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FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 191
Here 'a a word of ithanks for the departure of the un
welcome "blixzardy" temperature of the first part of the
week and an expression of sincere hope that should a re
turn engagement be contemplated, the occasion not be so
: suddenly thrust upon us aa was the case Sunday afternoon.
TLe Spring Hope farmer convicted at Rocky Mount
for having eighteen gallons of liquor in his possession
and let off with a fine of twenty-flve dollars, and who
appealed because hit liquor waa confiscated, should count
himself lucky that ha himself waa not "confiscated," and
required ito do about six months time for the county as
he may have to do when the Superior Court geta through
with hia case.
Our idea of a real diplomat ia the Detroit automobile
manufacturer who, when approached by a young woman
reporter and asked the privilege of inspecting hia plant,
V replied that "a viait-of a pretty girl to the worka would
' mean a loss of a thousand dollars to him because of the
interruption of tha employes who would perforce have to
look at her.'' Moat aauredly a turndown with no bitter
taste.
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We are indeed glad to know that Grand Duke Nlcho
las, Russia' great military chieftain, haa regained hia
, place in the hearts of the people fcy demonstrating hit
military prowess in tha capture of tho atrong Turkish
fort at ErserunwA It ia aurely to be hoped, too, that the
fall, of this stronghold of the heathen Turk will mean
and other Christiana who are being persecuted and
Icing alaaghtered by the bloodthirsty Mohammedans.
THE MAGIC STORY OF
TEMPERANCE. t
It ia magic story which telle the history of the pro
hibition movement. The progress that has been made
of recent years is truly remarkable.. For a long time
it appeared that the liquor fatlinga had an tinderhold
which could not be broken, despite any and all efforts
of the temperance forces. This hold fortunately haa
been broken at last, never again to renew Ita grip upon
the American Nation. The day haa come when no long
er can the liquor traffic count upon the support which
the lice rate and taxing system of the American Govern
ment fostered. The death knell of the liquor evil is ra
pidly and surely being Bounded. The handwriting is
upon the wall, and the liquor interests are beginning to
interpret it and are recognizing with each advance of
the army of temperance andimorality that they now
stand upon but one peg, ami their only hope is to retard,
not atop, the progress of the temperance wave.
Those who had ithe pleasure -of hearing Hon. Ram
Small m Kinston Wednesday night coafd not help but be
impressed with the experiences related by him, recount
ing as he did the many hardships and vicissitudes, which
have been encountered in the days that are gone, by those
you have fought for temperance. It is well, too, that
the fight has been a hard one, and that the wave of pro
hibition has not come about in any sentimental or molly
coddle fashion, but on the other hand, that the victories
now crowning the fight against the liquor evil are but
tho result of the courageous and heroic stand of the
forces of righteousness.
Mr. Small confidently predicrts the consummate success
of the fight with the vote taken on the proposed consti
tutional amendment in Congress at the present session.
Whether a favorable vote can be had ait this time, or no,
remains to be seen, but to be sure, the question has be
come a very interesting one, and ia recognized as such
by every memebr of Congress. It is no longer regarded
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as a lanaTlClSm OI women anu iiremircui uut mo u..-
mate extermination of (the liquor evil is now recognized
by opponent, as well as adherents of prohibition. Has
ten tho day!
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WHAT OTHERS SAY
POPULAR SUBSCRIPTIONS NOT NEEDED
Hickory Record: "In returning ten centa to Marjorie
Sterrett, the Brooklyn girl who inaugurated a nation
wide campaign to build a battleship with dime contri
butions, Secretary Daniels might have wounded the little
girl's feelings, but he could have taken no other course.
It would have required over hundred million contribu
tions to pay for a battleship, ami the probabilities are
that tho treasury department would have received some
thing like $1,064. The country does not need private do
nations, and it is the duty of all the people to support the
government by taxation."
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
. Notice is hereby given that the
partnership heretofore existing be
tween the undersigned H. F. Stall
inga and E. V. Ferrell, as Stalling
Ferrell, and also as the Grand The
atre haa this day been by mutual
consent dissolved, the said E. V. Fer
rell having disposed of his interest
to Plato Collins, who assumes all ob
ligations of the said E; V. Ferrell in
cident to the said business, and who
takes over all amounts due said busi
ness belonging to the said E. V. Fer
rell. All accounts and obligations
due the said business may be paid as
heretofore, to the new firm compos
ed of II. F. Stallings and Plato Col
lins. This 9th day of February, 191(5. -H.
F. STALLINGS
El V. FERRELL
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BLACK tge
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualfied as administrator of
the estate of Mrs. Hattie F. Bunn
deceased, late of Lenoir County
Norht Carolina, this is to notify all
persons having claims against the
estate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned at Kinston,
on or before December 24th, 1916, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery All persons indebted
to 'said estate will please make im
mediate payment
This December 21, 1915.
JOHN RAY CROOM,
Administrator of the Estate of Mrs.
Hattie F. Bunn.
Unquestionably, tha attack made on Joseph McLaw
fcorn, the Pitt County Superintendent of Roads, by a con
vict, was a dastardly deed, and the apprehension of the
culprit should be effected before there is any let-up on
the part of the officers. This man should be given a quick
trial and punishment should be meted out to his accom
plices, if it Is proven that hia attack waa the outcome, of
the conspiracy which it Is intimated in the news dls
patches, Tha Free Press hopes that! the posse of citi
tens assisting the officers in running down the escaped
conviola, will not attempt to tako the law, into their own
hands. Let the properly constituted courts handle the
matter. One lynching ia more than sufficient for this sec
tion, v ' '
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"STATES' RIGHTS" SMALL.
- 1 oi.'M ion. Lecturer Sam Small hit the Tar Heel mem-liei-s
of Congress opposing national prohibition on the
ground that it violates States' Rights, when he called at
trition to the fact that North Carolina had excrefsed Its
right as one of the Original Thirteen States, and failed to
r: ify the Constitution, being one of two of the original
Commonwealths to decline to send a representative to
the Constitutional Convention, and having no part in
the election or inauguration of George Washington. It
whs later he pointed out that North Carolina voted to
come into the Union, and In doing eo, ratified the Con
etltutian with that provision in it, which requires the
submission of any amendment, and a favorable vote of
three-fourths of the States before such amendments be
corr.tf a part of the Constitution. Incidentally, i might
b said he enlightened the majority of his hear., .a
poiirta of hiirtory. on which they were either never ac
quainted or bad forgotten.
TEXAS SENTIMENT
Charlotte Observer: "The Galveston News recently
undertook to sound Texas sentiment on the matter of
preparedness. ' For several days The News printed on
its first page a brief invitation to its readers that they
write it posit cards saying whether they are for or against I day, the 21st day of February, 1916,
the President in the stand he has taken in this matter to satisfy said assessments and costs
The Charleston News and Courier, that has had access to I on same.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of the Mosley Creek
Drainage District Assessment Roll.
No. 2, of Craven county, in my hands
for collection for the year 1916, and
in default in the payment according
to the provisions of the existing law.
I have levied on the land
lowing named persons, and will sell
the same at the courthouse door in
Kinston, N. C, at 12 o'clock, on Mon-
The News' report, says that out of a total of 9,498 votes
received in the course of a few days, the results on Fri
day night stood: for preparedness 8,946, against pre
paredness W2. The letters and cards came from all
parts of Texas and also from Louisiana, Oklahoma and
New Mexico. They came also from all kinds of people,
farmers, clergymen, merchants, teachers, bankers, black
smiths, carpenters, stockmen, doctors and lawyers and
the chorus was overwhelming in its support of the Presi
dent and its outspoken warning to those Texas Con
gressmen who are opposing him. Our Charleston con
temporary also gives us a summary of Tho News' edi
torial remarks. That paper says it has ait no time doubt
ed that the majority of the people of Texas were in sym
pa thy with the very moderate proposals for the enlarge
ment of the Army and Navy submitted by Mr. Wilson,
but admits "having been surprised, to characterize the
amotion mildly, by both -the intensiveness and extensive.
ne.ts of this feeling, as it has been disclosed by the post-
ca d poll The News has been taking." "Offering no
more than a bare invitation to its readers to express
themselves, and doing nothing to urge them in respond-
in?, The News," it says, "has been deluged by the ac
ceptance of its invitation.
Cobb, Stephen, 58 acres, Lenoir
county, $2.55, $45.14.
Hargett, Joe, 8 acres, Lenoir coun
ty, $2.55, $5.63.
Kilpatrick, Lewis, 4 acres, Lenoir
county, $2.55, $4.08.
Spivey, Moses, 30fl acres, Lenoir
county, $2.55, $246.14.
Tilman Joe, 70 acres, Lenoir coun
ty, $2.55, $71.60.
Tilman, Alex., 15 acres, Lenoir
:ount-. $2.56, $8.29.
Thomas, Caroline, 6 acres, Lenoir
county, $2.55, $4.85.
R. B. LANE,
Sheriff Craven County.
NOTICE OF SALE.
Whereas, default having been
made in the payments as provided in
a certain bond for title executed by
the undersigned on the . day of
January, 1908, to John Ruffin, and
also, a certain other bond for title
Indeed the acceptance has i executed by the undersigned on the
be'n so overwhelming as to make such demands on its I day of June, 1911, and deliver-
space aa would, had it been foreseen, have deterred it. ed to John Ruflln, the undersigned
If the extent and liveliness of the interest which have wlU expose for sale at public aue
been shown are something of a revelation, the preponder
ance of the sentiment favorable to the President's pro
posals has been much greater than we had imagined pos
sible."
: AGRICULTURAL
THE POTASH SITUATION.
t By A. M. SeuW
F.oiighly speaking, tha United
fi :at has imported annually . from
O-nr.any something over 900,000 tons
of potash. Quite one-half of this
quantity was ia the form of kakiit.
and more than one-f mirth in the
form ef muriate. As a result of the
embargo placed on theexp'ortaiHan of
potssh by the German government,
it has been impossible to obtain any
ef this material in considerable quan
tity for some months past Hence,
tho farmers of the South who bar
ttn itlie chief tjsera of potash for
f -'.cj! -d purposes are facer' to
' H the problem ef railing an--f
p viAoat being-able to ob
tain any of this material from the
source on which they hav previous
ly depended. It has been said that
potash could be obtained f roc local
sources to a considerable . extent,
which is true, and naturally all of
these sources ahould ba utilised in eo
far as practical, but the demand for
potash in commerce ia so great that
the price of the product available
from most source has reahde a pro
hibitive figure ao far as the farmer
is concerned.
Patahh In Ctto Seed Meal
Must the farmer, therefore, at
tempi to raise his crops without any
potash whatsoever during the pres
ent year, or are there some, local
supplies on which be can depend
with advantage ami profit T A re
view of the situation shows that
thcr Is som potash In (tobacco stems
and, of course, wood ashes contain a
small amount of this material.' . Ne
doubt, farmers will ' gladly utiUse 1
tion to the highest bidder for cash,
at the Courthouse door in Kinston,
N. C, on
MONDAY. MARCH 20, 1916
oeiween. noon and l o'clock p. m.
the following described tracts
these sources of supply in ao far as of jam, situate , t- , - Kin
ston, N. C, on the south side of Lin
coln street and described as follows:
First Tract Beginning at a. stake
120 feet east of Trianon street and
they can. In additional there ia the
potash contained in cotton seed
meal, a product manufactured in
large quantities in every Southern
State, and which contains riot only a
large amount of nitrogen and a fair
"mount of phosphoric acid, but a very
considerable amount of potash as
will. On this account eotton aeed
runs about south parallel with Tri
anon street about 123 feet to a stake,
then about east parallel with Lincoln
street about '40 feet, then about
north narallel with flrat. lino fa T in.
meal becomes exceedingly valuable I eoja treet 40 feet beemninj.
Second Tntl-tArlininin.-, tha fnrl
irg constituent the present year, for -v..., , , . . . .
.. , .... 4v i . 0!nS described tract and beginning
it is a well-known fact that many of , , .,.v. Sn . , Z.
.1. -i i .1 c a a t . x . 80 fe e,st f Trianon
the soils in the South Atlantic tSates , . , - , . t
- 1 1 iV! i I U-
u Tt Z . n W"C"' 17 t0 a lMut t parallel
MH " tSZS Tht HV-Ui. bt. 40 feet, then
- """'u" -nnmiiv w 8no l,K,4 .k ;.v i: 4i
. V.-.V .. i .v j..-.- I "'" wi
If wv 7; ? Uncoln street, then about west
of truck or garden crops which nat-j-j.v T f v a.
, rwi i - tv-. Jr,jl LincoIn tr" beginning.
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Kinston I.nsaraitce Realty Co,
By C Oettingsr, Secy. !
Feb. 14, 21. 28; Mch 6.-. - I
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR 1 A
LAND SALp
Under and by virtue of a Deed of
Trust executed by J. D. Gaskins and
wife, Jennie B. Gaskins, to the un
dersigned, recorded in Book 50, Page
221, of the Lenoir County Registry,
default having been made in the pay
ment of the indebtedness therein se
cured, and at the request of the hold
er of the notes secured in said deed
of trust, I will on Wednesday, Febru
ary 23rd, 1910, at 3 p. m., at the
Court House door in Kinston. N. C,
lell at public auction for cash, the
following described realty.
All the trees of every character
and description suitable for mill
timlier and measuring 10 inches
across the stump whim cut on the
following described land:
A certain tract of land situate in
Lenoir county, said State, and being
Lot No. 2 allotted to the said Jen
nie B. Gaskins in the partition of
the lands of the late R. M. Abbott,
which is recorded in Book A, pages
230, 231, 232, of the records of divi
sion, dowers and provisions, in
office of the Clerk of th-3 Su
perior Court of Lenoir county, said
lot No. 2 being herein described as
follows:
From the home tract, beginning at
the bridge in the public road leading
from Kinston to Bell's Ferry, where
Alligator Branch crosses the same,
and runs with said road easterly to
the fork of said road et J. L. Ives
corner, then with said Ives line north
67 poles to a stake on the east side
of the road the last corner of lot No.
1, then with the line of Lot No. 1 S.
81 W. 26 1-2 poles to a large pine
stump, then N. 48 W. 278 poles to
a pine in B. W. Canady's line, then
with his line S. 9-W 1251-4 poles to
a iarge gum stump near a ditch, Tay
lor's corner, then down the run of
Alligator Branch to the beginning,
containing 158 acres and valued at
$1,500, which we have allotted and
assigned to Jennie B. Abbott.
Together with the right to enter
jn said land with team, wagons,
carts, agents and servants, and also
a right of way through and across
said land, for the purpose of cutting
and removing the timber out upon
said land for the term of twenty
years from , as granted
and conveyed in said deed of trust.
W. O. HOWARD, Trustee.
This January 12, 1916.
HB.GCHARPE3.
,W DENTIST, . ' '
Ofc Over PostoOea,
LUNSFORD ABBOTT. D. O,
Osteopathic royatdasT.
Upstairs, Next Door U Dfxln,
Phone 579-J.
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DR. P. FITTS,
Osteopath,
Upataira, Next Door to Poatoffice. J
EXAMINATION , FREE,
Phones: Office 80. . Res623
DR. a L. WILSON
DENTIST, ,v
Oflc Over J. E. Hoo ft (V
Star.
CAROLINA RAILROAD
TIME TABLE No. 1
Effective April 19. lM. 5 A. M.
FIRST-CLASS FREIGHT AND
PASSENGER SERVICE.
Southbound Northbound
330. - S33
A. M. P. M.
7:;t:', Ar Kinston ....Lv. 5:00
s 7:29. . . . -Uines Junction ....s 5:06
7:00., Pool f 5:20
s 7:00 Dawson s 5:27
s 6:41 Glenrteld s 5:41
f 6:40 Suggs Siding f 5:50
C:30 Lv.... Snow Hill ...Ar. 6:00
All trains governed by the Norfolk
Southern rules while using the track
from Kinston to Hines Junction, and
subject to the orders of its supsrin
,endent. The above schedule is given as in
formation only, and is supposed to be
the time that trains will arrive and
depart, but it is not guaranteed.
WILLIAM HAYES,
idneral Superintendent.
G. A. JONES.
Frt. & Pass. Agt., Snow Hill, N. C.
DR. DAN W. PARROTT
DENTIST
Crowa and Bridge Work a -Specialty
Office over Cot Mill officV
Joseph Dawson J. Frank Woo ten
DAWSON & WOOTEN, '
Attorneys at Law,
Practice Wherever Service Desired
Accounts and Rents Collected.
Z. V. MOSELEY, M. D.
PHYSICIAN aal SURGEON,
Back of Lenoir Drug Company
Phones Office 473; Residence 113
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