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i 1 I I I i 1 1 . 1 . 1 Press, i i r i i i . 1 Donft be BasWul . v- f t THE WrATHER: T Make it known t tiro ugh Cloudy this evening, mncb warmer Thnrsda . t-m v mkr mm and tbe want will be supplied. ' I I I I t I I I I 1 h n t i i i i i i i i i '"Pour ; 1 lilc Daily PUBLISHED. EiZERY HFTERNObN EXCEPT SUNDRY. 1 VOL. V. NO. 21. KINSTON, N. 0, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23.. 1902. . ' PRI0E TWO CENTS. OLD NORTH STATE HEWS AND GOSSIP CDD AID IITERESTIIG HAPPEHIRGS Greenville Reflector: We see it stated that only six white men in Greene county bare failed to pay their poll tax. Pitt county uae not done so well by a good deal. An investigation of the tax books has shown that there are about 8,000 white and colored voters . in Guilford county who hare not paid their poll tax. Durham Herald: Of thirteen original istates. North Carolina is the only one without a statue of one of its dlstin- . gulshed sons in the national capital. 'A Nash county friend writes The Pro- jgressive Farmer: Tobacco plants are very scarce in this section. One man has lost sown overt another is short two- thirds. ' Mount Airy News: The frost Friday morning was a fruit killer, bnt the wea ther has been cold so long that very few trees are in bloom. We will have an enormous apple crop this year and considerable sprinkling of peaches. ; Stanly Enterprise: The little to wn of Falmervllle has virtually sold itself (out. The Whitney Seduction company has purchased almost every foot of land in the place, besides the surrounding prop erty to the north and south for some three miles each way. Lexington Dispatch: It is the opinion of many of onr farmers that the fruit in this county was but slightly damaged by the recent frosts and cold weather. They say that unless something else occurs to injure the fruit the crop will be a fairly good one Charlotte Observer: At a meeting of the stockholders bf the Norwood Mann factoring company, of Norwood, last week, it was decided to build a new cot ton mill, which will- operate weaving machinery exclusively. This will make two textile plants for that hustling town And the seventh one for Stanlv eountv. . Louleburg Times: The street and all roads leading from town " have been .fairly alive this week with wagons haul ing fertilizers for the coming crops, and while we have heard some complaint about tobacco plants we predict that Franklin county will this year grow her biggest crop of tobacco. Charity and Children: A leading North Carolinian told us recently of a cotton mill owner who instructed his superin tendent to get all the work possible out of the women and children, "for" said he, "they are only brutes anyhow." We do know where he ought to be, though It Is unnecessary for us to name the place. ' ' , " ; Marlon News: The liquor dispensary at WaynesviUe, which is the drink supply depot for Haywood county and much of the surronndlng territory, does abjg bus iness. The gross receipts for the year ending March 81st, exceed 919,000 and the net profits were f 7,000. The expense of carrying on the business, Including the manager's salary, rent and miscellaneous Items was only f 1,200 for the year. . Whiteville Press: A few weeks ago Bel haven, Beaufort county, voted special tax for graded echoes and news now comes that Swan Qnarter, Hyde connty, has done likewise. Here we are reminded that Lebanon district, Williams town ship, Is shortly to hold an electron on the same question. The example set by the communities adopting this system should stir np and stimulate other districts to do likewise. The Washington correspondent of the Charlotte Observer says that North Car olinians have contributed their portion to the McKtnley memorial fund and Sen ator Pritehard will promptly forward the amount to the national committee. In fact, North Carolinians have evinced more generosity than was expected , cf them and have sent in more than the sum apportioned to the State, which , was 11,000. i ' - -'Y: -V. '- Baltimore Sun: After discovering a gold mine in the hills of North Carolina and while on his way to Rhode Island with a valise and bis pockets full ot quarts specimens to convince the skeptics of his good fortune, and interest North ern capitalists, Mr. Charles M. Bower, of Morgan ton, Burks County, N. f, accord ing to his pwn statement, narrowly es caped losing the evidence of his find through, be claims, an attempt to rob him. Mr. Bower said be was a gold pros pector and had been for many years hunting gold In Burke connty. CJs search was finally rewarded, and he has struck what he thinks Is one of the richest mines la the State. It La, he sys, on the firaof r. Cox, near Morgan ton .V.r. Bower sit t ' "etleqaartzrj-h'chbebastaktm y 1 1-00 to the ton of ore. Chatham Record: Although the elec tion this year will not be for prestdunt or governor, jet it will be quite an in. portant election. There are to be elected ten congressmen; a legislature which will elect a United States senator, to succeed Senator Pritehard; supreme court Judges to succeed Chief Justice Fnsches and Associate Justices Clark and Cook; ten superior court judges, to succeed Judge Winston, 'Timberlake, Robinson, Neai, Coble, Starbock, Hoke, Moore, Justice and Jones; a railroad commissioner to succeed Abbott; 16 solicitors and all county officers, including superior court cerkf. GOOD PAINT NEEDED. Leeks of Mmuy Town 8otle r v Brain Poorly Palated. Good, wholesome palnt laid on by men who have some sense could do about as much as any one thing to im- prove the looks of hundreds of towns I In this country. . There is not much white paint used on the commercially built house, and the nearest to it is a dirty drab, because for white' you must have white lead, and white lead costs money. So prepared chalk takes its place. 'C Vv An expert chemist said not long ago that of a number of prepared paints he had occasion to analyze only one was a sound, durable pigment. So when a new house, built to sell, has had all the gimorackery tacked over it that can be had for the money the contractor econ omizes on paint and puts on a flimsy pigment which; after a season's rains becomes a ghastly smear,,: What is lacking in quality is made up in' vari ety, and the pink and green and terra cotta are laid on with a flourish,' the painter doing weird things in the way of wavy bands and diamonds and sig tag patterns. " 1 ' '-' ' ; There are honorable exceptions bouses painted simply; and;, tastefully in color that will wear till it wears out but there are hundreds and hundreds of houses that are flagrantly painted. There are whole streets that could be Improved 100 per cent simply by the paint pot.- ' - ' , ' ' 4 Villas Improvement Societies. At '. Pasadena, Cal the Village Im provement and Library '- association, formed fourteen years ago, recently built a beautiful library,; and it origi nated the wise and liberal plans that bare made Pasadena the model town of southern California. - Massachusetts has more of these Improvement socie ties and more free libraries than any other state. Munificent gifts have been made to them both in books and in money, the gifts or money amounting to about f 8.000.000. More than fifty libraries bear the names of their found ers, and 327 of the towns and cities of Massachusetts have free public libra ries. ' . The Towit Mala Street A Chicago drummer, whose - route takes in fifty towns in Illinois and In diana, says that a town which will not keep its main business street in good repair steadily loses Us fanner trade and by and by its best business men. "'vc 'Ht c."Vi It pays to use Thb Fbbb Prxss col umns for advertising. It is an up-to-date newspaper, . - , 4-0000CH0-IO000000 6o4 - oooooooooooo - SPRING HAS OOMB. We mean; of course, our line of Bed Snrinjrs. You should inspect them. -.You will find them all bargains. Ws have a complete stock of Furniture and can snpplv any of your needs In that Une. . Baruive us a trial. . QUINN & MILLER. WB WANT TO SEE YOU at our store where we keep constantly on hand a choice line of Fancy Groceries. We are strivinir to pleat e. Prompt deliv ery to any part of town. ' J.H. ALEXANDER, - . . General Store. North 8treet; HANDSOME BICYCLES, 815.00. Think of itl Only f 15 lor a handsome wheel "bran' new." Come and see tbem. Wheels of all ktnds. Repairing a specialty. ' - V KINSTON CYCLE CO. BARGAINS IN PRINTING Ws have some more of those Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bill Heads and Statements in fine qnality colored bond papers, plnx and tine. Troy are food alue lor price char-od. 11 la need of ome et&uonery exaane toeee roods hpfore rmkteg voir s !eot!on. Letter I f,. )f,.r U.75. 1.000 for 13.00. Not I . )D far J1-S5, l.CCJ for ieO!l I'atr-'hire F-ond ptnk i r f.r LC3, l.CO for ? I s or i'r,k E.J F'si-is, , IvJ for 41.4.1), l,Coa for 2.5. : i 2.4 J. i s I 1, 't cr i-aca, - J far 1 1-t l.U J for ; SALOON LEAGUE ' FOR KINSTON ? Editor Fhik Press: The agttatloa against the saloon is beta? vigorously carried on by the North Carolina Anti Saloon League, recently organised at Raleigh. This organisation has com mended itself to many of the most thoughtful men in our State as the best way to fight the saloon. Ought Klneton to have an anti-saloon league? That depends, of course, on the purpose of the league. Article III ot the constitution of the State league declares Its purpose to be "the abolishment of the liquor saloon by any and all proper means; the creation and crystal iiatlon ot a riRbteous public sentiment, ana ue proper enforcement of all laws against the liquor traffic." Is it right to abolish the saloon? To ask the question is to answer it. ' It is like asking whether it is right to destroy evu. or ..whether, if there were in our midst a den of rattle snakes that con stantly jeopardized the safety of men. women and children, it would be right to destroy them. What advantage has the community ever reaped from the ex istence of .the saloon? : Hasitbuilthomes and schools and churches? Has it In creased virtue and. honesty? Has it made the poor people better off? Every one knpws that the saloon fs the mortal enemy, of every home iand school and church; that no one thing has both di rectly and indirectly destroyed as much virtue and honesty as the saloon. It makes the poor poorer.. It does not in crease business among the merchants, How could it, when its business is to create an appetite, that will cause tb victim to poor out all that he has iuto the coffers of the saloon and leave his family to starve for want of food and to shiver ftfr want of clothing? Is there one blessing that the saloon ever brought to the community, justone? Has an institution that brings no bless ings one right by which it ought to live? r When smallpox pet its fetid foot on, our oil, the city rose up in anna against it. It had not the shadow of a chance to live.- It brought no blessings, nd was therefore rightly destroyed. But small pox did not kill a single man, ruin a single home, or ; permanently dleaq e morally or physically; a single Individual, Can this be said of the saloon? Has it not been the direct cause of the death of many citizens right here in our own com munity, and the indirect cause of the death ot many more? Yet we suffer the saloon to live; not only so, but we throw around It the protecting arms of the law. The saloon is a synonym for home destroyer and all that pulls man down to the level of the beast, and yet we suffer the saloon to live! Fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, all: I beseech you to rise in arms against this despoiler of homes and human lives, pre cious in the sight of God, this Apolyon of destruction. Next Monday night the citizens of Kins- ton will be called to meet at the opera ocoooo4'0 - lK40' WB LIKll TO BAT. So does every healthy person, espe cially when they have something nice. U you buy your groceries 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. - LaBOQUE k BOUNTREE, The Up-to-Date Grocers. WANTED I WANTED I - We want to number you among our customers. We keep on had a full line of Fancy Groceries. Get your "table comf jrte" from us. Prompt delivery. W.M.CARBOLL'8, Staple and Fancy Grocer. North Street. ' 002B UP. Yes, if you buy your Seed Oats from us they will beyond a doubt. We also have a large stock of Hay, Grain and Feed. We are headquarters for every thing In our line. . Come to see us. NEUSE MILLING CO. W. A LaBoque's late stand. AR13YOUON3 who is going to buSd or anticipates bcliJlng? If so ws wish to let it be known that we can furnish on receipt of order Framing and Box Boards, cut from Lor j Leaf Fines, also all kinds of Dressed .Lumber. Come and examine onr stock e"d g?t our prices before pur chasing:. Thanking our customers for past patrons and hop'" r to renew same, ws remtiln, Yours truly, TII2 GAY LU2uHH CO. Prompt Delivery. MISSING STRIP PICTURE. , . ... .! ., CUT. OUT AND FIT. IN MlftUKa.' BT8IR:'Sa . .$ .,,1 PI ipr.l....Ll i.L-U LUl-Jlllll'l,llL',llL'mmiJliiJ r STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING I OPER HOUSE (Thursday, April 24, at 4 p. m. Sharp - All anbscribersto 6tock in "anyjwho desire to become subscribers who have or have not een f solicited ar urgently requested to be pres nt promptly on the hcur. " After this business is disposed of it is proposed to org nize a Buidness Mens' Association and therefore every business man of Kinston, whether interested in the Publishing Company or not, is cordially invited to be present. . . 9&T The primary object of both organizations is to benefit rthe City of Kinston and foster and protect all its present industries and pave the way for more ' , . COME AND HELP house to hear addresses on the liquor question and to organize a Kinston ant -saloon league. It is hoped that all the citizens of the community will take part in this work and become active members of the league. There la much anti-saloon sentiment among our people and this will afford an opportunity to cryetalize it into something practical. . It will afford an opportunity for the men of Kinston to show their colors on the liquor ques tion.: This organization does not mean spasmodic effort, but continued work. It is proposed to fight the saloon until pub lb sentiment compels it to surrender. :, c W. U. JOHNSTON. Spoils the Town's Beantr. One of the most frequent eyesores to be met with in the average town is the big billboard erected in the streets and covered with posters of all imaginable colors and sizes. It may be claimed that these are a necessity to display theatrical advertising, but the idea of curtailing them has been adopted with gooa results in many craes. new xors Is the billposter's paradise, there being practically no restriction of the busi ness. Other cities, however, throw va rious obstacles in the pathway of the billposter. In the home sections of Chicago billboards may not be erected without the consent of the residents. San Francisco restricts the height of the boards and will have no disfigure ment of telegraph poles. Buffalo ana Cleveland have ordered the destruction of towering billboards. ' Glasgow and London forbid advertisements In tram cars. London is removing signs rxom piers and railway stations. Berlin si lows posters within certain limits only. Paris will have no advertisements on trees, and placards are rigidly cen sored. Even Jersey City has been drawing the line at offensive theatrical advertisements. Why Take A mj Chance with some new and untried medicine for inch serious troubles as diarrhea, cramps, dysentery, when you should know that for over half a century Paln kt.:. r has cured millions of cases? Look outf)r irritations, there is only one g?n!i:2e, 1 erry vvna. the Kinston PaWisbinK; Co. and . ROADS POOM TOWNS; : , Coot Hlfhwars Kever Fall to At ... tract Homeseekera. v Homeseekers, strangers seeking farm-, ing opportunities, will not move Into a district where, they will beftnudbound for half of the year, says the Charles ton (S. C). Courier. 'No' man from other parts of the country who is familiar with better road conditions and has learned to value them for his own-profit, comfort and convenience and .that of. his. family will deliberately isolate himself in a country where "he cannot travel about except knee deep In mud and water. ; . " ;,. This assertion is proved by the con dition ef many bad road districts la this state (South Carolina) and section. The land is rich and cheap, but C;re mains unoccupied year after year$m migratlon avoids it and goes west Bad roads to out of the way farms do not attract homeseekers and bomemakers, and they do not attract people who al ready own homes and farms reached by such roads. The consequence Is that the hoped foe settlers do not come, and our own people move to the cities to escape the Inflictions the settlers avoid. , '''".' ' -W - It is probable that nothing else would so surely and so soon develop a gener ally desirable but more sparsely set tled district, of country anywhere in the state as the' building of good roads or of a good road Into it from the near est market town. Such work has bad Immediate good effect in drawing pop ulation and enhancing land values wherever It has been tried.' Usually the speedy gain, to the district on both these accounts far outweighs the cost of the Improvements even when, as In New Jersey and North Carolina, the cost of 12,000 or 13,000 per mile of road. It is really worth the while of any backward community In the state to' consider whether the experiment Is not well worthy of a trial la its own case. It has been proved that bad roads do not pay. Good roads might and prob ably would pay better. TIMELY TOPICS TERSELY TREATED; Short Local .Stories, Editorial 'Motes. While we of Kinston at today basking In a moderate summer beat let us sym, pathife with those of Kansas who are being melted by a torrid wave and those; in South Dakota who are wading In sno w waist deep. Old Prob, must be on ' a jamboree In the ' "wild and woolly west." , , ' Thr Free Pbb-s, crrreponent at Ca d z, taking his text from a rvcent sugges tion of Timely Topics that the county commissioners make an otjt lesson by maoodam'rng a mile of road, indulges in some very practical snggest'ons and com mon sense patriotic sentiments on the Important e of good roads to the farmer. It l hoped that his writing will not be overlooked or lightly passed over by "the powers that be." It should be remem-, bercd that the correspondent voices the sentiments of many of bis neighbors and a' majority of progressive farmers. They want good roads which will enable them to get farm products to Kinston or other points along the railroad at about half the present cost. Any farmer who looks at the matter as does Our corres pondent, will see that whatever he may have to pay In taxes' to obtain good, roads will be returned to him ten times over by increased market facilities. . It is probable that a proposition to bond the connty for sufficient ; money to macadamize all , the principal county roads, if submitted to the people, would be voted by a large majority, and the day that is done Lenoir farm lands will In crease 10 per cent la real value. Let every body carefully read the Cades correspondence, then put on his thinking cap and consider the indvjdual and gen eral benefits to accrue from good roads, and Timely Topics believes the farmers will soon be demanding an opportunity to express their opinions in a practical and effective way. h t ,.., .. ; '''',' "' ,.' J"'" Winston, April 18; The chamber of MWIIMtH huiA f4lA lAFOWAt tLlA DiAaS An. (huslastic meeting tonisht in the history of the organization. I'lnn were set on foot looking to the establishment of many "important enterprises Commit tee were appointed to vtsit Washington to the Interest of the establiehment of fed-' era! courts hem And confer with railroad officials in regard tobui'ding a handsome pAsxenger station. Kinston can not much longer afford to be without a chamber of commerce. It has the beet material for one of any town in the State. The men who'Would nat urally compose it have already done ' as much for their town without organiza tion as those of other towns have done with 'organization. How much more they could do then with organization! They are all pulling bard for the town now, but they are pulling on different lines. Think what a strong pull it would be with all on one line! ' , Tbe very name chamber of commerce has weight and influence. It gives tone and strength to a town. And there is so much a chamber of, commerce could do for Kinston. It could strengthen the backbone of local officials and steer them In the right course when matters are up which affect the business interests of tie town; it could prepare literature advertis ing the town and have it effectively dis tributed; it could seen re options on eligi ble sites for additional manufactures, and thus insure their not being driven : away by the greed of land owners; then It eould open negotiations with prospect ors for favorable manufacturing loca tions, obtain contusions for them if nec essary and oner all tne inducement . possible; it eould stand between tbe man ufacturer and the wage earner and secure the best standard of wages which would attract the highest class of workers and thus inure to tbe general benefit of the town; it eould Instigate the erection of . neat tenements and reasonable rentals which would be another attraction to tbe better class of workpeople; It could well there Is no need to enumerate further. The simple fact is there is no end to the good that can he done for Kinston If the splendid material we have for It Is amal gamated Into an organised body under any name and working together along these lines. ,': . Timely Topics hopes there will be a . large and enthusiastic turn-out tomor row afternoon and that the amalgama tion will be effected. It win be the great est event that has yet happened for Kins ton's future good, for when Kinston bust ness men once get together on a certain line there is bound to be a plenty doing. T lm Bond blanks for sale at Thk Fees Pxxss office, 75c per 100. '
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