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KINSTON, N. C, "WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY. 14, 1900.
Prico Two Cents.
II BETTER SPIRITS
ngland Counting Strong on Gen:
.Roberts. Both Sides Aggressive
Roberts' Plan to Compel Gronje
to Raise the Beige of Kimberley,
Which Is in a Bad Way.
London. Feb. 1Z Lnjrland remains
nirino nriTlniiulr tr lpnrri whir-h nirift veil
icceed in striking first. The widespread
' lief that the hands of Lord Rob
its and Gen. Kitchener are now firtnly
lipped at the helm contributes to
.eling of more confidence tbatwhatever
Jippena the campaign will now be waged
ider a careful, comprehensive plan, : iq
fhicb all the : troops a will co-operate,
otn sides seem to be collecting them
Ives for attack. The left i horn of the
V-ui ormv iaraonino t.hrrinrri Znlnlanrl
Jid threatening the British right, and at
lyevely, Gen. Joubert, with e.ooo men
I reported to be endeavoring' to attack
an.. Buller. Boer, aggressiveness has
jreadydeveiopedandhas met with
lpulse at Rensburg, while from what
bw becomes the most important pointJ
1 the campaign, the Modder river, comes
le news of : ceaseless 'activity and re
publed vigilance;A These reports create
ppefulness in great Britain, rather than
uxiety, for the impression exists that
ie . Uoer aggressiveness win give "tne
jritish troops their long yearned forpp
prtunity and tend greatly to assist- the
road plan o! campaign ,wnicn Jjora
oberts may shortly be expected to set
motion at, the Modder river. ' Mean-
i hile, Ladysmith must await theexigen-
es attendant upon the more important
,Hitary movements now on foot, it is
lid positively that Gen. MacDonald'c
withdrawal from Koodoosberg was or-
red by Gen. Methuen, under Lord Rob-
its' instructions. ' -v- f;
j Feb. 13, 4;15 a; m. Lord Boberts has
ithered 85,000 men with whom, . ac-
jrding to the best . military opinion in
'ondon, he proposes turning the., left of
ie Magersfontein lines, near Jacobsdal,
,itering the Free State, compelling Gen.
ronie to raise the siege of Kimberley,
ad thus making the first step toward
, loomfontein. - . -
Lord Roberts tells the correspondents
iat when he gets down to business they
, mil nave ample opportunity to send
ews. His chief press censor issued new
ales, and in future all written communi
cations are to go unchecked. Only tele
rams will be censored. For the next
!W days, little news is likely to get
h rough, but later there will be more
jeedom. ? Thus, says the censor, and the
ist clause may be interpreted , to mean
hat something ' is , about to " happen,
vimberley, 50 miles away from the Mod
'er river position, is in sore straits. .'
f The death rate frqm disease is appall
I Meanwhile, the bombardment by the
.ioers has increased, and there is immi
ient danger of the town : falling a under
he very eyes of Lord RoberfB. It is be
ieved in circles close to the war office
hat he will move at once.
Relief Promised for Mafeking.
London, Feb. 13.-iL dispatch to the
I'all Mall Gazette from Mafeking, via
raberones, under date r ebruary 2, says
t "The situation is unchanged. Col
3aden-Powell has received a communica-
ion from Lord Roberts promising that
met will be sent in a few weeks.
"Our food will last and the garrison is
is game as ever. The Boers have ex-
iressed their intention to starve us out.
j "All well.'; . - : ;
j British Positions Abandoned.
i Uensturg, Cape Colony, Feb. 13. The
Jritish nave abandoned Shngerefontein
md fallen back On Rensburg. .This move
vas made because the Boers were threate
ning the British eastern flank. ' All
British positions to the westward of
..ensburg, including Col s Kop, have
een abandoned on account of the pres
areofalarge Boer force with heavy
;uns. ; .
Carious Condition at Rensburgr. 7
London, Feb. 13. A dispatch to the
lily Mail states, that the condition of
lirs at Rensburg, the headquarters of
3. French, is serious. There has been
vere f, c;htin? with heavy losses on
th fides. The Mail's correspondent
Treves donltfls to the ability of the
-wiih to hold the town.
Cecil Rhodes' rrienda Uneasy.
Lo-.ion, Ftb. 13.-The friends of Oc;l
i r.re beconir..? clamed at his
1! I fate, ar.i have F ::t an erri.-r'ary
! Dr. Lrj.U, t! ' . r t
t' !'-crs ia Lure; ia rr,-ar.l to t!.3
t' cv.r.t of L;3 cr;t;:re. Lr. IstZ3
assured the intermediaries the Boers 'did
not intend to kill Mr. Rhodes, but he
added,' they would certainly hold him as
a hostage until the' indemnity for the
Jameson raid was paid. In view of the
development since tne raid, the Boers
have also decided to double the amount
of the indemnity demanded, so that 'Mr.
Rhodes' friends will have to handover
f 10,000,000 before be ia released.
" BRYAN IN THE STATE. .
Speaks to 6,000 People in Raleigh.
Given an'. Ovation." Favors the
Boers in Their Struggle' for the
; Existenoe of Theirtepublio. Dif-
- ferenoe Between Imperialism and
Expansion;"; -t :": Sh,;-;.
Raleigh, Feb. 14. Six thousand people
heard William Jennings Bryan, the next
Democratic nominee lor tne presidency,
speak here v yesterday. ' Probably ; as
many more were turned away, unable to
do more than stand on tne .sidewalk and
catch a glimpse of the great leader.
tie made tnree speeches nere. ; Tne nrst
was a short one, delivered from the. rear
XL - J . JJ. - x X 4. T 1 7-.J
oi toe irarn as it ttioupeu at juuubwu
street station. His audience there was
comDosed nrincinallv of mechanics and
other railroad employes, Half an hour
later he addressed four thousand people
in a tent on the Centennial graded school
grounds, at the foot of Fayetteville
street. And lastiiight he spoke to 2,000
in the academy of Music. ' '
In addition to these, he bad made half
a dozen speeches during the day at points
along the line of railroad by Nvhicb he
came to Raleigh from Richmond. -
The speeches were great efforts espe
cially the one of last night- His audiences
were most sympathetic ones, and they
could not have been more enthusiastic.
They listened with theintensest interest,
and the points made were wildly ap
plauded. When he referred to the record
of the Republican party in the southern
states during the reconstruction period
there was a hurst of applause that ; it
took several seconds to quell. It . was
only equalled by the shouts and, enthu
siasm with Which the audience heard his
declaration: "The British have not yet
entered Ladysmith and I pray God they
never may." Men clapped their : hands
and yelled and women waved their
handkerchiefs. There could be no doubt
as to the side on which the sympathy of
that audience was in the South African
trouble. And the applause was " almost
as great when ; he declared that the
money question was not dead, or when
he denounced tne growth of imperialism.
Toward the close of his speech, ; when the
words were coming with the rapidity
and intensity or nighstrung earnestness,
nearly every sentence waa punctuated by
applause. - v, .
A great demonstration marked the be
ginning and end of both speakings. It
amounted to an ovation, wnen ne came
upon the stage the , applause was deaf
ening, lasting for a minute or more. It
died out only to be renewed ' again and
again. When . the speaking was over
there was the wildest enthusiasm, And
the neonle lingered to get an ODDortu
ni ty to shake Mr Bryan's hand or get
a nearer view of him. s
r Of the two speeches delivered here the
better was that of last night. In fact
those who heard him when he delivered
the great speech that nominated him
fouryears ago. say last night's speech
was the finest he has ever delivered.
Free coinage, trusts and imperialism
were the three, themes discussed in both
his speeches here and those delivered on
the way here. ,
He declared that tho money question
was not dead and would not die until jt
was settled and settled honestly. -' ;
Trusts, he said, must be regulated and
he proposed a way by which he thought
it could be done. This was, he said, to
et the federal government license every
corporation. "Every monoply rests on
a corporation: regulate the corporation
and you regulate the monopoly." J
Imperialism and expansion he denned
as vastly different things. Expansion,
he said extended the limits of the repub-
ic, while imperialism means an empire
which embraces a variety of races and
a variety of governments. He said there
were only three grounds on which im
perialism can be defended: (1) God" is in
it. (2) There is money in it. (3) We are
in it and can't get out. He asked who
was authorized to ppeak for God and
preach gunpowder doctrine. All tne
money in it, he eaid, would go into the
pocket3 of those who developed the
r.ew possessions, while the people who
p.y the taT3 -wi'l pay the expenses
f ths wr.r. L 3 c ;r.:.-1 that we could not
:t out cf t! - war c.z 1 that even
1 coa: .
it.
as a poor defer
7 that got U3
sa to
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STATE HEWS. ;
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Interesting North Oarolina Items
' l . In Condensed Form. '
A few freight cars were " wrecked at
Concord Sunday night, s, ' ' 1
At Monroe Monday-two negroes, Tom
Sikea ; and Tom Hemphill, , quarrelled
while gambling. Dikes was shot and
mortally wounded, i Hemphill escaped.
; J. E. Walker,5 a business man of Ash
boro, has filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy. His assets :. are placed at
118,042, with liabilities to the amount
Of f 14,620.88. - a j
The board of education of New Han
over county has decided to lengthen the
annual public school term in that county
to seven months I lour weeks- eacn.
This will be the longest public school
term in xne Dbaie. t . a , - ra a
Winstorf Sentinel: . Mr. R. AC Deal, edi
tor of the1 Wilkesboro Chronicle vjtio has
surprised his friends at home and abroad
by getting married Wednesday evening.
Miss Mamia, only daughter 61 Mr. and
Mrs. E. Wallace, of ilkesborofc was the
young lady oi ms cnoice. xne ceremony
was Dertormed at tne home oi tne bride,
in the presence of a few ' special friends,
Rev. Mr. Rogers officiating.: After the
ceremony an e'egant and s sumptuous
supper - was served. There is not a
cleverer man connected with 'the State
Eress, and we wish Brother Deal much
aopiness and a long, prosperous- and
fruitful married life. Ed. Free Press. a
. Meslc Cor. Newborn Journal last week:
At the bead of Jones bay the county
road crosses a small stream, , in the
swamp near the bay the land is low and
swampy, and is often covered ' with tide
water. . On' last Sunday night the tide
came up over ,the road and flower parts
of the swamp and on- Monday morning
the like of fish has never been known by
our oldest citizens. The fish came up
with the tide and were left in the cause
ways, on the road. and. in the swamp.
The people have been hauling them away
both for food and as compost for their
farms, in numbers it is impossible to give,
so I will say .that tons of the fish have
been taken and yet tons are still lying
there, a They were croakers, spots and
fat backs and other kinds. s The eagles,
fish hawks, minks, otters, wild cats and
coons and perhaps bruin are having a
feast from ail appearances. . - '
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WHITE HAD TO MOVE ON.
fe-,a,;va-a. .
Negro Congressman Couldn't Stop
In Qoldsboro. ; ' ; ,
Raleigh Post, Feb. M. . , ,
Information was received here yester
day that the "Hon." Geo. H. White, the
foul-mouthed defamerj who Bits in con
gress as a representative from North Car
olina, was not given an opportunity to
collect Goldsboro dust on his Trilby s last
Sunday, -
White arrived in Goldsboro Sunday,
and it was his intention to 'stop there a
short while. The people of that city did
not care to have him as their guest, and
a committee of one waited on him when
he alighted from the train and invited
him to move on. The negro congress
man did not" take time to discuss the
matter. He got back on the train and
went to Newbern;
The negro congressman knows that the
Republican leaders are going to make an
effort to defeat him for the nomination,
and for this reason he got his congress
ional committee together at Wilson yes
terday, and called the congressional con
vention of his district to assemble prior
to the date of the Republican State con
vention. t a.;a
The white Republicans are determined
to defeat the negro congressman for the
nomination if possible.
MOVING ON QUIETLY.
There Will be no Clash Before the
Decision of Court of Appeals.
Louisville, Feb. 13. -It is reasonably
certain the political situation will remain
in its present quiet etate until a decision
has been handed down by the court oi
appeals clearing the title to the oflice of
governor. JJefore Judge uantna at
Georgetown tomorrow the Democrats
will bring a suit in equity asking an
injunction restraining Taylor fromexer-,
citing any of the functions of the ciZce of
governor. It is expected a temporary
injunction will be granted.
rend on town go? ap. Fay
the email earn of 10 cents a w eek and rt
costs tut Llth? end you rat it at your
doer.
COAHOMA ITEMS.
'-' ' . February 21, 1000.
' Little or no work is now being done
on the farms, owing to continued jams.
. Mrs. Martha Stanley, of Kinston was
in the neighborhood recently to visit her
friends. x
Mr.Thos. Sutton and sister. Miss Lilly,
visited the family of Dr. Wooten, in
Dover, last Sunday.
Miss Eula Smith left yesterday-for a
visit oi a few days among relatives and
mends in Jones county.
Mr, Claud Hunter has lately ; added
many improvements to his already nice
and neat house. Mr. Hunter U entitled
to much credit for hia industry, and
especially for making the residence of hitf
aged mother so comfortable and attrae
tive. 'vv:,a':a 5 - ;iaiaa: l::J::"y:P',' a
Mr. George Allen and bride, the notice
of whose marriage recently appeared in
The Free Press, passed over this sec
tion with tne following attendants, viz:
Mr. Geo. Pollock and Miss Mary Wooten,
Mr. Tnos, Wooten and Miss Ida Ham
son. Mr. Roy Pollock and Miss Maud
Pollock. , , . . , -
Col. W. A. Bobbitt and several others
picnicked at Kelly's Mill one day last
week. Tne colonel enjoys an outing witn
his friends, lie is a judge of sport and
generally finds it. From remnants of
baskets, etc.. lei t on the field oi action.
we would infer that the' inner man was
bountifully supplied. , '
The sociable given by Misses Sac and
Eula Smith to a few friends on last Fri
day night passed very pleasantly. Eight
or ten couples were in attendance,
among whom Were several young men
from town! They express themselves as
having had a delightful evening. The
young ladies are quite apt at entertain-
: SEVEN SPRINGS ITEMS,
:v;i a a'i.-'v: aa .yfi&s
' f February 13, 1900,
More rain this week interferes with the
work of the farmers, in this section.
Miss Mattie Uzeell came home from her
school Friday afternoon, returning Sunday-1
l," " t- 4. ta ,!-, ; ,r. ;,v
Seven Springs high school is booming.
We congratulate the teachers on their
successj , 1
Mr. W. E. Cox went to Kinston Satur
day to conduct the services in St. Mary's
church Sunday. . .
A gentleman from Winston visited our
community last week and got his girls
mixed, but we think he got them straight
before he left. Conditional engagements
are new to onr girls. '
Loud reports' from down the river this
morning sounded as though the English
or Boers had anchored near our shores
for target practice. Uncle Sam is at last
working on the river. t
Dr. and Mrs. P. R. Loftini of Beaufort,
left Seven Springs hotel Saturday morn
ing to visit relatives in the doctor's ; old
neighborhood. They report much . im
provement from their short stay at the
springs.
' It is reported that a bear went to the
still of Mr.' Gray last Wednesday night
and would have made his supper from
Mr. Gray's hogs but for the timely arrival
of some men. Nothing has been seen or
heard of the bear since.
INSTITUTE ITEMS.
. February 13, 1900.
Miss. Ida Harrison, of near Bonus, is
visiting at Mr G. F. Allen's.
Mr. Frank White and sister, Miss Julia,
spent Saturday and Sunday near .Kins-ton.-'.;
.-a". , ;a-. ,a',"'a a-- a.
Mr. Albert White and sister, Miss Ruth,
spent, Saturday and Sunday near Fre-
mont. . - . .-.a- ? a aa
Miss Florence Kilpatrick, of Quinerly,
who had been visiting at Mr. N.J. Allen's,
returned home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hargett, of Jones
county, are visiting Mrs. Hargett's father,
Mr. J- J. Bryan, who is very sick.
Mrs. Bettie White's house caught fire
Saturday morning and a large hole was
burned in the roof. No other damage
was done. It was supposed to have
caught from a spark. ,
Mr. G. F. Allen, ol this place, and Miss
Sue Pollock, of Jones county, were mar
ried at the bride's home, in Jones county,
Wednesdav. Feb. 7th. They were wel
comed at the home of the groom's father
by a few friends, where a nice 6upper was
served.
Tfca CestPrcs:rI;t!:a f;r Chills
nd Fever it a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill
Ionic. It u wmp'.y iron nd quinine in tasteless
oiro No cure no pay- l'iu.e,5cc.
Good printing at low prices. Tiis
Fkee I'eefs funiisLr-s it..
GENERAL . 1IEWS.
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
' Brief Paragraphs.
England will raise her army to half a
million men or more.
The Jeffries Corbett fight has finally
been set for May 10th. '
Roosevelt announces that he is not and
cannot be a candidate for the .vice-presi"
dency.-',;; :y-:(i .a:
Monday a ffei noon the hotel and moun
tain row of cottages at Allegheny Springs,
Va.y were destroyed by fire, originating
from a defective fine. The monetary loss
and insurance are not stated. ,
At Norfolk, Va., R. J.Jones was ar
rested Saturday on a charge of using the
United States mails for fraudulent pur- ,
Sosea. He is said to have swindled nun
reds by having consignments , made to
him and never returning pay. . , i
' The postofflce at iWilmoutb, Tex., has
been ordered discontinued by the postr
office department, as a result of the rep
resen tations by the postmaster there that
he wished to resign : becaune of threats
that he would be assassinated. ,
Congressman Chickering was found
dead early Tuesday morning on the side
walk on the Forty-first street side of the
Grand Union hotel, in New?York. Mr.
Chickering had occupied a room , on the -fourth
floor of the hotel. The impression
is that he committed Buicide.
In South Carolina the anti-trust bill,
which was copied from the Texas law,
amended to fit the constitutional provi- -sions;
of the Illinois law, end then still
further amended and mad more mild,
passed the house Monday by a close vote.
It will not get through the senate. The
tobacco interests led; the fight against
the bill, claiming it would ruin the new
and expanding industry.
Monday .morning the ghastly discovery a
was made that some timu during the pre- -vious
night the little home of Marian
Smith, colored, near Stony Crwk.Va., on
the -Atlantic Coast Line, f had been .de- ,
Btroyed by fire and the woman" -and her
six children, burned up. f TIih 'origin of the
fire' is a mystery, the improbable- thwiry
being that the woman wuh giving n xbka
child medicine and overturned a Kei one
lamp. - .
The bank of B. C. Bowman, at Las ;
Cruces, N, M., was held up by two un
known men Monday afternoon and rob
bed of $3,000. The robbers rode into the .
town, hitched tbefrhoi seA on the oppo
site side of the street, eroded , over and a
entered the bank; coveririgCHKhier Free
man and his young lady bookkeeper with
six-shooters. Th cawhf'.-r w hh forced to
open the safe, and the men took all the
available cash, amounting t $3,000.
They then quietly left tlte,'. building and
rode toward the .Oregona mountains, 15
miles away. T wenty tn i b u t ps Utter Sheriff
Pat Garrett and five d puti took, their '
trail, and it is believed Hint the outlaws
will be rounded up in a short time. . a
a Anti-Trust Conference. ' : -Chicago,
HI.. Feb. 12. Tc.i.iuht at the
close of the first day's procmlings of the
anti-trust conference, call-d by the na
tional anti-trust league good progress
had been made with the net speeches, of
which a dozen or : more vre delivered.
The resolutions "..committee meantime
was busy and formul;! trt resolutions
covering the following po'nrs:
Government ownership ot all railways
and telegraph lines, thv u ix.lition of all
special privileges by H'.'-'-'ative enact
ment: placing on the fr list all trust
goods, and direct legislat ion by petition
from the people. ' : v
The diecusMon in committee was car
ried out on those linen. An amendment
was offered for the taxation of all 'fran
chises, but was Vot tl down on the
ground that such action Would simply
legalize special pri vi'eprrn.
Does it Pay to Buy Cheap?
A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is
all right, but you want something that
will relieve and cure the more severe
and dangerous renult of throat and lung
troubles. What phall you do? Go to a
warmer and more regular climate? ' Yes,
if possible; if not post-il-ie for you, then in
either case take the only remedy that
has been introduced in ill civilized coun
tries with success iu severe throat and
lungtroubles, "Boschnt-'H German Syrup."
It not only heals and stimulates the tis
sues to destroy the g rm disease, but
allays inSammation, ranees easy expvc-'
to ration, gives a good night's rc-t, arl
cures the patient. Try osKbottlo. r.araia
rarra'?! many years by nil drcr-aa' in tl.e
world. For sale by th? Torai I.? ' - - tan
DrrCo.