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It's difficult to understand, but
ihe genial spirit of Christmas,
?anta Claus himself, hasn't always
had it easy. There have been oc
casions when laws or traditions or
regulations have put certain curbs j
?n the old gentleman. Here are
lome examples:
In Newark, N. J.. Sai^a is re
quired to pass a stiff physical ex
amination before he can serve in
? department store. Ahd even then
he- is barred from kissing any of
the children who perch upon his
knee.
In Charleston, S. C., charity San
tas have been forbidden to make
? pitch on public streets on the
grounds Jhat children flocking in to
see them may create a traffic
hazard. And in Washington a faw
years ago, when the postmaster
general was asked to print a Santa
Claus stamp at Christmas time he
rejected the proposal with a scorn
ful, "I should say not!"
Outside the U.S.A., Santa has
had trouble, too. In Montreal, Can- I
Ada, an influential organization
fought against holding of the city's
annual Santa Claus parade on the
ground that it was "merely a dis
play of grotesque and vulgar buf
foonery." A prominent journalist in
Rio de Janeiro fostered a move
ment to do away with Santa Claus
<Papa Noel) in Brazil and substi
tute a toy-hearing grandfather
/ . Indian. In Mexico City the minister
ef education recommended that the
Aztec god Quetzalcoatl, instead of
St. Nick, should bring gifts to chil
dren.
In the field of opinion, Santa has
encountered some ' detractors. A
Prof. Ivan E. McDougle, sociologist
at Goucher college, Baltimore, de
clared: "The Santa Claus myth has
lived too long. Parents should sub
stitute philosophy"? whatever that
i?.
A Toronto psychiatrist got in his
blast. "It should be made clear to
children," he said, "that Santa
Claus is not necessarily a real man
any more than any otlier character
out of a story book."
The state of Wyoming which
boasts the greatest reclamation pro
ject In tile U. S. ds fast developing
into a great produoting state. 9t is
claimed that one million head of
fine beef cattle and 3 1-2 million
head of sheep graze on its prairies,
ranches, and farms, that the woll
clip each year Is of great value,
while dairy fanning is increasing in
tfce*tate.
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One of the most impressive cus^
toms in the world is observed in
| Switzerland where the "singing at
the fountains" is done by the Se
bastiani brotherhood in the pictur
esque spa town of Rheinfelden.
According to the Swiss writer
Gottleib Wyss, the custom is more
than 400 years old, dating from 1540
when a plague, sweeping through
friany lands, visited Rheinfelden.
Twelve men formed a brotherhood
in honor of St. Sebastian, promising
to pray to him to safeguard their
town from farther distress. They
also undertook to nurse those af- ,
flicted by the plague and to bury
its victims.
If one of their own members died,
the brethren acted as pallbearers,
and up to the present day. by their
own selection, the membership of
the brotherhood has remained at 12.
Pestilence in the medieval period
was ascribed to the evil spirits in
the water, and when the Sebastiani
brethren, make their rounds of
seven fountains on Christmas eve.
they start at the fountain in the
"Froschweide" where the plague
started in the 16th century, After
singing for the seventh time near
the town church, they join its con
gregation for midnight mass, first
placing their quaint mounted lan
tern, with its lighted candle, before
the altar of St. Sebastian.
For their Christmas eve singing
at twelve, brethren are dressed in
dark clothes and black silk top-hats.
| Around their' lantern-bearer they
! stand in a circle and three times,
I as the name of Christ is mentioned
I in ?heir song, they uncover their
| h^uds. The song dates back to the
I middle ages.
The Courant, published in Hart
ford, Conn., established in 1764 is
our oldest newspaper.
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For Your COUGH
Creomulsion relieves promptly because
it goes right to the icat of the trouble
to help loosen and expel germ laden
phlegm and aid nature to sootbe and
beat raw, tender, inflamed brgpebial
mucous membranes. Tell your druggist
to sell you ? bottle of Creomulsioo
with the understanding you mutt like
the way it quickly allay* the cough
or you are to have vour money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchi*"
. What would
without bright new
uoiiifM for little girls to cherish?
Giving promise of ? goodly crop
?f dolls for this Christmas are
these finished heads on racks In ?
toy factory, ready to be given
bodies and limbs.
The Kings Mountain District ,
Court of Honor met at the City Hall
at 7:45 p. m. December 8. Mr. Schiele, j
Scout Executive, led the Scouts in
the Scout Law, and Rev. Phillips led
the Scouts in prayer. After the an
nouncements the following Scouts
I appeared for advancements:
Tenderfoot; *Flem Mauney, troop I
1; Curtis George, troop 3; Lawrence
Terry Ledford, troop 7; Leonard Al
vin Smith, troop 2.
Second Class Edgar Earl Mar
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Shelby, N. C? Monday. Wednesday and Saturday
8 A.M. to 5 P. M.
Tuesday and Friday 8 A. M. to 12 Noon
Office Royster Building ? Telephone 827-J
Shelby, N. C.
? and to all of you we extend our
wishes for a Merry Christmas ? and
a year ahead chock full of good
health, happiness and prosperity J
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