anta Claus
Bq .Alice B. Palmar
'OMMY MOORE LAND was a plti
f ful Bight as he sat upon the
hard rough bank of the railroad
s, covered with Christinas snow
h he never bothered to remove,
mmy had been the eldest of a
■ family of brothers and sister*
had always played a most lmpor
part in the Christmas festivities
it of being Santa Claus. It was
lls very thing that be was now
ting most deeply and reverently,
pe sudden crunching of footsteps in
snow behind him caused him to
quickly, expecting to hear—
ve on!” Instead, he saw a little
the sky blue of her coat speckled
snowflakes. She truly looked as
ie might have emerged from fairy*
le stood weeping before him.
Mother says there is to be no Santa
is tonight*” she wailed,
linking through the mist of now
ly falling snow he looked at her
grily, all the years of his tramp
d dropping from him at that mo
lt
hen with an effort to keep back
tears from his own eyes, be tried
►ersuade her that Santa would sure
loine.
Where do you live, Uttle girl?” said
nray.
There’s the house, right over there,
one with the big yard around it.”
You had better skip home now and
it for Santa, for I am sure be will
ae!”
How wonderful!” thought Tommy,
the Santa Claus instincts aroused
diin him, “if I could make this little
nily happy by being their Santa Just
\ tonight!”
intoxicated with inspiration. Tommy
trted to walk toward town and had
he Children Almost Tore Santa Claus
to Pieces. j
ot gone far when he was stopped by
kindly gentleman who asked if be
rere in need of work. i
Tommy was delighted, for the job
aade him a Santa Claus for the Sal
ation Army Christmas tree, and for
rhlch he was well paid.
Later, with permission to borrow the
lutdt and after some Christmas shop
ting, he hurried over to his adopted
tome. With Santa’s pack upon hla ,
shoulders, he Joyously rapped upon the
loor. To his surprise it was opened
jy the little girl, herself.
Amidst great shouts of glee the chil
dren almost tore him to pieces.
But what was it all about? Mother
and father came rushing in. Before
they could speak Tommy pulled the
mask from his face and shouted,
"Mother! Father 1” He had found his
own home and parents and brothers
and sisters In the "House with the biff
yard around it!”
THE YULE-TIED
“The Yule-tied refers to those cou
ples who get married on Christmas
day."
For Chriitnu F*uti«|
Apple cider bas earned a ffghtful
place at winter feasts. If you are
going out to Christmas dinner, you
might send your hostess a Jug of
cider; if you are entertaining your
self, you will want to make it part
of your Christmas menu. Another
typically American accompaniment te
holiday feasting is oyster dressing or
oysters served “on the half shelL"
Spicy things seem to tit especially well
Into holiday menus. Chutney adds a
pleasant zest to the Christmas dinner.
It also is a good addition to any com
bination of Christmas dainties you
may be planning as a gift.
Mrs. Callie Heckard, of Winston
Salem, who has been visiting friends
here ofr sometime will leave Monday
for Henrietta, N. C.
RU-BAL.M for yours and baby’s
oolds.—adv. _
i FARM NEWS
' iY W. B. COLLINS, County Agent.
(Editor’s Note: The Times herewith
begins *.he publication of the annual
report of the County Farm Agent.
This report will be published by in
stallment each week. It should be to
the interest of every farmer to read
thoroughly and assimilate the facts
concering farm work in jhe County.
Today farming is a big business, and
every farmer should have all the
facts about his work possible and
apply this knowledge to the work
ever before him.)
1 Form of organization changes
and development.
'pjjg only organization in the county
for forwarding extension work is the
County Agricultural Advisory Board.
This Board consists of two leading
farmers from each of ^he seven town
ships of the county, the three County
Commissioners, and three leading far
mers and business men of the county,
This Board passed on the extension
plan of work for 1933 and assisted
the agent in carrying out the plan.
Ten more men were added to the
Board ^his year, making a total of
twenty men on the Board.
On January 28 the agent called a
meeting of the County Agricultural
Board to make plans for carrying on
the extension work in the county
during 1933. Only five members were
present on account of bad weather.
These members discussed jhe plan
of work with the agent, but we de
cided to call another meeting of the
Board later when more members
could be present.
On February 18 the Board was
called together and sixteen members
were present. The plan of work was
taken up by i-he agent and discussed
by the Board. Changes were made
where the Board thought necessary.
One important feature of this meet
ing was the discussion of results ob
tained with the 1932 demonstrations.
This discussion helped |0 inform all
the members of the Board of the re
sults obtained and this has been a
great aid in conducting extension
work during 1933.
2. Functions of local people, com
mittees, or project leaders in develop
ing the program of work.
Local people have served as demon
strators in their communities. Com
mittees have served in organizations
for selling farm products, and buying
farm supplies. They have passed on
U. S. Seed and Fertilizer loans. They
have served as officers and directors
of the Alleghany County Agricul
tural Fair.
3. General policies, including rela
tions to other organizations.
The general policies of the exten
sion organization has been to work
out a plan of farming best suited to
the needs of the farmers of the coun
ty. Results from demonstrations, and
different types of farming, are analy
zzed and the methods found best are
recommended to the farmers.
Cooperative buying and selling pro
jects are carried on to aid the far
mers financially as well as to teach
them to properly prepare their pro
ducts for market, and to buy the
seeds and fertilizers jhey should use.
Program of Work
1. Factors considered and methods
used in determining program of
work.
The factors considered in determin
ing the program of work were the
methods used by a mojority of the
farmers of the county and the re
sults obtained by them, compared
wUh the methods and results obtain
ed Dy the best farmers of the county.
The methods used in determining
the program of work were an analy
sis of the results obtained from all
demonstrations and records obtained
during the previous year, and those
most successful were adopted.
Goals to Be Accomplished in the
County During 1988.
1. Place 10 purebred beef type bulls
in the County; No. placed, 5.
2. Place 15 purebred rams in the
County; No. placed, 14.
3. Place 10 purebred ewes in the
County; No. placed, none.
4. To have 100% of the lambs docked
and castrated; per cent, 90.
5. To have as many farmers as poss
ible to drench their sheep at least
three times during the year; yes.
; 6. To assist farmers in vaccinating
calves against blackleg and give med
ical care to livestock. 875 calves
were vaccinated and 87 livestock
were given medical care.
7. To have more farmers growing
legume hay for livestock; yes.
8. To have 10 farmers following a
definite crop rotation; 8 farmers did
this.
9. Get 25 new farmers to growing
soybeans; yes
10. To have two farmers growing
certified seed corn; no
11. Increase the acreage of certified
seed Irish potatoes; yes
12. Increase the acreage sown j.°
barley; yes
3. Get 50 farmers to sow Common
ljspedeza on old pastures; No. 68
14. Get 20 farmers to sow Korean
lespedeza for soil improvement; No.
17
15. To have more farmers sowing
certified seed wheat; no.
16. Increase the acreage sown to
abi'uzzi rye for winter graze; no
17. Get the Alleghany Farmers Mu
tual Exchange in active operat; yes.
18. Get 90% of the wool and 50% of
the lambs sold j.hrough the Township
Pools; 95% of wool sold in Pools, and
25% of the lambs sold in Pools.
19. Make up a list of stocker and
feeder cattle and assist farmers in
selling; 89 farmers and 1094 head.
20. Pool orders for fertilizer and as
sist farmers in buying; No. 400 bags.
21. place five cars of lime in the
county; 3 cars placed.
22. Pool orders for all seeds and as
sist ^farmers in buying good seeds at
wholesale prices; yes.
23. Assist farmers in selling potatoes
cooperatively; No. 364 bushels.
24 Assist farmers inselling truck
crops and poultry; no.
25. To have j.wo farmers to keep
poultry records; yes.
26. To have two farmers to keep
farm records; yes.
27. To hold a County Agricultural
Fair; yes.
28. To assist farmers to secure nec
essary credit; 114 farmers, secured
$5755 credit.
PEDEN NEWS ITEWS
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jjiLia. j.'.tuicy x'tiny, who ha...
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co say.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Taylor visit
ed Mr. Kenley Taylor Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Leckey oi
North Wilkesboro visited at Geo.
Perry’s Sunday night.
Bertie E. Weaver, who is teaching
at Turkey Knob, spent the week-end
with hcmefolks.
Little Paul Allen made a business
trip to Sparta last week and was
accompained by Bill and Nellie Wil
liams Mary and Hazel N. Vandyke.
Fred Johnson Weaver, who has
been very ill with Scarlet Fever is
very much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Edwards visit
ed at George Black’s Sunday.
Mrs. J. F., George, and Lib Allen
of this place went to North Wilkes
boro Saturday.
George Weaver spent Sunday ni^c
at Chestnut Hill.
Martha Weaver visited Mrs. Lillie
Williams one night last week.
The baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Eugene Black is very sick.
For Christmas Cheer
HAT Is the jolliest color?
Red. And which is there
^ * tore the most cheerful of
vegetables? Why, the tomato, cf
course! So what can be more ap
propriate than to make full use
of Its festive spirit and color at
Christmas time? Here’s a good
soup to start off any dinner dur
ing this holiday season:
Tomato Broth with Asparagus
Tips: Simmer gently for fifteen
minutes the contents of a No. 3
can of tomatoes, one slice onion,
one-fourth teaspoon peppercorns,
one-fourth teaspoon allspice ber
ries, one teaspoon salt and one
half teaspoon sugar, 'nd then
press through a sieve Add two
and one-half cups chicken stock
(or two and one-half cups water
with one chicken bouillon cube),
the liquor from a No, 1 can of as
paragus tips and the tips them
selves cut in pieces. Heat to
boding and serve. Serves eight.
A Good Luncheon Salad
And here’s a hearty salad that
has the advantages of tasting de
licious, looking cheerful and cost
ing losr than fifty cents.
Jellied Tomato and Egg Salad:
Dissolve one package of lemon
jello in one cup boiling water,
and add one can of tomato soup.
Cut three hard-cooked eggs in
halves, and set one half in each
of six individual molds, cut side
up. Pour enough tomato mixture
around to hold egg in place, and
let harden. Then add the rest of
(he gelatin and let set and chill
thoroughly. Unmold onto lettuce
leaves, and garnish with mayon
naise. Serves six.*
New Views
LL who at this period at'empt
opinions and theories must be
aware of a mental liurry comparable
to the sensation of being out of
breath. Diverse phases of the com
plex human problem are engaging
the attention of thinkers in many
lands. As one glances over the fields
of art, medicine, theology, and what
is termed science, amazing changes
of outlook may be noted. Premises
once considered immovable are veer
ing; positions long tenaciously held
are being proved untenable; conclu
sions regarded as final are being
| overturned. Long-established forms
I of government have income instances
J been swept away, and some notable
changes in the social order are mani
fest. Many today feel themselves in
a changing world and are inclined to
fear the strangeness.
In the beautiful thirteenth chap
ter of I Corinthians, Paul writes,
“Whether there be prophecies, they
shall fail; whether there be tongues,
they shall cease; whether there be
knowledge, it shall vanish away.”
Henry Drummond, analyzing this
chapter in his book, “The Greatest
Thing in the World,” points out that
Paul shows the transitory nature of
the things of earth, and leads
thought on to the sublime conclu
sion that “Love never faileth.” He
comments thus: “A schoolboy to-day
knows more than Sir Isaac New'ton
knew; his knowledge has vanished
away. . . . You buy the old editions
of great encyclopaedias for a few
cents: their knowledge has vanished
away. . . . And in every branch of j
science it is the same. . . . There is
a great deal in the world that is de- !
tightful and beautiful; . . . great and j
engrossing; but it will not last. . . .. j
But what is certain is that Love must
last. God, the Eternal God, is Love.”
Those assured of this great fact
.enow quietness of heart amid tem
poral changes consequent on the
passing into oblivion of many phases
of an old order. Those who know
something of Christian Science are
pot only undisturbed but full of hope
and good cheer. “Mistaken views
ought to be dissolving views," writes I
Mary Baker Eddy iri “Miscellaneous I
Writings" (p. 290), “since whatever ,
:s false should disappear." The,\erv .
fact that former beliefs and theories i
no longer satisfy, that they have not
stood the test oi emergency, is proof
that they were not posited on Truth.
Viewed in this light the parent
world upheaval, then, is a reason for
gratitude and rejoicing, for it proves
that through all vicissitudes human
thought must continue to strive for
to follow the rapid flow of new
h solid basis for its hope, until it
tmds rest in God.
But what of tlie future, to which
many may be looking with appre
hension? Mrs. Eddy, who foresaw
, Truth’s destruction of error, and the
; disturbance incident thereto, in con
: ditions such as are now testing the
! courage of mankind, had so clear a
vision of the verities of being that
she could write in “Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures”
(p. 66): "Trials are proofs of God’s
care. . . . Each successive stage of
experience unfolds new vietys of di
vine goodness and love.”
So the forward look should not be
a fearful peering into imaginary
darkness, but an upward look of joy
ous anticipation. Travelers cheer
fully brave rough roads and hard
climbing in order to win a vantage
point from which to behold a beauti
ful view; and pilgrims on the ascend
ing road of experience will find them
selves more than compensated for
any seeming hardship by the love
liness of spiritual views, constantly
being revealed to their clearer gaze.
This is true in its most practical
sense, as many grateful hearts can
testify. Some who in recent years
have encountered hardships previous
ly undreamed of declare with sincere
gratitude that in every situation, no
matter how difficult, there has come
to their awakened thought a fresh
and sweet realization, a new view of
the divine care which is far more
tender than that which we associate
with the protection of earthly par
ents. This has resulted from the bet
ter understanding of the nature of
God brought to them by Christian
Science.
The Apostle Paul had planned a
missionary journey to Rome, but it
was a roundabout way that took him
there, and he reached the famous
city as a prisoner. But in the long
way traveled toward the place of his
desire, how many wonderful views he
had of God's infinite love and power!
That night in the Philippian prison,
when he and Silas, their feet in the
stocks, sang praises and “the doors
were opened, and every one’s bands
were loosed’’! The rescue from ship
vreck and the protection from the
bite of the viper at Melita! Paul
must indeed have rejoiced as he re
viewed these experiences in the quiet
of the prison.
So, today, those walking in the
clear light of Christian Science will
not regret the overturning of human
plans, nor hesitate on the brink of
unfamiliar experiences; for to them
the future signifies further unfold
ment of the knowledge of God, a
better understanding “of Him whom
to know aright is Life eternal* (Sci
ence and Health, Pref. p. vli).—
The Christian Science Monitor.
Future Farmers of America
Uncertain at banquet
l^iuey Creek -Our knapicr fa i- U"
tune J^’anners or ,a.r»nhff«ii hcfci u.
Annual iiauher an < ,300 ; .ajUAuC._
Wednesday night December, o.
There were in teen Duds, two.'.i/i--ft»
bers of local school bouid, oln- men.
ber of County Board of Education
one member of County iioaid on
, Commissioners, Sparta Agriculture
j.eacher, four members of the Higi
School faculty and twenty’ Uy.'o. boys
present. Due to the rougk\weaihe*
other guest were unable to attend.
We had short interesting talks from
Mr. John C. Halsey, Mr. Jackson
and members of the . scho.pto.faculty.
The food was prepared r rid. sirred
by the Home Economics Dai3a*.imthtt.
Good string music was furnished by'
Messrs Sanders, Carpenter and Mc
Cann. **
Percy Douglas, Reporter
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TITLES’ WANT ADS GET RE^riL^S
Christmas Pageant At
Glade Valley Dec. 17
'ts*, r_
The annual" Christmas Pagean*.,
••>'hoy Piesenled Unto Him Gifts’’
-« '!:•<?%ive{r- at the school auditor- '
ium on Stns3a^Ko^ht..Dfecemher 17 th -
. :30 P. M. The^pablic ic "■invite#':", .
. attend. Come and bring y&B&fe-'. '
j as this* is a very impressive ’Pa
geant.
Miss Margaret Dov/dle spent the
weekend with Miss Ruj.h Bowlin at
Li/./- Gay; N. C'.,: Miss Bowlin is
teaching.."n the high-/school at Low
GaP" >s
Honor boll-for the high school for
Novembc.,; Second -.year, Evon Eld
ridge, Third,, year, Ruth Richardson,
and Ruth Sheets,. Jthc above made an
average of ;96 'df*aSibye. Honorary •
rn^iitiog . Uat.^vvi^^yerage" of -90 or
‘ahoYeMl'K^cp^r^^afv y<Sftdyjs' Bare,
Josie Rctetf; *’"btsjw.M^h^f",v'Una Nor
man, Brict -Wyatt: ThircT'y ear,.‘ftefcr' *G'
ncca Darnell,ypupid Leawell, Qe6r-V
.gia VVingtsi^/'^Buby Wya^t, Annie
feiair, • ' Theresa Blevins,
.Richard Osho'^te, and Fred Dancy.
Fourth yeaiV/Maye Warden.
See Caste vens Motor Co., for radio
batteries, trjst^, 'and service.—adv.
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