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poles to an apple tree; then north
81 liz west 10 1-2 poles to the begin
ming, containing 10 acres, more or
less.
SECOND TRACT: Beginning at q
hickory on the south side of Red Hill,
old road and running north IS west
4-5 Of q pole to q stake in said old
road; then in and with said old road
south 35 west IL poles to stake;
then south as west s 1-5 poles to q
stake in said old road; then leaving
said old road south IA east A poles
to tsake on ridge, J. N. Davis corn
err; then south e5 west So poles to a
stake; then south 6 west 20 1-3 poles
to locust, said Davis corner; then
south So west Is IL poles to a stake
in the road; then in and with said
road and w. T. Titles line south so
east poles to a stake; then south Al
east 26 poles to stake; then south
33 East 6 poles to stake; then south
% IL east poles to stake; then
south 10 LIZ east 10 poles to a stake;
then south II 1-2 east 8 poles to q
stake; then south % east leaving
road 4 As poles to a chestnut on the
south side of road; then south 81
east with the fence 80 poles to a
stake in the fork of the branch; then
leaving w. P. Titles line and run
ming in and with A. B. Smiths line
and with the wire fence north 5 east
z 1-5 poles to a small hickory; then
north AZ I1-2 east 13 1-2 poles to a.
stake where the wire fences join;
then - 81 west 18 poles to a stake
at turn Of wire fence; then north 13
east Is poles to a stake; then north
81 east 40 poles to a stake; then
north So east 8 poles to a stake on
ridge where 8 wire fences join; then
north IL east % poles to stake, A.
B. Smith and ]. M. Sawyer's corner;
then north 40 west in and with ]. NJ
Sawyer's line II Ia poles to a maple
:1su1oo s.1eHMsS '5Bus 4snooI puB
then north IS west 81 As poles to the
beginning, containing As acres, and
40 square poles.
This August 21st, 1925.
9-12 T. C. BOWIE, Trustee.
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NOTICE

North Carolina
Ashe County.
In the Superior Court.
Bertha Deaton, Plaintiff,
VS..
Dorsey Ebert Deaton, Defendant.
To Dorsey Ebert Deaton
Defendant:
You are hereby notified that an &C
ton as above entitled has been begun
in the Superior Court of Ashe Coun-
ty, by the plaintiff against the de-
PENDANT for the purpose of dissolving
the bonds of matrimony existing be-
tween the plaintiff and defendant upon
the grounds of two years desertion;
and you are further notified that the
summons is returnable before the
Clerk of Superior Court of Ashe
County in his office in the courthouse
in Jefferson, N. C. on Monday, the
10th day Of September, 1885 when
and where you are required to appear
and answer or demur to the COM
plant in said cause which has been
filed, or the relief therein prayed for
will be granted.
This the 18th day of August, 1885.
I'D. STANSBERRY,
Clerk of Superior Court.
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

North Carolina
Ashe County.
By virtue Of a power Of sale con-
tanned in a certain deed of trust, exc
cuted on the 29th day of April, 1927,
by Carl Gambill and wife, Nora Cam
bill, Wiley Gambill and wife, Ruth
Gambill, to 7. c. Bowie, Trustee,
which deed Of trust is duly recorded
in the office of the Register of Deeds
Of Ashe County in Book % page 500,
and default having been made in the
payment Of said Deed of trust, and
interest thereon, and at the request
of the holder thereof, /, T. c. Bowie,
Trustee will sell to the highest bid
der for cash on the 21st day Of Sep
TENDER, 1885 at 2:30 o'clock p. M. at
the courthouse door in Jefferson, N.
c. the following described land:
FIRST TRACT: Beginning on a
stake in J. M. Gambill's line at w. F.
Blevins' fence in ap agreed line on
top of the ridge; then with ]. M.
Gambill's line eastward to Elizabeth
Blevins's line; then with said line
southwark with John Vaught's line;
then westward with said line and
fence to w. F. Blevins's line; then
with his line and fence to where said
line turns north; then northward with
said line and fence to the beginning,
containing 2G acres, more or less.
SECOND TRACT: Bounded on the
east by the lands Of J. c. Gambill and
the G. w. Sawyer land; on the north
by the lands Of J. M. Gambill, de-
ceased; on the west by the lands of
John Vaught and John Shoemaker
land; on the south by the lands Of
Estis Gambill and w. T. Sturgill and
Containing 1876 acres, more or less,
the same being part of the j. M.
Gambill, deceased farm, the same be-
ing the entire interest in said farm
owned by Mary e. Blevins and con-
veyed by her to Carl T. Gambill and
wife and Wiley F. Gambill and wife,
and for more specific description Of
said tract, reference is hereby made
to the title deed to said property.
THIRD TRACT: The entire inter-
est Of the parties of the first part in
and to the real estate owned by their
father, J. M. Gambill at the time of
his death, the same being known as
the J. M. Gambill homestead, and
situated in Ashe County, N. C.. in
Chestnut Hill township, adjoining the
lands of A. M. Jones, ]. S. Taylor and
others, consisting Of about 100 acres.
This August Fl, 1885.
9-12 T. c. BOWIE, Trustee.
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NOTICE

Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of J. G. Reeves, deceas-
ed, late of Ashe County, North Caro-
lima, this is to notify all persons hav-
ing claims against the estate of the
said deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at Nathans Creek, N. c.,
on or before the 18th day of August,
1896, or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please make
immediate settlement.
This the 18th day of August, 1876.
ALONZO REEVES, Admr.
Of j. G. Reeves, deceased. 9-19
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

North Carolina
Ashe County.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of
power of sale contained in a certain
Deed Of Trust executed by B. H. Goss
and wife, Maragret S. Goss to the
undersigned trustee, under date of
May &c.. 1885, which Deed of Trust is
duly recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Ashe County in
Book No. "a, page 81, to which rec
ord reference is hereby made; and
Default having been made in the
payment of said Deed of Trust as
therein provided and having been re-
quested to do so by the parties at
interest: =
I, T. C. Bowie, Jr., trustee will on
the 18th day of September, 1885 at
100 o'clock P. M. at the courthouse
door in Jefferson, North Carolina,
sell to the highest bidder, to satisfy
said Deed of Trust, interest and cost,
the following described real-estate,
to-wit:
Lying and being on Big Phoenix
Mountain including most of the Big
Spring and known as the Christian
Ernest John Grant No. 2085, Daniel
Blevins grants No. 1917 and No. 1858
combined into one tract under one
survey and bounded as follows:
BEGINNING at chestnut near
Big Spring, siad to haven marked
"EG" and running north 20 degrees
west 70 poles to stake on the north
side of the top of the mountain; then
south 70 degrees West 12O poles to a
stake on the South side of the top of
the mountain; then south IS degrees
east 235 poles to a stake for q dog
wood; then south 8 3-5 poles to a
stake in the Hamilton, now Johnson
line; then south IS degrees east rs
poles to chestnut oak, Johnson's
corner in the Bass line; then north
2 degrees east 118 poles to a stake
in the line Of the Ernest and Griffith
Grants near a marked hickory; then
South Al degrees East IA poles to a
stake in the hollow, 2 chestnuts and
white oak pointers; then north 81
degrees east 70 poles to a stake on a
ridge, 2 chestnut and water oal
pointers; then north Al degrees west
139 poles to the beginning, containing
215 acres and z poles, more or less
This the 18th day of August, 1885
9-19 T. c. BOWIE, JR., Trustee.
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

North Carolina
Ashe County.
Under and by virtue of power of
sale contained in certain Deed of
Trust executed on the 18th day of
February, 1881 by r. C.. Barlow and
wife, Katie Barlow, to T. C. Bowie,
Trustee, to secure and save harmless
j. M. Barlow and ]. w. Barlow and
certain other parties named therein
from the pyament of certain bonds
and notes described therein, which
deed of trust is duly recorded in the
Office of the Register of Deeds for
Ashe County, in Book q, pages 1875
to 1877; and
Whereas, the said J. M. Barlow and
j. w. Barlow and the parties secured
by said Deed of Trust have been COM
PEELED to pay or assume the payment
of the obligations named in said Deed
of Trust;
Now, therefore, at the instance and
request of the cestui que trust named
in said Deed Of Trust, I, T. c. Bowie,
Trustee, will sell to the highest bid
der for cash at the courthouse door
in Jefferson, North Carolina, on the
21st day of September, 1885, at one
o'clock P. M, the following described
real estate, to-wit:
FIRST TRACT: Specifically de-
scribed in q deed from Calvin Van
over to r. C. Barlow, dated April 2,
1895, and recorded in Book mn, Page
Is and containing 80 acres more or
less, said deed recorded in Office of
Register of Deeds Of Ashe County.
SECOND TRACT: Specifically de-
scribed in a deed from J. w. Osborne
and wife to R. C. Barlow, dated Sep
TENDER 81, 1904, recorded in office of
Register of Deeds of Ashe County,
in Book WV, Pages 317 to 318, con-
tanning acres, more or less.
THIRD TRACT: Specifically de-
scribed in deed from J. M. Barlow to
R. C. Barlow, dated March 20, 1915,
recorded in Office of Register of
Deeds of Ashe County, in Book FL,
Page 406, containing rs acres, more
or less.
FOURTH TRACT: Specifically de-
scribed in deed from Samuel Price
to r. C. Barlow dated September 2,
1902, recorded in the Office of Regis
ter of Deeds of Ashe County, in Book
WV, Page So, containing 9 acres,
more or less.
FIFTH TRACT: Known as the
Sarah Osborne Dover Tract, con-
tanning Is acres, more or less, the
same being the land on which the
said r. C. Barlow and wife now live
and for specific description Of said
land reference is hereby made to the
title deed of said r. C. Barlow and
wife for said tract of land.
Said-sale is made subject to Deed
of Trust to the Federal Land Bank
upon said property.
This the 21st day Of August, 1885.
9-12 T. C. BOWIE, Trustee.
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NOTICE OF SALE

North Carolina
Ashe County. .-.-
,'' In the Superior Court.
Walter Stansberry, Administrator of
w. ]. Stansberry Deceased, and Lena
Stansberry, Widow,
vs..
C. w. Stansberry, J. D. Stansberry,
Ida Tucker, Walter Stansberry, Clora
M. Elliott and husband, Elmer Elliott,
and Edgar Stansberry.
Under and by virtue of an order Of
the Superior Court Of Ashe County
made in the above entitled special
proceeding, the undersigned Commits
sioner win on the 18th day Of Septem-
Der, 1885, at one o'clock P. M. at the
Courthouse door in Jefferson, North
Carolina; offer for sale to the highest
bidder that certain tract of land lying
and being in Horse Creek Township,
Ashe County, North Carolina, bound
ed on the North by the lands of
Edgar Stansberry, on the East by the
lands of Walter Stansberry and Hen
ry Stike, on the South by the lands
of L. C. Brooks, and on the West by
the lands Of Vance Miller and Oliver
Ham, and by estimation contains 20
acres, more or less, it being the land
which w. ]. Stansberry, deceased,
was seized at the time of his death.
Terms of sale announced on day of
sale.
This August 26, 1885.
IRA T. JOHNSTON,
9-26 Commissioner.
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NOTICE
North Carolina
Ashe County.

North Carolina
Ashe County.
In the Superior Court
Before the Clerk.
Atlantic Joint Stock Land Bank
Of Raleigh
VS..
H. H. Lemly and wife, Annie Lemly,
Bank of Ashe and Beulah Hamilton,
Executrix of G. L. Park, Trustee for
the Bank Of Ashe, Johnson Memorial
Clinic, Pearly Beshears, Administra-
trix of j. w. Galloway, J. A. Howell,
Dora B. Dogett, Administrative Of
Hal Doggett, r. F. Bledsoe, Abing-
don Grocery Company, G. T. Greer,
H. B. Perry, Bank of Ashe, Liquidat-
ing Agent for Peoples Bank and
Trust Company, S. E. Phillips, and A.
F. Phillips.
The defendants, Johnson Memorial
Clinic, Abingdon Grocery Company,
]. A. Howell, and Dora B. Doggett,
Administrative of Hal Doggett, will
take notice that an action as above
entitled has been commenced in the
Superior Court Of Ashe County,
North Carolina, for the foreclosure of
a certain mortgage executed by H. H.
Lemly and wife, Annie Lemly, under
date of January 10, 1923, on certain
real estate in Ashe County, North
Carolina, in which the above named
defendants own or claim an interest
by reason of certain judgments of
record in Ashe County, North Caro-
lima; and
The said defendants will further
take notice that they and each Of
them is required to appear at the
Office Of the Clerk of the Superior
Court for Ashe County at the Court
house in Jefferson, North Carolina,
on the 9th day of September, 1895
or thirty (3O) days thereafter, and
answer or demur to the complaint in
said action or the plaintiff will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This the 9th day of August, 1885.
J. D. Stansberry,
9-26 Clerk Superior Court.
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NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina
Ashe County.

North Carolina
Ashe County.
In the Superior Court.
D. H. Waters, Plaintiff,
F. A, Waters n. H. Waters, J.. s..
Waters, Eva Beshears and husband,
Ray Beshears, Sarah Adams and hus-
band, Robt. Adams, Defendants.
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of o
Decree on the above entitled cause, ],
T. C. Bowie, Jr., Commissioner, will
sell to the highest bidder for cash at
the courthouse in Jefferson, North
Carolina at 100 O'clock P. M. on the
21st day of September, 1885, the fol-
lowing described real-estate:
Lying and being in Ashe County
and bounded as follows to-wit: 1ss'
BEGINNING on q sassafras on the
north side Of the Blue Ridge, and rum
ming then south 20 east to and with
the old j. c.. Horton line 100 poles to
@ white oak and spanish oak; then
with the j. C. Horton line to d white
oak near the Bear, Wallow; then east
with the ]. C. Horton line to his To-
Gust corner; then running with the
outside boundary of the land formerly
owned by Nathan Horton and Rufus
b. Horton to Frederick Michell's
line; then with the friedrich Michel
line or lines to the line Of the Lanier
tract;1 then with said line to the be-
ginning, so as to include all Of the
land owned by Nathan Horton and
Rufus D. Horton on the Blue Ridge,
which land they sold to A. D. Cowles.
and containing about two hundred
(2OO) acres, more or less" NJ 'h-@
Terms of sale cash. Said sale being
made for the purpose of creating as
sets to pay the debts of L. M. Waters,
deceased.
This the 21st day Of August, 1885.
T. C. BOWIE, .JR.,
0-12 Commissioner.
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NOTICE

State Of North Carolina
County of Ashe.
In the Superior Court.
A. L. Barker, Plaintiff,
VS..
Clyde Barker, Defendant.
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the Su-
perior Court of Ashe County, which
is an action to obtain a divorce on
the grounds Of adultry.
The defendant will further take
notice that she is required to appear
at the office of the undersigned with
in thirty days from the completion of
the publication Of this notice, or the
relief demanded will be granted.
This Aug. Goth 1885.
j. b. STANSBERRY,
Clerk Of the Superior Court.
Sidney Gambill, Atty. 9-1S
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE
North Carolina
ASho County

ASne county
Under and by virtue of power of
sale contained in a certain deed Of
trust executed by C. r. Eller and
wife, Grace p. Eller to the undersipn.
ed Trustee under date of August 20.
1884; which deed of trust is dulv re.
corded in the office of the Register
of Deeds for Ashe County, in Book
81, Page 522, to whcih record refer
ence is hereby made; and,
Default having been made in the
said deed of trust as therein provid-
ed; and having been requested to do
so by the parties at interest;
/, Zeb V. Gambill, Trustee, will, on
the Bird day of October, 1886, at one
(1 O'clock P. NJ, at the courthouse
door in Jefferson, North Carolina,
sell to the highest bidder, for cash,
to satisfy the said deed of trust, in
terest and cost, the following de-
scrlbed real estate, to-wit:
The said lot or parcel Of land lying
and being situated in the town Of
West jefferson, North Carolina, and
the same being Lot No. 80 and part
Of Lot No. 81, of the Green Extension
to the town of West Jefferson, North
Carolina, and measuring IS feet by
1875 feet, and for complete descrip-
ton of same reference is made to the
Plat Of lots for the said town of West
Jefferson, North Carolina, as record.
ed in the office of the Register of
Deeds for Ashe County.
This September Bird, 1885.
1913 FEB V. GAMBILL, Trustee.
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NOTICE
NU1
North Carolina
Ashe County.

Ashe County.
In the Superior Court
Before the Clerk.
The Federal Land Bank of Columbia
VS..
Wiley F. Gambill and wife, Ruth
Gambill, and w. B. Perkins, and T. C..
Bowie, Trustee.
TIE defendants, Wiley F. Gambill
and wife, Ruth Gambill, and w. B.
Perkins, will take notice that an ac-
ton as above entitled has been COM
menced in the Superior Court of Ashe
County, North Carolina, for the fore
closure of certain mortgage execut-
ed by Wiley F. Gambill and wife,
Ruth Gambill, under date of Septem-
Der %, 1928, on certain real estate in
Ashe County, North Carolina, in
which the above named defendants
own or claim an interest by reason of
certain judgments of record in Ashe
County, North Carolina; and
The said defendants will further
take notice that they and each of
them is required to appear at the
Office of the Clerk Of the Superior
Court for Ashe County at the Court
house in Jefferson, North Carolina,
on the 30th day of September, 1885
or thirty (30) days thereafter, and
answer or demur to the complaint in
said action or the plaintiff will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This the Both day of August, 1885.
J. L. STANSBERRY,
Clerk Superior Court.
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NOTICE
North Carolina
A 1Io T-->-A.


Ashe County
In the Superior Court
Before the Clerk
The Federal Land Bank of Columbia
VS..
w. M. Hurley and wife, Birdie Hur-
I've, Ira T. Johnston, Trustee, Bank
Of Glade Springs, First National
Bank, West Jefferson, N. c., and
Ambrose Clark.
The defendant, Bank of Glade
Springs, will take notice that an &C
ton as above entitled has been COM
menced in the Superior Court TO Ashe
County, North Carolina, for the fore
closure of certain mortgage execut-
ed by w. M. Hurley and wife, Birdie
Hurley, under date of March IA, 1925,
on certain real estate in Ashe Coun-
ty, North Carolina, in which the,
above named defendant owns or
claims an interest by reason of a
certain judgment of record in Ashe
County, North Carolina; and
The said defendant will further
take notice that it is required to ap-
pear at the Office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court for Ashe County at
the Courthouse in Jefferson, North
Carolina, on the 3rd day of October,
1885 or within thirty (3O) days there
after, and answer or demur to the,
complaint in said action or the plain
tiff will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in said complaint.
This 3rd day of September, 1885.
J. L. STANSBERRY,
1913 Clerk Superior Court.
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

North Carolina
Ashe County.
BY virtue of a power Of sale con-
tanned in a certain deed of trust exc
cuted on the 9Th day Of February,
1882 by A. N. Harris and wife, Mara
gret Harris, to T. C. Bowie, Trustee
for Minnie @. K. Funk to secure the
sum of 81 10000, which deed of trust
is duly recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds Of Ashe County in
Book No. 80, page 191, and default
having been made in the payment OF
interest on said deed of trust and at
the instance and request Of the holder
of said note thereby secured, /. T. G.
Bowie, Trustee will sell to the highest
bidder for cash at the courthouse door
in Jefferson, N. c. at 100 o'clock P.
M. on the 21st day Of September,
1885, the following described land to
wit:
FIRST TRACT: Beginning on a
stake and rock in double branch road,
running in and with said road as it
meanders south 81 1-2 east 8 poles;
south 48 east poles; south 81 east
10 poles; south IS LIZ east poles;
south 40 east poles; south 20 LIZ
east poles; south Is east 6 poles;
south SO 1-2 east poles; south 81 IL
east poles; south "a 1-2 east 4
poles; south IL east poles; south
60 east IL poles; south AZ east 4 IL
poles to stake; in the road in E. F.
Smiths line; then north II east 5 LIZ
poles to q lynn on the west bank Of
the Double Branch; then south Ia ga
west AZ poles to locust; north So Ia
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
North Carolina

North Carolina
Ashe County.
Having qualified as Administrative
eta. of w. N. Galloway, deceased, this
is to notify all persons having claims
against said estate to present them
to the undersigned for payment with
in twelve months from this date or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate will please made i'm
mediate payment.
This July 20, 1885.
MAUD BAKER, eta.
w. N. Galloway, deceased. ga
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NOTICE
North Carolina
Ashe County.

NOfCn CdrOllud
Ashe County.
In the Superior Court.
In the matter of the
Administration of the Eastate
of Rhoda Miller, deceased.
Having qualified as Administrator
on the estate of Rhoda Miller, de-
ceased, late of the County Of Ashe,
North Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against said
estate of the deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned at his residence at
Jefferson, N. c., on or before the 14th
day Of August, 1886, or this notice
win be pied in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
VIII please make immediate payment.
This August 14th, 1885.
C. L. MILLER, Administrator
of Rhoda Miller, deceased. 9-19
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EXECUTORS NOTICE

Having qualified as Executor of
the estate of Fillmore M. Price, late
Of Ashe County, N. C. this is to noti-
fy all persons having claims against
the estate Of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned on or before
the Goth day of August, 1886, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate
settlement.
This the 10Th day Of August, 1886.
H. ]. Price, Executor.
]. M. Prevette, Atty. 9-26
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Philippians detest being Gale. !
Abyssinians because Abyssinia means
linked race" while Ethiopia means
burned by the SUM-"
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Not all insects are destructive to
plants, some preying upon the HARM
full insects.
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LEGAL NOTICES

Advertisements appearing UNI
der this classification, unless
submitted by sheriff, deputy
sheriffs, or lawyers, are pay
able after the first insertion.
This is made necessary due to
the fact that it is almost
impossible to keep up with
accounts in various parts of
the county without going to the
expense Of an elaborate book
ing and collecting system.
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9-26