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BIBLE THOUGHT
And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to
the bottom. And when the centurion, which stood over against
him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said,
Truly this man was the Son of God.
?St. Mark 15:37-39.
? ? ?
"IN Jesus God visited and redeemed His people. In the eyes
of Jesus the Mind that made the morning stars and fash
ioned the universe looked into the eyes of men. Through Him
there is offered to men the forgiveness of God, the love of
God, and fellowship with God . . . '
"ALL Christian history says that in Him God is speaking to
the world, to each one of us. Each person must make his de
cision. Who was this figure on the cross? The Church has its
Faith, but you, O reader, must have no secondhand religion.
Who do you aay He is?"
An Easter Sermon
By A Macon Soldier Overseas
Franklin Press,
Editors and Friends:
We commemorate the Resur
rection on this Easter morn in
an agonized world that pre
sents small semblance o f that
which we are taught Christ
died to create. Bewildering con
fusion envelopes us and we
might be utterly confounded If
it were not for the piercing ray
of His Light that penetrates the
pall to illuminate our Faith.
On every side we find per
plexing contradictions. We ser
vice men that are here on this
particular island, are blessed
with golden sunshine and gentle
showers, flowers grace the way
side with their beauty and their
fragrance, bright plumed birds
sing merrily in our gun parks,
a placid, azure sea rolls musi
cally along our coral strand.
Yet, into this idyllic setting,
attuned as It is to the fondest
concept of the Prince of Peace,
the troubled vanities of man
intrude.
Menacing cannons, tangled
thickets of fanged wire, grim
battlements ? the ugly trappings
of War? are everywhere, scars
on the benign countenance of
benlficent nature. Marching feet,
clanking weapons, patrolling
ships, hovering planes, grim re
minders all of relentless, stalk
ing evil that lurks beyond our
own peaceful horizons.
Reminders they are of a
treacherous, Ck>d-hatlng foe, a
demonic beast who wars upon
helpless women and little child
ren, who slaughter the aged
and infirm as they lie in hos
pital beds, who simulates dis
tress to entrap in death those
who extend to him the hands
of mercy.
We look upon these things
and ask ourselves how can they
be, with God in his heaven and
the merciful Christ risen to
watch over mankind.
We see greed and lust and
the bearing of false witness In
high places and fearfully pon
der the fata of the world that
has given them ascendancy; a
world that has been given aJ
cross that sometimes seems too
heavy to bear.
Then la His Divin? Light is
PFC. WEAVER HURST
Pfc. Weaver Hurst, son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Hurst of
West's Mill, who sends this
Easter message.
revealed a truer picture of that
which is transpiring amidst the
turmoil and blood and anguish
of war. Here we see, united as
one, men of many races, creeds
and colors; men who in the
days and years gone by have
been as far apart as the poles
of the earth in culture and
spiritual belief, the followers of
different Prophets, worshipers
at different shrines; men who
today are brought together in a
common cause for a common
end that, regardless of what
ever name it may be called, is
nothing less than the teaching
of Jesus Christ, the peaceful
brotherhood of man.
And seeing this, we know that
whatever our trials may be, no
matter how heavily our burden
may weigh us down, we have
cause for Tejoicing upon this
Resurrection Morn in our Faith
that again there will dawn for
us a Day of Peace, bringing
with it that for which Christ
lived and died ? Goodwill To
ward All Men.
Aloha, Hawaii,
Pfc. Weaver M. Hurst.
KEEP ON
? WITH WM I0ND8 ?
NORTH CAROLINA,
MACON COUNTY.
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale vested in the un
dersigned trustee by a deed of
trust executed by J. J. York
and wife Ruby York, dated the
28th day of September, 1934,
and recorded in the office of
Register of Deeds for Macon
County, North Carolina, in Book
No. 38, page 165, said deed of
trust having been executed to
secure certain indebtedness
therein set forth, and default
in the payment of said indebt
edness having been made, I will
on Monday, the 1st day of
May, 1944, at 12 o'clock noon,
at the courthouse door in
Franklin, North Carolina, sell
to the highest bidder for cash
the following described land:
All the lands described in
a deed from Bruce A. Bates
and wife, Cleo Bates to J. J.
York and Ruby York, dated
October 14, 1940, and re
corded in the office of Reg
ister of Deeds for Macon
County, in Book E-5 of
Deeds, page 538.
This 30th day of March, 1944.
T. p. BRYSON, Trustee.
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EXECUTOR NOTICE
Having qualified as executor
of Effie Deloaoh Calloway, de
ceased, late of Macon county, N.
C., this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate
of said deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned or.' or before
the 17 day of March 1945 or this
notice will- be plead in bar of
their recovery. All persons in.
debted to said estate will please
make immediate settlement.
This 17 day of March, 1944.
GREEN CALLOW jAY,
Green Calloway, Executor.
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EXECUTOR NOTICE
Having qualified as executor
of Nannie Rogers, deceased, late
of Macon coui.-.ity, N. C-. this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said de
ceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the 23
day of March, 1945 or this notice
will be plead in bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to
said estate iwill please make im
mediate settleme. t.
This 23 day of March, 1944.
W. H. Rogers, Executor.
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ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
tratrix of Robert Ramsey, de
ceased, late of Macon County,
N. C., this is to notify all per
sons having claims against the
estate of saw deceased to ex
hibit them to the undersigned
on or before the 7th day of
February, 1945, or this notice will
be plead in bar of their recov
ery. All persons Indebted to said
estate will please make Immedi
ate settlement.
This 7th day of February,
1944.
ARDENIA RAMSEY,
Administratrix.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
North Carolina,
Macon County.
Clyde Hughes and wife Estie
Hughes, Daisy Roper and hus
band Floyd Roper, Margie
Downs and husband Robert
Downs, Inez Hall and husband
Weimar Hall, Wyona McMeans
and husband Arnold McMeans,
Edith Amnions and husband
Ralph Amnions, Helen Snyder
and husband William Snyder,
Elva Swartz and husband Wil
liam Swartz
n.
Pansy Burnett and husband
Frank Burnett, Leroy Rico
and wife Mrs. Leroy Rice,
Glenn Rice, Ward Rice and
James Rice.
The defendants Olenn Rice
and Ward Rice will take notice
that an action entitled as above
has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Macon Coun
ty, North Carolina, for the pur
pose of selling the lands de
scribed in the petition in this
cause in which the defendants
Olenn Rice and Ward Rice have
an interest and are proper par
ties thereto.
It is further ordered by the
Court that the defendants Olenn
Rice and Ward Rice are requir
ed to appear at the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Macon County, North Caro
lina, at his office in Franklin,
North Carolina, on the 13th day
in April, 1944, and answer or
demur to the petition of the
petitioners, or the relief deman
ded in said petition will be
granted.
This 13th day of March, 1944.
EDITH CUNNINGHAM,
Assistant
Clerk Superior Court.
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r " Got your Post-war
Car picked out yet?...
S"Suro, we're all short of help these
day ( ? and I may noed a little mora
time, but you can dtptnd on mo to
do these jobs carefully:"
? Oil must be changed? old, worn
out oil drained and fresh, strong
E88o Motor Oil in the summer
grade correct for your car put In.
? The chassis must he lubricated
from stem to stern? at every point
where wear might become serious.
The older your car gets, the more It
needs this lubrication.
? The battery needs an examination,
too. Maybe it should have a full
charge for quick summer starts.
? The radiator should be drained of
all sediment, and fresh water put
in. Couplings may need tighten
ing, or replacing.
? The tires must be checked for signs
of wear or damage. Maybe switch
ing 'em around can balance the
wear, give you additional tire life
now when you need it most!
? The transmission and differential
are Important? let me look 'em
over and make sure they have the
proper lubrication.
"Mister, you're probably driving it right now...
and if you don't think so, think this over...
'T^veryone who ought to know
X2j agrees there just won't be new
cars for everyone until quite a
while after the war.
"That means the only car you're
apt to have for a long time is the
one you've got right now. So take
care of it ax you never have before!
"I can help a lot? if you'll let me.
I've got the equipment and the reli
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"Look at the check list of things
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"All these things won't cost
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