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P°9 e "T w0 THE CLINTOM CHRONICl! ^Hl Dr. Charles L. Allen. Acting Dean and Director of Research, Medill Sch(>ol of Journalism, Northwestern University, who Is . now conducting a state-wide }j poll of public opinion for the South Carolina Press Associa tion to learn [-What the people of the Palmetto State think of their weekly and dally news papers. and bbtain suggestions for publishing better papers. This Gallup-type poll extends into all sections of the state, representative names having been submitted by the Chatnb- , ers of Commerce and Clemson ’v College. Dr Allen will address the S. C Press Institute in Col- umbia at its opening session Fridev noon, Januarv It. and reveal the fuldings of this uni- J versitv public opinion poll RIPPLE BOND Pound Paper, boxed, ladies size Envelopes to match. Chronicle Pub. Co. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATION To the Stockholders and Creditors of Masonic Temple, Inc., Clinton, S. C. Please Take Notice: That the Board, of Directors of said corpor ation does hereby call a meeting of yre stockholders of Masonic Temple, Tnc., Clinton, S. C., to meet at Pra- ther-Simpson Furniture Company store at Clinton, S. C., on January 22, 1946, at seven o’clock P. M., for the purpose of considering a resolution that said corporation shall go into liquidation, wind up, its affairs, and dissolve. B. H. BOYD, President. „i C. F. WINN, Secretary. ; December 17, 1945. 10-4c . FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 8th day of December, 1945, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as iEexcutrix of the'•estate of Henry \ Macon Dunwody, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, jat 10 o’clock'a m., and on the same (day will gpply for a final discharge from my trust as Executrix. Any person indebted to said estate i is notified and required to make pay ment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever ibarred. BEULAH TAYLOR DUNWODY, Executrix, MODERN INDUSTRY SERVES THE SPIRIT OF OUR CHRISTMAS ! Thursdoy, December 20, 1945 Tire Recapping. Battery Charging. Firestone Batteries. Radiator Roiling. Car and Truck Repairing. TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO. Phone 119 Gary St. 4-1 h. - J MERRY CHRISTMAS! 7 * i.i !i n V ’ HAPPY <; new Year! Seasons We welcome again the opportunity of the Christmas season to say to each of you. our friends and cOVlpipers. “Thanks!” May the season be one of joy and happiness, and the New Year one of health and prosperity and an abundance of good things; PAGE’S BEAUTY SHOPPE Mrs. K. 0. (iofr (Page) Mrs. Dudley Ray (Ruby) Mrs. Gary Holcomb (Hazel) The world changes, It's Ifue, but there is something which kds v %itlmoad the test of time unchanaed—CHRISTMAS,. •’ I ■ NgiJb* Here, ot least, is something steadfast, some thing secure, something which binds us to gether more than any one thing. Christmas, with its spirit of hopa, of peace, and happi ness will cgittifiuf indefinitely. May the spirit that makes Christmas the greatest day of all days be yours throughout the coming year. WE ARE GRATEFUL 4We thank you for the business given us during the p«fcft year. Your patronage and good will we deeply ap preciate and prize highly. '^/e hope to have the opportunity of seiwtflg you again through the New Year and it shall be our constant de sire tp serve you still better. BENJAMIN 6- S6NS In a busy world, the Christmas ; card bas assumed a definite place : among Christmas customs and tradi-! lion — serving the i spirit of friendship, 1 echoing the prom- [ ise of peace and good will. | Reputedly, the first Christmas card, properly so- 1 called, was dis-^i patched in 1845 when W. C. Dob son, one of Queen ! Victoria’s favorite painters, sent lith ographed scenes inscribed with greetillfcS' to his many friends dur ing the Christmas season. In 1846, John Calcott Horsley, Roy al Academician, designed a card for Sir Henry Cole. Thus the cus tom of sending Christmas cards, seems to have been inaugurated— | although, even as far back as Queen Anne’s reign, it was customary for! children to write Christmas pieces. 1 Such “Christmas pieces" were speci mens of handwriting with elaborate ly engraved borders designed to rep resent some current event or subject studied by the children during the ! year, and were sold in shops and at : bazaars until about 1840. j Christmas cards were introduced into the United States during the i 1870s by Marcus War^ and Company of London and for a short while the English firm enjoyed a monopoly of the market. The name of Louis Prang is out- j standing in the history a^d develop- j ment of the modern Christmas card industry. Mr. Prang, an exile from Germany following the revolution of 1848, introduced the art idea into American public schools via the 1 Prang method of education. In 1874, Prang invaded the Christmas card field. Prizes were offered for the 1 best designs and perfected litho- ! graphic processes. Christmas Customs of World Accumulation By ELIZABETH BOYKIN With internationalism the hopt and prayer. of all of us, whatever our political faith, it is particularly stirring to think of the internation alism of our Christmas. It is not only an international celebration but the midwinter holiday is one that man has commemor$ted since long before the Christmas era, almost as far back as we can trace his story. At fl«t the midwinter holiday was S\ celebration of joy that the gather ing darkening of the days had stopped and that t)ie days were growing lighter an'd longer again. Early man had a terrible fear that there might come a time when there was no light left on earth. The Christian era likewise was ushered in with a symbolism of light in a dark world and so the celebra tion of Christ’s birthday was set at this midwinter time in the fourth century A. D. But the church regarded aa heathen the use of lights and ever greens to decorate for Christmas festivities. A vigorous effort was made to suppress their use and Ter- tullian writes: “Let the heathen kindle lamps—they who have no light. Let them fix to the door, posts laurel branches to be burned, but thou, oh, Christian, art a light in tHe world, a tree that is evergreen. Make not a pagan temple of thy own house door.” Symbol of New Faith. But the love of man for light and for evergreens, even to symbol ize his new faith, persisted and dur ing early American times, efforts to suppress the idea were still being made. Massachusetts in the 17th century enacted a bill reading, “Anybody who is found observing by abstinence from labor, feasting or in any other way, any such day as Christmas Day, ^hall pay for every ! such offense five shillings.” But eventually the evergreens and the lights were accepted as a part of the Christian celebration of Christ- 1 County Bought 177.71% Of Bond Quota. Laurens county bought $1,355,- 994.0 worth of Victory bonds or 177.71 per cent of Its-quota of $763,- 000 in the drivt* which closed last wee, according to a report made by D. Patterson, county bond chair man. , The county, however, fell short of| its $ bond quota,, having bought $17|$0O worth on a quota ofl $235,- 0001 dir 73.53 per cent, he said. The average for the state was 60.06 per cent. Mr. Patterson said he felt that Tie was able to make a gratifying report and wished to express his thanks to all those who assisted him in the drive. Prevent TB PROFESSIONAL NOTICE I find itj ffecessary tto consoli date my two Opto^flfewy offices, and wish to let my patients, who have been examined in the Clin ton office, know that all case rec- 6rds of eye examinations, glass es, etc., will be at the Laurens office, 116 East Main Street, af ter December 22nd. I will be in the Laurens office daily from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. except Wednesday, when the office will close at noon. Ap pointments may . be made by calling phone 794, in Laurens. I appreciate your interest, co operation and patronage for the past twenty-three years, and hope to continue serving you as in the pas.t. FELDER SMITH, O. D. Buy Christmas Seals CHRISTMAS CARDS—In attractive boxed assortments. Buy early. The Chronicle Publishing Co. CLOSING NOTICE We wish to advise the public that our plants will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, De cember 24 and 25. We will re open for business December 26. Buchanan's Royal Clejiners Subscribe To THE CHRONICLE Switzerland Kept Xmas for Refugees Switzerland “kept” Christmas last year for the 20,000 refugee children who were being cared for within her borders as Europe celebrated its sixth wartime Christmas. From France and Belgium, from Holland, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and far distant Greece they had come—many of them orphans, many children with out a country—traversing Europe by circuitous routes. Guided by peas- Toys for refugee tots. ants, Red Cross workers, Wehr- macht guards, and older children they arrived on foot, herded in cattle cars, traveling in groups, A fraction of the millions of inno cent victims of World War II, these refugee children were supposed to remain only two dr three months so as to give other youngsters a chance to recuperate in neutral Switzerland. But in many cases, repatriation was delayed—parents were scattered or dead, battles still raged in areas whence the children had come, so they were allowed to remain and Switzerland, crowding them to her bosom, welcomed many, many others. mas and they even acquired a Chris tian symbolism. The holly ber ries came to represent the drops of Christ’s blood, the leaves his crown of thorns, while the mistletoe berries became symbols of Mary’s tears. The gay home customs of Christ mas are likewise an accumulation of many lands and many cultures. The American Santa Claus developed from Holland’s St. Niclaes while our Christmas tree came from Germany. England gave us the tradition of the flaming plum pudding and many of our most beloved carols. Mexico is the homeland of the poinsettia, and the Latin countries of Europe gave us the creche and many of the loveliest of the religious pictures that we like best on Christmas cards. From Sweden we have the gracious gesture of the sheaf of wheat on the . gate posts so the birds can share the holiday and the custom of gin gerbread cakes in animal shapes. I . ’ :■ ; - CARTER’S Synthetic Rubber Cement (non-wrinkling), stick’s permanently. A handy bottle in every home. Chronicle Pub. Co. i —*— it ' : i , 1 - S..) Cfjnstmas; iMeblep Christmas was once abolished by an act of parliament in Eng land. That was in 1644 when the Puritans under Oliver Cromwell governed the realm. The Puri tans’ disbelief in holiday enjoy ments was so intense that parlia ment ordered Christmas to be ob served as a strict fast day. No roast beef, no plum pudding, no wassail were permitted. • • • Although turkey is the essential feature of Christmas dinner to day, the bird was unknown in England in the Hth century. In troduced from America, it came into its present popularity in the early 1706s. • • • , In several states of the Union, there is a definite law forbidding anyone from interfering with a* child’s belief in Santa Claus." * * • Some European peoples have i superstition — dating from aht- cient times—that animals take on the power of speech at Christmas Un,e - ... 4 Lewis Carroll wrote hi^ famous book, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” as a Christinas ^i't, for a little girl who was the daugh ter of one of his friends. ! MclNTOSH'S SHOE SHOP t Send Your Shoes To Us Best Materials and Workmanship. for TRADK MARK PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. GREENVILLE, S. C. Now thqt you can go. go. Use the new Gulf Gasolines with “Postwar Power” — get a tankful at your neighborhood Good Gulf Station. GULF OIL CORPORATION j. A. ADDISON, Distributor