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•d by D. J. MeCteUaa at tmmm. Om the night of February I, l»01f to Ml Ab»n4«r, t boy of It, wna aieep W Uwt ha open Mm aafe which stood near the ratr of the atera. Unable to resist tha yo«mg Man knelt la front of the little safe aad twilled tha knob. Whan tha doe Ma name aa Johnaon, laid a —all pis tol ho had taken from Alexander oa top of tha safe aad atanped down ta was still covered by tha unwa* ■tussle of a big rerohrer in tha ! of tha aacond bandit, a negro. Ban Foater. It waa at thia point that tha inter ruption came from a wholly uaexpeet od aoun « "Mack," a big gray at ore cat waa after a mouse oa a ahatf near tha front of the stare. 11m eat Joaap ad frcra the ahalf, landing oa a lard aaa in aneh a manner that the anise was startling. Foster, who waa guard ing Alexander, turned hia head and peered into the darkaaaa near the front of the store. In a flash Alex ander sailed the piatol which the raekie- leader had placed on top of the safe within a few feat of where ha waa standing and as tha maehod negro turned he latieUad a shot through the lunga Just under the heart. Failed T. Fir*. Then the hoy turned the weapon upon the kneeling bandit and pulled the trigger. Hera again the caprici ous Fates took • hand. The hammer at the revolver fall harmlessly failing Notice of Sale of Baal Batata. N,.rth Carolina, Sorry county. By virtue of authority inveatad in an* n u certain dead of trait executed the Slat day of December, 1923 by W. F. W ird and wife tla Want to Fiwl Folger. Trustee for Jackson and Foiger to secure an indtbtodneas of >50.00, said deed of trust having * assigned to E. F. Ward, and „ in the ofBet' of the Register of Deeds of Surry county in book M, at page 13, default having baan mads in the payment of the notioe theroon se cured and at the request of the hold er E. F. Ward. I will soil for oash to the highest bidder at public auction in fron' of the Bank of Mount Airy at Mount Airy, North Carolina, on Saturday, the IMk day of Mar, ItST. at twe a'dack F. M., the (> lowing dexcribed real estate. Lyin: > d being in Mount Airy ' ownsbip, Surry county. North Caro lina Adjoining the lands of J. N. Slawt'/r ~ L W. NuganT J Qiimer -oj*'r J >k« Stevens and others: _ Fimt treat: Fully deaeribad In dead from E. C. Shalt on and wife to W. T. Ward iw rdad in Cfce oAee of the L^irrss: Ncrth CnroHna, in for I * mni BAM them ooaid to heard shouts udotaof ilm M the M« of d o shooting and nttwi ta the ri—why. Dispirali, they pushed on foot toward Um city, faiDf wit in* the vicinity of Murphy Junction or "lad Egypt." Foster1* mmdltiou had become so had at this tisss that ha had to ha canrUd. Taking a lane •hat tha bandits knocked at tha door at a dwelling aad wan allowad to Johnaon realised fiat thay could not lane remain thara aad ha ordered Gataa aad Mills to gat a hack, auto mobiles being unknown then. Laavtaf their wounded < ompanion* in tha house of tha atmnger in "Bad Egypt," Mills aad Gataa mad* their way to tha da pat section and attempted to hire a hark for the purpoae of getting 'heir companion* to safety. Hard Preaaed. Tht hark drivers were not impreee ad by ttoir appearance, apparently, so they hung hack until Anally in dee per* t ion the bandits forced one driver to acrompanv them at.tha point of a gun. Returning to Murphy Junction at a breakneck speed, the hack was halted and the wounded men aasiatod into tha rear seat. Onee mora thay started toward AeheviDe, Footer in an almost uoeonscioos c<mdiUon and Johnson almost mad wtth Um pain of his wound through tha shsalder, neck and Jaw. Hailing for tha "Cripple Creek" section on Southside avenue the fu gitive* separated and sought refuge in the coaununity that harbored moat all petty lawbreakers at that tiasa. The hack driver was dismissed a short, distance away, paid wall and told to keep his mouth shut In the meanwhile, Alexander, all but unconscious from the ioas of blood after hi* brave fight against two armed men, had signalled for ht'lp and Mr. MeCleOan and othar neighboie came to his aid giving the alarm to the ii>citi a few minutes later. Frank M. Jukusoii, deputy iniwukot nwhjLw, who w*a at tfcat ttm captain of the poliec, jaiafrrad tha call from Jim War*, irial-1 poat auuter. Captain Jordoa than atartad a eerira at mo** that landed aU four handita in the city Jail taaa thaa three and a half hoora aftar the rohhery Taking the two nnhwrt bandita tot, Captain J radon and Ma mm mad* their way quickly through tha nt. terinc throne and placad thaa hi tha -vasty jail a Mock or a* away. Wheal L. H. 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