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"1 T7 i " ST ' mm J if.'-:- t if. a fat. Eigbt x MtMHIMIIIIHIIHIHM ! The First Christmas 1 4 . BqtUaaUJ. Knock, te Mm WlwemiB FHM? iimiimnninMiim "Merry Christmas!- Merry Chrlatman! - Clangs the heavy, deep-toned bell, And all the world gives back the answer: Christ Is born, and alj is veil." "VER nineteen hundred years ago there lived In the little town of Nazareth a humble carpenter and his wife, Mary. At this time the ruler of the Roman empire, Augustus Caesar, required all persons to pay taxes for the upkeep of the kingdom. Joseph was a de scendant of King David. Although he. was living In Galilee, the law re quired him to go to Bethlehem In Ju dea to pay his taxes. When It was tiro to pay the trib ute, Joseph took Mary with him on the Journey to Bettilehem. It was a tiresome journey. They were very weary when they reached the little town. Joseph went to the hotel to get a room where they could rest. But poor Joseph was disappointed, for 80 many other people had come to the little town that day the rooms were all taken. No doubt Joseph and Mary felt lonely and discouraged as night came on. At last they went to a stable to find a place to sleep. Here In t manger the Savior of the World was born. t ' This was a very lowly place Indeed for the Prince of Peace to be born. Prophets had been foretelling his com ing for many years. People were ex pecting him to come, but In some very grand way. Some thought he would make the klnfis leave their thrones and himself be the ruler. But he came as r sweet, dear little babe. Now, you wonder how the people heurd of his birth, in those long, long ago days when there were no tele graphs or telephones? Perhaps you think o Important news as' this would be announced publicly by the highest officials or the richest people In town and a holiday declared. But not so. The first news of his birth was told to people engaged In a very humble and lowly work. Metliinks it must have been a beau tiful warm night. Far out on the hills of old Judea the shepherds were herd ing their sheep. No doubt they were talking together about the big yowd In Bethlehem that evening. Suddenly there appeared In the gky a 'rlght light The shepherds were afraid.'' An angel spoke to them and saia,c',',iBe j not afraid ; I bring you good tidings of ! great Joy which shall be to all pebble." Then he told them that Jesus 'had been born In Bethleiien; that ' they would find him, a babe, wrappe In swaddling clothes lying in a nianger with his mother, Mary. Suddenly there appeared with 'the angel a ho3t of other angels singing, "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will to men.' After the angels were gone the shep herds talked over the wondrous news. Then tUtey hurried away to Bethlehem to see if it was true. Sure enough, there were Mary and Joseph and the little babe, Jesus. They then went out to tell others. God also told the news of his gift ' to the world by placing a new star in the sky. Ihe wise men saw it and followed its BhinJng rays until they, too, found the "Babe of Bethlehem." These wise men worshiped him and gave him gifts of gold, myrrh and frankincense. This was the first Christmas. CHRISTMAS IN THE AIR f By MARY G. BONNER t HE air was keen and cold J ' apd invigorating. The snow "f! ; was fajllng gently. In every house Christmas presents were j being wrapped, cheery messages' J J and , cards and letters were f! being sent. Almost - forgotten j friends were thought of and re- j membcred by a card, a wish, I a small gift. '. J' ' For Christmas was In the air! i (. 1922, Western Newspaper Union.) 'A w . . . z CMfriBimaa Wn atlf $ : . 4 . it t ' I Hrfi , j: il r- Tyffi&s Ml TEN THOUSAND MURDERS More than ton thousand murders were committed Jn the United States during. 1921. This is revealed by a check-up conducted by Dr. Freder ick L. Hoffman, consulting statis tician of the Prudential Insurance Company. HofTniiin found that 2S leading cities, with combined popu lation cf 20,55S,770, had 1910 mur ders last year. On a population basis, this Is ovpr cn thousand known murders for the Y.-ho'.e country. To them must be added the unknown murders that are successfully concealed and' do not show up in the police reports. These probably run into the thous ands. The death toll should draw n grim smile from the Turks, next time America gets excited about Armenian massacres. Open pijjon holes in your memory, compare records, and the thought oc curs to you that just about as many Americans are murdered as are kill ed by autos. It is hard to decide which of the two is most amazing. Picture a town of ten thousand in habitants, all murdered in cold blood during one night. A frightful pic ture. But it is a true picture of the murder situation in so-called civilized America. Spread out over gigantic territory and divided among our mil lions of people, with a murder here and there, day after day, and we lose sight of the terrible total. Dr. Hoffman found that in 1921 ihe murder rate was a fraction more than nine out out of every one thous and Americans. Allowing the con cealed murders that arc never de fviicc'.y discovered (including many mi:?jjis persons' cases), a conserva tive estimate is that one American in every ten thousand is murdered yearly. This means that your chance of heir. 3 slain is one in ten thousand Kch year,- one in one thousand dur ing; e period cZ ten years. Figure it v.) over a life time and, if you lived one hundred years, one cbanc; in ivie hundred of being slain. A dread ful penalty is this for permitting the ale oi pistols, uhith are the death instrument in the majority of mur ders. Tne bright ride of the picture it that, while more than ten thousand are murdered in a year, at least 108, 000,000 are not murdered. As in all other forms of crime, evil is 'far and away" in the minority. That's why evil gets so much attention its the mccption, the unusual. Most of us, after all, "are decent law-abiding citi nefis. Charjotte Observer. ''!'' (By W. L. Winkler -''Our editor often complains of be insr Ilslightly deaf, so the other day he 'ran into the office in a hurry for some information from one of the hired boys, who attempted in a loud voice, to enlighten him "What did you' say?" asked the editor, putting his hand to his ear. The young man repeated the answer in a still louder voice. "I can't hear you," said the editor. Oh, chase yourself around the well-house, you old granny" mutter ed the impatient boy, just above his breath. I am not an old granny," said the editor, turning away, "and Iwill not chase myself around the weir house either." JANUARY FIRST DRAWS NEAR. The light and airy) manner He had aorae weeks ago Has passed from him completely. His heart la filled with woe, For that day Is approaching "N He great dreads to see, "When Friend Wife will remind hta Of promises that tie Has made those resolutions That will be hard to keep, Requiring such an effort, 'Twould make an angel wees. INSURANCE Fire, Life, asuaSty mmmwwmmim All new business and ex piring policies promptly attended to. Adjustments . promptly mad. GEORGE F. BLAIR Office in P. O. Building BLOWING ROCK, N. C. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE (Continued from page Seven) der of said Court dated August 19, 1922, the said W. 9. Whiting, John A. Hambleton and W. W. Miller,' re ceivers, were directed to, and did, turn over and deliver to said Duff Merrick and John A. Hambleton all and singular those certain proper tics of the Company situated in said State and conveyed in said mortgage, said Whiting, Hambleton and Miller, receivers aforesaid, however retain ing possession 6f all other proper tics and assets o. said defendant ! whinh bad the ret :vf ore come into their hands, and which were not sub ject to the lien of the mortgage a- foresaid. By . an order dr.tad November 7, 1922, said Whiting, Hambleton and Miller, receivers as aforesaid, were ordered and directed to sell alj of the properties and assets of the Com pany remaining in their possession, and situated in said. State of North Carolina, and not covered-, by. the lien of the mortgage aforesaid, ex cepting cash on hand, choses in act ion, securities, manufactured lumber and notes and accounts receiveabie, free, clear and discharged of and from: all liens and claims. Subse quently the said W. S. Whiting re signed as such receiver and Duff AO BHWU A UWV V V . tUt ' ia k has been appointed in his MerricH THE WATAUGA Therefore, in Accordance with said order, the undersigned receivers will offer all of the properties and as set snow remaining in their hands for sale ' at public auction at the time and peaces, and upon the terms hereinafter let forth. The properties ard assets to be co!c! coutist of articles of personal propsrtios which are to varied and numerous to be listed in detr.il. Com plete inventories of n!l of said' pro perties a:id asctt- have been pre pared and are on file with the Court and 'at the office of the receivers in the Asheville Citizen Building, Asheville, North Carolina, and may be inspected by prospective bidders oil any business day, before the dates of sale, between the hours of 9 a. M. and 4.30 p. m., or, the receivers will, upon application to the above office, supply such additional information regarding the properties and assets to be sold as may be requested; and, upon application, the receivers will afford reasonable opportunity to prospective bidders to visit the prem ises of the Company for examination and inspection of the properties and assets so to be offered. The receivers will first offer the properties and assets for sale in lots as hereinafter listed, reserving the right to also offer scperately the var ious articles composing any lot as may be announced at the time of sale, and, after the properties and as'.'ts situated in the several coun, ties, shall have been so offered for sale in lots, they will, at cadi of the places of sale hereinafter named, be offered for sale a3 a whole. Accord ingly the properties and assets here inafter listed as being situated in the Coun Jes cf Wttauga and Avery will fii it be oiTered for dale at public auction, for cash, r.t the Courthouse door in the Town of Boone in said County of Watauga, at 12 o'clock, I noon, or. the 5th day of January,! 1023, in lot:;, reserving the right to also orTer seperately the articles ccm pop:;ing ar.y lot as may be announced ut the time of sale, and, upon con clusion cf the bidding for said pro perties and atisctr, in lots, they will be offered for sale at public auc tion, for cash, a:i a whole,. and the properties and assets hereinafter lir.ted as being situated in said Coun ty Cherokee will first be offered for sale at public auction, for cash, at the Courthouse door in the Town of Murphy in said County of Cherokee,' at 12 o'clock, noon, on the 9th1 day of January, 1923, in lots, reserving the right to also offer separately the articles composing any lot a3 may be announced at the time of sale, and, upon the conclusion of the bid ding for said properties and assets in lots, they will be offered for sale at public auction, for cash, sa"a whole. '1 ll Bids will be received at said places of sale for and upon the following: (a) At the sale to be made at Boone, upon any item situated in said Counties of Watauga and Avery, separately or in lots as said lots may be determined and offered by the receivers; (b) Upon all items situated in said Counties of Watauga and Avery in the aggregate; (c) At the sale to be made in Murphy, upon any items situated in said County of Cherokee, separately, or in lots as said "lots may be deter mined and offered by the receivers; (d) Upon all items situated in said County of Cherokee in the ag gregate. As above mentioned, the items to be offered are too varied and num erous to be set forth specifically, but the receivers have determined upon and grouped the properties into lots, in accordance with the order of sale. as follows: LOT No. 1, WATAUGA COUNTY. GfFice equipment at the .nain of fice of the saw mill and lumber man ufacturing plant at Shulls Mills, con- isting of six desks, three tables, sundry chairs, three filing cabinets, two safes, telephone system, baskets, tiles, dictaphone apparatus, stoves, stationery and miscellanous supplies. Onico equipment in the engineer's office and yard office, oil house and storeroom of the Shulls Mills mill and plant consisting of two desks. four tables, sundry chairs, stoves. adding machine, telephone system, files, cabinets, typewriters, baskets and miscellaneous supplies. Picture Show equipment at Shulls Mills mill and plant consisting of benches, stove and equipment, screen, projecting machine and electrical compensator. LOT No. 2, WATAUGA COUNTY. Household furniture, log camp equipment and bungalow equipment at bhulls Mills mill and plant con sisting of one hundred sixteen beds with necessary snrincrs. mattresses. sheets, blankets, comforts, pillows and pillow cases, large number of towels, sundry napkins, six ranges and sundry heating stoves, chairs, tables, curtains, shades, pitchers, basins, dishes, spoons, knives, fork, phonograph, glasses, kettles, pans, pots, buckets, kitchen utensils, rues. stools, lamps, chimneys, pantry equip ment, laundry equipment, etc., in sufficient quantities to supply the nor mal requirements for' the operation 01 the mill and plant LOT No. 3, WATAUGA COUNTY. Logs in pond at the Shulls Mills mill and plant, consisting of annrOx imately 2,200,000 feet, chiefly of chestnut and oak, but including hem lock, spruce and maple, and smaller f ootages ' of poplar, ash and other woods. ' LOT No. 4," WATAUGA COUNTY, . Commissary equipment and sub- pliesat Shulls Mills mill and plant, consisting of store equipment, cases, stoves, pumps,' shelves, scales, cut ters, files, cash register, etc;, and tk DEMOCRAT stock of supplies in said commissary consisting of; shoes and .overshoes for men, women and children, cloth ing, hats, groceries, dry goods, toilet articles and preparations, drugs, tobacto, candy, stationery, syrups, hardware, lanterns, china, miscell aneous items of wenaring apparel cloths and other goods, and general commissary supplies; soda fountain equipment and "accessories. LOT lie. 5, WATAUGA COUNTY. Horses and Cowi. Nineteen head of horses and one cow at Shulls Mills mill and plapt. LOT No. 6 CHEROKEE COUNTY. Office equipment at the office of the Murphy mill and plant, consist ing cf four desks,sundry chairs, tab les, filing cabinet, safe telephone system, typewriters, stools, filing cases, clock and miscellaneous office supplies. ' LOT No. 7, CHEROKEE COUNTY. Club house and Logging Camp equipment at tho Murphy mill and plant, consisting of forty-eight (48) beds, with necessary mattresses, springs, comforts, blankets, sheets, pillows and cases, six oak dressers, five (5) washstands, sundry chairs, towels, stoves, dishes, knives, forks, spoons, bowls and pitchers and other furniture and miscellaneous house hold equipment, also sundry harness and stables supplies. LOT No. 8, CHEROKEE COUNTY. Horses and cow. Fourteen head of j horses and one cow at Murphy mill ! and plant. ! LOT No. 9, CHEROKEE COUNTY.) Commissary supplies, in small quan tity, at the Murphy mill and plant, consisting of syrup, preserves, soap, ! spices, ece. , ! LOT Ko. 10, CHEROKEE COUNTY Legs at dump in woods near Mur- i pl y mi'l and plant, consisting of ap-l proximately 4,1D,0C0 foet, chiefly! chestnut, cak and hemlock, and in-' eluding poplar, bass, maple and other woods. The receivers will require from each bidder, whore bid shall bo ac-; cepted, a deposit in cash, or by cer tified check satisfactory to the re ceivers, to an amount equal to" ten ! pen cent, of the amount of each bid, ; which deposits shall be retained until,' the sales having been acted upon by ' the Court. Deposits made on account of sales confirmed will be credited on such sale3 respectively, and the ' balance oj. the purchase price win then become due and payable. Ihe receivers may adjourn any of the above offerings from time to time, by notice appropriately given at the time and place appointed for such offerings or adjourned offer ings and without further notice or publication, unless the receivers deem it advisable to make same, and may proceed with the offering upon the Adjourned dates without further no tice. Upon the conclusion of all of the offerings, the receivers will report same to the Court, which may ac cept or reject and bid so reported and confirm ahy bid so accepted, whether of a part, or of all or of any of said properties so offered for sale, and, if the sales of any of said properties and assets are' not con firmed, any and every deposit made on account of any such sale not con firmed will be returned to the bid der or biuuers making same, and those properties and assets, the sales of which are not confirmed, will be 'gam offered for sale upon such terms and conditions as the Court may direct. If the "Court shall accept any such bid or bids and The Seven-Passenger Touring Car $3800 F. O. B. Detroit . Ten Body Types t JE2 shall confirm such LI NC:0LN . ' I Get Behind the Wheel ' 0. sale or sales the purchaser or pur- chasers shall pay the balance of the purchase price in cash, with the right on the part of the receivers, if de ferred payments are desired, to ac cept one-third payable in cash, one third payable in six montfis and one third payable in twelve months. Any and al deferred payments shall be represented by the notes 0 ftho pur chaser or purchaser:, with such se curity by way of endorsement or endorsement:, or collateral deposit ed therewith, as shall be satisfactory to the receivers and approved by the Court, and shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from thoit dates until paid. ' Upon confirmation of sale and up on payment of the purchase price, the receivers will transfer and turn over to the purchaser or purchasers the properties and assets bought, free and clear of ail Ijens and claims, and will execute all necessary papers and perform all acts necessary to re lease the claim of thftteceivers and to vest unincumbered title in the purchaser or purchasers, but shall not assume the duties or expenses of delivering the properties and as- Vis 1 BntWZA mii To Our Friends And Customers As the year draws to a close and we stand on the threshold of a new one, we find it fitting to extend to our many patrons and friends, our sincere thanks and appreciation for the patronage and' good will shown us during the'past year. We will soon be in new brick quarters where we will be better equipped to mete out the kind of service our trade demands. 1 We wish for each and everyone a -Christmas filled to the brim with happiness, : And A New Year, Prosperous and Joyful. T. HILL FARTHING Driving the Lincoln brings a new sense of comp ete mister, of time arid roads. Rid' ing u:ider all ; conditions and at any 3pecd, is a sr.100t.hl even flight. 300 operations accurate thoupandth of an inch; accurate to' one half thousandth of an inch 5000 operations accurate to one thousandth of an inch; make the Lincoln the most accurately built car Id the world. J. B. TAXLOR7 , , 1 DEALER":7'" ' " ; , ' '. BOONE AND VALLE iQRUSIS IT DECEMBER 21, Htt sets bought. The Court, contemporaneously,; with the order of sale herein, passed ; an order of sale in foreclosure pro ceedings heretofore instituted against the Company by Commerce ' Trust Company, trustee under the mort gage by the Company of certain of1 its properties, and the mort gaged properties have-also been or- . derod told by the Court, and, for the purpose of giving opportunity to the purchaser, or purchasers under said foreclosure order of sale to bid ' for the properties arfd assets sold hereunder, it wis ordered that the receivers herein might conduct the offerings and sale or sales herein, at the tame time or times and places as the rale or sale3 to be conducted under the said foreclosure order of calc, and the offerings herein pro vided for will, therefore, be conduct ed at or about the same time as the tales of the mortgaged properties. , JOHN A. HAMBLETON W. W. MILLER DUFF MERRICK, Receivers. J. V. 'ERSKINE, Auctioneer. to one quarter 1200 operations 1 ft . -SI ,0 jr ... ,'; V -it. '. " '
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