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ipREE-J t ; - PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK WE DN E8DAY3 AND HATUBDA Yt VOL. XXXX. No. 65 KINSTON. N. SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1919 PRICE FIVE CENTS f, ...,. HOOD HEADS CIIAMBtii OF COilERCE FOR C0!HING YR; ' RICI1M0ND SECREtAfiY IS SPEAKER AT ANNUAL Mttfi OF" BODY GERMAN DELEGATES OPPOSE TRIAL OF THE FORMER KAISER- 5J 111 AIRPLANES AT RATE I . : r.s vf i 20,0A YEAR The ' TT TT ' 7.".. . -e MNSTON urio A'V 5 Rju, i r" i7 This Section's Market Facilities Unsurpassed in World, Declares Visitor Last Twelve Months Most5 Success ful in Chamber's History Big; Bond Issue for Boads Carried Tram Service to Duplin Restored, Etc. Old Officers Refuse Reelection Dunn Vice-President and L. J. Mewborne Treasurer Jeff rcssv. II. H. Taylor, Moseley. and Hodges Division Directors Mr. J. E. Hood, prominent druggist and citizen, heads the Kinston Chamber of Commerce for the new year. He, and an entirely new board of directors were chosen at the annual meeting Wednesday night. The retiring board recommended a clean sweep, affirmed their deep inter est in the work qf the civic body, pledged their continued support in whatever undertakings it shall make for the welfare of the community and steadfastly declined all efforts of the assembly to return any of them to office for the new yean Mr. W. T. Dabney, business secretary of the Rich mond Chamber of Commerce, made the address of the evening. -.'; '" 1 ": '".'"'" The Ladies' Aid Society of the First Baptist Church served the banquet, a delightful spread; Secretary E. B. Lewis' report re fleeted much activity on the part of the directors and himself and the. ac , t ,.1, fViof " etonrla VUlllUJiBlllIlCHL Ul lllltl.ll ifliww uvunt" for the growth and prosperity of the community. Outstanding in Mr. Lewis' report of the work of the Chamber for the year were the following ' Conception and successful consum mation of a two-million-dollar road jivjwvjr ipioviiwug yivuavxj iiic most forward step, population and . taxable values considered, in the en tire country; Leadership in revising the chart' .t er of trie city, JooKing to .newer gov ernment and " eliminating the fee system from the municipal court; Beulaville and other Doints to the south of Kinston; , Successful work in securing pas sage of a state-wide bill for' the es tablishment of recorders' courts; . And other important features too numerous to list here. Mr. Dabney's Address, Secretary . W. T. Dabney of the Richmpnd Chamber of Commerce, made a most inspiring address. Co operation and fellowship wre the prominent notes sounded by this Hian of long experience in civic work ant widely known throughout the country as an expert in helping com- , munities to grow. He decried the plan of offering bonuses to factories and industries, saying that worthwhile communities no longer pursued such methods. The factories would seek those places that were growing, that were alive, where the needed labor was procur- aoie ana wnere tne citizens . were working together. Factories should be sought but not bought was the sense of his suggestion. '. ' '; Ha pointed out that factories and agricultural pursuits built a town. He' complimented 'Kinston on having both. He spoke of the splendid prog ress being made throughout the whole State of North Carolina and . pointed out the advantages of the State in having so many cities Kf comparatively the same size with no one big center to create petty jeal ousy and rivalry. The market fa cilities, Mr. Dabney said, of this sec tion were unsurpassed by any other in all the world. ; He declared that the products of this community were within 26 hours of 75 per cent, of the entire' population of the United States. Smiling at the breakfast table, a hard task he admitted, and smiling on the way to business even on th6 chap with the hard luck story, helped w keep the town growing and happy, he said. . .. ' The revenue of the Chamber was insufficient to do the work,-he-declared, artd urged that at least four times as much or ten or twelve thousand dollar! be provided. A vote of. thanks was extended the retiring directorate for faithful and efficiett labors. The following were chosen to lead the "work this year: President, J.E. Hood; vice-president, F. C. Dunn; treasurer, L. J. Mewborne; director of organization affairs, T. V. Moseley director of ci vic affairs, C. A. Jeffress; director of business affairs. H. H Twu- u.nrcwr or agricultural affa irs, Paul I BULLETINS j (By the United Press) CALL FOR BANK STATEMENTS, r Waahinfirton. May 15.- -The Comptroller of the Currency to day issued a call for statements on the condition of national banks at the close of business Monday. PROr.RERS WITH A VIM. ...... , . ,B1""' ".-.-ik Brunswick, Oa., May IS. Complete returns today showed a $350,000 bond issue road-building project ballottcd on in yes terday's election here was ;rr ried without, a single dissenting vote. NEGRO -IS LYNCHED DY MOD IN GEORGIA (By the United Press) Dublin. Ga.. May 15. Jim Waters, a negro accused oi assaulting vounsr white arirl near Scott, Geor gia, was forcibly taken from the cus tody of a deputy sheriff by a mob and lynched near WrightsviUe to day, according to a telephone meS' sage from Sheriff Rowland of John son County. Salvation Army Asks Thirteen Millions (By the United Press) New York, May 15. Salvation A rmv forces over the country are mobilizing for a $13,000,000 furid to- tlav. The campaign, which is to mark the passing of the time honor ed tambourine, will be on from May 19 to 26. The funds secured are to b used in work "over here" as well as for the overseas service. The campaign slogan, "A man may be down, but he's never out," fur nfghed Frederick Duncan, celebrated artist, the theme for an' effective lithograph which is being used over the country in advertising the cam paign. Alien Slackers Are Barred as Citizens Washington, May 14. Right to be come citizens of the United States is being forever denied to about 20,000 neutral aliens,-because- of their re fusal to fight for the United State, Bureau of Naturalization records show. This represents, the number of neutral citizens who took advantage of the provision in the Selective Ser vice Law granting their exemption from military service, if they de sired to forfeit forever their rights to become Americans. Spaniards and Mexicans form the largest per centages of these slackers. A. Hodges. The secretary is chosen by the directors. ' VIEW OF VONDEKFULr VICTORY. WAY ON OPENING DAY. Photo shows the wide Plaza inark Avenue, New " York; he center of out the campaign. Center surmounted by a duplicate ,, , TWO GUILTY MURDER OF KARL LIEBKNE'T (By the United Press) Berlin, May 15. Captain Eungo, 1 convicted of complicity in the mur-1 der of - Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, Spartacan leaders, has been sentenced to two years' im prisonment. Lieutenant Vogel re ceived a sentence of two years and a half. The other five defendants were acquitted. ' , PAGE ADMITS HE'S (By The United Press Paris, May 15. Ambassador Page, returning to Rome, today admitted that he had made no progress to ward settlement of the Fiume ques tion. He declared he Would make public the compromise plan he sub mitted to the big four. ' CANNED TOMATOES TO RESCUE OF FAMII Widow's Home Would Have n Lost But for Canning Clu em- ber of Her Brood Cotta Saved By Sales of Garden 1 ts. Washington, May 15.-A 14-year- old canning-club girl inBoyle Coun ty, Ky., is the daughlir of a widow. They own their own jm, a comfort They own thei own mome, a comfort able cottage witly two acres of ground, and the nfcther sews to sup port the five gls. Last year the oldest litHe girjoined the local can ning club. Bwides canning for the family's use, ie canned tomatoes for sale. Procels from the first cans bought BhotpVor herself and sisters, but the bJflT of the products were sent away for sale. The cost of living rose in Boyle County durjng the war, as elsewhere, while the pay for sewing remained at a prewar basis. Tax day came and the mother of the five for the first time had no money to pay. The property was advertised to be sold for taxes. A few days before the date of the sale a letter came to the club member. All"-her canned to matoes had been sold, and the check for them was inclosed. The amount more than covered the taxes due and their house is their own again. COTTON. Futures quotations Thursday were: Open. Close. May 285 29.00 July 27.10 27.64 October 25.40 25.98 Local receipts to 3 o'clock were about 30 bales, prices ranging from 27.15 . downward. ; 1 11TII ARTILLERY'S ON THE WAY BACK (By the United Press) Washington, May 15. Tra.isport salling3 announced show the 111th ield Artillery is due at Newport ews May 25 aboard the Virginian. The ship left St Nawire. The units include- Virginia troops. i MADE NO PROGRESS ark ground shows the mrth end Pyramid of captured German hImets othe Herbert Adam' Statue of Victory. (Copyrighted). X . BIS NAVAL BLIMP REACIIES I SCOTIA onwaM-europe C-5 Makes Record Flight From Long Island 900 Miles NC-4 Goes OtNew, Foundland " for' Hop-Off (By the United Pss) St. John's, May IsXCompleting its record-breaking Jfiiit from Mon-! taunk Point, Long IstiAjtheUnited States navy (lingiule C-o arrived at St. John's this nmrning. The great ga bag, flying steadily since yesterday, was sighted from Signal HillilKpproaching the city' at a high rale of speed. Word was flashed Jko Washington, - where the Navy Jpepartment had been out of .vith the blimp for hours while it Joshed " steadily through the air s over sea and land. ke! total Of miles of the trip is pproximately 000.. NC-4 6ff' Again. Halifax, ' May 15. After a trial flight over the city the American seaplane NC-4 headed for Trepassey Bay, New Foundland, ' shortly after 10 o'clock this morning Halifax time. JMMOKTAtrSJ Oscar F. Miller, Major, 361st Infantry. MaJ. Miller received the Dis tinguished Service Cross for con spicuous gallantry In action near Gesnes, France, September 28, 1918. After two duys of In j 1 tense physical and mental strain,, during which Maj. Miller had , led his battalion In the front line of the advance, through the forest of Argonne,' the hemy' 1 X was met In a prepared position gty Association are former Senator ? south of Gesnes. Though almost 8 Jonathan. Bourne, Jr., president; exhausted, he energetically re organized his battalion and or dered an attack. Upon reneh Ine onen eround. the advancing line began to waver in the face front and flanks and direct ar tillery fire, i Personally-leading his command group forward between-his front line companies,! MaJ.. Miller Inspired his, fnep by his personal courage andthoy again pressed on toward the ho-; tllp position. A? this officer led the renewed attack he waa shot In the; right leg, but h . "never theless staggered forward at the fiead rt his command. , Soon aft-' ij erward he was again-shot In the right arm, but he. continued the charge, personally cheering his troops on through the heavy mnclilnp friin firp. ' Just hpfnr M the objective was reached he re- 3 ceived a wound In the abdomen, which forced htm td the' grouhd,. bnt ' he continued to nrge 1 his men on, telling -them to .push on . to-the next ridge and leave him where he lay. He died from his . wounds a. few days later. fn 1 lrillr.r'i li1nn IK-Act at 1 TOT West KJftyVJrst street, Los Ao- 8 gelcs. Cat BUT THRIFT STAMPS. i i i . the Victory Loan Activities thrc fIFTY THOpND ON STRIKE' WMi (Byj e United Press) , Washington, May 15. Neatly 50,000 Mwen are . idle because of striko(f and lockouts throughout the fry, according to Labor Depart St estimates. This figure in men directly on strike or locked out. Additional thousands are jobless as the result of being forced from benches by strikes of other workers. . . . i . i - SHATTANOOGA PLANT DESTROYED BY FIRE (By theUnited Press) j Chattanooga, lMay 15. The plant of the American Manufactur ing Company was gated by fire of unknovTi origin-early today.- The loss is estimated at $5000, insur ance only $5,000. IVTPinilC rUAPPFC VC j VltlUUj tnAftuM wYa. PRESIDENT WILSOl Republican Outfit Accuses Him of ! Saving the Kaiser G; O. P. Lead ' era Connected With Publicity j Organization. Ilti - Vt i Washington, May 15. President Wilson stands charged with a new bffense-thafr of "saving the kaiser" t and is being condemned by the Re publican Publicity Association. In.a formal statement from this , associ ation which assists the Republican National Committee in fighting the league of nations President Wilson is attacked for alleged leniency ' to "Butcher Bill." "The patience Which the Presideni . I IT. ... . 1 C-1 ....... 1 1.! 1 . .1 01 me unueu otuit-a nan hauiuii.ch towards Germany, the liermans art! the' kaiser and his court is of a 'tpi&l ity more vicious than virtuous," says this association. Officers of the Republican Public- farmer , Senator John W. Weeks, of , Machusetts, vice-president; Rep resentative Martin B. Madden, of Il linois, treasurer; Anson W. Prescott. Be.retary, and ' Senators' Gronna 'of North Dakota; Poindexter, of Wash Ington; Harding of Ohio,,, and Hale, of.Ma;ne; fotnier Senator) Works, of California, and James A. Henrii'n way, "of Indiana; former Congress man George S. Fairchjld, of few York. and Messrs. Etenj.'.S. Hanchett, of Michigan, and Walter S. Di;kcy of Missouri, who constitute tha. execut-ive'-corrmittee. . ., : , .7 GOWRNM'NT PAYING IINTEREST ON BONDS . . . - (By The United Press Washington, ': May 15. Holders of Liberty -bond of the second issue today enjoyed the semi-annual, plea sure of clipping "the interest " cou pons. - Uncle- Sara had to dig down fn;his jeans for a cool ?73,00O,O0O in terest money. .Secretary Glass ap pealed to bondholders to reinvest their interest in war-savings stamps. ft 5' That the Strife When Arm ist ice ' Wa Signed, Says Crbwcll Report Di rector ftcers Clear of Comm (i the United Press) , WashJ ton, May 15. American fiictorLp were turning out aeroplanes at Hjl rate of 20,000 a year when the ir ended, Benedict Crowell, di- r of. munitions, revealed today is official report. Crowell recited ' the checkered ory of the American aircraft pro gram ' and carefully avoided conv ment, exVept to say" the- training 'plane program ran be called, a suc cess. He steered clear of charges to Congress that during the war the air plane program 'was bungledj V and rested his case with stacking Up the A merirftn achievements beside those of the Alliesi -. , ... i WIDER RECOGNITION , Popular Among Soldiers Abroad Added ResponHihility, for Organ isation nt Home Intensive Drive for Funds. (By D. T. Edwards) ; . , , In the glare of war the Salvation Army has won new recognition at the hands of the American people. But 't is only a new and wider -cognition of the intrinsie worth of one -of dod's most potent agencies for good in a world that is full of so much sin and sorrow and suffering. For half a century and more the galr lant-'armyf flatvatiitwiistsasl heen unceasingly working among the poor, the lowly, the desperate, the degraded, helping the fallen woman, the unfortunate child, the man who has Iot all and is down and out. " Popularity Brings : t , Added Responsibility. ... Slmcly by performing its ordinary functions in faithfulness and ' with .sacrificial spirit of helpfulness fin the great world cataclysm the Salva tion ' Army finds itself today the center of an enlarged popularity. The i'gard and esteem with which it is KaLI will stick because the organiza- tionkjhas won such regard' on the meritAof the service-rendered. - "E'ecse- of its work with- the troops ofmhe Allies in the war just ended,? sayKCommander Evangeline Booth, "the Swation Army has been favored hy thlublie with ajvast amount of popurSaity, which to r us means responsibilit; ; This added responsimity inevitably calls for an extension la! facilities; and this is the basis of k?Army's appeal to the public for aV"Home Service Fund" with which to lkrther the work demanded of it. What , is the Salvation Army? The Salvationists themselves sayf The Salvation Army Is a religious body, existing in two phases name ly, the evangelistic, which is the pri mary, , and the , social relief, which was mado necessary by the evange listic, and which operates to give permanency 'to many of its most im portant . results. ;:.:,' It was rounded by the late Gen eral William Booth, - in London;: in lSf5. Was first known as the Chris tian "Mission; its present name was adopted in 1878 It derives its name from the fact that.it works for the salvation of mankind from all forms of moral, spiritual and temporal dis tress. Its government is m'ilitary in form and its' tactics militant' and aggressive." ' ' -:- Lieuteaant Harvey Will Lead. T. ; -From- the ranks of its new found friends the American soldiers, sail ors and marines, the Salvation Army has secured Lieutenant C. F.'.Harvayj Jr., to lead its campaign ' in Lenoir County for the enlarged "Home Ser vice Fund." . Lenoir's quota is only $3,000 and the appeal of. the chairman for funds will no doubt meet with ready re sponse. Chairman Harvey wishes as many volunteers for service in this cam paign as possible. He will announce more complete plans later. . But as the drive begins on the lJHh and con tinues for one week only he must re ly largely , upon hurriedly assembled volunteer help.' ' ' - BUY -W. S. S. Agree to Reparation But Won't Admit Vhole Responsibility LET KOHENZOLL'N ALONE Is Attitude of Berlin Rep resentatives Austrian Treaty" Military and , Na val Terms Under Con sideration (By The United Press) ... , . Paris, ,May 13. The German peace delegatus will oppose the signing' of ' that article of the treaty providing for tho trial of the former kaiser. Former , , Minister Brockdarff Rantzau is understood to have for warded a note to the Allies accept ing German responsibility for !the war to the extent of agreeing to the reparation necessary but denying? In dividual responsibility. , . . DiscuHa Military ' Terms New Treaty. 1 ;, , , Pari, May 15. The big four to day consulted experts regarding the military and naval terms of the Austrian peace treaty. No Talking to Be Done. ' Paris,' May 15. The Allies have1 flatly-, refused to consider - the Ger man proposal to consider the pesee treaty together, ,.it is officially .an nounced. Three of seven communica tions submitted hy the enemy dele-" gates have been turned down. The answers to . the others have not been made public, f . , ,. ;i . , t Blast Another Fond Hope of tie Thirsty (By The United Press Washington, May 15. The . boy who hope to. find aurcease from Bor row at the demise of John Barleycorn by imbibing "in a "Sure eure f or ma laria or ; "Blank's stomach bitters" are doomed- to disappointment, For the Revenue Bureau- is going to see . that alcoholic medicines con tain enough medicine ' ' ' ' Dr. Kt B. Adams, head "of thei rev- , enue bureau's laboratory, pajfs. there : are 'manufactured and; . sold - in the United States 1100,000 preparations containing On an average of from 14 to lfl per cent. aleohoK ' Many have the same' formula, but are sold under different names.- Some con tain as high as 90 per cent, alcohol. The bureau is informed of the man ufacture and sale of such medicines principally through the field force of revenue agents. An agent who hears of an unusual demand for a prescrip- . tion will buy a bottle and send it to , the laboratory for analysis. If it ontair.s too much 'alcohol and not uugh drugs, the manufacturer , Hc.s a few days later from,, the col lectorayf internal revenue. V.-P. Marshall Racks feiorial Tree Plan Washington, MayV5. In a letter to the home county foklcs, back in In diana, Thomas P. Marshall, " vice president of the United Stes, prais es their planting of a memorial tree in honor of the boys whoNWnt to war from Collamer. The repgsjt of the tree planting was made taji-tho American ! Forestry; .Association, which ii registering all- memorial ' trees in a national honor- roll-, -Memorial tree planting,'. reports to the American Forestry "'Association show, is going on all over the coun try. 1 -It, SHIP DESTRQIfEO .. 1. t ' V URU 11 i .ti . i (By th United Press) ' Washington, May 15.-An explos ion qf gasoline 'aboard the Varken tine City -of Mobile- in the harbor of Montevido, . Uruguay, virtually trde- stroyed the ship. ; Three , fcilssing members 'of ' the- crew ' are Relieved dead, . the ; State Department i afi-"1 noances. - . V "
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