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If Yon Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don’t Get The News m (Hbrottirb THE CHRONICUS • Strives To Be a Clean News* J paper. Complete, Newsy, and Reliable VOLUME XXIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEilEIR 12, 1929 NUMBER 50 ALL THE WORLD LOVES THE CHARACTER OF SANTA CLAUS His Coining Is An Event of Interest To Millions Everywhere. Stores of the City Are Filled With Wares That Tell of His Approach. Christmas will soon be here and with the happy event will come Santa Claus with his loads of treasures. In preparation for this day of days, sev eral local stores have laid in a supply of toys and other delightful things that are now being daily viewed in .the windows by the little folks who are 3a excited and wondering what Old Santa will leave in their stockings. No other Christmas symbol has such a hold on the youth of the world as the character of Santa Claus. Prob ably he originated in Holland and was imported to this country by the early Dutch settlers. As St. Nicholas or San Nicholas he is the patron saint of the children, a portly jovial person who has found his way into the hearts of the little folks and is cherished lov ingly by them. According to a popular myth he is supposed to sweep down from the North driving his sleigh, laden with gifts for good children, to which is hitched reindeers. The picture of our modern Santa Claus is probably described in most picturesque fashion by Clement Clark Moore’s familiar poem: “He was dressed in fur from his head to foot. And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.” Even the reindeer were named in this popular tale of Christmas Eve night: “Now Dasher!, now Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen! On Comet, on Cupid, on Donder and Blitzen!” The idea of having Santa Claus come down the chimney may be ex plained by an old English custom. It was' supposed to bring good luck to sweep the chimney at that time. In France, St. Nicholas is called Bon- homme Noel, or Pere Noel, meaning good Noel or Father Noel. In Ger many the name is Christkindlein or Kris Kringle. Not only are older persons secur ing pretty things for the children, but the Christmas shopping has begun in earnest, and stores are crowded with persons hurrying here and there ip order to secure first choice on pres ents for their families and friends. It seems probable that the custom of exchanging presents at Christmas time came from the desire to follow the example of the unselfishness of Christ. It is said, how'ever, that the pagans exchanged gifts at their win ter festivals. There was a custom which may be responsible for modern Christmas gift giving. It was known as the Priest’s box. Among the Ro mans it was customary for a priest to put a box on all outgoing boats, in which money had been placed. The box was sealed before the boat set to ^ sea. When the boat returned, the boxj was kept until Christmas, when it was opened and the contents distributed among the poor. Later the Priest’s box was known as the Christmas box and those who had not placed anything in it came forward and offered gifts. People sometimes think that the true significance of Christmas day is overshadowed by the stress placed on the buying of Christmas gifts. This, however, is not a late development. The Germans were so fond of this custom that it became an obligation and cases were known where men ac tually left the country at this season in order to escape gift giving. From Germany the custom spread over Eu- 'rope and to America, until today we are drifting into the habit much as * *the German did. \ with the "purchasing agent’s secrelary whose residence will be in the Waver- ly apartments upi-town, first floor, rooms 2 and’6 and 4 and 1 and 9 and 10 and 14. Advance information is at hand which intimates that the new jail quarters will be so luscious that j many men and women are now pre paring to quit business and join the crime waves and thus have a chance to be ensconced in quarters fit for kings, queens, jacks and asses. We must have modern homes, modern schools, modern churches, and modem Fords, so why not modern hoose- la. ««t V ALL-STATE END Grease Stains On Leather Benzine or pure turpentine rubbrJ tight cis,aretles containers and hold!: .obaceo or not wi'.! gows Cotton Letter New York, Dec. 11.—In sympathy with Coca-Cola, January sold off 23 points about noon, but as Uro Rat Pizen advanced |10 a share, 1 point of this loss was regained. Southern selling and dull cables interspersed with Bombay hedging and Shanghai straddling, reduced New Orleans spots to a new low for the month. Some realizing took place with the shorts while the longs were raising the dis count rate, but spinners takings were in keeping with the prviate estimates, therefore—Hoover permitted the tar iff bill to cover waish rags, underwear, onion sets and doll saw-dust, and thereby relieved the tension on brown sheetings at the ports. We advise larg er margins and shorter wheel-bases. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee We Will All Want To G9 To Jail Sooner or Later The bootleggers and the vagrants and th<p thieves and robbers of our county are rejoicing over the fact that we are soon to get a brand new jail. Our present jail is simply out of date, and there is no comfort much in jails that are bordering onto antiquity. Paris has discovered that it is nec essary to make the bottom of the skirts out of heavier material. It has been observed that 999 flappers' out of every 1000 (who sit down) imme diately begin to pull at the hems of 1 their so-called dresses trying to get | the same to stretch down over their j kneefl . . . which they want somebody to believe that they desire hidden from vision. Up to date, only 1 girl has been able to stretch the shortest garment enough to prove of any benefit along this line, and in doing so—she broke the straps loose that go across her shoulders. Won’t you please pass the gravy and hush that foolishness? on grease spots will remove them from dry out. leather without damaging tht s'.irfac#^. Never use gasoline for this purpose. It is injurious to leather?. • Keeps Tobacco Moist Place a slice of raw potato in air- Dr. Frank F. Hicks DENTIST Office National Bank Bnildiaf Dr. Smith’s Former Locatiaii. Phone 153 4K/VA/ — Brvo Plans and specifications for our jail are not yet out. We understand, how ever, that the main entrance is to be of Greek Gothic design trimmed in white marble and balustraded with Vermont granite. The hall leading from the cells to the showers and from there to the tub-baths will be of fireenish tile inlaid in Sicilian mortar to harmonize with the creton curtains and draperies. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE Above is pictured Ross M. Lynn, powerful Blue Hose end, who was picked on the official .All-State team as chosen by the coache.s and sports writers of South Carolina, Lynn is most deserving of this great honor, for h« has played to;' r.otch fo' bill all season. He is a son of Dr. and Mrs. L. Ross Lynn of this city, and a member of the junior class at Presby terian college. 13 ROOMS FOR RENT ♦ t t We have 13 rooms that are excellent for Bachelor Apartments. Running water in most rooms and conven ient rho’.vcr bath and toilet on same floor. We furnish light, water, steam heat and janitor service. All rooms on second floor Jacobs Building. Can arrange to furnish rcoms if desired at small additional cost. SLATER HOUSE FOR RENT Up-to-date bungalow, with six rooms plus bath and concreted cellar with laundry vats, located at north-east corner Jones Street and Calvert Avenue. All Rates For Bachelor Apartments Slashed 33 1-3% Previous rates covering the above rooms have been cut one-third when u.sed for bachelor apartments only, which makes rates now applying most attractive. Each will be shown personally and complete details will be given. Call phone 238 for T. D. Jacobs. We will be delight ed to show them to you and there will be no obligation on your part, if after seeing what we have to offer you do not care to rent. Jacobs & Company w I ♦ t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Bladder Irritation If functional Bladder Irritation disturbs your sleep, causes Burning or Itching Sensation, Backache or Leg Pains, making you feel tired, depressed, and discouraged, w’hy npt try the Cystex 48 Hour Test? Don’t give up. Get Cystex today at any drug store. Put It to the test. See for yourself what it does. Money back if it doesn’t bring quick im provement, and satisfy you com- ^etely. Try Cystex today. Only 60c, The hammocks for the prisoners will be of the new stretchout pattern, the same to be swung to and fro by an automatic motor while the incarcerat ed man or woman is resting therein sipping tea and hot chocolate and reading the newspapers and maga zines. The old-style cots will not be permitted in the new jail-house, but twin beds with Simmons Liver Regu lator springs will be placed in the rooms (not cells), and each prisoner will have his or her own bed and pri vate dressing compartment. Welcome Q. S. S. to Clinton Sold by Sadler-Owens Pharmacy PAINS Went Away 1 WAS very much run down in health. I l^d a dreadful ache acroei the middle of my back. I had a dull, tir?4 ^,andidread- ed the thought of having to do my household taaka. I was tired when I got in the morning. I got no rest tnm my (deep, and 1 waa sleepy all day long. husband got a bottle of Cardui for me. It was not long be fore I began to show a decided improvement I The furniture for the rooms of the j ' murderers will consist of 6 rockers, 2 j ! sofas, 3 straight chairs, 5 spittooris, j I C ash-tray stands, 1 dresser, 2 ward-' I robes, 1 radio, 1 piano, 1 organ, 1! j easy-chair and a good deal of otl er j stuff. The rooms of murderers will \ naturally require moro furniture than i roms of other prisoners by reason of the fact that they have more com pany or visitors. Some people become i prominent in life only after they have ; shot a man, or run over a woman, or j helped lynch a bad guy. Other apart- I ments for other victims (?) will be furnished according to the standing of Jthe said victims amongst hi-jackers I p.nd cut-throats. ! My strength began to re- 1 fell turn and 1 felt much more like myaelL The sleepy •pells gradually quit and the pains in my back and sides disappeaxed. *'Cardni is a s^endid tonic for women. 1 prov ed it for my8el£.’*-^r8. J. E. Shelley, Box 22, ;R. F. D. 1, Electra, Texas. Automatic equipment will be install- j ed throughout the building. The ris-' ing bell will be sounded at 8:30, gjv-, ing the prisonep time to dress before ] breakfast in the main dining room at, 9:25. Lunch will be served at 2:10, | and dinner at 6:30. Only 8-course din- , ners will be tolerated. A band will be 1 I employed by the county to furnish i j soft, sweet music during all meals, j j Beans and peas and fatback and corn- j I bread will be banished from the me- j nus, and folks having turkeys, fat hens, small shoats, tenderloin beeves, whipped cream, and other common food products will please get in touch ; M If If If If I? If If If If If If If I? 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