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The pupils of the school are making
remarkable progress in Palmer Writ
ing. There are seven pupils of the
First Grade who have shown that they
are able to write as well as they can
read and cipher. They have shown the
school that they have the determina
tion to master the three R's. They
have the ball and are on first base
and are eager for the second. The
pupils who have sent in twenty-five
drills in Palmer Writing and have re
ceived the Palmer buttons are as fol
lows: John Fields, Mary Lee
Howell, Vurla Woodard, Eva Black>
man, Helen Byrd, Troy Hughes, Bet
tie Lee Ellis.
The entire first grade has shown its
patriotism by buying $172.25 worth
of Thrift and War Saving's Stamps.
The Senior Class met yesterday and
elected the following officers for com
mencement: Lelia Straughn, Writer,
of the last will and testament; Lillian
Snipes, Prophet; Esther Vinson, giver
of tokens; Houston Reynolds, Histor*
ian; Linwood Richardson, Orator; Or
man Bailey, Poet. The officers are in
positions which requires a great deal
of work and they are willing to fulfill
these requirements.
Mr. Moser has been absent two days
from school this week because of his
child's illness.
Miss Helen Paris, a member of the
High School faculty, has gone to
, Greensboro to attend the Home Econ
omy's Convention at the State Nor
mal College. She was accompanied by
Emma Lucas Ward, a member of the
ninth grade Domestic Science Class.
The Safety league had chnrge of the
chapel exercises this morning. The
programme was very interesting and
was carried out sucessfully. The com
mittees especially emphasized the
carelessness of accidents and pre
caution of fires. ? L. S.
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The Courtis Testa have been Riven
in the lower grades in school this
week. The result of the spelling test
in praties five and six showed an
average of eighty and sixty three,
which is far above the state average
in spelling. Three children in the
fifth grade made one hundred in
speed, accuracy and efficiency, on the
arithmetic test. These children are
John Morgan, Hector Debnam, and
Mabel Oliver.
In the recent report on these tests
sent out by the University of North
Carolina, we find that our school leads
in the average made on several sub
jects, and has a creditable place in
each test ? N. P.
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To Win The War.
This is your war and mine,
So let's fight hard in time.
Buy Thrift Stamps with the quarters
you get,
And We'll surely make those Ger.
man's fret.
Save sugar for Uncle Sam,
Eat vegetables instead of ham.
Save wheat for our soldiers;
Take some burdens on your shoulders
Watch our stars and stripes unf urle?
We'll make Democracy safe for th<
world! ? E. L. W
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Preparation for commencement has
already begun with much enthusiasm.
One of the most attractive features
of commencement will be the comic
opera, "The Captain of Plymouth,"
presented under the direction of Miss
Folger, the music teacher. This opera
is a story of Longfellow's "Courtship
of Miles Standish" written in modern
style. Clayborne Massey will take the
part of Miles Standish, captain of
Plymouth, Linvvood Richardson that
of John Alden, the diligent scribe,
Mr. Coy R. Williams that of Elder
Brewster, Miss Warren that of Pris
cilla, Margie Benoy, an early Ameri
can girl, Julia Ashworth, an Indian
Princess. Soldiers, sailors, Indians,
Puritan men and women will be rep
resented in lively choruses and dances.
W. A.
Thursday, April 18th, in the Archer
Literary Society each grade of tho
High School had charge of its own ex
ercises. The eleventh grade acted
their parts with more ease and graci
ous and possibly presented the most
interesting programme. On account j
of the unusual length of the program
part of it was postponed until the next
meeting. We will be glad to have any
company, as the tenth grade will star
at the time. The programms of the
seventh and eighth grades were com
mendable, being interesting and highly ,
entertaining. ? R. W.
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Song ? Tune: There's a Long, Long
Trail Awinding.
There's a long long, trail awinding,
In No Man's Land in France,
Where the bombs and shells are
bursting,
And where we advance.
There's a long, long, line of soldiers, ;
Who are going to the trench,
To fight for man and country.
And for liberty's defense.
C. L. R.
CANNOT CARE FOB WOUNDED.
Many German* Dying in Automobile*
and Wagor<?.
Washington, April 18. ? The great
flow of wounded now passing through
Flanders is viewed with alarm by the
Germans as related in an official des
patch from Amsterdam today. The
towns of Courtral, Bruges, Ghent aid
other places have been transformed
into military hospitals, the despatch
said, adding that at the front ar
rangements are inadequate and the
Red Cross service is not able to fulfill
its task. Many wounded, it was said
are dying in Red Cross automobiles
and on sanitary trains. ? Baltimore
American.
Sweat and Blood Will Win the War.
The sweat of the farmer in the field
and of the mechanic in the shop and
the blood of the boys in the trenches
are the price of victory. The fight for
food ? to grow it, to harvest it, to get
it over to the hungry millions in Eu
rope -is no longer a thrilling novelty.
It is dull, serious business. It means
long hours in the field, long hours un
der the hot sun of the harvest, and
unceasing toil. The soldier's first ex
perience in battle is thrilling and
startling, but soon the thrills give
away to fatigue and it becomes a dull,
heavy task to fight on.
The farmer turns to his task with
out the stimulus of brass bands or
glittering guns.
We are fighting n war against that
kind of intolerance which is repre
sented by gold-braided kings. The
dusty overalls of the farmer, the
greasy apron of the machinist and
the dull khaki of the soldier are uni
forms of equal importance in the strug
gle. The farmer will not shirk at the
long hours. He is thinking of his boy
who has gone thousands of miles
away to fight because he believed the
folks at home would back him up. He
will do the best he can to overcome his
handicaps, some of which might have
jbeen removed, but he can no longer
hesitate. The time has come to work
and stop talking. ? The Country Gen
Itleman.
Cotton Ginning W ill He Higher.
Speaking of cotton ginning Mr. B.
I B. Adams, of Four Oaks, states
that it will probably cost five to six
dollars per bale to gin cotton next
fall. Fuel and labor and bagging and
ties will cost about twice as much as
l formerly with repairs three to five
? times as expensive as usual. He says
i that expenses in repairs for a gin
plant will run from two hundred to
five hundred dollars per year. The
Adams Company will spend about a
thousand dollars in repairs on their
ginnery this spring nnd summer. Mr.
i Adams says that fifteen to twenty
cent cotton which formerly would
. have seemed very high would now
be disastrous to cotton farmers.
Bugs on Irish Potatoes.
A surprisingly large number of peo
ple still refuse to plant Irish potatoes
because they say the bugs will eat up
the pleats. We are not impatient with
those who have not yet availed them
selves of the very simple methods for
destroying these bugs, but again
wishes to stress the importance of the
use of a few of the poisons in destroy
ing this bug.
The potato biy; lives ever winter in
the adult stage-In places of trash,
sedge patches or other places of pro
tection. In the spring the beetles come
out and begin feeding on the Irish po
tato plants. They start almost imme
diately to lay yellow eggs, in clusters
on the surfaces of the leaves. The
adult beetles are not such voracious
feeders ? it is the young bugs that
soon strip the plant of all its foliage
We therefore should be very careful
to apply a dose of poison juat about
the time the eggs hatch.
There are a number of poisons that
will kill potato bugs. Almost any of
those containing arsenic in its differ
ent forms, will do the work. I have
used Paris Green, arsenate of lead,
and arsenite of zinc with good and
almost equal results. Probably the
i simplest method for one who does not
care to purchase a spray pump, is to
secure from any drug store a small
! package of Paris Green ? say about 25
i cents worth ? mix it with about twen
ty or twenty-five times its own weight
of dry, air-slaked lime, put the mix
ture in the corner of a porous fertil
izer suck and dust it over the plants
in the early morning while the dew
is on. We still find a few folks who
are afraid to use this poison on Irish
potatoes for fear of injury to the mem
bers of the family. We might say that
there is absolutely no danger of being
poisoned in this way. All that is
necessary in this connection i9 to be
reasonably careful in keeping the pois
ons out of the reach of children or
live stock when it is being prepared
for use.
The powdered arsenate of lead and
powdered arsenite of zinc may be
mixed with dry, air-slaked lime and
used just as mentioned for the Paris
Green.
Where it is desired to spray the po
tatoes with Bordeaux mixtures to con
trol the leaf blight one-quarter pound
of Paris Green, or one pound of either
the arsenate of lead powder or arsen
ite of zinc may be added to each fifty
gallons of the Bordeax mixture so as
to control the bugs along with the
leaf blight. ? II. P|. Stuckey.
Virginia Congressman Dead.
Representative William Atkinson
Jones, of Virginia, died in Washington
last Wednesday from the effects of a
paralytic stroke. He had served in
Congress continually for 26 years and
was now serving his fourteenth term.
He had served a longer continuous
term than any other man in the House.
He was 69 years old.
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behind it? you know what that means. He's putting these fighting bonds
into the homes of our folks from Maine to California. Why, man, this is the
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and to lay something by for that little house on the
hill you have been dreaming about
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Oxfords
About
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pair
OXFORDS
brought
from
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season
Beacon
$4 to $4.50
Crboett
$4.50 to $5
Bion F. Reynold
$5 to $6
Come and look them
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At Old Prices
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Smithfield. N. C.
Spring Goods Are Here
If you come to Pine Level, I want to
see you in my store. I carry a nice line of
Spring and Summer Dress Goods, Ladies'
Misses and Children's Shoes and goods for
Boys and Men. such as Hats, Caps, Clothing,
Notions, overalls, etc. My stock is larger
than ever before, and I am prepaired to fur
nish you what you want. Call to see me.
J. F. THOMPSON
Pine Level, North Carolina
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified as
Adm'r. on the estate of John T. Futch,
deceasel, hereby notifies all persons
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
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.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County.
In the Superior Court
Term 1918,
Mattie 0. Boniger vs. E. C. Boniger.
The defendant above named will
take notice, that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Johnston County to
annul the bonds of Matrimony exist
ing between the plaintiff and 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 2.3 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 the relief demanded in said
complaint.
This March 30, 1918.
W. S. STEVENS,
Clerk of Superior Court.
WELLONS & WELLONS,
Attorneys for plaintiff.
SALE OF LAND FOR PARTITION
North Carolina, Johnston County.
Martha Rebecca Parker and hus
>and, W. T. Parker, et als. vs. Oscar
Creech, Edgar Creech, et als.
That under and by virtue of a judfT
nent of Superior Court, entered on
he 2nd day of April, 1918, same be
ing No in special proceedings
n the above entitled case. The under
signed having been authorized and di
rected to sell the premises hereinafter
^escribed, I will, on Monday, May the
5th, 1918, between the hours of 12 M.
ind 2 P. M. in Smithfield, N. C., in
'rent of the court house door, offer for
sale one certain tract of land lying
ind being in Oneal's Township, John
ston County, adjoining the lands of
fames Hawley on the North. Mrs. W.
*1. Hicks, on the South, W. C. Stancill
n the east and Little River on the
vest, containing about 65 acres more
less. Terms of sale Cash. The
tbove tract is sold in order to make
>artition among the interested par
ies.
This April 2. 1918.
R. L. Pi AY, Commissioner.