The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 22, 1944, Image 9
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1944.
THE NEWBERRY SUN
WE RE THANKF
CHRISTMAS
As we look about ot tbis jlod season of the yeor, we find many
things for which to be thonkful.
. First, we ore glad that weeore Americans, free to enjoy life,
ond live in a lend where freedom is the heritage of everyone. We are
grateful for this privilege.
Thankful ore we'that hove friends whose associations we trea
sure immeasurably, is comforting to know these are lasting friend
ships, cemented by the experiences we hove hod together, in times
that ore good ond in times when it is difficult to express one s feel
ings in order that we might shore the disappointments ond sorrows
of our friends. •
It is gratifying to be o port of this community, to porticipote
in its progress and-to woteh its forward development.
We ore thonkful for the patronage you hove given us, ever
mindful of your consideration ond your understanding of our efforts
to serve you, even though conditions sometimes moke it difficult
for us to maintain the high standard that has always been our policy.
We ore glod it's Christmas ond trust yours will be one of hoj
piness ond rejoicing.
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FENNELL'S Jewelry Store
'h/d&imaA,
AND MANY
OF ’EM!
We've been searching for a litHe different way
of expressing our Season's Greeting to our friends, for
words that would convey the true feeling we have in
our hearts.
There are lots of fancy phrases and we tried some
of them out. But somehow they just didn't get the job
done. Every time we came back to the tried and prov
en formula—"Merry Christmas."
It's a time-worn phrase, and many times ex
pressed without feeling. But to us, it is the only ap
propriate sentiment. It, abo e all others, carries the
true spirit of the occasion.
So, we'll look no more for fancy phrases—Merry
Christmas.
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Farmers Ice & Fuel Co.
Chamber of Commerce
NOTES
As the Christmas season ap
proaches I am reminder! of a de
scription of God Will. The most
precious thing anyone can have is
the Good Will of others. It is some
thing as fragile as an orchid and
as beautiful, as precious as a gold
nuget and as hard to find, as pow
erful as a great turbine and as hard
to build, as wonderful as youth and
as hard to keep.
At the Yuletide Season everyones
heart'overflows with lo"ve. Fami
lies are drawi^closer together and
even the stranger on the street re
ceives a warmer smile. The desire
to share, to give to those less fortu
nate to build Good Will, is Para
mount.
In line with this spirit, I would
like to start a move here in New
berry to share your Christmas din
ner with someone in the Service.
Make certain that there will be no
serviceman or woman in our midst
who does not have an invitation to
share a Christmas dinner with some-
ie.
Christmas Lighting
The Office of War Utilities of the
War Production Board has requested
that retailers, city officials, cham
bers of commerce, and “citizens gen
erally” ffispense with decorative out
door lighting through the 1944 holi
day/season as a fuel-saving measure.
The War Production Board has
made it clear that they are not ask
ing for elimination of indoor Christ
mas lighting in either stores or
homes.
Avoid Yuletide Fire Tragedies
Buy a tree that has beep cut as
recently as possible. %
Cut off the end of the trunk
diagonally at least 1 inch above ori
ginal cut end. Stand the tree at
once in a container of water and
keep the water level above the cut
surface during the entire time that
the tree is in the house. If the tree
is not to be set up for several days,
it should be kept standing in water
meanwhile, in a cool place.
Do not obstnict only available exit
with tree. Use only safe electrical
illumination. Have an extinguisher
handy. Extinguish lights when no
one is around. Dispose, of tree be
fore it dries.
Avoid accumulation of wrappings
from packages. Keep combustible
materials from possible contact with
open flames of candles, fire-places
and stoves.
Use extra precautions in arrang
ing window displays. ,G'i ve , special
attention to safe electrical installa
tions. Do not use unsafe wiring or
fixtures.
Keep matches and smoking mater
ials away from temporary accumula
tions of package wrappings.
Take no chances with defective
temporary wiring.
Looking At Wild Life
ANEIDES AENEUS, A- PECULIAR
SALAMANDER
This is one of the nicest items in
the South Carolina Wild Life. Few
persons in the state have ever seen
this salamander.
In 1881 two naturalists, Cope and
Packard, published careful descrip
tion of a then “new species” of
salamander, which had been found
at or nea Nirokajack Cave, southern
Tennessee. For years few records
of it were found elsewhere. In 1923
a comprehensive checklist of amphi
bians and reptiles of North America
indicated this species as having been
recorded “West Virginia to Tennes
see, in the Cumberland mountains.”
Its four nearesit-of-kin inhabit the
Pacific slope, none in eastern Unit
ed States.
Our common name for salaman
ders is “spring-lirfards,” ‘Vdter-
dogs,’ “mud-puppies.” Our present
subect is of tl^at group of animals:
it is a vertebrate and is an amphi
bian.
In August 1926 several of us at
Clemson went on a collecting trip to
top of Pinnacle mountain in Pickens
county: the woods were damp from
recent rains. Mr. J. O. Pepper,
then resident near Easley, picked up
a specimen the like of which I had
never seen; he had plucked it from
the side of a standing upright tree
about 4 to 5 feet above ground and
none of our usual salamanders climb
trees. The specimen was submitted
(aliw .ilacked in >lamp moss) to
Mr. C. S. Brimley at Raleigh, North
Carolina, and was positively identi
fied as this species.
The news got around: in due time
a very few were taken by Mr. E. B.
Chamberlain of Charleston Museum
on rocks and crevices near top of
Sassafras "mountain in Pickens coun
ty. It was becoming established that
this species does inhabit South Car
olina mountains.
In September 1941, I was collect
ing along the upper portion of Esta-
toe creek in northern Pickens coun
ty, with Mr. O. L. Cartwright of
Clemson and Mr. Keezer a natural
ist from Cornell University. Mr.
Cartwright found a fine specimen
on damp rocky cliffs near the water.
This specimen was transported to
Cornell, amply photographed, pre
served. and is now back in our Clem
son collections.
This species attains about 7 inches
long, is dav'k olive with irregular
blotches and mottling of gray, very
closely resembling the lichen-cover
ed rocks where it lives. Its toes are
expanded at the tips and these toe-
pads are sticky like those of a tree-
toad, and by means of them it can
clamber over the damp rocks, even
on vertical cliffs, altogether an un
usual salamander in coloration, in
structural characters, and in the
place and maner of its life.
ora
RICHER
TMA
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OR those of us here in America let thi» be truly a real
Christmas. Let it be a season to be remembered for many
years to come.
Here, in America, is cause for rejoicing. We have had no
invasion, our homes are still intact, we have food, warmth, good
fellowship—and FREEDOM. What greater heritage could be
ours.
Let us be appreciative. Let us carry on in the traditional
spirit of the happy holiday occasion. We owe it to ourselves,
and more important, we owe it to those lads who have gone
forth to defend the American way of life. It is our obligation
to keep the Christmas tradition alive as a part of the thing for
which, they have fought.
This should be a richer Christmas. Sharing the - heartaches
and disappointments \yth others has made each of us more
thoughtful, more considerate and mow appreciative and from
this attitude comes the contentment and happiness so essential
for a successful Christmas season.
May all that is worthwhile be yours this Christmas.
Giioer & Weeks
THE RIGHT DRUG STORE
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In times such os these Christmos brings
home to us the realization that "Peace on
Earth, good will toward men" is more than an
empty phrase. It is the foundation of the
American way of. life, the goal which each of
us look forworctir) so that the greatest happi
ness may be achieved.
Thp Yuletide brings with it pleasant
thoughts of tried, proven and cherished asso
ciations, bound together more firmly by the
experiences of past months.
To you, our friends, may we extend.the
Season's Grec i ;ngs and o sincere wish for gen
uine happiness at this Christmastime..
Maxwell Bros & Quinn
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