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8URPRIS
Dr. SpjJmn.Giyes View?
Educational Rally In
High School
r j.
PUBLIC MUST TAKE HMD
Meeting Was Intended for
MaSS 01 People and All
But a Few of Them Stay-
ed Away But They Will
Tnmp Savfl Curtis
v
The firt of a series of public edu-
cational rallies was hekl in the High
School building in North Kinston Fri
day ni-rht. It was a rally so far as
enthusiasm and the merit of the pro
gram were concerned, but roally,
rally could not be applied to the audi
ence. The public just didn't rally.
The public sent about 150 or 200 rep
resentitive3 and then stayed at home
and. down town
Mr. B. P. Smith made the opening
p:ayer. Superintendent X. R. Curti
of the City Scbxcls announced the
purpose of the meeting and stated
with regret thpt Mayor Sutton, who
wa3 to have presided, was detained
dqiwn town by a business matter. The
JJayor ha.4 very graciously offered to
throw up t3e private affair and go
anyway, but Mr- Curtis had refused
io hei c" that.
Mrs. Dan. Quinerly rendered a song
number, 35 Jjessie Wilson accom
pr.nying o:i th.? piano. Mn. Quin
erly was competed to respond to an
encore, me ttyjo behool s best sing
?:;-, rendered a pleasing number.
Dr. C. B. McNai-y, Superintendent
of the C -"swell Training s?hool, intro
duced the speaker of. the eyening, Dr.
B. W. Sniltr.an "our own Dr. Spil
man." Dr. McNairy had quit getting
wcod after dusk and had come supper
!e?3 to the meeting. He wished lie
co;;!d make a speech, he said, and
succeeded, in spite of hi3 idea wbout
it, in making a very passable address.
At least, the audience gave him cred
it for it.
Dr. Spilmah reviewed the oldtinie
school methods, said he had heen to
a public school only a day and a halt1
in his life, nut an imae-inarv hnv in-
- c 1
to a chair close by where he was
peaking, dismissed the feminine pro
noun fcr convenience sake and ex
nlained it carefully to his hearer?,
stated that he had never been a girl
in his life, told his auditors to tell
the municipal authorities what ho
said and launched into a delightful,
practical di'eam about "Kinston's
School of Tomorrow."
Hb said in part. ' .
"Kinston's school of tomorrow in-
nerits a goodly history. A long list
of men of the very finest
type have given instruction to the
youth of this community.
"But we nre facing a new "era in
the world's history. The whole world
has become a neighborhood. The
hooming of the big guns of Europe
affected business conditions ir the
Mtt'e village of our western plains.
Wiih tr.L dose 0f this wrld war
there! will be a readjustment of the
world on a scale which has not '.-.(-en
seen bef;re. Our schools mus pre
pare for 'this new day.
"The teaching' cf iJngua.ics, his
"', and the? natural sc'.eaecs will al
ways' hold a' ventral plae- in every
system of education worthy" of the
namo. 'But education is something
"ore than mere culture. Utility
Holds a place very prominent
Place, in the education of the efficient
man. Character is the most import
ant factor in the educational pro
wed j. It ia the most valuable busi
ness 'asset.
"The school of tomorrow will be
tested by its product. - Given a nor
mal ;cWld under normal conditions
ha kind of man or woman appears
t the end cf the educational - pro
2s.;. Thi product is dependent up
0n the . educaUoiUl . process. What
?at in the curriculum comes out
(Continued on Page Five) :'
at Number of Great Bonusqs
and. Wage Increases An-
noanced One Company
Gives Six Millions to
Workers
(By the United Press)
New York. Dec. 16 Record Christ-
mas bonuses and increases of salary
for emP'Ts ' New v',rk corpora-
The bigpest gift repo-ted is six
I ..Ml' - J11 1 m .
m,mon aoun "y v"e lele'
.r-inh X' TplnhOne I f), u-nrL-fl,,
r ' f " - - i " m i .5.
Other gift are: Bruadv.-ay Trust
Co., 10 per cent.; Citizens Central
National Bank, 10 per cert.: James
Ball, brokers, 10 per cent.
GOVERNORS MEET NEXT
IN SALT LAKE CITY
Washington," Dee. l.V The Gover
nors conference in sc.-imi here vot
ed today to no!d its mt annual
meeting in Salt Lake City, at a time
o be fixed by the exe.-uii-e onimit-
tee composed of Govemcr; Mannin;
Lf
South Carolina, Spry of Utah, and
Capper of Kansas. Fo-mer (Jover-
ior Fort of New Jersey, was re-e'ect-
d treasure- of the conference.
WHEAT BREAKS MORE
THAN THIRTEEN CENTS
Chicago, 111., Dec. 1"). -In a fran
tic stampeue today wheat prices were
tramnled clown l.'J 1-8
cents a bushel.
The prime reason for the break was
i' German official suggestion of limit-
-J out universal disarmament
VILLA WOULD PLAY
QUITS WITH UNITED
STATES; NO GMCF
El Paso, Texas, Dec. 15. - A Mexi
n course" reached the ' 'cr t:.!ay
'on; ! ran' ic ViIL-. s cea:.i :ti ( rcol.
miles v.vst of Min.i.-a 'p the
-ervci i!m -ict of (in
i, with
e.- rov
rcfrain of for
'; on
Sirtos
!V with
,:cpo:al i tor the United .
nment that Villi wou
j-m lac further dest-uel' "
eign nie !:' ! rronertv in . if
:ndilio:i thai, the Uniu i
would not irfe-fere in anv .
'"is campaign aain :t the Cnrnma
government. This was ofliii;.!!" an-
i-runcel late today.
Wiishinglon Disinterested.
Washington, Dec. 15. Anv sug
gestion of an agreement between the
American gevcrnment and Vi'l : is
regarded by administration officials
as unworthy of considerati
CONDEMN DEPORTATION
OF BELGIAN MUES
Xew York, Dec. 15. Vi;r..;is ex
pressions of indignation were voiced
at a mns-meeting held here f.. night
" protest against the "ensl r enient
:f BelTiaus'' bv the German -rocein-
raent. The deportation of the Belgi-
Ens vr.s condemned in letters read j
from Theodore Roosevelt, Archbishop !
Ireland, Joseph H. Choate an I Bish- J
on Thomas -R. O'Gorman of Sioux j
Falls. Equally forceful were nd -
diesse? delivered by Elihu' Root. Jas.
M. Beck, former Assistant Ottorney j
General of the United States: Alton !
Manning, rector cf Tr
B. Parker and the Rev. William T.
JIannin?, rector of Trinity church, j
who presided. I
LONG-WINDH0 STRIKE
BROUfiftT T(J A CLOSE
Wilkes-Baire. Pef ' Dee. 10.
Witkes-Barre' : fourteenimonths'-oldi
street-car strike ended today, when
the strikers voted in favor of peace
oroDOsals drawn by members of the
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United Mine Workers.'
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Queen Street Gets Shock of
the Year When News Is
Told of Liquidation of
One of Kinston's Most
Stable Firms
The firm of T. W. Mewborn &
Co. is to go out of business. Kin-
s ten is to lose one of its oldest and
most important business institutions.
The simple announcement, made by
Mr. T. W. Mewborn, senior member
of the firm, and appearing i:i Sat
day's Free Press, came r.s a surprise
. nd shock to Kinston's business cir
cles. Perhaps i:o firm in this sectioi.
i-i doing a larger volume. The au
! .orizc-.l announcement assigns no
reason but uUUes that the voluntary
h(iiidation will commence at once,
;:::1 the large stock of goods will
be offered for sale at cost beginning
Monday morning.
T. W. Mewborn & Co. has been in
business in Kins'.on for twenty-nine
years. I no lirm occupies one ot tne
.'"o-t commodi; us and 1 e;t appointed
s. 'ics in the State. They deal in
!;.-:)c.:ca"y evevj thing f.;r the farm
rr.1,1 city trade. Live stock has been
an important feature of their busi
ness and farming implements. Their
: pi'dy-t o-wear and millinery depart
mcnls, c nii.ara!ive!y recently added,
h.-.ve catered to the most exclusive
trade.
The fii :n. a partnership, is compas
ci of Messrs. T. W. Mewborn and
J. W. Braxton. Mr. Braxton has
been inactive for the past year or
more due to ill health. Mr. Mew
!k. n intimated t.) a representative of
The F;ce press, when interviewed
Saturday morning, tiiat no plans had
been made ether than the immediate
ii'.::dation. This wi'l, of courr-e, re
(;ui;e some little time.
BRIEFS 1 THE NEWS
OTHER EAST CAROLINA
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
'. !'. Blackwfdl. cdoied, broke up
ogro dar.ce at Yashington whon
sh )' a woman dancer. Two liul
slrccl; her. Ilcr partner fell to
fi or with hor. lie was uninjur-
The woman ra:iv
i ne as-
i': rt escaped.
');-. losh T.:yoe, Washington
,' ' i.uan, has comp'. 'd with a re
r c' f om Hannah M.-!an of Xew
.inr.-ry to send her the "ugliest, long-fti-r.o
"c.!, thinnest : ar.or-hack hog ir.
3eauf. t county for a Christmas
joke."
y. Penny Ward. ("S. a well-known
Crepnv !'e wrman, is d cad.
(t--n ilia wants .a boat line to
Wf -irngton.
.A!'e t V,"ard, thrown through a
i)'n;'. !r'as" window in a runsvay at
Grcipville, was not scr.uusly cut.
E. B. WUM GETS
INCOME OF MILLION
(By the United Pres)
Wash: net. m, Dec. Hi. Edward B.
'd ean wi'I have the entire income
cf The e-t-.te left by his father and
?s recognised an the sole head of the
Washington Post and the Cincinnati
Enquirer, by an agieement reached
irtof court and approved today by
f'ae District of Columbia Supreme
Court. The income is estimated at
" million yearly. -t
COTTON
Cotton sold here Saturday at from
h"t to 18 cents. Receipts were kept
i0ZX
cold weather,
futures quotations were:
Open Close
'January 18.29 17.96
March .. 18.49 18.19
May .. .18.67 18.38
July ... ..18.74 18.40
I)ctobSr!irl.,ii.ti....li(i 16u7
December
18.15 184
Von Bcrastorif Ejiccur
ed by Procedure of U. S.
Government
WILL TALK ANY OLD THING
Connected With the subject.
America Not to Supple
ment Berlins' Proposals
Now Seems to Be a Set
tled Fact
(By the United Press
Washington. Doc. Ii!. Germany
stands ready to give the Allies a full
"titcmeirt of terms in a peace con
ference. This statement was made officially
following a visit of Von Bernstorff
m Lansing today, although Ambassa
dor Von Bernstorff said he does not
i.now officially what these terms are.
At the same time Germany is now
:eady to discuss disarma men '. , the
creaiiii-T of a league to guarantee
peace, and kindred subjects Lhat mny
;:n:sr from any ponce negotiations.
Yen B(rn?iorff sought official wind'
L'-.in t i nn i r '.' tais country's rucnior.
no!, to rurplernent Germany's peace
proposals at this time.
Whs!? the rmbnssr..hir refi'-u'.l I1
i.uk about this jjavcrnmeRtV. 'el in it
is knevn that the German authorise-
are not li vourag'.d by the Xt. L
.hat America will not now uiyre . ag-
l.ons. On the contrary, they !e-
neve l'resutent Wilson nas lt-.'t, u;e
way open- to act later," and hence r. i:
encouraged.
" 1
ii
Lafir:m:rp(, Negro Not Apt
to Die for Assault on a
Gh) of Own Race Hob;bs
Cleared on Money Lar
conv Charge
Sherman FeJerick, ecloved. who
goes on trial in Superior Co.-t here
Salarday for his life, chai gr;l with
,'jsau!u:ig a Moseley Hall township
colore! gill, fo expected by LaGrange
people to be acquitted. They say
they think there ;j" nothii. in the
case that a ji;ry will be- likely to
convict Frederick on.
Joe Ibriihs, white, a former soldier,
t-hfi'ge-e! with lobbing a South Kins
ton resort of a sum of money, was
acquitted Friday afternoon. The
nroseci1 Ling witnesses were Helen
Srni'jh an 1 Ike .Adler. Policemen be
lieved the prosecution was a frame
up. F'.in narrow, charged wivh as
writing his wife, was discharged.
iii.s Brown, guilty of gambling,
as allowed to go with the payment
cf the costs.
VARNEIi SAYS HE'LL
TELL GOVERNMENT
ABOUT PAPER TRUST
(By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 16. Additional
evidence tending to show the exist--tri
cf a paper trust will ibe filed
with 'tihe Department of Justice with
in a few days by H. B. Varner, a
North6:irolina newspaper publisher,
h aH itoday. The Federal Trade
Commission will soon . be - able to
lace he responsibility for paper
prises 1 Commissioner . Davles n-
poanced.":
FREED
(By the United Press)
Kl Pastj, Dec. ! 6. Wholesale
arrests of Americans hero and at
other border points necused of a
breach of the neutrality laws x in
fomenting or niding revolution
ary actions of different Mexican
tactions is planned by American
secret service agents.
most valuable of
crofs; four Worth
MORE THAN BILLION
"gton, Dec. 10. All records
.e of the country's important
.arm i
de-pite
Their ,
f"!C :
ricultu'
ye.-.r.
.-. i wje exceeded this year
the smaller size of the crops
due was placed at ?7.-l 1,009,
v by the Department of Ag
!n it.; final estimates ot the
That i.i ij;i,7"0,5b0,00O more
than the same craps were worth insi
year. Higher prices, due partly to re
dirccd production an 1 nvntlv to the
demands ft)r Arn."" -.r. food from
the wrH"- nr.i'ui' cf I: nope were
rcponih'p for tht " a '. increase in
vnluo.
Four' cro;is each ve'-. worth more
than a. billion doila:r,. Corn, With a
total value of $2,2X: ?.'; showed
the greutost increase, Win'. worth
1 03.000 mere than biM year'.
0"t :t.
Cotton, f'lo seeo.id nvj': va'ua' io
wi.a a iotal ol $I,:).U,tiU-i Jti!. in-
ere:..-c.l $475.S?S,C00 over hist year
V.'l'.r. i;, the third, wai worth $1.-
$2r.,7i0.O0t) or $83.4&.000 over the
yettr lieTorc. w;hen the production was
ilm.f.'.t -100,000.000 bushels more.
liay vena fr.-crth. with a value of
$',fOR.r.!M.Ceo. an inercase of ?9!)f
J". 0,000.
JURY RMBS If ?0Y
QjiTYCONSPMACY
JncksnnviHe, 'Pla.. Dec'. 15 Thos.
Mi'C.iv Of Asheville, S. ., was
cr':vic(rd by a jury in Federal Dis-U'.-t
Court heiO-today of conspiracy
to I'cf.nud the government of reven
ue tn.v en whisky distilled Rt the Long
B.Cni'h distillery here. The case
was completed hue today and the
rity was out on hour and ten minutes
i q":?s retu-ning a vedict. McCoy's
af'.inieys informally gave notice of a
K'liti' t for a new trial.
Tt was announced that sentence
will riot be passed on McCoy until
after the prospective motion for a
new trial h.n Wen heard. The maxi-
mum j.einliy is four years in the pen
itentia. - y or a fine of $20,000
DIES WHILE
(Ty the Unrred Pfev)
Cambridge. Dec. l:i. Prcf. Hugo
Mirenstcrberg of Harvard, the nottd
German p.sychologist, dropped dead
today while lecturing to a class of
students at Radcriffe.
BRITISH AGAIN ON
OFFENSIVE IN hSa
London, Dec. 13. British troops
have taken the tsffensive in the region
cf Kut-El-Ajnara, In Mesopotamia,
and have occupied Turkish positions
on the Hai river-, south of Kut-El-Amara,
says an official statement is
sued tonight.
BILL DUPREE SHOTBY
BEN FAULKNER SATDRDT
: Mr. Bill Dupree was shot in the
breast by Mr. Ben. Faulkner Sat
urday afternoon about 5 o'clock.
The altercation took place at tbe
Central Warehouse. Th cause
or other facts were not obtain
able before going to press. The
injury of Mr, Dupree ia painful,
but not necessarily aeriona, ac
cording to Dr. Hargrove, " who
attended Wat," ' ! N
Davis Conies Uer Sunday,
to Lead Union Meeting in
Gordon Street Christian
ChurchLively Service
Promised
In Gordon Street Christian church
Sunday niffht there will be a big
union service in hr.e interest of Na
tioual prohibition. Other churches
are expected to forego their own .ser
vices and meet in Gordon Street
u.-ch. r.vcry member or ev,ery
congregation, say local prohibition
advocates, "should try to be present
I.cv. L. I'avis, secretary oi
he North Carolina Anti-Saloon
League, will make an address. He
alvays has something interesting to
tell. "He is on fire," says one friemi
of Mr. Davis, "with a great real,
and will warm up those who hear
him." There will be lively songs and
a special solo by Mrs. Dan Quinerly
WESTMINSTER. TRIO ....
HERE MONDAY NOT
IN LYCEUM COURSE
The Wosrir.ir.ster Concert Enter
taintrs wnl be the next numbe of
i lvrcm course nude'" the auspices
i" the Mothers' Club. This clever
trio will be here Monday night, at S
o'clock, in the basement of the "irst
ptist chuit'h. Tine presentation
ti'eir performance, as tne others tn
the course, will be for a playground
benefit. ...
There are few companies in the
lyceum of whatever t;ize that com-
jrn e vviyi this big , litjecpa&u
They are but three in number but
an fiil?r evening to overflmv wit!.
. . .... ... m.
r.eir ro!locKing entertainment, me
entertainers arc Mr. Larry Bnll, tru
ly Scotch; Miss Dorothy Cole, a
a lighter of the Emerald Isle, and
Mi -s Iras Wilson. Mr. Bnll giver,
tories and songs in Scotch; Miss
Cole h the reader-accompanist; Miss
Wilson is the soprano. Mme. Wag-
ncr-Sharik organized this company.
Dr. Lern. Broughton, lecturer, will
be hero December 28th.
STILL, CHRISTMAS
ISNT HERE YET
This mellow drama was acted dn
the Southern Express office the oth
er day: ,
Clerk Where'd you order yours
from? Notihing doing. Next!
First Darky Oh.
xif.
Clerk Where'd your's ought to
ome from, "Jim?" Investigation.
Slow music.
Second Darky Well, Kir;
Exit.
Clerk How about your's, nigger
Fountain of youth discovered.
Thirl Darky Thanky
thanky.
boss.
MORE HARD KNOCKS
FOR JOHN BARLEYCORN
Washington, Dec. 15. Legislative
measures aimed at destruction of the
liquor traffic continue to accumulate
in Congress as both houres are del
uged with petitions from all parts of
the country urging adoption of the
national prohibition constitutional
amendment and passage of other anti-liquor
measures, including the
Sheppard bill to prohibit the manu
facture and sale of liquor in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The House Postoffice Committee
opened the door to another phase of
the problem today in reporting favor
ably a bill designed to cJoso the mails
absolutely to advertising, of any in
toxicating Kquora and to (deny mail
order houses the right to- go into
either "wet" or dry". territory to so
licit aales through the medium of the
mails, - - . '. . :
Ipesforj Resumption of
Good Relations.ahd "Re
ciprocal Confidence"
COMPLIANCE COMPLETE
That New Franco-British
Cabinets Are Doing
Things Noticed) -by Peo
plesVerdun Offensive Is
One Indication
Athens, Dec. 10. The Grek. gov
ernment's reply accepting the de
mands of the Entente Allies,, is in
omplete compliance with th,eir ulti
matum and contains an expression of
hope for the resumption of , "tradi
tional relations with the Entente na
tions based on reciprocal confidence."
Xew Ministers Hard at Work.
London, Dec. 16. The first evi
Icnce of new blood Injected into the
British and French governments
through the cabinet reorganisation
was seen today in Ue reply to. the ul
Limsitam to Greece and France's new
Verdun offensive.
OiTicial Statements Brighter.
London, lec. lfi.-Aeceptance by
Greece of the- Allied terms, will, un
doubtedly reflect credit on Lloyd-
George and Premier Briand, justify
ing the recent revolutionary policies
of both England and France. News
from all sources today continueto
pile up evidence of a renewed deter
mination.: to wagQ,thjB ,war,t9. ".c-
csaful end Oflicml statements, which
t'cenfciVere drab and colorless, now
cLlact new . inspiration and joy, In
r-,x:h the same tenet s they dki in
flaw wTJRTthr-BigPusJf atarted.
National question hanging fiie
cos several weeks, and month are
rapidly taking ahopei under , Jh,e. vig-
o:-au,leaderhip of, .tJojrdrGeorg.'
Newspapers all emphasize 'Geheil
Nivallc's "push" at Verdun as t-
tiag reply to the Gernjsui peac'f
'ers. ,
Bulgara Take Town. , , t
Scfia Dec. lC-T-Occupation , of. Pe-
resti , is announced In a Bulgarian
Reparation From Greece.
tatement.
,i
Athens, Dec. 10. "Legitimate sat-
itfactipu" is premised for the at
tacks upon the Allies here n De
cember J. Arbitration is suggested
for adjustment of the details. The
Greek raply to the Allied demands
concluded with a hope, that the- En
tente would reconsider the blockade
decision.
HODGE BROTHERS
CAR PERFORMS AT
VERY LOW COST
Out in Los Angeles there is
Drdgn Brothers ear that is establish
ing a record for consistent perform
arue. Used as a "jitney" by P. F Kritih,
it has regularly covered 1,0 miles
per week for 20 weeks and bid t-r
to continue to trael at the s;n:8
rate for many weeks to come.
Mr. Kritch uses .the car on . a
route which covers eight, miles in tho
cityiand each day he drives fcack and
forth over this route. ,
During the 20,000 miles he has av
eraged slightly more than 20 mile to
the gallon of distillate, which he
uses in place of gasoline, and he hS!
used only one and one-half seta of
tires. He got 17,000 miles out of
his front tires and 11,000 miles from
the tires on the rear wheels-
DROWNED WHEN SMALL
BOAT SUNK UNDER HO
r South port, Dec. 15. Allen Hewett.
employed on toe government dredge
Hear; Bacon, was drowned tMs af
ternoon when a skiff he was using t$
fix a pipe line sunk.
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