. 7?May the Yuletide season be the harbinger of a year of peace and prosperity for all our friends. REED'S GROCERY Phone 39 Sylva, N. C. 'May the Christmas Season and the ' New Year bring you all the good things of Jtfsinrich abundance. PROFESSIONAL DRUG STORE Phone 49 Sylva, N. C. VJGAOMd ^ /? Farmers Federation Phone'139 FRED E. COPE, Mgr. Sylva, N. C. JEWISH NE^V YEAR IS SOLEMN RITE Jewish people /Observe the New, Year at a different and with more religious soA?mnlty\than is i associated with the Christian New| Year. Rosh Hashana, the name of Jew- | isK New Year's day, may occur any time between Sept. 5 and Oct. 5. It is one of the highest of Orthodox holy days and opens a period of penitence, prayer and charity which lasts until Yom Kip pur, ten days later. Yom Kipper means Day of Atonement. Traditionally, Yom Kipper was set apart as a day of atonement by Moses and elaborate ceremonies solemnized its observance until the offering of scrifices was aban doned after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A. D. In modern times, no other Jew ? ish fast day or festival is as gen j erally and religiously observed? Services in the synagogues begin in the evening of the preceeding .day and are continuous unA;l sunset on the day itself. The souls of the j dead are included in the commu-| nity of those pardoned on the Day , i of Atonement, and it is customary I for children to have public mention METHUSELAH'S LIFE HAD LONGEST SPAN Methuselah, the Hebrew pat riarch who lived 969 years, has} become synonymous with Father* Time because he lived longer than| any othefr man in recorded history. Notwithstanding Methuselah's di_ rect descent from Seth?the third son of Adam and Eve, born after Cain had slain Abel?and the fact that he was the grandfather of Noah, it has been said longevity Methuselah's only claim to his j tory's commemoration; and even I this claim seems to hang by a slen der thread, considering that lon gevity was the rule rather than the exception among the patriachs. The fifth chapter of Genesis re cords that Adam lived a total of 930 years; Seth reached the age of ) 12, and Enos?the son of Seth? died at 905. Cainen lived 910 years, Mahalaleel attained the age of '95, and Jared?grandfather of Methuselah?lived 962 years, only ?even years less than his grand son's record. Enoch, Methuselah's father, seems to have been the exception to the rule?since he died at the age of 365. Soah Numskull DEAR/V40AJM--WAS THE CANOE THB FJRSTOFTHE PANSEI^OUS '"(50CIC \t* WEAPONS ? MtSS AI^LE>4ff COaiTTER SPg/A^SFTgLOx ILk. , DEAR AlOAH? PO "TWEY KEEP ALL- "7HE SAD UlTfl-E *sg)QIRTS'/AI FOUATTA//M PE/4ST W.L.fflfeCIC- j?. CUMBg?uANt>MO' s., MAIL- Toue /4UMNOTIOMS To NOAH* avca&f ot 7w/s p*f>g&! made of their deceased parents and to make charitable gifts on behalf of their souls. There is, reportedly, a Book of Life wherein the name of every living creature is written. This Book is sealed annually on Yom Kippur. This is the reason fur the customary Jewish New Year greeting, "May you be inscr bed for a happy New Year." ./ Dutnk?l?4 by Km* ritum lyituli tot Read for profit?use for resu* HERALD WANT ADS w. 0 LI DAY / REEHMDS "x To everyone whom we are privileged to call "friend and neighbor" go our heartfelt ex pressions of the Season's joyous sentiments. EAST END SERVICE SI ATiON Greene and Dillard Ph. 9112 Sylva, N. C. *1 :&twCa& The most cherished of gifts bestowed, upon us by the outgoing year is the confidence of those we have been privileged to serve. Ever appreciative of this pleasant relationship, toe want to express to our many good friends ou+sincerest wishes for a joyous Christmas season and a very happy New Year. Builders Supply and Lumber Company, Inc. ' ' %YLVA,N.C. PHONE 45