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VOL. XVII. No. 249
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N.,C TUESDAYMARCH 14, 1916
FOUR PAGES
PKICB TWO CENTS
rirK CENTS ON TRAINS
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THE GROUP, PLAN IN
LENOl? .COUNTY IS
NO TROUBLE LIKELY
wrtSIIm
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ACT, IS DISCOVERY
into Mexico; though
TO FOLLOW SINKING
REGIMENT CROSSED LINE TODAY
.TRENUDUS EFFORT
BRANDEISTQ
BIG SUCCESS, SAYS
OF SILIUS, STATED
' Be two or three days before arrIt
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CAVALRY
Pershing Inquiring of tarranzista Commander Reason
for Mobilization On Other SideSpanish War Veter
ans Would like f o Go tq
Going to Full Strength Basis De Facto Government
Troops Seek Honor of Taking Villa Before Americans
Can Get to Him Mexico City Newspapers More Fa
vorable and State Department Says Sentiment Against
America Is Dying Out. V
(By United Press)
.- Columbus, N. M., March 14.Under command of Gen
eral Pershing, organization of the main division to pur
sue Villa has begun. Colonel Slocum is expected to head
a flying brigade of cavalry. Pershing is conferring vith
the Carranza .General Bertani to .find the meaning for
the Mexican mobilization.;
u G .A. R. and U. C. V., Attention!
Washington, March I4.r-Representative Dyer, head of
the Spanish War veterans, today asked State command
ers how many men they could f urnisfy in case volunteers
were called for.
Texas Recruiting Up.
Dallas, March 14.General Lyon, commanding the Tex
as militia, today ordered companies recruited to full war
strength. : ;
Rumored Troops Already Over.
' San Antonio, March 14. A flying column of fifteen hun
dred troopers with two' weeks' rations, crossed the border
today,;it is 'persistently asserted.
Mexican Press fcalmer. "
. Mexico Citvr March 14. That the danger of a break
between America and Mexico has passed inspired art
icles todayin the Mexican newspapers,
May Be Last of Week Before Army Starts.
Eli Paso, March 14. The mobilization preparatory tp
the hunt for Villa is continuing, t The Carranzistas are
Dtirstinlmn-iTrlhe hone of
peditonnirineceslfary. H may be Thursday or Friday be
: for the expedition crosses, although officers say they are
ready" for the word, the heads of the army are waiting for
reinforcements to guard the
ron, with eight planes, in command voi uapi. cenjamm
Fouldis, is due here today.
AntiAmerlcan Sentiment Dying Out, Believed.
Washington, March 14.-r-Though the Presidents note
to Carranza, granting "reciprocity" in troop movements
believed to have been Received favorably, the State De
partment is considering issuing a warning to Amencans
to avod Mexico as before. Counsellor Polk today toid
the President be has reason to believe the anti-American
sentiment in Mexico is dying out.
MTPEJIQNSTIUTIONri
SPRAYING IN COUNTY
, B. Szymoniak, of the State Depart-
, ment of Agriculture, gave a demon
stration in prunbg and "spraying
;f fri treea at Fields' Station today.
This is the first time the State has
had a demonstration in Lenoir county,
and considerable : interest had been
worked up by Local Demonstrator 0.
F. McCrary. ' The demonstration was
for the purpose xf showing the ben
efits to be derived from pruning and
spraying trees properly,; "Mbst peo
ple," Demonstrator McCrary Bays
think that fruit cannot be grown
. 'here, but if farmers would take the
arae care of their fruit trees that
they do 0f thefr tobacco, fruit could
Pawn easily." V
State Agent B. P. Folk, in charge
of the Pig dub work, wiU visit this
county on Thursday and Friday. Mes
srs. Folk and McCrary expect to visit
the schools whose pupils have -shown
most interest in the work or would
likely be interested. ; "The pig club
work will be discussed fully with the
teachers of the schools and the pu
pils who belong to the club," accord
in? to Mr. McCrary, it is hoped to
hold the following meetings: .Thurs
Jay, Farm Valley and Airy Grove
Thursday night. -Sand Hill school No.
1. Friday, New Hope, Sandy Bot
tom, Piney Grove and Coahoma. Fri
day night, Coahoma again. '. The old-
people as well as club members are
expected to attend" the night meet
ly. "Several fcoys have already
hown interest in the: offer to lend
club members money made - by fta
Farmers and Merchants Bank recent.
;.p Mr: McCrary.- "Almost
very day Mme boy he
nti to borrow money.to i,uy
fered pigs." . ,
War Texas National Guard
rendering the American ex
border. The first aero.squad--
BULLETINS
(By the.United Press)
NEW TEUTON ATTACKS.
Paris, Marck M. After a Sfi
houra bombardment, the Ger
mans launched heavy attacks in
the Haudemont Forest, north
east of Verdun and Lepretre for-,
est on Jthe southeast The attacks
were broken up by Frenchartil
fcry, it is officially said. The
big gun duel continues in the
.Woevre sector.
NEUTRALITY PROCLAMATION".'
Washington, ; March 14. The
President has signed a proclama
. tion of neutrality as the result
" of Portugal entering the" war,
similar to the others issued by
him .;. "
RUSH ARMY INCREASE.
Washington, March 14. The
k House today responded nicely to
the Presidents' request for speed..
The leaders prepared to push
aside all other business in favor
of the army preparedness pro
gram. A resolution was adopted
appointing Garrett of Tennessee,
Cantrill of Kentucky and Camp
bell of Kansas a committee to
confer with Speaker Clark.
WELD0N CASE WILL
GO TO SUPREME COURT.
. The -Weldon vs. Railroad case, in
which $50 was awarded in Superior
Count last ternu iU go to Superior
Court on appeal by the plaintiff, it
was announced today. The plaintiff,
Ora Weldon, whose -f husband was
killed while in the employ of the
Kinston-Carolina .Railroad, considers
the damages too smalL
Von Mackenzen, and Von
Hindenburg Both Due at
Verdun, Said
BOMftAJWNT CONTINUES
Expected to Cease Sudden-
ly for Great Infantry At
tack Any Moment Itali
an Artillery Active on the
Isonzo Front, Reported
(By the United Press)
London, March 14. Intense Italian
artillery fighting on the Isonzo front
apparently ia the prelude to an im
portant action, says a dispatch. The
Italians have Masted enemy entan
glements, the Austrians replying vig
orously. Von Hindenburg Summoned to West.
London, March 14. Heavy Ger
man reinforcements are arriving at
Verdun, while the Teuton artillery
continues its terrific bombardment.
Swiss dispatches report the closing
of the frontier to preserve secrecy
regarding itroop movements. French
aviators are .sounding the enemy po
sitions. Marshal Von Mackenzen is
now at Verdun. It is said Von Hind
enburg also has been summoned.' An
infantry assault is expected to break
the bflmbardment hourly.
BE HEARD TI1E 20TH
Governor Will Give Time to
Arguments for Clemency
On That Date Murder
ess Will Be Taken to Pen
itentiary Immediately
(By the United Press)
Winston-43alem, March 14 Wheth
er or not the convicted husband mur
derer will break North Carolina's
long record of no capital punishment
for women will be decided on Monday
when Governor (Craig hears appeals
for clemency for Mrs. Ida Bell War
ren . Unless the Governor grants
mercy, Mrs. Warren and Samuel
Christy, 'fientenced for complicity,
will die , in the electric chair on the
3 1st of March. '
Governor Craig has demanded of
the sheriff here why Mrs. Warren
has not been sent to the death house.
Her immediate removal to Raleigh is
expected.
NAYAL BILL READY
APRIL THE FIRST,
PRESIDENT IS TOLD
. (By-the United Press)
Washington, March 14-The
President today urged Chairman
'' Padgett of the House naval af
' fairs committee to speed up the
would be ready by April 1, and that
naval bill would be ready by
" April 1, and that he believed suc
cess la assured for . President
Wilson's wish to increase the na
vy. NORFOLK SOUTHERN'S
FIGHT FOR PROPERTY
' BEGINS WEDNESDAY
The motion for an injunction
against individuals alleged to be un
lawfully holding property here claim
ed by the N. S. Railroad continuing
occupy it will be brought up in U.
S. Court at New Bern Wednesday
before Judge Connor, of the Eastern
district Certified copies of papers
APPEALS FOR
MERfY
VOMAN
FpR WARREN
Letter Presented to Senate
Committee Signed By a
Number
OBJECTIONS OUTLINED
Give Bostonians Character
and Alleged Bad Legal
Reputation as Reasons
for Withholding Confirm
ation to Place on Bench
(By the United Press)
Washington, March 14 Taft and
Root oppose the confirmation of Mr.
Brandeis to the Supreme Court, they
said in a letter signed by them and
today presented to the Senate com
mittee by Austin G. Fox, , attorney
for those opposing Brandeis. The
letter also was signed by Simeon
Baldwin, former Governor of Connec
ticut; Joseph H. Choate, Francis
Rawle and Moorefield Storey. ,
The letter ; cited as reasons for
their opposition Brandeis' reputation
and' the character of his professional
career, which it said, made him unfit
for the place.
New Bern's post of the T. P. A.
known as "W, has been organized.
F. H. Shipp is president
SO.
WOMEN GO ON TWAL
IN THE CITY COURT
Accused Living In Houses
Maintained for Immoral
Purposes Eight Cases
to Be Passed On By Jur
ies Totalling. 48 Men
Ninety-six men were summoned
from whom to select eight juries of
-six men each for trials of women of
the segregated district commenced at
the Courthouse ithis mon.ing shoitly
after 10 o'clock. There were an ev
en dozen defendants, but four of these
were said to have waived their right
to trial by jury.
The technical charge against all, oc-
cording to Solicitor II. E. Shaw, was
in effect ithat they "resided in" houses
maintained for immoral purposes.
The , majority of the women were
stated, to be proprietressess. Re
corder Wootcn presided, Solicitor
Shaw had charge of the prosecution
and quite an array of legal talent rep
resented Ahe defendants
The following were accused: Louise
Walker, Margaret Portella, Flonnie
Gulley, Helen Smith, Maude Adams,
Thelma Earle, Lillian Etheridge, El
sie Doris, Nellie Reid, Lillie Gulley,
Lillian Gray and Nettie Andrews.
The' eases were expected to con
sume at least all of ioday.
THE DAY ON LOCAL
COTTON EXCHANGE
Receipts on the. local cotton mar
ket today up till 3 o'clock were about
12 bales, selling for from 10.821-2 to
11.10.
New York futures quotations were:
Open Close
May ....,.,...,...11.94 12.00
July .. ......12.15
12.18
1Z33
12.51
12.60
October ............. 12-52
December .... 12.48
January ... . ........ 12.58
desired by plaintiff in the matter were
forwarded to New Bern today. The
property in dispute, as stated in The
Free Press several times before,
comprises a considerable area lying
along the main line track In the
southwestern part of the city.
DOZEN
Brogden Notes Progress of
Schools Committeemen
Alive to Work Teachers
Like Plan, States State
Education Expert
The workings and the benefits of
the "group plan" in Lenoir County's
schools are described at length in a
very interesting letter from Prof. L
C. Brogden, a State Department of
Education expert well-known here, to
Dr. J. M. Parrott, Chairman of the
County Education Board. The plan,
suggested by Dr. Parrott, ia the lat
est word in modern school methods,
As Prof. Brogden tells Dr, Parrott,
he has been, especially interested in
the successful trial here because of
his long residence in the county dur
ing former years, and he ia gratified
over the result also as a pioneer in
the group plan movement. By means
of the gToup plan small bodies of
teachers are reached at a meeting,
whereas, at the old county meetings
a majority, possiibly, of the ma'ams
were too bashful to talk before the
gatherings. The group meetings are
"heart to heart affairs."
Prof. Brogden 'a letter follows:
"Dr. J. M. Parrott, Chairman
"County Board of Education,
"Kinston, N. C.
"My dear Dr. Parrott: ,
"I was very , sorry -that ' I did not
have the opportunity of talking with
you during my last visit to your
county. I called at your office, but
was told that you had just gone to
the hospital.
"However, knowing that you .are
genuinely interested in the progress
of rural schools of the county, I'm
taking ithe liberty of dropping you a
line.
"Since it was you who suggested to
the teachers and the school commit
teemen the advisability of substitut
ing the group plan for conducting
iteachcrs' meeting for the old 'coun
ty plan which has been in operation
up to this year, it Is quite natural
that you should like to know wheth
er the plan you suggested works, and
whether it is an improvement over
the old plan, I. myself, have been in
terested in studying the operation of
the plan in order to come to some
definite conclusions as to its value.
Consequently, I have pcnt sveral
days in your county during the pres
ent session studying at first hand the
plan in its actual operation.
"As you know, Superintendent
Kinsey and his assistant, Miss Hat
tie Parrott, divided the rural teach
ers of the county last fall into seven
groups, and the county into seven
convenient group centers. With this
arrangement, the number of teach
ers belonging to each group ranges
from eight to twelve, thereby provid
ing for each group meeting a num
ber of teachers large enough to in
sure active interest and enthusiasm,
wholesome rivalry and friendly com
petition, but not a number large
enough to make almost useless round
table discussions of the common and
vital everyday needs in school room
work. These seven group centers
were so selected that no teacher in
any group is much farther than eight
miles from the common meeting
place of her group. This has made
it entirely practicable , for all the
teachers io meet at their group cen
ter at 9:15 in the morning and re
main till 4:15 in the afternoon.
"Last December, during the first
series of group meetings, I met with L
the group at Graingers, Moss Hill,
Pink Hill and at Farm Valley. Last
week during the second, series of
group meetings, I met with the
group at Airy Grove, Woodington,
Moss Hill, and at Farm Valley. The
suggestion that you made to the
teachers and the school committee
men last fall, that a school day should
be taken for these meetings, that the
teachers might Jve : ample oppor
tunity for seeing and studvjgg the
school actually at work has been car
ried out by Superintendent Kinsey
and Miss Parrott to the letter. ;
"These meetings havo not been 'hot
air performances.' They have not
been occasions for the teachers to
Official Doubt If Norwegi
an Vessel Was Sunk By
Torpedo
AMERICANS COME HOME
One U. S. Citizen Was In
jured Germany . Willing
to Do Right Thing If
Proof Is Had That Sub
marine Was Guilty
(By the United Press)
Washington, Marcn 14. Trouble
between America and Germany over
the sinking of ithe Norwegian bark
Silius is unlikely, it is said by best
German authority. If it is proved
that the vessel was submarined by
Germans without warning, endanger
ing the lives of seven American sail
ors, Germany undoubtedly will dis
avow and make reparation, it is said.
No report has been received at the
Austrian and German embassies.
Though still awaiting official infor
mation both Secretary Lansing and
the Swedish Legation have expressed
doubt that the Silius was torpedoed.
One American, John Hartman of
Philadelphia, was injured, it was to
day learned from a dispatch from the
consul at Havre. Two Norwegians
and one Dane were also injured.
Hartman is in a hospital. Three
American members of the crew sail
ed Saturday for Amorica and are
due to arrive on April 2d.
come together to be lectured to. They
have been carefully and definitely
planned working conferences based
upon 'the common and everyday needs
of the teachers in irhetr echool-room
work.'
"At 9:15 in the morning the teach
ers are expected to be present at the
ftrdup center school. At 9:30 they go
in to pbsorve and ito study the morn
ing exercises held at this achool.
Here the visiting teachers have a
splendid opportunity for getting sug
gestions that will aid them in making
the morning exercises in itheir own
school of the most value to their pu
pils. Exercises in their own school
of the most value to their pupils. At
9:45 the teachers with pencil and note
book in hand, go into the room, pre
viously designated, to observe and to
study the teaching of a reading les
son given by one of the teachers in
the group center school. Reading be
ing one of the most important sub
jects in ithe school, it was the sub
ject selected to be concentrated upon
during this 'session. From 10:15 to
10:45 the teachers go into the other
rooms at this group center school to
observe the teaching of other sub
jects in the course of study which
they feel the greatest need to know
how to teach, whether arithmetic,
writing, geography or history.
At 11 o'clock the children of the
group center school are dismissed and
the teachers then begin their confer
ence. Thus far the work of these
conferences have been chiefly con
fined to ithe following important top
ics: viz.: (1) The working out of the
daily schedule, so that the teacher
might give to each child in the school
the largest amount of her time pos
sible; (2) Better organization of the
school, better gradation and classifi
cation of the individual pupils in the
school; (3) How to get all the chil-
(Continued on Page Three)
GREEK AND FRENCH
SOLDIERS CLASH ON
HELLENIC TERRITORY
(By the United Press.)
Berlin, March 14. Greek and
French soldiers have dashed on
the island ; of Mytikne. One '
Frenchman was killed and anoth
er seriously wounded, say Ath- -ens
dispatches. The French were
reinforced " and ' Imprisoned the
Greek , troops, it is said. The
Greek government has protested.
Not Necessary for Commit
tee to Call It, Says Mr.
Cooper
COUNTY IS M EXCEPTED
At Request, "Senators Had
Charge Made During the
Last .Session, and It , Has
Just Been - Found Out
"All Parties 'June 3" ' ,
The DembcTie, County Executive .
Committee will not have to call a
county primary in Lenoir, as was gen
crally I believed, according ia County
Oi ntvnW'G. V. Cowper, w.lo has joat
mnfle ie;4iscnvary that tha lanHaed -primary
Is applicable here. Chair
man cWper today made the fallow
ing statement: , . ' -
"Since cabling the Pemocraticeoun
ty convention, executives comsnittea
and precinct meetings, my attention
has beert called to the fact that the -
last Legislature in its closing days
did pass ia special act making h
legalized primary for all officers in
cluding county and; legislative of- .
fleers, applicable ito this county. I
had been!inisled in. this matter in"'
making my call, because the general
primary act excepted Lenoir County
as to Legislative and, county officers.
At the time I immediately called the .
attention of our Senators (our Repre
sentative being then dead) and re
minded them that our County Execu
tire Committee had gone on record in
favor of primary for all offices, but I
had understood, in the rush of the '
closing days, the matter of the change
for Lenoir , County had been over
looked, .-i . '
"I now find by Chapter !U2, Pub-,
lie Laws of 1915', Lenoir County was
stricken from the counties excepted
and put in with the counties which
are to have legalized primaries for
all" officers, from county' officers up.
This will make it unnecessary , fir
the County Committee to call a pri- ,
mary iff this county a had been
thought before, and there wil be one
legalized primary on the 3rd J June
for both parties, including county
and legislative offices. I hasten to
make (this correction and am very .
glad ito know that the request of this
county was not overlooked by the t
Legislature." ; "v
BRIEFS IN THE NEWS ; ,
FR01 OTHER COUNTIES
AND TOWNS NEAR HERE
An officer of -the Army Medical .
Corps will inspect the, militia hos
pital detachment at New Bern Wed- ;
nesday night. i '
Jeff Laugh inghouse, sought ' on 9
whisky charge for a year and recentO
ly captured by Federal officers, is at'
larefrqra the Craven county jaU
after making a hole in the roof and
lowering himself to the ground by
means of a rope of blankets, etc. ,
Garland Eastwood, unconscious for"
two weeks following a fall from a
fire truck at New Bern; has recovered
his reason and will recover, physic
ians say.
A delayed report from Roberson-
ille says an unidentified negro was
killed by a foreman of Pitt county
road force there Saturday night The 1'
foreman, named Styron, shot the ne
gro, a dischrged laborer, following
"nagging" 1y ' the latter. Styron 13
under $1,000 bail.
MUNITIONS SHIP IN
DISTRESS, REPORTED
New York, March 14. The steam
ship Zealandia, laden with munitions
going to British Malta, is Sn distress
in ithe Atlantic after breaking her
steering gear, a message from tho
tanker Richmond today said. The
message failed to state whether tie
Richmond was going to the alj of a
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