The .Messenger and Intelligencer Jan. 4, 192.
Two
THE BUSINESS YEAR.
1 .!.-tr Reviews Progress Fair
!y Satisfactory Conditions Opti
wisra and Confidence aa War
Opens.
Nineteen-twonty-two may be pro
perly ttyled "a year of fulfillment,'
in that its early promise of being a
"fair" 'ye!" in trade and industry
was abundantly verified. It was ir
regular enough, including periods of
hi lated liquidation of previous years
troubles, of apparent downward re'
actions alike in sentiment, in produc
tion and in prices, and although busi
ness in most lines was conducted at a
much higher level of values than in
the preceding year, it is probable that
. t M M' a ' 1
margin ox prom was summer
than expected. Prices of commodi
ties, some few farm product! except-
ed, ccntinuing the improvement be
gun in midsummer of 1921, ruled
higher all around, this being true in
other countries than this, by the way.
Production generally expanded over
the preceding year s aggregates, in
some insUinces new high records be
ing set up, and trade volume was un
doubtedly larger than in 1921. Re
tail trade proved better than expect
ed, considering the claimed reduction
rf purchasing power on the part of
the agricultural interests. Through
out the year collections appeared
rath?- backward and never averaged
better than fair, with slowness mark
ed and long continued in many sec
tions. Many measures of movement
showed gains over 1921, although but
few exceeded those of some earlier
flush years. Following two years of
liquidation, the progress made, as a
whole, was encouraging, and a good
normal level .was reached in many
lines. Frozen credit were pretty
well melted, but the record number of
failures and next to largest volume of
liabilities ever recorded were evidence
alike of continuing strain in many
lines of business and of cumulative
' effects of past mistakes, over-buying,
underconsumption and other evils re
- vealed by the slump following after
" war inflation. By and large, the
year will probably be remembered as
: a year of improvement (though some
' of this was rather painful progress)
in most lines, end, all things consid
ered, a far from unsatisfactory
twelve months.
A number of big features stand out
prominently in a review of the past
year. As not uncommon in other
years of readjustment, it was charac
terized by severe labor troubles.
' Over 1,000,000 men voluntarily aban-
doned their work, the bulk of these
in protest against reduced wages, -and
the biggest strike, that of coal min
. ers, proved, successful. Despite the
disorganization that flowed from this
and the railway shopmen's (strike, the
, latter a failure to all appearances, it
was a wonderful year . in industry.
For the first time in history, it was
. claimed to have been demonstrated
that there were not enough manual
warkers to go around, this latter, de-
velopment a heritage of war and later
of law-restricted immigration. This
was in striking contrast with the year
before, when 4,000,000 to 5,000,000
people were reported either displaced
or idle. Thus fortified in this posi
tion, the labor unions', as their chief
cpskssman announced, prevented the
often predicted deflation of wages.
So strong was the country financial
ly, however, and so exigent the de
mand for all kinds of supplies, this
including housing, that business and
industry both made wonderful prog
ress for an after-depression year, al
though industrial workers, it was fre
quently claimed, were the chief bene
ficiaries of tHe year's operations.
How se72rely construction of all
kinds, but particularly of dwellings,
! had been restricted during the war
period, was proved by the unexam
pled volume of expenditure in filing
this vacuum. Several times through
: out the year, prediction that the hous
ing supply had reached or passed de
mand was proved erroneous. Never
' before in the country's history, also,
was there such an output of that one
' time termed luxury, the automobile.
, Continuing the immense investment
buying demand of the latter part of
1921, the bond markets, despite re
. actions due to advances in money
' rates, did a new high record volume
of business. Liberty bonds reached
par in midyear and the Victory notes
were refunded. The stock market,
'vhlch had risen quite steadily from
' the summer, of 1921, reacted in the
' autumn of 1922, losing some of the
advance. - Sales exceeded both 1921
and 1920. New enterprises floated
compared well with 1921, but did not
.equal recent previous years. A ver
" itable snowstorm of stock dividends
, were issued, totaling in excess of $1,
500,000,000. Foreign trade, and par
ticularly export business, apparently
affected by the unsettled ' state of
business and politics in Europe, sag
ged early and proved discouragingly
slow in expanding, although Novem
ber exports, swelled by cotton ship-
ments, were the largest since March,
1921. . Disorganization in the ex
British currency later mad a- nota
ble recovery to almost par.' The pas
sing and going into effect of a new
: tariff was a notable event, but the
expansion in import trade in antici
nation of this was smaller than x
- pected. Crops, with few exceptions,
were good, in some instances ol re
cord size, and total values, affected
- by generally "higher levels of quota
tions, were better than in 1921, but
little more than half those of 1919.
Foreign demand for our foodstuffs,
f but particularly for our wheat, prov
ed disappointing until rather late in
the past year, largely owing to the
con ,uion at lower prices of our
nortrn neighbor. Canada, which
had a close-to-record crop of high
quality. Part of this waa undoubted
ly due to the congestion in the late
vummer and early autumn on our
railways, mainly due to the coal and
shopmen's strikes, which prevented
prompt marketing. Many otner sta
pie lines of export showed heavy de
creases, and exports as a whole were
Che smallest since 1915. At various
times during the year, believers in
high prices cited numerous advances
as beneficial and stimulative of buy
ing, but it may be safely claimed in a
number of notable cases, these includ
ing building materials, automobiles
and iron and steel, that the genesis
of improvement was had firgt in at
tractive reductions 6f costs. Handi
capped as they were by strikes and
freight rate reducetions, certainly no
chances was visible at times, but
fault of their own, the railroads made
a game and patriotic fight in the des
perate emergency growing out of the
coal and shopmen s strike, and,
losing in gross receipts, showed a
good gain in net operating income,
not enough, however, to give them
more than 4 of the theoretical 6 per
cent, return on their investment.
It was said with justice in 1921
that those branches of trade which
had first reflected depression or un
settlement in 1920 were among the
leaders in the rally visible in the lat
ter portion of 1921. Thase trades,
the textiles and kindred industries,
had a very full share of the improve
ment shown in 1922, and particularly
found stimulation in higher prices
for. the raw materials cotton, wool
and silk; but the year was notable
mainly for what are called the con
struction trades iron, steel, lum
ber, building materials generally
leading in the improvement to an ex
tent not visible in recent preceding
years. It is probable, indeed, that a
large measure of the all-round im
provement visible throughout the
year was based upon the activity in
the constructive trades. Most of
these, and especially building, with
its aumerous allied lines, were what
might be called ready-money trades,
and well and frequently paid labor,
which constitutes, so high a percent
age of all construction cost, was the
chief profiter. This seemed to create
a veritable flowing well from which
general business, drew stimulation
and consequent activity. '
Looking Forward.
As to the constructive side of the
future, it may be said that the big
feature is naturally the notable de
gree of betterment shown and the
optimism generated thereby in the
past year and a half, or say since
July 1, 1921, when, it is now gener
ally agreed, the beginnings of im
provement first because clearly visi
ble. Satisfaction arising from the
surge forward in domestic trade and
industry in 1922, perhaps best -evidenced
in the wonderful year's oper
ations in building and allied lines,
has strengthened the feeling that
this activity will continue well into
1923. How much more might have
been accomplished if the country had
not had to shoulder the terribly ex
pensive coal and railroad strikes is,
of course, not a subject to dilate upon
now. The continuance at a faster
rate of the 1921 rally an prices has
been comforting, as frequently noted,
chiefly because proving that, after
all, there are two sides to the price
situation. Tha rally in prices during
tha autumn, especially in leading
farm products, unquestionably serv
ed to hearten th3 agricultral interest,
which had therefore apparently pro
fited little from the year's improve
ment. There is visible now a great
deal less worry than a year ago as to
all costs of operation in view of the
apparently slight , visible effect of
these on business in the past year,
this despite the f eeling that . labor
will ask a great deal if present prices
hold. How much effect the general
increase in all costs bas had in fur
ther reducing the admittedly dis
couraging volume of export trade
does not seem to attract the atten
tion it deserves. There is, in fact, a
disposition to charge the unsettled
conditions in European politics, and
consequently . in exchange, with most
of the responsiblility for this unsat
isfactry buying: from abroad. In this
respect the gains shown in trade with
other parts of the world fail to sat
isfy entirely. Unquestionably, feel
ing as regards foreign markets for
American products has been favora
bly influenced by the rise in British
exchange and the rumors that this
country is going to abandon its much
trumpeted, but apparently untena
ble, position of political and econ
omic isolation. .''.'
On the other hand there is no shut
ting the eyes of the fact that organ
ized labor, buttressed by existing
immigration laws and its successes of
1922, is inclined to press demands,
which can only result in much indus
trial friction in the year to come. The
most direct threat of this kind is that
the nation's "fuel supply will be re
duced by strikes again in April next,
The agricultural interest, with the
feeling that it has been most hurt
owing to the low prices secured for
most of its products, and with hopes
of success from bloc movements, is
reported aggressive in demanding
'special legislation. The . prospects
of a radical bloc in Congress which
may possibly throw the cpuntry into
politico-economic turmoil are not re
assuring. ' Whether this threatened
activity among the political witch
doctors and medicine men will result
mainly in talk, as it has done in most
other years following long-ontinued
economic troubles, .witness the years
following 1873 and 1893, remains to
,e demonstrated. That good old
spread-eagle statement that this is a
government of laws, not of men, may
this year, .however, prove to be some
than merely a bitter jest.
Then, really seems to have been a
surfeit of laws, especially those in
volving new schemes of taxation,
passed in this country of late years,
and aomethinar like a truce in this re
spect would be welcomed. The com
forting reflection, of course, comes
that after all. many of these man-
made statutes are merely "written in
water"; that hard work, industry and
common sense may have their price
in the future as in the past, and that
the laws of supply and demand,
thouch often obscured, may be still
effective. With the most serious
economic crisis that ever faced thii
country apparently satisfactorily tid
ed over, with the evidences, of the ex
ccllen progress made since midyear
of 1921 in mind, and witn tnree to
six months of the new year's trade
and industry fairly secure, the busi
ness world, imbued with a degree of
optimism that verges upon cpnii
dance, faces hopefully the admittedly
numerous uncertainties of 1923. .
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EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as executor of the
estate of Richard Tarlton, deceased,
late of Anson county, North Carolina,
this is to notify alj persons having
claims against the estate of said de
ceased to exhibit them to the under
signed, or to his attorneys at Wades
boro, North Carolina, on or before
tne otn aay oi January, mm, or mis
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons ' indebted . to
said estate will please make imme
diate payment to the undersigned.
This the 29th . day of December,
1922.
THOMAS A. MADSHALL,
Executor of the estate of Richard
Tarlton, deceased. l-4-6tc.
McLendon & Covington, Attorneys.
NOTICE OF RE-SALE BY
COMMISSIONERS.
By virtue of the power and autho
rity, contained in a certain order of
re-sale of the Superior Court of An
son County, in, a certain special pro
ceeding therein pending,"1"' entitled
Ethel B. Dunlap, Executor of E. K.
Dunlap's will, vs. Dr. Joseph H. Ben
nett. Guardian, et air-'
The undersigned Commissioners
will on Monday, the 15th day in
January, 1923, at the hour of 12 M.
expose for re-sale to the highest bid
der for cash, the following described
tract of land, lying and being in
Wadesboro township, Anson County,
North Carolina, and more particular
ly described as -follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the bridge across
Grind Stone creek, xm the Salisbury
road, and runs up said creek the va
rious courses thereof, S. 33 E 8.20
chs., then S. 18 E 3.50 chs., to the
mouth of a little branch, three sweet
gums- in a branch pointers, then N.
78 1-4 E. 3.50 chs., with W. I. Pauls
line to a stake; then S. "47 E. 45.50
chs., with Gray's line to a stake; then
S. Ji Haires corner, with said iTaire's
line S. 56 1-4 W. 20.80 chs., to a stake
hickory pointer t then W. 3-4 W. 6.70
chs., to a ptake in the bank of Grind
Stone Creek; then down and with said
creek 8.50 chs., to the mouth -of
Rock Quarry Branch, then with and
up saU branch 13 chs., to the mouth
of a small branch; then S. BO11! Wk
2 chs.. . to a gum; then S. 40 1-4 W4
P.40 chs., o b stake one pine pointer;:
then S. 59 1-4 W. 7.20 chs., to a stike;
pine pointer, then S. 79 1-4 W. 7.75
chs . to a stake; then N. 70 3-4 W.
4.50 chs., to a stake; then N. "74 "V6
W. 15 chs., to the center of the pres
ent! Salisbury Road; then with, the va
rious courses of said road N. 19 1-4
TT77
fflv
W. 3.31 chs., then N. 1 1-4 E. 8.30
chs; then N. 2 3-4 E. 3.32 chs; then N.
18 8-4 chs; then N. 11 3-4 E.; 14.75
chs; then N..93 1-4 E. 9.20 chs; then
N. 88 3-4 E. 12 chs then N; 41 1-4
W. 4.65 chs., to the beginning con
taining 228 1-4 acres more or less.
Being the lands conveyed to . E. K.
Dunlap, by L. D. Edwards and wife,
by dead dated October 26, 1906, and
recorded in the office of Register of
Deeds for Anson county in Deed Book
41 page 550 and following.
; The bidding will begin at Eight
Thousand ($8,500.00) Dollars.
This sale is made subject to the
confirmation of the Court. This the
30th day in December, 1922. .
L.. D.ROBINSON,
- Commissioner.
FRANK-L. DUNLAD, .
l-4-2tc . Commissioner.
MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF LAND.
Under and by virtue of the power
contained in a certain mortgage deed
executed the 12th day of November,
1915, by Ephraim Ellerbee and wife,
Louisa Ellerbee, and registered in the
office of the Register of Deeds for
Anson county, in trust book 55, page
343, default having been made in the
payment of the indebtedness secured
by the same, the undersigned will on
Monday, the 29th day of January,
1923, at the court house door in
Wadesboro, expose for sale at public
auction for cash the following de
scribed lot and being in the town of
Pee Dee, N. C, The same being lot
No. 9 with a building on it known as
the Old Ratliff House, near Pee Dee
Station, about two hundred fifty
(250) yards north of the station, on
the east side of the road leading from
D. C. Robinson's to Pee Dee, N. C.
For a more particular description of
said lot reference is hereby made to a
certain map and survey made for T.
P. Richardson by Jerry Respass, C.
E. , on December 2nd, 1910, and re
corded in the office of the Register of
Deeds for Anson county in book of
plats, page 8. Prospective purchas
ers may view the premises, or obtain
necessary information from the un
dersigned. '
, This December 29th. 1922.
JOHN F. McNAIR,
l-4-4tc. 1 Mortgagee.
H. P Taylor, Attorney.
PERSONAL PROPERTY SALE
BY ADMINISTRATOR.
On Thursday the 18th day of Janu
ary, 1923, 1 will sell to the highest
bidder for cash the following person
al property: Wheel barrow, lot of
plow stocks, single trees and clivises,
guano distributor and cotton planter,
corn sheller, shop tools, self-binder,
cane mill and pan, disc harrow, mow
ing .machine and rake, farm harrows
and cultivators, cider mill and several
minor farm implements) 1 horse, one
2 horse wagon, one buggy and har
ness, A head of hogs,! 2 milk cows and
4 dry cattle.
Sale to be at the residence of the I
t J. T-k T1 111 Ml r
late a. r. xyson in Ansonvine town
ship and to open at 10 A. M.
This December .28, 1922.
12-28-4tc. . J. W. JONES,
Administrator C. T. A. of Estate- of
R. F. Tyson, deceased.
NOTICE OF RE-SALE OF
LAND UNDER EXECUTION.
State of North Carolina,
Anson County. k
The First National Bank of Wades
boro
vs.
J L Armfield, Trading as the Dion
Mfg. Company, and J L Armfield
and C C Shaw, Partners Trading as
The Shaw Lumber Company, and
C C Shaw, Individually.
In the Superior Court
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE.
Whereas, by virtue of" an execu
tion directed to the. . undersigned
from the Superior Court of Anson
Anson County, North Carolina, in the
above-entitled action, I did on Mon
day the 4th day of December, 1922,
the same being the First Monday in
December, at the hour of 12 o'clock,
M. at the courthouse door in Anson
County, North Carolina, offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash to
satisfy said execution all the right,
title and interest which the said J L
Armfield, trading as the Dion Man
ufacturing Company and J L Arm
field, and C C Shaw, partners trad
ing as the Shaw Lumber Company
and C C Shaw individually, the de
fendants, had in the tracts or parcels
of land hereinafter described; and
whereas at said sale announcement
was made that said sale would be
left open for ten days for an increas
ed bid of ten per cent; and whereas
on the 9th "day of December, 1922, R
E Little, Jr., raised the bid on each
of the tracts or parcels of land here
inafter described ten per cent. The
first tract hereinafter described hav
ing been bid off at the sale hereinbe
fore mentioned at the sum of $265.00,
the bid of R E Little, Jr. for said
land now being 291.50; and the sec
ond tract or parcel of land hereinaf
ter described 'having been bid off at
said sale at the sum of $1225.00, the
bid of the said R E Little, Jr, for said
land now being $1347.50 ; ,
Now, Therefore, in consideration of
the foregoing facts and the discretion
vested in me by law and by virtue of
the execution hereinafter mentioned
to me - directed- in the above-entitled
action, I will on Monday the 15th day
of January, 1923, the same being the
1st day of the January. Term, 1923, of
the Superior Court of Anson County;
North Carolina, at the . hour of 12
o'clock M., or immediately upon ad
journment of said court for the noon
recess, at the' courthouse door in
Wadesboro, Anson County, ' North
Carolina, sell to the highest bidder
for cash, to satisfy said execution all
of the right, title and interest which
the said J L Armfield, trading as the
Dion Manufacturing Company, and J
L Armfield and C C Shaw, partners,
trading as the Shaw Lumber Com
pany, and C C Shaw, individually, the
defendants, have in the following de
scribed real estate, lying and being
in Anson County, State of North Car
olina, and more particularly describ
ed as follows, to-wit: '
FIRST TRACT:-Lying and being
in White Store township and bounded
and described as follows, to-wit: Be
ginning at a rock in the center of the
old Cheraw road, E T Redfearn and
Moore corner, and runs with Red
fearn lines, N 24.15 W 6 chs to a
stake, Redfearn's then the same
course continued 12.80 chs, ifi a stake
by a post oak stump, black jack, ce
dar and pine ptrs; thence N 67.30 E
I. 90 chs to a stake; thence N 10.15
W 2.03 chs to a stake 5 pine ptrs, J
A Redfearn's corner; thence with his
line N 83.15 W 18.28 chs to a stake in
the hedge row 6 pine ptrs; thence S
II. 30 W 13.80 chs to a stake at the
head of a gully 3 pines ptrs; thence
N 83.15 W 7.07 chs to a pine on the
west of a gully bank, mulberry, pine
and 2 persimmon ptrs; thence S 9.50
W 5:i8 chs to the center of the Che
raw' Graded road; thence the various
courses of said road as follows: S
86.35 E 4.64. N 7.45 E 4.51, N 88.15
E J.70, S 81.20 E 11.89, S 80.30 E 3.90
in all 26.64 'chs to a stake in the
North choulder of said road; then S
72.30 E 9.24 chs to the beginning and
containing 39.82 acres. - The same be
ing the tract or parcel of land con
veyed to the Shaw Lumber Company
by J R Gaddy and his wife, by deed
dated the 23rd day of March, 1918,
and duly recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds for Anson
County in Deed Book 54 at page 619,
to "which reference is hereby made.
SECOND TRACT: Beginning at E
D Gaddy's corner stake two pine ptrs
and runs North 52 West 35.30 chs to
a stake in a hedge row, 'two persim
mon trees and cedar ptrs, then S 56
W 35.00 chs to a stake in an old
field, then S 73 E 21.00 chs to a stake
in a field, near a branch, the sixth
corner - of Gaddy's sixty-seven acre
lot, then with the line of said lot S
58 E 12.25 chs to a stake, the fifth
corner of said lot, then with another
of said lot N 33 E 10.90 chs to a
stake, one black jack and post oak
ptrs. then with the line of said lot
S 65 E 13.90 chs to a stake, another
corner of said lot then.S 43 E 1.90
chs to a stake, a corner of said lot,
then with E D Gaddy's line N 18 3-4
E 17.90 chs to the beginning, contain
ing Ninety-eight and one-eighth (98-1-8)
acres, more or-' less. The same
being the tract or parcel of land con
veyed to J L Armfield and C C Shaw,
by H E Allen and his wife by deed
dated the 14th day of June, 1919, and
duly recorded in the . office of the
Register of Peeds .for Anson County,
in Deed Book 57, at page "371; t
which reference is hereby made.
The bidding on the first tract or
parcel -of land hereinbefore' describ
ed, will commence at $291.50, and the
bidding on the second tract or parcel
of land hereinbefore described will
commence at $1347.50.
This the 18th day of December,
1922.
W. S. BRASWELL,
Sheriff of Anson County, North
Carolina. 12-28-3tc.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
The undersigned having , this day
qualified as administrator of the es
tate of Will Huntley, (colored) de
ceased, this is to notify all persons
holding claims against the estate to
fi'e same on or before November 30th,
1923, or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of recovery. All persons indebted
to the estate will please make prompt
settlement. '
This November 25th, 1922.
THE BANK OF WADESBORO,
Administrator of the estate of, Will
Huntley, (colored) deceased.
H. P. Taylor, Atty. , ll-30-6tc.
State of North Carolina,
In the Superior Court. ;
Anson County, .
'. .K.-V. Atkinson, Plaintiff,
vs. 1
S M Brooks and wife, Marcia B
Broks, and The Rose-Gathings Fur
niture Co., Inc., Defendants. ' '
NOTICE.
The defendants S. M. Brooks and
wife, Marcra B Brooks, above named
will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been commenced
in the Superior Court of Anson Coun
ty, North Carolina, for the purpose
of foreclosing a mortgage given bv
tJM.VA v . 1" v..
June 1, 1921, and recorded in the of
fice of the Register of Deeds for An
son County, in Trust Book 61, page
527, said mortgage being given to se
cure payment of a note in the sum of
Eleven Hundred (1100.00) Dollars,
executed and delivered by the said de
fendants simultaneously with the ex
ecution and delivery of the aforesaid
mortgage. The Rose-Gathings Fur
niture Company, Inc., as junior mort
gagee and the said defendants S M
Brooks and wife, Marcia B ; Brooks,
will therefore take notice that they
are required to appear before W K
Boggan, Clerk of the Superior Court
for Anson County , on Wednesday,
January 10th, 1923, at the . Court
House in said County at Wadesboro,
N C, 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, and will
take judgment against them for the
same.
This the ' Hth day of December,
1922. - :'' -'V -
. W K BOGGAN, . :
Clerk of the Superior Court.
H P TAYLOR, Attorney for the
Plaintiff. 12-14-4tc
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as Administrator,
c t. a., on the estate of R. F. Tyson,
deceased, this is to notify all persons
holding claims against said estate to
present the same to 'the undersigne.f
for payment on or before the 23 th
day of December, 1923, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of ; their re
covery. All persons indebted to said
estate will make immediate payment
to the undersigned. - . . -
This, the 28th day of Dec, 1922.
12-22-6tc. J. W.JONES. '
Administrator, C. T. A., of the estate
of R F. Tyson, deceased.
Robinson, Caudle & Pruette, Atty.'s.
J NOTICE. ; '
Notice is hereby given, jtbat the
partnership lately subsisting be
tween us, the undersigned Mrs. W. T.
Hart and Miss Callie Hightower, car
rying on business under the firm
name of The Ladies Store, on Wade
Street Wadesboro, N. C, was on the
23rd day of December, 1922, dissolv
ed by mutual consent, and that the
business in future will be carried on
by the said Mrs. -W. T. Hart alone,
who will pay and discharge all debts
and liabilities, and receive all moneys
payable to the said late firm. There
will be no change in the policies and
operations of the business as hereto-,
fore conducted. Miss Hightower is
merely retiring as a partner, and will
continue in the employ of MrsJIart.
We will thank you for a continu
ation of your highly valued patro
nage. This December 23, 1922.
MRS. W. T. HART, 12-28-4tc
MISS CALLIE HIGHTOWER.
SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
Under and by virtue oi the author
iey vested in the undersigned by a
judgment of the SuDerior Court of .
Anson County in an action therein -A
pending, entitled, Jas. A. Leak and
Thos. A. Marshall, trading as Leak
& Marshall vs. Sarah Robinson; the
undersigned Commissioner will ex
pose to sale at public outcry to the
highest bidder for cash, at the Court "
House door in the Town of Wades
boro, on Monday, the 16th day of Jan
uary, 1923, at the hour of twelve (12)
o'clock M the following tract of land,
lying and being in Lilesville Town
ship, Anson County, North Carolina, .
and bounded as follows, to-wit:
BEGINNING at a rock, two dog
woods and pine ptrs, D A Seago's cor
ner, and runs with the Seago line N.
20-7 E. 42.12 chs. to a stake, red oak,
Spanish. oak, white oak and sweet
gums pts., then S. 16-30 E. 11 chs.
with, Beacher Seago's and P Z Seago's
line to'a stake in a field: then S'72.
20 W.- 5- chs. to the west side of a
branch to a stake, two pines and two
hickories ptrs.; then S. 5-55 W. 7.30
chs to a stake on south side nf a cni.
ij, two pinesp poplar-and- persimmon
ptrs.; then S. 17-10 E. 3.65 chs to the
east side of a branch, dogwood, pop
lar and sweet gum ptrs.; then S. 13
30 W, 17.80 chs. two black rums and
wild cherry ptrs.; then S. 62-40 W..
8.22 chs to a" corner near a house,
two pines ptrs.; then N. 22-55 W. .
4.oa ens to the beginning, .containing
Twenty-five (25) acres, more or less.
The. same being the tract of land con
veyed to Tom Robinson bv Matisha
Henry and Bertha E. Henry, by deed f
uai,eu me ioun uay oi uciooer, J.U,
and recorded in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds for Anson County in
Deed Book 48, at pages 123 etc.
Said sale is made subject to con
firmation by the Court.
This, the 14th day of December.
1922. , 12-21-4tc.
ROLAND S. PRUETTE,
-' Commissioner.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. ;
The undersigned having qualified
before the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Anson County, as Adminis
trators upon the estate. of the late C
W. Poplin,, this is to notify all persons
holding claims against said estate, to
present the same to the undersigned,
on or before the 9th day of Decem
ber, 1922, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery,.
AH persons indebted to said estate'
are requested to make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
TRis the1 9th day of Dec. 1922,
TEMPIE L. POPLIN,
T. P. SEAGO, , , 12-14-6tc.
Administrators of Ck ,. W. Poplin,
Deceased. ' :'
A A Tarlton, Atty.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualified as Administrator
onhe estate of J. PI Watson, deceas- .
ed, this is to notify all persons hold
ing claims against said estate to pre
sent the same to the undersigned for
payment on or before the 7th day of
December, 1922 or this notice will be :
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons' indebted to said estate will
make immediate payment to the un
dersigned. : . fS
This, the 7th day of December,
1922. a M. L. HAM,
Administrator of J. P. Watson, de- '
ceased. ' 12-7-6tc.
Robinson, Caudle & Pruette, Atty.'s.
. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Having ' qualified as Administrator
on the estate of J. T. Porter, this is .
to notify all "persons, holding claims
against said estate to - present the
same to the undersigned on or be
fore the -21at day;of December, 1923,
or this notice will be pleaded in T bar
of their recovery. All persons indebt
ed to said estate will make immediate
payment to the undersigned. -
C. B. . PORTER,
Administrator of J. T. Porter, de-
ceased. -." - "
ROBINSON.CAUDLE & PRUETTE,
12-21,6tc. Attorneys."