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IS THERE A SANTA GLAUS? 'V ' ? , As long as there are children in (he world, so long there will be a Santa Claus to gladden their young hearts. Every year there are queries find discussion about this patron tvunt of childhood and he was so iibly defended by Francis P. Church, a late editorial writer 011 the Now York Sun, that all future questions v have been answered. The letter that brought forth his beautifril and con vincing reply was from little Viigi nia O'Hanlon ol' New York, which is given below together with his answer. "Dear- Editor: I am eight years old. Some ot my little friends say there is 110 Santa Claus. Papa says,! 'If you see it ir^ the Sun, it's so.' Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? { ( c"Virgina O'Hanlon. ''115 West 95th St.. b \ "Yirgina, your little friends are! wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age They do notholievc what they see They tsink that nothing can be which is not comprehensible to th<?ir little' minds. All ininss, Viigin^a- are little minds. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an anjt in his * intellect as compared with the bound less worlds about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasp ing the whole truth an^d knowledge. ?'Yes Viiginia there is a Santa Claus. Ho exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, an^d you know that they abound and give your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were 110 Virginias. There would be no child-like faith then, no poetry 110 romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have 110 en joyment except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which child hood fills the world would be extin guished. "Not believe in Santa Claus? You mierht as well not believe in faries. 44 ? I Von might get your ]>apa to hire men to watch all the chimnies on Christ mas Eve' to catch Santa Claus com ing down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see Did you ever see fairies dancing on your lawn? Of course not; but that's no proof that they are not there. No MEBANE NEAR DEATH Nemton, Dec. 14? C. H. Mebane editor of the Catawba Naws-ISnter prise is critically ill, and his physi cian states that it is bat a matter >f hours with him. He has been confin ed to his home for more than fo.ir months and has been suffering with the dreaded disease pernicious aene mia, for more than three years. All that has kept him alive for the last three or four weeks have been ,1ns remarkable constitution and sttfong heart. Mr. Mebane is well known through out the state, having served at one time as State Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction and later as Superin tendent of Catawba county schools. He has for more than thirty years served as a director of North Caro lina College for Women and has al ways taken a great interest in public education. About twenty-four years ago he entered the field of newspa per work and since that time he has edited the Catawba County /'News, later consolidated with the Newton Enterprise an/d now known as the Catawba News-Enterprise. body can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseeable in the world. Yon may tear apart the Ilaby \s rattle ami see what makes the rioise inside bnt there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. On ly faith, fancy poetry love romance can push aside that curtail^ and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Vir ginia, in all this world there is noth ing else real and abiding! ''No Santa Claus! Thank God he lives and he lives forever! A thous and years from now Virginia?nav ten times ten thousand years from now he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood! DILLSBORO LODGE NO. 459 A. F. & A. M. Regular cummunici tion on First and third Thursdays at 8 p. m. Visiting Brethren welcome. -R. G. Queen, W. M F. I. Watson, Sec'y. S. 0. CELEBRATES HER REDEMPTION IN 1876 Columbia S. C. Dee. 14- A handful of red shirted gray figures were the central figures in South Carolina's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the redemption of the State from reconstruction rule by the inaugu ration of Wade Ilampton as Gov ernor. They were the survivors ?f the thousands of red shirts who a half century ago rode with the gal lant Confederate cavalry leader in the bloody and bitter campaign of 1876 that ousted the carpetbagger and scalawag from control of the gov- J ernment.. Tribute to Hampton as 11 the sav-1 ior of South Carolina" and to the men who stood shoulder to shoulder with him was paid hv Major J. C. Hemphill of Abbeville veteran) news paper editor who himself received words of praise from Governor Me Lood for his own part in 1876. The streets of Columbia draped with United States flags were lined by thousands as the "red shirt" pa rade moved from Elmwood Avenjue down Main Gervais and Sumptcr streets to,the athletic fiel<J oftthe Unl iversity of South CaroJoina Where Major Hemphill delivered his address From time to time a cheer broke from the ranks of massed spectators as the main figures in the parade passed. Gray haired women who had pray ed in their homes for Hampton white their husbands fathers and sons fol lowed his banner were among those who made up the parade and there were also a few negroes who voted the Democratic ticket in the Hamp ton campaign. Escorting the red shirts wore Gov ernor McLeod and other high of'?ici nls of the State of South Carolina including members of the Supreme Court;Governor-Elect John G. Rich-: ards-who as a boy of 12 rode with: the red shirts-occupied the automo-! bile with the Governor. Then/ came] boys and girls of Columbia's public schools the ritudent body of the Um "Versity of South Carolina children from several orphau|agest4boy and girl scouts nurses from local hospit- j als and civilians from every walk >f life. All wore red sashes while many wore badges bearing the portraits of Hampton,J'nd M.C.Butler and Mart W Gary sometimes described as "the great triumvirate of 1876." Auto WE ARE GIVING SPECIAL PRICES ON ?r ? ' ? f 1 TIRES FOR DECEMBER. / 30 x 3 $5.95 30 x 3 1-2 - - $6-95 29 x 4.40 $10 00 and $11.00 ?I ? I * ALL TIRES REDUCED Buchanan, Jr. I ' ( ? \ V \ I ' \ Furniture takes first place always in the mind of the house-wife and home niaker, as the one gift that is most desirable and that holds the greatest V. * * I , *? *?'" v attraction for her. ? i ?????? Make her happy this Christmas with a gift that will give her joy throughout the year, every day. 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