Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Old Friends Wteter d . nee ./ - i 'efet&ol oing Q**'W* 30 on, r. King'y New Discovery sto ped i. e heaing balsams soothe the i tate membranes. the mild laxa. tiye q46ality expel the cold germs, the raw cough--strained throat is re. lieved, the tight chest loosened, the rasping cough eased, the cold is stopped. For nearly half century Dr. Kings New Discovery has been the stand. rd remedy for coughs and colds, for old and young. At all druggists. W. M. NASH, SURVEYOR, Terracing, Leveling, Drainage. Notary Public. GRAY COURT : S. C. UNDERTAKING KENNEDY BROS., Undertakers and Embalmers cana e o lati e o. m DR. W. F. FLOWERS VETERINARY SURGEON graduate with 12 Years Experience Dentist and Surgical Work Office: Posey's Drug Store B. R. TODD 3ngineering an. Contractin6 Land Surveys a Specialty .enerte Work Skillfll-. done or spected. 9 1s. > sal estinates of )If Stit A. G. iA RT announces Ihat after .laailir 1, 1!1 he will he itssciate d withii HAYNS'WORTUiI & l .\YNS\WOltTi I for the practice of law. Offlces, lourt i Iloor, Mlasonic 'kT 1 (reeiiille. S. C. Sm spson,Coojper & Baib Attorneys at Law. WWl Practlee in all State Court. ?romPt A stention Given All Businea -. B. DIAL A. C. TODI DiAL & TODD Attorney, at Law Enterprise Bank Iiidlngs, Laurens, S. C. PRACTICE IN ALL COURTS Money to Loan on .Real Estate-Loni Time. H. S. BLACKWELL Attorney at Law 1'roipt attention given to all busines Money to loan oD Real Estate 09tee Phone '' R esidence Phone 0 Offic .:ons Building C. ii. Featherstone W. B. E nigh FEATH ERMTsONE, & I Ni I' A ttorneys at Law Laurens, 8. C. .All iBusina ss Entrusted to Our Cat WHil llase l'rompiit andti Careful Alten tion. Office over P'almeitto Jiank 4Mr. Fethelrstone will spend. wVelpot day of each week in iLauren's.) Notice oif l.0t. Stock. To all whioma it maiy concern: TPhis is Itoc iel ify t hatI I have an own Iwo slha;res of sloek ini Thec lau rens TIruast Comnpanyv of I2airnis, sa. heting or~iinal ((ertilientP No. I I1 an that saidl cerli llen a has een lost o -desltroyedi andi I dles ire a n(w Clirfilient of1 slock Io b i :11nedI t e iln pinte You are it notu Ihu:0 I IO! make a n to th :' ou D~ated this "4ndI ldav (f November, I19 1 Deaco Zi Christ Sewell R OST things Deacon took as 7 they came, and with great * R calmness of spirit, for he was an even-tempered old horse, whose disposition a /1 *' dozen years, filled with / the usual allotment of * equine adversity, had thoroughly seasoned. Yet now he was pawing and stamping as impatiently g8 any four-year-eod. At If tervals he would stretch his neck, thrust forward his old white nose, and in dulge In a complaining whinny. There was reason for Dea con's restlessness. More than an hour ago he should have been on the move, but here he was still waiting in the post office shed, and never a sign or word from his driver. Deacon, yoitt understand, pulled Uncle Sam's mail over Rural Free Delivery Route No. 2, Havertown p. O. He had pulled it for three years, and he was fairly well versed in the business. At any rate, he knew that it was past his starting time. Long before had the sway back sorrel on Route No. 1 taken the road. The pert little bay mare on No. S had followed a few minutes later. Yet here was Deacon, with the heavi est and longest route of them all, still standing idly in the shed. Inside, in the Havertown post office, were a number of men whose frame of mind was worse than Deacon's. One ii But Deacon Would Not Turn. of them was the postmaster himsell In the first place, the simultaneous at rival of a three-foot snowfall and th bulk of the Christmas mail was ha enough. Next came the dlisabling a one of his best drivers, and the disemo cry that twvo substitute carriers wer out of town. Well, thie postmnaste said things. Dan Swee~ney, driver c No. 2 route, was disabled beyon dloubt. There he was sitting on pile of mail sacks, his back against steam radliator, his face white un , drawn out of shape by twinges < rheumatism. He had dragged himsel down to the office, but that was a ho could do. Now, although he shoul have been sent back to bed, he wa sorting the mail for his route. - "The Christmas mail, too !" groana Dan. He had a conscience, Dan has andl his heart was in his work. It was a sight of the great pile packages whleh made Danny gron deepest. They were more to him thu simply so much fourth-class matte these string-tied boxes andi bundle They were Invested with somethir besides the statute-gua rded sanctil 11 of the United States muail, for whi< Dan Sweeney had no light respect. Ii knew that each one of them carrit not only mnerchandlise b~ut a subt freightage of the goodily holiday spirn the joyful sentiment of Christmastid IAnd to think, just because of th plaguey rheumatism of his, many< them might not be dlelivere~d until ti holiday was over with, when thi - wouild come lagging alonug, as stale i firecrackers on the 5th of July 1 I Danny groanedi. ''There !" said Danny at last, to tI -office clerk whou waus to attempt il task, "you stouw thle packages in ju a that ordIer and do your best to fiu r where they go. Ol1, IDeacon'il tal e you over the route aill r'ight if y'ou gi I him is head01. le knows it likec boo0k.'' Ho (lhe Christmrus rmnii wai s fInal .star:ted out over !! Il No. 2, D~eac tutrned lf an iriirin-: ,ee 01n the am thie r'i w- we:~ ithI lkznne flr kok Out No sooner had they reached Joel's road, where the route began, than Deacon realized the Inexperience of .the new man. Why, he was actually going to dIrive right past. the Powers' .place, an ,the Power-:algistfite y had matl of Sn'oie kind, even I wasn't uoere than a poultry magazine or a seed catalogue. After one or two such mistakes Deacon took charge of things himself. From house to house he wont, stopping wherever be had been in the habit of calling,,walt ing until the new carrier (md,, ,wgo lived there and had looped throug' let ters and parcels to see If he had any thing -for - them. All the forenoon and all the aftet noon this went on, but when the. red sun went down in the frosty west. there still remained half a hundred letters and more than a peck of packagesfo be delivered. The new. man,was.hun gry and tired; but'heas ri iittr. So be begged some hay and oats for Deacon, borrowed a lantern, and to gether they starte4 to finish the route. As for Deacon, his old knees were stiffer than ever, his shoulder muscles ached, his flanks heaved like a pair of blacksmith's bellows, but he plunged on, never skipping a single house, I never hesitating at a roundabout half mile, doing his whole duty quite as thoroughly as if there had been some- I one behind to urge him on Instead of a cold-numbed clerk, who had no longer even touched the reins. At last only one letter was left, a thick, bulky one in a blue waterproof envelope, bearing a foreign postmark. "Josiah Braisted, Esq.," was the address. "Braisted, eh?" muttered the clerk. "Wonder if the old horse knows where he lives?" Evidently Deacon did, for he was plowing through a big drift, heading straight out on the Boston road into the darkness. For ahead, on the top of a long hill, the clerk could seeothe lights of a big house. There were no other lights between. Miles behind he c'ld l make out the glow of the city. The clerk wished he could be back there, where o'e could I' warm'l again and get something hot to eat. With niumh lingers he pulled out his watch. Ilul f-past nine! Why, it would take them a gooid two hours to drive back Iow! 1liraisted he 11:1uged ! Ile could get his letter after Christmas. So he graIbid the reins and I ndi entel to I eneon a desire to turn around. But Deacon would not turn. 1'1u11 on the rein as he mlight, Dencon would only swing his head about, keepting his legs moving straiight :uhead. Bty much shoutinug andi sawinig on the relns Denecon wais stopped. Then the new diriver wanded (out to his head, took himix by the bits and tried to lint thie horse the other waiy. Dea con refused to budge. Those lights on theit top of the long lill marked the end of the route, and Deacon knew it. And to th~ose lights they wient. "JTosiah Braisted?2" asked the driver curtly of the yo~ung womian whot ansI.wered his ring. "Oh, it's come, it's come !" she shouted to someone within, as she held Sout, her hand eagerly for the letter. I S Never before had he seen so much excitemient caused by the d'elivery of a letter. In a moment there were three or four persons in the front hall, all f talking at once. S"Do you think it will save him, doe Itor?" asked the anxious-faced old d laidy who had followed the girl to the door. "It will if anything will, I guess," d answered a stout, bearded man. And lie mounted the stairs to see the pa tient in the upper room. Then they insisted that the half frozen clerk come inside and have Ssomething to eat. Deacon? Oh, they a would take care of Deacon. They did 'all this and more. It seemed that this ' letter had been long expected, and was gsadly needed, for it came from a prod yigal son to a very sick father. It had I'its effect, too. Of course the clerk told them of dDeacon's heroic stubbornness, of how the old horse had insistetd on going to the very end of the route when h*le had tried to turn himu back. Josiah IBlraisted, Esq., heard the story during his conivalescence. e "I must tell my son about that when T~ he comes home," lie woultd repeat as " they told him of the part D~eacon io played in the story. "We ou~ght to do something for that oltd horse," lie said. IC They (lid, too. The oflice clerk, who 0 will first shuow you a handsome gold st watch, tells the story best, always end iding with, "And 01(d Deacon, why, he CC lives out thiere on the Braisted place like ai thoro'~ghibred. Ie's in clover, a lie is." "WVell," Daon S'wei'eby will add, "it's lv no moort'n he deserves. Old Deacon wvas e. righttv got horse in his ay, GREENVILLE, s.C. (INCORPORATEC DEPARTMENT STORE. THE CHRISTMAS STORE Fresh, New, Dependable, Desirable Gifts For Every Member of the Family R1B3OFNS in all. the wanted colors yd;e to 50 0 FMBROIDEjY SCJ, SORS, Manicute Piec CHRISTMAS BOXES with Holly, Pointset- es . . 25c to We ter and Medallion designs .... .... .e to 25c l'ETT1VOATS'--new and beautiful $3.50 FANCY )LINENS-Madenia hand-made to.................. ........ $4.98 Scarfs and Squares .... .... .. $2.00 to $5.00 .ladenia Sets .... .... .... ... $.5.00 to $16.50 to................................50 LINENS-Hand Embroidered Towels, also. . Guest Towels .... .... .... .. 25C to $1. 25ATH ROBES that are handsome price $3.50 C1UT GOODS-Embroidery packages for all to............................ $7.98 purposes .... .... .... .... .. 25e to $1.50 APRONS-a grand selection .. .....2fe to Vic WAISTS-the newest and latest productions " of .B1Qes .... .... .... .... ... .....28 to 50e5B AS, fU S t.. RE-in flesh and white colors ,c up SURS for the little ones from .. $3.50 to $25.00 GRAND SELECTION of Men's Neckwear to choose' from, neatly boxed, all the new ?'M:' FUlRS In French Mole TauiWr 11lack M~ox, Hudson Seal, etc $10.00 to P-wo.0 colors and designs ....................S5W NECKLACE and Rose Beads, a good se= CHRISTMNAS 11OSIERY In silk and fancy lection to cliooi~e from ........t25 to $2.50 silk......... .... ...... ....... to $1.48 I.AVAlil l RIES, a beautiful asso iient WOM EN'S AND MEN'S hANDKERCiIEFS om .... .... .... .... .... ... . 7to $8.00 in lawn, cotton and pure linen. The bi Sof.iNG seANGERS .... ... . .9c ad ge$, Assortment we ever had. Sono hem NERl)or CASES ....l...t oer . ...25 and 50 stitched, others eIbroidered, scalloped, etca price.... .... ..... ....... ...C to 0 (lecint)cNS S e'NING . ..S . ..... 2. HOLIDAY NECK WKAII put upl inI neat h I'i'N i(" 1'1:11El SC ISSORIS small) sires s)O boxes that su o emt the Christmas spirit Io .... ..... .... .... ........ ..... $1.50 from$....................0C 1111 Millinery 1-3 and 1-2 off All Suits 1-3 off APPROPRIATE PR[SENIS JEWELRY Leaves a Lasting Remembrance fth e GIVER Jewelry is not one of tho gifts which IT IS Long emembered-a in which the sweet sentiment is .Alastin and cherished "'the recipient. It is always apprecia ted and is t most~appr iate for Christmas gifts. Make thi your Clytstmas gift store. You'll save yourself a lot of unnecessa trougl by coming here first. You'll find jewelry here in all descrip ion,/here is an acceptable Christmas gift here for everyone. Here Are a Few Gift Suggestions Pearl.Strings Men's Cuff Links Men's Scarf Pins Manicure Sets Men's Watches Diamond Rings Military Sets Lockets Bracelets EWrite Fors Illustrated Folder, It's FreeI Wiam Solomon "Reliable Jeweler" Laurens, So. Car