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ASIA BIRTHPLACE OF ST. NICHOLA Contrary to General Belief i This Country, He Was Not of German Origin BORN IN SIXTH CENTUR1 Worshiped by Italian Sea Traders a Their Special Protector-Played Double Role in This Country in Early Days. Just why so many Americans thin of the good Saint Nicholas as a Get Jnan saint, and on second guess accret it him with Dutch ancestry, is nc known. But it is undoubtedly the ger eral belief in our country that th saint, whose birthday, December 0, 1 celebrated in some countries as th "gift festival" of the year, was of Tet tonic extraction. The Christmas saint really was bor in Asia Minor, in Panthera, in th province of Lycia, some time in th sixth century. St. Nicholas of Bar, Ih is oftenest called by Europeans, bu only the bones of St. Nicholas reposin for eight centuries in the crypt of handsome cathedral at Barl, Italy, hav given him that title. IIe never lived I Bari. Italian sea traders, who wo1 shiped him as their especial protector stole his body from its resting place i Myra in the twelfth century an brought it to the Italian seaport. Sine that time the celebration held there i the saint's honor is unique. The Eastern world knew and love him first, but It is from Western Ei rope that we learn of many of ti quaint customs connected with the cc ebration of his birth. In Lycia he live to a good old age, filling his days eve in childhood by doing good deeds an giving lavishly to the poor of the fo: tune he inherited. It was Christlike t give, so, as a steward of God, hi wealth belonged to God's childrei Nicholas believed. Finally he wi made bishop of Myra, where he wer to live after a pilgrimage to the IIol Land. It was not strange that after such life of charity he should become saint of the common people, even n St. George was a saint of knighthoo< He was invoked by the laborer tollin for his daily bread, by mariners, b merchants. Ie was protector of th weak against the strong, the poc against the rich, the captive, the prii oner, the slave. He was especlit guardian of maidens, schoolboys, ta orphan poor. Throughout all Cathofr Europe children are taught to reve; ence him, and to believe if they ar docile and attentive to their duties t will fill the cap or stocking with dair ties; if they are naughty or idle, i certainly has a rod in pickle to brin along for them. Saint Nicholas has found his way t America in double role of benefacto and bugaboo. Among the Pennsylvani Dutch parents still admonish children "Be good, Pelznickel will get you" Pelznickel being a species of unkin, Santa Claus and closely related to th "Old Nick." In some sections Kri Kringle appears in combined role o Santa Claus and Christchild. He ha other names-Samiclaus, Clawes Nig lo, Nikolo. Althouigh strangely little is known c St. Nicholas in America, a fe' churches scattered over the countr hear his name. No saint of the calen dan has as ninny churches, altars ani chapels erected in his honor. Mos towns in England boast churches beni ing St. Nicholas' name. There ar more than a hundred in Belgium an: thousands scatteredl over Europe. Bu wherever he is worshiped and hi birthday observed it is always in rc menmbrance of the fact that lie is a foi lower andl disciple of the Christ, wvhos Coming was the greatest gift of all. Charity at Christmas. There can b)e no holier sentiment ni tached to a gift on Christumps dIa than' charity, for charity combines na that is goodl and tender in hnuma ideal, Impulse and emotion. There I a double)1 joy in charity, for it liesse' two. It not only gives happiness the act Itself, but it qiuick'ens and1 di velops, for all after life, pure, pri cious qualities of mind and heart thn are a well-spring of peaice. Charit comes nenrer to spanning the imamens urable space beCtween the sin of thi worild and the holiness of heave than any other blessing that mankin ry# An idleal Chr'istmas which woul really mean genuine good will amon mien is one in which none should 1 cold, hungry, shelterless or friendle, -one in which they who have woul think first of them who have not. Christian Herald. Boxing Day in England. Boxing (lay is little knmown in Ame1 ica, but its obs5ervance is general I Great Britain. It is the day aft( Christmas day, and is oibserved as holiday, Christmas being reserved t( religious observation. A feature ( the day is the giving of gifts b~y ern ployers to employees. These ar called Christmas boxes. Christmas Joys. We get most of the enjoyment o Christmas out of the dreams tha come before and after. Oh, to drear of it 'bd~ore it comes, to enijoy it whil it Is here, and to appreciate it when I hna gone? I Men It l e n e e P . j . - n n d - t y S 1. g y e 7.. -CAD&C g 0'a'ttely By the san LONG time a f the strong" p)roc] merit--proclaime goes into the ma pg clothes for men. t 2 are today farther It is evidenti and more men are t Brand. More and ing clothes that d< l preference is base itself to them. T] holding quality tl the gridiron of de How about your new hai like you to see the lot of B l we'd like to show you I sWALLOPS FOR HI. C. L. n d To cat to save is to waste, but to leavec bread and butter to eat cake is iM Cereals are usually thc cheapest 0 food on thc market for supplying fuel ato the body, together with a fair amount of tissue--building material. Insist on getting clean eggs. Dirty ones spoil quickly. But (10 not wash an egg ur.4l just before using, as . washing may hasten the spoilage. n Rinse al lthe soap out of garments rF before bluing them. Some bluings aI contain a compound of iron, which r when brought in contact with soap may make rust spots on the clothes. KeI(ep the home fires burning, b)ut d (on't overdlo the matter, A warm enough temperatutre for indoors is 68 dlegrees4, except in homes where there fare old1 people, young children, or in e valids. Waste no food, but take proper care a of a leftover, and use it before harm t ful micro-organisms have a chance to beendt in it. Some of thede oyranisms STYLE HEADQUARTER: WNho --lead ness, i tional sinew ing sc men v mills, and m thems blood, 1 There Sin b There ' ti On There ti Th< ti There ti For ti In th s) In i g And t h The ti ARE Brau (ilnwia ie token, So< go they stepped boldly to th< and open roadway in the f aimed their right to leaders: d their superiority in every .king of better and more They have marched boldly fc in advance than they were y, ;o even a casual observer1 forming lasting friendship vs [ more men are refusing to Co. > not show the Society Brand d on something very real that 1at realness is wearing qualit' iat other makes have failed Lily wear. b? We'dT -lew ones H -Soft or cause poisoning. Divide your food dloolar into lifts. Use about 20 cents of it for fruits and vegetables; 20 cents or more for milk an~l cheese; 20 cents or less for meat, fish, and eggs; 20 cents or more for bread and cereals; 20 cents or less for sugar, fat, tea, coffee, chocolate,, and flavoring. Make enough of the Christmas fruit cake or plum pudding so you can have sonme on hand to servo in enmer gencics after the holidays. Both pud dings and cakes wvhich arc rich in fruits improve with age. Cranberries, after careful removal of the soft ones, may be kept if placed in a crock and covered with wvater. A plate or round board should be placedl over them andl weighted dowvn to geep the berries under water Change the water once a month. ----0 SOY BEANS GROWING I NFAVO~T soy beans arc growing in favor as a crop in this country, as their oil 1and oil cake arc in imports. The crop 3, Where SOCIETY BRA Brea' lers-leaders in sports, in busi. .n social affairs, in 'local and na needs-real cold-drawn, steel ed men of all ages between leav hool and full accomplishment vho keep the rumble in big lay down railroads, span rivers ove mountains with the faith in elves-these are the sort of bone and brain humans that urietg 1rau Gltt 1li Are Made For 'he Trail Breakers be many trails unopened; there be zany paths uncleared, :e the first lone Neolithic turned his ick on those who jeered. be men that find the passes; there be iem that herd along the wide and open roadway in the otsteps of the strong. be men who pan the Mucklucks for ie sheen of yellow gold; re be men who fight with knowledge 11 the truths of life unfold; be men in all earth's pathways that ie bumps of fate can't floor, they konw that there are better things tan these that came before. e clinics you will find them; in the lops and in the mills; he court rooms and the college; in the utted Arctic hills; hey work and slave and toil on with a )art that never fails y're the men who beckon onward; iey're the Breakers of the Trails. -Cook YOU ONE OF THESE REAL MEN? :iety Brand Cl front and NAE SELl ootsteps of we wi iip on real overflowing thing that keeps comin economical ing unresers rward and for that mar> ~sterday. his money. hat more And we ith Siociety jawed men asider buy- them. We'ri label. This of clothes w< has proved Bigger stoci r and style- ing to Socie to meet on covers all ag for colors. SIEW IDE2 MORRIS NESS, Manager of 1917, as ectimated by the Bureau I of Crop Estimates, was 2,245,000 bu- a sheis of thrashed beans, and that of i 1918 was 3,041,000 bushels. Soy bean i oil was importedl to the extent of 163,- | 000,000 pounds in the fiscal year 1917, 337,000,000 poundls in 1918, and 237,000,000 pounds in 1919. soy-bean i oil cake, left after the extraction of most of the oil, is a feeding atqff prac- ~ tically appreciated enough to cause i the importation of considlerable and i increasing quantities. ADVERTISE IN THE TIMEs NOTICEg Notice is hereby given that Tax Books for collection of City Taxes will i be opened on Monday the 24th (lay of i November 1919, and remain open for i a period of thirty days. The levy is as followvs: Ordinary Tax 8 Mills; Water and Sewerage Bonds 2% Mills; Street Paving Bonds 4 Mills. By ordler of Council. E. B. Brown,. Clerk and Treasurer.. I 1 - . .- .r - w.w r ' ND CLOTHES Are Sold the Trails /" 0rty wru eoy 40 othes are Trail Breakers and back up Society Brand Clothes because Lnt to build our business on the solid rock of satisfaction to our customers. When a man I back to us season after season and express red satisfaction we know we are doing more Sthan merely exchanging a suit of clothes for like the I-know-what-I-want kind of square who are drawn here by the service we give a a little puffed up and pridey over the variety a've stocked up for your selection this season. :s, to talke care of the more men who are turn Ly Brand and to give a complete choice that es of man, all tastes in fabrics and all likings ZDome in for a look. CThe prettiest lot of ties in town O are here in a lot of patterns most Spleasing. And prices are attrac tive, too. INitrate of Soda Mixed FERTILIZERS -and "Mascot" Agricultural Lime Deliveries anytime from now to I__ March 15th. see us before you buy. - We can save you money. Baggett & Bomar MANNING, S. C. EE E.N Ea