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Vol. HT-No. 127.
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GENERAL HEWS.
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
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Sweden is negotiating a $10,000,000
loan in this country. ' v '
- There are now in Glasgow eleven cases
of bubonic plague and fire suspects.
, , A Union Pacific passenger train was
- held up by bandits west of . Rawlins,
? Wyo., Wednesday night.
v " In the second primary in South Caro-
, Una. Got. McSweeney leads the rate for
governor by about 3,000 over Hoyt,
, prohibition candidate. ,- -
According to the London Daily' Mai,
an order was placed at New Castle Thurs
day for 70.000 tons of American coal
-. for the Mediterranean. "'
James J. Corbett has challenged Jef-
: fries to fight just as soon as a match can
r be arranged and a battle ground found
They will fight out west.
The constituents of Congressman Bon
telle, of Maine, have renominated him
. although he is in a lunatic asylum, with
little hope of ever recovering fully his
mental equilibrium.
IV ilT?o ty Tllortlr nrtlnriCkA rtra a Vi antra A fn
r the jail yard at Belair, Md., Friday for
- rape. - Black '; would nave been lynched
i had he been caught by thecountry people
. when he committed the crime.
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Former Senator Gorman, on nis way
; to Maryland from his vacation, bad
, short conference with Mess. Croker and
- Murphy. He said he expected to take
k part in the campaign later on.
'( The British prisoners at MooitGedacht
- (on the railroad east of Macnadodorp)
have been released by the Boers and are
- marching to join Lord Roberts' forces at
v watervaiooven, near jviacnaaoaorp.
v President Kruger and his chief ' officials
are at Nelspruit, about 60 miles.from the
. Portuguese border and on the railroad
: between Pretoria and Delagoa Bay; t
Thoreau'a Mother's Ghoat.
"Besides Thoreau and his mother, the
house (at poncord) has bad for its oc
' cupnnts A. Bronscn Alcott and family,
', Including bis distinguished daughter,
Louisa "M the author,"" writes Samuel
S. Klngdon in The Ladles' Homo Jour
nal "To them sometimes came the
- ghost of JIme. Thoreau. " Those who
, know Mine. Thoreau nnd her habits
confirm th?( description given by a
' servant, ;wbo; left the bouse because of
the visitation, la every detail: her tall.
gaunt .figine. her big. white cap. her
stealthy step. her ' quiet comings, 'her
noiseless poiag3.' ;
"When seen, she invariably stood In
the -doorway, her great cap well ad
justed, her neat handkerchief, half un-
..folded. tucked securely into the waist
band of her full dress skirt pausing a
moment ou the threshold, looking aux
lously about, then stooping and run
lng her finger along the edge of the
mopboard. to see If perchance a speck
of dust had found lodgment there.
Proceeding to the workroom, she glanc
ed In, then glided to the fireplace,
stooping over it and motioning with
her hands as if m the act of eoverlug
the coals with ashes. " , ..
, "In lire. It should be said, the two
prominent characteristics of Mme.
Thoreau were an abhorrence of dust
end a dread of fire. Satisfied on these
points, the spirit would disappear. Un
like other ghosts, this one always ap
peared in the daytime. f
' Ills Simple Sjratem. -
"How were you able," said the poor
mail, "to acquire such an immense for-
tuner c,
"By a vfery simple method.' replied
the wealthy citizen. " "When ( was
poor, I made oct 1 was rich, and when
I got rich I inadu out I was poor."
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man with five grown up daughters nev
er brings home a fashion magazine of
bis own volition. SomervIll Journal.
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FREEDOM FOR
"The real destiny of th nation Is
the whole world." Bryan.
The Dosalcln Wouldn't Go Round.
nunearv swarms with barristers. It
Is the greatest ambition of the Hun
garian peasant to make one of his sons
an advocate.
The son of a small farmer In , the
neighborhood of Budapest was sent
by his father to the law school or tuat
town, but, either from lacK or parts
or tne necessary application, no wus
plucked in the qualifying examina
tion.. , -.' :r.-y -.I- -.-V i :'y'
Not daring to return to the paternal
abode" empty handed after all the
money that had been spent on bis edu
cation, he conceived and executed the
plan of forging a legal diploma. ; The
father was no t however, so Ignorant
as not to be aware that such diplomas
are always written on parchment
kutya-ber (dogskin) In Hungary. '
"Why Is your certificate not made out
on kutya-ber?" asked the Old man.
The fact is, father," coolly replied
the youth, "there are more barristers
than dogs in Hungary, and so there Is
not enough kutya-ber to make diplo
mas for us all." London Answers.
The Brevity of Ballarat,
It was In Ballarat that Mark Twain
found the local language so puzzling
at first, the good people of the place
deeming life too short to dawdle In
their talk. . ,
The mayor called on the American
humorist and laconically said, "K'm.
Then when Mark Twain gave him a
cigar he simply said, '"Q."
Subsequent Inquiry revealed that
these terms were Ballaratese for "wel
come" and "thank you." London
Chronicle. '
Jfo Shattered Ideals.
"So she has cone home to her moth-
er, has 6he? Don't yoa know. It's the
sadJcst thing on earth to think of a
fmcttn fnn.i trnmnn nwntpnin
Cnd hcV ideals have been shattered.
u:ai sue loves uitu do luuser. mat utx
I dol has feet of clay"
"Oh, there was notLIng of that sort
ia it. She loves him as well as ever,
Lut she went back to rca becacsa the
was hengry." Inulacs polls Press.
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PROSPECTS IN DELAWARE.
Democrats Will Win if They Keep
: Up the Present Pace.
Washington, August 30. Col. Louis
Schade, the well known German Ameri
can editor, who has just returned from
a business trip through Delaware, to
day said: x
"ine cnances lor -yemocrauc success
in Delaware were never brighter than
they are today. I do not see how we
can possibly lose if we keep up the work
we are doing now. No man. can give the
Republican slogan, 'lull dinner pails and
prosperity in Delaware this year.
"Nearly every factory in New Cattle
and Wilmington is at a standstill.- The
twelve great morocco leather factories
which normally employ about 5,800 men
have been closed down by direction of
the leather trust.
"The Diamond State iron foundries
and the iron and steel rolling mills are
closed on account of strikes. The Jack
son sash factory and the weavers are
idle, and, in fact, I may truly say that
Delaware never before bad so man v un
employed workingmen." . - ,
Democratic Prospects Brightening.
New York, Aug. 30. Ex-Gov. William
J. Stone, of Missouri, vice chairman' of
the Democratic committee, reached this
city this evening.
He said: "I have come here to ; confer
with the members of the ub-committee
of the national Democratic committee
and will open headquarters nn soon as
we can get the suitable rooms."
"Do you expect to be able to carry
New York?"' be was asked.
"We hope we will," he replied.
When asked if the national committee
would take up state affair, he said:
"We shall use our efforts to parrv this
j state for William J. Bryan. We will not
worry about focal affairs. We will not
interfere."
As to the pro pects Gov. Stone said:
"The prospect for Democratic success
are growing. I have every reawntobe
-JfJ f& S
ipaign.
Tom Jones Hung.
J Raleigh, Ac?. 31. Tom Jon, the u.
gro prearlipr who iuurlmf Klla Jones
and fire ch:! :rt-n, colored, was hanged in
the j.nil yard here at 10:20 tbi rnor'nin.
J r-Tf.ins w?re
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SNOW HTT.Tt ITEMS.
August 31, 1000,
lion. C. B. Aycock is here this week.'
, Miss Bessie Sutton, of Kinston, is vis
iting Miss Stella Urimsley.
Miss May Faircloth, of Greenville, is
visiting Miss i'earl uerring.
There was a very pleasant sociable at
Miss Irene Sylivant's last Friday night.
Mr. C. P, Koonce, of Kinston, spent
several days with mends here this week
. Mr. and Mrs. John Grant and Mrs. Lou
Pridgen left today to spend sometime in
Aeheville. .
ine Snow mil Academy will open
abeut Sept. 3d. Prof. F. L. Carr will
again be in charge.
Several farmers in the Willow Green
section have in the last few . days lost
several barns of tobacco by fire.
The cotton crop in Greene will be cut
off one-third: the corn ' crop about half
The tobacco crop is generally good. .
The Snow Hill Land Improvement
Uo.'a new brick building is nearing com
pletion and will present a handsome ap
pearance. ... A, :, :,-.: f;
There will be a lawn party at Sunny,
side, near Dixonville, on Sept. 7th, for
benefit 01 the Baptist church at Dixon
ville. Refreshments will be served.
The railroad is surely coming. About
150 men are employed so far, and they
have all the tools necessary for the con
struction of a road. Contracts for every
mile 01 the road have been made.
- : SOPERIOB COURT.
Isaac Harris, colored, was tried at
this term of court for attempted rape.
He was found guilty. This makes his
second attempt, so be will probably get
the lull limit ol the law. . - -
Jesse Anderson is being tried at this
term for the murder of John Faulkner
on February 16th, last. Mess. C. L.
Abernethy and Y. T. Ormond are assist
ing the solicitor in the prosecution, and
lion. U. a. Aycock, Mess. L. v. Morrill
and W. TV Dortch appear for the defend
ant. The case is attracting widespread
attention. .1
Tba Best Prescription for Chills
sal fever ti a bottU of Gkovk' Taitslus Chil
Tonic It if limply iron and quinin in tutrWit
form. . core ae pay. " rice, j
Too Sluch Dnini,
' Charles Mackay once told this story
in connection with, a Burns memorial
Mackay had promised to collect shil
lings for some monument to the honor
of Burns, and he applied with confi
dence for a subscription to an Eng
lishman who had represented In parlia
ment for many years a certain scot
tlsh borough. ;-. ':; -
"No." said Mr. Fortescue Harrison.
1 am no longer in parliament, and
have now . much pleasure In refusing
to subscribe the Bbllllng which -'In
former days I f should have ; been
obllsed to give. What I have suffered
through Uurns heaven alone can
tell! First.: I had to praise blm In the
most fulsome manner, without having
read bis works. Then 1 had to learn
to reerte ' portions . of bis poems by
heart, and in 1 doing so to give the
verses as .. much as possible with a
Scotch accent. I have had to walk
without ' my bat and with the rain
pouring down upon my unprotected
head as leader cf a procession in hon
or of Burns, and under these circum
stances I refusu with genuine delight
to lve a shilling or any smaller sum
to the object you have In view."
The Laslest Man.
The laziest man in North America
discovered himself the other evening
in the swell bachelor apartments not
far from Lafayette square where he
lives.- He was lying on a coi" 'i In bis
lounging room, smoking cigar, when
the cigar went out that Is to say,
the Are at the end of the cigar depart
ed. The man raised himself on one
arm with great effort, and snapped the'
messenger bell that was Installed over
the couch. Then be reclined and wait
ed. After about ten minutes there was
knock at the door, and a messenger
boy entered.
"D'jou ring, sir?" asked the boy.
"Yes. sou." said the laziest man In
the western hemisphere. "Just gimme
match off that table there, will you?"
The boy handed the man on the
couch a match and waited. The man
relighted his cigar and smoked on. .
DJou want me to go somewhere.
rT afkttl the boy. fidgeting. j
"No. that's all." said the man. -Take
that half doll.tr on the table."
Thcu the tor wi-nt ont. grinning.
That r.ir.u or.ght to be ou some gov-
rmnf r.V --orV3lss!on to investigate
son:Mbii!T m;ti:tvbere. Washington
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Cuts tad Emlift Calcify Ketftd.
Chamberlain's Tain Talm applied to a
cnt. I n'", srald or lAe ir ; iry will in-
t&nt'y allay the pain and will heal the
arts n I--- t;me tr.sn snj other treat-
w'-X. lr...fj the Injury i very severe u
will r.rt l"ive a -ir. I'oii f.a'm a!o
rf rh urr fiti.ru. rra;r.. sw-pllir-gs and
lamer 'Cr sale t y J. II Hood.
STATE HEWS.
Znterestinff North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form. f
Emory and Pearce are going to start
a peanut facto ry at Weldon.
A man by the name of John Lale was
killed on the Southern railroad near
Hildebran, Burke county, on Saturday.
Judge McNeill, of Lumberton, tells the
Wilmington Dispatch that the cotton
cropinliobesonlscut off from one-half
to two-thirds, and the corn crop fully
one-half. ,
A twelve-year-old negro boy accident
ally shot and killed himself at Wilming
ton Wednesday. He was playing with a
broken pistol which was, of course, un
loaded! He was looking down the bar
rel when it went off.
The Democrats of Person county did
the graceful act in presenting a hand
some gold-headed cane to Mr. . Paul
Kitchin, chairman of th Democratic
committee of that county, in' recognition
of his services during the late cam
paign. - '
Wilkesboro Chronicle: Last Thursday
just before sundown, a homicide occurred
at Ed. Anderson's distillery on Hunting
Creek. Jim Marlow was ntrnck with a
stick of wood on the side of the neck and
shoulder by Jim Lewis, from which death
followed in a few hours. ,
Congressman Bellamy announces that
he will stump the Sixth congressional
district vigorously. He will begin Sep
tember 10th and visit all sections of the
district, and do all in bis power to re
move dangers which might result from
apathy or over-confidence.
Tilden Harrison, a farm hand of Wi H.
Johnston, of Davidson, has run away'
with the 14 year-old daughter 01 bis
employer, and the father is now search
ing the country for the runaways. Har
rison is only 20 years of age, and no one
bad any idea that be and the girl ever
met each other except casually.
, Winston Sentinel; Captain Z. B. Vance.
in charge of the recruiting stations, at
Charlotte and Greensboro, lias received
orders from the war department to en
list an the able-bodied colored men be
can get for army service in the Philip
pines. They are wanted for the Twenty-
fifth infantry and other commands.
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer: It is
said by business men here that the short
crops will considerably reduce trade this
tall. They estimate that the falling off
in crops will be certaiuly 25 per cent.
It seems that the corn crop is injured in
the west, too, particularly in Kansas,
and prices are apt to be higher. Far too
many North Carolinians are corn buyers .
nstead 01 producers. ; , ;
Contracts were swarded Thursday by
the war department for furnishing and
transporting stone to build tne J148.000
sea wall around Fort Caswell to protect
1 against encroaenment by tne ocean.
W, 11. Bonsai & Co., of Hamlet, were the
successful bidders. They will deliver
seven thousand tons of large stone, and
six thousand of broken stone. W. A.
Sanders, of Wilmington, gets the con
tract for transporting the stone to Fort
Caswell.
The agricultural department's bulletin
for August is out. It is an industrial
number. It contains a register of cattle,
swine, sheep and poultry, with names
and postomces of owners. It also con
tains a list of 264 cotton 'mills, 16
woolen mills and 8 silk mills a grand
showing for North Carolina. Gaston
leads in cotton mills, with 24. Alamance
following with 20, while Cabarrus has
12, Cleveland 14, Cumberland 11. Guil
ford 12, Lincoln 12, Mecklenburg 16.
Randolph 14. Richmond 14. All the
264 mills are in operation. There are
cotton mills in no less than 47 of the 97
counties. A list of miscellaneous indus
tries is given. ,
Slaughtered 2,000 Boxers.
Taku, August 31. An intercepted let
ter from the Viceroy of Poating Fu. who
commanded at Tien Tain during the fight
ing there, says that the Boxers are fight
ing the Imperial troops. They are besieg
ing that town. The Viceroy reports
that the Taotai of the City of Tsangchow
on the Grand Canal invited two thousand
Boxers to a feast, and while the Boxer
were eating and their weapons were
stacked the Imperial soldiers by his or
ders fell npon them and slaughtered all.
Question Answered. '
Tes, August Flower still has the largest
sale of any medicine in the civilized world.
Your mothers and grandmothers never
thought of using anything else for Indi
gestion or Biliousness. Doctors were
scarce, and they seldom heard of Arpen
dicitia. Nervous Prostration, of Heart
failure, etc They used ug-ast Flower
to clean out the system and stop fer
mentation of und;jrted food, regulate
the action of tbe liver, stimulate the
nervous and orjr3nic action of the sys
tem, and that is all they took when Kl
ir? dull and tad with headaches and
cti.T aches. You only need a few does
of Green's August Flower, ia liii J f -m,
to mate you f V 1 there U T.r:
serious the matter with you. For f .j
ty Temrle-'larf ton Drug Co.