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VOL. XVItt No85
SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1916
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Gflf EftSSAYf IIMREDS OF AT SHARflN NEXT THREE WEEKS JWANT TO MAKE FAIR GE11ANS AND BULGARIANS REPGHTED - TO
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WINTER IF NECESSARY TO WIN THE BATTLE
New York Shudders as Time Approaches for Suspension
of Industry Biggest Place in the World Will Be
Shackled Practically All
Down Unionists Throughout Land With Strikers to
the Limit, Declares Great Leader Complete Tie-up
Will Come Wednesday More Than Half a Million to
Walk Out Turning Point In History of Unionism
Crippling of Enterprises Will Be Complete
(By the United Press)
Washington, Sept. 23. The New York traction strik
ers and six hundred thousand "sympathetic" strikers on
Manhattan, will stay out all winter if necessary to win
the fight, according to Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor.
Gompers is here after spending several days at New
York. The noted labor leader declares that the New York !
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situation isrecognized as a vital turning point m tne nis
tory of unionism. He declares organized labor has ac
cepted capital's, challenge, and will back the New York
workers tofthe last limits of its moral, physical, and fin
ancial power.
The New York fight is a fight foru-ecognition of the
ierht to organize. I am with these men body and soul.
Every union man in the United States is with them. We j
will all stand behind them.
To Make of New York a City of Dead Industries.
New York, Sept. 23. New York today awaited with
apprehension the next turn in the labor war, threatening
to break next Wednesday, when the general order for the
"suspension of work becomes effective to maKe the larg
est city in the world a city of dead industries. The de
velopments of the last twenty-four hours have injected
much bitterness into the situation. The general strike
order as interpreted by union leaders, is merely a notice
to union men not to ride or work on cars run by non
union men, but its effect will be a complete tie-up of industry.
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I CITY
BEFORE NIGHTFALL
Troop Movement From
Camp Glenn Commences.
First Infantry Getting
Away Bj Way of Wil-mingtonT-Second
Not Yet
It is reported that troop; from
Camp Glenn will p:ws through Kin
ston Saturday afternoon. This in
formation is not verified, and there
is a possibility of a mistake, it is
admitted at (he source) which gener
ally is very reliable. The Second in,
fan try is routed through Kinston,
but these troops which may come
through within a few hours are not
of the Second. They are probably
Troops A and B of cavalry, Ambul
ance Company A, the field hospital
company, engineers, all or a part of
those troops. All these had been
routed by other lines, and it is sup
posed there has been a change in the
route.
Thj First infantry was to leave
early Saturday afternoon for Fort
Bliss, going via New Bern and Wil-
mington. The outfit has been equip- j
ped with winter clothing. The other !
regiments are being outfitted .gatur-j
dav- ' I
The units., which may pass through j
in the next few hours are looked f or
ociween o ana 5:30. The Second in-
fantry is not expected to move be-
fore Sunday afternoon. Tha Third !
may pull out early Sunday. !
NEW HIGH RECORD
FOR STEEL COMMON
(By the United Press)
New York, Sept. 23. During the
heaviest two-hour, ssBsion since 1908,
United States Steel Common today
jumped to 117 1-2. advancing 41-2
over yesterday, and setting a new
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UNIVERSALIS HOLD
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Open-Aair Sessions In Grove at
Smith's Chapel, Duplin County To
Continue Through Sunday Dur
ham Expected to (let Next Year's
Meeting
The L'niversalist State Convention
was opened at Smith'-. Chapel, Dup
lin county, a few miles south of Pink
Hill, Friday. The sessions will last
through Sunday. The attendance is
large.
The convention is being held in a
big grove adjacent to the chapel.
Jltst or all of the ministers of thi
denomination in North Carolina are
present, together with several score
officers of the convention and delc
Katc.i. The church in the State has
its largest congregation in Sampson
county, and its handsomest edifice
here. J. Matthews, president of
the Convention, is superintendent ot
schools in Sampson.
The 1!I17 convention is expected to
go to Durham.
Saturday was th; biggest day of
the new season on the cotton ex
change. It was estimated at 2 o'
clock that nearlj 135 bales had been
handled.
Good prices prevailing the past
several days were responsible for the
big quantity of th staple marketed,
Today's prices are ranged from 14
to 15 5-8.-
Nev. York futures quotations were:
Open cio.se
January 16.01
March 16.11
May 15.32
October .: . .15.78
16.12
16.27
16.49
13.82
16.01
December .. ..15.93
GERMANS HOLD DUICH
SHIP AND PASSENGERS
(By the United Press)
The Hague, Sept. 23. The Ger
mans have captured the Dtitch steam-
rer Prim Hendrik, from London to
' Flushing, and taken her into Zee
Rrngge with her 80 ppssengws.
Consolidation of Half a Do
zen Small Institutions As
sured Brogden, Dr. Par
rott and Other Enthusi
asts Speak
The si'lioulhoiiS!' at. Sharon v:m
crowd :d with interested friend--, aiul
patrons of the schools in Group No.
1 at an educational meeting Friday
night. All the schools in th ' group
were represented, and thcr" were a
numb ! of visitors from school-; out
s; ic th community represented by
Group No. 1. The teachers and jIj
pils rendered a short program of re
citations and music which was much
enjoyed.
Following the program by the chil
dren, Mr. L. ('. Brogden addressed
'he meeting on the subject of "Ivt
ter Schools for the Rural Communi
ty." Mr. Brogden foremrly was
cor.ni ctcd with the Kinston school?, is
weil-known in the county, and in re
turn loves old Lenoir, i He is now
onnected with the Stat? Depart
ment of Kdticntion. Dr. James M.
a.rott next spoke of the immediate
essibilitv of a larger and better
cimipped school for th? Sharon com
munity. Several of the leaders in
'ni! wo k made encouraging talks.
That Contentnea Neck township will
at an early date have in its midst a
school of a larger type a commun
ity s-hco! is an assured thing.
Attending the meeting Ftiday
r.iir w?re Dr. Parrott, who is chair
man of the County Board of Educa
tion; Superintendent Joseph Kinsey.
the Assistant Superintendent, Mis?
Hattie Parrott, and Miss Adna Fd
wards, Home Demonstration Agent.
VIRGINIAN HONORED
BY BANKING INSTITUTE
New York, Sept. -?.. A statement
issued here today on beh;'.lf of the
railway executives' advisory commit
tee, representing th-? railroads af
fected by the Adsmion 8-hour law,
explained the purposes f its hverii
tion put under way with a view to
meeting the problems p;-cs"nlcd. The
objects are "to ascertain if possihl?,
iirst, the effect of the law as a prac
tical operating problem; and second,
its legal status."
BIG VERDICT IN THE
SAMPSON COUNTY COURT
Ciii.lon, Sept. 22. A Samp.-ou.
county jury gave verdict for $"i,n(H)
damages last ni-.-ht, the largest vt-r-ilict.
tver awarded in this couity.
Henry 'wr. v.-;: ; sueing the Cn.i.d
Line for internal injuries sustaineil
some mnn'li-i ago, while he was driv
ing an autcmobile a.:iss the t;-acks
of the defendant road near Wade, N.
C. At the time a Mr. Pusey, another
occupant of the ca-, was thrown from'
the machine and killed. A suit for
recovery of damages for his death is
now ptnding in the court
BULLETINS
GERMAN WAK STATEMENT.
Berlin, Sept. 23. The Rouma
nians have halted theh- retreat in
Dobrudja, and are attacking the
German-Bulgars, it is said offi
cially. NOT TO TRY BOY FOR
CAPITAL CRIME.
New Orleans. Sept. 23. Little
Willie Zimmer. a child who shot
his mother to death, apparently
in a sheer desire to murder, Ju
ly 14. will not be tried for mur
der, it was decided today.
BULGAR HORSE
PIRSUIXG ENEMY.
Berlin. Sept. 23. Twenty bat
talions' of Russc-Roumalnians
have been routed in Dobrudja.
They were pursued by Bulfarian
eavalry 'nntil dark yesterday,
says an official report from Sofia.
Cam. Morrison, Brock and
PoJk to Make Addresses
In the County
CLAUDE KITCHIN COMING
Floor Leader May Make
Two Speeches In Lenoir.
Cowper Called Out of the
County for Several Spell
bind intr. Efforts .
The Democratic campaign manag
ers in Lenoir c-.'.;niy will break loo
during the ne:;t th-ee weeks with
their heaviest artilfcry. '1 he timid
lukewarm offensive Mat the G. O. P.
Mas i: 'cn waging vr u i,ki, like an
unde-sized Sunday sethool picnic com
pared wi'.h the hattie at Verdun when
this counter is gotten under way.
Cause, on Morrison, ine of the long
range orators in the h-hele campaign
will come to Kinston next Friday
and sptak at 11 a. m. Saturday. Mr.
Morrison will reply to J. J. Parker,
Republican candidate for Attorney
General. Pa ker, it is intimated, has
been trying to offset Jlorrison in the
campaign. The "dope" he has used
local Democrat-; say, htfs -I:?en cairn-
!?.uu :o undermine T-ne t n..-..j;te
man's argumeii.. but has failed
make a dent. Morrison has p:-. unit-ad
to come banc with the best in his
shep in his speech here.
Walter K. Brock. Solicitor of the
Thirteenth district, will be in Lenoir
on October .10. The place of the
speaking has not been dec id ail upon.
Hon. Matt. Allen of Goldsbom will
make a series of speeches in the
county romoiime afte- the Sth.
Hon. Claude Kitchin, Fioor Lead
er of the majority in the House of
Representatives, will he the biggest
figure in the local campaign. The
date of his coming is undetermined;
he has so many rails to fill in the
State that it will be some time be
fore be c;rn give Lenoir county a
date. Come he will, however, an 1
may speak both at a proposed coun
ty rally in LaG range, as well as in
Kinston.
Ah -mot-rat ie County Chairman G.
V. Cowper wiil make an address at
Jacksonville tn O.-toV-i 2. He has
.'..'so been requested in -ipcak at points
in V'ayne and lup!:n counties, mit
.dde tlw di..l! id.
GREASED GI LLS WERE
HELPLESS; ONE MORE
.lOB FOR THE MAIM V ' S
(Special to The Free Press)
Poerto Plata, Santo Domingo, Sep-tcmb-r
UL-- Crude oil that had lie -t.
thrown overboard by Unc'e Sam';
w.-i.-hlps to ipiell the raging waters
whi' h de.-.troyed the U. S. S. Mem
phis during th-e recent stjum, -stuck
to the w'Mgs of sea gulls and other
water fowl taking refuge in the bay.:
clong the roast, and rendered thonrt
helpless and unable to fly for m vr-i -al
days.
Members of the United Slaj; Ma
rine Corp-:. rn cxp'ditionafly'' du'y a!
this pki.-c, captured hundred; of
the birds with their naked hand-;.
The oil egrimed fowl wa:.oei"d
up and down on the beach, crying
pitifully, whUe the marines stood on
guard !o see that boys did not li.i'-m
hem. Many of the beach birds
when in distress uttor sounds '.ha!
wouM shame a crying infant in -onie
way -.
DESHA KKS SAY IMPORTED
(.OWNS NOT NEEDED NOW
Chicago. Sept. 22. Fall gowns oc
cupied the attention of leading fash
ion experts of the countr in attend
ance at the Fashion Art League con
vention here today.
Designers said the gowns this year
are a vast improvement over those
of other years. They said it .would
not be necessary to import 'French,
gowns hereafter as the American de
signers have proved thilt they are
just as original" in creating new
styles as the French.
Full Displays of Agricultur
al Products and Live
stock Essential A Lot
Up to Farmers In IJig Co
operative Effort
Just, line month remains before the
opening of the Ten-County Fair here.
A g'-eat amount of work remains to
be done, and the oflieers of the asso
ciation are putting m hours daily
planning and soliciting exhibits. The
fair is intended to be the best , mayiv
the biggest, in the eastern part of
th- S:a;e this fall.
.n !l:it-.- sippea. :.; made to le. in
who c.'-rnpnse the lialk of the popula
tion to which the big event enters, to
famish i.::h!l:t.i. Choicest specimens
of cotton, tobacco, grain, fruits and
garden truck; finest h,.g;, catt'e,
jheep, horse.; and mules are wanted
to make the agricultural and livestock
displays what they ahould lie. They
were surprisingly line la-.! y.'ar, but
it is intended to make this year's
fa r about, three timts as big as that
one, which was successful beyond any
expectation from viewpoints of at-
tendarce. rcfit and genera! n ;i
The chances arc th.it a numb:
tropic f.cm outside th? territory win
attend , th-e local fair this ye:,,-, its
famo haying snrcad abroad last fall.
These folks wiil want to see what the
section offers, and nothing should be
concealed from them. A little t rou
ble, timidity or anything else with a
tendency to hamper progress should
not he allowed to keep the planters
from coming up with their exhibits.
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AUSTRALIAN SHKTE"
PASSES COMSCRIPCON
(lly he Urdted Tvs)
M.liH.urne, X-pt. The Auslra-
i'lip Scmt" today pa'-sed the con
se:i;rtio!i measure recently passed by
tin- Houpo. It i.; now to be sulimit
tcd to a referendum.
INVESTIGATE POTASH
DISCOVERY IN CUBA
Washington, Sep'.. Z'l. The report
that grat tpiantities of potadi have
befn found in Cuba is interesting
Washington -llic'ils anil will interest
cctlon farmers of the South.
The Dtpa tment of Commerce to
day cabled the -American Consul Gen
eral at Havana to investigate, a pub
lishe I n-'iort that miPioys of tons of
;ota -h have been di covered near
Mo'.cmiio. on the .Matanza ; and San
ta Clara border, r.Tth dtjiosits aver
ring 25 per cent. pure.
The war has cut, o(f the supply of
potash ami tairv-s have had to do
withoui it.
ILLINOIS .MAY HAVE
El 'GEN ICS LAW SOON
Chicago, Sept. 2.'?. Illinois is to
have a real eugenics law if a fie-ht
bejrun today to that end" and hacked
by p-ominent members of the bench
d mun:e:pa! and Stale leader U
successful m the next session ot the
SIo i e I.O'-i..!:it or-v
lf".f wild a-el other mental defect
ives are aimed at in particular, while
restrictions against the maniage of
the physically unfit also wil; !. in
corporated ill the jii opose 1 law.
The failure of fo'-mer eugenic
laws to withstand the constitutional
test in c&u-t, will not deter the ad
vocates of the plan, who will frame
a bill according to these decisions.
WAR MAY CAl'SE REVIVAL
OF WAYSIDE SHRINES
IX FRANCi: AM) ENGLAND
London. Sept. 23. The war may
cause a revival of wayside shrine3
and wayside prayer. Churchmen are
c'amoring for road shrines since the
Tommies have taken to praying be.
fore them in France. This has long
been dene in Russia, but it is a cus
tom Ion? lead amonjr the E.iclish,
Ketreating He fore Allies French Aviators Engage In.
More Than Half Hundred Aerial Tilts British Make
Another Considerable Gain In l)ii action of Bapaume
Airmen Make Successful Raid On Teuton Aerodrome
In Belgium Turks Send Picked Troops to Aid German-Bulgars
Hard-Pressed In Dobrudja Ottomans
Replace Weary Fellows-in-Arnis in Trenches Russ
Torpedo Boat Sinks Number of Vessels Flying Cres-v
cent Flag
(By the Cnitcd Press)
' London, Sept. 2-'. The Uoumanians are again on the
offensive ag.iinst Field Marshal Von Maekcnsen's army of
nermann. Titrk.-: and Bulgars, after repulsing attacks in
Dobrudja. Berlin statements report that the Roumani
ans have attacked near the Danube, and southwest of a
point w here the Germans claimed a victory Thursday. .
Sofia reports say twenty thousand Roumanians have
attacked a Bulgarian wing, but were driven off both in
Transylvania and Macedonia. However, the Teutons an
.lonaee victories. The Germans have captured. Vulcan
Pass, threatening Boumama with a fresh invasion from
;ho northwest. Berlin denied claims of AJlied gains on-.
the Somme front last night. Fighting on the' Russian
front is slackening.
Roumanians Take Offensive.
London, SVpt. 28. An unconfirmed wireless report-,
f'om Rome says the Gern -a n-Bulgarians are retreatincr
from Roumania. Fortreeatul
vacs ao(, ))v 'on Mackensen.
Atrme'Verv Active.
Paris, Sept. 2'1 Fi-eneh aviators engaged in no less
than fifty-si : air battles ye-terday, downing ten enemy , .
flyers, it is said officially. It was probably the most active
day of the war aerially.
British Tell Usual Story of Night's Work.
highway leatinjr to Bapaume
reports. East or CoureeHette
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ing with those taken between
the jirevious night. In the two nights, the British advanc-1-,
ed on a front of a mile and a half in the direction of .Bii-,'
paumo. The Gerroans emerged from the trenches around'"
Thiepval in a violent attack west of Mouquet Farm, but"'
were driven back With heavy losses.
Airmen raided a German aerodrome at St. Denis, iri
Western Belgium. The attack was "highly successful,"
:-ays the Admiralty.
Turkish Shipping Sunk.
Petrograd, Sept. 23 A Russian torpedo boat has sunk;
three Turkish ships and several sailing vessels loading ;
with coal at Port Eregli, 120 miles east of Constantinople,-'"
it is officially said. '
Turks Helping in Dobrudja.
London, Sept. 23. Large bodies of Turks are moving
northward through Bulgaria to join the German's and'
Bulgars now engaged in heavy fighting with the Russi
ans in Dobrud ja. The Turks are veterans of the Darda-ne-lN's
campaign. .Several Turkish detachments have been "
m ret ion against Roumanians, replacing Bulgars shifted
to i he Macedonian front. After several days' fierce
lighting the troops in Dobrudja have settled down" to
trench warfare.
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n rmmiAHii
(By the IJrut-i Pre.,.-)
W.iMiii.;:: ,:i, -Yp. Th" W:,r
Department hus j. .;iniU'i a -ii ' ii.-vc-stiirati"n
of ihu rmirc".; of inf..
ma'i'in . n which (iuu- :il H--'!, at I-"'
I'a-'., Im-:1 it'-; r c nt r p :'.. -that
Vi!!:i ijj.jicariil ' n p :i tit the re
cent attack on Chihuahua City, dis
patches indicate that the informa
tion was wholly from persons whn
are said to have cone to El Paso di
rect from Chihuahua after the at
atlack. Secretary Raker today indicated
that be thinks the accounts were gar
bled, -either unconsciously or pur
posely. He and members of the gen
eral staff do not believe tho Villis
ta were the only ones responsible.
There is no reason to credit Villa's
recrudescence, tho War Department
says. It has serious doubt that the
Silistra, occupied 'two
have been abandoned. "
last night, General 'Halg'!-jV
a strongly fortified systettt ,
I1HU IHHV W11UVUW.
Flers and MartinpuicrT-dn.
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r here to-lay. E. (J. McWil-.
I.n-i Anirctos, being chosoa
An address by Paul it.'
of the Federal .Reserve
i'.uul was the principal thing of in
V:-.. t ua today's proji-ani. j
EXPERT'S EVIDENCE j.
IN THE WYATT SUIT
(By the United Press)
Durham. Sept. 2."!. E. B. Fa'rra--bcc.
an alienist, testified that Jffs.
John W. Wyatt, young wife of a far
mcr, who is suing Y. E. Smith,
wealthy cotton man, for criminal as
iault in her home, is suffering front
symptoms of insanity. : j
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"Fox of the Sierras" is alive. The ma
jority of the ; officers, however, be
lieve be is alive, but eliminated as a
real factor ia Mexico.
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