ONE DAY'S DIARY
?i IN LIFE OF FLY
r
Little Pest Graphically Portrays
Doings During Few Short
Hours of Daylight.
REPORTS ONE ROUND OF JOY
Starting Gaily From Beginning in
Manure Pit, the Pest Spreads Filth
and Disease Wherever Busy
Wings Take It.
(Transcribed from "A Fly's Diary," by
Thornton W. Burgess.)
Five A. M. ? Have just come out from
a sort of trance during which much
must have happened. I have no mem- i
ory of my past. Perhaps it is best j
so. I am told that I was once one (
of these white crawling creatures
called maggots, of which thousands are j
all about me. I refuse to believe it. 1 !
feel strangely weak.
5 :10 A. M. ? Stronger now and my
I Believe That the Place Is Called a
Manure Prt and That I was Born
There.
legs feel more as if they really belong
to me. Have queer, gauzy things on
my shoulders ; they seem to be of no
nse. It is very dark, close, and warm
here. I believe that the place is called
a manure pit, and am told that I was
born here. Keep thinking of these
maggot creatures. Strange how both
ersome one's origin may be.
5:20 A. M. ? Have crawled all over
the pit and explored every part. Made
some acquaintances among young flies
like myself. Have also a speaking ac
quaintance with a few old flies who
have come here to lay eggs. Fear that
maggot legend is true. I blush for my
youth. The top of this place is being
opened. I wonder what it means.
5 :45 A. M. ? Out In the world at last !
The pit and the maggots are but a
memory. The queer things on my
shoulders are wings and lifted me out
of the pit. Am now resting on a stable
window. Feel light-headed and hun
gry, Life is very interesting ? if one
cag forget Qjie's origin.
6 A. M. ? The most entrancing odors
come apparently from a can outside
the back door of a provision shop Just
across the way from my stable. I
must Investigate.
6:30 A. M. ? I was right about the
can. Have spent the last half hour
there In company with a thousand or
more of my own kind, simply gorging
? flsh offal, delicious bits of rotting
meat and decayed fruit and vegeta
bles ! We fairly wallowed in It. What
a misfortune If some one should forget
and put the cover on the can.
7 :15 A. M. ? Am outside the provision
shop. No end of fun! Already know
the Juciest, tenderest cuts of meat.
Have sampled cheese, cookies, cakes.
At Last I Am Rid of Those Annoying
Germ Creatures ? Washed Them Off
in a Pan of Milk.
and berries. Always walk over and
examine a thing thoroughly before eat
ing ; It pays.
8 A. m. ? Have the wanderlust. Must ,
Bee more of the world. Nothing else j
would tempt me to leave the provision
shop. Cue drawback is persistent an- j
noyanee by huge two-legged creatures
who are forever slapping at us. Harm
less, but bothersome.
8:45 A. M. ? Such a narrow escape!
Slipped Into an Interesting-looking
room where one of those two-leccred
creatures lay In bed and others stVod
around. Explored everything In the
room and crawled over the nose and j
mouth of the creature In bed, which
seemed helpless. Then one of the oth
ers got after me and I just escaped
with my life. As I was leaving heard
them say something about typhoid.
8:50 A. M. ? Queerest tickling on my
legs and feet ! Wonder If It can be
anything to do with that typhoid.
8 :51 A. M. ? Discovered a thousand
tiny creatures clinging to the hair of t
my legs and feet. Have swallowed a
lot of them whole, but can't aeem to
get rid of the reat. Understand they're
called germs. Must have something
to do with that typhoid.
9 :30 A. M. ? At last I am rid of most
of those annoying germ creatures.
?S ashed them off In a pan of milk. Saw
a young woman drink the milk after I
had taken a bath In It.
10 A. M. ? On my way again. Visit
ed another sickroom, but did not have
time to half explore It. Boy sick with
dysentery. By the feeling I believe
I've got a lot more of those germ
things on my legs. Must hunt up
some milk at once.
10:15 A. M. ? Got rid of most of the
germs In baby's cup of milk. Babies
are foolish, helpless things. It's great
fun to torment them.
11 A. M. ? An uncovered garbage pall
Just as I was growing hungry. So long
as uncovered garbage exists the future
of the race is assured.
11:15 A. M. ? Sun's hot. Believe I'll
take to cover. Nice looking house with
hole In screen. Think I'll try it.
12 :03 P. M. ? Lunch is on the table ;
think I'll sit down with the family. Not
equal to the garbage can, but does very
well.
12 :0fl P. M. ? Just witnessed a terri
ble accident. A brother fly was
drowned In n plate of soup. Wonder
if the germ things washed off the fly's
legs will annoy the man who has just
swallowed the soup.
1 P. M. ? Discovery of importance.
Paper covered with what looks like
molasses Is n trap for flies. Now I'm
wise tl?ey can't stick me. Somewhat
tired.
2 P. M. ? Never touched me ! Old
duffer trying to sleep objects to hav
ing me walk on his bald head. Missed
again ! This would be exciting if there
was more danger.
2:30 P. M.? Old duffer has covered
his head with netting. Hope he smoth
ers. A consumptive In the next room.
Think I'll see what's doing.
8 P. M. ? Nothing of interest here but
the cuspidor. Have explored that thor
oughly. Phew ! More of those germ
things. I'm In a mess ! Me for a place
to wash them off.
8:80 P. M.? Rid of 'em at last.
Wiped some off on bread and butter
the woman next door was preparing
for the children and washed off some
In a cup of milk for the baby in the
third house down. Nice baby. Hope
It likes the germs.
4 P. M. ? Room darkened. Nothing
doing. Guess I'll rest a bit.
5 P. M. ? Signs of preparations for
Wiped Some Off on Bread and Butter
and Washed Some Off in a Cup of
Milk for the Baby In the Third
House Down.
dinner. Think I'll visit the kitchen and
help.
5:45 P. M. ? Walked over and sam
pled every particle of food In sight.
Does very well, but I'll certainly look
up a garbage can the first thing to
morrow morning. Got rid of the last
of those germs In the butter. Feeling
sleepy. Think I'll retire to the ceiling
for the night.
7 P. M. ? This has been a most satis
factory day. After all life Is what you
make It, no matter what your origin.
From the manure pit to the pick of
the best the land affords is going some.
In fact, I begin to take some pride in
my humbleness of birth. Glad I'm rid
of those annoying germs. There's a
pitcher of milk some one has forgotten
to put In the refrigerator. Guess I'll
get a nightcap from that and then sleep
In preparation for a busy day tomor
row. ? Kansas City Star.
I I I I I I 1 ! !??! I I t
; ; Sometimes flies just will \ [
;; congregate on one of the
T doors, ready to swoop in the ??
? ? moment the door is opened. ??
They will not do so if a bag
I! or turn filled with lavender is I!
fastened to the outside door \ \
casing. \\
Take No Chances With the Fly.
, Don't allow flies In your house.
Don't permit them near your food,
especially milk. Don't buy foodstuffs
where flies are tolerated. Don't eat
where flies have access to the food.
' Do not patronize grocery stores and
markets that harbor and feed flies.
Insist on screens. Screens on windows
and doors to keep out flies will do more
to safeguard your treasures than will
locks keep out burglars. Not every
fly that comes along Is carrying filth
and germs, but many of them are, and
you can't tell which is which. Take no
chances ? swat all.
Sanitary Surroundings.
Filth, such as flies breed in, should
be careluily removed, and, In addi
tion, flies should be kept from carry
ing gcnr.s from unscreened closets,
open splttocns, or uncovered garbage
cans, into the house.
HEROIC WOMEN of FRANCE
DR. ALONZO TAYLOR
My word# are not powerful enough to do even scanty justice to the moat
heroic figure In the modern world, and of pa*t age* ? the woman of France
Of the healthy men who are engaged In the military aervlc* In France, prac
tically all are engaged either in transportation or In the manufacture of
munitions, leaving the agriculture absolutely to the women. Not only this,
but they have stepped into the place of work animals; you can go into any
section of France today and see women of magnificent, noble womanhood
hitched to the plough and cultivating the soil. All of the agriculture rest
upon their shoulders. The home, always an extremely efficient home, main
tains a few old men, the wounded and the tubercular. Unoomplalnlng. with
high devotion, with an attitude that amounts almost to religious exaltation,
the woman of France bears the burden.
Now, conditions being as they are, does It lie within the heart of the
American people to preserve and hold to every convenience of our life at
the expense of adding an additional burden to the womanhood of France?
This is the exact question that ia involved In our substitution of other
c*reals in place of wheat.
The women of France must be enabled to hold up the morale of the
French soldier until next spring. "Hie morale of the house decides the
morale of the soldier in the fighting line. We can do this by giving to them
the greatest possible freedom in their food supply, and of thla, wheat la the
chief factor.
SACRIFICIAL CONSCIOUSNESS MUST COME TO ALL
BEFORE WAR IS WON
Kalegli. ? "A war consciousness ? a sacrificial consciousness -must and
will come to every individual unit of our people before tnis war ia won."
This conviction was expressed by United Statee Food Admniatrator Henry
A. Page who has juat returned from a conference of Stat* Food Adminis
trators with Mr. Hoover and his staff at Washington.
"There must be a reconstruction of our personal relations and of our
attitude. Our relations and attitude must be determined by a consideration
of their influence upon the winning of the war.
"There must be intensified effort in every phase of life.
"We must not only substitute but we must economize. We must eat
less, wear less, spend less money for non-essentials, conserve not only food
?tuffs and clothing but labor as well. Every hour of man-power should be
made to produce as nearly as possible 100 per cent efficiency toward the win
ning of the war.
"This war consciousness must come. If it doeen't come before, It will
come when our casualty liata begin to come in showing a loas of several hun
dred brave American boys each day. If not before, it will come when a large
proportion of women you see on the streets wilt be wearing black for boyt
who have fallen *Over there.'
"And then, America will begin to fight ? ae England and Franc* are flg&t*
In c today."
THE American boy who goes to war
gives up the position which means
so much to his future, or the little
business which has just begun to show
promise of success.
He severs home ties; gives up home comforts;
leaves behind parents, friends, wife or sweetheart
He faces the probability of being obliged to
take up life anew when he returns; of losing all
the advantages which years of hard work have
won for him.
He faces the possibility of coming back in
capacitated for earning a living, and of being
dependent upon his friends or upon charity.
He faces the possibility of never coming
home at all
Facing these things, he goes to France to
fight for us who remain safely at home ? and
when the moment comes for him to go over
the top ? he GOES!
What will he think, how will he
feel, if we complain because we
are asked to make a few sacri
fices for him ? sacrifices so insig
nificant when compared with his?
^ Show him that to invest in Liberty
Bonds is not a SACRIFICE
but a PRIVILEGE ? an appre
ciation of his sacrifice!
MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND.
Whereas, R. R. Johnson executed
o P. H. Brooks, Trustee, a certain
leed of trust on October 15, 1915 to
lecure payment of $1, 974.15 payable
0 J. D. Bizzell for the purchase price
>f tract No. of the Lemuel Jor
lan farm as will appear from Plot re
:orded in Plot book No. 1. page 16, Regi
stry of Johnston County, containing
18.15 acres more or less, which deed
>f trust is recorded in Book No. 8,
'age 278, Registry of Johnston Coun
ty ; and
Whereas, the said R. R. Johnson
ins failed to pay the said note and
he said J. D. Bizzell, the present
>wner of the same, has made demand
>n the undersigned, trustee, to fore
?lose the deed of trust aforesaid and
rollect the money due thereunder;
Therefore the undersigned, trus
:ee, will offer for sale at Public Auc
tion to the highest bidder, at the
?ourt house door, in the Town of
Smithfield, N C.., on Saturday the
J7th day of April, at 12 o'clock, M.,
he following described tract or par
?el of land situated and being in
3neals Township, Johnston County.
M. C., being known as tract No. 4 of
;he Lemuel Jordan farm as will ap
pear from plot recorded in Plot Book
1 Page 16, Registry of Johnston
bounty, containing 48.15 acres more
>r less. For meets and bounds and
i more particular description of said
jroperty, reference is made to the
slot of said land above referred to.
Terms of sale, Cash.
This March 27, 11)18.
F. H. BROOKS, Trustee.
NOTICE ?
The undersigned having qualified
is Admr. on the estate of Gaston
Woodard, deceased, hereby notifies all
persons having claims against said
;state to present the same to me duly
verified on or before the 12 day of
March, 1919, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery; awl
ill persons indebted to said estate will
nake immediate payment.
This 9 day of March, 191.
IRA WOODARD,
Selma, No. 2., Admr.
nature s own niooa puruying ino ?iun neaiuui
remedy? SULPHUR -prepared In n way to
make Its use mo?t efficacious. I te It In the
bath; use It as a lotion applylatf to affected
parts; and take It internally.
Water Softened With
Red Devil Lye
Cleans everything instantly. Soft
water makes washing easy, and just
a little Red Devil Lye in a tub of
hard water softens it like rain water.
With Red Devil wash water you
use less than half the soap and the
daintiest fabrics will be whiter than
usual- with little or no rubbing ?
it's the rub that ruins.
Works Wonders
throughout the home. It will keep
bath tubs, wash bowls, toilets and
kitchen sinks white, clean and sani
tary. It whitens and removes grease
spots from floors, windows, tile or
marble, and does the household
dirty work in a hurry ? without
trouble and with little expense.
Red Devil Lye also makes won
derful soap, peels peaches in a jiffy.
It is the real housekeeper's friend.
Ask Your Grocer. Save the Label*.
WM. SCHIEI.D MFG. CO., St.Looi., Mo.
jMjPo Business
1 IVIain
* \Y/HY not make your
W appeal for patron*
age through the columns
of th-s newspaper? With
every issue it carries its
message into the homes of
all the best people of this
community. Don't blame
the people for flocking to
the store of your compete
tor. T ell them what you
have to sell and if your
prices aire right you can
get the business.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County.
In the Superior Court
rerm 1918.
Mattie O. Boniger vs. E. C. Boniger.
The defendant above named will
take notice, that an action entitled
us above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Johnston County to
snnul the bonds of Matrimony exist
ing between the plaintiff :tnd the de
fendant, and the defendant will fur
ther take notice that he is required to
appear at the next term of the Superior
Court of Johnston County to be held on
the 23 day of September 1918 at the
Court House of said County in Smith
field, North Carolina, and answer or
demur to the complaint in said ac
tion or the plaintiff will apply to the
court tho relief demanded in said
i-omplaint.
This March 30, 1918.
W. S. STEVENS,
Clerk of Superior Court.
WELLONS & WELLONS,
Attorneys for plaintiff.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as Administrator of the estate of Sal
lie J. Powell, deceased, hereby notifies
all persons having claims against said
estate to present the same to me duly
verified on or before the 16 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 10 day of March, 1918.
W. A. POWELL, Admr.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County.
In a Justice's Court before D. T.
Lunceford.
Selma Supply Company vs. L. S.
Mixan.
The defendant above named will
take notice, th:.t an action entitled
as above has been commenced in a
Justice's Court before D. T. Lunce
ford, Justice of the Peace, in Smith
field township, Johnston County on
account alleged to be due the plain
tiff by the defendant, which Summons
is returnable before tho undersigned
at his office in Smithfield, in sr.id
County and in said Township, on the
30th day of May 1918, when and
where the defendant is required to
appear and answer or demur to the
complaint or the relief demanded will
be granted.
This March 29, 1918.
I). T. LUNCEFORD,
Justice of the Peace
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified as
Adm'r. on the estate of John T. Futch,
deceasel, hereby notifies all persona
having claims against said estate to
present the same to me duly verified
on or before the 19 day of March,
1919, or this notice will be pleaded
In bar of recovery; and all persons
indebted to said estate will make im
mediate payment.
This 18 day of March, 1918.
JESSE DAUGHTRY, Admr.
F. H. BROOKS, Attorney.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified as
Administrator on the estate of L. E.
Parker, deceased, hereby notifies all
persons having claims against said
estate to present the same to me duly
verified on or before the 21 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 21 day of March, 1918.
Q. C. PARKER, Admr.
JAMES D. PARKER, Attorney.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified as
Administratrix, on the estate of John
Austin Phillips, deceased, hereby noti
fies all persons having claims against
said estate to present the same to me
duly verified on or before tl.o 4th day
of April 1919, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery; and
all persons indebted to said estate will
make immediate payment.
This 1 day of April 1918.
BETTIE PHILLIPS, Admr.
Four Oaks, N. C., No. 3.
SALE OF LAND FOR PARTITION.
North Carolina, Johnston County.
Martha Rebecca Parker and hus
band, W. T. Parker, et als. vs. Oscar
Creech, Edgar Creech, et als.
That under and by virtue of a judg
ment of Superior Court, entered on
the 2nd day of April, 1918, same be
ing No in special proceedings
in the above entitled case. The under
signed having been authorized and di
rected to sell the premises hereinafter
described, I will, on Monday, May the
6th, 1918, between the hours of 12 M.
and 2 P. M. in Smithfield, N. C., in
front of the court house door, offer for
sale one certain tract of land lying
and being in Oneal's Township, John
ston County, adjoining the lands of
James Hawley on the North, Mrs. W.
M. Hicks, on the South, W. C. Stancill
on the east and Little River on the
west, containing about 65 acres niore
or less. Terms of sale ( ash. The
above tract is sold in order to make
partition among the interested par
ties.
This April 2, 1918.
R. L. RAY, Commissioner.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified as
Executrix on the estate of Hafton
Hudson, deceased, hereby notifies all
persons having claims against said
estate to present the same to me duly
verified on . r before the 26 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 23 day of March, 1918.
MATTIE E. HOLLEY, Ex