THE KINSTON FREE PRESS THOAILY FREE PRESS H. Gait Braxton, Editor and Manager Published Ercry Day Execot Sunday by the Kins ton Free rresi Oon Inc. Kington, N. C Subscription Ratr Parable In Advance: One Week t .10 Three Months 1.00 One Month M Six Months 100 One Tear $4.00 Commanlcationi received and not published will not be returned unless sumps to cover postage accompany same. NEW YORK OFFICE 38 Park Row, Mr. Ralph R Mulligan, in sole charge of Eastern Department. Files ct Free Press can be seen. WESTERN OFFICE In charge of Mr. C. J. Anderson, Marquette Building, Chicago, where files of The Free Press can be seen. Entered at the postofflce at Klnston. North Carolina, a Meond-class matter under act of Congress, March S. 1879. After Six P. M. subscribers are requested to call West ern Union and report failure to get the paper. A copy will be sent promptly, if complaint is made before Nine P. M, without cost to subscriber. J ? ' Subscribers are requested to notify, by Telephone 76, The Free Press of any frregularity of delivery or inattention whatsoever on the parr -of the carriers. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1916 Now that the primary campaign is over, some of our office seekers who have been out more than in of late will probably settle down to regular office hours once more. . i It is announced that the Colonel will pay $1)00 a day in order to get the returns from Chicago by telephone. Evidently he didn't remain at home because of the ex pense of the trip. The old adage that "a fellow is known by the com pany he keeps" is exempliled in the case of the Colonel mnd the Wall Street gang which .have come out in the open in his behalf. . 1 Where is Clark, the erstwhile managing editor of the Charlotte Observer? We made inquiry for the genial Jesse Saturday when in the Mecklenburg capital, but failed to ascertain his whereabouts. It is reported that Ool. Bryan Is at Chicago taking in 4 he Republican and Progressive conventions. Is it possi ble that the Commoner hopes to be the compromise can didate when the Roosevelt-Hughes-Root aggregation locks horns. It is said that Prince Von Buelow, former German Chancellor and peace envoy plenipotentiary, is on his way to Washington on a special mission from Emperor William, evidently returning Colonel House's latest visit to Berlin. WTIEN LOCAL MARKETS ARE AFFORDED. Ws are very glad to note that the News-LeV.ter, the splendid weekly publication of the University of North Carolina, is championing the need for local markets for home-raised food and feed supplies. The Free Press has touched upon this very vital sub ject frequently in ihe last few weeks, particularly so 9ince the splendid illustrated address of Secretary Clark of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, delivered before the Municipal Association here, in which the advantages jerived from .'he establishment of such markets were so splendidly emphasized. In commenting upon I'.his important matter, the News Letter says among otheir things: "Our farmers will raise food and forest crops in (juaV "abundance. (1) as per mitted or en'fsifred of required to & si byHahdlords, supply mercWfttlts and bankers as dn Texas, and (2) if rhcy can turn such products into ready cash at a fakr price and profit in the nearby town or city, and not otherwise." Unquestionably the second point is the one most essential, for it not only furnishes a motive and incentive, but gives assurance to the planter that he can by properly diversifying his crops very quickly throw off the yoke of bondage which the one-crop planter has worn for so many years. When it is reaKzed, as the News-Lotter seta forth, Ithat $80,000,000 a year U spent by North Carolinians for staple food supplies for themselves and their stock, and j that much money is actually leaving the hands of our people, and going inl'o circulation in other communities to upbuilding that locality, it can be readily understood that the time for co-operative effort on the Ip&vt of the producer and the civil bodies of our various municipali ses is at hand. Wise indeed will be the city 'which takes the lead in this important matter and provides for the proper and safe marketing of every product which can be raised in its territory with profit. letter class of eneftt and profit to ill who read it. i Of far more value s news of this kind than that which nerely panders to the morbid and tensational. "The chronicles of i;he Jay's events," jsays The Herald, "is :ho news. The value and the worth whileness of it depends not so much on what the news is as on the atti "ude of the person's mind who is con iidering it. With some ..he most im portant news would be the items that some others would regard as of least mportance." All these things go to mike up the news. But. af er all, as :ur Smithfield contemporary wisely contends, "the things most worth while are the things that tell of the building up in a permanent way of he life and society about us." IMPRESSION JUSTIFIED. Raleigh Times: "No doubt that Berlin report that the main British fleet was engaged reflects an honest :mpression of the German navy that :t had run against all ilhe sea-fighting forces in the world." LENOIR COUNTY ECONOMIC AND AGRICULTURAL The resignation of Pastor C. W. PCanchard of the First Baptist chmrch, which was tendered to his congregation Sunday, will cause regret not only among those of the Baptist faith in this community, but all who have had occasion to keop up with the good work that Mr. Blan- chard has done. Bis resignation was accepted only be cause of his insistence that he be relieved of the work, and his congregation, by resolution, urged him to re main in charge until the completion of the splendid new edifice, now in course of construction. Mr. Blanchard a future plans have not been announced, but it is hoped that he will not sever all connections in this district. WHAT OTHERS SAY The. Carolina Journal of Pharmacy In a recent issue exhorting the members of the Pharmaceutical Associa tion to attend the annual gathering at Wrightsville the latter part of this month, suggests thirteen reasons why they ehould go. We wonder if Press Agent iCowan can't suggest at least one other good reason and thus remove the matter from the realm of superstition. A Virginia liquor dealer makes a rather unusual state ment in an advertisement in a Richmond paper, calling the attention of his patrons to the fact that it is the last opportunity to -buy Virginia mountain whisky. We have been under the impression that the liquorrtes have maintained always that the mountain variety was more abundant where prohibition prevailed than otherwise. The people of the second congressional district evident ly didn't agree very generally with the critics of Con gressman Kitchin who have charged him with being dis loyal to the administration. In spite of the fact that Mr. Kitchin was accorded an overwhelming vote. The Free Tress is inclined to believe that the opposition had a ben eficial effect. It is well enough f- every man to be re minded occasionally of the source of his power and au thority, and the opposition to Mr. Kitchin has at least done that. The Free Press believes that it expresses the sentiments of the majority of Congressman Kitchin'a con stituents when it expresses the hope that he will find himself in better accord with the policies of President Wilson in the future. "WHAT'S TnE NEWS?" Charlotte Observer: "The Smithfield Herald, falling into a reflective mood by reason of the fact that almost every day it has been hearing the question asked, 'What's the news?' and the usual answer, 'Oh, nothing of any importance." hands out to its .readers a few things worth thinking over. The Herald is of the opinion that 'unless the morning paper contains some sensational news, some account of an awful murder, a terrible railroad wreck, a sweeping tornado, a Mexican raid over the border, a sickening divorce suit, or the sinking of a great ship, the news is not regarded as of any importance.' This, The Herald argues, shows the state of the American mind. 'We are always on the lookout for some hing startling, the harrowing or the astounding,' it says. 'We are looking for the wonderful, the uncotoimon, the sensa tional things of the day. These are the things we call the important news. But are these the important things? The Herald picks up its copy of The Charlotte Observer to prove that they are not that they are far from it. The Herald proceeds to give a column review of the things it finds in ithat issue of The Observer that it calls "worth while things." One of these is the suggested re union of the blue and the gray in Washington, as show ing the friendly spirit of the South toward the North. Representative Hill's plan to tax the munitions plants as a method of assisting in raising the needed revenues for the Government without making it burdensome on the general taxpayer is another thing worth while. Secre tary MeAdoo's Raleigh speech is pointed out as a con spicuous example of something worth the consideration of the reader. The story of Davidson College commence ment is another instance. The account of the Christian Endeavor plana for its meeting in Charlotte is not neg lected by the critical editor. These and many other things constitute the news of the day and news of the (Continued from Page One) U. S., $994; Iowa, $3,380. Per cap ita taxable wealth, all property in 1913. was $340. White per capita taxable wealth, 1910, was $378. Ne gro per capita taxable wealth, 1910, was $23.4. Three years later Ithe per capita negro wealth was $40. 98th in negro farm owners; per cent, of all negro farmers, 7. State average. 33 per cent. Negro farm owners in Lenoir are 54. White farm owners in Lenoir are 47 per cent, of all white farmers. In N. C, 66 per cent. f0th in tax rate, State and county, on the $100 in 1913, .98 2-3. 40 coun ties have A higher rate. Yancey county highest, $1.68 2-3. In 1914 the State and county tax rate was lowered to 89 2-3c on t:he $100. 89th in tax value of farm land; compared with census value, 1910, per cent., 26. State average, 38 per cent. C7th in income taxes paid, 1913, $308.85. 33 counties paid no in come tax in T913;. and 32 paid none in 1914. Income' taxes in Lenoir in 1914 were $337. 21st in professional 'taxes paid, in 1913, $225. 45 lawyers, doctors, dentists, photographers, architects, etc., in Lenoir. Only 10 in Cumber land, none at all in Harnett. Duplin, Caswell, and Avery io 1913, on the tax list. 96th in white farm mortgages, per cent., 32. State average for whites. 17 per cent. 50th in improved roads in 1915, per cent, 13. Number of miles of improved roads, 65. 20th in automobiles (June 30. 1915), one for every family, 21. To tal number in county, 215. HI. Facta About Farm Conditions. 3 1st in land under cultivation; per cent, of total acres, 39.2. State ave rage. 29 per cot. Land under cul tivation, 99,:S82 acres. Idle, wilder ness acres, 154.598, or 60.8 per cent, of the total area. Reserving 50,000 acres for wood-lot uses and allowing 75 acres to each family, there is room for 1,396 new families. 48th in' number of farms. 2,423. Average cultivated acres per farm. 11. Size of cultivated farms largei in 18 counties. 1,332 farms are less than 50 acires in size, and 1,091 over 50 acres in size, both cultivated and uncultivated areas considered. There is room for a 40 per cent, increase in size of farms. 94:h in poultry decrease, 1900 '10, per cent., 7.4. 54,933 fowls of all i kinds in Lenoir in 1910. Rank in number of fowls on hand, 86th. 72nd in cattle per 1.000 acres. State average, 23; U. S. average 61. 48th in cattle increase, 1900-1910, per cent., 15. Caldwell increased 62 per cent. State average increase, 12 per cent. In 1860 Lenoir had 6,737 cattle, in 1910, 3.934. 7th in swine per 1,000 acres, 84. State average. 39; U. S. average, 66; Iowa, 263. 27th in swine increase, 1900-1910, per cent., 4; 69 counties decreased, on ly 28 increased. Hyde increased 61 per cent., and Greene 22 per cent. In 1860 Lenoir had 25,192 swine, in 1910, 21,138. 33rd in sheep losses. 1900-1910, per cent., 22. Total number lost, 198. worth $714.80. In 1800 Lenoir had 3,200 sheep; in 1910, 698. 77th in investment in farm imple ments per aore, $1.52. State aver age, $2.10; U. S. average $2.52. 70th in horse power; one work an imal for an average of acres, 31.01. State average, 25.85 acres; U. S. average, ly.Ltl acres. 94th in farm tenancy, per cent., 65.8. State average, 42.3 per cent. Increase in farm tenancy in Lenoir, 1900-1910, was 2 per cent. 47 coun ties decreased in farm tenancy. White owners in Lenoir, 750; negro owners, 54. Ine landless, nomciess white tenants and their families number 3,780 souls. Tenants raise cotton and tobacco mainly and neg lect their feed crops. IV. Facts About Farm Practices. 21st in cotton production, total in 1914, bvjlej, 15.715. Robesonl, ls, with 74,108 bales. The 1915 crop wa3 11,091, which was a decrease of 26 per cent. 9th in tobacco production in 1910, pounds, 6,588,205. Per acre produc tion, 790 pounds; rank 9th. State average 625 pounds per acre. 80th in non-food crops produced, tobacco, etc., $1,245:24d. Tobacco and other non-food crops produce an nually 66 per cent, of the total crop wealth. Food and feed crops pro duce 34 per cent, of the total crop values. State average of non-food crops, 53 per cent. 26th in annual farm wealth pro duced, $2,143,247. This covers both crops and animal products. 26th in crop-yielding power per acre, $19.03. State average, $20.18; compares well with Missouri, $13.90; Minnesota, $13.19; N. Dakota, $11.10; S. Dakota, $10.79 in 1914. 5 h in annual production of farm wealth per person, $135.8. State av erage, $85; average of French farm ers, $126. 80th in food and feed production per person, $35. Needed, $84 per person; deficit, $49 par person; to tal deficit, $547,380. 81st in food and feed crops; per cent, of total crop values, 34. Alle ghany, 89 per cent.; State average, 47 per cent.; Alleghany is the richest county in per capita country wealth. Lenoir ranks 8th in this particular. V. Facts About Food and Feed Production. 32nd in corn production, total. crop, bushels, 402,525; Robeson ranked 1st with 1,142,000 bushels. Ten-year de crease in corn production, 1900-1910, was 20,585 bushels; the per cent, de crease was 5. In 1860 Lenoir pro duced 372,174 bushels. 31st in corn production per per son, bushels, 18. Needed per per son, 31 bushels; deficit per person, 13 bushels; total deficit, in 1910, 295. 997 bushels. State average, 15 bush els per person in 1910. 53rd in wheat production per per son, bushels, .46. Needed, 4 bushels per person; deficit per person, 2.54; (Continued on Fagj Three) HUD. J. E. HOOD & CO. Prescription for? c z e m a? Otnr IS yean tho standard akin mmrif-i C?aam millet of rlwiMri krraa 303D l'e"k'n'wVr-'""id healthy. . Coma iu awl ask aa abuut uit, SEASHORE ROUND TRIP FARES FROM KINSTON VIA ATLANTIC COAST LINE Week-End Excursion Fares $4.75 to Norfolk. Tickets on sale for all trains on each Sat urday and for forenoon trains on each Sunday from May 27 to Sept. 10, inclusive, limited returning to reach original start ing point prior to midnight of Tuesday next following date of sale. Schedules and further particulars cheer fully furnished upon application to D. J. WARD, Ticket Agent, Kinsto n, N. C. Souvenir Day at Our Corset Department To every woman who visits our Corset Depart ment Saturday, June 10th. we will e-ive a beautiful Imported Aluminum Thimble. This very nractical rift is 'eriven with the compliments of one of the most suc cessful sections of our store our Corset De partment. We know you will be delighted with one m of these imported thim bles, and we also know that you will be keenly interested in viewing the splendid assortment of good corsets that are offered here. These thimbles will not be given to children. Examine the new Henderson Back Laced and Front Laced Corsets that are now being shown. We have never sold corsets that have given the wear ers such complete satisfaction as these popular priced models. We have special Henderson styles for all propor tions of figures; no matter how exacting you may be, we guarantee to fit you in a Henderson Corset that will satisfy you completely in comfort, style and service. You are invited to visit our Corset Department and receive one of these aluminum thimbles, and look over our large stock of corsets. ELI NACHAMSON 126-128 N. Queen St, Phone 4 10-J j i: . .i u laa V S FGFR KE ESCAPES ISDESiHEB ATTENTION m GUIDES 015 EUVATOS HAS TAKEN ft syppef VftCATloK AN rv BCLH ELECTED ' To FILL TH' UNEXPIRED TtTM - 0Et? 0U6H173 1 ft rtOCK OF Tips ii i'i nil fU-K i Mf' i Si;' ; ! y :: ! . ' I. i 1 ? : i . i. c I .', . J v. At..:: I .1 -St7i I ' I S? . - a 1 .1,1 . . I r, . . v v.n tit 1 1 fill t W I VaTT All AionE TV LOME. I STUCK! !:' '''. '. h'jft", j.' ,. Ziyi)!- r$ " 04 V-V-'- ' WALT m SfoV"' NEPHEW J pj9 . 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