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It la Christmas Eve. The light
la dim, the shadows are dancing on
the wall. Tomorrow Is the day for
the chl.dren but we are all child
ren on Christmas Day. In the si
lence of the ndght memories come
trooping to the mind. The snow an
wind are without but memory brings
the rosea and sunshine. Merry
Christmas to ' you always. WUber
D. NesUt.
Salisbury always Is equal to the
occasion. It Is a great old town.
Situated in the very center of the
Piedmont section celebrated for the
brave and heroic men furnished in
time of war and the great jurists
and statesmen who have added so
much to be glory of State and
Nation and its beautiful women and
cultured homes, no wonder the
N. Carolina editors at their meet
ing last week were charmed and de
1rgntefl'",at nstrch with thcrr twe
days' star in that city. The Counter
wfll publish in a future Issue some
notes taken while In Salisbury last
week.
tlaa Paalt and the Remedy.
Hrerrbodf condemns our present
National banking system. In the
presence of panics It does not bend
bat breaks. It has many faults but
the eae of Inflexibility is the one
that concerns us now- The remedy
for this defect is what chiefly con
cerns as. We believe a good and
effective remedy would be to au
thorize each National bank to issue
half aa much asset currency as it h:a
oatstanding bond-secured currency.
This would save the value of the
bonds and give .flexibility: enough
to protect us against panics. Char
lotte Chronicle.
LONG Eli SCHOOLS
The editors took a long step for
ward when they went on record as
'endorsing good roads and a compul
sory school law- The state Is out
stripping all others In the Union In
the road construction work, but It
still laga toward the the tail of the
list ia education. The press can do
a greaf service in setting forth the
needaj of a compulsory school law.
The mid-winter meeting of the
presa association also adopted a res
olution favoring at least a 6-months
school term in every school district
ia the state. Virginia had a slx
tmontha pabUe school law more than
41 qaartar of a century ago. North
'Caroftna ana made rapid strides
sin edacttoa bat so have her sister
atatoa ant oar good State ia etlH
.behind all the States except New
Mexico. liven South Carolina is
stHI a little ahead ini public edu
cation.
lea IsWqaltg Of It.
The AshevlUe Oasette-News speak
lag to the matter of our present an
tiquated tax system declares we
need a change, and here Is one par
agraph front its argument to show
why we need a change:
"The chief fault to be found with
the present system lie in Its In
equalities. In one county property
may be assessed high and in an
other county low. Both counties pa
State taxes at the same rate, there
fore one county bares ' a large pro
portionate burden than the other.
Under this system, too, the more
prosperous or the more honest and
self-respecting counties In the State
are called upon to support the so-
called pauper counties, . whose peo
ple may be Just as able to pay the
taxes aa the people of the counties
that are not listed as paupers-
a And starts to get her shopping
'
And when she tries fff7r
If Ste gets honk wSijMt
1 And finds theco6Wg6oeshc
Is tfiereM
anra4Jai
t then a !
You with the troth ia tow eye.
Biddin ate sondcr nd pause, a
. You that sift truth iron me lies.
ffihfaitli is your heart
itVnieht on by knee s
: .-.- ua
nave no craust $ an; oS
Truly, Ibe Saint used to be!
At s mere a Santa daus?" -
wtlS You ask again and again.
VjJL You have the trust I bad the.
YrtfcW the trusuot MQ&r ,
Th1jcStnijr.pit poras4
En tb&TcuM!7Vony sod grief JfeCiag'
Biding tfaek while ia mj breast
ktesl h there as arts A
Holding ro dote to my heart,
Femfiot yoa ever frost kara
Holding tbe darVnest rjiart?,.
ffhereTspi el Isve rgcf 1
oa. aboet yoa, above, 5
wherertfMHRefea? .
1 yoshefiere there is- Tpty
Aye, ass yen now n a oust
T, last apkit k sis
Tn
teases year
Sonwuhyesaleitewhfe
1
1 Acre a Seat. Qatar
Yen Uptseaswanysuftyes
lawg ant seaear sss sssss 4V
In I tal yea saw an wsnvJ?
lSeetwfjcfa0ywsk9 ,1
Givs yea a sear at sntraaal ,
laSsstadiniirosr
OLD MAN GIDDLES OBSERVES
The polite lie is often solldlfled Into
a Christmas gift.
Henry Tarback sari that as soon as
people begin giving him socks and
handkerchiefs exeloalvely for Christ
mas he ia f oing to apply for a berth
tat the old folks' home.
Ell Tlmmons says he doesn't see
the sense of tying up a 26-cent present
In 18 cents' worth of ribbon and tissue
paper and paying BO cents to send it
to some one.
, While yon arc sorry for the tired
salesman, like aa not the salesman la
thinking sympathetic thoughts of you.
Little Joseph OOlett has been pulled
through the Fourth of July, , the
mumps, a birthday party, the chicken
pox and the measles so far this year,
and his parents hope he Is rugged
enough to survive Christmas.
When a man volnieers to play
Santa dans at a Bandar school Christ,
mas tree set it down that ia his heart
ha aonatdata himself natural' bora
ea median. s
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Santa OsesT
BeiidO
aC.1
lMATkrabbiai witi ksvfiu
aftsltiflntaee ittSCSam.
cWnVwarsdhTrMr stale J4
Ireust wees res ststanuT
and bhia
tpping, toot
WBbur D. Nesbit
"JUST LOOKING TODAY"
All day doth the Christmas ahopper
Rush madly here and there.
And all she apendeth la one dime.
And that Is tor street car fare.
TAUGHT A MORAL LESSON
Two Christmas Presents, Neither of
Whioh Brought Satisfactory
Results.
There once was a rich old uncle who
had two poor nephews.
And when Christmas came the two
poor nephews were anxious to show
the rich old uncle how much they
thought of him.
Now the first poor nephew reasoned
that he should impress his rich old
uncle with the great affection he bore
him by some tangible means. 80 he
drew out his savings and purchased
for his rich old uncle a msgnlflosnt
gold watch, and had it neatly en
graved. To it he attached a gorgeous
chain, put the whole affair in a lav
ishly decorated box and sent It to his
rich old undo with his best wishes.
The second poor nephsw figured
that any extreme financial . outlay
would eonvlnoe his rich old ancle
that he was trying to Jolly him a bit
too much, so he Invested a nickel in a
neat but tasty Christmas eard, which
he mailed to the rich old unoia.
So the rich old uncle received the
two remembrances, and said of . the
rat nephew:
"Humph! A, man who will spend all
ha has for a gold watch to give a man
who already has all the watches he
ever will need hasn't got enough
Judgment to be trusted with money.
will leave him my blessing and a few
words of good advice."
When he looked at the card he nod
ded his head approvingly and said:
There's a man after my own heart.
i He knew I would not care for an ex-
! pensive gift, and he knew that I would
value his good wishes, so he very wise-
' ly sent them to me in this Inexpensive
manner. He shows a marked economl
. cal trait and I am sure he will get
; along n the world without any aid
rxom me.
I 80 he made a new win and left all
. his money to found an institution for
' the study of prehistoric manifestations
of mlcroblo diseases In fossilised ant
malculae.
WILBUR D. NESBIT.
The Letter and the Spirit.
Asknm Do yon approve of abbrevi
ating "Christmas'' to "Z-masT"
TsUum I wish I aouM. It usually
cost me a or an "L. rd be will
ing to ehreviate It to "V-mea ft say
win wai agree.
mm m
IDE PLAIN is In Sas
katchewan. It was so
named because it is
so. It Is 'wide. The
town does not cover
the entire plain. Far
be It from me to con
vey such an impres
sion. Inasmuch aa the
plain extends east,
west, north and south
ostensibly as far as
there la anything.
No doubt somewhere
In the distance there
are trees, and hills, or
something to stop the
plain from spreading
any further. And some
day it is the intention
of the Greater Wide
Plain association to have real trees
crowing in their thriving little city.
But Just at present they are so busy
getting the town established that tbe
trees must wait
George Freeman was one of the
most energetic young men In Wide
Plain. He was one of the pioneers.
He was almost the Oldest Inhabitant
although he was but twenty-five years
of Ufa, YOU HA, Qegrft located to
Wide Plain when- It was -vraeUeally
nothing but width and plain. He fore
saw a future for the town, and be
came Its leading dealer in agricultural
implements and groceries and hard
ware and so on. He became the lead
ing dealer, because he was the only
one.
In a few months Wide Plain had a
population of 2,504 And so social lifs
became a feature of existence there.
Social life requires two factors. One
of them Is women. The other Is men.
You may have thought that one fea
ture would be sociability and the other
would be life, but that would be draw
ing it a bit fine.
Lucy Cleveland was the belle ol
Wide Plain. She was not the belle be
cause she was the only young woman
there, for there were others. Others
young and beautiful, but while some
of the others were as young none oi
them were as beautiful as Lucy.
Consequently Lucy had suitors a-
plenty. In fact, she had eight suitors,
that being the available unmarried
portion of the population that she
would consider. And she managed to
give the eight the impression that she
was not considering them very much.
George Freeman endeavored to In
duce her to consider him. George's
policy in life was to get what he
wanted by one of two methods. One
was to go where It was and take pos
session, the other was to ask for It
Inasmuch as Lucy was not a buUding
site nor a quarter section, he could not
claim her by right of dlscqyery. So
he had asked her. And she had as
sured him that whUe she esteemed
him highly she did not see her way to
bo his. George had not asked her 11
there waa some .one else to whom she
had pledged her affection or plighted
her troth. He did not care. ' He went
on selling agricultural Implements
and striped overalls and brooms and
nails and putty and canned goods and
other groceries, whistling little melo
dies to himself . and wondering how
Lney would want their house painted
whan they got married.
Bvery now and then he would pro
pose again to Lacy. By every 'now
and then I mean that he would pro
pose, say, once a week. Some weeks
he proposed twice. He saw that U
pleased Lucy to be proposed to and
George was a gentleman who believed
in making himself agreeable to a
young lady whan he was fond of hen
80 it came along toward Christmas,
"We must have a Christmas tree tea
the children." Lucy said.
Lucy was teacher hi the Wide
Plain Sunday School. Her- pupils
Idolized her. George and the othes
seven suitors had tried to Join hot
class, but she had insisted that they
must attend the Bible class for older
students, which was presided over by
Mrs. Henry GUlup, a most capable
married lady, who had brought one
husband and six children to help up
build Wide Plain.
The fact that Lucy had demanded a
Christmas tree occasioned many
smiles, especially from George's rivals.
"A Christmas tree I" laughed Will
lam Skidmore. "There isn't a tree for
a hundred miles in any direction."
"Let's get one shipped In by freight,
then," suggested Luke Morton.
"No time now," Wesley Perkins
pointed out. "It's only two days to
Christmas."
. The seven rivals were not so par
ticular about the tree. Each of them
knew that Lucy would be disappointed
a bit, but each of them felt that the
gift he had selected for her would help
to overcome her disappointment For,
In any event there waa to be a Christ
mas Eve party at the church.
On the evening of December IS
George called on Lacy. She waa atm
unhappy because the dear children
could not have a tree. v
"Now, Lucy," he said, Tve arranged
It all for you. There'll be a Christmas
tree."
"Oh, have you got ltT Where Is itt
I didn't know you could get one."
"It isn't here yet, but there'll be one
Christmas eve. Now, don't ask ques
tions. Mrs. GUlup and I will fix it up
all right." '
"But I must trim It up." .
"No. Mrs. GUlup and I have ar
ranged for it all. You are not to worry
yourself about anything. Just you
gather your class together and be at
the church at 8 o'clock that evening,
and the tree will be there."
So Lucy, scenting mystery, and too
diplomatic to ask anything more, was
compelled to content herself with that
much Information.
Towards dusk of the day before
Christmas George was seen carrying
several bulky bundles Into the church.
Mrs. GUlup had spent some time In
conference with him that day. The
seven rivals had attempted to quia
her, but she would not gratify their
curiosity further than to say" that
there would1e a tree. They had asked
her separately If abe would hang
their presents for Lucy on the tree,
and she had agreed to do so.
She and George, behind the drawn
curtains of the church, labored long
with curtain poles and string and a
profusion of green paper, to say noth
ing of several bundles of artificial
palms and the like, which George had
unearthed among his stock.
When the audience was assembled
for the Christmas eve exercises Mrs.
OUlup slowly drew back a curtain
which concealed one corner of the
room, and there, with candles glowing
and green paper and green palm
branches rustling, stood a Christmas
tree. It was not an evergreen tree.
"We Must Hsve a Christmas Tree."
It was not a genuine fir or cedar, but
it looked like a tree. And the candles
and the strings of popcorn and glitter
ing ornaments hid many of its faults.
To the surprise of Lucy, George waa
not In sight She looked aU about for
him, tn her delight, wishing to thank
blm for his Ingenious way of provid
ing this make-believe tree for the lit
Ue ones.
Mrs. GUlup went blithely on, taking
presents from the tree and distribut
ing them. After passing out the gifts
for the children she picked off pack
ages and bundles for the older folk.
It was noted that the tree sort ol
shook every time she took off one ol
the gifts which had been provided by
the seven rivals for Lucy. But at last
the final package had been disposed
of. Mrs. GUlup drew the curtain In
front of the tree again and the audi
ease filed out, laughing and chatting
ever the success of the entertainment
Lucy did hot hurry away with the
rest She stepped back of the curtain
with Mrs. GUlup.
"It was Just lovely, Mrs. GUlup!
she exclaimed. 'But why wasn't Mr
Freeman here After his hard wora
sad cleverness In helping you. I should
have thought he would have wanted
to see how Ue tree looked."
1 expect he was pretty busy."
"And of course, I haven't any right
to expect such a thing but he was
rash a good friend of mine, Mrs. GU
lup I really thought it a little odd
that he dldnt make me some kind ol
a present Just a remembrance, or
1 didn't forget you, Lucy," said the
tree. Ton can have me."
And Mrs. GUlup says that Lucy
knew all about it aU the time, because
she had sharp eyes, and no tree that
wore shoes could tool her.
A Costly Gift
"Those Bniyunnalres have been aw
ful proud since Christmas," said the
Bnvious Neighbor.
"What makes thsat aor Inquired
the Curious Friend.
"Oh, their parents filled their stock
lass with eggs."
A Hanging Matter.
Polk Hang ap your stocking this
Christmas
rxlk Nope hung up overcoat.
Pay High Prices for
Bread and Cakes?
When you can eet them
fiesh and at reasonable
prices at : : : :
Asheboro Steam
Bakery
Phone 183.
If you are troubled with- chronic
tonstlpatlon, thee mild and xentle
effect of Chamberlain's Tablets
maKea tnem especially suited to
your case. For sale by all dealers.
At a meeting of the directors ol
the Montrose Hospital for the treat,
ment of tuberculosis last week. Dr.
W. L. Sweet waa elected superintea"
dent to suceed Dr. Brooks t
The Interstate Commerce Com.
mission decided Thursday that the
advance in rates by carriers for
transportation of furniture 1: car
load from all shipping points to
Texaa points waa not unreasonable.
This has the effect of advancing the
rate from North Carolina furniture
manufacturing points of six cents pe
hunded pounds This advance) hi
unlfom over the entire country.
When yesi have a billons - attach
give Chamberlain's Tablets a trial.
They are eesslena. Far sale by all
dealers.
Superior Court Next Week.
On next Monday Bee. 30, Jndgi
M, H. Jnitioe will begin a w-rg's
peoial term of the Superior 'Court
for Kandolph Count j for the tnnl of
criminal actions. - All defrodant
nd witnesses in criminal cases ouly
bo were recognised to the last
term or to March term are required
a be pMSttt 4t - this apecia) eena
onleu thev have been excused. While
be special term was called for trial
of civil esses u well as criminal, yet
.10 civil cases except nnconteaiel
oases and no parties or witntases
mast attend no' notified.
Surprise Birthday Dinner-
Oa 8undy Dec let quite a num
ber of friends and relatives gather-
d at the home of Mr. Robert N.
Davis to celebrate tbe 44 h birtbdsy
t bis wife, Mrs. Hattie D via. The
eather looked a little nnfavorble
tut morning, but every body got
tlere in time lor dinner. I nis was
ept a secret from her until tbe peo
ple began to arrive.
After sometime was spent around
one fire side in pleasant couveriation,
long tlk was arranged iu tbe
lmniug room leaving ample room
-r all to get around me uuie,
Wsich wasn't only loaded witb good
tni gs eat, bat was placed upon
a mauy nice presents brought by
elutives and friends, and of which
he was greatly pleased.
When all the guests were invited
to tbe table a few verses of rJcnpiure
were read, and a short prayer If
Mrs. Isaah Biob, one of Mrs. Dav r
neighbors. Then they were invited
to partake of the bountiful leant,
of whioh all ate to their own satis,
faction. All seemed to enjoy the
day which soon passed. I sometimes
think such occasions cause sad part,
toga, but nevertheless we all depart
ed for oar homes, wishing. ltn
Davis many more happy birthdays.
A sister.
ButUinff Collapses,
. Daring the progress of a sohool
e&tertainment at Jonesville, Yadkin
County, Saturday night, the second
floor of the building in wbiob the
-lercises were being held collapsed
uarrjing with it 209 people. Of the
40 injured, 6 may die.' '
FOUND A bunch of kevs in
Asneb tn Not. 2nd, 1912. by W. H.
Berry, Asheboro R. 1. Oue Miller
Look key, bureau drawer key. suit
oase key, end S other keys. Gall at
uouner umoe.
Timber Sale. .
St Virtue ol aa order of lb 1 Bnoerlor Oonrt n'
Saudolpa Ocnaty In it-espreiei prooeedtns o'
litlea Strati Lavdormllk et si ve Mgirs
Lowdenallk. we will on taeSOradu el Jul-
ery, I9ia,e IS o'clock m tbe eonniwuse
dour lu aahnburo. N. a. sell to the hnhu.1 hid-
der at publko suction, all the meroneutaow tun-
on oa we (ouowing aesonBsa rear eeieie, ss
1-4 Treat: on tbe waters of Deep River. So.
ftiin'nf at a whlteoek lu Geo ( Browu'. line
ttnd ruiinius North bounded la ptrt by Ra tell
m. Bugs-. Hue 01 onaius eua ou uus 10 a .man
wwooo; theae Bast ou chain, lu a tteRe in
1. TrosJou's Hoe; thenoe south boumltj 1 .a
prl M bis owu Hue, and lu part Waddullt line,
5 obaltrt anti SO links to a atnk- formerly a pott
oak; thenoe Wow do chains sound! lu part ey
droir. Hue 10 tbe beginning, ooniaiuiug sot
jens more Gr leas.
tod rraeit on tbe waters of D-p mm, be
ftaatog at a soorwood on tfee Baet beak ol the
Miue brauen. Hansom uwd rm"'' oorner;
iheuca West It cb.ln. to a Make lu Pieiae-. lino
at or near tharliilnal oorner; tbonoa Douihoa
Brewua Hue M onaia. to aaiaae ia wra ureoa;
thenoe 6Uwn said Creek-and Orotu( Deep
nvar SO nhaln. to a at.ke on the aouth ai1a oi
Mid Kitvt In WttUell'. Hoe; tbence no la. vari
ous ooureas of said arret oa Waud.ll'. HueM
usalnt Ma stake oppastM to lb ssootn 01 too
suue oiwKto; toeooe nana oruenun mnnre
ihaaanuth ol .aid brauah and an Ibe Tiuioos
ooeneeof eeidbmochM eheine to the btsut
urns, eootaiums lisasrea oreorinev
Terras olaeiai One third eatb, one third tm
Ihrearsaonth, and one third In tlx stootba, til's
to to total nd nultl aneohsae ssouor le pass,
this she Bus dy of !.. ttr. ltflt.
Juo. T. Bnuaia,
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