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t a rwf a 1.11 V THE KINSTON DAILY FREE PRESS '"' ? ' rr JSS SEVEN EUROPEAN WAR SHAl TERS KING COnON'S THRONE FLEECY STAPLE MUST PAY RAN SOM INTO THE COFFERS OF WAR. Nation Rings With Cries of Stricken Industry. By Peter Radford Lecturer National F'armeri' Union. Kins Cotton haB suffered more from the European war than any other ag ricultural product on the American continent The shelte of the belliger ents have bursted over his throne, frightening his subjects and shatter , ing his markets, and. panic-stricken, ' the nation cries out '.'God save tLe king!" People from every walk of life have contributed their mite toward rescue work. Society has danced before the king: milady has decreed that the family wardrobe shall contain only cotton goods; the press has plead with the public to "buy a bale' tinkers have been formulating hold' inn plans; congress and legislative bodies' have deliberated over reliof measures: statesmen and writers have grown eloquent expounding the inalienable rights of "HIb Majesty" and presenting schemes for preserv ing the financial Integrity of the stricken staple, but the sword of Eu rope has proved mightier than the pen of America in fixing value upon this product of the sunny south. Prices liave been bayoneted, values riddled and markets decimated by the battling hosts of the eastern hemisphere until the American farmer has suffered a war loss of $400,0no,000, and a bale of cotton brave enough to enter a Kuropcan port must pay a raH3ora of half Us value or go to prison until the , war is over. Hope of the Future Lies In Co-opera tlon. The Farmers' Union, through the columns of the press, wants to thank the American people for the friend ship, sympathy and assistance given the cotton farmers in the hour of dis tress and to direct attention to co operative, methods necessary to per mnnently assist the marketing of all farm products. ' The present emergency presents as grave a situation as ever confronted tho American farmer and frnm the ' viewpoint of the producer, would seem to Justify extraordinary relief meas ;' ures, even to the point of bending the v conntitution and straining business rules in order to lift a portion of the burden off the backs of the farmer, for unless something is dona to check f the Invasion of the war forces upon the cotton fields, the pathway of the Kuropcan pestilence on this continent will be strewn with mortgaged homes t and famine and poverty will stalk over the southland, filling the highways of industry with refugees and the bank ruptcy court with prisoners. All calamities teach us lessons an? the present crisis serves to Illuminate the frailties of our marketing moth ods and the weakness of our credit system, and out of the financial an t guish and travail of the cotton fanner will come a volume of discussion anr1 a mass of suggestions and finally s $ solution ot this, the biggest problem in the economic life ci America, if. indeed, we have not already laid the foundation for at least temporary re- lief- ( More Pharaohs Needed In Agriculture. Farm products have no credit and perhaps can never have on a norma nent and satisfactory Oasis unless we build warehouses, cold storage piants, elevators, etc., for without storage and credit facilities, the south la com-1 pelled to dump its crop on the market at harvest time. The Farmers' Unions in the cotton producing states have lor the past ten years persistently ad vocated the construction of storage facilities. We have built during this period 2,000 warehouses with a ca I-acityof approximately 4,000,000 bales and looking backward the results would seem encouraging, but looking forward, we are able to house less than one-third of the crop and ware houses without a credit system lose 90 per cent of their usefulness. The Problem is a gigantic one too great for the farmer to solve unaided. He must have the assistance of the bank er, the merchant and the government. In production we have renrheri tho ngn water mark of perfection in the world's history, but our , marketing methods are most primitive. In the oawn of history we And agriculture Plowing with a forked stick but with a system of warehouses under govern mental supervision that made the Egyptians the marvel of civilization. ?or who has not admired the vision of Joseph and applauded the wisdom of Pharaoh ,op storing the surplus until demanded by the consumer, but in this ags we have too many Josephs .who dream and not enough Pharaohs who. build. WHY THEY RECOMMEND I FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAB t- k A. Efird, Conejo, Calif .because produces the best results, always ' caret severe colds, sore .chest and vlungs and does not contain opiates or fharmful drugsJ, Dr. John W. Tay lor, Luthersville, Ga. because "I be lieve it to be an honest medicine and fit satisfies my patrons." W. L. Cook, Neihart, Mont because it gives the ?best resulta for coughs and colds of .anything I sell." Every user is a friend. For sale in your town' by E. Hood & Company. ' MEETING OF NATIONAL LEAGUE MAGNATES By Hal Sheridan (Written for the United Press) New York, Dec. 8. National League magnates assemoii-d at the Waldorf today In annual conclave, with President John K. Tener in the chair. The meeting was set for o'clock. The board of directors of the league were scheduled to meet two hours earlier. Two important questions were ex pected to hold the spotlight during the best part of the sessions. One was the proposed extinction of Charles W. Murphy and his mentor, Charles P, Taft, as far as baseball is concerned. The other was the funeral arrange ments and formal burial of the Fed oral League. Both questions were ex pected to furnish no small amount of work. It was realized that Murphy and Taft, with about $700, 000 (valuation approximated) worth of Chicago Nat ional League stock in their posses sion, would be difficult personages to extinguish. After the fiasco of last year when the National League sol emnly announced Murphy's extinction and the latter recently bobbed up with great handfuls of Cub stock, the mag nates were determined to settle the question, this time fairly and openly, for all time. There was plenty of talk about the Waldorf corridors, and in other spots that are not so dry, that Murphy must go some time and it might as well be now. The gossip was that the magnates might com promise by ridding the league of Murphy in some way, and making no fight on Taft, who, by the way, has a pretty strong following in the league. As to the interment planned for the Federals, even more trouble is expected. Despite the fact that the league has been pronounced dead for over a year, there were evidences of life remaining in the corpse today in the shape of Fed scouts who haunted the Waldorf to entrap and ensnare f.ny of the meandering baseball play ers who are flocking about the Nat ional League magnates in droves, as they always do on these yearly gala occasions. That a complete change in the plan of battle for next season will be promulgated seemed certain. It was the program to adopt some mode of warfare to which the Ameri can League magnates, who are due to meet here soon, would agree without souabbling and turmoil. One thing is certain. Any agree ment that might bo reached between Organized Baseball and the Federal League (we say might be) will have to have the sanction of Dave Fultz, f&ri 'fount 6 6 P SL t Players' Fraternity, or there will be more trouble stirred up. A great many folks have spoofed Fultz and his methods and purposes but, how ever, small, he is a noticeable factor in baseball. His worst enemies also must admit that there is quite a good sized working majority of gray mat ter in his head. lie has the courage of his convictions, and thinks he1 dead right in organizing the base ball players. The fact that such man as Christy Mathewson, is member of the fraternity stamps at once as being anything but a snide organization. The Fraternity growing stronger every year ana looks like it's here to stay. MISSOURI'S CAPITOL BUILT WITH NATURE BLACK WALNUT Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 8 Mis eouri's new state capitol now being built may after all include in its structure some of Missouri's famous black walnut. The fast diappearing wood, now produced only in Mis souri's forests is preferable according to the contractors in charge of the work, and there is also a sentimental campaign being waged to have the nuive product used in the capitol. In other days Missouri black wal nut was used in making rail fences but now the shipments find their way into the homes of the wealthy. Many arge consignments were sent to Ger many for building purposes until the war crippled commerce. PLAN MUNICIPAL R. R. DEPOT Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 8. A municipal depot, owned by the city and possibly rented by the rnilroads is today being urged in Minneapolis. Douglas Fiske, former president of the civic commerce associations was one of the chief constituents of the plan. Such a building, if erected, would cost millions of dollars, to be paid out of the city funds, and erected under the supervision of the city. For several years business men of St. Paul have been waging upon the rail roads, in an attempt to bring about the erection of a new union depot in St. Paul. The battle has not reached decisive stage. O! She will sing the -Othello. savageness out of a hear So many laws argues so many sins. Milton. Of evening tint, the purple-streaming amethyst i sthine. Thomson. Twenty Small Farms to be sold to morrow at the Stevenson Farm. roniz We are Equipped to Handle Your Orders for High Grade Job Printing. Orders Carefully and Promptly Executed. We Make the Best Grade LETTER HEADS, WEDDING INVITATIONS, ENVELOPES, CARDS FOR ALL PURPOSES, POSTERS, CIRCULARS, LARGE AND SMALL We have Connections with Engravers and Blank Book Makers which enable us to Promptly Handle Orders for Engraving and all kinds of Blank Book Making. KDNSTON' FREE PRESS CORiPAN,-. Inc. Publishers and Job Printers A. h y f h REPORTS OF DAMAGE BY STORM. WHICH CONTINUES UNABATED Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 7. The northeast storm sweeping the Atlan tic coast since Saturday continued to night with unabated fury. . Nearly three and a hnlf inches of rain had fallen in Philadelphia at midnight. Reports from Atlantic City, Ocean City, Wildwood, Cape May, Rehoboth and other seasido points told of hea vy damage by wind and time. Scores of vessels of every descrip tion were lying today in the shelter of the Delaware breakwater waiting for tho weather to moderate. New York, Dec. 7. Huge seas, backed by a mighty tide and a howl in.fr northeast gale, battered the New York coasts today, smashing houses, wrecking boats, Hooding villages, de va3tatmg summer resorts and forc ing steamers to remain outside Sandy Hook and fight the storm. iew iotk nay ana narbor were practically cleared of all craft by the gale. One lireboat was sunk at her pier. The worst damage in this vicinity was suffered at Coney Island, where ,he loss within the pnst twenty-four hours is estimated at $200,000. REVISED VERSION. Mis. Ormond was very htiiy w;th se veral jrnest' , ind little Austi i was left to his father, who decided to take the boy to Sunday school. It was quite a little walk, and Mr. Ormond endeavored to improve the time by teaching Austin the golden text, the words of which were, "Whatsoever man soweth, that shall he also reap. Austin repeated it obediently after his father several times and seemed to have mastered the correct word ing. During the Sunday school exer cises the teacher turned to Austin and said: "Now, let me hear if you can say tch golden text." Mr. Ormond, who was seated near by, heard the question, and listened attentively to his son's answer. Aus tin hesitated for a moment and then answered: "Whatsoever a man sews always rips. Harper s Magazine. JASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of e o H o i n g in P rim i i p g DONT NEGLECT : YOUR STOMACH If It's Upset Mi-o-na PuU It Right and Ends Distress. I If you are one of the thousands who cannot eat a simple meal without its lying in the stomach like lead, fer menting and causing painful distress, sourness and gas, do not delay, but get at once some Mi-o-na a simple prescription to be had at any drug-' gist's that quickly and effectively , ends indigestion and corrects bad ! stomachs. You must not allow your upset ' stomach to go from bad to worse, for I there will surely be longer periods of food fermentation causing greater agony, more gas, sick headache, un- ' refreshing sleep, "blue spells," and ! nervousness. A few Mi-o-na tablets are just what you need. Use them freely at the first sign of distress. Mi-o-na not only quickly ends the misery, but helps to unclog the liver and strength en tho stomach then your food is properly digested. Mi-o-na is not only inexpensive, but J. E. Hood & Co. sell it with agree ment to refund the money if it does not give satisfaction. adv ROUTE OF THE "NIGHT EXPRESS" (Schedule in Effect October 4. 1914.) N. Is. The following schedule fig ures published as information only, and are not guaranteed. TRAINS LEAVE KINSTON: East Bound 11:21 p.m. "Night Express," Pull man Sleeping Cars New Bern to Norfolk, folk. 7:50 a.m. Daily, for Washington and Norfolk.' Con nects for all points North and West. Pur lor Car Service be tween New Bern and Norfolk. ! I 4:41 p.m. Daily for Beaufort and Oriental. West Bound 5:40 a. m. Daily for Goldsboro. 0:28 a.m. Daily for Goldsboro. 7:35 p.m. Daily for Goldsboro. For complete information or re servation of Pullman Sleeping Car spnee, apply to W. J. Nicholson, Agent, Kinston. N. C. H. S. LEARD, General Passenger Agent. J. D. STACK, General Superintendent, Norfolk, Va. in e Monarch Malleable Ranges The people of Lenoir County and adjoining counties can save from $10.00 to $15.00 by buying, ranges from us instead of buying them from wagons which are can vassing the country. We request all who are interested in ranges to call in and see the Monarch and let us explain its merits. ' l We also carry a complete line of the very best makes of cooking and heating stoves. Most truly yours, B. W. CANADY & SON KINSTON, - - N. C. Member American Guild of Wm. O. BARNWELL, Atlanta, Ga. 3rd WEEK KINSTON, N. 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