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-TUB— MW FuhlUhed Every Tuesday tad Friday By THE LBDQBR PUBLISHING OO.. Inc. No. 113 Littlejohn Street Oxford. North Carotin* A. N. Crttcher .Prea-Trea*. & Buc- Mgr Tom W. Johnaon . V'ce-Preaident & Editor Magdalene R. Crltcher .. Secretary SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Oxford—By City Carrier or Carrier Boy One Tear .... WAT Btx Month* . Lot In N. C. and Halifax and Mecklenburg Count!ee. Va. One Year .WM Blx Month* .MO Throughout Balance of C. 8. A. One Year . M M Blx Month* . ! M Outside the United State* One Tear .M M Blx Met*** ..MO Blngle Copy . A3 No Subscription For Lea* Than Six Month* Aeceptea Entered at the Poet Office at Oxford. North Caro Una. aa second class nutter. _' MEMBER NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASS N and * N. C. PRESS ASSOCIATION TODAY'S THOUGHT If you want something done, give It to a busy man. Hell have his secretary do the job.—L. C. McCandies. YES, ADVERTISING PAYS A retail grocer's association reports that of every 100 customers put on the books of any store in any one year, only 19 remain after 10 years. Citing this, the Sandersonviile,, Ga., Progress, says: "Merchants who beiieve "everyone knows where my store is' might ponder these figures and seek more new customers through planned newspaper ad vertising in the home-town newspaper. " Competition is mighty keen in retailing these days, and the successful merchant must vigorously go after business. The home-town newspaper is still the best place to advertise any store's wares and attrac tions. PRESBYTERIAN ACTIVITY BRINGS DENOMINATION TO FOREFRONT The army of North Carolina Presbyteri ans is beginning to work like a denomina tion shaken out of a lethargy. How Hie denomination, working through the North Carolina Synod, voted earlier this year to go along with a broadened program of Christian education through consolida tion and expansion of church-supported schools of higher education now IS a well told story. The undertaking has laid jipon "denomi national leaders large tasks to chart the way through unknown forests and un ploughed fields of education and finance. Some of North Carolina's best known and most successful leaders in the field of busi ness, education, finance, industry and the ministry are giving generously of their tal ents, of time and thought to implementing and activating the will of the Synod. Not only has the Synod proposal stirred into fruitful action some 17 communities, but is about to set off a major fund-raising drive within the state. Trustees of the Col lege, meeting this week in Raleigh, came up with recommendations for employing professional help in providing a fund of $3,500,000—the $500,000 for campus Chris fion life in institutions which ere non-Pres byterian, and the remainder to apply to ward the costs of building and other ex penses incident to the merger of Flora Mac Donald College at Red Springs, Presbyteri an Junior College at Maxton and Peace Junior College at Raleigh into a new col lege in Eastern North Carolina. In their great undertaking, Presbyterians have given strong indication of their faith in the ability of their denomination to meet the challenge of modem-day Christian edu cation. One doubts that the state has ever experienced such faith, such denomination and such manifestation of desire as now is noted in the Synod-backed college building program. Those who strive to help themselves are certain of assistance from those who would be helpful in all such worthy undertakings. BUILDING TOBACCO MARKET YEAR AROUND JOB That the tobacco market here had a rea- j sonably successful season is apparent from the year-end records just complied by Su pervisor John N. Watkins, Jt Sale of 24,394,288 pounds of tobacco for $12,713,967.07 to average $52.14 is the mar ket record for the three months' selling period ending last Friday. The record compares favorably with com petitive markets,and with the previous year's record, considering that the 1954 crop was cut by storms and weather condi tions and this year's was reduced in acreage and was damaged by excessive rain in the late harvest season. The average business man, however, ad heres to the conviction that he isn't doing so well unless his volume is showing some increase. A mere keeping abreast of previ ous attainments makes it very easy to fall under those previous records. Selling the tobacco, growers' commodity is highly competitive business; competitive among houses in the same market, among markets in a belt and among belts. Build ing prestige for a warehouse, for a market and for a belt is as much an all-year, day in, day-out business as selling tobacco across the seas and selling it across the counters of millions of retail outlets. Expansion of the market, increase of vol ume through the return of former patrons and the bringing in of new with a view to putting the market on the climb is a challenge. It is not something to be gained in 90 days or twice that time. It is a year-round assignment for every person who has major or minor interest in con tinuing development of the Oxford tobacco market. Santa Claus is fast becoming the most popular figure of the day. THE TOWN PUMP Major T. O Stem has been doing a iittie touch ing up on some painting about his home. He pro fesses that in times past he has been a pretty good jack-ieg painter However, when his secretary, Mrs. Dan Wei don, asked the ether day for his formula for thin ning paint with linseed oil. Major Stem couldn't tell her, exactly. His system, he explained, con sists of thinning until a satisfactory consistency has been achieved. She was to go to the hard ware store for him to get a small quantity of lin seed oil, so Major Stem suggested that she in quire there about the proportions. The painting lssn* teas dropped until some time later when Majcc Item, reached home with his bottle of linseed <&. He p)Sced if at a convenient spot at the back of the house Perhaps it was Mrs. Stem who came along and took the paper off the container to find the paint thinner in a whis key bottie. That kind of bottie had no piace about the Stem home and Mrs. Stem demanded to know why come and how come. Major Stem explained how he had come Into possession of the bottie and contents. It seems that many of the stores which seil lin seed oil and turpentine froy their bulk purchases put it in whiskey bottles simply because they are often tossed about and are easy to come into pos session of at iittie expense . . . Major Stem got busy with his knife and tried to rid the bottie of the iabei. but finding that a tough assignment, he considered it easier—and quicker—to compiete the smaii paint job and get rid of the unwanted bottie. That, of course, suit ed Mrs. Stem to a T. —TJ— Santa Claus already is stuffing in a few travei pians for Christmas ... in addition to some previously mentioned. Mr and Mrs. V. H. Harreii are to make a return trip to Cuba . . . leasing the children with grandparents, the Harreiis wiii g depart Christmas day from R-D Airport, arriving a few hours iater at their destination ... a iittie bit iater. probably in January, Dr. and Mrs. WUiie G. Woltz are planning a visit also to Cuba . they, it seems, are to drive to Fiorida and fiy she remainder of the distance . . A former Oxford resident who has gotten a long way from home is Miss Esther Rogers . . . she didn't go ail the distance at one time . . but by leaps and bounds she located in Pendieton. Oregon . . along with her subscription renewal, she sends holiday greetings to old friends . and a note that her new address is 229 S.E. Dorion Ave„ Pendieton . . . C. V. Morgan walking around in shirt sleeves on a mofning when Ed Coble and J. A. Duke had on o'coats . . and others were wishing they had brought them aiong . . oh. yes. the most popular question today: Are you ready for Christmas? . , for the chil dren: What you want Santa to bring? . . . This is barbecue night for the Oxford PTA . . it is being sponsored by parents willing to go out for the pig and hopes of keeping their children away from the dogs cooked over iive coals, the pig is to be soid at the Credle School from 5:30 until 7:30 p. m . one of the home-mak ers on the court house staff was strongly hoping that the County Commissioners would want to close up the county offices on Dec. 2*. Christ mas eve . since nobody but nobody will be doing county business that day . . it does ac tually look like a good time for the court house folks to go home and get ready for Christmas H. D. Hedrick's Christmas already is in oper ation . a new and pretty Oldsmobile. with air conditioning, record player, etc. . . T. M. jBWns is waiting on a color chart for his new Buick the Chevrolet folks unload a train car-ioad or so down at the Seaboard every day or so . . Ford, Dodge and Plymouth continue to arrive by the truck-load ... a new Buick is to be given away —brother! . . and day By day, children con tinue to flatten their noses as they press them a little harder against the display windows behind which are the dolls, miniature carp, trains, etc., which they iong fbr down town traffic is keeping officers busy blowing whistle and wav ing their hands . and helping out, too, at the schools at noon, afternoon and morning . . . School youngsters carrying home second pe riod report cards some proudly exhibiting the cards to parents others wondering how to tdeak the bad news . . seventh grader Don na Halt had good news in her report . . . pull ed ail hkr first period B's up to As . . in A op deportment . . . with a pat on told her Christmas Program Given at StovaH For PTA Gathering STOVALL. Dec 9—The StovaH High School Parent-Teacher Asso ciation met Monday night, Dec. 9. in the high school auditorium at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Oren Bradley, president, pre sided. Mrs. Wiilie Norwood was pia hist. Students from the fourth and fifth grades presented a Christmas program The devotional was ied by Bettie Lou O'Brien. Nancy Bradiey read a story. "What Does Christmas lMean?" Thornton Stovaii, Jr., gave on 'Christmas Festival" Ray Shotwel) talked on the subject. Christmas Carols. DeLores New by gave a reading, explaining the picture. The Madonna and the Christ Child " She also told some thing about the artist. Vicky Tart toid a story. A Christmas Fairy " Vicky was the announcer for the program ' Rudolph, the Red Nosed Rein deer," was sung by eight boys and girls: Bobby Burch. Bill Norwood. Tony Yancey, Glenn Frasier. Judy Hart, Margaret Hart. Sylvia Tingen and Elsie Wilson. The program was under the di rection of Mrs. Kathryn Royster tnd Mrs. Willie Norwood. Mrs. Julian Wilson read the min ute: from the last PTA meeting. The group voted to Join the State PTA Association. Mtss Mattie Lyon gave the treas urer's report. The attendance prise of one dol lar was won by Mrs. Norwood's fifth grade. The meeting was closed with a prayer by C. V. Tart. The steel industry used a record .breaking M,000.000 tons of coat In the first nine months of 1955. "The Man Who Pays the Freight* — Samuel Davis Hardware, ine Ciarksvilie. Va 0 M ea fri tf MARBLE and GRAMTE . MONUMENTSg PLACE YOUR ORDER WITH US MOW DURHAM MARBLE WORKS Chape! HU! B!vd A. K HCLTN, Prop Durham, W. C. Through the Centuries... Through cold, snow-covered Reids, underneath ice-encrusted trees, the river runs its course. This brings to mind the Christian Church. It was founded upon the teachings of Jesus who lived His life and did His work unperturbed by the coldness of many of His fel lowmen and of the ruling officials. He knew that His work would stand because it was founded upon truth. It not only stood, but has Rowed steadily on for centuries. It is still going on today in His churches. ' If you do not attend church serv ices why not go this coming Sun day, and identify yourself with this steady Row^of We be^t for which life stands? ^ „ There is always room in the river for one more drop of water. There is always room in the Church for one more worshipper. - it* ' * THE CHURCH FOR ALL ... ALL FOR THE CHURCH The Church is the greatest factor on earth for the buiiding of character and good citizenship !t is a storehouse of spirituai values Without a strong Church, neither democracy nor civiiization can survive There are four sound reasons why every person shoufd attend services reguiarfy and support the Church They are: (f) For his own sake (2) For his children s sake (3) For the * sake of his community and nation (4) For the sake of the Church itself, which needs his mora! and matenal support Pian to go to church regu farfy and read your Bible daily. ' Monday .Psatma * Tuaaday.John Wtdntaday.John Thursday.. John Friday . Ravatation Saturday.. . Psalma \ Chapter ' 3* 46 t-tz !-M !ti Z7-44 M-ZS Z-t4 t ^ ^ " ' ' '7 Thir series of Advertisements is contributed to the cause of the Church by the foHowinx Citizens and Business Estabiishments: — EFiRD S DEPARTMENT STORE Oxford's Newest Deportment store DUtmn Oxford PENNY FURNITURE CO Frtgidsire Apptiances Home Furnishings Wo Boxy To Foy the Fenny HlUxOoro St H. O. BLALOCK CHEVROLET O H. Oors FRANKLiN & Generai Merchandise Phone 2073 Morton & Shermon tmptement Co. Case and Ferguson Tractors and Equipment GM3 Trucks Farm Supplies Phone 57& Roxboro Road COBLE PRINTING CO. CHi Us For \Any Printing Needs and Quotations ' OO Any Zpeciai Ruied Job Dia! 40Si < Littiejohn at. WELCOME SERVICE STATION O -E. Home apphanccs — Maytag washers < Guif OU Products GRANViLL^E !CE & FUEL CO.) Tour Coai anid Heating Sera ice Dealer !ce. Coai StoXers*. Furnaces. McCreary Ttres Diai&T! Oxford TANNER ROOFING CO. Roofing and Shoot Metai Work Vita-Vat Paint Phone MU Henderson. N. C. 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