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VOL. XVJIlW-No. 75
SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY
PRICE TWO CENTS
FIVE CENTS ON TP4P"
RESIGNATION OF Z4IMIS KOW OFFICIALLY
ilinED 1 ATlttj1 GREECE1 IS STEP
NEARER TO DECLARATION Of WAR TODAY
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MAINE IS BACK Iff
WIFE SLAYER
MEETING AT
AMERICAN (JEN AfID
5IETHOD5 TO BHIKG
PEACE JiELOV RIVER
HADE IN PROGRESS
BELIEVED SECRETJED
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THE KENNEDY HIE
BEING HELD TODAY
By MONDAY'S VOT'G
IN NORFOLK SECTION
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WHITE ANNUAL
REPUBLICAN COLUMN
CHRISTIAN ENDEAY'R
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Allies In Balkant fieg'm Offensive on Cig Scale, Defeat
ing Botji Wings of Bulgers Projecting Too Far From
Center in SeriJa, Reported Towns Taken and Rapid
Headway Made In March Against Important Rail Line
.French, British and Serbs Co-operating Turjss - to
Join Germans and Bulgars In Roumanian Offensive-
German Populace Becomes
Food Situation Under (Government's Plan
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-Athens. Sent. 12. After
the Bulgarians are retreating, pursued by the Allies. TJie
Bulgarian losseswere heavy.
ifcnlp-ara .Refrpat.ins'.
i Paris, Sept. 12. The Allies have captured Bulgarian
trencnes norui oi jyiajaaan on a iwo-iime xi uut iv a ucjjuj
of a mile, it said officially. Southwest of Ostrova Lake.
the Serbs repulsed the Bulgarians, inflicting heavy los-
ses. A'loieni aruiierying conwnueij aruuuu uuriaii uaive,
The French have penetrated trenches south of Berny.
in a resumption of the fighting south of the Somme,'sayp
an official statement. ; A lierman attack eabt or tJeiior-en-Santerre
was repulsed. "
German Statement. .
Berlin, Sept .12. rljeavy fighting continues in Greece,
along the 'Struma front. The Bulgarians thus far have
been successful, it is officially claimed.' The German-Bul-gar
advance in Southeastern Roumania continues. .
; London, Sept. 12. Greece moved nearer to war to
day with the .beginning of the real Allied offensive in the
Balkans. Reports saying Premier Zaimis had resigned
are officially confirmed at Athens. - - ,
.Dispatches indicate the capture of four villages by the
British "and the defeat , of the Bulgars. on bothv wings
caused a prof ound sensation. A strong orcev of British
apparently engaged the Bulgar left wing. The Allies are
now approaching the Seres-Demirhissar railroad, aband
oned a few weeks ago. The Serbians,, reorganized, are
attacking with great vigor. , v .
- Saloniki, Sept. 12. The French have joined the British
and Serbians in the, Ba kan offensive, it is said officially.
The French co-operated in the capture of Yenimah'.
Russian Gain. - -
,Petrograd, Slept. 12. The Russians in the Carpathi
ans have occupied a ridge north of Mount. Kaupl, captur
ing 900 men and 13 officers, it is officially said.
German Food Regujations Displease.
: Berlin, Sept. 12 The Turks will join the Germans and
Bulgars in the invasion of Roumania, says a Turkish offi
cial statement. - The German people are more dissatisfied
with the new government food department. .Optimistic
statements by the food dictator, Herr -Von Batocki, had
led to the belief that food conditions would be greatly
improved by fall. Instead, food is being supplied more .on
the .organized plan until it will soon be on an absolute ra
tion basis. - -
The British capture of the yillage of Ginchy is official
ly admitted. r. ,
BlfASE ft MANNING
JlAyiNG IT OUT IN
'..Of
. CBy the United Pmm),
Columbia, S C.;Sept 12. Form
er Governor Cole Blease, "the par
doning governor," and Governor S.
I. Manning, today ere egrn before
wie State's voters, as the result of
the failure of either to regilter ma
jority of votes in the ' state-wide pri
maries two, weeks ago. Eepresenta
tive Wyatt Aiken and F. H. Dominic
re fighting it out for the same rea
son. - : f 'r . , -. .' -': :
Columbia, S. C, Sept 11, Sooth
Carolina Democrats will vote in
"run - off" primary tomorrow, to dei
cide whether former Governor Cole
L. Blease shall be recalled to the
Governor's chair or Governor Richard
I a Manning shall have a second term.
These two polled the largest votes of
the fire men who sought -the guber
natorial nomination in the primary on
August 29. ' At that time Mr. Blease
bad a plurality of approximately 20,
00 over Governor Manning.
BKFc:::ED'TrooD:iEN
CI CO SALISBURY
Salisbury, Sept 11. With one hun
drtd nl ten tents and about 350 men
PALMETTO
More Dissatisfied With the
United Press)
a 36-hour battle to the north
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AGAIN MORETHAN A
HALF IHLII0N IBS;
TOBACCO ON MARKT
It is estimifed that about 565,000
pounds of tobacco was sold here to
day. Brices remained at about Mon
day's excellent average. -.There was
nothing spectacular about the day's
sales. ' Offerings were jJl the way
from fair io excellent ; Cloudy wea
ther may have kept the breaks from
being, much larger. . Tobacco men to
day reiterated belief that more than
2,000,000 jxrands will Jbe sold during
the week. ' ,., ' '. '
The Atlantic Hotel . at Morehead
City dosed- Monday afternoon far th
leason. ; " ""
in famp the 12th district of the Uni
form Jlank of Woodmen cf the World
pitched its tenta in Salisbury today
for an encampment, covering six days.
The district embraces North, and
South Carolina. Brigadier General
E. D. Lewis, representing the gener
si staff of the Uniform Rank, W. O.
W., is the disbursing officer, who has
been in charge of all arrangements
in connection with the encampment
Brigadier General E. G. Sipper of
Lumberton, of tKe ninth brigade, is
in command.
More Than Seven Hundred
New Societies ' In - Dixie
Last Year A New Mem
ber "Every Sixteen Min
utes, Night and Day v
That seven hundred new societies
of Christian Endeavor had been or
ganized in the past year in "Dixie"
through the plans of the All-South
Extension. Committee, was the en
couraging and electrifying statement
of Southern States Secertary Karl
Lehmann in his address .at the Gord
on Street Christian Church Monday
iigv' ' the young people and those
nte ed in young people's work of
.he various churched of Kinston, A
new member has been added to
Christian Endeavor rolls in the
Southland every 16 minutes, night and
lay, during the past year, said Mr,
Lehmann. ' This splendid increase is
ill the more remarkable and encour
aging when it is considered that the
sroal for Jhe All-South work in Chl
jago in July 1915 was 1,000 new ,ao-
ieties in Jive years. . , ' :
Secretaries Lehmann and Taylor
held two meetings Monday with the
ocal young people. ' In the afternoon
they conducted a Junior rally and
onference and at night a largely at
tended rally was featured by the ad
dress of Mr, Lehmann. Mr.; Wyatt
Taylor former president of the South
Carolina Christian Endeavor' Union,
who has just 'been called to tho general
field work in the South, spoke briefly
of the encouraging sighs in the prog
ress of the movement inthe States of
North and South 4 Carolina. He
brought greetings from the Endeavor
ers of South Carolina to those of the
Old North State. Rev. W. Marshall I
Craig, the new pastor of,, the First
Baptvst church conducted the devotion-'
al exercises and made a' most pleaa-
ng impression. Mr. Craig said that
he had come to Kinston to be one
pf and to work with all the Christian
people here for tShe uplift and spirit
ual growth of the community. Pleas
ing musical selections were 'rendered
by Mrs. J : A. McDaniel, Jr., and
Masses Hargett and" Davja. . Mr. H.
Gait Braxton presided and introduced
the speakers. Lehmann's ad
dress was on "Tha Real Christian"
and he made a - most ispriring and
encouraging talk, urging the better
support of the activities of the
church, ' .
Following ,the program the social
committee of, the Gordon Street
Christian Church society entertained
in -the recreation rooms. Refresh
ments were served and a delightful
half hour was spent informally in
getting acquainted. - r
FUNERAL OF MR. S. H.
J ROUNTREE THIS A. M.
The funeral "of Mr. S, Herbert
Rountree, who died at his home on
Blount street about 2 a. m. Monday,
was held in Maplewood cemetery this
morning at 10. Mr. D. P. Smith, pas
tor of Gordon Street Christian church,
officiated, assisted by Rev. E. N.
Hanison, pastor of Caswell , Street
Methodist chuTch. There was no ser-H
vice at the residence. The a funeral
was not very largely attended, main
ly due to the fact that no publicity of
the death was bad until this morn
ing. Comparatively few people knew
of Mr, Rountree's demise Monday.
Paralysis Was the cause of, death.
Mr. Rounfcre was a native of Len
oir county, . 66 years of age " and
prominently connected. He was a
member of the Christian church and
of several fraternal orders, including
the Masons. He was well known in
the city and elsewhere in this part of
the State and was of exemplary char
acter. He was in the insurance bus!
ness. He is survived by his wife and
a son, Mr. E.. C. Rountree of Ra
leigh. Mr. Rountree hadlong been
partially helpless, and since a stroke
a few weeks ago had been a confirm
ed invalid. '
Elects Republic'n Governor,
Senators, Congressmen,
Legislature - . -
THE d y, P. JUBILANT
Nothing : Great to ; Brag
r About, Democrats Hold,
Considering That Majori
ty is Much Smaller Than
In Former Years
(By the United Press)
Augusta, M., Sept 12. Maine is
back in the Republican fold today
with n apparent majority of 12,000,
as the result bf yesterday's election.
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republican conteaBanu are muicai.-
ed t4 have been completely victorious
in the gubernatorial, senatorial and
congressional 'contests, Vhother .the
vote will be considered as "pointing
the way for; the Number flection
is a disputed point among politicians
toduy. The Republican majority js
not nearly what it formerly was in
the days 'of I'ryo end Hale, despite
the fact that the vote was the largest
ever recorded in the Pine Tree State.
The Republicans are jubilant because
the issues were national, and because
Senator Johnson, proclaimed a. Wil
son Democrat and supported by ihe
entire strength of the administration,
was defeated by a progressive "prodi
gal to the G. 0. Pffold; Fderick
Hale.'aon of formeSenator Eugene
Hale. They find adlditlbnal satisfac
tion in Jhe uneVpecte defeat of Con
gressman Daniel MoUUlicuddy m ma
manufacturing district. The eight.
hour legislation was possibly respon
sible. Democrats today pointed out
that Maine was formerly Republican
by 25,000 majority, and claim a vic
tory in the reduction. ,
Earlier Report' ' . v .
Portland, Maine, Sept 11 At 10:80
o'clock tonight the Indications based
cn a tabulation of the vote from a
little more than half (the precincts.
were that the Republicans had won
tho State election today by aafo plu
ralities. , ' . .
If the ratio of tho Republican mar
gin is maintained, ,Carl E. Milliken
will be elected Governor by ebqufr
11,000 .plurality. Bert M. Fernald,
Republican, seems td have been elect
ed for the short term in the United'
States Senate and the same ratio of
gain would 'give him a plurality of
9,500. -' '
United States Senator Charles F.
Johnson, iDemocrat, apparently has
been defeated 'by Frederick Hale, by
an;"indicated plurality of 7,500.
'The indications early tonight were
the Legislature had been won by the
Republicans who now control the
cratic. Early figures showed a Re
publican gain of five seats - in the
Senate. The lower house is Demo
House and two in the Senate.
The Republicans won all four seats
in the National House of Representa
tives. With the vote of a half dozen
small towns that could not change the
result, missing, ; W. H. White, Jr.,
had a plurality over Congressman D.
J. McGillicuddy, Democrat, of 473
votes. '
SOUTHERN WILL TAKE -
DAIRY FARMERS NORTH
TO SEE BIG EXHIBIT
.. (Special to The Free Press)
Washington, D. C, Sept. 12. Ar
rangements have been made by the
Southern Railway to run a special
train carrying dairy farmers and oth
era Interested in' the building up of
the dairy interests in tha South to
the National Dairy Show to be held
October 12-21 at Springfield. Mass,
at which the Southern wu nave an
extensive exhibit giving a full pre
sentation of the South as a dairy sec
tion at the present time and as a re
gion" for the future development ot
the dairy industry.
Man Who Slew Helpmeet
and Left Baby Playing
Nearby Thought to Be
Awaiting Chance to En
list jn Navy
(By the United Press)
Norfolk, Sept 12. Posses . and
bloodhounds trailing Leroy T, White,
confessed slayer of his wife, reported
to be headed for Norfolk have trac
ed him to Roanoke river, in North
Carolina. White's wife was found on
Ihursday, licr skull crushed v.th the
butt of a revolver.,, A note beside the
body said: I writo this with my
naWd resting on the head of h.y wife,
who 1 have killed wiMi my little 3-yoar-old
balby, playing ; near the
body." ' , t '
White is said to have forced hi
wife to deed over to him f 25,000
worth of the property before the
tragedy. He is described as "ex
tremely nervous." He is believed to
be hiding ear Norfolk, awaiting a
chance to enlist in the navy.
MOB AFTER COLORED
WITNESS IN WHISKY
CASES; LOST NERVE
Clayton Williams, colored,- -.who
was a witness .in wiusxy cases re-:
cently, appeared at the police station
Monday night asking for protection
from a mob of 16 or 18 persons, most
-of them believed to have b,eeawlute.
who, Williams .asserted, had threat
ened his life. According to the ac
count given at the police station, the
party appeared on the porch of Wil
liams' home in South Kinston and
tried to rush the door. ..Neighbors
Were aroused by the noise, and when
people began to gather the men lost
their nerve and left, after which Wil
liams went for the police.
Williams is said by the police io
have been a witness, .in cases against
men held by the United States Com
missioner, WY H. Sutton. Among
9iose bound .over recently were foe
Jenkuis and son, white, charged with
moonshining near Atbrittona. It js
intimated that the United Saites au
thorities will take action hi the case
against Williams on the ground -that
the mob, several of whom are said to
have been Identified, tried to intimi-
datf a FfderaJ witness.
SUNSTROKE DISEASE
OR ACCIDENT? ASjKED
St Paul, Minn., Sept ,12, Wheth-
er sunstroke is a disease or an acci
dent today is causing municipal au
thorities $ 2,000 worth of worry. Geo.
Rau, a city employe, was stricken
while at work. tHe sued the city to
compensate himself for the -acci
dent" The city disclaims responsi
bility. .
BOW LOW TO THE BACON .
HOG CAFETERIA REALITV
St Paul, Minni, Sept 12,-pBpw low
to the bacon and tug your forelock
to tho ham and eggs hereafter. Sir
Hog has risen in the world. The hog
cafeteria made its appearance at the
University of Minnesota today. The
worker walks down the line provided,
stopping just long enough at each
food chute to eat what he wants of
that variety.' The chutes are as full
as they can be crammed, 24 hours a
day; and the hogs may eat at will.
HEATHEN 128 TEARS "
; r , CHANGES HIS FAITH
Cass Lake, Minn, Sept 12. Ka-be-na-gi-wes,
an Indian chief said to
be 128 years old and heathen all
that century and a quarter, won't be
buried in the Spirit Land of the Chip
pewas' Happy Hunting Ground, he
declared today. He has taken the
name, John Smi'.h, and turned Chris
tian.,
Great rpw4 Attending Ex
ercises At Falling Cf Qek
Orphanage
PROGRAM LASTS ALL DAY
Prof. A. Ht White of Pol
locksville Makes Address;
Rev. G. T. Watkins of
Qoldsboro Preaches Sermons-Picnic
The second annual meeting of the
.Kennedy Memorial home at Falling
Creek is being held today, ' with a
crowd of hundreds in attendance. It
is estimated that.200 or more persons
went from, thia city. Kev. ai. u.
Kesler of Thomasville - aptist or
phanage, pajrent institution V Oafi
Kennedy 'home, is presiding over the
exercises, wheih, starting at 10. a. ra.
will Jast through the greater part of
the day- The following program is
being carried out: ,i: ; , -
Morning session:
.Calling 9t the meeting to order by
Dr. Kesler.
Song ' by the Thomasville orphan
age choir, comprised by 10 ..chUdrep,
brought across the State for the oc
casion. '
Praye by Pastor W. Marshall
Craig of the Kinston First Baptist
church. n -
Song by the choir. t ' '
Words of welcome by Supt, G, L.
M.errell of the home.
Song by the choir,
Response to the address of welcome
by Hon. M. L. Davis of Beaufort.
Exercises by the Thomasville Bap
tist orphanage choir, lasting an hour.
Introduction of tne speaner Dy Mr.
J. .C. WhRty of New Bern.
Address by Prof. H. White of
Pollooksville.
Picnic .dinner on the grounds.
Afternoon session, beginning at 2.
SftPg, led by interdenominational,
choir ixom Xinston chuitches.
Prayer.
Song by orphans' choir.
Program by the Kinston choir,
lasting 45 minutes,
Scripture reading. '
Prayer. 1 -
The sermon, by iRev. .G. T. vWt-
kins, pastor of the Goldsboro First
Baptist church. , ; , .
Song by the Thomasyilfle choir.
Benediction. . 1
'Kids' Carnival."
Following tfe close of the set pro
gram a Skids' carnival" will be held.
This promises to be a spectacle well
worth -seeing. ; YoungstersVincluding,
of CQurse, those at the hoW, com
prise a large part of the assemblage,
anoVecores of these will participate
in a big frolic and athletic contests'
under the direction of Supt. K. R
Curtis of the City Schools.
The picnic a noon was a big af
fair. ' There were few small appetites
and no lack of food. Every good
thing that the section produces was
had in plenty, and the visitors from
ether parts of the State-were loud in
their praise of the way the local folks
do such a thing up. Many of the pic
nickers had driven out from the city.
accordingly their appetites had been
whetted by the ride. , The ,Sl3y
school of the First Baptist church of
this city held its annual picnic , in
conjunction with the dinner. , v
All the neighboring towns con
tributed to the big throng of. people.
Some were from fir Wert and the
Piedmont section.
Model Institution.
The Kennedy home is located seven
and a half miles west of the city, just
off the Central Highway, on "Cedar
Dell" plantation, the home place of
Mr. and Mr. W. L. Kennedy. There
are two buildings the Ejrgs build
ing, donated by Mr. Noah Eifrgs, the
late Scotland Neck philanthropist
and the Lenoir county bui!Jing. erect
ed by funds contributed jointly by
citizens of tho county and tho Stat
at larje. The surrounding farm,
Peace Conferees Discuss
Proposal to locate fri
ers and ' Teachers From
This Country in Mexico
to Set Example
. .(By the .United Press)
New London; Sept 12 Will Amer-
ican
farmers till Mexican toil and
American teachers teach Mexican
minds? That is the plan before the
peace commission today. That is in'
tended to be a part of Mexico's re--generation.
' As - formulated, tha
Bcherae is to have only enough Am
ericans 'to set an example for the
Mexicans. . . i y
Every intention ,is to avoid the ap
pearance of American interference.
. The underlaying economic' prob-,
lems are to be probed thoroughly be
fore the question of withdrawal of the
troc l .determined deAnitely. , ,
(By he United jPreas)
NEW HIGH RECORD
STEEL TODAY".
FOR
New York, Sept 12 A new
high record for II. S. Steel Com
mon. 105 8-8 was made today,
following the' result in the Maine
elections.
LET COMTRACT )X . r
' The CountyCommiissioners JoU'
day awarded the contract for two
big "fills" in the county to M. W.
Cooper & Co. of Durham. The work
is at Hardy and Oak bridge. The con
tract price for the entire wowk is 23
cents a yard. It b estimated .that
the total coat wjll he around 413,000.,
The fiUs are intended to make : (the
bridges passable p.t all -.time.,, , ,
Khich much ..of .tlie produce consumed
by tha orphanage is grown, is one of
the best in this part of the State. ' It
contains 1,200 acres and ds superin
tended (by Hecman Sutton,- Cftpable
agriculturalist. During Mr, and
Mrs. Kenedy's lifetime p gmiji-AB
paiid .them annually, bit &t he death
of both the jHce ibecomes jhjs prop
erty Jfee simple of Thasville
.orphanage, gome .day, hevsr, he
Kennedy hp.me, upw .enjojing hope
rule, so to speak, may become Jnde
pqpdept and be an institution spar
ate and apart from jts big ataier,"
or "mother," upstate. The local or
phanage - is growing in jmportance
and is destined to become a great in- ,
stitution. There are iow about half
a hundred orphans at the home, and
they "are a bright-faced, wellJcept,
happy lot The home v equipped
with every needed convenience, near
ly, and for Its aiie is aomethinj .0 st
modal, i :y.y:-.'-, a; ,'' v '
Thomasvle Orphanage, es tabb
ed by the North Carolina .Baptist
under the leadership of John H Mills,
who as a Mason was also the founder
of the Oxford Orphanage, wa open-,
ed in November, 1885, while the Ken
nedy home did not get formally un
der way until September 15, 1914.
The Thomasville institution is the
second largest Baptist orphanage in
the world, and even now is running
the Buckner Orphans' Home at Dal
las, Texas, a close race for first place.
Thomasville orphanage owns more
property es it is, but the Buckner
home cares for a few more children.
There are nearly 500 at Thomas villa!
Local trustees of the Tbomasville or
phanage are Dr. B. W. Spilman and
Mr. J. H. Caaady. .
The choir from the city assisting
at today's exercises is adding no lit
tle to the success of. the occasion.
Much of the best local talent is en
rolled, and lorg practice was V 1 ci
der the direction cf Jlias Je:'j YY.
son, a talented and we'l-kno- i 1
woman. Miss ViJa T.'est h r
pianist, anl 13 a c.-'r " -