Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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KR ww r.0 zE 0 o Ci) za hmmO i~8 ;h 0 c Ico ci " 0 C S S S C A M I A A F4 2 E P 4 a c 3r r r r Q It it -r I 4 e( 4 CC 4 0 o , am 0 i ilE CHRIST CHILD cross the snow the home lights glow From the myriad hearts alight, nd through the street with noisoless feet The Christ-child walks tonight. t silent gates, outside He waits, To find a fitting spot. e thino the shame, if through thw blame The Christ-child enters not. fhere joyous notes from children's throats The old glad song begin, lhere love impels and kindness dwells, The Christ-child enters in. here hate has room, pride sits in gloom. And wrong invokes unrest, hough green the walls and br-ight the halls, He cannot be a guest. ut where the thought that angels brought To earth's enraptured ears ood will to men and peace, again The Christ-child, listening, hears. [e turns His feet with welcome sweet, Enters, and there Abides. ngels know best how such are blest Through all the Christmastides. HRISTMAS FACTS IN BRIEF lay Celebrated as Christian Festival for Centuries-Holly Once a Sacred Plant. Christmas day Is the anniversary of he birth of Christ, ald has been cele rated as i Christian festival for sev ral centuries. The Christmastide lasts rout the 25th of December to the 13th if January, the twelfth tiay after 'hrlst's nativity. The origin of the Christinas free is - bscure; the thought of Christ as the ,ight of the World itd the Tree of L ,Ife may have given rise to the light. earing tree, or the popu!e.r old belief hat every Christmas eve, trees blos omed and bore fruit, may have been th he foundation of the custom. Gift-giving is, of course, the echo f the Vise Men's gifts; and mtinco a le, turkey and plum puddings are b. todiern relies of the pagan feasts. ft anta Claus, known to every child in Ix very land in this old world Is the per onification of the spirit of loving and Iving. The holly, synonyirotus of Christ- it Irs, was a sacre( plant, and1 tho is dI hoe a mysterious ilhit, supposed by a he ancient Druids to have some mys- w Ic power of hea ding and preventing ilsfortune. It was never allowed to ft ouch the groun(, hence the modernI uperstition that it is unlucky for a ialstletoe bough to fall fran its place. t wats dedicated to the Gotless of a .ove, whleh explains the custoi of Y :lssing under the mistletoe. b di k SEASONABLE SERMONETTE Cheerfttlness is at personal posses- I s!on, but you cat i Hand some of it iln to those whose lii weary, drab lives I itpreset naught but it grih strug gle to exist, whose ci Inheritance is labour and sorrow -si ranger to joy. So, in kindly spirit, go forth, seek, and find some of il 'These joyless ones. Bring some cheer into their lives. 4 Mlake it a Christmas resolve that you will, oult otf yotir Ahuiridrance or sullciency, imarke,~ ithi kindiv heart, the Suni to sinie at Christtnts ini (lne poor it hoitne at leaiist. ) D~o this, anid thle deedi shaill bring you such1 5 :'('4t joy itmi saltictiIon that thle remiem - birnrce of it wIll mtake' ' Your own Chittst mas a "'happy" onie ini died antid in trth.ii YULETIDE. Dauighter-Say, tin, whitt (10 you vant ene to get you for ChrIst mns? De Close-Well, if it's tall the same o you, I'li jusi keep the mioney. Christmais is riot just a (lay of tree-trimmting and toy-giving for the kiddies-net just a hioti daty for younrgsters e~o otgrow. Its spirit is of the heart, the soul --comunail between us unad all those whtomt we hold dearly as our fiends. It chcantes not, however we nmay. May its glow be reflected for you through all the comrinlg year. Christmas All the Yeari lryery 'tine that Chirletmas comnea rouipd uagain we wonder why wa aivenl't ctltivated the Christmas spi' l' alli the iean. t t utttitttUU tum t:mur::::mi Frost Proof Ca Have Millions hardy Field g Flat head varieties ready to shi Seeds. Buy Plants direct from g: faction Guaranteed or Money reft Post for $1.50; 1,000 prepaid for per thousand. Booking orders foi delivery. Ask for Club offer on Dealers ask for prices. Carlisle Seed an Valdosta, Men and Won I SUCCESSFULLY TI Come to Me Befor ARE YOU 'ROL RIHEUMATISM HIGH BI. THE KIDNEYS STOiMIA( BRONCHITIS SKIN I [fREE CONSL DR. W. R. I 1206%4 Main St. AI) SAVES LIVES OF TW(- "')3 FIREC Aiken, .Jan. 6.-For the third time in s e last few years. Pine Ridge Camp lo miles from Aiken, was burned at 9 early hour this morning and only a miracle were the guests saved om the burning building, a large o-story wooden structure. Mrs. Daniel B. Smith of Boston, ved herself from a burning death by mi ag fro nithe second story win >w but managed to save a quarter of million dollars worth of jewels hieh she tied around her belt. H1er two g ra.ndchildren were rescued t omi the upper story by the heroism little Willie Black, an Aiken boy, ho staying at Pine Ridge. Securing abdder. the lad not more than 15 ars of age, elimbed the second anI ought out one of the children. In >ing so he was badly burned, but un11 oanted he went back up the ladder rough the flames an1 got the other lild whose scre:uns could be heard >ove the roaring flames and1 crack- h ig timbers. lidway down the lad- s r the hieat became so intense that c brave little hero had to throw the ild to somei on the ground. Mrs. Smith, Willie Black and Miss inborn, a woman doctor, one of the onri; to's of the place, are in the ken hospital. When Dr. Sanborn and Miss Crock Villut; e This Bank On Practical Sen Courteous Treatn Every Banking A Consistent with C First Natio W. C. DAVIS, Pres. R. C. BAGGE1I rnuitiuttttttt ttt bbage Plants rown Ilants of Wakefield and p. Grown from Long Island rower and save delays. Satis aded. 5000 propaid by Parcel 62.50; By express collect $2.00 Potato Plants for April First Cabbage and Potato Plants. d Plant Farms Georgia :t::ti:2tt:iti12tiittiititt2:2itit222tit IS SOME lIDEOUS e CHRONIC DISEASE CLU'TCHING YOU? EA SUCH CASES e It Is Too Late! ILLED WITH: OOD PRESSUIE LIVER :11 TROUBLE ASTHMA SEASE. S LTAT ION EGISTER COLUMBIA, S. C. r, the proprietors of Pine Ridge amp, awoke the house was in flames. 'he stairway leading to the upper tory was on fire, the flames having ained such headway that fire extin uishers could not avail against them. )r. Sanhorn sustained sever burns. Pine Ridge Camp is two miles from Liken. The main building is sur ounded by a number of small cabins 11 of which were occupied by North rn guests, the camp beng a very pop lar place. One of the cabine were urned. In the main building were nly I)r. Sanborn and Miss Croker, irs. Smith of Boston and her daugh 'r Mrs. Robert Shackleford and two hildre: and little Willie Hlack, the ereo of the fire, except. for whose un aunted bravery the lives of the two ttle Shackleford <hildren would have een lost in the fiames. NOTICE Pursuant to (Conmmission issued by lonorable W. Banks Dove, Secretary f State, the undersiLgned will open ooks of subscri ption to the cJp:ta' tock of Pinewood Ice & Coal Corpo tion at the store of A. G. Stack at 2 o'clock, Noon, on 'Thursday, the 8th ay of ,an try 1920. T. Blrooks Mims, A. E. I elder, A. G. Stack, R. .J. AycVoc'k, E. N. Felder, (orporatars. linew0ood, S. C., .1 an., 2nd. 1920. It-c 1et an iso Buiess nal Bank A. C. BRADHAM, Vice-P res. T., Cashier