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A Toast To the Flag. Here's to the Red of it ? There's not a thread of it, No, nor a shred of it In all the spread of it From foot to head, But heroes bled for it, Faced steel and led for it. Precious blood shed for it, Bathing it Red. Here's to the White of it ? Thrilled by the sight of it, Who knows the right of it, But feels the might of it Through day and night? Womanhood's care for it Made manhood dare for it; Purity's prayer for it Kept it so White. Here's to the Blue of it ? Heavenly view of it, Star-spangled hue of it, Honesty's due of it, Constant and true. Here's to the whole of it, Stars, stripes and pole of it, Here's to the soul of it, Red, White and Blue. ? John J. Daly. Share Farming: What Is a Fair Basis of Operation? We are frequently asked to sug gest or pass on the terms suitable for operating farms on shares. Most frequently these refer to some form of livestock farming or to some other line out of the ordinary in the South. It is rare that sufficient detailed or definite information is given to enable any one to suggest an equit able basis for dividing the products or profits of the farm. In fact, it is rarely possible to set down within the scope of a letter, or to put down on paper at all, the numerous factors which go to determine this ques tion. Moreover, each case must usu ally be solved almost entirely with reference to its own peculiar condi tions. Only a few general principles or basic rules may be laid down. It is customary when a farm is operated on shares for the labor to be regarded as entitled to one-third the products of the farm. The same share belongs to the owner of the land according to an almost univer sal custom. This leaves only the other one-third as a matter of ques tion. This third is divided as the expense of equivalent ? implements, livestock, seed, fertilizers, etc., ? are borne. When crops are grown re quiring an especially large amount of labor this may also entitle the operator to a larger share of the products. When one or the other of the parties to the share farming furnishes all of these the division is not difficult, but when the expense of furnishing these and other ne cessities of the farming operations is divided, the products of the farm ing must be divided accordingly. There is really no way to divide this third share of such farming except to make a fair appraisement of the value of what each party to the con tract furnishes and divide the prod ucts accordingly. But this is not al ways an easy matter. Conditions such as repairs, replacements of breeding animals lost or becoming useless, crops to be grown, fertilizers to be used, feedstuffs to be sold or fed on the farm or to be bought or raised for feeding on the farm may any or all of them very greatly complicate matters. In short, the conditions vary so greatly that each case must usually be determined by its own peculiar conditions, so that no rule beyond that of the principle of thirds stated can be laid down. At least, there have not been enough cases studied, having similar conditions, to result in the forming of any rule of prac tice which will apply to the majority of cases arising. There is one point in such share farming, however, which tends to ef fect fair divisions, or to correct any mistake along this line, if such should at first be made. If the ar rangement does not give the opera tor of the farm, or the man doing the work, a living, it cannot be perman ent or continue long, for usually the living of the operator of the farm, which is not so generally the case with the landowner. ? Progressive Farmer. Life Insurance Money and Farming. There is nothing that the average boy is less interested in than life in surance. But after he reaches the age of twenty-one, he is compelled to think more and more about it. He finds that certain of his friends are insurance agents, and after he gets married, he will find that they will talk to him every few months about the advisability of taking out a pol icy to protect his family. A superficial way of looking on life insurance is as a bet. For instance, a young man may bet $20 of his own money against $1,000 of the isurance company's money, that he will die be fore the year ends. If the young man dies, his family wins the $1,000; but if the young man lives, the insurance company is $20 ahead. But life insur ance is really more than a bet, when considered from the standpoint of the insurance companies themselves. They know just what are the chances of death for a man of any age, and although they may miss it badly with a few individuals, on the average they hit it very accurately. Insurance is based on very exact scientific and mathematical law. Business men over the entire country have come to re alize that insurance is a very relia ble kind of business, and as a result, insurance has grown by leaps and bounds. Today the 150 life insurance companies of the United States have at their disposal about $5,000,000,000. Out of this vast sum, they are con stantly paying money to the families of men who have died. But they are constantly receiving more money from the young men who are just taking out insurance. Today the big insurance companies of the U nited States have at their disposal nearly twice as much money as they had ten years ago. The problem of the insurance com panies is to invest their $5,000,000, 000 in as safe and profitable a way as possible. That is the reason in surance companies are so willing to make mortgage loans on farm prop erty. They believe the farming busi ness is one of the most reliable busi nesses in existence, and because they think so, have loaned farmers two thirds of a billion dollars, at from o to 8 per cent. It is a rather startling thing that insurance companies should make two-thirds of all the farm loans in the seven corn belt States. One-fifth of all their loans is made in Iowa, or a total of $139,000,000. The insurance companies which are compelled by law to "play safe," lend very little money on the fruit land in California and Washington; the rocky-hill farms of the east do not interest them. The cotton farms of the south, and the wheat farms of the north attract a little more attention; but it is in Iowa and the States surrounding Iowa that the bulk of the insurance company loans are made. In these States, the average rate is from 5 to 6 per cent, but in the South and Wset from 6 to 8 per cent is charged. The big corporations never take any chances with their money; they "play safe." The insurance compa nes are evidently of the opinion that there is no business so safe as corn belt farming, and therefore they are willing to back it to the extent of nearly half a billion dollars. If the insurance companies had frowned on corn belt farming, and had said to themselves: We are afraid of the corn belt; we will restrict our loans ? and what we do loan will be at 8 per cent; then farming conditions in this part of the country would be far different from what they are now. In the first place, land would not be worth nearly so much. Much $200 land would be worth only $150, and the $150 land might be worth only $100. Not nearly so much land would have changed hands during the last ten years if it had not been for the life insurance money poaring into the corn belt. It is because of the large amount of this cheap money that ten ants feel justified in beginning to buy land. . It is marvelous how things work together in this world. Eighty years ago there was practically no life in surance in the United States. Then keen-sighted men came to see that life insurance was generally needed, and they organized companies, and these companies persuaded other business men that insurance was a good thing, and the companies grew and accumu lated money. Seventy years ago, no one would have thought that a busi ness of this sort would grow to have a very strong influence on farming conditions. But as this business has grown and become enormously wealthy, it has invested a large part of its wealth in farm mortgages at a low rate of interest, and because it has done so, it has pushed the value of corn belt land up to an extremely high figure. If for any reason the in surance companies come to feel that their money is not safe when placed in corn belt farm land mortgages, then the values of corn belt farm land will remain stationary, or may even go down. ? Wallace's Farmer. No Telling What It Might Hear. "Will you guarantee," asked Miss Prim, "that this parrot will not ? er ? use profane language?" "Really, madam," explained the urbane dealer, "you can not expect me to do that, knowing nothing of the sort of family I am selling it to." ? Boston Transcript. Tailor Got the Bad Luck. "I got this suit on Friday the 13th." "Did it bring you bad luck?" "Oh no. I broke the hoodoo by not paying for the suit." ? Boston Tran script. RUSSET-BACKED THRUSH (HytocichU ustulaU) Length, seven and one-fourth inches. Among thrushes having the top of head and tail nearly the same color as the back, this one Is distinguished by its tawny eye-ring and cheeks. The Pacific coast subspecies is russet brown above, while the other subspe cies is the olive-backed thrush. The remarks below apply to the species as a whole. Range: Breeds in the forested parts of Alaska and Canada and south to California, Colorado, Michigan, New York, WeBt Virginia (mountains), and Maiue; winters from Mexico to South America. ? ? Habits and economic Btatus: This is one of a small group of thrushes the members of which are by many ranked first among American song birds. The several members resem ble one another in size, plumage, acd habits. While this thrush is very fond of fruit, its partiality for the neighbor hood streams keeps It from frequent ing orchards far from water. It is most troublesome during the cherry season, when the young are in the nest. From this it might be inferred that tbe young are fed on fruit, but such is not the case. The adults eat fruit, but the nestlings, as usual, are fed mostly upon insects. Beetles con stitute the largest item of animal food, and ants come next. Many caterpil lars also are eaten. The great bulk of vegetable food consists of fruit, of which two-fifths is of cultivated vari eties. Where these birds live in or near gardens or orchards, they may do considerable damage, but they are too valuable as insect destroyers to be killed if the fruit can be protected in any other way. Dutch Are Heaviest Smokers. How many of us will make the in creased duty on tobacco a jumping off place for total abstinence? Prob ably more in Great Britain that would be the case, say, in Holland, where the average smoker consumes four times as much tobacco as does the Englishman. An ingenious German a few years ago worked out the rank of countries in smoking. After Holland, which takes easily the first place, comes Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Bel gium apd Germany. Modest places are taken by France, Sweden and Spain, with Britain almost at the foot, next to Italy and Russia. The United States smoker makes the nearest approach to the Dutchman's eight ounces with his consumption of three ounces a week. ? London Chronicle. Thousands are sick every year with some form of Bowel Complaint. Thou sands arc cured by taking Dr. SETH ARNOLD'S BALSAM. Warranted by Hood Bros., Sfljithfield, N. C. ? Adv. FREE OF CHARGE. Any adult suffering from cough, cold or bronchitis, is invited to call at the drug store of Creech Drug Co., and get absolutely free, a sample bottle of Boschee's German Syrup, a soothing and healing remedy for all lung troubles, which has a successful record of fifty years. Gives the pa tient a good night's rest free from coughing, with free expectoration in the morning. Regular sizes, 25 and 75 cents. For sale in all civilized countries. ? Adv. For Sale by Creech Drug Co., Smithfield, N. C.; R. C. Lassiter & Co., Four Oaks, N. C., G. G. Edgerton & Son, Kenly, N. C., . J. R. Ledbetter, Princeton, N. C., and all good Dealers. SECOND SALE OF LAND FOR TAXES. I, W. F. Grimes, Sheriff of John jton County, do hereby offer for sale :he following lands for delinquent :axes for the year 191(5, to be sold at :he Court House door in Smithfield, S'. t ., 0:1 the first Monday in August, 1917, at 12 o'clock M.t the same be ing the 6th day of August, 1917: Banner Townsnip. (White.) Lee, J. V., 1 lot, tax $10.82 Ryals, Mrs. H. S., 2 acres.... l.t>4 Oneals Township. (White.) Barnes, Larry $ 5.21 Brooks, J. R., (heirs), 283 acres 25.61 Creech, C. C., 300 acres 16.58 Eason, Arcadia, 70 acres 4.67 Eason, Harris, 2 acres 16.51 Pittman, Lonnie, 111 acres.... 6.75 Phillips, W. H., 29 acres 2.01 Strickland, J. L., 36 acres.... 3.02 Williams, W. J., 156 acres.... 8.92 (Colored.) Hinnant, Arthur, 5 acres 97 Clayton Township. (White.) Duncan, Mrs. Rosa, 1 lot $ 5.87 Ellington, K. R., 31 acres 10.43 Harrison, I. W., 25 acres.... 5.04 (Colored.) Bridgers, A. L., 1 lot 9.55 Sanders, R. L., 5 acres 1.15 Cleveland Township. (White.) Bridgers, R. L. (dee'd.) 175 acres $35.60 Smithfield Township. (White.) Hines, Mrs. Alice E., 23 acres $13.56 Johnson, W. G., (dee'd.) 93% acres 21.96 Olive, Eli (Dee'd.) 225 acres.. 11.86 Radford, H. H., 6 acres and 1 lot 56.58 Woodall, Edgar H., 46 acres.. 3.13 (Colored.) Earp, John, 1 lot 9.92 Smith, H. J., 66% acres 19.31 Boon Hill Township. (White.) Braswell, A. E., 34 acres $ 5.87 Coley, Geo., 1 acre 4.19 Exum, Ed., 255 acres 12.52 Fail, S. G., 1 lot 4.22 Fields, Nathan, 79 acres 5.52 Godwin, G. S., 1 acre 1.36 Holt, Lester, 1 acre 1.18 Howell, W. H., 66 acres 4.97 Howell, R. H., 49 acres 3.87 Jones, Charles, 73% acres.... 3.59 Lee, Martha S., 1 lot 2.88 Renfrew, R. T., 42 acres 4.66 Ray, R. L., 192 acres 15.81 Sasser, Wm. A., 1 acre 2.18 Smith, J. Ed., 367 acres...... 20.13 Sasser, Mrs. Lizzie, 68 acres.. 5.20 Starling, Mrs. Julia F., 65% acres 4.60 Winston II .Wells and wife, 1 lot 5.60 Worley, Wade R., 48 acres .... 8.68 Wiggs, Mrs. Jane, 30 acres.... 2.49 Selma Township. (White.) Britt, Miss Annie, 1 lot $ 3.02 Daughtry, J. W., 1 lot 1.28 Johnston Development Co., 18 acres 5.09 Richardson, Willie, 37 acres... 7.18 Selma Motor Car Co., 4 lots. . 63.80 Smith, Mrs. W. G., 5 acres.... 15.50 Smith, J. A., 1 lot 1.62 Turner, J. M., 15 acres 31.78 (Colored.) Stancil, Jerry, 24% acres 7.27 SPECIAL EXCURSION FARES FROM SELMA, N. C. VIA SOUTHERIN RAILWAY SYS TEM. $8 90 ? Black Mountain and Ridge Crest, N. C., account various con ferences, on sale July 19th, 20th, 27th, 30th, August 1st, 6th, 10th, 14th and 17th, 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 ot 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. For further information call on ticket agents or address, J. O. JONES, Traveling Passenger Agent, Raleigh, N. C. NOTICE OF SALE. North Carolina, Johnston County, In the Superior Court, a Before the Clerk. Geo. F. Woodard, Admr. Silas Cogdell Vs. Mary J. Cogdell, Katherine Richard son, Guilford Cogdell, et als. Under and by virtue of the author ity contained in a decree of the Su perior Court rendered in the above entitled cause on July 14th, 1917, the undersigned commissioner will offer for sale for cash at public auction to the highest bidder at 12 o'clock M., at the Court House door in the town of Smithfield, on Monday, August 20th, 1917. the following described proper ty situate in the town of Selma and more fully described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of Waddell and Sharpe streets and ex tending along the building line of Waddell and Sharpe streets eastward ly 50 feet and along the building line of Sharpe street northwardly 150 feet and bounded on the north by the lots of C. O. Durant and on the East by the lots of Winchester Stancil, and containing a fractional part of an acre. On this lot is situate a four-room house in good condition. This is good property situated near the cen ter of the town of Selma. This July 14th, 1917. E. J. WELLONS, Commissioner. WELLONS & WELLONS, I Attorneys. NOTICE. I I The undersigned having qualified i as Administrator on the estate of L. H. Boykin, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 3rd day of July, 1918, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 30th day of June, 1917. ASHLEY BOYKIN. Administrator. F. H. BROOKS, Attorney. NOTICE OF SUMMONS. North Carolina, Johnston County, Selma Township. S. P. Wood and I. T. Wood, Trading as Wood Grocery Co. Vs. W. F. Young. The defendant above-named will take notice that a summons in the above-named action was issued against said Defendant on the 9th day of July by R. W. Etheredge, a Justice of the Peaco of Johnston County,- North Carolina, for the sum of Thirty-five Dollars and sixteen cents ($35.16) due said Plaintiff by account, which summons is return able before R. W. Etheredge, the above named Justice of the Peace at his office at Selma, N. C., in said County and in Selma Township, on the 15th day of August, 1917. The Defendant will also take notice that a warrant of attachment was issued on the same day against the proper ty. This the 13th day of July, 1917. R. W. ETHEREDGE, Justice of the Peace. FORECLOSURE SALE OF LAND. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain judg ment entered in the Superior Court of Johnston County at the May Term, 1917, in an action entitled W. D. Stewart vs. A. B. Currin et als, default having been made in the terms of same, the undersigned com missioners appointed by the court will sell to the highest bidder at the Court House door in Smithfield, N. C., on Wednesday, the 15th day of August, 1917, at 2 o'clock P. M., the following described lands: FIRST TRACT: Beginning at a stake in Y. E. McGee's line and runs N. 36% E. 24% chains to a stake in Frank lyicLeod's line; thence as his line N. 8 W. 22 chains to a post oak, Roani Pool's line and cor ner; thence as his line S. 34 W. 60 chains to a post oak stump; thence to beginning, containing 35 acres, more or less. SECOND TRACT: Begins at a stake, Frederick Pool's line, and runs S. 41 E. 18.10 chains to a stake, Hill's corner; thcnce N. 45 E. 11.07 chains to a stake in W. D. Stewart's line; thence N. 41' W. 19.84 chains to stake in Pool's line; thence S. 35 W. to the beginning, containing 22 acres, more or less. THIRD TRACT: The same being a certain tract of land in Pleasant Grove township, Johnston County, N. C., and bounded as follows: On the west by the lands of A. Y. Mc Gee; on the north by the lands of J. B. Johnson; on the east by the lands of L. A. Byrd; on the south by the lands of A. B. Johnson, and containing 10 acres, more or less. This July 11th, 1917. E. J. WELLONS, and E. F. YOUNG, Commissioners. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Executor on the estate of Blackman 'jernigan, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 22ad day of June, 1918, or this notice will be I pleaded in bar of their recovery; and J all persons indebted to said estate , will make immediate payment. This 15th day of June, 1917. ZERO D. JERNIGAN, Executor. ABELL & WARD and JAMES RAYNOR, Attorneys. TURNER'S NORTH CAROLINA _ Almanacs for 1917 now on aale at The Herald Office. Price ten cent*. SALE OF LAND. Under and by virtue of the power ind authority contained in a certain nortgage deed executed by J. R. >auls to Mns. Ella Peele and recorded n Book "O" No. 13, page 191, of the ecords of the Register of Deeds for ohnston County, the undersigned vill, on Monday, the 6th day of Au rust, 1917, at the hour of noon at he Court House door in Smithfield, ohnstcn County, North Carolina, ex >ose the following described tracts if land to public sale for cash to tho lighest bidder, to-wit: "Adjoining the lands of J. W. Wat ion, C. W. Edgerton, West side of _ittle River, and South side of A. C. Li. R. R. and others, bounded as fol ows viz ! FIRST: "Conveyed to J. H. Par ser and by J. H. Parker conveyed to Silas Lucas, which deeds are all reg stered in the Registry of Johnston bounty, to which reference is made, beginning at a stake on the bank ol Little River and runs W. 27 chains ;o a stake; thence S. 53 W. 24 chains ;o a stake, J. W. Watson's line; Ji?nce S. 25 E. 2.80 chains to a stake, :omer of lot number one; thence N. 71 E. 20 chains to a stake; thence E. 22.20 chains to a stake, bank of Little River; thence up the run of said river to the beginning, containing thirty five acres, more or less. SECOND: "That lot of land con veyed to J. H. Parker by C. W. Ed gerton by deed dated February 3rd, 1902, registered in the Registry of Johnston County, Book "A" No. 9, page 227, to which reference is made."' The same being twenty lots on the south side of the A. C. L. Railroad Company, in the town of Bagley, N. C., being all the lots owned by C. W. Edgerton on that side of the rail road, and for better description refer ence is made to deed dated 10th day of December, 1901, to said C. W. Edgerton, by East Carolina Land and Improvement Company duly register ed. THIRD: Conveyed to J. H. Parker by W. E. Joyner and others, by deed dated April 29, 1899, registered in Book "H No. 7, page 455. Beginning at a stake, bank of Little River, and runs W. 22.02 chains to a stake; thence S. 1 W. 20 chains to a stake, J. W. Watson's line; thence S. 25 E. 1 chain to a stake; thence S. 86 E. 39 chains to a stake on Little River; thence up the run of said river to tho beginning, containing thirty acres, more or less. FOURTH: "Conveyed to J. H. Pac ker by D. H. Bagley by deed dated February 28, 1899, registered in Book "R" No. 7, page 76. Beginning at a pine stump and rock, J. W. Watson's corner, and runs S. 24 E. 9 PQles to a stake; thence N. 53 E. 96 poles to a stake; thence E. 108 poles to a stake, bank of Little River; thence up said river to right of way of A. C. L. R. R.; thence up said right of way S. 55 W. to a stake; thence S. 35 E. 12. 60 chains to a stake; thence S. 54 W. 45 1-5 poles to the beginning, containing sixty-seven and one-half acres, more or less. The above described lands conveyed to J. W. Watson by Silas Lucas and wife, Charity Lucas, by deed dated Novem ber 8, lS05, and duly registered in the said Registry of Johnston County, to which reference is made. "Also another tract or parcel of land situated in said Johnston Coun ty, being the land conveyed by John R. Raines to Dempsey Copeland by deed dated January 17th, 1908, reg istered in the office of Register of Deeds of said County in Book "Q" No. 9, page 377, and therein describ ed as follows: it A X A * mi * .f\ cerium iraci or parcel 01 lana in Johnston County, North Carolina, adjoining the lands of C. W. Edger ton, J. W. Watson and others, bound ed as follows, viz: Beginning at a stake in the west edge of the public road in what was formerly Jesse Parker's land line, and runs S. 35 E. 68 feet; thence S. 55 W. 255 feet; thence N. 35 W. 278 feet; thence S. 86 E. 338 feet with what was Jesse Parker's line to the beginning, con taining one acre, more or less. This being the parcel of land originally used as public school property at Bagley, N. C. "The tract or parcel of land con taining 1 3-10 acres, more or less, conveyed by Dcmpsey Copeland to J. W. Watson by deed dated December 5, 1905, and registered in the office of Register of Deeds of said John ston County in Book "I" No. 9 of deeds, page 249, being a part of the lands above described, is hereby ex cepted from the operation of this deed. Said excepted tract of land is in said deed described as follows: ? "Beginning in the right of way of the A. C. L. R. R. in the center of the Beulah and Lowell road in the town of Bagley, and runs with said road S. 34 E. 24 poles to a stake, Denipsey Copeland's corner; thence with said line S. 56 W. 12 poles to a stake; thence S. 34 E. 10 poles to a stake in the school house line; thence with said line and C. W. Edgerton's line N. 86 W. 13 poles to a stake J. W. Watson's corner; thence with said line N. 24 E. 24 poles to a stake on the right of way of the A. C. L. R. R.; thence with said right of way of said A. C. L. R. R. N. 56 E. 1 9-10 poles to the beginning, containing 1 3-10 acres, more or less" The above described lots and par cels of land are those conveyed by Mrs. Elle Peele and husband, D. D. Peele, to J. R. Sauls by deed dated 13th day of January, 1915, and regis tered in the office of Register of Deeds of Johnston County in Book page This 8th day of July, 1917. ELLA PEELE, DICKINSON & LAND, Attorneys. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. This Is to notify the public that we, F. Hunter Crpech and Geo. Ross Pou, have dissolved our co-partnership in the practice of law. However, both members will continue the practice of law in Smithfield, and any one de siring the services of either of us will find us in Smithfield. Any one holding accounts against the former firm of Creech and Pou will pleaao present itemized statement not later than August 1st, 1917. This June 29th, 1917. F. HUNTER CREECH. GEO. ROSS POU.
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