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One of the Finest Homes
in the County
Electric light* and water, and every modern con
venience. Beautiful*building sites, all commanding
the mM beautiful panoramic view in North Car
olina. with a long range of mountain* to rent the eye
upon.
Adjoins An Accredited
Stale High School
Modern, new school building—jut completed.
TERMS VERY ATTRACTIVE
All furniture, utock and took will aho be sold at sale
THE LAND CO. MT. AIRY, N. C.
MARTIN BENNETT EDW. M. LINVILLE ■ - D. S. HODGE
Natka
The following writing has been
produced to the undmiprd Entry -
nktr:
The undemigned claimant being a
cittern of Surry County, N. C. hereby
satsforth and lays that the following
tract of land, to-wit: Lying and be
ing in Bryan Township, Surry Coun
ty, N. C. brtwee n Rutner's Creek
and Crystal Creak and bounded by
and adjoining the lands at C. C. 8moot |
and Son* Company and the E. Snow {
tract now owned by P. B. I.uffman
and others, is vacant and unappro-1
priated and belonging to the State of .
North Carolina and is subject to entry
and the undesigned claimant lays
claim, make* entry and prays for a
grant for said land.
This April 22nd, 1027.
W A. HUFFMAN Claimant.
W. F. LAWRENCE, Entry-Taker.
Notice of Sale.
By virtue of * dead of trust ex-,
ecu tod to the undersigned trustee by
H. R. Key, which dead of trust U
registered in book 7S, page 6, records ,
of daadi) of trust for Surry County,
default having been made in the pay- '
■art of the notes secured thereby, I
will aril far cash to the highest bid
der on
the »th day af May. ItST.
at 1 o'clock P. M..
in fron of the Rank of Mount Airy,
the following real estate, to-wit:
Lying and being in Mount Airy
Township, Surry County and describ
ed as follows:
Situated on the waters uf Stewart's 1
creak and beginning at a burch on
the west aide af Stewart's creek at
the mouth of a ditch, C. C. Hotchens'
corner and runs up the center of the
ditch N. «0 deg. W. 1 1-t chs.; thence
8. 27 dag. W. S chs. to a point in the
ceater of the ditch in the west edge
of a bridge C. C. Hutchens' corner;
thence N. 78 deg. W. 20 1-t cha.
along C. C. Hutchens' line to a stake
in the Bunker line; thence N. S deg.
E. 6 chs to H. R. Key's corner; thence
with his Une g. 7» d««. E. 14 1-t cha.
to a burrh on the wart bank of Stew
art's creak: thence with said creak
8. 82 deg. E. • 1-t chs. to the begin
ning, containing 10 1-2 acres mis or
less. The same being lot No. 1 of
J. W. White farm as surveyed by
Vestal Taylor sad sold by Lin villa
Ball- Hutchens Land Co. on the above
1| Cf«« **
Dobrni raid tn4 running mm lot
Ma. 6, twelve feet wide and eroeafog
the cotwer at this lot at the bridge
and continuing up the ditch to tat No.
: .
LIGHTNING STRIKES
PLANE DURING STORM
All Four Occapanta are Instantly
Killed aad Ship Divae into Bay Af
ter Reiag Hit by Bait.
Norfolk. Va., April t».~ Lieutenant
V. P. Marlnelll, attariai to tlw Hamp
ton Road* naval air station, and Lleu
Unant George W. Lehman. Chief
Machinists Mate Pojmer and Machin
ist* Mate Michnela, second class, were
killed late this afternoon when a holt
of lightning hit their plane, net*ling
it plunging into Chenapeake Ba> off
New Point Comfort. All apparently
war* killed instantly.
The tragedy occurred during i
severe electrical and rain- storm that
swept this section about 4 p. m. The
plane struck was one of several fly
ing from Philadelphia to the Hamp
ton Roads naval air station. News
of the disaster was brought here by
one of the other, plana* the occu
pant* of which witneased K. The
plane struck was in front of them,
those in the second plane said, * hen
suddenly they saw it enveloped in a
puff of smoke, then go out of con
trol and plunge to the surface of the
bay upside down.
The second plane immedie'.ely
landed to attempt rescoe but could
do nothing because of weatltor con
dition* and after an hour of fruit
less effort came on to Norfolk.
The tender Teaie was dispatched
immediately to the scene and had not
returned early tonight.
The scene of the crash is about the
same spot at which Lieutenant Prank
A. Conant, Schneider cup race flier,
was killed last fall.
Both Lieutenant Marinelli and
Lieut. Lehman made their homea
in Norfolk, the former being at
tached to the local air station and
the Utter to the P. 8 squadron, of
the scouting fleet, now also at the
local base. Both were married.
While thoas in the plane that
brought the news of tk tragedy war*
said to he practically certain the
plane was struck by lightning and
it* four occupants killed outright.
Judging by Ha behavior after they
saw the puff of saM>ke, the fact may
not he definitely eatabliahed until
the wwhad craft la laiaod aad
brought here. Bo tar na la known
hare thia is the first case s< Ks kind
en Yeeerd of pa all plan* beta* at ruck
by lightning although sneh a fane h
aaid to have befaBsu gaa Inflated
Otto Wood Stir, tap Trouble in
Raleigh, April It.—<iuard U being I]
rimwi over Otto Wood, bolder of
North Carolina'* prison brook record,
following report* today at a recant
fracas in which the murderer «tluod
up troohlo.
Wood who was Mrt to itoit priaon
for the murder oi A. W. Kaplan, a
throa escape* during the three years 1
of his confinement and as many time*
Several day* ago he attached
E vender McKeenan, "death row"
run), hut after a brief struggle in
which Wood was forced to abandon
his wit* and apply his brawn he was
re-caged in the cMl where he is kept.
The struggle was an unequal oae
and Wood turned his talents to a
; general cussing out of the priaon in
i general and superintendent in par
| ticular 'hiring the short fracas. No
me was hart.
Wood staged his last escape in
November k <t year and was captur
ed in Indiana >nly after he had pull
ed several hold-upe. 1
Donate Blankets for tfeo Flood '
Winston-Salem, April 11. — The
Chatham Manufacturing Company of
this city today donated to the Wine- j
ton-Salem Red Croe* Chapter SOO
pair* of flne blankets for the Misaia*I
■ippi flood "ufferrrs rrd the Ameri
can Express Company will transport
them without cost to the designatedj
points in the flooded area
Winston-Salem's donation to the
Mississippi flood relief fund reached
the 98MW0 mark tonight.
Green*boro, April 17.—In a letter |
to the ooaamiaetan* r of agriculture, a
R. W. H. Stone at the farmer* union (1
aak* him to atop feed millers and'
tead In bags en which
and tax labels are attached with
metal fastener*. Mr. Stone aayai
far mora report the death *f —any'
valuable animal* a* a reenH of
etcplae or rHpe getting loot In the |
feed and tiling swallowed by
cattle.
>1*11.
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35th Series Now Open
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Workman's Building & Loan Association
W. G. SYDNOR, PmsHsl M. H. SPARGER,
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JOHN BANNER. Vie. Frssidsnt R. D. GEORGE,
DIRECTORS
W. E. Marritt
J. D. krt«t
J. D. Tlinfii
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