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INFANT MURDERED IN RALEIGH Little Lucy Plummer Is Strangled To Death; Burglar Escapes and Blood* hounds 'Follow Trail to Railroad. Home On West Morgan Street Fn- ' tered by Unknown Person; Mrs. Plummer Awakened by Noise In Dining Room. (News and Observer, 7th.) Six hours after a burglar had beer frightened from the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Plummer, 218 West Mor gan street, yesterday, their four months-old daughter, Lucy Plummer was found dead in her bed, with heavy bruises and finger prints about thf> face and neck. The fretful condition of the child in the early part of the night and the known faet that *he intruder entered the room occupieo' by the child and her three-year-old sister leaves no other theory than that the babe was strangled when its peevish crying gave him fears of de tection. Mrs. Plummer, the mother, occu pied a room at the front of the house, while the two children were sleeping in a room at the rear of the hall. Until 1:30 yesterday morning Mrs. Plum mer had made frequent visits to the young baby's crib. At that time the child had become more restful and both mother and babe fell aslenp. Shortly before three o'clock Mrs Plummer was awakened by the noise of rattling dishes in the dining room. She called the name of her husband whom she was expecting to return from a trip to the eastern part of the State for the State Department of Agriculture, for which he is assistant chemist. As an answer, a man rushed from the dinning room out of a win dow. ? i Mrs. Plummer gave the alarm of burglary and Mr. Jack Duncan, a neighbor, and Mr. W. D. Lyon, a young men rooming at the Plummer homo, made an investigation, notify ing the police that a burglary had been committed. Mr. F. S. Smith, pa trolman, responded and aided in the search. On the dining room tabla was discovered remnants of food which had just been eaten by the intruder, while a bag of silverware in the house and an overcoat belonging to Mr. Plummer in the back yard gave am- \ pie evidence of the intent of the in trusion. The oldest child awoke, bright-eved under the excitement, while the search was made. The babe, appar ently, slept on and the mother, glad that the child could so peacefully sleep after a restless night, ?lid rot arouse her. At 9 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. Plummer, alarmed at the con tinued sleeping of the baby, made n closer investigation o fits crib, with the horrifying discovery of its death. The shock almost prostrated her. The police department was notified immediately of the graver nature of the crime committed and a vigorous search was began. The absence of alt clues made the investigation difficult. Bloodhounds were put on the tra'J, but last night had yielded no returns. " Taking a trail under the window through which the murderer escaped, the dogs led a searching party head ed by Chief of Police Barbour from the back yard to the sidewalk ir. front of the home and thence west wards on Morgan street to West street. Continuing the trail on West street the dogs went northward acrosr Hillsboro to a point near the car shed of the Carolina Power and Light Com pany and then cut across the compa ny's property to the railroad tracks of the Seaboard Air Line. The hounds then led the party northward along the tracks nearly to the Standard Oh Company's plant on North street where they stopped suddenly. There the trail ended. Late last night there had been no arrests. The reward of $400 offered by Gov ernor Bickett and $200 offered by the county commissioners may serve to arouse those not directly interested. As for Raleigh, it was stirred yester day as it has not been stirred in years. The First Casualty List. Washington Post. Sorrowfully, but undismayed, the American people will road the first casualty list ? killed, wounded and missing ? reported from Gen. Per shing's army on the battlefields of Europe. They are prepared to bear their share of the burden and suffer ing, without which the war cannot be won; prepared for large lists of dead and maimed, while the more resolved to attain the object for which their sons and brothers died. The boasted "frightfulness" of the Hun will have as little terror for Americans as it had for the Frenchman and the Bri ton. The people of the United States accept bloodshed and suffering inseparable from the great conflict, but how must they regard German jeers at an honorable foe, tor the moment the victim of the for*unes of war? Under the caption. "Good Morninsr, Boys," the Lokal Anzeiger of B<?r lin, gloats over the capturc of a dozen American soldiers who w*re under instruction servicc in the front line of French trenches. "Clever chaps, they are, it cannbt be denied. Scarcely have they tou'-h c?l the soil of this putrificd Europe when they already are forcing' their v ay into Germany," says this news } I pei. "Before long they wil cross the Rhine and also enter our fort resses." Continuing its taunts the Anzeipr^i says: "Above all, they will find com fort in the thought that they are rendering their almighty President Mr, Wilson, valuable services. * * * In this way he will obtain at first hand information about things in Germany." There is a veiled threat of starva tion rations for the prisoners in the statement that "we cannot promise them doughnuts and jam, and to this extent they will be obliged to recede from their former standard of living." Gen. Pershing's report shows thr.t the American soldiers were captured in one of those night trench ra'ds which are of common occurrence, and in which almost invariably there ire men killed and taken prisoner or both sides. With 10,000,000 men lined up ii. battle array on the western front, the captur" of a handful, who happen to be Americans, is made the subject of the boastful, insulting comment by. the German press. The poor, de luded German public are given the impression that the Yankees were rounded up like frightened cattle and herded into German prison pens ? for the press carefully conceals the fact that the prisoners were only a corporal1*- guard. And m addition to jeering at the captives, the press in dulges itself in insulting comment", on President Wilson. What gross, bungling dunder heads these Germans are. They pride themselves upon being a race of iron, and they prove it by display ing the same intelligence as a bar of pig iron. Wo recall that during the early stages of the war England had great difficulty in recruiting her army There was no compulsory service law in force, and volunteers were slow in comirsr forward. At the psycological moment th'1 German government brought its mon umental intellect' into action and sent a squadron of warships to bom bard a peaceful, unfortified fishing village on the North Sea. That it was contrary to all the rules of in ternational law and of civilized war fare to Jbombard an unfortified town and murder noncombatants, particu larly recommended the enterprise to the Teutons. But the women and children who were sacrificed in that horrible in stance of German frightfulness did not give up their innocent liv!>s in vain. England quivered with indignation at the atrocity. Men flocked to the colors by the hundreds of thousands The appealing signs, "Your king and country need you," brought ready, willing, enthusiastic respon ses and the ranks of thr? army were filled as no other appeal could have filled them. The fisherfolk of Scar borough had laid their lives upon their country's altar, that the spirit of Britain might be roused. Now the Hun mocks at American prisoners captured in the ordinary course of warfare, taunts them and insults their commander-in-chief with the swaggering bravado of n bully. Here is another example of the monunvntal Teutonic intelli gence. What more effective means than this could be employed to rouse th( American soldiers to a deter.ninn tion to keep going: toward the Ger man capital, over the Rhine and through Prussia, until the Hun is humbled and the Stars and Stripes float over Potsdam ? "On to Berlin!" will be the Ameri can battle cry, and, flanked by the British and the French, the United States troops will push forward and forward intent upon cramming these derisive taunts down the thropts that uttered them. They will keep hammering the stolid minions of the kaiser with big guns, charging with the fixed bayonet, paying the toll that the game demands, but ever pushing on and on, fired by the fight ing American spirit that never has been quenched, until the Hun is drv en back into his pen and the world has been freed from the threat of Prussianism. And then, perhaps, through the Hun's mental haze may filter a ray of truth that will warn him that it never is safe to taunt a soldier of Uncle Sam. Some months hence the Lokal \r zeiger will issue another edition, containing an article under the cap tion, "Good Morning, Boys," but it will be couched in different language, and the Sammies, the Tommies r>.nd the Polieua, strolling peacefully through the streets of a changed Berlin, will read a cordial greeting to the new fatherland. SUGAR PRICES ARE AGREED TO Planters Ask Revision, However, of Maximum on One Grade. New Orleans, November 3. ? Lou's iana plants in executive sesion h- re late today unanimously adopted a resolution accepting the mnyim.m prices fur plantation clarific:! and raw sugars set yesterday by Federal Food Administrator Hoover, plodded their hearty support to the Federal and State fcod administrations "ns American citizens desirous of uphold ing our laws," and agreed to fulfil to the extent of their ability the agree ment made in Washington October 24 by the planters' committee to ?'e liver to the American Sugar Refin ing Company 100 000 tons of raw su gar at an average price of 6,225. Reconsideration of his ruling on yellow clarified sugar was asked of Mr. Hoover? however. Food Administrator Hoover yes terday telegraphed orders to leading Louisiana planters and refiners for bidding sales of washed plantation clarified sugar at more than 7.25 centc per pound, less 2 per cent f. o. b. New Orleans, or raw sugar at more than (5.35 cents a pound f. o. b. Now Orleans. The planters in their ap peal today for reconsideration of the clarified section of the order said: "Yellow plantation clarified are equal almost pound for pound to granu lated, and should be sold at a price equal or close to that received for granulated.' VILLAS M FN DYNAMITE TRAIN. One Hundred and Twenty-five Sol diers and Passengers Killed. Juarez, Nov. 6. ? With blood-stain ed floors, shattered windows and coach's crowded with frightened Mex ican men, women and children, who were shivering, half naked tn the bul let-torn seats, the Mexican Central passenger train which was attacked by Villa followers at Armanderiz sta tion Sunday arrived here tc night. One hundred and twenty-five soldiers and passengers were killed on the train. The peon passengers were still so badly frightened they could only tell disconnected stories of what occurrcl Sunday morning on th< desert 50 njiles south of Chihuahua City. The locomotive and two cars of the train were completely wrecked by the dy namite which had been placed on the track. The sixty train guards from the federal garrison at Torreon were eith er killed during the attack or execut ed soon after. Every one on th^ train was robbed and made to disrobe, even the clothing of the women and chil dren having been taken by the Villa followers for their camp followers. They'd Be After You. You say you're underpaid but have you had a higher bid? A+rllity so manifest as you claim can't be hid. How then do you explain the fact That others are so slow to act? Competitors have ways to find The men who serve their rivals well; If you have such a splendid mind Its past performances would tell. But maybe you're not a star, Perhaps your record's under par. Conceit is prone to overlook The black marks in the boss's hook. If your self-estimates were true, They'd all be running after you. ? Herbert Kaufman. DR. J. F. FOSTER Physician and Surgeon KENLY, N. C. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. NOTICE OF SALE OF TOWN LOTS IN SELMA, N. C. A ten per centum bid having been placed on the purchase price of the lots herein mentioned and which were sold at public auction on October 1st, 1917, and the same having been or dered re-sold by the Court, the under signed will on November 17th, 1917, between the hours of 12 M., i nd 2 o'clock P. M., offer for sale in front of the Court House in the town of Smithfield, N. C., the following de scribed lots of land situate in Selma, N. C.: THE FIRST THREE LOTS situat ed in the town of Selma, N. C., and known and described as Lots 1, 2 and 3 in Block "F" in the plan of Flower Hill, a suburb of Selma, N. C., each of the said lots fronting 50 feet on Front street and more par ticularly described as follows: Beginning at the inters<ection of the building line of Front and Barnes streets and runs thence Eastwardly with Barnes street 160 feet to King's line; thence with King's line South 40 degrees East to tne corner of Lot Number 4 in Blo-'k "F" in Flower Hill Plat; thence with line of Lot Number Four to Front st*eet, the said line being parallel with Barnes street; thence northwardly with Front street 150 feet to the begin ning, and containing a fraction of an acre. SECOND TRACT: Being a paral lelogram 25 by 150 feet adjoining the lands of Q. Price, T. A. Parcel, and situated on the East side of Nash street in Selma, N. C., and part of the Will McLean property. This November 1st, 1917. N. E. WARD, Mortgagee. NOTICE. Sale of Valuable Real Estate. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain mortgage deed executed by Charles A. Harris to W. A. finch, Trustee, dated August 14th, 1914, which said dee i is duly recorded in Book "J" No. 12, (it page 174, in the office of the Reg. ter of Deeds of Johnston County; and because o t Default made in the payment of the notes therein secured, the undersigned will, On Friday, the 30th day of Novem ber, 1917, between the hours of 12:00 M. and 1:00 P. M., otfer for sale to the highest bidder for cash at the Court House door in the town of Smithfield, N. C., that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being sit uate in Wilder* township, Johnston County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stake near Grave yard; thence S. 85 degrees E. 90 4-5 K. to a stake in W. J. C. Richardson's line, cornering; thence N. 5 degrees E. 24 4-5 R. to a stake, W. J. C. Rich ardson's line, corner; thence S. 85 degrees E. 127 2-5 R. to Gum, W. J. C. Richardson's corner; thence S. G4 degrees E. 02 R. to a stake, W. J. C. Richardson's corner in R. B. Whit ley's line; thence N. 9 degrees E. 66 R. to a stake, R. B. Whitley's cor ner, on the bank of Little River; thence up said River to a stake with Sweet Gum and llollv pointers on said River; thence N. 85 degrees W. 127 2-5 R. to a stake in Heflin Richardson's line; thence S. 5 degrees W. 75 R. to a stake Heflin Rich ardson's corner; thence N. 74 degrees W. to a stake in Hefiin Richard son's line; thence up to ditch 12 1-2 R. to a poplar on small branch; thence up ditch to stake, 52 R.; thence N. 85 degrees W. to stake on road; thence with said road to the begin ning, containing One Hundred and Fifty and one-half (150 1-2) acres, less one-half acre for burial purposes, it being the same land conveyed unto Charles A. Harris by deed of John R. Raines and wife and W. E. Batts and wife. This October 30th, 1917. W. A. FINCH, Trustee, Wilson, N. C. MORTGAGE SALE OK LAND. Under .and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain mort gage deed executed by J. A. Starling to J. 11. Jorics and wife, Nona Jones, ami which mortgage deed was duly transferred to the undersigned, de fault having been made in the pay ment cf the debt secured by same, the undersigned will sell to the high est bidder for cash at the Court House door in Smithfield, N. C., on Friday the 30th day of November, 1017, at 2 o'clock P. M., the follow ing described tract of land: Being in Beulah township and de scribed as follows: Beginning at a stake ir the Lowell road in Harvey Edgerton's line, runs with said line S. 87 degrees E. 57 7-10 poles to a stake in F. C. Edgerton's line; thence with said line S. 6 W. 14 poles to .a stake; thence S. 14 W. 35 8-10 poles to a stake, Gurney Edgerton's cor ner; thence with said line S. 81 W. 57 1-2 poles to road; thence with said road S. 5 1-2 E. 44 3-10 poles to the beginning, containing 14 1-2 acres more or less. This 29th day of October, 1917. W. H. PARRISH, Transferee of Mortgagee. E. F. YOUNG, Attorney. NOTICE. The undersigned haviag qualified as Administrator on the estate of Wesley Whitley, deceased, hereby no tifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 2nd day of November, 1918, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate pay ment. This 30th day of October, 1917. GEORGE WHITLEY, Administrator. WELLONS & WELLONS, Attorneys. MORTGAGE SALE OF HOUSE AND LOT IN SMITHFIELI). North Carolina, Johnston County. Under jp.nd 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. Poatie 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 June, 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 $6.47 insurance paid by mort gage; and whereas the conditions of the mortgage have been broken, and the payment of the bond secured by the same refused on demand; and whereas sale of said land was made Saturday, September 20, 1917, and the purchaser having failed to com ply with his bid; Therefore the unde.rsigned will of fer for sale at Public Auction, at the Court House door, in the town of Smithfield, N. C., on Saturday, No vember 17, 1917, for cash, the follow ing described lot in the town of Smithfield, N. C., on which are lo cated two small dwelling houses, to wit: A certain lot of land adjoining the lands of Marshall Avera, J. B. Al ford, and William Holden and be ginning at a stake on Fourth Street, (Marshall Avera's corner) and runs with said street 73 feet to a stake in William Holden's line; thence nearly east 210 feet to J. B. Alford's line; thence nearly North with said line 73 feet to Marshall Avera's line; thence nearly West with said Marshall Avera's line 210 feet to the beginning, containing 2-6 of an acre, more or less, it being the same lot of land de scribed in the Deed from C. Radford to Parker Kennedy. September 4, 1880, and recorded in Book "W" No. 4. nage 299. This Oct. 25. 1917. PEATIE OLIVER, (Guardian), Mortgagee. F. H. RROOKS. Attorney. NOTICE. North Carolina, Johnston County, Smithfield Township Before E. S. Sanders, J. P. Barnes Harrell Grocery Co. vs. VV. F. Young. The defendant above named will take notice that an action entitled as abov has I '-en commenced in the Justices Court of Johnston County, before E. S. Sanders, J. P., to re cover amount due plaintiff for goods delivered under contract, and the said defendant will further take no tice that he is required to appear at the office of said E. S. Sanders, Jus tice of the Peace for Smithfield town ship on the 17th day of November, 1$)17, and answer or demur to the complaint in said action, or the plain titf will apply to the court for the re lief demanded in said complaint. E. S. SANDERS, Justice of the Peace. This 18th day of October, 1917. NOTICE OF SALE. Under and by virtue of an order of the Superior Court mada on the 15th day of October, 1917, in the Special Proceeding entitled Mattie J. Pulley, Admrx. of John Pulley, deceased, vs. May Pulley and Pebric Pulley, the un dersigned, Commissioner, will on Sat urday, the 17th day of November, 1917, at twelve o'clock M., on or near the premises and at the residence of Josiah Pulley situate in Wilders town ship, Johnston County, N. C., offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash the following three lots of land, being known as a part of the said Jo siah Pulley tract of land, and is sold subect to the life estate of said Jo siah Pulley, to-wit: LOT NO. 1. (As surveyed by B. Baker, Surveyer) : Beginning at a lightwood stump with Hickory and Sweetgum pointers, and running thence N 83 degrees E. 39 poles to a stake, J. L. Liles corner; thence N. 27 degrees W. 14 poles to a stake near Davis corner; thence S. 38 degrees W. 36 Vs poles to the beginning, contain ing one and three-fourths (1%) acres, more or less, and situate on the West side of the Raleigh and Wilson Road and in the Southeast corner of said Pulley tract of land. LOT NO TWO: Situate on the East side of said Raleigh and Wilson Road and in the East corner of said Pulley tract, and Beginning at an iron stake on the East side of the Raleigh and Wilson Road at Davis' corner, and runs thence East 41 poles to a maple at the head of a small branch, Davis corner; thence with said Branch, Da vis' line, to a stake in said Branch; thence S. 53 degrees W. 74 poles and 10 links to the beginning, containing Five and five-eights (5%) acres, more or less. LOT NUMBER THREE: Situate on the Northwest side of the said Pulley tract, and Beginning at a stake, with pine pointer, Tildon Price's corner, and runs thence S. 2 degrees W. 7L poles to a stake, Price's corner; thence N. 79 Ms degrees W. 69 poles to a stake, Price's corner; thence N. 89% degrees W. 43 poles to a stake in short prong of Cattail, Price's cor ner; thence with said short prong of Cattail to Cattnil; thence with Cattail Southeasterly to a stake with ash pointer; thence N. 75% degrees E. 71 poles and 15 links to a stake in bot tom near Sandy Drain and is known as fish pond; thence N. 2 degrees E. 107 poles to a stake and pointers jii Moody's line; thence with his line West 13 poles to the beginning, con taining Thirty-five and one-fourtb (35%) acres, more or less. This 15th day of October, 1917. ED. F. WARD, Commissioner. NOTICE. Sale of Valuable Real Estate. Pursuant to the terms and provis ions of a certain deed of trust dated January 1st, 1912, executed by Bar ney McNair and wife, Nancy McNair, to George W. Connor, Trustee, which said deed of trust was duly recorded in Book "V" No. 11, page 38(5 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Johnston County, and because of De fault made in the payment of the notes therein secured, the undersign ed will, on Monday, November 19th, 1917, between the hours of 12:00 M., and 1:00 P. M., offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at the Court House door in the town of Smithfield, N. C., thut certain tract of land sit uate in Wilders township. Johnston County, adjoining the lands cf Bry ant Horton, Watson and others and more particularly described as fol lows : Beginning at an iron stake, corner of Lot No. 6 of the Paul Lee farm, runs thence South 29 30 degrees Erst, 594 feet to an iron stake; thence South 82 45 degrees East, 1452 feet to an iron stake, cornering; thence South 19 40 degrees West, 270 6-10 feet to an iron stake; thence with and along the Montague line North 89 45 degrees West 5029 2-10 feet to a stake on tho Branch; thence up the said Branch to a stake in the line of Lot No. 1, a corner of Lot No. 2; thence with the lines of Lot No. 2, No. 3 and No. 6, 2205 feet to the be ginning, containing 76 acres and be ing Lot No. 5 of the Paul Lee farm, as surveyed and plotted for Silas Lu cas during the month of October, 1911, excepting however, all the trees on the said land and all rights and priv ileges with respect to the same here tofore conveyed to Roberts Brothers by R. B. Whitley and others. Thi3 the 17th day of Oct., 1917. GEO. W. CONNOR, Trustee. H. G. CONNOR, JR., Attorney, Wilson, N. C. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Executor on the estate of W. B. Godwin, deceased, hereby notjfies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same tc mc duly verified on or before tho 12th day of October, 1918, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 9th day of October, 1917. F. M. WEEKS, Executor SALE OF LAND. North Carolina, Johnston County. By virtue of the power and authori ty contained in a certain mortgage deed executed by J H. Sauls and wife, Genie Sauls to the Wayne National Bank on the 29th day of May, 1915, and recorded in Hook 8, page 26, of the Ivecords of the Register of Deeds for Johnston County, the undersigned will, at the hour of two P. M. on Thursday November 22, 1917, at the court house door in Smitiifield Johnston County, North Carolina, offer to public sale, for cash to the highest bidder the fol lowing tract of land: A certain lot of land conveyed to Genie Sauls by W. T. Bailey and wife by deed recorded in Book R. No. 9, page 206, and therein described as fol lows : Beginning at an iron stake on the South sido of Bailey Avenue, W. T. Bailey's corner, and runs with his line S. 5 1-2 W. 200 feet to a stake; thence N. 85 1-2 W. 35 feet to a stake; thenee S. 5 1-2 VS. 140 feet to a stake in Wiley Howell's line; thence N. 58.25 W. with Howell's line 107 1-2 feet to a s'.ake, on Second St.; thence N. 28 1-2 W. with said Street 94 feet to a stake; thence N. 5 1-2 E. 212 2-3 feet to a stake on Bailey's Avenue; thence S. 85 1-2 E. with Bailey's Avenue 184 feet to the beginning, containing 1 1-8 acres, mere or less. This the 23rd day of October, 1917. Wayne National Bank, Mortgagee, By Dickinson & Land, Attorneys. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator, C. T. A., on the es tate of Gaston Little, deceased, here by notifies all persons having claims agajfist said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or be fore the 2nd day of October, 1918 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons in debted to said estate will make im mediate payment. This 1st day of October, lylT. D. J. LITTLE, Administrator, C? T. A. NOTICE. North Carolina, Johnston County, In the Superior Court. Estelle DeArmand vs. E. A. DcArman. The defendant above named, will take notice that an action' entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Johnston County to obtain an absolute divorce from the defendant; and the said defendant will further take notice that he is required to appear at the next term of the Su perior Court of said County to be held on the 10th day of December, 1917, at the Court House of said coun ty in Smithfield, N. C., and answer or demur to the complaint in said ac tion, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This the 6th day of October, 1017. W. S. STEVENS, Clerk of Superior Court. WELLONS & WELLONS, Attorneys for Plaintiff. NOTICE. North Carolina, Johnston County, In the Superior Court, Before the Clerk. C. E. Whitley vs. Lorenzo Whitley, Romeo Whitley, Alice Sanders and Husband, Lovett Sanders, and Lila Chappell and Husband, Monroe Chappell. The defendants Komro Whitley, Alice Sanders and Lovett Sanders, above named, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Johnston County to sell the lands of Charlie Whitley and Zilla Whitley, deceased, for division amonp the heirs at law of said Charlie Whitley and Zilla Whitley and the said de fendants will further take notice that they are required to "appear before the Clerk of the Court of Johnston County on the 30th day of November, at his office in Johnston County and answer or demur to the complaint in said ac tion, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This 26th day of October, 1917. W. S. STEVENS, Clerk Superior Court. A. M. NOBLE, Attorney for Plaintiff. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Executrix on the estate of W. G. Higgins, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 2nd day of November, 1918 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 1st day of November, 1917. LILLIAN H. LOVE, Executrix. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of Charley Starling, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or be fore the 2nd day of November, 1918, or this notice will be pleaded in bpr of their recovery; and all persons in debted to said estate will make im mediate payment. This 2nd day of November. 1917. CHAS. F. K1RBY, Administrator. WELLONS & WELLONS, ? Attorneys.