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This is a good week in which to
trade at home.
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Our idea of a busy man, about this
week, is Santa Claus.
Advertising never pays a man who
thinks it is a device for fooling the
buyers.
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Timely hint: This is the time to
hunt your old resolutions and polish
them up.
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Looking ahead is the best way to
keep yourself prepared for what is
apt to happen.
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Church collections continue to
raise a question about the reality of
the national recovery.
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Giving The News to a friend or
relative, who is out of town, is one
Christmas gift that we think is fine.
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Optimists are, even now, dreaming
about the fine vegetables to be
grown in their gardens next Spring.
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Many a derelict man owes his trou
bles to the fact that society took no
interest in his problems as a boy.
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When kings and constitutions
clash, the king steps down; when
dictators and constitutions disagree,
the people step down.
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Most people fail to do the good
that lies before them because they
are hunting some magical formula
for reforming the world.
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The RFC, it appears, will not lose
any of the people’s money, even tho*
it operated during the years of the
depression and made many loans.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
The News takes this occasion to
wish its readers and friends, and all
the people of this section, a Christ
mas season of great joy, and ex
presses the hope that the people
hereabouts will share their happiness
with each other.
The Christmas season gives all of
us an opportunity to translate sub
conscious good wishes into concrete
expressions of regard and esteem. It
serves the purpose of a pause in the
mad rush of daily existence, during
which we have, at least, one day for
reflection and activity in the work of '
making life’s burdens less heavy to
others.
The Christmas Season of 1936
finds us in better circumstances, all
things considered, than the past
years. Most of us are able to do
something to bring the spirit of
Christmas into other hearts about us.
We should not fail to express our
selves by trying to increase the hap
piness of unfortunates everywhere, ]
Never forget that the joy of Christ
mas finds itself in the promise of
peace and good will and that no in
dividual can really have the Christ
mas spirit unless there is present
within the person some of the peace
and good will so necessary to make
this world a better place for human
beings.
ONE PROBE IS PAYING.
Another argument comes forward
in defense of Congressional investi
gations of the operations of big bus
iness a practice much denounced by
big business as producing confusion
and uncertainty and thus rendering
impossible large-scale national re-
A Merry Christmas to You
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covery.
Congress recently appropriated
something more than a million dol
lars for an investigation of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company by the Federal Communi
cations Commission.
The inquiry, now under way, is
expected to end next summer. Mean
while, the A. T. and T. has announc
ed reductions of more than $20,000,-
000 in long distance telephone rates.
Before the probe winds up there will
probably be some other reductions.
R.F.C. HAS FINE RECORD-
Unless authorized by Congression
al action, the R.F.C. will cease mak
ing new loans on January 31, after
which it will complete authorized
loans and liquidate its investments.
It might be well to know just what
1 the R.F.C. has done in the years
since it was first set up by President
Hoover. Exclusive of advances to
other governmental agencies and for
relief purposes, the finance corpora
tion has loaned $6,308,871,407 in the
recovery program. Chairman Jesse
H. Jones assures the taxpayers that
it will ends its work without loss to
the nation and with probably a small
profit.
Already the organization has a
surplus of $115,000,000, chiefly rep
resenting the difference between in
terest rates on money borrowed and
money loaned, although the fund also
includes, we believe, some profit made
on the resale of securities taken in
by the Government in its relief pro
gram.
The R.F.C. has been the chief
agency in out" financial in
stitutions and large industrial cor
porations during the depression. It
made loans to 7,481 banks and it is a
matter of record that the banks have
repaid 89 per cent, of the sums ad
vanced to them.
The Government, during the past
few years, has also advanced money
through other agencies to individ
uals, both on the farm and in the
city. While there may be some loss
in this enterprise the record of re
payments at this time is encouraging
and the rising trend of values indi
cates a possibility, at least, that the
loss, if any, will be comparatively
small.
LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS
Atco, Ga., Dec. 16, 1936.—Dear
Santa Claus: Please bring me a pret
ty doll, a bathrobe and a pair of
gloves. And I would like for you to
bring me some nuts, apples and tan
gerines. If you can only bring me one
thing, I would rather have a doll.
Please bring every little girl and boy
something. And don’t forget my mo
ther, daddy and my little brother. Ev
ery Christmas we have a Christmas
tree. My little brother hangs his
stocking on one side of the tree and
I hang mine on the other side. I am
going to be a good girl and obey my
mother and daddy.—Your little friend
Louise Baker.
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Summerville, Ga., Dec. 15. —Dear
Sunshine Lady—We celebrate the
birth of Christ on Christmas. This
is the happiest holiday of the year,
the time wh.n we give and receive
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1936.
"Al Christmas play and good cheer,
foe Christmas comes but once a year *
DECEMBER
r*Vr 24—South Carolina issues a
/J7 Declaration of Independ
ence. 1860
25 May your Christmas be a
most joyous one!
26 Weston walks 500 miles
in six days, 1874.
? 27—Graves is the first to pat-
_ ent an incubator, 1870
28— Semple patents a chewing
< um made out of rubber.
k- etc., 1869
29 Notorious Monk Rasputin
murdered at Petrograd
W* 1916
j-lfi 30—British troops set fire tc
*he city of Buffalo. 1813
gifts. I want a typewriter, hunting
knife, ball glove, cap pistol and some
fruit and nuts. I hope Santa will not
forget any little boys or girls this
year.—Your friend, Joe Stephenson.
Lyerly, Ga., Dec. 11.—Dear Santa
Claus: I am a little boy 6 years old.
What I would like best for Christmas
is a little car, nuts, apples, oranges,
candy and many other things, and I
would like very much to see my many
friends made happy. I like the word
Christmas very much. It means much
to me because Christ was bom on the
25th day of December. And we should
always think of it as a wonderful
lay. So I’m wishing everybody a
Merry Christ and a Happy New Year
-Yours truly, Hairold Battles.
Lyerly, Ga., Dec. 14.—Dear Santa
Claus: I know you are busy and hard
at work fixing and planning for the
many, many different children. Be
cause some will want one thing and
<ome another. I know it is a job to;
make the plans for them all. But be
areful if the weather is bad and do
not take cold and be sick, because I
vant you to be sure and find the way
to my house. I do not want to ask
for too much because I want plenty '
for my little friends and other chil
iren. I will ask you to bring me some '
fruits, toys and good health. With
best wishes for a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year.—Your little
friend, Bessie Lou Taylor.
Gaylesville, Ala., Dec. 14.—Dear
Santa Claus: I have started to school.
I have a sweet little buddy; her name
is Elsie Waltz. She told me to write
to you in care of the Sunshine Lady.
I am so glad to hear of the Boys’]
and Girls’ Sunshine club. I want you
to bring me a big doll, set of dishes, j
a little chair, candy, fruits, nuts and
two new dresses. Think of all of uaj
little kids, good old Santa Claus, y miss |
nobody. Bring Mr. Zeak Vanpelt a;
walking stick. I am 9 years old. I doi
the best I can. I want to belong to
the Sunshine club soon.—Yours tru
ly, Dollie Furgson.
Gaylesville, Ala., Dec. 13.—Dear
Santa Claus: Hello, Santa; how are
you ? I hope you are well. I am a lit
tle girl 9 years old. I go to school. I
do very well, my teacher says. I keep
house, wash and iron. I want you to
bring me a big doll, fountain pen,
candy, nuts, fruits, notebook paper,
and go to see everybody and give
them something. Don’t forget daddy
and the rest of the family and all
the good neighbors. Look in the front
room down at Elsie’s and see our
Christmas tree. Mrs. Waltz fixed it
for us. We helped her.—Yours truly,
Annie Lue Banister.
Gaylasville, Ala., Dec. 11.—Dear
Santa Claus: I am a little girl 8 years
old. I go to school at Gaylesville; am
in the second grade. I have very good
] lessons. I have never had to stay in
on my lessons and my teacher says
I am good in all of my work. I want
you to bring me a big doll and a doll
carriage; candy, fruits of all kind,
and please don’t forget any little
I children this time. There were two
i little girls in school last Christmas
] who said they did not get anything;
they said Santa did not come. I did
not know it until after Christmas,
but it made me cry when they told
the school about it. Please don’t for
get them this time. Take part of what
' you are going to bring me and give
it to them. And don’t forget mother
and daddy and grandfather; bring
grandfather some new glasses so he
can see better to read.—Your friend,
Elsie Waltz.
Gaylesville, Ala., Dec. 13.—Dear
| Santa Claus: I am a little girl 12
years old; am in the fifth grade. I do
the best I can in my books. I help
mama in the kitchen. I can cook and
keep house very well. I want you to
bring me a wrist watch, manicure
set, notebook back and a fountain
pen and a bottle of ink, box of lead,
candy, nuts and fruits of all kind—
anything you think a little girl would
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our many customers for the splen- g
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I The Store of Dependable Merchandise
NOT IN THE SENSE OF CUSTOM
only, but with a genuine appreciation
of our pleasant associations during the
past year, we extend to you our best
wishes for an Old-Fashioned Merry
Christmas and a New Year of happi
ness and prosperity.
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like. Remember everybody, Santa,
and please don’t forget Mr. Zeak
Vanpelt, my teacher, for he is so nice
to us all.—Your friend, Nelda Waltz.
Lyerly, Ga., Dec. 11.—Dear Sun
shine Lady: I am a little boy 10 years
old, and am in the third grade. I go
to Gaylesville school. What I would
like for Santa Claus to bring me is
a little red wagon, candy, nuts and
fruit. W’hat I would like most is to
see other little boys and girls made
happy. I hope you have a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
—Your truly, Claud Battles.
Lyerly, Ga., Dec. 19.—Dear Santa
Claus: I’m writing you a little late
but I don’t want you to forget me. I
am a little boy 6 years old, going to
school. My teacher is Mrs. Hazel Mc-
Crickard and be sure and don’t for
get her. And please bring me a tri
cycle and a lot of fruits of all kinds.
I’d like a shovel and rake to use
when I haul dirt. Hope I’m not ask
ing for too much. Don’t forget moth
er and auntie.—Your little boy friend
Dewey Ragland.
FINAL VOTE.
Here’s the final presidential vot
ing: Roosevelt, 27,752,309; Landon,
16,682,524; Lemke, 892,739; Thomas,
187,342; Browder, 80,096.
UNLIKELY.
Labor is expected to sponsor an
amendment to the constitution, au
thorizing congress to regulate wages
and working hours. The probability
is, however, that this will not get
enthusiastic administration support
and, consequently, will travel slowly.
Founding of Oxford
Traditionally, the founding of Ox
ford university was by Alfred the
Great, about 871, but the authentic
origin was the result of a quarrel
between Henry 11, and Thomas a
Becket, about 1164, when the king
forbade English clerks to study at
Paris, and they returning, boomed
the school at Oxford. The earliest
document giving the school of Ox
ford the title of university was in
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Angina Pectoris Explained
Attacks of angina pectoris are due
to spasmodic contractions of the
stomach and the esophagus, rather
than to the heart
BABY BONDS POPULAR.
WASHINGTON. The sale of
“baby bonds” has been proceeding at
the rate of $1,000,060 a day since
they were placed on sale on March 1,
1935. On Dec. 11, total sales had
reached the $690,000,000 mark.