THE DAILY FREE PRESS
PUkhd Ever? Afttmooo Except SunAiy
XI1ST0N FREE PRESS CO., INC
N. Salt Braxton. Editor and Manager
flMlf al tK porAc a Kiiuton. North Carolina,
a MEond-claM namr umW act of ConaraM el
&aafc. 1879.
SUITED - PRESS - REPORTS
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Month 35c. " 2 Month..
Monday Evening, September 21. 1914
Twenty-five dollars is the standing
reward for catching the falsi alarm
ra. Worth while to give chase to
the offenders, if detected.
The reports from the battle front,
that the soldiers have ceased firing
order to snatch a few moments of
Bleep, which rest had to be taken in
trenches half filled with water, in a
way help those of us who are blessed
with good warm beds and other com
fort to appreciate them.
Kinston is now going through
Ha false fire alarm stage, pe
culiar to the installation of new
alarm systems. But this will
b stooped when the miscreant
u vaught and brought to justice
A few months doing time on the road
will help cure the desire to see the
horses run and have the volunteer
firemen aroused from their good warm
placet in the wee sma' hours of the
morning.
FREE notice in the local columns of
the newspaper. The financial insti
tution which makes an especially good
showing also very often feels that its
statement should be exploited by the
newspapers as a matter of great
news value to the community. The
newspaper does not contend that
there is not some element of news
value in such items, but advertising
which does not possess some news
value is of little moment and the
newspaper thinks the merchant and
the financial institution are the one3
most benefited, and that they should
pay the bill. This has nothing to do
with the paper's policy of general
boosting for its community, but when
that boosting assumes principally the
advertising of an individual enter
prise it should be paid for by the
concern so benefited.
if they had been on even terms with
their opponents, so far as numbers
were concerned, would have made
about 612,000 prisoners the first
three years of the war."
If reports can be relied upon, the
way ia now open for the material de
velopment of the commerce between
the United States and South Ameri
can countries, which have been doing
business heretofore pretty largely
with Europe. Transportation lines
re being established and machinery
put in operation for a better business
intercourse between the two big sis
ter continents of the western hem is
phere.
Speed mania continues to take its
toll. The latest addition to the long
list of casualties is the terrible au
tomoblle accident between States-
ville and Charlotte Sunday night, in
which two lives were snuffed out and
two other occupants of the car seri
ously injured. All of the people were
prominent young society folks of
Charlotte and Statesville, and were
no doubt riding with the reckless
abandon that some of the care free
are wont to manifest when upon the
highways.
DRAWING THE LINE
IN ADVERTISING
One of the problems confronting
all newspapers is where to draw the
line in the matter of free advertis
ing. There is very often a wide dif
ference of opinion between the news
paper man and the individual busi
ness man, or woman. Particularly is
this the cbbo in semi-charitable en
terprises, where ice cream suppers.
oyster roasts, lectures, musicals or
some other form of 'amusement for
which an admission is charged. In
thecte cases the ice cream man gets
his money, the oyster dealer makes
a charge, th lecturer or musician
has a guarantee of so much rain or
(thine, hut the newspaper is expected
to boost the proposition ami give its
space away just because some local
public or charitable institution or
cause is to get what is left after the
"entertainers" get their rake off.
Newspapers pretty generally through
out the country have drawn the line
on this kind of free advertising, and
made it a rule to charge, where the
other contributors to the occasion
made a charge and where there is an
admission charge. This is but right,
there is no more good reason why the
newspaper should give its stock in
trade away than that the lecturer or
professional musician should. The
newspapers art always inclined to be
generous with their space on such oc
casions and give more than is paid
for and the public should not expect
free advertising. Another class with
which the paper has to deal and draw
the line is the merchant, who feels
that every time hi firm puts on a
new lock or makes some alight im
provement that it is worthy of a
PLAYGROUND
MOVEMENT.
The friends of the playground
movement in Kinston are encouraged
by the interest manifested at the
meeting Friday night, in which the
Chamber of Commerce Committee
made its report and several suitable
sites were discussed. The public will
in all probability be given an oppor
tunity, by general subscription, to
make a playground in this city pos
Bible, and no doubt there will be a
liberal response when the time is ripe
for the call.
The sentiment of the meeting Fri
day night for a thoroughly equipped
and appointed playground is encour
aging. Kinston is deficient in places
of public amusement and recreation.
There is absolutely no diversion af
forded now for old or young. Its a
promenade on the thoroughfare, down
to watch the train go through and
then to bed. Very innocent amuse
ment, but a little monotonous as a
constancy. But seriously the boys
and girls need fresh air pastime
where their bodies and minds may be
developed along healthy and whole
some lines. Let the good people of
Kinston back up the Chamber of Com
merce in its worthy undertaking and
establish here a playground which
will fill the bill.
WHAT OTHERS SAY
REWARDING THE ATHLETES
Winston-Salem Journal: "Seeing as
how the war has not helped the price
of gasoline any, Messrs. Carl Ray and
James Kelly may, possibly, take cash
instead of automobiles as the token
of the fans' appreciation of their fine
work on the diamond this season."
CONSIDERING ESSENTIAL
IMPROVEMENT
Warrenton Record: "In conversa
tion with a competent engineer we
learn that sewerage can be easily and
cheaply laid in this town; that the
drainage is excellent and that there
is no necessity for an expensive out
lay . We wish our city fathers would
look into the matter.
"Nothing would lend more to the
upbuilding of the town than a first
class sewerage and water system. Ho
tels and factories would have greater
inducements to locate here, and the
sanitary conditions of the town would
be greatly improved."
IMPORTS PICKING UP
Charlotte Observer: " Business
seems to be coming in by way of the
back door. The New York Post tells
of the arrival at Seattle from Orien
tal ports of a steamship with one of
the greatest cargoes of raw silk ever
imported into the United States. This
cargo was valued at over $2,000,000
it was handled by the railroads, in
conjunction, and was started to New
York on what is expected to be the
fastest run ever made across the con
tinent. This should get the silk mills
busy. In addition, the same steamer
brought 250 carloads of Oriental
goods for the United States. All of
this would indicate that business is
beginning to move."
COMPARISONS WITH THE
SIXTIES
Raleigh Times: "A lot of Confed
erate soldiers are comparing the ope
rations m Europe to those at Chan-
cellorsville and Malvern Hill. Tho
Confederates used to turn wings,
smash centers and other things, and
A TRIBUTE TO OUR INTEGRITY
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch: "The Bel
gian Commission has delivered to
this country, through President Wil
son, the protest of that spirited coun
try against the atrocities which they
claim have been practiced by the Ger
man army during its invasion of Bel
gium.
"In their address to the President
the commissioner said:
" 'At the very moment we were
leaving Belgium the King recalled to
us his trip to the United States and
the vivid and strong impression your
powerful and virile civilization left
upon his mind.
"-uur laitn in your iairness, our
confidence in your justice, in your
spirit of generosity and sympathy, all
these dictated our present mission."
"That is a fine tribute to this coun
try and one that just now is particu
larly refreshing, in view of the de
nunciations and war that are rife in
Europe.
"President Wilson's reply, to the ef
fect that all such matters must be
settled after the war ceases, was
clear and strong and in consonance
with the sentiment expressed by the
Belgians. He will notg etthis
Belgians. He will not get this coun
try into trouble as long as he takes
counsel of himself and holds to the
course he indicates in his happy res
ponse to the Belgians, Germans and
French."
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5 cents.
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Made of the finest
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Always look for that Name.
DR. F. FITTS
Osteopathic Physician
Over Kinston Ins., & Realty Cu.
Office Hours: .9-12. .2-6
Nights and Sundays by
Appointment.
Examination Free Phone 80
N. J. Rouse, Edward M. Land
Kinston, N. C... '.Goldsboro, N.C.
ROUSE & LAND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices:
Kinston, N. C, Goldsboro, N. C,
Edgerton Building.
OFFICE AND HOSPITAL
Telephone 533
Dr. J. F. Foley, Veterinarian
In rear of Stroud Bros.' Store
Diseases of all Domestic Animals
Treated.
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Bed Room Suites
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The soft brown shades
harmonixe so happily
with the most exquisite '
Rugs. dp
Attractive Selection In Stock.
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THE FIRST NATIONAL Ml OF KINSTON
Will Make Loans to
Farmers and others on
Cotton as Security.
OFFICERS
N. J. ROUSE, Pres.
DR. H. TULL, Vice Present.
D.F.WOOTEN. Cashier,
J. J. BIZZELL, At Cashier,
T. W. HEATH', Teller.
OIRECTjRS.
W. L Kennedy David Oettinger
H. Tull
. H. Canady
4. C. Moseley
J. F. Parrott
C. Felix Harvey
H. E. Moselev
. F. Taylor
H. H. McCoy
S. H. Isler
N. J. Rouse
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A carpenter, by the name of C. Law,
Made up his mind to have a new Saw.
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So he came to
OUR STORE
Where claims
he saw more
Good Saws than he ever "see" saw.
YOU'LL FIND HERE
Not Only the Best Makes of Saws
BUT GOOD TOOLS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
While Thoroughly Reliable as to Quality
We offer them at prices but little in excess of inferior Grades.
BUY YOUR TOOLS HERE.
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The National Bank of Hinston
REAT
PROGRESS
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MADE
in business methods, and this
bank has kept paH with
them.
While conservative in the
interest of SAFETY, our
equipment and business
methods are modern. Let us
do business together to our
mutual advantage. ;
Capital, $100,000.00
Surplus, $00,009.00
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