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PAY UP AND TRADE WEEK; BARGAINS EVERYWHERE IN KINSTON. NOVEMBER' 27 TO DECEMBER 3? " E THE HOME PAPER "Today Newa Today." "Bead It Fiist In THE FREE PRESS VOL. 23.NQ- 205 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1920 . FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS flNDON OFFICIALS HARDING GUEST OF wamuru en cut ELMER SAYS TRUTH ABOUT DEATH FRED SHEPARD NOT TOLD RAILROAD HEN SAY stick: together a hit and all will MANNING HEADS THE II UUIUYllUll U1LL1II DA I i W II 'v 1 f TV II FEAR ATTEMPT TO PECK PARLIAMENT Another Guy Fawkes Plot Iking Guarded Against by Government BRITISH SUBJECTS THEY -CAN'T STAND j, 4 '.! lilli COTTON EXPORT COMPANY IN SOUTH ON HIS MISSION TO EUROPEAN' CAPITALS FOR DAY GREATER EXPENSES WORK OUT ; NICELY Van Hervie Says "Smile" HASTEN GET , INSURANCE Liverpool Fires Disturb Business Interests Irish ReprisalsCitizens Chas ed Out and Cottage Homes Destroyed ' ' " (By the Untted Frees.) London, Nov. 30. Thut the ; Sinn Fein Parliament has form ally declared a Htate of war with , England is the belief of many officials at the Irish Office. Ev idence Is accumulating .that such a step has been taken and is backed by the declaration that the Sinn Feiners have leaped to ' the renewaj of the attacks on' the British forces 5n Ireland London, Nov. 30. British official dom is ' moving in 'fear of a second Guy Fawkes plot to blow up Parlia ment. While "the government functioned as usual today, business . was trans acted behind a screen of guards and only the presence of persons of prov en identity was permitted. The Liverpool . fires and threats were reflected in the rush for fire insurance. - " ' Police Reprisals in Ireland. Dublin, Nov. 30. Smouldering ruins- in the neighborhood, of Mu croom totlay marked the reprisals for the 16 police- murdered from am bush yesterday. The countryside was lighted by huge, torches last night as thatched roofs suddenly blazed up, r ' Citizens at Kilmichael and in near by villages were either removed or remained hidden in the fields. t Train' Bandsmen Army Heads Can't Find Musicians Otherwise, Seems. Washington, Nov. 29. So great has been the call for army-trained bandsmen in civil life throughout the United states that the Wa Depart ment today announced: that the in structions governing . the enlistment of musicians have been modified be cause of the need of men for the var ious regimental bands. ( Hereafter, u according to i, Major-Gcn-P. C. Harris, the adjutant-general of the army, a man may enlist to study music who has (.no musical training. The army will teach him the instrument to which he is ' best adapted, or which lie may desire, Recruits who ' yearn to learn march music and jazz will .be .sent to the Seventh Recruit Depot Band, Colum bus Barracks, Ohio, where prepara tions are being . made to train 200 musicians for- the army. . Band Leader Frank J, Weber, late of the . Saint Louis , Symphony Or chestra, and( nvilitary authority of nation-wide reputation, has been put in charge of the school, with four in structors, ; -. , Up on Poison ; Gas - , f v ' '.L'i And Other Powers Know It, BoaSrts of American. Washington Nov. 30. The United States if again forced to fight will be equal to any other nation in the use of poison gas, General Fries, chief of the Chemical Warfare Ser vice, said today in his annual report to Secretary Baker. Knowledge of this will deter other nations . from attacking other countries, Fries be lieves, v. : ' " :,' Want Start Strike Fifty Thousand" Radicals Backing Move for Trouble. Washington, Nov. 30. Over G0, 000 radicals and discontents in, all Parts of the country are seeking op portunities for fomenting a new strike, according to Chief Bailey of the ' Bureau of Investigation.- Their Purpose n expansion of the "one big union plan;"; Bailey said. Govern ment agents are watching them. CONSTANTINE READY ' v T TO GO TO GREECE. Lucerne, Nov. 30.-Jmg Constan J'ne is ready to leave Switzerland wr Greece as goon as summoned. SHIPS OF PACIFIC ' c FLEET PRACTICE FIRING. han Francisco, Nov. 30. Two di vans of the Pacific fleet are en-K-ged in battle practice off this city. Taken by Governor for Trip i- Through Mountains Af ter Breakfasting at Kings- ton No- Seasickness for President-Elect .. ' v , , (By the United Press) Aboard the Pastores, Nov. . 30. Senator Harding is to spend today in Jamaica, riding through the Blue Mountains of the island. -' Docking at Kingston, Harding had breakfast with General Probyi), the governor of Jamaica, who is later ex pected to conduct the American party on the sightseeing tour. . .- ,j; The ship encountered moderate seas yesterday and many were sick, "but Harding continued to enjoy the deck sports. Compensation '. Law To Re Discussed at Hearing December 1 I,' Announced. " (Special to the Free Press) Raleigh, Nov. 30. For the purpose of giving all parties ' interested in a workman's compensation law an op portunity-te be heard, and for en lightenment as well. Chairman Lind say C .Warren of the special legis lative committee has called a session for Tuesday, December 14, at 11 o' clock. The meeting will be held in Insurance Commissioner Young's of fice and the committee invites all friends or opponents of the measure to attend and present their views and recommendations. TO DENY ACCEPTING ANY PART OF BRIBE Wilson's Brother-in-Law is Witness at Official In quiry Tells of Relations With Tucker Sands, Who Made Charges (By the United Press) New York, Nov. 30. R. W. Boil ing, brother-in-law of President Wil son,, took the stand In the Shipping Board inquiry today to deny that he accepted any part of the $40,000 aV leged bribe said to have been given board officials by a shipbuilding concern. . - Boiling described' his relations with Tucker Sands, former vice-president of a bank, who made the char ges against him1. v Society Barred Until Promoter Puts Up $5,000 With the State. (By MAS ABERNETHY) Raleigh, Nov. 30 While Rev. N. S. Gillespie, colored, a native of North Carolina but more recently of Wash ington City, was in the act of insti tuting a subordinate lodge of the Roy al Sons of Abraham at Wilson Fri day officers placed him under arrest for not having complied "with the State law pertaining to the organiza tion of secret and fraternal societies. The firrest was made at the instance of Deputy Commissioner Stacy W. Wade of the State Insurance Depart ment, who went to Wilson for that purpose. .The negro organizer was given a preliminary hearing and placr oii under a $500 bond, as was one of his assistants. North Carolina's law requires a clean bill of health from the insurance department and a de posit of $5,000 before any fraternal or secret benefit order may be. given life." This was not done by officials of the Royal Sons of Abraham. Gil lespie is the founder of the new so ciety as well as the Daughters of Je rusalem, a sister organization. , Charlotte and Wilmington negroes joined the new order, organization in both ' places having been completed without interference, it is understood. Gillespie claims a' membership of 5, 000 in this and other states for the twin-organization whose home office is located in the nation's capital. CONGRESSMAN UPSH A W ' TO EASTERN CAROLINA. Washington, .Nov. 30.-Congress-man Will Upshaw of Georgia will speak here tomorrow night in the interest of prohibition. (Subscribe to The Free Press.) Public Will Be Astounded, Declares Husband of Ac cused -Woman- Wealthy Georgian Ppisohcd But Not by Wife (By the United Pres) Macon, Ga., Nov. 30. With fur ther arrests in connection with the death of Fred Shepard, the wealthy peach grower of 'Fort Valley, ex pected, the already complex probe Is becoming more-complicated. .the sensational situation became more so" with a statement today by Dr. PV Eugene Elmer, husband of one of the women arrested, that Shepard was poisoned. firmer declared ' that when the truth was known all. Would be as tounded, but said his wife , was inr nocent. She was Shepard's wife -before marrying Dr. Elmer. ( Going to Dogs Things in This Country Not What . 1 hey Used to lie. : . For a fact things in this country are coming to a dickens of a pass. Take the-word of two old men who live in East Kinston for it. They know, they say. One of them is. 84 years of'age and the other two years older. They have addressed a joint letter to lhe .Free Press pointing out what they know about the true 'Follies of J1920J": When "Christ made the heavens and earth," ac cording to? their version, "he Said it was good and very good, but it seems it ain't good enough for man today." Take the churches, for in stance. "They can't get a church fine anuf . to hear a searmon in." Why, the old codgers in their time heard sermons preached in log cab ins.. By ttnving their "fine cars" all over the streets and off of them the modern rich "think they will get ahead of God." Nothing doing. They had golden chariots in the days of the ancients the still more ancients. Charitable? . iNo, moderns , aren't charitable. The case of ' an old sol dier is cited who got scant attention all last, summer when he was down with "a sore leg." The profiteers "charged him just as much as they would a rich man." "But you wait until the 10th of May and then they will all swarm to the 'graveyard' and think they have done a great thing." Worst. of all is this woman suffrage business, and right here an. inter esting point is raised: If the Lord when He was making everything to run like it was intended to had "wanted women in it" He would . "of put 6 men, 6 'women," but instead He chose 12 men, and knew pretty well what lie was doing. "Woe be unto the woman that went to the balot box.!.' .. Cancer Cure Possibly Perfected by Hamburg's Dr. Kollin. (By the United Press) . Berlin, Nov. 30. What he ' be lieves to be a cure for cancer of the stomach has been discovered by Dr. Roll in, a famous Hamburg special ist ," - ' , From the fact that this efneer is found only in persons above 30 years of age, Or. Rollin concluded that the blood' and bodies of per sons" under 30 contained some- sub stance which, warded off cancer. As a Tesult, he experimented with blood Infusion from younger persons, and found that the results were satisfac tory and rapid. ... The Hamburg University has tak en up Roilln's work, and has already concluded that, whether or not the injection method is a cure, it surely effects remarkable improvement; Big Opium Haul Nearly a Ton Seized From Chinese t Norfolk. (By the United Press) Norfolk, -Nov. 30-tNearIy a ton of opium seized last night by cus toms officials is believed to consti tute the largest single haul ever-effected in the history of the -Norfolk customs house. Fifteen members of the Chinese crow of a British steam er which came to the port were jailed under smuggling charges. . PRICE OF BREAD ' TAKES SLIGHT DROP. Cleveland, Nov. 30. The price of the 24-ounce bread loaf has dropped from 14 to 12 cents here. NEW BERN ROTARIANS TO HAVE A BLACK LIST. New. Bern, Nov. 30. The local Rotary Club will issue a list of food profiteers here, it is understood. New Laws, as One Requir ing Crossing Watchmen, Would .Work Irreparable Hardship-Public is Dis- ' 'r .... S satisfied : (By MAX ABERXETHY) Raleigh, Nov. 30. Having, learn ed that efforts were to be made at the regular session of the General Assembly in January to secure the enactment of divers measures affect big the railroads operating in North Carolina, officials of the roads are understood to have begun the compila tion of data showing just how near the financial, breakers their lines are at the present time, .,. Foremost among the legislative enactments sught is a jaw that will place watchmen' at every crossing of importance-, in the State. This bill has already been drafted and is ready for introduction when the legislators get down to business on January , f next.- Railway officials say that such legislation will scrap every operating line in North; Carolina beyond hope of .repair financially. r ; The railroads are universally cussed and even though private ownership has been resumed the public retains its wartime - tirade. : An increase oi passenger and pullmun rates, Jtt was thought, would make for better ser vice. The railway officials think it did but 'the traveling public dissents most heartily. -" ' Legislation 'contemplated that will force them to spend money other than for repairs and improvements which are -absolutely "necessary is viewed with alarm by, railway officials. "It means disaster, since the money can not be hud," they say. Canadian Quartet Squeeze Into the United States Ma- rine Corps. - (By the United Press) ' Washington, Nov., 30. One year ago Philias Raymond Desosiers shook off allegiance to King George of Eng land, marched across, the Canadian border into the Marine Corps office at Detroit, and was shipped to the training depot for the sea-soldiers at Paris Isalnd, . C, in the status ofan alien who had. declared his intention to become an American citizen. Philias got off on the wrong foot, .however, by adding on a fictitious birthday and his parents refused consent to his en listment. - Still , determined to become an American Philias eased himself once more into the Detroit office last week, proved, to the satisfaction of Maj. Maurice E. Shearer that he had pass ed the 18-year mark, and then intro duced three other young Canadians who announced their motto as "A Yankee or bust!" The Canadian quar tet passed the surgeon with flying colors, executed "squads nouth". and set sail for-the boot camp in South Carolina. - DESTROYER TO AID ' 1 OF MINE SWEEPER. 'Boston, Nov. 20.--The destroyer Mahan was last night ordered to thenssistance of the : mine sweeper Swan,. - ashore near- plymouth since yesterday afternoon. KIND OF SPIRIT THE CHAMBER OF COMMENCE f FOSTERS N THE CITY .There are some people in every community who are absolutely indif ferent if not openly antagonistic to a , live Chamber1 of Commerce. - Cooper ation with it, they fear, will touch, their pocket-books, "and they do nut consider that no man can eontimillly live off a town, ,iiiake his living there and prosper ;, there , without , putting somethings into it ; The-situation is analogous with the farmer who year in and year out plants his crops, al ways expecting great crops, ,buf nev er putting the fertilizer into the soil that would enrich him if he did. That farmer is a failure and his land soon is impoverished. Experience has shown that all cities . (prosper and grow affluent when their . business men are actively interested and all the problems 'of their home to strive constantly for improvements of their home town, and think in terms -of community more than in terms of self interests. The Chamber of Commerce of a town is the' clearing house of all these thoughts, and all these ac tivities for the betterment of the com munity.. It is ."good business" for any man to be active in the Chamber of Commerce, to be identified with its work, and it is "good business" for his neighbor as well, and "good business" for his city. Our Chamber of Commerce is no exception. Much good has been accomplished by inter mittent activities of the men at the and Fortune Will Recipro cate Who Has Need to Worry Over the Pinch? Back Up By-CAREL, VAN HERVIE (Secretary Chamber of Commerce) Just now the. greatest problt-m be fore all business men is that of price readjustments and a return to ration al values. Producers and wage earn ers alike are affected, and a period of greater uncertainty is upon us than ever existed during the war. The coming months will witness a constantly ;, decreasing i demand for merchandise and labor, and there is danger of a long period of non-em ployment, as well as good remaining on the shelf. In these parlous times it behooves u Kmstoluans to be nust a little different from the other fel low. Let's cooperate. J Let us" be friendly to one' another, help each other in business, help each man keep his job, help, our people here, help in providing ways and means to tide over the period of de pression, Lt't's be optimistic. It will not last long:. Let's make Kinston the "Friendly City," the "Smiling City," the "City of Friendly Service." Let's find an encouraging word for the man out of work, for the, businessman in his losses, dnd let's keep our money at home. At all times cooperation is a-mighty word, a mightj force,- a mighty factor. It has been abused, misapplied, and manhandled as a sym bol of eccentric undertakings entirely alien to its true meaning.4 Coopera tion . sprang . into, being long before the advent of man, and through all Lhe ages has succeeded. Cooperation means team work, and it breeds har mony, -content, understanding,' suc cess and friendliness.,; Wherever there has been want and distress, there has been cooperation to assuage U. ' Co operation, meaning team work, mean ing a getting together of all men of Kinston and standing by each other, feady to be friendly to every man or woman or dog that, crosses uor path, will make -Kinston the City of Friend ly Service, the City of Smiles in ad versity, the Crty of Content in spite of dull business. Let's see how happy we can make the man less fortunate than ourselves by a smile and a word of encouragement, until, times get prosperous again. ; , ; ' v Banked Wealth Of City NoV Approximates Six Mill ion Dollars. , Reports of condition of national and state banks here show the four prin cipal institutions in the city to have" resources of more than five and one half million dollars. Two small banks conducted and patronized by negroes will probably: bring the total of -the city's banking resources to nearly $6, 000,000.. The National Bank of Kins ton, 'First National Bank, Farmers & Merchants' Bank and CasweltSavings & Trust Co., report combined assets of $5,008,827.98. All have had sub stantial growth during the last few yefars. The negro institutions have also made big gains, due to the in creasing thriftiness of depositors. (Subscribe to the Free Pre) head of it, and enou !i has been ac complished to clear!..- to:'.:;, visi bilities of far greater magnitude when the man is on the job all the time. In choosing a wholetime secretary tht board of directors went about theii task slowly, carefully and circum spectly. They believe they have found the right man for the job. All that is needed now to start the wheels go ing is cooperation. - Alone Secretary Van Ilfervie can accomplish -nothing. He is "as yet a stranger to our peo ple, to our undeveloped resources, and to the possibilities of Kinston. But he is willing and needs your contin- ued cooperation; his office is the gath-J ering place for boosters and hustlers. He will welcome suggestions , from 1 every source and wants every citizen! to assist him in this work. - That is. the sort of "team work" that will! spell success. ' - He is the community salesman, and it is up to you to produce the goods he is to sell. You can do it by be lieving in Kinston and its future; by realizing-that Kinston is the ideal home city, and telling everybody you meet about it; Jy being for Kinston, first, last and always; by spending your money where yqu make it; by your, pride of - ownership in Kinston and forever boasting of this pride, and by always giving Kinston a boost when business or pleasure takes you out of your home town," Former Governor of South Carolina Corporation's Idea to Market Products Abroad When Prices Are Low Here Columbia, S. C, Nov. 30. Richard I. Manning, former governor of South Carolina, will head the $10,0OO;fl00 cotton export company recently or ganized here, the American Products Export and Import Corporation. Jo seph Walker has been elected vi'ce p.'esident and general manager and Richard L. Hollowell will sorve as secretary and treasurer of the corporation.- J The new extort company will work in the closest harmony with the Fed eral International Banking .Corpora tion, --which was formed under the provisions of the Edge bill. The bunk ers' organization is expressly pro hibited from dealing in commodities while the main function of the com pany headed by Governor Manning will be the bringing , into closer' , re lationship the producer and . the con sumer. The corporation will not confine its activities to the Carolines alone but will number among its stockholders and supporters farmers, bankers, mer chants and prominent business men of the entire South. : , .' , - The plans of the cotton export com pany, which incidentally will also deal in the Smith's primary products, such as rice, tobacco, peanuts, lumber, su gar, etc., call for tho selling of pro ducts direct to Europe which the pro ducer, cannot sell elsewhere. '; TWO WAKE FARMERS SHOOT THEIR WIVES TO - DEATH; ' INSANE One From Whiskey, Other From Disordered Mental ityOne Slayer Goes to Jail Helpless From Monk ey Rum : i (By MAX ABERNETHY) Raleigh, Nov. 30. The wives of Sam Shadrack and Charles Davls Wake County white farmers, are dead and the two men are fai jail charged with murder. They were arrested yesterday afternoon. -.f Davis Is said to have unloaded a five-showter revolver into the body of his wife in the early morning hour? Monday. Two children of the Davis family carried news of the killing ,to neighbors and when the home was en tered he was found under the influ ence of whiskey, crazed and unman ageable. He was brought to the Wake County jail here in ' an unconscious condition. No reason is advanced for Davis' act other than that he was intoxicated. Shadrack's alleged crime is believed due to the fact that he was mentally unbalanced, having recently been dis charged from the State Hospital for the Insane. The men live ten miles apart, Davis being a resident of New Light while Shadrack's home is only a short dis tance from: Wake Forest. MEETING OF BOOKLOVERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON: - The Booklovers will meet at the residence of. Mrs. A. E. Rountree Wednesday afternoon at 3:30. BULLETINS (By the United Press) ' a IWAKS Mill t'UiNl. Boston, Nov. 30. The final chapter in the career of Charles Ponzl waa written today when he was sentenced to five years in jail upon pleading guilty to a charge of using the mails to de fraud. OBJECTIONS TO PACKERS' PLAN. Washington, Nov. 30. Excep tions to the plan of Swift and Armour for disposing - of their stockyard Interests will be filed by the government today, At torney-General Palmer announ ced. meeting of agriculture Committee announced. Washington, Nov. 30w Sena tor Norris of Nebraska called a meeting pf the Agriculture Com mittee today to discuss the se rious farm situation. He will probably issue a call for a con ference of western congressmen. Will Not Be Colonel nouse of Harding Administra tion, Says v COLBY TO WHITE HOUSE To Confer With President on Armenian Mediation Voice of, America Heard at Geneva Note to Lon don Discussed (By the United Press) Washington, Nov. 30. iRecretary Colby will probably call at the White House today to confer with Presi dent Wilson on the request of tho La-ague of 'Nations that th -'.United " States mediate between Armenia und the Turk Nationalists. Voice of U. S. Heard. : Geneva, Nov. 30. America' voice was heard in the League of -Nfltions Assembly today, when S:retary Colby's note to Great Britain re garding oVIesopotamian oil caused wide comment,-It was declared the nftte strengthened delegates seeking to air the activities of the league, council in .the distribution of man dates. .... He's No "House." London, .Nov, 30. Senator , Mc Coi mick, reported to have come to Europe to sound out sentiment pn the proposed; new association of na tions, surrounded his mission with. x cloud of mystery today. He denied that he will ibe the-Colonel House of this Harding administration, but it is' generally believed that he is here on some definite errand. ' ' Boost and Boast One of Van itervie's Slogans for Big ger Kinston. During an Interview at the Chamber of Commerce office - today Secretary Van Hervie expressed himself in no uncertain terms as to the wonderful possibilities of Kinston and Lenoir County. Kinston, he said, is destined to become the metropolis of the i en tire Coastal Plains region.: Its 'geo graphical location, the spirit of hustle and progress that pervades every home, , the wonderful hospitality iand readiness of all Kinstoniaps to wel come the stranger, the home-seeker, tho manufacturer, and the merchant seeking to locate here, the good roads now under construction all over Le noir County, the salubrity of the cli mate and the thousand and one other advantages that Kinston offers, are the mighty factors that will make this town the greatest of the great in all Eastern .North Carolina. "The opportunity is here right now to begin the development of Kinstoft into the real metropolis, and to make Kinston not only the best town on earth to live and prosper in, but also to bring before the people of the whole country the wonderful natural resources of soil and climate that Le noir County can justly boast of. Make yourlboost , aboast," is one of his slo gans when speaking of Kinston, "and if every man and Woman would unite in a mighty boost and the boast that ' is born of conviction, that Kinston is. the best town on earth, half of our work will, already be accomplished." Struggling to Feet i: - Belgian Government Helping People Come Back Strong. By P. H. SHEFFIELD (Written for the United Press) Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 30. In vir tue of number of decrees issued since the armistice, the Belgian govern ment has steadily continued the un dertaking to make good war damage suffered by its peoples. One of the most interesting categories in this connection are the "little men," those whose loss is covered by a payment of some 10,000 francs (at par $2,000). Ten thousand of these have received sums totalling 36,000,000 francs. The compensation. is mainly used for re pairs to houses and contents. ..- Throughout the country there are societies of war claimants for com pensation and these, operating,. - in' conjunction with the government del egates, carry out the formalities of . filing claims. On satisfactory--evidence, the government makes an ad vance of 70 per cent, of the 1914 value of the destroyed property, plus a sum for reinvestment whkh is cal culated on a basis of 2 1-2 per cent, in the whole of the country except West Flanders (the most devastated province), where the advance is 3 per cent. . Advances under these heada total 81 million l'ra'ics and 3,300 hous es are thus beim. cither rebuilt or repaired, ( .
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