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' utions of he Christmas Gift Problem F Christmas giving were regulated I by common sense and affection there would not be so many per aons in the shops these days sighing to. themselves, "Ten more presents and only $51 how will I dolt?" Begin with the baby. Crochet in sin gle open stitch a circle of bright wor Sted; cord, silk or. coarse thread, just big enough to cover a rubber bouncing bell. Run a draastring through the edges, tie the circle to fit well over the ' }> 'gall and then Attach a' lung, bright string. Or mctke him this adorable jacket and cap of white cashmere, the otherg variations being creamy silk and white inen. On the folded back front em broider tiny forget-me-nots to matchi those down the front of the ,jacket.I (Hemstitch the cap strings and scallopE all other edges. For mother make several skirt hang- 1 era. Purchase a five-cent skirt hanger, next a fiye-cent pan of gold water color paint. Carefully gild the twoc wooden ends of the hanger. Then wrap the wire portion of the hanger with narrow pale blue ribbon. This will cost fiye cents a yard, and two yards will be necessary aind provide for hows. Grandma will like a knitting hag crocheted in fine miacramer coral, which 'e i bg ' an, a s proves. mel nd wthpen tyt~ of big, a sport 3ard in ie nsorsclr n tOrmntitc thim youselfore youcmay nda tofn kwhief ashmre then otke' eaatioe, beilw nd reamenl mondogram broider tirnyefrjetikne to mnatche Ditrs down the tront o t thes ayt al eeos. JFr cothe his( sigaetraskr ag-It eosh Puchrnerf a ivacndkiret andr embra ie-cet tan of olr-aner" naitrow phle bnluen ribbn.divia ill Grandmwill liken an knttngba I'I 1 _ I Heart of the Giverin the Christmas Gift T JHINK a little while before setting 4 out about the line In which thu tastes of your friend run. You vill save yourself a vast deal of tramp. r ng through crowded shops. Sleeveless sweaters are all the go or girls. Lay in' a supply of becoming 1 ' If . II 0 iw o I ool andl, h-tween knitting for the narines, wiake sister a beautiful slip in, with a tasseled belt. The picture lves a good mohl. Aprons. "like the poor, are always, vith us." and many women like noth ng bettetr. Attractive designs in chaf. ng-dish, aprons, with perky little pock. ts, can be quickly and successfully nale by even the girl who is not es )ecatily elever with her needle. If you are clever hailing tools you an make an elegant hand carved tab zret for clgars or a couch-side reading a1 4 { 7 fx atp as hubby's best Chrstnat gift. se sweet gtta wood and seet a good lesign. G4et a carpenter to put it to sethier for you and give it ai ~oat of italn or shellac for finish. Little handmade handkerchIefs of ~oloreud linen are a novelty andu very dlmple to make. IEither a wide or a~ arrow hem is pretty, and it should be ienmsti tched. Thiey should be t welvey nches Sqluare. In light pink, plel yel owv or gray the linen comes In a fine juallty at about 85 cants a yard. All aorts of cases are so convenienit to keep tIdy a top bureau drawer or to tuck in a week-end trunk. Raf nor tie Chinese straw that come1s nroundl tea boxes makes good material to fashion them out of. The one pic tured huas a ribbon bow strapped by three quaInt ribbon roses. A boudoir cap with a frill or ruffle is easy to make. It consists of a b)Ig cIr cle and the ruffle section. Or a bigger ofreje can be usedt and shirred three or tour inches from the edge to form the trill. This circle should measure about twenty-five inches across, and this measurement allows for a half-inch hona srnema the a.., "What Shell I Give My Friends?" C IItISTMAS comes on apace, and the usual question confronts ev. cry woman,' "What shall I give ny friends this year?" If the outlay annot be very much then it is a good dea to make some useful article to erve. Purchase enough white georgette rope to make a collar and cuff set. erhaps the collar can follow the out me of a coat difficult to fit with a eady-made collar of white, or a dainty hape may be designed for use with a r :f ancy waist. 'The' pin11t is to keep the ages straight ratitnr than routding, or we will have the border unehind iemistilIhed, or the edge can he stitch 'ii or hemstitched with tine white dilU tid finished with tiny embroidered I ,ts of white silk or French knots of a 'intly contrasting color. Or make sister a fetching breakfast jaeket of georgette crepe, voile or dim ty. (lose it on the left sidle, hand em >rodider the front and gird it with her avorite sh (de of sat tin rihhon. Candle shade pattern, may be stamp. 'd in a grape design. which could be 2 4. flective'ly ernri&l out in CUt work, and inother deslign 1s of' ani irls4 pattern. 'lThe shatde' pictured is more conven 1ional, heingt ini'tndedu for an electrie Bandle. F'luted Palper Is neatly pasted ogethr thle ldesired 'size an d decoratled wvith gold or silver gimnp. Toddlers and hnie s always neced Pd in either chamboy*' or lInen andit -..*-...-..-. smock the( front in ally harmfonlIzing s'olnr or a contras.t A dozen or so of hlomemadlile cruallers. wvrnppedl separamtely' In oiled paper and pneked~ in a datiuty~1 hr4ke't such as canii be putrchased for from 1.0 to 25 cents shouald he an accoptablec gift for somte man friend who lives in a hotel. Foir a bnehelor friend a gift of similar-nature la a homemade cake done up in white pap'er and placed in a tholly tiltinmed box. Most men have a secret sweet tooth, and Christmas seems to be thte time to have It filled. MenI as a rule do not like to receive wvearing apparel as gifts, especially socks, but embroider a man's mono Kram en the said seeks and you wll Saa him dogghted. CAMPAIGN . CLOSES FORLBERTY FUND STATE CONTRIBUTED GENEROUS. LY--SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIV. ED AMOUNT TO $5,567.99. DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA' Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of South Carolina People, 3athered Around the State Capital. Columbia. More than S5.5ono has boon subscrib ed in South ('arolina for the purchase of reading nmati for soldiers. The campaign conttClttul November 1 and A. B. Kennedy. librarian at the Univer sity of Sot:h (arolina and director of the South ('arolina tampalgn, has made the following rteport: "The campaign for fundi.g to finance the camp libraries. uttiertaken by the American Library Association under the auspices of 'he se(retary of war, was virtually ot Inttltmbl on November 1. "The $1,000.00nu fund was oversub cribed by one-third. :"o that there is nothing now to inph- rhe early plac ing of a modern Iibra.-y of 10,000 vol umes in each of the' tiuttmelnts antd of supplying ot subliirs and sailors with books, magaz.ines and tie wsptt porn in camps, hosilitals jn1 other points of assenblhtg.. lit in this coun. try and overseas. "This is one of the r'test enter ,)rises yet undertaken fir t pleasure and benefit, both nio~raI and profes. sional, of our men in armtn ani it has been s'alerdidly accomplistd. "South Carolina rais"d .5 5..99 for this fund, which has been forwarded to Washington. The camnaign in this state was attended with nut.'rous tilt. fieulties and has been an ardetttus one. The great obstacle was to tuure act ive workers, owing to the n y'tv other war activities. Many -ountit's were not canvassed at all. and others were only partially covered. All things con sidered, the state dld w t . and the 'tate eamnaign director wishes to ox nress his sincere thanks !o all iwho as Qisted in the patr'rtit wort: with no remutneration excent the' wruse of a fine bit of war service. ''A full list of contributions so far reported is herewith given. An an nouncement will be made in a few days of the continuance of the cam nalgn for gifts of books and magazines for the campa: Ablievill' .................. $ 100.00 Allonaale ................ 6 .60 Charleston ......... . ...... 1,891.15 Gaffney .................... 1.00 Chester county ............ 48.26 Chesterfield ('Ot n y .......... 24..0 Clarendon County ........... 90.00 fDarlington ................. 100.0 Hartsville .................. 31.5 l(dgefild .................... ..10 Fairfild cotunty ............ 7.7 Greo'nvill. ...... .. ..............75.00 Greenwood.........,....,.....80gI ('amden ......................8ogS L~ee 'outnty ...... ....,. . ..,. ...141 .4S Marion ................... 5.0 Mu't~lln tV .......f ................ ro,. Newb rry enot ... .... . 2;i . Marlboro iconnty .......Ott O'*onne (tennf-'......... 197 7; Columibia .................... 70'< , .'totn cottnty................i'ot 45 Winr............... 4.70 'f'tlands.....................5.10 York ...............,........ 95 flock 11ll1.............,.....1ino Winthrop Colle-go.............1.75 Summers to Fill Watson's Office. Ifty divisiont of thtt dlepartitnt of' agti. hteen appo~fited st f 'attfomisioner' of1 tit rs is fromt$ Spitgftt ield. Orantgehttrg patrf tmetit :hine May 15. 1910). lie wit gradlttatedl fromt C lemtsit ('tl lgt Int l!!f8. lit .inly of that yeatr h. tattered Pnrdne tC i 'i vertsi ty, I.,a yelte, Ino .. whtere he imtrsued special (fonrae(s in ,t'-mistry ut fil his appoitt nment to it place tunder Cf olontel Wa~ttsotn. WlIe a .itmmetrs was atssist anit sttte chemrist. Mr. Siitoitmrs was, recenett ly elewcd jirofessor of chemtlitry at the untivers fry to fill ft' lplatce mad e vacat by 13 the r'signat ti ofi Dr. Ni ills, who htas en. f'r'd fte governtmemt siervi-e as a cap. ftmi.,of enigineers. .. Summnttiers has htad maniy yearis f:,iliar wifth its wvork. Secretary Grants New Charters. A comission was !ssned for the Sumter County l.aiir Assoeit itn with a tproposed cap.'al stock of $8.000. Pn tinr ate J. Frank Williams, 0. A. l~emmon and H. L,. Tisdttl", The Voneer Mannfatctturing Comnilty Iof ('onway wias commuissionted with ant antihorized capital of $60o 000. 'rThe comtpany will begin operattion with at captital of $30.000. The comipany will buy and sell timber and timber lands. IPetitioners are A. H1 Edgerton of Goldsboro. N. C., and WV. A. Stilley of VIennettsville. Want Red Cross Stamp Agents. Dr. L. A. Riser, .who is acjing sales nanager of the Rod Cross seal cam aign in South Carolina, is sending otters all over the state in an effort 0 secure some person in every city. 'illage and rural community who will >e willing to (10 his bit by selling tfe Eted Cross seals. It is hoped that hose that receive these letters will eply promptly. There are few, homes n South Carolina which have not liven up some loved one to the ray iges of tuberculosis, and every man, roman and child should feel a personal uterest in this campaign to raise noney to fight this disease. In 1908 the American Red Cross first issued Red Cross Christmas seals. rhese seols are issued -to fight tuber ,ulosis. They have a uniform price of me cent each. Last year in the Uni ed States 104,000,000 seals were sold and over $1,000,000 for tubercu osis work was roalized. During the >ast nitte years the public has gradu illy comie to realize the value of the alnpaign against tuberculosis. With the entrance of the Ulnited 3tates in the war, reports have come rom Europe showing that tuberculo ds is a serious obstecle to victory. In ?rance 150,000 soldiers have been sent >ack from the trenches with tubereu. osis and the number of cases among he civilian pouplation has increased ;reatty with thte war. Tuberculosis ins likewise fallen heavily upon the )ther nations at war. The Souti Carolina Association 10pes to sell 1,000,000 seals this year. 'ot over 10 per cent of the, money ained from this sale will have to be IId for printing the seals and adver Ising the campaign, the rest. of the noneov, $9,000 wonld be left in South 'arolina to be used in the fight a:.ainist he great white plaglue. Already the renorts are coming in o us of the soldiers from homles in his state being sOnt back to their oms wit ii tuberculosis. Yesterdar i f1 sohow fromn York conmty and ens fromt Glroenville >count? -ero sent dutck home, each having tuberculosir. New Reniment For S+ate. Adjutant (leneral V. W. loort' has issued the following order: "General Orders No. 27. "The National Guard Coast Artil lery and Naval Militia units of Soutt Carolina serving under the act of June 1, 1910, having been called inoic the federal service by proclamation of the president of the United States. leaving the state of South ('arolina entirely without military protection. and in accordance with the act of con. gress May 18, 1917, and the provisions of the military code of South Caro. lina contained In Sections 7 and b thereof, aqd by direction of the gov wit" the direction of the governor RU. ernor and ecmmander in chief under date of October :t0. 1917, one regiment of infantry, consisting of 12 rom. lanies, will be organized throughout South Carolina for the purpose of pro ,cerving the peace and r.tall be sub teet to the call of the pres'dent of l'he United States an1d the governor of le State for duties within the borders of the State of South Carolins. .T"Under Sec. 8 of tle m .iitar code otfilhis State. I hlereby appoinit Henrily TI. Thlompson, br2igadier SCeneral, re.' tired, to (cmmene~e and complete thle new organizationi abiovo mlentioned, whichhll b511le compose)0d of unIts di1a. tribhuted thtroughout South Carolina in a mlannelr to give' the State tha, best rotectloll poss5ile from a stanldpoint of population as w~ell as territ ory "The organzation above menItioned will lbe knlown ast the Thlirdi itie-iet .''fantry, South Carolinla State Tiroops, and~ all records bearing tupon the fC rmlat ion and1( mulsterinlg into the ser vice of tis regimienit will be fied In the1 offi(e of the aidjultanlt genieral and1( thle nlistme)n-tS of all Ilmmbers there. in shll 1be for a teirm of 0one year, un. I"ss soonler dlischarged by proper au. thoritiles, thle age of ''n1tiiet binlg hb eween the ages of Is an 4I'1'5. "t'ol. IHenry T. Thlomp'--on will nro. (e'edf a)t once t.o peflct the' or~gan iza (lon S above mlenltIOned ini ac((ordance( wV !!h fihe direction of tihe ger'tnorQ and)1 coumtlalerl inl chilef in lettIers to thI's tlime unider dlates of Oct ober 30 and "lit order of the- 'overn-mor and14 (Im ma51tin in chief. Killed in Auto Accident. (i'hesfterfieold.- ert HuriIt , 15i y". r old son1 of .Johni T. iis:. of~ tile llurst Str-etr (Conpman ia .is placeI(, waIs 1inStnty kSIIilled( whr-nI the "i'rn g gear of fihe atIfomlobuile '.'h he' 'V-< driv. i's" failedi to work1. The ma11Chlle( turn-l aig man. The otheir oce(:ltlants at - ar', Iluthl and(1I Ia'y i l lao lftrat. -isters (If the y'Omo-I ''I nof F-rank~ .f, -ksonl. were also ian al und r t ho loomobiile, buit 0ecapedI with mllSor1 in Juiries. Young~p TIursf wase II very' plop nilar boy, aind ai very i'arefill diver'. The Lanid inIvestmelntl Comipaniy of proposed('I (aitl iftock of' $10,00f0. Tfhe pet it iolners are: 11. L. Ek'-mann and it. A. ilirown, presidlent andf treasulrer M. V. iMlfe, both of Charleston. Tb Norway Live Stock Company wat. (-bartered, the capital s'tock being $10,0(00. Officers are- TI. 1'. lPulmer, prisidient, secretary and treasurer, and J. P. Hlutto, vice presideont. The Blrown-Sloan Optical Company o( Oreenville was chartered with a capital stock of $3,000i. Officers are: and J. 1'. Sloan, vice prestident ALL RUNDOWN AND NERVOUS Says This Lady Who Had to Sup port Family of Four. Read Below Her Statement About Cardui. Tallapoosa, On.-Mrs. Saille Eidson, of this place, writes: "I wua in very poor health, all run-down, nervous, had fainting spels, dizziness and heart fluttering. I lutt these symp toms usually at my . . . tines. I had a very hard time, working for seven years ini a hotel after' ny father died. I had to support our fanily of four. I read the Birthday Ailnante and thought I would begin taking Cardul. 1 received good benelit front it. I ana sure It. will do all that it clunts to duo. I took three( or four bottlest before It began to show eflects. After that I iinproved rapidly and gained in health and strength. I took nine bottles in all., This is the only tine 1 have taken it. I was down to .105 pounds and I gained to 12". I felt like a new womnan. I couldn't sleep before and had to be 'ubbed, I would get do nerv ous and nunam. And all this was stopped by C(ardui." 'rh true vatliue of a medicine cnn be deterininetd ontaI by the results tab tlined froin its actual use. TheI tton slnldS of lettters we hatve receIve(l every yet1' for inuny year's frotm grateful users ot' Cardul, are powerful tributes to its worth anti etleetIv'lness. If you siffer from woanlaly cil. nents, try Cardiul, the wotnan's toile. -Adv. As Old as His Son. SI xty days in the workthous' Was the sentence. but it hil notin g to do with thle 5111r111ing reply of the aris, oner, sItlating before .1 uIge 1'lgh to receivr jt1 let' itt a (harge" of aISSa1llt, relates the I'hiladelphi l'tb.ress. 'II ttail nt1 her of q iot' ts w s1114 asId. ihen te juilge Inqure: "YPatmi falther livin.g?"' "1 low old is Ih''!" "Siiny ge as tul."l .TIdge 'utg glarei. "1 said hw ld i url Therte? m "A.s mul as Iilian. yourt honor." "Take he r! wtntrd the court. "Now anwer1 propearly." "I hiv." 5a lithe ptriSner. "lie ht what11 111\ arolt1 lt'aing, as thn te o muI Qnne n athIr i'h an tey fom Thet his caln." To Dive Out Malaria And Build Up The System 'Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, ats the forrmula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron builds up the system. 6o cents. Skittish. ".\far''y lItnly. (3y1 bny ; lurr'y 1n011 ''I i''' ''It's .Jiust nsi easy3 tO l)ve a ritch giril ais a poor4 gui." "'lit it isni't as a t'lx o g- '1 rn.' to MOTH ER! IlIve you1 (ever use(d MOTHER'S JOY SALVE for (Colds, (Coughs, Crioup and Il'etlmoin. Asthmni, attd( Head Ca tarrh? If you ha1ven('t get it at ce. It will cuor' you.--Adv. Partial. -e-ht k icks lmlt twrice to Ser'ilber's ALMOST HELPLESS1 Mr. Reuter Went Through a Terrible Siege of KidneyI Trouble. Doan's BroughtI Back His Health. ". l le n I in"iny I was ine terrIibh-C 11-u1e1 Nl orl h M%., \\'est tiicago, ill. "I coidn'iz't stoop. he4 use of4. 4 the aiwfl I'l Iin" ml my13 bac k a(11l the steady, (lull t-l d at o)f bedg morn1Iting., the! 'as aros my4i' 31'1 kid.i 444''- wer4'e' .-la and14 n14 9 9' ' moL4sl helples1g ii )ee('3i34I - '(e41bl1ing~1 waie. The a. M r. Renter over14 th4em3. At tiIw.. everyt hing~ inl front 4.f m14 grew ('14 rk and t iuii coI V41Iln't i'04 for 'C''34 several na It4. I Ipersptiredl ii.rifusely a d 114 wa;( s 1 41th i ly al3 the C wa .inst abo dis(c (i.03or4-aged and didn't think I wold~ e'ver he4 ale to work agamf. " Icarin~g albou~t D)oan2's Kidney Pilli, I used them31 1and( four1 boxes01 eured me.1 My kidneyvs b'ecaeut33. no0rmal, my13 bmek got well re1sitong anud all the oth~er troule's dhi-43app ered."' !!tIeorn to bef(ore# Ie', Cot Doans at Any Store. lIon a Bou D) O AN' S "InN%'LW FOSTElRMUlBURN CO., BUFFA1.O. NY. FOR COUGHS AND 00O.DS ~-take a prompt and effetive me~dy-e that acta qsuickly and contains no oite., Y'oo can o se ekha tomedy by askin S.r PISO'S