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w vr TTH ir TPV TT fT VOL. XX. No. 306 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. O, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1919 SIX PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS riVS CENTS ON TKAIXI '. BigConiin COX NOT TO TALK COMMITTEE HAS NOT .CAUSE -: OF ROADS IS HUNDRED AND FIFTY GIVE US WHAT VE'D. LIKE TO HAVE; DO: POLITICS AS LONGj DETERMINED UPON AS HE'S IN KHAKI KIND OF RECEPTION Ma PREACHED IN EVERY NOOK COUNTY Soldiers Back m U. S. STRIKE AT BERLIN AS YOU WISH THEN DA I! W The Home Paper j - -Hr "" - '"; :L1 JQ'O Today's News Today gentLocal 119th Infantry Reaches Charleston on Two Ships Com pany B Comes With the Commanding Officer Men Who Administered Knockout "Kick" to Hindy Come Home AU Covered With Glory, Medals and Tan, and Start Wiring the Folks to Kill the Fatted Calf 30th's ' Veterans Have Permanent Association Kihstonians With Other Regiments Arrive ; . The 119th Infantry, together with other troops of the "0th Division, arrived at Charleston Wednesday morn ing and evening. On board tht Huron were the second and third battal ions, and on board the Madawaska the first battalion and headquarters, machinesun and supply companies, 2,973 officers and men in all. Colonel J. Van B. Metts and staff were on the Madawaska. The medical detachment and headquarters of the first battalion were on the Mada waska, the headquarters of the1 other two battalions on the Huron. The officers and men were assign ed to Camps Jackson, Dodge, Gor don, Grant, Pike, Sherman, Taylor, Funston and Lee to be mustered out. The' great majority of the men will be paid off at Camp Jackson.' The troops are moving to the Co lumbia post and should be discharg ed within a few days. It is probable that first arrivals of Kins ton men will be dropping in before Sunday. The soldiers of the 30th Division, it was announced upon the 'arrival Wednesday of Col. Holmes B. Springs at -Charleston, have organ ized a permanent association of vet erans of the division, with ', Colonel Holmes as chairman of the execut ive committee. Fine War Record. The 30th, the bulk of which is now back in the States, was first to break the Hindenburg line. General Maurice, British expert, in a recent address at New York said -General Foch administered three bolws and a kick to the Germans. The kick, he said, was the attack by the British Fourth Army on the northern front. Of the Fourth two American units were first through, and it fell to the ; 30th .to be the first to cross the ene my's supposedly imprprnable front line. , Thie famous battle started Sep tember 29. The 119th Infantry took more towns than either of the other regiments in the drive. ' The 30th came back home with more casual ties recorded than any other South ern division. The 30th is to be per petuated in the new American army. Home Folks Hear From Them. Many telegrams are coming to glad relations here from Kinston's scores and scores in the 119th. Ro dolph iNunn, George Bursell and Willie Leggett were among those who had wired up to Thursday fore noon. ' v . Kinstonians in other units of the 30th arriving during the past few days included Pvt. Roy L. Dail, 118th Infantry; JVfus. Robert H. Thornton, 117fch Infantry; Pvt. Harry H. Wig gins, 118th Infantry; Pvt. James B. Sykes, 118th Infantry, , Two Units Belong Here. Company B, first .battalion, is Kinston'f own, with the 119th. Scores of local men served in the unit over seas. Some did not come back; some came back wearing medals and lack ing limbs. All did their part well, their- officers testify. Company B related to have lost its officers ,. . ., . , . three times over m the Hindenburg 8 - g !!fi .H?diU8rtferS "0n?-'tive pany is accredited to Kinston. It is estimated that two or three score of its here. 275 or 300 members belong ' Can Give Immediate Relief Disabled Meny this question at ?n." . ; - : The Free Press will gl; ". make fiirthpr additions to the list of en- Washington, April 3. By means of a "revolving relief fund" placed at the disposal of the Federal Board for Vocational Education by the Elks' fraternity, immediate allevia tion of distressing conditions may be had.i Any. disabled, discharged man who has been so injured as to be meet in special communication this entitled to "compensation" from the evening at 8 o'clock, for second de War Risk Insurance Bureau, or who CTee work. ... . iiKeiy to De awarded compensa tion, can be grained ' immediate help by . the Federal toard; and if the board .figures that he will be a "compensable case" he ' is put in training without delay. , BULLETINS (By the United Press) . S. MEDAL FOR WOOD. Washington, Jpril 3. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, for several years the storm center of American army life, has been awarded the distinguished service medal, the War Department announces. , Virginia and North Carolina Enterprises (By The United Press) Baltimore, April 3. Among the more important Southern industrial activities of $100,000 capital or over reported by the .Manufacturers' Re cord for the past week are the fed lowing: " A central power plant to Supply power to various cotton mills and in dustrial plants was incorporated at Burlington, N. C, by local parties as Mutual Power & Light Co., capital $125,000. A $200,000 fertilizer plant will be built at Richmond, Va., by the Vir ginia-Carolina. Chemical Company under plans which have already been prepared. Site conta'ns 270,000 square feet on water front. Cotton mill plant of the Carolina Cotton & Woolen Mills Company at Fieldale, Va., is practically corn Dieted. Manufacturing about to be gin. 'All buildings of brick and steel. Original estimates of cost for first unit of mills and village, $2,000,000, Buildings were constructed by com pany force, and include main mill power-house, six warehouses, finish ing building and bleachery. Construction work will be engaged in bv Citv ReiXtv & Construction Co., Norfolk, Va., capital $450,000 Wants it Known That He is on Right Side of Good Roads Fence "I see that-my name was omitted from the list of JKinston merchants endorsing the good roads bond issue, carried in your paper :a few days ago, said w. u. iiooa, wen-Known I -. to fl resenta. of The Free Press Thursday . mo'nirK- , r I iont:nuing, ne saiu, i suusc i committee either found me out of the store or overlooked calling on me. Pleaee let it be known that I am for good roads good and strong. I do nnf urnrt rt Ka laft in the WTflFl? flide jnrst. .voni,i anv 0f the merchants find that for any reason their names were omitted. MASONIC MEETING. St. John's Lodge No. 4, Masons, will SOCIETY MEETING. The Ladies' (Aid Society of the First Baptist Church will meet Fri day at 4 at the church. Colonel of the 113th Sars Nothing to Reports That He Aspires to Governor shipShy of the Re porters (By the United Press) Richmond, Va., lApril 3. Col. Al bert L. Co, commander of the 113th Field Artillery, 30th Division (Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina troops which broke the Hindenburg line and fought in the Argonne battle), today declined to discuss rumors that he aspires to residence in the executive mansion at Raleigh. Colonel Cox is visiting his father, Gen. William R. Cox, this city. He stated that while in the uniform of the army he does not care to dis cuss politics. Col. Cox leaves tonight for Ral eigh, die would not discuss personal ncidents in the war. PEACE CONFERENCE AND TROUBLE GROWS Crisis in Germany May Come . Before Big 4 Get Together General Peace May Be Only Way Out Difficulty S (By The United Press) Jt'aris, April 3. Continued failure M .. . . , i. r. Off tna Dig lour 10 accompusn any (apparent progress, together with the increasing seriousness of the situa tion in Germany, accentuated pessi mism surrounding the peace confer ence today. There : was talk in some high quarters that it might be necessary to make peace along a general line f a settlement is to be effected be fore a crisijf is reached in Germany. ANOTHER BREAKDOWN IN CASE VS. MINCHER Marcellus" Cobb, Witness, Says His Testimony Wasn't Square With Facts-vDidnlt See Defendant at His Shop.Day of Robbery. iMarcellus Blount, a negro barber, following Will Gorham's second con fession Wednesday, has made a state ment to Sheriff Taylor that he slip ped up in testimony in the Mincher case before Magistrate K. F. Foscue, a few nights ago. Gorham when arretted for two first degree burglaries implicated E. W. Mincher, boss of convicts. Wed nesday he "took back" everything he had said, exonerating Mincher of any part in the robberies. At the hearing Supt. Frank Khem declared Mincher was with him the, whole of Tuesday before the robbery following which Gorham was arrest ed, while Blount contended that he had Mincher for a patron that same day. Blount in his statement to the sheriff said he was mistaken and that it was on Monday that Mincher visited his shop. There is talk of prosecuting the barber for perjury. WILSON ASKED TO IVE DEBS RESPITE (By the United Press) Washington, April 3. President Wilson has been formally asked to rant a respite to Eugene V. Debs, found guilty and sentenced to 10 gears' imprisonment under the es pionage law, the White House an nounces. The application is in the hands of the Attorney-Oenerai and his recommendation is expected to be forwarded to the President at Paris shortly. The request is signed by Frank P. Walsh, Charles Edward Russell and (Allen Benson., To Be Tendered Homecom ing Wildcats Chairman Would Present Medals Some Places Waiting Till July 4 to Celebrate The "Mayor's Committee" to wel come the homecoming soldiers Has done nothing, Chairman F.rnest V. Webb stated Thursday afternoon With a great many of Kinston's khaki-wearers now at Camp Jackson, awaiting immediate discharge, the committee is not yet in a position to ?ay just what kind of reception will be tendered the men of the 119th who will begin arriving here within a week at the outside. Chairman Webb has been sick seV' ernl days. He hopes to be able to call the committee together in a day or two, however. He is uncertain whether it would be wise to hold an immedi ate celebration or wait until July 4, when many more men will have re turned. Some towns will celebrate on the Fourth. One idea of Chairman Webb is to present a medal to every Kinston man who served in the war. Plan Highway Honor of General Pershing (By The United Press) Lincoln, Neb., April 3. "Pershing Highway," a National road in honor of General John J. Pershing, is be ing organized by the Lincoln Com mercial Club. Present plans . con template "having the road ' start at New York, touching Princeton, N. J., Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash ington and . Indianapolis en route west. This would include many his toric points and would take in Springfield, Ohio, Lincoln's birth place. . " i. .,..; REPUBLICANS WILL PUT FISCAL SYSTEM IN SHAPE, ASSERT Believe Government Can Save Millions of Dollars by Reform Several Dif ferent Plans Being Con sidered (By thr United Press) Washington, April 3. .Reform of the present system of estimating and appropriating for Government . ex penditures will be made a part of. the majority program in the next Con gress, according to Republican lead ers. The Republicans are convinced that some change in the present fis cal system would save millions of Government funds annually and fur ther Republican chances in the elec tions of 1920. Whether the reform should be straight out or the adoption of some thing resembling the English budg et system or a less radical change has not yet been determined. llMMORTALSJ FRANK J. BART, Private, Co. C, 9th Infantry. Trivate Bart was decorated for conspicuous gallantry In no tion with the enemy near SIiKlenh, farm, France, October 3, 1918. Private Bart, being on duty us a company rnnner, when the advance was held up by ma chine gun fire, voluntarily pick ed up an automatic rifle, ran out jiht-ad of the line, and si lenced a hostile machine gun nest, killing the German gun ners. The advance then contin ued and, when It was again hln- j dTed shortly afterward by an-' g courageous soldier repeated Jils bold exploit by putting the sec ond machine gun out of action. Ilia home address Is Newark, N. J. ':rCr!rCrCrtrktrt:ttrtrtztrtk Workers for Big Bond ; Is sue Getting Results Farmers Hear Gospel of Better; Highways With Willing Ears Good roads workers of the Cham ber of Commerce Thursday contin ued the conferences with leading men in 'rural districts. They were accorded hearty welcomes at several points during the forenoon. Many businessmeh forsook their offices and stores here and many planters their fields to attend the conferences. Thd cause of the $2,000,000 bond issue looks better every day, accord ing to the Chamber of Commerce1 'workers. Some arc Jeonfident the majority for the issue at the election April 15 will be very heavy. A big rally will be held at J, II. Mewboine's store Friday at 11 a. m. (old time). Every person residing in that vicinity is invited to attend. ' MANUFACTURERS IN FAVOR GOOD ROADS Consider the Proposition From Unselfish Stand point "No Better In vestment Could Possibly Be Made," Say i Manufacturing interests of the city are in favor of the "bond issue for roads. More than a dozen com panies and individuals have signed a paper giving tho reasons for their endorsement of the proposition. In cluded are all the' cotton and knit ting mill interests j 'of the city. The manufacturers1' stand is,the more commendable from the fact that they will benefit leas than some others from the $2.0O(?00O invest ment proposed, while their taxes will m increased (considerably in- some instances. They say: "We, the undersigned manufactur ing intereats of Kinston desire to publicly announce our support of the proposed bond issue for the build- ng of permanent public roads in Le noir County. While some of us fully realize, especially the cotton will and knitting mill interests in Kinston, that the proposed bond issue will doubtless eomewhat increase our tax es, for which we fully realize that in the conduct of our business there will be no direct benefit to us, we re cognize the fact, however, that the building of permanent channels of transportation means progress and advancement for the entire county. "We believe that no better invest ment could possibly be made so- far as it affects the interests of all per sons residing in the rural districts of the county, as we know it will en hance the value of every acre of land in the county and indirectly benefit every individual far in excess of any increased taxes he may have to pay. "As soon aa permanent roads are built through all sections of the county the position of every one re siding therein will be greatly bene fited in ; everything that goes to make for better living conditions, as well as creating great possibilities for all. 'When we develop the coun ty we in turn develop our towns, as our county is yet very largely -dependent upon our agricultural resources for future development. , "Considering the proposition, therefore, from this unselfish view point, wc take great pleasure in giv ing our support to the proposed bond issue, ' as we know it will ultimately mean so much for all interests in our county when considered as a whole. "Kinston Ootton Mills, by J. F. Taylor, president. 4 " . "Orion Knitting Mills, by Dr. Hen ry Tull, president. - "Caswell Cotton Mills, by J. E. Hood, president. "Lenoir Oil & Ice Company, by F C Dunn, president. "Hines Bros. Lumber Company, by Lovit Hines, secretary-treasurer. ; "Ellis Carriage Works, by J. IL Metal Workers and Others Take Government by Surprise POSTPONEMENT EXPECTED Authorities Hadn't Looked For Walkout Before Next Week Paper Calls Upon Radicals to Start Some thing (By the United Press) Berlin, April 3. Over 150,000 workers went on strike in Berlin late yesterday. Metal workers, tech nician and other skilled craftsmen were the first to walkout. Ther were quickly followed by several other trades unions. While the strike had been antici pated several days, it was believed it might be postponed until next week. The sudden walkout caught tha gov ernment forces unprepared. There was no violence and the city was quiet last night. "Let's Get Busy." Berlin, April ? (Delayed). Frei heit today published the following appeal to the radicals of the ccntrai committee: , . 1 ; '. '."VVorkmen and workwomen, rise and ' demonstrate again the brutal military government which will grad ually place-the entire', land under a state of siege. The goverr.n-.erit i forblddinff workmen's meetings, hut is not hindering, the jjtemonstrftUona' of reactionaries." I' : ! - The new general ftrike .and. po- litical outbreak '1 in; Berlin "-is ' still smoldering. The, government is pre paring to use force to crush a,ny demonstrations. South Increases Savings by Big Leaps (By the United Press) Kichmond, ApTil 3.- The South has increased its per capita savings 45 per cent, in four years, according to figures compiled by Milton W. Har rison of the savings bank section of the American iBankers Association. Mr. Harrison has shown the per cap ita savings in banks and trust com panies of the United States for ev ery state in the Union and for each section. He shows also the amount of war stamps owned per capita by each state. The Southern States have increasnd their savings in four years more than four times as much as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware and more than twice as much as the New England States. But the Southern (States are shown to own the smallest number of war savings stamps per capita $6.14 whilo the Western and Pacific States lead with over $10 per capita. Storebreaker Wouldn't Stay in Custody; Beat It Away From Police A white man was arrested at the Lenoir Drug Store, Queen and North Streets, Wednesday night or Thurs day morning after he had removed slats from over a window, apparent ly with the intention of entering the 'place. Patrolman Lemuel Aldridge made the arrest. The prisoner said he was from Greene County and gave a rather unusuel name, which did not get on the blotter because Aldridgej it is said, forgot it and be cause the' man escaped Aldridge left the prisoner at the police station to be locked up. Ve for those at the station had a chance to commit him to a cell he eased to the door and sprinted. He had not been rearrested at the last report. Ellis. - v ; , "J. T. Whitfield." ' "Kinston Steam Laundry. "Moseley EVick & Tile ; Company. , "Carolina Brick Company, by L. R George, secretary-treasurer. , "Kinston Iron & Mantel WovkW' ; "Rutledge Lumber Company. ' ' "W. . H. O "Berry - Manufacturing Company." - . , . ," (Buy War-Savftigi Stamps) to NO MATTER RECOGNITION Lenine . Says Reds Will Make Good if Given the Chance "Call Off .Your Doss, ..and We'll Fix Thiners Right" (Copvrigh'ed 1919 by United Press) Paris, April 3 The Russian so viet government is not asking for recognition from the associated pow crs, it is learned authoritatively. The proposition -recently submitted to the peace conference by Premier I.enine is summed up substantially like this: "Make a major peace with us, enabling us to end the nu merous little wars that are being waged on Russian territory; lift the blockade and permit us to. get food and materials, and then we , will make good and you can recognize ua if you care to." Germans Resist Reds. Berlin, April 3. A bolshevik of fensive is reported to have been started yesterday in East Prussia. German troops are said to be mak ing successful resistance. The Ger "bans have been preparing for n bol- mevik offensive on " the eastern frontier several weeks.: Marshal" Von Hindenburg recently called a coun- 1 of war at Kolburg to discuss de fensive measures. New Shoes for Old 1 v One Kind of Thrift Tlichnipnd, April 8. Some idea of thrift possibilities : in " shoe repairing is given in the fact' that .Uncle Sam will spend In the' first six nionths of thiB-year nearly $8,000,000 for cob bling army shoes.' This provide for ' repairs costing, aboafc7$1.20 a. pair , on, army shoes that cost $7,15 a pair, newi and each American soldier will " have three pairs of shoes mended within that period. With shoe for civilians costing $7 to $10 a pair, it i is considered thrift to spend $1.60 to v. $2 for modern mending by the lati , est machine methods. Money thus saved can be well invested in inter est-bearing war-savings stamps. , COTTON. Futures quotations Thursday Open. May 4... 25.88' July ............ (23.45 October .... ....7 ' 1.25 Local receipts to 3 o'clock were! Close.. 25.88 23.45 21i33 .were about 50 or 60 bales, prices ranging from 25 7-8 downward. New York Report. New York, April 3. First call cotton prices were up over $1 a bale on a strong market. Short covering and further talk of reduction caused the bears to take to the tall timber Wall Street bought while the South sold. Liverpool was a buyer on bal ance. ;.; , : ': . Soy Beans as Green Vegetable a Success (By the United Press) Washington, April 3. Hanto soy beans, introduced from. - Japan, are excellent for the production of green beans similar to lima and butter beans. About 115 days are required for the bean to make sufficient growth for use as a green vegetable. Being a bush variety, .' it also is adapted for fprage production, its yield of green ' feed 'drseed being superior to many other vahties on. the market. . . .' w 21 MILLIONS Aid OUT it (By'tba; TNted PrNsI J ; Wrfshinjon;' April.' S.r-Ovef ,i $21,- 000,000' ha been paid to abonti350, 000 soldiers and. .sailors in lots of $60 each tmder- th(T bonus ivwvision passed by Congress... .v Is Bolshevik Proposal Peace Conferees at Paris 'r r r .j,. , '
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