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INC WORLDRELIC BV MUB.RSIB "The American soldier has Eought to preserve liberty abroad; he will insist upon its extension at home,” says Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam of New York, “liberty must be used to establish efuality and thus insure fraternity. The returning soldier will not be con tent whth promises to establish justice in some indefinite future. The soldier is a man of action. To ask a man who has worn the uni form of his country to support himself by selling apples is to de mand that he sell his soul. These men have seen their comrades give their lives for freedom. They will not gi"« theirs to injustice, rhe soldier will cooperate with sane proposals designed to achieve jus tice and is ready to move slowly if progress is sure; but he will have none of marking time.-’ The National Missionary Coun cil of Switzerland, in which are merged two previously existing or ganiaztions — the Association of Missionary Societies of Switzer-1 land and the Committee of Mis-' sionary Societies in Switzerland has recently been formed. There are nine member societies in the newly constituted body, and the chairman is Dr. A. Zimmerman, of Kusnach, Zdrich, with the Kev ! Mare Du Pascjuier as vice chair man, and Missionsinspekter E. Kellerbals, of Basel, as secretary. Twelve hundred Indians from fifteen tribes attended the 100th anniversary observance of the founding of the Methodist Indian Mission in Oklahoma reecntly. The three day session was held at the tsh i »is a j •i NEW YEAR of Happiness and Success 1945 ★ We heartily believe in the New Year tradition ... the ousting of the old to make way for the new. May 1945 light the way to new pinnacles of achievement for you, as well as to new goals of 1 health and contentment. Accept ' our heartiest New Year wishes. The Jewel Box Roanoke Rapids, N. C. NOTICE! To All Owners Ofi Real and Personal Property OS Halifax County On January 1st. List Takers will begin taking list of Property for taxes at its true value in money as of January 1st. As required by law and by order of Board of Com missioners list taking will continue through January after which the legal penalty for failure to list will be invoked upon each person who neglects to list his prop erty for taxes. List your property at once with List Takers in the township where you reside. BRINKLEYVILLE TOWNSHIP-C. A. Mabry BUTTERWOOD TOWNSHIP_Mrs. R. S. Clark CONOCONNARA TOWNSHIP-J. R. Edmondson ENFIELD TOWNSHIP-T. W. Gray FAUCETTS TOWNSHIP-H. 0. Hivx HALIFAX TOWNSHIP..-P- C. Draper LITTLETON TOWNSHIP -H. C. Morris PALMYRA TOWNSHIP-;L. W. Leggett ROANOKE RAPIDS TOWNSHIP-A. E. Akers ROSENEATH TOWNSHIP-H. C. Bass SCOTLAND NECK TOWNSHIP-B- F- Bracy WELDON TOWNSHIP_Mrs. J. T. Maddrey FARM CENSUS Each farm owner or his agent is to come prepared to report the acreage of each crop to be harvested on his or his tenants farm this year. Prepare your list now. The farm census is required by State Law. The farm census is of great value to each farmer in Halifax County. Please come prepared to give this information. C. S. Vinson TAX SUPERVISOR Salt Creek Methodist Church, rear Holdenville, Okla, and was de scribed by Superintendent W. U. Witt, of the Mission Conference,! as “perhaps the largest and most colorful gathering the Mission hasj ever held.” With the accession of| 250 new members during the past, year, the membership now totals more than 4,000 Indians. Dr. Witt reports thirty six pastoral charg es, 144 ministers and a constituency of approximately 15,000 persons. The following prayer, written by' Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, presi dent of Union Theological Semi-, nary, New York, has been widely used as “An Intersection in Time: of War,” “O God and Father of| our Cord Jesus Christ, who by his li e and cross and living presence! with his followers, has created and| empowered his Church to Jischar-. ge the ministry of reconciliation,! held in one body all Christian folk despite the ennfcties o nations, that they may be one household of faith and love and may wit ness to thy gospel o peace. Break down the divisions among thy peo ple; increase their understanding and affection; and let thy Word on 1 the lips of thine ambassadors re-1 buke bitterness, abase arrogance ' remove barriers of race and class, and draw men everywhere to thee and to one unother in that love which is the bond of perfec ness. ■ Send down thy Spirit upon toy Church, O God of love and might to make all nations disciples of j thy Son. Amen,” Thousands of Catholic perishes have set up organized programs for maintaining contact with our service men both in the camps here and overseas,” says Monsig ner John O’Grady, of the National Con erence of Catholic charity. “They will want to show the same interest in our service men when they return to the.r own home, communities. The National Ca- | thidic Community Service, tl.ioighj its contacts with service men inj various communities, i.as beet a > to serve as a bond ox union be-J tween the man and their families. Through its program of hospi :.l! visitation it has brought cnci r . n.!| support to injured service nn n . I We know very well that the war has imposed severe s-rains on a merican family 1 fe. Some of tiles: strains have been due to the de mands of the armed forces. The basic functions of our social a gcncies will try to do what they can to help the American family return to a more normal status and they want to collaborate more fully with other community agen cies in this serious undertaking.” The Rev. C. Bertram Rappe Methodist superintendent of mis ★ Freedom of Oppor tunity is an American ! heritage. It was this, i more than all else, that made America great. We hope that 1945 will offer each of you more abundant means of turning “the Ameri can way” to better ac count—that each day V will bring you more and richer blessings. DAVID’S ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. WHY QUINTUPLETS always do this for CHEST COLDS! V To Promptly Relieve Coughing, Sore Throat and Aching Muscles V Make Breathing Easier < Break Up Congestion In Upper Bronchial Tract, Nose and Throat Whenever the Quintuplets catch cold — their chests, throats and packs are rubbed with Musterole. Powerfully soothing— Musterole not only promptly relieves coughs, sore throat, aching chest muscles due to colds—but also helps break up congestion in upper bronchial tract, nose and throat. So much easier to apply than a mus tard plaster. “A'o /uss.1 A'o muss, udh Musterole." Just rub it on. WONDERFUL FOK GROWN-UPS, TOOl In 3 Strengths MUSTEROLE sion work in Chungking, West Chin , believes that with a little cooperation much can be accom plished. He very greatly needed an X-ray machine for the seventy patients in the Tuberculosis Hos pital there for eiic.ni '. ■ had destroyed their equipment. So he preva led upon the Shanghai Med ical College to donate an X ray machine that had no generator; then upon the Woman’s Advisory Committee o the New Life Move ment (Chinese) to give a genera tor for which they had no ma chine. A transformer was then needed, and the University of Nan-' king had built it as payment for a bill owed the Sanitarium for care of one of its instructors. The material gathered, a Chinese pro fessor from another university put them together, and the patients j are be treated properly. tsm4 - $ n /ljZa?vC\ GREETINGS ☆ New Year’s is at hand. Take ever, Spirit of Youth! Ail aboard for the better days to come, fcay a ray or sunshine fall upon that new page to which we now turn. This is our wish for you. Undersoil Fed & Grocery Co. WELDON, n. c. *5to 72e4faacfeot many ZcuUnt *)CCu4ioH& f ' -i That All South Sea Beauties Look Like Dorothy Lamour That AH Englishmen Wear Monocles. ' J'fMt \ ' That All Russians Wear Whiskers. AND THERE'S another quaint illusion that hat been routed from the r\ American mind during these busy war times! Automatic oloctrlc cooking It not expensive! Perhaps you had been to impressed with the many other virtues of electric cooking that you thought it couldn't be thrifty, too. But it is. And enother fact that has grown out of wartime conditions is a greater recognition of the speed and efficiency of electric cooking! For today's busy American woman, with her many war jobs and volunteer war work, has not time to be a range-watcher or an oven-tester. Automatic electric cooking is as pracise as clockwork—because it works by a timing device which turns heat on and off at specified times, eliminating constant attendance in the kitchen. Efficient, too, because heat can be accurately measured, results assured! Comes the Peace, more and more American women will turn to au tomatic electric cooking—for they have learned from their sisters-under the-aprons .that automatic electric cooking is quick, safe, efficient, ac curate—and CHEAP! y/zs/mm aserwc amp mvzR H > I! ^evided 7(Jwi Ptattd e-Min MORE PULPWOOD iILITARY ORDERS calling for pulpwood products are now higher than ever before. This means pulpwood production must be further increased. We urge everyone who can possibly do so to devote the ^ inter months to getting out pulpwood. If you have never cut pulpwood, now is the time to start. Pulpwood will be in big deman^ long after the war is over. Write or phone us for full information, on specifications and species wanted^ TAKE CARE OF YOUR TIRES Due to the critical tire shortage, truck tires now in use may have to last until months after the end of the war In Europe. Tires Are Vital to Victory; Don'# Abuse Them! Keep your truck running by— 1. Keeping tiros properly Inflated. Recapping before fabric is worn. 3. Holding loads under maximum for truck. ** * » Halifax Paper Co., Inc. Roanoke Rapids, N. C. VICTORY PULPWOOD CAMPAIGN ******
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