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Batesville, Arkansas
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t IDE PLAIN is in Sas-j
Uatcliewan, It waB so
named because it is
so. It is wide. The
town does not cover
the entire plain. Far
be it from me to con
vey such an impres
sion, inasmuch as the
^ plain extends east,
west, north and south
ostensibly as far as
there is anything.
No doubt somewhere
in the distance there j
are trees, and hills, or |
something to stop tho :
plain from spreading
any further. And some
day it ts the intention
of the Greater Wide
Plain association to have real trees |
growing in their thriving little city.
Hut just at present they are so busy
getting the town established that the
trees must wait.
George Freeman was one of the
most energetic young men in Wide
Plain. He was one of the pioneers.
He w is almost the Oldest Inhabitant,
althoi gh he was but twenty-five years
of age. You see, George located in'
Wide Plain when it was practically
nothing but width und plain. lie fore
saw 8 future for the town, and be
came its leading dealer In agricultural
implements and groceries and hard
ware and bo on. He became the lead
ing dealer, because he was the only
one.
In a few months Wide Plain had a
population of 2,600. And so social life
aeoan e a feature of existence there.
Social life requires two factors. One
of th< m is women. The other is men.
You may have thought that one fea
ture would be sociability and the other
would be life, but that would be draw
ing It a bit fine.
Lucy Cleveland was tbe belle of
Wide Plain. She was not the belle be- j
cause she was the only young woman
there, for there were others. Others
—young and beautiful, but while some
of the others were as young none of
them were as beautiful as Lucy.
Consequently Lucy had suitors a
plenty. In fact, she had eight suitors,
that being the available unmarried
portion of the population that she
would consider. And she managed to
give the eight the impression that she
was not considering them very much
George Freeman endeavored to in
duce her to consider him. George’s
policy in llfo was to get what he
wanted by one of two methods. One
was to go where it was and take pos
session, the other wa3 to ask for it.
Inasmuch as Lucy was not a building
site nor a quarter section, he could not
claim her by right of discovery. So
he had asked her. And she had as
sured him that while she esteemed
him highly she did not see her way to
be his. George had not asked her if
there was some one else to whom she
had pledged her affection or plighted
her troth. He did not care. He went
on selling agricultural implements
and striped overalls and brooms and
nails and putty and canned goods and
other groceries, whistling little melo
dies to himself and wondering how
Lucy would want their house painted
when they got married.
Every now and then he would pro
pose again to Lucy. By every now
and then I mean that he would pro
pose, say, once a week. Some weeks
he proposed twice. He saw that It
pleased Lucy to bo proposed to and
George was a gentleman who believed
In making himself agreeable to a
young lady when ho was fond of her.
So It came along toward Christmas.
"We must have a Christmas tree for
the children,’’ Lucy said.
Lucy was teacher in the Wide
Pliln Sunday School. Her pupils
idolized her. George and tbe other
seven suiters had tried to join her
class, but she had Insisted that they
muat attend the Bible class for older I
students, which was presided over by i
Mrs. Henry Gillup, a most capable |
married lady, who had brought one
husband gnu m.Z. children to help up
build Wide Plain.
The fact that Lucy had demanded a
Christmas tree occasioned many
Bnilles, especially from George’s rivals.!
“A Christmas tree!” laughed Will- j
iam Skidmore. “There isn’t a tree for
a hundred miles in any direction.”
"Let’s get one shipped In by freight,
then,” suggested Luke Morton.
“No time row,” Wesley Perkins
potntod out. “It’s only two days to
Christmas.”
The sovt-n rivals were not so par
ticular about the tree. Each of them
knew tbit Lucy weai.4 fee disappointed
a bit, but each of thorn felt that me
gift he had selected for her would help
to overcome her disappointment. For,
in any event, there was to be a Christ
mas Eve party at the church.
On the evening of December 23
George called on Lucy. She was still
unhappy because the dear children
could not have a tree.
“Now, Lucy,” he said, ‘‘I’ve arranged
it all for you. There'll be a Christmas
tree.”
‘‘Oh, have you got it? Where is it?
I didn't know you could get one.”
"It iBn't here yet, but there'll be one
Christmas eve. Now, don't ask ques
tions. Mrs. Gillup and I will fix It up
all right”
“But I must trim it up.”
“No. Mrs. Gillup and I have ar
ranged for It all. You are not to worry
yourself about anything. Just you
gather your class together and be at
the church at 8 o'clock that evening,
and the tree will be there.”
So Lucy, scenting mystery, and too
diplomatic to ask anything more, was
compelled to content herself with that
much information.
Towards dusk of the day before
Christmas George was seen carrying
several bulky bundles into the ohurch.
Mrs. Gillup had spent some time in
conference with him that day. The
seven rivals bad attempted to quiz
her, but she w'ould not gratify their
curiosity further than to say that
there would be a tree. They had asked
her—separately—if she would hang
their presents for Lucy on the tree,
and she had agreed to do so.
She and George, behind the drawn
curtains of the church, labored long
with curtain poles and string and a
profusion of green paper, to say noth
ing of several bundles of artificial
palms and the like, which George had
unearthed among his stock.
When the audience was assembled
for the Christmas eve exercises Mrs.
Gillup slowly drew back a curtain
which ooncealed one corner of the
room, and there, with candles glowing
and green paper and green palm
branches rustling, stood a Christmas
tree. It was not an evergreen tree.
It was not a genuine fir or cedar, but
it looked like a tree. And the oandles
and the strings of popcorn and glitter
ing ornaments hid many of itB faults.
To the surprise of Lucy, George was
not in sight. She looked all about for
him, in her delight, wishing to thank
him for his ingenious way of provid
ing this make-believe tree for the lit
tle ones.
Mrs. Gillup went blithely on, taking
presents from the tree and dlstribut j
ing them. After passing out the gifts :
for the children she picked off pack ;
ages and bundles for the older folk.
It was noted that the tree sort of
shook every time she took off one of j
the softs which bad been provided by I
the seven rivals for Lucy. Hut at last
the final package had been disposed!
of. Mrs. Gillup drew the curtain jM
front of the tree again and the aJm
once filed out, laughing and chatting
over the success of the entertainment.
Lucy did not hurry away with the
rest. She Btepped back of the ourtaln
with Mrs. Gillup.
"It was just lovely, Mrs. Gillup!"
she exclaimed. ‘But why wasn’t Mr.
FYeeman hero? After his hard work
and cleverness in helping you, I should
have thought he would have wanted
to see how the tree looked.”
"I expect he was pretty busy."
"And—of course, I haven’t any right
to expect such a thing—but he was
such a good friend of mine, Mrs. Gil
lup—I really thought it a little odd
that he didn't make me some kind of
r present—just a remembrance, or—”
"I didn't forget you, Lucy,” said the
tree. "You can have me.”
And Mrs. Gillup says that Lucy
knew all about it all the time, because
she had sharp eyes, and no tree that
wore shoes could fool her.
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A Costly Gift.
"Those Billyunnaires have been aw
ful proud since Christmas,” said the
Cnvious Neighbor.
‘‘What makes them bo?” inquired
the Curious Friend.
“Oh, their parents tilled their stock
ings with eggs.”
first Christmas Observance.
Christmas gets its name
from the mass celebrated
in the early days of the
Christian church in honor
of the birth of Christ, its !
first solemnization having
been ordered by Pope •
Telesphorus. This was in
or before the year 138, for
in that year Pope Teles
phorus died.
At first Christmas was what ia
known as a movable feast, just as Eas-!
ter is now, and owing to misunder
standings was celebrated as late as
April or May. In the fourth century
an ecclesiastical investigation was or
dered, and upon the authority of the
tables of the censors in the Roman
archives December 25 was agreed up
on as the date of the Savior’s nativ
ity. Tradition fixed the hour of birth
at about midnight, and this led to the
celebration of a midnight mass in all
the churches, a second at dawn and a
third in the later morning.
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Bowel Tonic and Regulator.
It empties the bowels just as thoroughly as the harsh,
griping cathartics and does it mildly, comfortably, pleas
antly. Moreover, it leaves a beneficial influence behind it
because the bowels remain healthy and regular thus there
is no return to constipated ootiditions.
Qet the Genuine with the Figure "3" In Red on Front Label.
Sold by Druggists. Price $1.00 per bottle.
PRICKLY ASH BITTERS
Everyone knows when he is
one should know the risk he is running when he fails
to promptly correct it.
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Newark Drug Company, Special Agents
BEST GAME OF ALL
The Fan—You can talk about base
ball, football and basketball. But the
mistletoe game Is the best of all.
Christmas Plum Pudding.
Ihe Christinas plum pudding is do
scended from the plum porridge and
Is a time-honored dish at every
Christmas feast. To be properly
made, each person in all the house
hold must stir it before it is boiled
and the mistress of the house must
add the spices “with her own fair
hand," and so Bhe favors fortune for
a year. If she Is an American and
mixes her pudding in an ancient china
bowl, stirring it with as ancient a
spoon, whose handle is adorned with
an old English crest, so much the bet
ter, for in the new land she is help
ing to keep alive the customs that
made old England merrie.
The pudding should be boiled in a
well-floured cloth "six hours upon the
day of mixing, six hours upon the day
of eating, and the steam should not
cease to arise from the pot while the
pudding is within it."
Mistletoe and the Druids.
The custom of decorating strategic
points in the household with sprigs of
mistletoe at Christmas dates far back
to the time of the Druids, who hel.l
the little plant in great veneration
At the approach of their winter festi
val, twigs of it were placed above the
doors of their houses to serve as talis
mans and signs to the sylvan deities
that shelter and comfort awaited them
within.
Present-day customs relating to mis
tletoe represent the evolution of tha
Druid leal legend.
Holiday Suggestions
Christmas Gifts Are An Expression of Individuality
It is the personal note in Holiday giving that conveys the true Christman spirit. A gift may
be entirely devoid of sentiment, or it may reflect either your own individuality, or that of the
recipient. Thus it become all the more important that your gifts should be chosen in a store
where individuality and exclusiveness are supreme. We can meet your every requirement for
gifts of character, because our stocks have been selected with that thought uppermost in our minds.
RELIABILITY
As strong as the Rock of Gibraltar is our
Guarantee, which is Strengthened by
our Honor and Reputation.
Reliable Solid Gold and Gold Filled Watches for Ladies and Gentlemen
On account of the styles of Engravings continually being changed, we will give the latest design* of the engravers art.
1— 12 Size, 20 year gold filled open face case, fine Elgin or Waltham movement..$12.00
2— 0 Size, 25 year gold filled hunting case, 15 jewel Elgin or Waltham movement.—. 24.00
3— 0 Size, 25 year gold filled open face case, 15 jewel Waltham movement.. . 21.00
4— 0 Size, 14k solid gold hunting case, plain or satin finish, 15 jewel Elgin movement, genuine diamond 48.00
5— 12 size, 14k solid gold hunting case, 15 jewel Elgin or Waltham movement..43.00
THE IDEAL GIFT
A good watch becomes the faithful friend of a
lifetime, a sharer in all the activities of its owner.
What other gift that you can make a friend or
dear one is as titling or as adequate to convey
affection or esteem?
No article is more satisfactory and pleasing
than a watch that will keep correct time and a
case that is reliable. We desire to most emphat
ically assure our customers that we handle and
sell ouly such.
LADIES’ WATCHES—Our assortment of Ladies’ w atones is very large and select, consisting of all grades
from the very finest to the inexpensive o fdainty enamel and gold watches and bracelet watches
We Buy Direct from Headquarters and Save you the Middleman’s profit—In buying a watch the safe way
is to deal with a long established house, which has an honorable reputation to maintain. We guarantee
every watch and keep them in repair free for one year.
Christmas gifts bought now will be laid away until you want them
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S. O. Parker, Prop.
Gold and Silversmiths
Established 1002 310 Front St.
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
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Watches pictured here for
warded immediately, ex
press prepaid, on receipt
of the price.