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"I. PUBLISHED EiZENINC EXCEPT SUNDHY. KINSTQN, N. 0., SATUBbAXi NOVEMBER 17, 1900. Vol.11 No, 193. Price Two Cents. GENERAL NEWS. . "Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. Michigan has a population of 2,420, 982, against 2,098,889 in 1890. According to the latest returns Mc , Kinley will have 292 eletoral rotes, and - . Bryan only 155. Lord Salisbury has extended his con- Sratulatlons to the nation for having efeated Mr. Bryan. Three negroes were lynched at Jeffer son, Texas, for waylaying and attempt ing to kill an officer. Republicans say the official count in Nebraska gives the legislature to the Republicans on joint ballot. Jeffries has signed agreements for a fight with Rublin and Sharkey. lie also , wants to fight Fitzsimmons. Miss Clara Barton has left Galveston. , She says the sufferers from the storm have all they need but shelter. Fifteen people were killed in a railroad . wreck in Southern France Thursday, in cluding several distinguished persons. . The population of the state of Ken tucky is 2,147,174, against 1,858.635 in " 1890; an increase of 288,539 or 15.5 per cent. Gov. Beckham, of Kentucky, will pur sue Taylor. Gov. Durbin, of Indiana, will be called upon to surrender the fugi tive to justice. The cost of the Transvaal war is eim- ply enormous as the British chancellor of the exchequer tells his people. The debt is some f 5,000,000,000. Just in the nick of time when the sup ply of rubber was becoming uncomfort ably short a great forest of rubber trees - has been discovered in Bolivia. There are now about 268,000 Indians In this country, of whom 45,270 are sup plied with daily rations by the govern ' men. About 16,000 are occasionally i assisted. . w The joint caucus of Democrats of both bouses of the Alabama legislature unani- ' mouely nominated John T. Morgan for t- re-election as United States senator. No other name was presented. ' . A Manilla dispatch says:- The censor ship has been removed. Gen. MacArthur, however, has issued directions to the cable companies ordering them to furnish Jum with a copy ol all press dispatches. ' John W. Yerkes,' late Republican can - didate for governor of Kentucky, has been appointed collector of internal rev- nn fnr th ia-hth district, H hhvh lie . has abandoned all idea of contesting Gov. Beckham's election. ' Capt. Anderson and crew of 13 men, of the 'Norwegian' barque Highflyer, have arrived at Fbiladelpuia, baying been res cued by the British steamer Georgian Prince. The Highflyer sprang a leak In a severe gale and was set afire when aban doned. ';. -;'.;r MaU advices from the Orient say fire broke oat aboard the United States mon itor Monterey . Oct. 21st. The flames came from the electric light room, and : for a time it was feared that they would spread to the magazine, ; Volunteer fire- men succeeded in checking the fire how ever. The Value of 75,000 Votes. New York Sua. " , ... ; ,v - - t If 75,000 citizens who voted for Mc Kinley in certain states of the Union had voted instead for Bryan McKinley would have been defeated and Bryan would have been elected. .'). -f ':. ';",.' The table below mentions 12 states with the electoral rote belonging to them and their several pluralities for McKinley and Roosevelt, as nnofScially ascertained or as estimated yesterday. Changes in the figures by later returns will not greatly affect the general proposition:; ;, Electoral Republican ' - Yote Plurality. - Delaware 8 4 . ' 5,000 Indiana 15 27,400 Kansas ...................10 Marjland 8 lVt&rft&kft 8 Oregon................. North Dakota......-. . .3 South Dakota.. ...a........ 'x Utah 3 "Washington. ....... 4 West Virginia 6 Wyoming................... 3 ' 25,000 14,800 5,000 14,000 8,000 J.0,000 8,000 - 5,000 ' 15,000 8,000 Total....-...i..... ...71- - 135,760 Thus leaving a .margin of 14,000 for possible increase in the aggregate Repub lican plurality in these states, it - is evi- dent that the change of 75,000 votes would have reversed the result in all 12 of them. That is to say, if 75,000 citizens who voted for McKinley had voted for Brjan, 71 electoral votes now-inthe Mc Kinley column would have gone into the Bryan colunm, thus: " McKinley'a electoral vote as it U......292 Electoral vote of these twelve states - 71 McKiuley'a electoral vote as it would have twn 221 Necessary to a choice ... 224 White's T'ack Liniment fall size 2Zc bottle for 15c.' It cures pain. J. H Ilooa. FLOATING FIELDS. Bcaldea Their Beanty Thar Ar of Practical Vmm Mm Chin. It was Dr. MncGowan who some years ago described tho manner In which floating fields and gardens are formed in China. In the month of April a bamboo raft 10 to 12 feet long and about half as broad la prepared. The 'poles are lashed together, with interstices of an Inch between each Over this a layer of straw an Inch thick is spread, and then a coating two Inches thick of adhesive mud Is taken from the bottom of a canal or pond which receives the seed. The raft Is moored to the bank in still water and requires no further attention'. The straw soon gives way and the soil also, the roots drawing support from the water alone. In about 20 days the raft becomes covered with the creeper. and Its stems and roots are gathered for cooking. In autumn Its small white petals and yellow stamens, nestling among the round leaves, pre sent a very pretty appearance. In some places marshy land Is profitably cultivated In this manner. Besides these floating vegetable gar dens there are also floating riceflelds. Upon rafts constructed as above reeds and adherent mud are placed as a flooring soil, which, being adhesive and held In place by weed roots, the plants are maintained in position throughout the season. The rice thus nlanted ripens in from 60 to 70 in place of 100 days. The rafts are cabled to the shore, floating on lakes, pools or slug gish streams. These floating fields serve to avert famines, whether by drought or flood. When other fields were submerged and their crops sod den or rotten, these floated and flour ished, and when a drought prevailed they subsided with the. falling water and, while the soil around was .arid, advanced to maturity,. Agricultural treatises contain plates representing rows of extensive riceflelds moored to sturdy trees on the banks of rivers or lakes which; existed formerly In ' the lacustrine regions of the lower Yang-Ue and Yellow rivers. Brooklyn Eagle. " ' ' Coat la Self Admiration; ' ' - It happened In an "L" car. He wud tall, handsome and jnst a little too well dressed and was reading a pamphlet on which stood ont in letters large; enough to be plainly legible to the op posite row of passengers the title, "Correct Dress." They all noticed him, for he was really beautiful. ;; There .-was no doubt as to what he was reading. The passengers followed it almost line by line and knew, Just what part of the essay he had reached. It began when his eyes left the book and glanced dubiously at his cloth top ped patent leathers. He shook his head slightly as he saw that the upper was of a trifle too pronounced a pat tern. Next he took in his trousers, and a bland smile of satisfaction wreathed his face. There was a slight frown when he compared his waistcoat with the haberdasher's manual, but his coat and hat were evidently Irreproachable. The end of the Inventoryand of the spectators'; self control came when the beautiful one' began to admire in the back of his watch case his neckwear, his shirt and the faultless curves of his collar. A titter from the two girls In the corner, and the whole : benebful exploded. ' The model of "pulchritude looked up, shut his book with a snap, blushed furiously, and left the car at the next station. New York Mall and Express. , -;- ,, 4 , i:tf:fer' " " r1 -i, - ; , Dark.- Now a large, ; dark vessel was de scried in the Bosporus, belching Are and waking the echoes of those histor ic shores with the thunder of her guns. "What bark is that?' asked the sul tan. - . "That, 1 take it, is the bark of the dogs of war." Bald the grand vizier wit tily. - This' sally 'was followed by a strict party laugh, the opposition groaning. Detroit Journal Why Aim With 0e Eye t Joskins I say, old boy, this Is my first day at sbootln. Yon might tell me In confidence what people shut one eye for when they're slghtln anything, v , Hosklns Oh. that's perfectly simple, tfly dear fellow. You see, ff they were to shut both eyes they wouldn't be able to see anything rick 3Ie Upl s- - "i have used Chamberlain's Colic, Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy and find it to be a great medicine," says Mr. E. 8. I'Lipps, of Poteau, Ark. "it cured me of blood v flux, I cannot speak too KTghly of it." This remedy always wins the good opinion, if not praise, of thoce who nee it Tfce qiick cures which it f "?eta even la the most evere esses make it a fivor il eTery where. For sale by J. E. Ilood Boys Who Had Pluck and Orit and Who Won Success. Monroe Enquirer. , i Eight years ago a citice of this county . died, leaving a widow and five sons. The man had been unfortunate- and after his death his land and personal property went under the auctioneer's bammer and the widow and ber sons . were left with nothing save their pluck .nd resolution to surmount difficulties. Sickness came UDon them, the mother died and it seemed that fate was against tbem, but those boys went to work witn a wuland de termination which takes too denial and their success has been phenomenal. By hard work alone, by the. wear of muscle and sweat of the brows, those boys have redeemed tbeir father s farm, nave pur chased 800 acres of good land adjoining it and nave plenty of good stock and im plements. Piled in their, cribs is this year's corn crop measuring 2,000 busnels, and under their sheds are 10 bales of cot ton made this year. Do not tell us that a young man cannot, slcceed in this country, for thoseyoungnwn have proved that assertion false. TheV- deserve the plaudits of every man who admires true grit, indomitable courage and persever ance, wewlsn tiias we were at liberty to give the names of these deserving boys, but-the gentleman who save us the facts asked that their names be withheld. We know some of the boys and know them to be all tnat goes to make up good clti senship., May the sun of prosperity never set upon onr deserving young friends and may tne work of tneir bands ever pros per. Two Polntera aa to tho Goat. "You may go into the goat business and educate the people of the middle west to eat goat meat," afd Wiley O. Cox yesterday, "but you Will not learn from books what: my father learned from experience," and then Mr. Cox gave away a trick of the trade. "The man who goes In for Angoras will find that it is true they will Jump anything under 100 feet high and climb a sapling. They will get at the neigh bor's wash as sure as it goes on the line, and there will be lingerie to pay for. But If-you would be on the safe side and keep the billy there turn him up and cut away the little creeper that you will find at the bottom of the hoof. It will not hurt him to lose it, but It ruins his ambition as a mountebank. It will save lots of trouble-to have a chiropodist get at the Angora with a nail trimmer." Goat meat cannot be distinguished from mutton ordinarily. In every car of sheep that comes froni New Mexico there are sure to be from two to a doz en goats In the lot. They all go to the same block at the packers, and the good wife who takes home goat's chops for lamb chops In never the wiser. Nor is the butcher. A goat is only a goat when be has his pelt on. After that be is a sheepl Kansas City Journal. One of Npoleon'a Feata. Napoleon added to his many other deeds' of Interest to the world , that of having climbed to the top of a tower on horseback, f. feat accomplished May 16, 1797, when he rode to the top of the Campanile, or bell tower of St. Mark'8, Venice, in order that he. himself might give' the signal to his fleet of the sur render of the city. " Kindred Sptrlta; -' She-;And did you light the fire with tteroseue too? x - ' lie No; I smoked while 1 was put ting gasoline in the automobile. Chi cago News ' . - Te Core aCld In Obs Oay laka LAxATnra Baono Qudoms Tablets. - Al draggba rafond tha money if it faili to com. B. W QaovB'a alxnanva ia oa tacn boa . ase. , " v - . A mob broke into the jail at Albermarle Wednesday night and took from a cell John Knox, a negro, : charged : with poisoning ana killing Vr. hove, a prom inent young physician. The . negro some time ago .confessed to giving the Kisoo and said he was paid to do so . VanuSykes, of Union county. Opin ion is divided as to what the mob-did with the prisoner. Some claim that it was a crowd of Sykes friends, who feared the evidence might implicate Sykes; so they released him on purpose. Others think it was a crowd of Love's 'friends, who feared the evidence obtained, under force might not convict.. Sheriff McCain expressed the opinion thatthe negro was lynched. V . - ' . ; . ' , : " AUGUST FLOWER. "It is a surprising fact." says Prof. Ilouten, "that in my travels in all parts of the world for the last ten years, I have met more people having used Green's August Flower than any other remedy for dyspepsia, deranged liver and stomach and for constipation. I find for tourists and salesmen, or for persons filling office Eositions, where headaches and general ad feelings from irregular habits exist, that Green's August Flower ia a grand remedy. It does not injure the system by frequent use. and is excellent for sour stomach and indiavstion." Sample bot tle frw at Temple-Marston drug store. Sold by dealers in all civilized countries SUPERIOR COURT. Deaver Murder Trial. Report of Grand Jury. The case of State vs. Job Deaver for killing Will Caudell is nearly finished. The judge charged the jury this afternoon, and the jury has the life of Job Deaver in its hands. v Yesterday evening when court reassem bled the State routed. After consultation of defendant's counsel the defendant was introduced in his own behalf. Coroner W. U. Sutton was also introduced. The case was closed and arguments by coun sel began about 5 o'clock. Mr. 11. E. Shaw opened for the defendant and was followed by Mr. Y. T. Ormond for the State. The court then took a recess till morning. Argument was resumed this morning by Mr. T. C Wooten for the defendant and closed by Solicitor Duffy for the State. Court adjourned for dinner at 1:15 o'clock. Upon the reassembling this af ternoon Judge Moore charged the jury. GRAND JURY'S BEPORT. The grand jury finished its work yes terday and was discharged. Following is the report to Judge Moore: ' We, the grand jury for the fall term of superior court, beginning the 12th day Nov. lyoo, in ivenolr county, do make the following report: We have examined and passed upon all bills presented to us, except one, and made one presentment. We bave examined tne jail and una it In good cleanly condition and the prisoners well provided lor. We recommend tnat one certain place in one of the cells be re paired as we find it insecure. We have examined the court house and find it in fine condition. The clerk's and register's offices seem to be kept in as good condition as the arrangement will permit. We recommend that said offices be provided with Steel cells for the pro tection of tne county records. .. We find the children of B. Jr. Sutton, deceased, by his third and fourth wives, are-witbout guardian and do recommend the appointment of a guardian as the de ceased has been dead two years or more. We find the -aged and Infirm are pro vided for ber month by the county com- knissioners as their necessities seem to de mand. . We recommend the. continuance of the same. ' ! . . W. P. Gilbert, Foreman. Our Paper. Mr. Editor:! think I have read every number of "The Daily Free Press" since its first issue. And I note, with pleasure. its continual improvement. . Tbeaverage citizen will find in its columns, briefly stated, the special items of interest that make him acquainted with what is pass ing in our State and in the country at large. The first and the last column on the first page are packed with news from every section. I know not whose work it is, but it is most skillfully and intelli- Sjently done. The local column, on the ast page, is the special favorite of Kins-'i toniansv The "personals" keep us posted as to the going and coming of strangers and citizens. The collection of these last Items must be an arduous work. The editorials are shorfand pointed never at any tame boring and tnis is savintr a srreat deal for a BewsDaoer. The editor is canSor itself and his trum pet never gives an uncertain sound.. Bis love for the prosperity of his town and his continuous efforts to help build up the industrial interests of Kinston and of Lenoir county are known everywhere in this section of the State. . Long live our Free PrerbI ArARHEIj. . P. S. Why wait till a man is dead, to speak in commendation of his life and labors? Kiaston, Nov. 17. ATTACKED EMPEROR. Woman Threw an Axe At Qer- . man Emperor'a Carriage. Breslau. Nov. 16. While Emoeror Wil liam, with the Prince of Saxe-Meininger, was driving in an open carriage to the barracks here today, a woman threw an axe at tne emperor. The axe leu short of his carriage. The woman was ar rested. No one was hurt by the woman's act. The emperor was very cool and be and Prince Bernard continued tbeir drive to the barracks as though nothing had happened. The woman is- believed to be insane. : The wind knows your weak spot evca if you don't. It strikes you little in the chest, an! then that tight feeling comes on. You begin to cough, and down you come with one of youf f egular bard colds. Didn't yon know that Ayer's Ctcrry Pectoral strengthens weak f nag and prevents pneumonia? ; Thr lizMi: 2'-... monph for an OTHnry cn!l;! c.. juet r;, i t (or ultima bmoclnii. hrwr.isNf whoriir-m'h. hard eoltU; iiJM, mot ecouuiuiu&l for ckroiuc cam. ,Wcak STATE NEWS. Interesting North Carolina Item In Condensed Form. Weldon is building a peanut factory. The State .Presbyterian synod will meet next year in Charlotte. Concord is to build a new cotton mill,, its fourteenth one. This will make cotton twine as well as other goods. Secretary of State elect J. Bryan Grimes has appointed Q. W. Norwood, of Wake county, as his private secretary. Mr. J. U. Joyce says he is satisfied that W. W. Kitchin beat him for congress, and that he will not make any contest. . ' Concord special to Charlotte News; "Doc" Bost, the youngest eon of Mr. Levi Bost, whose home is six miles east of Concord, committed suiiride some time last night. The weapon whs h pistol. Laurinburg Exchange: Farmers are very much disxatisfled with ihe marked decline in the price of cotton seed. They charge combination on the part' of the mills and declare, that seed art worth more as fertiliser than the prevo market price. . . The case of embeszkmept against. Wm. J. Cocke, ex-cashier of the National Bank of Asbeville, was called in the federal court at Asheville Thursday and upoo motion of the government was nol Erossed. Judge Boyd stated from the ench that in his official capacity as as sistant attorney general he had investi gated the case and found no moral tur pitude in it. Mr. J. B. Gilmer, a cadet at the A. & M. College, Raleigh, a son of Attorney General Gilmer, was putting on a belt in the lathe shop Fridaywhen bis arm got caught under the belt and was frac-. turedin several places from the elbow to the lower Joints, and badly lacerated. He was taken tothe college hospital and Dr. J. R. Rogers soon arrived and attend ed him. It is feared that his arm may, have to be amputated at the elbow. A special, Nov. 15, from Charlotte says: The Charlotte-bouna Seaboard mail train was delayed last night several hours by Jt wreck ltweebHamletand Rocking ham, caused by the breaking of a wheel. After the train had got into Monroe there was a collision in the yard, which . smashed up a passenger car, but did no damage to the passengers.: The train finally ; reached ' Charlotte considerably behind schedule time, but in good shape. -. Asbeville Citizen: Last evening- the large storage room of the Asheville. cot ton ; mills ? completely collapsed. The building had just been completed, and yesterday .the first cotton .was , stored. Fortunately no one was in the building at the time, consequently the only dam age was to the structure Itself. The -cause of the tumble, was that the stone piers settled, causing the walls to crack and give way. The damage is estimated ' to be about $500. It is probable that the building will be rebuilt at once. ' ' Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer: North Carolina continues to hold the record as to aged people. Mrs. Nancy Holifleld, of Rutherford: . county, holdipg the lisO witn 117 years, and frank Mercer, of Buncombe, second with 107. The latter . appears to be a devoted sportsman, as it is related that he bags game almost daily, Ah, if there were birth regietra-, tions in this State, as there are in . Eng land, what a cutting down of great ages there would be, to be sure. As things .are "they say," guess ' work, etc.; have full swing ylfC - The Presbyterian synod ' in session at ' Raleigh devoted most of the time Mon day to discussion of bo w to raise, and to divide the Twentieth century educa tional fund, which will be - $300,000. Rev. Dr. Stagg, of Charlotte, and George , W. Watts, of Durham, as a committee, ; reported the following division of the Sroposed fund: Davidson college f 125,- , 00, Union theological seminary, Rich mond, f 50,000; $100,000 to Presbyterian schools in various . presbyteries. , The 4 synod heartily endorsed the proposed state reformatory for young 'criminals. Goldsboro Argus: Gov.-elect C B. Aycock has been presented with a unique E en staff, gold mounted and gold pen, y Mr. W. D.rollock, better known among his many friends as "Stonewall" of Kinston, who has recently returned : from an extended European tour. The staff of the pen is a twig from the historic ; tree on the - field of Rannymede under , which "Magna Charta" was signed. . Mr. Pollock secured it in person when he visited Runnymede, and had Tiffany to mount it, and engrave it appropriately. -It is a thing of beauty, as well as a hi- -tone treasure. : : . . . " The State treasury on Thursday gave. out the flowing statement for the . 11 months, ending October 31, of the cur rent fiscal year. Receipts f 1.480,245.38, disbursements $1,469,221.61. At the beginning of the year th-re was a balance on band of $131,963.43. The present ' balance is $141, 188.07. This balance is- really due to the sale of $148,308 of 4 per cent bonds. These bonds had been for 15 years held as an investment and the interest on them saved. Years ago a surplus on the interest account was invested in these bondu, with the under standing that tbev could be sold when ever needed. This year they were needed, topay interest on the 4 per centdeb.v i 1 t !
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