WAGE WAR ON NEUTRALS. Eigwt United States Ships Attacked by Germany and 21 Americans Killed Since War Began. Washington Post. Since the war began eight Ameri can vessels have been attacked. Three were sunk by mines, one sunk by a German cruiser, one was attacked by a German aeroplane, two were torpe doed and sunk and one was torpedoed but not sunk. In addition, two Brit ish steamers carrying Americans were torpedoed and sunk. In all, 121 American citizens have lost thier lives through Germany’s naval activity. The list follows: January 28—William P. Frye, sunk by cruiser. No dead. February 20—Evelyn, mine. One dead. ** February 22—Carib, mine. Two dead. March 28—Falaba, British, torpe doed. One dead. April 3—Greenbrier, mine. No dead. April 30—Gulflight, torpedoed, not sunk. Three dead. May 1—Cushing, bombarded by aeroplane. No dead. May 7—Lusitania, British, torpe doed. One hundred and fourteen dead. May 25—Nebraskan, torpedoed, not sunk. No dead. July 25—-Leelanaw, torpedoed. No dead. Total, 121 dead. Decreased Production of Phosphate. Dun’s Review. The production of phosphate rock in the United States in 1914, as shown by figures compiled by W. C. Phelen of the United State Geological Survey, was 2,734,043 long tons, valued at $9,608,041, a decrease of 377,178 long tons in quantity and of $2,188,190 in value from the output of 1913. The output came, as usual, principally from Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina in the order named. The total quantity of phosphate rock—hard rock, land pebble and river pebble—marketed in Florida in 1914 was 2,138,891 long tons, valued at $7,354,744. Compared with 1913 this was a decrease of 406,385 tons in quantity and of $2,208,340 in value. The prduction of phosphate rock in Tennessee in 1914 was 483,203 long tons, valued at $1,822,770. Compared with 1913 this was an increase of 31, 644 long tons and of $48,378. During 1914 the production of phosphate rock in South Carolina amounted to 106, 919 long tons, valued at $415,039. The production of the Western States— Idaho and Wyoming—in 1914 amount ed to 5,030 long tons, valued at $15, 488, compared with a production of 5,053 tons, valued at $18,167, in 1913. Soon after the outbreak of the Eu ropean war the phosphate mining com panies of Florida—not only the com panies that produce the higher grade rock for export but also those that supply the domestic trade—either cur tailed production very materially or suspended mining. The companies do ing an export business were more se riously affected than those engaged in a combined export and domestic trade or in domestic trade alone. Of 51 plants operating in Florida in 1914 on ly 19 were in operation at the close of 1914. Shipments of phosphate rock to Ger many, which hitherto has been a large consumer, have almost entirely ceased, and those to the other European coun tries have been seriously interrupted. Though foreign shipments were still being made at the end of 1914, busi ness had been greatly retarded by lack of steamers and by increased freight rates, and there seems to be little likelihood of improvement until after peace has been declared. NIAGARA NOTES. Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Flowers visit ed their daughter, Mrs. C. H. Radford, Sunday. Among those who attended the melon fair Saturday were Mr. H. A. Crocker and son, Harvey, Mrs. B. E. Perkins and daughter, Rachel, Mr. L. C. Pulley and sisters’ Stella and Verlie. They report much amusement and a large crowd. Messrs. J. T. McDonald and B. F. Bogue, of Fremont, spent Sunday at Mrs. Ellen Pulley’s. Mrs. Ira Baker’s mother, of Mt. Olive, has been visiting her recently. Mrs. Clenon Pulley is spending a few days with her mother near Kenly, Mrs. W. H. Flowers. Mr. Gurney Edgerton visited at the home of Mr. Gaston Flowers Sunday. Mrs. Clenon Pulley has just return ed home after spending a few days with relatives in Fremont. We are sorry to note that Mrs. Har vey Edgerton is yet on the sick list. We wish her a speedy recovery. i The people of this section are very < busy cropping tobacco. Mr. L. C. Pulley is seriously sick j with fever. BLUE BELL. < ___ I Few' things are impossible to dili- j gence and skill.—Samuel Johnson. j ST. JOHN ITEMS. Mr. Leslie Blackman, and Miss Eu nice Coor, of Goldsboro, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Flowers last Wednes day and Thursday. Miss Sallie Capps is spending sev eral days with Misses Stella Stevens and Julia Williams. Mr. L. G. Flowers and Miss Irva Winslow spent Sunday with Mr. and j Mrs. Claud Beasley, of Bentonville. Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Williams spent the day in Goldsboro last Friday. Miss Julia Williams visited Miss Roxie Porter, Sunday. The revival meeting began at Jor dan’s Chapel Baptist church Monday night. Mr. Allen Smith, of Smithfield, and Miss Floy Johnson, of Four Oaks, spent the latter part of last week with Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Rose, .returning ' home Sunday afternoon. Misses Bronnie and Bessie Williams spent Tuesday with Mrs. Guy Sanders. Miss Bertha Johnson, of Benson, is visiting Misses Eula and Maude Westbrook. Mr. Claud Langston and Miss Cora Westbrook were married last Wednes day evening. Mr. Langston is a progressive young farmer of this sec tion, while the bride is the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve West brook. Their many friends wish them a long, happy and prosperous life. Mr. Zeb Porter and Misses Bronnie Williams and Elsie Flowers passed through Mill Creek section Sunday afternoon. CLIPPER. MONDAY WAR NEWS SUMMARY. The Teutons, having failed to break through the Russian line at Lublin Chelm Railway, are now centering their main offensive north of the War saw salient, and it is believed in Lon don that the Polish capital will fall in to German hands within a fortnight. The Teutonic troops, according to official Berlin reports, have crossed the Narew River and are advancing toward the River Bug and are 25 miles from the Polish capital. South of Warsaw the Germans are directing their efforts against the Rus sian lines of defense near Piaseczno, 12 miles from the capital, and they already have taken two positions by storm. The British steamship Grangewood and the Norwegian steamship Fin reite were sunk by German subma rines. The British reply to the American protest against stoppage of American ships under orders-in-council justified .he procedure and quoted a Civil Wai ncident showing that the United ■ cates blockaded Bermuda to prevent upplies reaching the Confederate States. On Sunday, two days after the last American note was received in Berlin, he American steamer Leelanaw, load •’l... flax, which has been declared K'tralarui by Germany, was torpe oed ay a submarine. The crew was a en off and landed at Kirwall. The ncident is expected to lead to another outroversy between Germany and le United States. A French torpedo-boat destroyer is reported to have destroyed the Aus trian submarine and aeroplane depot on Lagosta Island, in the Adriatic Sea. Two Italian aeroplanes dropped 18 bombs on the railroad station at Riva, an Austrian town, “with excellent re sults,” according to the Italian official announcement.—Baltimore American, 27th. Chlorine. Chlorine, which in its liquid form the Germans are said to be using in their poison bombs, owes its discov ery as an element as well as its name, to a British scientist, Hum phrey Davy. It was in 1810 that he found the mysterious gas to be unde composable into other elements. Should we decide to flatter the Ger mans by imitating them there would be no difficulty in finding the chlorine. The earth and the sea are full of it, in the form of salt. It would indeed be difficult not to find chlorine—in one I or other of its combinations—wher ever one tried, in earth, air or water; but it would be impossible to find it anywhere except in alliance with an other element. Workmen who split up common salt—chlorine of sodium—in j order to get the chlorine grow fat in | the process, but as a set-off their teeth decay.—London Chronicle. “What were you doing so long at the photographer’s?” “Merely await-1 ing developments.”—Boston Tran-1 script. YOUR COUGH CAN BE STOPPED, j Using care to avoid draughts, ex-! ( posure, sudden changes, and taking a treatment of Dr. King’s New Dis-!. covery, will surely rid you, of your Cough. The first dose soothes the irritation, checks your Cough, which j stops in a short time. Dr. King’s New Discovery has been used sue lessfully for 45 years and is guaran- J ;eed to' cure you. Money back if it * fails. Get a bottle from your Drug- 11 fist; it costs only a little and will f iclp you so much.—Adv ' SUBMARINE VS. SUBMARINE. French and German Undersea Craft Engage in Dardanelles. Berlin, July 27 (by Wireless to Sayville).—The French submarine Mariotte was destroyed by a German submarine on July 26th in the Nar rows of the Dardanelles, according to a dispatch from Constatntinople to the Mittag Zeitung. Thirty-one mem bers of the French submarine’s crew were captured. Why Raphael Was a Bachelor. (By Madison C. Peters.) Raphael, the greatest of the group of early Italian artists—and they have never been surpassed—came by his talent naturally, for his father was an artist, as >well as a poet. Raphael was born in 1483, at Col bordolo, a small town in the duchy of Urbino, whose ruler, Federigo of Montefelto, was an enthusiastic pa tron of all arts. Raphael’s parents were both of good family, his father being Gio vani Santi, and his mother, w'ho died when he was but 8 years old, being the daughter of Battiste Ciarlo, a mer chant of Urbino. At the age of 11 he was left an orphan, and was placed with a painter, Pietro Perugine, an adherent of Savanarola, where he had an opportunity of developing his great talent during the nine years that this remained his home. He died at 37, and yet what a won derful collection of paintings he left behind him! He was not the creator of one masterpiece, but of many; his “Transfiguration” was unfinished at the time of his death, but was car ried in his funeral procession. His “Sistine Madonna,” painted for the Benedictine Monastery of San Sisto, at Piacenza, is perhaps his best known work, having been so exten sively copied, both as a whole and in part, and people who may not know the artists, know the painting by name. It now has an honored place in the Dresden Gallery, in a room set apart for it, with a setting of rich red velvet. Then there is his “Ma donna of the Bullfinch,” the “St. Ce cilia,” “The Marriage of the Virgin,” his portrait of himself, and many others. One of his early works, the “Connestabile Madonna,” though on ly 6% inches square, sold in 1871 for $150,000. In 1508 the Pope, commissioned him to fresco the judicial assembly hall of the Vatican. His first fresco was called “La Disputa,” the dispute of the Holy Sacrament. It was while he was engaged in this work that he met the one woman he ever loved. One day, while walking in the street of Santa Dorotea, Raphael es pied the beautiful girl bathing her feet in a fountain of the gardens. He was so fascinated by her beauty that he left nothing undone to bring about a meeting. Unlike so many of those impulsive attractions, which often prove so disappointing, Raphael’s ad miration ripened into the deepest love, which lasted until his death. On his first rough studies of “La Dispu ta” have been found some love son nets to the fair Margherita, showing that he inherited some of his father’s poetic genius. So many hours were consumed in dreaming of his beloved that his work suffered in consequence, and his pa tron at this time, a rich banker, Agostino Chigi, in whose palace he was installed, despaired of ever hav ing his work finished, and he finally prevailed upon Margherita to take up her abode in the palace also. In 1509 Raphael painted Margher ita’s portrait. She is described as be ing the pure Italian type—an oval face, with dark eyes and black hair smoothly parted over her brow. Margherita was an inmate of Ra phael’s home at the time of his death, and he left her in comfortable cir cumstances. Whether he did not want the confining ties of marriage, or whether he considered Margheri ms social interior, it is hard to I tell—or perhaps had Margherita been more unattainable, he might have married her, but of his lasting passion there can be no doubt. It is thought that she was the original of the Sistine Madonna when she was more mature than at the time he painted her portrait. In one of his sonnets to her he writes: “Love, thou hast bound me with the a face like snow and roses, with sweet words and tender manners. So i great is my ardor that no river or sea could extinguish my fire.” Brown—“It was too bad about Dr. Smithson’s death. He was only 35.” Jones—“But in a way his work was : finished. He had just completed his 1 jook, ‘How to Live To Be a Hun- 1 ired.’ ’’—Kansas City Star. 11 No. Six-Sixty-Six Thi* ia ■ prescription prepared especially or MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER Jive or six do.es will break any caae, and f taken then aa • tonic the Fever will not eturn. It acta on the liver better than .alomel and doea not gripe or ticken. 25< NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND AND CORPORATE STOCK. Under and by virtue of & judgment rendered m the Superior Court of Johnston County, North Carolina, at February Term, 1915, of said Court, in the case entitled, “The Bank of Wayne and the Wayne National Bank against D. P. Crocker and Jessie Rean Crocker,” the undersigned, who was by said judgment appointed commis sioner for that purpose, will, on Mon day, the 2nd day of August, 1915, at 12 o clock M., at the Court House door •n Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, sell by public auction’ for cash, the tract of land in said judgment described as follows: “That certain tract or parcel of land, situated in Ingrams township, Johnston County, North Carolina, be ing lot No. 13 in the division of the lands of T. T. Oliver, deceased, allot ted to the said Jessie Rean Crocker and therein described as follows: “Known as the Four Oaks land in Ingrams township, bounded as fol laws: Beginning at a lightwood stump in the big path near the ford of the Archer branch, John Strickland’s cor ner, and runs with his line W. 157 poles to a pine stump, Stanley’s cor ner; thence with his line N. 172 poles to a stake his corner; thence N. 26 E. 169 poles to a stake in Tarkliee poco son; thence S. 7414, E. 328 poles to a stake on a ditch bank at the lower end of the Tarlanding field; thence S. 27, E. 8414 poles to a white oak; thence S. 84, W. 133 poles to a stake, A. G. Powell’s corner; thence with the Powell line S. 1»4, W. 115 poles to a black gum on the run of Beal’s creek; thence up the meanders of said creek to the mouth of Archer branch; thence up the meanders of said branch to the beginning, containing within said bounds 547 acres. To be deduct ed from said quantity is 2414 acres sold by T. T. Oliver to C. F. Lawhom and wife, Sophronia Lawhorn, by deed dated April 30th, 1903, and registered in the Registry of Johnston County in Book “A” No. 9, page 443, leaving in said tract 52214 acres.” Also the corporate stock in said judgment described as follows: “Ten shares of the capital stock of Pine Level Hardware Company, of the par value of $100.00 per share, represent ed by Certificate No. 10 for five shares; Certificate No. 11 for three shares; Certificate No. 12 for two shares, and two shares of the capital stock of M. E. Godwin & Company, Incorporated, of the par value of $500.0O per share, represented by Cer tificate No. 3 for one share and Cer tificate No. 4 for one share. This 2nd day of July, ±915. M. T. DICKINSON, Commissioner. RESALE OF VALUABLE HOUSE AND LOT IN SMITHFIELD. By virtue of the power con tained in a certain mortgage deed executed by L. D. Ennis and wife to Simon B. Jones, the same having been transferred to me as Trustee, and the conditions of said mortgage deed not having been complied with, I shall of fer the following property for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at the Court House door in Smithfield, on Saturday, August 14. 1915, at 12 M. A certain lot being situated in the southern part of the town of Smith field, and beginning at the intersec tion of Third Street and the Street North of Julius Lee s tract of land, and runs thence eastwardly with said street or alley to a stake in a line with the western edge of Fourth Street, corner of lot No. 14;thence with line of lot No. 14 and No. 13 to a stake in line with Eastern edge of Third street; thence with line of said Third Street to the beginning, con taining 7-9 of an acre, more or less. The same being the J. P. Canaday house and lot. conveyed to Simon B. Jones by Wm. H. and Emily Cana day, Exrs. of J. P. Canaday deceased, as will appear by reference to deed dated December 25th, 1910. and re corded in Book W. No. 10, page 595, Registry of Johnston County. The said lot was conveyed by Simon B. Jones to L. D. Ennis and part of the purchase price secured by the mort gage deed herein mentioned as will appear by reference to Book “R” No. 12, page 139, Registry Johnston Coun ty The terms of sale of the above mentioned property made December 24, 1914, not having been complied with, resale is hereby advertised. This July 15, 1915. W. W. COLE. Trustee. NOTICE. North Carolina, Johnston County. In the Superior Court. Hassie Markham vs. J. W. Markham. The defendant above-named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Johnston County for the purpose of annulling and de claring void an attempted marriage between the plaintiff and the defend ant; and the said defendant will further take notice that he is requir ed to appear at the term of the Su perior Court of said County to be held on the 16th day of August, 1915, at the Court House of said County, in Smithfield, N. C., and answer or de mur to the complaint in said action, or the plaintiff will apnly to the Court for the relief demanded in said com plaint. This 15th dav of Julv. 1915. W. S. STEVENS. Clerk of the Superior Court. A. & W., Attorneys. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified is Administratrix on the estate of Winifred Barefoot deceased, hereby : lotifies all persons having claims igainst said estate to present the same to me du1’- verified on or before ;he 1st day of July, 1916 or this no ice will be pleaded in bar of their •ecovery; and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate pay nent. This 1st day of July, 1915. ARRELL B. JERNIGAN, , Administratrix. I FRESH AIR BAKING MEANS BETTER COOKING “X/TS! I am doing all my baking in 1 a NEW PERFECTION Oven on a NEW PERFECTION Oil Cook stove this summer.” “It bakes bread so richly browned—such delicious biscuits — such light, fluffy cake.” The secret is the current of fresh hot air passing continually over and under the food—drying out the steam and preven ting sogginess, an exclusive advantage of the NEW PERFECTION Oven. With a NEW PERFECTION Oil CookstoveandaNEW PERFECTION Oven you can have a cool, clean kitchen all summer. 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