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vrtirXXXVLNo. 39
RGUMANlA' makes second appeal to her bm daughter of
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KINSTON ALL READY WORK OF CHARITIES
NORTH CAROLINA INCREASES FUND FOU
CAUSE OF DEMOCRACY; CONTRIBUTION
NEARINB THIRTY TH0USl)0fflS:fc:
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Al$fOHIIP? DEFENSE $ pi TO GREENE FARMER IS
TO PULL OFF GREAT GIVEN GOOD START
PIECES UNDER SMASHING TEUTON BLOWS NEAR VICTIM BRUTE
ANNUAL EXPOSITION FOR WINTER SUNDAY
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Having Lost One Seaport, Roumanians Will Probably Negro Rushed to State Pri
Have to Evacuate Important Constanza In Few Hours. son; Mob Spirit Held
Von Mackensen Striking, at Railway Line Which Sud- Sway in County
nlies Defending Armies Bulgar Right Wing Crashes
Through Allied Works for a Great Gain-Offensive Is FATHER RESCUED CHILD
.Successful Along 45-Mile Front Bulgars Advance 6
Miles in Few Hours'. Time Near Seacoast
Little Aswell Girl Is Young
er Still Than Lisping Obj
ject of Similar Attack In
Spring People Raging
With Anger
(By the United Press)
Berlin, Oct. 23. Constanza, Roumania's greatest sea
port, has fallen before Field Marshal Von Mackenzen's
armies, it i viuviaiiy uimuuuceu una aiiemuuii. J.iie cap
ture was the greatest single achievement for the Central
T i i i 1 1 i
Powers since noumania s entrance into tne war, eignt ww Hines, n, a Greene county
weeks ago. The victory is hailed by German military men negro, is in the penitentiary at Ra-
as more important than all the Allies' gains since the icigh Monday to save him from a vio-
Somme offensive began.., Official dispatches from the Ger- lent death at thc hamIs of infuriated
man and Bulgarian war offices indicate that the Russo- Grecne county men- mne is occus-
roumanians have surrered a disastrous rout,
A new spirit of optimism has been inspired in Germa
ny by Von Mackensen's and Falkenhayne's victories over
he Roumanians, mis is expressed in remarKaoie sacri
fices to the old gold fund. A hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars worth of gold has been donated in the
10-County Fair to Be Open- About $500 Subscribed" at
ed After We've Slept One
More Time
INTERESTING SPECTACLE
the Union Meeting in the
Gordon Street Christian
Church Mr. Craig's Ad
dress
Will Be Parade Starting Off
Fall's Event Thousands
Upor. Thousands Coming.
Will Feed Them, All
Right, But
;ed of attempted assault upon a littl
white girl, the daughter of John As
well, a planter of the Shine section
The child is a mere baby, less than
five years of age. John Aswell res
:ued his daughter. It is reported that
she screamed and that the father,
last five days. Farmers, servants and crown princes were hearing her cries, arrived in time to
aiBOng the Contributors. Nobility gave Of their gold plate prevent the actual crime. Hines es
and jewelry. eaped and secreted himself in woods;
Germans Near Monastir. ''at3 Smy white men crept through
London, Oct. 23.Germany is reinforcing the Bui- the undergrowth on their hands and
cnnfWoor nf MnnoofiV cavo o Korhism nflfinl ersro. knees and took him without difficulty.
ment.
Big Bulbar Gain.
Sofia, Oct, 23. The Bulgarian right wing has smash
ed through the Roumanian defenses and arrived at with
in six miles of the important Roumanian seaport of Con
.etanza, says an official statement. The capture of the sea-
portof Tuzlam, 12 miles south of Constanza, was report-
Once in the officers' hands they lost
no time in getting him to Goldsboro,
n Wayne county. Last spring WiH
Black, a young negro, committed an
atrocious assault upon a 6-year-old
vhite girl and was spirited off, later
navine the penalty in the electric
hair at Raleigh. His father, Joseph
ed only Saturday afternoon. The six miles' advance Black, attracted attention by threats
indicates that the Roumanians suffered a severe deieat.
The Roumanians are being rolled back on a 45-mile
front in Dobrudja under tremendous pressure of superior
German, Bulgarian and Turkish lorces.
Von Mackensen's vanguard is within a few miles of
the Constanza-Czernavoda railway. This line, carrying
supplies to Russian troops in Roumania, with two import
ant terminals, is the objective of the Germans' great ef
fort. The Roumanian left center is yielding. Toprai
Sari and Tuzla,; main supporting positions in Roumania, 3f Wayne county, hearing that a mob
and defending the strategically important Danube bridge was being formed to take the negro,
at Cernavoda. are rewulsine enemy attacks. For the sec- raced with I um to Kaieigh in an auto-
' nnd timp sinv fhp start, of the German camnaiern to crush mobile. Greene county
Roumania, Bucharest has appealed for help.
French Take Hill 12.
" " Paris, Oct. 23. Following a short bombardment, the
French late last night stormed and captured hill No. 28,
It northwest of Saillv-Saillisel, it is said officially.
v No Infantry Action In West.
i London, Oct. 23. Considerable shelling is being done
' between Leslrs and Guedecourt, Gen. Haig reports. No
,.: uuauuy is in acuun uii uic uun"-
1 I etrosrrad Statement.
' PetrOgrad, Oct. 23. The RuSSO-RoUmanianS Continue that because he had heard somewhere
" their retirement in Dobrudia under pressure, though of- that being n the y0Ungr side of 14
fenng stubborn resistance, it is said officially.
made to the father of the little vic-
The Sheriff had forewarning
a lynching and hastened with the
ild negro to this city. That night
Kinston had the sensation of its his
tory when the Lenoir county jail was
formed and Joseph E'lack carried off
by a mob and shot to death.
Hines' crime occurred Sunday morn-
ing. Sunday mgnt anerni t,uwarus
seethed late
Sunday. Persons here from fanow
Hill assert that Hines would have
been quickly despatched had he fall-
on into thc hands of the Greene coun
ty farmers.
Hines, according to information
from the local police office, is a ne
gro cf small stature. After his ar
rest he declared he was only thirteen
years of age. The officials believe
that he was shrewd enough to state
Mild.
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WORKERS KILLED IN
COAL PIT
ALABAMA
(By the United Press)
" Birmingham, Oct. 23. Fifteen or
tenty lives were probably lost in
explosion in the marvel mines nea
Mre. Twelve bodies have been i
owed. Five men are unaceounteu
tot Government : mine rescue men
directing the rescue work, which
Wa feverish all night Crowds sur
wwd the shaft'5 '
CHANGE THE ROUTE
TO FAIR GROUNDS
BMs of torn-op condition -
the Central Highway near the
dir. aatoiats during Fair will be
golfed to ose the . folkwinS
sIihlly changed from the
"wtei Going out from
. Into Lenoir, to the right
Pollock to the highway. Be
' fro. hifhir,y into
to Pollock d tor. Into
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OFFICIAL PROGRAM
FOR FAIR; LIST OF
THINGS TO BE SEEN
A Bill Worth While for
Each Day of the Four
Days Devoted to Educa
tion, Agriculture and Ath
letics
makes a biz difference to a defend
ant in a criminal assault case. Ques
tioned, however, he admitted criminal
intent in his treatment of the little
girl.
Quiet prevailed in Greene county
Monday mon-ning. There was no ex
citement here following arrival of
the news, although there was a lot of
interest, of course.
Secretary J. H. Canady of the
Fair Association Monday afternoon
gave wut the full program for the
four days of the f air. aa follows:
Tuesday Opening Day.
10, Marshals' parade. '
11, Formal opening- of fair by
President F. Clyde Dunn.
11:30 Address by Hon. J Paul
Frizrell of Snow HilL
12, Grand tournament
12:30, Trapeze act '
1, Race, 2:21 trot
2, High dive by Billy Eeine.
2:30, Eace, 2:14 paco. ......
3, Aeroplane exhibtiion.
Wednesday. Educational Day.
8:30, Assemblinjr tf 4ol. chil
dren.
10, Educational exercises.
11, Demonstration of basketry.
11:30,. Judge exhibits.
12, Trapeze act.
12:30, Pony harness race.
1, Race, 2:25 trot.
2, High dive.
2:30, Race, 2:18 pace.
3, Bombardment of fort.
Thursday, Agricultural Day.
10. Visit exhibHa.
11, Stock parade.
12, Trapese act
12:30, Gentlemen's driving a-ace.
1, Race, 2:20 trot
2, High dive.
2:30, Race, 212 pace.
3, Aeroplane-motorcycle race.
Friday, Athletic Day.
11, Athletic, exercises.
12, Trapeze act
12:30, mule race.
1, Race, 2:17 trot
2, high dive. -
2:30, Race, 2:15 pace. 7 , 7
S, Carrying mail in the aeroplane.
3:30 Football game, Kinston Hih
School against Goldsboro.
Tuesday will be the big day of all
lays in the year m liinston. The
annual Ten-County Fair will get into
swing with the biggest industrial and
civic parade ever pulled off in East
Carolina, at 10 a. m. Final details
preliminary to the opening are being
attended to. The officials of the Fai
Association were at work at an early
hour Monday. Nothing of great im
portance remained to be done, but
there "can always be found something
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to do," and the workers were finding
a lot of little things.
The town is wearing the fanciest
dress it ever owned. The decorations
along the business' streets are about
the most lavish Kinston e';er s
Strings of small lights over Queen
street add considerably to the charm
of the thoroughfare at night. "Ra
leigh did nothing Jike this," Assist
ant Secretary Douglass states, admir-
:ng the bunting and electric display.
He saw the State Fair in the Capi
tal 'City.
Fifty thousand people will come
here this week from all parts of
East Carolina, it is estimated. Spe
cial trains will be operated from
Tarboro, Greenville, Snow Hill and
other places. Several hundred tran
sients having to do with the big event
arrived Sunday and Monday. Accom.
modations are skimpy, of course. They
have been for months and months.
The hotels and restaurants have put
forth their best efforts, however.
Enough food to supply a big army is
being held in the city'3 eating places.
Sunday night the authorities turnei
a blind eye upon restauranteurs viol
ating the .9 o'clock closing law. It
was sheer necessity.
The police have their plans made.
The force will increase threefold in
number in the next few hours. Chief
Skinner will keep one lid on with no
let-up. Any automobile driver who
breaks the speed limit is going to
get pinched.
The parade Tuesday morning will
be more than two miles long, from in
dications. There will be several hun
dred mounted men; probably as many
decorated cars, about a hundred com
mercial, industrial and educational
floats, including some gems in that
line, and a lot of other units to make
up the greatest pageant Kinston ever
saw. Assembling it in sections, it is
hoped to get the long procession un
der way promptly at 10 o'clock.
Thousands of Kinstonians will ob
serve the day as a holiday. Dinners
will be prepared by housewives in ad
vance; many clerks have arranged to
"get off" at least half the day; the
banks will be closed; the cotton and
tobacco markets, which the other day
did a little matter of an eighth of, a
million dollars' business in seven
hours, will" be insignificant institutions
on this day; realizing it, the officials
have announced suspension of both
tor Tuesday.
POLICE CHIEF KILLS j
PROUHNENT HORSEMAN
The union meeting of the Kinston
churches, held in the Gordon Street
Christian church Sunday night in the
inteiest of the United Charities, was
br.-rely attended, and an interest man
ifested that was highly satisfactory
and pleasing to the directors of that
important work. There ware seven
or eight hundred people present, and
as a result ot me cmpnasis or tne
needs for the winter among the poor
of the city about five hundred dollars
was given in cash and pledges for the
work.
President Dal Wooten of the Unit
ed Charities is highly pleased at the
outcome of the meeting, and asks
The Free Press to thank th3 pastors
of the various churches, to whom he
gives credit for the idea, and those
who contributed.
Following the song service, a few
welcoming remarks by Pastor Ber
na.-d P. Smith of the church, and
opening prayer by Rev. G. B. Han-
rahan of Atkinson Memorial Presby
terian church, Capt. Vendeville of.
the Salvation Army, who was recent
!y named by the board of directors as
superintendent of the Charities, out
lined the work and the needs. He
was followed by Rev. W. Marshall
Craig, tho new pastor of the .Baptist
church, who delivered a most impres
sive address, emphasizing the work of
the United Charities, and paying tri
bute to the Salvation Army. Mr.
raig said that he endorsed the char
ity work because it was "New Testa
ment" in its plan, and he urged more
close adherence .to the Christly teach-
ings and plans. Mr. Craig's re
marks were very happy in their spir-
t of fellowship and good will.
Capt. Vendeville asked that the
people of Kinston give him their
support and prayers and suggested
that when mendicants and beggars
applied for assistance that they be
referred to him and after due inves
tigation their needs would lie cared
for commensurately.
Mr. Wooten spoke of the lack of
ympathy heretofore manifested and
declared that he often fojt "lone
some." Rev. E. N. Harrison of tho
Caswell Street Methodist church pro
nounced the benediction.
ine Wilson-.Marshall campaign
fund contributions from North Caro
lina have grown to, nearly $30,000.
Forsyth county is by far tho largest
contributor yet, having presented
$11,691.50. Lenoir county has given
127. This county has not greatly ex
erted itself so far; there is time to
do better. The fund by counties now
stands:
Alamance county $ 15.00
Alexander county 25.00
Anson county 290.00
Beaufort county 100.00
Bladen county 30.50
Buncombe county 230.00
FAirke county 60.50
Caldwell county 102.00
Catawba county 156.00
Chatham county 56.0(7
Cherokee county 5.00
Chowan county 15.00
Cleveland county 90.00
Columbus county 79.0U
Craven county 425.00 I
Cumberland county 719.00
Davidson county 166.00
Davie county 60.00
Duplin county .". 137.00
Durham county 825.00
Edge,combo county 161.50
Forsyth county 11,694.50
Lee county 36.00 j
LENOIR COUNTY: , , '
Kinston .. ............ 75.00
La Grange , 52.00
McDowell" county 23.Q0
Macon county , SpO.OO ;
.. , i9.oo ; (
10.00 ;
.. 235.00 " ' '
20.00 ,
62.60 j?.'
291.Q0 "
New Hanover county. ..... 3,709.75. j;
Madison county ....
Martin county . .
Mecklenburg county
Montgomery county .
Moore county
Nash county
Orange county
Pasquotank county
Pender county
Polk county
Randolph county .
Richmond county . .
Robeson county . . .
Rockingham county
149.50
50.00
15.00'
64.00
368.00
176.50
575.00
60.00
Rowan county 361.00
Rutherford county
60.00
Franklin county
Gasttcn county
.Oraham county
Granville county
Guilford county
Halifax county
Ilarnott unty
Haywood county 101.76
Hoke county 120.00
Iredell county .
Johnson county
Sampson county ; 116.00
Scotland county 77.00.
Stanly county 67.50,
Surry county 175.00
Swain county 10.00
Transylvania county 20.0Q
Union county 274.00
Vance county 85.00
Wake county ,. 1,362.50
Warren county 16.00
Wayne county 158.60
Wilkes county 40.00
Wilson county 419.75
Yadkin county 20.00
141.50 . Miscellaneous, (remitted through
42.50 Charlotte Observer ..... l.lOO.OO
From North Carolinians resid
ing outside State ....... , 654.50
58.00
224.50
25.00
65.00
1,295.50
520.00
188.00 1
Total
....129,424.00
ADLER WON'T STATE -BAKER IS AMIABLE
EASON FOR KILLING
AUSTRIAN PREMIER
Denies Instigation by Oth
ersExpected Demon'
stration Which Did Not
Occur The Vienna Pub
lic Indignant
COTTON IN NINETY-
EIGHT DIDN'T HAVE
DEMOCRATIC VALUE
On November 4, 1898, thirty bales
of cotton were sold in Kinston. Th
staple sold here for 4.60. The mar
ket report in a copy of The Free Pres
of that date gives the figures.
Monday, October 23, 1916, cotton
is bringing 18.40 cents on this vx
change. This does not tally with the
Republican assertion that low. cotton
invariably accompanies a Democratic
President. McKinley was President
in 1898. Every schoolboy knows
what party the martyr belonged to.
: (By the United Pess) - ;
Richton, Mist, Oct 23. W p.
Dobbins, a prominent horseman, was
shot and killed .by Chief of Police
Esell today when Dobbins resort !
an order t move on as Esell e ' .--orcj
to dispose of a erowl
FORTY-EIGHT LIVES
BELIEVED LOST IN
GALE ON LAKE ERIE
7 (By the Fnited Press) 7 ;
: Cleveland, Cct 23. Probably ; tha
toll of Lake Erie's ' Black Friday
storm reached 48 The Toledo steam
er Matthews arrived today' with the
bo ;'es of three persons wearing life
' 3 from the steamer Meridx TVen
,i lo?t on the steamer G7ra'e.
ACIFICIST,' DANIELS
ALSO OUT OF PLACE
Roosevelt Tells New Mexico
Audience Secretary of
War 'Exquisite Unfit,'
He DeclaresWilson to
Task
By CARL W, ACKERMAN,
United I'resa Staff Correspondent)
Berlin, Oct. 23. The Vienna au
thorities took prompt action to pre
vent demonstrations following the
assassination of Count' Stuergkh, tho
Austrian premier.. The usual S ti.day
meetings were prohibited. Crowds maintaining Mr
gathered in the streets, indignant
over the shooting, but there were no
disturbances.
Dr. Frederick Adler, the assassin,
declared his act would be the signal
for great demonstrations He ex
pected othor radical Socialists to
head disturbances.
Adler Examined.;
Vienna, Oct. 2?. In a preliminary
examination Frederick Adler, assas
sin of Count Stuergkh, today refused
to explain his motive in committing
the deed. He denied that he had re
ceived advico that was its instiga
tion. He gave the impression of be
ing mentally weak, it is said.
MASSACRE iuRYIYOR
TELLS iBOUT MEXICO
(Special to The Free Press)
Camp Stewartj near El Paso, Oct.
18. The J.'ree Press' correspondent
today had a mqst interesting inter
view with a Carrizal survivor a
black trooper of jthe type that pulled
Roosevelt's outfij out of the hole at
San Juan. Quit, unobtrusive, well
mannered, the colored soldier made a
good impression upon a small party
of .Southerners, lamong the number
myself.. He said: - '; :; .:
"Over there" j (across the border)
"you can see, IJr-Uier snd rue Jless
than anywhere,, f else In the world.
There are wre fivers and kss water,
and mo. jvi ni less milk, than in
c.vj place I eve? browsed ia," '
Albuquerque, N. M., Oct. 23. Col.
Roosevelt today bitterly attacked Sec
retary of War Newton D. Baker as
an "amiable pacificist, who is exqui
sitely unfit for his present position.
The attitude of President Wilson in
Daniels as Socreta-
of the Navy and Baker as Secre
tary of War, is wholly indefensible."
The Colonel denounced Baker's
comparison of the Carranxa revolu
tion with the American revolution.
ERE IS GOOD .NEWS
FOR THE PilDE Of
THE FAMILY; BLlLLt
There will be no school Tuesday. .
There will be no school Wednesday.
There will be no school Thursday
afternoon. " ' T " . v-
There will be no school Friday af
ternoon. ' -
There, now, that's plain enough for
anybody. Also hear this: j" With so
much consideration shown the chil
dren, no excuse from parents will be
considered valid." That means that
on Thursday and Friday-the schools
will be in operation until 1 p. m. By
"letting out" t that hour, every, kid
can get his dinner and ske-daddle in
plenty of tim to, get, to the, Fair
Grounds for the afternoon bilL Supt.
. R." Curtis think 7 that, Is doing;
fine by the youngsters and accord
ing to ' an;; announcement Monday
morning, ha expects every one to at
tend the short sessions that are hell
dunes the week.
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