Legal Advertising
NORTH CAROLINA
MACON COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale vested In the
undersigned trustee by a deed
of trust executed by THOMAS
K. PARKER and wife WINI
FRED PARKER, dated June IS,
1950, and recorded In the of
fice of the Register of Deeds
for Macon County, North Caro
lina; In Deed of Trust Book No.
43, page 280, said deed of trust
having been executed to secure
certain Indebtedness therein set
forth, and default In the pay
ment of said Indebtedness hav
ing been made, I will on Fri
day, the 30th day of July, 1954,
at 12 o'clock noon, at the court
house door In Franklin, North
Carolina, sell to the highest
bidder for cash the following
described land:
Being the Southern 94 feet
of Lot No. 313 on Chestnut
Street In the Town of High
lands, North Carolina, more
particularly described as fol
lows:
BEGINNING at an old lo
cust stake In the North mar
gin of Chestnut Street, the
Southeast corner of Lot No.
309 and the Southwest corner
of Lot No. 313; thence North
13 deg. 40 minutes East be
tween said lots 309 and 313,
ninety-four (94) feet to a
stake; thence with a sever
ance line, through said lot
No. SIS, B. If deg. 20 minutes
Bast 132 feet to a stake In
the Bast boundary of said
lot No. SIS and in the West
margin of Four and One-Half
Street; thence South IS deg.
40 minutes West with the
East boundary of said lot No.
SIS along the West margin
of Four and One-Half Street,
94 feet to a stake In the
Northwest corner of Four
and One-Half and Chestnut
Streets and the Southeast
comer of said Lot No. 313;
thence with the South boun
dary of said Lot No. 313,
along the North margin of
Chestnut Street, North 76
deg. 20 minutes West 132
feet to the place of BEGIN
NING.
This 24th day of June, 1954.
R. S. JONES,
Trustee
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EXECUTRIX' NOTICE
Having qualified as executrix
of the estate of Samuel L. Cal
loway, deceased, late of Macon
County, N. C., this Is to notify
all persons having claims
against the estate of said de
ceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the
24 day of June, 1955, or this
notice will be plead In bar of
their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
- REMINDER -
Have You Paid Your
1953 County Taxes?
ALL PROPERTY ON WHICH 1953 TAXES
ARE NOT PAID BEFbRE JULY 31, 1954
WILL BE ADVERTISED AND SOLD AS
PROVIDED BY LAW.
CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS AND BE SURE.
/
J. Harry Thomas
Tax Collector.
mth> setUeHieiit
This 24 day of June. 1964.
Mrs. Oenella 8. Calloway,
Cxecutrlz
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EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as executor
of Estate of Virginia King Log
an Eskrlgge, deceased, late of
Macon County, N. C., this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said de
ceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the
1st day of July, 1955, or this
notice will be plead In bar of
their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
make Immediate settlement.
This 1st day of July, 1954.
TATHAM ESKRIGCE,
Executor
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EXECUTORS' NOTICE
Having qualified as executors
of the estate of James E.
Myers, deceased, late of Macon
County, N. C., this is to notify
all persons having claims
against the estate of said de
ceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the
16 day of June, 1955, or this
notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate settlement.
This 16 day of June, 1954.
JAMES C. MYERS and
LEONARD J. MYERS
Executors
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ADMINISTRATRIX' NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
tratrix C.TA. of the estate of
Laura Burnett, deceased, late of
Macon County, N. C., this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said de
ceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the 14
day of June, 1955 or this notice
will be plead in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate will please make
immediate settlement.
This 14 day of June, 1954.
Pearl Burnett Childers,
Administratrix C.TA.
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EXECUTORS' NOTICE
Having qualified as executor
of the estate of Mrs. Callie
Howard, deceased, late of Ma
con County, N. C., this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said de
ceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the
27 day of May, 1955, or this
notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate settlement.
This 27 day of May, 1954.
ALEX HOWARD,
Executor.
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NORTH CAROLINA
MACON COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale vested in the
undersigned trustee by a deed
of trust executed by HERBIE J.
BRADLEY, dated the 15th day
of April, 1953, and recorded in
the Office of the Register of <
Deeds for liaqnti County, North
Carolina, la Record of Mori- ,
gages and Deeds of Trust Book
No. M, page 263, said deed of
trust baring been executed to
secure certain Indebtedness
therein set forth, and default
In the payment of said Indebt
edness having been made, I will
on Monday, July 19, 1954, at 12 '
o'clock noon, at the courthouse ;
door In Franklin, North Caro
lina, sell to the highest bidder
for cash the following describ
ed land:
Being in Smlthbrldge town
ship, Macon County, N. C.,
and being the same tract of
land described in a deed
from A. B. Bradley and wife
S. E. Bradley to Herbie J.
Bradley, said deed being
dated February 2, 1934, and
recorded in the Office of the
Register of Deeds for Macon
County, N. C., In deed book
Z-4, at page 543, reference to
which Is made for a more
complete description. Con
taining 30 acres, more or less.
Subject, however, to the In
choate dower rights of the
wife of the said Herbie J.
Bradley. I
This the 18th day of June,
1954. ?
C. BANKS FINGER,
Trustee
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
NORTH CAROLINA 1
MACON COUNTY ..
WILLIAM F. RAY
vs.
RUBY HUFFMAN RAY
The defendant, Ruby Huff
man Ray, will take notice that
an action entitled as above has
been commenced in the Super
ior Court of Macon County,
North Carolina, for the plain
tiff to secure an absolute di
vorce from the defendant upon
the grounds that the plaintiff
and defendant have lived sepa
rate and apart from each other
for more than two years next
preceding the bringing of this
action; and the defendant will
further take notice that she is
required to appear at the office
of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Macon County, North
Carolina, at the Courthouse in
Franklin, North Carolina on the
7th day of August, 1954, and
answer or demur to the com
plaint in said action, or the
plaintiff will apply to the court
for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
This the 21 day of June, 1954.
KATE McGEE,
Clerk Superior Court ,
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NOTICE OF SALE
NORTH CAROLINA
; MACON COUNTY
WHEREAS, in the opinion of
| the Macon County Board of
Education the following describ
ed real estate is no longer nec
essary for school purposes:
NOW, THEREFORE, under
and by virtue of G. S. 115-86,
the Macon County Board of Ed
BUY A NEW CHEVROLET? TODAY'S BEST BUY FOR ECONOMY!
ALL OTHER
LOW-PRICED CARS
In '54, at for years before . . .
MORE PEOPLE ARE BUYING
CHEVROLETS THAN ANY
OTHER CAR! ??i? rSfiTc'a*
Registration Figures
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Figure first cost. Figure fuel and upkeep costs. Figure trade-in
value. Then you'll see that it costs you less to own a Chevrolet.
Compare the features. Compare the performance. Compare
the looks. Then you'll se% that Chevrolet gives you the most ?
and the best? for your money! Come prove it for yourself.
No Other Low -Priced Car Can Match All These Other
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? BIGGEST BRAKES ? FULl-lENGTH BOX-GIRDER FRAME ? FISHER
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CHEVROLET
How's the time to buy! Get our BIG DEAL! Enjoy a New Chevrolet!
BURRELL MOTOR COMPANY, Inc.
PHONE 123 FRANKLIN. N. C
Group To Work
On Black Gap
Picnic Area
By MBS. TURNER GUFFIE
(Asst. Community Reporter)
Tomorrow (Friday), members
of the Upper Cartoogechaye
Rural Community Development
Organization will meet at Black
Dap to work on the new picnic
area.
This action was decided upon
at the last meeting on July 2,
at which Roy Southards, presi
dent, presided.
All members of the commun
ity are urged to turn out and
help develop the area.
At the next regular meeting,
plans will be made for enter
tainment for the young people
of the community.
REPORTS FOR DUTY
Navy Airman Harrison W.
Leopard, son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. S. Leopard, of Franklin,
Route 4. has reported for duty
at the U. S. Naval Auxiliary Air
Station at Kingsville, Tex., the
Fleet Home Town News^Center
has announced.
ucation will at the County
Court House door in Franklin,
North Carolina, at 12 o'clock
noon, on Thursday, July 29,
1954, offer for sale to the high
est bidder for cash the follow
ing described tract of land, to
wit:
Being five (5) acres of
land carved from Southern
and Western part of the 17
acre tract of land describe'd
and conveyed in the deed
from S. P. Pierson to the
Macon County Board of Ed
ucation, dated June 1, 1946,
and recorded in Book P-5 at
page 253, records of Macon
County, N. C., situated in the
Town of Highlands, ? Macon
County, N. C., more particu
larly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake, the
Southeast corner of the said
17 acre tract; thence with
five (5 1 line of same, North
85 West 708 feet to a stake;
North 40 West 254 feet to a
stake at a fence corner on
the Southwest bank of the
old road; South 58 degrees
30 minutes West 179 feet to
a stake; North 3 West 379
feet to a stake; the North
east corner of the Craig lot
and in Elizabeth V. Weston's
South boundary line; thence
North 79 degrees 09 minutes
East with the Weston lot, 161
feet to its Southeast corner,
a stake at the old road;
thence with the old road as
it meanders the following six
courses and distances; South
8 degrees West 88 feet: South
3 degrees East 148 feet;
South 22 degrees East 96
feet; South 78 degrees East
184 feet; North 83 degrees
East 225 feet; South 83 de
grees East ill feet to a
point at the Eastern end of
the old road; thence East,
with a severance line, 321
feet to a stake In the original
Eastern boundary of the said j
17 acres; thence South 1 de
gree West, with the said orig
inal Eastern boundary of the
said 17 acres. 230 feet to the
place of the BEGINNING, J
containing five acres, be the :
same more or less. SUBJECT,
however, to the right of way j
of the said old road for pur- :
pose of ingress and egress to j
and from this and other ad- '
joining lands.
This land will be offered for I
sale in five (5> different lots I
or tracts.
The successful bidder will be
required to deposit at the time
of the sale the sum equal to
10^ of his bid, and if he
should fail to do so said prop
erty will be immediately resold.
This the 28th day of June,
1954.
MACON COUNTY BOARD
OF EDUCATION
By J. C. Sorrells,
Chairman
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NANTAHALA
BAKERY
BREAD
Old Fashion Butter Loaf
100% Whole Wheat
French
Handmade Rolls
Cookies Coffee Cakes
Cream Puffs
Pies, Donots, Etc.
Phone 792 W. Main St.
Ofen 7 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.
Draft Board Classifies 101
Men; 38 Are Placed In 1-A
The local Selective Service
Board placed 38 men In 1-A
(available for military duty) at
a meeting this week which saw
a total of 101 actions taken.
Classed 1-A were Jay A.
Hurst, Wiley P. McConnell, Ver
gil R. Gibson, Woodard B. Hill,
Clifford C. Barnes, Charles B.
Roper, Ray G. Creeks, John W.
Huston, Clint R. Mashburn, D.
L. Burgess, Ivan H. Wyatt,
Turner O. Williamson, Lawrence
C. Howard, Jr., George Paxker,
Zeb M. Robbins, Wayne E. Sor
rells, L. L. Collins, Athan M.
Passmore, Homer K. Carver,
Logan Webb, Robert W. Bates,
Fred West, Jr., Earl Crisp, Bry
son B. Hodgin, Tom L. Holt,
James St. Haskett, Earl L. Ma
son (accepted), Charles T. Guf
fey, Jr., Fred P. Deal, Lawrence
I Rogers, Gareth R. Hughes,
Dolpha D. Fouts, Bobby P. Mar
shall, William P. Berry, John J.
Kusterer, Charles R. Prince,
Doyle M. B. Henson, and James
G. Wood.
Other classifications Includ
ed:
1-C (enlisted! : Fred A. Stanl
ey, Bob Neal, William H. Wal
droop, Gordon N. Reese, and
Dan W. Angel.
1-C (inducted): Terrell R.
Roper, Thomas L. Carver, and
Eldrldge Bateman.
1-C (reserve): Rosell .M. Mc
Coy, Ed T. Talley, David W.
Shields, Jack W. Gibson, Larry
Cabe, Hobert Burnette, Dan H.
Brabson, Fred A Curtis, Theo
dore R. Tallent, Ouy Wilburn,
Charles E. Wallace, and Charles
R. Wood.
1-C ? (discharged). James A
Whittington and George E.
Crawford.
1-D (member of reserve com
ponent or student taking mili
tary training): Jerry N. Potts.
2-S (student): Richard N.
j Mashburn, Richard S. Jones, Jr.,
and Gerald E. Berry.
3- A (deferred because of de
pendents) : Clint J. Simonds,
Maxie O. Barnes, and Athan E.
Moses, Jr.
4-F (physically unfit for
duty): Odell Jacobs, Jay Mash
burn. Willie Wykle, Barnard T.
Phillips, Andrew N. Carver,
Dover C. Hastings, Frank Scott,
Robert L. Clark, Gordon Q.
Barnes, Thomas S. Speed, Ver
lus C. Morgan, John Q. San
ders, James W. Gibson, Junior
Blaine, Henry F. Bryson, Dlllard
E. Martin, Roy D. Anderson,
Wayne Douthit, Richard E.
Starns, and Hoyt M. Holland.
5- A (over the age of liabil
ity) : John C. Wishon, William
H. Keener, Wiley H. Smith, R.
W. Burnette, Jr., Jack L. Wom
ack, Marion E. Prince, William
S. Cheek, Kenneth V. Buch
anan, James M. Tallent, Lee R.
Wilburn, Charles Curtis, Edwin
S. Norton, and James H. Stock
ton, Jr. \
Macon Schools 10th In Value
1 In State; Lead In This Area
Macon ranks 10th among
North Carolina's 19 mountain
counties in value of school
buildings.
This is shown by figures com
piled by North Carolina School
Facts, publication of the state
department of public instruc
] tion.
This county, with 14 buildings
ill schools) valued at $1,535,245,
j ieads in Southwestern North
| Carolina.
In the entire mountain area,
! it is surpassed in value of
school buildings by Buncombe,
Burke, Haywood, Henderson,
Madison. McDowell, Mitchell,
Rutherford, and TranSylvania.
The comparative figures for
the other counties in this im
: mediate area are:
Cherokee. $1,315,278; Clay,
S436.050: Graham, $509,500;
Jackson. SI, 104.075; and Swain,
S991.200.
Wanderin' In West's Mill
I
I Mr. and Mrs. James H. Scruggs
j and daughter, Mary Carolyn, j
| visited the Rev. and Mrs. Gor- |
don Scruggs in Murphy recent -
! >y
C. H. Scruggs and daughter,
! Anne, of Waynesville, visited
Mr. am? Mrs. James H. Scruggs
recently.
Mrs. Leo Gibson spent a re
cent week with her son. Sgt.
Billy Gibson, and Mrs. Gibson.
Sgt. Carl Scruggs, who is sta
tioned in Texas, recently visited
his brother, James H. Scruggs,
and Mrs. Scruggs.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Young
and three children, of Chicago,
111., are visiting Mr. Young's
sister, Mrs. George Byrd, and
Mr. Byrd.
Mr. and Mrs. Deene High and
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Keener, all
of Shelby, Ohio, are visiting
Mrs. Keengr's sister and Mrs.
High's aunt. Mrs. George Byrd.
and Mr. Byrd.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. West and
family, of Asheville, spent the
week-end with Mrs. West's
mother. Mrs. J. R. Holbrook.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Raby. and
Mrs. Grady Mozeley and grand
sons, Johnny and Edwin Moze
ley, all of Charlotte, spent the
week-end with Miss Vallie Mae
West and Mrs. W. J. West.
Mr: and Mrs. Everett Raby
and daughter, Lena, oi Candler,
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Allen
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Dal
ton, of Oastonia, spent the
week-end with Mr. Dalton's
mother, Mrs. John Dalton.
w
United States farm exports
totaled $244 million in March.
1954, some 3 per cent above the
February figure but 3 per cent
below the March, 1953 figure.
United States hog production,
after declining for two years, is
now on the increase and is
likely to continue upward into j
1955.
Claud A. McFalls
Assigned To Okinawa
A 2/c Claud A. McFalls, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McFalls,
of Franklin. Route 3, has re
ported to San Francisco, Calif.,
for assignment at Okinawa, fol
lowing a 30-day leave here.
Prior to his leave, he was sta
tioned at Moody Air Force Base,
Valdosta, Ga.
A total of 1.813,000 pounds
of butter was manufactured in
North Carolina in 1953.
READY-MIXED
CONCRETE
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v. m
? ECONOMICAL
? ACCURATE
? SPEEDY
W. J. CLARK & SON
For Prompt
? PLUMBING
? HEATING
and
? SERVICE
Call 6
$99.50 and up
FURNITURE DEPARTMENT
MACON COUNTY SUPPLY CO.
Phone 23 Franklin, N. C.