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FRESH GOSSIP-
OF THE OLD
NORTH STATE.
C23 Mi Interesting Happenings From
. Bierj Section.
On Kcgro Lured to His Death by
' "Another A Niaht of Crime in
Durham Black Brute Bhat Dead
Industrial Information Aool-
, dental Deaths Variety of Ooweip
1 Am yet nothing more has been heard at
Bafelgh frpmj. J. Wolfonden, of Newborn,
-whoexpreseedadeelre to beconje buyer of
aU the State's swamp lands. The engi
neer of' the State board of education has
twn awaiting the pleasure of Mr. Wolf-
adeo,,who is making a tour of these
lands. It is the opinion here that the
board will make Col. W. B. Bod man, of
Washington, its agent for all these lands
' It la said bv the engineer that there
onffbttobea forester or caretaker for
these lands, as in no other way can ae-
predations on the timber be discoTered
and prevented. The saw mill "pirates"
have for Tears olared havoc with the
State's timber.
'. John Morgan and Ed Hicks, colored,
were neighbors on the same plantation
' In Wake county near the Durham county
line. Sunday Hicks sent for Morgan to
come and spend the evening and the in
vitation was accepted. When Morgan
was seated by the fire Hicks went out
out for an armful of wood and brought
an ax in with him. He laid down the
wood and without a word struck Mor
sran with the ax and killed him. Hicks
escaped.
Before the corporation commission
Monday there were several . hearings.
The furniture manufacturers asked for a
ielassifleation of freiffht trates. The
people of Charlotte asked for action in
norard to warehouse charges on through
freight. ' Persons at Hickory in the mill
ing business asked that the commission
aMow grain In transit to be ground there
and then as flour or meal to be shipped
to its destination. - ,4
. Charlotte ' News: , The : gold -'min
lng plant of Williamson & Wakeling
eight miles from Asheville, has been
turned. Loss about 5i000; Insurance
$1,770.; The plant will be rebuilt at
once and new machinery ordered. The
owners are Canadians end are enthusias
tic over their prospects in the gold min
f ng line, and will rebuild on an extensive
scale. f i
' The governor . respited until April 3,
Henry Shaw, colored; ' under sentence to
be hanged at Lumberton lor murder, it
appears that the judge sentenced htm to
be hanged in fifteen or twenty days after
his conviction. The people thought be
ought to have more time. His attorneys
also want more time in order to look into
the question f Shaw's sanity.
Governor Ay cock and his staff will go
to Charleston over the seaboard -Air
Une, leaving Kaieign Apru . h no 1
as yet decided over which route the com- j
posite regiment of infantry, 000 strong, 1
will go. The battery of light artillery
and four perhaps five, divisions of ; naval j
(he auxiliary cruiser
reserves win Ko on
"Hornet," - .
Active preparations are being made for
the oneniner of the tobacco market At
Raleigh. Three leaf warehouses will be
opened; From all accounts there is to be
a remarkable increase in the tobacco
acreage In this section,, particularly in
the southern and eastern parte of this
county, wherethe soil is light and sandy.
King's Greenville Weekly Mr. Wheeler
Martin, of Williamston, was here one day
last week. He says Williamston is- mak
ing big preparations 1or a big tobacco ;
business. He said that almost every
farmer was going Into tobacco and new
barns were dotting the county all over,
Mr. James E. Lee, ticket agent of the
Southern Railway at Durham, wassand
Lasrsred Sunday evening by thieves who
took his keys, a gold watch and $25
from his pocket. With the kejs tbey
entered the oSce and stole S100 from
the safe- ' ? :
One night's crime record in Durham:
A man sandbagged and robbed; another
inn held np on the street at the point of
a revolver; anotVr man mnrderntjsly
t -aultedi a pas-efr oa 'a ra1rg
train narrowly escaped a Sjicg bnlht.
TLesono! Mr. Lafayette Ieobonr, "of
Y.lttenburg township, Alexaadereounty,
out bnntir 1 fH c3 a log and hie.
n was d!w.harl. .The load took
t " 1 ii rxx k and death resulted
1 WnSfcX,-'! brutally .beat a
colored woman and she sought refuge In
Charles Taylor's home. McNeil tried to
fores an entrance and was. shot dead by
Taylor, who was arrested and acquitted.
1 The two-year-old son of Mr. -and Mrs.
Z, T. Fnlcher, of Newbern, picked up a
button Sunday, placed it in ;hls mouth
and it slipped into hie windpipe. He
strangled to death before a physician
arriTed.
State Auditor Dixon m stricken with
astonishment Monday by the return of
a pension warrant, a letter accompany
lng It saying that the pensioner did not
need the money. ,
On the 11th of this month there will
be a good roads congress at HUleboro,
for the county of Orange. The people
there are to "vote on the Issue of $100,000
of road bonds. , . .
Ellsia Abbott, aged 66, of Meadows,
Stokes county, attended an old. fashioned
wood cutting, got n the way of a falling
tree and was crushed to death. . . ,
Judge Timberlake, who was mentioned
as likely to be appointed assistant dis
trict attorney for the eastern district,
says he would not accept the position.
Durham has a new city directory,
which shows the present population to
be 12,935, a gain of 5,760 since the tak
"t "w xmua,
The State charters the HenckeLive
Stcok company, of Stateville; capital,
$60,000. The stockholders are from
score of places. ' t
The outlook for a State baseball leajrue
is now very promising. It is probable
that Goldsboro will be a member.
Th Blanche Hosiery Mills Co. has
been organized in . Orange county, capi
tal stock to be 115,000.
The Stats board of pharmacy Is called
to meet at Raleigh April 8, to examine
applicants for license.
They are picking strawberries near
Wilmington.
A Thliif 4e Kemembcr.
'A donkey, ?Uo had been carefully
raised by his, waster gained so, much
knowledge that he could not help con
slderlng himself a superior being.
'I am too modeatUa throw, high
prIced"T)duquets at myself," ho solilo
quized, "but the fact remains, that I
have distanced them alL , I cau lie
down at command and roll over. With
the! assistance of sundry winks and
nods from AH Hassan, my master, I
can pick the different pasteboards from
a card pack. There is no other donkey
In the world that can shake bands like
me. People crowd over one another to
see me walk on my hind legs. As fo
dancing, queens of the ballroom say
that I waltz like an angel." "
True, true,'- said a wise old owl.
who was listening to the donkey. VXou
re a paragon and are not to be blamed
for realizing the fact But yen must
not forget one thing." ,
"What' Is thatr aBked the educated
donlfey. ; ,. ' ' '
'That you are only an ass," duletly
remarked the owL ,
MoraL When a person thinks he Is
better than others, he should carefully
avoid the looking glass.
,An Odd Betrothal.
It Is said that a certain servant In a
moment of 4 weariness with domestic
nflAa cmttff 'Untrin rt tn ta t 111? a ,
tnIg montji after month forever I'll ask
tne first man who passes If he wants a
wife." ,
. Her fellow servant challenged her to 1
put the question to a man Just then
passing uy. xne yuuug wuuinu was
not prepared to be taken at her word
so suddenly, Dut, in desperation, De-
thought , herself for a way of, escape.
She was Welsh and hurriedly exclaim
ed as the unknown was passing, "A
oea clslau gwraig arnoch chwir ("lo
you want a wlfer')
Oes" ("Yes") was the unexpected re
ply from tne young man, woo also nail
ed from the principality, and, with
Celtic eprtgbtliness, followed Into the
hall the blushing gtrU who had fled
upon hearing the familiar word. The
maid, a farmer's daughter, was bux
om and neat, tne swain was an Indus
trious and ambitious young dealer with
promising prospects, and soon "merrily
rang the wedding bella," .
laJaatrloH AIJ !wlr. ' .
Xt quaint old Castletown, the "me-
iruiiuiiB vi mc itr ui ouui, tune ci I
ists a very Interesting clock, which has I
now performed its functions of time
telling in five centuries. It was pre
sented by Queen Elizabeth In the year
1507 to Castle Rushen, the fortress
which stands in the middle of Castle
town, from which the town takes Its
name. The works are crude, being
driven by ropes and pulleys, but never
theless they keep fair time The clock.
In fact, has run ever since It was built.
except for rare stoppr res for repair.
To this day the single hand which
travels slowly round tbe dial outside
the tower of Ccst'e Dushea Is the
principal source of Information as. to
the tour to the Intatiiaats of Castle
town.. A ir,c- !- L.' h has aroried
cor.tiriUcuy for :-re thaa S;a years
is for.- tii'rt cf a r nl curiosity. Jev-
RECIPROCITY WITH CUBA
WILL SOON DE ESTABLISHED.
REPDBLIC1HS WAIT ILL THE CREDIT.
Democrats are ill in Faior of Com
plete Reciprocity.
Special Message From The Presi
dent May be Required Argu-
; ment Begun on Proposed Change
In Manner of Paying Rural Deliv
ery Carriers Mrs. Jeff. Davis I'L
Washington, D. C, March 3. Congress
will pass at this session a bill providing
reciprocity with Cuba in a manner satis
factory to the administration. This
means that it will provide for a reduc
tion in the doty on sugar, which is the
principal thing to be considered, of over
27 per cent, the minimum amount ne
cessary to meet the requirements of the
Cuban situation.
The bill will originate in the ways and
means committee, and will be first
passed bj the house of representatives,
although it will probably not be satis
factory to the administration until after
it has been amended by the, senate, and,
like most bills of that character, it will
doubtless take Its final form In fhe con
ference committee of the two houses.
It may require a special message from
President Roosevelt emphasising what
he said in his annual message about the
needs of Cuba to bring this about. If so,
as the president hasrepeatedly assuredf
the leaders of the house, the message
will be forthcoming.
The president, however, will await an
intimation from the leaders that the
message is needed before sending ft in,
and if he has to send it in It will be a
vigorous document. - It , may be asked
for by the house leaders in order to
bring enough of the Republicans , into
line to carry through a Cuban reciproc
ity metwure without, "the "assistance of
the Democrats! which could be had, " It
Is designed in this, as in the case of the
Philippine tariff bill, and la the case of
the Babcock tariff revision proposition,
to keep the settlement of the matter en
tlrely within the Republican party in the
house,.
If President Roosevelt sends In a spe
cial message, insisting upon this relief
for Cuba, the leaders will find it com
paratively easy to bring enough of the
unwilling Republicans Into support of
the measure to carry it through by tell
ing them that they can put the respon
sibility In dealing with objecting constit
uents upon the chief leader of the party
The house leaders have served notice
that they will insist upon treating the
Cuban reciprocity question and the Bab
cock tariff revision proposition as to
tally distinct, and as they are under no
pressure from the admlnlstration for the
passage of the Babcock proposition they
believe they can keep is safely locked up
in the ways and means committee.
The house leaders realize that the party :
is as much divided by the Babcock prop
osition as by that for Cuban reciprocity,
and also that the tariff revision sent!
ment is growing. ' They know that Pres
ident Roosevelt himself does not look un
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Eoy Bizio, Atlas cud Crown PIotto for one horco.
Cut:vayIIciT0Tr3, Cpilzod Tooth and V -Shaped pnf representatives,-fought a duel
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favorably upon It and that he would be
!y to approve a bill embodying that
proposition if it should come to him.
But they think that the safer way is to
prevent action upon it. notwithstanding
the warnings ol its advocates that this
policy will cost the Republicans a con
siderable number of seats in the next
house at the polls next fall.
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I f Mrs. Jeff Davte Very 111,
Nsw Orleans, La., March 4 Mrs. Jef
fersOn Davis, widow of the last president
of he Confed racy, lies seriously ill In her
apartments at the St. Charles Hotel.
She reached New Orleans Saturday and,
thonuh indisposed, no alarm was felt
9 vef her condition until yesterday, when
She became much worse, and no one was
permitted to see ber except her physician
and nurse.
' Se Is sufferinir acute rheumatism, com
plicated with heart trouble, and her ex
treme old age militates against the efforts
of the physician to combat the disease.
The near relatives have been summoned,
and her daughter," Mrs. Haves, Is ex
pected to arrive tomorrow.
THE CONTRACT 8Y8TEM.
TheBilltoClauify the Free Rural
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livery Service.
The house began the consideration of
the bill to classify the rural free delivery
service and place the carriers under the
contract system. Mr. Loud (Cala.)
and post roads, made the opening argu
ment in favor of the bill, speaking for
two and a half hours. Mr. Swanson
(Va.) led the opposition.
; Mr. Loud declared that upon the sola
tlon of this question would depend
whether,. the rural free delivery service
wquld coat ultimately sixty or twenty
million dollars per annum. The rural
free delivery service up to this time, he
said, had been a political one and it had
given many members of congress their
first taste of the sweets of public patron
age. He traced the history and rapid
growth of the service and its cost, , de
claring that It was the most extravagant
in the public service, At the inception
the carriers received f 300 per annum.
They now receive f GOO. If the salary
system was continued tbey would re
ceive 800 or 900. At the present time
1830,000 was being spent for the super
visory force. , , ,
Mr. Loud charged that a promise had J
gone forth that if the present system was I
contlnued tne members of congress would
control the appointment of the carriers!
in the future as they had in the past.'
Mr. Swanson (Ta.) argued that the
present system would be more advan
tageous to the rural committees than!
the contract system. He contended that
if the service were made effective it w ould
eventually become seif-supporting.
CHARLESTON TRIP STANDS.
President Booaevelt Decides to
Visit the!
Exposition.
Washington, D. C, March 4. The
president will go. to Charleston to at
tend the exposition, Tillman or no Till
man. This assurance he gave to a corn-
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mlttee of representative citisens from
the South Carolina metropolis, when
they called upon him at the white house
to urge him not to abandon his idea of
visiting their fair and their city. Inci
dentally the committee told the presi
dent that the letter of Lieut. Governor
Tillman regarding the sword presents'
tlon was simply the view of an indivld
ual, and did not represent the sentiment
of the people. "
The committee arrived .at the white
house promptly at 1 o'clock, and was
immediately given an audience with the
president. It Informed him that plans
for entertainment while in .Charleston
had been completed, and March 1 7 was
fixed as the date of the visit.
Bryaa Ad viae Democrats.
PJttHburg, March 4. "The Denmerats
of this nation must watch the tide of
events and then select a candidate for
president to fit a new policy." This was
the statement made here by William Jen
nlnga Bryan, the last standard-bearer of
the Democrats in a presidential cam pafgu.
Mr. Bryan did not come here to take any
active part in politics, but to lecture for
the benefit of the Kiugsley House associa
tion, In Allegheny.
" What in your opinion will be the next
national issue," he was asked.
"It Is too early to determine that.
Conditions which may arise bet ween now
and then likely will determine that. A
man meets with new temptations every
day, but there is one determining princi
ple that guides him in his actions."
Charles Broadway Rous Xtoad.
Charles Broadway Roum, the blind
multi-millionaire who offered f 1,000,
000 far the restoration of his sight, and
who was the father of all the "racket
stores" throughout the country,' died of
heart disease at New York Monday.
He first engaged in business in Winches
ter, Ya., served in the Confederate army
and then, went to New York in 1865.
He had been in business there contin
ually from that time. ' He erected at his
own expense a monument to' dead Con
federate soldiers in Mount Hope Ceme
tery,' that city founded a physical labora
tory at the University- f - Virginia,-and
gave f 100,000 for a Confederate monu
ment to be located at Richmond, Va.
Democrat in Fighting- Trim.
Washington, D. C March 4. The
Democratic congressional committee is
to .be thoroughly reorganised. .Repre
sentative Richardson, of Tennessee, who
for four years has been chairman of the
committee, has declined the place and
will be succeeded by. Representative
Griggs, of Georgia, despite protests of
eastern and northern Democrats, who
argue that he is distinctly a southern
man, and as that section is safely Dem-
oc ratio it would be better politics to put
In a man who would work for success
where Republicans have made the great
est gains.
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Senate Seeks a lattle Calm.
Washington, D. C March 4. An investi
gation of the charges .preferred against
Senator McLauria by Senator Tillman
that he had been' influenced bv corrout 1
methods to vote for the Paris Peace
Treaty will not ' be-hurried at present.
The reason for this delay Is that it
considered advisable to permit the recent
bad feelinsr. incited by the Tjllman-Mc
Lanrin personal encounter entirely to
subside before , the matter .is again
brought up before the senate.
' Afklost the Panama Canal. '
Washington, D. C, March 4. The sub-
comaiittee of the senate committee on Inter-oceanic
canals, charged with ascer
taining the title of the Panama Canal
company to its property prepared its re
port, and, contrary to expectation,' de
cided against the route. It was agreed
to recommend to the full committee that
the legal complications surrounding the
Panama offer are such that the United
States should not accept it. s i ' '
: Mu Hleoovcbed to SmOu
Pittsburg, Pa , March 4 r-Attacked by
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hiccoughs last Tuesday, Jerome Borne, of
Etna, died today, killed by the malady,
I from which he could get no relief. For
days before his death he was unable to
open his mouth or talk, because of the
contraction of his facial , and throat
muscles. , A pathetic Incident of his death
was taa , luuie snorts to speak a last
word to bis wife as the end came.
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Budapest, March 4. Count Stefan
Tiess and M. Eadovsky, members of the
wounded la the arm, after an unusually
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THERE'S DEEM
A CARNIVAL OF
PETTY CHIME.
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Unusually Large Criminal Docket for
Coming Term of Court ,
All the Little Crimes Of the Calen
dar Are Represented and There
Are Plenty of White and Bleok
Offenders Ordinary Civil Calen
darCourt Convenes Monday.
Kinston has a fair reputation for law
and order, but an evil spirit steins to
have been rampant during the past few
months, and there is an unusually long
criminal docket for the Man-h term of
court. But there is another cause for the
many petty cases and that is that Kins
ton and Lenoir county officers of the law
are vigilant and attentive to their duty,
and when an offender, offends he Is
promptly brought to book. Other
places might have a longer list of crimes
with half the number' of eases, because
they would be passed over. -
There are, up to date, 129 cases on the
criminal docket, but there are no atro
cious crimes, and even those which are
catalogued under harsh sounding names
are mostly of a petty nature.
The list includes assault and battery,
carrying concealed weapons, contempt
of court, cruelty to animals, assault with
a deadly weapon, fa'se swearing, forgery, '
arson; trespass, gambling and house
breaking. The 1 29 cases so far docketed
are the product of the town justices and.
ths mayor's court, and the grist from
the county Is still to be added, so that
it is already evident that only a part of
them can be disposed of In the first week 1
of court, which will be devoted to them,
nor is it likely they can all be "cleared op
In the April term, which Is for Jail cases'
only. There are 29 presentments for the ,
grand jury and all In which, true bills are
found will go to the April term. -
The summons docket contains 2d cases.
many of them being suits brought bv
ths assignees of 8. H. Loftln. These will :
not be tried at this term. '
There are 88 cases on the civil docket.
none of which are of Interest to anybody '
but the litigants.
Court will convene at 10 a. m. Monday
next, Judge E. W. Timberlake presiding,
and this is the week of preparation, -when
lawyers are preparing thalr cases '
and litigants and witnesses are getting
Inline.
It Is altogether probable that so much
business will go over' that a special term
will be necessary .before the 'regular No
vember term.
HORSB NOTES.
Lady Massey, who was purchased in
this country two years ago by "Tod"
810811 for Gardner, has become
one of the urdle performers in
England.
i George Eetcham has extended an Invi
tation to Prince Henry to take a spin
behind Cresceus while at Toledo. If the
Prince accepts, ' Eetcham will do the
driving. v i
j WiUIe Caywood is being flooded with
offers to ride abroad this, season.' His
latest offer is from a Russian nobleman,
who offers him a retainer of f 6,000.
Imp, the great race mare, who during
her career on the turf earned more than
167,000, is now in the stud. I She will be
mated with imp. Topgallant. That the
running Qualities of the "Coal Black
Lady" were appreciate by many horse
men is evidenced by the offer of Captain
8.8. Brown, the Pittsburg millionaire,
for her first foaL He says he will nav
$10,000 for it If it is a colt end $5,000 If
it is a nlly. . .
Perhaps the most noted brood mare 1 .
America, Imp. Be My Cree, by Galopin-
Ulster yueen, loafed a bay flllv bv .
IClngston at the Castle ton stud of James '
B. Keens. The filly Is a half-sister to
Cap and Bells, the only American-bred
winner of the classic English Oaks. A '
bay flUy by imp. Woolsthorne, dam Be-'
cess, was dropped at Oakwood stud, the 1
first of his get to be foaled In Americs.
The era ef high prices for trottlajr stal- :
lions closed In 189a, when Arlon, Stain
boul. Director, Conductor, Ralph Wles.
Constantlne, Athol and Fire were sold ,
or 125,000 or more each. In tie follow ;
nag year Sidney fetches J27.CC 3 at aue- '
Hon, and the price pa! 1 f . r l'n stooi as
the record from that dry zzt. f.ODOO
was paid for the black s jacf lianibrino.
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