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/\ Solution of your GIFT Problems is Found at Mason Bell's Book and Stationery Store, Lewisburg, W. Va. Tof ou7buS^e8sm?ShCOmf ' 'T 'ine of Gifts in the histor>' lection and better service"1 CW inX" Se", , clv"-e. v.ome in the morning if oossihlf = g 2 ? ? ' ?i x c ? c ~ il ? r. C ~ ?_ ^ i' 5 ^ /. ~ I !? 7 'C c ?J = <1> 1 O - o ? 1 > t; 73 5 S (_ ? o ? . c3 x O <U fcX C ?- CJ OS t-1 ~"0 3tJ o S J* > ?3 .? JO t3 The Gift Supreme For Young and Old An OXFORD BIBLE makes a gift that i:t sure to be appreciated by everyone. Superior in Quality Reasonable in Price An Extensive Variety of Styles THE great est singers, musicians, and entertainers in the world enter your home with the coming of your Victrola. Nothing else wii! bring so much pleasure to every member of the iair.ily. ,Comc in today! Choose your Victrola in plenty of time for Christmas! Tor Christmas A fine assortment from $2.50 up, in nice gift boxes. Also the Famous Conklin Ores cent Filler Fountain Pens, rang ing in price from $2.50 to .$8.00. Eversharp is ab solutely unique, the pencil that is always sharp yet never sharpened, always ready for smooth,* easy writing, andbeau tifully . made for lifelong service. Eversharp prices, with 18 inches of EversharpLeads, are $1 up \vi Combination Sets, ranging from $9.50 up. Always strictly fresh. The famous Whitman W lllLlTlciri S V>a.IlQlCb. Sampler in one, two, three and five pound packages~'$1.50 the lb. Leave your order and let us mail the day before Christmas. We pay the postage. Fin#* I #aofVi^r at a price to meet every one's pocket-book. See our dis ^ - play of Bill folds, pocket-books, bags and canes, iust re ceived from Mark. CrotS, of London. Ivory Beads an^ old Japanese Prints. An importation of Jade and Ivory on the way over from China, which will arrive in -tiitye for our Cj^ti$tjtn0; trade. <(? ' Jf? <? Xs TUOC MA?K Christmas Decorations. See our Complete line of Christmas and New Year Greeting Cards, Labels, Tissue Crepe Streamers, Sealing Wax boxes, and Handy Household boxes. P ohlson Novelties. Imported Japanese Baskets, Trays, and Candle-sticks, Folding Card Tables. bridge Seta, Cards, Favors, Pen fils. Pads, and the new Score I Elates, (iames of every kind. Ingersoll Watches, French Ivory, Plate Glass Mirrors, Electric Table and Floor Lamps. Pictures of all kinds. Eastman Kodaks, from $6.50 up. Brownies, $2.50 and $3.50 A Kodak Album will contain ;? recotd which will l>o invaluable later in life. New colored Glass, Sterling Silver and Sheffield. Some interesting Italian Pottery just received. Decorated Gold Breakfast and , Tea Sets. English Tea Pots. Nippon China. ? .. .? Why Not Books? We have All the Latest Popular Novels. A number of books of fiction at 7 5e and Juvrni'es. A book can be found for any one. Children's picture books in paper, cloth and linen. Diaries, Record books, Recipe books, Dictionaries. Send for Catalogue. Special attention given to telephone and mail orders. We Pay the Postage. Meaning of Picnic. I Most people know what it is to en| Joy a piruic ; not all riiu tell how the! nan*' of this form of entertainment | originated. The explanation accord ing to oue derivation, is simple. When a picnic was beftig arranged it was the custom for those who were to be present to promise to supply food and drink. A list of the thing* necessary was drawn up and passed rouud, each person picking out the articles he or she would supply. The name of the article was "nicked" on the list ? thut| is to say, a mark whs placed agaiust i it. The open-air entertainment thus came to he knowu as "Pick and nick." The custom ia said to dute from 184)2. First Paper Makers. Wasps construct their paper nests from wood pulp; and It is quite likely that ages ago. when the human race was in a far more primitive state than it is at present, It gained its idea in paper manufacture from the social wasps, which had the same habits then as uow. says the Ameri can Forestry Magazine. Most of these social wasps obtain the material from which they make their paper from the looser parts of the surface of old, un-j painted fence boards, rails, house \ shingles and so on, and it is formed; Into the necessary pulp by being j chewe.l up with the saliva as a mixer. | The Telephone Talks. Monologue In the Northwestern IJell : ( "I am a telephone. While I an> not broke, 1 am in the hands of a receiver. I have a mouthpiece, but. unlike a woman, I never use it. Fellows use me to make dates with ylrls and irirls use me to break said dates. Husbands call up their wives over me and wives call down their husHnti'ls. 1 never get to call anywhere, but sometimes the company conies and takes me out. 1 am the Itell of the town. and. while I do not yet jewelry. I often get rinys." ? Host on Kvoning Transcript. Will She Rule Her Husband? St. Kevin's cross, in Glendnlow county, Ireland, on the spot where St. Kevin was burled, is probably the most ancient cross in Ireland. Around it is woven a to the effect that the woman who < ui make h >r arms meet round the .loss would rule her hus band. Superstitious to a remarkaide degree, many Irish colleens have an ahidinu faith in this old legend, and before e'uering upon matrimony visit the e:o.ss in learn what the fates hav# in hi ore 'or them. PHILADELPHIA'S LARGEST POULTRY HOUSE. Dressed Poultry. Live Poultry. t i ? -? TURKEYS. Fowl Chickens Ducks Geese Wanted for Christmas Holiday Market. Best located salesrooms .Most efficient service Highest Market values Prompt returns Exclusively commission basis Financially strong Unlimited outlet Progressive jnanagement Risser & Rabinowitz, Successors to Risser Bros. Co. Salesrooms ?J42-344-401-40.'' S. Front St. Office 101-103 Pine St. t SI-: BISSEB BP, OS. CO. ()15 Pi I SSI: U & BABINOWITZ % SIIIPJM.NC; TA(iS. 10,000 Readers Wanted * We want ten thousand interested readers to receive our NEW BOOK CATALOGUE, containing more than one hundred and twenty Jive closely printed pages ? Books for every taste ;ind mood. Just .mail us postcard giving your name and address and we will send vou one of these beautiful catalogues, ABSOLUTELY FB EE. THE JAMES AND LAW COMPANY, WEST VIBCINIA'S (ill EAT BOOK STOBE. "Buy <i Book :i Week" Clarksburg, W. Va. Why Do You Continue to Walk? Will You be Wishing and Walking Next /f-'rrr* ? ? T^lfl V ' ' '"'fit J V{ ?7V?V < You can Save $10.00 per Week. Join our 1923 Maytime Club, Ii is a big, generous plan where 25 families in Greenbrier county, who hare been wanting a car for a long, long time will have an opportunity to buy a brand new car more easily than they ever thought possible. No big down pay^ ment to hold you back. First payment starts Dec. 9 and ends May 12, Only 25 can Enroll in Greenbrier County. You can pay every week. II' yon are paid every two weeks, you ran pay accordingly. Tell ns how yon want to pay when yon enroll. We have higher priced ears that von can bny on the sa,me plan? by making just little larger payments. This club is jnst in line with on r progressive poleics. The J. C. Hoggs Motor & Light Company always strive to keep one jump ahead in the business of automobile merchandis ing. It is for this reason that we have decided to present this wonderful opportunity to the people of (irecn brier county. Home in and join our MAYTIMK AUTOMOB'ILK C.Ll'li. Five have already Signed to Save $10 per week. So can You. Arrange your Own Way of Paying. You have nothing to sign! No red tape! Simply pay $10.00 per week! You can afford to own an automobile if you can save a little money. You have often thought of how you would like to own a motor car; how you could increase your earnings if you had one and add to your pleasures. He one of the 25 we will enroll in this cluh. MAYTIMK AUTOMOBILE CLUB/ .1. C. Hoggs Motor and Light Company, Lewisburg, West Virginia. Please enroll me in your MAYTIMK AUTOMOBILE CLUB MEMBER SHIP with the understanding that I personally will investigate this plan within seven days. If after that I do not desire to join, I under stand that I will he under no obligations. N'mne - Address _ Date J. C. Boggs Motor and Light Co., Lewisburg. West Va. Largest Used Car Market in Greenbrier County. Phone 275.