Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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This should be a hint to girl # have friends marrying during th * - ? ? ? w* TG 4a Vi day seasuu. n cmui uiuci j xo u the donor's skill, a tiny spr; orange blossom tied with silve: might decorate the top, or the of the bride could be placed tfc -V"z ' ' r ;: li* - Mis.. vv ' Christmas Tree MuHK/r^W^M MmMMrT-h A'^m ^mtmW ^W / v dl^w feyMHWjraHl #w!SWB |f|||^^ Mh t k3Hi^luSu'w^'' S-x-x-' 1 ^^WHH ifWiiFk' I (BOX! WHAT NEW ENGLAND MISSE - ; .. v * ' . rk for Not Until Late In the '60s Was 0 t 1 servitnce of Christmas Festival General. mmammrn^ ke to General as are today both the i i gift, ligious and secular observance of tl mited, Christmas festival, it is barely half e Chi- century since Christmas was taboo< ghe in large sections of the United Stati ew at *s well as in other countries whei areful the old Puritan element predominate The says an exchange. .Even as lite i \ will the '60s all. through New Englai ' mak- Christmas as a holiday was oust< e for- by New Year's, except in Catholic < Episcopal families. card- The old hatreds growing out of tl , then wars of the Reformation, both on tl Br one- continent and in Great Britain, f< piece, centuries practically abrogated th d one annual festival whereter the Purit* small element or its posterity was the doi inating factor in the community. Tl following from Edward Egglestou "Transit of Civilization," will gr something of an idea of the eclipi which darkened the joyous holids history of the United States: /. . "In 1670 the Massachusetts legisl i ture ordained that the mere abstai k ing from labor on December 25 shou jk be a penal offense. The observant of Christmas was held objectionab w not only because it 'afforded opportu ! ity for the playing of games and pr J fanity/ but because Christmas obser B ance was iniquitous on its own a count, for all honoring of days, tim< I or seasons other than the Sabbal " seemed to the fine spun Puritan mil I a masked idolatry. The strict Purits F Sabbath, first rigidly enforced in En land and Scotland, was early tran planted in New England, where i observance was, under similar pen? ties, made as strictly compulsory i was the nonobservance of Christmas One of the old as well as the mo em features of the Christmas servi< was its magnificent music. But du ing the Puritan eclipse not on! Christmas music, but practically a church music worthy the name, di appeal cu. As the religious prejudices ar hatreds, born in persecutions, softene with time, the Christmas festival gre in favor even throughout the hosti communities of both Great Britain ar America. A CHRISTMAS VISION lake ' On Christmas eve 'mid all the Joyous gl< ea all That in my plenteousness surrounded m S and I happened by some chance to turn mil )ward. eye Out throusrh a window-wreath that hur nave ? near-by. i turn- And as I glanced through It into tl tman's night t I seemed to see, lit by some holy light, A childish face with wistful, smiling 11] is to That thrilled me to my very finger-tips. y box. ill not Two eager hands stretched forth calle as in stress. To me to carry help to Helplessness, model And in the sad eyes of that child I saw given *n its loveliness the Christmas Law white a comman(i' n0 everlasting Must Fpon Reluctance for its teaching thrus Silver put just a pleading hint to him who rui Le lin- That all who suffer are God's Little One ilk to And then the picture in the wreath w) gone, S who And in its place the Eastern Star-bean e holi- I shone? , I The same that nineteen eentur:es ago eyona j on Wise Men with their heaven ay 01 glow: r cord And e'en as they I wandered through tl initial drifts And into lowly places carried gifts tere. -p0 cfteor an(^ gjve release, and pay n i due Un'o my I.ord through them that suff rue. ?John Ke~^r;ch R'tts. ,in SSerlbner's. ' T .h : ' . i' . l/*+\S Chrwlmaj b comin^.lfojio'ffo | With holly and fir brej k 0^anc'lcc an<^ 5novJ' With Santa Claus to. Christmas tree. I WHAT CANDLES SYMBOLIi I a* $ Higher Meaning of Little Burni f| Tapers That Ornament the | Christmas Tree. j it is uttie wonaer we cung 10 i old custom of lighting the little pi and blue and green and yellow a dies. For we apprehend, I am su not altogether dimly, as we go abc touching them into flame, the shini potency of those things they do t symbolize?of goodness, of love, spirituality, and the far-reacting pc er of these to lighten the world, cannot be but the Tinsel Star ^ right. The gifts and ornaments Christmas, fair and fitting though th Iare, might all be done away with a we should still have a very go Christmas indeed, if but the Christm candles shed their light. Yet I do not forget that the Pa dise Bird Scorned the little bits blackened candles that lay in t Christmas box. We are very hum i^ter all, and the candles of our kii ness seem but little things sometim and soon burned out. Fail they mi but there shall be, and with all t more reason, others to take thi places. 1 Over again and once a year the 1 man spirit makes for itself a festiv and under the light of the abidi heavens which do not fail?God's glo [ ing heavens of stars that are fore* lighted, forever sure?it lifts up t jy tapers of its own lighting, tape which, though they burn out human yet with a touching devotion of fat shall be replaced, relighted, rekindl g. each year, as the blessed season com ie around. a Types they are, these Christm candles, of our lives, so apt to fail a gg of our purposes, so easily wasted, t r types also of our glowing longings, c ^ luminous, unconquerable hopes; e 1Q' can it be said that we have failed lcj long as we relight them, year aft year, a pledge of our own faith in b w ter things, and to do honor to tt Little Lord, whom, with touching < ' votion to the old shining symbol of 1 light that shkieth in darkness/' sh< 16 ding blessing across our way, we si lovingly and how appropriately- c 18 "The Light of the World."?Woma lD Home Companion, n? THE CHRISTMAS GOODNE! re , ? se By Rev, George Hodges, Dean of t ly ' Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass. And on earth peace, good will tow; n" men. Id For a few weeks at least of ev< -e year we take tfye Christmas lesson le fraternity into our lives. Men a n- women and little children have be o- going about thinking what they coi v- do for others. The streets and she c- have been full 5f people whose ar 2S have been full of bundles. There hs th been sweet domestic conspiracies id every household. The idea has p in sessed the community that the rij g- thing to do is to make other peo s- happy. For a little while, as the y< ts draws near its close, and we lc il- across into a new time, it seems as is the old manner of living were bei I nut away, with all its narrowness a d- pettiness and jealousy, with its s< 2e seeking and its vicious self-conte r- and as if the dawn of the blesi ly millenium were already shining ui kll the summits of the mountains, s- For a few weeks the Christn ,spirit animates the churches. 1 L(j kingdom of heaven comes. What ;(1 want is to have this fraternal ti w continued. What we. need is Chr ie mas every day. If that blessed ki dom is ever to be established here; the will of God is ever to be done the employer and the workman, the landlord and the tenant; if 1 present discontent is ever to met s ministered to, it must be by the < fte tivation in us of the Christmas go a TXTi% iviii 7 Art t*r? f a loaoAna ^ 11COO. *VC liiuoi icaiu wv i&aauuo simplicity and fraternity. We m is follow more closely the blessed fc steps of his life who on this day ie our salvation was born at Bethleh? and cradled in a manger, ps d- ; The holly?or holy?tree is * called , Christ's thorn in Ger% many, and the early Christians ? I referred to it as "the righteous ;t # branch." ris f********************************* s! Day for Little Ones. Do you think enough of the cl ns dren? After all, Christmas is a day the baby and the little ones. iv Be Thankful for This. ie One of the other nice things ab< Christmas is that it marks the ti iy when the days begin to grow longer er Believe in Santa. No sound, healthy, wholesome ch is a disbeliever in Santa Claus. r , * M AI TD TD - ^ UU1V 11\ -m ? nfl ;K^i % ^4 JUST CALL TO SEE US IF YOU he @j) A FRIEND, SWEETHEART, nlr V/^S m- 'M) DAUGHTER, SON, SISTER, BR ? #?}j CLE, COUSIN, NIECE, NEPHE ,nuf ^4 TER, GRANDSON, GRANDI ,wf ^j) FATHER, SERVANT, OR EVEN ,a!s ||) LAW. IS . WE HAVI ra~ H g Something, New, Pretty, Val tes Y/s^i 5r tfgSj SO MERRY XMAS, HAPPY IS m. ^ . THEY COME, AND WH] ng JRENTZ&I Z g BAMBERG, SOUTH Ci till ? a11 & x 4$ > ird % sry 4; / of 3; ,nd V en *J? nld Ji >ps J? ms tj? ive * in 4# OS* pie # This is to notify the vot< gar if; , >ok ? [ng # county that I am in the ind if; 01f* & Tea jji of Court to the finish, al >00 $ contrary notwithstanding W 3? me iff ng $ predate any and all suj ; " M v by ^4 by *'" . S promising faithful anc mlod" ? ?l |? attention to the duties ?!!? >ot- j g 1 forl !E im' I !t! f *** III =! J. D. COPEL iji 3UI | g. me !g Clerk of Court, Bambe ' H *1'*4* *1^ ?4* *! *1^ * ! ?r ! a a ! J7TI? ?i* ?4* *2* a* 'i? ! Ta? ?a* *i ' ". v ' '-. V -^- -.>/. :V* - ' i ^A,,,,;: ^-.s?&.'-;*?& .-V'.-,- -v.. .., .' ~i .?: :. i,. '>;....... _ -: '.. MSTMAS1 EAT 1 ;1 klJii JL ^y)z ;|| ? j M r WISH A GIFT FOR p?! fj WIFE, HUSBAND, sjjl OTHER, AUNT, UN- , (j|| 'A W, GRANDDAUGH- jgsj ' fj MOTHER, GRAND- | YOUR MOTHER-IN- . || E IT ? luable, Sure to Please ^ M JEW YEAR, WHEN B ?.Vt VfiTT SFF . ELDERi LROLINA g srs of Bamberg il j race for Clerk p :/|a 1 reports to the 11 g, and I will ap- 1 | >port given me, j| ^ 8 i conscientious jf f| of the office. :? 5 AND, JR. I ? ?rg County. ^ ^ ^ \ ^