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3 THE DUPLIN TIMES Published each Friday in KenaiwvUle, N. a. County 8eat of . ... '' DUPLIN COUNTY i Editorial business and printing plant, Kenansville, N. C. J. ROBERT GRADY, EDITOR OWNER . Entered at the Post Office, Kenansville, N. C. as second class matter. TELEPHONES Kenansville, 255-6 Warsaw S6-7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year in Duplin County Lenoir, Jones, Onslow, Pender, Sampson and Wayne coun ties; $3.50 per year outside this area in North Carolina; and Advertising rates furnished on request k Democratic Journal, devoted to the material, educational, iconomlc and agricultural interests of Duplin County. fuss asmuraam i . IntanwlKMUl Undone , I r.y ' SCRIPTURE: (Miab l:S-4v 9:l-7l -; yartnuan 3: 14-19: Luxt a. DEVOTIONAL RKADINQi - John Tline Eyes Have Seen' LesMB for December Zfl, IMS Our Baby-God The thing that fascinates us most about Christ mas is the appearance of the Almighty God as a helpless baby, the sight of tiny hands which, we re mind ourselves, hung up the moon and rolled the earth into space. And now He's made Himself so helpless, out of love for us. He wasn't really born with a shock of flaxen hair as our Christmas cards represent Him. He was born just like any other son of man, tiny and absolutely dependent on the love of His mother. He would be hungry if she did not feed Him; He would not be clean, did she not wash Him. Now he is close to everyone. He waits in His crib for our adoration. He has not yet assumed the dignity of manhood, nor the majesty of His glorified body; for somehow after the resurrection, His words to Mary Magdalen "Don't touch Me" - - rather put us in awe of Him. He could annihilate us with a glance if he would. Our prayers at Easter are ad dressed in adoration; but at Christmas we want to wrap the Infant Jesus in prayers of love and pity. We want to take Him in our arms, and let His poor little body draw from the abundance of our own warmth and vitality. But just think of Mary's joy. This Baby is God. Think of how you would feel if you could have God in your arms, sitting at your table, or asleep in the next room. Mary realized the dignity of her Son. She had been visited by an archangel; Joseph's dream had reassured her knowledge, and Eliza beth's greeting had confirmed it. She knew that she was the Mother of God - - yet she did not be come vain, nor did she try to use her SortVpower J or her own ends. i ; . So let's savor the spirit of Christmas to nie full. We can build a crib in our souls which need never be torn down. We can hug our Lord to ourselves and Hold Him fast - - so fast that, by His grace, we need never lose Him from our arms. eye.! Dr. Feremaa A NOTICE OF RE-SALE UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY of an order of Re sale of the Superior Court of Du plin County, made in that certain Special Proceeding entitled: "In the matter of Stan North et als" and being Special Proceeding No. 2343, duly filed in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Duplin Coun ty, the undersigned Commissioner will offer for re-sale for cash on Thursday, December 15, 1949, at the hour of 12:00 Noon at the Court house Door In Kenansville, Duplin County, North Carolina, to the highest bidder all those certain tracts or lots of land situated in the Town of Magnolia, N. C Dup lin Countv. and twins rfMcrlruul follows: Said property being known D. H. CARLTOII INSURANCE AGENCY WARSAW, NORTH CAROLINA Life - Fire - Storm -Automobileetc. ". Telephone 3496 Warsaw, II. C. Warsaw Fish Market CREATORS AND MAINTAINEHS OF LOWER PRICES ON QUALITY SEA FOODS Ota Door to AfcP) Both Wholesale and Retail Know Yoor Fish or Know Your Fi&hman WILLIS BARTLETT FREE ' Mmm ISt-1 WB )RESSnra WARSAW, N. C DELIVER Off ico Supplies AND EQUIPMENT DESKS, CIIAIRS, FILING CABINETS LEDGERS, BINDERS, SHEETS and INDEX KINSTON.N.C. N. C CONSOLIDATED VADZ CO IXC. Foot of Waynefiboroch Avenue Former Well's Eridqrjkd GOLDSDOEO, N. C. PHONE 1532 OS 22?1 COLLECT WHAT can the old man see In the baby? There must have been some to ask thai question, as the old, old man Simeon took the little ix-weeka-old f Jesus in , his arms. To most- eyes he was just another baby; -but at the touch of him. Simeon broke out Into words so filled with hope and ec stasy, so-rhythmic with emotion, that his words, even to this day, art used a hymn in all the Christian churches of the world. "Mine have seen . The aged man, already moving across the thin line dividing this world from heaven, eouM see with tht eye, of the spirit what was hid from the eye of many a practical man.-- To Simeon's mind. Imbued with 6m spirit of the ancient pro phets, the child in his arms was a center of light AH the rays from the dim and ancient prophecies came to a focus fa. this child; and from this child again there shone out to all the future years of man the hope of a better world. What the prophets have foretold, is now to be; this child Is the hope of mankind. They have aeon a great light THE CHRISTMAS PROPHECIES, our Old Testament lesson text, sing the hope of the Hebrew peo ple. It was a hope that apread be yond themselves, their tiny hill country, landlocked and harborless, out to the "Circle of the Nations," on to the world of vast peoples beyond their ken. In a leaderlesa world, where men went blindly through life, smothered by- the smoke of torches la the wavering hands of the blind, the prophets sang ef the Coming One, the Mes siah, God's chosen Leader, who weald bring men eat of darkness Into light, the Divine Oeaasellor. 1 In the centuries when, tht serv ants of God were enslaved, those who worshiped only the srprd, the prophets pointed confidently to the time when the leadership of the world would at least be in hands of those who knew and derstood and obeyed God. Eyes of Flesh MOW THE PROPHETS did ' always fully understand their own prophecies, as we are told by Peter (I Pet 1:10, 11); and certain ly most of the Jews did not When they heard the word "Messiah" or "King" they could think only of the kings they had known and ad mired, some now David, great in battle, or another Solomon, in a greater and more golden palace. Be when the little bey Jeans bera la the dark atable under A the hUL it waa aet everyone . vwhe cinld see what Simeon . aaw, that now the hopes of the prophets - were coming true, v -new the Kingdom ef rlghteooa--.aeaa sad peace, the Realm ef ; All Nations, was to begin, i. 'What Simeon's fading human eye could see was no great thing a helpless infant from a peasant carpenter's home. It was only Simeon's inward eye that saw the truth. Eyes of Faith YET THE EYE of faith can see more. The salvation God is bringing to the world , has ..only Just begun. As in Simeon's day the salvation and the light were barely at the horizon, so now it is still but sunrise. The colors of sunrise may bo mistaken for those of sunset, by those who have been long asleep. It is only those who have watched through the night who know the sunrise for, what it is. . The sengs at, Chrlttmaatlde are seags of hope, and aet ealy seat ef remembrance. It Is aet the hope ef feels, for the werld et today. Is brighter thaa . the world farte which Christ was . bera, aad the brightness shoes 70-30 West 100 feet to a take on Main Street; thence North 13-30 West 149 feet to a stake; thence South 76-30 West 16 feet to stake; thence North 13-30 West 51 feet to a stake; thence Norm 70-su 106 feet to a stake an oia line; thence as old line South 16 East 200 feet to point of beginning and being Lot No. 1 of J. A. Matms property and being a portion of lands as described In Book. 131, page 358, of the Duplin County Registry, also see will Book 5, page 413, of the office of Clerk of Su perior Court. Lot No. 2: BEGINNING at a stake on the Northern edge of Main Street in the Town of Magnolia, located South 76-30 West 100 feet from Mrs. R. P. Stokes corner, for merly, (now Archie West heirs cor ner) and runs thence as Northern edge of Main Street South 76-30 West 65 feet to a stake on Main Street; thence North 13-3U wesi 149 feet to a stake; thence worm 76-30 East 65 feet to a stake on line of Lot No. 1; thence South 13 30 East 149 feet to beginning, and belngXot No. 2 In division of J. A. MathTs property, and being a por tion of lands as recorded iirBook 131. page 358, of the Duplin Coun ty Registry, also see Will joox o, page 413, of office of Clerk of Su perior Court. Lot No. 3: BEGINNING at a stake 1 - . V.I.1.M on tne soutnern eoge m ti Street in the Town of Magnolia, N. C. said stake being a corner oi Lot No. 4 and runs thence as Sou thern edge of Falson Street North 76-30 East 99 feet to a stake; thence South 16 East 252 feet to a staSe corner of Lot No. 1; thence as line 'iX-Heavenly Christaas Gn THE SUN reflects the spirit of Christmastide as it beams down on the picturesque ehapel at Sun Valley famous Union Pacific resort village in Idaho,, The late afternoon scene was taken by. Sun Val-:. ley s photowher, George Long, Jr., who experimentally "shot" his picture directly Into the sun. Tht lt?onr ravs foi t the sun striaked the film but the result was a rare star of Bethlehem effect and a beautl- fiil-vi'ti'-e cbiracerizinir the inirH"I rihn. f he Christmas the un- not Who would turn back this worla. for all its .wretchedness and frus trations, into 4what It would have bean had Jesus never been born? At Christmas time we rejoice, not that an things have been accom plished or that all the prophecies of good have come true; we re joice i rather that the . God-tent Leader, -the Messiah, the Saviour, baa corns, and that with his com ing salvation and light and. glory have begun. , .:;,, (Copyright by tb tattmtMaul eouocfl Of !U)I(tous Education oa bahaU of 40 p-rotutaat denomination. KaUaaad by WNII otur. . j..jvk as j. A. MATHIS property In Mag nolia: ;'.''. i . Lot No. U BEGINNING at stako on Main Street In the Town of I"-? r-"a at 11. E. P. f ' f November, 1949.- H. E. Phillips, Commissioner UUIUCI V MU, w. - p - TJT7D of Lot No. 1 South 76-30 West 106 12-23-4t. HEP feet to a stake; thence North 13-30 1 West 252 feet to point OI Degmuing EXECUTORS NOTICE and being Lot No. 3 in division o A. Mathis property, and bein a portion of lands as recorded in Book 131. page 358, of Duplin Coun ty Registry, also see Will Boos 5, page 413, of office of Clerk of su perior Court. Lot No. 4: BEGINNING at a stake on Southern edge of Faison Street in Town of Magnolia, at a ditch, and runs thence as Southern edge of Faison Street, North 76-30 East 122V feet to a stake, first cor ner of Lot No. 3; thence as line of Lot No. 3 South 13-30 East 114 feet to a stake; thence North 82 West 32 feet to a stake on ditch; thence as ditch North 55 West 130 feet to beginning and being Lot No. 4 in division of J. A. Mathis proper ty, and being a portion of the lands as described in a deed to J. A. Ma this- as recorded In Book 131, page 358, of Duplin County Registry, see also Will Book 5, page 413, of the office of Clerk of Superior Court A ten per cent deposit will be re quired of the successful bidder as evidence of good faith. Advertised this tht 30th day of The undersigned, having quali fied as Executor of the estate of Isaiah Branch, deceased, late pf Duplin County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the un dersigned on- or before the 22nd day of November, 1950, or this no tice will be plead in bar to their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make imme diate payment to the undersigned. This the 22nd day of November, 1949. Raymond Branch, Executor of the estate of Isaiah Branch, deceased, Mount Olive, North Carolina. H. E. Phillips, Attorney I2-30-6t. HEP ' NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION The undersigned, having quali fied as. administrator of the estate oi Sarah Elizabeth Kennedy, de ceased, late of Duplin County, this is to notify all persons having claims agaiinst said estate to pre sent them to the undersigned on or before November 8, 1950, or this notice will be plead in bar el their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make,imme diate payment to the undersigned. This the 8th day of November, 1949. S. A. Smith, administrator of the estate of Sarah Elizabeth Kennedy, de ceased. Beulaville, N. C. H. E. Phillips, Attorney 1 2-23-6 1. HEP NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having this day qualified aa Ad ministratrix of the Estate bf W. D. Rouse, deceased; this Is to notify all persons having ' claims against the said estate to present them to the undersigned duly verified on or before the 2nd day of December, 1959, or this Notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All per-: sons indebted to said estate will please make Immediate payment This November 25, 1949. 4 Sallie Keziah Rouse, Administratrix, ' Warsaw,- N. C. . l-6-6t RDJ " M. F. ALIEN, JR. General Insurance Kenansville, II. C. 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