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* \ . \ {« p f « * t ■* if Y- Thursday, December 15, 1949 THE CLINTON CHKOMCLk 1'a^c Se\cfi County Gets ^ $6,436 Gas Tax In November Special to The Chronicle. Columbia, December 15.—State Treasurer Jeff Bates has distribut- DR. L B. MARION NATUROPATH OFFICE IN JACOBS BLDG. ROOM 215 — PHONE 97 cd a total of $337,454 to the coun ties of South Carolina for the No vember distribution fro mthe state gasoline tax. One. cent of the six cent South Carolina tax on gasoline is distributed among the counties monthly,, while the remaining five cents is retained by the State High way Department. Laurens county received “$6,436 in the November distribution. The distribution for last month showe a decided increase over the distribution for November of 1948, when a total of $313,772 was distri buted among the counties. Last No vember, Laurens county received $5,803 for the county’s share of the gas tax. Savings Accounts 3%—DIVIDEND—3% We invite savings accounts from the people of Clinton and vicinity. You will like our friendly and efficient ser vice, and you will receive your dividend promptly each January 1st and July 1st. Any amount — from $1 up — opens an account. V Each account is insured up to $5000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Two people may have up to $15,000 fully insured. N Accounts by mail promptly acknowledged. Chartered and Supervised by the United States Government, Laurens Federal Savings & Loan Association 1 Telephone 22271 LAURENS* LARGEST SAVINGS INSTITUTION ([wringers "f Of'* !\(Uicje Urom ^anta 'night ''“IT Do ninh t l\iinncrt 6 104 West Main Street Laurens, S. C. ATTENTION’ For Orders for This Week-end f and Especially for Christmas Th) Best In Baked Specials PRE-BAKED BUTTER BISCUITS You Brown and Serve. Also Regular Baked. 15 II 1 a FRUIT CAKES Dark, Medium and Light from 75c to $1.25 lb. All This Year’s Fruit and Nuts Used and Best Money Will Buy OLD-FASHIONED POUND CAKE Everyone Says It’s Delicious — Weight 1 lb. 13 oz. Whole 70c—Half 35c Round or Long FRESH GRATED COCOANUT LAYER CAKE Sizes - 60c - 80c - $1.20 Or Larger To Your Order OTHER FLAVORS IN DEVILED FOOD, LEMON CHEESE, CHOCOLATE FUDGE, YELLOW LAY ER WITH CHOCOLATE * FILLING, FRESH LEM ON COCOANUT AND ORANGE COCOANUT— 50c and 75c sizes SWEET POTATO CUSTARD , DELICIOUS PIES COCOANUT CREAM AND LEMON CREAM ii FRUIT PIES APPLE, FRESH FROSTED CHERRIES, MINCE MEAT All Pies 50c - Except Cherry 55c A DELICIOUS VARIETY OF COOKIES FOR PRE-HOLIDAYS ^ SPECIAL VARIETY OF CHRISTMAS COOKIES Christmas Tree, Santa Claus, Star, and Christmas Bell Shaped — Boxed 4 Dozen to Carton — for $1.00 One Dozen of Each in Carton BIRTHDAY CAKES AND PARTY SQUARES WEDDING CAKES AS YOU DESIRE Have Your Orders in Early — Get Them To Us Before December 22 We Set the Pace Others Try To Follow Tinman’s Bakery Phone 3S4-W 307 N. Sloan Street In America on Christmas Eve, there is a merry tinkle of sleigh belli as Santa Claus drives up in a sleigh drawn by eight reindeer. He drives from roof to roof, pausing just long enough to climb down each chimney. From a huge pack on his back he fills the chil dren's stockings with toys and goodies. Gifts that are too large to be stuffed in the stockings are put on the Chrintmas tree or stacked underneath it. This is Christmas in America —bat it is not always Sants who brings the gifts to children in other lands. The Dutch children anxiously await the arrival on Christmas of St. Nicholas. He was the bishop of Myra, so he is dressed in the tradi tional bishop’s robes of black, wears a mitre, and carries a crozier. He rides a white horse and is ac companied by Black Peter, his page boy. Instead of hanging up their stockings to hold the gifts, the Dutch children place their wooden shoes in the chimney corner before going to bed. On the window sills they leave a bunch of hay for “Sleipner,” the bishop’s white horse. It is customary for St. Nicho las to overturn chairs and leave the room in general confusion for Christmas morning. English children wait for a Santa Claus who closely resembles our own. They also find gifts tied to a green Christmas tree, but this cus tom has been in effect only since Queen Victoria was a young bride. She married Albert, a German prince, and it was he who intro duced this Christmas custom to England from Germany. It is an angel who leaves the gifts in Czechoslovakia. She de scends on a golden chord to accompany Santa. In Scandinavia gifts are distrib uted during the supper hour. They are brought by dwarfs and the chil dren leave bowls of porridge on the doorstep for them. Santa comes riding on a goat instead of a rein deer. The birds receive the largest number of gifts in Sweden. Each family places a sheaf of grain on a pole or on the fence posts for | the birds’ Christmas dinner. Spanish children place their straw-filled sleeves on the window sills so the Magi may feed their horses while they leave gifts. The older people fill an Urn of Fate from which the gifts are drawn on Christmas Day. I Knight Ruppert, who la the German Kris Kringle, is repre sented by a young girl wearing a golden crown and gowned in a flowing white robe. She car ries a small tree laden with gifta which she distributes. The children of Switzerland have their gifts brought to them by a radiant angel who rides in a sleigh drawn by six reindeer. She brings them goodies to eat as well as toys. And in Poland, at least before the Communists came in, the people called at the parish house on Christmas morning where the priest presented them with “peace wafers,” which symbolized peace on earth, good will to men. The people exchanged Christmas wishes as the wafers were broken and eat en before returning home. As Americans observe this Christmas in the comfort and luxury of modern civilization, who among them will pause for a thought of how their forebears kept the holy season?| An example of Christmas of the past in America is provided in a study of the history of the old vil lage of Kaskaskia, first capital of Illinois, where the pioneers braved the rigors of a new and unsettled world. Despite the hardships and dis comfort which prevailed in the days of the early settlers of this land, there was hardly a cabin so humble but what its occupants found some way to keep Christmas. County Got $63,660 Post Year For School Transportation Columbia, Dec. 7.—‘(Special to The Chronicle)— Funds distributed to the counties of South Carolina for the 1948-49 fiscal year for school transporation funds came to a total of $2,466,955, according to the fi nancial report of the S. C. State De partment/ of Education for the past fiscal year, which has just been is sued. Of the total, $1,987,480 went to the counties for operation and an additional $479,475 for depreciation allowance. Laurens county received a*Total of $63,660 for transportation costs, of which $53,820 went for operation and $9,840 for depreciation allowance. The total received for transporta tion by South Carolina counties for the past fiscal year ranged from $126,729 paid to Horry countv to Business College Girl Tells How ScalTs Helped Her alone brought the rel.ef I i >n;ed far. I regained my appetite, the awful after-meal misery is relieved, and 1 have regained my strength so that I can attend business college." Scalf's Indian River Med.cine u on sale at all drug stores Nothing Replaces It Years of Use Miss Spradlin Miss Anna Mae Spradlin, Route 2,, LaFollette, Tenn., writes: "For two 1 years I have suffered from loss of appetite and resultant upset stom-' ach with nervous indigestion. Often I couldn’t retain food on my stom ach. I kept going down hill until I was unable to sit up. I tried treat- 1 ment after treatment but Scalf’s' Horry county to $13,369 paid to Mc Cormick county, the report reveals. Goodyear Tires and Tubes BATTERIES AND ACCESSORIES McMillan Service Station Sinclair Product* Phone No. 2 ■ • v..y.*y .. vy-." OLD, OLD STORY . . . II teacher could get this kind of aitenUoa a» she lecture* oa the three R's, she’d have a room Inn el geniuses. She Is reading the ageless Ctemeul Moore classic “ ‘Twae the Night Before Christmas.” And net a la Hear.... ALLSTON CALHOUN “THE WORKING MAN’S FRIEND” SPEAKING TO YOU ON AMERICANISM PREFERRED AlLston ( alhoun has long been known as “The Working Man’s Friend” because he tells the truth on conditions affecting your work, your every-day existence and your future. FEATURING “HAP” HATFIELD and “MACK” McCOY “MISSIONARIES FROM THE MOUNTAINS” •<. \ WLBG ccn K r EVERY SATURDAY At 8:00 A. M. TUNE TO WCRS-FM 95.7 M. C. EVERY MONDAY At 8:30 P. M. WKDK 1240 K. C. EVERY MONDAY At 4:00 P. M. CLOTH SHOP ■f The ladies are having the time of their lives at the Joanna Cloth Shop. Rummage through the tables to your heart's con tent. Our clerks will straighten out the cloth after you leave with your purchases. 1-5 yards Taffeta at $1.50 per lb. Approximately 3 to S'/i yards per lb. 1-3 yard assorted Rayon Prints at 2.50 per lb. Approximately 4 to 4% yards per lb. Tissue Faille, Alpacas, Romaines at $1.30 per lb. Approximately 3 yards per lb. Sole 54-inch Taffeta on rolls, formerly 1.69 . now $1.00 yd. Large stock of our own Curtain Material. Ask to see our Diamond Weave Pattern—65c per lb. MEN’S SHOP SALE — MEN'S WINGS SHIRTS Fancy and white S2.29 ALL SPORT SHIRTS ON SALE Van Heusen, Smartair, B.V.D., Anvil—$1.79 $7.79 * * r Men’s Hose t .... 4 pairs for $1.00 Men’s Boxer Sanforized Shorts, 59c—2 for $1.15 Men’s Regular Shorts 49c—2 prs. for 95c Sis and Mom Shop One large group of Ladies' Dresses reduced for Quick Clearance. One lot Ladies' Skirts Reduced. Children's Rayon Panties up to size 12 25c Colors: blue, maize, white, pink Children’s Pajamas $1.89 Ladies’ Cotton Slips $1.65 Wide assortment of Christmas Tree Ornaments, Wrapping Paper, Tinsel, etc. All Wheel Goods in our Toy Department Reduced. VISIT OUR GROCERY AND MEAT DEPTS. \ For Quality Merchandise At Budget Saving Prices ^ Joanna Stores (Division of Joanna Foundation) Where People Like To Shop and Meet Their Neighbors JOANNA, S. C.