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8 888888888888888888 8 8 8 Local and Personal Mention. 8 8 8 8888888888888888888 -Miss dtmoniiia Garn mother during the holidays. Mr. Ed. :Hart, of Louisville, Ky., is visiting relatives in the city. Mr. and 'Mrs. George Balle spent Christmas in ' Nowborry. 'Mr. Fred Nelson, of Charleston, has been spending Christmas with rela tives in the city. , tMiss Nannye Kate HIudgens spent Christmas day with relatives in Green wood. -Mrs. Cora C. 'Lucas and Robert Lu cas have gone to Allgood, Tenn., to spend the rest of the holidays. Miss Mary Belle Fuller and Mr. Dick Fuller are visiting home folks this week. Mr. W. 13. Blakeloy and Miss Ruth fllakoley-were visitors in the city Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. 'M. W. Coker, of Gray Court, 'were visiting in the city 'ihurs day. ,, , Mr. Theo. Crews, of Atlanta, spent several days in the city last week be fore enlisting in the army. Mrs. J. 'L. Marshall, of Greenwood, is visiting her parents, )r. and Mrs. W. IH. Dial. Messrs. .1. C. Chandler and 1. Y. I lollingsworth, of Cross (l111t, 'wer ii'siness visitors here Friday. Mir. 0. I). Riddle, of Chariotte1N. C., is spending the holidays with his par ents, Mr. and 'ir. C. M. Rliddle. Miss Elizabeth Simpson, who is teaching this year at Pendleton, is vis iting her mother, Mrs. Foster Simpson. Miss Lucile Moore is at. home from Garnet -to spend the holidays with her parents, 'ir. and Mrs. W. A. Moore. .The monthly meeting of the county medical society will not he held this month, according to an annonineement made by Dr. J. L. Fennell .Monday. Capt. W. R. Richey, Jr. and Messers. Hart and Grover Richey hame been spending a part of the holidays with lioe folks in the city. Clarence McKinney, formerly super intendent at the Laurens 011 Mill, but now with the Augusta branch, was a visitor in the city Monday. Lieut. tEdwin Moseley, who is now stationed at Allentown. Pa.. is spend Ing the holidays in the city with his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. ). Moseley. Miss Annie huff, who is teaching in North Carolina, is spending the holl days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Huff. MIr. and Mrs. .ohn Y. uarlington. of Oklahoma City, are spending the holidays with Mrs. {arlington and Mrs. Caine. Claude Garrett, who is attending the aviation corps in Texas, has been spending the holidays with his mother and sister. Mrs. Yancy (lilkerson is spending the Christmas season with her par ents In 'Greenville. Mr. Gilkerson went up Christmas day to join them. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. John F'. Bolt will be delighted to learn that they have returned to Laurens to make their hbme. Mr. Bolt wvill continue to look after business affairs at McCol for awhile yet. Mr. iW. T. Power, deputy clerk of courit, and Mir. Adger Stoddaird, of Ow ings Station, left IWednesday foir the loweir pait of the State to enjoy an ex tensive hunting tript. -Mir. Thos. I Swygert left W~ednesday for Columbia, 'wher'e lie wili have char'ge of the hooks of the Adlubi Mill lug Company and also act in an exe eitttve cap~acity with an allied concern, the Colutmblia Iria in & Pr'ovi sioni Co. These two conceirns (10 a large mann racturiing andl wholesale business in and out of Columbia and Mr. Swyger't. witll have an iimpoirtant place in the direction of their-affairs. No P'reachting at Leesvilie. According to an aiinouneent -hy the pastor, Rev. W. L. Muhliken, there wvill be no preaching at Leesville church Sundoay. Mrs. St. (lair Hays Decad. Virginia Owens Hays, wife of 'Dr. $t. Clair 'Hays, of Clinton, (lied at the home of heir parents, Mr. and .Mrs. WV. Fl. Owens, Friday morning, following but a 4ew days after the death of her nfant daughter. Her body was laid to rest in the 'Presbyterian cemetery the same afternoon, the services be tng conducted by her pastor, 11ev. F. (fl% Jones, assisted by Rev. J. F. Jacobs and .Dr. 'Beane. She had -been mar vied just a year, her death coming al most at the inrst anniversary of her diarriage. Mrs. hIays was a young woman of gentleness and lovable qual ities that won her strong friendships and attachments, so that at her death there was much grief and sorrow. The nume'rous floral tributes at the funeral eviden~ced the beenre .place she occupied in the hearts of many. At the Presbyterian Church. Rev. W. W. IHarrison, of Memphis, Trenn., will fill 'the pulpit of the FirIist Presbyterian church next Sunday, Dee. 29th, at 11o'clock. At 7:30 o'clock there will he uinion services at the Fir'st Baptist church, preacehing by Rev. W. W. Harrison. + SOCIETY. + +1* +1 Lever-Barksdale A marriage which caine as a surprise to all except intimate friends was sol mlized in Columbia Saturday, when Hfiss Afary Gertrude Lever became the wife of Mr. John Collier 'Barksdale. whose home is just a few miles out of the city and whose thrift and enter prise Is placing him in the front rank among the young farmers of the coun y. An account of the ceremony, which appeared in the Sunday edition of The State, is as follows: Miss Mary Gertrude Lever, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mirs. Walter I). Lever, was married last evening at 8:30 o'clock to John Collie' Barks dale, of Laurens. In the absence of the .bride's parents, who are in Cii eago for ir. 'Lever's health, the cere mony was performed at the home of the bride's brother, W. '). Lever, Jr.. in the Keenan apartments and was witnessed only 'by members of the immediate family. 'Tihe Rev. A. N. lrinson, pastor of the Washington Street Methodist Church ofilciatecd. The young couple left immediately after wards for Laurens to attend a Christ mas family reunion at the Barksdale plantation "Valley Farmn". 'There they will make their home, \ir. Barksdale being one of the prds perous and progressive farmers of that section of -the State. The bride will be missed in Colum bia by many to whom her bright, cheery disposition and charming nat uralness have endeared her, and the marriage last evening despite its quiet nature. will be of wide reaching in terest to her own friends and those of her family. 0) 0 0 'Misses Annie Belle and Hiessie Chil ress entertained the Needle Craft Club on Wednesday afternoon in honor of Mrs. A. C. Har. Several visitors and friends were also present. Lovely re freshments were served by airs. Wells Clardy and Mrs. James Hlarney. 000 Miss Sadie Sullivan will entertain this afternoon in honor of her sister, Mrs. Whitley, of Albermarle, N. C., who is spending the holidays with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. JI. If. Sullivan. 0 0 0 C'humtley-Ledford. Miss Itrene Ledford and 'Mr. Sim ('hunmlcy were happily married at the home of the bride at the Laurens Mill Monday evening, Dec. 24th, the cere mony being conducted hy Rev. J. I. McLin. S000 The Woman's Service League held a very interesting meeting on Tires day, December 17th. After a report from the knitting committee it was found that. the league had consumed e noughi 'wool in knitted garments to av er'age one hundred and severnty sweat er's for Laur'ens county. It was their decided to make thre organrizat ion an aruxililary to the RIed Cr'oss arrd to turn over to tis weli-deserving society all knitted ar'ticles now on hand. Last week tire league sent to thre Tranryham (Guards, stationed at. Camp S.evier, tw'o punttdred arnd ,slxteen lpairs lof foot wairei's *and remembrei'rd each of thIe en listedu mnri wvithi a Chir'istmaus 'ardi. it was thienr dcideCd to take i up -afe wvill offering to send to Catmp Sevior aind Cam p Jackson to hel p make outr boys' hol idays brightr Ir. Sc een dollaris arrd fifty (c(ents was realhiz/ed from Ii: con tribunt Ion. Since our soldIer's han.y o spend~ their Chiristrios a way firm hrome we hope thrat even aidsot the dlin of camp life tire voice of Tiiny Timr ighrt b~e hrerd saying to the bi'ave de fenders of our honre anrd countr'y, "GCod bless you, everyone". The mreimber's then voted to have a coirmmunity Chrristrmas tree, wvhere wve mniht meet together and sing ur'aises to our God for the gift oif IHits Son, thre Savior of us all. Tfherec 'will be a large subscription dance tonight in tire TIr'aynham Guard armory. An admission fee will 'be charged to all and the proceeds will he devoted to soldier relief ~york. Thre orchestra of the 74th rilegimental Band of Camp Wardswor'th will furnish the music. Catarrhal 4 Mr. W. S, Brown, R 1P. D. No. 4, Box 82, Rlogersvlle) Tennessee, writes:/ "I feet it my duty Ito recorntiend Peruna' to all sufferes of oatarrh or cough. In the year 9O09, I took a severe case of the la grippe. I then took a -bad cough. I had taken all kinds of cough remedies but got no relief' I then decided to try Peruna. I usedI fivo bottles. After taking five bottles my cough stopped and my catarrh was cured. My average weight wab 115 and now I weigh 148%,. Any one suffering with ea tarrh in any form I will advise them to take Perunia," Christmas and Old Loves By LAURA JEAN LuBBEY When I think on the happy days I spent with you, my little dearle, Now what lands between us lie, How can I but be curie? A S yutletide draws near, a man's mind is very apt to revert to happy Christmas times that have gone before. There is most always a woman connected with a man's happy times and pleasant day dreams. The man who left the farm to make his fortune in the great city and who has become rich, a bachelor boarding at a fashionable hotel or club, can 'usually recall some particularly happy Christmas In the long ago-a Christmas dinner in the old home, taking his first sweetheart Christmas eve to a ball in the town hall; the de light of taking her home-a mile through snow drifts on a 'vinter night. He had written to her a few times aft er leaving home, then the excitement of city life had crowded her out of his memory and his life. As Christmas draws nigh again, thoughts carry him back to the girl he loved when time was young with him. On the impulse of the moment he dashes off a letter to her. 'le does not .know whether she will receive it. She may be mar ried or she tuay ,have moved away. The old folks at home had been care ful never to mention her even in an swer to his inquiries. How strange it Is that the same thought can fill two different minds at the same time. The girl of long ago, still single, knowing he has not wed, picks up courage to send a Christmas card to the boy grown old now who took her to her first hall on Christmas eve. The letter and card cross each other as each flies to its goal. The hnehelor finds it in his Christmas mall. The lonely woman standing by a win (low in a far-off farmhouse has a let ter hainded to her by a neighboring farmer who kindly fetched it to her from the post ofilce Christmas morn ing. Simultaneously there is a warm glow in t wo hearts widely severed. And yet there are people who won der that there are romances which are revived at yuletide when men and women no longer young sigh for love and home cheer, if they sit alone nnd lonely listening to the Chimes of the Christmas bells. Christmas day is the time to light the sacred fire upon the altar of old hopes and loves and make the longing end dreams realiles. Sending a little atmas card with a well-chosen .31y verse is sure to find an echo in a lonely man's heart at this time of all others. One should not check the kindly resolve to send one. It can do no harm and it may bring much happi ness. To whom are you going to send your "Merry Christmas" card In this year of our Lord 1917? Perhaps tll find one in my stocking. I'll hang it up and see. I take this occasion to send each and every one of my readers a Merry Christmas, together with the wish that the coming year may be the most successful one of their lives. (Copyright.) e r en tu tthe nighlt! We rameu to the utght? We saftig. slelnt1 romes. Wihte tie little broi1un hea u on t4e pIllats sin *ite Are reaittof uglsub benm. thlroug th fom.lesft U4ItWe the flI~It flakes arounb fitw tultrL. Watella himt 3 httow nt. but 4ie tiubeth the fiome Origin of Word Chi-istmas. 'lThe w'.ord Chirlstmams is of comipara tively late origin. The wordl was first usedl in 103t8, its form then being Chrit.-Messe, the mass of Christ. Orlgen, tan earily father of the church, said that ini thme Scriptures it was the sinners (alone, not t he saints, w~ho cel brated their birthdlays. Another early writetr ref erred to the fact that the birthdanys of the pagani gods were kept by t1o e' tolea. The very first 'evidecnco of a feast having been held in honor or the birth of ChrIst was in Egypt about the year- 200. Clement of Alex andlria said, "Certain Egyptian theolo gians over-curiously assign not the year alone, but the day of Christ's birth, placing it on May 25." Another date assigned to the event wvas March 28.-Exchange. Keeping Christmas. Are you willing to remember the weakness and loneliness of people who are growing old; to stop asking how much yeur friends love you, and ak yourself whether you love them enough; to bear in mind the things that ether people have to bear on their heurrs: to try to understand the peo pie who live in the same house with you? Then you can keep Christmas. --Henry van Dyke. Suffring with * Catarrh in Any form I will Advise them K To take ..-_.4 Peruna Those who object to liquid me -t einos enn peaur P......a -rbotc CLARDY & WILSON'S 1918 CREED We believe in the greastest good of the greatest number, and that it is the highest duty of this store to extend its service to the great est number of homes. We believe in giving the best qualities at fair prices---in making shopping a pleasure---in waiting on customers promptly and quickly and in, preserving always a uniform attitude of courtesy And help fulness to each patron. We believe that a store's responsibility 'should continue as long af ter a sale as is hecessary to insure full satisfaction to the purchaser. We believe in selecting the most desirable, serviceable and fash ionable merchandise for our stocks; our quality is, and must always be STERLING. We believe that you, as a pleased customer, are a more fruitful ad vertisement than a page of type. We believe in ourselves and our ability to give service, quality and fair prices to each and every patron. We thank you for your patronage during Nineteen Seventeen, and wish for you, each and every one, a most prosperous Nineteen Eighteen. CLARDY & WILSON LAURENS, S. C. 'A GOOD PLACE TO TRADE' WE WISH YOU AND YOURS A HAPPY NEW YEAR MAY THE COMING NEW YEAR BRING YOU ALL UNLIMITED PROSPERITY, GOOD HEALTH AND ABSOLUTE CON TENTMENT. WE DESIRE TO THANK YOU HEARTILY FOR YOUR PATRONAGE IN THE PAST AND PROMISE OUR BEST EFFORTS TO MERIT A ,CONTINUANCE OF YOUR FAVORS IN THE FUTURE. DAVIS=ROPER Co. 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