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GREETINGS OF
THE SEASON FROM
CORN CRACKER
Christmas Holidays Bring Back
to Mr. White's Memory
The Purpose of Christ
mas
i As this is the festfil Christmas
season, I am reminded that it is in
tended as a season of mirth and jol
lity. As all know, it is meant as cel
ebration of birth of the divine Gal
lileean who is recognized by Chris
tendom as the Savior of mankind. De
spite the ribald and sacreligious scof
: fings of iconoclasts and agnostics,—
as knowledge, both literary and scien
' tific advances—the wisest and best of
: mankind believe in the advent of the
' Prince of Peace who was promoted
j from manger to throne. This is a
j consoling thought for the poor and
| lowly homes, while genius and phi
. lanthropy come from abodes of the
i poor and lowly. The haughty and
! purse-proud were seldom willing to
1 accept the lowly Nazerene as the
divine Savior. "Is not this the carpen
ter's son? and do we.not have his
mother and brethren with us?" Were
he to re-visit the earth he would
meet disrespect and ostracism. His
teachings would be as unpopular as
they were in Jerusalem. The political
manipulators would call him a soc
ialist, or an anarchist, and declare he
was hurting the party,
i He might not be crucified; but
. would be likely to l'eceive a salute '
of ancient and malodorous eggs. ,
j However, people become more and
more enlightened and in the same pro- ]
1 portion Christianized. Many of us I
, older people can remember when |
Yuletide season meant unrestrained
I drunkenness and other species of
| rowdyism. Men who practiced so- j
j briety 364 days in the year must un- j
! bend Christmas day and load up to |
the back teeth with whiskey, brandy, I
or eggnog.
People of my age, can dimly re- ]
member when the universal chal
lenge and salutation was, "Christmas j
gift." This had it origin in the wise j
men from the East giving presents of j
gold, myrrh and frankincense to the ■
infant Jesus. When negroes were'
slaves, they looked forward with fond \
anticipation to Christmas. They way- !
i laid the master and "missis" of the •
"big house", and called out, "Christ
mas gift." If the master was indul
gent and kind-hearted, he let them
see him first, —and he gave them a
, "morning dram," —and if they had
a "backlog" that would last through •
the holidays, would let them enjoy j
that week. In order to pass what the !
negroes called the "paterolers" the ;
master issued them passes. When my j
father Was quite a young men he
was appointed one of these patrol
officers. My grandfather, among oth- j
er slaves, owned one named Phyllis, ;
a pronounced seeress and fortune j
i teller. When she revealed the fu- j
| ture of the white boys of the fam- j
I ily, she forecast that Uncle Tom '
would be a rich merchant, —while Pa ;
| would be a poor old "pateroler." I
He said when the court appointed him !
.he thought of Aunt Phyllis' prophecy. I
Some how or other, the colored peo- i
pie know when a white man is ac- j
, customed to negroes. At a hotel in
. St. Louis, nearly all the guests were j
northern men. They had white wait- ;
ers, and a very polite negro waited !
on me. Those middle west people |
know a southerner by his vernacular. |
A northern man generally calls a,
negro mister, —while the southerner j
calls him "Sport," or "Snowball" if
eh is young, or "Uncle" if he is old.
This is something of a digression
.from the subject of Christmas; but!
yet it, somehow, is not altogether ir
relevant; but rather amplified.
! The spirit of charity gradually
grows, and people have a more rat
ional conception of the Christmas
spirit. The Salvation Army works for :
( the poor, and organized charity ad
dresses itself more and more to the '
afflicted and unfortunate,
j Every recurring festal season of
peace on earth and good will to
men, I like to read Christmas Carol
by Dickens. Scrooge, had become sel- j
fish and sordid, —and the image of'
the pound sterling had been burnt j
into his very soul. He was very rich; j
but was paying his nephew, Bob'
, Ciatchitt, starvation wages. But night
visions revealed his scy-did nature to
himself; and he raised Bob's wages
i provided handsomely for maimed
; Tiny Tim; and the parting message '
• of poor, frail Tiny Tim, was, "May'
| God bless us, every one." Such is J
|my devout wish for every one in j
i management of Courier and everv
reader.
i M. L. WHITE,
CORN CRACKER.
I The man who lives by his wits is
not always a high liver.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1928.
MOSS COUNTY CHAIRMAN
| N Attorney T. J. Moss of this place
has accepted the position as County
| Chairman of the Near East Relief
drive for funds. county
is asked for SBOO. The state is asked
i for SIOO,OOO. Lieut. Governor J. El
mer Long of Durham is State Chair
; man.
!• There are five educational cen
»
ers in the Near East at Athens,
I Greece, Beirut, Syria, Constantino
' pie, and Sofia, Bulgaria. In these
centers have been established schools.
Here the organization proposes to
i take thousands of boys and girls dur
' ing the next few years and give them
,an opportunity of developing them
j selves in mind as well as in body and
i spirit for a higher and more noble
i service to their country. One has but
to realize that the man-power and
the woman-power of the Christian
nations in the Near East was almost
completely depleted during the late
, war and in their children the world
has its only hope in maintaining the
j Christian nations in the Near East
and promoting Christianity and giv
ing back something to the Near East
j in exchange for what the Near East
| has given us.
MRS. A. H. NANNEY
! PASSED DEC. 24
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1
Beloved Union Mills Woman
! Laid to Rest on Christmas
) Day
) Union Mills, Dec. 30.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Asbury H. Nanney,
; aged sixty seven years, was held
i here at Round Hill Baptist church
j Sunday afternoon, December 25th, at
12:30, with her pastor, Rev. R. T.
Baker, assisted by Revs. D. J. Hunt,
E. B. Dillard, W. B. Craig, A. P.
Sorrels and A, A. Walker in charge
!of the services. Interment followed
! in the Round Hill cemetery,
i The many beautiful flowers were
' carried by the following grandchil
i dren: Misses Grace Reid, Sue Koone,
j Ruth and Nell Miller, Margaret and
i Evelyn Jones, Annie Belle Koon and
j Mrs. Chester Hash. The active pall
i bearers were Messrs. R. C. Flack,
!M. G. Watson, Frank Simpson, Flay
i Hill, Claud Nanney and Bruce El
! liott.
I
Before her marriage, Mrs. Nanney
I was Miss Maggie Alice Reid. She
was born May 15, 1860 and died
December 24, 1927. She joined
Brittain Presbyterian church Septem
ber 13, 1876. She was dismissed to
:the Union Mills Presbyterian church
•June 11, 1905 when this church was
j organized and had been a faithful
! member of that church since that
j time. She was married to Asbury H.
, Nanney on May 17, 1887. To this
{ union \tfere born six children. She
■ leaves twenty-six grandchildren and
j one great grandchild. Six grandchil
; dren and one great grandchild pre
j ceded her to the grave. She is also
j sui'vived by four brothers and four
| sisters and her husband, Asbury H.
j Nanney.
The children are: Mrs. Mont Koone,
i Thermal City; Mrs. H. R. Nanney, Er
■ win, Tenn., Mr. Fred Nanney, Mrs.
! Pearl Miller, and Mrs. Carl Jones,
| all of Union Mills and Mrs. Robt.
i Dowdle, of Appling, Ga.
j The brothers of Mrs. Nanney
(are: Messrs. Geo. P. Reid, Forest
j City; C. C. Reid, Rutherfordton; Will
j K. Reid of Winter Haven, Fla., and
i J. Gordon Reid of Thermal City.
Sister surviving are: Mesdames
jW. C. Tate, Union Mills; J. W.
J Koone, Lincolnton; Sallie Young,
Chase City, Va., and Annie White
side of Georgia.
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
WANTED
The Courier is in receipt of a let
ter from Mr. L. S. Presson, who is
in charge of the Rutherford County
Cottage, at Jackson Training school,
Concord, N. C., which says in part:
"We are also sadly in need of
books, magazines, papers, and in
fact any kind of reading material.
This being a new cottage those
things have not yet been furnished.
Mr. and Mrs. Yoder of the Ruther
fordton schools sent us a box of
books and magazines last week, and
the boys have enjoyed tiiem very
much."
Anybody who has good books
and magazines to spare are asked
to send them direct to the above
address. They will be much appre
ciated.
limber may lie worked as a pay
ing crop on the farm. Thin out the
weak and undesirable trees so that
the better trees may grow and be
harvested for timber as they mature,
is the method now being used by
many progressive farmers.
TWO COLORED
I CHILDREN ARE
BURNED TO DEATH
Children of George Rodgers,
Colored, Die When House
is Destroyed by Fire
t i Grim tragedy stalked in Graham
town, a negro section of Forest City,
' i last Thursday afternoon about 2:15
when the two children of George
! j Rodgers were burned to death when
i their home was completely destroy-
I jed by fire.
.! The children's mother had gone to
■ ! a spring some distance from the
[ house after some water and before
t leaving had locked the doors of the
; house. The youngest child was asleep
, while the other was playing. Return
ing with the water and unlocking
,! the door the mother found the house
; in flames. The fire was so fierce and
• burning so fast she could not get to
i the children. Their father, who owns
j a store next door to the house, was
j there when the fire was discovered.
I One colored man, whose name is not
j known tried to get to the children
! through a window, but the house was
jso far gone that his friends pulled
I him out.
i
j The alarm was turned in and the
| fire department responded quickly
! but could do nothing to save the
I house as the water lines do not run
i ;
i that far. The chemicals on the fire
.truck were used to save the store. ;
After the house had burned down, I
the charred bodied of the children'
i were recovered. The baby was found ,
in the bed where it had been sleep
ing and it is thought that it suf
focated before the fire reached it. 1
The body of the other child was
found in the dining room.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
I
THE NEW YEAR
i
i
N is for New Year. Let us all start
it right.
E is for everybody to help in the
fight.
j W is for work that will strengthen
our mind.
Y is for young people, to live up
right and kind.
E is for everybody to do a good deed.
A is for the aged, who taught us
to heed.
R is for rest, when our work is com
plete.
MRS. W. E. STACEY.
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