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5r™ W- mi&k PAGE f / THE PRESS AND STANDARD, WALTERBORO. S. C. DEC. 21. 191$ A Christmas Morning Courtship € '& , 0 X ■ >/ L*i- sr A ' 1 tit t\s K.ii -<■ *' ■- Ui KM a.'* ■* r>“. HI H a*- ^ I p.- V . ^ 4 r--- • >. *y ; f 3#w ,4^ K^/r' u i fcti in •?4- ’-V '••*. . .<;> •:! ■ : Wx$m - - t ‘-- tvV» ■< »(saw»v '•> >#•. T '•-v ^43 “What would you like, prirtty maid?” ne .sai^. “Why, rd’ like to coast on your Christmas sled. FjS ✓ • I If you would Raise Big Crops, I! you would have fewer acres and Larger Crops, if you would reduce your cost of production, buy from the COMBAHEE FERTILIZER CO; CHARLESTON, S.C afcoture all gndM of fertiliaan and carry a larjo stock of the best quality of fer. Wo bay only the best from *wel] known compaay such as the tO^ ChoHest—, S. O. IPs K Rrample 1 McAlfster. jEAmpte,** writes Mrs. R.' IT what Cardui will do for BdB, ol suffering women. ; ■ I suffered with toy head and back, for over six years, and although I trifd. everything, I never could get any- me any. ~ " ** ‘ . . . ^ - has surel am so thankful that. u.i.ruu^i. i u i^u everything, thingto do me any. good, until 1 began to take CairduL vardul has sumy. helped me and built me up and I •m so thankful that. I have found something that will do me good. I feel so 1 much stronger and better than 1 have ht a long time." ^ It is welt to make up your mind before you are skk what medicine you will take when you ait |Sf CARDUI The Woman’s Tonic You will be glad to take It when you are tired, mis erable and when life seems a weary grind. It will put new thoughts into your head, fresh courage into your mind. If not sick now, at least burn Cardui on to the pages of ypur memory, so that when you are sick you will ask for it without thinking. If sick or weak, get a bottle today. At all druggists. R’rfflr to Ladtet* Advi*on Dept. Ch*ft*ivxxt Medicine Co.. Oanaaanr^. Trm. lor Social InatrmeUoHM, tad U-page book. •’Home Treataeat for Waae,.” *tm trrt. Special Sale . * r Began Dec. 12, 1910, Clothing, Dry Goods, Shoes and Notions! (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium) Prompt Powerful Permanent It, tweirflciil ef. f«-t« *re u.u.i'ly <Mt vu-y quickiy S<ot<h>wn c»»»« CViod rmulu are yielU to 1’, l\ V. tasti-i, —it cure, wiion other mo It- you lo ktay curud CUIUS si c bMiesi Must be sold prac tically at and below COST. 20 per cent. «nd 25 per cent, less on all usual Prices. Be sure and attend this Sale, as you will • o get Extra Good Goods at Extra Cheap Prices at HOr FM CHMSTIUS Makes rich, red, pure T>V»l — rl(\jMSe'* tho mti-e iystein—- clears the brAin — strengthens dlgeatioa and nerves. A positive specific for Blood Poison and skin diseases. . Drive* out Rheumatism and Stops the Pate; cods Malaria; Is a wonderful tonic and Uxly-btu e’er. Thousands endorse it. F. V. UPPMAN, SAVANNAH, GA. M. B. Glass, CottagenBe, : S. C. SPORTS OUTDOORS. hr uncle non roppmal*. ism, by Alaieiieaa Pr,„ Ammo- elaUoa.] D ID you ever wear soowaboen? Maybe not. bat they're great tun If you know bow to oae them. Of course If you live La •octbens Caitfornia or Florida or other really aonthera plgce* you needn’t ever hope to enjoy aooweboee unleae yen <■« ■i VvV *2 ■Wi'! ilmtt'fVssi . *+■ ivv: .'W r*l : • < * mss I * ii J5P#| ■ jp % I*. m ■ Mm* V> ‘ ; M< W%: t-ixm *0® foil mm "a<Ai V*’ > »Sv ■at* acsia. over the surface that will bold np any body on saowabocu, but would let a iwnton wearing ordinary sborn or boots break through and flounder about up to hia arm* perhaps. With a pair of snowsboes secured to yonr fret you can travel fast over the annw crust—if you know bow. It takas •wire a little practice to laarn bow to His Mm ■or m lbabt air atuaid. go a long way north, but It la interest ing to read about them and know some- tblng about them anyhow. There are states la this big country where snow abortng Is popular—away op in Michi gan and Wisconsin, for Instance, where the snow lies deep on the ground for months at a time. Over in Norway, far acroes the Atlantic ocean, is the place where snowsboes come in the most bandy, for that Is a land of deep mows and long winters. The Mae of the snowshoe Is to keep tni from brae king through the top rant of the deep snow and let you skim gracefully over the white surface. Snowsboes are mnch need In the big orests, where the snow falls several feet deep and then gets a trosen crust travel eu siiowsIkwm. The little boy la the picture certainly looks as If bln fa ther had uugbi bim bow, for be doesn’t appear to.be the leant Mt afraid. Ills smile shows that be Is enjoying the sport * Snowsboes are not real shoes, of course Yob must wear your reel •ihoes and stock tugs to keep your feet warm, then fasten the snowsboes to your soles. They are really very much like little sleds, only that you have a sled on each foot Instead of the "belly busteF* that you use in 'coasting downhill You can climb bills as snowsboes. sod you can’t do that on a sled, as you know. That’s where lota of the fan comes in. In northern Michigan and some other parts of the north tbe little boys and girls sometimes get impair of snowsboes from Kants Clans, and they prove to be a very enjoyable Christ mas present. "Skates will do for me.” says Haste. Oh. very well Then well have Hants - Claus leave a pair of- skates for you beneath tbe mantel. They’re too big and awkward to put Into your stock ings. and you went all the room there Is in your stockings for candy and other smaller gifts, anyhow. Every boy and girl who loves the outdoors—and what child doesn'tI- wants to go skating. You’ll agree to that, won’t yon? Of course. If yoo> live far aouth. where the creeks and ponds don’t freese over, yon can’t ex pect Ice skating, but then there are V J roller skates. Still, roller akatee don’t really auggeat Christmas, a pair of them Is a welcome gift from Santa Clans to a boy or a girt, bat It is the lee skats* that make ns think of Christmas time. Nowadays skates are nicer and cheap er than those we used to have, say, thirty years ago. Did any of you boys and girls ever see a pair of the clnmsy looking wooden skates with steel run era which your fathers used to wear before the all metal skates cams Into fashion? Those wooden skates were strapped to heel and toe—no heel plates or toe clamps In those days. Bat they were mighty good skates all the same, and your father enjoyed them Just as much as you’ll enjoy tbe high ly polished nickeled beauties which Santa Claus may leave for you tht, Christmas. Here’s a picture of the Christmas queen, the queen of outdoor sports b winter time. You will see that she l dressed very warmly, which Is as she should be, for she la standing in a tree- top—her throne, you know—and It must be pretty chilly up there when the wind blows. Bat you will notice also that tbs Christmas queen has wings, so she can fly down and Join her subjects, the other boys and glria. In skating, anowsboelng or coasting downhill The queen In this case Is net a fairy, aa you may imagine, but a dear little girt ’’made up” to play the part at a Christmas tournament that took fMace la aa English town last year. wlj? m '“■'S WiifN ■S. Hi w V* lil 4 m m ADVICE TO FARMERS raissar unm ura ms or kwie ah in uu admit LAM UNIS.. To the officer* and tneaffaahrof the Farmers’ Union:-Lota df people are probably in hell, or its equival ent. today due to quarrels about land lines. I make this broad state ment to show the eaufles that often make folk in the country disa gree with each other and that, in their turn, make the development of the.coontry districts and the im provement of the let of the fanner so gradual an accomplishment Its the Uttie things that lead up to and govern the big things in this life, whether on the farm or the rity. Quit fussing with your neighbor about the trifling damage his chickens do to your flowers or truck garden. The thing is too small to quarrel about with so many infimite- fy bigger things that may be mater ialized only by co-operation, and co operation between bickering neigh bors is an impossibility. Once in my old county, two promi nent men became mixed up in a law suit at great expense for twenty or thirty years over a tiny strip of cheap land worth at the best but s few dollars. Einally the court di vided the land between the two, a compromise they could themselves have reached and saved hundreds of dollars, their sdf-rmpect and the cost in community stagnation—for no community goes foward when its people are at feud with each other. In this same county I once saw fortv-pne fool neighbors in a knock, drag-out fight over the definition of a word. I also saw a man severely cut within a stone’s throw of my home in a quarrel over five cents. oourse his family, and th« family (of the man who did the cutting, had to suffer^ for the aggressor in this case wassenteaced to thechaingang. The incidents that I mention have been nod ate common in every rural community. There is risible an im provement, but it needs the hard work of every fanner in the United States to help it forward. If half the energy spent on these needless and silly disputes, many of which blossom into tragedies, were concentrated on getting along with your neighbors and working to gether for the common improve ment, the so-called “rural problem’’ would be settled in short order. You might take the initiative, for instance, by organising an improve ment society for the neighborhood. If your neighbors will not fall in with the idea, it is not going to hurt you to go ahead on your own hook. As soon ms they see the results, they will “come arcoas.’’ For example, a number of yean ago. a church in my neighborhood had no shade strees around it. 1 went out and put in about five dozen young shade trees without consulting the brethren. Remember, they had had about fifteen years to improve the looks of that bleak place with a few trees and a little gram, but the excuse always “no time.’’ The fint Saturday after the trees were set out conference was held, and my case was before that august bed ay. The mem ben charged that 1 was not a member of that church I had no right to put out trees, gram or anything else, that might beautify the grounds and give them a lovelier environment in which to worship God, without their permission. They wanted to know by what authority I “butted Hi.’’ Aftie veral houn wrangling, they could not locate authority or precedents of any nature. Anyhow, the trees stood and today there is a fine grove around that particular church. That is the result 1 was after, regardless of im mediate thanks or appreciation. And this is the teseon 1 am striv ing to imprint on members of the Farmers’ Union and farmers genera lly—that the longer you wait for somebody else to start the work of improvement or uplifting, or the more j ou yield to the temptation to bicker ihstead of work hand in hand, the more you will be postponing the day of the settlement of the rural problem. And settling the - rural problem means making your own home a lovely place to live in, giving your children the squareat possible deal in life, putting money into the bank and getting more out of exist ence. County folks with brains have bt ilt cities and improved them, made fortunes for themselves and oiner people. Why can’t they do these thing* for themselves and their neighbors without leaving the country? The material is all there—but you’ve got to use it. Charles S. Barrett. Union City, Ga. Dec. 8. SANTA CLAUS READY TO START. Th<>re i* liitl* rlnng^r from a cold or from mi artarkot thr grip »xnrp< •• cn folio* <ti hr pitcnnimil*. and tnis m*-r happen* ah<*o L>amh*rlaln’« OiwH Homrdv Is ourd This ran»n<y ha» aon !»■ g-rat reiiutaiion and «-x'*-o*'v® i-ais by io re mark* id* cure* <>| o.id- and 'no and can be relied 01 nq *bn it confidence For tale by a!l J«-a en. Whm have a °o , d grt a bonl* of Y?bamhansin> t'oagi R m-rif Ir wii! K><>n fix yon np all n**>t a>ii will w «rd >'g soy tsndsnoy toward prmumi.ata. Tkta rsmrdv emtalas no opiau o r oibsr narcotic and may bs gtvsn as coot»« *- ly to a baby as to aa admit. Bold by all dsalsim