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THE KINSTON FREE PRESS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 18. 191ft
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SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1916
Americans generally will take little pride in the fact
that their fellow-countrymen have been detected in vio
lating the neutrality laws by aiding and abetting Mexi
can revolutionists and the activity oi the Department of
Justice in bringing such culprits to taw will unquestion
ably "be approved by the large majority of the people of
this country. The fellow, who sells his honor and jeop
ardizes his nation's interest for paltry mercenary gain,
deserves no consideration but the limit of the law.
Tha FTea Press joins 'with the other papers In the
state in expressing sympathy for its esteemed contempo
rary, the Charlotte Observer, which suffered damage by
fire Saturday morning. The fact that the plant was not
entirely destroyed and because plans, which had nlrcaly
been inaugurated for removal to another building, were
well under way, the discomfort of our contemporary is
not so serious as it might have ibeen, and The Free Press
ie glad that the accounts indicate that the rehabilitation
will be quickly consummated. In the meantime the Ob
server is printing from ita afternoon con temporary 'a
plant, and with the usual spirit of courage manifested by
papers, which suffer fire loss, did not miss an vsue.
Editor Johnson of Charity and Children, who by the
way, missed the profitable meetings of the State Pres?
Association at Chapel Hill a week or two ago, haa been
ironically calling attention to the fact that the Newspa
per Institute failed to settle the high cost of print paper.
In thta connection his attention is directed to the stir
that Brother Varner has made in Washington as repre
sentative of the North Carolina press. He has carried
the fight directly to the Department of Justice and ha
been able to make such a showing us to command the
attention of the Attorney General and an independent in
vestigation has been started. Brother Vamcr gathered
much of his data and inspiration for the drive aguinv.t the
paper trust at the Chapel Hill meeting.
A QUART A MINUTE.
The Free Press is glad to learn that the Anti-Saloon
League of North Carolina plana to present, for the con
sideration of the General Assembly, laws which will be
shorn of evasive possibilities and which, if enacted, will
in reality give to North Carolina the title of a dry state.
The present situation ia disgraceful. Gallon upon gal
lon of the vile stuff is being poured into Kinston now in
anticipation of a falsely conceived Christmas celebration.
About fix hundred packages, The Free Press learns, were
distributed from the local express office Saturday. One
REVENUES SHOT MAN FREIGHT WRECK
IN FIGHT AT STILL HANDICAPS TRAFFIC
ON THE COAST LINE
Revenue ofVers pushing through
this city late Satuiday said that in
u iai.1 on a b'-i; still in Craven coun
ty Thursday, in which a pitched bat
tle between moonshiners and the re
enuers occurre I, one of the law-
bieakera was shot. He is believed to F'n-'
have been badly wnun led. His com- A fro
wrecks
a minute for the office hours maintained by the company
The city authorities would do well to station one of the ' panions, fleeing, carried him off. The
still is believed to have done a tre-
police officers at the express office this week to gather
evidence and see what portion of the shipment is goinjr
into the hands of the known blind tigers and people of
bad character.
According to Superintendent Davis of the Anti-Saloon
League, the laws, which are contemplated for the forth
coming Legislature, will positively limit the amount of
liquor permissible and the for-personal-use racket, which
has been so badly overworked under the quart law, will
be blocked.
Unquestionably new laws and more drastic ones, fr-m
which the loopholes have been taken, are needed, but
there is in Kinston an opportunity for law enforcement
under the present statutes. This, the week before Christ
mas, gives perhaps the best opportunity In all the year
for a demonstration of law enforcement. Let every trood
citizen in Kinston co-operate to that end.
THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE.
It is the little things in life that count most. It tikes
the nickels to make the dollars and because the major
ity of mankind don't appreciate the necessity of con
serving the supply of nickels the quantity of dollars
available to the average man is limited. The man who
takes advantage of the opportunities for small service is
after all the one, who qualifies for doin? the hrcer
work, which is certain to present itself sooner or later.
Many a man has failed to make his life count for very
much because he has overlooked the opportunities at
hand in his vain effort to discover a task which he feels
was large enough for his abilities, which unfortunately
may have been exaggerated in his own estimation. The
little kindly deeds of life make living worth while, weld
the ties of friendship more closely, and remove the stinr
of love's sacrifice. The little things in life count most
because it is with them that the large majority of man
kind deals. The opportunity to handle the large problems
and participate in the large benefits is given to but very
few.
As the Christmas season approaches, the opportunity
for utilizing the little things in carrying gladness to the
hearts of friends, loved ones and those, who are without
friends and without the where-with-al to provide for
themselves, are manifold. In the words of the poet, it is
not so much the gift as the giver and the spirit thai
prompts.
One of the most expensive
to ever o.cur on the local line of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railro-id was
cleared late Sunday after handicap-
traffic for more than 24 hours.
ht train in charge of Conductor
G.ov.r Andrews and Engineer JacK
S ..'.riders piled up in almost indescri
fl!e fasaiori a short distance from
Pnrmale on the run between here and
VVtldon. Saturday afternoon. Derail
ment of a coal car caused the trouble;
nine car-, most of them containing
r.:erchandise, left the track. They
sat at all angles on and off the track.
The body of one enr jumped a ditch
on one side of the track, leaving the
trucks on the other side of the rails.
FREDERICK CASE.0 -r WM comi,1;'te,y Siu.
j Trainmen say it was remarkable
that no one was injured. Had it
Superior Court Tor the December jn weather, wllcu a part
one-week criminal term came to a Qf ciy .,encrany ride 0n the
- lose late Saturday night after mak-; Mrt0,f s!)me of them wouu stain
ing the week a very full one and hav-1 ha.(, lWn ki!e:, or injured. All
imr continued mucn or tne business . . , , . . u;.u ;n tbp
nail'.-, iwi ; rjt;i it u iw ...
mendous business. Nine boats came
to a nearby landing while the officers
were in the vicinity. Deputy Col
lector I. M. Tull of this city was
among the raiders.
COURT PUTS IN BUSY
WEEK; NOT GUILTY.
on the big docket to the January
term.
The jury in the case of Uingham
Rouse, charged with the murder of
Walter Dudley, a fellow guard at the
cab o:' the caboose. '
The damage to contents of the cars
alone was several thousand dollars, '
according to estimates from trainmen.
Engineer Saunders, say members o:
Lenoir county convict camp., spent j tpfa crew is one of the safest-
half ti day in deliberating, finally
rendering a verdict of not guilty.
Sherman Frederick, a LaGrange ne
gro put on trial for his life Satur
day, charged with criminal assault on
enginemcn on the road. The train
was making comparatively slow speed
a? the time. PassengeT trains had to
he detoured.
a girl of his own race, was cleared. LAriN. AMERICAN COMMERCE
And It begins to look very much like we are going to
have a dry Capital, Quite appropriate, too, that the great
of government of a nation, the majority of which has
already outlawed "John Barleycorn," should exile him
also.
LAND SALE BY MORTGAGE
Under an i by virtue of the power
Moseley'j line 1" 1" feet to a stake,
thence N. 21 degrees and 38 minutes
W. 1 81) 1-2 feet to a stake, thence
contained in that certain mortgage N. f9 degrees and 52 minutes W. 1.115
deed made to the undersigned, the
First National Bank of Kinston, N.
C, by R. A. Wooten and wife, Em
ma Wooten, on March 2nd, 1014,
which mortgage appears of record in
Lenoir county in Book 47, at page
249, default having been made in the
payment of the indebtedness secur
ed by said mortgage, the undersign
ed First National Bank will on De
cember 20th, 11M6. t about U n'-
ciock ot., at tne cou-tnousc iioor m
Kinston, N. C. offer for .Hale to the
highest bidder for cash the following
described ttnet of land, which is that
mentianed in said mortgage dee I,
and is more particularly described as
follows:
Beginning at a stake on the weit
edge of the Kinston and Srow TM!
road near a tenant house on ,T . H.
Mexvl-orn's land and runs N. 4.'? K.
with Mrs. L. I.. I'arrott and W. O.
feet to a stake, thence N. 40 1-4 W.
ir.:!.'I 1-2 feet to a stake, thence 7u
W . 72! feet to a stake in the east
edge of said tm d, thence with said
road its various courses S. 2 1-4 E.
feet S. IIS 1 -l K. 7t feet S.
ZZ 1-1 E. 12li:t f. et S. 110 1-2 E. 1557
feet S. 27 K. K 0 feet S. 2'-i 1-2 E4
IM" feet to the ' eginning, containing
17H and 72 1-10 acres, more or less,
an. I being the lands conveyed to It.
A. Wooten by Mines Bros. Lumber
(vmpany, except 'ibout HO acres here
tofore sold to Mis. R. A. Wooten by
R. A. Wooten.
This November 17, liUfi.
TDK FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
f'y I. F. Wooten, Cashier.
$11.45
Excursion tf HavaHa. Thursday,
Drce ither 21.
For the Christ mas and New Year ;
The case, according to Solicitor Shaw,
was quickly changed into a "circus"
from a capital affair. Bad reputa
tion of the negres-s was proven.
The sentence to six months impos
ed on Marcellus Sutton, a well-to-do
planter convicted of retailing, was
changed to a fine of $400.
Roads and jail sentences passed
out by Judge Devin Saturday includ
ed: Ed. West, bigamy, 12 months.
Mo-sen Taylor and Haywood Move,
hrceny, 12 months each. Henry
Green, burglary, 12 months, with
leave to hire out. John Davis, for
gery, 12 months.
USING THE PANAMA CANAL
Holiday excursion to Cuba, the At
lantic Coast Line will sell excursion
tlokets from Kinston to Havana, in
cluding meals and berths on steam
ships, at the fare and on the date
named above, limited returning un
til January 7, 1917.
Fares will apply via Jacksonville;
thence via East Coast and the "Over
S?a Railroad," or via West Coast of
Florida, thiew Pert Tampa, but not
g;ng via one route and returning
via the other, and tickets wiil bo
good to stop over at all stations en
route, either on the going or return
trip or both.
Proportionate fares from nearly
every other point in Virginia, North
Carolina and South Carolina Chil
dren half fare.
Fr schedules, reservations on
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trains and ships, and interesting lit-
erature oh Cuba, apply to the under
mined, who will procure It for you
promptly.
D. J. WARD, Ticket Agent
Kinston. N. C.
HORSEFLESH POPULAR
WITH THE BELGIAN'S.
London. Dec. 18. In London's Bel
gian quarter, entirely in the posses
sion of Belgian refugees, horse flesh
today is selling at 12 cents a pound
for steaks, ten cents per pound for
norse sausage and 14 cents
pound for smoked horse flesh.
Washington, Pec. 18. Forty-two
vessels of Latin-American registry
passed through the Panama Canal
during the fiscal year 1014-10, accord
in;: to figures of the Panama Canal
Rec d available today.
Of those. 4 were Peruvian, 3 Hun
!u:ian, 1, Nicaraguan, "3 Chilean and
I Panamanian. These figures do not
mean that each vessel enumerated
.vas a different one.
WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST.
per
Issued by the U. S. Weather Bu
re:.i:, Washington, D. C, for the
veek beginning Sunday, December
17, i:mi;.
For South Atlantic and East Gulf
Statos: Generally fair weather will
prevail during the week except for
unsettled with probably rains about
Thursday. Temperatures will be low
during the first half of the week
The latter half will be warmer.
FIRST Ml BANK OF 1SI0I
Capital and Surplus $160,000
The depositors of this bank now outnumber by more thau one and
one half times the population of Kinston under the census of 1890.
The deposits of this bank now exceed by more than ten times all
the bank deposits ef the entire county of Lenoir, Including Kinston
and LaGrange, ia the year 1890.
The above attest the growth of Kmston and the business interests
of this aection, as also tho confidence of the public In this Institution.
N. J. ROUSE, President
D. F. WOOTEN, Cashier. DR. HENRY TULL, Vice-Prest
J. J. BIZZELL, Asst. Cashier T. W. HEATH, Teller
W. L. Kennedy
Dr. Henry Tvll
J. H. Canady
DIRECTORS:
F. Taylor
H. McCoy
H. Isler,
C. Fell Harvey,
David Oettinger,
H. E. Moseley
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
EXCURSION FARES
Between All Points on the
Atlantic Coast Line
The Standard Railroad of the South. :
Also to practically every point in the
Southeast, including Washington, Cincin
natti, St. Louis, Memphis and New Or
leans. Tickets will be sold
DECEMBER 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25
Limited returning to reach original
starting point by or before Wednesday,
January 10th, 1917.
For schedules, Pullman reservations and
any further information desired call on
D. J. WARD, Ticket Agent,
Kinston, N. C.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
1916 -1917
EXCURSION FARES
VIA
Norfolk Southern
Convenient Schedules
PULLMAN SLEEPING and PARLOR
CAR SERVICE
Tickets on sale December 20 to 25, 1916,
inclusive. Final return limit January 10,
1917.
Complete information furnished by any
Norfolk Southern Ticket Agent.
H. S. LEARD,
General Passenger Agent.
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