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Asheville, N. C.
Higher Quality Groceries
Realizing that the people of Brevard de
mand the best there is in the Grocery Une,
1 am stocking up with a complete line of
Fancy Groceries manufactured and sold by
Francis H. Leggett & Co., and known as the
PREMIER
Brand. Every one familiar with this brand
knows the high quality and excellent flavor
of everything bearing this labe^. L^^.t your
next order include some of this dslicious
food. Ask for "PREMIER” Brand.
C, C. YONGUE
The "PREMIER” Grocer
Brevard, N. G
Beautiful
Woodwork
Beautiful woodwork in your
home is a perpetual source of
pride, comfort and satisfaction. For
that reason, it is important that
<^oose well the kind of lumber in
tended for any work in or around
your home. It will be a permanent
reflection of YOU when it is onoe in
place.
Long Lived Interiors ,
We can show you woods of
varied and b^utiful grains,
different weighty and textures. But
it is all the best quality of its dass.
The right kind for your
home, ready for paint or enamid
is waiting your selection here. Come
to us for
of Q,uaHty St Zconomy "Prices
ORR-SITTON LUMBER COMPANY
Our specialty is Hous: Patterns and Rcug;h Lumber
Depot Street Ffaone 42 Brevard. N. C.
Bread 8c Loaf
Wc have cut fhc cost of
living and are selling our
BREAD at Sets a loaf.
All other bakery goods in
proportion.
Our bread is guaranteed
to weigh as much as the
Imported stuff> has more
shortening, yeast, etc.
Support your local in
dustries.
Philip’s Bakery
yVAH&i AND
elEWELRV
REPAIi
TOE-PRINTS
-ifjii
Oop^rlcht br Th« WhMl«r Bmdloat*,.
rm not taking any chances,
Jen! I know that house like I
know' tbe inside of tbis room.
What do you suppose 1 got that Job as
furnace man for? You don’t think I
like the work, do^youT Just ten min-
utes—that's all I’U need. The safe’s
over in one comer of the bedroom, and
the combination’s one I could work in
my sleep—one of those old-fashioned
affairs where yon can hear the t&m-
biers drop clear across the room.
“Besides,” continued the man known
to his accomplices as'“Lefty Joe,” and
to the police as one' of the cleverest
secQSid'S|ory men in the business,
“this’ll' be the last Job HI, tackle. I
promise you that We’ll sink the stuff
down, at Uncle Abie’s and make a get
away before the bulls know the place
has been cleaned out.”
“It sounds all right,” admitted the
girl to whom the burglar was speak
ing, “but I’ve got a hunch that there’s
a slip-up somewhere. You’ll be cave
ful to wear thi
CITY PRESSING CLUB
J.E. WATERS, Prop.
Gleaming
Pressing
Dyeing
All work turned out pro.iiptly.
Matn Street Brevard
! LEO. L. WINCHESTER
JEWELER
P. O. Box 44^ Rosman, N. C.
strokes of a camel’s hale brush, to
eliminate the surplus powder, and he
photographed the smudge with a
pocket camera which he invariably car
ried with him.
“This is an expert’s job,” he an
nounced as he arose. “Round up every
secoad-story man in town, and give or
ders that no one’s to leave the city
without my permission—anyone with
a record, I mean.”
One by one, as they w^ere brought
into headquarters, the suspected men
were put through a strange ordeal.
After remoying their shoes and socks,
prints of their toes were taken, pre
cisely as their finger prints had pre
viously been recorded. It took the in
spector less than five seconds to order
the release of each man, until he ex
amined the prints of the sixteenth pris
oner.
“Bring him in!” he ordered. Then,
as Lefty Joe faced him defiantly, Fau-
rot inquired mildly, “Where’s the stuff
you got from the Phipps’ place last
night, Joe? Oh, it’s no use to /•egister
innocence. We’ve got tlie goods on
you this time. You wore rubber gloves,
but you forgot that the human toe
leaves a mark just as individual and
distinct as the fingers. Your right
sock had a hole in it last -night, so we
found your visiting card on the floor
of the hw:se shortly after you left.’’
“Dai^-iiation!” growled the prisoner,
“W^liy didn’t I let Jennie finish her
darning?"
; THE DEVONSHIRE
DIAMONDS
H
Copyricht' by Th* WIiMlar VrndleaU^ liio.
’ AD Lady Alberta Devon not yield*
ed to temptation at the last mo*
ment and stepped out of her
boudoir to secure her sister's opinion
upon the effect of her latest Parisian
creation it is quite possible that In
spector John Sweeney of Scotland
Yard would not have had the oppor
tunity of proving his detective genius
in a peculiarly striking manner.
Lady Alberta was absent from her
room ftr less than ten*minutes; but
during that time occurred an event
which, for several hours, threatened
to disrupt several of the highest social
clrcNH^ in England.
It was the night of the Devon ball,
held in the big old-fashioned h6use in
the center of the Devon estate. As
was only to be expected, the list of
guests read like a section from Burke’s
Peerage—a fact which made Inspector
Sweeney’s work distinctly more diffi
cult when the loss of the famous neck
lace of Devonshire was reported to
Scotland Yard.
Early in the evening Lady Alberta
had dismissed her maid w^ith the state
ment that she would complete her toi
lette herself, but, just as she was about
to put on her necklace—an heirloom
which liad greatly increased in value
because of its historic connections—
she. thought it w-ould be well to secure
an unbiased opinion as to the effect
of her gown, which had just arrived
from Paris. When she returned from
her sister’s room a few minutes later
she reached for the necklace, only to
discover that it had vanished!
Positive that she had had it in her
hands less than ten minutes before, she
searched the room and then summoned
her husband, wiuuu she told of the
mysterious loss.
• “There Is only one thing to do,” de-
<^ared his lordship, after verifying his
wife’s statement that the jew’els wer**
missing, “and that Is to notify the po
lice.
Inspector Sweeney reached the Devon
house shortly after midnight, while the
ball was still in progress, and secured
the meager details of the case directly
fi*om her ladyship.
“Did you notice any. one in the hall
as you passed through on the way to
your sister’s room?” Sweeney asked.
“No one at all.”
“How long has your maid been with
you?”
“Less than two months—^but she
came well recommended.”
Finally, in spite of protests, the op
erative from Scot’and Yard gave or
ders that no one was to leave the
grounds of the Devon estate without
his permission, and, as the ball formed
part of a week’s festivities, it was pos
sible to arrange this without mention
ing the reason for the request to the
guests. Armed with a list of those
present, with their servants, Sweeney
then repaired to Lady Devon’s boudoir
to commence active investigations.
His knowledge of London society
was sufficient to inform him that at
least three of the guests, despite their
titles, might easily have been guilty of
lifting the necklace if the opportunity
had presented itself.
“The question is,” mused Sweeney,
“who could have known that Lady
Devon would have been out of the
room for just those few moments? She
wasn’t summoned by any message and
It would therefore appear that some
one was hiding in tlie hope that an op
portunity w’ould present Itself. That
would seem to eliminate the guests—
but not the servants.”
Working along this line, Sweeney
made a careful examination of the
toilet articles on the dressing table
w’here the diamonds had been placed.
After a thorough scrutiny of the per
fume bottles, pieces of silver and other
articles which w’ere highly polished,
the detective made his way downstairs
and sent word to Lady Devon that he
would like to speak to her for a mo
ment.
“Your ladyship,” he said, “will you
kindly press the tips of your fingers
lightly on this,” and he held out ^ne of
the hand mirrors from the boudoir.
“No,” he added, “I’m not suspecting
you of making away with your own
diamonds—I merely wish to discover
w’hich finger-prints are yours.”
“Then, a moment later, “Thank you.
I thought as much.”
“Now*,” he continued, “I want you to
instruct your butler—w’hom I under
stand has been with you for a number
of years—to secure the prints of all
the servants under your roof. Tell him
to make any excuse for it that he
wants to, but I must secure a complete
collectifoh. Kindly have them sent to
mj* room the first thing in the morning.
Meanwhile, don’t worry. If my in
structions are rigidly carried out, your
necklace should be discovered befor^
nine o'clock.”
But Sweeney underestimated by
some two hours. It was eleven o’clock
on the follow’ing morning before he re
ceived the complete set of finger
prints, and ten minutes later a pair of
handcuffs was dangling from the wrists
of William Sinclair, valet of one of the
titled guests, and, as it afterwards de
veloped, a man with a lengthy prison
record. The necklace w’as discovered
stowed away in the false bottom of
Sinclair’s trunk.
As Sweeney started back toward
'London with his prisoner he ca-atiouer
him io oe more careful in the future
not to attempt a theft ualess he wore*
Klovea
That moniiiiir laaten^ln**^ those
diarp piini when banding or lifting,
maka wock a bordan and rast impoi-
•ibla. Don’t be handieaKMd by a
bad baek—loojc to your Udneyi. Yea |
wiU make no mistake by following'
this Qrevird resident's eiumple. I
Mrsr J. A. Galloway, Whitdiire St.,'
says a **Kidney trouble came over me'
a few yean ago. The first symptom I
I noticed was a dull ache my back'
that made me feel miserable. When |
I was stooping or lifting it was al
most impossible to straighten because
of the pain in my back. Mornings I
was tired and lame and sore. My
head ached a good deal, I got dizzy
and black specks often came before
my eyes. My kidneys didn’t act
properly either. Hearing of Doan’s
Kidney Pills I began taking them
and soon I felt like a different per
son. I gladly give this endorse
ment.”
60c at all dealers. Foster-Milbum
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
THE liEIRS OF W. A. PAXTON
WILL TAKE NOTICE
I purchased two hundred acres of
land at a public sale for taxes listed
in the name of W. A. Paxton heirs
on the first Monday in May 1921j
said land was sold for taxes assessed
for the year 1920, said land lying in
Dunns Rock township, Transylvania
county, adjoining tV.e lands of Felix
Rabb et al. and r.corded in book—
at page — of the deed records of
Transylvania county.
The said heirs of W. A. Paxton will
further take notice that the time of
redemption will expire on the first
Monday in May 1922 and that after
said period of redemption expires the
undersigned will apply to the Ex-
Shereff of Transylvania county for
deed for the same.
Thi& the 5th. day of Jan., 1922.
S. C. Batson
Jan. 14,28-Feb. 4
Received on the 5th. day of Jan.,
1922.
Due search made and none of the
heirs of W. A. Paxton is to be found
in my county.
This the 11th. day of Jan. 1922.
W. E. Shipman, Sherifi of Transyl-
vana county.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
MARDI GRAS
NewC Orleans
and
Mobile
"Excursion Fares
Account of the above occa
sions, the Southern Railway
System will [sell round trip
tickets to New Orleans and
Mobile, respectively:
DATES OF SALE:
BEebruary 25th to 28th, inclt -
sive, with final return limit to
reach a starting point before
midnight March 7th« By de
posit of ticket with Agents and
upon payment of $K00 on or
before ]\^rch 7th, final limit
will be extended to March 22d«
V
Fare ^ for the round trip will
be on basis of one and one-
half the regular one-way fare:
Fare Brevard to New Orleans
and return $40.41.
Fare Asheville to Mobile and
return' $32.85.
For Pullman accommoda
tions and additional informa
tion as to schedules apply to
your local agent, or write the
undersigned:
J. WOOD
Division Passenger Agent
42 Haywood Street
Asheville^ N, C.
■ jgr-TOHii'-
ttid aBttieiilr ftfim tN
appointed aa aatii br
flie Clerk j»f Supewior Court
TnuMorlvaiiia eonnty/N. Cl, in » ^pe^^
dal proceeding pen^ng in- said ctnaH
before said Clerk entitied:
Ethel G. MeMinn 'et al. Admr^ of
J. W> Mclfinn estate vs. Ethel G.
McMinn^ widow, and EUiel G. Mc-
Minn, gaordian, I sell to the
hii^kept bidder on Monday March 6,
1922, at 12 o’clock M. on the terms
hereinafter stated, the following de
scribed lands siatuate in the town of
Brevard, N. C., and bounded and de
scribed as follows: '
FIRST LOT: Lying on the east
side of South Caldwell street and
known as the residence lot of J. W.
McMinn, deceased:
Beginning on a stake on the east
margin of said street, and on the
north margin of Morgan street where
said margins of said street intersect^
and runs from thence with the North
margfin of ' said Morgan street,
south 64 degrees east 170 feet to a
stake; then north 26 degrees east 132
feet to a stake in the Cooke line;
then with the Cooke line and the G.
C. Kilpatrick line north 64 degrees
west 170 feet to a stake on the east
margin of Caldwell street; then with
the said margin of said street, south
26 degrees west, 132 feet to the be
ginning.
SECOND LOT: Lying on the
west side of South Caldwell
street, adjoining the. Mrs. M. P. Bra-
die lot, formerly the Cooke lot, Mull
and others: Beginning on a stake on
the west side of South Caldwell
street, a comer of the . lot on which
the Cooke-Brodie cottage is located,
and runs with the line of said lot,
north 61 1-4 degrees west 200 feet
to a stake; then south 28 3-4 degrees’
west 62 feet to a stake; then with the
Whitmire-Mull line, south 56 degrees
east, 201 feet to a stake on west
margin of South Caldwell street;
then with said margin of said street,
north 28 3-4 degrees east 80 feet
to the beginning.
THIRD LOT: Lying between Poor
street alley and Apple-Tree street,
and on the east side of a 10 foot
ley that runs from one of said strce'
to the Other: Beginning on a stone
on the north margin of Poor street
where the east margin of said 10
foot alley intersects the same, and
runs with the east margin of said
alley north 37 degrees 40 minutes
east 112 feet to a stake; then south
74 degrees east 201 feet to a stake
in the S. A. England line; then with
the England line, a southwest coursc
67 feet, more or less, to a stake in
the north margin of Poor street;
then with the north margin of Poor
street, north 62 degrees west 214
feet to the beginning, being lot 13
of the N. McMinn sub-division.
FOURTH LOT: Adjoining ‘THIRD
LOT' above edescribed: Beginning on
a stake in the east margin of the 10
foot alley, above mentioned, a cor
ner lot No. 3 above described, and
runs with the east margin of said
alley north 37/ degrees 40 minutes
east 70 feet to a stake, a comer of
Lot No. 15 of the N. McMinn sub
division; then with the line of Lot
No. 15, south 74 degrees east 194
feet to a stake in the S. A. England
line of the J. P. Aiken lot; then with
said England line, south 37 degrees
40 minutes west 70 feet to a stake,
a corner of the “THIRD LOT”
above described; then with the line
of said lot, north 74 degrees west
210 feet to the beginning.
Only a half undivided interest in
this last lot is offered for sale.
FIFTH LOT: Lying in the tov,*:i of
Brevard, N. C., on the North side r-'
Whitmire st., and on east side of 7 ' .
Surprise road: Beginning on a s'.’ •
in the ast side of the road leadhij
from Whitmire street to Mt. Surprise
being a comer of Lot No. 5 of the
J. M. Grant sub-division, and runs
with the line of Lot No. 5, south 73
degrees east 101 feet to a stake in
the Cooper line; then with the Coop
er line, north 2 degrees east 96 feet
to a stake; then north 73 degrees
west 101 feet to a stake in the east
margin of the road leading to Mount
Surprise; then with the east mai^n
of said road, south 2 degrees west
96 feet to the beginning.
Only a one fourth undivided in
terest in this last named lot is offer
ed for sale.
Note: “FIRST LOT” above describ
ed, knovim as the J. W. McMinn re
sidence lot, will be sold subject to
the right of power of Ethel G. Mc
Minn, widow, in said property, and
also subject to the home-stead rights
of Ethel G. McMinn, widow, and of
the minor children of J. W. McMinn,
deceased.
Terms of sale will be one half cash
on day of sale, remainder in three
and six months, defened paymenfr^
to draw interest, purchaser has o;v
ti<m to pay all cash and take title o:i
confirmation of sale.
January 20th, 1922.
- WELCH GALLOWAY, Comm-s-
Feb. 17 s’oncr.
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