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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-21
A. c. T0WNLEY, DREAMER,
PROMOTER ,B0SSP0LITlCIAN
Townley in Trouble, Fears Publicity
and Seeks Aid

Mr.. Hastings, and that in such an
event it might involve or bring to
light his Florida investment 1t
seems that Brinton had suggested to
Towpley my association with the
project as it's owner. Townley related
how had been in the real estate and
farm loan business for 20 years in
North Dakota; how it would cause no
suspicion if it became known that !
were the owner Of 22,400 acres Of land
in Florida, California or Mexico. And
| saw Townley's point and the mental
explosion that would take place in
North Dakota if it developed and be-
came known that Townley had invest
ed money in Florida land.
| have always been open for a deal
when it came to real estate, and l
generally made my best deal when the
other fellow was the aggressor. l had
dealt in real estate in Iowa, in Min
nesota, Montana and North Dakota,
but | had never seen Florida. l was
reluctant to 60 into project which
had never seen. But Townley was
impatient. "For Gods sake, Jim, take
this deal off my hands," appealed Mr..
Townley. "You can go to Miami, and
take your wife with YOU" explained
Mr.. Townley, "and it will be a fine
trip for you. l will pay your expenses
and after you have seen the property
and agree to assume ownership OF 1T,
we can come to more definite ar
rangement. I've got to get Hastings
out of the deal and get someone else
to take charge of it,"
This was Townley's general line of
talk l finally agreed to go to Florida
and look his proposition over, and
agreed to assume proprietorship Of
the property if it was as he and Brin-
ton represented it to be - provided,
Mr.. Brinton would join me in its man
agement as he was familiar with it
and what had been done. Mr.. Town.
ley and Brinton went back to Fargo
and secured release or withdrawal
from Mr.. Hastings and Box, as l did
not care to have any association in
business way with these gentlemen.
This Mr.. Townley secured and deliv-
cred to Mr.. Brinton and l before we
left for Miami. It reads:
''Thos. P. Harvey, Miami, Flor
ida. Dear Tom: This will intro
duce Mr.. Brinton, who is coming
to Miami to assume full charge
of the sisal proposition and prop
erty and the two companies which
have been organized Please turn
over to him all property, records,
files, letters, documents, and all
the organization papers, ETC., and
hereafter make all future ar
rangements with regard to your
employment, expenses, salary,
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named president Of the company, and
Townley's old employee, T. p. Harvey,
was continued as secretary.
That some may question my story
| have no doubt, as Mr.. Townley is
supposed to be poverty stricken in
spite of the fact that l paid over
$4,000 taxes for him in Dade county,
Florida, the 1918 taxes that were due
when I took charge Of the enterprise.
But to those who doubt will here
signed by J. j. Hastings, in June,
1919, after he had been fired and when
he was still in an angry frame OF
mind, and long before Mr.. Townley
and I, or Mr.. Brinton, became in
volved in a lawsuit over the si3al mat
ter in the Cass county court at Fargo,
which will be settled in due time be-
fore a jury. The Hastings affidavit
contains the following statements:
Furthermore, A. C. Townley
used the funds Of the Nonpartisan
League Publishing company, to
promote the sisal enterprise in
Florida, which later developed
into the United States Sisal trust,
same having been organized by
Thomas Allen Box and myself,
we having taken control of the
project along in July, 1918, be-
cause of the inability Of Mr..
Townley to give it the personal
attention keeping the
thing extremely quiet as the
farmers Of the state should not
know the truth about it until it
was time when the names of the
organizers and the conception IF
the project could be so camou-
tagged as to make it appear that
Mr.. Townley bad nothing to do
with it. Mr.. Box and
made two separate trips to Chi
cago and held a conference each
time with the owners OF town.
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ETC., with Mr.. Brinton, as Mr.. Box
and myself are withdrawing from
the enterprise and turning over
our interests to Mr.. Waters and
Mr.. Brinton. Signed j. j.
Hastings"
Compare this with Mr.. Hastings
telegram printed in the preceding ar
ticle in which he said he was coming
to Miami. The telegram was dated
March II, 1919, and the above was
dated three days later, March IA,
1919. This shows how fast things
were moving. Speed was my instruc-
tions and secrecy my password until
we got Mr.. Townley relieved from his
embarrassing position. We looked for
front page cartoon in the Fargo
Forum every morning showing a
"Townley pipe line" connecting Flori-
da and North Dakota, with North Da-
kota above and money like water
running downhill. | never refused to
help man out in my life when l
could, and especially one who had 22,-
400 acres Of land that he wanted to
turn over to me to hold in trust.
had nothing to lose and l knew that
it was necessary to get Mr.. Townley
out of the land owning class and into
the poverty bankruptcy" class in
haste if he was to continue as the
leader of the Nonpartisan League
and at this time l had no objection to
his running the Nonpartisan League
and all it's machinery. But later when
he commenced to take public funds
out of the State Bank and involve me
and my associates and the state gov
eminent, l changed my mind about
Mr.. Townley and his leadership.
Mr.. Brinton went to Miami ahead
of me, as | couldn't get away imme-
diately because Of official matters
that | had to attend to. Later, few
days, l went to Fargo and got $1,000
at the Scandinavian American bank,
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In the last article we told you OF
rownleys sisal and land enterprise in
Dade county, Florida, and related the
story from the time Townley became
interested in the project in 1916 up to
The time of his financial difficulty at
Valley City, N. Oak, where he and
his attorney, and his employees, Box
and Hastings, became involved in a
federal investigation as the result of
a bank promotion and the reorganiz-
ing of a national bank into a state
bank to be owned and controlled by
League men. Hastings and Box were
being investigated by the federal
grand jury. Townley and his attor-
ney, Lemke, were involved, and the
newspapers were full Of charges and
counter charges. Hastings was about
Co leave for Miami, to take personal
charge Of Townley's Florida under
taking. He was to assume ownership
Of the project and Townley was to
deny any connection with it, but the
federal investigation of Hastings &C.
tivities forced Townley to discharge
Hastings not only as manager and
trustee of the Florida venture but as
financial secretary Of the Nonpartisan
League.
Here Mr. Waters will continue the
story:
About the middle Of March, 1919,
was called from my bed at about mid
night, upon the arrival of the mid
night train from Fargo, by A. c.
'Townley, who informed me to get
dressed and come over to the Nc
Kenzie hotel Upon my arrival there
I found Townley in very excited
state of mind. Mr.. Brinton was also
there. We retired to a room, and
there Mr.. Townley related to me a
long story of his Florida promotion
scheme, the difficulty that he was in,
the necessity Of getting some one ia
assume ownership Of it-and the dan
ger Of publicity-what it would mean
to him if it became publicly known
that he was the owner of 22,4O0 acres
of land away down in Florida. This
was my first knowledge of any inter
est that Mr.. Townley had outside Of
his North Dakota promotions-with
which was more or less familiar.
Mr.. Townley related to me the pos
sibility of an indictment being re-
turned against his financial secretary
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-21
BY J. w. BKlNTON
IOwnley's Former Private Secretary
and Personal Representative, and
J. X. WATERS,

Former Bank Examiner and Manager
of the Bank of North Dakota.
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HOUSEHOLD GOODS

glass cupboard clothes cupboard, tool cupboard din
ing room extension table, lift, breakfast table, kit
giant Universal heating stove desk chair dining room
chairs, high chair folding camp chairs rocking
chairs dresser, chonier, center stands brass bed
rag carpet, No II De Laval separators Sgal
lon cream 5gaon stone jar full of salt brine pickles.
15-gal. stone JAR Quick and Easy washing machine
galvanized wash boiler, gav wash tub, l5gal barrel
churn, lamp, lot Dishes crooks, cooking utensils
glass fruit jars, and other numerous articles
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II HEAD-CATTLE-27 HEAD

4 red cows, ages to years, all giving milk
red cows ages and Z, fresh
spotted COW, years DID, fresh
1 spotted COW years old, giving milk
booded Shorthorn registered bull with papers
2-year- old red Shorthorn heifers, will be fresh
yearling hefers
steers years old
spring calves
Bisbee daily review., 1920-02-25
Legal Notices.
IN THE SUPERIOR CvvnI Of Cochise County, State of Arizona. NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION.

In the Matter of the Estate of Leonard
 b. Montgomery, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that The Bank of Bisbee has filed in this Court certain document purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Leon ard E. Montgomery, together with it's petition praying that said document be admitted to probate in this Court as the last Will and Testament of said Leonard E. Montgomery, who, said petitioner alleges, is deceased, and that letters of administration with the will annexed issue thereon to said pc titioner, and that same will be heard on Saturday. the 2Sth day of February, A. D. 1920, at 10:00 o'clock ill the forenoon of said day, at the court room of said Court, in the Court House. in the City of Tombstone. County of Cochise. State of Arizona, and all persons interested in said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said petitioner should not be granted.
 J. E. JAMES, Clerk.
 By Jos. A. lvey, Deputy Clerk.
 Dated Feb. F, 1920.
 Last publication March 2, 1920.
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FOR SALES room house with fruit trees, 2 two room apartments or will rent all together Geo. Devine house, back of Hayes house, Tomb stone Canyon. Phone Green S5S.
 2793-2-27
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For Sale
Insurance

SIX HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS Assets back of your insurance poli- cies with Us. L. T. Frazier. Collins
 < BrethertCu. Phone 26. Box 22lO. Res. Phone Red S9S. 26I9-3-10
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For Rent-Furnished Rooms

FOR RENT-Housekeep and sleep ing or patching rooms at the Gassen
 House. Apply at School Hill gro cery. 2S79-2-26
Bisbee daily review., 1920-02-25

FOR SALE-10 or 20 acre tracts. Some down, balance without inter- est. This will give families an op- portunity to get home as terms are good. Fine water AZ feet, loamy soil, u:so doby land nearby to build with. One 10 acre tract is to be planted in fruit trees and many oth- ter improvements will be made soon. Good school in the neighborhood. Address LAND, care Box 3661, Low
 ell, Arizona. 2SS3-3-2
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT In the County of coehise,
 State of Arizona
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

-NOIl lCE IO CbEDllORS
 Estate of James C. Ryan, deceased. Notice is hereby given by the under signed. administrator of the estate of James c. Ryan. deceased, to the cred itors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers within four (D months after the first publication of this notice to the said administrator at the office of Messrs Eilinwood and Ross, Attorneys at Law. Bisbee, Arizona, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate, in said Coun- ty of Cochise.
 BANK OF BISBEE,
 Administrator of the estate of
 James C. Ryan, deceased.
 Dated Tombstone. Ariz., this 25tb day ot January, 1920.
 First publication Jan. 2S, 1920.
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Legal Notices.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT n the County of Cochise, State O

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT In the County of Cochise, State of
 Arizona.
 In the Matter of the Estate and Guardianship of Joseph A. Tanner an Incompetent Person. Order to Show Cause on Application of Guardian for Order of Sale of Real Estate.
 or l. w. Wallace, Guardian of the Estate of Joseph A. Tanner. an Incom- potent Person, praying for an order of sale of certain real estate belonging to Joseph A. Tanner, said ward, for the uses and purposes therein set forth;
 IF IS HEREBY ORDERED, That the next of kin of the said ward and all persons interested in the said estate, appear before this Court on Saturday, the 9th day of March, 192O, at 10:00 o'clock a. h., at the Court Room of this Court, at the City of Tombstone, in the said County of Cochise, then and there to show cause why an order should not be granted for the sale of such estate.
 AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That copy of this order be pub lished at least four (4) successive weeks before the said day of hearing in the Bisbee Daily Review, a news paper printed and published III said County of Cochise.
 Dated January 31, 1920.
 ALFRED c. LOCKWOOD,
 Judge of the Superior Court.
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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms suita- ble for one or two gentlemen to the room. 80 Brewery Gulch. P. w. MacMullin, prop, Room F.
 @ 2S74-3-2
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For Sale-Furnished Houses

FOR RENTT3 room furnished house. Apply S7 Montana St., Johnson Add.
 2796-2-26
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For Rent-Apartrnents

FOR RENT-Furnished room apart ment with bath, one bcock from
 Warren post office No children.' Phone Green S70. 2S7S-3-2
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FOR SALES room house, orchard. plenty of water. Wood Canyon. See
 Ned White. 2759-2-25
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For Sale-Autos

FOR SALE-One Overland automobile Continental Red Seal motor, six cyl
 finder. Will take $100 cash, balance easy terms. w. M Mckinney, War ren barber shop. 2S76-2-26
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Business Chances
Professional Cards
Fov Sale-Pastry

LEAVE ORDERS at 77 Main street for cakes and pies and pastries. Mrs.
 w. Bradshaw. 266I-3-13
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NOTICE

The local chapter of the Red Cross has on hand a small quantity of gray sock yarn which it will sell at seventy five cents per hank. Any one desir- ing to secure yarn at less than cost has m opportunity to do so. by apply. ing at the Red Cross office, Library building. 2-10-dh
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= @ @ S at % % @ @ ] t: @ ] % s.
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For Sale-Typewriters

FOR SALE-L. c. Smith typewriter, good condition, price $30. Inquire
 Western Vulcanizing Shop. Phone
 SIP. 2S69-2-27
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For Sale-Real Estate

HOMES AND BUILDING LOTS in all parts of the Warren District. Fire Insurance. No trouble to make surveys and rates. Phone 49. 2769.2-26
 I. w. WALLACE, Agency
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Loo al and
=. News of Week as Told
e by the Banner Reporters

Born in Shreveport last Friday.
place boy.
Mrs. Eudocia Kelly left Sunday
for Many 20 visit her daughter. Mrs.
$. f.. McCOrIuodale.
MIR. J. F. Adair and son. Mr.. Will
bur Adair. of Plain Dealing We're at
tending to business in Benton Tuesday.
Miss Matte Gray Logan. before re-
turning to school ut NatchitOcheS. Is
spending Il few days with her aunt.
Mrs. j. {. Logan. of Nanceville. I,
DIR. J. Il. Hall. of Rocky Mount.
WAS calleed to Haughton the latter
part of last week because Of the illness
Of bis mother. who was said to have
Pneumonia.
Mrs. Il. s. Peace. of Dixie Cross
Roads. waS reported as convalescent
the first of the week. She was for
some ten days or two weeks quite Ill
from an attack of pneumonia.
MIR. ]. NJ Montgomery. of Shreve.
port. who has been quite i'll from III.
!IuenZa. was reported yesterday as able
to lie out Miss Elise Montgomery. his
daughter. who has been ill for week
was still confined to her he'd.
MIR. T. H. Garrett. of the Rocky
Mount community. passed this way al
an early hour this evening. He wa.
just from Shreveport. where he sold
for S2.25 per bushel-;,bout eighteen
bushels of fine Ward Five sweet pOta
toes. As we have always said. that's /;
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mighty good way to fight the boil
weevil.
MIR. and Mrs. +. II. Relcher moved
into the Logan residence Friday Of last
week.
Mrs. W. l.. Keith left yesterday
morning for Webster Parish to visit
relatives.
Mrs. Lula Denmon. who for some
time past has been one Of the Banners
Shreveport subscribers. has written to
request that her paper he mailed to
Homer. care the Homer Abstract Com
pany.
-One of Of our North CaddO sub
scribers. wishing to avoid the trouble
of making Il remittance every twelve
months. has just sent in Il - William.
And there are Il number of others who
have the Banner on the same list.
MIR. NJ. Smith. resident of the
Caney community. passed this way
Monday in going to and returning from
Shreveport. His mission to the city
was to bring home his son. Mr.. Paul
Smith. student at Centenary College.
The young man asked to- he taken
home because Of an attack Of intiu-
| eliza. but when we last heard from
him he had nearly recovered from his
| illness.
MIR. Lee Peace who. jointly with
his brothers. operates a saw mill at
Dixie Cross Roads. was here Monday
experimenting the loading Of lot of
derrick material just sawed out ut his
MILL We learned from him that he had
/ just purchased two big mules to he
used in hauling logs and lumber and
that they cost him. including the har.
ness for each. $1,000. Their weights
are 1423 and 143O pounds (pretty large
mules) but the price paid is enough to
make one think twice before $tartin.
to the market with view of buying
-Severll times this week the writer
has had the pleasure Of meeting face
to face over across the street some kiln
dried Porto Rico sweet lotatOeS-the
same baked just to Il turn. If the dry
ing out process makes any difference
In the taste of these potatoes We failed
to notice it. In truth. they seem just
Il little better than usual, but that may
In part. he because they have been of
our bill of fare for some time. These
potatoes are from the Avalon Farm
Ward Five. for several years pass
under the management Of Mr.. NJ
Smith. Mr.. Smith dries his potatoes
on his own premises and has done -
successfully for at least three seasons
Potatoes are a good food. and cheat
food here in BosSier Parish. and We arr
hoping the day will he fastened whel
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TAN TICE-IMMOvAHLE PROPERTY

| Office of Tax Collector for IiOssicr Parish.
Benton. La. Feb. =. 1920.
To Tnrpayc,x Whose P"stodace Idlycsses
| Ire iHkH0nH.
| In compliance with Act No. 100 of 1S:IS.
and all subsequent laws thereto. you arc
hereby notified by published notice that
your state. parish and all special taxes on
| immOvablc property for the year 1919 are
past due and delinquent. and If not paid
within TWENTY DAYS after the publish.
ing of this notice. 1 will advertise and sell
according to law said property to satisfy
! the Judgment against you. as shown by the
| assessment roll ON file in the Recorder
Office of l'ossicr Parish. Louisiana.
The names of said delinquent taxpayers
| til" amount of the taxes. interest and cost
| due by each. as per assessment Of said
| year. and the ilnMOvablc property assessed
| to each is as follows. to-wit:
JAMES Il. Gillian undivided onc-fiftl
interest In the west half of northeast
| quarter Of section -. township 10, range
| IL: IL acrcs-$:3.oo:5.
J. IL. IlOBBS-Frhe southeast quarter OF
southeast quarter of section -. west hall
of southwest quarter Of section -, and
east half of northeast quarter Of section
| 70. township ~. range 4 : :.W acres
SIZES
&. j. LANE--The east half of sOuthc,st
quarter Of section I. west half Of south
west quarter. northeast quarter of south
west quarter Of section :. northeast quar-
ter Of northeast quarter of section = arc
west half of northwest quarter Of section
| TO- township 10. range II: so acres
| x45.75.
EN;ER l.AWSON-.An undivided One-ciyhtl
interest In the east half Of southwest
quarter Of section -. township II. rang,
| 10: 10 acr.s--x3o1
W. +. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ; and q. Gal
Park Subdivsion-$1 o.
STWDRS StIIAFFER. Inc.-Tots 1. =. ::
!. > and 4 Of block q. Cumberland Sub
division. BOssier tity-S14.OS.
Done and signed officially this, Frbruar,
=. 1870. ]. f. EDWARDS,
Sheriff and er-oDicio Tax Collector fo
Bossier Parish. Louisiana.
February ). 1870. feb 36l
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l.. G. DAVIS, Dealer
2l6 Texas Street. Shreveport
For Sale

MAYS GREAT WESTERN cOTTON SEED
! have tested this cotton five years and
find 1t to be the most prolific variety
have ever grOwn-:;S per cent lint. 111s
to TX staple. according to soil. l get
from 3 to $ cents per pound premium
for this cotton. Ask the cotton buyers
Of Plain Dealing: also. J. 4. Sewall
with the Hicks Company. Shreveport
Ginned Oh my plantation gin. gtaran
teed sound. and sacked. - per buShel
t. o. b. Plain Dealing. La.
Also. have Il few leftover 1918 seed
Of the same variety ut S3 per huShel
al &. L. MAYS. Plain Dealing
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Hastings 1920
Seed CataIog Free

It's ready now One hundred hand.
somely illustrated pages with brilliant
cover in natural colors. It Is both
beautiful and helpful. and all that is
necessary to get it is a postal card
request. You will find our 1920 cata.
l0gue well worth while seed book.
Hastings Seeds are sold direct by
mail. You will never find them on
sale in the stores We have some
five hundred thousand customers who
buy rom us by mail We please and
satisfy them. and we can please and
satisfy you in 1920.
Planting Hastings Seeds in your
garden or in you. fields insures good
luck" SO far as results can be deter
mined by the seed planted. For. 80
years Hastings Seeds have been the
standard of seed excellence and pur.
ity In the South. Only varieties
adapted to the South are listed. Quail.
.ify of the best and prices often less
than those you pay at home. Write
for free copy of this splendid cata.
logue now. Il. G. HASTINGS CO.
Seedsmen, Atlanta, Ga.-(Advt.)
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Announcements

Mr.. W. +. COYLE. Of Ward Four. has al-
thOrizcd the Banner to announce him us Il
candidate to represent that ward as mem
her Of the Police Jury. subject to nominal
iion ut the Democratic primary election to
h. held February a4th.
Mr.. q. T.. Rnm:EEs. of Ward Four. has
authorized the Banner to announce him us
candidate to represent that ward Il
member Of the Police Jury. subject to nomi-
nation at the Democratic primary election
to 1" held February oath.
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Wants to Know About Elc ctlon.

Mr.. Ed Rodgers. now located at Quit
man. Jackson Parish. writes to make
inquiry about the results of the recent
primary election. He says:
''Dcar Friend: want to know how
the election for parish officers came
out in Bossier. Who were the candi-
dates. and SO on: I have not written
to single person in the parish since
left there. hut have thought several
times Of writing to you to learn how
things were progressing in that section.
l have been in Shreveport several
times but did not have time to run up
to Benton
We suggest to Mr.. Rodgers that he
might keep very well posted as to loca!
happenings over this way by subscrib-
ing for the Banner.
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Who Wants a Puppy?

puppies out of full-hloDded Collie
hitch. Irice-maleS. SO: females. 81.
Ready to take away the LIST of March.
Let your check talk for you by mailing
it to me before March. Address me ut
Rocky Mount 7-3I r. ii. FORD.