The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 22, 1908, Page FOUR, Image 4
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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. be
Entered at the Postoffice at New- re
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terry, S. C., as 2nd class matter.
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Tuesday, December 22, 1908.
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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.
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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
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YOUNG AH
TO LOOK OV
HOLI DAY
WE ARE 9HOW
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