VOL. XLVIII
■~»™ DROPPED
FROiH SATITA'S PACK
Christopher^
❖ HJ!. VtSTUW NWSWta UNION 4
I |OH-V WILSON'S boy could
in I I have whatever he wanted,
SI V/J but his father had forgot
fl||?|l|® ten something. t> When Mr.
MBpSIES Wilson was a boy himself
h||B"!Ss be "had often lingered by
»?•»»& the baker's wondow on his
w*'% way to school and resolved
tliat when 'ie had become
a man and had made his fortune
lio would buy out the baker_ and
i! ve ail the pie he wanted; but
now, with all his money and all
his manhood he had lost his taste for
pie and eoi'i l pas.; the baker's shop
without noticing the tempting display.
Mr. Wilson had forgotten that.
It was plain that he had forgotten
it, for he had taken John Junior down
to the great store on Pearl street and
had told him that he could have for
his Christmas celebration anything or
everything that he saw there, and,
when his son had looked things over
rathe/ carelessly without wanting any
thing, he had been surprised. The fact
was, however, that Junior, like his
father, had already had too much to
desire anything further. Junior had
never known what it is to be hungry
without supply. lie had never even
had to cry for things. He had lived
under an outpouring cornucopia from
his first gold spoon all the way on,
without the joy' of making a cart out
of two wheels, an axle and a board,
or a henhouse with the remains ofr a
variety of old 1 c':ing boxes. So that
it was very diifi uii, indeed, to devise
a now sensation fur young Wilson or
kindle a ne>v desire.
With the posturing group of enter
tainers performing on the snow-cov
ered lawn before, the house, however,
it was different. They struck atti
tudes, formed figures, chased each
other about, and «cve their whole pro
gram op- tableau with an eye on the
following collection and under the i i-'
s - .-h;ion of tlie hope that it would be
n one. They'll never outgrown «'i
\ -li r known the f'lll c -:itiflfaction >f
one. their appetites wen- always keen,
aaiiSK \l ,
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Lingered by the Baker's Window.
y ' their ..out f >f tlielr small
portion, favors. was_jjreat
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
er than ail the fun that John Wilson
and his son together could get out
of life.
The enter! ainr.ient did bring one
new thing into the rich monotony of
the Wilson household, however —that
of giving a Christmas party to some
who would appreciate it and of thus
obtaining a new experience for them
se! ves.
Vile tableau performers were the
first to receive invitations, and they
vere authorized to each invite five of
t!;eir friends, so that the company
that gathered at the Wilson party was
a large, as well as a motley one. The
selection of the presents had given
Junior a sudden and new interest and
pleasure at the big store, for the
choosing of gifts for others was a
novelty to him, and anticipation of
their happy surprises had filled his
mind with gladness. It was with a
i real welcome and a hearty handshake
that he greeted his guests.
At first the company was rather
overwhelmed by the splendors of the
Wilson house. Its rich furnishings
and dazzling lights made such eon»
trasts that the boys and girls felt out
of place and conspicuous. But after
tiie unwinding of the cobweb, the
strands of which led each one tft a
hidden gift, and when the games had
made them forgetful of themseßos,
the Joy of it all got into their feet and
[ made them dance, the delight of it
• all made them sing, and they gathered
• about the big Christmas tree that
l beamed and twinkled in a corner of
■ the parlor with an eager expectancy
that made Junior a very happy Santa
Ciaus, as he distributed ills favors.
[ Then, when'the table had been cleared
of its dainty refreshments, the leader
said that they wanted to give some
A Little Gi 1 Responoed.
Jndoor, tableaux for t'n'r hosts before
they went.
Si he cal i li-st {• - Madame Mel
b. , . r. I i tie girl responded u.ith
:il i" aplomb -i a r.iinia donna.
Then Signor Caruso assumed a kingly
attitude and looked upon the assembly
• with as much as he could assume of
Miignity, lie was followed by Sir Har
ry Lauder, who added to his posture a
verse of "It's Nice to Get Up in the
Morning." This seemed to suggest
t'ie Idea of going to bed first, and
there was whispering about return
ing home, but one of tlse guests said
they must have a song from San
ta Cluus before they went. This
rather alarmed Junior at first, but he
rote to It wit.i o line or two from "Old
King Cob Was a Merry Old Soul,"
which satisfied the demand. Thef>„
they all joined hands in a ring and
sang the Christmas carol, "Away in a
Manger," and so ended the Wilson
party.
As the happy shouts lingered on j
the Christmas wind the Wilson family
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* GRAHAM, IS. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21? 1922
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i |l Our Greeting ill
Im J \ms
>:•:$:$ * Qe Spirit of Christmas • i-ifeg
II ' . *• II
s;jv\;X /CHRISTMAS DAY b-ings us the consciousness that
' ivJvi'r whatever our persona! animosities mav he, v. hr.t- ["'vlvl; :
ever t'v: trife between, nations merely neigh
! borhooci quarreis qreatlv magnified— there is t'lis sib- j iM'M'X | 1
IVV.W. ,• ~,• 61 . ... svv.y, « k
I nine occasion uevc>ted to pvr.ee and gooc. will, it s;> rit I °*' v '
j is the lamp which lights to higher life; its influence laru;cl ~vl>*,n *
vX^ : ; ' supports civilization 'and prevents a lapse into bar.urit". ! *'M i
!
a | M""",'"'"' ( hristmas spin means Christian spirit. In testing its
j yivl'j'l effect, otie nly to reflect upon the xsitions of j
| races, the most advanced Y-ing those of Christendom. ! *":>•> **.
j China, the j.riest entity among peoples, has an adm- '
rable occasion up^which the citizens strive to lirju. IsTe ,
j | a ' their cebts. It is a national pay-up day, and inspirit ,
I i somewhat resembles our Christmas. In Japan they fs-Xj's
I have an annual event somewhat like our New Year's
; ' celebration, during which the peonle go about express
w'" anc * promoting good cheer. But Christ
' mas ' ias : mv ' re elevating effect than either, in tht.t it
v"'"v"\ i not °nly typifies ocace and good will, but carries the Jf? *"'i>
IgHtt essence, of unselfishness and pure love, the" most com
'mo i expression being the bestowal of gifts. When the I ""^*j|3"' r £ |lf
Clr stmas influence gains to point that its spirit I j j
ylvM-! shall permeate tlie affairs of every day in the year, the iwftt
n ennium will have arrived.
v.yly,
*' We have this day, and if we mar not its ideal its leaven
SijCji'] will produce other days of the kind. In the making
of a newspaper we have an opportunity to view the
iSSSS man y f° rc -' s operating upon the character of humanity.
We see the good and bad, the sincere and insincere, Ww
the selfish and unselfish. vVe believe the leaven of
good is n r ''e active than that of the opposed forces. If I I
we have been aide to assist the right, much has been
due to your co-operation and we earnestly solicit a con- BjjCS
pRjB? ' tinuation of the same. Our Christmas greeting to you
J is one of optimism, good cheer and heartv good wishes.
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The Publishers. SHii
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presented a tableau themselves. Mr.
Wilson 'Stood by the window, looking
after the departing children. Junior
seemed arrested in the act oT Riving
away the Joy of tlie Christmas tree,
while his mother paused by the table
that gleamed with silver, seeming to
feel again a ten gladness. The
party left' such an "Imprint upon th;
Wilsons' heart- that the/ linvi? ne\ r
since tried to ia'e a Christmas to
themselves.
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it GIVE PHOTOGRAPHS
it) t!
7 .
m j\ON'T mind what your look- f#J
jfi ing-glass tolls you: She Is
,r -projudi'ed In your" favor and
ij! she'll cherish your photograph !f!
J'J aiid tell yun it doc-n't nglly lj
•u quite do you justice. S" !mv.» f,|
!|j it ta!:en and ive it to fn-r ty jS
V Cbrist:ri'ii. The carftern . ha-i . '
\) stool many a shock ai'd vili y
j'l dr li t less stan 1 many more to $
y, come. ft
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Alk L«./ to Protect American Narnos.
At tin- nineteenth annual meeting
and reunion of the H>-ude -Society Ju:
Oen«iln?icfl! Jtese:irch, held in this
city, n -.• T if'e. •*•«.,-♦ | - --'1 asking
that 1 hat I hnul he j/asfied by con
gress making it unlawful for any per
so'i to assume the fanoli. sul"hanre of
any one. of colonial, revolution-fry
or historical fnrne It uas also' voted
■ that for the protection of such nnrn'-s
and to avoid confusion, n,intakes or
fraud, the organization seek to pre
vent foreign l rs from taking any
cfiloniai or American names which
have been ma*ie prominent.—lJoaton
Globe. Mi
One Ckristmas
Fur Coat
i j, lif+2, W»t>un, l.'i.lon.;
"jVi O iSK c«>i:id understand he will.
'i ll'. «bi lirly v..s eve:i eccentric
hi the w.- v she 1 *ft !n'r men.'*)'. Ami ne
1 hf; i-iiiiny personal shfe
jitd irii?7,'lonctl hu'l be.-;i that ( f IHI
beautiful Kusslnn sable for cfcat,
worth vrell into- the thousands of «'ol
!ui*s. T'i!t she had left to the old
'Vfimnn vl.n hi*d brought jegi's t" them
from tie c"Uri'ry. ' \.'u*sto be j/i ven to
tl c "iiiiiiiii nil the first Clirlstniai
li'ir tin- ojd iiiiiy u death, :ir«! every
'Kristin..H :ifti-r that she was lo k
given Mi hiteres' n II Klim of ninyfy,
the pr l 1 of v hi'li w:S ' be ylven
to her v. l ei sbo reamed u certain age,
or b'foii- If Hin* lie- line in.
, "It's all very sensible except why.
In the world did grannie lei:ve fhat
wonderful fur cat to tl.ut i „'g worn
np?" her grandchildren remarked. i
Why, she won't know what to do
with It. She x perfectly happy with
un -/»ld uUti-r and a good worm
BW'iiter. 75
l!ut they del not full to carry out
wh.it their grandmother had wished,
even though t .ojr could not under
stand.
Never was such a Christmas pre*- i
ent received, an! never wan there such i
Joy, for'fairy tales had come true In a
great and mighty swoop, and she, who i
had fancied never throughout her en
tire life to wear anything on her back j
that was luxurious, now gloried in her 1
i Coat. And every week she went about 1
sellfng eggs', FO happy fn wearing the
supi'ib coat. For old granule had
understood more than any of them
knew!
LESS BLINDNESS IN CGUNTRY
Flguree Reveal a Gratifying Decrease
of Terrible Af'tictlon Throughout
the United S'ai»..
Trn: g n% if «on fan, i c tv o o,f 10
lnji.il It os,aiei jvi : v in ! i 'il Is
tit: u y t> ir.' ; where 'l r 1' yr,
ifterchiu■•hi. f, ahms? If. th rich
i..an, Hiot i: ii, liegrarm n i d 'iluf,
lire a.I li i,i s n.e bo.it »I ,tl - '
America huF t; e 11. i! n/ - Just
t-i'i'h i' d y. There are in- r-* than 120,-
0 ' it.iily Mind people tl.'' L'nlted
S at and ninny tljnes thai number
partly I find. The terrible ••, • if '»
I" that i;mre tin n"7ta r r t r . ml- |
ti> "b> la- ii j re II II \ I . i ;re I
' "I, B««II - RESULT 1.1 • i" I
It s i-nc«uraging to note, I V»m>:, :
that hi r.dnefH in Al iern a 111, i >- j
en a i'd -nor" than 20 per cent : ir.ee
glan.es have bceoipe tn >re common.
Kvery other c untry has a far greater
f ,.rr,.ntage of bllri'ness, and they show
a yearly Increase. Three of every ten
' Aiuerb'ii a v'ear glasse«. statistics
prove that seven of each ten have,
enough eyestrain to warrant the wear
ing oi correcting lenses. ~en ve
realize the relation of good vision to
heajth and happiness, !t 1" hard to-un
derstand why so many peoj le -t
their eyes until they are perrnanoii ly
j injured. In the first draft of Amerl
j can soldiers In 1917 bad sight caused
I nearly three times as many rejections
las any other physical defect. At the
time of the draft 2,510,70; men were
examined and 21.68 per cent were re
j Jeeted because of grossly defective
| vision.—lllustrated World. j
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|ij A JOLLY ji
jjji SCRAP-BOO". [
,i| By MARTHA B. THOMAS 1
niiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiimifi
((&/. .Ne«ipip«r Union.)
JOLLY scrap-books for children who
aro unfortunate In being 111 in hos-
I pltnls nt Christmas time—or In any
other place, for that matter —may be)
made of bright-colored advertisements
pasted on clotk. I )ark-green cambric
makes an excellent background. If it *
Is cut In rectangles of 18 Inches by 18
rind folded once through the center of
the "longest side, you have then four
large pages for your book. Three of
these rectangles make a respectable
showing and give enough space for
many pictures.
The brighter advertisements the bet
ter, and If you can think of a funny
name to paste underneath each one,
the children will squeal with delight.
Sometimes variation may be gained by
cutting the pictures In outline, if the
figures are largo enough. Covers of
magazines often afford good material.
A pretty cover for your b' .ok may be
arranged by cutting small squar 3 Into,
triangles, using the gummed paper
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II A 3 3V 7
/h' o N
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Tc Decorate Christmas Scrap-Book. !
''li'-iMtnas ribbon of different colors,
furuJsi >, 11 in stores In the holiday
"ii. ,1 ;sh t.r>l a ribbon as pos
sible, -ut it to Tinke a square, then cut
the F juarc ti mall;.. 1.e., from corner :
to I'orner. You will then have four
»r!;.n,'!e of qual size. Cut another
tr O! M:, . .It r hUo In the same way,
I .) }»i f'jur addlti >n;i 1 triurigles.
- • e.»-; pieces can then be ar
, • ■ 1. ■(} as fancy dictates to make a .
■i- 'orutWm In the center of your cover,
j One such simple arrangement Is shown. |
Of course these triangles net ! 1)'
moistened and stuck ou the "o - _r uo
curding to thcplan of your design.
Now Control for Autos.
1 . dispensing with the present eraer
gettcy brake and gear-shift levers in
any motor enr, the clutch, brakes and
gear shifts are controlled by means
of pneumatic pressure of from 40 to
65 pounds, obtained from the motor, In
a device of recent invention. The ap
paratus, according to Popular Me
chanics Magazine, Is mounted on the
transmission case In place of Its cover,
and is operated by means of u small
pivoted lever. With the new control
tt is Impossible to strip gears, or to
engage the clutch when the brakes art
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NO. 46.
I In Her I
Christmas CToq |
JS i
666 quickly relieves Co'ds
and LaGrippe, Constiputicn,
iiiliousness and Headachu.
Uwtck For Hire.
Lut us >!o your hauling of every
kind, iii >vi g, etc. Have a new
truck. Terms reasonable.
liiUPBIUW Sc J? CLI.EE,
I'hone 05(i Ural wn, i*. U
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
LOVICK H. KLRNODLF,
Attorney-at-Law,
GRAHAM. N. C .
with John J. Mcudernou.
Office over National Hank of Alamance
THOMAS D. COOPER,
Attorney and Counscllor-a 1 -Law,
BURLINGTON, N. C,
Associated with W. S. Coulter,
I No». 7 and S I"ir»t National Bank lildg.
S. C. SPOON, Jr., M, D.
urabam, N. J.
oiTice ovtr Fen-ell i)rug C>.
ilours: 2to i and 710 p. iu., aud
by i'p,»oiut uit-i t.
Pi one 'J?
GRAHAM MAmCDILN, M. D.
Burlington, N. 1
Ollkc Hours; i) to It a. .L.
and by appointment
Otllce U\er Acme Drug O .
T« iephoaes: OlAce I H>—K ileiice\(>4
J. \
Attoraey-ct-Lav^
GRAHAM, N. C.
tlllcc over National Bank ot Vlmm.- t
J\ S- CO O 'JZZ ,
Attorney-*!-Laar
GUAHAM, - - - N. J
OEJco Patterson BulidlD,
Second Fleor. . . .
OR. WILIA LOW, JR. ')
. . . DENTIST ; : :
Gran am .... North Carollrik
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