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vr ROYAL Baking Powder Absolutely \\ Pure to the food. The food is thereby made more tasty and digestible ? HOLLY SUPERSTITIONS ? IltlWIMIMIWIWIWIWIWIMIttllllMIMIWIltlMIWIWIKIWItlMlalKIli li is unlucky i<> bring holly or lyy Ini?> tho house before Christmas eve mil unlucky (o take it out before Candlemas, or to put any Christmas decorations Into the lire, derrick, howi vor. says that they should bo burnt, but not until Candlemas ovo, und the Christinas brand should bo quenched and laid by till next year. This same brand Devonshire folk of today prefer to burn out, In spite of Derrick; but instead of an oak log it Is an ashen faggot?a sheaf of ash Iwlgs bound round with five or ten strands of straw. As each strand burns through the guests who ait around the hearth must call for cider and drink a "Merry Christinas aud many to follow." ?tniMiwiit ??'?(??'??,*M?i?'wi?i?i?i?i??ii?i?it?ii?i?i?i*i*iii I CHRISTMAS PROVERBS ?|WtlilMII*IWIItll*IWII*INIMIWII?IWIWII?ll*IWII*l?IWUIMI?l?ll1 A prudent quotation on the bill of faro: "They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing" ? ? ? "The gadding vine" must be of the Christmas variety, for that splendid tendril is creeping through the whole earth. m ? ? "The mirror of all coartesy" should So polished on Christmas day. ? ? ? "A royal train, believe me," 1? the reindeer equipage of good old St Nick. ??<??? When does "Jocund day stand tip toe on the misty mountain top?" IT not on merry Christmas? ? ? ? It Is not true that In the g-enJaJ -warmth of Oirlstmaettoe "Crabbed age and youth Cannot live together." ? ? ? "Nature teaches bessts to know Vhelr friends," *md why should they not share In tbe Christmas goodwill' ' IIIMMMMMMMItlDMllllllMHMIMIIMMimMIM * * Ii i: HOUSE AND TABLE DECORATIONS FOR ? ;: THE HOLIDAYS \\ < ? it It is doubtful if St. Nick in all his travels ever beholds a dwelling In which no effort has been made to make festive the Vulo-tide with the green or the leaf or the scarlet of the berry. Sometimes, when it is but a bit of laded ribbon or a tiny sprig of holly the tender hearted old fel low must be greatly touched. In the household where there are big eyes to peer Into ItiO mysterious darkness and small oars to listen for the old saint's coming, the Christmas tree, of course, is the universal deco ration. The home carpenter may have some difficulty In making a devise to support the tree properly. One way is to use a stout packing box. and ! turning it on Its side, nail cleats to ! hold the tree in place. On the oppo site side or the box directly over the ' cleat Inclosures a ho:e is then cut I which is large enough to admit the . butt of the tree. The box may be cov I ercd with cotton, sprinkled with mica, or may simply be wrapped in gre> n or red tissue paper. To make a "foot" for the tree take two-by-four joists and make a square cross with the two pieces about four reet long. From the center of each j cut out a,block the width of the board I and an Inch deep, so that the two! : pieces when put together will bo per fectly lint en the fl<H>r. 1 ay the tree across enw-liuiayt* or u COliplo ot ?hairs and fasten it :,i iho exact Cen ter with long nails. Then s'.and the {tree up and nail braces frtu'ii the envhj of the cross to the trunk of tho h'od at a distance of about two feel from the Moor. Appropriate treos, \\: the order of the popularity, are th ? fir, spruce, hemlock and pine The < a l of the tree should be painted over lo keep the sap from running. Besides the tlnsled decorations for the tree that may bo bought in tho shops, one may add to its attractive ness by many little home-made, trifles, 'Walnuts may be gilded and hung from the tree by bright ribbons. Cranber ries strung on thread may be fes tooned from the branches, and figures cut from crepe paper may be pasted to tiny clothespins and placed on the tree. One woman who was obliged to make her decorations from tho materi als at hand, gilded egg shells and. by means of a bit of ceiling wax and nar row ribbon, suspended them from the tree. She also dyed long strings of popcorn both green and red and hung them in festoons. From the butterfly crepe paper she cut the butterflies of various sizes and poised them on the branches with wire. The Christmas Biniier Table. The miniature Christmas tree for j the center of the table is probably the I most popular decoration because It lends itself so well to attractive light ing and the distribution of small gifts or favors. If one does not care for the artilicial tree sold in tin; shop any nurseryman, usually to be found lout of town a ways, should be aid ? lo 'furnish at very small cost a littli No 'way spruce about a fool anil a hilf high This may be lntk.nl to a thin board and (rimmed as clahoratciv as oil ' wishes, and the base covered will a mound of holly. A small !.;'.? sv111 ! holi/.lng ih" old Y H, logs wh|< h has been hallowed out ?nd lllletl with lioll> or ?ul?tl'jipi' is aHo attractive and in expensive A gilded holly tree when lighted witlt many tiny handles i most effective. The wreath !dea in tal l - decoraling may he carried out in detail. About a t.'ll cnndl" in the contor <.'.' the Inblo placo a largo holly, or other Christ - in:'-: wreath. Encircle ibis with smal ler candles, no! too close together, and about the candles have a larger wreath. Fach plate may he encln led by a wreath ajid each dish that is served by be pnmlshcd in a way to carry out (lie same idea, parsley about the blueprints. and Biuilax twined nboul the sherbet glass, for Instance A decoration more elaborate in ap pearance but simple in construction is the use of two hoops, one perhaps a foot and a half in diameter, the oth er two feet. These should he wound closely with Christinas greens or smilax and huriR by wires from the celling, the smaller one about a foot above the larger. In the center sus pend a huge red Christmas bell, and from the hoops hang smaller hells which mny be those already made from tissue paper, or may easily be cut from red cardboard. A scarlet plonsettia would be appropriate for the center of the table, or candfes with shades made from white or greei wntercolor pap-?r upon which h^ve heon pasted red^ bells. Pmce cards may bo double bells, cut frown re* paper with the name on the outer sheet and the menu written on the inner one. A decorative scheme suggested by the Christmas eve celebration of the Russians, called "The Festival of the Evening Star," requiring several sheets of glided or silver paper. Cut in large star to lie Bat In the router of the table and about Its edges mike a j border or holly or mistletoe. Tiny candles may lollow the lines of the star, or a wooden manner bo con stl'UCted In which are piled small girts tied with ribbons that are car-1 rled to e?.ch placo The cnndle shades may bo studded with little BtUl'J. ami the place cards be cut in star shape. Prom the small dining room with perhaps a dome swung from ;> single chain from the ceiling, ropes of cedar festooned from the molding to the cen ter of the celling give a gala effect '''he chain of the lighl should be wound with the cedar, ami the glass covered with thin paper upon which fir trees cut from dark green paper have been pasted. Candles with shad es fashioned in the same way add to the effect. For a center piece a great mound of snowballs, made from cot ton sprinkled with diamond dust and containing some small gift, would be. 1 fitting. A toy aeroplane, painted red or I green, with the venerable Santa at the I wheel, and the planes covered with drifted cotton snow which has formed irregular icicles depending from the edge, may seem a violation of tho reindeer tradition, but il has the ad vantage of being ?mite new. A Few Smwstioiix for the Children's Table. Cover the table to within about a foot of the edge with white cotton sprinkled with mica du?t, end outline 'he cotton witli holly. Form a chim ney in the center of bricks which are red candy boxes. Arrange the cotton ' about tho top of tho chimney like snow with bits of it bunging down, and place a figure of Santa ClilUS to j look as though he were just emerging ' from tho chimney The children at tho C( nclusion of 'lie dinner, may be given the CUIldy boxes and the small j gifts that Santa's pack contains ?IP's may also be secreted in a huge snowball nut do of pasteboard and cov ered with cotton, or 'ach little article may be railed in its own cotton mow b^il and tin bolls with white ribbons attached that lead to each place may he piled up aU.ul 'he figure of St Nick in the center. In place of "lasher and Dancer and t^r.-.neer and "ixon" harness the be loved Tediy luara with scarlet ribbons to t!u sl.dgh ttint Santa drives over a monntainoiv snowhenp In the renter of tho table. Or erect the North Cole ?a mica sprinkled stick of rock candy ?at *.ho toil of the glittering snow heap and place Te'.'.y in a proud atti tude of ? ktoiy li'ou It. HOW TO CURE RHEUMATISM. It Is an Internal Dlsonse and Requires an Internal Remedy. The cause of Rheumatism and kln J dred diseases is an excess of uric acid in the blood. To cure this terrible disease this acid must bo expelled and the system so regulated that no more acid will be formed in excessive quantities. Rheumatism Is an internal disease and requires an internal reme dy. Rubbing with Oils and Liniments will not cure, affords only temporary relief nt host, causes you to delay this iropei treatment, allows the malady ?y gel ii tinner hold on you. Liniments may case the pain, but they will no more (nie Rheumatism than paint will < hange the fibre of rotten wood. Science has at last discovered a per. feet and coin pi et o cure, which is call ed "Rhoumncldo." Vested in hundreds of cases, it has effected Hie most mar velous cures; wo believe it Will cure you. Rlicumiicido "gc's at tin joints , from the Inside," swoops tho poisons out of the system, tom s up the stom ach, regulates tho liver and kidneys and makes you well all over. Rhou mncldo "strikes the root of the dis ease and removes Its cause." This Splendid remedy is sold by (linguists and dealers generally at 50c. and $1 a bottle. In tablet form at and 50c a package, Got a bottle today. Book let free jf you write to Bobbin Chem ical Co Baltimore, Mil Trial bottle tablets by mail. For sale "by LAU? RH2NS D'nUG CO. NOTICE \\M\i SETTLEMENT The annual meeting of the County Hoard of Commissioners of LaiircUB County will be held at the Supervisor's office on Thursday the .".Hi day of January. 1911. All persons holding claims against the County will file them with the clerk on or before the 1st day of .lan uary. as required by law. Messer Babb, 20-31 County Clerk. .Notice. We will sell at public auction on salesday In January, the following property divided Into live tracts of one hundred acres each: known ns Jofcl Smith place joining hind of Ware I Shoals Mfg. Co. O. I). Babb. Zeb Vance, lfl-4t pd. Executors. WILLIAMS' KIDNEY PILLS Have you overworked your nervous sys tem and caused trouble with your kid neys and bladder? Have you pains in loin*, aide, back and bladder? Have, you m flabby appearance of the fsoe, and un d*r the eye?? A frequent desire to pass urine? If go. William-.' Kidney rills will cure you?Druggist. Price 60c. WttUAMI MFC. CO.. Prop. . CU*?Ua*J.OkW' Laurem Drug Co., I-aurens, S. C. Always look and act successful. To day, personal appearance goes a long way and no one con be careless re garding the impression they creak It requires a stretch of hnaginatiuH) to believe a stoop-shouldered icllaw possessed of much energy. SHOULDER BRACES Offer you tlic best possible assistance in correcting any inclination to round or stooping shoulder* and, by compelling deep breathing, add to the general health <>f the. wearer. This brace may bo worn without d.|s CDinfort, has v? pictal parts to bind or chafe Blj4 tlV.C9 (lot In'trtVro with the circutoViOUi^ Wo have the Itexall Brace In nil slscs f >r men, Winnen and children ?glvo its your chest measurement. Pi-ice, $1.00 l.aurens Drug Co., Laurens, S. C. f,93^55-9 3*-SS9S339 -?? -5-5*?^ ?-~-~ '1^ Christmas in I Odd Corners ft L Yuletidc Recollection* of " Traveler M T has been my !o' lo spend many of my Chrlstmases In a foreign lands. I recall one Jl/V dismal holiday spent In a i?P*J filthy post-house on the Great Post Hoad at Nljnl Udlnsk, now. In these days of the trans-Siberian railway, a place of some importance. I was alone, on my wny from Peters burg to Irkutsk. On the previous day I had overtaken a convoy of prison ers In chains, and as on the morning of the Russian Christmas day I was sitting by the high brick stove 1 saw the Cossacks and their despairing charges arrive. 1 remember walking and talking with Beveral of them In that wilder ness of newly fallen snow. Most of them were, or said they were, victims of tho unscrupulous agents provoca teurs of the government, and ?II seemed bitter against the czar and his advisers?as ladeed they well might be. Another Christmas of the Greek calendar I apent in Servla?-in Bel grade, the capital of that gallnnt lit tle state, the powder-magazine of the Balkans. It was a cold, bright, sunny day. and an air of festivity was every where. The service I i the cathedral, attended by the king and his cabinet, was a brilliant affair, and alter a stroll in the delightful Kaleinegdan garden, overlooking the Danube. I lunched with my friend the minister of justice and his charming American wife. The streets wen- hung with flags, exchanges of presents and (low ers wen- universal, and many were the (plaint Serb customs. Tho twenty-fifth of December three years ago I spent wearilj In the stuffy restaurant ear of the Nord express bo tween Paris and Petersburg, Again, I was alone and 1 remember, a.> wo steamed out of Vllaa station i<> iho great plain towards Dunaburg, the chef of that celebrated express pro dticed his triumph an Knglish pud ding, with a small piece of holly sun i; in the top. My fellow passengers, b In'g all foreigners, (ailed to appreciate it. lint I did Another memorable holiday was (hat 1 passed in (lie reindeer skin hill Ol a . Laplander half-way between Alexan drovsk and Kandalaksha. I was trav eling by sled, I had left Klrkenaes, on an arm of the Arctlc/J ocean, a month before and was u<ff\ working my way south toward Archangel I produced u bottle of much-shaken port wine, in honor ol tin- occasion, and poured out a glass for i y liost lie was very suspicious ol It, ami compelled me to swallow mine first, Then he sipped his, and pulled a wry fare. His wife tasted It, and sniffed suspiciously, and afterward the sei vants, but all declared it was some horrid Knglish decoction?some medi cine. It must he, they said. They had never before tasted wine. They had never seen a hunch of grapes, never a rose, and never even a tree. One Yuletlde dinner [ ate at Clro's. at Monto Carlo, where the fooling was fast and furious, and with my frlcnda I watched "the tables" afterward, supping across at the Hotel de Paris, and receiving a present from the monster tree. -William I.e Queux. rjHICHESTER S PILLS Msr T?R DIAMOND nBAND. CM-rhtw-ter** IM.??, Jllr??4/A\ fill, la ??? ?ad 4J.U BtuUlcXVJ bot*?. ,?n with HL* RIMma. yrxiknotrstt Uttt.Sifwt, Atv?r? KaNaM* SOLD BY DRUGGISTS CVERYWMEBC 1_ Faultless Style Plus Perfect Wear Some shoes always look neat and nifty. Some shoes look shabby in short order after they begin to see service. The woman whose shoes retain their fine lines and good looks after two months of wear, either paid four or five dollars for them or else site wears The SOUTHERN GIRL $2.00 Shoe $2.50 77ii? tame thoe in our "Autoaraph '' Brand, $2.50 ?S3.00, it Goodyear Welt Sewed: in our College Woman'? Walking Shoe it cqualt the hrtt custom make. Ordinarily a $2.00 shoe is very ordinary. When the looks are gone the shoe ?s gone. The Southern Girl Shoe at $2.00 is an extraordinary value. It looks good as long as you wear it, and you will still be wear ing it when your neighbor who may have bought some other shoe at the same time is obliged to buy new ones. We use only the best hides for vamps and tops, and the l>est sole leather money can buy. We have a dealer in your town. Look for the Re.d ?eil on the box. CRADDOCK-TERRY CO., lypchburg, Vau Si11 1 1 art ?'{A Xmas Present! j What's nicer than a set of ENGRAVED VISITING CARDS For your daughter or son at college? Noth ing would be more suitable to any of your friends. Order them through US TO-DAY. It takes ten days to get them. w I Advertiser Printing Company AS METAL SHINGLES I-iid 20 years afjo ;:r<- ks good as new to-day and luve never necJcd i cpaii... Think of it! What other roofing will ! .?? t I in;j and look as well? They're fireproof, stormproof, r.:ul very easily laid. They can be laid right over wood shingles, if necessary, without cr ating dirt or inconvenience. Kor prices and other detailed information apply '.'> Local Dealer or Cortri^ht Metal Roofing Co.. Philadelphia, P^i ^bHltsS lime to ^^igure on Fertilizer Are yon going to buy "tons" of fertilizer or pounds of plant food? Are you figuring on a so-called magic: brand, or on buying what your land needs? Von must ha\e soil of the rijdit Consistency. The elements ladling in youf soil inn-.! he pur in, and most important of all, they must stay in. tor Home MIxInK Of Direct Application Nothing Equals Thomas Phosphate Thomas Phosphate does more than just itipply the plant food needed. It makes the crude Potain and Nitrogen In your soil available, One trial will convince you tha' it it worth several dollars a ton more than one dollar a unit. We are special importers of Thomas Phosphate and headquarters for material* for home mixing. Muriate of Potash, Nitrate of Potaah, Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Potash, Imp. Fiah Guano, High Grade Dried Blood, High Grade Tankage. Our Formula Book and "Thomas Phosphate and Its Uses" sent free upon request. The Coe-Mortimer Co., NEW YORK. CHARLESTON. S. C.