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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, DEC. 24, 1953
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The Christmas Season Is the one
time of the year where the whole
world is kin — when each of us
rejoice in the happiness of others
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and lock forward to the pleasant
associations with loved ones and
friends. May each of you enjoy
it to its fullest measure.
LOMINICICS DRUG STORE
Main Street
and the
PROFESSIONAL DRUG STORE
Hunt Street
Your Poinsettia Will
Bloom Next Christmas
The Poinsettia has long been
a popular Christmas plant but
probably few people have given
much thought to the fact that
it does come into bloom each year
only at this season.
The poinsettia is one of a group
of plants known as short day
plants because it will bloom only
in the season of the year with
short day length periods, prefer
ably 10 hours or less. That is why
it is always in bioom during the
Christmas season and not during
the summer. It could be prevented
from blooming now by lengthen
ing the daylight period to 15 hours
by means of artifical lights.
Flower growers have learned
how to bring garden chrysanthe
mums into bloom any month of
the year by using shading cloth
to shorten the days and artificial
lights to lengthen the days. The
chrysanthemum' is also a short
day plant.
How can one keep a poinsettia
plant until next season? After its
usefulness is over, place it in the
basement or some dry place where
it will not freeze. Do not water it,
or at least very little, and let the
soil dry up. Next May bring the
plant out, cut the stem back about
two-thirds, wash the old soil off
the roots and re-pot in new soil.
Christmas Rose
Enhai^ces Yule’s
Festival Mood
Americans usually decorate their
homes at Christmas time with
holly, evergreens, or hot-house
plants. Recently, however, they
found 4 new friend in the Christ
mas-rose. Nurserymen say this
plant’s popularity has skyrocketed
in the last few years.
The Christmas-rose is not really
a rose at all but belongs to the
crowfoot family. It is a small
plant no more than a foot high
when mature. Nevertheless, it can
put forth seven or eight small
white roselike blooms tinged with
pink.
Called by botanists Helleborus
niger or black hellebore, it gets
this name from its black stalks.
The Christmas-rose is no freak,
no super-precoclous flower or
early-blooming plant. This ligiti-
mate child of winter flowers nat
urally in December or January. It
withstands snow and low tempera
tures, demanding only some sort
of shelter from the snow.
Helleborus niger does not propa-
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DOTH REPUBLICANS and Demo-
crats have some new campaign
“wrinkles” as they prepare for the
1954 Congressional election.
At stake in this important mid
term contest will be control of Con
gress for the following two years
and a favorable position for the 1956
Presidential race.
So neither party is going to over
look any bets. Each has plans to do
some raiding of the other’s private
preserves, Congressional Quarterly
was told in interviews with* party
planners.
Republicans are already engaged
in a frontal attack on the Demo
cratic Sfiuth. They are also going
after the vote in the big cities—a
vote which has been pretty general
ly Democratic in the past.
The Democrats are preparing to
do some intensive organizing in
usually GOP territory. They want
to cut into the huge vote the Repub
licans have been rolling up in the
suburbs, and are after GOP rural
districts of the Midwest.
As the major parties start the
1954 campaign they are on virtual
ly even footing, so far as the House
seats are concerned. The Republi
cans have 219 Members and control
the House. There are 215 Demo
crats and one independent. All 435
House seats will be on the election
block.
GOP strategy calls for a spirited
1954 Congressional campaign in the
South. The Republicans plan to put
up nominees in most of the 38 Con
gressional districts carried by Pres
ident Eisenhower in the 10 South
ern states and border Tennessee.
While the GOP leaders are in
specting voter prospects in the
big cities. Democratic leaders are
taking a long look at the rapidly
growing suburbs. The Republicans
Why You Hang
Holly At Yuletide
Credit the Pagan Druids for
inspiring one of the nice Christ
mas customs — decorating with
holly. The traditional holly for the
holidays is widely believed to have
had its orgin in the Druid prac
tice of bringing holly sprigs in
doors. The Druids woodland spirits
lived in the holly.
Indoors, holly gave the spirits a
nice warm place in winter. Be
sides, the lush green holly and the
contrast of its red berries provided
beauty that could De revered by
men when the scared oaks were
shorn of their foliage.
The early Christian church
it gives us pleasure fo extend otr
best wishes to those
gate well in the United States.
Hence, most of the tiny plants are
imported from Belgium and the
Netherlands. They develop best
only in the western part of those
countries where they thrive in soil
peculiar to the region.
The ancient Romans knew about
the Christmas-rose and eagerly
sought it for medicinal use. They
believed that eating the roots
would “clear the brain, cure stu
pidity and relieve insanity.”
“Let him sail to Anticra,” said
the poet, Horace, of an ill friend.
Anticyra was a Greek town where
the black Hellebore flourished.
The Helleborus family is indinge-
nous to southern Europe and the
Mediterranean regions. The Christ
mas-rose variety came originally
from Austria.
jumped in quickly to organize solid
ly there.
Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell of
the National Committee thinks
Democratic prospects in such areas
are good if they can minimize social
pressures to “vote Republican.”
Cutting down high GOP election
percentages in the suburbs would
pay off for the Democrats, particu
larly in tight, state-wide races.
They were encouraged when they
recently won a number of mu
nicipal elections in suburban Con
necticut and New York communi
ties.
The Midwest is getting special at
tention from both parties. The
Democrats are confident that they
have their best opportunity in years
to score in farm districts because
of falling farm prices.
Delighted to win the rural Ninth
Wisconsin district for the first time
in history, they interpreted the out
come of the recent special election
there as a slap by farmers at the
Eisenhower Administration’s farm
program.
Democrats also consider their
chances excellent to pick up seats
in Midwestern industrial areas,
W’here their Congressional nomi
nees did well in 1948.
The President polled over five
million more votes than did the
1952 GOP Congressional nominees.
He carried 295 Congressional dis
tricts; the GOP won only 221 House
seats. GOP leaders will try to per
suade all of those who voted for
Mr. Eisenhower in 1952 to vote
GOP in the 1954 Congressional con
tests, writh a plea that the President
needs a Republican Congress.
As for Democrats, they say it is
already “time for a change” from
“big business government,” “give
away” programs and falling farm
prices.
frowned on such pagan customs
and tried to stamp them out. In
due time, however, it was felt that
some of the customs could be
adapted to the new Christmas
conception.
Some beautiful legends asociate
the holly with Christ. In fact, it is
often called the Christ thorn. One
legend depicts the leaf spines as
the crown of thorns; the red ber
ries as the sins of the world and
the blood of Christ. Another credits
holly with first springing up from
the footsteps of Christ. The plant
is said to remain green all winter
as a reward for once hiding Christ
from his pursuers.
The impact of the holly on the
Christmas celebration is evidenced
in the tradional holiday colors,
green and red. The Druids weren't
the only people of old who thought
the holly was something special.
Pliny, the great Roman historian,
insisted holly blossoms caused wa
ter to freeze. Also, that holly
thrown at any wild beast would
make it lie down tamely next to
the branch.
These legends, forgotten by
many people, are said to be the
reason we decorate with holly.
Seven vice presidents of the
United States have succeeded to
the presidency due to the death
of the chief of state.
Protestant and Orthodox
churchgoers gavea record $1,-
401,114,217to their churches in
1952, according to the National
Council of Churches.
WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
FORMER GOVERNOR
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Christmas Don’ts
To keep your Christmas a truly
merry one, keep these don’ts
iu mind:
DON’T give children dangerous
toys, or toys with sharp points.
If they operate with electricity,
be sure you supervise their use.
DON’T decorate the tree with
lighted candles unless it’s abso
lutely unavoidable.
DON’T place the tree near a
stove or fireplace.
DON’T leave lighted tree un-
gus^ed at any time.
DON’T use a rickety, unsafe
ladder in decorating the tree.
DON’T place Christmas candles
near the tree, curtainst, paper
wreaths or other decorations.
DON’T overlook the opportunity
to make your tree fire-resistant.
DON’T leave toys exposed where
people can trip on them.
DON’T allow steps and side
walks to become Icy in cold
weather.
DON’T drive recklessly.
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WISHES
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Season
As one of several steps In the selec
tion of best finishes for soon-to-be-
shown 1954 models, Chevrolet officials
viewed 390 miniature cars, each
painted a different color. Above,
E. N. Cole, chief engineer, (1.) and
W. E. Fish, general sales manager,
inspect a candidate.
Spotts Grocery
1251 Hunt Street
Newberry
Christmastime
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