PREVENT BLAZES
ON EVERY FARM
Fire Buckets Should Be Handy in
Buildings Not Otherwise
Protected.
LOSS ANNUALLY IS IMMENSE
Salt in Water Keeps Emergency Sup
ply From Freezing ? Special Fire
Pails With Rounded Bottom
Are Most Favored.
SAWDUST CHOKES OIL
$ BLAZE.
Have a bucket of sawdust <?
'y ready to choke au oil blaze ? es- %
<f pecially in the garage or around <f>
the gas engine. Adding two or x
f three pounds of common soda to <?>
X a bucket of sawdust improves it %
<jj> as an extinguisher. Spread it <|>
with a scoop. Water is of little X
<|> use where oil is blazing ? It may <|>
spread the flame. Sand, while X
4> good to smother fires, is a bad <$>
^ thing to pour on machinery.
Millions of dollars' worth of agricul
tural wealth ? much of it food ? is de
stroyed by fire In the United States
every year. At normal prices and
with an average crop it would take the
.value of the greater part of the potato
crop of the country to offset all that
Is lost annually through the fires on
farms.
This Is a dead loss to the nation ?
for the fact that most individual losers
are partially reimbursed through in
surance does not in the least reduce
the drain on our national resources ?
and it is a loss that is largely pre
ventable. Simple ways to reduce this
g-eat waste are suggested in Farmers'
ulletin 904, "Firo Prevention and
Fire Fighting on the Farm," issued
for free distribution by the United
State department of agriculture.
The fire bucket, according to the
writers of the bulletin, is the oldest,
simplest and cheapest fire extinguish
er, and should be in every farm build
ing and home not equipped with more
elaborate fire-fighting equipment.
Round Bottom Buckets Best.
Any kind of bucket filled with water
and placed handily is good, but spe
cial fire buckets with rounded bottoms
like a kettle are best. There is no
temptation to use such buckets for
ordinary purposes and thoy are much
more likely to be left hung on the
braokets or in the round holes cut for
them in shelves. Any kind of fire
buckets should be specially painted or
labeled and never used for any pur
pose other than fire fighting. They
should be placed near entrances and
near the top of stairways or ladders
where they can easily be reached on
entering the building or loft. Several
buckets nested in a barrel of water
are an effective device.
Needless to say, the .fire buckets
should always be kept filled by replac
ing the water lost by evaporation.
If the buckets are covered, water
will not evaporate so rapidly nor get
STORE GASOLINE UNDER- \
GROUND.
Gasoline is never safely stored
until it is in an underground
tank. The vapor from a single
pint will render the air in an
ordinary sized room explosive.
Heavier than air, the gasoline
vapor rests near the floor or
ground, and a person standing
may he unconscious of the dan
ger until he places a lantern in
the dr.nger zone.
full of dust and dirt and become of
fensive. Water can be kept from
freezing in all except very low tem
peratures by adding a couple of pounds
of common salt to each bucketful. A
single bucket of water may check a
Are when the delay in getting water
from a pump would allow the blaze to
become uncontrollable. In buildings a
long way from a water supply, a cask
or tub of water from which to refill
buckets is very desirable.
There is a right and a wrong way
to throw water on a fire. Don't
become excited. Spread the water
with a sweeping motion all over the
flaming material. Water thrown hastily
may miss the blaze or fail to spread
properly over the burning material.
A fire chief of an eastern city at a
demonstration put out an angry fire ol
oil-soaked material by calmly applying
ten cupfuls of water where they would
do the most good.
Examine Beans for Poisons.
The port laboratories of the bureau
of chemistry of the United States de
partment of agriculture are giving
special attention to detecting poison
ous beans offered for import to this
country. According to the annual re
port of the bureau of chemistry, the
high price of beans has led to ship
ment of so-called Burma or Rangoon
beans from Asia and tapiramos beans
from South America, which are known
AMERICA'S AGRICULTURAL |
ARMY.
In the field of agriculture we
have agencies and instrumentali
ties, fortunately, such as no oth
er government In the world can
show. The department of agri
culture is undoubtedly the great
est practical and scientific agri
cultural organization In the
world. Its total annual budget
of $46,000,000 has been increased
during the last four years more
than 72 per cent. It has a staff
of 18,000, Including a large num
ber of highly trained experts,
and alongside of it stand the
unique land-grant colleges,
which are without example else
where, and the 69 state and fed
eral experiment stations. These
colleges and experiment stations
have a total endowment of plant
and equipment of $172,000,000
and an income of more then $35,
000,000, with 10,271 teachers, a
resident student body of 125,000,
and a vast additional number
receiving instruction at their
homes. County agents, joint of
ficers of the department of agri
culture and of the colleges, are
everywhere co-operating with
the farmers and assisting them.
The number of extension work
ers under the Smith-Lever act
and under the recent emergency
legislation has grown to 5,590
men and women working regu
larly in th?* various communi
ties and taking to the farmer
the latest scientific and practical
information. Alongside these
great public agencies stand the
very effective farmers them
selves which are more and more
learning the best methods of co
operation and the best methods
of putting to practical use the
assistance derived from govern
mental sources. ? From Presi
dent Wilson's message to farm
ers, January 31.
to yield hydrocyanic acid under some
conditions. Shipments indicating the
presence of hydrocyanic acid were
therefore excluded as being dangerous
to health. These poisonous beans are
varieties of lime beans of various col
ors, and in shape may not be unlike
the common navy bean. On carefnl in
spection they may be distinguished
from the common bean by the fact
that, unlike the common bean, they
show distinct striations, or stripes,
radiating from the eye to the edge
There are also other less noticeable t
differences.
ITEMS FROM POUR OAKS.
Four Oaks, March 13. ? Mr. T. E.
Oliver and daughter. Miss Sirena,
have returned from Charleston, S. C.,
after spending a week with Mrs.
Oliver's son, Mr. C. A. Oliver.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Lussiter, of
Charlotte, are the guests of Mrs. Las
siter's father, Mr. J. C. Keen.
Attorneys Claude Canady and J.
R. Barbour, of Benson, were in town
Monday on business.
Mrs. J. E. Fearing, of Elizabeth
City, visited her sister, Miss Katha
rine Hinton, Saturday and Sunday.
Dr. J. B. and J. G. Surles and fam
ilies, motored to Linden Sunday to
see their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Surles.
Sheriff W. F. Grimes, of Smith
Held, was on our streets Tuesday.
Mr. James Adams, who is in school
at Trinity Park, Durham, spent Sat- j
urday and Sunday here with hi? j
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Adams.
Mr. Robic Lee, of Richmond, Va..
is spenindg several days here with
his brother, Mr. Lidie Lee.
Four Oaks Cemetery Cleaned Up
Tl.e town cemetery has for a long
time been an eye sore and almost
kept Four Oaks leading citizens
fr-;m admitting that it was really thi
town's burying ground, o naceount of
its appearance. Therefore now that
the old shame is no more and people
are really proud of the beauty of it
this article is to place credit where
it belongs, viz: Mr. T. C. Barbour.;
who lives near and got an eye-full 1
each day decided to clean-up, so us- 1
ing time that our city government 1
should pay for, he solicited and kept
at it until he and very on" else is
quite satisfied with the results. Look
around T. C. there is more to be
done maybe you can wake others up.
The Oxford Orphanage Singing
Class will be here in the School audi
torium on Wednesday evening, March
27th, beginning at 8 o'clock, come and
hear this class sing, enjoy the even
ing and help a worthy cause.
A single front, a single army, a sin
gle people.
ALL ABOARD! NEXT
STOP "WELLV1LLE."
A. C. L. Conductor Tell* How Mantone
Made Him Healthy and Strong.
Capt. H. J. Elmore, one of the best
known Conductors on the Atlantic
Coast Line between Rocky Mount, his
home town, and Florence, S. C., says:
"Mantone has made a new man of me.
I'm fe ling good all over and I want
others, especially rundown, nervous
and physically 'all-in' people to I.now
what a great vitidiier it is."
If Captain Elmore hail his way there
woul be a real "Wcllvillo* with a
"Health & and Happiness Express"
connecting it and all towns via Man
tone.
This well known railroad .nan is
the owner of a smile that ''Teddy"
Roosev< It would be proud to possess.
A few weeks ago, however, ho was
without his smile because his health
wasn't O. K. and he was trying to
find a medicine that would "bring
him back,"
In this connection, he said: " An
old friend noticed that I wasn't fueling
right and cfter learning that I was
troubled with indigestion, loss of
appetivo, nervousness and a rundown
condition, he said: 'Why in the vorlci
den't ycu start on this Mantone?
Then 'ie told me what Mantone had
done for 'dm, for other traveling men
:md for so many people in the differ
ent towns he visited.
"That's how I learned of Man1 one,
the medicine that did for me just what
I wanted," ended Captain * Elmore
with one of his famous smiles.
Mantone? "Makes You Feel Good
All Over" is sold on this guarantee
no benefit, no cost; at Creech Drug
Co., Hood Bros.; Selma, Selma, Caro
lina and Woodard Drug Co.; Benson
Benscn and Peacock Drug Co.; Clay
ton, Popes Drug Co.; Kenly, R. T.
Fulghum. ? Adv.
(
Not "Bit" but"utmost" ? the end is
worth our "All."
Make your home services roach the
firing line.
Questions on Health, Hygiene and Sanitation of general interest to our read..?
Ce^SToril Juh U!Tn* f hi maU if to this office or to the
state Board of Health at lialeigh and a^ompaoied by a stamped, addressed envelope
No diagnosis or treatment of individual cases will be attempted.
The Evolution Of a Case Of
Insanity
Jack Jones is an only son, with
parents in moderately good circum
stances. Jack, being an only son. had
his own way too much at home. There
were no brothers and sisters to dispute
it, and the parents loved to give Jack
the best of times.
When sixteen, Jack began to get
along badly with his school work. Of
course, the school was to blame. So
Jack's parents sent him away to a
private military school. It was the
making of Jack. The first Christmas
vacation home showed that. He was
dressed like a magazine clothing ad.
And when Dad wasn't around Jack
generally .had a cigaret stuck to his
under lip. Also, he found considerable
pride in hanging out at a cigar store
and pool-room down town, or standing
in the doorway listening to the elevat
ing conversation of the young gentle
men of leisure who congregate in such
places and comment so interestingly
about passing ladies.
Jack's second summer home found
him a full-fledged lad. He was what
the boys call a "wiseheimer." He had
stories that made 'em howl at tho
poolroom. He was the center of an
admiring crowd everywhere. And now
he smoked countless cigarets right
under Dad's nose.
Shortly before the third holiday va
1 cation Jack camp home ill. All run
down from overstudy. Eyes had given
out. He looked bad. He talked worse,
n fact. Jack was very careless in his
ionversation, making remarks which
treatly embarrassed his people, and
(reatly amused his boon companions.
Presently the doctors were admtHiB
:ering intravenous medication. But no
| use. Jack kept growing worse. Mind
went to pieces. Finally he grew pos
itively dangerous, and he was commit
ted to a hospital for the insane ? at
20 years.
I know the cigarats didn't cause the
insanity. I know the poolroom didn't.
I know the military school didn't. I
know Jack's foolish, blind parents
didnt. Jack acquired his insanity in
a way which is utterly common among
our bright young men. He contracted
syphilis.
But I insist that cigarets were a
strong predisposing cause. The pool
room associations were another. Jack's
JACK HAD HIS OWN WAY TOO
MUCH AT HOME.
"When a boy finds It necessary to
resort to tobacco there is some
thing radically wrong."
over-indulgent parents ware another.
Had Jack been whipped into line,
not physically, but morally, by his fa
ther, when he first began to disagree
with his teachers; had he been kepi
away from the peolroom Rang; had
he been kept at home under his par.
ents' eyes (supposing they were nol
blind), the chances are that the boj
might have struggled through and
found himself.
Newspaper paragraphers often spU
funny paragraphs about ths spasmodli
efforts ef legislatures and public or
ganizations to eliminate the cigaret
from the perils of youth, but there i?
really nothing funny about It. When
a boy finds it necessary to reaort t*
the naieotic. tobacco, in his formative
years, there is certainly something
radically wrong with him.
NERVOUS MOTHER WITH SICK
CHILD.
Ik SlruKitliii? Cnder Double Burden
That Few Women Could Carry.
A Combination That is Bad For Both
Anxiety ()\er Child Certain to Ag
Kravate Mother's Condition.
A Mother's anxiety over he rchild
is always great, but when the child
is in ill health and the mother ner
vous and sick there is a combination
that few women can stand, and such
a state of affairs is sure to aggravate
the condition of the mother.
In Durham N, C., there is a wom
an who struggled with these condi
tions and brought health to herself
and little son. This woman, Mrs. D.
A. Yount, 601 North Duke Street,
gives the following account of her
experience:
"I suffered greatly from nervous
ness and could not rest. My little boy
was in bad health from kidney trou
ble and bis blood was not in good
condition, which was a source of much
worry to me and naturally tended to
make my health worse. I btgan tak
ing Popk c and it did so much good
for me that I started my boy to tak
ing it and I am delighted to know
that I have found a remedy for his
condition, after trying for <! years and
spending a great deal of money in
search of relie for him. Peplac has
put new life into me, my nerves, are
much better and I rest well. In my
appreciation for what Peplac has
done for me, I gladly recommend it."
Her experience again demonstrates
that Peplac strikes direcUy at the root
of the disease and will bring health
to Loth young and old.
The merits of this^ great construc
tive tonic will be explained at Hood
Bros, where it is sold and recom
mended.
To the Farmers of
w
Johnston County
We are Jobson System Dealers for
this County, and as such are actively
engaged jn bringing the Common
Sense Methods of easier and more
profitable farming to every nook and
corner of our section.
These methods and the remarkable
Jobson plows have received the en
dorsement of great Agriculturists,
State Officials and practical farmers
all over the country, and these bene
lts are being extended to all parts of
the country at a rate that certainly
proves its merit and genuine, prac
tical advantage. No farmer can af
ford to overlook the opportunity of a
thorough investigation of this System.
Call on us for literature and full
particulars. We're here to serve you.
Jobson Plows now in stock.
H. Fitzgerald & Son, Micro; J. G.
Barbour & Sons, Clayton; Watson &
Alford, Kenly.
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE.
Having qualified as Administratrix
with the will annexed of Mrs. Anna
M. Pou, I hereby request all persons
having claims against her estate, to
present the same to me within one
year from the date hereof.
This February 21, 1918.
MISS MATTIE T. POU,
Adm'r'x with will annexed
of Mrs. Annie M. Pou.
Smithfield, N. C.
NOTICE
The undersigned having qualified
as Administrator on the estate of D.
H. Hayes, deceased, hereby notifies
all persons having claims against
said estate to present the same to
me duly verilcd on or before the 15
day of March 1919, or this notice will
be be pleaded in bar of their recovery;
and all persons indebted to said est ite
will make immediate payment.
This 13 day of March 1918.
J. MARVIN SANDERS, Adm'r.
Four Oaks, N. C. R. No. 1.
NOTICE
The undersigned having qualified at>
administrator of the estate cf W. H.
Hayes, deceased, will sell at public
auction at the late residence of said
deceased, on the 10th day of April
1918 the pers6nal property of said
deceased, consisting of the following
articles, viz: About twenty barrels
corn, about fifteen hundred pounds
fodder, twelve head hogs and meat
and other articles unnecessary to
mention. Terms: Cash.
All persons indebted to the estate of
said deceased are hereby notified to
make immediate payment, and all
persons having claims apainst said
estate will exhibit them to me on or
before the 14th day of Marc*, 1919.
This 13 day of March, 19T3.
J. MARVIN SANDERS, Adm'r.
Four Oaks, N. C., R. No. 1.
Time of Sale April 10th at 10 A. M.
In 1908, Europe produced 43 per
cert <?f the world's sugar, since then
sho had other engagements.
NOTICE.
That on Monday, April 1st, 1918, I
will make application to Hon. T. W.
Bickett, Governor of North Carolina,
for the pardon of Everett Eason, who
was convicted of Man Slaughter at
March Term, 1917, in the alleged mur
der of Harry Cook. All persons de
siring to oppose said pardon, will be
present at said hearing.
This March 5th, 1918.
LOSSIE EASON.
Second Notif '
NOTICE: SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Pursuant to the power of sale con
tained in a certain deed of trust exe
cuted by Bryant Horton and wife,
Polly Horton, to Geo. W. Connor,
Trustee, dated January 1, 1912, and
duly recorded in Book Q No. 11, page
466 in the oiRce of the Register of
Deeds of Johnston County, and be
cause of default made in the payment
of the notes therein secured, the un
dersigned will, on
Saturday, the 30th of March, 1918,
between the hours of 12:00 M. and
1 :00 o'clock P. M., offer for sale to
the highest bidder for cash at the
Court House door in the town of
Sniithfield, N. C., that certain tract
of land situate in Wilders Township,
County and State aforesaid, adjoin
ing the lands of John Hinnant and
others and more particularly describ
ed as follows:
Beginning at a stake in Ashley
Home's line, John Hinnant's corner,
runs thence South 53 degrees 10 min
utes East 1,888 feet to a stake,
thence South 20 East 2,7-10 feet to a
stake in the line of lot No. 5, thence
North 89 degrees 4f> minutes West
265 feet to a stake, thence North 25
degrees 30 minutes West 2,190 feet
to an iron stake on the Clayton road,
thence North 53 degrees 10 minutes
West 1,000 feet to an iron stake,
ihence North 80 degrees 15 minutes
Fast 1,920 feet to an iron stake on
Buffalo Creek, thence with and along
Buffalo Creek to a black gum,
Home's corner, thence South 74 East
557 feet to a stake, thence South 88
degrees 35 minutes East 581 5-10
feet to a stake, whence North 41 de
grees 35 minutes East 305 feet to a
stake, thence North 36 degrees 10
minutes East 234 feet to a stake the
beginning, containing 85 acres and
being lot No. 3 in the division of the
Paul Lee Farm, as surveyed and plot
ted for Silas Lucas during the month
of October, 1911.
This February 25th, 1918. ,
GEO. W. CONNOR,
Trustee.
II. G. Connor, Jr., Attorney,
Wilson, N. C. J
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as Executors on the estate of Robert
I. Ogburn, deceased, hereby notify all
persons havings claims against said
estate to present the same to us duly
verified on or before the 8th day of
March, 1919, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery; and
all persons indebted to said estate
will make immediate payment.
This 5th day of March, 1918.
MRS. ROX1E OGBURN,
A. CARL OGBURN,
Executors.
Willow Spring, N. C., R. F. D. 1.
Frank Dupree, Atty.
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 wiil be
pleaded in bar of their recovery; and
all persons indebted to said estate
will make immediate payment.
This 7th day of February, 1918.
NELSON WATSON,
Administrator.
Wellons and Wellons, Attys.
NOTICE OF SALE.
Under and by virtue cf an order of
the Superior Court of Johnston Coun
ty made in the Special Proceeding en
titled, C. E. Whitley vs. Lorenzo
Whitley, Romeo Whitley and others,
the undersigned will, on the
23rd day of March, 1918, at 12 o'clock
noon, at the Court House Door in the
town of Smithfield, N. C., offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash
two tracts of land, lying and being
in Selma Township, Johnston County,
North Carolina, and more particu
larly described as follows:
1st Tract: "Beginning at a stake
Nelson Smith's corner and runs S.
with Jonas Herring's line to Robert
Sanders' comcr; thence W. to an
other of Robert Sanders' corner;
thence N. to L. Richardson hereto;
thence E. with Nelson Smith's line to
the beginning, containing 1 1-4 acres,
more or less.
2nd Tract: One square aero 210x210
feet adjoining the lands of Lucien
Hamilton, Julius Blackman, Hildred
Peed in and H. P. Pearce and known
as the Charlie Whitley home place."
This 18th day of February, 1918.
A. M. NOBLE,
Commissioner.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
I am salesman in Johnston
and adjoining counties for the
Celebrated Goodyear Liquid
Roofing Cement for preventing
and making absolutely fire-proof
all kinds of roofing, instantly
stopping all leaks and keeping
them stopped. One coat guaran
teed for ten years. A fine com
position for preserving new
roofs and repairing old shingle,
metal, tin and paper roofs.
Don't tear ofT your old roof until
you have seen what I have to
offer. It will save you money in
all roof repairing.
Write me a postal card and I
will call at your home to consult
with you about the matter, or
call on me at my permanent ad
dress at the Brady Hotel. Ben
son, N. C.
J. E. LIC, ON.
Box 115, Benson, N. C.