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iOTlCE OF MORTGAGE SALE, Wbereas, on the .fourteenth, da J of January, 1913, Calvin. Nesbit and wife, Martha Nesbit executed to D. S. Pace that mortgage which is of record in book 36 at page 52 of the records of jaortgages and deeds of trust for Hen derson County, whichsaid-mortgage vas given to secure an indebtedness J ti 96 evidenced by two notes,' one in lie sum of $56.96 and the other in Jbe um of $30, both of which fell due L the first day of November, 1913,' und whereas, defaults has been made in the payment of said notes; ; Xow, therefore, by virtue of the pow er contained in said mortgage, the un derpinned mortgagee' will on the 4th Jav of January, 1915, at 12:00 o'clock at the court house door of Hen derson county in the town of Hender son vi lie offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash all of the following de rcribed land situate in the township o Hendersonville, County of Hender Ai State of North Carolina, being the land conveyed by said mortgage ar bounded and described as follow 1st tract: Beginning on a post-oak on the edge of the Howard's Gap Road -wl runs 55 West 20 poles to a stake; iIk m c North 46 West 10 poles "to a stake thence South 46 16 poles r i kake; thence South 40 East 10 iXleVto a post oak; thence North 46 East. 2 poles to a Spanish oak, corner of the two-acre tract; thence South 5 Fast 11 poles to a stake in the How ards Gap Road; thence with said road to the beginning, containing three seres more or less. 2nd tract: All that tract of land ad jcfniiig the lands of Wash Shipman and others and bounded as' follows: Beginning on a rock, J. P. Corn's cor ner, and runs N. 40 W. 26 poles to a rock, thence South 50 E. 41 poles to a stake in the road; thence S. 59 East IS poles to a stake in the branch ; thence South S3 E. 14 poles to Corn's comer; thence N. 5 East 11 poles to a Spanish oak, his corner, thence to the beginning, containing 9 acres more or less. - - 3rd tract: Beginning on a maple on the West side of the branch near the ford of the branch and rung North 40 East 12 poles to a maple on the branch; thence North 77 East 12 -chs to a stake; thence 13 E. 12 poles to a Spanish oak; thence to the beginning, containing one acre more 4th tract: Adjoining the lands of Wui. Shipman and being a part of the old Fletcher tract, begining at a chest nut marked as a corner, being in the North line of said original Fletcher tract, and run E 66 poles to a stake, the corner of Lot No. 4 of the old cor ner; thence South 26 poles the A. J. McMinn survey; thence West 66 poles to a stake corner of Lots Nos. 1 and S; thence to the beginning, contain ing 10 5-8 acres more or less. . This the 2nd day of December, 1914. D. S. PACE; Mortgagee. Per Smith & Shipman, Attorneys. 12-3-5tc NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE. In the Superior Court. State of North Carolina, County of Henderson. Frederick Rutledge, doing business tinder the style and firm name of Frederick Rutledge & Company, V8 M. L. Wheeler, H. P. Wheeler and S. F. Wheeler. By virtue of an execution directed to the undersigned from the Superior Court of Henderson County in the r.bove entitled action, I will, on Mon day, the 4th day of January, 1915, at 1:08 o'clock P. M., at the court house door of said county, sell to the high est bidder for cash to satisfy said ex ecution, all the right, title and interest which the said M. L. Wheeler and H. P. Wheeler, the defendants, have in the following described real estate, tvwit: - - . -' Beginning at a stake on the East side of North Main street and west corner of the Episcopal church lot and runs with the line of the church lot Xorth 72 degrees East 203 feet to a stake, thence South 20 1-2 East 108 feet to a stake, thence North 73 East 305 feet to a stake; thence North 45 East 106 feet to a stake; thence North 41 1-2 West 50 feet to a stake r thence North 45 East 315 feet to a stake oh the West margin of Barker street, thence along the margin of said street North 46 1-2 West 511 1-2 feet to a stake on the South margin of a cross street, thence with the margin of said street 44 1-2 West 577 1-2 feet- to a stake on the East margin of Main street, thence with the marnig of said street South 35 East 214 1-2 feet to- h stake; thence South 28 3-4 East ,106 feet. acres more or less, and being all that property known as the Wheeler Hotel property in the city of Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina. And will, by virtue of said execu tion, on the same day at 11:00 A. M, at the Wheeler Hotel in the City , of Htndersonville, offer for sale tothe pJghest bidder for cash all the foliow teS personal property of the defend ants, to-wit: All the household and kitchen , fur niture and other articles of personal pronern- said Wheeler Hotel. -' '-v x ': Tbis the 4th day of December, 1914. J. C. DRAKE, v f Shf riff of Henderson County, 12-101 4, . MORE SLIPPERS COMING. "mi . me tir.-.-. f;V is at hand," said the preacher." UH'.v.-.iV, ,.v, i . , . . m- a. ouuwmg- piain on eaca ieaca By " ' ,l down upon me ' fly feminine creacher .- r- uisiLfciuL mm - - . -.. ... . . .. Gathering of Plant Sacred Rite . . in Druidical Religious; . Festivals. Also Considered a Potent Remedy for - Ills, a Belief Which Still Exists In Some of the Remote Places ; .,' of. Europe. - - decorate our home's with sprays of mistletoe at Christ mas time, but few - of us know the history of it as a .Yuletide symbol. .- Pretty girls are kissed under it and a great deal of fun and nonsense is carried on apropos of it, but no one stops to think of how ancient a dec oration it is or how sacred it was once thought to be.. . ' " . ; i-1110 everybody - has a " vague knowledge that the Druids of old had something to do with the gathering of mistletoe, but Just what r that some thing was is not clear to the average mind. . . v' The fact is that the ancient Celts in their druidical religion had two great festivals, one in June and the other in December, the latter being equivalent to our Christmas. In both of these great festivals, the gathering of the mistletoe was a sacred rite. Pliny in his "Natural History" de scribes the ceremony. Speaking of the Druids' worship of the oak, he says: "They believe that whatever grows on these trees is sent from heaven and is a sign that the tree has been chosen by the. god himself. The, mistletoe is very rarely to be met with, but when it is found they gather it with solemn ceremony. This they do especially on the sixth day of the moon, because by the sixth day the moon has plenty of vigor and has not run half its course. "After the preparations have been made for a sacrifice and a feast under the tree they hail it aathe universal healer and bring to the ispot two white bulls whose horns have never beeh bound before. A priest clad in a white ' robe climbs the tree and with a golden sickle cuts the mistletoe, which ; is caught in a white cloth. Then they sacrifice the victims, praying that God may make his. own gift to prosper with those upon .whom he has be stowed it. "They believe that a potion pre pared from mistletoe will increase their , flocks and that the plant is a remedy against all .poison. It was believed to be a remedy for many ills, and this belief is still to be found in many remote places in Eu rope. In Holstein, for example, the mistletoe is regarded as a healing remedy for wounds, and in Lacaune, France, it is always administered by the native people as an antidote for poison. . " ' "' In the northeast of Scotland people used to cut 'withes of mistletoe at the March full moon; these they bent in circles and kept for a year to cure hec tic fevers and other troubles: In some parts of Germany the. mistletoe is es pecially esteemed as a remedy for. the ailments of children, who sometimes wear it hung around the neck as an amulet. . In Sweden on Midsummer eve mis tletoe is diligently sought after, the people believing it to be possessed of many mystic qualities, and that if a sprig of it is attached to the ceiling of the dwelling house, the horse's stall or the cow's crib the trolls will then be powerless to injure either man or beast Branches of the plant are com monly seen in farm houses - hanging from the ceiling to protect the dwell ings from all harm, but especially from fire, and persons afflicted with the fall ing sickness think they , can ward off all attacks of the malady "by carrying about with them a knife which has a handle of mistletoe; Like their Swedish neighbors, many German peasants consider the mistls toe a powerful charm against evil spir its. A similar belief seems to have lingered among the Romans, whose rej ligion at a "very early date was some what similar ' to that of the Druids. When Aeneas descended into Hades ho gathered to, protect himself,, from . the infernal powers a branch of mistletoe, which Vergil calls the golden bough. "Can you' suggest something for. me to getor'my .wife for Christmaar' he asked iot the shopkeeper. "You'd better get" her a box of cigars, I expect," said the shopkeeper. ' l .iiliis atsn ' She was m nere uus wuimus ". bought a lace -parasol for,you.',j GLEYELAXD TOLiTO CLUES GEO!? 23SS POUXDS OF VEGETABLES. Girls of the Cunty Grow $100)0 .Worth of Tomatoes, $01.50 on J , One-Tenth Acre. , f ' (By Susan O.Elliott in Cleveland Star) There were enrolled in thi3 county for canning club work from December l&i 3 to December 1914 : eighty-fiva members; Only thirtv-eicht of them made reports. ' Their reports state thai 25,838 pounds of ' tomatoes , were pro duced on Club gardens and that 7,581 5 pound tin cans' were put up from same. . 2,275 glass jars and tin cans of tomatoes, string beans, peaches, ap ples berries and other edible products of the farm have been produced. ' r Total value : . . . ... .$1,399.50 Cost.... , 349.60 Profit .. ... .... 1,049.90 Average cost per members. . . . 9J20 Average profit per member.. 27.44 Miss Annie Alexander of the Falls ton club made the best record. She put up 322 3-lb cans of tomatpes and and 36 10-oz bottles of tomato catsup from her l-10c acre garden. ' These products - represent ' $61.50 in t cash values. She put up 480 glass jars of fruits and Vegetables other than from Ler club garden. - ' The second best record was made by Miss Johnnie Dixon of the same club. She put up 500 3-lb cans of tomatoes' valued at $50.00. from her 1-10 acres garden. She put up 72 glass jars of fruit and 200 cans of peaches in sugar syrup. Miss Mildred Allen of the Elizabeth club made the third best record. She put up 322 3-lb cans of tomatoes and UKed . s.ome fresh from her 1-10 acre liarden. Her crop represent $43.50 in cash 'value. : Owing to unfavorable weather con ditions and some other things our girls have not made as good record as girls In some of the other counties, but our financial returns are ereat enoueh to encourage us to continue the vork. In these times of depression it would seem the part of wisdom to put as much into it as is possible. Our peo ple are beginning to see. that at ail times wholesome food is a marketable commodity, and that the surplus on their farms may be turned into a sub rtantial income. l amest teachers cannot serve their communities better than by interesting their girls In the canning club work. Through it they have an opportunity of co-operating with their parents in providing better fruits and vegetables, end a greater variety of them for home use,' and of making some money of their own. The pleasures they get from club, meetings, canning parties, etc., and the feeling of independence that comes from having money without, haying to ask father for it wiir go a long way towards keeping them con tent on the farm. Some girls are mak ing enough to pay their expenses through school that could not have gone if they had to depend on their parents for funds. Then it is a work that a girl can carry on and live in her own home, on that her parents approves, and one that helps to fit her for a good house keeper and home maker. Her train ing Is not to stop with learning to can well. Each county agent is expected tv grow gradually ..into a consultant housekeeper for the county, promoting home economics In the country schools by her small "cooking clubs, giving in struction in butter making, marketing farm products, grading and packing eggs, impressing the gospel of sanita tion and promoting "get-together-clubs." It is Impossible for me to say how many miles I traveled during the four months I worked, as the roads are not I.osted and I have no way of determin ing the distance. I wrote about 150 personal letters and mailed about 250 circular letters, held twenty-five meet ing and canning, parties and helped in dividuals with their canning. Our girls were so scattered I could not Eerve them as well as I. should like to have done. Next year we hope to bave larger clubs where we are organ 'zed and have new ones. I'OLITICIAJfS COXTROL BEST JOBS Chicago, ;Ills.r; Dec. 3. More than helf the public employes in the United States are , in xpolitics and their jobs are the substructure of the great po litical machines. Richard Henry of Boston, president of the National Civil Service League declared here to right in his annual address at the league's, contention. rjXr- The extension of civil service rather than the protection of places secured by the system, he explained,' is ' to be the Immediate work of tho,league-7 : 1 .''The whole civil service .of the fed eral government' 1 he sald,"""includes about. 475,000 persons with an. aggre gate total , salary estimated at $400, 000,000 a year; Of this number only 61 per cent is under a strict competi tive merit system. "Add to this, the services of the cities, counties and states, there is a grand total of nearly 900,000 appoin tees with - an aggregate annual salary of $700,000,000 of which the far great er part is still In politics unprotected by civil service laws and is used to boild up political machines." ; : All the better- . positions, together with -the .power --of awarding contracts and advantages, are still available td the political "boses" he said. v DON'T LIKE ENFORCEMENT. 4 -Vera Cruz, 'Dec. .12. :if the United States - employes .force to stop the firing by Mexicans across the intcrnU ticnal boundary line at Na'eo it will be considered an unfriendly act, notwith standing the friendly motives cloaking the act." ' --"' In this manner; Genial Carranza made answer, in ' a : statement to -the -issocIaiedi:;Presst6;:-the formal notic -served by - the United States on - both Provisional President - : Gutierrez and General Carranza that -unless such firing .ceased, force "would be employ ed to-protect American territory. -v: , i VALUE OF A CHILD'S GIFTS Those Made With Their Own Hands Teach -Good- Lessons and -. - Give Inspiration. - If . we stop to think. - about our Christmas giving we realize that-a gift means more to the giver thanit does to him who receives. If It is given In the proper spirit- the. donor finds out to the full that it is really "more blessed to give than to re ceive," a fact that is lost sight of in an age - of the commercial " spirit. : With children' there is a great edu cative value ' in their present - giving If it Is encouraged to be really their own giving. ; If the mother, however, simply prepares some little . remem brance, and says "Mary, this Is your Christmas present to Aunt Ellen," the gift has no meaning in the thoughts of the young giver. And not only has it no meaning, but It becomes actually harmful for the reason it pre sents the Idea to the child that the gift without the giver is really a gift. And the child has put no thought or self sacrifice Into the giving of that present. ' " - - On the . other hand, if the child . be given pocket money which it jnay con sider, its very own, or, better still, if It Is enabled to earn pocket money and Is then encouraged to set aside a por tion of its very own money for pres ent making the Idea of true giving is acquired. The sacrifice, the . fore thought, the love necessary to make a gift a real gift are there. The home-made gifts of children have many- valuable lessons to . teach the young, givers. Many lessons in sewing, rafila, bead-work or painting may be given under the guise of mak ing a gift. , In one family, where the elder sister -had never made gifts, and really never , learned to sew well until she was eighteen years of age, the younger ; sister, a girl of ten, In- spired by the example of a. small friend, wished to make birthday gifts for her family. Once she asked her mother to teach her how to crochet; another time to scallop, and before she was twelve years old she had be-, come as proficient a little seamstress as one would want to see. ; ; . Thus practical lessons, are learned, while the child is inspired with the idea that "Not what we give, but what we share; the gift without the giver is bare Advertise it In the Democrat if. you want to sell or swap it. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS, In handing down decisions last week the State Supreme court reversed the case of Hyder against the Southern Railway company and ordered a new trial in the Land Company vs. Floyd, both, Henderson county cases. eopjie meap Have you acquired the "Want Aid Habit?" There is mo more intertihg reai mi ;maii Dusineso-Duiiders ror ail sorts or inmgo YoiMKitid thai at smFexp ere SellCTs and Kentero tbjofether; Bbar3ecura3 Phy Isttticles lrits cdaily the Write Today International Oil Bwnisig 17 Stationary and on Skids . liOgsIieS Portable, on wheels ' 1 With Magnetos and all late im rffovemeiits. Corn Mills,-Feed Mills, Feed Cntters," Wood Saws, Saw Mills, Corn Shellers, etc. Write for" - . . - . - - - - - catalogues, price and terms on complete outfits. ynnnnnmnnnnnnnnngnnnDnnnnEincanaBpu THE BOYS CORN CLUB WORK. Durham COnnty Boys Make 160 Bash els; Girl Makes $131 on Tomatoes. Durham. -The official report of the Boys " Corn club contest shows that Henry ShaWi the small son of a wid owed mother in the southern -part of the county, won the first prize with 160 bushels of corn on an acre of land. The second prize was won by Adol phus Ball, with 145 bushels of corn on an acre of land. - - Of the 100 or more boys who went into the contest last Spring 57 re ported at the courthouse yesterday These 57 boys raised 3,564 bushels of corn on their land, and had an average of 62J21 bushels - an acre the toy. A great deal of - interest has teen manifested in the work of the club during the past year, and over 350 boys and a score of little girls at tended the. meeting in the court house Even more interesting and proba bly showing a better record was the report made, by Miss Ina Colclough, a little girl of the county, who made Situationo ;U use or Citizen W for Rate Card and siciii il Jil w tnelD - CITIZEN:WANT ADS BRING RESULTS S; MORRISON & COMPANY M i X ASHEVILLB , iX. i-U a profit of $131.01 off her tenth of an acre of tomatoes. She was one of! the dozen girls-who sent their reports; for the Tomato Club and she won the? first prize. - ' . : The committee in charge of thist. work had a prize for every boy and; gin who. made a report. They se cured these from ..the business mecs and' other individuals of the city and! there, was not a grea deal of differ ence between, the-value of the first: prize and the last one. ;. They con sisted of articles ;- of merchandise which will be especially useful to the; farmer boy or girl. Get Xmas groceries from Peoples? Grocery. Phone 43. - ltc - Avoid rush and confusion by doing, your Xmas shopping early. Nothing so cheap and handy as old newspapers at this office for five'cents a package. ; ; -i'J lllle r- in can se Sam Copies. V, i r i y r-: hi- r .s;:: r - v