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THE IONSTON FREE PRESS
THE DAILY FREE PRESS
(United Prai Telegraphic Report)
H. GAIT BHAITON, Editor and Manager
'Published Every Day Except Sunday by tho Kinston Free
.," , ' Press, Co.. Inc., Kinston, N. C.
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- t WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1916
At last the suspense is over. The price of milk is to
be advanced. Jt was about ( the only thing in all the cate
gory of living requisites which had not already taken
a aerial flight. '
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A contemporary speaks of "cornering" Hughes. A pret
ty hard job to corner a fellow who takes twenty thousand
mile jaunts talking every mile of the way without com.
witting himself a'single time on a single important issue.
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iField Marshal Von Hindenberg has just celebrated his
sixty-ninth birthday, and there Is every evidence that
there is many a good scrap left in the grim old warrior
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, American mine operators fleeing from territory recently
occupied by Villa report that the bandit chief made an
Impassioned address inviting Americans and other for
eigners to return to their mining interests giving assur
ance that he had no enmity toward them and was only
lighting Carranxa, The Americans, who value their lives,
will probably require further assurance from a more de
pendable source before risking their skins in Villa's grasp.
Some legislator who have been going to Raleigh every
, two years and perpetuating themselves in office because
, of their ability to get through petty local bills, the mul
tiplicity of whkh jclogm the wheels of legislation and pre
vents proper consideration of state-wide measures, may
oppose the constitutional amendment to1 be voted on this
. fall, purporting to take from the legislature the neces-
slty for considering purely local bills and vesting the va
rious county boards with the authority, but nobody else
in the State should oppose the endorsement of such an
amendment The proposed constitutional amendments
', are non-partisan and should have the earnest considera
tion of every voter h the State.
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MR. JOHN C DREWRY.
. .The State of North Carolina has lout another of its
worthy and substantial cilisens in the death of Mr. John
' C. Orewry, prominent insurance man and Mason, whoso
,K death occurred Monday at his home in Raleigh. Mr.
I ; Drewry was native of Virginia, but had spent a great
many years in this State with headquarters at Raleigh.
,ii He was educated as lawyer, but did not practice his
i profession long before engaging in die insurance busi
. ness in which he was conspicuously successful, being at
; ' the time of hh death State Agent for North Carolina and
Virginia of a prominent insurance company and being
connected with many other important business enter
' prises of the Capital City, Mr. Drewry was at one rime
principal owner of the Raleigh Times. His publie service
'."as a legislator and in the city council of Raleigh was such
r as to merit the plaudits of his fellow-men. He took an
- active part in civic matters; was from time to time
. President ' of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, and
oil counsel will be missed.
FLAGGING CROSSINGS. . -When
is a flagman not a flagman? A question which
might be answered by the railroads running into Kinston.
Some months ago, when the agitation for proper protec
tion at the grade crossings within the city limits was In
progress, city council called upon the Norfolk Southern
and Atlantic Coast Line to place gates at their cross
ings and at their request, we believe, agreed to waive
the gate provision at some crossings in lieu of the roads
agreeing to have the approach of every train flagged to
warn users of the crossings against danger.
The gates at Oueen street and Heritage street are
operated "Off and on" in the daytime, but not at night,
a plan which The Free Press considers much more haz
ardous to traffic than if no gates were provided at all
Several accidents have occurred in other places in the
State recently, which were attributed to that very con
dition those having occasion to use the orossings did
not take sufficient precaution to look out for themselves
because they were under the impression that the gates
would be lowered if there was an approaching tram.
That phase of the matter we didn't intend to discuss at
length now, but to emphasize our question, "When is
flagman not a flagman ?" In other words, is a crossing
properly protected and flagged when the porter or other
member of the crew of a passing train stands on the pilot
of the engine and waves a red flag as the locomotive
passes the crossing? What protection is offered; what
opportunity to get out of the way of the train, is there?
Our answer is: "When the flagman stands on the pilot of
his engine and rides over the crossing, which he pretends
to flag, he is not a flagman." Are we correct?
WHATOtKs SAY
"A CRISIS IN JOURNALISM."
Richmond News Leader: "What would you think if the
newspapers of Richmond simultaneously announced that
they would suspend publication one day in the week; and
how would you feel if you had to pass a whole day with'
out any news whatsoever from the outside world?
"You would very naturally ask yourself what ailed the
newspapers and you would wonder if, at a time when peo
ple are most dependent on news than ever before they
were to be deprived of it. You would regard it as e
backward step in journalism, inexplicable and inexcusa
ble. "Yet such a proposal has been seriously made and seri
ously considered and only rejected because publishers con
cluded that advertisers and readers had a right to daily
display and daily news. It was considered because, with
the reading public scarcely aware of the situation, ths
newspapers of the United States are passing through the
most serious crisis in their history.
"Nobody outside the publishing business can appreciate
what that crisis means and how vitally it affects the lite
of the American people. For reasons as yet undetermined
a sudden shortage in newsprint has developed. In manv
Instances, paper manufacturers have 'been compelled tc
prorate their output among their customers and to tell
even those .newspapers that had been dealing with them
for years that their, orders can only be filled in percent
ages of output. In other cases, where paper contract?
have expired, some newspapers have been compelled U
pay twice as much for their paper as they paid a yeai
ago. One of the largest newspapers in the country, a
paper of international reputation, is now In the open mar
ket buying print paper at an increase of approximatoly
120 per cent, in cost. Another well-known Western pa
per is now paying $5.75 for paper that cost it $2.20 a
year ago.
"When readers take into account the tremendous
amount of paper used by the large newspapers and
when they realize the insignificant price at which the
newspaper is sold, they can begin to appreciate the ex
tent of thrt problem. The News Leader, for instance,
uses approximately 2,700.000 pounds of paper a year and
for large single issues consumes as much as 17,500 pounds.
"The worst aspect of the situation is that relief is no
where in sight and that other supplies are mounting up
ward in cost almost as rapidly as print-paper. The Am
erican Newspaper Publishers' Association, which includes
in its membership all the ileading publishers of the coun
try, has made a careful investigation of the news-print
problem and can give no better assurance than by 191
the situation should be somewhat improved.
"It is not surprising that many of the smaller paper:
are suspending and that some of those that yielded a rea
sonable return on the investment are now operating at
a growing loss. We cannot recall a time when the out-,
look was most serious."
'GOING, IT TOO BAUD?
Overwork, worry, overeating' and
ack of exercise and sleep are tea-
xmsible for much kidney trouble. If
four back aches and the kidneys
eem weak, rest up and use Doan's
lidney Pills.
Mrs. A. W. Clark; 306 W. Blount
itreet, Kinston, says: "I had pains
hrough my back and loins and suf
'ered from headaches' and dizzy
pells. The kidney secretions were
mnatural and my feet and' ankles
;ecame swollen. I used different
nedicines with no benefit; in fact, I
iecame worse. Finally I got Doan's
Cldney Pills and began using them.
Tie swelling in my irabs disappear
d and the other symptoms of the
rouble were relieve?."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
imply ask for a kidney remedy
et Doan's Kidney Pills the same
hat Mrs. Clark had.,.Foster-Milburn
lo., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. adv.
SALE OF LAND BY MORTGA
GEE Under and by virtuo of the powers
:ontained in that certain mortgage,
made by R. A. Wooten and wife, Em
na Wooten, to Hines Brothers Lum
ber Company on April 18th, 1912, as
appears of record in the office of the
Segiater of Deeds for Lenoir Coun
y in Book 44 at page 261, said
nortgage and the indebtedness there
iy secured having duly come by
.ransfers to the undersigned B. F. D.
Vlbritton, and default having been
nade in the payment of the indebte
dness by the said mortgage secured,
ho undersigned will on the 25th day
of September, 1916. (at about 12
clock M offer for sale to the high
st bidder for cash at the Courthouse
loor in Kinston, N. C, the follow
ng 'described tract of land, which is
hat described in tho said mortgage,
ir.d is more particularly described
.a "follows:
Situated in the aforesaid State
.nd county, and in Vance township,
uljoining the lands of Mrs. L. L.
'arrot and others and bounded as
ollows:
Beginning at a stake on the West
dge of the Kinston and Snow Hill
'ublic Road near a tenant house on
r. Hyman Mewborne'a land and runs
J. 43 E. with Mra. L. L. Parrott's
nd W. O. MoseleyV lines 1716 feet
o a stake; thence N. 21 degrees and
'8 minutes west 18931-2 feet to a
take; thence N. 69 degrees and 52
ninutes West 1515 feet to a stake!
hence N. 40 1-4 West 1633 1-2 feet
a a stake; thence S. 79 West 723
eet to a stake in the East edge of
old road; thence with said road S.
H-4 E. 368 feet; thence S. 381-2
Sast 769 feet; thence S. 321-4 E.
1293 feet; thence S. 301-2 E. 1557
.'eet; thence S. 27 E. 800 feet; thenc
i. 23 1-2 E. 913 feet to the be
ginning. 176 and 72-1000 acres, more
r leas, excepting, however, from the
'oregoing description about 30 acre?
'.eretofore conveyed by R. A. Woof
n to his wife, Emma Wooten, which
3 situated on the South side of the
ibove described tract of land, and
ying on the South side of the lead
iitch through the Bright new ground.
This 23rd day of August, 1916.
B. F. D. Albritton,
Assignee of Mortgagee.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.
VIRGINIA STATE FAIR
RICHMOND
Tickets will be sold from
Kinston at $5.65 for the.
Round Round Trip, for
all trains from
OCTOBER 6th to l4th, Inc.
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Like getting back home
for Thanksgiving
they satisfy !
Thanksgiving with the old folks at home it does
satisfy! For your smoking, Chesterfields do the
earnc thing they satisfy I
But Chesterfields are MILD, too that's the
vonder of it.
Don't expect this new cigarette enjoyment (satisfy,
yet mild) from any cigarette but Chesterfields, be
cause no cigarette maker can copy the Chesterfield
blend an entirely new combination of tobaccos and
the biggest discovery in cigarette making in 20 years.
"Give me a package of those cigarettes that SA TISFY. "
CIGARETTES
10 for 5c
Also packed 20 fcrlOc
Via the
ATLANTIC COAST LINE,
The Standard Railroad of the South.
Proportionate Fares From Inter
mediate Points.
Tickets will be limited returning
untM midnight of Monday, October
16, 1916.
For further details, tickets, etc.
apply to
D. J. WARD. Ticket Agent,
Kinston, N. C.
DR. DAN W. PARROTT
DENTIST
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