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Si ran fie Action
The belated action taken in the Garner
murder case by Judge Luther Hamilton is
indeed strange, and. instead of airing it be
fore the world, it would seem he would have
preferred to remain silent. It would seem
the jurist is trying to ease his conscience,
so he looks around for a political enemy up
on whose head he would dump the mess.
Whatever his motives were in allowing
the bill of indictment to be drawn for first
degree and climaxing the trial with the
death sentence the jurist comes out with the
argument that there was need for a worthy
example. It a man's life was unduly taken,
then m this case the trouble is traceable
without question to the trial jurist.
Judge Hamilton would set an example for
people to think about down in murderous
Harnett by sitting idly by and sanctioning
the trial of a man for his life, and then crit
icise someone else because the man was
executed. Judge Hamilton apparently would
create the example, but. in turn, would have
the Governor cast it aside, possibly taking
the opportunity under such conditions to
condemn the Governor for interfering with
his handiwork on the bench.
Threaleniiif! Democracy
The close connection between big-time
gamblers with officials has been fairly well
established in various parts of the country.
By way of corruption or pressure, gamblers
have carried on a business, figuring in the
billions of dollars.
From California comes a report that the
Stage is being set for an investigation point
ing to "weak and corupt federal income-tax
enforcement.”
When we see the gambling promoters tear
through our own State Legislature and get
the lawmakers blessings for the opening of
lace tracks and betting windows, we can’t
Jiylp but believe that Democrc^y is hying
vVc '1 dm told about the wonderlui
revenue-producing power the tracks and
other gambling schemes offer. It is no worse
lor a man who, finding it impossible to meet
his obligations out ol his legitimate income,
to go out and steal to make the higher grade.
C.om plicated
Complicated causes surround the failur
of so many young men when they underg
Army examinations.
One group says the “failures” are trace
able to non-attendance upon the school.*
Probably that explains away a majority o
the failures, but failures have been traeeabli
to high school graduates.
Possibly there are reasons, although no
valid ones in our times for children to re
main out of school. In many instances th<
work of the child is necessary to sustain life
But there is little cause to suport a grad
uate s failure. The subject either employee
opossum tactics at the Army Center or out
educational system fell down on the job.
Dhp (on sit lor at ion
Buying is rapidly pushing toward its sea
: son peak, and it is only fair and just that
due consideration be given the home mer
chant. ihe guv-who figures prominently in
the economic, religious and civic fields in
I our community. He is the man who pays
taxes at homd. gives to charity at home, sup1
ports an endless number of drives, cheers
you and me along the way all through the
year, and is an all-around good fellow.
While it is admitted that costs are high,
| a fair comparison proves beyond all doubt
I that the prices of the home merchant are
directly in line with the mail order house
and the foreign merchfnt, quality, service
and all other factors considered A
It is only fair to give the home merchant
due consideration at Christmas time and all
other times in the year.
The South and It* Critic*
The Greensboro Daily News
Whether it is worthwhile to stick a hat
pin in a straw woman, we don’t know. Per
haps it is if you enjoy it.
W. E. Debnam’s "Weep No More, My
Lady" has sold 80,000 copies.
‘ The straw woman” is an effigy of Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt, who was right when she.
intimated that there were “signs of unhappi
ness and poverty” in the South. We cannot
help them disappear by denying that they
‘ are there.
To those who love the South for what it
is and who are willing to look its faults as
well as its virtures in the face in the hope of
making a better South, the Debnam booklet
is no special contribution.
When the South is accused of “signs of
poverty and unhappiness,” it is easy to re
tort (as Debnam does) that there is plenty
of unhappiness and poverty in the North,
j East and West. Nothing could be more true,
unfortunately, and nothing could do the
South more harm than to seek consolation
for its own deficiencies by supinelv con
templating those of other sections. That is
not the way the South has made the amaz
ing progress it has made particularly in the
past 50 years.
Mrs. Roosevelt as a critic of the South is
often misguided and wrong, we think, but
fundamentally sympathetic and desirous of
being helpful.
The South is strong and great enough
to take. It no longer runs its Walter Hines
Pages out of the country. It builds on the
land its critics have cleared.
ter, because a human is not a lump ot
‘putty.”
Every child ought to be taught two things:
Not to be afraid to live and not to be afraid
to die.—Ex.
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f BAPTIST
a 9:45. Sunday school.
11:00, Worship.
6:30, Training Union.
^ 7:30. Worship.
The nursery will be open durin
■ the morning services.
Monday: 3:30, General W. M. S
meeting at churchr 7:30, R. A
meeting; 7:30. Training Unioi
meeting, First Baptist Church
Rocky Mount.
Tuesday: 4:00. Ethel Guest G. A
meeting; 7:30, Teachers and Offic
ers meeting in Annex.
• ..■JWcJflcVaay; 7:30. Midweel
prayer service.
Thursday: 300. Adult choii
practice.
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METHODIST
E. K. Shuller, Minister.
9:45, Church school. Fletcher
Thomas, Supt.
11:00, Morning worship.
0:30, Youth fellowships.
7:30, Evening worship.
8:00, Monday. Circle No. 1 meets
with Mrs. T. M. Britton. Wesley
an Service Guild meets with Miss
Ruth Ward, with Mrs. Onward
Robertson joint hostess.
7:30, Wednesday. Bible study.
8:15, Wednesday. Choir rehears
al ‘and meeting of the Board of
Stewards.
There will be only one session of
the Leadership Training school
held in the Washington Methodist
church next week. This session
will be held Monday night at 7:30.
IIOLLY SPRINGS
Sunday school at 10:30 a. m. G.
L. Daniel, Supt.
Church service at 3:00 p. m.
Sermon by the pastor.
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EVERETTS BAPTIST
E. R. Stewart, Past..-.
10 a. in., Bible School. G. H.
Forbes, Supt.
0:30 p. m., Baptist Training Un
ion. Paul Bailey, Director.
7:00 p. in., Prayer services on
Thursday night.
The public is invited to attend
all services.
HAMILTON BAPTIST
E. R. Stewart, Pastor.
10 a. m., Bible school. H. S.
Johnson, Supt.
11a. in., Worship service, "The
Christian Home.”
0:30, Baptist Training Union.
' Willie Knox, Director.
7:30 p. m., Evening worship ser
vice: "Five Solemn Facts.”
7 p. m., Monday, Boy Scouts will
meet.
7:30 p. m., Wednesday. Library
night.
7:30 p. in., Dec. 4th. There will
be held for all training unions of
the Roanoke Association the "M”
service with First Baptist Church,
Rocky Mount. A large attendance
is expected.
The public is invited to attend
all services.
Church Of The Advent
! (H lUV. [ Ilf, i.ahtl'ilgfc,’ j'uviol
Weekday (Exc. Monday) Morn
ing and Evening Prayer 8 and 5.
First Sunday in Advent, Dee. 3.
7:30 u. m„ Holy (Communion.
Corporate Communion of Men and
Boys. Breakfast.
9:45, Church school.
11:00, Holy Communion and
Sermon. Nursery.
7:30 p. m„ Evening Prayer and
Sermon.
Collect for Sunday: “Almighty '
God, give us grace that we may
cast away the works of darkness, 1
and put upon us the armour of •
light, now in the time of this mor- j
tal life, in which thy Son Jesus 1
Christ came to visit us in gr.;at •
humility; that in the last day. j
when he shall come again in his f
glorious majesty to judge both the j
quick and the dead, we may rise ;
to the life immortal, through him j
who liveth and reigneth with thee l
and the Holy Ghost, now and j
ever.” "
CEDAR BRANCH BAPTIST i
W. B. Harrington, Pastor. j
Kegular services will be held at <
Cedar Branch Baptist Church |
Sunday at 11:00 o’clock. All mem- I
bers are urged to be present and ?
the public is invited. |
WEST ENDllAPTIST \
J. Thud Ashley, Pastor.
9:45 a. m., Sunday school. Les- "j
lie Gurganus, Supt.
11:00 a. m., Morning worship. "i
The R. A.’s will meet Friday '
evening, December 1, at the 5
fhurch at 7:30. *
The mid-week prayer service J
will be held Wednesday evening. !
Choir rehearsal will be held im- •
mediately afterward.
The public is invited to worship :
with us at all services. * j
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Jamesville Baptist
W. B. Hairington, Pastor.
Regular services will be held a
Jamesville Baptist Church Sundaj
night at 7:15 o’clock. All mem
hers are urged to be present anc
‘ the public is invited.
MACEDONmT'HRISTIAN
Service Saturday morning at 11
P. E. Cayton, Pastor.
Bible school at 10. J. S. Holli
day. Supt.
' Church service at 11. Morning
sermon; “The Beauties of Heav
■ en." Rev. 21-21.
Evening service at 7.
CHRISTIAN
John L. Gofl'. Pastor. *
Bible school at 9:45. Classes for
all ages. The Philathea and Bob
Peel Bible Classes invite any
adults not now attending Bible
School. Exum L. Ward, Jr., Supt.
Morning worship and celebra
tion of the Lord’s Supper at 11:00.
Sermon subject: "Discipleship in
Action.”
CYF and Chi Rho Groups meet
at 0:30. Sunday is Woman’s Day
among the Disciples of Christ and
our local Christian Women’s Fel
lowship will have charge of the
7:30 service. A playlet entitled
“The 'Plus' that makes the Differ
ence” will be presented as a part
of the evening program.
The public is cordially invited.
All afternoon and evening cir
cles will met Monday. Schedule
I will appear in bulletin. Tuesday.
7:30, choir rehearsal. Wednesday,
7:30. mid-week prayer and praise
service in the home of Mr. and j
Mrs. J. M. Ward on West Main
Street. Subject ol study: “TheJ
Fullness of Time.”
PENTECOSTAL holiness
N. J. Ward, Pastor.
Sunday school at 9:45. Henry
Hoel, Supt.
Morning worship at 11:00.
Youth service at 6:30.
Evangelistic service at 7:30.
Mid-week prayer service, Wed
nesday! night at 7:30
PRESBYTERIAN
Jesse M. Corunt and Kay Mis
enheimer, Supply Pastors.
9:45, Sunday school.
11:00, Worship.
7:00, Youth Fellowship.
7:30. Hour of Power, 2nd and
4th Wednesdays.
| £.00. Women church
i met on first Monday, No. 2 or
.! 2nd Monday. No. 3 on 2nd Mon
. i day and a general meeting will be
held on the 3rd Monday,
i 8:00, Choir. Wednesday.
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OAK CITY CHRISTIAN
! Olin Fox, Pastor.
Sunday school at 10:00. Ernest
Bunting, Supt.
Preaching 2nd Sunday, 11:00 a.
m. and 7.30 p. m.
Woman’s Council Wednesday
afternoon after second Sunday at
3:30.
| Visitors are welcome.
EVERETTS CHRISTIAN
Olin Fox, Pastoi.
Sunday school at 10:00. Mrs.
Geo. Taylor, Supt.
Christian Youth Fellowship
Monday evening at 7:30.
Preaching 4th Sunday at 11:00
a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Woman's Council Saturday af
ternoon before first Sunday at
3:30.
Visitors are welcome.
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HASSELL CHRISTIAN
Olin Fox. Pastor.
Sunday school at 10:00. C. B
Burroughs, Supt.
Christian Youth Fellowship at
6:45 p. m.
Preaching first and third Sun
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BOXSCORE
OR R.C.NlfiHVATS
Killed November 24
through Nov. 27 13
Injured November 24
through Nov. 27 95
Killed through Nov.
27 this year 865
Killed through Nov. 27.
1949 766
Injured through Nov.
27 this year 10,856
Injured through Nov.
27, 1949 8,750
Masons Will Meat In
Farm rill a tt"odnvsday
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A meeting of the 5th District
Masons will be held in Farmville
next Wednesday, December 6th.
According to District Deputy
Grand Master Charley Gray. Ses
sions will be held both in the af
ternoon and evening.
All eligible Masons are invited
to attend.
days at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
The Woman’s Council Wednes
day evening after first Sunday at
7:30.
Visitors are welcome.
Business Visitor Here
Mr. Jim Gray. Jr., manager of
the G. and S. Motor Company,
| Robersonville, was a business
visitor in town yesterday.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
North Carolina, Martin County.
Having this day qualified as
administrator of the estate of Mrs.
Idell Brovwn. deceased, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the said estate to exhibit
them to the undersigned within
one year from this date or this no
| tic-e will be pleaded in bar of their
! recovery. All persons indebted to
I the said estate will please make
: immediate payment.
This the 28th dav of November
<1950
Wheeler M. Manning,
Administrator of the estate
of Mrs. Idell Brown
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