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Vol. IV-No. 247.
KINSTON, N O.i MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1902.
Price Two Cents.
v GENERAL NEVS.
Blatters of Interest Condensed Into
, Brief Paragraphs.
It ia again stated that the release of Miss
' Stone Is near at nana.
A combination of gat, gasoline and oil
stove factories is announced, with a cap
ital of fa.OOO.OOO.
The People's Bank, of Palnesvllle, 0.,
closed Saturday on account of the sus
pension of the Euclid Avenue bank.
Jim ILfnT. n nixrm chnnnxl with BS-
saultlng Loula Jeans, the daughter of
Joseph Jeans, a prominent farmer near
. Simmstown, Ky., was quietly lynched by
. a mob Saturday.
Richard Croker on Saturday resigned
m lAAiinnihin of Tammanv and Lewis
' "Nixon, was chosen as successor. Thfs
. -was done at Croker's desire, who said he
be He red it wouia restore commence
the organization.
'. Wlia Tnnrhtara rj t,h f!nnfflfIfirfU"Y.
in
of
' Lexington, Ky., have petitioned against
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" ever being played
again In the opera house in that city, say
ing it conveys a wrong impression of
slavery times.
- TVa novtr Aamirt.manit liVMav mcnlved
the following cablegram from near a d-
miral Rogers, at Cavite: "Waller reports
! having completed ten days march across
, Samar from Lanaeeg to Babey; column
endured great hardships. Killed thirteen
S Insurgents, captured a captain, lieuten
ant and four men." "
M. Edoudard Dampre, representing the
. '.i rwUUDa vouiu wwymujt myyatmmM w
'ton the senate committee on? inter
" - oceanic canals Saturday in obedience to
- the summons of that committee to testify
concerning the affairs of Ills company
- and its proffer to sell its property and its
franchises to the United States. Be said
that the offer of the Panama company
-was made in good faith and that the
goods could be delivered. ; ;
ffmiuKw Will lam ' nt flormMT. made a
lequeet that Miss Roosevelt, daughter of
tne president, os auowea w ura ium
new vacht, which will be "launched at
Mew York. The president acquiesced and
Emperor William sent a cablegram Sat
urday extending thanks for the courtesy
and saying that he would send his yacht
Hohenzollern, with Prince Henry, of
' Prussia, , as his representative at the
reply cablegram assuring the emperor of
bis pleasure at his action and extending
Deet wisnes to tne emperor sura ua ui
man people. v v . . .
A sad drowning occurred at Osceola,
. Pa, Friday. Martin O'Hara, 18 ysars,
and his sister Mary; aged 15, - were
drowned while skating on the Yongh
' iogheny. ' Their brother, James, - aged
eight, also went under the ice, . but was
rescued by men who were at work near
by. The home of the O'Haras la within
flight of the river and the mother of the
' children saw them sink under the ice.
8he ran screaming to the river bank and
' pldpged in after them. The rescuers had
hard work saving the lives of mother and
- James. Martin and Mary were carried
away by the swift current and their
bodies have not yet been recovered.
- experiments in Balata Fine Tobacco.
Washington, January 10. At the cab
inet meeting today Secretary Wilson ex
- .. plained what had been done by his de
partment in the way of experiments in
: raising tobacco. He stated that it had
been faljy . demonstrated that we - could
raise in this country all the wrapper to
bacco necessary for domestic uss and ota
quality second to none. In every particu
lar it was as fine as could be grown In
Cuba or any other country.
r Last year ten acres of filler tobacco had
been successfully raised in Pennsylvania
of a very high grade, and during the com
ing season extensive experiments wonld
be made in raising high grade filler in
- Ohio, Texas, North Carolina, and Cali
fornia. - .- ,
Last year the Imports of wrapper to
bacco into the United States amounted
. to 6,000,000 and of filler $8,000,000. -,
In a short time, the secretary said, we
would be able to supply our own wrap
pert and fillers of a grade that would chal
lenge the world.
A few prospective appointments were
talked over and it Is understood that the
only one decided upon was that of Mr.
Elliott, collector of customs at Newport
News, Va., the present occupant of that
office.
Child Worth Millions.
"Mv child is worth mOIlons to mh"
says Mrs. Mary Bird, of Uarrisburg, Pa.,
yet I would bavs lost her by croup had
I not purchased a bottle of One Minute
Cough Cure." One Minute Cou?h Cure
is aeure cure foreongbs.Jcroupand throat
and lung troubles. An absolutely sa.'e
eocih cure which acts immediately. The
youngest child can take it with entire
safety. The little ones like the taste and
remember how ofn it helped them.
Every fam!v shot:'! Lave a bottle of
One lliante Cc-h Cure handy. At this
season e7:,v j it may be needed sud
denly. J. 11 Hood.
GAT TIME TS NIWBEEN.
Merry Toting- M1m and Bar Bean Over
taken Going- to a Dance and the Yovnar
Fellow Severely Whipped fey an Irate
Uncle.
Suit has been started in Newbern by
Mr. 8. H. Scott, on behalf of his son,
Fred Scott, against Mess. W. JC and
D wight Sty ron. It is said Fred Scott
and a niece of Mr. W. X Styron, (Miss
Ines Yauncb, of Baltimore, a merry young
miss of 15, on a visit to her uncle) be
came fast friends. 8be asked Fred to take
her to a dance Friday night at Vance
boro. We copy the following from Sun
day's Newbern Journal:
"Fred called for Miss Ines at a neigh
bor's house where the girl was waiting
and at 7 o'clock they started for Vanoe
boro by the Neuse river road, intending
to cross at Street's Ferry.
"Mr. Styron heard that bis nelos had
gone on the trip, and it being without
consent he strongly objected and a hasty
visit was made to livery stables and at
M. Hahn k Son's a fast team was hired
and hastily harnessed and pursuit begun.
Out near Street's Ferry, which is
some 10 miles north of Newbern, the pur
sued and pursurers came in sight of each
other. Fred saw that something was
up and whipped up to get out of the
way, but there wasa broad river ahead
and one bone was no match for two.
The young couple were fairly caught.
Fred was forced to descend from the bug
gy and Mr. Styron proceeded to 'wear
severe chastisement is said to have been
given and some of the details, may be
brought out at the trial; All returned
to this city and Fred related his troubles
at his home."
On Saturday Mr. Scott In behalf of his
son brought suit and engaged Attorneys
W, W. Clark and L. J Moore to prose
cute it. : On request it was postponed un
til Wednesday. - :
Miss Inst has returned to her home in
Baltimore.
'""" ' Refuse of tlio Universe.
"It was a Beotbuk Indian legend that
When God made the world be swept
the universe of the refuse and cast it
into the sea, and when the white men
came from the rising place of the sun
they called the heap Newfoundland and
chose It for a dwelling place," says
Norman Duncan in Alnslee's.' ' "It may
be so. In its remoter parts Newfound
land might easily be taken for the
leavings and rejected materials of the
work of creation, there cast away. It
is as fertile as an ash heap, which,
moreover, it resembles In that It con
tains scraps of everything which en
tered into the making of the world
Iron, copper, coal, gold and all other
treasuxes under the ground. The In
terior Is a soggy, rock strewn barren,
an interminably vast waste, where' not
so much as a shrub is to be seen and
no maa. chooses to live. Stunted for
ests fringe coast a skinny growth of
pine and spruce and birch, through
which . you may walk miles in vain
search for -a schooner's spar., The
shore line' Is rock. In some places
swept by flood and fire bare of all
Boil grim, naked rock. To many
Newfoundlander a sandy beach would
be as great a wouder ax a horse.
7 ' tlnrKktim Cost In Mnkhnsr.
A fire In a plpeuiaker's shop the
other day spoiled the proprietor's stock
of meerschaum and Incidentally dis
posed of the Idea, common In most
smokers' minds, that this commodity
Is very expensive. Meerschaum Itself
is not expensive, That used by the
manufacturers In this country Is Im
ported ns raw material from Austria,
but ' most of It Is obtained In Asia
Minor. Usually there are three or four
different . grades, running from the
rough and mixed to the pure and finely
grained article. There Is no duty upon
It The chunks, not unlike cannel
coal In shape, are packed in oblong
boxes, about two feet and a half long,
a foot wide and a foot high. The raw
material is quite brittle and baa to be
soaked In water before It 'is used for
modeling. : - "-'
Meerschaum pipes are expensive be
cause much of the material from which
the bowls are made has to be thrown
away before a piece is found that baa
no flaws In It The shavings, however,
are never wasted. They are nsed to
make a cheaper grade of pipes which
are known aa chip meerschaums. New
York Post
Hew tli fleetlean Bar It.
The woman from New England buys
a "table spread." while her sister from
the south buys a -tablecloth." The wo
man from Nova Scot! a orders the serv
ant to "lay the table," while with most
of ua natives of the United States the
command Is to "set the table." In the
country the hostess says to her guests,
"Sit by," when Jt Is time to eat; In
town It Is "riease sit down." In the
city among swells there is no further
Invitation than the announcement rf
Jbe servant that "dinner la served.'"
LUCK AS WELL
AS PLUCK
Narrowly Averted a Terrible Oon
flaoTation in Klnaton This Morn
ing. Two Hogshead Factories
And a Small Confectionary Store
Burned. ' Narrow Esoape of the
Tobaooo Section of own. Fine
Work by the Fire Department.
A terrible conflagration was averted in
Kinston this morning by tne just in
nick of time Interference of Providence.
the hard and intelligent work of the
Kinston Fire company, the Dread-Not
Hook and Ladder company and other
citizens.
At one time it looked to be almost cer
tain that the tobacco section of the to wn
would be swept away, and no telling
where the fire would eventually stop. ,
The alarm sounded at 10:15 o'clock.
It was first given by the- whistle of the
American Tobacco company's plant and
In a few seconds later by the fire bell.
To the people who rushed from their
residences and places of business to learn
the cause, it was reported that the Kins
ton Carolina -warenonse was on nre.
They realised the seriousness of the situ
ation if this was so, and a great state of
excitement prevailed. As tne people hur
ried to the scene, on the northern out
skirts of the town, the black smokecould
be seen rising and whirling with the
fierce wind which was blowing. A chill
must have gone to the hearts of all who
realised that the most Important indus
try of tne town was apparently going up
in smoke and names.
Upon arriving at the scene the worst
fears were slightly relieved to see that it
was not the Carolina Warehouse on Ore,
but a group of small 'wooden buildings
on the corner of Heritage street and Ver
non avenue, a short distance from the
warehouse, consisting of a small confec
tionary store -run by Mr. Norman a,
White, and two tobacco hojrehead fac
tories, one of them own and run- by
Cap J. M. White and tne otner 'Tun un
der the firm name of the Kinston Hogs
head Co., owned by Mess. Fleming, Bob-
bitt and uoodson.
The fears of the mass of people who
bad quickly assembled were only relieved
for a short time though, for the flames
spread and the severalwooden structures
which fed them caused a wide and high
mass oi name.
A strong northeast wind was blowing,
which at first took the burning cinders
towards the Carolina Warehouse. The
tobacco stored there was removed, and
by close watch, putting the flames out as
the warehouse caught, the fire was pre
vented rrom spreading mere. . - v
The greatest danger of all now loomed
up. The three story prise house and
stemmery occupied by Mess. Bobbitt and
Moseley and Mr. J. A. Long, situated
directly across the narrow street from
the flames, caught Are. The wind seemed
to dip down and; taking the flames, burn
ing cinders and thick black smoke, hurl
ed it against the west side of the three
story building. This, of necessity, drove
the crowd and all . who were fighting
the flames back, and i seemed beyond
human skill to prevent a fire that would
consume thousands and thousands
of dollars worth- of property. But
history repeated itself (as to Kinston
fires) and once again Providence came
to the rescue. The wind changed to
northwest, and then some of the prettiest
work ever done by the Kinston fire de
partment was put into execution.
A line of hose had been laid from the
sample of waterworks hydranton corner
of Lenoir and yueen streets. A stream
of water was first gotten from this and
did good work, but as it was afterwards
learned, because a valve was not properly
opened, it would not throw a stream
high enough to reach the top flames on
tne ouuding. cat lucx was wjtn Kins
ton, and just In time a stream came
from the fire engine. It had looked im
possible even alter the change of wind,
at first, to save the building, upon which
so much depended, but the fire depart
ment was now in slick working order
and witn tne two streams oi water and
the ladders of the Dread-Not Hook and
Ladder company, the fire was gotten un
der control, and Kinston people certainly
naa cause to tnanx tneir lucxr star or
something, for it was not because of
their foresight In providing fire protec
tion that the destructive conflagration
had been averted. . '
The fire was first discovered on .top
of an old discarded building, which was
used as a store house by Mr. A. Mitchell.
It Is thought almost beyond a doubt
to have caught from sparks from the
stove pipe which extended through th
ton of the store of Mr. White.
The stock In the store and all the bogs
beads In the two factories were saved.
The loss on thees buildings was small,
several hundred dollars coTierirg the en
tire loss. Mess. Whits and Son had their
loss covered by Insurance. The others
had no insurance. The prize house and
stemmery was damaged to the extent of
several hnndred dollars. It is owned by
&ies. o. LL Atbott and j. w.
Grainger
ap l tbs loss Is covered by insurance.
Hess. Abbott and Grainger, to show
their appreciation for the brilliwat and
efficient work of the fir department, im
mediately after the firs, gave a check for
f 50 to the treasurer of the company.
The people of Kinston have cause to be
thankful for the work of the fire depart
ment and the apparent interference .of
Providence. Still the necessity for such
work should never have existed. Had a
system of efficient waterworks to cover
the town been in, the fire would never
have endangered a large portion of the
town.
Let all good cttlsens, and bad ones t o,
If we have anv. now loin in an united ef
fort and see tht at the aseembling of
the legislature next January a bill Is
passed, allowing the issuing of bonds.
Then vote them and from every point of
consideration have the community bet
ter off.
Binir Arf KimrAMMinT
rr Hobbi' Spac&mu P U Pore all kldnry Ula. Bsm
HsfTM Add. Starting H-mcfU-Ot. Cliiraf iwN.T
Special Notices.
NOTICES UNDER THIS HEAD FIVE
CENTS A LINE FOR EACH INSERTION.
PARTIES WISHING TO EXCHANGE, BUY
OR SELL ANYTHING WILL FIND THIS
COLUMN OF BENEFIT TO THEM.
Wantbh. A position as cook.
MlKNIB Wll UA.MS. -
California Prunes, 10 cts. pr pound at
J AS. . "ABBOTT S.
Don't forget I Plenty of corned meat
on band at J. . ccmmikos'.
A good Buggy for sale cheap. Mbs.
ZtTLEiMB Wootbn, Kinston, N. C.
Ladies', Mens', Girls' and Boys' Over
shoes at H. W. Cummlngs .
LosT.Gold Clover Leaf Brooch, single
pearl. Beward at f hkb f bbss offloe.
Price our "Trilby Heaters" before buy
ing. MOOBB & P ABBOTT.
A fine lot of Dressed Turkeys and
Chickens at Jab. F, Pabbott'b.
Nice quality Typewriter Paper, 8fttl3
inches, at 10c quire, 25c for 3 quires, at
sjbxb Pbbss office.
; My shoe sale has been tremendous for
the last few days, but I have a few more
J. B. Cummlngs has a big lot of Pants
eoods he would be glad to dispose oi in
the next 80 days. f
A tremendous lot of Tobacco to be
disposed of at low prices at '
J.B.UUMMINOe.
Lost. A bunch of keys with the name
Pollard & Bagby on the ring, suitable
reward for their return to Tin Fkkb
Prbss office. '
Try a can of home grown -and home
canned Tomatoes, grown and canned by
J. C Burt, of Cades, N. - C For sale- at
J. B. CUMMIKGS'.
Those desiring to see Dr. T. H. Faulk
ner can find him in his new quarters in
Bouse building above Mess. Slaughter
ttros, store. ,.r
Many farms for rent, adapted to all
crops, high state of cultivation, with or
without team, help if needed. Apply to
; U. B. luvis, f alling Creek, w. u
Cream of Wheat, Grape Nuts, Oat
Meal, Postum Cereal and Cocoa all
breakfast necessities at.
- J as. F. Pabbott'b.
: Our second shipment of Queen Quality
shoes lust arrived. All of tne ladies are
invited to come in and seethe new sty lea
-;.;V-Vv'-: S.H.LoraN,
Until the stock (of which a good bar
gain was secured) gives out the 1 The
Fbek Pbbss will furnish 500" good blue
or pink bond note heads, 500 bine or
pink bond bill heads and 500 white XXX
envelopes for tne very low price oi f 3.75,
cash with the order. Consideringquality
of material this is a bargain offer. ,
The I bex Pbbss has lust received a
supply of elegant and handsome blank
marriage certificates, for use by tbs offici
ating ministers, to be given to the bride.
The custom of using such certificates has
not become general in North Carolina
yet, but they are coming more and more
into uss and are "quite the proper thing."
They are beautifully engraved in black
and gold. Price, 15c each, 3 for 25c, 5
for 60c; one dosenfor f LOO, 25 for f 2.00;
100 for $7.50. Sent postpaid on receipt
of price. Every minister ought to have a
lew on nand.
Rcduciionsr
in
DrjCJoods
and
AlillinGrs Jm rTrp"?'"""!
E3"0r llayor's 0cs
STATE NEWS.
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Interesting North Carolina Items
Io Condensed Form.
Mr. James H. Cbadbourn, one of Wil
mington's most prominent business men,
died Saturday morning, aged 79 years.
A charter has been asked for the Elec
tric Railway and Power company to
build an electric railway in alisabsth
City.
The Monarch Roller Mills, manufactur
ing flour, was burned at High Point
Thursday. Loss f 6,000; insurance $3,-.
000.
Insurance Commissioner Toung reports
receipts of his office for the year ending
March 81st will be $25,000 greater than
ever before. .
The mayor and chief of police of Elisa
beth City have brought suits for $10,000
each against the Citisena committee,
owing to the letter's charges against the
mayor and chief in the Nellie Cropsey
matter.
Newton Enterprise: Farmers are con
siderably alarmed about their wheat.
They held off late in sowing thts year to
avoid the fly, and the cold weather came
on before it got a start. They fear that
much of it has been frosenout, and some
has not yet come up,
Graham Tribune: A little girl, the
daughter of James McPherson, living at
GlbsonvUle, was burned to death Mon
day. The girl, who was less than eight
years old, was left in the house with a
younger sister, and in someway her
clothing caught fire and she was so badly
burned before assistance arrived that she
died shortly afterwards in great agony.
Raleigh Post: The White Furniture
company, of Mebane, already one of the
most important and successful enter
prises In the State, hue decided to greatly
increase its plant and facilities for turn
ing out the products of the factory. The
stockholders at a meeting held this week'
decided to increase tbelr capital to $100,
000 at once with the privilege of lncreas-,
ing it later to $250,000.
Winston-Salem "special to News-Observer:
Mrs. Babnson Dunn, who was
married in November, was killed Friday
near Eockford by a tree. ' The wife with
her husband was sitting near a tree
which had Just been cut down, the butt
end resting on the stump. The limbs
gave way, throwing the body of the tree
off the stump on the young wife, crush
ing her to death. The husband also sus
tained painful injuries. '
Mr. L H. Lamb, an old man of nearly
70 years, living alone seven miles west of
Burgaw, waa the victim of a daring rob
bery by masksd men Friday, night. He
was called to his door by six or eight
men, who seised him and at pistol point
demanded his money or hts life. Two of
them held bim while others ransacked
the house, obtaining. betweun $200 and
$300. Bloodhounds from Goldwboro
were telegraphed for but with what re
sult is not learned.
Winston Sentinel: Sheriff Alspaugh
went to the jail last evening and notified
the female prisoners that they could not
wear corsets while In prison. There are
nine women In the cell upstairs, six of
them being white. The sheriff does not
propose to give the prisoners any chance
to break out. The order Issued to the
women was suggested to the sheriff by
the jailer at Roanoke, Va., who informed
the Forsyth officer on Monday that fe
male prisoners in Roanoke jail made
saws of corset staves sometime and with
these sawed out . ,' ;"?
Don't Live Together.
, Constipation and health never go to
gether. De Witt's Little Early Risers pro
mote easy action of the bowels without
distress. "I have been troubled with eos
tivenees nine years," says J. G. Greene,
Depauw, Ind. "I have tried many reme
dies but Little Early Risers give best re
sults." J. E. Hood.
Christmas of 1901
is gone forever, lout we
have a few nice.gifbs suit
able for
New Year
Presents
which we, are selling at
cost. See them,
v r Respectfully, ; :
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J. e. Hoop.
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