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....n.-M , , ,,. , ,1, , ,,,,,, , i . I..., , I " v'"'i"' " E PRESS.: ! '1 PUBLISHED EVENING EXCEPT , SUN DKV. Vol. II No. 232. KINS! ON, N. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 100. J ; ! Price Two Cents: GENERAL HEWS. i v . r V- ".' ' " . ''' ' ''"''..' Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. . . . It is again stated that the United States are trying to make a trade for the Danish West Indies. It Naur Vorlr Mnnrla-r nftarnnnn "TCiA McCoy knocked Peter Maher out in the 5th round, after a hotly contested prize At Nashrille, Tenn.1, Sunday, William GvFurman, of a prominent family and nnnnaiul fn K mrtpt.h half a rmllmn rfnl- - lars, committed suicide by cutting his . . m m f i I ...... throat irom ear to ear witn a razor. , : , It is announced that Li Hung Chang has been appointed acting viceroy 01 two ' provinces in the south of China adjacent to Canton an unusual bouor, Baid to oe . analagous to that ox viceroy of India. ' At Calumet. Mich.. Sunday, . Andrew ' Johnson met death by falling 600 feet down a shaft in the Kearsarge mine. John Sinco, his partner, was arrested as he and Johnson were, heard quarrel ing just previous to the accident. , : The five-year-old daughter of Mr. R. P, Baxon, livinar near iietnel, (ia., was burned to death Sunday, ; The little girl .was playing near the fire, and her clothes cauarht. and before the flames could be xtiuguitihed she was fatally burned. . Douglas Coffman. night operator for the Louisville and Nashville Railway at Sedar Hill, Tenu., whose home is at ' Slaughtersville. Ky was shot and al most instantly killed Saturday night by William Morrison, a white man about twenty-two years old. The latter has been arrested and placed in jail. The murderer came near being lynched by a - mob- President Kruger has granted a request of this government, made through United States Consul Hollis at Pretoria, to al- , low an American army officer to accom pany the Bow troops as an observer; and the. war department will hurry $o , the scene of hostilities a suitable man as soon as selected France, Germany and perhaps other nations have officers in that capac ity there now. - , , ; At Fairmont, West Va., Sunday, an explosion of gas in the Kinkead Hotel ' eaused a destructive fire and probably the loss of four lives. An unknown boy leaped from the fourth story, window of the hostelry when the fire was at its height and received probably fatal in juries, fle was removed to the hospital v and remains in an unconscious condition. Three other persons, inmates of the hotel, . are missing, and a search is being made ' In the ruins for their bodies. The announcement is made that the extension of the foreign concessions at Shanghai, ' China, has been finally ap proved ortngs to a close a diplomatic . controversy between Great Britain, the United States and France, which has at times become rather- acute,- France tak ing the position, atone stage of the nesrc tiations, that the American co-operation with the British in opposing the French ! plan of extension was an unfriendly act toward f ranco, mis. and the other dir. ferences have been happily adjusted, according to announcements from China. At Manila Sunday a lot of bombs, fl re arms and ammunition wan canto red and a plot .- discovered inculpating , 1,000 , Filipinos who intended to rise ngainst the Americans. A disDatch from Manila. Jan. 1, says Aguinaldo's wife, sisters anaeijrnteen Filipinos have surrendered to Major March's bnttalion of the thirtv third infantry at Btmtoc, province of that name. Three Filipino officers also surrendered to Major March, and the iiipinoagaveup cwoepaiusn and two American priwouers. ; It was reDorted that Aguinaldo's wife was dead, but this seems to contradict tnat report. Having a Great Bun on Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy. ; Manager Martin, of the Pierson drug store, informs us that he is having a big run on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He sells live bottles of that medicine to one of any other kind and it gives great sat isfaction. In these days of la grippe there is nothing like Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy to stop the cough, heal up the sore throat and lungs and give relief within a very short time. ' The sales are growing and all who try it are pleased with its Erompt , action. South Chicago Daily alumet. For sale by J. E. Hood. ', With Many, Many Thanks - for The Past Favors , we wish for all our friends A Happy and Prosperous NEW YEAR! Hot Drinks served in good style from our new fixtures. ' TeoiilB-IIarsl-DM : Co. Phone 50. Brick B'ock Corner. STATE 1 llEWS. rr Interesting North Carolina Items In Condensed Form. " AUGUST FLO WER.( - : "It is 'a' surprising fact," says Trof. Houton, "that in my travels in all parts ; of the world, for the last ten years, I have met more people havingused Grmi's August Flower than any other remedy, for dyspepsia, deranged liver and stom ach, and for constipation, i find for ' tourists and salesmen, or for persons fill V ing office positions, whether headaches and general bad ftlinjrs from irretrular habits exiat, that Grin's Ausust Flower is a grand remedy. It des not injure tue system by frequent use. and is excel lent for sour etomath and indig-estioa." r.imp!.$ bottles free at Temple ilarston Drrj Co. . , Ccld by dealers ia oil civilized cotrics. We wish for all A Happy and Prosperous New Year. I The year 1899 has come to a close, and for the kind patronage of the past year we are difly thankful.- We have given value re ceived '-. for every dollar we have had. ' ( For 1900 we promise to keep up the higli standard of the goods we carry - in stock, the prices will be kept right, and the same courteous treatment will be accorded to , everyone whether customer or not. Do Your 1900 Trading at 13PIJ1I J ricrs 11, KIITSTOIT, IT. O. It is stated that, the . report that . the Southern railroad bad prohibited its em ployes smoking is erroneous. Mr. Bridgers, of Tarhoroj- has closed a contract with the penitentiary to fur nish 100 convicts neit. month to build the Tarboro & Eastern railroad. - At Wilson on Saturday . night Mr. W. D. Ruffln, a merchant, shot and killed Mr. Richard Bullock, another merchant, do ing business next door ! Mr. Ruffln is un der arrest. ' , ' : Miss Davis, of Granville county, a stu dent at the Normal and, Industrial col lege at (Jreenstwro,, died ' Sunday of ty phoid fever. She is the thirteenth victim of the epidemic. - , Durham Herald: Whatever may be said for or against the dispensary one thing is certain, that it ..has not hurt Greensboro . from a busjnms point of view. ; The enemies i of the dispensary will not deny that', the city was never more prosperous. The four-year-old son of Mr. L. Banks, of Salisbury, died from a distressing ac cident Saturday. He was given by mis take a tablespooniul of a mixture 01 car bolic acid and glycerine instead of castor oil as was intended; The mistake was made by ' the colored servant handing Mrs. Banks the proverbial wrong bottle. At Burtraw Saturday the cottage own ed by F. T. Croom and occupied by C. M. Futch, was totally destroyed, scarcely any tntng Deing savea . une damage amounts to about f 1,000. ' The , house was insured for $500, there . being no insurance on furniture s and other con tents. The fire is supposed to have orig inated from a defective flue. , V; Saturday niebt the Atlantic and Tad- kin Valley Railwav train, while' rnnnimr ata high speed, :wasv struck brva very large crape wntcn new intotneneadiignt smashing the heavy glass and lamp, and being forced into the , rear Of the head- light. Nearly every bone of the bird was broken. The train was delayed nearly half an hour, and proceeded with an or dinary lantern as a substitute for t the headlight. , , - 7, ' ' V. , Greensboro suffered two biir fires Mon day. The first fire began in the elevator shaft of Hague-McGorkles dry goods store and communicated to the adjoining store of W. J. Clary. Hague-McCorkle lost $80,000, insurance $55,000; . Clary, $2,50". with $6,500 insurance; Damage to buildings $4,0Q0. ' The second f. fire bu ned Sergeant's foundry, causing $23,000 Iohh, with about $5,000 iu suvance. The foundry will, probably be rebuilt on a larger scale. Favettev jlle Observer! Today Mr.1 J. W. Ingold, manager of the Cumberland county dispenHary, turned over to the treasurer of the county "twelve hundred dollars for the benefit of the school fund and a like amount was alo turned over to the city treasurer. - This : shows an increase in the net profits of this concern to the amount of twelve hundred dollars more than any previous quarter. This indicates that the manager and directors nre making it a success, if there is sui-h a thing as a successful dispensary . any where. ' ' The report of the corporation commis sion for 1899 has been made public, It contains 600 page, and covers railroad, banking and building and loan business, j The valuations of railroads for taxation are: Atlan cic Coast Line, 955 miles. $18,809,000; Southern, 1,193 mile, i $15,270,000; Shh board Air, Line, 604 miles; $8,841,000;" miscellaneous 820 miles, $4,298,000; total 3,574 miles, ' $42,220,953; Pullman cars $150,832; f Western Union Telegraph ; company $1,000,000; Postal $50,000; mincelia-' neons telegraphs $2,9().: Kell Telephone $33,296; teamboit$31 3,615. InereanH 111 railroad mileage owr lant year 108; increase in valuation $10,769,099. Rail-. road earainjrs in 1899 $13,253,627; in- creane $1.500,000. Capital stex k $59, 096,060; funded debt $44,641,000; cost of roadw $82,123 000,' interest 'paid on funded debt $2,121,000; dividendn $953, 000. -Employes on railroads 9?120; pan pengers killed 2, injured 63; employe killed 24, injured 622; trespassers killed 60, injured 1)0. OBAXKGERS ITEMS. - 'January 1, 1000. Mr. Edward Dupree spent last week in Newbern. - . , Miss Julia Pope returned homo yester day from Kinston: ' ; Mr. and Mrs.Seth Speight were visiting in Greene county last week. Mr. W H. Wooten and family, of New. bern, are visiting here this week. Mr. H. E. Moore is moving to EinBtou. We hate to lose a good neighbor. Miss Lucy Speight and Lemmie Taylor, of Lousin Swamp, left last week for Pel ham to enter school. Mr. Marvin Taylor, who attends school at Ormondsyille, was; home last week to the old folks and Fpend Christmas. LEAF JTO3AC0O HIOHEB. Avis The Indepindcut Factories) Push- - irgUptl-b Trust. -j''-; "y Whetherit) be on ec ouat of agitation caused by the rerent tl.ort of the tobacco growers of this e nd rt r jhboring states to free themwlves fro::i the Tobacco Trust monopoly i or f roiri l some other cause, the price )f h: :,f tobacco has with in the last Mew ; rv '. i advanced very materially. S A &' r ' from Louisville, Ky., to the !Nev York Commercial says: In spite I of hi qfferings of la? v ? maintained to have been t! 2 ( heavier buy : ; cf American l bine buyers ! ' : as possible it i: I tionofdeph: cheaper fro. ! t j independent f their operat ! : high here fur r the country. -Therew !n c t6e Americ iodependvr. . : an extensive 1. felt in the) !i grades are i t , outsell the ( 1 1 ptionally heavy f -i &c were flrraly .i This might not i it not been for the Continental and panics; ; ' The com- market as long li with the inten- 10 order to buy r direct, but the were so active in : Ices'kept up ' too 3 to be done in t' -i in the leaf, u-I . improved iIj:!. of leaf tobacco per cent. o rnc. $10 a -hundred, leaf is 20toL gOOd tO fiCQivl.C x war between ompany and the UioWeA- to -u.?h-, c j p plug, is still ' t, '.yhere the lower t i' nand and much j . leaf. Conditions 1. de have greatly 2 ar, and the price 4 i ivanced fully 50 !esf selling under 1. medium to crood r (". it. higher, while a a k: sailer change.' "' " I C?.i . c r rsjnltrr. " " Oats may 1 i any quantities to fowls without ::!.jent, but should not be ted to t! 1 I . , when they have been tent to 1:,;. v.lthout fqod that .theyperel riwiu.'. rays a Writer In The Country ( ?.t: 'man. In such cases thej r,-Ki r11 ihelr crops so full that the $vntt r t -uently taken will cause a s'v, . :: - ? the oats and punc turing of tl e i . 1 T.ine that tines the crop. Dln' law ! eu killed in, this way, - Wl n !. ! ive access to oats at all tlitics V. j ; vcreat enough at one tlmef to I : jj trouble as JndJ cated.Oco r .1 1 t has 40 hens feeds five .bushel? cf : 1 or month besides other thfci;r:?. I t fowls are given an : unllnitoJ :v..jM of commercial grits and cut lev.? t help work up the oats In tie '. Oats as a feed are of groat help lo the piioductlon of eggs. J. E. Hood gnaratitee every bottle of Chamberlain'H Cough Remedy and will refund the money to any one who is not sattatied after using two-thirds of the, contents. This is the best remedy in the world for la grippe, coughs, colds, and whooping couh and is pleasant nud safe to take. It prevents any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia. . flofca In Orchard. Old orchards, with a stiff sod of any kind, can lie 'greatly helped by disturb ing this sod and stirring the upper lay ers of soil. The application of ferti lizer, both homemade and commercial. Is valuable In this work, and If hogs are turned In they will assist greatly In mixing the fertilizer and stirring up the soil. After they have rooted over the ground thoroughlyj the surface should be leveled with a ': barrow. American Agriculturist. - It has been demonstrated repeatedly in every state ia the Union and in many for eign countries that Chamberlain' Congh Remedy is a certain preventive and cure for croup. It has become the universal remedy for that disease. M. V. Fisher, of Liberty, W. Va., only repeats what ha been said around the globe when he writes: "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in my family for several years and. always with ierfect success. We believe that it is not only the best congh remedy, but that it is a sure cure for croup. It has saved the lives of our children a number of times." This rem edy is for sale by J. E. Hood. DEADLY BOER SHELLS! Vc-' i.W British Garrison Is Weakened by . Siokness ana Ennui. -,: Reported That British at Lady smith Are Destroying Cannon Prior to Final . Sortie. Boers Bombarding With Plum Pudding.1 , " , London, Jan. 1. In the absence of con-. Urination of '5 e reported sortie from. Ladysmith, thac story is dlwreditcd. Jp , such hopeful view can be taken as the,, Boer account of the Mafeking sortie seems designed to convey i No word re- ' garding any such movement has yet ar rived from British Murees,and the feeling , of suspense is deepening, m it is feared ' Col. Baden-Powell's silenc) indicates that, his position is becoming desiderate. J , , ' The dispatches from the front breathe a confident spirit, which is by no means ' echoed here. The latest Ladysmith ad - " vices show that the Boer shelling is be--, coming deadly, while sickness and ennui must ulso be telliug strongly upon the garrison. , . ' -J . The news of the spread of , a rebeUIon -among the Dutch colonists and of the att, -tempts of Boers to cut the railway at , widely different points is very disquiet ' ' ing as bearing upon the safety of the ex' tended lines of communication.' '. ' , A dispatch to The Daily M ail from Lo-, ; renio Marques, dated Dec 29, says: - "It is reported fnimi Ladysmith, vili ' , Pretoria, that the British are destroying -their heavy cannon prior to a final so-., tie.". The war office published the following dispatch, datwiyestei day, from the gen-; era! officer commanding at Cape Town: "Methuen's position is unchanged, . "French reports that the Boers, fearing , their communications would be cut by our cavalry, have retired to Colesburg. "iontraorerici,o i)eciV80, nieli. eup9- . , ribr "forces, using artinerjiv operated V rear of the Boers. In course of the day te was compelled to withdraw to Dord- , recht in good order, nssistd by 60 taftk sent from Dordrecht. Iw-fom which we are ' in -'position , for defense. : The following, casualty reported; .One man .seriously ; wounded." ' . The following heli(graph message bas been received, by way- 01 Weenen, frbm , Ladysmith, dated Wednesday, Decern-1 ber27: 'The Boers are actively5 bom bard ipg the town. One shell stnu-k the Devon- ' ' shire mess tent, killing Opt. Dalzel and wounding Jjeven lieutennnts, Dent, Twise. -Tringham, Cuffjn, Byrne, Suafe and . Kane." . . - A later dispatch from Ladysmith, by way of Weeuen dated Friday, December , 29, says: s , - "All well.. The Boers have been firing plugged shells containing plum pudding . and the compliments' of tlie wason. They ( are still fortifying their osi tions and ti& evidently determined to make a tirrj stand." - The Daily Mail publishes the following dispatch from CapttTwn; . "Ninety-live per cent, of the Bechimati farmers in the Viy burg district joined ttte ' tioers, helping them o loot the stores -throughout tho countrv north of Orange river. They also undertook to invest Mafeking while Gen. Ciwj7" men went south to meet Lord Methuen. The gov ernment of Bechuanaland is leing admin- istered as if the Dutch had been in posse- v sion for ages." - - , BOERS SURPRISED By Qen. Prenoh, Who Flanked Them, When They il led Leavingr Colesburg in Gen. French's Hands. Bensberir. Oiie C!-ny, Jan. I. Gen. French has completely defeated the Boers and occupied to esN rg. , f The geiu'ial 'ontiiiiH'd to keep the Boers 011 the move and pressed them closely Saturday and , Sunday, giving them no time to make n pi f -longed stand. When day broke he w wiibin strikiug distance of the eueiny. 'Last niRht ail the cavalry, artiiKry. and infantry, the latter riding 111 wtiuoiis to increase the general niobiljty, started upon a night march witn tn oujh-i or Turning mo Boeft' right. The tl'Vnk ojeration8 weno successful. The infantry nu fceld bat teries immediately nmde a feint 'attack upon the Boer fn.nT, mid while thia was proceeding the cavalry and light artiU lerv eot completely a r onnd the enemy'a right flank as arranged. The program worked without bitch. The Boers' wcr& utterly surprised, and, ending their r treat threatened, fled in disorder to Xl3 eastward leaving Colesberg ia Ccn. French's bands.
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