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loan. In our experience in p«hH*h tag th—« notice* of foreclosure of land by the attorney* and bank* it hmm nearly slway* to ba the fault of tha borrower rathar than the par ty who hold* tha pa par. We know of many instance* where the holder of • paper was unable to gat any re aponee from parties even regarding intaraat due and had to reaort to ad vertUment in the newapapera to lat the fallow fully reaHae that tha claim atiU bald good and that time had not paid ft. Whan banks loan money to people It must be understood that K la soma other person'* money that la being lat out and It la only right and pro par that they should take all tha pre caution necessary to protect tha in torsat of those who entrust their funds in thro* Institutions. On their Judgment in handling theae funda da panda the safety of tha banks and the faith of the people in them. For in stance, the banking laws prohibit a bank from carrying past due paper, and when a man who has a note in tha bank continually neglect* to answer a notice that his paper Is due he at once gets himself in the dixfavor of the bank official*, and properly so too, and lays himaelf liable to «omr action on the part of the bank to *tart some proceading to protect the interest of the depositors whoaa mon ey they have loaned out. And *o it is highly important that people hav ing paper in tha hank* take care of h promptly either by payment or re newal and whan this is dona there ia rarely ever any occasion for tha ad rertieement of one's property to aat iafy claim.. A DOCTOR'S ADVICE A woman with what she thought was serious health conditions went to a famous physician and what hit told her ia worth the thought of other people. She had a real trouble and waa told that the way oat of it waa to qnit living too much to herself. That will no doubt sound silly to many strong people. It no doubt did to that woman. No doubt she wanted medicine, and that doctor gave her advice. He told her to get out in the world and be helpful to others—not helpful in giving advice, but do things for others and plus forget her own troubles. Now the world has a lot of folks who are ready to help if advice will help, but there are entirely too few who are ready to he helpful in a more substantial way. The difference, at least one difference, between the sav age and the civilised man is that the savage lives for himself and the civ ilised man largely Uvea for others. The savaga left his old folkt to die in vpnt, the civilised man tares for thoae who cannot care for themaelvaa. The savage made his women and chil dren work for him when he could, the civilised man helps to make life easy for his loved onea. in uk iifni oi ail uila one might ray that the way to enjoy Umm holi day* is to do thing* for other*, and thus forget self. You can find plen ty of people who have proved all this to be true by the every-4ay life they live. When we get to thinking along thi* line we alway* recall the caw of the man we knew who helped to dig all the graves in hi* neighbor hood. and that of the man who contd find dome lick man every Sunday morning and make him comfortable by giving him a nice shave. Little acta, you ray, but happinee* I* made' ap of Ju*t *uch little acta. It may' be a mint of comfort to hand out i money and advice to those who need it, bat every man who has tried it | know* that the bent way to have a| good time I* to get oat and do mm* thing to bring happineaa to other*. . All thi* is so well known to every one that ft sound* almost childish to| be throating ft before our evea to the beet of folks. k.*s!!o^ Attorney and Mrs. Geo Wednesday for . Durham where] wW *p<*td the Christmas holi-| day* with relative* ef Mrs. Snow. •-***<■■ *Jk the country. The olorttoa waa not a p»( rtauary for any party. M the uni trorvd of the vMiag «M MMRt that favor* Um r«pefchi and icalnet the military onhr. Omni Ludondorf, <*pe ef the gnmtmt arili mi oaiy • *«ry frw i i—rmana (rt ■looted on thie tieheC T>e laltirlng man's party which l« inHifly oppoe id to the Military order made tha rreateet gains and will bar* tka lar "untTthe martin* the Hr.t of Um roar of tha imw mgri- ao ana eaa tall just haw tha Hna-np win ha, hat tt to oaf* to conclude that tha elec tion points to • hotter day for that Mwntry. THAT CHRISTMAS DRINK That Christmas drink that many of the folk* who read thia will take may b« the moat ex pen air* part of the ftolidays. Thia ia brought to mind bjr the report* of many deaths in the land due to drinking what turned out to be rank poiaon to those who thought they ware indulging in a rood old-faahionod drink, la the city of New York a great many deatha have recently been brought about In thia way, and investigation has ■bowa that soma gang at bootlegger* baa been buying up hair tonic and doctoring it up and aelling it for li Men who drink and who should know, tell ua that here in our own section of the country it is almost oat of the question to get liquor that any sensible man who drinks would cat* to put in his stomach. One of the curious things of human nature is that the man who will mahe and sell illegal liquor seems to lose all con cern about even the life of thoee who patronise hia buaineaa. He would turn down the throat of hia beat neighbor a concoction of concentrat ed lye and tobacco and manure and take hia money a id seem to think that he had done a smart thing. These men who are now selling liquor seem to be the most heartless set of human beings that the world has ever known. They act like savages and stop at nothing short of murder ia an indirect way to get the money they are after by engaging in this illegal business. And so we warn all and sundry that the drink that may be tempting these holidays may bo the act that will mean a bad stomach for many weeks or months to come, or a weakened physical system for all the remainder of life. And It might mean death, as it has to untold number* of others. LittW Girl Hwt Rsrhel. the eight year old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Forester Book er. was knocked down at the North Main street dry bridge Sunday after noon by a car driven by Mrs. Claude Abshcr and suffered a broken collar iom, a sprained wrist and a cut on the lip and one on her head. Mrs. Abetter, who Is leader of a children's society at the Baptist church know* as Sunbeam society, was returning from the church and turned at the triangle to carry home some children living down town. The little girl who was also leav ing the church was going towards home and it seemed that in waving farewell to some little friends she started across the street without see ing the car which passed over her body without the wheels touching her. Mrs. Abeher carried her to the hos pital where she was examined and her injuries ittwiit to and later she was removed to her home where she is do ing as well as couid he expected. J. W. G*rdm— a HiMavilU OMd John W. Gardner, of Hillsville, Vs., vii Mt-ought to this city last week for an operation at Martin ho*pita! but «ai desperately ill and died on the operating table before the opera tion waa begun. His funeral was comforted by J. C. Dunbar of city R. F. D. and Mr. Crew* of Fancy Gap at Mt. Lebanon' and Interment made at the Gardner burying ground at Cap Va., Sunday. He was sixty years of age and is survived by three sons and four daughters. W. It King Um For West Vtrfimia W. R. King, local pressing man, who has cleaned and prsMid clothes for residents of this city foe Mora than n year* win leave for Bod.! Weal Va.. within the nest few days to Make hi* future boose. "BilHe," as he is popularly known, is bow pack bis Machinery and esparto to be lo L* Ms «i l.r m «1 n <i il Wnana )..• "nWi »n sii« nwwiy «ao|ii«a O'luif ny the firs* of the fmmr. Right Inn tn the heart of the seas on whea the Ms tt'mim and the ltair» ty one* toe* Mn to go mmIoM Sheriff RiFMt ami Ma torn of de puttoe k*n gone right on with their •Mirk of mtos ay stills and thair efforts have reouhod la tha destruc tion of ais within tha laat faw toy*. totof morning Daputf Sheriff* I. B. Monday and Hayd Barney de stroyed • double nfaritf ootfH at tha foot of Seddto Mountain tot Bryan township. With tha outfit they eop turad two nan, Henry H. Moore Mid B. W. MrCann. Moon to a man of •hoot M years at *«*, and to wall known in hto part of tiM county. Ha to a man of conaidarahto twoperty riwoinc 'oar large farm* on Mitchell's river. MrCann to • young man who works about tha neighborhood for tha farmer*. In making thair way to tha place where the officer* thought the atilla to be they suddenly met Moora • id MrCann coming down tha path. One of them waa carrying a five-gallon gtoaa bottle fall of liquor just from the still while the other bad a Jug of two gallon*. Both denied any complicity with the Milling opera tion* and what liquor they had they declared waa for their Christmas usee. A little father down the path the officers found the most complete out fit discovered In months. Its owner had evidently decided to operate the remainder of the winter. Two atilla, a M-gallon and • 80-gallon one, wars in their place, hot and randy to re ceive another filling of the mash. The owner* had erected a good skelter, provided a couple of beto for their use, and had a liberal supply of gro ceries, flour, coffee, meat, and dishes on hand. And all this outfit, arrang ed so nice and handy, was butchered up by the officer*. In the hunt for this outfit these officers were assist ed by Bud Simmons and Will Mathis, and it required the combined efforts of all four to convey the spoils to the Sheriff* office, in this ctty. To keep the work of destruction go ing forward Deputies C. P. Creed and C. L. Beamer Sunday afternoon de stroyed another outfit neer Bound Peak poet office. They found a largo still set up ready to ran and about 600 gallons of bear. In additim to thaae captures Lee Boyd found on* op on Johnson's creek near the Virginia line, and down 1a Marsh township Deputy W. H. Chand ler has deetfoyed two outfits. Carroll Co—ly Working For Th* Hfllsville Nmi last w**k car ried the following new* of the effort* of the people at Carroll County to m nm awre food roads: Within the past two weeks • great deal of interest has heen aroused in the proposition of putting the high way from Hillsrille to Princeton, W. Vs., on the State Highway system. The proposed route goes through HillsviUs, SylvattM, Draper, Pulas ki, Dublin. Poplar Hill te Pearisburg and then to Princeton. The counties of Pulaski, Giles, the lower part of Bland and Carroll have endorsed the proposed rout* and a meeting will he held in Pulaski Fri day to discuss ways and means of bringing the route properly before the highway commission. Pulaski business men are leading the move ment and since Pulaski is very hear ty the center of the route the meeting was called for that place so that the representative* from all along the road can attend. The road from Hillsville to Sylva tu*. known as the Greenbrier Road, is In very bad condition and la bad weather is nearly impassible. This road now will receive all the gas tax money returned by the State to the county but this will he insufficient to keep the road in good condition. If this road however, is pat *a th* high way system the State will take it over for maintenance and this will re lieve the county from upkeep, giving more funds for other roads in the district. Everyone in Pine Creek and Laurel Pork districts a* well as thoae in all other districts who have to do their shipping from Sylvatus should lend their influence to the plan. Th* Board of Supervisors by a unanimous vote last Monday endorsed the pro position and the remainder of the people in the county should follow their good example. There is only ten miles on th* far end of th* route* and the road from two miles this side of Draper that has to he built before the antir* rout* will be completed, giving as • through road from here to th* coal fields I Ibr. Friend* of lUv. D. Vance rc*re« to know that kU •how* vary little i» confined to Ida 1 and b only abb to be a» at AMtWr «ka»lir hi tka atroc*>* at :1m hnnii and Mnnkfita Bank of ElUin to aantfcma to upmttA* and (to NMMN *M «FTtttoB W—*1/ «*UT '•M wkon aim Iff C. H. fUrna* U«to Ml tka door» of tka bank and touk •vrr tto aaaate to Mrtiafy •« utton* In kia ka<i<!» to tka •mount nf •w* Umui Im lh ;>*ni do'Um. for m«m urn* H kaa l«a known tnat »rul* tiiHtori wrrr peaking I'm •/.nV for Mr -Utm« and reeeetly IndgManto ««• wiirid and mm ton win plarH 'a tka kan<U of I'nrrttl Hajrno*. Tka antkartty of tka tkirtff la t*k i.K arm tka kaak mxtor tka papar» »*» ((vaatloaad by MM of tk^ bank'* • ftrials, hot Sko-'.ff Hajrnn* rtr 44- j T"d tka kaak aa ka «oaM aiy otkrr; ■•■rpnratian Mm t-u»biaaa and rla» d It a* k* waaM any othar dm wk'.rk tod defaulted Hi K» aerount* to Ha c.naitora. Tlw (loom were locked try um sher iff last Saturday. Bank official* at mica got in touch with Clarence La tjiim, chief bank eaamlner for this rorporation Commission, ami ha ar rived on the kmm some tima Satur lay nl|M. Ha also plaml on the door of tlw bank tha seal of tba Cor poration Commiaaion ami a notice formally declaring tha bank eloeed. A* the matter now lUndt Sheriff Haynea haa tha keys to tha bank and paper* against it* assets to tha amoflnt of several thousand dollar*. Partiae holding these claim* ar* thorn who bought certificate* af deposits from tha bank during tha day* tt la charged Ha official! were selling th*m at a graatly reduced prica, and now thaaa purchasers won Id like to take over tlx aaaata af tha bank to aatiafy thaaa certificate* which rep resent claim* against tha institution. Attorney* for thaaa plaintiff* con tend that the bank haa never been put in the hand* of a receiver and that it ia (imply allowad to continue to do business as a corporate n o' tha >tate by the kindnesses of the Cor poratfon Commiaaion and that these plaintiffs have a right to take over its assets to satiafy judgments secur ed in the courts. Had the bank, they contend, been fat tha hands of a receiver then the orderly course to follow would have bean to allow tha receiver to handle the situation as the court should direct. When Sheriff Haynea closed the bank be took into poaaeasion a lot of notes and mortgages, tat found na money. He haa not determined the value of the paper, hut those familiar with the bank's condition doubt if the aaaata will aatiafy the claima held against it. Seigfred Schafcr and family, of Raleigh and Dr. Henry Schafer, of Winaton-8alem, will ipmd the holi days with their mother Mrs. Roea Schafer. ft* 53 Drugs W. W. s. Wolfe Drug Co. FIREWORKS A full line at Dixie McCrary's Store on Fancy Gap Road Resources Orer Om Million Dollar* First National Bank Mount Airy. N C. Has given satisfactory service to its customers for more than twenty-five years. What can we do for you ? T. G. FAWCETT, PrwIJl W. W. BURKE. Vk« frwldt E. a SMITH, CMkfar - Make The Entire Family Happy This is a Happy Home They Own Buildin and Loan Stock 9th Series Now Open For Subscription There is no better way to start die New Ytsr than to lation of savins through ou 1 * 29 Hajhd RiiiWina £ I aaii IKNIW DUHUHIg ft UNI
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