North Carolina Newspapers

i , I I I . I . I I . I . I . I r -mi "i i i i ih ricfn r''tfni llfUUlui JLtLOlbi IlUiUUll THE WZ'JI Fair continued cat, of TOE FREE PBESS li ililiL t next Saturday. wanner tomorrow. LLS 11 1 I 1 1 I I I I 1 I I I I I I I 1 l 1 1 I iLMI Vol.17 No. 303. ' KINSTON, N. C., WEPIIESDAY, MAR0H?19 1902. , Price Two Cente., FRESH GOSSIP ; OF THE OLD ' ' TT til aui Interest!! Eappc:!: Frcni -i Erery Section. ' 4 I,1 , . i .An Entire Family Poisoned Meet- ' . lag of ill State Demooratlo Oom- . xnitteo Called Governor banes seaajJI nother Pardon? 1 Tlrl-Oounty ' Br, D. T. Tayloo and th; eight mem ben of hli family wra poIiODed Tneedny i mornlnir at breakfast. , All ' recomwd during the day except te doctor, bnt he le now out of danger. Jim Walker, the ' doctor's negro driver, was arrested on suspicion and when a package of arsenic was round in nu pocrei ne coniesaea iaa be pnt a spoonfol ; of 1 the ; poison In the coffee pot to kill .Mrs. Tayloe, Jr. Tayt loeloa prominent physician and chair man of the State medical board of exam lners. There were threats of lynching and a policeman ' spirited Walker1 from the jail la the srening, and took blm to the Martin county jail at WilllamstonA ; The State Democratic Executive com ' xnittes meets In accprdanoe with the rail of Chairman Simmons in ' Balefgh next Tuesday. Business of Importance will be considered. iA'mong the matters to' be discussed and 'acted upon will be the time ad place for holding the next Democratic convention, and the question ol a senatorial primary to select a sue- eessor to Senator Prltehard. O Govlrnor Aycock has commuted the entence of Ed Morgan, colored, from ; death on the gallows to imprisonment for life at hard work in the penitentiary, Morgan was to be hanged March 81st In Cabarrus ' county for' criminal 'f assault upon a negro girl It seems that since ihe - trial and conviction of Morgan develop mente have raised a serious doubt as to . wbether there was really any criminal aesault.' -. '- The management of the Fair Associ ations of Greeneborp, Winston and Bur lington is understood to be considering the advisability of uniting the three asso - ciations and holding the biggest fair and race meet In the history of North Carolina during the coming fall. The plan is to pool the premiums, purees and all other Inter ests of the three fairs, w 1 -. A disastrous fire occurred aw Lincoln ton, N. C, about one o'clock Tuesday morning, by which' the Chester and Lenoir depott one hundred bales of cot .ton and six box care were destroyed One theory is that the fire was started by tramps who were eeir lurking around before the blaze .was discovered. 5 Char lotte was called upon for aid about four o'clock in the morning and a fire brigade was Boon en route, making the 33 mile ran in less than 50 minutes. The' Pearl Hunters Snperstltioa The pearl hunters of Borneo and the adjacent islands have a peculiar super stition. When ! they open shells : in ecarch of pearls, they take every ninth find, whether It be large or small, and put it Into a bottle which is kept cork ed frith a dead man's finger. The pearls in the vial are known as "seed pearls'-" or "breeding pearls," and the native Borneose firmly believes that they will reproduce their kind. For ev ery pearl put Into the vial two grains cf rice die thrown in for the pearls to "feed upon." ru ' Some whites in Borneo believe, as firmly in the superstition as the na tives do, and almost every hut along the coast has its "dead finger" bottle, rwith from nine to fifty seed pearls and twice that number of rice grains care fully and evenly stowed away anions tliem. - '" - ' . .... ' - r.obert Toonlm' Advlee. A lawyer sent to IULut Too) La t nee auJ asked. what be s'lOt.U cl ' a i " ..t I i a case to whUii Mr. To s " 1 J- t ! ;-A in t!.e court',. ' . ..::," t Too -I ' ' ' ' IX :). but yea or;vt to fcavj ; - r yea Cl a tr:..t i y f... .jt. t I " OI Mam' AOaatacM. . , "A man past fifty. can do with lees Bleep than younger men. He can en sure greater steady and 1 prolonged train. He :can "bear. his burden day after day with less need of recreation. The young man can "sprint," but he cannot "stay like the man witn brain grown Iron and nerves steel by many years of training. Elderly men are less temptable They are of fixed moral habit. Appetite ana passion are under control. For better or for worse they are a calculable quantity, with slight variations to be taken Into account. , ; '.- - Elderly men are more loyal as friends If they are friends. ' Their at tachment to a cause or a commercial house is less changeable. They have'. moreover, given bonds for good beha vior In the persons ot grown families whose respect is to them' dearer than life. They know 'the difficulty of re pairing mistakes. m v , Elderly men actually have expert ehce. The older man best reads char acter. He Is the wisest to select agents.' Washington Times. , . Hebraaka "Bog- Enter. ' '. A Nebraska judge was asked bow It was that the citizens of nis state were nicknamed Vbug eaters." "The name Is applied to ua somet times in the east." answered the Judge frankly. "It originated many years ago" in a peculiar way, Incident to a speech. Back in 1S74 a swarm of grass hoppers descended upon our fair state and despoiled everything. Crops were swept away before this army of In sects, and the people .were' left desti tute. appeal went up for aid, end some of our eloquent Nebraskans Jour neyed east to plead our cause One of these eloquent citizens in . flight of speech ' declared that f the voracious grasshoppers bad even eatentne ..tires off wagon wheels and were devouring the railroad tracks. 'Why, our people have nothing but grasshoppers and bugs,' was the climax of this Orator's speech!" exclaimed the judge. :'V I "And now you have the' history of the sobriquet of "bug eaters, " he con cludedWashington Post V An Old Spertttloa, . - Superstition connected with the sev enth" child of a seventh child Is com. memorated by a tombstone in a Milage churchyard near Bridgewater, Somer set This inscription runs: "Sacred to the memory of Doctress Anne Pouns berry, who departed this life Dec 11, 1813, aged seventy-three years. Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God." Doctress was not merely an epithet, but a baptismal name, for she was a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter and was therefore credited With powers of healing. She practiced in herbs and charms. For king's evil this was ber prescription: "Take the legs of a toad. Bake and grind them to powder with pestle and mortar. Place the powder in a bag around the neck of the sufferer." London Chronicle, . Antiquity of Glaaa. ' So far as research has been able to determine glass was In use 2.000 years before the birth of Christ and was even then not In its Infancy by any manner of means. I ft the Slade collec tion at the British museum there is the head of a lion molded in glass, bearing the name of on Egyptian king of the eleventh dynasty. ..This is the oldest specimen of pure glass bearing any thing like a date now known to exist The Invention now known as "bleez ing," the mode of varnishing pottery with a thin film of glass, is believed to date back to the first Egyptian dynas ty. Proof of this is found io the pot tery beads, glass glazed, found In the tombs of the age above referred to. .-,...-. Weeplna; Treea.': The literature of "weeping trees" la enormous, much of It - being plainly mythical, but there is a large asls of fact upon which most of these mar velous 'stories rest Many travelers have described the famous "rain tree" of Padradoca. Isle of ' Ferro. John Cockburn in '1735 described a tree at Vera Pas,' .Central . America",' from which pure water continually dripped fftiu every lif and branch. s 't. ice t !; e 1 lved 1 an- 1 ter i l Li f i t r n i no unci v 3 r civ.1 I. : "Pi! ' 1 i t v r f iff it A HOT LOCAL WAR OYER OPPOKEKTS RESORT TO UWLESSESS 1 Car Load ot Lumber and Somo Fence ;" Posts Burned. ',' Howard Offered for Apprehension Of Offenders Fight to be Taken Into Court Law Claimed to be TJnconatitutional Oomnoleelon ere Between Two Fires.' 1 VV - ?' A notice is published elsewhere In this piper by the ' county commissioners offering 200 reward for tb apprehen sion nnd of evidence to convict the party or parties who set fir to a car load of lumber belpngingjo the county that had tieen thrown off a car at Casvntll stat'on. This happened Sunday night. The re ward abw includeii the pirty or parties who burned " fence' posts on the public roads near Mr. Alex Tllghman'a home on the fame night, , v Theee burnings are the results of the atrenipt on the part of the county com. mtssioners to erect a fence according to a law paesed by the legislature of 1901, -As Is nearly alwavs' the .case when a stock law Is passed, there was dissatis faction among some of the people affect ed, when it became commonly known that this particular law was paesed. In fact there has apparently been . a great deal of dissatisfaction In this instance.. The law provides that the proposed fence shall begin at a point near Cobb's mill church. In Lenoir county, run along what Is known as the British road, run east with said road to Mr. Chas. Davis land, thence In an easterly direction, as the county commissioners may direct,' to Carmack's fort, situated on Moselycreek, thence across Carmack'e ford into Craven county, thence along NpubHo road lead ing from said earmark's ford to ; Thane's ehapel, thence down W. B. Pierce's fenc to Neuse river, including what is known as Jack Vause's territory in South Wes township and also as ranch of South West township as the commlscioners may direct, , . - , " ' , According to the act the. law became operative in April, 1901. . ,, A number of people In the section af fected came before a meeting of .the county board at one of its meetings shortly after the act was passed and petitioned that it be not enforced. By mutual consent, so It was understock! or stated at the time, the enforcement was postponed until the past January. This quieted the brewing storm until It be cttme time to enforce the law. The commissioners tried when the time cams to contract with the land owners along the line of the fence to con-! FORCEFUL EXPRESSIONS, ' Tto Power pt Illnatratloa. la ( the . Tnra of a Pbraae.'. - James Bussell Lowell said, "There's a deal o' solid kicking in the meekest looking mule." . If the statement had been, "There's a good deal of obstinacy covered by apparent amiability the re- mark might have passed without a mo-1 ment's notice, but attached to such a mrure as tilt, noet used It will be mm- i cnlt for the mind er to get rid of it. Mazzlnl says, "Labor, is the divine law of our existence " j This is little more than commonplace, but. when be added, "Repose is desertion and sui cide," the commonplace was transfig ured into a memorable illustration. ,... A French writer said, "The really ef ficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work." That seems to be forgettable. . When he add "He will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of case and leisure," the halo serves tho purpose of an explana tory I'lustraUon. - fc lTesIdent Garfield once sold, J'JsJne tiers out of ten tho best thin;; tint can bnppen to a youro; cian Is t be tossed I overbc.-.rj ar.l tr; n-'Ied to f : Ii or f-M i f.,r i. '.;. 'f." Tl.a t' - ovrr- ( Jin i : T. r ive ltr ' -? c ' -1 y i ,1 i ' , ' I l all r r ' I i r 1 a i 'i t . ' , .v! j m , I f v- f ,. .. to ) r ii r tl. t'.e STOCK . LAW; FENCES struct same, out this failed and the com- Mleelnners adopted measures to at tempt to have It constructed ' other wise. ! ' So f r this has proven a t-iilure, owing to tHe measnrers adopted by the oppo nents of the fence lwlnrf constructed of liking up poets, burning timber, etc. S A number ot opponents to the fence be logerectedhaveemployedMes8.Wo6ten & Wooteo.of KInston, and Mr. T. D. War- rvn, of Trenton, to eoucsel them in their endeavors not to have the law enforced TWsaid attorneys say if their clients are concerned In the bnrniug and de etroyintr of the unity's property, It Is doueagsAnHt their advt and without their (Knowledge. They aert that they bava ailtisnd their cllentM that the law passed by the legislature, is unconstltu-t tlonal tHsaues It delegates law making powers to the rommiestonere, that the CQinniieMioners havt no right to erect fence against tbe wishes ot those on wboee land ft In to be erected without condemning and paylogforsald land, and that the commissioners : . cannot coudent laud in any other county than Lenoir. iThe commissioner assert, so it Is re- rah'ly stated, that the law , Is not op tional with them t enforee'ror not enj forced but that they must fulBll the pro- vli6n of the law, "that .h-y have M threatened by some of those affected, that if they do not have the law enforced suit will be brought against the county (or damaires. and they must do then- duty. ; - '-,..,',',.( f. Those wh' set fire td the lumber . and posts fcve violao-d the law and acted very badly, and If apprehended they wl)l doubtless be severely puulebed, as they deserve to be. , - ' The Crocodile, The i crocodile's lower' Jaw la net rocketed in the skull,, as Is the case Wh other animals," but the- skull f.8 socketed in the jaw, so that the anl mat can lift the upper part of Its bead as upon a binge and so capture what ever prey may be at hand without go ing to the trouble of .getting upon Its legs.-' , ) r " j What Ho Waste to Sa'r. ' f "Prisoner nt tbe bar," said the Judge, "is there anything you wish to say be fore sentence Is passed on you?" The prisoner looked wistfully toward the door and remarked that be would like to say "Good evening." If It would be agreeable to tbe company. ...Hot Soaslble Man, , r Daughter Ob. mamma. I do wish Were pretty! Mother You needn't, dear. Sensible men think very little about beauty, j r- Daughter But It Isn't sensible) men I'm thinking about, mamma; It's Char. lie! .' ' i . Geneaia of tbe lloraeaboe. It is known that the hoofs of horses were protected by boots of leather at a very early period in the world's history at a time which at" least antedates Pliny and rlstotle, both of whom make mention of the fact These leath er boots were sometimes studded With metal nails, but more usually worn without extra trimming,' the cheapness r tiiat commodity making it possibjo or me owner oi me eietM io xeouo. blm at any time. f1 '?:'? '"-2-V :--"I wish I cou Carioaity. ' - J , uld bit on some scheme,' said the roerehflnt, "to ' make people stop In front of my store as they pass, if only for n moment' I think It would "befp business." . . ' "I've got it." put in his friend. 'Put up a sign 'Look Out For Paint and ru bet T salary against a penny crullcr ninety-nine" men -out of a hun dred will stop to see if It's dry." Bal- tlm6re News. - i ; , I ' .' ' , tt'itat Worried Her. ' Mrs.' 0'Brlen--Cood - marnin'. . .Mrs. McCabe. An' pbwat makes yes look so badl - .-: ,;r.,-H .. -!., - t ' Mrs.' MeCabeShure, Dennis : was lint to tbe penitentiary fer six months. " Mrs. O'Drlen Weill ;; Ehure, ..don't wurrr. f:j mouths will soon pass, ' '"Mi a. McCabo Shure, that's what's wurrks i,.e. Leslie's Weekly. .,, . AU la tie ramily. 3 Do you believe it la a s'-n ! ': to find a I -r'-Ehoe on tbe i AC. c fir road? JoL "Oit 1 -Of f r course. It U f o 1 ' ' a f T - t t .-1 ' ?- Caatlea laj tao Aisw . , '' -Tet I dream my dreams and attend to my castles in Spain. I have so much property there that I could not In con science neglect it "All the years of my youth and the hopes of my manhood are stored away, like precious stones. In the vaults, and I "know that I shall find everything 'convenient ' elegant and beautiful when I come into pos session. As tbe yean go by 1 am not conscious that my Interest diminishes. If I see that age is subtly sifting his snow Into the dark hair of my; Prue, smile contented, for ber hair, dark and heavy as when I first saw. It, is all carefully, treasured in my castles in Spain. . If I feel her arm more heavily leaning upon mine, as we walk around the squares, I press It closely to my side, for I know that the easy grace of her youth's motion will be restored by the elixir of that Spanish air. If her voice sometimes falls less clearly from her lips. It Is no less sweet to me, for the music of her Voice's prime fills,' freshly as ever, those Spanish halls. If the light t love fades a little from ber eyes, I know that the glances she gave me In her 'youth are the eternal sun shine of my custles In Spain, Ceorge W. Curtis In "lYue and L". ; j A T - Whr a Limpet atieka . The llmiet has gained notoriety by the strength with i which It adheres to the rock, on which it decides , to 'reBt The force tequured to detach tbe limpet from the rock has lately been tested by a well., knowp naturalist who found that, more than sixty pounds must be exerted for the purpose. So this little thing, weighing about half an ounce, sticks so tightly that a force equal to two thousand times its own weight la necessary to drag It away. " liSt was at ouetline supposed that at mospheric, pressure bad something to do, with the adhesive power of the lim pet, but it is now generally agreed that the creature exudes a kind of glue for this purpose. ' If you place your linger on the rock immediately after a limpet has been detached, you will feel that the surface is sticky, and If yoa allow your finger to remain there for a short time you will notice that it Is begin nlng to stick quite tightly. Pearson's.. ? tTnaBpreelatifo. -V A certain politician, eminent but not refined, mode Samuel J. THden a bus! ness call at bis Gramercy Parle man sion. Wishing to be particularly-iflce to blm, the old gentleman got 'out ;a bottle of Johannlsberger Schlossj' the rarest of Rhine wines, and' began1 to decant the contents Into'' ft' minbte glass, sniffing the savor1 , of 'the Juice and taking great pains to'lndtcnte that a treat was coming.' : A tray ' with some large glasses was at hand. The poli tician' reached, for one and,'' grasping the precious bottle by the neck dump ed half f.ne contents into it and aranx It all at one gulp. Mr. TUden eyed blm maleyolently and did not try to pro long the 'visit. When1 the' door closed behind the guest, he said with ft snap: "Blast html The best time he comes IH give him beer." New York World. There Is ho doubt that certain files are best adapted' to different' seasons. times of day and conditions-5 of weath er, but n' doxen files of different names will fully answer all 'of these require ments. ' An angler's flies resemble noth ing when cast upon' the water, j-They are 'simply a something which attracts the trout ' Color has more allurement than form! and n there ore not so many colors there la no use for many fljes. . The general rule Is Tor light nies on dark days and dark or darkish files on light days. Sizes ari more : to be considered than- form and mixture in makeup.' A large trotit ' wants- some thing worth his making an effort to se cure. ' It is doubtless true that an ar bitrary cast of file8; cannot be made up which will be adapted to all waters. .1 ! '' ' 1 1 ' ' Catarrk. t ; 5 . I reople who are subject to catarrhal aliments have sneclal need to be nartlc- ular In regard to their feet covering!. 1 They-' should see to-it thatvthelr feet are-" comfortably., ciaa, tneir snoes should - have substantial " soles, and should come welj up the) ankles and not be laced or buttoned tight Light merino stockings or half hose may be suCicient for warmth, bnt.jrheneter.by reason, of niuch exercise the feet have become" damp, a bd especially if the lcather.has absorbed wet. it is wise for change to be maJo in both stockings and thocs. .:.'. ' . ' " - " 1 f - '-'J Tie 1'ar J nrklag Farmer. I used to t' f-;k that all ' farmers were overworked, until J. .went .to the county fair." ; :.- ' :- 1 ..; "And what Cll you see there' "They bad cl !rs cver 1 t h old rnstage ft.' " ; s ni.I i ce U '8 CUt ' ;d one ces In at are x choice!" : Cf I . . . . - ' c ?r? - -a hai t ZX " Jlli frr s . 1 . 1-. . ..t C lit-i. .' s'i" x'm. I i 1 a .-iLt eu!r.'-?r Iran 1 r- I '.l,fc:JCcJ!nCAP- x - : f. ' r-"' I. A!.-j wL-u fxllrj t -rv.- f It'll tr, a !.; st3 L.5 all r' ' t. It le 1'. - --re in re-'Om- TE-STATE'S CASE ; AGAINST YILCOX if Mt FALLS FLAT,- t f So Weak Defense tascl Introdncs Ha ' f . Witnesses. ' v-' Oonylotlon Can only bo Obtained Oa Indireot CMrouaaatantlal Eyl denoo and tba Elcquence of Proe ; ooutlng Lawyer End Will Ooma : Thursday. 1 - . ' -f brw ' vThe State yesterday ' reeted its case against James Wilcox, indicted for tho murder of Ella Cropsey, at Kluabetb City, and the general opinion Is thatf It bas fallen ilts Tbe promised sensational sod convicting evidence fizzled out com pletely. The feature of" yesterday ,'waa the applause which greeted the cooclu ion of Judge Cropeey's evidence. Jle waa ; Nell's father.: As bit deep feeliogV eon trolled during all bis examination aboub ' the detaila of the tragedy which snatched wa hi i daughter,,; began, to aeser tt ielf , by emotional and ell jhtly . raised tones, there was rapt atteut ion on the part of spectators w ho. packed every por tion of the large pjhee of. jutiee , to its standing capacity,;, .When be dually told '.' about WJlcox's seemirg Ind) fferenes in hie great troubVbls Wk of., sympathy, hia failure to lend ald.or, consolation,, theye was a subdued ramble, of ,mipgled !'sm pathy and indignation, , '. , i Judge Jpnefappe 6harply,,fprorder aad thrsataned.tp clear (the fourt roopn. , nunber ot,itneeHes , teetlfled as' .to tbe movements, qlt .Wilcox" the ntgbt 'of the murder,. but notbtpgr was elfcited "to connect blm djrectly. with the crime, ?,(la teb T, Parker, from whom so much was xpected,, gave .testlnv v.l.'(h was of no lmportanee whpt-ver. , K riwampa and wptuan near tla Crr; -y ggtte and ' did pot recognize them. That was all -, Misses Qllls e.nd Lettle Cropsey, si -.t era of.thfi murdered girt,, gave unimportant tetitlmopy and then the district attorney anopunced that the Stats rested its case. j.tJThat's the case for thedefendantjl,JP. " ipnnded Wilcflx's chief cpunsej,,,, t In: bs (Opening jvgumen$, .Counsellor Vfrfdnllen said there was no evidence 'to fhhw died, by;, an, . assassin's , hapd, thire was po . evidence, to connect , Jim ilcox, ,with,sfihe, jcriroe,, ,,Jle , said the State relied upon three things. Jin waa last .seen with Nell,, bis; conduct was against him, and the doctors,' tebtimony. te admitted , the. first, , and, denied the others. He believed that Miss Cropsey ' loved Wpco Md.Wllcox Jpyed her. He thinked' floiJvNell'e; life , was blameless and Wilcox's; conduct not, Indicative o guilt. . "In - the name of eternal Justice I ask. for. a -verdict ..,of not guiltyi he concluded Mt jin ,i.i ji v-b . . , i- j Mr, Turner, for, jibe proseeu tion came next. . He said it was. an- extraordinary caee A,,fafr,young girl, budding, into womanhood had been , taken away, not by Almighty filod,! . her, , mother , bending- over aud attended by e'.sters, but .taken with a murderer lor a pall bearer, the ' waves for a coffin, the river bottom for a grave. I The dead body of Nell Cropsey called for. vindication.;,, It was a fdie- ; grace to Noft CaroUna,., at . baramg ? shame that a woman should be knocked in the head Uke a dog. . During the, argu meots Mi" Lettfe Cropsey cried ; Turner said lie would present twenty- tWQ-points'jagainst the; suicide theory, and he defied the defense to deny . them. If 'we - don't convince you. gentlemen of the jury,, that Nell Cropsey was killed and that Jim Wilcox did it. then turn blm loose,"- n--,,,, ... -Former District : Attorney ,,Iieary fol- ' lowed for the defense, r He beaa by say ing that he should appeal to, the jury's reason rather than, their paions. He believed that the jury would find before they came oui of the box the evidence not strong enoch toconvirt adog. After the oratory id over Ju '-e Jones' charge wEl consume ei vtrcl tours De fense'- counsel' "said tL-y introduced no evidence because t ; cf t!,t Irs was got in by state's w ' . TLe t.'ior- noon's crowd waa t! .3 I ' i t yet. 7il- cox" hasn't 'weaker,, I 1 . t "'. -TI a cae will probably 'eond j Tl : . .iy. . l There's no te"2r t v. ' , a . , " To,t wLldoif yon r ' -a ; . ' Ln- (v,'alar""l'C s r j 1'- -. ' -9t - ?j k- , n I. r L(".f ac . f ,f e-.. tL.vat, croup, , j, ; 1. .:..-1 trouMjS.-' Ke r u ., , - -..py, ;Jt r f j- ev.' ":', tbe" 1 Perry Livis'. r2Zc, i ' I u'.'.lrs .) t t . s tave ?; r-... t ti e I ; ' i II;-:e J v.:: .1. i ... i i .; a f 3 r r i: f? a t-orouli y eti.o!ictory Typewriter paper I Pi c :?;. V, . CuLVMnrs Drr.nM.