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m l l> inTotved. toe clever "eene^eiiou Of Ib feet, he'll prob> forwerd es soon ee he heedquertera weirts him.'* ' PBBsed. "Phon^ the bareeu, ^-eiul tell Qecdon to tiHialre him kt ell th« best hotels in ,Ji». "It he's BteTtnc 1b Killly fid lent -with friends, hetl check ' onlj at the llneet.’’ ^e deltbetnted e moaL-eiit end t~&tBhed^his Instrnotions. Besides, he has connections throQsh which, he might be Let’s eee~^here’s Gussie Dit «t jthe Morton clnb and er of the oad Bit S dote or the and his enper> Bed. fjwhat else have 70m Efrem the office force? the firm daring the dded toward the chatn- the wall beyond the a man and' woman iom fUnkin had K( State of Korth Carolina, Coun ty of Wilkes. The Federal Land Bank of Co- lambta. Plaintiff, vs. Ada V. Burch and husband, Elmer W. Bnrch, T. J. McNeil, D. H. Mor rison, J. B. Church, William Bullard, John Mastin, Tyre Felts, Sam Perdue, J, A. Porter, Cecil Bnmgarner and The First Caro- llnas Joint Stock Land Bank of Colombia, South Carolina, De- teddants. ^’ursnant to a Judgment enter ed in above entitled civil action on the ISth day of June, 1935, te the Superior Court of said County by Honorable J. H. Clem- eni, Judge Presiding, I will on tte Slst day of July, 1935, at . If o’clock M., at the County [i.Vts Courthous® door In said County noil at public auction to the Ughest bidder therefor the fol lowing described lands, situated . la said county and state in Ed wards •Township, comprising 310 acres, more or less, and bounded mid described as follows: "All that certain piece, parcel or. tract of land, containing 310 acTM, more or less, situate, ly- .iag and being on the Yadkin Rlv- Bgr about on® mile east from the wlUage of'Roaring River, In Ed wards Township, Wilkes Coun ty,-Horth Carolina, and having Bocb shapes, metes, courses and distances as will more fully ap pear by reference to a plat there of outde by W. A. Gwyn, Survey- or, TOmetlm® in March, 1912, and being bounded on the north by lands of C. L. Parks, on the aaat by lands of S. J. Green wood, on the south by the Yad kin River t»nd on the west by lands of L. J. Salmons, this ba- B ' Ing the same land conveyed to I,;,; the said Ada V. Burch by S. J. Greenwood, and wife, M. P- Greenwood, on May IS, 1912. and recorded in the office of the Begister of Deeds for Vr likes “county. In Book 91, at Page 80. and conveyed by the said Ada V. Bcrch and husband, Elmer W. Burch, by mortgage deed on the *3rd day of July, 1918, to the Federal Land. Bank of Columbia, which said mortgage was duly xacorded In the office of the of Deeds for Wilkes _County in Book 103, Page 60 on tlm 24th day of July, 1918, which mortgage deed Is hereby xefarred to for more complete Ixilormatlon. The terms of sale are as 101- Cash on confirmation of . J^aPThe entire tract of 310 after first deducting there from the following tracts, to- Wit: W. A. Bullard tract of 51.14 acres, John Mastin tract of 12 2-10 acres, J. Porter tract of 1 -ere. Carolinas Joint Stock iMi Bank of Columbia 16 acres, making a total of 91 «g_100 acres, leaving a balance .~t 218 84-100 acres, but it is rpressly stipulated in the judg- ■TTimnt of foreclosure that in the the said 218.84 acres when ffilaold -fall to bring a sufficient ^*’aum to pay the principal. Interest a^ costs Of the said Judgment, then and la that event the entire Pwract of 310 acres shall Im-medl- S^ly be put ^and sold as a ■ whole, in acebnUnce with the tewns of said Judgment, u ’ All bids will be received sub- i«ct to rejection or confirmation the Cl^ of said Superior -.Snrt and no bid will be accept- or reported unless its make. deposit with said Clerk at f the close of the bidding the sum qof Sight Hundred 1800.00) Dol- as a forfeit and guaranty of jSomFllance with his bid, vhe ^ le to be credited on his bid n a^Pted. otlce la given that said a -wlli be resold at the same ? gad ppon the same terms t o’clock p. m- of the same said deposit is sooner ery dopoelt not forfeited or _ will be promptly re- to tbe^aker. Istday of July, 1338. D. HACKBTT, noticed oh his arrlral. They sat apart, the woman'demure .aad chk in a gray dress that revealed an attractive figure} about twen ty-three years old, she Was phy sically small, with petlta features ■«r-pretty in an unobtrusive ptaa- nev. The man wm as large as she was small. Close apon^ fifty yeiars, he was tall and broad- shouldered. His eyes were dull and pnima^natlve dud altogeth er'he radiated ponderous energy, without alertness fl||fl|feiity. Studying the Rankin asked hi^^^^^^^Bfor whom were Jenks? Wiho a do they know a “The girl’s na: mond—Miss Jill EdmofiS?* Jenks replied. "Earlier, I understood, she worked as Mrs. Rowland's iretary last December and Jan- nr.’’ ^Worked is right, but not any ' er.’i Rankin commented with ^ile. , “Because she happens his correspondent—the hn he had the affair that his wife to sue for a dl- >> !t was th® other’s turn to lie—knowingly, with a slight ly lascivious smirk. With regard to the order of en trances and exits that afternoon, Jenks fully corroborated Ran kin’s own inquiries. His time table, together with somg.^ notes and observations, read as fol lows : 2:20—Mrs. Rowland and Mr. Willard arrive and enter the li brary. 2:25—Mr. Trumbull arrives, waits in outer office. 2:30—Allen Rowland and Mrs. Keith arrive, and with Mr. Trumbull, pass into library. 2:35—Jill Edmond arrives and waits In outer office. 2:38—Hugh Campbell arrives and waits in outer office- 2:38 (about)—Allen Rowland leaves Mrs. Keith in 1505, and rejoins Mr. Trumbull. 2:39 — Mrs. Rowland j'oins Campbell, has brief conversation. (F'ind out what about.) 2:40—Allen Rowland and Mr. Trumbull leave suite through main office, Rowland to dismiss chauffeur. Mrs. Rowland re turns to library. 2:41 (about)—Mrs. Rowland leaves suite through main office, and Mr. Trumbull returns to phone his office. 2:45 (about)—Allen Rowland returns to 1507. and retires with Mr. Trumbull to Mr. Dawson’s office. (Check the time with Mrs, Keith’s chauffeur, Alvin.) 2:49 (about)—Mrs. Rowland returns, speaks to Campbell and rejoins brother in library. 2:51 (about)—Hugh Campbell leaves suite by central door for a minute and returns. 2:56—Hugh Campbell receives phone call and hurries off with out explanation. 2:57—Mr. Henry Dawson ar rives. and enters his office. 3:00—Mr. Simpkins, court clerk, arrives, also enters Mr. Dawson’s office- The hearing be gins. “And that about covers the groted, Tommy,” Jenks cdnclnd- ed his nummary of this data. .He turned uwuy from Jenks and rejoined the group. waiting in the library. “Mr. Simpkins,’’ he addreesed t^ clerk, “I’d like to your notes'of the evidence— at the hearings. Tour typed rec ord- Have you got it wltk you?” ’The clerk produced a large loose-leaf notebook from a vol uminous pocket. TfPlth pleasure, Mr^ Rankin," he responded. “Here yon have It comiBete.’’, Rankin took the book - t him, and ekeusing himself Into Mr. Dawson’s offlce.^There he closed the door and >fspfead th® notes on' th® lawyer’s'^ table tor study. Although on the sur face the details of Alleuv Row' land’s dalliance with jni Ed mond appeared to hav^ no direct bearing ton the trhgediy, he would not neglect tUb ■ circum stances which it helped to brj^g about. 1" . Tb® prellmtoary testimony es tablished Mrs. Rowland’s right to sue for separation in Penn sylvania. She had resided at her estate in Parkway road, German town, conUnuously, except for her vacatlOBS. Allen Rowland had also lived there until she discovered his infidelity. Then he went jnto bachelor apart ments he? had already evidently been occupying in West Phila delphia. The ,'uarrlage certificate was offered in evidence. She had met him wintering lu Miami. As a life-guard at the beach, he bad performed for her some service,, not clearly detailed, which first brought them together. Before that he had led a wandering, ad- centurous life — a cowhand in Texas, a movie extra in Holly wood, a riding master In Chicago. first imd >Ms*n to «usfi>SUh« firl's rehiUoQi wHh her htMtod loss tiam three wsek^'lator. She had remained at home from a bridge party on te 23rd of the sam® month, be cause of a beoda^; but she re tired without Informing Miss Bdmond^^ her IndispoBitidn. Deseen^g unexpectedly from her room at 4 o’clock, she found her in the library, ostensibly writing lettmrs at. her desk, while Allen Rowland bent over her, his arm around her shoulder. Their nonchalant alAia attempting to carry off the embarrassing situa tion did not deceive her. the discovery, i.‘il^hP“^ifowIsnd':f^n8UIted her brother, who arraaged^OL hire detectives to watch the^copifte. Both partlee were to be tralM every moment wherever they went, whether separately or not. There followed in the notes, a^ resume by the dete^vee of their movements in watching the sub jects of their vlliganee. On the Thursday afternoon after they begun work, young Rowland kept a rendsevous with the sec retary at a park in Germantown mui liH' They tollowwr^9||^psifiid' 6^ city fiaiita Pike ow-far-as ^orty- *flve miles :4|pa^ jfpW'tetlBtla, Rowland tursH Off nkln highway to reoeh fssbfnushle 94^ this the doorj an^when it opened}. Tyro days later they, traffed Rowland alone to the Westvlew apartments in West Philadelphia. Investigation revealed that for eight months be bad had an es tablishment there under the name of Seymour King. The crisis occurred on a Wed nesday, February 1st, the girl’s next holiday.' At four o’clock ' that afternoon, so Mrt. Rowland related In her testimony, she accidentally noticed a scrap of paper In her husband’s writing In the secretary’s library waste- Jidiket. Evidently he realized at last that they were suspected and employed this indirect method of communicating with .her. In the note, he made an appointment to meet her that very evening at 9 o’clock. Therefore, when the- They’were married by an Eplsco-! 8*^1- spw‘a»y re- ^ _ . - . *r\ Ha frnm niirv pal clergyman at Fort Lauder dale on December 28, 1928. Jill Edmond, of course, was the bone of the fatal contention between Adele and Allen Row land. A month before the past New Year, Mrs. Rowland had ad vertised for a secretary in the columns of several newspapers. The “ad” required a young and personable girl of more than av erage Intelligence and ability. It quested to be excused from duty that night, her employer grant ed th^avor. Rowland was not at the table nor .had he been at home that afternoon. In the meantime, Mrs. Row land telephoned the detective and appraised him of her knowledge. Then they called Mr. Willard and prepared plans for trapping the faithless conple. So It was that when Allen and exclusive Bnnset Ian, wlch, however, like many such road houses, riiBMiiiiifiit a questionable reputation. "It war 10:30 When he arrived with. his companion. As they went inside, the pursn- ers, careful leet their quarry ohr serve them, halted a hundred yards ^om the building. fd For^sbm® time they'waited pa tiently. In ten minutes, a new ligbil Uluminhd one of the second floor rooms and Allen Rowland appeared at the window and low ered the shade. At ljl:16 the- three trailers entered. The* chamber the husband and ompanion occupied wa« num- 2 on the second floor, he hotel hook was placed Teeord to prove Allen d’s registration for both M huAfijil and wife. In hfo handwiwBA^^'tf!’ tojr, Mr,^ and Mrs, Kilig or^en- tdwn. ^RonnsyIvottia.) Wl^nt warning, Mr- Willard knocked ■r0^ " WBien •awkin ^ _. asaknf s^lCement hPraff record, ho eat book-with a Jerk, audibly expnmta$- bB bswOderment. It esme frdaMhe pi^to det^lve, volunteer^ cadtttlly in Us'com plete. description of what occur red in Room 212, after-tb# in vasion. ■ {Continued Next Week) * ,DRY MAJORITY OF 519 USTED IN ROCKINGHAM Reldsville; July 11.—The dry majority in the recent liquor referendnpi in Rooklngham coun ty today was shown to be 618 with annonnsement of the Offi cial canvass. Drys mustered 4,022 votes and wets 3,503. Ifaeiiit ders, of ParstiiiilirUMM*' run-down and cramped at my .8W» dBt&X wtHdihavetogotobed JAebB my first bottle of Ooidni. Z was Ur. X kepi taking Gudnl end I WM an right The shekteg fijM and I did not crampi.^ X felt wMk better. I gave Oordal to my dH^» ter who WM In aboot the was esoi* dtUon and Mm WM mm uQ MAA** CARDU S'i mds ^wsis N»ufy cwasi j flted dm. V it dsw net •msflt ‘ MOislt e pnyiletsB. t su ly be mote oompromUing. TisF guilty man stood, in the doorwu^ ebargined and astonished, in eil- oted pajonnw, a robe and slip pers, while Jill' Edn^d, pale Reins- Sturdivant Inc. THE FUNERAL HOME LICENSED EMBALMERS AMBULANCE SERVICE North Wilkesboro, N. C. Phones 35 - 223-M The oar above, manufactured by the Henney Motor Car Company, of Freeport, IlL, has been added to the equipment of the Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home for the purpose of giving a better and more efficient service to the patrons of Reins-S'yurdivant, Inc. Funeral Home and the members of the Reins-Stur- divant Burial Association, ^c. The growth of the association to a memberdiip of more than 10,000, and the g^ral increase in amount of calls receiveil has miMie it necessary for us to add this and quite a bit of oilier equipment in order to render the kind of service that we feel our patrons deserve. The best is none too good for our folks at a time when a service can mean so much. Yours to serve you better, REINS - STURDIVANT, Inc. -J'v. -4 -iemd^ina itiAink a£mitwAen ueu ikuckL. w DEALER ADVERTISEMENT NOnOE OF SALE OP LAND Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain mortgage deed executed on the 15th day of July, 1929, by S. A. Mitchell and wife, D. J. Mitchell, to A. Y. Rash .and duly assigned for value received by A. y; Rash to the undersigned as signee, said mortgage deed being recorded in Book No. 149, Phge No. 224, In the office of the Reg ister of Deeds for Wilkes Coun ty, the same being to secure the payment of a certain note execut ed on the same date by S. A. Mitchell and wife, D. J. Mitchell, and default having been made in the payment of said note, the undersigned assignee of A. Y. Rash will expose to sale at pub lic auction at the Courthouse door in Wilkesboro, North Caro lina. to the highest bidder for cash, on the 3rd day of August, 1935, at twelve o’clock noon, the following described tract or parcel of land, lying and being in Somers Township, Wilkes county. North Carolina, and more particularly defined and described as follows, to-wit: “Beginning on a white oak at the Marth Spring, thence run ning up Little Hunting Greek a west course to a black gum near the James Combs old ford; thence south with Jarvis and Inscore’s line to J. C. Mayberry’s line near the old school house place; thence east with said J. C. Mayberry’s and Manuel Rob erts’ line to the bridge; thence down Little Hunting Creek as it meanders to the BiURobbins Spring branch; thenc® north to Elisabeth Norman tine to the beginning, containing' one hun dred (100) acres, more or less. This 3rd day of Jaly^ 1936.> W. F. RASH, X ?-20-4t Assignee of A. T. Rash. 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