WEAVER WOULD HELP SOLDIERS Introduces Bill Which Would Give Service Men Extra Pay—Would Pay All I’a; ticipanf s in World W'a' Stipend of $30 Additional Per Month. Washington, July 26,—Representa live Weaver today introduced a bill ti show the governments recognition of the splendid s -rvice of the American soldier ;n the war with Germany. It provided for ell officers ■ nd enlisted ii en, an additional payment of $30 per month for each niorih of service rendered, not exceeding a total of one years pay at the rate >f $30 pe* month. It applies to all men anil offi cers in the United States army in the naval and marine services. The bill further provides that, if it shall be necessary in order to pro cure the required funds, that the sec retary is authorized to issue bonds of the government to mature in not more than 20 years, the proceeds of these bonds to go entirely to the payment of the American soldiers It is contemplated that, if funds can not be otherwise had, that a sale of bonds by popular subscription shall be made, similar to the Liberty loans and such subscriptions shall be designa ted by such name that it shall be known that all bonds subscribed for by the people shall be paid to soldiers for their services and for the purpose of tiding them over the days of un employment, following their dis charge. It has been urged by some that the soldiers would probably spend this money unwi-ely, but Mr. Weaver states that it hould be oaid t > them to do with as they like; that they gave ungrudgingly to their country and en dured hardships and hazards that only strong men and brave men could or would undergo. He further stated that in his opinion men who had thp courage and brains to break the Hin denburg line and to drive back the Huns at Chateau Thierry and other great battles of the war, have brains enough to take care of the small pay ment of and to use it for the eomfort and help of themselves and their families. Mr. Weaver also in troduced today a hill providing for the appropriation of $20,000 for the pur chase of a sit" and erecting of a post office building at Murphy and another bill appropriating a similar sum for the site and erecting of a building for the postoffice at Bryson City. II. E. U. Bryant, in Charlotte Observer. DIME NOVELS” COMING BACK. In l/iist 18 Months “Nick Carter" Has Had Record-Breaking Sales. "Nick Carter” has come into his own again. The king of the "paper backs” has made a record-breaking return to popularity. About 18 months ago his sales began to mount steadily unt'l the entire supply of “Nick Car ter’s” books was exhausted. His return to fame was unexpected. It was not the result of an advertis ing campaign, for the publishers of the paper bound books do not adver tise. They depend, instead for the sale of their books on the lists printed in the back pages on each volume. And “Nick Carter” was not the only member of the "paper back" tribe to return. All of the old favorites Laura Jean Libby, Bertha M. Clay, Mrs. E. I>. E. N. South worth and Au gusta J. Evans-—-have “come back” surprisingly. Five years ago every one was will ing to predict that the movies had killed the production of cheap books. Thrills could be absorbed more quickly from the screen than from the printed page and the price was vlie same. Publishers of the paper backs arc uncertain whether their old reading public has tired of the motion picture or whether a new class of readers has arisen. Of one thing they are cer tain, though, the demand for the 10 cent and 15-cent book has increased fourfold. If it were not for the in creased cost of production these pub lishers would be reaping the harvest of their liv'es. Stories of American life as seen by Bertha M. Clay and other writers of her class—and detective stories are most in demand. Fortune telling books and letter writers also have a large and steady sale. “Dream” book are never so popular as they are to day, the;r publishers say.—N. 't Sun. STOKES COUNTY LADY SHOT BY HER HUSBAND. Danbury, July 29.—About seven miles east of Danbury, Saturday morning Abe Hawkins shot and seri ously if not fatally, wounded his wife. She was shot just below the right shoulder and the doctors believe that her right lung is shot in two. Only one shot was fired from the au tomatic shot gun. Hawkins was ar rested at once and brought here to jail. Physicians pronounce him in sane. He has acted very strangely for some time. NEW COMPANY WILL BUILD GIN AT ONC.T Recently Organized Farmers Gin Company at Selma Letting I'eadj For Business—Erect I wo l nit Plant Near Coast Line Road—Mill Be Run By Electricity. The new Farmers’ Gin Company, which was recently organized by lo cal, capital, including a number or farmers in the territory adjacent to Selma, has completed arrangements for erecting c building on the corner of Anderson and Sharp Greets, near th* Coast Line railroad and will ba ready for bur mess as soon as the building is constructed and the equipment, which is already here, can be installed. The p«'ant will consist of a two unit system "in and will be* driven entirely by electricity. Each unit will have its separate motor, in order that de struction or damage to one will not affect t! <- operation of the other unit. The plant will he thoroughly modern in every respect and it is expected that the company will be ready for op eration in ample time for handling the present crop. In building and equipment, future growth is provided for in the ease and convenience in which additional unite im y he installed and the com pany proposes to provide the very best of servici to its patrons at all times. Mr. W. G. Ward is president of th _> new corporation and Mr. Theo Easom is secretary and treasurer, which as sures not only successful operation of the gin. but the best of attention to the business and service to its cus tomers. An expert manager will be secured to conduct the business.— Selma Johnstonian. Th«‘\ Died for Others. The Goldsboro Argus pays this beautiful tribute to Lieutenant D. M. Prince, who lost his life Saturday at Goldsboro in an effort tp save a litte child from drowning: “Lieut. Prince war the son of our good friend and townsman, Mr. David M. Prince, his mother having died several years ago. He was an idea! son, an heroic soldier, a worthy young citizen of bright promise and in the supreme test that confronted him to day, an unhesitating exemplar of Him who said, ‘Greater love than this no man hath—that he lay down his life for another.’ And shall he “find it again”? Aye, already—while wc who loved him stand with sorrow-crushed hearts and tear-dimmed eyes, and would y-t seek to comfort the bvoken lather of this splendid young man— he has already heard the voice of the King, saying: ‘Inasmuch as you did it for one of these the least of my breth ren. you did it unto me; enter thou into the joys of thy Lord.' ’’ Tl u rad ay at Wrightsvillc Beach Lieut. Don Kirkman, of High Point, also a returned soldier, lost his life under circumstances exactly like thos, surrounding the Goldsboro tragedy, the young man trying, at the expens'’ of his own life, to save thi life of another These gallant young fellows made the supreme sacrifice in as praisewor thy an enterprise as though they had died in battle. Their fellows who died in France.fell with the conviction tha‘ what they had done had been justified by the purpose which animated them, namely, the saving of the women and children of America from the horrors which befell those of France and Bel gium. Lieutenants Prince and Kirk i an gave their lives for individuals, but the gift was no less great. Incidents of this sort s.hou’d have the effect of ennobling th« lives of all who hear of them. Better a thousand times to die early as these young mer. and to die nobly than to live the full span of years and to live ignobly. A life is successful only as it is meas ured in terms of sacrifice. News and Observer. SEWANEE ENDOWMENT FUND. Over <300,000 Subscribed for Univer sity—$500,000 in Sight. Over $300,000 has been subscribed to the Sewanee endowment fund for the University of the South through out the dioceses of the Southern States, with $500,000 in sight. Re ports from the chairmen for the va rious duceses are most encouragin'* and it is expected that the goal, $1, 000,000, will be easily reaehed by the close of the campaign in the autumn The University of the South is the property of the Episcopal church in the 22 diocese- in the States of Alaba ma, Arkansas. Florida, Georgia, Ken lucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis souri. North Carolina, Oklahoma South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas i* is p oposed to use the gmeral en dowment fund in protecting and mak ing good the investment represented in the 10,000 acres of mountain land on the Cumberland plateau, the 3 1 buildings of buff sandstone, the spa cious campus and the international reputation for molding leade ship.— Chattanooga Dispatch. four million people IN POLAND DESTITUTE. And the Nation if* Still Engaged in Frontier Warfare—Women on Firing Line. Warsaw, Poland, June 28.—It is es timated that there as 4,000,000 desti tute peisons in Poland, including 2. 000,000 mothers anti children. For f.ve years the struggling armies of Russia and the central powers swept back and forth over the country, j Thousands of house and buildings j were destroyed. Now that peace ha> settled upon the rest of the world, Poland is still engaged in frontier warfare. From the Baltic to the Carpathians on i front three times the length of the former western one, the Poles are mobilized. Even women and girls are performing military service, not as their French and American sisters were, in hospitals and abulances, but on the firing line %vith rifles in their hands. Despite these conditions, the new Polish government is making a de termined effort to care for its civilian •. with the assistance of allied relief agencies. The American Red Crosc has already sent to Poland a dozen train loads of supplies, clothing, med icines, and children’s food. What this has meant to the new republic is sum med up in the statement of the Polish government official who told the Re 1 Cross workers: “You are saving a race which has strugg’ed foe independence for hun dreds of years, and are winning their everlasting gratitude, and friend ship.” Japs to Build Submarines. Tokio, June 11. Japan will make serious efforts to improve her navy by building seven submarines of 1,004 t .r,.- o;i h Several Germ n suborn* ne- have fallen to Japan as :: reuiP i.f the peace arrangements and are . lei'ted soon to arrive in Japanese i OR SALE: (INK JERSEY COW. fresh with young calf. Apply 104 West Bridge St., Smithfield, X. C. \\ HY NOT BUY AND STOP RENTS We can furnish new homes, com plete August 1. Water, sewerage end ,:ghts. Smithfield Building and Loan Association. COMMISSIONER'S NOTICE OF RESALE OF REAL ESTATE. Under and by virtue of :. n order for resale by W. S. Stevens, Clerk of the Superior Court- of Johnston county, in a special proceeding entitled “Jane G. Holt and others vs. Roscoe G. Finch and otht rs,” 1 will, on SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, AT 12 O’CLOCK M„ offer for sale at public auction at the courthouse door