Educational Commission
Met in Raleigh Tuesday
The North Carolina Educational
Commission, which met in Raleigh on
Tuesday of this week, went into many
details of the educational question.
The question of sources of rev
" enue was discussed exhaustively. Dis
cussion took in a proponed State
wide property tax, larger equalizing
fund, additional levies on automobiles
and gasoline, billboard 'taxation,
boosted inheritance taxes. The ques
tion of a reduction of the tax rate orr
intaniriirfr- propertv-mnrtW tr»-pr«--
vent.it from hiding it.self in non-tax
able securities or otherwise escaping
the tax books was also brought up.
The commission went into the ques
tion of revenue from two angles; for
, the present six months school term
and for the proposed eight months
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WANTS
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Queen Pecan. Learn why and how
by writing J. B. Wight, Cairo, ,u
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STRAYED: ONE KED SOW AND
six red spotted.shoals, weight, about
right ear and slit in (eft. Hi ward I'm
thetr whereabouts. J. Haywood
Rogers, City, Route 2. >l2l iltpd
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overnight without I
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Notick »r s m I:
I ii'Ler and by virtue of the powers
of sale contained in thai certain deed
of trust executed to the undersigned
trusti• mi thi» 16rii ilay - of NovejrrbfTv
.1926, and'of record in Martin Count*'
registry fti book M-lv page 470 secur
ing a certain bond ol even la.lt- there
with, and the tipulalions .not having,
been complied with, and at the _re
quest of the holder el- said bond thf
.undersigned trustee - Willi on the 21s!,
day of January, 1927. at 12 o'clock
.noon, offef at .public auction, in front
of the courthouse door,.'to the highest
bidder for ca h, Ihe following describ
ed property,
Clayton Moore estate on-"the, north).
Thomas Shepherd and lvvi Yates on
the east, Edgar 1 Smithwick on the
south, and Samuel Leggett on tlje
west, and nunc 'particular!} de eribeil
in deed from Edgar Smlthwirk to
Stanley Containing -CO.
. acres, more, or. l«v.», Beiiir tin* sanv
land this day ■ conveyed 'to Roxanna
'Smlthwirk by d?ed from W. A. Mil
liard and wife.
This 21st day of lioc.inber, 1926.
WHEELER MARTIN', .
d 24 4tw .«. Trustee
\OTITIC op s.M.i':
Under and by virtue of"the power
ol sale contained -in that certain deed
of trust executed to the under i{> tied
trustee on the 17th day »f June, 1922,
and of record iff Mactio County reg-'
fsti'y in book H-2, pajfp 144, securing
a certain bond of pverr'date therewith
jiind the .-tipulations not having- been
complied with, and at the request of
the holder of said bond, the under
of January, 1926, at ,12 o'clock noon,
in front of the cour.hoy-e door of
Martin County, offer at public auction
for cash, the following described
property:
On the nrtun highway from James
ville to Gardner's  peek and samu be
ing hi one-half undivided interest.
Adjoining- the 'land? of thV* Dennis
Simmons Lumber Co. and others, and
being the same -place where Charlie
MidgeHe and Izral Midgette now live
and bought from the Dennis Simmon?
Lumber Co. Said to contain 45 acres,
more or less.
This 21ft day of December, 1926
WHBELFR MARTIN,
d 24 4tw » . Trustee.
NOTICE OF SALE
Nlorth Carolina —Martin County.
In the" superior court, before ■ the
clerk.
In the matter of Harry Waldo, L. I'.
Waldo, Kfiie Waldo, litniiir Ballard,
■Mrs. N. G. Grimes, Mary Dixon,
Mary Salsbury. Ernest Waldo, and
J. E. Waldo, ex parte.
Under and by virtue of the authori
ty conferred upon the undersigned
commissioner by virtue of an order of
R. J. Peel, clerk of the superior court,
of Martin County, made in the above
entitled proceedings on the 16tji day
of December, 192 ft, the undersigned
commissioner will on Monday, the 17th
day of January, 1926, at 12 o'clock
m.s* in front of the courthouse door
in the town, of Williamston, North
Carolina, offer for sale to the higu
est bidder for cash, the following de
scribed real estate, to wit:
666
i« I Prescription for
COLDS, GRIPPE, FLU, DENGUE,
BIUOVS FEV*R AND MALARIA
It Kills the O«nM
.
," - •« . • ■ tA V. . ,
I Lying and being the town of Ham
ilton, N. C., bounded on the north by
the lands of J. E. Edmondon, and
tut Sebrell heirs, on the east by
I I Front Street, on the south oy a
i street, and on the west by another
' street and being more commonly
known and designated as the home
■ place ol the late Jos. T. Waluo.
•, J his the 17th day of December, 1926
ELBERT S. PEEL, r
tf- dl 7 4tw _ Commissioner.
J NOTICE OF SALE
- j L nder aud by virtue of the po ( wer ■
T oi ,ale contained in that certain deed
• i til trust executed on the 18th day off
- April 1921, anti of record in the pub-!
?' lie registry of Martin County in Look j
I C-2 at page 2811, said deed of trust
-' being given to secure the payment of I
r cci\ain notes of even date and tenor i
n' therewith, Juul the ■ stipulations in!
si said .deed of trust not having been!
I complied with, and at the request of
. tfie parties interested, the undersign- 1
| etl trustee will on the- 16th day of
! .i:..iuary. 1927 at 12 o'clock M., at the
j Courthouse Door iu the Town of Wil-
I Hums ton, N. C., oiler for sale to the
highest bidder lor cash at public auc
| i.gn the following described tracts of
i land, to-wit:
K \ l;.t Tract. Beginning at a stob in
.lie Cherry and Slade line running
loi 1-2 eat 30 poles 9 lengths
iu Hodges and Cherry line a corner;
lj! thence South 37 West along the
I 1 lodge., line 77 poljs to the Poor
.J i louse -Line a coiner; thence iB9 1-2
I i. est 62 poles to Slade and Cherry
. | coiner; thence along Slade and Cher
yl i v line North 4u 1-2 East 107 poles to
tin- beginning, containing 26 acres.
2nd. Tract. The same' as described
in a deed from Marshall Cherry and
wiA; to ii. F. liadwin, known as part
I of the Burroughs c.and and'recorded
I on the "17th day of January 1919 in
j Hook 11 at page GUI of the Martin
! Count} Public Registry.
'1 his 14th day of December 1926.
C. C. GODWIN,
-j 12-17-4 Trustee.
I Robert L, Coburti, Attorney.
NOTICE
. i LudeJ and by virtue of a judgment
I' in tlie Superior Court oi" Martin Couii
llX in'an action entitled "W. A. Gray |
■ T -fv-ai» -vs Carolina Banking and Trust
Co", et al, the undersigned Cominis-i
. ioncr will, on the 15th day of January
i.*27, at the Courthouse door of Mar
t tin Count} at 12 o'clock, Noon, sell
to the highest bidder, for cash, the
foliowing de,cnbed laud, to-wit:
I hat part of a certain piece of
. land located, in Burhiele, N. C., which
, was sub-divided and platted as shown
11' by map. of record in the public regis
. | try in Martin County in Book No. 1,
j page 412; that the lots to be sold as
| shown by said map is as follows: 1,
j'l _, o, 4, b, 6, 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 39; 40;
4.>, 44, 4i), 31, SJ, 34, 38; 42; 46; 47;
l , 49; o7; 68; 62; 63; 64; 66, 68, 76,
jt .2. 78, 79, 80, 81, 82; 83; 84; 86;
, | 87; 88, «9; 90; y If, 92; 93; 94, 96,
| ' . 97, :»8, 99,
1 J0&; 106; 107; 112;.113; Jl6; 117;
jl-jN, 119; 120; 125; 126; ' 127;, 128;
'i JJ!i;-130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 139, 140;
| Mi; 142; 143; 144; 146; 146; 147;
!4s, 14,9, 150, 161, 162, 163, 164; 165;
! 158; 160; 161, 162, 163, 164, 165,
!
'litis 15th day of December, 1926.
I!. A-.-CRITCHER,-
• E. S. PEKL,. - - v - s -
I ;.'-17-4t Commissioners.
Mi;ipua
i l nder and by virtue or the yower
of sale contained in that certain Deed
. of Trust executed to the undersigned
( j Trustee on 6th day of November,
»t 1920, and of recdrd in Martin' County
I Registry m Book G-2, page 31, se
li. uniiH-. cwrtmn bonds of even date
II herewith and stipulations not having
p'i been complied with and at the re
i (jiiest of the holder of said bonds, the
I under-igned Trusee, will, on the 13th
j day of January, 1927, at 12 o.'clock,
Neon, offer at public sale to the high
e-t bidder for cash, the following de
libfd tract of land:
Bounded on the North by Joseph
I Jones, bounded on the South by Fan
;i ie Keys, bounded on the East by
L' -ie Brooks, bounded on the West
"y De mis Simons .Lumber Co. Con
taining fifty-ei'vht (68) acres, more or
'litis l.'ltli day of Decembei, 1926.
B. Dl KE CRITCHER,
12-17-4t Trustee.
!
NOTICE OF SALE
I Under and by virtue of the power
of ale contained in that certain deed
of trust execu • I on the 23rd day of
'January, 1925, by F. L. Allen, and of
't record in the public registry of Mar
'. tin County in book Q-2, at page 283,
j --uid deed of trust being given to se
cure the payment of certain notes of
even date and tenor therewith; and
I the stipulations in taid deed of trust
J not Hiving Been complied' with, and at
I the request of the parties interested,
'l the undersigned .trustee will on the
I Bth day of January, 1927, at ,12 o'-
(lock m, at, the courthouse door in
(i i the town of Williamston, N C., offer
J foi sale to the highestbidder for cash
r ist public auction the following de
scribed tract of land, to wit: •-
A house and lot in the town of Wil
, liamston, North Carolina, on the
I side of Elm Street and bounded as
. 1 fellows:
Adjoining John Respass on the
north; Elm Street on the east; Lloyd
Giles on the south, and Mercellia
Watts on the west.
Thi- the 6th day of December, 192®.
: -| , 9WHEELER MARTIN,
* . dlO 4tw Trustee.
1 Robert L. Coburn, attorney.
I *
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER CHAT 1 1
. TEL MORTGAGE
Under and by virtue of the author!-, t
ty conferred in a certain chattel mort r
gage executed to me by A. B. Wal- u
lace, the said mortgage being duly 1
recorded in the public records of Mar- r
tin County. j ,V t
I will sell at public auction for i
cash, in, the town of Williamston, on (
Monday,' January the 3rd, 1927, one i
Colts-Armory printing press com- 1
piete. .
This December 16, 1926.
_ W. C. MANNING, Jr., ,
dl 7 4tw Mortgage.
j NOTICE: TRUSTEE'S SALE OF
~ LANDS I
Under and by virtue of the power !
Jof sale contained in that certain deed 
jof trust executed to John W. Manning, I
by It. E. Grimes and others, on Janu- i
! ary 14th, 1920, and of record in Mar- i
tin County public registry in book '
' A-2, page 520, and the stipulations i
therein contained not having been i
1 j complied with, and upon demand of | i
' ( the owner of the debt secured, the
1 undersigned will, on Saturday, the
Bth day of January, 1927, at 10 o'~ ,
I clock a. m., in front of the Bank of
| Robersonville, in the town of Rober-1
1 ! sonville, «aid county, expose to.pub-
I I lie sale, for cash, the following de
' scribed lands, to wit;
' Situate on the south side of Acad
! enjy Street in said town and county,
and adjoining the lands of Carrie
' Rotrerson, G. D. Grimes and others,
and being lot»/ NOB. 17, 20, 21, 22, 28,
' 24;'13; 14; 16; 16; 26; 27; 28, 29, 30,
1 31, 32, 33, 3, 8, and 59 on map of sur
vey of Robersonville Hosiery Mill
'j Property, made by L. B. Dutro, and
' | sold by Atlantic Coast Realty Co., for,
'| Carolina Farm Land Co., on January
'.14, 1920, and which said map of sur
', vey is of record in said registry in
1 land division book three and page
three, and reference is hereby rttade
to laid map and records for a more
perfect description.
This December Bth, 1926.
JNO. W. MANNING, I
dlO 4tw Trustee.
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice ii hereby given that under
and by virtue of the power of sale
I contained in that certain deed of trust
! bearing date of March 6, 1920, and
executed by Jesse Williams and wife,
Cora Williams, and of record in the
public registry of Martin County in
l.ook U-l, at page 233, the terms and
conditions therein named not having
teen complied with and default hav
ing been made in the payment of the
note thereby secured, and at the 're
quest of the holder of said note, and
under and by virtue of authority con
tained in an order of the clerk of the ;
superior court of Martin County en- |
tered in the special proceedings pend
ing in said court wherein A. J. Wynn 
is the plaintiff and Jesse Williams i
and others are defendants, the under- I
signed substituted trustee, the trustee 1
in said deed of trust having died, will i
on Monday, the 3rd day of January, i
1927, at 12 o'clock m., at the court- 1
house door of Martin County, at Wilt
liamslon, N. C., offer at public sale J
to the highest bidder for cash the fol- I
f-Wc
by Utting the little scratch
that ncmi M insignificant
become infected. Blood poi
soning may set in.
HANFORD'S BALSAM
OP MYRRH fcae clausing
and healing qualities. Use it
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f f ,|r ™ infection.
HANFORD'S Balsam of Myrrh
USE IT FOR THE HARD CASBS
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*HK ENTERPRI***—WIULI I ON, J*.
lowing described tract of land, to wit:!
Beginning in Alex Powell's corner,
thence a south course to John Ben
nett's corner, tfeence an eatft course
along Columbus Williams line to Co
lumbus Williams' corner, thence a
north course to Scott Pippin's line,
thence a west course along Fred Har
rell's line to Alex Powell's corner, the
beginning, containing 17 1-2 acres,
more or less, and known as the Bob
Williams lands, lot No. S.
This 29th day of November, 1926.
A. li. DUNNING,
da 4tw Substituted Trustee.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having this day qualified as ad
ministrator of the estate of J. B.
Nicholson, deceased, late of Martin
County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all person* having claims
again t said estate to present them
for payment on or before December
7, 1927, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their eefevery. All persons
indebted to the said eitate will please
make immediate payment.
This 7th day of December, 1926.
W. H. GURKIN,
dlO 6tw Administrator.
NOTICE OF NEW REGISTRATION
NOTICE is hereby given that a
new registration having been ordered
by the BOARD OF COUNTY COM
MISSIONERS OF MARTIN COUN
TY in the BIGGS. SCHOOL- DIS
TRICT,_ WILLIAMSTON _ TOWN
SHIP, for the purpose of entitling
the qualified electors residing in said
District to register in order to vote
in the Special Election to be held on
January 31st, 1127, in said District,
that I will be at my home between
the 18th of December, 1926, Sundays
excepted, and January 22nd, 1927,
for the purpose of registering all the
qualified electors residing in said
District.
NOTICE is further given that it is
necessary for all those who desire to
vote in said election to register be
tween the above dates, as this is a
| new registration ordered by the
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS
SIONERS OF MARTIN COUNTY.
D. 0. BOWEN,
12-17-4t Registrar.
This the 6th day of December, 1926.
RE-SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of the author
ity conferred upon us in a deed of
trust executed by J. Lass Wynn and
wife, Maggie Wynn on the lit day of
February 1923, and recorded in book
of Mortgages X-2, pa*e 527, we will
on Wednesday the sth day of January
1927, at 12 o'oloek noon at the Court
house dor in Williamston, sell at pub;
lit auction for cash to the highest
bidder the following land, to-wit:
Being all that certain tract, parcel
or piece of land, containing 344 48-100
acres, more or less, situate, lying and
being on the Ballard Road, which
lead.-- into the Williamston and Ham
ilton Road, about 4 miles Northeast
of the Town of Jiveretts, North Card-
Una, Martin County, and adjoining
the lands of B. A. Critcher and the
Bowen Land on the Noith, the Stalls
land and the lands cf R. E. Adams
on the East, the lands of W. E. White I
, on the South and Conoho Creek on the
West, af|d more particularly described
s as follows: v
Beginning at the intersection of a
i Mill and the Ballard Ro~d, corner of
, W. E. White and R. E. Adams; thence
■ with said Road North 37 8-4* East
! 480 feet, North 25* East 1226 feet,
, North 20 1-4* East 640 feet, North
) 16 1-4* East 966 feet, North 87*
West 400 feet to Conoho Creek;
i. tlience with Conoho Creek North 150
feet. North 67* West 600 feet, North
64* West 90 feet, North 60* West
- 225 feet, North 62* Wert 75 feet
North 12* West 230 feet, North 88*
- West 412 feet, South 35* West 475
. feet, South 70* East 225 feet, South
i 55* West 190 feet, South 89* West
» 350 feet, North 46* West 150 feet,
s South 89* West 300 feet, South 34*
n West 300 feet, North 80* West 150
r| feet, South 76* West 525, North 41*
I j West ?00, South 51* West 125, North
* 78* West 140 South 60* West 811,
e 1 South 22* West 300, North 85* West
j 168, South 60* West "225, North 34*
j West 300, North 23* West 150, North
! 52* West 225, South 45* West 225,
South 54* West 150, South 66* West
100, South 84* Wert BS7, South 25*
 West 35, South 61* West 300, Soutl)
a 2i)o* West 225, South 14* East 375,
d South 37* East 450, North 18* West
610 feet to the line of W. E. White;
- thence with White's line South 58*
- East 1626 feet to a branch; thence
- with said Branch N. 56 1-2* East 167,
g North 84* East 300, South 84* East
(1 325, South 66* East 480 feet to a
e land; thence with said land S. 60*
n East 1320 feet to the beginning, and
t, being the same land conveyed to the
n [ said J. L. Wynn by A. R. Dunning,
s I Trustee, by Deed dated March 10th,
f, j 1921, and of record in th • Martn.
o County Public Registry in Book F-2,
d | Page 467.
The above land was sold on the
s I 201 h day of November 1926, at which
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I der at the price of *4,900.00; within
ten days from said date the above bid
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• of the price with tjje Clerk of the
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sold.
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Formerly First National Trust Com
pany, Durham, N. C.