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THURSDAY EVENNING, MAY 11, 1916
Speaking of contortions to which the American lan
guage is eubjected, a contemporary talks about the
"dark horse" in a motor race.
The Raleigh News and Observer "gets up" to remark
aa follows: "Perhaps the need of two police chiefs in
Kinston is to keep an eye on the night lynching parties
as well as the day visitors to the 'Kum! Kum'l City.
We awcit the explanation of that dear Kinston Free
Press with the greatest interest." We have already had
our say, thank you, but we offer no explanation for the
"numerousneas' of our chiefs. As a matter of fact, we
nre considering offering a prize for the best solution
of the question. Friend Britton, shall we send you en
try blanks?
that th railroads, having won their point with refer
nce to the site, will enter into the erection of a atruc
ture commensurate with the growing Importance of Kin
ston more heartily than if they were simply complying
with the mandate of the Corporation Commission.
Representatives o' the railroads, interviewed after
the conference, declined to commit themselves but The
Free Press has been informed on good authority that the
railroads will not undertake to put any further obstacles
in the way of actually beginning work or play for any
more time now that a site has been agreed upon which
is considered practicable by the engineering forces of the
roads, and this assurance was given the Chamber of
Commerce at the conference held Wednesday afternoon.
We take it, therefore, that the Chamber of Comnwce and
railroads will lend every effort to starting work as quick
ly as possible. The formal order of the Corporation
Commission will probably be forthcoming as soon as that
body Is apprised of the agreement arrived at Wednesday.
The Free Press has never regarded the Gordon Street
site as ideal but has deemed it unwise to agitate any re
opening of the question unless it could be handled, as it
has been, in conference and we believe after carefully
considering every phase of the matter the people of Kin
ston wili be pleased and satisfied with the action that
was taken Wednesday.
WHAT OTHERS SAY
The call for the border state's soldiery to mobilize
along the Mexican frontier indicates that the Washing
ton authorities are coming to the conclusion that Villa
is not the only one of the Mexican "would-be" leaders
who will have to be pacified before American life and
property can have any assurance of safety. This opin
ion has been held by the average American all the time
although it has been hoped that the President and his
advisors had some information, which the public did not
have, which led them to believe-1 that Carranza would
"tote fair."
The liquorites. as is their want, are trying now to find
a loopnole in the Virginia prohibition laws recently en
acted and becoming effective November 1st., whersby
citizens of the Old Dominion can, at will, prior to No
vember 1st, stock their cellars with quantities of liquor.
We learn from the Richmond papers that the liquorites
have been advised by tome of the ablest attorneys that
Hhere it nothing in the laws to prohibit citizens from thus
stocking their cellars provided they can show a clean bill
of health as to their purpose of selling the stuff. In
othor wcrda, it must be shown that the liquor is for per
sonal use. Some of the opponents of the law are snick
ering up their sleeves over what they term a defeat. Ev
ery good citizen of Virginia will recognize this 'aci ih .t
the people of the State have gone on record and have
outlawed the iniquitous of liquor traffic and even if there
are technical flaws in the letter of the statute the spirit
of the law is to prohibit and good citizens will be govern
ed accordingly.
GOOD PROSPECTS NOW FOR DEPOT.
It begins now to look as though Kinston will have ade
quate depot facilities within a reasonable and satis
factory time limit.
The conference of railroad officials and representatives
of 'he Chamber of Commerce held here Wednesday
seems to have eliminated all objections and obstacles
and we are led to conclude from assurances given by the
railroad officials before the final conference that the ac
tual work of construction only awaits the formal ratifi
cation of the agreement by the Corporation Commission,
the preparation of the necessary plans for construction
and the preparation of the site. The conference idea
was a good one. The Free Press has held to the opin
ion all the while that much more satisfactory results
could be obtained if the representatives of the railroads
and the people could get their heads together over the
problem confronting the railroads in the erection of 'he
depot. Arbitration, is always a more satisfactory me
thod of disposing of controversies than is the use of
might or force, which may be vested in one or the other
party tj such controversies. It stands to reason now
KITCHIN FALLS IN LINE WHY.
Winston-Salem Journal: "An interesting develop
ment '.n Washington is the action of Majority
Leader Claude Kitchin in falling in line with
the Administration in its efforts to put through
shipping bill, by which tho commercial interests of this
country will be materially strengthened. At the same
time Mr. Kitchin denies that he defeated the ship pur
chase bill which the administration fought so hard to
put through at the last session of Congress. Mr. Kitchin
admits that he was opposed to and voted against the ship
purchase bill when it was first presented, but says it was
because he was opposed to certain provisions in the bill
and not because he opposed the general principle of
rendering government aid to shipping at a time like this
We are glad that the bill has been changed so that Mr.
Kitchin pnd the other Democrats who opposed it before
can vots for it when it comes up this time. It will be re
membered that the first bill set no limit to the govern
ment ownership of vessels. The lill as now ready for.
the Hou?e sets the limit at five years. For this reason
Mr. Kitchin says he will vote for the measure. But wc
are also perhaps justified in saying that the opposition
that has developed recently to Mr. Kitchin's renomina
tion in his own district possibly had something to do with
his change of front, by which he abandons the forces that
are fighting Wilson and steps into the ranks of the forces
that are upholding Wilson's program.
EDITOR OWEN MISREPRESENTED.
Wilmington Star: "The Star yesterday commented
upon a Raleigh story in the Greensboro News to the ef
fect thivt Editor Thos. E. Owen, of the Clinton News-
Dispatch, had forsaken the Republican faith and would
support Woodrow Wilson for President. The Star, con
sidering the matter of sufficient importance to warrant
the pains of going to the bottom of it, secured a state
ment from Mr. Owen Monday night as to the correctness
of ths Raleigh story sent to the Greensboro paper by
Mr. W. T. Bost, its regular correspondent at the capital
The Raleigh report surprised Mr. Owen and he denied
that he had either changed his politics or that he would
support Wilson or any other Democrat. He declares that
ho will continuo to vote the Republican ticket, as his
-faith is grounded upon the principles of protection.
When we saw all 'hat report about the Clinton edi
tor's change of political heart, we could hardly believe
it, In spite of the fact that "while the lamp holds out to
burn tho vilest sinner may return."
Edito. Owen did not deny that he has a grouch against
the Butltrs on aeounl of his treatment at the Goldsboro
district convention, but that is a personal matter that
does not affect his party affiliations. Doubtless he thinks
more of a protective tariff as a matter of principle than
he does of his personal disappointment ver the chance lu
loft to 'e 'he Republican nominee for Congress in the
Third district.
Mr. Owen's frauds say that he would have gotten
nxir votes than 7kj. Geo. E. Bu'ler will get as the Re
pu'.ilii'an nominee, but the Pemoera'T d-n't see thit it
makes much d.iTo'tnce so long as Representative Hood
will he reelerttd and li tin man tha: thr district really
.KTiV 111 Cfingijs.'
AGRICULTURAL
Advantages of Dairying.
In a recent address Dr. Rabily of
the Agricultural Department Dairy
Work, who was born in Denmark,
and who has been in dairy work
- from his youth up, expresses his
great enthusiasm for working with
cows as follows:
"I am so enthusiastic over dairy
ing that I sometimes feel like para
phrasing a hymn to read:
"I wp-ntf to be a dairyman
And with the dairy stand.
Straw hat upon my forehead
And a milk pail in my hand."
"The dairy business is one thing
, in which I feel that I ean advise
one's . going Into unqualifiedly. I
wouldn't speak so of any other.
Fruit ' farms and beef . cattle are
good businesses, but they are al
ways subject to fluctuations, to ex
cesses and shortnesses, and you oft
en see men who have gone broke in
' these great occupations. Not so
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1 Flavor is Dot expected of
I I -ii nrdinarv soda crackers. But
HERE IS A LIST OF f
THE CONTESTANTS
'
DISTRICT No. L
After the Capital prizes, two Max-1
well Touring Cars havs been sward
sd, this district will receive one dia
mond ring, one gold watch and one
bank account of $25. All others in
this district who remain in the con
test until the close, who do not win
one of the above prizes, and who com
ply with the rules, will be paid a
commission of 10 per cent.
DISTRICT No. 1.
Miss Mary Farmer, Kinston. 69.700
Miss1 Sarah Faulkner, Kins.. 128.875
Mrs. Mamie Fitzgerald, Kins. 141,750
Miss Barbara Emory, Kinston 99,100
Mrs. Coy Stroud, Kinston . . 140,200
Mrs. Clara Becton, Kinston. 132,800
Miss Maggie Bissett, Kins.. 89,200
Miss Nannie Blackwell, Kins. 80,800
Mrs. Henry Bradshaw, Kins. 26,200
Mrs. M. L. Braswell, Kinston 128,200
Miss Alma Broadhurst, Kins. 49.050
Miss G. V. Broadway, Kins.. 17,100
Mrs. Laura Cummings, Kins. 107,000
Miss Carrie B. Cox, Kinston 90,100
Mrs. F. L. Hooker, Kinston.. 99,300
J. Colby Abbott, Kinston 60,100
Mrs. W. G. Merris, Kinston 142.850
Miss Katje Brown '.. 38,800
Miss Susie Cajiady, Kinston 79,200
Miss Stella Buck, Kinston.. 97,125
Elizabeth Copeland, Kinaton. 55,700
Miss Dora Diamond, Kinston 140,100
Miss iLena Grady, Kinston.. 142,100
Miss Lois Grubbs, Kinston.. 79,300
Miss Alice Hart, Kinston... 28,200
Mary Hartsfleld, Kinston ... 38,100
Miss Proosie Heath, Kinston 114,200
Miss Delia Hyatt, Kinston. 142,600
Miss Lula Isler, Kinston 28,100
Miss Terry Mitchell, Kinston 24,900
Miss Florence Moore. Kinston 65,600
Miss Annie Nobles, Kinston 128,300
Miss Eoline Padrick, Kinston 142,750
Miss Nannie Randolph, Kins. 48,200
Miss Amanda Rhodes, Kins... 22,000
Miss Lida Lee Rhodes 92,300
liss Lillian Rowe, Kinston ..15,500
Miss Maria Sutton, Kinston 67,100
Miss Annie Stephenson, Kinston 6,000
Miss Vana Sutton, Kinston. 60,200
Bessie V. Thornton, Kinston 97,600
Miss Jane Tilghman, Kinston 140,100
Miss Julia Tyndall, Kinston 142,100
Miss Lon4 D. Weeks, Kinston 138,200
Miss Katie Whitohurst, Kins. 70,100
Miss Evelyn Waters, Kinston 104,450
Miss Ella Haskett, Kinston.. 33,000
Mr. Wm. Hunter 40,125
Herman Lawson, Kinston ... 81,600
Mrs. Eva Cummings, Kinston 88,650
Miss Mary Oettinger 28,100
Miss Allie Delle Gaynor ...142,100
Mrs. E. A. Best 142,900
Mrs. J. B. Leonard, Kins 49,200
Miss Velma Hill. Kinston 91,200
Mr. Gordon Boney, Kinston 120,200
Mrs. M. L. McCullen. Kins. 39,100
Miss Victoria Bursell, Kins. 141,000
Mrs. Claude Smith 142,350
iMiss Jane Hardy 141,000
Mr. Phillips Brooks . : ..... 63,200
Miss Nannie Stanley, Kinston 141,750
Miss Lucy Freeman 117,225
DISTRICT No. 2.
This district includes all territory
outside of the City of Kinston.
After the capital prizes, two Max
well Touring Cars have been award
ed, this district will receive one dia
mond ring, one gold watch, and one
Bank account of $25. All others in
this district, who remain in t he con
test until the close, who do not win
one of the above prizes and who com
ply with the rules, will be paid
commission of 10 per cent.
Mrs. Mabel Barwick, Seven
Springs 142,700
Mrs. Emma Barwick, Seven
Springs 130,700
Miss Gertrude Grady, Seven
Springs, R. F. D. No. 1.. 129,700
Mrs. Annie Stroud. Deep Run,
R. F. D. No. 2 49,100
Miss Tiffany Hill, Deep Run,
R. F. D. 2 . 140,700
Mrs. Mildred Outlaw. Kenans-
vine 28,600
Miss Jimmie Kotrnegay, Ken-
ansvilie 81,750
JMs. Mary 1'. Russell, r'ort
Barnwell 102,125
Mrs. R. W. Lamb. Fort
Barnwell 140,300
Miss Sallie French, Fort
Barnwell 28.100
Miss Amy Ruth Joyner, Fort
Harnwell 6X.750
Miss Sudie Cox, Richlands .. 120.800
Mrs. Jno. R. Shaw. Rirhlands 141.700
Mrs. S. Lee Sadler. Richlands 138.200
No, 9085. 'V' , ; ."",'' ": S'
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT KINSTON, IN THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MAY 1. 1916. rj , y
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts
Overdrafts, secured
U. S. Bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value)
Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure postal savings deposits
Subscription to etock of Federal Reserve Bank
Less amount unpaid
Value of banking house (if unencumbered) ..,
Furniture and fixtures
Net amount due from Federal Reserve Bank
Net amount due from approved reserve agents in New York, Chicago and St Louis
Net amount due from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities
Net amount due from banks or bankers
Other checks on banks in the same city or town aa reporting bank
Fractional currency, nickels and cents
Notes of other national banks .
Federal reserve notes
Coin and certificates
Legal-tender notes
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer
7,500.00
3,750.00
.111.949.27
. 27,391.29
Total
434,894.70
,322.11
25,000.00
5,000.00
3,750.00
20,868.90
2,362.86
13,225.46
89,340.56
48,726.10
382.89
638,40
1,500.00
445.00
. 16,997.90
12,845.00
1,250.00
$633,449.88
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in
Surplus fund
Undivided profits $53,328.37
Less current expenses, interest, and taxes paid 5,721.81
Circulating notes outstanding -.
Dividends unpaid
Demand deposits:
individual deposits subject to cnecK 278,858 00
Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days 155 43
Certified checks 26 31
Cashier's checks outstanding jg gg
Postal savings deposits 485 28
Total demand deposits $436,018.32
$100,000.00
25,000.00
47,606.56
24,600.00
225.00
(
Total
$633,449.88
UneerJa Biscuit are extraordinary soda
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flavor.
Buy Uneeda Biscuit because they are
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NATIONAL BISCUIT
COMPANY
Miss Josephine Whaley, Rich-
lands, K. r. U. No. i 43.9UU
Mrs. Tommie Koonce, Comfort,
K. V. 1). No. 1 49.900
Miss Dorothy Bass, Kinston,
R. F. D. 2 115,325
Miss Glenn Sugg, R. F. D.
No. 2. Snow Hill 139.250
Miss Emma Grady, Albertson 129,300
Mrs. Verda B. Grady, Albert
son. R. F. D 140.250
Miss Conner Jones, Pink Hill 112,200
Miss Carrie Davis. Pink Hill 141.725
Miss Lula Tyndall, Pink Hill 96,400
Miss Gertrude Howard, Pink
Hill 139,325
Mrs. Winnifred Howard, Pink
Hill 19,800
Mrs. Emily Maxwell, Pink Hill
Hill ,.. 142,000
Miss Nina May Suggs, Hook-
erton 102V300
Miss Bet tie Heath, Comfort 141,750
Mrs. Maud Basdin, Comfort 105,600
Miss Sallie King, Comfort.. 121425
Miss Sallie Causley, Griftoa
R. F. D 28.700
Miss Rosabel Taylor. Grifton,
K. f . U. .140,250
ML Bettie Rouse, R. F. 0, La
Grange . . ..135,350
Miss Jess Kennedy, R. F. D.,
uurang lZ3,dO
Mrs. rich Hardison, R. P. D."
ui; range 138,200
Miss Lena Harris. .Winterville 95.125
Miss Emily Bagley. Craingers 97,700
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LENOIR ss:
I, D. F. WOOTEN, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to
the best of my knowledge and belief. D. F. WOOTEN, Cashier.
Correct Attest: 4
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of H. E. MOSELEY,
Mav 1916- N. J. ROUSE,
C. OETTINGER, Notary Public. . J. H. CANADY,
(My commission expires March 16, 191. 1.) . Directors.
Miss Mattie McAuther. Grain
gers 18.100
Miss Dora Miller, Hallsville.. 16,300
Mrs. J. C. Dawson, Hanra
han 49,350
Miss Agnes McLawhorn, Han-
rahan 5,200
Miss Minnie Rives, Greenville 110,200
Miss Lottie Whitfield, Leon.. 91.700
Mrs. Jay Smith, Leon 142,775
Miss Mattie Kennedy, Hallsville,
R. F. D. 4 121,250
Miss Gertrude Maxwell, Re
saca 139,150
Miss Rena Elmore, LaGrange 107,750
Miss Ruth Dail, LaGrange,
R. F. D 118,600
Mlxs Mittie Harrison, La
Grange, R5 129,300
Miss Roberta Aldridge, La
Grange, R. F. D. 5 142,600
Mrs. George Taylor, LaGrange,
K. Y. D. 2 142,850
Miss Glennie Britt, LaGrange
R. F. D. 2 141,700
Miss Fannie Mercer, Walston
burg 103,300
Miss L. Dougherty, Trenton. 142,100
Miss Lillian Haywood, Tren
ton 49,800
Mrs. Lillian Worthington,
Graingers, R. F. I) 135,000
Miss Theresa Kilpatrick, Kin-
' R. F. D. 6 139,700
Miss Elvis Sutton, Kinston,
R. F. D. 6 116,175
Miss May Stroud, Kinston, R.
r I). No. 5 61,500
Miss Sadie Waller,
K. F. D. 5
Kinaton,
142,325
Mrs. Minnie u Tyndall, Kin
ston, R. F. D. No. 5 19,100
Miss Sudie Thomas. Hallsv'le. 89,125
Mr. Willie Grady, Seven Spgs.,
R. F. D. 1 81.100
Miss Lucille Brown, Ayden. 140,000
Violet Adkinson, R. F. D. 1. 27,200
Mrs. Ada Phillips, R. F. D. 1 133,300
Miss Lillian Isler, R. F. D. 4 48,300
Mrs. Delia Gooding, R.F.D. 7 142,900
M,iss Sue M. Nobles, Trenton 133,175
Miss Laura Robinson, Deep
Kun .. 142,150
Mr. II. L. Pate, La Grange, R.
K. r'. 1). 3 134,250
Miss Fannie Elmore, Rout 3,
LaGrange 41,700
Mrs. Chester Houston, Kenans-
ville 39.100
Sallie Measley, LaGrange .. 92,225
Dorothy Taylor, LaGrange.. 141,100
Lizzie Uzzell. LaGrange 22,450
Miss Inex Smithwick, La-
Grance 44.800
Violet Howard, LaGrange... 92,200
Lois Sutton, La Grange, R.
F. D 88.200
Mrs. Ernest Jackson, Dover,
K. r . D 110.100
Mrs. Jno. Griffin. Dover R.D. 62.100
Miss Fleta Marshburn. Dov'r 142,650
Mias Aileen Jones, Sno. Hill 117350
Miss Minnie Aswell, Snow Hill 53,100
Miss Hattie Wells, R. 2, Ken
ansville .. 89,900
Mis Johnnie Patrick, Snow
Hill 4 lf8,200
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PHONE 8
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRING WIFE
After Four Yean of Diiamraginil' bad gotten so weak I could not stand, 1
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