North Carolina Newspapers

.n - i- f I I I I . I I . I 1 . 1 he Daily Free. Press 1 M I 1 1 ' I M t H You'll te Surprised ;;; ' at th effect a little ad . . IB TB FbX FbSSS will , "' bar. ; - , r f THE WEATHER: T Generally fair tonight T and Saturday. '1 ' I1 1 I ' 1 ' 1 1 ' I 1 i i 1 1 1 I I I 1 l I I I ' 1 I U PUBLISHED EVERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, "VOL. V. NO. 6. " , ! KINSTON, N. O., FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1902. 7 PRICE TWO CENTS ) number art also going from other parte I the 8tate, also from 8onth Carolina and Virginia. Within the past few years a number ofemtgrantpartieehaTepaeeed through Asheville going west. . It ie not a floating class of people that have been track by the emigration fever, but tome ODD AKD IHTEKKSTIflU HiFFfllllti5. of the very beet citisns of the sountry. These people are not going on uncertain- OLD NORTH STATE HEWS AND GOSSIP Eegira of Sortb Carolina Farmers to tha Far West. tie for they hare sold their property here and already purchased land in the 'weet, -. " Vu Good Citizen are Iyearinr Two Aged Maiden Ladles- Found Dead In Bed Torethep-Somethln r Aboat the Quaker A Bobesontan Prefers the Chain Can at Home to Liberty Else The Winston Journal says that Mr. J. - V. Franklin, of Vienna township, For- try th county, worked a 26 acre farm last Tear with a horse for which he paid f 20. From this farm be has sold $400 worth f tobacco and he also raised 65 bushels of wheat and other crops in proportion. Asheville Citizen: It is learned that the sheep industry will perhaps be taken up In this section on an extensive scale. "Western North Carolina is particularly adapted to sheep raising and if a business -venture of this kind is made it will proba bly be the beginning of a live stock busi ness of great importance. -- Wilson Times: When corn sells for bout one dollar a bushel, and. pork for ten cents per pound, when cotton sells -well, and also tobacco, it is a good time ftnfArm. For rears farmers have not been favored with greater inducements t) wnt forth ' reasonable efforts to make ST . crops. Concord Tribune: This morning as Mr. Frank Lowder, the Mt. Pleasant! mail carrier, was coming to town, and while in the Three-Mile branch, which was up, all four of his traces broke and Jeft the hack and its occupants sitting in three feet of water, while the horses came on to town. Mr, D. A. Conine came along with his wagon and took out the stranded people and brought them on to town. Mrs. Susan Dixon Dead. Mrs. Susan J. Dixon, wife of Mr. W. T. Dixon, of Hookerton, died yesterday af ternoon at 2 o'clock, after an illness of about a month, with pneumonia. The de ceased was 67 years of age, and had been a consistent member of the Methodist church since" she was a small child. A husband and fonr children mourn their loss. She was a mother of Mr. D. V. Dixon, of Kinston, and Mess. W. O. and D. H. Dixon, of Hookerton, and Mrs. MAYORALTY FIGHT . A RED HOT ONE FOUR HEW ALDERMEN H0MIB1TED Webb and Midyette Are Fighting it Ont Today. Anybody's Battle Up to the Hoar of Going to Pre Candidates Working- Xilke Beavers Heath and Brown Only Mem. bers of Old Board Renominated Others are Toll, Wajrner, Tun stall and Pittman. The climax came last night to what has been the most spirited contest for municipal offices ever held.- in Kinston, when the Democratic voters of the town met In their respective wards and nomi nated candidates for aldermen and voted for mayor. Tne grand finale wm come Addie L. Grimsley, of near Hookerton. I tonight when the votes are counted and I ft The remains will be buried at the old family grave yard this afternoon. Rev. E. Pope, of Snow Bill, will conduct the funeral services. ' . A Treat For Woodington. . Through the kindness of ' Mrs. A. R. Miller, Mrs. L. P., Tapp and Mrs. J. J. Bltielha number of children, and several of the thoughtful mothers of Kinston, Woodington will have a treat next Sun day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Tapp, and Mrs. Biczell- will take the children out to Woodington and render the program, "Glorious Easter," given at the Methodist church last Sunday evening. It will be a pleasant outing for the children and Woodington will enjoy the visit as well as the exercises. This will be a good time for others, to visit the Woodington church. ' Let all the people at Woodington be present ,( : : the nominee for mayor determined. To determine this, a primary with appointed poll holders is being held from 10 a. in. to 9 p. m. The contest Is now between Mr. Geo. B. Webb, the present mayor, and Mr. J. T. Midyette, Mr. W. A. Mitchell having withdrawn. Mayor Webb lacked only 11 votes of a nomination last night, but the friends of Mr. Midyette still have confidence, and, it is not a foregone con clusion by any means as to who will be our next mayor. In fact, It seems to be an assured fact that the candidate, who does receive the nomination will do so by a very narrow margin. Y, A nomination at the hands of the Democratic party of the city is equiva lent to an election. There were threecandldates for mayor. Mess. Webb, Midyette and W. A. Mitchell. Webb received a 4 total vote of 284; Midyette, 253, and Mitchell, 41. Webb A. MILES, WHO TIMELY TOPICS TERSELY TREATED, Short Local Stories, Editorial Motes; LIEUTENANT MAY GENERAL NELSON .RETIRE. , When the eml war began liens ml Miles was a clerk in a crockery store in liostott. tie Volunteered and at 25 was oommanding an army corns. HU civil war record was exeollnut and at the war's close he was a major general. In 1000 he was made a lieutenant general. 00OOO0OO0OOO0O00OO0-KOOO0-H3O4- o .... . i nK Tirr ivi l n i ririri rRn.tr:'i in Thnrsdav for assaulting a wWte oooooooooo04.oooooooooooo4.oooo Mr- KUpatrick, who, on motion. lacked 11 votes of having a majority Over both candidates. If he can hold the votes he polled last night and gets 11 of the votes cast for Mitchell he will get the nomination. The friends of Midyette claim this may not be done. It will be seen, though, that the vote, judgingfrom last night, will be close today. The following were nominated and will compose the next board of aldermen for Kinston: V ! Mess. T. B. Brown and J. Tv Heath, from the first ward ; Mr. K. R. Tuns tall jtndDr.. H. Tull from the second, and Meis. J.C. Wairner and E. 8. Pittman from the third. The vote by wards last night was follows: ; '' . - FJHST, WARD. . . - , The convention was called to order by NEWS NUGGETS. jrirl, convicted and sentenced to 15 yean In the penitentiary. I The Edenton mill tary company had been guarding him, as a crowd had been in waiting to lynch him. Governor Aycock sat up nearly all - night to be ready to act in case of emerj srencr. but after the sentence the ; eberin thought the danger was over, dismissed the military and started with hlsprisoner for the penitentiary, but on the way to the station the negro was shot down Lnmberton Robesonian: W. H. Ham mond was convicted of an assault with . a deadlv weapon at the last term of ' court and when sentenced to the chain gang disappeared." Since his escape he has traveled about in Georgia and Flor ida until a few days ago he returned and cave himself ud to the authorities for the purpose of serving ont his time. He . aays that serving time on the chain franir in Robeson county is far better than enjoying the (rlvileges of liberty in other states, - Two axed maiden ladles were found deadlnthenamebedatFlyntHIll, Tad Un county. They were Miss Susie Speir, aged 60, and Miss Martha Logan, aged 65. They had been in feeble health for some time, but were nit known to be dangerously sick, and it is not known when they died. It was reported that there were grounds to suspect that the old friends, tiring f life, had committed suicide, but there is nothing to justify this conclusion. Tne oia laaies nad a large circle of friends and any want would have been relieved that could have been J known.'. .;-J :-J; t' V - . Southern Field: There Is said to be about 5,600 Quakers or Friends in North Carolina From old records it appears that these people first settled in the Pied mont section of the State about 1600, theirs being the first pioneer church In the State. General meetings were early established. The yearly meeting dates from 1698'. Since 18S3 this meeting has been held at High Point and includes the Friends offrennessee. In 1837 this yearly meeting founded what was at that time called the "New Garden . Boarding School," but now known as Guilford College. Asheville Citizen: It is said there has never been a time in the history of North Carolina when so many people were emi grating as now. The emigration in this eection is confined largely to the moun tain districts and is mostly to Oklahoma and Wasblrgton. Nor is all ol this . emL -a.t!on con2nel to ti.is section, for lare " Mrs. Durham Cured. . j n ?:s: I am a rreat sr,fT;rer from rvous te1acbe, and find inCAP - 'y re!it Also when feeling 1 f 'l broken up, a dose sets . I t ii.8 plture in recom- thorousUy satisfactory Spring has oomr We mean, of course, our line of Bed Springs. Yon should inspect them. You will find them all bargains. We have a complete stock of Furniture and can supply any of your needs in that line. WTUive us a trial. - , 1 QUINN & MILLER. YOU PONT MEAN IT I ,. I certainly do, and it is good for either Bread or Pastry. Hbw can he do It? He simply bouirht one car load at the right time and the right price, and It is right Flour 4.60 per barrel while It lasts at . " ' ... - W. M, CARROLL'S, ' Staple and Fancy Grocer. North Street. -r , IP.TOU ABB . once a customer of ours yon will always be.- We keep a rail stock of staple and Fancy Groceries and can fill any of your housekeeping wants in tnat line. . Ulye ns a trial. We'll treat yon right. . " J. H. ALEXANDER. General Store. North Street. BARGAINS IN PRINTING We have some more, of those Letter Heads. Note Heads. Bill Heads and Statements in fine quality colored bond papers, pink and blue. They are good value lor price c barged, u m need of some stationery examine tnese. goods before making your selection. Letter Heads 500 for f 1.75, 1.000 for f 3.00. Note Heads 500 for $1.85, 1,000 for $2.25. Fine Old Hampshire Bond pink Note Heads 500 for $1.65, 1,000 for $2.65. Fine bine or pink Bill Heads, 7x8X inches, 500 for $1.40, 1,000 for $2.40. Statements, elegant'quality bond papers In blue, pink, lemon or salmon, 500 for $1.50, 1,000 for $2.50. WI I.IrtW TO SAT. So does every healthy person, eepe dally when they have something nice, u yon Duy your groceries irom ns you will have it and it won't cost yon more than It's worth either. Just stop our wagon or 'phone your order. It will have prompt attention. : : LaROQUB ft RODNTREE. The Up-to-Date Grocers. THB BIDING SEASON is here, so come' and trade your old wheel for a new one and make the exer tion of life easy. ' ' KINSTON CYCLE CO. OOMEUP. Yes, if yon buy your Seed Oats from us they will beyond a doubt We also have a large stock of Hay, Grain and feed, we are neadauarters for everv- cning in onr line. . Uome to see ns. , NEUSE MILLING CO. W. A. LaRoque's late stand. ARB YOU ONE who Is going to build or anticipates building? If so we wish to let it be known that we can furnish on receipt of oraer framing ana cox Juoaras, cut from Long Leal Pines, also all kinds of Dressed Lumber. Come and examine our stock and get our prices before pur chasing. Thanking our customers for past patronage and hoping to renew same, we remain, lours truly, - ' THE GAY LUMBER CO. Prompt Delivery. was made permanent chairman, Mr. E. a. woo ten was made secretary. Mess. R, C. Bailey, W, p. Stanley and W. Mewborn were made executive commit tee. Mess. T. B. Brown and J. T. Heath were placed in nomination for aldermen and were nominated by acclamation, The vote was then taken for mayor and resulted, Webb 68, Midyette 48, Mitchell 28. BE0ONO W4BP. Was called to order by Mr. E. W. Sum- rell. . Mr. Plato Collins was made per manent chairman. Mr. D.Oettinger was made secretary. Mess. D. Oettinger, E. W. Sumrell and A; 8. Wooten were made executive committee, The vote for mayor resulted, Webb 120, Midyette 114 and Mitchell 7. Mess. K. R. Tunstall and D. T. Dixon were placed in nomination as aldermen from tbe-north end of the ward and Dr. H.;Tu11 and W. T. Hlnee from the south end. The vote resulted, Tunstall 137, Dixon 86, Tull 171, Hines 69. Ti nstall and Tull were declared the nominees. : THIBO WABn. The convention was called to order by Mr. L. J. Mewborne. who was madechair man and ft W.Pridgen secretary i Mess. J. A. McDaniel and C. T. Meacham were made executive committee, The vote resulted, Webb 96, Midyette 01, Mitchell 6 Mess. E. 8. Pittman, J. T. . Skinner, J. Only 40 delegates are In attendance at the Kentucky State Populist convention, The property losses by the flood In Tennessee, according to conservative timates, aggregate $5,235,000, and the number of lives lost is 25. Six persons were burned to death Tuesday night In Prossers Hollow, a mile from the outskirts of Johstown, Pa., In a fire which destroyed their home. Eleven men were drowned as the result of a collision near the Nab lightship be t ween the English channel passenger steamer Alma and the British ship Cam brlan Princess. , r - ; -; ; ' f', ;: Walter Allen, a negro, was lynched by a mob of 4,000 white citlsens of. Rome, Ga., Tuesday night for attempting to criminally assault a 16-year-old white girl there Monday. Newport, Va, was almost entirely de stroyed by fire Monday night Two hotels, every store and most of the best residences were leveled to the ground. The loss is over $100,000, With a spanking northwest wind blow ing, the Meteor III, the German emper or's schooner yacht, starteaVTuesday af ternoon on her 3,100 hundrednailes voy age across the AtlanticforSonthatnpton Sanford B. Dole, governor of Ha wail, is on his way from Honolulu to Washing ton to explain conditions in the islands to President Roosevelt and to defend his administration from the attacks of the anti-missionary party, The London Telegraph claims to have authoritative information that nothing hitherto published in connection with the will of the late Cecil Rhodes ts au thentic. It says the will is certainly of Imperial , interest, but in a way not even hinted at The engineers who returned to New Or leans on the British transport A tl ante an report that while the vessel was lying at Port Elizabeth, the Boers raided the British mule and horse depot near that port and captured 6,000 of the newly ar rived American horses intended for the use of the British army. Final results of the twelfth census give the total populaton of the United States Now, by-tbe-way, and en passantetc have yon made a move yet toward set tling that poll tax, so yon can vote lsx$ fall? ! The old board of aldermen has an op. portunlty to rear a monument to itself which will keep its memory green for years, by takjng advantage of the Inter state Directory company's offer to put plain and durable street signs on all cor. wrs and number ell houses for $ 20. The figure is remarkably low and cai.riot be rTni'ltciited at any time, and both the stereet signs and the housenumbers are a crying necessity. Both have got t be done sooner or later, as, if the population continues to increase in the immediate) future as it has in the recent' past th town will soon be eligible to free postal delivery, and thoee . two tbJngs would then be required by the government. So let us take a good thing when .It is of fered. If the old board does not take up with the offer toe new board probably Will. ' ' w ' A GOOD WORD FOR PROF. RHODES. Editor Timsly Topics: - Without any solicitation, either on the part of Prof. Rhodes or, the stockholders In the new! school enterprise in Kinston, I want to say a word concerning Prof. Rhodes and the good record he has made as an edu cator in our State, as many of our cltt. , sens know very little of him or of hi work. Prof. Rhodes was educated at Trinity, the universities of North Carolina, Texas and California. It is, therefore? evident that his preparation for tacbing is am ple. Afterieavtog school he taught for more than a year in the public schools ot our State. He then began binn school work, conducting high schools" at Pol locksville, Cypress Creek, B.chlands and! Trenton. He has spent 17 years of hl lib In this work, the last eleven of which, have been spent in Trenton. Not one of these schools went down while he waa principal. The work at Trenton has- been a conspicuous success. But the final test of any school is the kind of material it turns out ProL Rhodes b s made a line reco"d in turnings out boys and girls well equipped for coW lege. Male graduates of his schools al ways enter the freshman class of any college in the State to which they go. Three have entered the sophmore class, at Trinity and two of these made the highest record in their classes.' Almost all ot his graduates do well at college. ; The female graduates from his schools have distinguished themselves also. " They enter ttje junior and senior classes in the female colleges. Several have en tered the senior class In some of our beet. colleges, graduating In one year, and on of these led her class. Prof. Rhodes has educated many teachers who teach in this section bf country. It Is but natural that such excellent work should Impress the educators of the State. It is not strange, therefore, that Dr. Dred Peacock, president Greens boro Female College, should use the fol lowing language concerning Professor Rhodes: "We have had a' great many students who were prepared by Prof. W. H. Rhodes in the Trenton High School, and without a single exception they all showed that they had been carefully trained and were prepared to do college) 1 I . 1 . I . ! . 1 . I . I . I 1 I 1 I 1 . 1 1 . 1 I I 1 . I . I . .. A AHnOUHCEr.lEMT 4TH WARD ! For sale at the ONE-PRICB CASH ' STORE, the famous QUEEN QUALITY SHOE for Ladies WALKOVER SHOES for Men. , liadics Dress Goods! Ginghams worth for ioc. Lawns worth i2c for ioc. , Dotted Swiss worth a oc for 15c. r ' ; . 4 V7e boy dfrect from the factory and can save yon from ' 15 to 25 per cent -. .. ,,rr. .,;,, i;:.?..U ' - Please call and get tickets. " . : V t-7"Dur prices leave yon a little over for other things. S. H. L.OFTIMV KINSTON, N. C. i I'i'i'i I 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! . McDaniel ana J. u. wagner were olaced In nomination for aldermen. A Un Jnna 1. 1900. as 84.232.000 with a work. I do not believe tnere Is abetter motion prevailed to vote for all candt margin of error of posBibly 1,000,000 preparatory school in the State." Tes dates at the same time and , the two accounted for by the uncertainty regard- timonlals might be easily multiplied, bute candidates receiving the highest rote be mg the population of the Philippines, we will take space lor ,only one more. declared the nominees. The vote resulted, Three countries only have a larger popn- Senator . M. Simmons gives the follow- Wagner 185, Pittman 129, McDaniel 65, lation under their flars-the Chinese, ig: "I me very great pleasure to British and Russian empires. Skinner 57. , Wagner and Pittman were declared the nominees. ' . i A Storr of Basits. Sir Henry Roscoe In a privately print ed book of lectures tells a story of Bun- sen, remembered from the time when he and the German scientist were trav eling together In England. , They met a laay who mistook Bunsen for his cousin, the Chevalier Bunsen. , ' "Have yon finished your book, God T I In History,' yet?" she asked him., that my untimely death has prevented my doing so." The sun may not dance on Easter Sunday, as ancient legends tell, but paterfamilias does when he gets the bills for the Easter bonnets. A Michigan woman died' after-tak ing a sample dose of headache pow ders. The sample habit Is not alwayg a safe one. "v .- And now the wise wife begins to ex 1 ecute the Easter bonnet snuggle. . LaORANOB. April3. At the home of the bride s motner, on Railroad street, Wednesday evening, Miss Lola Waller and Mr. iialrd IToom were qubtly married, Rev.- Mr. Rich of the Baptist church, officiating. Miss Waller is a most worthy young lady, modest and retiring, and Mr. Croom, who is a successful business man, of good morals, is to be congratulated in the prise he has won. May their, lives be long and prosperous. - Services Saturday and Sunday in the Primitive Baptist church and in the M. E. church Sunday morning and evening. Mess. E. P. Wooten, Will Wooten and Carl Prldgen, of Kinston, are here today. MesaD. W. Wood, Will Parks and James Wood left Tuesday for -the Charleston exposition. J Red, green and yellow shipping tags, with metal eyelets, have been added to the stock carried in The Fees Peers Job Printing Department They are strong and durable just the thing lor tobacco buvers to use in sending off samples of leal tobacco. bear testimony to the ability and success as a teacher of Prof. Rhodes. I have, known Prof. Rhodes many years, I know of his excellent work since he has been the principal of the academy located ato Trenton, in Jones county.. He is an ear nest Christian gentleman; reliable in all things; conscientious in the discharge of his duties; and I believe one of the best and most efficient instructors in th State." I have personally known Prof. Rhodes for the last fonr years. I have visited his school. I know that he does good . work. He also trains the heart as well as the head, a sad lack in many schools. His coming to Kinston will be a distinct: help to the town . In many ways. The -school he proposes to- establish here is needed, and I believe will be a success. It win greatly add to the moral and In tellectual development of the town. Ib will also add to the business interests of the town. . Business men should there fore be greatly interested In It . - ' W. G. JOHNBTOlf, ' Pastor Christian Church, 1 i:i. 1 i.i.fw i. 1