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Vol. nNo. 140. KINSTON, N: O., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1899. ' Price Two Cents.
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All
Interesting North Carolina Items In
V Condensed Form.
Or Items That Will Interest North Carolin
Itns. Some News, Some Politics All
Of Some Interest to Troe "Tar Heels."
Col. John S. Cunningham, of ': Person
county, is the largest tobacco planter in
the world. He had 3,000,000 hills of
tobacco this year. The condition of the
crop is good.
Greenville Reflector: Cards are out
announcing the marriage of Mr. Harry
W. Whedbee and Miss Sallie Lipscomb
on the evening of Oct. 4th at 9 o'clock in
the Greenville Baptist church.
Wilmington Star: It will be no sur
prise to the Star If, three years hence,
over half the land on and near the line
of WilmiDgton and Weldon railroad now
devoted to strawberries is planted in to
bacco. The grand Jury of McDowell county
criminal court has Indicted two of Rich
mond Pearson's witnesses in his contest
for W. T. Crawford's seat in congress for
perjury, The charge is they swore false
ly concerning the election last fall at Old
Ford precinct in that county.
Geo. Sloan, ex-cashier of the Wilming
ton Savings and Trust Co., has returned
to Wilmington. It will be remembered
that Sloan skipped several weeks , a$o,
taking only $100 of the ' bank's money,
for which he left ample collateral. His
departure is attributed to mental abera
tion caused by overwork.! V ? ; v
Willis Lee, white," who was shot by
Deputy Sheriff Roberts of Wayne county,
while resisting arrest, died in Goldsboro
Monday. The coroner's jury finds that
"Roberts; washing in Belf-defense and
no! blame whatever can be attached to
him, but that he rather should be com
mended for the faithful discharge of his
duty." ; ,
Gov. Russell pardoned J. B. Barnes,
of Nash county, last April. This pardon
has just come to light. , Barnes was
sentenced in 1897 to seven years' im
prisonment for criminal assault upon a
woman, who at the time was his ward.
The reasons given for the pardon Includ
ed proofs, of loose character by the wo
man, that the prisoner's death is proba
ble, and his wife is the chief sufferer. Nine
' jurors petitioned for his pardon.
Greenville Reflector: Addison Parker.
a colored man who worked for ; the Eu-1
reka Lumber Co., n their train road a
'mile above Falkland, was killed about
six o'clock Tuesday evening. The man
was helping to unload a lot of cross ties
as the train was moving slowly to dis
tribute the ties, and one of the timbers
knocked him off the car so that he fell on
the, track right in front of the wheels.
The front trucks ran over his head, crush
ing it terribly. The man "lived but a
short while after the accident y y"
A. thrilling tragedy occured at the high
trestle on the line of the Southern near
Clifton Mills, No. 3, Monday afternoon.
A force of bridge hands were working
near the middle of the structure. John
Shepard, colored, one of the force, lost
his balance, shot through the air to the
creek-bed below, a distance of 120 feet.
The unfortunate man struck the water
with terrific force, and fdr a few minutes
disappeared. A few feet below where
Shepard struck, the body of the unfortu
nate man rose. Several workmen climb
ed'down and found that death must
have been instantaneous. The trestle is
the highest between Washington and
New Orleans. ,
CLIIf ill f BIB S
' Where Does the Consumer Come In?
Charlotte News. )'. -.; li . -. ?,
This Is a time of the greatest prosperity,
the manufacturers tell us. ' The price of
everything into which-iron, steel, copper
or leather enters has risen enormously in
the past few months.
A buggy drummer told the writer that
on September 1st there was a uniform
advance in buggies of f 5 each; and he
added that since that time he had not
sold half a dozen buggies. How this kind
of prosperity appeals to the people who
use buggies, the manufacturers do not
say.
Lumber and all building materials have
advanced in price greatly in the past few
months, and the lumbermen are happy.
The people who are building houses and
have to pay higher prices for the material
do not look at it in exactly the same
light. r
All kinds of machinery have advanced
from 10 to 40 per cent. This is probably
very gratifying to the machinery men.
But how about the man who is building
a new factory? How does he like the
advance?
In all this rush of prosperity where
does tbe consumer come in?
Cotton does not advance. Nothing we
have to sell in this section has advanced.
And we are paying higher prices for most
of the things we have to buy.
Is 8-Cent Cotton In Sight.
Atlanta Constitution.
The general advance in tbe price of all
productsexceptcotton suggests that this
one staple alone cannot fail to be benefit
ed by the general advance.
Is 8-cent cbtton in sight?
This question is not merely asked be
cause it is our desire that such a price
should be reached, but because of the as
surances which we have that? the spin
ners, through whose hands it has to go
in order to reach the world, could afford
topay that price for it, and ttill make
gbod profit. The naturat market price
of anjP raw material is that which leaves
a - sufficient margin for handling in its
manufactured state. That this condition
has been reached in regard to cotton Is
admitted by those best qualified to know,
and hence the time has come for the far
mer to get his dividend of the public sur
plus. ' '
If 8-cent cotton should materialize, , it
will set In motion the greatest business
revival we have experienced in years. The
strongest whip the bears have held over
the cotton farmers was that of debt. If
our merchants and bankers will stand in
with our farmers during the next few
months, a period of great prosperity will
be assured to the south. '
Dreyfus Will Be Pardoned. 7
London, Sept. 13. The Paris corre
spondent of the Dally Chronicle claims to
have good authority for the statement
that Dreyfus will be pardoned, although
the president will not exercise his prero
gative until after "the meeting of the
council de revision. He adds that Capt.
Beauvais and Maj. Breon were the only
two members of the court who voted for
acquital and it was Capt. Parfait who
Insisted on the proviso regarding exten
uating circumstances.
An African Pocket Handkerchief.
I must not , forget one particular,
unique of its kind, of the most slm
, plifled toilet of the Barotsi, the pocket
handkerchief. This consists of a thin
.blade of' iron, finely wrought, with the
handle of the same material. The
whole Is perhaps four or five inches
long by one or two inches wide, and is
hung round the neck by vegetable
fibers or tendons. In blowing their
noses they use 'it as a spring with
extreme dexterity, which I can say
from experience is not a pleasant thing
at a camp fire. "The Kingdom of the
Barotsi."
The Baby's Present.
Mrs. Lash What did you get baby
for a birthday present?
Mrs. Hash I took $1.00 out of the
little darling's bank and bousht bin
this lovely, lamg fr the drawing room.
SI MONTQJf'S COURT, ;
The Railroad Tax Cases Began.. Tem
porary Injunction In Favof or A. & N.
C. R. R.
,i Asheyille, N. C. Sept. 13. In' the
federal court, fiere today, before Judge
Simonton, tbe injunction cases of the
Seaboard Air Line, Atlantio Coast Line
and Southern Railway, Involving tn
million dollars additional tax assessment
on those systems, - which the corporation
commission recently"flxed and the rail
roads are fighting, came up for hearing.
Counsel employed byPth governor and
corporation, commission to defend the
suits did not file a formal answer, but
submitted a number of affidavits tending
to show that the railroads have not car
ried their just part of taxation, while the
property of individuals has been assessed
by tbe county assessors at its true and
real value. Counsel for the State an
nounced that a formal 'answer would
not be made until a later date, and it is
understood that they will ask that the
Injunctions be dissolved on tbe strength
of the affidavits presented.
Attorneys for tbe railroads filed alarge
number of affidavits from residents of
every section of the State, showing that
various county ofBcertjffollowingcustom
and precedent, have only assessed prop
erty at two-thirds its full value, and in
many instances it was shown that the
assessments had been at half values. ",
J udge Simonton has granted an Injunc
tion restraining the State and county
officials from collecting the tax levied on
the A. & N. C. railroad until a hearing is
had, and the road is ordered to pay taxes
on the basis of the 1898 assessment.
Tbe above injunction places the A.& N,
C. on the same basis as the A. C. L.. Sea
board and Southern. ; The cases for per
manent Id junctions in favor of none ol
the roads have yet been decided.
CANNOT KEEP COUNT.
There Are Now Between 300 and 400
Yellow Fever Cases at Key West.
Jacksonville. SeDt. 13. The Key West
yellow fever situation is growing worse
daily. According to reports today, there
are between three and four hundred
cases. v The exact number is , unknown
Dr. Porter, in charge of the 'situation, in
a-dispatch to this city today, said , that
physicians say they are too busy with
the sick to report new cases. Two deaths
occured today. ,
No cases were reported today from
Port Tampa or other parts of the State.
The sick are receiving the best care and
most of them are getting along well.
Children now are taking the fever, and,
though no deaths have occurred among
them yet, Dr. Porter writes that many
cases among them are serious. There
seems to be no lack of medicines, but, as
Dr. Porter says that he has only eighteen
physicians, it would appear as if more
doctors were needed to aid the great
number of sick. " ,
OUR INDUSTRIAL ISSUE,
Some or the Nice Things The Press orThe
State Has Said.
Scotloud Neck Commonwealth: On
September 2nd The Kinbtot Pbess sent
out one of the handsomest and most at
tractive issues that we have seen by any
local paper in the State. It contained
36 pages, all handsomely illustrated. It
was designed to show up the advan
tages of Kinston and Lenoir county, and
the work was most admirably done.
We congratulate Editor Herbert on his
splendid success, and feel sure that it will
benefit both himself and the community
which he labors to improve. -
The great council of the United Order
of Red Men is in session at Washington,
D. C, this week.
Elenrant job printing is turned out at
Thb Feee Pbess offlce, at low prices.
JLIamlnlnm Clock IlanAa.
"One of the finest and lightest ma
terials that are now largely used for
making clock hands Is aluminium,"
said a leading clock manufacturer re
cently. "Until recently the pointers
of big clocks, when not made of wood,
were composed of two thin strips of
copper, which were capped or hollow
ed and then brought together, edge to
edge, with the rounded sides out, thus
giving strength as well as lightness.
The aluminium clock pointers are
made just in the same way as the
copper ones, but they possess the mer
it of being twice as light and are far
easier to balance.
"It isn't unusual on large clocks to
see projecting from the base of the
long pointer and In 'line with it a rod
With a ball at the end, this rod be
ing perhaps a third as long as the big
pointer. This rod and ball act as a
counterweight for the big pointer,
which, without a counterweight, would
in its movement around the dial bear
unevenly upoa the arbor or shaft which
carries it. On great clocks and often
on big timepieces indoors this counter
poise Is placed Inside 'the dial out of
sight on the arbor.
"The heavier the pointer the greater
the weight required In the counter-,
poise; the greater the weight the more
friction on the arbor, and ; the more
friction the greater the power requir
ed to drive the clock. By tbe use of
aluminium pointers these drawbacks
are reduced to a 'minimum." -Washington
Star.
It Shrunk.
There is a learned man in Michigan
who would i rather have a rare speci
men from the animal vegetable or
mineral kingdom than a high political
offlce. Working for hlmv is a sympa
thetic son of Erin who. professes as
much interest as though he knew all
about these things, a bit of shrewd
ness that nets him many favcrs." .The
other day he went rushing to his em
ployer with a letter stating that it was
from his brother Mike, a coal miner
in Ohio, telling how they had dug out
a serpent turned to stone 50 feet long
and as thick as a barrel.
I The savant never stopped to read,
lie took the first train and reached the
little mining town by the shortest
route. The next evening he was back
and only grunted when his eager em
ployee greeted him. ' . 1
"Did yoz find the echnake?" Ventur
ed his man. '
"Yes. The snake In the case is that
brother . of yours, lie's the , greatest
liar unhung. His serpent 50 feet long
and as thick as a barrel was the
petrified root of ' a tree 13 Inches in
length and half an inch in diameter.? i
"There's no loirs av our name, sojv
It must be the thing shrunk, sor, after
they nnt it in the Bun." Detroit Free
Press. - ' 1 , t - '
Hard' on the Customers. : 4
Guy Duval told the following story
to the New York Tribune as an Illus
tration, of the irresponsibility of tbe
'average Frenchman:
: "I was riding one afternoon in the
Bols de Boulogne," be said, ' "when I
noticed a tremendous disturbance Just
ahead of my carriage. Two thorough
ly angry tourists were standing In the
street rubbing their heads and swear
ing with an ease and force which con
vinced me at once that they were
Americans. Two empty cabs, which
had evidently been: occupied by the
tourists, were standing near, by, and
the drivers were hurling indistinguish
able Jargon at each other, to the delec
tation of a crowd of onlookers. My
driver immediately .stopped to Join In
the excitement With some' difficulty
I persuaded him to proceed, and when
we were out of sound of the uproar I
asked him what the trouble was. .
"Why, monsieur, he said, 'Jaspard
ran into Pierre's cab and scraped some
of the paint from the wheeL Pierre
was naturally very angry and swore at
Jaspard, whereupon Jaspard said, "If
you don't shut up, I'll hit your cus
tomer on the . head with my whip!"
and Pierre' retorted, "If you hit my
customer, I'll hit your customer!" Then
Jaspard struck Tlerre's customer, and
Pierre resented the1 insult by hitting
Jaspard's customer " , -
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The Pith or th World's News That Might
Some May: Be "Salty," Bit Not Spoilt.
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vine nauonai export exposition, .-was t
openod in Philadelphia today. !
Four men were killed and six injured in
a head-on collision on the Bock Island
road at South Amana, Iowa.
Secretary of State Hay makes emphatic
statement that there is no secret alliance
between the United States and Great
Britain. .
Thomas B. Boddy, a full blooded Irish
man, will succeed Black Hawk, who died
recently, as chief of the Winnebago tribe
of Indians. The new chief's name will be
White Buffalo. , '
Justice Smith, of the District of Colum
bia, had a negro man whipped. He was
charged with attempted criminal assault
on a colored girl. The constable executed
the sentence in the court room. ? .
Belleville, Kan., citizecs stand ready to
subscribe $50 toward paying Capt.Thos.
Pbelan's expenses to London to publicly
insult Count Esterhazy, and will double
the subscription if be kills him in a duel .
While crazed by drink Peter King killed
his father and mother, both old people,
at FtBkdale, Mass. Tbey upbraided him
foi drinktngHe became angry and' got
a club and hammered their heads info a
pulp. The brute Is in jail. ' "
Baltimore, Tuesday, honored Capt. N.
Mayo Dyer, former captain of the cruiser
Baltimore, with : the presentation of a'
handsome sword, a set of resolutions and
a grand parade, in recognition of the ser
vice rendered by him at the battle of
Manila bay. :
Three men were asphyxiated and five
others nearly suffocated in Big Bend tun
nel, W. Va., Tuesday morning. The acci
dent was caused by tbe breaking of an
air hose on a heavy freight train while
Dasslne through the tunnel, causing the'
cars to stop and remain in the tunnel
some minutes. As soon as tbe train was
gotten out tbe crew discovered the eight
men lying by the side of the track in the
tunnel three dead and five unconscious
' National League Games.
Wednesday.
Brooklyn, 4; Pittsburg, 3.
; New York, 13; Chicago, 2.
' Philadelphia, 8; Cleveland, 2.
Baltimore, 3; Louisville, 2 Second
game Baltimore, 8; Louisville, 4.
Boston, 6; St. Louis, 3. Second game
Boston, 5; St. Louis, 3.
Washington, 4; Cincinnati, 14. Second
game Washington, 6; Cincinnati, 3.
A WONDERFUL CURE OF DIARRHOEA.
A Prominent Virginia Editor Had Almost
Given Up, bat Was Brought Back to
Perfect Health by Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Read
His Editorial.
From the Times, Hillstille, Va.: I suf-
fered with diarrhoea for a long time and"
thought I was past being cured. I had
spent much time and money and Buffered
so much misery that I had almost decided
to give up all hopes of recovery and await
tbe result, but noticing the advertisement
of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoe Remedy and also some testimonials
stating how some wonderful cures had
been wrought by this remedy, I decided
to try it. After taking a few doses I was
entirely well of that trouble, and I wish
to say further to my readers and fellow
sufferers that I am a hale and hearty man
today and feel as well as I ever did in my
life. O.R.MOOEE. .
It is for ale bv J. E. Hoed.
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