WEDNESDAY, Dec 29, 1909.
Local Records.
-HAPPYNEW YEAR!
Get ready to write it 1910.
How did you .enjoy Christ-
The annual "swearing off
giason has come again.
-Do not begin the new year
in debt to your preacher or your
paper.
Furs wanted; highest cash
price paid for furs by E. M.
Wheeler.-
-Blank notices for posting
land for sale at The. Record off
ice. .Also chattel mortgages,
mortgage' and warranty deeds.
Mr. A. B. Stalveyhas moved
from the old "yellow house" ' to
the old Denson house, opposite
the residence of Capt. W. I Lon
don. ' : - s
-"About this time of the
year" (as the ..almanacs say)
people form new., resolutions.
What a pity that they do. not
carry them out!
-After January 1st, J. D.
Womble at Pittsboro will gin and
grind only on Tuesdays and
Saturdays of each week. Govern
yourself accordingly.
Mr. Zeb Dark, a son of Mr.
John H- Dark of Rock Rest, and
Miss Lora McBane, a daughter of
Mr. M. C. McBane, will be mar
ried tomorrow by .Rev. R. B.
Lineberry. - ;
The colored people will have
their annual Emancipation Day
celebration at this place next
Saturday. They will haye three
brass bands to enliven tha oc
casion. The first quarterly confer
nce for the new year on the
Pittsboro circuit will be held
with the Methodist church at
this place next Saturday and
Sunday.
The Record Job Printing
office has one of the best iob
printers to be found anywhere
and can turn out your job work
to date style and at reas
onable prices. Send in a trial
order and be convinced.
-The Record is one of the few
weekly papers that do not sus
pend pHblication during . the
Christmas holidays. . We hope
our subscribers will show their
appreciation by promptly paying
up." '
We regret . to learn that "the
dwelling of Mr. Nathan Moody,
of Hickory Mountain township,
was burned last week. It caught
from the chimney in the day
time but was not discovered in
time to be extinguished. Most
ef the furniture was saved.
A tract of land containing
112 acres, about two miles and a
half from Pittsboro and on the
road to "Ex-Sheriff Milliken's,
ill be sold cheap. Apply for
terms to I. C. H. Pilkington at
Roscoe, P. 0.
-On Thursday night of last
week the Baptist, Episcopal,
Methodii t and Presbyterian Sun
Jay schools united in having a
Christmas tree and cantata at the
ichool auditorium. Mr- Beunet
JJooe, Jr.y represented Santa
Clausand .distributed the gifts.
The occasion was much enjoyed
"7 all present. ;
-The best yields of cotton
which we have heard, of this
jeaion ar reported from 'Hickory
Mt. Twp. Mr. J. R. Blair, on one
cre;raised 2,050 pounds of seed
cotton, Mr. M. H.: Harris, on
three acres raised three bales,
nd Mr. J. A. Brown, on 13
teres, raised twelve bales.
-Next Saturday being a legal
to iday the Bank of Pittsboro
11 be closed, and the poitofflce
Jill be open only half an hour
before the departure and half an
four after the arrival of .the
toms. All the carriers da tha
pral free delivery routes will
hve a holiday. A
p -Messrs. F. C. Poe and A. H.
tfynum have changed their minds
and will not organize a mercan
Jfe company at this place, as
"fey contemplated. Mr. Poe
yll move to Rock-Hill South
arolina, in February and go in
to the mercantile business with
brother and brother-in-law.
Je has sold his residence her
10 Mr. H. M. London.
A frlrweiA 'won r o m oA
f letcher MorroW, was brought
feere to jail from Siler City last
geek on a charge of stealing.
e naa a pressing club in our
jeighbor town and it is said that
J pressed" nearly everything
june could lay his hands on.
trunk said to be his was
parched and the contents would
ave done credit to a first class
- "Ofjly ; three prisoners . spent
uieir nristmas in our countv . . -. ''
jail. Santa Claus did not find his JAPANESE INTENSIVE FARMING
way to visit them. ,
1 , i Tlw Way the: Little Brown Folks Til'
After enjoying the Christmas' Their Small Estates,
holidays we hope all our readers' Itfl very few exceptions the wiioi
are more ready to begin the new e laud ntJergram of any kind is
year with renewed energy. absolutely flat. if it is not so by na-
m, , . " f kiro the Japanese farmer levels and
mat the Christmas season baniis it up tin it is horizontal, iu thp
oi gooa cneer Drmgs tond hearts narrow valleys . there are elaborate
closer together is attested bv the s8 of terraces running up the slope
CLERK'S ANNUAL STATEMENT.
Nohth Carolina In t lie Superior
CHATHAM COUNTY y: . ';; Court-'
NOTICE 0 SALE
Of the Property of the Qathaci
Cea! and Iron Compan.
Mil
THRICE
-A-
issuino nr twontw-fi mn'. ' tne nuis mi tne neias become so Snwrinr nnrt in anr tnr sairl ! uuuerwiirueu, me
licenses by our register of dppd? BmaU as to accommodate but a double i County and State, do hereby sub-! -Company, a co
durinp-the nast t.wn waaVc . ,nw of plants. The more typical grain mit mV annual reDort as follow, sylvania, On tho
"KkfSj.. s&. I i
corner; thence south with his line I
one hundred and twelve and three?
f -kit 4- ! i a ,-i-ilsr t-- I. 1 . A.1 . I
east crossing Gum Fork Creek.
one buudred and four, poles to a WITHOUT A RIVAL IN ITS FIELD
Heec. um ou PattishallV line; j THE LARGEST, CHEAPEST AMD"
v iuriii:H nmi ii wii ri kmui i idu una
Under and bv virtue of the-t,,,. . .-...j 4u.- ? BEST NEWSPAPER PITRI I1irn AT
- UUUU1CU lliU HVflVtJ UiiH liiltti- 1 .
the first station, )
fw-flirpa and nno. '
l,J.as.Jj. Untlin, Cleric ol tne uou oi nor u Laronutt w tiiej Aud also all and singular the
To the Chairman of the.Boarn!-:: 3oi " T ?uadfed "
nf Pnnntv r.missionPrs' -I T . . JOUrtna poles to tb
ol County e,omuiubionerb ot ot trust executed by the Chatham containing cpvAr.t
Chatham Countv: uv.ih containing seventy-
: - FUj, iait (73 l-ii) aures.
1 .Tna T. flriffln rilorl- of UOratlOn of iSorth (3aro to tiift! .VJ . t -.i ....
THE PRICE.
Union J-ruat; tenements, berditaments, mines.!
une ot tne most novel suits'
we have ever heard of was tried
recently by a magistrate in an
adjoining county. It was a claim :
uv-incij jji vji-ccuuig uvpr tins
possession of a leg-horn chicken,
which was claimed by two neigh
bors. The case was decided in fa
vor of the defendant who averred
that his chicken was minus a toe
on one foot,-.as 'jvas the ease with
the 4 chicken in dispute. The
plaintiff gave notice of? appeal to
the superior court- ut it - is said
that there are prospects of a com
promise! i ..'.;
Personal Items.
;. Miss Alice Byrium will; leave
Saturday 'on a visit to friends in
Wilmington.. . . - . v
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Clark are
spending the holidays with-their
daughter, Mrs. Ben Holt at Gra
ham. '
. Messrs. B. Npoe and sons,
Bennet, Henry "and Louis, 'left
Saturday on a short visit to rela
tives in Lexington! ,l ; s
Mr. S. W. Womble and family,
of Moncure, 'spent- several - days
herewith his parents, "Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Womble.
Misses Azile and Lil Hill -leave
Monday on a visit 'to-their aunt,
Mrs. W. J. Calvert, at Ports
mouth, Va. ; : .
Christmas.
wasted
n .I'JB'.
to-wit: " j ember, lyoi, and recorded in book
The following amounts . are in j D N, at pare 181 of the Register
my hands due the., following per-! Deeds office of Chatham county
sons to'wit 'ixunij uauiiiua; auu aiso uy vuine
01 a deed supplemental to , said
m r
rporailOU OI nDtl-jmjn(irj.a' linlsps hnilrHiio-u st,i.)
3rd day of bept-:tureS) machinery, eauip'menta, I
railways, railway tracks, sidings,,
tools linplemeuts
:J,CI)G5tENT DOCKET "E.
No, 419, Yarboro and ISheperd,
;S120 52.-" . ' '
"No. 1,039, Robert Sey more and
Georgie Seymore, fifty cents each.
A JJOSAIC IN GOLD AND Oil
. cetry;-However, lies la broader ,vai
lcjyfi'orialdfag the coast; where there; are
mauiy wide plains which were oii.ee i-e-neath
.the water. If one loorks dowi
on these from a slight elevatibiy hey
appaar like, some elaborately designti'
mathematical figure or as though" a
- clpth had been spread over tlie earth
Wltjft mosaic" patterns in gold and green.
Each little field is as nearly rectangu
lar as'circuuistances will allow. , Man v
of tbem, therefore, are perfect rejeta'n-,
Klbo", f.pr where the plain la broad it. is
uy to. fit into itisuiall fioJfia of twen
ty or Ahirty feet In length. Many of
the plats are even'less than this. Souic
barley fields are only sts feet by a
dozen or so. ' ."'"'
: The pattern of this mosafe Is vividly'
marked out by the coloring of the. vari
ous crops. Today the !arley is ripe
and stands golden in the sunshine. The
riceSelds. however, are but bare es
panses of mud or water, for. the rice is
not yet planted out. but Is growing in
email, oblong, fields by itself, which
show a vivid emerald greet: growth of
Another Christmas has come hi.h At tii n,i f fw
auu gone wan its juyu ana picas- : fariaers are beginning to. reap thei'
ures. we nope tnat all our read
ers
we
S. We hope that all OUr read- ripe barley ajid wheat, and-when this
enjoyed it, arid especially do Is finished they will be free to", plant
none tnat old' aanta 'Ulaus wnat is to then the m-jc-n. rncre
kindly renembered every child" lmrortant crop, the rice., rfeapin? and
rViri-ttnac af fluV rlbo S planting of giairi together one mhV
paseed oft very quietly,
church services tfere held.
No
and
wee In the same acre.
There is no broadcast sowing of
there Were no popping Of fire Individuality and is separately tended.
Crackers Or any display Of fife j The barley Is. planted in rows. .:perliajp5
Works, as a town Ordinance fo.r-.; three feet or six feet . long, and each
bid it. There was rain, until
noon and the morning was de
cidedly dreary, but in the af ter
noon it cleared off and ; the sun
struggled out.
Doable Marriage.
Mr. Henry Goodwin Johnson,
ef Hickory Mountain township,
today gains a son and' daughter
and loses a son and daughter.
That is, one of his daughters and
one of his sons will today be
married. The son, Mr. -Willie
Johnson, will be married this
daughter to Mr. Walter-udd; J country, and this year hits beea very
Dad 'season, for even in April taers
vai heavy snow snow , so thick that
It entirely 'disorganized the telegraphic
end railway communication for a fe.w
days. The wheat and barley are all
Sows In ffie autumn, so that they get
the benefit'" of- the' winter sunshine
.Mrhlch is clear and ' brilliant nd very
. hot. Thls, of vc6ure.;is -the chief cause'.
row is n foot or. eighteen inches fro;
tb next, so that a worker can pass
between the rows to tend '.and'' weed
and finally' to reap each ' iadiv!du:il
plant. In many '.cases each row 'grows
on a little semicircular ridge ' four or
live feet horizontally and about a foot
high, so that" the barley-is well drain
edV though the next little field may He
under several inches of .water. In the
whole district of Okuna there wa?
only one of the ripe fields "laid" by
the wind, and that was one. of the Ian
ger nearly thirty feet across. It is not
to be Inferred from tilts that the Japn-'
i nese farmers do not iMtre to contend
with beavy winds and pitUtU, beating
and at two o'elock his daughter,
Miss Maggie Johnson, :: will be
married to Mr. Joseph W. Moore,
of this town. Rev L- B; Dixon
will officiate at both marriages- .
Immediately 'aftet ; thfe. -first
marriage that bridal p'rYyiwilt
to the residence of Mr Johnson,
and after dinner will -attend the
second marriage. Mr: ' Moore
and his bride will. come her this
afternoon to the groorn's. hpme
and both will receive the con
gratulations of -their many
friends.; ; . ':; ; : V s" 'l . ",'
"Several cases are . reported of
drunken men freezing to death
while lying helpless during -the
Christmas holidays. What a sad
fate! i
Major ' John A. McLaughlin
died at Fayettevillt on last Sun
day night. He was one of the
oldest and most popular railroad
conductors in, this state. r : -
The express company did a
rushing business during Christ
mas hauling packages of whis
key. Every express office was
crowded with such packages.
Ex-President Zelaya, of Nicar
agua, has sought refuge in Mex
ico, and says that he . will go
from there to Belgium, of which
country his wife is a native-
The seventeen-year old son of
Mr. D. W. Gillam, of Gaston
county, was accidentally shot and
killed by his uncle while hunt
ina rabbits on Christmas Day.
The Southern Educational As
sociation opened its convention in
Charlotte yesterday; Prominent
educators from all over the south
are in ... attendance and several
prominent pedagogues from the
north, including Dr. Charles W.
Eliot, president emeritus of Har
vard. . ,
Wadesboro Messenger: The 6
year-old son of Mr. Henry Allen,
of South Wadesboro, was- the
victim of a peculiar accident
Tuesday. The child was shoot
ing a svaall Roman candle when
the fuse apparently went out. He
put the lighted end of the candle
into his mouth, and just "then it
went off, badly bnrning his mouth
and throat. The boy to' badly,
bat &ot itriouily i&i$rtd
sSSjaSgs?'-'.' . . . .
Read ia eyery English Speaking
Country.
JAli.:12i2 CC rilNO THE OUAI.S .
of the early ripening, of the , grain, for
from' tlie tuh:e 'it L 4ovh"tiil the time
It la Vai'JI it never iias'a spell of dull -weather
-that lusts more than a .' fevr.
days; -' - ' '-
Japanese men and women cut tlielr
rows of grain by holding each plant's
talks together lu one hand and cut-.
ting them off with a sharp.' bent knife'
at the end of a straight handle a 'foot"
or more in length. The handful -Is laid
tlttDy 6u tne ridge where it has-' grown','
and -its neighbor is; placed beside 14
till the small field Is covered jby . th
straws. To thrash., the headsare cuf
off the stalks and then pounded with
a havy wooden mallet
-A Forcing Effect; ; -H-ARli
manure has a forcing jefifect,
and tends to produce stems and Jenvea .
at the expense of fruit ana grain. u
therefore better for early garden truck,
grasses ad forage plants . than for
cereals or fraic
un nrrrnnm. Beuumoum,
aSwiS? SSlrmtSpUtmiiiS'ad free rept
fT?w to obtSn patent, trade marlm
copyrighta. etc, iN ALL COUMTRJE.S.
Business direct with Washington saves ttnte,
money and often the patent. . .
Patent and Infringement Prsi'.!: cxe!uslvely.
Write or tone to ua at
BU BUtk ftrert, on. WklU4 ftetee titat Offlse,
WA8HINGTOH, U.
JUDGMENT DOCKET "F.
. No. 387, T.-'ii; ''Cioggins, L. V.
Cogg-ips and M. X.. "poggins", each
fifty cents. . V, ' .
Ella, . A,u.8tin? . . friafa i6 ; iiambert
and Bettie Lambert, eah $5 70.
No. 51X5, John Phiflips,;-$8 20 ;
Na 4G3, Gpley JoLuson, $6 G6.
Nbi. 575, a." S. May ' and, E.. A.
May :jointy,"' S3 86. : , . . ;
Nbi. G93, William', MarU'shirs
$6 23. ' ' ' '
; : t j JUDGMENT DOCKET "G."
No. 112, J ucob Robertson heirs,
$18 42. .,-, , . ..' : 4,. '
No. 119, Sarah Harriss' heirs,
$2 58."'' ' : -'
No. 531, Cole heirs, $19 52. H.
T. Orisco,- A- N; Cfiscoe, -Erne-line-
tJriscpe; AfteiSi"Cr!iscoe, J.
P. (Jristoe and N.'r Ecldte -Criscoe
each $3 25- . '-"
No..738;:McGirt'ii-eTrs, $i0 58; -.
No.. 740, "Ada IlnyChas. ' Hay,
Atlas 'li'ay' and NanCy Hay, as a
clas, Sli 65. ; " V ". ; ;
No. 742, heirs of J.r W. Teaue,
S4 76, MrsJuliaXieiich, 4 76.
No. "74T,:"'Gl4nV"' Dqrsett and
Marv Dorset! each $8 "iT-' '
- .- -
JUDGMENT DOCKET, ,CII."
No. 1), Pratt Stafford, 15 15.
No. 137, Alfred -N. Snipes,
$10100.....
'.; ; NV. 293,. M. Johnson, Alice
Jo'h 11 so l , " P a e" J o" ti b n a u d J u I i a
Johnson, each - $5 7."
No. .20-1, 'William D. Brown,
5.3 45..,--:t r .
No.. 2G8 Aubry , TV aisou and
Mart ha .VVatsoh'f &c,h'$22 32.
No. 273" Lissio" Jlimms, $119 60.
' No.,352(-A,.3J. Snipes .541 CI.
No. 403, .' heirs'' of Newton
White Lph.I, f34 13. J
No. 407; William" D. Brown,
$178 71.
'. is.).: 444, Ocar HardeD, $25. 00.
' No. 022. Cassia Yates, 12454.
No. 626, Cass.ie Yales, 49 77.
No. 633 Annie L. Brooks, Ricey
Brooke, lunsey Brooks, Gladys
H. Broolis, each $28 75.
No. 013, for Samuel Siler,
i37 50
No. 881, G. W. Cain, guardian
of Mary V. Williams, 188 00.
No. 886V Ira Haith $20 00, L.
A. Haith $19 00.
. ..No". 888, Allen Haith, Julia
Haith, Oallie Haith and Ira Haith,
each 52 10.
No. 889, Bettie Marley $11 16,
Julia Marley, Dorothy Mailey,
George Marley, Bunnie Marley
and Delia Marley, each 72c
'No 893, Julia Marley, Dorothy
.Marley, George- Marley, Bunnie
Marley, -Delia Mailey each 20c.
Bettie Marley $1 00.
As receiver for Valhe Momtt,
received of R. H. Dixon $150 00
snd the same is invested in real
estate mortgage bearing six per
cent, interest. . .
"-As receiver for. Julius Polk
and Gertrude Polk, $917 33 the
same being invested in real-estate
mortgages at. six per cent.
- As receiver for .Mary Brewer
and the same is invested in real
estate mortgage at six percent.
As receiver for the estate ?i B.
F. Headen 100 OQ and the same
is in vested in real-estate mortgage
at six per cent. - t: r
...:As receiver for.rilP188 Jones
$193 36, a part ofjh. is invest
ed in. real-estate orgage.
"As receiver for, IGkrace Holt,
Claud Holt, RalpJfLH'olt, Clyde
Holt and' Dora Holt, $690 00
-which is invested in real-estate
.mortgage bearing, six per cent.
As receiver for. James Fields,
Jlorehve; Fields and: Charles,
jfields $732 81, the same is in vest
ed in real-estate mortgage bear
ing interestr-at'six 'per cent. :
As receiver for Mary A. Wood,
$225 00, the same is1 invested in
real-estate mortgage bearing six
per cent interest, .'
Jas. Ii. Griffin,
. Clerk,' Superior Court.
Sworn to and subscribed to be
fore me; this the 6th day of De
cember, 1909.
, ' s. W. Harrington,
Ghm. Board of Co, Commissioners.
The above report is . this day
received and approved. Let the
same be recorded in -Record of
Official Reports for Chatham
County;- - -
S. W:1 Harrington,
is
M I. ITl
i ill i -T"nr i" a
ChmT Board Co. Commissioner.
- Recorded in the office of Regis
ter of Deeds of Chatham County
in Book of Official Reports and
Bonds,' on page 97, etc., this the
2lstdayof December, 1909.
. H. Grady Dorsett,
Register of Deeds or Chatham
oeeu oi uust, executea oy one
Lewford Fry to the said the Un
ion Trust Company, dated June
18. 1904, and recorded in book D
V, page 416, of the Register of
Deeds office of Chatham County,
N. C, the said the Union Trust
Company, undersigned, will at 12
o'clock, on Monday, January 10,
1910, at the mine of said Chatham
Coal aud Iron Company, at Cum
nock,in.Lee county, expose for
sale, ;nd. sell for cash to the high
est bidder the following described
property: .
First tract: Beginning at a
stump.. .by a red oak near a large
rock,. Daniel Mcjver's corner,.. on
the bank of the river, running
south with his line sixteen chains
and fifty links to a post oak, his
other comer; thence east with his
other line twenty chains and for
ty links to a stake; thence south
with his other line forty-one
chains to a post oak, Evander Mc
Iver's corner; thence west with
his Une forty-one chains and fifty
links to n piue on the hill; thence
noith with -Foushee's" 'line,, cross
ing Buffalo Creek, twenty-five
chains, to McTver's road; thene
with its various courses to Fous-'
hee's corner; thence with his line
west twenty-six chains and fifty-
six links to Foushee's old line, to
a stake iu the field; thence north
with said line thirty-one chains to
a pine, his corner; thence west
with his other line seventeen
chains to a chestnut oak in the
bank' of the river; thence down
the river as it meanders to the
first staiiou, 'containing eleven
hundred and fifteen (1,115) acres.
; Second tract:' Beginning at a
pine, Foushee's corner, on - ihe
road, ruuniug south with his line
twenty-lour poles to a small hick
ory; theiic-e east with his other
line one hundred and ten poles to
a post oak on the Alclver hne;
thence south three hundred and
fifty-six" poles to a dog wood in
the Moore county line; thence
north fifty-three degrees west
about five hundred .poles to Fou
shee's corner on Patterson's
Creek; then down said creek as it
meanders, but iu a direct line,
about oue hundred and fifty pole's,
to a hody bnsh, his other corner;
thence east with his other line
ninety poles to the first station,
containing four hundred (400)
acres.
Third tract: Beginning at
David Watson's "heirs' corner of
an acre on the bank of the river,
and running north and east with
the lines of the acre; thence north
with the line of the heirs to the
corner of the Burns "line; thence
west with the said line and Poe's
line to a red. oak on the Brentley
road, Poe's corner; thence along
said road a northwesterly course
to a pine on the east side of the
road, Poe's .other corner; thence
west with his and Isaac Hall's
line to Hawkins' line; thence
south with his line two hundred
and eight poles to Taylor's cor
ner; thence east with his line to
his other corner; thence north
eleven poJes to his other corner;
thence east with his line to his
other corner; thence south with
his other line to his corner on the
bank of the river; thence down
the same, as it meanders to the
first station, containing seven
hundred and eighteen and one
half (718 1-2) acres, the same hav
ing been originally composed of
several small tracts.
Excepting from said land five
acres of land heretofore conveyed
by the Egypt Coal Company to
the Western Railroad Company
for railway purposes, including
the track and lot for depot, to the
extent that it was conveyed, and
no further; said exception not ex
tending to the minerals therein
or to any interest not conveyed
to the said railroad company. v
And further excepting therefrom
the "Homestead" comprising five
acres, witn puiiamgs xnereon,
heretofore conveyed to Kate K.
Wait.
Fourth tract: Beginning at a
white oak, Matthew Wicker s cor-
tier, and running east, crossing
Little Buffalo Creek, two hun
dred poles to a hickory; thence
north three hundred and fifty two
poles to a black gum; thence west
two hundred and thirty-two poles
to a black gum, Matthew Wick
er's corner; thence with his line
south twenty-six degrees east one
hundred and fifty-eight poles to a
small blackjack; thence wsst forty
poles to a- pme, Wicfcer s corner;
thence south with his line, cross
ing said creek, two hundred and
five poles, to tne first station, con
taining. four hundred and twenty
seven and one-half (427 1-2) acres.
Fifth tract: Beginning at a
cost oak, Thomas Riddle's heirs'
corner running west with their
line one. hundred and four poles
aud property
whatsoever, now owned or here
after owned or acquired, placed or
used by the Coal Company upon
er in connection with the lands
arid premises hereinbefore men
tioned and described,- or any part
or parcel of the same, with the
appurtenances thereunto belong
ing or in anywise appertaining
and the revenues, remainders, tolls
income, rents issued and profits
thereof.
-And also all the estate, right,
title, interest, property possession,
mining rights, privileges, rights
of waT of . entrance, ingress and
egress, claims and demands what
soever, as well in law as in equity
of the party of the.first part.
All of the. property to be sold
as entirely in one parcel. N
This 5th .day of November,
1909. '.. .
. The-Union Trust Co.
By their attorneys,
Shepherd & Shepherd,
Raleigh. N. C.
COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF LAND.
By virtue of an order of the superior
court of Chatham county made in a
Special Proceedingi . whereto 'all the
heirs at law pf the late George W.
Farrell were made parties for the pur
pose of selling for .partition the real
property of the said . George W. Far
rell, deceased, all of said lands being
in Chatham county, 1 will offer at
public.sa.le, to the highest bidder, at
the court house door in Pittsboro, in
said Chatham county, at 12:00, o'clock,
M., on Friday, December 31st, 190!),
the following real estate, to-wit:
A tract of land in New Hope town
ship, Chatham county, containing 55
acres, more or less; it being known as
the home place of the said George VW .
Farrell, located about three miles from
Pittsboro, N, C.and upon,. which is
considerable timber, a five room frame
dwelling, and the place is open for a
one horse farm, in good neighbor
hood. .
Terms of .Sale: Half cash, balance
in six months, with . privilege of pur
chaser, to settle at any. time in full, de
ferred .p:iyment to bear interest from
date of sale "at six per cent, title re
served until full payment.
. This the29thday of November, l!t09.
J. S. Cook, Commissioner.
Eyes Examine!
Br. Julius Shaffer, Optometrist
Graduate of Baltimore College,
and registered ; in theState of
North Carolina, will be at the
t ;
Hotel Exline
in Pittsboro, on Jaruary 11 & 12,'
forthe purpose of examining
eyes and fitting glasses.
Remember Date,
January 11 & 12th.
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Points South and West.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on all
Through Trains; Dining Car
Service.
ATTRACTIVE EXCURSION
RATES
to
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EROUS OTHER WINTER
RESORTS.
Por safety, comfort and court-
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schedules and other informs- '
tion gladly furnished.
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Raleigh, N. C.
. . H. P. Cary,
, General Passenger Agent,
Washington, D. C.
Coffins and
caskets::
A full stock of Coffins and
Caskets always on hand and
sold at all prices. All kinds
and sizes.
B. Nooe,
Pittsborc,N. C
Jan. 1,1909: ' ;
CROSS
ft
CO.
RALEIGH, N. C.
NEW FALL STOCK OF CLOTHING
Gents' Clothiers and Furnishers
Latest Styles and Newest Models.
Our Chatham customers are invited to make
our store headquarters whenever they visit
Raleigh. Our Mr. J. T. Bland is always ready
i9 4 uufcw WwWii to serve his former countyxnen.