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NASHVILLE, North Carolina; January ,25th, 1917.
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: Ihy -dan' arid Surgeon, .
NZ-TIIVILLE, ' - N. C.
Cmca: In Bank Building, 'en
. tr nce on Railroad Street. (
C " a..ered at residence at night.
;T.T. ROSS. Dentist.
i"- Spring Hop. N.C . ;
CT.zt In New Finch Culldln
7"Ur;iay, Friday and Saturday '
of each week. . x
r: - - h ::: cfnca t nesldence
I'ond y, Tuesday, and Wednesday -".
of each week. J ;
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Dr. C. F. SrnithsonV
LocLy Kount. N. C. . C-
cn. a ;O..CnA&ELEE
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Trr'.-.T t' :.-5, M. C.
Co. Cu!;-;.4
3. F. Avttla ;',C . Davenport
r - ..i Court -i'raUoe."'
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. Ketlc f Laa Sale.
Under nd by virtue of tbe power
of sule conUioed la aorrUla drorer
cf the Superior Court, of Nakb touu
ty In a epecltl procrediojr eotltlnd
"II. B. Owley.. Admr.. al. Ex
Parte;" tbe underiiKDtd . L. L
Davenport. ri'mmUnloner,' will on
Mondwi. (he bib dity of .February
1917. at or aoout the hour of one
o'clock P. M. offer for aale va tbe
court bouae door io Nash rllle, N.
C. al publia auction to. the 'fal(besl
bidder for Cash, two oertato traota
or parcel of ladd lylojf and beiair
la NuhvilleTawnsblp. Kaah ooun-
ty, State of .North Carollrav,bouDd
ed and deaoHbed aa follows: '
. Flral . Truct: Adjololait b e
laoda of J. .C. Harper. H, C. Maaon
and other, bouoded aa follows."
via: BeglooioK atworsby a Draoch
which ruoa oeair the Cetotery at- a
stake in J. C. HafpeValloe oo- tbe
NasMlIe'aod Red Ouk road rue.
aing thence alooK aitid branch with
aald Harper's line (o. Stony creek;
thence down Stony creek, to H. C.
Mason's corner 'near the County
Bridge,; tbeooe alon said Mama 'a
Has to aald Kaah villa and Bed Ouk
road; tbeuoe itlooi? said road to the
pegluoinK, ? containing tea (10)
aorea, more or leas, ..by. ewtlmatloo
and knows as that part of the Sora
by Uad Jylai on the north aide W
tbe Naab ville and ': Red , 0k. road,
and beiair the .identical '.trad of
land conveyed by Mra. Henrietta
Sorsby so.MrW.' HattleO.' Cooler oy
deed recorded la Book 132 at pae
. Second Tract: BeKlnntnjr at a
stake Leab S. M. Codd.e'a corner;
tbeace S. 871 deKreea . 148 twles
to a pine and dogwood in' tbe line
of the T. A. Uoddie laad; thence 8.
degree W. 121 1-6 polee to an oak
bush, corner of tbe Branch & Had
ley land (now Robert Wllliama' cor
ner), thence S. 44i dexreea E.! M
poles to bxtuth of ditch in . Betty's
Branch; thence op aaid branch to a
pine, Nick Orlfflo'aorner; thence
N. 871 deKreea w. lZoi poles to s
stake, (corner of this tract and
Leah 8. Mi Boddie's land); tbeoce
N. 3 decree 222 poles to the
beKinnlnj?, conUlninjf 2131 aoreSj
more or leas.the aama premiaea
ooQveyed by Leah 8. 11, Boddie,
Adm'. of i. B. H ) Boddie, dee'd.
to B. H. Buna, by deed-dated 30th
April, 190Q, and reRiatered io book
118, at pae 113, and by B. H.
Buna aud wife and J. M. Sherrod,
fruBtee to Hattie G. . Cooley "by
deed dated 24th Itav. 1905, and
registered fa book H4, at pae 477,
and devised to said R. A. P.. Cooley
by the laat will and tesiament of
paid Ilattie G. Cooley, probated, and
recorded ia Will Book 7, at raxa 1.
SThitt Jan. 2ud, 1917. , .. r
, - L. Ii Davenport, Comm'r.
A ustla ft. pavepoort, AttyWr'-ViJ ?
Natlce af Ssaaiaaaa aad Warraitt af
Attataauat.
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Nash County. 1 .. Superior Court
J Ai,A.?Ucdj(lpeth, Admiaistrator
efrgl FannjePittman vs Arthur
Atrlutftba and John Driver: s
The defendaDW Arthur ArrrnVton
abitVbamed wiit take aotlcethat
a Budimous la the above entitled
action was Issued against the said
defendant on the. 9th' day , of Octo
ber, iaIOie Superior Court ' of
Nash County, N. C, to r.ecorer the
the sum of Fout .'Hundred Dollars,
due said plaintiff, by- reason of
money leased euty . the said de
fendant, belonging to the estate of
the said Mrs..r - Fannie; FiKman,
wh. ,h sali summcna was returns
' ' 3 b' "3 t:3 Judge of the . iie
rl r Co ttof l'j-h County, at Le
i, a ia Hasbville on the I2lh
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Depose of Your Surplus Frodocis.
If you have more fruit and vegei
tallies, more country-cured hams,
more saurag-e, mors nuts and
raislens, more turkeys and chickens,
more butter and ergs, -than your
local merchant 'will take and 'pay
you fairly for, advertise in your
nearest city paper, stating; your
pries per dosen for eggs, per pound
for poultry and ham and sausage,
deten or per quart for apples and
nuta: give your name and address
and references, and see if you can
not build up a direct trade with eity
housekeepers. Make a .beginning
and look to It in the future as one
of the soorcee-of your profit
' Every merchant is somewhat of
an adventurer, of an explorer, 'seek
ing- for new fields of profit and
there ia no reason why , the farmer
should not be a merchant, too, In
this sense o( the word. r: - ' "5 :
First, then go ' to your ' express
agent either tbe Southern Express
or the Wells-Fargo-talk the matter
over with him and tee If there can
not be some co-operation between
you and him. by which you can get a
steady demand for your surplus products,-J.-'-.'
Itbeisnot fully instructed or i
not enterprising enough to. co-ope-
rat with you, go to yonr nearest
merchant the one you peal with
and suggest to him that , he get
weekly trsfie in. the nearby towns
for your surplus products. All greet
enterprises most begin at home. All
great trade must begin at home.
Supply your homo needs, the needs
of the yjllsge, the needs of 'yonr
neighbers, then reach out to the
nearest town and from that to the
large citiea aa yonr trade grows.
The bankers should help the farm
ers in this wsy. .Merchants can do
it. Merchants have an idea that you
are trying to crowd out the middle
men, but unless the city men can
serve the consumer and the pro
ducer better than they , have been
doing, they must expect to - lose a
large part' of - their ; trade. Home
and Farm.
Al Iniquity.
There is' some question . among
honest economists whether there is
any justice at all in the income tax,
There is a pretty unanimous convic
tion that there ought to be a heavy
inheritance tax; but when It comes
to taxing men to a degree that bar-
dens because they have had sense
enough to make a whole lot of mon
ey, we pause and begin to do a little
Questioning.--w' more than : pause
when the administration in Wash
ington gets to the point where it is
seriously considering a, broadening
of the scopecf the- income tax -by
which everybody in the country 'will
be Its subject -who receives more
than $20 a week; - Here is where the
law makers are reaching down, or
DroDose to reach down., into . the
pockets of the poor men, the wage
earners, and make uiem pay . ior
some of the extravagance ; of which
Congress isguflty, foifsomeof those
colossal battleships )that Jwe Tiever
will have any need of, that should
never have been provided for and
that will have to wear themselves
but cruising around in peaceful, wa
ters. : Our information is that the
President favors such a measure. It
does not make a particle of differ
ence whether he favors ; is or riot
He is a man of wonderful mind and
his visiot) as to what is right - and
wrong in legislation has been for
the most part keen and unclouded,
but here is an instance where he is
wrors if he believes this proposed
measure is fair or just or righteous ,'j
Charlotte Oqserver.. -
Kaw LeaSemt.
V.T"nacoLl Yt-Z as often
or when you have hardly
t over one cold before you con
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Editorial Opinions.
We fear should . the Legislstulre
remove the supervision of read con
struction from within the province
of the counties and road districts
that have heretofore exercised . this
very proper right, and jlaee all road
construction within the state under
the supervision of the State Road
Commission, right- then will those
counties that have made reasonable
progress In road constructin'n within
the past few years see an Inter
ruption of the work that will be a
serious draw-back to many counties
in the state, ' There ts no mistaking
the tendency of the Road Commis
sion to give more attention to the
national highways and other similar
thoroughfares traversing the state,
and which are mainly for the benefit
of tourists from the north to south
and vise versa. ' Should (he entire
road . improvement system of the
state be placed in the hands of the
Commission and all revenues from
automobiles given over to the Com
mission for distribution, the likli
hood that in the remote sections of
the state not traversed by national
highways will not receive the mea
ger attention even now accorded
them. The governing authorities of
of local, communities and counties
are more conversant, with the needs
of their respective sections and no
State' Boad Commission is' going ; to
give them the service needed. If the
State Road Commission or the State
Department of good roads desires
to render, real service in the matter
of road construction, let the Depart
ment furnish from their department
well-trained men in road building,
to be supplied to those counties
where the people are that interested
in the natter of road improvement
at to have voted bonds for that pur
pose. Since the various departments
of the state get their full share of
taxes paid these departments, they
should at least be expected, to en
der to the great masses of people in
the rural districts some : return for
the great amount annually - contri
buted for the maintaining of these
departments, ; Instead of asking for
all of the automobile tax, the Road
Commission should look to the mat
ter of adopting some method where
by they may augment the small pit
tance now going to road., improve
ment. - fa the matter of road-buHd-
mg North Carolina as a State is not
meeting the people and tax payers
half way, and our law-makers should
get busy and try . to evolve some
plan thai will bring greater results.
'Those newspapers that have here-
tofore accupied the.poBition at, the
proverbial "hound and hare,' have
been given' a solar plexus blow,
since Congress has passed the Bank
head bill amending the postal laws
which .will debar, newspapers and
periodicals carrying liquor adver
tisements from the mails whefasuch
publications go jnto territory where
the .sale of liquor is ' prohibited. It
has always been a j-ather peculiar
condition when you see a newspa
per, whose duty it is to stand up for
sobriety', ' temperance and, every-
hing tending 6 the building up of
a higher standard of citizenship, and
to see these papers preaching ' mor
ality on one page of their publica
tion while on another page- can be
found the glaring advertisement af
some liquor concern. ' Such publica
tions have no place in any decent
home and Congress will do a wise
thing to even exclude them , from
tLamsds. , '.
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Prohibition Wioi la Washington.
Prohibition has rsised Its, white
flag over the nation's capital let
tha country rejoice. .
By a vote of M to 32 the senate
passed the bill prohibiting the sale
of intoxicating liquor in the District
of Columbia.' The liquor interests
tried to refer the question to the
msle voters of ihe District, but the
senate.', after so . smendihit - the
amendment as to permit the women
of the District to vote, rejected the
smended amendment on the ground
that questions relating to life, liber
ty and the home were not referred
to the voters of the District, and
that the saloon was not more sacred
than these. Congress did not con
sult the people when the saloon was
allowed to come into the District;
why should they be consulted when
it is driven out?
Some of the men most clamorous
for a referendum for the benefit of
the saloons have been violently op
posed to the principle of the refer
endum. The liquor interests have
always opposed the initative and
referendum in wet states.
The house is sure to pass the
senate bill and it U now only a ques
tion of a few 'weeks when prohibi
tion will have received the endorse
ment of the federal government
house, senate and President. Then,
who will deny that the saloon is an
outlaw? And, then, what democrat
or republican will think so little of
his party as to be willing to chain it
to a corpse. The saloon is dead
the sooner it is buried by the adop
tion of a national amendment the
better. W. J. BRYAN. -
Free Seeds From Washinttoa. ,
On January 5th, by a vote of 44
to 72, the House approved, in the
usual way, the appropriation for the
distribution of free garden seeds.
As adopted, this appropriation car
ries J43.000.
We wish the farmers themselves
would make a protest against this
form of distribution. The original
idea of free seeds was that they
would be seeds os rare varieties of
flowers, vegetables or grain. It
would be an ' experimental under
taking; but it has" long ceased to be
anything of the kind. The govern
ment buys certain seeds from cer
tain merchants at wholesale and dis
tributes them promiscuously all over
the country, and then they say to
the farmers: "See what we are do
ing for you."
i We believe that the farmers pre
fer buying their own seed, . knowing
what they want and where to get
them. . A seed is of very little im
portance until it is planted, and then
hot much until it is cultivated and
the results harvested. We have no
doqbt that the quality of these seeds
is all right, but no better thrn the
farmer can get through the ordi
nary channels, ot . commeree. - He
then buys what he needs. He knows
what be is doing. He has his ground
prepared in advance and he is not
wasting his time in useless experi
ments. Ruralist.
Set A Mark la Life.
Work for. something, not for
nothing. It is not wise to live just
for the fleeting moment or just for
today. Without some aim,- one's
time and work go for naught, v The
years go by and he has nothing to
show for them. - If not advancing,
we are falling back, v If not keeping
alive, growing to something , better
and higher, we are becoming- weak
er and less , worthy. Even thougn
we never reach the goal, we - have
made some advance In striving for
it. i A good aim, a real . purpose) in
life, makea worth of character. All
have not the same tastes. There is a
wide field : from which to . choose
what one will work for, '. And this is
well. " The one universal aim ia the
same, to live truer, better lives from
day to day. '. A life without a pur
pose is like a ship without a rudder.
Want of motive makes life dreary
and monotonous. 1 Nothing satisfies.
"Better little talent and much pur
pose than much talent and - ltttle
purpose." Aim for something worth
while and keep your mark steady in
view. Life will mean much more to
you. You will be more Useful in the
woril, you will find more satisfac
tion ia living.--Eilected.
' Scaiel fax Ilectlea.
- Bv order of tbe Hoard of Com-
miaaiouera ot Nssb CouAty N. C,
(according to a petition sod otpli
cation of oue fourth, bf ihe ftfro
koldera residing in tbe territory
hereinafter deit0rlted) fir the bnld
Ing of aa eleotion for special looai
taxes (according to Section 4115,
acta of School laws of ' 1907) to. be
held at White School House In
White School ' Dtatrlct. . No. 2 In
Castalia Township. Nah County.
N. C, oa Tuesday, February - 13th,
1917," to determine - whether there
abail be a special local tax levied
lor senool purposes and ereoting a
new school building aud not to ex
ceed ninety (90) cents oa each and
every poll eligible to vote aod not
to exceed thirty (30) cents on each
and every one hundred dollars
worth of property (real and person
al) in ssid school district No 2
White race in Castalia Township,
Nash County, N. C. Bounded as
follows, viz: Beginning on Pig
Basket creek where the Castalia
Township line crosses tbe creek;
thenoe southward along Castalia
Township line to Stony creek;
thence up said creek to Back
Swamp aod up Back swamp to tbe
oridgeon Hilllardston road; thence
along Edwards line to Peach tree
creek; thence northwest uloog said
creek to tbe Castalia distrlot line;
thence along Castalia district line
back to the Swamp bridge on Hil
llardston road, thence eastward
along tbe Hilliardston road (being
the Castalia District line) to Pig
Basket ereek, thence south along
said creek to tbe beginning. Reg
istration books to be opened Thurs
day, January 11th, 1917, aud close
Friday, February 2nd, 1917. Elec
tion held Tuesday, February 13th,
1917. Registrar R. W. Brown;
Judges B. T. Joyner and Dr. W.
Harper.
Jan. 1, 1917.
J. a BODDIE,
Clerk Board Commissioners Kaak Co.
BALB OF TAIiUASLB BJUL BaTATS
Under and by virtue of the power
of aale contained in five certain
deeds of trust, executed on the 21
day of Oct. 1908, 14th day of Jan.
1910, 2nd day of Feb. 1910, 3rd day
of May, 1911, and 3rd day of June,
1911, by Robert Williams and wife,
Celie Williams, to C. C. Ward, and
others as Trustees -.for : Ricks, Al-
ford & Batchelor Co., or Alford.
Ricks & Co., which said deeds of
trust are duly recorded in tbe office
of the Register of Deeds of Nash
county, in book 164, page 288, book
180, 524, book 183, page 143, book
2, page 397, and book 182, page
416, reference oeing hereby made
to the same for particulars (default
having been made in the payment
of the indebtedness, secured by
said Deeds of Trust). I will on tbe
5th day of February. 1917, at or
about the hour of 12 o'clock M. at
the court house door in Nash coun
ty, offer for sale to tbe highest bid
der for cash, the following describ
ed real estate, to wit:
-' Adjoining the lands of Nicholas
Griffin, L. M. Conyers Estate, B.
H. Bunn's Estate, Paul Garret and
others, containing sixty acres more
or less. It being the land conveyed
to Robert Williams by H. O. Con
nor, Executor of A. Branca de
ceased, aod T. J. Hadly and wife,
by deed dated October 24 th 1905,
and recorded in book 150, .at page
325. Nash County Registry.
Terms of sale cash,
This Jao. 2nd, 1917.
C. C. Ward and others, Trustees.
Finch & Vaughan, Attys.
"' adaialstraters Netlce.
The undersigned having quali
fied as administrator of tbe estate
of N. V. Joyner, deceased, late of
Nash county, N. C, notice is here
by given to alt persona having
claims against said estate to . pre
sent them to the undersigned, ad-
ministrator, oa or before the 15ih
day of Jan. 1918, or this notice will
be pleaded ia bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate settle
meat. - ,v . V " - ' 1
ThiaJaa. 15th, 1917. " -v
W. E. Bissette; Admr
" of N. V. Joyner, deo'd.
Bespenseacy.
When you feel discouraged and'
despondent do not five np but take
a dose of Chamerlain's Tablets and '
you are almost certain to feel all '
right within a day or two. Despond
ency is very often due to indigestion
and biliousness, for which these tab
lets are especially valuable. Obtain-
THE
Planters Nation'l Bank
' Rocky Mount NVC. ; :
"Tbe Million Dollar Bank.'!
OtnCBRS;
t. a BKA8WELL.
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Ttas-Pns,'
Tlas-ttas.-
4, H. 8BERK'ii,
M. C. Bit AH WELL.
MILLARD r. JOKES,
W. W. A VERA,
Every Tobacco Orowet Naada A '
BANK ACCOUNT.
The farmer like the business man
can use an account at The Planters
National Bank to advantage.
It protects his fund against loss,
theft or destruction; it offers him, -
at all times, the helpful 'advice and
assistance of Officers in constant1''
touch with business and market con
ditions; it gives him credit standing '
of great value in case of emergency.
We Invite Your' Account. '
directors:
M. C Braswell. Geo. S. Edwards
M. R. Hraswell. H. B. Bryan
M. Sherrod. J. C BrasweU
W. S. Wilkinson, J. R. Sorabv
W. H. Newell. H B. Marriott
M. D. Munn.
Visitors From Nashville
When in Rocky Mount
Stop at the
ROCKY MOUNT HOTEL
246 S. Main St
European and
American Plan.
Well appointed Parlors and rest
rooms for Isdies. Service unexcell
ed. On your next visit to the, eity
stop with us. .
T. T. BOLUNCSWORTH, Propr.
Public Service Cars
apply to
T. W. BARTHOLOMEW
Sheriff's Office
Good Comfortable Cars,
Careful Drivers. Rea
sonable Charges.
Cars Meet All Trains.
MONEY TO LOAN
On Improved Farm Lands.
From One to Five Years in
Sums of from
$1,000 TO $25,000
at 5J per cent.
Sixty Days Notice Required Be
fore Loan. ,
Apply to
L. T. VAUGHAN, Nashville. N. C.
WOOD'S
Seed Catalog
f of 1917, tells about th bwt
irarmand
Garden Seeds
gives speclat aatoeaeetloaasto
the best crops ts grow, both for
profit and home was. ,
The targe lacrtaaa aa owe busi
ness which we hare saia experi
enced during the past year is the
best of evMeace as So the high
quality of , ......,----y,i.-
WOOD'S SEXDS.
Write for catalog and prices of
Grass and Clover Seeds. Seed
Potatoes, Seed Oats or any
Farm Seeds required.
" Catalog mailed free oa request .
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