeveral hundred mem bers ofl the clubs In the above-nam ed States are expected to attend. There will be special prizes for the boys, and Dr. Bradford Knapp, the head ofl the United States farm de monstration work, will be presentt to deliver an address. The management of the exposl- , t|lon will secure! cheap round trip rates from all points in Georgia, ' South Carolina and North Caroli na. A feature of the exposition |his year will be thie* corn Judging school and the corn judging con test to be conducted between teams representing Clemson college and the Agricultural and Mechanical college of North Carolina. The teams have been" in training since the first of the year. ( Two trophy cups, one valued at $100, given by the Southern railway, and the other, valued at $25, given by the Progressive Farmer, will be award ed to the team making the most points. Nothing to Hinder. A native of Germany was visiting 'an American friend in New York, and the latter bethought himself to take his guedt on a visit' to Niaga ra Falls. The American, accustomed to bursts of wonderment and enthusi asm, was not a little astonished to see his Teutonic friend stand and gaze stolidly minute after minute upon that roaring cataract, without evincing' the faintest sign of emo tion. Finally, unable to loager conceal his chagrin and disappointment, the American turned to his companion and asked: "Don't you think that Is a wonderful sight?" "Vot?" asked the Dutchman. "Why, that gigantic body of wa ter pouring over that lofty precis bice." The Gorman stood for a few sec onds longer, until he got that idea digested, then he looked up blank ly and asked: "Veil, vot's to hinder it?" ? Ev erybody's Magazine. For satisfactory work use Zouip's Drays. TAX EXECUTIONS. Under and by virtue of bundry tax executions to me directed, 1 will proceed to sell before the Court House door In the city of Camden, on the first Monday In December, 1911, during the legal hours of sale, the following described prop erty, to-wit: 100 acres in Buffalo Township ? bounded on the north by lands of U. N. Nicholson, east by W. T. Pitts, south by Furman Danzy, and ?west by K. T. Estredge. Levied upon and to be sold as the prop erty ofl Sarah Hugglns for taxes for 1'908, 1909 and 1910. 4 9 acres in) school district No. 11, bounded on the north by lands of Charlie'' Ray and others, east by Marion Spury, South by Rachael Eastler, Wost by estate of Peter Hudson. levied upon as tho prop erty of tho estate of Samuel Crim, and to bo sold for taxes for 1910. One tract bounded on the west, north niul eaBt by lands of Bowen Jacobs, RJ. J. Moody and others, south by Hogans Branch and pub lic road from Camden to Columbia. Levied upon as the property of J. A. Moody and to bo sold for taxes for 1907 and 1908. Ono lot in city of Camden, for merly vlllago of Kirkwood, front ing on Kirkwood common, of a uniform width of 100 feet, bound ed on tho north by road separating said lot from, promises of JameB Chesnut and bthers, eaJ3t by Manl gault, south by Kirkwood Commons, and west by lot of Workman. Lev ied upon and to be sold' as the pro perty of R. C. L. Gault. Terms of salt* Cash.? J. S. TRANTHAM, Sheriff Kershaw County. Nov. 16, 1911. Printing of the Better Kind at The Chronicle Job Shop. t: Copjrr^ht Hart Scbaffncr U Mirt YOU notice that we use the word "Service" in connection with our business, in its relation to you and your clothes. It's a good word to use, and we mean it; it may be interesting to you to know just how we do mean it. "Service" means to us doing for you, in all matters of things t<T~ wear, not only what you want done, but what's best for you to have done. We include ''what's best for you" because once in a while a man gets an idea that he wants something in clothes that he really ought not to buy; and while we're not here to make you do what you don't want to do, we feel some responsibility to you to see that you get the best possible for your money. In clothes that means Ijart ?>rijaffner & JWarx suits and overcoats; and we say that not because they're the clothes we sell but because we believe it's true; and that's the reason we sell them. We provide other things to wear with the same idea; service to you. The best shirts we can get; the best underwear, hosiery, neckwear, hats; merely a question with us as to what's best for our customers. If you once get our idea about it, and see how closely your real interests are involved with ours we'll sell you what you buy; because that's the right idea for both of us. Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $18.00 and up Hart Schaffner & Marx Overcoats $16.50 and up.