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Volume XLVnn wis LENOIR, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1919.
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No. 12
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SOME BRIEF FACTS ABOUT
CHRISTMAS
Christmas day is the anniversary
of the birth of Christ, and has been
celebrated as a Christian festival for
several centuries. The Christmastide
lasts from the 25th of December to
the 6th of January, the twelfth day
after Christ's nativity. V
The origin of the Christmas tree
is obscure;, tn thought of Christ as
the Light of the World and the Tree
of Life may have given rise to the
light-bearing tree, or the popular old
belief that every Christmas eve trees
blossomed and bore fruot may have
been the foundation of the custom.
Gift-bearing is, of course, the ich
of the Wise Men's gifts; and mince
pie, turkey and plum puddings are
modern relics of the pagan feasts.
Santa Claus, known to every child in
every land in this old world, is the
personification of the spirit of loving
and giving.
The holly, synonymous of Christ
mas, was a sacred plant, and the mis
tletoe a mysterious plant, supposed
by the ancient Druids to have some
mysterious power of healing and pre
venting misfortune. It was never al
lowed to touch the ground, hence the
modern superstition that it is un
lucky for a mistletoe bough to fall
from its place. It was dedicated to
the Goddess of Love, which explains
the custom of kissing under the mistletoe.
HERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS
ENTIRELY NEW
The Hotel La Salle, Chicago, has
made a substantial reduction in the
price of everything on the menu.
"The idea," said the manager of
th eLa Salle, "is that somebody had
to start the job of bringing down
the high cost of living. -.We have had
a good year a splendid year and
we are prepared now to operate the
hotel at cost for the next two or
three months if by so doing we mav
register a moral protest against prof
iteering. In addition to cutting
prices on the menu we have also re
duced room rates, the reductions
ranging from $3 a room to 50 cents.
It is not that we can afford lo do it
we can't, for supplies are still go
ing up."
"No, sah, Ah don't neber ride on
lem things," said an old colored lady
looking in on the merry-go-round.
"Why, de odder day I seen dat Ras
tus Johnson git on an' ride as much
as a dollah's worth and git off at de
very same place he got on at. an' I
sez to him, 'Rastus,' I sez, 'yo spent
yo' money, but whar yo' been?' "
WANT AN AMPLE NAVY "SEC
OND TO NONE" 1
Recommendations of the navy gen
eral board for the building progsam
for 1921 include two battleships, one
battle cruiser, ten scout cruisers, five
destroyers, "flotilla leaders," and six
submarines. In its recommendation
the general board urged a policy of
naval expansion that will guarantee
protection of coast lines and the rap-
r against any naval power in the
world, ouch protection, the board
declared, can be had only by in
creasing American sea power to a
point where it is "second to pone"
and maintaining it at that level.
A Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Goldfish has been organ
ized. Among the "don't" for gold
fish lovers are found: "Don't change
the water on the fish. It gives them
pneumonia. Don't feed them crumbs.
It is bad for their digestion and gives
the mthe stomach ache.
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Community Christmas Tree Christmas Night
The Community Christmas Tree is for everybody, both young
and old, in Lenoir and surrounding country.
Come to the Square Christmas night at 6 o'clock and help sing
Christmas carols. A short program, including the Story of
Christmas in pictures, will be rendered. There will be a gift for
every child under fifteen years of age. The tree will be the
largest illuminated tree you have ever seen. Make your plans
now to come and mingle with the merry crowd and make this
a great occasion.
The Priscilla Club is the promoter of the Community Christ
mas Tree, and the following business men have contributed the
means which made possible its success:
Town of Lenoir . $25.00
Lenoir Mirror C&mpany 10.00
Lenoir Chair Manufacturing Company 10.00
Harper Furniture Company 10.00
Lenoir Furniture Corporation 10.00
Lenoir Cotton Mill 10.00
Caldwell Furniture Company 10.00
J. H. Beall 10.00
Hibriten Lodge, A. F. & A. M. 10.00
Lenoir Veneer Company 7.50
Courtney Clothing Company 5.00
Bernhardt Chair Company 5.00
Ethel Chair Company 5.00
First National Bank ' , 5.00
Bernhardt-Seagle Company 5.00
Lenoir Mills 5. 00
Bank of Lenoir 5.00
Hefstines 5. 00
Gwyn's Garage 5.00
Lenoir Camp, No. 95, Woodmen of the World 5.00
I. O. O. F. Lodge 5.00
Knights of Pythias Lodge 5.00
A. A. Blackwelder 5. 00
Price-Cline Harness Company 2.50
J. H. Dinglehoef 5.00
Kent's Drug Store 2.00
The Leader 2. 00
Lenoir Drug Company j 5.00
Lenoir Book Company 3 00
H. T. Newland " 1 00
J. W. Hollifield 1 00
W. F. Wakefield .1" 1.00
T. B. Lenoir 1.00
Lenoir Hardware Company 5 00
W. A. & A. V. Miller 1.00
Robbins' Garage 1.00
Lenoir Feed Store 1.00
E. A. Abernethy 1.00
H. M. Teague 1.00
Ballew's Cash Pharmacy 1.00
W. C Brannon 1.00
K. A. Link , 1.00
Harrison & Co. 1.00
"F. J. Gash 1.00
W. S. Miller & Son, 50c; Lenoir Grocery Co., 50c; G. W. Cloer &
Son, 50c; A. N. Todd, 50c; Cloer's Barber Shop, 50c; Boldin &
Turner, 2 crates oranges; Hoffman & Son, 1 crate oranges; Hick
ory Grocery Co., 1 crate oranges; Citizens' Light & Power Co.,
lights; Mrs. J. B. Atkinson donated the Christmas tree.
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HOOVER PREDICTS BIG SLUMP
IN FOOD PRICES
Herbert Hoover, chairman of the
inter-allied relief commission, on the
eve of his departure from Europe,
expressed his views on the food sit
uation in an interview with the As
sociated Press. Mr. Hoover is firm
in the belief that prices of foodstuffs
are going to drop in the near future,
and, looking at the situation from
th eproducer's side, he is rather pes
simistic in the following:
The situation is one that may well
cause anxiety also from another
point of view. We are now coming
into a flood of production of food
stuffs in the United States. If in the
meantime Eurape has not found
credits to purchase the coming win
ter supplies we are likely to have a
glut and prices may fall below the
cost of production to American farm
ers. Mr. Hoover may be wrong in his
conclusion that a glut of products is
likely to cause prices to fall below
"the cost of production to American
farmers." No sensible, fair-minded
person wants to see farm products
so cheap the farmers will lose money
in raising them. Such a state of af
fairs would soon prove ruinous to all
interests. But the consumers (the ul
timate consumers) would hail the
day when they could buy good food,
no luxuries, at something like rea
sonable prices. And by "ultimate
consumers" we do not mean the rich,
the buyers of automobiles, the joy
riders, or any of that class; we re
fer to the millions of people in mod
erate circumstances and to millions
of needy widows with families.
Mr. Hoover may be wrong in his
conclusion that "a distressing era of
speculation in foodstuffs in the Unit
ed States and throughout the world's
COL. WILLIAM S. PEARSON OF
MORGANTON IS DEAD
Col. William S. Pearson, aged 70
years, was struck and instantly killed
by a street car in Charlotte last
Thursday evening. Col. Pearson was
a native of Morganton and a lawyer
by profession. Some years ago he
was appointed assajer of the Char
lotte mint and he and his family
took up their residence there. He
returned to Morganton to live but
had lately again moved to Charlotte.
WEATHER IN MONTANA
A dispatch from Butte, Mont., last
week says "th elast 24 hours have
been the coldest and brought more
suffering in Butte than any similar
I period since 1889, when official rec
ords of weather were first tabulated
in this community. Reliable records
run from 35 below zero at the Mon
tana power station to 50 below in
exposed section on the south side.
Since Oct. 19 of this year 51 inches
of snow have fallen. The recent
snowfall for 36 hours totalled 18
inches."
Lice sap the life blood from your
poultry and decreases the egg pro
duction. Get them of T. E. Brindle,
Druggist. Wilmington Journal.
The population of India speak
about 150 different languages, and
are divided up into 43 different na
tionalities. primary food markets is largely re
sponsible for high food costs," but
there is a cause somewhere of course
and if it can be remedied it is to be
hoped that the remedy will be ap
plied as soon as possible. Fayette
ville Observer.
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