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that STAR OUT YONDER
By Jim Pollywog
Be hold that star out yonder,
I know it from the rest;
It is hanging down from heaven
Like a diamond in the West.
Be hold the gentle shepherds.
The Wise Men from the East;
' is calling
For vonder star
Those old men home to feast.
Behold the feast is ready,
And hungry hearts prepare;
The world is close to heaven
And Love is everywhere.
Behold on Christmas morning,
The lily and the dove;
A Savior down from Heaven
And everlasting love.
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(Largest Coverage Any Weekly in the State)
ATLANTA
MARKETS
Furnished by Courtesy of
COLUMBUS ROBERTS
Commissioner of Agriculture
Livestock.
Strictly corn-fed hogs. 180-240 lbs
$5 20; 245-300 $4.95; 300-350. $4 70;
150-175, $495; 135-145, $4 70; dry
fed beef type steers, $7 50-$9.00; fa>
steers $4.75-$5 25; common. $4.00
$4.50; fat cows. $4,50-$4 75; common
$3 75 - $4 25: canners. $3 00 - $3 50;
good heavy bulls, $4 50-$5 00; com
mon. $4.00-$4 25; fat calves. $8.00
$8 50; medium calves, $6.50-$7.50
Poultry.
Large white eggs. 25c-26c; med
ium 20c-22c: heavy-breed hens. 14c:
Leghorn. 8c; roosters. 10c; frier.
18c; turkeys, 15c-18c; capons. 18c.
Produce.
Apples. Stayman, $1 25-11.35; sna”
beans, $2 00-$2.25; cabbage $150
$165; mustard greens. 40c-45c; po
tatoes. 100-ib. sacks. Bliss Triumph'
$2 25; squash, $1 00-$1 50; sw-eet pc
tatoes. 80c-$1.00; turnips, bunched
35c-50c; turnip salad, bu. ramper
40c-50c.
Not Enough Acreage
“While Georgia farmers are us
ing a larger proportion of theii
land for the production of food an^i
feed today than ever before, the-,
are still planting an Insufficient
acreage to provide enough farm pro
ducts to meet the requirements fnt
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a minimum adequate diet,’’ Ivan L
Hobson of the Soil
Service. Washington. D. C., told
agricultural workers. Mr.
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now not so much in the net gain
I in acreage planted to crops, but
what crops this new land will
planted.
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“Yes, Virginia, There IS A Santa Claus!
He Will Always Gladden Heart
Of Childhood, Doubter Was Told
Many years ago a little eight-year-old girl in Newl
York City came home from school one night with a loti
of worldly wisdom. After supper she told her Daddy
I some of her little playmates at school said there was no;
Santa Claus. He was tired and unprepared to argue with
the little girl. Who knew so much—and yet was not!
made happy by he knowledge. Something, thought the
father, had to be done.
It was in the boom days of the New York Sun and*
everybody said, “If It’s In The Sun It's So.” Suddenly,
he had it. She must ask the Sun, if there is a Santa ClausJ
He believed that move would dismiss the problem.
But a working
was assigned to answer Virginia
O’Hanlqn's straightforward let
ter. He did it. And his classic re
ply still lives today, for all news
paperdom recognized his
ial as one of the greatest of all
time. It had something which has
enabled it to withstand the years,
We think it is worth your read
ing because it deals with some
thing fundamental. Here it is:
IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?
We take pleasure in answer
Ing at once and thus prominently
the communication below, ex
pressing at the same time our
gratification 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?
VIRGINIA O’HANLON.
“Virginia, your little friends
are wrong. They have been af
fected by the skepticism of a
skeptical age. They do not be
lieve except what they see. They
think that nothing can be which
is not comprehensible by their
little minds. All minds, Virginia,
wheth-r they be men’s or little
children’s, are little. In this great
universe of ours man is a mere
insect, an ant in his intellect, as
compered w r ith the boundless
world about him, as measured by
the intelligence capable of grasp
in.. the whole of truth and
know-ledge.
“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 you life its
highest beauty and joy.
how dreary would be the world
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if there were no Santa Claus. It
would be as dreary as if there*
were no Virginias. There would!
be no child-like faith then, no
poetry; no romance. We should
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 the
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 „ign 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
unseen or unseeable in the
world.
“You may tear apart the baby’s
rattlie and see what makes the
noise inside, but there a veil
covering the unseen world which
not the strongest man nor even
the united strength of all the
strongest men who ever lived
cculd ever tear apart. Only faith,
fancy, poetry, love, romance, can
push aside that curtain and view
and picture the supernal beauty
and glory beyond. Is it all real?
And Virginia, in all this world!
there is nothing else real and
abiding.
“No Santa Claus? Thank God;
he lives forever. A thousand
years from now, Virginia, nay,
ten times ten thousand years
from now, he will continue to
make glad the hearts of chili -
ren.”
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QUESTIONS and
* ANSWERS *
1. Wha f constitutes a nation?
2. Has any nation an exclusive
property in the ocean?
3. What sea is noted for having
very little tide?
4. What are lakes called in Scot
land?
5. What is another name given
to Hindustan?
6. In what part of the earth are
volcanoes most numerous?
7. What are springs called that
contain iron?
8 What is vit-rifaction?
9 What do we feel in the absence
of heat?
10. Why are the tops of high
mountains perpetually covered with
5nOW ?
Answers.
1. A group of people who are
mostly of the same origin, speakine
the same language, and living un-
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THE IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFT
You know that when you sleep »oundly you feel fine.
The first step toward sound sleep is Comfort- and the
first step toward Comfort is a Red Cross innerspring
Mattress.—It is inexpensive — yet, worth much more
and you can own it on liberal terms at your own Furni
ture Store. - Christmas shouldn’t pass without buying
a Red Cross Mattress. —
A VARIETY OF STYLES AND PRICES —
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$19.50 $24.50 $34.50 $39.50
Covington Furniture Co
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MASTEN, Manager —PHILCO DEALERS—
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der a distinct form of government,
2. No; it is the common property
of mankind, all being free to use it.
3. The Mediterranean, in conse
quence of the narrow inlet from the
ocean at the Straits of Gibraltar.
4 Lochs.
5. India.
6. In South Amrica.
7. Chalybeate springs, from cha
lybs, the Greek word for steel; they
are also called ferrugenous springs,
from ferrum. the Latin word for
iron.
8. The process of converting cer
tain materials into glass by fusing
them together by heat.
9 The sensation of cold.
10. Because the air is so thin at
these heights that it cannot retain
the heat; the consequence being
snow and glaciers,
Prank C. Ward, hpad field offic
er of the Agricultural Aijustment
Administration in Georgia, has been
appointed soil conservationist for
the Georgia Extension Service.
Proper plowing will aid in main
I (aining terraces on the farm
Thursday, December 21, 1939
Glowing Tree at Window
Spreads Joy Inside and Out
picture of holiday joy. Add a
branch of pine on the door, and
two "projector'” floodlight bulbe in
front of the house, and the place
takes on an ethereal quality.
In fact, with a single string of
outdoor Christmas tree bulbs, a
householder can bring a festive note
to his home. With more than one
string, the decorative possibilities
increase. The lights may be used
to outline a gable or a fence. They
ma y attached to a wooden star
frame and hung on the house. They
may shine behind the wards “Mer
ry Christmas!'' which have been
™ beaverboard and placed
One way to make outdoor decor
ating tasy is by using the new "pro
jtc,.. ' lloodiight bulb. This com
bines a reflector, lens and light all
In one sealed unit
Decorate an outdoor fir tree with
silver icicles, for example, and lo
cate two or these reflector bulbs in
brackets on the ground. The result
is breath - taking. A colored lens
can be used over each bulb to add
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I j r i. s j 0 in" scene.
These are just a few of the many
j s a -no can e^piess good will
at Christmas. Perhaps you have
original ideas of your own on how
to brighten your home . . . and, in
cidentally, human hearts.
A familiar cereal dish is porridge
made from rolled oats, whole or re
fined wheat, corn meal, or hominy
grits.
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By Jean Prentice
Why not let some of that pent-up
“peace on earth” shine through
your front window this yule season?
Here's how:
Place your Christmas tree so that
passers-by, as well as your own
family can enjoy the treat. Only a
few extra strings of Christmas tree
bulbs are needed to adorn the
“back” part of the tree at the win
dow.
And here's a valuable tip taken;
from my own experience. Shy away
from "bargain” Christmas bulbs,
particularly those of foreign make, they!
Owing to their inferior quality
go out quickly and cause no end of 1
annoyance. The high quality Christ
mas lights offered by leading Am
erican manufacturers can be de
pended upon and are cheapest in
the long run.
To further increase the beauty of
your Christmas window, you might
place weather-proof strings of
Christmas tree bulbs around the
outside of the window.
Your holiday tree then becomes
a lovely picture • . . framed in jew
els of incandescent splendor.
Homes in this good land of Am
erica are putting on their radiant
holiday dress ... to say “Merry
Christmas!”
By December 25 there will be hol
ly wreaths or branches of pine on
many a door and lights twinkling
in the shrubbery ... to express
good will to men in a world that
sorely needs it.
Lighting engineers have received
a greatly increased number of re
quests this year for information on
how to light homes, churches and
stores for Christmas.
Year after year the custom of
lighting fronts of houses at the
Symbolic of the Star in the East,
holiday season has been growing,
light has been given a special place
in the observance of Christmas
Now even the smallest hamlet us
ually has at least one cluster of
homes which people go out of the
way to pass because they are dec
orated with light. The glowing sil
houette of a home against the black
of a winter sky is something to
warm the cockles of the heart of
any wayfarer!
A house can be decorated quite
simply and yet beautifully. There
need be only evergreen twined
around the frame of the door, with
outdoor Christmas tree bulbs shin
ing through, to make a home a