The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 23, 1948, Image 28
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, December 23, 1948
Is Drinking
Destroying
Your Hone?
Are YOU losing the love
of your family . . . the
respect of your friends
because you can’t curb
your craving for drink?
Is each attempt to quit
chinking a failure no
matter how often or earn
estly you resolve never
to touch another drop?
^ ALCOHOLISM CAN
BE OVERCOME
The amazing tried and
proved method followed
by specially trained phy
sicians and nurses’ at
Alco-Haven purifies the
blood stream and re
moves the alcoholic poi
sons. Treatment is di
rected, toward restora
tion to full health, rather •
than the usual “sober
ing up” methods. *
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in plain envelope
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Public Welfare
Cases In County
Four Months $139,000
Columbia, Dec. 20.— (Special to
The Chronicle).—Public welfare costs
in Laurens county during the first
' four months of the present fiscal
I year totalled §139,001, accoraing tb
the October report of the South Car-
|olina Department of Public Welfare,
which was issued this week by Ar
thur B. Rivers, director of the de
partment. Of the Laurens county to
tal, §114,562 was spent for old age
assistance, §2,305 for aid to the blind,
§16,719 for aid to dependent chil
dren, and §5,416 for general assist
ance.
In the state as a whole. §3.864,634
was spent on public welfare during
the four months, of which §821,312
was spent during the mohth'of Oc
tober. In October, §33,661 was the,
total of payments made in Laurens,
! county, an average of §26.22 per
payment. The statewide average pay
ment came to §23.93.
The report states that the total 1
'cases under care of the Public Wei-'
I fare deportment increased by 432,
'exclusive of emergency assistance,
| during the month of October. In ad-
■ dition to the public assistance pro
gram, the department rendered 1.170
other services, such as vocational re
habilitation and services for cancer
and other clinic cases.
palnq of RheumotUm. Arthrltla.
JloorlUi, Lumbago, Sciatica, or Neuralgia try
fcooUnt Works through the blood. PLrig dose
usually atarts alleviating pals so you can
work, enjoy Ufa and sleep mora comfortably.
Oat Roaitnd at druggist today. Quick, com
pute satisfaction or money back ruarantaod.
RELIEF AT LAST
ForYour COUGH
Creomulsion relieves promptly because
it goes right to the seat of the trouble
to help loosen and expel germ laden
phlegm and aid nature to soothe and
heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial
mucous membranes. Tell your druggist
to sell- you a bottle of Creomulsion
with the understanding you must like
the way it quickly allays the cough
or vou are to have vour monev back.
CREOMULSION
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
REETINCS
Here’* our Christmas sentiments
with an added word of
CLINTON REALTY &
INSURANCE CO.
B. HI BERT BOYD
Santa
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Couldn't 2)o
Mote!
If we could turn old Santa looie/with In
structions to be particularly good to each
of those who have been so thoughtful of
us, we believe the jolly old gentleman
would have a difficult time in getting
around this year.
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That’s why we are so anxious to extend
our sincere good wishes to all, and to
wish for you and yours all the joys and
happiness that you so richly deserve.
GEO. A. COPELAND & SON
HARDWARE
“Serving You Since Horse and Buggy Days”
CANT A CLAUS is one of the most
^ precious wonders of childhood.
American mothers overwhelmingly
agree that he should be portrayed
as the spirit of generosity, kindli
ness, and {#ft-giving.
Although the modern conception
of Santa Claus is American, the
Spirit of Santa Claus is neither
modern nor American. The real
Saint Nicholas lived in Asia Minor
and ever since his death in 343
stgries concerning him have been
repeated around the firesides of
Europe.
The children of Lapland and
northern climates naturally picture
Santa dressed in fur and dashing
through the snow in a reindeer-
drawn sleigh. But in central
Europe, St. Nicholas first appeared
on his liturgical feast day, Decem
ber 6, and he was a thin, austere
churchman who 'rode a mule and
carried gifts for good children and
a bundle of birch rods with which
to switch the naughty.
Under Dutch influence St. Nich
olas lost hi$ solemnity. The Dutch
colonists who brought him to Amer
ica were very practical people and
they decided against two gift-giving
days in the same month. Thus,
Sinter Klass started coming around
only at Christmas time.
Santa Gets a Sleigh.
Eventually, ancient legends were
woven into American Christmas
traditions. Washington Irving sent
St. Nicholas flying through Christ
mas skies in a reindeer-drawn sleigh
in 1809; Dr. Clement Moore’s poem
“The Night Before Christmas,”
written in 1822, gave Santa “ . . .
a little round belly that shook when
he laughed, like a bowl full of
jelly;” and a series of drawing in
1868 by Thomas Nast added much
to the traditional pictures and ap
pearance of the Santa we see today.
In every youngster’s life there
comes the time when he begins to
suspect that the various be-
whiskered gentlemen, so numerous
during this season, are not exactly
the real Santa Claus. Wise parents
advance the ‘helper’ theory as soon
as they are asked questions and
teach their children to make the
Christmas dreams of less fortunate
tots and their families come true.
Thus, the real Santa Claus isn't
just myth or legend. ( He is the
Spirit of Christmas who lives in
the sparkling'eyes of children and
in the hearts of all grown-ups who
strive for peace and good will
among men.
The minstrels played their Christ
mas ttme.
Tonight beneath my cottage^eaves;
While, smitten by a lofty moon,
The encircling laurels, thick with
leaves,
Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen,
That overpowered their natural
green.
Through hill and valley every breeze
Had sunk to rest with folded wings;
Keen was the air, but could not
freeze,
Nor check the music of the strings;
So stout and hardy were the band
That scraped the chords with stren
uous hand.
And who but listened? till was paid
Respect to every inmate’s claim;
The greeting given, the music played
In honor'of each household name,
Duly pronounced with lusty call.
And “merry Christmas” wished to
all!
—William Wordsworth.
Parents Can Spoil
Children’s Play
Here’s a Christmas resolution for
parents. It’s one thaT~ought to be
made before5>j£w Year’s resolutions
are even considered. It goes, “I will
keep my hands off the children’s
toys all day on^Christmas.”
It’ll be a hard one to keep because
other likes to fuss with Ann’s doll.
She pretends she is showing Ann
how to put on the bonnet, but she’s
actually having a grand time play^„.
ing.-And once Father gets his hands
on the train, or the auto that winds
up, the boys can’t get near them.
It isn’t fair. The children are cry
ing for a little peace and freedom.
After all, adults can play with toys
for the next 364 days if they want to.
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Gratefully and sincerely we express to
% * you our best wishes for the
Christmas season. We are indeed thankful
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for the friendships
of those about us and the
- happiness that has come to us as a
result of these associations.
May this Christmas faror you with a season
of genuine happiness and content.
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Dixie Home Super Markets
H. E. Bishop, Manager
CLINTON, S. C.
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We greet you at Christ
mastime with all the sin
cerity in the world. May
the season hold abundant
joy for each of you, our
friends. And may the com
ing years see the fulfill
ment of your every ambi
tion, hope and desire.
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Maxwell Bros. & Wilkes Inc.
Phone 257
Clinton, S. C.
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