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WMe - PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK-WEDN ESDAYS AND SATURDAYS KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1916 PRICE FIVE CENT3 GE1JANS EXPECTED TO SJAKE VEN RIORE TAFT, ROOT, ET AL THE GROUP PLAN IN LENOIR COUNTY IS NO TROUBLE LIKELY XXX.V. No. 75 . . , t . . ' jV BE TWQflR THREE DAYS BEfCI AR! jY StoTSiNTOfilEXiCO, THOUGH flEPOklfeD IWBYloiiiJrauiii! LENOIR COUNTY JS UNDER THE PRIMARY ACT, IS LJIPYERY Not Necessary for Commit tee to Call It, ays Mr. Cooper "' OPPOSE NAMING OF TO FOLLOW SINKING BRANDEIS TO COURT BIG SUCCESS, SAYS OF SILIUS, STATED Persitine Inquiring of Carranzista Commander Reason Tfor' Mobilization 43n Other Side Spanish War Veter ans Would 'Like to Go to War Texas National Guard going: to' Full Strength Basis De Facto Governih'ent troops Seek Honor ot Taking Villa Before Americans Caiiif'fiettQ-romIity, Newspapers More 'Fa vprable In1 State Department Says Sentiment Against Americans Dying Ou. '" : (By United Press)"; v Columbus, N. M., March 14.Under command of Gen eral Pershing, organization of the main , division to pur sue Villa has begun. Colonel Slocum is expected to head a flying brigade of cavalry. Pershing is conferring wih the Carranza General Bertani to find the meaning for the Mexican mobilization.' ' G .A. R.4ind U. C. V., Attention! Washington, March .Representative Dyer, head of the Spanish War veterans, today asked State command- ers how many men they could furnish in case volunteers were called for. . : :,f:'y;: Texas Recruiting Up. Dallas, March 14.General Lyon, commanding the Tex as militia, today ordered companies recruited to full war strength. . ' .; ' ; v V .?v : Rumored Troops Already Over. 'San Antonio, March 14. A flying column of fifteen hun dred troopers with two weeks' rations, crossed the border today, 4t is persistently asserted. " - -. Mexican Press Calmer. Mexico City; March 14. That the danger of a break between America and Mexico .has;passed. inspired arti cles today in ,the Mexican newspapers,.',., v -. , . ' May Be Last of Week Before Arm Starts. ! 1 ffl Paso, March 14. The mobilization preparatory to tfie hunt; fPr villa s continuing. The Carranzistas are pursuing him in the hope of rendering the American ex PiitionuTineceesary:, It may be Thursday or Friday be f or the expedition crosses, although officers say they are ' ' ready for the word; the heads of the army are waiting for reinforcements to guard the border. The .first aero squad ron," with eight planes, jn command of Capt. .Benjamin Foulois, is due here today. ' Anti-American Sentiment Dying Out, Believed. Washington, March 14. Though, the iPresidents note to Carranza, granting "reciprocity" in troop movements believed to have been received favorably, the State De partment is considering issuing a warning to Americans to avoid Mexico as before. Counsellor Polk today toid the President he has reason to believe the anti-American sentiment in Mexico is dying out. FIRST DEMONSTRATION SPRAYING IN COUNTY JB. Szymoniak. of the State Depart ment :of Agriculture, gave a demon stration ' in pruning -and spraying. . fruit trees at Fields'; Station today., . This Is the first time the, State has ; ,'. had a demonstration in Lenoir county, and -considerable interest : had been worked up by Xocal Demonstrator. 0. F. McCrary. The demonstration was for the purpose of showing, the ben efits to be derived .from pruning -and spraying. trees properly "Most peor pie," ( Demonstrator McCrary says think - tnalt fruit cannot , lie grown liwebut if farmers wouU take the Dime care of , their , fruit trees,. thai - theydo ot bieir., tobacco, fruit- could , be .grown easily." v , , Sle, Ageret.B. P., Folk, In charge t tbe pig club work;, will visit this county on Thursday. and. Friday. Mes ara. Folk M McCrary, expect to visit - h schools, whose' pupils Jiave jIiowb 10031 Interest in the wwk , or would . - Jikely be interested. "Tha pig club . work will be discussed fully with the teachers ef tJie schools and the pu piU who belong to the club," ificccrd inp to Mr. . McCrary. It is hopedjo hold the. following meetings: f Thursday,- Farm Valley and Airy Grove Thursday night. Sand Hill school No. 1." Fry ay, New Hope,.- Sandy Bot oi, Piney Grove and Coahoma. Fri day night, Coahoma again. ,The old er people as well as club members are . expected to attend the night meet-jn-gs., "Several boys have already shown interest in the Offer to lend dub members money , made by the Farmers and -Merchants Bank recent ly.. .ays Mr. MoCrary. ."Almost . every day .some boy writes that he vants to borrow money, to buy regis tered pigs." -y- ry ; BULLETINS (By the United Press) NEW TEUTON ATTACKS. Paris, March 14.--After a 36- hours' . bombardment, the Ger - mans launched heavy- attacks in the-Haudemont Forest, north , east of Verdun and LePretre for ; st onthe southeast. The attacks were broken up by Frenchartil-' Jery, ; it is -officially " said. The big gun duel continues - in the Woevre sector. ' , NEUTRALITY PROCLAMATION. , Washington, March 14. The' President has sigaed a proclama- , V tion of .neutrality as; the result ef - Portugal, entering the ' war, similar ; to the others burned by him . - t "-"' 4 , RUSH ARMY INCREASE. . v. .Washington, March 14. -The House .today responded nicely, io ' the Presidents' request for speed. 'The .leaders prepared to push aside all other business in favor .of the army preparedness ,Tro gram. A rcution was adopted appointing parrett of .Tennessee, Cantrill of Kentucky .and- Camp bell ef Kansas a committee o confer with Speaker Clark. ' WELDON CASE WILL. , GO TO SUPREME COURT. The Weldon vi Rajlr'qad case, in which ?50 was awarded in Superior Court last term, will go to Superior Couri. on appeal by the plaintiff, it was announced today. ' TbeihttBtiff, Ora Weldon, whose . husband was killed .while in the employ of the Kinston-Carolina .Railroad,con9iders the damages oo small. V STRENUOUS EFFORT Von Mackcnzcn and Von Ilindenburg Botfi Due at Verdun, SaidT BOMBARDM'NT CONTINUES t-i (ij v,, , Expected to Cease Sudden ly for Great Infantry At tack Any Moment Itali an Artillery Active on the Isonzo Front, Reported (By the United Press) . London, March 14. Intense Italian artillery fighting on the Isonzo front apparently, is the prelude to an im portant action, says a dispatch. The Italians have blasted enemy entan glements, the Australia replying vig orously. Von IJindeJiburg Summoned to West, London, March 14. Heavy Ger man reinforcements are arriving t Verdun, while the Teuton . artillery continues its terrific bombardment Swiss dispatches report the closing of 'the .frontier to preserve secrecy egarding. itroop movements. French aviators are sounding the enemy po sitions.'. Marshal Von Mackenzen is now lit Verdun. It is said Von Hind enburg also has been summoned., An infantry assault is expected to break the bombardment hourly. AFPALS FOR MERCY IHEhf THE 20Ifj Governor WillTJive Time to Arguments for Clemency On That-Date Murder ess Will Be Taken to Pen itentiary Immediately 1 (By the United Press) Winston-Salem, March 14 Wheth er or not the convicted husband mur derer will break North Carolina's long record of no capital punishment for women will be decided on Monday when Governor ICraig hears appeals for clemency for Mrs. Ida Bell War ren .- Unless the Governor "grants mercy, Mrs. Warren and Samuel Christy, sentenced 'for complicity, will die in the electric chair on the 81st of March.' 0, 'j ' ; Governor Craig mas'; demanded of the .sheriff hero why " Mrs, - Warren has not been sent to the death bouse. Her immediate removal to Raleigh is expected. .. - . . NAYAL bill ready APRIL THE FIRST, PRESIDENT IS TOLD . Washington, March 11. The . -. President today urged Chairman Padgett of the House naval af- , fairs committee to speed up the would be. ready by April 1, and that naval bill would J be ready by 1 April 1, And that he believed suc cess J 1b assured -for president . " Wilson's wish to increase the na- NORFOLK SOUTHERN'S u - FIGHT FOR PROPERTY CEGllS ' WEDNESDAY ' K '? J . A -i.'-i.' . ? (Daily Free Press, March 14) ; The motion for ,, an injunction against individuals alleged to be un lawfully boldmg property here claim ed by the N. S. Railroad - continuing TToccupy it will be brought up in V. S. Court at New. Bern Wednesday before Judge Connor, of the Eastern district Certified copies of papers FOR WARREN WOMAN Letter Presented to Senate Committee Signed By a Number' OBJECTIONS OUTLINED Give Bostonian's Character and Alleged Bad Legal Reputation as Reasons for Withholding Confirm ation to Place on Bench (By the United Press) Washington, March, 14 Taft and Root oppose the' confirmation, of Mr, Brandeis to the Supreme Court, they said in a letter aiirned by them and today presetited to the Senaite Com mittee by Austin G. Fox, attorney for those opposing Brandeis. .The letter also was signed by Simeon Baldwin, former Governor of Connc tieut: Joseph JI. Choate, Francis Rawle and Moorefield Storey. Tbe letter oited as reasons for their opposition Brandeis' reputation and the character of his professional career, which it said, made him unfit for the place, ' . New Bern's post of the T. P. A. known as "W," has been organized. F. II. Shipp Is president. DOZEN SO. KINSTON WOMEN GO ON TRIAL IN fiXiTy COURT Accnsed Living In Houses Maintained for Immoral Purposes Eight Cases to Be 'Passed On ;By Jur ies Totalling'48 Men (Daily Free Press, March 14) Ninety-six men wore . summoned from whom to select eight Juries of six men each for trials of women of the segregated district commenced at lbs Courthouse ithis morning shoitly after 10 o'clock. There were an ev en dozen defendants, but four of these were said to have waived their right to trial by jury. - J ' - The technical charge against all, oc- cording to Solicitor H. E. Shaw, was in effect ihat they "resided in" houses maintained for immoral purposes. The majority ' of the women were stated to be proprietressess. ' Re corder Wooten . presided, Solicitor Shaw had charge of the prosecution and quite an array of legal talent rep resented the defendants. The following were accused: Louise Walker, Margaret Portella, Flonnic Gulley, Helen Smith, Maude Adams, Thelma Earle, Lillian Etheridge, El sie Doris, Nellie Hold, Lillio Gulley, Lillian Gray and Nettie Andrews. The cases were expected 'to, con sume at least all of today. ' . . THE DAY ON LOCAL ' . - COHOH EXCHANGE (Daily Free Press, March 14) Receipts on the local cotton mar ket today up till 3 o'clock were about 12 bales, selling for from 10.82 1-2 (to 11.10. -New York futures quotations were: May .. ............. 11.94 12.00 July v. . i. 12.15 12.18 October 12.32 December 12.48 121 January ........12.58 12.60 desired by plaintiff in the matter were forwarded to New . Bern today. The property in dispute, as stated in The Free Press several times before, comprises a considerable area' lying along the main line track .in , the southwestern part of the city. Brogden Notes Progress of Schools - Committeemen Alive to Work Teachers Like Plan, States State Education Expert ' The workings and the benefits of the "group plan" in Lenoir County's schools are described at length in i very interesting letter from Prof. L C. Brogden, a State Department of Education expert well-known here, to Dr. J. M. Parrott, Chairman of the County Education Board. Tho plan, suggested by Dr. Parrott, m the lut est word in modern school methods As Prof. Brogden tells Dr. Tarrott, ho has been 'especially interested In tbe successful trial htvre because of his long residence in the county dur ing former years, and he is gratified over the result also as a pioneer in the rroup plan movement. -By means of the group plan small bodies of teachers are reached at a meeting, whereas, at : tbe old county meetings a majority, possibly, of tho ma'ams were too bashful to. talk before tho gatherings, Tho group meetings are "heart to heart affairs." Prof. Brogden 's letter follows: IV. J. M. .Parrott, Chairman "County Board of Education,' x, "Kinston, N. C. My dear Dr. Parrott: 'I was very sorry that ! did not have the opportunity of talking with you during my last visit to your csunty. I called afe jrour ofilcej but was told that you ,had just gone to the hoHpitul. "However, knowing that you are genuinely interested in tho progress of rural schools of the county, iFm taking the liberty of dropping you a line. , "Since it was you who suggested to the teachers ami the school commit tccracn the advisability of substitute ng the group plan for conducting teachers' meeting for tho old coun ty plan which has been in operation up to this year, it is quite natural that you should like to know wheth er the plan you suggested works, and whether jit is ,an improvement , over he old plan, I. myself, have been in terested in studying the operation of the (plan- in order to come to some definite conclusions as to its value. Consequently, I have - epent several days1 in your county during the pres ent session studying at first hand the plan in its actual operation. ; . As : you v know, Superintendent Kinsey and his assistant, Mi sis Hat- tie Parrott; divided the rural teach ers of the county last fall into seven groups and the county into seven convenient group centers. With this arrangement, the number of teach ers belonging to each group ranges from eight to twelve, (thereby provid ing dot each group meeting a num ber "of teachers large enough to in sure active interest and enthusiasm, wholesome rivalry and friendly com petition.' ' bat not a . number large enough to make almost useless round- table discussions of the common and vital everyday needs in school room work. These seven ' group centers were so selected that no teacher in any group is much farther than eight males - from - the common meeting place of her group. This has made it entirely : practicable -for all the teachers do meet at their group cen ter at 9:15 in the morning and re main till 4:15 in the afternoon. . Last' December,- during the first series of group meetings, I met with the' ctoup at Craingers, Moss Hill, Pink Hill and at Farm Valley. Last week during the, second series of group r meetings, I ,met with the group at Airy.. Grove, v Woodington, Moss Hill, and at Farm Valley. The suggestion that you made to " the i teachers and the school committee men last fall,, that a school day should be taken for these meetings, that the teachers might have ample oppor tunity for seeing and studying the school ftctually at work has been car ried out by. Superintendent Kinsey and Miss Parrott. to the letter. 1 "These meeing, navo M been air performances.' ; They have ' not been occasions for the teachers to Official Doubt If Norwegi an Vessel Was Sunk By I Torpedo -AMERICANS COME HOME One U. S. Citizen Was In jured Germany Willing to Do Right Thing If Proof ' Is Had That Sub marine Was Guilty ' (By the United Press) Washington, March 14.-Troublo between America and Cermany over the ainking of tthe Norwegian bark Sllius is unlikely, it la said by best German authority. If it is proved that the vessel. was submarined by Germans without warning, endanger ing the lives of aeven American sail ors, Germany undoubtedly will dis avow and make reparation, it as said. No report has been received at the Austrian and German ; embassies. Though still awaiting official infor mation both Secretary Lansing and the Swedish Legation have expressed doubt that the Silius was torpedoed. Ono American, John Hartman of Philadelphia, was injured, it was to day learned from a dispatch from the consul at Havre. Two Norwegians and ono Dane were also injured, Hartman : 1s ' in a hospital, i Three American members of the crew sail ed Saturday for America, and are due to arrive on April 2d. come together to be lectured to. They hrfve been carefully ' and i definitely planned working conferences . based upon the common and everyday needs of .the teachers in, ihoir school -room work. "At A: 15 in the morning the teach ers are expected to be present at the group center school. At 9:30 they go in to observe and ito study the morn ing exercises held at this ' school. Here the visiting teachers have , a splendid opportunity for getting sug gestions that will aid them in making the morning exorcises in ithejr own school of the most value to their pu pils. : Exercises in their own school of the most value to their pupils. At 9:45 the teachers with pencil and note book in hand, go inito the room, pre viously designated, to observe and to study the teaching of a reading les son given by one of tho teachers in the group center school. : Reading be ing one of the most important sub jects in ithe school, it was the sub set selected to be concentrated upon during .this session. From 10:15, to 10:45 the teachers go into the other rooms at this group center school to observe the teaching of other sub- ects in the course of study which they feel the greatest need to know how to teach, whether arithmetic. writing, geography or history. , v At 11 o'clock tho children of the group center school are dismissed and the teachers , then begin their confer ence. Thus lar the work of these onf orences Have been chiefly con- fined to .the following important top ics: viz.: , (1) The .working out of the daily schedule so that . the teacher might give to each child in the school the largest amount of her time pos sible; (2). Better organization of the school, better gradation and classifi cation of the individual pupils in the school; (3) How to get all the chjl- i (Continued on Page Three) i GREEK AND FRENCH ' SOLDIERS CLASH ON HELLENIC TERRITORY - (By the United Press.) Berlin, March 14. Greek and ' French soldiers have clashed on the island ' of Mytilcne. One Frenchman was killed and anoth- -er seriously wounded, say Ath ens dispatches. The French were reinforced and " imprisoned the Greek troops, it ia said. ' The Greek government has protested. COUNTY IS NOT EXCEPTED At Request, Senators Had Change Made During the Last Session, and It Has, Just Been Found Out "All ParUes June 3" (Daily Free Press, March 14) The Democratic -County .Executive Committee will not have to call m county primary in Lenoir, as was gen crally believed, according ; tot Oou,nty CI iji man G V. fioaTwr, wio haju3t mavle the discovery that tlw l?jaliied primary is applicable here. , Chair man Cowper today made the follow ing statement: . . , t,,r K t i V ."Since calling the Democratic coun- . ty convention, executives .committee -and precinct meetings, my attention . has been called to, the fact that the last Legislature in its closing days did pass a special act making the' legalized primary for all officers In cluding county- and legislative of ficers, applicable ito this county. I ' -had been misled in this matter 4in making ,my call, because the general primary act excepted Lenoir County as to Legislative and county officers. At the time I immediately called' the , attention of .our Senators (our Repre sentative being then dead) and .re- ' minded them that our. Cointy Ex"ccu . th e Committee had gone on record' in favor of primary for all offices, but I j had understood, , In the rush of the closing days, the matter of the change for iLenoir, County had, bcew ver lookedt' ( , . ,. ,"I now find by Chapter 102, Pub lic Laws of 1915, Lenoir County was stricken from the -countiiea excepted and iput in.with the -counties which are to have legalized primaries for all officers, from. county, officers up. This wilj Imake ifc unnecessary f w :v the County Committee to call a pri mary ' in this county f as had been . thought before, and there will be one legalized primary on the 3rd of June for. both parties, including county ,. and legislative offices. I hasten to make . this correction and am very , glad ito know that the request of this county , was not overlooked b$ the Legislature." ' - BRIEFS IN THE NEV(S FROM OTHER COUIuiES AND TOWNS KUa2B i (Daily Free Press, March 14) Jeff Laughinghouse, sought on whisky charge, for a year and recent ly captured by Federal officers, is at large from the Craven county jail after making a hole in the roof and lowering himself to the ground ' by means of a rope of blankets, etc. v -.Garland Eastwood, unconscious for two weeks following a fall from - fire truck at New Bern, has recovered his reason and will recover, physic ians say. ' ' A delayed report from Roberson ille says an. unidentified negro was killed by a foreman of a Pitt county road force there Saturday night. The foreman, named Styron, shot the ne gro, a dischrged laborer, following "nagging" by the ; latter. Styron is under -Jl.OOd bail. " nui;moNS an?.ci " DISTRESS, niiC?JD ' (By the United Press) , New York, ilarch 14. The steam ship Zealandia, laden with munitions goingo British Malta, is in distress in (the Atlantic after breaking her steering gear, a message from t',9 tanker RidnonJ toJay T..3 message faHed to state wl r ; r.ichmon.1 was coins to t!.; i '. " ' 3 Zoa'anJIa.
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