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iMake oui and suitable; Kine'sl \ pIs There a Santa Claus? We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently, the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: "Dear Editor: 1 am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says: 'If you see it in The Sun, it's so.' Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? "Virginia O'Hanlon. "One Hundred Fifteen West NinetyFifth Street." Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of of a skeptical age. Thev do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intellinence capable of grasping the whole truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus? It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no child-like faith, no Ipoetry, no romance, to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down,what would that prove? J Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither childrenlnor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that is no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable in the.world. You may tear apart the baby's rattle to see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry.love, romance can push aside the curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all 'real? Ah! Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God, he lives and he lives forever. A thousand and ten years from now, Virginia?nay, ten times ten thousand years from now?he will continue to make glad the hearts of childhood. ?New York Sun. The Lowly Pumpkin. Consider the Pumpkin. It hideth itself amidst the growing corn. It is the lowliest of all things that groweth in the fields. The proud Farmer spurneth it and the Small Boy laugheth it to scorn. The Wise Men of the Agricultural College lecture not upon it. Never ?ry < r store your heat r. c li n gins ior aii. u :ree Dry Qgg ^ "Cured" | fc Mrs. Jay McGee, of Steph- ft \ ? enville,Texas, writes: "For ? ft nine (9) years. I suffered with ft | ft womanly trouble. I had ter- 9 ! ft rible headaches, and pains in K ; ft my back, etc. It seemed as if V | I would die, I suffered so. At ijl j [ft last, I decided to try Cardui, 9] II the woman's tonic, ana 11 i? J helped me right away. The ISj I full treatment not only helped WA V me, but it cured me." fjm 1 TAKE Li Cardui g The Woman's Tonic m Cardui helps women in time 3] of greatest need, because it 9 contains ingredients which act wJ specifically, yet gently, on the weakened womanly organs. P So, if you feel discouraged, K blue, out-of-sorts. unable to K i do your household work, on * m account of your condition, stop Fit E worrying and give Cardui a IV K trial. It has helped thousands I j S of women,?why not you ? Lw ^Tr^ardui. I 1 hath it caused a car shortage. The bugs devoureth it not and 1 aI? --'1 AUa on/) IKD 1(16 WOrniS ttliu UlC iiiuma aiiu vuv weevils and all the mighty host that preyeth upon the haughty Corn and the Wheat and the Spuds give it the go-by. Behold it is the Goat of the VegI etable Kingdom. Yet there cometh a day when the ! wife of the husbandman cutteth the pumpkin into golden squares and i boileth it in the syrup of the sugarcane and addeth thereunto sweet l spices, yea,even cinnamon and cloves ? i and ginger. And, lo! A miracle is wrought. She bringeth forth from the oven the Pumpkin Pie,and the odor thereof is sweeter than the breezes from Cutch. And the husbandman and the j V??*t m?A flio HiroH Man fullpf.h I SUJOll UUJ OUU bliv AAUVU . - - down in adoration and watereth at the mouth. For it is a morsel fit for Kings and Princes. You Know It. About Co-operation. Elbert Hubbard told this good one in a public address in Philadelphia one day last summer. He said he was once in an insane asylum, as a visitor, of course; " though this statement may have J been only one of those crutches,J which Sir Walter Scott said he al- j ? ways gave a good story before he j Jj passed it on to someone else. ? Anyway, Elbert said he noticed a ? keeper in charge of about twenty- J five patients, changing them from s one ward to another. 5 He asked the keeper if he were not j! afraid of some bodily violence from ! this body of lunatics. The keeper < eyed him in disgust and then said, j "Naw. They are all nuts. Couldn't |? get together on anything." lj The application to the general j subject of co-operation is patent'] without a diagram. Too many of $ us are "nutty" the same way.? Greenwood Index. ji Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly * The 014 Standard central treactheaiaa teak, C GLOVE'S TASTELESS chill TOKIC, drivea OBt ? Malaria.earicheitheblood,andbnUdanpth?aTa- fc tern. A trie teak. Per Malta aa4 chJMraa. Sec | ? "0 iquarters for yo on't delay, for I Goods 1 Scientific Ho If you own a horse, are scientific horse-shoer, or are 3 cut and drawn out of shape b man shoeing horses for a life and driving them on, is not t nothing of the anatomy of tta when he is crippling the hors< Shoes to remedy Knee A Banging of Knees, Cutting Cross Firing, Overreachin; Everything of scientific u The hoof has an oily -sul should not be placed on it^ as hoof from time to time will ar ing the hoof to break off, and impossible to keep the horse 5 F. A. S BAGG the plao FINE JE Go to his store goods of quality; stand the test, anteed as reprei plete line always Eyes tested and glasses fitt on short notice. Bring m broken jewelry for repairs, ceived. Mail orders receive ] T. E. RAGGETT, Jev Christmas Is R Don't wait till the last like we will pot it away til stock is replete with every Ladies' and Gents' Watcl Rings, Earrings, Brooches, Etc Necklaces, Lockets, Stickpins, too numerous to mention: Cut ( Chains and Charms, Lockets, I Mail orders receiye prompt S. TSOM. QUALITY JE1 ; 257 King St., - i IKE WAR Bt J. L ST HAS] Horses ai For Sale or J. L. ST Livery, Feed ai Lake City, Bj8$8*8*8?8p8!8sM8S stma ur Christmas i lin'cfnwc ic nMl lflll lOUUUU iu iivuj Co., % rse-Shoeing! you having him shod by a 'ou having his feet crippled, y an inexperienced man? A .-time, just turning the shoes 0 be trusted, if he knows e boof. How can he know 1 by injuring the hoof? * -- it- : f Ck/iA* Clion, i nruwuig ui uiiwo, ; of Ankles, Slinging Mud, g, Etc. tility for the horse's hoof. Instance in it. A hot shoe placing a hot shoe on the y up the oily substance, causin some instances making it shod. TALL. ETT'S e to buy iWLRY! when you want ? ? . -i , m Jewelry that win All goods guarsented. A comon hand. ;ed. Broken glasses matched s your watches, clocks and Repairs made same day reprompt attention. /eler, Kingstree, S. C. ight On Hand moment! Anything yon I yon want it shipped. Our thing in Xmas Gifts. les, $5.00 to $300; Diamond $5.00 to $300; LaVallieres, $2.00 to $150. Other articles ilass, Clocks, Bronzes, Vases, Itc., all of the highest quality. nnd /Mvafnl alfanh'nn t auu UU^XUl UbWtiwviti _ ^3 cSc oo., I iVELERS, I CHARLESTON, S. C. I UCKEYl 30TH I id Mules I Exchange. 1 UCREYI id Sale Stable ?? South Carolina 1 s Ne shopping. It is ( r at hand. KINGSTR] <1DOH1 WkMOffl IMPRESS on the young man who is and who is spending his big salary a OF A BANK ACCOUNT. Start hi If he is not hopeless he at once will see ing of a bank account has pit a stop to a HIGH FLIES. BANK OF K] lc A/tl J. ItId = GRE LowPriceCt Is Still G< Don't M Some of our be: still in our store m come and ge before all the be sold out Our line of Clothing is secoi Kingstree. I s. iiwn a The Record?Sen Only $1.8 ALL THE NEWS OF CC wsTji iill of usefiil 1 1 rr ? r ?/?*?/f \*J V-/ mrn *^T| IETYDDR ! ! rBURNAHOIE 9 'JR POCKET! I j| I Imninf Jie candle at b?Ch ends s fast as he makes it the VALUE m on the RIGHT ROAD today. J the error of his ways. The openmany a youth's wild desir* to be SB [NGSTREE. | liVtiisM i itWale )ing On! iss It! _ i values are 1 en rlnn't fail ^ , ou uiui i luu t your pick st values are \ 1 1 ?S Ji Ready-Made ulto none in i .?> tilB, S. E. 11 ii-Weekljr State , S a year >UNTY AND STATE # i M V' - ; M ? "39K