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-CTION ONEPAGE FOUR ROCKINGHAM POST-DISPATCH, RICHMOND COUNTY, N. C. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1953 .is- f 1 I 1 ax ehfc brp ft 1 am Papers (Continued From Front Page) gused by the Terry family, with ,& little store room in the front. : And the top floor was used by the new naner The Snirit of the !? SP rit f tne ; Bouth, established in 1872. En- Ij. trance to the top floor was wirougn a stairway inside tne house and by steps on "the east (Pearl street side; across Pearl "street stood the old Cooper house). The old Terry house was torn down in the fall of 1930 to make room for the pre sent filling station, operated now by Davidson's Amoco Ser vice. Mr. Terry had arthritis and had to write with his left hand: he could also play the violin. touring his editorship he serv ed as Register of Deeds for a while. The Spirit of the South started out as a Democratic pa per and continued as such for perhaps 10 years or such a mat ter. Then it turned Republi can. And as a side issue while editing the Spirit of the South, "Buzzard Bill Terry edited the little "Battleaxe" a hot num ber. In June, 1894, Terry sold his paper to young Settle Dockery, and moved to Laurinburg where he became postmaster and served as such until 1898 when the Democrats kicked the Re publicans out. Terry moved to Charlotte and started a Spirit of the South again, printed in the old Southern Newspaper tTnion plant. He printed it only a few weeks, and then found it wouldn't go over. In fact, he owes ex-Sheriff W. E. McNair here a quarter right now. Terry had brouKht the papers from Charlotte in 1899 back to Rock ingham, to be folded and mailed from here, and told young Mc Nair, then 13, to fold them and he would, get . a quarter. Watt did but the twenty-five cents was not forthcoming. Mr. Terry continued then to live in-Char lotte and is buried there. His first wife was Patsy Gay and they had one daughter and three sons. His second wife was Ida Austin, also of Rockingham. PEE DEE BEE The Pee Dee Beet was estab lished in Rockingham on Janu Kockingh f ' ary e, 1873, by Frank Sanf ord but was sold by him in Decern ber, 1881, to H. Clay Wall, who changed the name to the Rich mond Rocket. RICHMOND ROCKET The Richmond Rocket came into existence in January, 1882, having been printed for nine years by Frank Sanford as the Pee Dee Bee. Mr. Wall was born June 10, 1841, died Jfuly 31; 1899. The Rocket was sold to The Anglo-Saxon in 1899. Clay Wall had as the Rocket's first editor R. W. Knight. We have a copy of The Rocket of Feb. 21, .1884, which told the story of. the great cyclone that swept around the southern and eastern sections from Rocking ham the night of Feb. 19, 1884, killing 20 and injuring dozens. Knight was succeeded about 1891 as editor by T. C. Guthrie who in turn was succeeded by L. M. Blue and W. E. Harrison. Knight went to Maxton in March, 1891, to edit the Maxton Union, but he returned to Rock ingham, and in June, 1894, we find him listed as editor and proprietor of The Rocket, even as in June," 1896. we find John H. Walsh as editor and proprie tor of this paper. The Rocket in the mid-eighties was printed in- offices over the Everett, Wall & Co. store second floor of what is now the W. E. McNair furniture store on the corner of Hancock and Washington streets. The Rocket was a weekly, "printed every Thursday; but we -have before us a copy of the ,lTaily Rocket" of Sept. 26,? 1894 'f t a 4-page little folder each page about 8x12. N (The L. M. Blue referred to above became editor of the Rocket on January 29, 1891. W. E. Harrison joined him on March '3. 1892, and the heading read "Editors and Proprietors". We We Will Remain OPEN Each Friday Nite 'Til 9 P.M. BEGINNING lFFriday, Dec. 4th f 5 & luc Store And ROSE'S 5-10-25c Store do not know how long they op erated but we do know that R. W. Knight wjas again with the Rocket in 1894. Mr. Blue was reared near Gibson, his full name Lauchlir McLaurin Blue. His wife was t ie former Mattie Mason; both taught school in Aberdeen before coming to Rockingham in 1891. Mr. Blue was in the Stte Senate from TZM-Vv rxnsl frm4-r in 4-y XTit J Richmond county in the 'Nine ties' ana agam arter 1900 as I Senator from the new Scotland county. Theirj daughter Ruth is married to Roy M. Purser, of the State Board of Control in Raleigh, and THEIR daughter Martha Blue lives in Rocking ham, married to Lynn Castle berry of the Frm Bureau Mu tual. Lynn and Martha Blue have two children, Martha Lynn 8 on Dec. 21st, and James Mason born Feb. 12, 153). , THE SOUTHERN INDEX In June 1894, young Settle Dockery (not quite 18), bought the Spirit of the South (estab lished in 1872) and installed new equipment and got out his first issue July 21, 1894. He moved the old plant from the Terry building on West Washington street street to No. 8 and 10 Spring (now Hancock) opposite the Richmond Hotel, built in rc?' 89' rned N(?yem: ber, 1904 (and now the site of the 3-story Rockingham Hotel opened April 4, 1909). Settle changed the nime to the Sou- L T- 3 ' 11. -? Jp uiern xnaex ana h was ui luur pages, seven columns, the , first paper here to jise pictures and double-deck heads. The, paper was Independent, and was print ed on Saturdays. Alfred Settle Dock ry was born six miles northwest of the Dockery Rockingham in Brick House, grandson of Gen eral Alfred pockery. Settle was born Oct. 29, 1876, and died June 27, 1911. tie was a great booster and coined the-slogan "Rockingham, The Best Town at All". His death was caused by typhoid fever, with pneu monia complications. It was in a newspaper office that W. H. ("Walking Billy" Covington began work as a printer's devil January 16, 1894. While Editor Settle DOckef y was at Wake Forest, and later at the University studying law, the index was run ! by Charles M. Gale; he diecj in February, 1896 and is buried in Northam cemetery then Henry and Joe Smith edited and set type for the paper, with Billy Covington doing a good ing and work. bit of . the writ- Charles Gale wrote many ar ticles for the Index under the name of "Educator", urging the establishment of a graded school here; and the .small ,. brick building built inj 1889 Was added to in 1901 and p. graded school became a reality. Another old-time printer on the Spirit of the South and the Index and other papers was P. C Worley and his son Charles. And another old-time printer here was, Jamesl H. Ragan. THE REPUBLIC The Southerr. Index, which later became t ie Rockingham Index, lived four years. In April, 1898, it was sold to the Republic Publishing Co npany, who changed the name from the In dex to the REPUBLIC with W. W. Hayward of Raleigh as editor. It became a strong Republican- Fusion paper, but after the De mocratic landslide in the fall of 1898, the paper folded. THE ANGLO-SAXON The Anglo-Salon was started May 1, 1899, witp A, J. Maxwell as editor. The Anglo-Saxon was the consolidation of the Repub lic and the Rocket, and was a strong Democratic paper, even as the old Rocket was. H. Clay Wall, back in December, 1882, bought the Richmond Rocket, was president of the Anglo-Saxon Publishing C Dmpany deriv ing name, as you can well ima gine, because of fthe hectic cam- paiagn of 1898 in which Rich mond county was wrested from the Republican rule and be came the countjf of Anglo-Saxon white supremacy. Mr. Max well continued as editor until October, 1903, tohen D. Scott Poole (now 95 at Raeford) be came editor and remained un til March, 1904 when Sheriff Bud" Hinson, blind J. M. Smith and others formed a company and took the paper over, with Mr. Smith as editor. (Mr. Max well ran for Governor in the June 4, 1932, primary, beaten by . ' i. a a C. a. nunrxngnaus; ne cuea Dec. 9, 1946, at age of 73). THE RICHMOND HEADLIGHT After the Anglo-Saxon was formed May 1, 1 1899, the next paper to start at KocKingnam was the Richmond Headlight on March 13. 1901. by J. H. Walsh as editor and wit JW. H. Coving- ton as reporter md printer. It operated until tj le fall of 1906. John H. Walsh old Rocket back lad edited the 1896. " (Mr. waish o: July 10, 1899, succeeded Rev. M. N. Mclver a,s County Supt. o Schools, and served ably until July 6, 1903, when he was succeeded as Supt. by Rev. W. R. Coppedge. L. J. Bell in turn succeeded Mr. Coppedge Sept. 2, 116. Miss Li la Walsh, secretary to the firm of Thomas Leath and James Blount, law, is his daughter.) THE RECORD The next paper was The Rec ord started here March 20, 1908, with Rev. Josiah Crudup, as editor and James Warburton as business manager. It was print ed in Charlotte. It was Demo cratic and Prohibition. It folded July 1, 1908 lasted just 100 days (Rev. Josiah Crudup was pastor of the Baptist church at Rock ingham from Oct. 1, 1906, to April 28, 1912, and the present brick building was built in 1909 under his urging). James War burton lives now (in 1953) in Ohio. The Record evidently serv ed its purpose, as Richmond county went Dry in the May 26, 1908, election by 242 majority (out of a total vote cast of only 1106). THE POST The Post Publishing Company was formed in 1908 and began printing THE POST on January 8, 1909, with State Senator Set tle Dockery as the prime mover in forming The Post Company. ! The Post started with W. E. Dockery as editor; he was suc ceeded Sept. 9, 1909, as editor by A. L. Fletcher who had been city editor of the Raleigh Times. He continued as editor for five months. The slogan for the POST was, "Read the Post and Know the Most". The Anglo-Saxon, started May 1,1899, was sold by ex-Sheriff and Editor J. M. Smith (blind), to The Post on August 7, 1909. Then for some Jtime The Post operated as the only paper here. . Succeeding A. L. Fletcher in January of 1910 as editor of The Post was W. B. Tarkington, then H. C. Dockery who died Nov. 6, 1911, and was succeeded as edi tor by his son, William E. Dock ery. who continued as editor until the Post Company sold to I. S. London on Nov. 5, 1917. PIEDMONT DISPATCH The next paper to bob up on the local scene was the Pied mont Dispatch, the first issue Dec. 18, 1915, edited by J. M. Smith (of the old Anglo-Saxon days), and with W. H. Covington as reporter and printer. It was printed in a building where now stands the town's garage-shed, on North Hancock street, just inorth of the present 3-story . Municipal Building. . In 1917, Charles Phillips . Rus sell fndyf' of the Department" of" journalism at tne university, bought the paper and with Mrs. Lucy Phillips Russell as editor, and Billy Covington as foreman, continued the paper as the ROCKINGHAM DISPATCH. And just here is where the present editor of the Post-Dispatch I. S. London came into the picture. THE POST-DISPATCH On May 6, 1909, Isaac S. Lon don bought the Siler City Grit from W. S. Durham, and ran it until November, 1917, when he sold it to Paul H. Elkins. London was born in Pittsbora December 11, 1885, son of Henry Armand and Bettie Louise Jack son London. His father, Major Henry London, established The Chatham Record in Pittsboro Sept. 19, 1878, and edited the weekly until his death January 19, 1918. And so the young Isaac London was more or less brought up in the Record print shop, starting off when he was 8 by folding the papers a job for which he received five cents but what was more important it kept him out of school every Wednes day afternoon! (I was the en vied of the town). Then at 10 I learned to set type, and be came a rapid typo. In fact, all 'the 8V2 years I had the Siler City Gr.it I did all my typeset ting, with the help of one school boy. I. S. London married in Rock ingham on Nov. 16, 1915, to Lena Payne Everett (she dying Janu ary 9, 1930, and he married De cember 20, 1941, to Betty March ant Thomasson). , Naturally, Lena preferred com ing back to Rockingham to live instead of Siler City. On October 27, 1917, Mr. and Mrs. London and baby son (Wil liam Everett born Sept. 16, 1916), came from Siler City back to Rockingham to take in the John Robinson circus that was slated to show in Hamlet, six miles dis tant. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Ever ett and Mr. and Mrs. London drove over to Hamlet to see the circus but it never showed. The reason? Because the big cages became stuck in the deep sand of Hamlet's then unpaved streets and mired down. And it took two days to get the cir cus "unstuck" and moving to an other town. So, after the circus failed to show we returned to Rockingham. About 5 that Sat urday afternoon, I came down to the Fox drug store and ran a cioss uhariie (now known as Phillips) Russell, who had bought the Piedmont-Dispatch in Spring of 1917 and changed it to the Rockingham-Dispatph. He remarked that he was getting a bit fed up on his little paper and would like to sell. I in quired his price. He told me. then wrote out an option on a piece of paper-napkin, gave him a dollar as an option-binder and he signed it. Next day I con tacted William Dockery and found that he wanted to sell The Post, inasmuch as he soon would be going into the army (and overseas). The Post was owned fey a stock company. The members had never received any profit from their investment of 1909 and were glad to sell. So I bought their stock, then clos ed the Dispatch option and on Dec. 6, 1917, started my POST- DISRATCH. (Phillips Russell then went to New York with the Sun). The old Post was printed on the first floor , of the two story brick Little building, just west of the present Mclnnis Ford garage. I moved most of their equipment to Hancock street at the rear of what is now the Bristow drug store. Bought a Babcock cylinder press April 18, 1918, and new equipment and moved from Hancock street on Aug. 28, 1919, to the former Palmer-Payne grocery building (now Hough Hardware). My mechanical "force" for the first issue of Dec. 6, 1917, consist ed of "Walking Billy" Covington, his son Willie, Joe Covington and Don Coppedge. About two weeks or so later, Jesse D. (Jack) Covington joined the force; he had been with Ralph Smith in his job shop. In 1923 I bought a new Model 14 linotype and sent Willie Covington to Brooklyn to the Mergenthaler plant to learn how. He operated the machine for a short time, then took a better job in Durham where he died June 28, 1941, a very fast linotyper. John F. Dees came from Bennettsville in the early fall of 1923, and took ovef as linotype operator and is still operating that same machine now for the Post-Dispatch in the Journal's shop. Others working for me over the years were Bob (Robert Leonard) Covington starting in 1923 as a lad just 16, Colon Mc Donald started June 19, 1928, then later Eb and Stansill Mc Donald, William Tebe Bullard, and finally on July 6, l948i Gro ver V. Blue who had but just fe turned from service in the artri Also, dacK in tne cwenues was Horace Algurie Covington and now in 1953 Bob " and Horace, Grover and Mr. Dees are with the Journal and the Post-Dis- hpatch (printed in the same shop, and owned now by Mr. Cadieu with me Editor). Mr. Billy has retired, and Jack, Colon and Eb are with the Hamlet TJews. Sold to the Journal. On April 1, 1953, I. sT London, founder and editor of Post Dispatch, sold his paper to J. Neal Cadieu, who operates the Journal. Mr. Cadieu moved the linotype machine and some of the equipment to his Journal plant and sold the 1913 Bab cock press and other equipment to J. Walter Mann and James C. Fields at Sanford and they are Nov. 5th, 1953, started a new weekly, "The Central Carolin ian", at Sanford. I. S. London (me) moved over to the Journal office and continues with the Post-Dispatch as editor. The Journal is printed in a model plant three times a week Mon day, Wednesday and Friday, and the Post-Dispatch on Thursday. So that brings us up to date with this 36th anniver sary. And in today's issue can be seen a Fac-simile of my first Post-Dispatch issue of Dec. 6, 1917, and in the "Looking Back ward" column can be seen many items that appeared in that first issue. (On the front page of Section Two can be seen pictures of I. S. London at various ages from the age of 6 in 1891, .to now in 1953 and the way he looked in 1914 while opreating THE GRIT, and his goat-tee beard.) Now let's catch up on other papers established at Rocking ingham since 1917: PIEDMONT MESSENGER The Piedmont Messenger was established here Sept. 24, 1920, by J. R. Felts, assisted by for mer editor J. M. Smith. Mr. Smith was born Dec. 27, 1857. died Oct. 23, 1927, and was Sheriff from Dec. 5, 1882, to 1898 with exception of one term. The Piedmont Messenger ran for just seven weeks, and the creditors foreclosed on it the week after the November election (1920). ROCKINGHAM TIMES Th next paper to be brave enough to attempt the stormy seas was the Rockingham Times on July 14, 1921, edited by J. M. Smith, with Charles A. Brown as his printer, using the Messen ger outfit that had been bought Dy jm. i. x ucKer, w. jr. Long arid TB Seal Sales Are You Responding- to the TB Appeal by Using Xmas Seals? Only $1918 so Far. First returns from Christmas Seal letter's mailed out to resi dents of Richmond County have brought $1918.45 to the Rich mond County Tuberculosis and Health Association in the first week of the campaign to raise funds for the association's tu berculosis preventioh and con trol activities. Although only, a srfiall per cent of -people have sent in their returns, Russell Bennett, Christ mas e Sale Chairman, said he" eApected public response to be even more generous than in past years. The Seal Sale will continue through December. "The association plans an ex panded TB case-finding pro gram for 1954." he renorted "-Medical research is discovering even better means of curing this tragic disease, and we must in crease our efforts to find all the people with TB so that they can be treated and cured.' other Republican leaders. This Times pan but a few months, being sold on April 27, 1922, to A. Selders, SELDER'S WEEKLY As stated ahove, A. Selders on April 27, 1922, bought the Rock ingham Times and changed the name to Selder's Weekly, with the first issue May 4, 1922. , It ran for 23 months, finally fold ing up on April 25, 1924, and the plant was sold to a group at Al bemarle and Selders moved to that town as editor of a new Re publican paper. RICHMOND COUNTY JOURNAL Then came the Richmond County-Journal, started Sept. 8, 1931, by Scott M. Thomas and printed in the job plant of the News-MessengLer in Hamlet. Scott sold his paper on June 25, 1937, to J. Neal Cadieu, who in stalled a plant here, and on Nov. 29939, changed the Journal from a weekly to twice a week. At that time the Hamlet News- Messenger was owned and op erated by hip older brother Roy, and associates, who bought it in 1926, Roy dying Jan. 31, 1945 (and his widow selling the Ham let News-Messenger on Dec. 1, 1947, to Chester Martin). On ttl5;J1951, Neal Cadieu again gressed with his Journal, ging from a bi-weekly to a'i tri-weekly printing each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. And, as stated above, Mr. Cadieu on April 1, 1953, bought the fostDispatch from I. S. London, moved the paper to his Journal shop, and employed London to continue as editor; and that is the score at the pre sent 'time, with the Post-Dis-2atc$Mappearing each Thursday afternoon. In short, the purcha.se of the Post-Dispatch by the Journal, gives : Rockingham almost a c'aily paper with issue Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day; and the field is well cover ed. I. S. London Subscribe to the Post -Dispatch PENCIL BOXES ON SALE Pencil SetXzE? 1 LOT OF 35c PENCIL BOXES To Go At 23c A. 1 LOT OF 97c 1 LOT OF $1.25 BOXES BOXES To Go At To Go At 77t 896 SPECIAL- ONLY 37 LEFT TO GO AT 'One-Stop FOR ALL OF YOUR OFFICE NEEDS Office Furniture Typewriters Adding Machines Files- Safes-" Office Supplies -Printing Phone 4056 Mrs. Bettie Long (Continued From Front Page) trimmings". And after dinner, all joined in the pleasure of seeing Mrs. Long open her many birthday gift. But to cap it all, was the birthday cake and the candles; no, not 90 of them, but aplenty. And younjt Zach ary and Sally Marshall Barwick were only too glad to "help" the grandmother in . blowing them out. Also, the two youngs ters were not averse to helping her open the presents. It was a happy birthday party. And friends hope she will con tinue in good health, and have many more. Bettie Flowers was born in Mississippi Nov. 30, 1863, young est daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth . Diggs Flowers of Richmond and Anson counties. In 1869, when she was six years old, the family mbved back to North Carolina, to Richmond county. On March 31, 1886, she was married to Zachary Fill- more Long who was born April 18, 1848, and who died January 25, 1911, a-nd who was Sheriff of this county from 1874 to 1882, and Clerk of Court from 1882 to 1898. There were twelve at the table for this annual Long dinner Nov. 30th. These were the hon- oree, Mrs. Bettie Long, her daughtees Mrs. Howard (Mos sie) Hartzell from Warrenton, Mrs. Sallie Shaw of Rockingham, Mrs. David (Helen) Follett from Adams, Massachusetts, Fairley Long and Dr. Z. F. Long ot Rockingham. And Mrs. Zack (Fay) Long and young Zach ary, Mr. and Mrs. Foy (Eliza beth) Barwick and daughteer, Sally Marshall, and another granddaughter Cora Stansill Long of Charlotte. Unable to be present were Rev. Howard Hart- uell. David Follett and Miss LeGrand Long from Atlanta. A source of sorrow was the vacant place of Mrs. - Fairley (Cora) Long who died April 11, 1953. None enjoyed this birthday party more than Mrs. Long; un less, perhaps, it might have been Zachary and Sally Marshall in "assisting" in the candle blowing and present-opening. Horace's Deportment Ribbon. Horace Deane Steadman Jr., received the Deportment Ribbon for excellence in conduct this past month at the Admiral j Farragut Academy on Boca j Ciega say near ot. -ew.r-.uuiS. ii i " i ii 1 1 1 1 ii irr tit 1 1 1 1 u i D-r Bin i We are closing out many of our PencM Boxes just in time for Christmas Gifts. 1 LOT OF 50c BOXES To Go At 34c 15c VENUS PENCILS with pocket clip. Extra High Quality, Med. Black Lead o St ore a Service" "On The Square" Bookmobile Schedule Monday, Dec. 7: 1:00 p. m. Allen's Grorery , Eiierbe Road 1:30 Mclntyre hoine, Ellerbe Road. 2:00 Grover Smith home, Gibson Mill. 3.00 Presbyterian Church, Ellerbe Tuesday, Dec. 8: 1:00 p. m. Rainwater store, Roberdel. 1:30 Methodist parsonage, Roberdel. 2:15 Marks home, Ledbetter. 3:00 Mrs. J. D. McRae's home, old Airport Road. Wednesday, Dec. 9: 12:30 p. m. J. P. Croom home, Airport Road. 1:00 Covington store, High land Pines. 2: 00 Rohanen High School, East Rockingham. Thursday, Dec. 10: 1:00 p. m. Holder home, Wolf Pit. 1 :20 Brigman home, Wolf Pit. . 1:40 Frank Rogers home. Wolf Pit. - 2: 00 J. L. Saunders home, Wolf Pit. 2:15 Marshall Carpenter home, Wolf Pit. 2:45 Cox store Midway. Motel Directors Quarterly Meeting Held Here with President McCaskill. The eleven directors of the Superior Courts; United, met with President Lonnie McCaskill at Sidney's the night of Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st. This is a quar- t.Prlv TYiPpt.iT.tr nnrt rnnf ino maT:- l ters were Handled. This association consists of over 200 leading Motels east of the Mississippi river. The pur pose of the association is to in sure the public the best service possible. At the annual meeting last October in Chattanooga, Tennessee, L. F. McCaskill, -Jr. was elected president. ; Mr. McCaskill operates the Vil lage Motel, on southern edge of Rockingham, an elegant hostelry with 43 rooms. All but two of-the directors the two unable to get here be ing C. R. Bickford of Sarasota, were present for this meeting Florida, and A. L. Leahy, of Mem phis. Attending besides President and Mrs. McCaskill were Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Watson of the Elms Motorcourt, Winchester, Vir ginia, and their guest Mr, Vim merman who flew from Pitts burgh; Dr. N. J. Rentz of the Tropical Palms, Ft. Myers, Fla.; C. H. Home of the Home Motel, Jacksonville; Victor Anderson of the Twin-City Motel of Bristol, Tenn.; Mr. Conley of the Con- ley Motel, Irwin, Tenn.; Thomas NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE NORTH CAROLINA, RICHMOND COUNTY Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain deed of trust executed by Will Lowry and his wife, Al- ma Lowry.dated the 25th day of September, 1952, and recorded in Book 336, page 227, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Richmond County, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the in debtedness thereby secured and said deed of trust being by the jerms thereof subj ect to fore closure, the undersigned trustee will offer for sale at public auc tion to the highest bidder for cash at the courthouse door- in Rockingham, North Carolina, at noon, on the 5th day of De cember, 1953, the property con veyed in said deed of trust the same lying and being in the County of Richmond, and State of North Carolina, in Marks Creek Township, and more par ticularly described as follows: FIRST TRACT: BEGINNING at a stake in the Northwest side of Fairley Avenue near the Town of Hamlet 150 feet North eastward from the Northern in tersection of Moore Avenue with said Fairley Avenue, and runs thence Northeasterly with Fairley Avenue 50 feet to Z.V. Morgan's line; thence N. 61 deg. W. 201 feet to a stake; thence S. 29 deg W. 50 feet to a stake; thence S. 61 deg. E. 201.2 feet to the beginning. SECOND TRACT: BEGIN NING at a stake in the North western side of Fairley Avenue near the Town of Hamlet 100 feet Northeastward of the Northern intersection of Moore Avenue with the said Fairley Avenue and runs thence North easterly with Fairley Avenue 50 feet to a stake; thence N. 61 deg. W. 201.2 feet to a stake thence S. 29 W. 50 feet to a stake; thence S. 61 deg. E. 202.5 feet to the beginning. - But this sale will be made subject to all outstanding and unpaid taxes. This, 30th day of Oct., 1953. A. A. REAVES, Trustee. (Nov. 12, 19, 26, Dec. 3c) l&clnnis of the Mclnnis Motel, Fayetteville; Leo Miller of the Miller Motorcourt, Alexandria, Va.; C. A. Powell of the Thomas ville Motorcourt, Thomasville, Ga. NOTICE OF SALE NORTH CAROLINA, RICHMOND COUNTY. Under and by virtue of an or der of the Superior Court of Richmond County, made 'in the special proceeding entitled "De lina Reynolds Mcintosh, Et Al v. L. A. Reynolds, Et Al," the undersigned Commissioner will on the 15th day of December, 1953, at 12:00 o'clock, noon, at the Courthouse door in Rock ingham, North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Rockingham Township, Rich mond County, North Carolina, more particularly described as follows, to wit: BEGINNING at the fourth corner of Eugene M. MeGrand's Lot No. 2 and runs with his line S. 81 degrees W. to N. G. Ter ry's line; thence up said line N. 3 degrees E. 6.35 chains; thence N.' 81 degrees E. to E. Sanford'a line; thence with his line S. 9 degrees E. 6.35 chains to the be ginning, containing six acres, more or less, EXCEPTING 16 feet from the street on the east ern side, and being known as Lot No. 3 in a plat made by J. A. McNeill on 3 November, 1892. Situated on the above described premises is the old E. S. Rey nolds home place currently oc cupied by Emma Reynolds and her brother, C. E. Reynolds. The highest bidder at the sale will be required to make a de posit of five per cent (5 ") of the amount of his bid, which de posit will be made at the time of the sale. ' This the 14th day of Novem ber, 1953. v Thomas H. Leath, Commissioner. (Nov. 19-Dec. 11, 1953). NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA RICHMOND COUNTY IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Mildred Edmond, Plaintiff, ' ' vs. Walter Edmond, . Defendant. To Walter Edmond: Take notice that a pleading seeking .relief against you In the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought " is as follows: Divorce Absolute on Grounds of Two Years Separation.. You are required to make de fense to such pleading not lat er than January 20, 1954, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you wlil apply to the court for the relief sought. - This 1st t day - of December, 195S. . MIRIAM F. GREENE Assistant Clerk " Superior Court (Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24j) ADMINISTRATION NOTICE North Carolina Richmond County. The undersigned, having qual ified as administrator, C. T. A of estate of Thomas Leak McRae Sr., deceased, late of -Richmond County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 23rd day of November 1954, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This, 23rd of November 1953. THOMAS L. McRAE JR. Administrator, C. T. A. Rockingham, N. C. M. C. McLeod, Attorney (Nov. 26 Dec. 31c) NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having qualified as Adminis trator of the Estate of the late Annie Thomas Ussery, this Is to notify all persons having claims against the decedent to present same to William Grant. Rock ingham, North Carolina, or to Pittman & Webb, Attorneys, Rockingham, North Carolina, duly verified, on or before the 3rd day of December, 1954, or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. All indebted to the decedent will please settle with the Administrator. This 21st day of Nov., 1953, William Grant Administrator. Pittman & Webb, Attorneys. (Deec. 3-Jan. 7c) ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as adminis trator of the estate of the late R. G. Nutt&ll, this is to notify all persons having claims against the deceased to present same to me, duly verified, on or before the 3rd of December, 1954, or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. All indebted to the deceased R. G. Nuttall will please settle with me. This, Nov. 28, 1953. A. C. NUTTALL, Adm. (Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Jan. 7p) 1 o i Post-Dispatch only $3.00!
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