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Christinas shopper makes her4i rAnd holds it tightly in her fist ^And starts to get her shopping done* She ks she is the only 01 at thisfearly 4pti her\ prog willU be/^ sttait [allies forth But^soo Jqrnjned up in the qteles\ And when she tries to^eiea asatit sthifes fat^naY J^)J\is i noughj2firnestly she'/i onthe^fq?l ^bumps tnobf /V''^Speeding Um ShSXfiaw ,nd the avqs a apll -JS^fo ckowi "aS~ 'r, gets home, hot tu ts^ \re Uiipinfo fsfitiizr fach back; in and blue? And finds thejcoct^?we shopping, too! Wilbur D. Nesblt Is tfiere^a antajLlau [s there a Santa Claus?" You with the truth in your eyes,' Bidding me ponder and pause, that sift truth from the lies, faith in your heart v>.y night on my knee? I have no casuist's ^5**>^---^9iutf Truly, the Saint used to ber*^"1 ' s there a Santa Claus?" % You ask again and again. Now must I answer, because You have the trust I had then, trustingjjjB^W^jfc^ \ mrtpirn possessed erworry .and grief Jb^ySSr Biding their while in my breast* toten! Is there an arm * Holding you dose to my heart, fending you ever from harm Holding the darkness apart?, e a spirit of love aiting with wings everspre you, above^ wherever you believe there is Aye, and you know It fa true! Truly, that spirit fa his f Throbbing witR kindness to yoa _XUfluence ksp&flfa^ j^Echoesine^vy^rmthvef your smilejr Blesses your dreWwhert you steep^ Stays with vou all of the while. ^_ 8 there, a Santa Claus?" Bidding mc ponder and pause sfe^ Ere I tell you that are wise.^ [Shatter the faith that you hold? , N^tOive you a pang of distress? Yes^for the young and the old g^There-isvaSanta Claus^YesI^ When you have a bilious attack plve Chnmberlain'B Tablets a trial. They are excellent. For sale by all dealers. THE LOOKOUT MAN. (From The Commoner.) Now, listen, little children, and I'll tell a story true And better you remember, for it means a lot to you? For If you heed the lesson, then when Christmas time is here You'll get a lot of presents and a lot of Christmas cheer. The Lookout Man Is walking when the stars begin to peep To see If little children are in bed and fast asleep; And all who act up naughty and don't mind their ma's and pa's, The Ixmkout Man is watching, and he'll tell old Santa Claus. I knew a little fellow once who got real had, and said He didn't care for Santa Claus, and wouldn't go to bed; And said he didn't have to mind?O, he was awful bad, And didn't seem to care a mite in making folks feel sad Hut when it came to Christmas Day he didn't get a thing, For Santa Claus had heard of him and not a thing he'd bring. He knew that bad boy's record?better mind your ma's and pa's, The Lookout Man is watching and he'll tell old Santa Claus. 1 also knew a little girl who was just awful bad, She wouldn't get her lessons and she always got so mad If anybody told her to bo still and hush her noise? Well, she was always wishing for a lot of Christmas toys; But when 'twas Christmas morning, to her wonder and surprise, An empty stocking hanging in the corner met her eyes. You see, she acted naughty?better mind your ma's and pa's; The Lookout Man Is watching and he'll tell old Santa Claus. The Lookout Man Is peeping through the windows every night And counting up the children who are always acting right, And going off to bed at once when told it's time to go, And never pouting, not a bit, or taking clothes off slow. He puts them In the good book, but the bad ones in the bad, And when he writes a bad one, O, he looks just awful sad; For he knows they will get nothing?better mind your ma's and pa's? The Lookout Man is watching and he'll telj old Santa Claus. OLD MAN GIDDLES OBSERVES The polite lie is often solidified into a Christmas gift. Henry Tarbuok says that as soon as people begin giving him socks and handkerchiefs exclusively for Christ mas he 1b going to apply for a berth In the old folks' homo. Eli Timmoiis says he doesn't see the sense, of tying up a 25-cent present in 18 cents' worth of ribbon and tissue paper and paying 50 cents to send it to some one. While you aro sorry for the tired salesman, like as not the salesman is thinking sympathetic thoughts of you. Little Joseph Glllett has been pulled through the Fourth of July, tho mumps, a birthday party, the chicken pox and the measles so far this year, nnd his parents hope he Is rugged enough to survive Christmas. When a man volnteers to play Santa Claus at a Sunday school Christ? mas tree set It down that in his henrt he considers himBclf a natural-boru comedian. A des Meines man had an attack of muscular rhmmatisln in his shoulder. A friend advised him to go to Hot Springs. Thai meant an expense of $150,00 or more. . He sought for a quicker and cheaper way to cure It and found it U Chamberlain's Lini ment. Three days after the Ii ist ap plication of this liniment he was well, For sine by all dealers. We have what you want In Dolls. S. M. & B. II. WLLKBS & CO. Little Boy Run Over to Sullivan's Store and order some Seal of Virginia Flour, the kind that Dr. L. S. Fuller sells to the Rig Store, and mama and papa and little brother and sister likes so well when baked into biscuits or cakes, and send some of that ioo per cent. Pure Geor gia Cane Syrup that goes so well with the hot biscuits, a sack of Fresh Water Ground Corn Meal, a sack of Graham, Flour for pan-cakes, a can of All Pork Sausage, a can of that good Cof fee, a sack of Sugar, a bucket of Lard, a piece of streak'ed Bacon to fry, a strip of Fat Backs to boil the pot, some whole grain Rice, full Cream Cheese, Soda, Baking Powder, Starch, Soap, Gold Dust, good" Broom, Dried Apples, Lemon and Vanilla Flavoring Extracts, Table Salt, a sack of Corn, sack of Oats, bale of Hay, sack ?'Bran and shorts, sack C. S. Meal, sack of Chicken Feed. Oh Well! Just tell "The Boys" to . send over everything that we need, and Mark the Bill Paid. J.H. Sullivan Laurens, S. C, ^^^^^^ Shaftlncr, Pulleys, Belts, Repairs and Files, Teeth, Locks, Etc. LOMBARD IRON WORKS, AUGUSTA, GA. Get out circular before |/ou buu. Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all State Courts, orompt attention jfiven to all business. xxxxxxe.u . saxxxx** TOO BUSY TO WRITE UP PRICES THIS WEEK. COME BUY NOW! SELLS FOR LESS J. C. Burns & Company's SELLS FOR LESS BIG DECEMBER SALE OF Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Millinery, Dress Goods, Coat Suits, Long Coats, Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves and Xmas Goods. As you well know we sell very near everything and we Sell Same Goods for Less Money. Come to Red Iron Racket the Store that is Making Laurens Famous for its Bargain Giving Power. There is no Other House in Laurens Like Red Iron Racket. Big Line of Dolls, Toys and Xmas Goods Now Ready for You. J. C. Burns & Company Sells the Goods. Roll, Let Em Roll. Our Sales for November 1912 were Bigger than November 1911, and want to make this December bigger than last E cember. We are located completely out of the High-Priced District, 210 West Laurens Street. Don't Spend a Red Cent until you get to the RED IRON RACKET $1.00 Watches for.59c $3.50 Eight Day Clock for .. . .91.94 ,c. And you will wear the smile that never comes off and when you get back home with the Goods your Sweet Wife and Children will Smile and be Happy. Burns <& C0.--6 Red Iron Racket Stores?Laurens, Spartanburg, Green wood, Anderson, Greenville, S. C, and Charlotte, N. C. 3 nkgB. Cold Dust for.10c 7 cakes Cold Rand Soap.25c i