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v , V'': EVENING FREE PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY. Vol. HI-No. 205. KINSTON, N. O., SATURDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1900. Price Two Gents. The PRESS. GENERAL HEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. ' Fire destroyed f 60,000 worth of prop erty at Moultrie, Ga., Thursday, par tially covered by insurance. There are 24 cases of smallpox in New York city and a scare over it there. It started from a negro play actor from the south. Among the politicians in Washington it is said that with the passing of every day the task which the administration would undertake in the matter of forcing through congress the ship subsidy bill appears to become greater. Henry Robinson was shot and killed at Waycross. Ga., Thursday, in a Btreet fight in which three of his brothers were engaged on one side and Sheriff McClellan, of Ware county, and two of his brother on the other. Matt and Jim Robinson were pretty badly, though not seriously, hurt. None of the McClellans were se riously hurt. The Robinsons have sent for two other brothers and more trouble is feared when they arrive. Thirteen people were killed and 100 injured by the collapse of the roof of the Pacific Glass Works at San Francisco, Cal., Thursday, while it was crowded with men and boys watching a football game on the field adjoining. About 100 people fell through the roof upon the red hot furnaces and glass vats below. Most were horribly burned, and it is feared that in addition to the deaths already reported there will . be several more. A dispatch from Washington City says: The National Afro-American council has appointed a committee to see that the validity of the Louisiana constitution of 1898 is tested before the supreme court. The opinion of a number of leading law yers, north and south, has been obtained respecting the Louisiana and North Car olina laws restricting suffrage and the supreme court will nave before it snortly cases that it is believed will secure an expression of its opinion respecting these suffrage laws. The war department has decided not to bring the volunteers away from the Philippines until July 1 next, if they can be induced to remain. Adjt.-Gen. Corbin is authority for the assertion, however, that the war department will bring borne from the Philippines to the United States every one of the volunteers who wants to come, and discharge them in this country on or before the first of J uly next, when under the law, the volunteers must be mustered out. It is believed that the men will be patriotic enough to remain until congress can supply their places. The accounts of Geo. R. Griffiths, clerk of the school board of Cincinnati lor 13 years previous to his death, are found to be at least $100,000 short, fie kept one private cash book in which accounts were correctly entered, and be kept four fraudulent cash books with forced bal ances, made to fit the case of each exam ination as it might arise. He had forged receipts for moneys purporting to have been paid by him into the city treasury, the forgery consisting of fraudulent sig natures purporting to be the genuine signatures of the city treasurer. Grif fiths was always a lover of horses and it Is thought that be lost most of the money backing his favorites. Te Car a Ctld ii One Day Taka Laxatty Bmoito Qouoita Tablbts. Al druggists ratand th money if it tail to cor. B. W Oaovs'a rtfnatnni i on aac" boa age. Her Crltlelam. -Mary is very stout, quite deaf and jthe trusted housemaid of a family In the East park section. Incidentally she 'seems to be something of an art critic. When she cleans the family rooms, she is heard to mutter and shake her head ' In dusting the pictures, and she seems (to be especially severe on a few repre dseutatives of the "altogether" that 'hang in the littlcden. One day Mary jwas flirting her dnstcloth about in this Cllttle room when her mistress happened la. Mary was standing gazing intently, . at a beautiful photograph of Bougue reau's "Cupid and Psyche.". 'i "And phwat pictut is'that?' asked ' Mary in bard, cold tones. . , "Oh. ithat islkJupid and Psyche,"! said the lady rather indifferently " i- : "Moody and Sankey, is ot? Well, I hav heered of them felleys.4 Sure, they onght to be ashamed of theirselres." V Philadelphia Record, ft ;i i ; At a recent banquet In Sydney a de scendant of the Maedonalds massacred at Gloncoe passed a -knife "witb tb ' blade foremost" to a member of a fa ' mous old family bearing the. historic " name cf the Maedonalds betrayers. ,'Most of those . who- looked .on stigma tized the action as one of contemptibly ' bad bmnlinsr. , But. one or two under-. " stood the" significance and knew that the betrnvsl ! still rnforrlven. ' '.I - White's Black Liniment... It . cures Sciatica Rheumatism and ' neuralgia, ' A 25c bottle for 15& I. H Hood . A BITE IN THE DARK. Tke Toons Man Liked Jelly, mnA He Filled Hla Month. A young man whose work keeps him down town until the early morning bours usually reaches home with a sharp appetite. His mother, an in dulgent mother, too, puts a little lunch out, where he can get It, but this fre quently falls to satisfy him. His wise parent knows this, and she saves the larder from a wholesale onslaught by locking things up. Now, if there is one thing in particu lar that this youth dotes upon it is Jelly. But jelly is an article of food that takes time and skill In its prep aration, and if the lady left her Jelly Jars at his disposal well, there would be none to dispose of after a few mornings. So the Jelly is locked up the tightest of all. The other morning the youth let him self into the house Just as the gray streaks of dawn were crossbarring the eastern sky. There was milk and bread awaiting him, but his soul craved for jelly. He determined to hunt for some. Taking a slice of bread and a knife, he stole down cellar and searched the fruit shelves. What hap piness! He dimly made out the out lines of a Jelly Jar. Was there any Jelly in it? He dipped in his knife and j Telt the soft and quivering mass. What i a Joke ou his usually careful mother! She had actually 'forgotten to turn the key on this treasure. He drew out a generous quantity and carefully spread it on the bread. He had to do it largely by guesswork, be cause the cellar was almost totally dark. When the spreading was done, he smacked his lips lightly and took a generous bite. No, it wasn't Jelly; it was soft soap. Cleveland Plain Dealer. H The Lark's Soma. A writer on "The Wonders of the Spring" says that the volume of sound produced by the skylark is most won derful. "The lark ascends until it appears no larger than a midge and can with difficulty be seen by the un aided eye, and yet every note of Its song will be clearly audible to persons who are fully half a mile from the nest over which the bird utters its song. "Moreover, it never ceases to sing for a moment, a feat which seems won derful to us human beings, who find that a song of six or seven minutes in length, though interspersed with rests and pauses, is more than trying. Yet this bird will pour out a continuous song of nearly 20 minutes in length and all the time has to support itself in the air by the constant use of its wings." A Bnaineaa Proposition. Now, here is a poet who is practical enough. He halls from Dooly county, and It will be seen from his letter that he means business. He writes: "I have wrote a poem about 100 yards long, as nigh as 1 kin guess. It took me six months an two hours to write it. I ain't no 'judge of these things, an what I want to know is where I kin hire a good man to read t for me an tell me what it is. To Sich a man I will pay f 1 a day till be gits through, only he mustn't take too long!" Atlanta Constitution. What She Wanted to Know. "My dear child, you really should not eat your pudding so quickly." "Why not, mamma?' "Because it is dangerous. I once knew a little boy about your age who was eating pudding so quickly that he died before he had finished it." "And what did they do with the rest of bis pudding, mamma V"-Exchange. Alarming Srmptonta. "Mandy.".8ald the-old gentleman. "I am afraid that boy of ours is gbin to be a poet. 1 . ' ."He ain't writ nothlo. has her asked. the old ladyJn alarm..- . , "No. be ain't writ noChin yet but 1 notice" he Is doin less, an less work every day an'doln it ea releaser." In dianapolis Press. ' ' - v :, ; . : Te Ftekle Thermometer.' . -"Here, young man. said the old lady; With fire in her eye, "I've brnng back' this thermometer yon sold me." - - "What's the matter with It? asked the clerk. . . ' : , ."-." . : "It ain't reliable. One time yon took at it It says one thing, and the. next; time? it says another." Catholic Stand ard and Times. -r. - If yon would have .'an appetite like a boar and a relish for your meals- take Chamberlain's Stomach And Liver Talv let. They cor.ect disordeis of the stom ach and regulate the liver and, bowelai Price. SS'cents.vlSarhples'free, at J. E. Hood's drug store. . v WAR IN FULL BLAST 400 British Surrender to Boers. Sedition in Gape Colony. Boer Gen. Clements In Bad Position. London, Nov. 29. The most startling proof that the war in South Africa is still full of vigor is contained in Gen. Roberts' dispatches announcing that 400 British troops with two guns have sur rendered to the Boers at DeWetedorp, southwest of Bloemfontein. It is poor consolation that the British have since reoccupied the town after the Boers had withdrawn. This striking success can not fail to encourage in Cape Colony a revolt, which is now a most imminent danger. The truth is, according to the most reliable information, that the situ ation in Cape Colony is now more peril ous than at any time since the outbreak of the war. The farm burning policy in the Boer country is having its natural effect and it will be surprising if the British escape the dilemma in which they have involved themselves without pre cipitating a rebellion which will severely test all their military reeonrces in Africa. It is not likely that the 'Boers will at tempt to hold the prisoners taken at DeWetsdorp, as this is , no longer their policy, but the moral effect of the blow to British prestige will be none the less serious. DELAREY ATTACKS CLEMENTS Boer Commando Said to Be in i Position Whence Escape is Im possible. Johannesburg. Nov. 25 Gen. Delarey with a commando of 800 men attacked Gen. Clements Friday, northwest of Krugersdorp. The Boers brought a gun into position on the bills during thenight and began shelling the British 'camp at 3 o'clock in the morning. After firing, tne British guns silenced tne single one used by the Boers. Severe fighting fol lowed in which the Boers suffered heav ily. The British buried 25 burghers and took 20 prisoners. Gen. Delarey found himself in a difficult position and asked for an armistice of 24; hours. This Gen Clements agreed to, but at 3 o'clock Sat urday afternoon the Boers resumed fir ing. It is reported that Delarey is eur rounded and that it is impossible for him to escape. Plant More Wheat. This year both the cotton crop and the tobacco crop have been short, and as a natural result the farmers have received a higher price per pound than when a very large crop is made. The temptation to raise a big cotton and tobacco crop next year and thereby put down the price again to five cents is one against which the farmers should guard. In a speech before the Cotton Growers' association at Macon last week, Mr. Pope Brown, president of the Georgia Agricultural so ciety, saia: "Two years ago we started a wheat movement. The result was that bun dredsof thousands of bushels of wheat have since been raised in this State. It has put hundreds of thousands of dollars into the pockets of the farmers. How can we cheapen the cost of production of cotton or raise the price of it? We have got to do one or the other. The man who does the plowing is entitled to a good living. Land is cheap. The farmer can raise his mule cheaper than he can buy him, he can raise his flour cheaper, his meat cheaper. The southern farmer has not done his duty until he feeds his family by bis own labor, nor until be has produced the food for the city people and stopped the' importation of every neces sity oi me into tnis section. North Carolina has more roller mills than ever before, people are raising a lar ger proportion of their own bread and meat, but the agitation ought not to down until North Carolina sells flour and bacon and bams to people in other states after supplying the borne market. Bough, Treatment of, Mormons In Austria. ' Vienna. Austria. Nov. 30. Advices from Tamesvar. South Honsrarv. record a rough treatment of two Mormon elders from Salt Lake City. The elders had no sooner, began to, enunciate their views pn poly gamy-, tb&n, the audiences stormed the platform.aud, ejected them from the ball.- One was, compelled to run the gauntlet of three bandred citizens, armed with sticks and straps and knotted cords and hobnailed shoes. He was afterwards tripped to the-waist and thrashed by half a dozen matrons. The other Mor mon was ducked in a horse pond The minister of .the interior .has prohibited further Mormon attempts at proselyting as being dangerous to the well being of thestate;. - N' , ; -- No one can reasonablr hone for irood health unless bis bowels more 'once each day,. When this is nofc- attended to, dis orders of the stomach arise, biliousness. headache, dyspepsia and piles soon fol low. If yon wish to avoid theseailmrate keep your bowels ; regular by taking Chamberlain's 8tomch ,and Liver,. Tab lets when required.- They are so easy to take and mild and gentle in effect. For sale by J. E. Hood, druggist. "., .:... : A RAW YOUNG LAWYER. Hla Flrat Caae Introduced Him to Contempt of Court. Some of the members of the bar wero discussing contempt cases because of a recent uotablo event in the state, and one of the little coterie related a per sonal experience. "I read law at home and had my ex aminations through a little country lawyer who knew a great deal, but never had a bis case and was notorious for his ability in abusing Justices of the peace. It may seem a preposter ous statPir.cn t. but I had never heard or thought of such a thing as contempt of court when I had my first profes sional experience In a common picas court. No sooner had the opposition attorney made an objection than the judge ruled npi Inst me. "I proei't did to Inform him that he was wrong, that he knew he was wrong and t!.:;t I wished he would quit his pettifogging. The lawyers In at tendance v.eiv temporarily petrified; tbo venerable Indite- glared at me over his glasses. Dually smiled In a forgiv ing sort of vuy and told me to pro ceed. Very soon there was another well taken objection, and again he ruled against me. This practically took the props from under my case, and I went at the judge as my instructor had been accustomed to go at a justice of the peace in a back township. " 'Your honor I declaimed. "Is a po litical accident. In the eternal fitness of things you should be digging coal or cleaning out underbrush. You have no more sense of justice than a Zulu chief of mercy. Thank heaven there is a higher judicial tribunal in this state that' But there I was halted by a fine of $200 or 90 days in JaiL The judge took me to his private room, where he learned my story and remit ted the fine. To pay f 200 at that time would have pauperized me. I now have quite a reputation for never rub bing the court the wrong way." De troit Free Press. Character Told by Una, "Whether or not wo believe in phre nology, physiognomy and kindred sci ences, there are some peculiarities of feature that are quite often indicative of certain traits of character," said an observant man. "From no one feature of the face can the disposition be more accurately read than from the lips and especially the upper lip. The lower one Is less prophetic. "A person with a short, sharply curved upper lip is nearly always of a happy, lovable disposition. One with a short but straight upper lip is apt to be of a low order of intellect and coarse in bis tastes. The person with a long, straight upper Hp is the one to beware of. He has a will like adamant, is not always thoroughly trustworthy, is apt to be quarrelsome and jealous and is more often than not an unmitigated politician. If he Is gifted with a strong intellect, he will make his mark in one way or another; if he is not, be may become a harmless person, a parasite or a scoundrel. The man whose upper lip protrudes is apt to be a business man. shrewd "The person whose mouth has a de cided droop at the corners may be a hu morist, a hypochondriac or a poet The nossessor of a mouth curved in the style of Cupid's bow is Indeed happy, for in nine cases out of ten he also possesses a refined, sestnetic ana yet practical nature, susceptible to every beautiful and ennobling influence." Chicago Record. Old Faahloned Cancer Cnre. Take the common sheep sorrel which grows in your yard and which children eat because of its sourness, mash it up into a pulp in some vessel that will save all the Juice that would otherwise be lost, then put it into a bag and squeeze out all the Juice on to a pew ter plate to get-some of the acid from the metal, then put this out in the sun and let It dry until about as thick as tar, then put in tight bottle. If the skin is not broken, put a drop of chlo ride of potash or lye on it to break the jskln and then; apply the sorrel on the cancer, just covering it wita a uun coat, If the sorrel gets too thick, a little 'water will make it so that it can be handled. '' The pain will' be severe, bet it is oth erwise harmless. It will stop hurting in a few. hours. ' Keep up these appli cations, one every day, until the cancer can be lifted out without pain. It took four days In my case The sorrel will cook the cancer, but.it does not eat it as It does the flesh, hence it eats all the flesh awayand lets the cancer loose. '."tThep yon see the cancevpot the sorrel on it and not on the flesh. When the cancer Is out, heal the sore with any kind of healing ointment J. A. Wayland in Appeal tp Reason. - STATE NEWS. Interesting North Carolina Item In Condensed Form. Trinity College won the debate rith W ake Forest at Kaleigh Thursday. Wilson and Wilmington played foot ball at Wilmington Thursday. Neither side succeeded in scoring. A large and handsome monument has been erected on the grave of Hon. John Manning, in the Episcopal churchyard at Pittsboro, says the Chatham Record. He was one of the State's great men. From the Franklin Press we learn that the two-year-old son of Ham liigdon was left alone in the house for a few minutes and its clothing caught fire and burned off of it, death relieving the little sufferer in a few minutes. Jacob A. Eller, white, who formerly lived near th cene of the crime, was carried to Charlotte Wednesday night on the chargo of murdering Mrs. Colley and her niece last week and burning the house containing the hodien. He was ar retted in Rowan county, sixty miles from Charlotte. Concord Standard: Mr. 0. V. Mauney had a. yearling calf dog bitten last Fri day. The calf was taken to bis son's, near Georgeville and just two weeks from the time it was bitten it dnveloped hydrophobia and became ferocious to a terrible degree. It was killed and the carcass was burned. The Chatham Record calls attention to the fact that the constitution says the legislature shnll meet "the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January." That means that the legis lature will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 9th. The governor will not be inaugu rated until a week or ten days thereafter. VIDIIK MAI II. IV. VUVUl of Hickory Mountain township, raised this year 117 bushels of corn, 612 bundles of blade and 254 bundles of top fodder from one acre of ground. This is by far the best yield from an acre that we have heard of in Chatham and we doubt if it baa been exceeded in the State. Greenville Reflector: Two colored boys living on Mr. B. F. Patrick's place,' just south of town, were fooling with a pis tol Thanksgiving Day. The thing "went off," as usual, and one boy received a ball in the right brow that penetrated back into the .brain, jibe boy was brought to Dr. Laughinghouse and the ball probed for, but it had gone too deep to be found. The boy walked back home after the wound was dressed. News and Observer: An attorney wbo attended the recent term of Nash court says that the trial of George Griffin and wife brought out a most heart-rending state of facts. Griffin married the second time, and ill-treated bis children by his first, shutting them up in an outhouse, and letting four of them starve to death. He was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 12 years in the peniten tiary. His wife was sentenced for six years. Roanoke News: The penitentiary authorities say that the crop of cotton on the State farms will be 800 more bales than were expected. The crop is much better than last year, when on more than double the present acreage only 2,200 bales were produced. Four hundred and ten bales were produced this season on 340 acres on Caledonia farm No. 2. Seventeen thousand bushels of peanuts were produced on that farm, also as much corn at it will seed. Essence of Imperialism. New-Observer. "By the authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted- by the Pbillippine Commission." That is the !)hrae at the beginning of the new laws n the Philippines. That's something new in this country. It is the essence of imperialism. ' In a row in the barroom of Church Lewis, near Norfolk, Thursday, Lewis shot Tbos. Fogarty in the temple and Fogarty put three bullets into Lewis' stomach. Fogarty died in a few minutes. Lewis was removed to the Protestant hospital where he lies between life and death. There was a difficulty between the men over a bat. Come, sov, tell the honest truth. . Yon don't, tile those my hairs ta your bead', io y oo 7 And . jonr husband don't like them, either! Thea ffease him hj buying a bottle of Ajer's Hair .Vigor.' It restores color to gray Lair every time." It takes out. all dandruff.' too, aad keeps the scalp clean and Wealthy.. ' -' If yovna cot obtain the benefit yon Vtra from aaa of tha Yhrar, wrile tb Doctor ahofit It. Be will ttfH yon just the neh t tun to do. AJulrta. Xr. J. C XrtM, LowvJ Do You?
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