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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1938
THE CHRISTMAS TREE
It is said that the first Christmas tree was
placed in the home of Martin Luther, of Ger
many. One Christmas eve, so the story goes,
Luther went for a walk through the country
side. New wnow had fallen, the moon was shin
ing brightly, and he decided he would like to
take some of the beauty into his home to help
celebrate Christmas.
He returned to his home for an axe, and
he and his wife trudged into the moonlit forest.
He cut the tree and after placing it in their
nome, put candles, upon" the branches, bits of
colored paper, apples and fruits and asked the
neighbors in to see the tree. They also went
nto the forest and cut trees and decorated
T.hem in their homes, thus establishing the
custom.
In a few years the custom spread into
France, and the Scandinavian countries. Queen
Victoria is said to have started the custom in
England, wihere it was a great luxury, as there
are not' the great forests that were in other
countries.
The Christmas tree was first placed in
American homes by German immigrants and
the custom so much thought of today has been
generally adopted.
A beautiful legend of Anglo Saxon origin
claims that Saint Hon i face in the midst of a
crowd of converts, cut down a giant oak tree
which had 'been an object of worship by the
Druids. As the blade of the axe circled his
head and the chips flew in every direction, a
whirl wind passed through the forest twisting
the tree from its roots, then laid it down upon
the earth groaning.
A tiny young fir tiee was standing near,
its evergreen spires pointing towards the stars.
Saint Boniface dropped the axe and turned to
the people and said, "This little tree, the young
child of the forest shall be your holy tree to
night. It is the sign of endless life, for its
leaves are ever green. See how it points to
ward Heaven. Let this be called the tree of
the Christ Child. Gather around it. It will
shelter no deeds of blood, but only loving gifts
and rites of ihuman kindness,"
CONTROL REJECTED
It seemed rather inconsistent, or perhaps
it is the other way round, that Kentucky, which
produces the bulk of Burley tobacco, should have
voted in favor of government control for the
1939 market on Saturday and that other states
not so largely engaged in the growing of this
particular .-variety of the golden weed, should
have rejected it.
Is it that the growers of Kentucky in their
larger and wider experience know best, the
merits of crop control, and that the other states
still have much to learn alwut the situation?
As this 'goes to press the officials of the
department of Agriculture hold little hope that
the remaining returns will give the necessary
margin.
While the majority of the Haywood grow
ers voted for control, a two thirds vote was re
quired and the measure was defeated locally.
Why did the farmers reject the contin
uance of a method which had been signally suc
cessful, and had given them a good cash
crop at a fair price?
" What will be the result? Will staggering
surpluses and starvation prices take the place
of control? Will it be necessary for the farm
ers to resort to some independent defensive or
ganization to save themselves?
Or will it be necessary that they cry out for
help from the government again?
We just wonder. M . .
THE COMMISSIONERS ATTACK THE
RABIES SITUATION
The county board of commissioners are to
be highly commended for their recent action
regarding the rabies situation in Haywood
County.
When we consider that around 100 persons
in the county had to take treatment since last
June, at a cost of more than $2,000 and that
livestock totaling a value of more than $2,500
has had to be killed, the question becomes not
only a grave one concerning health and life, but
also of economic importance.
The time had arrived for definite action
to be taken for the protection of society and
property, and the board of commissioners has
lost no time in starting at the root of the matter
with remedial measures.
It is to be hoped that some plan will be
worked out whereby the inspectors in each
township, whose first responsibility it is to see
that all dogs in their vicinity are vaccinated,
can have some assurance of financial support
or assistance from the county, in order that the
work will not be retarded, now that the initial
steps have been taken.
"IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?"
The following was written by Francis P.
Church and was first published in the New"
York Sun in 1897. It has become a Christmas
classic, that does not grow old with the passing
of time, as it answers the eternal question of
childhood:
"We take pleasure in answering at once
and thus prominently the communication be
low, expressing at the same time our great sat
isfacton that its faithful author is numbered
among the friends of The Sun.
"Dear Editor: I am eight 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?
115 West Ninety-fifth Street
Virginia O'Hanlon.
"Virginia, your little friends are wrong.
They have been affected by the skepticism of
a skeptical age. They do not believe except what
they see, They think that nothing can be which
is not comprehensible by their little minds. All
minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or chil
dren'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 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 our 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 Virginia. There would be no
childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance, to
make tolerable this existence. We would 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 in all chimneys on
Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even
if they did not see Santa Claus coming down,
what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa
Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa
Claus. The most real things in the world are
those that neither children nor men can see.
Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn?
Of course not, but that's no proof that they are
not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all
the wonders that are seen and unseeable in the
world. -
"You may tear apart the Daby's rattle and
see what makes the noise inside, but there is a
veil covering the unseen world which not even
the strongest men that ever lived, could tear
apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, ro
mance, can push aside that curtain and view and
picture Iht supernal beauty and glory beyond.
Ijs it all leal? Ah, Virginia, in all this world
tr.ere is nothing else real and abiding.
"No Santa Claus '. Thank God he lives and
lives forever. A thousand years from now, he
will continue to make glad the heart of child
hood." " -'-:"-'
THE OLD HOME TOWN
By STANLEY
WATCH YOUR SPEED
We hate to be a joy killer, but since every
Christmas brings some tragic story of death
on the highways, and with the extra holiday
rush of traffic a certainty, one should begin
to slow down a bit as a safe precautionary meas
ure. . " i
With no intent of skimming the cream from
your Christmas happiness we enter this merely
as a warning. Let us keep the good record set
for Southern cities, which now stands at 33 per
cent lower than the record for 1937.
For with more cars on the highways, the
record for 1938 has evidently been brought
about by a more careful driving on the part of
the drivers, and additional precaution by the
pedestrians.
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"With how much ease belii-w
what we wish." Dryden.
"I make it a rule to believe onV
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pine." Benjamin Disraeli.
BY D. SAM COX
CHRISTMAS ON THE CREEK
Story 16
"Let's have some sure-enough doings
for Christmas, Blackie," Dr. Coon said,
one day when Christmas was only a
few days off. "We can pet Jocko
Monkey and all the rest of the boys
to help us, and if Billie can get Mis.
Moo Cow to give him some milk, vt !
can have some ice cream and cake."
"Where's the cake coming from'."'
asked Blackie. "Mrs. Moo Cow doesn't
throw in caku with her milk."
"It seems to me I heard Jay Bird
say that he saw Aunt Judy making a
fruit cake when he came by there this
morning, and maybe she was making
it for us. Here .he comes now; lets
ask him."
"Yes sir." Jay Bird said, "it's the
fruitiest cake I ever saw, and as big
as a full moon. Aunt Judy has just
put white icing all over it and set
it out on the shelf by the kitchen win
dow to get cold and hard, and she
said she was going to leave it tneic
till bed-time, when she would take it
in. And she told Uncle Joe she wanted
him to tke the doK out and g0 caU:h
a possum as soon as it is dark, so I
went by Billie's house and told him
to stick to his tree.
"Well, that cake won't be a bit too
big for my table. Flap your wings
over to Jocko's house and tell him
to come here," Blackie said. And
then he said to Jocko:
"Jocko. I guess Jay Bird has told
you that Aunt Judy is making a nice
fruit cake for our Christmas dinner,
but I will have t senu for Jav
Bird will tell you just where to hnd
it. Take this cheese box along to
put it in, and be sure you don't drop it.
Never mind about the dog; he wont
be around."
It wasn't bed-time when Jocko
came galloping in with the cake, and
when he opened the box, Blackie and
Dr. Coon danced around it like chil
dren dance around a May pole.
The next morning when Billie went
over to shake down persimmons for
Mrs. Moo Cow's breakfast, he carried
a big bucket, and brought it back
right full of milk.
Yes, it was Christmas day, and the
birds had brought in holly and mis
tletoe, and hung it all around. "Oh,
I nearly forgot something," Jocko
said, as he reached down in the box
where the cake had been and pulled
What's the Answer?
Br EDWARD FINCH
7, l!IOW DID THE vjl
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f j GLASSES ORIGINATE?
BEFORE a duel with swords the
gladiators of ancient Rome were
accustomed to drink together. Wine
was furnished by a relative or a
friend of one of them and to show
that there was no poison in the
glass of his opponent, the challenger
poured his wine into the other's
glass and back again until the con
tents of both glasses were thorough
ly mixed. That custom extended to
social usage and finally as the days
of poisoned wine became past his
tory, it evolved merely to the clink
ing of glasses.
C WwUrn Nawipaptr Onion.
A Very Merry Christmas
out four pretty red candles and
lighted them. "I picked these up
over at Aunt Judy's."
Sometime we may find out where
Jocko learned how to fix a Christmas
table, but Blackie sat at the head of
the table, and the way he piled good
things on everybody's plate was a
sight. But the best of all was the
fruit cake, and you never saw such
slices as Jocko cut. And if Jay Bird
didn't have a good time picking those
raisins and nuts out of the fruit cake,
he never did have a good time.
Some other crowd may have had
more things on their table than the
Creek Folks had, but no crowd got
any more pleasure out of it.
By the time they had all eaten so
much that Billie Possum said: "No,
I thank you," when Blackie asked
him if he would have another piece
of roast pig, it was dark, and so
Blackie asked them all to spend the
night, if they could sleep in their
chairs. And then they began a reg
ular frolic, playing games and tell
ing stories and Blackie sang his
"Woof" song for them, and did a
regular bear dance. Then they all
sang together a song that Jocko had
made up.
"We won't go home until morning,
We won't go home until morning,
We won't go home until morning,
We are having such a good time."
And then Jay Bird fanned the can
dies put with his wings and they all
went to sleep.
(To be continued.)
Aim fetfwto
"Jesus saith unto hi
because thou has seen me, thou
has believed: blessed are they that
nave nor, seen, ana yet have believed.'
John.
"Until belief becomes faith a
faith becomes spiritual understand
ing, numan tnougnt has little rela-
tion to tne actual divine. Marj
Baker Eddy.
"O belief! how much you block n,,r
way." Montaigne,
"Whe knows much
less." Unknown.
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