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The Tri-City Daily Gesetta’e Im
mediate Territory inehades Leaks
villa. Spray, Draper and all Leaks
villa Township, aqnal to a city pop
nation of 17,000.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1923.
CHRISTMAS
1923
It is not so long ago, in thi? lan<:
of the free and the home of the brave
that Christmas was looked upon t<
some extent as a sort of sacriligiou;
festival, and the children of our
Purtain forefathers never knew that
the birthday of the Savior was a day
of joy and praise and glory to God.
The years drop off, one by one; na
tions and rulers come and go much a
the seasons do. Revolutions with
their wholesale blood-letting, waste
ful and gory, come and go. Thr
world may stand on its head for an
hour or two, but it soon resumes it'
feet and its balance and its business
of being born, growing up, marrying,
having children, dying, as has beer
its custom from the beginning. The
wild young radical of today will br
the midle-aged moderates of the next
decade and the pompous conserva
tives of the next generation who wil'
look back upon history much as we
look back upon the bigoted rule of
Cotton Mather who burned women fo
witchcraft end ordered that William
Penn and his crew of heritics be inter
eepted before lauding on our shores
and “sold into liavery in the Garha
dote’fn eft&angf fur^gobd rum. that
mueh #>od-*cdme to ye cause of ye
Lord.”
The war is over. Of the world set
free and the New Day, alas there i
but little trace. After all the
tempests, earthquakes, tidal waves
and wars—the world rolls on about it'
busines, just as it did in the days of
Abraham and Moses.
♦he Planet earth is but a micros
copal spec of dirt, seveal thousand
times smaller than the point of a
cambric needle, when measured by
the yardstick of our sun’s firmament
—and we, the people, are inflntismal
atoms on the floor, of that earth.
But the Great Invisible Intelligence
that created all things on a marvel
ously perfect system, and gives to
man some small degree of that in
telligence called thought or soul, still
lives, and rules—the Master and King
of more than man can even imagine.
There is nothing old—there is,
nothing new. Peace on earth has yet
to become more than a sign and a
symbol of the future—a star in the
heavens, distant no man knows how
many aeons.
Everything falls but everything
rises again. One thing survives ana
neither falls or fails—the eternal
spirit in the heart of man that,
despite wars and dissentions, draws
him to his fellow mortal for cheer and
comfort in a darkly mysterious uni
So, in the midst of all, here is
Christmas—the eternal surprise the
old world offers to each oncoming
host of the children of ipen. It brings
ns hack to a clean perspective—to
the truth that we are all children of
ope family, hailing from the 6ame
gfcurce, going to the same end. In
t^e midst of falling things it is a
good day to take serious thought of
that brotherhood of man counseled by
Kim whose birthday we celebrate.
Love, no law; right, not might;
faith and reverence, not fear, will re
sult in the “Peace on earth, good will
toward men” -sang by the angels at
Bathlkham 2,000 years ago—and by
by countless millions of church choirs
throughout Christendom ever since—
tyl yet, so-called intelligent business
men a» welt as statesmen contend it
Is but a Utopian dream.
Bo, today, amidst the tumbling
things, one wonders if money can bny
a ticket to heaven t If the law of the
jungle, the survival of1 the Attest, is a
tourt
is a part of the Divine
! on to man in His own
! GERMANS SHOW INTEREST
IN PO88IBLE DICTATORS
Berlin, Dee. 22.—The question oi
dictatorship, and the possibility oi
some dark horse burs tin* upon the
horixon and leading the country out
of its sore troubles, seem uppermost
today in the mind of the average Ger
man.
Affairs have gone so badly since
the Ruhr occupation that Germans
are universally seeking some unseen
force which can make the life of the
tverage man more endurable. Thera
"s a yearning fora Julius Caesar or
i Cromwell, or even a Mussolini. And
there is a general distrust of politics,
tor are present-day German politi
•ians in much favor. It is not un
lsual to hear Germans express the
wish that they had an iron-ftted man
tfter the style of Poincare. Much as
he is hated for his unswering course
against Germany, there is great ad
miration among Germans for his
firmness. He typifies the old Iron
Chancellor.
Letter writers and essayists are
hard at work, but they do not seem
to develop a leader whom they can
sell to the German public, anxious as
it is to find a superman to cure all of
Germany’s ills.
A writer in the Berlin “Illustriertc
Zeitung” show sa decided preference
fora man of the Cromwell type, as he
really marks “the beginning of Bri
tish world-power and is the type of
protector and founder any nation
-ould be proud of.” The writer sug
gests that Cromwell had the sunken
templesof a great fanatic ,and the
powerful chin which goes with a
naster of men, but that unlike Lenin
'ie was an idealist and had no desire
to satisfy personal lust for power.
FAMOUS PARADE GROUND
NOW COVERED WITH HANGARS
Berlin, Dec. 22.—Templehofei
Field, the parade ground where form
er Kaiser William reviewed the Ber
lin Guards on his birthday, and where
troops used to march in honor of
visiting monarchs, has been converted
into a flying field. At the formal
dedication of the field to its new use
Major von Tschudi, the senior Ger
man flying officer, welcomed the
municipal and Prussian officials and
two passenger airplanes started on
Wishing
You and
Yours a
Mernr
Christmas
. ., . and a
Prosperous
New Year
C. E. Pyron
Washington Street
Leaksville, N. C.
f . Phone 2149
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LEAKSVILLE-SPRAY
GROCERY CO.
WHOLESALE GROCERS
Leaksville N. C
ALL STAPLE LINES
NOTIONS
i. O. Ragsdale, President, Hadiaoi
P M. Film, Sec.-Trees. Leaks rill,
THE TRADE FURNISHED DAILi
MARKET QUOTATIONS ON
REQUEST
| their regular trips, one carrying ns*
sengers to Munich '.ni tho ot;>tr to
Moscow by way of Koenig*berg.
Berlin is the center for ell German
flying service. Three German routes
are now operating regularly an inter
national service from this city. One
leads to MMunich and Geneva; a sec
ond goesto Budapest and Constanti
no pie,and a third to M wesv. Scandi
navian airplanes on their wnyto tlaly
and France also makn stops at Ber
linand there is a reguluc i:.ie between
Berlin and London.
RUMANIA AND RUSSIA
BEGIN TRADE TREATY
NEGOTIATIONS
Bucharest, Dec. 22.—Much interest
is being manifested here in the nego
tiations at Tiraspol between Ru
manian and Russian commissions,
which are endeavoring to reach an
agreement on a commercial treaty be
tweenthe two countries. It is semi
officially declared here that the nego
tiations Will b confind strictly to
trad matters and will not ertend to
: CHRISTMAS
' GREETINGS
!
and
New Year
Prosperity
To Everyone
Mrs. Cora Martins
Millinery Store
Near the Boulevard
Auto Repair Company
ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING
DONE PROMPTLY
Located on upper end of Church
Street, near Boulevard
JESSE FLINCHUM, Prop.
Phone SOS
' any political arrangements which the
Russian negotiators may propose.
The work of the1 commissions is
somewhat simplified because of the
recent minimisation of the Red Rus
sian campaign for the maintenance of
the Beaaarabian issue as an open
question. From the highest quarters
it is intimated that Rumania regards
the province ceded to it under t#s j
terms of the armistice with Soviet j
I Russia as definitely Rumanian, never j
i to be ceded hack to Soviet Russia. I
A CARD
After ntm, «wte* m (I*
condition of mj health 1 will cmIm
myself strictly to Oflleo Practice
and ConsaltaUen.
Offico on tho second floor of the
Carolina Drajt Co, Balidiaf.'Office
hoar* • to UdO A. M.; t to * P. M.
*Bd b7 *8. L. Martin, M. D.
Five hundred and flfty-one thon
Grogan’s Confectionary
We wish to thank our
many patrons for their
patronage in the past.
We wish them a
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year
fcrogan's Confectionary
On the Boulevard
We Wish to Each
and Eevryone a
Very
Merry Christmas
and a
Prosperous New Year
SERVICE AS USUAL
CHANDLER BROS.
Washington Street—“Heart of Shopping Center”
Daily Market Basket
“The Best Grocery in Rockingham”
December 24. 1923 *
Weather—Fair
Open Christmas Day
1 hour in the morning; 1 hour in
the evening for your convenience
9 A. M. to 10 A. M.—5 P. M. to 6P.M. ,
Our Boat Withes for a joyful Christmas and a Brighter New
Year.
C. P. SMITH
"A Good Place to Trade”
Washington Street
Phone 338
TODAY
SPECIAL CAST
IN
“Famous Mrs. Fair”
This is a love story you cannot afford to miss. It will keep
you guessing from beginning to end. It’s a real treat.
Ruth Roland
“The Haunted Valley”
“Ruth is here—enough said.’’
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TOMORROW
DOUGLAS McLEAN
IN
“Going Up”
He was an acc at making love but a deuce when it came
to flying. McClean at his best in skylarking joy ride of laughs
and thrills! I
A whizzing whopper of a screen comedy sky rocking
roars of run. I
He was in love. The birds w ere singing. She asked him to
fly and away went love on wings. He did wonders with his
machine until he picked out a tree to land on. The birds
stopped singing, and you will stop singing if you do not see
“Going Up.” • {
You “Christmas Day” will not be complete until you have
seenthis picture.
Don’t miss it—it is more than good.
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The home of real entertainment.
The best pictures in the best
surroundings
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The Boulevard Theatre
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EMERSON and GAMMON
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INSURANCE |
REAL ESTATE
PHONE 55 ON THE BOULEVARD
Lincoln
Ibrdson.
Christmas Greetings
and
New Year Prosperity
TO EVERYONE IS THE
SINCERE WISH OF *
JONES M<
Illllilll.lllljlll
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six week's revival campaign he will open in Ghariotte, December #0 will
be printed in full in the issue following its ddiyery. - . .
BOW Sunday's thrilling phraseology, his striking gestures and plat
form antics, and the manner in which his sermons are received *7
who will Jam the specially constructed tabernacle, will be
duly recorded by an Observer staff reporter. ■ .
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mom complete report of the services than any other Charlotte new*.
In addition to the complete Billy 8undsyraports, JT!” TtJ
carry every piece of news developing to North and South Carolina, ths
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