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KINSTQN.'N. 0., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1900.
Price Two Cents.
GEHERAL.dlEWS,
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Matters of Interest; Condensed Into
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Ornamental glass workers ntimberiDg
275, struck at Chicago Monday, lor more
; pay and lees work, i riui. ilia.
Egbert Mills & Co.. stock brokers
New York, failed Monday. Liabilities
? 250,000, with enongh assets to cover.
' About 7,000 to'12,000 Boers, ! under
Steyn and Reite, art planning w naraas
the British line of communication in the
Transvaal.' 4
:! In Jefferson county, Ky., Monday
night Dr. H. M. McCullooab.ehot and
killed Geo. Owen, during a quarrel over
ft pea fowl.' i;s 'yu n-: ;
i- Dr. Nansen and Ihtu Ddke ,of Abruzzi
according to 4 dispatch from Christiana,
have agreed to undertake ; a joint ex
pedition into' the North Polar regions,
it A Lorenzo Marques cablegram says
British patrols nave . reacnea tne .ror-
tueuese frontier. Boers continue to trees
above and below the portion held by the
.British. Tberiding horses 'are 4ttSa
terrible condition. ,ii ? UriJ'il-Vjs
fc A thousand men went to work at Gal
yeston Monday gleaning the streets and
beach front of debris and dead bodies.
The saloons - have reopened. Railroads
find it difficult to get men to work upon
the tracks between Galveston and Hous
ton. , , 'r
A forest and crass fire which has betn
burning for several daye near Oc
cidental, Col., has done oyer a quarter of
a million dollars damage.- un . Monaay
it was with difficulty that Occidental was
eared; The towns of Freestone, Bodegar
; end Sebastopol are .threatened.-
I The state department was notified last
week or the fact that tne rrencn govern
ment had adopted an attitude similar to
that of the United States in replying . to
;he German note. In addition it ,was
-tated that the government of Russia
vas in line with that of France in this
uatter.: ttz Mcat:m-i4-';inM
! The postmaster general has issued an
?rder against the endless chain system
f aollincr nrnda. Tha order itRtn that
1 such schemes are lotteries nd-under
Le law canoot.be sent, througn tne
tails.. The order Js based on tne decision
f the attorney general of the United
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In tbs strike regions of Pennsylvania
crt . were do flisturDances juonaay.
wothontand mors miners joined the
tlrm t':nanJ tril:ora attended
t f ' w&lof tL.r commit killed by the
. s fm. r Tjcfl (tompers, preei
l A - i. at 1 : r&Jua of Labor says
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! wsj t!tstroyedby
Mt ft ' t. One hundred
t ; LA tarn was
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t iiit ditri. Eight
t l from tne ruins.
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: tt Lit Lett Lea L Ulka or sings
Lit Lca Lt praya Prayer ii
Utaca, ccnslact, character, and every
3 r.sy Uli wifJj the Almighty any
ra when his heart seeks the presence
:.:oil;cv. Wiillasi Kader CoEr
legalist, Zr.rt rrar.ciscS Jl l'
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AOBkal Ilcaowm.
riirby cocld become famotzs It h
ca't so lazy." -, . - 1
Ch, ho will get famous yet." . S
'What do you meant.... - 1 '?
Vf'hy, he takes such , good care of
.self thct he will live to be 100 and
famed for that" Detroit Fre
i'our l:air Is older than .you
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Ycur hair-. bck3
y. Ti want to ret t.c
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Photo copyright, 1000, by Elmer CWckerinsy Boston.
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' ,'WILLIAM 'H. .CRANE AS , DAVID HARUM.N-
, Here Is a David Harum -of real 'flesh and blood. At least this la the war:
William H. Crane looks when be is' ready to portrayiha charactecof tha ge
ial tiorse trader,phlloacrfthe"ranti pbilanthroplst on the stage. If the ma '
thousands who liave laughed with the warm hearted hero of Homevllla e
tend to the play .the same appreciation and Interest which they have given1
the book, Mr. Crane's theatrical season will be a most successful one.
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; r.:a. percy rcckefeller. "V-v ;.
, . Another scion of the Rockefeller family -la .soon to be married.. Tills is
kfr- rercy Rockefeller, son of William Rockefeller, one of the oil kings. Tho
foung man was graduated from Tale nt sprui and his cnajrementto ISLiJ
Etlllman, a Kewport belle, has just beeu aunauuetd. The wedJSng ft to oc
cur la Newport early thLj fall and 1? to be a most brilliant affair. '
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HXJMAME SOCIETY.,
polds Regnlar Meeting. Desires ft
t Hospital for Klnston. Oommlttee
Appointed to Sollolt Funds. ,..
The - Unmane Society was called to
order ia tbe Bank of .: Kinstpn . rooms
Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock by Presi
dent Dr. II. D, ..Harper. In the absence
of the secretary. Dr. R. Vi. Lewis acted as
secretary pro tern.. . . f . , : . .
Tbe treasurer' made his report,' which
was approved by the auditing commit
tee. . ... ., r.
The treasurer has on hand $13 50.
' i'ians;ior future wont: were tnendis.
The following ' resolution, offered by
Revi Ci Wr Blanchard, was unanimously
iteeoivea, rrnat we, tne onlcers and
members of the Humane Society of Kins
ton, N. ft, most heartily commend to the
citizens of Klnston the consideration . of
establishing a hospital, for the benefit of
its afflicted ones who 'may need special
care and -treatment.' :4 -v-'-f f'?:i'-;.r,
On motion of Rev. E. D. v Brown; the
president appointed a - committee . for
soliciting funds to be used by the Humane
trict bounded on tbe west by Queen St.
bn the east br IndeDendence St.i on i the
soutn by Gordon St. and on the north
by tne town limits, k :- i
Rev. D. H.Tuttleinthedistrist bounded
on tha west by Queen St, on . 'the north
by Gordon, St., on tho eaBt by tha A." A
N. C. R.v R. and on the south by the town
limits. w..r--- j
t: Rev. W. O. Johnston In the district east
of Independence St. and north of the A
& N. C. R. R. - .; if ?
Rev. C. W Blanchard in all the district
west of Queen St- s - r. , V - ?
Ihese eentlemen. or others ; aDoointad
by themv expect to call upon - all - of our
citizens for a contribution and it is hoped
tnat tney wr.r respond liberally.
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TOWN BONDS SOLD. !
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Eleotrio Light Plant Again Owned
By the Town. Lights to be Ex
tended to New Parts of Towtu
The town bonds for 125.000 have been
sold to Fuller & Co., of Chicagcs; ' They
bear 5 percent, and sold at. a premium
of 1,025, the sum realized from the bonds
beinir 820.025. ! 1 "' v .
On yesterday the town aldermen set-
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uea wuii id citizens woo so inaiy
came to the aid of the town after tbe fire
that burned the electrio light DlantThe
electric ngnt plant is now- again owned
The electric lichts will be extended to
the newly built np portions of tbe town
Those wishing incandescent lisrhts4 can
get them by; making, "application for
same:-'1'" '-.',-.-.,;"-f'.-;- -f ''
Connection was made with .the Chris
tian church yesterday, and that ;church
will be lignted by electricity at the " next
evenlnor service. -- y
. The town aldermen' " deserve credit for
uaving manatrea so wen unaer sucn ; dis
couraging circumBtances Vhich aVione
time confronted them. -
VVt3 ' September 26, 1900.
Mr. Lewis King is reported sick, but
hot aangeroTisiy;--
Mr. Lane Yoffle returned from Newbern
yesterday evening. v
Mr. Ptm Fisher, of Trenton Hiirh
scdooi, w very sick. ; ; " ,
Mr... IX O. PnJen is having a fine
dwelling bouse built, : "- '. .
We are elad to note the proarees made
oy tne u. M. A. society ol UTenton.
Mess. Ilammond &, Crock are havimr
the Trenton water grist mia repaired.
E. A. Rhodes wUl leave for Baltimore
in a day or two to buy a fall stock of
goods. .''-Jr; ! .
Mr. Carraway, of Mt. Olive, is holdinir
a protracted meetinsr in the Methodist
cnurcb. ' ; ,- ? - v. ,
Mr. Lon Tovlor, our deputy Bheriff. re
turned from Dover yesterday, where he
had been on business.
Mr. Mark 'WUcon has returned from
Newbern, where he bad twain the em
ploy of H. M. Pollock. ! r
Mr. W.lI. Cox's dwelling house caught
fire yesterday morning, but was put out
before any serious damage was done.
Mr. Jones Jennett, of Hyd county-has
come to school to itoi. i.nodes. lhis
makes eleven pupils from IJjde he has
Lis session.
Tns Feke Teess, Saturdav's rapef.
oted that cotton sold for only t cents
tie Ee ttrr.rT towr.i and Bold la
inston for 10 ceuts." This is a mistake
as it 8:1 inTnntcaa:l day for D.a and
reacbej to 0.07-' ' ' ' "
TTe r.rn sorrr to r t d ath of Mrs.
' Ufi:3, w.: rf Ilr. ll. J. Ulln. the
' -sy tvenir? acd wasbcrie-J yp.
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Interesting , North Carolina , Items
v -In Condensed Form.
North Carolina and Virginia Universi
ties 'will play football in Norfolk, Va.;
on Nov. 24th. - . " " ".
High Point Enterprise: 8. Cecil was
in town Saturday and gave an account
of tbe killing of a large hawk near Ken
neday'a Mill. .. Tbe hawk measured 4 feet
8 inches from tip to tip. When shot it
was devouring a large turkey," making
the third turkey it had killed this season.
' The ' Star says Wilmington was last 1
week the third cotton port in America
with resDect to receiDts. "She is eclinned ,
only by New Orleans and Savannah in '
the race for first place.' Her old time
rival Charleston has received ? since
SeptemberlBt only 19,731 bales while
the receipts here have, been 48,028 bales." .
v lk Jones, a negro lineman, met. a
horrible death at Charlotte Monday. 1
He was at ' the top 'of a 50-foot cole
stringing : neWwireS.'. when thet? cole
snapped just at the ground, fallingacroas
the street with the helpless man strapped 1
to it. The pole fell a-roes the body of
the negro whone back and shoulder were
broken. Jones lived only an hour after
the-aecident' happened,; n b juft-H. : .
Ooldsbord Argus, 23th: The : home
of Mr. Amasiah Parks, inSaulston town
ship, is the scene of much sadness today1.
Two of his children! a boy and a young 1
lady, both lying still in tbe cold embrace
of death, Yesterday at 12 o'clock his
son Sam Jones. 13 .years of age. died
from tbe effects of a yellow chil, and last
night his daughter Lena, 17 years of age,
died of consumption. Two dead - in the
home at one time.,; iif,f.-t.--,!j;VP.:.i ,..
A meeting will be held in , Raleigh on
Tuesday, Oct. 23, intbeauditoriumofthe
agricultural building, for the purpose of
organizing a State Literary and Hie
torical association. The chief purposes
of this association will, be to. promote
the reading habit among the people of
North Carolina; to 'stimulate . the pro
duction of literatnre.in'our Stat; to .col-.
lect and preserve historical material. In
carrying out these purposes the associa
tion will nope to aid in tne improvement
of our public schools, in the establish
ment of public libraries, in the formation
of literary clubs, in the collection and
republication of North Carolina literature
worthy to.be preserved and now rapidlv '
passing away, in publication of an an
nual 'record or bibliography of North
Carolina literary productions, ; in the
collection of historical material and the
foundation of an historical museum, and
in the correction of slanders, misrepre
sentations and other injustice done our
State. Both ladies and gentlemen who
are interested in this movement are in
vited to be present at tbe time and place
above indicated, to take part in the con
ference that is to be held, and to enroll
themselves as members of the associa
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FALLTNO CBEEH ITEMS. ;
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Depiemoer i, J.UUU. 1
Miss Bertha Fields is spending today
at LaGrange.'- "- i ..; ...i.
Mr. C. E. Rayner.of Kinston, is visiting
at Mr. Jesse Wood's. ; , , f :.
Miss Aylmer Sugg, of Kinston. visited
at Mr. Dempsey .Wood's 8unday.
.Falling Creek baseball team played
nstitute Saturday. Falling Creek won.
' Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Herring and ' Miss
Hattie visited at Seven Springs Saturday
ana Sunday. . r. im i. j , 5-:, '
Mr. Herman Turnage, ' of Institute.
spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr.
V. J. Herring. ( r. . ...
Mess. Will Gray and Mark Hardy, cf
nstitute. spent Saturday night with Mr.
Eugene Wood. ' ' .
Mess. Hugh Bryan and Stephen Hardy.
of Institute, spent Saturday, evening at
Mr. li. F. Fields'.
Mesdames Debbie Albritton, of 8wans-
boro,- and W. -D. Ilayner,"of Kinston,
are spending this week with Mrs. W. L.
Kennedy., . . , ,
The Colorado river is his-her than ' it
was in the terrible flood of last April.
Tbe rush of water from above was ex
pected to reach Austin. Texas, at 12
o'clock Monday night. All the rivers in
northern and western Texas are raging
and vast damage has been done, ban
Saba, a town cf 1 ,000 people, baa been
partially swept away by tie flood in
San 'Sanba river.
' ' Fres ef (ir-s.
Any adult su"'riEg from a cod settled
on the breast, hrorictii.is, throat of zzz
outlet of aii j nature, who will ca!l at
Ten:r'j:.-irstc-n Vrr.z Co., wi:l be pre-
ntJ with a snrrsf .e bott.e of, r- !.re'a
eman T:p1 free of cr.arge. U.r one
tone to
it e fr;v n to ore r-'rpnn, ana
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