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Entered at the Postoffice at New Ar&ry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, December 22, 1911. THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. "And she brought forth her first 6orn son, and wrapped him in swad dling clothes, and laid him in a man ger; because there was no room for them in the inn. "And there were in the same coun- I try shepherds abiding in the field, E keeping watch over their flock by I aight. "And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and, the glory of the Lord I1 shone round about them, and they .were sore afraid. t "And the angel said unto them, Fear Aot: for, behold, I bring you good tid Sngs of great joy, which shall be to all people. '?or unto 7ou is born this day lu 0e city of David a Saviour, which is Crit the Lord. And ti#oh011 be a sign unto you; 4e shal fRnd the babe Wfatped in swaddling lothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. It is a simple story. There is a t grandeur in its simplicity. There is simplicity in its grandeur. 1 Simply the birth of a babe-a babe who was wrapped in swaddlihg i *lothes, and laid in a manger, because ( there was no room for him and his i mother in the inn. r Picture in your mind "thie Holy Night": C "Sapphire sky and star of gold that C streams against the blue; Withered hills whose white stronghold s out-gleams to whiter view; t Shade of shepherd, flash of sheep, o'er ! that illumined plain; Spots of light and darkness creep, and I shadows change again; Silver glint on shim'rinig wings and 1 angels, ah! so fair! Singing low, "The King of Kings is i lyi-ng over there!" It is no Chalons or Austerlitz or Waterloo or Bunker Hill or Yorktown, 1 that we celebrate at this season; our joy now in this celebration reeks not with thre .groans of the wounded and dying, mingled, though it be, with the shout of victory as the flag is planted beyond ramparts belching forth death. It is simply the birth of a babe. Though he came of a kingly race, and though before the era of man and throughout eternity, he was, is, and shall abe ruler, be was not born in a palace, nor was there any pomp or ceremony connected with his birth. s His mother laid him in a manger, be cause there was not room in the inn. The glory which attended him shone not round about the igighty; it envel-i oped the shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their fiock by night Power was his--power was the a babe's who lay that night in Bethle hem's manger. That power, "which' maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south; which doeth great things past finding out; yea,- and wonders without number." r And yet the message which accompa nied his birth, borne upon the still s night air to the shepherds as they t watched their flock, was "on 'earthr peace, good will toward men." And when the babe had grown, and. when fromn his lips there came the wisdom of the ages and of all eternity, he said: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." And he made it second to t the first 'commnandment, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God." h And what is the Christmas message? The gospel tells it more beautifully , than counld the most brilliant. It is so simple that the children may under- c tie most learned could add nothing to Round about it today there is the lory which there was in the begin Ling. Nearly twenty centuries old, the nessage is as new and as sweet today i s it was when the angel chorus on I hat first Christmas morn broke the tillness of the calm night during rhich the babe was born. It is there in all its purity, and in t 1 its pristine glory. The words I rhich tell it tell it fully and tell it all. It is a message of peace and of ood will. ~ It is a message without rrhich the world would be lost. It is message without which man would e groping in -that darkness which ac ompanied the fall of man. The birth of a babe! Grow-n to man Lood, that babe in the darkness of 2 lethsemane's garden, alone, drained . 0 the bitter dregs the cup which held C 11 the sins of man. He was alone, be ause In the nature of the atonement, I Le could not share his sufferings. A ttle later he wag Vrucifled. And in r is crucifixion the atonement was com ilete. He was alone, becausie none -r ould help him die. Alone he was- t Ione i. his suffering, because in the Badeine:s of tle oe oj od that babe rho was laid in a. manger took upon imlelf the sing of men; and alone he, vas In his glory, because he was the lod-man, and the glory was t glory f the Creator. And what is the Christmas inessage? The record contains it. The star 1 hich led the wise men of the east, i the manger of the Christ child is E till in the heavens. The star of Beth- e ehem beckons today as it did on the E rst Christmas morn. Its light will f athe our little world this Christmas c .ay even as it shone upon the shep- a eids who watched their flock by t ight. It The record is complete. It remains c nly for us to understand-and it ist s simple as the white light of truth C an make it. t If there is sorrow, seek to bring' C ome comfort. If there is want, seek 11 o bring some relief. If there is a oother whose heart is sore because t~ he sees no way for Santa Claus to t say her little ones a visit, go to the i elief of that mother. If there is a11 ttle one you can make happy, make , aste that you lose not the opportu- ~ Remmber that the babe whose birth re celebrate, said: "Inasmuch as ye, tave done it unto one of the least of hese my brethren, ye have done it Lnto me." And that same babe, grown to man- 1 ood, said-and, coming from the lips I if the King of Kings, the ruler of a niverse of which this world is an in nitessimally small part--there is no nore beautiful sentence in all the anguages: "Suffer the little children to come Lto me, and forbid them not: for of c uch is the kingdom of God." - a That is the Christmas message. We go back in our thoughts at this s eas-on to the babe and to the mother f the babe. If at this season we can1 ring iappiness to only one child or y only one child's mother, we believe C will count for us, if we have done rhat we could, more in the day of final ckoning than if we had amassed all e gold and all the diamonds held in 11 the mines of the world. And that is the Christmas message9 e would bring. JUDGE ROBERT ALDRICH. u In the death of Judge Robert Aid- t ich, South Carolina has lost a son a ro loved her devotedly, and who a srved her loyally. He came of a dis- t nguished family of patriots, and ight royally did he add lustre to the a mily record. ? He was a man of large brain and ofr arge heart and soul. EIND WORDS FROM~ A FRIEND. The Herald and News has received ae following very much appreciatedc t tter from a friend in another town 0 ighly appreciated, because of the high an from whom it comes, and because 'e know it is sincere: "The Herald and News has been b >mnig to my home for some time, and t4 ~w~at ~-thak-yu4OT ~i~ It is~ < est county paper I read, and as I tave been sick some time, I enjoy it aore. In fact, a good newspaper is a reat blessing. It comes promptly, as ve can trust the mails more than our >est friends. It comes in without koise or ceremony, and never tres )asses, as it only speaks when spoken o-and shuts up without a pout. It alks about varied subjects, and as drs. Partington said about the dic ionary, changes the subject every lit le while-is not troubled with any nonomania, or hobby. It will keep ndefinitely; and, furthermore, when ine eats a nice pie, it is done for; but Lfter one reads a nice article in your )aper, it can be relished as well by >r friend. Even the preachers get ay for most of their work, but a ounty paper does a lot of gratis work, Lnd often gets no thanks, and when It peaks out against evil often gets a ontemptible note from some pessi nistic howler, who is bit, saying, "Stop ny paper," .the last lingering earmark f a guilty conscience. "I admire your efforts in trying to et that road to Prosperity so changed a to cut out the crossings. You. are n the side of human life and the right ad to permanent prosperity. "A good paper like yours is often aore powerful in its influence for good han the grand Jury and all the idlers rho linger about the court house." L MATTER OF REGRET-AND A LITTLE ADVICE. It ig & iittsf of sinitfe t-egret that %h. hiily Banks, of the Anderson Mail, :an't regulate the affairs of Newberry ounty to suit hir. He first wanted Lis old friend J. B. O'Neall Holloway Lppointed county superintendent of ducation. Af ter mature deliberation ,nd a suggestion from the distinguish d editor of the Greenville News, he nds that Editor W. H. Wallace is the ne man best fitted for this job or ny other position in the gift of any ody. It is all certainly very calami ous and it is difficult to tell what the utcome will be-that these big edi ors up in Anderson and Greenville an't have everything run to suit heir own notions-especially jin view f their corner on patriotism and :nowledge and discernment. We know how to sympathize with hem, for in our younger days, when he perspective was roseate with the tues of the future, did we try to reg late the affairs of the universe, and vhen things didn't go our way, we felt hat the whole creation was going to he demnition bow wows, but as re grow older we learn that the days vil come and go and tihe world will ontinue to revolve, regardless of what ye may say or think. But sour sympathy does go out to hese young men, because a fellow eeling makes us' wondrous kind rhen we can have the right kind of ellow feeling--and if there was any hing we could do without violence to uconscience and our sense of duty, ve would gladly render the service. For twenty-five' years we have been ontinuously connected with the press, .nd we have tried to be kind to and lways sympathize with our fellow oldiers of the pen, and during all hese years no one of these soldiers as ever put his foot in Newberry that e did not seek to show him every ourtesy we could, and one this oc asin if we could, consistent with our .uty, help Col. Billy Banks, to satis y his desires w.e would be more than leased. But, alas, it -has always been o, even the editor of the experience nd ability of Col. Billy Banks, can't .ways do just as he pleases or reg .late the affairs of all the counties of e State and take care of the State nd nationa at the same time. There re tasks, as you will find, that even be greatest of us can not perform. We make nO charge for this kindly dv!ie, but as you are young and the aiture stretches out before you, do ot try to perform too much all at nce. There are days yet to come, and would be wise to hold in reserve me strength for the tasks that will ome with these days, and do not try carry the load of the whole universe n your shoulders. The editor of The Herald and News as no way of knowing what the edi >r of the Daiiy-.Mail intends except The Co, Condensed From Re RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $ Real Estate - State of S. C. Bonds Overdrafts, Secured and Unsecured Cash on hand and with'Banks . . TheBank Thl 4 Per Cent Ij One who is in position to know, tells us that the reason the Lexington mules and horses are more afraid of automobiles than those on the New berry side is because they are corn fed. Trustees Regret Mr. Wicker's Retire ment. The board of trustees of the New berry city schools met in the high chool ,building in the superintendent's ffice Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. ll1 members were present, and the egular monthly business waIs trans cted. This being the last meeting at which r. J. H. Wicker, the retiring member f the board, would be present the hairman, Mr. Otto Klettner, reviewed is faithful services to the schools and o thle community, and spoke feelingly pon his retirement. Among other hings the chairman said: "Mr. Wicker, we do not question* our motive and feel that good and ufficient reasons prompted you to de cline to stand for re-election. Had you ecided in the adHirmative, we feel con fdent that you would have been re elected without opposition. "You have served our schools faith fully year after year. As a member f the board, an'd as a member of va rious commIittees, you have ever en eavored to discharge every duty to he satisfaction of all. Personally, and also feel that I voice the sentiment f the entire board 'when I say it, I egret to lose you as a member of this oard. "We may at times have differed as o minor details, but we have ever been united in our efforts to make our schools equal to, if not better than,~ the best schools in this State. Censure and criticism there have been, which at times have been as severe as they were uncalled for, and unmerited. We a must not forget, however, that when e accept public office we become the target of the public; and in my esti C mation, a school trustee occupies the most undesirable of all public posi tions. He becomnes, it seems, the door aat of the public. -a "In surrendering your position as school trustee, this board loses one of its most active members, the e schools a *most earnest and devoted supporter, and the public a most con-t scientious, painstaking, and faithful servant. The world we live in maye e ungrateful, but in the great and good book we read that valuable ser vices will be rewarded. Your efforts, - your faithful s'ervices as school trus- I tee, have not been in vain, because our schools are on the onward march to success, and are serving the commu nity with greater effectiveness than ever before. "Although you have severed your onnections as an active member of the board we feel that you have the interest of our schools at heart, and 31 will ever give us your cooperation. 3 Knowing your excellent worth, your t< many sacrifices, and your loyalty, we ci pray that God's choicest blessings may1 ti ever rest on you and every member1 of your family, and when at last you shall kneel. before thle great white J t.ir'ntlarebewerm t'e walM 1896=1911 lInmercia ;TATEMENT port to State Bank Examiner, L 136774.90 Capital Stoc Surplus and 9,750.00 ided Profi 1,000.00 Dividends U Bills Payable 12,158.39 Deposits, -Ind dual $" L16,624.79 Banks 176,08.08 at Always Treal iterest Paid on Savi Mules! Mil Save taxes and feed after January 1, to bu] have plenty of them suit you and your low]i you one or a carload. Mr. H. H..Abrams ar Enough said. He wil friends call. Sumer-Wi oe -words, "'Well done thou good nd faithful servant. Enter thou into he joy of thy Lord.'" After thanking Mr. J. M. Davis for 1s decision to remain on the board, nd expressing the board's apprecia ion of his valuable services, the chair nan offered the following resolution: "Whereas, Mr. John H. Wicker has erved the Nerwnberry city schools as rustee for many years with utmost iligene, fidplity, and unselfish devo ion to the very best of his ability, and, "Whereas, He has now severed his onnections with this board on ac ount of circumstances or reasons est known to himself; "Therefore, be it resolved, "1. That we do hereby acknowledge is ever ~faithful, conscientious, and xcellent services rendered toward the rogress, advanceemnt and the gener 1 welfare of our schools. "2: That we most heartily appre iate his cooperation and loyalty to ur schools and to the board of school rustees. "3. That we do hereby register our rofound regret at the loss of so valu ble and highly esteemed member of 1l e board. "4. That these resolutions be print d in both the local papers and that a] opy be sent by the secretary of board > him under the seal of the board." These resolutions were seconded by ach member of the board in beauti i and appropriate remarks, and were nanimously adopted by a rising vote. OUND TRIP WINTER TOURIST FARES NOW IN EFFECT --Tia OUTHERN RAILWAY-"PREIERi CARRIER OF THE SOUTH.", I Tickets on sale daily including April 4 ), 1912, with final limit returning May 5 L, 192. For complete information as i schedule, sleeping car service, etc., e 1l on nearest Southern Railway ket agent, or F. L. Jenkins, T. P. A., 'i Augusta, Ga. L. Meek, A. G. P. A., 'AtlantE Ga. I,Banik December 5, 1911 ABILITIES k $ 50,000.00 Undiv. :s 69,032.54 2paid - 830.00 None ivi. 152,650.52 3,795.02 356,445.54 $476,30.08 S You Right mgs Deposits es!. Mies! bills by waiting until r your mules. We will then and at irices to >rice cotton. Can sell We wilhave with'us d he knows mules. be glad to have his: seStocko NOTICE OF ELECTION. Notice is hereby given that the rown Council of Newberry, S. C., will old an election on Friday, December 9, 1911, at 7 o'clock p. in., for the ollowing officers: Clerk and Treasurer at- a salary o.t 65.00 a month. Chief of Police at a salary of $65.00 ~.month. ' Four Policemen at a sa.lary of $50.00 er month each. One Policeman for the Newberry otton Mill at a salary of $35 per nonth. One Sti-eet Superintendent at a sal ~ry of $50.00 per month. One Lamplighter and Janitor at a. alary of $25.00 per month. Two Hose Wagon Drivers at asa ~ry of $5 per week each. V A City Attorney at a salary of $200 er year, which includes all fees. The Clerk aA Treasurer will be re tired to give bond for the faithful erformance of his duties in the sum f $5,000. The Chief of Police will be . equired to give bond for the faithful erformance of his duties in the sum f $1,000, and each Policeman will be equired to give bond for the faithful, erformance of his duties in the suma f $500. Applications must be filed with th ~lerk and Treasurer by' 7 o'clock p. v., December 29, 1911. For further information apply to the 1erk and Treasurer. J. J. IANGFORD, . R. SCURRY, 'Mayor. Clerk and Treasurer. CHRISTMAS HOLID)AY RATES. Account the Christmas* holidays, the ~olumbia, Newberry and Laurens rail 'oad announces very low round-trip ates from all points on its line, tick ts on sale December 15, 16, 17, 20, 2, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 and January 1, 912, with final limit to return Janu ry 8, 1912. For full information regarding rates, tc., call on Agents or write 3. F. Liv gston, S. A., Columbia, S. C. ~ Now is the time to. sub!ie to