«S»S?S»S THE ENTERPRISE Published Every Tuesday and Tnursday by ENTERPR1SK PI BUSHING ( O. WD I .IAMSTON N< >KTH CAKOIJN A SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) One Year Six Months IN MARTIN COUNTY JJ.BO ■i OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One Year __>8.00 Six Months_ 1.71 Advertising Rate Card Upon Requeat $ Entered at the post office in Williamston, N. C., as second-class matter under the act of Congress of March 3, 1878. Address all communications to The Enter prise and not individual members of the firm. No Subscription Received Under t Month# Thursday, December 21. lOHO I Ih rrr IS4> 'i H US 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 <• 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. ~ WHEN BCTTCR AUTO'»CBIlCS A " E PIUIT BUICK Will BUIIO THEM ---J-JJl..— . .