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THE KINSTON FRE iss.--.: THE DAILY FREE PRESS H. Gait Braxton, Editor and Manager Published Erery Day Exeeot Sunday by tha Kinston Frca press Co- Inc.. Kinston, N. C Hubacription Kites I'syable In Advance: Ons Wosk $ .10 Three Months One Month .88 Six Months One Year 4.00 1.00 2.00 Communication! received and not published will not be returned unless stamps to cover postage accompany same. . NEW YORK OFFICE Metropolitan Building;, No. 1 Madison Avenue, Mr. Robert W. Sykes, Jr., in soie charge oa Eastern Department. Files of Free Press can be seen. Entered at the postofflce at Kinston. North Carolina, as second-class matter under act of Congress, March S, 1879. After Six P. M. subscribers are requested to call West ern Union and report failure to get the paper. A copy wi)l be sent promptly, if complaint is made dtafore Nina WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 116 The weather prognosticators predicted bad weather for January. So far. the prediction have failed of fulfill ment, but there is ample time yet to make good, and we would not therefore discount the work of the alleged au thorilies. "' V. v . ' ' :'. '" ... . ; ,' . ". Newt comes from Ayden that the new race track be ing kuiK there will be formally opened for the first matinee race tm January 14. The Ayden boosters and its live Chamber of Commerce are certainly keeping the little city . In tkW delight; C) v Five cases of smallpox discovered in one house on South Heritage . street , ie sufficient to warn those who have not been vaccinated that K is time to take that precaution since there are no quarantine regulations to .protect those who have' not beon rendered immune from the ditee.se. Secretary Daniels evidently does jot propose to have any State secrets leak out through' ill advised and Im promptu public utterances of men of his department. It Is reported from Washington that the edict has gone forth that no more public addresses shall be made by naval officers. .... Mr. Reader: JIave you noticed how tha Kinston mer chants, sdvertislng in The Free Press, have1 been express ing their appreciation for the good business accorded them during the year of 1915 1- It is interesting to note thst business was good and that the merchants are mindful of the opportunity to say "Thank you." Those two word should mean for Kinston merchants even a larger share of the patronage of the people hereabouts in 1918. "Keep Kinston Dollars in Kinston." AN ACTIVE REAL ESTATE MARKET IN KINSTON. ' . The number of transfers in Kinston and Lenoir prop erty for the month of December is an encouraging index, Tht: wore 09 warrantee deeds recorded and property, tliii' vonoiderstion : of which k approximately $140,000, chanjfod hands. Included In these transfers was a town lot :, whkh sold for $12,500 and one piece of ' property in the country for $11,448. December was probably the banner month for real es tate in the county, and whether thai was actually true , or not, K was a splendid record. There can be no more substantial evidence of the growth and prosperity of a community than an active real estate. body in this country, exc-pt perhaps some political as pirants. The Free Press understand that should Mr. Wiln consider Mr. Taft, a preat many Democrats would raiso u howl on the ground that there are too many deserving und qualified Democrats to appoint a Republican. The same cry was heard when Mr. Taft made his appoint ments but he did not hettl them. Mr. Taft is a man of wide judicial experience, temperament and u ra tions. His ability OS a jurist ha been attested in no better way than the good judgment displayed in bis ap pointments to the Supreme Court. President Wilson could do no better than to ignore party lines and tender the vacancy existing now on the Supreme Bench to Mr. William Howard Taft, former President of the United States. WHAT OTHERS SAY PROTECT. BABIES FROM , P LOADED GUNS. The story comes from Burlington of the killing of an 18-months'-old child, it being alleged that the infant played with' its father's gun during the absence of the other members of the family, amj is, supposed In some way the hammer was caught when the Innocent baby dragged the gun across 'the floor to to its destruction. The question arises in the minds of thinking people why parents are so careless as to leave a loaded gun in reach of their babies, who know nothing of the death-dealing danger of firearms. The carelessness and negligence in such instances borders close to, if in fact, it does not enter the realm of crime. " It makes no difference what the details of this and like tragedies are, those who are responsible should be impressed wfth the seriousness of such thoughtlessness. The Free Press believes that all parents should see to it that loaded guns are put entirely out of reach of the babies as well of all, minor and irre sponsible children. TOO LATE. Wilmington Dispatch: Represen- j ta'.ive Buchanan now comes forward with the statement that he will not I plead immunity to arrest because of I bis position as a member of Con K !!'.. That will help so far as ex ! pnlition of the ca-te goes, but, alas, ; it will hanily help Mr. Buchanan in ' the estimation of the people. He has already made a fool (if himself by pleading such immunity, on the start, j instead of standing up before tha I world and, along with his declara ! tiim of innorence asserting that he was ready and anxious to face his i accusers. WHY NOT MR, TAFT FOR THE SUPREME BENCH? - As usual, when a vacancy In the U. S. Supreme Court occurs, speculation as to the probable appointee is rife. Several members of President Wilson's cabinet are now mentioned in the Washington dispatches, and Solicitor General John W. Davis of West Virginia, is prominently talked as the successor to Associate Justice Joseph R. Lamar. The Free Press would like to nominate Mr, Taft Justice Lamar was an appointee of President Taft. He was a Democrat and accepted his office at the hands of a Republican President as did his associate on the bench, Judge Lurton. Mr. Taft looked above partisan party lines when casting about for jurists to fill the va cancies in the highest tribunal In the world. Mr. Taft's appointment to succeed Justice Lamar would be most fit ting and would meet the approval of practically every- INACTIVITY OF COMMISSIONERS REGRETTABLE. The Free Press is disappointed that the Board of County Commissioners could not see their way clear to appropriate the paltry sum of $150 to provide for medi cal inspection of the school children of Lenoir county. Such inspections hove been of great benefit wherever they have been made and are recommended and urged by the State Board of Health and other medical authori ties. As outlined in The Free Press Friday, Dr. G. M. Cooper, of the State Board of Health, came here last week and conferred with the school authorities and urged that the inspection be made. The Health Board was pre pared to send one of Hs expert field men to Lenoir about the middle of the month. The County Board of Educa tion, The Free Press is informed, acted favorably on the proposition and made an appropriation as well as pre senting the proposition to the Board of Commissioners at their regular monthly meeting Monday. The Board of Commissioners took the matter under advisement, but took no action, according to the clerk of the Board. This inactivity on the part of the Board with reference to a matter so vital is regrettable. Some months ago when the question of); a whole-time health officer was being agitated and considered in this district the matter was put vp to the Board of Commissioners to do their part but, so far as The Free Press is informed, the Board has never yet gone to record. , The unofficial reason, The Free Press is now informed, for the inaction of the Board on the proposition to have the school inspection, is lack of funds. The Free Press can hardly understand how such a reason con bs given, for the outlay required is a mere bnggatelle. The Board can find the money to build bridges, the absolute necessity for which at the present time is a't least a cause for difference of opinion, and to undertake other improvement work, but it does not appear that the mutter of public health bas any concern among the members of the Board, of Commissioners. The Free Press considers the plan of the State Board an ex cellent one and it believes that the County Board of Com missioners should have adopted it, " It still believes that the Board of Commissioners ought to provide the small sum asked, and put Lenoir county in the class of the progressive counties which have a car for their children. Without discounting any of the improvements being un dertaken in the county there is, none so important as the proper safeguarding of the health of the boys and girls and the conservation of their strength, for assum ing the responsibilities of citizenship In the future. . THE STATE'S YOUNGEST JUDGE Wilmington Star: "The Hon. Wal ter Parker Stacy, who took the oath of office in this city yesterday, is the youngest judge on the bench in North Carolina. He is 31 years of age, but his legal attainments, judi cial temperament, qualifying ability and exceptionable character led Gov ernor Craig to appoint him judge of the Eighth Judicial district to suc ceed Judge Rountrce, whose resigna tion took effect yesterday. As the worthy successor of an eminent pre decessor on the bench, Judge Stacy will honor the judiciary of the Stat a and wear the ermine unsullied in the discharge of his high duties in the courts of North Carolina. "John J. Furlong. J. P., adminis tered the scries of oaths necessary for North Carolina judicial officers 'to take, and Judge Stacy will hold his first, court at Warrenton, beginning JanJary 17. The administration of thu 'oath was informal, but a few friends were present to extend con gratulations to the new judge upon his Ne.w Year honor. He had been a member of the Wilmington bar only six years, and it is worthy of note that in so short a time any young lawyer should not only establish a fine reputation in his adopted com munity but should make for himself n name which ' Governor Craig re garded as fit to go alongside the eminent names which adorn the ju diciary roster of the great State of North Carolina. "Wilmington is not going out of r its way! iratulate Judge Stacy upon hllrerevarion to the bench, but the. felicitations all come because they have been won by a young law yer from a people among whom he came as a stranger, but a few years ago." We Are Agents for Sheaffer Self-filling Non-leaking FOUNTAIN PENS THE SATISFACTORY PEN Satisfaction Guaranteed or . money refunded, and no questions asked. Lenoir Drug Co. s On The Square I hone 114 Z. V. MOSELEY, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, Back of Lenoir Drug Company Office hears PHONES i I to 11 a. m Office, 7 I to 8 p. as Resides ee lis to p. a. N. J. Rouse, Edward M . 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