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"1 "A I 1 1 I I t ' 1 1 I fBAllY mE PftESS I 1 I I 1 1 I 1 I I f THE WEATHER: Fair and "cold, high : . wlodi tonight and Wed- 1 need ay. .'. . . BalLcuToir mePrtrt. t TUTTC? Tell the borrower it T costs but 10c a week, delivered by carrier. 1 ' I I 1 1 i I 1 i 1 . 1 1 . I I I i i t 1 PUBLISHED EJZEsRY KFTERNOON 1 EXCEPT SUNDRY, 14 VOL, V.NO. 3. KINSTON, N: C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1002. PRICE TWO CENTS. OLD. HORTH STATE HEWS AMD GOSSIP ODD AID IHTERESTIXG EAPPEHIGS Creenstoro tnd "WiHIim'stoa Tbreai . eied by Fire in a High find. Soddea and Violent Deaths by the Gun, the Knife and Potsoa A Basy Day fur Tfaahlngtoa gargeoae 8oa Poiaona Hi ' Tether to Set Bid of Work Man Toand Dai la Him Barry. A white man darned Miller killed colored man named Powell a few mile from Lenoir Monday. , 1 It la Intimated that the Republicans will nominate a formidable candidate 1 Jor chief justice of the court of appeals. Cumberland county calls on the State fortl.182 to keep lte public schools open ionr months In the year, and Camden asks for $$6. ''- ' "" , Aa unknown white man killed a man named ! Bare ,.. (bJsq whits) in ..Burke county Tuesday morning. He was ar rested and taken to Burke jalt r. The sals of fertilizer tax tagspp to March 1 were 8,000 less than toN the same Bate last year. s' Week before last the tales were heavy, but last, week they were smajlitta estimated that the The latest addition -to tne state mu seum is a collection of Insects made Franklin Sherwood, State etomologie. A numDer oi eacn una are groopea. There are also in special departments ex hibits which show how insects sing, feed, eat, hear, etc 'Y'& ?H Monday Was "busy day" for Washlng- ,. ton surgeons. A negro workman, had : leg .crushed, and; suffered I amputation, Mr. Thomas Carrowan and John Wilson were badly .: Injured by falling lumber, one negro was stabbed by another, and another negro in resisting arrest for as sault accidentally shotnlmseir.v "'' uuclan Tripp, 40 years old, was found dead in his baggy about 12 miles' north . of Pitteboro Monday. : He had , been drinking heavily and was returning from : the stilL He was in company with a ne gro, who lays he left the' boggy for short time, and when he returned, found Tripp dead. Jim Singleton, a young negro,-., was fatally shot by Charles HalL another colored boy, Monday night at , Wilming ton. The two negroes were drinking and the shooting was the result of quarrel Hall made his escape after the shooting. Singleton was sent ' to the City Hospital. The ball passed through the lower abdomen and he isnotexpected ..to v;'.!i'.iv:; Tire In a mattress factory near the Southern depot at Greensboro Monday vening; threatened y the destruction of jboch valuable property. The factory, a : frame building was destroyed and by hard work other buildings near by were saved. The depot, " Hotel Hufflne, and Hufflne's bottling works were endan gered. A high wind prevailed at the time and blew sparks in every direction, setting fire to the water tower. 'A colored man named Isaac Johnson ' who Jives , near Cro wells, in Halifax county, was poisoned by his son some days ago and narrowly escaped death, The old man had rented some land and the boy-had to do some of the work In cultivating it. He got tired of the Job and thought he wouldget out of It by killing his father, so he pat Paris green in his coffee. The old man was taken to Enfield, where the physician saved him. Maggie Brown, a negro girl, entered the millinery store of Mrs. J. L. Council, in West Durham, Saturday ; night She was seen to crawl through a window and was shot at as she ran off. Pursuit was given and she was captured and held until Sergeant Cutts could arrive. It was discovered that she had been shot twice In one of her arms, one bullet going through her wrist and the other grazing the skin. She was discharged from the work house Saturday morning. Moo- day she was tried before the mayor and bound over tq court under a 50 bond. A negro man, named Archie DeGraf- fcnreidt, was shot near Jonesboro Tues day afternoon by Mart McLeod, another cero, who was drank at the time. It rvmi' that DeGrafTenreidt was at , the Louse of one George Melver, colored, and 1 I just taken a seat, when McLeod enured, flourishing a pistol, and dalar I 'X that he intended to shoot. Aecord-i- 'y, he fired, and the surprise to the oc ints cf the room was so great that -e knew that any damage was Cone ' e wounded man ft it Le tiood c wa V.s tody. lie was shot K h. ' -r.'jre factory of "artin " Ma weseit!.Vjcon-j snmed by Are Monday night and tbe en tire town was threatened by the high wind. Tbe warehouse and packboose of W. M.Tork,ooe-toortbof amlle distant caught many times and was with great difficulty saved, and many dwellings and other houses between this and the fac tory repeatedly caught.! AO ha factory buildings and machinery and much lum ber on tbe yard were- Jbarnsd, tbe loss ex ceeding 135,000, insurance S11,50Q, Tbe dwell! nir and contents of Turner Williams (negro) value $500, no insur ance, were also destroyed, as were other small shanties. The damage to build huts and -: property not entirely lost amounts to several hundred dollars. . Town Primaries. Tbe ward primaries will be held . next Thursday night, April 8, at 8 o'clock The first ward primary wQl be held at the Farmers' tobacco warehouse, the second at the mayor's office, and tbe voters of the third ward will meet In the courthouse. Each ward primary will nominate twb candidates tor aldermen j At the several ward meetings a ballot for a nominee for mayor will be taken, and the result declared. Should no can didate for mayor have received a major ity of the votes cast, a primary shall be held at the court house. Friday, April 4, beginning at JO o'clock a. m. and closing at Q p. m.. to nominate a candidate for mayor." After the vote is counted, should ho candidate for mayor receive a major ity a similar primary will bs held Satur day, April 6, at the court house from 10 o'clock arm. to 9 o'clock p. m. Only the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be voted on at the primary on 8atorday. i '. ' V Every white voter of the town of Kins ton who pledges himself to vote tor the nominees of the Democratic party for the offices of mayor and aldermen will be al lowed to participate in tbe ward conven tions and primary, A ballot box for the mayoralty primary at the court house will be provided, which will be under the Control of tbe several pollholders, to be appointed by the executive committee. . ii" .... oroc4Koo0ooooo I eftch qU8)rter after all preliminary arrange- ' " . - --L'iinente are made which Is not thecasefor The Bapgain CoanteK .:: . SPRINGr HAS OOMSL We mean, of course, our line of Bed Springs. Ton should Inspect them. You will find them all bargains. We have a complete stock to! Furniture and can supply any of your needs in that line. . Hruive us a trial.., - f , " QUINtf k MILLER - yOU DON'T MEAN IT I I certainly do. and it is good for either Bread or Paetrv.' How can he do it? He simply bought one car- load t the right time and the right price, and It is right Flour 14.60 per barrel while it lasts ac .-. --i v- , r;t ; W. M. CARROLL'S, :..-. " ' Staple and Fancy Grocer. North Street. , IF YOU ARB once a customer of ours you will always be. we keep a lull stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries and can fill any of your housekeeping wants in tnat line. Give us a trial. We'll treat you right. J. H. ALEXANDER. General Store. North Street. ; t BARGAINS IN PRINTINQ , -. . . . ... .... ' We have some more ' of those Letter Heads. Note Heads. Bill Heads and Statements in fine qualltycolored bond papers, pink and blue. They are good vaioe lor price cnargea. u in need oi some stationery examine tnese. goods before making your selection. . . Letter Heads BOO for f 1.75, 1,000 for $3.00. Note Heads 600 for $1.85, 1,000 for $2.25. Fine Old Hampshire Bond pink Note Heads 600 for $1.65, 1,000 for $2.65. Fins blue or pink Bill Heads, 7x8J4 Inches, 500 for $1.40, 1,000 for $2.40. Statements, elegant quality bond papers in blue, pink, lemon or salmon, 500 for f 1.60, 1,000 for $2.50. 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 :: GOOD JE17S FOR THE LADIES ! i Our spring line of QUEEN QUALITY OXFOEDS, in all of the newest styles, jnst leceived, and we would be glad to have yon come in and see them. v - . , f AY AY J We are giving; with every pair of Shoes or Oxfords we sell a beautiful large size picture cf the QUEEN LOUISE OF PRUSSIA, painted by the great artist, Leoa LToran. . , , S. H. LOFTIN, KINSTON, N. C. ; 1 . :-:-?--:--s--: . . : . i i . i . i . i . RURAL DELIVERY ; ; ' BEGfflS JULY i COIGRESSKAI IITCHIH'S GOOD WORK Six Routes tb U Established-Carriers : , Hot let Appointed. Bat for that, Dellrory Could Hsv Beam 'Testerdajr IGrasre OMm Fow Bootee I aad two Other Places in tbe Distrlot Share la the Ctood Fortnno Increases i Important of Dlatrlbntinr Qffioes. "Hooray for ' Congressman ' Claude Kitchin'i .He did not wait for any prodding from his constituents, but has kept the prod working in Washington to good purpose, and as a result he Is enabled to send Ths Fbeb Pbes& and its, readers ; In j Klnstonand LaGrfoge the good news that both towns have been granted rural free delivery systems according to the recommendations of touts Agent Boss, re cently here, six routes from Klnston post- j office and four from the LaQrange post- j office. The. department has not yet been able to act on the applications for car riers, owing to the vast number of appli cations from all parts of the country. 1 But tor that fact the routes might have! been established Tuesday, as they are al ways inaugurated at the first of the! quarter f allowing the completion of the 1 preliminary arrangements. '. How effectively Congressman Kitchin has followed the matter up. and how prompt has been the response to . his ef forts, may be be gathered from the state ment of tbe acting assistant postmaster general that the order was Issued theday following bis last call. Tne congress man's equally . prompt transmission of I tbe good news to the readers of Th Fbkb . . WE T.TKW TO EAT. So does every healthy person, espe-j piauy wnen mey nave sometning nice. you ouy your groceries xrom us you will have It and It won't cost you more than, if s worth either. Just stop our wagon or pnone your oraer. it will have prompt attention, v ; ? : LaROQTJE ft BOTJNTBEE.v The Up-to-Date Grocers. ! THS RipiNGr SEASON is here, so come and trade your old wheel for a new one and make the exer tion of life easy; T i ' ' . ' " KlNSTON CYCLE CO. . , . , OOMH UP. - . Yes, if you buy your Seed Oats from us they will beyond a doubt - We also havsa large stock of Hay, Grain and eea. we - are neaa quarters for every- idling in our una. 1 Come to see us. u . . , ; . NEUSE MILLING CO. W. A. LaRoque's late stand. :; - ' ABB YOU ONE who is sroinflr to build or antlcinates bulldlnirT -If so we wish to let it he known that we can furnish on reoerot of oraer r rammg ana box Boards, eut from Long Leaf Pines, also all kinds of pressed Lumber. Come and examine our stock and get our prices before nnr chasing." Thanking our customers for past patronage and hoplnsr to renew same, we remain, xours truly, ' THE GAY LUMBER CO. Prompt Delivery. -. . I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ) GENERAL SCHALKBUBGEB . SOLDIER, The famnna Boar atataaman ami aoUier who haa baea makina- naaoa nranoaala to General Lord Kitchener is. in the absence of South African republic. When General Piet Yioe president, and president Aruger's tugnt PBss is also worthy of note. Both let ters follow: House of Representatives, . Washington, D. C, March SI 1902, Editor Kjmston Fexk Pbebb: Know log your interest and ' the Interest of our peTple in Lenoir in the R. F. p. ser vice, I send you under this cover a copy of a letter received today from the acting flrstaesistantpostmastergeneral.statlng the date on which the service would be gin for the routes named in this letter. I hope you will publish the enclosed letter for the information of all interested.1 The appointments of carriers have not been made, and I will let you know. These routes are established from the first of the quarter beginning April 1, 1902. Sincerely yours, . . ' 1 ' ' ' CLAtTDB KlTCHlK. i ''.-'- ' 1; -!- ' Washington, D. C, March 29, 1902, Hon. Claude Kitchin, T ""House" xf Representatives, " ' .' Washington, D. C Sib: In accordance with your personal request of yesterday,! take pleasure in informing you tnat authority has this day been Issued for the establishment of rural free delivery service from the follow ing points in your district, effective from July 1st, 1902: . Elm City, Wilson county, 2 routes. 1 1 Klnston, Lenoir county, 6 routes. LaGrange, Lenoir county, 4 routes. ' Whitakers, Edgecombe county, 1 route, Utner routes ueuuooeu ior iu me uie- trlct are now in course of inspection. ; Very respectfully, J". M. Mastkh, Acting First Assistant P. M. General. Rev. J. B. Jaokaon to Wed. ' Rev. J. B. Jackson, who served several churches in this section In 1900, assisting Rsv. C. W. Blanchard, will be married tonigbt in Goldsboro to ) Miss Addle Rasberry, of that town. The wedding will take place at the home of Mr. Benj amin King. The bridal party will leave tombrrow night for the home of the groom's parents, In Winterville, to spend several days. r Mr. Jackson Is pastor of the second Baptist church in Goldsboro. He has many friends in Klnston and in this and adjoining counties, whose well wishes follow him and his bride In their new life. FITZ FAVORS CHARLESTON. Telegraphs Jeffries That They Are Boand to Accept the Offer. Aew York, April 2. umy one bid was received in this city yesterday for the Jef- frfes-Fitiimmons fight. , It was that of the Charleston Athletic. Quo, which of tered the fighters 75 per cent, of the gross receipts or a guarantee of $26,000. The club agreed to hold the contest between May 15th and June 1st, and offered to give the contestants the entire proceeds from ths picture privileges. , A report was received from Jeffries say ing he did not think, the contest could bs held in Charleston, and he wanted the Charleston men to post the full $26,000 as forfeit, "v - '.- ' Fitzlmmons Immediately sent back the i following telegram to Jeffries: "Charleston Is ths best bid and by ar ticles of agreement we are both bound to accept it. Have every assurance of no interference. If you really want to fight accept or think up some better excuse than you have given. Tour demand for f 23,000 forfeit is ridiculously unreason able. I am ready to sign and post for feit now." IN CIVIL LIFE AND President Kruirer. the aotinr nreaident of ths Joabert died hchalkburrer suooaeded him as elevatea turn still lurtber. . PEACE OVERTTBKS. Boers and British Mar Moo Cease ' tUttlee. : ' Hoe Pretoria, Monday, March 81. Presi dent Steyn and Gen. De La Rey have been located and a meeting between them and Acting President Schalkbnrger Is expect ed to be arranged without further delay. It is reported that General Botha wil also attend the conference. ' Commandant If ears has rent in word that bis command will abide by the de cision of the Boer government. . , - Commandant De Villlers, who-has been operating in the Klmberley district, has sent in a flag of truce, asking for terms. The peace movement, however, has jin no way Interfered with the military op erations The British are. again sweep ing the northwest districts of the Orange River Colony, where it is believed they have about a thousand of General De Wet's men within the cordon. ' . ' I - - March Crop Balletin, : ( Washington, April 2. The weather Bureau's crop summary for March says The conditions were generally . favora ble for farming on the Atlantic coast north of North Carolina and In Florida. Oat seeding Is progressing In the middle Atlantic states. Fall sown oats in the southern states have been winter killed to a great extent. Considerable corn planting has been done in the central and east gulf and south Atlantic states. In Texas and Florida ' cotton planting well advanced, but in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana none has yet been planted and very little ground, has been prepared owing to heavy rains. BESTON. , ' March 31. Most of the farmers are up with' their work. ' Mr. John Phelps says the recent cold weather killed most of his tobacco plants. Rev. Jake Hill, organized a 8unday school at the public school house Sun day. The nubile school taught by Miss Lena Matthews closed Wednesday. Miss Zona May. who has been teaching at Daley s returned home Friday. Mrs. L. A. Robinson left Saturday to visit relatives near Uoauoma, Mrs. Florence Phelps spent Sunday at Jason. ' ; Miss Mamie Hatsell returned from Bull Head Saturday. - - Miss Ora Joyner, of near Shine Is vis iting at Mr. John Edward s. - Soldiers Killed la a Wreck. Pretoria, April 2. Thirty-nine British soldiers were kilted and forty-five were Injured in a railroad wreck March 30th, near Barberton, Transvaal Colony. ; Pasainf of Seaator-Chairsoan Jones. .Little Rock, Ark., April' 2.-With ten counties yet to report, official and unoffi cial reports yield tbe following results on the United States senatorship: James P. Clarke 69; James K. Jones 50; necessary to elect on joint ballot 67. 'A ; ; Mrs. Darhaa Cared. ; i Dkax Sib.- I am a great sufferer from severe nervous headache, and find in Cap croixx speedy relief. Also , when feeling nervous and all broken up, a dose sets me all right. I take pleasure in recom mending it as a thoroughly satisfactory medy. Sincerely, Mas. CoixMBrs Durham. , Red, green and yellow shipping tags, with metal eyelets, have been added to the stock earried in The Fhek Pbebs Job Printing Department. They are strong and durable just the thing for tobacco buyers to use in sending o3 samples of leaf tobacco. AS A TIMELY TOPICS TERSELY TREATED. Snort Locil-StorJes,' Editorial Rotes. IN APRIL. ? , Out of earth a song came Soft and sweet and low, A fragrance faint of melody . Such as the angles know. Entranced I turned to see Whence came the fairy sound, . And lot I saw a violet . ; Come peeping from tbe ground. - A -t.; ' . -Llpplncott'a That Is up in Northland, Where winter breese blow, And spring's delayed by ice and Hail and sleet and snow. If you were down in Dixie, 1 And took a look around, You'd see corn, tobae. and "taters" . Just a spouting from the ground. 1 More frost. ' ) Did the April Fool catch you? . Spring trade Is badly sprung. ' Spring suits nobody this year. When will the green things getachance to' grow? . ' '' ' Local politics "am a-warmin' up," and uneasy lies the heads of numerous candi dates. v i; " : :'v";; M- Ws shall have to make up for this frigidity later on by an over supply of baked atmosphere. But after all, as usual, Klnston is not getting half as bad weather as most of the rest of the country. - " " "r" We have received a spring poem cob trlbutlon,but we consider it altogether but of season just now. Give us soma thing on tbe freen. t ' , Interest is awakening In the Pete Law- sou murder; and well it should, for a more brutal, cold-blooded and cowardly crime was never confinitted. . ' Thc Fvek Pbbss welcomes to this col umn letters like that of "First Warder." Responsible citizens are invited to air their views on any matter of local Inter est. ' It's a free forum tor all, bot of course the paper is not responsible or necessarily in sympathy with the views and theories expressed. Listen tq "first warder." , Dbar Mb. Editob: As they say In th legislature, I rise toaquestlonof personal privilege to ask a few questions about town politics. Ton know, Mr. Editor, just like every body else . knows , who ; watches the current of events, that w ' have been electing six commissioners and only having four , to do the business. There Is the - street commissioner, be draws $50 extra, the electric light com missioner,., the graveyard commissioner and the : town treasurer, they all get their $50 apiece extra. These are the men who stand together, get themselves extra pay, put In the police and do what ever they please. The other two com missioners they are just honorable alder- dermeo, that's all. Somehow, we don't understand, the first ward eommissionsrs are not in It when the $50 apiece extra, is being handed around. Now either one of them knows enough to have "grass J weeded out of a graveyard and either one of them knows enough to tell Har low Phillips to take some hands and work the streets. We don't think tha right thing has been done to the first) men. mere ongnt to be two more extra. .. offices made to give them a job and extra pay. How would a Commissioner . of agriculture and one of transportation do? We throw this out as a suggestion. , If that does'nt do, why not consolidate all these extra : offices, in one and give it -to some poor and honest man? They say tbe $50 pay is not an Inducement ' to run for the office. They do ft just for ' patriotism, but they vote the salary- extra pay and all just the same. - Wa heard an unrege Derate say tbe other day . that Klnston paid her .law makers the - highest salary in the world when we come to value the work done by them. Another dam fool standing near by said you hadn't thought , of the advantage) thero Is iu getting your friends on tb police force. , 1 . r, , , What we want to know la, will : tha " first ward get one or two of these extra offices? The other wards have been . having these extras. We want some for our men. Fikst Wabbib
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