Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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JUST RECEIVED A Car Load of Fine Young Mules Prices aie Right. Come and Take a Look at Them. ' t i Now is the Time to Buy. SPRINGS & SHANNON Camden, S. C. ? ? . We have what you want both in Style and Price Wood, Coal and ' -???' : v ? > ? * ? ?. 4 - ? : Oil Heaters at prices from $1.25 to $60.00 Malone-Pearce-Young HARDWARE CO. Funerals Directed We supply the best of burial goods, con duct funerals and relieve families and friends of many unpleasant duties ince dent tq death. We are always preparelF to serve those who need our service. B. R. McCREIGHT, CAMDEN, S. C. TO THE PUBLIC I am still in the Drayage business and solicit your work. All orders for Coal and Wood you will kindly ive to The Camden Fuel Co., as I have sold that part of my business. J; B. ZEMP GOKIW? UK looked down at him with a uutflo. Looked down at him out of soft, deep, tender eye?. And alie wan beau* tlful. The aweet, noes of Innocence wuM upon her face. "Are you Mr. Oorham!" uho tim idly aHkod. "Yea," ho re plied, turning from the pile of unopened letters upon his doHk, "won't you alt down?" "Thank you," she said, gracefully Bottling Into the clialr which the office boy had brought forward, "1 wan sent to you by Mr. Ainsworth ? Mr. Ains worth of Ainsworth & Summerfleld." "Ainsworth? I don't believe 1 know him. I've heard of the Ann." ' "Oh, I got the impression tbat be was a friend of yours. Judge liink ham also advised- me to see you." "I hope," he said, "it is nothing verj serious. Has aome administrator been cheating you out of your right?" "No, it ia nothing of tbat kind. 1 wish I had rights for an administrator to admlnlatrate." She drew a long, deep eight and looked down at the rug. - Alexander Oorham began to have a feeling of pity for her. He wondered if one so young and so lovely could possibly want a divorce. It did not seem poaaible to him that any man could give such a girl cauBe to want a separation. Yet If she did not seek his services for the purpose of having her inheritance aafeguarded he could think of nothing else but the deeire for a di vorce that would be likely to cause her to consult a lawyer. He felt that it was too bad, and suddenly he had an inspiration. "Why not let the matter rest for a little while?" he suggested. "This is Thanksgiving time. It would be too bad to make a mistake now. Perhaps there has been a misunderstanding that can be cleared up." She looked at him with some per plexity. * "I don't think there hae been any misunderstanding," she Bald. "It ia be cause it is Thanksgiving time that I have come to you." | "Very well," he replied, "only le'/ me say that I hope you will take no action hastily now that you may regret latter. You say that Judge Binkham pent you v to me?" "Yes." "Did ho understand the matter fully? Did you explain it to him?" "Oli, yes, he understood it thorough ly. He was very kind." "The judge le a fine old man. If ho advised you to see me, knowing all about the case, I suppose we may as well proceed. Please be good enough to state the facts fully and clearly." She unbuttoned her neatly fitting coat and drew forth a book that was bound in limp leather. . "I am taking subscriptions," she said, "for an edition of the classics that?" < Alexander Gorham's face hardened and he interrupted her, saying: ) \"You will please excuse me. I'm very busy today. I have all the classics I want." "If you can spaje me Just a minute," she resolutely went on, "I am sure you "Are You Mr. Gorham?** ' will eee how meritorious this edition I Is. We are offering it only to gentle men who?" "I never buy* books on subscription." "Won't you please glance at the il lustrations? You see they are all photogravures ? reproductions of the work of the most celebrated artists. We do not ask youto pay anything un til the books are delivered, and If they are not' perfectly satisfactory ? " "I must insist on being exciised. No J body ever coaxed me into buying a set i of books that I didn't want, and I don't want these. YOu're wasting my time i and your own." , ? | She drow another long, deep sigh . and let her book. fall int.? her lap, while she looked steadily at tho la*.vyrr. f: was almost middle aged and L? to be giay. While she ga sed at uim be ripped open two oif,. Ufree lettort* and im-tended to b<? buay rending th jp 'You you ttftid thin wan Thanks giving time," aho ventured in hoaltat lug, half treuiullng tonea. "What huH that got to do with it?" be a?Ki <1 "You dou't want to ai>oll my Thanka glvlng, do youf" "Will It spoil your Thanksgiving if ! I don't buy a not of booka that 1 have no uae for?" "X am aura you will like thorn. You can give them to your wife for a Christ mua proaeiit," "I have no wife." 'That'* too bad. I'm ao aorry. I ? I hope it la not u recent bereavement." "No breavement at all." ' She alipped her book back luaide her coat and got up. "1 hope," ahe aald very aoftly and with u touch of aadneBa, "that you will have a ploaaant Thankaglvlng." He threw down a handful of letter* and turned toward her. 1 "Walt a minute," he aald. "Maybe I've been unneceaaarlly harah. I didn't mean to hurt your feoliuga." . "Oh, you haven't. I'm uaed to being ordered out of placea." "You dou't look like a girl who could stand thut aort of tiling and not feel \t." "One can atand almoat anything when one haa to." i "Do you have to do thia?' "I s houldn't be doing it If I didn't have to." "Do you live at home?" "Yes, but I have to work." , "What's tho trouble? Can't your fa ther Bupport you?" "My father la dead- Tbpre are JuBt my mother and me." | Alexander Gorham turned and gazed ! for a moment at the letters on hla Had Her Hand on the Knob. desk. Then he looked up at the girl again. "Are you going. to have a Thanksgiv ing dinner?" be asked. "I hope so," she replied. "I used to bo invited out to Thanksr giving dinners," he said, "but for Bomo reason people don't ask me any more. ; , I hate to go to a club for my dinner on Thanksgiving. There doesn't seem to be any Thanksgiving about it. I wiBh I could be invited out to dinner on Thanksgiving again. Suppose ? | won't you sit down?" "I'm afraid I ought to be going. Un less I secure a subscription our | Thanksgiving dinner will bo pretty poor." "I'll tell you what I'll do. If you will i Invite me to have Thanksgiving dinner with . you and your mother I'll ? sub | ?crlbe." I % "I'm afraid," Bhe eald, smiling, "It would be a bad bargain for you. We haven't ordered a turkey." "That's all right. I know where I can get one. Tell me where to send It. Do I get the Invitation?" She started toward the door, and he followed her. She had her hand on the knob. They stood, looking at each other. i "Well," he aBked, "are you going to make it a real Thanksgiving for me?" "Here is our address," she said, writing It on a card which she handed to him. "Now there's one. thing more I want. Don't try to get any other subscrlp y tions. Let mine be the last." L ? Anent Thanksgiving*. In ancient history days the feast of Thanksgiving lasted during one phase of the moon and was a sort of "harvest hoiue" festival, which was called the Feast of Tabernacles. The offerings which the ancient Hebrews made to God on this occasion were gold, silver and precious stuffs, besides laborers to work upon the rebuilding of the House of God. Read the first chapter of Ezra and you will find that thi? is bo. The Thanksgiving was an occasion of great pomp and ceremony. Workers in the church of Qod from the head dignitary to the least among them were clothed in purple and fine linen and wore gold en bands upon their turbans bearing the inscription, "Holiness to the Lord." They blew great trumpets as a signal, and all the people gathered together in the open places of the cities singing and prateing Qod and giving thanks. Moreover, the building received the | name of the ^builder. The Temple of Zerubbabel, foe example, was built by Zerubbabel undter King Cyrus. So the feast of Thanksgiving which we ob serve so joyously today in our homes and churches and in memory of "good times," generous harvests, general wel , fare In tbo days of our Puritan fathers. has been a church festival for m*ny j centurios. ? Christian Herald. AT SAWYER'S IT IS GOOD I II . . I I ... ... J. J.,... i ...... means simply "TAKE THOU" It does not mean to put in the nearest thing that happens to he. in stock. I he cabalistic sign is An Imperative Command and admits of no deviation from the writ ten word laid down. When you bring your prescriptions to me you can rest con fident that no precaution will be neglected, and your sick one will have all the advan tage that expert knowledge, experienced skill, the purest materials and honest methods can produce. Bring your prescriptions to us. And you will know you are getting the very best. ' ? ' ' ? , . ? '? ? ? j ' ' ? r ' ? ' , r/-' ' ' Sawyer Drug Company REAL ESTATE \ SELL Do You Want to > loan ' BORROW i ? 1 May Help You. LAURENS T. MILLS, CAMDEN, S. C. Foreign and Domestic. Try a bunch of our CELERY. CAMDEN CANDY KITCHEN and my Cliief Clerk, Woodrow Wil son, will assist me in maintaining it. Just now is a mighty good time to save up some money, and I recom mend this Bank as a safe plac to ?put ft1 The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C