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other types of shelter. 1t all depends
upon what materials you have avail
able.
The next problem is a bed. Per-
haps the family has folding camp
cot and mattress that goes with it,
or you may have one of the folding
variety. If so, you're all fixed But
you may have to rig up bed out
of what you can find, and that is
not SO easy.
Your Scout manual has sugges-
tions for making frame and lacing
it with rope for springs. Perhaps
your dad will help you nail up
frame out of scrap lumber and show
you the fine points of making
regular pioneer bed.
You can use fir boughs that have
been stripped of the heavy wood
for a mattress, or you might use
straw or corn husks. Cover with an
old quilt and tuck it in all the way
around. then make up your bed as
usual, being careful to tuck in your
bedding all around SO it won't drag
on the ground and get dirty. This
kind of mattress should be stirred
frequently to keep it from packing
and 1t should be aired weekly. II
you know a soldier ask him how
to make up camp bed. There's a
fellow who really knows how!
A sleeping bag is the ideal ar
rangement. II you haven't one you
can make one by folding thick
quilt and sewing up one end and
part of the side with good, strong
thread. If you can find a Upper out
of an old sweater 1t will make get
ting in and out Of your bag easier.
A sleeping bag must always be aired
every day to keep it fresh. I use a
little cotton blanket inside my own
bag when l camp out and sun it
each morning. Such a blanket is
easily washed and is cozy on a chilly
night.
Storage Space.
If you're serious in the matter
there will be no running in and out
of the house for needed articles,
so you must think of storage space
for clothing and toilet needs. Per-
haps you have small trunk such
as the Army calls foot locker. This
can be padlocked SO that curious
neighborhood small fry won't get
into it, A wooden chest, metal
suitcase or similar container with
a lid, could be used. Fasten a mir
ror inside the lid and you have
a convenient dressing table
And why not rig up your own
private shower in far corner of
the yard? Make little room out of
cloth fastend around four stakes,
then fix a support for the garden
hose and there you are.
You may have to buy few yards
of mosquito netting if insects are
a problem and make a little tent
to cover the upper part OF your bed.
Such a screen is nice to keep the
flies off If you want to sleep late on
Sunday mornings, or lounge on your
bed and read.
Now that you have your plans
! made announce the idea to the
family. After they get used to the
idea. they will cooperate. Try it
! and see!
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lICdu GCdSllCi IldS sCt IilIASCA b
threefold responsibility; first and
foremost. he is determined to get his
$50 youngsters ttheir ages run from
9 to IA through the war years prop
erly nourished; he wants to give
them the opportunity of feeling they
are pulling their weight in the war
effort, and he wants to educate
them for life after the war.
Putting first things first. he has
directed the bulk of his children's
efforts to the land Every flower
bed in the school gardens has been
dug and planted with vegetables.
Outside the school grounds, three
acres of land have been taken over
for cultivation. and Norman Rob-
erts. 14-year- -old foreman, says il
only he could get one of those Amer
lean tractors. there is no limit to
what he would take on.
Dinner Club.
AS it is, a neighboring farmer
plows and harrows the land. and
in return the children hoe his beans,
plant his potatoes or do other work
for him. For the last l8 months
the school has been able to supply
most of the vegetables for the Din
ner Club, where those children who
have farthest to come, or who cam
not be given a good meal at home,
get a four-square midday meal for
less than a dime. The youngsters sit
IL to table and wait on themselves.
To avoid waste, they are encouraged
to ask for the kind of helpings they
want-big or small, green's or not,
custard or jam.
The children have acquired two
pigs DIRTY Diana and Wasteful
Willy, two sheep tFlotsam and
Jetsam), two goats Cert and Daisy
and "a Belgian hares (unnamed. All
their produce is sold to the Dinner
Club and the money goes back into
the land.
The story of their farming activi-
ties does not end there. They have
voluntarily assumed responsibility
for digging, planting and tending
the gardens of every village family
whose men have gone into the fight
ing services or into industry.
But perhaps the biggest effort OF
all is made by the boys, who are
allowed to give 20 half days a year
Of their school time to help local
farmers-planting, gathering and
sorting potatoes, haymaking, snip
ping mangolds, carting green crops
for silage, threshing wheat, oats,
beans, ETC.; cutting sunflowers for
birdseed. For this work, they draw
their first wages-10 cents an hour.
Something has had to be sacrificed
to achieve these results, and football
and cricket are out for the dura
ton. Swimming remains the only
planned exercise. The children do
not mind, and their health certainly
has not suffered.
A wise head teacher has adapted
the teaching OF mathematics and
other sciences to the wartime in
terests of his pupils. 1t was the
children who measured the school
windows and reported how much
blackout cloth would be wanted: it
is the children who keep all the
farming accounts; it is they who
estimate how much soil can be
planted with the seed available and
calculate what crop can be expected.
They are carrying out experiments
for the Agricultural Experimental
Station on the effect of doping
beans with sewage sludge, and they
are bringing their fruit trees to
maximum bearing by injecting a
solution of per cent of potash.
Campaigns are organized against
rats-which the Minister of Agri-
culture reports are costing the
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Riddles

Have you heard any new riddles
lately? II so, let the Riddle Man
know about them He'll print them
along with your name If they're
good.
l. Why didn't they play cards on
the Ark?-Harold r. Manning.
2. What Is the largest room in the
world?--Bertha Sanford.
3. When may man be said to
breakfast before he gets up?-Dave
Niles.
4. When does a ship tell a false
hood d?-Arleen Whiden.
5. What Is 1t that a man doesn't
have. never can have, yet can give to
. womAn?-Betty Sue Moore.
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country 100000 a week. Three
hundred and ninety-nine were har-
vested at the stacks, bringing in a
reward of penny a tail
A single days onslaught on a
plague of cabbage butterflies pro-
duced catch of $50 The school
co-operates In the delivery of hot
pies to farmers and land girls work.
ing in isolated areas. And. finally,
cooking classes produce quantities
of jelly, jam and preserved fruit
for the Dinner Club.
The first war service this school
was called on to make came in Au-
gust, 1899, when it assisted in the
Nation wide evacuation scheme and
helped to welcome, feed and find
billets for 23l London children.
Seventy-two of the evacuees still
attend the school and some OF them
hope to make permanent homes IN
the country.
At the same time the children
made themselves responsible for
filling enough sandbags to protect
the first aid posts, the wardens'
posts and the rifles pits. They dug
the trenches which in the early
months of the war did duty for the
air-raid shelters that have taken
their place. The children still act
as messengers for the Civil Defense,
the Womens Voluntary Services, the
Home Guard, the Red Cross and the
War Charities Fund.
They enjoy acting as casualties
in the civil defense, first aid and
invasion exercises, and the l4-year-
old boys do all-night duty at the
first aid post now that the village
has lost so many of its men to the
services. These older boys have
formed their own cadet service and
drill with rifles that they made
themselves; they shaped the wood,
added half-inch iron piping to
form the barrel and used old sus-
penders as sings.
Cradles and Clutches.
In their school workroom the
children make splints for the first
aid post; they have sent the local
military hospital 40 bed cradles, IS
pairs of crutches, 40 cutlery boxes
and a stock of bedside cabinets.
They make and mend all the toys
of the local infants school.
The school has adopted two mine
sweepers, H. M. S. Haleyen and H.
M. S. Welsbach. For the last two
years the youngsters have raised
$1,000 a year to buy cigarettes and
comforts for the crews. They also
are busy knitting socks, scarves,
mittens and helmets to make up the
parcels that go off three times q
year-to an annual value OF about
1880. Hardly week goes by with
out a concert, sale OF work, lottery
or gymkhana to raise funds for one
purpose or another Perhaps the
high spot in the schools financial
| contribution to the war was the
sum of just over $4,000 that it raised
in Warships' Week, when the vii
lage amazed itself by producing the
grand total of $4,000.
Salvage is another permanent as
pect of their war effort When Lord
Beaverbrook made his appeal for
aluminium, these youngsters collect
ed 367 articles in one week. Regu-
larly, week by week, they collect
and sort paper, rags, cardboard.
bones, iron, bottles, jars, tins and
rubber
This is the free war effort of Brit
ish school children who will take
their place in free world after the
war; they like to think the Axis can
not rival it for all its regimenta-
ton of youth.
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tnlng we W0uld
need for a two
day trip. Then
we split the sup
plies so that the
weight would be
divided equally.
We mapped our
course, checked
our bikes, strap
ped our supplies
on the carriers,
and got off on
the first leg of
our hike" at
about 2 pm. on
July 4. Our OBJ
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perlence at II,
t 90. He h a S
drummed for the
Roosevelt Cadet
Band, the Police
Boys Club Band,
the ks Club
B a n d an d a
swing orchestra
C o m ose d of
high school stu
dents.
One of Alexis
most cherished
possessions Is a
Tyre with gold
drumStickS on
e a C h side, He
Evening star., 1942-07-26
Erberienced

Just after her car smacked
pedestrian, the lady driver hoped
out.
ITS all your fault" she cried.
I'm an experienced driver. I've had
nv license for three years
I'm no amateur myself, lady the
victim returned. I've been walking
for 38 years"
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low British Boys and Girls Are Helping Their Nations War Effort
Schools Flower Beds Are
Planted With Vegetables
Herfordshire Pupils Also Work
3 Acres and Aid Farmer in
Exchange for Flowing
By H. ]. ]. SARGENT,

NDON Reich Leader Axmann knows the full story of what
British boys
him. would
Herfodshire.
To this the
of
taacho
Evening star., 1942-07-26
Some Interesting Facts
About Unusual Metal
BY RAMON COFFMAN
uJncle Raw

Mercury OF the most interesting
life.
Mercury bowl will hot
100
temperature down
nd
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Two Boys Enjoy
Bike Hike to
Lake Jackson
Burned Bacon and
Tough Eggs Taste
Good on Outing
Prize Contribution
BY DON BUZZELL, Is,
Wsshineton-Lee High School.

Recently, my chum, John Dudley.
snd I went on a 30-mile bike hike"
which gave us good week end out
ing at very little expense.
First, we made up a list of every
Evening star., 1942-07-26
How to go Camping in
Your Own Back Yard
By G. DARWIN PEAVY.

camp this
camping
back and after disappointment
will find 1t almost much fun regular
The first thing consider shelter If the family small
tent simply secluded
with clothes lines.
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Too Late

Grandpa. :"
Quiet. Richard. Children should
be seen and not heard"
But, Grandpa, :"
BE still, my boy"
Gosh, Grandpa. :"
"All right. What is it,"
Well, there was a caterpillar In
your salad. but you've eaten It,"
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Riddle AnSwers
], Because Noah sat on the deck,
2. Room for improvement. ;, When
he takes . roll in bed. 4. When 1t
lies at anchor. 5. A husband.
Evening star., 1942-07-26
His Oun Wap

LIfA NUp ~ "y
Lady: Il wouldn't cry like that,
my little man"
Boy: Cry any way you want TO,
lady. This is my way
Contributed by Esther Bonville.
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Beating Drums
Roosevelt Boys
Favorite Hobby
But His Ambition Is
To Become Naval
Academy Student
Prize Contribution.
BY SHIRLEY E. TURNER, le
Roosevelt High School.

Alex Sheftell. Is. is the Gene
krupa of Roosevelt High School.
Beating drums Is Alexis favorita
diversion, and he has had lots of ex-
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The bond that none may dare
to break
That bindeth man and wife,.
In view of the sacredness, the
permanent nature, and the vital
Importance of the marriage re-
lationship it seems reasonable
that parents along with the
church should give more atten-
ton to young people in prepar-
ing them for wedlock. Young
people SO often enter into the
marriage relationship and assume
the roll of parenthood without
realizing the solemnity and re-
sponsibilities involved in es-
tablishing home and the rearing
of family. young people should
be led by the church to weave the
experiences of a wholesome ro-
nance into the fabric of a happy
and Christian reality"
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
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PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE
OF DISSOLUTION

State of North Carolina
Department of State
To all to whom these presents
may come-greeting:
| WHEREAS, 1t appears to my
satisfaction, by duly authenticated
| record of the proceedings for the
voluntary dissolution thereof by
the unanimous consent of all
stockholders, deposited in my Of
flee, that the Segraves-T Thomas
Agency Co., a corporation of this
State, whose principal office is
situated in the Town of West Jeff
erson, County of Ashe, State of
North Carolina ct. c. Bowie be-
ing the agent therein and in
charge thereof, upon whom pro-
cess may be served). has complied
with the requirements of Chap
ter %, Consolidated Statutes, en-
titled "Corporations," preliminary
to the issuing of this Certificate
of Dissolution:
NOW THEREFORE, I, Thad
Eure, Secretary of State of the
State of North Carolina, do here
by certify that the said corpora
ton did, on the 18th day of Oc-
tober, 1912, file in my office a
duly executed and attested con-
sent in writing to the dissolution
of said corporation, executed by
all the stockholders thereof,
which said consent and the rec
ord of the proceedings aforesaid
are now on file in my said office
as provided by law.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, 1.
have hereto set my hand and af-
fixed my official seal at Raleigh,
this 18th day of October, 1912.
THAD EURE,
Secretary of State
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NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY
JOHN WADE WARD
VS..
DELLA WARD, Widow of Steph-
en- Ward, deceased, BRUCE
WARD, PHAMA MEYER and
husband, M. E. MEYER, DALE
WARD, BLANDINA WARD
KYLE WARD, BLAINE WARD
EDNA WARD and c. S. NEAL
Guardian ad Litem for Edna
Ward. ..
The defendants, Bruce Ward
Phama Meyer and husband, M
E. Meyer, Dale Ward, Blandins
Ward, Kyle Ward, and Blaine
Ward will take notice that an &C.
ton entitled as above has beer
commenced in the Superior Court
of Ashe County, North Carolina
by the plaintiff, this being an &C.
ton to partition real estate il
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PVT. FRANCIS E. GRUBB

Pvt. Francis Elmer Grub was
born September Is, 1917 and dice
October 10, 1912 He was the
youngest son of Mrs. Minta and
Wiley Grub. His father pre-
coded him in death twenty-five
years.
Francis was a friend to every
one. His sunny smiles and friend
ly' greetings will be missed by
all who knew him.
Early in life he made a profess
sion of faith and united with the
Mountain View Methodist church.
There are evidences that this
Light was still burning in his
soul. On one occasion he ex-
pressed a desire to die quickly
while assuring his friend that he
had no fear of death.
While doing his share in help
ing to make America strong, God
saw fit to bring his services to
a close. We are humbly submis-
sive to the will of God, who
works in mysterious ways His
wonders to perform"
AS a soldier, he attended
church when his work would al
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NOTICE OF SALE

I, A. H. Bell, will, at one o'clock
P. M, on Saturday, November
81, 1912, on the premises of the
Segraves Motor Company, War
rensville, N. c., sell to the high
est bidder for cash a Ford va
Truck, Motor No. BB18441241, the
property of Ed Manuel; the pur-
pose of this sale being to satisfy
a mechanics lien in my favor "a
gainst said truck for repairs to
the same of the value of $3.50,
and further the cost of keeping
and selling the same, the account
aforesaid being now more than
twelve months past due and
wholly unpaid.
A. H. Bell, Lienholder.
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which the defendants own or
claim an interest; and
The said defendants will furth-
er take notice that they and each
of them are hereby required to
appear at the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court Of Ashe
County at his office in the court
house in Jefferson, North Caro-
lima, on November 10, 1912, or
within ten days thereafter, and
answer or demur to the petition
filed in said cause or the plaintiff
will apply to the Court for the re-
lief demanded in said petition.
This the 10th day of October
1912.
J. D. STANSBERRY
Clerk Superior Court
10-15-4T
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Carolina, land because of default
in the payment of the indebted
ness thereby secured and demand
having been made and default of
the note secured by this Deed of
Trust having not been paid, and
the holder of this note has re-
quested the undersigned Trustee
to advertise for sale the land de-
scribed in said Deed of Trust at
foreclosure. I hereby give notice
that on November Is, 1912 at IL
o'clock noon at the Courthouse
door in Jefferson, Ashe County,
N. c., I will offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash the land
described in said Deed of Trust,
as follows: Lying and being in
Jefferson township adjoining the
lands of Edmond Forster, w. P.
Waugh, Lee Horton and others;
Beginning on a white oak FaW's
old corner running west to a
stake, then North 80 poles to a
stake, then east 80 poles to a
stake, then south 80 poles to the
beginning. Containing S acres
more or less, and known as the
J. Glenn Maxwell land.
This land is being sold subject
to small payment still due T. w.
Landreth on the J. Glenn Max
we'll Deed of Trust and all taxes
due, if any, so both Deeds of
Trust can be fully cancelled to
make good title.
This 18th day of October, 1912.
T. w. Landreth, Trustee.
1O-22-4T
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Nettle Knob News

Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Goodman
of Detroit, visited J. P. Goodman
last week.
Mrs. Richard Watson has beer
very sick.
Miss Erma Lee Goodman spent
the week end at home. She i!
going to school at Konnarock
Va.
Mrs. Ralph Parson visited hel
sister, Mrs. w. M. Georld, al
Blowing Rock, Sunday.
Mrs. Walter Phillips, of Media
Penn, is visiting friends and rel
atives here.
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Cranberry News

Rev. w. H. Caldwell filled his
regular appointment at Scottville
Baptist church Saturday and
Sunday.
The w. M. S. of Scottville
church met at the home of Mrs
w. F. Shepherd Thursday
Members present were Mrs. ]. c.
Names, Mrs. w. E. Nuckolls,
Mrs. E. B. Shepherd, Mrs. w. H.
Perkins, Mrs. Melvin Richardson,
Mrs. Blaine Phipps, Mrs. Marion
Fowlkes. The lesson was discuss
ed in general with Mrs. ]. c.
Names as leader. After the pro-
gram the hostess assisted by Mrs.
Fowlkes served delicious refresh
ments. Next meeting is to be
held with Mrs. r. H. Sheets.
Mr.. and Mrs j. c. Atwood and
little granddaughter, Carol, Mr..
and Mrs. Dale Atwood, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Atwood at
Anawalt, w. Va, over the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brandt Taylor and
Mrs. ]. K. Taylor, of Furches and
Mr.. Bill johnson and children,
Darrell and George, of Warrens-
vile, were visitors of MIR. and
Mrs. E, B. Shepherd, Sunday.
Miss Phyllis Nuckolls, OF
Draughn's Business College,
Winston-Salem, spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Nuckolls.
Mrs. J. c. Names and little
son, Jimmie, spent the week end
with her husband, who holds g
position at Asheville.
Mrs. Rebecca Wyatt. of Wilkes
county, is spending some time
with her brother, Mr.. A. c. Dan.
cy.
! Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Shepherd
and daughter, Elizabeth, were
visitors in the Crumpler commun
ity, Sunday afternoon.
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low him. From Pvt. Ingle, who
was with him for eighteen
months, we quote, Francis was
one of the incest boys I have ev-
er met"
He leaves behind, his mother
Mrs. Minta Grub, Creston, one
sister, Mrs. James Winebarger,
Creston, and one brother, Boyc
Grubb, of Cinncinatti, Ohio.
A host of relatives and friends
mourn the loss of a good soldier
a true friend, and a loyal son
May God, in His tender mercy
look down and soothe all aching
hearts.
BY Gertrude GRAPHICAL.
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE
OF REAL ESTATE

Under and by virtue of the
power of authority contained in
a certain Deed of Trust executed
by Vince Wolfe and wife, Rose
Wolfe, to T. w. Landreth, Trustee,
dated November 7, 1929, and re-
corded in Book 80, page 300 in
the office of the Register of
Deeds of Ashe County, North
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EXECUTREX NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHE COUNTY

Having qualified as Executrix
of the last Will and Testament of
Robert Edwards, deceased, Late
of Ashe County, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
the said estate to present them for
payment to the undersigned on
or before the 21st day of October,
1943, or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said es-
tate will please make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
This October 81, 1912.
Mrs. Annie Edwards, Execu-
trix of Robert Edwards, de-
ceased. 1O-29-6T
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FOR SALES acres good land,
4 stacks of hay, two good young
COWS, four-room house and store
combined. Good location within
300 feet of Lansing high school.
If interested, see or write G. c.
Casio, Lansing, N. c. 10-8-4tp
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FOR SALE-Two good mich
cows. See Cecil Sale at Francis
Sales place, II miles east of
North Wilkesboro on U. S. High
way 421. 1O-29-1tpd.
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A complete course in Beauty Gull
ture of one thousand hours for
$5c only. State approved school.
Glasses now forming. Mrs. Jake
Church, Macs School of Beau
ty Culture, North Wilkesboro, N.
Z. Silk
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'":'wtt. ~ WASHINGTON
mIl::1lllk!fIIl.

each state as well as in most
towns and counties and steps will
be taken to see that all weak
spots in the salvage setup are
strengthened and that scrap col
Letting is put on permanent
basis.
Buy War Savings Stamps
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WANTED-Two or three rent
ers with families to move to farm
at once. Must be reliable, able
to milk and care for livestock.
See or write C. o. Blevins, Box
81, China Grove, N. c. 1O-29-4tp
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CARD OF THANKS

I should like, to express my ap'
probation to those who were sc
very kind to me in my recent
trouble. 1 especially thank the
Riverview teachers for the nice
flowers.
Mrs. Minta Grub
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LOST - Black leather wallet.
ELH in corner, Containing metal
badge, Georgia auto registration,
drivers license. Finder return to
The Skyland Post. Reward.
10-22-3t.
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FOR SALE-Jersey cow, fresh
and calf. See or write Mrs. Dali
sy Eller, Crumpler, N. c.
1929 1tpd.
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