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Notice of Safe.
North Carolina, Surry County.
R. V. Marshall, Administrator of C.
C Martin, deceased, v». Ada Martin
Harden, and tbo Surry County Loan
A Trust Company, General Guardian
of Ellis D. Martin, Elizabeth Martin,
J. Everett Martin, S»die Martin,
Sanders Martin and Arthur Martin,
hairs at law.
Under and by virtue of an order of
the Superior Court of Surry County,
made in the special proceeding as
above entitled, the understated com
missioner will, on
Saturday the 22nd day of Jaa., 1»27,
at X o'clock r. Mm
on the premises offer for sale to the
highest bidder that certain tract of
land lying and being in Surry County,
North Carolina, adjoining the lands
•f Lee Hollingaworth, llamas Jes
sup, Samuel Inman and others, and
hounded as follows; vis:
First tract: Beginning on a hickory,
Hollingsworth's corner, runs N. I
<W variation ft chs. to a stake:
thence E. S.17 chs. to a stake ana
Cinters, N. 8 deg. variation S.27 ehs.
a persimmon tree in the hollow;
thence W, S.17 chs. to a rock in Hoi
lingsworth's line; thence N. 8 deg.
variation with Lee Holling«worthTs
line 9.78 chs. to a chestnut stump;
thence E. 8 deg. variation 21.75 chs.
with Jeasup's line to a stake; thence
8. 8 deg. variation lntnan's line 20
chs. to a post oak stump, Hollings
worth's line; thence W. 8 deg. varia
tion 21H chs. to the beginning. Con
taining 41.68 acres more or leu*.
Second tract: Beginning »n a chest
nut on the bank of the branch and
runs E. 4 chs. to a *take N. 4V4 deg.
E. 20 chs. to a stake and pointers;
thence W. 4.2S chs. to a 'take and
pointers; thence S. 9% deg. W. 22
ch*. to the beginning. Containing
IIV» ncres more or less.
The terms of this sale are one-third
cash, one-third in six months and the
balance in twelve months from date
of sale. The deferred payments to
be secured by Deed of Trust on the
premises.
This the 20th day of Dec., 1926.
R. V. Marshall, Commissioner.
Sal* of I'rraNil Prapert;.
A* executor* of the estate of the
tat* N. P. Short we will sell at pub
lic auction at the Short home place
on North Main atrvet, Mount Airy,
N. C„ on Thursday, Jan. 27, 1827, at
2 P. M„ the household property be
longing to the estate, including t>ed
clothing mattrexxea, stove* and other
household furniture. In the lot ara
aevernl article* of antique furniture.
All will be Mild to the highest bidder
for caah.
Thin January 8, 1927.
R. B. Short and A. M. Short.
Executor*
during DtHimbwr. TW foUowing to
th. report of I. r. Armfteld. oounty
wdftn uAear. Juvenile to art —
malnlng trvm toat month. Is m
Win reported, ft; handM by wel
fare officer (unofficial) ft; lw»<M bjr
Mrt (official) nana; ri«ihito» Imp
investigation 2; unofficial dtopoaitton
handled through parcnta, t;t repri
nuMnlnl and warned, I. School At
tendance- children reported 107; In
vnatigmtinn by letter, 106; by viaita,
S; proaecvtiona, I; poverty tun to
veetigated, 4; number provided (or,
I; viaita to achoola It. Poor Fond
caaaa—reported and invoatigatcd, (j
persona carried to county home, I
Miscellaneous conferences, bo*M
numhtn 4; J. C. Judge, t; pntnl
63. Investigations- mother* aid 6.
Inspection*, jail S, county home 1;
factory 7; persons advised or aasist
ed (not elsewhere rs ported) 20; Lat
ter! mailed 184; miles traveled 1,049;
Official trip* outside county >; inves
tigations for agencies, 3. Associated
Charities, Richmond, Va., Bureau or
work among the negroes (Lawrence
Oxley Director.) 8ecured Hat of
names of poor for Kiwanis Club of
Mount Airy; delivered seven valuable
< hristmas presents to poor people
• lonated by individuals; made trip to
Saaurcand, returning Nannie Young
i to county home; gave Jail prisoners
upples for Christinas.
H. E. White. County Farm Agent
traveled a total of 868 miles by auto
(luring December, and spent 1C days
in the field, and five in his oflce.
Eight visits were made to demonstra
tion, and 28 to other farmers. Inter
views to the number of 118 were held.
Eighteen separate communities in the
county were visited. Days worked
21. Annual leave 9; sick leave 2;
j holiday 1; letters written M; letter*
received 52, news paper articles 5;
j number of copies 20. One week was
spent attending the county agents
conference at Raleigh. This confer
ence was devoted to the discussion of
next year's work with especial >-m
phitsis on diversified farming.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Troy Bryant,
n daughter, on January 8th. On
January 4th, a son named Glenn Lee
, was horn to Mr. and Mrs. William
j Atkins.
a«r*. music Key leu loamy lor ner
horn* at Mount Airy, following u
visit of several <iayn at the home of
W. S. Comer.
The regular term of Surry Super
ior Court will convene at Dobeon on
j Kehruary 7th, for one week, for the
trial of criminal and civil cases. in
i stead of civil cases a* reported in
last weeks issue of this paper.
Grady McCormack and Fred Hed
| rick, of Winston-Salem, spent Sun
I day with Mr. McCormack's mother
Mrs. Rosa Booker.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Snow had as
their guest Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Snow, of Elkin.
A number of friends and relative*
iind neighbor* gave Miss Lula Coe a
surprise birthday dinner Sunday at
the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs.
John Cm.
The Womans Missionary society of
the M. E. Church held an interesting
meeting last Tuesday at the home of
Mrs. Kufus TiUey, witn a large at
tendance present. Mrs Maggie Uw
•llyn conducted the devotional*. At
the conclusion of the program the
Sosteas served delicious refreshments
-onsisting of oysters, hot coffee,
whipped cream and cake. The next
■nonthly mooting will he held with
Mrs. Maggie Lewollyn.
It la interacting to note that two
of the loading milling cosapanies of
this county haw gone in the mixing
of a good laying maah for hena. Be
lieving In the old maxim of keeping
the money at hoase thsss mil la are
following a wall known fcoding far
mute of the heat p»al>r)msa of the
oouuiry, ami uaing hams grown faoda
pro do i ad In thto MHty. Instead af
hail— expansive moat meal shipped
In from the north they we Being Bah
»eal predneod la thto atete. The
enly ingredtewt la Mm Maak which to
net prodoeed la Mm atete to celt. The
Graatte CHj Mffi. Meant Airy, la
faMac cheat \jm a day having]
Mined food to a few days.
stitutes iHitrMMtlM, la for
bidden by I**. Cwpwkw operetta*
tavirab* or etW groups rf c«* km
«Mnrkt • "M rate," which tkt M
inrwij KwnI has nM la illegal wi
der the p "Mnt law. Insurance aom
panias have not looked kindly on the
rule which makes it mandatory for
them to Inom ail apHicaaU.
Rattle* over theee and other pro
visions are already under way In the
court* and the Incoming legislature
will also faee them. The proponenta
<>f the law hare declared that tbeee
era difficult!™ in the machinery of
the law and that Uae will eliminate
inequality or injustice*. The *up
portera of the principle of the law
are not oonAned to the limit* of the
■tats.
By thia law the coat of automobile
operation in the *tate are greatly in
creased. The owner driver of a small
car in 1M* paid 110 for registration
and two dollar* for an operator** li
cenae. In 1K7 he muat pay nlao from
*l« to WO aa an insurance premium.
The rate* for larger and i-ommercial
vehicle* scale up to about 1180 a year.
Auxtin. Ten., Jan. 8.—Twenty
M-ven full pardons and three restora
tion* to citiaenahip were announced
today by Uovemor Miriam A. Fergu
son. These bring Mr#. Ferguson's
elemenry total to 1,112 for her two
year term, which expiree at noon,
January ML
Node* Trust ae'a 8ale of Laad.
By virtu* of the powar mUh .
in • certain deed of troat asacotad to
ondtfkijnwl
>.f J-km
col March
Smith ami Floyd Franca,
M, 1084, and mum reeoi
31, 1024, la book 88. pag
of tha regiater of deed*
County default havfaw bean mad* to
tha payment of dead secured by daad
of trvat and at the raqaeet of Uta
holder, of tha net* I wit) *aU for
euh to the higheet Mdder at tha
■tore of E. C. Wo.nl * Sea* la Weat
flcld township oa
Halarday tha M day ef Jaa, 1MT.
at I a'etorh P. M.
the foUowin# deacrihad land to-wtt:
Adjoining tha land* of Joal Cam
moaa. Robert McArthur aad CUa
Vaucila aad other* aad boaadad aa
follow*: Beginning on a stake to
the Volunteer road and runs N » eha.
and 1* Unka to a pine, thaace 11 eta.
and 10 Uaks to a rack la a branch;
thence aa the branch mender* 12
ch*. and 10 link*; E. 1 oh. and 00
link*, 6 ch*. 40 link* to a rock ttoai
8. 5 ch*. K Unka to a Mack oak,
thanr* N. W. 88 oha. 10 Uaks, Uieac*
W. 19 ch*. 70 llaka to the b*ginniag,
containing 27 46-100 acre* mora or
Im,
Sal* made to catiafy debt,
and eo*t to be add*d.
TM* tha 20th day of Dm^ 1M0.
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TERMS IF DESIRED
T. M. BROWER Mo«a* Airy, N. C
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tha uiMWriignod tnuUi I* ■ rartain
M of tract mmnM Mm M 4m •*
1M0. by B. W. Co* and
«>(• Co* far Ja.ofc F. KkU,
*itd r«"nW in tW liiWUf of 4aa4i
o«ea of Sorry County, N. C.. to book
TO. paa* 15», to Mtur* an Indabtod
R«M of f?34.#U, dofault having hoot)
i m4« in tha payment of tha notaa
therein aacurad, and at tha r* quart of
tha holder I will aaU for ca*h to tha
hlttbaai bkWar, at pohUc auction, hi
front ft tha Bank la. Mount Ahry.
Mount Airy, N. C., on
Batwrday, Jaaaary U, IMT,
at t a'rlork P. M.
tha following daacrihad r*al aaUta:
Batrinninf at • rock la Mr*. Catnaa'
li«M run* I. with bar Una tit cfca. to
■ poplar N IS i h» lo m bonch of >vtaf
N. W.T eh». to M aldar N. «T W. ll.Tt
cka. to • rack In road 8. t dag. JL
M.M rh«. to a atoka 8. 14 dag. W. LH
cti*. to a pfca 8. .10 irm W. 107 eto
to a ctoka 8. i <b-«. t. LM tto. to
the Woirtnnin« rontoteta« If
mora or laaa.
Sal* atari* to utlrfr an
avaa of 17*4.90 principal,
awl coat of talc to add.
Said land waa aold on L
Dm. IftBL 1926. for •1106,08.
Mt bid ha vine kaan Aim) '
will bagrln at II l«0.Jft
Dac. KHk. 1926.
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