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cFIRST EDITION KINSTON, N. O, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1916
FOTTR PAf!Fi W1IUV PRICE TWO CENTS
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In a Claze of Glory
FJbU of iSiristi
Twelwe Thousand
MONSTER PAGEANT
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MOBILIZING THE
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The Second Annual Exhibit of the Kinston Fair is on!
It I was officially declared sd by i President F. C. Dunn a
little before twelve o'clock Tuesday after the spectacular
"Chief Marshal's Parade and Pageant" had been reviewed
from the grandstand.
Estimates of the attendance today are all guess work.
In fact. When the representative of The Free Press left
the, grOUndS tO nurry DECK to me "Iltce IU give 10 reaaers
'today's news today" the people were there in "droves,"
snd a hundred or more taxis were bringing them in as
fast, as they could make the roun dtrip, to say nothing
of .the K. C. shuttle train which is making regular trip
from the Norfolk Southern depot t the grounds. The
Free Press "prognosticates" that there will be at least
twelve thousand red-blooded American men, women and
children to turn the stiles and pass in with the parade be
fore the gates shall be closed on the first day's perform-
r nee. And that may be conservative.
PRESIDENT DUNN'S SPEECH.
President F. C. Dunn of the Kinston Fair Association stepped
out on the platform, which was being completed for the occasion
while the folks were gathering, and welcomed the large con
. course of people, the majority of whom could only guess what
he was saying, but who nevertheless were vociferous in their
applause, for they knew he was making a happy speech. Mr.
Dunn recalled the experience of last year, the remarkable suc
cess of which had been directly, responsible for several other
fairs to be started in Eastern Carolina this year. He predicted
an even greater success this year, and officially declared the
1918 Fair open. )
HON. J. PAfcC FRIZZELLE'S ADDRESS.
' Mr. Dunn presented Hon. J. Paul Frizzelle, mayor of Snow
Hill, who made the address of the day. Mr. Frizzelle paid
glowing tribute to the enterprise represented in the culmination
of the community undertaking and predicted that the Kinston
Fair embracing the territory of Ten Counties would come to be
one of the greatest assets to the section; that its promotion of
better farming methods, the building of good roads, the friendly
acquaintance Of the people of the section would mean that the
tide of migration, which has taken so many of the best young
men and women from the farms to the larger centers of popula
tion, would turn and keep them in the district where their en
ergy and thought would contribute to the upbuilding and prog
ress. Particularly happy were the remarks of Mr. Frizzelle,
and coming from a man from an adjoining county, but empha
sized the broad scope of the Ten County Fair.
Opening Parade Magnificent.
A spectacle unprecedented in the
history of East Carolina was the
opening parade of the Fair Tuesday.
The pageant wis nearly two miles
long. Its immensity was forgotten
in the cleverness, the grandeur and
1 theoriginality of many of its units,
Last year's ortnninsr nard fell far
short of this procession in many ways,
There was hardly room enough in
the streets in the southern part of
the city in which the various sections
were assembled, so that when the pa-
rade got under way at About 10:25, a
little late, the marshals at the head
were away past the post6ffice facing
north on Queen street, '
For three solid f Mocks there were
marshals. . They rode with files keep-
ing skimpy distance. It was neces-
Mry to close up.' "Attartctive-look-
ing girls, some of them in the nattiest
of habits, rode -with the male' gal-
knts. This section had its' novelties,
too. 'Toward the last was Earl Ken-
nedy,'a small hoy' of near Caswell,
stride-a' bull yearling. .-That little
fellow did not seem to fee! his im-
portance; he was all dressed up and
modest; the yeerling was also dressed
op. Right here that ltitle knight xf
the pasture is proclaimed the Wo if
the occasion." At the rear was an
adult hull, carrying .gaudily-array-
ed fellow from the country. The ri-.'
der was as proud a? could be- so wax
the buTt-the creature kept step with
the band's cadence! ' '
The second eectton was comprised .the plaintive minors that they are gisted by numerous assistant marsh
f decorated rVtcanobiles. ;There were roat ,t Pt to lair music The als.
acom of these. Some of the cars Orion Knitting M21 and Kinston' Cot- The parade,' according to non-esi.
Vere arrayed In v t and artificial ton Mills showed atockingi 'all' the,d?nU,who saw both pageants, eclips-
? nwert and paper ttreamen of patri-
Ptic colors, other were beautiful in
People
SPLENDID ,
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SPECTACLE
SECTION'S INDUSTRIAL,
TiONAL FACILITIES
autumn leaves and pine needles. One
was concealed in the famous bright
loaf tobacco oft he section and shone
:is with gold. One young woman
dressed as Uncle Sam drove a tour
ing car and had for a passenger an
1 xquisite fairy who may have been
Liberty at 'Columbia or someone else;
whoever she was, she was superb
The industrial and commercial
floats were a long section; there were
several blocks of cars and trucks j
bearing far the most part, very elab-
orate and ingenius displays. To give ,
individual mention of all the story
would have to be run in instalments,
The Coca-Cola Company had a pret-
ty schooner in line; rather ineongru-
ous "schooner"-but very nifty. T.
W. Mewborn & Co. were represented
hy a white submarine, from the con-
ning tower of which an officer put out
his head and scanned the seacaps.
1 he Lynch Jewelry . Co.'s float was
very handsome. The Kinston Furni-
ture Company exhibited a bed, with
two pretty youngsters al lsnugly tuck-
ed in. Quinn & Miller's float was a
bulky affair, with a table nd jolly
party of young folks lounging about
it (under a canopy. King & Hearne
cad a mule and a truck; the beast
Aang his head in apparent shame. The
iserson who devised E. V. Webb &
Cft.'s contribution is a genius. On it
were tobacco hogsheads and nearly a
dozen daikies stripping leaf. The col-
red folks sang along the route
fion ' of the tobacco and -rotten
fields, with entransing inelody and
way from the cotton field to the rin-
factored product, and a. bevy cf at.
Second Annual
Fair is Opened!
Turn Stiles
OLD SPINNING WHEEL
NOVEL FUR EXHIBIT
An antique spinning-wheel exhib
ned at the i air this Week is quite
n curiosity and a relic of nte-E'dl-lum
days. This quaint instrument
is tha property of Miss Ella Bland,
matron of Parrott Memorial Hospi
tal, Kinston, and was made for her
mother, Mrs. Mary Bland Smith of
Grifton, by Mrs. 'Smith's father,
Cannon Smith, almost a century
: so, who made one Wheel for each
if his four daughters. This parti
cular spinning-wheel is in good con-
,i;
tion, and is in daily operation at
,the Fair. Many were the garments
made from materials, the flax for
which was spun on this wheel, in
cluding -jlM'ta'Joons iand cither gar
ments, which today are simply pur
chased "ov:r the counter." Memo
i'rs of the "good old days" are rfe
v'ved when one views this most in
vesting exhi'iit. and the mind and
l;L;i"t dwell in sweet contemplation
cf that period of the Glorious South
:n the days before the war.
The State Board '3 motion picture
health exhibit will be a feature at the
Fair this week. The booth is near
machinery hall. There will 'be no
charg? for admittance. The exhibit
has been seen in many places, and is
accomplishing much good in the state.
An interesting thine: on Wednes
day's program will be a demonstra
tion in basket y, which Fair officials
n.ornise will be especially good.
tractive "raised in Kinston" girls,
was a log with a big saw in it. L.
The Rutledgs Lumber Co.'s exhibit
Harvey & Son Co., announcing that
'hoy were fighting for trade, had an
..r.imated float with two young ugs.
;iarring.
The fire department had six pieces
f apparatus out. The horses were
finely groomed and the wagons nice
ly decorated. Girls filled one wag
on. Tho department's old steamer,
r,ut again after years of retirement,
was drawn by mules, because there
were no horses for it, and none to be
had. Horses wore at a premium in
1 he city.
Th, educational section was the
crownimr glory. "America." sur
rounded by valiants in historical
tvarb, followed just behind two horse
Tncn carrying a banner, "Education,"
which scorned a very . appropriate
ilace to put the charming damsel.
Tha Kniston Grammar School goat
had a float to himself. Music in the
schorls was tha subject of one piece
Wcrlieal inspection -'in the schools was
nortraved by young make-believe
nurses, pretty in the-white dress and
reti crc.sr- brazzard of the profession,
re float was a schoolroom, modernly
equipped, with a dozen or more chil
dren of first grade age, dressed in
their Sunday best, diligently at study,
The teacher whoever selected tho
teachsr is another gerViys, by the way
stood at the blackboard and put
questions to her young proteges. The
scene was charming. Big floats were
entered by the Lenoir County Pig and
fcm Club bays nd Canning Club
r-irls. A large truck carried a wood-
land scene, with a host of members
(f a young folks' school club, tree's
and other things on it. Joining the
parade a little late was a big float
from the Caswell Training School,
with a very creditable exhibit from
that State institution. The school's
drove of fancy co wswas given a
place along with the float
The parade was in the fullest sense
magnificent. ,The happiest - person
connected with itw as Mr. Harrey C.
Hines. Ha was the Chief. Marshal In
charge, and for weeks past had given
the pMparations for the spectacle the,
most of his time. He was ably J at-
ed by far the State iaw paraJj
Raleigh.
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BOLIVIA OPPOSED TO
HEALTH STATION PLAN
Bogota, Oct. 24. Newspaper com
ment from the whole of Columbia
showj the entire country agreed on
approval of the Cartagena chambor
of Commerce's rejection of tha Unit
ed Fruit Company's request for . per
mission to establish a health station
on the coast of Bolivar province, in
dependently of those maintained by
the Colombian government.
The company, in a kind of diplo
matic note to Bolivar state, repre
sented that the Panama health au
thorities persist in quarantining Unit
ed Fruit steamships from Colombian
ports, regardless of the c)an bills
granted by the Colombian officials. It
was for this reason that tho concern
professed to want a Colombian sta
tion presided over by medical experts
from tho United States.
As the proposition had a commer
cial angle, It was submitted to the
Cartagena chamber xf .commerce
which not only turned it down but
eferred to it as an Insult.
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN
FOR PAST TWO MONTHS
The Librarian of the Kinston Pub
ic Library makes public the Librar
nn's reports or August and Septem-
er. In the former month receipts
w-re: Approprail:on, $12.50; rent on ) fusion or sven discomfort. Tho bor
books, 50 cents; fines, 15 cents; to-' der camps have been approved tima
ai, ifiii.ia. I'aid out: leneit for Ju
ly, $4.40; July salary, $10; rent for
August. $5; lights, 80 cents; sweep-
ng, $21.45; deficit, $8.30. Final pay
ment ws made on a set cf books.
"The South -in the Building 'of .the
Nation," in June. This set cost $48.
September receipts: Appropriation, 1 correspondents of Republican newspa
$12.50; appropriation for lights, $5; pics fcr persistent and malicious mls
8 subscriptions, $12; fines, 20 cents; 1 1 representation. The whole attempt
total, $29.70. Paid out: August de
ficit, $8.30; salary for August, $10;
rent for September, $5; lights, 80c;
moving bwotes, etc., $G.75; scourmf,
etc., $1.10; wire screen, 10 cents;
soap, etc., 15 cents; carrying ladder,
5 cents; varnish stain,, 30 cents;
sweeping, $1; total, $33.55. There is
mere indebtedness for moving, to be
paid this month. Dr. F. Fitts ha
presented 40 the library a book on os
teopathy. Tli3 library's home is now
over the John G. Cox shoo store, and
will be open from 3 to f p. m.
RUSSIAN CHIEF OF
STAFF PASTOR'S SON
By VM. PHILLIP SIMMS
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Imperial Headquarters, Russian
Army, Sept. 24. (By Mail) Gener
al Michel Alcxieff, 'Nicholas IPs chief
of staff and, next to the Emperor, re
sponsible for operations along the
whale Russian front, is the so nof a
preacher and a self-made man.' He
is at the top because he put. himself
there by hard work. He never had a
pull. Here is a story which explains
Alexieff.
When the Emperor assumed com
mand of the army aid General Alex
ieff came here to work with him, the
Czar and his chief of staff always
'unched together at the Czar's quar
ters. The imperial chamberlain, the
governor of the palace, a couple of
aides-de-camp, the young heir to the
throne, and the Emperor's physician
wore always at these meals and it
was seldom that several important
guests were not present. The lunches
naturally were of a more or loss for
mal nature ending up with coff e and
smokes and the inevitable conversa
t'ons, in all consuming about an hour
end a half.
General Alexieff stood this for
some days, but it was apparent he
was getting more and more ill at
ease. Finally one day he went to
the Czar. ; "' '
"Sire," he said, "I realize it is im
possible to cut the lunch shorter. But
t. am losing a lot of time every day,
Permit me to lunch with my officers,
at their mess. I will be very grate
ful." -The" Emperor Iaughted.
"Of course, it shall be as yon wish,
General," he said.' And 'from that
day on the chief ate with his men.
,Mrs. J. S. Walthonr of DanviUe.
Va, is spending I few days v':h
friends here.
SAYS.WttSONHAS
RIGHT IDEA. ABOUT
.NATIONAL DEFENSE
By GEORGE CREEL.
The invincible meanness of the at-,
tack on President Wilson finds , its
choicest expression in the Republican
attempt to prove that the National
Guard has been treated unfairly.
The war with Spain showed the ur
gent need? of reorganizing the home'
defense system of Amoriea. The Re
publican partyj after five years
jabber, decided to continue full rcli- 1,18 10 comm.ctee in cnarge 01
ance upon the organized militia and the oration want Kinston to pro
passed the Dick bill. Under this law. vUe for parades-suggesting Ae old
over Sfifi.ooft.noo ha hflon onnnf n ' fashioned , torchlight procession at
the National Guard wf the various
states.
In 1916, when President Wilson
darted the "Plattsburg idea" and
sujrgest-d the Swiss system, the Re-
publican party again -rallied to the
support of tho National Guard, and
insisted that it be retained as the ba
sis of 0 urland defense. The Hay
bill not only provided pay for the or
ganized militin, but appropriated $2.
000,000 to care fur the families of
the members in event of actual ser
vice. Every national guardsman in
the country worked for the Hay bill.
The M;xican crisis arose, and the
organized militia w.'.s called upon
just as its membership had insisted
that i tshould be called upon. The re-
'.sponse was instant and generous. Tho
I movement of troops yas without con-
.and again by expert sanitarians. Tho
men themselves have made no com
plaint. But the Republican party refuses
to be soothed. Lying reached a
point where General Funaton had to
issue an order threatening to denort
of the Hughes forces has been to
breed discontent, dissatisfaction
rebellion among the 'soldiers.
and
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WANT THIS COUWTY
HONORING PRESIDE
Lenoir counly is asked to assist in
making "Wilson Celebration Day,"
next Saturday, a "real big thing." )Th .
3ay ' j "destined to do honor to the
great head of tho party and other-
0 wise aid Democracy.
' niKhtaml n,blic They
I a'so want tno c'y t Be decorated, it
PossiWe- Local men suggest that
th3 Fair d""0 le kept up for
ths Iay Pub,ie mccti"?s shold be
had' and $ndivifluals hou1d take oc-
swn 10 "u bom.-in.ng ior vvuson.
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TELLFAJR VISITORS
HOW TO PREVENT FIRES
Capt. Sherwood Brockwell, a for
mer chief of the Raleigh fire depart
ment who now is in the employ of
the' State as fire prevention expert,
and N. E Canady, a State electric
al expert, -are in charge cf an exhib
it at tha . Jair 'Grounds. They are
strations on the subject of fire pre
vention. Samples cf non-infl.unma-blo
paints are cn exhibit. Plans of
school buildings designed to prevent
a minimum ct fire risk are on dis
Clay. ; ' -
"What he has seen" of the .Fair,
Capt. Brookwell stated Tuesday, sur
passed anything of the kind he had
aeon, and ho takes about all of the
fairs in.
Mr. Ed. Winfield returned to
his horns near Bath after, a visit to
. I relatives here.
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A HOLIDAY FOR THE
CITY :AND SECTION;
KiiNsti's 'mm.
Tuesday5 Big Day ; of , ?Year.
Thousands Flock to City
From Many 'Counties for
Fair Opening Business ;
Suspended "
Tussday is Lenoir county's ' Ulay .
off Tt. fa nlsn a Aav ntf for fhnti. .
ands from the surrounding counties.
Fair opening day ha become an es
tablished holiday. , Business was al
most as dead as on Sunday In some ,
pnrts of the county during the day.
After 10 o'clock scores of local "bus-
.less houses were closed, as ' wore
the banks, the schools and the po
lice court. Tho cotton and' tobacco
markets were suspended, j Indica
tions Bt an, early hour were j that
possibly the . largest throng .ever
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iure ioj any-occasion-woum roe
hrmd tor the 5 air , opening. 1 AraoBg
the crowd were persons from ". aMQy
other ' states. Prosperous-looking
planters, country merchants, , farm-
hands and their wives and children
Qvsr every road from .daybreak on.' '
Tho present jptoeperfty of ths sec- ,
tbn, surpassingt hat of any former
period, was evidenced by the'happi
iiS8 of tho owdaAnd the 'lavitfh- k
ness with whica'they lef lodse.tbfeir ''
money before business was eu spend
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Fully a half .of.Lenoir ountynay
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