Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-11-13
Pithy Paragraphs

Trade OF that llvely ana nustllng
town presented each of the leaders"
with a basket of Grimes Golden APP
pies. Saturday many of them went
back and they stopped in Edinburg
to find out just where they could
buy apples like the ones presented
to them. Note two things. They
didn't forget Edinburg and they
also remembered the delicious fruit
/ handed out by the Board of Trade.
lust another case of Bread on Wa
ters," and another proof that it
pays to advertise. Honestly, the
big trouble with this favored section
is that we are asleep at the switch.
We are failing to grasp the oppor
tunities offered and frequently ne
elected. Come on, and wake up.
Thanksgiving day is just around
the corner and aside from "life. lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness"
you may begin summing up the
things for which you should be
thankful And while you are doing
it, consider just why others should
be thankful for some deed of kind
mess done by you or some word of
encouragement dropped by the way.
If you would inspire thankfulness
be thankful Not from the selfish
standpoint but because you have
frightened the corner where you
, are" Too many of us think of COB
, blers and not goodness at Thanks
giving time and feel that the true
; spirit of the season is stuffing one
self with turkey and cranberry
sauce Get another idea. Be thankful
because you have contributed some
thing to some ones happiness and
then you will enjoy the season.
If short skirts as now worn by
women folks needed any justifica-
ton, the heavy downpour of rain all
day yesterday. certainly demonstrate
? ed the sanity of abbreviated skirts
The streets were converted into rivu
let's and inasmueh as milady's appar
ell was higher than the water was
deep there were no bedraggled, rair
soaked hens to induce colds and ton
silitis. In the prissy, prim days OF
long ago. the female of the species
: would have mopped up the street
= with the hem of her garment. Sc
modest that she would brave &
chance of pneumonia rather than al
e low a horrid man to know that she
wore calves above her shoe tops OF
that maybe she was a wee bit bow
legged Now that we are used to il
there is but little gaping when the
girls trip by.
t Just a few days ago and we haC
I an aqua anthem in Woodstock
Everybody was urged to go to il
and bring from the slopes of North
e Mountain an adequate supply OF
7. water for the towns domestic needs
and for its industrial expansion. We
2 envisioned factories whose spinning
| wheels would add to our prestige
and our wealth. Responsive to az
gument and filled with faith we
voted for water. Water as the foun-
dation of prosperity. On the heels
of the bond issue came chance to
secure factory employing, not less
than fifty persons with pay roll
which meant much to the town. Did
: we grab it? Some did 1T is true,
but the overall factory is tagging
because of a lack of support on the
part of those who have whooped the
: loudest and who will reap the most
: benefit from the establishment of
the industry. Better get busy and
: nail the proposition.
;
Probably some of the spectators
were surfeited with the salacious-
ness of some of the evidence in the
Shaffer trial Certainly there was
good attendance during the pro
ceedings and even some young girls
sat throughout the case, and listen
ed in on what was being broadcast
ed from the witness stand The old
regulars were there in force and
sprinkled in the audience were the
habitual bench beetles who never
miss a court session. In truth, this
class has but two things to do. One
is to attend court while it is in ses-
sion and the other is to wait until
it is in session so that they can at
tend A composite picture of a
Court room audience makes an in
teresting study. All classes and CON
ditions of men are there and the
moron mixes his frame up with the
professional man to see and hear all
that goes on. Sometimes curiosity
descends to the level of depravity.
and no where else on earth is it so
forcibly brought to mind as in
Court of Justice when some poor de-
vii is getting his