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If a Santa Claus"
Sixty-two years 090, an eight-year-old g<H
wroto to tho Now York Sun to ask quit# (imply:
"Please toll mo tho truth ? ii thora a Santa
Clout?" Tho newspaper's reply, which hat
bocomo ono of tho Chrittmai tooton't classics,
was in part, at follows:
"Yot, Virginia, thoro it a Santa Clout. Ho
oxittt at cortainly at lovo and gonorotity
and dovotion oxiit, and you know that thoy
abound and give to your lifo itt highest beauty
and joy. Alat; how dreary the world would
bo If thoro wore no Santa Clautl It would bo
at dreary at if thoro wore no Virginiat. Thoro
would bo no childlike faith then, no poetry,
no romance to make tolerable this existence.
Wo should have no enjoyment, except in tight
and sound. Tho eternal light with which child
hood fills tho world would bo extinguished . . .
'"Nobody toot Santa Claus, but that it no
sign thoro it no Santa Clout. Tho most real
things in tho world are those that neither
children or men can see. Did you over see fairies
dancing on tho lawn? Of course not, but
that's no proof that thoy are not thoro. Nobody
can conceive or imagine all tho wonders thoro
are unseen and unseeable in this world . . .
"No Santa Claus? Thank God I Ho lives, and
lives forever. A thousand years from now,
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Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years
from now, he will continue to make glad
the heart of childhood."
1 Yr. Ago
Mllford Quinn, president of
Quinn Wholesale Company is
re-elected Chairman ol tne
Duplin Development Commiss
ion.
Senate Rotation Agreement
is out in 10th District. Coun
ties in the district are IXiplln,
Pender, New Hanover, and
Sampson.
Miss Susan Teachey of Wal
lace is a candidate for (Cath
erine Smith Reynolds Scholar
ship.
17th annual cattleman's con
ference is scheduled for Jan
uary in Raleigh.
S Yrs. Ago
Mrs. Nanie G. Brown is aw
arded contract for construction
of a new post office building
la Kenansville.
Charles Sloan is elected
president of the Wallace Cham
ber of Commerce.
J. Macy Batts dies from two
bullet wounds in the chest, Ken
neth Tt achev found in uncons
cious condition nearby.
Ralph Cottle is guest speak
er of Brotherhood at First
Baptist Church, Warsaw.
10 Yrs. Ago
Kenneth Turner of Rose Hill
is named Chairman of Duplin
County March of Dimes.
Ransom Carl Wheeler, Rt.
1, Magnolia, is found dead in
blizzard which paralyzed the
area.
Invitations for bids for SAGE
plant at Calypso to be issued
in February.
Eight Rose Hillians receive
certificate for successfully
completing first aid course.
20 Yrs. /go
Tom Miller of Columbus,
Mississippi plans visit to Mil
ler-Town. First visit home in
25 years.
Duplin County Historical As
sociation receives first dona
tion toward production of Duplin
Story. G.E. Alphin Jr. is pres
ident of Assn.
Dr. Ruff in receives minor in
juries when car is demolished
after turning over several times
on sharp curve.
The Duplin Times goes on the
air for 13 weeks from Clinton,
Goldsboro, Kinston, and Ra
leigh.
num construction seems to be
the best all-around choice, but
strtpcanvas designs that will
accommodate an outboard and
certain fiberglass hulls are
suitable.
Canoes, the original back
country craft, are natural car
toppers. Easy to handle,
they're ideal for fishing rivers
or small lakes. Aluminum
canoes are especially light,
wont soak up additional
pounds and take a beating
Choose a square stern model,
hitch on a small outboard, and
you seldom bare to ptck up a
paddle.
and?U>ev*aiffer "*
^movement ^occupants.
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maneuver when a *t rone wt >ri
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For fi shine IaJhwwS lakes
and streams, "oartoppers" are
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Enjoy
Christmas ?
Cautiously
Christmas presents help you
share the joyous holiday cut
loose wrappings and p*>er can
become a real fire danger,
warns Liberty Mutual Insurance
Companies. Christmas-morn
ing confusion can have the house
In an uproar and a lighted
match or cigarette that is care
lessly dropped in the wrappings
can nave the house in flames.
Discard or put away all wrap
ping papers as soon as presents
are opened to avoid tragic pos
sibilities.
The lighted candle adds a
special festive touch to the Ch
ristmas season but be extreme
ly careful in placing candles
around the house. Candles pla
ced too near paper decorations
Christmas card displays, or the
boughs of the tree can ignite
trouble.
Christmas lights help make
the holiday season bright. To
keep the season joyous make
sure to take proper precau
tions with holiday decorations.
Check all lights for frayed wires
and short circuits. Discard
home-repaired and other dan
gerous electrical equipment.
Also be prudent in your use of
holiday bulbs. A few can go
a long wav toward brightening
your holiday and save your el
ectrical circuits unwanted
strain.
Christmas trees can be the
source of much sparkle and add
a great deal to theseasoncheer
but they may become safety
hazards. The tree trunk should
be sawed at an angle to allow
a more rapid in-take of water
to keep the tree fresh.
A Merry Christmas is fine,
but make it a safe one. Check
to see that there are no fire
hazards in your home. Fires,
many caused by carelessness,
take thousands of lives and
cause billions of dollars worth
of damage each year.
Bright holiday spirits can be
dampened rapidly if proper pre
cautions are not taken. Be
sure that materials placed
around or under your Christmas
tree are fireproof and never
block an exit with the tree.
Have a happy holiday, but have
a srfe one too.
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A Christmas tree adds beau
3t and spirit to the happy holi -
ay season, but proper care of
the evergreen is Important to
awdWneedless^tragedy. A tree
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The Ministers Desk
By: D.E. Parkerson;
Carrboro, N.C.
A shipwrecked sailor who had
spent three years on an island 1
in the South Pacific was over
joyed one day to see a ship i
drop anchor in the bay. A
small boat came ashore and an <
officer handed the s ailor a bunch
of newpapers. "The captain
suggests," he told the sailor, <
"that you read what's going on i
in the world and then let us
know if you still want to be
rescued. i
When I read this little story, <
which is probably a fable, I
wondered what the young man's
decision was. The story didn't |
tell me. The whole affair star- i
ted me to thinking. Which woul4
be the best: stay on die si- .<
eluded island away from the i
world's problems, or comeback
and tackle the problems of civi
lization? i
No one can deny that the tem- 1
pt ation would be mere, and very i
strong too, to st ay on the island. I
There would be no inhumanity i
between man and his brother. <
No one would hate his brother
or seek to take from him what i
belongs to him. Robberies, !
looting, arson, rape, injustice, |
and prejudice could not exist I
between people around you for
the simple reason that there 1
would be no people around you.
Nobody to get in your nair
or in your way! How wonder- <
full But would it be as won- i
derful as we think? I
Man, in time of heartaches <
and difficulty, has always ex- I
perienced the inner urge to get ?
away from it all, to leave it J
all behind, to become free,
to escape responsibility. And
whenever this cowardly urge
has been indulged some of the 1
darkest pages of history have
been written. There are more
than just traces of this asce
ticism in the Christian church.
To far too large a degree the
church has waited for others
to "come in" when it ought it
self to be "going out". You
can stress orthodoxy and ignore
ethics until you become an or
thodox nobody.
The world around us has so
many problems that if Moses
could come down from Mount
Sinai today the two tablets he
would be carrying would be as
pirin. But we accomplish no
thing by running away to a
spciu^^lapd^to^kfal'fr ^ '
world's ills or from your re
sponsibility in it. First of all,
as a human being you have
the responsibility to make the
world a better place in which
to live. Second, the Christian
bas a far higher obligation at
this point. Or he is not like
Christ.
Peace of mind, which seems
:o be the thing people are seek
ing today, does not come from
Passive withdrawal; it comes
From being constructively in
volved. Paul and Silas did not
whine while they were beaten
and in prison?they sang.
Could this psychic pain we
experience when we see our wo
rld's ills be like the physical
Jain of a certain junior execu
:ive? He had had his office
urnished with some ultramod
ern furniture and discovered
that the pains and aches he was
laving were coming from the
ract that he had been sitting in
he wastebasket. Sitting! And
.n the wastebasket!
Did You Know?
Is Christmas really the d?e
of Christ's birth?
Scholars don't know. For
more than 300 years Chris
tians observed His birthday on
varying dates. Around the mid
dle of the fourth century AJ).
Bishop Liberlus and the Chris
tians of Rome began to celebr
ate His birthday on December
25.
World Book Efw*ft?p?<jia
says Llberius probably adopted
this date because people already
observed it as the Feast of
Saturn, celebrating the birth
day of the sun. Christians
honored Christ, instead of Sat
' urn, as the Light of the World.
The Christians of Egypt cel
ebrated Christmas on January
6, and many members of the
Eastern Orthodox Church still
observe this date.
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Early to the next Congress,
I plan to reintroduce a Const
ituttonal Amendment relating
to the appointment of Supreme
Justices.
Recent deliberations to the
Senate on the nominations to
the Supreme Court have focus
ed attention on this appointive
process. The nature of the
present selection system often
commends itself to factors
which are not germane to Judi
cial competence. Personal and
political friendship with the Pr
esident has assumed a role that
I do not believe makes for the
best nominations for these high
Judicial offices.
Formerly, there was less na
tional concern about this mat
ter. With increasing frequency,
however, the judgment of Just
five members of the Supreme
Court has been changing the
economic, social, and govern
mental structure of our coun
try by overriding established
precedents in the law and the
Drerogatlves of the Congress
and the State Legislatures. To
day. this concern involves more
than inere disagreement with
a particular decision or line
of decisions. An increasing
body of opinion holds that the
Court is not performing its
constitutional functions proper
ly, that it misunderstands its
Even so, many think that it
would be a grave departure
from propriety to change the
method of selecting Justices
of the Supreme Court. Not
so. A few years ago, we lim
ited our President to two terms
of office. Congress will soon
be considering reform of the
Electoral College system which
determines who shall be Presi
dent and Vice President. Many
years eao, the Constitution was
amended to require the direct
election of Senators.
It is surprising that we'have
not explored this matter more
thoroughly before now. Undoub- I
tedly, many have their own not
ions about how we should se
lect Supreme Court Justices.
My amendment, however, stems
from much though about the
need of a perfecting change in I
our Constitution on tills subject
so that we can have a truly
qualified and Independent judi
ciary.
In brief, it would operate In
this fashion. When there Is I
a vacancy on the Court, the
President would call aconfere
Court. The President would
Im? would* be appointed bylhi
President to fill the vacancy. ,
d not consent ;
to the nomination, the Presl
dent would be obligated to send
to the Senate another Individ
ual on the list. .'|K: .':?f
Actually, the amendment g
which I Intend to offer seeks
to utilize the judgments of the ' i
senior judges of our country U ^
on a matter of grave Import- %
ance -- the fate of constitu
tional government in our land.
The President frequently calls
upon advisory commissions for
advice. In this Instance, a
mandatory requirement that he
obtain the opinion of the Chief
Justice of our State Courts and \
the Senior Judge of the U.S. '
Circuit Courts at Appeals would
give stature to the nominating
process that Is coming under
Increasing question. It Would
also preserve the essence of
our federal system In the
process.
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For these reasons, i plan
to reoffer my amendment re
quiring such a method of sel
ecting Justices of our Supreme
Court.
The Epidemic
Reminiscent of the days dur
ing World War One, is all the
talk about the Hong Kong in
fluenza epidemic.
Hopefully there will never be
another like that of 1917-18.
One remembers the vast num- 1
ber of people stricken with the
terrible malady. Whole fami
lies were in bed at the same i
time, with not enough well ones j
to care for the sick. ,
A combination of flue, with .
its dreaded ally pneumonia, i
whether or not one contracted
the latter, usually determined 1
whether one succumbed or sur- 1
vived.
The modern method and ma
terials of inoculation were
at the time unknown. Or at any
rate unavailable.
All doctors were over wor
ked .^Ahnos^ to^the^extent of
ursef on the seriousness of
your condition.
But out of it all, was born
a certain amount of humor.
Some peotic lyricist composed
a song entitlea "Dat-Hen-Flue
Zease" and completed the last
line of each stanza with those
three mutilated words.
One mind absented soul, when
asked the natureof his mother's
illness, and for getting the com
mon name, f'german mea
sles") for rubella answered in
the negative to influenza, and
said that she had "the war
measles."
Eventhough medical science
and technology has come a long
way since tnen, it can be sur
mised that doctors would still
warn against apathy, or over
conficence, in reconing with
this desease. Especially for the
aged or the weak.
By: FJL. Jenkins
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^Uncle Pete From 1
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DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
The fellers at the country
store Saturday night pooled their
Ignorance and come up with
opinions on everthing from mar
riage to hooseflies. The advice
they was giving wasn't worth no
more than it cost, and it didn't
cost nothing so I just set and
listened.
First off, Zeke Grubb report
ed he had went to a church
wedding of one of his kinfolks
Thursday night and he report
ed the bride and groom stood
side by Side and said"* plight
thee thy troth." Be #afc- Asking
the fellers what them 'words
meant but nobody could tell
him, so a note was made to ask
Zeke*s preacher the next time
he comes to one of our ses
sions.
Bug Hookum figgered that
whatever it meant it give the
woman the big end of the stick.
He said wimmen was always git
ting excited about their equal
rights, and they refuse to say
"obey" in that "love, honor and
obey" part of the vows.
Josh Clodhopper, that takes a
dim view at things in general,
said one of the things wrong in
this troubled world was millions
of men and women "plighting
their troth" without having no
idea of what they was "plight
lag"
Clem Webster was disagreed
with Josh, said the wimmen fig
gered plight fer the groom
meant he giveth everthing and
troth meant he kept on giving.
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U fer the bride, claimed Clam,
hay figger they got a natural
ight to change their mind even
ifore they make it up.
We postponed any more dis
ussion on this matter, Mister
Sditor, until we can git in touch
rath Zeke's preacher.
Ed Doolittle reported he had
aw in the papers where one of
hem science fellers in Boston
ranted to control the popula
ion explosion by putting chim
es in the water, Ed said he was
igin it, that it was safer to let
isture take its course. He said
te had saw that if'nature didnt |
ontrol the housefly populatM '
ind n ever offspring from one
>air of flies lived fer six months
he whole world would be cover
id in houseflies 47 foot .deep.
Sd said one of them Federal
igencies had figgered them two
lies would grow to 190 quintil
ion and Ed said the only thing
le could compare with that kind
)f growth was the national debt
inder the Democrats.
Personal, Mister Editor, I go
long with them science fellers
nost of the time on account of i
think they was making pro- '
ress. But Ed aint never been
ery progressive in these mat
ers. I can recollect way back
onder when he was all agin
tutting iodine In salt to per
ent goiters. The storekeeper
ays it's all on account of Ed
laving a suspicion that meat of
hem science fellers was regis
end and voting Democrats.
Team Inly
IM Pete.
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