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NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER 50th YEAR NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1914. NO. 13 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS! Calm oil the listening ear of night Come heaven’s melodious strains, Where wild Judea stretches far Her silver-mantled plains; Celestial choirs from courts above Shed sacred glories there, And angels with their sparkling lyres Make music on the air. The answering hills of Palestine Send back the glad reply, And greet from all their holy heights The day spring from on high; O'er the blue depths of Galilee There comes a holier calm, And Sharon waves in solemn praise Her silent groves of palm. "Glory to God!” The lofty strain The realm of other fills; How sweeps the song of solemn joy O’er Judah’s sacred hills! "Glory to God!” The sounding skies Loud with their anthems ring, "Peace on earth, good will to men, From heaven's eternal King.” I-ELEND OF THK CHRYSANTHEMUM. When the men wont to Bothlohom. Tho Holy Child to Rroot, Tho carried many precious gifts Of myrrh and spices sweet. And as they journeyed o’er the plain. Led by the wold n star. They heard a clear, angelic strain tt That sounded from afar: “Glory to God in the highest. On earth pence, go»wi will to men," Floating down fvetn heaven above, Was echoed back attain. Than the wise men, looking upward, ■v Dropped spices by the way. Which, taking root, brought forth sweet flowers That holy Christmas Day. When they returned and found them there They said: “Wo know full well Our costly gifts are not all lost. Though to tho ground they foil, Hut always through these lovely tlowers Shah send forth on the ear An ottering of the Prince of Pc,tee, Pure incense rich and rare." They named tho blooms Chrysanthemums, As they journeyed on their way. In honor ot‘ the Christmas-tide; And so they are called to-day. Late in the autumn now they come As tnussenfrern of love, Fair heralds of the Holy One Their fragrance flouts above, And it is said that children born With these bright flowers on earth Are always blessed with heavenly gifts By angels at their birth. Christmas Cheer. Another Christmas has come, and while this sa-- cred anniversary has not found us enjoying the same degree of prosperity that blessed us in former years, yet we have much to be thankful for, and should show our appreciation of the mercies and blessings vouchsafed to us by the Giver of all good things. In this spirit we send cordial greetings to our friends and customers, thanking one and all for the generous patronage accorded us during the .past twelve months. Wishing everyone a peaceful and happy holiday, and trusting that another Christ mas may iind us in a more prosperous condition and in better spirits, we beg to remain Your friends, T. G. FARMER & SONS COMPANY Everything For CHRISTMAS Santa Claus, as usual, is making his head quarters at this store. 1,500 pounds Nuts of all kinds, 2,000 pounds Candy, (stick and fancy.) 25 boxes Ibaisins, 10 sacks of Cocoanuts, 25 boxes Florida Oranges, Postell’s “Elegant” Flour—the only original flour for cake baking. Fresh Pensylvania Buckwheat. And a hundred arid one other little dainties and nicknacks that go to make the model Christmas dinner a success. In fact, everything to tickle the palate of the juvenile as well as the grown-ups. . r aut'j i'. tw Fresh Fish, Oysters and Celery every day through the Holidays. J. T. S W I N T PARR( Insurance—All Branches Representinq Fire Association, of Philadelphia Fidelity and Casualty Co., of New York American Surety Co., of New York Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., of Newark, N. J. 14 1-2 Greenville st,, Ouer H. C. Glover Co. Charleston News and Courier. As the Christmas season approaches it is only natural that our hearts should expand with warmth and (rood will for our fellow-beings. It is now, perhaps, more than at any other period of the year that we are able to realize some thing of the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God, and something also of the wonderful joy that sprinirs from serving others. Perhaps this year wo are in better position than ever be fore to appreciate the significance of this fact, and to stretch our opportuni ties for doing good to their farthest limits. The great war which is the chief topic of conversation in every home on this big globe assumes an even more pitiful meaning when we stop to think that at this season of peace and good will, when into Christian homes every where something of Christmas joy is expected to penetrate, there will he so many homes where no joy whatever will roign. We read of the ruin and des olation, of the weeping wives and moth ers and sad-eyed children left to man age as best they can, of brave men fighting against their will, of the dying and dead, and all the rest of the dread ful details, and then we hogin uncon sciously to contrast the present tragic conditions with the peace and prosperi ty which characterized the last Christ mas-tide. It is no wonder that the hands of our fellow-countrymen went deep into their pockets for help for the unfortunate, and it is not strange that we should as a people have responded, and are still responding, so generously to the calls of the distressed in the war- cursed countries abroad. The more we give the more blessed shall we be, but in our sympathy for the sufferers so far away we must not forget those who suf fer near at home. The various charitable organizations, and the men and women workers among the poor and distressed, report a pitiful condition of affairs in our own commu nity, und one that calls for relief as quickly and as fully as possible. Not only among the habitually poor is this state of affairs noticeable, but also among those w'-o in the very recent past have known better times and who consequently have been entirely unfa miliar with the hard facts which have now become a reality to them. The av erage person hears of such distress with regret and sympathy, but, as a rule, unless his interest is quickened in the most realistic manner he is very likely to forget such reports as reach bis ears. It often requires the evidence of our senses to make us understand and appreciate certain conditions. That there is much suffering and much pov erty at home is vouched for by many persons who are affiliated with the va rious benevolent organizations of the city. The need of the brother across the sea is vital; of that there iB no question; hut the need of the brother at our side is equally pressing, and one also that makes its most urgent ap peal during the approaching season. It may be that there are many persons who have strained their pocket-nerves in aid of the European sufferers, and who, consequently, feel that they can not (Jo anything more in the name of humanity at the present time. Of course, there is a limit to our means, and each man is the judge of his ability to give; but at such a time, when we know and feel that there is an unusual amount of suffering near at hand, we shall not err if we make a sacrifice and do what we can to help those who, through no fault of their3, are not able at the present moment to help them selves. It will not he difficult to find cases that nc*‘d immediate assistance, and even if we are called upon to make sacrifices in order to be of some assist ance, the inconvenience is soon Inst sight of in the happiness of knowing that we have done what we could for those less fortunate than ourselves. Sick Two Years With Indigestion. "Two years ago I was greatly bene fited through using two or three bot tles of Chamberlain’s Tablets," writes Mrs. S. A. Keller. Eldia, Ohio. “Be fore taking them I was Bick for two years with indigestion.” Sold by alt dealers. The Big Christmas. The trust magnate was breakfasting, sitting opposite his handsome, haughty looking wife. The room was done in oak and tapestry, and in the great fire place a fire of yule logs burned. He was iron gray, thin, tind looking, with an occasional attractive twinkle in his eye. She was inclined to he stout; her hair was snow white, elabo rately dressed. A shadowy sweetness lingered in the corners of her mouth. "Do you remember one Christmas day, so many years ago,” she question ed him, “when we were so poor we had no dinner?" “Clearly. And now wo have no di gestion,” ho remarked. “And one Christmas when you were bo ill, and wo were in a hotel and so un comfortable?" He nodded cheerfully. "You are forgetting the big Christ mas,” he remarked. “ We’ve had so many of them to gether,” she said, “it makes me feel quite old and a little bit Bad.” “Think back,” he said, "to one Christmas night that we were together in a sleigh on the old mill road. There were stars in the sky, and it was cold. You were snuggling close to mo”— "Why, Harry, we weren't engaged then. ” "You were one of those snugglesome girls, Mary. I repeat, you were crowd ing me soino, but I didn’t mind it. You wore a red knitted hood tied under your chin, and a—atlppet—yea, that’s it, a tippet of while fur with little black specks on it like a cat.” "Ermine, you foolish boy.” "And suddenly we .bumped over something and you were scared, and the next thing—you had kissed me." "It was you that kissed me. The idea—why” — "How could I? I was driving. You deliberately kissed mo, Mary. Don’t deny it after all these years.” "I don’t remember it, Harry.” "I remember it distinctly, for I had always wanted to; but, being a modest youth, I was afraid. But that delight ful bump in the road broke the ice. I dropped ‘ho reinB und asked you to marry me. You said ‘yes'. You remember now, don’t you?” She was blushing faintly, and the shadows that had been dimples deepen ed at her lips. She nodded her head. “The horse jumped. Over went the sleigh, and we tumbled into a big snow drift, not knowing or caring what was the matter. The horse, being the one livery stable horse in the place, waB used to lovers, so he just stood still, looking back at us while I righted the cutter and lifted you in. We were tho happiest two people in the world, weren’t we?" "Yes,” she said softly. “That was the big Christmas, Mary.” A Historic Christmas. On Dec. 25, in the year 800, the holy Roman Empire was born. Europe was in the iron grasp of Charlemagne. The great king had gone to Rome to inves tigate charges lodged against the Pope, Leo III. The pontiff made good his de fense and on Dec. 20 took a solemn oath of exculpation. Two days later, early on Christmas morning, the Pope celebrated mass in the great basilica of St. Peter’s, a church not at all like the huge renaissance structure reared 1 y Bramame and Michelangelo. The edifice was cre wded to tho doors, for all Rome Hocked in those days to see the wonderful Frank, who, like Mohammed, spread his gospel by the sword. Charles, clad in Roman cos tume, with the chlamy banging from his shoulders, knelt in prnyer before the tomb of St. Peter. When he rose to Ins feet Loo approached and, placing a golden crown upon the king’s head, acclaimed him Emperor of tho Romans. Again tho pontiff folded him in a pur ple mantle, and a great shout went up from the people as a greeting to the first of the new C&csars. The scene is thus described Ivy Egin- hard, the historian of Charlemagne: "At tho moment when, in his place be fore tho altar, he was bowing down to pray, Pope Leo placed on his head a crown, and all the Roman people shout ed, ’Long life and victory to CharleB Augustus, crowned by Cod, the g' eat and pacific emperor of the Romans!’ Af ter this proclamation the pontiff pros trated liimaelf before him and paid him adoration, according to the custom es tablished in the days of the old emper ors, and thenceforward Charles, giving up the title of patrician, bore that of Emperor Augustus.” A millenium later, on the banks of the Seine, another pope crowned an other emperor, who had planted his throne on the wreck of the fabric reared by Charlemagne. Thoughts For Christmas. The cabins and attics and cellars catch from the manger a glory they never had before Christ's advent. This is the wonder of the ngoB, then—that Christ came into the world as a peas ant’s babe. It is a wonder before which the wandering star, the angels’ song and the worshiping wise men pale into insignificance. "And it came to pass, when the an gels went nway from them into heaven, the shepherds Baid one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made, known unto us. And they came with haste and found both Mary and Joseph and the babe ly ing in tho manger. And when they saw it they made known concerning the snying wliich was spoken to them about this child. And all that heard it wondered at the things wliich were spoken unto them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these sayings, pon dering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, oven as it was spoken unto them.” Call it the birthday of Cod-made Man or call it only the feast of peace and good will, tho soul that shrinks away from its celebration and refuses to share in its blessed participations, ex cept in those hours that are beyond mortal control, is a soul made poor by its own limitations, self-deprived of one of the moot noble opportunities granted uh for the aid of our fellow- creatures and the glorifying of God. Best for Kidneys—Says Doctor. Dr. J. T. It. Neal, Greenville, S. C., nays that in his DO years of experience ho has found no preparation for the kid neys equal to Foley’s Kidney Pills. In die. and $1 sizes. Best you cun buy for backache, rheumatism, kidney and nlad- dar ailments. For sale by all dealers. Christmas Thoughts. Washington Irving. Of all the old festivals that of Christ mas awakens the strongest and most heartfelt associations. There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality and lifts the spirits to a state of hallowed and elevated enjoyment. It is a beautiful arrangement, deriv ed from days of yore, that this festival, which commemorates the announce ment of the religion of peace and love, has been made the season for gathering together of fimily connections and drawing closer again those band) of kindred hearts which the cares and pleasures and sorrows of the world are continually operating to cast loose; of calling back the children of a family who have launched forth in life, once m ire to assemble about the paternal hearth, there to grow young and loving a rain among the endearing mementos of childhood. There is something in the very sea son of the year that giveH a charm to the festivity of Christmas. In tho d *pth of winter, when nature lien de spoiled of her charms, wrapped in her shroud of sheeted snow, we turn for our gratifications to moral sources. Heart calleth unto heart, and we draw our pleasures from the deep wells of loving kindness which lie in the quiet recesses of our bosoms. Amid the general call to happiness, the bustle of the spirits ami the stir of the affections which prevail at this pe riod, what bosom can remain insensible? It is, indeed, the season of regenerated feeling, the season for kindling not merely the fire of hospitality in the hall, but the genial flame of charily in the heart. He who can turn churlishly away from contemplating the felicity of his fellow-beings and can sit down repining iri loneliness when all around is joyful, lacks the genial and social sympathies which constitute the charm of a merry Christmas. Too far trusted is soon or late busted. Invigorating to the Pate and Sickly The Cld Standard trrnernl strengthening tonic, OROVK'b TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria .enriches the blood.and builds up the lyv- teru. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c World’s Most Sacred Spot. What may perhaps he described as tho most sacred spot on earth is the grotto or manger in the Church of tho Nutivily at. Bethlehem. This small un derground chamber, reached from the church above by a (light of steps, is said to bo the site of the actual manger whore Christ was born, and a silver star, lot into the floor underneath tho altar, is alleged to be the exact spot of the Nativity. Above the star hang fif teen lumps, which have continually illu minated tho little chapel for several hundred years. The altar is adorned with most elabo rate embroideries, tho work of royal princesses, while from the ceiling hang a number of brass lamps and a few paintings. There has, of course, been no little controversy as to whather this is the actual site of the original man ger. To begin with, it is underground, and many people wonder how it could have been used by cattle und horses. Here, however, we have to remember that in the East donkeys and mules of ten dwell in underground stables, and the staircase would present no difficulty to the agile native cattle of Palestine. No less an authority than Col. Conder has declared that “the rude grotto with its rocky manger may be accepted even by the most skeptical of modern ex plorers.” St. Nicholas seems to have been the original of our Santa Claus. He was the Bishop of Myra about the year BOO and was very popular because of his good deeds and kindness, especially to children, whose patron saint he is sup posed to be. An old legend sayB that he wished to secretly bestow a gift upon an old nobleman who, though pior, did not want anyone to know of his poverty. When the good bishop reached the house he saw the old gentleman asleep by the (ire, so he climbed to the top of the chimney and dropped tils gift into it, thinking it would fail on the hearth. But it happened that the money fell into one of the old gentle man's stockings, which hia daughter had hung up to dry, where it was found and used as a dowry for his eldest daughter. And the story goes on to say that St. Nicholas never failed to put a gift in the stockings which were hung up for him thereafter when a daughter of the house was to marry. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy—Tho Mother's Favorite. "I give Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy to my children when they have colds or cough,” writes Mrs. Verne Shaffer, Vandergrift, Fa. “It always helps them and is far superior to any other cough medicine I have used. 1 advise anyone in need of such a medi cine to give it a trial." For sale by all dealers. _ "Here’s something for try his hand on," said a neighbor. 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It is tho attitude of the child, and at Christmas time the immortal child which lurks in every human being wakes to like if wo do not frighten it and allow it to creep back to its hiding placo for want of encouragement. Grumpy, disagreeable people naturally do not like Christmas, because it^shows them up. P. A. Morgan, Gore, Ga., had occa sion recently to use a liver medicine and says of Foley's Cathartic Tablets: “They thoroughly cleansed my system and I felt like a new man—light and freo. They are the best medicine I have ever taken for constipation. They keep the stomach sweet, liver active, bow els regular.” For Hale by alt dealers. "Yes,” said the Fairy Prince, "you may have whatever you want for a Christmas present.." “I will choose,” said the Fortunate Person, "either a wife or an automo bile.” “How foolish!" exclaimed the Fairy I’rince. “Why do you not select some thing that you can manage?” The beBt preparation for your work to-morrow is to do good work to-day. 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