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DA LY PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY. 761. Il-No. 247. KINSTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1900. Price Two Cents. STATE NEWS. Lteresting North Carolina Items , In Condensed Form. Henderson is to bave another cotton Ml, to cost 1125,000. 'kmgressman Kitchin has been elected the North Carolina Democratic dele tion to represent them on the congres nai committee. 'he Cranberry iron furnace started no ednesday. giving employment to 100 borers. Work at this plant had been ut down since 1896. A North Carolina negro has returned pm Liberia and says it is an "accursed untry;" that nearly all the American groes long to return. Ground was broken Wednesday in utberford county for a cotton mill to aerate 40.000 or 50,000 spindles. The Ml is beina erected by R. R. Haner, Dr I B. Lovelace and Col. Frank Coxe. IVice President St. John, of the Sea card Air Line, announces that the rail tad shops burned in Raleigh, several lars ago, will be rebuilt at an early lite and a large number of men employed I them. In the Smoky Hollow section of Dur km. on .Wednesday night Willard Sher In was killed and y George Waring rounded by a negro,' with whom they barrelled in front of a house where f'gro dance was in progress. IThe Golden Belt Manufacturing Co., I Durham, has brought suit for dam- Ves ogainst the Millhiser Manufactur ;g Co., of Richmond, Va., for infringe- ient upon the rights of patents for mat !g bags. The amount involved is be- freen $100,000 and fZUO.UUU. Asheville Citizen: Frank Rogers, other of State Corporation Commis- oner Samuel L. Rogers, committed sui fle in Montana Sunday. He was for erly a deputy collector in the internal venue office and bad numerous friends the State. . He went to Montana last bring. Winston Journal: At a dance at the pme of Charles Watkins, in Rocking- am county, near the Virginia line, last Saturday night, a row arose in which fohn Ziglar was shot by Matt Price, in lie mouth, the ball lodging in the back t tbe neck. AH tbe parties are colored. t last accounts, Ziglar was not expected live. Price made his escape and has bt been captured. Raleigh Rost: Chemist Abernatby, of be State experimental station, returned Jesterday from Wilson's Mills, where he reuii lu luduwi tun bwulu ut iruu ure fecently developed here. Mr. Abernathy sports that the ore is present in large juantities, and he is of the opinion ' that & will be very profitable to the owners, MI ! XL!. t..l. -X A- 1 1.. rs, runniDg 1,500 feet on the brow of hill. It has been traced over a mile by itting the earth. The ore averages bout 50 per cent. ! ' Gastonia News: One day last week a iaston county man went to Yorkville to wap horses. He had a pretty good orse and swapped it on for a mule. rhe man either . got sick - of the male the mu got sick of the : man my way tne man tried to sell . tbe mule o a negro man, but it seems tbe negro idn't want to buy. After trying h vain to sell the mule: he asked the legro if he would have the mule if e would give it to mm. The( negro greed to trade that way and took the nimal off bis bands and bought -' the ridlefor 25 cents. The man walked tack home, a distance of 26 miles carry ing a ocrro weu sauaie on ma dock.. ft AUGUST FLOWER. "It is a surprising fact," says Prof. liouton, "that in my travels in all parts Lf the world, for the. last ten years, I nave met more people having used Green's jvugust f lower than any other remedy, pr dyspepsia, deranged uver and stom kch, and for. constipation. I find for purists and salesmen, or for persons, fill ing office positions, whether headaches ;ind general bad feelings from irregular Jiabits exist, that Green's Ausust Flower 9 a grand remedy. It does not injure he system by frequent use, and is excel ent for sour stomachs and indigestion." Sample bottles free at Temple Marston Prug Co. Sold by dealers in all civilized countries. The Feek Pbess carries a lanre stock af papers and envelopes of all sorts, suit able for all kinds of printing. These are Purchased in large quantities, at lowest ash prices, enabling us to do job print-ngatlowprices. SEABOARD CONSOLIDATION. Good Progress Made. Affirmative Action by the Raleigh & Gaston Road. v Raleigh, Jan, 17. Great progress was made here today towards the consum mation of the plans of tbe Greater Sea board Air Line system. Meetings were held by the directors and stockholders of the Kaleigh & (iaston railroad and resolutions were adopted providing for the immediate merger of the Ralenrh & (iaston Railroad company. of the Raleigh & Augusta Air Line, of the Durham & Northern railroad, tbe (Jaro Una Central railroad, the Georgia, Caro lina & Northern railway, the Palmetto railroad and the Chesterfield & Kershaw railroad. Under the plan adopted all the physical properties of tbe above mentioned rail road companies will be forthwith acquired by the Kaleigh & (iaston Railroad com pany, thus increasing the mileage owned by tbe Kaleigb & (iaston to UU miles. Arrangements were also made for the issuance of $5,000,000 first mortgage bonds upon the Raleigh & Gaston rail road properties, including its ownership in other lines. Of the? o, 000,000 there is to be $1,200,000 reserved in the treasury for the purpose of retiring the present outstanding bonds of the Raleigh & (ias ton Railroad company. Tbe total indebtedness of all roads to be thus immediately merged with the Raleierh & Gaston railroad, including new bonds to be issued, will be about $14,000,000, or less than $18,000 per mile on the 800 miles of road which will be directly owned by the Raleigh & Gaston company. The earnings of the system show a large surplus over and above tbe interest on all bonds now outstanding, or those proposed to be issued. The vote upon questions submitted to the meeting stood 14,967 in favor of and 18 shares against. These eighteen shares were voted by tbe attorneys of Thomas F. Ryan. A meeting was also held of tbe stock holders of the Durham & Northern rail way, in which every share of stock of the company was represented and voted unanimously lit favor of tbe merger with the Raleigh & Gaston railroad. At the next meeting of tbe stock holders of the Raleigh & Gaston railroad, which will take place on Jan. 31st, the acquisition of additional railroads will probably be reported. TO FIGHT THE TRUST. . Consolidation Again Blocked. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 18. Thos. F. Ryan, of New lork. is giving Jobn Bkelton Wil iams and other promoters of tbe Sea board Air Line consolidation scheme more trouble. He returned to the attack in the United States court today, the time set for entering formal order, denying ap plication for injunction, and filed a sup plemental and amended bill for injunction to prohibit consolidation. His grounds are that the defendants, in resisting the previous application, took the position 1 J A I. ! I . 11 J mat no auinoniy ior consolidation ex isted, and none was contemplated, and the legislature has since passed a bill autoorizine it.- Judsre Waddill entered an order adjourning further hearing until next Tuesday at Richmond, and tbat in the meantime the status of the Seaboard & Roanoke railroad, under the said legis- ative act, shall remain as at present This blocks further consolidation tempo rarily. The Ugliest Beast. Probably the ugliest beast in tbe world is a monkey, a grewsome look ing animal called the bearded saki. This is so utterly grotesque a beast that It would scarcely be safe' to let a child or nervous person see It. Tbe ugliness is not of an amusing kind, but of an evil, sinister nature. The beast has a sort of beard and a countenance unlike anything else In shape and lines. The monkey Itself Is not particularly savage, but is so hideous that the na tives of Its country. South America, say that ' Wo beast of prey, however hungry, will tackle It. Even a hungry aguar will starve In a careful of saljls. A Cnndle Trick, i Let a candle burn until It has a good ong snuff; then blow it out with a sud den puff. A bright wreath of white smoke will curl up from the hot wick. Now, If a flame be applied to this smoke, even at a distance of two or three Inches from the candle, the flame will run down the smoke and rekin dle the wick In a very fantastic man ner. To perform this ceremony nicely there must be no draft or "banging" 'doors while the mystic spell Is rising. Tobacco Planters Adopt Jordan's Plan. The Executive Committee A Meeting of North Carolina and Virginia Tobaoco . Growers Probable Outcome. - Raleigh, Jan. 19. The State Associa tion of Tobacco Growers after an hour's debate yesterday morning adopted by a practically unanimous vote tbe rough draft of a contract to form a basis of an agreement between the organization and capitalists who agree to furnish money to handle the tobacco crop when 90 per cent, of tbe growers of bright tobacco have signed the contract. The agreement is the same as tbat formulated by tbe committee on plans at the Wednesday night session and, in full, is as follows: "We agree to enter into a contract with J. F. Jordan and his associates to sell to them our tobacco raised during the next five years at an advance of not less than 15 per cent, over the prices of the same grade of tobacco during the last five years, the said price to be fixed by a commission, a majority of whom shall represent the seller. "We further agree to take stock with said Jordan and his associates, a corpo ration which shall be formed for the pur pose of manipulating and disposing o: said tobacco sold to J. t . Jordan and his associates to the extent : of not less than 15 per cent, of tbe value of our said tobacco. Tbe details of this agreement shall be bereafter arranged so as to car ry out the true intent and meaning o tbis agreement. II we make default in this agreement in any particular we agree to forfeit to said corporation the said stock so taken. And we further recom mend for our mutual benefit that the farmers of North Carolina reduce their crop at least 25 per cent, below the past year's production. We invite tbe co operation of Virginia, South Carolina and other sections which grow bright tobacco." , . -i This is not intended as the specific con tract tbat the individual farmer will be asked to sign. It is merely the: embodi ment of what the association deems necessary to offer as an inducement ,to the capitalist whom Mr. Jordai declares to be willing to bade tne enterprise and is intended only to set before the farm ers, in general terms, the' essentials of the contract afterward to "be signed by the individual farmer. On this plan it is the purpose of tbe as sociation to "appeal to tbe country." Organizations will be perfected in every township and county of the tobacco sec tion in accordance with the plan of or ganization adopted. The contract will be discussed and the tobacco grower fa miliarized with its main features. When the requisite 90 per cent, have agreed to sign tbe contract, tben a State conven tion will be called, delegates will be sent up from the county bodies in the regular way, and the State convention will name a committee to confer with representa tives of the capitalists, and with them a definite contract will be formulated and agreed upon, submitted to the convention and ratified. This contract will then be submitted to the individual tobacco growers, and when 90 per cent, have sign ed it, tbe organization will be perfected, and the capitalists on their part will put up tbe money necespary to handle the tobacco crop. It was the sentiment of the association yesterday that the work of organizing in the counties and townships should begin at once and snouid be vigorously pushed. It is expected that at some time during the year a joint meeting of tbe tobacco growers of North Carolina and Virginia will be arranged, so that all growers of bright tobacco may be brought into har mony and may unite on a plan of oppo sition to tne American Tobacco company, President Bryan Grimes named the fol lowing as members of tbe State executive committee of the organization from the several judicial districts of the State: 1 Col. R. W. Wharton. 2 Dr. R. H. Speight. 3 R. H. Ricks. 4 H. H. Knight. 5 W. J. Groome. 6 Col. W. L. Kennedy. 7 Col. TV F. Toon. 8 W. L. Bouldin. . 9 Dr. Elias Fulp. The members from the 10th. 11th and 12th districts will be named later. ' The association adjourned at 10:30 subject to call of the president. The Rocky Mount Anronaut after a suspension of nearly seven months, is out looking bright and vigorous. It an nounces that it greets you under the ownership of the Argonaut Publishing Co., Unas. 11. Is o well, business manasrer. but still under the editorial management of its old editor, W. A. Campbell. It is a good weekly and chiefly devoted to material progress. COOKERY IN BOLIVIA. Tbe National Dlih, Chap. Uw It la Prepared. The stoves of the Bolivian Indians are curious things. A hole Is dug In the ground about IS inches deep and a foot square, and over this Is built 'a roof of clay with holes of different sizes to receive the various cooking pots. Roasting Is done on spits pass ed through tbe holes, so that the meat comes out very much smoked unless great care Is taken to have only live coals at the bottom of tbe oven. The national dish and the common food of the masses Is "chupe," a sort of first cousin to tbe Irish stew. It Is a conglomerate, composed of Irregular constituents from tbe animal and vege table kingdoms, a mess of mutton ami Biich other meats as are available; chicken, fish, fruits, potatoes, carrots, barley, corn, rice, onions, yams, etc.. chopped up, highly seasoned with pep pers and herbs and stewed to a con sistency of porridge. What, happens to be left from one meal simmers in the pot until the next. If the fire goes out. the "chupe" Is allowed to cool. but It la warmed up again and a new supply of the Ingredients added to the water logged and greasy stuff for the next meal. - In the cities, at the hotels and res taurants where there are French or Swiss cooks, the "chupe" Is savory nail pr. In table, but the farther you go from the centers of civilization the worse It r-ts. One eat3 it at first under pro test, tben from necessity and only to escape starvation, but finally the stoa ach rebels, and you limit your diet to boiled eggs and fruit, which are usual Iv to be obtained, 'but the experienced traveler always takes canned meat and bread with him. Sucre (Bolivia) Let ter to Chicago Record. STREET PARADE FLOATS. Many Difficult Problem to De Met fn "The making of decorative Street floats is a difficult trade," said a New Orleans scenic artist who has had plenty of experience In the line ho men tioned. "There are so many thlrM to be considered. For instance; a float must look well both near and far. It must be able to stand a dash of rain. It must bo light enough to go over any kind of street and solid enough to re :!nt a gust of wind, and, most Impor tant cf all, It must be so constructed that St will appear all right to folks in upper windows. "Some years ago a young designer from the north made several small models for tableau cars that charmed everybody who looked at them. They were certainly very beautiful and nov el, but when I was called In as an ex pert I said at once that they wouldn't do. They were designed to be viewed from the banquette only, and from a second story window every particle of effect would have been lost. More over, a lot of hidden mechanism 'was certain to be discovered at any eleva tion above 15 feet "The young artist frankly admitted I was right and abandoned the Job. He said, it Involved entirely too many optical problems to suit him. When I make my drawings for a float, I cal culate on a visual sjveep of .,30 de grees. That goes from the level of children on the pavement to people looking almost straight down from the upper floors of tall buildings. Unless such a precaution is taken the car is certain to be a failure." New Orleans Times-Democrat A Mountain of Atom. In China, 12& miles from the village of Llou-Chek. there Is a mountain of alum which, in addition to being a nat ural curiosity. Is a source or wealth for the inhabitants of the country, who dig from It yearly tons of alum. The mountain Is not less than ten miles in circumference at its base and has a height of 1,940 feet The alum is ob tained by quarrying large blocks of stone, which are first heated in great furnaces and then in vats filled with boiline water. The alum crystallizes out and forms a layer about six inches In thickness. This layer Is subsequent- broken up into blocks weighing bout ten pounds each. . GENERAL HEWS. Matters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs. The sugar trust has reduced tbe price of certain grades of sugar five points. The dynamite explosion near Turin, Italy, Tuesday, killed 13 and wounded 10 other persons. Two men were killed and three per haps fatally wounded by the falling of an elevate ' 'ew York Thursday. Tbe presiotuu is in favor' of legislation allowing him to place Lee and Wheeler on the retired list of the regular army. The Georgia prohibitionists have de cided to work for their principles in poli tics inside the Democratic party, and to make no separate nominations. The Virginia house of delegates passed the "Jim Crow" car bill, or bill requiring separate cars for whites and blacks on the railways, without a dissenting vote. In the legal fight for the removal of the indicted members of the Atlantic Contracting Co., from New York to Sa vannah, it is understood that Mr. Rose, counsel for the accused, will as a last resort attack tbe legality of the grand jury which found the indictments against the contractors and Capt. Oberlin Carter. The ' special committee of the bouse of representatives to investigate the case of B. H. Roberts, of Utah, on Wednesday reached a final conclusion. On thepolyg mous status of Robert the committee was unanimously agreed. The majority farored exclusion at the outset. Mess. Littlefield and DeArmond will make a minority report to seat Roberts and then expel him. Southern senators express themselves as hopeful over the prospects of securing legislation during the present session of congress looking to tbe refunding of money paid into the treasury of the United States soon after the civil war as the result of the sale of cotton captured by the federal forces. There was orig inally about 130,000,000 of this money but a portion of it was paid to the own ers of the cotton soon after the rWe of the war. The remainder -was left fn the treasury and has remained there ever since. Senator Money, who is giving es pecial attention looking to the reopening of tho subject, says that tbe sum left amounts to about 111,000,000. A bill introduced by Senator Davis gives one year additional time for proof of such claims before the court of claims. It has been favorably reported by the senate committee on claims, and Senator Money thinks the outlook very good for favor able action. Most of the claims are held in the southern states. THE 8ITUATIOn"sUMMARIZED. Confidence Is Restored in Buller's Tactics. A General Storming of the Boers by the British. London, Jan. 18. Gen. Buller's com plete surprise of the Boers on Potgitier's drift hills tends greatly to restore confi dence in his tactics. It is shown tbat his forces are concentrated. In Cape Colony -Methuen has made a determined effort in force, shelling the Boer works. Gatacre is now skirmishing around Molteno. French is shelling the Boers at Renebursr. Plummer is movintr to the relief of Maf eking from Bechuan land, with less than 2,000 men. Male king is in a bad way; the siege is being pressed with determination, and the Kaf firs are deserting. Plummer, on Jan. 11, was 100 miles north of Mafekmg. Buller's Army Crosses the Tugela. London, Jan. 18. Gen. Roberta cables the war office, under today's date, con firming the crnssinir Of the Tuirela river at Potgieter's Drift by one brigade and a nowitzer Dattery. xie aiso says tnat Wnxren hntt thrown a nontoon hridcre across the river five miles west, at Frich ard's' Drift. The whole force was ex pected to be on the north bank of the Tugela this morning. Warren hopes to turn the Uoer posi tion, which is five miles awav and is being strongly intrenched. Party of Lancers Overpowered. , Rensberg, Jan. 18. A patrol of 10 men of the New South Wales lancers were scouting near Norval's farm today when a party of sixty Boers attempted to cut them off. The lancers hastened to an adjacent kopje. After a hard race with the Boers they reached the kopje, but found it occupied. The New South Wales men made a gallant fight, but were over powered. Two were killed and eight taken prisoners. It is believed that a Dutch farmer betrayed the whereabouts -of the patrol.
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