BENEFITS TO VETERANS
AND THEIR DEFENDANTS
KALEIGH, Dec. 18.'—Pensions
and other benefits for war veter
ans and their families to the ag
gregate of $132,509 were secured
during November by the Veterans’
Service Division of the State I/e
partment of Labor, Commissioner
Forrest H. Shuford has announc
ed.
THOUSANDS OF POLES
DIED IN UPRISING
STOCKHOLM, Dec, 18.—Be
tween 250,000 and 300,000 Poles
were killed in the unsuccessful
Warsaw uprising this fall, a Swed
1,194 cases, arranged nospitalit
He said the division handled
ation for 23 veterans and obtain
ed pensions for 83 others.
I»h \voman who lived thirugh the
long battle told r«port«ni on her
return here.
The eyewitness was Ema Gia
tedt, a one-time Warsaw grand op
era star. She said the destruction
in city was slight “compaied with
the present situation.
USE EAGLE ADS
CHRISTMAS IS HERE AGAIN* LET US ALL BE
MERRY; FOR IT COMES‘BUT ONCE A YEAR.
WITH GRATITUDE FOR YOUR KIND FAVORS
DURING 1944 WE SEND HEARTIEST CHRISTMAS
GREETINGS.
KESTER-GROOME
FURNITURE COMPANY
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OUR WISHES ARE AS ENDLESS AS THE CONTIN
UOUS, UNBROKEN CIRCLE FORMED BY THE
HOLLY WREATH WHICH MARKS OUR DOOR
WAY AS ONE OF CHRISTMAS CHEER!
BELK-MATTEWS CO
CHRISTMAS AGAIN
VVe great our readers again at
this blessed Christman season.
Another year has com* and gone
since we wrote our last Christmas
message. Thank God for His
mercy and love to us all. Ha has
done wonderful thingB for us,
whereof we are glad. We feel to
say with the Psalmist, “Oh that
men would praise the Lord for his
goodness, and for his wonderful
works to the children of men.”
(Psalm 107). Truly God is good
to us. He is always mindful of
our lives, our souls, and supplies
our every need “according to His
riches in glory by Christ Jesus/*
O how we should love Him, rever
ence and adore Him, serve and
worship Him I He is indeed the
Lord of lords and King of kings.
At this blessed time of year we
always think of the shepherds who
were out on the Judean hills near
Bethlehem keeping watch over the
flocks by night when “lo the angel
of the Lord tume upon them, and
the glory of the Lord shone round
about them; and they were sore
afraid. And the angel said unto
them, Fear not; for, behond I
j bring you good tidings of great joy
j which shall . s to all peopie. c\r
unto you i- hern this day t.i the
city of Daviu a Savior, which is
Christ the Lord. And this shall be
a sign unto VjU: Ye shali And the
Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes
i lying in a manger. And suddenly
there was with the angel a multi
tude of the heavenly host praising
God and saying, Glory to God in
the highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward men.” (Luke
men.” (Luke 2:9-14).
That blessed event has thrilled
the hearts of millions of people
across the centuries of time, no
doubt, and it still thrills their
hearts. How we delight to think
of our precious Savior’s birth 1
Though many great men have
been born into the world since the
birth of Christ, yet no other birth
has meant so much to mankind.
In fact we doubt if the birth of all
good and great men combined
equals that of Jesus. He was the
Son of God. He came to make the
plan of salvation so we could be
saved from all sin, live godly lives,
overcome the devil and the powers
of hell, Anally escape the domains
of hell and reach the Celestial
City of God and receive a crown
of everlasting life. This is enough
to fill and thnll our hearts and
souls with joy unspeakable, Halle
lujah!
x Liie wuria is rent and tom
with war. Many thousands of our
dear American sons have lost
their lives on far-flung battlefields
as well as multitudes in other na
tions. The hearts of many, many
dear fathers and mothers, wives
and sweethearts, brothers and
sisters, friends and neighbors have
been saddened by the departure
of these brave sons, husbands,
brothers, fathers, sweethearts and
friends. Many homes have a-va
cant place in them that can never
be filled. On the walls of these
homes hang their pictures, but
they have gone to meet God. It is 1
indeed sad, but all tha tears we
might shed can never bring them
back. All we can do is to live for
God and look forward to meeting
them in a better world than this,
if they died in the triumphs of
faith and godliness. So we would
say to all those who have lost
loved ones in this mighty war aid
“11 have loved ones in the
camps and on foreign soil, look up
to Jesus. He is upon His throne, (
but loves us, can be touched with
the feeling of our infirmities,
sympathizes with us, hears and
answers prayer, and sends sweet
conj^°rt to troubled hearts and
Jesus is the Prince of Peace.
He is not the author of war, strife,
hatred and bloodshed. This be
longs to the devil. Jesus came to
save life, not to destroy it. He
loves us, but the devil hates us. 0
that we may realize how it pays
to live for God rather than the
devil! No one ever regrets lettihg
Christ come into his heart, soul
and life and having full dominion
However, all men, sooner or lat
er» regret letting the enemy take
possession of them. Jesus hi rises
but the devil curses. Jesus makes
life noble and sublime, but the
devil makes it ignoble, or base.
Jesus leads heavenward, but the
devil leads hellward. Jesus saves,
but the devil destroys. Then let’s
give ourselves wholly, unreserved
ly unto Christ.
May this blessed Christmas sea
son draw our readers closer to
Christ than they have ever been.
O that the sweetness of His love
and grace, goodness, righteous
ness and holiness may come in
like a healing balm and make life •
happier and sweeter than we have j
ever realized before! May we love *
Him out of tender, pure hearts {
fervently. And some glorious day
may we meet each other around
the snow-white throne where He
will wipe all tears from our eyes,
and where we shall sing and shout
His praises as the cycles of eter
nity roll. Amen.
WALTER E. ISENHOUR,
Hiddenite, N. C
3e Quick To Treat
Bronchitis
Chronic bronchitis may develop If
/our cough, chest cold, or acute bron
chitis Is not treated and you cannot
afford t o take a chance with any medi
cine less potent than Creomulslon
7,-hich goes right to the seat of the
.rouble to help loosen and expel germ
aden phlegm and aid nature to
■oothe and heal raw, tender, Inflamed
oronchial mucous membranes.
Creomulslon blends beechwood
reosote by special process with other
<me tested medicines for coughs.
& contains no narcotics.
No matter how- many medicines
you have tried, tell your druggist to
cell you & bottle of Creomulslon with
the understanding you must like the
way it quickly allays the cough, per
mitting rest and sleep, or you ere to
nave your money back. (AdvJ
BALI OF AUTQ TAGS
SERIOUSLY LAGGING
Sale of SUto automoLiU li
nom tags im running behind sche
dule, according to Ben 3. Guion,
'manager of the Gastonia office of j
the Carolina Motor Club, ISO East
Airline Avenue, distributing agent1
for thia area.
Through Saturday only 1,972
passenger car tag* had been sold
341 truck tags and 37 trailer tags
Every car, truck and trailer op
erator must have a 1945 tag on
his vehicle by January 1. In or
der to avoid delays a last minute
rush would occasion Manager Gui
on urge? all car owners to get he
tags at once.
During the same period the city
tax office had sold only 200 tags
The municipal tag is uniform in
price for all cars, trucks and trail
ers, namely $1. The price of state
tags varies with the horsepower of
the vehicle.
Color of the 1946 state tag is
brown with black lettering.
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IT IS CHRISTMAS AGAIN,
BUT IT IS A DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS
WE PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR BOYS WHO HAVE
ANSWERED THE CALL OF OUR COUNTRY - AND
WISH EACH OF YOU
ft
A Merry Christmas
SULLIVAN MOTOR CO.
E. C. SULLIVAN, Manager
WHETHER CHRISTMAS BE WHITE OR GREEN,
WE HOPE IT WILL BE FULL OF CHARM FOR YOU
AND YOURS, WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF ALL
THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE PART OF HAPPY
YULETIDE.
HOMESLEY
CHEVROLET CO.
Homesley Super Service Station
TROY C. HOMESLEY, Manager