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BEN E. GARDNER FARM 8 miles S. E. of Smithfield Sub divided into small tracts to be sold At Auction Saturday November 10. At 10:00 A. /W. IN directing your attention to the sale of the old "Whitley Place" now owned by Mr. Ben F. Gardner, we feel that we are making it possible for you to own a part of one of the best farms in Johnston County. Certain it is, there is no better farm to be bought at auction and on terms that are more than liberal. Too much cannot be said for ihesoil on this farm, it being one ( f the most productive under cultivation. The location is certainly all that could be desired. Good neighbois, good churches and good schools near by. This truly is a great sale of a grtat farm in a great community. Free Dinner will be served to all attending and a brass band will furnish lively concerts. The terms will be easy and your price will be ours for one day only. M 4r ? are ??^ng t0 se1' 0n^ about 300 acres of this line farm, this being 1 lOlto the very best part. SALE CONDUCTED BY rst National Auction Company Office: SMITHFIELD, N. C. SANDLIN BROS., Mgr's. ? BEN E. GARDNER, Owner "Let Us Sell YOUR Land" TV Lit ON COUNTY GOVERNMENT .M. S. Willard, of New Hanover, aivi G. C. Scott Make Addresses Before The North Carolina Club at the State University. New Laws Reco-r. - mended. (By S. H. Hobbs, Jr.) Chapel Hill, N. C., Nov. 3. ? The North Carolina Club met Tuesduj night for its third series of studies of County Government. Mr. M. S. Wil lard, of Wilmington, and Mr. Geo. (I Scott, of. Charlotte, gave valuable ad dresses, speaking respectively on County Finances, and Uniform Coun ty Accounting. 1 am fully persuaded, said Mr. Wn lard, that our present county financial system, with all its failures to accom plish what is desired, is not so terri bly bad if the laws as they exist we really enforced. For instance, taxes are not levied and collected as pre scribed by law in a single county in th:> State. Until s>me radical change it made in the present methods of assessing real estate for taxation, Mr. Willard urges all county officials to require ta.\ j listers to have some definite rule to | work by when making their valua j tions. Diligent efforts to collect all taxes are seldom nvide, said lie, and there i no similarity in th'* methods employe! in handling delinquent tax payers. ! Should the sheriff enforce the law he | would lose his office. Mr. Willard as- j serts that he has never seen an "in- 1 nual balance sheet that accurately showed the amount of uncollected taxes due the county. The shortcomings and looseness that prevail in county offices can be charged to the people themselves, and will nT>t cease until taxpayers and voters take a lively interest in county affairs. Mr. Willard is satisfied that we would come very much nearer to at taining the goal if we should chang" our laws so as to provide: First, A small board of commis sioners with complete authority o' or all county business. Second, Machinery by which county and municipal activities could bo com bined whenever the, people desire it. Third, Uniformity in keeping all I records of accounts, their periodic au- j diting, ;.fyl full publication of all in formation in convenient form for c'r culation. . fourth, Changing the t.-x laws pref erably in line' with rccommendr.tim made by the State Tax Commission Mr. Scott, speaking on Unifnni" County Accounting ,said, It is a fun i ? damental principal that efficiency and j economy of administration cannot be j any higher than the information pr > [duced by an adequate system ^f no ! counts. Our laws governing county ! accounting arc nyj adequate in their scope. Limited knowledge of practical ac counting by county officers cause* vast discrepancies in the methods employ ed, and numerous errors in the b:. ance. The commissioners' books in one county were examined and a defi I fit of $200,000 disclosed. There v.as j .10 dishonesty here, but the c-ise is | cited as typical of general ignorance in handling finances and preparing balance sheets. Money is collected and paid out without note being made cf it. The State is in need 6f county offi - cers who understand keeping accurate books. The counties are sadly in need of a uniform system of account i . ing. Mr. Scott suggests that necessary i laws be enacted for the creation of a State Commission of Accounts to deal with the matter, with the follow ing powers: hirst, To devise, chart, and estab lish a uniform system of accounting: procedures for the counties of the State; to prepare Jin accounting man ual thereof, and to require the adop tion of a budget system. Second, To require all counties to i install and maintain such devised sys tems and recounting procedures. Third, To require an annual nu^'.it and examination of the books and ac counts by qualified accountants. Fourth, To require all counties of the State to cause to be published an j annual Year-Book containing uniform statements of operations and financial j conditions together with uniform j statistical data. I'lans Next Aggression. 'Truss ia has come to dominate Ger many. She now seeks to dominate the whole of central Europe and a part of Asia; and if she gains what shi j wants in this war she will persistently lay her plans for the next great ag gress've move." ? Secretrry of Arri culture. Secretary McA^oo has announced that Mr. R. C. Leffingwell, of New York, had consented to accept tempo rarily appointment as Assistant Sec retary of the Treasury. i NOTES FROM CAM!' JACKSON. With the exception of Bailey and Crumpler who were assigned to the Depot Brigade, the first five per cent of the Johnston County boys who came to Camp Jackson were assign ed to the 317th Machine Gun Bat talion. None of our squad was affect ed by the transportation of about fifty per cent of the entire men from Camp Jackson to Greenville. Our Battalion, however, has been divided into three companies, A, B, and C. Some of our boys have been assigned to each company, but all are within speaking distance of ? ac'n other. It will be interesting to the folks back home to know that our boys as a whole, are making good. Some are non-commissioned officers, while others hold other responsible places in their respective companies. When our boys laid down their personal ideals and turned away from home and loved ones to answer their coun try's noble call, they did it with a determination to put the very best of themselves into the service. As a whole, they are living up to their high purpose, consequently they are making themselves known and rec ognized, not only amone: the men of their own rank, but likewise men of their superiors. It would be interesting to people who have never seen a "Cantonment" to pay one a visit. One who has nev er seen p like placc has only a^faint idea of its reality. One may walk about the "Camp Ground" during drill hours and every way he may cast his eyes there are men drilling everywhere. It seems that the men of Uncle Sam's new army are really be ing equipped for actual scrvice, and we feel sure that when we pet to France, that "Cajfinsr" the Kaiser will be only n small "stunt." On October the 1'Jth the thousands of soldiers which now constitute the camp at Jackson, assembled around the watch tower, where they were addressed by a noted attorney from Columbia, on the great war situation i nrirt the question of tho Liberty I.oan. The subject was well bandied i ' 'he address very much enjoyed. Another evidence of the patriotism of the men of Camp Jackr.on, is fheir liberal contribution to the Lib erty Loan. The m. n from this camp alone have purchased over half a mil lion dollars worth of Liberty Bonds. Another feature that mi kes Camp life mor- plear: nt at Jackson is the splendid disposition of the boys. Our company organized a Sunday school class to-day with forty members to start with. The class elected officers as follows: J. C. Stokes, President; Lieutenant Wm. Umstead, Teacher, I and C. J. Wiggs, Secretary and Treas urer. Other officers expressed their j admiration of our company spirit j and agreed to join with us. This class | will doubtless play no small part in bringing us closer together and cre ating a greater company spirit. Company A. has also recently or ganized a Company League. The ob ject of this League is to purchase Company stationery, various period icals, some good musical instrument such as a grafonola , records and other things that go to make e;:mp life more home-like. Another feature that makes life more pleasant to the soldiers is he hospitality of the people of Co lumbia. The churchcs of various de nominations are opened to the sol diers at least twice a week and in vitations tendered all the men who will participate. At thes" receptions there is first a general introduction of soldiers and the city folks. After which music and various games are "i' joyed. Finally the soldiers (if they are nervy enough) are given their j opposite in sex and while reclining upon the church pew, they feast upon the riches of "punch" and "cake". The latter feature especially is a treat for the soldiers, because ladies around Camp Jackson are almost as rare as "Figs on thistles." When "victory" is ours and we j shall march back home, we shall re flect over our stay at Camp Jackson and the thoughts will be j pleasant memories betau.se of the no ble causc that brought us here, the Company spirit and warm friendship that lives among our boy* and the hospitality tendered us by the good people of Columbia. C. J. WIGGS. ('amp Jackson, Columbia, R. C., j October 28, 1017. . GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER Has boen used for all ailments that ] are caused by a disordered stomach j and inactive liver, such as sick head- j ache, constipation, sour stomach, j nervous indigestion, fermentation of \ food, palpitation of the heart caused bv gases in the stomr.ch. August Flower is a pentle laxative, regulates digestion 'both in stomr.ch and intes tines, cleenn and sweetens the stom ach and alimentary cancl, stimulates the liver to secrete the bile and im purities from the blo<>d. 2o and 75 , cent bottles. Sold by Creech Prug Co.? Adv FIAIG'S OCTOBER GAINS COST HIM 83,558 MEN. London, Oct. 31. ? Field Marshal Hair's great sains in Flanders during: the past month wire attained :tt leas cost in men than his sains during Sep tember. The total of all casualties published this month was 83,558. I n | September it was 10.r>,4".0; in August 00,373, and in July 71,899. The October figures in detail follow: Killed, Wounded. Missing. Total Officers 1,498 3,804 388 5,70.) Men.. 10,018 57,578 4,602 77,858 Totr.l 17,110 01,442 5,000 83,558 The figures show, however, that Mie number of officers killed, wounded and missing is higher than for. the p?.st three months. ; GERMAN PRISONER IS TAKEN, j First German Taken by American Expeditionary Forces Dies From Wounds. With tl " American Army in France, Oct. 29 (By the Associated Tress). ? The first German prisoner of war tak en by the American expeditionary forces died today in an American field hospital, having been shot when he encountered an American patrol in No Man's Land in front of the Amer ican tranches. He with another German was dis covered Saturday nirht by the patrol and was called upon to halt. The Germans ran; the patrol fired and one of the enmy was hit. The prisoner was tror.ted at a dressing station and removed to a field hospital where the combined efforts of several surgeons failed to save his life. The prisoner was a mail carrier and letters of some value wore found on him. He explained his presence near the American trenches, saying he had lost his way in the dark. He de flared that the Gorman soldiers did not know that Americans were on the front or in Franco, the officers teling them nothing. We Are At War: Because Germany made war on u.?, sunk our ships, and killed our citizens. To assort and to defertd our riehts. To make good our claim that wo to !? free nation. To have the kind yf institutions we wish. To live the kind of life we have d??-l lermined to live. Secretary of \gri rulture. REPAIR ALL WORN MACHINERY. Scarcity of Implement* Must Be .>!? t by Putting Old Ones Into Shape for Work. The great outcry for farm produc tion and the scarcity of machinery points to the need of some way to re pair a great many implements t'.iac are now useless largely because of the neglect with which they have be.-n treated, sr.ys the United States De partment of Agriculture, which a'i.'s that the machinery manufacturers and their local sales agents shot' i help to perform this repair service. Throughout the country there are . thousands of binders, mowers, and other farm machines rusting in t'.ie fence corners, and many of these might be made available for furthc valuable service. The manufacturer-, of farm machinery are admittedly un able to furnish all the new machines required and are paying for full-pa"v advertisements to influence goven: mental authorities to insure them nec essary raw materials and transporta tion in competition with the demand for machines of war. I'ttf* p.'i i 1 moWo " ? -1 ?mii tvuuo v/x iiii,* cuuniry^ sccoi (?** ing to one of their officials, are beii.gr compelled in the present emergency to rescue practically every scrap loco motive from the old-iron graveyards and rebuild them for active service. A similar plan r,hould be adopted, says the department, for the reclamation of this cast-off farm equipment through the agency of central repair shops where the work could be done. Many of the machines might be mrde available for further service with re pairs of comparatively small cost. Added to the almost sinful careless ness of some farmers there has bet n the attitude on the part of farm ma chinery manufacturers in years pa>t to favor the abandonment of worn end disabled machines in order to sell new ones; but new the time has arrive a when it is difficult to supply the rr.fcr ket with the necessary new machinery The department suggests that repre sentatives of the manufacturers, on the one hand, and of the farmers ? such as firm bureau agents or county agents? on the other hand, should g^r together to establish the necessary farm machinery repair stations in con venient localities. ? Government New;* Letter. COLES HOT BLAST STOVES AND Ranges, the fuel savers, and satis factory cookers and heaters. R^b t A' Inn.-; n Co., ^tlma, N.
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