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TH E DAI E Y ; FRE E PRE PUBLISHED EiZERY- EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY, rol. I No. 208. KINSTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1898. Price Two Cents Pllllffi. I tfirp.atinn Nnrth Carolina Items In Condensed Form. ?. il ii 1 1 2f Items That Will Interest North Caro llnlans. Some News.' Some Politics- All of Some interest to True "Tar Heels." C. 0. Wood. of Ransom's Bridge, Frank lin connty, has filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy in the federal court at Raleigh..;' if is the sixth one filed. The State museum at Ral igh has re- ti"lfif1I etved from Alorebead Uity a tine epeci men of an octopus or devil fish. It will be prepared at once for exhibi tion, Two young m-n giving their names as hflrkM And Edward liiilrihera'. of Hnlem. U., were arrwtKl Hatnrdav for bu llary in Washington, D. C. Oue is 17, .and the other 14 years of age. The Charlotte papers note the death of papt. James C. Dwd, of Charlotte. He as a native of Moore county, a gallant soldier, and a strong UaptlHt, He leaven n children, among them Mr. C. Dowd. jeditor of the Charlotte News, aud Mrs.T. Alphonso Rhyne, a negro who commit- jiea maraer in uasron county, was piaceo j 111 WV HMD JHII OUIIUHy UlUt, Irfl MH.VH uim ifrom lynching. ' It is the fourth jail he jhas been In. He was first in Gaston jail, (next in Cleveland jail, then was taken to I Wilmington Messenger: . Wilmington inas oen orougnc commerciaur within touch with Spain. This is Quite tntereef. ling, as all will agree, and is something for our people to be proud of, " The great col ton exporting establishment of MesK.1 Alex Sprunt & 8n, for they are second I to none, ac!omplHhed this highly pro gressive stp. Yesterday the Uritien steamer Naraja, Captain Tinkler, cleared Ifrom' the hands of Sprunt & Son with 2.947 bales of cotton m board. Her destination is Barcelona, Spain. : - Commander George L. Morton, of the North Carolina naval battalion, states that he converted yacht Hornet, a- signed by th navy depart mt to the North Carolina Naval Reeervng as a tain- . ing ehip, wa formerly Mr. H. M, Flagler e private yacht " I he Allianca.- She is a pretty veeset, J60 fet lontr. 24 feet beam, and eont the gotemment 117,500 when she was bought for nee Hsannxlliary cruiser in the war with Hpain, She draws 13 5 feet, has 800 horse-power. and has a sped of 14 knott per fartur. She is said to be quite a desirable vessel for the unserves. Raleigh Post;-The war department hae remitted the remainder of tha sen.. tence of Private D B. Sotton, of the exv ond volnnteer iniantrv. . Sutton wae con victed by court-martial September laet. and sentenced to eix monthe impriwn- ment at liort Mefhereou, Atlanta, Ga., for resisting and assaulting a guard who attempted to arrest him. He was for merly a resident of Wilmington, N. C.,, and wasarepreaentative in the last fu sion general assembly, of North Carolina from New Hanover county, where be es sayed to act fes spokeeman of Gov. Ras- aeii, wnose protege be has been. - RaMgb correspondent Meesenger: Your correspondent finds that there are two iewa as to what the legislature should do in regard to impeaching the governor. t - . 1 . i & . . . a li-is aaserrea rnaxi nTe are Ample ground for impeaching him and all the other State officials, save the attorney general and eupermtendentof public in- etruction. One view in that there ehonld be impeachment; hut this wou'd reqniiv a loii eeeeion, lasting, pernapx, until summer, while the buinest interests in the State deire a' short eeion and ae few lawe as possible. Another view ia to have A ehort eeneion, enact few laws and then take recess until Augut next, so that then, if the governor refuses or fail to execute toe lawn, or in cae the eu- prtne court should declare t hem uncon- etitutional,thlejfiKlatarecan taketjrop- er action. The oddrt are therefore agaiunt impeachment. Bat it is assuredly held over tne governor s ueaa aud it is do secret that he fears it. Another bfg lot of fine note paper for commercial printing jnst received.' The J Teee Pees3 carries the biest stock of paper for printing purposes of any estab- lishment in the State east of the W. & W. U. K., and does as nice printingas isdone anywhere. Our prices are lovr. no rnn rvn nimro mkum Aunnituco COTTON TICKETS EXEMPT Commissioner of Internal Revenue Rules They Cannot Be Taxed. Washington, Nor.! 22L Senator Jones, of Arkansas. ' who .ha-been interesting himself in eecunug the exmptlon of cot 1 .t..lm.a faAtn 4-1 k imwi ill nil nr. sf W lull l u:ftoi o llulu luninjuunuciivn VI stamp tax, han received a letter from the romunseioner of internal revenne, a& nouncing his decision making the ex emption. ' la his letter the commissioner says: 'v.. : :v ;' . ; -, -; ;.': 1 "After a careful review of this subject, this offlcM is of the opinion, aud so holds, that where a buyer of . cotton deposits with a third person h sum of money out Of which this third person is directed to pay all cotton ticket O. K.'d by the buy. er, that the ticket cashed under thesa cir cnmatanceH are exempt from taxation ns orders for the payment of money, in order to come wi'hin this ruliDg, the baver mu-t actually place the money with the : third . person who . cashes the ticket, and) th ticket must be then act nail rfukbkul , vt tKntfi.R'j Anrr uilly cashed out of the 'buyer's own money and no other. This would not include the payment of tickets by a.bank out of the minis of its depositors, nor tayment of tickets in- the hands of per Hons to whom they have been transferred bv the cotron ne ler " ' Senator Jones took the position that as coton tick"ta ate' mere directions on the part of purchasers to their cashiers to pay out their ovn money they were not subject to the requirements of the etamp tax. He alio held them to oe ex empt beeanse of the levying of a tax oti the cotton itself, which is exempt as a farm pr.duct. The senator regards the rulintr as of verv ' general iiEDortanee throughout t.ie cotton-growing section THOUGHT CORBETT WAS BEATEN. Why MoVey Jumped Into the Ring.' Cor- bett Wants Another Fight With Sharkey And Is to be Accommodated. New York Nov. 28. James J. Corbett declared today that he believed Connie McVey innocent of any , intentional or pivarrangKi wrongdomg when be en. tered the ring during the ninth round of theSbarky-Corbt content last Tuesday night at the Lenox Athletic cmb and couriHiuently forfeited the -contest to Sharkf.v. t Th statement on "CorbettV part was made at the close of the inquiry, which wax institotd by the directors of the Ienox Atblftic club, o fix the responi Ulity fr McVey's action. The inauiry or inv.stigation took place in the presence of a large number of sporting men, th principals with - their handler and the club officials b-ing present. The only absentee jvhs McVey. whose invasion o. the ring canned all t he trouble. After a large number of witnesses had been examiatdt State Senator Sullivan reviewec' the evidnnce and said: ''It ewniH that McVey thought Corbett was b-iiig tieaten and jumped into th ring to aav him. No evidence to the contrary is forthcoming and the club; directors have done all that they conld t net the matter right in thee.vee tt the public. ' As to the bets, we have nothing further to do with them." : Thi ended the inauiry . so far as the club was concerned. After it was ovr Corbett declarvd that Sharkey should give him another fight, and 0'Riuke promiSHl to give theualifornian a chance. A dinriatch from Manila says there ia probability of a stubborn conflict with the J? ilippinoa before .taey accept Ameri can government. : A Naral WUw 1703. At 6 this evening Captain Norris coming on board this ship (the flagship), ay Lord Hamilton, Captain Ley, Gap tain wtE&art ana captain Trevor were standing on the Quarter deck, and as Captain Norris came op Lord Hamilton sued mm it ne naa taken any moip wine or brandy. Tha other answered no, upon which Captain ' Trevor asked the price of bis claret, whether be might have any at 4 H. a hogshead. Norris said be would have 6 li. or salt water, and then Captain ' Ley said he would rather the prizes were ashore than lie would give 6 li. the hogshead; upon whigh Captain Norris said be was a rascal that wished bis prizes ashore The other replied fie was a rascal,' if he called him so,, and then Captain Norria struck Captain Ley and threw him over the gun, which Mr. Oopson hearing, as be and I were in my cabin, ran out and upon inquiry found Le (Norris) fcacl hurt Captain Ley, and by the admiral's directions ordered ttivx to be coursed. cpon which Captain Norris drew fcia ewcrd and offered to stab Captain Ley, but Admiral IIopsou," holding his hand, en! r red him to bo disarmed and ecu- CncJ ia llr. Ilayney's cai cal cf Cir John IlooLa " fa. "Szz li B. L If Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. miniir The Pith of the World's News That Might Interest Our Readers. Some of It Fresh. Some May Be 'ityv But Not Spoilt. i, f ,v Lieutenant - Hobson - states that the Crist obol Colon can be raised (and he is now on hie way to snbmit , a report to the secretary of the navy. A negro soldier wan killed at Macon, Ga., Tuesday by a citiznii. . .The negroes threatenefj to destroy the city at night and there was much, excitement. ; A large amount of powder and car tridges, stored in a private house at Havana.' exploded from carelea hand ling last Monday, killing or iujnring 88 pereons. j " The details of the horrible storm in New England Saturday night and Sun day only add to its horrors. Over 100 vessels were driven aebore and it is thought the loss of life is oyer 140. ' It is understood that the president will renommend the creation of ' the rank of admiral iu the navy, the highest rauk known to that branch of thrcrvice, and Mr, Dewey will receive appointment, to thai" position. Thin is all right, and an it should bv Wears in favornf giving Mr. Dewey the best that we may have in that line, but nevertheless, bis ; work, brilliant a jt was, has unloaded a verit able Pandora's box of evils upon this country; the end of which no man know eth, Raleigh'Poet. - v On November 24th, George Owens, a negro employed by S. Wi Mend. - a' white farmer ot Mobley Pond, Scriven county, Ga.j lnped with -the wife of Mr, 'Mead, carrying" wfth them f 215.75 belonging to Mr. Mead, making their way tor Bam WelL the f ormen home of th neirro.';.' The eloping couple were followed by the en raged husband who was determined to find .the- elopers. A poese wa formed by an offiirer of the peace, which found the couple last Sunday about 10 miles from Barnwell and carried them there. where, they are now Bafely lodged in the county jail. A special from Butler, Gal, tells of the killing there Sunday night of a member of a eheriff a poese, the fatal wounding of another, and the senons wounding of another. ' a. L. Cooper. Weeley Wain Wright and John P. Jones were the poeae. They weut to a negro's houae with a warrant. The negro' 14ar-oU son said his father was not at home. When the officer attempted to enter the houae to eee for themselves, the ibny fired on them with squirrel shot. -'Wainwright fell dead. Cooper will probably die, and Jonen is badly injured. The boy was ar rested and taken to jail. It is believed he bad hlp; in tsrHKivn,XN. I., tne residents Of a fashionable quarter are exercised over a colored problem whicL was precipitated npm them by a wealthy proierty owner named William J. Bennett..' He bad sev eral quarrels with his neighbors, aud eetttng about to hatch up the meanest plan for revenge, he finally decided noon advertising bis fine house "to let.to acol- red lamiiy orly, with the more ehiidivn the better." ii has so far refueed all offera lrom white people who have wanted to rent the house. 'The residents in the neighborhood are raising a great row over the proapects of having a col or d family residing among them and express a holy horror at th- very Idea, There is a significance to this incident. and it is jnst- thi that when a northern man casts about for some humiliation to bring upon his neighbor, he can" think of nothing so good as setting ud a necxo alongside of or over him. SHARKEY IS READY. will n&ht Corbett Again. Proceeds to Co to the Poor. . ;New York, Nov. 29. Yeaterdav in a publiehed interview Corbett was qnoted an saying that he was willine to nVhr Sharkey again for nothing, provided .be waa allowed his training expense. - , lOday Tom O'uourke. Sharkev's man ager, issaed tho followiug card: . "Corbett has stated that he will fiirht Sharkey for nothing, if allowed training expenses. Sharkey accepts,, providing the proceeds go to the poor as a Chrint mas gift, the press to form a committee who will distribute the money. Let Cor bett name the time, which must not be later than two weeks hence." an HIE - Old tla Flrm; ; ,.' Flftv veara and more ago.' when New fork and many other cities relied upon The members of their volnnteer Are de partment to put out fires, the ambition of each company was to be first at a fire and . moat efficient in subduing the flames. J-;1:- . v'- -s. Out old Uaae fireman says that noth ing now can rouse in bim the excite- : ment which never failed to come at the sound of the fire alarm. . "Business, meals and health were of small account compared to a call to join the fire engine," this veteran says, with a retrospective sigh, ''The night of my wedding there was a ure, but it came right in the middle of the marriage eerv ioeand I had to miss it However, there was one early the next morning while we were eating breakfast, and I went No bride was so exacting aa to expect to keep her husband at her side when the fire department had nse for him" . There were no salaries in those days save those paid to chief engineers. The firemen paid for the painting and deco rating of their honored engines and for such repairs as were needed from tinje to time. In the days before cities were divided into districts the volunteer firemen, added to active service on the field of the conflagration, frequently had a good deal of preliminary exercise in the way of running before they dis covered where their services were need ed. Youth's Companion. A Vegetable Caterpillar. - The most extraordinary objeot I have ever seen is the New Zealand vegetable oaterpillar. The rata is a parasite creep er which first destroys its forest host and then crushes it to death and, usurp ing its skeleton, becomes a tree itself. If the rata seedling is dug up, it is found to be springing not from a seed, but from the head of a perfectly formed caterpillar. It is supposed by some that the cater pillar, which on dissection proves to be internally the exact counterpart of its living insect relative, swallows the tiny rata seed while living, and burrowing into the gtooiid btcomes, instead of chrysalis, the geminating home of the seed, which by some agency turns ita unfortunate foster mother- into wood. Others, however, oontend the cater pillar itself is produced by the rata, urging in support of their theory that if springing from a seed the shoot would grow out of different parts of the cater pillar instead of invariably growing ont of the head. - ; The insect vegetable is yellowish, about four inches long, and is fully ex tended. I have seen them freshly dug up, and others that had been kept for years, and all had the .appearance of a perfect insect carved son's Weekly. in wood. Pear Tannins by Electricity. V By the introduction of electrioity into the process the period required for the tanning of leathers has been very materially reduced. In the final process of enhairing the pelts and skins it has been demonstrated that if a cur rent of small density be passed through the solution of lime and' arsenio in which they are usually soaked the proc ess' is so hastened that the skins are ready for the mechanical removal of the hair in several hours, whereas in the ordinary way it would require several days. The passage of 'the electric our rent appears to carry the solution intd the pores of the hide in a very remark able manner. After the hair is removed and, the skins placed in the proper tan ning solutions a weak current is again passed through the solution, which has a similar accelerating effect. "The fig ures of time required for tanning by this process are, with bark liquor, about 12 days for cowhide and one-half to three days for calfskin and one day for kangaroo. Philadelphia Record. .'V' Ular Ben. ' " ; Eig Ben of Westminster has proved itself accurate to less than a second per week. It is the largest and most power ful clock in the world. One weight takes five hours to wind 4 up. Thiais done twice a week and it will go for 8 days. The dial measures 22 feet in diameter. London Sun. Fifty years ago the transportation of a letter cott about 20 times as much as it does now. There Must Be Separate Cars for .Whites and Blacks. PEOPLE ma MM; Not Only That White Supremacy Shall Bt , Established But That Every Tendeacy To Social Equality Shall Be Scotched.' The Democratic i Party Will at lie Peril Ignore This Mandate of the People. , The Railroads May as Well Succumb.. News-Observer. ' j ' To the Editor: . Tho-w who argue' against the provinion of separate railroad ' ears for the rac'S -and only railroad men. nave as lar as l nave nearn raised tneir -voices in defense of the p' sent system'' wholly miaunderstaud in-temper of the people and the. eiiiiii & we of the late election. Sixty thonaai-d North Carolin ians did not then change ttnir vote, and ' mean nothing by it, ' . ' It is the firm resolve of the people not only that whit supremney ehall be es , tablished, but that every t ndency to sociul equality ehall ...tie effectually: scotched. The assertion that the 'first' class cars are not. often ntered by ne-; groes and that there is Utile social fric-. tion on this score is entirely erroneous. . Icannot remember having entered a first-class car this jt ear and I have had 1 occasion to travel a god :d"al on five different roads In the Stab in which ne- groes were not present. I is usually the . moet offensive memb-is of that race who 1 elect to ride with white people. Their -presence is a cause i .f iaHel as aud wholly . unnecessary irritation. If the' Demo-, cratic party cannot reKUiate this matter': the people will form and support a party' that will, for it is au ewwutial part of the duty with which that party has been eo; earnestly charged. . : Bui no injnatice muet b dona either to the negrow or to the railroads. The ne-' groes who pay forflret cl sact.ommoda- i tion thatthf wMteFoig-'t,' but the same protection from intrueiiiii that the, white people have so long demanded in vain.- ' This can be effected by "cutting off a ' part of the second-class car for firs t-clasa negro passengers. The railroads cannot ; with the present amount of passenger traffic afford to run another car. 1 .V Should other met bods prove imDracti- cable, and it muet tea kiiowledged that r mere are aimcuiries m vm way of all there is, as a dernier r sort, a plan both simple and easy: Substitute race distinc- i tion for class distinction on the railroads. Have two cars or compartments, one for r whites and one; for negroes, junt aa on most lines there are now waiting rooms. ' ' one for each race. ; The one fare charged wouldhave to be intermediate between first and second-rlas far. - - This will simplify: things for i he rail- : roads and I am sura satisfy the people if they see that other plan are impracti cable. The slight consequent increase in the cost of traneportatiou would work some slight hardahip, but I am eure that ' ' the poorest white man would be willine ' to bear it. In this connection 1 wonld like to sav ' that the great mejority of the ieople de- precate the use ot the words ",Iim Crow Car," and euch approbioua terms. For- bearance is now incumbent on all white people.: It is not only good in principle, ' but good in policy. In onr struggle for , a great and benefl.-ent p-inclple benefi- cent in the end, to whit and to black- let us not imperil its eatety b iudulgint; - in mockery or derisive epithets. O. W, Blacknall. Kittrell, N. C, Nov. 2U, 1898. . Cotton Market The, New York m.itonmarket at 1:30 today December 5 37; May 5J40. Spotcottonat Kmnton. 5 0 to 5.15.. 1MOODT Soo cords of Pine and Hard Wood 'or sale. All orders, will receive prompt attention. H. C. V. PEEBLES. TRY A PACKAGE OF Duffy's Peanut and Cocoanut Brittle For Sale by J. E. Hood, agent for Kinston.
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