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THE DAILY FR press PUBLISHED EERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY, Vol. I-No. 175. KINSTON, N. C., FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1898. Price Two Cents. In Which an Independent Candidate For Sheriff Was Killed. By Judge Hammond's Decision After Hav fug Practically Won Their Strike. A Slight Run Oi a New York Bank, But It Metlhe Withdrawals and It Declared Solvent. Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 21. A battle occured at Wharton between whites and negroes. The independent candidate for sheriff was shot dead. Troops hare been ; called out. ' , " " " Result of Hammond's Decision. Cleveland, 0., Oct. 2L The result of Judge Hammond's decision is that the wife drawers, who had about Won their strike, were forced to give up and return- ed to work today. . " , , . i Sllght Run on a New York Bank. New York, Oct. 21.-Tbere was a slight run on the Merchants' and Traders' Bank this morning as a" result of the forced resignation of Fresiden t Bal tea.' -The wiuiarawais were wvv. n wu uu nounced that tbe bank had money suffi cient to meet every emergency and is sol vent! This waa concurred in by the clearing house committee after an inves tigation. t ' , ' Marchand'a Report Received. Paris, Oct. 21. Marchand's report was received during the nighf. It says nothing . nf Gen. Kitchener, and oblv describes the routes, the hoisting of the flag, and the flgb t with ' the Dervishes. Toe report only goes as far as the beginning of Sep1 fcember, and says ; that on August 20th the supplies of the party were abundant. V The Peace Coaraiisstoners. . Paris, Oct. 21. -The peace commission ers held separate sessions this morning. When the joint session was opened this afternoon it was believed the Cuban debt question would not be decided today, but would be taken up again at the joint session Monday. -" ' Work at Porto Rico Finished. - Washington, Oct. JJl.-f-Schley reports the work of the evacuation commission of Porto Rico concluded. He was ordered to report at Tomkiusville on the cruiser Mew York with the reports and clerks of thecommis8ion.' In a Hurry In England. London, Oct. 21. The admiralty has ' . a -l il.i. ' 1 J 1 ! : oraerea mat no jock jaru reuatni ue commenced on the ships of the fleet in reserve unless they can be completed . within forty-eight hours. , Seven Lives Lost. Astoria, Ore., Oct. 21. Late last night, the four who were injured "by theexplo eion on the torpedo boat Davis, yester day, died, making a total of seven lives Outburst of Patriotism in London. - London, Oct. 21. An exceptional out burst of patriotism due to -the Fashoda affair marked the, celebration today of anniversary of the battle Of Trafalgar. ' Miles and Shatter on Same Train.; . . Pittsburg, Ocjt, 21. Gens. Miles and Shafter. passed enrqnte to .Washington r? . . J ' fit- ... '. ;l vu me buuib iruiu louay, wiiu evvprai Asout Barratier'o Report. Paris, Oct. 21. The reason Captain Barratier's report contained nothing re garding Kitchener is because the report antedated Kitchener's action. : Another big lot of fine note paper for commercial printing just received. Thje Feee Pbess carries the- biggest stock of paper for printing purposes cf anv estab lishment in the State east of the W. & W. R. R., and doe9 es nice printiagas is done Jiny where. Our prices are low. SIB 01 II A Negro Bulldozer. Wilmington Btar. Some time ago Rev. Jesse H. Page, of Rockingham, wrote a Mter to a friend in the western portion rf the' State de scribing the condition f eastern North Carolina, nnder negro. rule. The friend gave the letter for publication. It ap peared in The btar and other papers some time ago, This letter gave much offense to some of the negroes, one of whom wrote him from Charlotte an anonymous letter, which reads thus: "Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 11. 1898. "Rev. Jesse Page, Rockingham, N.C.: ; "PeabSib: I have just read your com munication on negro rule in , the eastern part of the State, as you are pleased to call it. I. am a negro myself, and have become disgusted over the malicious falsehoods and baseless rot that is being published by you and the corrupt party to which you belong. 1 am a minister of the gospel myself, and find that you n1m r hfii Hiifr T An nrkf-. think Yia T.M.1 Jesus Christ had much to do with send ing you out, for be commissioned bis dis ciples to 'go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature,' tnoy were to preach against every wrong and try if possible to establish peace among all men. In fact the golden rule was to be engraven in our heart, mind and life. 1 bope you will remember this. Again I learn you are an old man that will not ; stay here al long as you hare stayed, and after all, as long as you hav-a been pretending to preach the gospel, if ya0 don't mind hell will be youc bor Hon. But these lying statements that you and your Democratic allies are pubiisning: will serve to solidify the Populists and Republicans, and especially the negro against you as never before. We, the col ored people of this city, expect to start a daily paper here and denounce you and your party as a set of lying hypcrites. ' If this is the way you expect to set the State back to the Democratic party, we shall see to it that you will never accom plish that end. "J talked with a well respected white roan from the east the other day wno was a Prohibitionist. He said to me that all of this stuff which is being pub lished by the Democrats and their lying newspapers were all lies, ana the white people of eastern Aiorth Carolina are dis gusted with it. I would advise you to get out Of the pulpit, for tbe Lord Jeeras has not bad one thing to o with yon. When yon get true religion you will find that you will be a new man altogether. "If you want to answer me write to the Charlotte Citizen. There has never been a period in tbe annals of history In which an attem pt at nullification has ever succeeded. God will ee to it that you and your poor, rotten party ; will never fmcceed. Old man, you bal better get right, tor you are 'as good an agent tor the devil as he wants." ; ' (Signed) .. W4U South Mint St., Cbmtlotte, NC." It wasn't a negro rough who wrote this to one of the most honored and be loved ministers ia this Stutebvt itwas a nreacnen, who toot this way Of attack ing mnder cover, and insulting. the man who had incurred bis resentment. The writer is llev.D.'C. Covington, colored. pastor of Clinton chapel, A. M. E. Zion church, in Charlotte, who for' some time has been editing a Sunday column in The -Observer for the especial 'benefit ; of : the colored ; people. JL comparison of the writing in the -letter with the manuscript furnished The Observer establishes the identity.; (His Services have been doubt less dispensed withj) . The animus that runs through this in solent and outrageous letter shows that Rev. Covington gives more thought to politics than he .floes to religion, and it shows, too, what a deep bold tbe pirit 0t race aggressiveness has taken on the average negro, of whom .the preacher is no exception. . , The Fate of Paaroh Horses. . WnmiafftonMessenjrer. i' " , Here is a fine figure in tbe negro incen diary Bheet at Jitnston: , "Let's stand together and pull ' like Pharoh's horses and carry tbe old party to success." , - - ,TDe last time "Jf naroh s horses" were seen or heard from taey were floundering in the ilea sea and vwere eternally swamped. Host good people would like to see "tbe old party" the black radical thing, eternally swamped in the Red sea of politics and disappear forever from North Carolina, v ' . ' - ' :'; . : Csttoa KxrktLv'"v-V:"' The New York cotton market opened this morning for November 5.20 and closed 5.20. January opened 5.83, closed .di. spot cotton at Kmston, 4.t0. Fifty bales were sold on ths Kisston market today. n3W&tCi.Lc:!3. , St. Louis, Oct. 21. Snow fell here to day, the earliest known. tttt Ti Southern Cotton M'f'gs Ass'n Says No Necessity cf Reduction. Sends Official Reply to the Ultimatum Of The Powers, Agreeing to a Complete Avacuation of Crete by Ottoman Troops. Some Klondikers Ice Bound on the Yukon. Raleigh, Oct. 21. TbeSout hern Cotton Manufacturers' Association bh.vh that ther will be no reduction nf wngett this winter, tbr being no necessity for a re- ductlon. Porte Agrees to Evacuate Crete. London, Oct. 21.A, Central News dis patch from Constantinople says that the Porte has sent an official reply to the ul timatum of power? agreeing to a, Complete evacuation ; of Island of Crete by Ottoman troops. Some Klondikers Ice .Bound. Vancopver, Oct. 31. The steamer Car ronne arrived this ; morning from ; St. Michael with a number: of Klondikers. "bYokonis now freezing and everal steamers are said to have been aground on the sand bars in theiiver,; with ice forming around them. .' ' , ' . The Investigators at Atlanta. - Atlanta, Oct. 21. The' war iuvestiga ion commission arrived ibis inorning, and drove to headuaterjf tlnPepark Bient of the Gol but after lords' went tb Ft. McPberson. It . Intends toi examine several witnesses and start to 'anistoti tonight. - Thn snb-oomrnittw may go to Knoxville.. Probably No Hawaiin Cable. Washington, Oct. 21. Thw American conimislaners at Honotuln have looked into the matter of cable con1efrtola. They found the ocean six -miks deep in the Japanese current," aid fear it will bo im possfble to lay the :able bqpanse of tbe inability to anchor. . LAGRAfCGE NEWS. Fbek Pbess BmiEAtr, LaGeakoe, Oct. 13. 1898. Mies Bruce Sutton is in town today. 'Cotton is selling at C ontH on 'this market today. - : Rev. C. E. Forlinesia protracting a meet ing at Hickory drove church this week. Street Commissioner W. H. Harper baa has had two new pumps driven on Cas well street. . ?-', s Rev. F. D. Thomas Will preach in the Presbyterian church Sunday morniog and evening. Misses Ida Sutton and 3earl Hardee went to Kinstoa today to stand-teachers' examination. - : : 1 The Baptist entertainment last Friday night was well attended, refreshments choice and receipts gratifying. Miss Kate Soutberland, who had been visiting Miss Celess Dillon, returned to her home in Mt. Olive Tuesday. Rev. J. W. Rose, assisted by Rev. S. J. Porter, of Morganton, will begin a series of meetings in tbe Baptist cbarch Sunday morning. : . Mrs. A. J. Sutton and Miss Lela Gard ner, of Cadez. eaitne today and left this afternoon. Their many friends were glad to see them. . "", , ' . Presiding Elder W. S. Rone will preach in the M. E.. Church Friday night . (21st) and bold the fourtbquarterly meeting on Saturday and Sanday. " . : Sparks'"circus attracted a large erowd Monday. The Tittle fellows are never forgotten on circus dayr One lady (she bad no children) said she went because Mr. Sparka ejected. Congressman White at Tarboro and would not let Lim sit among the white people. ... . .. Private Roscoe Rouse is home on a thirty days furlough from Jacksonville, Fia., visiting his parents in Trent town ship. He says he has not engasedia any active warfare except with the sandflies and mosquitoes, lie will return 1 to be mustered out and will remain in Florida, where he has been living the past two years. II. PORTEAGR ES TOfVAGUflTE "OLD NORTH STATE" IB. Interesting North Carolina Items a Condensed Form. , ' Emmond Averitt, tli flv-.vear-old on of Mr. Stephen Averitt, nnd nephew of Rev; ! O. L. Stringtield, was burned to deuih Monday at his honv near In wood church, four miles south of Raleigh. ., There were 1,000 people at the Demo erotic convention and . speaking ; at Tarboro Tuesday. It was a very remark able gathering. Nearly all the white vo ters of Edgecombe county were present Dan Brown, a bad negro, was shot utid killed at Winnton Wednesday niht by Walter Jeffries, colored. The trouble grew out of Jeffries employing Brown's sweetheart to cook for him. Tb defend ant surrendered to the officers. He claims that Brown shot first. The Democratic state committee has obtained from the attoruey general the official list of all persons convicted of crimes in the various counties during the iiast two years. Some persons have an dea that pardon by the governor-restores citizenship. It does not. POOR WHITE MEN AND NEGROES. The Negro Senator, Leo Person, Predicts That They Will Eat and Sleep Together. ApexNewsV",-!"'. ty- This certifies that I heard Lee Person, thd negro politician, of Edgmbe, speak atLucama, Wilson county, Friday, Oct, 7th, and among other things, said Lee Person said that the time bad come when the poor white man and negro were t-qual, and that the time would Boon tome wi en the white man would invite the negro to eat bud sleep with him, J He advised the negroes to register, and go to the polls with pistols and rocks in their pockets, and not be arrested by any white man unless they had killed some body or stolen something. Said Lee Person advised all negroes to stop work ing for the whites and said, as long as the negro brushed up stores and. waited-on the whites that the whites would think themselves above them, and advised them to stop waiting on them. r This is only c samHeof tbe three hours' speech made by the burly politician, the whole tenoi of which would 'array the blacks against the whites. At the close tf the speech Person advised the ntgroes to organize a club and meet once a week, and he would send a man to give instructions, Cani the white men of Wake tolerate such acts! Answer at the poM. " " William S. Sears. Apex, N.C. , :. H00KERT0N ITEMS. October 20, 1898.' -'Rev. W. D. Sasser went to Kinston last Saturday. " . Dr. Thos. M. Jordan went to ICinston Wednesday. . . ' , : Mr. W. P. Hardee, of In stitutf, visited friends here Sunday. ; i ;. r ' Mr. D. V. Dixon, of Kiuston, Came lat Wednesday and will return today, ; ,j j Mrs. George W. Hart and Herbert Syli vant visited friends in Snow HiH last Sunday." u'. ; ; . Mr. O. C. Wilkersbn, of Kinstoa, epent Weduefday night with ills uncle, Dr. T. M. Jordan. ' Mr. and Mrs. W.O.Dixon wen-tte Green ville Sunday to visit friends and returned on Monday. v . ' - Mr. Charles Wartera, of Plymouth, has accepted a position as salesman for Mr, i.S. Edwards. J - ; Mrs. Wvlie Singleton's dry kiln and about 100,000 feet of lumber were con sumed by fire last Wednesday night. Mrs. A: L. Sasser returned to her home nearGoldeboro on Saturday, after spend ing a week with her daughter, Mrs. T. M. Jordan.' i , .. - -.-i ' Misses. Ola Patrick, of Institute, and Dora Mar, of Bee ton, returned to Insti tute Saturday, after spending several days with Mrs. D. 11 Dixon. , - - : The very latest styles ... Fur - ... Plush : black and fancy colors, ' Prices from S3.50 to $10.00. , Don't buy or order any before seeing our : col lection. ' Followed by Heavy Electric Storms Does Much Damage. FREIGHT BLOWN FROM TRACK At the Town of Missouri, Express Crashed Into the Wreck, and the Smashed Cars Covered Several Square Rode. Deer Park and Passadena Nearly Razed. Enormous Injury to Cotton Crop. Houston, Tex., Oct. 21. A cyclone fol lowed by heavy eWtric storms swept across Texas before daylight this morn ing. At the town of Minsouri a freight train was blown from the track.' Tbe California express train, running at the rate of forty miles an hour, crashed into the freight wreck, and the smashed cars covered an area nf several square rods. ' ; The towns of Dwr park and Passadena, were nearly razed, the wind'vutting a wide swath. Many strong buildings were demolished. Urea t damage was also done to buildings at Miesouri. . The injury to the cotton crop through out a large area of the state isenormous, Texas Passes In. , LewM, Del, Oct, atThe battleship Texas PbBsh! iu today; to take part ia the peace jubilee at Philadelphia. f Tr. ia7ft Janari was visited by a terri ble epidemic of smallpox, which almost decimated Yoxonama. vaoomnwu . made compnisory to 1896 The Japanese are said to have been struck with tba , fact that pockmarked" foreigner vera . rarely seen in Japan. , . , ., Knit . Ondciaicai 4 tl. Y. Racket StoroJ Ladies', Missea', Children's and Infants' Vrests. Misses' and Chil dren's Union Suits and Pants, t We have fixed pricea very low, the lowest that can be made. Good, value in these goods. . See them.' . New York Racket Store, Pridgen Block, No. 41 Queen St- South Carolina's Greatest Curjosity, lot from California, or somewhere else .This strange looking marble man was found .by Mr. Wm. Buff in an old grave yard by the overflow of a creek near the. Saluda river, in Lexington county, five miles north of Colifmbia, S. C, Novem ber, 10, 1893. Pronounced by all the the Southern f.medical colleges and chemists as the most. perfect petrified body ever discovered. As a scientific Curiosity they say it has few equals. - v Will be on exhibition at KIST0, October 25tb and 20th, , In Mr. Ford's marble shop, Main St, Open from 10 a. tn. to 6 pm., from 7:30 p. m. to 10 p. m. daily. Admission onlv. 10 cents. Anvone feeling like they are faked we will cheer f ully.ref und their money. " BSxT Keciember tue day and date. and Tdb Vonoennl Petrilied Llan
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