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fHE CARROLL FREE FRE88, CARROLLTON. CARROLL COUNTY, OA. THURSDAY, DEO. 20, 1093 OUR BEST WISHES We welcome the season that gives us ; the pleasure of extending our best , wishes, to opr many customers and friend's. J May the | Yuletide Season Make Happy the Closing of • 1923 And may 1924 bring you unlimited portions of the things you most desire to the end that real happiness and prosperity may be yours. A S tin.} tin ii)0 W. B. Hansard D. D. S. % )ur thoughts turn to those whose loyalty in patronage and otherwise sftipportiifj this store by their kind words of Commendation has helped us" to grow and make progress in a business way, so we come to thank you and to ask for a continuation of ofJr pleasant relations. . We wish you a joyous Yuletide Sea son and a Happy, Contented, - ' ;iU Prosperous New Year. : .w M i <■■■ ■ Jr ‘O'. 1 ■raw :ir- . jinx# -j tie & With Christinas Lore Came Understanding KLL, girls, I have made It lip wltli Beatrice.” Ann, "the hard-boiled" of the ofllce, yanked oft her coat nni} hat and placed them in the locket that ranged across the end of the room. No one paid much attention to Ann usually. She was of such an explosive (nature, and said such Irresponsible [things, that she was not taken serl-j jously. But the brenk between Ann and Beatrice had been of long standing ! and bad been commented upon so j much by Add that her announcement ' caused the other girls to look up j question Ingly. I "That’s a fact,” continued Ann, :"and I nut so ashamed of my treatment of her tills long time.” r "How did It come about?" asked I Sadie, assistant to the department i managed. Well," exclaimed Ann, "I will have . to confess my beastly nature, before 1 i can tell you bow It happened. In a , spirit of spite I sent Beatrice a Christ- | mas present, which no one but good 1 little Bea could ever have accepted as anything but an Insult. It make* no difference what It was. Today noon I met her on the street and sht stopped me to thank me for the pres ent. " ‘It was not the present so much, Ann, that came by mall,’ said she, •What made me feel good was thal you had been thinking of me.’ Then she took hold of my hand to caress II and said, 'It was not any kind of ■ present that I wanted most from you, Ann, but your love and companionship and symputhy. I have been hungry foi you, Ann, and you hnd no right to take yourself away from me. I glv« you my love for Christmas—will you give mo yours?’ And little Ann, tin liard-bolled, cried right on the street What do you think of that, girls?” “The day of tnlrncles Is not past, II seems," commented one. "And now do you know wlint?” Tills from Ann. The girls waited expectant ly for further Information from th« erratic one. "Well, I always thought Christmas was to get J people to spend lots ol money to send things to other people that they , did not wnnfA rattled oft Ann. "Now I have a new understand ing of Christmas Since my most loyal friend Inis asked ink only for my love - . . and she sure Is going to gel . It.”—C. P. Wadsworth. (©, 1923, Western Newspaper Union.) May Christmas Mean Much to You And may Health, Happiness and Prosper ity become more and more enriched with the passing of time and may you and those whose happiness depends upon you enjoy the best of health and a full measure of prosperity and true happiness. We are grateful to all for patronage of 1923 and pledge you that during 1924 we will put forth our very best effort to serve you even better than in the past. Robinson & Walker J * Rome Street Ireland Hunts Wrens Day After Christmas a to IRELAND Boxing Day (th« day after ChrlHtmas) la know? us St. Stephen's day. On thii day there is practiced an oH custom that has come down through the ages and which Is culled "hunting the wren." A crowd o1 grown boys with blackened faces and dressed In the most grotesque cps tames seek out a wren, which Jb ttft smallest of all birds In Ireluuar uni .carrying It with them go from lious« to house all over their particular pan of the country, asking, or rather sing lng u request for a little help Vhli tht- celebration which tukes place in th» village that evening. There are sev eral verses which they use, the fol lowing being a sample of their kind; The wren, the wren, the king of at birds. St. Stephen’s day. she was caught Ir the furze, Although she is little her family It great. So please try your pocket and glvt ua a trate (treat) Sing holly, sing ivy. sing Ivy, alna holly, Just a drop to drown melancholy. And If you draw It of the best I hope In Heaven your soul will real j And If you draw It of the small lit will not agree with the wren boyi t at all. I And so much is the spirit of hospl- 1 tallty and good will In evidence at Christmas time that they very seldom meet with a refusal and by evening the pile of small silver pieces has grown Into large enough proportions to warrant a big celebration at which all the young folks In the district make tnerry.—Katherine Edelman. (©. t8!J. Westsrn Newspaper Union.) The ^Leader’s LAST GALL * Only three more shopping days till Christmas, and with the coming of Christmas comes the conclusion of our business in this city. We are sorry very much indeed to discontinue our store in \. - ' ' • Carrollton after gaining a great many friends and customers. Our manager, Mr. Yudelson, is leaving us on account of going in a buisness of his own aftd we have no one to take his place. There is a golden opportunity before you to buy your present and your future needs within our line and save 25 to 50 per cent of the regular selling price. Space won’t allow us to mention but a few of our many bar gains we have in store for you: . CHRISTMAS CANDLES 4‘ , It Is (i pleasant custom, when the ’ Christmas [tree Is lighted and its many candles fjtil to give all the needed I fclieer, to light a candle from Its fires r and’give the taller candles on the •bel^and on, the table a share In the happr iflOjttiination,—C. G. Hazard. 192&^W*at#rh Newspaper Union,) Ladies' Ready-to-Wear 36 Ladies’ and Misses Dresses, con sisting of all-wool Serge, Wool Crepe; Wool Jerseys and Poiret Twill. Regular selling prices rang ing from $7-50 to $9.75, QQ going in this sale at...',- UIU311L UJL $4.98 IT TAKES COURAGE [he t^WAtpIollVUst Is one who cal. "Jjjkt what I (Seeded" while specut bf'Sh hls ^hapees at the exchange! nterj! THE POSTMAN SETS THE There wonld be merriment for all If everybody worked aa b la dtatrltratint holiday'cheer aa PttthAa* -j# ii. ■ Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Sweaters, a,large assortment of col ors and QQ r TO stylei, at... I/O ... ' Ladies’, MiS|oS’iiM C^ildren’s Coats in the very latest styles and of the best materials—the kirid of coat see the mall wear. We are sell them at HALF PRICE. Come convince yourself. f Men’s and Boys’ Clothing We have on hand a few Men’s and Boys’ Suits at prices that you can af ford to buy yourself or your boy a new suit for Christmas. Come and see them. MEN’S and BOYS’ SWEATERS V Just the kind of jij Sweater you have been wanting arid we are selling them now at such a low price that you can reach it. BLANKETS n We have a f few pairs of very rilce i Blanket? on that you can save money or. Hundreds of other items too numer- * ous to mentiortthat cannot be dupli cated. ■ o THE LEADER