Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-20
Already The Spirit Of Giving
Is ManifeSting It.
self.
EXPRESS VS.. PARCEL POST.
A Look Forward Finds Great
Things Being Planned
For.

Everybody is getting buster and
buster every day. The express COM
panies have to employ extra help.
The business thus far is pretty much
confined to shipping out. During
the balance of the week, however
the incoming packages will COM
mence piling up in the offices. H..
w. Tibbs, the local agent of the
Southern, is working six or seven
men and he is doing extra duty him.
self.
The parcels post business at the
postoffice is increasing every day,
and the city mail carriers leave the
office three or four times day with
all they can carry and have to make
extra trips with the packages being
handled by Uncle Sam.
There is no question as to the APP
preaching Christmas being one of
the best that merchants have ever
enjoyed. Hundreds of early shop
pers" have commenced making the
rounds of the stores, while out-of-
town customers are brought in by
every incoming train over the three
railroads, and the streets are, for a
good part of the day filled with We
hicles. Preparations are now on foot
for feasts for those who are not able
to enjoy a real Christmas dinner.
The Elks are planning for great
things and the purse strings of the
antlered host will begin to loosen up
Monday and the poor of the city will
have cause to believe the world is
getting better and the more favored
of humanity are not living for Sc f
alone.
Out at the Western State Hospital
DR.. Sights, the superintendent, and
his subordinates are arranging for a
feast Of the patients. Probably not
less than $50 turkeys will adorn the
tables as we'll as many other things
that go to make a Christmas dinner
the best of all the years. Thanks
giving Day $50 turkeys were served
and it may be that the number will
be increased to something like 200
next Thursday.
What the Associated Charities will
do we have not yet learned, but the
officers will see that no one is neglect
ed. The personnel of the directory
is made up of people who find more
joy in giving than in receiving and
they will make Christmas day one
never to be forgotten by those whom
in their devotion to humanity they
are called to serve.
A gentleman, who for the present
withholds his name, is going to put
in a Christmas tree to reach from
floor to ceiling. On it he is going to
hang packages of candy, fruit, dolls
and everything that will please little
children whose stockings are not to
be filled to overlooking by Santa
Claus, and is going to issue gener-
al invitation to all the poor children
to be present and get what he wi |
prepare for them. In addition to
this there will be music furnished
for the little ones.
In windows of merchants there is
a great display of fireworks, and
everything points to great time.
The Christmas spirit took a firm
grip on the members of the Green
River Lodge, |. o. o. F., at their
regular meeting Monday night. At
ter much talk about what is to be
done an appropriation of $40 was
made TO the Widows and Orphans
Home at Lexington and a check for
the amount was ordered sent in
time TO reach the Home on Christ
mas eve.
OF course the Widows and Orphans
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