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Monday Evening, Auft 31, 1914.
Old Monday morning la with us
train, but then you can never tell
what day will bring forth.
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Thia it the season for KbiHton and
other Eastern Carolina points to shed
Jelr "expressions of f loom" for new
fcope and aspirations com( with the
wagon-ioaa or. tobacco.
o ri
jiaslon'g warehouses have enlarg
ed,1 rnj ar Iff tetter shape to take
car of tfeoeropi this year than ever
before. Let the producers keep tni
ia tnind and brine; their crops this
way. '
Ktns&n"Tocks forwaroflo the open
ing, of.. iU tobatto mariSt with the
sunrise tomorrow. There has been
mqt speculation as to..the juccess
of .we sales this year, but the spirit
of optimism prevails, anda good sea
aoar)s looked for. "
o
Welcome to the farmers, who will
visit i our city tomorrow and succeed
inf days, and who come to bring the
reiultt of their year's toil. They will
ehtar the town folks by leaving a lib
oral share of the proceeds from their
laics' in the cash drawers of the local
merchants.
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The German cause will not gain
any favorable public sentiment if the
wartn destruction of cities and the
perpetration of outrageous atrocities
on.tvomrQ and the decrepit, who un
fortunately fall victims to the bar
barity of her soldiers, is allowed to
go, on unchecked. There ought to be
some limit even in war.
o
The Free Pre is endeavoring to
glvo it readers first-hand informa
tics) about the war, and when a flash
comes from' the United Tress,, it
dil Saturday, that it has exclusive
nejs of importance, which cannot be
seoft in the report subscribed for by
Tht Free Tress, the answer goes lack
to end it "special." This is why The
Frito Press was able to give its-read
era, Mr. Churchill's interview Satur
day and, so far as has been noted to
dajsl, is was the only pa pur in North
Carolina giving-th interview.
a righteous judge says to the officers
that the existence of a "red light"
district is in violation of the lawn of
North Carolina, and that it must be
cleaned out and the city ridded of
the inmates of the houses of that dis
trict. Unfortunately it appears that
the force.', for good in this community
have heen lying dormant vith res
pect to this evil, and public sentiment
ha-: become callous or indifferent, to
?ay the least, and there must be an
awakening. Righteousness must hold
sway in Kinston if this city is to re
main a fit place for boys and gull tg
? reaped to . manhood and woman
hood. The good people of this city
must joip heart and hand in this mat
ter and let the loose element know
that law and order will prevail here.
The mayor and his police officers must
see to it that the spirit as well as the
letter of the law is carried out and that
Kinston is freed from this cancerous
growth of immorality that has got
ten a considerable hold here. Let the
officers do their full duty, and let
the citizens of Kinston stand square
ly behind them and sea that they do.
The law must prevail.
QUEER ESCAPES LOOKED
INTO AT SAN QUENTIN
MR. CHURCHILL'S
INTERVIEW.
The interview of Mr. Winstpn
Churchill, first lord of the British ad
miralty, given exclusively to Mr.
Sheppard, London 'correspondent of
the United Press, and copyrighted by
that news gathering agency, which
was printed in Saturday's Free Press,
gives the side of the Allies fully. Mr.
Churchill gives the reasons, as he
sees them, for tire terrible conflict and
the probable retfOlt shwW victory
perch upon the opposing colors. Af
most Americans have come to the
conclusion already, the war, is not one .
of the people, but of the aristocracy. I
Mr. Churchill points out the splendid
progress that has been made by Ger
nany and the prosperous condition her
common people were in prior to the
outset of this war. Press dispatches
have told of the indifference of the
German soldiers, who have fallen
prisoners, and in some instances,
where they professed not lo know
anything about what the fighting was
for. Mr. Churchill's remarks are very
nteresting and worth careful consid
emtion.
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WHAT OTHERS SAY
MAY HE NEVER COME BACK.
Tarboro Standard: "Our disting-
uithed citizen, General Depression,
has departed for J21itndeilHuIp,bf
Europe."
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THE LAW
MUST PREVAIL.
The stand taken against the toler
anct of prostitution in Kinston in
opt vitiation of the law by Judge
Diutiela in 'Superior Court last week,
which has been thoroughly covered in
thecolumns of The Free Press, de
wlpcd quite an ugly situation. There
seems to be a spirit of rebellion, fos
tered in certain quarter, to the ope
ration of the law, which prohibits the
segregation of vice, in evidence,
which does not augur for the best in
terests and the welfare of this com
munity. It developed, as Judge Dan
iel very charitably said, when refcr
rinf to the unfortunate women, who
had continued to practice immorality
in tho southern part of the city, that
they were not as culpable as they
might have been under different con
dition for by a system, which hud
grown up here and been inherited by
the present municipal administration,
they were practically licensed to car
ry on their nefarious trade. . It had
been shown that they were gammoned
jico a month befor the mcyor,in
accordance with the statute, and tkcU
they, regularly, paid, a fine of S?.23,
and were permitted tJ return to their
places o? atc!, an. kuris their
operations unmolested for another
thirty days. They wer to a certain
extent, under . tha impression that
they were doing til that was expected
of them. ' This f.ne l;een! system
has 'prevailed enH it ajrearV that th
ndc .epcn town" oletncnt feels that
EVERYBODY'S DOING IT TO
R. P. H.
'It's well for Hobson that the law
docking congressmen for absence M
not an export facJ,o one."
BOUND FOR SKYLAND.
(reennboro News: "The only hope
that those Asheville boys who have
joined the French army will not find
themselves summarily transferred to
the other Land of the Sky."
KILLED OR SCARED.
Richard Harding Davis writes from
Brussels that it took the German ar
my twenty-six hours to march in un
broken line through that city, but
Old Man Martin of the Winston-Salem
Journal is of the opinion that it
tfon't take half that long going
hack."
AN "HONOR" JOB.
Wilmington Dittpatrh: "Belgium is
being thanked, congratulated, and
praised by the allies. Yet such will
not turn back the battlefields into
tfoiden prain. transform smoulderirfg
ruins into magnificent temples,
Hreathe life into the bodies that fill
he pits, nor send sunhine into the
Jo-o!ate homes cf widows and fath
erless ones."
if AYE ALREADY DONE OUR BEST
Rock Hill Herald: "The newspa
pers of other States have been saying
complimentary things about South
Carolina for years a::d publishing
news from tho State which has given
South Carolina a bad reputation
abroad. They wii! plea.e observe
that a rw' day has downed in this
common w.ith. and give iha fa
,Tti:eh publicity as possible.
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ENCOv RAGING STATISTICS.
', .Viwton.Salem Journal: "DcvoI-
c;jm-.-.TU :n the naaacfkl world are cf
a reo. cheerful character. The fort
nightly report of tU'-e freight cars-ie.
a'd a, decrease of nearly- thirtv
thousand, bringhir the nurator "cf -arrp'vsl
cars down jo the await.
aince - April X, jTho United Stat
their rights are being trampled hen$tei Corpaiia m
San Francisco, Aug. 31. A scan
dal of good-sized proportions prom
ises to develop from the recent extra
ordinary tran.forn:a'.;on on the voy
age across " the Pacific of Peter
Grimes, a forger, pentencsd at Shang
hai to a three-year term in San Que;,
tin, into Alfred Johannsen, a presum
ably perfectly inoffensive Norwegian,
a horn the penitentiary authorities
had to turn loose irsmedictely for the
Lck oi anything to lock him up Jfof.
Grimes had a bad record, and had
alreadv served one term in orison. At
its conclusion jie was . befriended by
Robert JJoltar, the shippuig magnate
who gave him a job on a liner run
ning- to China. In the Orient, how
ever, the ex-convict abandoned thi
position, posed as Dollar's son, liveJ
high for a" time, ' finally committed
forgery, was arrested,' tried 'bytha
United States authprities in Shang
hai, convicted, sentenced, and put on
board tho transport Sheridan to iy
t&keu to San Quentin.
How he happened to be allowed to
go ashore at Nagasaki, one of "- the
Sheridan's ports of call,' Is not clear,
but it is certain that he did, for Jo-
hannsen remembers seeing him there.
He remembers also that' Grimes of
fered, him a drink and that el took.'
it. .Evidently it was .. "doctored
since at that, point the Norwegian's
memory fails him up to the time that
he awakened to find himself in the
Sheridan's, brig on his way to
Quentin.
Johannsen tried to explain hi pre
dicament, but he knew no English,
and no one on board 'hut himself
spoke Norwegian. Not until he was
within the prison walls dfct.h ffrid
i-- '...u '.'j
anyone wnu cuuiu unoesnq .fcninj,
1 nere, . nowever, ne stumDleq, :jliAp.on
4 wllow convict familiar with ; his.
tongue, and his story, reached iWard
ert Johnfon. ' Investigations ..foUowed
and Johannsen 'was- released; Of
course, the manner in which 'Grimes
lhhdmia and ChfltJrea
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bear
the
Signature of
! I
escaped and Johannsen was 'substi
tuted' for him had OS be lookedlntd.
In connection with" this' inquiry a
queer, piece oi Information . was
brought about.. It i,about .ihi thaj,
the promlsedt acaufel enter.. ; . 7
. When people heard of the Grimes
Johannsen cane , they gentrally ? re
marked: "What" h' 'extraordinary ini
cidenr;" The information "'the in
quiry brbugnf : out'Vas that it was
not extraordinary at all that it was.
quite common, in fact. .,
A man is arrested for some offense,
tried,, convicted and sentenced to pri
son. But on his arrival there he suc
ceeds in proving to be some one else.
Of course, ho hasnt done anything
wrong, and the prison officials have
to release him. It happens with com
parative frequency, the investigators
learned at least, in California. New,
this kind of thing possible, the in
vestigators are asking one another
without connivance on the authori.
ties' part? Moreover, another, thing
xaa learned: that escapes from pri
son are far more numerous than the
public knows about. They happen
like this:
A convict's term expires. He is
sailed for to go to the warden's of
fice and a man presents himself.
There are lots of convicts, and the
warden can't remember them all. The
man is released. Shortly afterward
the right convict clamors loudly to
know why he was not released at the
nd of his term. He proves conclus
ively that he ought to have been re-
eased and the authorities have to let
him go. In the meantime No. 1 has
put as much distance between him
self and the penitentiary as fossible.
Of course the prison authorities
dont like to talk about these cases, so
it is not often, as in the Grimes-Jo-hannsen
instance, that one of them is
ventilated. Just now, however, they
seem likely to receive considerable
publicity.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY j
'Sunday Excursion to Norfolk $2.50 I
. Raleigh, Wendell, . Zebulon. Jliddle-
sex, Wilson, Farmville, Goldsboro, Laj
Grange, Kinston, .and Jntermadiate
tationri $2.25v ,
Greenville, Washington, Plymouth,
Vanceboro, and intermediate stations.
$2.2 'Hi f fPiiB 1 .v .
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 at the Seashore.
i J. F. MITCHELL,
T. P. A.
Raleigh, N. C
E. D. KYLE, H. S. LEARD,
Traffic Mgr. Gen. P. A.
EXECUTRIX'S NOTICE.
.Having qualified as executrix of the
sttate of the late D. J. Nunn, late of
Lenoir county, North Carolina, this is
to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them, proven and itemized
Jo the undersigned on or before the1
20th day of July 1915, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery. '
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate payment.
, This 20th day of July', 1914.
MRS. LILLIE NUNN, '
Executrix of the estate of D. J. Nunn,
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR,
; WITH WILL ANNEXED.
The undersigned, Guy Dawson, hav-
Ljng qualified as Administrator, with
the will annexed, of J. S. Koonce, de
ceased, late1 of 'the county of Lenoir,
hereby ': ifetiflesr "all Wefsohe "ttavihg
claims against the 'estate flf said' tes
tator to exhibit the same to the mder-1
signed 6n or 'before the 8th-day of 1
July, 1915, or this notice will be plead
ed in' but of recovery; ' ' All persons'
indebted tb said estate" are expected
to make prompt payment to the Ad
ministrator at Institute; North Caro
haa. V t-'
This 8th day of July, 1914. :
ir GUY DAWSON,
Administrator with the will annexed,
of J. S. Konnce, deceased.
ROUSE & LAND,
Attorneys.
7-8-14 It wk. 6 wks.
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Worrjr is I all Qyfer
- With the harvest season on us
and the world wanting: our ..Cot
ton and Tobacco-stop Jworrying.
They will manage to get it some-
. ' T" rr ; 1 1 ft
home, maKcit a place gr? joy-.
FURNITURE OF CHARACTER )
r , i Helps Mightily n " j
Get it fromjneo ,whoT KNOW
FURNITURE. : : f
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KAfSTOKAC
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.
Having heretofore qualified ai ad
ministrator, c. t. ., of Kate Brown,
deceased, late of Lenoir county, Nortl
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. AU persons indebted to the
said estate will please make immedi
ate payment. "tSi
A. C. BROWN,
Administrator, c. t. a., of Kate
Brown, deceased. . .. n.
jiAugust 19, 1914. .tvr
()LOFTIN & DAWSON, Attorneys.
L-l 8-19, 26; 9-2, 9,r 15-23 dly .
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
REVOLUTIONISTS ACTIVE IN
CHINA AGAINST JAPAN.
Perin, China. Aug. 31. Leaflets
based on an alleged statement wi the
Japanese newspapers that Japaa in
tends to make China a dependency,
were distributed in the streets of Pe-
kin today. The Ieafiels declard"every
Chinese sfWrold titrifke- His life rath
er than accept domination by Japan.
The police attempted to" surnress
tho leaflet and arrest the? distributors.
?ome of which belong to ths better
lass of Chinese.
The government today sent a cir
cular to foreign embassies and lega
tions calling attention to the return
of revoluticr.i?ts to Ch!na with the ob
oe: of ts?sins aJvniuasr cf the pres-
rit situation. . ; -
n?i;el tcanago showed' an l!u
- 2-3,CC3 Uds. tho uraount of bus.-
ueaa oi hand b!r.ir tho larrcst f-
ave isoths.-.-Xa(, the shove ia m-x
XTctf; Dcatocia fa . eOitorjaL , It is
Km r.-j; trcrr. iw r--
iaiathly , report AciUd Pt4iS recer.Jv" ' '
Notice is hereby given, that the co
partnership, heretofore ., existing be
tween rcoceri l. tiiaiocK, K. u. BiaiocK
nd W. J. Blalock, under the firm name
and style of Blalock Brother?, has
been this day dissolved by limitation
nd under the terms of the Co-Partner-ship
Agreement heretofore existing.
From and after the date hereof, a
co-partnership is formed and will be
continued by Robert L. Blalock and R.
B. Blalock, under the firm jiame and
style of Blalock Brothers. All debts
legally due by the former firm of Bla
lock Brothers will be paid by the un
dersigned upon presentation.
All contracts .'entered into and all
debts created must be entered into and
created by the undersigned or either
of them. i
. This 4th day August, 1914.
R. L. BLALOCK.
R. B. BLALOCK.
FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA'
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
Certificate of Dissolution.
To all to whom these presents may
come Greeting:
Whereas, it appears to my satisfac
tion, by duly authenticated record of
the proceedings for the voluntary dis
solution thereof by the unanifous con
sent of all the stockholders, deposited
in my office, that the Elm Grove Gin
Company, a corporation of this State,
whose pricipal office is situated at No.
, street, in the
town of Kinston, county of Lenoir,
State, of North Carolina, J. T. Spencer
being thei agent therein and.,in charge
thereof, upon whom process may be
served, has complied with the require
ments of Chanter 21, Revised of 1903,
entitled "Corproaticns," preliminary
to he issuing of thi3 certificate of dis
solution : ,i
Now, therefore, I, J. Bryan Grimes,
Secretary of State of the State ot
North Carolina, do hereby certify that
the said corporation did, on the 10th
day of July, 1914, file in my office a
duly executed and attested consent 1j.
writing to the dissolution of said cor
poration, executed by all the stockhold
ers therof, which said consent and the
ecord of the proceedings aforesaid ar
now on file in my office as provided by
law. , '
In testimony whereof, I "have here
to set my hand and affixed my official
seal at Raleigh, this 10t cay of July,
A. D., 1914.
J. BRYAN GRIMES,
8-15 to 9-15 sw Secretary of State.
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II II '
; NOTICE.
The undersigned, bavinsr been an.
pointed and duly qualified as adnJo- S
istrator of the estate of E. W. Bor-.l
den,' deceased,, ' all persdSk'iffSg
claims against said estate -a rowotj- '
fied to exhibit the same "before him
on or before July 20. 13io, or this.
notice will be pleadediin bar oi ' t6eiri i.
recovery. AH persohs " indebted f: ti
said estate will please make immed-ni
iate payment VW 18th day of-sMyT
mi? , .
I . i.-Vl.: ., J- G. B ANTON,
Administrator ptE. , W, Borden,, de- ...
ceaced. , ,
By G. G. -Moore, "Attorney. 7-20
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