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THURSDAY, JANUAST 17, i91
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HIE KINSTON FREE PRESS
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THE DAILY FREE PRESS
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THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1916
The Colonel is aeemingly unable to get the stand-pat-tera
to atand pat on any get-together proposition which
will insure him the nomination of the "fusion" thii sum
mer. a ' i.
Wonder if the committee, which arranged the program
for tha State Foreetry meeting in New Bern meant any
thing personal to Brit ton in not advertising the oyster
roast which followed the illustrated lecture Tuesday
night? ' t
The proposed taxation of mail order houses should
meet with the approval of every community in the United
States. A levy so large aa to, prevent the mail order
octopus from grinding tha life out of the email local mer
chant should he welcomed.
The fact that Mrs. Wileon ii advertising her Washing
ton home for aala ia indicative that she has confidence
that tha President will either continue to occupy the
White House for another term or that they do not pro
pose to make Washington their home when hia tenure
of office shall be at an end.
a
, The Greensboro Record had better be careful about
criticising the claims of aome of the towns of the State
with reference to their population or else somebody will
Ije unkind enough to remind the Record of Greensboro's
forty thousand claim a few years ago when in reality she
only had about fifteen.
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SHUNNING THE VERY
APPEARANCE OF. EVIL.
Technical delays and obstruction! in the operation of
the law are unquestionably responsible for 4he commie
aion of much crime, Where justice is speedily meted out
in punishment of offenses the tendency to repetition is
not so evident. It ie well enough for the lawyers, judges
and the people to discuss and endeavor to remove tha
obstacles and Iniure quicker trials and leu red tape, but
on the other hand there ii no good reason why such
faults of the law'a operation should be made the acape
goat for mob action. It la more deplorable when a com
munity suffers tha shame of a lynching that ita repre
aentativa citliens should endeavor to condone the action
of the mob and justify it on any ground. Certainly when
lending lawyer and the Chief Justice of the State join
In such attempts at Justification the situation is bad. The
lawless become hold in the assumption that their acts
are excused by influential men.
It is so easy for the attitude of a man in hitch position
to be misunderstood when he undertakes to give any
latitude or make any justification for the law's violation
that auch men should refrain from giving public ex
pression to views which may have the "appearance of
evil."
The Free Press. Parents are quite careless and fre
quently children are sent to school when their brothers
or sisters are suffering from some contagious disease.
Not only Is this the case, but they are permitted to min
gle freely on the streets, in the moving pictures and
other gathering places. Regardless of the existence of
the law. H is natural to suppose that parents would have
that fellow-feeling for their neighbors' children to want
to protect them in every way that they could. That dis
position is not always in evidence, unfortunately. Wheth
er it is due to thoughtlessness or to a lack of considera
tion, or utter disregard for the welfare of others, we
know not.
. The law is being published at the request of Superin
tendent Caldwell, who desires to emphasize its existence
and importance. The Free Press would much prefer em
phasizing the moral responsibility that rests upon every
citizen who is exposed to infectious disease, and who is
conscious of that fact, rather than the legal responsibil
ity. It may be well enough to lay stress upon both.
Certainly, those who do not recognize their moral res
ponsibility should take warning that they are subject to
prosecution and conviction on a misdemeanor charge
when they .violate the provisions of the law and send their
children, who have been exposed, to endanger the lives
flf hundreds of their schoolmates.
WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY LIES.
Elsewhere In today's paper is published a city ordi
nance enacted by Council in March, 1914, which makes it
a misdemeanor for any parent or guardian of a child
within the city school district to knowingly send or per
mit the child to go to the public schools when euch child
has been exposed to any contagious disease. The ordi
nance makea it mandatory upon the superintendent to
exclude all children who have been exposed until they
can present a certificate from a practicing physician that
all danger of contagion is over. ...t-
This ordinance is not being aa carefully observed as it
ehould be, according to the information which comes to
"PEJf&ONAL USE" PLAN
HAZARDOUS.
That- there are cases where it is impractical for an
arresting officer to first get a warrant before detaining a
suspected person was well emphasized by Judge Oliver
Allen in the Superior Court Tuesday afternoon. He was
commenting upon the remarks of Judge Connor, when
the latter criticized the police officials here and in general
at the December term of court. At that time Judge Con
nor rather took to task the officers for their apparent
over-zealousneas in apprehending violators of the anti
liquor laws in that they were put under arrest when
alighting from the trains from Virginia and other sup
ply points without process of warrant At the same
time, Judge Connor took occasion to define the quart law.
giving it as his interpretation that the statute did not
prohibit a citizen from bringing in his personal baggage,
any quantity of liquor.
Unfortunately, .this declaration of Judge Connor was
taken by many of those prone to violate the law as a
license, and ithe number wending their way to Virginia
points prior to Christmas waa noticeably increased.
Judge Allen supports the opinion of Judge Connor with
reference to the quantity of liquor, but lays particular
emphasis upon the fact that any citizen bringing in more
than the prescribed amount takes the risk of having to
explain Judge Allen pointed out to the officers that
when ihey were satisfied in their own minds and from
the general reputation of the suspected person that liquor
was being brought into the State for illegal purposes
that they were not running, in his opinion, much risk in
detaining such suspected persons, even though they had
not bcef vested with the authority of a warrant for the
arrest.
The Free Press has before pointed out that there was
little dsfngcr of a reputable and law-abiding citizen being
held ujj by the officers without due process of law. 'and
this paper has endeavored to impress upon the public the
fact that Judge Connor did not intend to let down the
bars, so to speak, and convey the impression that the
intent of the prohibition law could be evaded on any "for
personal use" grounds. This law, as other laws, gives
the defendant the benefit of the doubt and places the re
sponsibility upon the prosecution for making out the
case. At the same time, there are, Tho Free Press be
lieves, few if any juries in this State which will be mis
led by any such claims when they are made by those of
bad repute, and of known tendency to violate these statutes.
The liquor laws are strong enough and the would-be
violators might as well take into consideration a road
sentence when they plot and plan to get by on any pre
text. Very fortunately, the courts are evidencing their
determination to enforce the law, and the work sentence
is becoming more general in cases of convictions.
WHAT OTHERS SAY
PRESIDENT IS CAPABLE.
Greensboro Daily News: "A serious task for the Pres
ident, if he intends to meet Mr. Bryan on his own ground
trround which the latter has been industriously culti
vating for twenty years."
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WHAT OTHERS SAY
THE MILLS OF THE LAW.
Raleigh Time: "While the public
mind is more than usually interested
in the general subject of enforce
ment of the law and its organized
rVmidiation as illustrated by the
Goldsboro lynching, it might be of
Interest to take note of the industry
with which our esteemed North Car
olina Legislature proceeds to give us
laws to break.
"In an authoritative compilation of
such figures, we find, for instance,
that in the year 1915, North Caroli
na waa, as usual, at the "head of the
table." evn in the matter of laws
passed. In that year, the gathering
af State law-tinkers at Raleigh foist
ed upon us at great expense no less
than- 1.498 statutes.
"In the same year the next high
est competitor in law carpentry was
Pennsylvania, with 1,003 laws, while
other States ran far bnhind. with on
ly four, three and sometimes two
hundred laws to show for their la
bors. "The average North Carolinian
would be hard put to it to name ten
of the goodly company of fourteen
hundred of statutes of all kinds which
the Legislature spent two very busy
months wrangling over. Yet in all
probability he breaks one or two of
them as regularly as he cracks an
egg.
"Whatever may be the solution of
the serious question of the number
of murderers who exercise a lust for
killing and then 'come cleau'; what
we shall do best to discourage the
spirit of mcib violence; where shall be
found the necessary point of educa
tional attack in the interest of effect
ive law administration, one thing is
certain, and that is that we are not
going to secure additional respect
for laws that are in the way of being
violated by the foolish expedient of
putting out a flood of new laws to
suffer the same fate."
Children dry
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It is pleasant to the taste.
It relieves fatigue.
It Is gently stimulating.
It is very refreshing.
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SHERIFFS SALE.
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By virtue of the MoJe! rw'
Drainage District' Assessment roII
ixo- w -rvi county, in my hand,
for collection for tl year 191ft m
m oeiami n me payment accordim '
u mo provisions oi me existing bjW
I have levied on the lan .,.
lowing named persons, ar.diWill Kn
me same ai me courthouse door k 1
Kinston, N. O, at 12 o'clock, on M
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day, the 21st day of ' Ftobruary I9ljl
io sausiy saia assessments and cosU !
on same. 1 '
Cobb, Stephen, 58 acres,. Lena
county, 12.65, $45.14.
Hargett, Joe, 8 acres, Lenoir- coos.
ty, 2.55, $5.63.
.x Kilpatrick, Lewis, 4 acres, Ltnofc
county. $2.55, $4.08, tt.r,J
Spivey, Moses, 305 acres, Lenoir'
county, $2.55, $246.14.
Tilman Joe, 70 acres, Xeneir coi2
tv. $2.55. 171 r.n
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Tilman, Alex., 15 acres, Lenoir1
county. $2.E5, $8.29.
Thomas, Caroline,' 6 acres, Lenoir
county, $2.55, $4.85. ,
R. B. LANE,
Sheriff Craven County.
1-18-Dly, 30days
Call For It.
INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS
C. OETTINGER, Manager
Kinston Insurance & Realty Co.
Telephone No 182 (Next to Postoffice)
Joseph Dawson J. Frank Wooten
DAWSON & WOOTEN,
Attorneys at Law,
Practice Wherever Service Desired
E. R. Wooten'a Former Office.
Dr. Albert D. Parrot
Physician and Surgeon
Kimlon, N. C.
Office fBacJi of Hood's Drug Stote
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for
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r hone 114.-
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Merchants Nat '1 Bank
AYDEN, N. C.
We will move into our new
banking house about Feb. 1st
Any inquiries relative to lo
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answered promptly.
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R. C. CANNON & SONS,
General
Merchandise
AYDEN, N. C
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THE LI VEST LITTLE TOWN IN NORTH
CAROLINA. WRITE TO SECRETARY OF
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR DATA.
M. M. SAULS,
Pharmacist
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customers on any
rural route. '
POST your order to us
and we will fill
it hy mail, direct
to your door.
W. E. HOOKS,
GENERAL INSURANCE,
COTTON,
FERTILIZERS.
Telephone No, 37.
AYDEN, N. C.
THE AYDEN
FURNITURE COMPANY,
A Full Line of High Class
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
and every piece guaranteed to
be just as represented.
LET USERVE YOU.
AYDEN, N. C.
T. J. VVORTHINGTON
AND SONS,
General
Merchandise,
AYDEN, N. C.
'The Store of Quality"
J. J. EDWARDS & SOti,
Dealers In
General
Merchandise
AYDEN, N. C.
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