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DA r - C T(f i- " 1 - x " TT- - - . . ' ' THe Home Paper -Today News Today." "MX. VOL. XXI. No. 73 SECOND EDITION KINSTON.N. CTllUKSDAY EVENING, :MAY 22, 1919 SIX PAGES f dtf At PRICB TWO CEVTS - riVB CENTS ON TKADTf PRESIDENT HIMSELF IS DISSATISFIED SOCIALISTS FAVOR MISSION TO GO ahead With ii ON ROAD PROGRAM WITH SOME PARTS OF TREATY; COULD ANY KIND OF PEACE NOT MAKE IT PERFECT ALL TO GIVE EM BREAD RESPECTS When Whole Story of Conference is Told American Peo ple Will llear Narration of Grinding' Work for Agree ments Made One Day and Discarded the Next Suc cesses and Heartrending- Embraced 14 Points in Fact Wilson Accepts Draft as Final About as Near to American Ideals as lie (Hv FRED S. FERGUSON. United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris, May 22. Belief in official French circles is that the German peace delegation will make an eleventh hour oluff to break off negotiations just to test the Allies' de termination. , Once the enemy Sees the A VJ1 . , , ', , ... , tVio pmnnTnic blockade will i,ori armips snrint? to attention ready to march into Ger- hahv. either the present or sirn under protest, is ine 15y LOWELL MELLETT (United Press SUff Correspondent) (Copyrighted by the United tress Paris. May 22. That .Presiden Wilson himself is not satisfied with mnci treaty was the answer friend made today to the accumu iot,i .nliiwtions of many of the JOkVU J American commission, which came to a head through the resignation of nine members. . . . The President, his friends say, be lieves the treaty the best it is pos sible to . obtain, considering all con dltions, and comes.as near as he is atle tc make it to representing ... the Drinc'Dics for ,. which., he .fought throuch six weary months. .' Associates of , the President said today that when the whole story of the neace conierence is uuiu n. be understood' why the treaty con tains ust what it does and why, there are .certain omissions. It will be v a story, they declared, of .agreements reached one dayv end flouted the " next, of understandings painstaking ly arrived, at through 4ays anJ, nifekts of labor lasting for weeks only to ' ba overturned without forewarning (The. President, it wjis said, accepts the treaty as an accomplished fact, however, and now in its final form. .Germany has been given seven days longer to complete her study of the peace terms. Heaviest April Attack 4 Against Cattle Tick; Pest is Losing Fast . (By the United Press) Washington, May 22. The cattle fever tick, was subjected in April of thjs year ito the heaviest attack ev er, made in any Aprii In April, 1919, there were 5,3.19, 015 dippings of cattle in the "ca nals to prosperity." This figure conlpares With fl,88tyl35 in ApKil, 1918. ... The great increase signifies a ; determination throughout tick-infested states to get rid of the para site as soon as possible, according to the Bureau of ArfSmal Industry. :' Increase Exports Last Month (Special to The Free Press) Washington, May 22. April ex ports surpassed1 the previous high re cord by nearly $100,000,000, it was announced today by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic. Commerce. Exports for the, month totaled 3715.000,000, as compared witti $623,000,000 for January, the pre vious high mark. Imports for April (totaled 273, 000,000 in value, a decrease of $6, 000,000 as compared with the $279, 000,000 for AprU of last year. . rr BULLETINS (By the United Press) ' K1EFF BESET BY I'KR.VlMAXs. CnncnK.i... . . - . r -r" my L krin- n ,orCM re besiegini Kieft ""W hr the bd, Z. . "Wig to dispatch t"V, ,nere War Minist;! if th. defender, of he city. Failures Fickle Europeans Theory But Not Always in Could Bring It llieS mean business, realizes ,. i i j j .1 ai be tightened and sees the Al a substituted delegation will way ute rraitu -uguie BLALOCK CASE GOES OVER TO AUGUST TERM Judge and Counsel Indisposed Se cond Continuance Whisky De fendant Joins His Honor's "Tem perance Society." Will Gdrham. colored, enflered a plea of guilty 'to first degree bur glary Thursday afternoon. He was without counsel. The State agreed to accept a second degree penalty, and Gorham was sentenced to 20 years. While a trusty on the roads he pulled two nervy burglaries, get ting hundreds of dollars in money and jewelry much of which was re covered, l nomas i ucner, coioreu, pleading guilty to a charge of forc ible trespass, was let off with costs. In Superior Court Thursday Judge Daniels set aside the, judgment in a case in which Albert Baker was charged, with, selling whisky to Elias Dail. A brother of the prosecuting witness "just back from France came into the court and gave testimony J.J T . M LI. 4- ml U Jnfnn.lnnt I entirety lavomuie lu , The case had been continued from time to time because of the absence of this witness. Roxie Hannant, tried for larceny of money and receiving stolen- prop- CTtiy, Thur3c'ky Horning was sen tenced to two yiears in the peniten tiary. Ooctt adourned Thursday after- tioon. Jesse watsion, oomvictea oi bigamy early in the week, was sen tenced to serve one year. Thp Robert Blaloclc case Thursday was continued until the August term of Superior Court. The father of Attorney John G. Dawson, of coun el for the defense is very ill. At torney N. J. Rouse, also for the de fense is indisposed, at Judge Dan iels said he would continue the case smfl try mo murder case- at mis term of the court because of his own indisposition, ' in S . .. . xV timating at the time that the term would be adjourned some time Thurs day Blaioek . shot and killed Elliott Jones. The prosecution sought tol0ut of Spain is pessimistic. A general have the case tried at this term, j but the defense declared it was not ready and Judge Daniels felt that he would have to return to his home at Goldsboro. The continuance is the second since the shooting some months ago. nocn. , In the court Wednesday afternoon John Gregg was fined $10 and costs I for assault. Albert Baker was fined I $100 and costs for retailing. In an other case against Baker for . sell ing liquor a plea of guiltp was en tered and Judge Daniels took him into his "temperance society." The entry "prayer for judgment continu ed" was made,, the defendant agree ing ti nav - the costs and refrain from' teeljiing ' and dTinking Whisky and" to appear at subsequent crinu- nal terms for two years. Next time, Judge Daniels said, it would meanlany clash with public opinion. two years for Baker. Bessie Mor-1 ris was found not eruiltv of vagrancy. I the grand jury reported four true I Bills. I ministries, nag dui sn vtu w ofsra- Thomas White, convicted, of biga-lvate the general unrest and fortify my earlier in the week, will be hired out to L. Hines for two years, naiiltions. And unless some statesman his earnings to go to the court clerk I ,to be turned over to White a. family here. His seoond marriage, hi. iich- - -x TT 1 derson in" the past spring, was il-1 legal, of course. ,i v J.:".' j till iU4 V . . , 5 , j, . , ,'.'f " - i ; ' ' $ , - .) . - .. ...... j r ' ' . ' - " - : -. .. ; " - :J ' THE NC-lSOATS The three Naval Curtis boats leavin I left hand insert shows route Powers Symington, chief of dividual of the three crews of . UUULmui mu lu MORE THAN 5"7THS RAISED AND CROWS I Virginia - Has Subscribed Over $2000,000 -Other Conferences, Including; N. C, Have Passed Million Mark (By the United Press) Nashville, May 22. At noon $20,- 158,7GG had been reported for the Centenary campaign of the South ern Methodist Church. The Virginia Conference official ly reported, over $2,000,000 sub scribed to this morning. ,: y South Carolina had reached its kuota. The Tennessee. Holston Carol;Ra amj North Caroina conf arences had passed the 000,000 -mark. ORGANIZED ANARCHY SPAMS! 0 Government Faces Cata clysm Bolshevism Creeping Down Upon Country No Real Guide to Public Opinion By William Philip Simms (United Press Staff Correspondent) P'aris ((By MafT). News coming unrest hovers over the whole coun try, now manifesting itself m the form of a strike, again as a "ep arist" movement and again as plain ly .revolutionary. It is perfectly evident that a so cial cataclysm menaces Spain. Pop ular agitators invoke the question of Catalonia,' that of Morocco, or the high cost of livinsr, or the claims of the working people. Put the trou ble is more serious than that; it is a trouble ancient and deep. For ten years past each succeed ing government has been disinclined to. stand up and face squarely the difficulties which they have been called to power to solve. In order to stay in office they have tempor ized, used various dodges and em ployed all kinds of dilatory mea sures, avoiding as long as possible .This absence of a real guide .to public opinion, this lack of firm ness on the part of the different the public in its wont determina worthy of the name intervenes, the triumph of that "organized an anny, wnicn irom ine raiuiut-s ui 1 l i - . . xT. f . Asia is wending its way towards tho Mediterranean, wiB be certain. THREATENS OFf OX FIRST LEG OF . ! g the Rockaway Air Station. ,ew York at 10 a. n... May 8 1919. Upper naval trans-A'ilantic flyers took. . Right hand insert shows Cuptain staff of the 3rd ,Naval District bidding tho 'planes which left on the VaBeiy of Studies for Disabled Men in Government Schools , 1 , (By the United Preas) . ; " Washington, May. 22. A good many disabled soldiers now being vo cationally reeducated by the Federal board are taking coures of training somewhat out of the ordinary. Two are studying air-brake oper ation; 3 are taking bee culture 9 have entered barber colleges. Twenty-six are taking carpentry and 2 biology. Dentistry is fairly popular, there being 31 students in that, while 2 are studying "edge 'trimming," and 11 of them are Studying embalming! Forestry has attracted 18, while 2 are taking special courses in geom etry. Jewelry and watch repairing have attracted and 13 are em barking ' upon, the 'Uncertainty of jtmnntilism. Owing W impaired hearing ; on account of the tremendous-din of artillery fire, 23 men are '., studying lip reading. HURLEY WANTS' HAIL SERlE iSUlLT UP (By the United Press) Wasltingfiai, iMIayj 22. iDevelop nifnt of br overseas mail service to cover the world in American ships should proceed side by side with the development of the new merchant marine. Chairman Edward Hurley of the United States Shipping Board said today in welcoming the dele gates to tho three-day shipping con gress here. john c. Latham, Sergeant, M. G. Co 107th Infantry. Y Rerpt. Latham was Tlecornted v for conspicuous gallantry In ae- A tlon ne.iE. Le Ci'.telet, France, Jj Septonihor 20. 1U18. Becoming h sopnralcd from their p'utoon by a smoke iKirriigp'Sergt. Jxiillmni, it Scrgt. Ai:tn L. Kgfra and Corp.. S Thomas K. . O'.Slioa tool; cover y in a Klicll hole well within tho A enomy's liifs. Upon Iicarlns n call forlii'lp from un Amcrlcna tank, which bad. become dis abled thirty yards 'from' them, those three soldirrs left th!r shelter and started toward (hp tank under heavy lire from der ma a machine f;uns and treaich ,f mortars. In cn).;s!;i tne fiiv swept area, Corp, () Shea wns mortiilly wniitwlpd, hut lii.s co:n piiiilous. undeterred, proceeded to tin; t.:l;, ree!e(l ft Wiuiiiilcd officer and assisted two wound ed soldiers to cover io the np s of a nearby trench. Sergt. Latham and SerRt. Ijrers th.n g returued to the f;uk In the face Iv of Uie violent fire, (M.smonnte;. g a lioicnKJro guu ..irni rius ii ?s back to where the wounded men jj; were, keplng off the enemy nil day ly cffi-ctlve use nf the gun, J( and later brlnj Iii? It. w(th the & wounded men, b.. 'i io our lines. S under cover vf c'ikitef-i. U;-j ir S honu? addrc.is I Knotts View, a R Windeaiere, Westmoreland, Eng- 3 j laud. K TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT. : - ' goodbye 'and good luck to each in- ocean flight. (Copyrighted). GIANT TROOPSHIPS RACE ACROSS SEA- in More than 30,000 Aboard leviathan Meri .-. .i and Imporator and Smaller Transports Ail Iteco rds Are Broken . New. York, May 22. Over 30,000 jolliers are due to arrive at Ner York Cefore night. Half of theni are aboard , the former German liners Imperator . and Leviathain, which raced across the Atlantic. . These huge ships left (Brest with in an hour of each other and made it almost neck to neck all the way to the American shores. If the fog lifts so all the ships may pass Sandy Hook all records will be broken today. There are seven transports, car rying over 33,500 troops due. i : ; r: .... I IS HELD UP AGAIN; ROOGH SEA AROUND THE AZORES Jackson Cables Department That Craft Will Not Start for Lisbon Friday- Stiff Wind Whips Up Ocean (By The United Press) Washington,. May 22. Rough seas whipped up by a stiff windl sweeping the ocean about the Azores today necessitated further , postponement of the NC-4's jump-off for Lisbon. Admiral Jackson filed a dispatch at,Ponta Delgada at 4:10 this morn mg, Washington time, received at the Navy. Department at 5:57, stat ing thp craft , would not start today, that the sea was too rough. Special Election Registration is On The registration for the ecial school tax election to be held in the Kinston School District June 14 will close May 31. Ilogistraiion places are the h, .;le Warehouse and the Courthouse. Marvin Rochelle, at the former place, and K. F. Foscue, at the Courthouse, are the registrars. COTTON Local receipt Thursday v'ere light, prkes ranging from 28 1-2 downward. Futures quotations: Open. Close. 30.60 30.07 28.9-1 May ............ ,30.50 July. j. October '27.23 ARMY DUE NEW YORK hundred ''thousand' Inde pendents in Berlin Demonstration LAST WEAPON Savs w Scheidemarin in Ad dress to Majority Social ists Teutoiis Insist Upon Fulfillment Wilson's Prih ciples ,r (Tly the United Press) Berlin, ,. May 22. One hundred thousand indepndent socialists staged a demonstration in the Luat garten yesterday in favor of immed iate , peace. ; ..' , tThere weire numicrous red1 flags int banners witth the jniscription "We want only peace, t bread ah1 work. . After being addressed by several speakers they , marched to Wilhelm platz, where 25,000- majority social ists ' were holding a demonstration against the treaty. Before the ap pearance of the independents Chan cellor Scheidemann, addressing the crowds, declared protest was Ger many's only remaining weapon. It is learned Germany's final counter proposals ' are constituted as follows: . . ... . " , ; .. Insistence upon fulfillment of Wil son's principles, a request for pie b'scites in eastern andw estern pro vinces, acceptance of the principle of full disarmament but with the re seJvation of 00,000 troops tieees sary to maintain internal order, com plete agreement with' the elimina tion ot the Uerman navy but with tho insistence that some merchant ships be retained to insure the coun try's economic development. ' - Ni Increase M Casualty Insurant' .(Special to The Free Press) .,'. , Washington, IMAy 22. JCom panics which, write .Workmen's ..compensa tion and employers' liability insur ance have assured the Federal Boaf l for. Vocational iEt'jueation that the reemployment of disabled men com ing out of the army, and navy, will not affect th) premium rates for ths linsuftxhce. Tlieaa assurances havn been ireeeivei. from iafracticaliy ev ery company in the United States writing liability insurance. , New Idea Marketing Spuds in Avery Co Raileig"r( May 22. -TJecnlURe local dealers would not pay the farmers of Avery County . the market price for their Irish potatoes, 30 of thes? men- recently made a cooperative shipment of th.eir surplus crop to a dealer .in; Atlanta, securing. 25 centi per bushel more than was offered on the local market. They were pai ! $1 . per bushel, f. p. b. Newland, for 053 bushels. NEW HEALTH OFFICER FOR ROWAN COUNTY. Raleigh, May 22. The . State Board of Health announces that Dr. C. W. 'Armstrong has succeeded Dr. A. J. Warren as wholectrrmr health officer of Rowan County. Rowan is oneo f.the 10 counties Which are co operating with the board in the three year plan of county health work. Dr. Armstrong is a native of Troy, N. C. DOCTOR ROBERTS LEAVES TO BEGIN NEW WORK. Het Raleigh, May 22. iDr. G. A. Roberts, professor of veterinary med icine at the State College a'nd vet erinarian for the Agricultural Ex tension Service, has severed his con tiections in Raleigh, anldl . after, a short visit to the home of his parents at Kansas City, Mo., will sa;l from New York on June 12 for Sao Paulo, E'razil. Having accepted the posi tion as veterinarian at the labora tory of hygiene at Sao Paulo Medi cal School, Dr. Roberts recently ten dered his resignation to the authori ties here. He has been here 16 years. Expected to Proceed With Employment Engineers and Sdle Bonds CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY J udo'e bah iels' i lidgment Says Act Under Which $2,000,000' Electidn tleid "fn All Respects Vai id" 1 The County Highway Commission arid Board of County Commission ers, winners m the first round of the. legal battle to have, Lenoir's 2,000,000 bond issue for road im- proyerurits killed, will probably pro-; ceed "as though nothing had nap- penetf." according to Ernest V. Webb, chairman of the former body. Mr. Webb Thursday stated that the commission would confer , with its counsel on Friday, and that he ex- pectjil the employment of engineers and preliminaries for the sale of tha first $R00,OO0 worth of bonds would be proceeded1 with. Judge Frank Daniels' action in .dissolving the injunction Wednes day afternoon Jeaves the commis sion free to go ahead with its duties, according to high opinions. By let ting busy at once the county will get' $250,000 of . State-,aid pwney. which might otherwise be lost, it s understood. Should the Supreme Court in August find against the commission and commissioners noth ing done in the Interim would be il- cgal. The authorities are confident of success in the final round. . ; The Judgment. The Judgment .handed down bv Judge Daniels" Wednesday follows:- "North Carolina,, Lenoir County; the Superior Court, May term. 1919. ,r. F. Davis on behalf of him self and other citizens and taxpayers of Lenoir County on behalf of them- lelves and all other taxpayers of . said county, vs. Lenoir County,, and , it. v. unurchill, U. W. Woofy A. T. iiwaon, darken aiowaTdi and Guv Sdtton, commissioners 'of Lenoir County, individually and in their of ficial .capacity,, and ,E. V. Webb, H. O. Hines and G. S. Willnrd ' inemhpra of the Highway Commission of Le noir County, individually and offic- any, judgment: "This action coming on ito ie heard before me at the Courthouse in Kinston, Lenoir County, on Wednes- tay, May 21, 1910, and after hearing thp complaint ,and answer used as ffidavits,-', and the arguments of counsel for the plaintiffs and the de fendants " ... .--v . . , , "It is considered, . ordered and adjudged that the restraining order heretofore issued be and the same s hereby dissolved, and the motion f the plaintiffs for aa injunction to he hearing si denied, the court find- ng and adjudging that the act of he legislature of North Carolina, en- tled 'An Act to authorize and em power the County of Lenoir to issue bonds to construct and build, the pub ic roads of the county.' is in all re spects valid and that the election held under said act was properlv. uly and regularly held and the. vote duly and properly canvassed and the result declared, and that the prop osition to issue bonds was approved by a majority of the votes cast at said election, and that the tax auth- . qrized to be, levied under said act 13 alid and tha bonids -issued under said act will be valid . and binding obligations of the County of Lenoir, and it is further found that the said act was enacted by the legislature strict conformity with Section 14 f Article 2 of the constitution. "It is further ordered that the costs of this application for restrain ing order and injunction be taxed against the injunction bond filed bj; the plaintiffs." The following note was added. ; From this judgment the plaintiff gave notice of appeal to the Supreme Court in open court.' Further notice waived. Appeal bond fixed at 50. It was agreed that the summons, complaint and answer and this udg-. ment should constitute the case on appeal witti the plaintiffs ... having permission to file exceptions to th judgment."
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