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Since the invcfOion of the prcan 660JD06JH9 cMm ot the Bible have been printed. Notice FWedaoave Mr. By virtue of authority ftad in mt in » cvrtain dead of MM executed by R. D. Bell and wife Mary E. Ball, to the undersigned trustee, which is re corded in the oflke of register of deeds of Surry oi—ty ia book 84. pari 2»'.6, the deM therein secured Se ine due and unpaid, and at the re quest of the holder! wiH aeli at pub lic n<Ktion for caah, ia (rent of the Bwmdl BuiMinc oa Saturday. March M. IM7, at one o'clock P. M, the following real eatatr lying in Surry county, North Carolina; ad joining; the lands of Mart Medley, A. C<* k. ' h*m. W. E. Gilley and others and bouiided as fotteaM: Kirst tract: Beginning at a rock Silp Gilloy's N. W. corner runs W. j rt. . to a white oak. thence N. U\it rh w a stake, thence N. 13 dag. W. 9 cas. to a chestnut on the aide of a ro-id. thence with the estrMM top of the ridge northward tl chs. to a stake i t the forks ef the read, thence NT-h 'leg. E. 8% chs. to W. E. Gil ley's line, thence B. S4 cha to a a take in the road, thenoe with the road 11 chs to a stake in the road, thence W. % <-h*..t.> a stake, thence B. 4 chs. to the becining. containing SO acres, mor* ■ r leaa. Sec- .J tract: Aim a second tract known a> the Hewk's place, begin ning at a hickory, Mart Medley's corner and runs N. SdegB.Mehs.to! a stalre near the top of the ridge, thenre N. 15 deg. W. 9 cha. to a chest Mi* nn the side of the road, thence with the road B. 49% deg. W. 2 7R-100 cha., thence S. 74% deg. W.j fl.Ul-500 chs. to a rock on the r..ad, thence 8 £ deg 25.50-100 cha. to a i rock, th -nce 8. 87 deg. E. 5.40-100 cha. to the beginning containing SO ncrrs more or Um. Sale ef said land will he made to ' satisfy the debt by said deed of trust with wist of thfs sale to add This *he 24th day of Feb* 1M7. II. H. LeweHyn, Trustee. | THE SOW THISTLE IITHEN the WW thistle drop. >M ▼V bloaaoma HUi mt» alga of rat*. ThU eupemtltioa. according I* tkr JnnMl of the American folk lara So ciety, exists la the southern atataa; rfj likely I be reader will kaow of Its nMforr la other wrtlmu of th* country At (Br a* the writer raa Ond eut. tt to the only aunrlval la thla country af the many auperatltluna coa nected with the aow thistle la where from ttiae immemorial it haa been a ma air plant. Though oot Indlgeooas ta thla coeti ueot the aow thistle—or awiae thlatle aa It la sometimes called—la aow wide ly distributed here. The mm that the Immigrant haa brought with It ta nndptai i in of »ne of the ataxic attri haiea with which It te accredited la the old world, where sprigs of It art aalled Inside the pig troughs aa that the awiue may profit hy the BMgtcaJ vtrtuea which It Imparta to their food, la Europe, aa In America, the aaw thistle l« ahie to foretell the rata. The legend ul tiio discovery of the rirtuaa of the plant In queatloa la erl dently autre modern than the nope rati tlona which pertain to It. The Irgand aaya that In a time of drought and a visitation of the plague. Charlemagae waa hidden hy an angel la a dream to ■.lioot an arrow Into the air; whatever that arrow lighted upaa would cure 'he plague. Charlemagne followed dl recttoaa and hla arrow lighted apoa a dump of aow thlatle. By royal procta inaliun the people ate aow thlatle and 'he plague disappeared; presumably the rain fell alao. It to erident that the how thlatle waa one of the m«nv "lightning plants" of the old Oerraaaa —plants which were auppaaad to be engendered, or at Ira at fructified, by lightalng. and lightning to. aa a rule acompanied by rata. In the uaa of ti>< plant ta connection with hoga aa com inon In Germany, there may ha a rami nlareure of the pig which waa aaerl flced to lata to Inaure moisture. <dl ay Mrriw* N«vi«sHr Inaatfaf O' As Told by Irvin S. Cobb WAY TO SCAT THE GAME THOME who In their ypath wr» ad I flirted, or •ul»munitlf hi«t baaa ■MlrtMl. to the good aid Ai»*rU-an game of "aev«-n up" will appreciate ■ little tale wW.li Prank I. C«t*. cblel editorial writer of the Hff Tarfc World, told Cobb, who waa born U> Kanaaa and ratrcd In Michigan, want to a town la the former Mult to call apoo an elfterly mrlr an a matter af haalnna. Hi* arrived aboat an>pai tlaaa. Hla aunt received him and walrnwad him. telling him that liar kaakaad woald probably he along ahortly Tlma i««»il and atfll the aid tan tleman dl<l not appear. "I won<ler." aald Cakh, " whether Carte Henry haa bean detained at hi* ahopf" fWi no." aald hla a oat In a r» algned lone "We'a down at No. t at gtne kooae. claiming low.1* .o—fifaai br tb» HvHaaah' »r«tmn b«> Catchi., Up "Why ahoatd we Hope wbea |*o*r 'ami'- raown all abntti Mr ladeed' My girl frtettda all iCOtteCOGT HOMTi COujjiujIMCAl DISCOVERY Home Easy terms make it pos sible to buy valuable homes^on.South St., at SATURDAY 1 ———— Look This South Street Property Over It All Goes At Auction! JOE BOOKER lota adjoining, wry derirabla for factory ait— . C C. STEWART ED. WAGONER PROPERTY— One 7-room house with closets and all modern conveniences. One 6-room house, modem In every particular. Several vacant PROPERTY— Five-room residence owned by Mr. Stew art, has all conveniences. Also a large va cant lot adjoining. A nice home for any one. PROPERTY— One 5-room house on South Street ond one on Durham Street owned by Ed Wagoner. Good homes, close to factory. Water and lights.
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