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KINSTON, N. G, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY
4-, U.
RAINS
TUESDAY NIGHT'S PROGRAM IN HANDS OF
CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS,
WAS MOST INTERESTING & INSTRUCTIVE
BRITISH HOPE THEY
CAN WIN GREATEST
PACKING PLANT IS! INVESTIGATION , OF
JENT : PLANS
INVESTiQATE FOOD
'DRY DEMOCRACY' IN
GOMlNfi FOUR YEARS
PROPOSITION WORTH
WHILE FOR KINSTON PROGRESSING, SAYS
PRICES IN K
JA i V
GOVERNS
The Bible School Work Featured Wednesday Morning's
Exercises in tfie' State Convention of the Disciples-
College Session In Afternoon and Address On Benevo-
, '
lences Wednesday Night Thursday Will Be Given
Over to Unfinished Business and Reports of Commit
tees and in the Afternoon the Christian Endeavor Ses
sion Will Be Held
The North Carolina branch of the Christian Woman's
Board of Missions, a powerful ally of the Disciples of
Christ, that has expended more than five million dol
lars for the carrying of the Gospel into all the lands dur
ing the about two-score years of its existence, Mas in
charge of Tuesday night's session in Gordon Street
church, where the annual State convention of the Disci
ples of Christ is being1 held. Following a very busy day
of two programs of rapid-fire business, the women heard
reports and transacted other business and listened to an
address by Mrs. Josephine McDaniel Stearns, corres
ponding secretary of the national organization, until a
few minutes after 10 o'clock. There was no dull moment
in their session. The reports were for the most part
terse, very biisiness-like and filled with interesting statis
tics. Practically every department and every district re
ported progress, and most of them in about every line.
Mrs. J. F. Taylor of this city, the Christian cause. In it, Mrs. Si car!;.;
treasurer, drew a compliment from showed, the master writer sul.'.r Ti:i-
Mr.. Bernard P. Smith, pastor of the ated the gentle subject of all the
host chwch, in open convention for mortal pomp and glory to th.' great
the matinee, in which her report was Kin-.
gotten up find'rendored. It was elo
quent in the mass of information that
it contained when its brevity was con- '
sidered. Two of the most interesting
reports were those of Miss Hattie
Parrott of Kinston, Superintendent
of the Literature and Young People's
Department, and Miss Etta Nunn,
State Corresponding Secretary, who,
living in New Beirn, is a frequent vis
itor to this city, and is well known
here. Miss Parrott gave facts and
figures about the various young peo
ple's auxiliaries, their memberships,
contributions, growth, etc. Miss
Nunn, noted for heir enthusiasm, told
of the C. W. B. M.'s progress in
North Carolina, outlined work con
templated, and in an unconscious
way revealed to her hearers that this
live wire woman has herself done
a nearly incredible amount of work
during the past fiscal year.
Presiding over the ..session was the
President, a gracious Kinston woman,
Mrs. R. F. Hill. Mrs. Hill made an
ideal presiding officer, and combined
the qualities of good business judg:
iment with the cleverness and charm,
of her sex and conducted the meeting
as if she were born to such a work.
Her annual address was most inter
esting. The last number on the evening's
program was to most of the audience,
house-filling in number, the most in
teresting. Mrs. Stearns, the Nation
al Secretary, delivered an address on
the accomplishments and prospects cf
tho C. W. B. M. in the United
States and the world. She is a cul
tured, well-educated woman, a
graceful speaker, and brimful of in
teresting information. She told of
the millions exponded, how tha or
ganization was cultivating the mis
sion fields, of the work here in the
Nation, etc. Home missions are an
important part of the labor, she de
clared, and told of how the C. W. B.
M. is combatting E'uddhism in Chris
tian Los Angeles and a more regret
ful heathenism actual teaching that
there is no God among foreign
whites in Chicago. Many more young
people are going out in obedience to
the injunction to "Go ye Into all tho
world," etc. she said. She related
jersonal experiences with embryo
missionaries, and manifested elation
over their zeal and the sacrificial
sjiirit of Christian parents. Mrs.
Stearns knows exactly how to get and
hold the attention of an audience.
She began by telling of a famous in
cident in connection with the Victor
ian jubilee; about how, when the etr
emonles the teeming masses from
evert corner of the globe had ' . en
gaged in were nearly over, Kipling,
-asked long before to compose a jubl
: poem, rendered .hie immortal
piece, containing these words: "Lord
God of beats be With us yet, lest we
forget, fcsj w forget," The poem
ha been valuable thing fox the
Ofiirors of C. W. B. M.
All the old board of officers were
i. e-elect.- d. They are as fo!! m s:
Pre .id.nt Mrs. R. F. Hill of Kin-
E'.OIl.
Vice-President Mrs. C. A. D.
Grainger of Wilson.
I Treasurer Mrs. J. F. Tavlor of
Kinston.
' Recording -Secretary Mrs. F. F.
F'ooks of Kinston.
Corresponding Secretary Miss
Etta Nunn of New Bern.
Supt. Young People's Department
Miss Hattie Parrott of Kinston.
Advisory Board Mrs. N. J. Rouse.
Mrs. B. P. Smith, Mrs. Helen Ken
nedy, Mrs. C. W. Howard, Mrs. ("..
A. Hodges, all of Kinston.
Bible School Session Features.
Tr.o D.ble School work feature! th
Wednesday morning program at i he
convention. Mr. R. V. Hope, pustor
cf ihe church at Rocky Mount c -inducted
the session. Ml.-. J. J. Walker
cf Greenville spoke on the "Orga
nization of th-s Bible School." He
emphasized the modern Bible school
idea of -departmental organization;
Miss Edna Fellows, pastoral helper
cf the Gordon Street church, urged
the importance of tho "Bible School
Remaining for Church" and Mr. E. V..
Da;rby of Washington, D. C, spok
en "Missions in tho Bible Schocl."
Mr. Hope told of the need for foim
ing teacher draining classes to pro
vile well prepared teachers for the
regular work as well as to substi
tute for those who were unexpectedly
absent.
Preceding the Bible school session
Mr. C. E. Lee conducted the devo
tional service and Mr. Richard 11;'.,'
by cf Wilson the quiet hour service.
C'ollfge Session In Afternoon.
The work of Atlantic Christian
Ccllege was discussed at the after
noon session.
Wednesday night Mr. E. E'. Bagoy
of Washington will address the con
vention on "National Benevolonces."
Thursday, the last day of the con
vention, will be -devoted to committee
reports and unfinished business in the
afternoon.
TARHEEL PLANTERS
OPEN THEIR ANNUAL
MEET'G AT RALEIGH
Raleigh, Nov. 14. The North Ca
rolina iFarma-s' Union convened In
annual session in the Wake . county
cciuihouse this forenoon with Dr. H.
Q. Alexander of Mecklenburg coun
ty directing the sessions as presi
dent of the organization.
Continue to Assault Ger
man Works in Tremend
ous Artillery Battle
TEUTONS FEEL SECURE
Have Burrowed In Like
Kabbits and Taken Big
Guns With Them Im
mense Expenditure of
Steel and Blood
(By the Ueiled Press)
ini.ii, Nov. l,"i. With no abat
f inc fury n'temhiitf it initial
h. ihe British' .storm of metai
rr..:
a':;: men against Germany's vaunted
s.iVsurtace fortifications on both
sides of the Ancre Brook continues.
!...'e dispatches from the front re
l vt that German counters are fu-
i.o against tile new Kritish posi-
'i ' s at Beaumont and llamelltca
in the St. Pierre division. The
r. h nt pouring of hie-h explosives
;'K shrapnel from th, E'ritish 'jig
"'i. ;s to iay appeared to center on the
German lin'.-s about Miiv.umont, north
v' (i'aii.lcotirt. Sooth of there a ler-
:!".' ff'irt is beinj; spent on the
ii!i -ire Hi Beaumont, coupled with
o'h' r operations, which led military
i-;s to believe General Ilaig is
' ; .! v'.i r.i' inar a flr,nk!ng movement
. ".'vling Miraumont. Ilaig official
V i' P'1''"'' 'his morning that he has
n ile'.cly secured the recently won
r w:d.
!V"iich Hold to Gains.
'iri-, Nov. 15. The French pteo
od north of the Summe, on the
no :h''in edrfe of St. Pierr -Vaast
,i !, it is officially said, following a
it; ' intense two-day bombardment.
sV ': a desperate counter in which
:'r; Germans utilized burning liquids ;
: i tear-provoking shells, all post- I
lie ' . were maintained except at Pre
. where a small German detach
ment gained a foothold in a group
: 'inc.: houses.
:'cni-:n G:iins In Near East.
I Nov. lo-The G-.-:-m:-,
' i-i inforced, have pu-hed
the Roumanians defendi'ie;
.1 V .:uv "oath of Vulcan IVs.
: : illy admitted.
:.' V':,in On Offensive
'a Dobnidja.
I'.u-h.'-e-:. Xov. 15. The P.ounii
:i:;r;s ;t I Russians are at'.iin on the
,fTe:i.-.i . i iH'orudja. Boa-ic, nine
-;:! w- - f O.ernavoda on the Pan
has ; .-a occupied, it is orlk-ially
..,? 1
! ist Wii'iderful Fortfficallons In
,! e World
By VAUl W. ACKERMAN.
(I'nited i'r -s Slaff t'orrespondenf )
S; mowhe on the Somme, Nov.
10. (Via lie!:'1, and Wireless to Say--:!;;.
Nt-v. 1".--Germany is defend
' r tho S.-rime with buried artillery.
! iheir assj'.ilts the French and
rvisish are attacking only the sur
", c 1 of th greatest fortifications in
he wo: ! 1.
t'ermary built a surprise for the
A !':.; here in a wonderful series, of
Very-pro-jf fortifications. These
.!ef u?es arc built so close, are dug
s , , rp, r.n.l civer such a wide area
i.ii; what the Allies are today attack-ne-
with infantry, tanks and artillery
u:e only the outskirts of a powerful
-vstem of utujerground forts.
The bombardment is terrific. Fields,
woj.U and towns are torn to pieces
by the constantly-exploding shells.
But underground nothing is touched.
Ani it is from her sub-surface forts
that Germany is repelling the Allied
attack.
For a week I have been over the
Somme battlefield. From a height
near Peronne and to the south of
Arras, our party twice penetrated the
shell area, viewing Peronne and Ba
paume, the two immediate object! of
fire. It marked the first' time aSnee
ha Somme battle began that a neu
tral ha been permitted to inspect
this part of the underground fortifi
cation constructed by the Teutonic
forces.. Waiting in the library of ft
-' -" ; . - -
(By the United Press)
New York, Nov. 13. William J.
Bryan will devoto the next four
years of his life making Democracy
"dry." The former Searetnrv of
Slain today declared that the "party
cannot afford to take the Immoral
l it' of a moral question." Ho said,
"We must not allow the pnrty to be
buried in a drunkard's grave.
castle serving as the headquarters of
eo of the commanding generals, the
.'Views rattled and door shook
:'i the concussion rf bursting
l'1?s.
With these constant explosions in
"tir ears, and escorted ' y inMligont
ifli.T-.'s. we motored to the heights of
i.'.i; aunie. There we watched the
:t ish fire into the town. Only nne,co.:t 100 000
li spire and one chimney are
, t'1' standing.
Although in approaching the front tijatod fully enough when it tem
'' -ncountcred seventeen lines of j -crarlly abandoned the idea of pro-trr-nehes
and wire entanglements, the j cmtmg a plant, he thinks. Much
S iTme battle is no longer being d j- f f,!mijler. tto-.vnj than this in Georgia,
le'i led from the trenches, but w
i'itn
buried artillery. For miles hs we
:i:ed wo pasaed holes in the ground
Us ' ir:1 eiiough for men to crawl into.
" he.se were the entrances to thous
e.'ios of underground forts which the
Ce:raans have built in an endless
chain.
'lie underground defenses vary in
-th from a few feet to as much as
sixtv feet. No sht.ll yet invented
-r.n r-nnetrato them. And this is the
rer. in. derman olncers explain, whv
te Enrllsh cannot destroy the de-
?!: ".OS. 1
VV.' s'.oniiel at a plowed field, walk
ed to a hole in the ground, and enter-
;..! an underground battery. Above
oi'nd, in some spots, so many
' ht'H had ' exploded it was impossi-
to count the shell crater3. Dut
u; iLigroun:!, not a cannon was
ci 'died. The officers ami artillery-
T.'-n were living with many of the
emferts of home. ' i
The .Allied method of attack on
he Somme has !"en to use heavy ar-
' ilJery, gas bombs, hand-grenades,
,r.d tanks. In one village, the Eng
'ir.h fired during one night SO.OOO gas
'on;bs, but the next morning the Ger
man soldiers crawled out like rab
';tr from their holes jnil went to
.'c-'k ai' i-ii- L'n.-'.nimnus opinion con- '
reming 'hn tanks is that they are
n co'-.lly fail'ire. They can travel on
ly four miles an hour and are easily
oei.rturned by artillery. Some Tom
rey prisoners declare they put. the
fea- of God info ihe Germans. It is
I'.-'.tled their first use caused sur
p i e, alihough row there is nothing
i 'car. All th:1 soldiers have had
r!. npnor! unify to study small mod
; back of the front, and the artil-!-?ey
now knows how to destroy the
real tanks.
THINGS THAT
Copyright,
fjsl'O ' LIKE A SEM7
. Rl HT (M THE CENIfftj HAME
irpA VI FOR TwEKTt HVf I lT fii6HT )
: ' - . . ., i .- ".i
Farm Expert Scouts Idea
That Erection Would Be
Too Expensive Many
More Hogs and Cattle
Would Be Raised
A packing plant here can be oporat-
rd successfully and would be the big
Ke.it factor yet for the promotion of
the meat-growing industry, "arm
Or amonstratlon Ajrent O. F. McCrary
declared Wednesday. The proposition
has been discussed during the Fall
and there are many skeptics In the
city. McCrary, however, maintains
ihi'.t the establishment would not
hardly more than
ix-tentbs of that sum. Tho Chamb
r of Commerce mav njt have inves-
in much poorer counties, have pack
e es, ho i.says, and some of them If
-' t all are being operated at a profit.
Thousands more animals an' being
. ..isod in those communities.
" ho plant a3 Mr. McCrary con
d .es it should include aoattolr, re
rrijurating department r.r.d cannory.
O; i ratetl on thft cooperative principle,
. u'.r.ll individual planters could have
I'teir animals inspected by experts,
i.iiefully slaughtered and stored for
: ! indiefinite time at a trifling ex
! . :is?. . The promoting organization
v,i,Tht operate tho cannery. Beef and
; ,.k are necessities; there Is never
a pcor market for ths packed meat
Puch an enter prise woukl make the
.riimal industry much more profitable
' planters of this action, McCrary
ihi'iks. They would be encouraged
' false more pigs and cattle. "They
vc ilii uoi lie driven to dump all tho
meet, they have made onto the local
niivhct, with a resultant reduction in
"ri. es and possible loss, at the first
warm spell after the slaughtering.
The ! . frigerating plant would obviate
the I."
PENNSY IS SEEKlNfi
INJUNCTION VS. IE
SHORTER WORK B4Y
By the United Press)
Philadelphia. Nov. .15. The
Pennsylvania Kxilroad today fil
ed suit In the District Court to
restrain the United States gov
ernment from putting into oper
ation filio 8-hour law.
NEVER HAPPEN
(By the United Press)
Washington, Nov. 15. Progress !n
the Investigation into tho movement
.. ff . 1- - . . O....V
oi uiousumis ui neioi:.' irom ooirii-j
ern S-tates was reported to the Pres
ident by Attorney General Gregory
today.
4 'A'e are endeavoring to determine
wl-.i iher reportetl cases of attempted
n glstttation of these negroes were
i:,hittd or part of a general move
nieut toward illegal voting," Secre
tary Gregory stated.
HOOKER GETS AWARD
IN NOTED LAND SUIT
In civil Superior Court Tuesday the
case of Hooker vs. Allen, which has
attracted considerable attention, was
settled with a judgment for tho plain
tiff of $t?,.590. Ho had asked for
nearly double that amount. L the
cause J. F. Hooker contended a
h ullage of acroage In land purchas
ed, while the defendant, E. 0. Allen,
claimed that tho sum totftl in tho deal
was exchanged for the land in lump,
i iVllain acreage, move or less.
Tuesday the court took up but did
rvt finish tho case of Taylor vs. City
f Kinston and Lenoir Oil and Ice
Company, involving alleged damages'
to two mules from falling into an
open sower in Southeast Kinston fill
ed with hot water from the oil and
.ca plant. The plaintiff is asking
5600.
PRESIDENT NAMES
THANKSGIVING DAY
(By the United Press)
Washington, Nov. 15. The Presi
dent formally requests that Thursday,
November 30th, bo set asldo as
Thanksgiving day.
NAVY SOON TO HAVE '
ITS FIRST DIRIGIBLE
Washington, Nov. 15. The Navy
Department will soon advertise for
bids for the first U. S. zeppelln, it
is learned. The department has
:jeen gathering information about
tho construction for months by study
ing samples of European machines.
ELIEF FROM THIS
NATION 'DESTITUTE'
Gives Germany Excuse for
Wholesale Deportation
Citizens of the Stricken
Country Labor In Teuton
Factories
(By the United Press)
Washington, Nov. 15. It is feared
America's relief of the destitute I"
Belgium will be seriously interfered
with as a result of tho wholesale de
portation of Belgians u Germany to
labor in industrial plants.
The .State Department today ad
mitted that it has taken up th? mat
ter with the German government. The
German policy is understood to bo to
declare "destitute" any Belgian re
ceiving relief suppUesl This, offi
cial.? fear, may result in the AllUs re
questing the United States to cease
giving relief, since it obviously plays
into tho hands of the German govern
ment. GR AVES CASE PUT
OFF TILL DECEMBER
' Washington, Nov. 15. The Unit
ed .States Commissioner today post
poned until December 6 the case of
Dr. Armgaard Graves, "German epy,"
charged with blackmailing Countess
Von Bernstorff, wife of the German
Ambassador. . "rv-. . -
OJicials Inclined, to Suspect
Unfair Practices by th6
Middlemen
ft
COMMISSION GETS BUSY
To Discuss Soaring, .Cost of
Living at Session itfext
Friday Chicago Ju3ge
Orders Local Probe Com
menced (By the United Press)
Washington, Nov. 15. Strong ef
forts to abate the high cost of liv
ing wiil soon be under way, adminis
tration officials today, declaring that
tha fco dpricos are to., be, the
subject of a searching investigation,
It became evident that the Fr3,l;
dent's reference to alleged unfair
practices by middlemen In a speech
here lasjl night, was not accidental,
when a discussion of the subject next
FildaybjMhe Federal Trade Com
mission .was announced from the
White Hot,3a'. . i :; -
!n .litigation In Chicago. . ,..-v. '
Chicago, Nov. 15. Federal Juflge
Cr reenter today ordqred a gr,anl, ju
ry investigation of food prices to be
gin Monday. -He charged that com-
mijsion men have cornersd produce
an I forced "up prices.1
CITY PDPEARLY
$400 FOR ASIATIC -
jherevwt'forwarded. Wednesday
6. cm Kinston to Charles R. Crane,
National Treasurer for the Armniaa
ir.d Syrian Relief ' movement, .$380.-
, col(6cted;in the city 4urlng , Uio
na t two or three weeks. A portion
of this, money was raised by mean
of a house-to-house canvass. The city
having failed to observe the two day
.lamcdfjSjtflatlon-wide , giving for
this cause, through failure to aecure
instructions as to how to proceed.
ministers and the Mayor took the
matter in hand with thie gratifying
result. ' - r; ' . J -
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ARABIATHROWS OfF
TURKISH VlBpO
SETS UP A Kin
(By the United Press) i
Washington, Nov. 15. Confir-n-.atlon
of the establishment of
an independent kingdom in. Ara
l)ia is had by the State Depart
ment from the United Statea Em,
bassy at Constantinople. The
Turkish minister of the Interior
declares the. revolt wa "fostered
by British! gol("
GOVERNMENT CONTROL
WHEAT IN BRftMN
(Py , the United Press)..
Washington, Nov.,15 -facing a se
rious wheat shortage, Grat Brittin
has appointed a royal commission - to
take over wheat importations, says a
consular report.
About 15 or SO bales of 4 cotton
were sold hero - Wednesday. Prices
were, from la Jo 18 1-4, . .
Mew York futures quotations were:
4 " ; Open Closo
January . -..19.98 i 20.15
March .. .'..,.....,,..20.12
20.30
20.44
20.45
1349
20.10
May
July
........ j..... 20.21
..20.19
Octcber .. ...........18.75
December .."....,,...19.30
COTTON