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a ALEX ROOM* Omar * llifc ^ ? ??? r"M***>lir TBS BOCSK HDHBT S ^AP?BjMOaPW^ IATKBT Iv E 5 l*r ww| Published irirtfT ?nfwlwii aa Sbm* Ckaa Mail Matter at tta Piiatifti at Par^lriae, It C. ?a> . r -s^\ v ^ GREETINGS! i How this year has sped by! It has ? bean fraught throughout with oar against time for Vletac?, and on the speeding-up and moving' t<*~ ward at ear own defense program. The days, wdeks and months have el folded each into the other with such seeming rapidity, since last Christ mas that we have just had to stop in oar tascfcs and regear oar think ing, oar activities and our emotions despite the present uncertainties sod anxieties, to plan and carry outthe business of Christmas. And it is just by contrast, based on, the weighty matters which pre occupy all of as right now, that we want to do oar share to endow this Christmas with welcome old fashion ed sentiment; the fond exchange of greetings and remembrances, and joy for little children too young in years or experience Jo quite appreciate the blessing that is theirs in observing Christmas in America! In bringing you this special Christ mas issue on Christmas Eve, the En terprise and its entire staff join with the numerous business firms, repre sented in personal messages in this issue, in hoping that this Christmas brings you fulfillment of every wish, and that it finds you happily sur rounded by the things and the people you love. These are the things that make for contentment?than which nothing is more precious! .-And if oar special edition and greetings add something tc your enjoyment of the holiday, <th?-?~?.ir Christmas shall be happier too! ? CffiBSTMAS CHEER ^ That's something we can all oaa^| lot of right now?cheer to spar aft oa to doing oar daily jobs better; cheer to make the harden lighter as am pat oar shoakUr to the wheel of defense. Cheer to spread to other democracies; food to sustain oar peo pleVnd those of other lands, arms to equip oar soldiers and morale to help them and the others to keep op the fight until liberty is a certainty. The snow's whiteness will be shadow ed by warfare on every continent this Christmas and little children expect ing to see Santa riding on high may find bombers dropping deadly peril . instead of toys. Welcome back, Santa, with your pack of Christmas cheer. We're sore no one in the whole world; at leaet " no one who has the human rnsfinrta of love and peace and whimsy?will forget about your, coming. Bat so much of the world is blacked out hi a straggle to guarantee that thly may go on living and. giving full aaf pression to those instincts that you vakmi your year's supply of Christmas cheer right hero and well do our lewd best to distribute it for yeoL And next year Santa . .;. next year will be different. The world gwflr.be jolly and free again. For by then Democracy wfB once more be a brightfr sharing; rear on the world's Dot QnfoMfy A* C? C?j' AX&I.6 {& Columbia, S. C Mr. a T. Hid? and Mr, E?ri Long I CHRjfetMAS CAROLS (Continued from Page One) II many, where it retained its folk-song ?| qualities of legendary lore and child I j like simplicity, with a strange ming |! ling of reverence and genial mirth I fulness. The French Noel began to I appear in the fifteenth century as I <fid the Christmas carols in England, I where they ranged from charming Ijlullahies to riotous drinking songs. II During the Reformation, the true car It ols with their spontaneity and festive || element disappeared, to be replaced || later by the more sedate and devo ir tional hymns. | The beginning of the eighteenth Ij century marks the transition from | the true carol to the more dignified I and solemn Christmas hymn. "While I Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by I Night," "Hark, the Herald Angels I Sing," and "Adeste Fideles" belong | to this period. "Adeste FidekSg* or j"0 Come All Te Faithful," was com | posed probably in France about 1700 Land is yvhaps best beloved of the [Christmas hymns. The nineteenth century brought the beautiful "Stille JNacht, HeOige Nacht," also "0 Little I Town rf Bethlehem," written by our Phillips Brooks sad inspired by a | Christmas eve spent by him in Beth I Thus the Christmas, carols 'have J on Christmas eve, as the candles burn [the Star of Bethlehem, and we he*r [youthful voices caroling these old familiar songs, let us rejoice that we ?feMgylng ideals and Seditions (which will he forever the hsrftage [ OKristi^Q ji&tions ~^ ^ ^ ^ 9' ' 1 m SMASHING JAPS I " i //Vvh ? ?? PagQ v '? ?**. ; ? VUC/. [well.* I que thus told/the story: "This afternoon heavy fighting de veloped in idie north, including tank combat. "Our troops more than held their own. "At one point Japanese destroyers and transports were driven off by our heavy guns and that landing waa prevented." One of the general's spokesmen re marked in supplement that'the news at hand was "good news." The picture thus drawn, one of struggling men and charging tanks, was of perhaps the most spectacular test of arms ever seen in a concen trated area in the Far East. PRESIDENT SIGNS NEW DRAFT BILL (Continued from page 1) * ready is on call from the previous two registrations. The Army now totals 2,000,000 men. Official plans submitted to Con gress before the war emergency con templated expansion to some 8,000, 000 as the next stage of building up ground forces, and appropriations for "critical", weapons were voted with this plan in view. The Senate today passed and' sent to the House a bill to increase the authorized enlisted strength of the I Navy from 300,000-to 500,000 men. [ The measaiv-*?Mfe0 raise the' limit on the Marine Corps from 6?, 000 to IF YOUB CAR^WBNT START ?I . Call 3116. We charge your bat-1 teries in 30 minutes. Western Auto Myrtle Sutton, Ovner. Phones t? Day 407-1; Night 475-L vUle from time to time. Anyone' )mi! wtirn A ? fMMfi, j n Ao^^aesyn* ^hhseV* fv.v, iiituif a room tncy can spare ior this purpose wifl please call Police Headquarters, Farmville, 291-1. ESSO PRODUCTsk:iAND: BEAL . SERVICE in Washing, Waring, Greasing and in 30 minutes charge for your battery at THE STAND ARD SERVICE STATION, Main Street, Linwood Joyner, Operator. y, til/*jj issiM. ? Uli.cp'.| dl JB' A 9 t i ;;. XOr 11 ^ jr-j | ^ J J j Co toIs 11% tne j j ^ ? _a 4 ? ? ? n j>ii r> j| ?! 4%-W* & W yj M*4% "t" f f |T . fUftdflVwin ^ thonaandE of Etv 1 A ?_? ,Tv^whv/^wIll ^ -. 3v>^r% ^ OU (jlu^y UJ'--;H16 | manifiea tOTra^?^aMlIer in the camps will not he unlike the ? pronsnn m churches throughout the land where friends and neigh bors assemble for the Christian feetivaL In Army chapels the same midnight services will be held, the youthful worshipper will loin in the same'inspiring music, he will hear again the same messages ?of hope, the same fervent prayers for peace and good wilL ~ During Yoletide the singing of .carols will enliven the camps, not only in the training anas at home but the same music of cheer and comfort will echo from the difft of Iceland and the wastes of Greenland as well as among the trope shores of Trinidad, Guiana, and the Orient. For the Chief of Chaplains has announced the dis tribution of the. new Army and Navy Hymnal, a book containing the nest in sacred themes, subdi vided for Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish forms of worship. Special visitations will be made W~the hos pitals. Neither will the inmates of the guardhouse be overlooked. rdlJJlOTXS S<jTViC6$ :j fwwiAyl^^1 *. ^ #. ? I pointed out that there is now a much larger participation and a corresponding increase in the min istration of holy sacraments. Said a veteran chaplain: "The tradition established by those pioneer soldiers who bowed in prayer on the eve of Bunker Bill ana in the storm-swept camps at Valley Forge is still dive in the hearts of America's defenders in arms." THE CALL TO THE COLORS B A CALL FOR DOLLARS ? " Dig deep. Strike hard. Our boys need the planes, ships, and guns which your money win help to buy. Ck> to pgar bank, post office, or M jjaylngs ?Ad loan association. P EbS them Tou want to buy De $CMkgBonds regularly, starting . > ' i 1 * ? i I WILLIAMS' J Grocery & Market I ' Accept Our Wishes Gala Yule Season ARCHIE'S PLACE " ' i J : i ?. 1 .?? ? . 1 1 -A Wishing for You and Yours I Holiday Cheer | ? ? ? E. & F. MOTOR CO. ? " " ' 1 GREETINGS and GOOD CHEER * To You and Yours * May Health and Happiness * Accompany You " 'V ? i FARMYILLE B. & L. AS?N "??.r . ? ?? v;, . .. 1 The Merry Chimes Ring Out Glad Wishes To You and Yours FARMVILLE FLOWER SHOP . , ? . - ( """ -w. "?.?c' . v*." '? v ?; .. TO MY MANY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS MERRY CHRISTMAS and ALL THE BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR ? ? ? W. E. JOYNER ' ? ? - ' ?* ? . This is a New Christmas ? 11 May it Bring- You New. Joy * * * ' - Home Security Life Insurance Co. FARMVILLE. N. C. ' Accept Our Best and Sincerest Wishes For Good Cheer * ? * B. S. & R. L. SMITH CORDIAL GOOD WISHES ' For Your Happiness Now and in the New Year * * * COLONIAL ICE COMPANY . ? ; . ? ? . . x , ....... .... ' ' ? ' * 0, . . - ? ^ " 1 itterrp Cfjristmaa!...... Happp J&to gear! We, through our entire membership,, extend to all of our customers In Fannvifle and the surrounding community our-sincere good wishes at * this-Yuletide Season. May Happiness and Prosperity foDowthru, with ? "Peace On Earth, Good WfflToward Men" *, . ' FARMVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & MERCHANTS ASSOW. ' ? ' ' ? ? " T. . * * ' ? r ?? . ? ... ? . '..j. . ...' 'I I ? ? I ,??.?? The Jolliest andBeiM; OP Christmas Wishes . ? ** ( FARMVILLE LAUNDRY and DRY CLEANERS ? f- > ? 9 ". - * * . IV". ? .. ? ? ? ? ? j :>j> .. J 5 .. < jjj I May You Have AU it Takes | For a Merry Christinas I *?'? | i| MIZELLE ELECTRIC SHOP | FABMVttLE, N. C. J Joy and Happiness m _ _, , I For the Yuletide I IsOurWish I ?'?"? mm I I I T It, CS ? ? j e pi I I .. ' ' .H*'! | W ? ?*ien<* |. I Our HgflHiPflf Prfrtintrfl ? a ?i i ' ? ? < . ' ( Health and Prosperity ^ * ? * - "?' ^s, r. a. parker motor co. i FARMVILLE, N. C. - 1 May Every Wish of Yours Be Fulfilled at This \ Glad Season ' ' ' ? * * 55} the grry cafe J . < . m?-????"? ?$ With Old Fashioned Sincerity We Say \ A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL *?*
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