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VOL. XVIIL No, 126
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1916
FOUR PAGES l"PpAY fivb centson trains
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POPULATION OF THE
COUNTRY GROWS BY
LEAPS AND BOilS
Will Be More Than 113,000,
000 By January Census
Estimate
NORTH CAROLINA GAINS
At a .Rapid Rate State
Has Nearly' Two, and, a
Half Millions, t Leading
Virginia by Over Two
Hundred Thousand
(By the United Press)
Washington, Nov. 24. The popu
lafion of the United States and its
possessions on January 1 will be
113,309,285, against , 111,500,000 last
year, the United Skates census bu
reau estimates.
North Carolina will have 2,418,000,
Virginia 2,202,000 and South Caro
Una 1,630,000.
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OF NATION IN
(By the United Press)
London,. Nov. 24. Franz. Josef's
farewell to his nation is contained in
his will, the text of which has reach
ed here. ...He said:
"I bid farewell to my beloved peo
ple and give them my heartiesr
thanks for their loyalty and love to
ward me and my house in happy days
as well as in times of stress. May
they continue to observe the same
patrkHc attitude toward my succes
sor. I remember my army and navy
with feelings of deepest gratitude
for their 'bravery, loyalty and devo
tion. I am confident my successor
may r;ly on them no less than I
have done."
WORLD MUST f OJJE TO.
CHURCH, SAW Mi
Gaston ia, N. C, Nov. 23. In open
ing the 27th annual session of the
Western North Carolina Conference
this morning, Bishop Klgo made a
brief address in which he plead fer
veutly for the preservation of the
purity and integrity of the church.
"All this thing of trying to adjust
the church to the world," he. said,
"is wrong."
The characters of all the presiding
elders and preachers were passed
with one exception. B. M. Jackson,
of the Charlotte district, was charged
ty his presiding elder with certain
conduct not in keeping with the char
acter of a minister, and a committee
was appointed to investigate the
charges and rlport to the conference.
Tonight Dr. Henry N. Snyde
president of Wofford College, Spar
tanburg, S. C, representing the Gen
eral Board of Education, delivered an
address. .
Monroe Is pulling for the 1918
session of the conference.
RAILRbADS MUST NOT
KEEP OTHERS' CARS
iBy the United Press)
Washington, Not. 24 To t,Uve
off a disastrous car shortage, all
railroads In the country are or
dered by the special car shortage
committee of the American Rail
way Association to return to the
owner lines all foreign fruit and
refrigerator cars on their lines.
COLLEGE PRESIDENT
HEADS BOARD OF TRADE
Winston-Satom, Nov. 23. Dr.
Howard RondQmler, president of Sal
em College waajtonight elected presi
dent of tho Winston-Salem Board of
Trade.
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it
II CLAIMS JOE
WHITE, 1VELL KNOWN
Parsed M A way . f)at Home
Had Been Sufferer From
Incurable Malady Was
Popular and Successful
Businessman
Joseph D. White died Friday
morning about 6:30 'clock at his
home, Caswell and McLewcan streets,
following a long period of poor
health. He succumbed to hear: trou
ble, pronounced as incurable long
before his demise. Mr. Whita had
anticipated his death at no far dis
tant day and was making arrange
ments to clear up his business affairs,
which work he had not entirely con
cluded when the Reaper claimed him.
Only Thursday afternoon he was on
the streets. The suddenness of his
death came as a shock l.o many of his
friends and the family.
He was 43 years of age. having
been bom July 26, 1873.
Jo White was one of the most
popular men in the city. He had
made thousands of acquaintances in
his , lifelong residence here and
business channels. He was by na
ture very quiet. He was a man of
few words, unobtrusive and almost
reilcent. As a businessman lie was
known for his cleverness and honest
methods. He took over the manage
ment of a coal and wood business at
tho death of his father several years
ago. The enterprise has been long
established and was a source of con
siderable profit to Mr. White He
loft a moderate estate in good con
dition. Mr. White disliked ostentation,
was always well dressed, but never
gaudily, and only his intimr. es ever
saw him exhibit enthusiasm about
any matter. A rule of his life wan
to "attend to is own business."
Mr. White was one of tho most
ciicri-able men In Kinston, although
hi3 gifts.vcould he help it, were nev
er published, and only his close
friends were aware of his philanthropy-
About four y5ars ago Mr. While
married Miss Ava Underbill, a well
known young woman of the ci y. She
survives him, together with one
b-other, Norman"'' White of th: !!;
two sisters, Mrs. B. B. Mal'i :i of
Morehnnd City and Miss Lizzie V,':,'te
of Kinston, and his md her, Mrs. En
ma1 White, for whom he bore givat
affection.
Mr. White was, a member of the
Knights of Pythias.
The funeral will be held Satunhv
morning at 10:30 o clock, from tn"
residence, with interment in Mnph'
wood cemetery. It will be condue'ed
probably by Rev. II. A. Humble.
pastor of Queen Street M
list
hureh.
FRMZ JOSEF DIED IN
CHAIR, VERY QUIETLY
Vienna, Wednesday, Nov. 22. via
London, Nov. 23 (delayed). Death
came to Emperor Franeis Joseph as
DEAT
slrep to a child, while the sovereign the Mip'me Lour, decision, tne car
W3 reclining in an arm chair in i ''rs agreeing not to bring further
what he called his work room. His ! : : "s if ths law is found constitu.
strength had rapidly been ebbing from j nal and to drop all oJ hers. Neith
2 o'clock in the afternoon of yester-1 party is bound by the agreement
day but he refused to take to his bed. ! " refrain from efforts to secure leg
After 6 o'clock he began gradually j Nation which might change the Ad
to lose consciousn.essand went to the ; amson Act.
end without uttering another word,
resting peacefully in his chair with
his hands folded as if he were in
prayer. s
This afternoon a death maisk
tho Emperor was taken as a preli
nary to the embalming of the body
LMGER SALES OF
TOBACCO EXPECTED
(By the United Press)
In the neighborhood of 125,000 lbs.
et tobacco was old hero Friday, with
prices unchanged. Heavier sales are
looked for In the firt half of , tha
coming; week, tobacconist eay.
BILLION AND HALF
YEAR IS NEEDED BY
OF U. S.
Says Attorney Thorn Spcak
ing Before Newlands
Committee Friday
MUST IMPROVE GREATLY
Five-Sixths of Needed An
nual Income Necessary
for Increasing Facilities
Keeping Up With Com
merce (By the United Press)
Washington, Nov. 24. A billion
Jil a half dollars yearly will lie!
Jed by the railroads of the United
' ites during tho noxt ten' or twelve
i-ars, Alfred P. Thorn, counsel for
railroads, declared today at the
umption of th3 hearings of the
NewlWnds congressional comm:toe.
Of this r.mount, a billion and a quar
: .' will be needed to increase facili-
' -s to keep pace with the commerce
:' the country.
Lubor Ri'itcraies Stand.
Bail imore, Nov. 24. Tha Ameri
can Federation of Labor reitarafes
vigorous opposition to all compul-er.-y
arbitration. "Men individually
and collectively are entitled to stop
w.'rk any day and any time. In a
ii-re democracy their right, natural,
U L'-al and unalienable, should never
'v surr?ndered."
V., (). & (i. Case to Washington.
Washington, Nov. 24. Solicitor
(!. aeral Davis today indicated very
" -nigiy that the Missouri, Oklahoma
S: Gulf test case of the Adam-son 8
h Lir law will be the one selected to
g to the United States Supreme
;i Imissionbetaoin atas hat sahtsahar
(' ;urt for a final test. .
Ct.v't. and Railways Agree on Test.
Washington, Nov. 23. Conferences
'.rrweon Attorney General Gregory
:ems of the country looking to
.' expediting to tht Supreme Court
.'' one of the suits att.u i;'ii.r the
. ti'ut'onality of the Adamson Act.
..tally were concluded today and
.' - -iue Ii0!i cf which shall be made
1 -! case was placed in the hands
le;armont of Justice attorneys
i i.'ga! representatives of he rail
; i ,!s now in Kansas City.
;i v.-.is said tonight that the only
rr. !t?- to he determined in Kansas
( :;y i.s wh.'thcr the suit i f the Mis
. ..;:!, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad,
decided yesterday against the pov
e -iment. o- that of the Santa Fe.
.-.ui, f -) hcr.rinjT omorrow, shall be
j::uit' hf test ease. In substance the
plan adopted here provides that
bcth tin- Department and the rail
roads agree in every way to expedite
and actively press the cave to be de
termin.d upon to a final decision in
the F tpicme Court and that during
the p ndancy of this suit the gov
ernment will r. .ltfcegin any prosecu
tions ir carriers for failure to apply
tlie law. During its pendency the
cairiers will institute no more suits,
and at its termination both parties
to f he agreement will be bound by
LABORITES WANT AN
-jmm on foods
LOWER COST LIVING
(By the United Press)
Baltimore, Jfor. 24. The Amer
ican federation of Labor i today
declared Itself unanimously for
an embargo against the exporta
tion of wheat and other food
stuffs, "until prices are restored
. to 'normal."
Democratic Finance Committee Suggests to AH
. the Loyal Democrats That They Should Help
Dollar and Two Dollar Subscriptions Wanted
There is deficit in the campaign fund expended by the
National Democratic Committee of $300,000!
Every Democrat, who rejoices that Peace and Pros
perity with Wood row Wilson were endorsed on Novem
ber 7, is requeued to do his part in relieving this obli
gation. Lenoir County Democrats are asked to do their part.
The local committee, composed of Messrs. N. J. Rouse,
J. G. Dawson and Dr. J. M. Parrolt, suggests that Len
oir's part be made up in dollar .md two-dollar subscrip
tions. The committee wants to send off the final install
ment the first of the week. It urges immediate action.
Mr. Democrat, you are asked to see one of tho above
nantltd gentlemen an soon as possible and leave a dollar
or two dollars or more, If you want to have a larger
part. The committee's slogan Is "Do it now."
mm IN THE NEWS
NEIGHBORING TOWNS
'Buck" Balance, colored, had near
ly every shred of clcd hing torn from
his body when he was caught between
a belt and a pulled in a New Bern oil
and fertilizer plant, but escaped in
jury except for a badly bruised hand.
J. L. Home, Jr., of Rocky Mount,
carried a goat to the Shriners' cele
bration at Xew Hern. Someone has
Heme's goat. A'fiiou'f'h it was a
mis goat, the !ev Hern Sun-Journal
.-ays it nriy.J-.uvo wn that the
Charlotte or No folk 'BVitiers copped
him.-'
Mrs. Winifred E. Campbell, bi.ru
at Bath in 1858, i.s dead at Trey, O.
Ph jet; 1 his State !!() years ng;o.
CXiidri i I've in Ohio and cthor rela
tives in North Carolina.
LL IN IN
EMBEZZLEMENT TIM
Fnycltcvillo, Nov. 23. The taking
of testimony was concluded ..on the
second day of the trial of J. Sprunt
Newton, prominent lawyer and busi
ness man charged with embezzlement
from th: estate of W. E. Brady, and
court adjourned late this afternoon
after J ml -co W. P. Bynuni. of Greens
boro, for the defense had opened the
argument.
10ST LEGION FROM AMER! CA IS LOCATED ON THE
BRITISH COAST; TYPICAL UNITED STATES MEN IN THE
OUTFIT; LOTMRES mm OVER A DESERTION
(By .1. W. PEGLER, United Press Staff Correspondent.)
On tic K-i-i: , Coast, Nov. !.--( By Mail) The "lost" American Legion
Canadr' r.rrnv was found tol.iv !
rmy was found toi.iy
s of real Americans
Two d.-af
Germans on the Fomme, and t h rent wait in an English training camp
for the signal to cross the channel.
The ni"n evdisfed l.o fight Germans but if any survivors ever get
Lack to America they will settle a grudge with a deserted who gave his
Ij.als a black eye in the American newspapers. The United Press corres
pondent f.-vsnd the entire cam) soothing wi h an angry determination to
and that ::-lt-;;';onaire and beat him within an inch of his life.
Frank .I'.r.es of Oak Cliff, "just over the viaduct" from Dallas, Texas,
summed up the Legion's attitude, as he paused in his sentry beat on a
rain-swept hii! overlooking the sea.
"There isn't a man in the force from the colonel down, who wouldn't giv
a month's pay for just on.; smash at that guy," he said. ''He got. in as a
temporary otliecr and didn't mr.kegocd. In a few weeks he'd have been
down in the ranks as a priva'c. But he went over tho hill toward Michi
gan when be Jieard we were going i o sail. Yellow clear through, that's his
trouble. A yellow parlor soldier."
Jones beckoned with his bayonet and another American Tommy came
up. -lie was Fred Mullen of Dulu-th, formerly in the Twenty-second United
States infantry. Mullen escorted the visS.or to the temporary barracks
dnd headquarters while Jones a 12y9ar man of the United States army
resumed his swinging stiide along the crest.
There was come hing un-British about the sentry's long pace, and the
slight forward stoop of his body as he disappeared in the early evening
gloom. Mullen explained that the Legion dossn't bother about a man's
walk, if it gets him there.
"If you know how the world's series came ou!', I'll present you to Major
Hart," offered Mullen. "He's originally from Brooklyn and put In 22
years in the American army. Part of lis service was in the 71st New
York, of New York City, in Cuba. In later years, ho was chief military
instructor and disciplinary officer at Elmlra, N. Y., reformai ory."
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Major G. L. Hart, a big,, muscular soldier, with a scowl engraved on
his -leathery face, explained that things were still upset because they had
marched Into camp only a few hours ago. The Legion had spenlt weeks under
"canTOs, in muddy, rainy weather, their new quarters were army huts
long, narrow buildings painted a battleship color and set around in strflares
o.i a plateau. .&.-
"It wasn't thall I thooght they'd win," said Hartt when told the worst
about tho tfrooklyn Robins, "but I had enough patriotism for old Ftatbnsh'
to back them fori a little." ' ' . , " ;
PLENTY OF DYES MADE
IN UNITED STATES NOW
Paterson, N. J., Nov. 23. Women
may now gcl practically all of the
color effects in dress goods that
were known before the war upset the
dye industry, and will soon have ev
ery known color to choose from, all
made in America fully as good in
quality as those made in Germany
or any other country, according to I.
V. S.ona, president of the National
A.iilino & Chemical Company, who
.iddresscd tho National Silk Associa
tion convention here today.
BOY COLLINS WILL
SPEND HIS LIFE IN
THE PENITENTIARY
Haleigh, Nov. 24. AV. G. Collins,
who was only 1 years of agi when
he killed a deputy sheriff who tried
i a -rest him for a misdemeanor,
will not die ip tho electric chair. Gov
ernor C raig has commuted Collins'
Fentenc" to 1'fe imprisonment.
Collins' mother was killed by a
tr ii i while carrying him as a baby.
II himself suffered injuries which
.:.,'.' have affected his brain. He is
I arly friendless. He was - running
j to escape when he shot the ofllcor,
and no ill feeling had existed between
i I hem prior to tho shooting.
by the United Press,
already are at death grins with
tht
SI
ALLIES TAKE
MflNASTiR SECTION
Have Recovered About 200
t Square Miles Territory-
Further Progress TKe
French Surprise Teutons
In Western Zone
(By the United Press)
balcnika, Nov. 24. Nenrly two
hundred square milos of territory
around Monastlr has been recaptured
from the Teutons in the recent ad
vance, say a Serbian official commu
niqui'. The Allies' drive continues.
French Surprise Attack.
Paris. Nov. 24. The Srench have
been successful in a surprise attack
rn a German trench near Hilsenhelm.
Alsace, ti: is officially said.
.Further progress of the Allies west
of Monastir is officially reported. The
Italians under General Sarrail have
reached Nezopoll.
Russians Progress In Dobrudja.
fetrograrl, Nov. 24. Further ad
vances in Dobrudja are officially re
ported. "We' have advanced south
ward, reaching Tashul. At places we
have crossed the Karlal river," it fa
rtated.
German Statement,
erlin. Nov. 21. Orsovo has been
captured from the Roumanians, it is
i-Aii officially.
uenerai von ramennayn is ap
proaching the Alt ValJoy. Enemy
resistance in athe western corner. of
Itoumania has been broken.
Roumania In Bad Fix.
London, Nov. 24. If German offi
cial reports are correct, Von Fafken
hnyn's vice has closed still tighter on
Eastern Roumania. Berlin claims
the occupancy of Orsova, Turnu and
Seyertn with Craiova, which was
announced captured early in the
week, but this is mt admitted by Bu
oharest. The Teutons now appear to
hold three large cities in Eastern
Roumania. Whether the Roumanian
army, which Berlin claims has been
encircles, has been ablo to escape Is
a question worrying military critics.
Around a hundred bales of cotton
.Id here Friday brought from 19.90
downward, with tho exception of two
bales, which brought 20 cents. New
Yo:k futures quotations were:
Open
January 20.20
March 20.38
May 20.00
July
October ,18.63
December 20.05
Close
20.50
20.70
20.86
20.85
18.55
20.42
(By the United Press)
ACCIDENT ON ELEVATED.
New York, Nov. 24. Ambu
lances have been rushed to 129th
K'ireet and Second avenue with a
report of an elevated train wreck.
ENORMOUS CROVVR EXPECTED.
New Haven, Conn., Nov. 24. The
monster Yale bowl, ,which seats more
tkan 00,000 persons, is not expected
to care for all those who are fighting
to care for all those who are fighllng
today to get the precious tickets for
tho annual Yale-Harvard clash.
THE AMMAN PEACE
COillSION TO GET
TWO WEEKS' RECESS
(By the United Press)
Atlantic CKy, Not. 24. A re
cess of two weeks is expected to
be granted to the Mexican mem-
bers of the American Peace Com
mission, to enable them to "pre
sent Vie new border patrol plan
to Carranza.
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NOT TRUE SILt IN
State's EfToris to BnH iSc
Farm Tenant to Trial
borne to Naught
NOT LONG IN DECIDING
Report Rendered in a Few
Minutes After Testimony
of Kinston Witnesses Was
Taken In Duplin Superior
Court
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The grand jury in Superior Court
: Kenansville lal o Thursday found
"not a true bill" in the case against
Samuel Stocks, Greengj. county farm
t mailt accused of partlcipaj.ing in tjjie
lynching of Joseph Black, colored,
last spring after he had been taken
from a cell in the Lenoir county jail
hero by an "automobile mob" sup
posedly of Greene and Pitt county
men.
J. F. Skinner, chi?f of polica; of
Kinston; Hedla V. AHen, jailer,
cut of whose custody Black was takQti
.y the mob; Cleveland Loftiij, and
Ed. Phillips, who heard, gossip . in
Greene county after the lynching, and '
Claud Sumrelt, a former jioliceman,
who saw th negro taken, fjom t,he
ail, tes). lined before the grand jury.
All of the party are residents of tb-Js
pity, and returned here IaU( Thurs
day rilght. It Is said the grand jury
eporttd in n very few minutes' at-
cr tho testimony was, in. ,
Stacks had steadfastly, denied tfett
was a member of the, - mob, H He
,va3 fter an Investigation, 'which
.t traded intsresl;' throughpttt tha
State, conducted here by Judge W
M. Bond several months ago. '-, )
A detective named Barnes, from
West CDtJlina, Thursday reported to
m unlocated, had turned up when the
ocal man arrived at Keaaiwvlile,
Stocks has been under $10,000 bail.
6
flrFftissui)f
tXPLOSN
London, Nov. 24. The Russiait
naval stafT, says a Reuter dispatch
f -cm Petrogratl, has issued the fol
lowing statement:
"At 6 o'clock on October 20 fir
. . ...
brcke out in the forward magazine of
tho Imperatritsa Maria. An internal
explosion followed Immediately and
:he fire spread rapidly and reached
the petrol tanks.
"Shortly after 7 o'clock the vessel
sank. An oflWr and two first class
sub-officers and 149 sailors are miss
ing. Sixty-four of tho crew hav
since died from the effects of 'bums.
"The position of the ship, which
lies in shallow water, gives hope that
it may bo refloated and completely
repaired in a few months. The bridge
is only one yard byow water level."
DRAINAGE CONVENTION ;
TO LUMBERTON NEXT
Greensboro, N. C, Not. 23 Lum
berton was chosen as the next place
of nrlfetlng by the North Carolina
Drainage Association before the ad
journment of tho ninth annual con
ference this afternoon. A mid-win-
et rmeeti
ter meeting will -be held in Balelgh.
Officers were elected as follows: M.
E. Sherwyn, Raleigh president; os
eph ttyde Pratt, Chapel Hill, seere-
atry-lreasurer. , Several vice-presidents
were elected, among them be
ing 3h . XSoNeill, Lumber ton; II.
M. tnde, JlaMgh; Etenehaa Camer
on, 'Durham; P B. 'Baker. Raleigh, .
and J. L. Becton 'Wllmlngtoiu
i RUSSIAN SHIP