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t VOL. XVIII.-No.84
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. O, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY nce two cpi3 .
KITCIIIN AND PAGE
EVERYBODY WANTED
SOLDIERS MAY NOT
PREPAREDNESS iFOH
clearing mm
liS BRITISH TO
RESUME OFFENSIVE
MAf SPEAK IN CITY
nnnnncm
TO HAVE A HAND IN
GET BACK FOR SOI
FOR WITHDRAWAL OF
PEACE PRESIDENT'S
i I1UFU0LU
AT THE SAME TIME
TO 10CAL CHAMBER
BIG EVENT
TIIiTT IS THOUGHT ARMY; SAY OFFICPLS
MESSAGE TO NATION
SWANSBO
Floor Leader Wants Up-
State Colleague Come to
Kinston With Him
WAR'EN SAYS LATER DATE
Evidently Little Mixup
West Carolina Congress
man Slated by the State
Chairman for Kinston on
Election Eve
Congressman Robert M. Pago of
' the Eighth district is to make an ad
dress here, on the eve of the elec-
tion, according to one announcement,
but possibly an earlier date according
to a letter from Floor Leader Kit-
chin. Democratic County Chairman
G. V. Cowper is in receipt of a let-
' ter from State Chairman T. D. War.
' ren stating that Mr. Page will speak
' here on the 6th, and of a message
1 f mm Mr. Xitehin. who orobablv had
'not heard of Chairman Warren's dis-
i - 1 1 1 i. : ? 4.1.-
JWSllluni will llttvc ma n aj n vuu
matter. Should Page's coming be on
the Cth he would have to speak early
: enough to get away in the afternoon
for West Carolina, in order that he
might vote in the election. Mr. Page
is delivering a powerful message in
this campaign, and is one of the par
ty's strongest men in the State, ac
cording to the general opinion locally.
He is to "make" three points in the
Second district, it, is said Kinston,
Rocky Mount and Wilson.
Tasker Polk of Warrenton, whose
part m the campaign is a labor of
'Jove, and whose ability , is widely
known, will speak here Thursday eve
ning. . Judge J. S. (Manning, nomi
nee for Attorney General, and Wal
ter E. Brock, Solicitor of the Thir
teenth district, will be here on Wed
nesday of next week.
The Lenoir county canvas opens in
Sand Hill township October 10.
County Chairman Cowper, taking
. i .. i i , i .
uauuiiui issues lor nis tneme, is a
very Jusy man in the campaign is
this section. He was scheduled to
speak at Snow Hill' Wednesday, but
thej plan was changed in order that
ho might start off the canvass in
that county with the local candidates.
Mr. Cowper is to speak in Edge
combe county Saturday.
A. L. Brooks, an ex-solicitor of the
Creensboro district, will speak here
on the 3rd of November.
TAKE ALL PEP.
OUT OF THE BANDIT
OUTFIT WITPAVORK
' (By the United Press)
Atlantic City, N. J., Oct, 4. It
wy be unwelcome news to certain
bandits and Mexicans who have been
living off of the fight, rather than
the fat of the land, but in their
cheme to put Mexico to work Amer
ican mining men are planning'to put
country's working machinery
tV in order, substituting the use ,of
Pick and shovel for the rifle and
rife as the national pas'time.
BETTING FIVE TO
EVEN ON THE SOX
" (By the United Press)
Hew York, Oct. 4. Betting is 7
t0 5 on the Red Sox to win the world
serie,. - -::
MADE MEMBER AMERICAN
r BAR ASSOCIATION
Mr. G. V. Cowper of the local bar
been mad a member of the Am
erican Bar Association, the largest
organization of fcgal men in the
oontry. There are two or three
other members residing here. Elihu
Koot is the president. William H.
Taft is an ex-president.
PLAN
Route From Kinston to the
Seashore Practically an
Assured Fact
PACKING PLANT NOT YET
Friends of Enterprise WiL
Not Forget It, However
Abattoir' May Be Substi
tutedSuggest County
Commencement, Etc.
. Discussion of the proposed packing
plant for Kinston at Tuesday night's
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
directorate was turned into considera
tion of an abattoir as an institution
more suited to present demands tend
more likely to be attained. The pack
!ng plan issue is not altogether dead;
there are a'dvocates of the enterprise
who will investigate the possibilitie:
and if they think it worth while, pre
sent the matter at a future meeting,
The abattoir proposed would be
quipped with cold storage facilities
and moans for taking care of the so
called waste produces. It could bo
erected for a much smaller expendi
ture than a packing plant, which
could not 'be established for less than
$100,000, according to some good es
trmatcs. The abattoir would, accord
ing to the plans, be located some
where near the city. To it one or a
dozen boeves or hogs could be driv
en, slaughtered and kept at the con
venience of the owner. A meeting in
the near future will hear more about
the abttoir.
A Kinstori-Swansboro highway was
suggested by Or. James M. Parrott
champion good roads enthusiast of.
the city, and found immediate favor
with the directors. Lenoir county
south of here, Jones county and a
part of Onslow would be traversed by
he highway. Tbe road from here to
the Jones line is now in good con
dition; Jones will in a short time
have an improved link all the way
across the county, connecting with
the Lenoir link. It will simply be up
to Onslow, to modernize a short strip
leading from the Jones line to the
seacoast town. Members of the
chamber say the highway is an as
sured thing.
Swansboro the past summer very
nearly became Kinston's town. Scores
of local folks flocked there for short
and long vacations. It is a Southern
Newport in possibilities. It simply
has not been "discovered," according
to some enthusiasts. It is a delight
ful little place, with sea bathing and
fishing unexcelled. Some of the
town's local friends place it away
ahead of Morehead City and Beau
fort. With a fine road all the way
from this city,. Swansboro can be ex
pected to prosper. Any number of
Kinstonians , stand ready to patron
ize the place in the hot season; many
would very probably build cottages
j there. As things now stand, it is
said, one can arise early in the morn
ing and motor to Swansboro in time
for breakfast of freshly-caught trout.
The distance is about 35 or 40 miles
in an airline. The proposed route
would pass through Trenton and
Maysville. Dr. Parrott, Mr. H. II.
McCoy, Mr .T. W. Mewborn; Mr. C.
Felix Harvey and Mr. J. F. Taylor
were named a committee to take the
project in hand. , r
The Chamber made a donation of
25 to the Kinston Fair Association
and accepted a booth for an exhibit
to be installed by the Chamber. Sec
retary F. I. Sutton asks the loan of
pictures and invites manufacturers
and others, to furnish products for
the display.
Miss Hattie Parrott. Assistant Su
perintendent of County Schools, Miss
Adna Edwards, Home Demonstration
Agent, and Mrs. J. F. Parrott
broached the subject of a county com
mencement to the directors, who ex
pressed favor and endorsed the pro
ject President Walter D. LaRoqoe
will appoint a comniUia to act forj
the Chamber in
the matter, as well
Fair Belongs to All Ten
Counties In the District,
Officials Again Impress
Upon Public Exhibits
Sought
A number of tho fair premium list
books are left over and can be had
by applying to Secretary J. Herman
Canady. Mr. Canady is anxious to
placo the books wherever they can be
of service. Tho list affords many an
idea; many a person is the possessor
of some unthought-of article or pro
duct that might be exhibited with
profit to the owner and interest to
the fair patrons as a suggestion. A
copy will be mailed upon receipt of
a postcard.
Preparations for the big event this
month are 'going m apace. Every
department director is on his or her
job. The country is being scoured for
exhibits. The amusements have long
ago been engaged, and no detail is
bcint; omitted to make the racing pro
gram the best ever had at an East
Carolina meet.
The other nine counties in the dis
trict have more fully realized that
the fair is thoir's as Well as Lenoir's,
say officials of the association, and
the number, of exhibits and tho pat
ronage from outside this county will
be much greater this year than last.
The dates are being made known to
every adult and child in the district.
October 24-27 will be the greatest
period in the city's history.
BE NICE SURPRISE
FOR SCHOOL NURSE,
ANYWAY; NO CHOICE
The nurse to take charge of the
medical inspection work in the city
chools, provided for a short time ha-
fore the opening, has not beon pro
cured yet. The State Board of
Health authorities are aiding in the
selection of the nurse, and as that is
matter of great importance there
has been no tendency to hurry mat
ters. Information to Supt. Curtis is
that advertisement is being mado for
capable person for "a position,"
and that applicants are not being in
formed of the location in advance.
SCHOOL KIDS SOLVE
PROBLEM HIGH COST
OF LIVING AT H. S.
The lunch room established as an
xperiment in the Grainger High
School building is proving a success.
Many students of tho High School
ind youngsters of lower "grades in
the building are patronizing the lit
tle restaurant, which is in charge of
Mrs. II. A. Humble and Miss Mar
garet Goodson. Teacher also like
it. It is a neat, attractive place, lo
cated in the bament, and will be'
still more convenient in cold weather,
when little tummies ate more wont
to feel the need of "something fill
ing." i
Supt. Kater Curtis is loud in praise
of the lunch room. He frequently
"dines" there. The average youngs
ter gets all he should have too much
lunch and studies do not go well to
gether, of course for a dime A
liberal sandwich and a big steaming
bowl, of soup are had for that price,
and those things do not complete the
bill of fare. There is nothing on the
menu that Mary Jane or John should
not have, however. A youngster
may eat a nickel's worth and if satis
fied save the "other nickel that moth
er gave him for some- little flimflam
investment! '
as another committee to co-operate
with Miss Edwards toward the es
tablishment of a rest room, which
was proposed by her. .
They've Set All Kinds of
Dates, Even Taking a
Fancy for Hallowe'en
, Fraternizing With Greas
crs En Route
(Special to The Free Press)
In Texas.. Sept. 30. The Second
North Carolina is nearing El Paso,
its destination. First is probably
under canvas now. The Third is a
day behind us. Tho cavalry and hos
pital troops wero present and ac
counted for many hours ago.
We are seeing many Mexicans all
along the way now. They ask, "How
do you do, Jim?" "We've come to
sheet your uncle," says Jim. Some
of us advise against this sort of talk,
though; it engenders international
feeling. Some of tho Mexicanos
stand at the stations and look t u
over just as if they had never seen
a sr,Uir. The boys remark upon it.
"But, then, we may be unlike any
they have ever seen," says one. "Un
doubtcdly, you arc," spouts another.
We are all promising oursolves mo
tion pictures, beer, ice cream sodas,
shaves, etc., at El Paso. We prom
ised ourselves as much at New Or
leans, but what did the officers do?
Broke in on the sport, they did.
Therefore, we suspect, some of us,
that our promises are as empty as
the head that wears "a crown. Who
can travel with any pleasure with a
lot of officers spooking around? They
are the only fault with this' man's ar
my, the officers; when we get 'back wo
arc all going to vote the Socialist
ticket; maybe we can get a Socialist
army and everybody do to suit him
self. We believe we are going to
stay here six weeks. None knows
who originated the belief. We be
lieved we wero going to stay at Camp
Glenn six days.
We hope we'll get back for Christ
mas. Some of us would rather move
it up to Thanksgiving. "What's the
matter with Hallowe'on?" asks one,
who has been raised in a home where
they celebrate such things and thinks
he's a little better than the others.
General approval on that. Well pe
tition the War Department, and to
keep all hands from getting in jail
for violating the regs., by writing
out of channels we'll make it a iround
robin. They wouldn't hardly dare
put the whole regiment in the cooler
with a general election at hand and
all our folks back home voting the
Democratic ticket.
We read the papers with a lot of
interest. In all the reports we see
clouded reports. We take it that
the situation is growing worse. Be
ing soldiers, however, we arc not
supposed to know
"Ours not to reason why
Ours (but to do and die "
just like one reads in poetr. Wo
are alhnaking plans, though. You
see a guy waltzing clean through the
train, bragging to everybody that he's
picked out hisvman. He's going to
tickle a Mexican major-general in the
shortribs with his bayonet point un
til ho gets on his knees and cries
with laughter. Then he's going to
make him a captive in all serious
ness, walk him back across the bor
der, daliver him up to the provost
guard and demand the Victoria Cross.
"Yes, parliament will be proud of
you," exclaims a lad who knows the
difference, but most of them will
shake their heads at him. "Kemera
ber, Bill Potroast, we noed another
teamster," says a sergeant. That
cools Potroast's ardor. "Can't a fel
low even joke around here ; any
more,' says he. "Joking don't get
ybu anything, says the sergeant
"Keep yourself clean, make your am
munition tally up and lead the of f
eers to believe you are the best little
girl in the world. But this gassing
around shows you up for an ass, and
it is never btn( to be - shown up in
the true light." ' -', . : '
SUPERIOR COURT.
A one-week term of Superior Court
will te convened here on October I
Judge Devin presiding, for the 1 ',
of j;ii7 casrs and civil causes.
Denied That Carranza Has
Made Demand Upon Unit
ed States or Threat to
Withdraw Peace Com
missioners -
(By the United Press)
Mexico City, -Oct. 4. Reports cir
culated in the United States that
Carranza has demanded immediate
withdrawal of the American troops
in Mexico are declared to be "absol
utcly false" by high officials here
It is also denied that. Carranza has
threatened to . recall the Mexican
peace commissioners from Atlantic
City unless'the troops are withdrawn.
NEW YORK TENH'NT
THEIR MILK; WORSE
(By the United Press)
New York, Oct 4. While the
pangs of milk hunger are toeing felt
on the East Side, Mayor Mitchell as
mcdiary is trying to stop the upstate
milk strike. The big three distrib
utors refuse to deal with the Dairy
men's League, now a farmers' com
bine. The supply has dwindled rap
idly and the shortage is being felt
keenly in the tenement districts.
AGGRESSIVE POLICY
JAPANESE TOWARD
CHINA ANTICIPATED
Appointment of Terauchi to
Prime Minister Puts a
Powerful Expansionist in
Chair "On Road to Pe
king, Predicted .
(Tty the Un'ted Press)
Tokio, Oct. 4. -Count Marshal Te
rauchi has been appointed premier to
succeed Count Okuma, who resigned
yesterday. The new premier holds
the highest rank in the Japanese ar
my. He was governor general of
Korea until this appointment today.
He is known as being a champion
of the aggressive expansionist policy,
particularly with reference to China.
A Japanese paper recently declared
that if Terauchi ever succeeded Oka
ma it would not be long before a
Japanese army would be on the road
to Peking.
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT
JOKED EACH OTHER;
WERE NOT TOO STIFF
(By the United Press)
New. York, Oct. 4. "A visible
sign of the party completely reunit
ed," was how Republican v leaders
viewed the Taf t-Roosevolt handshak
ing at the Union League Club to
night. The affair was not merely
"How do you do?" followed by cold
foimality. Those present ; asserted
that the p?lr indulged in "joshing" as
they were leaviuE s
COTTON
In the neighborhood of 60 bales of
cotton were sold here Wednesday.
IVices ranged from 15.90 to 18.27 1-2.
New York futures quotations were:
Open
.17.00
2:40
January.
March .
17.02
....... 17.10
17.25
.......16.50
.......16.83
17,13
17.34
1G.C5
er
15.25!
Change of Policy Would
Precipitate Crisis In the
Country's Affairs, Says
G. 0. P. WOULD HAVE WAR
Wilson Headed for Omaha
to Deliver Speech to the
Peace-Loving Farmers of
Heart of the Ind
There Thursday
By ROBT. J. Bender,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Pittsburg, Oct. 4 Today President
Wilson is rushing westward for his
first big campaign speech in the
heart of the country. His mission
this time has the same object as when
ho followed the same route last win
ter. Ho goes to urge "preparedness
for peace." Peace insurance thtn was
desired and later was secured by. a
vote of Congress strengthening tho
army and navy. '
Now the President wants the vote
of the people on whether the Repub
licans shall be placed in ..power and
his policy changed. Be declared to
day that such a change certainly
would draw the nation into the "em
broilments of the European war."
Omaha, where the president speaks
Thursday evening, in the heart of a
great agricultural community where
a peace appeal is always enthusiasti
cally welcomed. '
IT'S HARD TO TELL U.
S. CIL FROM ENGLISH
By WILBUR S FORREST,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
London, Sopt 19-i-(By Mail) 'Am
erican men of military age who come
to England just now had better bring
along their birth certificates. '
They will need them and more to
convince the British authorities .they
are not super-slackers. " A
The super-slackersimen .who have
failed to register under the military
conscription act are daily falling In
to the net which the war office has
set for them, j Americans aro being
netted in almost every haul. If they
fail to have the documentary evi
dence handy they are liable to remain
"guests" of the London police until
someone in Ambassador Page's em
bassy can look up the records.
WONT SHOOT AT BIRDS;
KNOWS HOW THEY FEEl
Capetown, South Africa. "I will
never Bhoot at birds again; I know
their feelings now," wrote Second
Lieutenant McCubbins, the boy who
brought down Immelman, to his fa
ther in Capetown. "It is a weird sen
sation. You hear a burst, thon you
see a puff of smoke of different col
ors and hear shrapnel whistling by
If you don't alter your course every
few seconds you get biffed."
McCubbins is in a London hospital
recovering from wounds.', lie Is not
quite 19 yeara old.' , "
WHISKY CASES BEFORE
RECORDER WEDNESDAY
The following eases wore disposed
of in Becorder's Court Wednesday:
Will Holmes, retailing, ' 50 and
costs or six months. ' -
Maude Adams, retailing, Jury trial,
discharged for lack of evidence, n
Sam Jones, assault on female, call
ed and failed; capias. -
Jahn Quinn, forcible trespass, 25
and costs, .
Take Town -Only 3 I
From Bapaume; Artil
lery More Active -
GREAT BREACH CI KCIiT-
German Lines Moved; Back
Depth Eight Miles Over
Width of 25 Miles Tena
; city Avails' Defense Nothi
Berlin, Oct. 4. The Roamanl- '
ana who crossed the Daaabt hat
been forced to withdraw la hasty
flixht, aays an official t?3tmfc .
They were Attacked ., front . Ihr? .
side by , the Germana .itJf J-
' gara and threatened with eftteH
- opment The Roumanian laiM-
diately began a retreat .
- v By HENRY WOOD, '
(United Presa Staff Correspondent)
With the French , Armies in 4 tho
Somme, Oct. 4. The Allies have pow
Widened the bretfeh ' in the German
lines in the Somme sector oxer -
25-mile front to depth of 8 miles.
Heavy rains that hindered operation
for two days have ceased. "The ar
tillery is again tuning op.-
British Take Tow. ' - -Xiondon,
Oct. 4. Tho Village v of
Eaucourt, Lebbayo. three milea from
Dapaume was completely occupied by
the British last night in the resump
tion of the Somme offensive, Genera
Haig reports. ' The British lines ca
tered the 'town several days ago bat
the . German clung tenaciously ? to
portion of these, were cleared out, .
Sofia statement -.
. Sofia, Oct. 4 The Bulgarian pow
occupy the Roumanian island of M
lakalafa, . in the Danube river, it i
said officially. .The war office admit
that 'considerable unit" of Routna-
mans crossed the (Damme and Invad
ed Bulgaria before Bulgarian monl- ;
tor destroyed their pontoon 1 bridge. .
Bulgar artillery baa stopped the en-
my' offensive on the Bebaul-Amza-
csa-Pervil line, v .
1IAF -SALES JUITE
IIEAVY.CONSIDERIL'G
THE BAD liEATIiER
About .137,000 pound ,of tobacco
was oid . here .Wednesday. tTha
break were considered fair for.thl
immediate parj of jthe oason, and es
pecially so In, view of tfie fact that
the weather was as bad as any of
the season,' No big breaks are look-;
ed for as long a tho delayed equinoc
tial weather disturbance continue.
Prices were high: The - average
have been better sine the sales
slumped off m quantity. Some of
the weed being old fid is of the
very best quality, ' - : ;"
to make hl a s:.irra
ANSWER QUESTI3:;S
. (By th United Fro)
Washington,' Oct 4. The District
Supreme Court today ordered Milton
II . Smith, president of the Louisvill
& Nashville R. R.'.' to answer ques
tion of the ' ; Interstate I Commerce
commission as to the road's political
activities. - '
BULLETINS
(By the United Trass)
SHALL ASIATICS JOIN UNION?
Eureka, CaL, Oct 4- -The V- j
- tioa of admitting As .1' s t An
r ericas labor unions v'.'l le j :
squarely before t',9 Ct
Federation of Laltr, in i 4
here, It is learned.