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Christ ti? wreathed and briUwntly
fflnatiaritui Ffcrmville is pruparad
and nwahting of guns, which am
drawing nearer to fair Anwrtca, citi
zeaa rallying to the appeal of the
bewildered faces of little children
has* joined in a mighty effect to
hare "Christmas as nsnaL"
Garianda of mountain laurel and
bright adored lights form a veritable
iwnspy for themaia business section,
every stem window in town presents
s lovely picture, and ahaost every
home it the issbli nllnT section is a
gtistrnirng testimonial to the willing
hands of the dwellers therein, who
have sought to lighten the spirit and
hearts of pnssenby with Christmas
joy. -
The oofrof-town judges had a dif
ficult task before than on Monday
evening when they started oat to
make their decisions in connection
with the prises offered in the decora
tions contest sponsored by the Faxm
ville Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association and directed
by the Garden Club, but they finally
agreed and* turned in the list of win
ners as follows: v
Best store window?1st prize, The
Bouse Printery, $7.50; 2nd, Farmville
Furniture Co., f&50.
Best store interior?1st price, The
Bouse Printery, $7.50; 2nd, BeDc
Tyter Co., $3.50.
Exterior homes, lighting display?
1st prize, Mrs. Wesley B. Willis,
$7.50; 2nd, Mm. J. W. Parker, $3.50.
Outdoor Tree?1st prize, Mrs. E.
C. Beaman, $5AO; 2nd prize, Mrs.
Mary Lewis Lang, $2.50.
Exterior lighting in outside town
area?1st prize, Mrs. M. J. Gregg,
$5.00; 2nd, Mrs. T. S. Ryon, $2.50.
Interior decorations?1st prize*
Mrs. B. O. Turaage, $4.00; Mrs. J. W.
Joyner, honorable mention.
Interior tree?1st prize, Mrs. John
H. Pay lor, $3.00; 2nd prize, Mrs. A.
C. Monk, Jr., $l.o0.
Mantles 1st prize, Mrs. Sallie K.
Horton, $2.00; 2nd prize, Mrs. W.
Ales Alta& $1.00.
Outside Urea. interior decorations?
Mrs. David T. Harris, $?60.
Ootside are* mantle?Mrs. David
Harris, $LOO. " ' jfr
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This is the time to be with loved
onee to clasp hands and renew
pledges of friendship?to be frankly
?This is Christmas, and
at no other time in the year do warm
feelings and fond words seem more
fitting!
Little cottages with coal stoves and
roasting spits at the hearth hake
given away in recent yean to hand
some homes, electrically equipped,
functionally furnished. Housewives
once dredging from dawn to eigljb'
which everyone plays an astive part.
But now when the holly hangs
Height green and red-the same old
hiwmC greeting Merry Christmas,
These simple words ... this simple
wish, hare, a deeper significance this
this Christinas time is that peace
far on Earth, Good W1B tc
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the streets of our towns and cities,
neaa was paraded m grand proces
sion, snd tjSSpfi gongs mils glad the
festive and joyful Christmastide. I
carols thoasalvee, with their quaint
words and tWightful melodies. Pre
served to us are these original Christ
mas carols, composed in almost every
tongue?Latin, English, French, Afl
Spsnish,
and many others?simple folk songa?- I
charming inr their quaintness and
naivete, witfc;V reverent gaiety whichl I
only suggssta the religious. For * I
carol, in its tree meaning, is' a, song
in which tlmjWigious theme is treat
A hymn is psseiilially devotionaL So
it is that mtay of our more familiar. I
Christmas songs, such as "O JESttikjj I
Town of BdWehem," "It Came Upon
the Midnight Gear," and others
which we coopKmly designate as ear* I
ols, are not ho the true sense Christ
mas carols,,hut rather Christmas u
hymns.
? We Wee to tttDK tnat tne urst cwi
ever sung1 vu by the angel chorua
on that first Christmas eve, nearly
two thousand years ago, when "Glory
be to GodUflpt high, and on earth
peace, good Will to men" was caroled
over the flaps of Bethlehem.
But it ja. aot until the thirteenth
century that we find the beginning
of the true Gta&tmas carol, and Italy
is its birthplace. Here the Mam,
gathered around St Francis of Asaisi,
tried to humanize the s^ny of the
gospel and composed songs about the
jbuth of qalpt, which they sang
around a ereebe or tableau, depicting
the suRoondi&gc of the holy manger.
Todi, was the first writer of carols.
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[The Bank of Farmvifle
Declares 16% Dividend
All Eapteyw Have Also Been
Th ?i? n ,1 A'- 3 .It aj"
nememoerea - lriui Aaaiuon
al Salary, Says L. E. Wals
ton, Cashier
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4n discussing some of the^Mfe
pleasant happenings of the Bank of
Eermville during' the year wn pass
on to oar readers a few remarks by
L. E. Walston, the cashier, who stat
ed that through the earnest and com
bined efforts of all officers, directors
and assisteptsf the bank wasabte to
declare a 16 per cent dividend to all
stockholders, and, in addition, the
directors ordered a salary increase
to each of its employees.
The Rank of Fftrmrille has, since
its very beginning, been considered
one of thsTsafest and strongest in
stitutions of its fcfad in State,
and the officers and directors#^
be congratulated and commended for
J^d PrtersbwSi Va. hJw&s & rtUifty
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The theme of eternal hope of
"Peace on earth, goodwill to meny"
was woven into the timely Christmas
I sermons of the ministers of the
I Parmville churches lu recent services,
as they relayed the message from the
angels to tfeshepherds, in the
ago, and the Bingets in their torn
rendered echoes of the song of the
I angelic choir.
Rev. M, Y, Self - of the j^urmvflle
'Methodist Church chose for the text
I of his inspiring message, "And his
? jjnme shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor* ? Mighty God,^Rverlasting
-Fbther, Prince of. Peace/* from
I Isaiah's prophecy. Rev. Self em
phasized the fact that the birth of the
Babe of Bethlehem changed the cal
endar of the entire world and that
when a letter is written the date of
^ died are be^
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shall be to all people," Ear. B. JB.
fFprdham, of the Baptist Church
stressed the fact that Jesw did' not
|?m.?l??. ? to*jit p^g
world anil that goodwill was almos
unknown at that time. The minister
I said in part, "Jeans alone is the cms
for war. He has ,boen the inspiration
of hnmaaitarian benevolence and the
motivating force behind our hospi
tals and, orphanages; for he a the
l?iver oi*tfepnIy^aboadant life;
iHisfe fhe only iwmedy for sin; the
worId?*i How;poor the world^was be
fore it bad a Chris^and a Christinaf
I How Jmich better; off we ?M? today
because wi^iave fafljjHp9|9p
[.. Rev. J. R. Rountree, rector of Em
I the background for hit
[sermon John's inquiry, seiit while m
prison^; Jems, ,MAre afcq;. $s<ohe
who shall come or must we look for
anofl?S^^^.fe^^^;
? the rector pointed out that man
kind Ja bewilderment and fear is ask
ing why Jesus does not use His
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^ tbe Savx
ov^rcDiBB by fore? but by the
I closed by payln^p tribute to rem*
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unexpected. Biey.^nre wile and,
being wise, they chos** new .!^?y^|
* Pimy an;, enterprise fcila, many*a
cause languishes, and many*;* life
and wtown^re afraid'or too indolent
or not wise enough to adventure new
way* The history of scientific and
sodai. progress, the neoord of explor
ation and discovery, the chronicle of
all human achievement, is the story
of "Wise men and new ways."
Today, the hope for lasting peace,
the redemption of man from the sin
of war, lies net in Old paths but in
new ways. The Babe of B<*hlehem
-wtas saved from the sword, and the.
world was given a Saviour, by the
choice of Eastern sews who were
obedient to a heavenly vision and
brave enough to travel a hew road.
But hot only the Wise Men choee
a new. way: The Child they sought,
following His star; Mary's Son, w?d|
"increased in wisdom and stature and!
in favor with God and man"; the
Galilean who was called the,"Prince
of Peace"; this Jesus who is the
Christ, chose a hew way. It led Him
from poverty and obscurity into thai
white light of public acclaim. But I
there was a cross at the end of the I
trail. It gave Him worship and ad
miration for a time, tot a crown of
thorns pi ssently. fie could have gone
down the path of .His fathers to a
ripe old age, with the traditional
honors of a belpved rabbi. Bpt He
chose. a new way that brought Him I
to a borrowed tomb in a strangeifal
garden.
And yet who will say?who among
the wise men of our generation?that
Jesus was unwise? He is more alive I
today than He was when the Wlsel
Men from the East found Him in a
stable He is more alive than anyone!
who lives. He ia thc Way, the Truth
tod tte im topo multitude that
ho man can. number; and in Him is
the onlypromise of the more afauni
aatUf$ which is the goal of man's
immortal quest.
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Jan Pnmh j^
Wer Winston' C&rchffl, after a se
cret and history-soaking journey ar
rived in - Washington today and to^ , ^ vM
night was closeted with Prerident
Roosevelt in the White House dis
cussing unified- war plans to encomlfe^ ?; "~M
pass "the defeat of Hitierismtiwoughr ?':&
out the world." 1
The daring trip by Britain's rotund
little fighting premier was announc
ed by the White House*winch said,
that Lord Beaverbrook, minister of
supply, and a technical staff accom
panied him. > . ?'
I' Fell Wartime Secrecy
Just how he made the journey was
a military secret, although it was
revealed that the last leg, at least,
was by air. fie was met "at aneorby
airport" by President Roosevelt, and / ; >1
in full wartime secrecy was conduct
ed to the White House by the Chief
Executive himself, there to be the
guest of Mr. Roosevelt.
The Prime Minister, it wag said,
was wearing a reefer?presumably
his familiar pea jacket?and a cap.
j.' There was widespread speculation
that the conferences would cover
such questions as:
i Establishment" of a supreme com
mand for the fighting forces of all
of Hitler's opponents.
Establishment of a joint ministry
of supply for all the armies.
In;a statement, President Roose
velt said there was one TWimary ob
jective, the defeat of Hitlerism
throughout the * world, in conversa
tions to he held during the next few
days between President and Prime
Minister and the respective staffs of
the two countries.
The statement said these confer
ences should. b$ regarded as prelimi
nary to further parleys which will
officially include Russia, China, The ^
Netherlands and the British Domin
ions. ? ?? J
"It is expected," the Presideotsaid^
"that there will thus be evolved an
over-all unity of the conduct of the
war. Other nations .will be asked to
participate to the hest of their ability
in the over-all objective. \
"It is probable that no farther an
?nbuncements will bp made until the
m end of the present conferences bat
I it may be assumed that the other In- ; I
I forested nations will be kept in close . I
toUch with this preliminary plan
I v*" Tert of Announcement
"There is, of course, one primary
K objective in the^iconversations to be - I
MCdwfagtt.. MEt H
.tween the Fnsiaent and the JHrtbsh^s^ -
Prime Minister mid the respective
staffs of the two countries. That ^pur
pose is the defeat of Hitterism
thwughout^eworid ^ ^
many other nations ire engagedto
: [day in this cdmmon task Therefore, %'J
i the present conferences |tf. Washing- k I
ton should be raided as prelimi-^ :-A
, will officially include Russia, China,
i The Netherlands, and the Dominions,
i It is expected that there will thus
be evolved an over-all unity in the
- conduct of the war. Other nations
jyffl be Mkgd Jo^partidgte to #us
I "Iris probable that nq farther an
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Once Me the Christ m? carol* on mortal Kpa float op to Join the ensile choro*
"Gbry to God in the highest . , ? to sound the joyous message of Go?s love for hu
manity . . . Won come and go bat the song of the angels -is echoed eternally on
Christinas morning and there are some in ev*y notion who will hafl Him with a
newborn song of faith and adoration in their hearts. "M
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By GRACE NOLL CBOWELL 1
| There will be Christmas even though mad war
^ May take its hideous toll of all the earth.
Above the wild black night will shine the Star
That heralded the little Christ Child's-' birth.
And there will be small homes left standing still,
Waiting for morning and its glad surprise;
There will be candles somewhere on a sill,
And candleshine in little children's eyes.
jnwe -WfflIteeWtaw-iGod, tan mm neea nmr
?!??. *Mtk their MWmen)! ,?
Bat there the human family side by gide i,
WiH tell the old1 sweet story once again. 1
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A^ ech^ oat above the onwb and roar, I
V?ces will join and carols again will lift, I
Sweeter and clearer than they h? before, I
In memory of the world's most precious gift.
J Nothing- can blot out Chratauuvjwfe, apart, - %
It is set to shine forever in man's heart ' 1