Santa Glaus Advises That
you begin your shopping
right away, before the crowds
make selection difficult, also
that you come to Santa's headquarters
which he has established at our store,
where you will find a multitude of practical
and self-satisfactory Christmas gif sug
gestions on our counters.
For Instance there are toilet ar
ticles of various kinds, styles,
and prices, but all well made:
Manicure Sets, Stationary, Perfu
mery, Xmas cards and khick
knack. REMEMBER tftt this Is a very Incom
plete list of what our store offer you. The full
Una must be start to ba appreciate .
WILLIAMS DRUG CO.
Mil'
Mrs. I. C. Young ha. been
quite ill the bixt week.
Norman Ceii'iif. the man
who never cracks a joke, is
now in the Davis pool hall
where his seriousness b--cnmiH
almost a sadness.
Mi-H Opal .McDevitt visit
er! this week in Indepen
denca from Dallas.
Dont forget the basket ball
game Friday, hetween Leba
non add the First Ji.
team at the auditorium.
rii'iwii''t i if (It'll th. it solemn
She turned nwny with the other awl
left the Mini. Ethel the last to
fmim out. mid Just l-t-fore (loins so she
turned .int! lonfceii "' 1 f,,,a" ueTer
forget thnt look-
I lay In the name condition for dome
time. Preparations were maklnK for
the funeral. A man came In and stood
looklncr at me ciirloimly. I 8le(1
with dread, for I knew what he wan
there for. He went away, and later
the doctor came in with the house
keeper. He stood looking at me for
awhile, then took my wrist In his
land, then put his hand on my heart
. I . i .ul .,.11
iiiiftiieni. joy, iovet w ncn-
ed up In her rushed to me and spread It
self through my beintf. Within a few
minutes more I could move any muscle
I choxe. And I wag there, on Christ
mas day. restored, with the girl whom
I knew loved me and for whom there
had heeti born in my heart an equal
passion.
Mildred married the man whom she
nnd discarded for me or, rather, for a
fortune. If that fortune had been vest
ed In me to do with an I liked I would
have nettled a part of it on her. I came
hack from the deiid on Christmas morn
ing, ii nd on the next Christmas morn-
Gifts of Quality
FOR
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
JiiieiiH
C. H. McClain of
Vista announces lb nrrival
of a fin boy t'. his born'
Sunday morning.
At the 'home of Harry Neal
near Suver, a girl has arrived
to grace tbe home and Sun
day night Dr. Sutler was
called '"post . haste" to be
present at the ceremonies.
Mrs. M. W. Wallace will
Hell hats at cost and below
coat for the next tw o we ks,
Make your wife an Xmas
present of a new hat.
Next door to Post Office.
The farmers of Suver and
viciuity held meeting Mon
day afternoon for the purpose
of levying a tax to betler tlie
roads.
Dwain 11 art man has been
visiting his Bister Mrs. J.
Iteddicopp of Dallas, form
erly Miss Bessie Hartman of
this city, during the pnst
wek.
Mrs. Claud Skinner and
sister wire Salem visitors
Siturdav.
an-
J. D. Hibln & Co,.
nounees the cuMinsr of prions
on their stock of implement
and fencing to cost for tbe
next 30 days. Set their ad
for particulars.
Monday morning the wea
ther bureau man overslept
himselt and let the fire get
low in the furnace, so it was
pretty chill v early in the
morning.
A new cement walk ii being
built on Monmouth street in
front of the property occu
pied dy Mr. Rockwell This
wasformerly the Dr. David
son property.
According t' late ropoits
Representative Fleet Thof.
W. Brunk has signfied his
intention of supporting Rep
resentative C. N. McArthur
for ipeak'r of the Hon e of
Representatives. This action
by Mr. Rruukia commended
by his many friends ii: I'olk
Co.
Independence is commenc
ing to look like toy land.
KEEP THEM ON THE FARMI
A large percentage of the young
men who would leave the farm
are those who grew up In an at
mosphere of dissatisfaction and
discontent with tbelr farming
parents. There is no question
that the farmer for health,
wealth and happiness-holds a
rare opportnlty, but not until this
opportunity is taken hold of will
we become a race of successful
farmers and penult perpetuity of
n noble calling to the generations
vet to rome -Kansa Karmer.
r
After that he asked the housekeeper 0J. Bn)t cbnd caine t0 Ethel amj
to bring hand mirror ana. uoiuiiik m.
under my nostrils for awhile, examined
It carefully.
me from out the great ocean of life.
How to Test Your Soil.
Sol llerzog spmt, Sunday
in Dallas and .returned
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Win. McKin
ivy fpent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. JIoiwo o
Highland.
Mr. Dave Haley made a
biiHness frip to Siilfin Siu
urday. MraElwood Ifartm in spent
Saturday with her parents,
Mr. nsi i Mid LA). Porter of
Siih-ni
Claude Fryc r is now located
at Castle It ok, Washington
where he h i- practicing
medicine successfully.
Geo, Kreln ot the lUnna-
Vista h p m tropolis Friday
W E. n i'liams of Airli
was transect i nil ru8iness in
I.idependt i ( e Friday.
Glaude lluhbard hm ht ei
V ir-il i uu: bis parents in thib
"ily this w ek.
lrs. ?V"ele ot haleni is
visiting her sister Mrs. O, A
Kreamer thi week
RESTORED
MORNING
By ALBERT KENYON
"You muHt get well for Chriatmai,'
aid Ethel.
"Why eniecinlly for Christmas?"
"Think what a welcome gift your re
covery would be to Mildred."
I made no reply to this for a few
momenta. I wag thinking. Mildred wai
my betrothed. Ethel waa a girl mj
mother had taken in through charity
some years before. At my death she
would be unprovided for, because my
property was left me in trust for my
children.
"Yes," I said presently, "my being
out of dancer on Clii Istmas day would
be gift to Mildred in another way
than the one yen mean.- If 1 get well
her future la provided for. If I die she
must look eluewhere for an estate."
"I am sure," said Ethel, "that sht
thinks only of having you spared tc
MAKE THIS XMAS
A HAPPY ONE
. o v ami
sea so! utile
Ciiii-l in.is. We t Her
w ill make you h ippv I
t ion and in th giving
jiUu;es'ions for
yo i gil't I bat
tli in the .-lec
llii.e voti a
s i it c i a
delight
to se'ei i?
cut satisfy your
t tlie kind ot
Then
the
i bur.. uglily.
cor.w her. .
lesiies and ft' r
resen' thai will
recipient and pi ase them
A Toilet Set for Christmas
1
Supreme el -ijuence and the hi het utility a )
onibined in (he mm a as well Each sod every
piece is c:i,efullv nuitle and dcKiyned in t way
that fiHHon s tbe t ner of ; rente t service, satis
fa inn ini.l c invenieiice. Toilei sets in Ii isian
ivurv, elM.nv silvei and rose wood
Our Prices are right
Brown's Pharmacy
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BUS OAVR A LOW CliY.
her. Kesldes, you know that she has an
liK'otne or her own Hiitncleut to keep
the o!f from the dMir."
"You haven't anything, and by tht
terms of my father'a will 1 am unable
to provlilu fur you."
"You are only too koo1 to wish to do
so. 1 am sure you woull make some
provision tor me if you could. Hut I
know that Is lii'iHissllile."
t was t weak that even this hit ol
conversation wan too much for uie. I
vliiKiil iry eyes, anil when I opened
them ICtiiel was bemliiiK over me, feai
and niaiiiy depleted in every feature ot
her face. Hut 1 waa too III to be more
t Ii ii ii iiionii'iitaiily linpivHscd with hct
anxiety on my account. 1 lost power to
move or urtirulute. Hut I could ee
and hear as distinctly an ever.
Kthel mil out of the room and re
turned with everybody In the housa
Some one kiiiI. 'lie la dead." Anothel
wild, "(Jet the lim-lor, quick!"
It was Home time ln'fore the doctor
reached my lieilside. Whcu he did Ue
put lilt hit ii.l on my heart and kept It
therp a louir while Hack of lilin were
tho uieiulMTS of the household and
Mildred, who bad been summoned.
She a ml Ethel etood near each other.
nud I noticed the coutraxt In the es
prvHHiiiiit on their faces. Ethel's de
noted intense Brief. Mildred's some-
thing more like awe.
Is he dend?" asked my liousekee;er
of the doctor.
No reply whs given to the question.
The doctor continued to peer at me and
kept his hand on my heart. Presently
he cave tip lookinic for sUnui of Ufa
and, turning away, said regretfully:
"Yea; lie ha pone."
I had my eyea on the two Rtrts be
fore- uie and wim watching to see how
they took the announcement. A look
of Infinite pit tn, loiitflnir, despair, came
over Ethel's feature. Mildred burnt
luto tears And yet it struck me that
th came from ktroltied lien en, the
"Suspend er.vfhlnr for awhile," ie
aid to the housekeeper. "It Is possible
thnt there Is n faint life fluttering
wtthln him. Hut say nothing: about
this Just now. I don't wish to excite
any false hopes, especially in his be-
III' ,Mi,r.
X "You're rlpht. doctor she'a wrapped
nn In him. It's a sad blow to her. If
he could only have been spared to en
Joy this Christmas with hef."
They went fiuf 'of the ' looizC aS3"l
waa left aioue for aome time. Then
an old friend of my mother's and
lady I bad long known came lu to
have a ioolt at me. Hoth stood silently
beside me for a few mliiutea, then
went to another part of the room, and
I overheard this bit of convermition:
"This is very hard on poor Mildred,
lau't It'"
"Well, yes: I auppoKe It Is"
"Why. don't you think It Is H jtreat
blow to her'"
"She woii't be rich, us she would
have been bud be lived to iimri'.v her
Hut you know Mildred's liicliuutlmif
have iilwuys bceu for Malcolm Kalr
child."
"I didn't know thut."
"They were eiiKi'Ked when lie (look
iiiK toward mei came In, though he
was not aware of It."
"I hadn't beard that."
"Malcolm has alwaya been a pet of
mine, and he confided bis betrothal
to me. He was heartbroken when be
had to give her up."
"Didn't she love him?"
"I think she did: but, you see, be had
nothing but his salary. No girl in
her Be uses would glrr. up a fortune for
a salary that must be earned. Anjn
cdme from property Is very different.
It earns money while one is asleep."
"That's bo, but girls are apt to be
romantic, you know."
"Mildred is practical. I don't think
she will ever die for love."
I wanted no girl for a wife who had
Riven up some one she liked better.
The dialogue continued for a few min
utes later, and I heard every word.
"Ethel hasn't been treated right. She
was taken in, given a borne, brought
up In a refined way,, and provision
should have been made for her."
"Oh. she'll be all right There's a
rich mnn ready to marry her the mo
ment she says the word."
"Why hasn't he taken him before
this?"
"Nobody knows!"
I felt like putting In the words "ex
cept the dead," but I couldn't, and, be
sides, I wouldn't if I could.
The speakers fell to talking of the
approuchlng Christmas festivities, men
tioning bow sad ft would be for those
In the house of mourning. I had no
idea how long It would be till Christ
mas, but heard one of the ladies say ti
the other that it was "the day after
tomorrow." Persons were continually
coming Into and going from the room
In which I lay. and I heard some one
say, speukini; of the funeral, "Why are
they so long about It, and why don't
they have it over with before Christ
umsV"
I knew It was Christmas eve by the
remarks of these persons. I was much
depressed at the prospect of tlie holi
days passing nnd I lying there like a
log.
Then I began to wonder if by an
effort of the will I might not pull my
self out of my peculiar condition. 1
have always been a great believer of
the power of mind over matter, and it
occurred to me that If 1 could bring
myself to believe that I conld throw off
my paralysis I would be able to do so.
Of course my condition troubled me.
Indeed, 1 was in danger of being hur
led alive. I determined to tnnke an
effort of the will to regain an active
condition,
I commenced on Christmas eve by
driving all thought or fear of inter
ment out of my mind After nwhlle I
began to think that I could move my
lunacies, though I didn't try. I fell
asleep feeling less troubled and awoke
iu the morning refreshed as I had not
felt since 1 hud lost muscular power.
I remembered that it was Christmas
morning, nnd I was still apparently a
corpse.
The door opened, and Ethel entered
Casting a glume at tbe sunlight com
ing through a window, she moaned:
"Oh, what a Christmas the brighter
without, the darker within!"
She came to the bed and stood look
ing dowd upon mo. She did not speak,
but I could Interpret her thoughts from
her expression. She looked at my cheek
and seemed surprised. I wondered it
she did not see a tinge of color In it
She started for the door as though to
call some one, then gtoped. hesitated
nnd came back to me. Kneeling beside
me, she took my hand. She must have
felt some warmth in it. for she began
to rub It I felt a current nerve cur
rent, a current of life passing from the
hand that held mine and coursing up
through my arm to my heart For the
first time since 1 had been stricken 1
had power. My band began to tighten
on hers,
Bhe gave a low cry. but 1 did not
know If it sprang from Joy or fright
She made as if to rise. 1 suppose to call
others, but I held her. Then I made an
effort to speak, but could only whisper:
"Put your arms about me."
She did so.
"l-ay your cheek against mine."
This, too, she did. I felt the life com
ing back to me.- 1 made no effort for
awhile, emitting the vigor 1 was
drawing to accumulate. Then I spoke I
guin J
"lear heart the life you hare re- J
i-nu.ru in m iu u juu uu una uivmeq
I'hristnins morning.'
The flood of hot
Secure n smiill sample of soil free
from roots and grass and put It in a !
glass, liist-rt two strips of blue litmus
pnper In the soli so thnt they are half :
coveri'il. Then add pure water very .
iiieTully until the soil Is thoroughly ,
mitiinited After the test has stood
for seveni I minutes the paper Is re
uiovi'il ihkI rinsed thoroughly. If that
portli f It which was Ii niact with
the soil Iims become red. then tbe soil
Is nelil Mini iv. mill be lieiicliled by lltn
uig. The litmus paper may lie bought
lit almost nn.v tlng store. Iowa Circn-inr.
CHRISTMAS
Tho only poods I hand'e are
GUARANTEED GCODS
goods that are guars nteed to uie by
tbe manufacturer, sol can in turn
guarantee them to mj customers.
I have a fine new line of Stone Rings, Signet Rings,
Iirdodats, Foh-t, El iu Wntche, Locket, Neck
CJhains, Cut Glass, Hand Painted China, Silver
ware and many other things.
PfHfii
sftfin tee's Je
CLEAN UP SALE
On Toilet Gases. Glove Boxes, Smoking
Sets, Padded Books, etc, etc.
AT YOUR OWN PRICE
liisse are all new goods nothing
Sbelf Worn
welry Store
AFTER you put
rour next meal
on the table just sit down
and consider the layout
for a moment. Ak your"
lf earnestly, ' Have I
got the greatest value
for the money expend
ed on this meal?"
If you buy your groceries
at this store only one ans
wer can L .... ''e.
We ccrr quality
tfoods, the kind you all
come back aud buy a
gain. That's why our
business Is growing.
FLUKE & JOHNSON
Where a Dollar Dons Its Duty"
Fivd Neeley end several
otU is started for Raymond
Wnp'i., where they will work
in i lie fflw mills.
Jim Thorpe, the greatest
hthlete the world knows, and
an Indian has decided to give
to give up athletics owing to
tlie notoriety he is getting.
FOR RENT
One furnished room
with
private family,
er prtferred.
l.irs inquire nt
Lady room
For pMittcu
this cilice.
work. For particulars
quire at this office
AT THE M. E. CHURCH
WANTED:
A lady for general house-
S. S. at 10: A. M. Clauses
for all.
Puhlic Worship at 11. Sao
remental service at tis hours
Theme The Spirit Fill,
life.
Epworth League at 6:30.
Evening Worship at 7:30
Th'eme The Conscience
it a safe guide?
F. N. Sandifur,
Pastor.
Theme The preaching for
the times.
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TffAlVO
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I TMR- MAN who feel
that you can not af-
ford more than $15.00 for a suit
we extend a special invitation
to look over our CLOTHING DEPARTMENT
Our $12.50 and $15.00 Suits are
models of perfect tailoring, made of
All Wool Material and ABSOLUTELY GUAR:
AMTEED.
We carry the most complete stock of Under
wear in the city, and quality considered, our pri
ces are the lowest. From 50c. to $2.50.
it
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OUR HOLIDAY GOODS
a re arriving daily. Come
in and take a look.
Wul HERZOG
INDEPENDENCE
LEADING CLOTHIER
DALLAS
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