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Holiday Goods We have a large as | #ortment for you to se ' lect from. Our quality and prices guaranteed, and a courteous force to help you in your holiday jhopping. Every package deliv ered in Holiday Style. M. H. HEYMAN Jeweler and Optician Collins Brothers 2T . . ???? -ym- ? .., . , Uadertakera for Colored People Ttl.plK.no 41 714 W. DeK.lkSt. COLUMBIA LUMBER & MNUFACTURING CO. ? MILL WORK SASH, DOf RS) CL1NDS AND LUMBER ? PLAIN & HI* L\R STS. Phone 71 COLUMBIA, S. C. f ? DR. R. E. STEVENSON ' , KKN J'IS l Crocker Building Camden, 8. C. Dr. C. F. Sowell DENTIST (Office Over Bruce'* Store) CAMDEN, S C. NONET BACK jhhout question if Hunt's Sal** . ttli in the treatment of Bcsetna.j Wtter, Ringworm, Itch, etc.1 Don't become discouraged be came other treatment* failed. Hunt's Salve has relieved hun dred! of such case*. You can't loie on our Motimy Bm eh Qanmntf. Try it at ow ri?k TODAY. Price 75c at ZEMP & lh-l'ASS, ? Druggists MORPHINE W>it cured the easy and gentle way. Whiakoy habit by gradu&i reduction ;Ais<) Tobacco cure at " KEELEY INSTITUTE Kox Columbia, 8. C. It Warms You Up "lien your head, throat and .no#* ? trils arc stopped up and you have I * lw<! mill, cough or sore throat ,r> ?;r . ^ Tar* BalsaM (Mentholated) a Ik ?t t ic from your druggist. j_ Fake L ' "v T ?~ * ?- s 4 tea?pounful and watch the results, lj !v'll innnrdiai?|y warm you up, loosen the ar.<! t '.ear your head, clisst and jno?I,!? Hrr.;.' up cold.* and coughf and t hr >n: s. A delightful syrup. *1' ? r? icve ycu your druggist will re y>ur r?onr> . S.V rt your dra^lst**. Making Merry With Others v u by ELF.DA LJgDMAN (Copyright, 1919, McC'lUr* N?w?pap?r 8yn? dicate.) i s 8 HOI i i s T i: it Klwintd 11 1 1 (rum Imi jVftpi'i*. "Thai's ?(?o(l nd\ he," she iuUT* niuivd in rvml the WOWlfl OUC4> '* Th?' .fystom of for imcsclf and titafclnif merry with oih urs anil fur uUut* I* ? \v1hi? mid svhulcsoaie one. I bellevo I'll stroll along thte stm*t? to bo? If I can't Aim! someone equally lonely." Suiting the action to the words. Mis* Hoi lister donned Her coat and left the house, calling to the maid, 1 "Probably I'll bring home some guests for din ner." Looking along the sjtreet for some one to share her loneliness she spied a young girl walking listlessly along, apparently without* any destination, as If she had missed altogether the Joy ous meaning of the holiday. "Merry Christmas," she said putting her hand forward. The girl paused a second, and then j repeated, "Merry Christmas," adding,- "it may he merry for you but riot for me." * "Why are you so lonely on such a glorious day?" said Miss llolllster, "the air just seems to tingle with radiant light." "It seems strarigd to tell one's, trouble? to a stranger, but I left home because, ^1 thought t could sing, ntid 1 hnvr* hgen .TitHmff^PRRftlt tn my "Ttttempt, ' rtnd" "1 ain ton proud to let the folks know. \Vheuv 1 think of the tree at home? ^ -the turkey dinner, and only myself missing, I Just can't bear It." Her ' big bine eyes tilled with tears. '?Cheer up, girlie I m one can ,en Joy a Christmas day alidie. You can only have a merry Christmas if others share It . with you. Let's /celebrate to gether. I have a dinner 'already pre pared, but no guests. ? "Let's find one or yvo others equal ly lonely, and piayhe we can all get. together and have a good time.. May be we have somethltag In common. I left home years ago because. I thought I could write something worth while. But the only real human Interest Is not in books and magazlnei, but all around us." "But," questioned the girl, "can you to up to strangers Just like thAt?" with a wave of the hand, \ "Hardly. One .must be moved by the Christmas spirit. Look at that man over there, staring at that doll In the window/' , ;V? The man turned at the sound* of her voice and asked : "Pardon me, d? you know any little girl who would Just love to have a doll? There must be hundreds of little girls just aching for one. That doll is the counterpart of a picture ?iy partner has on his of fice desk ? dark curls, blue eyes and all. That picture has been a mascot to me, and I would love to buy the doll. But I mlssetL my train, and I an) nOt acquainted Tn the city. Talk abbut a bachelor being lonely at Christmas 1 Why, Christmas In a big pity alone ? never,, never again for me." P Miss Holllster's face beamed with pleasure. "You are Just the person we want. We will form a triple alliance of 'has-bee^' lonelles. You. Just come along to my place, it's only around the . corner, and ?hare: mys^ristsnas din ner. iChristmas Is really the children's day, so let's Just pretend we are chil "Do You Know Any Little Girl Who Would Just Like to Have a Dolltr dren ngnin and don't need any intro duction, Just 'come-on over.' " "My narae Is Mertoti, and I think you must he Mrs. Santa Clans." "No, I'm not; I'm MIks Holllster, and this Is Miss ? " "Aiken," Interrupted the girl. . "Why, my partner's name is Aiken, and I was on my way to join him at his mother's house." "You mean, Thomas Aiken?" . "flu re enough f" c | "Oh. he Is my brother." "Well, I declare ! Then surety T. most buy that doll tpr yonr stater. Doesn't If look like herT" j T hn-en't any ulster, Thrt 1 must have been my plctart when I wit] A U t tl ? gl rL" ; I ' "I don't understand why jrou are Ml; a llkttt. but you tu-o going 10 taW (lie next (ruin with me to your j uiothi's, homo. Vt.u ?? ;? \ v I >st tlmt "baby -doll' expression, Iiv>w: strung*' that the llltle picture girl und yon should i>?* th<- \Vby, ona of the IlMlur. im iils (hut .taok oftri. .1 me WftS that his sister would bo bono for ChrlsHijus. I'll run in ajul toy *h?t dolt, ami then we wtjl V0^ t<> Ml?? H(oli}|it0rV* As they entered Miss 1 h.lltstor'H njinti nwiit; they Uttered a ??;>? of siir I?>i > <?, for Id the middle of the room was a child. "Why, h pro's Juki the oni> we are looking for. Hfiv's a Im'muiU'uI doll for you! l.ook, little on*'!" suid Miss llol (liter. '?Boys don't wnnt dolls," cried the tot; "they want soldiera and gunn, and steam cars, and" ? "Hut why are you drowsed like a lit* tie gjrir "lUeuuse my father don't know any hotter. Ho loft me home all ulone on t 'hrisi inns, so I Just came In here? tha turkey smelted so good." Suddenly a vplee was heard, full of anxiqty, asking: "Is my boy here?" "Yes," said Miss Holllster; "coma light in." ' "John!" she added in great aston ishment. "Yes, Mary," said the man ; "to think I have found you af?er all these yeara. My wife died last year, and this Is all I have," he said, pointing to the boy. "John!" She Added in Q.reat Astonish* ment. "Mary, Is it too late for you to take both of u? for a Christmas present?" "How wonderful I This Christmas wqs so lonely, and now it is so full of happiness. I had always hoped for a chance to explain everything, bul when I heard you<.were married, I thought there was no chance." "Cornel Let's all go in to dinner ? and talk 'it over." "Yes," sold Mr. Merton, "I was Just telling Miss Aiken that when we know each other better, maybe I will give John's sister something better than a doll." "Take It from me, Miss Aiken," said Mr. Merton, "the best !? yet to fee, and Christmas bells as well aa wedding bells, may ring out the same merry tune for all of'US." t "To be able to sing or write may be all right, Mtrfs Aiken, but I think to write the. words 'wife* or 'mother' after one's name Is more Important than writing the- best sellers ever written,** added Miss Hollister. r . BUYING UNSUITABLE TIES Tragedy Enough 8uch Christmas Presents Purchased by Woman, but They flight Do Worse. "Look at the trouble that ?ls being 'stored up tttfce?' sneered tlie " morbid pessimist as he pointed to a ' group of women around the necktie counter. \ "It would be funny," be continued, "If it were .not so tragic. Why It Is that> lovely woman with all her eye for the beautiful and with all her accomplishments cannot select a neck tie for a maty is one of the things ' that rank with the unfathomable mys teries of life. I would sooner send a blind man to buy me a "warranted i sound** horse than I would enlist the services of a woman to select a neck tie. "Think of the fat men that will wake up on Christmas morning to find In their stockings a delicate emaciated baby pink necktie that will lo6k like poses on their bountiful expanse of : white shirt bosom. Then on the other hand, 'Bones, the human skeleton,' will J probably get delirium tremens when i he is made the recipient of a spotted necktie big enough to make a shawl for grandmom. Of course nothing j will do for the nice, dignified old gen tleman who never wean* anything but a little black bow, but a flowing sash of passionate hue. Willie, the gay sport, on the other hand, will get some thing that would look nice on grandpa, and so It will go on down the line. "Oh, the Christmas necktie! What tragedies are written in thy game P The pessimist paused. . 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