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VOL. XVII. No. 241
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1916
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IIUUSE WILL NOT VOTE ON THE M'
LOANS TO PIO CLUB HOUSE TO (I T SIX
BABYJEEKFORH'LY
ATLANTIC SEABOARD
TEUTONS UNABLE TO
MAKE PROGRESS ON
THE MSTEfflONT
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RESbLUTION UNTIL MONDAY OR TUESDAV.
BOYS WITHOUT ttlVT HUNDREfllOR BRAVE
Sftt BY BLIZZARD
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$lf 8 KITCHIN; NEW OUTBREAK IN SENATE
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ELMORE
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OE SECURITY, PLAN DEED FRHJAY, SAID
Farmers & Merchants Bank Sheriff of .Pitt Says About
AT FOUR THIS P,H
THE NIGHT
DURING
Single Between President and Congress Not Ened
Yet Blind Gore's Trick Victory In Senate for Ad
ministration None Less Complete Because It Was (De
finition of War Cause Instead of Resolution Against
Warning That Was Tabled, However Split In ( the
House Today Postponement Causes Surprise Yte
Been Scheduled for Noon-RepetRion of Senate
Muddle Expected, Probably .
Celebrates Eighth Natal
Day, by Announcing Will
ingness to Aid In Improv
ing Breed of Swine
That Sum Reward for
Taking Evans
WAS A DUE TO DEATH
Today the Farmers & Merchants
Bank celebrated its eighth birthday.
'Since its organization the Farmers
& Merchants Bank has tried , to be
of real benefit to the farmers of this
and adjoining counties." That state
ment is modest. The efforts have
been highly successful. Last year
the institution distributed thousands
of bulletins and pamphlets on ad
vanced and progressive farming, and
it' "hopes the literature was of ad
vantage and benefit to a large num
ber of those who received it." The
officers of the bank have kept as
:loseIy in touch with the agricultural
progress of the section as any set
(By the United Press)
Washington, March 4. It is practically Certain there
will be no vote on the McElmore measure until Monday
or Tuesday, Leader Kitchin said this afternoon, follow
ing; conference ojLHouse leaders. The bill may be re
drafted so as to make a 'direct issue of the merits of
warning.
More Discussion In Senate.
Washington. MflrHh 4 nismssinn nf r.Ko nrmpH niAr,
chantmen decree broke out affain in the Senate todav
aiierT5ena,tor ijoage reaa a statement tnat the tfritisn f men in Kinston, and the planters
government never warned its citizens to avoid armed have not failed to appreciate their
liners during .the Japanese-Russian war. McCumber de- interest. This year the bank is going
nourifced the "gag rule," and said that sooner or later he 10 hep the b0V8 of noir county by
would get a vote on his resolution of warning. Congress ne'pns tne g cium figs is pigs
- will be supreme in the last analysis, he said, and claimed thouh they ,ain,t such 8Carce crea-
that toublic sentiment would force a direct vote, tie said
the. indirect vote of yesterday failed to ratify the Presi
dent s proposal. '
Whit the Senate Tabled.
Washington, March 4. Senator Gore's resolution lhat
was.voted on bv the Senate yesterday afternoon was not,
as President Wilson had demanded, a measure calling
v' . a j i j. 11 1"' a""1 "
xur warning Aineoctii uu uiucu mciuwuuucu, note without any security back of it,
Mr, Wilson hoped to have defeated to prove that the ex- 8xcept the honor of the boy who
ecutiye branch was all-powerful m matters of foreign 3igns the note. The note will be for
affairs, but a substitute that Gore had craftily iritroduc- an amount not exceeding" $15, will
Two Men Who Fought At
Outlaw's Cabin Knew
.That One of Them Had to
Die Evans Opened and
White Man Finished Him
tures in Ahis neck of the woods any
longer, and the Farmers & Merch
ants Bank realizes that the more
pigs the better. It is going to lend,
says Cashier L. J. Mewborne in a
letter, as many as 25 members of Ithe
Lenoir County Pig Club the money
to buy registered sow pigs. "We
are going to take each boy's plain
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ed. It resolved that the sinking of an armed merchant raw interest at eix per cent
Von'stftntk lustli'sufflcierrt'catise.of war between the
United States and the German Empire." That it was
which the Senate voted to table by a vote of 68. to 14.
WOUld f the4ate of "the loan, and will be pay
able oh or before December 1, 1916.
It will be necessary, for a boy to
secure the money, for him to be
A division amoner the President's supporters in the ! m ? "fT
House broke out todav after several of the administra-
uoa is ,irienas proposed posiponemeni unui monuay ui Mr. Q. F. M(.nrfirv. Hen,nntrtmn
the V.Ote on the McElmore resolution. A number, includ- agent for Lenair county." Mr. Mc-
irig bherley, Allen of Ohio and Glass, began fighting to crary has toid the bank that he is
force the vote today, claiming that the muddle created going to try to distribute these g
bv the Senate vote should be cleared up immediately, .stered sows throughout the county,"
Shorter, however, rested bis action. ' ad next year the new members of
A coterie loud irt condemnation of postponement are -no C1UD ean m tneir !t0Clt.M re
mTl.esf.Annpf the rnlps Pfmimirtrtrtipr fn haw the rnlp rp- Istered P18 trom pose who had the
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courage them' and make them" more
self-reliant that they may be pro
gressive and foirceful men."
And this js a pretty mice way to
celebrate a birthday. Cashier Mew-.
borne, too. is interested in the fact
that Lenoir county now grows corn
sufficient for feeding the pigs what
is pigs to be had, as well as the mul
titude not so aristocratic now on
hand.
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IlSiRESOLOTIONSOFAFFECTI'N
FOR JURIST WHO IS FOND OF THE PUBLIC
The people of Lenoir county,
through the Bar Association and of
ficers of .the Court, and Judge W. M.
Bond exchanged compliments Friday
night after the February term of
. Superior Court, a civil term lasting
a fortnight, had been finally adjourn-
Judge Bond, who said he want
ed.
ed man t0 come creeping into his
court fearing to be jailed for the
slightest breach of order, but ito feel
of 1 1 . ..
"uure la premises that were as
,much his is the Court's, made.
' "P'naia impression" here, according
to .CTerk of the Court J. T-. Heath.
Judge Bond is the wittiest judge to
preside Jiere u years and good hu
mor prevailed throughout ' .the 'term,
without the slightest departure" from
the decorum that is accustomed to be
had in this tribunal. V'1 " '
- Judge Bond had intended 'letting
the term expire by limitation tonight,
sutfjtd a son ill at his home in Eden
ton, and treally felt unfasy I about
nm, he said. Besides, he had "wtfrk
ed overtime" and felt that the" day
off was earned. He comes back to
the district, to Jacksonville, Monday.
7e followiag resoluUons were
passed by the bar and court officers:
, That at the close of the two-week
February term, 1916f0fth)S
Court of Lenoir county, His Honor,
W . M-. ond. Judge presiding; the
lat.on3 between the Judge on the
'n', lhe fW" n the other, have
TO LECTURE IN HOME?
CITY FOR HALF WEEK
been so pleasant, that it is the desire
on the part of 'the Bar and officers
of,; the Court to roake memorial of DR. SPILLM AN AGREES
their appreciation or the unitorm
courtesy, courage and fairness of the
presiding Judge.
"That no term of this Court for
years' has accomplished more effect
ive and satisfactory work, and our
docket at the end thereof is in bet
ter condition than it has been in in
at least ten years.
"That the presiding Judge will
carry with him when he leaves the
district the affectionate regard and
high esteem of every member of. the
barj every Court officer and juror and
the public generally.
.."That these resolutions be spread
upon the minutes of the Court, and
published in the ; .press of this city,
the Kaleigh ftews and Observer and
the Greensboro Daily News."
Judge Bond wrote the following
letter i this paper:
"Editor Free Press .v"
: "Permit me to thank you for your
kind allusions lo me, and : also to
Express my keen appreciation of the
many courtesies received at the hands
of the good people of yflur progres
sive city. ( f ' . Truly,
:'. ': Vf"' ; "W. k BOND.x
Judge Bond left for Edenton late
Friday night V - '
On Ihe last afternoon of the term
the suit of Matthews vs. Isler was
dismissed at the desire of the plain-
tiiT, who was assessed the costs.
Dr. B. W. Spilman, the Baptist
Sunday school expert, will give a
course of lectures to the people of
thii city on March 12 to 14. Kot on
ly teachers and officers of the Sun
lay schools, but all who will, are
privileged'''.- ta attend. Though Dr.
Spil man's lectures are exceedingly
valuable and enjoyable, no charge is
made for them. They are the genial
Southern Secretary's contribution to
his home eity. .'..-
Dr. Spilman has few equals as r
lecturer, and it h a great privilege
to the people! of the city to, hear ium.
Tne lectures will be given at after
noon arid night, in the social rooms
it. Gordtfn' Street Christian church.
.where there ia a good equipment of
chairs and tables and conveniences
for refreshments. ; "
PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT '
WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE.
', Washington, March 3. Senator
Lane of Oregon ia besieging Vic
President Marshall with requests to
be relieved of "my operous duties as
a member , of the Committee oa the
Disposition of Useless' Papers in the
Fxecitive Dppnrtments." y
W. L. House, who Friday afternoon
killed David Evans, Pitt county's
now famous negro outlaw, today A-
scribed the killing.
I thought it possible that Evans
would be at home," House said over
long-distance telephone. The pie
monition persisted, until House fin
ally went to Evans' dwelling. He
stepped into the doorway. The ap
pearance of the negro himself in an
inner doorway proved the surmise to
be correct. The black had his ugly
big revolver in his hand. House's
shotgun was loaded with buckshot.
Did you come to get me?" asked
Evans in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Yes," said House, "that's what I
came for."
The two men knew that one of them
was to die, and wasted no words, ex
cept that the black man uttered an
oath.
Evans fired. "I was just eight
feet from him," said House today.
."His bullet missed me only an inch
or two, but I was too excited to mind
that. ""Tblew, his hand off." It was
net the revolver hand, however. Then
followed a game of hide and seek,
with Hpuse on the offensive. He dodg
ed between the door, and a window,
firing whenever the opportunity pre
sented. At the fifth shot Evans fell
He lay on the floor and swore he
would kill House yet. He was in the
act of lifting his revolver, when House
running towards him as quickly as
possible, snatched it from. his hand,
and with his own gun's muzzle at the
negro's chest, "finished him."
House does not think he has done
anything "great." House's home is
at Wmterville. He is a typical Pitt
eduntyman. He will get rewards ag
gregating about $600, the Sheriff at
Greenville told him today. Evans1
body is at Greenville. If the Univer-
sity Medical College will accept it,
the corpse will be sent to Chanel
Hill.
City Expected to Take Live
ly Interest In Great Na
tional Movement for Con
servation , of lives - and
and Health of Babies
The kid has his inning today
and until next Friday night in
Kington. He Is having it in a lot
of other places throughout the
country, , too. Baby Week was
officially inaugurated in Kinston
this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The
meeting is being held in Gordon
Street Christian church. Mayor
Sutton is presiding, and Dr. Al
bert Parrott is to make the prin
cipal address, his Ruhjocl being
the comprehensive one of "What
the Community Owes the Baby
Clean Milk. Pure Water, Fresh
Air and Screened Homes." The
prospects for a large attendance
were fine.
The public is expected to take a
tremendous interest in Baby Week.
There are not a niftier lot of embryo
citizens in the world, and their con
servation is Kinston's first thought.
Every laddiabuck and ladybuy today
fondlingihis or her little toes within
the confines of a Kinston home has a
better chance in the world for having
been born or come to Kinston to live,
is safe to presume. ,JThe doctors
of the city and Mother's Club are de
termined to make the week an inter
esting one, and the public should, and
most probably will, co-operate. Na
ture has so failed in one particular
that a lot of those most directly in
terested can't get a Word in edgewise,
ut could 'they talk they would howl
for consideration of their rights.
"Ihe Duty the Church Owes the
CitiEens of Tomorrow" will be the
subject of a number of sermons
the city's churches Sunday morning.
probably.
Considerable Damage to
Shipping on New Eng
land and (Virginia Coasts
Crew of Barge Lost An
other Barge Missing
(By the United Press)
Norfolk, March 4. Shipping suf
fered severely in one of the worst
storms in years last night The tug
Chanler lost two barges, one is miss
Ing and the other in distress off the
Capes. The coast guard Onondaga
has gone to the latter's assistance.
An unknown schooner is ashore in
Lynnhaven Bay. The Chesapeake
Line steamer City of Baltimore was
aground in Hampton Roads, but has
been floated.
Damage to Shipping 'Considerable.
Washington, March 4. A blinding
blizzard swept the Atlantic seaboard
last night and a number of vessels
were damaged or lost. Of the crew
of a barge lost at North Scituate,
Mass., one was saved, but died on the
way to shore. A two-masted schoon
er is ashore at Cope Point, in Ches
apeake Bay. The cu'tter Apache rush
ed to her assistance. i
VON MEYER TAKES A
CRACK AT DANIELS;
SAYS NAVY FEEBLE
JUDGE ALLEN CANNOT,.
SEE IT FROM. POINT
OF VIEW OF PRESIDENT
THREE THOUS'D MEN
DIED ON PROVENCE
The Big Converted Cruiser
Sunk In Mediterranean
Some Days Ago Carried
4,000, While Less Than
900 Accounted For
Paris, March S. It was announced
today at the French ministry of ma
rine today that there were nearly
4,000 men on board the French aux
iliary cruiser Provence when she was
sunk in the Mediterranean Feb. 26.
As the ministry of marine on Feb
ruary 29 announced that the number
of survivors of the Provence disas
ter was estimated at 870, it is indi
cated by the foregoing dispatch that
upwards of 3,130 lives were lost
The loss" of more than 3,000 lives
in the sinking of the French auxili
ary cruiser Provence is the greatest
ocean disaster of modern times.
(By the Eastern Press)
Washington, N. C, March 4.
That America should not go to war
with Cermany because of the "fool-
hardiness of a handful of agents of
war order house," was the sentiment
expressed by Judge Oliver H. Allen
here today.
"If America enters the war," said
Judge Allen, "there is no telling
when it will end. Hundreds of thous
ands of Armenians are reported to
have been massacred in Asia Minor
and this Christian Nation did not in
terfere, while there are many mil
lions who today would plunge the
country into a dreadful conflict be
cause a very few who cross the seas
for personal gain may be killed.
am mi03t heartily in favor of warn
ing citizens of the United States to
remain off armed ships, and there
after, letting them take passage on
such vessels at their own risk."
BRIEFS IN THE DAY'S
NEWS FROM TOWNS AND
COUNTIES NEAR HERE
The chances for recovery of Gar
land Eastwood, hurt several days ago
by a fail from a fire truck at New4
era, are exceedingly slim. East
ood's skull was fractured.
Earl Gibbs, white, had a foot badly
mashed when a locomotive tender ran
over rt at Camp Perry. He is in a
New Bern hospital.
The New Bern postoffice is nearing
the first lass. The receipts for the
fiscal year may run to $40,000, ac
cording to the Sun-Journal of that
city, j A'-- a '
, Maysville has checked its small
pox epidemic. There were as many
as half a' dozen cases in the little
town at one time.
Jeff Laughlnghouse has been : ar
rested at' Vanceboro by Federal offi
cers on the charges of selling liquor
and operating an illicit distillery. ; A
negro was arrested at the same time
tor having more than the legal quan
tity of whisky. Both are being held
in jail ' '.- ' . ' ' . '
(By the United Press)
New York, March 4. If the
United States should go to war
tomorrow, the navyi under Dan
loin, would be absolutely impo
tent to check an invasion of the
coast, declared George Von L.
Meyer, former secretary of the
navy, today.
MORE MARRIED MEN ARE
CALLED TO COLORS
Action Today; Mostly Con
fined to Artillery; and
Sappers, Seems
DEFENSE IS EFFICIENT
French Hold String of Re
doubts Past Which Ger
mans Cannot Force Way.
Offensive Explodes Mine,
Frenchmen Retaliate 1
(By tha United Press)
London, March 4 The French un
der General Petain. ' are blocking all
attempts by the Germans to1 capture
Pepper Heights, north of. Verdun by
flank attacks, aay Paris dispatches,
Petain making a stand at a string
of redoubts a mile southwest of
Douaumont He is repulsing . with
heavy losses Ifche charges by which
Teutons hope to penetrate the French
front, and cut off defenders of the
heights. The French losses In kill- :
ed, wounded and missing at Verdun
are estimated at thirty thousand f
Germans Explode Mine;
Can't Us Crater. ,
Paris, March 4. Lively artillery
duels are in progress on the front
north of Verdun, it is said officially.
No infantry actions resulting' in im
portant changes-. The . Germans
have exploded a mine at Parges, 12
miles southeast of Verdun. (French
artillery prevented German occupan
cy of the crater.
XPECT BEGINNING
OF SUEZ CAMPAIGN
IN SHORT TIME NOW
(By the United Press)
London,. March 4 Proclamations
have been posted calling to the col
ors married men from the ages of
nineteen to twenty-seven, inclusive.
They must report by April 7.
(By the United Press) .
Berlin, Mar, 4 Constantinople
dispatches are reporting the ar
rival at Jerusalem of the Turk
ish' dictator Enver Pasha and
the commander of the Fourth
Turkish army, Dyemal Pasha.
Their arrival is believed to be
the signal for the beginning of
the Turkish campaign against
Egypt,
A GRAND BAWL THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
STARTED THIS MORNING JO LAST A WEEK;
HAIL, ALL DIMPLES AND TOES.
ASKANCE
(By the United Press)
New York, March 4. -A cer
tain Mew York physician today
told of a new way to make the
baby stop crying. The plan was
successfully employed by a little
boy to whose lot it fell to care
for his baby brother a good deal.
His mother marked the unwont
ed silence of the infant when the
brother was watching him, so she
peeked around the door one day
and saw how it was done. Broth
er, It seems, waited until the ba
by got his mouth open to let out
8 howl and then leaned over and
blew down his throat.
Washington, March 4. Babies of
four colors and - two nationalities
were the center of attraction in 1,0-9
tommunities in the- United i States,
Alaska, the Philippines, Canada and
the British West Indies today. Theyl
will hold the spotlight for th suc
ceeding six days of National Baby
Week, inaugurated : by the Ceneral
Federation' of, Women's : Clubs Jand
sponsored by the Federal Children's
Bureau. '', V:
The babies dont know it, but they
are the reason fot hundreds of nurs
ing courses, child welfare exhibits,
window decorating contests, bazaars,
essay contests and general meetings
lanned during the week in the Unit
ed States and its possessions, not to
mention again Canada and the Brit
ish West Indies.
Wisconsin proposed a State-wide i
campaign to place emphasis on ade
quate nursing, care and instruction
for prospective mothers. Texas has
its own Baby Week slogan; "baby
health is Texas wealth." Mississip
pi has a slogan of rts own. North
Dakota is holding an essay contest
in public schools. A Colorado set
tlement forty miles from a railroad,
a woman's club on a western recla
mation project, a Montana -coal min
ing town with large foreign popu
lation, a southern mill village and
several farm women's clubs are hold
ing celebrations. t '
Child welfare exhibits vere pre
pared by women's clubs in Omaha)
and Lincoln. These will be eent
throughout Nehraska,. A jSIaryland
tewn will have a birth v registration
day; a merchant has promised 4
tooth brush to everv ' mother who ,
goes to the city hall to find whether
her baby's birth is registered. An- :
other city inaugurated completion
for the cleverest widow plan.
Manilla will have its aaeetings du
ring the week; the babies' on two In
dian reservations will be brought
from their wigwams, if their par
ents Still affect wigwams, to share in
the enlightenment, and to blink hor
edly during? tribal conferences con
cerning thera. - '
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