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KINSTON N. C. FRIDAY, 'JANUARY 16, 1920 v '
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FriuFOSE GATHERING MARINES REPEL 309
BOURGEOIS IS MADE
TEMPORARY HEAD OF
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
T
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OF BUSINESSMEN OF BANDITS IN ATTACH
ALL-TTIE COUNTRIES ON PORT AU PRINCE
IN CHAIR DENYING
COllSSION CRIME
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Kotcd Ancrlcans Headed One American . Seriously
.by Morgan Want World I Wounded Half of At
Conference I , tackers Killed, Wounded
or Captured Situation
TO 1WIKS FINANf.FS Immediately "in Hand
(Bv the Tinned
Washington, - Jan. 15. Secretary
Daniels was today advised that two
American ; marines were .--.wounded.
one seriously, early yesterday when
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i e it 'i ir 1 i ivivc oi .jwnerican marines arove
aru IW VmiS in nuu backOO armed bandits who tried to
RcestaWishmentof Curren
; cy One of Four Big Prob
lems-r-Coramodity Stand'
Governments
capture- Port aU Prince, Haiti. Secre
tary Daniels was advised by Captain
Russell, in charge of the marines
that the.300 bandits attacked tffi city
in three columns. They were im
mediately driven back and over 50
per cent, of th' bandits either kilk
ed, wounded or captured. ' .
Private L. Coombs was seriously
wounded and . .s Private F. Ml Mc
Laughlin sligHtly wounded. J
(By the 'United Press)
: Washington, Jan. 1(. .Four bin?
problems of intephVfcional finance are
awaiting discussion by a world con
ference of bankers and - businessmen
proposed by a .committee of noted
Americans beaded by J.' P. Morgan.
- Governwent '' officials " who today
. displayed (keen interest in the pro-1
posed conference outlined-'- the four
: First, .establishment of currency CONSTRUCTION WORLD
ox tne lormer DBUigerenc .countries, i .
on a etrictiytord basis, together with r ' .: :
its correlative deflating of their. cur- ' " V lu openi ,n ew DJ"a
s;- ings lit ' South Off ice : Buildings
and Others Textile Developments
GREAT ACTIVITY IN
reocies. , '
' Two, setting up of an international
' clearing house to serve the -. world
trade in a-capacity similar to the
-service rendered ..the domestic trade
by, community clearing houses,.
, Three, stabilising of relations te-
-twen.the gold andsjlver exchanges.
especially' with respect to the nations
of the Far East . '""
Fourth, -establishment oi
Numerous
(Special to The Free Press)
Baltimore,. Md Jan. - 16. The
news of . Southern industrial' activ
ities is. notable, among other things,
for 'the number of " important, tlww
Hiiilrlin'.p nlhnnrtT' vnrdiniflr far tihtt
modity standard by which the "amount l MfT''
of gold in a dollar, franc or pound
Would ris and fall according
change in commodities.-
to
Eecbrd. Throughout i the 5outh there
w a very general 'recognition among
business leaders oi the .urgent neces-
larger office ibuudiogB, hotels,
dhurohes, , public and eerml-(public
structures. An office building for
professional men, primarily physi
cians and dentists, will be erected in
Kansas City, Mo., at a cost of
35Q,00O. Two store buildings are
planned for the same city, the cost
fn-lio S.IKfl OfMl in earh rnna. Rt
Undorstaod by the police to be heir win have a new. $400,000 store
bujlh'ng, and a hospital there plans
a $500,000 addition. In" Baltimore
a fireproof warehouse will be erect
ed by a paper convnany at a cost of
$500,000. A $600,000 hotel will be
Willie Baker h Qcite
a Different Sort Chap
Over in Pitt Cocnty
to a fortune which would cover the
cost of an ordinary courthouse,
Willie Baker, who ran away from a
prospective 'small fine in the police
dUrt here, has "straightened it out''
with the authorities and will come knt at Okmulgee, Okla., and i $300,-
000 hotel is planned for . Roanoke,
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BRITISH ROYALTY AND CABINET GREET WALES ON IIOME-C OMING.
Upon the arrival of the Prince of Wales at the Victoria station, London on his return from the United
States. . In the centre foreground are King George and the Prince of.Walen. In the group In rear are
I rincefcs Mary,, Queen Mary, P rlncews- Louise, Queen Alexandra, the Princes'a brother, Bonar Law and
Winston ChorchilL : " ' ; . , , . v .
i ii n ni i i ill itim i i i i n 1,1
CAPTOROF- JENKINS
IS TAKEN; DECLARE
MEXICAN OFFICIALS
Reported from :: Cordoba
Mendez .Throws Light
Upon Consular , Agent's
.Alleged Collusion With
Men Who Kidnapped Him
- " (By the TJnlted PressY
JIsMM) Dity, ' '3 an, -Afl-aofel a no'
Mendez, one of the leaders of the Oor-
doSa bandits who abducted William
Jenkins, American consular agent
at Puebla, has been captured, ac
cording to a dispatch from that city
last night. " '
The Mexican authorities in report
ing the arrest declared Mendez pos
sesses important evidence support
ing the charges against Jenkins of
collusion with the bandits.
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FIRE LOSS
AT FIEIiX STATION
Damage estimated v at $23,000
- or more was: done by fire Thurs
day evening I which destroyed a
packhouse . n Wheeler Fields
plantation at Fields' Station, to- v,
- get her with thousands of pounds
of fine qualify tobacco stored in
the boilding, a chicken coop and 1
another fSBifcj biyllding. The
blazepccurrd shortly "after the
supper hou'r.f The origin has not'
fteen. determined.. . A large part
; of the weed ;rop made last year
on the Ficlfis'jarm is Understood
'.to hava WtMyJh. the burned pack
house.
BULLETINS
CLEMENCEAU SHIES
HIS HAT IN RING
ONLY ONE OPPONENT
Politics Simple in France-
Presidential Candidat
Announces and is Norn
mated One bay and Elect
rd the Next
(By the United Press)
back for : trial. . Baker was charged
with intoxication. He had no mon
ey. He spent "miserable hours in
confinement. He was haled Hip with
other" off enliers. . He managed to
creep through the crowd of defend
ants, lawyer officers and sipectators
and escape from the courtroom.: He
succeeded in getting out of the city
and "burning it up" y for his Pitt
Cbunty ? home. Although Bake.fs
proapective means are large," hia pre
, sent income is limited. A policeman
located Willie at his home on one of
the best-kept ' plantations in the sec
tion. "I didn't have any friends in
that town," Baker .told the cop
"and .1 didn't want to go back in
jail. ? I couldnt pay the fine nor give
a bond. Had it been in Pitt I could
have gotten any kind of a bond."
,His relatives were away from home,
but " a neighbor readily . tendered
check for WdKe's "appearance before
the Tecorder here next week.
Begs Mothers Drop
Fight for Removal
1 of Dead to America
(By the TJnrted Press)
Rochester. N. Y- Jan, 14. Mrs.
Oscar Gariesseh, mother of the first
American ofUicer killed in France,
has written an open letter to news-
paipeirs appealing' to Gold Star Women
everywhere to oppose bringing home
the bodies of Soldier dead.
"I am a gold star mother,", her
letter says, 4twho, when my. aon was
killed in France (the first officer
at the very beginning of America's
participation),' hurried over there to
work for the comfort of our army.
I am thoroughly acquainted with con
ditions there, and am so bitterly op
posed to the Impious and dreadful
idea of bringing the bodies home,
that I seek to enlist against it the
Gold Star Women of this land.
"I intend to publish a pamphlet,
which I will igladly send jfratuitous
fy to any woman who -'rill send me
her name and address. ,
Mrs. Guricseen's address is 610
West 114th street, New York City.
Va In Boanoke also a $500,000 hign
school ja contemplated. Waishington,
D. C, is to have a. new theatre cost
in $500,000. New office buildings
theatres and other structures of im
portance are planned at Atlanta, Ga.;
El Paso, Texas.; Greenville," S."C.:
Williamson,".": ,W. Va.;. Greenville,
Miss.: Montgomery,-Ala, ' and Knox
ville, Tenn. ; V'
A $2,000,000 company has been
formed in Baltimore s for the manu
facture of automobile parts, and an
other automobile corporation has
been chartered there for $250,000. In
T:.rf.pa, Fla., a motor truck cdm-
?auy has Incorporated for $500,000
k S3Q0,(M0 cow.pany has incorporated
it N?rflk. ; v r
Phunaprr'sph iCabinefcs will be man-jif-is'.i'-
?d by a $250,000 company or
zn'zM for that purpose, at Louis
v:!l9, Ky.
.?(lT-et !as 'of every description
will be the product of a factory at
Kanawha City, W. Va, where an ad
dUional plant costing SZ.WU.UUO is
to be erected. .1
A structural steel plant at Kansas
City, Mo., increases its capital by
$500,000 for the purpose of making
extensions. '
A "brick and tile company has been
formed at Gokteboro, N. C, With
$500,000 capital. At Tulsa, OWa, a
brick and tile plant will double its
daily capacity of 40,000 bricks.
Much activity is observed in the
textile centers. A cotton mill Will
be built at Caroleen, N. C, 50,000
spindles and 13,000 looms added at
total cost of close to $3,500,000;
several hundred cottages will be con
structed as part of the community
system extension. An additional
cotton mill Costing $800,000 will be
build at Smithfield, N. C. At Colum
bia, S. C cotton cloth mills have in-
conporattfd at $500,000, and at Rock
Hill a 3000-spimlle yarn mill will be
erected; -at Rock Hill, also,' cotton
mills which were incorporated recent
ly at $2,000,000 plan enlargements
and new construction, including 100
cott acres at a total approximate cost
of $1,000,000. A cotton products
company at Stanley, N. C, increases
from $200,000 to $500,000 and will
Many Deals In City
and County Dirt; No
Letup in Realty Boom
-The following realty transfers
have been recorded; Thad. Tyndall
to G. F. Simmons, Jtfeuse Township
land,' $2,060. Zeb. Wallace to Dr.
Ira" Hardy, Bright Street property,
$3,000. Jesse Heath to J. E. Gray,
East Caswell Street property, $5,-
000. J: W. Goodsoft and wife to S.
M. Davis, 110 acres Vance Township
land, $21,842. W. T. ; AlipMn to Al
bert Alphin, 16 :1-2 acres Moselcy
Hall land, $6,000. N. W. Outlaw to
J. F, Ruffin, 40.83 ,acres in Trent.
$6,000. M. Pearson to Tony Lee, 160
acres in Neuse, $16,500. G. C. Craft
and wife to J. W Moore, 27 acres
in Contentnea Neck, $10 and other
considerations. N. B. Moore to W.
D. Hood, West'Kinston property, $3,-
000. J. W. Goodson to A. L. Griffin,
half interest in Gordon Street proper
ty, $10. "W. B. Douglass and wife, to
Andrew Johnson, Perry Street prop
erty, $1,500. Kinston Insurance &
Realty Co. to Levi Sanderson, Des
mond Street property, $150. E. Y.
Speed and Wife to H. Stadiem, North
west Kinston property, $950. J. F.
Evans and wife to Dandon Humphrey,
Grif ton jroad property, $6,536. , Wm.
Sutton to A. L. Gray, 70 acres in In
stitute, $8,000. H. M. Scarborough
to J. H. Clark, 37 acres in Con
tentnea Neck $1,'572.50. Henry Dunn
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S. BUSY IN HURRY.
Richmond, Jan.' 16. John
Mitchell, colored printer, was ar
'rested today for violating the
prohibition law. The negro is
reported to have printed a
phamphlet Jn which ; there was
a formula for making liquor.
FRENCH FORMALITY.
Paris, Jan. 6 Premier Clem
'encenu announces- that the
. French cabinet will resign Sun
i day. ,
(Bv the Tjnitad Press) .
.-t iParls)-Jan.l6-Premier Clem-
enceau this: aftejnoon announced
his withdrawal as a candidate for
the . presidency of" France. : The
premier notified the president of
the Versailles congress that he
will not accept the presidency -even
if he is elected.
Paris, Jan. 16. Premier Clemen-
ceau today formally announced his
candidacy for the presidency of
France. Paul Deschanpl, president
of the Chamber of Deputies, will be
his only opponent, it is indicated.
The election will be held at Ver
sailles tomorrow.
President Poincare and Leon
Bourgeois, president cf the Senate,
have botti announced, that they will
not be candidates. Nominations
will be made at a joint session of
the Senate and Chamber of Deputies
this afternoon.
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TAX FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW;
HOV TO COMPUTE T AXES AND THE LIKE
In making'out his Income-tax re
turn the --taxpayer is . required to
how both .' gross and net income.
Gross income includes practically
every dolar-the taxpayer received
during the year 1919. In arriving
at net income, upon which the tax
is assessed, he is allowed cer
tain deductions, which, will . be ex
plained later, plus the amount of his
exemption..
Incomes; below $5,000 are exempt
from eurtax.y The single man with
no dependents and , an income for
1919 oL $2,000 will ipay a tax of $40
instead ?of $60 as. for 1918, and a
married man with an income of $2,-
oo'i, and no dependents except - his
wife will pay $20 instead of $30.
Surtax Rates.
Tie surtax rate, is 1 per cent on
the net income in : excess " of $5,000
nd not over $8,000. and increases
to Joe King, 11 2-3 acres, $87o. G. ) by steps of 1 per cent for each $2,000
A single man had a net income
for 1919 of $6,000. First he deducts
hlsf, personal exemption of , $1,000,
leaving a balance of. $5,000. On the
first $4,000 he pays at the normal
rate of 4 per cent., $160. On the re
mainiimg $1,000 he pays at the nor
mal rata of 8 per cent, $80. In ad
dition he pays a surtax of $10, 1 per
cent, on the amount of his net in
come between $5,000 and $6,000. Hfs
total tax is $250, as compared with
$370 for '1918.
Rate for Married Men. '
A married man with two dopend
en.s had a net income for 1919 of
$7,500. From this he deducts his
pcr.oniaI exemption of $2,000, plus
$200 far eaoh dependent. On the first
$4,000 of the balance of $5,100 he
pays,'' at the. normal rate.'of 4 per
cent., $160. On the remaining $1,100
he will pay, at the normal rate of
8 nor cent., $88. Oh ,the amount of
H. Haynes to Sallie Holton, Kinston: of nt income up to and inciuding 48,rris income between $5,000 tnd $6,-
Township property, . $7-o0. David per cert on net "income in excess 'of
Walters to W. T. Alphin, Moseley , $98,000 and not over $100,000. From
Hall property, $1,833. - this point the rates run as follows:
Fifty-two per cent.- on net income
build an additional mill.
over $100,000 and not over S150.onn.
At Badin a 5c np. (. on nef inom- nv, tixn .
1. -n : . :il : ! l , j .1 -. ' ' '
....n.i.iK imu m -re tnvru .u M0 and not over $200.0ftO. fin
bastonia a i.UUO-spindie yarn mill.
VW,VH), bo per
cent- on net income over $200,000
T ...
wosiery mms at tannage, in. l., arid not over $300,000, 63 per cent,
will add a dyeing and finishing d- l. ;, eonnnnn i
partment. A hosiery mill will be ; ovpr tjnO.OOO. 64
erected at Frederick, Md Md at ..a. -,(nnnn
ii.ui'u.uuu, anu tr per cent, on
not in:rve ever $1,000,900.
vill be
Louisville, Ky.,' cordage mails will
erect an additional plant with "a daily
capacity of 4,000 pounds.
BUY l S. S.
Hw to Compute Taxes.
The following illustration will show
the average taxpayer whose n?t in
ccrre was more than 5",noo how to
compute his tax:
000 he pays a surtax of 1 per cent.,
or $10. On the amount of his in
come between $6,000 and. $7,500 he
pays a surtax of 2 per cent. The
tctal, normal and surtax, is $288
as Compared with $412 for 1918. :
Husband and wife whose combine
ed m?t income for 1919 equalled ' or
c:roled $2,000 must file a return,
either separate or joint as desired.
A widow, a woman living apart from
j her husband, or a maid must file a
' return if her net income equaled or
1 exceeded $1,000.
minor whose income for 1919
jwps $1,000 or more must make a re
turn. If the minor's incom-e; was less
' thnii ' $1,000. it must bi included in
j the return of the parent.
First Vhi(e Man Electro-
cutcd for Kapc in North
Carolina Dramatic End
ing to Noted Case in
Death Chamber at Raleigh
Special to The Fre Press?
' Rsloijrh, Jan. 16 "Oh, Lord, take
my soul to Thee." .. ,
These, his last words, weire re
peated three times by Churchill God
Icy; first white man electrocuted in
North Carolina for criminal assault,
as he was being strapped in the chair
at the state's prison this morning.
- He never confessed guilt denying
it until the last while on hs knees
in the death colL
One hock was,, raff iciest to kill
the prisoner. The body was taken
to Washington, Nv C, for interment.
Professor Kinsey is .
.- Starring as Singer
w a of the 'A-B-C Soss!
' The services of Prof. Joseph Kinsey,
septuagenarian superintendent of
schools of Lenoir County, as a singer
are being sought in the rural schools,
although Professor i Kinsey doesn't
claim to be a singer, and professes
to know "mighty little" about music.
It all" came about through ' Profes
sor Kinsey's advice to ; teachers to
"sing" the alphabet to the lisping
boys and girls of the' first grades
"It gets it into their Uttle craniums
easier than by any other method,
according to' the vetetn superintend
rroiesaor'iunseyT Knows- tnertmw
as well as "the words' to his "A
B-C Song," but the teachers claim
not to be able to remember ihe tune,
it seems, since they are"cslSh? U'twn
their chief for performricfis, de
clarinjr "the children want to hear
you sing the A-,B-C's. ; Whfn it is
convenient for the superintendent
the children's request Is promptly
even oiled with."" ' '
youngsters love music. The al
phabet is well adapted to song. They
learn tiheir letters in a much shorter
time when set to score than by the
customary methods, according to
Professor Kinsey. ; "In the A-B-C
which is sung in fourbur
time, some' letteirs are wlhole notes,
seme halves, some quarters, etc., and
there is .a bean Of ul little 'run of
sixteenths and thirty. seconds' when
the bar startim , ivit !' 'N' is repeat
ed in crescendo after it has once
been sung with emphasis on the in
dividual letters. When the sons: is
sung by a tenor or soprano there is
opportunity for a bass voice to get
in some excellent work." , When the
children have picked up" the song
they love to sing it In unison, ac
cording to the veteran pedatrofie. -i
Exists in Fact Now, Estab
lished to Cure Many,
World. Ills
ORGANIZATION MEETING
Held in Clonic Room of For
eign , Of fie? at Paris
French S-",nate President
and Curzon Address the
". Gt-berin5?r - , . ..!
of
Little Joyner Boy
Doing Well; Officer
Says Track' Speeding
The chances for recovery of Marion
Joyner, 8, severely injured when
struck by a motor truck at McLewean
and Bright streets Wednesday
evening, are good. The little victim
s suffering much pain f ram broken
jaw and leg bones and other in
juries, but appears to ; have escaped
internal injuriA. Motorcycle Police
man Norwood Evans, who ' investi
gated the accident and arrested
Claude Redding, the negro driver of
the truck, asserts the truck was
peeding. "Redding could not stop
the machine in time. ,' He skidded
many feet," according to Evans.
SOLONS HONOR DEAD
IARM AND WATSON
(By the ringed Press)
Paris. Jan. I'J.-'-The League
Nations became a reality, today.
It first session was convened 'at
10:35 a.' m.'ln the famous cloak room
of the French foreign office. Leon
Bungeois, president of the French
Society for the League of Nations
ard president of the French Senate,
presided. ' ,"'
Bourgeois delivered the opening ...
address'. ' He was followed by Earl ."
Curzon of Great Britain," secretary
ef state for foreign affairs. , Im- -mediately
after' the session convened .
Bourgeois was elected temporary
president. ' ,' -
. Burgeois was ' later elected , per- ,
iancnt president. Neither Ambassa- ,
lor Wallace - nor any subordinate
American official was present. The ;;
only American witnesses to the eere
nony wore American newspapermen. .
The meeting began at 10:35 and ad
journed -at 11:50. - . ' ?..'
North , Kinston Wcman
. Have 16th Fir' Vr:
;fe Ponelope VP wth$,MS, .-11 '
West . G'!i!!rrr ave iue, t.'ds ' ;tv,
will celebrate hf-v 16th birthday Feb
ruary 29, and inane- well informed on
leap year statistics, reftos the
statement recently printed in news-'
oapers that a February with five
Sundays comus only once in a cen
tury. - Were it so ordered that the
diate of one's natal anniversary and
the day pf the week must be the
simo'at each recurring anniversary,
Mrs. WoTthington : would be ; prepar
ing to keep only her second birthday,
however. She was born on the "ex
tra Sunday" 68 years agov Once since
then February has had "one Sunday
too many." That was 40 years ago.
In the past four decal 'i , Mrs. Jar
man's natal anniversary has 'never
eome within 24 hours of the ' day of
tihe week ; on which - she was horn. -Four
into 68, the age wihich Mrs. .
Jarman will . be : Sunday, - February ,
29, 1920, goes 17 times, but during
one eight-year period there was no
leap year, as Father Time and the
tlmanac computers willed it.
'Blue Bin' Brings on
Fre-r; rf Feathers hr
Nw Yrrk Classy Circles
By MAP.fi 'rET ROHfi -(Written
"f-.r t!- ' United Press
New York, T. r.. 16. If the recent
ly widely herakied premiere of "The
Blue Bird" a a grand opera didn't
bring out many fine musical thcwies
at least it brought out many fine
feathers. There vrete more topknots
in the audience than topnotes on the
stage and she was a sorry dame, in
deed, much bluer than the famous
Maeterlinck V?Vizq, Who did noft
boast at least one feather in her hair,
not to mention a perfect flock of
feathers on her gown, her wrap and
happy handful in the form of- a
fan. Some of the head dresses were
most amazing. One,-a mass of vivid
green short ostrich plumes, covered
the entire back of the wearer's head
and would have turned the queen of
the Hottentots a matching green
with envy.
(By tb United Press!
Richmond, Jan. 16. Both branches
of the General Assembly adjourned
at noon until Tuesday out of respect
to the memory of Thomas S. Martin,
late United States senator, and Con
gressman Walter A. .Watson of Vir
ginia, both of whom died within the
last three montha. The assembly
will be given a holiday Monday, Gen
eral Lee's birthday.
COTTON
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