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JSSS2CS! JH <QfcrHstmasSerrmm | | . 0 ? ? - - . . that period of the four weeks including the four to five u/ the Christ of Chriitmas! Have you ever wondered how we came to use this date of December 25th? The truth is that it Was not until the 4th century that Christians started a planned period of Advent as a time of preparation dor the celebration of Christ's Birthday. They did it. in large part. to. offset the harmful influences ol the Saturnalia of the Romans. This pagan festival observance had become a time of drinking, rioting, revelry and excesses, until St. Franks came along with his wonderful idea of the manger scene to be dramatically placed at the center of this holy time. He lighted a candle as a reminder that the Christ whom God sent is a Saviour must always be the supreme object of adoration. Today we need the reminder that this is His celebration, that He is the center about whom it must all revolve. A mother sent her little child to attend his first Church School Christmas party. She carefully explained to her son that the occasion was actually Jesus' birthday party. But upon returning home, in response to the usual question concerning enjoy ment, the boy replied with the simple directness of a child: "It was a nice party but Jesus didn't come." He could not understand a birthday party without its honored guest! The tragedy is that there will be many places this Christmas where Christ will continue to be excluded. People will give gifts .to those they do not love, and people will receive gifts they do not want or need, LET US NOW TURN FROM THE WORLD'S WAY OF KEEPING CHRISTMAS AND LOOK AT GODS PREPARATION. HERE WE FIND LIGHT ON HOW CHRISTIANS ARE PRIVILEGED TO KEEP THIS HOLY SEASON. The prophesies of Isaiah and Micah are fllled with the account of God's Preparation. This is no accident but the fruit of centuries of preparation. God began early?here is the word of God?com ing through the prophet Isaiah some 800 years be fore the birth of Christ: "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God. the everlasting Father. The Prince of Peace " God enabled His spokesman to give the truth thac Christ was to be the Prince of Peace. The Hebrew people longed for a Messiah. At first they pictured him as a warrior - deliverer who would crush their enemies, bring prosperity, and set them free. Gradually these crude materialistic ideas changeo. The prophets, more than any other group, came to know that the Messiah would be a man of peace. He would judge the world with right eousness, not with a sword. . Again, this Prince of Peace was to be God's promised redeemer for His people. He would make a new covenant not by writing laws on stone tablets, but by writing laws on the tablets of human hearts. Yet, this Redeemer would not eoine without great cost. With supreme patience God creates the world; and slowly He allows history to unfold. He observes the "gradual evolving of a culture, of a people, and, at long last, he climaxes it by coming as a baby on a mound of hay in a crude manger God had visited the earth before and* had expressed his presence in a flaming bush, in a smoking and quaking mountain, and in the messages of his rpokes men, the prophets. Now he comes into our world in human flesh. As an infant he limits himself to the loveliest of all languages in the world: a baby's low cry. Abraham. Moses, Job. and David were all im perfect men. and we today are no better. Yet, God waits for us with the Supreme Gift in His hands. Often we say that we are waiting for Christmas. A deeper truth is this: Christmas is waiting for us! WHAT CAN THIS TRUTH Or' THE MESSIAH AS A PRINCE OF PEACE MEAN TO US TODAY? Many of us are discouraged and embittered be cause we do not see real peace in our world. Could it be that we have been working at this matter from the wrong direction? We long for peace between nations while we neglect the one place where we can now have peace. The place it must begin is within our own hearts. Around the lowly manger there gath ered shepherds, wise men, Jews. Gentiles, rich and poor, wise and foolish. They were one in Him. During these last days and hours of Advent, let us see our Master as God's Promised Messiah, the Prince of Peace. Let that peace rule and reign in your heart, and. through you, let it change others so that ultimately it will bring peace among na tions. This is the cost of peace! ?? - iH.v\ Transactions In REAL ESTATE Wajrnesville Township ? Paul James and wife to Richard Muse and wife. Hardy Richard Stinnett end wife to H. C. White and wife. M. J. Hamner and wife to Syl la Davis. Ralph A. Wood and wife to Jer ry Jenkins and wife. Sylla Davis to M. J. Hamner and wife. Roger Wilson and wife to Beatrice Wilson. Beaverdam Township "Pearl Medford to William B. Welch and wife. J. G. Miller and wife to Tftomas Eugene Wilson and wife. Ivy Hill Township Medford Leatherwood and wife and others to Paul Ferguson, Jonathan Township Clayton Green and wife to Ber tha Green. Clayton Green and wife to Bob i by Green and Pearl Green. I An Important Issue For Burley Growers The Burley Tobacco Referendum on Decem ber 29th, is one of the most important issues facing tobacco growers today. A "YES" vote % by two-thirdi of the farmers casting ballots will mean that acreage allotments and price supports will be continued in their present # form for the next three tobacco crops ? A vote of "NO" on more than one-third of the THE ballots will mean that the price support pro FRIENDLY , 4 . .. gram and acreage allotments will be dis I BANK continued. ? ? ? It is an important issue ... one that concerns every Burley grower in Haywood County . ... and we urge you to go to the polls on Thursday, December 29th, and cast your ballot according to your own convictions. The First National Bank Organized 1902 e Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Member Federal Reserve System Bids Sought For Work On New Parkway Link Scaled bids are now being sought by the1 U. S. Bureau of Public Roads for construction work ? on 1.836 miles of a new section ' of the Blue Ridge Parkway in SWain County, starting at Ravens ford and extending eastward to ward Wolf Laurel. Dealing with Section 2-Z-2, the contracts calls for 312.400 cubic ' yards of excavation, 60,000 tons of crushed gravel, and 2 950 linear feet of concrete-covered pipe. ? Work to be done on the 183 j j mile portion includes grading, draining, and application of a base course of crushed rock. The sealed-bids will be opened at 1:30 p.m. January 13 at the Gatlinburg office of the Bureau of Public Pioads. Plans, specifications, and pro posal forms for Section 2-Z-2 are now available from U. S. Dh'ision Engineer H. J. Spelman, 1440 Columbia Pike. Arlington, Va. Bids also are expected to be ask- | ed soon on Section 2-Z-5 for heavy grading, and 2-Y-7 -for lining of three tunnels. A third contract will involve the construction of several bridges. Prior to the start of World War 1 II, approximately five miles of roadway were graded and tunnels were built for the Blue Ridge Parkway from Wolf Laurel to Bunches Creek. When completed, the total Maaaie. Kiwanis To Distribute Food Baskets Food baskets for needy families in the Maggie area were prepared last nigljt by the Maggie Valley Kiwanis Club at. Mount Valley Grill. In charge of the program was Sam McCrary, club president, and Albert Siler, chairman of the Ki- , wan is Underprivileged Chrilder's Committee. A guest at the meeting last night was Richard Parham, son of Mr. j and Mrs. K. W. Parham, who is new stationed at Camp Gordon. Ga. j length of the Parkway link from Soco Gap to Ravensford will be j approximately 13 miles. Length of the section to be constructed from Wolf Laurel (on the Soco-Mile High link * to Ravensford is about nine miles. Sheriff Campbell Back In Office For Short Periods Sheriff Fred Y. Campbell who was injured December 2 In the ' wreck of a prison truck in West * Asheville, has l*een spending short 1 periods of time in his office this ( week, but will not be back on full- 1 time duty for some time. j 1 He is scheduled to have a check- . up at Asheville December 28. I The sheriff, the driver of the prison truck bound for. Central Prison in Raleigh, and eight newly convicted prisoners were injured when the truck skidded on a patch i of ice and overturned off the high-i ] way. | , Fertilizer injury to pepper plants . is common in North Carolina and i results in slower early growth, I poorer stands, and reduced yields. |, Bookmobile? Schedule 1 Friday, Dm. JJ B i'KISO I lobert iMMt 93? lam Freeman i^r? ?ruso Grocery 'mi? ^ruso Sciiiiui 3ois Roger-. ' I? VIrs. Klla I'less ( S. William- 3^? ftumelt I'a h (Iroeery iq? Tuesday, Dee. 1' H lONAl lI \N ( I . JV NXI? BurRin's Si hi- 3 K. W Howell ? lUiek MR Scbddl 10.1? ||rs FAhel Boyd ? Jesse Hannah 114? Qrvil Shellon I Francis W yait '-'-i a^H Junalusha Supply 1 I? be sure ygjr THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29thl BURLEY REFERENDUM Marketing quotas for bur ley tobacco will continue in effect if approved by at least two-thirds of the growers voting in the referendum Thursday, December 29, 1955. Farmers who produced bur ley tobacco in 1955 are elig ible to vote in the referendum. *?1 % ' 1 % Each producer will have an opportunity to vote on the question, "Are you in favor of marketing quotas for burley tobacco for the 3 years beginning October 1, ] 1956?" I If quotas are approved there will be: * Acreage allotments and marketing quotas for 1956, 1957, and 1958 | ? Price supports ! ? Marketing quota penalties on excess tobacco If quotas are' disapproved there will be: | ? No acreage allotments and marketing quotas in I 1956 ? ? ? No price support j ? No marketing quota penalties on excess tobacco THIS MESSAGE SPONSORED IN THE INTEREST OF BEIT ER BURLEY PRODUCTION BY THE FOLLOWING FIRMS: n CLINE ? BRADLEY CO. FARMERS EXCHANGE KETNER'S H. S. WARD HAYWOOD COUNTY FARMERS CO-OP PARTON'S FEED STORE v ' -'r * V' ? i . -.ty. I VOTE I t*c VfV
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