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4 1- 1 1 ' I 1 I I 1 t 1 . TO MAIE AW AD PAY 'IEEP1TUP-TQ-DATL THE WEATHER: - " Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. ' . : i. r. t t t Free So VoLlV No. 298. i KINSTON. K O.. THURSDAY, MAROS 13. 1002. ' Pric Two Cents t COUNTY COURT : HOPPER. "'-'.V : ';';! ' ' ' ' ' ' . I - 'ii : It Grinds Out Cliil and Criminal Cases Indiscriminately. ' ''Able Defense Pulls Harding- . Through and Gets a Verdlot of "Not Guilty"VarIetjr of Busl twssThis Morning Adjournment Probable Tomorrow. , ' At tbe time o( closing the report of tbe court proceedings yesterday afternoon for press, Mr. T. C. Wooten was making tbe closing speech for the dVfcDse ia the : - Hardin trial. He finished shortly be fore 2 o'clock and tbe judge charged tbe jury. His charge was short and was con sidered fair to both , sides. After the , charge, '"-'court was adjourned until 3 ' o'clock for dinner. . At the" reconvening the jury bad not : made up their verdict and the court took , np other cases. Shortly after 4 o'clock the jury filed into the court room and answered that they had made up tbefr verdict. After the usual questions being - - - put to them they answered "not guilty." Although it is the generally expressed opialon that Harding ia guilty the ver- ': diet was not surprise, vowing to the .line of defense which had been put np. . ' The following cases were diipoeed of yesterday: ;y State vs. Louis Whitfield, carrying '; concealed weapon. Not a true bill. ' , - ' . State vs. James Thompson, assault r with deadly weapon. Guilty. Judgment suspended upon payment of costs. , State vs. George Mills, assault and battery. Not guilty. " - State against John Pendleton, larceny. 2: Not guilty. . , , . State vs. Charlie Bell, assault with deadly weapon. Guilty. - State vs. Abe Willis, Rhoden North , ern, Phillip Green, Howard Codgul, Ike - Brown, gambling. Abe Willis, Howard Codgul and Ike Brown found not guilty, ' ; Rhoden Northern and Phillip Green guilty. ' : v State vs. Henry Wooten, assault with deadly weapon. Guilty. 1 . State vs. Jim Wingate, carrying con cealed weapon. . Not guilty. 1 State vs. John Wallace, larceny. . Guilty, State vst William Davenport, breaking , and entering a dwelling house. Guilty. Judgment 12 months on the roads. State vs. - William Wooten, larceny. Guilty. Six months on the road. THURSDAY MOBNING. . , State vs. Alley Thompson, charged ' with larceny. Not guilty. State vs. John N. Waters, Needham Waters and Jerry Waters, charged with assaulting A. W. Kennedy. Not guilty as to John AVaWs. Other two defend ants guilty. i A. W.-Kennedy, appeal from magis trate's decision taxing him with costs which bad been paid by Kennedy to dep uty sheriff, returned to him. Lucy Bagley vs. A. II. Bagley, suit for divorce. Both parties colored. Di vorce granted. J. H. Klnsey vs. W. H. Suttom This was an action in which Klnsey sued Sut ton for amount claimed to be due for board, tuition and books for Sutton's daughter, claimed to- have been con tracted while Kinney was teachlug school at LaUrauge a number of years Ago. Defendant plead statue of limitation. The judge ruled the action had not been j brought within tbe time prescribed by law and dismissed the action. u. v. uanaay ana w. i roiiock, as signees for S.H. Loftin, vs. It. L. Hill This was an action brought to collect a note given by Ilill for f 100. The note was given by ILI1 to a third party and was bought by Loftin from the third T&rty. The claim of the defence van tLat the note was secured from Ilill by fraud and that Mr. Loftin was cognizant itt tLe fraud or of facts wLich 6hould Lave made bim make inquiry before he tocrlt the note. -' - ' Tie to t i ? ruu-j tLat testimony ofTdivd f ) prave tli i " ;-l fact was I Le wo' i rot kt tie i ;ry, en -.to wLi.t ..-r 1 c f fraud on tsi't cf . t f rt' i..:- v i i i: i 1 t. f - 1 A.AN.C.IMPROVKMKNT8. Preparlna; for .Sainteer TmireJ Double ' , Service Soon. v v Busy as bees, might be an erprpsslve "term to use In connection with tbe work men under Master Mechanic, Joseph H, Green, In the Atlantic and North Caro lina railroad shoos in this city, says the Newborn Journal. Work In every department of the com pany's shops is being steadily pursued, from the foundry, where new castings are daily being made, to the paint house, where tbe finishing touches to new and remade passenger coaches, and freight cars, are waiting to become dried before going into active service on the road. ' And while tbe road's equipment of new cars, and old cars made new, is eteadily protrresslng, Master Mechanic Green keeps adding some new machinery to assfst in the work, at tbe same time there is tbe work of completing the several new buildings, additions most nei-essary,- fm portant to tbe better equipment of the A. A N. C. road. ' " , . . , A fuller appreciation of the work now going in the shops of this railroad, can be seen, when it is stated that another engine will shortly be put in to furnish more motive power for the several work- ng departments. r ' Tboromih system, a uniformity of pur pose in the several departments, economy of material, and a full utilization of all labor, such are the method pursued un der Mr. Green's management, as master mechanic, and good results could be the only product in consequence. - Next month it is expected that the dou ble daily passenger service " will be re sumed from Goldsboro to Morehead City and in anticipation of this, there la being equipped a new train of passenger, ex press, baggage and fish cars. - This train will be .printed in what Is familiarly known as the "Pullman" color. But the trimmings of the train will: be uniform, every car alike in Its markings, instead of the variety as has been tjbecue torn previously. .It will be a handsome train without, and the interior arrange ments have all been renewed. In place of the passenger coaches, now attached to the regular A. & N. C freight trains, the A. & N. C. will use the standard cabo6e car, and the regular freight trains will only be run for freight with no purpose of accmomodating any passenger travel. - As usual this summer, President Jas. A Bryan will see that the public has every possible accommodation, when it wants to travel over the A. & N. C. road. Trains will run frequently, there will be special rates, and travelers will have ever at tention while on the road. NOTES TOB THE SPORTY. Abe A.ttell is to meet Terry McGovern and Johnny Reagan-will 'box Tommy Felt at St Louis. . Frank Erne will not agree i to meet Gans at Fort Erie unless tbe weight to be 1S3 pounds at 5 o'clock. "Tommy" Byaa has accepted "Philadel pbia Jack" O'Brien's challenge on the condition that O'Brien weigh in at the middleweight limit at the ringside. The bout will decide the middleweight cham pionshipand a side bet of f 2,500 will be made. Joe" Walcott's match with "Young Peter Jackson" in Philadelphia," March 12, has been called off, as the club could not guarantee enough money. Walcott, however, will be kept busy, and on march 13 he bos contracted to stop Jack non in ten rounds before the Enreka Ath letic club of Baltimore. Two nights later the "Black Demon" will tackle "Billy" Stift at Chicago. New York fight lovers are getting hungry and have launched a new pro position to overcome the embargo on boxing in that city. , It is proposed to buy from tbe United States government the old receiving ship Vermont which is to be shortly sold at auction. The npper deck of the ship is large enough to accommodate a big crowd, andif the plan Is feasible good bouts will be witnessed Oat at sea, beyond the jurisdiction of the New York Enthon'Ac Tfce minimum price of the sh'p has boon placed at ?18- 000, which could be rat. ed in a short time bythefijht promotprs If assured that they will not be molested ( C i' o r 9 ?. !c Fa d 1 e n , of N w To r k , a n d J oe Gan, of Ta'tlmore, have l a r :t1 to box 23 rounds at 1C3 pouafj, V. 27, 1, 'ore tie Em-el a Atl.M!e c:L 1 I"ow to Cure t. C: '7 r ' i - t s C t r J NEWS NUGGETS. Prince Henry sailed for home Tuesday. ' British government protests against United States and Cuban reciprocity The Norfolk street car strike is still on, with no prospect of an early settlement. The senate committee on isthmian canals has decided by a vote of 7 to 4 to rep jrt tbe Hepburn bill providing for tbe construction of. an isthmian canal 'via the Nicaragua route. ,v John P. Altgeld, ex-governor of Illinois, was stricken with apoplexy at the close of aflrey arraignment of England'scourse in tbe Boer war, a Jollet Tuesday even ing, and died Wednesday morning. ' : , The steamer Providence, plying be tween Yicksburg and Lake Palmyra, was overturned at 2 o'clock. Wednesday morning by a sudden squall at lone Undiug and twenty-one of uerpaeeengers mid crew were drowned. Boston has vne of the gnatst strikes on- m-ord B0.1MM) "freight liandlerH, tra 'ktuen and al!i-d workmen are but and railroad traffta is paralysed . Mayor Collins has called upon Senator Hannato, helu settle the difficulty. - The atiike originated from union handlers being re quired to help non-union drivers to un .: - ' A Mad Accident.' Winston Journal: This community was bo3ked last night by tbe . news of a lamentable- tiagedy in which Careute Shepherd, a young and popular citizen of j Salem,; lost his life. ' The unfortunate affair was entirely accidental and there is no occasion for criticism excepting the same carelessness that has marked eo many tragedies elsewhere nobody knew the gun was loaded. Shepherd's brother Eugene and Lewis Zimmerman were in Clarence Shepherd's house engaged in an effort to trade a dog owned by Zimmer man for a pistol owned by Shepherd. The latter had gone to his o wn home and -secured the weapon and thought he had carefully removed all the cartridges. At his brother's house, the gun was criti cally examined by all three of the young men and Zimmerman contended that it "would not revolve." ; The gun was "sua pped" two or three times, show. iag it to be operating properly when an other effort to turn the ebamberwaa followed by tbe discharge of a cartridge unfortunately left la the chamber.' Tbe 1 ball of the cartridge struck Shepherd in the right breast and he died in a little Us-t than five minutes. .Cat Versna Troat. A member of the Sullivan County club caught half a dozen trout one day last summer and carried them alive to his cottage. Intending to take them to the city. lie turned the water Into his bathtub, and tbe trout seemed to thrive as well there as they had done In the streams. That afternoon one of the' fish disap peared. The man, thinking It had Jumped out, looked all around the room, but no trout was to be seen. xsext morning two more were gone, and the servant was closely question ed. Then two more disappeared, and the fisherman was so much concerned that he took a place outside the bath room window and proceeded to watch. Pretty soon the family cat entered. perched on the edge of the tub and, r waiting Its chance, struck viciously Into the water with one paw and brought up the' remaining trout. New York Times. The Way to Do Baalneaa. "Is there any one living here under twenty-one years of age?", inquired a man who rang tbe doorbell at a genteel residence the other day. "No, there is not," rather sharply replied a spinster of eight and thirty summers who answered. 1 'Why, Is it possible V was the reply of the apparently astonished man. "Don't you live here?" It was a neat hit, and after a little simpering and a brief chat about the weather the maiden, purchased two copies of a work entitled "Uinta For the Young." London Tit-Bits. ; Diet aad Talee. A musical writer states that fine vo calists are rare in countries where fish and meat diets prevail and that the voice depreciates as families grow rich and Increase the amount of meat con sumed. Naples and Genoa, where much fish Is eaten, give few of Italy's sing ers, and the sweet voices of Ireland are found in the country, but not In the towns. In Norway too much fish U eaten for the production of singers, but fweden is a land 'of craia and sons:. he carnivorous birds cj-oak; grain eat :j birds sing. . The Blald rias'-iej When Mr. David De::r, viz r cf the v stu :rse." Le re- a's prize at B::.'.cy, wr.s a ! .A, Lo once attended aa "at i the servant cUrj V.j iia: 1. "David Dear." TLe !rl U:. .l end s:, l " lit what U yo;:r other r.a:.:e, ft He f;:;v.I Lor Le tad no - . I r.t it v is cf eo n . Ice serv I. cw I tor end anno iced Lira r I ,:v; I." i Mfe Sterlea la Faces. I Character Indeed Is written plainly enough on the faces one meets In dally life. Some speak of tragedy, some of comedy, and not a few give you a. dis tinct warning. , t , , Even a ride In a street car or a short railway Journey gives proof of this fact Look around you. Those two strangers opposite you never saw be fore, yet you know that one Is passion ate, the other mean, and your heart warms to the little old lady near by. You want no one to assure you she is kind and gentle, 'while a whole net work of wrinkles about the, eyes.tells you that the old gentleman In the cor ner loves his Joke. Strange how quick we are to read our neighbors face and how elow to re alize that our own Is open for him to read I Yet it Is. The story is there, dnd we are writing it every day of our lives. Xot ouly do smiles and frowns leave traces, but every passion which sways the heart stamps its record upon the race. r'.. Ton Monatatn Leeend. mere is a Washington legem! con nected with Tome mountain which Is always told to .those who - visit the Bamapo country. The mountain is tht highest In the range, and on a clear lay, it la said, one can-see Sandy America should understand the -dan-nook from the summit Half way Up er of uaorb!a eolf consclousncsa. for It the mountain there is a. deep cleft in the rocks, at the bottom of which is a spring. From some hidden point water Tails into the spring with a steady dropping not unlike the, ticking of a watch. " i, . , , . "Listen and you will hear Ccorge Washington's watch," say the old set tlers. U'He dropped It Into tbe spring when he came up the mountain to watch the British leave New York." "Tick-rtickT-tlck tick" Is the Bound which comes out of the rocks, "It Is going yet." says the guide. "Must have been a good watch, don't you think so?" New York Tribune. Taa Larareat Coin In Clronlattan. The largest gold coin now in 'circu lation is the gold ingot or "loof" of Anam, a French colony in eastern Afri ca. It Is a flat, round goldpiece. and on It Is written In India ink Its value, which is about GS, The next sized coin to this valuable but extremely awkward one Is the obang of Japan. which Is worth 10, and next comes the benda of Ashantl, which represents a value of about 0. The California fifty dollar goldpiece Is ; worth about the i same as the benda. - The heaviest sil ver coin In the world also belongs to Anam, where the silver ingot Is worth about 3. Then comes the Chinese tael; equal to about "7 shillings, and then the Austrian double thaler. Dona and ninth Mr. Cecil Aldin, an authority, gives it as bis opinion tbatjdogs us a rule are devoid of ; conscious - humor. "The clown dog la, a troupe of performing dogs, fof instance, Is not really fenny when be burlesques the performances of other dogs, but he seems to be. fun ny to the spectators. I am afraid that the people who credit dogs with being intentionally funny are deceiving them- j selves. A dog likes fun a good romp and game with children but bis sense of humor has not been developed, and it.ls not subtle." .-'A. dog's best sense i at humor, Mr. Aldin thinks. Is when he Is being tickled. - "He opens bis mouth, then screws his face Into what people are pleased to call a laugh." ..' A CanicVer Two. - Once upon a time a young gentleman and a younger lady were alone in a bright parlor in front of a cheerful open fire, with a table between them, playing cards. As they continued to play and chat the table was not sol much between them, for they both got nearer the fire and played the game ou one corner of the table. They had started in to play euchre, i but after an , hour and a half they round; taat they were playing hearts. Moral We are not always sure what the game Is. , V Right to Lire. uegsaz won i you give me Bonie money, professor? My money is all gone, and I can't live. Frofessor How old are yon? Beggar Forty years, sir. AToressor t orty years! Don't you i know that according to the latest mor tality tables the average age of. the male population of Europe reaches only j thirty-four years and five months? Sta tistically you have no right to live any longer anyway! Meggendorfer Blat ter., ; . Corn. '.'.''"' Corn, with its twenty-four to thirty- two rows under cultivation, tvn3 once tut, a coarse grass, hiding each seed it I vc Jueed under a hu.sk, as wheat "and s now do. Drought out to the' light 1 sun, with a chance 'to pet at nigh plant food, it has woi : ed Its y vp to eh" t tovh i t seeds, covering 1 with or.- L :.. r .trro to?ot!.i r Lave t'xtei a er J f-'-er.ty-f;. TL fjrn.er and add. 1 tl j extra :r rows. You lZ::ow TTfcnt rou.are 1 i. a fu t.-'n G-oTi't T.:e C.i'J Tonic i"'s t, t f.iiru'a is f ':.in!y pr;at4 on erery bo at t ii hrp'y iioa nd qyii.ina in a f a cur., o Paf. 50c. Tb Maoa Kept i ShlalMK. - A certain well known Judge was once rtolently attacked by a yours an! very Impudent counsel, To tlio uu.'-irise ta everybody, the Judge heard Liu qul'.e through, unconscious of what was said by those present, and, made ho reply. After the adjournment for t,ie i!;ty and when all were asseiablod at the hotel where the Judge ftndiany of tU court folk had the.'r refreshments, cm- of the company asked the Judco why he. did not rebuke tbe impcrtincut fel low..:; r' ',-:,; , "Permit me,"; snld the 'Judge, kind enough to attract the attention of the whole company, among whom wa3 the barrister in question "permit wo t i tell you a little story. My fr.th.er, when we lived in the country, bad a dog, a mere puppy, I may say. iY'eIl, ih'9 puppy would go out every mooallglit nicht and bark at the mcon for by.:; together." . ; , , ;, -The judge paused, as 1 he hnd fin ished. "Well, what cMtrexcln!:ued half a dozen of the uudlence at once. . "Oh. nothing nothing, but the moon kept shining ou. Just as if nothlug bad happened." f'iV'-rV-'u"' ... ' .' 1 : - ' One of Our Vleesf i It is peculiarly necessary that we in Is one of 'our two most distinctive na tional vices, being equaled only by our irreverence. U 1 no accident that more books are written about America than concerning any other land, nor does it mean that We are more interest ing, except to ourselves, than the rest of the world. It does mean that we are so self conscious, bo oversensitive to praise and blame above all. so anxious to know what our neighbors are saying about us that any traveler, however inane and incapable, who spends a few weeks upon our soil may return home and write his book about us, and we buy it by the hundred thousand. We are doing great thi'ugs, thanks to our opportunities and our forefathers, but bow much greater might we do could we use in quiet, simple action the time and energy we spend In pluming our selves upon,, our achievements. Ed ward Howard Griggs in Ladles' Home Journal. , ' Tba Side Da Horny Cared For, The Due de Moray, half brother to Louis Napoleon, was embassador ex - traordinary to the emperor of Russia during the-coronation festivities and 7""" " euecwr: tar. u, v. waven wrote home that the French might P0 w&o afe w miles from to wn, bad learn something from the Russians, if "onie experience with a bull, Monday, It were only how to light 10,000 can-1 dies in five minutea Oe Morny was in Paris the night before the coup d'etat and Bpent the evening at the opera. Between tbe acta he went into one of the boxes to speak to a lady of his acquaintance. "What shall you do, M. de Morny,' asked a lady, "if the national assembly la swept out of doors as threatened?" 'Madame," he replied, "I shall try to be en the side of tbe broom handle."- vuuvujbu a JuaBUZuie. Av h.. ..a r ' "If a law could be passed " said a chiropodist," "prohibiting the wearing of any shoe In this country except the I pattern army shoe worn during our civil war, tne corn aoctora occupation would be gone. That war was for the a soldier in that war who suffered from corna a month after he began wearing his regulation army shoe, and 1 I was four years a soldier in it myself, That shoe seemed to be made Just right for comfort' llto a Difference. The department store is useful and convenient, but the multifarious na ture of Its activities sometimes leads to a dilemma. : " ' . ; ,:; , Where shall I find something nice in oil for the dining room?" asked a stout, smiling woman of tbe floorwalker in a western department store. "On the third" began the floor- walker. Then he paused and looked doubtfully at the inquirer. "Did you mean a painting or something in the sardine line?" be asked. : Ho tlprlatna; There. Elderly Gent (clinging to strap) There are a good many conditions af- fectimr onr c-overnmentnl avstpm tn. day that are very oppressive, and their j continuance may some day lead to a popular uprising. Lady (also on the standing commit tee) Perhaps,, but (with withering glances at male- occupants of the scats) you would never look for it to begin in a street carl Richmond Dispatch. Electric Centipede. Least attractive among the insects which give light are the so called "electric centlpeds" black crawlers with many legs, which have been lik ened to serpents' skeletons in minia ture. They move In a snakelike fash ion, forward or backward, leaving be hind them a bright track of phosphor ic light Uowever, tbey are most ac customed to appear in the daytime, when the illumination they afford la not vH'hio. ihe liot l'r-crir'tion for Malaria Chi'U nd Fever it a botll at Gcotk's Tastk- I t Chiu. Toyic. It b imp!y iroa and quinia ia I a tatr tm farm. Knew. Na Pay. trim 5 or. FRESH GOSSIP OF THE OLD NORTH STATE. Odd and Interesting Happenings From Eierj Section.'. Difficulty in Obtaining a Jury la ths Wlloox ' Murder TrialA Rowan County Boy's Good Luck .-An Exciting Encounter With av Bull Short Btate St-.riea. The wi rk nf se -uriu a jury for the trial of Wilcox for the murder of Ella Croprey is under way at Eliiabeth I ity ; aid great difficulty i expected. Six dep. : uties have been riding all over Par quo. tank couuty to summon tbe 250 . venire, men, and at nightfall practically all had been reached. . Expressions from pros pective jurymen Indicate a dreadful an ' tlpathy to doing Jory service In the WU. cox case. Both sides have powerful s friends, A number of veniremen have en the judge or counsel with a view to being excused. The erapneling Of the jurors began at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Solicitor , Ward said that Dr. Farinv tbe coroner, would likely be the first wir. nss. . It is stated on good authority jfbat (he defense will have a medical ex. pert to be put on In rebuttal. It prom ises to be the greatest lesral battle ever fougbt in this State. Wilcox remain cool and confident. . George Gillett, who left Bowan county about IS years ago an untried and in. experienced country boy, will probably be the possessor Of a small fortune within the next few weeks. iV- When Mr.: Gillett left Rowan be had nothing but pluck and a willingness to work to help him. ' He acquired a email ranch in Texas by in dustry and economy and now It has de veloped that there is oil on bis land and I he writes a friend that be has (riven an option on tbe land for 30 davs for 1 00- 1 oqq. j ' f, , a ' '' that he will not soon forget. He went out in a lot where the animal was ti.d wjth Bn,all rot intending to taka him away to work. The bull made a rush aft Mr. Davenport, breaking the rope. He threw Mr. Davenport several feet in the air and when he fell to the ground ruhed on him again. He grabbel , the animal by the horns and as be lay on the ground held the bull's head until helncould reach Mm. One of Mr. DAvennnrt'a rih. a broken in tha unnnnnfo i ftIt. kairinnl.J ! 1 f 3 J , """" ju uer wmuuiue a per- wmmoi or nve months, tbe five year old aangnter of Mr. J. F. Freeinan, who near Woodlear, has coughed it out. She bad been treated by eight Dbveiclans and an X ray machine used, but the seed cnld not h Watarf a . fng and she spit out the seed. The utw em baa ""ered terribly and was Terr weaf out as soon as the seed was out a deep refreshing sleep came on. Governor Aycock and staff will leave Raleigh for the Char eston Exposition br special train via the Seaboard Air Line on Tuesday morning, April 8th. The train will consist of three Pullman cars and two or three day coaches, and will be run for the bereSt of anyone wishing; to visit the expoe:t;on during North Car olina week. The rate from Ealelgh for the round trip is f 5.65, good for seven daya An elaborate program has been ar ranged for tbe annual convention of the North Carolina State Sunday 8chool As sociation to be held in Fayetteville, March 18th, 19th and 20th, in the Pres. byte ri an church. The exercises begin on Tuesday evening at 7:30 with a devo tional service and perm on bv Rev. Dr. u B- Jlacxwell, of Wilmington. Goldsboro's man of mystery has been identified as Ell W. Pearce, of Onslow county, and he turns out to be an -air-around crook. lie la wanted in Onslow forgiving niort -?s on property which he didn't own, ia South Carolina for va rious crimes an 1 la said to be a profes sional horse th f. The State C : Ives the charter of the Belmont cofar,";!, at Fhelby. The capital was C ' V cf which tZd.OGO was owned I y A. C. ! " r and the re mainder Ly 11 G. lO. er. PearT: - f " ":-TPT from lf,nlfiCp- wh i i : - a J - f i .. -e in r-v. i- severe nerv' rmxK ept jjervons an : me all ripht. mending It remedy, ii. 3r.
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