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A special representative from the factory will show you why the MAJESTIC bakes so perfectly, and heats all the water wanted with the minimum of fuel . Hot Coffe and Biscuits served; one week only . You are interested in reducing the "High Cost of Living ? it means more to you this year than you imagine. The cost of things is not always controlled by the price you pay for them. Waste in material, labor, energy ? all are vital factors. To get the most value from the things you buy ? that's the problem. In your household ? in every household ? the greatest outlay of money is for foodstuff's and fuel; the greatest outlay in the house wife's time and energy is the preparation of meals. Perfect baking and water heating with the least possible fuel is one central and controlling fact in household economy. You believe you are getting the best results from your cook stove or range, and with what you have, this is doubtless true. You fail to realize the advantages gained in throwing out an old cook stove or range that is not thoroughly scientific and economical in its operation. All great business men do this ? that is why they are great business men. They know well what most of us are slow to learn; it does not pay to operate anything a single day after something better has come to take its place. The question therefore, in your household is, not only what price you pay for fuel, but are you burning too much of it ? and not only the price you pay for flour and other eatables, but are they being cooked without waste ? not only the price you pay for a cook stove or range, but what it costs for repairs. These questions are better answered by comparing the GREAT MAJESTIC MALLEA BLE AND CHARCOAL IRON RANGE with others. The Great Majectic is not only a durable range ? a perfect baker ? a great water heater ? an economical range ? but, in its new dress, it's a Handsome easy-to-keep-clean range. Call at our store during our Majestic Salo Week ? let the factory representative show you the Majestic, inside and outside ? show you the new improvements ? improvements that are not to be found on any other range. Special for this Sale only $8.00. Set of Marbleized and Copper Ware will be given FREE with every Majestic Range bought. CAMP GREENE IS COMPLETE. Forces Working Now on Base Hospit al and Remount Station. Camp, as Originally Planned, Is Ready for Reception of Troops. Finishing Touches. (Charlotte Observer.) Camp Greene, as originally planned, is finished. That is, all the work is finished except extra contracts given since the camp was started. The forces are now at work on 300 brick incinerators, base hospital and remount station. This means that the camp is now ready for the reception of troops, all the work remaining on the camp pro per being the cleaning up process and a few "finishing touches." Neither the base hospital, incinera tors nor remount station is immediate ly necessary on the arrival of troops. It may be said here, in passing, that the buildings at the camp, over eight hundred all told, are not sMfcp ing quarters, nor living quarters, but are mess halls, in the main. There are some bath houses, tool houses, etc., but the majority of the big, long houses are mess halls. This fact will give some idea of the immensity of the jcb of handling over forty thousand soldiers. The soldiers will use tents The .360 brick incinerators, now un der construction, are to be used to burn all refuse. This is the usual gov ernment way of keeping everything in the camp and around it in the most sanitary condition. These incinerators are placed at various points through out the camp. The remount station is a gigantic undertaking in itself. Built for the accommodation of 10,000 horses, it will cover something near a hundred acres. In addition to the loading and unloading platforms, which are small by comparison with the rest of the station, there are to be sheds for wag ons, pack mule stables, and stables for the horses. The health of the horse i3 also to be protected, for there will be a modern, up-to-date hospital for horses, a sick corrall and a con valescent corrall. This station is rapidly taking shape, as the war department has urged that the work on it be rushed as horses might be shipped at any time. The base hospital will be composed of fifty-nine buildings, all of them of large size. This is so planned that ad ditional buildings may be erected con forming tc the general plan. The hos pital is more symmetrically laid out than the rest of the camp. Each build ing will be connected with a covered walkway. For handling supplies for the troops in training here, ten tremendous warehouses line the railroad. Road Day and Barbecue. An interested party requests us to insert the following: "This is to notify those interest ed in the roads beginning at the Nathan Toler land at the Mill Creek ford, ne^j- Mr. Sane Lynch's and running to the steel bridge, near Mr. Gardner's, and the Richardson bridge, to meet at the Wayne Harwood Camp, near Mr. Sane Lynch's home, Tuesday morning, September 4th, to help work on these roads. A barbe cue and lemonade will be served and a good time given to those who come. If it should be raining very hard, the following Tuesday will be the time." MT. ZION ITEMS. Mrs. J. C. Carroll spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Gordon near Smithfield. She returned home Sunday, accompanied by her sis ter, Miss Lizzie Gordon and cousin, Miss Bessie Leneave, of La Grange. Misses Victoria and Lillie Mae Hathaway are the guests of Miss Le na Penny this week. Mrs. A. D. Taylor and daughter, Miss Emily Taylor, have returned home, after visiting relatives in Franklin. Mr. E. L. Gower went to Clayton Tuesday to purchase a new Ford. Miss Ida Carroll is visiting at the home of her grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Gordon, this week. Little Miss Elsie Gordon is visiting her cousin, Etta Carroll this week. Miss Bettie Brady is the guest of her cousin, Miss Katherine Brady, this week Miss Lillie Wrenn was the gust of Miss Lucy Sanders Sunday afternoon. The revival meeting will begin at Mt. Zion M. E. Church the first Sun day, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Crcven. ELL McCullt-rs, Route No. 1. The U. S. Pharmacopoea endorses every ingredient of Dr. SETH AR NOLD'S BALSAM for Summer Sicknesses. Put up in handy bottle form for your convenience. War-' ranted by Hood Bros., Smithfield, N. C.? Adv. FROM SELMA TO FLORIDA. Through South Carolina and Geor gia Into Florida, From Selma, N .C., on a "John Henry." (By Jno. A. Mitchener.) Pelhani, Ga., Aug. 25. ? Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Josh Billings cr some one else a long time ago wrote a book "Through Missouri on a Mule." The author was told of so many wonderful tilings in Mis souri that he could always find a littl^ ahead. That when he went "Through Kansas on a Mule" and they began to tell him of the wonders of Kansas he would say "I am from Missouri; You will have to show me," hence the expression "I am from Missouri," so often heard when one is in doubt about the truthfulness of the story being told. In these notes if they should find space in your columns, I shall endeavor to tell your readers what can be seen on a "John Henry" (Ford) as he passed through the con stantly changing scenery, beautiful villages and towns and some of the very interesting history connected with this section and some of it very interesting and instructive, and in doing so I hope no one will think I am overdrawing the description and in an ungarded moment exclaim: "I am from Missouri." If any one should, all I can say is to take the trip on a "John Henry" or a "Liza Jane" and be convinced. To any one who enjoys r. few days off from business, a trip of the kind is really enjoyable and not expen sive ? travel only by day-light, mak ing a circuit, taking in points of in terest as yo ugo ? camping or not, just as you like. The National ro Dixie Highway is lined with towns, villages, a half dozen or more cities and accommodations pood and reas onable at hotels or cafes. For my part, I prefer a trip of the kind to that of going to some resort. On August lfith, accompanicd by my daughter Blanche, we mounted her "John Henry" for the above trip, accompanied by Mr. W. C. P. Bethel as far as Rock Fish in Cumberland County. We arrived in Raeford about 11 o'clock a. m., spent a few i hours very pleasantly with Prof. Hassell and family, former Superin tendent of Selma Schools. We then drove to Laurinburg, the county seat of Hoke County, a pretty town 1 and in a fine farming country. This ( county claims more cotton per acre | yield than any other in the State, i we spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Covington, Sr., and had a fine opportunity to see the fine crops around this thriving' town. On Sat urday morning, Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Covington (my daughter) joined us in our trip. The fYrst night from Laurinburg we spent in Aiken, S. C., the second in Columbia, S. C., and reached Pelham, Monday before sunset. But for a big rain Sunday afternoon, which caused high water and detained us, we would have reached Pelham for dinner. Without a kick, blow-out or complaint from our faithful friend "John Henry." Before closing this article, I will say that I am now in the cotton boll weevil section of Georgia and at the rate they are advancing Johnston County will have them in 1919. Make all the cotton you can next year or until they reach you for when they do come you are helpless. I have passed many fields, gr?en and grow ing, not a wihite bloom to be seen and upon examination you find the weevil in the squares and many of the younger bolls stung. Last year was the first time known here. Many of the fields, as good cotton land as you ever saw, in peanuts this year, and "what to do next" the question. This alone has caused many of the negroes to leave and many more will follow. "Cotton is all we know" they say "and we must find something to do. A great calamity or a blessing in disguise is ahead of us ? Which?" I will bring some in alcohol. Saving Seed. One of the greatest drawbacks to the maximum crop production this year has been the inability on the part of the farmers to secure seed at anything like a reasonable price and for some crops they have been una ble to secure sufficient quality at any price. This condition of affairs s?ems to us to be a serious reflection upon the farmers in this th? greatest agri cultural country in the world. We have been so long accustomed to depending upon somebody else for our supplies that we have entirely neglecte-i the fact that these needs should have been provided for at home. One important ( sson of th^ grertt war, which is now on, will be thr.t we must provide for ourselves at home. We urge upon every farmer in our territory to sav ? seed fnr next year's rrop. It has been the custom to de pend upon the Maine potato crop for *eed in o;;r great potato growing *ic tion, when the fr.ct is, we can grow just as good seed in the mountainous sections of our territory as can be grown in Maine or anywhere else, hut the fanners through these sections have neglected almost entirely the possibility of producing seed potatoes. There is really no excuse for our farmers being short of grain seed, yet such is the fact. Legume seed of many species can hardly be had at any price; crimson clover now sells for $12.50 per bushel, one of the most important of the winter cover crops. Hairy vetch seed is not even on the market at any price and Oregon vetch only in very limited quantities and at a very high price. The crop of cow peas and soy beans has been very much curtailed this year on account of the scarcity and high price of the seed. Think of it farmers! Save your own seed at home, you not only in sure a supply for yourself but you save the enormous prices and incon veniences of having to secure them from other sources. Let's never get caught again without seed. ? Southern Planter. 125 NORTH CAROLINIANS HEADING TOWARD FRANCE. ? ? ? ? Battalion of Engineers Leaves 'Camp Sevier for Mineola for Further Training. Greenville, S. C., Aug. 28. ? The first battalion of engineers, 117th reg iment, consisting of about 800 men, including 125 North Carolinians and 105 Tennesseeans who were last week transferred into the ranks to fill up vacancies, left Camp Sevier this af ternoon for Mineola, Long Island, where they were ordered recently to join the California regiment, which has been named with the first contin gency of army engineers to go to France. They will likely see a short train ing period before embarking. The battalion left in sections, board ing the train at camp. Several thous and fellow soldiers were on hand to give them a good send-off ns their vanguard to the Lr.ttle front. Intimations have been p:iven that the two companies of North Carolina engineers, A and B. now stationed at Sevier, will entrain within the next two or three weeks. FRESH JERSEY MILK COW FOB when you want them, so I can have sale. E. F. Boyett, Smithfield, N. C WATKINS TERRITORY For sale with all good accounts. Business now runs at rate of $2,000 commissions yearly. $1, 400.00 accounts on books. Will dispose of territory for either cash or secured note. Quitting on account of being drafted. A. L. FAULKNER. Williamston, N- C. SOME LAND BARGAINS. Only 1200 acres of the Wayne Hardwood Company's land left. You can get four 100-acre tracts, and two 400-acre tracts, which carries 17 building.* belonging to the camp to be divided with the different tracts; there are about 100 acres of cleared land, the balance one of the finest pastures in the State, this can be bought at only $10.00 per acre. The Nathan Toler tract will be di vided in tracts at $10.00 per acre and up. Some fine land at a bargain. If you wish to buy or sell real estate, see E. L. Edmundson, Goldsboro's Real Estate Hustler, Goldsboro, N. C. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. Seven tenant houses in ideal loca tion, foui blocks from Court House, on street car line, Goldsboro, North Carolina. Property now paying 10 per cent on $4500.00, and fine corner for op ening grocery store. Would exchange for Johnston County farm. Write lock box No. 326, Smithljeld, N .C. | FOR SALE. A GOOD HORSE, EIGHT years old, healthy and sound. Ex ceptionally good as a road horse. R. L. Ray, Selma, N. C. I DESIRE IMMEDIATE CORRES pondence with four young men who wish to work their way through school either here or at Littleton, N. C. J. M. Rhodes, Lake Juna luska, N. C. [THE PAIN CAUSED FROM PILES I is very bad. Dr. Muns' Piles and Eczema Ointment will relieve you | instantly. Creech Drug Co., Smith field, N. C. FOR SALE? ONE FINE LITTLE Jersey bull, full blood stock, large for hia age, but only three and a half months old. He is the fellow you need. City Grocery, Smithfield, N. C. SEE I S FOR FRUIT JARS? COT ter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C.
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