I&NSTON II IT fT IE ,-.- I I h "Mi l. I I m as PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK WEDN E8DA YS ' AND"8 ATU'KU'Mft' iU VOL XXIX.-N0. 78 KINSTON, N. SATURDAY MORNINO, JUNE 29, 1918 246 FlUST NUMBER JULLED .FROM BIG DOE N AMERICA'S SECONDPOWER LOTTERY; CARL BLAND GETS IT HERE MORRIS AMENDMENT ITALIANS KEEP; UP) IN: MANY KINSTONIANS OWE THANKS TO MEN ON THE DESTROYERS SUGAR rCAN BE- HAD ONLY UPON STRICT ADOPTED DY8ENATE GOOD WORK; TAKE A CZECHO SLOVAKS ' AS RESULT; OE : BATTLE mill is HANDS PRISONERS .. t -4,1 t 1 t - 1W ' n i'7 Drawing at Washington . 1,200 Capsules 255 Iast Number Affected in Lenoir County ; 13th to Be Drawn Seven Hundred Thousand Men of Class of 1918 Ar ranged in Order Chance Decides Who Shall Be First to Co Against the Hun-Senate Office Building Scene of Lottery 156 NewTRegistrants in Lenoir (By the United Press) Washington, June 27. Drawing of draft numbers for America's class of 1918 wfs completed in two hours. The first number was 246, the last 255. Washington, June 27. No. 24C was drawn first in the Nation's se cond great draft lottery, held at the fiemute office building this morning. Twelve hundred names in capsules were in the great bowl. No. 10, drawn 13th, was the first to affect Lenoir County's -new regis tration. Carl Green Bland is the man. No. 10 in Lenoir is a young printer, now, employed on a farm. He was at one time an employe of The Free Press. He is married. Drawings affecting Lenoir County registrants follow, the men here be ing listed in the order their numbers were pulled from the bowl, "in-betweens" not concerning the county being eliminated: j Order in Order No. which drawn. 10 Carl Creen Bland 1 2!) John Molvin Jones 2 17-EVight Stroild 3 74 Robert 57 Milfon I. Dunn ,,. . . 4 WesT" 76 William James Hughes 78 Ohwrlie Oansey .., 122Early Wood , 87 Shatter Tyndiall j 4 Wesley Brown Sutton .. 10 Granvjlle Lmct ... . T 70--George' Herbert Rogers . 6 . 7 .. 8 . 9 ..10 ..u .12 .13 h0 Willis Hooker, Jr. 28 Ellis Davis 14 ? 89 Stephen Ward Lee lr V,iM0vd Grav .' 16 90 Walter Allen Buck 17 5 William Isler 18 125 Elliott Patterson ..........19 45 William Henbert Jones 20 72 John Henry Daughety 21 r, T nGollo PorVsi- 92 CI RouFte Holmes ...23 91 fliidore Paris 24 51 -Marry Perry 25 G3 Ashley Saunderson 26 41 Russell Scott Peele 27 .84 Paul Allen Dizymalla 28 32 Ebbie Guy Heath 29 GO JoseDh Tavlor 30 16 Allen Whitfield Wooten ....31 153-MFred M. Taylor 32 82 Walter Lee Hoffman 33 147 George Leon Wilson 34 65 McKinley Brooks .35 33 Samuel Roland Taylor . 36 66 Georee Brooks. Jr 4 . .37 102 Zacharias Moore ... ...38 48 Leslie Edgar Davis ........39 i 13 William R. Whitley ........40 03 Robert Leland Johnson 41 64 William Shade Fields 42 137 Allie Butler. Croom ........43 155 Milton Harry Wooten ......44 11 Claude Gray 45 ' 69 Clyde Jenkins .............46 35 'LaSalle Parker ...... . .'. ...47 113 WaKer L. Hill 48 13 William R. Whitley ........49 2 Anwnon Nobles .......50 64 James Edmondson . ..51 81 Josepbus Pope .......52 88 Hal Hake Hing , 53 114-Alton' Sutton 54 39-Chiarles L. Alphin ......... ..55 30 Clarence E. Loftin ........56 119 William A. Johnson .......57 98 William McK. Clark 25 Rose oe . Robertson ' 68 Jasper Wiggins . . 12 Hardy Brown ... 58 59 60 61 62 4&-R. Hardison ., 34 F. C. FhilKps ....63 49-R Hardison ........ ...... .64 112 Robert Fabra . .... . .'. . . ... , .65 I tr Isaac p. Rouse ........... .66 95-4Heber L. Moore ...........67 ; re-John Cboly -.............. .68 , 46-JohnSmfth '; ......... . . 69 -axter;:..:....;....i.7o 107-Juffy .Simmoni 71 "-loUrt L. Johnson ....... ..72 Sar-Edward Dixon .............73 L. Walters ...... .74 12-aul a Sutton ...... .....75 .120 Matthew Fmulkner 1.......76 ISO-Evwett Smith ..77 94 Prank Turnags ..7$ 148 Thuman Howard .....79 J-16-Jesse Hood . . . ....... .. ....80 , 7-John C Howard .............81 x 40 Ephriaai J. Sannderson .....82. Completed in Two Hours dumber Out No. 10 First 38 Orange Aldridge ,.83 7 Jerald R. Jordan 84 27 Tommie O. Elmore 85 21 N. H. Ham 86 02 Jesse B. Hughes 87 6 Guy W. Hill 88 24 P. C. Phillips 89 14 S. B. Oliver !0 71 Henry Clay Brewer 91 19 Ike Stroud 92 59 iLuby Eason 91! 37 William H. Gray 94 36 Thomas J. Heath 95 68 William J. Crawford 96 85 Earl H. Tyndall 97 83 Richard Ndhles 98 44 Edgar C. Koonre 99 116 Griffin liVnum 100 138 Bruce Moseley 101 92 William S. Scarborough 102 140 James H. Kinsey 103 128 Herbert Tyson 104 103 Ben Best 105 79 Sylvester Isler 10C 15 Benjamin H. Patrick 107 -Adam-4Morriro-in 8 141 Charles B. Nobles 109 110 'George Rouse (.110 104 Johnnie Mewlborn Ill, 31-jLonnie Hill 112 96 James Thomas Toler 113 124 Garrett WJiitaker Ill 53 William M. Shaw 115 43 Thad. Hqcutt 116 142 Charles R. Wooten i.117 106 Leslie G. Benton 118 134 Carson Sutton 119 127 Johnnie Kennedy 120 101-John Wooten 121 144 Willie Measley 122 23 Troy S. Brown 123 22 Willie E. Aaron, Jr 124 21 Noah H. Ham ....125 75 Henry Arthur "...126 471 Henry Banford 127 126 Raymond Sutton 128 86-Joe Speight .....129 60 Aibram H. Outlaw 130 129 -Raymond Joyner 131 73 Robert P. Jones 132 111 Herman Taylor 133 146 Roland V. Thigpen 134 9 Leslie Davis ...135 20 Jarvis P. Casey ....136 100 Willie Morgan 137 115 Julian Colie 138 109 Eugene Lynch 139 95 Heber L. Moore '. 140 117 James S. Boone 141 139 tFred. T. Manly 142 133 Jesse Brown 105 Harvey Bruton 114 42 Benton Green 145 121 George F. Anderson 146 32 Ebbie G. Heath 147 118 Horace E. Walters 148 97 Noah A. Cole U9 ik"tiv!o fluAv 150 19s Pi.TaWl S..Grav 151 145 John E. Cdbb : 152 110 William A. Johnson 153 8 Dio Potter There are a number of repetitions n the above list, probably throwing nff a few Dlaces some of the. regis- trarrts, this being due in all probabil ity to the rush and confusion attend- ant upon telegraphing and the handl ing of the numbers at several piac- es. Keeistranis -win ue -- er their approximate order from the list, however. GREATER CAROLINA ASSOCIATION TO MEfcf. The Greater North Carolina As sociation for, the improvement of rail and water transportation, the estab lishment of; rate haimrf" points and the promotion of .commercial, indus trial, agricultural "and financial in terests in the State, - wui mees v Charlotte next Wednesday. A large attendance is expected. Utilization to a much greater extent of oe in land waterway from Boston to Beau fort (N. C) JwiH be stressed at the meeting. ' Boy Thrift Stamps Substitute for Bone Dry Bill Allows Beer and Stronger Liquors for Time, With Resumption Next Summer (By the United Press) Washington, June 27. The Sonata Agriculture Committee today agreed on the prohibition amendment offered by Senator Morris as a substitute for the Jones bone dry amendment. provides for the manufacture of bee in Email cases and that three month after the act 'becomes operative the sale of whisky and manufacture wines shall stop until June 30, 1919. The vote was eight to three in favor of the amendment, which probably will be reported to the Senate to morrow. Use Nitrate of Soda on Corn; Crop Needs it More Than Cotton Since war materials must be mov ed before all elue, two of the ships provided by the Shipping IXwrd for the carrying of n'trnte of soda have been lost, both laden, ami other things are interfering, the Govern ment will' bo able to furnish South em farmers only about 45 per cent. of the nitrate allotted to them, now appears. "Nitrate will be delivered only to those Lenbir Coustv farmers who have deposited ihe required amount of money," according to Willard T. Kyzer, local farm demonstration1 agent. "In view of the fact that less than half of the nitrate required will be available- it is advisable that it he applied to corn instead of oth croiw." says Mr. Kyzer. "Corn will soon have done all that it can, ant unless this nitrate is applied riht away full benefits will not be gotten." Other provisions can be made for cot ton. Top dresser should be applied to that crop within the next week or 10 days to do the most good. ' Corn as it stands bids fair to make only 50 to 70 per cent, of a crop. Cot ton looks exceedingly well. "Corn," says Mr. Kyzer, has become "king of all food and feed crops" and we can not afford to neglect it. "1'et your corn crop, it means meat, ami ureuo. . 1 11 1 Give it the nitrate." In and Near the Tobacco Belt Capt. J. J. Day, a New Bern mariner, has gone to wew iorK 10 take a sailing shtp to South Ameri ca. The 1,800-ton schooner Isabel C. Harriss, launched at Wilmington re eently, is said to be the finest wood en product of Southern yards o far. The Raleigh-built airplane, the Abwood one-seater, is getting much publicity in the North. The enter prise is capitalized at $500,000. Miss iMary Lord Andrews, dend at Washington, D. C, visited Mrs. T. C. Hyman at New Bern last week. Albert Purifoy, a Craven County farmer, is held in $1,000 bail on the charge of dynamiting a cattle dip ping vat Many vats have been blown up in Craven, several recent ly. Bloodhounds trailed Purifoy. Capt. Leslie Vickers, British army, addressed the students at the East Carolina Teachers' Training School, Greenville, Tuesday. : A list of persons of means who are not contributing to patriotic caus es is to be printed soon in Fitt Coun ty. It is planned by Federal offic ials to print such lists everywhere. INDICTED AT NEW YORK. New York, June 27. Charged with larceny and conspiracy, Mrs. William C ' Story, former president-general of the Daughters of the American Re volution, was arrested late yesterday. She was paroled until the aftemocn. Mrs. Story Is alleged to have obtain ed small sums of money in connect ion with the National Emergency Re lief Society. Mrs. Story says she ts sore every charge can be explained and disproved. In Operations of Less Im portant Nature Cross Pi avc Jind Attack Enemy KARL CAVE FATAL ORDER Presided Over Council That Determined Upon Austri an Retreat British Pull Off j Successful Entor prisejs West ! (By the United Press) Rome, June 27. The Italian fore have ttmde further gains on the lower Piave, taking COO prisoners, it is semi-officially announced. "At the junction Of the Piave branches (near Nan Dona lli Piave) we crossed tho river and took 100 prisoners. We en larged the Capo Site bridgehead, tuk mg 500 prisoners. Elsewhere we crossed the river and raided enemv outposts." j British Succegses. London, June 27. Successful min or operations and hostile eannonml- ng in Flanders are reported by Gen eral Haig.; There is hostile artillery firing, including gas shelling, be tween Givenchy and Rohecq und in the northeastern portion of Nieppe forest. West of Vieux.leruiM suc cessful mijior operations gained tho British a strong enemy point and re sulted in the capture of prisoners arid a nufnTBer dDmaTnegiiss. The Italian Theatre. With the Italian Armies Afield, June 27. rThe fighting yesterday was confined to the mountain sec tor on both sides of the Brenta Riv er. ThoV Italians are improving their positions thorc for a long stay. Should the Austrians hold their pre sent line the Italian advance across the Piave will leave their flank and rear communications exposed to the bulk of the enemy's reserves in the J upper Brenta and Piave valleys. It is reported that Emperor Karl pre- WILL CLOSE UP; SHOPS FRIDAY TO HELP IN FINAL WAR-SAVINGS DASH IN LENOIR (Daily Free Press June 27) (By D. T. Edwards) Dr. James M. Parrott, local ' war-suvings chairman, in get- ' ting reports from thrift workers throughout the fcounty. Every ' district save one reporting so far has announced 100 per cent.' business. In the case of the ex ception one person failed to tdgn the pledge. Ifave you enlisted in one of Uncle Sam's war-savings brigades? Tim rive closes with grand rallies Fri- ay afternoon at C o'clock and when the closing hour has passed there should be none unenlisted. The draft loes not apply to your savings; but the measure of America's patriotism, rt means more than a -. mere as sembling of dollars. By enlisting l the war-savings army the individual throws the weight of his influence, is moral support to Uncle j Sam's fighting men and strengthens " them for the arduous duties with which they are confronted. To the limit is the wafchword of Chairman T. W. Mawborn and his canvassers. Thoy aro making a" sys tematic round-up of the folks'' 'and while pledges for any amount ofsav ings are being accepted gladly they are asking that each one pledge him self dr herself to save to the limit and invest with Uncle Sath.j This old gentleman, our mutual kinsman, will see that it all comes back, in due time with interest added. .1" While the committees are put at work fti both town and county -outside of town Messrs, Clarence Oet tinger and T. V. Moseley are ;; busily arranging for Friday, the final day cf the drive. There are 40 ( public schoolhouses in the county of Lenoir and they are arranging speakers for public meeting in each one for 6 'clock of the final afternoon., For these meetings some f oor very best speakers are being .enlist ed. No doubt the various local com mittees in the rural districts will see that the meeting! are properly ad vertised and that none are left un- hood conditions liad in Moscow Flour Sells for $150 a liari-el There Kerensky i?ays Russia Wants to Come Back (Dy the United Press) Washington, June 27. Irkutsk. one of the chief Siberian cities, has been captured by the Czecho-Slovaks after a fight with the Red Guard. Swedish press reports brought the information to the Stute Denirt- ment. An official message direct from Moscow said conditions were quiet there but that the fond situation was growing worse. Grain going in was far below the normal need. So-called white flour, which is converted into blaxc bread, brings $l.r0 a barrel there. kerenxky Optimistic. London, Juno 27. lAlexander Ker ensky, Russia's man of dostiuy, told friends here of definite indications that order would be speedily re established in Russia with the aid of the Allies and America as a re sult of tho creation of the ' Eastern front ugain. He said he was positive that Russia is ready ,to. join the Al lies as soon as the yoke of Balshevik ism is thrown off. PAGE NAMES INSPECTORS FOOD ADMINISTRATION .Raleigh, Juno 27, Food Admin is trator Page has named eight inspect ors. R. C. Deal, Elizabeth City, and PrE.)8venp,yffl Carolina appointees, MAY TAKE TROOPS TO CAPTURE DESERTERS Raleigh, June 27.-IPedera.t troops may bo sent into Ane lyjunty to round up 40 defiant mlKtnryrTlese'rt- ers. The armed men are hiding in the , mountains. One passeman and ono deserter were killed in' a recent fight. sided at the final council of war that decided on the Austrian withdrawal across the Piave. aware of the fact that they have been appointed by President Wifeon and that he urges a great outpouring of the people in each case." From Thousands of Schoolhouses. And it should tie a source, 01 in spiration to Lenoir patriots when they gather for the Friday service to rememiher that ' hundreds of thous ands of similar gatherings will be in progress throughout the Nation at the. same hour, ; : " J" 1: '" , ' He Was an Inspired Genius. , Whoever (Jijvised. this war-savings plan was an inspired genius. It is so simple, so workable, so favorable to the depositor and yet io helpful to Uncle Sam that it" fills the bill ex actly, ; j. And" if nothing "ejse of value results from -this, great war except the nation-wide, thrifty lesson that is now being - mtulcuted America will have won. an Inerrrfatble advantage. It is no small thing t get bur peo ple to look to the future and save out of their daily earnings a little bit for the inevitable rainyday; and in the year 1923 it ,jny, : braaning ford. Bad crops, hard time, high cost of liv ing or other contingency, may make that" half 'million dollars xifiat ; may be realized ..from the baby bdjnds now offered to Lenoir Took 'mighty good. But it all depends on the way we now tako advantage of our oppor tunity to invest. If we sow we will reap otherwise we will not. A Half Holiday on Friday. To assist Chairman LaRoque in the final dash on Friday probably 150 automobile parties will leave Kinston in the afternoon of that day and go out into the county to sell war-eavings stamps and whoop up the Friday night meetings. Prac tically every business house in town, except drugstores, will close for a half holiday so that this may be done. - . This means that Kinston business men are thoroughly aroused to the importance of the war-savings prop osition and are going to leave no stone unturned in order to "put it across." , , Submarines Tried to Sink Transport Carrying Many From Here ONE DESPERATE SHAVE Torpedo Passed Within SO Feet of Vessel Two U Boats Officially Report ed Sunk, Says John Ha! Manning In a letter to his father Capt. Joh Hall Manning of a regiment contain ing many Kinstoninns, states that op timism, determination and sacrifice are very much in evidence "over there." The people back home, how ever, "are not yet able to realize th job ahead of es." Captain Manning Is a Kinston lawyer. His father is Attorney General J. S. Manning, residing at Raleigh. Subs. After Local Men. Submarines tried to get the ship on which the captain was a passeng er, ile does not state if the entire regiment was on' the vessel, but it is presumed that such muwt have been the case. ' , Once or twice torpedoes were aim ed at the ship. One passed within 30 feet of the craft! 7 Destroyers kept the convoy com panyi of course. "It w officially TetfortedthattwTjfcihr German' sab marines wre disposed ' of." , John Hall Manning is conservative, his friends here know. Close By. , A "We are within hearing of the" Bat" tie front and hope that we may get ..here in time to help out the British, v t BULLETINS - - (By the United Press) THE CASUALTIES. Washington, June 27. Eighty .'casualties are reported by Gen. , Pershing. Twenty-nine were , killed in action, six are dead from woundH, two from ' disease, two from' airplane accidents, four from other causes, 31 are wound ed severely, four to degrees un determined, two are missing in action. Jack Brown, : 1,418 Cadge n Street, Columbia, S. ' C. is listed in the dead from "ac cidents and other causes," Sergt Rayburn E. Williams, 70 Rose Avenue, Clifton Forge, Va., and Privates John V. Mumaw, R. F. D. No. 1, Dayton, Va, and Earn est Kimbroll, R. F. D. .No. 2, Spartanburg, S. C, are severely wounded. Merchant Out $32.50. T. H. Stanton or San ton, a Golds- boro merchant, has been here seek ing a man who gave his name as T. C. Turner. The latter, the Goldsboro man alleges, gave him a check for $67.50 in payment for a bicycle, re ceiving $32.50 in change. The check was turned down. The merchant had not shipped the bicycle when he discovered that tho paper was with out value.' SUFFRAGISTS .STOP BUSINESS FORETIME 4 X W (Dy the United Press) Washington, one 27, practically unanimous vote' the Senate took up the womah suffJ' : rage amendment arteH-' baring I' been temporarily blocked by Ift. Washington, June "27.-ifiuffragMs temporarily blocked the Senate today in their effort to bringup the euff rage amendment the moment the Senate met Senator Poindexier of Washington began a. statement Won eeroing the effects of suffrage In he West but was interrupted Jby.Serataf Lodge, an anti, wbjo, .demanded-, that the Senate proceed with the regular order of business. ' "vice-President Marshal susta&ed Senator .Lode, Radical Tightening; Up July 1; Only 3 Pounds a Per son a Month : CAiERS ; ARE; LIMITED Maximum 25 Pounds Ex ' cept by Specific Author zation'of Administration. Commercial Users Bound to Report (Special to The Free Press) Raleigh, June 27,-rn July and thereafter the' distribution of sugar m tiie United States will be conduct ed under. the absolute direction of the United States Food Administm- tion, according , to . announcement made today by Henry A. Page. State food "administrator.' 'This fadlcal de parture is necessary in order to con serve the supply . s tr-r'j On and after July, 1-state food ad- miniBtratore will issue certificates to all buyers Of sugar, including Whole. salers, retailers, manufacturers, eat ing House's; fcoarairiif houses and every dealer or .OTee.v"JSu8t'Vhatwevei with ,the- sxoeptian- of household con sumers. . No,, sale . of sugar, must be made July' f and thereafter except upon the 'surrender ;o3f "certincatea, with thfi exception at lala la linnuu holdwmsumers,'' , r.- (""Wholesalers, .retailers, t aad others iwl-.Rreftbeir-Mtiftea-iaftc they have made a' statement to the Food Administration m forms which they ' can secure by ' writing to the sugar division, Food Administration, Raleigh,. l( ,.,, t .'H; r , ' f Must Account for Sugar Held.. All cpmmencia Users, of sugar are being required to, make a . pew state ment of sugar on hand and in trans it on July 1, 'and'1 those who have more sugar than they tare entitled to will be required to dispose of it The, same applies to hotels, res taurants, bakers, or dealers who have ; on hand July 1 more sugar than v they are enticed to. Causes for Rationing. - ' 1 The extension" of 'the ! rationing plan for the distribution of sugar is the result of a nutnber of causes. account of the shipping sitae ' tion it is impossible to secure the ' sugar which is available in remote markets and there has been" small er yield of sugar in the West Indies. The domestic beet and the Louisiana crops have also fallen below antici pation. In addition to this, a consid erable quantity of sugar has been lost by submarines. As close an estimate as can be made indicates a reasonable expecta- . tion from all sources of about 1,600, 000 tons of sugar for United States . consumption during the last Jialf of the present year, .;.., ':Vv This supply of 1,600,000 tons nec essitates a considerable reduction in " consumjptkn. T-royide three pounds of sugar per month per per son for household use, to take care of the army and mivy and to provide for the : neeessafy preservation of fruit,-milketc-will require: about ,500,000, .tons., of angar for the six months. ' V t;;' ,'. ; ,J v-v In ' the ' pla.n of distribution! which will now go into force, the ess es- ential users, of sugar, confectioners. aa&.driuk..nxanufacturar... tobacco njanufacu,cerst(;w.wULie.it tie hardesto fr.'Tt Mimtn't Sell Whhout Certificates. In ordor to seevre- justice !in dis tribution, and to hiakey the restrictive plans as Wrective aajsosswle mo man ufacturer oLwholesaler of sugar will bs-Airowielj after uly 1 to U any - uir4eepYifuyers who a certificate frem the admktiskration. ' erpeta: at iuilg cer tincatea th'TariouegOssrStof sugar are divalecE itrto-thb fallowing groups: tlAa'Oandi akei,"'r soft I drinks, sodar founta'thowfinf 'gO)n choco- teCe ana :ccaTiinuracSQB, tobac co. nanufaftureW? f!4vortn extracts, invert sugar; -eyrup8jsweet IpkUes, wihesi -etcf :! j .' 1 V : . , i"B.j Coamercfal : canners, I vege- tsWesMfru;tik,nedknai tourpos eai explosives glycerine', etc j : JSfJvli re'iaurantfc chibs, dining carijiad.tmsbip34 boarding - koDset, hoepataJe,- frjblio 'institutions sMi 'jniali' MrhtinSr .:pt zM' generally.