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MOST SLIPPERY STORY EVER TOLD But It la Trua Every Word of It Corroapowdont Stout ty Aypra Kinaton, Dec. 4—Tha moat «Mp pary ctory ever told waa ratstsd hart today. It VMS absolutely trua and uncannily freakish. Tha water mil at Sooth wait creek waa atallad hy another agency than low tide Saturday, far tha ftret tha* since George Washington was in Mgh ache at. Xela want tha oauaa. Baoanaa af the cels tha mill dipped a gaar and the machinery ceased to function. In all tha annals of industry, noth ing so unusual has occurred. The mil force was taken by surprise. An "eHfare” had bean In piogrem op the creak. When eels fare forth they often travel In school*. The school swimming up Southwete creek wee sufficiently targe to cleg the machin ory In the famoee old mill at the head of the stream five miles from here, an upparatm af no mean proportions. A rive In the stream had to be ne gotiated by the school, presuaaahly salmon-fashion. Tha elongated fkah, averaging 18 Inches in lengHh and an inch and a half in diameter, were ga in* upstream, apparently' trying to enter the millpond made by tha mill ; - while a heuvy head of water was _ tg down. The eela must have bem in enoimou* numbers. Mere than 191 were caogbt in tha old-fash ioned turbine under the mill. The revolving device was completely chok ed with their bodlea. " Bucket*,” or comportments, in the turbine wore pocket with col*. From one It were token. When there woi room for no more of the fish the wheel »tolled So great was the re sistance to the heay waterpower that g noting slipped. Henry Kueecli, the proprietor, deeiarad he had never wit nessed anything of the kind before. Removing the eel* wsi a tedious job. They were jammed tote the turbine tighter efaar aardlaae in a can. It waa ImgicaslMr to get an effective bokl eu the slippery bodies. Isaac Rochelle, bonding contractor, happened to be at tha miU when the dieoorery was made. “They were good-slasd Bah fit thdr hind," he said today. “It seems that an eel's hide ie peculiarly phobic and hard to break. Those 1 saw ware mashed fiat and only a Rati* bruised." The contents of tha "bucket*" re minded Hr. RoehsQe of "a lot of uninAated bicycle tine packed eom paotiy jm beaofk. J.hpve smyer peep anything a* remarkable. They had .to bring instruments into ae* to dig oat the bodies. President In Morie* To Aid Good Roods The President of the United State* 1* co much interacted In good roads that ho haa appeared in a mpvi* Aim, whioh is good road propaganda, sponsored by Henry Ford. The hero of the Httlc two roolor la u country boy, who ie presented by the Presi dent with a scholarship for a prize essay. Later the boy becomes a dvil engineer, devoting has life to Che build iag of better roads la order to auks to* section of the country a batter place in whioh to live. President Ceohdgo is so familiar with farms and farm lifo that ha has an intimate and first-hand acquaint ance with what good roads mean* to tha farmer, and coming aa be does, tram on* of the ptocsor good rood Stale* of th* Union, knows personally what hard surface highways do for those who live along them. K. K. K. Hold Night Service For Deed feyrtUrtle, Dm. A—Sereieee of the Ko Khax Dee wen hold loot night oror the |Mee of Chief of 'Po lice Jnlioe A. McLeod, of thk city, ' «ho dropped dead here early Scad ay morning aad dm buried i» Crow Crook cemetery y eater toy afternoon. The funeral of the dead police off! eer, held from the Pint Predbyterlan Church at • o’clock, hod boon attend ed by all the city official*, ae hon orary pell-bearan, the ether member. of the police force being aethw paS hearoTi. A large wreath from the Ko Klox Xian wee among tho floral daeigns, and It wan repelted about team Immediately after the funeral Om* tha Dan weald tan oat after daxk. Conaaqaently, tho corcmonloa ot the cemetery ware wltaeaaed by a number of penon* from a reap nil el Girl At Goldsboro Attack By Nogro Ootdebero, Dae. 4.—fialaa XI more, Ik-year-old white gilt, whllo on her way «e aaheol from her borne in the atetera eahmte, eras itlniiil hr a roong negro who hod hid la dm negro, who left Ur with eel ae eompSihlag hi* perpeee. Ik negro wfl be Mad at fhn Joa aary term of the m^arter eeort. 1 Undor and by virtu* «r the power °| rontalnod in a certain deed ,f HU*t r',e“t*d. *>y C. II. Godwin end wife, Stella Godwin, to the Undersigned tnmee, on October 29, 1918,'and duly recorded in the office of the Bogiater of Deed* of Hnmett County In Book of Deed; of Truet, P**» 110, default having born made 'o th> payment of the notes aerored “•toby, and foreclosure having boon demanded by the holder of eaid ootoa, tha naderrtgned Tru.tee will offer for laie on Toeaday, Decamber 18. IBZ.t l<? bixbcet bidder for ca.h, at 12 - mt *&* efurt booae door, bi UUington. North Carolina, the following daacribed tract or parcel »f land: A certain tract of land lying and baing In Harnett County, and more particularly described aa follow,: Bo at a pine atump by another pine stump with 1 po,t oak. I .meet yum, l hickory and 1 dogwood point , !"l aoppoaed to bo Stephei,*. corneal and niiu due South with the ha* of. No- * and tho 186 aero truet 82.861 Niaiiin to a .take with 1 hickory and I pointer*; thence AI R* 1-2 E. 21.70 cha n* to a rtake ^i"^-*** -r* * a**, 8. J4. Andrew*’ comar near a laid; thence N. 8 3-4 E. 45.85 chain* ;o a low stake with 2 pines, 1 black; iaek and 2 port oak pointer., another */ 8. U. Andrew*’ comers; thence N. 86 8-4 W. 21.78 chain* to a rtak* with 2 small post oak. 2 .mall hickory and 1 pin* pointer another of S. U. Andrew', comer; thence 8. 24 3-4 W. 14.20 chains to the beginning, retaining 104 12 acre*. , Thd* 14th day of November, 1923 ^ „ .. *' u GODWIN. Trtute*. Nov. 16 23 30 Dec. 6. mortgagees sale By virtue of authority contained n a certain mortgage deed made to he undesigned, mortgagee, by Me riah J. Rjals and husband. C. H. Ry ila. on the 8th day of April. 1*28, vhieli mortgage in recorded In Book Ho. 122, page 388, in the Register of Deeds’ office, of Harnett County. N. 2., default having been made In the synient of the not# secured thereby, lad none of the conditions thereof raring been complied with, I arm mU 8* the highest bidder for cash, it the Coorthouse deer. In Lilliagten, Harnett County, N. C., on Saturday, he 22nd day of December, at 12 I’clock noon, the following described an da, to-wit: Adjoins the lands of Sarah Steph ;n*o". deceased, and Isabella McKay. Beginning at a stake In said Mo Uy e line, and runs thence with said ftepheruoi.'s line N. 72.5 R. 22.83 meins to a stake in the public road: hence up the road N. 18 W. 22.28 chaiai *» HeKay's Una; thesca aa that line S. 46 W 10.60 chains to the hcg'nnlag, containing Twenty (20) acres, mote or lew. One oilier tract: Beginning at a «Ukc on the Eait bank of the Caps Pear Hirer. J. C. 8tephemen‘a ear ner. anti rune thence N. 46 K. 11.10 chains to a eUke; thence N. • W. 16.27 ehaios to e (take; thence H. 47 E. 10 chalna to a stake; thence 8. 76 E. 22 chaioi to a sinks; theses 8 45 W. 6 chaim to a stake; *emee 8. 16 E. 14 chaioi to a stake; thence S. 46 W. 67.70 chains to a Itfhtweod knot on the bark of aaid Httr; 1 bonce up the Mid river l© k^ill n*nf« contain in* ooc hundred end fifty four (164) aerm, more or leas. Laai twenty-nine and oaahaif <28 1-2) acres heretofore said to U A. Avery. Sabjaet alio to a convey ance of f if lien and one-half (II 1-t) acre, thereof by W. H. Stephenson and wlfa to J. E. Wiley, the tame being that part of the laadi of Bank C. Stephen eon, deceased, allotted (a the division thereof to If. H. fltepfi fid* the 15th day af November. ^uinii) i iiiimi winnimii Nov. IS 21 10 Dec. «. NOTICE OF LAND SALE By virtue of and pennant to aa order of the Superior court taada la the Special Proonedinfi entitled J. N. Smith Ft ala va. J. M. Trailer*, Jr., et ala. It bain? No.- an the. Special Proceeding* docket of aaid rourt, the umlcnlgncd Commiaeluaar therein appointed will offer for aale to the highest bidder, for cash, a pen the premises on the 14tti day of December 1*2*. at It o’clock IL, the following tract of land, lying aad be ing in Duke Town*hip. Harnett Coun ts- N. C., land described aa foltowa;, Beginning at TrueJove and FtmOlpa, corner near T ratio re's dwelling kooae Soutli of aaid dwelling bouse; thence aa aaid Troelaga’a Jne, Booth SB W. to an old ditch about 9 chains thaoea as laid ditch about IS chains to Lynch’s line ts s Hgfctwood stales In aaid Lynch's line; thence North 64 E. about Id chains to a oornar In J. D. Phillips old Una; thence as the old hoe N 48 W. 22 chains and ST links to tbs beginning, containing IT acres more or leas. This the 10th. day of Ntrrwubm 1923. C. L. OUY, Commissioner. Nov. 18 23 30 Die. 8. NOTICE Under the power of sale contained in a mortgage dead executed on the 7th day of October 1019 by B. T. Ammons ami wife, Annie Ammons to tha andnmigasd R. J. Norris, mort m'^Sy'JSrs'Ssa.nS kaan mad* in tka payment *f tba *5°"^ ?jy* **!'*<' *• aadar ^rned will repeal far aale at aaktte auction U tfc* kishaat fciddar for euh at tbc eaart Was* dear in Ui tSr-Sn, Satf* s 1*«« o'clock If, the following da •crthad loads: eaitafa aa ar tract* of *“<1 fa Arerasharo V. *Ut* of >_ , -—i-jr- “d daacifbod and raised a* fellow*: KIRS TTRACT: Bolng tract Mo. 1 mentioned jn deed from Mil A. J. Aawaooo and W. C Ammons to B. F. Ammon,, dated February I. ISM. anil regiatervd to Book V No. 7, pace 19. llecorda of Cumberland Coanty, N. C., uld tract No. 1 aa above an-' tioaed contained II aervs more or Jvva. but eight acre* of original tract ■“*. ooovoyad to W. fjackaoa. and Uiu mortgaga deed convey* the romaining acven acta: Beginning at a stake and pointer* on fee public road not far from W. A. Warren's end runs aa 2. t Lao's line N. 44 l-l E. 7 chains and It links to a shake in I said line, with on* Mack Jack, 1 red1 aak, 1 poet oak and one pine, all as ™— --- —L pofalcn; th.-ace a new tin* S. 49 1-4 k. 22 chain* and M Jink* ta a stake, with 1 pits, | red oak and 1 gnat nk « pointer* lo the original liaa; tmM a* that liaa S. 84 1-2 W . 8 chain* and Ti link* to a itaka fcy the above r~** thence a* the mad N. II 1-4 cfcaia* and M links ta the ‘ containing If 1-4 acras, SECOND TRACT: 1 the A. C. L. R R where and Rack McKay Unas _ railroad aad ran* as tbair Una S. 14 K. 21.96 chain* ta a a stomp and awrat gua the comer aad on* two pin* potatoes, 10 oc 40 from the comer, on* of Smith’s car nan; ikmit* *• Smith'* and fray** Ihw X. U (-* W. U chafe* fe a •feck* with on* pfw pointer; thence K. 4 14 E. 1 chain to • a take; tfcaoc* K. H M W. i n chafe* to fee A. CULL thane* aa aald i th* b* jinalay, a and onwdaarth \ TMa tract Xa 11 tuarcyad by dead from Ma*n* j and wife, Jannatte Ivay to Ten Ivey and Troy E. Ivey, dead dated January SO, 1*11, ahd COWtaterad la Book M. No. T. page *1*. lacard* *t Cumberland County. Thi. November 27, 1923. E. J. NORJUB, XertMM. November SO PlflB**i T UfiT We Are Showing One of the Most Varied and Select Stocks of Holid Dunn, and at Astonishingly Low INCLUDED IN THIS ENORMOU Is the well-known F. B. line of Dolls. Every * Announcement 1 have recently accepted the agency for the CHEVROLET AUTOMOBILE And have them in stock at my garage. Cum* berland Street and Railroad avenue. CHEVROLET Means a better car for less money. Come in and look them over. I 1 — '■ ■■■ —aasma—— JoeP. Smith * ■ *■', " DUNN, , NORTH CAROLINA » • A Special Menu For The = Holidays — Flowers Ferns Candlesticks Candles Smoking Stands Smoking Cabinets Budoir Lamps Odd Lamp Shades Table Lamps Reading Lamps Floor Lamps Dinner Wagons DOLL CARRIAGES REAL DOLL CEDAR CHESTS RED RIDERS REAL IRON BEDS FOR THE DOLL Cedar Cheat* __ Console Tables Console Mirrors Tik Top Tables Spinet Desks Gate-leg Tables Fruit and Nut Trays— All Sizes—Rugs, in all Sizes and Prices. China, from the Cheapest to the Beat. ChifForobe* Make won derful Gifts, for Father or Mother-Living Room Suita, both Caneback and Overstuffed. e - J„ BED ROOM FURNITURE, IN MATCHED SUITS, AND IN ODD PIECES, IN ALL P ; FINISHES. HAVE YOU TRIED OUR EASY PAYMENT PLAN • 4,'. * • «V ' • , -i |fc •w - '* ■ BBr The Fayetteville Furniture Company “THE BIG STORE** ftyttwaie, North Carojnajj
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