North Carolina Newspapers

' ' L I I I 1 I 1 I I I I You'll be Surprised ' at tbe effect a little m& ' ( ID ThI .FiUCK Fjiua WlU , . J bar. I ' I 1 I I 1 l . i . . I . I . J . I . I I I 1 . 1 1 1 " TH Wt ATHE : " " FairJ,tonULt, . voider ' ' with frost, v? . I I 1 1 ' 1 I f 1 1 1 I LY PR PUbLISHED EVER HFTERJNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY. KUNSTON, N. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1902. VOL. V. NO. a PRICE TWO CENTS, ' PRESSo The Da OLD NORTH STATE HEWS AND GOSSIP ODD AID IKTERESTIKG HAPPEKIIGS. Hot "Slab Ton'' Dirties Were Swin dled by a Blind Tiger. Paid Dollar a Gallon for Water, Think log it Waa Whlfkr-Good Newe from Track Balslng Regions A Bale of Rab bit Sklae Shipped from JSewton Crop and Criminal Newe. Rural Visitor: A f 25,000 oil mill la tbe latest enterprise for Fremont. r ' The American Tobacco company le making arrangements to double , their plant in Rocky Mount. They will pat In more machinery, and are thinking ol moving the wooden building and putting op one of brick. ' Newton Enterprise: Mr. Lee M. Setger on day last week shipped 500 rabbit kins in one bunch, Tbey " were pressed tea cotton press and went off in the shape of a bale of cotton, ft was the first bale of rabbit skins ever shipped from Newton. T. W. McBride, of -the Greenville Re jector, was called to bis old horns- in Jonesboro on account of the sickness of father and mother.;. Both of 'them died. In a few days one of his sisters also died Another was vary dangerously sick but recovered. Pneumonia was the cause of their deaths. s ' Durham Herald: - George' Gregory, colored, who lives in Hayti, awoke yesterday morning and found be was sleeping beside the corpse of hla dead .wife. She bad been dead for quite awile, as be was awakened by coming in contact with her cold flesh. The babe a small child was sleeping peacefully In the arm of its dead mother . at the time. The wotnan'had evidently passed away while asleep and without a struggle. , , I , a Smithfleld Herald: A tew weeks ago we announced that a large price bouse 50 r 180 feet, two stories high,-: was to be built here for the American Tobacco Co. This will add greatly to Smithfleld as a tobacco market. , Arrangements have - now been completed tor tbe erection of a large stemmery 40x150 feet, three stories high, to be occupied oy the Imperial 'To bacco Co. : This steam ; plant will be fitted up according to the latest and most modern style, having ample facil ities for drying and packing tobacco for shipment to England and other foreign countries. . Wilmington Messenger: The Southern Etpress Company is now handling some " fine lettuce, asparagus and other truck out of - Wilmington ' for the northern markets. The shipment of springlettuce joat begun a few day a ago and yesterday 350 barrels went north over the Sea board. Airline. Today there will be a shipment of 500 barrelajover the Atlantic Coast Line. In a ew days It is likely that carload shipments will be made. .The lettuce crop here is fine and the growers are much encouraged over the outlook. One of them got returns of sales at $10 a barrel in New York yester day. : Chatham Courier: A wagon load of i cotton, consisting of five bales, passed' . through here last Tuesday en route for Durham. The owner said be expected ' to get 9 cents for It, and that it was anti-stock la w cotton" raised In a sec tion of thin couuty.not under stock- law. This reminds ue that during one of the stock law contests before .the commis sioners a short while ago, a friend told os that he was wearing "anti-stock law socks," manufactured of wool from sheep raised outsMe of stock law territory. "Stock law" and "anti-stock law" are niw being used by our county people to designate quite a number of things. Wilmington Messenger: We learn that strawberries in the Rocky Point section are ripening slowly but the growers hope to be able to make shipments the latter part of the present week. The Middloton,' Excelsior, Brandy wine and Lady Thompson am the principal berries grown at that point and they will ripen In the order named. Tbe early fruit was The Beat Blood Parlfler. The blood is constantly brin purified 1 y the lungs, liver and kidiipys. Keep t t-e orjraue in a healthv cond.tion and ? bowels renilftr and 'wi.l hve no 1 of a Mood pnriSer For this pnr- t'wre is nottiiP'equal t Chanitipr irawli uJ Liver Tablets, one ni will do yoa . more pool ;r botMe of th l-er-t liood n, i- i cuts, s c'.-v tore. Vs fr badly damaged by the recent frosts and cold weather but - jthe vines are ' now showing up nicely and full of berries. Tbe elty la now full of , the representa tives of the produce commission house of many cities in the north, who always some here at this' season to look after the berry crop. Tbey tell ns that tbey have been, throngh tbe berry growing section from ; Chad bourn to . Goldsboro and that the recent frosts have done little or no damage except . to ; delay the ripening of berries. The weather has been so cold that shipping will not com mence generally till April 20th and prob ably not before the 25tb. -The represent ative of one of tbe largest commission houses who deal with our growers said that he never saw; a finer prospect for strawberries. He says the crop of this Section will be the largest in the history of berry growing in eastern North Cari Una. ' Mooreevilte has a suburb inhabited by negroes exclusively, known by the eii phonious name of "Slab Town." Satur day night an episode occurred there that will not be forgotten soon. . A blind tlgwr wagon came along as the shades of even ing gathered and offered liquor for tale by the keg, very cheap. The kegs held five gallons each and were offered for $5. The- negroes, after sampling the whiskey, set about to get up the money' for two kegs. They succeeded In raising f 7.75 and the liberal dealers concluded to sell and wait till some other time for the balance, f 2.25. v Tbey received their money and departed. The negroes at once set about for a division of their pur chase. They began to pour, but only a pint of Whiskey , could be poured from each keg. They could hear a liquid shake about In the . kegs bat it would not come out. They took out the head of one of the kega by tbe removal of a hoop. Inside they found a pint flask in geniously fastened In the bung hole of the. keg . and entirely surrounded by i water. .Thus they paid $7.75 for one quartfbf whiskey with nine and three- fourons quarts of water to weaken it. wk. a i. ' .. . ai. mere u no .eras as w wno ine . guuty parties are, , but when they come back after the $2.25 still due they will be nabbed or mobbed. . . - 0OOO04-0OOO-KOHH30O0O0O0O0OO004.0 I The Bargain Counter. Q0000OY0000oioOiooio4o fv SPBINO HAS OOMH.. . W nw&n ,nt rmnraa nnr Una at Rod I Springs. Yon should inspect them. You I will find them all bargains. We have a complete stock of f urniture and can supply any ol your needs In tnat une. safTtiive us a trial. - ' ' QUINN ft MILLER. ' YOU DON'T MB AN IT I I certainly do, and it Is good for either Bread or Pastry. How can be do it? He simply bouirht one car load at the right time and the right price, and it is right Flour $4.50 per barrel while it lasts at -, , W. M. CARROLL'8, Staple and Fancy Grocer, North Street. ' . D? YOU ARB , once a customer of ours yon will always be. we keen a full stock of staple and Fancy Groceries and can fill any of your housekeeping .wants in that line. Glye us a trial, we u treat you ngnt. , f J. H. ALEXANDER, General Store. North Street. ss3a.BOINS IN PRINTING We have somw more of those Letter Heads, Note Heads, Hill Beads and Statements in fine quality colored bond papers, pink and blue. They are good itiefor price charged. If In need of some stationery examine tness goons before making your selection. Letter neads500for $L75, 1,000 for $3.00. Note Heads 500 for $1.85, 1,000 for 12.25. Fine Old HampMblrw Bond pink Note Heads 50o for $165, 1,000 for 92.65. Fine bine or pink Bill Heads, 7x8J inches, 500 for $1.40, 1,000 for $2.40. k Sttttementt. elegant quality bond pitperv in bine, pink, lemon or salmon, 500 for $1.50, 1,000 for $2.50. OUR MATERIAL FOR FLUES IS HERE! Tobacco Flues I Tobacco Flues I Tobacco Flues I k , Made of Double Seaming Steel. Quality and dnrabiHty" are guarknteed to equal any made for this purpose. Our metal Is free froa scales, which make it last longer. Ve are In the flue business not for this year, but as lorj as we continue business in this city. Therefore we strive to mate enforcers for another year. Our flues are na'e by workmen who tmisrstand how to make flues. O-r prices are c- -r--tced. Can 11 orders cn one day's notice. Send orders cr ccire &z I inject our S. NEARBY NEWS Looal Happenings Reported ,. By Free Prose Oorro ' .' epondenta. a BBVffiN 3PBXNQS V ' April 5. Mr Geo. O. Griffin, who is visiting rel atives in Craven county, Is very sick.. . Mr. J. T. Griffin aud Miss Alma Jon, of Mt Olive, and Mess. Will Sutton and Henry Fields, of LaR range, were visiting friends near here Sunday. ' Rev. N. N. Garst organized a Sunday school at Loftin's school house Sunday, April 6. Mr. John SingVcon and hi slater, Mite Id, spent Sunday night in Golden r.v Rev. Alfred Rouse filled hl wgulr ap pointment at Daly's Chapel last Sunday. Mr. WiSKm Ellis, ofNewbern, left for his home this morning. Mrs. R. B. Johns and children, of Flor ida, came Thursday, they will spend some time with friends and relatives in this section. -r -; f -v-' Mr. W. E. Cox made a short visit home last week. He returned to school at Sewanee, Tenn., Monday, accompanied by his sister, Miss Olivia, who will enter tb Falrmonnt Female Seminary. The Athenian Literary Society of Seven Springs High School gave a recital In the cnapei last Thursday afternoon which was very much enjoyed by those present. The "Chinese Social" given at Seven Springs Hotel last Friday night would have been quite a success bad it not been l.ir baa weatner. A it was, although very few were present, about seven dol lars waa cleared, and every one enjoyed is immensely. . JASON. April 8 Some of the farmers are through plant ing corn. , , Mr. Wiley Gurganns la very sick. Mess. Henry and James Sutton visited near Uoldaboro Sunday, Mrs. Robert Murrow, of ' Burlington visited at Mr. R. F. Hadley's last ' week Miss Helen Hardy apent from Friday cui ruesaay witu uuia Attie nay fields, at laGrange, ' , . k - ' Mies Maria Smith was united In mar riage to Mr. John Beaman, at the resi- . WB LIO TO EAT. So does averv health v nerson. Sflne clally when they have something nice. If yon buy your trrooeriee from us von will have it and it won't cost you more. cnaa a u worm eitner. just stop our wagon or pnone your order, it will nave prompt attention. LaBOQTJE ROUNTREE. The Dp-to-Date Grocers , THB RIDING 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 , , OOMH UP. . Yes. if you buy your Seed Oats from us tbey will beyond a doubt We also nave a large stock ol Uay, Grain and feed, we are Headquarters for every, thing in our line.' Come to see ns. NEU8E MILLING CO. W. A. LaRoque's late stand.. ARB YOU ONB who Is going to build or anticipates building? If so we wish to let It be known that we can furnish on receipt of order Framinar and Box Boards, ent from Long Leaf Pines, also all kinds of Dressed Lumber. Gome and examine our stock and get our prices before pur chasing. Thanking our customers for past patronage and hoping to renew same, we remain, I ours truly, THE GAY LUMBER CO. Prompt Delivery. . wori. H. ISLER, JR., ' ei:;sto:i, n. c. Ptl JamM P. SXufo James K. Junes. x- SENATOR JAMES K. JONES AND HIS SUCCESSOR. - ' James P. Clarke, who has beaten Senator Jonea in the Arkansas senatorial fight. Is es foreraor of Arkansas. Sanator Jonas is chairman of the Democ ratio national oominittcs and has been in congress many years. . " I tl-ficeof Mr. R. W. Sutton, on March- 20 1 a.t.tikn1n.n4ui won. Mfoa PAa Mawhtirni. w.ti Mr; George Beamanr Miss Viola rin contact with the ' public 1 must be Smith, with Mr. W. W. Mc-is Miss. nble t0 gpeuiftno Spanish '.-langunev Pffl. flntin with M jAhn UuarhA.no' 1 V . t . Effle Sutton, with Mr. John Mewborne; Miss Selen Hardy, with Mr. Henry Sut ton After Rev. Mr. Lancaster pro nounced them man and wife, Miss Lena Phelps again started tbe wedding marcn and continued to play until they entered tbe dining room, where a heavy laden table awaited them. The happy couple left at 8 o'clock for their future home at Saratoga. We wish tnem Joy and cherish the hope that the future holds in atore for them nothing but . happiness and prosperity. FACTS IN FEW LINES j r' Honolulu consumes half a ton of Candy each day. 1 ' I Tbe. Hr8t farmers'. Institute has just been held In Hawaii. . ' t 1 - ' Cast iron blocks are to be used In paving Huddersticld (England) tram ways. J s , Fijian islanders are protesting against the proposed establishment of a leper colony at Bcqa. The lands reclaimed by Irrigation in California, Colorado and other western states aggregate 6,500,000 acres. The new stone viaduct In Luxemburg will be the largest atone arch In the world. It will have a span of 273.8 feet - ; , A fund has been opened for tbe erec tion of a statue at Coventry, England, to the late John Stanley, inventor of the safety bicycle. , ,An international exhibition of motor boats and motor equipments for sailing vessels Is to be held on Lake Wannsee, near Berlin, in June. , v , Tahiti advices tell of a case of lep rosy reported to have been cured by the juice of tua-tua, a shrub prepared at the experiment station. Thirty-one Italians have been refused permission to land at Perth, Western Australia, on the ground that they came under contract to labor. , Tbe British war office hag issued a manual of chiropody" for the soldiers,. the importance of care of the feet dur ing marches being tbe incentive. v Twenty persons have taken out .in surance policies on the life of a pauper Inmate of Wolverhampton (England) workhouse, wbo cbargea half a crown for the privilege. Recent explorations in Egypt have unearthed the consecutive, order of seventeen kings, thus establishing a firm foundation for the investigation of Egyptian history. ' Owing to their poor condition it is proposed to transfer the care of the trees on ; Boston . Common from the charge of the city gardener to that of the department of parka On the invitation of the czar Emper or William, It is reported, will next July attend tbe gunnery trials of the Uusslan naval artillery at Reval and afterward proceed to St Petersburg. At Moscow a savings bank has been opened for the purpose of assisting prospective bride to obtain the neces sary dowry for catching husbands. Dowries are expected to range from $100 to $1,500. The promoters of the American sky scraper in the Strand, London, having been refused a 909 year lease by the city, have decided to build a structure upon English plans Instead on a ninety-nine year lease. Harry R. Fisher of St Louis owns a chair supposed to have been made in ISQ0 by Abraham Lincoln's mother and used by the president when he waa a boy. The chair ia about thirty Inches tlsa and entirely of hickory. The Western Algiers Railway com pany has decided to offer a premium of $0 on tbe birth of every child belong, ing to Its employees. The employee with ruore'than three children Is to re- celre an extra allowance of $10 per ct' 1 p'-r annum. 1 .- - . ' ; j The Mexican government bus orcl 1 A 1ia4- all mllwap amtilhv.ua well enough to deal directly with the passengers. Pulluiuu car employees will be principally affected. V , Last season saw more visitors at' XI agnra falls than ever before. The su perlntendent of tbe state reservation in a recent report coniplaina of the laxitj shown In the enforcement of law dur ing the season. . Thieves did a good business all last summer, he says. ' Professor Seybold of Stuttgart baa discovered In the Tubingen university library an Arabic . manuscript 000 years old which la probably tbe, orlgl nal of the "Arabian Nights." has also found manuscripts describing the whole religious system of the Druses. The beautiful Sevres fountain which was so much admired at tuu Paris ex hibition and whlcb baa been practical ly destroyed by vandals since tbe close of the show will shortly be replaced with one of more elegant and substan tial design, also the work of the fa mous potters of the Seine. '. , It has' come to pass that advertising la recognized as a science. Its impor tance as a. modern commercial factor ia such that the University of Chicago includes advertising In the list of eco nomic subjects for Its lecture courses, along with banking and the manage ment of. railroads and other great In dustries. ., An Englishman baa Invented a wrlter'e or artist's ring. The ring car rJes a smalMteel ball so placed as to revolve freely iV any dim-don. With the ring In one little finger, so that the ball is at a point of contact with the paper, almost every bit of friction In the movement of the band upon the writing or drawing material is , re moved., A writer in a Catholic periodical notes the striking effect on religious statistics of the acquisition of Porto Rico and the, Philippines by tbe United States. By Including tbe population of the Islands as given by the bureau of statistics he finds that of the church going people under the American flag 17,000,000, or more than 60 per cent. are Catholics. . The Western railway of France is about to try a device by which passen gers may retain -their seats in a rail way carriage, without resort to the ex pedient of placing luggage on the place claimed. Over each seat in a compart ment Is placed a disk, and as each ia occupied a number is placed on tbe disk and a counterfoil is banded to tbe passenger by the guard. By a recent Judicial decision no passenger can claim a seat by placing objects upon it . Habbta's Qaestloau Tbe scholars were standing- In two httla rowa, -,. The sun - through the window shone bright. While soft little atrs on the tips of their toea Came tripping with April delight, , And Bobby looked aa they gently went - by; They told him a tala at the spring And talk of the clouds In the happy, blue sky And all that the aummer would bring. Es heard not the volca of jtha teacher at all; - ' - Hla thoughts had gone out with the sun. Ha stood with the others, his back to the wall Absorbed tnl the lesson waa dona. "Now ask me soma questions," tha teach sr bad cried, "Just any that chanca to occur." Bob's fingers went up, and ha solemnly sighed. "How long till tha holidays, slrt" V Mrs. Dai-ham Cared. Dxai Sir. I am a great sufferer from severs nervous beads he, and find In Cap cdikx speedy relief. Also when feeling nervous and all broken up, a doss set me all right. I take pleasure in recom mending It as a thoroughly satisfactory waedy. Sincerely, II KB. COLCMBCB DtJlHi If TIMELY TOPICS TERSELY TREATED, Short Local Stories, Editorial Holes. Garden truck is booming now. A few mud for variety's sake. Please let up for gtodiees sake. . 1.;':-:.,': l?:Zf':: April la thus far sustaining its reputa tion as the month of showers. . - Don't know about tU goose, but cer tainly and for sura the beet bnogs high. New moon tonight. Nw April, tickle jade, try and aud sett' d-twn and clear up. f Some of tbe independent tobacco buy ers are wishing tbe tobacco trusts might rmoke each other out. ; Man wants but little here be!ow, ''he while Ma toils and aweat, H waura but little, I repeat, Aud that is whn.t be pets. : . ,:jw w;ji?: . ! It is learned from King's Weekly that the people of Greenville are "aumpa thihgo" with a cititen in affliction. This will no doubt greatly assuage hla grief. - Well, say! Did you evert ' Just look at the weather today.'' Wouldn't It chill your marrows? If this 'thing keeps up Timely Topics proposes to jail an indig nation meeting. ; V t The falue of newspaper advertising to a town is evidenced by the action of the business men's' committee of Pat- arson, N. J., in getting oat a paper for the special purpose of 1 advertising tha city. The moral la obvious. : Here's another newspaper saying things which apply equally well to Kinston, Found in the Nashville Graphic: "A dozen men united In ther efforts to bnild up a town can accomplish greater ends than twice that number working sepa rately to accomplish the . same purpose. Nashville Is blessed with men who desire the upbuilding of the town, who put forth efforta ; In ! that directionall of which ia commendable but there should be more systematic and united action for the furtherance of tbe interests of the town and community.' Let ' our people get together and pull all at a time and It will not be long ere we have the pret- . tlest and most popular town in the State." . Too much can not be said In praise of the great exposition number of the Ral- eigh News and Observer issued today. It consists of 32 pages of glowing descrip tion of the possibilities and advantages of North Carolina as an Industrial and agricultural Stats.' Able articles are con tributed by experts In all the lines and nothing aeems to be lacking to make it what it is, the greatest and completest advertisement the 8tate has ever had. Fifty thousand copies will be distributed mainly at and through the Charleston exposition, many of them no doubt will fall into the hands of capitalists and prospectors and the leaven will continue to work for years to come. It Is great. Its value is beyond comprehension now. It is a matter for local congratulation that Kins ton is well represented and at. tractlvely written up for 50,000 readers. ThinkofitI , , . AN OLD TIME GROWLER. I never like the springtime; the weather's most too bright. An I've got no chance fer howlln' an' grow li n' lef an' right. Tha winter time la better, but winter will not stay, : But thank the Lord the summer la s-sls- sln" on the way! Fer It's then I'm hard to beat In growlin' at tha heat - An' aayln' watermelons air only bitter ; swaett .).-... I jest wus bora far growlin', no matter how u goes, . To pick tha world to pieces, find a thorn witn every roae: The sunshine la too bltndln', the winter Is too col , . An' tha thunder, to my thlnkln'. la too recaieaa in ita roU! Oh. I'm mighty hard to beat Ftndtn' fault with col' an' beat: Tha world'e a peach. I reckon, but It's .... only bitter sweet! - If a fiery heavenly chariot should come fer ma today. I'd want to atop at stations, takin' lea In on tne war. An, landed aafe In glory, I hain't got any aouDt I'd growl about tha cllmata till the good saints turned me out! Then, when every growler goes. Where wo meet our friends and foes. rd growl about the weather till they ' drowned me with the hoae! - - Atlanta Constitution. -