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V0L.XX.-No. 156
FIRST EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1918
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ilHBCAIJi M FilELXD MM) , IN A
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL NEW DRIVE;, IIUNS
TO HAKB DEVOID CITY, 0 LEHSi
Coal Center and Armentieres
to try Check 'Allies at Canal Eight or 10 Kilometers to
; Kasf- Jew iViatKS ai various jruuus ivupuiim cruin
London -Sammies Capture Mountain in Champagne
4,000- Prisoners Northwest of, St. Qucntiri--Ccrt;;an
Lines Steadily Melt Awayvl5cfore Focli's Onslaughts,
' With Continued Heavy Losses in Wen and Munitions
Vi,'
' , (By the" United Press) ,
New ,York, Oct. 4, American -and - French operations
in the! Champagne while not as spectacular as the drives
. in Picardy land Flanders are developing a; far greater
menace against the Germans
along the battlefront,
BRinsii at .
FRESNOY-LE-GRAND. -'
Paris, Oct. l.M?ritish Cavalry is
pouring through.; th , breach in the
German defenses ; northeast f of. St.
;QuenitJ!n. 1 The stropps are said,; to
have entered Fresnoy-Le-Grand, Ajr.
planes are flying almost at will above
the advancing British. They; are re
ported to -have ;wirlessed . to head
quarters that their; lown hoKSemen
have been seen in iFresnoy-Le-Grand,
which is about seven miles northeast
of St Quentin and fourmile s beyond
the last German j wire and trorich
stronghold jn this,; regionr""Whai ijf
known as the Beaurevoir line stretch
es Jrom that village; to iFonsomme. . ,
AMERICANS IN 1 U . ,
1VEW BIG ATTACK. J
. By Frank J. Taylor ,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With " the (American Armies, Oct.
4. American troops Attacking east of
Sheims in conjunction with the French
Jiave advanced nearly three miles.
The battle is continuing.' The assault
lejan at 3:30 5 yesterday morning
nthout irtilta? preparation. The
Germans -were ompletely surprised.
Following a rolling barrage for. four ;
ilometers up"a hill thevFranco-Amer
icans gained the day's objectives be
fore noon despite ; determined resist-j
anee from the enemy, who occupied
a series of machinegun nests. 't Great
numbers of prisoners, guns, mitrai)
, leuses and supplies were captured. .
INCREASING ACTIVITY.
. " By Webb Miller
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
London, Oct. 4.-The battle at noon
had been resumed with heightened in.
tensity all along th western nattie
tront, with new attacks launched at
various . points, f Continued progress
was reported in, the Champagne. In-
. dications are thit tiie Germans will
make- a stand jn: flanders oja Jthe
JlauteDeule Canal, which winds from
eight to ten kilometers east of. the
'LcnsArmentieres line northward , to
iHe. ' Lens, great i coal center, and
JArmentieres were evacuated by the
Germans yesterjay.;
4.000 CAPTIVES.
London, Oct; ,4. British troops
held high ground Jjorthwest of : Se-
tpehart in close :fighting yesterday,
says General Haig.f Over 4.060 pris
sers were taken northwest of St
Quentin yesterday. ' 1
TAKE MONT BLACK:
Washington, Oct.! 4. The capture
by Americans ; of Black Mont in
Champagne fs reported by General
tershing. J " -
AUSTRIANS ROUTED.
London, Oct 4i (1:05 p. m.) The
Aastrians are retiring in Albania in
considerable disorder, blowing up
theiri depots, according to informa
tion received hete. - : ?
j Receipts Friday by 3 o'clock were
bout 12 bales, prices ranging from
81 1-4 to 32. '
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York futures , quotations
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31.41 s
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31.21
32.55
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Abandoned, Germans Plan
than any other movement
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AFvIERICAN SOLDIERS
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TV0 MILLION fJARil
Total of 1,840,000 to Date,
War, Department Offic-
234 AKPUNES1. IN WEEK
y ; lit 1-J- A i . I J
Nearly 1,700 Baiit So Far
Liberty Motor Production
Assuming; "Big. Propor
: tions-War, Work Gaini
' ing Speed". ,
(By the Uwited Press) '
Washington. Oct. 4. A total ei
140,000 American troops has been
sent overseas . to i date, members , of
the House Military Commjttee said
they were, told at the War Depart
menl conference today.' v , '
CommCtteemen also tmoted War
Department officials for that state
ment that . 234 . De (Haviland 'planes
have been produced in, the last week,
bringing the total- production to I,
694 ; Liberty mojtor ; production now
totals 8,210, committeemen, aid they
were" told. - - -
HUNDRED NEW SHIPS
Bito W mi,
SAYS tiEPARTf.IEffT
Total, This Year to i Date
1,357 Million and Thre
Quarters Tons to Carry
Supplies , , to - Pershing's
Men
' (By the United Press) .
Washington, Oct 4.-American
ship production for September added
100 seagoing vessels to the merchant
mamne, the Department of Commerce
announces. ;
Production in gross tons aggregat
ed 301,445, which is 18,000 tons more
than .the August output. September
production makes the 1918 total, 1,-
357 vessels, or 1,722,730 gross tons.
MORE GAINS. .
Paris, Oct 4. The American and
French troops attacking in the Cham-
pagne
region have enlarged their
eains. the war office annaunces. Fnr-
Jther progress has been made north
'of St. Quentin and northwest of
'ilheims.
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ship : GO HS r noH IN
BBJJS2I1 AT SEA
Frasch. and Tanker Came
Together Off New Tor;
Harbor 41 Men Picked
Ud Not a Soul Saved
From -Tampa
.' (By the United Press)
Washington, Oct. 4. The U. S
George G. Henry, a 10,000 ton oil
tanker collided with the 6,000-ton
American freighter Frasch some
miles off New York, H U announced,
and the Frasch sank in seven min
ntes. Forty-one survivors have been
picked np, according to navy advices,
The only damage to, the; Henry was
her bow stove in. , . , i . :
It is officially stated that 118 of
ficers and men.'the entire crew, are
missing from jthe patrol boat, form
erly coast guard' cutter,, Tampa,
which was sunk at night off the (ETn
glish coast Accompanying ships
failed to find a single survivor when
they searched the spot. v , .
Italy Draws Up Laws
cf t!j Air; Sir.:!:r
toThcs3 cf its Sea
JRome, Sept. 9 (By t Mail). The
Italian government has just complet
ed the draft of a series of law? cov
ering" neriaj navigation, " .
The proposed statute is the result
of over a, year of study.
In a general way tho - new aenlal
laws- are similar to thoa governing
sea navigation. , ' ., : i
All , Are,. Aeromobiles. ,
The new Italian ,lw fixes, first of
all. the technical names to be used
in designating the more important
aspects of aerial navigations All air
craft, whether airplanes or, dirigibles,
will be known under the general name.
of aeromobiles. Aerial ports will' be
the hnme applied to the regular places
for landing and departing, while re
fuge ports will he the name applied
to those landing places where the
aerial craft can put fin in case of ac-
cident ' .
Special articles provide for what
an aeromobile must do if it is obliged
to land in other than a regular or
refuge aerial jport ' , , ; .
Special provisions govern the 2onos
of altitude in. which the aeromobile
must navigate to prevent collisions
and other, Occidents. - , -t i ' ;
Must' Avoid Forta. . v '
For, reasons f national defense
there js an .article prohibiting .aera
mobiles from flying oyer forts and
other military and naval defenses.;
'The proposed laws would prohibit
transportation by aeromobiles ,of jn
flammable W matter, i explosives and
other kinds of merchandise that might
endanger Jthe aircraft and othr propjf
erty in case of accident. ; r
Other articles provide that all aero
mobiles must be registered in the
national registry of dircraft; that
each aeromobile must have a govern
ment certificate of, its navigability 5
that there must toe officers oi recog,-
nied comnetence aboard: and that
each aircraft must carry .certain of
ficial doiJUmehts. ' -
The proposed code in all probability
will be made law at the coming ses
sion of .parliament t , v .
SPANISH INFLUENZA
CLAIMS' ANOXHER; MR.
ALTON COLE A VICTIM.
Alton Cole, an employe of the Ra
tional Bank of Kinston, died Friday
afternoon from pneumonia resulting
from Spanish influenza. Hiss illness
was of comparatively short duration.
His condition was critical, ,then
changed for the better, and fcnday
again grew worse and' resulted in
death. Mr. Cole was about Zl years
of age. He came here about a year
ago from Carthage, Moore 'County,
N. C. He waa well-known and liea.
He is survived by his mother, two
sisters and' possibly other near rel-
... 1 a.
atives. He resided in orxnwi
Kinston. , .
The funeral arrangements have
not been completed. , ,
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BULLETINS
ill
LOAN GROWS. ; ; i ' i
Washiagloiv Oct : 4. Over
, night report from the Fourth
Liberty Loan campaign, showed
over $100,000,000 In subscription.
This bring Lite total to date to
$727,388,950. . -v.
THE CASUALTIES.
Friday iiorning 473 55 kill
ed. " j ,
North Carolinians:
Wounded severely: "
. Sergt (Eugene A. lies see, Dur
ham.
Sergt Gilbert B.
J'
White, Trin-
Uy. . f .
. P.! James H. Medlin, Mon
cura. i . , '
, Pvt Ben Oakley, Sandy Ridge.
" Pvt. Jesse E.. Van Dyke, Cher
"ryville i - ,". , -; .. I
t Pvt. Ernest N. White, Hertford.
Pvt : Wiley Summer, Conway.
Friday ' afternoon, 48948
killed.
Killed: ' , '
Lieut Thomas J. Bullock, Wil
. mingtori.' '
'Died, from wounds: ?
Pvt. '.Leslie Walfiton, Stantoas
burg. ; )
Prt Sanv SliSrleyV Walston
burg. '
'; . Died of ditiesso. '
Pvt j William C Bradwhaw,
Salisbury, n 1 '.
Wounded severely: ' V ;
Corp. Thomas T. Hamilton
Etowsb. -
Corp, Alph D. K. Wallace, Ruth.
. Pvt ( Millard E. Forbes, Ahos-
kie.
Pvt Coy II inson, Lansing.
, Pvt.! (Herman E. i Hlggins,
- Smithficld.; - - r
Pvt Stuart F. Spivey, Tabor.
Conserve Washrags
Mew tEng Li Italy;
limbec Uses for Then
Naples, Italy, Sept, 10 (By Mail).
What's tho use of a wash-rag when
there isnt any water? :
Counters Oasclli, who was an
American girl, now directing th
American Red Cross sewing room at
Naples, discovered the answer.?
Wash-rags are being converted in.
to bonnets by hundreds of refugee
women under net direction. ; e f ace
cloths are useless at the front, but
make a usaful addition to the lay
ers of 'refugee mothers behind the
lines.' ; tpr ':sf:r't'tt;$;.
The Naples workrooms jare also
making sbop-flys" but of scraps and
cuttings. A dozen long narrow strips
of muslin are fastened with a bit of
red, white nd blue ribbon at ; the
end of a- ten or twelve Inch bambco
stick. "Shoo-flys" are used In chil
dren's hospitals. '' .; , : ' : , ' .
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Baptists Eleet Here
to Thn Raising cf;
, Church Drive Quota
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BaptCsts of the Neuse-Atlantic As
sociation, are scheduled to meet here
Thursday to discuss the $1,000,000
campaign for education being staged
by the denomination in the State.
The association's quota is $53,000; A
scattering ; of delegates to the con
ference arrived during the morning.
The Influepza epidemic in the east
ern section kept a number from com
ing. Pastor W. M. Craig of the First
Baptist Church will preside. Beau
fort, Morehead City, Goldsboro, Kins
ton, New (Bern, Trenton, Ayden and
Winterville have the largest congre
gations 6n the association. "
China Developing Big
Fcreit Tract; Lean cf
: $15,000,000 Arrangea
Tokio, Aug. 12 (By "Mail) 'The
K'rin forest loan of $15,0(10.100 gold
has just been entered into by the
Chinese government . Aecordinz to
the agreement, the forests and gold
ines in Kirin, North China; arc to
be exploited lind operated 'by the
?overnment, on the advice of Japan-
e exports. Income from tVf se for
ests will be security f.r t' 1
TAYLOR ASKS RURAL
DVELLERS GET BUSY
IN BEHALF OF LOAH
Suggests That Committees
: Organize Now and Start
J Ball to KollinV
MORE THAN HALF WAY UP
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County Should Have Cjnch
of It Going Over Top-
Strong "Committees in
Country Districts to Boost
ponds " ' ; -
Figures pf local Liberty Loan sub
scription to date are very incom
piete. - It is quite certain, however,
that more than half of Lenoir Coun
ty's quota is in. - Saturday should be
good day. Two full weeks remain
one of them fair week, when big
salos should be made. The county
wfill probably oversubscribe by a big
SUm. ' ( "'-';."''' ;:''.-''V. -
Thursday's drive's figures are not
yet available., The committees which
went out that morning are still at
work. The results of their efforts
should put the total " in hand past
$300,000. ,
Let Country Workers Get Busy.
Chairman J, F. Taylor, who some
time ago appointed the rural com
mittees, Friday .urged these to get
busy and sell bonds. They should
organize at once if they have not
done so, he said, These men are de
pended upon to do their level best as
thair patriotic duty, and", of course,
"they can be .banked on they're a
fine bunch if I do say it," quoting
Mr Taylor, self-glory and all. :
Ycy ee, it's this way. ! The. coun
try people are in the best " possible
shape to support this loan, , It could
not have come at a more propitious
time. The average country resident
is literally well-to-do now in much
better shape than the town resident
The town dwellers are buying hand
somely. Well put fit a little strong
er as regards the country citizens
they are froing to buy magnificently."
The Committees.
The county organization follows:
Contentnea. Neck Township, J. E.
Cameron, chairman; J. C. Langston,
Ezzell (Phillips, W. C Wrthington,
Ci Aw Broadway, D. I. Wiggins. A
Vance Township, J. II. Mewborne,
chairman, Heber Worthington,' N. P.
Mewborn. 'V.,.'':',r-:v''-'.
Institute Township, D. W. Taylor,
chairman; : H. W. Brothers, H. L.
Pate,. Hugh Bryan, II. L. Taylor.
LaGrange, K. E. Sutton, chairman;
Samuel Abbott, J. P. Joyner, R. G,
Cruuch, Floyd Lurwick.
Moss Jlill. iD. A.; Whitfield, chairs
man; J. n, luany,, james narper, jas
per Newman, Geo. Rouse.
Pink-Hill Township, C S. Willard,
chairman; L. P. Tyndalr, Jesse J.
Smith, Joseph IL Jones, Parker How
ard. .IWoodington Township, E. H. Wall
er, chairman; J. J. marper, erown
Williams, . W. R, Becton, Clarence
Humphrey. .' '
Sand Hill Township, T. G.. Sutton
airman; Geo. West, L. 3. Daughety,
L. Kilpatrick, E. R, West.
American Baseball a
Success in England;
Be Permanent Thing
. 'taMBMi -in--? , j .
(By the United Press)
London, Sept. 7 (By Mail). Ameri
can bas pan. in ureat intam is a
paying proposition. . s
When the Anglo-iAmerican Baseball
league closed its Season here a net
profit of nearly $15,0000 was turned
over to British war charities. ;
So confident are promoters cf base-
ba'i's ; future in Great, Britain, that
hey have begun plana for an En
glish-Scotch , league, similar to the
National and American leagues i.i
the United States. . . ,
TOBACCO
Prices on the tobacco market Fri
day ruled about the Same as on Thurs-
ny, and the sales tctall aHoat the
ie ?n0,0?0 youn.U rr' ''-na'c-The
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ENTRIES ! FOR FAIR
RAqES VILL CLOSE
TUESDAYl OCTOBER 8
Rules Announced Liberal
''Purses -4 Five-Fair Cir
? cuit to Be Covered by
Ponies Expert Judging
' of. Poultry '"rS'i;
The conditions for the races to bo
held on the North Carolina circuit of
fair this fall have been announced.
Rules of the National Trotting As
sociatioh Will govern, with certain
exceptions. Colored drivers Will be
barred. ,The entrance fee will be five
per'cent. and flvo per cent, will be de
ducted from the money paid winners.
Money will be divided 50, 25, 15 and
10 : pe cent i The usual weather
clause will prevail. Entries will
close on Tuesday of the week preced
ing each meeting. V
Fair dates follow: Rocky Mount,
October 1-5; Goldsboro, 8-11; Kins
ton, 15-18; New Bern, 22-25; Fay
etteville,.29-Novemiber 1. '
The program for the Kinston races
follows: . Tuesday, 15th, 2:15 pace
(stake); 2:17 trot (open). "Wednes
day,'222 , pace (Btake); 2:22 trot
(open).. Thursday, 2:10 trot and 2:17
pace (both stake). Friday, free-for
all trot and pace and 2:17 pace (both
open), j Entries are to close October
8. Purses will 'be $100, or $500 for
each event. ' ; ' .;' . ' r .
Poultry Display to Be Great.
tin addition to 350 prize birds of
all descriptions to be entered as non-
competitors cf local birds, hundreds
of poultry specimens from the fair
district will be I entered at the fair
Handsome ribbons bearing the official
stamp of the American Poultry As.
socnation have atrived. An "A. P. A.'
judge will, score the, fowls, entered.
This service will cost exhibitors noth
ing but, will be t immense benefit to
poultry breeder! who would improve
their stock,. Poultry generally' in the
district is t in a conditfion anything
but satisfactory, although there are
scattred flocks of fine, birds.
Fair Has Own Cc'.tca
' Flwut; Prep in
lu.iO
A "white city" has been set up at
the fair groundsj where the tobaceo
belt's big fall event wall be held, the
four days beginning October 15. Ev
ery building at the grounds has been
made white. The appearance pf the
big fair plant is pleasing.
Many eating booths have been
erected by the management Thee
will be able to accommodate thous
ands daily at the lunch hour.
The fair association has installed
its own water plant. .This will fur
nish 35 gallons a minute, for drinking
water. ,
A number cf community fairs have
been invited to send their prize.win.
fciing exhibits to the district fair.
Mr. Slam. iDunn, a representative of
association, carried such an invitation
to the Lindell (Greene County), fair
Friday. ' '. '
The biggest tractor display yet
made in this section will be shown
at the faity-.Thre nianufacturers will
be represented. A cotton pticker will
be in action frequently. Cotton grown
in neigh! ring fields will be trans
planted at .the grounds, and the mn
chine will be seen in actual operation,
Other agricultural implements will
be exhibited. ' . 1
Sees Great Future
For Japans Ships, .
1 " to C;r.:r.:!o Pacific
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(By the United Press)
Tokio, ...Sept 3 (By Mai!). For
several year after the war, shipping
on the Pacific will be mostly in the
hands of Asiatic nations, with Japan
unquestionably in the front rank,
predict, the , official . report of the
probable future , development , of
Shanghai harbor. -
The report! does not ignore the ex
istence of the American merchant
marine, ,1-or some years, tne united
States will find that the most profit
able traffic for its boats lies on the
Atlantic, it states. The heed for ship
ping will cause, a strong development
of the Chinese merchant fleet, fu
ture years will see the l .'.est vh', i
in t'ie i cn tu" V ' "
UP, ;T0 IuCIVIDUALS
TO KEEP OFF
AND'CIEK
i
Health Of ficcr 1 Says Care
lessness Now Not Short
" of.Criminar
NOT A BAD SITUATE
Numerous Cases in City Cut
Disease Gains Very Slow
, ly Every Precaution
Taken ' at , the City
Schools . ' : . ; t
The influenza situation fis not ma
terially wcrse, in the opinion of Dr.
J.- S. Mitchener, head of the Health
Department , .
The disease is not reportable, and
SPREAD
efforts by Dr. Mitchener Friday to (
get doctors' private statistics- were
nearly " resultle'ss.
The Free Press estimates the num
ber of eases in tho city at 60. This
estimate is based upon haphazard in
quiries, however, and may be over or
under the actual number. The weath- .
er continues good. - ! ;
iDr. Mitchener is hot alarmed over,
the situation. , '.
i
Up to Individuals. .
It is up to every individual to take
care of himself, declares Dr. Mitch
ener. ; He is persistently agitating
personal hygiene, ; It is criminal to
spit or sneeze promiscuously. It ia
criminal because principally by these
means the disease ' is spread. Some
dimes v the (Spanish influenza- kills.
From it frequently, comes the, pneu
monia which has caused a number of
deaths in this anil" 'neighboring cities.
Watching School Children. '
The school attendance is good. Thd'
superintendent, Jiealth . workers : and
teachers make a careful daily sur
vey, and are maintaining an admir
able condition. It is confidently be
lieved that the epidemic will wear off
without causing the educational sys
tem much inconvenience.
One Family's Bad Luck.
There are (reported to be seven
cases of the disease tin the family of
A, Cram, 'Northwest , Kinston. ,
ih VcJJ N:t Li2 - :
to Ccjrt Very FtrA
London. Sept. 9 By Mail). Thank
the war for a truthful woian!
A Russian tailor, Jacob -Lavineky,
was charged with having,' ponceialed
his son, Louis, a deserter.
In support of his story Lavinsky
called on his daughter to givo evi
dence, .
The girl held the book in her band,
and when taking the oath, instead of
making the usual promise to speak
"the truth and nothing but the truth,'
quietly announced to the court in
broken English:
"Everything I shall say will be the
big nntruth." , 4 .
Got Move
On.
Dr. ay E. Washburn of the State
Board of Health, iDr. James S. Mitch
ener of the lecal department and MaJ.
J, Jf, Kinyoun of the army, visiting
local vrestautantsj k cream-stands
anddairies, Thursday walked1 Into a
place and started giving it 'an in
spection. 'A foreign-born restaur
ateur was present ., die got wise. He
hurried to- the telephone. ' The conver
sation was In a oreign tongue.! Then
he bolted down Queen Street Sus
pecting, something, the doctors fol-
lowed him. They arrived a few se
conds behind ; him, to discover all
hands in the restaurant busy as bees
giving the kitchen a cWning-up. , '
Disciples to Meet . :, j s: - '
The annual national convention of
the Disciples of Christ will be held
at St. Louis next week. Rev. B. P. '
Smith, 'pastor of Gordon Street
Church, and Mr. and Mrs. N, J. Rouse
expect to attend the big meeting. The
State convention of the Disciples will .
be held at Robersonville November
5-S. This will probably be the most
largely-attenled convention ever held
by the church in North Carolina. At
Wilson .Novemkor CS the r"''-nal
' : "1 r ' t ' " ' ' '' ."':"" i , ' ve-
" ' t a