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• ' . ■ • I ' r ‘ f PAGE FOUR vEite (Ulinmtrlf PUBLISHED EVEIjy THURSDAY i BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. WILSON W. HARRIS Editor and Publisher Entered at tb^, Clinton Post Office as matte'Crof' Second Class. Terms of Subscription: One year $1.50 Six months 75 Three months 50 Payable in advance Ftweiaa A<Kertiain< R*prMentatrr« THE AMERICAN PKESS ASriOCUTlON • Make all remittances to THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Clinton, S. C. CLINTON. S. C.. DEC. 23, 1926 8 PAGES MAKING OTHERS HAPPY Christmas brings smiles, to people who have small occasion to indulge in them at any other time of the year. The chereful salutation, the small gift, the letter from an absent loved one or merely the greeting card of a friend serve to lighten the load for the ill. the burdened or the weary at heart. At no other time is there such a gen eral or more successful effort to spread sunshine. Probably the real significance and the real lesson of Christmas abide mostly in the hearts of the lowly. Those who are prosperous and happy are likely to look upon the day as merely an anniversary. They may re gard its approach with a considerable degree of pleasant anticipation and they may strive to do their part in spreading its cheer, but otherwise it has to them largely the characteris- The most real tilings in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies danc ing on the lawn. Of course not; but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imag ine all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable in the world. “You may tear apart the baby’s rat tle and see what makes_ihe noise in side, but there is a Veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever liv ed, could tear apart. Only faith, fan cy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and pic ture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. “No Santa Claus! Thank God, he lives and he lives forever. A thous and years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,0OtKyears from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.” v THURSDAY,,DECEMBER 23, 1926 and her consideration for others, putt ing herself always in the background, left us all unprepared for this great 1 loSs. Hqr husband and children have the tenderest sympathy of the com munity. The burial service was held in the Presbyterian church on the 8th. Large as the church is, it wras too small to hold all who sought to show the last tribute of love to the departed. It was evidence of the esteem in which the departed was held by the com munity. | Axeiia Harmon, now teaching in Flor ida, are spending the holidays at home. Miss Floride Rudd is spending the holidays at home. Mr. Marion Boyce of-the University of South Carolina is at home for the Christmas holidays. "* ^ 1 Mr. Philip Goolsby of Augusta, re cently visited M*. and Mrs. S. A. Lea- man. Rev. Jas. Ferdinand Jacobs has re- ' signed his professorship in the college, the same to take effect after the dose of the present session. To Prof. Jacobs the college owes the most pros perous period of its existence. He succeeded in bringing to the college while acting as its agent the largest attendance of young men it.ever had and of increasing its assets by the ad dition of the handsome dormitory grounds and buildings, valued at about $10,000. He will now devote his ener gies to the Southern Presbyterian and to his pastoral charge. : En Passant: W. W. BL Merry Christams to Everybody. A pessimist is the fellow who is not expecting his wife to give him Christmas present. Dr. Jno. Dillard Jacobs, a recent graduate of the Medical Department of the University of Nashville is now at home, and expects shortly to enter upon the practice of his profession. Married on the 14th by Rev. Dr. a ! W. P. Jacobs, in the First Presby terian church, Mr. Charles E. Frank lin of Kissimmee, Fla., to Miss Ella Ray, of Laurens county. The church was beautifully decorated by fair hands. A large assembly was pres ent, taking a delightful interest in the event. After the marriage a bounti ful wedding feast was lavishly spread at the residence of Mr. Rufus L. Pra ther. The bride and groom left for The turkey that lived at Thanks- their Florida home immediately after giving may not know it, but Christ- i wards, many of their friends gather- It is about time to give thought to those New. Year resolutions you made twelve months ago. This is the time of the year when father can do just about as he pleases and get by with it. mas is just around the corner. A good many people are not going to be happy this Christmas until their tics of something matter-of-course; nioney is all spent and they have to ing at the station to wish them “Bon voyage. X Our young friend, Mr. Homer D. Henry, has bettered his condition by taking to himself a wife, Miss Eddie Nash, who has the love and good-will You have noticed, too, that no mat-j of all who know her. The happy pair borrow again. an event common to their well being and fortunate situation in life. The other half of the world has an op portunity to see the day for w'hat it really is—the occasion for a manifes tation of the greatest of the virtues, charity. » Charity is not alone the besFowaPof worldly goods. This use of the term often defeats its meannig. Charity is better expressed by that combination women smoke, and some darn 1 Prof. A. E. Spencer leaves this week of tolerance, sympathy, understand.ng i y OU never saw a woman f° r New Orleans where he will repre and brotherliness which :s summed up ( both at the same time. sent Enoree Presbytery at the Cen ter how good an excuse may be it is have our heartiest congratulations. seldom satisfactory,- Dr. Dillard Jacobs has located in And when it is all said and done, Clinton and has put out his shingle, mose of the girls who paint are Clinton is well supplied with seven mighty poor artists. [ M. D.’s, besides druggists and dentists. THE IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFT For Him American Boy, Collier’s Weekly, Sat urday Evening Post. For Her Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, Woman’s Home Companion. For the Boy or Girl Youths Companion, American Boy. For the Child 'Child Life, Little Folks, etc.' JAS. W. CALDWELL The Magaxiae Man * Call 243 at 12:30 RADIATOR ALCOHOL $1.00 per gallon Save Your Radiator SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY AT UNION STATION Phones 377 & 400 Phones 377 & 400 J. B. 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These are hard times for a lot of people, including everybody that’s working for a living. eral Assembly. At a meeting of the board of trus- , tees of the Presbyterian college held | during commencement week, Rev. W. It frequently happens that a “high j T. Matthews was elected to take brow” is a man who has succeeded in 1 charge of the chair of English Bible, getting people to accept his appear- 1 an d Rev. W. S. Bean was elected pro- ance for his brains. fessqr of psychology, economics and astronomy. The GIFT YOU MIGHT FORGET —The one priceless gift of all! VISION And with this gift* may you en joy everlasting happiness. Sincerely, DRS. SMITH & SMITH o • ALL PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BY LICENSED PHARMACISTS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED PROMPTLY SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY “At Union Station” Phones 377 an4 400 Phones 377 and 400 Fresh barrel New Or-jo leans and Georgia Cane;!I Syrup, 80c gallon. CARRYTERIA H. D. HENRY F. M. BOLAND H. D. Henry & Company insurance STOCKS BONDS REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS? One of the finest things ever writ ten about Christmas was the editorial printed 25 years ago by the New York Sun in answer to the earnest appeal of a little New York girl to be told whether Santa Claus really exists. Its author, Frank P. Church, was an ac complished journalist and wrote much on many subjects, but his fame will rest chiefly on this beautiful setting forth of an eternal truth. With Dr. Clement Clarke Moore’s “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” it is one of the great classics of the Christmas sea son. Vhe answer to the eternal question as printed in the Sun follows: “We take pleasure in answering at once, and thus prominently, the com munication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that 1 its faithful author is numbered among the friends of the Sun. “ Dear Editor: I am eight years old. Seme of my little friends say 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 Claus? “ ‘Virginia OiHanlon, “ *115 West Ninety-first Street.’ “Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. | They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which ! is not comprehensible by their little i minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelli- gMSfr capable of grasping the whole timpnd knowledge. “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa You may not believe it, but there are still a lot of people in the country who have never heard a radio concert. Prohibition may not prohibit, but a lot of people are now wearing bet ter clothes than they ever had before. You never know how much temper a man has until he loses it. In the college declaimers’ contest held during the past week, Mr. Glenn Parrott was awarded the gold medal over six opponents. The board of trustees of the Thorn- well Orphanage has elected Mr. J. A. Bailey treasurer, vice Mr. R. H. Mc- jCrary, deceased: In this connection " we desire to express the warm appre-! This you have noticed, also, bright elation of all connected with the insti- men never look on the dark side of tution to the J. W. Copeland Company for their considerate kindness in man- j ifold ways, ^during the past four) months, as well as previous to that time. things. Some men are deliberate, while oth ers admit that they are just honest- to-goodness lazy. ’Sfunny, but nervous people as a rule are those who have lost their nerve. It stands a to reason that poets are born and not made. No man would deliberately make a poet of himself. Times have changed. Bill collectors have got so now they go prowling around a(, almost any time of the month.. w* The high cost of living is as nothing compared to the high cost of loafing. January first will soon be here, giv ing all the husbands the opportunity of paying for the Christmas presents their wives presented them. PwiisEt Your Wife MAKE HER HAPPY BY GIVING HER AN Enterprise Range TO DO THE CHRISTMAS COOKING 28 YEARS AGO Items ftom “Our Monthly” of 1898, Dr. Wm. P. Jacobs, Editor On the morning of the holy Sabbath day, April 6th, the news was quickly Claus. Ha exists as certainly as love spread through our town, that at 5:30 and generosity and devotion exist, i that morning, the gentle spirit of and you know that they abound and Mrs. Rosanna Bailey, wife of Mr. Mer- give to your life its highest beauty c^r Bailey, had entered inte rest. The and joy. Alas! How dreary would be new9 caat 8 shade of gloom over our the world if there were no Santa j Sabbath services, for there were none Claus! It would be as dreary as if 4id not sympathize tenderly with there were no Virginias. There would *-^ e bereaved husband and children. | Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Griffin, be no childlike faith then, no poetry, Bailey himself is an elder of our j Miss Lola Boyce of Clinton, spent the week-end with her parents. CROSS HILL ITEMS OF INTEREST Miss Josie Griffin spent the week end with friends in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leaman fend Miss Gertrude Leaman spent Satur day in Greenwood. Miss Frances Hitt of Winthrop col-, lege is home for the Christmas holi- i days. Misses Margaret Rasor and Min-' nette Hanna of the University of South Carolina are spending Christ-j mas holidays at home. Miss Ida Turner of Waterloo, spent ■ the week-end with her sister, Mrs. Joe Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun Pinson of Co lumbia, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Miller Pinson. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Baggott of Au gusta, are visiting relatives in the city. * Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Miller Leaman oi Whiteville, N. C., ire visiting rela tives in the city. f The public schools wilTreiume work on Monday, January 3rd. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Nance spent last week in Columbia. Mrs. Hoyle Miller visited her sister, Mrs. R. D. Nance/ Jr., near Chester, last week. . . Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davis and little Billy of Augusta, and Mr. Furman Griffin will spent the holidays with iiiiiliniiiitiihiSiltiiilLiliill f Misses Eleanor and Emma J. Dial are home from their schools, Miss Emma J. from Georgetown and Miss no romance, to make tolerable this church, three of their sons are deacons existence. We should have no enjoy- * n the same. Two others of her child- ment except in sense and sight. The ren were teachers in our Sunday / eternal light with which childhood school, and another daughter is the ciuma «. num wrorgebu fills the world would be extinguished, bride of Rev. Geo. H. Cornelson of! Eleanor from Columbia. “Not believe in Santa Claus! You Malvern, Ark. The gentle, loving, I Miss Gertrude Leaman is spending might as well not believe in fairies! tender mother is therefore sadly miss- 1 the holidays at home. You might get your papa to hire men ed, but husband and children know | Mr. Hugh Leaman of Aiken will to watch in all the chimneys on Christ-,^ha^* it is well” with her. For several ■, spend the Christmas holidays with his mas eve to catch Santa Claus, but-even years past she had been in ill health, parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leaman. if they did not see Santa Claus com- »nd her condition physically had been Miss Gladys Griffin of Greenville ing down, what would .that prove? * souce of anxiety, so that this sudden will be home for the holidays. Nobody sees Santa Claujv but that is end Was not wholly unexpected. 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