CONSIDER THE LITTLE PEANUT.
The South Will Make Seventy Mil
lion Bushels This Y'ear. keeps the
Oil Mills Going Where the Cotton
seed Product Has Had to Go.
Washington, July 18. ? While cotton
is still king in the South, the peanut
promises to dispute or to share its
dominion in some sections as part of
well-balanced farming practice. The
State of Texas, for example, has
planted 600,000 acres to peanuts,
more than doubling the acreage of
last year, according to figures just
issued by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. The prospective
crop, on the same authority, is more
than 70 million bushels for the whole
South. Texas already had the largest
acreage in 1916, though in 1909 it
stood sixth, with most of the Atlantic
and Gulf Coast States ahead. Georgia
jumped from 190,000 acres last year
to 420,000. The increase in Texas has
been an index of the increase through
out the lower South, though the pro
portionate increase elsewhere has not
been so great. For the South as a
whole, however, it is remarkable that 1
the acreage has increased from less
than a million and a quarter acres to
more than two million acres.
The peanut may have been held in
light esteem in the popular mind be
cause of its association with circus
and clown, or because the expression
"peanut politics" has designated a
low form of partisanship. Yet this
crop has long been important in
North Carolina, Virginia, and Geor
gia, with Suffolk, Va., as the head- !
quarters of the industry. Here the
price of peanuts is to a large extent
established for the whole country, and [
at prevailing prices peatnuts are in
competition with cotton.
Helping the Oil Men.
Practically no peanut oil was made
in this country prior to 1915, and so
far the oil-mill men had not been ben- J
efited; but it was brought to their at- 1
tention that the United States, in
1914, was importing 1,332,108 gal
lons of peanut oil, and 44,549,789
pounds of nuts. More than half of
the oil wen to Chicago and presum
ably went into oleomargarine, and
the lower grades into soap. The oil
brought more than cottonseed oil. A
few changes in the oil mills, having to
do largely with the cleaning of the
peanuts, and they were ready for the
extraction, and the peanuts began to
come to them. Recently, there has
been such a demand for the nuto
themselves, for manufacture into
products elsewhere, that the mills )
have not been doing much extrac
tion because they could make more
handling the nuts themselves than j
they could by selling the extracted j
product. A single manufacturer of
peanut butter, for exemple, uses more 1
than 200 carloads of shelled nuts a 1
year and expects soon to go to 500
carloads.
Bakers use immense quantities in J
cakes and confections, and it is stated
that many a chocolate cake is coated ,
with a mixture of which peanuts
form a considerable part. With im- ,
ports -cut off by the war, prices are ,
high and give a present large impe
tus to growing peanuts; and even at ,
present prices for cotton, peanuts are
more profitable where there is serious
depredation by the weevil.
Peanut Oil Market. (
Peanut oil promises to be in great- ,
ed demand than ever before because,
according to the Department of Ag
riculture authorities, it is one of the ,
most important of the world's food
oils, and doubly important under pres
ent conditions. With European im- (
ports cut off and a scarcity of cotton- ,
seed oil there is every assurance of a
considerable demand at good prices. ,
American mills, however, are not get
ting the best prices for their product .
because they do not shell and clean
the nuts and remove the germs.
Where this is done, and the first press
ing is made without heating the ma
terial, the extracted oil is clear and
clean and equal in quality to the fin- 1
est imported olive oil, though of a
different and more nut-like flavor. To
many persons it is more palatable
than olive oil.
The Spanish type of peanut should '
be grown for oil, and the only addi
tional equipment needed is that used 1
in peanut cleaning and shelling fac
tories. Peanut meal, left as a by- 1
product of oil extraction, is a very nu
tritious stock feed,
1
The World's Production of Copper. (
The "Pester Lloyd" in a recent is- 1
sue reports that the world's produc- 1
tion of copper during 1916 amount- 1
ed to 1,396,600 tons, as compared '
with 1,061,300 tons in 1915, 923,909
tons in 1914, and 1,066,000 tons in
1913. Of the 1916 production, 880,880 ,
tons are credited to the United States
(556,000 tons in 1913). Next in im- ?
portance ranks Japan with 90,000
tons, followed by Chile with 66,500 (
tons, and Mexico with 55,100 tons. ?
United States Commerce Report.
Most of the things you discover
are second-hand discoveries.
PLANT FALL IRISH POTATOES.
Be Sure to Save A11 Vegetables. Can
Them lor Next Winter's l'?e.
Don't let's hold up a minute on the
food and feed proposition in John
ston County. Our County has done
well thus far, and more food and
feed crops have been raised in John
ston this year than in any one year
in the history of the County, ? al
most as much as in any two previous
years. However, this is not enough.
There is yet time to plant fall Irish
potatoes, beans, garden peas, etc.
Possibly a great many families didn't
can any garden peas. Between now
and August 10th is a good time to
plant a fall crop of these peas.
And, don't overlook to save all
the food and feed crops already
planted. Pickle your cucumbers and
beets; can your tomatoes, beans, etc.,
dry your apples, butter-beans, etc.
Pickle, can or dry all your spare veg
etables in order that nothing shall go
to waste. We have plenty of fresh
vegetables now, but next winter we
will be glad to get what will go to
waste unless we save it now. Miss
Nell Pickens, Home Demonstrator,
will be glad to consult with and ad
vise you as to how to save your sur
plus vegetables, etc.
July 18th, 1917.
F. H. BROOKS,
Chairman Co. Council of Defense.
A Revival at Pine Level.
On the 4th of July, there started
a revival meeting at the Free Will
Baptist church at Pine Level, which
proved to be a good spiritual meeting
from start to finish. It seemed that
the weather, being rainy, was against
us, but the crowd was ready to go to
church and we had a full house, nearly
every night. The meeting was a feast
to all, as the services were held by
Prof. Sawyer, of Ayden, and the
pastor of Pine Levi church, Elder S.
H. Styron, being able, true Chris
tian men, after eight days of prayer,
and surrender to God the power was
revealed in the fruits of 22 coming
into folds of God. About 19 will be
ready for Baptism on 2nd Sunday in
August. Thanks to all people for their
kindness to us.
DAN U. OLIVER.
Pine Level, July 18th.
SMITH SCHOOL HOUSE NOTES.
W e are very glad to learn of the
improvement of Mr. Marshal Lassi
ter's little child who has been very
sick.
Miss Mamie Lassiter and Mr. Va
den Lassiter visited at Mr. Calvin
Lassiter's last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ennis spent
last Saturday night with Mr. Parker
Johnson and family.
Mrs. Zeb Lassiter and children
spent last Sunday with her sister,
Mrs. W. L. Flowers.
Mr. and Mrs. David Barbour vis
ited at Mr. Leon Stephenson's Sun
day.
The crops in our section are looking
well and especially corn, considering
the many big rains we have had. Mr.
D. A. Lassiter has a nice field of
corn which was planted on May the
12th.
Misses Evla and Elsie Johnson and
little brother, Gona, spent last Sun
day with their sister, Mrs. C. V. Las
siter.
Messrs. W. C. and Reuben Lassi
ter were in Smithfield last Tuesday
selling some No. 1 apples.
Messrs. S. A. and Zeb Lassiter,
Nelson Johnson, and Mr. L. V. Lang
don and family and others enjoyed
some good old ice cream at Mr. D.
A. Lassiter's on last Sunday after
noon.
Dr. L. D. Wharton, of Smithfield,
passed through our section Tuesday.
Four Oaks, N. C.
RUSSIANS GET 36,643 CAPTIVES.
Several Big Guns Taken. The Armies
of the Newest Republic.
Russia's advancing armies from
July 1 to 13 captured 834 officers and
35,809 men with a vast store of mili
tary supplies of all kinds, according to
a War Office statement Monday.
In Monday's fighting alone 16 of
ficers and 900 Austro-German troops
were taken.
In addition to the 36,643 men cap
tured between July 1 and 13 the War
Office listed this additional booty:
Ninety-three guns, 28 trench mor
tars, 403 machine guns, 43 mine
throwers, 45 bombing mortars, 3 fire
throwers and two aeroplanes, with a
quantity of other material.
FREE OF CHARGE.
Why suffer with indigestion, dys
pepsia, torpid liver, constipation, sour
stomach, coming-up-of-food-p.fter
eating, etc., when you can get a sam
ple bottle of Green's August Flower
free at Creech Drug Co. This medi
cine has remarkable curative proper
ties, and has demonstrated its effi
ciency by fifty years of success.
Headaches are often caused by a dis
ordered stomach. August Flower is
put up in 25 and 75 cent bottles. For
sale in all civilized countries. ? Adv.
MILL CREEK NEWS. (
Bentonville Folks Pursuing the Pro
gressive Way. Lighting Their
Humes and Buying Automobiles.
Bentonsville Fair October 5th.
Rev. Mr. Rollins, of Benson, filled
his appointment at Hood's Grove Bap
tist church the 3rd Sunday.
Mrs. Orville Eldridge is a visitor in
this community this week.
Mrs. W. F. Grimes, of Smithfield,
spent last Sunday afternoon in ou?
community.
Mrs. John D. Lee, of Meadow town
ship, is critically ill at this time.
A ten-days' revival, held with the
New Zealand Free Will Baptist
church, was closed on Monday night
of this week. The pastor, Rev. O. B.
Garris, was assisted during the meet
ing by the Rev. Messrs. Pope, of
Dunn.
Bentonville is not in the slackers'
column yet. Mr. Kirtz Cole, one of
our best young men, went to Wilming
ton a week ago and is now regularly
enlisted.
The cotton crop in this part of
Johnston is the poorest we have seen
in twenty years. Corn is fair, and to
bacco ranks well above normal.
The farmers of this part of the
county are going right along the pro
gressive way despite the war cloud,
several having recently had their
homes and barns lighted by acety
lene, and hardly a week passes that a
new automobile does not find itself
sheltered under some farmer's cart
shelter. There is hope that soon we
will purchase better roads.
Remember the Bentonville Fair ?
it's October the fifth.
Bntonville, July 17th.
RED CROSS WEEK BROUGHT
A TOTAL OF $118,021,370
Washington, July 1G. ? Latest re- I
ports show the total contributions to
the Red Cross war fund during the
recent campaign week were $118,
021,370. Totals by states follow:
Alabama $489,852; Arizona $121,
216; Arkansas $647,534.
California $3,373,292; Colorado $1,
198,179; Connecticut $2,633,622.
Delawr.re $1,067,200.
Florida $227,700.
Georgia $587,814.
Idaho $379,105; Illinois $5,518,849;
Indiana $2,114,501; Iowa $1,241,199.
Kansas $1,905,203; Kentucky $400,
368. .
Louisiana $747,506.
Maine $604,898; Maryland $601,
929; Massachusetts $5,613,268; Mich
igan $3,621,890; Minnesota $1,488,140;
Mississippi $102,600; Missouri $3,
420,742; Montana $439,695.
Nebraska $749,613; Nevada $22,
709; New Hampshire $375,341; New
Jersey $3,411,614; Now Mexico $62,
349; New York, including $38,455,
799 from New York City, $14,790,47'-.
North Carolina $314,439; North Da
kota $111,481.
Ohio $9,483,757; Oklahoma $620,
169; Oregon $737,793.
Pennsylvania $9,805,462.
Rhode Islr.nd $896,923.
South Carolina $425,536; South
Dakota $69,168.
Tennessee $982,371; Texas $1,342,
071; Utah $523,354.
Vermont $162,000; Virginia $771,- 1
325.
Washington $1,074,383; West Vir
ginia $598,550; Wisconsin $1,463,898;
Wyoming $140,840.
District of Columbia $500,000;
Alaska $2,500; Honolulu $7,000.
Old Blum and Dog Days.
Just as regularly as we are called
upon to knock the Charlotte cotton
market in the Fall are we asked
along the coming of the first sizzling I
weather to tell when the "dog days"
begin. The request has come along
on schedule time this year. It seems
to be an old story in the reading of
which the people never tire. Ordina
rilay editors turn to the cyclopedia, i
and there they are given a talk about
the "heliacal" rising of the dog star,
of the Babylonian theory and of oth
er things which the ordinary mortal
cannot easily take in, but in our ;
case, our resort is to "Old Blum's."
That is our standard for agrarian,
astronomical, philosophical and even .
ecclesiastical information. For these |
things we turn to it as naturally as
we turn to the Old Blue Back when a
controversy about the way to spell is
to be settled. Old Blum is authority
above all things else on the dog days, j
He says they begin on July 12 and
end on August 26. Just why, he does
not state, but Old Blum says so, and
that settles it. There is no learned I
quotation from Pliny about the rising '
of Procyon, or of the swinging of Leo :
and what Hipparchus deducts there
from ? dog days begin July 12 and '
end on August 26. Old Blum knows, i
and that is all there is to say about 1
it. ? Charlotte Observer.
A sudden attack at night of some'
form of Bowel Complaint may come,
to anyone. Every family should be
provided with a bottle of Dr. SETH
ARNOLD'S BALSAM. Warranted by
Hood Bros., Smithfield, N. C. ? Adv.
LIEUT. COL C. W. FENTON
( Lieut. Col. Charles W. Fenton, Sec
ond cavalry, U. S. A., Is in command
of the officers' training camp at Fort
Myer, near Washington. He has been
trained both at West Point and In th?
war college.
FOUR OAKS R. F. 1>. 3 NEWS.
Mr. James Moore, of Smithfield,
visited friends in our section last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Strickland
visited Mrs. Striekland's parents, Mr.
Walt Hudson, last week.
Mr. Jim Durham, of Elevation,
spent Sunday in our section.
Mr. H. W. Creech was a welcome
visitor at Mr. F. R. Tool's, Sunday.
Mr. R. D. Stanley made a business
trip to Raleigh Monday.
Mr. V. W. Dunn, of Four Ooks,
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N.
N. Dunn, Sunday.
Mr. Azel Allen, of the Webb Mill
section, was in our burg Sunday.
Mr. Willie Wallace and sister, Miss
F ranees, took the teachers examina
tion at Smithfield last week.
Mr. W. L. Wallace spent Sunday
in Stewart School section. He is soon
to begin a summer school down there.
H'> taught there last winter.
Mr. Martin Dunn made a business
trip to Smithfield Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Junius Barefoot spent
Saturday with Mrs. Barefoot's sister,
Mrs. Q. C. Parker.
Mr. Felder Baker, of Stewart school
house section, spent the first if last
week in our section.
TJie people of our section are busy
curing their tobacco. The crop is
somewhat short owing to the cold
backward spring.
SEEALL.
The Japanese raise roosters with
(ails 12 feet long.
SPECIAL EXCURSION FARES
FROM SELMA, N. C.
VIA
SOUTHERIN RAILWAY SYS
TEM.
$8.90 ? Black Mountain, N. C.f ac
count various conferences, on sale
June 28th to August 26th, inclusive,
limited 17 days.
$29.10 ? Cleveland, O., account I. B.
P. O. E., Colored on sale Aug. 25, 26
and 27th, final limit September 5th.
$9.80 ? Lake Junaluska and Waynes
ville, account various conferences.
On sale July 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24
and 25th and August 2, 3, 4 and 5th,
10, 11, 12 and 13th and 17, 18 and
19th. Limit 17 days.
$18.90 ? Monteagle and Sewanee,
Tenn., account various conferences.
On sale July 13th and 21st and Aug.
3, 6, 9, 16, 17 and 23rd. Final limit
September 5th.
$19.70-^Nashville, Tenn. Peabody
College Summer School. On sale July
20, 21 and 26th. Limited 15 days.
Tickets may be extended until Sep
tember 30th by payment of fee $1.00
and depositing ticket at Nashville.
$31.55 ? St. Louis, Mo. Supreme
Lodge & Military Encampment
Knights of Pythias, Colored. Dates
of sale August 17, 18 and 19th. Final
limit August 29th.
$35.70 ? Vicksburg, Miss. National
Reunion and Peace Jubilee on sale
October 14th and 15tH, final limit re
turning October 31st.
Winston-Salem, N. C., account
Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias
(Colored). Dates of sale July 13th to
19th inclusive. Tickets sold on certifi
cate plan; one way fare going and
certificate honored for return ticket
until July 24th in basis one half
straight fare plus 50 cents.
For further information call on
ticket agents or address,
J. O. JONES, Traveling Passenger Ag
Traveling Passenger Agent,
Raleigh, N. C.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS OF THE
TOWN OF SMITH FIELD,
NORTH CAROLINA:
I, H. L. Skinner, Mayor of the
Town of Smithfield, N. C., hereby re
quest your Honorable Body to pass
as an emergency measure, the fol
lowing and attached resolution, en
titled, "A Resolution authorizing the
, paving with sheet asphalt pavement
of certain streets between designated
points in the Town of Smithfield, N.
C., and providing for assessment on
the abutting property owners to de
j fray part of the cost of the same un
! der, and by virtue of, Chapter 56 of
Public Laws of North Carolina, 1915."
The said resolution authorizing the
pavement of certain portions of Sec
ond and Bridge Streets.
I do hereby request that the said
resolution be passed as an emergency
measure at the regular meeting of
the Board of Commissioners of said
Town on this date.
This 3rd day of July, 1917.
H. L. SKINNER.
Mayor.
A Resolution authorizing the pav
ing with Sheet Asphalt Pavement of
certain streets between designated
points and providing for assessment
on the abutting property owners to
defray part of the cost of same, under
and by virtue of Chapter 5<>, Public
Laws of North Carolina, 1915.
Be it Resolved by the Board of
Town Commissioners of the Town of
Smithfield:
That Whereas Second Street, from
Market Street to Bridge or Smith
Street, and Smith or Bridge Street,
between Second Street and Neuse
River Bridge, are badly in need of
repairs and improvements, and the
welfare and convenience of the public
at large require that said streets
should be graded, improved, and pav
ed within the limits aforesaid, with
asphalt or other suitable pavement,
and the Board of Commissioners of
the Town of Smithfield hereby find
that the above improvement is neces
sary; and,
Whereas, further a majority of
the owners, who represent more than
a majority of the lineal feet of front
age abutting upon Second Street be
tween Market Street and Bridge or
Smith Street, and Bridge or Smith
Street, between Second and Street
and Neuse River Bridge, have peti
tioned the Board of Commissioners of
the Town of Smithfield, to pave the
same with asphalt pavement, requir
ing in said petition that two-thirds of
the cost of said pavement be assesed
upon their lots abutting directly on
said streets, according to their re
spective frontages thereon, by an
equal rate per foot of said frontage;
and
Whereas the said petition was duly
filed with the Clerk of the Town of
Smithfield, who investigated the suffi
ciency thereof and certified the re
sult of his investigation to the Board
of Commissioners of said Town to
the effect that a majority in number
of the owners, who represent more
than a majority of all the lineal feet
of frontage of the lands abutting upon
Second Street between Market Street
and Smith or Bridge Street, and
Smith or Bridge Street between Sec
ond Street and Neuse River Bridge,
have duly signed said petition and
that said petition complies with Chap
ter 5G of Public Laws of 1915 in all
respects; and
Whereas the Board of Commission
ers of the Town of Smithfield finds
that the petition is sufficient in all re
spects, and that Chapter 5<> of Public
Laws of 1915 has been complied with
in all respects, as to the filing and
certifying of this petition to the
Board of Commissioners; and
Whereas, the Board of Commission
ers of the Town of Smithfield is of
the opinion that all of the said streets
above mentioned between the points
designated and proposed to be paved,
should be paved with asphalt of the
kind and character required and speci
fied by an Engineer to be employed
by the Town to have charge of said
construction; and
' Whereas, in order to secure unifor
mity of work done, the Board of
Commissioners is of the opinion that
the work sJiould be let out to con
tract in whole, by order of this Board
under the assistance of Gilbert C.
White, the engineer employed by said
Town, and that this method would be
better and cheaper for the property
owners and for the Town; and
Whereas, said Board of Commis
sioners is of the opinion that the
pavement aforesaid is the best and
most suitable for said streets, and
that said improvements should be
made as aforesaid, to-wit, by contract
for the whole work, and that two
thirds of the cost of said pavement
should be assessed upon the lots
abutting directly on said streets,
within the limits above prescribed,
according to their respective front
ages thereon by an equal rate per
foot of said frontage:
NOW THEREFORE, Be it and it is
hereby resolved by the Board of Com
missioners of the Town of Smithfield,
N. C., in a regular meeting sitting
this 3rd day of July, 1917, That Sec
ond Street, between Market Street
a?rl Bridge or Smith Street, and Smith
or Bridge Street, between Secont
Street and Neuse River Bridge, be
paved with asphalt pavement as' afore
said, under and by virtue of Chapter
56 of the Public Laws of 1915, and
thi procedure thereunder as hereinbe
fore set forth, and the General Laws
of vhe State existing. And it is further
resolved, That two-thirds of the cost
of said navement on each of the said
streets aforesaid, within the limits
prescribed, be hereinafter assessed
upon the lots abutting directly upon
said streets according to* their front
age thereon, by an equal rate per
foot of said frontage, the assessment
against the said lots abutting on said
streets to be based upon the total
cost of paving that street within the
limits prescribed, upon wtiich said
lots abut, exclusive of so much of the
cost as may be incurred at street in
tersectidns.
Be it and it is hereby further re
solved, That the proposition of the
cost of said improvement herein pro
vided for on the streets above desig
nated, to be assessed upon the abut
ting property, shall be divided into
ten equal annual installments, the
said installments bearing interest at
the rate of six per cent per annum,
from the date of the confirmation of
the assessment roll, and shall become
due and payable on the date on which
taxes are payable, the first install
ment to be due and payable on the
date on which taxes for the year 1917
are due and payable, and each year
thereafter for a period through and
including the year 1926.
E. S. SANDERS,
Clerk.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE.
That under and by virtue of the
powers contained in a Judgment of
the Superior Court in a matter en
titled: A. F. FUTRELL vs. W. C.
GATEWOOD ET ALS., I will on Sat
urday, August 4th, 1917, between tho
hours of 12 M., and 2 o'clock P. M.,
in front of the old Selma Grocery
Company's building, on Raeford
street, in the town of Selma, John
ston County and State of North Car
olina, offer for s:\le:
That certain two-story brick build
ing, 25 feet fronting on Raeford
street and running back at right an
gles 80 feet, and being the same now
occupied by Preston Mozingo as a
Grocery Store, and formerly occu
pied by The Selma Grocery Company,
to the highest bidder for Cash.
This property is located in the best
business district of Selma, North
Carolina, and on one of the main
streets. The terms of the sale are
Cash, and the sale will be made sub
ject to confirmation of the Court.
R. L. RAY,
Commissioner.
This July 5th, 1917.
NOTICE OF SALE.
That under and by virtue of an or
der of J. B. Cheshire, Referee in
Bankruptcy, I will, on Saturday, Au
gust 4th, 1917, between the hours of
12 M., and 2 o'clock P. M., in the
town of Selma, North Carolina, in
front of the First National Bank,
offer for sale the following real es
tate to-wit:
"One House and Lot belonging to
Caldonia Turner, situate near the
colored graded school in the town of
Selma, North Carolina, and describ
ed as follows:
"Beginning at Mary Williams'
corner on Smithfield street, and runs
northwardly with the said street 75
feet to Eliza Richardson's corner;
thence with Eliza Richardson's line
eastwardly 75 feet to Claude Bell's
corner; thence northwardly with
Claude Bell's line to Mary Williams'
corner; thence westwardly with Mary
Williams' line 75 feet to the point of
beginning, being the same land pur
chased from J. H. Parker on Septem
ber 23, 1903 by Caldonia Turner, and
recorded in Book "A" No. 9 at page
548, in the office of the Register of
Deeds of Johnston County and also
the same identical land mortgaged to
Nowell & Richardson, Inc., by Caldo
nia Turner and husband, Will Turner,
on September 20th, 1910, as will ap
pear by reference to Book "V" No.
10, at page 116, in the office of Reg
ister of Deeds of Johnston County."
Terms of sale Cash.
This June 30, 1917.
S. P. WOOD, Trustee,
of Nowell & Richardson, Bankrupts.
RAY & COCKERHAM,
Attorneys.
NOTICE.
This is to notify the public gener
ally that I have sold by business here
tofore conducted as the Kenly Feed
& Grocery Co., to Mr. Julian Rich
ardson and he will continue to conduct
same under the title of Kenly Feed &
Grocery Co. I am no longer con
nected with the business in any ca
pacity and will not be responsible for
any obligations created or incurred
by the present Kenly Feed & Gro
cery Co., Julian Richardson, propri
etor.
All obligations of the Kenly Feed
& Grocery Co. prior to July 1, 1917,
will be settled by me.
This the 5th day of July, 1917.
STEPHEN II. ALFORD,
Trading as
KENLY FEED & GROCERY CO.
PAUL D. GRADY,
Attorney.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
Notice is hereby given that tho
firm of Johnston Grocery Company,
composed of J. K. Cunningham and
W. II. Stegal, doing a wholesale gro
cery business in the town of Smith
field, N. C., is dissolved by mutual
consent. All debts owing by above
firm will be paid by, and all accounts
due above firm should be paid, to
Sanders, Cunningham, Ward Com
pany, which said firm will continue
the business formerly carried on by
said Johnston Grocery Company.
This Julv II, 1917.
J. K. CUNNINGHAM.
W. H. STEGAL.
Smithfield, N. C.
NOTICE.
On Tuesday, July the 31st, 1917, at
10 o'clock A. M., at the late residence
of Gaston Grantham, in Bentonsville,
I will offer for sale :.t public auction,
to the highest bidder for cash, hi3
stock of merchandise, consisting of
Groceries, Tin and Glass Ware, Dry
Goods and Notions; also store fixtures
and Mechanic Tools, and several other
things too numerous to mention.
Don't forget time and place.
W. A. POWELL,
Admr. of Gaston Granthrm Estate.
This July 9th, 1917.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as Administrator on the estate of
Gaston Grantham, deceased, hereby
notifies all persons having claims
against said estate to present the
same to me duly verified on or before
the 29th day of June, 1918, or this
noticc will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery; and all persons indebted to
said estate will make immediate pay
ment.
This 28th day of June, 1917.
W. A. POWELL,
Administrator.