Softball Results The Pig-N'-Chicken of Raeford took first place honors this past weekend in the Hoke County Parks and Recreation Commission's Spring Invitational Softball Tour nament at Armory Park. P-C took the championship with some help from the All-Stars who defeated Carolina Turf 17-6 in the tournament's final game Saturday night. The win gave the Pig-N' Chicken and the All-Stars identical 5-1 records. P-C claimed the championship by way of a 15-8 win over the All-Stars earlier in the tournament. The All-Stars took home the second place trophy, while Carolina Turf captured third place honors with a 4-2 record. James Rainey of Pig-N'-Chicken won the Most Valuable Player honor. He had 20 hits in 23 times at bat for an average of .870. He also had seven home runs and five doubles to lead his team to the championship. Tournament Standings W L Pig-N'-Chicken 5 1 All-Stars 5 1 Carolina Turf 4 2 Rose Aviation 2 4 Hope Mills 2 4 Moore's Warehouse 2 4 Watson Chevrolet 1 5 Switzerland's 1,700 ski lifts can carry 1,000,000 skiers or summer sightseers an hour. RAEFORD SAVINGS & LOAN DtPENDABlE COURTEOUS SAFE PAYING HIGH DIVIDENDS AND MAKING HOME LOANS Protestant Reformer Martin Luther called the Epistle of James "a right strawy epistle" and openly regretted the fact that this letter had ever been included in the canon of the New Testament. Others have had a similar reaction. The reason for this unhappiness with James is to be found in the presumed conflict between Paul's teachings about "salvation through faith" and James apparent empha sis upon "works' instead of "faith." The conflict seems obvious: Paul: "For we hold that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law" (Romans 3:28). James: "You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone" (James 2:24). But the conflict is more apparent than real. The two scripture pas sages quoted quite out of context are not mutually contradictory. In fact, when we examine them more closely, we find that they are simply approaching the same truth from two different perspectives. The problem is in the meaning of the word "faith." For example, James asks us: "If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, be wanned and filled,' without Deputy Leaving Deputy sheriff V.D. Galloway has resigned from the Hoke County Sheriff's Department effective May 15, Sheriff D.M. Barrington announced. Galloway, 31, joined the depart ment in December, 1975. He plans to move to Goldsboro, the sheriff said. No replacement has yet been named. J. H. AUSTIN INSURANCE SINCE 19M AUTO-FIRE-LIFE CASUALTY 114 W. Edlnbor Phon* 975-3467 giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?" (2:15). What James is really saying here is that that kind of "faith" is not faith at all. The faith that is expressed only in cheerful words instead of helpful actions is not the faith that Paul speaks of in Romans. It is mere belief and there is a big diffeivicc between belief and faith. "Show me your faith apart from your works," challenges James (1:18). Two illustrations are used by the apostle. First, the example of Abraham offering his son Issac upon the altar. It was not enough for Abraham to believe that this is what he was to do, but for him to be willing to act upon that belief. Because he was ready to follow his belief with action, James says, "You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by works..." (2:22). The second illustration seems strange to us, but it is well suited for his point. Rahab was spared destruction, not just because she believed the messengers were from God, but because she acted upon that belief and "sent them out another way" (2:25). Thus, as with Abraham, it was not a matter of belief or works, but belief and works. These two together com prise faith, Called And Failed Dupree Knocks No-Shows Judge Joseph Duprce thinks he can save taxpayers S3 million a year. During a news conference held Monday in Fayetteville, the District Court judge divulged a plan to cut down the number of no-show (called and failed) traffic cases in court. The plan would allow police officers to take a motorists's license at the time of a traffic violation and issue a receipt, holding the license in lieu of bond. A no-show in court would then automatically give the driver a guilty conviction and his license would be suspended for 90 days. The plan also limits the number of times a case can be continued in court. According to Dupree, who ad mits devoting many hours to com piling this plan, a great backlog of cases accumulates because of these no-show violators. When the cases are called and failed, then law enforcement officers must locate and serve warrants on individuals who miss their court dates. Dupree's S3 million estimate stems from figures supplied by Cumberland's Sheriff Ottis Jones on th approximate cost involved in sending a deputy to serve the warrant. Jones, who also attended the conference, said that the cost to taxpayers ran between S25 to S35 per each called and failed case. Dupree noted that 8,000 traffic cases were called and failed in the Past Yields To Future In A Changing Egypt By Donald J. Frederick National Geographic News The future tense dominates conversations in Egypt. Egyptians and the growing num bers of Western scientists and businessmen sharing their destiny all seem to be preoccupied with the future of the country. As Thomas J. Abercrombie points out in the March National Geographic: "Egypt seems always to have been dominated, over shadowed, by the power of her past. But now, after months of roaming this parched land from Port Said to the upper Nile, from Sinai to the great Western Desert. I have come away convinced that Egypt, at last, has overtaken time." In contrast to nearlv two decades NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 105-369 of the General Statutes of North Carolina and pursuant to an order of the City Council of the City of Raeford, dated April 7, 1977, 1 will offer for sale and will sell at public auction, for cash, to the highest bidder at the City Hall in Raeford. North Carolina, at 12 o'clock noon on May 9th, 1977, liens upon the real estate described below for the non-payment of taxes owing for the year 1976. The amount advertised will be increased by interest and costs and the omission of interest and costs from the amount advertised will not constitute a waiver of the taxing unit's claim for those items. No bid will be received unless it is at least equal to the principal amount of the taxes advertised plus interest and costs accrued thereon at the date of sale. The real estate that is subject to the lien, the name of the person to whom the property is listed for taxes, and the principal amount of the taxes are set out below. Reference is made to the records in the office of the register of deeds of this county and in the office of the tax supervisor of this county for a more particular description of the real estate. This 7th day of April 1976. Mrs. Ollie Augustoni. Res. Sixth Avenue 68.49 Aline Baldwin. Res. Magnolia St 18.07 J. C. & Mildred Barrington. Res. Fifth Avenue 131.21 Larry J. Beatty