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FIRST EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, 'SATURDAY, NOVEMBE R 11, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY
HOSPITAL LEGALLY
PASSED, DR, HYATT
VON MACKENSF.N IS
STATE CONVENTIpNIKOOTANA LIKELY TO
THE
GAVE "NO VOTE FOR
STILL - RETREATING
I
HAVE WOMAN JI
mm IN - house
LOCAL REPUBLICAN
ASSURES SKEPTICS
OPENS MONDAY P. M.
IF
CLUTCHING AT STRAWS AND
HUGHES DECLINES TO CONGRATULATE
PRESIUENT WETjSEEMS pTf 0 f ORRY
J'
Is Fraction of a Chance That Mistake Might Give Him
Victory, Adherents of G. 0. P Candidate Hold Final
Results In Several States Not Had Yet, Although Dem
ocrats Have Them Safe From Indications Only Er
rors Can Put Most of Them In Hughes Column Wil
son's Friends Urge Him
Satisfied .With Outcome America Will Remain Neu
tral, Press of Nation Thinks .
(By PERRY
New York, Nov. 11. Charles. Evans, Hughes lets his
telegram of congratulations
1 v . 1 1 f T fl
vtne omciai count m v;auiorma, ixew mexicu, muiui uhko
ta, New Hampshire and possibly other states. If the offi
eial count confirms the apparent Wilson victory, the Re
publican nominees does not
1 1 it. i 1
' ne nas me nnai say.
The reason the Republicans are unwilling to concede
. ...... .1 r 11 1 ;
deieat is tnat m tne nve siaces wnose vote is sun incom
plete, eight thousand votes might shift the tide of victory.
Errors involving several thousand votes are otten dis
covered in recounts, the Republicans 'contend, arid they
mignt easily nave ucciuieu m me eAcnemem w wiuuiai
ing one, of the closest elections in American political his
tory. Round numbers show Wilson has a lead in Califor
nia of 3,300; New Mexico 2,300; North Dakota 1,500; in
Mirinesot&HughesJias a 600 lead, with the soldier vote un
counted, and New Hampshire gives less than 100 margin
for' Wilson.' The electoral vote in these states, where the
margin isi less than 8,000 totals 37."" The Republicans fig
iire; that Minnesota for Hughes will bring his total tc
255, eleven below the necessary 266. If a recount shows
Hew' Hampshire to be Republican, it will bring Hughes'
totajt, to 259, and should he gain several of California's
votes on a split, then he would arrive at the point where
North 'Dakota's five or New Mexico's three would put
him over. One consolation of the Republicans is that
the! Democratic majority in the House of Representatives
has been swept away. '
Wilson Needs Vacation.
Williamstown, Mass., Nov. 11.
Glad "the election id over, Presi
dent' Wilson is taking his first com
plete rest since the opening of the
campaign. During the day ho
drove through the hills here, and
planned ta see a football game at
Williams College this afternoon.
Ho leaves at 5 o'clock for Rhine
cliff, N. vY, where he boards the
presidential yacht Mayflower for a
cruise jlown the Hudson to New
York. He expects to attend relig
ious services there Sunday and to
leave on an afternoon train for
Washington. .His friends are urg
ing him to take a fortnight's vaca
tion before resuming his official du
ties. Hughes, Shows No
Sign of Trouble.
Ne York Nov. 11. Outwardly,
at least, Charles Evans Hughes is
not showing any signs of disap
pointment that he has just lost out
on the biggest Job in America. The
man who said two days before the
election, "If I'm elected, as I ex
pect to be," and said it with con
viction ringing in his voice, was to
day just as imperturbably uncon
cerned as when a short six months
ago he was sitting on the Supreme
Court bench in judicial calm. Mr.
Hughes was greatly moved Wed
nesday when, after going to bed
Tuesday night believing he was
elected, he awoke to find himself
defeated, JBut today he exhibit no
signs of discomposure. The great
est factor in maintaining a smooth
balance In the Hughes household is
Mrs. Hughes, her husband's Advis
er and comforter throughout the
campaign Hughes' heart is warm
ed at the handsome majority his
, home State accorded him. Neither
Mr. Hughes nor: his personal staff
have yet conceded defeat They are
, particularly interested in the enor--atoua
Increase in the total ballot in
,. California. . It is understood a quiet
investigation is under way. ' ' .V':
Germany Surprised; .
Gratified. : v? ';
Berlin. Nov. 1LGreat surprise
is expressed in the German press
vet the American election "Presi
dent Wilson's re-election strength v
conldenee that the United
4tata win refeafe nwstraL Our re
lations with America will continue
" ncianjed, say newspapers. j
to Take Vacation -Germany
ARNOLD)
to Woodrow Wilson await
ir ! Xl..-i.'U T 1- -
wish court proceedings, and
'
LITIA ON GUARD
PREVENT DISORDER
IN PALMETTO TOWN
(By the United Pre-1
Anderson, S. C, Nov. 11.- i' v;
cs:npan;c. cf South Carr:l:nri militi-.-.
r.rr've.1 tod'iy'? prenV dis-rtlr:-; In
connection wi';h a strike of textile
workers. . The troops were ordered
out by Governor 'Manning when the
strikers tz fused to obey court order
ejecting them from company cot
tages. The situation is quiet. Four
divisions of naval militia are being
held in readiness in this event of trou
ble. FATHER OF GIRL SUES
ABETTOR OF EL0PEF1T
Cases disptostd of in Civil Superior
Court Friday were: Einstein Bros,
vs. W. A. Smith, judgment for
'$336.87 on account. North Carolina
Mutual and Provident Association vs.
Joseph E'attle, involving a note, $90
for the plaintiff. Harper vs. How
ard, in which J. D. ;Harper sued Asa
Howard for $500 for alleged abetting
in the marriage of Harper's daughter
against his will, no damages. Har
per sought to recover for mental an
guish and services of Ws daughter
lost through her elopement. The ju
ry found that the defendant did
"wrongfully abet" the marriage of
the girl, but did not allow ccmpen&a
ticn for the plaintiff.
COLORED WOMEN HAVE
CEMETERY CLEANED UP
' Thirty colcred rcbthers of the city
have organized for the purpose . of
improving the Tower. HU1V $wHc-
school and other institutions. Their
first-effort was Ue'ianing:ip of
: colored cemetery m Southeast
Kinston; splendid . Roadway wm
made in that on Friday when th-j aid
of men was enlisted and the women
furnished dinner for ' the workers,.'
The city officials encouraged ' the
work: About 15 men Tesppnded to
Majority of 55 for County
and District Democrats
In Balloting
LABOR OF LOVE WAS LOST
Boys Voted Without Chance
to Do Good Planned to
Tease the Pennsylvania's,
Strongly Radical, if Wil
son Won
Although their ballots stood fo:
naught, since North Carolina has i
law providing for the validity of
votes of soldiers out of the State as
have some Northern States the Len
cir county boy3 at El Paso, Texas
turne.1 out in fair force to support
their nominees in tho recent elections.
Fi.st Lieut J. O. H. Taylor, Com
pany B, Second infantry, forwarding
"the official returns" of the balloting'
on county nominees to Democratic
County 'Chairman G. V. Cowpor.de
c!a::s that every local Democratic
candidate and State Senator-elect W.
D. Pollock received 55 votes, State
Senator-elect Furncy Brock received
54, ; very Republican local candidate
0. There wa3 no 'Republican Dreserot.
A vote of sentiment was taken in
E' company's street on the national
election ,in which the men of several
sanitations participated. Fourteen
G. O. P. m:n turned up in that, but
Wilson's majority vrrz an even 90.
Practically all the trdop3 of the 50,-
000 at El Paso voted either legally or
o '"show their colors," Lieut. Taylor
statss. The .Jennsylvamans, neoct-
loor neighbors to the Tarheels, were
giving a big majority, ana legally,
i- Hughe?. The Carolina boys wens
nhnning bonfire. and a demonstration
for thJ Fennsyites' benefit in the.
vent of Wilson's dection.
Judge? of the election frcm Lenoir
county were: Uemccratic, Capt.. A.
L. C. Hili : 'Republican, . Poll-
dcrs Democratic, First Srrgt. F.
WiM'ams; Republican, Private W.
'I. Kor.r.e!y. Local members of
nv, ny J, the supply company and
be- ho 'd.TKiartcrs compuny (including
ar.-D cf the Second infantry partici
:at. d in the balloting.
EJECTED FROM HOME
OF SISTER JY POLICE
Warrants at the police station on
Saturday nforning were returned
-against the following: Zeno Ham,
chargrd with raising a (.disturbance
and refusing to leave the "home of
Mrs,... Sail w .Daughety,--said to be a
sister of the defendant, when order
ed to do so. T. E.Thaxton, alleged
to have- assaulted J. P. Barnes with
ths butt-end of a buggy whip. Ira
Davis, accused of assault with a
knife on Tom White. Rena Hooker,
charged with assaulting Laura Biggs
with her fist. Ham was locked up
on the charge by Mrs. Daughety Fri
day night.
The Norfolk and Kinston mark
ets paid identically the same as the
hirh price for cotton Saturday,
18 5-8.
More than 150 hales had been
sold here by 3 p. m.
Now York futures flotations were:
Open Close
January
March .
May ..
July
Dec .'.
19.35
19.51
197
19.57
19.68
19.68
191
19.75
19.33
the women's request, and some bt
them remained,, although a number
declared the time not propitious for
the task. The member of the organ
ization ha-ve extended thanks to the
Mayor and othsr authorities, for their
J assistance and a prom's to dispose of
-the jubbisho collected. - '
If Validity Is Questioned
Way Is Open for Contest,
Declares Pitt WiU Fol
low, Lead of Lenoir, Pre
"Several of the friends of the coun-
"
ty hospitafare apprehensive that we
will not get the hospital becaure the
election was not carried by a ma-
rorny oi tneregisrerect vote," says
Dr. H. O. Hyrftt. in a letter to The
Free Pres3. "The enabling act, chap
ter 42, Laws of 1913, says: 'If a ma
jority of votes cast at, such election
on the proposition ao submitted shJl
be in favor of a cent tax for a
k.-nd issue for a public hospital and
maintenance of same, tfl Board cf
County Commissioners shall levy the
tax o authorized.' The met is manda
tory. "If the opponents of the- hospital
want to contest the matter, the way
is cpen.
"Pitt county is now in th heat of
a hospital' canvass. Their election
will be heldn December 5th. The
oncloaod .Mtcr from -GiiJanville will
ba consolation, to those who are- fear
f'll cf the outcome:
Dr. H; O. Hyatt, Kinston, N. C.
My dear Dr. Hyatt:
Congratulations, and I trust you
will be able to return them on De
cember 5th. Do flot, worry about Ar
ticle 7, Section 7.
Bickctt Is strongly in favor of
ccunty hospitals? As Attorney Gen
eral, hc considers ,the.m .necessities ,
As Goveimor he. will not chanjfa hia
opinion.
North Carolina's Supreme Court
has got too much aense -to consider
the community hospital as anything
othnr than a neewsity.
5cnd me all the stuff you have
got. I m going to need it, pr.rticular
ly newspaper editorials.
Very sincerely your friend.
CHAS. O'H. LAUGHINGIIOUSE.
GOING TO m COL
HOW ABOUT JT NOW
Roosevelt Was Doubly Thankful;
Kinston Democrats Want to Know
What For Mrs. Hughes' Chagrin
Must Have Been Great Local
Teachers Interested In Politics
A party of local' Democrats Satur
day wero planning a telegram to a
certain celebri ty at Oysters Bay who
last Tuesday night, according to a
news service bulletin, announced that
he was 'doubly thankful to tho Amer
ican public, etc. The Colonel at
that tims thought Whiskers was elect
ed. The local Democrats probably
would not get a reply nor a sniile nor
even a sneer, it was presumed, but
ther3 have been a lot more foolish
things done in the pa3t half week
than wiring Roosevelt to jibe the old
boy. Hjs attention was to be called
to ths River of Doubt and the like.
According to New York papers,
vhen several of the metropolitan
Journal's proclaimed the election of
Hughes, Mrs. Hughes grab':d, em
braced and hung to her august hus
band and addressed hrm as Mr. Pres
ident. Probably Mr. Hughes was
not so badly disappointed as Mrs.
Hughes over the ultimate result. It's
a way that women have of doing
things.
When there was grave doubt ,. on
Wednesday Supt. Curtis of theaKin
ston Schools put in a stitnuotM time.
Not the pupils, but the teachers, cla
mored for the news. ' ....
Mr. Eliaha B. Lewis is wearlnj a
new tat. It's about a $3 hat "j It's
real pretty. Hs did not atate who
tid fpr it. Congressman Kitfchin's
secretary looks good in most ny
thing; be sayi this is TCilson hat,
but the color certainly is blue or of
a delicate greenish cast, indicating'
tilnwa or sometiing- of the sort.
Fired Czerniavoda Before
Evacuating: Town Brit
ish Take Another Portion
of Famous Regina Trench
In Night Attack'
(By the United Press)
London, Nov. 11. The British, in
the face of a terrific fire, last night
'sform'id and captured the eastern por
tion" of the important Regins tr"nch,
of which a portion was captu.-ed en
Citober 21, General, Haig reports.
Germ a Retreat Continuen.
Rom'.', Nov. 11. General Von
Mackcnsen's retreat from Czernavo
da, Dobrudja, continues, say wireless
reports from Bucharest. It Is bel'iev-
'.'d the Teutons set fi?e t3 Czer:i2.'3
before evacuating.
Swiped Car.
Boys 3tole im automobile belonging
to Mr. Clarenc Oettinger Friday
night and had a gay time withjt un
til they nearly fandown a man who
investigated. The thieves abandoned
the car, and the man who hart thu
close shave reported to the police,
who turned it over to the owner Sat
urday. Tom Lindsay Wins Suit
Tom Lindsay, tha lacturor. well
known here and a freouent visitor to
Kinston. waj Friday awarded $3,000
in Superior Court at Durham for
injury sustained M an accident on the
A. G. L. Railroad. Lindaay asked
S10.000. He uffer;:d a dislocated hip
as the result of a defect in a car
!oor which caused him to get a foot
aupht, vv.ith the resultant injury,.
THINGS THAT. N
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7of the Ifngao tribe (Loxoo PlulippineJiludfTTfKi sioe-Urraee.
Preparations Complete
Sessions In Gordon Street
Church -Mr. Halt Will
Preach Convention Ser
monLasts Four Days
The Christian Church Convention
for North Carolina wiU convene in
the Gordon Street church here Mon
day night. A large attendance is ex
pected. Speakers from other states
will be from Missouri, Indiana, Ohio
and the District of Columbia,
4
Preparations are about complete.
Thi task of providing homes for the
delegates has been a big One, but tits
congregation have responded aplen
dklly, and a faw others have opened
their homes, so that it is hoped that
sufficient provision haa been made.
Delegates and visitors began arriving
Saturday afternoon, and by Monday
night a larga number will be here.
Rev. Preston Bell JIall of New
Bern will preach the convention ser
mon Monday night. The sessions will
last through Thursday.
Jl! JCitchen.
Work cn a kitchen annex to the
comviy jail is noariitg completion
The annex is of brick. The porch of
:he jail has been torn away and will
be replaced with a larger one. The
kitchen will ' be well-equipped and
will contain a ramge ample to take
care of tk? prison's capacity. A ar
age for the county's motor vehicles
close by the jail wae recently finished
R VRR HAPPEN
l MFWER HAD ftNOWfR
tFLLOVAl NOTICE Kt!
Miss Jeanette Rankin Now
-Leading Her Demcoratic
Opponent Uncle - Joe, '
Champ Clark, Loiigw'rth.
Mann, JReurn
(By the United Press)
Washington, Nov. , 10. A , Wis-
Boula, Montana, dispatch says Mitt
Jeanette Rankin, Jlepubiican, s com-
wandtng a lead over JIarry B. MIt
tholl, her Democratic .ojppbneatt fot 4- J
seat in the Houa of - . - ,
seat in the House of Representative.
If elected ahe will , be he rt kirted
Igialator in . the ktory , pt the . eoun
try.
Uncle Joe Cannon, - sage of long
Cigars, good : stories, the parlor and
otherwise, will be returned. Also.
Champ Clark, Oaude .JKitehln, Nick
tongworth, eon-in-law f Roosevelt, .
and Republican , Leader ..Mann. S
OFFICII
ON THE HALLOTiltG ;
IN LENOIR COUNTY
Following are the totals for can
didates in the recent election in Len
oir county, as certified by the Board
! '- "... r , ' ,, i. '.'Hi. -..
of JMectione after completing - the
canvass . late .Thursday; t ,.
..Ntionl and Congresaional: ,Preit
dent, Wikon, 1,715 Hughee (67. Con
gressman, Kitchbi, 1,678; .Oixon 611.
State: Ooverhor,-. .Xiickatt 1,6,
Linney 653.Heot.-Governor, (SardV
isr 1,099, Jenkins 658.' Secretary of
State,-Grimes lfiS9, Sbroud 452.' Aa
iitor;'ifood J J01, iJVood 658. ..Treas
urer, Lacy 1,703, Harries 662. ' fitt
Terintendent of Public ' Instrtictibn,
JoyA"ril,9,v.,Ppili 652. Attorney
Goneral, .Manning 1,703, .Parker 658.
Commissioner of Labor and Printing,
Shipman 1,702, Jordan 658. Cominiav
aloftfar, of . Agriculture, Graham 1,703,
French 652. Corporation Commda
ttener,uLee", 1,704, Faiaon 662.Inaut
ance Commissioner, Young 1,702,
iiarden, 658. Judge in Third district,
Kprr ,3,703, Snipes 652. Judge ft la
Eighteenth district, fitecy; 1,703,
Mears 652. State Senators, Pollock
1,756 and Brock 1,726. i
County: Representative, 'Brothers
1,708, Brown n682. 'Treasurer, Daw
Jon 1,731, Daughety 650. ; Eegieter of
Deeds, Pridgen 1,785, r Sutton 626.
Surveyor, . Loftin 1,730, PhUHpa 668.
Coroner, Wood 1,733, MVwe ,660.
Sheriff, Taylor 1,874 (leading ticket).
Sutton 692. Commissioners, Churcfe-
11 1,603, Wood 1,617, .Whitfield 1,649,
Dawson 1,674, Sutton 1,646, ,Knox
367, Scarborough . 670, (Garries 675,
Stroud 670,. Spence 669.
Amendments: For 644, agilnlt,
167. : '
County hospital, For 1)64 against
605. ' - 1 i - .
TOBACCO SOLD NEAR S
HIlIillONIJARK
Tobacco sales here Friday ?
the heaviest of the week, probably, to
talling 180,500 by estimates rem the
warehouses at 2 o'clock. Prices were
i. " ....
iracWoally unchanged. 'i The. general
quality of the weed handled was ver
?ood . ;
MINNESOTA STILL ON ' vj
j THE FENCE, SAYS
Mr. L. K. Wooten U fa receipt of
telegram from Duluth, Minn, sent
y Mr. W. H. Meacham, well ksoWa
here, Friday aioming, ttytogf "?hv
nesota's vote will not he definitely
decided .until next Tuesday, when 2,-'
600 National Cuard -votes will be
counted. IWUson'. -has an excellent
shance of carrying the Guts, "A re
wunt will be called for in tiy c "it,