The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 21, 1944, Image 11
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
There is an atmosphere of
good will and good cheer
prevailing among the mem
bers of this organization
which finds expression in
this petting to you.
At the Ynletide season we
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are reminded of our many
pleasant business relation
ships ... of your many
courtesies ... of our own
good will toward you.
We (risk you a Happy Christmas:
BELK’S DEPARTMENT STORE
“Sells It for Less”
And, we hope Santa brings with an abundance of
good things for our loyal friends and customers.
You have been good to us and in return we extend
our kindest wishes to you, one and all.
CLINTON CAFE
“A Good Place To Eat”
GEORGE P. MITCHELL, Proprietor
To oil of you whom wo hovo faith
fully endeavored to serve in tha post*
ond to those of you whom wo would
like to servo in the future, wo extend
Christmas greetings.
We assure you that we will moke
•very effort to serve you next year as
efficiently ond effectively os possible.
We have • certain standard that we
expect to set as a goal end our every
effort will be directed toward the achieve
ment of this purpose. <
✓
mm s
May you enjoy this
Christmas in
respect.
every
gmUnqs
JAMES PITTS STORE
Irby S. Hipp, Manager
Tree Use Traced
To Forest Legend
Legends dealing with the origin of
the use of the Christmas tree go as
far back as the Tenth century when
George Jacob, the Arabian geogra-
4 pher, declared that all of the trees in
the forest blossomed and bore fruit
As the ties of friend
ships are strengthened
by the Christinas oc
casion, so may our
mutual accord and
business associations
continue to grow in
confidence in the years
to come.
It has been pleasant serving you in the past and we wUl do
everything possible to merit your confidence in the future.
EDWARDS GULF SERVICE
J. v. Edwards, Prop.
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by Don Robinson
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS i transact such business as ma
The regular annual meeting of l before the meeting.
'.>[ con ?f
Stockholders of the Commercial De
pository of Clinton, S. C., will be held
Tuesday, January 9, 1945, at 4:00
o’clock P. M., in the office of the
Commercial Depository, to elect’di
rectors for ensuing year, and to
H. D. Henry, Vice-President.
4-3c F. M. Boland, Cashier.
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the night of our Lord’s Nativity.
It is believed that Jacob’s story
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PICTURE—Comparison
Anyone who owns a copy of the
current ■ Sears-Roebuck catalogue is
familiar with George Inness’ beauti- j
ful painting entitled, ::The Land of
might have led to the Isfter custom j peace and Plenty,” which decprates
of hanging apples and fruits on ; the catalogue’s cover.
the evergreen tree, and, as is the
habit in certain parts of Europe, of
using a blossoming cherry sapling in
the home as a Christmas tree.
One August Imgart introduced the
Christmas tree to America 100 years
ago In Wooster, Ohio, and, in so do
ing, preserved the tradition that had
been handed down in Germany. In
1851, Rev. flenry C. Schwan, pastor
of Zion Lutheran church in Cleve
land, Ohio, put up the first Christ
mas tree in a church in this coun
try, for which he and his parishion
ers were severely denounced by oth
er congregations.
The other night I was lookirtg~at~
that picture while a radio commen
tator was blasting forth with news
of death and destruction by war. j
Here, on the one hand, was a pic- j
ture which many rural people see
every day of their lives—a picture
of rich, fertile fields, a quiet colorful
stream, a gold-crested mountain in
the distance and a few human beings
scattered over the landscape peace-1
fully going about their work. But, i
on the other hand was a horror story
of boys who had left that peaceful 1
land, most of them voluntarily, to go
thousands of miles away and exist in
One of the most beautiful legends a hell on earth—to spend their days
concerning the Christmas tree is the ! * n a l an d where the landscapes are
ancient tale dealing with the forest- 1 blotted with bomb craters, barbed
1 er and his household, who had Just wire and smoke, where the towns
gathered around the fireside on are in ruins, where suffering and vio-
Christmas eve when they heard a l en t death run rampant, and where
timid knock on the door. j even the sky growls out and flings
The forester opened the door to hot steel at any moving object.
behold a little child shivering on the
steps. Touched by the child’s cold
and apparent exhaustion, the forest
er took him in, and he was wel
comed by the whole family and
warmed and fed. Later, the forest
er’s son, Hans, gave up his bed to
the little child.
In the morning, the family was
No matter how many deep-seated
reasons one may have heard for war,
when you put those glimpses of two
ways of living together the reasons
for it all seem to become meaning
less. Even though you know, deep in
your heart, that this war has to be
fought and won, you can’t help ask
ing what force it was which led that
awakened' by the singing of a choir I b°y in the Inness picture, who is
of angels, and looking at their little shown sprawled peacefully on top of
guest saw him standing transfigured j a wa g° n . climb down, pack
in their midst. They recognized him h‘ s clothes, go off to town to enlist,
as the Christ child. As the Lord I and willingly—almost eagerly—agree
Jesus bade the family farewell. He I to be shipped overseas to fight to
broke off a branch from a fir tree, deat b with an <5nemy whom he
set it in the earth, and said, ‘‘Be- bad never seen. ^
! hold, I have gladly received your .
kind gifts, and this is my gift to S ^ , ^ IT Z7 H / S ^ r ^ / k
you. Henceforth, this tree shaU al- 1 dou u bt ^ at J 3 ™ boy
ways bear its fruits at Christmas ™ uld ^11 you why he climbed down
time and you shall always have from the hay wagon and went to war
i abundance ’’ 1 If you asked him he mi 8 ht 8 lve y° u
1 The first community Christmas ^ thestereotypcd ansvvefsbiit I
tree was set up in Paris, France, in d “ u . b * ‘ h ?.
1840, but was not popularly accept
ed throughout the world until the
advent of electricity, when the light
ing could be stabilized and proper
effect given to its display.
Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who |
came to England in 1840 to wed the i
young Victoria, is credited with
! into words at all. In fact, it probably
I wasn’t a reasoning process that made
1 him decide to be a soldier. It was
i more an emotional reaction or an in-
• bred spirit.
To understand it probably necessi
tates a clear understanding of the
whole history of America from the
time this boy’s ancestors fought In-
bringing the Christmas tree to the djans ^ th / ume his father (ough ,l
in the first war with the Germans.
British isles.
J
Custom Maintained
It all undoubtedly adds up to pro-'
tection of the home. Way back that
meant the home in which he and his
family lived, jLhen it meant the con-
! tinent on which his home folks be
came more dependent for their wel
fare, and finally protection of “home”i
/ became an international affair,
j Without analyzing it too closely,
that farm boy on the hay wagon feltj
lit in his bones that his land of peace]
and plenty could become a land of
barrenness and poverty and perhaps
of slavery unless he went out to help
drive the thieves away from the pot
of gold at the end of his rainbow.
GLOBAL—Prosperity
When the war is all over, and that
, farm boy comes back to the way of
''life he has fought to protect, he is
going to have a clearer understand
ing of the close relationship between
his prosperity and international af
fairs. He is going to bo more world-
minded. He is going to realize that
the price he gets for wheat is re
lated to the price charged by Russia,
that it is affected by the size of our
merchant marine, that it depends to
In accordance with an old custom Purchasing power
when the °* island and that it is closely tied
up with the prosperity of industrial
concerns in our country and in for
eign markets.
j When he gets back and looks over
the landscape — his farmland — he is
going to understand that his farm is
i not an isolated world in itself but
!?• r\ |is part of a global picture. He is go-
Huge Yule Log Tire Unce ing to realize that he cannot prosper
Thousht to Ward Off Evil 'or long unless the laborer and the
O Hiic irxocom onH tno <avrvnrtor ar»H
Centuries ago huge fires were built
in the great baronial halls in Eng-
which some say began
original St. Nicholas dropped a
parse of gold down a fireplace and
it accidentally landed in a stocking
hung nearby, these youngsters hang
their stockings with the greatest of
care.
land on Christmas eve and servants
brought in a log that was to burn
throughout the Christmas feasting.
businessman and the exporter and i
even the financier prosper with him.
Whe/i he comes back he is going
to know it was worthwhile to get
down from the hay wagon and go
to foreign lands to turn back the ag-
It was customary to save a brand g ressors who, if ignored, could have,
from each year’s fire to light the trough economic pressure, brought
next one with. If the log was P ro P* our people to their knees without
erly burned it was believed that the even having to invade our land
devil was powerless to do any mis
chief to the household.
And above all, he is going to real
ize that a war is why any part of
One story has it that stockings world endangers his home—that
were originally hung by fireplaces f am iiy’s security can have no per-
buming Yule logs in order to ab
sorb the odor of the burning wood
and thus give the wearer protection
from evil.
manency until
good.
war is outlawed for
POST CARDS —For Service Men,
25"for I0c. Send your son, brother
Several Santas i or relatives several packages if you
There are several Santas, including waot more mail. They are a “quick
Kris Kringle and St. Nick or Nicho- note , hom ^- No squired for
las. The original St. Nick was * mailing. Chronicle Publishing Co.
bishop who is said to have lived to
take part in the historic Council of
Nice. This is disputed by historians,
4 but he certainly lived prior to the
reign of Justinian, in whose time
several churches in Constantinople
were dedicated to St. Nicholas.
Sprinkled With Wine
Zenicans of. Bosnia burn their Yule
logs a day later than the rest of
Europe. Just before sunrise the fa
ther drags the log into the home. As
he enters the door he is doused with
wine. The log itself is sprinkled with
kernels of corn to assure the family
bountiful crop In summer.
-LONO MAY OUR
LAND BK BNIOMT
WITH FRKDOM’*
HOLY LIGHT."
MERRY CHRISTMAS
TO EACH OF YOU
Wishing you oil the happiness whicn may be
contained in an old fashioned American Christmas.
TRADt MASK
PEPSI -COLA BOTTUNG CO.
Greenville, S. C.
DIKE YOUR
FERTILIZER
NOW|
There’s a crisis in the making!
If stocks pile up in fertilizer plants and agents’ ware
houses, the stream of supply will choke up. They must
move fast or the lack of man-power vyill cause a para
lyzing shortage. •
Take the Chilean Nitrate situation for example. To
supply the quantity needed for 1945 crops, many car
goes must be unloaded each month at each port, then
moved out by train and truck for immediate allocation.
It must move out of agents’ hands as fast as it moves
in. If not, the choke-up starts and works back to the
ports, even back to the ships.
Already theie’s a threatened shortage of nitrogen,
due to sharply increased war needs. Unless you help
smash the bottle-neck by
taking your nitrate as soon
as it is offered, the shortage
will become acute. Thous
ands of tons will pile up at
U S. ports or on the docks
in Chile. The only place Chil
ean Nitrate does you any
good is on your crops. Get
yours now ... while you
can.
Storage Tips
Pile all materials on dry
boards in barn or shod.
Pilo matoriols separately.
loop piles close togothor.
Destroy the bogs when
you se the contents.
Buy Your fortilizor NOW...Toko it N0W...Stcro it Till It’s Notdod
Thu mtmigm it published to MMsitt thm War Food Adminratration and
s tha tartilitar rnduatry ... to ha Ip you gat tha fartihaar you naad
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CHILEAN N>TRATlW»0»A
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