The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1948 Page: 2 of 20
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Newspaper A Merry Christmas
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Opta* uote: Achia AJ
JMM, philosopher, on Ms
SSm inns form on Sul-
dhMr, hM tbo Christmas splr-
]l Mi loiter this wMk im-
fltea In a yutetide spirit,
tPO noon wish him a Merry
Christmas, which gets down
to the bottom of our list.
Poor Editor It bein just about
Christmas, although it doesn't
floom lika it ought to be even
SO for along in the year as lum-
SBOr 00 I ain't got my cotton hoed
Ml yot, although you can't use
my farmin schedule as a calendar,
■ny more than you can a M ien
Uflt poll in place of a election or
• newspaper editorial as the voice
•f the people I thought I would
Jmt let the world problems take
ante of themselves this week and
1st you know I have enjoyed
nodin your paper during 19-18,
if I am just as ignorant now
as when I started it ain't your
fault, aa I’ve read other newspa-
pers beside yours. Can't put the
the blame on just one paper. I'm
a democrat and like to scatter
things around
What I mean, Christmas is a
titne when a man ought to settle
back and reflect that things ain't
to bad after all, that even my
loud-mouthed neighbor has his
good points and all Republicans
ain't all bad, and your paper,
compared with any other busi-
ness, ain’t got nothin to apolo-
gize for.
There have been tiroes durin
the past year when I have cussed
y< ur paper, but if you want to
know somethin I have never fail-
ed to read a single copy and am
;• t my neignb' r's mail box wait-
in for it every time it comes out
Of course t may be in the
same catag y as a man’s interest
in the weather report, he always
wants to get it whether he likes
ri. 0W4 ar tod. M I wfll
Wfftut m ifs (Vljgii
od • spirit ot generosity
is in tbo sir, except in Washing-
ton. where Madame Chlang Is
finding it otherwise. I can sym-
pathize with her husband. Gener-
al Kai-chek in China. I sent my
wife in once to borrow some mon-
ey at the bank for me and it
didn’t work no better here than
it does in China, although Ma-
dame Chiang is considerably
ahead of my wife. The bank
didn’t send no chartered airplane
after her.
But I’m gettin off my subject.
Al) I started out to do was to
wish you a Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas, A. A.
Christmas in Rome
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tc fill Out
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AND SINCERE GOOD WISHES
TOR THE NEW YEAR
R. G. WALKER & SON
1200 Bonham St.
Home of the Famous Barbecue
and the Best of Home Killed Meats
PARIS, TEXAS K
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Secret Gifts Left
By St. Nicholas
The story of how St. Nicholas be-
came associated with secret gift-
giving, and even today comes co-
vertly at night to leave his pres-
ents, Is one of the most important
in the history of his life.
Once upon a time there was a
man with three daughters, all of
them wishing to marry, but with no
dowry forthcoming. Sorry, indeed,
was their plight. Their father had
about decided to sell them as slaves,
but the good St. Nicholas heard of
It. and filling a purse with gold,
went quietly by night to their home.
Seeing a window open, he threw In
the bag of gold and then stole away
In the night. This money enabled
the eldest daughter to marry. A
second and a third time St. Nich-
olas made the trip and finally all
three daughters were married.
After the saint's third trip, the
girls' father, who had been watch-
ing to see who brought the gifts,
ran after St. Nicholas and thanked
him for his kindness. St. Nicholas
made him promise not to divulge
his gift-giving and after that he al-
ways deposited his presents so se-
cretly that no one ever saw him.
Yet people knew, somehow, that It
was he who brought gifts during the
night, and so whenever they found
a package mysteriously delivered
they Instantly exclaimed, "St. Nich-
olas has brought it!’*
I> I). FLOYD I»IKS AFTER
SHORT ILLNESS
Angelo at
ChrUtmaa Eve proclaims tea be-
ginning atthe Bohr Season hi Roma.
By nine o'clock everyone la hi
church to witness the colorful eng
solemn processions at scclesUsUc
dignitaries which precede the elab-
orate midnight Mass.
Since everyone has fasted for
twenty-four hours, festive banquets
are in order after the religious
solemnities. It Is a gala after-mid-
night in Rome: hotels and res-
taurants remain open, families and
friends gather around sumptuous
tables in gaily decorated homes;
and in antlcipaUon of the festivities,
many people attend church dressed
in formal attire.
Between Christmas and Epiphany,
the Calabrian shepherds— PifTeranl
—revisit the homes where they were
most cordially welcomed during
Advent when they came down from
the hills to play their Italian bag-
pipes before the shrines of the Vir-
gin. The PifTeranl play for their
Advent hosts during the post-Christ-
mas holidays and receive gifts of
wine, dried figs, and small sums
of money from their hosts.
Nut-Bowl Filled
From Many Lands
Nuts from all over the world go
Into your nut-bowl at Christmas.
Like Christmas traditions, the nuts
so popular at this time of year are
a mixture of many varieties and
different histories.
The English walnut, for instance,
is not English at all. It originated
in Asia centuries ago and was
called "the food of the gods.”
The round little filbert and the
almond came from the Old World.
Other nuts, so familiar at Christ-
mas, the hickory nut. the black wal-
nut and the chestnut, to say nothing
of the pecan, are strictly American.
The pecan is native to America and
is found nowhere else. Two other
American nuts worthy of mention
arc the chestnut and the butternut.
Although many nuts originated In
other parts of the world, almost ev-
ery variety known is now grown on
American soil and experts are con-
stantly searching for more kinds of
nuts to transplant to this country.
of Son
Needed to Insure
Correct Fertilizer
Hotel
Changes Hands
I). D Floyd. 71, prominent cot-
ton seed bleeder of Waxahaehie
died Thursday of last week aftei
a short linesi. A new hybrid
seed known ; Floyd’s 8-G, much
of wi ith was grown in this area,
was developed by him.
The keeping of Christmas or
saint's' days, and the making of
mince pies were illegal In the early
Massachusetts nnd New Haven col-
onies. The strict religion ol the Pur-
itans banned observance of holy
days.
Analyzing soil to determine the
amount of plant nutrients present
is ths only method In which a
landowner will know exactly how
n.uch additional fertilizer and
soil improving constituents are
needed to produce maximum
growth and production. Samples
of a uniform type soil can be test-
ed by a chemical analysis to de-
termine whether or not certain
elements are needed, according to
County Agent Monk Vance
There is a growing demand on
the part of landowners for soil
to be tested before certain ele-
ments are added. “We are shoot-
ing in the dark in application of
many soil builders, especially
lime, unless we know actually
whether or not an element is
needed and how much is needed,”
says an authority.
This growing demand of soil
analysis has resulted in the es-
tablishment of a laboratory for
lhat purpose which is operated by
the Division of Chemistry of the
Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station. The laboratory will an-
alyze soil for hydrogen ions which
determines whether or not soil is
acid or alkaline, lime require-
ments, total nitrogen, available
phosphaoric acid, available pot-
ash, total phosphoric acid and al-
most any other analysis requested
by the landowner
An analysis will be made by
the chemist for individual ele-
ments ranging in price from 50
cents for a lime requirement test
to $2.00 for available potash or
total phosphoric acid in soil of a
uniform type. A complete an-
alysis including all elements for
a uniform sample will be made
for $7.50.
There is a certain procedure to
follow in collecting a representa-
tive sample of soil and submit-
ting it to the experiment station
for an analysis, the county agent
continued. Before starting to col-
lect a sample of soil either con-
tact the local county agent or
home demonstration agent or
write directly to the Soil Testing
Laboratory, Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station. College Sta-
tion, Texas, for information.
Mount Pleasant’s 100-room
Pleasant Hotel has been sold by
Charles McDonald of Linden to
twe Mount Pleasant businessmen,
Frank Henderson and John B
Stephens. McDonald acquired
the hotel in 1936 when the Talco
oil field was discovered in the
north end of Titus County. He
n
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and a sprinkler
The hotel la
by Ben 8. Scott, who has a
year lease on the building.
Seldom a weak paaeaa without
Texas having a dozen or more
fatal traffic accident!. The
speed, booze or disregard of
fic rules. Is it too much to 1
that people will ever learn?
Lionel Approved
Service Station
LIONEL TRAINS
and Accessories
Commercial Electric & Supply Co.
Telephone 398—LD 30
27 First N. W —PARIS
M
wish you a Merry
Christmas and extend
to you our be^t wishes
for a Happy and Prosp-
erous new year.
JOHNSON WELDING CO.
265 1st S. E.
PARIS, TEXAS
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OFFICER CARRIES
EVIDENCE ALONG
San Antonio. — Police Officer
John Carver, called to investigate
a vicious dog, took tic evidence
hack to headquarters with him.
He warned the owner of the
dog. which had bitter; a neigh-
boring resident, to keep the ani-
mal up for observation.
As Carver was talking to the
owner, the dog sneaked up and
bit his leg.
MTRRY CHRISTMAS
AND A
RRIGHTandHAPPY,
NPW YTAR
We will Remove
Your Dead and
Crippled Livestock
FREE
call telephone No.
313 collect
Mt. Pleasant
As another Christmas comes around we feel
that we have an unpaid obligation, an obliga-
tion of gratitude. Friends of this institution have
made possible a certain amount of progress
and prosperity for our organization. These
friendships have been an enjoyable experi-
ence, one in which we believe we have the con-
fidence and esteem of the people whom we
strive to serve. And now, all we ask is the priv-
ilege of a continuance of these fine relation-
ships to enable us to look forward with genuine
enthusiasm to the future.
Ideal Baking Co.
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The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1948, newspaper, December 23, 1948; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth922097/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.