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Christmas Seals By CLARISSA MACKIE IT was only :t t'w :ty 11.1'111i.' f 'I - nut 11,S, wnll little. \11my We'lIs wats so 6t orIt:1h4p y. heI'll te atch er I1: hl given her 'otn e d ti('l r teal toolgoot se ::: hao1 l l 1is ,ribu .4 1 flte reel :111I wh ite and1 green .IeI., obmon lg her schol ars she load ex plaiiel to tihtI aoll :boutt the 1pur . I se of Ihe lIed' ('rossF socityJ and It\. 1 ' 141e how~ ti Ie. moneyi o ciartedi ' would be used to help, the wounded olier's. Anil she half iot sold One single. soil tory stounp o1' her twenty-tive! l low\ >i- he 11Irudgtedl atrouil 0,'r1m (too' to 11''1',' oIly to Imheet tio' sain00e kirnd -mih- :111' :hImke (1t' the Ii'-ml' .\my1\ tohl 111-r x:1i11.1n wen-1'-t- Wet"lls (11f.1r4ed 1o buy oll the t anips1 '" I-m !t' t he little girl sh1ook her head. "1 -Jht t Ibe able t' :lil the 111 11 Fide Inly hi~e. intinh'r. deu:r." 1he sa:id1. "''h:It Ib' Ibie real Mfr-. Wells s '-: lt :1nd1 smiledl. She' cotll'n \' ry well or d44t1I to iuyt evt'en theI tw\t ':\ . ste hat 1!.h; \iiy wanrot ed to sll. 1i"r every l'0'nntiy Vas neetdl.' Il that tilt 14' h1ouselohil. \[r. Wells 11111 died a yer or Itwo before, and Amly's mother hl,,1 to sew for a livintg. .4he was very busy, for slie wits trying to finish so rnt' wo irk so as to receive the money in time to huy something for Chris tmase. "Kiss 100, lilt Ite duglhter," Mrs. Wells said, with a siole, "aml then carry tilois dress iup to Miss (rllger on the hill." The (Gr:angrr s livedi it1 big house at the top ofi the hill. It wans quite the largest house in Little tiver, and the three huttlles lived there alone with two servatts. They were Miss Belle Grainger, Hiss Lucy and Miss Beth. 'They were not very young, but they Were very kind and sweet. The toald aodmoitted Amy to the front hall, all wtarmoo and glowing from a great fihe on the hearth. "How do you do, Amy? Wouldn't 'you like one of these little mince 4 ' = IHope You Will Have a Happy Christmas," Miss Lucy Said. tarlss?" And~ lthere wats MIss Beth Gran zgero with ai plate' of inee tartsh "Ohli, itank yiouI'" gasled Atmy ais slhe th)ok 0one0. "Waittaoouoment aonod Aniei wiii wrapi it io ao ':aiper na~pkint so yout can~ carry it iomeito," saId MIss Beth as sloe pr'essed t lbut ton for tioe tmald. Bunt when'i Atnnieo o'nme1 wltho the paper nap4 kin, which w aos alil gay witho hoolly andoo Chrlstmia~s bollIs, Mllss Ituoth putt tall the .in 1.0 ;trt~ Ino it an td gaove it to Amoy. "'oh., l tok y~ouot much!"iebI' rep'etd Amy, thinrkinog howo. heor mothoer w'oull enjuoy It' tarots. "'Mothoer sent theo dlress. "My sister is trying It on0," saId Miss Beth. "Wa'tlt It mfomen.'t, Amty, and I will goet thle mtoutey for you."'1 Sloe hadt just odisiappeatred whoen Miss Lucy Graongo'r ('ame)0 bustling Illthoug the hail. "'I wonder If you would matil theso' lit te pacokagoes for ime, Atny ?" she said(. "'I amn 5 oprovoked b~ecautse I ihave' usedl up to'y ('br tistmias sel s.'" ''or course I will maoiil the packaogoes. Miss Luocy,"' saidl Amy ;then she addedo'c shyly, "I-I hav'.e someo ChrIstmas seals if youo would lIke them." "Yout haovo? llow voery fortunate 1" Amy told hoer aobout the 'ieals ando how. sloe had1 been uinable to sell e'v en one of thoem. Tlo her great joy MIss] Lucy bought thec whole twenty-flye andi I putt thec money In Amy's pocketbook. 'logether with a bright silver qutarter for herself. "I1 hope you will hatve a very happy Christmas, dear," Miss Lucy said. The next day Amy took tihe htedl Cross money to her teacher, and MIss Smiith told her she hadl donec very w.ell. Early Christmas morning the Gran ger auto car stopped before the Wells door, anod the chauffeur brought in a great boaske't for Mrs.- Wells. Thlere was a new dr'ess for Amy, wIth a warnm cloak for' her tmot~her, besidles a cunnIng doll. The bottom of the bansket was filled wIth good things to eat. "My Chortstmaos week began wIth 'l tears," laughed Amy as brIght drops fell on her, round cheeks, "andi it is ending: lr. tears too I" t "Tears of happiness, darling," said 4 .her moothoer. CU3 ACU ten's Christma Story Gleorde [ T was Christmas eve at the 1Unyvilie Home for Orphans, and three little boys sat In the chilly dining room ooking out at the flying flakes of snow. t was af'ter supper-. and there was a latter o' dishes in the kitchen. "L'iey s:y," said Jlinmy, "t here's oin;g t be a big ('hristnans tree in the parlor tom1or dow, antl candy 1and( presents and : eve'ytiniug, but I'd rather hang : r-, r up mny stovcking than have ll the a~ri , old C 11 r I t was -- ~-- _ trees. You hetcha I would " ' "so would I I" echcoedi Bobby and ueorge. "That trustee who was here to day would make it dandy man for a father or an uncle," Said Bob by. "He's awful rich." "And he ain't got any childrel or any folks al all." Hurried Across the "I wish he'd Snowy Yard. 'dopt me," re fleeted George "Ho patted my head." "He must be lonesome without an3 folks," began Bobby. Then he leaner over and whispered to his companions Fifteen minutes later three little boys the oldest ten and the youngest six, lei themselves through a basement door and hurried across the snowy yard t< the opening in the hedge which lee through a patch of woods to the village 'ir. Bartley, the trustee, who ofter visited the home, lived in a big houst with a wonderful garden. Everythin was blanketed in snow now, and the big house was dark save for a few lighter windows on the lower floor. Soon they stood on the porch peer Ing in at a cozy library, where Mr. Bart ley sat in a big chair before the fire, looking very lonesome. A big o dog, a collie, sat beside him with his head on his master's knee. Suddenly the dog lifted his head and barked. Mr. Bartley looked to ward the window and saw the three little frightened boy faces peering in. In a jffy he had jumped up' opened the win- - * dowv and lifted them in one at a time. "Good gracious mel hatareyouThe Dog Lifted Hii digottrc"Head and Barked. he demanded. "Please, sIr, we're from the homue, sid Bobby. "We knew you lived iii alone-and-we thought matybe you'd like to hire us three kids to spent Christmas with you. WVe don't wnni riny tree," explained Bobby. "We Jusi tvant to hnng up our stockings and wvake up-something like honm(-hefort tre cnme to the 'sylum." Tears were In the boy3s' eyes now. Mr. Hartley flourished a handlkerchiei rand tried to laugh, but his voice crack. ad so qtueeriy. "Now, that's a funny thing," he de iared. "I was just wishing I had hree nice boys to spend Christmne 'ith me-and maybe live with me all 'he time." fly and b)y Mr. flartley cnlled a man mervant, and together they took the' hree little boys up to bed. Then they hung their stockings on he corners of the big four-post bed stead, and in two minutes they wvere sound asleep, while the 1 servant, Martin, nodded in a chair outside in the hall and Mr. Barthey, button ed into a fur' Si n ed overcoat, went s tr iding down the snowy S street to the * brightly lighted shops, I don't knowu who wvas the hap pier that Christ mnas morning, the Sthree little boys with stockings full of treasures C or b!;; Mr. Blart ley, whom they callMnte n ied "Uncle hey Were Asleep. D~ick." And the best of it all was hat Mr. P',uri: y adopted all three of heu 11' hzic!hoeme to him that Thr'isimoui'- and they are growing p mit - . boysv. . . . . . . . . . * . e. e. . . i . 1)IILS 'NI-WS. * D)ials. IDec. I7.--The past week has egi:stcrd tile tcoldest weather of the :nter. The snow which fell Tues (thy nighit was followed by continued 'r wt ather. Ilowever, there is no 11ferin to II ;>oft as a ( iuIIc(ItiIece, for hii h e iking oulnl all ourI people t i, ,:; plic . is :ot v. it coI( al, jiltlty 'T'he work on the new school hnild in;; at this lilace is rapidly pIrog!ress ing andi whenl contpleted it will prove a halidsonte and ad Ilattcuae strulc (ItuIe and quite in heelpilng with the cont noinity. Not witlst andin g the lack of a pro lper building in Whii-h to teach, school has i 'I inl sI'ssion for several weeks CLYDE T. FRANKS Agent For ASHEPOO FERTILIZER FEW EQUALS ....AN D.... NO SUPERIORS Farmers! See Me AT FARMERS NATIONALBANK "{' 'W Ovrcat, .wet bersp ofte faiey' leisio ScarsPa oftemakny Jatin Vsfu ase's [ C FC in an "outbuilding" under the super vision of Mrs. Ralph Martin and Mrs. I Tully Woods. The 1Rev. C. G. Harley who has been 'astor of this charge for the past a r, was returned to this circuit for I another year at the annual meeting of the I'pper South Carolina Conferenco % 111h convened in Clinton recently. .Mlr. IMarley is 1 (lod-fea ring man, a faithful ministier, and has endeared himswolf to iaiy (i1uriig his stay :33n3hng uts, \lr. Walter (;raiy Wio is miaking his :3 c in Soutlhern Corg iai, spent last '.w ek with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ( ray. .\ ( dlorable tragedy occurred at This Place early I"riday morning. vhien John 0. 1ellaitns, a well kinown young farmer, dlied from a self-inflicted wound in the head, death was instan taneoluIs. The young man had to reporlI at Camp Jackson Friday as a meml. of the seleeted draft and had gone iter hlia x001) , prepaIratory to getting x1;1: I) (art when the shot was tired, in I r by1 accidelit or di(sgn is nlot 1 s. i ioh iia i I iter .e I 111 Vey 1 l i 1s, ha t onded hi.; life. Ile leave ai wife 0 h " wa0 a a a W a at r a d a . lol uI ily conn11er:i(In. - c on Iin t tok plc : . rt y at . h A 1t.1111'N N1-.WS, S-e a a . e a * * . Rahun, )ee. I7.- The g rounid has been covered With 511w ever since last lT'uesday and fromt the way it is now it will he here many more days. MIs. IA'agle aid Miss Cora IAaglie spent. Wednesday with \l. and Mrs. StIith .1. Martin. Mr. W. 11). Owens was in I.aurens 'Thursday. .\Mrs. 11. If. .\hMa on i sick with la grippe. .MIiss .\lliene Blaldwin visited Miss ..l e s h our stores that and other farriies too ne in to our stores anc s which we would sus rnamental. R HIM ars s efs andkerchiefs amas erwear Bath Robes )epartment for "His" -'"Her" Present. We ALRDY 'ora League Saturday and Miss Cora *ague spent SaturdJay night and Sun lay with cMiss -Allione 'Baldwin. Mrs. Sloan Malon spent last week vith Mr. and Mrs. John Wolff of Sil oh section. M~r. Will IMolt. was In Fountain 11nn " riday on business. .\lr. Ilb Nl ighbors of Laurens visit d .\lr. Simith Martin Saturday. \Mr. Will Mahon was in Laurens Sat 'rday. .\ir. -.llie llahhb visited \l r. and Airs. \dger Ia ibb of .lerna .\onday. W ishintg the editor and all other le0 ' ia merry 'h'Iristmwas and a happy ew Year. To Speak nt. labin. Dr. l'dwin Carpenter of (Greenville vill aldres;s the Y. W. A. of ltabui 'reek churchil on Dec. 26th at eighti '. I. and the public is cordially it iteil to come. 1 " p * * * * * a * * * * * * 4 \hohh u. Ikc e. I17. --'"Th' oldest ill whita t" i; now scratclhitg his head o :onlerin it' ever th weather wm ike ii s betore. FV ry :n *- her' iaus gone into wiint a:rturs andI if theire he any news, wt tiV il't heard oft it. Iloiseketteis ar't intiuring how they will get theil liristmas cleaning dhne, the Christ na:s hog killed and the weather like his' Mr. I\ . i. larlin and .lisses Kath Ileu, .1ianita and lyon have come oite For Christmas. 'i'Ite Christmas play of th11 I. V. P '--"The hree Wise Men", will Ie iven, if the weather permits, in Pros peet ('hurch Christmas Day night, Puesday, Dec. 29th. It promises to be rood and we hope to have a good aut Bence. PECI 130T4 iSt DY & N e a wide variety of are suitable for pre It is an easy matt< I ask for a little help gest as fitting presen FOR ] Ladies' Crepe De Chine Ladies' Linen Initial TH Ladies' Embroidered Ha Ladies' Handkerchiefs i Middy Ties, white and i Ladies' Neckwear, Ladi Ladies' Kid Gloves, Lad Ladies' Crepe De Chine .Ladies' Georgette Waisi Ladies' Bath Robes, Chi Children's Wool Toques Pure Linen Towels, Lad Children's Mesh Bags, ( Ladies' Long Coats, Lat Ladies' Long Coats, La Present and Our 1 Have Selections for k WILE For a Corn-Peeling Picnic, Use "Gets-It" Pain Eases it. Once, Corn Just Dies? Do your corn-rlddillg easily, with a smile,--the banana-pquI way. That's the "Gets-It" way,--the only way, your coin or callus comes off compleite at thoug', It were glad to get off. n out Trovel Gets-I I" ias 111d1mo corns titan II o b r remed1ie; comb~ncd. It'si d s e as fil6 sit ri:(', ai( 1s safe a5 watetr.\ I 1 ' by niillI onas. Drni't take a bin -et i h your feet, . ou <an't af fo~rd to he Dei.,1ent with i ukn viwn mix lci Nes ;.01 : ~ 'nk ov "Gets-It." niever fails. "(et. It" Vtill re moVe any corn1 or callus. Vear those new, stylish shoes or Paul!':- if you want to.---go ahead and dlan, .. I ietnatt "(ets-It"---t hrowv suhb:titut(: lotiak on the counter! 2.e is all you netil pay at any drug store, of it will he sent direct by 1'. Law rence & Co., Chicago, Ill. SolII iii Laurens and recommended as the world's best Corn remedy by I'urt'eka 1rug Co.. Laurens Drug Co., l'owe Drutg Co.. I'utnam rDrug Store, 11. P. Posey. To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take LAXATIVE JiROMf1O Quinine. It stops the Cough and Ilendache and w irks off the Cold. Druggists refund uoney if 't fails to cure. E. V GROVP'3 signature oc ,tach box. 30c. What is LAX-FOS LAX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA A Digestive Liquid Laxative, Cathartic and Liver Tonic. Contains Cascara Bark, Blue Flag Root, Rhubarb Root, Black Root, May Apple Root, Senna Leaves and Pepsin. Combines strength with pala table aromatic taste. Does not gripe. SOc A L TORES VILSON articles in both of sents for all mem er to make ideal se Here are a few ts, thirigs which are. JER Handkerchiefs. mndkerchiefs mndkerchiefs n Boxes 'ed es' Silk Hosiery ies' White Voil Waists Waists ~s, Ladies' Kimonas idren's Robe Sets Turkish Towel Sets ies' Leather Handbags Thildren's Sweaters lies' Silk Dresses( dies' Silk Skirts .adies' Department All.