PACE TWO
THE KINSTON FREE PRESS
Thursday Evening; October 19. 1916
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H, GALT BRAXTON, Editor and Manager ; r
PuUllshed Every Day Except Sunday by the Kington Free
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THE LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND CONTROLS
Cotton i o near the twenty-cent mark that the p
diction that it will reach that',, point Is no longer in the
prophetic class.
It ia costing more and considerably more for the farm
eri to produce cotton and the indications are that the
production of next year's crop will be even at a greater
. 8oWrSptkm Ratea Payable In Advance: '
On Week .. '.I ,10 One Month .........
,. . , Three, Months ...... .f 1.00 . Six Months
( ;' f" ' Ona Year ...,"...,...$4.00
Entered at the postofflce at Kinston, North Carolina, as
-1 aecond-cloas, natter underact of Congress, Marph 3, 1879.
--.Vv Commonleations received and not published will not be
, returned unless stamps to cover postage accompany same.
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'outlay, but there can be little question that the prices
a wheh now prevail for the great southern staple, more
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than offset the increase in the cost oi fertuizers, moor
and other elements entering into its production.
When cotton prices soar there is an ever-present dan
ger of a tendency to over-production in the succeeding
yelir, and the very condition which forced the prices up
is made to reverse itself. The planters must not lose
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THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19. 1916
The only trouble about twenty cent cotton: We fear
Jt will take all the diversification out of the argument.
, A contemporary anneunces: "Villa located again
This ia news, as we have had no confirmation that he
was located lh flrs time, ,.(
r i Another evidence of; the Hughes "temporary" prosper
ity: The cotton mills of Alamance county have voluntar-
11 y increased the wages of their operatives ten per cent.
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v. r The revisionists .of the Episcopal marriage ceremony,
' who proposed to omit the word "obey," evklsntly had
word from M'iack home," as the vote on the question, we
understand, has been postponed for three years.
Congressman Cla'udo' KJtchin hinks that a Marion
Butler pamphlet of instruction could be yanked from the
Inside pocket of most any Republican spellbinder or lead
er, who might be searched, He should make allowance
-for some of the Republican brethren to commit to mem
ory their instructions and thus obviate the necessity of
-, loading their pockets with ' written orders."
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' We again make appeal in behalf of the Mothers' Club
and the playground movement, and remind those who
. have not done so that the first" Lyetium attraction, the
4 proceeds over the guarantee fund for which will go into
A the playground fund, is to be, givenFriday night. The
v season tickets are $2. A special school ticket for $1 will
admit any school child in Kinston to the five entertain
menta. ' i
sight f the fact that the law of supply and demand
largely controls the cotton market. The price this year
is higher, it is said, than it has been since the War E'j
tween the States, and that in spne of the fact that a larx
part of the export trade has been interfered with by th
European war. The small crop this year is roaponaibl
for the splendid prices, and iM farmers should realize
that it is greatly to their advtjilaf?e to produce a sixt
per cent, crop and get aGO to 80percent. increase
in the price than to produce a 100 per cent, crop and
sell it for the same money, or approximately the sam
that they would realize from the short crop. That is jus
the experience that they are having this year.
The southern farmer will come into his own more
quickly by diversifying his crops and holding his cotton
acreage to u point where it wfll insure a crop no larger
than will command good prices than by pursuing any
other methods that he can employ.' The Free Press thinks
that it is not too early now to begin to emphasize thi
very material factor in the South's prosperity, that th
backbone of the section the farmers may not lose thni
heads because of the splendid prices which are now oh
taining, and forget that "hog and hominy" will still
n-eded to keep the "wolf away from the door."
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WHAT OTHERS SAY
:' Good reports are coming from El Paso of the North
h Carolina soldier boys under the command of General
, Young. . Particularly complimentary, arje the accounts of
the first - brigade Teview befort-thei division commander,
. Major General Clements. Kinston 'friends and relatives
of the members of Company B of the Second Regiment
will take especial pride in knowing that the local boys
re keeping etep with the others of the North Carolina
regiments.
The British (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has
v had reports that the commander of the German submarine
- requested commanders of the United States destroy-
era to clear the way and give him room to blow up ships,
and that the commanders acceded to the request. Secre
' tary Grey wants assurance that such reports are unfound
; ed. , He, might (ret his answer by reviving his memory on
American history and the traditions of the United States
. naval commander.
PAPER SHORTAGE GROWS MORE SERIOUS.
Norfolk Ledger-Uinpach: "Indications multiply tha
the threatened shortage of newspaper print paper is fas
becoming a reality and the question of getting paper
enough on which to print the papers is serious, while the
tremendous increase in cost threatens the ruin of many
newspapers of the country.
"The 'Canadian paper manufacturers have informed
their customers that they would be charged a tremendour
increase, and the Canadian government has taken up the
situation and" is considering the fixing arbitrarily of e
price that will not put the newspapers out of business
"This course is not open to our government. However,
the Federal Trade Commission is investigating the paper
shortage, but appears powoiiess to prevent the stagger
ing advance in price, or the shortage in paper.,
"The government at Washington has just entered up
on a conservation plan in which its publications win be
curtailed, A notice has been jent out by Surgeon Gen
eral Rupert Blue in which he says that 'on account of the
shortage in the pupr market it has become necessary
to curtail the mailing list of the Health News.'
"To what extent this may extend to other government
publications is not made plain, but the seriousness of
the situation is evidenced in many ways. The pro'ilcm
that confronts the daily newspapers is causing the most
profound concern to the publishers."
F AIRS INCREASING IN 'EAST CAROLINA.
Wilmington Dispatch: "North Carolina is certainly
st'iong on fairs, and Eastern Carolina especially is to the
front in this way. Whereas, several years a$?o this part
of the Stata was shy, now there are many, and they con
tinue to multiply. With fairs at Greenville, Now Bern,
Rocky Mount, Goldsboro, and Kinton, and the corn show
in Wilmington, the last mentioned representing a group
of counties, the down-eastern part of the State is doing
well, and is gaining much needed advertising, while stir
ring up greater interest among the people of this sec
lion and better informing them of the great treasures of
their locality treasures found in resources of some of the
best farm land to be found anywhere; in fine cattle graz
ing range and in timber.
"All needed is far the people of Eastern Carolina to
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You will certainly find what you want
atCopeland Brothers On Easy Terms.
Seventy five Horses and Mules
to selectyour choice. Hackney and
Thornhill Wagons that have no
equal for Durability. Dry Goods,
Notions, Shoes and Clothing at
viRockBottom Prices. Cotton seed
.Wanted. ' '
See us Before You wSeOI.
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talk more Interest in these things, and
which they will when they . become
better Acquainted with these Wonder
ful resources and appreciate the op
portunity that should be taken ad van
age of. Fairs and shows, by what
ever name they are called, represent
:oramur.ity interest, stand for a col
'ective display of samples of 'his
vealth and these exhibits not only
nject virus of 'do' into the veins of
he natives, but advertise the section,
o that name seekers and investors
vill recognize the garden spot of the
ountry and act accordingly.
SATISFACTORY KIND
OF CIRCUS PROGRAM
"I hate to Ro circus With SO
nany rings and acts. In a big show
here is so much to look at that ona
-eps bobbing one's head all over the
tig tent, with the result that one
loesn't see a tenth of the perform
tnce. I should rather attend an old
'ashioned, one-ring circus, where I
an 'see everything well."
In all parts of the country the above
iontimcn is oftentimes Vxress-
1 when a big circus is r hilled
o appear. This is true, where the
Management of big shqw mixes all
;orts of acts together in h crazy con
o't;on. But John Robinson's Ten
tig Shows, which will exhibit in Kin
'.on on November 3, afternoon and
:vening, although one of America's
r'.rgoat amusement institutions, offer
:o ground for1 such complaint. The
xperienced management of the great
fohn Robinson's Ten Big 'Shows long
,;nce remedied this evil.
A circus program is made up of
'hat is termed as "displays." A dis-
ilay is a series of acts given simul
aneously in the rings, on the. cle
ated stasres. in the air and on the
lippodrome. Instead of the display
icing composed of several diverse
cts, as is often the case in circuses,
'ohn Robinson's Ten Big Shows' dis-
ilays are made up of acts of the
am? kind. For instance, if a male
v female equestrian act is being giv-
n in ring No. 1, the very same kind
f feature will be found in the other
ings. If a group of aerialists ap
pear at one end of the dome of the
rcat tent, another group will b? pre-
cnted at the opposite end. Thus it
possible for the spectators, at one
xtremity of the canvas to see prac-
;caliy tha same performances that
he people in the 'far end witness.
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Every one Dollar
Purchase
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Sale Than Any Place in the
Whole State. . . -
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