North Carolina Newspapers

nam i-ages tuf vovnnr jornAK i-ptmv. rrrrvrrn .11. tnjo.. I-KiHT PAOF We Can Put Our Finger ci ihe m." of your auto trm'n1-.l:..ci-l at a claiii-c. ni Weil tin v know auto const met ior. fhat we can u-ually determine what is uo. dcd sit ..nee. Our ability to repair auim h.;.-bct-n f nil v tc.-i.d. Ami iho.-e who have tested It always romp back when G!V IH9 MSLE Little ."nirr.rl Ker;':y C'j"! f 'S as a Sar.c:n. STARVING CHINESE ARE SELLING THEIR CHILDREN I have sc-:i." lie b" lill. -is lliat cull id Shia Cham;;. "At Shia riiu.ti.g, Iiom.v.r. tlcm Iff I : i:tlil .-.cc-ii. . . ill lai n--. 1 -.in :ia i . i me I ! "t 'I IV -.1 ' i. I :i MIV...O 1 I. i:i H, t-i-. -' le '.i.t.ti. i s ii! 1 tt i . .. t I their ears need more attention. I J. H EIcCLELLAN At Secrest Motor Company. AH Prices on Furniture Cut 10 Per Cent. Let the House of Dillon Furnish Your Home There is satisfaction in having things done right, and we inst that things be done right or not at all. An organization that has been held together for a h ng period of time insures to you a service second to none. Our mei chandisc is exactly as represented honest goods at lowest prices. Here you will find furniture that will su:t any room in your homo, and the proper selection of furniture depends a great tic al upon the store in which you buy. All these years we have been giving dependable merchandise and gt-od values. We l.v doing the same today. Come ar I see us. - '--iv;. : WV;'Wi- A itW- iCWtf-?. ' "' : AT THE OLD STAND w -.-"YVr. " - - - -c. '"71 MfVW itfn;('t ti'.wNic fcjwf,, MANY OTHERS have fo'itid nn account at I Iiim Ititiik very helpful In assisting them in get a Marl In the worhl. Why don't YOU try it? Your iiieome isn't so email hut you can pave a part of It. Most of the present day hank accounts were started in a very small way and gradually btiliied lo their present, can do as well. No matter how small your necount at the start If you show that you are In earnest and really want to get uhead in the world we shall he very cdad to have jou use the conveniences and arromo d:ilions furnished by this hank. Also, Insofar as Is consistent will wife, riuiMcnniive banking, to assist you In liny way that we can. FamersS Merchants Ml The F.ank That Backs the Farmer. Capital, Surplus and Profits ,. $95,000.00 M. K. I.F.H. President. C. It. A DAMS, VI. e President. W. 11. I.OVIl. Vice Piesidi"t It. A. MoliHOW, Jr., Outlier Piesent day financial requirements are greater tlr.in they have ever been before. Hanking service, to be effective today, must be a progressive service. It is the sort of service we offer you. Sufficient to take care of your every legitimate need, and give you the utmost in safety as well. mmm NATIONAL- i V.vVt MON HOE . JNI C V Venerab'e Fishfman Tel's Stsrj That Should Rrm?ve All Doubt Con cerning the Strength ef the Small Earth Disturber. "In yon want to knew the most powerful animal for lt size !n the nrld ? Ttie quesilnn was aski-d Jut lifter n venerable INhertiuiti had landet n tine eastern hrnok men. s;iys I Inward U. Wrlsht III the l'nr:l:iii llreu iiinn. We were stiinillne en the shore of one ef the lakes well l ii' k In the de. 1 had only n few nimnenis ln'fore uiik'iiiiK my pink lit his cabin, and. 'llklD a trail that led to the hike, had fi'Uiid him rlht In his flory. I. of course, was Interested. In tf'tt inar nil the data the old fellow had to offer and e sat doun on a lei; it ml n he priMlueeal a Missouri meers.-hiiuin I handed wit a h"X of tohiui-o. He pnv s:'ded to till llti wit It what he nllil bin fvorlie brand next to 11. O. That pave mo a elew nnd I knew at once the ancient ai.fler could tell some hip ones. lie fi.vd U deliher ntely and crossed liis les In a leis urely miiimer. "Well, sir," he started out, "I rock nil, nccordiiiK to what one of them wletillsts told me that hiitipeo-i! in liere it while hack that the mole has jot 'em all stopped. I had been tell iiitf some stories :ijnmt h.-lmr towed around In a l'"Ml by a big !'.-h off n ihe Newfoiindlaml banks ;lnl after I .ot through he wailed a Utile while .11. 1 then said: "'Well, enp'ain. I have never had a 'I of exprrie'i.-" v. Mb I.!;' Iis, but 1 erlainly bad my eyes ,ine:cd oi.e lay. I had aeeideir.i'ly ni'thf a lle 'iiole. and fur iw an;.i:!Mr reason 1 'IMIItht it Into ll.e house and put l! 'ii the floor. Ii he-tan to watuler about the root'i an. I :"!:: 1 1 ! y came up '.ainst the le." of a el. air which had pemil to be UJi ebise lo I lie w all. The ante studied it over a little, backed up a little. si.i'Ted -oiae and put his 'owe In between that chair and the wall and pushed her aside as If she 'uid been a puff bull. '"That certainly imt my interest. i I said to myself. "I.ookn here, Mr. Mole, we'll try ymi out nnd see duit your limits are." I hunted around until I found a Webster's dlc : binary and n bi family I'.ihle. I placed these on the cliair nnd piled other hooks on top of them until that ehiilr would hold no more and wait ed for htm to try It out. "Pretty soon he rnttie, keeping close to tin) wall. This time he never stopped to Istilff, hut walkexl rlpht through. " That pot me, but I scratched my lnad n little and when I saw Mr. Mole eomlnp up for Ihe third time I Jumped on top of the pile of books. Hut '1 was no use; he kept rtjrht on po int: and slid the whole business of us right to one side. " 'Well, I w as somewhat nmsi7.ed, hut lddclily a thouuht came to me nnd I went out and called in my tielchbor. a i fat mini, welphlna a few pound under :i(Hi. lie straddled aboard. 'On came the mole, this time his miisclru fairly standing out to pet Into the fray. Hut he was no foolhardy ytui'S mole. lie took time to size iti the situation, sort of shrugged his shoulder nnd acted ss If he was spil tltif mi hi blinds. I'ltmlly be poked his Iiosh In between the legs of that chair anil the wull and raised those m'phly shoulders. The chair creaked little, moved slowly lo one side and th mole passed hut the chair hmk M'ld the fat man came down with a thud ou the mole's buck. And. do you knuw, that mole liesltut-tl only a mo ment und then started fur the corner of ih room, currying the fat nam on hit back.'- i t mhimv u.r 11 :;i;ti.i. I a line of a kit d rule tiirilb ; .iu I ml m:i:i.i in -he i o.-i u.i by 'i '.l.sicd i.-iei .. o 1'tto;..' i. '.!. sv.i.'l-.tii! dur t'i.ii.a, in,i i' --v - dent thai Ihe vti til of l!e ilunm in lile K.ir K.cl is.: Hot lee"! giasp by the American public. 1 In a sern-.s of art ich- a!i!;! 'd iti ih. Japan Aiheriiser o w'. i. ie j'isl cached New Vi ik. ; Nath.imel P-CT. ;tn A r'cja i oi '-ondei'l. paints ihe pit-in:.- ol tie barren I.. nd and lile i!.i:g po.i.ila lions. The dispatches are dated tH- i lober. Aecnrdins to cahlei.i.il.is re 'cently received trotn China, condi tions today are no belter than iho-e t described in Mr. lvifer's articles. Slat vine China, fertiotis ol which hae seen no more than two inches and less of rainfall thrmishout tin past, is brought to extremes in an Uudeavor to keep lile poing. Children j are being sold; sonniiii.es for the money they b. ing. .sometimes lo 'sure I hem the chance lo live. Whole iillagcs are eiuiuiatiim lo the cities j in the hopes of besting Ihe. means of J subsistence from more foituna'e i neighbors only to liml conditions j there are Ju. t as had; inhabitants of ,cities are emigrating lo the country i kpeciing lliete to tiud a bit of prceu that i an lie turned into a soup. Many I ef the wanderers return lo then homey in de-pair, p reared to die and tie hniild among tlnir unci -ui -. Tile tiNpaii'h wtiti. n at It .o t'hiu M'O w hich appeared in the To',;io A ' erti'er of October I'th, n.i!; .i part i.s follows: "i-'totii Kao Yi ea-'twa'd tiie of the ciiiiiim v is tier 'y w. i . I'or u M i l ti-'l of fr. e l"' : ', Ii ! ' v 1' A" 1 1 ! I" Wells. Til.r. Ie ( r..;. .s a 1 1. iipb-te f .lit: t l..i. Ii-i ! 1 1 in , ;. . i ni-'li. t'ie v U, :t v i. hi. t'.e corn is r. t.u i's as are I'ortuti.ti'' I 'lld irl'K.lted iiv Well be able lii letr i V til from the increa ii "la Niu:: t'lii.u' II i; oniiii-: t.sn'ii, I !n ( 'hi I . vi n II..' cd (Hi: live "" :!l ',.ve a I I I. Mil ii f : lice ! o will, i i as s ; i-e ef ' t :i ;.-n and anw. o::. !i.;i iihlitions -i their worst. Mere the is 11 Ii IV held h:.'l;elS ban est food of w i'ho it eu-d lesp; ate W OI.H'! over their ;r. In i'lmost ev : 1 1 : 1 child r n v. it'i a I ins i;b a niliL: a Not All Flattery. The wife of tin Indianapolis travel Inz man Is a poor correspondent. Her letier are short ifnd sometimes do not un-ive within a week of cadi other. Naturally before they rcm-h him he Is nflcn rather worried over home affairs as to family health and such ihlnps. So on his last trip home he snld: "No matter how far away I am from Indianapolis the first day I fall to receive a letter I shall com" rlrnight home." Since then his dally letters have come regularly and are iiNo newsy nnd long. At first he wis much Jtnitl fled bill now. ince lie has more lime lo relied, he Is le-inning to wonder whether or not le should feel flattered. tti.it in good years is iln ini'nals. One cannot go a I passing a win i l'iarrow laden with a lew household elfecls and per haps a lew children. In . very m; lape are empty houses left vacant by i hosn who had given up all hope and lied from the ills they knew to v hit could not ut any rate he worse, Side id Children. "The tragedy of such cases is the fate of the children. Many of them , have to he dropped alonp die way, sold where possible, given away If mil, left on the roadside if there Is no alternative. Less tragic only by a degree Is the lot of the very old". (Tliey, too, are left behind. If one ! would sense the lull tragedy of these days one must go to towns every live days. There, it is rumored tin trade in children thrives. Whether true of oct, 1 cannot say as I have not seen, but I have been shown n letter from Tainliigttl furthiir south telling of u market in which there was a designated stand for the sab er children. Certainly everything hut childitu Is sold. To the fails those who have reached l heir last straipls bring i heir cvtia dollies, disposing of llieai al ii lew coppers per garment j and .trudging hark to their native i place. i "Twelve Ii east of Ning Chin city Is Menu Chi Ts'inn. I was told liiat the pollution was lour hundred fami lies. Il i.s probably more like three hundred. Al any rate three or four i groups of villagers Willi whom I talk led lurei-d that there were not more than thirty that hud enough to live on. The others eat the usual chuff , cotton seed, leave:) and weeds. This i Is in t tie form of either a scup or Ih'n ! porridge of leaves and weeds Willi a bit ol grain for flavor nnd sometimes a ban! and so nn limes a soggy cuke ; of chaff and cottonseed mixed v. ith dried leaves lo hold It together. "One man to whom I talked 1; ,i ijusl come hack from Ning Chlng. lie j had tii ken there live pieces of clothes. He had sold them for a dollar. He i had h it only w hat he was wearing, blue coal, trousers nnd shoes. The dollar was all thai stood between him !us starvation and there were Me had nn; vet. he ad- JUNE Wanted We are always lu the market foi Iron, metal of all kinds, bones, paper, tc. Open Try day. Monroe Iron & Metal Co. Near Freight Depot. I wiicr. or Ai)Miivn:.Tio. ! Having lie; ;i" administrator, 'v. it'i l!ie V, ill i'l.u.-M it, el I 'if estate of J. K. Kowi ,1 ib-. e.i-. d. late of 1'r'on county. Nouh Carolina. Ihi.i i's to notify all )" t-oiis having claims . against the estate of raid deceased ill exhibit Iheni to the lllliiersipiied, lor lo his attorney, at Monroe, N'. C, on or before 24th day of November, j ItSI, or this notice will be pleaded ! in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate will I please make Immediate payment i This 24th day of November, 1!20. j ! A. A. SECREST, Administrator, with the Will annexed. i W. 0. LBMM0ND, Attorney. ! Mad Their T.-lStlatlc Ten years ago Oeo- c I.. Ver!', t "(S Jennie S. Tnriie). Chicago, lir-l ecus Ins. were pronounced man nnd wife by a minister lu'a liivtna tirei-n mar riage at St. Joseph, Midt. H"th be ing Catholic they w.'ie married again by n priest when they returned to l 'lilcap.i. Two cars later they were separated, bl-llllse Ihe statutes of III!- tois nnd Michigan forbid lir-t cieisi'is to marry. Now they have Just been married again In Kentucky, w here the marriage of first cousins Is legal. Seeking a Rare Plant. In isn.'l n scientific man named DruHiinnnd discovered cue military aronla plant In the woods of St. Tain Many Parish, t.ntiMana. nnd It Is cher Ishej today at the Arnold Arhore'iim. Now llr. vard his written to New Or leans asking to have Louisiana earchd again far the Mre growth. aril and ! 1 live in his family. j however, sold his furninir I nimeil. Tell of ( lioler.i. I "Iliiere one hundred have died j from the usual cause, cholera, ;hn.u-hl on by iinderfci ding and low- ered tesistance. Here I may s.iy in i past ii. g that there is not a village . whic i lias not paid its loll of cholera. I she a !, i -si im tte I he mortality a I not less Cian 3 per cent and pii.--sjiiv cv.-n lU. Since le rainfall the clini.-';' i-: pai-;i :;. but ihnt sniiie oilier jiii! i:i 1c w ill come is uiei liable. "I-'hii.i ,'ii- ilh,ge on.' h In-it have ?o:r. Some have sedd 'I'-i; cbilili'M and n;ne hive r,i, - ' ha in i o -ct a ,ii i'.cre i .i I . . , . t'li- l-'i-. .i!e lo .-, ' i-:r . ' d ! ill Co ir oalie pl ic, . 'fi.ee .- , Willi tiiem in the dim hope thai moiii tilin. v. i:l Mi:ii up iilon:; ihe way, i is Lin n liiev .-ire we.ny with fru.gi;ig anfl em pi: of . Ini.iai h C-.n Up y de cide it Is !i- 1 1) p,,t he children than to c.-r.-iy llnin a ne furi'-nr an I bury Ihem "1 .-I'lu'd one -iniip wt!l v.hirh I llalk.'il ii'ioui inis ntA-ed hmv mat y 'h'ldieii of the village had been sold. Not mi many, Ihe said. They didn'l ;wnnt lo part with iheir children ; Then one old man en the ede id the Hide spoke up. Had I come lo buv 1 children? ho a-ked. I replied In the jnecatlve. h.it he added ihal he had 'wo and if I could feed them I rcnbt i have them" In Bnether dNpa'ch Ihe enrres-l"ee--,-M. r'. ..i-isci rondltloim m Shia ! 'hu.'hg, !n the province of Shantung, j 1O0 Per Cent. Crop Failure. "One ot tbe worst stricken village ..... I . i i : ,. ;. r. .. . , , .. ' 'i., ,,- a a 1 ' p i . ' '. i o . ..ii.;- ai. i i'.viou- j'-.ir ii iiio'i- ' w.tli a iiii. '.i-;.-,l i ill. I iii'i, ::!. . ,i line w o m' id J,j . ,. ,,;,.. " I in).-e that ;i!e bli 'i.ni- b. n Pu.-ed ly .it -ne mit. helpless I.-.. ..he ill Sill. li:. il ircua..-tauci-s lo M..y a.oi meet Iheir fiitt. ' "i'lo-ng K V. ll e f ori tin the canal, lis Ihe iioiiket for the b bmpiius ot (he iiihuliilanis of this village. There -most ut i Heir i longiius already have 'gone tor I tit i-ri.e el a lew days' Ihiii i ii. d out rallon.s, u - Iheir home- at- Se.-I, home bare of ail bul the barest i liecessil :-s. To lile natural hopeless ness of such ciicuiiislaiices I here has been added the t raped) of those who nave pone out in search of other Mimes or work lo tide over Ihe n. r. have foun dnatiiinp and returned. ' Ninety I uonlics Are U'll. "So parched has the soil been for more than a year thai in Spring it was not even possible to plan. 1 would not have le.-n worth wli.ie. They have now therefore noiiijug to expect. For l wo lo three months I hey have been living on the diet lhai has become the food of millions two parts of grain to eis'lit pans ot kaoliang chuff, leaves, clover or j weeds. They have sold lliei: land in I ma ti y eases if the live in. n to whom il l. ill,..! four had Miid their land -I tiny liar for the mo i pari sold aio'-i of il-.ejr clotlics and much iii lliieir fin nil, ire. New t'li-y have had ilo hi-;ik up their families, for while they ate away Coco Hey i-in. be hind Will .iaie liiil.-s.s inia ,-i)i:ii-.-I.nln outside. " "Why don l vo'i take jour i.a.i- 1 , ii.-.- w iiH yon'." 1 a.-.ked lii' i.i. I "for reply lli-.-v in,.'. o-;t v ,,; ! lookeii like -of bai.e.l mud. K.o Ii ! in. Hi h n; ,-" en or . .. ;il m i n i , Till y Vi i , e l.i;.,.' on I 1. .-.pe ii- ! .-i-rite d a In -if. T h i v a v, !...( i .. , , O. pel e lO 1 I 1 C Oil W '. I,. ! ' y .1 . ;1. '. 1 l.il ee I, Ulot! i ,1 1:i,!i :-p. l.di,., i ie , a. -ills ill w!.i''inr old i ! n i i v. a hand: "i nailer the I.. :u .--:s. I "'J I lit ' le ' iillill en and VOIIlell Hi M' cut V alld 111 lllV lill lll.lt. 'I 1 i lasl.e.1 iii i n- Kie'.oricul iji .-Con i . ', of i" t U'-1- in 1 iii' : is o ii.dii! i::.i I . , :!: Cli,io-.-e ;n asiilit. I "'!'!. i.c men can be s,.id lo -iao! 'for '-ii many ilioii..i;id. that 1 liavi Uetii.l.,1 ineii- t iliiat mil ill .'niii length. Probably ten liiiuilii in bundled h.tc be, -n tnoken up in tbis fashion." Tiie Chinaman long ago aciti;tt-d tiie reputation ol lning a fauilist. To the iiuesttnu of what will he do when his bit ol win-ill goes he, as described, answers that he will die. The thought of povel liluenl lelief, il Is asserted, never enters his head. When a stranger mentions it, he Is lookei. upon as a MMiseless being. Car from giving relief the povern lueiit, as reported by the correspond ent, is today driving many Chinese over ihe abyss by insisting on it usual iiuotas of taxation. "The lai d tax is payable fen, times a year,' writes Mi. Pilfer ii, liis atory. 'three times in cash, and. il seems, once in grain. Meals ol ( hail nnd Leaves. .It .seems lo come lo about thirty cents a year per mil in ail, lining! there is some vngueniss among t hi farmers as to I bin. I asked v, in-ine there had been any relenting with respect to the lax in a year so bad as ibis. For answer liny cail iiie Ii I'eng, or village headman, lie had just returned liom Kwen H.deii. the nsieii seal, whete he hud been thrown into a cell and beaten. Others had been notified the sunn' Would hap pen to them. In another village I talked lo five or six who had not paid the asses-mt in due in tiiis monili, the Eighth Month, anil had iieeii ordered to do so or lorfeit their land. These people were eating one meal ii day. one-third of chart' and one-lhirds of leaves and wild roofs. Cooking to 1 1. 1 it'i Oiganii.il Ions. "The poorer, Ihe treat inn.-s, have only ts'ur ts'ai. In a tow weeks, when the frost comes, they will no! iiii.o iiiiii. inc.. win ii.iveoin;. wnai , ibo relief orgatii.at ions tnnv so pain iri.y coining into operation will be i: '! lo :ive lltt in. ll those orpani ' '.minus give thoni nothing, they will I'liirve by the thousands. That is the I lamine problem in a setiletice, here ! as everywhere. j "l-'roii. To Ming En 1 Marled north west inward the P. !; lug Hankow i Km I way for the pur;o--, of seeing I the famine at its worst. It was niei-e-! ly a random choice, lor 1 was told i'hm the two hsious Jusf lo the south, j Nan I.oa Hsieti and Ch'ing Ei-np H-i'ii, eacli Willi a population ol .around four htli.dted laotlsand, were just as bad." T'!n m i ies el articles citds with tins patiigiaph: "Kvefy tr;.i;i that pa se. curries t " " or il.ree i, ;n, H one li ade in ic'.nl i't helov 1'ie cats for c.it'le ;,n.i ',o .-i ... en v h ,c!i ate i-mii ( d a I .1'' a-' hum .li . i .' .1 cio'.ii! -eii:;, b ' he anil I' - ,1s, ii'cn, w omcii. and ' 'I'll'-", b li-l'-tg iit'd fin 'i ii m a li . ii d sec: r ".-". y, iok! if 1 1 fi "iiiarv " the pi-'hi - rnd :. i- is;e,s (if ii a'! th..! as i - ;, -. in one ill ' eel ii'.i a.- iii a n- .. Yi ii.-c in ihe -i. n h o no; t it i lie- V lll i peit ll ion ol li ,! ' !! i. ' pi-i r.i hi '"-'S. ti"--e h ille noil' i s.un Ii. inn ' i v ill lia i e lo ret ' m in Ihe r ov n t'oiot-s or slurve ,-ileiig the way. Proli.i'.ir thi y will do boih :'il p.rt :ld) siarve in I he i nil in ;n,y IMS'." ' The li st dispal. h fi lls of Ihe c nr. iug of rain and i be hope ihal il hid broiiKhl w ith i'. The hope, acordii c to (he v lit:"- Is, however, a very dis tant one. T in wheat that is being planted today will not ho ready until June or July. To what extent the Chinaman is .driven lo pel the seed for planting i the nihjerl of Ihls article. lilxrerpls fii" i il are Civcn below; j "I have just come by cart for two J days ISO II across a country where ; the drought has been so severe that to crop was even sown last sprinp. The previous crop also had been a failure for the same reason. For a yar. Cien. there las been little or Do food raj-.d aii.oug a pcojjie de- l iiudit Irom cay to day on what tiie ii ! ! :n yiebt. d for tl e J..y. This ; ,-it ' soii'i.ern Chd.ii Is ;;s s,ielr :-:t'i. ' d ..)' 1 h ive . . in more i .. . i.f ..,. j, -. arely v . . . , , ii. was a i. t. T'c . had lnvii nl i - ' u ;e iiv a v. ;.r. "isly the '.i.i.r Miinio!. Sim-e then h.te h.,v,. bun S'-eal M'akin? ti ius. T ! . v have changed tl"- !:ole a peel o; Hie i-onn'r , jeyihologically :is wdl a- physically, i.efore there hiid been the d.-epe I ot ilispordetjcy. !a foMboding oi aiwlul death. Now tiiere is hope, and the poorest peas ant is i ho. i.-d aiiaiii. The hi bls again show green. In every corner and i by every farmer wbo'conld raise a ' few mines of -ash by ihe sale of his last i-n.aihiiig bits of clothes, his jla't few sticks of fuinituie. his chit jdren, even, to piiiihase seed, wheat has bei, jihii ied. and it is cumin; Up gloriously." The Ii:.y man before a lask is done Will take a docn steps in saving on oi ( K HP TKt SI KH S MI.K I'nder and by virtue of a power contained in a certain ilVed of trust executed by Imke E. Wenti to A. A. Elgev.orth to secure a certain note therein mentioned, a default having been made in payment of said note, and demand having bun made by tin- holder of said note, 1 will, on Monday, the liMli day of January, lalM. ai 12 o'clo.-k M., at the court house door in Monro.', N. C, offer for sale a two-cighihs undivided in-ere-i j:i ;r I m the following des cribed I ..'! i,f 1. ml. which lt'-s In Cnioli coiiniy. Vance 'own, hip. and adjoins lb;- la, ids ef Mis. Naocv Hy tiim. A. I 'i t. T. A. Kit. ii, and others, and b"Ui,d.d as iollowsi i -inning ai a Make, loin.iilv a P. .. Nam y M. Ity nun's and A. I. U'.'i''s rori .-r. and rues thence with .--.iii I lit 1 il e s 7 11 2 I i I.s., it. .ss i t ; a iir fi .i io .-i ;.u, i by a P. 1 1., K. ' -. i 1-1 ' . - ,i.-! .- , ; !o in , vilh ,: v : i. 'i ! ; i :, i i;. s;i t, .i.-s to a Mak b: ' o :. . km i, . and ': o P. t '.' l.'-i.i , ' - .'iid P nn. g i '.- cor i' r ia I ' i V, .-.'ill line: i.' iv ii,, i o.i.h ,.'s .;,,. a ..-i ;;-4 i. '' l - t . 1 1 .-iug I't v linn l.i.i" li. lo it .'. li. mh.,,1, an pi,. of -tit'.-. I three sweet tUV.s a lid tWO dogwoods, T. A. i.i i ll's coiner; 'tli' iii-e with ins line N. j:; l -; ;u Iciis in a P. ().; tin in-o N. :; 1-2 W ! 7 1! cbs, crossing . i.J ;ry Run to il nine stump; tin lire N ,S-( 1-2 W I !"i e!is to a pui'e knot by a pine nnd ihree P. O.'s, the division corner; thence witli the division line. N h'i II S W 111 1-4 poles to a stake and pile of stones. Nancy M. Pyriim's cor ner, liy a 1!. J. mid 11 P. O.'s; thence with said Ity rum lin'e S 77 W lit poles lo the begin ii i:)g. containing nindy-two acres (I'll I more or less. Terms of sale Cash. This December Till, 1020. T. V. UMEItlCK. Trustee. MTHL TO CHI IHTOItS. The undersigned having qualified as administrator of the estate Of J. T. WiUifnrd, defeased, hereby gives no tice lo all persons holding claims against the estate of his said intestate to piisi ut s;im,., duly verified, to the undei-sitn.d administrator on or hp ton Hie !Uh day of November, l'.i21. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. Witness my hand, this Mh Novem ber. HO). M. M. WILLIAMS. Administrator .f Estate of J. T. Wil- lilnrd. deceased. Vaiiu, Attorney. NO ITCH In the Superior Court. North Carolina I'liion County. John Pass, lloxanr.a Faulkner r.nd Lucy llnv land, plaint ill's vs-...- C.-e. i; St ai en iiiul S. W. Harrell, de fendaiiis. The di'tendiints above named will li'ke notice that an acCou entitled as 'hove has been commenced in t lie Superior Court of Vnimi County, to t'litise the defend. nits above named to execute to the plaintiffs a died In Kvordain'o villi a bond of tilth' giv "li l.y Ihe ilefen liints to one Sam Ilass, de -eased; and the said defend iinis will further lake nolic that they are required lo appear al the offb'e of Ihe Clerk of Ci Superior Court of Fnion County, Ninth Caro lina, on ihe 12th day or January, 1H21, at the court house of said County In Monroo. North Carolina, and answer or demur to the com plaint in said aition, or In said com plaint. This 4th dav of December, la 20. II. W. l.EMMOND, C. S. C. FTACK. PAKKEK & CKAIO, Attor mys for Plaintiffs NOTICH. Tin- Fire Depn'tnient nnd the Mon roe Telephone Company respectfully a--d( that the public tilialn frmo call ing Central w hen a fire nliirm is given in order that all litcmcii v bo are -, a'titi-l over tl;.- city m ay luive an . ,ppo' ti.t.tiy of asi-i't tiiiii.ii!: first ' liofe ll"' life is. C.ntial c-i:!iet i'tl sv.c tin i, nn hr.-t on ici unlit of so n t : '--H i'ii I- of ci.il,- at one lilii" t ' e l ept ' r-iii -iv jn- prompt - " - '- . ;.: . lo.i.M. V- v h " a ft- i er calls I - i-ui.' ; i he i '.t r.'l .'! once. ''h.'v:: ;.: s.. ., ii-s mid ! i i" i - 1 1: 1 ' ho n il Is r;t- ". i it ,1 ,- ..I ,i..t. !.-. nn in i.nic:'. '... , ' 'I ;-i d nt , pi I iv, v, . n vuiw i id Supt. T ee pi, one Co. C. P CALDU Kl.l.. Chief File C ,.f. il.Il.Garren, M.D. IH-nrtlce Limited to Treatment of Diseases of KYI". HAIt, NOSF. AMI 1'IIUOAT Of flee Over THE UNION imWJ COMPANY. PHONE 258. i' f 1