Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume], December 15, 1921, Page PAGE TWELVE, Image 12

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Old Folks'
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HK Old Folks de
cided thnt It wns
time for theui to
he young Again, So,
the; set' uu a
t'liiistinns tree in
I emiier of the hlg
dining room.
Santa Clans came
hustling in and be
gan to make Uilngl
lleasnn i'led to
his belt there was
Its hell was ringing
'1 his was to nuke tht
the roll, to see if
a'id v,aie. Then,
tne prese:ils nil the
iVi ; gay witli dolls.
jocto.
r in her carriage,
up every few feet
an ma mi clock,
like everything.
Old Folks up.
First he called
they wore all up a
he began to pick tl
tree.
Soon the room v
horns and jumping
A doll was rhl;u
squeaking and fls'.ni
as she rode along.
They was a talking doll. too. She
sang and talked when they pn sited llies
-buttons on her dross.
There were hot dolls for eohl nights
and cups and Jialls for the Old Folks
to play with when they could not
sleep.
The Old Folks all played with their
presents. They blew on their horns,
and amused themselves with the jump-lng-jacks,
and sent the moving toys
running about the mom all at once.
But, after all, the Old Folks thought
It wasn't so very much fun because
there were no real children there. So
they sent out to see If they could And
some.
They found I..uey, Peter, Billy. Mary,
Sally, Hilda, Huth. and some other
children, who all came to see the
Old Folks' Christmas tree.
Lucy told the Old Folks the story
bout her dog Trump.
Trump was a tramp dog, but he
ould do some tricks. He loved to be
dressed up In a blanket, with a belt.
Then, with a heribboned straw hat
on his head, he would walk across
the room uion his hind legs,
After Lucy came Peter,
Peter said that he did not know any
stories, but once he carried t.V; (lag
for the big boys' nasebft'Meain. and
they le),,,V in to see the hase
PSS game, free.
Then Billy told a story.
He said that once he sat up all
night, waiting for Santa Claus to come
and fill his stocking. That. Is. lie
tried to sit up all night ; but Santa
Oaus didn't come and so he fell asleep
in the dark. The next day the doctor
came, to see him. The doctor -told him
he had had "stockingitis."
Billy said, too, that when he woke
np in the early morning and found
that Santa Claus had forgotten to fill
his stocking, he was going to throw
himself on the floor and pound his
heels on It and holler. But then he
happened to remember how ugly his
nlht, her moll u tn!d to Lc,
"What are you going to any, In
fOW prayer tonight, about that poor
.;tle blind boy you saw to-day T"
So Hilda asked Cod about him.
The very next day she took the lit
tle blind boy a big orange.
It was uow limb's turn.
"Once I asked a little girl If that
was her sister," said fiuth. "The lit
tie girt said : ' t ain't a sister. It's i
buby.' "
One of the other boys now had a
story to tell.
"Once I saw a cyclone come around
the corner of a street,," he said. "A
man h:td a tent tttere with a lot of
dolls In It The man wanted to sell
the dolls, but the cyclone took the tent
right np Into the sky, with all the dolls
in it.
"Another man asked him : 'What are
you making such a fuss about?
Weren't your dolls for salt?' and
everybody laughed except the doll
man."
The Old Folks were having such a
good time listening to the stories that
they thought the children ought to
have a good time, too. So they took
all their presents that had come off
the tree hiuI gave them to the little
folks who had come In.
Every hoy and every girl had a toy
and a box of candy Lucy, I'eter,
Hilly, Mary, Sail.v, Hilda, antf the
others,
Then, all the young Old Folks and
nil the children matched around the
dining room singing.
They sang, "Merry, r Terry Christ
mas," and so the fun eiu.sd.
But I guess it d;l:i't quite end then,
eitlutr. For, as the young Young
Every Boy and Every Girl Had a Toy.
Folks went out of the door and down
the street, the young Old Folks eoiild
hear them laughing, long after they
turned the corner.
Besides, the young Old Folks have
been talking about their "Old Folks'
Christinas" ever since.
FESTIVITIES OF OLD TIMES
FARM DEMONSTRATION
Continued From Page 9
First, He Called the Roll.
Brother uitftf looked when lie did
that. So Billy thought he wouldn't;
and he didn't.
Mary told about the songs she autg
to her doll.
She said that the song that her doll
liked tlte best was :
The little dog Went t the rtiarkct town,
With one foot up, and one foot (town:
But when he came to a muddv place
He Jumped cle-e-e-an over!
Mary said that, she always jumped
her doll at the "Jump" part.
Sally thought that it was a long
time since she had known a story,
"'most as long as the night before
Christmas," but she did remember
a ride she,or-e hnd on a little donkey.
She said Uoy had'to send the old
donkey on ahead to make the HttTer
donkey hurry.
Then she remembered about the eats
at her ;randina's house. There was a
big cat for the big mice, and a little
cat for tle little mice.
li '. I; '.old a story about a little blind'
bey slw once saw.
When ahe said her evening prayer
Lord of Misrule Was Important Func
tionary at Yuletide Celebrations
of the Long Ago.
S!9r HE Lord of Misrule was an impot
Q tant functionary at the Christmas
festivities of those long-ago
times. An account of this Important
personage has been preserved by the
historian and antiquary, John Stow,
who lived during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth and during the first year of
the relgu of King Charles I, and was,
therefore, a contemporary of Shake
speare. "In the feast of Christmas," writes
Stow, "there was In the king's house,
wherever he lodged, a Lord of Misrule
or Master of Merry Hoports, and the
like had ye in the house of every no
bleman of honor or good worship,
were he spiritual or temporal The
mayor of London, and either of the
sheriffs, had their several Lords of
Misrule."
At Cambridge university the Lord of
Misrule was a. master of art, elected
to superintend the representation
of Latin plays by the students, besides
taking charge of their games and di
versions during the Christmas season.
A similar Blaster of Bevels was chosen
at Oxford.
In the Inns of Courts in London,
w here the barristers had' their offices
and belongings, n Lord of Misrule
reigned with great splendor, "being
surrounded -with all the parade and
ceremony of royalty, his guard of hon
or, and even his two chaplins who
preached' before him in the Temple
church."
On the Twelfth day he abdicated his
sovereignty, and we nre Informed that
In the year 1635, this mock-representative
of royalty expended In the exer
cise of his office about two thousand
pounds from his own purse, and at
the conclusion of bis relgu waa
knighted by King Charles I at Whitehall.
Saving the Leftover.
Instead of always frying up any left
over potatoes, why not use them for
hot tea scones? They only take a
few minutes to m. ke. T half a
pound of cold potatoes add hvo ounces
of flour and a teuspeonful each of
salt and baking powder. Knead them
all together, then add jast enough
milk sour'nillk If you Bke to make a
stiff dough. Koll out and cut Into
either squares or rounds with a pastry
cutter or tumbler and bake on a tin
in a quick oven.
To Sweeten Musty Teapot.
To sweeten a metal' or enamel tea
pot which bfis iKrome musty, fill It
with boiling water and drop In a red
hot cn&r, close the lid and leave (or
a Abort time. Then rinse ont With
clean water.
to make the sweet potato one of
America's most popular food
supplies, and the South's com
panion crop to cotton as a cash
income. Here again we have a
monopoly, and one that the boll j
weevil can not touch.
It is not known how many po
tato caring houses there are in
the South, but the estimate is
conservately placed at 5000, and
these have an estimated capacity
of 7,000,000 bushels.
It has been estimated that
50,000,000 bushels of this product
rotted in the ordinary farm po
tato hills in 1920 a loss of mil
lions which was wholly un
necessary if curing houses had
been used. ' 1 I
The United States Department
of Agriculture and the State of j
North Carolina will furnish plans I
and assist in the initiatory workjS
of building curing houses.
A 10,000 bushel curing house iJK
can be constructed for approxi-:s8
mately $3000 or $5000. The
banks (if necessary) can eetisfe
funds for such development from SS
the War Finance Corporation, asiS
understand it. If banks will, SB
advance the funds and the far- 5
mers contract to grow and de-
iver potatoes to a cooperative
warehouse under a cooperative
marketing plan, for not less than
five years, with a contract to re
tire the debt within that time,
allowing the curing house to be
the property of the growers at
the expiration ol such time, there
would be less embarrassment I
UUUCl WCCV11 I.UI1U111UI1S. 1 lie
banks' would be better assured
that other loans would be met,
while the growers would get a
service which it is well nigh im
possible for them to avail them
selves of without such assistance.
MR. BANKER!
the farmer was already on his
back, as you already know, and
now that the weevil sits on his
chest like an infernal nightmare)
without your speedy aid, both
borrower and lender will likely
be embarrassed in the end. His
tory will most likely repeat it
self here as it has in other sec
tions of the South where the
weevil has put in his appearance.
I am appealing to you, not from
a philanthropic point of view, but
purely from a business stand
pointthe "goose that lays the
golden egg" is in jeopardy as I
see the situation.
The "golden spud" is unknown
to probably three-fourths of the
people of the United States; but
a sweet potato sales organization
in Chicago alone will spend
$50,000 next year, advertizing
this Southern delicacy, and num
erous other advertizing schemes
are already in force in the North
and West for the popularization
of this product. Let's get in on
the ground floor by organizing
at least three cooperative curing
houses before next spring.
W. H. Barton.
When in need
shingles, see us. -Co.
of brick or
Allen-Morse
advt
Our corn mill running daily.
Allen-Morse Co. advt
Every silk waist in the house
reduced W. E. Harrison & Land
Co. advt
The crowds are flocking to
Terry's Store on Saturdays and
coming away with their arms
full of lerry s Bettter values,
and their faces wreathed in
smiles of satisfaction. You will
do well to take advantage of
TERRY'S SATURDAY SPEC
IALS. ' advt
The best dress ginghams to be
had will be sold for 15c yd. at
Terrv 's store Sat., Dec. 10. advt
CANDY! CANDY !
Christmas
is almost here and you will have:
to buy candy to make it the real
sweet Christmas. Hand-dipped,
Chocolates and other fine candies
at the U-Save-It store. 1
Dear Old Santa Claus
will soon be here.
Don't put off your Xmas
shopping until the last
few days.
You will find shopping
a pleasure if you come to
our store and select gifts
for your loved ones
We have gifts for every
age from baby to grand
pagifts that you will be
proud to give.
The earlier you come,
the easier it will be for
yqu to make your choice.
Our Perfumes make
ideal gifts.
Come to US for it.
A complete line of Leather Goods, includ- Jjjg
ing Card Ca es, Bill Folders, Purses, ffi
m
Large assortment of Xmas Boxes, Seals,
Paper, Tags and Ribbon.
Full and complete line of Ivory Goods,
Combs, ushes, Mirrors, Individual
Pieces and Sets.
Toilet Articles of every make, including
Perfumes, Extracts, Powders, Sach
ets, Toilet Water large assortment
in special assortment of Christmas
Sets. All the leading imported makes.
Houbigant's . De'Coty's
Azurea Djer Kiss
Fine Stationery famous Whiting, and
Cook, and Crane's line all in nice
Xmas boxes.
Military and Toilet Sets Complete for men,
single sets and in handsome leather
cases.
Manicure Sets complete in Ivory and Pearl
in handsome leather cases. Also a
complete Hi 5 of Ladies' Vanities,
with mirror l acks, etc.
Complete stock of Smoking Sets, Stands,
including Mahogany Stands, Mahog
any Serving Trays, Bridge Sets in
Leather Cases.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Checker Boards, Pocket Knives, Universal
Non-Destructable Thermos Bottles.
Dolls, Cutex Sets, 60c, $1.50, $3.00.
Nunnally's Fine Candies, in beautiful Xmas
Boxes, 1-2 pound to 10 pound sizes.
"GET IT QUICK!"
THE DRUG STORE WITH A WELCOME !
Phone 227 ROCKINGHAM, N. C
When You Don't Know
WE DO
When you are'sick you
get a doctor. .
When your horse is sick
you get a veterinarian.
When your Ford acts
up you should get us. The
car can not cure itself.
You are not at your
best when in pain.
Your horse can not
work if it is sick.
Your Ford may limp
along when out of order,
but it will soon go to smash
If you own a Ford just remember that when
everything is not working just as it should the best
thing to do is to forget die high spots and hit for
us instead.
H. A. PAGE, Jr.,
FORD SERVICE STATION
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FOWLKES PHARMACY
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