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Thursday, December 21. lOHO
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One morning an eastern traveler, mounted
on a white camel, was making his was across
the desert. Before him stretched the sands,
on and on toward the horizon. The traveler
sat motionless, lost in thought. The hours
passed unheeded.
Suddenly he was aroused by the approach
from the North of a camel, similar in white
nes to his own. Even as he watched its com
ing. a third came in view, journeying from
the South. The three met at a tiny oasis
where a palm tree gave them welcome shade.
Tig- travelers dismounted and stood gaz
ing at one another in wonderment. At last
one of them spoke. “Though we have never
met before. I pi revive each one knows the
mission of the othei In our searchings of the
heavens we have seen a new star, and
through the goodness of Clod that star has
brought us together on our way to find the
new king of the Jews " The others bowed in
silence. Then they said as of one accord, [
“Great is our God, and greatly to be prais
ed." The first speaker continued. "I am from
Egypt; my name is Balthasar " Then another
spoke "1 am from India; m\ name is Mel- i
ehor.” "And I am Casper from Greece.” i
said the third The three travelers made j
ready to continue their journey over the
trackless desert Out of the darkness came
a light, at first faint and trembling, but
growing-in brightness until it shone in splen
dor before them "11 the star' ' they cried
m one voici• "(led is with iis'"
Dawn was breaking when they entered
the little town ol Bethlehem. Guided bv the ^
star the\ came to the place where the \oimg
child was And as they passed through the
doorway, the star disappeared in the bright
ness of the morning light.
Y\ ithin the place they beheld the new king
they had come so far to find. Around him
were no kindly furnishings There were no
servants and no armed guards But the three
kings had no doubt. They fell upon their
knees, praising God Then they brought rich
treasurers i: .-It'd caskets, and laid be
fore tin' Child then gilts of gold frankin
cense. and nivrrh. Selected
< nil fnsiili!
Twice in .1 single generation Germany
created war problems, blit those problems,
while costly, were not nearly .so confusing
as tin peace problems a defeated nat ion now
offers.
On the one hand, there are those who
would arm Germany as a potential ally
against Russia. On the other hand there are
those who tear an armed Germany might
kick over the traces and attempt to accom
plish what it failed on two previous occa
sions.
Its affairs directed to a large extent by
ocupying powers, Germany today is an un
known quantity. Should it be given equality,
both political and military, there is some
doubt as to what it would do in its new
position .
Remembering what happened to them in
World War II. the Germans art' likely to sit
out a third war, playing both sides against
the middle with the possible aan of gaining
as much as possible for themselves and leav
ing the others to fight n out.
There is some doubt if Russia’s satellites
will do more than plav both ends _• .mst the
middle. And if we try to make France. Ger
many and Yugoslavia our satellites, it is
likely that they’ll do the same thing. All of
which makes everything most confusing.
A smile creates happiness in the home,
fosters good will in business, and is the coun
tersign o£ friends. Yet it cannot be bought,
begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is some
thing tha{ is of no earthly good to anybody
until it is given away. —Emerson ^
I ton'I Lot I troth Take ) our lloliiluy
Guest Editorial
Once again American armed forces are in
action trying to protect and uphold the ideal
of freedom Once again the spirit of Christ
mas will lit' mocked by the hale and blood
shed of the battlefield.
In many Amercian homes the. mar of the
cannon will make it hard to hear the ring
ing of the Christmas bells. That is to be
deeply regretted, but throughout history
the torch of man’s dignity and freedom has
been held aloft only through sacrifice of its
bearers.
We can do little to prevent such personal
tragedies. But we can do a lot to prevent
another kind of tradgedy which is aqually
poignant at the Christmas season and
more cruel because it is needless.
We prefer to the preventable tragedy of
accidents. The National Safety Council has
called for intensive accident prevention ef
fort during the holidays usually a very
dangerous period of the year .
That is an objective which has our whole
hearted support, not only because it is better
to have a joyous Yuletide, but also because
we cannot afford to waste the resources of
manpower and material so necessary these
days to our national strength.
The waste is enrtrmous — much more than
most persons realize. The Amercian Medical
Association has shown that accidents rob
the nation of more working years than any
disease, because accidents strike all age
groups, not just those whose productive
years are largely behind them.
The traffic accident problem this year is
serious, with a death toll of 35,000 in pro
sped. That would be the largest number of
automobile victims since the record year of
1941.
Rigid enforcement of the laws by state,
county and municipal police, plus individual
determination to play it safe, can keep the
Christmas spirit and all of us alive this
year.
Inpriuiily
Kor months and years all kinds of stories
were heal'd about flying saucers. No one
seemed to do anything about the reports
oilier than argue, some saying there were no
things and others maintaining there were
such things.
Now comes a report from London telling
about a manufacturer who is making and
filling the skies there with flying saucers
for Christmas. '1 . e saucers measure about
nine inches in diameter and are equipped
with "jet” engines.
It was to be expected that if the flying
saucer reports kept flying, someone would
come along, apply ingenuity and grab the
idea right out of the air and capitalize on it
Just I or I'oiloy
.lust tol today I w ill try to live through
this day only, and not tacklu my whole lift'
problem at once.
Just for today 1 will try to strengthen my
mind. 1 will study. 1 will learn something
useful. 1 will not be a mental loafer. I will
read something that requires effort, thought,
and concent rat ion.
Just for today 1 will exercise mv soul in
three ways: I will do somebody a good turn,
and not get found out. 1 will do at least two
things 1 do not want to do just for the
exercise.
Just for today 1 will be agreeable. 1 will
look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk
low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, not
find fault with anything, not try to improve
or regulate any body- except myself.
Just for today 1 wil save myself from two
pests hurry and indecision. Baptist Ob
server.
I Sim/tlr Stiffly Hrmintlfr
One of the greatest hazards confronting
thi' safety of night drivers are glaring head
lights of approaching cars. Possibly more
accidents are traceable to blindness caused
by glaring lights than to any other one fac
tor Yet there are many drivers who forget
or do not have the common courtesy and
needed respect for human life, including
then own, to switch from bright to dim
when meeting a car.
The practice of maintaining bright lights
constantly, traveling men declare, is more
common in this section than in any other
part of the State.
Dim your lights and improve your own
safety chances on the highways.
The present moment is one of great dis
tress But how small will that distress ap
pear when we think over the history of the
last forty years. A war, compared with
which all others sink into insignificance;
taxation, such as the most heavily taxed
people of former times could not have con
ceived; a debt larger than the public debt
that ever exisited in the world added to
gether . .yet is the country poorer than in
1790? (Written in 1830).
CHURCF
NEWS
OAK ( II Y CHRISTIAN
Olin Fox. Pastor.
Sunday school at 10:00. Ernest!
Bunting, Supt.
Preaching 2nd Sunday. 11:00 a. j
i m. and 7:30 p. m.
Woman’s Council Saturday af
ternoon before first Sunday at
3:30.
Visitors are welcome.
PRESBYTERIAN
Jrsst M Corum and Kay Mis
enheimer. Supply Pastors
9:45, Sunday school,
11 00. Worship.
7:00. Youth Fellowship.
7:00, Ilnur of Power, find and
4th Wednesdays.
EVERETTS CHRISTIAN
Olin Fox, Pastor.
Sunday school at 10:00. Mrs.
Geo. Taylor, Supt.
Christian Youth Fellowship
Monday evening at 7:30.
Preaching 4th Sunday at 11:00
m. and 7.30 p. m.
Woman's Council Wednesday;
afternoon after second Sunday at
3:30.
Visitors are welcome.
hassell Christian;
Olin Fox, Pastor.
Sunday school at 10:00 C B
Burroughs, Nupt.
Christian Youth Fellowship at
6:4r> p. m.
Preaching'first and third Sun
days at 11:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. m.
The Woman's Council Wednes
day evening after first Sunday at i
7:30.
Visitors are welcome.
Pinev drove lt:i|»li*t
W B. Harrington, Pastor.
There will be no service at |
Piney Grove Baptist Church Sun ,
day night.
PENTECOST A I. HOLINESS
N. J. Ward. Pastor.
Sunday school at 9:45. Henry I
Hoel, Supt.
Morning wor-hip at 11:00.
Youth service at 0:30.
Evangelistic service at 7 ltd
I Mid-week prayer servve, Wed
j net day mj'ht at 7:30
ftmnick'S grove
W. B Harrington, Pastor.
Regular services will be held at:
Reddick's Grove Baptist Church |
j Sunday at 11:00. All members are j
larked to he present and the public;
| is cordially invited.
MKTHOMST
K. )!. Shuller, Minister
'>45, Church school Fletcher
| Thomas, Supt
1 i:()(), Morning we*; ship.
5:00, The Christmas Cantata,
The Child of Bethlehem," will he
given hy the choir. The prihlic is
| invited.
7:00, The young people will
'gather at the church to go Christ
| mas carolline, in the homes of the
'shut-ins.
. .
( IiiiiHi Of Tlu* Advent
(Episcopal)
Hassell and Church Streets.
! The Rev. Thomas Hastings, Rector!
Thursday, Dec. 21. St Thomas'
I Day.
Holy Communion 10:30 a. m. I
Sunday, Dec. 24
i 8 a. in.. Holy Communion.
9:30, Church School and Men’s
f I !ible Class.
i
I I a. m., Morning Prayer and ;
Sermon. Nursery.
5 p. m.. Church school pageant, I
"The Nativity," in the church.
Christinas Eve, 11:30 p. m.,j
Choral Eucharist.
Christmas Day, 10:30 a. m„ Holy
Communion.
Tuesday, Dec. 20, St. Stephen'sj
Day, Holy Communion 10:30 a. m.'
Christmas Collect "Almighty j
God, who hast given us thy only-j
begotten Son to lake our nature!
upon him, and as at this time to;
be born of a pure virgin; Grant
that we being regenerate, and
'made thy children by adoption
! and grace, may daily be renewed
| by thy Holy Spirit; through the
, same Jc.-u.- Christ, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the same
| Spirit ever, one God. world with
but end."
\\ fST IMt BAPTIST
.1 Til. (I A sliley. 1 ’astor.
!.»:45 ; - m„ Sundav school. Leslie
i Gurganus, Supt.
11:00 a. ro., Morning worship.
; The Christmas program will bo
presentt d Friday evening, Decem
1 1)01- 22. at 7:30 p. in., at the church.
Everyone' is invited to attend this
| special program.
The public is invited to worship
: with us at ell services.
A sincere and earnest layman
hatl an unfortunate habit of bel
lowing, especially when he pray
ed in public After one of his loud
prayers during which the rafters
were almost put into vibration, a
little girl w.ho was present whis
pered to her father: "Father, don’t
| you think il he lived nearer to God
he would not have to talk so
i loud?"
NOTH'K OF SALK
I North Carolina, Martin County.
Under and by virtue of the
, power of sail- contained in a cer
tain deed of trust executed to the
i undersigned Trustee for Reuben
: U. Rogers and wife, Ktizabethe
I Rogers, on the r>t.h day of May,
1050, and of record in the Public
Registry of Martin County in !
Book Y 4, page 504, said deed of'
trust having been given for the
purpose of seem mg a certain note:
of even date and tenor therewith,!
default having been made in the ■
payment of said note, and the |
stipulations contained in the said |
dee I of trust not having been !
complied with, and at ihe request
of the owner of aid note, the un- :
dersigned Trustee will, on Fri- 1
day. the 12th day of January,
1951, at 12 o'clock noon in front j
of the courthouse door in the
Town of Williamston, offer for
sale to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described real
csRih , to-wit:
All that certain tract or parcel
of land and improvements there
on Ivina ahd being near the Town
of Williamston, bounded on the
Southwest by the Prison Camp
Road bounded on the Southeast1
RESOLl'TION IN MEMORY Of]
MR. L. C. BROWN, FORMER
MEMBER AND DIRECTOR OF
THE JAMESVILLE RIRITAN
CLFB.
Whereas, in the Providence of
(rod we have suffered the loss of
j our beloved member and director
1, (' Bmwn; we the members of
; Jamesville Ruritan Club desire to
express our deep sorrow in his
passing, and our sincere apprecia
tion of his loyalty and service to
the club.
Many monuments to his loyalty,
■ unreserved devotion to his task,
1 and service and interest in his
i club and community, are every
where to be seen. As testimonies
in his faith, purpose, and faithful
ness to nis club and community,
we’ll endure to his praise.
Even as we mourn his loss we set
lour faces to the future, with a
! fresh sense of the high mission of
Ruritan life and work.
We desire also to express our
j heart-felt sympathy to his wife,
. Mrs. Brown, and to all of his rela
tives, commending them to our!
Heavenly Father in whose grace
and power, we with them shall
find rest and strength, and the as-j
surance of hope.
G. H. Baker, Jr., Chairman.'
J. C. Kirkman,
H. B. Gaylord,
A. Corey.
by the Bailey property, bounded
on the East by the C. H. Godwin j
land, and on the South by the
Tyner land, same being the house,
and lot and also the adjoining lot
described by deed of record in j
Book X-4, page 440
This the 12th day of December
1950
Elbert S Peel. Trustee,
de 14-21-28 ja 4
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed proposals will be receiv
ed by the Board of County Com
missioners of Martin County at
the Martin County Court House. [
Williamston, N. C., until 2 o’clock
P M„ K. S. T., January 12 and j
immediately thereafter publicly i
opened and read, for the furnish- i
ing of labor, materials and equip
ment entering into the construc
tion of a Health Center including i
boiler plant, walks, equipment '
and appurtenances thereto. Pro- I
| posals received after the hour and
date specified above will not be
considered.
•Separate bids will be received for
j the Gen ■! d Contract, the Electr-i
!cal Ci !,tract, the Plumbing Con
tract, and the Heating Contract,
i Complete plans, specifications
land contract documents will he
I open fiii inspection at the Martin
'County Court House, and in the
!office of the Architect, J. W. Grif
fith. Greenville, N C. Plans and
specifications, and other contract
documents may be obtained by J
| prime contractors upon deposit of
i ^-25.00 in cash or check, for Gen
:eral Contract: $25.00 in cash
!check for Plumbing, Heating, and
! Electrical Contracts. The full de
posit will be returned to contrac
jtors submitting bona fide propos
als provided plans and specifica
tions are returned to the Archi
itect in good condition within five
j days after the date' set for recei\
‘ing of bids Subcontractor's de
posits will be refunded less cost
of printing and handling.
; A11 Contractors are hereby noti
i fied that they must have proper
license under the State laws gov
■ erning their respective trades.
| Each proposal shall be accom
panied by a cash deposit, or by a
Certified Check drawn on and
certified by some bank or trust
company insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, in
'an amount equal to not less than
j 5of the proposal; or in lieu
thereof a bidder may offer a Cer
Mified Check of 27 of the bid
: plus a bid bond of 37 of the bid;
| said deposit to he retained by the
iOwner as liquidated damages in
| event of failure of the successful
j blddei to execute the contract
within ten days after the award^
nr to give satisfactory surety as
required by law (Public Laws
1 1933, Section 1, Chapter 400, Gen
eral Statutes of North Carolina,
1943, C 143 Art 3 S. 129).
Performance Bond will be rcqui%
led in amount, of one hundred per
cent (1007 ) of the contract price.
Payment Bond will be required
i in amount of fifty per cent (50'i )
of the contract price
Payment will be made on the
‘ basis of ninety per cent (907c ) of
monthly estimates and final pay
ment made upon completion
| acceptance of the work,
j No bid may be withdrawn after
j1he scheduled closing time for the
! receipt of bids for a period of
! thirty days.
The Owner reserves the right t>
reject any or all bids and to
, waive informalities
Signed: Martin County Board
of Commissioners
By: .1 11. Edwards. Chairman,
You bet theres /? S,aula Claus!
Ton* h HENRY I TAYlOK ARC Network, • v*r> Monday event: g.
'X/'OTJ may not see any fluffy white beards
J or gay red jackets in our showrooms
—but we’re playing Santa nevertheless.
We’re playing-Santa when we offer these gay
and gorgeous Hoicks at the prices featured
here.
Where else can you find so much power and
comfort and style and size and fun at com
parable figures?
Where else can you find high-compression
Fireball power—Dynaflow Drive*—and the
ever-level ride that you get in a Buick?
What you pay for a Special buys an eight
—not a six—but the price tags are less than
many a six will cost.
What you pay for a Roadmaster buys the
standout performer in the fine-car field—at
WHATEVER YOUR MCE BAN BE
the lowest price ; " near
its si/.e — and at • .tars less
than \oil'll pa> i« .' > .. match
Hoadm vsikk’s repot.a' n.
These are facts you can cheek in an\ Hoick
dealer's showroom- but the thrill of getting
a bargain is nothing compared to the thrill
you’ll get out on the road.
You have to feel for - ourself the eager
take-off—the willing rush of power on the
straightaway.
^StuHditr^ »»» ROADMASThR,
i/tKumai <it til in iomI SI 1’h.R
u'»i M'ACIAL w.iburlt
You have to feel the supreme command that
is yours with Dynaflow Drive—and tht*
level-gaited stride of this honnie beauty.
So come in—and take out one of these star
performers.
Just a few miles with a Hoick and we know
what you’ll say:
“Christmas! What a marvel!”
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BuicW SPECIAL A-po»»»n9*
Sedan*! with d* !»><•
Optional equipment, state and local taxes, if any,
additional. Prices may vary slightly in adjoining com
munities due to shipping charges. All prices subiect
to change without notice.
Chns. H. Jenkins Co. of Williamston, Inc.
Highway 17 Phone 2117 W illiamston, N. C.
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