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Wednesday Evening,, August 26. 1914
The new "Jim erowr fountain ' i
One, although the arrangement for
filling bottles or pitchers-i not as
convenient aa it might be, for there is
not quite enough space for the recep
Ucles.
Judge Daniels demonstrated yes-
ferdav that it was his purpose to
clean out the vice district, when ho
held that two women of the dintrict,
who were under a .uspended sen
tencc for violation of the prohibition
laws, and who had reported to the
court in accordance with sentence
did not show good behavior, o long
aa they were engaged in immorality
and committed them to jail.
SENATOR SIMMONS
OPTIMISTIC.
The Free Press direct the espec
ial attention of tn readers to an in
terview with Senator Simmons re
garding business conditions and the
possibilities, which have been open
ed up by the European war. The r
terview is reproduced from tha Ra
lelgh News and Observer. Mr. Sim
moos Dointa out the advantage to
the commerce of this country, at the
aame time he is not unmindful of the
disadvantages and the fact that it
will require some little time to moke
mdiustment to the new order of
things. The quick action of the ad
ministration and Congress in provld
Ing mean for the necessary adjust
ment ia also pointed (Jut, and the
Interview should serve to allay that
apirit of unrest and uneasiness, which
hat arisen on account of the possi
bilities, largely imaginary, of disas
ter to the interests of this country.
THE KB QUESTION.
The Free Trews has had complaints
from various sources uf alleged short
weights in ice. Complaints which
justified, in the opinion of the editor
of The Free Press, calling attention
to a condition of non-weighiiu, which
prevailed here and which prevail in
great many other cities. Tho Tree
Press has never doubted the purpose
of the owners and management of the
km company to do what is right by
the consumers. They are local men
of standing, with the Interest rjT he
community at heart. The Free Press
has had, and still doubts the pos
sibility cf insuring correct weight
where sca aVe not employed, hut
the contention of the management of
the ice company is that the benefit is
given to the consumer and it is fur
ther contended that the weighing of
each and every piece of ice would
work a hardship and would be imprac
tical. While this is not admitted, for
lea it weighed in other places, so
long as it f the desire and purpose
of tha management of the ice com
pany to do the right thing and to
correct all mistakes cUed to its, at
tention! The Free Press believes that
it will aeryt tha endj af Justice tc
ail concerned. If the consumers will
aake reports, when their lea is short,
and such reports should be based on
actual weight at time .of s delivery.
Tha ice company should not be buK
dewed wita-nnccese&ry or unreason
able complaints, and it hat not been
the purpW of, thia paper to ttir up
any iwhtar jtiwiVi. :tat Hhe
eonromert fceep in mind that, the
question of,, labor enter into thia
matter, ard that the management of
tha company hat to iely on itt labor
ta carry out its policies, Co-cptra-tioa
on tie jart cf , Vonsumer and
company will, it It believed, serva
better than .any- antagotiUia which
anight a rite bctweea them.'. .
AN
UN WORTHY AXTf,v , v , , lti y.H cattle. m
nHL JL lift 11 iZWli? "T7-,r
,W.F " .-rTrybf to InvolveMar.e Henry,
letmitt umber of the State t, (Wilmington Dispatch.)
leading smaller dailies by "faking j Anyhow nobody has to depend on
Z7.'eiofi4J- ftonaTS"5nthe-tuvply- of
a ttory on the United Press' Raleigh Europe for the mint crop," observe
tha Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch. Still
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mis mey not oe a u;esing,
T Pn.
dishonorable; and a. uncalled for a. r Z". vZ"
ryn MmM Ul v v j MvutuaiMoe
In would sally over, spank the whele
it was unworthy. There are
dances cn record where a eontempor- builneei and end the row.
ary has perpetrated some such trick j
on a competitor in its local field, which
It had -reason to believe was taking i
advantage cf its exclusive news ter-
A Public Official on to the Job.
(Raleigh Times.)
H. G. Holding, county auditor, has
, the distinction cf not being opposed
vice, but never has a puper of nup-jthis time. He certainly has been on
posed standing been guilty of. maui- ( the job, and the fact that nobody is
testing its "spleen" in any such bald- running against him, while not being
faced effort, by fraudulent means to
conclusive, is proof that all the boys
place a whole string of paper, which I
have not been guilty of doing that
paper any injustice, in the wrong
light with its patrons. Very fortun
ately The Free Press and the others
on the circuit, notwithstanding the 1
Times' effort to show otherwise, did
not play up the sinking of the cruis
ers story as a fact, but as an
UNCONFIRMED rumor. And none
of the itaJejj were thrown into a
panic, ti the limes would give the
impression. It is not the Times'
fault, however, that hundreds of peo
ple in this State were not greatly ex
cited. It did its best to impose upon
them.
The motive of the Times was par
tially forecasted in The Free Press
Tuesday, before its vicious attack,
contained in it Tuesday's issue, had
been received. ' It was retaliation for
its losing out on the Pope's death
story, and it further develops that
the Times ia smarting find undertak
ing to nit rjacK because som; oi :r.e
papers in Eastern Carolina took cc-
ca.ion to call their readers attention
o the difference in time of goin to
prfsh of the Times 11:30 a. m. "bull
dog" edition, and that of the home
papers with a view, very naturally,
to impress the home folks with the
fact tlat they could get the latest
and most nccurate news in their home
;apers. mis tact was cieariy snown
n the references in the Tuesday's
article of The Times to editorial com
menta on its edition. Among other
things i? said, "The Kinston Free
Press, which has become very much
exercised, over the inroads of the
Times in Eastern Carolina, carried
half n column of the "sinking" story.
a large part of which was descriptive
of the two vessels alleged to( have
been sunk." The Times failed to say
hat in jj display headline The Free
'rcss ald the umor was unccnfirm
1, and that,al!3 in the first line of
the story the same was said. It i?
evident that The Times had no desire
o reflect the facts in the c$se. The
Free Press was not aware that it had
become no "exercised" over the "in
roads" of the Times. In fact, it is
reliably informtd that the Times has
8" bona-fide subscribers in Jvinston,
and thia list will have to be swelled
onwiderably before The Free Press
gets "exercised."
The conduct of the Times in this
matter has not, in the estimate of
The Free Pres, made it a single
friend, but, on the other hand, it has
served to array an otherwise friend
ly group of contemporaries against
it became cf unprofessional tactics.
felt that he would be hard to beat.
But Thought Ta.
(News Leader.)
"Europe might ponder over the
fact that the United States has paid
out $4,577,639,824 in pensions since
it was founded, as the after effects
cf the war." But in Europe they do
not pension everything to the remot
es relative of an army mule.
Servia It on the Job.
(Charlotte News.)
France spends her time issuing bul
letins telling of how Geimany has
failed to carry out her plans for an
ear investment of Paris. As facts
are reported it strikes us Germany
ha-s made fairly steady headway for
ward. The marvel to us is that the
cjcm'jined powers of Fiance, England,
Russia and Servia have not already
blocked the advance ot the Germans.
snd'sfurrslui. lea Aotes "of issue at
ready outsferjdfairl' 3Tte5 f3'J &olt)'
fit this posE'.Die issue can oe nau upon
Th
bcpl 'tfJTofttf UapHty. M-ionly W . )
per cent of it 'can be had i
COMMERCIAL BENEFIT
OF EUROPEAN WAR
oatcr Simmon-; Points Out 0,'jno--tunities
for South to Grasp, the
Doors of Which War Opened.
WHAT OTHERS SAY
He Is Acting Very Nicely.
(Ledger Dispatch.) """
Villa must not sulk, it is the time
for him to show what a good sport
he is.
No Time Like the Present
(Durham Sun.)
We hav been buying rht every
thing with the "Mada in Germany' la
bel on it. Wonder If ,ihe time has
not come to place the UbtrMade 1n
the United States on the articU.
Which' it the best for the teonla Irt
thia country ? . ... , t
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V A Cioa Suigsttioa, '
(New Bern Journal) .
While tha government is invent-
gstlnjr commodity prices wi'h a view
ri ascertaining who cr what is m.
pvrlbl for the ensat:cr.al advance
certain article vf heme produc
tion s-nee war trek- ut in Eurone.
inlfht b wtU t look into tha re
cent presrure on ths' meat market
(Reproduced from the Raleigh News
and Observer.)
Washington, D. C, Aug. 23. Co
operation, resourcefulness, initiative
in meeting new conditions, alertness
and courage are necessary if people
of the United States are to meet the
present cotton and tobacco situation
and at the same time reap the benefits
accruing from the war in increased
trade with other countries, according"
to Senator Simmons, who has had
many conferences about the effect of
the war. Senator Simmons has talk
ed with a great many people from the
State and conferred with many legis
lators here.
Senator Simmons' Conclusion.
The conclusions which Senator
Simmons has reached in his study of
the situation are given in the follow
ing statement:
"The cotton and tobacco situation,"
the Senator said, "differentiated it
self in an important particular from
that of our food products and many
lines of manufactured goods. This
differentiation grows out of the fact
that while there will be an increased
foreign demand as a result of the war
for most of our products, both of the
farm and the factory and the mines,
at possibly higher prices, there will be
a dimunition of the foreign demand
for both our raw cotton and our
manufactured tobacco. While it is
not expected that thee otton and to
bacco factories of Europe will be al
together shut down their activities
will be mora or less curtailed, thus
cutting off a demand for the $50,000,
000 worth of tobacco and 9,000,000
bales cf cotton which we have here
tofore sold abroad, mostly to Europe.
While there will be likely be but lit
tle interference with tho cptr.vion
of the cotton factories pf countries
like Italy and probably Great Britain,
there will be quite a falling off in the
output of the French and German
lactones. . . ;J
Provide for Withdrawal.
This situation makes it prudent
and wise, if the price of cotton and
tobacco it to be maintained, to pro
ivde for the withdrawal from the
market, pending the war, of a rea
sonablo amount of this year's cotton
and tobacco crops.
"With respect to other farm, mine
and manufactured products the finan
cial problem ia chiefly one of supply
ing adequate money to meet the new
situation, until. the channels of -ocean
traffic ar open and shipping facili
ties are provided. .
. "To meet this double situation both
tha Administration and Congress have
been exceedingly active. Tho,'.
land-Aldrich act has been so amended
that , tha country at large can secure
throughihenationaJ banks a new js
tua of notes, should they take out
Circulation to tha full amount author
ised, to ttavamcunt of about l5d.
000,000. Of thia the South can get
1M,WO,COO. Thia rncne la tnim!.
lately available to national banks'nnd
r5n ba had upon not only'jvcrnrnent
tends,' but Stata, county and "munici
pal bends, , cenraerci&l : pacar and
commercial papeT:"y
taper' is meanfe 'two name' paper.
the siuaiicn seems to require it, the
per cent, of issue based upon com
mercial paper can and will be increas
ed. The note f a bank secured by a
warehouse deposit of cotton or to
bacco, will,, he was assured, be held
by the Secretary of the Treasury to
be a security and not commercial pa
per so that these notes may be used
as a basis of circulation just as and
to the same extent and to the amount
cf issue as State, county or munici
pal bonds.
Two Kindt of Currency.
"The currency provided for in the
Vreeland-Aldrich act is bank notes
cmittted by individual banks while
the currency provided for under the
Federal Reserve system is govern
ment notes loaned to member banks
by the Federal Reserve Banks. This
latter currency will not be available
until this new system is fully organ
ized an organization which will not
be complete for several months to
come, mere is no difficulty about
State banks getting the same accom
modations under the reserve system
as national banks, but there are legal
:easons growing out of the ten per
cent tax on the issue of State banks,
ns well as serious practical reasons
.vhy it is thought impracticable to
allow State banks to issue notes under
the Vreeland-Aldrich act. With
proper co-operation however on the1
pait of national banks the State
! r.n!:s will be able to secure adequate
i'unds from their correspondent, na-"io.-.al
banks. Speaking generally
the recent financial legislation not
only gives the South $153,000,000 of
r.cw currency, but the enormous sums
ol new currency open to their cor
respondent banks in the big cities
would, make it possible for these lat
ter banks to lend a much larger mea
sure of assistance in connection with
moving and holding crop than has
heretofore been possible.
"With over a billion and a half of
new currency there ought to be nc
iinancial difficulty in dealing with the
present situation, , provided there is
such co-operation between the banks
as mutual interest would seem to re
quire and guarantee. '
Two Problems Untangling.
"The transportation problem has
also been largely solved, though not
altogether so, and the problem grow
ing out of the international exchange
is likewise approaching final solu
tion. "The channels of ocean trade are
being cleared so that the ships of neu
tral and of the anti-Germanic lines
will soon be ready to resume traffic.
Indeed they are already occurring.
"Unquestionably recent legislation
admitting foreign-built ships to Amer
ican registry and providing for gov
ernment insurance of war risks will
result in bringing under the Ameri
can flag several hundred vessel?;
while the proposed legislation author
izing the government to buy ships
and operate them through a corpora
tion would furnish many additional
vessels and thus reasonable trans
portation or our foreign, especially
export, commerce will be provided.
Merchant Marine Coming.
Tha Senator called attention to the
fact that the New York papers of Fri
day announced that on account of
the practical destruction of Germany's
immense merchant marine the manu
(Continued on Page Three)
upon I . sicners rests on their representative Wi3ui(tjin
'commercial Rfl.; . ' ,.v'- a. . .T
H i their creations en masse. ;nor- is it so' much a
question of the mventioa ofjstylc, as vhosipndivjd.
uauiy is sirons cnouSn 10
Kinston people are invited to make a tpersoni!
inspection of the Berkey & Gay furniture nowon ex j
hibition on our floors.
You are also invited .to notice closely the at
tractive solid mahogany Four-Poster suite-it is hand,
some and it is good. ;
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Sunday August IGth and Sunday Au
gust 30h, 1914, until arrival of Nor
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From Richlands 75c
From Petersburg 75c
From Comfort 50c
From Wimsatt 50c
From Phillips 50c
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