DECEMBER IS WILL 8?
RED UTTER CAY HERE!
Imm* af Obwrvarcc in North Oaro
llM School* So Marked That Cel?
bration Wilt Now Assume Wider
So marked have been the results ol
"North Carolina Day", which was ob
served In about twenty-five of the prio
olp&litles of thia state on November
14, that school superintendents and
teachers in many other places In the
State have requested that a similar
observance be planned for t&eii
schools, and Director W, R. Timmons.
ot the Educational Division of the
War Loan Organization of this dis
trict, has designated December 18 as
th* day.
The day will be observed not only
In North Carolina but also in South
Carolina, and it will be known as
"North and South Carolina Day."
' "Hiere is already being shown a friend
ly rivalry between the. schools of the
two sister states for the honor ol
making the better record.
According to the program now being
prepared "North and South Carolina
Day" will be observed on December
It in every city or town in this State,
which did not observe "North Carolina
Day" on November 24. Savings soci
eties will be organized In the schools 1
and the teachers will be urged to be-"
gin immediately the use of the Text
Books in Thrift which are being turn
ished without cost by the War Loan
Organization and which have proved
so helpful in ail parts of the county.
Many new and interesting ways are
being devised by the boys and girls ol
North Carolina by which they can take
part in the great savings movement,
and reports indicate that they are re
gularly and systematically saving oon
siderable sums of money?some for a j
college education, others to buy useful j
things for the home, while ptiU others
are accumulating funds wfolch will
help them in business.
Director Timmons. who has made
several extended vtsits to Nortfc Caro
llna recently, says that the Old North
State Is rapidly f-r.ging ahead and
that more and more the people are re> j
allslng the tremendous benefits to b?
derived from regular saving. All kinds
?of people, he declares, are now earing
as they never saved before. They un
derstand that money 1? bow cheap but
that soon it may be worth considerably
more. Therefore, they are taking ad
vantage of this condition of affairs
and the State as a whole will reap the
-benefits of the thrift and frugaWty oi
tta cltiierns.
Wherever Director Timmons went
he says, he found growing enthusiasm.
Support and cooperation -were pledged J'
1n Brery city and town he visited. Men
and women, who, when the savings I
movement was first launched, appear- (
ed to be wholly Indifferent, expressed I
the greatest interest In the progress ]
of the work and volunteered their In
fluence and assistance in furthering It.
In short. Director Tlmmont says. North
Carolina, whioh has always taken a |
leading part In patriotic achievement,
<s rapidly forging to the front in the
savings movement, and he hopes that |
tt will soon be one of the banner states.
To assist the boys and girls in ths
H^rth Carolina schools to acquire the
Firings habit? the surest foundation
of prosperity afcd happin?s*. penny
and nickel books are being sent to the
teachers for distribution in every room
or grade Also certificates of achieve
ment have been engraved and one will j
toe sent to every pupH as soon aa he
has saved enough as to purchase a War
Savings Stamp A larger certificate has
been engraved for the rooms or grade
which have hundred per cent member- 1
ship savings societies or thrift dubs.
Both certificates bear the signature*
of Carter Olass. secretary of the United
State* Treaanary, and 0?orge J fleay, |
governor of the Federal Reserve Bank
of the fifth Federal Reserve rxsvriet
As a result of "North and South
Carolina Day" observance Director
Timmons expects that many certifi
cates of both kinds will sooa be Is
sued Re desires to have a savings
society ta every room or grade la |
every eohool In the OH North
State I*rector Tfenmons has been
visiting personalty as many *wperls- j
ten dents principals aad teachers as
possible He has not been >M? how
ever to reach every one In North Caro
lina. aad he wVI be glad, he says. If
those he has aot had the pleasure of j
seeing will, should they desire further
Information regarding the observance j
of "North and South Carolina Day"
en December It, write to hhn at War
Loan Organisation headquarters Rich
mond. Vs., and all the plans for the
day will be given to them as aooa as
possible
WHAT QUARTERS WILL DO.
Jnat one Thrift Stamp after an
ether will build a fortune er a hos
pital. and the humble Thrift Stamp l(
helping to develop a nation of Tor
tune builders The government stands
back- of the these builders and has
declared lta Intention tn continue ths
?ale of Thrift Stamps. War Baring*
?tamps and Treasury Savings Certifi
cates as a permanent part of ths na
tional financial policy.
It was safe to ^emobollte the army
after'the armistice hot It will never
he safe to demobilise yonr habits of j
thrift. Kiiep them la training by
rsKul?r purchases of War Savings
Stamps and Trsasary Savings OerUS
sates
Carol Singing *
Is Dying Out
THS cnstom of carol singing
out of doors at Chrlstmaa
time seema to b? dying oat
This ts ? great pity, for
carols are ? branch of folk mualc, the
oncon scions art of the peasant mind,
a heritage of Inestimable worth.
In many English villages there are
carols peculiar to themselves, to be
jealously guarded and retained for
their use.
The Christmas carol dates from the
birth of Christianity itself, the
angels having sung their carols at the
birth of Jesus Christ.
I Among the early Christians carols
were sacred hymns representing
Christ's nativity.
Now the name is
given to a variety
of popular met- ,
,rleal comp^>- J
sitions from the 4
simple record of J
the birth of our
Lord to rude was- g
sail songs and I
rhymes of holiday '
revel rv.
Probably no Christmas would seem
complete without the well-known and
popular hymn, "Bark! the Herald
Angels Sing."
The word carol, which originally
meant a dance, is thought to hare
come into our language either from
the Norman French Carole or from the
Celtic carol. /
In 1822 Davies Gilbert published
"some ancient Christmas carols, with
the tunes to which they were former
ly sung in the west of England." In
his preface he declared himself to b?
desirous "of preserving them in theii
actual forms, as specimens of times
noV passing away
, *.nd of religions
i feelings* now su
perseded by oth
j era of a different
r caste."
Of late yean
some of th(
churches ? chiefl]
i in the larger cR
^ les?have h e I <
"< 'hrisrrnnl cam
services" during the Christmas sea
son. This is an excellent movement
and might profitably be taken up b}
J churches all over the country. Cer
jtainly If the churches can restore thli
old custom It will add to the enjoy
ment of the season.
France Is exceptionally rich ii
carols, which are often drinking songi
as In many European countries. W?
find many French carols translated lnt?
English, no doubt as a result of th?
intercourse which existed betweei
dwellers on either side of the channel
In the days when English youths oftej
pursued their studies in France.
There is a great deal of dlscussioi
as to which is the most popular carol
While It is impos
oiuie iv imuif iue
favorite, there
can be little doabt
of the universal
appeal of "God
rest ye, merry
gentlemen," ;
whose plaintive
melody has
touched a chord
In the popular
mind. Among modern compositions
may be mentioned, "The Shepherds
Left Their Sheep," by Alfred Holllns.
I Mr. Holllns Is blind, but this affliction
has not prevented him from becoming
one of the finest organists and com
posers in Britain.
Washington Irving In his famous
"Sketch Book" Introduces us to most
of the old English customs which have
from time immemorial, attended the
Christmas festival. Of his first night
at Bracebridge Hall he says:
"I had scarcely got Into bed when
a strain of music seemed to break
forth In the air Just below the win
dow. I listened, and found It pro
ceeded from a band, which I conclud
ed to be the waits from some neigh
boring village. They went around
the house playing under the wlndowa.
I drew aside the curtains, to hear
them more distinctly. The moon
beams fell through the upper part of
the casement, partially lighting np
t n e antiquated
? apartment. The
I sounds, as the;
I receded, became
? more soft and
\ aerial, and seemed
^ to accord with
t the quiet and the
? moonlight. I lts
L tened and listened
I ?they btcinl
more ana more
tender and remote, and, ai they grad
ually died away, my head sank upon
the pillow and I fell ?sleep."
In Pasqulls' "Jests," a book pub
Ushed In 1004, an amusing Story la
told of a knight who gave a Christ
mas feast it which he entertained
his friend* and the tenantry.
The host ordered no man at th<
table to drink a drop "till he that was
master over his wife should sing a
carol." A pause ensued and then one
poor male, more daring than the
others, timidly lifted hie lonely vole*
The knight then turned to the ladlee,
who sat at a table apart, and "bad*
her who was master over ber hue
band," atag a carol. The legend says
that forthwith "the women fell all
to ringing, that there was never
heard such a catterwalling piece ml
moaicke."
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North Carolina?Hertford County
NOTICE!
J. R. Garrett, administrator of
W. T. Askew
Against
Ira Askew, T. J. Askew, C. E. Askew
Dora A. Askew, and husband, J. H.
Newsome, Agnes E Holloman and
husband, George P. Hollaman, Annie
IJ. Gay and husband, W. J. Gay, Min
nie H. Futrell and husband, J. L. Fu
rell, Flora M. Gilchrist and husband
Wm. Gilchirst and Gertrude Askew,
Widow
The defendanst, Ira Askew, -T. J.
Askew, Flora M. Gilchrist and hus
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Askew above named will take notice
that an action entitled as above has
been commenced in the Superior
Court of Hertford County, to sell
certain real estate in the town of
Ahoskie, N. C., to make assets to pay
debts and the said defendants will
further take notice that they are re
quired to appear at th# office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Hert
ford County on the 30th day of De
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of said county, in Winton, North Ca
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complsint in said action, or the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complaint.
This 29th day of November, 1919.
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