THE KINSTON FREE PRESS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST a, Uu
RAILROAD WORKERS DETERMINE TO QUIT
IF DEMAND FOR HUNDRED MILLIONS PER
ANNUM ADDITIONAL IS NOT MET DY R.1'S
TWO DEATHS SUNDAY BRITISH ONE STEP
AT CAMP GLENN, ONE NEARER TO VICTORY
OF THEM A SUICIDE IN BIG OFFENSIVE
Strike Ballot Announcement Tomorrow at Meeting of Private Bacon of Third In
Panmcantoftvos tf Trninmpn F!noinpmn Cfinrturinrs fantry Shoots Himself
'
and Firemen and Railroads Great Labor Battle Would
Paralyze Traffic All Over Country and Have Very Far
Reaching Effects on Other Lines of Industry Men To
day Are Prepared to Walk Out Unless Something
Transpires to Change Decision Acquiescence Tremen
dously Expensive to Employers
Through Head Cook of
Second Regiment Dies of
Pulmonary Trouble
Colonials On High Ground
Overlooking Bapeume,
Objective Point
(Hy the United Prttt)
New York, Aug. 7. Grimly determined, the railroad
brotherhoods are today prepared for the strike which
unless heroic efforts avail, will paralyze 250,000 miles oi
railway lines.
Announcement of the result of the strike ballot wil1
be made tomorrow at a meeting of the officials of the
brotherhoods and railroads.
Unless the roads grant the men's demands, the most
disastrous and far-reaching industrial battle in the Na
w Wnrv is likelv. The railroads sav acquiescence
means one hundred millions of dollars additional a year.
A
PLEA AMERICANISM
(By the United Prm)
Detroit, Aug. 7. -Republican
Nominee Hughes' first appeal for
votea on hia tour of speaking for
the presidency here waa a plea
for Americanism. An expression
of hope of a getting-together spi
rit between capital ' and . labor,
and endorsement of the national
movement for the welfare of Af
rican workera.
GOOD OLD DRAGON TO
: CHASE DESPAIR AND
s GLOOM INTO THE SEA
Feaat of Lanterns at Wrightaville
Will Be Novel and Spectacular-
Brilliant Illumination of Beach Re
sort Town on August 18 and 18
(Special to The Free Press)
Wrightaville Beach, Aug. 7. Let
ters received here indicate that many
persona from as far away as Alaba
ma will attend the Feast of Lanterns
on Wrightaville . Beach August 17th
and 18th.
This' event has developed Into an
annual celebration of large propor
tions and its varied attractions, to
gether with the spirit of unreserved
gaiety and fun which characterises it,
ia each year drawing larger crowds.
The Feast of Lanterns this year will
by far eclipse all former attempts
The tremendous parade of lanterns
in the wake of the monstrous illum
inated dragon, which will chase Gloom
and Despair the entire length of the
teach and forever banish them, will
end when those in the procession dia
band to witness the most spectacular
pyrotechnic display ever given in
North Carolina, which exhibition will
continue the allegorical idea of the
parade in celebrating the enthroning
of the ten beautiful queens of Happl
' ness.
Other features will be illuminated
boat parades, canoe-racing, shooting
the breakers, May-pole dance, chil
dren's parade, concerts, dancing,
banquet of mayors, acrobatic stunts
and many other features. There will
be something interesting every min
ute of the two days.
The railroads have given exception
ally low rates and the people of North
Carolina, and other Southern States,
are expected hero by the thousands.
WORK KEEPS YOUNG
FOLKS OUT OF JAIL, :
Iff DECLARES
(Special to The Free Press)
Morehead City, Aug. 7. Lydall
Bacon, a private of the Third Infan
try from Henderson, suicided at Camp
Gflenn yesterday by shooting himself
with a rifle. Bacon probably had se-
mred the cartridges on the rifle range.
The regulation army weapon
jsed. The tragedy occurred in a tent
n the ctnpany Btreet of C Compa-
ly. The bullet went through the
head. Bacon was 32 years old. He
was morose over his inability to get
)ut of the service. The man , was
well-connected, and a cousin of hie
company commander, Captain Jenk
ins. Ths remains were sent to Wil
son for interment.
; Dock Head, a cook of Company D
Second infantry, whose home ia at
Gokfcboro. died Sunday morning from
hemorrhage of the lungs. Head was
32 years old and was serving in his
tecond enlistment The remains, ac-
sompanied by a detail to act as a fu
neral escort, were sent to Goldsboro.
FORTIFY GROUND GAINED
German Resistance Melts
Under Stream of Fire
From Allied Guns-Stiff
Fighting In Eastern The
ater, Reported
Fewer Get In Prison in
North Carolina Than In
Most Other States, Sena
tor Says Give Mill Men
Time, Argues
SOLDIER PEGGED OUT
BY HIGHWAYMEN, SAID
Washington, Aug.
Overman of North Carolina in attack
ing the child labor legislation today
said work kept me children out of
jail
Leas children under fourteen and
sixteen are jailed in North Carolina,
where they work, than in 45 other
States, he said. The least we can do
la to give the mill owners two years
in which to adjust their plants to
new conditions, he said. '
E. M. Jairvis, a private of the Sec
ond Infantry, who was found in a
road between Morehead City and
Camp Glenn Saturday, having laid for
7 Senator "ve nours sa following on at
tack upon mm toy negroes, was nere
for several months some time ago.
Jarvis, a member of a company from
Raeford and having residence in
Washington, was nere with a uni
formed band of relief workers. He
;hanged his uniform for the soldier's
olive drab when the National Guard
asked for recruits. The assailants of
Jarvis are thought to have been
highwaymen.
Berlin, Aug. 7. By successful
counter attacks the Germans have
regained a portion of the Pozie
res trenches, it is officially stated.
London, Aug. 7. Th3 important
idge west of Martinpuich is now
Irmly in British hands. The English
have entrenched on the newly-won
heights. The Australians now over
'cok a slope rolling away to the city
if E'peume, immediate objective of
"he offensive, less than seven miles
away.
Strong defenses of the village of
Courocletto are being pulverized by
terrific fire from the British guns.
Martinpuich has been under a system
atic fire aince Saturday, when the
British began bathing. threa miles of
:he German front with a stream of
Ire.
The Teutons are attempting to re
sume the initiative from Volhynia to
Bukowina, with Von Hindenburg dm
supreme command. Despite counters,
the Slavs crossed streams and took
3ix villages. The Austrians again
lountered, however, and the outcome
still is doubtful.
The Turks have been driven back
aighteen miles east of the Suez.
German Counters Checked.
Paris, Aug. 7.Two violent German
ittacks northeast of Verdun were
cheeked today. The Germans were
repulsed In the sectors of Thiaumont,
Vaux and Chapitre, it is officially de-
:lnred. Intense artillery fighting is
n progress on the Somme front. Six
German aeroplanes and two balloons
were brought down today.
WOMAN FOR SEAT IN
DEATH MRS. GEO. W.
KNOTT SUNDAY NIGHT
NUMBER INFANTILE
PARALYSIS DEATHS
REACH BIG FIGURE
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 7. Unoffi
cial returns today indicate that
Dr. Eva Harding has been nomi
nated by the Kansas Democrats
for Congress. She is the 11 rst wo
man in history to be named for
Congress.
She ia thought to have a ma
jority of 600 over Rev. Herbert
Corwin. Both are Topekans.
More Than 1,100 Now, or
About One out of Every
Five Cases Philadelphia
Alarmed; Closes Moving
Picture Shows '
New York, Aug. 7 There were 145
FRENCH SOCIALISTS
WONT JOIN GERMAN
"Parii, Aug. 7-SBy a big vote today
the French Congress of Socialists de
cided not to resume relations with the
German Socialists.
No. Six-Sixty-Six
This U a prescription prepared ctpeciilljr
MALARIA or CHILIS 4. FEVER,
r ie or tia doaes will break any cae. sad
tf taken then a tonic the Fever will aot
return. It -ti on tbaj. liver bener4tha
C ' vne end (Jo? cot Jr-'p; or sicken, S
SPEEDERS HELD UP
Br POLICE DETAINED
FOR A BIG ROBBERY
Baltimore, Aug. 7. With over
$2,000 on his person, Joseph Ad
ams, who claims to be cashier of
the Chesapeake & Ohio, at Char
lottesville. Va is held here for
the Charlottesville authorities.
Adams admits he took the mon
ey from the railroad company.
Ernest L. Thurston, 33, who gave
his address as Richmond, Va Is
alo held- The men were arrest
ed for speeding.
Widow of Well-Known Tobacconist
Passes Away at Home Was Forty
Seven Years of Age and Native of
Granville County Extensive Fam
ily Connections
(Daily Freo Press-t-7th)
Mrs. Sallie Hobgood Knott, widow
of the late George W. Knott; died at
her home in North Kinston Sunday
night about 10 o'clock of Bright's
disease. She was 47 years of age.
Mrs. Knott was very well known in
the city.
Mrs. Knott was born in Granville new cases of infantile paralysis today,
county in 1868, a daughter of the making the total over 6,000, and the
late Alfred Hobgood, a pioneer tobac- deaths over eleven hundred
eonist, and Sophia Hobgood. She was New York, Aug. 6. -Thirty-three
reared in the town of Oxford and ed- m-aths were caused by infantile par
ucated at Oxford College. She was a'ysis here during the 24-hour pen-d
married to the late Mr. Knott, a to- -Tiding at 10 a. m. today, a decrease
haeconist, at Oxford, in 1890. Five cf eight from the record of the pre
irhildren survive the union; four of vimis day New cases of the disease
these were born at Oxford and one rpo.ted rumbered 192, an increaie
in Kuiston. They are Allan, Thorn- of 24 over the previous period,
as. George, Fred, and Miss Sophia Philadelphia Uneasy.
Knott, all of this city. Mrs. Knott Philadelphia, Aug. 7. Infantile pa
came to this city with her husband ralysis is growing here at an alarm
about 19 years ago, ing rate. The movies are closed to
The following well-known' persons children under sixteen.
are brothers and sisters of Mrs.
Knott: Mrs. T. B. Jeffress and Miss
Scotia Hobgood of Kinston, Mrs.
Thomas Ozlin of Kenbridge, Va.
Messrs. A. B., Kenbridge; S. H
Henderson; A. E., Smithfield; O. R.
Camp Glenn; C B., Reidsville, and
A . L. Hobgood, Henderson.
The funeral will be held from the
home Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock,
rondueted by Rev, C. W. Elanchard
if the First Baptist church, of which
TWO THOUSAND FOR
MAVAl TP AINTW! fDIIKC Mrs. Knott was a member. Interment
Maplewood cemetery will follow.
Washington, Aug. 4. More than
2.0OC civilians have enrolled for the
Atlantic naval training cruise which
will start Aug. 15, and continue near
ly a month. Secretary Daniels . an
nounced today. The number exceeded i
the department's axpecUtion and in- Commander Lee C. Palmer, now chief
aicaiee uiat the plan will be contin-l of staff under , Vice-Admiral Coff.
ued in future years, he said. I man of ths Atlantic fleet.
Hashingto n, Augl 4. President
Wilson today accepted the resignation
of Captain Victor Blue as chief of
the bureau of navigation. He has
been assigned to command the battle
ship Texas and will, be succeeded by
N. J. Rous Edward M. Land
Kinston. N. C, Goldsbora, N. C
ROUSE & LAND,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Offices:
Kinston. N. C ' Goldstar. N.C.
193-394 Borden Building
I Sell the
Famous Barre Granite.
Also all other Monumental
Granites and have a splendid
collection of Pol" shed. Ham
mered and Rustic designs.
Give me an opportunity to
show you.
KINSTON fflBlE WORKS
B. K. DALE. KINSTON N. C
1
Prince Albert gives
smokers such
delight, because
its flavor is so different and so
delightfully goodf
it can't bite your tongue;
it can't parch your throat;
"you can smoke it as long and
as hard as you like without any
comeback but real tobacco hap
. piness! 1
On the reverse side of every Prince
Albert package you will read :
"PROCESS PATENTED
jutr 30th, 1807"
That means to you a lot of tobacco en
joyment. Prince Albert has always been
sold without coupons or premiums. We
prefer to give quality ! .
the national joy smoke
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ky H i. RaynoUta
TulMMOCO,
I'ljpiiipillllll
y OU'LL find a chnr honrdy-do an tap nfl
mttter how much ot a ttrmngrr joa mrm in tin -
tfck orm wood you drop into, r or, rnncm
Alter ritht trr trh- Srirf plana you
pa. that Hlii tobacco I 1 M loppy rta
bti U tor a nickel and the tidy red
tin for a dime; then mere torn nena
mome pound end half-pound tin
humtdorm and the pouna
orjetal-Alaae humidor with
apongemoretener top .
that keep the- to
bacco in auoA
bang-up trim
all-the-
timet
in goodness and
in pipe satisfaction
is all we or its enthusi
astic friends ever claimed
for it!
It answers every smoke desire you
or anv other man ever had! It is so
cool and fragrant and appealing to your
smokeappetite that you will get chummy with
it in a mighty short time !
Will you invest 5c or 10c to prove out our say
so on the national joy smoke?
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winston-Salem, N. C
i TOBACCO IS PREPAI
FOR SMOKERS UNDERTHE
PROCESS DISCOVERED IN
MAKING EXPERIMENTS TO
! PRODUCE THE MOST. DE
! tlGHTfUL AND WHOLEj-)
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THIa la lb revere Ue at tlx
Princa Albert tUiy red tia. ReeA
thia " Patratad Pracaaa" laaaaaa-lo-jroa
amd raaliaa what it waana
ia maJting Princa Albatt aa mwcm
tm roar liitial.
FOR HIGH PRICES SELL YOUR
TOBACCO AT
sureliidDaose
Eagle
THE HOME OF HIGH PRICES
The Kinston Tobacco Market Opens on August 15th.
The Eagle Warehouse starts its fifteenth year under the management of Geo. I'. Fleming. He will
be here this year running the sale and working ha rd to get you the top of the market on every pound
you sell on our floor. He has been in the tobacco business all his life. His experience in tobacco
starts on the farm raising it He bought for man y. years and as stated above, he has run the Eagle
for fifteen years, so when you sell with us you feel safe in knowing that you have a man to start the
price on your tobacco who knows what it is and is sure of his judgment enough to make every pile
bring the top of the market. f..-, ,
Start The Season Right and Bring Your First Load to the EM.
When you come the first time you will come a gain because we will make your sale so high that
you can't afford not to sell with us. All we want you to do is to give us a chance. We guarantee
highest market prices, and when you sell with us and can say after the sale that we haven't got you
top of the market, all we want you to do ia to sho w us and we wilt make it righta That is fair as any
man can do and we mean every wod we say. Just give us the chance to prove it.
We Want You to Come and See Our Sale on the Opening.
Come and see our sale on the opening and ever y day during the season, because we know our sale
is high, and we know no warehouse in the State ca n get you more money than we can. We invite com
parison because we know the Old Eagle is always on top when it comes to high sales.
TRY US, WE WILL PLEASE YOU. TAKE NO CHANCES. BUT SELL
WITH A MAN WHO KNOWS TOBACCO, AND BACKS HIS JUDGEMENT
WITH HIS MONEY
GEO, P. FLEMING & SON, PROPS.
Piano CGnsticction
When buying a PIANO you
should first inform yourself aa to
the construction of pianos which
give the best satisfaction in this
section. You want your money to
buy a durable instrument. '
OUK PIANOS are constructed
to stand the hardest kind of usage,
and aim hold up under the damp
climate of Uiia eection. Each pi
ano haa from fir to eight pliea,
or thicknesses, of wood in the pin
block and olid metal back. ;
Call and aee our instruments. .
J. B. LEONARD
PIANO MAN
104 South Queen Street,
KINSTON, N.'C
KINSTON
in
Capital and Surplus $160,000
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