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STAMP TRAVELLER. "I am very superior," said the Post age Stamp. "I travel all over the world. My family have always trav eled. We don't stay in one place ? of course sometimes we do ? hut more of ten we go away. Now and again our little one-cent brothers go about the town, but we, the noble two-cent stamps, how we travel." "You don't travel any more than we do," said the Envelope upon which the 6tamp was stuck fast. "I disagree with you," said the Stamp. "That makes no difference to me," said the Envelope. "Hut if you dis agree with rae, why don't you leave me?" "I can't," said the Stamp. "Of course you can't, you poor dear," said the Ii^k which had made the ad dress on the envelope. "You're stuck to the envelope, and no matter how hard you quarrel you still have to stick." "Well, I'd like to know if you don't have to stay on too," said the Stamp. "Ah, but I have fun when I'm being put on. Sometimes I make a nice smudgy spot, and then the Creature who has been writing with me does not know what to do. "The Creature will argue like this, 'Now shall I let the Envelope go as it is, or shall I address a fresh one? There is something queer about this Ink.' Then it is that I chuckle. 'No,' the Creature continues, 'I think I will not notice the smudgy spot. Maybe the person getting it will think that the rain has made it look so badly ? rain often gets at a letter.' "And so the Creature blames it on the rain, and I go off quite free." "Thnt's not to your credit when j you're guilty," said the Envelope. "I ?don't like to be smudged. It's not kind, and I'm made of much too nice paper to treat me like that." I "You wouldn't amount to much if I hadn't been used on you," said the Ink. "How could you get anywhere by your self?" "Ha, ha, ha," laughed the Postage Stamp. "And now what'9 up?" asked the Ink who had been getting the best of ev eryone. "You are abusing the poor Envel ope," said the Postage Stamp, "by say ing it couldn't get anywhere by itself, and without you. Now what I would like to know is how either of you could get anywhere without me? That's a pretty good question. Just answer me. How could either of you move any place at all without me? I'm the one who makes traveling possible for you. You'd all be stay-at-homes and never see the world or a new post office if it weren't for me." And the Stamp was very happy. "Well," said the Ink crossly, "you're such an old sticker, no one could get rid of you." "That's so," said t^e Envelope. "You are a great sticker." "But I stick for a purpose," said the Postage Stamp. "I stick to you both We Go On a Train. because we're all going on a journey together. You couldn't go without me, and really and truly you're grateful to me, for I make It possible for you to travel. Yes, I do." "I suppose that's true," said the En velope. "I suppose so," said the Ink. "Well then, as we're all going off together," said the Stamp, "let's be friends and not quarrel." "All right," agreed the Envelope. "Very well," said the Ink. Just at that moment a big thing was put down on the Stamp. "That means I'm being marked from where I start. They'll know just where I came from. Isn't that Interesting?" "Some of that mark got on me, too," said the Envelope. "Don't quarrel," said the Ink. None of the marking had touched the Ink ! i "That's right," said the Postage Stamp, "we mustn't quarrel, and now we're off for a trip. The man is put ting us in a bag. Then we go on a train ? then to a new Post Office, an other mark is put on us of another town, we go into a different bag ? and at last we reach the place we started for." "Yes," said the Ink. "the place I have marked with my ink I" The Highest Happiness. It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very much about our own pleasures. We can only have the highest happiness, pueh as goes along with being a great man, by having wide thoughts and ? much feeling for the rest of the world as w?ll as ourselve3. ? George Eliot. The Flag in God's House. jr ?s ss** ??? \\v> Even the Churches Display the National Colors. Above Is Shown the Flag in the Nave of the Church of the Heavenly Rest, at New YorK. FIRST FLAG OVER SCHOOL Honor Is Claimed for Colrain, Mass., Where National Banner Was Raised in May, 1812. Today the United States flag flies over millions of sclioolhouses, in every city, town and hamlet, throughout the United States, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines. On every day of patri otic observance exercises are held at which the flag Is saluted and the pupils 6tanding give a military salute and in chorus slowly and distinctly repeat : "I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and Justice for all." The distinction of antedating all other schoolhouses in raising the flag belongs to a little log schoolhouse on Catamount hill, Colrain, Mass., in May, 1812. The second war with Great Bri tain was threatening at that time, and the people of the community raised the flag in an outburst of patriotism and loyalty to the United States govern ment. The man who felled the tree to make the flagpole and three members of the committee in charge of the hoisting of the flag were a short time later marching away to the war. After careful investigation of the claim of this school being the first to raise the Stars and Stripes, there was set up, in May, 1903, on the place where the old log schoolhouse had stood, a neat stone tablet on which was carved : The First United States Flag raised over a public school was floated in May, 1812, from a log schoolhouse which stood on this place. Less than a month after the flag on Fort Sumter had been fire<l upon a flag was raised over the Fifth street gram mar school at New Bedford, Mass., May 11, 1861. This was eight months after the dedication of the school building. One of the earliest instances known of a flag being raised over a school building or grounds was over Wash ington school, Chicago, three days after Fort Sumter had been fired upon. The principal, Benjamin F. Cutter, bought the bunting and fdur of his teachers made the flag. One of these women was a native of Maine, one from Massachusetts, another was born In New York state, and the fourth, Mrs. Calista Robinson Jones of Ver mont, was afterward a past national president of the Woman's Relief corps. I Your Flag and : } My Flag j ? By WILBUPv D. NESBIT Q.?. YOUR Flag and my Flagt And oh. how much it hcldi ? Your Und and my land ? secure within its folds I Your heart and my heart beat quicker at the tight: Sun-kissed and wtnd-totaed red and blue and white. The one Flag ? the great Flag ? the Flag for me and you? Glorifies all else beside ? the red and white and blue. "Y"OUR Flag and my Flag I And how it flies today In your Und and my Und and half a world awayl Roie-red and blood-red the stripes forever gleam; Snowwhite and soul-white ? the good forefathov' dream; Sk?J*je and true blue, with star* to gfcam aright ? The gloned guidon of the day; a shelter through the night ?Your FUg and my Flag! To every star and itnpe The drums beat as hearts beat and fifert shrilly pipe* Your Flag and my Flag ? a blessing in the sky; Your hope and my hope ? It never hid a lie I Home land and far Und and half the world around. Old Glory heart our glad salute and ripple* to the sound I Sweet Innocence. Mrs. Youngbride ? Our cook says those eggs you sent yesterday were quite old. Grocer ? Very sorry, ma'am. They were the best we could get. You see, all the young chickens were killed off for the holiday trade, so the old hens are the only ones left to do the layin.' Mrs. Youngbride ? Oh, to be sure! hadn't thought of that. ? Boston Tran script. COTTON MARKET IS STRONG. Renewed Advances Follow Reactions on Realizing. Government Report Bullish. It is not strange, after the recent rise of about 250 to 300 points, that periods of reaction have been wit nessed in cotton. No one expected that tho advance would continue in definitely without a check, and prior to the holiday profit-taking and some other selling carried the July delivery close to 21 cents, and the new crop months below that basis. This repre sented an average break of over 70 points, but the losses were soon re gained and more new high records were established in the late trading. Not only was this true of futures, but the spot quotation also went to an unequaled position and is now nearly $50 a bale above the prevail ing price a year ago. No new fea tures have developed to explain the persistent strength of the market, and none have been needed. Continu ance of adverse crop advices has af forded sufficient incentive for furth er aggressive action by the bullish contingent, and the Government's regular weekly report proved disap pointing to those who had hoped that it would reflect general improvement. Instead, it stated that the crop, on the whole, is in an unsatisfactory po sition, with a good deal of replant ing necessitated and with tempera tures much too low in the northern part of the belt. As the season ad vances with the outlook still unprom ising, predictions of another moder ate yield and even higher prices be come more common. As usual on the even of the Govern ment condition report, various pri* vate estimates were issued and all of these were bullish. Yet many inter ests were surprised when the offi cial figures on Friday placed the con dition of the crop as <if May 25 at only (59.5 per cent, or the lowest for the period on record. Compared with a year ago, the decline is 8.0 points and as contrasted with the ten-year average on May 25 it is 10.3 points. While some people thought that the recent rapid rise of prices had discounted this showing, the market turned sharply upward again after the Government's estimate was made public, with new high levels reached by all the active deliveries. Thus, July went to 22.25 cents, Octo ber to 21.98 cents, December to 22.07 cents, and January to 22.06 cents, and there was little reaction from the top. ? Dun's Review. MILLION TONS COAL MONTHLY. That Much Needed by Italy in Order to Continue Manufacture of Munitions. Washington, June 1. ? Italy needs a million tons of American coal month ly to continue her essential munitions manufacture, according to a state ment today by Francesco Saverio Nitti of the Italian War Mission. Mr. Nitti received A. Joseph di Sil vesto, grand master of the Order of the Sons of Italy of America, for the State' of Pennsylvania, and Eugene V. Allcssandroni, solicitor of the or der and told them the great effort of Italians in this country should be to make it possible to have coal imper atively needed sent to Italy. He also urged that all of Italian descent in this country who have not registered for military service at the Italian Consulate, register for the American Armies. The visitors told Mr. Nitti of Na tion-wide plans of their order for the raising of a big fund for Italian widows and orphans. Tomorrow the prince of Udine and other members of the Mission will be officially re ceived by the House of Representa tives. Unfavorable Weather for Cotton. The regular weeklfy weather re port of the Department of Agricul ture comments on cotton conditions as follows: "The week was much too cool in the northern part of the cotton belt, but the temperatures average close to the normal in the extreme South. Scatered showers occurred except in parts of Florida and Texas and most of Louisiana, and in most of the northern parts of the cotton belt the rainfall was well distributed and fair ly generous in amount. "Cotton is in all stages of develop ment, and, on the whole, is in an unsatisfactory condition. Planting is not yet completed and much re planting has been going on. There are some good stands, but generally cotton came up poorly and is small and backward." ? Dun's Review. British Casualties in Month 114,118. London, June 1. ? British casualties published in May totalled to-day 114,118 officers and men killed, wound ed and missing. The details showed: Killed. Wounded. Missing. Officers.. 1,552 3,762 828 Men 25,838 75,718 6,420 Totals 27,390 79,480 7,248 Going Some. I saw last night a Monkey and a Make-shift at a party Where a Tsetse-fly in goggles fondly thought she was Astarte, And a copper colored Cuckoo was a- j datfodiladallying And calling very softly that the oth ers might come rallying. The bacilli of Bacchus were a-blow ing wine in cases To the thirsty Thermadosis with their Monday morning faces, And 1 really was delighted with the many things I saw ? With a Jigger teaching Joggers how to jail a jogging jaw; With a grubby, Grass-Mosquito chanting to a Ukelele Whose tone was ripping, rasping as a Mukumumulele That dancing o'er the roadway in a very naughty nightie Was telling everybody he was Venus Aphrodite! With a Lizard grummy, greenish when he wasn't looking pale A-tickling of his eyeball with a very nasty nail, While he danced upon his tootsies like a Footle at a furtle, And he wriggled like a Wiggle 'round a woggy old Mock-Turtle. But a burly, busy, Day-Dream making homoeopathic money Couldn't see the humor in the sights which were so funny ? He grabbed this luckless Lizard and he made him go and liz, And no one now can tell me where that poor, wee Lizard is. But a Lizard's not a monkey, and the Monkey at that party Was such a funny monkey that I never laughed so hearty Till the dawn was on the skyline, with a wcrry aching head I tumbled to my senses as I tumbled out of bed. Edmund Leamy. Bukobei, Lake Victoria. A BIG ARMY AND ITS SUPPLIES. War-Time Operation of Railways in France. After the protection of the railways must be considered their operation, and France offers an interesting and striking example, as so much of the war has been fought on her soil and the railways have figured strategical ly and tactically both in defense and attack. Located originally for com mercial advantage, the French rail ways embraced in six leading systems radiating from Paris have more than demonstrated their strategic worth. These six lines, with some 25,000 miles of track, through the agency of a seventy-five-mile connecting line surrounding Paris at an average dis tance of about ten miles and known as Le Grand Ceinture, can be linked up together and absolute intercom munication established. This belt line, built after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, when the military impor tance of railways was so apparent to both Germany and France, was aided by a government subsidy and was built with an excellent road-bed and the heaviest of steel rails. Of minor importance commercially, it has prov ed all-important in the handling of military traffic and thousands of troop trains and trucks laden with the heav iest ordnance from Le Creusot have passed over it. Over it have gone troops from the South of France di rect to the battle zones in the North, and British troops from across the Channel, while interchanges of troops at the battlefront have been made repeatedly. Through this and other agencies the various railways of France have been operated as a whole to great advant age, and Paris as a center of troops and munitions has been a very favor able location both for concentration and distribution. Thus in the early part of the war the concentration of troops to protect Paris was readily accomplished and again for the de fense of Verdun an equally advan tageous distribution of troops was effected. But the French railway sys tem has meant far more than the mere movement of troops as tactical conditions demanded. Here was an army of some 4,000,000 men concen trated along a line GOO miles long and perhaps twenty riiles deep on an av erage. Such a host daily requires some 25,000 tons of rations, of which 1,000,000 quarts of wine is but a single item. To move these supplies requires much rolling stock and one line alone employs over 3500 cars a day for army transportation. When the shipments arrive at the front 1 OK, 000 automobile trucks and *500,000 wagons pre required for their distri bution. ? Herbert T. Wade, in the American Review of Reviews for June, 1917. A good fresh egg, if placed in a basin of water, will lie on its side while a bad one will stand up on the small end. HORSES AND MULES PROBLEM. Government to Need More Than 400,000 of Them When Draft Eorces Mobilize. Mas Only 70,000 Now. (New York Times.) More than 300,000 horses and 100, 000 mules will be needed by the War Department when President Wilson orders the mobilization of the first two armies of 500,000 men each, under the draft act. That the animal prob lem is one of the most important fac ing the military authorities is ad mitted by all army officers. ? * * The passage of the selective draft measure by Congress makes certain the immediate preparation and equip ment of an army of at least 1,000, 000 men in 1917. All preparations are being made for a war that will last three years, for, regardless of \?hat civilians may think, army officials do not expect an early ending to the war into which the United States has been drawn. * * , * ? * It seems probable that the first one million men placed under arms will be composed of 500 regiments of infantry, totalling 750,000 men, 125 regiments of artillery, totalling 143, 250 men, and 100 regiments of cav alry, totalling 130,000 men, making a grand total of a little over 1,000,000 men. The proportion of artillery cer tainly will not be less, and may be more, as actual warfare on European battlefields has demonstrated that overwhelming superiority in the ar tillery branch of the service is es sential to efficient operation by the infantry. It may be argued that there is no probability that the United States will prepare 100 regiments of caval ry, but in view of the danger from the Mexican situation, it appears to be the belief of well informed army officers that at least that many cav alry regiments will be provided for in tTiis year's mobilization. To equip 500 regiments of infantry will require 34,500 riding horses, 56, 000 draft mules, 12,500 pack mules, and 3,000 riding mules. The 125 regi ments or artillery will require 137, 025 horses, 10,000 draft mules, and 500 riding mules. The equipment of 100 regiments of cavalry will neces sitate 154,100 horses, 15,200 draft mules, 2,000 pack mules, and (?00 rid ing mules. The total number therefore required for the equipment of 500 reg iments of infantry, 125 of artillery, and 100 of cavalry, will amount to 325,020 horses and 100,700 mules. The army has at present only 70, 000 head of horses and mules. This means that approximately 350,000 head of horses and mules must be bought within the next six months. Is Friday Unlucky? A number of correspondents de sire information concerning Friday, as regards the popular superstition that it is an unlucky day. Whether or not it is unlucky lies in the mind of the individual. But it is an interesting fact that many im portant events have occurred on this day. Columbus sailed from! Palos on Friday, August 23, 1491. Columbus discovered the new world on Friday, October 12, 1492. Columbus started his return trip to Spain on Friday, March 15, 1493. Columbus disembarked at Anda lusia Friday, June 13, 1493. John Cabot received his commis sion of voyage which resulted in the discovery of North America on Friday, March 15, 1497. The Pilgrims first disembarked at Provincetown Friday, December 22, 1620. Later they landed at Ply mouth. George Washington was born Fri day, February 22, 1732. The union of the Colonies was made Friday, May 20, 1775, by the Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde pendence. Bunker Hill battle was fought Fri day, June 17, 1775. Saratoga was surrendered Friday, October 17, 1777, which caused France to recognize the United States as a Nation. The Philadelphia Declaration of Independence was read to the Conti nental Congress Friday, June 7, 1776. ? Charlotte Observer. Superior Strategy. Mr. Bacon ? Did you make these biscuits, wife? Mrs. Bacon ? I did. "They're smaller than usual, aren't they?" "They are. That's so you'll have less to find fault with." ? Yonkers Statesman. When Love's at the Door. Heaven's at the gate, dear, When love's in the door ? Wealth more than riches And then a bit more. Heaven's in the house, dear, When love's in the heart, Of all that is gladness A beam and a part! ? Baltimore Sun, For Sale by Creech Drug Co., Smithfield, N. C.; R. C. Lassiter & Co., Four Oaks, N. C., J. R. Ledbetter, Princeton, N. C., and all good Dealers. NOTICE. About the first of March, my black sow pig, weight about 45 or 50 pounds, left home. The finder will be rewarded. I live on Mr. J. W. Smith's land, near Elizabeth church. J. P JONES. Smithfield, N. C., R. No. 1. LOOK ON YOUR LABEL, AND IF your subscription is in arrears re member the printer. He has to pay weekly for the cost of getting out the paper. Paying up when your time is out helps us. El). A. HOLT Dealer in High Grade Coffins. Caskets and Burial Kobes, Princeton. - North Carolina NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of L. S. Tart, deceased, hereby noti fies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 1st day of June, 1918, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 29th day of May, 1917 H. M. TART, Administrator. NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOND ELECTION IN MICRO. Pursuant to a Petition by the Coun ty Board of Education of Johnston County, asking for an Election to be called and held in Micro Graded School District, for the purpose of voting on a Bond Issue, not to exceed $15,000.01), to run for 20 years, and to bear interest at a rate not ex ceeding 6 per cent per annum, pay able semi-annually, and providing that a tax not exceeding 30 cents on the $100.00 of property, and 90 cents on the poll be levied, for the purpose of erecting a Graded School Building for said District, and equipping the same, as provided by Chapter 55, of the Public Laws of 1915, it is hereby ordered that an Election be held in Micro Graded School District, on Tuesday, June 12, 1917, for the pur pose of voting on the question of is suing not exceeding $15,000.00 of Bonds, to run for a period of 20 years, to bear interest not exceeding the rate of six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, and to levy a tax of not exceeding 30 cents on the $100.00 of property, and 90 cents on the poll, the funds from which are to be used in the erection of a Graded School Building in said District. The Election is called under Chapter 55, of the Public Laws of 1915, and as therein provided will be held under Rules and Regulations governing Elections in Special Tax Districts, as provided in Section 4115 ? Revised, 1905. There shall be an entire now registration in said District, and all those electors favoring the issuing of Bonds and the levying of a special tax shall vote a ballot, on which shall be printed the words, "For School House Bonds," and those who are opposed shall vote a ballot on which shall be printed the words, "Against School House Bonds." The registration books will open May 11, and close June 2. Clyde Pearce is hereby appointed Registrar, and D. H. Bagley and Ivy Edgerton, Poll Holders, to hold and conduct said Election. Unanimously adopted at the regu lar meeting of the Board of Commis sioners, on the 7th day of May, 1917. SAM T. HONEYCUTT, Clerk to the Board. NOTICE. Under and by virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Johnston Coun ty, made in the special proceedings entitled, A. M. Noble, administrator of Willis Powell, deceased, and D. H. Durham vs. Bost Joyner, et als, heirs at law of Willis Powell, de ceased, the undersigned commission er will, on the 30th day of June, 1917, in front of the postoffice in the town of Princeton, N. C., offer for sale to the highest bidder, for cash, that certain tract of land lying and being in the town of Princeton, and de scribed and defined as follows: "Beginning at T. P. Farley's cor ner, then north 116*4 feet to Eugene Holt's corner; then west 116% feet to John Reed's corner; then south 116% feet to Georgianna Reed's cor ner; then east 116% feet to the be ginning, containing one-half acre, more or less." This 28th day of May, 1917. A. M. NOBLE, Commissioner.