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VOLUME XLIV?NUMBER 102 Williamston. Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, December 23, 1911. ESTABLISHED 1899
County Court Holds
Longest Session In
ManyWeeks Monday
Judge R. L. Coburn Almost |
Until Four O'clock Clear
ing the Docket
?
Spending several hours trying a
"dog-killing" case, the Martin Coun
ty Recorder's court was in session
until almost four o'clock Monday af
ternoon clearing its docket. It was
the longest session held by the court
in many weeks.
Judge Robert L. Coburn called 11 I
cases, and Solicitor Don E. Johnson |
prosecuted the docket.
Proceedings in the court:
Charged with drunken and reck
less driving, Harmon Daniels was |
found not gulity.
The case charging Oliver Whaley |
with non-support was continued un
der prayer for judgment.
Much evidence was offered in the ]
case charging Tilghman Hodges,
"Butch" Rogers and George Corey
with killing Farmer Alfred Ellis'
dog. They were adjudged guilty and
were directed to pay Mr. Ellis $25
for his $50 dog and pay the costs of
the case.
Charged with hunting without a I
permit, Harry Thompson was found ]
not guilty.
The case charging Ernest Godard 1
with drunken driving was continued I
until.RWfilr Monday.
Charged with drunken driving.
Council Smith was sentenced to the '
roads for six months, the court sus
pending the sentence upon condition
the defendant pay a $50 fine and the
case costs and $50 to Staton Leggett,
the prosecuting witness. His license
was also revoked for one year. He
appealed and bond was required in
the sum of $150.
Failing to answer at a previous
session in the case charging him
carrying a concealed weapon, Ed
gar _Iaylur was arrested and jailed
Sunday, but his case was not called
Monday.
William H. Saunders, charged with I
destroying personal property, failed j
to answer and papers were ordered
issued for his arrest.
Randolph Hinton was sentenced to I
the roads for three months in the
case charging him with violating the'
liquor laws.
Robert F.dmond, charged with [
drunken driving, was fined $50, tax
ed with the cost and had his driver's
license l evoked for a year. He ap
pealed mid boncTwas required m the
sum of $100.
The case charging Richard and
John Bennett and Nathan Brown
with violating the liquor laws was
continued until next Monday.
A continuance was also ordered '
in the case charging Luther Stallings
with bastardy.
Jonah Clemmons, charged with I
drunken duving, was sentenced to!
the roads for sixty days, the court |
suspending the judgment upon the ,
payment of a $50 fine and costs. He |
appealed to the higher courts.
Charged with larceny, Vernon |
Roberson pleaded guilty and was |
sentenced to the roads for thirty ]
days.
Fanners Asked To
Anticipate Needs
Acting to forestall an acute short
age in farm machinery, parts and
supplies, government authorities are
urging all farmers to take an in
ventory of their needs and place or
ders with their dealers as soon as
possible. Attending a meeting in
Raleigh last week, Farm Agent Tom
Brandon studied proposed plans for
making machinery, parts and sup
plies available for farmers next
spring and summer.
Tha agent said that a farmer who
will need tobacco flues next summer
should list the need and place an or
der with his dealer. The dealer, in
turn, will direct the order to govern
ment agencies for approval or rat
ing. However, all farmers are urged
to save as many of their old tobacco
flues as possible. The farmer should
also anticipate his needs as they re
late to machinery, plows, plow points
and other equipment.
It is estimated that the demand
for new machinery, repair parts and
farm supplies in general will be
about 118 per cent of normal next
year. It is fairly reasonable to ex
pect that hardly more than 80 per
cent of that demand will actually be
allowed.
The farmer who does not antici
pate his needs and who does not get
his written orders to his dealer with
in the next five or six weeks will
possibly have to get along with his
present equipment because the farm
agent believes plows, machinery and
all metal parts will not be available
on short notice next spring and sum
mer.
Farmers of CountvTo
J
ort War Program
RESIGNS
Rev James H. Smith, pastor
of the Willlamston Memorial
Baptist Church for about six
years, tendered his resignation
at the Sunday mofiilng service
to accept a call from a Greens
boro church. His resignation is
to become effective within the
next three months.
County Native Dies
At Her Daughters
Home in Washington
Funeral Services Are Held in
Methodist Church Here
Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Cecelia Godard Lcggett died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E.
G. Gaskins, in Washington last Sat
urday afternoon at 5 o'clock follow
ing an illness of only a few days' dur
ation. While she had been in feeble
health for some time, her condition
was not regarded as serious until
just a short time before her death.
Pneumonia was given as the immed
iate cause of her death.
A native of Griffins Township,
Mrs. Leggett when a young woman
was married to William H. Leggett
who died some years ago. Following
her marriage she made her home in
year ago she went to live with her
daughter in Washington. She was 76
years old.
She was a devoted member of the
Methodist church here for many
years, and her walk through life was
in humbleness before her Maker. In
her home she was a devoted and
thoughtful mother, one who placed
the welfare of others before that of
(Continued on page four)
In keeping with a' plan estab
lished several years ago, Wil
liamston stores and business
houses will observe two days?
Thursday and Friday?as holi
days this week. County and
town offices will also close for
the two days, and little business
activity is forecast In this sec
tion on those two days. Filling
stations will remain open only
three hours?9 a. m. to It noon?
Christmas day, and drug stores
will be open not more than one
or two hours that day.
Indications Point
To Big Gain In Soy
Beans And Peanuts
Looking To Barnyard Fox I*
For 6,720,000 Good Eggs
In the Year 1942
Martin County farmers are lining
up to play a prominent part in win
ning the war we are now in, accord
ing to u reliable survey of tentative
plans made recently for the coming
year.
The plans, linked directly with the
food for freedom program which
ranks right ulong with the war ef
fort, call for marked increases in
several crops, but a continuation of
the triple A program for other crops.
Martin County farmers were first
asked to incease their peanuts by
11,000 acres. Believing such a big in
crease in- peanuts would upset -the
crop rotation system, representatives
from the office of the farm agent
asked that the figure be reduced to
7,000 acres and effect a correspond
ing increase in the soy bean plant
ings While the farmers, according
to the survey, are planning'to ma
terially increase their peanut acre
age, the increase will hardly exceed
4,000. It is quite possible that the far
mers will be urged to add 3,000 more
acres to their plantings, increasing
the total from about 18,000 in 1941
to 25,000 acres next year.
The peanut allotment for the edi
ble trade will remain the same, and
the plantings for oil will not affect
the soil conservation payments, it
js understood. It is also fairly well
understood that the price for peanut
oil stock will not be less than 3 1-2
cents a pound.
There is a definite trend toward
soy bean production increases, the
farmers agreeing or planning to
plant about 2,200 acres more in 1942
than they did in 1941. It is estimated
that 7,000 acres will be planted to
the beans next year in the county.
Swine raising, advancing by leaps
and bounds during the past few
years, is due for another leap next
year, the farmers indicating in their
plans that per head production would
be stepped up from 35,000 to 45,000.
The trend toward beef cattle is mark
ed in the plans also. Reporting 1,400
in the county this year, the farmers
to their herds next year. Unwanted
and holding a low rating in the
county's farm program for many
years, the milch cow has a place in
the program too. The number of cows
will be increased from 1,436 to al
most 1,700 next year, if the tenta
tive plans of the farmers material
ize. It is believed that the actual milk
production will be increased by at
least 10 per cent.
While most of the above increases
will enter directly into the world
markets, Martin farmers are also
giving some attention to the food
problem on the home front. An ad
ditional 100 acres, or approximately
that number, are being planted to
home gardens. Poultry flocks will be
increased, the farmers stating that
they are looking tp the barnyard
fowls for 6,720,000 good eggs in 1942
or 560,000 dozens as compared with
481.000 dozen produced this year.
The increase in peanuts and soy
bean acreages will possibly result
in reductions mostly in the corn
plantings and to some extent in the
cotton plantings.
Reliable reports state that people
(Continued on page two)
Bear Grass (iocs
Over The Top In
Red Cross Drive
Quota of 8125 1* Boosted To
More Than 8200 in Rec
ord Time l^ist Week
Perfecting, an able and willing or
ganization, Bear Grass Township
citizens last week went over the
top in support of the Red Cross War
Relief fund. Assigned a quota of $125
by the central committee, the district
yesterday reported $221.30.
The committee was headed by Mrs.
H. U. peel, chaTrrhlin, and she was
assisted by Mrs. Hildreth Mobley,
Mrs. E. C. Harrison. Mrs Nathan
Rogers, Mrs. Ella Wynn. Mrs. Rossel
Rogers, Mrs. Pete Mendenhall, Mrs.
June Harris, Mrs Bill Harrison. Mrs.
H. L. Britton. Miss Sarah Holliday
and Messrs. T. O. Hickman and R
L. Perry.
Contributions were made as fol
lows:
Sam Mobley. $5; Weeks Rogers,
25c; Irvin Terry, $1; Mrs. Edmond
Harris, $1; Edmond Harris, $1; Buck
Rogers, 25c; Mrs. Danny Taylor, 35c;
Mack Leggett, 50c; Cheslev Jones, $1;
Mrs. Chesley Jones, $1; .J L. Beach,
$1; A Friend, 20c; J. C. Rawls. $1;
Wv R-Roebuck;-$4; Mrs. W. R. Roe
buck, $1; Ellis Malone, $1; Joe Phelps,
$1; C. Glass, $1; Will Rogers, $1;
Wheeler Rogers, $5; Miss Mamie
Clyde Rogers. 50c; Mrs. Sally Rogers,
50c; G. A Peele. $1; Henry White,
$1; Bill Harrison, $4. Jinuhie Lee, $5;
Mrs. Sallie Lee. $5; Mi and Mrs. J.
I) Rogers, $1. Mrs. H U. Peele, $1;
Miss Sarah Holliday, 25c; Calvin Ay
ers, $1; Jack Cousin, $1; Carl Lee
Beaeham, 50c; Toby Bo wen,- $1;M.
S. Cowan, $1; Mrs. Gilbert Roger
son, $1; S. T. Wynne, $1; Mrs Bessie
Cowan, $1, Lon Mizclle, $1; William
Hubert Mizelle, $1; J. F. Britton, Ed
enton. $1; Garland Harris. $1; Luther
Britton, $1; Clifford Button, 25c;
Miss Ella Mae Lee, 10c; Edgar Rodg
ers, 50c; Mrs Edgar Rodgers, 50c;
Theodore Rodgers, $1; Mrs. Martha
Gurganus, $1; James Bailey, $1; Guy
Leggett, 50c; Delmus Rogerson, 50c;
E. Hoyt Robertson, $1; Ben F. Peel,
$5; John Leggett, 35c; Bill Leary. 10c;
111. D. Harrison, Jr., 25c; Pete Men
denhall. $Hb>Mrs. Alice Mizelle, Htc;
Fred McDaniel, $1; Thurston Wynn,
50c; Junior Stalls, 5j0e; II. D. Peele,
$1; Mrs. Willie Gurganus, $5; Mrs.
John Robertson, $1; Mrs. Archie Mi
zelle, 50c; Lewis Taylor, $1; A. L.
Hardy, $1; Martell Hardy, 50c; I).
Bowen, 50c; Ben Bowen, 50c; Bud
dle Cowan, 5c; Alonza Revels, $t;
| Ernest Harrison, 25c; Seth Bailey,
50c; J D. Holliday. $2; Sidney Beach
am, $2; Ralph Holliday, 50c; Johnnie
Rogers, 50c; Pearlie Rogers, $1;
Mrs Toy Garrett. $1; R 1) Price, 60e;
Archie Wynne, 50c; W. B. Rodgers,
75c; W B Harris, 25c; Mrs. Claudie
Lilley, 25c; W II Harrison. 25c; Thad
Hopkins, 25c; Bill Rogers, $1; Mrs. N.
J. Corey, 50c; J. E. Moore, $1; Mrs.
W. A^P?'rry, $1; Unify C. Green, $1;
Collins Griffin, $1. Mrs. A. D. Had
ley. 10c; Mrs Claudell lladley, 10c;
Mrs. Carl Lie Beaeham, 50c; W. P.
Hadley, $1; J L. Holliday, $2; J. S.
(Continued on page two)
IIOl RS
Stating out last December 26
with about 309 days to do their
Christmas shopping, buyers now
have only a few hours to com
plete the task. Time is drawing
to a rapid close for holiday shop
ping, but shoppers may still find
a large assortment of goods in
the stoics.
In some instances, business ac
tivities are already grinding to
a halt, hut the merchants and
postoffice will remain open late
tonight and tomorrow night to
serve their patrons.
County Over The Topi
In Red Cross Canvass
Incomplete Reports1
Placing Collections
Right At $2,000.00
Martin County Chapter Will
Over-stihacribe Quota
By Sizable Margin
Willing workers, supported liber
ally by a thoughtful people, success
fully met the first challenge hurled
at them in connection with the war
mergency when they canvassed the
five townships comprising the Mar
tin County Red Cross chapter last
week and raised well over $2,000 for
the war relief fund. Tabulating the
receipts yesterday afternoon, V. J.
Spivey, chairman of the special
drive, stated that a total of $1,952.47
had already been turned in, and that
the final reports will possibly boost
the total to $2,300 or more, or sever
al hundred dollars above the assign
?-cd-quota of $2,000.
The drive in Williamston, not in
cluding'the township, and in Bear
Grass, is virtually completed, the
local township raising approximate
ly $1,570.28. Bear Grass went over
the top also, and it is understood that
Griffins has more than met its quo
ta.
A tabulation of the receipts is as
follows:
previously reported
$ .tnv.ou
Bear Grass
221.30
Williamston
1182.78
Williams
10.10
G riff ins.
14 25
Jame^vflle
93 14
Colored
Jamesville
34 00
Griffins
7.30
Williamston
2.10
Grand total $1952 47
In connection with the drive,
Chairman V J. Spivey who did an
able job, had the following to say:
In bringing our campaign to^i close
we wish to express our deepest grati
tude to the citizens of the five town
ships covered by the Martin County
chapter of the American Red Cross
The response we received exceeded
>ur fondest expectations, and it is
indeed a pleasure for us to say that
Martin County has answered its first
real challenge to show a united front
in this great struggle by over-sub
scribing its quota of the Emergency
Fund. Also, we wish to offer our sin
'o thanks to our co-workers for
their full cooperation and untiring
efforts in this undertaking. All of
them were busily engaged with ur
gent personal duties of the holiday
season, but all of these were laid
aside, and their time was devoted to
canvassing for our cause. To these co
workers and the liberal, public-spir
ited citizenship of our county as a
whole should be given the credit foiv
the success of our drive. Of course,
we met a few disappointments, but
they were many times offset by the
spirit of real sacrifice we found in
SO many cases. We have no desire to
embarrass the few persons who dis
appointed us, nor do we wish to pick
"ir quarrel with them, but we do hope
they can soon be awakened and
brought to a realization that in times
like these everyone must do his part
in making the sacrifices necessary to
defeat the enemies of the American
way of life.
Again, we thank you, one and all.
Contributions not previously ac
knowledged are as follows.
Williamston Township?White
Peel and Manning, $10; R. L. Co
burn, $4; H. L. Swain, $3; H. O. Peel,
(Continued on page three)
<;rkktim;s
Appreciative of the patronage
and friendship they have enjoy
ed during 1941. county mer
chants and other business oper
ators are extending cordial
greetings to the people of this
section through the little mes
sages appearing elsewhere in
this paper.
Without these greetings. The
Christmas season would some
how or other appear a bit emp
ty. Head the little messages and
know that the local merchants
and other business men are in
terested in your welfare and
hope for you a joyous season this
Christmas time.
Handel's "Messiah
Is llegnl l>\ Lar<;c
Number On Sunday
I'ro^rum. Dirnlcil li\ l c?i
Hl.ll.Mk. Iliglil \ I'rni-.'.l
Itv \ 11?Ii? 'lire
The North Carolina Choral Syni
phony under the direction of la w
Sidney Ilullock presented "Tlie
Messiah," by Handel here last Sun
day afternoon tb an appreciative
audience in-4ho-4-Hgh school auditor.-.
ium.
The audience, composed of people
from many surrounding eastern Car
olina towns and a" representative au
dience from Martin County, was ap
preciative and highly complimentary
in praise of the first presentation of
the immortal Messiah an tins inuned
late section.
Eastern Carolina is fortunate in
having in its midst a musician of Mr.
Bullock's calibre. He not only is im
bued With the love of music but In
has the ability to impart to those
whom - lie directs tins lovo and feel
ing. , '
After tlx- singing o.l "Conn All Ye
Faithful'' by the choir and tin audi
ence, James Kaiinori began the ora
torio with a beautiful interpretation
of the prelude. "Comfort Ye, Com
fort Ye My People." Otlu-r solo parts
sung "by?Mrs.?Bill lock.?Mrs.?T?H
Smitb and Mrs. K M Brown were
beautifully rendered and appreciated
by the audience
The outstanding part of the ora
torio was I h? ? singing of the ihiiiiis. s
and both the choir and tin- director
are to be congratulated and com
mended for the fine Work they art
doing and have already accomplish
ed.
Judging from the remarks of the
many who were present it was one
of the finest if not 11ie finest nnisi
c*b performances ever given in Wil
liamston One of our leading citizens
stated, "If I ever get to Heavn, I'm
sure I'll never get tired of the sing
ing especially if it's as beautiful as
that "-Boned let ion."?
NO COITION
V '
Following a long established
custom, and one that partly off
sets a schedule providing no
summer vacations. The Fnter
prise will not make its appear
ance the latter part of this
week, the management an
nounces. The next edition will
be published on Tuesday, De
cember 30th.
The combined force is hoping
for everyone a pleasant Christ
mas season.
Britain's Churchill
\inl Roosevelt In
Conferences Today
??
< on-idrralilr Importance Be
iiiK Vtla.lic.l To Mi'clin)i
Of Two in VI a*liiii|:tmi
Traveling in gnat secrecy, Brit
ain's Prime Minister Winston
?Churchill' arrived in Washington last
evening and today he and President
Roosevelt are plotting in full col
laboration with the other allies a
supreme strategy for wiping Hitler
| ism from the face of the earth. The
moanmgful meeting is clothing in
secrecy, and there is little likelihood
that the plans formulated or even
the nature of those plans will be
made public
Observers, quick to jump at con
clusions. state however that the al
lied strategy calls for dividing the
conflict into four areas with the pos
sibility th.it this country will "be as
signed the Pacific and Japan. What
. ver plans are advanced, it is fair
ly certain that the meeting will of
fer no relief for a tired and weary
man who has now undertaken to
lead the movement for wrecking the
world The meeting is certain to
cast a shadow of doom over Hitler's
On tin war front, especially in the
Pacific the situation continues in
creasingly serious for the United
States and the British. However, late
reports from Manila , maintain that
our forces are holding their own
against a mass Jap invasion of the
: Philippines It is now conservative
! ly estimated that about 80 Jap trans
ports are landing more than 100,000
{t roops (at?a?p?hnt about?k25 miles
j north o'f Manila on the island of Lu
zon Fierce fighting is in progress
there
Battered garrisons at Hong Kong
aie still holding, but little less than
a miracle will save them. There is
still hope t'ii a union with Chinese
n.rres who are withm fourteen tn
twenty egiht miles from the colony.
Little has been heard from Singa
pore during the past few days, and
the situation in Malaya continues
about the same.
In Africa, tin British forces, con
? t inning, their mopping?<+p?plans
j against the Germans and Italians
and are' said to. have pushed on to
the coast south of Benghasi.
Russia i continuing the rout of
the German invaders in that part
of the world, one report claiming
that more than 117,000 Nazis had
Im en killed ijutho past five weeks
on the Moscow front alone. German
resistance is tightening in the Cri
mea. however
Relieving his high command, Adolf
1 Ri 1> r Iniira H hav taken charge of
tin German army, and it is now be
lieved that h< is planning a new ef
fort It is still thought that he will
make a drive either into Spain*and
on to North Africa or that he will
tart a dash through Turkey toward
Hm ('uuca a it i admitted that Hit
her is now on the spot and that only
a successful blow of some kind in
omc place will save him.
. Approaching the two coasts, en
emy .submarines have met with
trouble, the Navy stating that at
-j least stxtee?t have been sunk.
Serious Accident
Narrowly Avoided
Tin- Enterprise and numbers of
(ill)ii mairw street business houses
aie - till operating today following a
potentially serious accident Sunday
afternoon "A *.large army transport
truck, heavily loaded with explos
ives. went out of eontrpl shortly be
fore 4 o'clock and headed for the En
tripuse building The vehicle jump
d the curb hut was brought to a stop
just a few feet from the front of k
the building.
several other trucks?
in the convoy carrying the explos
ives and when the drivers saw the
truck was out of control they sped
from the scene.
It was learned that the engine
went dead and left the truck with
out brakes A mechanic went under
the hood^and had the truck ready
for operation within five minutes.
Travel or; Martin County high
ways last week-end was without in
cident with the exception of two mi
nor wrecks, according to Patrolman
Whit Saunders. Early Sunday morn
ing, about three miles out on U. S:
17. James Macrhesine, Jr., of 421 W.
21st St.. West Wyoming. Pa., side
swiped Eli Marion Taylor's car, caus
ing about $25 damage. The Pennsyl
vania man paid the damage bill.
Sunday evening, two cars, one
driven by Norman Little and the
other by Mrs. Lenora Bo wen, crash
ed on the old Greenville road, near
the prison camp. No one was hurt
and damage to both cars will hard
ly exceed $50, Patrolman Saundera
:?I?
"PEACE ON "
?Twtwv?? .*.
By The Right Reverend HENRY tlOBSON, I). 1).
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio and
National Chairman of the Fl(ht for Freedom Committee
To many who read and hear the Chriatmai story this year
"Peace on Earth" will be words without meaning. There,
is no peace on earth.
There was no peace when these words were first sung by
the Angels on the night that the Child of Bethlehem was
born. The crowds which Jammed its inn, and filled each
house in the village, until only a stable manger offered ref
uge for a new-born babe, were evidence of the oppressive
tyrrany which robbed a people out of their peace. A decree
from the dictator had gone out
There has been no peace on earth since that first Christ
mas, for always through the years that same hand of op
pression has rested heavily upon countless millions of men
made by God to be free.
The Angels proclaimed not a fact but a hope?a hope to
be realised on earth only as all men everywhere are able to
live not as slaves but as children of God. For Christ's peace
is not Just for the United States, or for people of white
skins, or for those with education in their minds, food in
their stomachs, or money In their pockets. It is for all men
on earth, and he who would find peace for himself must be
striving to insure It for others. Those who seek to live in a
peace of isolationism, while others are In turmoil of body
and saul, will never share in realising the hope of peace on
~ God doesn't answer Use prayer "Peace for me."
Peace is that state in which man, no matter what his
race or nation or color, can freely live with an equal op
portunity to use his talents and abilities as a child of God.
When this right is denied to men anywhere there can be
no peace on earth.
As Christians we are railed today to face the fact that
the forces of oppression are robbing man of his right to
peace. The people of England can have no peace as long as
shelters must be their refuge from destructive bombs, and
while their coasts are threatened by invasion. The people
of France can have no peace as long as the Hitler-appoint
ed appeasers force a hated collaboration with the con
querors who have made them slaves. The peoples of Hol
land and Belgium?violated, impoverished?can have no
peace while forced labor makes slaves of their bodies and
pie of Poland?the tragic country of broken homes and
divided families, deprived of leaders by mass slaughter?
can have no peace while systematic ravishing destroys life
and land. The people of Norway?betrayed by Inen who
as children they nurtured?can have no peace while they
shiver through bitter cold nights robbed of their blankets
and hungry for want of food stripped from their land.
The millions of China?wandering, starving, history's su
preme sufferers?can have no peace while bombs fall llks
rain lo wrack their bodies and BUM their hones. The
rvxr>*iyErtxw*?i.-w*wyft>
people of Greece?where courage never faltered and vis
ion wan never dimmed by appeasement?will never know
paece while forced labor make* slaves of their bodies and
while the invader defiles the beauties of their land The
people of Germany?the older people distraught ami in
terror, the younger ones poisoned from infanthnod by
falsehood?can never have peace while the concentration
camp closes lbs brutal jaws on every free spirit, and Hit
lerism prostitutes truth and Justice to make right appear
wrong and wrong appear right.
People ask me how I ran give allegiance to the Prince of
Peace and at the same time urge that our country take up
arms against the aggressors of our day. My answer is that
there can be no peacr on earth in a llitler-dominatrd
world, and that we fare a moment in history when the use
of force is the only effective means of halting the rush of
those evil powers which, because they despise true peace,
are seeking to enslave mankind under a brutal war systrni
for centuries to come. There are times?and this Christ
mas, 1941, Is one such time?when our desire for peace is
determined not by our willingness to sacrifice and suffer
as we courageously fight against the enemy who seeks to
destroy all peace. By action, not evasion, we have our
chance to share in the fulfillment of that hope which the
Angels have held before gjl minkfttd^^Peace on fearth.