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(1 DAILY FREE PR PUBLISHED EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY, Vol. II No. 133. KINSTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1899. Price Two Cents. I Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. E Of Items That Will Interest North Carotin tans. Some News, Some Politics All Or Some Interest to True "Tar Heels." Liehtninir killed a negro and a mule near Milbnrnie, Wake county, Tuesday afternoon. - Tbe saw and planing mill of 6. W Ford, near Louisburg, was totally de stroyed by fire Sunday. Lobs about f 1,500; no insurance. . It is found that tbe state officials erred in observing Monday as labor day, as the law says the first Thursday in September, instead of the first Monday. The village of Portsmouth, south of Hatteras, is to be abandoned and its residents will settle near Beaufort. The storm has drowned out tbe village and the surf comes up to the very doorsteps of the houses. Rocky Mount will in the near future erect a water plant that will cost about $50,000, Moore and McCrary, of Atlanta, have received the contract. Their bid was $49,000. Wok will begin in thirty days and will be pushed to an early com . pletion. v -i --d Greensboro Telegram: v By a dreadful j1 'mistake Mr. C. B. Doggett, a prominent citizen of Brown Summit, Guilford coun ty, Saturday night administered a big dose of morphine, instead of calomel, to his three-year-old child. The little one died a few minutes after the dose was swallowed. Monroe Journal: We are told that a certain farmer in this county, who, with the aid of his wife, cultivated a two-horse - farm, resorted to an unusual method of taking care of the baby while the mother was helping in tho field. . lie prepared a box for the baby, fastening it to the plow stock, so when the father was plowing and the mother hoeing, the baby was riding. " National League Games. Tuesday. , Washington 10, Philadelphia 18. Chicago 13, Pittsburg 7. Cincinnati 19,' Cleveland 3; second game Cincinnati 9, Cleveland 7. New York 5, Brooklyn 16. Boston 4, Baltimore 8. . St. Louis 4, Louisville 4. Called on account of darkness. Cooper Union, Ne ir York, was jammed full of enthusiastic Democrats Monday night. Resolutions were adopted en dorsing Bryan and the Chicago platform His. Idea of It. "Don't 'you fear the strong arm of the law?" asked the friend. "Not always," answered the pugilist who was engaged in preparations for a meeting. "There's no doubt about the law's baring a strong arm, but if s like the rest of us. It spends & great deal of time talking things ovet when It might be reaching for some one's solar plexus." Washington Stir.": Haaated. Little Virginia My mamma says you live in a haunted house. Little Winnie The ideal We cton either. Nobody ever heard of a ghSSt being Inside of our house. Little Virginia Yes, but It's always haunted by a crowd of collectors. Chi cago News. " Courtesy of tha Game. To what may I attribute the honor of this calif "A pair of aces." Cleveland rials (Dealer. CLIP MS FROM IIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' PROCEED INGS Application for a, Public Road In Neck Township. The Tax Listers Ordered to Meet Sept. 9th. Jurors for the Special Term. Payments Ordered. The board of county commissioners me at the courthouse in Kington on Mon day, Sept. 4, 1899, it being tlje first Mon day in said month, all the members of the board being present. It was ordered that James Dupree be appointed to collect the tax,' Included in the insolvent list for 1898, and that he be required to give bond. George Cnrtis was released from paying poll tax for the year 1899. It was ordered that Simon Aldridge be released from paying tax for the year 1898. An application was made asking for a committee to layoff a public road in Contentnea Neck township, crossing Mrs. Pattie Hill's land, leading toward Grain- gers station. Action was deferred , until next meeting to hear complaint, if any. It was ordered that the listers of each township meet with the chairman of the county commissioners on Saturday, Sept, 9th, to , confer with the taxpayers of Vance townshipconcerning thevaluation of real estate in said township. Ordered that license be issued to Fred Fields to sell liquor at his present place of business at his still inlastitute town ship. ; C. B. Taylor and James Williams were appointed us road overseers for Neuse township. Geo. L. Kilpatrick presented his bond as cotton weigher, with Dra. F. A. Whit- aker and H.Q., Hyatt as sureties. A motion was made and carried that Mr. Abbott make an investigation of the half fee bill. JURORS FOB SPECIAL TKKM. The following were drawn as Jurors for the special term of court, commencing Monday, Sept. 18, 1899: J. A. Rbem, V. A. Rountree, J. W, Worley, C. C. Dunn, E. M. Herring, E. H. Waller, R. E. Qulnn, S. A. Wopten, Claud Bright, R. B. How ard, Parrot H. Mewborn, J. T. Kennedy, W. N. Perry, S. J. Kornegay, Ed Hunter, A. W. Taylor, J. T. Skinner, H. D. Htan- ey, Howard Phillips, Jas. H. Stallings, Zack Howard, N. B. Wooten, Aretus Jones, J. I. Davis, Albert' H. Sutton, Aretus Williams, J. B.Loftin, A.J.Davis, T. R. Rouse, J. M. Aldridge, JohnH. Avery, John W. Pool, E. O. Allen, J. A. Croom, S. C. Gooding, A. G. Tyndal. ' PAYMENTS ORDERED. The following amounts were ordered paid out of the general county fund: J. B. Temple, treasurer, foraged ' ; andinfiriu, $178.75 J. C. Wooten, for taking lunatic to asylum, , 16.80 R. C. West, 3 days as officer of jury, " 6.00 W. H. Cobb, putting up court . house bell, 29.62 W.D.Suggs, making out and duplicating tax list, 315.72 Stephen McCoy, keeping ferry, 2.00 W. J. Freeman, aged and Infirm, 1.50 Mrs. H. C. Bailey, boarding jurors, . : ' ' 43.90 W. L Sutton, arrest and sundry expenses of Herbert Moore, 16.70 Dr. R. W. Wooten, sundry cor-.. oner's expenses, 44.80 B. F. Herring, Jr., attending Hardy bridge, 3.00 James F. Hill, work for jail, 3.00 Sallie Bryant and Lynda Outlaw, aged and infirm, 2.00 J. D. Gardner, attending iron bridge, .- 7.00 Kixston Free Press, printing and publishing, ' 35.74 Sheriff J. a Wooten, jail acct., 192.20 Dr. W.T.Parrott, medical at tention to prisoners, ., 12.75 J. G. Cox,account filed, C.63 II. V. Williams, account filed, 5.05 Amelia Yentice, aged and infirm, 2.00 Einstein Bros., carpet for court room. 25.36' 1.00 3.00 com. and 22 miles travel, . 2.60 S. H. Abbott. 2 days as com.. 3.50 W. D, Suggs, 87 ordert.1 day as clerk to board and acct; filed, 18.59 - Isaac Taylor and Ephraim Quick were paid $2 each for aged and infirm. J.W.Grainger, W. C. Fields and L. Harvey were paid $2 each for 1 day on finance committee. The following amounts were ordered paid out of the road-tax fund: D. T. Fordham, work on road, 35.25 John F.Harper, " " 11.00 Jesse Tyndal, " M 3.45 Bryant Williams, " " 13.20 T. M. Aldridge, " ,u 6.00 Elias Sullivan, " " 12.82 J. F. Rouse. ' " 10.95 W. G. Ubanks, " r " 7.45 N. W. Herring. " ? V 2.25 Simon Foss, work on road and lumber. 34.03 Moses Spivey, repairing Grifton brldire. 58.82 W. P. Gilbert, work on county road, t 15.94 J. R. Croom. work on road, 2.00 John W. Foss, building bridge across Bear creek, 42.25 J. T. Harrison, work on road, 15.80 George West, " " 14.58 H. Howard. " " 5.20 The following amount was ordered paid out of the fence fund: , Wm. Garris, working on county fanftA. 2.61 -. On motion the board adjourned. W. D. Suggs, , j Clerk to Board. ; J"m la Stamp Boxca. A girl I know Is betrothed to a young officer in the navy, and as his birthday is near at hand she has bought a pretty little stamp box in sil ver to give to him, but she is not going to give It to him, after alL "Daughter," her father said to her. "if you wish that young man well, never give him , a stamp box. You couldn't give him anything more dan gerous. ; A man would better carry dynamite than stamps. One of the bravest officers In the navy has been for 20 years paying the penalty of his folly In carrying stamps. Everybody knows who The Is. i Years' ago he re ceived an order from the department which displeased him very much. He knew to whom he owed it, and he sat himself down that same night and ex pressed himself frankly on paper to the man he blamed for the obnoxious or der. He had a stamp, and so. he sent the letter off In that night's mail. If he hadn't had a stamp, he would not have mailed the letter till morning, and If he had Sept It till morning he'd nev er have sent It at all and he would not have paid the penalty of .'sassing the department j'i "Don't send the young man a stamp box. The officer I've been telling you about says that his experience taught him never to carry stamps, but the trouble about the wisdom experience brings is that It usually comes too late to be of any use. Don't encourage the young man to carry stamps. It Isn't safe." Washington Post. Close to Nature. The West Virginia mountaineer lives very close to nature, and viewed from many standpoints the relation Is char acterized by pleasing amenities. Juicy berries refresh . him along, the road; nuts drop Into his path; "sing (gin seng), which makes one of his sources of revenue, reveals itself to his eye as he follows the cows to pasture; a cool brook springs up to quench his thirst when weary of following the plow; pine knots are always within reach to make light as well as warmth; mud and stones easily combine in his hand to shape a daub chimney and a trough dug out of an old tree furnishes a re ceptacle that Is as good for dough at one end as for a baby at the other. Popular Science Monthly. . D. K. Stanley, aged and infirm, R. K. Noble, one day as com. and 80 miles travel, , A. T. Dawson, one day service as An Velr Story of tTraa-aar. Here is one of Robert Crawford's sto ries about Uruguay "Two men Bur prised a farmer and his wife in theh little but while it was broad daylight. The man was seized and bound, nod tha two villains proceeded to torture him to make him disclose the hiding placa of his hoard. The wife begged and pleaded as the horrors increased, the man proving obdurate. "Finally she said she would tell them where tbe treasure was if they would follow her. One of the two accordingly went over to tbe chest in the cornez with her. She opened it, fumbling about inside of it for a moment until she found what she was looking for. In an other moment the thief at her side was dead and his fellow covered by a largo revolver in the hands of a small but eager woman . of the people. He got away before she could quite make up her mind to shoot him too. "Then the husband was released and the neighbors, some miles away, called in. Word was finally taken torthe cen tral police authority of the state ; the officers came, viewed the dead thief and identified him as their attorney general. It is not unlikely, Mr. Craw ford adds, "that his accomplice was the judge of the crmiimu court." A Thrifty Damsel, A spirit of thrift was shown by a young woman who entered a car with sundry boxes and bundles. Another young person came in at the next sta tion and recognized her. "Oh, my, who Is to be married 7' , "Nobody, and me last of all." Then what are the flowers for?" A funeral. Our, teacher died, and we girls put together ' to get this wreath." "Poor thing! v , Did she know she was going to -die ir-'-- "I don't think so." Then, after a pause, she added cheerfully, "But she does by this time," all being said in a most unconscious way. "How much was the wreath?" "Two dollars and sixty cents. I only had two twenty-five." "Did you pay the difference?" "Dear. no. I made him give me it for ?2. so I saved my own quarter I Dut In. but I'm going to make the girls think I paid two sixty." , "Well, that's right; the wear and tear Is worth a quarter surely." od server. - InvcBtinaUns Crandpa. A grandfather, well known In the English house of commons, was chat ting amicably with his little, grand daughter, who was snugly ensconced on his knee. "What makes your hair so white. grandpa?" the little miss queried. "I am very old, my dear; I was in the ark," replied his lordship, with a painful disregard of the truth. "Oh, you are Noah?" "No. "Are you Shem, then?" . "No, I am not Shem." ! ' "Are. you Ham?" "No." , , "Then," said the little one, who was fast nearing the . limit of her Biblical knowledge, "you must be Japhet" A negative repiy was given xo una query also, for the old gentleman in wardly . wondered . what the outcome would be." ' "-v. vM ; "But, grandpa, if you are not Noah or Shem or Ham or Japhet, you must bo a beast" New England Home Magazine, , , 1 A Slight Sllavader-tandlasr. "Smlthkins," said the employer, "you may take a month off." "Oh, sir," replied the clerk as soon as he could command his voice, "It is so good of you to suggest it I I have' felt the need of a rest for some time, but have hesitated to ask for it, know ing how busy , we are. But it will do me no end of good, and I thank you most heartily for your consideration." "Smlthkins,'? said the employer, "are you crazy?" -. I "'':: "Why, no, sir. Didn't you say I might take a month off?" "Certainly thit 14 what I said. This is the first of the month, while last month's calendar remains over your desk. Take last month off and keep up to date. Thafs what I meant" . I Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. 1 I 11 The Pith or tho World's Newo Thtt Might Interest Our Readers. Some U Fresh, Some May Be "Salty," But Not Spoilt. A sail boat was sunk Monday night near the mouth of Halifax, N. S., harbor ' and seven lives were lost. " There is to be a big match company to fight the match trust. It will enter the field with fl.000,000 capital. Atlanta claims to have overcome the mosquito nuisance by oiling the pools about the city in which they Incubate. People going to Philadelphia during the exposition this fall may expect, so far as the exposition is concerned, to "rest on the Sabbath day and keep It holy.'. ( The authorities have determined to keep the place closed on Sunday. . A' dispatch from Newport News, Va. - Sept. 4, says: Fire destroyed the Hamp ton Female College this afternoon, entail ing a loss of $30,000. Tbe building was valued at $20,000 and the furniture and t library at $10,000. A stock company owned and conducted the institution. Insurance $10,000. One of the most so jcessf ul collectors in I C6rkl'Ireland'h8s 'iu8died. f He was a r big St. Bernard dog which belonged to a children hospital, for which he collected. He carried attached to His collar a little barrel into which contributions were dropped. ; His collections amounted to something over $5,000. The manufacture of "artificial lumber" is one of the new industries iu this coua try. The lumber, which is intended mainly for inside work in building and railroad cars, is made by some patented process, and is said to be fire-proof. A $12,000, 000 company has just been organized under tbe laws of Delaware to control tb business. A dispatch from Brunswick, Ga., Sept 4, says; Last night a band of negro men called but and flogged a negro woman who bad been living with a Chinaman. The woman was warned that she mus not return : to the Chinaman's bouse. Several other negro women have been earned that their relations with China men must cease. 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