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r 1 * J Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, December 13, 1951 olljr (Clitttmt (Cljrantrlr Established 19M WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.00 Six Month* $1.25 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C, under Act ol Congress March 3, 1879. ^ The Chronicle seeks Ue cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia THIS IS OUR TOWN By ADELINE Music That Lives On There are no more Jbeautiful songs than the familiar Christmas carols that will be heard in homes, churches and elsewhere throughout the Yuletide season. The famous Christmas hymns will live forever. There is no sweeter music for they lift us upward and in spire us. It is both interesting and appro priate that we familiarize ourselves •with many of these Christmas hymns;. As an example, “Silent Night, Holy Mght”, written in onei THE BLUE CHRISTMAS TREE In the public square of a town we know Stands a Christmas tree, its lights aglovy! - There,* is something different about this tree, | Each light is a soft blue — beautiful to see, Each bulb hidden in the branches dark 'Seems to breathe, seems to whisper, j “Hark, . - iThe herald angels sing.” Each glow the blue ;Qf midnight sky, canopying the shep herd crow! | Each light a fragment of the radi ance white Streaming down oh shepherds that holy night! Each soft radiance seems to say, ' “Pear not, For to you good tidings I have brought.” , Glowing sparks, symbolic of the star Guiding the wise men, who jour neyed far j To And Bethlehem’s stable-sheltered King! Blue, too, for adoration, loyalty in gifts they bring. Yes, a blue tree, reaching outward, pointing to the sky— We remember Golgotha — its cross held high! “If I but be lifted up from the earth, Will draw all men—” for this cause see. They think that nothing can f . „ our ^, vi0Ur f f . be which is not comprehensible by, List ', 0 . 1 ? saft m Sht air, carolmg their little minds. All minds, Vir-' . 0eli f c i 11 ’ . _ . . . ginia, whethei/\hey be men’s or: ( - IIor y 1° in the highest! Peace children’s, are little. In this great! unto a “- universe of ours man is a mere ih-i® 0 ’ symbol of, earths expectancy, sect, an ant, in his intellect as com-! _ awaiting heavenly powers, CLINTON. 8. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1951 7 see it in the Sun it's so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon. Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they r f hrittm^ ia Bv<» l0V iair t ! P ar ® d wit ^ the " toumiless”"world | Stands a blue Christmas tree in this Christmas Bve, Itflo, by the local v.. ,. a u tnwn of nnr«t clerrvman who took the words to! hun ’ 33 measured b y in ‘ 1 tOWn ° f 0Urs ' ^ of ^: telligence capable of y grasping the the home of the village organist ttve same night, where they were imme- whole of truth and kflfi^Hedge. Tighter Rein diately set to the well known tune. „^ es ’ r there is a Santa,.. , — Or take, “Joy To the World”, writ- Claus - He exists as certainly as love | UrgCO TOr college and generosity and devotion exist,' Athlpfir Prnnrnmc and you know that they abound Mrmer,C rr Ogron1S ten in 1719 by Isaac Watts, based on the 98th Psalm. He was 45 years old then and had written about 600 other notable hymns. Christmas and the music of Bach and Handel are inseparable, both master composers of church music. They composed songs for congrega tions to sing and also became mas ters of beautiful, easliy followed, melodies in their Christmas music. And so today, the Christmas music ^ c h‘°'childhW''mfs the"world these noted composers wrote is you and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there was no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith, then. sung by men, women and children in countless churches of many faiths all over the world. Their oratories and carols help make Christmas the joyous, happy season of the year. A White Christmas Pleasant as it is to dream of a "White Christmas” with its carols and gifts, feasting and merry-mak ing, the sparkling eyes of children delighting in Santa Claus anH the, wonderful Christmas trees, these ^ Se€ - D l? ^ 0U e ™ r , see fairi ® S things can never symboliize the tre- the lawn Of course not, mendous significance of the day. I but no P roof that they are Colleges should keep tighter rein on their athletic programs, the South Am Intercollegiate Ath letic Association believes. ^ Thih is the gist of two sports de- no poetry, no romance to make tol-1 em Pbasis resolutions adopted at a erable this existence. We should i recei lhJ^“^ officials meeting and have no enjoyment, except in sense' re E, OI lf d bere ’ ,. ... and sight. The eternal light with Thompson, chairman of the Presbyterian college athletic com- for: mittee, and vice-president of SIAA would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies District I, said the resolution called Having intercollegiate sports You might get your papa to hire; ored maintained and c ^ ntrol . men to wateh in all the chunneys led by the member institutions ex- Christrnas eve to catch Santa c i us i V ely; and encouraging the SI- Claus, but even if you did not see ^ to fix definite on the Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men This war-wocn, selfish, distracted world should welcome the birthday of the Babe in whose honor the angels came singing, Peace, and yet we have no Peace. But as the season approaches with hope and faith we should all dream of the White Christmas we used to know. Christinas is not simply re trospect It is also prospect. There are sinister forces in many parts of the earth which dream not of a coming whiteness, blit who dream and plan for war, and who even attribute black motives to those who plan and hope for good will. This is not time for panic and de spair, though the world picture from many sides looks dark and discour aging. There are still reais table tides and good will in the world which are bound to ultimately win. The very stars in their codrsos fight for those who go on dr carping of a white Christmas. Dreamers have ever beea pioneers of a divine discontent, and they own the future. Dreams have caught the vision of a better day, of a justier order, of a cleaner, kindlier world. not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise in side, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, cam push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernatural beauty and glory beyond. Is it real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God he lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. Yes, Turn the Rascals Out Although there are scores and scores of bureaus in Washington, only two of them have been inves tigated recently by Congress. The two ace the Reconstruction Finance And so regardless of the blackness I Corporation and the Bureau of In- and misery which now hangs over ternal Revenue. In both bureaus, so many nations, and of the ^^xiety with which we face the future as a nation, we must not stop dreaming for all mankind, and of the peace on earth which can come only to and through men of good will. r t will do our souls good to dream a White Christmas. • Yes—There Is A Santa Claus! Little children accept the Santa Claus myth without question, bui as they begrm to grow older they begin to have doubts. One of them in 1897 wrote to the New York Sun asking whether there is a Santa Claus. Its anwer, written by Fran cis P. Church and printed as an ed itorial article, has become almost as famous as Dr. Moore’s poem, 44 Twas the Night Before Christ mas.*’ At intervals. The Chronicle publishes the letter dedicated to each succeeding generation of hap py. questioning youngsters. Here it is: J We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communica tion below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun - Dear Editor— I am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says "If you scandals were uncovered which could match in corruption any deal executed by the Teapot Dome men in the Harding administration. In the Revenue Bureau investi gation, there is talk ppw of .a $500,- 000 shakesdown. Charles Oliphant, $14,8000-a-year chief legal officer of the Bureau, has joined the long list of tax men who have resigned under fire. * The News and Courier believes that the practices of the Revenue Bureae and the RFC are not the exception in Washington today. The News and Courier believes that the corruption is general— that it extends from the White House staff through the entire Trumanite bureaucratic family. The way to get rid of the corrup tion in Washington is not merely to discharge or allow to resign the few unlucky bureaucrats who hap pen to be caught by Congress with their fingers in the public till. The whole corrupt Trumanite party $hould be repudiated. A grass roots movement, to “turn' the rascals out,” has been started I in Charleston. It deserves the sup port of all persons who are sick ened (by Trumanite corruption. —The News and Courier. number of athletic scholarships and amounts granted to students. Thompson said association offi cials blamed “unwarranted com merciansm” on far-flung recruit ing policies, alumni pressure on coaching staffs, and “too slack ad ministration of athletics by facul ties and presidents.” Laurens Plant Opens After Strike Laurens, Dec. '10.—Operations were resumed Monday at the Lau rens Glass Works, which had been closed for some time on account of a strike. Full production should come shortly, according to E. D. Easter- by, president of the company, who announced the end of the four- weeks-old strike. The plant nor mally employs about 400 persons. Mr. Easterby said that the strike had been settled on terms satisfac tory to the company and the union. Piano Recital December 17 Mrs. James Pitts will present her piano pupils in recital on Monday afternoon, December 17, at 3:30 in the Florida Street school audito rium. The public is invited to attend this musical event Welfare Department Requests That Names Be Cleared Mrs. Mabel B. Little, director of public welfare for Laurens coun ty, has asked that any clubs, churches, organizations or individ uals giving to the underprivileged for Christmas to please clear the names with the department. This is being done in order that there will be no duplication of contri bution* by the various organiza tions, she said. This may be done by letter or phone. 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