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THE NEWBHftRT SUW FRIDAY, Dbueotdbjk zi, 1946_ 1945 Tax Notice At the close of business on December 31, 1945 1 per ct. penalty will be added to all unpaid 1945 State and County Taxes J. Ray Dawkins COUNTY TREASURER Many Relics of St. Nicholas Still i ' Are Enshrined in Southern Italy ' To the residents of the town of Bari, Italy, the possession of a saint’s body meant much in the ear ly 11th century. That is why all that is mortal of Santa Claus—otherwise St. Nicholas, the bishop of Myra in Asia Minor—now rests in Bari, The body was stolen from its origi nal tomb in Myra by Italian sailors, who thought as most Europeans thought back in 1087, that a saint’s body brought prosperity and good luck to a town. Even an arm or a toe was rated highly among civic possessions. However, once buried again in Bari, the saint’s body was credited with curing 30 people of distemper and performing other miracles. So Bari became a place of pilgrimage and the legends about St. Nicholas multiplied apace. We owe our notion of Santa Claus as a secret dispenser of gifts to a story that St. Nicholas once saved three girls from a life of vice by throwing purses of gold through a window in Patara. thus permitting a poverty stricken nobleman to give his daughters suitable dowries as custom demanded. And St. Nicholas is credited with restoring life to three boys who had been slain and dismembered by a wicked innkeeper of Myra—that is why we occasionally see stained glass windows in which the saint is shown beside three lads in a tub. So the legends multiplied and especially did they become popular in Holland and Belgium. There, too, tiie children put their wooden shoes before the fireplace on Christmas Eve and confidently expected that good behavior of recent weeks would be rewarded. Bad children, of course, found only ashes and whips in their shoes. Poultry Shipments EACH THURSDAY 10 To 11 A. M. Back of Court House All Hens . . . 24c All Roosters . . . 16c Ducks and Geese . .15c All Turkeys . . . 28c Cured Country Hams 40c Bring Poultry EVERY THURSDAY Greenville Poultry Co. YARDSTICK for mecsuring a transportation service What does the Southern Railway System mean to you? To your community? To the Southland? Is there any way to measure the value of its service? Perhaps these questions will help provide a “yr rdstick”. . . • Does the Southern handle all kinds of freight... and passengers, tncii and express, too? • Does it provide safe, dependable transportation, all year ’round, in any kind of weather? • Does it buy large quantities of supplies and materials in the South? • Does it give steady employment to large numbers of Southern men and women? • Does it pay taxes which help to support your schools, police and fire departments, and other local govern mental services? • Does it constantly and vigorously promote the growth of the territory it serves? Yes, the Southern Railway does all of these things! Thus, with this “ yardstick ” you may measure how well the Southern “Serves the South”.. . and how much this railway means to you, to your community, and to the future growth and prosperity of the greater, better Southland. President ) SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Homemade Cards Always Welcomed Why not try making some of your own Christmas cards this year? Besides being lots of fun, test ing your ingenuity and saving mon ey, it will provide your friends and relatives with a really personal tok en of your regard. To members of your immediate family in service, to uncles, cousins and aunts still wearing Uncle Sam’s uniform, such home-contrived Christ mas cards will be particularly ap preciated. No special artistic tal ents are required for the task. Some s A We hope for you a bright and cheerful Yule- tide and as we ring in a New Year, we wish you every good fortune. EPPS SERVICE STATION ii Old fashioned cards useful. bit of handiwork, even though it ba aomewhat crude, will fill the bill. There are numerous ways to de velop a novel card. Snapshots of the home are always interesting—per haps the front door, the yard, a winter acene framing the house. Views of the interior—the fireplace, a living-room nook or some other spot dear to the family can like wise be used. Such snapshots can be mounted oh a good grade of stiff paper with your personal greetings either printed by hand or written. The use of an ink of contrasting col or from the paper will help illumi nate the card. Or better still, use a photograph of the new baby in the family as the subject of your card. This will bo especially attractive to overseas rel atives who have not yet seen the new arrival. Pictures of pets, too, are effective. The new puppy, the recently born kitten or the faithful collie will all make subjects that will kindle a lively personal interest in the heart of the recipient. Lots of fun and variety will result if every member of the family from the youngsters to the adults tries his or her hand at designing a personal Christmas card. Collaborations, too, with several of the family contribut ing ideas, are worth while. If any member of the family has sketching ability, this can be turned to good ac count in reproducing family scenes and characters that will lend novel interest to a card. Family hobbies, occupations or recreations can thus be represented. HRISTMAS REETINGS frern Sunrise Auto Supply Co. Origin of Stockings And Shoes for Gifts Why have stockings come to be the traditional receptacles for family Christmas gifts? Although historians can give no completely authertic answer, they point out that children’s stockings are usually hung by the chimney to keep warm or dry out, so it was natural that Santa MtPlf % Claus should pick them as the place In which to deposit gifts. In certain regions of France it is the shoe that is put out on Christmas Eve. Some authorities say that shoes and stockings were put near the fireplace for the same reason that an old boot was associated with a wedding—in or der to bring good luck and drive sway evil spirits. One Christmas story stresses the good luck feature. St. Nicho las, it Is related, once dropped a purse down a chimney. Instead of falling on the hearth, the purse dropped into a stocking, and ever sinee then the happy eustom of filling the Christmas stocking has been universally popular. MERRY CHRISTMAS And HAPPY NEW YEAR | Greystone Service Station l/VK&j As you gother with ioved ones and friends on Christmas morning, please remember our thoughts will be of you. It is our wish that you will enjoy a Christmas long to be remembered. } MRS. J. W. WHITE ! USla GREETING / May the coming year see the fulfillment of your every wish. And for your continued good will a gen uine THANK YOU! Newberry Dry Goods Co. | Mrs. C. J. McWhirter It ■£«!«*<« «e«l ‘Xmas’ Has Authentic Basis Of Use Throughout History While many people frown on the use of “Xmas” for Christmas, this abbreviation has an authentic basis in history. The “X" is the first letter of tho Greek word for Christ. Christian scholars of the middle ages are said in their writings to have abbreviat ed the spelling of the Nativity cele bration into X-mass or simply Xmas. In the same way “Xn” was used for Christian and “Xty” for Chris tianity. In the catacombs of ancient Rome, X is frequently found to stand for Christ. The earliest Christian art ists, when making a representation of the Trinity, would place either a; cross or X beside the Father and the Holy Ghost, _ ^ j