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The Story of Christmas is many stories: Foromostly, of course, Christ mas is the story of the birth of Christ; fhe wondrous signs and events which were climaxed \vith' the birth of the babe in a man ger, in the stable of Bethlehem. The star in the east that led the Wise Men, the Angel appearkg to_ the shepherds, the Roman‘Census which caused Joseph and Mary to be in Bethlehem, are all parts of , the story banded down for nearly 20 centuries and' celebrated now as v the birthday of Jesus "Christ, in whose name, the many Christian ' Religions of the world were found* ed. ■ ' - In Christendon and in the home and hearts of Christians who may * be living in other lands the Christ* 1 mas Season awakdns memories of i this most celebrated Nativity Scene and also brings bach the memories of Christmases Past, to borrow a line from Dickens. There is perpetual criticism on the part of many whose views are v; strictly confined to the austere \ religious aspects of the Christmas SeaSOn. People of this persuasion fed it is blasphemy to have a good tiine in Oils remembrance of the 1 Birth of Christ. for their Htfie its- gkw warmly >ening madness •Ping and have Kg some mea rtality play be orated tree few people feel tfcat this woi please, or desecrate the me reis\‘i a hap ly tieisfreen next door* neigh' is this “too commercial"? ireciatibtt or well tiie use of any to tbeshop ■ ' i t 3jtrsi fflhrtsinms St. Luke 2:1-20 £ nd it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of- Syria. And adl went to be taxed, everyone into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem ; (because he was of the house and lineage • of David). To be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child. ' And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her first born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was hla im ■r: .catne upon them, and the m: ariflcj they were for, behold, I joy, which' shall be to all For yiiito you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling, clothes,’lying, in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. i . ’ ' And.it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to’ another, Lqx us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, arid thei-febe lyij?g in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying, which was told them concerning this child.' •And all tfrey that heard it wondered at those things which were told thgm by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things ahd pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God ror all 'the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told untpthem. -A I & !l ft upright boilers and other l.ess cost ly «mt being installed tar a whis New Management for 'Hotel Kinston Jan. 1 La Grange Negro is Charged in Double Thanksgiving Deaths Although he is still hospitalized from injuries suffered in the same accident Carlton Hood, La Grange negro, has been indicted for man slaughter in the Thanksgiving Morning wreck which claimed the lives of Herman Newbern and Wil lie Norman Graham, also of La Grange. Local Highway Patrol investiga tion has led to the warrants being issued for Hood, naming his as the driver o/ the car which left High way 70 just west of Kinston and scattered its five occupants over a 200-foot area in a-com field of the Hodges Farm. Still hospitalized are Christine Graham and Willie Hood, also of La Grange, the other two occupants of the car which skidded, rolled, flew and plowed for some 700 feet before coming to its scattered halt. Bad ‘Sandfiddler’ At least one South Carolinian who came to Kinston tor the holidays wore out his welcome before the celebration had gotten fully un derway. Monday night Gilbert Williams of Spartanburg, S. C. broke bad at the home of Mrs. damage to private property and for good measure was placed un der a $1/000 peace bond by Magis trate Tom Wade. Pilfering Plague Kinstor. Police for the past sev eral weeks have been plagued by a series of robberies believed to be the work of the same careful individual, who is believed by th* police to be a teen-aged boy The object of this lad's affection is Coke boxes, which he pries open and relieves of what cash is on hand, possibly pausing for refresh ment. Someover a dozen Coke boxes have suffered this abuse, much to the alarm of Lee Dorsey, service man for the Coca Cola bottling plant, whose job it is to repair the damage done to these machines. More than a dozen such lootings have taken place and police admit that they are no where nearer a solution now than when the first took place. Child HfrtfSy Car At 9:40 a. m. Saturday David' Earl Horne, a government em ployee from Washington, wia driv ing south on US 258 when seven year-old Melvin Lee Dale, son of M. and Mrs. ClareHIce Dale of the Mewbom Crossroad section, darted into the path of «ke car, The child broken leg, cuts over the ■wt less serious cuts an , Patrolman C. E.
Jones County Journal (Trenton, N.C.)
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