"1 tVWtl Jrff Caua l
Ann y-
TH . THE WZATliin: t
T EiT3 Tea IftcrtlssH .
11
V", Fair tonL-Lt and San-
U Li
I I 1 l I I I 1 . 1 !
i i i l i i i
PUBLISHED EWERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SJJNDRY.
VOL. IV. NO. 307.
KINSTpN, N. 0, ' M01TT MARCH 24, 1002.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
FRES
1IE17S ;Alffl .GOSSIP FROIJ ALL , :. :
OYER THE OLD llORTII STATE.
CDD AKyKTERESTlI
EiPPEKKCS.
Trl-Cosaty Fair tor Charlotte,- Greens
Lcro and Winston Abandoned. -
. r.
SuilfM Loo the Poetoffioe at Rural II all
- Nejrro Burglar Get e Doe of Cold
. JsemA Two Little Brother Break Ta!jr
, Arm In tli Sam Way Variety of Short
v State Stories .
. The postoffic at Rural Hall, 12 miles
north of Winston-Salem, was broken
Into and robbed Saturday night. loves-
. tigation showed that the robbers had
drilled a bole In the, safe near the lock
and by tbe nee of powder broke the
lock- All of the postoffloe stamps ia the
' safe,' besides private papers, Including
several deeds to land, were stolen... The
robbers failed to find any money. Bvfore
leaving bis office about 8 o'clock at night
. Postmaster Vest decided to carry all of
' tbe funds, amounting to about f 160, to
his residence. Tbers fs no clue to the
guilty parties. . r , '
Pink Guthrie, a negro who attempted
to enter the residence of Mr. Robert
Skeens at Greensboro, was shot and
wounded after he had .refused to leave
the premise The negro was drank at
the time and attempted to break into the
the house through the- front door. He
was carried to a drug store Jor treat
ment, after which he was locked up
Foster Barnes, son of Mr. W. A. Karnes,
of Clayton, broke his arm while swing
lng one day last week.' While the phy
sician was dressing and splintering It,
Wilber, a younger son, came in with one
of his arms broken in tie lame way.
Laborers engaged in digging away a
hill at Old Brunswick, near, Wilmington,
to make way for a building of the Cape
- Pear Fisheries company, uncovered - a
skeleton which is believed to be that of
a British soldier killed during or before
the Revolutionary war In the 'white
and about the skeleton were found a
number of brass ' military buttons 'of
,. English manufacture during the seven
; tee'nth century. Interest attaches to
, the find at Old Brunswick from the fact
that It was there that the first armed re
sistance to the British stamp act was
made by the Ashes and Waddell, an his
torical fact which just now is beginning
to be appreciated by the world. V ,
A plan has been started to erect a
monument in Durham to the memory of
. the members of the . Durham Light In
fantry who lost their lives IntheSpanlsh-
Amerlcan war. This will be the first
monument of the kind in the State. x Gen
eral Julian 8. Carr has given $ 100 for the
fund and there are several other con
. trlbutors. . .'V''" ;': v"--- 2
' The secretaries of the associations in
, forested met at Greensboro Saturday
night and arranged the following dates
for the' Winston, Greensboro and , Bur
lington fairs this year; , s Winston, Octo
ber 7-11; Burlington, October 14-24.
The date for the Charlotte fair was left
open. It may be held either from Sep
tember 30 to October 4 or after the
other fairs. It was decided that it
would not be practicable to. unite "the
Ceensboro, Winston and BurliDgton
f 'ra tlils year, as had been proposed.
The ten-year-old daughter, of Mr. and
. lire.' Gaore B. anderlin was killed in a
t.ost distressing manner at their home in
Eampson county. She was cllrobiDg out
of a window when tbe sash full, breaking
1 or neck. 'The body swuc,? from the
t iadow, held by her head being caught
ca!or the sash. ' When the parents re-i
t i-n.-d tLey found the lifeless body of!
t',..".r cMjst child dangling from the wla
Cow, while a Htt!e boy of three was
p iling at Lis sister's feet, since he of
course did not realize what bad hep-
I 'r. E J. Crane in Durh-'a county was
' ' t' e -e when le fluted an J ia f-Jl-
over a Limp wl!i.b';'o.!
1 catl.fl floor wiJi l.'s 1
ITe may r.-.v . . r.
i::-.jci.iT.Co tt r.
' -i I ) end rcLV-1
Greensboro against the company for
120,000 damages received in wreck last
ArlL His skull was fractured. ;
. Greensboro is - discussing building ' a
hospital there. ; , i
. Tbe ' Philadelphia American " League
team has arrived in Charlotte for their
spring practice. A
v Already (700 has been raised for the
proposed monument to the Confederate
dead at Wadesboro. - ' f"
: . The burglars have visited Sanford, and
the residence of Mr. D. E. Mclver was en
tered and (25 secured.
Judge Spencer B. Adams has returned
from Washington, and the matter of his
appointment to a judgeship in Alaska Js
now in the hands of tbe president. : t ': j
Governor Aytock will -deliver the ad
dress at the closing of the public schools
in High Point. - Rev. Dr. Blackwell, of
Wilmington, will preach the sermon.
'George Sadler, colored,' has been ar
rested in Charlotte for swindling a col
ored aid society of f 7.50. : H pretended
that be spent the money -to incorporate
the company. , , " i ' '
1 U not often that a man's words
while drunk convicthlmofaeerlouscrime,
but such a case came to light in Salisbury.
Tuesday night robbers sawed a hole fit
the floor of the store of Holshour and
Company at Gold HU1 and secured 100j
worth of goods. A' white man named
Charles Johnson was arrested in Salisbury
for being drunk and he muttered some
thing about trouble at Gold Hill. : From
this tbe officers led him to make a confes
sion that be was Implicated in the crime
and be went further and gave the names
of his three pale, all white men. ( '
General WUliam Paul Roberts, of Gates-
ville, has announced hir candidacy from
tbe First Nqrth Carolina District, now rep
resented by Hon. John 'XL Small. ' '
Ashville Citizen: It is reported that
another well which gives indications of
oil baa been located on . Valley, street.
This makes the third well of this kind
which has been found in this immediate
vicinity,
' New Hanover county has just sold
150,000 of bonds, the proceeds to be used
in macadamising tbe public highways.
Orange county will in the near future
vote on a proposition to issue 100,000 of
bonds for road improvement, andoitisens
of Guilford are aiding tbe road fund of that
county by subscription. The movement
Is slow but good roads are coming along.
The Atlantic Coast Line will build a
fine new depot at Rocky Mount.
Congressman Klutti has secured seven
teen new rural free delivery routes which
go in operation April 1. There are three
00000000 - J - 04 - 00000
O
V I I 1 1-i- 1 l I 1 I
OOOOOOO-hOOOO-rOOOOO'fOOOOOO-l-OOOO'fO
YOU D02TT II2A1I XT I .
I certainly do, and it is good for either
Bread or Pastry. How can he do it?
HesimDlvbouirhtone car load at the
right time and the right price, and it is
ritf-ht Flour X 4.50 vet barrel while it
lasts at '
W. M. CARROLL'S,
Staple and Fancy Grocer.
North Street.
srrciAL. Fur.iTiTunr: salis
to be Inaugurated March 16th. Watch
our advertisement.
OSTTINGEI3.
Ye, ifyou Icy your Vwi 0 from
ns t y v l I--- 1 a --utt. V.'e fc'so
1 .v6 ) j f X i,l izy, Cr&!a and
Feed. , e r - I-.-.'. art.-rs for every
ti.!".?Iac r; !.
Cuu.e tji )i i.
1.1 a CO.
v.. a. ur.
at Sallbury, four at Concord, three at
Statesville, two at Newton, one at China
Grove and two at Rockwell. ' lis has
thirty-two applications now and is prom
ised an inspector In April. ; -' . ,
Fajettevllle Observer: Sunday night,
16th, Mr. W. H. Smith's store near Cum
berland was broken open and a consider
able quantity of goods taken, consisting
of shoes, canned goods, etc Ths thief is
still at large, it seems tbaft tbers is a reg.
ular band of these .' desperados in and
around Cumberland and the. Bluff MiUt
A short time ago the company store at
the Bluff was entered and a small amount
of goods taken, and thesamenlghtSmith
&, Bro.'s store at Cumberland was ea
tersd and a good amount of dry goods
taken. , - , v "
TBX WALtBRCOtTBT MAKTIAI..
A ceased la Betas: Juatiflwd by the Evidence
forShootlesrKatlvesi ! ,
Manila, March 24 The prosecution la
the trial by court martial of Major Lit
tleton W. T. Waller, of the marine corps,
on the chitrge of executing natives of the
island of Somar without trial closed Sat
urday. I Capt Arthur T, Mariz, of the
marine corps, iepreenting Major Waller,
then opened the defense by promising to
show fire things ths work of the firing
party, ths nature of Major Waller's :ser.
vices in Samar, the treacberonscharacter
of the natives, the conditions at ths base
and Major Waller's status there, and that
the elocutions were necessary, , lawful
and justifiable. r'r . I'Y, 4 '!
Capt. David D. Porter, of the marine
corps, testified that he was present when
Gen, Smith gave Major Waller his orders,
which Waller "never e weded. At the
outset Major Waller warned his com
mand that they wen opposed by
treacherous," brave and savage foe, and
that all treachery should be' punished
with death, and closed with an appeal to
the command to remember the fate of
their old China comrades of - ths Ninth
infantry and avenge them.
Committees Appointed.
Tbe Daughters of theXonfederacy will
please notice that the following -commit
tees have oeen appointed:
Commltteeon music Mrs. J.M.Bostet
ter, chairman; Miss Clay pools. ..;
Committee on refreshments Mrs. W, C.
Fields, chairman; Mrs. 8. M.Harrell,Mre.
8. H. Abbott, Mrs. J. T. Midyette, Mrs. M.
Stanley, Mrs. A. L. Bountree, Mrs. Laura
Miller, Mrs. J B. Cummings, Mrs. B. W,
Wooten Mrs. N. J. Rouse.-
Committee on ' arrangements Mrs.
John Mosley Dixon, chairman; Mrs. A. S.
Wpoten, Mrs. E. B. Marston, Mrs. W, A.
Bobbitt, Mrs. Hugh Parhan, Mrs. J. F.
Taylor, Mrs. Dan Qalnerly, Miss Bettie
Harvey, Mies Lula Harrell, Mrs. G. P.
Fleming, Mrs. J. A. Long.
Tbese ladles are requested to meet in
the library room Tuesday morning at
10 o'clock.
- fO00 - rO0000 - rO - rO00
J Vl J I II M K 11' -C
wa Lnm to eat.
So does every healthy person, espe
cially when they have something nice.
If you buy your grocerfos from us you
will have it and it won't cost you more
than it's worth either. Just stop our
wagon or 'phone your order. It will
have prompt attention. -C
; v LaROQUB & ROUNTREE, I
The Up-to-Date Grocers.
spring has conn.
We mean, of course, our line of Bed
Spring. You should lnppect them. You
will find thern all bargains. We have a
complete stock of Furniture and can
supi ly any of your needs in that line. .
j t-"Give us a trial. -
' .; QUIXN & MILLER.
Aim you.o::u
who is gofnj to build or antlcipatne
builJIfr? If go we wiwh to let it be
known t hat we can furnii h on rw!pt of
ord.-r Framirr -iJ Box I'-rJa, cut
from 1. - r I
t:a
of
Ir i Lr-
r. Con
rt cr.r prJs
i V ? o'ir c
1 1 : 1
, lours t.
'iic gay Lr:
"nias
j pur
rs for
renew
CO.
riUckf
r t
to
rro-rtr.-
;ES YILCOX
FDD1ID GUILTY
' V s
v
r.-
. . FIRST DEGREE.
D TO EE EAKSED APRIL 25.
F;:3 Press
itnrday by a
Iew(?)i;:::Iat!oix 4
Tie, verdict Headered at lOtlO 6aUy
. & Ichto-Wilees Heard ft With tils TJanal
- $ olldlty Othera Wera '2fervo and
j .mar Moved to TearVIIoosj
5 VaAppW. , -
(rnt Frei Pains, in common
with
other afternoon papers in tVe State, wss
outrageously faked and deceived by an
aVped news association Saturday after
noon, in announcing that the Wllcoi lory
had hung, standirfg 8 for conviction to 4
for acquittal. As we havs used this, as-
st iatlon's service for some time we had
cc Jaencewic and pubiisned the tele
gram 'as' news, only to find that ths only
foundation for the "Information," con
talned in it was an early morning' rumor
la Elizabeth City, for which there was no
authority.: As tbe jury was closeted all
day there was plenty of time to havs dis
vsredand e irrected theerror b ifqre send'
i r the telegram, which was filed after -
on. It was the most outrageous de-
ptlon weaver experienced, being, Pt
a'.l sxcuss or explanation. Ths Free
fEESiwlll place no reliance npon that!
arcs of "news" and it is to be presumed
at ths other papers using that service
will drop It. If they is not they can
and mors than ws can. ' ' A
Ta this connection we will now say that!
oii j the contemplated Improvements
i.Tbs FhIe Pbsbs we hope before "fang
to establish a general news service which
will be second to none.
After. SO hours of deliberation and
twice calling for further instructions the
jury filed into the court mom at Elisa
beth Oty at 10:10 o'clock Saturday night
and . rendered .- m verdict" against James
Wilcox of murder in tbe first degree for
the killing of his former sweetheart, Ella
tropsey, on me nigns oi novemoer aT,
iwi, i jaage jones immediately' pro-
nonnced sentence that Wilcox should bs
banged on April 25 and prisoner's coun-
eei niea notice m appeal. - - i
Wotwitnstanding tne lateness of the
hour when thecourt house bellannounced I
ths return of the jury the courtroom wa J
qulckly filled. Theiople had been ner-
vously waiting all day, talking of noth-j
mg else, and had worked themselves up I
to a high pitch. When the verdict was
pronouaced there were many gasDS and I
evidences of mental excitement, and some
burst Into tears. But Wilcox was ths I
same Wilcox he has been throughout the J
awiui oraeai. us neara tne latai an
nouncement without the twitch of a mus
cle or the slightest change of expression.
His nerve is the marvel of all.
There were some expressions of sympa
thy, but the great majority of, public
opinion approves of ths verdict as just
and proper.
Everybody praises ths fairness of Judge
Jones throughout and the tender consid
eration he has shown for ths feelings of
both bereaved families,
When Wiloox was led away to await
his doom his step was as firm and steady
as If be were going out to shoot bullfrogs,
as he expressed a wish to do on . seeing
one the other day.
At IHa Old Poet, v"
air. iiart iiewDorn, wno about a
month ago, went to Washington to ac
cept a position as managerof E.Peterson
Who' jc!e Grocery Co., has returned to
Kl.r ' :i c If r,!n accepted his former
po; !:' lwl 'il s. T. W. Mewborn &
Co. Ti e reason of Mr. newborn's re
turn was as follows: The owner of the
map'
We 1
ltftt'
ter, :
owr
Dr.l.
of etotk
la the company at
n, lit. l tterson, at t'a c, -la
r rcprty to Lis adopted !.ir. h-
. ira uaray. 'its c.laor.tyl
ft-.xk, a Mr. I'm
- 'y, whose c!d bo
1 cot r " t i
'i t l " j out, po 3
1 ' " , i '
l ; f ) i
r.id
i' '3
f r
-
t
t r- i
w :
l-ri
MAJOR LITTLETON W. "T. WALLER, OF THE MARINE CORPS.
Malor Waller and LUnttnant John EL A.
of executing natima of the Island of Samar without trial. ' Major Waller made a great
reoord during' the Chinee campaign. vita aaid he was atarriug and meuuUly anbalxneed
when the alleged killing occurred, Hit 1 '
No Clue to Murderer; y.
Not the slightest clue has yet been 'A
covered to ths mutder of Pete Law
ih
Duplin county last et k, That b ex
pected trouble is known, but from what
1 source is not known. H always carried
P'tol and said II he met bis enemy lace
,t! ... - -,kiu t -
son
was informed that he was to be
"filled with buckshot." Lawson's death
was tnstaatansous. His head fell for
ward and he never ottered a sound. :-. He
was .smoking a claratt at t s time.
His little girl had been standing by his
iide and the course of some of the shot
j showed thut she would have been hit In
i the head-had aha aot juet run away..
Whatever else one mny find in the
New York papers, one can always de
pend upon finding the details of one
or more sensational murder trials in
which New Yorkers figure as the prln
cipals. There are now in various
stages of prosecution five rather unique
and ' interesting ensea the Mnllnpnr
Miu whirh nnw t. twni h
ratrick case, in which it is alleeed
that a lawyer Dolsoned a rich client in
order to get possession of his money ;
the McAulIffe case, wherein a police-
man who had testified against other of-
fleers is alleired to have been killed to
prevent' his giving further testimony:
the Voepel case, in which a seventeen-
year-old boy is suspected of stabbing
his mother to death, and the Burns
case, in which a beautiful young worn
an is charged with shooting her recre-
ant lover.
Cecil Rhodes' latest biographer con
trndlcts the story that Rhodes ever
used the phrase "I neyer met a man
whom I could not buy." The germ of
this' statement is said to be found in
the fact that one day when discussing
his proposed telegraph wire across Af
rica somebody asked him how he ex
pected to carry it across the Sudan.
'Oh, leave it to me," Rhodes answered.
"I never met the man yet that I could
not come to an agreement with, and J
shall fix things up with tye khalifa
when the time comes."
Bow to Clean Palated Doors,
White painted doors,, skirtings, etc.
should not be washed ; with strong
soap or, in fact, any soap at all. as it
Is likely to remove the gloss of the
paint The best treatment for such
delicate woodwork is to dip a wet
flannel in bran and rub It over Lbe
surface of the wood. , J i
How to Clean Plaao Kera.
Cotton flannel cloths wet with a sat
urated solution of oxalic acid and wa
ter and laid upon piano keys- will re
move ell stains. Care should always
be taken in the use of such a bleacher
as this that It does not touch anything
from which the color is not to be re
moved, for It does Its work with more
certainty than discretion.
Tbi-Zieloe of Experieoee.
Tap.i, RuM the small toy, looking
cp from Lis book, "what Is a curio?" .
'A cur!o." replied tLe father thocsht-
fnlly, 13 sotnetLIn? - that costs tea
t". i wt.it It's wcrtb." CLtcao Foft.
t
iV,
.
t ...
Tcrl
rctsC;
: you
t:
c. c.
a c
t -
Dnv ara binir emirt-tnnrttnled on tha chants
SPECIAL
NOTIGES
WANTS OF THE PEOPLE EXPRESSED
. HERS, jc lint) no charge leu than ice.
To Let, For bale. Help Wanted, Work
Waoted, Article Tor Exchange, Found,
Lost, Etc.
If a servant you should want,
Depend upon and feel quite sure on'r,'
Servants quickly can be had
By inserf"g here an ad. - ,.
Fresh Graham Flour at S. H. Bright.
Ton Sale. 50,000 tlulesv- Samuel -Abbott.
. . t
'. Easter Opening Wednesday 2Ctb. A. R. .
Miller.
, Pumps and Pump Pipe cheaper tbars
ever. Pump put down for is.
Mooub & Parrott, Kiqeton, K. C.
TEIELY TOPICS .
TERSELY TREATED.
Short Local, Stories, Editorial Rotes.
Hall no rs'gn gentle spring 1 .' .
How would you like to be the a'der
man7 .
'
Saturday's Free Press made a de
cided hit. v
The moon was full last night and was
quite bare faced about It.
if". V;l''V: ' ' v;T
The Free Press Is heartily in favor of
EJnston having an illustratad page ad
vertisement in the Charleston Edition of
the Raleigh News-Observer. It, will be a.
good advertisement and advertising?
pays for a town as well as for a firm.
The four aldermen who volunteered a f 5
subscription each showed a commend
able spirit, bat the whole town should
pay for it. TLe board will make no
mistake in voting ICQ for such a pur
pose. ,
Two new features ara introduced in
The Free Press today, which we, truss '
will prove popular. . Tbe first is special
pictures, which from day to day will in
clude portraits of peopla who are figur
ing prominently in the news, pictures of
places of Interest to which the day's
news refers, and cartoons satirizing feat
ures of the news. The e--n:ond Is a daily
series of opinions and 1 ' s of men prom
inent and known In t'l tl a Ltarher walks,
men whose opinions ccutit for something.
Beside being Interest -, these features
will add much to the attractiveness of
ths paper.
Coaldoot rrtsthe.
Coughs, colds, crovr. ; Ironi
: : .3
l'T
sore throat anil lur r -
red by One Minu I ; t
-te'Conah Cur i r t ' c
which giv
f. It (oftens an d 1,
cl-i?- s out the in (I -r
t' f f of tbe A'.'
Ar'i f t ("'.' "O
.1 i ) 8.-1 that la i
J . f f the IV .
1 4., "i'y wireer
f-r.l wp relived I
I -i a beneCt to a.
1