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___________________ ?hv Batnhrrg ifrralh ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. * | Published every Tliursday in The Herald building, on Main street, in the live and growing City of Bam/ berg, being issued from a printing office which is equipped with Mer geiuhaler linotype machine, Babcock cylinder press, folder, two jobbers a fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by electric power with other material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year $1.50: six months, 75 cents; three months. 50 cents. Air subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent insertions. 50 cents per'inch. Legal ad* vertisements at the rates allowed b> law. Local reading notices 5 cents u line each insertion. Wants and other/advertisements under special " head, 1 cent a word each insertion. . Liberafl contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resold lutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular ady vertising. Contracts for advertising r not subject to cancellation after first . liiseriiuu. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters or those | ; pertaining to matters of public interIH8*| est. We require the name and ad> dresi of the writer m every" case. No article which is defamatory or v > ' offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions\ex-v pressed in any communication. Thursday, Dec. 23, 1915. I If any of-the friends of The Herald have a desire to give us Christmas Presents, let the present be in the Spy ' form of a paid subscription or renewal. That will be entirely suf!?L.vvh ficienfc* and will be appreciated just IL. as much as a handsome Christmas ^ > A white Christmas is something rarely seen in the South. It looked very much on Monday afternoon as if we should have a white Christmas this year, but a sudden change in the y. plans of\>ld Jupiter Pluvius dispersed 5/ the snow about as quickly as it appeared. 4 . . y. ^ From all reports' it seems that ^ Charleston did herself proud in en2% tertaining the great Southern Com1 mercial congress, and that both |||; Charleston, the State and the South p/ will be greatly benefited by the holdy ing of the congress in South CaroK lina's grand old city. Jy ^ The Herald takes this opportunity yy to wish each and every one of its ( " -readers a merry Christmas and a hapy py new year. Let joy t>& unrestrained. Although the year just ending y has been a hard one for many, it has been so much better than it was gengy ?rally thought it would be, that everyH Vrt/lrr faal VlQ T"IT\V Thp \fpR UUU,V DUVUiU 1CV1 UMffV --W senger of Peace who made His appearance on. earth nearly two thousand years ago has kept watch over | us, so may every one celebrate His birth with much joy. ?v The Statue-wide prohibition law will become effective on ^January first; The blind tigers are no doubt at this very time making their arrangements j to ply their trade. We trust the officers in the town and county of Bambera will see to it that blind tigers will not operate in this county. Let every good citizen, who believes in law enforcement, lend is cooperation to the- officers to the end that there will be real prohibition. The time to start the enforcement of the lajms on the very day it becomes effective! / v . . During the Christmas holidays, when good cheer abounds plentifully. -* - ?1 nftfmr thou (?v is a tune wiicix mute mw at any other period in the year. The I indiscreet firing of crackers, rockets, etc,, cause. entirely too many fires. I ' Discharging fireworks is all right; it is entirely in place, perhaps, but parents should see that their children, V in doing so, do not endanger prop^ !erty by fire. Also, the Christmas va. - cation is a time when many accidents occur. It is not at all necessary for people to get injured by the firing of .fireworks. Byv using care, no one need be hurt>in the least. Let this | be one Christmas in Bamberg when lg| no fires will occur, and no one will jffif be injured by foolishly handling dan' gerous fireworks. ~1 V JT OI'SUIUH iUUUWVllt Iffc.V ?Messrs. Elliott Watson and W. |p' \ / D. Rhoad, Jr., are spending the Christmas vacation at home from | Wofford college. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Nelson and Ip . Misses Mai and Nonie Cochran, of | ; Spartanburg, are visiting Capt. and Ipt ' Mrs. W. S. Bamberg. ?Misses Mildred Knight and Arrie j| Free are spending te Cristmas vacation at their homes in the city from fe Converse college, Spartanburg. "* ?Misses Reba, Gladys and JoseJ-V ' phine Free are at their homes for the Christmas holidays from the Green.. ville Woman's college, Greenville. I A motor driven macnine tnat cuts grooves in wooden floors for the laying of wires has been invented by a Chicago electrician. & on Christmas ?$ [ Undgrourtree <hcm ij^wTyoullTeceivi Christmas Evening. To make the table pretty for th< evening meal, leave the shades off the candles. Use white candles in glass sticks. Wipe with a moist cloth and dip the candles in diamond dust. |j The chances are that at least | & the hinting for Christmas pres- < ? ents will be done early. | A Christmas Carol. Scrooge was better than his word He did it ' all and infinitely more . . He became aa good a friend as good a master, and as good a mar as the good old city knew, or anyVrth er good old city, town, or borough, ir the good old world. Some people laughed to see the alteration in him but he let them laugh, and little heed ed them; for he was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened or this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laugh. ter in the outset; and knowing that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins, as have the malady in less attractive forms. His own heart laughed; and that was quite enough ror him. . . . And it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well, il any m^a alive possessed that knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless us every one! MISTLETOE. We two stood near The chandelier With'mistletoe upon it. A lovely girl, My head awhirl. Her wrap?I'll h^p her don it. i x? z. .... ^ A button caught; I surely ought To help, when she'd begun it. ' A pause, a hush, A kiss, a blush, And now, by Jove, I've done it! ?Lehigh Burr. * "Just Who 8IRDS' HOLIDAY DAINTIES Yellow-Leg Snipe Travels Some 9,C0( Mile# for Christmas DinnerRobins Like Holly Berries. \ The yellow-leg snipe travels a mat ter of 9,000 miles to get his Christmas dinner. It is pretty nearly th? longest journey made annually by anj living creature* and the .object of i1 seems to be to procure certain dain ties in the way of aquatic insects anc crustaceans appropriate for holiday fare. \ * One might say, however, that the most appropriate of Christmas din ners is eaten by the robins which m this holiday season feed largely upoi the berries of the holly-?particularly upon the berries of a kind of holly called the black alder, which are ai bitter as quinine. Another bird which has an interest ing Christmas is the mocking bird He is a planter of the mistletoe ber ries and mistletoe berries contribute largely to his Christmas dinner. Be ing particularly fond of them he inci dentally, though without intention carries the seeds to tree branchei where they promptly fasten them selves and sprout. In this way the | parasitic plant is widely propagate( | in Texas, which is the principal win ' ter resort of the mockers. The canvasback duck breeds in th< far North, from Minnesota to th< Arctic circle, in the interior. But t.h< call of Christmas turns it southward 'V - - - ' \ '' . ?_ * y- - J ' ' HOW HE DOES IT ? ^ COMES right down the chim- Si j When* the Chrismas bells ara jjjjj } k3SS run*- k ' jft When little folks are fa#t ra asleep j| And stockings all are hung; ^ All loaded down with pretty things, ?& I With guns and dolls and drums; 5r So be sure to hang your stockings s f Where he'll see 'em when he comei. is ^ YOU might hear him swiftly coming, jj? Riding on the wintry blast; |1 * His reindeer team a-jingling, ? And their hoof beats falling fast. ?5 His furs are black with chimney soat, h His b.'ard is white as snow, |5 J His sleigh is full of pretty toys. flf * You ought to hear him go! g * HE lights upon the sleety roof S I And doesn't stop k minute; B He jumps upon the chimney top, g And down he plumps within It; 9 He pauses on the hearthstone, g t And he takes a little peep n x To see if all the curly heads * Are safe in bed asleep. yj j HE goes about on tiptoe, p| i Nor makes a bit of noise, r He fills up all the stockings ffi .With'sugar plums and toys; . I And then he gives a little laugh, | Pops up the chimney quick, H And off he jingles on the wind, The jolly old St. Nick. B ttrtririririrtrCrfrtrtr^ l Find out something to make 3 i ^ you a smiling, sunny personality ? , g around the home. Christmas is # a great day for shining S ) CHRISTMAS JOYS. f "I suppose you will nave a merry Christmas at your house?" "Oh, yes," replied the sophisticated small boy. "We younger people will j < aaeavor to make- i? sen You Know, so much depends on the tactfulnels ! of children. I always endeavor to j make the holidays pleasant by showj ir.g an enthusiastic interest in toe | mechanical toys that afford grown j people so much amusement" ? fr- ' t J Wanted" s and it spends the holidays along the I t southern Atlantic coast, from the n Chesapeake, to Cuba. It feeds on vari- I * ous aquatic plants, but the piece de I resistance or its unristmas dinners is wild celery?& succulent, water veg | etable which gives to its flesh a flavor - highly appreciated by the epicure. The wild Canada goose goes all the 5 way to Mexico in winter, spending r Christmas among the lakes in that t far southern latitude, where nutritious - grasses and water plants are plentiful. ' |? ijj mKH1 < . - , * ii i WW mil I ii iiiBaniaiiiuBBBB ^^AE^tEADIN^O] MADE F< The Progressive Farmer is they are in the South. 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