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-V A L 4 1 1 1 I 1 1 I I 1 MlLY t Spcciul Enstcr Edition t of THE FREE PRESS THE 17- "iTI.-O: Cloudy tonhjbt ' with " probably heavy frost. i i t i i i r i i i t' next Saturday. T Advertise in it " . I . t . ! . . . 1 I 1 ! . 1 Free PresSo: . , -, , ,-' ,1 i. ' ' ' I - ' ' - - i , ' Vol lVNo. 301. . 'KINSTON. N. O. MONDAY, MARCH 17 1902. " "77 Pric Two Cents. . FRESH GOSSIP OF THE OLD M-.mn J II If T II I' A T K 1 Vll A U V CJ- id Interesting 7 Eappcalngs From " ! , hEierj Section.' , XUss Helen Gold Sends tha State : Normal Two Valuable Paintings Work Beg tin on the DukeJJor r znltorles at Trinity Murders and Casualties'. The State Normal and Industrial Col lege has just received from Mies Helen Miller Gould two very handsome copies of well known paintings by. Lawrence Alma-Tadema, "The Coliseum" and ."Heading from Homer." The latter picture is among the greatest works of artists, v", : -V- fii-i - Work has started on the foundation for the new dormitory at Trinity College, the gift of Mr. B. Ni Duke. It is proposed to rash this work so as to have the build ing ready for occupancy by the opening of the fall session. Work 1s also going forward very rapidly on the library build ing, the gift of J. B. Duke of New York. ! This building will also be ready by the opening of the new college year. ' ,:. i Tom Johnson and Lum Hammond,! white men of White Plains, Surry county, got into a row- when Johnston struck : Hammond on the head with a club. ' The . wound Inflicted resulted In Hammond's death. Johnson made hfs escape. , Lexington Dispatch: A man from the country applied at the postofBce asking the cost of mailing a letter. A little questioning drew forth the facts that he ; was 81 years of age, was married and had a family, and that this was the first letter he had ever written. He knew nothing about how to bail his letter, or how much it cost to mat! It. ,. , High Point - Enterprise;," .Mr. -Arthur Klrkman, proprietor of the High Point Bed Spring 0., has given , the contract for a mammoth building for his springs and battlntr machinery. It will be 40x 100, three stories, on line with i the two other buildings of the plant.. , " . A special from Washington to the Charleston, S. C. News and Courier says that President Roosevelt will be .In Charleston the second week in April This is "North Carolina Week" and the , visit of the president to Charleston at that time will increase the 'attendance from the State.' ' " FayettevIUe special: , Mr. Uoiender, a welcome new comer to Fayetteville, has ehown to Mr. F. R. Rose, secretary of the chamber of commerce, letters from , his former home fn West Virginia, de " tailing the erection of extensive glass works, and asking for Information about the advantages of this point for a similar enterprise. A' New Jersey contractor, while the silk mill was In process of erec tion here', stated that he had given no little study to glass manufacture, and that the sand of the soil here was of the best material for the purpose. - --ii-.. , , , ? , 4 : -i v '. Tenia Trice, mother of Van Fuller, the barn burner, was sentenced in the Hilds boro court to 20 years In the peniten tiary, having plead, guilty to being an accomplice of her eon, ,..': : . ; .; Burglars got f 200 In' cash from the Eeiclsviile postofBce Friday night and lloodhounds were put on their track. Fayetteville Observer: Several of our 71st ianners are planting bpanisn pea nuts this year. The soil of that section Is said to be well adapted to them, and it Is a much more profitable crop than cotton at 8 cents. They average from C.'ty to eighty bushels to the acre and fad a ready market at from 70 to 80 cents a bushel. . T Washington Messenger: Not in history of the fishing business has the thirteenth ay of March been known to pass and cot a eeine in the river. We are to! J that ta Recount of the continual freshets in the river not a stiae has been placed in "i the river from Tarboro to Tamhco Point, r 1 the r reject for remunerative C h;rj U the t'.oonikst e'nee If 37. A i rv c 7 1 ti-vQ 1 r 1 t River. ; It la cald a handsome hotel will be built overlooking the sound. The body of Emma Thomas, a disso lute whlt woman, was found floating . 1 the rivw at Washington 8unday after- noon. Theoody.mthe opinion of the I coroner, has been In the river month) The woman disapeared from adierepnU VI. 1 1 . . . 1 iit? iwttiiij aoout six. weeu agv. A company has been organised ai Pittsboro with a capital of five thou, sand dollars for the purpose of erecting and operating an up-to-date cotton gin, cotton reed and' corn mill and saw mill Charlotte has three new cases of. small pox, two children and one barber who caught it by shaving a man Just before the disease developed. Two Underwoods, Ballard and Hales, working night time In the factory : at Fayetteville, got off at six o'clock, took Driver's boat, went up the pond near Springs' landing, and rocking the boat in sport, upset it Both Underwoods were drowned, Ballard and Hales swam ashore. . INDUSTRIAL ITEMS. Monarch Cotton Mills, of Union, 8. C. will build 80 operatives' cottages and warehouse. This company has a 10,000 spindle and 800-loom mill . An order has been passed by court ac tion for the sale of the Fayetteville, (N. C) cotton mills, H. W. Lilly being tem porary receiver, with Mess. C. W, Broad' foot and H. L. Cook as commissioners. The plant has 8,125 spindles. 1 ' Woodruff (S. C.) Cotton Mills states that its plant is now entirely completed The main building, 130x110 feet In sicri, contains the 11,000 spindles, 950 looms and other necessary machinery, Tb cloth-room Is 60x60 feet. The company has a capital stock of $200,000. u Shamrock Mills of Winston, N C, adding new machinery, The company has 100 knitting machines, and Is adding enough knitters to make QSO dozen palw of hosiery every month, and this capacity Is to be increased as fast as the demand requires and operatives can be ' trained for the mllL ' The plan of' the Whitney Reduction Co. tor developing Its plant near Gold Hill N. C, includes the building of 6 8-4 mile railroad, bow: under construction; the development of a waterpower planned to give at first 20,000 horse power, and eventually to be Increased to 46,000 horse power. The plans Include the buildlnc of a dam across the river, which Mr. Hambley states will be of granite, secured from the company's quarries, It will be 1,500 feet long, 40 feet high and 50 feet through the base.' It is pro posed that the power house shall be 800 feet long and 100 feet wide, and est! mated to cost $200,000, with machinery figured at $600,000. The company has purchased about 30,000 acres of land in order to avoid any trouble with adja cent DroDertv owners In carrying out its comprehensive undertaking. Included in this is a gold and copper ' mine, on which it is understood about $250,000 have been expended la opening up the property preparatory to Its larger de velopment when the water power has been completed.. It Is Intended to util- iz3 this water power for electric trans mission to Salisbury and a number of other towns In the vicinity. ' Tb Moray Petrel A bird of Immense wing power Is the tiny stormy petrel, the smallest web- footed bird known. It belongs to ev ery sea, and, although so seeming frail, it breasts the utmost fury of the storm, skimming with incredible velocity the though of the waves and gliding rap idly over their snowy crests. Petrels have been observed 2.000 mll6a from Dearest land. , A Paradox. ". "I would rather be right than be president." said the statesman. : "Well," said the friend, "It's a little paradoxical, but I suppose It's proper. You say la substance that for the sake cf beinx right you are willing to be lert"VasfcIngton Star. Strong. " Wlfe-Are you sure you cac; Esh? i:r. Cayfc"o-Cf courro. ' V.'ira It Emclis very s'rer. L!r. Cayfcllo CtrorgT I tt": It as. It nearly puheJ n;s cv. -vTciii VTehix. :t tUs J tt7 j 1 r . ' ASSASSINATED 111 COLD BLOOD . : SITThlG lit HIS OWir HOLIE. HORRIBLE CRIME II DUPLIH COUXTY. Pets Lai son's . Jugular Vein ! Severed ; ljyBncMot.-'.' Assassin Fired a Gun -Through a Window and Ran Away Mur dered Man Was Ofcattlbg With a Caller and Wife Was Snter- talnlnff Neighbors. j Another, cowardly asasfi1nation is aded to the criuit annals of . this vkuv Mr, Pete Lwson was shot and killed at his home a boos 2 1 miles from Ktnt ton, in Duplin county,' Just a few roil beyond the lino dividing Lenoir and Dup lin counties, Saturday nitrht. He aul Mr. Otis Gardner were talking in the sitting room of Mr. Laweou's borne. Mr. Lawson's wife was in another ' room, playing the oraan for the ontertiomeut of a number of neighborhood people who were present. - It was about 8:30 o'clock when the report of a gun and the crash ing of window panes was heard, and Mr. Lawson, who was sitting within a few feet of the window, - was seen by Mr. Gardner, the only one present, to drop to the floor. Mr. Gardner rushed outol the room to get assistance, but in the meantime the report of the gun had been heard by those in the other part of tbe houseand one of the tenants on Mr. Lawson's place, 'who was In , tW house, rushed into the sitting room and picked Mr. Lawson up from, the pool of . blood be was lying In on the floor. ' The' mur dered man expired In a few minutes, not speaking after he was shot. The fatal wound proved to have been delivered In the neck with bock shot, the Jugular vein being severed. Upon Investigation tracks were found. evidently made by the acsaseln, a few feet from the window through which he shot. 'There were no .shutters to the window, but there was a shade. 'At the time of the shooting this was pulled down, but It was torn and gave a small view of tbe room! Through this the assassin had shot Mrt Lawson. " -1 Tbe brother-in-law of Mr. Lawson, Mr. Smith, came to Kinston Sunday morning to secure a coffin for the murdered man and he will be burled today at Hebron church, of which he was a member." '' Tlie deceased leaves a wife and one child. . He was well .known in Kinston and Lenoir c unty, having been born, la Kinston and lived here until he was a - Pneblos and Ibe Compass. ' Among the Pueblo Indiana six points of the compass are recognized, and each has its color. ' North is yellow, west is blue, south is red, east 1$ white, the upper regions are many col ored and tbe lower regions are blacl. All the prey gods are represented by1 their Images In these six divisions. For example, there is : the yellow mountain Hon of the north, the blue mountain Hon of the west, the red mountain of the south, . and so , on. Likewise It is with the other beasts. and thus a very considerable number of deities is formed. All of them must receive worshipful attention lest they get angry and revenge themselves for the neglect 'Our church fair wsb a splendid suc cess." said young Mrs. Torklns. ' "Did you sell lota of things?" "Yes." "Anything useful?" "Yes, Indeed! Everything was ever so useful. I can't think of a single ar ticle that couldn't be saved up and do na tea to De soia at tne next fair." Washington Star. Hla Oplalon. The Dear Girl I am really astonish ed to hear you advance the proposition that a child, should not be corrected In the presence of strangers. The Bavaje Bachelor He should no! be. because he should never be In the rcsence of strangers; that's why. : Thfre are scores of references In the hie to the use of perfumes by the '. rews both In their religious serr- 63 1 la flvate life. l or T' 9 Con' i lexlon. --. FU:. ' '-n. 1 i t 9 . . -. I 1 t 9 t c; young man. He tf.aw only about 27yn oHrtt tbe time of his death. Tbi "booting o-cnTvd in a totality th I as a notoriety for kUintfMand mur dera, J. U. Tweedy, Jack Mills and Law! son make three killings that have oc; curred. within a distance of 12 miley witliiu the pwtt few year,; In th eamt ecthr of the country anumber of months ago Mr, W, A. Jon and on we svt rom nrabush.'' Fortunately this did not result fatally, though both were wound d . buspicions ate entertained by tne pen. people in the locality of the shooting as o who did the fbooting, but no evidence ha yet b?n brought out. It is to be sidoiv)y b vri tbni thin case will prove u exception to the murders In this vicln ity(' heretofore, and that the cowardly neriixrrator f the i-riin will be made to pay for it with hi own life. 'l ' Tb Qnlck Crase, : The quick craze Is by no mean new, but seems Just now to be more lu truslve than ever before. Here s young woman practicing fourteen hours a dav to cultivate her voice. Re sult! lost voice. .Nearly all the pug! lists; active and retired, ore writing volumes on 'How to Get Strong Qufck." and the readers are exercising two or three hours a dny, when ten minutes are quite enough. Result, lost health. . The get rich quick fellows in jail andout, are hiring able lawyers to help them devise schemes tnat will defy the law and enable tbom to fleece Iambs regardless of tbe code. rew Xork Press. ,v Ho Oansrer. - Coal Merchant I say, Premium, want to. insure my coalyard ogainei fire.- What's the. cost of a .policy foi 1,000? , . . , . Insurance Agent What coal Is it Same kind you sent me last? . ; . Merchant Yes, It !,. . ' Agent Qh, wouldn't Insure It If were you. It won't; burnt London An swera. . . , , a . ... . - Northern Colored , Man But yoc ought to be a lawyer or doctor or some thing high. Isn't there some way ir which you can rise above tbe cornfield , Southern Colored Man Yas, sab dah's many ways. Dab might be a hur ricane, of ills mule might Ilf me wld his heels-Phlladelphla Record, Chane For Bcrolin. Adorer (anxlousIyH-What did father say? '" ; v -' ' ': your s Sweet Girl Oh, , he got so angry 1 was afraid to stay and listen. He's in a perfectly terrible rage. Go In and appease him. Philadelphia Inquirer. .How to Dlatlnamtan Tcader Beef. Meat, to be wholesome, must come from a healthy animal; to be nutrl ttous, frem a well nourished one. Much used muscles absorb much food mate rial, making rich. Juicy meat, This Is, however, tougher than that of parts less used, because the connective tis sue and fiber Increase as well as the contents of the muscle tubes. The lean of good beef Is firm, elas tic and when first, cut purplish red, the surface becoming bright red and moist after exposure to the air. The tender er cuts are fine grained and well mot tled with fat; a thick layer of firm, light straw colored fat extends over the rib and loin cuts; the kidney suet Is white and crumbly. Flabby, dark or coarse beef with yellow fat is poor. If it bas little fat It is from an old or underfed creature, Beatrice Raven In American Queej. . French Bread Lawa.... The French baker is not only requir ed to conform to laws regarding weight but he Is also told at what price be must sell his bread. He Is fur ther required to deposit a certain sum of money In the bands of the municipal authorities as a surety of good beha vior. In tbe urge fortified cltles.be has to keep a specified quantity of flour on hand to providefor warlike emer gencies. . . In Germany laws of similar , Import are In existence and are enforced with such severity that no baker ever dreams of defying them. He Make It Pay. ; Benson Talk about the lamentable state of the public service! Why, there's Kestor, for instance. lie baa been ti public c2ce for twenty-five years, tzl TvLat, I should like to know. Las te ever accotntlishedt. Weit -T.'cll, be has tad a Job ail Surely that's somethlcg. that t: Dosto-i . - -'; t. . ; i. 2 t eeUed. 1 ,aa. ' . . '.'s ,....h 1 .. 1 Cive t.:res f h r ? f t c r-,rv'.rT the l M r - r ;. ' ' .1 t i v- yen-. - ( - j. i or si :,' I , c s inrr', I;;.' . t-m a:;.l f-h.n d.. . 1. Tcivara vl ccur: J. ih i ' 1. ' . , SPOUTING S1W8. j The Boston bass ball club will play the Lliuvnaiiy o'N'irin Caro'iua on April 11, Joe Choynskl and "Kid" Carter are njab'hed to box in Chicago on Maroh 24, Juu Jeffrhs is said to be still somewhat under the weather, Iroin lagript at b' Loh Angeles (CaL) home. ' , . The annnal regatta of tbe National a-sociatlon of amateur oarsmen will be Leid on Lake QuiuHlgaiuond, near Worces- tet. M'Ma., this year. Dan Patchen (2.0-1), tjhe f-nsati.nal paour f 1V01. i:vntiy ptruhneed by W H. Stursio, of Nw. York, arrived in thai ity Weduesday In good condition. , The slx-roond bout between Peter Ma Inr and Gus Ruhlin, which takes place at tudastrial Hall on Friday night, March 3 1 , ia attracting atbnt im among tb Jul lowers of the fistic game in Chicago J ' Beloas ElKwhir. That, It Is possible to' have too good an appetite seems to be one of the morals of a story told by a friend to the V.'ashlngton correspondent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, i'? 1 : I am very: fond of roasted ears of corn," said he, "and I eat It whenever can get It Some time ago, while I was In a restaurant In Texas, the waiter put plateful on the table, and I just helped myself. . . "When I had consumed the third, 1 noticed ' that a man across the table was eying me most curiously. ' I looked at him and told him that I considered roasted corn one of the most nutritious and palatable things a man could eat Then I helped myself to a fourth ear and devoured It with relish. - "When I reached my hand into the dish for the fifth, the fellow across the table couldn't stand it any longer. ' " 'Say, pard, said he, 'don't you think you could save about a dollar and quarter a day if you was to board at livery stabler" , ' Fortifying" a Lishthoaae. ' A lighthouse at the south cape of Cormosa was built in a part of tbe Island Inhabited solely by savages and had, in consequense, to be fortified The lantern was protected by steel re volving screens, and on the gallery of the tower, which ,was of cast Iron, machine gun wns mounted on facers. Hound tne base of the tower was built a wrought iron refuge, or fort communicating by bullet proof pas sages with all the rooms in the keepers' dwelling houses. ' Both fort and tower were fitted with suitable accommodation for tbe staff In a case of siege, had water tanks In the basement and were supplied with a stock: of provisions. " Tbe station was further protected by a loophole wall and a dry ditch, flank ed by two small towers, or caponnleres, armed with eighteen pounder cannon. Engineering. 1 - - t . ! i Bnlarlan Brlaranda. .The Balkan ; mountains bnve been the homes and haunts of many brig ands through centuries of Bulgarian history. . In the sixteenth century national movement against the oppres sion of Turkey fell Into the hands of brigand chiefs. They were known by tbe name of Haldutin. -They were rep resented as friends of the poor, the pro tectors of the weak, the allies of Chris tians and the foes of the Mohamme dans. ; In legends and In songs their names and fame were perpetuated They Increased from the ranks of the avengers and tbe worthless. Once Identified with them a brigand's safety consisted in continuing with them. The Turks blocked the way to return to the ranks of common citizenship. -. Villag ers often, welcomed them ns deliverers from tbeir oppressorsLeslle's Week 'Short of Experience.!; Herbert Gladstone while yet a single man was addressing a woman's suf frage meeting in Leeds one afternoon. and he paid a graceful compliment to the eloquence of the ladles who had ad dressed the meeting. He gallantly re marked on tbe great pleasure which it gives the other sex to listen to women talking. . Pausing for a moment after this ob servation, Mr. Gladstone, like his audi ence, was thrown into an unexpected state of merriment by a male voice which proceeded from the back of tbe ball and proclaimed In the broadest Yorkshire dialect "Eh, lad, thou'rt soan wed yet I see'st!" London Truth. ' ' ' - : Loadon Street Kamea. Peerless street m London, Is a cor ruption of Perilous pooL Golden square was originally Gelding square, and the name was changed at the wish cf tbe inhabitants. Fetter lane has nothing to do with fetters, but only with fewtors (Idle fellows), who once loafed In the neighborhood. Gutter lane, in the city, is really Gutheron's Line. . Duck's Foot lane, near Cannon ftreet should be Duke's Foot lane, be- d.3t so earned after the Dukes of Suf folk. Cannon street had nothing to do with r :E3, but everything with can- oa, v h'.ch vr-e rn.-Je in it when It !;-( ; as CanC'.ewldt s'rect NELL i CROPSEY WAS UURDERED ' BEYOND DODBTs - . This Important Fact EstiMlsted In ths , "Wncoi Trial. ' - All Participants In the Autopsy and Inquest Give Corroborated Testimony to -that Effect Trial . Will Last Nearly A 11 this Week 'In t he trial of James Wilcox for the leed murder of Nell Cropeey one thing s ha breq conclusively provou by the evi dence of the first two days. She did not commit suicide, nor did her life end ac cidentally. She was clubbed and thrown Into the river, according to testimony. Is jet no word liuplicatin Jim : Wilcox has been a!d. An attempt to do that; will be made this week. ; Leonard O weus -will swear he saw Wilcox near tbe Crop- . sey home at a quarter to twelve on the uight of bordlsappearance.: "Nell's sisters and New York cousin will swear he Wo " the Cropeey residem e at eleven five.. The prosecution will be able to getln Wilcox's statement through another witness, and that will show discrepancies in time. . X . The cae will not conclude ' before Thursday or Friday.. The longest pre rious murder trial in Pasquotank county lasted four da s. . , , It looka like Wilcox will not be hanged. Though District Attorney Ward is one of tiie beet and fairest and most influential prosecutors ibe will sot get a first degree verdict Contrary to general belief out side it's possible for a second degree vs. diet to.be brought in this cafe. , The cross-examination of Dr. Fearing was concluded Saturday, defene coun sel endeavoring to show , that death might have resulted from drowning, but alltheproof points was directly opposite, -There waa unmistakable evidence of a blow on the head, , Witness accounted for the body's excellent state of preserva tion by giving hie opinion that the junk - per InPacqudtank river bad preservative qualities.- . , ; . The two other doctors who assisted at the autopsy and several coroners jury. men who sat at the inquest testified dur. log the day andall their testimony was corroborative of Dr. Fearing'e testimony, f. Dr. Oogglns in Kinston.' J Dr. James Caswell Coggins, A.M., LL. D.wbo was recently chosen to preside ovor Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, N. C, the college purchased by the North Carolina Christian Missionary Convention at its session in Kinston last fall, occupied tbe pulpit of the Christian church in Kins ton yesterday. It was the first time ' Kinstonlans have had an opportunity o hearing this gifted and learned man, and they were, not disappointed. His ser mons were Scriptural, philosophical, and' eloquent. Such preaching is seldom heard in Kinston, and better can not be heard anywhere. Those who were unfortunate enough to be absent missed a rare, treat. Mr. Cogglns was born in Buncome' county, North Carolina, March, 3, 1865," and is now 37 years old. He was raised on a farm ten miles east of Asheville on what is known as Beetree creek. He at-' tended a high school at Pine : Grove on Swannanoa and the Academies at Ashe, 1 vAle. He then entered Milligan college Tenn., and graduated with the degree of B. in the classical course. He was ordained as an elder of his home hurch at the age of 19, and preached his first' sermon near Milligan college at the age o! 22. Dr. Coggins taught school one year in his native county alter leaving col-1 lege, which was so successful that the people have urged him ever since to re turn and establish a school there. He -then went to Missouri, where he preached ' four years, thence to Kansas, where he preached four years, and then to Chicago University where he spent two years. He then preached four years la Illinois. He ' resigned the pastorate of the Christian Tabernacle church of Decatur, El., which has a membership of over 800, to accept 1 the presidency of Atlantic Christian col- ' lege, Wilson, N. C. - Dr. Coggins is a stror man physically as well as mentally, an 1 is just In the prune of bis powers. 3 rLxJ-tes of the Old North State aretal on securing one so c: perlenced to take cv - - a "A and ex- s t'.'r e'ca- ii t'a Etat i t V i e'jea - ' 1 tlonal work. His i 1U be a larje e I onal force. We t ' ucct 53 lathi src.' ii lei m A4 ,t UI.U'J I Miataioloor !3oweU W Itb CatCKreia. Typewriter pser h Pi;e:-s pfT.ce. ;
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