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-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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Laurens' Best Store