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REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK At Selma, N. C., at the close of Business November 20th, It* 17. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $154,352.58 Overdrafts unsecured ? 502.92 U. S. Bonds deposited to secure circulation 10,000.00 Liberty Loan Bonds unpledged, 3 1-2 and 4 per cent 3,440.00 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank 900.00 Value of banking house 10.652.10 Furniture and fixtures 3,042.30 Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank 11,816.24 Cash in vault and net amounts due from national banks. 56,724.77 Checks on banks located outside of city or town of re porting bank and other cash items 137.61 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer 500.00 Total $252,128.52 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $ 30,000.00 Surplus fund 1,250.00 Undivided profits $4,842.26 Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid 1,632.78 3,209.48 Circulating notes outstanding 10,000.00 Bank Deposits 25,967.49 Individual deposits subject to check 133,145.21 Cashier's checks outstanding 97.03 Dividends unpaid 7.50 Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed) 48,451.81 Total $252,128.52 State of North Carolina, County of Johnston. I, G. W. Evans, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. G. W. EVANS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30th day of Novem ber, 1917. S. V. PITTS, Notary Public. Correct ? Attest : P. C. WORLEY, W. E. SMITH, W. A. EDGERTON, Directors. Mr. J. A. Galbraith expects to reach SmifFifield with his first car load of mules Saturday, December 8th. He will be found at my stables with a lot of good mules during the balance of this month, and during January February and March of next year. Mr. Galbraith needs no introduction to the people of Johnston County. He will be glad to see his friends when in Smithfield whether they need to buy mules or not. ,It is our purpose to sell better stock, and at a little' less price than our competitors. I invite the public to make my stables their head quarters during the coming season. We will try to make you comfortable, and extend to you a cordial welcome. Owing to the fact that my son is in the training camp, and I have retired from farming, I will on Friday, Decem ber 14th, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all farming tools and crops now owned by us, con sisting of two mules, one horse, one two-horse wagon, two one-horse wagons, three buggies, one gasoline engine and wood saw, new, one cotton seed grader, mowing machine and rake, wheat binder and drill, hay press, spike tooth harrow, acme pulverizer, one riding cultivator, three walking cultivators, six one-horse plows, one two-horse plow, nice lot of corn, peas, shucks, wheat, rye, and oat straw, pea vine and grass hay and millet, fodder, all the straw and hay baled and in good order, and a lot of other things too numerous to mention useful to the farmer. Also one Majestic Range and organ. Look! a first prize of $10 in gold will be given to the one spending the most money at this sale, and a second prize of five dollars for the second highest. Be sure and attend this sale; if you miss it you will miss the chanCe of a life time to buy a genuine bargain. five miles east of Clayton, one mile from Powhatan school, on the Southern Railway. Time of sale: 10 o'clock. Be on hand rain or shine. POCKET BOOK AND MONEY LOST ?r On November 28 I lost a Black Leather Folding pocket book contain ing $107.00 ? one twenty dollar bill, eight ten dollar bills, cne five and two ones. My name and address and some receipts were in the book. It was missed in Selma. Will give ten dollars reward for its return to me. J. C. RICHARDSON, ' Kenly, N. C. TIMBER, TIMBER. I want to sell the pine, oak, gum and poplar timber off about seventy-five acres of land. R. A. COATS, Four Oaks, N. C., Route No. 4. AUCTION SALE OF AUTOS. On Saturday, December 8, nt 3 P. M., in front of the Court House in Smithfield, One Ford Roaster electri cally equipped in good condition and one Overland Touring Car in good condition, will be sold. N. L. Perkins, Aucctionew. NOTICE OF SALE. North Carolina, Johnston County. In the Superior Court Refore the Clerk Jacob Boykin, et als, vs. Martha Narron, Hackney Boykin, et als. Under and by virtue of authority contained in a decree of the Superior Court of Johnston County in the above entitled cause entered on the 28th day of November, 1917, the undersigned commissioners will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder, on the premises, beginning at 10 o'clock A. M. on Saturday, December 29, 1917, the following described tract of land in O'Neals Township, Johnston County, being known as the lands formerly owned by L. II. Boykin, de ceased, to-wit: Beginning at a maple on the bank of Contentna Cre<?k; runs S. 5 W. 3541 feet to a stake in a pine stump; thence S. 87 E. 598 ft. to a* stake in a fence row; thence as hedge raw S. 4.15 W. 3251 ft. to a stake near a largo pine; thence N. 84.15 W. 1(558 ft. to a stake, N. Narron's corner; thence S. 2.40 W. 824 ft. to a stake on the Harris Branch; thence N. 84.15 W. 958 ft., to a stake; thence N. 6.25 E. 1680 ft. to a stake in the edge of a field; thence N. 87 W. 297 ft. to a pine stump, the Crocker heirs' corner; thence as their line N. 31.35 W. 1022 ft. to a stake; thence N. 39 W. 914 ft. to a stake, said Crocker corner; thence N. 6 E. 2104 ft. to a stake in Steep Hill Branch, Godwin corner; thence down the various meanders of said branch to a stake in spanish oak stump; thence N. 25 E. 320 to pine; thence N. 28, 35 Iks. 309 to a stake; thence N. 38 E. 843, to bzlackgum on said branch; thence down various meanders of said branch to Contentna Creek; thence down the various courses of said creek to the beginning, containing Five Hun dred Fifty-seven acres, more or less. This tract of land has been sub divided into eight tracts by the com misioners under order of the court, the first five tracts lying on the North side of the Wilson Road and the last three tracts lying on the South side of the Wilson Road. Lot No. 1 contains 65 8-10 acres; Lot No. 2 contains 83 1-10 acres; Lot No. 3 contains 90 76-100 acres; Lot No. 4 contains 77 4-10 acres; Lot No. 5 contains 80 8-10 acres; Lot No. 6 contains 31 7-10 acres; Lot No. 7 contains 63 4-10 acres; Lot No. 8 contains 63 8-10 acres. Plot of the land and further information can be had by apulying to either of the commission ers. Terms of sale will be one-half cash and the balance in six and twelve months, with interest at 6 per cent on the deferred payments. 10 per cent of purchase price will be required to be deposited with the commissioners on the day of sale and the balance of the one-half cash payment to be made upon confirmation of the report of the commissioners, which will be twenty days after the sale, if there is no up shot bid made on any lot or parcel of the land so sold. This Nov. 28, 1917. ASHLEY BOYKIN, R. F. D., Selma, N. C. F. H. BROOKS, Smithfield, N. C. Commissioners. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of J. Tommie Starling, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 16th day of November, 1918, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebt ed to said estate will make immediate payment. This 13th day of November, 1917. C. T. EASON, Administrator. NOTICE. By virtue of the authority contained in a Mortgage Deed Executed to Farmers Mercantile Co., by Simon Morgan and dated the third day of April, 1916, and duly Registered in the Register's Office of Johnston County in Book No. 18, page 46, the under signed will sell at public auction, for cash, at the Court House door in the town of Smithfield, N. C., on the 20th day of December, 1917 ,at 12 o'clock M., the following property to-wit: Adjoining the lands of Tom Wiggins, Len Chappell, Betty O'Neal, Hezckiah Watson and others. Being the tract or parcel of land conveyed to Simon Morgan by deed from Silas Lucas, as will appear from reference to the registry of Johnston County. Con fining forty-five acres more or less. For a more complete boundary, re ference is hereby mads to the records of the books of the Register of Deeds for Johnston County. This 20th day of November, 1917. FARMERS MERCANTILE CO. Mortgagee. Notice of Sale of Lot in Belmont. Under and by virtue of the authority contained in a certain mortgage deed executed on the 22nd day of March, 1915, by Jesse Hunter to the under signed, which mortgage deed is re corded in the Registry of Johnston County, in Book No. 2, page 182, de fault having been m.'de in the pay ment of tl>e bond secure ;1 by the same, and the conditions in said mortgage having been broken, the undersigned will, on Saturday, the 15th day of December, 1917, at twelve o'clock M., at the Court House door in the town of Smithtield, Johnston County, State of North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder for CASH, that certain lot situate in Smithtield Town ship, County and State aforesaid, and being Lot No. 12 according to a plat of the suburb of the town of Smith field, situate East of the A. C. L. Rail road, near the depot, known as " Bel mont," which plat is recorded in the Registry of Johnston County, in Book "L" No. 8, page 282, and being a lot fifty by one hundred feet, fronting fifty feet on Belmont Avenue. This 14th day of November, 1917. COTTER-UNDERWOOD CO., Mortgagee. A. & W. Attys. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of J. I). Roberts, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 16th 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 13th day of November, 1917. W. B. ROBERTS, Administrator. RAY & COCKERHAM, Attorneys. SALE OF VALUABLE LAND. Pursuant to the Decree of Sale in the special proceeding entitled "Alonzo l'arrish and wife, Nellie Parrish, J. H. Godwin and wife, Eva Godwin, Juli us Lee and wife, Nellie Lee, against G. C. Bryan and wife, Lillic Bryan," now pending in the Superior Court of John ston County, 1 will sell at public auc tion, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described lands located in the Town of Benson, County of Johnston, and Sti\te of North Carolina, described as follows, to-wit: FIRST: One lot of land in the Town of Benson, and running back .'500 feet to Harnett Street, composing lots Nos. 8, 9, 19 and 11, in Block "34," accord ing to the revised plan of the Town of Benson, mr.de by Riddick, Mann and Ilales. SECOND: One lot 75 by 140 feet, fronting on Mill Street, being lot No. 13 in Block "34" according to said plan of said town. THIRD: A lot fronting on Wall and Mill Streets 140 feet by 90 feet, the same being lot No. 3 in Block "48" ac cording to said plan of said Town. FOURTH: Three lots, containing three houses on Harnett Street, and said houses being now occupied by Charlie McLean, Neil 1 Furguson and Will Cozart, respectively, said three lots together comprising lots Nos. 2 and 3, in Block "33" according to said plan of said Town. FIFTH: Lot No. 8 in Block "20" ac cording to said plan of said Town. SIXTH: Lot No. 5 in Block "30" ac cording to the said plan of said Town, said lot being known as the Home Place, fronting on Main Street about 397 feet, and running back 300 feet to Church Street. SEVENTH: One house and lot known as the O'Neal lot, located near Benson on the Raleigh Road, bounded on the West by the lands of Delia Brady; ond the South by theTands of J. W. Wood, J r., and John V. Moore, and on the East and North by the lands of Alonzo Parrish. EIGHTH: A tract of land in the Town of Benson, N. C., bounded on the north by Harnett Street, on the East by the lands of Alonzo Parrish, on the South by the lands of J. W. Wood, and on the West by the lands of Nat McLamb, deaceased, and containing 10 acres more or less. Date of Sale: Monday, December 31, 1917, at 11 o'clock A. M. Place of Sale: Post Office Door, Ben son, N. C. Terms of Sale :Cash, upon confirma tion by the Court, 10 per cent cash de posited on day of sale required. This 27th day of November, 1917. N. A. TOWNSEND, Commissioner. MORTGAGE SALE VALUABLE LAND. Under and b'y virtue of the powers contained a mortgage deed executed by H. W. Johnson to Rufus Sanders, and recorded in Registry Johnston County, N. C., Book J. No. 12, page 48, and duly transferred to the under signed, also another mortgage exe cuted by the said II. W. Johnson to T. L. Gerald and duly of record. in the Registry Johnston County, Book 2, page 126, default having been made in payment of the notes secured there by, I will offer for sale for cash to the highest bidder before the Court House door in Smithfield, N. C., at 12 M., on Saturday the 22nd day of Dec., 1917, the following described property, to-wit: Beginning at a maple in B. John son's line, L. L. Jernigan's corner, and runs said line S 4'/i W 137 poles to a stake; thence N 6V& W 10 poles to a stake in the center of the Smithfield and Fayetteville Road; thence with the said road S 41 W 8.6 poles to a stake; thence N 55 W 33 poles to a stake; thence N 1 E 116 poles to a stake in B. Johnson's line in the dis mal; th<nc? with the said dismal E f>8 poles to the beginning, containing 39 acrefi more or less. T. L. GERALD, Mortgagee, and owner-of debt and notes. This 21st day Nov., 1917. DR. J. F. FOSTER Physician and Surgeon KENLY, N. C. NOTICE OF SALE. North Carolina, Johnston County. Under and by virtue of authority contained in a mortgage deed executed to the undersigned by W. E. Altman on Nov. 20, 1916, to secure the pay ment of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), purchase of the lands hereinafter described; And whereas the said W. E. Altman has failed to pay the bonds secured by the mortgage aforesaid as they ma ture, and default having been made in the payment of the first bond due Nov. 1st, 1917, which, according to the terms of the mortgage, matures the entire indebtedness; Therefore, the undersigned mortg agee will offer for sale at public auc tion at the court house door in the town of Smithfield, N. C., on Saturday, December 15, 1917, at 12 o'clock M., the following described tracts or par cels of land lying and being in Ben tonsville Township, Johnston County, and bound as follows, to-wit: Tract No. 1: Being known as lot No. 2 of the Powell land and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake in the line of Lot No. 1, and runs S. 2 W. 80 poles to a stake; thence W. 96 poles (by scales) to a stake in Powell & Grant line; thence with said line N. 2 E. 72 poles to the beginning, con taining 48% acres. Tract No. 2: Being known as Lot No. 3 is bounded as follows: Begin ning at a stake in D. Grant's line, R. Briant's corner, and runs his line E. 97 poles (by scales) to a stake, corner of Lot No. 7; thence with the line of said Lot No. 7 N. 2 E. 100 poles to a stake; thcnce with the line of Lot No. 2 W. 96 poles to a stake in the Powell and Grant line; thence with the said Grant line S. 2 W. 98 poles to the be ginning, containing 5 6% acres. The above two tracts being Lots Nos. 2 and 3 of the land conveycd to F. H. Brooks by S. S. Holt and wife, by deed dated May 30, 1911, recorded in Book "P" No. 11, page 1, Registry of John ston County. Tract No. 3: Beginning r.t a stake in a stump, and runs N. 7 E. 21 pole3 to a stake, corner of Lot No. 5, in the division of the Dennis Grant home place; thence S. 6% W. 21 poles to a stake, corner of Lot No. 3, in said di vision; thence S. 84 E. 106% poles to the beginning, containing Fourteen (14) acres, more or less, being Lot No. 4 in the division of the Dennis Grant home place, in Bentonsville Township, and conveyed to J. E. Raynor by Den nis Grant and wife, Mary Grant, by deed dated Dec. 29, 1906, recorded in Book "W" No. 10, page 330, Registry of Johnston County, and conveyed to F. II. Brooks by J. E. Ruynor and wife, et al, by deed dated Jan. 17, 1914, and recorded in Book "T" No. 12, page 555, Registry of Johnston County. Tract No. 4: Beginning at a stake corner of Lot No. 2 and runs N. 7 E. 26 poles to a stake in a stump; thence N. 84 W. 106% poles to a stake, corner of Lot No. 4; thence S. 5% W. 9 poles to a black gum in Spring Branch; thence up the meanders of said Spring Branch to a stake, corner of Lot No. 2; thence S. 84 E. 69 poles to the be ginning, containing Fourteen and one fourth (14 14 ) acres, more or less, and being known as Lot No. 3 of the di vision of the Dennis Grant home place, and being the land conveyed to F. H. Brooks by Mary L. Faircloth, et al, by deed dated Jan. 9, 1914, recorded in Book "T" No. 12, page 323, Registry of Johnston County. Terms of sale cash, but terms may be made on the day of sale by pay ing the cash payment and arranging to secure the balance. This 15th day of Nov., 1917. F. H. BROOKS, Mortgagee. COMMISSIONER'S SALE. Pursuant to an order of the Superior Court in the Special Proceedings en titled C. H. Wheeler, Admr. of Mor ganer Conniway vs. Troy Eason, Loyd Eason, Enly Eason and others, Heirs at-law, the undersigned Commissioner will sell at public auction for cash that piece of land which belonged to Mor ganer Conniway, now deceased, and being as follows: All that tract of land deeded to Mon ganer Conniway by her father Kerney Eason containing 129 acres, more or less, and recorded in Book "F" No. 4, page 293, except three parts of the ?aid land, formerly sold to Troy Eason, Loyd Eason, r.nd L. T. Phillips, leaving in the tract now about 52 acres. This 52 acres is the piece that will be sold. This land will be sold on Monday, December 31, 1917, at the Court House door in Smithfield at 12 o'clock noon. LEON G. STEVENS, Commissioner. NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE. That .whereas by virtue of a certain mortgage Deed dated December 18th, 1911, and given by S. V. Wall and wife, India Wall, to John H. Parker, to secure an indebtedness due the said J. H. Parker, and the said mor tgage Deed having been recorded in Book W, No. 11 at page 103 in the of fice of the Register of Deeds of John ston County, and the conditions of the said mortgage Deed having been broken, I will on Saturday, December 22nd, 1917, between the hours of 12 M. and 2 o'clock P. M., in front of the Court House in the town of Smith field, North Carolina, offer for sale the following described real estate: Adjoining the lands of J. H .Parker, Robert Sanders and others, and bounded as follows: Beginning at a Ditch, now J. H. Parker's corner, and runs with the said line South 54% Degrees West 18 Poles to a 4 take; ? hence South 36 Degrees West 10 2-10 Poles to a stake; thence North 80*4 Degrees West 25 4-10 Poles to a ditch; thence with the said ditch North 35% Degrees East 21 4-10 P.>'.cs to the be ginning and containing 2 11 acres, more or lrss. j Terms of Sale: CASH. This November 20, 1917. JOHN H. PARKER, Mortgagee. Ray & Cockcrham, Attorneys. NOTICE OF ELECTION. NOTICE is given that an election is hereby called for Bentonsville Town ship, Johnston County, to bo held at the usual voting place in said .Town ship, on the 15th day of January, 1918, on the question whether Bentonsville Township shall issue not more than Twenty-Five THOUSAND, THIRTY \ EAR, FIYU PER CENT COUPON BONDS, interest to be paid semi annually on the first day of January and July of each year, said Bonds to be issued for the purpose of building, repairing, making, constructing, and otherwise improving the Public Roads of said Township; also for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Board of County Commissioners of Johnston County shall be authorized to levy and collect a special tax of thirty cents on the $100 valuation of property, and Ninety cents on the poll for the pur pose of raising the funds with which to pay the interest on said Bonds and to provide for the payment of said Bonds at maturity in accordance with Chapter 122 of the Public Laws of North Carolina Session 1913 of the General Assembly and the amend ments thereof. All who favor said Bonds and special tax and who are entitled to vote in said election will cast a ballot upon which shall be written or printed the words: " FOR ROAD BONDS," and those opposed to the proposition shall vote a ballot on which shall be written or printed the words: " AGAINST ROAD BONDS," and only one box shall be provided for the recepticn of said ballets. An entire new registration for Ben tonsville Township is hereby ordered and the registration Books of said Township will be open from Friday, December 14th, 1917, to and including Saturday, January f>th, 1918, for the purpose of giving to all those who are entitled to do so an opportunity to register for said election. Albert M. Rose is hereby appointed Registrar and Lindlcy Cox and J. N. Rhodes are hereby appointed Judges of Election for said Election. This Nov. 12th, 1917. SAM T. HONEYCUTT, Clerk Board of County Commissioners. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator en t!.e estate of Jacob Finch, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims ag.-.inst sail estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 16th day of November, 1917, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 14th day of Nov., 1917. J. E. HOCUTT, Administrator. A. M. Noble & W. L. Watson, Attorneys. NOTICE. Sale of Valuable Land. Under and by virtue of a judgment of tho Superior Court of Johnston County, N. C., rendered at the Septem ber, 1917, Term, in the case of Lum mie C. Jones and husband Calvin B. Jones vs. A. M. Langdcn et als., the undersigned, ccmmisioners, will, on Wednesday, December 12, 1917, at one o'clock p. m. at tho Court House door, in Smithfield, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, the following described lands: situate in Johnston County, N. C., adjoining the lands of Anderson Stephenson, Rufus Benson, Elias Pollard, M. C. Barbour and others, and bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at a Black gum on the run of Black Creek, John Barbour's corner and runs N. 5 W. 117.4 poles to a stake, formerly a maple; thence N. 10 W. 40.2 poles to a stake in the center of New road; thence S. 50, W. with the road 34 links or 24 feet to a stake; thence S. 10 E. 39.2 poles to a stake; thence N. 86 W. 30 poles to a stake, Anderson Stephen son's corner, thonce S. 4 W. 11.6 poles to a stake or Pine stump; thence S. 27 E. 248 poles to a stake on the run of Black Creek; thence down tho run of said creek to the beginning, containing 148 acres, more or less. This salo carries the estate in fee in all the above described lands except the life estate of Rufus Langdon in 50 acres lying on the West side of said tract, with the right to get wood, pine i.traw and lightwood and timber of any kind for the benefit of the land and premi ses during said life estate. Thi3 10th day of Nov., 1917. JAMES D. PARKER, ELMER J. WELLONS, Commissioners. NOTICE OF SALE. North Carolina, Johnston County. Under and by virtue of the powers contained in a mortgage deed given to the undersigned by A. C. Carter and wife, Ruth Carter, the undersigned will sell at public auction for cash at the Court House door in the town of Smithfield at 12 o'cock M. to the highest bidder, on Saturday, Dec. 15th, 1917, the following described tract of land: Beginning at a stake, corner of Lot No. 6, on Chestnut Street and runs with Lot No. 6 N. 2XA degrees E. 150 feet to a stake; thence 87^ degrees W. 100 feet to a stake, corner of Lot No. 3; thence with Lot No. 3, 82*4 degrees W. 150 feet to stake, corner of Lots Nos. 3, 7, 4; thence with Chest nut Street S. 87^ degrees E. 100 feet to the beginning. The above described piece or parcel of land being Lots Ncs. 4 and 5 of the land surveyed for R. J. Noble, by J. I. Parker. This November 14th, 1917. J. E. PARKER, Mortgagee. WELLONS & WELLONS, Attorneys. AUCTION SALE December 11, at 10 O'clock. NAPOLEON STANCIL ESTATE. All crops ? corn, f?dder ? one pair good mules, wagon, Farm implements, cows, hogs, household and kitchen fur niture, one barren vinegar, two shares Selma Telephone Company. Terr, is of Sale: All Cashr. Farm for rent. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 10 A. M. T. H. \TKINSON, Executor.
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