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THE SPIRIT li» OF CHRISTMAS "tivvwiw. To all of you whom we have been privileged to serve—we extend our thanks for your patronage and • our best wishes that your Christmas be filled with much happiness and joy! 141 XG Form 12 ; G. B. SUMMER and SONS FURNITURE 12Q1 Boyce Street Newberry, S. C. * FRAMED IN HOLLY ... A holly wreath high In New York's RCA Buftldlnff frames Christmas tableau on Manhattan Island as Ifare skaters glide over the toe and sightseers stroll In the It it our sincere wish that the friendship and good will you have extended us in the past will return to you many fold to bring you happiness during this W. E. Turner, Jeweler IHNH'tthhvpll St. NewM't'y, S. t\ What, indeed, is Christmas? Ask a child and he may tell you that it is a time of snow and bright lights, and Santa Claus and presents under the tree. Ask a hundred grown-ups and you may get a hundred slightly related answers, for Christmas is many things to many people.’ But, for all of us, the happiest memories of childhood are those associated with the celebration of this great holiday. How easy it is to vividly call up scenes of long ago when a happy family gathered by the warm glow of an open fireside-; to close the eyes to see again the snow-covered fields and to hear again the crunching sound of heavy boots plodding through the snow and visualize the little white church on the hill. In the silence of a darkened room one can so easily revisit that little church, breathe again the aroma of evergreens and burning candles and sense anew the presence that is so obvious in the quiet and solemn stillness. These are the things about Christmas that have not changed and will not change with the modes and mannerisms of new generations. These are the things which reflect the spirit of Christmas. It is in the spirit of love and goodness, of close communion with God and with mankind and with it all is mixed a sense of awe at the wonderful miracle brought into being on that first Christmas night at Bethlehem so long ago. TThis is the spirit of Christmas, and so it shall remain until the end of time. Enjoy Christmas by Carefully Planning Your Holiday Budget Enjoy Christmas by observing it in proper fashion; take part in Christmas customs, gather with friends and family and go to church often during the holiday season—but don’t wake up weeks later with a Christmas "hang over.” You get Christmas "hangover” not from making too many trips to the holiday punchbowl, but from allowing younelf to spend more than you are financially able in playing "Santa” to triands and family. While it isn’t necessarily true, as many claim, that "Christmas is too commercial," many will al low themselves each year to be carried away with the spirit of giv ing to the extent that the New Year greeting from the mailman ia in the form of a huge stack of unpaid bills. Right to Give It is right that the spirit of giv ing should be a part of the Christ mas observance, but giving should be within the means to give and it ia the gift itself and not its cost or value that is most important Gifts that you make yourself, in the kitchen or workshop, are al ways greatly appreciated for they are a gift of time and effort two of your most valuable possessions. Perhaps the best way to avoid overspending during the holidays is to plan your Christmas shop ping program. Begin by making a list of those to whom you wish to give presents. Then study your bankbook or budget to see how much you can spend. You eon then determine how much you can spend for individual gifts without taxing your savings or putting a burden on your future income. It may take some will i mvei 1c stick to a holiday shopping huuget. but you will enjoy a happici holi day and get elT to a better start in the New Year if you avoid the headaches that come with spend ing more than you can afford Dickens' Manuscript Brought High Price Only e few years tgt>, a previ ously unpublished Olckens’ manu script, "The Life of Our Lord,” was presented hi the world. This simple, moving narrative had been written by Dickens 10b years earlier Mr the exclvislve en jwymeht of his children and be cause he felt such deep veneration and reverence Mr the life and les sons of our Kavlour* Dickens had left instructions that thla ^particn- lat manuscript never be commer- ciiltsed kt was never made public until the year Wili* after the death of 81r Henry Fielding Dickens, the author's yonngeit enwft. Literary Mm Purchased by tin London Dally Malt Mr the •ti|«ette« amount of WktkMM-urv 111 m word, the manuscript became a literary event of the ftrat magnitude, des tined to be raid and chert shed for ever wherever theughthd parents, kike Dickens, want their children to know something about the his tory of Jesus Dhmt For. aeeavdtng In Dickens* Everybody ought to know about Him No on¥ tear lived who was so good, so kind, so gentle, and so sorry Mr people who did wrona or were tn any way III and miserable, as He wee, u And ift be Is now In Heaven, where we il hope to go, and all meet aeeh emer alter we are dead, and mm be happy always in- 5 ean never think what ee heaven*la, without an He was and what *1 s s B. C. MOORE AND SONS MOORE AND SAVE MORE” maist s? W jff- ■wr* m ■m If K m Jtay, the CkrUtma* ring out menage o( good hope, • ' -J- '1 r> - ?4* 1 good cheer hieningi for all. npi n ' I The Bowers-l ■'S i A. J. BOWERS MAMIE PARKS LOOTS C. 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