liiia Blaze of Glory
Fiibif of Kinsfoli
Second
Annual
Fair is Opened!
mm Thousand' People Turn Stiles
MONSTER PAGEANT SPLtNDID SPECTACLE
ilOBILIZING THE SEiTTpS: INDUSTRIAL,
KIAL EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
COM!
The Second Annual Exhibit of the Kinston Fair is on!
It was officially declared so by 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.
The weather was simply ideal, of the made-to-order
kind.
Estimates of the attendance today are all guess work.
In fact, when the representative of The Free Press left
the grounds to hurry to the office to give to the readers
''today's news today" the people were there in "droves,"
nd a hundred or more taxis were bringing them in as
fast as they could make the round trip, to say nothing
of the K. C shuttle train which is making regular tripf
from the Norfolk Southern depot to 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.
'RESIDENT DUNN'S SPEECH.
President F. C. Dunn of the Kinston Fair Association stopped
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 (heir
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 boen directly responsible for several other
fairs to be started in Eastern Carolina this year. He predicted
n even greater success this year, and officially declared the
I916 Fair open. I
LESS BUT WEARIING
AND EATING A LOT
Soldiers Require Much
More Than Civilians, Says
Redfield Why Cost of
Living Is High In Pros
perous United States
GERMANS EXPECT TOlNEW YORK BEGFNING
BRING ROUMANIA TO TO BET EVEN MONEY
KNEES BEFORE LONG ON ELECTION RACE
Squeezing Life Out of Help- Odds Now 10 to 9 On Mr.
less Balkan Ally In Jaws
of Vice
TWO POWERFUL ARMIES
Hughes Charges and
Counter Charges of Hy
phenism Republican
Candidate Is Silent
Overrunning
Roth
Land From
(By the United Press)
Washington. Oct. 24. Secretary
of Commerce Redfield today ascribed
'.he high cost of living in this coun
try to the fact that 20,000,000 people
In Europe are producing nothing and
nnsitming the 1'o.id of .'!(), 000,000, and
hi- clothjng of 80,000,000.
The soldiers arc fating more and
wearing out more than in civil life.
Ki op:an factories ordinarily pro
ducing utilities are making muni
tions. Four thousand in Great Brit
ain alone are thus occupied. Produc
tion is reduced at the time of the
irreatest consumption. The great
Russian crops are unavailable to the
world. Our crops are mediocre. Thi;
country is prosperous.
Teuton Hands
(By the United Press)
New York, Oct. 24. The Democia-
Ends Important National Committee continued its
I hvnbun tlrivn tivluv fTno'huii ia nil.
Railroad May Be Taken Lnt but may make a niply m a
Soon J Third Of It NOW In 8Pcech knight l Quoensborough.
Justice Cohalan is now linked by
tho Democrats with the alleged hy-
i phen organization. It is said he urg
ed a recent conferwice to get more
elo-soly in touch with the Republican
leaders. Willcox, denying, says there
has been no agreement or deal. He
says Hughes talked with the inde
pendence organisation and American
rights committee at the latter's soli
citation, while the Democrats sought
meetings with the hyphens.
Betting odds are now 10 to ! on
Hughes. Rome .even money has .been
bet. Yesterday was the biggest bet
ting day, when $75,000 was placed.
(By the United Press)
Berlin, Oct. 24. Two powerful ar
mies attacking from tho east and
west, threaten to crush Roumania be
fo e the winier. Von Mackensen's
GermamBulgarian-Turkish forces
have nearly a third of hie Constanza
Ceinavoda railroad and are pressing
on to Cernavoda. The Roumanians
are failing back from 'Constanza to
avoid annihilation.
Fallieuhayn has resumed tho offen
sive on the west front in Roumania.
Riots are expected when the Rouma
nian people learn of tho loss of their
big seaport.
HON. J. PAUL FRIZZELLE'S ADDRESS.
Mi. 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, tho building of good roads, the friendly
acquaintance of the people 'tf the section would mean that the
tide of migration, which hi j taken so many of the best young
men and women from the fams 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.
were arrayed in real and artificial
flowers and paper streamers of patri
otic colors. Others were beautiful in
autumn leaves and pine needles. One
was concealed in the famous bright
The pageant was nearly two miles eaf tQbocco of the section and ahone
long.; Its immensity was forgotten as with gold. One young woman
in tho cleverness, the grandeur and dressed as Uncle Sam drove a tour-
Opening Parade Magnificent.
A spectacle unprecedented in the
history of East Carolina was the
opening parade of the Fair Tuesday.
the originality of many of its units.
Last year's opening parade fell far
short pf this procession in many ways.
There was" hardly room enough in i
ing car and had for a passenger an
exquisite fairy who may have been
Liberty or Columbia or someone else;
whoever she was, she was superb.
The industrial and commercial
wont to put into their music. Tho
Orion Knitting Mill and Kinston Cot
ton Mills showed stockings all the
way from the cotton field to the man
ufactured product, and a bevy of at
tractive "raised in Kinston" giirls
The Rutledirs Lumber Co.'s exhibit
wa.s a log with a bi saw in it. L
Harvev & Son Co,, announcing that
hey were fighting for trado, had an
animated float with two young pugs
sparring.
The fire department had six pieces
of annaratus out. The horses were
finely groomed and the wagons nice
ly decorated. Girls filled one wag
on. The department's old steamer,
out again after years of retirement,
was drawn by mule;;, because there
were no horses for it, and none to be
had. Horses were at a premium in
the city.
The educational section was the
crowning glory. "America," sur
rounded by valiants in historical
garb, followed just behind two horse
men carrying a 'banner, "Education,"
which seemed a very appropriate
place to put the charming damsel.
The Kinston Grammar School goat
had a float to himself. Music in the
schools was the subject of one piece.
Medical inspection in the schools was
portrayed by young make-believe
nurses, pretty in the white dress and
red cross brazzard of the profession.
One float was a schoolroom, modsrnly
equipped, with a dozen or more chil-
WANT THIS COUNTY
TO HAVE A HAND IN
HONORING PRESID'T
BOLIVIA. OPPOSED TO
HEALTH STATION PLAN
VILLA OUTSIDE CHIHUAHUA; TREVIKO IS
i ' - " ';.''''. ;l .m : , - ' :',. 'T
PREPARING TO EVACUATE;: HUNDHEDSJf
nrnicrre nnrirmir: to mi bin ii winnr
HLI UlII I II I III III 111 III ill rtllLfi I II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
El Paso, Oct. 24. -Brinrinfr further reports of Vil
la's presence outside Chihuahua City, hundreds of refu
gees streamed into Juarez last night and this morning.
. nv ufuiart; vnm is west ox uie city aim uiau tut ai.uu;iv
is feared momentarily. Thev believe General ,Trevino
will evacuate, and confirm that the government forces
were defeated Friday and Saturday at Palomas.
Thirty daughters of prominent famines, including, the
Trevino family, are among the refugees. , . - ,
BOY-ED PLANNED TO A HOLIDAY FOR TIIE
FORCE IF. wra.(ff!cmf AND SECTION;
jCTnw nmnr h
1 El
Sent Submarines to This Tuesday Big Day of, Year.
Coast to Compel Ruling Thousands Flock to City
by United States and to
Sec How American Pati
ence Was
From Many Counties for
Suspended , . .
s
(By
the United Press)
Lenoir county is asked to assist in
making "Wilson Celebration Hay,'
next. Saturday, a "real bis thin.r."tTh
day is destined to do honor to the
'Trent head of the party and other
wise aid Democracy.
The State committee in charge oi
the eeltbratinn want Kinston to pro
vide for parados suggesting the old-
fashioned torchlight procession at
night and public meetings. They
ilso want the city to bo decorated, it
o3!ble. Local men suggest that
thi Fair decorations be keot up for
he day. I'ublic meetings should be
had, and individuals should take- oc
casion to do :',om!;thing for Wilson.
Bogota, Oct. 24. Newspaper com
ment tram the whole or uolumnia
hnwi tho entire country agreed on
ipproval or the vartagona cnamoor
of Commerce's rejection of the Unit-
Fruit Company's request for pun
mission to estaohsh a health station
on the coast of Bolivar province, in
pemlenily of those maintained by
he Colombian government.
The company, in a kind of diplo
matic note to Bolivar state, repro
scnU'it tnnt tha ranama health nu
llities persist in quarantining Unit.
Fruit steamships from Colombian
r.: is, reoraraifss or tne clean mils
r anted by tho Calombiiy officinls, It
vii'i for thin reason that the concern
ofessed to want a Colombian sta-
on presided over by medical experts
from the United States.
As the proposition had a commer
ciai angle, it was sunmiueu to the
Cartagena chamber of .commerce
which not only turned it down but
f erred to it as an Insult.
RUSSIAN CHIEF OF
STAFF PASTOR'S SON
By WM. PHILLIP SIMMS
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Imperial Headquarters, Russian
Army, Sept. 24. (By Mail) Gener
al Michel Aiexieff, 'Nicholas IPs chief
of staff and, next to the Emperor, re
sponsible for operations along the
wh()le Russian front, is the son of a
preacher and a self-made man. lie
is at the top because he put himself
there by hard work. He never had a
pull. Here is a story which explains
the streets in the southern part of floats were a long section; there were
the city. in which the various sections several blocks of cars and trucks
weressenj:bledt so that when the pa- bearing few the most part, very clab
ra.de frotinder way at about 10:25, a orate and ingenius displays. To give
little ylate, the marshals at the head individual mention of all the story
were, 'away pat the postoffice facing would have to be ran in instalments,
nortfrjpn' Queen street, iThe Coca-Cola Company had a pret-
Fov: three solid blocks there were ty schooner in line; rather incongru
marsals.y. They rode with files keep- ous "3chooner"--but very ifty. T.
ingfljnpy distance. It . was neces- W. Mewborn & Co. were represented
wry in close., up. Attractive-look- by a white submarine, from the con
ing girls some of them in the nattiest ning tower of which an officer put out
of habits,, rode with the male gal- his head and scanned; the seascape.
Iants.; This section had its novelties, The Lynch Jewelry Co.'s float was
too. Toward the last was Earl Ken- very handsome. The Kinston Furni-
nedy, a email boy of near Caswell, ture Company exhibited a bed, with
astride. ball yearling. That little two pretty youngsters ; snugly tuck-
fellow- did, not seem to feel his.;imr ed in.. Quinn & Miller float was a
porta'ncejf he was 11 dressed up and bulky affair, with a table and jolly
modest' the yearling was also dressed party of young folks lounging about
"P. t Sight here that little knight of It lander a canopy. King & Hearne
the pasture is proclaimed the hero of had mule on a truck; the beast
the occasion.. At 4he ;rear Was an hung his head in apparent shame. The
adult bui carrying a gaudily-array- person who devised E. V. Webb &
d -fellow, from theeountry. ' The rl Co.'s contribution is a genius. ; On it
der was as proud aTcould be; so was were tobacco hogsheads and nearly a
the hnll-lfl,e creature kept step with dozen daikies stripping leaf. The col-
the hand's" cadence! ored folks sang along the route
The second secUon was comprised songs of the tobacco and cotton
of orated titomobHes. Them were fields, with entrancing melody and
wrei of these. Som of the ears the plaintive minors that they are -Raleigh.
dren of first grade age, dressed in
their Sunday best, diligently at study.
The teacher whoever selected tho
teacher is another geiys, 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
Corn Club boys -nd Canning. Club
girls. A large truck carried a wood
land scene, with a host of members
of a young folks' school club, trees
ml other things on it. Joining the
parade a little late was a big float
from the Caswell Training School,
with af very creditable exhibit from
that State institution. The school's
d-Qve of. fancy cowa was given a
place along with the float
The parade was in the fullest sense
magnificent The . happiest person
connectetVwith it was ilr. Harvey , C
Hines. He was the "Chief Marshal in
charge, and for weeks past had given
the preparations for the spectacle the
most of his time. He was ably . as
sisted by numerous assistant marsh
al. ' : "
The parade, according to non-resi-dants
who saw both pageants, eclips
ed by far the State Fair parade at
i Aiexieff.
When tho Emperor assumed com
mand of the army ajid General Alex
ieff came here to work with him, the
Czar and his chief of staff always
lunched together at the Czar's quar
ters. The imperial chamberlain, the
governor of the palacef..ea couple of
aides-de-camp, the young heir to the
throne, and the Emperor's physician
were always at these meals and it
was seldom that several important
guests were not present. The lunches
naturally were of a more or less for
mal' nature ending up with coffee and
smokes andjlhc inevitable conversa
tions, in all consuming about an hour
and i half.
General Aiexieff stood this for
some days, but it was apparent he
was getting more and more ill at
case, 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 laughed.
, "Of course, 1t shall be as you wish,
GsneraL", he. said. ; Aod from ihal
day on the chief at with his r
PEDDLER ACCUSED
OF MURDERING WIFE
New York, Oct. 24. -Samuel Link
er, a peddler, and his son, Daniel,
held on the charge of murdering the
peddler's, wife. She was found hack
ed to pieces with a hatchet. Louis
Posner, an admiltod admiror of the
woman, is held as a witness.
LOOKS LIKE TWENTY
CENT COTTON WILL
SOON BE CERTAINTY
(Ety tho Un'tcd Press)
New , York, Oct 24. July cot
ton sold today for 19.69, up 22
points. Twenty-cent cotton is in
dicated. Bethlehem Steel, the early , war
bride leader, revised after year's
of torpor, has advanced $21 to
$625, a new high mark. f
Tuesday is Lenoir county's day
1'icvidence, R. I,, Oct. 24,The tmj3 from the surrounding counties.
ournal declares that Captain Boy-ed, pair opening; day haa become an ,es-
the debarred German naval attache, tablished holiday. Business was sl
sunt the U-53 and two other subma- mo3t a8 deftd as on Sunday in some
tines here to force a U. S. ruling on parts of tho county during the day.
iheir activities. After 10 o'clock scores of local bus-
Tho paper prints a letter clnimoi jnesa houses were' closed, as 4wnre
to ha from him, declaring he intonded the banks, the schools and the po
lo see how far American, humanity Hee court. The" cotton and tobacco ,
would help to save the lives on ship3
Utackcd in a U-boat campaign.
RIGHT IDEA ABOUT
NATIONAL DEFENSE
Hy GEORGE CREEL,
The invincible meanness of the at
tack on President Wilson finds its
choicest expression in tho Republican
Htt mpt to prove that the National
Guard hn s been treated unfairly. ' .
The war with Spain showed the ur
gent need ot reorganizing the home
defense system of America. The Rei
publican party, after five years of
jabber, decided to continue full reli
ance upon tho organized militia and
passed the Dick bill. Und;r this law,
over .SififJ.OOO.OOO has been spent upon
the National Guard of the various
States.
In 1016, when President Wilson
Rfarted tho "Plattsburg idea" and
uggest:d tho Swiss system, the Re
publican party again rallied to tho
support of the National Guard, and
nsistcd that it. be retained as the ba
sis of our land defense, lhe Hav
bill not only provided pay for tho or
ganized militia, but appropriated
000,000 to care for the families of.
the members in event of actual ser- j
vice. Eve-y national guardsman iij
the country worked for the Hay bill, j
The Msxican crisis arose, and the j
organized militia wis called unon ;
ust as its membership had insisted
that it should be called upon. The re
sponse was instant and generous. Tho j
m
market's wore suspended, Indies-"
tions at an early hour were "that
possibly "the" largost throng ever
hero f otr any occasion "iwould be, " on
hand Icr the Fair opening.' Among
jiihe crowd .were persons from many "
counties out, of the district -and from
oth'w states. , , , Prosparous-lookingr
planters, country merchants, , farm
flocked into town in steady streams '
over every road from daybreak on.
The present prosperity of the see-,'
tion, "surpassing that of any former
period, was evidenced by the happi
njs nf thft rrnWtU ami the lavish. '
ness with which they let loose their
n:onev before business was suspend
ed,. .f . - ; , . h '
Fully a .half of Lenoir county may ,
go through the Fjair ga,tes before
fcMtTfl
WEDNESDAY'S BILL
AT THE FAIR GROlHtDS
Formally School pay.,
0:30, Assembling, of school, children.
10, Educational exercises. '
11, Demonstration oi basketry.
11:30, Judging of wnibita.1 '
12, Free trapeze act ' '
.12:30. pony harness race,
1. Race, 2:25 trot - . -"-' ;
2, High dive. ? . , '
2:30, Race. 2:18 pace.
3, ilimic battle between .
plane and ex-guardsmen. .
aero-
FIND BONES MISSING
-HMI IN BURNT BRUSH
HFALTH MOYIES AT
THE FillR GROUNDS
The State Board's motion picture
health exhibit will be a feature at the
Fair, this week. The booth is near
machinery hall.' There, will be no
charge for admittance. The exhibit
has been seen in many places, and is
accomplishing much good in the state.
An interesting thing on .Wednes
day's program will be a demonstra
tion in basketry, which Fair officials
premise will be especially good."
ovemcnt of troops yaa without con- t
f.uioTi or even discomfort. The bor-. 1 ,
der camps have been approved tima j Washington, Oct 24Ofncials . of
and again by expert sanitarians. The Prince George county, . Md., were
men themselves have made no com- ( mystiified today by finding the char-,
plaint. I red bones, hat and penknife of Frank
But the Republican party refuses j Posohl, German, 55, in a pile of
to be soothed. Lying reached a
point where General Funston had to
issue an order threatening to deport
correspondents of Republican newspa
pers for persistent and malicious mis
representation. . The wholo -- attempt
of the Hughes forces has been to
breed discontent, dissatisfaction and
rebellion among the soldiers, v ,
burnt brush near Forrestville.
disappeared ' August 20 .
He
SKULL NEGRO BOY HURT;
WHEN STRUCK BY AUTO
David Lawson, a small negro boy,
was run down on Queen street , be
tween Caswell nd Gordon , Tuesday
about I o'clock and painfully injured.
How seriously The Free Press was
unable to ascertain from the hospital, Gc.Msboro last w
where he was carried. -The only in
formation that was obtainable from
there was that he was "badly hurt."
Sidney French, a , white chauffeur,
who has figured m several accidents
hereabouts, was driving the car, it is
said by those who witnessed the acci
dent, and was going at & rather ra
pid rate of speed, as after the brakes
had been applied the machine west
some distance, i A.t the time the traf-
j fx officer did not arrest Trench, but
was instructed by Chief Skinner t j
arrest him upon his return to t! e i ' -.
French. was driving the cpr i
ran' off the road and pa': .' !
Messrs. Fleming end Hn' -