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JKf She %hri By Sowell Ford ryr^>^r^aOST THINGS Deacon J H took as they came, frWrl^ "n<l with great calpinoss of spirit, for he * |^y?C was an even-tempered : jj^B old horse, whose dis- < position a d o z e n ' |n years, filled with the usual allotment ! of equine adversity, had thoroughly 1 seasoned. Yet now he was nawincr 1 HP and stamping as impatiently as any 1 f* four-year-old. At intervals he would ; a stretch his neck, thrust forward his ' old white nose, and indulge in a complaining whinny. There was reason for Deacon's restlessness. More than > an hour he should have been on the move, but here he was still waiting in the postofflce shed, and never a sign or word from his driver. Deacon, you understand, pulled Uncle Sam's mail over Rural Free Delivery Route No. j 2, Havertown P. O. He had pulled it ; for three years, and he was fairly well versed in the business. At any rate, I he knew that it was past his starting i time. Long before had the swayback sorrel on Route No. 1 taken the road.l J The pert little bay mare on No. 3 haa ! followed a few minutes later. Yet here was Deacon, with the heaviest and longest route of them all, still standing idly in the shed. Inside, in the Havertown postofflce, were a number of men whose frame of mind was worse than Deacon's. One of them was the postmaster him- 1 self. In the first place, the simultaneous arrival of three-foot snowfall and the bulk of the Christmas mail was bad enough. Next came the disabling of one of his best drivers, and the discovery that two substitute carriers were out of town. Well, the postmaster said things. Dan Sweeney, driver of No. 2 route, was disabled be yond doubt. There he was sitting on a pile of mail sacks, his back against a steam radiator, his face white and L j - urawn oui 01 snupe Dy twinges of rheutmatism. He had dragged him- 1 selft down to the office, but that was < all he could do. Now, although he 1 should have been sent back to bed, he 1 was sorting the mail for his route. 1 "The Christmafc mail, too!" groaned Dan. He had a conscience, Dan had, 1 and his heart was in his wo?-k. It was a sight of the great pile of packages which made Danny groan deepest. They were more to him than simply so much fourth-class matter, these string-tied boxes and bundles. They were invested with something besides the statute-guarded sanctity of the United States mail, for which Dan Sweeney had no light respect. He knew that each one of them car^ - riednot only merchandise but a subtle freightage of the goodly holiday spirit the joyful sentiment of Christmas tide. I And to think, juat becanse of this plaguey rheumatism of his, many of them might not be delivered until the holiday was over with, when they would come lagging along, as stale as firecrakers on the 5th ofJuly! So Danny groanod. "There!" said Danny at last, to the office clerk who was to attempt the task, "you stow the packages in just that order and do your best to find where they go. Old Deacon'll take you over the route all right if you give him his head. He knows it like a book " So the Christmas mail was finally started out over Route No. 2, Deacon turned an inquiring eye on the new man, as much as if to ask what was the matter with Danny. No sooner had they reached Joel's road, where the route began, than ^ Deacon realized the inexperience of the new man. Why, he vas actually going to diive right past. ?,he Powers' place, and the Powers' almost always Jm had mail of some kind, even if it wasn't more than a poultry magazine or a seed catalogue. After one or two such mistakes Deacon took chargo of things himself. From house to house he went, stopping wherever he had been in the habit of coiling, wait ing until the new carrier found who lived there and had looked through lcttres and parcels to see if he had anything for them. All the forenoon and all the afternoon this went on, but when the red * sun went down in the frosty west there still remained half a hundred ^ EVER SALIVATED BY CALOMEL? HORRIBLE. Calomel la Quicksilver and Acts Like Dynamite on Your Liver. Calomel loses you a day! You know what calomel is. It's mercury; quicksilver. Calomel is dangerous. It crashes into sour bile like dynamite, cramping and sickening you. Calomel attacks the bones and should never be put into your system. When you feel bilious, sluggish, constipated and all knocked out and believe you need a dose of dangerous calomel just remember that your druggist sells for 60 cents a large bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone, which is entirely vegetable and pleasant to take and is a perfect substitute for ' calomel. It is guaranteed to start Hi your liver without stirring you up inside, and can not salivate! Don't take calomel! It makes you W sick the next day; it loees you a day's I work. Dodson's Liver Tone straightI ens you right up and you feel great, flj Give it to the children because It is B perfectly harmless ai^t doesn't gripe. s Utmaa Mail ? I letters and more than a peck of pack- J jges to be delivered. The new man j was hungry and tired, but he was no | luitter. So he begged some hay and , C sats for Deacon, borrowed a lantern, ! ind together they started to finish the route. As for Deacon, his old ' knees were stiffer than ever, his ? shoulder muscles ached, his flanks m heaved like a pair of blacksmith's ^ selows, but he plunged on, never skipping a single house, never hesitating |r it a roundabout halfmile, doing his , whole duty quite as thoroughly as ?i* :here had been someone behind to g( arge him on instead of a cold-numbed 4, :lerk, who hnd no longer even touchid the reins. At last only one let- -p Ler was left, a thick, bulky one in a st t>lue waterproof envelope, bearing a foreign postmark. "Josiah Braisted, {j( Esq., was the address. t;j "Braisted, eh?" muttered the clerk, in 'Wonder if the old horse knows c< where he lives. a< Evidently Deacon did, for he was y< plowing through a big drift, heading tc straight out on the Boston road into ai ;he darkness. Far ahead, on the top lh jf a long hill, the clerk could see the hi ights of a big house. There were pi no other lights between. Miles be- w nind he could make out the glow of Lhc city. The clerk wished he could hi be back there, where one could be P' warm again and get something hot to h< ;at. With numb fingers he pulled out ai lis watch. Half-past nine! Why, it l"1 would take them a good two hours to hi irive back now! Braisted be hanged! 8< He could get his letter after Christmas. So he grabbed the reins and indi- n :ated to Deacon a desire to turn w iround. But Deacon would not turn, if Pull on the rein as he might, Deacon di would only swing his head about, keeping his legs moving straight 111 thead. By much shouting and sawing it on the reins Deacon was stopped, hi Then the new driver waded out to his hi bead, took him by the bits and tried ni to point the horse the other way. Dea- c< con refused to budge. Those lights a on the top of the long hill marked the tt end of the route, and Deacon knew it. s' And to those lights they went. "Jo- a siah Braisted?" asked the driver curt- ?' ly of the young woman who answered n his ring. I "Oh, it's come, it's come!" she shouted to someone within, as she tl held out her hand eagerly for the s< letter. I Never before had he seen so much >' excitement caused by the delivery of *' a letter. In a momonet there were three or four persons in the front ? hall all talking at once. a "Do you think it will save him, doctor?" asked the anxious-faced old b lady who had followed the girl to the w door. ? "It will if anything will, I guess," h answered a stout, beared man. And he mounted the stairs to sec the pa- C tient in the upper room. * Then they insisted that the half- C frozen clerk come inside and have C something to eat. Deacon? Oh, they C would take care of Deacon. They S did all this and more. It seemed that ~ this letter had been long expected, and was sadly needed, for it came from a prodigal son to a very sick n father. It had its effect, too. 0 Of course the clerk told them of s Deacon's heroic stubbornness, of how the old horse insisted on going to the 8 very end of the route when he had n tried to turn him back. Josiah Brais- P ted, Esq., heard the story during his C convalescence. n "I must tell my son about that ^ when he comes home," he would repeat as they told him of the part Dea- ^ con played in the story. "We ought f to do something for that old horse," ^ he s&id. v They did, too. The office clerk, d who will first show you a handsome gold watch, tells the story best, al- ' ways ending with, "And old Deacon, why, he lives out there on the Brais- * ted place like a thoroughbred. He's 0 in clover, he is." * "Well," Dan Sweeney will add, ^ "It's no more'n he deserves. Old Deacon was a mighty good horse in c his day, and mighty knowin'."?St. t Louis Globe Democrat. ^ c CHRISTMAS EVE c By Rom B. Van Speaca ' There is a holy hush in tha twilight ' c gray That ushers in tha Christmas Day; I Thara's a solemn look in tha stately trees And a strange restraint in tha winter braasa. ' All nature's athrill with a great amaze v On tha threshold of this day of days. ' t Tha sky agleam with its myriad stars. 1 Tha clouds ware mora glorious at c sunset's bars. ' The faces of man have a tender glow; c Their voices in cadence are soft and ' low, And heaven is a little nearer earth ' On the evening that heralds the Sa- I vior's birth. I - OLD-TIME MILL STONE t Have your com ground on the old c Roland Kite Rock. It was famous in J Civil War days. Now remounted and * run by gasoline power, making the * same excellent meal as of yore. Is t to-day the finest mil! stone in the I county. Bring your com to this mill * once and you will continue to come. I grind every day. On I. J. Davis' 1 lot, near the railroad. i Stp W.J.DAVIS. mmle Almost Lost Hope In Repeated Failure HARLESTON MAN DECLARE HE WAS UP AND DOWN ALL NIGHT LONG ALMOST DROVE ME CRAZY harleaton Railroad Man Declare That at Laat He Ha* Conquered His Trouble;* Tanlac has done a Rreat deal ft e. Since 1 began taking it I ha\ lined ten pounds in weight and I d at suffer with any of those distres ig ailments and I am steadily in roving in health and strength." In these words, W. H. Lewis, authern Riihvay section foreman, c 1 Drake St., Charleston, summed u ie great relief Tanlac, "The Nationi onic," had given him. Mr. Lewi atement follows: "My system was generally ru awn and out of tone before I bega iking Tanlac. I was a sufferer wit idigestion and nervousness. I ha intended with indigestion and ston :h troubles for about twenty-tiv ?ars and it seemed that nothing >ok would give me permanent relie id generally I failed to get relief, ive taken a great many difforer edicines and have been treated b ^ysicians, but I continued to suffi ith my stomach. "Gas formed in great quantities o y stomach and I was troubled reat deal with pains around m sart. At night I was very restles nd my sleep was broken and unri eshing, and I was up and down a ight long. Pains in my abdomen a ) added to my troubles and discon >rts. "I was subject to severe attacks < ervousness, and when mv nerv< ere in that condition, any noise, continued a while, would almos rive me crazy. "The Tanlac advertising had caugl iy eye, and finally I decided to tal , even if so many other niedicim ad proved disappointing to me ar ad done a lot to kill my faith i ledicine. But Tanlac proved the e: iption to this rule. Tanlac has dor great deal for me. I have gainc ;n pounds in weight and I do n< jffer from any of those distressir ilments as I did. My appetitite ood and I digest what I eat and I c ot have those pains after eating ; once did. "My nerves were quieted by takir le Tanlac, and I also was improvi > much that I can sleep well now ar feel much better and more refreshi 1 the morning now than I used t tr every way I feel a whole lot bette "My wife also took Tanlac, and ave her just as satisfactory resul b it gave me. <4I nm CflnH fA H 1 _ 0 . ? litiua ecuuse of the results it pave nr dfe and myself. Tanlac has been < reat benefit to both of us, aYid ighly recommend it." Sold by Ch??terfield Drug C< !hesterfield, S. C.; T. E. Wannama r A Son, Cheraw; Mt. Croghan Dri !?., Mt. Croghan, S. C.; McBee Dri !o., McBee, S. C.; Pageland Dri !o., Pageland, S. C.; J. T. Jowers bns, Jefferson, S. C. Adv. CHRISTMAS Christmas signifies Christ's Ma: leaning the festival of the Nativi f Christ. During the many centuri ince the advent it has been varioc y spelled. It is found in the o ource books changing from Cry: lassc, the very old English, throui ihases of Cristennias, Crystynnu 'hristenmas and Christmes to Chris nass and eventually, as to-da 'hristnias. The French call the holiday Noel Jowel. This is a derivation of t ^rench nouvelles, meaning tiding lome, however, take it as an abbi iation of the Provencal nadau or r lal, which means the same as the L? n natalis?that is, dies nntalis, t irthday. We find Chaucer in 1 'Canterbury Tales," in that part he narrative told by the Frankelej dluding to Christmas and cmployi ne r rench term Nowel us a festi loliday cry. It is said that noel is a corrupti >f yule or jule, meaning a festival he sun. The name yule is still us ?y the Scotch, and the Scandinavia all their festival Juletide. The Wei nil Christmas Nadolig, signifying >irth, and the Italians speak of it 1 Natale, which is cognate with t Spanish term in a contraction of t ,atin. Not only is the derivation of t vord itself in doubt, but whether t !5 th of December is the real date ho advent has long been a conti 'ertible subject among chronologis Sarly Christians were divided as he date, some contending that it w he 1st or the 6th day of Januai thers the 29th of March, the day he Jewish passover, and still othe lecturing for the 29th of Septembt he feast of the tabernacles. Julius I, a bishop of Rome, in ). 337-352 seemed to settle the d >ute by declaring December 25th he date. The western church acce| id this, and the eastern church eve ually came around, but the Aremi hurch still adheres to January lulius seems to have established a horitatively the 25th as the anniv< lary from what must have been a henticated tradition or it wculd ha >een since disproved in these days mltghtened archeology. There a till, however, some unconvinced on vho hold that the description giv TO PROTECT THE BIRDS Interest continues in the interest of S bird protection. The following new names have been added to those who 5 wish to take this method of posting their land and agree among themselves not to shoot any birds before 1918, harmful birds excepted: J. A. Threatt, E. D. Ellis, J. L. '?? Douglass, J. H. Odom and C. W. White. * It is the intention of The Advertiser to republish the whole list at an early date, so all those who are contemplating signing this agreement >r please send in your names at once. re There are about two lists that have lo not ben heard from and we would s_ like to receive these in time for next j. week's issue. Chesterfield's delegation to Columa bia is willing to obey the injunction )f of the voters in the matter of passing ip new laws in regard to bird protection. Mr. J. C. Rivers is openly in favor of s> better protection and Mr. G. K. Laney has expressed himself as favoring a n shorter hunting period. Mr. McFarn land has not ben heard from on the h subject, but he can be counted upon (1 to consider the wishes of his constitu1. ents. In the meantime the columns rC of The Advertiser are open to those j who wish to discuss the question of f legislation for the protection of bird I life on our farms, it ,y SANTA CLAUS AND THE MOUSE !r One Christmas eve, when Santa Clads Came to a certain house, n To fill the children's stockings there, n He found a little mouse. y s> "A mery Christmas, little friend," e_ Said Santa, good and kind. "The same to you, sir," said the 1- mouse; "I thought you wouldn't mind "If I should stay awake to-night ?s And watch you for a while." if "You're very welcome, little mouse," t Said Santa with a smile. ^ And then he filled the stockings up BofoTP tho ntonco is From toe to top, from top to toe id There wasn't left a chink, in k- "Now they won't hold another thing." >e Said Santa Claus with pride, 'd A twinkle came in mouse's eyes, 5t But humbly he replied: >K is "It's not polite to contradict lo Your pardon I emplore? But in the fullest stocking there I could put one thing more." iK *d "Oh, ho!" laughed Santa. "Silly id mouse, sd Don't I know how to pack? o. By filling stockings all these years, t. I should have learned the knack." it ts And then he took the stocking down From where it hung so high, c, And said: "Now put in one thing iy more; of I give you leave to try." I The mouse chuckled to himself, And then he softly stole k- Right to the stocking's crowded toe Jg And gnawed a little hole! ig Jg "Now, if you please, good Santa & Claus, I've put in one thin# more; For you will own that little hole Was not in there before." ;s, ty How Santa Claus did laugh and es laugh! is- And then he gaily spoke; Id "Well, you shall have a Christmas ?t- cheese ?h For that nice little joke." is, it- If you don't think this story true, ly, Why! I can show to you The very stocking with the hole or The little mouse gnawed through, he ?Emile Poulsson. is. e- When renewing your subscription ia- to The Advertiser don't forget to rcjt mind us of the big magnzine offer. he lis FOR SALE of The south end of the old McLuughrn, lin place, near McNair's bridge on ng Black creek. This place contains ve 3.15 acres, a nice batch of round timber, and will make an excellent farm, on $2,000 buys it; $200 cash, balance of in ten years. ed J. A. GRAHAM, ns Woodford, S. C. Ish ?-? a Hanna Realty Company has a tract as of 1,000 acres in Chesterfield County he one half mile from railroad station, he same distance from school and church, that they will sell as a whole he or failing in that, will cut into small he tracts and sell. of ?? o- til f OL' t iur\ ? _..W-. VI rt I ts. PUBLIC AUCTION to ? as I will offer for sale at public auc*y, tion before the Courthouse door on of the first Monday in January, 1917 the rs following tracts of land: ?r, (1) All that piece of land known as the Jno W. Boan and Hattie M. A. Boan home place, containing 100 is- acres more or less, being part of the as Levi Cassidy land in Cole Hill Townlit ship. >n- (2) All that other tract adjoining an the above described tract, containing 5. 150 acres more or less, being that iu- part of the Levi Cassidy lands upon sr- which the said Levi Cassidy formerly iu- resided. ve These tracts will be offered for sale of separately, and then as a whole, the ire seller reserving the right to elect es, which sale will be carried out. en Tenns of sale Cash, unless terms he ft* arranged with the undersigned. I W. p. POLLOCK, Owner. &R in goodness and in pipe satisfaction is all we or its entt astic friends ever c for it! It answers every or any other mar cool and fragran smokeappetite tha it in a mighty sho Will you invest 5< ko on th? national R. J. REYNOLDS TC FOR A WELL-FILLED STOCKING , There was a young lady named Gertie | Who said to her best friend: "Now, Bertie, We'll be good all the year, But I'll tell you, my dear, At Christmas it pays to be flirty." ?Ethel Bostick Ritchey. SHERIFF'S TAX SALE Under and by virtue of authority contained in certain tax executions issued by W. A. Douglass, county Treasurer, and directed by me, I have levied upon and taken exclusive possession of the following real estate, to wit: * One house and lot in the town of Cheraw, known as R. J. Brewer lot. One house and lot in the town of Cheraw known as Alfred Knotts lot. Two hundred acres of land in Alligator Township, known as the R. P. Byrd and J. W. Severance land, and will sell same to highest bidder for cash within the legal hours of sale before the Courthouse door at Chesterfield, S. C., on the First Monday in January next. D. P. DOUGLASS, Sheriff. JUDICIAL SALE Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale rendered by the Court of Common Pleas for Chesterfield Countyin the case of J. D. Ingram, plaintiff, vs. M. E. Covington, defendant, I will sell at public aoction before the Court House door, at Chesterfield, S. C., within the legal hours of sale, on Tuesday, January 2d, 1917 (Monday being a legal holiday)' to the highest bidder for cash, nil that certain tract of land situate in the aforesaid county and State, in Cole Hill Township, containing 72 acres, bounded North by lands of J. A. Poison; on the East by J. A. Polson's lands; on the South by Juniper Creek; and on the West by lands of J. W. Williams and John Gailey?being the same lands conveyed to the mortgagor, M. E. Covington, by the plaintiff, J. D. Ingram, and also the land described in deed from Fannie Croswell to M. E. Covington, recorded November 11th, 1915, in Book 20, at page 201, for the record of deeds for Chesterfield County, S. C. P. A. MURRAY, JR., Master for Chesterfield County. Rubbing Eases Pain Rubbing sends the liniment tingling through the flesh and quickly tftopa pain. Demand a j liniment that you can rub with. I I*he berft rubbing liniment is I MUSTANG LINIMENT Good for the Ailments of j j Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc, j Good for your own A ches, f 1 Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains} | Cuts, Burns, Etc. ?| j! ^ 23c. 50c. $1. At all Dalni. Ik ^ ^ 1 ? its flavor is so dif ferenta^NBI^H^H /^- ) 1 delightfully good; ' i I ?it can't bite your tongue; * <?~^>s. | I ? it can't parch your throat; J k ?you can smoke it as long and ^.._, tet A 6 as hard as you like without any 1 A comeback but real tobacco hapf iiJP'P'* 1 pinems! K?tt3|rox|f J ja On the reverse side of every Prince J>. Albert package you will read: Mv^VA Ljr J " PROCESS PATENTED W m\ \ \ F , vs-' i nat means to you a lot of tobacco en??/ a JO joyment. Prince Albert has always beeD sold without coupons or premiums. We TrflflPfciir'I prefer to give quality! i nee Albert the nation.il joy smoke ^ j}1 1 ~yOU'L.l. find a cheery howdy-do on tap no ^g)L I matte how much of a atranger you are in tho W iWr^nlSltfJ^TP'1 ' A IT TrflTPTnY?M? nack .f the wood a you drop into. For. Prince A \yj |?]| liTI Lis 7Aj 1 InilP lei II Albert ia right there ? at tho firat placo yc 4M jf iiLMIli NviiJiij ZTVuislliiJlJamVll paai that aalla tobacco / The toppy r*x. P|]||i| < [ b'* ">? foJ * nitlk*'tm"d TOBACCO IS PREPARED , 1 tin firm dime; then ther* m tho hand- I, (one pound and half-pound tin l| FOR SMOKERS UNDER^HE iusi- hum,do/:,rdath'^pouzi I process discovered in1 *?. cryatal-glaaa humidor with 1 ,,,M latttipfi mponge-moiatener top i i makih& experiments to icahilcu that keep, the to- i produce the most debang-up trim V LIGHTFUL AND WHOLEII cnup mairrh cad nr.. smoke desire you . j , t! ! EPROCESS PATENTED^ l ever had! It is so ^L," -IUL* *Q IQa.I<r^ t and appealing to your J^BSMNlCStStir it you will get chummy with dots Mffeiw the tongue rt time ! > : or 10c to prove out our say- . > * ei *. Pnnce Albert tidy red tin. Rend iov smoke? *" p??.nt?iProcee." J J te-you end realize what it menae in making Prince Albert ne mueb )BACCO CO., Wiiuton-Salem, N. C ,f^UdMSubscriptions to The Advertiser Are Payable in Advance af Have You Paid? / -- _ ? TAX NOTICES-"--*. The 1 x Books will be open for the collection of Taxes from the 15th day of Oci ber until the 31st day of December, 191G. Tax ] ivy for the State 6Vfe mills Ordii ry County 7 Vfc 44 Cons Lutional School 3 44 Coui r Road 14 " Ifotal Levy 17 14 miHa SPECIAL LOCAL Local School {Bonds jraw Graded School I 3 1 4 | rburj? ' 1 " 1 ?J Ike Dee 3 4 ine Grove 3 * ftaughn 3 2 Juniper , , . 3 Dudley , 3 I Xangum 3 I Vallaeo 3 I Pat's Branch 4 I Stafford 4 2 V4 I Bethel 4 I Center Point 4 j I Wamble Hill 4 ! I Center j 4 I Wexford 4 i 5 I Buffalo 4 j j Plains 4 I Friendship [ 4 Long Branch 4 Green Hill 4 | F Middendorf 4 | 5 I Sandy Run 4 I Bay Springs School 4 Lewis 5 Black Creek 5 Center Grove 5 Cat Pond 5 Cash's 6 2 A Bear Creek B I Zion B _ ?. Bethesda 6 ^ I Harris Creek 5 * Snow Hill c ---------- I Patrick 6^ .4.. Parker 6 V Pageland 6 1 Ousley 7 | Palmetto 7 ' White Oak 7 Orange Hill 8 Spencer 8 Cross Roads 8 New Hope * 8 Jefferson 8 4 McBce 8 4 Vi I u muii 8 Mt. Croghan 8 4 Chesterfield 8*4 S Shiloh 10 Ruby 10 4% Cheraw Township (Outside) 2 y Winzo 2 ? Mt. Croghan (Outside) 2 Five Forks * 2 Old Store (Outside) 2 Alligator (Outside) 2 Road Bonds, Alligator Township 7 mills A Road Bonis, Jefferson Township .6 mills aA Cheraw Township