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Holmes Company’s
January Clearance
Sale Begins Today
J. H. Holmes Company this week
announces their annual January
Clearance Sale during which time ex
traordinary bargains will be offered
shoppers of this section. The sale
begins today (Thursday) and will be
in progress nine days, terminating on
Saturday, January 29.
A double-page advertisement ap
pears in this issue of The Herald,
which li Is expected . will attract
anany customers to the store. Only a
comparatively few bargains are list
ed and, says Mr. Holmes, everything
in the store has been reduced for the
sale.
Town Council
Proceedings
Edenton, N. C., Jan. 11, 1938.
The Town Council met this day in
the Town office at 8 o’clock P. M. in
regular monthly session. Present,
J. H. McMullan, Mayor; G. M. By
rum, O. B. Perry, W. E. Bond, A. G.
Byrum, J. E. Bufflap and L. P. Wil
liams.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
On motion of O. B. Perry, seconded
by J. E. Bufflap, it is ordered that
equipment be purchased for the Fire
Department as follows: Smoke
masks, ladder, first aid kit, hitch-on
suit, Siamese connection, order for
pqujpment to be approved by the Fire
< 4 Commissioner.
-On motion of W. E. Bond, second
ed'by O. B. Perry, it is ordered that
Town purchase from J. L. Wiggins a
pair of rear gear log wagon wheels
sty moving stumps..
'On motion of G. M. Byrum, sec
onded by A. G. Byrum, Vernon Hal
sey is granted a beer license.
On motion of G. M. Byrum, sec
onded by 0. B. Perry, Louise D. Coke
>is relieved of uncollected 1936 taxes
amounting to $258.35, $89.35 of this
amount is errors and duplicates.
Dn motion of W. E. Bond, seconded
by L. P. Williams, E. & W. bills'
amounting to $3,957.29 are ordered
paid.
On motion of L. P. Williams, sec
onded by W. E. Bond, Town bills
amounting to $1,788.85 are. ordered
paid as follows:
W. S. Darley & Co. $ 23.28 j
Standard Oil Co.
Bertie-Chowan Health Dept. 41.70 j
Eureka Fire Hose Division— 257.50.
Wood & Warren, Agents 472.04 j
A. S. Smith Machine Cp. 12.70 j
Shepard-Pruden Library 75.00;
Chowan Herald „ 5.00 j
J. A. Woodard 50.00 j
J. A. Powell k 10.00;
W. W. By rum 14.00
N. C. Tel. & Tel. Co 38.80
ByTum Hardware Co. 38.40,
T. W. Jones 11-56
Chowan Motor Co 28.68
M. G. Brown Co. 171.00
Mrs. J. A. Moore. President
of Garden Club 15.00
Postmaster 4.00
Material Sales Co. 36.78
Floars Electric Co. 22.50,
N. S. R. R. Co 70.64
Edenton Laundry 4.00,
A. R. Owens (salary fireman) 105.00
W. C. Moore 8.00
New Sidewalk Account —.— 105.05
E. W. Spires 9-00
$1,788.851
There being no further business, j
the Board adjourned.
E. E. LEARY, Clerk. . j
Edenton, N. C., Jan. 5, 1938.
The Board of Public Works met in !
the Town office Wednesday evening
at 5 o’clock in regular monthly ses-,
sion. Present, F. W. Hobbs and F. |
P. Wood.
The following bills were examined
and approved for payment for the
month of December, 1937:
Crane Co. $ 244.30
George G. Lee Co., Inc. 310.70
W. E. Baker 3.84
W. M. Basblin Co. 4.02
Electric Motor Repair Co. 75.00,
Stallings Transfer Service 5.41
Graybar Electric Co. —*— 243.99)
N. C. State Board of Health- 16.00
The Texas Co. 3.30
Chas. H. Jenkins Motor Co._ 2.50
■Chowan Herald 26.30
W. D. Holmes 5.75
T. W. Jones —_ 36.711
M. G. Brown Co. ,i~— 3.50
Byrum Hardware Co. : 39.77 J
A. S. Smith Machine Co. 51.60
Wood &, Warren, Agents 488.20
Postmaster .’ 4.00
Virginia Electric & Power
Co - 1,297.40
John Jones — X —i, 9.00
N. C. Tel. & Tel. Co: 11.50
"/ $2,882.79
Paid salaries for month of
December, 1937 1,074.50
, ' • $3,967.29
Amount of receipts in excess
of disbursements: from E.
1 W. Department for
'month of December, 1937 657.73
•i, ! $4,615.02
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Receipts from, collector ftfr.^
CLASSIFIED AND
Legals
DOES YOUR FIGURE NEED COR
recting ? Spencer foundation gar
ments will do this for you. Send
or call Mrs. H. W. Gregory, 202 S.
Elliott, St., Elizabeth City, N. C.
ltpd.
WANTED RELIABLE HUSTLER
with car to supply consumers with
200 household necessities. Sales
way up this year. Thousands earn
S3O to SIOO weekly. If satisfied
with such earnings stjftte age, occu
pation, references. Rawleigh’s,
Dept. NCA —68—Y, Richmond,. Va.
FOR SALE PURE GEORGIA
Cane Syrup, 45c per gallon in 3
gallon barrels, 6 gallon cans to
case, $3.75, 12 half-gallons, $4.00;
Refiners’ Cane Syrup, 30c, P. R
Molasses 25c, large pecans, 15c lb.
Jumbo peanuts, 6c. W. H. Davis
329 McDonough Street, Savannah
Georgia.
Dec.2,9,16,23,30^Tan.6,13,20
WARD’S SHOE SHOP CEMENTS
Soles on ladies’ shoes with a fac
tory-like finish. A complete line,
of Griffin shoe polishes in all the
wanted colors always on hand.
Second hand army shoes that will
give long service. J. E. Ward,
Penelope Bamer Hotel, Edenton.
SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE
Under and by virtue of a mortgage
deed executed to the undersigned D.
T. Ward, Mortgagee, by T. L. Britt,
dated December 28th, 1908, and duly
of record in the public registry of
Chowan County in Book 20, page 180,
the undersigned will offer for sale at
public auction for cash to the highest
bidder on Saturday, February sth,
1938, at 12 o’clock Noon, at the Court .
House Door in Edenton, North Caro
lina;, the following real estate lying
and being situate in Third Township,
Chowan County, North Carolina, to
wit:
Adjoining the lands of C. C. Cope
land, H. B. Britt and others and
bounded on the* East by the land of
C: C. Copeland; South by the land of
H. B. Britt; West by the lands of
Walter E. Jordan and B. H. Saunders,
and North by the lands of B. H.
Saunders and known as part of the
Eli Britt farm, containing forty-five
acres, more or less.
This January 4, 1938.
| D. T. WARD,
Mortgagee.
j Jan. 6,13,20,27 —dtw.
! North Carolina
Chowan County
NOTICE OF SALE OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE
Under and by virtue of a certain
deed of trust executed by Clara Ryan
and husband, Noah Ryan, to W. S.
Privott, Trustee, on January 24, 1929,
( which deed of trust is duly recorded
'in Book 41, Page 157 etc., in the
office of the Register of Deeds for
Chowan County, N. C., default hav
| ing been made in the payment of the
indebtedness thereby secured, the
1 undersigned substituted Trustee for
1 W. S. Privott, Trustee, deceased, will
’ on Thursday, the 3rd day of February,
) 1938, at 12 o’clock noon, sell for cash
to the highest bidder at public auc
-1 tion at the Courthouse door in Eden
ton, N. C., the following described
real estate, lying and being on the
North side of Church Street in Eden
ton, N. C., and bounded as follows:
| On the North by a line midway be-
I tween Church and Gale Streets; on
I the East by the R. M. Lee-W. H
Hedrick property; on the South by
i Church Street and on the West by
! Miles Tatum property, and being
i known as the old Burton property,
and the same property conveyed to
J. N. Leary, mother of Clara Ryan,
Iby J. H. Reeves, and wife, by deed
; duly recorded in Chowan County in
Book E, page 342, and with same an
undivided one-half interest was con
veyed to the said Clara Ryan by G.
P. Byrum et als by deed duly record
ed in Chowdn County in Book P,
page 79 (the other one-half interest
was heired by the said Clara Ryan
from her mother, J. N. Leary). All
l of said deeds and those mentioned
j therein made part hereof for fuller
1 description and chain of title.
Dated and posted this 3rd day of
January, 1938.
J. N. PRUDEN,
Substituted Trustee,
j Jan.6,13,20,27—jnp
North Carolina
| Chowan County
NOTICE OF SALE OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE
Under ind by virtue of a certain
deed of trust executed by Lillie Law
rence and husband, Rioses Lawrence,
to W. S. Privott, ’Trustee, on Novemc.
ber 20th, 1929, 'fcblch deed ot trust is
duly recorded. in Book4l, Pages
884 etc., in the office of the Register
of Deeds for Chowan County, N. C.,
default having been made in the- pay
ment of the indebtedness thereby se
cured, the undersigned substituted
Trustee for W. 3. Privott, deceased,
will on Thursday, the 3rd day of
February, 1938, at 12 o'clock noon,
; sell for cash to the highest bidder at
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1938
public auction before the Courthouse
door in Edenton, N. C., the following
described real estate lying and being
on the South side of Carteret Street
in Edenton, N. L., and further de
scribed as follows:
The house and lot in the Town of
Edenton on the South side of Car
teret Street, beginning at a point on
said Carteret Street 398 feet Weet
wardly from Oakum Street; thence
Westwardly along Carteret Street 60
feet; thence Southwardly parallel
with Oakum Street 165 feet; thence
Eastwardly parallel with Carteret
Street 60 feet; thence Northwardly
parallel with Oakum Street 165 feet
to the pla<« of beginning, and being
the same property conveyed to the
Lawrence and wife, Lillie
Lawrence, by A- Lawrence and wife
by deed dated February ' 9th, 1926;
and registered in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Chowan County
in Book Q No. 2, Page 25. Same
made part hereof for fuller descrip
tion and chain of title.
Dated and posted this 3rd day of
January, 1938.
J. N. PRUDEN,
Substituted Trustee.
Jan. 6,13,20,27 —jnp.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE
Under and by virtue of a deed of
trust executed to the undersigned
W. D. Pruden, Trustee, by Susie C.
Blanchard and husband, C. W.
Blanchard, dated July 10, 1936, reg
istered in Book 45, page 215 in the
Public Registry of Chowan County,
N. C., the undersigned Trustee will at
twelve o’clock Noon January 29, 1938,
at the Court House door in Eden
ton, N. C., offer for sale for cash at |
public biddings the following real 1
estate in Second Township, Chowan
County, N. C., to-wit:
The W. R. Chappell-Mary E.
Chappell tract old home place begin
ning on the South side of Ferry Road
leading to Small’s Cross Roads at the
corner of the B. M. Hollowell fend;
thence along the line of said Hollo-;
well S. 14 deg. 15 min, E. 900 feet;;
thence continuing along the line ot
said Hollowell and others S. 72 deg.,
W. I,73o'feet to A. M. Forehand’s)
line; thence continuing along the A. j
M. Forehand line N. 16 deg. 15 min.
W. 340 feet; thence North 20 deg. 3(
min. W. 310 feet to the Ferry Road;
thence N. 65 deg. E. 1,797 feet along
the said Ferry Road to the line of
B. M. Hollowell, the place of begin
ning containing 30.50 acres.
The said land being more particu
larly described as tract No. 2 in a
deed of trust from W. R. Chappell.
Widower, to W. O. McGibony, Trus
tee, for Hie Federal Land Bank dated
January 9, 1934, registered in Book
29, page 126 and a deed of trust
from W. R. Chappell, Widower, to
W. O. McGibony, Trustee, for the
Land Bank Commissioner dated Jan.
9, 1934, registered in Book 39, page
128 to which instruments reference
is made for more particular descrip
tion.
Said land being subject to the es
tate of W. R. Chappell for and dur
ing his natural life and being also
subject to the deeds of trust afore
said to W. O. McGibony, Trustee.
This 30th day of December, 1937.
W. D. PRUDEN, Trustee.
Dec.3z,Jan.6,13,20 —wdp.
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of the estate of John Skinner, de-
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