The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 11, 1930, Image 10
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. 8. C.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1»30 4
Barker?’* lirmlinK Hh* pae!;:)
to the ott'JT wutnHii.
"rcaulirally Afr«. naki-r." i»iy>
lap her for the newly iMMinne'l icip ;
kill*. **.* 'i(l ■ very Merry riiristr'” ‘ j
*Tl”»r '; yon >» • iiilK li. I him sUie ij
sh:)ll lire >i liiiQfiy il:iy. for Hu* no« |
ta n*: ! s h:'|»iK*ne(l.‘’ i
' ;iK ItV” tier to !*■«* act
**l hir e wiinl al «My nislei* with iv
f< :• (’ill -'I i.'ii'*. It.:< I <r.(ln t *!<;•• Iiow I
t < ill.*kI iiiiv extra e\' •'•■^e. 'r'o' •
I'M liecii so liiiicli liilel>,’‘ I’.
Mr><. I?.i.“!;er kro'w the 111 le won'"'
>ii,'l had a*.sf:'i:t'^'e to meet expenses
•'I iieMT huv nitii-li from Mr. At
V .lod s irroeery, and lids tnornln:; 1 |
I t'enal seme lloiir and a fea lliiir:: 1
r ofldhtr ^^ely ('lit is! liris.\. I did Want ;
turkey and all the trimmintis, hii! |
I oinldirt afToul It." she si"hed. j
‘•.Nfli-r I had heen home a wldle I .
fi'iiiid a Inrkev. craidierries and e\er\ I
tl I';: for a t 'hrisimas dinner. I was I
•e d 'i;,k(edl" uipitiK tears of Jo; j
I'loiii her even. “I thoiiith there v.:i i
a misi.ike perhaiis. hut there on a !
pa ki!;;e of firied fruit was a eard will j
‘A .Meiry t'hiisinias from the Alwood .
A'arI.et* and the ticket hml ni\ iiann
on It."
”\Vhal a happy siirpri-e." Mr-
I arker aL't’iMsI.
-tittth'MfHl llmith .iVltiti Atmii
ter eouldn'l do It over the tele
■ Mle»neA^ u«»v.i%i>r lo the door. “I tele
;:raid'ed my sister and she will In
here In the morning. I Mippose, A
k?errv < lirislmas." she calU'd as site
doinu. 'l'e•nn^y?'’ asked
Mrs. Ilowlind, hcariv; her little son
on the eellar slnirs, the day before
Christmas.
*'(»h, sump'a." ai'.sw* red the h.d. ns .
he hurried i][» itito the kiti h <11. |
As It was a fine of Chylstie.as.se- j
■s’rets. .'Irs. Ko'vland refrained from I
pres.siim I he point un<l soon forgot It. ^
Wien the t'hristinas tree h :d been '
denuded of ils fruit next nioridnt:.
Tommy's ohh'r kiotlier. Itiinetf, r;ri
onldo'trs exeiiedly. reliirnlii!; sor'i,
j all a.'low, and slioiilin;::
! **\\hal do you think? Von know T 1
! seatiered thus*, criimhs In the haek j
yard, the «ay Si. Kranels of .AssissI 1
(old folks It dit for the .birds I’hrist
mas fe.nsi? Well, there were about a
do/,«*|i .sparrows there when f peeked
around the comer of the honse. I
railed '.Merry t'liristmas’ soTlIy so'.s
not to disturb I hem, and llie.x ehirped
haek.'*
".Mine Worked, ton. I cties.s,'’ said
Tommy. "I wi nl and looked on the
cellar Kfuirs first thin;; this morniti;:
and e\ery fdt of <'heese was Kotie
that f'll fiiit tliere for the poor little
mice!"—.Myrtle Kism (’herryman.
((8) IS.10. U>Ht>'rn .Newtnapar Uiilon.)
went down the path.
.Mary, the I'ook. ear”e Into tlie room
There was a mlstal.e Jn the order
'i'lie line was busy she eoiildn't |.'e
the (narket. "Nileit did they send?
Mrs. f’.aiker Hiked.
*•|•'loll^ and some lhln;.'s like lhal,‘
ry nitsv. ered.
Mrs. liar! er, lookln^ at the order
saw what had li.sp|>ened, Tlie tieke
for ‘‘l■■. M. Harker" had trune on tin
order for "I''. II. liaktT. *
‘Must Keep the order. Mary; 1 wan
to tele|»hotio.’‘^*^kffer tol''phon;!i'.' li.-.-
to the tfroeer and I lorn to .Mr liarkei
she told Mary that she mlKht hav<
(’hrlslmas day off, as she and Mr
Harker woidd he diniiiu (iiif,
(®. If J*. \v.»i < r II N'rw I'.i IH'i t'rli.li )
Christmsis Still Means
Same to Young and Old
N'CI.K HII.J. did not believe In
"l^rfstn'iirs! ll^^hiTnijhr It wa»
r'
Christmas Coasting
Down a Hill of Gold
By Noni Clack Bailey
Just H Nchenie |o iimke the merchatits
rich and the peiiple poor. However,
he loaded himself down with sifts
for all the family and took the train
to Ids sisier's to spend Christmns
with her snd her numerous family, i
He had ln>ea so busy innkiii;; monev I
ll was the first Indlda.y he had lake:.
In many years.
Christmas rnornlii;; when they all
Katherod around the tree, iind he saw
the cliildreiTs joy In that heanliful
sytnlioi of the spirit'of ;'lvinK. tnid In
the |o\s which they received, lie real
Ized I hat In spile of the c.ire worn !
crow’ds of f'hrisl iniis shoppers Clirlsl [
Utah sHII meant to the chlldreu what 1
It had nieiiiit to him when he was h!
hoy. There was no eomnierelallsm In
It.
And when he saw tlie older peieple'': j
.Joy ill the presents he had hroiiphf j
them, he restdved that In the fiiliire]
he would heeonio h paretils' Satiln j
f'la'is. and make t'hrisluins as happy
for them ns It Is for cldidreii. Hiir
old I., Cook,
1910 Wi'^itrin Nrw^e«p«r I'nloii )
lAXiICAI.. ussoeiution H. is
snow-clad hills, ronsliu;;, boys
Cliristtuus; but this year found Nor
man at n mining camp In Neviidii
without snow or toboggan, Jtist a bo.\
i.nd a Christmas silirlt.
Midi. \veanier-T)rbwii“-Him—!qTmtA^”^(1rarihpl^l>rlsTl7^^^^^
were milling gold from the dump of r
mine which years ago had taken oui
iidllions in high-grade ore, haiviie,.
other thousands in the dump because
nioderii methmis were unknown
Tractor, plow and scraper wis-e tarn
ing this (lisiardiMl wealth Into the
mill to nm over niereury plates ami
Into cynnide tanka to salvage gold.
NormiuTs father was one of tjiesi
men. Ndrm.'in had tired watehinr
men. mill and tractor. Itememherin
It was ('lirlstmas, he consldereil whii;
a rt'al 11'e hoy should do on I'lirlsl
mas day. .An idea! Finding a long
smooth lMia*rd and a short slender om
for steering, he eliiiihed to the toi
of the dump and began eoasling dow
IIS If it were no more valiiahle that
a sand hill eovered c ph snow.
Again and again I.e elimixd to tie
lop and eon ted down, his eheek
The Chriitmai Tree
Christmas tree Is snp
posed by great numhers of t.,
people to ha\e urlginated In j.1
(•ernuniy, hat Hie Christ j-i
mat tree came In the first In **
stance from Kgypt, and Ils origin
dales from s period mm-li earllei “'
tree Is known to put forih a V;
branch every month, and n spray J"
of this tree with 11.* shoots on li f;
was used in Kgypt at the time Ji
of the winter solstice as a'syiii
hoi of the completed venr. , [•
Joyous Ckristmat Carols
The envoi was ■•originally a joyous
dniu-o, a sign of Uberation from Hie|
religious austerity of the Furiluii cm
Percy Hearmer. writing la "The <*\
ford Hook of Carols," savs.
The
cnrid, by forsaking the timeless con 1
templatlve melodies of tlie cliun li, be i
gati Hie era of modern music, wlncbj
througliout lias been based on ihei
danee."
glowi:ig wl.!i c.t'njse and rareliei’
de-:ert all'. Along came Mr. Sterling
president of Hie iiiim*, just In lime ii
cce n (eeltv spill fi'oin the Improvise!
toboggan whi!ii sent Nitrman the ri":
• if III*' way t!>hog'unN'ss. Me eaine ni
grinnltig. hut Mr. Sterling saw a had
»y «hii'mg<al pair of coveraUs.
“\VeHv-<^«»«ny.*’ be tmdl, |
down many a lilll. but never a bill o' I
g<ilil. Hut today is t'hrisimas. Isn’t It' j
Let's go o\er to the e’lendst’s shae'
and siH* If we can Iind somelhitig t'
nit»* for co'eralls." He found a ladi
ef .ovenills |!int .\onn: n couhl wea
by rolling H'e'ii up. Mr. S.erliiig ten'
Nirman’s torn garment and di'opp«Ml
It into a can of rynnlde. I,ater in tin
day .N'or!a;;n siisnl in wide-eyed won
•ler while .Mr. Sterling took the resiiliic
fnun t''e I'an, strained It through a
I'k.amols and presented Norman with
H ‘‘hiitton" of gfdd which he had gath
er»Ml up In his coveralls In the ppiH*ess
of his coasting.
It was the most Int^rcjitlnf Clirlst
mas gift Norman had ever reeelvetl
and gave him a lot more respect for
tha valne of that hlU aa well as for
Mr. Sterling.
(ih. 193S, WM(«r« NewapftiMr Cnlea.t
Book* for Chriatmaa
References to the present as a
sc'erely meelianlsilc era are tiumt>r
Otis. Vet Hie books of adventure and
Hie fairy tales are as welcome to the
Cb list mas tre<‘ as ever.
Saving for Nost Ckriatmaa
One of Hie gi;enl promoters of Jndi
day cheer Is Hie Cbristmas savings uc
isnint. Tlie advbe "Simp early’* 1|
leii hv
siiperseilei
tlie sensible siiggestioii.
deposit regularly.
•f ChriaUaaa
It wukf jm M feoamliy known that
CkfiMmu tuw not ahrmya been ob-
Mrrad the asth of December. Tbera
wm M cdabratloa H tha Nativity
MtU MMly 100 fe«n altar tha daatli
Tha Chrialmaa Bird
The turkey has not always been
the favorite bird on the Christmas
menu, the peacock, in ancient times,
taking Its place on ihe festive board.
Straw far Ckriakauui
Straw Is said to bo naod for decora*
lion. In Greek homes on Chriatmaa
day In memory of the otablo it
Rethlehem.
ChrUtmaa Day's Pall TMa
/Jhristmaa day'a full tttio to “Tho
Nativity of Our Lord, or the BIrMi-
liay of enlist.**
Tho It fMw-cuatera;
MO Tota" t ‘
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