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Special Services At Remem be red by Cheer Fu ml,
Episcopal Church Litt leTots Are Truly Grateful
In order that we may come to the
day of the birth of our Lord in the
true spirit there will be a midnight
service at the Church of the Ad
vent. The service will begin at 11:30
with the singing of carols This will
be followed by the celebration of the
Holy Communion, during which
Christmas music and carols will be
heard. The choir has arranged spec
ial music in keeping with the sea
son
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend and take full part in the
service There is no better way of
leaving behind us the busy rush of
the Christmas season, than through
prayer and the estacy of Christmas
music, find the simple truth of the
manger. **--???
Christmas morning at 7:30 there
will be a solemn celebration of the
Holy Communion. It is hoped that
at least all those who were not able
to attend the nnd-night services will
make their Christmas communion
at this time.
On Christmas morning at 11:00
. clock there will be a morning prav
-er\ie? without sermon but with
music and carols. With world condi
tion.- as they are today we should
at least feel the responsibility of at
iending at least one service on
Christma:- and have a prayer for j
peace
) ouiifl Vf.'M Home From The
4rm\ For Holiday Season
Hard-boiled army regulations 1
liav< bowed down to the Christmas
spirit and many of the soldiers art
spending the holidays at home with
! their relatives. Little Pete Fowden
came home Saturday for a several
days' Stay, but there'll be no shoot
ing firecrackers for him. He is the
trigger man for an artillery unit at
Fort Jackson
Bennn Daniels was all booked for
.. stay m the hospital at Fort Bragg
Christmas, but he came home Sat
uTday to be doctored and returned
Sunday to answer roll call Monday
morning If he had reported to the
.iimy hospital for treatment of a
? Id they, possibly would have held
? . there through Christmas.
Quite a few of the boys* have re
t .rued, but a majority of them con
tinues m 4 the service at various
p unts over the country.
ihritlniub Mail Expected
To Sot Record In I olume
Washington Postmaster Gener
al Frank C Walker said that the
postal service would handle the
largest volume in its history during
the 1940 Christmas season.
He estimates that the department
would spend $10,000,000 extra to
handle The volume, which is ex
pected to be 600 per cent above the
normal mail traffic.
About 175.001* temporary employ
ees will assist in handling the
Christmas mail
THAT BLESSED NIGHT
Elizabeth Baar Haas
The night was spangled with stars,
A sighing wind crept up the hill.
The. cattle slept in their quiet stalls
By a manger lonely and still.
The olive tree above the door
Whispered soft gossip among its
leaves.
And a mouse on the granary floor
Boldly rustled the barley sheaves.
Then a light shone over the manger
And music shook down from the sky.
While an awed world listened, hush
ed and still.
For the sound of an infant's cry.
He is here." the olive leaves whis
pered .
He is here." sang the wind to the
hill;
And wondering cattle raised their
eyes
To a star at the window sill!
Ah. God be thanked, there is no spot
So lowly, commonplace, or poor,
That Christ may not come silently
And set His star above the door;
And there is no life so humble,
No heart so hopeless, so forlorn.
That it has no lowly manger
Where love triumphantly may be
born!
The distribution of toys, food, |
fruits and candies and clothing has
virtually been completed under the
direction of the Cheet Fund com
mittees Reports from the workers
are really touching and assure each
one having a part in the good cheer
movement that his gift was timel>
in those homes where old Santa is
little known It is fairly certain that
the cheer movement has had a stir
ring effect 111 those homes, and that
it accomplished possibly more than
the old legendary gentleman could
have accomplished himself n cre
ating good will among men
"The little tots weat truly grate
ful." one of the messengers remark
ed. following his return front an
humble home where he had left a
sizable package and recorded in his
own heart the untold joy and a re- j
kindled hope in the eyes of a wid
owed mother and her little mes.
As those who so willingly shared
kh uku m\h. ]
Record-size mails have been
and are being handled by the
local postoffice this Christmas
season, the rush taxing the clerks
and facilities of the u?ite to t?
pacity During the past week,
the office postmarked 53,001)
Christmas cards anil handled
2.400 out-going packages. No
record of incoming mails could
he had, but the desks of Uie ear
riers were not large enough to
handle the thousands of cards
and letters Rural letter carriers
packed their cars from top to
bottom and could hardly handle
the mails.
More than 10,000 one and one
half cent stamps were sold on
each of the last three days of last
week, and an increase was re
ported Monday.
Cards in large numbers are
piling up in the local office on
account of improper addresses,
and intended messages of good
cheer will in more than 100
cases find their way into the
wastebasket.
Decorations Adding
To Christmas Spirit
Mure time, effort and money has
been spent tins year in decorating
the town, stores and homes in Wil
liamston than has been the case in
many years.
P P Peel's decorations have
brought glory not only to his firm
but to Washington Street as weITT
and to cap the climax. Mr Peel ran
a special ad in this edition of The
Enterprise extending greetings to
the merchants on the "River Road.
During the herring season Main
Street is sometimes referred to by
our Washington Street friends as
Herring Road. Mr Peel also has let
ters from Mayor John L Hassell and
G H Harrison and several others
on display complimenting him on
his Christmas displays and decora
turns.
An mitovHtM.e ur extending greet
ings was practiced by the Jim Stu
tons tins year. Mr. Stilton lias been
ill for tlu past several days, so Mrs.
Staton. due to the lack of lime and
the pressure of other matters, ex
tended greetings to their Williams
ton friends in a special advertise
ment in the Enterprise.
Mr and Mrs Ben Riddick. Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Roberson and E
Vanderford attended the funeral of
Mrs. Leo Roberson. in Florence. S.
C , last Sunday
Mr and Mrs J W. Watts had as
their guests Sunday Mr aird Mrs.
Fred Cresswell, Miss Mary Ann
Heydenreich and Miss Gwyn Watts,
of Alexandria: Mr. and Mrs. John
Wadsworlh. of Washington City; Dr.
and Mrs. J. C. Lyons and Miss Eliz
abeth Lyons, of Chapel Hill; Mr. and
Mrs. Howell Wadsworth. of New
Bern and Mr Albert Wadsworth, of
Emuta, Priente. Cuba.
the expense of the movement *it
down on Christmas day to a table
heavily laden with the good things
to eat, surely their happiness will
be enhanced by the knowledge that
they had a part in carrying good
cheer to the poor, the destitute, the
hungry and the friendless in our
community.
Unfortunately the movement was
limited, and in behalf of those who
could not share in it, The Enter
prise humbly appeals to everyone to
go direct to the less fortunate with
the little remembrances that can
mean so much to those whose oppor
tunities have been limited irrespect
ive of cause or reason.
In behalf of those who shared the
thoughtfulness of each contributor
to the Cheer Fund. The Enterprise
and co-sponsors express a deep ap
preciation for each helping act and
contribution advanced in the name
and behalf of the less fortunate
Heal Property To
He Listed At 60
Percent Of V alue
(Continued from page one)
but the assessors were instructed to
value all properties at their true
worth and then to list them at a cer
tain percentage of that value. The
60 per cent figure was determined
by the board of commissioners, and
the listing ratio will be maintained
foi all types of real estate, includ
ing timberlands, buildings and oth
er types of real property.
In listing town properties, the
assessors were instructed to value
the lots and buildings separately, to
consider rental values, size of lots
and buildings, types and heating sys
tems, condition of streets, location
and so on.
"We want to break the valuation
down to as many items as possible,
placing a definite value on each
item," the supervisor said, explain
ing that when that is done, fire losses
can be easily adjusted on the tax
books. The same principle will ap
ply to farm listings, the assessors to
value land types and buildings sep
arately.
It was explained that the list-tak
ers will be able to serve as assessors
in all but two townships, Williams
ton and Robersonvlile. In those two
districts the listakers. H. M. Bur
ras, Williams ton, and H. S. Everett.
Robersonville, were instructed to
make plans to start listing personal
properties as soon as possible after
January J- It is believed the other
list-takers can assist the revaluation
work and handle the personal prop
erty listings before the end of Jan
uary.
In an appeal to the list-takers,
Commissioner C D. Carstarphen ask
ed that they describe the property
so that it could be located from the
description. The commissioner also
stated that experts would be made
available to the boards of assessors
when they were unable to determine
fair values for certain properties in
cluding some tracts of timberlands
and buildings.
It is believed that the county
property values as they are to be
assessed under the program advanc
ed at the Monday meeting will ma
terially increase the total valuation,
but that any increase in the lists will
be offset by a corresponding reduc
tion in the county-wide tax rate.
Personal property values are to be
determined at a meeting of the list
takers ot be held in the county
takers to be held in the county
9:30 o'clock. The meeting was first
set for Thursday of this week, but
a change was ordered when it was
learned that all county offices, stores
and business houses would be closed.
Hitler And Company
Are Definitely On
The Defensive Now
(Continued from page one)
THE
Sinclair Filling Sta.
Standard Filling
Station
Central Filling Sta.
WILL OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING HOURS
CHRISTMAS Day
STATIONS WILL OPEN AT 9
A.M. ANI) CLOSE AT 12 NOON
We u?k that our niKloiiKTM kin.ll>
thew hour* in minil and muke llicir pur
chases accordingly. Your cooperation
will be appreciated.
who had subjected the Italians to
ruin. "He is one man against his
people, the king, the church,"
Churchill said, adding that Musso
lina had advanced barbarism and
ruin for Italy.
In concluding his talk, the prime
minister said that England would
continue to the end, alone if neces
sary. He warned the Italian nation
that aid was to be expected from
the United States and all of the Am
ericas and from the British com
monwealth of nations. What will be
the end. no one knows, he conclud
ed.
Christmas Bill Set
At $62 Per Family
Santa's middle men predict a
$183,000,000 national toy bill this
year, which would be about the
same as was spent last year to spread
cheer among the youngsters.
The array around American
Christmas trees this season, includ
ing toys, will coat each family an
average of $62.80. according to re
liable surveys.
You're paying a part of this bill:
There's another side to it. Be
tween 280,000 and, 300,000 persons
are being added to the nation's pay
rolls during the liolidav rush, ami
the turnover should raise total 1940
sales for the year to at least last
year's volume of nearly $40,000,
000,000.
Miss Uouiae Cook, of Baltimore,
ia visiting relatives hare for a few
days.
Health Department
Offers Best Wishes
We, of the Martin County Health
Department, wish to take this op
portunity to wish our many, many
friends a Merry Christmas and a
Healthy Happy New Year
We feel that our work has prog
ressed during the year just closing
and we know it has been made pos
sible through the cooperation of all
citizens who have come to know
that every step we have taken has
been for the best protection of all,
the people, as we saw it, but espec
ial thanks are given to the unselfish j
physicians of the county who have
assisted so nobly in those cases
needing medical care, the civic and
official organizations who have been
so tolerant and cooperative in our
endeavors to better health condi
tions, The Enterprise, which has
printed every thing we asked them
to, the Welfare Department, which
has not questioned any expense wt
suggested, and the schools that
seemed to take every service as a
personal matter to each child in
volved.
To one and all, we again wish the
Happiest Christmas and the Health
iest New Year.
ibis Support Is (divert
Cheer Movement Here
An able support was given the
Christmas cheer movement here this
season, a report, considered virtual
ly complete, showing that $188.11
had been contributed in cash, and
that large numbers of toys, clothing
articles and other items had been
made available in carrying a bit of
cheer and good will into needy
homes.
Cash contributions not previously
acknowledged:
Men's Bible Class, Baptist Ch $ 7.00
Mrs. Sadie Peel 1.00
Collected in C. Cheer cans 5.11
Bruce Whitley 1.00
Womna's Council, Christian Ch 5.00
Cantata Silver Offering 10.00
Kate Philpot 1.00
Previously Reported 158.00
$188.11
In addition to the cash and other
items contributed, local merchants
supplied cohfectionaries and food at
cost and below, the Farmers Supply
Company giving a box of oranges, a
box of tangerines and several bush
el baskets of apples.
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Mrs. Bill Valentine has returned
from a visit with relatives in Sav
annah.
Busy Times Reported These
Days on MartinCounty Farms
Hardly before the 1M0 tobacco
marketing season is brought to a
close Martin County farmers are
making plans for another crop, re
ports from the field stating that
quite a few growers are preparing
land for seed beds. Comparatively
few have planted seed, but the work
will get underway on a fairly large
scale soon after the Christmas holi
days arid during the month of Jan
uary.
In addition to preparing land for
tobacco plant beds, farmers of the
county are getting busy with their
hog killings and with their sweet
potato marketing Some few farm
( timfl Uitlribule* Gifta
To Ghihlren In Syria i
Christmas gifts are presented by
a camel in Syria The youngest cam
el which accompanied the Wise Men
is called the Camel of Jesus. It per
forms the task each year of dis
tributing presents.
IN REMEMBRANCE
Of my dear husband and father.
Noah A. Cherry, who departed from
this world the 23rd of December.
1936 No one knows how much 1
miss you, God saw fit to take you
py shore, where heaven is your
home. You are listening to the an
gels sing their Christmas carol songs.
I will meet you never fear.
Wife and Daughters.
Wants
LION SALT WILL SAVE YOUR
meat better If you want the best
in salt come to see us. Farmers Sup
ply Co. dl0-6t
FOR SALE ? WE HAVE A NICE
assortment of used suits in all
styles and sizes. $4 95 to $12.50. Pitt
man Cleaners. Phone 159. s27-26t
FARMS FOR SALE. MONEY TO
loan on large farms. Long easy
terms Low interest rate. Elliot
Pool, 104 Hargett St., Ralegh, N.
C. dl0-4t
WANTED: 500 GUANO BAGS
Must be in good condition Deliv
er to Abbitt's Mill, near Williams
ton. d24-2t
ers are still busy marketing their
peanuts. Comparatively few hogs
have been killed in the county so
far. but killings are scheduled day
after day following the holiday sea
son. While the meat supply is hard
ly as large as it was last season, it
is generally reported that there will
be no meat shortage, and with am
ple supplies of meat, corn and pota
toes. Marvin farmers are entering
the new year in pretty good shape
The available cash supply is a bit
low, probably, but as one farmer ex
plains, "You can't eat that," and in
that light this section is sailing
along
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
A year ago, yesterday, a fa
ther was going home to his fam
ily near here. He was thrown
from a truck and fatally injured.
The event carried sorrow into
an humble home It would seem
that accidents will happen, but
it would also seem that strong
er efforts could be made to help
prevent accidents.
The automobile claimed three
lives in this county during the
holiday season last year. So far
this holiday season no lives have
been lost on the highway. Let's
make this a safe as well as a
happy Christmas in Martin
County.
The accident count was ma
terially increased last week, but
no one was hurt and the prop
erty loss was negligible.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present time.
51st Week Comparison
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dam'ge
1940 6 0 0 $ 230
1939 101 000
Comparison To bate
1940 95 60 5 11,380
1939 72 60 11 12.535
$25.00 REWARD, FOR WHERE
abouts or information leading to
recovery 10 or 12 hogs. Stolen be
tween December 12 and 18th. Among !
them was listed sow. Also white"1
shoat. crop on right ear and split
in left. Many other colors. R. S.
Critcher, Williamston- d24-2t
TEN POUND BAG, EXTBA LARGE
shelled peanuts. $100 per bag An
excellent Christmas gift Wilhams
ton Peanut Company
READ THE NEWS AND O
er for curreni events. sue
15c daily only. K. E. Paele, agent.
Williams ton nl2-?a T-tf
CABBAGE PLANTS FOB SAL* ?
Early Jersey and Charleston Wake
field. Pecan Grove Farm. Henry C.
Green. Williamaton.
n8-15-22-29 d6-13-20-27-J3
WE HAVE A LARGE ASSORT
men of Christmas lights and fix
tures. J. C. Leggett. dl0-4t
ADMINISTRATRIX' NOTICE
Having qualified as Administra
trix of the Estate of Warner A. Bail
ey. late of Martin County. North Car
olina. this is to notify all persons
having claims against the said estate
to exhibit them to the undersigned
at her home, R.F.D., Williams ton.
North Carolina, on or before the
13th day of December, 1941, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make immed
iate payment.
This the 13th day of Dec., 1940.
MRS. ALLIE T. BAILEY.
Administratrix of Warner
A BAILEY. V
Hugh G. Horton, Atty. dl3-iU
NOTICE OK SALE /
North Carolina. Mprtip County.
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain deed
of trust executed by the undersign
ed trustee by Chas. M. Peel, on the
nth H?v nf November. 1917. and of
record in the public registry of Mar
tin County in Book M-l. at page
Been
460. said deed of trust having
given for the purpose of securing
certain notes of even date there
with, default having been made in
the payment of the said notes, and
the stipulations contained in the said
deed of trust not having been com
plied wkh, and at the request of
the owners of the said notes, the
undersigned trustee will, on the 2nd
day of January, 1941, in front of the
courthouse door in the town of Wil
liamston offer for sale to the high
est bidder for cash the following de
scribed real estate, to wit:
Beginning in the run of Breecey
Swamp at a gum marked as a corner
I in W A. Peel's line, thence running
W A Peel's line N 88 3-4 W 258
poles, thence North 4 East 58 poles,
thence S 88 3-4 E 180 poles to a
marked pine near the canal, thence
with the canal and Breecey Swamp
, to the beginning, and containing 84
acres, more or less, and being the
2nd tract described in a deed from
W. A , G. E. and J. H. Peel, and oth
ers, to R. J. Peel of record in Martin
l County Registry in Book XXXX,
page 104.
This the 30th day of Nov., 1940.
B DUKE CRITCHER, Trustee.
Peel_&_^annin^^Att^^^^^^d3^4t
THE undersigned merchants and business firms
WILL CLOSE
Wednesday, Thursday
DECEMBER 25th ami 26th
Housewives, Farmers, Contractors ami Others
are asked to keep in mind this Two-Day Hol
iday ami to make their purchases accordingly
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A. & P. TEA COMPANY
ROANOKE CHEVROLET Co.
WILLIAMSTON MOTOR CO
PROCTOR SHOPPE
PEELE'S - JEWELERS
ROSE'S 5c & 10c STORE
BARNHILL BROTHERS
WOOLARD HARDWARE CO.
MARTIN SUPPLY CO.
PITTMAN'S
ALPHA CLEANERS
DARDEN S DEPT. STORE
Williamstoa Hardware Co.
FARMERS SUPPLY CO.
EAGLE STOBES, Inc.
E. & W. GROCERY CO.
B. S. COPBTNEY
H. 1SBAEL
CHAS. H. JENKINS & CO.
ANN'S VARIETY STOBE
MABGOLIS BROTHERS
BELK-TYLER COMPANY
MOORE GBOCEBY CO.
LINDSLEY ICE CO.
D. Pender & Gold Star Store
THE HARRISON SHOPPE