"BLOODY ANGLE"
IS STORM CENTER
British R:taka Position That
Cost Fiiincii 103,009 Men.
rIOiiT Tli&lc i;i SEPT., 1015
This Is t!ie Point Where English
Troops In T! elr New Offensive Have
Driven Gcrm-.ns Eack Over a Long
Front, With Tremendous Losses.
Beginning of New Offensive.
Iu their now offensive the British
have brought the storm center of the
western flout back to the "Bloody
Angle of Artois," between Arras uud
Lens, which was the scene of the most
desperate and long continued struggles
of the 1015 campaign. Neuville-St.
Vaast, Tlielus. the Labyrinth, Vimy
Hidge and Telegraph Hill had since
been eclipsed by ihe newer sinister
celebrity of Douauuiout, Vaux and
l>ead Man Hill, an uud Verdun, and
l'ozieres, Butte tie Warlencouit, Com
bles and li^yaume, ou the Scrnuie.
But the figk'.i..g iu that regie u just
two years ago was probably as costly
as any in 1010.
At lis Inciptiou the Lattle line was
ou the heigi.is oi Notre Dame do Lo
rette, six miles we t ? 1' Lens, and the
French, who then held this part of the
line, had only a precarious hold on
Arras. General Koch, who not long
ago was relieved of his active com
mand. in -the saving of 1 1 H made the
first efort to Lreak the trench dead
lock wlmii had ill; hud on the west
ern front ever sin e the German fail
ure at Ypres.
He succeeded iu i ushlng the Ger
mans, step b;; :-to;>. in two months
of contlnu l'.o f5' :tlng down off the
Notre Lame h ;? iiis into the village
of Soueliez and i irtlier south up to
within a mile ? f Vimy ridg.\ But here
he eniouiKiieJ ti.o famous "Laby
rinth," an i ?luens'j fortification con
structed by the Gcvmaiu on the west
ern sl' l-e of the lidge.
The French finally succeeded, after
a terrific effort, in carrying the laby
rinth, bet it cost them so heavily they
were unable to advance any farther
and Indeed subsequently lost the
ground on which Ihe labyrinth, by that
time practically wiped out, had stood.
Vimy ridge was and is Important be
cause it Is the last high ground be
tween the rolling country of western
France and the open plain of Artois
aud Flanders. Front its crest Is a
clear view, with no natural obstacle,
not only to the Important city of Lens,
with its surrounding coal mines, but
to Douai and ope-i country as far us
Lille, Cambrai aud the low countries.
General Foch tried again lu Septem
ber, 1915, simultaneously with the
British attack n rth of Lens and the
French blow in Champagne. This time
his men succeeded in carrying Souchez,
Vimy ridge, the village of Thelus and
Telegraph bill, but at such terrific cost
?It has been reported they suffered
100,000 casualties here in 1015? that
they could n< >t hold it. Successive Ger
man countei ks drove them from
the ridge and 1 .n c nearly two miles to
Xeuvil!e-St. Vaast.
It is thi ? same ridge, 450 feet high
at Its liJ ?iiest point, that the British
have now stormed successfully. It
may be noted, however, that the ad
vance in the ; -Hies" power and skill In
attach In two yea;-" is exemplified by
the fa~ greafer scale of the British as
sault.
In his first offensive, which drove
the German - back from the Notre
Dame heights. Genera! Fo h never at
tacked at once on a front of more than
a few hundred yards. He had uo ar
tillery for t lie coiicentrati. :? ne essary
for a larger c.Tort, and t! ? ieuce uL
massed artillery and its co-operation
with charging infantry was then in its
infancy.
In September. 1015, the French at
tacked on a front of about five miles.
But in their present offensive the Brit
ish advanced on a twelve mile front,
taking more territory in a single day
than General Foch was able to secure
two years ago in two months.
The Kid Has Gone to
the Colors
The kid has gone to the colors,
And we don't l:now what to say.
The kid wo have loved and cuddled
Stepped out for the flag today.
SVe thought him a child, a bab,y
With never a care at nil.
But his country called h!n man size
And the kid has heard the call.
He paused to watch the recruiting.
Where, fir<-d by the fife and drum.
Ho bowed his l.ead to Old Glory
Ar.d thought tl.at it whispered, "Come!'
The kill, not be in* a slacker.
Stood forth with patriot joy
To add hi3 n.'.r. ? t . tlie roster?
And, God. \\? ':e f raud of t' e boy!
The kid has por.e t > the c lors.
It re 'rrs 1 { a I : 'e r-'.i'e
Since he drilled a ?eboolb'>y army
In a truly martial s,yle.
But nov; he'- i r n, a roller.
And we lend hiin l-sie-i'mr nr,
For his heart Is :i heart ail loyal,
"Vnscourged by tit,' curse of fear
His dad, when let 1 him. shuddered:
His mother? >j >d l> tss her!? cried;
Tet, blest with a rr. ? " na'ure.
She Wevt with r mother pride.
But he wh se old -houlders straightened
Was grrandd-d. f r memory ran
To year* when he, too. a youngster.
Was changed by the flag to a man!
? W. M Herschell in Indianapolis News.
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SPADES ARE TRUMPS ij
i t *
"Clubs are trumps!" the soldier shouts,
"By might alone we win todav;
For over alt the world of men
The strength of aims holds eager sway."
*"Nuy, SPADE8 are trumps!" speaks Mo
ther Earth,
"The might you boast would soon be
gone i
Without the harvest that they yield
To lend you strength and feed your
brawn." ,
"Diamonds are trumpe!" the merchant
cries.
"They build your navy, ship by ship;
Place guns within your soldiers' hands
And give your lighters swords to grip."
"Nay, SPADES are trumps!" speaks Mo
ther Earth,
"My workers share the richest spoil;
Where would your boats and armies be
Without the fruitage of the soil?"
"Hearts are trumps!" the women sigh,
"We give our husbands and our sons
To sail your ships across the seas.
To bear your ilags and man your guns."
"Nay, SPADES are trumps!" speaks Mo
ther Earth,
"The guns may roar on land and sea
And swords may flash and hearts may
break,
But SPADES shall have the victory!"
?By John Kemble of the Vigilantes.
AMERICAN INVENTIONS
WAGING WAR IN EUROPE
Without Them the Combatants
Would Stand Naked, Unshod,
Unfed and Powerless.
By AUGUSTUS THOMAS,
Of the Vigilantes.
If the products of American Inven
tions could be taken from the armies
and navies now confronting each other
in Europe the combatants would stand
naked, unshod, unfed and powerless.
The grain that feeds them was sown,
reaped, thrashed and ground by Amer
ican inventions. The clothing for their
vast armies was put together by Amer
ican sewing machines. The cotton in
it was separated by an American cot
ton gin. Their shoes are made by t
American machines. j
As to the weapons, the revolver is
an American invention, the breech
loading gun is an American Invention,
the magazine gun is an American in
vention. The Ironclad, the revolving
turret, the torpedo, are American in
ventions. The submarine is an Ameri
can invention.
The electric light in camp and trench,
the telephone that reports and takes
orders, the telegraph that calls for sup
plies, the cable, are all American.
The barbed wire that defends the
trenches, the tanks that override them,
the airplane that reconnoiters and
lights above them, are American Inven
tions. And when the wounded are re
trieved the chloroform that makes ac
curate surgery possible is an Ameri
can discovery. And, finally, the ambu
lances ai'e motorcars from America. i
America has given great gifts to Eu
rope. But she has one more gift, her
greatest, yet to give. Her other gifts
have been material gifts, and they
have been given indiscriminately to
the nations that are fighting for de
mocracy and those who are fighting
against it.
America's greatest gift to Europe is
the blood of America's youth, shed for
democracy.
Unless America gives MEN to Eu
rope ull her otlier gifts are a mockery.
MOUNTAINEERS OFFER AID.
Regiment to Be Known as Lincoln
Sharpshooters Proffered.
Dr. John Wesley Hill, chancellor of
the Lincoln Memorial university, sent
to President Wilson an appreciation of
the president's message to the con
gress and an offer to provide a regi
ment of Tennessee mountaineers to be
known as the Lincoln sharpshooters.
"Coming from the region made his
. toric by the birth and military achieve
ments of Andrew Jackson, Admiral
Farragut, Sam Houston and Fighting
Bob Evans, and consecrated by the
nativity of Abraham Lincoln, whose de- 1
votion to justice and liberty is our in
spiration, we pledge our lives, our sa- '
cred honor and our all to the defense
of American rights on land and sea,
the supremacy of the American flag
and the dignity and honor of the gov
ernment of the United States," said
Dr. Hill's telegram.
Crops First; Courts Wait.
Federal court in Alabama postponed
May term so farmers may have time
for planting their crops.
HOW SHIPPERS CAN AID
RAILROADS IN WARTIME
These are a few of the things
the railroads ask shippers to do
as n patriotic duty :
Do not ship beyond your abil
ity to handle promptly.
Extend your private sidetracks
to keep pace with your increased
business and in this way avoid
the necessity of delaying cars.
Arrange the time of your ship
ments so they will be made uni
formly when i>ossible.
Ship at periods of the >?ar
when cars are not badly needed
for shoving crt<is.
Do everything possible to keep
cars moving, so every one, rail
road and shipper, can reach
the maximum amount of efficien
cy for the nation In this great
crisis.
PETAIN DIRECTS
FRENCH ACTIONS
Hero of Verdun Won Honor by
His Good Work.
HELO GEPJ".fi3 AT BAY
Although All Efforts Were Mad? to
Break Through French Positions and
Thousands of Lives Sacrificed, th?
Line Hold? Will Now Aid All His Al
lies In Co-ordinated Work.
It is to Verdun that General retain,
like General Xivelle, owes Ills great
reputation, writes Ktephane Lauxanne,
editor iu chief of the Paris Matin.
When the great German assault on
Verdun was launched, in the closing
days of February, lit Id, Geueral de
Castelnau, at that time chief of the
geueral stuff of the l'Yench army, hur
ried to the spot. He had been sent by
General Joffre, with full power to de
cide whether the town was to be aban
doned or defended at all costs.
General de Castelnau arrived, looked
over the terrible battlefield with his
calm and clear eye and decided that,
cost what it might, Verdun must be
defended.
For this defense an army and a chief
were needed. Orders were transmitted
by telephone to the army of General
retain, in reserve not far away, to
come up and defend the stronghold. A
few hours later the first auto trucks,
into which the soldiers of Petain ware
packed, loomed up on the horizon, and
General Petain himself appeared to
take over the command. There was a
short talk between General de Castel
nau and General Petain in the "mairie"
of a little village on the outskirts of
Verdun. What happened at t Hat con
ference is not known, but we may be
permitted to guess. The dialogue was
doubtless short.
They Did Not Pass.
"They must not i>uss," said General
de Castelnau.
"They shall not pass," answered Gen
eral Petain.
They did not pass. And they did not
pass because of the energy, coolness,
will power and ability of General re
tain.
One of his general orders, issued dur
ing the first fortnight of the defense
of Verdun, will be famous forever. It
ended with these words:
"Courage, comrades! We'll get them!"
That was more than words; It was a
promise. And the promise was kept ?
they "got" them.
General Fetain's career has been re
counted so often that It Is scarcely
necessary to tell it again. \t the tiffle
of the declaration of war ho was a
mere colonel. During the retreat from
Charleroi, during the battle of the
Marne and the fighting on the Yser
he displayed such marvelous military
qualities that he was promoted suc
cessively to the rank of general of
brigade and general of division. When
the great offensive of the spring of
15)15 was launched in Artois he was
commanding an army corps.
The post just conferred upon him Is
a new one which never existed before
in the war. On the first day of mo- ;
billzation the chief of the general staff
went to the front with the command
er in chief. At the ministry of war
only a few officers and departments re
mained to keep up the connection be- '
tween the front and the rear. The en- j
tire direction of army affairs, in short,
had been taken with General Joffre to
the front. Matters remained pretty
nearly in that condition until very re
cently, when it was felt that there
should be in I'aris, close to tlie coun
cil of ministers and the council of war,
a powerful organism capable of co
ordinating efforts at the front and at
the rear? English and French efforts,
French and Italian efforts.. This new
organism has just been created, and
General Petain is to be its head.
Though the decree appointing him is
silent as to his powers, it may be fore
seen notwithstanding that these, in re
lation to those of the commander in
chief, will be the following:
General Nivelle is and remains the
commander in chief of the troops fight
ing at the front? that is, ho directs
and executes the operations of the war
on the Somme and the Aisne, in Cham
pagne, Lorraine and Alsace. But his
authority does not extend to the ar
mies in preparation or being formed
in the interior. It does not extend to
the English or Italian army. He is. In
a word, the great executive chief of
the war operations. lie is not the
preat directing chief of the war opera
tions.
The latter will be General I'etaln. It
is he who will prepare great opera
tions, co-ordinate them with English,
Italian and even Russian operations.
He will see to It that the union be
tween the front and the rear Is main
tained. In short, he will administer
all the military resources of France,
not only 011 the line of battle, but also
in the interior and even in the French
colonies.
The new chief of tii? ^?neral staff,
in fciiort. will be the motive power
which, without hampering th?* freedom
of movement of the Immense machine,
will assure co-ordination in Its move
ments.
All who know General retain, all
who have followed his admirable ca
reer, are convinced that the new com
mander will Ik> more capable than any
body to continue the task of former
and present chiefs and lead the allied
armies to victory.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING
THE ISSUANCE OF $50,000
IMPROVEMENT BONDS
BONDS OF THE TOWN
OF SMITHFIELD.
?
Whereas, in pursuance of the pro
visions of Chapter 56 of the Public
Laws of 1915, entitled "An act relat
ing to local improvements in munic
ipalities," the Board of Aldermen of
the town of Smithfield, N. C., has, up
on petitions made as provided in said
act, determined to make the local im
provements hereinafter described,
*nd to assess a portion r? the cost
of said improvements upon property
benefited thereby as proved in said
act, which assessments shall be pay
able in ten equal annual installments;
and
Whereas, in the judgment of the
Board of Aldermen the cost of said
local improvements will be $50,000,
of which $20,1)00.07 will be assessed
as aforesaid, and the remainder will
b? borne by the city at large, and it
is necessary to finance said local im
provements by issuing bonds of the
town of Smithfield:
Now, therefore, the Board of Al
dermen of the town of Smithfield do
ordain as follows:
Section 1. Negotiable bonds of the
town of Smithfield, to be known as
Street Improvement Bonds, shall be
issued pursuant to The Municipal
Finance Act, 1917, to pay for the
constructing or reconstructing of the
sufrface of the following named
streets and highways in the town of
Smithfield, such surface to be of
sheet asphalt, bitulithic or bitumin
ous concrete, laid on a solid founda
tion, and for the constructing at the
same time of sidewalks, curbs, gut
ters, and drains on such streets and
| highways, viz:
Market Street, Third Street, Sec
pal amount of the issue of Street
Section 2. The maximum princi
pal amount of the issue of Ssreet
Improvement Bonds nereby author
ized shall be $50,000, of which not ex
ceeding $26,000.07 of bonds shall be
for the purpose of paying the por
tion of the cpst of said improvements
that is to be assessed upon property
benefitted thereby, and not exceed
ing $23,333.33 of bonds shall be for
the purpose of paying the remainder
of said cost. The maximum rate of
interest which said bonds shall bear,
shall bo six per centum per annum.
The maximum period within which
they shall mature shall be fifteen
years.
Section 3. The following matters
are hereby determined and declared
pursuant to sections 17 and 18 of
I The Municipal Finance Act, 1917:
(1) The probable period at the
end of which the last installment of
said assessments (in anticipation of
which not exceeding $26,666.67 of
said bonds are to be issued) will have
been in arrears for two years is 12
years. The probable period of useful
ness of said improvements (for the
town's share of the cost of which
not exceeding $23,333.33 of said
bonds are to be issued) is 20 years.
The average of said period, (they
being the periods that would be stat
ed herein pursuant to The Municipal
Finance Act, 1917, if a separate or
dinance were passed for the bonds for
each of said purposes), taking into
consideration the amount of bonds
applicable to-eaA item,
and the period stated in this section
in respect of that item, is 15 years.
(2) A tax sufficient to pay the prin
cipal and interest of said bonds shall
be annually levied and collected.
(3) A statement of the debt of the
town of Smithfield has been filed with
the Clerk, pursuant to the Municipal
Finance Act, 1917, and is open to
public inspection.
(4) The average assessed valua
tion of property subject to taxation
by the town of Smithfield for the
throe fiscal years in which taxes
were last levied, as shown by said
statement, is $1,045,568.
(5) The amount of the net debt of
the town of Smithfield, outstanding,
authorized or to be authorized, as
shown by said statement is $62,
466.29.
Section 4. This ordinance shall
take effect upon its passage and shall
not be submitted to the voters of the
city, the bonds hereby authorized be
ing exclusively for improvement of
which at least one-fourth of the cost
is to be assessed upon abutting prop
erty or properties benefited and said
cost "being a necessary expense of
the said town of Smithfield.
The foregoing ordinance was pass
ed on the 19th day of April, 1917,
was first published on the 24th day
of April, 1917.
Any action or proceeding question
ing the validity of said ordinance
must be commenced within thirty
days after its publication.
N. M. LAWRENCE,
Clerk.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court.
Austin-Stephenson Company,
vs.
W. Newton Smith, and Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company.
The defendant, W. Newton Smith,
above named will take notice that an
action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court of
Johnston County, to obtr.in judgment
against said defendant for the sum
of Three Thousand Dollars damages
sustained by the plaintiff by reason
of the false and fraudulent warran
ty by said defendant of the grade
and analysis of certain cotton seed
meal sold to the plaintiff by said de
fendant, and to have said judgment
declared a specific lien on that cer
tain carload of said cotton seed
meal, heretofore contained in Car
SW-15436, and attached while in the
possession of the defendant A. C. L.
liailroad Company.
And the said defendant, W. New
ton Smith, will further take notice
that he is required to appear at the
term of the Superior Court of said
County to be held on the 3rd Monday
before the 1st Monday of September,
it being the 13th day of August,
1917, and answer or demur to the
complaint in said action, or the plain
tiff will ask for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This 12th day of April, 1917.
W. S. STEVENS,
Clerk Superior Court.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County.
Geo. F. Woodard, Admr., of
Silas Cogdell.
vs.
Mary J. Cogdell, Guilford Cogdell
and others.
Under and by virtue of the author
ity contained in a decree of the Su
perior Court rendered in the above
entitled cause this May 4th, 1917, the
undersigned Commissioner will sell
for cash at public auction, to the
highest bidder, at 12 o'clock M., in
front of the Post Office in the town
of Selma, N. C., on Saturday, June
2nd, 1917, the following described
tract of land:
Beginning at the intersection of
Waddell and Sharp Streets and ex
tending along the building line of
Waddell Street Kastwardly 50 feet,
and along the building line of Sharp
Street Northwardly 150 feet, and
bounded on the North by the lots of
C. O. Ourant, and on the East by the
lots of Winchester Stancill.
On said lot there is a four-room
house in good condition. Title good.
This May 4th, 1917.
E. J. WELLONS,
Commissioner.
WELLONS & WELLONS,
Attorneys.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as Administrator on the estate of C.
B. Sanders, deceased, hereby notifies
all persons having claims against
said estate to present the same to
me duly verified on or before the 24th
day of April, 1918, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recovery;
and all persons indebted to said es
tate will make immediate payment.
This 20th day of April, 1917.
LEON G. STEVENS,
Administrator.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court.
Austin-Stephenson Company,
vs.
W. Newton Smith, and Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company.
The; defendant, W. Newton Smith,
above named will take notice that an
action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court of
Johnston County, to obtain judgment
against said defendant for the sum
of Three Thousand Dollars damages
sustained by the plantiff by reason o|
the false and fraudulent warranty by
said defendant of the grade and an
alysis of certain cotton seed meal
sold to the plaintiff by said defendant,
and to have judgment declared a spe
cific lien on that certain carload of
said cotton seed meal, heretofore
contained in Car L&N-6095, and at
tached while in the possession of the
defendant A. C. L. Railroad Co.
And the said defendant, W. Newton
Smith, will further take notice that
he is required to appear at the term
of the Superior Court of said County
to be held on the 3rd Monday before
the 1st Monday of September, it be
ing the 13th day of August, 1917, and
answer or demur to the complaint in
said action, or the plaintiff will ask
for the relief demanded in said com
plaint.
This 12th day of April, 1917.
^ W S. STEVENS
Clerk Superior Court.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court, Before
the Clerk.
A. M. Noble, Administrator of Willis
Powell, deceased.
vs.
Bo3t Joyner, Richard Crawford, Puss
Merrill or Mercer and Harriett
Merrill or Mercer, and all others
unknown having interest in the Wil
lis Powell, (dee'd.) estate.
The defendants, Puss Merrill, or
Mercer, and Harriett Merrill, or Mer
cer, and all others unknown having
interest in the Willis Powell (dee'd.)
estate, will take notice that an ac
tion entitled as above has been com
menced in the Superior Court of
Johnston County before the Clerk, to
sell the lands of the administrator's
intestate for assets to pay debts;
and the defendants Puss Merrill, or
Mercer, and Harriett Merrill, or Mer
cer, and all others unknown having
interest in the Willis Powell (dee'd.)
estate, will further take notice that
they are required to appear before
the Clerk of the Superior Court of
Johnston County on the 21st day of
May, 1917, and answer the complaint
in said action or the plaintiff will ap
ply to the Clerk for the relief de
manded in said complaint.
W. S. STEVENS,
Clerk Superior Court.
This 19th day of April, 1917.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court.
Austin-Stephenson Company,
vs.
W. Newton Smith, and First National
Bank of Smithfield.
The defendant, W. Newton Smith,
above named will take notice that an
action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court of
Johnston County, to obtain judgment
against said defendant for the sum
of Three Thousand Dollars damages
sustained by the plaintiff by reason
of the false and fraudulent warran
ty by said defendant of the grade
and analysis of certain cotton seed
meal sold to the plaintiff by said de
fendant, and to have said judgment
declared a specific lien on that cer
tain check for $680.00, or the pro
ceeds of the same, heretofore issued
by the plaintiff and attached while in
the possession of the defendant, First
National Bank of Smithfield.
And the said defendant, W. New
ton Smith, will further take notice
that he is required to appear at the
term of the Superior Court of said
County to be held on the 3rd Mon
day before the 1st Monday of Sep
tember, it being the 13th day of Au
gust, 1917, and answer or demur to
the complaint in said action, or the
plaintiff will ask for the relief de
manded in this complaint.
This 12th day of April, 1917.
W. S. STEVENS,
Clerk Superior Court.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court.
Austin-Stephenson Company
vs.
W. Newton Smith, and Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company.
The defendant, W. Newton Smith,
above named will take notice that an
action entitled as above has been
commenced in the Superior Court of
Johnston County, to obtain Judgment
against said defendant for the sum
of Three Thousand Dollars damages
sustained by the plaintiff by reason
of the false and fraudulent warranty
by said defendant of the grade and
analysis of certain cotton seed meal
sold to the plaintitf by said defend
ant, and to have said judgment de
clared a specific lien on that certain
carload or said cotton seed meal,
heretofore contained in Car STLSW
60866, and attached while in the pos
session of the defendant A. C. L.
Railroad Company.
And the said defendant, W. New
ton Smith, will further take notice
that he is required to appear at the
term of the Superior Court of said
County tc be held on the 3rd Monday
before the 1st Monday of September,
it being the Kith day of August, 1917,
and answer or demur to the com
plaint in said action, or the plantitf
will ask for the relief demanded in
said complaint.
This 12th day of April, 1917.
"W. S. STEVENS,
Clerk Superior Court.
SALE VALUABLE LAND.
By virtue of a decree of the Supe
rior Court of Johnston County enter
ed at the April Term, 1917, in an
action entitled P. B. Johnson vs. G.
L. Stephenson and Dollie Stephenson,
the undersigned commissioners ap
pointed in said decree, will on Mon
day, the 11th day of June, 1917, at
12:00 M., at the Court House door in
Smithfield, Johnston County, N. C.,
offer for sale for cash to the highest
bidder, the following described lands,
to-wit:
FIRST TRACT: Beginning at a
stake in the run of Bullock's Branch,
and runs S. 80 E. 17.10 chains to a
stake in W. C. Walton's line; thence
N. 1 E. 36.76 chains to a stake said
W. C. Walton's corner; thence N. 61
W. 0.2(5 chains to a stake on the
bank of Middle Creek; thenc6 with
the run of said creek to the mouth of
Bullock's Branch; thence up the run
of said Branch to the beginning, con
taining 49 acres, more or less.
SECOND TRACT: Beginning at a
stake in the run of Bullock's Branch
and runs S. 80 E. 21 chains to a stake
in W. C. Walton's line; thence N. 1
E. 7.89 chains to a stake in corner of
dowery; thence N. 80 W. 17.10 chains
to a stake in the run of Bullock's
Branch; thence up the run of said
Branch to the beginning, containing
15 Vi acres, more or less.
THIRD TRACT: Begins at a
stake in the run of Bullock's Branch,
Alvin Stephenson's corner, and runs
S. 80 E. 8.58 chains to a stake;
thence S. 4 W. 14.51 chains to a
stake corner of dowery; thence S.
80 E. 11 chains to a stake; thence N.
4 E. 14.50 chains to a stake; thence
S. 87 E. 4.75 chains to a stake A. J.
Walton's corner; thence N. 1 E. 12.75
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chains to a staTte corner ot Lot^lN 07*
3; thence N. 80 W. 21 chains to a
stake in the run of Bullock's Branch;
thence up the run of said branch to
the beginning, containing 45 acres,
more or less.
FOURTH TRACT: Begins at
Smithy Caudell'a corner, N. B. Hon
eycutt's line, and runs thence with
said line S. 3 W. to a stake; thence
W. to a stake in Amos Stephenson's
line; thence N. to a stake in Win.
Grimes' corner; thence E. to a stake
Wm. Grimes' corner; thence N. to a
black-gum William Grimes' corner;
thence E. to a stake in Bullock's
Branch to a sweet-gum, Smithy Cau
dell's corner; thence E. to the begin
ning, containing 25 acres.
FIFTH TRACT: Beginning at
Britton Stephenson's corner in Mary
Jones' line and runs with said line W.
to a stake in Bullock's Branch;
thence up said branch and S. to a
sweet-gum; thence E. to a stake in
Britton Stephenson's line; thence N.
with said line to the beginning, con
taining 7% acres, more or less.
This 7th day of May, 1917.
J. R. BARBOUR,
E. J. WELLONS,
Commissioners.
NOTICE OF SALE.
Under and by virtue of the author
ity contained in a certain mortgage
deed executed on the 1st day of Jan
uary, 1912, by R. A. Allen and wife,
Polly A. Allen, to the undersigned,
which mortgage deed is duly record
ed in the Registry of Johnston Coun
ty, in Book "1" No. 11, page 247,
default having been made in the pay
ment of the bonds secured by the
same, and the conditions in said deed
having been broken, the undersigned
will, on Saturday, the 2<?th day of
May, 1917, at twelve o'clock M., at
the Court House door in the town of
Smithfield, North Carolina, offer
for sale to the highest bidder, for
Cash that certain tract or parcel of
land lying and being in Oneals town
ship, Johnston County, State of North
Carolina, adjoining the Hutchenson
Watson lands, and others, and
Beginning at a stake, the Hutchen
son Watson corner, on the edge of
the Watson Mill Pond at high water
mark, and runs S. 1 degree W. 95
poles to the run of Buffalo; thence
up the run of Buffalo to the mouth
of Crooked Branch, the Daniel Ea
son corner; thence up the run of said
Branch to a stake at the high water
mark of said Watson Mill Pond, said
stake being placed there as the be
ginning of an agreed line between
said J. S. Eason and Alph Richard
son; thence about S. 20 degrees E.
along the line of high water mark
25 poles to a stake; thence about S.
67 degrees E. along said high water
mark about ?0 poles to the beginning,
containing Forty-five (45) acres,
more or less (the aforesaid agreed
line being the same surveyed and
chopped by T. R. Fulghum, County
Surveyer).
This 21st day of April, 1917.
JESSE PARKER,
Mortgagee.
ABELL & WARD,
Attorneys.