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TU It imt hT -THE
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VOL 25. No. 244.
FIRST EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1923
SIX PACSS TODAY
PRICE TWO CENTS
First Blood
Olceiipation
Place;
Tropps at Bochum Forced to Fire Into Ger-
, man Mob, Says Off icial Report Had at
f Paris One Killed
French and Belgians Take Over More
Territory First
! Coal Allies Meet Pomcare s Demand
Germany in Default as to Coal and Cat
p tie j Payments Berlin Expects Further
Conflict Between Populace and Forces
of Occupation'
f ' ! (Special to The Free Pree Press)
Paris, Jan. ,16. Official announcement of the occupation
of Dortmund by French troops wa today made. The French
line was further advanced to Horde. First military requisi
tions of coal were made this morning. A report on trouble at
Bochum last night was made by General Maginot. In rioting
betweeri Communists and German citizens one person was kill
ed. Later a crowd of 2,000 attacked French troops. The lat
ter were forced to fire. One German was killed and two
wounded in a volley. .. -. .
Paris,. Jan. 16. The Reparations
Commission .met today on Premier
-Poincare's demand that Germany's
failure to make deliveries of coal, cat
tle and. rolling stock be declared in
direct violation of the Versailles
Treaty.
France and Belgium have the right
to take even further penalties, the
French premier urged. American Ob
server Boyden planned to present a
memorandum outlining generally the
United States' attitude on reparations
' and suggesting that Germany s- ca
. parity for payment be re-examined.
The commission voted with Poincnrc
that Germany had defaulted in cattle
anrf coal payments. -v
The British representative abstain
ed from voting. '. ,
Germany Expects More Trouble.
Berlin, Jan. 16. (French troops in
Ruhr pushed further forward today
over a f anshaped area, and it is be
lieved will extend their occupation be
yond the River Lippe as far as Ha mm.
The outer arc of the occupation
area was reached this forenoon. It
passed through Recklinhausen, Hern,
Cantrop and 'Bochum. Complete oc
cupation of Dortmund is expected to
be announced at any minute.
First bloodshed of the occupation
ocourred at Bochum, where French
troops shot down German civilians
yesterday, killing one and wounding
others. It is feared in Berlin that
tni$ was but preliminary to further
casualties throughout the occupied
zone.
Execution Five More
Rebels Causes Sharp. ,
Fighting Irish City
r r. i,.(Bjr, thc United Press)
iub m: Jan. 16. The city hall and
several F rce State army posts were
bombed and raked with machine gun
ire by republican insurgents during
night. Two soldiers and four
J an4 were wonded in the fighting-
Ihe crash of bombs andrattle
w machine guns, with intermittent
revolver shots, kept the city in an
uproar. Guerrilla warfare followed
announcement of the Free State that
lour. insurgents at Roserea and one
at Larlow had .been executed for pos
session of arms.
Fire Chases Roomers.
p1CW 0rleans. Jan. 16, Scantily
Jlad roomers were forced to flee from
fiftnV00 and approximately $25,
0 damage was done by a fire that
snrn.,1 .? wal1 naPer store a"d
night to htw roominj? houses last
, Escaped Slayers Caught.
rrnT' J"- 16 Three of the eight
convicts who escaped from the Hous
ton County jail Thursday are back in
jail. Love Foster and John Roach,
parting trial for murder, and Aaron
siaughter. ere taken into custody
war here last night. Three hacksaw
oiades were found in Clark's clothes
wlen searched at the jail.
No SIGN OF BERGDOLL
ABOARD THE SAMNAGER.
(By the United Press) '".;
searT,nt'h',l.Jan;T 15 A thorough
EL0' ' -5?, Norwegian steamer
fcamnager which docketf here yester-
land rL !l 1 discle Grover Ckve
bm &i0,l- arch slacker, who had
nvSL and harbor authorities
trace of
Klan Planed Big Stunt. . V
C&tt1'.'' Mer Rouge, to-
operated FlemlK. who formerly
Vn)anW a0 before
ete kidIllSS'1 JJxwnaa Richards
that the arKi tortuti ta death
Pulled ofT JSr tfeK ver
uHr
and,Two Wounded
Military Seizures of
FRENCH SCIENTIST
MARTYR IN FIELD
OF X-RAY RESEARCH
Thirteen Surgical Opera
tions in Effort to Stem
Spread of Subtle Electri
cal Poison Heroic Sacri
fice for Humanity's Sake
(By trie United Press.)
Paris, Jan. 16 M. Charles Vaillant
will live forever as a martyr to X-fay,
the science which he has done more
tCian any cr.e man to develop. Thir
teen time under the surgeon's knife
tell a story of sacrifice and unselfish
devotion to duty rarely equalled in
the history of medicine.
Inch by inch his kit arm and shoul
der blade have been, amputated in a
vain effort to stem the progress of
that deadly subtle poison which soon
er or later attacks tiie tissues of
those who work with X-ray. After
each operation, fully realizing the
danger, he has continued to work with
the courage of a man who believes
that the good of humanity is worth
mire than his own life.
Few visitors are allowed to enter
the . white-walled rocl.n which looks
out over the garden of the Laribois
iere Jlcspital. It is there he is recov
ering frcrn his thirteenth operation
which itorrived him of the thumb of
his right hand. Soon another will be
necessary,, then another until his life
is forfeited.
To see and talk with M. Vaillant
is a privilege never to be forgotten.
Of all those seated or standing in a
half circle near his couch he was the
most cheerful. He appeared ill-at-ea3e-in
the presence of one who had
came for the purpose of interviewing
Ciiin. His only reference to his re
markable sacrifice and that still
greater sacrifice to come, was an
apology because he was not aMe to
take his interviewer by the hand.-
What could he say? A man with
a record like that of M. Vaillant does
not alk about it. He discussed jthe
kindness of his friends in the hospital,
lihe weather and the misfortunes of
a father of nine children in whom he
was interested, but had nothing to
say of his own woork. His eyes
seemed to be focused on some object
far in the distance. v
He realizes that he may never go
back to Ws laboratory again, but
even that fact fails to disturb nia won
ftorf ul stoicism. , His experiments
have ibeen carried out over a period
cf twenty years and his achievements
represent a dozen lifetimes.
Unitl 1916 he received an allowance
of only 4,000 francs annually with
which he (managed to carry on his
research .work. , From that time i on
his fame spread rapidly. The muni--'
e.pal' council agreed to pension iiun
and ' he was made an oificer of tht
Legion of Honor. Toward the end of
the same year the Academy of Poli
tical and Moral Sciences gave him
the Prix Audiffred in recognition of
his devotion to duty.
Today Charles Vaillant is a symbol
of rier;c sensaenfrce. His hospital
room is mecca of senators, public
officials and members of the French
Academy..
Pretest Election.
iSavannah, Jan. 15. Application to
have ihe election of Judge Paul Sca
hrook as mayor of Savannah declared
null and void and enjoin him from
taking office -was filed in Superior
Court at Homersville today by at
torney for Murray M. Stewart, ac
cording to word had here'. Judge H.
G. Dickerson; who will 'hear -tire pe
tition, set the date of hearing for to
morrow. 1
.Bed Since
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BULLETINS
(By the United Tress.)
BIG LOT LIQUOR CASES.
Washington, Jan. 13. Dawning
tomorrow of the fourth year of
constitutional prohibition will find
the federal courts clogged with al
most twice as many prohibition cas
es as were on the dockest a year
ago. This is shown by a compre
hensive summary of enforcement
work during the third year of na
tional prohibition, which was pre
pared for the United Tress by the
Prohibition Bureau. As the third
year ends tonight a grand total of
68,562 prohibition cases will be
pending in federal courts, compar
ed with 30,881 January 1 of last
year.
COAL BUSINESS MUST CHANGE.
Washington, Jan. 13. Wide
spread profiteering and overde
velopment of the mining industry
and recurrent strikes during the
last few years were blamed today
for present high prices of coal by
the United States Coal Commission
in its first report to Congress on
the national coal 1 problem. The
commission warned that unless the
industry reforms itself through
elimination of frequent strikes and
surplus ' miners federal regulation
wilt be-necessary.
BLAMES STANDARD OIL,
Washington, Jan. 15. Standard
Oil units control the gasoline in
dustry and exclusively determine
the price the consumer must pay,
L. V. Nichols, president of the Na
tional Petroleum Marketers' Assoc
iation, charged before the Senate
investigating committee today.
Nicholas declared there was no real
competition in the oil industry and
that independent producers were
forced to arbitrarily follow prices
fixed by Standard Oil.
Ribot, Premier of
France During Part
' War, Passes Out
(By the United Press)
Paris, Jan. 15. Alexandre Ribot,
wartime premier of France during
the stormy days from March to Sep
tember, 1917, died suddenly at the age
of 81 today. Ribot married Miss
Mary Burch of Chicago. He leaves
one, son, Dr. E. A. Ribot.
Southern Baptists on
World Meeting Program;
Big Gathering in Jaly
Nashville, Jan. 15. Increasing in
terest in the Baptist World Alliance
that meets at .Stockholm the last
week in July is being manifested in
the preparations of numerous state
conventions to send thir state mis
sion secretaries and editors of their
denominational papers to that body
as special messengers. Many special
ciei'egiati.ri.ns to Stockholm are already
in process of formation. Southern
Baptists will 1e well represented on
the program, it appears. It is offi
eir.?1y announced that Dr George W.
Truett of Dallas,, Tex-aa, will teliver
the congress sermon, while other
prominent representatives , of the
South are scheduled for places on the
program. , i -
Forest Ranger's Job
Embraces Many; Odds
and Ends His Chores
Washington, Jan. 11. The forest
ranger is not a new character on the
motion-picture screen. More or less
accurate presentations of him appear
in many of the film productions of
life in the open. But, despite this
public prominence, there are many
people who think the forest ranger
has nothing much to do in the intervals-
between forest fires, and '.hat
every -morning and evening he poses
on the horizon against, the sunrise
Cf the sunset ior teie camera.
Some idea of what his life really
consists of is shown in "The Forest
Ranger's Job," a new motion picture
made for the Forest Service and re
leased by the Department of Agri
culture. In, addition to guarding
firp and iff"htlT10-
them when there is need, the ranger
performs sum oiner lasna main
taining telephone line?, appraising
government timber before its sale,
"scaling" the timt-br after it is cut,
keeping the animals on grazing areas
down to the number the range will
support, building roads, trails, bridge
and dams, acting as carpenter when
he needs an addition to his station,
patrolling the forest-in winter as
well as in summer, supervising the
recreational uses of the forest, and
fine as ."mayor" for the communi
ties of sammer homes on the forests.
Cotton Statistics.
Official, figures, fhow 9,981 bales
of cotton of the 1322 crop have been
ginned in-Lenoir County W January
1, against 14,60, bale to the same
date last year.
SPEEDY TRIAL FOR
JIM MILLER HERE;
1ST DEGREE CHARGE
Bill of Indictment Returned
Weeks Ago by Lenoir
Grand Jury
OFFICERS AT BALTIMORE
Will Arrive With Negro
During Next Day cr Two.
State - Will-Claim' Promi
nent Man Shot Dead
Wagon on Road
in
Jahnes Miller, negro, confessed
slayer of John Sutton, prominent local
planter, will be arraigned here next
week unless there is a change in the
plans of the authorities. A bill of
indictment was had from a grand
jury at a term some weeks ago.
Sheriff Arden Taylor and Thomas
Conway, his chief deputy, arc expect
ed to arrive her with lililler, who
was arrested by Baltimore police in
tiie northeastern district of that city
some days ago, during tht- next 48
hours. They arrived at the Maryland
city Tuesday forenoon. James A.
Powers. Sixth District solk-itor. con
sidered the case important enough to
trie him to Baltimore along with the
officers, but changed his mind and
J'.d r.ct trake tihe trip. Powers will
have charge of the prosecution.
Bert Jones, who is held in the coun
ty jail here, denies that he haiborsd
Millar at his home following the
shooting of Sutton. Jones is a negro
said by police to have had his resi
dence in the vicinity of Wyse Foa-k,
south of Kins-ton, at the time of the
crime. Miller in his confession to
tha Baltimore police declared he spent
"shout a week" with Jones following"
his escape from posses in the vicinity
of the shooting. Jones when appre
hended late Monday night was at a
pcint near Grifton.
Why Miller confessed was a cause
for speculation in local circles today.
Lneally the case against him was a
dear-cut one. The Baltimore author
ities had his picture. They arrested
hi:m some weeks ago on suspicion, but
he was liberated!, He fell into evil
ways at the -Maryland1 city, it ap
pears, and was picked' up again rec
ently. He told official interrogators
they could have gotten nothing "out
of him" had he not been tied of car
rying his secret and wished to "face
them usic." Some authorities here
today believed Miller was overwhelm
ed by fear of detection and "'blew
the whole story."
, Prosecutor Powers today declared
Miller would be arraigned on a first
degree charge. Powers sai;l .there
was no danger of violence. The trial
ipromises to be speedy. The State
has a complete case, it was - indicated
in official quarters. The shooting cf
Sutton was the most sensational in
cident of the kind in this county in
years. Literally thousand's of men
joined in the search for his slayer. A
discrepancy in Miller's ' confession
whien compared with evidence had
previously was pointed out today. He
said Sutton was pursuing him when
he fired three shots at the white man.
The State is expected to claim that
Sutton fell dead from a wagon in
Which the two had been ridrr.g.
Jones a Bootlegger?
Local authorities said Jones ? was
charged by Pitt County officials with
heing a bootlegger or moonshiner.
Miller was alleged to have trafficked
in ru.:n before the -shooting of Sutton.
He confessed to have stolen corn
from Sutton, which led- to his arrest
by the white man, it was while Sutton
was bringing hrm here to deliver to
the authorities that Miller shot the
white mun. ' ,- ,
McLean and Bailey in
Best of Moods as They
Discuss Their Families
(Special Capital Correspondence.)
Raleigh, Jan. lfi.r-A. W. McLean
and J. W. Bailey, gtfbcrnatorial can
didates, swapped pleasantries last
night and invited each other to make
culls and to exchange visits, neither
showing any interest in politics and
both wonderfully solicitous- for fam
ily health. Mr. McLean is here to
be with the Atlantic Joint Stock Land
Bank, of whith he is the head. The
Raleigh institution calls often on his
time, but he remains in LOmlberton
to live. -Mr. Bailey, who spoke to the
editors at their High Point meeting
a few days ago, told Mr. McLean
about the speech and the good time
that the Raleigh man was given fry
the papers. Both nm are immediate
ly pleased with the way folks treat
them albout the governorship. Maj
or George Butler of Clinton spent
Saturday night and Sunday in- Ra
leigh, and while the Sampson candi
date for federal judge d'oes not wish
to abolish welfare agencies in the
county and the State, he would be
mightily pleased to write the school
laws of the State so that the whole
business could be put on a postcard.
Major Butler is confident that he can
turn t'hat trick, but he is even more
confident that nobody wiihes him to
do So.
, Cotton Statistics.'
Washington, Jan. 16. Cotton ex
clusive of linters consumed in De
cember totalled 627,45 bales, com
pared with 510,025 in December ot
1921. .
Angry Citizens Take Hand in
Strike of Railroaders Marked
by Sabotage; One is Lynched
(By the United Press)
Harrison, Ark., Jan. 16. The
body of E. C. Gregory, striking
railroad worker who resisted a pos
se of citizens probing sabotage on
a Missouri & North Arkansas Kail
road, was found hanging from a
railroad trestle, according to advic
es received here today.. (Jeorge W.
O'Neal, hotel man who went on the
bond of strikers charged with par.
aly.iiig transportation by burning
bridges, was taken from his home
last night in his night clothes and
whipped by a mob.
Union headquarters were wreck
ed. "
Streets were filled with milling
crowds of men bent on settling dif
ferences which threatened to 're
sult in suspension of the road.
Little 'Rock, Jan. 16. Governor Mc
Rate has been besieged by requests
to dispatch state guardsmen to Har
rison to assist in quelling disturb
ances brought out by a clash between
railroad strikers and a citiaens' com-
L
MM WOULD 'OAS'
RACE'S WEAKLINGS
Dr. Preston King, Brother
of Bishop, Would Utilize
Lethal Chamber to Eradi
cate Cripples and Men,tai
Defectives in England
(By the United Press. "i
London, Jan. 16. .Painless but com
pulsory death is the latest means ad-,
vanced here to purge the papulation
of this county of fcoMe-mAnded and
irxuruihle invalid's.
Aldeman Dr. Preston King, broth
er of Bishop King, advocated the
lethal gas ctiai.nuer for incurables in
a speech at Bath.
Along with the painless eradication
of the physically and mentally ruin
ed, Dr. King took his pl'aco beside
Dr. Marie Stopes of the Birth Con
trol League, by strongly urging thc
sterilization of those unfit io pro
pagate the human race.
The painless execution of the un
fit has attracted- publfc: attention be
fore, both here and in America.
The lethal chaiv.lber sti3) has many
converts to win before it can be said
to even threaten the United King
dom. It is significant, however, that
scarcely a week passes since the war
but that some person advocates either
sterilization or the lethal chamber
as the means of bettering the human
race.
Capper. Says He Will
Not Run for Highest
Office in Gift People
(By the United Press V
Washington. Jan. 16.- A boom to
make Senator Capper of ' Kansas
r armer-Progressive presidential can
didate in 1!J24 was today punctured
by Capper himself. "I'd like to see
a farmer from the Middle West pres
ident of the united btates, he told
the United Press in an interview. "I
think it would be a good thing for
the country, but not tonn e. I ve
got a man-sized job in the Senate for
the next lew years. X'm going to
devote my political life to working
out a permanent solution of farmers'
ills."
EVELYN NESBIT TELLS HOW SHE .
BECAME A VICTIM OF DRUG RING
(By the United Press.)
Atlantic ity, N. J., Jan. 11. "The
drug ring got me."
Evelyn Nesbit, restored to health
after a year's addiction to morphine,
told today for the first time her own
story of her experience while in the
grrp of the drug ha-bit. one charged
that a ring controlling the narcotic
traffic in New York, where she was
appC9uig in vaudeville at the time
of her fall, was responsible. S-he
claimed "dope" peddlers deliberately
lured her into the habit, from which,
unlike thousands of other victims,
she -finally escaped.
"One n'.ght I suffered from a ter
rible iuainine oain in a wisdom tooth.
Anyone Who has ever been through
it knows. All night Jong i paced
the- floor,, nothing., would; ease the
pain.
A Blonde Temptress.
"Early the next morning a little
pale-faced blonde chorus girl named
Marie who had made mv wnuaint-
ance some time before, and who had
been very sweet to me, came in to
see me. There I was tortured al
most to distraction: the wisdom tooth
shrieking; all one side of my head
on fire. .
"She was all svmnathv and under
standing, was little blonde Marie.
uo yon mean- to pay youvo wen
doing this all night?" she demanded.
'Why, I can, stop your pain in a min
ute.' "I seized her by the shoulders.
"What cm, you do?
"She led me lnt the bathroom, ex
tracted little bottle from her hand
bag. Wrapping a bit of cotton around
a toochpick. she applied the liquid to
mjr tooth. -, - - ; .
Taking a hypodermic needle from
her bag, she jabbed it into the fleshy
mittee investigating sabotage. The
governor stated today that he felt the
situation to be in hand and would not
issue a troop call unless the situa
tion was to change for the worse.
The Weather.
For North Carolina: (Fair and cold
tonight and Wednesday, freezing
temperature in interior and frost on
the coast. Fresh west and northwest
winds.
Town is Quiet.
Harrison, Ark., Jan. 16. Harrison
is quiet following a night during
wnk-h striking railroad workers were
threatened with violence by enraged
citizens. The trouble arose over sab
otage on the Missouri & North Ar
kansas Railroad, which paralyzed
transportation.
Armed men from the surrounding
country poured into Harrison last
night and authorities for a time fear
ed violence. The threat of disorder,
however, had not entirsljLPassed this
morning.
IS EASY
MATTER t IN LAI
OF 'TOPSY TURVY'
Legal Residence of One
Day in Yucatan Entitles
Foreigner to Decree Re
no and Other Places Like
ly to Lose Much Prestige
By FRED'K G. NEU MEIER
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Mexico City, Jan. 16. Yucatan, the
"Land of Topsy Turvy," is the -home
of the picture divorce. The opposite
of the "picture brides" is found in
this Socialist State of Mexico. Di
vorces ore given for the asking by
any party, with or without cause.
Children and maintenance for wives
and' property right are respected.
Obtain Divorce in One Day,
The original, law provides for t-ix
months' residen-ce for foreigners ber
fore a divorce could be granted, but
this was believed 'by the Socialist of
ficials to be a queer provision in a
-socialist sate, which is supposed to
be internatronal. So the law was
changed' and now a foreigner may
acquire a residence for divorce pur
peses in one tfay.
" In certain cases divorces can be ob
tained by power of attorney fcilven to
another person arid pictures of the
parties in question submitted.
Since sailing to Yucatan w(; cheap
fr-ctn the United States and a visit to
that tste gives an opportuna-.ty to
see the famous ruins of Uxmal and
Chkhen-Itza, it is expected t'hafc when
the law becomes generally known Re
no and other divorce colonies will suf
fer heavily.
However, with all the liberalities of
the divorce laws not twelve divorces
were granted during the past year.
Those going to Yuica-n-tan are ad
vised to take along a red card.
DECLARES STRIKING
SHOP WORKERS WILL WIN'.
- Kansas City, Jan. 15. Striking
shop workers idle for six months are
prepared to fight to a victorious fin
ish, J. A. Franklin, president of the
Boilermakers' Union, today declared.
Franklin at the same time asserted
that nearly one-half of the 40,000
workers who walked out last July
when the national strike was called
have not returned to their posts un
der the Williard-Pace agreement with
individual roads.
part id my leg.
"In two minutes; the pain, was
gone. I Fauehed, danced and sang.
1 took her out and bought an ex.
travagatvt breakfast.
"But the next morning, I went
to sleep in mid-afternoon and slept
all the night the pain .was back,
worse ttian ever.
"I seized a telephone.
" 'Come over at once, my tooth's
at it again.' And' I lay gritting my
teeth until she arrived, applied some
Foothing liquid to the wisdom tooth
and gave me another jab with her
needle. Once more I as relieved.
Got Money and Furs.
"Well, that's all there was to it.
You can guess the rest. (From that
day on, I couldn't endure life with
out that girl. She had given me only
a tiny dose of .-morphine at first, half
a grain at the. most. Cradually, she
increased the dose, half a grain at
a time, until I required' as much as
four grains. She got my money, my
furs, my jewels. Sire introduced1 me
to peddlers about New York and word
went around that I was a 'dope.'
Strange women came to me at all
hours of the day and night.
"Sometimes, when I would exclaim
against the outrageous sums this girl
and her confederates demanded, she
would hold out on me. For half a
day,. I would suffer tortures of the
damned. Then I would hurry to her,
fall on my knees, and pay anything
she asked. When my bank 'account
was gone, she took my clothing; and
personal .property.-.: '
"Thus, the 'drujr ring works. This
girl was only a littla agent, a retail
er, f-he had perhaps snared a dozen
or more like myself. Her profits
were large, but insignificant ' com
pared to what went to the ring."
SCHOOL BOARD AND
CITIZENS GO INTO
DETAILS OF PLANS
For Construction of En
largements to Educa
tional System
MATTER SITES TAKEN UP
Prominent Residents Meet
With Trustees at Grainger
School to Talk Over Ways
in Which $300,000 Shall
Be Disbursed
Call for Site
Options; Good
Locations, Etc.
The following was issued by
Wm. Hayes, chairman of the
School Board, Tuesday:
'The board met in ttw GraiWger
Building Monday evening and
heard expressions from several
citizens on the question of locat
ing the proposed building or build
ings. The hoard listened wltlt in
terest and open minds. '. We take
this meuns to Invite all who are
interested in certain locations to
secure options on same and fHe
with the chairman of thc board
not later than noon of January 22.
The board will consider thes lo
cations from ever ypoint ot vis
and do Us best to reach a conclu
sion that will be for the greatest
interest of all concerned now and
in thef uture. In fairness t all
we think these prices should be
considered as propositions to the
board for school purposes and not
for private purchase by' any HMie.
We wish to emphasise that it- in
the purpose ot the board to secure
a good location, carrying with It
ample space for children at recess
periods. Please keep in mind the
fact that the prices Rawed- most
be reasenable, as this Item is going
to make a large contribution in
the location of the building.
"WILLIAM HAYES,
"Chairman.". .
A number of citizens gathered ,- at
the High School building ' Monday
evening at 7:30 to discuss the school
program with the Board of Trusfeea
in response to the (board's invitatron.
The meeting was sehedule for' 7:80.
It was about five minutes to tight
before it was called to ordear and
Chairman Hayes of the school board,
who presided, announced that sug
gestions in reference to the "location
arid number of sohooljbuildLngs' would
be received, but that no other sug
gestion would be considered in or
der. The question was immediately
asked upon this ruling if further
hearing were to be given in order that
other phases of the program, includ
ing administration o the schools,
might be discussed. Chairman Hayes'
gave assurance that it was the. pur-.
pose to give further hes-rings. A
number of those present spoke on the
question of location. Citizenai'froni
the section south of North Street and
east of Queen appeared and present
ed claims for location of the school
within that territory. Representa
tives of North and West Kinstom were
present and those who had anything
tS say, assured the board that they
would not oppose the location of the-
building in the said section. If was
suggested, however, that it would not
be wise to locate the buildings east
of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
because of the fact that that would
tend to segregate the children of that
section and thwart the Ibest work of
the public schools as an a-gency of
democracy in liberal and practical
education and development. Tho con
census of opinion seemed to be that
one school building should be erected.
Atoning those who spoke were Dr.
Ira M. Hardy, L. J. Mewbome, W. D.
ivauoque, c. a. jjewis, m. uan srsx
ton, Mrs. John C. Hoot), George O.
Brown James Moore, Dr. R. S. Mc- .
Geachy. B. C. Grady, Ely Perry and
I). V. Wooten.
.Messrs. LaRoque and Lewis submit
ted statistics to show the numerous
noss of children in the eastern section
of the town as compared! wiuh other
section and to urge the location of
the building with respect t the ctfn- .
venience of the little folks. Messrs.
Wooten and Braxton urged the strict,
est economy in carrying out tho pro
gram, pointing out the overburdened
additions of the community on ac
count of excessive taxes, and express
ed tho hope t hat the Board of Trustee
would find it possible to provide for
the accommodation of all children
without having to spend anything1
like all of the $800,000 issued. Mr.
Braxton also called attention to the
proposal of a unified program tjeing
launched" by the County -Softool Board
at an early date, and asked for the
sake of harmony, the interests and
welfare of all the people of the coun
ty, that the Kinston School Board
keep that proposal in mind and should
it be launched and ratified, be pre
tred to cooperate In putting It into
effect.?
Ely Perry announced that' ; the
Perry property at the ttd ;ot Hist
Peyton Avenue, contenting about- 6
acres, was vailaUe if the school
beard saw fit to consider it, and1 as
representative of the owners, he could
assure them that a reasonable price
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