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PUBLISHED EERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDRY,
Vol. III-No. 178.
KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1900.
Pries Two Cents.
TO
GENERAL HEWS.
Hatters of Interest Condensed Into
' Brief Paragraphs.
William Branch, a negro, who murdered
George Bell, at Elberta, Ga., was hanged
there Monday. ' ,
' President McKInley has issued his
Thanksgiving proclamation, appointing
Thursday, Nov. 29th, as the day.
Joseph D. Miller, colored, a night mail-
ing clerk at the Norfolk poetofflce, is un
der arrest upon a charge of robbing ' the
mails.
In Elmira. N. Y.. Monday night while
going to his different places of speaking
jttOOSeVeiS Was peiWU WllU eggs HUU
vegetables.
Charles Rudd, engineer .. of Southern
passenger train No. J.8, was struck and
instantly killed by a mail train Monday
evening at Sideburn, a station ten : miles
-a.east of Manassas, Va. : :
,; , An earthquake at Caracas, Venezuela,
Monday, killed 15 persons and injured
. many others. Great damage was done
to buildings. The United States legation
was greatly damaged.
. L. C. Alvord, the defaulting bank teller
' of New 'York, has been captured in a
Boston boarding house. He says he has
no money to return; that he. will take his
punishment and come out of prison to
start life anew: that be has lived a fast
life at tbe'cost of f 50,000 a year. . .
.SIMMONS ON THE STUMP.
He Has a Large Audience at Smith-
field. Other Appointments.
- Goldsboro, Oct. 29. Simmons ei
tomorrow at Nashville and at Wilson at
night.
The published statement that Hon. Cy
watspn and Gov. Jarvis are for - Gen.
uarr are misleading. I have it from a
thoroughly trustworthy source that
these gentlemen are for F. M. Simmons.
Democracy, a thousand strong, gath
ered at tsmitbneld today and listened for
two hours to a speech from. M. Sim
mons. There was great enthusiasm. Mr.
Simmons was detained more than an
hour ..after the speaking shaking the
hands of bis friends.-1 have it from a
Tellable source that STmifiona will lead in
Johnson county at the rate of 4 to 1.
: The Oreat Tarrant Explosion.
, " New York, Oct. 80. infective insula
tion of electric light wires it is said caused
the great Tarrant fire. ; One body of a
woman was taken out of the ruins this
morning. A number of employees are
thought to be hemmed in the vaults un-
der the sidewalk. There is a big pile of
AY;a nn rorn,t. n o!,tTo1 i
debries on top. Efforts to signal them
have so far failed
. - Chief Inspector Feely says the explo
sion in the Tarrant store was caused by
nitro-glycenne orcollodian. He believed
it was a nitro-glycerine explosion as it
was too heavy, lie says, to be accounted
for by any other explosive that could have
been in i the building. The number of
missing is now estimated at thirty-two.
AIL but two of 1 arrant s employees are
accounted for. ' -
We put" certain chemicals
together, chemicals which have
a known result We make no
immoderate claims for them,
and we confidently expect them
to do what we say they will do.
Ayer's Hair Vigor will make
hair prow.
Miss Moore, who is the post
- master at Welchburg, Ky., put
this letter in her mail the other
day:
" Last summer my hair was Uun and
short and tra falling out profusely. I then
using Ayer't Hair Vigor, and two
bot Jes of it pave me beautiful and glossy
hair. My fcair U row over a yard long,
and my friends all wonder what has made
it so tLkk and heavy."
Now that the secret's out
we suppose her fricr.d3 will
J. C. Avis. Co mt any,
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Hurrah for Simmons I -"
v Murphy, N. C. Oct. 15, 1900,"
Mr. Editor: We in the west, as a part
of the great Democratic party of the
State, are deeply interested in the result
of the senatorial contest. Many of us,
personally, have a limited acquaintance
with the various candidates, yet in away
through their many good deeds and acts
we feel as though we know tbem all
Jarvis, Waddell, Carr and Simmons
names familiar in every household in the
State, and worthy t be known and
cherished. We have read the papers and
note the claims of each for the senatorship,
When thecampalgn opened, we hoped that
no one of these gentlemen nor their friends
would say or do anything that would
tend to reflect upon the character or in
ih&tJGen, Carr and BOme of his
tegrrty or any other. But we are sorry
1rlanAa hfLVO annanontlv tnrrnttn thorn.
selves in some of their expressions, and
we feel that an explanation is due from
Gen. Carr . and those who endorse his
utterances. We feel as a part of the
Democratic organization of the State
that the entire party . has been attacked
in the home of its friend. It is reported
that lien. Carr in bis Mt. Holly speech
said in substance that be bad no "ma
chine behind him; he was the people's
candidate and would be elected if be could
get a "free ballot and fair count" at the
hands of the Democratic organization
What does Gen. Uarr mean by "ma
chine"? What does he mean by intimat
ing that be cannot get a "free ballot and
a'fair count." Does ire mean to say that
Lol. Alfred M. Waddell, Gov. Jarvis, and
Hon. F. M. Simmons and their followers
as well as the entire Democratic party of
North Carolina are corrupt and will if
they can defraud him or any one else?
"Machine," "free ballot and fair count,"
the hue and cry of the Republican and
Populist. Has Gen. Carr ' adopted the
cry of the .Republicans and Butler, and
has he drawn the stiletto and plunged it
into the hearts of the members of his own
household? :: ,
He says he is the "people's candidate."
What people? Holton and Butler Or
their followers? Certainly the course be
ing pursued by him and, the tactics
adopted, are the same, as adopted by
these men in the last campaign. Who
are to vote in this senatorial contest?
Only those who belong to the Democratic
organization, which ;. we take to mean
every .true and, good Democrat in the
State, and yet we are all charged with
being people who would defraud a" man
of his rights. We feel that it is a direct
attack upon every Democrat in the State,
worthy of such men as Holton and But
ler. Gen. Carr says that he has contribu
ted liberally to the Democratic campaign
fund. Does he mean to say that he has
been contributor to a "machine" a
Jor tte purpose of depriving people of
free ballot and fair count?" j
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We note with regret that certain iren
tlemen, friends of Gen. Carr, to-wit: W.
W. Jones, R. P. Walker and M. L. Reed,
of Buncombe county, have seen fit to get
up a large two-page circular attacking
Hon, F. M. Simmons, and are having it
circulated by certain papers as "a sup
plement." We deplore the fact that any
one, Democrat or Republican, will resort
to attacks that reflect in the least upon
the integrity of any good man, but when
these attacks go so far as, to affect the
Democratic party, we deem it our duty
to repel them. Yt e denounce every utter
ance in said circular that reflects upon
Hon. F. M. Simmons; and we repudiate
the attempt that is made in said circular
to prejudice the friends of the beloved
Senator Vance against Mr. Simmons, in
a manner that be would scorn if he were
alive,
We regret to see that Gen. Carr and his
friends are making capital and preparing
the munitions oi war for the Republicans
id the campaign that comes on in 1902.
Defeat Mr. bimnions and in 1902 every
Republican will have in bold print the at
tacks that are now being made on him
and flaunt them in the face of every Dem
ocratic voter,
We of western North Carolina endorse
fully the actions of the Democratic party
in tne last ana in all other campaigns
and we endorse the acts of lion. F. M
bimmons and shall show our aDDrecia-
tion of his efforts by endorsing him for
Lsited btates senator. We are not ready
to say that he who can give the most in
dollars and cents is the one entitled to
the senAtorship. We are not ready to go
back on oar vote for the amendment in
August, but on the other hand we feel
proud of what we did. .
e scorn any attempt to array the old
soldier against his son, and make him a
"thing with a price upon it," as it were,
for the political gain of any one.
Ihe young Democracy of rsortb. Caro
lina have and alwrfvs will honor and
cherieh the old soldier, but they will
always rebuke any attacks maa upon
the character of either man in this race,
no matter from where it corals. -
F.DWir.0 R. Or.TELL, .
Rexjavi Posey,
JOH 11. DlI.T-ARD,
Marshall W. Uell.
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SENATORIAL CANDIDATES.
Ex-Senator Jarvia Speaks of the
Candidates, Eflpeoially Mr. Sim
mons, and Their Qualifications.
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 29. Ex-Senator
Jarvis wrote today in reply to a ques
tion: "When I withdrew from the senatorial
contest it was my purpose to take no
part whatever in the fight between the
remaining candidates. I have steadfastly
adhered to that resolution. 1 nave not,
however, hesitated to rebuke all persons
who have made any assault in my pres
ence upon either of the gentlemen who
are in the' race to the finish. Nor have
hesitated to answer any question asked
me as to the character and fitness of these
gentlemen, and to assure those making
inquiry of the high character and fitness
of both. I, therefore, take pleasure in
answering your inquiries concerning Mr.
Simmons. I have known him intimately
20 years. I appointed him State's proxy
for the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail
road com Dany when governor. I can
vaBsed the State under him in 1892, with
Gov. Carr, when he was- first chairman
of the State committee; I was, very
closely connected with him in the great
campaigns of lttUS and 1900. ,
have mixed much with people of the
east where he was born and raised, and
I take pleasure in saying I never heard
aught against his private character.
do not believe any man of any standing
in all the east will, over his own name,
say be has ever heard aught against bis
character. I think I may .say bis char
acter is unassailed and unassailable.
"Now, as to the opposition of Senator
Vance to the confirmation of Simmons as
collector. I let no man go ahead of me in
admiration and love of North Carolina's
great statesman. I had the honor and
privilege of being very close to him , in
life, and think I am loyal to his great
name and fame. I did not. however,
always agree with him in all things. In
fact, I had the misfortune to differ with
him more than once. Une of the things
in which I differed with him was his op-
Fssition to the confirmation of Simmons,
talked with him about it, and tried to
dissuade him from'it. He gave me fully, as
I understand it, his reasons for bis oppo-
tion, and in no single instance did he ever
assign a . reason that - reflected in. the
least npon Simmons' integrity or char
acter. He thought Simmons had taken
sides against him in some matters of ap
pointments, and that Jed, as I then un,
aerstood it, to his opposition to Sim
mons. 1 think these are facts in the
case..:.--:-.' v -
Simmons is a lawyer and a man of
ability. He has given much of his time
to study of political questions. I do not
believe those who come in close contact
with him will Bay he is intellectually or
morally unfit to be senator. I . was
warmly In favor of this primary. 1 be
lieved it a fair way to select a senator.
am, therefore, deeply grieved at the bit
terness and personal attacks that nave
been engendered. . '
"Roth Simmons and t&rr are men of
standing and character in the State,
No good can come of tearingeitherdown,
Both are my personal and political
friends, and I am not taking any part in
their contest, but I appeal to partisans
of each to cease all attacks upon the
other."
Mr. Simmons Not a Foreigner.
Charlotte Observer. : ' -
Mr. F. M. Simmons, talking with a lot
of friends tonight, said he heard in Char
lotte yesterday morning, that it was re
ported that he was a New Jersey Yankee,
and in the evening at Gastonia be bad
heard it was reported that he was a for
eigner. TV An MrAta Vt a aoiY vsroMii rr. fwtiA
that he was of Scotch extraction, and
was a JNorth Uarounlan to the manner
born. He was, he said, born and reared
on a little farm in Jones county, where
his aged father and mother now live, and
where his paternal ancestors have lived
as far back as any of the family can re
member.
On this farm he said he lived until he
was 22 years of age? y
Fbakk A. Clin a ed.
Hickory, N. O, Oct. 27, 1900.
Tit Diseased Rlefc at Bden-Bde.
A great deal of grandeur always
makes me homesick. It Isn't envy. I
don't want to be a princess and have
the bother of winding a horn for my
outriders when I want to run to the
drug store for, postage stamps, but
pomp depresses me. Everybody was
strange, foreign languages were pelt
ing me from the rear, noiseless Cunkies
were carrying pampered lap dogs with
crests on their nasty little embroid
ered blankets, fat old women with epi
lepsy and gouty old men with scrofula,
representing the aristocracy at its best
were being half carried to and from U
tle, and the degeneracy of noble Eu
rope was being borne In upon my soul
with a sickening force. The r""le
iwii:bt was turning Mack on ti,e dis
tant L1113, sr.,1 tie' silent str.rs were
e'rwly corr.Ir.g Into ricw. Clean, health
raJen-RaJen, ia tie vaiiey cf
tLo O with
its t ea- r tz 1 its rure
s t.-:i::-?c"t her arr:s t) t'A V ?'
TRENTON ITEMS.
; . October 30, 1900.
Hon. C. R. Thomas spoke yesterday to
a large crowd in tne court bouse.
Miss Delia Bynum has returned from
Maysville to attend Trenton High School.
Mr. F. Caatet, of Newbern, is clerking
at the store of JLipman & lotne this
week.- -
Jones county superior court is being
held here this week, Judge Fred Moore
presiding. . x
Mr. W. H. Hammond and Miss Pearl
Williams were joined together in wedlock
Tuesday week. r , . .
Mess. Isaac Brock and F. P. Koonce
are attending D. S. district court this
week as jurors.
Mrs. E. A. Rhodes went to Pollocks
ville to visit relatives Saturday and re
turned yesterday.
' Mr. E. L. Hardy returned from Cypress
Creek last week, where he bad been vis
iting relatives for some time.
In the case of State vs. S. Barker for
unlawfully blockading Trent river with
logs, Barker was proved to be not guilty.
.-Miss Clara Simmons of Catharine
Lake, is visiting at Mr. J. A. Smith's and
attending school under Miss Ethel Olive.
MrJJurray. father of Mrs. R. A. Whit-
aker and Mrs. T. C, Whitaker, died very
suddenly a few dxys ago at the home of
Mr. T. C. Whitaker. -
The Free Will Baptists held conference
at Friendship church, about 2J miles from
Trenton, last week. There were nearly
1,500 people there Sunday.
Jarvia and Waddell on the Sena
torial Question.
- Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 29, 1900,
Hon. T. J. Jarvis. Greenville, N. C.
The Charlotte Observer states that you
will this week publish a card supporting
Carr. Answer if suen. statement is au
thorized and what is your position.
u. M. jdCHBEE. ;
Greenville, N. C, Oct. 29, 1900.
M. Busbee, Raleigh, N. C. .j.'h
Telegram received. I am taking no
part in senatorial contest, it is not ac
curate to put me down as supporting
either of the gentlemen. v
f ., .. . ..: THOS. J. JA.BVI8.
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 29, 1900.
Hon. A. M. Waddell, Wilmington. N. C.
Charlotte Observer this morning states
that you will support Carr. Answer if
statement is authorized and what your
position Is on the question if you intend
to make it puunc. u. m. busbee.
Wilmington, N. C. Oct. 29, 1900.
, M. Busbee, Raleigh. N. C.
Statement wholly unauthorized. My
position is stated in my card of with
drawal. ? A. M. Waddell.
Wilmington, N. C, Oct, 29, 1900.
Hon. C. M. Busbee 'Raleigh, N. C.
No truth in statement Greensboro cor
respondence Charlotte Observer , that
Waddell will support Carr. He has said
repeatedly and publicly since his with
drawal that he intended to vote for. Sim
mons. W. H. Bernard.
, Please Deli.ver Us.
Charlotte Obienrer. . ;
The Spartanburg Herald says:
"The Charlotte Observer stopsthepress
long enough to say that a little life has
been injected into the senatorial cam
paign in that State. North Carolina will
never get exactly right until she adopts
the primary system in full, including the
traveling menagerie with a Walt Whit
man bringing up the rear." '
That s what we are working to to le
galized primaries with Democratic candi
dates going over the State, as they do in
South Carolina, holding jointdiscussions.
calling each other liars and scoundrels
and other things, and varying the enter
tainment with an occasional fight. But
we must crawl before we walk. We have
made a brave start toward the South
Carolina plan, and when we get our
legalized primaries, as our sister state
has them, we will have the present pri
mary experience every two years, with
additions, enlargements, flounces and
frills.
Conspiracy Cases Continued.'
Smithfleld. N. C, Oct-29.-The prelimi
nary hearing in the cases of twenty-six
leading citizens of Johnston county who
were arrested on the charge of having
ormed a conspiracy to deprive three
white Republicans of the right to vote.
was brought to a standstill here todayl
oy tne aoie ceteDse oi ool. T. M. Argo
and Mr. James H. Pou, of - Raleigh, at
torneys representing ths defendant. '
1 he absurdity of the prosecution was
made clear to the one thousand people
present, and before the investigation was
three hours of age it had been smashed
into small fragments.
So strong was the defense that the
CniWd States commissioners, J. D. Par-
erof brnitLSeld and John Aichols of
Ua't'izh, who rrefidwl at the hearing.
i,kd to continue the investigation nn-
11 November 8 in ordr to tale time to
consij.'r tl,9 anrament advanced r r the
fenw ia pur port cf a motion to dismiss
e warrants.
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-STATE HEWS.
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Interesting- North Carolina Itema
In Condensed Form.
Wade Lovett, a colored carpenter, fell
from the top of a building at Greensboro
Monday and broke his neck.
Nashville Graphic: Forest fires are
raging just across the railroad at the
junction of the W. & W. and the Chappel
road, and much damage is being done to
timber and property.
Rev. W. Wi Stanley, D. D., president of
Elon College, passed through Raleigh
last week on his way to his Virginia
home at Suffolk. He had just closed a
successful revival at the college over
which he presides, and reports that in
their large enrollment there is not a
single student who is .not now a pro
fessor of religion.
Greenville Reflectors The habeas cor-
us proceedings before Judge A. M.Moore
n behalf of Mr, W. H. Mfzelle, who was
in jail under the charge of having poison
ed his wife, came to a close on Friday,
evening after being in progress for two
days. Mr. Mizella was allowed to give
bond in the sum of $ 3,000 for bis ap
pearance at the January term oi ntt
superior court. He gave the bond and
was discharged from custody. .
A. special from Rutherfordton to the
Charlotte Observer save: It appears
that Mr. Chas. N. Vance's letter has lost
Gen. Carr votes in this county. I know
personally, of six that were strong Carr
men until that letter was published, but.
who are now hot for Simmons. Mr.
Carr's Mt. Holly speech has also hurt
him here considerably. Outside of Hen- '
rietta and Caroleen Simmons will sweep
the county. The machine in this county
is certainly well organized, and it will, '
men In a position to know say, give
Simmons not less than 1,500 votes.
Burke County News: The heavy rains 1
of Monday night and Tuesday swelled
the water courses , to enormous propor
tions. The 'Catawba river , reached a
height Tuesday evening within two feet
of tne high iron bridge at the McDowell
farm and the water was , over the ' bot- '
toms for miles along the stream. Thou- -sands
of bushels of corn and a great "
quantity of roughness was washed away
along Catawba and Johns rivers and
their various tributaries. Sheriff Mc
Dowell, Mess. Goodson and Brittain, on
the McDowell farm, and Mr. Joseph W.
Simpson, near Glen Alpine, are among
the heavy losers. v
Undignified at Least.
Tarboro Southerner. i ; , . ' ' .
A dapper, well-dressed man yesterday
afternoon created here no little surprise :
and more or less disgust.
People were occupied as usual when
in stores and on the street, this man
would walk up and say to each, "Per
mit me to shake your hand; I am Col.
Carr, of Durham."
H there was a baby about he would
take up the little one and kiss it; .
Whether he imagined that there was
a virtue in bis hand-shake or that tha
name of the place of his abode was the
shibboleth to the United States senate
doth not appear, but unless he had some
such idea his action is inexplicable unless
he intended to make ridicnlous canvass
ing by hand-shaking and kid-kissing.
It is not believed -that Gen. Uarr did
his cause any good here. Not a convert
has been heard - of, while several have
been heard to say that up to yesterday's
hand-shaking they had not determined
how they would vote in the senatorial
primary; now they would vote lor Sim
mons. The Mosquito Fleet.
Wilmington, N.' C., Oct. 29. Four of
the vessels of the mosquito fleet, Nos.
7, 8, 9, and 11, bound from Trenton to
Cuba by the inland route, to do revenue
cutter duty about the island, put in at
booth port yesterday morning on account
of rough weather, and reported having
lost No. 10 in the vicinity of Frying Pan
lightship early Sunday morning. The
revenue cutter Algonquin, stationed at
this port, left immediately in search of
her. The little vessel is of very light
draft, and has a crew of captain and six
men.
Population 70,295,220.
Washington, Oct. 30. Director of the
Census Merriam today made public the
figures of the census. The population of .
the United States is 76,295,220. This is
an increase since 1890 of 13,223,644.
The population of INorth Carolina is
given at 1,891.922; Virginia, 1,854,184;
Alabama, 1,823,627; Georgia, 2,216,329;
South Carolina, 1,340,312.
AUGUST FLOWER.
'It is a surprising fact." says Trot
Ilouten, "that in my travels in all parts
of the world for the last ten years, I have
met nor people haTing ujwd Green's
Acinst Flower than any other remedy
fordTppe;a,derac"-j liver and stomach
and for constipation. I find for tourists
and f a'.eemen, or for persons Cliing c'.r.ce
petitions, where l.pfvi.vhea and pneral
.nJ f.-:;rr from, irre .!ar habiu exi-t.
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