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THE ALLEGHANY TIMES SUBSCRIPTION RATES $1.00 Per Year Published Every Thursday Entered as Second-class matter at the Post-office in Sparta, N. C. ERWIN D. STEPHEN ft.,..Editor THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1933. “HERE AND THERE” Saturday James Wedell, holder of the world’s speed record for land planes, flew from New York to Ra leigh in 89 minutes, averaging 300 miles per hour. Certainly, no one could accuse him of lettting the grass grow under his feet, or rather plane. No, we’ve never been in that big a huTry yet Noticed headline in our favorite daily which reaus, "WILL. rui v TEETH IN TOBACCO PACT.” Won der if that will be false teeth. Proba bly any kind of teeth will suit tobac co farmers better than none at all. They’ve been gumming it quite a while. Two 19-year-old boys in a tiny mon oplane soared away from the New ark, N. J., airport Sunday on a 10,000 mile flight to the jungles of Central America. They probably knew that a cold wave was headed south. News dispatches says that Gen. Johnson will have to settle “a virtual tug of war between labor and indus try” when he returns from his wes tern trip. Suggest he let them get the rope tight and then whack it into in the middle. Part of an ancient will: "No priest or other person is to insult my corpse by uttering impious observations over my body. Let it be covered snug and warm, and there is an end. My family and friends are not to mourn my death, even with a black rag. On the contrary, I give my wife and three daughters colored silk to make their habits on this occasion.” Yes, he lived in North Carolina a long time ago. An expedition has set out from Englandfor Southern India to obtain ' seeds of a plant cultivated by a sect of Hindu monks. These Hindus guard the flowers with their lives, and use the roots to make an ointment which is said to be an infallible cure for : rheumatic ailments. That ought to interest folks with rheumatism. Uncle Si says a sure cure for chic ken pox is to have the patient stand in the hen-house door and have some one shoo the chickens out over his head. That reminds us of the time all children wore asfaediti (we don’t know how to spell it) balls around their necks to ward off disease. High school news in an exchange:; “Miss M- was sick Monday and absent from her classroom for the first time in eight years. Congratula tions.” Case of wearing out one’s wel come, we suppose. In the headlines: “Secretary Hull, Is Going South.”—Another one of our boys who doesn’t like the cold win ters above the Potomac. Notice that Texas grandmothers have given up their knitting and are playing volley ball. Just another way to trying to get a slender waistline, wes uppose. Now, Grandma, you’re too old for vanity. The Duke University library has 347,302 books. That's a lot of books, but youth must be given every oppor tunity to discover and assimilate the thoughts and discoveries of the hu man race. The Skyland Post of West Jefferson moved into new quarters last week. A well-edited weekly paper needing roomier quarters for expansion under the NR A. Congratulations! The rest of us move because we haven’t paid last month’s rent. Old Man Winter seems to be get ting serious about this weather busi ness. Monday he obscured the hills with frozen mist, and Tuesday he roared his winds across the moun tains and pelted the earth with scat tering snowflakes. A good time to go South if you don’t like a red nose. Uncle Si said his doorknobs “nearly frize night afore last.’’ Uncle Sam is going to build Gal$x (Va.) a new post-office building to cost over 351,000. Also going to build in 236 other towns. Gosh, but Uncle Sam must have gobs of money. .Hunting season for birds opened yesterday. Sportsmen will be tramp m ing the hills and meadows for the nextfe w weeks. We wonder how many know that it is a violation of the Federal law to kill a Robin at any time in the year. We wonder if you knew there were 12 towns in the United States named Sparta. Now you look it up and see where we made our mistake. COLDS—And allied troubles quick ly relieved by RU-BALM, the sooth ing, healing salve for external use. Ask your druggist or grooer.—Adv. < Songs of Long Ago “O/d 97” (By J. Gaskill McDaniel, in The Ra leigh News and Observer.) IN view of the fact that hilly billy ballards are enjoying an increased autumn popularity, it may not be far amiss to review the why and wherefore of the most rustic and pop ular concoction of them all. After 20 years of assorted whinnings about the fate that befell the Old 97, the song is still a great favorite wher ever battered banjos and two dollar fiddles echo the heart throbs of folks close to the soil. The wreck of the Old 97 actually occurred on September 27, 1903, on a curving cotton mill trestle in North Danville, Va. Despite the fact that ten railroad employees were killed and seven injured, the tragedy never did gain prominence until hilly billy ballards finally came into their own. It was then that a doleful and ex aggerated version that David George, who was the Southern’s telegraph agent at Franklin Junction had scrib bled found nation-wide popularity. George admits that he used the ven erable tune of “The Ship that Never Returned” for his melody, but a re cent suit against the Victor Talking Machine Company established his copyright claim to the lyric. Now the Victor people are having to reimburse the author for the countless thou j sands of records that they have sold I during the past two decades. Any number of mountain fiddlers also laid claim to the song, but the testimony of veteran railroad men proved George’s contention that the ballard was bom in the Danville roundhouse two days after the catastrophe. An investigation of the wreck oi the four-car mail train by a coroner’s jury composed of Charles E. Hughes, E. L. Gerst, B. F. Motley, C.L. Booth, M. F. Dove and W. S. Morrison brought forth the verdict that the Old 97 was traveling at an excessive rate of speed. However, the 90-milc velocity sometimes injected into the ballard is false. Engineer j.A.Broadj had the famed locomotive going « little more than 40 miles an hour butsuc h a speed was reckless indeed considering the treacherous semi-cir cular trestle that had a tricky down hill approach. It was abandoned manj years ago as unsafe by the Southern Railroad officials, since a train cross ing the span had a tendency to be thrownover the outer edge by centri fugal force. Rattling down the grade in the peace of a Sunday afternoon, the 97 left the trestle and plunged 75 feet into the creek’s ravine below, a short distance from the town’s cot ton mills. Broady, and the conductor, J. T. Blair, were found dead with 8 others in the wreckage, so an official explanation of the tragedy was never determined. Amongrailroad men, it is commonly believed that the brakes failed to hold. When it passed Franklin Junc tion, the locomotive apparently was out of control, and the nearer it came to Danville, the faster it traveled. There is some basis to htis version of the wreck, since the train was run ning at a suicidal rate when it pulled into Danville. On the other hand, it < is believed in some quarters that Broady and Blair intended to get the Old 97 to Danville on time or die trying. This latter belief coincides with sentimental legends of the tra gedy. Despite the song’s version, Broady was not found with his hand on the throttle. In fact, he was found horribly mangled, several feet from the cab, while A. G. Klapp, his fire man, lay close by. The other victims obviously suspected something was wrong before the crash, and several leaped for their lives before the train took its fatal plunge. Fire broke out in the midst of the debris, following the impact, making the work of rescuers hazardous. There were no ambulances in the vicinity ofDanville in those days, but the in juredwer e rushed by wagons to the Home of the Sick, on Jefferson street. The mutilated dead were carried to various Danville undertaking estab | lishments, and prominent officials came to the scene for an investiga tion. Nothing of an enlightening na ture resulted from the probe, and the wreck still remains one of the great est railroad mysteries of all time. Splintered sections of the wooden cars were carried away for kindling wood bytlie poor of Danville, and with the aid of wrecking crev/s all evidence of the catastrophe was soon crashed. The wreck of the Old 97 was but one of many tragedies that have in spired mournful ditties along Tin Pan Alley, bringing plenty of the long green into the coffers of song writers who had their tongues in their cheeks whilee penning the dirges. You’ll ex perience no difficulty in recalling ‘ The Death of Floyd Collins,” and then there was a tearful one about the “Sinking of the Titanic.” More one rambling farm house has echoed the “Fate of the Shenandoah,” and howabout the heartbreaking lyrics of “The Unknown Soldier’s Grave?” There’s pathos abundant in the moral of “The Little Rosewood Casket,” and tragedy is riding “In the Bag gage Coach Ahead.” Far be it from me to poke fun at such songs. They are dear to the hearts of men who wreak a liveli hood from honest dirt, and as such they are truly deserving of a place in the musical catalogue of our America. Whether such prolific senti ment is ill-spent is a matter for you to decide, but the hilly-billy is more typical of our nation than the Star Spangled Banner will ever be. Ad mittedly, such tunes are as rugged is the folks who love to sing them, but a Beethoven or a Schubert would ;nvy the soul-stirrings that have re sulted. Before the depression came along and kicked the music business squarely in the pants, the hilly-billy recordings were outselling the classi cal and so-called popular records combined. They still lead in gross sales, and the improved conditions >f our new era will see them climb o new heights. Plunking banjos and }ff-key fiddles have a very definite place on Melody Lane. And after mooping around in countless rural hamlets, I, for one, am sincerely happy to vote the gnarled hands that manipualte such contraptions a choice nook, along with the tapered and more talented fingers of Paderewski. £VERY person has the same number of minutes in a 24-hour day as ev ery other person. It is not how much timfe do I have but how I use that time that counts. Long winter even ings are approaching and with them leisure hours before bedtime. After supper a glowing fire and a good book can turn an otherwise dull evening into one that is not only pleasant but profitable. Whether it be reading for information pr for pastime, there i$ not a better wayto spend an evening. Many persons have risen to stations of prominence by diligent use of their spare time. There are card games anti many other ways of killing time, but the truly ambitious person has no time to kill. Each minute of the dty is precious. Our evening hours should be devoted to the reading of good books. 'J’WO national organizations are mak ing their annual drive for member ship and funds. The annual roll call for membership in the Red Cross is an event of great importance and it touches every city, village, and com munity in the United States. The Association for the Prevention of Tu berculosis will soon place on sale the Christmas stamps. Both of these or ganizations are doing a great work for our people and are worthy the support of every citizen. In catastro phes where people have suffered and lost homes the Red Cross has carried relief and aid. Anything that helps prevent the scourge of tuberculosis is worthwhile. Let’s help all we can. ^*^»o8»4i585*o8S8o8oSo2o8oSoSS8SSo2;gss;g;8;8*j»o5o»ogo.ojc>.o.o.o^»o«o*o.c,.o.o.o.o»o.o.o.o.c»gjojj.o, » — — - ' u Much-a-do About Nothing | •---— 8? A Non-descript Mood—“My Buddy”—An Evening’s Sunset, Etc., - Just A Few Loeal Observations “By The Man In The Street. "Proof of the pudding1 is in the pie you eat,” goes an age-old adage — Alleghany county voted “wet” last week here in the repeal contest and Monday afternoon the weatherworks wasblowing frozen vapor. . . . extra condiments to go with that (granulat ed-sugar) corn liquor . . . They say a bird usually goes South for the win ter, but we came north for the winter and forgot our red flannels—and now we’re in a —’1 of a fix (Say, mister, could you spare a dime? . . . Mayor Crouse does not tolerate hitch-hiking throughout the province of Sparta ! And, just a little reminder—those city license tags for the town of Sparta are coming up, and maybe a few bucks for a few pieces of the old tin will help put the street lights to burning, if the Western Carolina Utilities don’t think so durn much of their patrons in the city of Sparta to extend a little courtesy. Just another way that helps to make this j a cruel world! A sort of composition J of things that was ground up and well-mixed hi the elements that gavei 1 cause for a war back in 1914, and through which martyrs are now living and celebrated another Armistice of that conflict last Saturday . . Did you recall that eventful day, reader ? Was you active in war-zone teritory ? . . . Well, war is hell, especially, that one was, and there’ll continue to be wars and rumors of wars, but the guy that comes out of war, left to live with just half of himself physically fit and the remaining portion dead is some thing we should all remise at Ar mistice time, and render a prayer for those “buddies” maimed with that dreaded of all diseases in a govern ment hospital fighting his last fight. They went over the top, and are now headed for the last round-up. Since last Thursday night we have j been wondering where we might get a little sugar in Sparta (this is on the Q. T. brother) but some fellers took about 6,000 pounds away from the Cash and Carry boys and just acted scandalous about it . . . and we got the grip since, and N. C. gone dry, too. Suppose we will have to render up that little song entitled—“When Dayis Done—•” and listen for Old Man Winter and l^ls yawns. ECONOMIC HIGH-LIGHTS Happenings Thut Affet Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks, Tax Bills of Every Individual—National and International Problems Inseparable from Welfare It is now expected that the New Year will see the approval of all the industrial codes. That will mean that the National Recovery Administra tion has completed its first great task. At this writing, 59 codes, covering the basic industries, have been approved. One-hundred-thirty-seven are being revised. Forty-seven are scheduled for early hearings. By the time this is read the retail code, which was one of the most difficult, will have been approved unless an unlooked-for pro blem crops up. Most interesting fea ture of this code is that it will elimi nate selling at less than inventory cost, a practice which has been pre valent, especially among larg stores, which advertise “leaders” at less than cost in the hope that customers buy ing them will buy other goods on whicha profit is made. Very small stores, in towns of botton-bracket population, will be immune to code provisions. One important NRA problem is go ing to be the attitude of the press. Here’s where the recovery adminis tration made a possibly far-reaching mistake. When General Johnson ex cluded two reporters from his confer ence, because he didn’t like what they had been writing about NRA, he was doing the unprecedented. Then he put his foot in deeper by advocating a li censing system for ppers, and just about every metropolitan editor in the country ran for his typewriter. On top of that, an NRA representa tive in the South called on the editor of a medium-sized paper, told him that if he didn’t stop making un friendly comment on NRA labor pro visions,he’d find himself in trouble. The editor spoke up in his paper and found the whole press, including the most zealous supporters of the Roose velt program, behind him. This threa tened press censorship is vitally im portant,a and sparks are going to fly when it really comes to a head. General belief is that Mr. Roosevelt is heartily in favor of a free press— this his mistake is in hot holding tight enough rein on some of his as sistants. One fine afternoon back in 1913 an obscure prince was shot in the equally obscure city of Sarajevo. To most of tne world the event simply meant one more scarehead and nothing more. Then armies began mobilizing. Lights burned late in chancellories. The Brit ish Navy set out for maneuvers sev erals weeks ahead of the normal time. And the greatest war in history was underway. Matters are not especially different in Europe now. Hitler’s withdrawal of Germany from the League of Na tions and the disarmament confer ence, has sent the greatest scare since those 1913 days through prem iers and emperors, congresses and parliaments. The Hitler position is that the Versailles treaty is unbear able—that the refusal to meet Ger many on an equal basis so far as ar maments, especially, are concerned, thrusts the blame onto the other pow ers and that whatever happens will be their fault. Position of the other powers is more vague than that, and more confused. But they definitely fear Germany. Theoretically she has no army, save a small Reichswehr made up of picked men in for long terms. Practically, she has a great army, consisting of Hitler’s brown shirts, which, under command of schooled Reichswehr officers, is pow erful indeed. Her great lack is the weapons of offense—artillery, tanks, planes. Final decision may be left to France, which has most at stake, is most afraid. Many European states men believe it is time to declare a preventative war on Germany, crush her absolutely and unseat Hitler, be fore she has time to prepare. Smaller countries are alarmed—barricades are rising on the Swiss frontier, and her small, but first-class army receiv ed increased appropriations, went in to harsh training. There is a link of nations around Germany of which but one, France, is great—the others, however, by cumulative action, could mhke it very unpleasant for Hitler. So far as the United States is con cerned, these events are of only eco nomic importance. Roosevelt policy will doubtless be to keep hands off— even in case of war, to pursue com plete and dispassionate neutrality. It’s Europe’s affairs—and the fires are burning faster daily. Speaking of fires, the U. S. has one ofits own. It’s consuming the prairie country. Not a literal blaze, it is in the minds and hearts of farmers, who believe the AAA has failed to aid them; have watched their purchasing power, in many instances, go sharply down while other prices went sharply up. The Administration is frankly worried as the farm strike movement grows, takes in more farmers, more kinds of products, more states. Milo Reno, who can be both a fire eater j and a fire - maker, came into sight ! again with his Farm Holiday Associa- i tion, told his followers to buy noth- j ing, sell nothing, pay no taxes and no j debts, until selling prices at least \ reached cost price. Two governors ex pressed themselves as being in sym pathy with farmers’ strike. Whole future of the Administration farm program is at stake and strong- j est efforts will be given to bringing arder from chaos. LAUREL SPRINGS NEWS Mr. and Mrs. McGlamary and chil dren of North Wilkeaboro, were visi tors here in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Landreth last week. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Fender spent a day with Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Fender of Stratford. Robert Bare, sone of Cleve Bare, was killed in a car wreck near Char lotte yesterday. Funeral arrange ments have not been learned as yet. Miss Mildred Dancy and Miss Kath erine Roberts of Glade Valley high school, visited their homes over the week-end. Those visiting Mrs. Mary Taylor Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rich ardson and little son, Robert Glenn; Mrs. C. M. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Ev erette Taylor and children, the Misses Grace, Dorothy, and Faye Taylor, Mr. Larimer Sheets, Mr. Geo. Spicer and Mr. Tyre Spicer. Miss Dorothy Taylor spent Wednes day night with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Vester Mabe. NOTICE! NORTH CAROLINA, ALLEGHANY COUNTY. | In The Superior Court—Before the j Clerk. • B. D. Beamer, executor of J. H. Rhu dy, deceased, Plaintiff, | . - vs i Mrs. Hattie Rhudy, James Rhudy, Mary P\ Sutherland, Horace Suth ' erland, Ralph M. Rhudy, Elis Os borne and T. H. Osborne, efendants The defenedants above named, will I take notice that action entitled as | above has been commenced in the , Superior Court of Surry County, North arolina, to sell land owned by defendants for partition and to create assets to pay the debts of the J. H. Rhudy estate; and the defendants will further take notice that they are re quired to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said ounty on 14th day of December, 1933, j and answer or demur to the complaint in said action, or the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief de manded in said Complaint. This 13th day of November, 1933. A. F. REEVES, Clerk of Superior Court. N OTIC I? ! NORTH CAROLINA, ALLEGHANY COUNTY—In The Su perior Court Before The Clerk: J..K. Taylor, Administrator of Meridy Hill, Plaintiff, - vs John H. Hill, .Mrs. Laura Spencer, Mrs. Margaret Eichell, Mrs. Louisa Pollock, and Harold Hill, Defen dants. The defendants above named will , take notice that the action as entitled above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Alleghany County to sell the Meridy Hill land for the ; payment of debts of the estate. The defendants, and each of them, j is further notified that he is required to appear at the office of the Clerk of j the Superior Court of said County and answer, or demur to the com plaint in said action of the 27th day of November, 1933, or the relief de manded for the Plaintiff will be granted. , This October 28, 1933. A. F. REEVES, Clerk of the Superior Court. t IN THE SUPERIOR COURT NORTH CAROLINA,' ALLEGHANY COUNTY. Sidney Gambill, Administrator of the estate of J. W. Roup, deceased, vs Mrs. Nannie Roup et al. An upset bid having been made on the sale of the lands hereinafter des cribed, which sale was made on the 30th day of October, 1933, I will, on Saturday, December 2nd, 1933, at the court house door at Sparta, N. C., at one o’clock P. M., sell to the highest bidder the following described land to-wit: Lying and being in Alleghany coun ty, said State, Prathers Creek Town ship, surrounded by the lands of Frank Roup, Floyd Roup, S. M. Cau dill, Charlie Patterson, and others, being the old home place of the late J. W. Roup, containing 60 acres more or less.. / . Terms: One-half cash on day of sale. Balance on six months time. This November 1st, 1933. SIDNEY GAMBILL, Commisioner. DR. M. A. ROYALL, Elkin, N. C. SPECIALIST in diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat GLASSES FITTED GOOD PROMPT FOOD —at— SERVICE 5-10-25 Cent Lunch I Tap Beer .6 and 10c. I Barbeeue Sandwiches .10c. Special Dinner, .25c. 114 Main St., GALAX, VA. ' USED Cars — FORD Cars 1982 V-8 COUPE .$874.00 1931 Long Wheel base TRUCK & Dual Wheels, ..$800.00 1929 PICK-UP, ..$200.00 1980 ROADSTER...$125.00 1928 COUPE, . $125.00 19558 CHEVROLET Coach $60.00 1929 BUICK COUPE $160.00 1928 FORD TRUCK.$ 70.00 19S0 CHEVROLET TRUCK, .$200.00 1928 FORD ROADSTER $100.00 KADIU SUPPLIES— Tubes And Batteries Tested Free. Alleghany Motor Sales Sparta, - - North Carolina THE SPARTA GARAGE IS YOUR CAR READY FOR COLD WEATHER ? A general motor tune-up will insure easy starting and peppy performance on frosty mornings. —GILLETTE AND ATLAS TERES_ GENERAL REPAIRS POPULAR PRICES F. M. JOINES, Manager. SPARTA, NORTH CAROLINA CAMELS ARE BETTER FOR STEADY SMOKING I STEADY SMOKING TELLS YOU WHAT A CIGARETTE'S REALLY GOT. iVE BEEN SMOKING CAMELS ALL DAY AND THEY STILL TASTE MILD AND COOL AND MIGHTY GOOD i PVn.. ..i i _A 0<u«tel's ccsdi&r iolficccs never cjeton yewTicroeS..fHevertire tpurTo&te TRUSTEE’S SALE NORTH CAROLINA, ALLEGHANY COUNTY. By virtue of the power conferred in the undersigned, A. B. Steadham, Trustee, in ar certain Deed of Trust executed by T. G. Richardson and wife, Annice Richardson, Jan. 13, 1930, recorded in Book 16, Page 90, in office of Register of Deeds, said County and State, securing the pay ment of a note in the amount of $600.00 with interest, default having been made and demand for sale be ing made by the holder of said note, I will, on Friday, Dec. 1st, 1933, at 1 o’clock P. M., at the court house door in Sparta, Alleghany County, N. C., offer for sale to the highest bid der for cash the following described real estate: In Gap Civil Township, adjoining the lands of Bess Spicer, W. B. Estep, Ray Hamptop and others, being the iraci or iana conveyea to T. u. Kicn ardson toy R. A. Wagoner and wife by deed dated Oct. 10, 1929, and re gistered in Book 39, page 143 in Al leghany County, to which record re ference is made for a full and speci fic description; containing 07 and 56 100 acres, more or less. This October 31, 1933. A. B. STEADHAM, Trustee. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ALLEGHANY Under and by virtue of a certain execution issued out of the Superior Court of Alleghany County in favor of Mrs. Lura Hackler, Administratrix, and against W. H. Edwards, D. M. Edwards and C. W. Higgins as de fendants for the sum of $99.85 to gether with interest and costs, in order to satisfy the same, I will, on Monday, Dec. 4th, 1933, at one o’clock P. M., at the court house door at Sparta, N. C., sell to the highest bidder for cash, all the right, title, and interest of W. H. Edwards in and to the following described real estate, to-wit: All that piece or parcel of land containing 62 acres more or les, lo cated, lying, and being in Whitehead township, said county and State, being bounded on the north by the lands of John R. Joines, on the east by the lands of Robert Rector and Clark Joines, on the south by the lands of J. M. Brown and Alvin Ed wards, and on the west by the lands of S. M. Edwards and Wm. Clary. This Nov. 1st, 1933. R. B. McMILLAN, Sheriff. NOTICE Having qualified as executor of the last will and testament of Ellen Mill er, I hereby notify all persons having ( claims against her estate to present them to me within twelve months of this date or this notice will be plead ; in bar of recovery. All persons indebt j ed to the estate are notified to make settlement. This Nov. 6th, 1933. M. E. REEVES, 1 Executor of Ellen Miller. NOTICE OF SALE! Under and by virtue of an execu tion issued out of the Superior Court of Alleghany County in favor of the Bank of Sparta as plaintiff and B.O. and LefE Choate as defendants, I will, on Monday, Dec. 4th, 1933, at one o’clock P. M., at the court house at Sparta, N. C., to satisfy said exe cution, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following real estate, to wit: FIRST TRACT; Beginning on a stake on Main Street of Sparta, N.C. running north 52 %. E. 100 feet to a stake; S. 42% W. 25 feet 10 inches to a wall; then N. 42% W. with wall 20 fet 2% inches to a stake; S. 51% E. through B. O. Choate’s residence 74 feet 2 inches to a stake; N. 42% W. 41 feet 3 inches to the beginning, being the lot of land duly allotted to B. O. Choate as his homestead, the allotment being recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds in Book 6, Page 338. SECOND TRACT: Beginning on a stake on Main Street of Sparta, run ning from the center of the walk leading to P L. Choate’s residence, S. 42% E. 52 feet down the street to a stake; N. 51% east 235 feet to a fence in B. O. Choate’s line; N. 41% W. 52 feet to a stake in P. L.Choate’a fence; S. 51% W. about 235 feet to the beginning, being the land allotted to P. L. Choate as his homestead, the allottment being recorded in the of fice of the Register of Deeds of said county in Book 6, Page 336. This Oct. 16th, 1933. R. B. McMILLAN, Sheriff. NOTICE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT BEFORE THE CLERK NORTH CAROLINA, ALLEGHANY COUNTY Helen Osborne and husband, Charlie Osborne, Plaintiffs -vs Ellen Burchett, et al., defendants. Under and by virtue of judgement in the above entitled action, I will offer for sale at public auction at the Court House door in Sparta, on the 4th of December, 1933, at 11 A. M. to the highest bidder the following described lands: Being the lands of which Jacob Pruitt died, siezed and possessed, con taining fifty-five acres more or less, bounded and surrounded by the lands of Booker Taylor, Fielder Mabe, Bed ney Pruitt, and R. L. Doughton. Said sale will be made for one-half cash on day of sale, and balance on twelve months time. This November 7, 1933. R. F. Crouse, Commissioner. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of the estate of G. C. Warden, de ceased, notice is hereby given to all parsons holding claims against the estate to present them to the under signed within twelve months from this date or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. All persons in debted to the estate are notified to make immediate settlement. This Nov. 6th, 1933. HOMER A SMITH.