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HIE KINSTON FREE PRESS THE DAILY FREE PRESS H. Gait Braxton, Editor and Manager Pttblished Every Day Exceot Sunday by the Kinston Free Prcn Co, Inc., Kinston, N. C Bobseription Kati Om WMk $ .10 Om Month M On Year Payable la Advance: Three Monthi Six Months 14.00 1.00 2.00 Commonleations received and not published will not be returned nnleia stamps to cover postage accompany same. NEW YORK OFFICE Metropolitan Building, No. 1 Madiaoa Avenue, Mr. Robert W. Sykes, Jr., in sole charge of Eastern Department Files of Free Press can be seen. Entered at the postoflke at Kinston. North Carolina, as second-class matter under act of Congress, March 3, 182V After Six P. M. subscribers are requested to call West am Union and report failure to get the paper. A copy will be sent promptly, if complaint is made before Nine P. M without cost to subscriber, i MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1916 The French heavyweight champion, now at the front, and reported alive, continues to manifest his ability to atay in the ring. The submarine and big armament matters will not be y settled' until the commencement debaters turn their V guni loose on the momentous questions. Then it may be that solutions galore will be available. -.V" , A contemporary, wnose aubscnpxion price is 11.00 a year, advertises in a recent issue a special offer of the paper until January 1, 1917, for $1.00. We imagine the prospective subscribers will prefer to avail themselves of the regular offer' and get a full year. ' ' 'Aitij- ' W ' ' - ' The manner of the wardens of Sing Sing of late, when criminal is executed, looks very much Uko they were . running from their Job. We believe, however, that we would do likewise if we were in the warden's shoes, and we are very thankful that we are not. , Those who would have Mayor Woodward of Atlanta re ' called , lost out two to one. Woodward, in spite of his much alleged meanness, seems to have a strangle-hold on the electorate of the Georgia capital city,, and the op ponents have failed in every effort to break iU ' , France has ordered the commander of the cruiser Des- cartes to be less active in stopping American ships ply ing the South American and West Indies trade. This Over aealous lieutenant was forming ths habit of halting our ships and searching them for Germans.' We apprehend that France had visions that Admirals Fletcher or Mayo might happen along with one of the American dread naughti and escort the little cruiser into' some nearby harbor, for "safekeeping! if a check- were not put on its ' obnoxious activity, - : x -'4 ' -1 ' The Tar Heel folk, without regard to party affiliations are giving their endorsement to the efforts of the North Carolina congressional delegation in behalf of Judge WU 11am R. Allen of the State Supreme Court, for the vacan cy on the nation's highest tribunal. The Wake County Bar is reported to have given a unanimous endorsement, Republicans as well as Democrats joining in. That is as it should be. The Free Press is opposed to the principle of the spoils system and certainly when it would be ap plied to the appointment of members of the highest court in the land. Judge Allen would fill the place made va cant by the death of the distinguished Georgian, Justice Lamar, well and his friends are sanguine of his appoint- men. '-...- . That health campaign are effective it borne out most strikingly in the record of the work of the United States . Public Health Service in Orange county against typhoid fever. Special attention is being 'given to the eradica te tion of this terrible scourge In the rural districts of the country, and as a result of the activities in that particu lar community the past fiscal year, the number of cases was reduced from 69 to 17, as compared with the. previ- 'oue year. The Free Press believes that it .is worth while v tii mumri th Tmlitie mnnev whora nsulU of thai phar- acter are secured; arid it believes that a few hundred dollars expended in Lenoir county would be equally as productive of good results. The health experts say so at least ' , , THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE. " . 1 , ' Recorder Wooten, In his reply to the letter of inquiry addressed to him by the City Council, through lbs clerk, shows that he regards the letter as impertinent and in trusive of the rights of the court The Recorder ex pressly culls Council's attention to the fact that "Your Board should know that die Recorder's Court is a crea ture of legislative enactment, and is independent of all persona or municipal control." It is true that the court was lifted out of the control of petty politics and made responsible directly to the people; but just what the Re corder means by saying that the court is independent of all persons, The Free Press does .not know. If he intends to convey the impression that .the Recorder's Court is placed solely in the control of the 'presiding magistrate, and is responsible to one, we take Issue with him. Rr corder Wooten must not overlook the fact that the Leg islature is the creature of the people' that back of its enactments stand the people and that they have the righ' to know that their public servant are properly discharg ing their duties; and, further, that provisionals "made' for proper inquiry, when there is ground to suspect that such is not the case. Recorder Wooten says in closing his letter to the Council, "I have complied with your re quest, now give to me as a court, your reason for plying me with these insinuating and suggestive questions, thereby saving me as a court of making any further in quiry in order that the dignity and character of the court may not stand impeached in the eyes of the public." Again the Free Press doesn't know what the Recorder mesne by "further inquiry"; whether he desires to con vey the impression that the Council was prompted by ul terior motives and that his "further inquiry" will have to do with that phase or whether he would really conduct such an investigation as would dig into each and every record of each and every case, tried before the court since its inception, and thus clear its record of the imputations that have been made, is not clear. The Free Press knows that there has been a great deal of complaint about the apparently 'excessive fee taxing; and of other matters pertaining tj the court The editor of The Free Press, in 'a friendly conversation called the Recorder atten tion to these complaints Jast year, prior to the first criti cism of this paper of the' taxing of jury and solicitor fees. The Recorder then agreed with the editor that steps should be taken to throw the light on the operation of the court, so that it would not be brought into dis repute. If the Recorder intends to convey the idea that he would turn on the light and let all details and records b e known of all men, The FreePress would unquestion ably urge that he not waver in; his purpose, and that re gardness of what reply the Council should make, ttia? he arrange in the proper way for an exhaustive ; inquiry, which will either clear the record of the court from the near i opprobrium of 'public opinion, or convict it," nd thereby set in' motion the purging of the court of those things that ought not so to be. ' The "Free Press has been interested in the success of the court, and it has always given to Recorder Wooten, Its support in his efforts to uphold the law. It will continue to da so. The Free Press doesn't believe that all the crit ics "of the court have been inspired by ulterior or repre hensible motives, It is true that there may be some in league with the law violators who have undertaken to line up against the court that is but natural. There Is, however,' In tho minds of the best element of Kinston's citizenry a, doubt as to the court's success and the 'Re corder Will do well to 'turn on the light" , The people have tho right to know the full facts and those in charge of the court, and who are responsible for Its .proper conduct, have the right to be judged by the full facts! ' . . WHAT OTHERS SAY, WE'RE NOT SO SURE ABOUT IT; Raleigh Times: "The twentieth high school for North Carolina baa been authorized to be erected at Pink Hill. More fresh meat for the Raleigh highs." CAN BLAME IT FOR THE WAR. Charlotte Observer: "The Newton Enterprise pointedly notes that the ;ontinued announcement of volunteer raise in wages of cotton and woolen mill employes as well as of those in railroad and other industrial enter prises, is rather unwelcome to "poli ticians of the party whose only idea and asset has been high tariff as a protection! home busines sand la bor." It is a fact, as remarked by he Enterprise, that 'it is very dis roncerting that this election year is opening with wages going up in al most every line of manufacture., and business the best it has been in a de jade, and all under a Democratic ad ministration and a low tariff law.- It i a complete - fulfillment of Demo cratic promises and predictions." But f '.hen next year they can be blaming the Democratic party for the Euro pean war." AGRICULTURAL to a Says the Raleigh News and Observer in regard recent ' paragraph appearing in these columns: "The Kinston Free Press is in error. In com menting on the fact that the1 famous mule Maud ' is dead at Petersburg. Indiana, at the age of 42, that paper announces that it is 'glad to know that the old problem of 'How old is Maud?' has been settled at last. The trouble is about Anne's age, and not Maud's, the question being: 'How old is Anne?' 'We are surprised that Friend Brit ton should have confused the age of Anne with that of Maud. For often have we had occasion to note the propounding of the conundrum, "How old was Maud!" and as a basis for answering, the ability of the hybrid to use her "nether" limbs in offensive tactics has frequently been submitted. Volunteer Crop Reporters. " Nearly 150,000 volunteer crop re porters and special correspondents are now aiding the Bureau of Crop. Estimates of the department, says ;he Weekly News Letter 'of the Unit 3d States Department- of Agricul ture, in the preparation of its estim ates of crops and live-stock produc tion of the country, according to the annual report of the bureau which has just been issued. The actual number of these volunteer assistants is.,H7,a27. In addition, there are 151 paid employes in the service of the bureau. ' The total appropriation for the work for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, was $275,580. , The bureau has' enlarged its work during thoracal year by assigning one of its employes to the work of investigating truck crops. The crops for which acreage estimates were un dertaken by this specialist includo watermelons, cantaloupes, cabbages, onions, early potatoes, tomatoes and strawberries. Other crops are to be added as the work progresses. A Hint to the; Farmer. , Do not neglect to plow a fire guard around your buildings and see that it is kept free from weeds and gras ses, is advice from the State Insur ance Department; By using this pre caution you may save a preventable loss. v . . . Allow no one to smoke around your buildings. ; ; - j . Do you not know that the fire waste throughout the country has reached a proportion that the people should unite and give some attention to fire prevention and thus lessen the loss ? Cleanliness and reduction of the fire waste will bring results; won't you try and help and also get your neighbors interested ? , REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF '"V-'Y the"'';Y;;, ;:''V:. Farmers and Merchants Bank, AT KINSTON, N. CV At the close of business lec. 31, 1913 RESOURCES. Loans anil Discounts - fX5.G09.58 Ovirdrafts, Vcb:U llankinir House, f 1 4,514.05; Furni- . ture, Kixtnics, t3,.SI057 17,MS0 82 Due from National liauks -IS. 192.01 CukIi Items, 1.4413.45 (iol.ll'oii). 2.HKU0 Silver Coin, l,71.fWX National liurik and other U. S. Notes, 9,019.00 fJJOtf, 401.45 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock. Paid in f 25,000.00 urp;us Fund 10,000.00 Undivided Profits, less current expenMes and taxes paid, 3,259.79 Dividends unpaid 2,600.00 Deposits subject to check, 160,473.76 Demand Certificates of Deposit 55,812.53 Savings Deposits 32,7 M.21 Due 10 Hanks sod Bankers 5,853.39 Cashier's Checks Outstanding, 755.77 Money Borrowed for Ileal ' ' Estate 10,000.00 ' ' 1306,401 .45 Stats or Norn-it Cakousa, I County of Lenoir I I, L. J. Mewborne, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of mv knowtadire and belief. L. J. Mkwboknk, Cashier, Subscribed and bworo to before me this 8th dov of Jan . 1918 T. V. Moseley, Notary Public, My commission expires Dec. is, mo, i rreci aiiesi: C. Oettinger, 44. V. t'owper Chas. F. Harvey. THANK mlJ 3a -h We wish to thank our frierjisi J most heartily for the liberal 7. patronage we received dur ing the year 1915, and to"" sincerely wish them ; a j'-os r c Lynch Jewelry. Go. CASTORIA For Infant! iad Cbildrea In Use For Over 30 Years Always beax4 tbe Signature of Invigorating to tho Palo and Sickly The Old Standard grncral at) nirthnlnf tonic, GROVK'S TASTKLK38 chill TONIC drtvca cat Malaria.enrichei the blood.nd buildinD the ten. A true tonic. For adclu sad chUdrea. Sue LAND SALE BY COMMISSIONER Under and by virtue of tbe author ity, of a certain order made by the Superior Court of Lenoir County, in a certain special proceeding entitled "In the matter of John R. Wooten, Administrator of J. D. Isler, deceas ed. Ava Isler, widow of the said J. D. Isler, deceased, and .Maude Shaw and husband, Asron Shaw," the un dereiyned Commissioner of Court will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash at the Court House door in Kinston, N. C., on Tuesday, February 8th, 1916, at about 12 o'clock M., the following described lands which are situated in Lenoir County, N. C, and are more particularly v described as follows: . .. , . First Tract; Adjoining the lands of John S. Bizzell, Dempsey Wood, and C. P. Barrow and others, bound ed as follows, Beginning at John S. Bizzcll's corner on Caswell and Rail road Streets and' running with said street 47 feet to Dempsey Wood's corner, and thence with said Wood's line 85 feet to C P. Barrow's line, and thence with the said C P. Bar row's line 47 feet to the said John S. Bizzell's backcorner and thence with his line to the beginning, containing 1 1-6 of an acre, being that conveyed to J. D. Isler, by W. T. Best and wife, by deed dated January 1st, 1883, and appearing of record in the office of the Register, of Deeds for Lenoir County, in Book 6, page 415. Second Tract: Adjoining the lands of .Noah Rouse, J. J. Herring, Jr., and Fannie Smith and others, bounded as follows: On the North fry the lands of Fannie Smith, on the South by the lands of Noah , Rouse, East by the lands of .Noah Rouse, West by .the lands of J. J. Herring, Jr., tbe same being the share of N. H. Field's in the division of Henry Fields estate, the said N. H. Field's father, said to contain 22 1-2 acres more or lees, and being that tract of land convey ed by R. M. Harper to J. D. Isler (Daniel), by deed dated February I, 1895. and appearing of record in the office of the Register of Deeds of Le noir County, in Book 18 at page 149. , Said sale is made to make assets in settlement of the estate of J, D. Is ler, deceased. ' ", ' '. . : 1. The first tract of land mentioned will be sold first and the second tract sold if necessary. : ; This 6th day of January, 1916. J. O. DAWSON, Commissioner, of Court , : Jan. 7, 10, 17, 24, 31; Feb 7 NORTH CAROLINA LENOIR CO. Having qualified as the executor of the last will and Testament of Martha J. Herring, deceased, this is to notify all parties owing the estate to make immediate payment, and all persona, holding claims against the said estate to present somo to the un? dersigned on or before the 27th day of December, 1916, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. , . This Dec. 27, 1915. '- . . . JOHN FOSS, Executor of 1he Last Will and Tes ' tament of Martha J. Henny, - : Deceased. Shaw & Powers, Attorneys. '" 12-30 1-3-10-17-24-31 Joseph Dawson J. Frank Wooten DAWSON & WOOTEN, Attorneys at Law, . Practice Wherever Service Desired ' E. R. Wooten's Former Office, ' ..for,....,, Sheaffer Self-filling Non-leaking FOUN f Allll PNS THE SffiSFicW Pfl, Satisfaction Guaranteed or money refunded, ajw, no " questions askedJ' v Lenoir Drug Co. On The Square rhoneliiw DR. O. L. WILSON DENTIST Oflee Over J. E. Hooi ft CCt ' , Store. Dr. Albert D. Parrot Physician and Surgeon Kinston, N. C. Offict!BKkfHooJ't Dwg Store LUNSFORD ABBOTT, D. O, OatMpathlc Pbyaklaa Caetalri, Next Door to Dixie, rhone 679-J. DR. F. FITTS, i ' -- , . Osteopath, . , Upatalra, Next Door to Postoffice. ' EXAMINATION. FREE. Phones: " Office-89.-: ; Reew523 DR. DAN W. PARBOTT DENTIST- ' Specialty Crown and Bridge . Work Office over' Cot Mill office 4 Z. V. MOSELEY, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, Back of Lenoir Drug Company Office hours PHONES; t to 11 a. m ; Office. 4,1 to p. m ". Besideacelili l to p. m. If. J. soes, Edward M . Land Uaatea, N. C. Ctoldsboro, N. C. ROUSE & LAND ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Offices: Klastoa, N. C, Goldsboro, N. C : IIS-S04 Bordea Boildiaf. . We have up-to-date equip ment . of pneumatic , tools, insuring quick service and first class work. SvO us for your needs,; Our pric es are right, consistent with the good work that we do. " ' IllNST0N' WtWE MESSENGER y , ;;fS YOOMAfVASMYSoirr . 0RT OF I TH6 6 rVHAT I CALL HAVEN$ - WHaT . iFiTWM'T I ' I'M So etAp YoOR SERVANT I S -JT! WANT YOOTO ESCORfW cSSrZ XJ&gJS? S? S?f CZ J ciS.R&CE ' V " SJcK iRSt) " f Jvnv TS tort So V BEACH AWO Loon QFTEft CHAP OF Hf? O 5WP 6 6fiEHf7: NOODLE 7 1 IBWri V VLL LoOK j s ! f
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