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PUBLISHED EBRY EMBIlNG EXCEPT SUNDRY.
Vol. II No 101.
KINSTON, N. C, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 31,1899.
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Interesting North Carolina (tens Iq
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Of Items That Will Interest North Carotin
, lans. Soma News, Some Politics AI
or Some Interest Jo Trne "Tar Heels."
Donald Laesiter, a desperate negro,
was coovicted at Oxford last week and
sentenced to be banged October 4tb, for a
burglary committed 18 years ago. ,
tempted ; to rape a colored girl at Cbfna
Grove Thursday. He was arrested and
' At Marion, Saturday, a verdict of
16,000 damages was given against the
three C's railroad for killing Mrs. Knipes.
The road appealed to the supreme court.
. ' Snmn rif tha Tlannhlfon am trvintr tn
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have Mr. W H. Chadbourn removed as
postmaster" at Wilmington," because he
told the truth about conditions in Wil
mington last fall.' -
- It is said that the corporation commis
sion will order the Southern railway to
give better division in compliance with
- the Jim Crow car law to furnish a ser
vice similar to the A. C. L. and the Sea
board. 1
- , Louisburg Times: The old Methodist
church building is being torn down this
week,, and work will soon begin on the
new church-. -Welearn that tbe Method
late will bold services in the court house
while the new church is being built.
- Mr. Bass Lewis and Miss Jane Fulghum
were going home from a picnic at Lee's
Chape), Wilson county, one day last
week, when a tree being cut down fell in
the road, contrary to the woodman's cal
culations. It killed the horse and broke
both legs of the" young man and young
may.
: Raleigh sues the Soathern railway for
f 3,222. A young lady, the victim of a
runaway accident, received' her injury by
being thrown against a trestle support.
She got damages from the city. Now the
latter sues the railroad, alleging that the
distance between the trestle supports
nuo iuJi1 uici uai I u w .''n:
, Iiufus Alston, Robert Rankin and John
uapp, au negroes, were arrested Satur
day at GreePBboro charged with criminal
assault on Roberta McMurray, the 10
year-old daughter of a colored female
school teacher. There was ; evidence of
conspiracy among the three negroes.
They are confined in tail to await trial in
A ugust. The girl is badly injured..
Fayetteville Baptist: If the Dnkes
were to give all they possess to Trinity
College they could not atonefor the dam
age they have done to the boys of the
country. The cigarette is an evil, and no
amount of philanthropy (?) by the.man
ufacturersof them will lessen this evil.
So long" as the physiciaas declare the
cigarette a neck and neck evil with whis
key we cannot help classing the manufac
turer of the cigarette with the whiskey
distiller. - . ' i '
Considerable Interes t has been developed
at Hickory by the disappearance of D.W.
Y.'hitener.a well known citizen of Cataw
ba, who lived near Hickory. Without
any warning La left on tha west-bound
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The Trust Business Not Doing Se Well
Cbarlotte Observer..
Every now and then we have evidence
to support the belief that the trust busi
ness is being overdone and that It is pos
sible that the evil will largely take care
of itself. " The New York Journal of Com
merce has recently given a list) of such
concerns which have suspended and an
Other which it calls thodoubtful list The
suspended list includes: ' ? ' V-
- ' - , Proposed
" - Capital
National Woolen Co.,....M......t50,000,000
Sheet Steel andiron Mills..... 80,000,000
United States Varnish Co .... 50,000,000
Carpets..;.,- ..'. 50,000,000
American Ry. Equipment Co. 22,000,000
Champagne nouses.... : 50,000,000
Plumbers' Supply & Lead Co. 85,000,000
Eastern Jewelers.'............... 25,000,000
Gas Fixtures ; 15,900,000
Bostot Breweries 15,000,000
Pacific Coast Biscuit Co....V.. 5,500,000
Saratoga Mineral Waters..... 4,590,000
Plow Manufacturers.....-.. 6,000,000
Connectbut Ojster Plants.-- 5,000,000
While the doubtful list includes con
cerns proposed to be capitalized in the
aggregate at f 275,000,000. .
Not only have a good many plans been
suspended, while others are doubtful, but
there are yet other, consolidations which
are going through at half or less than
half ttte capitalization originally pro
posed. For instance, the United States
Worsted com pany, w hich incorporated
for 170,000,000, is glad enough to begin
business with 136,000,000; the American
Hide and Leather company will be satis
fied with f 41,000,000 instead of S70,
000,000, and the manufacturers of fine
writing papers, we are told, took: out a
charter for 28,000,000, "though f 42,
000,000 was counted on at the time&f
organization.';
And so there is hope after all of deliver
ance from some of what the Louisville
Courier-Journal calls "this brood of dev
il's chickens." f - ,
Tee Much Taken For Granted.
The publisher of a newspaper has one
thing to sell and one thing to rent. He
has the newspaper to sell and the space
in his columns to rent, says the San Diego
(Cal.) Tribune. Can any one Inform us
wby he should b expected to give away
either the one or the Other? vHe can if
he so chooses, and be does as 'a matter
of fact, furnish a great deal of space free.
But it does not follow that he ought to
be expected to do so. 'It ought to be
recognized as a contribution exactly as
would be the giving way of sugar or cof-
:ee by a grocer. But, strange to say, it
is not looked upon in that light at all,
and yet everybody knows that the ex
istence of a newspaper depends upon the
the rent of its space and the sale of the
paper, as a merchant's success depends
on selling his goods instead of giving
them away. '
National League Games.
,-Satued'ay.
4 Pittsburg 6, Washington 5.
St. Louis 3, Brooklyn 6.
Cincinnati 9, New York 8.
Chicago 6, Philadelphia 7.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Clubs. , . .Won. Lost.
P.C.
.684
.613
.593
.588
.588
.548
.506
.500
.422
.415
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Brooklyn. ............... 59 27
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53 82
hiladelphia, ............... 51
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35
35
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43
St. Loula,................,.. 50
Baltimore, ................... 50
Chicero 46
'ittsbur,
44
Cincinnati, .... 42 42
New York, ................... 35 48
Loi-isTilla,... ..... 34 , 43
T7Ei:rton, 32 57
CivCazi, 15 72
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JOHN R. SMITH 01 THE STAND.
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He Relates An Jnterestlcj . Story .V Per
: euaded to Swan Pisces - acd Then No
-is Given Promised Raise erSalary. ' .
Raleigh; N. 0., I July SOJbbA;; R.
Smith, y ex-commissioner "'t of agricul
ture, was the .witness ' today. . ' be
fore the Investigating com'njittee, and
was on the witness stand three hours
He said he had been requested by mem
bers of the board of agriculture last De
cember to put some . more ferulizer in
spectors on duty, on the ground that
there were frauds, the suggestion coming
from members of the board. He' put on
three more, the latter t be members
of the board, and put. on Brady, Flow
and another. His Idea was ;that . this
was done to give the board men lobs.
He said he did not know of JVM.. Allen's
bill of flS for , buying and Inspecting
carpets and spittoons, v As : to Tarmers
insutaies ae eaia iv was u vuovuui v
find out about wnat their expenses wouia
be and give them ' a check - in advance,
and then make up a report. He had no
control of any money at'alV be said, ex
cept 1760 for farmers" institutes. There
was some money, about 1450, drawn
from ths treasury by persons who held
institutes. D. Reld Parker got S4 a
day for 68 days. John R. said he not
only bad no control of any money, but
had to look out lor his own pay. He
was asked to show his itemized account
of expenditures for institutes and said
he had one, but did not know where it
was. Secretary T. K. Bruuer said he
had made search for the account, but
could not find it. 1 John R. said Loge
Harris took a great deal of interest' in
the department, ! but that he J thought
Loge was pretty well paid for his in
terestr-John R. eald rumors l&l cilfava-
gance had come to him, but that he had
nothing to do with them. - He, expressed
the belief that the agricultural depart
ment could be run much ' more cheaply
than the fusionists had run It John R,
was asked why he had changed his of
fice, from penitentiary . superintendent
to commissioner of agriculture, and in
reply told a very ; interesting story, to
the effect that Logo Harris went to the
penitentiary to see him and suggest that
he make the change; that his salary
would be increased to f 2,500,- so he
would lose nothing by: the deal. John
R. said he bad never had any .direct con
versation with the governor; that the
governor and himself were not on good
terms then. Judge W. 8. CB. Robinson
had also seen him at Goldehoro and a as
his friend and the friend of the governor
had advised him to - make ' the change;
had in fact Insisted on his : making it.
Then Wm. U. Chadbourn, also. a friend
of the governor, had telegraphed John
R. to go to Wilmington and - see him.
John R. went and Chadbourn assured
him that the change would be better for
him and that the - governor 'desired it.
John R. finally decided to make the
change and placed his resignation as
penitentiary superintendent in Judge
Robinson's hands. But his salary was
never ; increased, ne torn tne com
mittee. He did not say anything about
it, save to suggest to the board of agri
culture that the latter ought to fix it.
Matters went along, and there was yet
no raise. Then he talked with a lawyer
here about it. The lawyer talked with
Loge Harris and the latter told John R.f
hat he thought it would be best for him
at that juncture not to press the matter.
So poor John R. was buncoed out of
bia money. - When he and Loge had . this
talk it was after last fall's election and
tLis3 looked mighty bilious. J .
Tks rurs Peec3 has taken the egcacy
or one cf the largest mil r etasp and
:1 factories ia the country, and 13 pre-
rirci to t!:ow cat3 of crj q:ove low
'::3 ca rallcr etams ci all kinu.i,
j--r!crators, corporal!: a rniLoa-
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- BONUS ITEMS.
Mr. Joe S pence, of Dover, is visiting his
uncle, Mr. Jim Giw. ? ; ;!
Miss Laura Green spent the past week
with Miss Ida Phillips and returned home
yesterday. v , ' ,
Miss Ida Harrison has returned from
Olivers and Newborn, where she bad been
visiting friends and relatives.
Rer. C. E. Forlines preached a very In
tereeting sermon at Shady Grove yester
day and at Lynwood last night
Let's Vote Bonds and Have Progress.
Some have an idea that it is showing
manliness and big will power to fail to
vote for bonds,' because someone has
told them not to, notice Intimations that
they who oppose are "mossey-backs"
and "unprogressive.' 1
We do not wish to offend, anyone, but
it is a , fact , that Kinston's progress,
especially !n establishing co-operative
manufactories has been in spite of secret
work against such movements blows
sfruck in the dark at efforts being made
by our progressive citizens , along that
line. The Orion Mills and the Kins-
ton Cotton Mills were successfully
established in spite of such opposition,
and now all of our people see what aids
they are to Kinston's prosperity and
what good investments they are to the
stockholders. Vote for bonds tomorrow,
and future results will testify to the
wisdom of your vote.
A Protest From Lear Tobacco Dealers.
Washington, - July 28. A delegation
from the uational association of - leaf
tobacco dealers had a conference with
the Internal revenue--officials-todays and
protested against the ruliug of : the of
fice that dealers who ; sells leaf : for de
livery from one or more of their " ware-
bouses in the several states, should pay
the special tax as dealers for each of
each warehouses. The main purpose of
the government by this ruling is to se
cure safe-guards against loss by revenue
through manufacturers. Jt .is believed
that no change will be made in theruling
for the present at least.
" Rebellion in San Domingo. .
Cape Hay Uen, July 29. Advices just
received from the Dominican frontier say
that the insurgents bave cut ' the tele
graph wires in the neighborhood of San
tiago de los Caballeros and near Moca.
The insurgents in the western part of
San Domingo await the arrival of Don
Juan Isidore Jiminez, under, whose
leadership tbey intend to attack Santi
ago. ,
A Dotf Story br Pepy. . '
The following story of a dog of the
restoration has been taken from the vo
racious Fepys under the date Sept 11,
1681 1 "To Dr. Williams, who did carry
me into bis garden, where be bath
abundance of grapes: and be did show
me bow a dog that he hath do kill all
the cats that come hither to kill bis
pigeons, and do afterward bury them;
and do it with so . much care that tbey
shall be quite covered, that if the tip
of the tail bangs out be will take up
the cat again, and dig the hole deeper.
Which is very strange; and. he teQs me
that he do believe that he hath killed
above a hundred cats." 1
"The Best Man That Eyer Live."
.After hearing so many women ex
press themselves upon the subject we
have come to the conclusion that "the
best man who ever lived," if he ever
marries, will have to take what be can
get The ordinary, everyday sort of
man will probably continue, as hereto
fore, to gather in the cream cf the fair
eex. Boston Transcript -
vIIotlr Exotics.
"YThat treraenuonsly tall men your
"Oh, no! Nearly all cf then ccs
cut t era &ni grew up with CLlcc. "
Clizzr.o Tribune.
Hatter? of Interest Condensed Into
Brief Paragraphs.
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The Pith or the World's News That Ulghf
Interest Our Reaeere. Some la Fresh,'
Some May Be "Salty," Bat Not Spoilt.
- There is Bald to be a combine of the
duck cotton mills with a capital of $16,
000,000. '
; The glass trust has raised the price of
glass another 5 per cent, making en ad
vance of 80 per cent, since June 20th. ,
The plant of the La Crosse, Wis., Wallis
Carriage Works -was destroyed by fire
Saturday night. Loss $75,000; insur
ance $25,000.
, Bry son, Jameson & Co.'s timber yards
and, Samar & Co.'s grain warehouse, at
Hull. En&land. were destroyed bv fire
Saturday. Los 120,000. ! '
The work of theSamoan commission Is
said to be of no real effect. There are
renewed hostilities between the rival
candidates for the kingship,
A trolley car ran away while going
down a hill at 'Spring City, Pa., Satur
day night, and dashed into a building at
the foot of the Incline.! At least 25 per
sons were more or lees seriously injured.
In an Interview at Houston, Texas,
Friday, Hon. J. W. Bailoy said: "I am
fully persuaded that the national admin
iBtralJoo,:hasefitet?jd,'into"afull and
complete agreement .for an alliance be
tween England and the United Kfats.
This alliance, in my opinion, is to be Ui h '
offensive and defensive. I thiuk the
reason It has not been published to the
world is that for political reasons the
president is afraid to do so." f ' f ;
TbeWashingtoa Post says: Gen. Miles
will ask Secretary Root for a speedy de ,
oision as totherelationsexistlng between'
the general commanding the army and
the secretary of war. He Is now prepar-'
ing bis side of the case, which will be
submitted to the new secretary! .The',
condition' which has existed in the war
department since-the campaign in Parto
Rico Is reviewed, showing that Gen. Miles,
while major general commanding, the
army, has bad little or no voice in the
management of the affairs of the army,
and it is stated that with the incoming
secretary he hopes the present condition
will improve. ,
A special from Jackson, Ga., says the
three Mormon elders who were taken
away from the home of Wm. Cunnard at
Newton factory, Jasper county, Wednes
day night, escaped from the mob while
crossing a creek in that county and are
now safe near Jackson. They are suffer
ing from -many bruises and injuries
sustained In a fight with their captors.
They swam down the creek, hotly pur-r
sued by the mob, finally escaping and
making their way through the country to
the home of friends. It Is not thought
here that the mob intended to lynch the
Mormons, but was intent on escorting
them out of the county.
Danville Statfced Herself.
Durham Herald.
All other markets in this State and
Virginia having refused to join the Dan
ville warehouse trust, there ia a great
Qeal of curiosity to know what that
town will do about it and how the
would-be trust is goiEg to control the
tobacco markets of the two states. At -
present it looks like that DanviL's, ia
her atteript to crush the other carkcta,
has czlatcntlcnally received a stab frcn
which it will fca Lard to recover.
Old papers for eala at th;3 cdzs.
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