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al E. H. AULL, EDITOR. be Entered at the Postoffice at New- re F terry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. It Tuesday, December 22, 1908. D THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS- B It is hardly possible that the re cent article in The Herald and News, by the Rev. W. B. Aull, in which that H gentleman seems to doubt that Santa Claus really lives and really visits the children each succeeding Christ- I mas, will mislead any of tha little folks who may have heard of it; be cause the little folks have received s, too many pretty gifts from their gen ial patron saint to begin at this late y day to have any doubts as to his ex ist2nce. The article from Mr. Aall was call- c ed forth by the recent publication in a number of newspapers of an article published years ago in the New York Sun, in which the late Mr. Dana an- f swered the questions of little Virginia O'Halnon, written to the editor of the ju Sun: "Dear Editor-I am 8 years old. Soie of my little friends say Sa there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, If you see it in the Sun it's so. Please tell me the truth: Is there a Santa A: Claus." Of course Mr. Dana told hev the truth that there is a Santa Claus; that he exists as certainly as W love and devotion and generosity ex ist; that without him this would be a dreary, dreary world-as dreary as if Sa there were no Virginias. Now comes Mr. Aull and seeks to take issue with - Mr. Dana. It is hardly to be feared that any of the little children whom The Her- y ald and News visits will believe that the Rev. Mr. Aull knows what he is talking about. How he happens to be in such dense ignorance is the y narvelous thing. Surely he has not forgot the happy Christmases in the days gone by when, long before the approach of the gladdest day in all T the year, he began to write notes to Santa and send them up the chimney. F Surely he has not forgot how those notes went straight to Santa-he ) knew they did, because they nevei B came- down. again. Surely he has not forgot how, on Christmas e,ve, he would hang up his stocking and go to A bed, knowing that just as certain as the next day would be Christmas, old Santa would come down the chimney B before the dawn; and how he would awake on. Christmas morn and find his stocking filled with candies and nuts and raisins and all good things that Santa brings to good little boys, and around the hearth wagons and tool boxes and engines and soldiers. Was there ever a .more striking in stance of ingratitude than that whichc he exhibits, now that he is grown-up ~ to deny the Santa who so often made him happy? The little boys and little girls, who know There is a Santa I Claus and who know he will visitt them next Thursday night, can only feel a. great pity for such an one. If there really wereino Santa, think a how lonesome the little boys and girls b would be on next Friday morning. No hi Santa Claus to come down a single y chimney in Newberry county on next s, Thursday night! Think of the little hearts that would be bleeding on what o: has always, since the birth of the h Christ-child, been the day of days it for the chi dren! They would be b lonely-in that condition of heart a and soul in which Mr. Grantland Rice, a -in the Nashville Tenniessea.n, so pathe- 1 tieally pictured the little boy after the death of Uncle Remus:n "The Little Boy is lonesome and his I eyes are dim with tears; h Beyond the mists he onily sees the shadows of the years; The light all lies behind him with his best friend gone away But'the softest winds of Dixie at his ' heart will kneel to pray." Let us not permit the practicalb things of the intensely practical age in which we live to take such fast hold upon us that we wonid dlestr'oy the ~ most beautiful mystery of all the * ages. Let us rather enter into the true spirit of the Christmas season,* which would help Santa Chims find the homes of the p)oorest children as N well as those of the rich. Sentiment is needed to combat the ultra-com mercialism with which we are threat- '1 ened, and love is the greatest thing in the world. Let us not destroy the tender faith -or fancy, if you choose to call it- I of the children. Soon enough the eur ly heads which on next Thursday night will droop with the weariness of innocent holiday fun will toss on c sleepless pillows in the effort to meet the problems of every-day existence in a wo;rld whose hawk of sentimnent and onj the fi rm Ch!'.stmas mor~n, lay a' abhe in Bethlehem's manger. t Tl eius wa( oesi: %vliive t mila Claus has lost ('ne otf the purest 1 d imost iiil(eit joys of childhood; cause Santa doesn't visit th child i who don't believe iii him. As -auk Stanton says: yOU don't b'lieve in Santa Clau-, and that your way he'll call, .m't mind the Christmas stocking -don't hang it up at all! it when Christmas winds are whis- e tlin, and the home-lights burn- r in' dim, - e rid.2s away from little folks that 0 don't believe in him! C hen you hear his sleigh-bells jin ,le on the house-tops snowy Y vhite, Y: "The wind is plavin' music for the witches o' the night!'' hen lie'. slidin' down the chim nevs of the still and - dreamy r town Tis the wind that wants to warm himself-the wind is comin' i down! you don't b'lieve in Santa Claus, - like other folks b'lieve, - ist wait till Fourth o' July, and forget it's Christmas eve!* IV: " The children-they just dreamed him, and they think a he's true-and-true!" id don't hang up your stocking for he won't believe in youl hen the floor is piled with play things and the Christmas trum pets blow, y no fairv-folk has be-en there, and that Santa Claus ain't so! "hen your stockin-'s lookin' lone r some, then you'll know the rea son why: )uI'll wish you'd made-believe in him 'fore Santa Clans went by! our great and great zrand-prople They knew him far away. [here's toys that he gave them in the attic there today!) , he chair grandfather dreams in he gave him that, you know. or bein' once a little boy and be lievin' in him so! ut-don 't vou hang your stoeking up, if you don 't think that way, nd know lots more 'bout Santa Claus than folks that's old an ut hn Christmas winds are 'whislin'. and the mnornin' stars burn dim, e rides away from little folks that don't believe in him! J. K.A.* The legislature at its last session ovided by an Act to give the South arolina School Improvement Asso ation a fund to give prizes to rural1 hools making the greatest improve ents which included new buildings, braries, reading rooms, planting I ces, beautifying grounds and so rth. Five prizes of $100 < h and thirty of $50 each ere ffered. The winners have 1 een announced. Excelsior school1 ~low Prosperity is the only school in ewberry winning a prize. This] ~hool gets one; of the .$50 prizes. 1 This fund was provided by an Act the legislature introduced in the >use by Mr. Aull, of Newberry, and the senate by Mr. Graydon, of Ab ile, and does not provide for an.y ditional appropriation but for the e of the unexpended balance of the brary fund to be used in this way. The prize money is to be used in aking additionad improvements. he schools are requested to report e the money is used. Remember the The Herald and ews will yrint its Friday's issue on iednesday evening, and that t-here ill be no paper issued on Tuesday, e 29th. In fact the next pa'per wilh e January 1, 1909. * *** * * * * WHITE RIBBON ECHOES. *' * * * * * * * * * * * eare going forth] to battle,. With the "'pebbles from the brook' hough we may be but a stripling, As we read of the Book, ie shall meet the great "Goliath," And we '11 smite him, hip and thigh, n the strength of Him that leads us, We will simte him 'till he die. . ..e Upon what does the liquor traffie eped? Debased manhood. wronged :omanihood and defranded childhood. T re'. 5seeI t be a Very stronla P all the townships in this coun Iat l may be utro(uce(I When tht gislatunre convelnes. to this effect "A Knight For a Day." Unwonted laudatory comment has Leen evoked in Chicago, New York id Boston. the only three cities so ar to see "A Knight For a Day" v what is called the See-S- w pa -eant of thi gaiety. The Boston 'ranscript termed the effect one of xquisite beauty. The New York ewspap)ers generally hailed it as a evelation in ingenious commingling f lights and grouped girls. "Life Is See Saw" one of the songs of the :aiety introduces the spectacle, the hief effect of which is a -iant see aw of many beams, the planks run ing in some instances a forty foot ength. The boards are alive with arking college girls-the scene is a eminary lawn-whose rise and fall ythmically is illuminated by myriad ights, some tiny flashlig'hts held byll hemselves, other tiny charged lamps aterwoven in the fabric of the scene. 7he mechanism of the effect is so omplex, and the beams so many that . car is said to be required of the rans-shipment of the device. Inter st in the local engagement of "A [night For a Day" at the opera .ouse January 28th, is already being .roused. FORMER GOV. FLEMING DEAD. Irominent Florida Lawyer and Poli tician Passes Away. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 20.-Fran is Philip Fleming, governor of Flor da from 1889 to 1893. died at his esidence in this city today at 1.30 p. a. Ex-Gov. Fleming is a native Flor dian and served in the Confederate irmy through the Civil war with dis inetion. After the war he was admit ed to the bar and soon becam-e one of orida's ablest lawyers and politi ians. Attention Pensioners. I will be in the auditor's office each 3aturday in January, 1909, to !pre >are applications for pensions. Those mn the roll do not have to apply again. ,all promptly and get your blanks. W. G. Peterson, Pension Commissioner. Newberry, S. C., Dec. 18, 1908. JAPAN'S FEELING. ot an Open Friendship, and Still Not an Enmity. ''While the popular feeling in Jap m toward the United States is not ~xactly one of open friendship, it is ~ertainly not a feeling of enmity," ;aid Prof. F. A. Shattuck, of the Keio niersity of Tokic, Japan, who, in ~ompany with Baron K.'Utsumi, of :he same city, is making a tour of ;his country for the purpose of of ~ording the young Japaneses, who is son of Baron Utsumi, former mini .ste of home affairs of Japan, sat pportunity to see how things are lone in other countries. ''The American however,'' contin ied Prof. Shattuck to a reporter for the Washington Herald, ''is more opular than the German, French or [talian, while the Englishman is more opular than any other foreigner. his is because of the alliance exist .ng between Great Britain and Jap m. Foreigners are not popular in my country, and Japan treats them is do the others. It is natural that :he Japanese'should feel deeply hu nUTted by.being 'excluded from this iountry, which they regard as a land >f opportunities for the people of all sountries. While it is true that the Japanese laws exclude foreigners from holding property in Japan, we lo not draw the line on any one na ion. We simply exlude them all. ''I am quite certain that Japan loes not want war, although I am not peaking authoritatively, as the Jap nese government keeps its plans well from the outer world. Japan realizes that it is only the weak that s mistreated, and is, therefore. trengthening her position in the eyes f the world. It is only natural that apan should establish a p)repondlerat ing influence or, at least, should try to do so, in the far east, politically as well as commercially, the country eing an island and being altogether dependent on the mainland for food stuffs. 'I do not believe that Japan will ever let go of Korea, and what she will do in regard to the evacuation is known only by her statesmen, but not by the general public. It must be admitted that Japanese by degrees usurp business of foreigners in Ja pan and are beginning to stand on~ their own feet. There is one thing which .Jap)anese business men anid the people i (eneral shounld t ry e tinueI an.d :iegn:1re andl4 hohil fas-t :n;'d' tht iaIis commechi((* l!n mraIi ty, or bunsi ness honesty. As it is the .Jap)anese ean who hwae not the confidence of IriCkVy. a1kiii lilat 1'e-Tect (1111te "?le ipoit)f hiis Chinese brother, who s punctilious and scrupulous in the Eulfillment of his business obliga ions. It takes a Chinanan iong ne ore he agress to do a certain thing. I but after he has once promised he xill stie.k byl his word. The Japaii se is quick to agree and make a bar z-ain. but he is also quick to forget Iiis promises. RESULT OF EAXMINATION FOR CONSULAR SERVICE Dnly 42 Successful Out of 82 Candi dates-Maj. Lewis W. Haskell Among Triumphant. Washington, Dec. 20.-T!h, board >f examinersl has certified to the see retary of state a list. made public to lay, of successful candidates, who are ligible to appointment in the consul r service, having passed the examin ations prescribed by the board. Of he 71 candidates who were designat ed for the examination last July, 45 presented themselves and only 19 passed the examiation: In tile No vember examination 58 candidates were designated and of these 37 were examined, out of which only 23 were successful. Among those suceessful in the ex amination for the post of consul were: John A. Ray. Texas; Claud-e I. Dawson, South Carolina; Charles L. Latham, North Carolina; Lewis W. Haskell, South Carolina; Philip E. Holland, Tennessee: Geo. B. Schu mucker, Florida: Marion Letcher, Georgia; Albert W. Robert, Florida, and Stuart K. Puton, Tennessee. THE SHORTAGES CAUSED SURPRISE Treasurer of Edgefield Demands An other Examination of His Books. Mr. A. W. Jones is Satisfied. The State. The reported shortage of Treasur -rs Pattison of Edgefield and J. C. Langford of Hampton county, as puiblished in the State yesterday morning, caused considerable com ment and discussion. Several reports of this kind have from time to time been filed with the general assembly by the present comptroller general, Mr. A. W. Jones, and this one was considered the most interesting of any. The State last night received from its Edgefield correspondent a copy of an official letter to Gov. An sel, a letter of but about four or five lines, in which Dr. J. T. Pattison, treasurer, respectfully demands of Gov. Ansel an investigation of his af fairs by some other accountant than Eugene B. Wilson. The letter, which was given out for publication, is very caustic in its references to Mr. Wil son. Comptroller General Jones last night was informed of the contents of the letter. "As to the part personal to -Mr. Wilson I -have nothing to say," was his comment. "But I will, say that the re'port is correct, in every particular, and Dr. 'Pattison ought to go slow in his remarks. Mr. Wilson spent several weeks in Edgefield, and Mr. -Carlton W. Sawyer of my office assisted him for two weeks. I have the utmost confidence in thle report suibmitted, for the accountants felh the necessity of being very, very par tiular. Mr. E. B. Wilson is the chief clerk in t.he office of the comptroller gen eral. He came here from Georgetown and during t-he half dozen years in which h-e has served in the State house he has checked up a number of offices in which shortages were found. . ,NOTICE TO OREDITORS. All persons having claims against the Electric Laundry Company of Neberry will render in their claims on or before the 18th day of January, 1909. on which date, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, a reference will be held in the (giees of Blease & Dominicek for the purpose of wvinding~ up the af fairs oif the saidl corporation. Fred. H. D)ominick, Receiver. 1taw-td. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that I, as the qualified administre'tor of B. H. Amick, deceased, will naake a final settlement of the estate of said B. H. Amik, deceased, in the Court of Pro. bate for Newberry county, on Wed nesday, January 13th, 1909, and im mediately thereafter - apply to the said court for letters dismissory as administrator of said deceased. All persons holding claims against said estate will present the same duly at teed on or before that date. and all personJ1 inldebted to said estafe xvill make payment. J. J. Amick, Qualified Administrator.I The management of o to extend to the public vicinity grateful acknc its liberal patronage C just ending and wishin MERRY CHRIk A HAPPY NE hopes to merit a cont favors by every possib you : : : : : THOROUGHLY SATIS With just THREE MOF your shopping, we ask early as possible. knderson NEWBERP) iLWAYS BUSY-THEI Qet IR Christ. WE INVITE Y YOUNG AH TO LOOK OV HOLI DAY WE ARE 9HOW BEST ASSORTMEN1 HERALD AND- NEl The Herald .1 JOB PRI NEATLY ur store wishes of 'this city nd wiedgement of luring the year Pyou all iTMAS AND .W YEAR nuance of past le effort to give FACTORY sTORE ?E DAYS to do you to come as 10c Co., ', S. C. IE'S A REASON. ,ady iuas! OU ALL ER OUR NG THE EVER SHOWN VS BULDiNG d News.