VOL. XVIItNd. 62 '
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON. N. C FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY
rftlCE TWO CENTS
FIVK CENTS ON TRAINS
SISTER OF VICTIM
IS TAKEN
CLASH OF REVENUE PRESIDENT AND BROTHERHOODS ON 01 CARR IED DREAD
BY THE FRENCH If
iOONSHINE SIDE Al RAILWAY EXECUTIVES ON OTHER TO SEE HUGHES IN
MILES
IN EPSTEIN TRIAlU BRILLIANT FIGIlf
CLAN; ONE RMY DIE IN DEADLOCK OVER THE STRIKE QUESTION MUTE HOUSE. SAYS
IN TV0 DAYS TlfJE
FIFTY-THREE
! T i i f
Judith Edwards ( Says Her
Brother Abused Defend---'antTfcforVKillfrtff
SHTO SUMMONED SLAYER
Was Fiancee at Time Dra--matic14
Evidence Enstefn
Cries and Emotional Fem
inine Spectators , Shed
Tears With Him
I.,
. (Specal to The Freo Press.)
Goldsboro, Aug. 25. Counsel's
speeches are being heard in the
Epstein case this afternoon .Ele
ven are to be made. ,, The jury
will not get the ease before Sat
urday afternoon, probably.
ftoldboro.-Aug. 25. Miss Judith
$4wflrds, on the stand in the trial of
Human Einstein, charged with the
murder jof Miss Edwards'' brother,
Leonard, Edwairds, Thursday after
noon, sprung the big sensation of
nVe case when she bore out the state
ment of the defendant that tho vic
tim had accosted and cursed him. Misa
Edwards was Epstein's fiancee when
the killing occurred a few months
ago; he, bad been ordered by Edwards .
not to, come to the house. ;
Attractive Judith Edwards stated
that sh had telephoned Epstein to
come to the Edwards home, and ,that
she was in the yard when her broth
said on the stand that Edwards, the
larger man of the two, had manhan
dled him. Miss Edwards did not
witness the shooting.
.Misa Mary Wooten told of passing
the Edwards home and hearing
curse and & pistol shot There were
twOf men standing in, semi -darkness
Ono bad on a light, suit. Sho saw
the man in the light suit, his hands
over his heart, standing in the street
af tea the shot. . The other man stood'
at the. edge of the sidewalk.
Uyman Epstein cried . as H. B.
Parker told of hearing the ho how
Ed-ardi3 was carried into liis horns
and laid out, and of a conversation
with the young slayer. Many women
were ih the court room and. mos tall
of these added their team to Ep
stein's.'
Advanced In Three Lines,
Overwhelming UmF Teii
' ton Defense? f 1
ALLIES ARE "ADVANCING
Upon Two Important IJoints
In - West -Slavs- Driving
Turks Before Them In
Caucasus Offensive Bit-
lis Being Evacuated
CANDLER NOMINATED
FOR MAYOR ATLANTA
, Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 24 Asa G.
Candler, millionaire soft drink man
ufacturer, was nominated by mayor
of Atlanta in the Democratic prim
ary today over Jesse Armiat, mem
ber of the city council.
MANY HURT WHEN BOLT
$TRUCK SHOE FACTORY
Brockton, Mass., Aug 24-Nine, pfr-
eon! were injured, four seriously and
.. - .
1 ' ' , P 3 I... hLnia
; wwiy a score suirereo uunuv uuua
iyiW a. bolt of llghtviix a7uck v
' vat of denatured alcohol, to explode
and set fire to tfce building. ;
(By the United Press)
London, Aug. 24. The Russians
have resumed their advance in , the
entire Caucasus theater following the
recapture of Musti, says a wireless
message firom Petrograd. The Turk
are evacuating Bitlis.
Capture of Maurepas.
Paris, Aug. 25. The French have
advanced to within a mile and a half
of, Cemfcle, ; aa. important railway
center, jfurious fighting following
the capture of Maurepas. The town
has been wider a terrific bombard
ment far three days. French infan
try is advancing just south of Com
bles to pocket ' up Hhe Germans, jn
the same manner that the British are
closing in on Thiepval. -Infantry at
tacks follow cannonading, i Artillery
has bathed the Somme front with
hundreds of thousand of. shells.
The 'SFrench left their, trench at
sundown last. evening and scrambled
over iruined German trenches in three
waves that overwhelmed the ,V Ger
mans, capturing Maurepas in exactly
thirty minutes f General Haig's Eng
lish drove iforwar4 for three hundred
yards soutH of ..Thiepval," taking
German trench on a f our4rondred
yard front.
French Repel German Attacks.
1 Paris, Aug. ' 25. The French last
night consolidated the positions won
in yesterday's advance north--, d
Maurepas, and repulsed a violent t"
Csck on hill 121 south of the village,
it is officially said. Three : fixmdrad
prisoners hive been taken since yes
terday meaning on the northeast front
at Verdun. The Germans attaeJtedl
the village -of Fleury, in force but
were stopped in the region of Apre-
mont :. ...
Italians Near Trieste. j v
-With the Italian Army near Gar
itz, Aug. 25. General Cadornn'has
pushed his lines to within fourteen
miles of Trieste, gradually progress
ing in difficult , mountains country,
where ' the Austrians are resisting
(Dy the United Press)
Lynchburg, Va, Aug. 2j.-f-Rt-enue
officecs from ( Mount Airy
N, .C, and MarUnsville, Va, ars
hNUaing to the scene of a shoot
ing butweca, revenue men and al
leged,. maoaahinars. near Stuart,
Va, m j huh Revenue Officer &
H.. Mays waa probably fatally
wounded. '
mays, wun a posse trailing a
wagon of liquor across the State
line, called at the home of
bam Smith, demanding Smith's
surrender. The Smith clan open
ed fire on the, posse. William
Smith was arrested but the sth
crs escaped. r
Neither Q'Ghe An Inch-EmpToyes Becoming Irapa- Declates RcpubUcan Candi-
ticiit-UnioiT IIead Charo-A Natfon-WMrt Th. ?W ate Is lrymg to btir Up
Teleams Excitement VTien President Calls Broth
erhood Men Into Conferences-Talked for Ninety Min
utes but Accomplished Little or NotMnffWHson Will
Ul vw i iiAf, auwouj-u Dornam Auff. 2B.-Wilsorv ia the
promise by Englnemen, Trainmen and Others North- greatest President c:nco Washington,
P;fin r t.l- nr-- o wisest since Jefferson, in the
Sectionalism' That Would
1
Damage South Wilson
Called Great '
Side, Aflcged
RUN-OFF PRIMARIES IN
v.
TEXAS FIGHT BETWEEN
opinion of General Julian S. Cair,
multimillionaire owner of the largest
hosiery mill in tho world,
"Our dear Southland would have
little to hope for in tha event of
it of sectionalism, inimical t the
(By the United Press)
WashinfftonAuer. 25. With President Wilson and the
railroad presidents apparently at loggerheads for. the rie said Jlughcs was kindling a apir-Ume-beinpv
the President today stirred utj excitement bv Hughes' election" ho dociarcd today.
suddenly calling the heads of the brotherhoods to the South, which he thought had been
WMtA Wniififl,TYii i C.ri-nfararina rPha rm-folnfin Icfisrl tin f buried with the Ritanisti warn.
Run nnin. I - wv- i-"vv. i,uuivvuvv '"Mu w I -
IHt Wtl5 AND FKUH1155. hour and a half.
AccordinjGr to the workers' representatives, the talk ALLEGED SLAYER IS
naiias, Texas. Aug. 25. individu- leic tne sicuation uncnansrea. incy were not asKea to ac
aiity win be largely lost sight of to-1 cept x f mpromise, they said, and gave the impression as
morrow in ue run-off primaries -for they left the White House that the. President may be;ex
the Democratic nomination far U. nwr.prt tn srflnri firm v hv r.hp nrnnosn which thev ftf-
senator. Tomorrow's balloting cepred but the railway lieads reject,
TAKEN AFTER FORTY
FOUR YEARS, REFORT
s.
will be a battlek between wet and dry
forces, with odds favoring the lat-
ter, politicians say. V
Senator Charles Culberson and O.
. Colquitt, former governor, jar
the principals in today's votng. In
the regular Democratic primaries on
July 26 Culberson got 80,000 votes to
The brotherhood chiefs while at the White House plac- j
.1 1 B 11 W -1 l 1. A Z . 3 T 1 fc.
ea Dejore me t'resmenc a cnarge mat a nauon-wme tuuuy
Is being conducted to influence sentiment to favor the
roads. Th.?y presented telegrams showing that the
with utmost - tenacity. Monfalcone,
like the other-villages of tho Carso,
has been leveled by artillery. The
Carso plateau is strewn with corpse
f horses and menu torn by ahell Are.
THRFF KIM FH IN AN
--ACCIDENT ON 'fcillE
; Easton, Md.,: Aug. 24. Three twin-
men were killed in a wreck on, the
Lehigh and New England - Railroad
near here. ' The tender of a locomp
tive Jumped- the track on . steep
grade and five coal cars piled on top
of the engine? - :. " ?
Athens GovcrnmcritJTcltp
Kaiser Greclto Wiir Noi
Stand For sThe Invasion
' ' . . (By UM Unilod Vs) . .
London, Aug: 25i-Germany has ordered Bulgaria to
ciscontinue the Balkan advance and evacuate Greek ter
ritory, fearing Greece, will enter the war on the side of
he, Allies, an imconJSrmed wirelds report from Rome
fcays. ; Several Qreek generals" have refused to obey orders
to evacuate Macedonia, the dispatch sai&Vj-:.Vy--i
' Instead of preparing to defend the eastern forts, the
Greek" government is said to have laid this information
before Germany, ; adding that public indignation is i so
great over the invasion that the government cannot mas
ter the situation. - Germany then ordered the withdrawal,
the report said, f L . V .' . aiL.'
Asheville, Aui. 24. After eluding
tho officers for 44 years, Andy Wise
a wiito man, charged with the mur
der of John Rogers of ihis county,
has been nrresti'il nl W.illiAnwui. W
Northern Pacine is paving for favorable messages ror-fva., according to a teiogram receiv
wartiea tcwasnmgton. - ed siuriff e. m. Mitchell this
Pressure from their members for prompt disposal of morning. . . . ;
Colquitt's 107,000, and tha present M-ne 1SSUL ls ":imujr troKei lhu , uiuuiunuyu ncuu.. "'-
iob-hoider only beat Dr. s. P. Brooks, cola tne rresiaeni. ine Drouiernoous. iney satu, reiuse ' ? r , n.-i
rjemmona, wr.o was ancnii ot uun-
former president of Baylor UniverSi
ty, by about 6,000. But tho nomlna.
tion fight even then had resoh-ed it
self into 'a prohibition' and anti-prohibition
issue wits Colquitt favoryig
the antis and Culberson and Brooks
the pros. The prohibition vote split
on its two candidates. " v '
i Submission of prohibition at a gen
eral election to follow the next ses
sion of the Legislature, carried in
the primaries. The drys are expeei.
ed to unite behind Culberson, and
despite his defeat by Colquitt in the
first primaries he is admitted by pol
iticians to have the best of it "on
paper."
absolutely to compromise further than in compliance with
f-hft President's nlan , ; '
luBIetips
(By the United Press)
TWO DIE IN DUEL ON ROAD, I
Frauamn, "Ala., Aug. 25. G.
W. Sniitli end Robert Hall, prom
inent men of Wjlcox county, are
dead as tho result of a pistol fight
on a public highway.
LEO R0WE SECRETARY
MEXICAN COMMISSION
Washington, Aug. 24. Leo ' S.
Rowe; professor of political economy
at tho University of Pennsylvania,
who was" secretary of the recent Pa
nama financial congress, will bo. sec
retary of the American group of the
ioint commission which will seek a
solution of Mexican difficulties! v
JUDGE DEVIN NAMES
TILLEY COURT CLHIK
IN DURHAM COUNTY
Judge Devin, conducting Superior!
Court here, Thursday night moiled to i
Durham the appointment of E. I.
Tilley to the Clerk of Superior Court
in Durham county, which county is
in Judge Delia's - district. Clerk
Tilley succcf is the late Clerk Caleb
Green, who died recently after 'many
years in office.
ThO Durham bar endorsed Mr. Til-
ley. He is an attorney, and has been
deputy clerk of the Court for some
time. la that office he had made good
and earned the regard- of his fellow
lawyers and the public generally,
DEATH OF MRS. CARRIE
M. FORDHAM AT NOON
Mrs. Carrie M. Fordham, well-
known woman died In Menwpial hos
pital at noon today, following a long
period of ill health, Recently she
suffered a broken hip in a fall, and
that may have hastened her death, it
is thought Mrs; Fordham wa3
about 80 y?ars of age. She- was tho
widow of the late Dr. A. J. Fordham,
who died about eight yearsi,ogo. She
is survived by one brother, J. H,
Fiigh of Clinton, and on sister, Mrs.
Mary Wooten, ; who, residos at tho
east end of King street, this city. It
was with tlio latter, that Mrs. Ford
ham made her homo, and from the
Wooten residence tho funeral will bo
conducted Saturday at 5 ,p. m. Rev.
E. N. Harrison of Caslvell Street
Methodist churcn will officiate.
Mrs. Fordham was a woman of an
excellent type, a devout Christian and
of lovable disposition. She was a
member of the Methodist church.
BRYANT SANDERSON
GOES FREE IN CASE
The jury in the Sandascn case
about 3:15 this afternoon Iff ought
in ft verdict of "not guilti" Man
slaughter, was the most xhat the
State had asked fctl ?
combe' county at that time, nnd was
brought to Asheville to W placed in
the county Jail. Sheriff Plemmons
drove up to the old county courthouse
with his prisoner, and fla ho was pre
paring to hitch hi hope to the post,
aiiegaa murdoror mada a break
liberty and had not been cocu
nor heard of fiince by any of tha suc
ceeding sheriffs in tho intervening
ii years, until Stevo P.offers,' tho son
at the rmirdarsd man, nrahod :. infc;
Sheriff Mitchell's' ofilcs on" April 1st,
stating that Andy Wise, the man who f
had killed his father,' had bceir swn
ttt ther French Broad rrfriglibdrhood.
Sheriff Mitchell procured an automo
bile and' hastened - immediately to
y1- ' i ' '; t - ' j
Battalion of Third Infantry
Marched From . Camp
Glerui to Sportsmen's
Camri Not Far From New:
ern--Stood It Well ,
(Special to Tfi Frea Press.)
Camp Clonn, N.1 C,' Aug. 25.--A
battalion our companies of, j tha
Third infantry returned to camp lata
yesterday after tha longest bJko taken,
by troop in thia Stat inca tha War
Between, "tha States;., -. They marched
53 milo in t dayj"; tf u dona
yesterday. The battalioff fntmped to
Camp Bryan, between Newport and
NeM t'irsu Twtf auppfy wagon's and
an ambulance accompanied the outfit,
which was under command of Major
S. C. Chambera. The men were toi
! " . ' ... ' J
good condition when . they arrived
here. Tho regimental band played
them into camp from a d!stana be '
yond. the reservation. t Ffty-hre
miles in 48 hours ia rather unusual,
for men in marching equipment.
Thirty miles Would be considered fair,
forty good- ,-. i
s Company A of rrglneers, newly-or
ftaniaed,,, is expected ber front Wil -mington
tomorrow. ; Another ngi
tccr, company is soon to arrive from
Charlotte. ,. ' '
Corp, Leo Kornegay of Company '
I., Second Infantry, has been trans- -fcrred
to the headquarters company of -that
regiment. Harry Paul, svho has
h-cn wrestling in the Middle West aa
"Young 3o toft", has 'enlisted tit tho
SeconiP, h has been attached to Com
pany B, later to" go into a anpply
company. ' i
753 TOWNS DESTROYED SINCE,
tfiGINNING OF, THE WAR
The jiinr tooM ttw, easo ajamst
Bryant Sanderson, ehaTged' with the J, French Broad township, only to find
killing ofAmos Boston, at about a that Wise had caught the train out
SECOND RAID UPON
ENGLAND IN A? DAY
A ' '. i 5
FOILED Br : AIRMEN
, ... . ' 'i-7
(By the. United Prese)
London, Au. 25-A aecond air
raid within 24 hoars, when six teppe
lina bombarded the east coast, was
dispersed by anti-air craft guns. An
WOULD HAYE GOTTEN
BY ALL RIGHT, BUT
TAKING NO CHANCES
William Atkinson, colored, a farm
tenant, stood charged with larceny
larceny - of - a ' watch in : Superior
Court, here Thursday. Thero was
some loubt aa to his guilt; so much
that the Solicitor agreed to a sub
mission to a charge of simple tree-
pass. William was not aware
what was in progress, probably.
William Atkinson sat there in- the
courtroom and hoard a couple of de
fendants soaked for 12 months each.
That had a very depressing effect up
on William, who was under bond" and
Atkinson's counsel, having: effected
liberty to go where he pleased.:' -'
the change whereby he could admit
quarter to 1 o'clock- thus Attornoon.
The caee was commenced Thursday
afternoon, and all the evidence was
in before adjournment Argument
v:a3 heard today.
In this case Sandarson, a young
futrn tenant, is the" defendant. Bos
ton was ona of tho wealthiest plant
ers in Jones county. IIo was killed
fn an affray with Sanderson on : his
plantation on thi sidt of tha Lenoit
county Una several months ago Tes
timony had Thursday afternoon was
to jhe effect that Bectoit had wado a
if, tt attack 4b other and his throat
was cut ia the fracas. Bccton was
an elderly man. He was a bachelor
and had a reputation for indulging in
immoral pleasures. It wajj at - the
home of a negro tenant that, the fa
tal fight occurred.
The prospect this afternoon is that
the August term of Superior Court
will be brought to an end tonight
Cases disposed of Thursday were:
Thad. Tyndall, "Sunday selling ixnd
nuisance, not guilty. .Tobe Mayo, re
tailing,' not guilty. Ceorga Caven-
Vugh, having whiskey for sale, guilty;
judgment not pronounced. ' M. -
, of Alexander tho morning . before.
After getting a good description of
Wise, from the persons who saw him
on hjs briof stay, Sheriff ' Mitchell
had a l.arge number of cif culars prinf
' ed and Bent them into' the surround
ing States, resulting1 in tha arrest a?
Wise at Williamson.
GOTO ON IN OTHER
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
OF EASTERN CAROLINA
Mrs. Mary Carter of Bclhavcrt, her
two children and another child whom
she is caring for, were stranded in
Pads, Aug. 2S.TStati8tica from '
tho 'Ministry of tne Interior, avalla-
bia today, ahow that! 7531 towns have
Men destjpoyed' ainca military opera
lions wera begun and up to- June 30.
' - - " ' ' , 'I
JTfWfi'eYn' eii ttnta home from' Flor
ida. The SalVatlOrf Army stepped1 in'
and aecffrtJ .' them .'temporary , quar
ters ad set bobli ffie business of
raisfna; fund1 for thetn to get (tonte.. ,
The Third. Infantry band and about -
hundred ' soldiers tiaitad . Oriental -Thursday,
trying to secure recruits in
Pamlico county. ,, v. - : ,
Win terville, High School was burn-
ed wbon a bolt of lightning ignited
the belfry toarly, ; Thursday. , Thef I
buiMing was a mass of .ruJna in an
Bout's time. Tha furnituro on ttha"
first floor was saved. The "achool
term hadT opened onfy a- day or two
before. Building mi contents- ware
valued at -$0,100, With $1,000 insur-
antra.. There is practically no doubt
that the school wilt be replaced It ?
was under Baptist control, ,' , ,
Friday Sustains t Ite-riccord
As Big ;5alt? Day Qit Local
Tobacco IYIarket-400,000 Lb
s.
i 4
aviator who dashed in at close range trespass and payNfor it and go on
directed the machine gun , fire upon Wi!!yum's nerve had failed him and
th dirigibles which mounted high in he was gone. ' lie had not -come out
in the clouds, " of the woods thi morning. . Ilia coan-
Any estimate at this writinff of the tobaefco break on '
the Kinston market today . is but miesSwork.' Thpso
tHAd. lAKItX KILLED: : million pounds. The Free Press nuts the figures
: TOAIM CfRTTfir MATUIvr tween three fifty and four hundred thousand, . The prices '
I I1M1W MKUtA lVIAUlliNt sh0w no indication of falling. In the opinion of(some the
r i '-' ? . ii i i. il. i - x j u .i
1 . ' -y i graues uiruugnuuu uie saies -touay wouiu not ayerage up
Rocky Mount, Aug. 24 Suffering t0 thosc on gome previous days when the sales were much
a fracture situii, enatteret Aip and sni-ilW arA fnr thflt'renaort the avrap-P TnV irnVrir nnf.
internal injuriea when hja. autowas the hiest of the seasom This is merely speculative,
Line pasnger train , No. 68 about fW1 18 COnsemtlVe tO y that PnWe.UMly fat-.'
noon today, Charles A. Carter, a plan- ?ndJ lnStanCC9 exceeded What the Sellers '
ter.iumbcrman and merchant of Was- expccxea. ine irrsx sale? cpnsumea mosi oi inemorning
try's, Nash county, was given injur- "nd the dinner halt was taken m the mi,qst or the second
..aies; it will ue'weu on in tne aiiernoon Deiore,tne mira
and last sale of the day is concluded. ' j
: Frirlnv ii ftlw.iva a hir rlav nn thim.irlcft 'and trio
quantity today was more than, double any previous day of
the present season. Good breaks are expected daily from
now on and by the end of the coming week it-will not be
ies from which he died
later, "y
three hours
set frankly laid the facts before the
court and Judge Devin allowed the
altered charge to etand.
A white man whose aub-tenant Wil
liam
and reassure
W usma iivov aur- r,- nan M w J
is. ia trying to find the darky surprising if the "criers' w voices don't begin to; "feel tho
easaura him,':- -, , cfTcCts" Of the day's WOrk, : . L