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1. IN MEMORiAM WERT RHYNE. Jr. Below is sermon preached by Wert B. Rhyne, Jr., in St. John's Lutheran church on December 27th, at the evening worship service. This was his first sermon. THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST MAS—“PEACE ON EARTH" The man who first said, “There’s no place iile home,” put a great truth into a simple phrase. Wherever we may go. we are always glad to gei back home And 1 am happy tonight to be at Home, m my home church, anil to have a chance to talk to you. and to think with you for a little whi;c about the "Message of Christmas.” The Scripture lesson just read in your hearing was the well known story of the birth of Christ. The lesson ended with the joyous message of the angels, 'On earth peace, good will, to ward men." ]n every one of the nineteen hundred years when the nirth of the Christ-child has been celebrated, that -o»g has brought comfort to the hearts of men and women who “toil along the climbing way.' And each Christ mas-time we "rest beside the wear'- road and hear the augels sing.” At Christmas. 1U42. that mes .ige of the angels comes to us n sharp contrast to the'world we see around us. From our mail box we take a Christmas card It hears the message. "Peace on earth " From the same" mail-box we take a newspaper which tells us u'bout ; the : greatest, war,- the world has ever known. In the stillness of the evening we hear some Christmas carolers singing "Silent Night." In our peaceful town the night is silent. But if we were in a less fortunate part of the world the silence of the night would be broken by the sounds of gunfire and of the ma chines of destruction, of hatred and violence, used by men to kill their fellowmen. Yet to this world at war comes the song of the angels, "Peace "on,earth, good will toward men ' And to millions of people that message brings new hope, new joy. To till who receive Christ it brings peace, even in the midst of war. It brings an inner peace, a peace of the soul. It is the gift >f Qod, this peace \. hioh passes human understanding. To those who do not now accept Jesus as Savior the gift of God is still of t'ered. if they will only receive it. To all tlie world the message comes, even to those who are now our enemies at war. to ev ary Get man, to ev'eiy Japanese, ,U> every human soul, that gift of ill C(i list mas gifts ts freely off j'Ved. And how can a man gel ■jis gift of inner peace? Bv siin ,C> accepting it. l’.v opening his he.,i . ami letting the Christ rHlid Come into his life to stay, .v tine front a beautiful Christ met- hymn tells how men may gain this peace whica God offers: *.fWhere meek souls will receive him still the dear (’hrist enters And. then, along with this in ner peace which w offered to each individual, the angels’ song i ells us of another sort of peace, a peace among men, and among nations. When this World Win Number Two is won—-and of Vic tory we are firmly convinced— the leaders of nations will make treaties These have neon called treaties of peace. How well his tory shows us that they have al ways turned out to be scraps of paper. They hwv'e not been trea ties of peace. They have not had in them th<‘ quality which is ah solutely necessary to lasting peace among men. Anti what is that quality? 'Hie angels,’ song tells us: “Good will coward men” "Peace on earth, good will to ward men." Peace on earth? How? By good will fow.acd men, (he.ton.ly -may 'Phe treaties of his k fry have not been declarations V f good will toward our fellow men—not really, though they may (Continued on page 12) Peace on Earth Good NX^ill Toward Man // This Is Our Annual Christmas Greeting Issue Sending Greetings From The Merchants To All Of You We lit 11 your attention to the ou-eial ttieetinK' ads • i'roni the norehunts ami business men in be fch.g'ic this. week. These luins ippreciate your patronage. The l'oilowinjr ads appear in to day's issue of the Katie: Carlton Yarn Mills Khyne-Houser Mills Howell Mfu. Co. Noway Spinninu' Co. Sullivan Motor Co. Carolina Freight Cartiers Cherryville B & I, Assn. Town of Cherryville L)ellinper Jewel Shop Western Auto Asso. Store (ialloway’s Dept. Store Cherryville National Hank 101 ite Beauty Salon Allen Drue Co. Sinclair Svc Sta. Carpenter Bros. Ho.v & Troy Howell Ready to Wear Goldiners Dept. Store City Market Putnam Hdw. Co. Hoses 5 & 10 Friday Cafe Royal Cafe People’s Dry Cleaners Modern • Dry Cleaners lloniesley Chevrolet llarrelson Co. McGinnis Grocery House) Druir Sanitary Barber Shop People's Barber" Shop Long's Metal Shop McDowell Dry Goods Store Farmers Union N. B. Boyles Walter Houser Grocery Jloss Radio A lira'll Flower Shop Hnrrelson Table Supply W. N. McGinnis No. 1 & 2 Ballard Bros. Store Upchurch Dept. Store Ritz Cafe Wesleyan Methodist Christmas Program There- will bo a Christmas •irojrrnni “Whito Clifts for the Kinp” Thursday night, December 23rd at 7 o'clock at the Wesley •m Methodist Church. Everyone is invited. MRS. ELI BEAM RETURNS FROM CALIFORNIA ' Mrs. Eli Beam returned Fri day from Los Angeles where she spent the past three months with ! Major and Mrs. John T. P.asiUKe. • She >va$ accompanied to Califor ; nia last fall by her daughter, I Miss Billy Beam who is director 1 of Religious Education of the ; First Methodist church in Pie i merton. Washington, ' At Camp Blanding b bgt. Alike a. Jones entered the army on the 19th day of December, 19-12. He was inducted Ion December 12. at Camp Croft, S. (’., going to Fort Bragg on the 19th and from there to Fort McClellan, Ala., where he was stationed for nine months and then transferred to Camp Bland ing, Florida He entered as a private and received his rating as Staff Sergeant in four months. Sgt. Jones was formerly night policeman of this city. MONEY ORDER MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OLD Mr. James H. Rayfieid of Bes semer City, Route 1 was showing 1 a money order twenty-five years old here Saturday. Mr. Rayfieid was in World War No. I and while stationed at Camp Sevier, (ireenville, S. C\. his father. A J. Hayfield. on May 11, 1918. sent him a money order to Green Ville, S. C., in the meantime Mr. James 11 Hayfield had been moved and did not receive the money order and evidently it was returned to his father, who did not look at it close and thinking it was a receipt put it away in his trunk. Mr. Rayfi eld's father has been dead for eleven years and it was just about two weeks ago while going through the trunk he came across the old money order which came from the Dallas Post Office while R. G. Lewis was postmaster. Th« address of Johnnie H. Noles is A V S Johnnie H. Noles 34(109541 Sqdn 102 Flight C AAFCC-SAACC, S«a Aatoaio Men Who Went To Camp Croft 18th forwarded tor induction lo| (amp Croft. S. ('. on Decembei I St h. ISM;: at S A. .VI. i’aul William Reynold.--, R--1, ! Lincolnion, C. [ Leonard Clayton Fain; Route I. Gastonia. X Jesse James .Vic (iin.ii.,, Caro Rliel Lester Stinnett. Besm !,mer City, X. c. Austin Jacob Sain, til... t'lytic- Dollinner, Gastonia. Jolin Luther Dettei, Route 1. ( Jastonia, .V ('. I lytit- Prop.st, R 1. Dallas Dewey Stines. R-i, Crouse Georee Alai Am 11 Davis, 111. 1. | Cherryville. \. t . j William Dol’is liebber, lias I I tonia, N. C. Fl ed Franklin Stallions, Alexis j Finest Krvin l’ueketi. Route 1 | Gastonia. N. C. Clarence Robeit Smith, l.m-j eolnton. X. C. Russell T. McGinnis, City < Allen Price, R-o, Kinns -Vltn. William Reid Kampc, Route 1 Dallas. N. C. j Howard Do it/ lilack. Route 2. | Cherry ville, X. C. Lathen Columbus Ratchford, | Route 1. Dallas. Charlie Sloan t lotiinner, Dallas Lawrence Luther .Vlitehem, Bessemer City. X. C. Claude Kv'erette Devmey, City •John Knox Dttlin, Uessemer City, N. C. Bin tin Thomas t rain. City Frank Cooper White. Route •'! Gastonia. X. ('. David Monroe Randal!, City •loiin Howard Davis, City I.loyd Wilson I)ease, City Lemuel John Ramsey, Lineoln tmi, N. C. Clayton Victor Sexton, Shelby John Webb Mauney. Route 1, Bessemer City. Charlie Reid ( ostner, Mornan ton, X. C. Marvin Boyd Brandon, Rt. 1, Bessemer City. X. C. Basil Francis Heav'ner, City Robert Frank Raviieid Rt. I. Bessemer City. Conley James Flowers, City Dale I vail Broyles, Dallas Boyd ( lierles Kistler, Moores ville. N. C. Howard 1.inwood Robinson. Cherryville. X. C. Ralph Maltom Hayes. ! Valias James Hcat'ner, Finns Mtn. Walter Hurman Cordon. (Jatl' ney. S. C. Glenn Robert Uenkle. City Marion Joseph Pierce, Besse mer City. N. C, Jake BelVery Beam U-l. Clierrv ville. N. C. Shirlev Enoch Bowman, R-2. I Cherryville. X. C. nivin Chester Haner. Alexis I Floyd Stroupe, R-t Bessemer j (Continued on page 9) SHOPPERS CROWD CHERRY V 1LLE STORES Tin* busiest trading day of ■ ho year was experienced here .list Saturday. i.v hundreds of shoppers crowded flic stores and flail markets The real lush will In' expel ienced here today and Friday (’In' istmas eve. Ac'cordinjr to sunn- of the .nerchn’iits, business in Cherry vilie lias been the best ever dur ne .November and December. In Maryland Pvt. Augustus ('. IH'dinoii, ,1 r. -.on ot’ .Ml. anil Alls \. (I. lied mon was inducted into the sers ice on Sopteinher 27th of this fear, and has. been stationed at fiimn Meade. Aid.. later lieiiif transferred to Camp Chaffee Al'k. His address is: Pvt. Auaus his ('. Dedtnon, .1 . .'I.ITotj-l'i" Pi ooii A 2drd CaValry It. ('. \ j S<r (Meczd. A P () -112. ('aim | ( hatleo. Ark. lie would like t'oi lis (fiends to write him. PEC B S. HOMESLEY IS AT FORT SILL FORT SILL. Ok la. Her. 21 (FAS) Private First ( lass Hen 'antin S. Homesley. Cliei ryvillo Y. C.. a member of the tiOlst Field Artillery battalion, has at iverl a'l Fort Sill with his ot’i>; n ization. which will (ite for the ifficers and students of the Field Artillery School Private Homesley is the son if Mr. ami Mrs. I \Y. Homesley, Route 2. He was a farmer before ie entered the Army. ROGER DALE WALKER Mr. anti Mrs. Robert Walker' llinouttff tlie bjrth of ;y son, Roper Dale Walker. Sunday. Da- , emhei IS at the Gordon Crow ’ll Memorial Hospital, Lincoln »*. i ’Twas The Night Before Christmas Clement t Tuke .Moore, poet nlld rein wired xeliolnr. was borne in New York (.'ity on July 16. 1779. A graduate ol Columbia, he prepared tor the ministry, but was novel ordained. It wan t hrhtnias Kvt, 1X22. while ho'mi '.aid Imumi with a turkey lot a Christmas basket that n.s wile. Cath erine Klizabelh Taylor, gave to the poor .Monte began tc think about his siv ehildun. the Christmas season and Santa Clans. I’ettehing home he rushed to ins st'i.-.iy, straightened hi jumbled thought, and gav'e the >vu id its best known Yuletide verse. hoi twenty yi itrs Moore refused to admit as In fell the verse trivial. '1 his refusal eosl fortune in royalties. The poem was first pri. lnously, in the Troy Sentinel. Dec. 2'J. 182 1 original title, “A Visit from St. Nicholas." out known as "’Twas the Night liefoie Christ.ua-.' died in Newport, l; I.. July 10. 1 ■<f>.1. ■ted. an al! Ai out 'Twu.s the night 'before Christinas, v.i.i n .til through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse: 'I iie stockings were nung by the chimney with c are, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there: The children were nestled all snug in their beds. While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads: And mamma m her ’kerchief, and i m my v tp. Had just settled our bruins lor a bug Waiter's nap. When out on the lawn there rose such a clatter. 1 sprangTrom the bed to see whai was the waller. Away to the window I. Hew lie*- a flash. Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of vim iiew-fralen snow. Have the luster of midday to nbjoets below. When what to my wondering e., os -holed appear Hut a miniature sleigh and eight roindet >\ With a little old driver, so lively and iuick. 1 knew in a moment it must lie St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came And he whistled, and shouted, and call ed them by name: Now. Dasher I now Dancer! Now P.-.viuei and Vixen! On Comet! on Cupid! on Donder and Dlitketi! To tlu‘ top of the 'torch! To me top of tile wall; Now dash away 'jdgwh away, all!” As dry leaves that before the wild h Ulrica lie fly. When thev meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers lhe\ flew. With the sleigh of toys, and St. Nick. too. And then, in a twinkling. I heard on the roof Tin prating and pawing of each little hoof. As i drew in my head, and was turning around. Down the chimney St. Nick came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur. front his htau to his foot. id $ A $ & ■Anti ms nouH's were an iai nism-d '.win asiies and soot : A bundle of toys ho had liunjj on hi., bark. And ho look'd like a peddler juopening his pack. Mis eyes—how they twinkled, his dimples how merry ■ His eheeks wore like roses,his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a how. And the hoard of his chin was as while as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held light in Ids teeth. And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly. that shook, when ho laughed, like a bowlful ot .jelly. Ho was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf. And I laughed when I saw him in spite of myself A wink of his eye and a twist of his head. Soon gave nte to know I had nothin? to dread. Ho spoke not a word, but went straight to his work. And tilled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk. And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod. up the chimney he rose; Ho sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle. £ And away they all flew like the down of a thistle ^ But 1 heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of g, sight. | “Happy Christmas to all. and to all a good i night." % Cherryville Ready For Christmas All Of Cherryville'? Pusi ness Will Be Closed Sat urday. Christmas Day. All tli.- stores, hank, public <>f lives, ami in fact, practically every business establishment will be closed on Christmas day. The Textile plants are giCinn Thursday. Friday arid Saturday to thejr employees. Stores and offices will open Monday, December 27th, for buaines*. Don McGinnis Promoted In Navy At Great Lakes ckkat larks. n.;. j Don Richapd Me(Jinnas, 1D, .« resident of Cherry ville. North ( nrolinn. lias won .it) early pro motion itj the N;ivj result of ids past civilian traminn'. He cruse lie had .sufficient experi ence in a trade essential in *he Navy, he was advanced to the tut im? oi hospital apprentice, 1st class upon eoinpletina his recpuit trainihK at the I'. S. Naval Train mcr Station here. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. L, \\>bh
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