You are required to make de
fence to such pleading not later
than January 30. 19&4, and upon
failure to do so toe party seeking
service against you will apply to
court for tbe relief eougfat.
'This the 1st day of December,
IMS.
J. L. HALL,
CLERK SUPERIOR COURT
31-4tc
GARDEN TIME
BY BOBUtT SCHMIDT
More about pruning trees and
shrubs:
As I said last week, about this
time of year many people get the
urge to go out and cut their shrubs
and trees. I have noticed many
times in the city that when shrub
bery has become too large and
must he out back severely It will
be done at this time of season In
stead of the period Just before
growth starts la the spring. What
I am trying to bring out la the fact
that if you prune trees or drubs
back severely now you will have to
look at the naked stumps all win
ter since there will be no growth
until spring.
On the other hand, if the prun
ing was done In late winter or ear
ly spring, it would take only a
short while for the new growth
to cover up the ugly stumps. Of
course, no shrubs dtould be al
lowed to get into so bab s condi
tion that they should have to be
out back to large stumps. Intelli
gent pruning etch year should pre
vent that
Spring flowering shrub* should
he pruned only lightly during ttie
dormant season if you wish a lot of
bloom. That would Include spiraea,
foraythia, climbing roses and other
similar spring bloomers. Heavier
pruning can be done immediately
after they are through blooming.
Summer flowering shrubs such as
crape myrtle and bybird tea roses
may be pruned quite severely
during the dormant period because
they bloom on the new wood. It la
best to delay the pruning of hy
brid tea roses until late in the dor
mant season or until danger of
bard freezing la past.
If you have any pear trees, the
less pruning you do on them the
hotter. Pruning will force out the
new growth, and this new growth Is
very susceptible to fire blight In
fection. The same cautions apply
to the fertilization and cultivation
of pears. Keep fertilization and
cultivation down to a minimum In
order to slow down growth.
Fig bushes are often damaged
by cold weather and, therefore, It
BETTIS PROMOTED
PORT LEE, VA ?Pic Joe E.
Bettls wm promoted to his present
rank this week at the Quarter
master Training Command, Fort
Lee.
Pfc Bettls, who attended And
rews Hi?i School, Is the son of
Eaton Bfttis of Andrews, N. C.
He la a member of Headquarters
Go. 9135 TSU, where he Is assign
ed for duty as a truck driver.
Is best to delay pruning until dang
er of further freezing injury Is
past.
Pruning of evergreen shrubs Is
best done just before growth starts
at the tnd of dormant season.
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
CHEROKEE COUNTY
The undersigned, having quali
fied as executrix of the estate of
S. A. Stiles, deceased, late of Cher
okee County, this is to notify all
persons having claims against
said estate to present them to the
undersigned at her home near
Suit, North Carolina, on or before
the 24th day of December, 1954. or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons In
debted to said estate will please
make immediate payment to the
undersigned at her home near
Suit, North Carolina.
This the 24th day of December,
NORTH CAROLINA
CHEROKEE COUNTY,
Under and by virture of the
power of sale contained in a cer
tain deed of trust executed by
Claude W. Fowler and wife Edna
Fowler, dated the 17 day of March,
1948, and recorded in Book No. 167
page 108, In the office of Register
of Deeds of Cherokee County,
North Carolina, default having
been made In the payment of the
indebtedness thereby secured and
said deed of trust being by the
terms thereof subject to fore
closure. the undersigned trustee
will offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash at
the court house door in Murphy,
North Carolina at noon, on the
28th day of December 1953, the
property described in said deed of
1953.
EFFIE STILES, Executrix
of the estate of S. A. Stiles de'cd
24-6tc
trust, the same lying ind being In
( the County of Cherokee and Stake
' of North Carolina, in Murphy
j township, and in the City of Mur
phy. and more particularly des
' cribed as follows:
Adjoining the lands of A. Q.
Ketner, A. W. Loving ood, Beginn
ing on an iron stake in the North
boundary line of a tract of land
hereto fore known and referred to
as the Hardee Lot (now owned by
A. Q. Ketner land runs S. 59 E. 131
feet to an iron pipe stake; then
with aaid line N. 53 E. 188 feet to
a stake in aaid line; then with aaid
line N. 22 30 W 153' 9" (one bund
red fifty feet and nine inches) to
an iron stake in said line; then S.
47 W. 274" 8" (two hundred seven
ty four feet and eight inches) to
the the beginning, being a portion
of land in the Northeast corner of
the lot referred to above and in
that portion of Murphy, N. C.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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