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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-01-02

Martha Arden.
Henry Howell was at Jerry Bowl
ing's Sunday.
Misses frankie and Norma Hol-
brook were the guests of Misses Eth
Ell and Hattie Rogers Sunday.
Denver Queen attended church
here Sunday.
Charley Ratcllff, of Bellstrace, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Willie Rat
cliff.
McCormic and Reeves passed UP
our creek Christmas with a fine
drove of turkeys enroute to Webb
Vile.
Ollie Thornbury was visiting Dew.
ey Wilson Christmas.
Naomi Wilson spent Sunday with
Hattie Rogers.
Ottie Bowling and Irene attend
ed churh at Glenwood Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mrs. Cara Bowling was visiting
Mrs, Maggie Wilson Tuesday.
Mrs. DOME Ratcliff and children
we're visiting Mrs Nora RatdIiff
I{inp6r mann Of TuscoIa WIS viz
limo III sjster Mrs Martha Arden
Christmas
Alma ARDEN visited Hernia Ar
den Tpesdav
Artbnr Comrn ana Willard Shuff
PASSED in our creek Monday.
MiIIard Sbuff is exnertine 10 leave
soon for PENNSYLVANIA where he
owns nroperty
EhrseI Taylor was visiting his
. ,andnarents Mr. and Mrs Neal
!. ok Christmas
ARDEN and children
We, =. sister and aunt
at Cgayson utly.
Richard f,poiapd attended church
here sunday.
Rufas Mullins. who has been
working at Logan w, Va. has re-
turned home
Ottie and Irene Bowling spent
SATURDAY. night and SUNDAY with
Emma and Fannie Howell OF Glen
wood
Ollie Thorubury was calling on
Ernest Arden Friday.
Mason Reeves children have
whooping cough.
Mrs Eliza Reeves was visiting
Mrs Martha Arden RECENTLY.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-01-02

we hope win find welcome to
many new firesides. If you have a
friend or acquaintance who is not
a subscriber, speak good word for
this paper, for in no other paper
is this special department publish
ed.
In conclusion, may you during the
New Year know more of sunshine
than of clouds and may we all from
the child with the golden curls to
the man with the silvered locks, a
like cry: GLORY to God in the high
est and peace on earth, good will
toward men"
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-01-02
HELPLESS AS BABY
Down in Mind Unable to Work,
and What Helped Her.

Summit Point, w. Va.-Mrs. Anna
Belle Emey, of this place, says: al sui
Tered for Is years with an awful pain in
my right side, caused from womanly
trouble, and doctored lots for il, but with
out success. suffered so very much.
that became down in mind, and as help,
less as baby. was in the worst kind
OF shape. Was unable 10 do any work.
] began taking Cardui, the womar's
ionic, and got relief from the very first
dose. BY the time | had taken Is bot
Ties, my health was completely restored.
| am now AS years years old, but feel as
good as did when only l6.
Cardui certainly saved me from losing
my mind, and ! feel II my duty TO speak
In its favor. wish had some power
over poor, suffering women, and could
make them know the good II would do
them."
lfyou suffer from any OF the ailments
peculiar 10 women, il will certainly be
worth your while to give Cardui a trial.
II has been helping weak women for
more than so years, and will help you.
too.
Try Cardui. Your druggist sells II.
nm, %; Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Iad..
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-01-02
Have Courage.

Have Courage.
At the beginning of a glad new
year. instead of making many reso-
buttons, try to increase your store
OF courage
Have the courage 10 tell a man
why you will not lend him your
money.
Have tho courage to wear your oil
clothes until you can pay for new
ones.
Have tie courage 10 prefer com
FORT and prosperity to fashion in all
things
nave the courage to wear your old
Maker az the risk 81 being ridicqled
b. men.
Have rhe courage 10 discharge a
debt while you have the money in
your pocket.
have the courage to do without
what you do not need, however
much your eyes may coyet 1t.
Have the courage to provide Tor
the entertainment Of y II friends
within your means,not beyond them
Have the courage to acknowledge
your ignorance, rather than to seek
credit. for knowledge under false
preteness.
Have the courage to speak your
mind when 1t IS necessary you
tongue wnen it is prudent 10 do SO.
nave the courage 70 SNOW cuaC
you respect nunesly IN wnarever
hulse II appears. ana your contenpt
lor dlsuouesl uup.lcty by whomso-
ever exhibited,
nave tne courage 10 cut the most
agreeupte aoqqalneunee you nave
wAen convinced nc 4aeks pHhelple'
"A rrleud snVnu pear WIN a
frend lnurmlues, yul noe as
vices.
nave the courage 70 pay your
su0syrlpuoA 10 your nome paper.
Don / .er = run ior tniee Or Iour
years ana tnen klcA because you set
q uun, ana goC hu-rs "ni ofuei
your uallie on tnU Eby nave Inc
courage 10 u many ABOUT IL, re-
pensss wnlch you AuUw nornlng "a
Oout.
in theory, the exchange OF New
! ear cans ana CHRISTMAS glrts is a
ue4uuIul custom. lne nondays Is
i time when kiudIy teehngs and
eral Manifestation OF regard in the
,xenauge OF calls ana presents. Ii
is the friendship expressed IN the
roct that il Is valued
The DAYS weeks and years sip
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-01-02

Mrs, Haiftoise-"Id like to use a
gas stove, but / need SO much hot
water for washing and scrubbing."
Antv Drndge-"My dear womanl
Are you progressive enough to
use a gas range and still wash
and scrub with hot water and old
fashioned soaps? Don't YOU
know that with Fels-Naptha Soap
you can do all your washing and
cleaning in cool or lukewarm
water, do it easier and better than
with hot wator?p
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-12-09
Rev. D. H. Baldwin Dead.

Rev. ID. H.. Baldwin, former resi-
dent of the Rabun Creek section Of
this county, died at his home in DON
aids wednesday and was buried at Ra-
bun Creek church Thursday. Rev.
Baldwin was about rs years Of age
and is survived by his wife and three
children, as follows: w. II. Baldwin,
Of Barksdale; A. A. Baldwin. of Ora,
and Henry M. Baldwin, Of Donalds.
The first two were children by a form
er marriage. Rev. Baldwin was a
consecrated minister Of the gospel,
greatly beloved by the congregations
over which he presided. A large num-
Der of sorrowing friends followed the
body to its last resting place.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-12-09
McCrayy, Ford Franks and Robert
Roper. During the evening a light
lunch will be served to those who at
tend.
4
"yOLUNTEERS, OPEN POST.

Volunteers Of America, Silimar to
Salvation Army to do Work in Lau.
rens.
Capt. and Mrs. J. B. Gossett, mem
bers of the Volunteers Of America. n
similar organization to the Salvation
Army, have moved to Laurens to un-
derake work among the poor and
needy of the city. They will conduct
services On the street and take up col
lcctions devoting the proceeds to the
work In which they are interested.
they have rented the house of DR..
Washington on Laurel street and will
make 1t their home. They will be as
sisted here by Lieutenant Butler. Cant.
Gossett Is in a hospital at present
and will not be able to assist in the
work for some time. Capt. and Mrs.
Gossett however, have issued the fol-
lowing statement to the public:
Capt. and Mrs. J. B. Gossett have
come to Laurens to open branch of
their work and earnestly resuest the
cooperation Of the good people in this
much needed work They will start
Immediately to prepare Christmas
dinner for the poor Of this city. and
the prisoners in Jail. Capt. and Mrs.
Gossett have been in Salvation Army
work for a number Of years. Mrs.
Gossett will visit all the places of
busines for contributions while Lieu
tenant Butler will visit the ladies for
their contributions to help gring sun
shine and Joy to the hearts and homes
Of the poor. We earnestly ask that
you give to the cause as God has given
to you. He said I was hungry and you
gave me meat, thirsty, and you gave
me drink, naked and you clothed me,
sickiand in prison and you came unto
me-"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-12-09
That old fashion Corn Meal that
Efchelberger Bros. are making sure
Is fine. Phone us for q peck.
McGee.BClt,

An approaching marriage, which
will be of great interest to the COM
munity is that of Miss Katherine Nc
Gee to Mr.. John w. Bolt, Jr., on the
afternoon Of Dec. IL, at the residence
OF, Mrs. Vaughn Miller, cousin Of the
bride-elect. Miss McGee has -spent
the fall here and with her charming
personality has won for herself q host
Of 'admiring friends. who will give her
a Cordial welcome into social circles.
Mn. Bolt is a son Of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Warren Bolt and enjoys a most en-
viable popularity, having numerous
friends who will congratulate him up
on his good fortune.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-12-09
Mckee Selling Cars.

Mr.. j. W. Mckee, agent for Ford and
Maxwell cars, announces the follow
ing sales: Rev. w. II. Lewis, Laurens
5 passenger Ford; Ross d. Young, +
passenger Ford; John D. owings, j
passenger Ford; Mrs. j. A. Madden
Madden Station, s passenger Ford r.
J. Riley, Greenville, passenger Max
well; VIM. II. Aston, Greenville, s
passenger Maxwell
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-12-09
PUBLIC INSTALLATION.
Eastern Star Officers for tho Coming
Year will be Installed Thursday

Night.
Tomorrow night, beginning at 7.30
in the evening the members Of the To-
cal chapter Of Eastern Stars Will hold
public reception during which the
officers for the coming year will be in
stalled. The reception will be given in
the Masonic Hall and the public is
cordially invited to be present to wit
ness the ceremonies. Miss Nancy Ben
nett Of Spartanburg, Grand Lecturer
Of the organization will be present to
lead the ceremony and afterwards will
make an address On several phases Of
Eastern Star work.
In addition to the installation and
the lecture there will be a musical
program rendered by some of the lead
ing musicians Of the city Those who
will take part in this part Of the pro-
gram are: Mrs. II. X. Aiken, Mrs. NJ.
l.. Roper, Mrs. j. II. Boyd, and Mrssrs
Charles Hicks, Edward Hicks, Jack
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-12-09
Card Of Thanks.

During the recent illness and death
in our family the great many acts and
deeds of kindness shown by our
friends and neighbors lead us to take
this method OF most cordially thank
ing them all. Their sympathy and
kindnesses were appreciated and will
always be remembered. May the sweet
est blessings Of the Heavenly Father
be with each OF you.
Mr.. II. Terry and Family.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-12-09
} 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Local and Personal Mention. .
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 s 8 !.

Mr.. w. r. Crisp Of Mountville was
visitor in the city Monday. !,
Mr.. p. T. Gray Of Fountain Inn spent
the day in Laurens yesterday on busi-
ness.
Mrs. j. Ran Little has been spending
several days in Greenville with her
daughter, Miss Ina Little.
Mr.. j. T.. Nash and Mr.. j. A. Tay-
lor, Of the Green Pond section, were
in the city Monday. :
Mr.. Carl Barksadle, secretary Of the
Lydia Mills of Clinton, was business
visitor in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Edward McCrady, who has been
In charge of extensive construction
work for the city Of Union, has return
ed to Laurens.
Mr.. Thomas Crouch, Of Darlington,
made brief visit to his sister, Mrs.
j. p. Glenn, on Jones street last week.
Miss Marguerite Simpson spent the
weekend with her parents on her re-
turn from Columbia where she attend
ed the college press association as
recording secretary.
Miss Lalla Mae Dial, of Laurcns, is
visiting Mrs. G. B. Greene on Nc
Duflie street. Miss Dial and Miss
"Kebie' Vance will be the guests Of
Miss Jessie Brown the latter part of
the week.-Anderson Daily Mail.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-12-09
1" i SO = y
Honor Roll for Gray Court-Ow-
ings School.

.
First Grade: Walton Owings. Sam
Vance
Second Grade: league Hellams.
Third Grade: Beatrice Hellams,
Preston Moore, Louise Owings, Stella
Owings.
Fourth Grade: Elizabeth Stoddard,
Jasper Bryson.
Fifth Grade: Mary Gray, Ross Tenn
pleton, Grice Hunt.
Sixth Grade: Lawrence Curry, Clyde
Brooks, Edward Gray.
Seventh Grade: Cecil Gray, Jeter
Owings, r. J. Bryson, Annie Lee Nun
nerlyn.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-12-18
The Frog Race.


This is capital Christmas game
The frogs, large and fat, are made of
cardboard.
Each frog is threaded on string,
which later is secured at one end to a
chair. The other end of the string is
manipulated by the player in series
Of tugs which jerk the frog along the
floor.
1t works we'll on thick carpet, but
should not be put on oilcloth or any
thing slippery, like parquet or polish
I'd boards, for certain amount of re-
sistance is needed.
AS the frogs should be fair dis
tance apart, allow II chair for each
string and tie this to the leg. Ask
some one to sit upon the chair so that
the jerks, which are sometimes very
energetic, may not pull over the start
ing posts.
Fasten white tape across the car
Pet with pins. The first frog that gets
over this wins prize.
The competitors desire speed, but
the leisurely manner in which the
frogs often respond creates shrieks
of laughter from onlookers, especially
when the race is close thing.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-12-18


The old game of Button, button,
who has the button?" may be played
in a new way at the Christmas merry
making. The players sit in circle.
Then the leader takes a button and,
holding it between his hands to con-
ceal it, goes around the circle. Each
player holds his or her palms together,
and as the leader goes around he
presses his hands between those OF
the other players in turn, saying to
each, "Hold fast what give YOU" be-
ing careful not to show into whose
hand he drops the button.
WheR the circuit has been made the
leader goes to the first player and
says, Button, button, who has not got
the button?" and this person must an
swer, naming some one that lie sup
poses hasn't it. Thus he proceeds
around the ring until all have answer
ed this question according to thar be-
lief, when the leader cries, Button,
button, arisel" and the button holder
does so.
Then if any one has guessed that
the person who really held the button
did not hold it he becomes "ghost"
and is out of the charmed circle. The
player who held the button becomes
leader, and the game goes on. II no
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-12-18
Misfit Answers.


y For the many jolly gatherings of
4 Christmas week game or two may
Slbe in order. Here is one that will
Sfelp the young folks have good
time:
Let one Of the party go out of the
room and those remaining choose
three objects, to be called respectively
Noel, No. 2 and No. 8. These OBJ
jeets may be either persons or things
orsa combination of both. Choice is
not limited in any way. When the
tplayer comes in he is asked what he
{ will do with No. 1, then with No. 2,
\ and SO on. If the answers he gives
& are possible in connection with the
object or person represented by the
numbers he passes and another is sent
out. If not, he must go out again.
Suppose, for instance, Independence
hall is chosen for No. 1, Roosevelt for
mo. 2 and the COW that jumped over
1.-THE moon for No. 8. If in answer to
4SWhat will you do with No. 2" he re-
plies, ~ will paint it pea green" in
answer to No. 2, 81 will send it a let
Ter" and to No. 8, ~ will write
/. poem about it," he would pass. But if
any one answer had been in impossi-
S3bility, as, for instance, if in answer
20, No. 2 he had said, 81 will make
honey out Of it," he would have to try
Z oyer again.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-12-18

ices than Welles did. Mr.. Bryan's
friends, of course, acknowledge cheer
fully that he has not had the diplo-
matte training of Hay nor the legal
training of Root. But they claim
for him the possession of their quail
ties which are probably just as
greatly needed as those in the State
Department. One of these is q right
point of view, a most necessary thing
If mans face is turned right, he
may move slowly, but he will some
time reach his destination. If his
face is turned wrong, he will never ar
live. Some of Mr.. Roosevelt's won
derful strokes and of Mr.. Knox's dol
lar diplomacy have simply had the
effect of putting us farther from our
goal. Another of MIR. Bryan's good
qualities is absolute faithfulness to
his chief. And a third is great force
Of character. Who that saw him at
the Baltimore convention can doubt
this?
The chief thing with which the
their State Department is whether it
ard that Mr.. Bryan and his chief both
VII nave W DS JuuScu. lldNe WI.
Gerard and Mr.. Walter Page and MI.
Thomas Nelson Page and Mr.. Whit
lock and Mr.. Morgenthau and our 9TH
er Representatives abroad failed in the
trying duties thrust upon them by
the great war? Has our Mexican pol
icy been failure? What are our
relations today with the nations of
South America and of Europe and of
the Orient? 1t is the answer to these
questions which counts, and Mr.. Bry-
ar need not be afraid of it. Conced-
ing the sincerity of some of his crit
les, the fact remains that many others
oppose him because they are inher-
emily opposed to democracy and the
popular rule for which Mr.. Bryan
stands. And sothers oppose him be-
cause they wish to discredit or hinder
the Wilson administration. They rec
ognize the fact that without Bryan
the Wilson. program could not have
been ptSs Through at the last session
Of Congress, They believe that with
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-12-18
OLD Fashlvnss l..

]
An old fashioned game which is eli.
ways amusing a6 the Christmas gath
erlng is kabak. fhNthis absurd pas.
time the leader says to the one who
sits at his right hand, "My ship has
come home from China?" The other
then asks, What has it brought
you?" The leader makes reply "a
fan" Thereupon with his right hand
he makes gestures AS if tanning him
self. The next player then takes the
place of the leader in stating that his
ship has come from China. Tho ques-
tons and answers are repeated as be-
fore until the second player is also en-
guged in tanning himself.
In this manner the round Of players
is made, and ut the end all arc in
dustriously working an imaginary fan
with their right hands.
The leader then begins tho second
round with similar remark, from
which is evolved the fact that he has
received two fans, and he illustrates
this by tanning himself with both
hands. This, in turn, makes round
of the company until all are waving
both hands to and fro.
The leader then begins the third Sc
ries, making three fans in fancy by
swaying his right foot back and forth.
Then he includes the left foot. Final
ly the head is nodded. The effect Of
whole company engaged in swaying
their hands, their feet and heads is al
together ludicrous.
There arc many Christmas nmuso-
monts which depend for their fun on
the failure of the players to perform
any designated task. Such, for exam
pie, is that where each person with
Llindfolded eyes tries to draw tho out
Lines of n pig. Often the unfortunate
subject to the sketch will have mn eye
in its side and tail on its head, with
II general appearance unlike anything
else in air or on earth.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-12-18
MIR. BRYAN.

Baltimore Sun.
Baltimore always will be ready to
extend the hand of welcome to Will
liam Jennings Bryan. We like him for
the part he took in the National Con-
vention of 1912; we like him for the
splendid support he has accorded
Woodrow Wilson, both before and
since the latter became President, and
we like him for himself. There is Il
vein of idealism in him to which the
American character responds.
At this time a campaign against
MIR. Bryan is being waged in certain
New York newspapers and elsewhere.
The idea seems to be to force him
from the Cabinet. What the motives
are which inspire this campaign it
might be difficult to prove, but an in
qliry into the alleged causes and q sug-
gestion of probable causes may not be
manufacturing. What, then, are the
charges brought against the Secretary
of State?
One large group of them, when
boiled down, comes to this, that he
lacks good taste. He appears on Chau-
tauqua platforms, he does not serve
wine at his dinners, he does his own
marketing with a market basket
swung over his arm. Now these, of
course, are grave faults, but it is not
apparent how they adversely affect
his official duties. Some of Balti-
more's most efficient officials have
been impolite, testy individuals, and
there have been those who argued
that their good qualities as public Of
| ficials were directly dependent upon
their bad qualities as good fellows
that they were good States men be-
| cause they were poor mems men,
| Something more than this surely is
necessary before minded men will
| join in the attempt to crusify Mr.
/ Bryan.
The next charge is that he neg
lects his work for private affairs. A
lot of nonsense has been written about
this, and some of it maliciously. A.
La matter of fact, there has been nj
Brefutation Of the statement made b!
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-12-18
Royal Court.

ltthis game of royal court will af-
ford amusement for the children at
Chfistmas.
Arrange two rows of chairs back
T. bhck and seat the children.
each end of the double row place
3 fable on which is cardboard box
'eontaining one pack of cards. Two
Children in turn are selected from
a1pong those seated.
They go, one to each table, and
WHO'S the signal is given race in OPP
poeits directions round the chairs till
fhSy return to their original starting
pSjnt at the tables. The cards are
lAastily placed in the box, and hur-
FED search is made by each of the
two children for picture cards.
The four kings, queens and knayes
Unjust, when collected, be deposited on
- tray that has been placed in another
bart of the room as winning post.
Ehe first to accomplish this wins. The
successful competitor returns to his
ePat; the loser vacates his and is then
. fbt Of the competition.
The last two to remain in the game
lie proclaimed king and queen OF
Ghristmas and receive prizes, while
lie third is Jack the knave. He gains
funny BOBBY prize. 1t is amusing tt
Dress the royal pair in regal robes
GROWN them and present scepters
They may march at the head of the
ssguests and sit together on draped and
! gilded thrones.
Crowns of cardboard covered with
gold paper may be prepared for king
and queen. A very grand scepter may
DO made by fixing an old tennis bal
by means Of sealing wax on to a BAN
boo cane and covering the whole witt
silver or gold paper or going over i
with gilt paint.