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ROPER SUCCEEDS COL. OSBORN. Grreiuiboro Man Gives I'p Him Po?t as Com missione r of Internal Reve nue. Made a Splendid Record. Washington, I>. C., Sept. 18. ? Col. William H. Osborn, of Greensboro, for the past five years Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has tendered his resignation and it has been accepted. Daniel C. Roper, former First Assist ant Postmaster General and now a member of the recently created tariff commission, has been nominated to succeed Col. Osborn. When seen tonight Colonel Osborn said he could not discuss the subject and that all information must come from Secretary McAdoo. It is known however, that the Commissioner ten dered his resignation to the Secreta ry early last winter hut that Mr. Mc Adoo urged him to re-consider and remain with the Administration a while longer. In the resignation of Colonel Os born the government loses one of the {?blest and I e.,t officials in the govern ment service. Not only has the Greensboro m;Mi t een one of the most efficient off- I i, I ut he has done more to keep th ? 1> rauc p.irty together than any oth r man in official life in Washington. Under his administration there has been no room for crooked business in the internal revenue department. Hundreds of men tried to defraud the government by evading taxes and thiy know too well how useless their ef forts were. Several hundred promin ent men have been sent to the peni tentiary for their pains and the irov ernment today is more than $2f>,000, 000 better off because Osborn was at the heail of the greatest tax collection institution in the world. Something over $20,000,000 in back taxes were collected by Commissioner Osborn. That is taxes that had been overlooked by Commissioner Osborn's predecessors under Republican ad ministrations. mm abi ? ia iw uii< i V'T /vi luiTlnV' I III*. AM, 1>I II Ml 1 \ ?> I <(l r,.1 I nil. Military Drill in t he University of North Carolina. (By David Jennings Rose.) The all important question of mili tary drill in the University of North Carolina, a question which has attract- i ed infiniteaimally small attention for I a century and a quarter, is now being ' sprinkled with a calm consideration 1 and earnest enthusiasm. The Univer sity students are now proving the i loyalty of their State and the spirit of the institution which they represent. Such enthusiasm as is manifested in this work shows thnt the hoys really mean business, and are willing to sac rifice the time and the pleasure to prepare themselves for a world con flict. The course in military science is ar ranged so as to ftive five hours cred- ? it toward graduation in the academic ' department. The work is to consist of twelve ' hours per week. The training will he under the direction of men with high reputation. Captain Allen, a Canadian officer, who has been wounded twice in the trenches in France, is in com mand of the work. Lieutenant Leonard, a graduate of Harvard, has been secured to aid in the work. We have still another man who is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1915, and has been to Plattsburg Training Camp. The boys welcome Mr. Whitefield back to help in the struggle. There are nearly five hundred men taking drill in the University, and those who are not taking the real work seem to be right with the work. Not only are the students behind the movement, but every member of the faculty has his shoulder to the wheel, ready to do what he can. In fact, many of the faculty are in actual drill. ******* 'Tis fine to live with a Flag that will clec.n away the very germ of an auristocratic movement. But w>' miftt still be mindful of the fact that this is a time which calls for men, men who are willing to spill the very last drop of blood for a people's freedom. However low may have been our thought n the past, henceforth we must realize that we are an actually entangled in the bloodiest struggle the world has ever known, and we must shove every effort to the front and play the part of a true, loyal American citizen. We, as University students, pledge our honor to play a man's part in a man's world. A Card of Thanks. We, the members of the Fret Will Baptist church of Pine Level, take this method of expressing our thanks to all denominations of our town and community who helped us entertain the State Convention which convened at this place on September 11, 12, 13, 1917 MANY MEMBERS. IN MEMOKIAM. Miss l.ury Hum kin- I.ansiter. Miss Lucy Hawkins LaBsiter, who died at her home in Elevation town ship on Morday ni^ht, September 17, was th ? daughter of Elder James O. ?>nd I.ucv Lockhart Lassiter. She was born in Johnston County on May 4, 18M, and spent her lonjf and unevent ful life near the scene of her hirth. She was eight -one years, four months und thirteen days of While not a member of any church, she had lontr been a believer in the faith held by the Primitive Baptists, and in a bright hope of eternal life she enter ed the treat Veiled Beyond unfalter ing und unafraid. She was laid to rest in the family grave yard near Mr. K. C. Harbour's in Elevation township, on Tuesday afternoon in the presence of u goodly number of relatives and friends. She leaves an only sister and a number of nephews anil nieces, to gether with a host of friends to mourn her departure. She had lived a lift* of usefulness and has gone to receive the reward of the faithful. **l ?"-it h is the crown of life; Were death denied, poor man would live in vain; Were death denied, to live would no be life." Tho deceased was one of . Ight. chil dren who lived to manhood and wo manhood. Th.' eldest died several years Ik fore the Civil War. Th? others, two brothers 2 nd five sist rs, were spared many years. Of the number there were four sisters who never married, hut lived together from 'lie 1 im j of the dc.ith of their mother in 1K8U, until the first one was t:>ken a little more than ten years ago. These four sisters Misses Lucy Haw kins, Mizabeth, Alice Rebecca and Kleanor A. I.assiter ? for many years lived lives of unselfish devotion to their loved ones and neighbors, and until old and the nvngea of disease laid hold of them they were faithful in the work of minist ring to t host ? n need. rhe fir. I of the aged quartette to Pass awry, was Miss Alice Rebecca, who answered the heavenly summons on April 1 1, 11(07, in tho (55th year of her age. She was soon followed by Miss Elizabeth, who died September 1H, 1909, in her 71st year. The third was Miss Lucy Hawkins who died Ihjs week. The only one of the family left now is Miss Eleanor A. Lassiter who is in her 73rd year. She will feel the loss of her sister most keenly. H<>r many long years, since the death :'f Miss Elizabeth, they had been de voted companions. During her last illness "Aunt Hawkins,'' as she was railed, had her undivided attention. She will miss her, but she can look JP through her tears and rejoice that ner sist-r is now basking in the sun light of a Saviour's love. As has already been said these listers were th" daughters cf Elder lames O. Lassiter who was a Primi tive Baptist preacher. He was born in 1800 and died in 1X47. lli.s father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was with Washington at Val ley Forge. The writer remembers hearing his father, who was the sec ond son of Elder James (). Lassiter. speak of hearing his grandfather tell of the hardships the soldiers endured in the War of Independence. Lucy Lockhart Lassiter, the moth er of these sisters, and the grand mother of the writer, was born in Smithfleld, N. C., in 1810, in the house which formerly stood on the corner where the residence of Dr. L. I). Wharton now stands. Her brother Thomas Lockhart, was one of the early deacons of the Smithfleld Bap tist church, and at one time was clerk of the church. He was ordained a deacon in 1839. Of the other members of this fam ily, James O. Lassiter was the first to "cross over the riv ?r." He died in May 1898. at the age of 60. The next to follow was William G. Lassiter who died on July 20, 1898, in his 04th year. Ih? third to pass away was the youngest child, Mrs. Louenza 1'. Bar liour, wife of R. C. Barbour, of Ele vation township, who died on June 19, 1900, in her filth year. They were a large family of hon est, sturdy. unassuming people who lived and died near the scene of their birth. Honored and loved among their neighbors and friends they, with the exception of the one sister, have gone to meet their reward. T. J. I. It is not wise to "put new wine into old bottles" ? the spirit of democracy into autocratic governmental forms. Democracy must be expressed through a governmental organization repre sentative of anil responsive to the people- President Wilson. A Challenge To Men. Are ye men ? Then meet the challenge As your fathers did of old Help the cause of all the races, With your muscle, brain, and gold. ? I'rom "Rookie Rhymes." JOHNNY'S HEALTH AT SCHOOL. Teacher His Ouardian Angel. Parent* and School Commissioners Also Kesponaible. " 'Every child in school' is a pood educational slogan, " says the State Board of Health, "but his being there is not nil there is to the matter. He is going to be expected to meet the demands of the class for six, eight, or ; lore months, an dat the end of the term to be advanced to the next grade. He is going to be expected to develop physically as well as mental ly and at the end" of the school to be . s robust and healthy as the day he started. This is as it should be," says the BoauJ, "but to make it so is about the biggest problem the schools now have before them. "In the present scheme of keeping Johnny well while he is in school," continues the Board, "the teacher, as usual, is considered his guardian an gel. She is supposed not only to aid the medical inspector when he arrives i or his annual inspection, if the school is so fortunate as to have this work, but she is expected to be acquainted v. ith and to recognize the approach of he various contagious diseases. She s expected to be able to denote any ?feet or deformity that may be im p tiring Johnny's health or hindering (lis education. Furthermore, she is expected not only to notify the child's parents of any condition or disease that needs treatment, but to be in strumental in getting the treatment that is needed. She is already required to teach hygiene and sanitation and i-. expected to so apply it in refer ence to the pupils, the school-room and the environments of the school, that sickness >hall not come near during the term. "But Johnny's health and education are matters too important," says the Board, "for the parents and school commissioners not to take active in terest in its protection. The teacher cannot safeguard the health of all the Johnny's and Mary's without their support. If their school is not to have medical school inspection under the pew Stute law this year, can they af ford to wait one or perhaps two years before their children shall have this attention ?" The Board advises that I arents and school authorities do not ?illow their children's health to suf fer while they wait for the medical school inspection work provided bv the State. Death of Ida May Little, On Friday morning, September 14, the death angel visited the home of Mr. and Mr. Oscar Little and took from them one of their twin ba bies, Idi May. She wr.s only three months old. All was done for her that a loving mother and father and friends could do, but nothing could stay the icy hand of d^ath. The funeral services were conduct ed by Rev. D. Little, and rhc was buried in the family burying ground. This lovely bud so young and fair, Called hence by early doom. Came to show how sweet this flower In paradise would bloom. Ere sin could harm or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly cp.re; The opening bud to Heaven convoyed, And bade it blossom there. FRIEND. ELEVATION SCHOOL NOTES. Rev. J. T. Stanford filled his regu lar appointment at Elevation Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Medlin, Mr. and Mrs. Talbot Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Dorman and Mr. Mather and Miss Nora Dorman motored to Ral eigh Wednesday. Mr. Herman Morgan is spending several days visiting relatives in Clay ton. Quite a number of the people from this section attended services at Han nah's Creek Sunday. Mr. Ralph Medlin spent Sunday af ternoon with friends near Benson. Mr. William and Mi-s Martha Strickland spent Sunday at Mr. D. G. Allen's. Mr. !>t ker Creech v as a visitor in our section Sunday. Miss 1. uetta Pipkin, of M ro, spent last week visiting at her uncle's, Mr. J. P. Strickland. Mr. am! Mrs. Talbot Stevens and Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Lee and Miss Bell Mi'dbn spent Sunday at Bentons ville. They visited the old battlefield while there. Mr. Harvey Thornton and Miss Myrtle Godwin were united in the holy bonds of matrimony Wednesday night. Mr. Thornton is a young farm er of tlvs s.ction, while .Mrs Thorn ton is the daughter of Mr. Haywood Godwin, of Pleasant Grove township. They ar<> well known through John ston and Harnett Counties and have many friends who wish for them a long and happy life. Elevation, September 18th. FOR HIGH AVERAGES? SELL \'>ur tobacco with Boyett Broes. *-! MORTGAGE SALE OF HOUSE AND LOT IN SMITH FIELD. North Carolina, Johnston County, Under and by virtue of authority contained in a certain Mortgage Deed, executed to John Kennedy and wife, Ollie Kennedy, and Milton Kennedy and wife, Annie Kennedy, to Mrs. Peatie Oliver, Guardian, June 27, 1912, to secure the payment of a bond for $220.00 with interest from date, payable on the 21st day of Juno, 1913; and whereas the interest has been paid on said note up to January 1st, 1915, leaving due thereon $220.00, with interest from January 1, 1915, and $6.47 insurance paid by mort gage; whereas the conditions of the mortgage have been broken, and the payment of the bond secured by the same refused on demand: Therefore the undersigned will of fer for sale at Public Auction, at the Court House door, in the town of Smithfield, N. C., on Saturday, Octo ber 20, 1917, for cash, the following described lot in the town of Smithfield, N. C.j on which are located two small dwelling houses, to-wit: A certain lot of land adjoining the lands of Marshall Avera, J. D. Al ford, and William Holden and be ginning at a stake on Fourth Street, (Marshall Avera's corner) and runs with said street 73 feet to a stake in William Holden's line; thence nearly east 210 feet to J. D. Alford's line; thence nearly North with said line 73 feet to Marshall Avera'3 line; thence nearly West with said Marshall Avera's line 210 feet to the beginning, cont'iining 2-6 of an acre, more or less, it being the same lot of land de scribed in the Deed from C. Radford to Parker Kennedy, September 4, 1880, and recorded in Book "W" No. 4, page 299. This September' 18, 1917. PEATIE OLIVER, (Guardian), Mortgagee. F. H. BROOKS, Attorney. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of J, H. Barber, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 21st day of September, 1918, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 18th day of Sept., 1917. J. Wm. LANGDON, Administrator. CHAS. C. LEE, Attorney. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of James G. Earp, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 21st day of September, 1918, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 18th day of Sept., 1917. W. G. EARP, Administrator. Through Sleepers To ATLANTA And ASHEVILLE Commencing Sunday, July 8th, the Atlantic Coast Line will inaugurate a through sleeping car line between Wilmington and Asheville, via Flor ence, Sumter and Columbia, in connec tion with the Southern Railway Sys tem, upon the following daily sched ule: LV. Wilmington 3:45 P. M. AR. Columbia 10:50 P. M. LV. Columbia 11:50 P. M. AR. Spartanburg.... 3:20 A. M AR. Tryon 4:50 A. M. AR. Saluda 5:15 A. M. AR. Flat Rock 5:35 A. M. AR. Hendersonville 5:50 A. M. AR. Asheville 7:00 A. -M. Returning: leave Asheville 4:10 P. M., arrive Florence 8:45 A. M., ar rive Wilmington 12:50 Noon. This Sleeping Car Service, which will be operated until Sept. 16th, will afford comfortable accommodations for passengers visiting the Mountains of North Carolina. The old established through sleep ing car line between Wilmington and Atlanta will be continued via Augus ta, in connection with the Georgia Railroad, upon the following sched ules: LV. Wilmingtton ....3.45 P. M. LV. Florence 7:55 P. M. LV. Sumter 9:30 P. M. AR. Augusta (Eastern time) 1:35 Night ^ AR. Atlanta, (Central time) 6:10 A. M. Returning: leave Atlanta 8:35 P. M., arrive Florence 8:45 A. M., arrive Wilmington 12:50 Noon. Passengers may remain in this car, in the Union Depot, which is in the heart of Atlanta, until 7:00 A. M., if they so desire, and on account of the earlier arrival of this train, and the use of the Union Depot, convenient connections may be made with throuph Observation-Dining-Sleepine Car-Coach trains which leave from same station for Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, etc. Connections are made at Florence with above trains by leaving Smith fiefd at 3:08 P. M., and equally good connections are made returning. For fares, tickets, etc., apply to J. A CAMPBELL, Ticket Agent, Smithfield. N. C. ATLANTIC COAST LINE JThe Standard Railroad of the South.
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