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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Slip (EltntDtt (Chnmirlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News t Volume XLIV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, December 21, 1944 Number 51 Yet on the road Thy wheels are'not, Nor on the sea Thy sail! My how or when Thou wilt not heed, But come doV/n Thine own sacret stair That Thou • may’st answer all my need Yes, every bygone prayer.” Full-freighted, Christmas returns, a promise of victory over war; of joy in a Saviour born; the toiler and th£ loWly family; and of satisfaction for all the seekings of hungry hearts. RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) (Compiled'-to date for information of The Chronicle's readers). PROCESSED FOODS: Blue A8 through B-2 (book 4) now valid at 10 points each. Good indefinitely. MEATS AND FATS: Red A8 -through S5 (book 4) now valid at 10 point each. Good indefinite!^, i SUGAR: Sugar stamps 30. 31/ 32, 33 and 34 now good'fo": five pounds each indefinitely. CANNING SUGAR: Stamp 40 good for'five pounds canning ,-uigar until February 28, 1945. SHOES: Airplane stamps No. 1, 2, and 3 valid indefinitely. FUEL OIL: Period 4 and S cou pons from last year and Period 1, 2 and 3 coupons for this season now valid at 10 gallons each. GASOLINE: A-13 coupons good i through December 21. AMIDST ROAR OF WARS GUNS SOUND CHRISTMAS CAROLS By WILLIAM T. ELLIS Two clashing sounds envelope the earth today—fhe deadly roar of war’s; guns and the sweet music of Christ mas carols. They are in dramatic; contrast, and yet, in a deeper sense they are one; for the guns are blast ing a road to universal peace, and i to the fulfillment of the celestial 1 strains that first sounded over the hills of Bethlehem. In its profoundest purposes, this is a war to bring Christmas to pass everywhere. Against the harsh background of battle noises, the sweet Christmas Oh*, F'F'LErS out TO A COLD music—which fills the air from ra dios, churches, homes, and countlelss’ other sources—sounds a sure message of hope to humanity. Christmas is coming everywhere. \ The peace promised by the heavenly | host to men of good will, and to thej glory of God in the highest, is nearer realization than it has ever been be fore. The anxious, yearning eyes of the whole race are fixed upon the consummation qf Christmas. The ground of universal joy was laid in Bethlehem, and it has become a highway for all the world to walk. Would it not be wise and fitting for the peace conference to be held in Jerusalem, the city of peace? It is on the road to Bethlehem—only five miles away—where first the true principles of peace were proclaimed. Overshadowed by the nearness of the Great Event by which came the 1 01 J ■M. 0 n untt V# I. M. Smith Dairy Kinards, S. C. Gifede “A” Pasteurized Milk promise of peace, the worldly-wise statesmen who will draw up the new charter of humanity would find them selves inspired to consider the Divine purpose and plan. Today the whole world is seeking the road to Bethlehem. A little poem ^ of an unknown author portrays the 1 truth: “Men travel bravely by a thousand roads , Some broad and lined with palaces, 1 some step And hard and lonely, some that blindly twist Through tangled jungles where there is no light; And mostly they are traveled thoughtlessly. But once a year an ancient question comes To every traveler passing on his way, A questoin that can stab j*nd burn and bless: “Is this the road that leads to Beth lehem?” By night and by day, at all seasons of the year, and notably at Christmas, I have traveled the history-crowded road' that leads from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. I have seen the Field of the Shepherds (now owned by the Y.M.C.A.) bathed in a glory of moonlight almost like unto the She- kinah glory that once enveloped the little company of workingmen guard ing their sheep on this spot. I have joined the throngs that crowded the Church of the Nativity on Christ mas day. Up and down the narrow streets, stone fenced, I have wandered in wonder at the varied ways in which this storied town has become a memorial to the Babe who is the long-promised Messiah. Bethlehem itself helps make real the truth of the Advent. Though distress and danger sur rounded the first Christmas, yet its meaning was one of universal joy. The angel’s message, as he stood amidst the prostrate affrighted shep herds, was, "Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people”—all the people, ev erywhere and forever. Small wonder that w^ gre%t Christmas with songs of gladness. An Implication of the angelic mes- aage is that God means people to be happy. Vinegar-faced Christians deny the gift of God. As our modern pro phets have lately dreamed anew, the lot of man is not meant to be one of struggle and grief and bitterness; but an abundant life, free from fear and want. We are too grim in .pur religious conceptions; and we too'lit tle advertise “the joy of the Lora." I once mentioned in these lesson •; that I had never seen a picture of u smil ing Jesus; whereupon a reader sent me a beautiful ■■ card, which I now keep before me on my desk, showing the smiling Saviour, surrounded by little children. Jesus was alike a rep resentative of Divine peace and joy, and a man of sorrows. At Christmas He comes to us as a joy-bringer, with the transforming message that God loves man and plans ever better things for his. life. George Macdon ald’s faTniliar vertes portray alike man’s plight and God’s bounty: “They all were looking for a king To slay their foes and lift them high; Thou cam’st, a little baby thing That made a woman cry. i * O Son of Man, to right my lot Naught but Thy presence can avail; V 1 "V >*. V D' Cl F n f Li VJ L L* ft A AND A NOTE TO SANTA- We know you arc busy—so’s everybody else. We just want to remind you that here in this community are the finest folks in the world, and we are hoping that you will remem ber them well in your Christmas Eve travels. Our friends here are deserving of all good things. Please don't forget them! ROYAL CLEANERS, Inc. J. ROY CASQUE, Pres, and Treas. as .Hnother mencan Ghristmas ^ From Hit timoo of our fortforiiort, America hot owjoyad o tra ditional Christmas. It has always baan and will always cantinua to ha a festive season of good fellowship and good cheer. It is a time far remembering friends and laved ones, ana to give thanks far those blessings which America enjoys. Although our lives hove boon effecteu oy circumstances and / events within the past months, the spiri^ of Christmas remains un changed. from the pleasures of the Yuletide season* today wa gain Strang Hi with which to moat the problems of tomorrow. From the thoughtfulness of those wham wa hold dear, wa obtain a sense of wall being and a desire to create greater achievements. The American Christmas must remain traditional regardless of conditions and events. It is aur obligation to heap alive the glorious Customs that have bean the predominating factor of Hie American Christmas far many, many years. Lot us ha happy and considarMaf others this Christmas to ■y obtain the greatest enjoymafct the season offers. This If aur Christmas wish far you. , * IT- '—■Or WAZmi GREETINGS We Wish for Our Friends and Customers . . . A MOST MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR r mmzjj federalSavings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Telephone No. 6 A CLINTON INSTITUTION SERVING CUNTON PEOPLE SINCE 1809 B. H. BOYD, President J. P. PRATHER, Vice-President B. HUBERT BOYD. Secretary-Treasurer Directors: B. H Boyd. S. W. Sumerel, J. P. Prather. W. W. Harris, W. A. Moorhead, T. Heath Copeland. D. C. Heustess, T. D. Copeland, B. Hubert Boyd.