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s Be Thankful For Thin of Lif HER THANKSGIVING DINNER3 Y OUXCi Mrs. .lohn Vlnecnl liar via approached iln- butcher's block limhlly. What I "iiow <i ISC wait <iti iin w.tut exactly. u d .. Mr. Hutch 1 don't Un 1 want sui w thing for a Thanksgiving dinner. No that is, 1 (lou t think 1 wain a turkey unless perhaps you have one ready filled. Hither chestnuts or oysters Would do. You haven't'.' Then 1 think 1 WOlt't take a turkey. The bo so difficult. "You sec. my husband" Conies With difficulty "has family to take t heir lirst nie they are to dine wit h us f all .id the asked his al I mean r the lirst time since we went to housekeeping, so l want everything lo had; as ic i were accustomed to It. No, I ant not used to such a large family, and you must help me to calculate. There are his father, mother, the girls and a s.m in-law. You see, Alice, daughter, w a b married in an a u t o e a r. but maybe you don't care for roman tic marriages. "I asked Mr. .1 o h u Vincent i larris \\ hen he kissed that i s, when he left Hie t bis in o r n i n g what 1 should buy, and he said to k'H I de (dat'e, I believe I've forgotten! till, yes, IIOW I know. I le spoke oT a bird and a hot He.1 11 a V e you any birds tu hott I es V No? That's too bad And aller I had been so CU refill to remember l?o! Perhaps a would In- nice, only ducks havi homely feet. No. 1 just couldn't a duck to his family. \Yli> tors are so proud of the Wear Kreuch beds. Then them sisters, 1 mean nil be there. 1 ulinosl ml M l\*T NO I I Vol. w.v IT IXI 1.1' dirk ; such , rcrve all his sis. j feet and are |lve of ' md they will wish I could i have married a man with halt us lllUliy sisters. Why, Iiow tunny! Then theiv'd be two and II half sisters, and that's not possible, you know. * uf course I must not keep you wait ing. I don't really mean to liKUiopoli/.e your lime, but I Hi, d< ar! SN hill shall 1 gel 7 l guess you limy send nie it squill that's a yotltig doVe, yult Know. 1 ate one at a rcstuumill once just lift er I was i ilgiiged. That's quite aw Idle llJiU, because We've beeil married eVel' so long. You Jttsl dllglll to see my presents. I've go( tinm all spread out und What V 'S oll don't I hllik a squib ? squab, I said will be large eliougllV Well, maybe not, "What shall I get'.' Let lue See. Heese! Yes, you may send Hie three gCCSCS not too small. Please be sure to ? over t h 0 Ir feet, and no, yOtl II eed III 'I dress them, be cause I don't want, to make you extra work, and you know Id have to mi' dress them liefere I baked t hem. And. please. Mr. KlltCller, see that (heir eyes are closed, for I ne\ er could liave/lhe heart toput rV. in into the oven' jf they were look', lug al me. ?'Thank yOtl, Yotl ha . e been so kind that I have a not loll lo tell you a se- : cret. YeS, I will. This is inj1 lirst experience at a hum, store. Yes, I think I've done protfy well. I am afraid I did lib Just a lil.le to you about being married a long time, because, really, you know I haven't. Why, bow did yuu gues*< It? We have JuqfajSOt hack from our ti iy to hTagarfc_K2s?:, "now, no.n'r YOU i onoKT." "So, 1 won't keep you iiuy longer. Hy Hi.- way, I ^ 11:? 11 want n fuw pounds ? ? r gimlets ii", giblets for gravy, s,? please send tii.'in. Iioh'l forgot about closing tin* eyes. Tli ink you, Uootl day." sik- returns hastily. "Oh, i nearly forgot to order salt pork. Mr, John Vincent Harris i.-i ?" fond <?!' it for breakfast. Pleuse dou't seial any tat with it, because wo at,- not Jack Spratt and his wile. WhatV No, ihey are not. neighbors, i though! you might know them. No, they don't trade bore? Now. don't forget the things I've told yuu. Uocd day." Chicago Mows. A "TURKEY DRUNK." An Old Time Thanksgiving Custom Which Is Happily Now Obsolete. "I remember when 1 was 11 boy that one ??!' the groat features of Thanks giving lime was what wo called the ?turkey drunk,' " nays 11 native of west ern Now York. "Polks didn't seepi to kill lhe|r Thanksgiving lUi'ko* In those days until the forenoon of the day it ?was t>i be .?alon. and it was the ens toiu t'i gel the bird most gloriously drunk and kill it while || was in that | condition. They used 1<> say thai it made the turkey's la-i moments on I earth happy and made it- approach illg death a tu.HUT of IlllOOIIcel'U to the bird. Mot'O than Ibnt, it u;i> be lieved that the brandy I hey Ailed the turkey up with gave the meat a llnvor tbai iio bird tli?l died sober ootild ever have. 1 don't know whether that was ; so. but i do know, that i ell 11*1 get any turkey nowadays that has the peeul- I larly delicious tlav?ir I i lose brandy soaked birds Of iiiv beloved boyhood had. The turkey drunk was 11 great occasion, h was witnessed by the Winde family and all invited guests, If there were any. Two hours lie fore killing tin lurkej the lead Of the l'aini|y Wohld fill a teacup or a tin cup Or soinoliines a small gourd with I brandy. 'Phis he would take out to j the poultry yard where the turkey which was t<> provide (lie Thllliksglv-I Illg dinner would be cooped Up by il seir in one corner and place it on Hie ground In front of Hie turkey. Those tow is appeared |o be fond of brandy. I und the do..1.1 bird would gobble up | the Intoxicating liquor with Hie relish of a confirmed old toper. Sometimes a particularly large and fat turkey would drink the entile contents of the ; cup. "As soon as Hie bird was through | drinking it Would be let out of its I coop, and in less than three minutes it would be staggering about the yard with us elegant a Jag ijh as any round er ever enjoyed. If the victim was u gobbler bis efforts |n maintain bis dig nity under the iuillleii.f his |<>ad were us tunny us a circus clown's. Steadying himself by lin effort, he would throw his head up. thrust his chest OUt, lower bis will: - U|l they drugged on the ground and then try to strut among his hclis with the (tollll-* Heel ing pOUIpOSity of his Sober da.VS. Ills strut (nvitrhlbl,\ ended in his fall? Illg IgliomlilloUsly on Ills nose, ami his struggles to regain his eqtiillbrium were equal u> the drunken gymnastics of To. dies. '?The exhibit i..11 lliO iltloxichtod gob bler made of himself created nnnils (akable surprise, If iioi disgust, in his harem, and the hens would draw apart iu groups and watch the antics of their lol'd in sho. ked silence. The turkey hover tailed to get drunker and drunk er and at last wuld toller and fall and gi\e up to the llllluonoe of the liqtloi', Then was the time to kill the bird, and its bead was cut off while the turkey WHS in its stupor. That custom is fortunately obsolete now. 1 doli'l think it would be a very inspir ing sight for one to witness nowadays, '.lit in the old limes the stillest tcoto aier didn't seem to see anything wt-oiu iu making the Thanksgiving llll'key trunk. I suppose that would '??one under the head of cruelty to jjhj. Ulills now. At any rate, it should." On the Mexican Border. Ah.ng the southern border <>f Mexi co the natives Mill prepare their ThnilkSgtvIlIg feUSt with the primitive tools of lineielit times. I'.cans and corn arc ground into moitl by the la borious aboriginal method to make bread and fiijolcs for the Tbunksglv* lug dinner, OlMMHtTTXITY VOU I.VI'HKNS. Mi. Mali Sil)s l.ii||n*UN Should He on New Trolle) I.inc. Editor The Advertiser: Tin; purchase <>i ill'1 Anderson Trac tion company's properties by a syndl outo In which the Dul<cs, large owners of tin' Southern Power company, arc I)roiiiiiii-ii 1 ami the announcement that they will extend its electric trolley ! lines to Creenville ami Spnrtanhiirg is the mos l iinporlanl commercial HOWS ol the last ten years to the Pleil IIIOIll section of South Carolina al hast that is my opinion. This syiuii cnte of capitalists have the money to revolut ionize transportation in the up country. The I Mikes have control of the water and electric power and they can build trolley lines where they wish. If they build to Creenville and Spurlauhill'K they will eventually build to tin- other large towns of the Pied mont country; thai may he taken as a matter of course, but it is also cer tain that tiny will expect ami demand the towns interested to help. The] <own that waits and does nothing will receive no attention until Other more enterprising towns have boon served. When the line is built from Ander son to Creenville and Spartanhurg it will he roughly speaking, a scgnicnl of a circle. Extending the line to t'liiou, thence to 1.aureus. CJ reo Ii wood, Abbeville and Anderson would com plete a great bolt. This development is possibly lor (he distant future but it may be lor the near future. In other words, exertion on the part of the |. pie of I.aureus might hurry it up. If the business Inen of I.aureus wish their city to grow and are in earnest enough to invest I hoi i' money they should get in touch with this traction syndicate al once. They need not ex pect the Dukes or the Southern Power company or anybody else lo act the part of fairy godmother to Luurcus; they W ill have lo show their faith with their hniikhills, but the> can, I . as pect, get electric | r?uspert at ion lor Lauren:; pretty soon if they wan, it badly. I do not mean t hat ad loll should he taken next week; the new compaio i has ma formed deliiiile plan: yoi lilt big plans are hatching ami In i \ i liiil sleep will ho forgotten, \Y. \V, ItAI.I, Columbia. Nov. Jellj I rum Km paroled Vpplcs, "lu our late little rounds up I he country, we >.ai one evening at a lovely ] tea table, and fell to ra\ ine liver tie beautiful ami delicious apple jelly ' [ The lady of the mansion said: "It Is made from evaporated apple bought out of the stole. I had iii) green oi fresh apples and could get none. I bought one pound of evaporated rip ple:. limed thoiil, put them in a kettle lo belli with an inch of water above (llelll. When they Were done. I .set them away over night, still with an inch of water above Iii? in. I repeated ly replenished the water. In the morn IllK I strained the stuff through a cloth and. adding sugar, boiled the juice down to this pretty jelly, The pah pink oi amber is (he natural outcome; the. bright red is simply colored with a few drops of the fruit jlllCO you lind at soda fountains. The one pound of evaporated apples made twice as much jelly as I would have thought. To the pulp I added sugar and some lemon peel and made very good jam for every day use." The .above is from the pen of the late c,|. Jas. T. P.acon. appearing last summer in the Edgcfleld Chronicle; it refer:; to one of l.aiirolis' best house keepers. \ Scalded Hoi's Shrieks hori iii..; hi; grandmother, Mrs Maria Taylor, of N'ebo, Ky ..who writes that When all thought lie would die. duck lens \rilloa Salve wholly cured him. Infallible tor Hums. Scalds. Cuts. Corns, Wounds am! llroisOH, Cures Kev er Sores. Ilollfl, Skin Eruptions, Chilblains, Chapped Hands. Soon i< in.; Pile: 2a0 at Hie Lantern; Drug Coinpnnj and the Palmetto Drug Co. Never! No, Never! Marv li.ul a Mill,' I.nah: Kor ii she ceased in euro. Her affections were transplanted To Ii Hille Teddy hour. or this she also wearied. As so often is i ho ease: Ami a sauo.v Hilly 'Possum Came ii> lake |ioor Teddy's |>laee. And now l often wonder, When Dill's no inert* the rillt?, Will She lav Ish her affect ions On a I i 1111 ? I try ii Ii I n 01 o 7 LippliiCul i 'h V llooilinmiig. "She broke him of smoking so that he eould save money." ? And <li<l lie save money ?'? "Yes, ho got 'o interested in saving money (hat he hroke "it ihelr engage, men) so that In- could save still more.' I louston Post. \ Maid Til sit. "1)0 you think a woman eould ho a sat isfaetory juror?" "No. She'd (lave to agree with cloven men. ami sin: hasn't learned to agret! with one yet '? Philadelphia I ,edgcr. Self Menial. Teacher What do you undcralund I lij the words "self denial?" Pupil It Is when some one Comes to borrow money frOiii father and be says he Is ma at home. ? Kliogoiido Hlallei Pill \^ ;i- Prail Slow. "Didn't I i< n .Mm that Pill whs too slow to live?" "Why, what'?; 'e hin ami done now?" "iP-'s gone ami got run over b> n hearse I" New Vork Journal l.ookluu Oat for (Jraiidina. They are considerate youngsters In Nottingham a^ mi..! peoj)le Know, says London Tbl Pit. A little bo> who a- grandmother had jn l died Wrote i he billow Inj' letter, v\ Iii' Ii he duly pi..- i' it: Hear id \iiii i ai, !a... Pli ii I'iVe !.? r a hai p to I. .1 ami i Obiu a i i'lilnpel ( iinlenipor.ir.i i i< I Ion. Vis 11 in "Wb.ii haw you in ai'oilo I literature?" I I lihi tirhni '?< 'ool I.It and Peary I odieals." Pldol;|\ n I .it.'. Sure of II;> P hereabouts. 1 \ souiie iiiaii f< ll into a stnte 01 coma, but r?i ovi-i <-d bi-toro Ills friends had buried him Ui.: Ihern a: hi d l . ib-ad. An I I 1.11' w I v :<? li'i. la earn " in> i..? i were cold und I was hiingry." ? P.ui how did id:.i make yoii sure? ' "Well. I i<he\\ that ii I vv"< re in hoav i'ii I shouldn't be hungry, and If I wa in tbo other plneo my foot wouldu'I be cold." Cleveland Header. Cautious, "Hllbtirly is the most conservative man I Over ktiow. lie will never make a |>ositive i internen!." "How do yoii know?" "Tho other night Miss Sorocchoii> sang for him and When she Whs through Blio asked him it be thought her voice was improving." "What did ho shy?" "lie said either P was or his hear ing was growing defective, ho, didn't exactly know v.hieb." Chirograph). I,I H.I 0 Johnny Stl> mister! Mlnler Well? i.ittb' Johnny VS ho crousted youi eyes instead of dotting tjlcm? Piek Siek Headache. Tliis distressing dlsehse results from a disordered condition of tho - toinach, and can bo cured by taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, flet free Bample at l.aureus Drug Company's drugstore umi try it Duo i>?( on Main at root, cloeo lo tho Public square; stx room modern dwelling; wulur, lights and soworago A nice home Trice $5.oon. 210 acres ot laud in Dial's township, known as lue Capt, Swltzor ptuee; six room coll age, 2 louuul houses, Hum burn ami outbuildings. Price $20 tie re. seres laud noar Tumbling Shoals; houuded by lauds ui W i> and .1 1.5. Sullivan, 3 room dwelling, good outbuildings. Prien $212.50 pm iH rr, :'.L':'. acres laud, bounded by lands ul Daniel South l>fivi?< land. Miss West and others. Known ns the f?llen Dai k ('our Imme: trad. <' loom dwelling and X ten am houses I'm? made right Terms eua> 71 acres on Reedy Itlvor, bounded by lands ol James Dowuoy, Will Cnld* well ami others. With tenant house, Price, $20 pei aciu Terms made easy v1 ? acres of land, o room cottagu nicclv located lu til* lOWII ot (hit) ("our!, with one ot tie' lineal wolls of water in lnWU. Price, $2,300. S room dualling on Ceutolinlul hi' ('lluton, s ?', vvlth ?i buudredths oi an acre 01 land . Know n art No. UrllLill i'lace. Pi i, ,;, I I.OOO II a. lew ol land In tho town of Whit mire S c. nicely situated, wultublo foi dwelllnu lots. Price $1,000. One lot a( Watts Mills, with sovon room cottage, 200 feet front and 100 fuel deep, wiilj meal market. Price $1,200. 150 acres land, one huH lllllu of Dial church, with a batldsoiiiu dwelling, 3 tenant housus and good out hulldlugn. Colli? quick il you want this place. Price $50 per acre 52 acres of laud lust outnldw of the corporute limits ot tue town of Cray Court, with our tenant house. Price $50 per acre. Two aero lot In Him town of Gray Ith room dwelling, nicely located. Price '$2,500. ii acres iion. w itii acre. ot land nuAt Lauf? dwelling Price, ?rd Sta,. j^u pel r,o acres of hind in fountain Inn, I nicely located, price. $2,0bo. 32." acres land ?! miles ot Cross Hill, known as tho old Campbell place, j Price $15 per aero. Easy term; 107 acres Ol land bounded by land M. II Holder, W. D Abnrcroinhie, and others; 8 room dwelling, .'1 lonanl 'houses, good barn and out*bulldiugs Price $25.oO per nerd Terms- $l,0(iu <'ii h. remaindoi hi five oqual Instill incuts. , i> acres known hs old (Joodgyu I place, has ,S room dwelling. ??! leimi ; ; houses, Im?; corn mill in K'jod ruiiuiug Order with 70 uorso walei powei Price $4,500 'I Ol UJS (USde ??:. I , One lot m Wattn Mills, 250 fret front by Tu feet deep, 1 room cottage and oui hulldiugs Price $1,000. 65 lo res of land, with dwelling, good barn and out hulldiugs, near Owiugs. Price $3,500; terms inmlv uasy. Ill acres bounded t>y binds of Jeff Olivia ami Herbert Marlin; SI good ten ant bouses, und good bum. Price per act e. 1 10 acres of land, with five room dwelling, 3-rooin tenant liOUBO, good out buildings, ne;ir Hickory Tavern, Sullivan township, l'rlco $15.00 i?er acre. 5'j acres ol land In town ot Lanfofd, w:".j tuuaut bona, at $60.00 per acre. i> acres of land In one inllo of tho town of Oiay Court, with two dwoll lugs. Price. $io per acre. 2-18 acrQH of land near Hahnii Creek church, 8 room dwelling, three tenant houses, Price % '.'.'. i>o yer acre. SS in.ten of laud near Bramlett'n church, bounded by lands or w. p. Hanls und Jiki llui'dotto. Hoven loom dwell in;; leiiant Louses, good barii and out buildings. Price $^o per in i n fiO acres In Dial township, bounded bj land ol Pink Heliums, Ludy Bolt lid It c Wallace. pi.j $1,300. 1)0 acres bounded by Iiukh of Y. V 11clturns and Mitchell Owens, In 3 tin of l.iiiireus; dwellings und out buildings Price par acre. II? aere< of bind rioai Cray < ourl hoiindi d ... lands of 10. T. Sbvll \\. 10, (Jrayj seven (bom cottage, fine lairii a id outbuildings ami lino past ure. Price $00 pm acre, nice buiiiin, town f Cray Court! Prl $500 00. 127 acres lai d ii Kullivun township, 11 1*0011) dwelling, good Out buildings, I tenant house. 1 rice $!10 per acre. 100 acre.-, of Ian i in Youngs township, ii room dwelling, tw > tenant houses, hie. $2 :;,ii. 200 acres of laud liefti Durbln i reek church, bounded by lands of W 'I Parks and h?ureus Whlto; ' tenant good barri houses, well limbered good stnte ol cultivation, Price $30.00 pci acre Sl/acrej land i mile? ol Laurons, bounded by lan l. Mrs. Hurgess, Hob acres land bounded by latids oi Hrovi/n, .In . Uaudeh and oth?rs; d ten I H Well- JhomuH Hurl', and Other.. , ?? , r .. :,, n,.? .,.>?_ ... , ant house:;; 7 hors? taroi in cultivation. ?i" iivo loom dwcdlMic good mo bill liiig :?. at Kkom Price $15 pei Will hi cut into lolM -i 100 acres each, lie i i'r.ce pri aer* J. N. Leak Real Estate, Stocks and Bonds. Gray Court, S. C Sow Vet c h a n d AI f a If a (let fresh seed from me. A full line of Fountain Syringes Dr. Posey's Drug Store Laurens, s. C.