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A"New ^ars Allegory^ f *" . Across the snowbound earth the New Year stepped buoyantly. A W splendid youth he was, with radiant eyes, full red lips and the star of hope set above his brows. Life called to him, called with a thousand eager voices, and he smPed as he listened, remembering that for a Whole year the world and the men thereon were his. Far away under the frozen sky a blaze of light shone like a jewel, and he quickened his steps as he turned toward the city. And, though the lights shone boldly ' ly when he enterred it, most of the streets were empty. Only a few men were about, and as the wind swirled at corners they ran for shelter. .'3k j In on^of the streets the New Year . * met a woman. A dark veil fluttered around her, so that he could not distinguish her form, but her face was very sweet as she bent and clasped a child to her heart. The New Year gave her greeting. "You are Charity, I know," he said. Charity laid her hand in his and smiled. And, for all his youth, her smile set him dreaming of green woods and golden sunshine, of vague, sweet things that were still unknown to him. Indeed, so deeply did he dream that as he walked he collided with another woman. I Another woman! A glittering gas moth this, with a pert, powered face, carmined lips and hard, bright eyes. "All hail!" she cried mockingly. "I shall be your constant companion, for I am Sin, and where men are there you will always find me." The New Year shrank back and his , face darkened. But Sin pressed close to him, laughed loudly and tearing a rose from those at her breast, tossed-it to him, as with a rustle of silk she passed on. The rose fell on the snow powdered walk, and when the New Year would have picked it up, lo, it was scentless, and as its crimson petals fell asunder he saw I "Vint o urnrm woo V*J*4 Another form came in sight?in L the garb of a monk with a dark hood about his tranquil face. His eyes were upon the ground, and his lips moved in prayer for all mankind. So tender and pitiful was his face that Wf even before he cried, "Miserere Domine!" the New Year guessed that his name was Mercy. Very cold it grew as'the New Year turned into a mean street, so cold that he sought refuge in the porch of a darkened house. Yet there prevailed such a grateful warmth that he pressed back to learn its cause and so brushed against a boy?a boy with a wan, beautiful face, tangled hair and rapt eyes. Shabby, desolate and tired he looked, yet the New Year was wonderfully attracted to him. "Why are you here alone?" he asked. , "I am never alone," corrected the boy, and he stepped aside so that the New Year caught the fragrance of his breath and saw that two great wings were furled behind him, and in the shadow of his wings an old man and an old woman crouched together. How tired, how poor, they looked! But an expression of ineffable tenderness shone on their pinched faces as they lay. white head aginst white head, chilled breast against chilled T breast. "I. am all they have," whispered Love as tears filled his wonderful eyes. "They have never failed me, and I shall stay by them until the end." "I am the End!" called another voice, and a grrirr* figure mounted the steps. "Not yet," begged Love, and he tried to bar the stranger's way.! But at sight of the scythe the other bore Love's great wings drooped. "Mine is the best gift of all," whispered the newcomer as he bent over the forlorn couple. # Silently the New Year walked alone with the night and the stars and the scurrying snow. And as he hurried on the darkness faded into the eerie pallor-of dawn. He stretched out his arms and welcomed his first day. "Charity, Sin, Mercy, Love and Death," he cried?"all mine! How 1 . shall I choose from among you?" J A shadow fell across him; there | was a sound as of wings beating the | air, and Love, rosy, triumphant and i eternal, caught his handse. E "Let me go with you all your t days," he pleaded, "for mine is the gift which sweetens Charity, van' quishes Sin, glorifies Mercy and fears not Death." MR. ROCKEFELLER'S VENUS Did you receive a Christmas card from John D. Rockefeller? If so, you saw a picture of his new Venus, recently discovered at Florence, Italy, and brought to America by At. Rockefeller. It has been set J t / up in a temple near hts residence at \ Vucantico Hills, New York, and a photograph of it has been used on his personal Christmas Card this year. Pictures of the statue have been jealously guarded from publication, but three views appear in Harper's Bazar for January, which has just reached us. The statue is made of marble quarried near Athens in Greece; the same marble used by the Sculptors Pludias and Praxiteles. Everyone interested in art should see Ufi these exclusive pictures of the world's newest art treasure. I f Fond Father: "My son is taking ali 1 gebra under you this term, is he not?" A W High School Teacher: "He has been H I exposed to algebra, but I doubt if he 1 I will take it" NEW YEAR'S MORNING By Helen Hunt Jackson Only a night from old to newl Only a night and ?o much wrought! Tho Old Year's Heart all waary grew, But aaid, "The New Year rest has brought." The Old Year's heart its hopes laid down As in a grave, but trusting said, "The blossoms of the New Year's crown Bloom from the ashes of the dead." The Old Year's heart was full of greed; With selfishness it longed and ached And cried, "1 have not half 1 need; My thirst is bitter and unslaked, But to the New Year's generous hand All gifts in plenty shall return; True loving it shall understand; By all my failures it shall learn I have been reckless; it shall be Quiet and calm and pure of life. I was a slave; it shall go free A c.j i 1 i i r?u?a miw w w v po?v? WU?rO I ICAVC Strife." Only a night from old to new! Night and the healing balm of leep I Each morn is New Year's morn come true, More of a festival to keep. All nights are sacred nights to make Confession and resolve and prayer. All days are sacred days to wake New gladness in the sunny air. Only a night from old to new! Only a sleep from night to morn! The new is but the old come true; Each sunrise sees a new year born. AND THE FIRST SHALL BE LAST The untimely death of Jack London has given sincere grief to hundreds of thousands of people throughout the United States who never knew him personally but did know him I through his books. It is curious that the last novel that he wrote should he in the same field as the first one that really brought him fame. "The call of the Wild," a dog story, was really the first of London's books to place him where he belongs?in the thin ranks of American writers whose works will live beyond this century. In the January Cosmopolitan Magazine now on the newsstands, is the a. A. : i_ii A ? ? ? * ' urat insiaumeni 01 jbck Lonuon s last | and (greatest dog story. It is called "Jerry." "Jerry" is a brave and loyal hero dog who is story brother of "Buck" of "The Call," of "White Fang," of "Batard" and "Brown Wolf" and of "Spot" and "Possum," the immortal sextet. He is portrayed body and soul, as only Jack London, of all the world's writers, could characterize a dog. 4 j) Rubbing Eases Pain Rubbing sends tbe liniment tingling through the flesh and quickly rftops pain. Demand a liniment that you can rub with. The bedt rubbing liniment is mm m m mmm m mm a. MUSTANG LINIMENT Cj Good for ths Ailments of Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. Good for your own A chcs. Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cuts, Burns, Etc. 23c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers. c 0 Above is tl automobi by many turers. It gives the every reb< Most of th< uncomfor of the "t springs. They are bz | 1 *????mmmmmmmmmmmmi * mhmhbmI NEW YEAR BELL NOW SILENT Every New Year's Eve citizens ol Philadelphia gather ound the shrine of Liberty, Independence Hall, to hear the New Year rung in. Formerly this service was performed by the bell now known as the Liberty Bell. Before that memorable day in 1776 when the nation's fathers gave forth to the world their Declaration of Independence, whose signing was heralded by the ringing of the bell, New Year's rejoicing was started by the first peal of what is now known as the Liberty Bell. After the events of July 4, 1776, made the bell one of the most pricerelics of the nation, custodians of Independence Ilall restricted its use, fearing some mishap, and after 1830 the bell was no longer used for the New Year's salute. In 1832, on the celebration of George Washington's birthday, it was rung and not again for three years, when on July 8, 1835, while the funeral procession of Chief Justice Marshall was passing, the bell was tolled. Suddenly the note grew discordant. An investigation was made. It was found that a crack had been started. The bell had completed its task. No more would it greet the New Year or pay tribute to the nation's great. But from the tower of Liberty's cradle another bell always welcomes the less relics of the nation, custodians of coming of the New Year. SOUTH CAROLINA HAPPENINGS The McCormick County Bar association was formed last week with W. K. Charles as president. Woodmen of the World unveiled a monument to the late Sheriff Adam D. Hood at Winnsboro, recently The Victoria cotton mill in Rock Hill has filed notice of an increase in capital stock of from $200,000 to $250,000. Hayes's 5 and 10 cents store in Laurens was badly damaged by fire Sunday morning. There was $2,000 insurance. The dental parlor of Dr. H. W. Wall in Columbia, was entered last week and narcotics and personal effects to the value of nearly $100 were taken. More tfian 1,000 new members have been added to the various tribes of Red Men throughout the State as the result of a membership campaign which has been in progress during the past few days. The store of Alex Courier at Dillon was broken into and robbed one day last week. Entrance was effected by some one breaking the transom above the back door and pushing a lever which held the door fast. About $395 in cash was stolen. Preston J. Wilson of Columbia, a private in the second regiment, South Carolina National Guard, stationed at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, died of pneumonia, Tuesday. His death is thp fnnrth nmnnff aalrlipra r\f CrMifk Carolina on the border. Maj. John D. Frost, of Columbia, was exonerated by a coroner's jury in Columbia Monday of all blame in connection with the death of Elizabeth Nims who was killed Sunday when she was run over by Major Frost's car. The Caughman drug store in Columbia, was robbed last week of $150. "Thank you for the money; but I can't use the checks," was the subject of a letter, received by the management of the store Tuesday, supposely from the robber who returned a number of checks. The letter was mailed in Columbia and police are investigating. Break your Cold or LaGrippe with a few doiei of 666. 50 V >1(1 Style le old-fashioned type of le spring still being used motor car manufaccar a violent "throw" on Dund. 3 automobiles that ride tably do so on account hrow" in this kind of ick breakers. RIVERS AUTO < Phone No. 18 Chester! The WiHye-OverUn< rrtlv'ir I V i " ' ROMANS NEW YEAR LIKE OUR OWN i The Romans dedicated the first day ' > of the year's first month and the i whole ensuing month to the god Janus, from whom it derives its name of | January and whom they represented , as a man with two faces, one looking , backwarrd, the other forward, implying that he stood between the old and i the new year with a regard to both. ' Throughout January they offered sa- : crifices to Janus upon twelve altars, , and on the first of that month were . to so regulate their conduct that their every word and act should be a happy ' augury for all the ensuing months of ' the year. , Ovid and other Latin writerrs of , that age allude to the suspension of ( all litigation and strife, the reconcil- j ation of differences between friends, j the smoking altars and the white rob- t ed processions to the capital upon the { first day of Janus or New Year's day, j as we now call it. They also tell of ( the exchanging of visits, the giving ( and receiving of presents or "strenae" , me masqueraaing ana tne feasting I < with which in their time the day was j celebrated throughout the Roman em- | pire. The modern gentleman who puts on his swallow tailed coat and his white necktie today and sallies forth to visit his lady friends will be surprised to learn that the Roman < dandy, arrayed in a new shirt and ' i toba, went out upon precisely the same errand more than 2,000 years ^ ago. From the very birth of Christian- 5 ity the participation by Christians in 1 the festival observance of New Year's day was vigorously opposed until, ( about the fifth century, the 25th of December had gradually become a fixed commemorative of our Lord's 1 nativity, whereupon the 1st of Jan- 1 uary also assumed a specially sacred character as the octave of Christmas j day. As such it still holds a place in j j the calendars of the various branch-1 ^ es of the eastern and western church,' but only as a feast of subordinate im- i portance. ^ PAY UP DAY IN CHINA At tne uninese New Year the houses and other buildings are decked with flowers, and the streets are ! thronged with people, who come out to buy provisions, new clothes and gifts. One good New Year custom in China is that of settling up all debts t before the old year has died out. A 1 Chinaman who allows the New Year 1 to dawn before he has settled with his creditors feels himself disgraced. a UGH! CALOMEL MAKES i YOU DEATHLY SICK ] Stop Using The Dangerous Drug Before It Salivatee You! It's Horrible! You're bilious, sluggish, constipat- 1 ed and believe you need vile, dangerous calomel to start your liver and t clean your bowels. s Here's my guarantee! A3k your 1 druggist for for a 50-cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone and take a spoonful to-night. If it doesn't start . your liver and straighten you right up better than calomel and without griping or making you sick I want VOU to ITO h?ek to tbo alnr? on/1 I?/It you money. Take calomel to-day and to-morrow you will feel weak and Bick and nauseated. Don't lose a day's work. Take a spoonful of harmless, vegetable Dodson's Liver Tone to-night and wake up feeling great. It's perfectly harmless, so give it to your children any time. It can't salivate, so let them eat anything afterward. Automobiles New Sfr f Above is the up-to-dah spring. It is the well tilever type. This spring absorbs all and jolts. It is the easiest riding i world. It is used on the famo 75 B?$ 635?f. o. b. ' COMPANY, Dealei ield, S. C. 'Phone No. 18 J 1 Company, Tofado. Ohto i In U.S. A.** JUDICIAL SALE * . " i Pursuant to a judgment of fore closure and sale rendered by th< Court of Common Pleas for Chester field Countyin the case of J. D. In gram, plaintiff, vs. M. E. Covingtoi defendant, I will sell at public amc tion before the Court House door, a Chesterfield, S. C., within the lega- ' lours of sale, on Mopday, Januiv I 1917, to the highest biduei for cast ill that certain tract of land situa. I n the aforesaid county and State, I Cole Hill Township, containii , icres, bounded North by lands ol / Poison; on the East by J. A. Pol . ion's lands; on the South by Junipm | Creek; and on the West by lands of f. W. Williams and John Gailey?be ng the same lands conveyed to the nortgagor, M. E. Covington, by the , ilaintiff, J. D. Ingram, and also the j and described in deed from Fannie Croswell to M. E. Covington, record;d November 11th, 1915, in Book 2G. it page 264, for the record of deeds 'or Chesterfield County, S. C. P. A. MURRAY, JR., Master for Chesterfield County. SHERIFF'S TAX SALE Undei and by virtue of authority :ontained in certain tax executions ssued by W. A. Douglass, county rreasurer, and directed by me, I have evied upon and taken exclusive possession of the following real estate, ,o 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 Al- J igator Township, known as the R. P ; Byrd and J. W. Severance land, and will sell same to highest bidder for :ash within the legal hours of sale jeforc the Courthouse door at Ches ;erfield, S. C., on the First Monday in lanuary next. D. P. DOUGLASS, Sheriff. 3ALL Uh LAND AT PUBLIC AUCTION I will offer for sale at public auc tion before the Courthouse door o i :he first Monday in January, 1917 the Following tracts of land: (1) All that piece of land known is the Jno W. Boan and Hattie M. Boan home place, containing 100 teres more or less, being part of the Levi Cassidy land in Cok Hill Townihip. (2) All that other tract adjoining ,he above described tract, containing 150 acres more or less, being that _ sart of the Levi Cassidy lands upon ' vhich the said Levi Cassidy formerly resided. These tracts will be offered for sale separately, and then as a whole, the seller reserving the right to elect vhich sale will be carried out. Terms of sale Cash, unless terms ire arranged with the undersigned. W. P. POLLOCK, Owner. How's This? Wl offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty-five years, and has become known as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure acta thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces, expelling the Poison from the Blood and healing the diseased portions. After you have taken Hall's Catarrh VU,D 4U? ? ouun lime yuu win see u great Improvement In your general health. 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Tax Levy for the State 6^4 mills 1 Ordinary County 7V4 " Constitutional School 8 " County Road \4 ** Total Levy 17 % mills SPECIAL LOCAL Local School |Bonde Cheraw Graded School 8 4 ' Murburg .... 8 Pee Dee 8 4 fine Urove 8 Vaughn 8 8 Juniper 8 Dudley 8 Mangum 8 Wallace 8 Pat's Branch * Stafford * Bethel * Center Point '-* - - ~ ? * Wamble Hill i ' A 1 , , Center 4 Wexford 4 5 Buffalo 4 Plains 4 Friendship , 4 Long Branch ^ . 4 Green Hill 4 Middendorf .4 5 Sandy Run 4 Bay Springs School 4 Lewis 6 Black Creek 6 Center Grove 5 Cat Pond 6 , Cash's 6 2 Bear Creek - ' * Zion k Bethesda r Harris Creek ' \ Snow Hill J| f? ^ Patrick ? Parker ^ Pageland *" * Ousley * , > Palmetto . ' * ' * ^ i White Oak Orange Hill !!!!]!!! a Spencer * Cross Roads !*..!*.!. ? ' M New Hops - m Jcfffrton ...... 8 4 flr McBee 8 4U \ JP Union ......... . 8 \ Mt. Croghan 8 4 < \ Chesterfield ........... 8 ft t ' V Shiloh 10 Ruby (10 4tt * Cheraw Township (OuUide) 2 * m ~ ~ Winzo i I JF Mt. Croghan (Outside) ...... > I j Five Forks . 8 I ' Old Store (Outsido) t J A Alligator (Outside) ........ 8 ( A .'id Bonds, Alligator Township .. ?... 1 ...... Tnir- jHB winds', ?r .L - MM. >Ljh, 1918 \ CeuntJ B