The Enterprise
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ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO.
WI1X1AMSTON. NORTH CAROUNA
W. C. MANNING
Editor ? mi 1958
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Friday, December 22. 192'J.
The Christ ma* Slttrv
And she brought forth her first-born son. and
wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him
in a manger; because there was no room for
them in the inn.
And there were in the same country sheph
erds abiding in the field and keeping watch
over their flock by night
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon
them, and the glory of the Lord shone round
about them; and they were so afraid.
And the ihgel said uhto them. f'Mll' llbt; fbf.
behold. 1 bring vnu good tidings of great |ov,
which shall be to all 'people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of
-Bavt<k-a Sa\'mm?wbieh?b"F4tmt the Loill
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall
find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes,
lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a
multitude of the heaven h* host
and saving.
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
veace, good will toward men Luke 11:7-14.
A pfain story, isn't it? Hut despite its simpli
city of words and their arrangement a greater
storv has never been told
C.hrixtmii*
- Nineteen hundred and thirty-nine years ago
three shepherds were tending their flocks by
night when the radiance of a Star came to them
from afar and lighted their way to Bethlehem
where in an humble manger lay the infant
Jesus, most blessed of babes.
The miracle of His birth has been the won
der in time's generations for all men Yet, still
more wondrous is the conception of life as He
lived it. a life that lights the way for all men
everywhere. A simple carpenter by trade. He
?was. by inspiration, a simple philosopher; by
pjraclice the great teacher, and-in truth the
noble sufferer.
Christmas 1939 still finds the Star of
Bethlehem casting its mighty beams of light
over all the world And while war clouds dim
the light for many, time has well proved that
that light will penetrate the misunderstand
ings and differences of men and cast darkness
from the earth y
"Great is the Spirit of Christmas that can
wipe away the years and change grave men and
women into smiling children ri udv to sciiv anil
to be served in the sweet simplicity of ehild
hood . . . I - ? ?
"Strong is the Spirit of Love that can bring,
us all to understand that there is none less,
none greater, none rejected at this blessed
Christmas time
"We are all children of one family, at peace
in the name of a little Child."
Merry Christmas?and may the New Year
bless you immeasurable. Peace, Good Will to
all.
~ The Enterprise,
W -P
W. H. Booker.
F M Manning"
The wonder of the age is the good nature,
the successes and the happiness of members
of the human race who have suffered physical
handicaps. Very often a man makes his great
est advancements in life after losing a leg, an
arm, the use of his lower limbs, or goes blind.
Some one has said that "I complained of hav
ing no shoes?until I saw a man with no feet."
Maybe these -people with physical handicaps
can teach a lesson to those of ps who have ait
the things with which nature has endowed us
?if we will let them.?Marshville Home.
1hir Men In M hilr
Slowly,- indefatigable, -quwi explorers in the
laboratories of the world are advancing the
frontiers of science; making life more toler
able, and death less imminent.
A few days ago, we read that a new sort of
"cold therapy."involving the destruction of can
cer tissue by the physical "freezing" of the hu
man host, had been carried to a sufficiently ad
vancvl experimental stage as to offer some
frail hope that science, at last, may alleviate
ihnt mart dreadful irf maladies in its latter
stages, t
And now coines news that men of medicine,
have devised what seems to be a "quick cure"
for syphilis.
Syphilis is the plague known as "the slow
death"; it still takes more lives than any other
contagious disease. Sometimes "the great im
itator" kills hi indirection, by causing such
things as heart disease, kidney complaints and
subtle destruction of brain tissues which pro
duce paresis
Here -tofore. a chief impediment in its control
has been the length of time required for cure?
never less than eight months, often longer. Un
der the new clinical processes, it is now belicv
ed possible to effect dependable cure within
four days.
Such advances are breath-taking. We owe
thc debt of life itself to those- men who ward
off creeping death with test tubes, microscopes
and an unremitting will to conquer.
(,(><><{ I II l'4'Hllll I'll I
Randolph Tribune. -
If we're to believe nil we see in the movies,
there was a day when steer raising in Texas
was an arduous business full of hardships and
hiirni'dn?Tiunnpoi'lnlion of?eattle tn iniirliel
was a slow process and there was always the
danger of rustlers. " '
Strict law enforcement and convenience of
Hie lllilUMil has i bunged nlHIial. but tin r< an -
still plenty of Texans who take their cattle
ranching seriously. One of. these is 18-year-old
Maylield Kothmann, oi Mason county, who m
vested $25 cash and $250 worth of feed in a
cash return' ' ?
Kothmann bought his white-faced, red-coat
ed Hereford when it was two days old. The
lanky Texan made no mistake in naming the
animal Lucky Boy, but he maintains it wasn't
luck that brought the steer the Grand Ctramp
i<inship award at Chicago's International I.ivc
stock Exposition and a price of $1054 at auction.
?It was hugely good feeding,?rgood climate
and the directions of the county farm agent that
made Lucky Boy a prize animal. There was
work to mixing the foods, mainly corn and cot
tonseed screenings. Kothmann learned how as
a member of the 4-H club.
The red-faced Texas youth spent 10 months
grooming his animal for championship, but
even then his task was net complete. There was
the bigger job of getting the steer to Chicago
for competition. Kothmann worked his way
north as a cattle helper and well earned the
cheers of balcony crowds when his Hereford
claimed the grand prize.
Such an achievement on tin- part of an Am
erican youth merits praise The example set is
one that anyone can profit by. no matter what
his line of business. Every investment can be
made a good one if the proper endeavor and per
severance is applied
II rll, 11 anil v Ever
William Allen White in the Kinpuria (lazette.
We generally abstain lrom the use ol the
word "damn" in this paper. Wo should like to
got from our preacher special dispensation to
use it today and then eschew it for the next 10
years.
The reason we want to use the word "damn"
is that we desire to say in homely language
that "of"all the damn fool things that have oc
cupied the news columns of the American daily
press for the last two weeks .the damnest is
the trial of Kritz Kuhn."
Ikire is a dumb-bunny with the intellectual
capacity of an underprivileged louse, with the
moral sense of a rattlesnake in coil, who is be
ing put to the trouble and expense nf - ?
suit because a lot of other subidiots gave him
their money to uao as he pleased. ?
He spent it like the little tin dictatpr that he
is to 20,000 or 20,000 superchumps that they
are lie got him a cutie, or possibly he didn't.
Maybe he was just playing "drop the handker
chief" or "postofficc" to fool his wife.
But it is all being dragged through the press
of the country as though it was really sump
m"
?Remember "It is mure bkNaied to give than
to receive." Have you made your plans to par
ticipate in the Christmas Cheer Drive?
Turnage Theatre -- Washington, N. C.
Sunday Monday December 24-15
"Kverything Happen* At Night"
Soaja Hente, Kay MllUnd. Robert (ummJnfi
Thursday-Friday December M-H
"Remember"
Robert Taylor, (ireer Ganon. Lew Ay rem
?7-WedDCMUy December M-t7
"Henry i.oe? iriutno"
Praafc Morf*n, Owrft Murphy, Abb Morrlm
Saturday Decent ber 30
"Range War"
with WILLIAM BOYD
ALSO SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS
Christmas Message!
B> Kr? PKFSTOV CMTTtm ......
Fear not. lor. behold. I bring
you good tidings of great joy.
which shall be to all people."
Soon after the time when John the
Bnpt'ft .in??ph. rarpfn
ter of Nazareth, the husband of
Mary, had a dream In his dream he
saw an angel from the Lord standing
beside him The angel said to him.
Joseph. I have come to tell you that
Mary, the young woman whom you
arc to mairy. will have a son, sent
by the Lord Ood You shall call His
name Jesus which meahs Salvation,
because He shall save His people from
Joseph knew Iroin this that this
coining child was to be the King of
lands of the Roman Empire, for all
Israel, of whom the prophets of the
Old Testament had spoken so many
time Soon aftei Joseph and Mary
\w u mamed in Nazareth, a com
mand went forth from the emperor.
Augustus Caesar, through all the
the people to go to the cfties and
towns from their families had come,
and there have their names written
down upon a list, for the emperor
wished a list to be made of all the
people under his rule. As both Jo
M'ph and Mary had eome from the
family of David, the king, they went
together from Nazareth to Bethle
hem. there to have their names writ
ten upon the list. For, you remem
ber. Bethlehem was in Judca. six
miles south of Jerusalem.
When Joseph and Mary came to
Bethlehem, they found the city filled
with people who had come to have
their names written on the list. The
inn was full, and there was no room
for them, for no one but themselves I
knew that this young woman was
soon to be the mother of the Lord I
of all thp earth. ?J
Is there room in our hearts for i
Jesus today? There is room for the
world of sin; why not Rive Jesus a
place in your life today?
On that night, some Shepherds
when1 tending then nhcop in a .field
near Bethlehem. Suddenly a great
light shone upon ttieni, and they saw
an angel of the Lord standing before
!'??. Ti fill..ft irit 11 firir
as they saw how glorious the angel
was. But the angel said to them.
Be not afraid, for, behold, I bring
you news of great joy, which shall be
to all people; for there is born to
you this day in Bethlehem, the City
of David, a Saviour who is Christ the
Lord, the anointed King. You will
see Him lying in a manger.' _
They saw the air around and sky
above them were filled with angels,
praising God and singing. Glory to
God in the highest; on earth peace
among men. in whom God is well
pleased." The shepherds said, "Let
us go at once to Bethlehem and see
this wonderful thing that has come
to pints: mwl u'hirnTho I.nrri has
known to us. ,
We should thank God for this King
who came from God to bring peace
to the world, that we might have
life. Jesus came that we might have
life* that life with God. a life on
earth, a life in heaven Yes; we have
war today, but if the world would
come to Jesus, we would have no
more wars.
Jesus came that we might have
peace. He brought peace from His
Father Jesus came that we might
be happy, and we should make some
one happy 011 this Chrsitmas. Look
around, and find some family, some
little child which you can make hap
py on Christmas morning. I wish I
had the money to make each child
happy on Christinas morning, to dry
away the tears and put a smile in
stead.
That's why Jesus saiu that a rich
man could not go to heaven, because
the rich will keep their money and
see the world go without. "1 will tear
down my barns and build greater
ones." But God said, "thy fool."
Let we that have, try to make some
A Christmas Prayer
?
i From an Kditorial by the l ate
W C. Manning>
t
Htavettly Father, as the
Christmas Day arm es, we come
to thu- hum hied in heart and
wind, praying of thy goodness
tit hath us to he thankful for
ourstlves, hut that we might
hilp those less fortunate than
we art at this, the one season
of the year. Turn our thoughts
from our greedy wants to those
of us who havi met with advn
sity and now need help. Iu l us
make the age-old wish, I Mer
ry Christmas To Ml Mankind,
come true.
BAPTIST
Bible school, 9:45 a. m. -
Morning worship, 11 a. m.
Voung people's meeting, 6:30 p. m.
Evening worship, 7:30 p. m.
The subjects for the morning and
evening services are "A Saviour Is
l',f nrnisird." and "A Saviour Is Bum."
The special Christmas music will
In r?inh'ied Sunday morning
? Tlie L94Q budget for the rhureh
^ ili be presented Sunday morning
following the worship service.
CHRISTIAN
Dibh schoul, 9.45 a. m.
Morning worship, 11 a. m. Sub
ject, "Comforts from Bethlehem's
Cradle." -
Young people's meeting, 6:30 p. m.
one happy on this Christmas. We
should be happy because we live in
a peaceful nation.
Dear Lord, bless us that we may
accept this Christ in our life /that
we may be a happy world Dear God.
we Lhank ynu for .Jesus, that He came
to the world that we might have life.
Lord, may we try to share our joy by
making others happy.
Subject. "Good Tiding of Great Joy."
No aervice will be held in the
evening
Mid-week aervice. Wednesday,
7 30. SubjecCThe Visit of the Wise
Men."
CHIRCH OF THE ADVENT
JOHN W. HARDY, Rector
4th Sunday in Advent.
Church school, 0:45 a. m.
Morning prayer and sermon, 11a
m.
Christinas Eve at 11:30 Carol sing
ing and choral celebration of the
Holy Communion
Christmas Day, Morning prayer at
10 o'clock.
St. Martin's, Hamilton
Evening prayer and sermon/
Christmas Eve at 7:30.
METHODIST
Regular services will be held at
the Methodist church Sunday.
Christmas Tree Exercise*
Held In Christian Churches
There will be a Christmas tree and
exercise at the Christian church in
Hassell Friday night of this week.
A Christmas tree and Christmas pro
gram will be held at the Christian
church in. Robersonville Saturday
night of this week and at Everetts
Sunday night.
Dry Fall Aids Farmers In
Saving Lesftedeza Seed
Due to the extremely dry fall,
Swain County farmers found it easy
to save Korean lespedeza seed as
early as the middle of October, says
Farm Agent W. B. Nesbit.
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Because it is universally accepted lliat speeds which
are reasonable and safe on concrete rume dangerous
on other surfaces.
To save hvrs, to prevent arricfents . . . demand con
crete all the way.
True and even, it has no high crown?is usable to its
full width. Brakes are at their best on its gritty non-skid
surface. Its light gray color and sharply defined edges pre
high visibility at night. Any car is a better car on concrete.
And concrete saves money for motorists and for tai
payers. Insist on concrete for your roads.
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State Planter* Bank Bldf., Richmond, Va.
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1937 Dclux Ford Coach $375 1938 Chevrolet Coach . $425
1936 Delux Ford Coach $275 1937 Plymouth Sedan . .$375
1935 Dclux Ford Coach $200 1936 Plymouth Coach . $250
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