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"fBB KINSTON; FKEH PHES8"
WEDNESDAY; JANUARY
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boone for severs) daya with little or no fire is s matter
that should be investigated. It i a fit subject for' grand
jury investigation, if the details are correctly f.ild.
In the first place the negro was arrested on a r-'ijui-sition
from Virginia which alleg-ed that he wa a iia:k
er and had failed to register when in fact he hud turn
ed to his home in rink Hill to secure his recutration
Suffering Described Ai Torturi
Relieved bj Black-Draught
Roisville, Ga. .'.Us. Kate Lee Able, ol
j . a . , t , ... t. . . I ui j umi, wiilta. till ttiuuatiu m mit
card as evidence of having complied with the rematra-l ... ' . .... ..... ...
engineer, aim once wnuc jiiiinK, nc in
tion law and was in possession of that card when put in 'jy himself with a piece of heavy ir.a-
ail. lie was kept in jail for a lay or to durinj? th chincry, across the abdomen. He was
severe weather and claims oniy to have been provided on
the second night with an oil stove which didn't huve
sufficient fuel with which to carry him through the
night, and then he was brought to Kinston. The man
was entitled to merciful treatment even if he had been
guilty of some serious crime, and his mistreatment is
all the more emphasized because of the fact that he was
innocent, at least of the charge for which he was in
carcerated.
, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1918.
Too much of a good thing is bad enough, but an excess
of a bad thing is worse still snowl
If the average fellow met in Kinston these days has
the telltale mark of where the water was applied on his
face characteristic of the small boy due allowance will
have to be made because tho water supply has gone and
.put itself in league with sugar and coal.
If we thought that there was anything in the ancient
suspicion that what happened on Now Years Day would
be oft repeated during the forthcoming year We would
be somewhat discouraged when contemplating the char
acter of the weather endured this New Years and in
connection with the fuel famine and the high cost of
living.
MUST CLOSE SPY GAPS.
The destruction of $2,000,000 or more in property, and
the loss of several lives in a fire in Norfolk, suppose! t"
have been due to. the work of German agents, bud as it
is, is but an incident of war which may lie expocteJ. In
America where'the doors have been flung wide for the
reception of people from all parts of the world who have
been invited to come and enjoy the blessings of a demo
cratic government and where the authorities and loyal
so sore be could not bear to press on
himself at all, on chest or abdomen. He
weighed 1C5 lbs., and fell off until he
weighed 110 lbs., in two weeks.
ile became constipated ahd it looked
tike he would die. W'c had three different
doctors, yet with all t!(pir medicine, his
bowels failed to act. He would turn up
a ten-cent bottle of enstor oil, and drink
it t ao or three days in succession. Jle
did this yet without result. U c became
j desperate, he suffered so. He was swol-
len terribly. He told me his suffering
could only described as torture.
I sent and bought Thedford's Black
Draught. I made him take a big dose,
and when it began to act he fainted, he
was in such misery, but he pot relief and
begr.n to mend at once. He got w ell,
and we both feel he owes his life to
Thedford's Black-Draught."
Thedford's Black-Draught will help you
to keep fit, ready for the day's work.
Try it I ,. . NC-131
NOTICE!
Th annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Dank
of Kinstoa will be held at their bank
ing house, Tuesday, January 8, 1918
at 3:30 o'clock p. m.
D. F. WOOTKN, Cashier.
peopl6 have been unsuspecting the Germans in their lorn? , rf rQIi 'OZiX SOI7TIIEI2N
preparation for world conquest have had a wonderful fT'TJT?'". T''.'TTi
SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO.
The report carried in Monday's Free Tre&s of the ar
rest of a Pink Hill negro and his incarceration in a cala-
opportunity to build up their spy system and send its
r-anehes in every direction throughout this country.
Wnen this is taken into consideration the wonder is that
more such incidents as the destruction of the Norfolk
property haven't occurred.
There is one thing that is apparent and that is, this
Government must take very drastic steps now to close
the doors and grips which were left open in peace times.
The time for giving Gorman subjects in this country the
benefit of the dmibt has passed. 'Every alien enemy
subject in America should be regarded with suspicion
and should be l.ept under the strictest surveillance if not
actually confined in a prison or interment camp. The
Free Press believes that the Administration is showing
too much leniency to such people who may be and In
all probability are spies, who would stop at nothing to
serve their country. The exception made in the registra
tion rule promulgated in President Wilson's recent alien
proclamation perm't.ting German women and children to
escape is, we believe, a gap which should be closed. Of
course the women can make the 'boat sort of spies and 12
or 14-year-old children are capable, under the direction
of older heads, of, doing much damage. Every alien
enemy in this country should be known and under the
eye of the authorities constantly. j
MOMENT'S THOUGHT
SAVES HUMAN LIFE
OBSERVANCE OF THE SIMPLEST
RULES OF SAFETY CON.
SERVES THOUSANDS.
CARELESSNESS CAUSES DEATH
North Carolinians Should Be Careful
During Wartime Stopl Look I
Listen I
(By T. Alfred Fleming, State Fire
Marshal of Ohio,)
A moment's thought may save hu
man lives; the observance of the sim
plest rales ot safety may mean the
conservation of thousands ot. dollars
in badly mwded commodities.
And yet the newspapers are full ot
harrowing, heart-reudlng accounts ot
men, women and babies, burued to
death through the thoughtlessness ot
others.
"Habe perishes In Are iMother visit
Ina neighbor," reads one headline.
"Explusitlon kills two; boy and
mother fatally burned when lad at
tempts . to start fire with gasoline."
reads another.
"Burned when gas explodes," Is still
another headline.
Death arit carelessness are allies;
and carelessness Is the barrage under
which death makes the charge.
Wartime Is the time ot conservation.
The government orders our food
served; we give gladly and willingly
to the sacred cause for which our own
sons are fighting; we are denying, ani
we will continue to deny ourselves,
things thought Indispensable to our
lives before the clouds of a world s
storm covered the glabe.
Is It conservation that a babe, who
might In the time to come, be the nnm
or woman who would turn the sphere
of Destiny, dies through carelessness T
Is It conservation that through not
properly inspecting vacant property, a
lighted match and an open valve
makes for a dangerous explosion and
possibly kills or maims for life a hu
man being?
Stopl Think!) Reason! 1 1
The railway crossings are guarded
by the sign "Stop! Look! Listen!"
It Is true that this does not elimi
nate all accidents but It does a vast
number.
In the brain of every mr-n nnd
woman should bo emblazoned this
slogan, Stop! Reason!
No one can tell when property has
been vacant for months, what con
dition the gas pipes and fixture.) may
be In. As a manor of self protection
and for public safely throw opon doors
and windows before striking a light.
Kxumlne all gas connections and be
sure every .thing Is as It should l.
Cellars are the subterranean galler
ies where the noxious gases lov to
hide Air ont the cellar before stop
ping there long.
Gasoline a Menace.
Gasoline Is always dangerous. In a
hurry or In the darkness the gasoline
ran Is too often mistaken for the coal
oil receptacle. Have distinctive types
ot cans so thern can be no mistake Hi
the dark. If nece- sary wrap sand pa
per about the wooden grasp of the
gasoline can. In that way no mistake
can be made. Paint the gasoline can
red; have a certain place to keep it
In and when not In use see that It Is
knit there.
In the cold months the.e Is always
dangsr In the heating appliance foe
the house, whether coal, gas or oloc
trlclty Is the agent employed.
Never leave children aloha In the
house where fires are going.
This may seem needless advice, bat
read tho papers.
Tots will play with fire; will get to
tho match supply. Follow tires aad
death
Save Yesra of Agony.
A moment's thought on the paat of
parents will save years of agony, re
morse and gflef.
America Is at war; condition will
become more and more active, -this la
jbound to be; but with the Increased
activity must come also an increased
mental capacity. The brain In tl'.Rse
Irjih tension times must be mentor of
the safety of the commonwealth.
We, as a Nation, we, as Individuals,
must think as we have never thought
before, as well as work as we nvr
labored before.
As a community, as a state and n a
nation, we cannot afford to lone crt.:
ounce of commodity; neither otrn v
afford to logo a single hutnoi life,
heedlessly, needlessly nnd naneeei.
sarlly.
Conservation does not alon mean
the gathering and husbanding nad dis
tribution of foodstuffs, nmn'tloni.
clothing, boots and shoes, but It iran
also the safeguarding of the livm, and
health of our people as a natfon.
To accomplish all of this our bnalnr
must he kept at hlght tension voltage
We must Stop! Think!! and Rer.
son!!!
LEA V li KLN8TUC
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North and West.
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West Boo ad.
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J. F. D ALTON, Gen'l Pass. Agt.
Norfolk, Va.
D. rTLa. Trsffia Managwr,
EXECUTORS NOTICE.
Food In the mouths of our allies
means shalls in the mouths of out
enoK". Careless fires which burn food
mean shells In the mouths of onr
allies.
Having qualified as ..Executor of
the last will and testomennt of B. F,
Jones, deceased, late of the County
of Lenoir, State of North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the' estate of the said
deceased to exhibit them to the un
dersigned at his home !.n Contentnea
Neck Township, Lenoir County, N. C,
on or before the 5th -day of Decem
ber, 1918, or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of their ..recovery. All
persons indebted to said estafe will
please make, immediate settlement.
This the 4th day of December,
1917. ' '
J. CARL JONES, Executor of
, B. F. Jones.
Y. T. Ormond, Attorney.
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Parisian sage is in great demand
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use Parisian siia-you will not be
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COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF REAL
ESTATE.
By virtue of the authority of a de
cree of the Superior Court of Le
noir County made and entered on the
8th day of December, 1917, in a cer
tain cause therein pending wherein
L. J. Carter and wife, Winnie Car
ter, Isariah Deaver and her husband,
Peter Deaver, L. F. Carter and wife,
Sallie Carter, Gilbert Carter and
wife, Zellar Carter, Minnie Lee and
her husband, II. A. Lee, Grover H.
Carter and wife, Alma Carter, and
C C Carter and wife. Emma ( ar-
ter, the said Sallie Carter nnd Alma
Carter being infants by their next
friend R. A. Whitaker, are plaint
iffs, and R. R. Carter, Carrie Carter
and S. S. Carter and wife. Btessie
Carter, are defendants, the under
signed Commissioner of the Court
will ex-pose to sale nt public outcry, j
to tne highest bidder for cash, at tne
courthouse door in Kinston, North
Carolina, on Monday, January 7,
1918, at 12 o'clock noon, the follow
ing described tract or parcel of la ml,
situate in Pink Hill Townhip, Le
noir County, North Carolina, adjoin
ing the lands of W. A. Jones, lr.
J. F. Maxwell and others, and bound
ed as follows:
Beginning at the north of the canal
in Cherry Tree Swamp where it emp
ties into the run of Tuckahoe
Swamp and runs up said canal (18
poles to a stake; theme N. 11 W. .14(1
poles to a stake in or near the- head
of Wild Cat Branch; thence down
the various courses of the run of
Tuckahoe Swamp; thence down said
run to the beginning, containing 1111
acres more or less.
This sale is a resale of the properly
under order of Court because of an
advance bid of 10 per cent.
This 8th day of December, 1917.
N. J. ROUSE,
Commissioner of the Court.
Insurance In All Ita Branches. Real Estate Boo grit "and Sold.
W.D. LaROQUE
Insurance and Real Estate. ,
Offices 212-214 Hunter BIdg. TELEPHONE 37.
insurance of All Kinds
i
KINSTON INSURANCE and RELTY COMPANY
C. OETTINGER, Mgr.
Telephone No. 182 110 E.GordonSt
KINSTON-CAROLINA RAILROAD &
LUMBER COMPANY.
Kinston,' N. C, Dec. 24, 191?
Effective at once and continuing until fur
ther advised, embargo is placed on , all
freight for points south of Pink Hill, N. C,
and effective Wednesday, December 26,
1!)17 embargo is placed on all passenger
traffic south of Pink Hill, N. C. '
F. II. HILL, Superintendent...
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