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PAGE TWO THE KINSTON FREE PRESS ;TIIE DAILY FREE PRESS A . i ' ' " r - (United Press Telegraphic Reports) H. Gait Bnufton, Editor and Manager j ii fubliahad Evsry Day Extent 8anday by ths Kinston FrM i Pnh Co. Inc JUnaton, N. C. ' BabMrfptica Rat Payable la Advancst Oa Week .10 Thru Month! 1.00 Itm Moatk St Six Ifonthf ......... LOO - Ons Tear UM - Entered at tba postofflee at Kinston. North Carolina, ai MooBtl-class anattar under act of Congress, March 1. 1879. account of tba increase in prices of between $2,000 and 2.500 a year with no offset in sight The management hope to tide over the situation without having to call on its readers to pay an increased subscription price; however, prompt payment of subscriptions is absolutely neceHsary, and we appeal to our subscribers to arrange t take care of their subscriptions promptly when due. No newspaper can endure the prevailing excessive prices for aw materials and carry any considerable number of de linquent subscribers or those who ara in arrears. Prompt payment of subscriptions i absolutely necessary for the welfare of every newspaper printed in America. Communications received and not published will not be Attorned unless stamps to cover postage accompany same. -NEW YORK OFFICE 88 Park Row. Mr. Ralph R. Mulligan, in aole charge of Eastern Department Files ojf Free Press can be seen. 5 WESTERN OFFICE In charge of Mr. C. J. Anderson, Marquette Building, Chicago, where files of The Free free can be seen. 2. Subscribers ara requested to notify, by Telephone HfB, The Free Presa of any hTegularity of delivery or Inattention whatfoever on the part of the carriers. t After Six P. M. subscribers ara requested to call West an Union and report failure to get the paper. A eopy wUl be sent promptly, if eomnlaint is made before Nine ,P. M, without cost to subscriber. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 52. 1916 X I The New 'Bern Sun-Journal, we fear, is undertaking to promote a lottery. It proposes to offer a prize for the quickest solution of the-European. Mexican and railroad 'situations. "'. ' ' ' I It Will only take $192.31 more to bring Xinston'a and Lenoir's contributions for the flood sufferers of Western (North Carolina up to the thousand mark. Twenty ten a jwjll do the work. A M- ! . - I It is presumed that should Admiral Mayo's forces .j finds or overwhelm those of Admhral Helm, the landing ,wNl be purely Imaginary and in that respect very much Jakln to the hallucinations of some alarmists, who have told us how easy U would be for great armies of Europe to overrun our fertile fields. I . . a . I Tnt introduction of a bill in the Russinn Douma pro J posing to extend to the Jews, living in the Russian Em. jpire, all the privileges enjoyed by other citizens, is in line with the promises made during tho early part of the iwar. 'That the bill will have bitter opposition and will J is hard of passage la a foregone conclusion. Russia will flnJ a sentiment of endorsement from the nations of tho J world when it dobs elect to give to the Jewish people, .e aiding in its domains, the opportunity to live and pros ! l9f people. Race prejudice and religious perse j cution belong to the dark agos.A 'They havo no pkcj In modern civilitotion. ::l . - . ..V. . '.THE HIGH COST OF BLANK PAPERS. - On of the moat serious situations confronting the I country today, and partkularljr the printing craft is the j CMt wnk PPrs and raw materials entering into .t the making of newspapers and the prinUng of job work. An increase has been noticeable oh every single article fequiiita to the printing trade. 'Tin some few instances 5J? ot ,rom 10 to 20 Pp cent' u nt lM been mads! -In tha majority of cases' 50 per cent, and more, .jtfd In sores the prices hav mora than doubled. For in j atar.ee, common assorted poster paper, which was bought j for 85c and 90c a ream six o eight months ago, now sells j for f 2.00. Bond papers have increased 60 to 100 per cent j Of course, the printers hava.had no alternative than to Increase their prices accordingly for job work and the burden has therefore, been divided with the consumers. Not ao, however, with newspapers. Asa matter of fact, tha papers of this country are face to face with a most ',.PBV Nation. They have, within the past few months, been required to practically double their "expenses for - newspaper print paper, and not only is there no relief in sight, but the brokers claim that the supply is execed- lngly limited and a great many supply men are only ae- i ccpting oraers rrom tnejr regular customers. This enor .1 moui increase runs from a thousand or two for the small- er fipers to hundreds of thousands annuatly for the luig 't er metropolitan papers. Some papers have already in J creased their subscription prices to offset in . part this extra burden. Tbe Free Press is facing an additional expenditure THE GRAND JURY'S . CRITICISMS. r It is not our purpose in this article to make comment vpm the full report of the grand jury, which criticized rather eharply the county commissioners in regard to the expenditure of the road funds and the handling of con victs. We do deem It necessary to direct the public's at tention to that part of the report dealing with the con vict system. In the first place, The Free Press believes that the Board of County Commissioners has laid itself liable to sharp criticism for continuing In the service, Convict Boas Mincher, who was convicted at a' recent term of the Superior Court for brutal and inhuman treatment o prisoners, and who is now out on bond pending the ap peal of his case to the Supreme Court. The evidence ad duca at the trial of this man was sufficient to convince every right-thinking citizen in the county that he was unfit for the place and his continued employment by the county commissioners border not only on contempt of. court, but contempt of public sentiment. The'grand jury indicated in its report that its recep tion at the convict camp was discourteous. This is not the first report of this character which has been made. Somo months ago a prison reformer passing through com plained of having been accorded discourteous treatment at the hands of the road department The grand jury was in the discharge of its official duty in making its inspection. We ara informed that it has the right to see every record and to look into every phafe of the work ing of the criminals as much so as the county commij aioncrs or their agents. The same, of course, could not be aid about the prison reformer, but the commissionors and their road auperintendent must not lose sight of the fact that the convict camp ia a public institution. It is open to inspection and if it is ibeing properly conducted it is logical, to assume that there will be no objection to a visit from an official body, such as the grand jury, or any representative citizen, who might desire to visit it. ' There has been too much mystery and vagueness about our county convict system. A thorough investigation should be made and those In charge of the road .force should be exonerated of the alleged shortcomings or "face the music," if tho reports are substantiated. Some action oireht to be taken and taken now. WHAT OTHERS SAY IS DECENCY TO BE MATTER OF FASHION? Richmond Virginian: "We commend to the attention of American women the following, written by the Italian Bishop of Cuneo, in comment on a letter to the clergy from the Archbishop of Turin, Italyi in which the prel ate urges that indecently dressed women be Tefused ad. mission to the churches: "In times of war the matrons of ancient Rome used to dress in mourning. Our women, on the contrary, go about dressed like tight-rope dancers, short skirts, high heelod boota, transparent stockings, bare necks and arms, facej rouged and painted, absurd coiffures, and hats of shaoes as varied and fantastic as the caprices brewing in the billy heads that wear them." "We have often wondered why our women in Ameri ca ftel constrained to follow any and every style that contes out from we know not where. Who is the auto crat anyway who decrees that women's dresses shall swing but slightly below their knees and that they shaP often be so thinly clad that their attire can be described in Jiut one day? "Who decrees that indecency in danc'fig must be ac cepted as a matter of course? Who was responsible for tho terribly degrading mess of alleged literature served up by many of the so-called leading magazines, as a hand-maiden of the indecent in dress and dancing? "We must believe that there has been a terrible loss somewhere a loss in delicacy, a cheapening in all that true womanhood holds most dear. "We wonder, at times, what fown the campaign ,of in decency will next assume." ' ; DRPAGLIERE BLAMES'! WAR FOR HIGH PRICES; RELIEF IS PROMISED Buenos Aires, Aug. 2.'. Dr. Jose Marcos Paglucre today denied the re port that tha Radical f at ty soon to put its hand to the administrative machinery in Argentina has no pro- gram. The statement has been made by a number of their political oppon-j nts and by many radicals themsel-' v-s. . I Dr. Pagliere, a prominent Radical, I who probably will have a place n Preaident-Eect Irigoyen's cabinet, says they are mistaken. "We Radicals,", he declared today, "are men of action, with deeds, not words, for our daily motto. Person ally, I look forward to a new consti tutional life in Argentina, which will make our nationality as immovable as the rock. "There will be more security for the people and the stranger." Dr. Pagliere said the Radicals will reduce food prices. "The European war," he said to day, "has unnecessarily increased the cost of bread in Argentina to 15 l-2c for 2 pounds and 2 ounces. We have studied this matter and at the end of 3 manths of experiment have dis posed of much broad a 8tce a posed of much bread at 8 cents and 8 mills for 2 pounds and 2 ounces. This was done without the loss of a single cent. We will do the same with meat and milk very soon." POOR LITTLE RICH BOY MUST GO BACK TO HIS STEPFATHER'S MOTHER Nyack, N. Y., Aug. 25. Willie Crossman Lee, "the poor little rich boy," who cried and said he was "tir ed of being dragged around the coun try" by relatives interested in the $2,000,000 estate he inherit from the late William Crosaman, coffee fling, will shift guardians again here today. Supreme Court Justice Tompkins decided that DeWitt H. Kenyon, Port Chester lawyer, must rlurn the boy to Mrs. Emma Lee, mother of Fred crick T. Lee of White Plains, step father of the boy. The battle for possession of the 2-million-dollar boy has waged hotly for more than a year in the New York courts between William Mills, Jr., of California, father of the boy and Lee. his stepfather. His father started 3cven separte actions to get the boy and the management of hia estate. but lost every one. , The boy's mother, who divorced Mills and married Lee, died in New York two years ago. Testimony at the hearing said that Mills never had taken any interest in hia son until he inherited the estate of the coffee fling. The boy testified that his mother had impressed on him the desirability of remaining with his stepfather. The lawyer Lyon was appointed guardian a few months ago, and the boy taken away from Lee. Lee and his mother hid the boy and were hal ed into court It Js expected that they will now be permitted to keep him. Friday Evcriing, August 25.. Hie- ana are nos guaranteed.- v. TRAINS LEAVE KINSTOX EaatBount . . 11 ai 9. m.--"Kght Expreaiji'bi man SlMnfnv XT . Norfolk. Connects for aB North and Weat , Parlor Car ice between New Bern and Ktr . folk.' -.Tr, Operates Passenger Trains from North Carolina into Terminal Sta tion, Norfolk, without Transfer. N. B. The following schedule fig ures published as information only 7:50 a. m-'Daily, for Beaufort; Ne 'Born and Norfolk. , 4:41 p.mv Daily for Beaufort ''tL Oriental. Weat Bound t 5:40 a. m. Daily for Goldsbora, ? 10:03 a. m. Dailv for Goldshn. , 8:14 p. m -Daily for Goldsboro. For further information or reserva tion of Pullman sleeping car sm ouppjy lo ty. w. mcuuison, Agent, &k ston, N. C.'' . v'-t. , TJ:: i ramc manager. Nonoik, V. I , H. S. LEARD. General Passenger Agt, Norfolk, Vt FREIGHT HOUSE DOVER ROBBED DURING NIGHT The freight warehouse of the Nor folk Southern Railroad at Dover was robbed either late Thursday night or early this morning, according to local police office . The Kinston depart ment has been, advised that one or more persons entered the warehouse, taking off three suit of clothes, quantity of whiskey, a bicycle and pos sibly other articles. An axe and inside. There is said to be no .clue, hammer were used to gain entrance, and the implements were left on the SOUTHERN RAHWAY Trala. No. 21 Let. res Goldsboro 5:45 a. ax, for RaTelgh, Durham, Greensboro, Ashevilla and Waynea- villa. Through train to Ashevilla, handles chair ear to Waynesvilla Greensboro, Handles free chair car from Raleigh to Atlanta, making con nection for New Orleans, Texas, Cal ifornia and all western points; also connects at Greensboro with through trains for all northern aud eastern points. ; : Train No. 139 Leave Goldsboro 2:00 p. m. for Raleigh, Durham and Makes connections at Greensboro for all points ncrth and east and at Ashe villa with Carolina Special for Cin cinnati, Chicago and all western points. ' Train No. Ill Leave Goldsboro 10:35 p. m., for RaTeigh, Durham and Greensboro HaniLce Pullman sleep through train for Atlanta and Ne Orleans, also makes connection for ishevillo, Chattanooga, St Louis. Memphis, Birmingham and all west irn points. Train No. 131 Leaves Goldsboro 5:00 p. m. for Raleigh, Durham and Greensboro, making connection for Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and points South and West J. O. 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