FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1949
THE NEWBERRY SUN
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Christopher Columbus was the first white man to celebrate
New Year’s day In the western hemisphere.
While his ships were being repaired on January 1, 1493, he
enjoyed a sumptuous dinner with two savage monarchs on the
island of Haiti.
After his meal, historians say, the discoverer of America had
his first smoke of tobacco.
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Everywhere throughout the
world for thousands of years man
has celebrated the passing of time.
He has done so in various seasons
and to the accompaniment of dif
ferent customs — but always the
holiday has been one of gladness
and joy, of hope and brightness,
of light and laughter.
The history of the celebration of
New Year’s day goes far back into
antiquity. It is only in relatively
recent times that New Year's day
has been observed on January 1.
The holiday has been a movable
one and various races have marked
It in different seasons. For Instance,
the ancient Persians and Egyptians
celebrated New Year’s on Septem
ber 22, the autumnal equinox,
while the Greeks did so at the
winter solstice, December 21. The
vernal equinox, March 22, marked
the beginning of the year for the
Jews.
At the New Year season through
the ages, man has taken new stock
of himself, and has pledged himself
to higher, finer things and has re
solved that ere the year ends, he
will have done those things which
would move him nearer Utopia.
New Year’s Day has always been
actively celebrated in the United
States and from Colonial times to
the present it has been a day of
great significance. Presidents have
received the public at great re
ceptions on that day, and the cus
tom of visiting friends and rela
tives is one which has survived
until the present.
New Year’s eve seems to be
growing in popularity as a time of
jollity and good fellowship and the
average American feels lost unless
he can “go somewhere" and “do
something” on the turn of the year.
Of the many legends and tra
ditions which have grown around
the significance of the New Year,
the one most persistent is that
what you do on the first day of the
year will be an indication of what
will happen in the months to follow.
As an example, to open a bank
account at New Year’s was con
sidered lucky in old England.
So deep-seated was the general
belief in the “first thing" determin
ing “future things” that even after
the festival was declared a general
holiday, many clung to their old-
time beliefs, and to insure work
for the coming year would set the
pace by spending at least an hour
or two in some useful pursuit.
The first day of the year haa
been more generally observed
than any other holiday and over
a longer period.
Omens of good luck have always
been associated with the new year,
all founded more or less upon the
belief that a supreme power was
vested in some unseen deity who
could bring good luck if properly
appeased, or mete out punishments.
The Romans named their new
year in honor of Janus, the two-
faced god, who had the power to
look back over the past and also,
in a prophetic way, could look into
the future.
He was represented with a
key In his hand symbolising
his power to open doors and
gateways, and this holiday was
one of great gayety lasting sev
eral days.
The festival was not observed In
midwinter, but in the spring, when
the Roman year began, and had
only 10 months. Later, when two
months were added to the calen
dar, January and February were
placed at the beginning of the year
and New Year was celebrated on
the first of January.
The “first foot" — the first per
son to enter the house on New
Year’s day — plays a significant
role in the family’s future fortunes,
according to several old supersti
tions concerning the beginning of a
•new year.
To bring good luck, the first ar
rival must be a dark man, but if
he also brings a gift and “carries
in" more than he “takes out” then
the house is assured peace and
plenty for a whole year. The most
auspicious gift as luck bringer is
a lump of coal or a red herring.
Isn't One New Year's Day Enough?
TAKE YOUR CHOICE OF SIX
Six New Year’s Days in one
year?
The New Year’s Day of January
1 comes twice a year. In that part
of the Occident whence lies Amer
ica and sundry other places, Jan
uary 1 comes on January 1; but in
that part of the Occident wherein
the orthodox Greek faith prevails.
January 1 fi.lls upon January 13.
In China, the New Year falls upon
February 8. Continuing in the east,
if one reached Siam on April 1, he
would discover he had arrived on
New Year’s Day.
Suppose the mythical traveler
reached Arabia on September 4.
He would find a great salaaming,
gift-giving and a general air of.
festivity. The reason: New Year’s
Day, Mohammedan version.
And that isn’t all. In Abyssinia,
New Year’s Day falls upon Sep
tember 10.
In conclusion, were you in Jeru
salem on October 3, you would have
arrived in time to help celebrate
New Year’s Day there—or Rosh
Hoshana, as it is called, the Hebrew
“head of the year.”
GLOBAL OUTLOOK . . . When
yon atop to think of It, the first
day of 1950 probably is a good
time to climb np on top of the
world and take a look around. It
might do a lot of good if enough
people, including grown-ups, gave
it a serious try.
Romans Began Custom
Of Gifts at New Year
Some authorities claim that the
invading Roman legions introduced
the custom of gift-giving at New
Year’s time into England by 'com
mandeering,’ a la Caesar, gifts and
sums of money from the populace.
Medieval royalty, who were not
as wealthy as they were reported
to be, revived the custom as a
means of replenishing the royal
wardrobes, treasuries and even
larders. Queen Elizabeth relied on
the custom for new petticoats,
mantles, silk stockings, bracelets,
necklaces, precious jewels, etc.
Peers, bishops, clerics, ladies-
in-waiting, physicians, cooks,
everybody contributed.
Oliver Cromwell’s Puritan gov
ernment outlawed the custom, but
it was re-revived when the Stuarts
were restored to the throne. Indi
vidual circumstances governed the
gift-giving among ordinary citi
zens and, since common pins were
expensive in those days, middle
class gentlemen usually gave their
wives and daughters pins or ‘pin
money.’
Idiomatically, ’pin money* has
survived the days of the expensive
pin, while the custom of gift-giving
at New Year’s time has deterior
ated into obsolescence in England
and the United States.
COMMENTS ON
MEN AND THINGS
(Continued from Opposite Page)
I nearly overlooked Utah, but
Utah had men there, as did
Connecticut and Kentucky.
Kentucky does not produce
Colonels nowadays, as far as
I know, but Connecticut is still
the State of Insurance men and
hard-headed citizens.
Down the line I saw Cali
fornia and Nebraska. Californ
ia, producing nearly seven hun
dred pounds of lint cotton per
acre, is partly to blame for the
overproduction of the staple.
Those men have oil, minerals,
fruits and everything else, and
now want to take over the cot
ton, in spite of Texas. The
whole-hearted westerner is an
attractive fellow to me, whether
he be a Texan or a Californian.
Nebraska! Let your mind go
back. Nebraska and her il
lustrious son, William Jennings
Bryan. Bryan, the great Ne
braskan, was a native of Illi
nois, and became an eloquent
sponsor of Miami.
North Carolina had sons pres
ent. as did Michigan, Delaware
and Missouri. I say nothing of
Missouri although it is remem
bered for hounds which must
be kicked around, and stubborn
mules. Little Rhode Island had
a delegate, as did Idaho, the
land of big Irish Potatoes. How
did the Irish put their name on
American potatoes? They were
found here apd carried to Ire
land.
Did I mention West Virginia?
Well, both Virginia and West
Virginia were there.
Mr. Wiggins embodies suc
cess, a striking carper, and j,
Mac Rabb Jr. of Greenville was
the attractive young citizen
from our enterprising city pf
Greenville, Mr. Rabb repre
sented the South Carolina Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce. He
and I sat out the two days to
gether on the front seat, taking
it all in.
North Dakota had some one
there also. And Texas was
there, very much there, for one
of the speakers was a lady from
Texas. She is Mrs. Oveta Culp
Hobby. I wondered about that
“Culp.” Without consulting my
friend, Historian Salley, I pre
sume to suggest that “C-u-l-p'’
may be the same as “K-o-l-b,"
and that the K-o-l-b’s must be
numerous throughout the world.
It is my middle name, too. Mr.
Salley will know.
Now I remember that Okla
homa was there, along with
Montana. Montana, you know,
is another of the States named
by the Spaniards. They didn’t
call it Montana, but Montanyer,
which means mountainous. The
little mark over the n is omit
ted in English. But that is
useless information, isn’t it?
Wlhat matters is what they call
it, as in the case of the town
FARMS
AND
FOLKS
By J. M. Eleazer
A New Giant
Turkish tobacco has proved
itself to be a practical crop for
the upper Piedmont section of
this area. Growing from a few
small trial plantings some years
ago, under the experienced su
pervision of Clemson’s exten
sion tobacco man, H. A. (McGee,
with the cooperation of Duke
University, the tobacco com
panies, the Clemson Experi
ment Section, and the local
county agents, this new money
crop has come to an area that
needed it.
Most work with it has been
done in Anderson, Greenville,
Oconee, and Pickens counties.
To compare it with cotton, let’s
take the five-year period 1942-
46, when these counties made
good cotton crops. Then these
four counties averaged plant
ing 136,373 acres of cotton a
year. And they averaged 340
pounds of iint per acre, Aj 28
cents n pound, that would give
them 15 and a third million
dollars a year from cotton.
To get that much money add.
ed to their farm income from
this new source Clemson’s Bob
Mattison, who is in charge of
this Turkish tobacco develop
ment, now figures that it would
only take 18,373 acres of to
bacco at 1,000 pounds per acre
and 85c a pound,
And a lot more of this 15 and
a third million dollars would
stay in the fanner’s pockets,
too, as pointed out by Bob. For
no fertilizer is used under this
tobacco, and family labor is the
main thing that goes into it.
It is not a matter of growing
this tobacco or cotton. It is
Turkish tobacco and cotton. For
they do not call for much labor
at the same time, In fact they
fit together pretty well.
Much land has gone from cot
ton in recent years. Yet these
four counties still grow about
136,000 acres of it. Turkish to
bacco on about 18 thousand
acres of that land that has gone
from cotton in these four coun
ties would bring in as much as
cotton does. The county agents
in border counties to this area
have had some demonstration
of Bolivar, Tennessee, named
for the renowned liberator, Si
mon Bolivar, one of the most
remarkable men in the cause of
liberty and independence.
plantings with it too. And it
has done all Tight there also.
We need other money crops.
Here is one for which the field
is wide open. For we grow it
nowhere else in this country.
Yet we use about 90 million
pounds of it a year.
I Do
At a meeting the other day
to read this stuff. Said they
some farm folks said they liked
saw it occasionally in their lo
cal paper, and wished I’d write
it regularly.
Man, I do. It goes to every
paper every week. Many pa
pers run it regularly. But in
some the ads get me rather fre
quently. The editor has to eat
too. But if you want this, let
him know. He likes to know
what his readers want. And
there is usually some space left
between the ads.
Boy* Are Thai Way
We were catching rabbits a
bit faster than we could eat
’em. So the folks suggested
that my brother and I throw
our traps for a few days until
we could catch up eating them.
But that didn’t suit us. For It
was a thrill every time we
rounded the bend in the path
or climbed up on the rail fence
to see if the setter on each of
our dozen boxes had fallen.
The trapping was good and
we didn’t want to stop, even
for a day or so. So we fixed
a place where we could keep
’em alive. One morning then
we had withering frost, and the
ground was all spewed up. The
horse didn’t even break the ice
where we crossed the branch.
At th first box we had a rab
bit. 1 rode behind my brother
bareback on the horse; so he
made me hold it. As long as
I had kept my hands in his
coat pockets it was all right.
But that hand soon got numb,
as I had to hold the rabbit out
so it Wouldn’t scratch the horse.
On down the valley we had
another rabbit, and I had to
hold that too by the hind legs
in the other hand. We had
good luck that morning and
caught a third one. He held
it, as I was loaded.
Before we got back to the
house I all but cried and told
him I couldn’t hold on any
longer. He threatened me with
dire things if I let one of those
rabbits get loose. And he hur
ried the horse along, for his
hand was about to freeze, too.
That was my last trip with
him until we caught up eating
’em and could again kill ’em as
we caught ’em. Then we car
ried them in a hunting sack
and could keep our hands in
our pockets, as the horse gal
loped along the winding paths
through the stone hills.
A PRAYER
LORD make me a chancel of
Thy peace
That where there is hatred—!
may bring love,
That where there is wrong—I
may bring the spirit of for
giveness,
That where there is doscord—I
may bring harmony,
That where there is error—I
may bring truth,
That where there is doubt—I
may bring faith,
That where there is despair—I
may bring hope,
That where there are shadows
—I may bring Thy light.
That where there is sadness—!
may bring joy.
LORD, grant that I may seek
rather
To comfort—than to be com
forted;
To understand—than to be un
derstood;
To love—than to be loved; —.
FOR
It is by giving—that one re
ceives;
It is by self-forgetting—that one
finds;
It is by forgiving—that one is
forgiven;
It is by dying—that one awak
ens to eternal life.
IT IS NOT EASY—
To apologize;
To begin over;
To admit error;
To be unselfish;
To take advice:
To be considerate;
To endure success;
To keep on trying;
To avoid mistakes;
To forgive and forget;
To make the most of little;
To maintain a high standard;
To shoulder a deserved blame
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