Timpson Daily Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 242, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1934 Page: 2 of 4
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R. T> BLAIR
in fairies! You might get your
papa to hire men to watch in
aU 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 ia.no
sign that there is no Santa
Claus. The most real things in
the world are those that neith-
er children nor men can see.
Did you ever see fairies danc-
ing on the lawn? Of course
not, but that’s no proof that
they are not there. Nobody
can conceive or imagine all the
wonders there are unseen and
unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart the
baby’s rattle and see what
makes the noise inside, hut
there is a veil covering the un-
seen world which not the
strongest man, or even the
united strength of aU the
strongest men that ever lived,
could tear apart. Only faith,
fancy, poetry, love, romance,
can push aside that curtain
and view and picture the su-
pernal beauty and glory be-
yond. It.is all real? Ah, Vir-
ginia, in all this world there
is nothing else real and abid-
ing.
No Santa Claus? Thank
God; he lives forever. A thou-
sand years from now, Virginia,
nay, ten times ten thousand
years from new he will con-
tinue to make glad the heart
of childhood.
A Minnesota co-ed has
drawn the plan for a new
bridge across the -Missouri
river. Another designing
female!—Dallas News.
There is nothing better for
a wrist exercise than trying to
cover three or four radio foot-
ball games at the same time.-
Indianapolis Star.
A book is the most lasting
treasure of humanity, outside
of humanity itself.—Charles F.
Thwing.
Do not despise your situ-
ation; in it you must act, suffer
and conquer. From every point
on earth we are equally near
to heaven and to the infinite.
■—Amiel.
and the one that assures the
greatest return in the long run
is trees. Up my way the an-
nual harvest of the tree crop is
beginning now. Down by the
river on my farm Bill Howland
is cutting birch, beech and
maple for -cordwood. My share
will go a long way toward rthe
1935 taxes.
Just below me, Will Seeley
has moved hi3 portable saw-
mill into Noble Turner’s pine
grove next to the old burying-
ground and will saw out may-
be a hundred thousand feet of
boards, scantling and slabs,
worth forty or fifty dollars a
thousand rough-piled on the
lot.
There are, I guess, ten acres
of woods to every acre of clear-
ed land over most of Berkshire
county. Counting household
fuel and merchantable timber,
the annual crop pays big in-
terest on the land value. Five
dollars an acre is a good price
for mose of the pine-covered
mountain tops.
Trees are a good investment
for a man who is content to
stay put. Not so good for the
man who is always on the
move.
SUGAR . . . from maple trees
Down East when I was a boy
few country folk bought
“store sugar.” Unrefined
brown sugar cost five or six
cents a pound. In the 1370’s I
remember that granulated
sugar was ten cents and more
a pound. We bought some
“black-strap" molasses, but
there was -better sweetening
right in our own woods. Maple
sugar.
A farm wasn’t a real farm
in those self-contained days
unless it had its “sugar-bush.”
Up on my hilltop, where the
land levels off before you get
to the slopes of Tom Ball
Mountain, possibly a hundred
huge sugar-maples remain of
the old sugar-bush. They
haven’t been tapped in years.
Store sugar is too cheap and
farm labor too high to make it
pay.
I asked for maple sugar the
other day in a city restaurant,
where I had ordered a plate of
buckwheat cakes. There wasn’t
any more maple in the syrup
than there was buckwheat
flour in the cakes.
I’ve a good notion to ask
the head of the CCC camp
over at -Lee to send a bunch of
boys over next March to tap
my sugar trees. It would be
an education for them, and
maybe I could get some real
maple sugar once more.
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HORSES......still with us
Say what you please about
the “vanishing” horse. I no-
tice more real interest in
horses and more of them in
use, in the Bast at least, than
for a good many years past I
went to the National Horse
Show in New York a couple of
weeks ago, and was specially
interested in the handsome six-
horse team exhibited fay one of
the big milk distributing com-
panies. It used to be the
“brewers’ big horses" that
were the last word in horse-
flesh; now it’s the milkman’s.
Farmers are replacing gaso-
line tractors and trucks with
“hay-burners,” for which they
can grow the necessary fuel
and at the same time cut their
fertilizer bills. And in the
city streets, nobody has yet
built an automobile 'that will
move on to the next house by
itself while the milkman is
making his morning deliveries.
It takes too much gas to
start a car, especially in cold
weather, to make it as eco-
nomical as a hone in any kind
of business that calls for fre-
quent stops and starts.
■ ■
TREADWAY . of Stockbridge
The Congressional district
in which I vote, the First
Massachusetts, has sent its
Representative and my neigh-
bor, Allen T. Treadway, back
to Congress for the twelfth
time. We are inclined to be
conservative in New England.
If a man is doing a good job
we usually keep him on it as
long as he wants to stay, espe-
cially if he is “home folks.”
Congressman Treadway was
born in the same little country
town where he still lives,
Stockbridge. -Mass., and owns
the old Bed Lion Inn there,
which has been a tavern since
before the Revolution.
The defeat of Representa-
tive Britten of Illinois makes
Mr. Treadway the “dean” of
the Republican representation
in Congress.
My guess is that Allen
Treadway will put a strong oar
in the coming reorganization
of the Republican Party. i
Big sale goes on at
Blankenship’s.
Palace Theatre
TIMPSON, TEXAS
Starts Promptly at 7:00 P. M.
Today
AND SATURDAY
A Song on Their lips . . .
Adventure in Their Hearts . . .
Guns in Their Hand* . . .
Brave men . . . courageous
women . . . seeking a new life
.... a new home ... in a wilder-
ness alive with unknown dan-
gers . . . fierce thrills!
Sweeping drama lived by fight-
ing men and the women they
love!
Adolph Zukor presents
ZANE GREY'S
mOK 1EQ.5"
A Paramount Picture with
Randolph Scott, Gall Patrick,
Monte Blue Raymond Hatton
—ADDED—
Betty Boop in a new techni-
color short
“POOR CINDERELLA”
Also
FRANKIE DARRO
“Burn 'Em Up Barnes”
Mineral Wells, Tex., Dec. d.
—(UP)—If two heads are
better than one, then a two-
headed ant found here by W.
D. McClendon ought to have
been head man in his colony.
Instead, Mr. McClendon re-
ports, he was an outcast and
the rest of the ants would have
nothing to do with him.
McClendon discovered the
Senate Cafe
“Where People Go to Eat”
Emreett Shepherd, Mgr.
Phase 34
Tbapsaa. Texes
creature while watching an
ant “fight” on a farm near
here. He noticed this ant was
being shunned by all the oth-
ers and when he looked closer
saw that he had two distinct
heads.
Sensational Sale at
Blankenship’s.
Only J4 Shopping
Days ’til ChriUmat
QLonte to the win Store
Make Your Gift Selections Now
This store is Christmas Head-
quarters with hundreds of useful
and appropriate Gifts for every
member of the family.
New Christmas Hosiery ... Sheer
... new styles ...
NEW CHRISTMAS DRESSES
—shipments just in for Holiday
selling . .. drop in and see these
new creations.
Damty underthings for
Christmas . .. lovely ,..
adorable ... select your
gift now!
GIVE SHIRTS AND TIES JflJY NOW—
You cannot have too many Shirts
—great selection of shirts and ties
especially for Christmas.
NEW HATS FOR MEN
—all the new colors—bought for
the Christmas holidays.
Jackets, Boots, Shoes,
Leather Coats, Bed
Room Slippers, Robes
and hundreds of other
{useful Christmas Gifts.
Shop early and avoid
the rush.
Mike Byrn
wants to
/
see you
Nacogdoches Grocery Co. Corner
Airmaid Hosiery
“AMERICA’S SMARTEST”
In all Popular Shades
TROTTEUR—Dark beige of browish cast
CEDAR—Warm brown of coppery undertone
SMOKEMIST—Light taupe of biege under-
tone
TAU PEBARK—Dark taupe of grey cast
$1.00 and $1.35 Pair
BE WISE—Select your Christmas Gifts
early—we are receiving beautiful new mer-
chandise daily____ Make us a visit
TIMPSON PHARMACY
||^|| | |
PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY
COMPOUNDED FROM THE
PUREST INGREDIENTS
When sickness comes the patient should hare the
purest and best drugs as the doctor’s prescriptions are
filled. We take especial pride in our prescription de-
partment—all prescriptions filled by a Registered
Pharmacist... you have the satisfaction of knowing that
absolute accuracy must be adhered to... the purest and
best drugs go into the prescription.
We are always completely stocked with standard pro-
ducts and can fill your every need promptly and effi-
ciently.
Go C. McDAVID
-THE *-EADIWG DRUGGIST’
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Midnight Show Saturday
at 11 p. as.
SUBDAY-MONDAY, Dec. 9-10
Extra show Sunday Night
at 8:13 p. m.
JAMES CAGNEY
JOIN THE WORLD AND SEE
THE NAVY
PAT O’BRIEN m
“HEBE COMES THE WT
With Gloria Stuart, Frank
McHugh.
ALSO GOOD COMEDIES
TjrjrMMjrjr.
EAT AT
MILLBTS Gift
Center, Texas
We Feed the People
TRY ONE OF OUR
SEA FOOD
DINNERS
FLOUNDERS—SHRIMP
FRESH SPANISH
MACKREL
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Entered as second class mat-
ter April 17, 1909. at the post-
office at Timpson, Texas, un-
der the Ac tof March 3, 1879.
T. J. MOLLOY,.....Editor
S. WINFREY, - - Business Mgr.
IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?
We take pleasure in an-
swering at once and thus prom-
inently the communication be-
low, expressing at the same
time our great gratification
that its faithful author is num-
bered among the friends of the
Sun; '
Dear Editor—I am 8 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 0'Har.lon.
Virginia, your little friends
are wrong. They have been
affected by the skepticism of a
skeptical age. They do not be-
lieve except they see. They
think that nothing can be
which js not comprehensible
by their little minds. All
minds, Virginia, whether they
be men’s or little children's,
are little. In this great uni-
verse of ours man is a mere in-
sect, an ant, in his intellect, as
compared with the boundless
world about him, as measured
by the intelligence capable of
grasping the whole of truth
and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a
Santa Claus. He exists as cer-
tainly as love and generosity
and devotion exists, and you
know that they abound and
give to your life its highest
beauty and joy. Alas! how
dreary would he the world if
there were no Santa Claus. It
would be as drear as if there
were no Virginias. There
would be no child-like faith
then, no poetiy; no romance to
make tolerable this existence.
We Should have no enjoyment,
except in sense and sight.The
eternal light with which child-
hood fills the world would be
extinguished.
Not believe In Santa Claus?
You might as well not believe
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Daily Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 242, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1934, newspaper, December 7, 1934; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth766262/m1/2/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Timpson Public Library.