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f f THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1931 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C. PAGE THREE 4L SOCIETY EVENTS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN Mrs. Larry B. Dillard. Society Editor. Telephone 154 feVi.V#>.'•'I.' f. LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS NEXT THURSDAY ' The American Legfion Auxiliary will; meet in the American Lejrion hall atj 3:30 o’clock on Thursday, Dec. 17. ' BOOK CLUB HAS ENJOi ABLE MEETING The Odds and Ends Book club held! an enjoyable meetintf on Tuesday evening with Misses Azile Livingston, Gladys Stilwell and Lucy Burns. Christmas decorations and appoint ments were quite suggestive of the approaching season. Two courses were served to the following guests: Mis.ses Nannie Young rrit)ble, Kath erine Blakelv, Margaret Blakl#*y, Mesdames, Charles Workman, Blake ly Tribble. Lawrence Plaxico, W. D. Peay, and C. B. Betts. The joint host esses were assi.sted by Misses Ix)uise Sims, Lillian Brown, Lily Yarbor-j ough, Agnes Davis, Emma Adams,; Martha Hellams and Mrs. B. L. King., erdinck and Miss I>ois Blakely related the story of the operetta. The musjcal accompammepts were furnishe<I by Miss Ellen Copeland. •After the program the annual Christmas sale of articles made by the children in^ the industrial arts de partment of the institution was held. ENTERTAIN TEACHERS AT DINNER On Friday evening Mrs, .John W Little entertained with a course din ner and had a number pf teacher.s as! honored gueMo.-The nuTiil»er4nclud*<4:| Misses Lily Yarborough, Gladys Stil-! Ar,iI<.'jLiyiilj££:tori. Agnes Davir.j *T3t?an "Tirow rir*"T-Ucy Burns, Uoui^ Sims, Ina Curry and .Nancy Owens. m ^ ^ m The many friends of Mr, Elkin Griffin are sorry to know that he con tinues ill at his home. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rasor, Miss Margaret RasPr, Henry and WiPiam Rasor, spent the week-end with rela tives in Newiberry. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Martin visited the formei's parents in Laurens Sun day, Mrs. Miller Pinson and Ma.ming, vi.sited relatives near Ninety-Six on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. ’Edwin Wasson of Charleston, are visiting the latter’s mothp% Mrs. Ixtu Bryson Mr. and .Mr.s. Hatch and Mrs. Bes sie Mv.Itnnald of Atlanta, are visiting relatives here., . _ Mr. and Mrs. Bob Baggott of Au gusta, visited relatives .here a few i t tH !■ LI 11. M I The I I Christmas Message t + By ELIZABETH O^ARKE HARDY 1 4i tn Wlscerj’ji Agriculturist T O H. CHRISTMAS BELLS tMt And CKrittiQ^s lights that gleam and glo^— OH. filam Stan that se^ftly sKin# Acres! tKa Vorld of fr^ and snow. Ya f 11 tKa world sJitK joy and light, Vt'hat matssaga do you bring ton^ht? Oh, Christmas traa* with twinkling l^Kts, And shinit>g bratacha* bending low With gifts that gladden all our hearts. And thoughts of lovirxg kitadnasa show, Ya bear the fruits of pure dalight. What naawaga do you bring Umight? Oh, radiant spirit of the day, Tly maaaago thrills tha whole world o*«r, It falls tha world with hope and joy From aoraa to soiaa, from shore to shore. Tis meant for every human heart. And none need stand alone, apart. TKa peace, good will and Christmas chaar. The shining lights, tha magic tree. The joy that thnlls the Christian heart For all tha s9orld ia full and free, Tha CKristnias mtaaaga from above To all tha arorld la love, ia love. On Tueraay evening Mr. and Mr®. B. L. King honortsl a number of teacher.s with a dimer. Many .sur prises were planntnl which afforded much merriment throughout the even ing. The guests were Misses Martha! Hellams. Emma Adams, Lucy Bums, Loui.se Sims, Lily Yarborough, Azile Livingston, Gladys Stilwell, Agnes Davis and Lillian Brown. /- MUSIC CLUB MEEfS AT TRAINING SC HOOL The Music Club of Clinton held its December meeting at the .State Train ing school on last Wednesday after noon with Miss Norma Hallett as hostess. Attractive invitations were issued by the institution to the ladies of Clinton to moc*t with the club mem bers on this occasion. A nunrber of Children of the school pre.sented an operetta, “Hansel and VJ rtr il IJ ill rtl 11 It K| by Berta Elsmith. Miss Doris Thomp-1 son gave facts from the life of Hump-j AN AlTRAmVE OFFER j Your personal subscription to .Me-! Call's Magazine and one gift sub-, srription for $1..'»0—and another gift, subscription for T.’ic. j JAMES W. CAI.DWEI.L _ 1 SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE 'iTgyt mi rm: Miss Flise Hawkins was in T.au- rens .Saturday. Mr. and .Mrs. D. R. Chapman visited relatives near Clinton Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Spearm in of Greenwood, vi.sited relatives here Sun day. .Miss Gladys Griffin of Greenv le, came home Sunday to .see her father, who is ill. ^rs. Ix*onora Major, Misses Jean Klugh, Mary Farrow and Ann Major were in Greenwood Saturday. SPECIAL SESSION FOR MASONS ON MONDAY A special communictaion of Camp-' bell Lo<lge No. 44, A. F. .M., has been, called for Monday night, Dec. 14. atj 7:30 o’clock. At this meeting the mas-! ter’s dt*gree will he conferred upon a! number of candidates. R. R. Nickles of I^aurens, district deputy grand master, will be present, and al.so Hon. r- Frank Hurt Columhin, grar sei’retary of the Grand I/xlge of! South ('arolina, has been invited to he here. Tlie masters of IcKlgos near Clinton have been invited ami a large per cent of the local meml>ership are exjiecteil to he pre.seiit. The officers of the local lodge are making every effort to make this an enjoyable mi'eting and all. .masons in the city, whether members of this lodge or of some other lodge, are urged to he present. GOOD FARM lAND CHEAP I have farms ranging around 150 acres per. farm in vari ous localities, which 1 can sell at from $4 to $8 fier acre. Small down payment. Farms in various localities. See me quick. WASH M. PITTS “REAI.TOR” Clinton, S. C. X Ready For The mas Season • We wi.sh to announce to our friends and customers that we shall use every effort to have a .stock of grocer ies. fruits and confections that will meet the demands of all Christmas .shoppers. Our Fruit Cakes are .sec;pnd to none and we shall be glad to take your order for Cltristmas cake. Our Meat Market is a credit to any city, and..we take pride in satisfying the most particular buyer. .We especially call your attention to our telephone and delivery service and we shall endeavor to give you just what you order promptly, and we, at the .same time, are always glad to have you, and cordially invite you to come in and inspect our stock ahd store. We are taking orders for 8 to 10 pound Fresh Pork Hams to be delivered about Wednesday before Christmas. Be sure to get our prices before placing your order. We shall run our week-end specials as usual, and you will find the prices posted on our window. We Appreciate Your Patronage. ECONOMY CASH GROCERY AND MARKET Phone 44—33 Musgrove Street C. D. Blalock, Manager T. J. Blalock, Asst. Manager LUIl.M'S it’s a lu'althy imlt that tiidst human hi'ings like nml are ilrawii to bright and glltti'ring ohjeets. At (’liri-st- luns time this craving Ik sat isfied in a liundred wavs. When we are children we look with awe upon the shimmer of tinsel on Christmas trees. The wings of the angel on the top most peak seem like the wings of those heralds alaive Betlileliem wlio announced llie coniing of tlie Clirisi cliild (>ur (•'cx sliine linlf liiimled Itv llie glory r,f l.gciMl anil cxiiccialion W'lien vie are oldt*r we iM'come (as we tlilnk) more sophisticated. Tinsel Bible Scenes Inspired the Writing of Carols T he Influenee of the constant via- miiizjitlon of Ilihle seenes, of wliicb IK'ople were accustomed to tliink viv idly, inspired the writing of t’hr-.st- mas carols. They began to make their ai)|>earanc^ about the year 14(K). This was u new music In what was still nlmo.st a new language, 6f minstrel, literary and folk poetry. The bailed was one of the forms in which many of the traditional carols were cast. The t'hrhiinms tree had its origin in t Germany'and Is of comparatively re- I cent adoption in otlier countries. It Is regarded Ity many as one of the number of pagan survivals which have been engrafted upon Christianity and fiirislian festivities. The worshipers of the Norse god.s, before the adoption of Christianity, had a piace in their sclieme of things for Iggdrasll, the tree of the world, which, with its roots • and branches, was believed to bind to gether heaven, earth and hell. The (I'hrlstmas tree is lieileved to be re lated to this tree in its origin. It bi^- came associated with the Cliristian holiday at some unknown time in tlie Middle Age.s. in the I'nited States the Christmas tree custom is probably less than a century old. I’l* until the time of tlie Civil war it Imd not yet lo'ceme a po[tular custom, altliough it was oh served l*y a large number of tlie tier man immigrants. Since then it lias b**etl"generally adopted In tills country and Canada, and is familiar In Eng land and other countries. ^-Burning the Yule Old Christmas Custom I II I>rl( IjmI rtttfH" i was custotnar.v to liglit tall candles on Cliristmas eve, and tlieii a liiige log wn.s rolled onto the hearfii, ciilli'd the Yulelog. Tills log was so large j tliat It required tlie strength of sev ' eral men to roll it into place. The log was cut from a tree felled at mid night; and was to he idaeed on tlie hearth during midnight mass on Cliristmas eve. and was to be liglited by the head of the family. A pieee of this hurtling wood was to Ite laid aside 10 light tlie next year’s log witli. wliile (It tile same time. It would i*ro tect tlie liouselndd during tlie comiiu; .vear. in some sections of (iermany h I piec(‘ of lids cliarrcd wood was placed j under the lied to avert tlie mut-li dreaded lighting stroke. Tlie liurniiig of tlie Yulelog in eaeli homestead seems to liavp lieen a survival of the adoration once offered to tlie sun at the winter solstice. Hte thrill thcit doesn’t end whh Christmas Morning MODEL R-50 illustrated ♦157 CompUtt .Vn a larger scale. Brlglit lights, Itean tiful decorations, daxzliug entertain ai«*iit. Tlie sanu* child like needs trans posed intc* a more worldly mHnire.sta tion. lint we can't quite forget tlie <aarB or tlie m«M<n. Tliey attract us ivltli a strange delight. And wlien wo are ipiile old and wise we know and admit that we must rely i»n Komethliig which slilnes lieyimd us, a hit out of reai-ti. We remeiiilier tlie hreatliless moments of chlldlmod and :l>e lilaziiig Cliristmas tree. We knew wonder in tliose days and fnuml it ;>reelous. We tliink of later years somewtiat olisciired Ity false values. Something mitre tlian tinsel; something It's'S tlian simple pleasures—glitter, certainly, hut little of fhut fpiality wliieii ylelils the magic of hapitioess. S(t periiaps we forget the laiddle years and go Itack to tlie earlier ones, feeding on ttie first Joys tif t-lilldiiood IFs a gift that keeps on giving! Giving entertainment! Giving real pleasure! Giving the voices of great artists, the music of famous orchestras, with all the clarity and realism of the studio! Here’s a ten tube de luxe radio from **Radic Headquarters”—complete with RCA Victor’s exclusive Synchronized Tone System—equipped with Pentode tubes and automatic volume control, plus tone that no other set approaches! The price? $15/ complete with tubes. Prather-Simpson Furniture Company Your Holiday Needs Can be Supplied Here * • For the seventh consecutive season Clinton’s leading Grocery is ready to fill your needs for the Holidays, — and at record low prices. Tlie long feslooiiK Mwiiiglng graceful iy among tlie green hrnmlic.K of tlie treo! 'I'tie glimmer of make believe icicles, tlie powder of make fielievi * snow, llie clieerfui flames of caridlef ind the laiigtiter of peiqile we loved Cc. 1S3I. WhhO-iu WwKiiHpi-r I'nion \ Mwe Von 9een XI- Oranges . 10c to 40c doz. Apples .. 10c to 60c doz. Grape Fruit ... 50c doz. Tangerines 15c to 25c. dz. Grapes Bananas , Brazil Nuts — Pecans ■ — Mint Sauce — Mint Jelly , — Olives — Pickles — Cherries — Mayonnziise — Relish Lettuce — Fruit Cake . 29c to 60c lb. Chocolate Cherries Ib 39c Mixed Candy Fancy Mixed Chocolates Assorted Cakes Walnuts — Mixed Nuts . '— Canned Fruit Salad — Apricots — Peaches — Royal Ann Cherries — Pineapple — Prunes — Kedata Figs Celery — Cranberries GIVE YOUR CHRISTMAS ORDER EARLY AND BE SURE OF THE BEST OF EVERYTHING. Fancy Groceries s Phones 136 and 175 nr*-' / -A V7