U
TOE KINSTOM MEET
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18, 1916
Si
fM LOOM" FOR
SECRET SUBMARINE
BASE. ALONG COAST
Officers Believed to Have
? - Been Tipped Off As to
Location
DESTROYERS DASH TO SEA
Will Scour Whole Shore-
LineDaniels Says No
ReasorV to Believe a Base
'Exists, But All Reports
investigated
Newport, Oct. 14. The radio
station received report from an
. unknown steamer today that ahe
had sighted the submarine U-53
off Nantucket Shoals at I Vclock
this' morning-.
Washington, Oct M-A suspicion
that a belligerent government might
be maintaining naval bass, m the
Atlantic coast of ths UnHed States to
day caused the sudden dash of des
troyers from Newport, U is admitted
by "Secretary Daniels," They will
scour ths coast i far north as East-
port, Maine, near the Canadian bor
dor, in search of possible secret sub
marine bases and wireless stations.
"We have ho reason to believe an;
belligerent Is maintaining a base on
our shores," said Mr,' Dsniels. "How
ever, we will Investigate all reports,
, The. department has received a num
ber -of such reports.
' Xherder for the sudden trip to
sea. however, was made by AdmiraJ
Maya on his ow initiative. It is be
lveved that Newport naval officers
were "tipped" off as to ths location
rof such a base.. Agents of the Jus-
' ,uca uvyarvtnvui, mm ut tunow giuuu
service are co-operating Ja the search
i(K0WS WHAT lif IS
TALKING AB0UT; IS PREPARES FOR ROAD
A LABORER HIMSELF TO CAPE FEAR PORT
OF THE CONFEOER'Y
KINSTON NEXT YEAR
Local Delegates to Castonia
Convention Win Victory
for Queen City of the
East Over Two Compel
Ing Places
Mayor Fred. I. Sutton received the
following telegram Friday evening:
"Three invitations for U. D. C
convention 1917. Kinston wins.
"DELEGATES FROM KINSTON,"
Which means that at Castonia,
where the annual State meeting ha
been in progress, the North Carolina
United iDaughters of the Confederacy
Friday afternoon voted to hold their
he5 convention here.
Tho other competitors were unan
nounced.
' There are probably several thou
sand members of the U D. C. in
North fCarolina. They embrace much
of the best in the Commonwealth's
womanhood. The local membership
is quite large. Mrs. Felix Harvey of
this city was among those who took
ink ling parts at the Castonia asasem-
CHARLESTON LIKELY TO
BECOME BIG COAL PORT
'Charleston, S. C, October 13.
Construction of the Southern Rail
way's modern export coal tipple hav
ing made Charleston available aa a
coal port, ths first year of its opera
tion has closed with a record which
promises gret expansion and pros
perity for ths city.
: During the year when there was an
abnormal scarcity of ships, 98 steam
ships havs taken coal from the Sou
thern's Charleston pier for, movement
overseas, 7 talking cargo, 14 cargo
and bunker, and 77 bunker only. Of
the cargo, 14 moved to Cuba, $ to S.
America, an dl to Spain.
The export movement amounted bo
C3.123 tons while 40,484 tons were
iur.VemL'i1 "There ,,wss" sv cdastwtda
149,464 tons' f coal dumped ever the
!f 48,255 tons, tusking total of
jier. In addition 2.0C8 tons of iron
ore and 2,114 tons of coke were ex
j )r"J.
Miner Roosevelt Carries
Union Cards With Him
to Wilkes Barre Hujfhes
Takes a Fling at the
Tariff
By J, P. YODER.
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
New York, Oct. 14. Col. Roosevelt
left New York today for a second
quick. thrust before he stsrts his big
offensive in the interests of tho Re-
?ublican party.
He speaks tonight at Wilkes Barre,
Pa , to a gathering of miners. He
returns Sunday, leaving for his west-
;rn swing Tuesday. He wiM attack
:he Adamson eight-hour law, al
hough' an advocate of eight-hour leg
islation. He will not speak as an ex
President for a presidential candi
laU, but only to his "fellow mem
'iers" of the mine workers' union. He
vill take his membership card along,
ilso a card showing him to be an
honorary member of the Railway
irotherhoods in good standing.
On the present trip the Colonel ad
mittedly will attempt to iturn the
!de of the labor vote. He is expect
d to probe deeply into 'the past rec
irds of Wilson and Hughes, and will
itumpt to show the latter to be the
Irmer frfend of the laboring mant
Iughes in Combative Mood.
On Ftoard the Hughes Train, In
vwing Across the Nebraska Prairies,
ct 14.- Candidate Hughes today
irvvk vigorously at the Democratic
a riff and cried a solemn warning
igainut evil days after the war. if
he policy of "tariff for revenue on
ly" Is continued. He is in fine flght
Ira 4 rim. .
NORFOLK SOUTHERN MOSS HILL SHOWING
CHOICEST PRODUCTS
AT COMMUNITY FAIR
Will Open Office at Wilming
ton Soon for the Kins
ton Line
SEARCHING FOR TERMINAL
Company Gets Ready for
Completion of Promising
New Route South From
Here Will Be An Impor
tant Road
ON-RESIDENT SAYS
THIS IS BEST TOWN
;wniMDffATB
"I wouldn't swap Kinston for any
own of its size in the United States."
a!d Mr. J. C. Walters Friday.
Mr. Walters is superintendent for
ho John Eichleay, Jr., Co., which
las for several weeks been engaged
m moving Sarahum, the residence
if Mr. I). T. Edwards of this city.
Mr. Walters lives in Pittsburgh, and
'ias had a wide experience in big
noving contracts in various parts of
he country, being especially famil
ar with conditions in Pennsylvania,
Maryland. Now York and Ohio.
Mr. Walters seems very much Im
restd with ithe Kinston spirit, and
predicts a 'brilliant future far the
ity. He and Mrs. Walters and lit-
le girl have spent a month here, and
lave made quite a number of friends.
utth in a social and a business way,
The Norfolk Southern Railroad is
preparing to open up a branch office
at Wilmington, rt is reponted ine
Dispatch of that city has the follow
ing to say:
"An office wili bs established in
Wilmington on the first of the year
by -tho Norfolk Southern Railway, to
handle the affairs of the company in
connection with the final extension of
the railroad which 1b now being built
from Kinston, through Duplin coun
ty, to this city, according to current
rumors. It is also understood that
th3 Norfolk Southern is already in
search of terminal property here.
"Work is under way on the line
from Kinston to a point in Duplin
county and reports from the Kinston
section have it that 'the company
financing the proposition is closely af
filiated wl'.h the Norfolk Southern and I
that the railroad will be extended to
d2ep water at Wilmington. The line
from Duplin county is to bo built
on the eaat side of the Northeast riv-e.-,
which is a fine section of agricul
tural country and is not served by a
railroad at present.
"Bonds were recently voted in one
of the townships in Duplin county to
aid in building the line and it is un-
d:ratocd that similar movements will
bo launched in Pender county at an
early date.
"Thoje has existed a line from Kin
ston to Pink Hill, Duplin county for
seme-time, and this is now .being ex
tended to a point noar the Pender
line. Passenger service is being fur
nished to a point beyond Pink Hill.
It is known that the Norfolk Southern
has long been desirous of extending
a line from Kinston toward Deep wat
er at Wilmington."
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The On
lcj&flh Store
THREE PICKPOCKETS
NABBED BY POLICE
Chief of Police Skinner and Inspec
tor Conway Saturday morning arrest
ed Tom Goodwin, Lola Sessoms and
Carrie Oail, all colored, charged with
jicktag pockets John Waters, Har-
cy Sutton and another man, ne
groes of LaGrange, and Lillian Sut
ton of Fields Station, complained to
he officers that the trio in custody
tad lof.bed them of several dollars
n a Norfolk Southern train arriving
here t-hortly after 8 o'clock. The
liree were jailed. They gave eever-
il places as their home, including
Gotdslviro and Suffolk. Va.
COUNTY TEACHERS
DISCUSS BIG EVENT
BE HELD NEXT YEAR
DEATH OF COL F. B.
ARENDEL AT RALEIGH
Raleigh, Oct. 14. Col. F. B. Aren-
dell, one of the State's best-known
men and a resident of this city, died
here yesterday following a stroke of
paralysis He was born in 1855. in
Wake county. He was a newspaper
man of wide experience and at one
time was with the News and Observer
here. He had been a manager of Oie
State prison. He was famous as a
political writer. Ths funeral was
held "today.
SNOW HILL FOLKS HERE.
-- vV .SSSBSSSBBBBS ,
A epcclaJ. train from Snow Hill Sat
urday morning brought more than
100 Greene county people to see the
BuffaloJESlMOl Ranch Wild West
6howa.
Lenoir county's rural school teach
ers, who have an association with a
let of hostler at the head of affairs,
held an interesting meeting in Gor
don Street Christian church Satur
day morning. A large room in the
edifice was loaned the schoolma'ams
for the occasion. The teachers dis
cussed matters of professional inter
est and planned some details of the
winter's work.
Miss Mary Shotwell, rural super
visor in Granville county, discussed
the proposed county commencement
for next spring, which has already
had the approval of the Chamber of
Commerce and is practically an as-
mired thing. Miss Shotwell, who at
one time was a member of the facul
ty of Kinston High School, was at the
Moss Hill community fair Friday,
where remarkable enthusiasm and
big gathering of happy people mark
ed a red letter day in the neighbor
hood history.
Dandy Exhibits People tof
Wide Territory Partici
pateSchools Help Hol
iday for All Experts
Make Talks
Moss Hill it holding a community
' -iir Friday. The residents of the 1
f: re school districts comprising the !
.ot Hill group Moss Hill, Sandy
1. attorn, Albritton,' Byrd and Smith
a nl the children attending the schools,
cooperated ill gotting up the exhib
it. The display in each line "live
s' ock," swine, poultry, farm and gar-
don crops, miscellaneous, school and
h mc demonstration specimens, na-
:rc study, pantry supplies, needle
work and flowers is excellent. The
a'.lendance is large. The entire com-
.TjnHy is making a holiday of it
practically. The , county education
authorities and home and farm dem
onstration workers assisted largely
in preparing for the event, which is
tha counterpart of a community fair
hold at Sharon Thursday
The. officers of the Moss Hill asso
ciation are President M. Kobmson,
ce-President Jo'.n iO. Davis and
Secretary-Treasurer W. L. Hardy,
Jr. The executive committee is com
prised by Chairman Oscar Hardy, C.
M; Fordham, Emmett Stroud, G. W.
I'tuse. Mrs. II. W. Davis, Mrs. Os-
ca- Hardy, J. K. uaiy, w. u. oroom,
D. A. Whitfield and Mrs. D. A.
.Vhitfield. In charge of the ladies' i
lepartment ara Mrs. II. W. Davis.
manager; Mrs. W. W. Jones, canned
troods; Mrs. Will Whitfield, antiques
r.nd relics, Mrs. Lou Rouse, flowers;
Miss Ida Etheridge, pantry supplies,
and Mrs. W. L. Hardy, fancy work.
Tha entertainment "committee" is
comprised by Miss Warren, the school
and faculty. Marshals are, Herman
Hardy, chief, assisted by boys, and
Miss Mamie Whitfield, chief, assisted
by girls. The judges announcad are
T. E. Browne of Raleigh, farm
crops; Dan. T. Gray of Raleigh, live
stock; Mrs. Jano S. McKimmon of
Raleigh, home demonstration exhib
its; Miss Mary G. Shotwell of Ox
ford, school work.
Expected to speak are T. E.
Browne, F. T. Edgerton of Green
ville and y&z Kate Herring of Ra
leigh. The .gram of exercises was be
gun at o'clock. Xomparison of
exhibits and discussion was started
at 11. One o'clock was the dinner
hour. Demonstrations in basketry
work and household convenience.-!.
were held at 2. Aihletic contests
were under way shortly after 3. The
fair is to wind up with an auction
sale.
New Shipments'
Shirt Waists
Skirts
Modern in Style
Modern in Price
SEE THEM
A. i. Sutton & Sons
TeleDhone 34
ImersotiiMowei;
and Rakes
You Need Us
And We Need You.
The banking business
is n.utualiy beneficial
not onl y to the de
positor and the bank,
but to the community.
Come in to see us, and let's
see if we can not serve
you in some way.
Arc the standaid the w6rld over
for light draft, simple mechanism
fast cutting and IcTng life.' Let us
demonstrate to y oil how we can
sell more mower for less money.
All v-ho are interested in buying
farm machinery, especially mow
ers and rakes, will save mone
by getting our prices. 1 - .
B. W. Canady &Son j
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FARMERS i MERCHANTS
BANK
KINSTON N. C.
C. B. WOODLEY, M. D.
Office treatment of Rectal and Skia
Diseases a Specialty.
Temporary Office in Hood Building
N. J. House Edward M. Land
KiiiBton. N. C. Goldsboro, N. C
ROUSE & LAND,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Offices:
' Kinston. N. C. Goldsboro, N. C.
I 393-394 Borden Building
Z. V. MOSELEY, M. D.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Back of Lenoir Drug Company
Phones Office 478; Residence 113
The way to get full value for your hay crop is $o use
Deering hay tools. Thousands of farmers can testify to
the excellent results obtained from using Deering mowers,
rakes, stackers and tedders. They are reliable machines,
and will do the same work for you that they have done for
other farmers we have sold in your community. Come in
and see us about a Deering machine next -time yon are in
town. You don't have to buy, but you may learn some
thing of value to you about raising hay. You can make our
store your headquarters when you are in town if yon de
sire. Ask for a Deering catalogue which explains details
better than we can. '
H. H. GRAINGER
TRY A WANT AD
IN THE FREE PRESS
GOLDSBORO HIGHS
DEFEAT KINSTONIANS
The Goldsboro High School foot
ball eleven defeated the Kinston
Hifrh1! on the fair grounds there Fri
day afternoon by the acore of 12 to
0. The visitors were the heaviest
team, averaging about 139 pounds. A
large attendance saw the game.
ARRESTED ALLEGED
EXPRESS ROBBER
Patrolman W. S. Hamilton Fri
day arrested Janes HoUoway, alleg
ed to have participated In a robbery
of the Winterville express office last
wonfcer. in a houee in South Kinston.
Pitt county officers were here to get
liolloway. -
BELIEVED
WILL BE RECALLED
FROM BORDER SOON
Officials at Washington Be
lieve Order Will Be Issu
ed Shortly After Interna
tional Commission Rend
ers Report
Asbury Park. N. J., Oct 14. Con
ditions in Northern Mexico are im
proving so that the troverntnent will
soon relieve more militiamen now on
the border, President Wilson today
declared in a leeter to Governor Whit
man of New York The need, how
ever, still exists for the troops.
Soon as Commission Reports, '
It Is Thought.
Washington, Oct. 14. The militia
will be recalled from the border as
soon aa the Mexican commission re
ports, is a belief here in official cir
les.
! FORGET YOUR ACHES.
Stiff knees, aching . limbs. lame
hack make life a burden. It you suf
fer "from rheumatism, gout, lumbago,
neuralsria. get a bottle or ,
neuralgia, get a bottle of Sloan's. Lin
iment, the universal remedy for pain.
Eajy to apply: it penetrates without
rubbing and soothes the tender flesh.
Cleaner and more effective than nut
sy ointments or poultices. For
strains or sprains, tore muscles or
wrenched ligaments resulting from j
strenuous exercise, Sloan's Liniment
gives quick relic?. eKep it on band j
for emanreneies At vonr dravrivt 1
v - . . .
25c. - adv. i
EAGLE WAREHOUSE CO.
The Home of High Prices
15 YEARS
Experience in the Warehouse Business must count for something, we know it
means the high dollar for every pound of tobacco you sell on our floor, tecasse we
are getting new customers every day esd they are going home
PLEASED
And after selling with us ence they always come again. Old Man Fleming will show
you something about selling tobacco high if you will bring us your next lord. He
has been p'easing his trade for 15 years.
We Start Every
High
And Then The Buyers Don't Need Much Pushing Because They Are
Liberal in Their Bidding And Are Helping to Make Kinston the
Highest Market
' In Eastern North Carolina
COME TO THE EAGLE
And make the highest sale yon have made this year. If yon dont sell with ns, come
and see our sale and yon will sell with us next time.
THE HOME OF HIGH PRICES.
GEO. P. FLEMING & SON, PROPS.
KINSTON, - .. ' North Carolina
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