THOSE DRAFTED
ARE 'LUCKY GUYS'
Veteran of Service Explains
Joys of a Soldier's Life.
HE TALKS FROM EXPERIENCE
Says Healthy, Open Air Life of Army
Camps Beats Living *n a Crowded
City and Working In an Office For
Eight Hours a Da/ ? Plenty of Time
For All Sports.
"I in drafted J" exclaimed the tile
clerk tragically.
I>rafted, hey?" replied the construc
tion boss. "Gee, you're a lucky guy!"
writes Arthur W alter Grabaine of the
Vigilantes.
"Lucky!" shouted tbe tile clerk.
"What 8 lucky about having to go in
the army and perhaps getting shot? I
don t see you running down to the re
cruiting othce and enlisting."
"So." replied the construction boss
a trifle sadly. "Hut if it wasn't for the
wife and tbe three kids you would see
me doing just tbat little thing.
kay . be continued, "some of you
young fellows make me tired. I served
In tbe Spanish-American war, and it
didn't kill me? it made me a better
man in every way. Oh. yes, I know
that the Spanish- American war wasn't
much of a show compared to this one.
/ but we hoard a few shots fired at tbat."
"It isn't only getting shot that wor
ries me," said the tile clerk. "I don't
want to go around saluting every offi
cer I meet, Just as if I wasn't as good
as they are. Anyway, what fun will I
have in the army?"
Al! Kinds of Fun.
"^ou 11 have all kinds of fun ? of the
kind of lun that is good for you," re
turned the construction boss, produc
ing a sack o f niacin's and proceeding
to roll a cigarette. "And as for salut
ing officers ? that's a privilege.
It shows that you are members of
tbe same profession? brothers in arms.
The officer is just as much bound to
return the salute as you are to give
it. And if you don't like being a pri
vate you can be an officer- if you are a
good enough 111:111. We need all the
officers we can get. All you have to
do is to prove that you have the stuff."
'Well, I don't want any of it." said
the tile clerk. "Little old New York
is good enough for"?
"^es, little old New York? eight
hours a day hi an office, a couple of
hours in a movie theater or a bum
cabaret in tbe evening, a trip to Coney
Island 011 Sunday and all of 910 a
' cek. l hat s a fine life for a man
isn't it?
"In tbe army you'll get up in the
morning feeling like a real man. You'll
go through a half hour of setting up
exercises to take the kinks out of your
muscles. By the time tbe bugle goes
for breakfast you'll want it. and you'll
get a real breakfast. Then you will
start in 011 the work of the day. You'll
drill, and you'll drill hard. You'll know
what it means to sweat and you'll
learn what a good drink water really
Is. lou 11 feel tbe old sun burning
through your flannel shirt and you'll
like it? like it almost as much as tbe
shade of flic trees along the dusty road
when you fall out for a ten minute
- rest.
"Along about 10:30 you'll start think
ing about dinner ? they don't eat lunch
in the army? and you'll think about it
harder and harder until you get it.
After dinner you'll get some more drill
they gi\ e ,\ou plenty to do ? or learn
to dig trenches, or throw bombs, or to
lead ma(>.s, or to signal. 01* practice
bayonet fighting, all of them real
men's jobs. Then you'll get a change
to clean up for retreat, which comes
along about sundown. That's the real
classy, dress tip affair of the army day.
loull inarch out 011 to the parade
ground and line up in regimental for
mation. Then the band will play 'The
Star Spangled Banner.' and you will
stand at attention while the flag comes
down, and if you are a real American
you'll feel a creepy sensation down
your spine, and you'll be so darn proud
of ,\ our uniform and of your regiment
and of yourself that you'll almost bust
the buttons off your shirt.
MTter inat you uan Head.
"Then you'll eat again and clean
up your rifle. After that you can rea<l
or write or sit around and swap stories
or sing. Alone aliout 0 o'clock you'll
begin to get noddy, and by the time
the windjammer blows taps you'll be
ready to stretch out on your cot. anil
the next Ihing you know you'll be
cussing the bugler for blowing reveille
in the middle of the night.
"You won't have much chance to
practice the one step, but you'll get
plenty Of time for baseball and all the
other games that make men. You'll
get a chance to use your bean too. The
American army wants men who can
think for themselves, not cattle that
have to be driven along by their offi
cers."
The file clerk seemed rather impress
ed. but he still had his doubts.
"All that's all right." he said, "but
suppose I get sent to France?"
"If you get sent to France you'll l>e
luckier than ever. You can help put
Kaiser BiW back in his place and have
i hand in the biggest game in the
world. What more do you want?"
"But suppose I get killed?" objected
the file clerk.
"Well, you've got to die some time
anyhow," replied the construction bom.
"Can you find a better way?"
o
Your country calls. You dare not be less
?brave
Thau those heroic dead who gladly died
Struggling to give her birth. What e'er
betide.
Through calm and storm, the heritage
they gave
Must slill live on, till freedom's flag shall
wave
O'er all the earth, till the onswelllnK
tnl<
Of tyranny be stemmed, till peace abide
O'er bloodstained field and unknown hero's
grave.
Ours is the task to speed the gladsome
day
Of which the prophets sang, when war
shall be
No more, when through the darkness of
the night
8hall come the dawn, when panoplied
array
Shall vanish neath the sun of liberty
A? the power of might through the tri
umph of right.
?Millie Cowen in Chicago Tribune.
U BOATS EQUIPPED WITH
DEVICES TO GUT NETS
Have Motor Driven Circular Saws
Which Protrude From Both
Sides of Craft.
From reports tliat reacn us from En
rope we learn that Germany has equip
ped some of her U boats with ingen
ious devices to enable them to cut their
way through submarine nets. One boat
with a double flange of thin sheet steel
protruding from both sides of the bow
is said to have been destroyed by shell
Are, and (he device itself, practically
intact, is said to be in the hands of
the British admiralty. A second boat,
equipped with heavy motor driven cir
cular knives attached to steel hawsers,
torpedoed a merchantman, and the cap
tain while in a small boat made a draw
ing oi the device for the admiralty.
Illustrations in the September issue
of the Popular Science Monthly give n
clear idea of these net cutters. The
double flange of thin sheet steel which
protrudes from both sides of the bow
of the submarine is operated by elec
trically controlled Rears. The flanges
spread on either side of the bow to a
distance of eighteen feet, or thirty-six
feet in all, whenever the nose of the
vessel touches an obstruction. Their
action is said to be automatic, al
though an operator within the boat can
extend or withdraw the device at any
time by moving two heavy metal arms.
The V boat equipped with the cir
cular knives is obviously far better
able to cut Its way through a net than
the boat just described. It does not
bother about a device at the bow, fig
uring, no doubt, that the sharp nose
of the vessel and its rounded hull are
sufficient to get through a net or stop
the boat before it becomes entangled.
However, it does not permit its con
ning tower to go unprotected. Several
strands of stout steel hawsers contain
ing motor driven knives a foot In diam
eter and placed about a foot apart are
stretched from the bow through the
conning tower to the stern. Striking
a net, the knives would revolve on a
flexible shaft.
BRITISH SURGERY WONDERS.
Of 1,350 Men Maimed London Hospital
Returned 1,000 to Duty.
Major .1. E. Goldthwalte, an ortho
pedic surgeon of the United States
army, returned to an Atlantic port aft
er visiting the hospitals of France and
England to study the new methods of
treating the wounded.
Out of a batch of 1 ,350 wounded sol
diers who had been crushed and fear
fully maimed by shells, he said, 1,000
had been so skillfully patched up by
the surgeons at the London Orthopedic
hospital that they were able to return
to duty.
Major Goldtliwaite was one of twenty
American medical officers who were
sent abroad by the government. He
said he had returned to recruit sur
geons for study of war hospital condi
tions in order that American soldiers
might later have the benefit of mod
ern treatment from their own surgeons.
Another passenger on the liner was
L. A. Post of Stanford, N. Y. who has
been in Mesopotamia for the Y. M. C. A.
He said that it was hotter in New
York than ho had found it in the near
east except once, when the tempera
ture was 105 degrees in the shade, and
the camels attached to the caravan
had to have palm leaves soaked in wa
ter tied over their heads before they
would leave the oasis after the noon
meal. Mr. Post said he was in Bagdad
when the British troops captured the
city.
ARMY CAMPS SHOWN IN MAP.
Interesting Folder Issued by the South
ern Railway.
The Southern Railway company
through its passenger traffic depart
ment lias just Issued a big folder map
showing the exact location of the can
tonments, camps and training stations
east of St. Louis for the army, navy
and marine corps.
Besides the folder map, there are four
teen smaller maps showing the can
tonments, camps and training stations
at points along the Southern railway
system, each showing the relative jm
sition of these camps to the cities and
towns near by. The folder is most
comprehensive and useful for all in
terested in the mobilization of troops
for the regular or national army.
Overlooked Himself.
After marrying 3.047 couples a West
Virginia "marrying parson" got In Jail
for failing to marry himself.
? ? Mil III 9\
INTERNED ALIENS
ARE WELL TREATED
liava Camicrlabto Quarters
Hacr He! Springs, N. G.
COr.Y ALL THE GAMP RULES
No Trouble Has Occi'rred, and None la
Expected ? Are Well Fed at a Cost of
50 Cents a Cay Per Man to the
Government ? Cooks From Interned
Liners Prepare the Food.
Prisoners from au enemy laiul may
be ill trout id in s?me countries, but
not so in the I'nited States. The Ger
mans iiiterniHl at Hot Springs, N. C.,
thirty -eight miles west of Asheville, in
the heart of tlie lUue Ilidge, live in
eomfort and eat their till at a hotel
wbleh the United States Iihs leased.
The building is set in a hundred acres
of shaded lawn. The alien guests are
100 otHeers uud "?00 members of the
eivwTTVof Herman merchant ships held
in American ports when tlie European
war began.
Surrounding the property is a four
foot wire fence, patrolled by khaki clad
men armed with pistols and badged as
"watchmen." Fence and guards are
chiefly to keep out curious Americans,
not to keep in tlie Hermans, if any
German thinks of escaping, which prob
ably none of tliem docs, the unwisdom
of such a course is suggested by long,
lean mountaineer hunters, who pause
at the fence to stare with impassive
faces at the foreigners.
A month ago the Germans were tak
en to Hot Springs from Ellis island and
other immigrant stations. They are
officially designated as "detained immi
grants," aliens who hud not chosen to
take up residence in this country prior
to hostilities with Germany and are not
now eligible to do so. Six hundred ?
more are going as soon as quarters
now building are completed.
No Trouble Is Expected.
"What will you do if they make
trouble V" was asked of the director of
internment, AP'red Hampton.
"Why answer that until there is trou
ble;'' he countered.
There has been 110 trouble. Tlie Ger
mans obey the few rules imposed on
them. They answer roll call at 9 a. m.
daily and take part in a lire drill. Then
they are practically free, within the
grounds, until taps sound at 11 p. 111.
They are practically on the honor sys
tem and are allowed to make rules
for their own guidance through a num
ber of committees. They work when
they work and play when they play,
idling but little. A massive, broad
shouldered coal passer who was seen
looking for a four leafed clover was
as attentive to his task as if he were
seeking a lost diamond. The chief offi
cers have organized classes, and daily
instruction is given to petty officers
and common seamen in mathematics,
navigation and languages.
"In three years all these men will
have the technical education necessary
to command a ship," said Mr. Hamp
ton.
Squads run through military setting
up exercises daily. Some of the men
work for the government, including
fifty ship carpenters being engaged in
the construction of the new barracks,
and others are employed as day labor
ers. The pay ranges from $20 to $30 a
month. A number of the men work in
the seven acre tract, where a fine crop
of vegetables is growing, and other*
find diversion in their own little gar
den plots. Agriculture appeals to most
of the interned men, but not many of
them know all there is to know about
plants. Most of them are from the
seaboard and have bad little experience
in the fields. One captain has a little
plot, outlined with white stones, in
which he Is cultivating beans and corn.
A large" and prosperous jimson weed
which the poor man thinks is some
American vegetable sprang up from a
former planting.
"I did^not notice that thing until it
was half grown," explained an official,
"and now I haven't tlie heart to tell
the captain it is a rank weed."
Build a Miniature Village.
By the riverside the officers have
built a village of miniature rustic
houses, using tree limbs and roots,
stones, <>dds and ends (if materiiil
found on the hotel grounds. One house
has panels of old matting. There are
seats and tables, but no steins.
The prisoners are allowed to receive
newspapers and other reading matter
and. subject to the station censorship,
to write and receive letters. About
thirty members of German officers'
families have come to the village of
Hot Springs, and these the officers are
privileged to receive for an hour each
Sunday. They can see them as often
as they wish, the families coming to
the fence, but no conversation is allow
ed except during the Sunday hour.
Few visitors are allowed to inspect th ?
station, and they are not permitted t?>
speak to the Germans except by way
of salutation in passing. The Germans
do not salute the American* in chargc
although they generally speak In salu
tation. The watchmen are not suppos
ed to talk with them.
"But the rules don't say we mustn't
listen to them talk." said a guard of
duty. "It wouldn't1 l>e any u .> to tell
thexe folks anything anyway." said he.
"because they wouldn't believe you.
They say the A r??eri< ire have never
repaired the shlv evlncs the-- da?n
n?ed. They snv it can't I**1 den ? out
side of Germany."
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court,
Before the Clerk.
Bettie Lyon Lee
vs.
I*aura Elizabeth Battle, C. W. Florne,
A. S. White, J. T. Talton, and E.
L. O'Neal and Hugh Ferrell, trad
ing as O'Neal & Ferrell, Et Als.
The defendant, Laura Elizabeth
Battle above named, will take no
tice that an action entitled as above
has been commenced in the superior
court of Johnston County for the pur
pose of allotting dower in a tract of
land on Main and Center Sts. in the
town of Clayton, N. C., which defend
ant purchased -from C. R. Lee, hus
band of plaintiff, during the cover
ture. plaintiff never having conveyed
or waived her right of dower in said
property, and also for damages for
the detention of said dower; and
defendant will further take notice
that she is required to appear before
the Clerk of Superior Court on the
4th day of September, 1917, at the
Court flouse of said county in Smith
field, N. C., and answer or demur to
the complaint in said action, or the
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said complaint.
W. S. STEVENS,
Clerk Superior Court.
This 6th day of August, 1917.
A. S. HOOBGOOD,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS.
State of North Carolina, County of
Johnston, In the Superior Court,
September Term, 1917.
Mary Birch
vs.
Ed. Birth.
The defendant above named will
take notice:
That ar. action entitled above has
been commenced in the Superior
Court of Johnston County, to dis
solve the Bonds of Matrimony now
existing between the Plaintiff and de
fendant on statutory grounds; and
the said defendant will further take
notice that he is required to appear
at the term of the Superior Court of
the said county to be held on the
Sixth Monday after the first Monday
of August, it being the 24th day of
September, 1917, at the court house in
the said county in Smithrteld, North
Carolina, and answer ur demur to the
complaint in the said action or the
Plaintiff will apply to the court for
relief demanded in the said complaint.
This the 31st day of July, 1917.
W. S. STEVENS,
Clerk Superior Court.
RAY & COCKERHAM,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
" NOTICE. ?
North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court,
Before the Clerk.
George F. Woodard, Adnir. of Silas
Cogdell, deceased,
vs.
Mary J. Cogdell, Katherine Richard
son, Guilford Cogdell, et als.
Whereas on August 20th, 1917, the
property hereinafter described was
duly offered for sale at the Court
House door in the town of Smithfield
after proper advertisement according
to law, and said property bid off for
the sum of $550.00 and whereas a
bona fide offer of 10 per cent increase
on said bid has been made to the un
dersigned commissioner, said commis
sioner will offer for sale for cash at
public auction to the highest bidder at
12 o'clock M., on September 12th,
1917, at the Court House door in the
town of Smithfield, the following de
scribed property situated 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. Durr.nt and on the East
by the lots of Winchester Standi, and
containing a fractional part of an
acre.
On this lot is situate a four-room
house in good condition. This is good
property situate near the center of
the town of Selma.
This 27th day of August, 1917.
'E. J. WELLONS,
Commissioner.
WELLONS & WELLONS,
Attorneys.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS, G. H. Eason and wife,
Louisa C. Er.son, on the 16th day of
October, 1915, made and executed to
F. H. Brooks, Trustee, a certain
DEED OF TRUST securing one bond
in the sum of $1,852.00 due and pay
able to J. D. Bizzell twelve months
after date, which deed of trust is
recorded in Book No. 8, page 27f> Rog
istry of Johnston County, therein
and thereby conveying the tract of
land hereinafter described;
ANI) WHEREAS,, application has
been made by the said J. D. Bizzell,
the present owner of said bond, to
the said F. H. Brooks, Trustee, to
make foreclosure of said deed of trust
because of failure to meet conditions
of said deed of trust and discharge
said indebtedness;
NOW, THEREFORE, the under
signed, Trustee in the deed of trust
aforesaid, under and by virtue of au
thority contained in the said deed of
trust, will, on Saturday, the 1st day
of September, 1917, at 12 o'clock M.,
at the Court House door in the town
of Smithfield, N. C.. offer for sale at
PUBLIC AUCTION, for CASH, the
following described tract or parcel of
land lying and being in Wilders town
ship, Johnston County, containing J9
acres, more or less, adjoining the
lands of J. H. Eason on the South,
Charlie Eason on the North, II. E.
Eason on the East and Mike Cosgrove
and Stephen Barham on the West,
and known as the share of the J. D.
Eason lrnd allotted to said G. H. Ea
son, as will appear from report of
said division filed in the office of th?
Clerk of the Superior Court of John
ston County.
This io a fine tract of land and in
good community. Title is good.
This July 31st, 1917.
F.| H. BROOKS,
Trustee.
RESOLUTIONS REQUIRING SIDE ,
WALK IMPROVEMENT IN THE
TOWN OF SMITHFIELD, N. C.
WHEREAS, The construction of
sioners of the Town of Siuithficld did,
on the 19th day of April, 1917, adopt
an ordinance providing for certain
street and side-walk improvement to
he made in said town of Smithfield,
under the provisions of Chapter 5t> of
the Public Laws of 1915, and of the
Municipal Finance Act of 1917, which
said ordinance has been published as
required by said Municipal Finance
Act; and
WHEREAS, The Board of Commis
such side-walk, of granolithic con
struction, on the East side of Third
street, frcm Bridge or Smith street to
Hancock street; on the South side of
Hancock street from Second street to
Brooks street; on the East side of
Sixth street from Caswell street to
Market street; on tho North side of
Market street from Forth street to
Broadway or Eighth street; on the
East side of Second street from Mar
ket street to Church street, and on
East side o{ Second street from
Bridge or Smith street to Hancock
street; the North and South side of
Johnson street from Third street to
Fourth street; on the West side of
Fourth street from Johnson street to
Davis street; on the North side of
Davis street from Third street to
Fifth stre?(; South side of Church
street from Fourth^ street to Fifth
. a __ . _ i- . a ? ? .? . . J
sireei; on wesi siao 01 rniru street ,
from J. B. Hudson's present side- ,
walk pavement to corner of Elm ?
street, and on North side of Elm
street from Third street to Second \
street, contemporaneously with said
street improvement as set out in said
ordinance, is a public necessity for
the town of Smithfield;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved .
by the Board of Commissioners of '
the Town of Smithfield, That the own- .
ers of all property abutting on the .
streets above designated within the
limits above stipulated, be, and they J
are hereby, directed and required to
construct or cause to be ctnttructed
upon the side-walks of their respec
tive properties abutting upon the (
streets above designated and within (
the limits above prescribed, a grano- (
lithic, cement er concrcte side-walk, {
of the width and according to the ^
specifications prescribed by the En
gineer for the town of Smithfield; J
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That under the powers conferred up- ,
on this Beard of Commissioners by |
the Charter of the Town of Smithfield '
(Section 3D of Chapter 21$) Private
Laws of 1 i> 1 1 ) , and Chapter 56 of
the Public Laws of 1915, the owners '
of all property abutting upon the !
streets designated above (paragraph :
second) within the limit3 there pre
scribed and fixed, bo and they are
hereby directed and required to com
mence such side-walk construction on ;
or before the 20th dry of August, '
1!)17, else the Town of Smithfield j
shall cause such construction of side
walks to be made, and the cost there- |
of be assessed upon the property '
benefitted thereby proportionately, as
is provided may be done by the Char- '?
ter of the Town of Smithfield and (
said Chapter 56 of the Public Laws ,
of 1916.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That the Town of Smithfield pay one
half of the cost of laying and con
structing the side-walk herein provid
ed for, and that the property owners
pay the other one-half thereof, ac- '
cording to the frontage of the respec
tive owners abutting on said streets
within the limits aforesaid.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
That this resolution be published in
The Smithfield Herald, a newspaper
published in the town of Smithfield,
and of general circulation.
The foregoing resolution was unani
mously adopted at an adjourned
meeting of the regular monthly meet
ing of the Board of Town Commis
sioners, held on Thursday night, Au
gust 9th, 1917.
H. L. SKINNER, Mayor.
ATTEST:
E. S. SANDERS, Clerk.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court,
Before the Clerk.
Sam T. Honeycutt
Vs.
J. T. Collier, Eula M. Collier, Rade
Christal Collier, Joshua F. Collier,
James Alvin Collier, Louvelia Col
lier, Wm. J. Collier, Delia Hill and
Rastus Hill.
The defendants, James Alvin Col
lier, Louvelia Collier, Wm. J. Collier,
Delia Hill and Rastus Hill, above
named, will take notice that an action,
entitled as above, has been commenc
ed in the Superior Court of John
ston County for the purpose of
dividing certain real estate in which
the said defendants are interested,
and the said defendants will take no
tice that they are required to appear
in the Superior Court of Johnston
County, before the Clerk, at the Court
House in the town of Smithfield, on
Monday, the first day of October,
1917, and answer or demur to the
complaint in said action, or the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complaint.
This August 27th, 1917.
W. S. STEVENS,
Clerk Superior Court.
S. S. HOLT,
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified as
Administratrix on the estate of Joe
C. Bailey, deceased, hereby notifies all
persons having claims against said
estate to present the same to me duly
verified on or before the 25th day of
August, 1918, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery; and
all persons indebted to said estate will
make immediate payment.
This 2f)th day of August, 1917.
MINNIE 0. BAILEY,
Administratrix.
Frank A. Munsey, great magazine
publisher, was bom in Maine 63
years ago on August 21st.
\N ORDER TO VOTE A SPECIAL
SCHOOL TAX IN SELMA
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, The County Board of
Education of Johnston County has pet
itioned this Board to call an flection
o be held in Selm-i Graded School
district on September 18th, 1917, for
he purpose of ascertaining whether
he voters of said district are in favor
>f is?uin-< Twenty Two Thousand Dol
ars of bonds bearing interest at the
?ate of five per cent payable semi
uinuallv, and payable as follows: One
rhousand Dollars annually for five
fears commencing January 1st, 1918;
Fifteen Hundred Dollars annually for
en yearj commencing January 1st,
1923, and Two Thousand Dollars pay
ible January 1st, 1934, for the pur
jose of completing and furnishing the
Selma Graded School building; and to
evy a tax of ten (10c.) cents on all
property, and thirty (30c.) cents on
ill taxable polls in said district for
he purpose of paying the interest and
he bonds as they mature;
THEREFORE, It is ordered by the
Hoard of Commissioners of Johnston
County, at their regular meeting held
>n this, the 6th day of August, 1917,
hat an election be and it is hereby
ailed to be held in Selma Graded
School District on TUESDAY, Sep
;ember 18th, 1917, at the usual voting
alace in said District, for the purpose
>f ascertaining whetheiVthe voters of
said Selma Graded School District
ire in favor of issuing Twenty Two
rhousand Dollars of bonds, bearing
nterest at the rate of five (5) per
1st davy# ? semi-annually on the
1st day of January and July in each
.ear, pry able as follows, to-wit: One
thousand Dollars annually for five
SLyeJ?" commencing January 1st,
.918 .I'll teen Hundred Dollars annu
y f?r ten years commencing Jan
Vtf l8t' 19P' and Tw<> Thousand
>oIlars payable January 1st, 1934, for
he purpose of completing and fur
lishing the Selma Graded School
)uildinga. At said election those fa
oring the issuanc e of bonds and the
evying of a special tax of ten (10c.)
ents on the Hundred Dollars worth
& an('thirty (30c.) cents on
ach taxable poll, shall vote a ballot
>n which shall be printed the words
I' or Schoolhouse Bonds," and those
? are opposed shall vote a ballot
>n which shall be printed the words
Against Schoolhouse Bonds."
1 here shall be an entire new regis
tration of voters in said Selma Graded
school District, and K. E. Ricliard
5?n. appointed Registrar,
ind R. W. Etheredge and T. H. Whit
ney are appointed poll-holders to con
* t and hold said election. The regis
,wil! bo opened August
[('l" a c'ose September 8th,
Said election is called under and bv
nrtue of Chapter 55 Public Laws of
1915, being an Act ratified February
-<>th, 1915, and will be held under
rules and regulations governin?' elec
tions in special tax districts, as pre
scribed by Section 4115 Revical of
. By or<<cr of The Board of Commis
sioners of Johnston County, this <ith
lay of August, 1917.
SAM T. HONEY, CUTT,
Register of Deeds of Johnston Coun
ty, and Ex-Officio Clerk to the Board.
SALE OF VALUABLE LAND IN
WJLDERS TOWNSHIP.
Whereas, G. H. Eason on the 15th
ilay of October, 1915, executed to F.
rJt ??,ko^ Trustee, a certain DEED
1 KUST securing one bond in the
sum of $5,F)5(i.02 payable in five equal
installment in 2-3-4-5 and <> years
from date, respectively, with interest
from date at <> per cent per annum,
payable to J. D. Bizzell, being bal
ance due on purchase price of the
tract of land hereinafter described
and in said deed of trust conveyed,
which deed of trust is recorded in
Rook No. 8, page 280, Registry of
Johnston County;
And, Whereas, application has been
made by the said J. D. Bizzell, the
present owner of said bond, to the
said F. H. Brooks, Trustee as afore
said, to make foreclosure of the deed
of trust aforesaid because of failure
to meet the conditions of the bond
and deed of trust aforesaid, and dis
charge the indebtedness secured
thereby;
Nov/, Therefore, the undersigned,
Trustee as aforesaid, under and by
virtue of the authority contained in
the deed of trust aforesaid, and upon
demand of the owner of the bond
aforesaid, will, on Saturday, Septem
ber 1st 1917, at 12 o'clock M., at the
C ourt House door in the town of
Smithfield, N. C., offer for sale, at
PUBLIC AUCTION for CASH, the
following tract of land in Wilders
township, Johnston County, being
I' arm No. 3 on plot of the Lemuel
Jordan farm (formerly owned by J.
IX Eason), as will appear from Plot
No. 1, page 16 in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Johnston Coun
ty.
This July 31st, 1917.
F. H. BROOKS,
Trustee.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND FOR
PARTITION.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court
Before the Clerk.
H. I. Ogburn
vs.
C. II. Smith, Donald Parrish, et als.
Under and by virtue of an order of
sale in the ahove-entitled action is
sued by the Clerk of the Superior
Court on August 4th, 1917, the un
dersigned Commissioner will sell the
following described lands on the 8th
day of September, 1917, at the Court
House door in Smithfield, N. C., John
ston County to the highest bidder at
public auction for Cash:
All the lands belonging to the ten
ants-in-common in this action being
the lands which belonged to the es
tate of Jrs. E. Smith, deceased, con
sisting of about one hundred and
forty-one acres lying and being in
Pleasant Grove township and ad
joining the lands of L. P. King, N. A.
Iloneycutt, Jim Johnson and D. W.
St?phenson.
This sale is made to divide the pro
ceeds between the tenants-in-com
mon.
Time of sale: Sept. 8th, 1917, at
12 o'clock M.
LEON G. STEVENS,
Commissioner.
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