"EYES FOfl W . FROK THE PUBLIC CIVILIANS H AVI SENT IN 9,000 GLASSES OF VARIOUS KINDS, BUT MORE ARE NEEDED. APPEAL TO PRIVATE OWNERS Qeneral Crosier on Ago Limit Enlarge mont of Selective Service Law ? LL oonao Required to Ship Good? Abroad by Parcel Post. tfrom CoaimlltM en Nllle lnfonulln. ) Washington. ? Ovor 8,000 glasses have boen received by the navy in re avx*me to Its call through the news papers for binoculars, apyglusses, tel escopes, sextants, and chronometers. There Is urgent need for many more. Heretofore the United States has been obliged to rely on foreign coun tries for most of its supply of such ar ticles. These channels of supply b^ Jng closed. It has been necessary to ap peal to the patriotism of private own ers for "ayes for the navy." All articles should be tagged with name and address of the donor and sent to Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, as sistant secretary of the navy, care oA Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C. Those not suitable will be returned to tenders. Careful records will be kept of accepted glasses so they may, if pos sible, be returned at the termination of the war. As the government under the law cannot accept services or material without payment, $1 will be paid for each article accepted. Di9cnsarfng enlargement of the age limit for selective military service. Pro vost Marshal General Crosier said: "A pronounced majority of the boards favor some enlargement, but there is great diversity of opinion ^as to the proper age UmlL Nineteen and thirty-five are perhaps the limits most frequently suggested ; but some recom mend forty or forty-five years as the upper limit. There is a distinctly stronger demand for raising the maxi mum age than for lowering the mini mum." General Crosier estimates that 1,389, 888 acceptable single men would be made available by an increase in the age limit to Include men up to forty five years. The estimate places the number of acceptable single men be tween eighteen and twenty-one years at 1,540,283. The number of probably acceptable single men already regis tered, but not culled, la 1,821,848. Ac cording to these figures, shonld the age limit be enlarged to include men of from eighteen years to forty-five years, inclusive, 4,257,016 physically and oth erwise qualified unmarried men would be open for call to service. Tha war trad* board Is calling at tention to the fact thA license la re quired to ship abroad goods on the conserved list, even when sent in small quantities by parcel post In many eases this has been done by persons Ig norant of the president's proclama tion concerning exports, or who do not know of the many articles which may be exported only under license. for violation a fine of not more than 910,000 or Imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, form the pen alty. Licenses may be applied for at the bureau of exports, Washington, D. C., or any of Its branches which are located at Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angelas. Itygales, El Paso, Eagle Pass, Galveston, New Or leans, Mobile, Savannah, St. Loula, Chi cago, Boston and New York. ? copy of a broadside forbidden to Germany has reached the committee on pnbllc information. It is a single ?beet of foolscap size, printed on both sides, and bears a coarsely executed woodcut representing a soldier In arms, ? workman in a blouse, and a woman altering a rock off a precipice, beneath which Is seen the head and bust of the emperor, crowned and sceptered and tnustached, looking up la terror at the fats Impending. The last paragraph of the text Is as follows: M*n of toil, awake frenv slumber! fctvo^rnls* thy growl nf m1*ht. All the wheel# will lose their motion Without thy etrortf arm's devotion, Down with the war! Down with the ?ev ?rnment! Ftan' Freedom! Bread I Men of the selective service ape who art accustomed to handling horses heve opportunity for specialised serv ice In the enlisted veterinary corps, enlistments for which are now being taken. The 2.000 men wanted Include veterinary and agricultural students, farmers, stablemen, and others who have had experience handling horses. Fay ranges from $30 to $56 a month, with clothing, food, and quarters. Application for enlistment may be msds at any army recruiting station. Newspapers la Italy are now reg elated by the government as to sisc and price. With some exceptions dally papers must not contain more than four pages, and ten times a month they Bast be published In two pages. Re turns by dealers must not exceed ten per cant of the number of copies fur nished. ta Franc* decress have been Issued which impose restrictions upon the use ef paper, particularly for posters. Cer tain kinds of advertising posters are entirely prohibited while far others As Mm la Maltet A recent edhitneree report contains the fallowing In regard to the coal shortage la Austria : "A petition of the Union ef Clnenui Theater* to the emperor requesting permission to heat cinemas In order to avoid the ruin of the Industry, has ra> suited in consent being given for the utilisation ef old wood as fuel for the cinemas In Vienna. "At Prague all schools were to b? .closed for a full month, frojn Decem ber 16 to January 15. At Zlxkov (near Prague) the schools hare already been closed for a month, and the holidays are like'/ to last three months. At Budenltz, close to coal mines, the school is closed. At Smlchow strin gent measures for economy In the use of electricity have been taken owing to the lack of coal ; for example, pri vate consumers are ordered to restrict their consumption to a single lamp. The lighting of stairs and vestibules ts restricted as much as possible and must In no case be continued after 9 p. m. ; the closing of the electricity works Is threatened. "At Lemberg the electric trams ceased to run on and ffrom November 28, owing to lack of coal. The mu nicipal authorities are doing their ut most to secure sufficient transport for coal In order to resume the tramway service and maintain the gas and wa ter works. Shops close at 3 p. m., cafes at 9 p. m. Several schools have been shut Trains with a run of less than one and one-half hours will not be heated." Nqjr regulations from the office of the provost marshal general In regard to compensation of registration boards read In part as follows: "The rate of compensation for mem bers of local boards up to and Includ ing the completion of the final classi fication of the registrants within the respective Jurisdiction of said board shall be on the basis of SO cents, as ag gregate compensation to the member ship of the local board, for each regis trant to whom a questionnaire shall be mailed ami who shall have finally classified In accordance with the provi sions of these regulations. "Money due for said work shall he paid In proportionate amounts to each member of a local board claiming com pensation for his services, unless It shall be requested by the unanimous vote of the local board that the moneys due shall be paid In some ether pro portion. In such case no one member shall receive more than 15 coats of the allowance of 80 ceats for each classification and no two mea&ers shall receive more than 25 ceDts tor each classification to be distributed between them." Director General McAdoo end the food administration have arranged to. \ 1 co-operate In the distribution of car* 1 for the food and feed trades. j The grain and grain product* and \ feed ahlppera are to first apply for care In the uaual way through railroad agents ; in caae of not being furnished within a reasonable time they may then apply to the none repreeeatatlvea ' of the food administration grain ; maoded by the food administration. I, Until March 8 rye may be used In making victory bread. After that data It will be placed on the eame basis as ' whsat, as rye tour Is now bet of sfctp 1 pad to the allies Bread mad* o i gr%- 1 ham or wlwri^whaat float may M (4N? i ad victory lre*A jj Scrap Metal on the Farm. The shortage in the supply of the iron and steel, which this country must have in increasing amounts if the war is to be won, has developed a new source of income for the farmer, and not merely a few farmers but most farmers. The United States Geological Sur vey, Department of the Interior, calls the attention of farmers to the fact that even at the recently fixed prices af iron and steel it should be possible for most farmers to reap an over looked profit through the sale of the aid iron and steel scattered about their premises; that the saving of such old scrap metal will help to meet the present serious deficiency in the sup ply of iron and steel; that the use of the old metal will accomplish savings in coke which is now to be had only at unprecedented prices; that the de livery of the old iron and steel at foundries far from iron mines and big steel centers will correspondngly re lieve the excessive strain on tho mines, some of the furnaces, and the rail way and boat traffic in the coke and iron producing districts. The farmer who turns in his junk while the pres ent prices prevail is likely not only to make a clear profit over the cost of hauling and freight, but, through in creasing the iron and steel supply, he is contributing to the successful prose cution of the war. Iron and steel are needed and must i)e had for innumerable things ? for ajuns, shells, ships, bridges, buildngs, docks, automobiles, airplanes, rails, cars, engines, pipe, oil-well casings, 2tc., and for export to the allies, Italy in particular being badly in need of steel for all purposes. This is the main fact. In the northeastern states scrap metals have long been more or less fully taken care of, mainly by the abliquitous junk man, and along most railways and about most industrial plants they are now salvaged syste matically. However, in the greater part of the United States little atten tion is given to saving the old metal scattered about the industrial plants )f the farmers, where abandoned bin iers, plows, mowers, rakes, etc., deco rate the fence corners and roadsides, ind discarded stoves, pumps, pipe, and small utensils rust about the barns and sheds. A considerable part of this junk is already on wheels with ;ongue and whiffetree attached, ready in fact to be "walked on its own legs" to the freight station. According to the census returns there were in 1910 about 1,265,000,000 iollars worth of agricultural machin ery alone on the 6,361,502 American farms. Farm implements not includ ing stoves, chains, tools, etc., valued at about $165,000,000, are sold an nually. A considerable part of the cost of manufacturing this farm ma chinery lies in the metals used and the metals include not only iron and steel of various grades and values but occasional small parts of brass or cop per. Most binders and mowers have one or more bearings lined with bab bitt metal containing tin now worth about 60 cents and lead worth 10 cents per pound. On the whole, excluding the metals used in railroad construc tion and transportation, or in city en gineering and building, by far the greater part of all the iron and steel produced in this country in normal years is shipped out to the farm. It has been roughly estimated that three forths of this metal stays on the farm. As to this question, the farm er can judge for himself. How much of this is lying around on your prem ises, Mr. Farmer? If you have any ? and you probably have plenty ? it is a good time to consider its disposal while the war lasts and the prices are high. Besides your country needs the metal. Many farmers will take advantage of the opportunity to recover a profit ably revenufe from this overlooked and waste product; others, according to distance from the markets, may sell at little or no profit, except the satisfying sense of patriotic duty per formed. Still others remote from the consuming foundries and furnaces can not afford a high cost of del'very which may far exceed the price re ceived for the junk. Information should be secured in advance on this question. The Geological Survey sug gests that farmers take up the ques tion through the Garage, the Alliance, the farmers' unions, state experiment itations, the farmers' institutes, and Dther similar organizations, with a iriew to ascertaining the location of the best market or probable the near est foundry or junk dealer; the cost of transportation; the best prices ob tainable for the different classes of junk or implements, and the quanti ties of junk that can be used at the foundry or handled by the dealer. The s^me agcncies might well arrange for co-operative local action on the part of the farmers in the dfferent com munities, fixing dates when cars would be in readiness for loading the old metals, informing the farmers rs to possible grading of their junk and at tending to railway transportation, de-l livery and possible settlements a4 the points of consumption. Co-operation should bring the best results. Care should be taken not to overwhelm the furnace or consumer by all shipping at one?, so that too great quantities are delivered within a short period, for it is important to bear in mind that many foundries may not have the junk capacity cr the extra labor neoded to assort and break up great quantities of scrap when it is delivered. Somewhat definite ar rangements should be made in ad vance of shipments, and these can best be accomplished by some such agency as those suggested above. The wintertime and early spring should be the best time for gathering up the scrap metals, getting in touch with the markets and arranging com munity shipments. The farmer should learn whether he is too far from mar kets and should ascertain the scope and extent of the market demands. There is plenty of time withirt which to gather anu ship his scriJp, but his co-operative information system should be organized now. The farm ers have many hundreds of thousands of tons on hand; the prices are un precedentedly high; the country needs the metals. From the economic stand point, it is a question of profitable thrift, cf relieving in part the short age in the metals, of conserving the iron-ore and coal in the ground, and of service to the country. ? Indiana Farmer. Corbett School House. There will be a box party at Cor bett School House, in Oneal's town ship, on Saturday night, February 23, 1918. The public is invited. Girls bring boxes and boys plenty of money. ? Teacher. NO OTHER LIKE IT. S^V) NO OTHER AS COOD. Purchase the "NEW HOME" and you will have a life asset at the price you pay. The elimination of repair expense by superior workmanship and best quality of material insures life-long service at mini mum cost. Insist on having the "NEW HOME". WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME. Known the world over for superior sewing qualities Not sold under any other name. liiE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE C0.,0RANGE,MAS8 J. M. BEATY, Smith field, N. C. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as administrator on the estate cf Thomas McLamb, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 18th day of January, 1919 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recov ery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate* payment. This 15th day of January, 1918. J. G. McLAMB, Administrator. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Executor on the estate of Geo. W. McCabe, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 1st day of February, 1919, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 31 day of January, 1918. E. B. McCABE, Executor. Four Oaks, N. C., R. 4. NOTICE. * The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of Alonzo Hood, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 5th day of February, 1919, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 2nd day of February, 1918. ALMON B. HOOD, Administrator. Bcntonville, N. C., R. 2.. W. W. Cole, Attorney. NOTICE. The undersigned laving qualified as administrator on the estate of Sarah J. Whitley, deceased, he.-eby notifies all persons ha/ing cb ims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 11th day of January, 1919 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; rnd all persons indebted to said estate will mako immediate pay ment. This the 11th day of January, 1918. W. T. WOODARD, Administrator. TO THE CITIZENS OF SMITH FIELD, N. C. Take notice that the assessment for the asphalt pavement, granolithic side walks ana curb and gutter as contained in the assessment roll con firmed by the Board of Commisisoners of the town of Smithfield, at a special meeting held on January 18th, 1918, are now due and payable to the Mayor, H. L. Skinner, or his special clerk, J. N. Cobb, who has charge of collection of these asessments, and any assessment may be paid to the said H. L. Skinner, through his clerk, J. N. Cobb, at any time before March 7, 1918, without any interest. In the event said assessment be not paid within said time the same shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent annually from the date of confirma tion of the assessment roll, January 18, 1918. The whole assessment may be paid, or one-tenth (1-10) of the same may be paid and the remainder paid in nine (9) equal installments annually, with six per cent interest from January 18, 1918. If any assessment or installment is not paid when due, it shall be sub ject to the same penalties as are now prescribed for unpaid taxes, in ad dition to the interest herein provided for. By order of the Board of Commis sioners of the town"of Smithfield, this February 7, 1918. H. L. SKINNER, Mayor. F. H. Brooks, Atty. SALE OF VALUABLE LAND. Pursuant to a Decree of Sale in the Special Proceedings entitled "Alonzo Parrish, and wife, Neilie Parrish, J. H. Godwin, and wife, Eva Godwin, Julius Lee, and wife, Nellie Lee, against G. C. Bryan, and wife, Lillie Bryan," now pending in the Superior Court of Johnston County, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bid der, for cash, the following described lands located in the Town of Benson, County of Johnston, and State of North Carolina, described as follows, to-v/it: FIRST: One lot of land in the Town of Benson, and running back 800 feet to Harnett Street, comprising lots Nos. 8, 9, 10 and 11, in Block "34" ac cording to the revised plan of the Town of Benson, made by Riddick, Mann and Hales. 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" according to said plan of said Town. FOURTH: Three lots, containing three houses on Harnett Street, and said houses being now occupied by Charles McLean, Neill Ferguson 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," according to said plan of said Town. SIXTH: Ix)t No. 5 in Block "36," according to the said plan of said Town, said lot being known as the Home Place, fronting on Harnett 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 Bradv: on the South by the lands of J. W. Wood, Jr., 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 Benr.on, 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, deceased, and con taining 10 acres, more or less. Date of Sale: Mondav, March 4th, 1918, at 11 o'clock. A. M. Place of Sale: Post Office Door, Benson, N. C. Terms of Sale: Cash, upon con firmation by the Court, 10 per cent cash deposited on day of sale re quired. This the 31st day of January, 1918. N. A. TOWNSEND, Commissioner. NOTICE OF SALE OF VALUABLE LAND. Under and by virtue of the power conferred upon us by an order of the Superior Court of Johnston County, made in the Special Proceedings en titled "Mrs. Ellen Augusta McLamb, widow, and Thomas I. McLamb, et als, heirs-at-law of Nathan McLamb, de ceased, Ex Parte," now pending in the Superior Court of said County, we, the undersigned commissioners, will on the 4th day of March, 1918, at 10 o'clock, A. M., on the Premises in and near Benson, North Carolina, in said County, sell for cash to the highest bidder the following described lands, to-wit: Lying and being in Banner Township, Johnston County, North Carolina, in and near Benson, and adjoining the lands of J. W. Whit tenton, J. W. Wood, Jr., and others and bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake and runs North 1 West 200 Poles to a stake; thence North 67 East 35 1-5 poles to a stake; thence South 30 East 45 2-4 poles to a stake; thence North 89 East 14 poles to a stake; thence South 28 East 40 1-5 poles to a pine; thence South 6 West 142 4-5 poles to a pine; thence North 88 1-2 West 70 poles to the beginning containing Ninety seven and one-half acres, and is that lartd allotted to Nathan McLamb wi the division is duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Johnston County in Land Book No. 4, page 142. This tract of land has been sub divided into small lots and tracts, and will be sold in separate lots and par cels. This 30th day of January, 1918. EZRA PARKER, JAMES RAYNOR. Commissioners. IF YOU HAVE PIGS FOR SALE put a little ad in this paper. Only one cent a word each insertion. Try this plan and sell your pigs for good prices. See The Herald. CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION. Resolution and certificate of Direc tors of Selma Cotton Mills Co., in the Town of Selma, County of Johnston. Ae Name of the agent therein and in charge thereof, upon whom process against this corporation may be served, is N. E. Edgerton. We, the undersigned, being a ma jority of the Board of Directors of the Selma Cotton Mills Company, do here by certify that at a meeting of the said Board called for that purpose, and held tn the 14th day of January, A. I). 1918, said Board, Dy r. majority of the whole Board, did adopt the fol lowing resolution: Resolved, That in the judgment of this Board it is advisable, and most for the benefit of the Selma Cotton Mills Company, that the same should be forthwith dissolved; and to that end it is ordered thpt a meeting of the stockholders be held on Thursday, the 14th day of February, A. D. 1918, at the office of the Company, in the city of Selma, to take action upon this resolution; and further, that the Secretary forthwith give notice of said meeting and of the adoption of this resolution, within ten days from this date, by publishing the said reso lution, with a notice of its adoption, in The Smithfield Herald, a newspaper published in the city of Smithfield, N. C., tor at least four weeks, once a week, sucessively, and by mailing a written or printed copy of the same to each and every stockholder of thi? Company in the United States. In Witness Whereof, We have here unto set our hands and affixed the corporate seal of said Company, thia 14tn day of January, 1918. N. E. EDGERTON, L. I). DEBNAM, W. M. SANDERS, W. A. EDGERTON, J. H. B. TOMLINSON, GEO. F. BRITZ, W. H. CALL. W. H. CALL, Secretary. NOTICE. Under and by virtue of authority con tained in a certain mortgage deed ex ecuted by Lewis Rayner and wife Chairty Rayner to Roberts-Atkinson Co., Inc. April 1, 1915, recorded in Book No. 2, page 228 Registry of Johnston County, the contents of said mortgage having been broken, there fore, the undersigned mortgagee will offer for sale at public auction, at the Court House door in the town of Smithfield, N. C. on Saturday, Feb. 16th, 1918, at 12 o'clock M., to the highest bidder, the following describ ed land or parcel of lands lying and being in the town cf Selma, N. C., and bounded as follows to-wit: Beginning on corner of West and Preston Streets running West 150 feet to J. A. Blackman's corner; thence along with said J. A .Black man's lino 75 feet to corner of J. A. Blackman and W. H. Hare; thence East 150 feet with W. II. Hare's line to West Street; thence along sr.id Street South 75 feet to point of Be ginning, being 1-2 of lot No. 30 Plan of Town ef Selma, known as part of the Gin Lot formerly known as Geo. W. Dean, Jr., and containing 1-4 of an acre more or less. This the 15th dav of January, 1918. ROBERTS-ATKINSON CO. INC. Mortgagee. F. H. BROOKS, Attorney. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of Bettie Eldridge, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 11th day of January, 1919, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 8th day of January, 1918. TIMOTHY ELDRIDGE, Administrator. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of G. W. Holly, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 25 day of January, 1919, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and nil persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 24 day of January, 1918. J. A. HOLLY, Administrator. Four Oaks, R. 1. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of Wade Watson, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 8th day of February, 1919, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 7th dav of Februarv. 1918. NELSON WATSON, Administrator. Wellons and Wellons, Attys. MORTGAGEE'S SALE. Under the power of sale contained in certain mortgage deed from John Canaday and wife, Olive Canaday, to the undersigned, the conditions of the said mortgage having been broken, I will offer for sale to the highest bid der for Cash on Saturday. March 9th, 1918. at the Court House door in Smithfield, N. C., the folowing real estate: Beginning at a stake in the Golds boro and Smithfield road in the line between the lots of Mary Hodges, de ceased, and John Canaday runs with said line N 1 1-2 E 70 yards; thence westwardly parallel with said road 70 yards; thence S 1 1-2 W 70 yards to the said road; thence alonjr said road eastwardly 70 yards to the beginning, containing one acre, more or less. Time: March 9, 1918, at 12 o'clock, Noon. Terms: Cash. LEON G. STEVENS, Mortgagee.