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VOL. XVIII -j.No. 123
FIRST EDITION KINSTON, N. G, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1916
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FOUR PAGES TODAY
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PROPOSITION FROM
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TO HAVE INSTITUTE
AT THE UNIVERSITY
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MALES FROM HOMES
OFCElMitft
INDUSTRIAL FORCES
HAVE FffjfR PROOF
DAILY
BROTHERHOODS
rnvniMTiiHT
UUltUliniULTM M
IN STRIKE MATTER
Possibility Willing to Wait
and See What Happens
Kansas City
LABOR IS DETERMINED
That Eight-Hour Day Shall
Be Had Believed Strike
In January Will be Avert
ed Question 'Answered
Later'
(By the United Press)
Washington, Nov. 21. A general
railroad strike in January will' prob-
ably be avoided. This is the inter
pretation placed on remarks toy Chief
Stone 'of the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers, that the question of a
strike will e answered later."
La3t wesk New York Teaders de
clared flat-footedly that there would
be a strike if they didn't get a real
eight-honr day. It is now believed
the brotherhoods will be content to
wait and test the constitutionality of
the Adamaon eight-houT measure.
The brotherhoods are shrouding
their movements Jn eeerecy. Today
the brotherhood chiefs at Baltimore
will" address th American Federa
tion oi Ojaoor convention in a move
that portends co-operation between
them and the federation to force an
eight-hour working day through the
strength of labor, rather than through
legislation,, it Is believed. Meantime,
the Department of Justice Is ready
for the Adatfisbn test, when the
Union Pacific and the Santa Fe begin
injunction suits at Kansas to restrain
the enforcement of ths law. The de
cision then wWl be vital. Upon it
will probably depend the strike de
cision. The Newlanda committee of inves
tigation will 'resume Thursday with
the testirmy of the railroads.
Labor to Fight Injunctions
Making It Property.
'Baltimore, Nov. 20. The Ameri
can Federation of Labor today re
commended unanimously that any in
junction dealing with the relationship
of employer and employe and based
on the dictum that labor is property,
should be disregarded, "let the conse
quences be what they may."
The action was taken when the
federation convention in annual sc.-1
sion here adopted a report of the ex
ecutive committee dealing with a de
cision of the Massachusetts Supreme
Ceurt classifying labor as property.
The convention also adopted a 'resolu
tion urging organized labor to make
the Injunction question "the para
mount iesue in all of their future po
litical activities"
Brotherhoods Support Government.
Washington,' Nov. 20. Heads of
the railroad employes' brotherhoods,
determined that the Adamson 8-hour
law shall not be broken down, confer
red here today with , President Wil
son. Attorney General Gregory and
their legislative representatives; de
clared their purpose to aid the gov
ernment in evey way in fighting in-jtmtt-pn
aurta Ugaiiwt the law,' end
tirade further plans for perfecting-" a
Working agreement with their allies,
Ike ? railroad men of the' American
Federation of Labor. When the gov
emftent attorneys, G. Carroll Todd,
assistant to the attorney general. As
sistant Attorney General Underwood
and, Frank Hagenaa appear in the
Federral Court at Kansas City, next
Thursday to oppose the Union Pact
' lis and Atchison, Topeka 'and Santa
Fe-suits against the Ada Bison law,
they win iii fljAVSi by representa
tives' of the brotherhood. 'it Is
rooabl - that' the four brotherhood
f heads fhelu'selves will be there
Iteasra. TodJ. ard,. Underwood left
tonight for Kansas City. "V t ; "
Stripping Nation of Younsr,
Manhood to Work In the
German Plants in Face of
Protests From Several
Neutral Powers
' (By the United Press
London, Nov. 21. Notwithstanding
protests from America, Holland and
the Vatican, Germany is still deport
ing Belgian workmen. Moreover, the
Germans are registering, presumably
for future deportation, all citizens of
Switzerland and the Duchy of Lux
emburg, residing "in EVlglum.
A statement by the Belgian Depart
ment of Justice says the "deporta
tion of Belgian subjects continues
without respite."
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS
TO LENOIR FARMERS
(By O. F. M'CRAKY)
Mow that the old year h.is almost
passed, and the new year is so near,
it would be a good plan for farmers
to work out some system of accounts
whereby the y may be able to see how
much profit they are making on their
farm each year. The farmers should
open an account witn each iieki it
there is more than one field on his
farm. He should charge expenses
against this field at the close of his
yeir's work.
The system of bookkeeping need
not be elaborate, the rrogrossive
Farmer can furnish a simple record
book for next to nothing. One of the
main lessons the club boys and girl
learn is to keep records of their work.
At the end of the year it is an easy
matter to see whether they have gain
ed or lost, and how much. Thi.
makes the Work a great deal more
interesting than if no records wive
kept.
A prominent business man of Kin-
stcn gave the county agent a reco'd
cf his work with Irish potatoes las',
summer. While the account is inter-
tin.-r, it also shows that mme
made growing potatc?,
i ;sion. The report follows:
Fifteen acres Irish potatoe
may
ov:rl
fer-c-j!-
dMO.i
t?. Hi
i'izer psr a ere: 1.000 pound.-
seed meal, 150 pounds;
bl.-od, 850 pounds; acid phosph
per. cent.
Cost: Fertilizer and seed, $787.4 '.:
e'lor, picking, bbls., haul, $50 1.-'.: ;
Tc si, ?1. 192.26.
Sold: l,02!)-ton pk. barrels, $2 X41.-
C; Less expense, $1,192.20; Net,
$1,640.34.
He also produced $400 worth of
ay aft:r the potatoes, at an expense
f $20. This leaves $380 net on the
hay crop. This added to his net. gain
on potatoes makes a total cf $2,029.
34 net on his 15 acres, or an average
of $135.28 per acre.
FAIR BREAKS ON THE
KIXSTON TOBACCO MARKET
It Js estimated that about 123.00C
nounds cf tobacco wasold here nr
Tuesday, at prices practically un
changed. The weed was from a wide
i-ar.ge of territory, Indicating that
from no section fias all of the crop
rcn cleaned up yet. The general
ijuallty was excellent.
HORSE PREVENTED ,
A JAIL DELIVERY
"Jim." at City Ball, Kept Tunnel Dug
From Cell Closed With Hla Heels.
"Nab" Stole Shoes Off Fellow Pris
oner Before Digging the Hole to
Escape
' Bert Sellers, a fir wagon driver,
topped a game of setback at the sta
tion at City Hal Saturday nigb,t to
go back to the stall of Jim, a hand
tome black, and. remonstrate with
him for the "worst carrying-on" one
could imagine. For half an hour Sel
la had been tolerating Jim's mon
key business, and hoping: that he
would "quit iu He found the horse
studing In aa attltudo of intense ex
citement,' ewrting and pawing : at
(By the United Press)
Allan lc City, Nov. 21. The
final plan for the withdrawal of
the American forcesand border
patrol, with President Wilson's
approval, are to bo presented to
the Mexican 1'i'itce Commission
erst with a statement that 'the ad
ministration expects acceptance
v ithout further wrangling.
NORTH CAROIM CLUB
YEAR BOOK VALUABLE
WORK FROM STUDENTS
(Special' to The Free Press)
' inpel Hill. ISov. 21. In tne ie-
"r:"ly published Xorih Carolina Ye
!' .k for 1P15-1C, which contains 21
!'--lies of conditions in North Caro
lina by University students, the pur
po e of the Kor'.h Carolina Club is
vi -y cleaHy set forth. It Is defined
as an "organization composed' of
-.iu.I.'nls and faculty members who
are bent upon acciira-", Inlimato ac
quaintance with the Mother-State;
'.v:':i her resources, advantages, op-pe-(unities
and achievoments, with
i1'!- prnduclion ::nd retention of
v.-:a!th and the cenwrsion of wealth
in: 0 welfare and well-being, with
ni i'.kots and rrediis, organization and
cc-'-perative enterprise, with schools'
and colleges, churches and Sunday
nols, with public healih and sani-
iat'on, with the problems of urban
t;' rural life wilh the wholo round
-f conditions, causes and conse-qi;;-"CPS,
force, agencies, and Influ
ences, tendencies, drifts and move
ments that have made the history we
!; Cy today. nd that are we making
''. history our children will be stu
dyrng tomorrow.".
The rlub is further defined as
"Know You:- Home State Cle'i," sine
;: : j concerned with the study of eco
- :' and social problems in North
-olina. "It is endeavoring to
i- to the quick and core of the
. ; ;enl movement, and n sound the
. cm r' the nftertime to use th ?
? . ,!; of Henry the Fourth. "
rround on one side of the stall.
a.!-e of it all was "Nub." a
!'. ene-armed, very ugly negro.
' rrig the engine house on one
is what the police call the "cala
.,'' which is aho.it a.s bad a
to put a perso"n in as could be
.erf!. The calaboose is not
.mivatcd, and the cell-doors are
of c-acks through which the
in -
fu
.vintry winds blow at will. In the
.-'! with "NVj" were four olher ne
vroes. Threa faced a trifling gam
bling c'ar.rge, and one was too drunk
to care what happened.' ''Nub," how
vrr, wa.t accused of stealing a pair
uf trovtsers and had been caught afr
a chase the afternoon before. Hs
tunneled a way through the plank
loo.- of the cell and burrowed through
the ground into the horse's st all. He
had no assistance and only the one
hand to wo:k with, the others said.
Through with hi .ask, "Nub" put
his lead through to reconnofier. .He
irr.tne liatoly withdrew it, however,
and should be glad that he kept it.
: A hoof missed his little black crani
i im by the fraction of an Inch. The
, .'ire horse stood guard and every time
; "N'ub" protruded his kinky head his
: n.ito was fanned by the air from
! Jim's heels. That had been going on
i for fully CO minutes before Sellars
; d scoverad the trouble, and all the
! prisoners were transferred to the
; -o'jnty jafl nearby. It was not fear
but a spirit of sheer deviltry that im
; pelled the intelligent animal to "kick
: ip." those at the fire house think.
; Jim used to pull a bell rope to annoy
I his human friends, and Is admittedly
i a little vicious. He has be?n on his
skle of the polo for years and years
now. "Nab" when he went" to the
jail had on a brand now pair of tan
shoes. They were the property of
his proitrato cellmate. The on rat
ed one 'had swapped; the stranger's
were a little Urger and a lot better,
he admitted." 'Nub" has spent the
better part of four or five years past
n the county roads.' : V ,.. , '
v The ; Recorder ifondsy morning
sentenced "Nub",, to two years. -
Former President Taft and
Other Prominent Men to
Lecture to Newspaper
men of the State Next
Month Big Affair
An Institute for newspapermen to
held at the University of North
'' i: olina on December 7, 8 and 9 will
' " an important thing for the pro-
:e.-.-i.i:n in the state. All members of
the journalistic craft are invited to
at!.. id the institute, at which a num
b of eminent men will be present.
T'-e feaiurcs'of the program as given
. a: Tuesday follow:
Thursday, Dec. 7-r7:"0 p. m. Ad
dress by William Howard Taft.
Fridi.y, Dec. 8. 9 a. m. The News
paper and ihs Community:
(1) Yoking up with the Agencies
ef Progress. V. R. Dixon of the Wil
son Co-operator.
i2) The Newspaper and Communi
ty Development, Clyde L. Davis, of
Moore Counly News.
( !) The Print Paper Situation, II.
15. Varnrr of the Lexington Dispatch.
( ) How the Newspapers May Ftet-,
't Serve Their Woman Readers,
M:.;. Al. Fairbrother, of Everything.
Friday, Dec. 8 3 p. m. News and
Editorials:
I J) The Effective Editorial, J. H.
Cairo of the Ashsville Citizen.
(') The Hurdling of News by Wire,
Rct-er Steffan of the Durham Sim.
(?.) The Handling of State News.
O. .T . Coffin of the Raleigh Times.
(4) The Make-up of the Com--
Newspaper. T. J. Lnssitr-r ot Smith-fi-.
5.1 Herald.
Fndi.y. Dec. 8. E:30 p. m. Ad
.drosses by Taieolt Williams, dean of
:he School of Journalism of Columbia
Ur:-rcr?!ty, and Walter Williams.
S-iiurday, Dec. 9 9 a. ni. Business
!.t ! Adversi.-ing Prr-blems:
! 1) The Business End of the News
;-:- !' Pusin: --s. Den Seitz, of the
New Y; rk World.
(2) Tne J; j ma list's Relation to
he Advert i-er. W. W. E'agley of the
Kews and :. .e:-v er.
(,1 Guara:-e-l Advertising, (proba
bly Wa! er Williams).
MORE SCHOOL ROMM
NEEDED IN KINSTON
Supt. K. R. Curtis of the City
Schools .-n;,'v teachers are doubling up
nov so th:i: the entire enrollment can
In cared for in the present buildings.
A part of the children attend In the
fo-enoon and a part In the afternoon.
The situation is not "grave," and not
a large number of pupils are affected
yet. But it' the enrollment increases
ps it has for the pst five years,
there will have to be something doing
to prevent a handicapping congestion
next year. It in apparently certain
tfyit a now building will have to be
erected before many months.
green! county negro
burned to deth in gin
WelJ-fo-Do and Respected Man Lost
Life Endeavoring to Save Property.
f Exploding Lantern the Cause Boy
Also Seriously Injured
Daniel Edwards, a well-to-do and
icisntcted colored man, livining Uj
Greene county, was fatally burned on
Ei iday night, when his gin at Bull
Head was destroyed by fire anl his
15-year-old son was seriously, if not
fatally, burned " - .
According to the story reaching
The Free Prsss, Edward was ginning
about 9 o'clock Friday night, using
a 'antern,, which was overturned and
exploded, setting ire to the- gin. . In
his' Attempt to put out the fire Ed
wftds received barns from which he
died Saturday. - Tha jrin was entirely
destroyed.
; In Message to Congress
Closer Co-operation Ask
cd to Meet Trade Condi
tions at End of the Eun
pcan War
(By the United Pess)
Washington, Nov. 21. A call to
American business to meet unprece
dented trade conditions after the war,
will be the keyno'e cf the President's
message to Congress Tuesday.
It is expected to appeal to the
employer and employe, for more co-
opei-ation, mutual confidence and eli
ruination of class feeling, in order
that the country's industries may ac
r-omplish their maximum.
W!LSONATNl)RFOLK
ON ELEVENTH DEC'R
l!lg Gathering of Southerners to At
tend Eighth Annual Convention of
Commercial Congress Many Dele
gates From Each of (he 16 States
In Dixie
(Special to The Free Press)
Norfolk, Nov.- 20. President Wil
. on's coming to Norfolk December
1 1 to pa-ticipatc in the opening pro
;ram of the eighth annual conven
tion of the Southern Commercial
Congress following closely upon his
re-election, will give an Impetus to
i he southern' Invasion of Norfolk that
is expected to assemble here that day
the largest throng that has ever
gathered for an event in Virginia.
.. day will be literally alive with
"eatures of the type calculated to
e'rr.v crowds from distant as well as
' ear by cities and the lowest estimate
that has been placed upon the ex
pected multitude of visitors on Wood
row Wilse-; day is 50,000.
Henry G. Barbee, chairman of the
Citizens' Executive Committee, estl-
:n:cs that the four days of the con
tention will draw to this city be
tween 100,000 and 125,000 visitors.
7 he sixteen State executives of the
House of Southern Governors have
ca eh appointed upwards of 100 offlV
eial delegates. Governor Stuart of
Virginia is completing his list, which
will include the names of probably
1,000 prominent Virginians.
li,J
I?
ULO LET PEOPLE
now mim
BEEN EARN!
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 20. Com mis -si
-liter McChord cf the Interstate
Crntmeree Commission announced to
day that it wa3 his purpose to put
im the record a table cf tha nit and
jrro.s earnings of all the railroads of
the United Sta'es during the last 15
years. His announcement followed a
:'-!cment by O. F. Clark, general
superintendent of the firand Trunk
Lines within the United States advo
cating an Increase in freight rates,
the proceeds to be used by the rail
roads in the purchase of equipment
and in making oth;r betterments.
At this point Commissioner Mc
Chord said:
"It hai been suggested here . by
several other witnesses that the rem
edy far this trouble is to increase
freight rates. I am going to have
prepared from the annual reports of
the carriers a statement showing the
net and gross receipts of all carriers,
and also showing dividends paid and
additions to surplus funds, and put
it Into this record ; so that it may
show just what has been happening
durini tha last fifteen years." t ,
Mr. Clark was tha first representa
tive of any of tha Canadian roads,
whoso lines cross into , the United
States to appear at the present hear
ings, as to causes of recent car e : -B-es.
- - ..
(By the United Press)
New York, Nov. 21. Replying
to published reports. Chairman
Wilcox of the Republican Nation
al Committee, today denied that
a telegram conceding the election
of Wilfwn and congratulating the
PreNldent, has been prepared. He
is still awaiting the official count
San Francisco, Nov. 21. .Tha Re
publican State Central Committee to
day estimated that President Wilson's
plurality would exceed' 3,400.
ONE KILLED J1ND THREE
HURT AUTO ACCIDENT
Greenville, Nov. 20. As the result
-f an auto accident near Sheimerdine
tnis ccunty, y?sterday, one man is
desd and three others are more or
!ei injured. R. W. Rubs, Dave
Taylor, Hyman Adams and James
Wy.nti were the occupants of the car.
Mr. Rusa la dead and the others are
suffering various injuries sustained
when th et'ar turned over with them.
VISITING SALVATIONIST.
Sta.T Capt. Jennie Crawford of
Atla4'j, socrotary for the Salvation
Army of the work In . four States,
will hold services in the Froe Will
Baptist church here Monday and
Tuesday nights. She will be assisted
by Capt. Von Egmond of New Born
The meetings will start at 7:30. The
church is at Chestnut and Trianon
streets. Tho public is Invited.
ITEMS JE INTEREST
CONCERNING RURAL
SCHOOLS OF COUNTY
Teachers' Meeting.
The LeROir County Teachers Asso-
iation will hold the second goneral
meeting of tho year next' Saturday,
November 25th, at 10:30 in th lec
ture room of the Gordon Street Chris
tian church. The program Is prob
ably the best of the year, as Prof. C.
VV. Wilson of the E. C. T. T.
School and Mr. L. C. Brogden of
the State Department will address
the meeting and Supt. Hay Taylor
of Greenville will lead a discussion
on ' language work In the elementary
grados. The Board of Education of
fers to each group of teachers who
ar? present and on time at the meet
ing, a set of the books to be used in
the State Reading Circle work this
year. Every teacher in the county Is
expected to attend the meeting Sat
urday, and to hear Prof. Wilson's ad
ire;;s. Mr. E'rogden wil speak to
the teachers about gradation and clas
sification of pupils and the prepara
tion of seventh grade pupils for ex
amination. Oak Dale.
Oak Dale school will have a basket
parjy In the school building next Fri
day evening, November 24th. The
public Is invited to attend the party,
for which an entertaining program
of amusements has been arranged.
Smith's School.
The public js invited to attend a
rosette party and oyster supper at
the school building next Friday eve
ning, November 24th.
Hickory Grove.
We wish to thank the patrons and1
co-workers in neighboring schools
and visitors for their interest and
generosity In making the party at
Hickory Grove, on Friday, November
17th, a success. Forty-ono "dollars
was raised for school betterment
Misses Ethel and Iris Ives, teachers.
Farm Valley. i V ( !
The very enjoyable program and
entertainment at Fa ran Valley school
recently has been reported as on cf
the best of the many social gather
ing in the rural school buildings
this year. I Sixty-five dollars h was
raised for tho school. This amount
was made, exclusiv of expenses.
rink hhl ;;; -.v..--
T!.s class-rooms of the rink e Hill
f 1 tuI'.JIrj are complete! anl Ca
Ordered, BxAUiejiust
Germanic and. Turkish .
Ministers
A.
SERBS PURSUE TEUTONS
Take a Number , of -Towns
From RetreafingMnas
tir Gairrisbn-rRoumaiii-ans
Suffer Further Re-
verses, Admitted
(By tha United PrewO -
London, -Nov. 21, The Creek ah- :
inct has refused .am .Allied i demand
that the German,' Austrian and". Turk
ish ministers leave the capital be
foro tomorrow, says an Athens dis
patch. - -' . - '
Serbs Press Geraunsv . ' .yKit
Salonika, ,N.ov. 21. Te. firbiM
ire nojuy pursuing ' tne uuaqnan.
Germans retreating from iMonastir;
They captured the towns of Makoyo,
OredOTO,' Vrancei, JRidarte, - Bttlanlk
and Novak. -' 1T .k
RoumaaJans Still ,RettvattBf ' f-r-v
Petrograd, , Nov. Under Gap- v
man pressure, the Roumanian!) hayo
retired to Filiass, says the Eusslan
'w' office.-7 T---'1
Gorman Statenent ' '-t.ilit
Berlin, Nov. 21. "Ow iaiantr
new atand Mefore CmIotsC" ays ''
Get man official jeport, telling: yl. l!o
TcsUnlc sweep through Roumanla,
By J. T. W. MASON,
CWrtSteti for the Utait4 Presft 4
-New' r?lky -Nov,5 J!. Three? ten
Hvc ate inow t the'dietght W "ttir,
pre-r.ti'fA ias tne European confllct.ei '
tors ifo YliM 1 -'winter., For thaftrsj;"
;imo tho Khlli'tiry sltuatifti . wjrgeatjr
i continuation of 'activities ( through-' -
it the eero njonths.' - Ths Aflelo-
KreniA 6nerislve along th Sotnmo
mA Anere, tho Allied advance! awn '
ho Greek frontier, and th"Tto1C r
mcvcWcn'ts tVi Roumania, alb. contain
r:snibllitles ,of wlnler, surpxtees- Tha .
orircqial probleni -is the effect the ,
ntonse arttllorjr ft ooncentnated up;
n the 'froifei trenches. Since the
sta:t of 'the fcoAfllct no effort has r
n made to test tha ability i either ,
dde to withstand a trench bombard
ment under the semi-numbness i of -
winter. Hitherto the trench , fight-'
ing has slackened into 'a draw with
the advent of cold weather.,, V,' 1
The beginning of winter found the
Allies better sitaatod on the weatoril i
front, with the artillery po3ltlona on
high ground, for hell blasting opera '
ions against frozen linos..: 'Along
ho Greek frontier the advantage 'Is
with the Allies because their lines of
:ommunication are shorter, I' -i-V i--
The Teutons hold tha advantage In
Rcumania because tb Boumantans
obtain ammunition only frotn ",Rus-
Ha, whers the supply Is Insufficient.
The war's third w1ntr-rfH tfce '
5tF!nm -test, -wot mly of : UiSi
ng power of the beiligrejrta, votJtk
Haying power of the non-combabaht
populations. For this reason ritatn, ;
France, Russia wnd-Jertnany ae- aa-
ablishing new systems of conserrisg
food supplies and industrial powas. v ,
school has moved In tho comfotja
building Each room is oquippid
with now- sirigft 'dests. A teadhtfra'
desk tiasbeB bought for each rftqfn
and new blackboards hava beeat mt
in place. 'I- ' , ii
The Beitetment 'AssoalaUoo
a play Friday evening and a 4ayga
crowd was present In the new school
auditorium. ; ', - ?
The : night school or mool l
school ef Pink Ull sheets on HsruUy
and 'Thursday nights of eacb cl.
Twelve pupils have been enroHed add
some real work Is being done. - s
Airy Gme.
Patrons' aivd -frietKit if te
' i
are Invited to the. school build;
Friday afternoon, Ny ' er C
2:89 aVlock.' A cf -tainment
by the p '? -, " 1 -
It is fcr-ei tl.at i'l . . i i