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SANTA CL4US IS REAL , WHAT A ORKAT EDITOR SAID TO 'A MTTLR GIRL A ROUT IUM. - I . Hftfs Santa (Tlaiu Exists an Certainly M Love and Generosity and Devotion Exist#. . ,fi. good many years ago a little ,?w. wrote the following note to tho J editor of the New York Sun just before Christmas: . .Dear Editor: I am eight years oid. Some of my little friends say titore ls ao Santa Clans. Pape says: "It roil see It in the Sun, it's so. * Pleas? tell me the truth. Is there a (Stoata CbtuaT Virginia OJIaulom No. 115 West 9f?th Street. . . Ttie editor, whot>e name was Church, answered as follows: Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the scepticism of a sceptical age. They do not believe except they sr?e. They fMnk that nothing can be which la not comprehensible by their little mindu. All minds, Virginia, whether thoy be men's or children's, are little, In this groat universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the houndless world about him, as meas urod by the intelligence capable of grasptn; the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes. Virginia, there is a Santa Clans. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that tliey abound and fflvo to our life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would bo the world If there were no Santa Olaus. It would be as dreary as if there wore no Virginias. There would bo no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance, to make tolteraab(le this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except In sense and stght. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be cxtinguifthod. Not believe in Santa Clans! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch In all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Clans coining down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, hilt that. Is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither ii J ..? ri i ? .. . .. coijoreii or meu i:un ivui >uu ever eee fairies dancing on the lawn ? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can < conceive or Imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable In i the world. i You may tear apart the baby's rat- ] titer and see what makes the noise lnirtde, but there Is a veil covering the i aoseen world which not the strong- r oet man, nor even the united otrength of all the strongest men 1 that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith; fancy, poetry, love, romance 1 can push aside that curtalu and view * And picture the supernal beauty and giory beyond. Is it all real? Al, t Virginia, in ail this world there is < aothtnc else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! he Uvea, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, VIrgluia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from * now, ho will continue to make glad * the heart of childhood. t t , t Antiquity of Christmas Hay. The earliest mention of the 2f>th , af December as Christmas day is ( found In an ancient catalog of church j fevtivalo about ,104 A. D. And it is BurpriaJng lo see with what alacrity the date was received and the nativity' celebrated throughout Christen- \ dom. It seems as If the world had j been waiting for this festival of divine and human childhood, and was ready to welcome it at once with Bongs of joy. In the year 160 it was j already celebrated in Home by vast < multitudes thronging the churches. Twenty years later Antioch 'had taken }.t up with gr'a* popular enthusiasm. And In little more than 50 t years from Its earliest suggestion, the observance of December tho 25th as : the day of the nativity had become the universal practice of Christians. hatal Kiss of Death. After swallowing a large dose of carbolic add at her home in New Orleans, Mrs. Mary Kadollch lav down on the bed with her lips pressed to those of her five days' old infant, which she firmly clasped In her arms. vvlion round the baby was (load as j the result of absorbing the fresh acl 1 front her mot iter's Hps and Mrs. Kadolioh was in a dying condition. She is said to have (juarroled with her husband the night before. Watch in < at fish. While nshtng in the Missouri river through the lee near the pumping station at Florence, Neb., ltoy Nelson caught an 83 pound catllsh and Upon oioaing the fish found a solid Cased watch, upon which was the i inscription: "Presented to V. It. j PtM'ry by tils friends at Bismarck, i K. D., Junp 5f 1 902." This city i? | ?,0M miles from Bismarck. IVhaX is the use of getting soured in life? II doet. no good to anyone, I least of all to the man who gets , our. We nil love the fresh cheerful , laugh of the child, why not keep It | In after ycara. I Rj i r. i# fcdwood lliDwn, a negro, is perhaps the oldest turnkey In the service of the city. He is stationed at the Sixth district station h<-u.se, k'leveuth ant Winter streets, an* during his oateei a? a policeman fee hate dene uu.re vaiiaut service, ft to the preud boast of Turnkey llrown that ne prisoner that he ha* gone after has escaped ] hi aa. Turnkey Brown <a aa old Civil war veteran and a member ef tvs* Grand Army of the Ptepahllc. H was euly the other day that he had gone cut* side of the station houfce when ho was* a n?A eeeae sto?reri*n along wearing tile bm?ee Puttee >t tiit G. A- R. Turnkey Rrnwn, full of flty for a fell aw incumber M the mjfdfy tispleP int Grand Army, which kxc raved the Union, otepped far ward wttn the intention of aiding the aid ealuier eom rade. Imagine his surprise when the wear or of the honored brent# button turned upon him and savagely guv# light. The oid turnkey was astenie.ked. "Why," he declared. 'Tin acting the [ art of the good Samaritan. Cau't you appreciate it?" The staggering one could not, and, as though to empherlre it, promptly downed 'he turnkey. But bc^c's where the latter was game sad proved hk -laying <?i;ali11e< ju 't as he did upon a Keore of baitlenolds upno which he had fought. "You're my prisoner, all rl/rht," Raid the turnkey, "and into t ceil you go." And into a cell he did go, too. In tell ing of the incident afterwards Turn key Brown said that he had aevei felt more humiliated in his 11T?. i I i 1 h * ... j I \ iiu : Oy^ur# Dftlsy?D.'d you cnjjy j'our trip tc. ISurope. Da nlrl?Y?*^. Indeed! All the Jlme 1 was th^re [ was thinking what fuxi It would be to r^t ? ?<*? Why He Was Sad. The erratic warbling of the aura stir tenor drifted through fho air shaft "Ah," said the girl with the dream) eyes, "he calls himself the 'mournful ^ nightingale.' Dou't you fool Bad wb?r he sings?" j* 'i he coarse man in black nuspenderi jhrugged his shoulders. "Very ead, ^ losnie; very sad." n "Ah It makes vim feel nad to hear ~ lis sentimental songs?" 9 "No, it make* me sad to think there H s a law against shooting nightin- * *ales." n And far away in the summer night v \ lone cat joined in the chorus.?-Chi P tugo News. B li Cautious. I1 The old gentleman was in a fury. 1 "Young man," ho stormed in angry ones, "didn't I tell you never to darken my doorway again?" "But?but I didn't darken It this c .line," ventured the trembling youth. 0 "What do you mean?" "Why, I cleaned my shoes five times :>efore I took one step on the Fill. If he doorway has been darkened any didn't do it, sir."?Chicago News. A Timely Episode. "The sheriff levied on our scenery n the third act. Fortunately, he had jeen an actor himself at one time." "What happened?" "What happened?" "We g t away with our hand bagrago while he was taking a cuitain juii." Whew! May Pechis?Jack flood ley called jpon mn the other evening. Mr. Chellus?I lull! Mow did you survive It? I suppose he talked about s< mething Idiotic a . the time. May Pechis?Well, yea; he Bpok* about you quite a great deal. His Good Reason. "Why don't you get rid of that mule?" "Well, suh," answered Erartus Pink ley. "1 hates to give In. If I was to i trade <lat mule off he'd regard !t as a j personal victory. hob m on tryin fun lie las' six weeks to get rid o' me." > ] He Didn't Understand. ' "So you don't want no cranberries?" i "No; I've changed my mind. 1 r.ee your cat is asleep In those cranber* < ries." "That's all right, mum. I don't mind waking the cat up." Rather Slow. Said Tie?So that is your chaperon at the phone. Is she up to date? Said She?Yes, in some ways; but she isn't up to any date I make.?Chicago News. ? When it conies to revising the tariff every man who has been elected to Congress as a Democrat should bo mado to toe tho mark or get out >f the party. There is no place In .he party for traitors. Steady Growth of Socialism. Under the rule of ilie Republic*! party socialism has grown rapidlj In the United States. The name o the socialist party first appearei upon the ballot In the United State* in 1 888, when it polled 2.068 votes In the twenty-one years which have since elapsed it has progressed stead lly, until Its vote in 1910 was lur [ prising. It will bo some time before all the flguree for 1910 arc available, but it is known that the vote scored a large increase all over the country. In New York it grew from 38.000 to 05,000; In California from 18,000 to over 00,000. It ic probable that this year's total reached the million rn*."k. Milwaukee elected the first social let congressman on November 8. Tho thoroughgoing socialist boldly declares that the earth and the fullness thereof was Intended, not for the making of dividend!}, but for 'he satisfaction of human needs. Hi* program la frankly revolutionary, though he prefers the ballot to the bullet a a a means to the end. While the avowed advocates of socialism have worked with wonderful energy and persistency to promote the growth of (heir cause, they are t>> no means entitled to all the credit for what has been accomplished. The socialist has a partner who Is working overtime to convince the world that there is no hope, save in revolution, the Omaha Daily News. The socialist's partner is no other than our old friend, the standpatriot ? that la to say, the contented con9ervative who, hardened by fa. I vears. Insists that "all's for the best in the best of all possible worlds." rhis man stands stubbornly in the face of all progress. He consistently onnoses everv human asnlratlon por better things. For money, ho isks more and more; to mon, he concedes less and Ices. He demands ligher rates for railroad service. He esista all attempts at the regulation >f public service corporations. He regards the Wisconsin proposal for government rallroala, locks and steamships In Alaska as inspeakable heresy. He insists on ligher rates upon all necessities of lfe every time the tariff is revised. \'ith hundreds of thousands of chlliren going to school every morning vithout their breakfasts, he declares hat our trouble is not "high cost of iving, but cost of high living." He 3 fighting now for a kind of "open hop" which would crush labor unons to the dust, leaving the workuen to deal in his naked individually with organized dollars. He says men shall work when and /here he pleases for what he chooses o give them, or that they shall tarve, with their women and chilren. The standpatriot is the greatst asset of socialism. If he has ils way, the earth will be owned by r o r? /I f/\t(r aw f V\/v ^ I 1 I U ? v- n *ri uun i c ?t c i f 111 v in any win uo aore and more completely exploited -and the revolution will come the urer and the sooner. Tho growing trength of socialism In every eleclon for the past twenty-two years neana Just this: We are going forward. Most of us would prefer to rogress by evolution, but if the tandpatriot continues to standpat ong enough and hard enough he will robably succeed In giving us revoutlon instead. Changing the Calendar. The Swiss federal council has debled to call an International confer nee for the purpose of strai'htenng out ce^'aln twists and irregulariies in the calendar. It is proposed, imonpj other reforms, so to change he present method of reckoning that .11 the months will begin on the same lay of the week. The plan is to nake every normal year consist of hree hundiod and sixty-four days, livided into lour quarters and exictly fifty-two weeks. In eicn quar-j er there will he two thirty-day j nonths and one thirty-one-day j nonth. New Year'e day will he j nade an undated festival and a aim- I lar festival will he inserted between ho last day of Juno and tlo tirst j >f July,, the purpose of th'a bel ig o provide for the extra day that, low com03 in leap years. The Atlanta Journal says thero inve been only two momentous changes of the calendar in the vorld's history. Juliur Caesar found he method of measuring the years opsy-turvy and complex. It was 1 t tvho ordained that three vearr. out >f every four should consist of three Hindred and sixty-five days and th?.t. the fourth, or leap year, should oorLain three hundred and sixty-six days, fie based his method on the computation that a vear was about three hundred and slxty-flvo and a fourth days in length. As a matter of precise fact, however, tho year Is thre-j hundred and sixty-five days, five hourfl, fortyeight minute* and forty six seconds In len?th, so that the year Caesa? established was eleven minu#<M an J fourteen scumue too long. This apparently trivial difference amount e 1 in tho eo'i-xe of four hundrel years to more than three days, so th k time was literally getting out of joint. To meet this difficulty, Pop? Gregory, the thirteenth, in 1 582 inaugurated a reform by dropping ten days and ordering October the fourth to be called October the fifteenth. This la the calendar under which we have aln.c made engagements and done business. It was not adopted In England until 1752, because of that country'# then anti-Catholic aentlment. When parliament finally ordered the cban?e In dates, a mob % gathered and ciicd out, "Give ua our eleven days," for they believed that ' somehow other they bad really t been robbed of that much time and 1 pay. The present effort to perfect ? the calendar still further will be watched with world-wide Interest. ' and though It may meet some opp> - sltlon. It must ultimately succeed Where Danger Lurks. Under the above caption The State voices our sentiments exactly when It says: "James Smith, Jr., comes Into the open as a candidate for United Statea Senator In New Jersey?James Smith, Jr.? of "sugar tariff" fame. Thornton, protectionist, has been elected Senator from Louisiana. McLean of Washington, the most distinguished "seasonal" Democrat In the country, la a candidate for Seuator in Ohio. Subterraneous efforts are proceeding 10 elect to the Senate In New York a Democrat of tender disposition towurd vested Interests, and William A. Clark of Montana, fully as willing if not so able as AlJrlch to extend :i 1J to trusts and monopolies in dauber from legislation designed to benefit the people, is slated for Senator. "After the expiration of the present Congress, the Republican major-1 ity lu tbe Senate will be reduced to. eight. The reduction has been caused | oy resentment or rne American people against privilege fostered by the Republicans. Recent Democratic successes recorded tbe popular rebuke of the Smiths, McLeaua, and all of their ilk not leas than of the Aldriches and Scotts. "A Senate Republican by a majority of oi$ht or ten and having eight or ton "protection" Democrats or half-breed Democrats complacent to the Republican money syndicate will disgust the American people and drive them to seek relief at the hands of the La Follettes and their associated "Insurgents." "The question is whether the Democrats shall win tho confldence of tho country by deserving It or surrender the country for a long term of years to a Republican party controlled by "Insurgents." Nobody w'slies a government dominated by a coalition of standpat Republicans and other standpatters disguisod as Democrats ?" Nothing Rut Whiskey. "Nothing Hut Whiskey" would bo an appropriate sign to hang in front of 104 Kennedy place from now until Christmas. The Southern Kxpress company has obtained permia sion from Mayor Lee to open a 1 ' whiskey depot ' at that place, and ( old booze ia rolling in and being delivered by the wholesale. Fully a half carload was delivered yesterday. From early morning until closing hour at night throe men were kept busy making deliveries. In packages of from five gallons down to one quart, they were handing it over the counter an fast as the thirsty ones could attach their signatures to the delivery book. And even after this all-day run, fully a thousand gallons were on the floor last night, according to a gentleman who Is good on estimates. From the counter in the front of the storeroom to the rear wail, with a very narrow passageway between, the firewater is scattered over the floor. One of the men at the su testation stated that more whiskey waB delivered yesterday than at any time durin? the holidays last year. A conservative estimate of the money that will ?;o out of Spartanburg for whiskey this week and next la placed at *60,000. Tho above from the Spartanburg Herald will convince the most skeptical that prohibition dot^s not prohibit in that quarter of the State. Rut tho same story cornea from all affairs exists right here in Orangeover the ^.tate. The same state of jburg, and other towns in this county. It is estimated that over one million dollars has been sent out of the State during this month for whiskey, i lit only shows that the noonle will 1 I have whiskey regardless of any law | that may he passed. The Sparantaburg Herald ays ibout sixty thousand dollars was ient out of that city during the p.iot two weeks for whiskey. Spartani burg is the headquarters of the Antl-j Saloon League for this State, but It makes a very poor showing, if the i Herald's figures are correct. FOR SALE 1000 acres, 4 miles Thomas ton, Ga., Splendid land ana good improvements. GooC renting property; $25.00 pe? acre. Easy terms. 507 acres, 4 miles Cuthhcri Ga.; 6 tenant houses, I resi dence: high grade land. Rent* I 5 bales, capable of doing much better. Our price to December 1st, 1910, is $6500.00. Several fine, profit makmt farms in Sumter Oounty, Ga. Write for list. Southern Land Co.. Aniertru*. <??., Outfit**!.. or Thoftmrvon. U*. A Househc Which Work CHE< [(Chest ( Will Relieve Quickly Croup. Couj lections of Ch Its lu bMi tborouilt 09 tho liirffl number of onoolioltod h?9# uood this roxne4y. Use Freely and I Now sold by all medicine deal* 25c Eve I CLASSIFIED COLUMN Wanted?Four colored barbers. Apply hf once. H. M. Wicker, Wadeeboro, N. C. Ship your calves, hogs, sheep, lambs, etc., to the Parlor Market, Augusta, Ga., 1018 Hroad Street. That Unexpected Gift?You'll have to send one back. Send us $1.60 and we will mail In pretty holly box a fountain pen with your card. Kims Book Store, Orangeburg, S. C. ^VmuUmI ? Men to tv.kv riftebrii d*v practical cotton rouraa, Accept good position* d u ri w y the fnll Charlotte Cotton Company. Char I Hte, N C (>ii?hetl Oyster 8holN for Poultry.-* One hundreu pounds. sixty .jeD'h five hundred pounds $2.60 Rroi> lauer, LucMeott.e * Co., Wavert? Mills. 8. C\ Bloc Flour, 100 tons fresh. Rice Flour, Hay, Grain, Bran, Chops. C. S. Meal and etc., Albert Blachoff and Co., 31 Elizabeth Street. Charleston, S. C. Agents In every city and town; best Belling automobile specialty; large demand 'or goods; Muccesa assured: start at once. Address I>esk C, Box 422, Sumter, 8. C. |510,<H?0 Yearly.?No agency. Legitimate. RmalJ capital. We start you for 2 5c. Honest company This 1b your chance. Bum merit? Co., Nevada, Texas. Keflm**! educated la<*T wishes a posl tion as companion or travelling companion for lady. or as housekeeper. Address Miss M. R. J. F. O. Box iJOG, Darlington, 8. C. Women, sell guaranteed hose. 70 per cent, profit. Make $20 dally. Full or port time. Beginners Investigate. Strong Hosiery. Flo* 4029, West Philadelphia. Pa. Fine Kxtroted lloney?Reveral tone extracted honey?thoroughly ripened, thick and rich. Guaranteed to please?or money back. Send stamp for sample. William Null, Prairievllle, Ala. The High Point Detective -\gen?y o Columbia does a general deteotlv* business. White and colored d# tectives at your conventomo Write us. W B Taylor. Man***' Columbia, fl C I>obb*' Slnirle CVmih Rhndn (*ian? Red# and "Crystal" White Orpin* t'?na wii. nn<l lay when other# fall. stock and etffirn for sale ?ef< for matinr 11?t. O. A. Doblm, Ro.v R ?4., Galneavllle, Or. Carolina (^elective Ajjrcnoy, Kendall Building, Columbia. S. C., will furnish Tellable detectives anywhore; ratee reasonable. Collect Iti or evidence for civil mii Its n specialty. Geo R. Ogg. Chief. I Cor Sale?Well improved farm 0 miles of McCormJe.k. R. C.; will eel! cheap if sold before Jan. 1 : specially adapted, to stock and pre In. W. M. Rodders, Green wood, S. C. I Z-1Y- I Wonted?Men to take thirty day* practical course in our machine shops and learn automobile business. Positions secured graduate $25.00 per week and up. Charlotto Auto School, Charlotte, N. 0 Wanted?Men and ladies to take H months Prncticnl course. Expert management. High salaried positions guaranteed Write for catalogue new. Charlotte Telegraph School, Charlotte, N. C. Vorth State Life Insurance Co., of Kingston, N C., operates only in the two Carolina** and has m^n Carolina liven insured than an* other Carolina ^ofpany. Ag^nt* wanted where the company 's no now represented. # ud Kerned v j. i 8 Froil. 1 ^ ^i r "ar ^ STOL I \ , [)intmrnf i t * 1 : ,. ph?, C olr^ f ? i>?i *&-*L est and I h?i ?> lj iauon !? ? > '.ttu 9 * * *UB' RUB! R !B ;f?# Sh? pi''' mi i^\ rM rvwhptv i ') , For Sale L i " i oils 'Leador Kiee Flour sthin|mm1 .iiivt \iialy8ls> higher than required u> .Stale Lawn fW.itt) per im m u. Charleston .Spuria 1 p. < - .mi ar lots. L. M. Poarl*' ; .v Charleston s ~'d Goo<l l.hr .\genl* wiin - < ry town to sen a uierltoi wiuy 11u** of medicines pxten*lvol> i?iv or' '.wed and used t>% every fain'i .?nu (B the *?tnv?l?? V u > *'in ?rtunlty for the right parties to make good money. Write at onoe for proposition to I. '< Martin, Rox tin. Rlohmonrt, Vi? In order 10 introduce ni? hi?h grad Succession Flat Mutch -nd v* *efleld Cahhage Plants '? 'her ho have not used thorn ho*-?r* >11] jivo >r I? I. #.-ir?h firo' | thousand p'ants ill n ti ' 1 tol|ar'? <r'U or vpcoto hi ??>/ S/,u>^j seed absolutely fret*., v* H ^'art. I IHTll rriullT I., Q r (icnfv Wimtfd?Mako hit? money nulling photo pillow top?, ifftc; bro? iiiidos. ioc. portraits. ^oc. oiieuoi, 3 Or. v\ if prod ? >. i*f, guarn ntf-^d lowest prices u?<* it gtudlo prompt serv1r?- <-r.Mir rtfen: Mamp'fs: portrnf' > ??. fr n# catrIf)yiih fr^H *. \ n J'u? dlo I f i V1 a dl?mi Ohio.> u ' W'M II It'll 111 hi). ' "HiM ad chl'd in miii'Ii Curolm* i-,t 'w hat the "Alto" brand ?' - -?bu Doors a ml Rlitids ??t and an- made only by th- \ ? -?t? Luinbrr (Company, who i?? ture everything In 1.11 ?uI < ad Millwo'k and whoim w.-*n U "Quality ' Writ* A nr nber Porn pa ny, Augusta ?i?. for prlfnp on Hiitr nrd'?- ?' *> Wt Bin all I Rheumatism! \^/\f /vn/\ i%rvo.i? ? % 4 rv%? uiiu C<IM; in K;U rt'ijuiruB I internal treatment. Where there is no swelling or fever Noah's Liniment will accomplish more than any internal remedy. One trial will convince you. Noah's Liniment penetrates; requires but little rubbing. Here's the Proof Mr. W. K. Taylor, a resident of "Richmond, Va., writen: "For the past four years 1 have boon traveling Knstern Vorth Carolina, where I contracted malaria and rheumatism. Recently I have jsod Noah's I.lnlment with beneficial relultH, and take pleasure In recommendnR same to unyone sufTorlng with rheunatlsm." "I e??i?rfct cold and had a severe atof rheumatism In my left shoulder ,nd could not ralso my arm without huch pain. f was potNuadod to try .?? <. i i ~ t * ? iwiiu o i .i hiiih-iii, unn in i?hh tMiin & veok wan entirely froo from pain. I eel Justified in speakinff ot It in the HKhost terms. A. Crooker, I>orcheBtert dass." Nonh'n Liniment ts the best remedy br Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Rack* ttifT Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat, Jo Id a, Strains, Sprains, Cuts. Bruise* . Sollc, C r r m p h , Akr.w I | 4euralffltt, ^Tomh| lerve. Rone ami Wi J Cusclo Aches and y.IjM lino has Noah's *PfW MM vrk on ? v o r y ackapro, 25 cts. nfyW^^n^a old by lealers In ledlclne. Sam* Ik Ify *f te by mall tree. IaJL^UAUhh onh Remedy Co^ II1311 u IJ1 J|l i Vchroond. V* Ul4lUUAU .