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V VOirXXXVL No. 15
Opening gales KiMbn Tobacco
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PREVAILING PRICES
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT
Pounds
Average PriCb
Per 100
1915 66,000
$695
;91(? 75,000 $15to?18
- Every farmer who came to Kinston today
broughi tobacco is wearing a smile that won't come off.
The smile is catching and those who have no offerings for
&lft $r& glad for, the sake of those who have. v: Jhere's a
treason f Kinston is hiving a record-breaking opener sdjfar
t)r)6e$ are; concerned, It'is conservatively estimated
that betweeh a hundred and seventy-five and two hundred
thousand pounds of th6 famous bright leaf Was sold on
the five warehouse floors of Kinston . today, and that -it
Wojyi&h prices whibh" will average fifteen cents, or bet
(&i "T Quality' is much better this ye"ar thart Jast'ScWp J
Wmcn last year Drougnt tnree-quarters to a cent, n sow
a-att, today brought three and a. half and tour; tnat
hjph brought probably four or five last year sold readily
for ten-to twelve and even fifteen today. 1 The increase
in, the higher grades was not so marked, out even tnese
sofej fait a third to a half higher than they did last year.
All the principal companies were represented on the floors
an. most of them bought actively. Last year the sales
tof thd opening day, ran to 66,000 pounds, and the aver
age price was $6.95, an increase this year of more than
double Probably $30,000 was turned loose in Kinston to
day for th tobacco that the farmers of this section
brought here,. ' " ' '
The Central and Eagle warehouses drew the first sate,
while Atlantic and Knott's followed,, and the Hooker &
' thi 1"31617 tibaccb eatea 'ieason
on the Kiiwton market was started
9$ twlay under most auspicious con-
tftiflm. Fair weather and. a com
fnrtahle temperature helped the ocea
alorii The Weed began coming .in an
Monday afternoon, and poured into
Uui cltg, from the eurrounding planta
tiona in greater'volume this morning.
Sfiocoi ol planters nio came had no
fcatfa with thfem; these art 'testing'
tit market. The prospect before the
sale started was for results excefld-
ihjtly satisfactory to the watchers
. ' Kiftatoa begins the season with live
Warehouses, all in the ;norrhern half
of the city. These are the Atlantic,
ekrl Eagle, Knott Bros.' and the
"New Srick," the last-named erected
since last season. Some of the most
unable tobacconists jn the country
' ire In charge of the housos; these
men. and their assistants have been
leaders mong Klnston'e builders.
teamwork and "Pennant""
Atptratioha.". -; 1
-vThe city has for years past been
ene of the leading markets of. the
bright leaf belt. 'Co-opefation" built
the market, and the same word ex
plains the building of a city out ot
the village that prospered but little
before the market came. But the pre
season boosting of other years . was
on a tiny scale compared with the
brelimmftry "work that has been in
(regress during the past six or eight
' weeks. The tobacconists have, been
ConsistenUy, constantly boosting Kin
itbn. ; They have invaded new sec-
tidns of the belt and believe they have
gained tridfe hat will kterfease
the local oal sales . by millions of
pounds. First or second place should
. b the market's tilnding when ' the
belt crop 3a all in. ' 1
The Crop All Eight
i ; The 1918 crop has not experienced
smooth sailing. lUf ord xains in Jane
ahd ;July threatened grea, damage.
Fears were felt that the production
"would be curtailed from 20 to 30 per
eent These fears afterward proved
unloonded. --Men in a position to es-
limate it, place the shortage' at less
.than 10 per cent, some at less than
five per CoLt lit most rif IWktW
tright leaf bells of the World the cur
.Uilment is considerable! , In the
South Carolina belt the reduction is
c.r'io?Jy estimated : at" from 25 to
U),pfr cent: , "
Mii ts it stands, according to repo-
1i r"'A '
DOUBLE THOSE FO
' ' Percentage Increase
Low Grades Better tirades
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100 to 150 p.c. 33 1-3 to 50 p.c.
and
tnblq '.obacconists, the local crop is as
lar;je if not larger than in 1'91B. The
grades of the tobacco exhibited here
today are said to be much better than
those' had at last season's opening.
The weed is of finer color and heav
ier. Kinston will draw the bulk of the
production in Duplin county this sea-1
son, thanks to new -railroad facilities.
The crop there is in nne snape, au
reports agree. A fine lot of the weed
,...'.- ;..n .. . -...
in I'm county win oe sirenuousiy
ecmpeted for by Kinston ana oreen-
vnle. Wayne county's production in
the main will go to txoidsboro, . ol
course, but Kinston is making a high
bid for that in the Seven Springs sec
tion, at least Besides getting all of
Lenoir's cjop, the market will be the
sales place for a lot of tobacco in
Craven, Greene, Jones, Onslow and
even Pender and Carteret counties,
Other Markets Open. ' , -Practically
ell of the large mark
ets opened today.T These include Wil
son and Greenville. Still others, in
cluding many smaller ones, will .be.
i'm the season Wednesday. ' '
CONGRESSMEN RETURN
; . FOR THE NAYAL FIGHT
- W -r-H- ' " f Jn?(
Washington, Aug. 14.-Scores of
absentee representatives returned , to
the Capital tonight for the fight over
the conference report on the $315,
800,000 naval bill, ; which begins in
the House tomorrow. - -" ; : . :
WAR DEPARTMENT ANNMSiDRDERM
TiOPS INIIuISTAfES IMMlfe
THREATE
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r ' Washington, Aug. l.Because of the threatened rail
road strike the War Department today suspended indefin
itely, thp proposed movement to the border of 35,000 mili
tiameri mobilized at State camps, and ordered to the jbor
der last week. ' ;. : , '
- The action was taken at the recommendation of Gen
eral Funston, who said the strike would hamper distribu
tion of supplies. It has no connection with the possible
use of guardsmen for strike duty.. ; .; -
- PUBLISHED TWICE A W.tJEK WEDN ESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
KINST()N7N7lirnivEl)N ESI)H Y7 A'UtlUSTl 67lfrTG ""
INCREASE TAX
FO
ENTC YEAS
Couhcil Runs Ivy Up froni
It i i. ' i i
Monday - Night
WUN I hAlttU MIUUN 1 5
. g .:
Is Promise by Commission -
ers Big Raise Was Frorh
Low Taxation and Will
Decrease Next Year, Is
Official Assurance
City council ih: a fecial essJo
Monday night fixed the i9i Aax levy
at ?2.o5 on the $ioo, against last!
year's levy of $1.15.
City aerk Ooleipan today explain-
ed that the budget allowed a euffi-
ciency for all departmets, whereas,
frequently before the various com
missioners have been compelled to
overdraw; piat the, levy , this year
wiH be much larger than heretofore
has, been very low compared with
those nt othftr siteoM-Af im,i n.
ulation and taxable wealth, and that
ine city .bond interest expense estim -
ate is uncertain. That, he said, may
be too low or too high. Council adopts I
ed a, motion hot to exceed the appro
priation for any department
The actual figures follow: -
City General Expense.
RECEIPTS- . , '
Privilege license taxes. . . .$ 2.500.00 1
Cemetery lots 1,375.00
Fees from water & lights 6,090.00
Dog taxes . 275.00
1,600 Polls at $2 3,000.001
Ad valorem taxes on a-sn'
eessment, $4,200,00 at 80c 33,000.00 i
Total .$4840.00
DISBtfRSEMENTS--
, :
Streets.. ,...,$ 10,000.00
Oemoteries 1,660.00
.'piro .. 3.500.00
Sanitation 2,000.00
, Exnense . . . 1 .000 00 i
Haalth , 600.00
Appropriations ......... 775.00
Police 5,420.00
Salaries' . , ....... v . . . , 5.150.Q0
Loans . . -tt . , 1500.00
Property , . 2,635.00
Total .. .......... $48,340.00
City, and Bond Interest Expense.
Estimated Expenditure on
streets, sidewalks, curbs ' '
and gutters .....$425,000.00
City assessments, 45 p. c. 191,250.00
Storm drains .. v 36,400.00
Gas mains .... , . . . . . 17,000.00
Sewerage . . '. 5,000.00 -
Total ........... $249,650.00
Propertyowncls, assessment, " 65
pen cent,' $233,750. On this there is,
of course, no taxation for. any: pur
pose." Individuals 'Subscribing to the
paving petitions must pay their an
nual installment ' of -10 per cerit
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NINETY CENTS
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STRIKEIS REPORTED ( CAUSE
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. :. Ashevillc, N. Aug;
of Kinslon killed his wife
v.
Particulars will be given later.
v (Special Wire to
Asheyille, Auir. 15.Dn
?etis$ f? Kinston, N. C, shot his wife today, killing her
l muHiiinj) 11. io uriltVCU, (1IIU
bram, dyihg two hours later m the mission hospital. ,:
, ThQ tragedy took place ih.Weaverville. near Asheville,
about 1 o clock o. m. in a boardinor
'veeks. i
Mrs. Marper was found
asleep. dad in a pool of blood. Dr. Haroer; fullv dressed.
1 with a fastol in his hand,
'ither pea.: The young dentist was brought o the Mission
Hospital an this city, where Jie died a tew minutes after 3
o'clock. I v s
The eounle were annarentlv devoted to one 'another,
and nft cjtuse has been given for the tragedy further than ; Accptance of the eight-hour day-principle is contift
a report that Dr. Harper had been drinking. Dr. Harper ent upon an agreement of the, employes, to further dis
wa ahont 38 veara old. vHfi was a. son' of t.h. latft Dn mission. . whieh'-'inehide5t'th'''bvert!mfi .toaVi:: miestfnhl: hft.-.
Henry Harper of Kinston.
of Gastonia, married a daughter of Mr. arid Mrs.. L. L.;
Jenkins of Asheville. '
1 Mr.?. Harner is thought to
n Miss Dora Dawson of Eastern Carolina. She was 32
vpnrH nA Th rounlfi had
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Mrs. Henrv D. Harper was Miss Dora Dawson, mem-
ber of a prominent family at Conetoe. ; Her father is liv
ing. s Sh(, was a niece of County Treasurer John Dawj?on!
Dr. liarpcr was a brother
Vnp-fi Ward and Miss Mildred
r -nil : l
MJ. JaCK Harper Ol Uastoma.,
1 r i fr 'r"--'1 - -.t nnir i
WHEN BIG ITALIAN
TITLE
Fire and Explosions On the
Leonardo DaVincl, New
Man-of-War Was 554
Feet Long Vessel May
Be Floated '
(By the United Preasj
Paris, Aug. is. The Italian bat
tleship Leonardo Davinci caught lire
and after several explosions turned
over and sank in Teronto harbor, ac
cording to a Turin diapatch to the
Petit Journal. About three hundred
were drowned.
The blaze started in the cook's gal
-ley..- .: ':
Experts believe the ship can be
floated. The vessel was one of the
newest Italian ships, displacing tweft.
ty-two thousand tons.' She was 554
feet long, and carried thirteen 12-4h
guns. - . .
NEW JERSEY-BEGINS
PARALYSIS QUARTINE
Trenton, K. J-, Aug. 14.-New Jer
sey's quarantine because of infantile
paralysis will be m "effect tomorrow
Chi,drcn mw f 7"'
but certificate $ will . be -p prevented
from entering . the State; . Discretion
I In dealing, with persons who 'resist
the orders of the State authorities
was urged although the" Stale De
I patirment 'promisee 'to prosecute vio-
latbns of its orders.
straight out "..
INTEREST r '? r
Five per cent, -interest
Old ihterest UU...
Bonds maturing ...
.$ 12,482.00
I 1 22,725.00
2,500.00
Total . .:. .-..;.. .V $37,707.00
'How the taxes are divided: -
Tax levy .. .90
Sinking fond ....'..'- i5
City levy .. .80
School '. . .'A . . .30
Total
.$2.05
THREE HUNDRED
DIE NEW
SHIP
TURNS
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nnirfl T ft
AsOti'evDflle
15. Dr. Itcitry D. Harper
and hirhself here to(iay.
The Free Press)
H.' D. Harner. a nrominenti
Ull-H 1UCU i llUJltt, 4IHU 1113
lying: in bed as if she had been
was lying uneonscjous on an-if
His brother, Jack V. Harper
-
have been before m.irriace
no fihildrert.
ot ur, L,an warper, ivirs
i i . V 1 1 w-f u;m m4- h4i
narper, aa ot this city, anq
i i 1 1 i n. mi-L-iiee
F
Botliner Likely to Be Forc
ed &ack to Positions 35
Miles tn Hear
SLAVS' ADVANCE STEADY
French Take Ground In a
Grenade! Attack at Impo?-
. tant Point On the Verdun i
Front Hold Position?
- Near Crossroads
(My the United Press)
PctHifcracVAlig. 15.The Rus
sians have-pierced tlve new Teu
ton line on the Lipa river at a
new point, crossing to the west
bank in a 12-mile advance, it is
oulriaily announced, r
.re'trograd, Aug. 15 The new Teu
ton line along the Lip and other riy-1
ers in that section, .to which Bothnrer
retreated'from'tne Stripa, is already i
bending under' the heavy Russian j
pressure Wie Ttussians' right flank i
and rear is in action.." Unless the
Uuteian -advance is speedily checked
the Teutons must retreat to another
stream,', thirty-five miles west on'.
long front' The Austrian Carpathi
an counter attacks have been almost
entirely cleared. . ,
French, SuccessfuL . .
Paris, Aug. .15 A French. gren
ade attack today on the northeastern
Verdun front resulted in the capture
of German trenches on 300 yards of
the froet to a depth of 100 yards, it
ia officially .announced. . The gain was
near ' Saint Fine chapel at the inter
action of the Fleury and Vaux roads.
German counter attacks were Imme
diately checked.
British Take Trenehee.' , .
London,' Aug. 15. BritiaJj troops
have forced their way into German
trenches at Moquctt farm, Jiorthwest
of Pocieres, taking a decen prisoners.
The British repulsed, two Small raid-
Jng patties with heavy loes. ,
house where Dr. and
TETflN
RONT
UP TO RAILROAD EMPLOYES NOW TO MAKE
SOSIE CONCESSIONS
RFAvninFn.
UL III UIUIjUI '
rflNFPRFRfrF
President Wilson Says "Honest and Canri! Discussion?
Is In ProeressOwners Afcrce to Aecdtit as Basti Prin
ciple or (he Eight-Hour bay, But JIoW Out for More
Complete Investigation of the 'Overtime' Demand
Managers Tliihk Men W6uld Not Etpett the Efilkt
Hour Day to Go Into EflWt Until Entire Subject Ilad
Been Threshed Out Representatives of Companies1 at
the White Hottse Today ' - , t f, -
(By the Ualted Preee)
Washington. Auar. 15. The burden of concessions in
adlUStin? thf t.hrpnt.pnpfl fjiilrnnrl cffilro tndav nnnpnrpd
to have swung around to
I, i'oad managers had conferred
President, -it was learned that the managers had agreed
to accept as a basis the principle of the eight-hour, day;
but that they demand that the question of overtime pay
be subjected to a bigger and more fat-reaching investi-
eation.! , ri : d;--..f -''Wl'f M .
(cause they believe th6 two'
, . In accepting the s eight-hour, day pririciple the railroad
I managers believe the President and the employes vi-ould
'lot exnect the eicht-hour dav nrocrram to be nut into ef
f tect until the whole subiect
The Prps'denfc todav authorized the following state-
ment : "The President spent an hour and a nan. witn rep-
rbsenfatives of the railwavlmanacers. After the cohfer-
ehce he said it was impossible yet to report results, and
that all he could say was that very honest and candid dis-
icussion is in progress about
i i t : . f :
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE
mu TO HAVE ISO CF.EC
W MK INBGtNTINE
1
(By the United IPressJ ' Yi
Buenos Ayres, Aug.: 15. The At'
fentlne . gowrnment haU issued ov-
lers that every facility be extended
to the members of the Commission
Irom the Smithsonian Institution it
Washington who are: coming here o
engage in solar studies. '
It is understood , the commission's
work will be mainly in the interior,
remote from laree .townja. And all po$-
,ib,otio,,srbeinarJet
be giVen the status Of Argentine
'.ional employes that they may be en
irely unhampered. 'The exact date
f their coming has not yet been art
lounced yet 7 ,
METHODISTS (GATHER
'' AT LAKE JUNALUSKA
' (By, the United Press) j
Asheville, Aug. 14. Large num-
Inrs of delegates rHved at Lake
Junaluska. Wayncsvillc, , tonig i, foi
iho opening of the triennial onfejr-
ance' ot the liaymeivs Missionary
Movement of the Methodist Episco
pal "church, South, which is schedul
ed for 8s o'clock tomorrow evening, i
HUGHES ADDRESSES AN
AUDIENCE OF WOMEN
Spokane Wash., Aug. 14. Chaw. E
Hughes today addressed his firat aud
ience composed solely of women vot
ers, the speech being the first of two
delivered here. Mr. Hughes touched
upon" suffrage and his vies concern
ing It, and reiterated to a large ex
tent atfctacks on the administration.'
EX-SLAYE ADDS TO THE
ROODSOFFEkERSfUND
One $2 contribution ' was added to
the Flood Sufferers' Fund here today,!
The local list now stands: ' j
Previously reported .........$77144
T. D.. Wilson, LaGrange . .... 1.00
Morning Star'S. S.,1 (Colored ) ( ,
reported by Dr. Codringtoh.. , 3.00
N.VU
2J0O
Allan Turnage cf Philadelphia,
"ex-slave'
Grand total to date
IF GREAT STRIKE IS T(L
IS CONTINUED
the emDloves. After the rail-
an hour and a half with the
questions to be inseparable."
had been, inouired into. ..
a practical basis ot a settle-
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HUGHES TO KEEP OUT V
New York, Aug. 14. Vim. R. WU1
cox, chairman of the Republican com
mittee, announced- tonight ' that fhe .
itinerary of Chaa. ti.r Hughes ., had
been changed through 'polltenas""to
President Wilson to .avoid-speechae
by both candidates in Kentucky Sef
tember 4. From Septembar 1, ,whem
Mr. Hughes will be, in Kansas City,
the itinerary will be advanced . oue
day until Lexington, Ky hi Teached,
September 6. The extra day gained
will be filled in : Nashville, Tcnn..
where Mr. Hughes will apeak Sep
tember 4, the day scheduled for tbe
President to speak in 'Kentucky. - 'i
YOUNO GIRLS WERE
SOLD FOR A DOLLAR A
POUND IN NEV YORK
(By 'the United Pru
New York, Aur. lS.A;olIar f
a pound was price paid oh sev
eral immature girls auctioned
by white slavers and disorderly 4
. resort owners, Assistant District
.? Attorney, Smith today declared. - ,
i Smith has charge of the proaecavj
tion of the. vice trust. ' , ,
. He has obtained amazing ceh
feeslons from meft and . women
under arrest who recently told
him of the organized system efv
i luring young school girls. . , ..
ZEPS. WL PWIil
ENGLAND IN REVEfiOE
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" (By the United Ftm)
: ' Berlin, Ar. 15. Ceraian tep
peltna will- punish" England fur
; her falluee to punish membert tt
Baralong crew for killiug. ;au-ij-bera'of
Germs a SubuiarC'a
.'ereir after, the latter had fe'
pade p'riso'ner. it la eflicl&!ly bi
nounced. In future raiding tep'
" pelihs will take nb tor
'- ef civilians' Uvea, : - ,
fORBARA
.......$777.14
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