; Ai> ilnJ: \ty^? . > I *>•»■ *► y **1 vpmk today no word of buried hatM, Sut, of wet purpose, turn wiiSi moum- fid eyef To the dark days when malignant Fatea Unloosed the bonds which bound the league of States And flung a tempest o'er troubled skies, Which spread and deepened as each angry flash Was followed by thick darkness and the thunders clash.** / A boy seven years old was sitting in the a. b. c. class of the public school of his native city, the teacher was standing in front holding in her hands an abacus, she was teaching the yoUngesters how to count, but the lesson was never * finished, sud denly was heard a boom, and yet an other and another, the windows rat tled, it was the Grand old Palmetto State announcing her secession from, the Union. Down the main aisle of the hall came the principal, she ap proached the teacher and both women threw th^ir arms abound each other enrod a boom proof flkee du^g tkie w«r. But af^ tho war, ho waa great at mOmorial annivarsarios, Ha could.shed tears over lAe vi|l»r of the men 4ho wore the grey, and the noble self sacrifice of the women, but the boy always wanted to pltig him with an ancient egg. The boy re- fugeed in one of the upper towns in the State, inhabited by old n^en crip ples and children. The boy found that *the bravest of the brave were those who r^ained at home wozking and praying for their loved onesi at the front. The boy remembers well a certain day in October, a miserably cold rain was falling, but the women were go ing about from house to house. The village seemed to be full of intense yet suppressed excitement. The boy wondered why. That night; just after dark, there was a mysterious noise down the street. A door would open, and the light would flash into the str#et, and a woman’s cry would come out of the darkness. TKen an other door would open, and again the light would appear, and still an other cry. In rapid succession the doors would open and the cries would come nearer. Soon there appeared galloping V The Univenal Car and after a moment,, turned to the, in the, gloom a horseman surprised youngsters and told then? | along, and calling out as he passed, that the school was dismissed, then | Thi'i is what the oy heard him say, with a hop skip and several jumps '‘Hampton’s Legion is cut to pieces”, they were out in the streets in a jiffy, i Every house-hold in that Hamlet had they found the men hurrahing, throw ing up their hats and shaking hands with every body, and every one wear ing a Palmetto cockade, but the wom en were standing in the doorways silent and grave. Wonder if the shadows of coming events were anti- either a brother, husband, father, lov er or relative in that band of heroes. When Herod slew the children or when the angel of death passed over Egypt saci^d history records the vl^ails of the mothers but that little hamlet was heart brraen that night. cipated by them. Time rolled on and 1 The boy’s mother called her little ones .eoon troops were pouring into the ' and heard their evening prayers, and Oity and marching and counter march j boy found his trundle bed and left ing. There was a certain warrior the village to its grief, who attracted the attrition of the | One Spring day, household care^ boy, for this fellow was wonderfully ' seemed to have been forgotten, for rigged out in his regimentals, more the people gathered in little groups all iTold braid than a whole army corps ' along the street and they wandered •now wears, huge boots gauntlets ^ from group to group seeking infor- nearly t© his elbows, his hat and ' tnation which all desired and none plume were immense. But to see could give. Newspapers were few feini stand on the corner and twirl and far between, and were printed liis mustache. His sword was for- on all kinds of paper, wrapping paper $415 f. o. b. Detroit ^ Announcing a further reduction in price of FORD CARS: Mr. Ediel B. Foi^, President of the Ford Motor Company, gires out the foUowias atatement; **Aiio^er reduction haa been made in the Hat price of all typea of Ford Carlf^«nd the Ford ti liat pricea, F. O. B. Detroit, ere now 4a followa: The liat tmek to take effect immedilately. Touring Cars Runabout . Coupe ; . Sedan . Chassis ■ . One Ton Trucks Tractor $415.00 $370.00 $695.00 $760.00 $345.00 $495.00 $625.00 ever fretting' between his legs and Gripping him up, and how fierce he Would scrowl at the boy for laughing at him, but the boy would laugh and ;run away, sure to be on hand to guy Ithe tin soldier the next day. | tOn April 12th quite a number of ladies were gathered at the house of the boy’s mother and as many as 25 himself grabbed by a crippled soldier. r.ewing machined were rattling all ■day. They were sewing U shaped flannel bags, to hold the powder for the muzzle loading guns used at that time. The booming of the guns at or even wall paper, in fact on any thing that could be had. That even-; ^ ing, the boy’s mother told him to go i ^ and get the mail and be sure to hurry | ^ back. The boy found an unusual' crowd at the office, but being a small j fellow he v/riggled through the crowd j 40 and was hurrying out when he found i 18 who shouted, “I’ve got him”, and in tipite of the boy’s struggles, held him fast, telling him that he would make it all right with his mother for de taining him. The people immediat- “The big ireductiona last fall were made in anticipation of low material coat* wliichjfpre are mmw getting fbe benefit of, and this fact together with increased manufacturing •fficievey and the unprecedented deanand foir Ford ca«a,>particularly during the past three months permitting maximum' production, have nude another price reduction posatUe immedistely. **Ford buainesa for April and May 1921 was i^eater by 56,633 cara and trudka than for the eame two movtks in 192iP; in fact, the demand haa been even greater than the aupply, so> tiwt ou r output haa been Bauted, not by «nfiUad ordera, but by manu facturing facilities. ' **During May we produced 101,424 Ford cars and trticks for aale in the United StcCee alone — th» bigg^t'montb ia> the history of our company and our factoiries and.^semhly plant* are now working on a 4000 car daily achodkle for June.^ **Tke Fordsott Tractor Is atill being.^d at less than Ike cost to produce onJbccouBt of tbe recent'iif jnice reducfieaa, and is impossible, therefore, to make any fux'l^er cut in the price of tke tractor”. Can you afford to go without a car any longer when Fovda are selling at these new low prices'? TheM u no reason BOW why you should delay purchasing a Ford car, Ford truck, or FonSson tractor. We will gladly advise you concerning the delivery of a Ford son tractor or the paJrttcolar-type 4>f car'm isfhich you avo interest* ed. Just ’phone us or drop ua a card. BREVARJ) MOTOR COMPANY C. H. KLUEPPELBERG, Manager the battle of Fort Sumter were plain- ely formed a compact mass around, lly heard. Some times one louder diid the boy was placed on a box. than the otJ|prs would cause the win- Even after nearly sixty years, the »iows to rattle and some one would ooy still can see that crowd as they call out “some body’s darling is gone J all gathered expectantly in front of •6A •M •M Ford Cars Ford Service Ford Parts Fordson Tiactors % ««■ 4A> I 4i •€» 40 -M NOTICE OF ENTKtr now”. Then the machines would aeem to pause, and then renew the rattle as the fair sewers would weave a prayer in every stitch for the saf ety of the boys who wore the Grey* The next day the old city went wild with joy. Banners and flags ’Were every where, and the people •*were rejoicing, because the w3r was wjver, as they thought, and the Yan- kee.s whipped. But the boy hunted for the little tin soldier. His feath- «ari we^® ruffled^ he was cer- ‘taiifu cussing mad. He now, would not have a> chance to lead his men to 'victory. Crushing his handkerchief ■and throwing it on the ground, he ' exclaimed that he knew the blankety n^lank Yankees would not fight. But »he found out later that they did, (but he didn’t.) One day a river steamer came to Hhe warf, and a.rough pine box was ‘borm- ashore, through a line of men, stood with uncovered heads. For contained a youthful hero, whose life blood stained the new grey uni form he had on. He was the first of fnany who were to come. The people did not mind the shell ing very much, they could afford to be brave. Were not their loved ones at the front. The women did not tolerate slackers in those days, nor did they wear dresses cut with a C /in front nor with a V in the back, meither did they chew gum. No ma^ 'ivould dare puff tobacco smoke in the iface of any woman of the old school. One day there came a louder roar 'ttian all the others. Gen. Gilmer was firing the Swamp Angel (As they ^■called it) from behind Battery Wag- vner. There was a rushing sound as •f an express ^aip i;umbling over head, and soon the crash and the ex plosion was heard all -over tho Gity. The next morning the out going trains were crowded to the limit. The boy went up to see the fun, and found \the little soldjer. He had doffed his uniform, and was in citizen clothing. him. There was no pushing. All seemed to want each other to hear as well as himself. The women wore their mantillas, their clothes were all neatly darned for they had on all they owned and no way to teplaee any thing. Eager, anxious to hear, yet dreading to hear, they stood,, hardly breathing, their anxiety was depicted on their faces. The re members well a certain one, who stood near him, she was a bride of a little more than a year. Her dark hair and eyes were intensified by the : ^ poles to a Harold Bardin enters an£. afafmm SO acres of land in Little Rivw? town ship on Laiaeel Creek adjoiniJig. the lands of Frask Coxe heirs. J. and C. W. PickeMascr and others r BEGINNING on a stone,. €oxe heirs corner aad. nans with the^Une South 50 degroes West 64 pcdaK to a stake; then iriSill with said Coxe heirs line Soutk 10iO poles to a ^ke; then still with tiosir line South 30! de-'^ grees West 44 poles to a stone t^eir , , ^ . xt lt. i- stake Coanty, Noarth Carolina, said WHEAT . HEARTS: AT ALL GROCERS. iOOTlCE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the Power- of Sale costained a certain Deed in Trust, beasing the date of August 20 1920, executed by M. L. Buchanan to D. L. Engiislv Trustee, for the use and benef^ of T. A. English, which said Deed iii Trust ia restored in Book No. 45 at Page 68 et. seq. of the Record of Deeds in Trust for palor of her'face, several women very solicitious about her as kept close to her. This is what the boy read aloud r *‘A great victory has been won, bcfc at a tremendous cost. The f«lloiwi»^ is the list of ^he dead, wounded said missing.” A$ the napie of some lov ed one was read out, a suppressed moan would be heard and a cry of “God have mercy”. Another woald say, ‘it can’t be so’, or, ‘my John, my precious Bill’, but no one aJlowed their sorrow to interfere with the learing of others. The boy was wat ching the beautiful bride and when he read out the name dear to her a- 30ve all others, he noticed her give a start and gasp, her eyes dosed and nature was kind to her for ibe swoon ed. It was then tha nolde women forgot their sorrows rnd butened to minister to their str cken aaater, and bore her tenderly away. When the sun arose the next ay the souls of the young mother and babe had gone to meet their warr or husband and father. The boy -as just scooting home when he heai- some one calling him, it was an old neg^o man, a fam ily butic ’ type long smce gone for ever, “iittle Tnassa, please sir wait a minute I was seared T could not totch you, please sir enty you read that mass Bob was kilt? Please sir see . you aint mak no mistake, please | sir look and see again sir, that paper aint got it right, I tech young mass in W. S. Ashw(5EtBfs line; then: wt£b his line North poles to a staiLei at J. H. Pickelsimer:' aixd C. W. Piokel- simer^s South we^ comer; then intfi tiwir line North MS; poles to a st&dce tbeir comer; theiu sEtill with their-line North 49 degrees East 62 poles ta a staoxe thar comer in W. S. Ashworth line; then with sai^ W. S*. Ashwurlifc line West 24 polcs^itv the beginning Signed:, HAROILEI HABDIN. ROLAND bWE^y Etatry Takes?. Enfiered June 6th^ 1B21* 6-10-4«ifcL. ' Philip’s Bakery When in ■md’oFFMsk Cakes, Piea» RhUs^and all aihMr Frosb Baked! Pastry try »diay old is M tSe Rose Cafe and Brevard Cafe Undnr One Manaffemeiit* The best place m town to get a square meal or a good lunch« Oar country friends are invited to try us when in town and he convinced* W. Y. THOMASON Bread foir nine it is ■ sold Ibaf. itatentidn t» deliver Deed in Tsust haviag been executed to secure thK poxclgaae money of the? real estate described therein, and evidenced i^thxee certain promissonr notes bearing ev^ date therewith,, and djlue and payable Febmary 20th. 1921, Augrat 210‘tb. 2921, and Febru ary 20th. 19^22 respectively, each said notes 'Bearinig interest fjtoBC date, interast payadUe semi-annual^- and said Deed in Trust providing^ among otlonr that, if the saiff party of first part should fail to pay the cSbftesaidS sum of money or any part thereof promptly as it or any part tfltereol should become due, or lAfould iail to pay tihe interest i&tt accrued ti&ereon, or any part thereof, promptly as said interest become dloe, or shouM fail to pay the taxes as sessed aigaiiKit Mid land, etc., ttei^ any time before such default waa made gnod, and after five days no tice of an intention so to do, of the; third part might dedve the whole of siud debt, and. ditorest, other moneys etc. secured! by saM Deedm 'Trust instantly due and pay able ete. and default laving been made in thb payment of the first not«> above mentioned, as well aa the interest on all of saM notes, and the 11^ days notice haviag beat given as.provided in said Deed hi Trust, and WHEAT - HEARTS: DELICIOUS mm mm Bakery gee dir as sooai mm we are establislxd in onr wkw baitdmg;. vided in said Deed in Trust, as afore said,, sell to the highest bidder for caai^ by public auction, the following property, to wit: Alt that Lot of land^ lying and be ing in Mitchel County North Carolina, ai^<nBing the lands o£ George Green dL al. ftbeing lot Na. 1, of Block no^ 49, as shown on tike Map of the TOwn of Spruce Pine^ said Map made Iqr Robert Gray, Civil Engineer in 13QS, which said lot fronts fifty (50) feet on Locust Street so called, and turn back (runs back) of even width ninety (90) feet to an Alley, and eoirtains forty-fitge hundred C^,500) sq. feet more or* less. Said sale to satisfy said debt of $1,500.00, interest, costs of sale, etc. any surplus ta be paid to the said M. L. Buchanank This the 2!6th day of Uifoy 1921. D. L. ENGLISH, Trustee. 4t. 6-31-21 Some one asked Um were he w«|Bob to ride, shoot and and no , going he replied, he was going to grt ’»» y?”keeB kUl mas. plea« place for his family. Are you *‘-T" ^ lea^ng yonr family behind amid the old miss heart.. Then snd- ..hdling? He said he would send denly he caUed ont, ^ tor them-in a dayor two, and the boy Jon t let old Mis. eotch yon . _ Uoghod oat loud. |The tin «>ldier The boy looked and saw coming ^ | never smelled biimt powder, for he "■"‘1* him one of the grand old moth- managed to play safety first and se- (Com: nn Page Three) Wip’s Baininr said default not haring^ been,made good, and the whole said debt hav ing been declared due and payable, and demand haviag been made luwn the undersigned Trustee by the hrelc^* er of said notes to sell said property to satisfy said notes, interest, etc. Now, therefore, the undersignedt Trustee, aa provided in said Deed in Trvist, will, on Monday, the 27th. day of Jtme, 1921, at 1| o’clock M* at the Court House Door in the Town of Brevard, Transylvania County, StotQ of North Carolina, as ia pro- AND NOURISHING. TRUSTEE'S SALEs * By virtue of the power of sale con tained in a certain deed of trust made by W. J. Smith and wife Letha Snrith to the undersigned trustee, dat^d the 7 day of January 1919, and recorded in Book 12 pago 289^ of the record of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust of Transylvania County, N. C., to which said deed ‘of trust reference is here by made, a|ad default having been made.;in tiie- payment of principal and interest due by the notes secured by said deed of trust, whereby the power of sale haa become operative. The undersigned trustee will cm Mon day, July 11, 1921, between twelve and one Ofblock iMon, £wll for cash at public sale ton the M^ieBt bidder at the Court hause docu: in Brevard, Transylvania Cov» N. C. The following described lot of ^ Iftnd lying and being in Brevard Township, and described as follows. First lot Beginning in the middle of the public road leadini^ from Brevard to bland Foxd bridge and at the mar gin of McCall Alley and nins North 2S dt^ea east 90 feet to the line of Lot No. 7; thence -with the line of lot No. 7 north 65 deg. east 205 feet to comes- of Lot No. 9; thence South 16 deg. east 120 feet to a stake in McCdl alley; thence South 69 1-2 deg. west with the margin of McCall Alley 180 feet lb the beginning. Con- tainW all of lot No. 8. Second Lot; Beginningfii the south east comer of Lot No. 8 and runs north 69 1-2 deg. east 34 feet to a stake in Kilpatrick street; thence with the margin of said street north 5 deg west 116 feet to the comer of Lot No. 19; thence sOuth 65 deg. west 53^feet to Lot No. 8; thence -with tl|f line of Lot^o. 8 soutii 16 deg. east 120 to the beginning containing all of Lot No. 9. G. C. KILPATRICK, Trustee. July 8tk . C. GaL /

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