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THE NEWNAN HERALD. NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920.'
;USE OF CHRISTMAS STOCKING
; Good St Nicholas, Saint of Fourth
Century of Christian Era,
Founder of Custom.
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HRISTMAS stockings hnve
coine down to us from the
good St Nicholas, who was
a saint of the fourth cen
tury of the Chrlstinn era
and was born December 0, 842, tn
Lycln, Asia Minor, He was regarded
,as especially the patron saint of chil
dren, young girls and sailors. The
Christmas stocking custom arose as
follows:
It seems that St. Nicholas, who was
the archbishop of Myra, lived In the
same town with an Impoverished no-
tbleman who because he had no por
tions to give his daughters, and Indeed
'no means, with which to support them,
jwas about to sell them Into a life of
sin, St. Nicholas, who was accus
tomed to dispense his large fortune In
gifts of charity, resolved to rescue the
i young -women. As l)e approadhed,
their house wondering how he should
proceed, the moon shone out and dis
played an open window. Instantly St.
'Nicholas threw a purse of gold In at
:the window which, falling at the feet
of the father of the girls, enabled him
to portion his oldest daughter. The
second time St. Nicholas visited the
house he also was able to throw a
purse of gold, through an open window,
thus providing for the portion of the
second daughter. On the third visit
the father, watching for his benefac
tor, cast himself at the feet of the
saint and cried:
"Oh, St. Nicholas, servant of God.
why seek to hide thyself?"
The saint made the father promise
not to reveal his benefactions. From
this habit of bestowing gifts In secret
and 'under the cloak of night arose the
practice of putting out shoes or stock
ings for the younger members of ,the
family, so that the good saint-would
be able to &1I them without being spied
on. At one time It was the custom
for young women pupils In convents
on the even of Saint Nicholas to hang
their new silk stockings on the door
of the apartment of the abbess. They
would also write notes calling the
attention of the good St. Nicholas
-to their stockings. In the morning
when the convent pupils who had not
gone home for the holidays arose they
Invariably found their stockings filled
with sweetmeats.
♦)
BE SURE GIFTS WILL PLEASE
In Making Same Articles for Friends
It Is Well to Be Sure of
Appreciation.
aswas
IsNIsS
WOMAN tells In recently-
published magazines how
she has a "pillow Christ
mas” for the benefit of her
many fffends. She con
sulted the piece bag, and from It drew
forth the materials for making any
quantity of dainty sofa pillows, all des
tined for different friends. The cost
of the materials was chiefly that'spent
for silk cords, for embroidery silk and
,for filling for the completed pillows.
Nearly all the pillows were made by
couching figures cut from contrasting
materials on a chosen background,
and the result was completed. The
t very same idea might also be carried
Into effect by the girl who loves to
make dainty stocks. There never was
a time when the prevailing styles of
fered such a dainty array of collars,
and a box of assorted colors and kinds
would be welcomed by any girl friend.
There ■ might be found In the piece
'bag all sorts of bits of silk and rib
bon which could be fashioned Into the
daintiest of dressy stocks, as well ns
bits of lawn and percale which would
do nicely for stocks for every day
wear with cotton shirt waists. The
,gift of a box of stocks might be made
valuable if the box itself was a thing
of beauty, and this could he brought
to pass by the girl who is expert with
her needle. Giving the same sort of
gift to a large number of people” is
perfectly proper If the gift Is one which
is calculated to please everybody.
We’ve heard the story of a nice old
lady who always made pln-cushlons
for all her nieces and mittens for all
her nephews every year. It was said
that her plan gave great pleasure to
one person, the aunt. It’s a good Idea
to be sure your gifts will ifie appreci
ated before you go into the wholesale
manufacture of one style of article for
many people.
Communicated.
THE CRISIS.
Mnny ami varidfl are the plans sug
gested to relieve the financial strain tlint
is on tho pcoplo nt this time, Of all
clnss’eB, colors and peoples on onrth {ho
fanners need to bo shown the most favor,
because they feed and clothe tho world,
whether ‘ ‘ rich man, poor man, poddler
or tinker”—whether Inborer, loafer or
invalid—whether officials, armies, and
every other creature that ents or wears
raiments. Some of the remedies pro
posed tend more to aggravate than to
heal. We do not need unarchy to help
tho cause of tho farmer. Every clnss is
dependent on some other clnss, nnd tho
consumer pnys tho expose. One of the
most unjust burdens tho fnrmor has to
boar now is the way cotton is graded,
One cent down for each grade of cotton,
with tho market at 18c., is two and ono-
hnlf times the loss to tho farmer that
it was when the price wns 40c. a pound,
nnd the powers that regulate tho grade
ought now to readjust the grades. If
the financial strain stays like it is I
believe half the land in tho cotton belt
Will lie out next year. The world needs
tho products of our Southland, but tho
farmers cannot rniso crops at the heavy
loss they hnve sustained this year. There
must be holp from somewhere, else there
will be very little made next year, and
some of all classes will go hungry. Land
lords all over the country are giving off
part of tho rent to their tenants in order
that they may divide their cotton with
the merchant, banker nnd fertilizer deal
er. They cancel the rent notes, so tho
tenant can have a chance to recoup his
loss in the future; but I have not heard
of any banker, merchant or guano com
pany taking '20, 30 or 40 per cent, off
ant] then cancel the debt. On the con
trary they renew papers, with tight se
curity, and tho debtor is discouraged
from trying to pay his debts as ho
should, and indirectly those who do pqy
have to pay part of the debt that others
owe. After the War Between the States
old soldiers came home in April, foot
sore and tired. Not one farmer in a
thousand had any cotton, and but few
had any wheat. It was too late to make
cotton, but they had brain and brawn
and the will to work, nnd they did work,
at anything that was honorable. They
were healthier and happier than tho peo
ple in this fast age. They did not give
up then, and we “Should not give up now,
but redouble our efforts. .While we need
to help one another, our mnin holp will
come through our own personal, indi
vidual efforts. We must go to work,
live stingy—(economy has lost its mean
ing)—cut out joy riding, soft drinks,
cigarettes and picture shows, stay nt
home nights and rest instead of frol-
licking. I believe enough money is
spent for such things to feed the world..
*Pride, folly and extravagance have taken
hold of tho world at large. Tho bil
lions of dollars put in circulation dur
ing the world war made the people drunk
on prosperity, and maybo tho All-wise
Creator has sent this cataclysm to learn
the people in whom to trust for all good
and perfect gifts. Mankind, in all vo
cations and stations, took advantage of
the situation to extort large profits, high
wages and big salaries from the masses
of the people. The thirst for money
hns heaped upon themselves tho heaviest
debt known in modern history. Now the
money crop of the South is less than
half and the price is less tlmii half, and
it is little wonder the common people
are under such a financial strain, and.
that business is paralyzed. Let’s all take
fresh courage, live within our mennB,
redouble our efforts, and cut out tho
luxuries. Don’t blame the other fellow
5 much, and live up to the motto,
'Work more and spend less.”
Goo. P. Hurst,
Moreland, Ga., Dec.'7th.
OH BOY
“I shall hope tp catch you under
the mistletoe Christmas’eve."
“If you do, I warn you now, I'll be
too busy to see you."
THE COMMON SENSE OF THE COT-
TON-HOLDING MOTEMENT.
rrogreseivo Fnrmor.
What is tlie common senso of the cot
ton-holding movemont. It can bo vory
ensily explained. Tho New York 'Eco
nomic World, in Its latest issue now be
fore us, gives tho reasons for tho pres
ent low prico of cotton in very simple
lnngungc. The Economic World isn’t
trying to please tho cotton-growers or
to holp cotton prices. It is simply re
porting tho undisputed facts for tho in
formation of its readers in New York
and elsewhore. Hero is the way it sizes
up the situation:
“Tho difficulty is, of course, tlint tho'
spinners in every .cotton consuming coun
try in tho world find thomsolveB almost
completely nt son with rognrd to tho
future of the goods market, or olso fa
tally handicapped cither by thq abnor
malities of tho international credit and
oxchnngo position, or by political nnd
social disturbances of a very threatening
kind. Hence they do not dare to com
mit thomsolves upon tho customary scale
in reBpect to their raw material for tho
coming months, oven though the price nt
which it iB now obtainable is entirely
satisfactory. They must perforce pur
sue a purely hand-to-mouth policy, tak
ing for tho present only such cotton as
they hnvo immediate use for nnd lonving
it to the cotton-producors to carry the
main part of the Bupply until tho future
determines how much of it can bo con
sumed, and at what price. ’ ’
In other words, Tho Economic World
says that tho reason millB are not buy
ing cotton is not that they can’t spin It
at a profit nt present prices, but simply
because their inability to get bank cred
it, -etc., makes it impossible to buy ex
cept on a ‘ 1 hand-to-mouth ’ ’ basis. They
are taking jimt enough cotton to got
along on from day to day. Consequently
if farmers try to force them to buy
enough for three, six, > or nine months
ahead, the mills simply say, “Well, i8*
I buy a whole lot more than I want
now, you will practically hnvo to givu
it to me.”
To try to food the cotton market now
is like trying to make n man oat three
more plcceB of chocolato cake • nf tor ho
lms nlroady filled hlmBelf with dinner
and dessert. Ho doesn’t want it now—
but if you just wait till tomorrow, ho
will bog for it. ,
What is tho romody? Tho remedy is
to got the facts 'Wore tho fnrmors. W.o
must educate tho farmer who is trying
to overfeed the mnrkot. Wo must got
him to road tho papers that are trying
to fight his battles and give him more
information and guidance about Ills mar
keting problems. Wo must inform him.
concerning such triumphs of co-opera
tivo effort as California growers have
achieved. We must got him to attend
tho mootings whore his interests are dis
cussed. Wo must got him to join tho
warehousing organization provided for
Tils benefit. But tho first step is to got
him to read. If he gets tho facts about
tho market and the causes and remedies
for present conditions, then these other
things will follow.
IN MEMORY OF MRS. T. A. HARP.
A splendid life was ended In the twi
light hours of-Juno 20, 1020, when God
called our beloved sister, Mrs. Minnie
Harp, to h'or heavenly home. Bho wnH
truly a remarkable woman In mnny re-
spoets. Sho wns a devoted mother nnd
wife, a kind neighbor, a faithful nnd
loyal Christina worker in her church and
tho Womnn ’h Missionary Society ns long
ns hor health permitted. Bho lmd been
an invalid for about a year, being un
able to attend church but little, yet sho
never forgot, to road hor blble. Slnco
Christmas sho read hor bible through,
completing it just two wooks before hor
dentil. .
Stator Harp wns born Juno 27, 1881,
being 30 years of ngo wlion sho died.
Sho united with Ellin Baptist church
at tho ngo of 16, whore sho remained a
mombor until about seven years ngo,
wlion sho nnd her husband removed tlielr
letters to Providence Baptist church,
Sho continued a faithful mombor bore
to tho last. She wns laid to rest in tho
comotery nt Blim on Juno 21, 1020. Her
pnBtor, Hev. W. E. Fullor officiated at
the funeral, assisted by Rev, F; J. Amis.
Wo, tho church nnd Woman’s Mission
ary Sooluty, fool tho gront Iobs wo hnve
sustained in hor death, and do hereby
resolve—
1. Thnt while our hoarts hnvo boon
made sad, wo bow In humble submission
to tho will of Him who 1 ' dooth all things
well.” „
2. That wo shall miss hor, and would
say to tho boroavod husband nnd two
little daughters, “Woop not, for sho has
gone to live with hor llttlo son, J. L.,
(who died just ono year ngo) in “that
homo not mado with hands, eternal in
tho heavens. ’ ’
3. That those resolutions bo spread
upon tho minutes of Provldonco church
nnd a copy furnished the family.
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. T, D. McICoy,
Mrs. R. P. Dial.
Mrs. T. G, Dickson.
Commlttoo.
Make Address Bure.
When wrapping magazines for tho
mall, the Important thing Is to make
sure thnt the magazine nnd Its wrap- 1
per will not part company. Lay a
cord lengthwise Inside the magazine,
and nfter senllng and addressing tho
wrapper, tie the cord, once tho long
wny nnd once nround tho middle of
the roll.
THE ELEPHONE.
I am the telephone. When I am not
broke I am in the hands of a receiver.
I have a mouthpiece, but unlike woman,
I never use it. Fellows nso me to make
dates with girls and girls use me to
break said dates. Husbands call up their
wives over me and wives call thoir hus
bands down over me. I never go any
where but sometimes the company comes
and takes me out—it all depends on
whether you pay your bill or not. I am
not a bee but I of ten’buzz in your ear.
I am the bell of the town, and while
I do not wear jewelry, I often get rings.
Whether I do things or not, a lot of
people nail me to the wall, and I like
music, but the only music I hear is chin
music. I get all tho popular airs and
the most popular one is hot air.
Women have not only obtained the
vote, but sho still holds title to hea old
time privilege—the last word.
THE MISSING SWISH.
Some years ago we used to road oc
casionally of the ‘ ‘ frou frou of femi
nine draperies, ” or maybo it, was tho
“soft swish of silken skirts.” Long
before that, in 1600, Horrick wrote:
‘‘A winning wave, deserving note,
In the tempestuous petticoat.”
Tho same intimate garment was cel
ebrated by another poet of about. tho
same era. Sir John Suckling, observant
and appreciative, told us that
''Her feot beneath her petticoat
Like little mice stolo in and out.”
But nowadays—oh, la, la I J udging
from appearances and reliablo informa
tion, such as tho artistic pictured ad
vertisements of ladies’ appearol, tho pot-
ticoat is in noarly ns bad a fix ns tho
core of tho little boy’s nppio. If her
feet are ”little mice,” they certainly
have no place to hide.
Feminine fashions arc always of more
or less interest to tho avorago male—-
and sometimes furnish him amusement.
We vaguely wonder whether the dis
carding of tho old more or less cum
bersome trappings has any psychologi
cal connection with woman’s mental and
political progress. She is taking a big
ger part today in tho world’s activities
—but whatever the changes in her ap
pearance, we are sure she has not lost
her charm or her allure.
Shoes worn by some Chinese women
are only five inches long.
Eight out of every ten women have
acquired ugiy feet, say experts, by wear
ing badly shaped shoes.
USE SLOAN’S TO
WARP OFF PAIN
You can just toll by Its healtfiyj
stimulating odor, that it is
going to do you good
I’rF I only had Borne Sloan’s Llnf-
I mcntl" H--v often you’ve said
thatl And then when the rheu-
-matfc'iwinge subsided—after hours o£
Buffering—you forgot itl
Don’t do it again—get n bottle to
day and keep it handy for possible use
tonightl A sudden attack may come
on—sciatica, lumbago, sore muscles,
backache, stiff joints, neuralgia, the
pains and aches resulting from expos
ure. You’ll soon find warmth antf re
lief in Sloan’B, the liniment that pene
trates without rubbing. Clean, econom
ical. Three sizes—35c, 70c, $1.40
Witness tho Honorable J. R, Terrell,
Judge of earn Court, this 28th day of
Ootober, 11)20, L. TURNER, Clork.
A. S. Camp, Plaintiff’s Attorney.
iiiniai, FOR DIVORCE.
Mary Poarl Morgan vs. Archie A. Mor-
gnn,
Libel for Divorce, In Coweta Superior
Court, March term, 11121.
GJ30R01A—Coweta County:
To tho defendant, Archie A. Morgan:
You are hofeby required, In person or-
by attorney, to bo and appear at the-
next term of the Superior Court, to-
be hold In and, for safd aounty on the-
first Monday In Mnroh, 1821, ihon and'
thorc to answer tho plaintiff In an.
notion for a total dlvoroo, 'as In de
fault of such appearance said Court
will, procood thoreon as to justice may
appertain,
Wltnoes tho Honorable J. R. Terroll,.
Judgo of said Court, this 28th day of
October, 1020. U TURNER, Clork.
A, S. Camp, Plaintiff’s Attorney.
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. UNION MADE
ALLS
Made with extreme care
for many years by
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FOR SALE BY
D. W. Boone & Go-
NEWNAN, GEORGIA
LIDBL FOIL DIVORCE.
BgbbIg B. Jones vs. Wllllo Lee JonoH.
Liboi for Divorce. In Coweta Suporior
Court, March term, 1921.
GEORGIA/—Coweta County;
To tho defendant, Willie Leo Jonee:
You aro hereby required, In poruon or
by attorney, to bo and appear at tho
next term of the Superior Court, to
be held In t)ind for Bald county on tho
first Monday In March, 1921, then and
there to 'answer tho plaintiff In an
action for a total divorce, an In de
fault of such appearance wild Court
will proceed thereon as to juatice may
appertain,
WltncHB the'Honorable J. R. Terrell
Judge of Bald Court. thlB 28th day of
October, 1920. . L. TURNER, Clork.
A. S. Camp, Plaintlff'B Attorney.
LIISEL FOR DIVORCE. j
Annie Story Johnson vb. Virgil Johnson
Libel for Divorce. In Coweta Superior
Court, March term, 1921.
GEORGIA)—Coweta County;
To the defendant, Virgil Johnson;
You are hereby required, In porson or
by attorney, to be and appear at the
next term of the Suporior Court, to
be held In and for Bald county on tho
flrflt Monday In March, 1921, then and
there to answer the plaintiff 1n an
action for a total divorce, a» lr de
fault of such appearance said Court
will proceed thereon as to justice may
appertain.
CLOSING OUT SALE!
groceries Cheaper for cash
Sale Btegins Wednesday, Dec. 15
No. 8;Snowdrift ”••■”$1.39
No. 4 Snowdrift • • 74c
Pure Lard* per lb 22 C
sugar 9£c
Pink Salmon, per can 14c
Chum Salmon, can • 12c
Good Roasted Coffee, lb. ... 17c
Ario Coffee : 22 C
Np. 2 Can Tomatoes 8 c
No. 2 Can Pork and Beans .... 17c
No. 2 Can Corn, Okra and Tomatoes .. 14c
Octagon Soap 7c
Godd Washing Powder, pkg T....... 2 £ C
Blue Buckle Overalls $2.00
Work Shirts 95 C
Good Men’s Hose .. 19c
Best Corn Meal, bu. ””””,”$1.35
Best Side Meat 20;C
EVERYTHING IN STOCK AT LOW PRICES.
GET GROCERIES CHEAP HERE.
M. L. DINGLER
1 NORTH AVENUE, NEWNAN.
Phone 123. (Below Jefferson St. Bridge.)
Christmas Animals.
They’re red.
They’re of rubber. (
And they’re for batyy.
They make good chewing.
They cannot possibly wound.
And they are wonderfully lovable.
One may indulge at from 20 cents
upward.
The choice' ranges from mice t<r ele
phants. ’ --
DO NOT OVERLOOK YOUR CHILD’S HAPPINESS
You may regret it. You will find the greatest assortment in Georgia on
ORR’S SECOND FLOOR. 25 per cent, off this weeh..
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