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Matters of Interest Condensed Into
i t
Gen. Wood has announced' bis cabinet.
Tbe appointments are popular with the
Cubans. ' " ' - "' '
It is said that there are 4,000 Ameri
cans in tbe Boer army and 2,000 more
on the war. . , .
Richard Croker, the Tammany chief.
slipped while mounting a home Monday
and broke his leg.
Eichmond can remove the Bell Telephone
poles from the streets . -
Fenians are storing dynamite, and. war
supplies in rural districts of Maine and
Vermont, in) anticipation of. a raid on
t&naaa.
The Democratic caucus at 'Frankfort,
Ky , Tuesday night unanimously chose 3.
U. d. Blackburn ir u. . senator to sue-
v' An explosion of sewer gas at Knox-
ville. Fa.. Monday mornsnsr. ? wrecked a
large number oi nouses aoa:tqr&:in rf
era! streets for hundreds of feel tr n f j f
M. Ellis. ! a wealthy farmer, his ife ahd
two boys were burned to death by their
bouse catching lire wnile ail were asleep.
The general offices at Richmond, 'Tar.
of the C. & O. B. R. were badly .damaged
by fire Tuesday morning.'! 'By hHOfk
tne ore was connned to tne upper stories.
Loss about 170,000; fully insured. if Uit
v During the past week there have been
eight sudden deaths of prime young ne
groes from Lady's Inland, in the vicinity
of the Centennial phosphate? orkt, Beau
fort county, S. C.v There are suspicions
that the whiskey they used was either
tA.m!iAmd with rir not chemicallr num. .
. In? a fight soutfy M MajUUkgunday,
two ; Americanf 111? t fV& y I oWf"
wounded. Twenty-four of the"enemy!s
dead were fonnd in one house. One bun
6-poiinder rapid fire guns, were captured.
The " Americans , occupiedVCabuyao, 1 the
Americans 'bnrneft the' coantry betwsea-
and around Cabuyao L' s ,
take action against-the ' railroads' under
the antitrust law in the matter of the
new classification : by . the roads to ad
vance freight. The new classification
hnnniftA nrwatira lflsfc Mnndnv. and nA-
ancect rates all along the line on roads
north of the Ohio and Potomac, and east
of theMineissippi rivers, some sixty roads
in all adopting the hew schedule. ,
At Frankfort,' Ky Monday night, all
doubt lias to the ability of the Goebel
Democrats to organize both houses Of the
legislature was dispelled by the attend
ance In theiDemocratic jaucs, Senator
Goebel was nominated foV hf evident! bro
tern of the senate, ahd the tentirtf JGdebeli
slate went Jthrough. In the house caucus
all thefeDemocrata answered te roll call
and participated. In -the eentfte four
Democrats remained out. ( In; the senate
caucus Senator Harold created a sensa
tion . b.v i making a n Alleged eiposa fe1 tA
the apii-Goebel leaders dnclta-ing that hj
had been approached by J, H, )Vhallent
of Louisville, and paid $4,500 W remain
out othe capcusi r. wn money tMaajQi
had bfen placed in a box with, the Louis
ville Trust Co', thd .key to' Hvhiih Wati
pasHen up toj Senator ,Goebel!wbo-was
Dresidirfir. He ended theneech bv declar
ing th i t ,he;bad oterefd lutb the deaf for
the purpoffrpf jpoHingnWbale,nifttd
further that there was hop money enough
in the vv6rl3 to triaki bini disloyal to his
party ,nd his etata.' Attorneys, forvGoe
didanw for state offices h'ave rserviaid 'ti6
ticea if i on thejRepaWiCPnreontestest.iQ
take fit positions to be used as eyjdence
in the;V ending cohtest capes, and naming
t nei r w nessen, . on n j yv n aiieni .the anti
Goebel - Democrat whom Senator Harold
accused of trying 'to-' bribe him.;'has left
town, ji, y
j $Mii. to Seu! fepot Cotton. jH
i New York Jan. 2. Liverpool today
toucned tne hurnest prices or toe season.
Our investigation leads us to believe that
further accumulation of southern stocks
at this juncture; unwise. We therefore
advise selling spot cotton bn. present
Jevel wm.e mil prices are obtainable. f
j . mCE McCoiiMicK 4 Co-"
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A special communication of St. John's
Lodge, A. F, & A. M., No. 96. is called to
meet Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. "
. 1 . Plato Coluxs, J. W.
It's Not What You Get,
? ..These CoId.Days, ,
VVHAT
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Hot
niliii Drinks.
-T CL7AM BOUILLON,
OO fiBFTorrfi BOUILLON,
TOMATO fcduiLXbN
CHOCOLATE,
COFFEE (Mocha and Java).
H3-IlilfllrDliIC0.
Phone 50.
PjSWMtMlf.lf
Brick Block Comer.
Efllil;
?v?T ...vr;d - - 'ill! m
'!! mWno . attends ; our
( "AUGUST FLOWEI.
Vlt' a surprising- fact,? ' l&Qja rrof.
TT A. . fl j. J . 1 . 1 1 i
uuuluu, niafc m ui,y iraveia m pi puns
of the world, for .the last ten years," I
have met morepeOplehavingusedGren's
August Flower than any- other remedy,
for dygpepsia, deranged liver and stom
ach, f.ni for constipation. I find for
tourisU and salesmen, or for persons fill
lugoVJ. 9 positions, whether, headnchps
and fi. ral Lai f?elin3 from' irregular
habits tsist, that Green's Ausust Flower
haprr -1 remedy. It docs not iajure
t!:oF.v;. ra by frequent use, and is excel
lent for raur stomachs and indigestion."
f in:; I o-"c3 free at Temple Marston
Fr--C ;
t y lex 3 ia til ci 5 coutric3. ;
i1v.who attends
Ofe&rance Salo! is
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Taxes Refunded. Petition for Fenoe
; Considered. Paytnents v Order-
The board of county commissioners
held their regular monthly meeting on
Monday, Jan. 1st. All tbe members of
the board were present.'' -
. i Jas. E. Dupree was refunded f 3.65, tax
onontown.lotfQi:.I890Baid lot. listed
and belonging to others.
? Miss Avery Warters was refunded
13.65 tax on JaTitTrTSOTj:iui the
same was afeesed I ' J " . -
y Mrs. E. A. Smit!i w.v. refunded 32
cent fence tax, an ovr : c irge- Jor 1809.
Ornereq that the fo. :ow injr be. refunded
12.45, prill tax for 1809, some being
bodily disabled and some being, listed
through error: -J.F. Jafman; A& Fields,
Jno. Brown,' Henry Hodges, Reuben IIss-
ris. West Croom. J M. Hardy, L. F. Bu
sell, Simon Aid ridge,' B, F. Grady and
Ivey Connor . - . f--' " n
Dr. B. W. Wooten prefiented his bond
as coroner, with W. C. Fields S. H. Lf-
tin, W. T. and Jas. M. Parrott as ure-
ties. rbe same was accented. v .
W. 0. Fields, frnardian -of the Dupree
heirs, was refnnaed f 3.87, tax for 1899.
on- solvent- credits, same being listed
J. ' H. Mewborne was ! refunded f 9.55
tax for 1899, listed by error. ? M t ;
mtb. li.rw, Bumrell was refunded 4.43
tax lor 1899, tne same listed twice. .i,
The petition of fraanuel Danghety be
ingconsifiere by the board, it was or
de red that Mr. 8. H . Abbott, the chair
man,;, no appoiuteu ra - view: we wmw
along.the proposed line and consult with
the owners as to the best means of erects
intf a.1 foripn ..cm' inntpmntntd hf' tha
4
bsn Wiggins, work on county.
J fence, i , , 12.00
Daniel Hines, work on county .
fence, ; ' 1 72.C2
'Onxnotlon, the board adjourned. A
1 " W. D. Stmos. .
- . s . Clerk to Board.. -t
injr ' a fence
statute.'
The bond of J F. Uoberson. 'constable
of Sand Hill township, was accepted, .with
Geo. west and Jno. L. Daughety as sure-
H. C. Brewer was granted license to
sett npirtttrons aUd tnair liiftrs 1nrf the
town of KinutQa-during jthe yeaf of
1900. . . fc V' 'T1 J
S
A Bargains Vre: plentifuhj . From
every depaf tmenrVJpe have gathered
the 'surplus' stock knd marked each
articfe'-with-1" '
f"?;:vet:6ut:Quibk :
i.t Prices.". 1 ' 1 '
These are Strictly New; and StyU
islT0oods;: nandtedta" ;nttle;ui
nope tne. rorse jor fiiat. .l ine tree
ddei of the store is yours.
tComeuick. ; ;
" ; I Yours to please,"
M -
iJ V lAwi: I4U1UUI1LBV IK 01 U LU1UEI CU
aid on of thd; general doxmty fund 'Alt i
33. Temple, for aged and in-
firm. ..-f.rw 18o.2n
Hoiph Bros. Lumber Columberg -, v Jty.03
W E. Dillon; one mule for the v "
countvir buz ,':t H 'i' ,'-f i 115.00
C. R. Loftin. tax refunded on ac-n
cottnt of 'ad overcharge, 1 ' ' k ' 11.43
Dr. W. T. Parrott, med. acct., 5.00
Fi. Af,.Bodgcs,Tepairing jail, f , 4238,03
Kjnstoi Fiucit'PnlEss; acct.1 1116, X59.84
Lindai Outlaw, pauper. i'v f 1;0A
L.iA; Cobb, keeping ferry, , v 5.40
Gus Smith, polj taxfrefunded,fr 2j4H
Aa Waller, services, and wood :
I6rjH.- , Y7'I50
Isaac Taylor, aged and infirm, .' ' 2.50
Beh 1 Herrmg; eepmg HArayv Of
bridge. . , -. 6.75
Ceo B Webb. 1 dot. cofflriH XisI 30.00
J. 0. Wooten, jail account tiled,; ,; 69.45
Stephen McUoy, Seeping ferry , t 2.fM
J .D.Gardner, keepingiron bridge, f. "7.00
J. W. Grwinger. L. Harvey and W ., Ai
; W, C, ,FHdsnfpr, one .day , on . ' n
Vftnahce committeeveabh - tJ v 2.00
U. K: Koble, commissioner, , and; n 1 "T
t: mileage, ' . . .3.00
A. T. Dawson, commissoner.ahd lii'i
mileage, ' , .f 2,60
& H, Abbots otf day as commis!? f .
..sioner, , " , , ,,1.'50
H. Bright, one ton of coal for ,vi '"'
ft
j I T. T. Ormoqd, professional, ser- r j
-q W.D. Suggs,1-! day as clerk and ll " ' !
33.40
.7.72
renorts.
f J. W.XMlins, fixtures jail,,-!
y'x:ne'ionowing amounts we oraerea
paid out of the road tax fund for work
on the county roads: " 1 ;
He(iry Cunningham," work on '
' fiuntv roads, ! Uii uni i - f 29.60
S. H. Abbott, to use1 forwork on i t r 1
mwm,
rt:i3 11, Ca tl2 Ccrz:r
1
road, -v.: -!"-- ;
II. A, Edwards, to use'foE ivork
C II. Brtrwick.'to Use, for wprk
, on rondfl, ' ' ,(.';
Cox& Co., clothing,
A. F. Dnughety, work on roads,
Citron Font, work on roads, ,
Jnc. L. Taylor, work on roads,
Lennl Taylor, work onroads,:
P. I?. Worley, .workjon roads,t '.',
3. ipd wards, work on roads,- ii
19.50
5L38
i. i.
3fi.j)b
15.90
3.20
11.00
720
, .'-4.20
r. 4.8.
-.2.40
! f FALLING CREEK XTEM&
i '7 - January 2, 1900. -
.ifr. Lawrie Moseley will return to tbe
A. & M College today. t r
'Mrs. Helen Kennedy, of Wilson, is vis
iting Mrs. W, L, Kennedy, f
'Mess, E, P. Dixon and L.O. Moseley. of
Kinston, spent Sunday with Mr. Lawrie
Moseley,- . ... , , - - , .- ; -
; Mr. E. I. Herring, of Wilmington, who
had been ; visiting his father,- Mr, W. I.
Herring, returned home Sunday,
' i Mis's Bertha Fields will return to Kin-
pey's Seminary today, v
v Mr. Virgil Dardeh, of Kinston, . spei
Christmas week with his parents, Mr.
ana Mrs, J. H. uarden.,.. i .
f Mr. Chns. Provost of South'' Carolina',
and Miss Lucy Hodges, of Kinston, spent
a few days at " Mrs. Persia Hodges' last
week. ' r -
" Misses Maggie HadTey, Mena and Vivia
May, of Beston; spent last week In our
midst. , , -
Mr, S. G. Kennedy has accepted a poi
Ion with his uncle: M r. W. L. Kennedy.
we are glad to 'welcome him in our
midst. - r '"'?
Missefi Nellie 'Moore.' Gladvs Mitchell.
Bessie Temple and Clara Thornton, vof
Kinston, visited Miss Bessie Parrott last
STATE HEWS;
Interesting
.North
Carolina litem) t
In Condeneed'Fornu
A white man's , amendment club.
; Tt iJ . -J - .11 It JJ-"
at Salem1 Tuesday from bums Monday
by ber dress catching Are while, standing 0
in front of the fire place.. .w,,.tx
i The Republican State, executive om-vf
mittee met u 'rreennboro Tuesday and, 1
J IJ.Jl.V.I.I .I.. T VII
week, , ' ,.'. x.? afiil A.
r Miss Helen NewboldK6f LaGrange; Mil
Adolph GTayt nd sisteriMiss Daisy; Me
Mack Parks. of :Mt. Oh"ve, and Mr, Atlas
Utjell, of Seven , Springs, ivisjtdd, at Mr,
Dempsey Wood, s last week. I 5 5
Marriage , Upenses Issued During
, Thr rolVowirig ""marriage" Ticenses weje'
Issued during the month of Decenjber ' by
Pn.(it nl nn4 C.1m! ,) N. ''.' '
I Li. ... i ""!T-.' 1 j..f W,
ri. w. Annrews anci LoiTie tu. opeou,
WCL; Byrd ntid 'KatieTflldruHus
Barwick and Gahrilla Newman,' O. 'A:
Danghety and M. F.- Weary1 B;-: !A? :Grlrt-'
wold and - Mary E.s' Wooten, Geo." W.
Ofay and Nannie E. ,Dn.vis. N- DvtCham
Wrs a nd C, L- iSvkes.iMurvin Connor and
Laura f qblevGj-M Tphnson and Cam
J. t Roneel' Tbos-. '.Mozinaro. ana,. Mattie:
Fieldfli RiCh'd Rollins Vand , Sulfa Gftrrfs, J
wyim ann r anmepuimn; v 'uoy vare,rs
nnd'Comelia' Hbrtt, Charlie Wiggs atid
HuTdahSeyWOreVt ou 1 til--.
, The followir ; amounts were ordered
ril out of the no-fence tax fund for
work on county fence: n ... ' i.u- ' '
I'fr.ry Y'oc J, work on county
- fctice, 17.13
".'"nttir..?, CottrtU L Co.. wire for
county fence. 61X3
Guilford Brfghtand Luarrt DIxdn'Le'wIls
Battle and ;Eli2abeth Coward,, James
.Henr Gnv ftni MagttieLowerv'Tiieker
Greetw and Mary TilgHmanF Will Hardy
and JJaney Locnst,? Chnrliff Harper and
MrtryiEv Smith,! Ben Jf iCarginta ahd' Ida
Fields Henry ? 0lemn:, and Florehfl
Smith, Geo. Cohb and Dijie:(3Qbb;jTboa,
Johpppnahd . PrewrGrpdynania
joyner ana Liucy Mewnorn, JunrsyetTe
KeJly and Ida May sBarfleld, Richard
Morns And lianraHugginsT 3 n q.'" Smith
fmd-ens Svag Rfehard' Skinner and
Mary JDahghety; Ed. Sellers artd LaWrany
Cat4 rTrhnk Thorn and Nancy Daughety;
GeoTilg.hmnn nd Lnla Johnson, Wm.
WhneIdLand.la Eryant ttt .dj t
s-i i .'... .sieoi ffwe-js a.tcss .1
. i Little Bettie. two-months-old child of
Mr. J. H. Cunninghawvof Trent townshin,
died Saturday jnorntng Dee.y80 1899
Thehild was well at going to bed rand
juntas the family.-. was? getting.,up:.the
.raoTner aiscovereo ner, cnua - was near ly
dead, jlf;', was" a " 1eautifn) child, rThe
hdrt'striy" was',"Trinch"- ipnioyed ,by ' the
family! . Little Bettie in' gone to return
no tnorei, 1 -1 whs a sad shock to the fam-',
ily"Htd friends.' We Weep, bntnot.-w'ith-out
hope, forth Lord said:- Snffffthe
little.rhildren to romeunto! nie and for
bid; thwn not,,'? Weep not dear parents,
"she is not dead but aleeDeth." u r
vention at Raleigh on May 2d. - - " J 1,1
I Joseph J, Martin, 1 a' Well ' known' !v,ir
publican of Tarboro while In Raleigh f
this week said he Miees the amendment n
will be carried in that district.;, He say j t
he does not want the negroes to register
but to stay at home and work,
r The furnac of th6 ' Empire" Steol5 arid
Iron Co., at Greensboro, has shut down
on account of ? heavy advance in ? the.rt
price of pre, It is probable that, it will,,!
not resume nuH'ness' unless'; the' trouble
with the ore people can bo rtdjusted.' 0
L. RnfHn. guilty of t he felonious slayhjg'
of W, D, Bullock., RnfSu was placed ti-:f
der a bond of fl.0.00 for his apperaue tl
at "court; The men; quarrelled, ending
in Ruffln flghtirig with a pistol and 'Bui- '-
lock witl) a cheene knife, .. -v .'. t)..f
W HiGiUfcrtv.Wjnston'8 ex-hard wafe'ii
merchant,.who wa arrested .Jn CaJifor.
ila, arrlyepi, in Winston ;MondayvaftjPr-t.i4
noon1 to await trial ih the federalcourt.
atGreeashorO' He 'declined ! to 'discttflt''0'
his suit; except taaiy.it was. i at iease of o
persecntion.,,. He belieyes . .he f iwill r,T j1
The negroes celebrated the, tWrty-flev-rft,
enth kriniverearybf the signing of the
emancipation proclamation' in .Raleigh- '
iiMoiidiayfOne of the features of the dajf1
dress to the wliite people of the StatP, j
tolling on tbetn tO hid. in1' defeating the
proposed constitutjonnl' amendment.
i Raleigh Postf TW learned that the'
. government will send a corps of OlervJ - ,
It is agreed that the eclipHe will lw - total';!
ifa Raleiirh and will last for a loiicer '-uttt
f tfod thanat'hy, pother point, ;in .-'tlift.-i
unueq cjtates. jin tne coming year tuer-f
.will bA three eclipse two of the sun a art
ohe'oF the ihobrt.'' The tdtat ' eclipse .of V,
tJho nrt nvMVo Mat. OA ' f,Zj 3uf
ha RATelgh coK'VHarlotte' 0bsVirr;,''Jan-!t
jrnrpuwinr iu cmh uy viiyiriiiHn a runs- .
tead Jonesf WftkeV tourity's-'Demoemc:
cpmmiixee mei xoaay, l ne airenaance 1
$as thea largest .ever known ' and th
bldeitjnienibei's i assure- me -they never' ?
(aiv.sueb interest and. enthusiasm: 'Eiu;
ery county .precinct jWas rei (resented Ifc.jJ
was v praereu jah , campaign cinra pe-y
fornied in every precinct, . Most of . the a t
Another Small British Victory.
London. Jan. -2;The 1 war5 office an
nounres that, at ' Snnnypide "yesterday
Lieut. Col'Pilcber defeated the Boere,
capturing thHr Ianp?pr and thking - forty
Erisoners. The British had three killed,
ieutr j Adi was wounded and ba
since died. Two men of the Queensland
Mounted Infantry wore killed. Sunny
f fde is about thirty miles northwest of
Belmont. '''" "' , ' , , ,
- Gen. Gatacre's intelligence '"department
states that the T.oer loss in the fight at
Dordrecht was thirty. ' -
IfteemehVaid thAt while The reports show 'A
A u.uLi. J.'ii... Uul.-Ji.'. W .iii .'.ii. .;. -'-I
alsd. showed that the amendment woufd;
Jbe cartied.rTv ::wfy-r. ;
Fay etteville Observer, Baturdav: '
Tbursday night the little village of Eli7
iabethtownr) celebrated the Christ m(Ur:J
holiday .by a display of fireworks. As
result several men .were . injured. JofcnJi
J'ay.wood's right hand was. blown tni
pieceSf and Dr. Robinson .thinks it .wi ? j
have tx be amputated. ,. Jake .Bntlcf,,
Ifon of Robert Butler, the mail 'carrier v3
uIho had a hand ' badly shattered and.
lost forefinger; - Had Barnwell had 'ft
13-inch cannon cracker to explode at btr'4
intOrthe kinThe I'oKtal Cable Co.
operator, Mr. IL r?iillivan, .hadafingrt
badly jnjored njnd Jh;re .werenumeroua,
nJinor'cusualties to others, s
' w ; Facing a Boer Gibraltar..;
London, Jan. 2. The Standard's cor
hpoTideiitnt Frere Camp, telegraphing
ob January 1st. eats: -
,ja"Sir Charles Warren's dlTinion ia now
nearly complete. 1 Its headquarters win
be at Estcourt.-' It is rumored here that -the
guns which were captured from fien.
Bbller at Colenno have leen mounted tn
the hills commanding the drift over th&
Tugi'la river; at SpringfiVld.' The Boers.
it: appears, - captured eix hundred and
twenty rounds of shrapnel when thev
.took the guns
."Gen. Buller's difSeultiea have' been.'
fmnieanuralily increaKed by the enforced
delay since t he lawt engagement. Ilenow
has before him a eeries of walled ar.J
fortified hill, running sixteen milesalor 'j
the linwof the Tngebi. Thepe nreswarn't
ir with the enemv. posted in rripiticv.
of great strength anl bristling with jr.;--;
and the river in front ia in full CooJ. T )
coiHing batt'e will cTtn inly le t' -r'.. -est.
and probably the most nor. :.to-
of the entire campa:gn."