NOVEMBER 8. 1923.
AMENDMENTS TO LAWS REL/
FIVE TO MORTGAGES
An Act to Facilitate the Ex&minatio
of Titles and to Create a Presumj
lion of Payment of instrument
Securing the Payment of Mone
After Fifteen Years From the Da?
of the Maturity of the Debt* St
cured Thereby.
The General Assembly of North Cai
olina do enact:
Section 1. That section two thou?
and five hundred and ninety four o
the Consolidated Statutes of Nort
Carolina be amended by adding a ne\
subsection as follows:
5. That the conditions of ever
' mortgage, deed of trust, or other in
strument securing the payment o
money shall be. conclusively presum
ed to have been complied with or th<
debt secured thereby paid, as ag
air.st creditors or purchasers for j
valuable consideration from the trus
tor. mortagor or grantor, from am
after the evpiration of fifteen year
from the date when the condition
of such it ttrument by the term:
thereof are due to have been com
plied with, or the maturity of thi
last installment or debt or interesi
secured thereby, unless the holder oi
the indebtedness secured by such instrument
or party secured b> ?"in
provision thereof shall tile an affidavit
with the Register of Deeds of tin
county where such instrument is rcg
isteri'd. in whieh shall be specifically
stated the amount of debt unpaid,
which is secured by said instrunu *
or in what respect any other condition
thereof shall not have been complied
with, whereupon the register of
deeds shall record such affidavit and
refer on the margin of the record of
the in.-trument referred to therein the
fact of the riling of such affidavit and
a reference to the book and page
whore it is recorded. Or, in lieu of
such affidavit, the holder may en ?i
on the margin of the records any
payments that have been made on
the Indebtedness secured by such < ;
strument, and shall in such entry
state the amount still due thereuntilu
This enny must be signed by tin
holder and witnessed by the Register
of Deeds: Provided however that ihe
subsection shall not apply to any
deed mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument nmlc or yiven by any
railroad company ?>r to .11 y agreement
of conditional sale, equipment,
t rust agreeine-i.it, lease, chattel mortgage,
or other instrument relating t<?
the -an . purchase, base of raiiroa.
co'iipmetit or roiling stock, or of oth
or personal property.
Sec ii. in nasi of foreclosure of
any devil of trust or mortgage. tin
trustee or mortgagee shall enter upon
the margin of the record thereof
the fact of viich force".osure and (he
date when, and tin person to whom
^ a conveyance was made by reason
thereof.
Sec. It shall be the duty of any,
trustee or mortgagee making sale under
the previsions of any power to!
file an account v. ith the clerk of the
Superior Court in the county when i
the laod lies as is required by com-1
inissior?ers making sales for partition;
and for the auditing and recording J
of tfiid account the clerk shall be al j
loyred the same fees as are provided
for auditing accounts of such eommis i
sioners.
Sec. -I. Upon ratitication of this'
act the Secretary of State shall certify
copies thereof to every register,
of deeds in the stale, whose duty it j
shall be to post such copies in a conspicuous
place in his office and cause j
the same to be published for one J
month in some newspaper in the coin;
ty. The expense of such publication
shall be b.?rr*e by the county.
?Sec. 5. This act shall be in force i
from and after January first, one;
thou sard nine hundred and twenty-.
four.
Sec. G. itll laws and clauses of
lav.s conflict! ig herewith are hereby
repealea.
Kaofted this he Gth day of March
A. D. 11)2:5.
10-2-1-41
NOTICE
By virtue of an order of the Superior
Court made at the fall term
11)2a of Watauga Superior Court appointing
the undersigned a commissioner
in that certain action entitled
State of North Carolina vs. D. B.
Hodges, T. C. Hodges and wife Dona
Hodges, to sell the lands described
in a certain mortgage deed executed
to the State of North Carolina by
T. C. Hodges and wife Dona Hodges
on the 110th dr.y of June 1922 for
the sum of $500 I will on Monday
\t v. . _ o*? i noo . i i.
jvovemiiu^ ^o, 174.0 ui me tuuri nou.-.e
door of said county, at the hour of
1 o'clock p. m. sell to the highest
bidder for cash, the following describ
od real estate to wit:
Beginning on a sour wood, Sam
Johnson's corner, and runs south with
Johnson's line 61 1-2 poles to a chestnot,
thence south 82 west 40 poles
to a rock and maple pointers, thence
North 71 poles to a rock in Will Hix
fine, thence east 40 poles to the beginning
containing 16 acrts and 70
rda. more or le?3.
This the 23 day of October 1923.
A. W. SlfllTH
Clerk Superior Court
! Uncommon
Sense JOHN H.AKE ||
. M? f
AT CICOSS KOJDS
OROSS roads are dangerous place*
In the Great war allied and Gero.>an
soldiers alike shunned all point#
f where roads crossed. When a motor
h truck or an ambulance or an ambuv
lance wagon neared such a point. The
driver put on full speed and rushed
past in the direction he had dvcidod to
follow.
There was no hesitating and wavering.
backing and Ailing This was be
mime It was Just about us dangerous
to stand at a cross roads in the combat
jwmr- un u ib iu miiiu'l iha a nuinwa
i track. If you atood long enough at
the cross road* n nhell would hit you.
If you s'.oort Ions enough on a railroad
trucks a train would hit you.
The cross roads of life are Just an
dangerous as were the cross roads Id
Flanders and France.
When you come to a parting of the
ways, make up yonr mind quickly
which !s the right way to go, Hnd go.
[ | Sooner or later you wtll come to h
situation where you can save yourself
a lot of troutde hy departing from your
usual ruffe of truthfulness and telling
a He.
That is a cross roads.
If you linger at It. wondering which
way to turn, vacillating between the
two courses, the chances are greater
that you will take the wrong road?the
road o? the lie.
Tour first Impulse will he to take the
course of truth. You will know it la
the right road. Don't stand at the
cross rqads. ?.o full speed down the
route yc?n know is the right one. Next
time you come to a cross roads with
the same signs displuyed. It will he
easier to keep right on going.
And If you aelect the road of truth
you will come to fewer pur./.ling corners
than you will en the road to lie*-. It
will be much easier to s?:iy on the
right road than to get hack t<? it.
Sometimes it N impossible to got Pack.
The same tiling * i?1 ho true of every
road parting which yon encounter. To
linger there will he dangerous. To
wabble back and forth lietwcen the
two routes will mean that you are
) liable to be engulfed in a disastrous
clittir. aif cii'i*iiin<cf:in<-M l>?f n-c vim huva
! made your move, li Is Just like t!:9
soldier who stand* lit the cross roods
until h shell searches ldin out and hi
explosion destroys him.
The hj mles shelled ah cross roads
Rt frequent intervals because they
knew that somebody was likely To be
| there, either because of congest**!
i traffic or bees.use of indecision us to
l which way to go.
( Chief among your enemies are your
: own weaknesses and habits. They will]
deliberately attack you while you are J
j at the parting of ihe ways.
Do not loiter there.
{(c) by John Ml;*ke )
Volcano Goos on Strike.
I For the first time in history, perhaps,
men are eager for a volcano to
| belch forth flame and gas. The vol
i ettno In question is one of the largest
In the Hawaiian island*. The men who
want to sec It in act!cm are scientists,
They have traveled a long distance
flour overseas, hut the volcano now
refuses to perform. Tire scientists nr?
bent on analyzing volcanic gases and
tiiiv particular volcano has poured
fourth incandescent gases which they
wish to observe, and have taken with
them h spectroscope in order il.at they
may study The gases at long range.
Obviously it is not practicable to hottie
the hot gases and ao study them !a
the laboratory.
"'God's Help When Times Are Hard"
(Mark 14:32-42)
We studied last week about God's
providence in human friendship and
we learned how God helped David
by sending Jonathan the ide.ii friend
This illustrates hew God himself
wants *.o be our friend at ill times
and study this time brings, us to
study the hardest times in our lives
times when only God can help. To
all of us there reus tco>r.e -uch times
ii.man :d.d;i;> :u.ty help .-ornc in:t
i.j'iy God can steady its and ho)-! as
The ostrich oisiv hide its head
us and held a; iVie r'alNt.KTHk
' tit a. ' h : >: \ >? a ::e: ?hv
irouWe. sorrow ami death, but
they are both foolish alike The true
t'hri-tian .a?:- uiat i.'oioV wid
come bi t that God will ht!p. Let us
study the deepest troulue that oar;
Lord went through and see how he I
stood it. hi the same way that God)
helped Christ Jesus God will help J
you and me. Jesus faces the hardest
time i?i his life; possibly no experience
through which Jesus went so
touches us as his agony in Gethsemnna
TK/sv? .1: '-I. ' 1
.w. ut.it uir uijtipic.s sicepai i
while he prayed to the Father. He j
sweat great drops of blood so great
was his agony as he bore the crushing,
schorching pressure of the sin
of the world. He was alone?none
could help but God. It breaks our
hearts to think of it and the poet
Lanier tries to bring a little bit of
relief to our feelings by fancying
that at least the trees in the garden
sympathized with him.
We are sure Jesus did not fear
death. The only satisfactory explanation
of the agony he suffered in
the garden is that the full burden of
his sacrifice npon the cress seems to
THE WATAUGA
have poured in upon hi> heart here!'*
in the jtardcn. It was his first aKony \
1'?? air He v?.> to endure the j
next day upon the cross.
V(> e?v: at :.urt f'.i his filings on- ! h
Iv noon the s.nif ba*i as we account ! ;
I foi His cry upon the cross "My God
My Cod why pest thou forsaken nu"
He was :j ti e sinner's p'acf a::d felt _ r
that the father's face was turned aw
ay. It was evident that Gethseniane; tb
was to Jesps a pexsonal experience.
Th?s is one tune on record when Je
us thought and spoke of his own I
-uiTerimrs. 1'snaily He was i uteres-1 >
ted in his own jdisciples and the
lowds 11. 11 l'.;:owed Him. Now !I?
is intensely interested i:i Himself, ii
m- ;ias come to ine hardest tr.ai ?>!
His life, the inevitable* must be fac"l;
things cannot be changed. His f?vi
friends are nearby but asleep: anyhow
they cannot help h>m now. Such
times come to eiy one of us. Not ;;!
TEACHING PATRIOTISM
Part of the business of the Youths
< omraniou is cultivating a fine ua otisn
?the h-vc of country, not -s':
vionjf but ?ight Tin Youth's Com .
: nion started thy movement for put:
tir g ' ite flag on the school house, it
formal:* ed 'hi ; ieoge of allegiance:
I to the flag that is repeated today ir?
)pra< iKa'ily i-^t ry schopi house ?*: 'h"
\ ' l.ed States. lf he- for a long time
now been running a series of patriotic
covers nietyvir-ii -irduiig events in . ' '
ne nations listery. i'ainteo b> the |
-t historian i'histrator.s in cotm'
i y tnev an rcDEO'liiCed in 1 ;11 color?
: fr *.??erit iiiterva en .he ( omp'ir !
km:'.- cover J It is wi.rtn a \ ear's sub-;
-cr:iitu)n to th? companion to have
>( - - . ' mis ii? ; ha- bidding of our
: : ;Ct?'r ' so vr ohlr; !!y. Tnev
help mat y in fisiiig the m nini \ of
the events related in the school history.
The -" >ir-v. >f li?24 will he foil
serial >toi .cs shoit stories, "di.
noetic, !'uts :o ! fun. S'lbc
i ?l?.- now ; o.l i".-?-i' o:
I. The Youth's t'oiv.n i- o^i?52;
isshr-s in 19'24. ;
'J. A i! t he : < imtitiM C - Uei
1 iiu-:. K:t,
I he < 'ompa nion home calendar
foi 1,924. >': ?
All for f'J.oO.
J. Ifrr inciudi McCail's Magazine
the monthly authority on fashions, I-* J
H .iit publications only
THE YOUTH'S COMPANION acr
wealth Ave. A: St. Paul Si. I
Huston, Mass. !
Ad\. ()
SERVICE
BENJAMII
"Our press \va - frcquc
there was no such * ?le as
art at the house of .lames
tion. 1 however ^c; :rived
had for punches, l nded t
in a tolerable manr.i-r the
Today the "nci ^arj' i
touoh lik-. bullet- om a
With the mode) art. a
often spoke.
Please bear in mind th?i
of jobs hitherto never attei
Rivers I
PRINTERS
QUALITY
DEMOCRAT
' 'A ttyo the storv is told of on<
r. wtth tubtrruloas wrote ?>!
oy mafic nets i?i th' sanitarium. Hi
f ?.f th. pleasant fellowAip of ih<
and the joy irt nati_re with ;i?i
-.rki:hir.e round about them
h* uf tn<- titm that cam*
sht when he was alone in hi:
and tin <1mup was <iit. There
nothing to keep his mind from
v terrible certainty which he faced
1 he aitd Go<i alone must reckon
'th the fears of his heart
-'he worst had come to the worst.
an experience is it. some tin-alike
th" human aspect> at G--threa.r.e,
we may come t-? a similar
a'ion through xnar.v cans* s. Per
strange as i' way mvit. we may
night into such a situation thru
iv sins. It may come through busess
failure or the weakness of oth
Ho\u\f-r it may come it will be
experience when vr^ will realize!
rue facing; iht inevitable thing
: :n?no bat God can help.
MERMAN WILCOX.
mcf. of sale of land for
TAXES
?i t'ie purpose of coiVcting the
s for the year- 1921 and 3922,
> a Monday December 3 1923
Ik- hour of one oelcck p. m. at
ouit h^S-e door f Watauga
y. sell io the highest biddei
ca?h the folowlng describ d tract
land:
Leaver Dam Tov.*nship
inter Dayton, for tlie years 1921
i 1922. 10 acre- ?i 1
- ! I -e, for the ye,,? - 1921 .'ithI
2.. 11* acres
Albert, for tin- year.- i921 a;i<i
22. 21 acres . . 1.1.95
< . William- f< r the years 19'Ji ?;
. Sacre. ts.i2
A. f >r the > car I .'22 22 acres.
2.31
Thos. N. for tie year- 1920
y}22. V2 ;:? . . 5$&!
North h.-rh Township
& for i.'!?.?. 1 !??>. 1921.
I 1922. '?ti acre- 10.8-7 !
Knob Copper Co.. for the year '
<23. and 1922. 110 a..2S.
y A Cotter, Cor the years 1920. <
7'. acres f?.l >
- '.I Ellison, guardian for the yrs.
i: 21 -11 22. .71 acres 17 11
r. I , S. i'? r the years 19.11 and
!2, 21?'? acres 01.tin
herland A. J. fov 1923 1922, IB
c: 15.03
n. - the >rd day of November.
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M FRANKLIN ONCE V
kntly in want of the necc?ary r.
letter founder in America. 1 had si
in London, but had at that time p
to fabricate a mold. 1 made use
? icm-if ivau hi matrices oi
wants that were most pressing."
juantity of letter" volleys forth i
machine gun.
job is never del&vea for n
it our equipment is installed with
filpted in "country shops." Bring i
3rinting Co
FOR PARTICULAR 1
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| NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED >
OF TRUST
j Under ;;ud by virtue of th* piwr'
'|? f all- ejfintained in a certain deeded
jofHB-ust execuled bv Coy Ragrans!
| and wife Bes?i?' Rjtjians, J. I. R.aican! *
! and wife Hannah iiajjuns to Til man; n
J Ada rote arid wife Vert a Adams ana! a
\ W r. Sherwood. Trustee f .? said j
! i Adams and wife Yerui Att-jC
' r.ms ii the 20th day of October ^920 \ C
' i?. secure the paxftnent ?>f sIO'm.mh- L
v :th interest the rem at the rate of! ^
! n per cent fiuni the date of .same; *
until paid, and default having been, R
made in the payments of the interest!^
a: d principal of said notes secured t ?'
by sain trust deed, (the said notes subject
to a credit of $4o.OO andi-'t
$10.00 the underpinned will sell at j -J<
pubj'c auction to the highest bidderi J?
foracssh at the court house door in 1 R
B< -ne, North Carolina ; Si
or. Monday December 10, 1923
a{-(.r the hours of 1 (? a. m. and j A
- ; . ni. the f- J lowing described lands E
UieginniTiK on a chestnut tree on II
rumc and runs north 5 \ -2 poles d
a chestnut oak. thence north 80 j K
j roes ea-t St! poles to a cucumber! K
top of .. ridgr thence S to de- '
pr>E l pole.- t<? a small sugar tree
' :-h in a hollow, thence K ID pole- ?
N
; les crossing said road to it stake
*?i of -i ridge On the M?uth bank
if *'i n>?d. thcucf S x4* degrees t\
jf f" holes **i>jw* Hv. ridge to a stake
i- ..id saw mil set4 rig. then S "
. anch 1-5 pol< - to ? C1
- . thence N 8'? dtgv > K s *s*'
v I{ -mail beech. theSf S 10 l|
r, . . i i <-h iii David Adams* line 1:h;
i.. S 77 ci< grc<-s wc-t J 7 pales to ! ' "
v the side of the road h"
... T>?i!4" to ?
! wake, Ihope* V? oli poies to a 1
! . tht-V. e N i ogives 1" \J?> Po l'"
1 t-> a riiv umll*. r, J. S- Lewis corner, j"1
whence W *? the beginning, o-n-j"'1
a.Ti.:ig a-"res more or >?. Adj.?i:
ipg the awls ? i C'h.js. L. Lewi
: others. Thi - Nov. si},, lirj-",.
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PAGE SEVEN
AUCTION SALE OF STORE ACCOUNTS
n Sat November 24. \fJ23 at
o'clock i>. in. I wil: offer f' r ^aie
r va.-h to the fu^hegv bidder the
[>llo\viv;r accouMs due It. 1.*. Smith
nd It a. of V:las
hn Baird AS.Sfc
>y 5.L'
ov Ilincham i. -3.80
yd Campbell . . 2.8?
. S. 1 J-'i'crei . . '.s.,66
has. Coinus 17.21
ay Campbell ..6.71
. F. Fox 21.41
IK"!.-- r i'k't? he: 1 G.SK
em Hicks- ...OS
)hn H. Horton 4.32
ohn Hi' ks . ll.lo
mv > .M. Horton J2.ST
ob> Hayes . . 1.-10
mith .!<Mn?cs 3.62
Irrk Isaacs . .. . 3 0 0
rlis Mast 4.(10
d I'm < 16.40
ov.r.rd I'ennell 2.1C.
ufus Shearer . . 3.00
Oh Shores 3.50
"6j Whitti virion . - '5
Ins Baird ...... . . ... . 7.50
.1. F. SMITH,
OTICE OF SALE UNDER MORTGAGE
V.-dor and by Virtu** of tin* power
;:'w '-ontainea in vwo several mortice.-.
duo executed by Mrs. Florid'
E. Norri?. arid husband .J. G.
orris. Jr to < onr.elly <i. FJrown
id I). .1 Cnttrell. dated Feb. iith.
'22 and re forded in Book V. pajje
!. u i<* ', .\(cult'(! by Florence E. ami
idiand J. G. Morris Jjr. t" J. V?.
:<i and W. Haul n Brown, da*
S, t,t uh. 11*22 and r<corded in
jok Z papre 15(5, bath in the oflio
ih- [vvfisnr of jJecos ( i \\atau
r<n...;v, North Carol.na. To secure
i payment of cvrta.n notes nicn oed
Hud dc.erihed in the mort::os,
said notes bavin?r been
:d. and assigned to tin undersigned
r value and all the right, title, inv>i
and est at.- of the above named
rt gageos having boon t ransferr"d
<1 toip/oyed to the undersigned, as
a]",H' i. by iefein.ee to the roet
ration of saiu assist menls and
MisfcTs in Hook 30 pages -105 and
? in the nilice of tho Uefflstor of
eds for Watauga County, North
roiina. and default having been
ub* ?r. the payment of said iodebirs-fs,
sectored by said mortgages.
Z. A Robertson, assignee, will on
tilth day of Nowmbor l?f23. ::\
tlvo oViock m. at the court house
jt ir llo'.nu1, North Carolina, olTer
r sale at public outcry to the highbldc-r
l'or cash the following ae ibed
land aid premises to satisfy
.1 indebu dnos>. interest and cost
I expenses of saie, to wit:
A parcel of land lying and being
the county of Watauga, State of
rth Carolina. Boom Township, and
own and designated as follows: Ber
the same piece or parcel of 'and
nveyed by J. <). Noma. Jr. by \V.
irdin ISi . and wife, bounded as
ilows: Beg\ lining or. a stone in the
t of J. 1! ilardin and running a
rthw st invurse with the public road
poles, o inks to a stone at the
rks of I he roati, then south 8 defe.s
west about ton pole:- to a stone
the hank at* the .8 a in son roan,
tei c the road for !.s to go to the
. a Rsvei P vvver Plant, thence south
A with old Hartley Counw -bu
low Oongheyty liie i v\ ?th the fence
d read to a big chestnut, the Hart7
and Cov.noiil corner; thence 1S
ies and Id links with H. J. Hart's
line to the beginning- coijiair.*2
1-4 acres more or less.
Posted this lath da.- of October
23.
Z. A. ROBERTSON.
Assignee.
OURS AND SIXES
F. M. RICHARDS
W. H. GRAGG
inner Ellk, N. Carolina
lone, - North Caro.
R. D. JENNINGS
DENTIST
Office at Blacburn Hotel
ONE N. CARO
'atients from & distance would d?
1 to write and have appointment
anged beforehand,