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VOL. V NO. -28. - , KINSTON, N. C, THUBSDAY, MAY 1. 1902. PRICE TWO CENTS.
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CDD AID IKTERESTIKG HiFPElQlGS.
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Hill Trust . Scheme
Hatched in Cincinnati
Was
AHHOUNCEIJEIIT.
, How it la Proposed to Bring- Local Mill
Into Wne"FirbaptiedM Fanatics
Betting Follower Crazy in Greaboo
"Well-knowa Montgomery atan Mtsaiog
and Thought to Have Been Murdered.
Roland Harty, colored, was shot from
jambnsh 8uaday night near Polksville.
. Oeol Boas, colored, has been Jailed charg
d with his murder;c;:'i
A prominent AsbevUle Republican lead
er said that the poll tax of every straight
Bepobllcan in the county had been paid
"According to this jaessage the Bepubll-
' cans have done in Madison what fiena
tor .Prltchard claimed the Democrats
were about to do.
Near Gorman's bridge, Buncombe
county, a negro man had his throat cut
' with a rator by a negro woman, who
was also injured. The surgeon found
' the man's windpipe and both jugular
-veins were severed. . There is no hope
for his recovery. The couple had been
lighting. The woman slipped behind the
man and cut him unawares.
- A special from Troy, Montgomery
county, to the Raleigh Poet says that
Malcolm Boy, a woodsman for saw mill?
who lived four miles west of Troy, mys
teriously ' disappeared Monday of last
week and has not been heard from since.
It is believed he has ; been murdered.
Beaching pareles have scoured the wood,
but no trace has been found. He was
good citlsen. He leaves a wifeandtwo
mall children.
A special to the Wilmington Star says
that Willis Owen, son of Mrs. Elmine
Owen, who lives near Rweboro, Samp
; on county, accidentally shot and killed
himself early Friday morning." He was
handling a pistol that be had traded for
' -the nlsht before, when it went off, the
bullet penetrating the right eye. He was
an industrious boy about 17 years of
" cure, and the only help of a widowed
mother. "
The flrebaptized holiness people, who
are holding a holiness conferenee in 'a
big tent at Greensboro are causing
V great deal of excitement. The
services, which run through the entire day,
are characterised by excitement, fervid ad'
dresses, singing, shouting, praying, hand
dancing and jumping, The hearers are
admonished that, unless they are bap
tized bv fire and made holy, they will
surely find aWl in hell, and when a call
is made for "seekers, the mourners'
benches are crowded. All this is Be
companiedby loud shouting and wild
excitement on the part of those who
have received the fire baptism. When
excitement was at white beat one of
the preachers, actually pretended to cast
out a devil from a man. The craze took
such complete possession of Et Hay nee,
a young man from ' Davidson county,
that it was necessary to confine him in
jail for safe keeping. He was very violent
and fought wildly against being carried
to jail. 1 , '
It la learned that the big scheme for
leasing all of the southern cotton mi l
warehouses Is being pushed by a big
' Cincinnati firm. . The Cincinnati Export
and Storage company are the parties
Interested. They have already done con.
aiderable business in that line in the
south among cotton mills and now are
endeavoring to obtain leases on cotton
warehouses of the cotton dealers in all
of the large centers wherever cotton is
concentrated. This company is being
backed by the Union Trust company, also
of Cincinnati, which has ample financial
means. It is stated the main object of
the company is to hold cotton in the
south and then export the same to Eng
land when it is to their financial advan
tage, and also to dispose of cotton to
the south. It is predicted by a well known
cotton dealer that ' southern mills
will in all probability have to buy from
New York or New Orleans as they did
several years ago, before the summer is
over, if they continue to run. The Cin
cinnati Export and Storage company
during the Jpast season has held leases
on a number of cotton mills warehouses.
It appears that the company tad rep
resentatives In North Carolina some
wes eo worklr-r cp t' e privet.
With this issue, May 1, 1902, Tuns Kinston Fbeb Pbkss, daily and
semi-weekly, formally passes Into the ownership of Ths Kinston Publishing
eompany, headed by the publishing firm of Herbert Brothers ft Harrington,
: who. will conduct the paper and the business along 'the same lines
as heretofore, minimizing politics and devoting Its energies to local news
and the material welfare of Kinston and Its tributary territory. ,
' The work of the establishment has been divided among the members of
ths publishing firm as follows: ,
Mr. W. S, Herbert will act as general manager and attend to all the
outside business details, making contracts, etc.
Mr. F. M. Harrington will be the managing editor and office manager,
supervising and arranging all the reading matter in the papers, writing the
leading articles and attending to all the details of office management. J
Mr. J. H. Herbert will act as city editor and look after all matters of
local Interest; v "414 ' 'v.; . - 41 KV
.All the members of the firm will enjoy the benefits of the valuable
assistance of Mr. C. F, Koonce, whose Special duties will be in the line of
city circulation manager, "having charge of the carriers and routes. He will '
also assist in soliciting general work and in reporting.
- Mr. Harrington is the feast known personally, of any of thoss men
tioned, to the people of Kinston, having come here from New York only two
months since, but his work has brought him prominently and favorably
before the local public, whose appreciation has been shown by a largely '
.increased local circulation. Mr. Harrington has had long and wide
newspaper experience In cities great and small, and Is adept in every
department of the work. He had no idea of staying here long when he
came to assist the proprietor in reorganizing and systematizing Ths Fkkb
Pbess plant and business; but his practiced eye soon discovered wonderful
possibilities for development, and realizing that in Mr. W. 8. Herbert he had
met a kindred spirit and a thoroughly practical man, he unfolded his plans
for improvement and expansion. They met with favor and Mr. Herbert,
also realizing ' that he had found a thoroughly reliable, capable and '
resourceful co-worker, began the preliminary work of organizing a stock ;
company, which has proven such an eminent success.
Now comes the work of enlargement and expansion of the business,
which will be preceded by a complete system for both office and outside
business.': Everything will be don on system. ,Thb Fbbe Pbxss proposes
to pay all Its bills in full at the end of each month, will render adver
tising and printing bills at the end of each month and respectfully asks for
cash settlements, as, by mutual agreement, no member of the firm will .
; Incur 'any; individual Indebtedness to be deducted from Fbxb Pbess
accounts, and no bills will be Incurred against the company 4 without
mutual consent.
' s The rates for advertising and prices for job - printing will remain as
before.' . Th Fexb Pbebs does not propose to take advantage of being the
only paper published in the town, but will be maintained at such a high
standard that there will be no call for another until the town is at least
double its present size. ' - , . ' - '
Of course,. The- Fbeb Pbkss does not please everybody in town no
paper ever-published - did thatbut- the value to the town of having one
good paper in place of several Indifferent ones has been clearly proven in ..
Kinston during the past few years. , V
The Fbee Pbebs has been and Is the best advertisement Kinston ever
had. Wherever a stranger picks up a copy of Tub Fbxb Pbess he is at once :
impressed that it emanates from a live town. ,
' Good as has been The Fbxb Pbess In the past, and valuable at it has
been as an advertisement, it will be far better and more valuable in the
near future Is already, In fact, and all that Is asked is for the people to
stand by It as they have done. ' ,
There Is business enough In this town at present to enable the pub
lishers to turn out a first-class paper." If divided among two or three none
of them can afford to amount to much, and poor newspapers are a positive
detriment to a town. . ' , ,
It will take some time to develop all the plans agreed upon, Indeed they
can never be fully developed until we get In more commodious and con.
venient quarters. Meanwhile we shall go on improving The Fbxb Pbess
in contents and appearance, and filling all orders for printing "with neat
ness and dispatch" as an earnest of the greater things to be done later on. .
With Mr. W. S. Herbert freed from the details of office business, and
from editorial cares, all of which now fall upon Mr. Harrington, although
Mr. Herbert , will continue to write, as occasion requires, editorials on
local topics,' we expect soon to have a business second to none in ths
State, and we trust the people of Kinston will be with us In all things -and
at all times.
l04o4MHoocrO
' JLika Daisies Before the Scythe. -
Baby lives are destroyed in summer by
cholera Infantum. The attack of the dis
ease is sudden, its progress is sometimes
terribla; rapid. Mothers w&o nve given
their children Perry Davis' Painkiller in
water with a few drops of brandy added
can tell how this treatment ha checked
the dlarrhoe and vomiting, and put the
little patient out of danger. 25 and 50 eta.
., ' Mrs. Durham Cared.
Deab Sib; I am a great sufferer from
serere nervous headache, and fled inCAFt
UPIne speedy relief. Also when feeling
nervous ana an oroten up, a dose sets
me all right. I take pleasure in recom
mending it as a thoroughly satisfactory
""neoy. sincerely,
Mrs. Columbus Dtjbbm
f nrry She ! nlif,
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COTTON DETHRONED;
, TOBACCO IS KING
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR COMIKG YEAR
I There Will be Plenty of Business for
the Independent Bayer.
Puzzle: What
Baarlbb Tobacco Trad o Controlled
br Kither of tbe BI Trot-8o it Will
'Be a Battle Royal and tbe Grower Is ""In
it Vt to Here"-Inperlal to Build Bl
Factory Here. . .
It appears that neither the Imperial or
the American Tobacco companies will
control tbe entire English tobacco trade,
Here is a bit of iewi that comes from
Richmond, where Andrew A. C. Chalmers,
of Chalmers ft Co., Wanstead, Eosex,
England, and Henry Pond, of the Amer
ican Trading company, London, are at
present, -. ' .
These gentlemen say that the greater
number of English tobacco factories are
independent of either the Imperial
American companies, and that the trade
of the manufacturers has greatly in
creased since the formation of the two
large trusts. . These gentlemen said they
hoped the supply of tobacco from this
side would continue to be sent to Eng
land. Tbe trade has increased very much.
Mess. Chalmers and Pond are making
the rounds of tbe different leaf tobacco
markets and visiting the different ex
porters of this country to post them.
selves as to the situation on this side of
the water.
xne imperial xooacco company is go
ing to get down to work in North Caro
lina.' It is to havs its State office in Ral
eign and will proceed at once to erect
factories at Greenville . and Kinston
while one goes to Danville, Va., later
on. .
Information given out is that tbe fac
tories at Kinston and Greenville would
require a million brick each. The archi
tect who has their erection in charge is
Mr. Charles H. East, of Danville.
The Bichmond News, speaking of ths
new factor in the tobacco world, says:
The Imperial Is here to stay, and they
have decided after mature consideration
no doubt, that it Is better to build suit
able buildings than purchase factories not
adapted to the needs of the company.
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xoey nave ampie capital, wmcn rep-
a As . m - m .
resents ou per cent. 01 cne tobacco man
ufacture of Great Britain and Ireland.
Behandling factories will ultimately be
needed on every market in this stats and
North Carolina, and the company, when
in full operation, will buy 250,000.000
pounds annually.' The representatives
of the company here wilK positively give
out no Information as to their affairs
and its actual plans are impossible to
learn. It Is probable that they will first
lease the factories necessary here, but it
is assured that new factories are to come
later on. . - , '. . ' '
It is stated that so; many factories as
tbe company wlH have, and all of them
practically fire-proof, the destruction of
a f.ictory w!3 be so rare that the loss
will be less than the Insurance on aS
coii lined for the time that will havs
ek:-J. It Is argued that firs proof fac
tor' 3 are cheaper than paying fnsur-
aoce. .
'' old E(tHh Pol Ire Tax.
The chief authorities of towns In past
ages Incurred mucji responsibility. A
Ripon we have it good example of their
liabilities. V; Here foruierljv after ; the
blowing of a horn at U o'clock. a.tjalbt
and until sunrise next morning. 'IT a
house were robbed.and the owner aud
his servants had taken proper precau
tlons for its safety, tbe wakeman had
to make good the loss sustained. Each
householder paid an annual tax of two
pence if he bad one door and fourpence
If he bad two doors to bis dwelling tor
maintaining a wotch over the city. The
tax has long since been discontinued,
but the born Is still blown at night -
Limbed For IIU Dlaeoverr,
' According to an old document dis
covered some time ago in Australia,
gold was first found by a convict near
Paramatta in 1789. The unfortunate
fellow was at once charged with hav
ing stolen a watch and "boiled it down"
and. being convicted by the rude court
of those, enrly days, was given 150
lashes for bis pains. In later years the
record of this Incident was closely ex
amined by an undoubtedly competent
authority, who was quite convinced of
tbe genuineness of the convict's story.
TIMELY TOPICS
THBSPl.V TPPXTPn
AAUlUAAUl IXtUXllJJle
' ; A Peeallar. Politician.
"He's a - mighty hard man to get
along -with." said the practical politl
clan sadly. ' "Mighty bard."
"He seems thoroughly honest'
"Of course be Is. That's what makes
him so erratic and unsatisfactory. Ev
ery once In awhile he Insists on doing
something simply because be thinks it
is right without waiting to figure out
what its effect on bis political pros
pects Is liable to be." Washington
Star. ,
laterrapted Grieving.
A woman In Scotland had lost ber
husband, and tbe minister, calling to
condole with ber. found her sitting In
front of a la rare bowl of porridge.
"Terrible loss, terrible loss!" sighed
the minister. -
"Aye." was the reply. 'It's a terrible
loss, to me. I've Just been greetln' a'
nlcht. and as sune as I finish this wee
drap porridge I'm Just gaun to begin
again."
: Tb Encroaching Lake.
One of the humorously attractive
characteristics of a child is his large
sense of personal importance. A little
girl was walking with ber father on
tbe shore of a large lake, where the
waves were gently lapping np on the
beach. Suddenly one came up higher
than the others and. swept over her
foot when she exclaimed. "Oh, papa.
the lake stepped on my toe J"
.( Bla Position In Politic.
"He's going In for politics. Wouldn't
he make a splendid diplomat though V
What? Why. he's a deaf mute.'
Exactly. . Just think bow easy It
would, be for him to be absolutely
dumb when It was expedient"
Yes, but then he could never talk
without showing his hand." Philadel
phia Record. , ;., ... ;
. ... Oflleo of tbe Lana-a. .
What is the office of the lungsT a
teacher asked a small pupil In a class
la physiology. ' : t, , , . .
Tbe chest" she promptly replied. .
And." said the teacher, telling the
story, "I guesa she was somewhat near
right for the lungs certainly do bust
ness In tbe chest" Milwaukee Senti
nel. . " T ... .j ..
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A Matter of A.
Grace This photograph makes
look so old.
Gladys Yes; it Is an old picture, yon
know. New York Times.
Welcome, gentle, smiling May. '
'
Nature Is now In all her glory. - A'
Strawberries, luicious and blushlncr
red, now come from local gardens.
Well, Mr. Voter, tbe one who did not
pay his poll tax, it's all ovsr with yon
now and you have a year's vacation
from voting.
Again tbe cap is over all,
again tbe robin's evening call
Or early morning lay;
I hear tbe stir about tbe farms, ,
I see tbe earth with open arms, ' -
I feel ths breath of May.
John burroughs, in the Atlantic.
Mr. Wm. Edgar Perry of ' Tm Fheb
Pbess force was married yesterday.' This
U tbe second marriage among members
of the force thus far this year and the
third will come in June. Tux FbkiPbxss
In not conducting a matrimonial agency
exacty, but It la only fair to announce
that it still .has a few eligible young
bachelors in stock. . . .
We are taking pains to make every
page of Th Fbkb Pbess Interesting to
all classes of reader and we presume
each page Is regularly read by every sub
scriber, but nevertheless we invite spe
cial attention to tbe editorial page. The
personal opinions of great men and deep
come through ths channels of a great
news and literary syndicate from which
we obtain all our special features. This
syndicate employs all tbe great writers
oL tba . ag L and ..furnishes . tp same
class of matter to the great papers of
New York and other large cities. Thus
readers of Thk Fbxb Pbkss are being
supplied with tbe best "the market at-
This community is broadening out In
Ideas as well as in material matters, and
the two' are more closely allied than
some people think. -
So the busy business or professional
man, tbe laboring man,' the up-to-date
WUUIBU, JU IDK Oil lilWOW W1U UUU liUBS
a careful reading of the entire paper will
be time profitably spent. -
"Tbe blessed Lord seems to be smiling
on your efforts. ; Would it not be little
enough to do for him to run a Christian
life coli. mn In your DaDer.esrjeciallvwhen
you can find room for most anything
else?"
Thus writes "A Subscriber" after pre
ceding remarks of a still more Imper
tinent character. ' How unfortunate for
Christianity It Is that so many who pro
fess It regard it as a. license to criticise
and find fault with others, and to make
themselves generally disagreeable when
it would be quite as easy to be pleasant
and courteous and Christianliks. ' '
Wears publishing a paper for, the
masses and are trying to please all tastes.
Any subscriber or friend is privileged to
tell us good naturedly about any new
feature tbey would like and If we think .
any considerable number would be In
terested In it we shall always be glad to
supply It. There ia no call to scold
about personal matters which are no
body's business; neither Is there any sense
in It; neither does It help to attain the
object. It certainly Is not Christ-like,
which every Christian ought to try to be.
It was particularly out of place In this
instance, as we contemplate a religious :
thought department among others yst
to bs added to the paper, y (
We repeat what we have said ' before:
We are trying to make a paper that will -
please all classes and all tastes and we
welcome all well meant and good na
tared suggestions, but as we do not deal
with personalities In the paper we do not ,
accord to anybody the privilege of in- .
dulging In personalities against us.
Placing tba Sympathy.
Grimes Doesn't it disgust you to see
youngster trying to make a man of
himself by imitating tbe wiles of his
elders? ;
Harris Not at all ' I cannot help
sympathizing with the boy, be' 'vl-'
dently so thoroughly enjoys making a
fool of himself. Boston Transcript
f ; Forgot Hintself. .
She My husband is a brute. .
Friend All men are brutes, my dear. .
She Mine is simply abominable! I
asked him if be did not think yon as
pretty as I. and he said "Yes." New.
York Weekly.