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VoiIV-No.252.! KINSTON, N. P., SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1902. Prico Two Cents.
STATE NEWS.
Interesting North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form.
A special from Goldeboro says that
Joe Dlnkms, tne man struck by Dare
Smith, is dead. Smith has not been cap
tured.
It is reported that Senator Pritchard
will recommend Mr. John Burton as
postmaster at Weldon. The office, which
la now held by a negro, pays f 1,500.
Mr. Barton was a gold Democrat.
Duplin Journal: Smallpox has ap
peared again in Duplin. There are 15
cases and 12 suspects in the pest houses
six or eight miles from Mt. Olive and eight
miles from Falson. There are also four
or six cases in the country below War
saw and Magnolia, four or five miles from
eitner town.
A special from Clarkton says: George
S. Boyster and son have a particularly
fine monazite mine on their large planta
tion, two and a half miles southeast of
this place. . The farm contains considera
bly over two hundred acres, and tnemon
acite, of an unusually fine grade, abounds
on the hillsides and in the streams.
There was a surprise wedding at Eliz
abeth uty Wednesday of a couple from
Norfolk. The groom, Mr. Lee Hecht, is a
Hebrew dancing master, and the bride
was Mies Lillie Jones, not of the same
faith . her husband. They left Norfolk
to go to the Portsmouth navy yard, bnt
really went to Elizabeth City, where Kev
D. H. Tuttle performed the ceremony.
The following are the grand officers of
tne grand lodge ol Masons appointed by
wrand Master Clark Thursday: Bey. A,
A. Marshall, chaplain; Rev. B. W,
Hatcher, lecturer; T. j. Beed, senior
grand deacon; it. N. Hackett, junior
grand deacon; E. t . Lamb, marshal; F,
M. Winchester, sword bearer; . W.
O'Hanlon, pursuivant; W. B. McKay and
J. t. Sftyder, standard bearers; K. H
Bradley, tiler.
On Wednesday afternoon as the train
was nearing the depot at Ettowah sta
tion on the Transylvania railroad, two
colored women by the name of Summey,
mother and daughter, attempted to cross
the track In front of the train. The
daughter succeeded In crossing, but the
old lady was caught by the train before
she could get across and both legs cut off
and the body otherwise bruised, from the
effects of which she died shortly after
ward.
A special from Washington City says
Senator Pritchard has tendered the Wil
mington collectorahip to ex-Gov. Russell,
and that Russell has taken until Monday
to decide wnetner to accent or not.
Many Wilmington men have telegraphed
Pritchard protesting against the ap
pointment of Russell and endorsing
Keith. All factions are said to be op
posed to Russell and some of the latter s
friends are urging him to decline the ap
pointment.
.The State superintendent of public in
struction decides that a term of the pub
lic scnosis must be continuous, unless an
epidemic renders it necessary to close the
school. Ia Transylvania county, the
board made such an order. A teacher
closed his school three weeks so his pu
pils could "pull fodder," and then taught
three weeks after the time prescribed for
the school to close. The superintendent
refused to pay him lor that three weeks
The board sustained the superintendent,
and now the State superintendent sus
tains ine ooara. ,
L Durham special to News-Observer: J.
. L. Wright, an employee of the Erwin Cot
ton mills, In West Durham, met with a
most aorribie. death shortly belore 1
o'clock Friday afternoon. He was at
' work in the carding room, and just as
tne mills started up iqr the aiternoon, at
tempted to put on a belt. He was caught
. In some machinery and whirled about In
. a frightful manner. One of his legs was
- torn irom his body, and a portion of the
. entrails were scattered upon the poor.
Death was almost instantaneous.
The trustees of the University met at
Raleigh Thursday and decided to estab
. , llsh at Raleisrh the Unlvereitv Medical
College, to give the last two grades of
tne medical course, it will be a part ol
the University and under the control of
the trustees ol the latter. Dr. Hubert A.
, Boyster was made dean and the follow,
lng other members of the, faculty were
chosen: Drs. W. J. Royster, A. W. Knox,
Richard H. Lewis and Kemp P. Battle,
Jr. ! Others will be added. The faculty
will be both large and strong. The trus
tees also decided to divide the depart
ment of English and C. Alphonso Smith
was elected, professor of the English lan
guage and Bey. Dr. Hume, professor of
English literature, the services of both
being needed. It was also decided to add
to the department of biology an associ
ate professor of botany, to be elected
later. The position of superintendent of
the grounds was also created, to be filled
later.
If troubled with a weak digestion,
belchln?, sour Stomach, or If yon feel
dull alter eating, try Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. Price, 3
cents. Samples free at J. . Hood's
drugstore
THE CHURCHES.
Services will be held at the churches in
Kington tomorrow as follows, to which
everybody is invited:
Methodist Church.
Morning Subject: "The Song of the
Redeemed.
Evening: 7 p. m.
Sunday School at 9:30.
Episcopal Church.
Services by pastor both morning and
evening.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
Free Will Baptist Church.
Services both morning and evening,
Sunday school at 3 p. m.
Presbyterian Church.
No services tomorrow.
Snnday school at 9:30 a. m.
Christian Church.
Morning Subject: "Paul's Salutation
to the Church at Rome." Rom. 1:1-7.
This will be the first discourse in a series
on Romans.
Preaching at night.
Sunday school at 3 o'clock.
Missionary Baptist.
Services both morning and evening.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m.
Jr. B. Y. P. U. 3:00 p. m.
B. Y. P. U. 4:00 p. m.
The Chapel.
Snnday school at 9:30 a. m.
Prayer meeting every Friday night.
Christian Science.
Subject for tomorrow's Bible lesson
Truth. John 8:13-18. 26. 39-46
Services are held in Canady's Building,
Room 8, Sunday morning at 11 a. m
Sunday evening at 7:45 p. m., and on
Wednesday at 7:45 p. m.
Reading room open on Monday, Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday, from
2:30 to 5:80 p. m.
A Club For The Encouragement of Mar
riage.
Forty young unmarried men of Geneva,
N. i .. have organised a Black Bean club,
It meets once a year, and at that time a
box containing 40 beans, one ol which is
black, Is passed around. The man who
draws the black bean must get married
before the next meeting. The expenses of
his wedding are paid from the treasury of
the club, including a wedding tour and
the furnishing of a house. The members
do not know who draws the black bean
until he is ready to announce his engage
ment. 8ix months is allowed him to Be
come engaged. If at that period he Is un
engaged the members look up a girl who
will nave nun, lor marry be must.
WOODINOTON ITEMS.
January 17, 1902
Miss Mamie Dawson, of Kinston, Is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Julia Malpass,
this week.
Mr. Clarence Mumphrey and sister.
Miss Nellie, of Cades, spent Friday night
In this section.
Mr. Blacklidge Harper, of Kinston,
visited his father, Mf. J. J. Harper, Jr.,
Saturday night.
Mr. Bright Stroud, of Duplin county,
is spending a few days with his father,
Mr. T. l. Stroud.
Mrs. M. F. Waller is spending a few
days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Everett Brlnson, of Kinston.
' Miss Maud Stroud received the cake
for being the prettiest girl at the , box-
party Friday night: Mr. Will,- the cake
for pinning the mule's tail the nearest in
his eye. Some of the boxes sold very well.
Miss Florence Waller's box brought f 1.70
Miss Sallle Rouse's fl.oO, Miss Ellen
Wallers f 1.25, About 10.50 was cleared
It seemed to be enjoyed by all present.
The lien as the National Bird.
Raleigh News-Obierver.
Gen. Carr's speech at the poultry show
In Charlotte forms the subject of a long
editorial In toe Richmond Dispatch. The
speech is warmly praised. Commenting
on Gen. Carr's suggestion that the wild
turkey should be the national bird, the
Dispatch says: V
"We admit that we have often thought
of the propriety ol selecting mint as the
national flower, but we confess this Is
the first time that we have thought
about the wild turkey as the national
bird. And yet, when we think of the
majesty of the turkey, bis grace of bear
ins:, and the manner in which be so eas
ily insinuates nimseii into tne best cir
cles of society, we admit that the sug
gestion is a specious one."
It is with regret that we are forced
to antamronlse Gen. Carr in this matter.
Succulent as is the wild turkey, in this
practical and Industrial age, we plead
for a national bird that returns most
wealth. The ben is the true national
bird, for her eggs last year brought
1290,000,000 or 41,000,000 mors than
the cotton crop.
We stand by the ben as the real na
tional bird. She hasn't the style of the
eagle, the dash of the wild turkey, but
she feeds the nation, and that is better
than style or dash.
Cat this out and take it to J. E. Hood's
drug store and get a free sample of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, the
best phytic Tbey also cure disorders of
tbs stomach, biliousness and headache.
THREE HUNDRED
LIVES LOST
By Earthquake In Mexico. Terrible
Catastrophe at Ohilpanoingo.
Many Buildings Crash In Ruins.
The State Capital, the Parish
Ohuroh and Many Business
Houses and Dwellings in Ruins.
Mexico City, Jan 17. One of the most
terrible catastrophes ever recorded in the
State of Guerrero is reported to have
occurred late yesterday afternoon when
an extremely violent earthquake shock
was felt at Chilpancingo, causing a great
loss of life and injuring of many persons.
Details from the stricken district are
very meagre, but scattering reports re
ceived here indicate .that probably 300
persons were killed and as many more
injured.
It is known that the state capital, the
parish church and many business houses
and residences are in ruins, and there is
much suffering as a result of the awful
seismic disturbance. One of the edifices
that suffered most wp the federal tele
graph office, which explains the pancity
of news that has so far reached this city.
Later meagre details began to Arrive
here. The telegraph lines and apparatus
at Chilpancingo were badly damaged,
but the employes, all of whom were un
injured quickly proceeded to erect an im
provised telegraph office on the outskirts
of the city. f f
The number of deaths were greater in
the parish church than In any single place
as a crowd of worshippers were gathered
there for the the afternoon service. The
solid masonry-walled root came toppling
down on the worshippers as if it bad
been wrecked from fits bearings by a
thousand strong hands. Several people
were killed there.
The war department has ordered the
troops in the neighborhood to co-operate
in the work off rescue. Until this
work is completed it will be impossible
to accurately learn 'the. number of.vieJ
time. It is believed, however, that this
Is one of the most destructive seismic
Cuomena that has occurred in Mexico,
greater part of the population of
Chilpancingo are camping out . under
trees around the town, which is five days'
journey from the national capital.
Earthquake shocks were felt in many
other cities and towns.
In Mexico City the earthquake took
place at 5:17 yesterday afternoon and
was of such violence as to shake the most
substantial buildings. The Pan-American
congress was in session at the time
and many of the delegates were greatly
alarmed. The first movement was one
of trepidation and was very sharp. It
was followed by an easier oscllliatory
movement north-northeast to south
southwest. The duration was 55 seconds.
The damage in this city city was only
slight. .
The state of Guerrero has always been
the focus of seismic disturbance. Reports
received here tonight state that the
shock was very severe at ChOpa. No
casualties are so far reported from there.
In duration the Chilpancingo shock
was less prolonged than that in Mexico
City, having lasted 50 seconds, against
55 seconds at the capital.
loss of Life May Be Bxamrerated.
Mexico City, Jan. 17. The Associated
Press correspondent has just seen a pri
vate telegram from Chilpancingo from a
gentleman to relatives in this eity saying:
"I and family are safe. Many bouses
destroyed." - y .
The tact that be does not refer to loss
of life is considered significant and it is
now believed that the first estimate of
deaths was greatly exaggerated.
To Business Men,
A new and interesting feature in news
paper advertising will soon be added to
the Daily and Semi-Weekly Fires Press
in the form of "Our Bargain Columns,
The space devoted to each firm will be
uniform in else and will run In the above
edition for three months at a small cost
so as to Interest everyone and demon
strata the value for continuous advsrtis-
ins.
Our representative, Mr. W. O. : Berkley.
will call and more rally explain. All con
tracts made by him will be carried out
byTmcFBis
''Some time ago my daughter eauarht a
severe cold, ene complained of pains in
her chest and bad a bad cough. I gave
her Chamberlain's Consrh Remedy accord-
lng to directions and In two days she
was well and able to go to school. I
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have used this remedy In my family for
the past seven years and have never
V-nswn tfc v fail ' . Tanu, Pmt.
grast, merchant, Annato Bay, Jamaica,
West India Islands. The rains In the
chest Indicate an approaching attack of
pneumonia, which In th'.s instance was
undoubtedly warded o3 by Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. It counteracts
any tendency of a cold toward pneu
monia, Sold by J. E. Hood.
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BOUND TAB LB CLUB
Entertained by Mrs. A.
Paper by Mrs. J.
8. Wooten.
Fine
W.
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Reported for Ths Fiks Pibss.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Round Table club was held at the home
of Mrs. A. 8. Wooten. This being the
fourth evening of the month it was one
of recreation to the members.
An original paper on the "Famous
Women of America" was read by Mrs.
John Wesley Dixon. She begged us to
remember that among so many famous
women the unwritten are just as prom
inent as the written,
The writer gave us a glimpse into the
lives of Pocahontas, the white man's
friend and protectress. Mary, the mother
of Washington, Fraoes Willard, a model
of American womanhood, Marion Har
land, Mary Johnston, Isabella Thoburn,
whose life work was bringing India to
Christ.
Dolly Madison, the most talented wo
man who ever adorned the white bouse,
Dorothea Due and the Heroine of the
Red Cross.
In the history of the world the
southern men and women for
love of
Winnie
Davis, the only Daughter of the
Confed-
eracy, stands unparalleled.
The ending of this admirable paper is
a bit of history of our town and may be
ol Interest to some. It Is as follows:
"That 1 may tell you something more
of America's most famous women I'll ask
j on to transport yourselves in imagina
tion to the year 3000 A. D. An air ship
has just passed over the wonderful city
of Kinston. The attention of the cap
tain was attracted by a package lodged
in the old oak which was planted by
Lord Cornwallie on the brow of Yadkin
hill. This package contained a curious
manuscript, mlracuously preserved, and
which after careful examination proved
to have been written some time during
the nineteenth century, otherwise known
as the steamship age, when men not yet
having learned the secrets of air motions
were forced to crawl upon the surface of
the earth, In no wise different rrom tne
veriest worm of the dust, save perhaps in
point of speed.
"This document I have now in my pos
session and it shall be my pleasure to
read It to you this afternoon.
'"Being some account of ye origin and
inscrlDtlon ol ye wonderful literary sod'
ety yclept ye Round Table club and some
observations ol interest concerning ye
most noted members thereof ordered
compiled by ye most worshipful president
and transcribed in ye rouse ol ye said
club that ye form of ye club might live
forever
" 'flow it did come to pass that in ye
eleventh moon ofye second year of ye
reign of King McKinley, being ye sixth
year of grace in ye fourth Columblad,
certain persons being astonished at ye
marvelous- output of books and realizing
that of ye making ol many books there
beeth no end,' and being moreover
aweary of ye vain and fruitless attempts
to cope single handed! and alone until
such a mavelous output did for ve very
laudable pnrpos of better stemming this
ys pietsorjc tide, assemble together ana
resolve themselves into ye said Round
Table club, which did organise and re
organize from year to year until at the
beginning of ye reign of Kffag Roosevelt,
there did assemble 12 choice spirits who
became 12 of the most famous historians
the world has ever known and to whom
we owe'
"But here the manuscript closes ab
ruptly. Many theories have been ad
vanoed to account for so unsatisfactory
an ending only two ol which, however,
seem to be worthy of special mention-
either that the remainder has been lost
in the course of ages or that the author
was assassinated before he could finish
his work presumably by the members of
tne Kound Table club, who opposed fines.
Of the two theories the latter seems the
more probable.
"In conclusion let me remind you that
this document dates back full ten centu
riesand that the author and the 12
famous women are supposed longslncetb
have been elected honorary members of
Sharon s House Boat'
Alter which dainty refreshments were
served. The color scheme being pink, was
carried out In three courses. On leaving
each guest was presented with a bunch
of pink carnations.
-; Cotton Market.
Futures on ths New York cotton
exchange were quoted today at 12
o'clock as follows:
January 8.01, March 8.12, May 8.18,
- 8 pot cotton on ths Kinston market
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GENERAL NEWS.
Matters of Interest Condensed into
Brief Paraarrapna.
A dispatch from Berlin states that
Count Von Waldersee and his wife will
visit America In April.
The Baltimore (Md.) county tax pay
ers' convention has placed a ban upon
any text book which does not give Rear
Admiral W. S. Schley credit for the naval
victory at Santiago.
The bill increasing the salaries of
superintendents of life-saving stations to
2,000 per year was considered by the
senate commitee on commerce Wednes
day and a favorable report was author
ized. Marconi says he will be sending wire
lees meesagss across the Atlantic as a
regular thing inside of a year, and that
he has discovered a way to prevent them
from being eanght by those for whom
they are not intended.
It is said that a majority of the isth
mian canal commission favor the Panama
route. There is a diversity of opinion
among the committee, but Admiral
Walker, chairman of the commission,
hopes to. have the difference settled o as
to present an unanimous report to the
president.
It is announced that the ecclesiastical
authority and all the care of the Episco
pal diocese of Virginia have been trans
ferred by Bishop F. M. Whittle to his
coadjutor Bishop Robert A. Gibson.
This action by Bishop Whittle is taken
to mean that be has finally decided to
retire on account of continued ill health.
Peter Maher and Tom Sharkey were
scheduled to fight six rounds in Phila
delphia Friday night. They were ar
rested during the day and bound over
under f 5,000 bonds to keep the peace.
They went in the ring at night, but the
fight was so tame the crowd was disgust
ed and the referee stopped the fight in
the third round.
At Chicago Jndge Orosecup, in the
United States court, has decided that
the city has the right to regulate the
price of gas. . Mayor Harrison said that
tbs court's ruling meant that the munic
ipality .had the rigbt toiguJate .the,
rates charged for telephones, electric
lights and all other service rendered by
public utility corporations.
The Kentucky house of representatives
on Wednesday, after a spirited debate,
adopted the resolutions commendatory
to Admiral Schley. The Republicans op
posed that portion of the resolution
which condemned the court of Inquiry
that sat in the Schley case and refused to
vote when the roll was called. All of the
70 Democrats present voted for the reso
lution. The senate commltte on commerce
Friday authorized a favorable report
upon Senator Frye's ship sudsidybuT
The report will be made by Senator
Frye. The Democratic members of the
committe voted against reporting the
bill. They also voted solidly for a mo
tion offered by Senator Mallory to strike
out the general subsidy provision of the
bill. The committee made several
amendments to the bill.
Perfect Wedlth
Is within the reach of almost' every
woman. The weakness, nervousness
and irritability from which so many
women suffer is in general due to die
ease of the delicate womanly organism.
When the disease is cured the general
health is re-established.
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong and sick
women well. It promotes regularity,
dries disagreeable and enfeebling drains,
heals inflammation and ulceration and
cures female weakness. When these
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nervousness and weakness at e cured also.
I wss very weak and aervoas when I com
menced tabor Dr. Pierce's Fsvorite Prescrip
tion and "Goldfa Medicalj Discovery.' about a
year ago," writes Mrs. K E. Everetts, of 8a
Oxford Street. Woodstock, OoL I bad been
snBerins; far seven Ions; moaths, and had taken .
medicine from a physician all the time, bat fet
seemed to make me feet mach worse. My i
stomach was as bad (so-ray doctor told me), and
my nerves were ia such a state that I woald '
start at the least noise. I felt irritable at sU'
times; wss set sbte to do any of my own house ;
work ; had to keep help all the time. How I .
suffered God aad myself alone know. I was '
s-rentlv dieconmnd wbra I commenced takinr
yoar ssedicines. bat the first bottle seemed to'
Beip me. I book Br ootues 01 - rsvonie rre
scripUoa, two of 'Golden Medical Discovery
also two viala of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
I caa hlrhlv reeoramead these medicines to ell
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receipt of ax one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address DE. j
K. V. Pierce, Bnfislo, N. Y. '
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