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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Clans
Back in 1897, little Virginia O'Hanlon wrote the following
letter to the editor of the New York Sun: "I am 8 years old. Some
of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, 'If you
see it in The Sun it's so.' Please tell me the truth ? is there a
Santa Claus?" The editor wrote a newspaper and literary classic
in reply to this childish plea. It is reprinted below:
?"Yes, indeed!
"Virginia, your little friends are wrong. Thev have been af
fected by the skepticism of a skeptical age ? they do not believe
rxcept what they see ? they think that nothing can be which is not
comprehensible by their little minds.
"All minds, Virginia, whether they he men's or children's, are
little.
"In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant,
in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him,
as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of
truth and knowledge.
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
"He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion
exist, and you know that they abound and give to 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
no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry,
no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no
enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with
which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
"Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe
in fairies!
"You might get your papa to hire men to watch all the chim
neys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did
not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? No
body sees Santa Claus. but that is no sign that there is no Santa
Claus ? the most real things in the world are those neither chil
dren nor men can see.
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"Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course
not. but that's no proof that they are not there? no one can con
ceive or imagine all the wonders that we unseen and unseeable
in the world. i } ? -
"You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise
^nside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not
the strongest man, or even the united strength of all the strongest
men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love,
romance can push aside the curtain and view and picture the
supernal beauty and glory beyond.
"Is it all real? ? ah, Virginia, in all this world there is noth
ing else real and abiding.
"No Santa Claus! Thank God!? he lives, and he lives forever
1 ? a thousand years fron^ now, Virginia, nay, ten thousand years
from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood."
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SCENE STEALER
Raleigh
oundup
By Eula Nixon Greenwood
YEAR'S END . ... With Christmas
holidays beginning for State em
ployees on Friday or at the com
pletion of Thursday's work and
continuing until Tuesday, little
work will be done by State em
ployees until 1950.
There will be skeleton staffs,
of course, and the offices will be
open most of next week. How
ever, there is the matter of an
nual leave to consider. Since most
of the workers still ttbve aeveral >
days coming to them during 1940,
it seems a safe prediction that less j
than one-third of the State em- J
ployees here in Raleigh will be on
their jobs for the remainder of the
year.
OPPONEJNTS? . . . Insurance Com
missioner Waldo Cheek of Ashe
boro may have opposition when
he makes his first run to succeed
himself next spring. The talk in
Raleigh is that D. R. Graham, long
time State employee and superin
tendent of the Credit Union Di
vision of the State Agriculture De
partment, may get in the race. A
native of Tabor City, is no kin
to Sen. Frank Graham, but they
think a lot alike. Bob Graham is
president of the Southern to-oper
ative League.
"That man is a-dying to run for
something," remarked the Rev.
Joe Hunter, colored mail man (Ag
ricultural Review, etc.) for the N.
C. Agricultural Department last
week when he read something
about Hob Reynolds' activities in
the direction of the U. S. Senate.
Hunter, known as "Rev." by asso
ciates said a mbtVhful,
J Anything can happen in politics.
As this 'column reported weeks
ago, Asheville's Reynolds is writ
ing letters to everybody. Now
most of them have the extra touch
of being laboriously flourished in
long-hand.
Our Bob's slogan should be:
"Reynolds rides again." It cer
tainly will be like old times,
Square.
CHARGING NOW ... A year ago
last October Tommy Pierce's wife
shot him in the stomach, later tell
ing arresting officers that he was
moving toward her with a butcher
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To Our
Friends
We send this greeting to wish you a Very Merry Christmas and A Hap
py New Year, and to express our true appreciation of the favors you
have shown us. If it were not for folks like you, there would be no
firms like oura ? and we are sincerely grateful for your patronage.
May all the good things of life be yours, may the sunshine of happiness
be on your side of the street for 365 days of every year, and every day
be full of good luck, health, and prosperity.
Q'hal Is the ?
<T rue Wish of .
Felton's1
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FRONT ST.
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BEAUFORT
knfe. He stayed in a Raleigh hos
pital for quite a while, paralyzed
from his waist down, and this past
August he died. During his long
sickness his mother looked after
him at his home with loving care.
When he died, the goodlookiag,
brunette wife was arrested for
i murder.
Tommy's mother had a beautiful
funeral for her son. Shortly af
ter the funeral, she built a fine
little mausoleum near his grave
1 and decked it out with the be
reaved one's wheel-chair, radio,
and other items he kept in his
room during his illness. Visitors
came by the hundreds each Sun
day to go through the little house.
Last week Tommy's mother came
to the Revenue Department here
and gat her license. Now, while
another son acts as a sort of bar
ker and shows the curious about
the place, the grieving mother col
lects 25 cents per person for ad- j
mission. She's making money. j
DOUBLED GUARD . . . George i
Cherry, Bertie County native, is 1
in charg* of building* and ground!
for the SUte here in Raleigh. The
Governor'! safety is his responsi
bility. Kerr 8cott eirly last week
received two or three letters re
garded as "threatening" in Con
nection with his failure to. inter
fere with the death sentence hang
ing over murderer Jack Bridges
The Governor's Mansion here is
not only many-gabled, it is many
doored, and this not only worries
Cherry, but sdded gray hairs to the
late John Bray's bead when this
Pasquotank County gentleman had
Cherry's job. So. Cherry doubled
the guard at the Mansion, and this
action happened -this time to get
into the papers. The public seemed
very much surprised.
Governor Cherry didn't say any- !
thing about it, but during the hard
days of the James Creech case he
received unwelcome visitors at the
Mansion and on one occasion his
chauffeur drove up in time to
flusl) a group of men who were
easing unannounced up to the
Mansion. This is all part of the
wear-and-tear placed on the Gov
ernor by the silly, preposterous,
and asinine law which gives him
the final sayso in death cases.
IN NEW ORLEANS . . . Speaking !
of death cases, you recall that
James Creech, Smithfield man who
killed his wife, was put to death
after a last-minute appeal by the
late J. M. Broughton failed. He
was from a prominent and rather
wealthy Smithfield family. He was
buried in strict secrecy. In fact, |
only a handful of people know
what happened to his body after
it was removed from the death
room at Central Prison here.
The story now is that Creech is
not dead and was seen in New
Orleans a few days ago. Rumor
persists that he was not killed by
the poison fumes and that another
body was carried to Smithfield.
A yarn along this line was carried
some time back in the august
"New York Times," the paper
which runs only the "news that's
fit to print." The Gotham daily
had Creech in South America. Now
he has worked his way up to New
Orleans.
NOTES . . . N. C. State's freshman
basketballers beat the varsity in a
practice game last week . . . Ray
mond Moley, original New Dealer
and editor of "Newsweek" will
speak here in January . . . Stores
ire stocked with toys. Next week
Jo your 1950 Christmas shopping !
early.
Smile Awhile
Reuben: "Some one has said that
n this world a man must be either
invil or hamnjer.'^,
Glyn: "He wat wrong.' Some
nen are neither; they are merely
>ellows."
Thoughts for an open mind.,.*
Gentleness that shall touch all life in such a way " shall preserve* i
it* beauty. i
Graciouaneaa that shall woo the hidden power and establish it in -
the realm of expression.
Generosity that shall (reely give and as freely receive the fullness
and the Joy of life:
Cheerfulness ? that shall warm the heart, illuminate the counte
nance and inspire the words of friendly helpfulness.
Courage that will enable you to choose the right way.
?J. R. Morrill.
Km from
Dec. 19 ? The Christmas pro
gram. given at the Methodist
church Sunday night before a
packed house, was complete with
readings, recitations and music.
The solo by Miss Anita was greatly
enjoyed by all. A beautiful tree
of holiy was decorated with lights
and gifts for old and young. Af
ter the program was over the
MYF served cake and punch to
each and everyone in the church.
Mrs Fred Bates and daughter,
Wilma, of Charleston, S. C., visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Chadwick,
and Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Chadwick
here Saturday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs. G. W. Adams, Jr.,
and Mrs. George Adams, Sr., of
Morehead City were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Chadwick,
Sunday. In the afternoon ' all
made a trip to Merrimon to spend
a few hours at Or. Ben Royal's
camp at which a large party of oth
er invited guests had assembled.
All reported a very nice time.
Mrs. Hugh Willis was on the
sick list for the past week. All
wish her to get well soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mears and
son, James, of Gloucester, spent
Sunday afternoon here with rela
tivee.
Mr and Mrs. Leon Simpson of
Beaufort, visited Mrs. Irene Simp
son Sunday afternoon. '
Rev. Haywood Harrell filled his
regular appointment at the Metho
dist church here Sunday at 11
o'clock.
I'rs. Hettie Stead Willis of
Gloucester visited relatives here
Saturday night. Mrs. Willis will
leave Tuesday for Tallahassee.
Fla , to spend Christmas >vith her
son. John and family, and then on
to Fort Pierce, Fla., to spend New
Year's day with her son, Edwin
and family. Then she is planning
to spend the balance of the winter
months in Bradentowi^, Fla.
i T nrr Tn yE ".
The garden pea, originally from
western Asia, has been cultivated
since remote antiquity.
Santa's Pants ,
LONDO N ? (AP) ?Christmas
fashion note: Flame-red corduroy
trousers for the British male.
Men's wear manufacturers s;y
the traditionally - reserved Briton
is asking for them, ' especially
in southern England. In the mid
lands and Wales, clothes in
bottle green, light navy and rust
a^e catching on.
The Scot? He likes many
colored kilts - but sober shades
and conventional cuts in his
other clothes.
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
MUTUAL
INSURANCE
AGENCY
S. A. CHALK, JR.
CARL V. NELSON
First-Citizens Bank Bldg.
Morchead City, N. C.
Phone M 8362
rl One* again we greet
the gay Yule tide season ? when young and old
gather 'round in good fellowship . with a heaitielt
wish thai you and yours may enjoy the
Merriest Christmas -? and a Happy. Happy New Year I
T. T. "TOM" POTTER
SINCLAIR REFINING CO.
PHONE M-375-1 MOREHEAD CITY -