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Monday Evening, August 24, 1914
Wanted A man who has actually
Men the scale on a Kinston ice wag
on. And one who has really wit
sensed the weighing of a piece of ice
would be twice as valuable.
Business generally is unhiding
from the flurry attendant upon the
first war cry. Trailing men report
condition almost up to normal, and
they predict the it-gular stride 'ii a
very short time. Tobacco men ere
more optimistic and the clouds of
despair air not hanging nearly to
low a they woe a week or m ao.
It is cmtifyiug to note that Kin
Bton's piog!8 is attiHctiiix atten
tion. The building statistics, pub
lished in The Free Press last week.
In which it was shown that almost
three-quarters of a million in build
ing permit would be issued tin
year have been favorably commented
on hy several of the State papers
tiartieularlv the Ralek-h Times. Ad
vertising pays.
COHTpntioi m spring, when the
position was taken that a State-wide
primary would throw some of the
counties, now polling a Democratic
majority, into the Republican column,
only the Democratic idea was worse,
if anything.
Down in Spartanburg county,
South Carolina, it was tshown in a
recent registration that twenty-five
per cent, of the qualified voters of
that county tfere illiterate, a nd had
to make their marks, and in some pre
cinets the illiteracy ran as high as
sixty-two and a half per cent. Just
think of such a situation in an en
lightened age. Are there any coun
ties in North Carolina, where the
people suffer from such ignorance?
It is pontible and for that reason let
the voters of the Old North State go
on record as favoring the extension
of the school term. Every boy and
girl in this State should at least have
common school education.
BJSHQP STRANGE.
bakers are nc to blame for the rib
in the price of flour, which has made
the smaller loaf a necessity. It has
not been proved yet that there is jus
tification for the rise in the price of
any commodity produced in this
country, and particularly is this true
of wheat and corn. The whole trou
ble, as The Observer has claimed, is
based on war greed, a greed for
which the ceople have to pay the
price.
Japan has, as predicted, g-Mten in
lo the fight, and the chances for Am
erica n sentiment to reach an equili
brium is better than before. France
and England pet hap have first claim
but Germany ranks far ahead of Ja
pan in the estimate of American peo
Die. After all. it is a matter of fair
play, and the plaudits of the neutra
world will be given to that nation.
or nations, which more nearly roairi
fent'Hueh a spirit.
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In defense of their local dealers,
hotel 'and boarding-house keepers,
who have seen fit to raise their prices
recently, -some of 4heUte .papers are
aying that they were forced to do
no by the people, higher up. That is
all right, but will the local dealer,
etc., cut the prices accordingly when
the man higher up i&ioreed by, court
or other legal proceediniTtotake the
wind out of the inflated prices? That
is the question that vitally concerns
the coiihusner. Is he ta getany' ben
efit? Let's wafih the local men to
ace if he in really acting in good faith.
When do the chy authorities ex
pect to fulfill their promise t have
the appumch to Pwrott's bridge
cleaned up? The situation there is
a disgrace to a civilized community,
a menace to the health and comfoit
of everybody living in the vicinity of
the filthy hole and something ought
to be dune. There is no excuse for
delay. There was no excuse for the
place getting in the condition that it
la in, and the property owners in th
locality "ihfvsl.l not tolerate the situ
ation longer. The people of this city
will back them rp. Let's have it
cleaned up.
EDUCATION AND POLITICS.
One f the delegate to (lie recent
Republican State c-wentiru, held in
Raleigh, openly oppos-.d the consti
tutional tmeiuiment, which nupo.
to exttnd the chi'.l Un ft cm four
to six mor.'.hj, cn ie gsound th..t
education was nut adding the Re
publican ranks. Thi man, Mr. A, L.
' McCaslsiil, a form? postmaster, cf
'Fayetteviile, .-aid hi v.-a not oppcml
to cducatUo:, u-t he thought it time
"V to call a halt n expenses, and then,
too, the more t boy were educat
ed the mre tendency ;hey showed
jump the Ktpvblietm mnks. This
. is really about the hen. thing that ha
. been said ui favor of Derr.ociacyfcr
; many CKKns if, indeed, it i not
among the test cf a!l time. The
. point," whea applied to the Republican,
side of the fence u about on a par
with the one which was advanced hy
acme of the Democrats In their State
The death of the Rr. Rev. Robert
Strange of Wilmington, bishop of the
Fasten Carolina Diocese of the Epis
copal (hurch, brings sorrow to his
hui h people throughout the State,
nd to those of other faiths, who have
Known ana aamneo rum ior nu esti
mable life. He was a Norh Carolin
ian of distinguished parentage. Born
in Wilmington a little more than a
half a century ago, was but juf-t past
he prime of life, and until the ill-
r.e?s which he couldn't throw off, at
tacked him in New York last fall, he
was prominent in the activities and
councils of his church, both State and
National. Bishop Strange was a fre
quent visitor to Kinston, which was a
. Attracting Attention.
(Raleigh Times.)
Kinston the capital of Lenoir,
county a busy, hustling town, of
the eastern section, is seemingly not
disturbed by reason of European war
clouds. Acooifcing to the reports
from that good town, the building
contractors have been exceedingly
busv.
The Free Press says that 6ince
March 1 of this year, sixty-three
building permits . have been issued.
The total cost implied in these per
mits runs to $28.0,000, In this period
of six months thirty-eight new dwell
ings have been erected, or are in
course cf erection. Other improve
ments include church and school
buildings, tobacco plants, a new bug
gy plant, a number of store- build
ings and additions to tobacco ware
houses. The record exceeds any pre
vious six months in the history of
the town.
Eastern Carolina towns are not
"booming" but thy are building1.
.Steady development is noted in every
direction. It is a genuine pleasure
to The Times to note the solid indus
trial ad.ar.ee. The; erection of a
business house, dwelling, a church, t,
school house this is good news and
worth much more than the story of
the commission of crime.
SEA GIRT SHOOT ON.
Sea Girt, N. J., Aug. 24. Selected
sharpshooters with rifle and revolver,
representing the organized militia cf
New Ens-land and Middle-Atlantic
part of his diocese and his death is states and the District of Columbia
mourned
here.
by many personal friends
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Different Kind of Dukes.
(Greensboro Record.)
Britannia may rule the waves with
the Irop Duke, bijt it she thinks that
she is going to rule the money mar
ket with the tobacco Duke she has
another think coming.
All Is Fair 4a Love and .War.
(Henderson Gold Leaf.))
tattle Belgium ' deserves the sym
pathy of the world. A small, but
one of the most densely populated
kingdoms or the earth, so busy with
manufacture and commerce that she
has been called "the world's work
ihop," she is being-Wade the battle
ground of the nations. She has not
.(Tended, but she is in Germany's
way. And because tiermany wants
to expand fhe is willing to butcher
the Belgians, batter down their
enutiful cities and devastate their
.-cuntiy.
Scrap Was Inevitable.
(Wilmington Dispatch.) v
Aside from the fact that the Kai
er feels that he is light, and there.
fore wouM prefer to he -.vet front
:he Far East (by overwhelming num
bers) than to confess to a crime he
has not perpetrated, he probably al
so feels like "what's the use?" Ja
(n woiii.i trumn tin somet.untr else
.vith which to find an excuse for de
iarirtg war on Germany, because it
s evidently war with Germany, unlet-
the existing conditions only, how-
ier. that Japan wants, therefore
no amount of apologies and no trc
r.Hiido s profusion of such would np-
A Little Different. That's All.
t Kail-brother's Everything.)
The War News.
J', will ' o i.M..d that we put our
news in na!I type. The small
?vt type v.v have. There is tio use
to use the i-'i.' tviK- to tell that men
v-e 0i . :i k:!l,-ato tecite the uloody
!.!;. "I of the papt-s are try
it .-k-feedMchel dloP.boyshrdl
"K to' gs't up tlml's by using the bur-;o.-t
type .it! sbr shoo. Our war nuws
-i authentic but it is in small type
:: ! only c.ven to record what is
hfirptrsing,, The soldiers need a brass
ban I to urge them on but we don't
see that the readers need anytninsr
to give them isspiratien. Read our
six-point war new and you won't
feel nervous over it.
Not So Sure Baker Is Innocent.
(Charlotte Observer.)
The bakeries cannot cherce nm
than five cents for a loaf of treai
but they can d tomethin? else. Thet
can reduce the size cf the loafand
that is the next thing we are going
to hear ha been done.' When the
'jwunk" locf comes '-en the market
it fchctiM' fce remembered that the
and the United States Infajitry, Cav
alry and Marine corps, will compete
in the twenty-fourth annual Sea Girt
shooting tournament which opened to
day on New Jersey's range. Other
organizations entered are the Rifle
Association of America, the New Jer
sey Rifle Association, the New York
iRifie Association, and the American
Association of International,. Rifle
men, the matches will end Septem
ber 2. They will be followedv Sep
tember 3-8, by Divisional Competi
tion A of the national matches, here
tofore since 1903 held as a unit here
or at Camp Perry. '
Sweeping changes ,in the national
matches are effected by two new
rules: the tense competition between
the amateur guardsmen and the pro
fessional regulars has been made far
fairer by eliminating the.,. jsjeirmish
firing, where for successive years the
regulars service teams have won the
national trophy, sometimes over for-j
ty or morStatee; and to spread in
terest and', skill -in jifle.shooting
among the men actually behind the
guns, rather heretofore .among offi-
ers, ten of the twelve national ma'teh
team members must not be enlisted
men, an innovation started voluntar
ily last year by Ohio and Michigan.
THE LIFE 'WORK- CF A NOTED
CHEMIST.
Po!k Hirer's Word' as Well as His
Skiil Pack of His Valuable Remedy
The reaction from deadly drags
dentroyfi the healthy ti-.-u.-s of the
body and leaves the sy-tem suscepti
ble to other diseases.
Thy means that you ma.-t be con
stantly takink medicine to temporari
ly build up what another has torn
down. ,
It i- nosmal! thing tohave the finibh
ed product of this noted ehemiist
within easy reach and at but little
cot.
Polk Miller' Liver Pills can be
procured at your druggists or at the
country storenifor 30c a box.
Tliey are safe and effective and not
only cure sick headache, bilousnews,
etc., but if taken occasionally serve
as a general tonic, keep the system
invigorated and preeut tu'-h troubles
a- Mck headaches, biliou-r.ct-s, piles,
aj pendiciiis, fistula and other trou
bles, which come from a disordered
liver.
Don't poison yaur system with cal
omel or weatten it with salts or str.n-
ir-rit li'jiiids.
Send ior a free sample or buy a
box from your druit or general
-tore now and let mil tire's own icm
euy re-torc ym to n-nrmal lu-alth.
Examine carefully the eo:.rpon you
A.il find in each box worth 2 1-Jc.
I'oik Miller Drug Company, Inc.,
litchmond. Vo.
VACATION EXCURSION TO EAS
TERN RESORTS AND CITIES
Via the
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
Seeing
is Believing
Wc Have Been Talking About - )
"FOR YOUR CHILDRCN-S HEIRLOOMS"
The standard Railroad of the .South at
the following low round trip fares t
From Kinston to Atlantic City, New
Jersey $12.00
Baltimore, Md , . . , , . 11.00
Washington, D. C .... D.00
Richmond, Va 6.00
Norfolk, Va 6.00
Virginia Beach, Va. . . . , 6.00
Tickets will be sold ipr a,U trains on
Tuesday, August 18.
Limited returning to reach original
starting point by or before midnight
of Wednesday, September 2, 19H.
For schedules, routes, stop-over pri-
'ileges, etc., apply to D. J. Ward, Tick
et Agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, or
Address,
W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE,
Pass. Traf. Mgr. Gen. Pass Agt.
Wilmington, N. C.
The faithful studies from the best work of
the old masters in furniture. Th i furniture
that combines elegance, "with durability.
The furniture that gives you lasting service.
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tied to exhibit the patr.e before him
on or before July 20, 1915, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make immed
iate payment. This ISth day of July,
1S14.
J. G. BANTON,
Administrator of E. W. Borden, de
ceased. By G. G. Moore, Attorney. 7-20
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY
NOTICE OFADMINISTRATIOX.
Having heretofore qualified as ad
ministrator, c. t. a., of Kate Brown,
deceased, late of Lenoir county, Nottl
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned cn or before the 25th
day of August, 1915, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery., AjI persons indebted to the
Sunday Excursion to Norfolk $2.50
Raleigh, Wendell, Zebulon, Middle
sex, Wilson, Farmville, Goldsboro, La
Grange, Kinston, and intermediate
stations $2.25.
Greenville, Washington, Plymouth,
Vanceboro, and intermediate stations.
$2.25.
Tickets sold for trains, leaving Ral
eigh and Goldsboro Saturday nights
due Norfolk 7:30 a. m. Sunday. Re
turning train leaves Norfolk 9:00 p.
m.
Spend Sunday at4he Seashore.
J. F. MITCHELL,
T. P. A. I
Raleigh, N. C.
E. D. KYLE, H. S. LEARD,
Traffic Mgr. 1 Gen. P. A.
r- Littleton College
A well-Mt.Wi.hKj. wtlUq-jjppcd. .nd V5rv
proipeiou. school for g:rl, ,r.d your.g -..omen
rail term begim eptrmbei Id. 1914.
For catalogue, gddreta
J. M. RHODES,
Lit leton, N. c.
IRA M. HARDY, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
102 W. Caswell St.
Residence 309 West Lenoir St.
'Phone 507.
JOVER AND SOUTH BOUND RAIL
MOTORBOAT CARNIVAL ON.
New York, Atisr. 24. A week of
eompetitions under the auspices of
the National Motorboat Carnival As
sociation, began today at Manhaset
Bay. For ten years this carnival has
been the motorboat racing classic cf
the season. The program includes,
as usual, competitions for the five
perpetual championship tropliies of
fered by the National Association of
Engine and P.cat Manufacturers. In
addition, there will be added events
for all classes of bor.ts. The five
championship trophies are for the
ntevstate championship title for
speed boats under forty feet in length
and the title for cabin la i:ich
oats, '!3 feet and under; national
title for speed boats of A) feet n;id
jvv! ; international world's tit.e for
?peod boato under 40 feet and of
ength; the title for cabin launch
louts frcm 40 to 00 feet le-:. n:id
he titlofor motor yacht tej t.t i or
more in length.
To the public:
Regujar afternoon train will be
said estate will please make immedi- held aV Dover Sunday August 2nd,
ate payment. j Sunday August 16th and Sunday Au-
A. C. BROWrN, ! gust 30th, 1914, until arrival of Nor-
Administrator, c. t. a., of Kate
Brown, deceased.
August, 19," 1914. '
LOFTKff & DAWSON, Attorneys.
8-19, -26; 9-2, 9, 16-23 dly
NOTICE.
MINIMUM WAGE EFFECTIVE,
Olympia, Wash., Aug. 2-1. A min-
mur.i weekly ware cf St) for women
snd girl employed in laundries and
dye works in the State cf Washing
ton became effective today. This
wrgewas ordered by tlw State in
duslriul .welfare commission on re
commendation of a conference of em
ployers, employes and representa
tives of the disinterested public, i
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CASTOR! A
For Ixfants knd Chllirea
In Use For Over 30 Ycsrs
The undersigned, hrving been ap
pointed and duly qualified as admin
istrator of the estate of E. W. Bor
den, deceased, all persons having
claims against said estate are noti- Dover, N. C, July 29,1914
folk Southern: afternoon train from
Morehead City, and the Ibllowing
round trip rates rates to D&Ver are
authorized : '
From R!chland .. . . . . 75c
From Petersburg - : . . . . . . . 75c
From Comfort 50c
From Wimsatt 50c
From Phillips 50c
Tickets good enly on date of sale.
N. S. RICHARDSON.
Traffic Manager.
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