SECTION ONE
THE
PRES
INSTON JrREE
OPPORTUNITY EDITION
S
RICH RED BLOOD IN
Vi NS 0 F HINSTON
EARLY SETTLERS
A Peace-Loving Populace,
But Have Always Been
"Johnny on the Spot" In
Perilous Times Kinston
Has Two Military Organ
izations, and the Person
nel Is of Right Timber to
Make Further History for
Oia'Carolina
Kinston'a two military organiza
tions are the' Second Infantry band
and Company B of that regiment of
the North Carolina National Guard.
The people of the city have always
been patriotic and partial to things
military. That is in large part due ,
to the fact that the village sent its J
i I
full quota of men to the revolutionary.
and 181? Wars. The sons of those sol
diers inherited their spirit and turned
out by the-hundreds to answer the
South's call in '65. In 1898 Kinston
responded nobly again, but of course
not nearly' so large a proportion of
the population' bore arms then; the
country didst demand it.
During the present generation there
was a division of the Naval Reserves
in the town. Naval reserves in Kin
ston; however, were rather out of
place; they were certainly not aquat
ic in the naval sense of the. term. The
highland sailor lads betook them
selves to Neuse river once in a while,
and those occasions 'were when they
become amphibious fresh water am
phibians, they were. The organiza
tion became derelict and its cutter ev
en now'can be seen at low tide-ahen,
when the water is low in the crick.
Company B is 65 strong. The War
Department requires it. It is offi
cered byv Capt. J. I. Brown, First
Lieut. J; O. H. Taylor and Second
Lieut. W A. Faulkner. There are
five or six sergeants and about the
same number of corporals, a couple
of trumpeters and cooks, artificer,
etc.
The band is a part of the headquart
ers company, as it is called, of the reg- and the latter n west Caswe" street
iment; There are a drumlmajor, chief Caswe11 is select -.'rooming
musician, principal musician, four hoe with grill-room attached. The
sergeants, eight corporals, cook and ' "lars" there are a happy fami
12 privates, the full strength of an1 ly' Mn Chas' Kennedy is the manag
army band on a war footing. A dor j er 11,6 Bailey ia named for its Pr0'
en "detailed" men ; from companies ! Prietor- a veteran in the business
bring the strength up to the maximum t known to in the city. Many
allowed, 40. The band, not being a of patrons are regulars, but trans
tactical unit, has no commissioned ient Patrons are manv' to- Both are
officers. There are in the Second In-' very good places have been run
fantrv. 12 wrinnniei tjl ttin lioail- l 0r years'
quarters company, in the following
cities and towns: A, Tarboro; B, Kin
ston; C, Raeford; D, and E, Golds
boro; FK Fayetteville; G, Selmar H,
Clinton; 1, Edenton; K, Wilson; L,'
Lmnber Bridge; M, Dunn, and Head-
quarters, Washington. .'. The : head
quarters company,; comprises Head
quarters proper; ; including the col
onel, lieutenant colonel, adjutant, com.
missary and quartermaster captains,
chaplain, two color-sergeants, four
sergeants-major, sergeant-trumpeter,
regimental quartermaster and com-
missary sergeants, threa majors; rank
ing arter the. lieutenant-colonel, and
their battalion- adjutants, first lieu
ana commissary quarterroast-
er officers, second lieutenants, a de-
tail of mounted scouts and the band.
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TOO MILLION-DOLLAR TOBACCO MARKET
r;-'wr0rCi- .'i:il.:;,"'t?' .y..: N.;'; .V. -X.' .,''' r,
The story of the Golden Weed told , by figures and
factsior the past six years. Kinston is the best market
in Eastern Carolina.
year
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913.
1914
POUNDS
10,946,628
6,442,526
6,376,294
8,722,240
11,609,828
17,972,596
LENOIR COUNTY FARMERS GROW "57"
. . VARIETIES OF MONEY CROPS
TRAVELING HEN
COMING TO KINSTON
WELL CARED FOR
Important municipal improvements.
Last June the citizens voted a bond
Hotel Accommodations Are issue in that 8Um ,or completion of
tr o e j. a I tna werage system, or rather its ex
Very Satisfactory to the. tension, for the town had outgrown.
Thousands Of Commer-1 41,6 "durable system put down a de-
cial Men Who "Swarm to of the electric light pWt, and for
the Best Town on Earth." 8treet imPrvemnts.
t- m tt x i i , A few weeks later the war in Eu-
Family Hotels Ample for;rope broke in M its immensityi the
Those Who Prefer Evad-,",us'nessworI(' wMtemPrariiy dazed,
ing tne complications Of
- .a t mm .
Domestic Life
Kinston's hotel facilities are good.
The largest of the hostelries is the
Tull. n modern house nt. the corner nf
Queen and Caswell streets. Mr. Jun-
ius Stevenson is the proprietor and
manager. He has been in the busi-!
ne8S twenty-five years and is one of
the best-known men in his line in the
State. The Tull is conducted along the
mAitt itiAlron linoc ia sin tat A rT- fi nA
V" '
tain charm for the angels of commerce
that impels many a weary traveler
to make Kinston when in this terri
tory to spend the week-end. Mr. Stev
enson knows all the boys by name and
reputation and mixes with them so
freely that they regard him as one of
them and are glad to have him around
aft- supper when the yarn-swapping
is commenced. The cuisine is noted.
Mr. R. B. West, the day clerk, has
charge of the grill-room and the kitch
en. He too, has been in the business
long enough to know all the ins and
outs. The bill of fare at the Tull is
not excelled in any hotel in this part
of the country; any commercial trav
eler approached will tell you the same.
Tne night clerk is Mr. H. V. Hill. He
has also spent many day nights
in the profession as it should be clas
sed, and ls invariably greeted with, a
smile by the belated arrivals. The
Tull contains about GO rooms neat,
clean, very comfortably furnished
rooms, well heated in winter and not
iceably cool in the hot months The
house is the travelers' paradise, any
of them will admit.
Among the other good houses are
the Caswell hotel and the Bailey
house, the former on South Queen
Kinston la on of the important
places to the travelling fraternity in
Eastern Carolina. They like the town
because it is a place where the accom
mdations are satisfactory. ; The ho-
Ma w this homing community are as
nearly like
homes as hotels can be
like homes.
GRATEFUL.
Borleigh Some men, you know,
are born great, some achieve great-
ness-r"
Miss. Keen- Exactly! ' And
just grate upon you.--Boston
some
Tran-
.script.
The truth is always getting in the
way of some peopleThat's why it
Is crushed to eartH so often.
AVERAGE
7.97 ;
9.44 :
11.80
,16.63
17.37
11.70
. AMOUNT
$ 869,991.70
606,954.17
752,709.44
1,450,662.43
2,017,049.50
2,102,011.45
KINSTON SPENDING 100,000 IN MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS j
Kinston will this summer and fall
invest a hundred thousand dollars in
ACl IV I UUUUO Wa9 AIIJIUHL
mL By the ML however, the brok-l
ters began to recover their confi-J
dence and commenced, very cautious-1
ly, bargaining. Kinston, N. C, was
in the market with $100,000 worth.
Its bonded indebtedness was mall for
a city of the size. Leach & Co. of
New York d.ately "vest,gated,
and one day a P"ntat,ve of their
Southern aenta' at Spartanburg. S.
.., came into town suaaeniy, asxea
for the attention of City Council, was
BETTERING THE
RURAL SCHOOLS
Lenoir County , People Are
Best In Improved Educa
tional Advantages Will
Not Be Necessary to
Send Children Away to
School The Reports Tell
the Story
Lenoir county people are progres
sive along many lines."? Their homes
are being improved, their farms are
being developed, their churches and
schools are forging ahead.' They are
leaving the old system of one crop,
planning more for livestock breeding,
cultivating the soil after modern
methods, fertilizing their crops with
judgment They are growing.
This improvement ia . marked in
many directions, but m none more
than along the lines of the rural
school. Joseph Kinsey, county super
intendent of schools, is enthusiastic
in his expression concerning the prog
ress being made in the schools of the
county; No longer is it necessary
for farmers to leave their farms and
move to town in order to educate
their.'children. The policy is wrong,
said Mr. Kinsey; the proper policy is
to improve the rural schools and the
people are .beginning to realize the
truth. Recently Mr. Kinsey visited
schools in several rural districts and
the trip was an inspiration to him.
As an illustration of the interest
being shown in the development of
the rural school, Mr. Kinsey told of
his visit to schools in Institute, South
west, Sand Hill, and Woodington
Townships. In all of the schools the
enrollment is good. Some are enroll
ing every pupil in the district a re
markable record. One of the school
districts in Institute township is pre
paring for a special tax collection. In
Southwest district the double school
has broken the record in attendance.
Never before has the school had more
than 70 pupils, but now reports 81.
reports 81.
Speaking of Sand Hill township,
Mr. Kinsey said: "There are two
white schools in Sand Hill township,
one having special tax and the other
nlannine to hold an election this
'spring and take in a section of Jones
county, so as to have a two-teacher
school. The special tax school in the
Sand Hill section has given an order
for 70 single desks. This school has
two experienced teachers who are do
ing fine work. Sand Hill has a col
ored school, the teacher of which has
evidently read that the gods help
those who help themselves, because
every time the schoolhouse needs any
repairs she goes around among pa
trons and collects enough cash to pay
one-half. That's Sand Hill'a way of
doing things meeting you half-way."
. One of the most interesting sections
of the report made by Superintendent
j Kinsey was of his visit to Wooding
7ton township; of this visit Mr. Kinsey.
-said:
honored with a special meeting and
surprised the staid city fathers by
offering par and accrued interest for
the whole lot Other towns had been
getting less than par for issues which
they were anxious to dispose of. Kin
ston hadn't been in any great big hur
ry, because the improvements could
be put off, and no one expected to get
a proposition that Council wouldn't
ridicule before many months. The
Security Trust Company's man talked
business, plainly, hastily for he was
only to stay between trains but to
the point. "Say it again," said one
alderman. The stranger reiterated
his statement that his people would
make the issue worth well more than
par to the municipality. "Gotcha,"
said the Esteemed Six, and Gilbert
White was sent for. White, as nearly
everybody knows, is one of the most
noted consulting engineers in the
South. Every other man in the busi
ness was invited, but White had been
here before, knew what was wanted
beforehand, and so, he was about the
"The first school in Woodington I
saw on this trip was the McGowan
school, taught by Mrs. Burt She
needs a larger and better building
and better furniture. The next I
came to was Woodington No. 1. This
is a two-teacher school and is cen
trally located in a good farming sec
tion. There are three churches there.
There are more boys and girls of
school age in that district than in any
section of the county except Moss
Hill. I met there two committeemen
and a number of patrons. I was
there by invitation for an address on
better schools. Before I spoke the
teachers had a short program, con
sisting of some songs by the school
and two papers by Master Roland
Miller and Miss Metie Stroud, The
lad's was in diary form, showing up
the school from opening to date. The
pupils of this school enter heartily
into any work suggested by the
teachers for improving the school.
The improvements in the schoolroom
show for themselves. Miss Stroud's
paper was full of suggestions as to
improving the house and grounds.
She announced a play by the pupils
and teachers on the 19th inst, the
proceeds of which will go towards
getting all the things needed for mak
ing the school up-to-date. Among
the improvements suggested were
maps, globes, a new library, desks
and a longer term. In addition to
these improvements, she said she
wanted the house improved, the
grounds fenced, laid off in squares
and flowers set out She suggested
so many things that I took her paper
as my subject to talk upon. I urged
the patrons to vote a special tax and
just do what Miss Stroud suggested.
When I presented the matter all
agreed, and I am to get up a peti
tion calling for an election. And I
expect the election to be ordered next
Monday. This community has the
boys and the girls, and a small tax
to be added to the sums given by the
county and State will enable the pa
trons to have the best-equipped
school from Richlands to Kinston."
This growing interest 'in rural
schools is one of the decided points
in favor of Lenoir county a delight
ful section to which to attract the
better class of home-makers those
who will not come without the better
school advantages.
CREDULOUS THEN NOT NOW.
After much pleading little Ina Mae
was allowed to step from the porch
into an April shower under cover of
daddy's umbrella. So impressed was
she with the wonderful fact that the
rain did not penetrate its silken folds,
that her childish fancy prompted her
to make further exploration V with
this seemingly impenetrable canopy.
Next day alarming screams emanat
ed from a corner of the garden noted
for its profusion of needle-like briars.
Ina Mae, barefooted, had placed the
umbrella upside down over a patch of
the briars and bravely stepped into it,
believing that if rain did not come
through, likewise the prickly briars.
To this day the little miss shudders
at the sight of an umbrella. Ex
change. After marrying the man who court
ed her a girl is apt to find that he has
changed.
only; one present to really count
Payment for the bonds was made
a week or two ago, and actual work
will be commenced within a few weeks
The improvements that will be made
with this hundred thousand dollars
will be so extensive that every dwell
ing in the city can be connected with
a sewer lateral or main and nearly
every dwelling will be fronted by a
paved sidewalk. Not the least import
ant since it will be taken up after
the sewerage work is completed and
in preference to paving, will be the
augmenting of the electric equip
ment. The station on the western
edge of the city will contain a triple-
unit 8 y stem of machinery which will
take care of the needs of che com
munity for years to come. .
Incidentally, for the benefit of non
resident readers, there ia no need to
improve the waterworks. They could
supply a city several time the size
with the purest, most nalatablo and
healthiest water in this section of the
country right now.
WORLD'S RECORD FOR
KINSTON FIRE LADS
Net Loss By Fire Only
$42.50 for the Past Year.
Chief Tom Moseley and
His Men the Pride of All
Kinstonians
Kinston like. every other city and
town in the country is proud of its
fire department It is a ripping, roar
ing, fire department, always in a hur
ry "hell-for-leather" as they say of
the cavalry in the army. There are
one two horse wagon, a one-horse
wagon, a second size engine in re
serve, a hook and ladder truck which
Sherwood Brockwell, State inspector
for prevention insists is all right, and
a hand reel. The wagons are excel
lent, well-built and designed for just
the service they have to perform. The
horses are the pets of everybody in
Kinston, just as they should be in a
town proud of its fire department
They are of the race-winning kind,
and have been in every firemen's tour
nament in the State since they have
"belonged on." The engine is in the
best possible condition but kept in re
serve for use only when the water
works get out of whack. There is no
possibility for Kinston's waterworks
getting out of whack, neerless to say.
It and theUwo-Jhorse wagon are kept
at City Hall, the ladder truck is tuck
ed away handily in a shed nearby,
and the one-horse wagon is installed
in a house in 'East Kinston. There
is rivalry between the two wagon com
panies of the friendly sort until it
comes down to a matter of prize mon
ey, when the competition is of exactly
the right kind.
The personnel is excellent The
members of both companies are picked
and there are not enough of them to
hamper the operation of the depart
ment when it gets on the job. Prompt
ness is the way the Kinston firemen
keep down the loss. The net loss in
12 months ending March 1 was $42.60.
Think of that town in a town of 12.000
people!
Why that record can't bejdub meetg and foOW8 the program
aj-tiiallnt Kv an r flar fnnrn in fTlA '
world. But,' then, there is only one
city of Kinston in the world. The rest
all have the "g" in. Kingston of some
thing more than a century ago got
sore at old King George and took the
g' out The fire loss of the last
fiscal year, including that covered by
insurance, was $3,882. And there Was
between three and four hundred thou
sand dollars', worth of property ac
tually at risk. . .
Chief Tom Moseley is a modern
methods (man, a hustling, bustling
youngster. He has had Kinston's lit
tle department equipped even with
life belts and scaling ladders, such as
are used by the pompiermen in the
metropolitan -I departments. And he
guarantees that if. necessary there
are the men at hand, trained and with
all the necessary courage, to use these
implements. Chief Moseley is a good
chief in many ways, especially in that
he refuses to let water be poured on
when it would ruin more property
than the fire it is intended to extin
guish. . .' ' . , '
THE CLUB AND SEMI- PUBLIC DOINS OF
KINSTON WOMEN, WHO ARE HOME-LOVING,
HOME-MAKING, ACTIVE, INSPIRING TYPE
Six Organizations, Including Three Literary, Two His
torical Societies and An Equal Suffrage League, Re
present the Club Activity of the City& -The Rosters
Contain the Names of the Most Prominent Women of
the State Membership, Work and Other Data
The women of Kinston are a home- study for the next year. .
loving and home-making type, but j The Book Lovers joined, the State
they nevertheless find time for club Federation of Women's Clubs last
work and for the common weal, and year. The officers for the current
are a very important part of the in-' year are: Mrs. E. G. Barrett, presi
spiration and activity of tho city, j dent; Mrs. C. W. Blanchard, vice-
There are three literary clubs. The j president; Mrs. R. E. Copeland( sec
Round Table, which was organized , retary, Mrs. C. F. Harvey, treasurer.
some seventeen years ago, and is the
mother club of the city; the Review
ers, which was organized in 1904, and
the Book Lovers, the youngest of the
trio, was organized in 1911. These
clubs were formed and are devoted to
the study of literature and the devel
opment of the culture, and social in
tercourse of their members. The his
torical societies are represented by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
organized in 1900, when the Memorial
Association was merged, and tho Co
lonial Dames. The Kinston Equal
Suffrage League is taking care of the
advocacy of women's rights.
The following short sket-iies o! the
several organizations will be of inter
est: THE ROUND TABLE.
The Round Table, a literary club,
composed of twelve members, is the
oldest of its kind, and having been or
ganized about seventeen years ago, is
the Mother Club of the city.
It's objects are literary, civic and
social, and its efforts have proved an
inspiration to njany, especially to the
students of the ninth, tenth and elev
enth grades of the city high school,
to whom a handsome medal is given
yearly for the highest average in
scholarship. .
The name, "Round Table," is taken
from Tennyson's immortal "King Ar
thur and His Round Table." As King
Arthur gathered his knights around"
him, inspiring them with high and
noble ideals, so the club's aim, thus
shown in, its motto:; "High Thought,
Amiable Words and Love of Truth,"
instills in its members a love of all
that is truest and best The follow
ing is the roster of the club: Mrs. J.
H. Griffith, president, Mrs. E. B.
Marston, vice-president; Miss Sarah
S. Shaw, secretary; Mrs. E. V, Webb,
treasurer; Mrs. C. F. Harvey, Mrs. J.
A, Long, Miss Mary E. Dodson, Mrs.
G. V. Cowper, Mrs. W. A. Mitchell,
Mrs. R. A. Whitaker, Mrs. J. M.
Parrott Mrs. C. A. Jeffress. Honor
ary Member, Mrs. W. E. Best.
THE REVIEWERS' CLUB.
The organization was perfected
early in October, 1904, with the ob
ject and purpose to maintain a high
standard of literary and social cul
ture. The charter members were Mes
dames Becton, Chadwick, Collins,
Hall, Hines, Fields, John, Midyette,
Rogers, Rouse and Taylor.
The plan of study adopted and re
ports of current events have proved
very satisfactory.
On Tuesday afternoon of each week
from Ontoher until earlv in Anril tlm
from the year book.
Members of the club at the pres
ent time are as follows: President,
Mrs. Bernard P. Smith; : Vice-Presi-
dent Mrs. R. L. Crisp; Secretary, Mrs.
Jnme P. Parrott M,d Ali,
J Jameg p Parrott. Mesdames Alice
R F HiU w T Hine8f g H
Isler, W. D. LaRoque, Jr., H. E.
Moseley, N. J. Rouse, J. F. Taylor,
E. T. Speed; Miss Hattie Parrott.
Honarary , Members Mrs. H . F.
Brown, Mrs. R, W. Wooten.
THE BOOKLOVERS' CLUB.
In 1911 the Book Lovers' Club was
organized for mutual literary assist-
: ance, exchange of modern fiction and
' social intercourse, and it is safe to
say that so far it has most worthily
filled its mission. Meetings are held
every two weeks from October till
March at the homes of the different
members. Writers of the " hour,
Southern literature, the Bay View
Course on Italy and Greece have prov
ed most helpful studies.
The Bay View Course on England,
Scotland and Ireland will be one
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES.
The Lenoir County Committee of
the Colonial Dames is comprised by
representative ladies of the city. Mrs.
W. T. Hines' is the chairman and Mrs.
C. F. Harvey, secretary.
The A. M. Waddell Chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
was organized in 1900. ; Its present
officers are: Mrs. E. B. Marston, pres
ident; Mrs. J. P. Taylor, vice-presi
Mrs. E. V. Webbj historian; Mrs. W.
D. LaRaque, registrar; Mrs. E. B.
Lewis,' treasurer; Mrs. Dan Quinerly,
corresponding secretary, and Mrs. J.
F. Parrott, recording secretary. It
has a large membership and ia one of
the most popular of the local women's
organizations. Mrs. C. P. Harvey is
leader of the junior chapter, tha
Winnie Davis Chapter, Children of
the Confederacy. . 1 '
SUFFRAGE LEAGUE.
The Kinston Equal Suffrage League
is a comparatively new, but very
much alive organization. Miss Sybil
Hyatt is the president and Miss Mil
dred McDaniel, secretary. ....
TO A BETTER EFFORT
The Better Made Path
Humanity - the Better
ucauci j. mua uic x cupic -t
Following HimThe Fac-.
WIJ . TTllll IMC , JJCLlCt
Product Has No Diffi-
VU1VJ 4VVUil A AM .wr
It is generally understood that it
was Emerson who said, "If a man
writ.A a Hetti!1 hnnlr. nrwipH fiAtta
sermon, or make a better mouse-trap :
than his neighbor, though he build
his house in the woods, the world will
make a beaten track to his door."
Well put is the truth the world
is seeking the better every day. Seek
ing It in every temporal need as well
as in every intellectual and spiritual
action and thought . There is earnest
search after better merchandise; bet-,
ter merchants. There is an universal
demand for better products, of fac
tory and of mill. The demand of the
age is quality.
Realizing the tendency for finer
goods throughout the country and in
addition with the purpose of supply
ing yarns of high grade to some of
its regular customers, the Kinston
Cotton Mills, progressive and aggres-
8ve Installed in 1914, a quantity of
very best make of combing ma-
J ehinery. and this machinery is just
now getting into operation, ims
work requires a special grade of eoU
ton and the same high grade of the
raw material is necessary for the
finer numbers of carded yarns.
The Kinston Cotton Mills, a truly;
Kinston . enterprise, was established
in J898 and enlarged in 1903 and
1908. At the present time the plant
represents an investment of $230,-
00- M- J- F- Tylof- trlsurr
of the company was the organizer
and has been constantly identified
with the business since the begin
ning. - - ,
- Recently the annual meting of tha
company was held and the reports
made to the stockholders by the man
agement show that notwithstanding
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DRAWING THE WORLD