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KINSTON, J. 0., THOBSDAY. JANUABY 11, 1Q00.
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STATE NEWS.
Interesting' . North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form.
Col. R. B. Glenn, of Winston, announces
Jhat he will be a candidate Tor the U. S.
Charlotte Observer: The Charlotte
oultry show, which opens at the city
all tomorrow morning, bids fair to
pe a complete success. Up to the present
ime there are twice as many . entries as
here were exhibits in the show last year.
Entries bare come from Georgia, South
i&ronna ana Virginia, and birds are
loming from Albany today.
r ureensooro Telegram: The report in
the Mooresvilie Enterprise that the ; Nor
Jnal would not open until next fall is en
tirely without foundation. It probably
manated in the mind of some one who
would like to see the doom of that insti
ution forever closed. The college has
ffered a severe misfortune ' in : the epi-
emic which befell it, but Jt is ... all over
ow, the work . ol thorough fumigation
nd renovation has been pushed, and the
directors will meet on Thursday to de-
bide on a date for reopening the institu
tion. . ' ri f ; ' .
I News-Observer: Mr. W. C Hammer.
pf Asheboro, writes Superintendent Meb-
ane that the school board , or Randolph
county win bring action against Treas
hrer Worth to compel payment of its
barfc of the f 100.000 , aDDrooriation.
Mr, Hammer writes: "I shall advise the
officials of this county at the meeting
this week to take legal steps to get the
State fund for the use of the schools this
year." Mr. Hammer is superintendent
pi schools lor Kandolph county. Treas
hrer Worth said yesterday that only one
warrant eui uut w we county ireasur
ers nas been sent in so lar ana it was re
turned. v,..-':
l ewObservsn Twelve years-ago, the
xvaieigu oaviugs oauit Degan ; Business
ith a capital or 915.00O. The capital
as never been' 'ncreased. The deposits
l the bank now exceed three hundred
housand dollars and last vear it oaid
n thousand dollars in interest to depos-
tors, and declared a divivend of twelve
rcent. to its . stockholders.! ..The stock
f this bank has been in great demand
and much of it has recently, changed
hands at prices that are unprecedented
Jin North Carolina bank stock. One gen
tleman who owned 11,000 worth of
stock, on which be has been receiving a
dividend of eight ber cent, all aloncr. sold
jit for $2,600, and other sales have been
made at the same rate. - This is truly a
wonierful record.; '
I War on the Louisville .and Naeh-
; ville.
Tnniairillfk Jan . 1 ft lias . An.
clared war on the Louisville & Nashville
Railway csmpany, and proposes to fight
i id to a nmsn in toe legislature.
His plan is to follow the course he
niiremed in t,h on aa nf tho ft-n thorn
Pacific and try to force a bill through
the general assembly annulling & the
charter under which th enrnnrnf mn
operates in Kentucky. This was officially
announced roaay.
President Smith, of the Louisville &
Nashville, and Others went unrnmnnnl
today to appear before the grand,, jury.
x ne uoeoeiices cnarge that the money
used in the anti-Goehpl And TtannhlifAn
campaign came chiefly from the coffers
of the Louisville & Nashville. -
The fight when it conies before th .
Semblv. Will bo a hitter nun. ftnohol
failed in his fight before the last legisla
ture w uuuui tuo cnarrer 01 tne southern
Facmc. Republicans and all. the anti
Goebelites will oppose the bill.
15 MEN KTT1T1T1D AND EATEN.
Fate of an English Ship's Crew in
The Admiralty Islands.
London, Jan. 9.- Mail advices from
New Britain report the massacre of f the
captain and crew of 15 men belonging to
the British schooner Nukumania, of
South Wales, while trading among the
Admiralty Islands. Onlj three boys
escaped. The natives, after murdering
the sailors, inaugurated a feast ashore
and ate their victims.
J. E. Hood guarantees every bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and will
refund the money to "any one who is not
satisfied after using two-thirds of the
contents. This is the best remedy in
the world for la; grippe, coughs, colds,
and whooping cough and is pleasant and
safe to take. It prevents any tendency
of a cold to result in pneumonia
A STREET CAR COMEDY.
rh Girl and Her Pars and 11 v
Smart Young Hea, ;
As soon as the good looking girl eh
cerea ine car me nvc young uieu uu uie
opposite seat began surveying ber with
critical eye, and she hadn't yet made
out whether the baldheaded man with
tie medical magazine was to be in
cluded in the lot when the conductor
come in for his fare. The girl opened
her portemonnaie and began to take
out latchkeys, samples of ribbon and
little memoranda In the usual way,
nd the five voiincr men smiled, each
after bis owu particular style. Bald-
beaded was out of it The girl didn't
lee any of the smiles, but she caught
n just the same. There was a nickel
111 ready for ber fingers, but when one
pale faced young mau added a giggle
to bis smile the nickel was thrust aside
for a $2 bill. She didn't hand It over
to the conductor as she fished it out;
but, leaning forward with a winning
smile on her face, she began at the
head of the line and asked:
"Will you please be so kind as to
change this bill for me?"
It was impossible. A young man
with only a dime in his pocket has no
how to bust a bill .The next one
had a quarter, but be had to decline.
and so it went to No. .5. His' hand
sought bis pocket as bis turn came.
but It didn't bring ? up any change.
The smiles bad been replaced by sheep
ish looks, and they rubbed elbows and
trod on each other's feet In trying to
look out of the windows. There was a
long minute of painful suspense, and
then tbe good looking girl banded the
bill to the conductor. She hadn't a
word to say to tbe five young men who
bad started out in life so gayly, but old
.Daiaaeuueu uau. tvuvu ui no ww,
he ; turned half around and growled
"If I were you fellows. 1 wouldn't
try to be so blamed Imart next time."-
Philadelphia Press.
WHY SHE RESIGNED.
Tho Member of atWomaaa Clnb Con
founded tbe Two Popes.
"For tbe last year or so my wife has
been ambitious to shine as a literary
light," said Smith, with a chuckle. "I
don't know bow many clubs she Join
ed, but If there were any that she did
not belong to it was because she bad
never beard of them. '
"The other night while 1 was read
ing my paper she Interrupted me with
a request for light about something
that I did not catch except the word
pope. 't
" 'Well,, said L looking vermy pa
per.
" 'I want to know about him,' she con
tinued. il must read a paper concern
ing him at our next literary meeting.
and I do not know a single thing about
blm. Who is he?'
' 'Do you mean to say, said I, that
yon know nothing about the bead of
the Soman church?' .
Oh, of coursef she answered. 'How
stupid of me! I can read all about
him In the encyclopedia.'
"I resumed my reading and thought
that ended It, but It didn't The oth
er night when I returned home I found
my wife In tears, and before I had time
to inquire what the matter was I was
called to account in 17 different kinds
Of keys. ; .':'t;Nv ' U"
"Well, when the storm was over 1
learned the truth. Jt was the poet
Pope and not the pope of Rome that
she was expected to treat upon, and
when she rose and read a paper on the
pope It started a row that did not end
with adjournment ; y
"But seeing that she has resigned
from all the clubs and that the chil
dren once more have a chance to get
acquainted with their mother, 1 do not
look upon, it as a calamity." Detroit
Free Press. '
; The bank : checks passing through
the clearing bouses in London and New
York in one month exceed the value of
all the gold and silver coin in the
world. -
- Give a youth resolution and the al
phabet and who shall place limits to
Lis career? - 4
FOOD CONTRABAND'
-,..J,..,r
When in Transit to the Transvaal.
American Flour Released. Rob
erts and Kitchener at Cape Town.
Conflicting Reports About Boer
. Losses.
: v..
London, Jan. 10. -The American flour
seized off Dejagoa Bay has been released.
The British reply to the United States
states that food stuffs are not connidered
contraband of war unless intended for
the enemy. " J
The decision to make flour and grain
in transit to the enemy contraband, is
evidently hedged in by many difficulties
of execution, but the foreign offlce believes
that investigation will generally deter
mine whether the err am is really meant
for consumption at Lorenzo Marques or
in the Transvaal.
Roberts and Kitchener Arrive.
London. Jan. 10. Gen. Lord Roberts.
the new commander of British .forces . in
South Africa, and his chief of staff, Gen.
Lord Kitchener, have arrived at Cape
Town. '
The Boer Losses.
London, Jan. 11. The following dis
patch, dated at Frere Camp, Jan. 10th,
noon, has been received by the war office
from Gen. Buller: :'. , SA '
"A Transvaal telegram irive the ene
my's loss at Ladysmith on Saturday as
four killed and 15 wounded, and this af
ter, as is admitted, they had endured a
withering fire from six masked batteries:
and been defeated at all points.
"Natives here assert that the Boer Iosb
in one commando alone was 150 killed.
and wagon loads of wounded The heav
iest loss is said to have been among the
Free Staters, who were -s forced by ; the
Transvaalers into the mos dangerous
places."
This curious -dupateb -is all -the . war
offlce has issued tonight. t It makes not
tbe slightest mention of the position or
doings of the British forces. It may be
intemreted to mean that Ladvsmith is
safe, but it is more likely intended to pre
pare tbe British public for a 4rnble list
of casualties. .
What's The Matter With Kinston?
Communication.
Last summer tbe town voted for
bonds to establish an electric light plant.
At present the town is not half lighted,
When can we reasonably expect to have
lights, if in six months the service has de
teriorated to the present condition?
The aldermen refuse to repair the pres
ent plant, thinking that probably in ; a
few months, or years, they may be in a
condition to run a municipal plant.
The present manager , ol tbe plant
would put in repairs it . the- aldermen
would take the new parts on his bands,
but for some reason of mysterious diplo
macy they, refuse. Meanwhile we Walk
in darkness and affliction.
Why don't the Kinston Library have
a' meeting under the new corporation
Elan? At present they have money,
ooks, and an efficient librarian, but no
egal management, no regulations under
which they may operate, and no legal
status, in spite ' of tho much-talked ' of
incorporation. . -'..
What's the matter with the graded
school? f "' ' : J'::-. i -
"It has been running three months, and
we have bad no special report of attend
ance, scholarship or general condition
at any time. All public graded schools in
the writers knowledge make a monthly
public report through the newspapers of
their condition, so that the patrons may
know what is going on. ,
We know who the teachers are and
what the pupils say and that ' is about
all. The board may know more but the
public does not. If it is "not incompati
ble with the public service" we would
ike to know more., f ; . V
BRITISH AGAINST BRITISH.
Two British Regiments Fight Each
Other in Darkness. Boers Then
Rout Them. ; :
London, Jan. 11. The Eavt' Surries
and West Yorkshires mistook each other
'or Boers and fought each other in the
dark hand to hand, with terrible slaugh
ter. Tbe Boers then attacked and routed
the .English, capturing Mai. Hobbs and
others. . This news was -withheld some
time by censor.
tien. Methuen has been recalled, bis
mind being unsound. Gen. Bailer's health
is precarious.
Learning to Smile.
- i ' .
a of ta Hardest Thlng-a For a
Gymttiit to Do.
The thing I found hardest to learn
in my business was to smile," said a
professional gymnast who did a very
clever specialty recently at one of the
local theaters. "I started out in acro
batic work when I was only 15 years
old as one of a 'family of five. My
Instructor was Charles McDonald, an
bid time circus performer and one of
the best of his day. While be was put
ting me through my paces he was
continually yelling: .'Look pleasant!
.Look pleasant!,. And my main trouble
for years was in following that some
order.
"No matter bow bard 1 tried 1 would
forget myself, and when I was doing
an extra bard 'turn I was certain to
make horrible faces, screw up my eyes
and grit my teeth. It took all the ef
feet out of my act and must have
seemed very funny to tbe people la
the audience. Often, after performing
some difficult feat, I have been morti
fied to hear a roar of laughter, and at
last 1 determined to either learn bow
to smile or quit the business. J got
the knack at last, and now It has be
come a sort of second nature.
"The point is a great deal more im
portant ,thdn one would suppose. I
know an equilibrist, for Instance, who
is very popular on the vaudeville cir
cuity not so much on account of the
difficulty of his act as tbe smiling case
with which it Is apparently done. You
would never suppose from bis face
that; he was making any special exer
tlon. and that of Itself gives remarka
ble grace and finish to bis work. ;
"I am not the only one In the bus!
ness, however, who has found it hard
to smile at tbe right time. Almost ev
ery ballet dancer, eccentric character
dancer and skirt dancer has had trou
ble on the same score, ' Most of thenr
finally acquire a horrible fixed grimace
that is supposed to be a smile, but has
no more suggestion of merriment than
a brick wall. It Is produced by cultivating-
a certain set of muscles ' and
made to appear and disappear on the
principle of pulling a string." New Or
leans Tlnies-Democrat
MANAGING SMALL BOYS.
Dow Some Mothers Take All llii
Spirit Out of TUeiM.
i a in always inado sorry when 1
ride in tho cars, through the 'shopping
districts particularly ," said the wo
man to a newspaper man, "to see the
mothers 111 treat small boys, it Is
ethical cruelty, but quite as disastrous
as physical ill treatment might be, it
seems to me. n-yJ-
"I see poor little fellows of 7 and 8,
nice little men who would be manly if
they were allowed to be, pushed into
that seat and out of it Into another ag
if they were so many little dummies.
They usually are very nearly that, for
seven or eight years of such pushing
and pulling 'Is enough .to take all tbe
spirit out of a small boy unless be
Las unusual vigor of character.
"A boy of that age ought to be be
ginning to look out for his mother and
finding seats for ber. Occasionally a
sensible mother, who treats her boy
like a human being, is to be found, and
It Is a pleasure to see the two together.
"The boy who Is dragged around like1
a little muff during the early part of
his life Is apt to come to himself after
a time if be is not entirely ruined, and
then he goes to an opposite extreme. Is
rude and self asserting, while he is try
ing to establish an equilibrium, and
the mother can't imagine what the
trouble Is." New York Times.
"'. Reading.
' Read not much at a time, but medi
tate as much as your time and capaci
ty and disposition will give you leave,
ever remembering that little reading
and much thinking, little speaking and
much bearing, is the best way to be
come wise. ; -
GENERAL HEWS.
Matters of Interest, Condensed Into
Brief Paragraphs.
'Golden.
Judge Was the stolen Jewelry gold
or silver? Well, why don't you an
swer? Prisoncr-Don't you know, judge,
what silence is? Fllegende Blatter.
At New York, Tuesday, the handsome
residence of Joseph Pulitzer, publisher Of '
The World, was burned, and two women
servants, were suffocated or burned to
death. Loss, f 300,000: insurance, f 250,
000. , ' ,
; A Kansas n rti, who had for 25 years
lived a ' profeoned infidel, died a few days
ago, and his friends were surprised on ''
opening his will to find that he had left
all his fortune of $150,000 except f 4,000
to religious and chart table organizations.
The Jury in the case of Julia Morrison
James, charged with the murder of Stage
Manager Leiden on the opera house '
stage at Chattanooga, Tenn., September
22, while she wasplaying in "Mr. Plas
ter of Paris," on Wednesday rendered a
verdict of not guilty.
Near Ripley, Tenn., Tuesday, officers
Malvin and W. D. Turner arrested a ne
gro named Zingerly and were taking him
to jail, when two negroes, brothers of"
the prisoner, shot the officers in the back,
killing them, v The prisoners and one of ;
tho Tniirnoram nran natiirht. itiii t,ttnmt '
by a mob, and search . is being made for. t
the other murderer and other participants
in the crime. It is reported that many
negroes in the neighborhood are arming
themselves,' and excitement runs high.
Oak Ridge, Miss., was the scene Tue4
day of a desperate pistol duel, in which ' .
county were killed. Tbe dead are: A.D.
Holland, It. H. Stephenson and Dr. Otho
Austin. Tbe two latter,' together with '
Austin's father, bad been arrested on an
affidavit sworn out by Rollnnd, charging
them with the whipping of Holland's ne
gro tenants. The trial we set for Tues-
ucwj uiuj m v uovii,? ui linn n will u CbU .
Oak Ridge. Tbe trial had hardly opened
when the Shooting began, but who fired
the first shot is not known. ' "
At ! Pinewood, S. C.'. Saturday, Coast
Line Conductor Frank B. Hnnsp.r thof
and killed a negro train band, Ln i 15 ni
ton, who was advancing thnat-nitgv
upon the conductor. The negrot-H at
Pinewood became disturbed, and the
white people, who are in a minority, are
fearful of violence, although I onductor
Hursey has been committed to. jail at
Manning. The coroner's jury, with the ;
exception of three negroes, was disposed
to exonerate ttursey. un 'lnesday A. L.
Burkett, intendent of Pinewood, wired
Senator Appell for 20 rifles and 2.000
rounds of ammunition, as an uprising .
was feared. Gov. McSweeney has wired
Sheriff Brabham to proceed to Pinewood
with a posse, and Copt. W. L. Lee was
ordered to have his company, the Sumter
Light Infantry, to sleep on arms, reai.v
to proceed to Pinewood at any moment.'
20,000 "WITNESSES.
Bradley Says That Number Will
Be Summoned in the Kentucky
Contested Election Case.
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 9. The sessions
of both houses of the legislature were un-
eventful today. Former Gov. Bradley.
chief counsel for Gov. Taylor, denied to
day stories that troops had been brought. -here
in citizen's clothes, and that Repub
licans had arranged to import here large -bodies
of men from over the state ' to in
timidate the legislature. He said:
"We . will summon 20,000 witnesses, ;
whose evidence is to be taken for use. be-
fore the state contest board, and many :
of them, I suppose, will come, but there
will be no effort at intimidation. I take
no stock in the talk about bloodshed."
At the adjutant general's office it was '
stated that a guard is in charge of the
state arsenal.- ,
. Free of Charge.
Any adult suffering from a cold settled
on the breast, bronchitis, throat or lung '
troubles of any nature, who will call at -Temple-Mare
ton Drug Co.,will be present-.
ed with a sample bottle of Boschee's
German Syrup, free of charge. Only one
bottle given to one person, and none to
children without order from parents.
o throat or lung remedy ever bad
such a sale as Boschee's German Syrup ?
in all parts of th6 civilized world. Twenty
years ago millions of bottlct were given
away, and your druggists will teu you
its success was marvelous. It is really -the
only Throat and Lung Remedy
generally endorsed by physicians. Ona'
7o cents bottle will cursor prove its
value. Sold by dealers in all civilized
countries. . .