The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, December 27, 1916, Image 4
TWICE-A-MONTH MAGAZINE SECTION
PACK EIGHT
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FINE CANDIES
FOR CHRISTMAS
Christmas And
New Year’s Cards
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and Booklets
A LARGE VARIETY TO
SELECT FROM
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KLEIN’S DRUG STORE
Every Thing The Best
Phone 31
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One thousand Bushels Extra Fine Staple Cot
Seed for sale. One to Five bushels $3.00 por!
• r ) Bu. and up $2.00 per Bu. Sold Walterboro
C., iu sacks. Cotton brings 30c. Lb. on mad
TERMS CASH, WRITE OR PHONE^
H. N. STOKES
WALTERHORO, SOITH CAROLINA
to the c*u«ew»y bead I pulled up and
looked about me. There whh a alip
of a nioon over the island and a plenty
of litarjs so that the night was fairly
bright. No one was in sight, but pre
sently 1 heard the thump, thump, of a
man running over the turf, and who
should Come panting down the slope
but Jake Warner, the ‘keeper. Me
waA in such a hurry that he was nigh
as close a* 1 am to you, sir, In-fore he
saw me.
“Mlood ls»rd ?’ he cried, jun*|uug
bark; 'and what are you doing her«>T’
“ ‘Didn't you hear a shot fired?'
1 asked.
“ * Not a sound of it,' he said, with
a sulky face on him. * *
“It surprised me inoTe than ,a bit.
Indeed, 1 had’ In gun to wonder if 1
could liave lss-n mistaken, when.there
can\e a clatter -on the fclul>s of the
causeway, and a man rushed out from
^he r«s-<i<i like a mad thing. Me gave
a little cry like a frightened rabbit when
he caught sight of us, and tried to, twNst
away, but his fcW slipped from under
him, and down he fell. Hefore lie
Tt>ui«lT«TT.TTT 4"Wa.vst M mg-o il-l .ts -c h*nt.
“ I had no hand in it,’he shouted.
‘ I. swear to you it w as not me. 1 w as
to iios’t him on tire island. He was
dead when I came to him.’
, “ ‘Dead-—who Is dead?' asked Jake
vety anxious.
■“ ‘Vir Andrew Cheyne.' said the
man, with a shiver. \
“I was that taken aback that he if
had made UsTun for n he might have
done so for :iU I could have utoppisl
linn. As'fnr Jak\-. he gave a yelp and
disappeared «lown k|u- eaiis»-way, like a
rat ititiKa hole.
“ ‘Sir Andrew is in I riuiee,’ 1 said,
for so Mr. HoImtI.s had told me not a
wrck before. ‘You’re crazy, man.’
•• 'Shut your mouth, you find’ —
tho-e were Ins very la t words, sir
‘I tell you ♦ 'hey nr is dead, t <*> and
lo«ik for yourself.’ . *'
“-‘I 1ttH-i uoiilili-.'von to eonw* willi
me, then,’ said I. taking him by the
collar.'
“We walked down the causeway be
tween the reeds, he in front and me
behind with my hand in his neck.
About half-way down we came upon
.1.4ke, w ho was kneeling by si In* bo«lv,
whb h lay flat on its back. I had never \
m-cii Sir Andrew- and no more had
Jake, so we had to take the stranger’s
word for it. When we found there
was lio sign ot .life left- in him, 1 sent
Jake to get assistance. Re nunc back
with Mr. 1‘obiTts and ..two of the men,
who carried away the hody up to the
house, while 1 arrested my prisoner ariib
walked him off to the lock-up./\\ e
found a loaded revolver upon him.
He refused to say who ho was or to
make any e\|ff!*natip»e ’
“ \nd afterwards **' asked Vddington
Peace.
“I searidted the causeway as soon as\
it was light. There was nnthiug to
be found. Put the evidence against
,,fhe prisoner seems clear enough, suv-
/ ing the fact that tin* shotgttn he used
hasdisiippeared- lie must have tlyrown
it into the water. They will drag the
lake for it. this afternoon. We've got
the real murderer all right, don't you
think, sir
“ Did you search the island before you
left last night
" N< sir.”
“Might not anotlnT man have been
gotieealed tjyen- ?'’
The polici’unatl did not reply, save
by coloring u deeper red and -taring
hard at his bools. t
“Well, well, no ofie eall‘ think of
everything,'' -aid I'c.tee, with a flieker
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“Whereof it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, what he did in the Red
and in the brooks of Arnon. "—Numbers, 22:14.
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When the Book of-the Wars of Men is done ; ^
And the story is truly penned
From the yellowing page of the tale begun
To the chapter that holds The End—
When the trumpets of peace the world around
Have blent in a chorus grand,
And the battle flag shall no more betoond
As a shadow above the land;
Will we keep the Book of the Wars of Men
In a high and an honored place.
That our children's sons may be thrilled again
With the stories their eyes may trace ?
Will we cherish the book in faithful pride
That men of a future age >
May acquaint themselves with the ones who died
That the volume might have a page ?
Will the Book of the Wars of Men tell truth?
Will it mingle the songs and cheers
With the sacrifice of the beardless youth
And the dew of a mother’s tears ?
Will it blazon in gold the noble deed
That won a forgotten fame?, \ *
Will it tell of the gripe of a ceaseless greed
That has wrought for a nation's shame ?
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O, the Book of the Wars of Men! It waits
Till the wakening of the world,
Till the banners that tell cf scorns and hates
In the glory of peace are forled—
Will we keep it to tell of the rolling drum
And the peals that the filers know,
Or to speak to the men of the-days to come
Of the way that they must not go?
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of a smile. “Come ami show me wli. r,,
you found him.”
The dark stain upon the slabs Imm wc-n
the nodding reeds was sign-po-t »u
fioient. The little detective took ,t,.-
look at the s|Hit, and then stood im- ,
his hands In-hind his back, peeling ab., ;*
him.
“Were tluj prisoner’s clothes «.• >
he oski-d quietly.
“No, sir; quite dry.”
“And how deep is the lake ?”
“From three to six feel deep, r
so I’ve always heard.”
" Is there a boat on it ? ”
.“Jake keeps an old punt, I l*< h,... ,
but the pleasure craft are under i.
and. key in the boathouse. Tfn-\ v .- ‘
not been in the water for years, ..td
would leak like sieves.” '
JAThat is all. do up to the lu,^,-
and wait for me there. 1- shall |, H
back in an hour or so.” <
The policeman saluted and tytir. |
down the causeway, Ins'heavy b . : .
. clattering yrpon the stones.
“.Vow we can get to work. Mr
I’hil’ips,” said (he little man, j-Ik . .
fuliy, hisTyT- - diviqyTTjTwitTi Tr’yrr?
ex|H-ct at ion. “ W lirfe I am ni.ikin_ ,
little examination of the eau-cw
I should be obliged if you will. \Yai*
me at the cottage on the island vond.
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The last tiling I saw-of him v. , ,
neat boot shirking out from the tv. b
into which he was crawling on han -
and knees.
The cottage was an old-fa.-hint , f
one-storied building. The red
of its gabled roof had been deli. ;r
toned by age until they had sunk >'
^ color very restful lo an arti-t’- •
^Wooden shutters blocked the vv
dowy; its door of staim-d ami \m.-
eat ep oiik was firmlj.secured. A path. •
through strugglrng laun 1 luishe- t .
the door to FTic lake, and I walk- d d
to it to the loud outcry of the t*-';
ducks that rosi- with flapping
about me uml circled round to -p
into the water at. a safe di-'
Hv a dilapidated wooden landm
I -lojlpc
d tn light a eig
ar. He. \-
threw awiiy the match ;i
l lagged '
ir ^
in the i
h-ep moss that
covered '
v-
plunking
caught, toy eve.
1 -1. wiped
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examine
it. l llder t he Ino
-- t he W • »U" 1
elf was s
pliutered \V]t h a d(
■ep, fre-b
I studied
1 the rest «>f the
landing
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without
result. Nell hit'
the Ino'/. r
;<>r
the.expo:
mmI patrlii < ot \Noo»i\voj L
w •
ed . any
similar sign-. T
he one i: ■
Ai
near'—(It!
it was all.
1 was
still con.-idi'ting
t he pia J .■
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on
when P<
•ace joined tne.
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high go.
ini humor.,. Tor
Dine
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stareil a
i the inarfc with
hi- head
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onV. side
like a meditative
sparrow e
n*l
theiiN seizing rue by the
arm, le.lu
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t he Ava v w e had e
ollie.
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Sobel & Bogoslov
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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
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\\V desire to wish our many friends and customers a
very, very
Merry Christmas k k
AND
Happy Holiday Season
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We wish that the glad season will bring you many joys
and that the year hatj boon most prosperous.
tlon to the irtft part of the program
there will In* a program of song and
entertainment by the school, and an
address by a well known speaker.
Miss Kdltb Fraser has kindly con
sented to tell the school a Christ
mas story, and those who know Miss
Fraser’s-aptness in this line will
know what a treat is in stoeesjor
them
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ell.cjgl
" Piet il!\'-qu«v»'h ! '' lie said, pnn.'i' t:
to the old pavilion "It i-atchc-* \ ir
art i-tie eye. Nperhatis yoir wilf ' -•
. time to tiiak)
WtnjKV’ \r
“ Noll,-••use.” 1 s:iiil\MTltabK
“Who sfiot this poor fi'How ’
“No one.”
“ \\ hat suicide , \ •
“-Northing -m+)4s' -Linx : k 1
Now don't lose your tertiper rry *l
will under-tatid within the hour. ' X^..,
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along.
“Where are we going?”
“To Visit OUr ('-tcetlicd friejld.
W arner. There is jn-t a cImi.* •
may show ietiiper. Shall we i:
Nlr. I'liillips, or -hall we eail ‘ i >-
policeman from the house yCnd- r
I told him ipiite briefly that I « ii i
sec the policeman condemned tir-'.
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days of December^ 1HH». in The
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CJ. ALBKUT BEACH.
“Probate Judge, Colleton County.
^ MAKE IT EASIER TO RENT ^
THAT HOUSE X
•’Js it wired for Electricity?” This is one of the
first questions asked by the vast majority/of prospec
tive tenants. How will you answer it? If you can say
*'yes” the house will already be half rented, for, of all
modem improvements Electricity bt recognized as the
first and greatest.
Arrange to have your property all put on the
“Wired for Electricity” list. The increased rental will
quickly pay for this small investment.
Many real estate men so appreciate the value of
Electric Serviced hat they do not attempt to rent or sell
a house without first wiring it for Electricity.
See that YOUR property has Electric Sendee before
I the renting season is upon you.
*' I will oe glad to estimate on wiring one or more of
B vour houses jthe RIGHT way free of cost to vou.
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H. O HOTTE
WALTERBORO. s. c.
Foil SALE—At public outcry lio
front of the court house. 280
acres of land, bounded by fol
lowing parties: B. K. Griffin. A.
0. Padgett, Mose Rivers...! W.
Avant and G C. Benton. Sab* to
he held on Salesday in January/
same being Jan 1. 1M7. at Mio
usual hour of sales. ^
n. M. JEFF Eft IKS
Horses * Mules
CAR OF HORSES AND MILES
M'fcT ARRIVED SEE THEM BE
FORE YOI* BCY AND SAVE MON
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Yarn Bros. Co.
SMOAKS. S. I
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This Week Buying
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CHRISTMAS BELLS
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WILL SOON BE CHIMING
And once more the question of "What Shall I Give
Her" rings through your mind. “She Has Everything."
you say. But there is something you can give her—
something that every woman terms as the ideal Christ- *
mas Gift. “JEWELRY” is the answer. See our stock
and solve the question.
Wiping a HAPPY AND MERRY CHRISTMAS
TO ALL.
Finn Jewelry Store
WALTERBORO. S. C.
Special attention will be given to the selection of this
stock. It will pay to wait and see them before buying
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elsewhere. ^ our business is solicited.
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Walterboro Live Stock & Vehicle Co.
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H. W. BLACK, Jr.. Manager
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Sample Shoes For
XMAS
Our Mr. Fromberg has just returned from the North
where he purchased a full supply of new Sample Shoes
tor the C hristmas trade.v These shoes are bouj£t for the
least money possible and will be sold accordingly. 'Tronic
in and see them for yourself.
NOT ONLY SHOES BI T EVERYTHING ELSE
The Sample Store
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H. M. FROMBERG, Proprietor.
Next to First National RanK.