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The , Daily Free . Press j i i ii i i i i . i . THE WEATHER: ' Variably partly cloud and warm Saturday. ; I I I 1 I 1 I I i 1 . i PUBLISHED EVERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. VOL. V.-NO. 29. KINSTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, MAY 2. 1902. PRICE TWO CENTS. 1 1 1 I ' I I 1 1 1 1 1 Don't be Bashful ' What do yon want? ' ' Make it known through , , Tbs Fkbr I'keps and the want will be supplied. t'l'l I 1 I I I I I OLD HORTH STATE HEWS AND GOSSIP CDDAID IITERESTIKG EAPPEHKGS. JhA Busy Burglar Continues to Busily Burgle in Durham. Two Driven Off by Plucky Young Lady aad Two Highwaymen Bob a Cripple Hick Point to Hare ai' Educational Baily Fnrnltnro Factory Destroyed , Bla Shad Colony for the Stones. . Lumberton Bobeaonlan: Mr. J . Mcl. Brown, who Uvea near Phlladephus, baa an orange tree in his yard which is full of fruit ': The orange are small, but are sow ripening. Then wu a highway robbery in North Durham Tuesday night. William Mc Goad, a deformed whit man who sold teas and coffees, was overpowered and robbed of forty dollars by two white men. There have been no arrests, and o far as can be learned, no does. , Thomas Moors died near Pries, Bock Ingham county, a few days ago.! He was burning off a piece o! new ground with some neighbors assisting him, and he . challenged one of them to , wrestle with . Mm. Be was thrown and became uncon scious, bat rallied and went home, dying the next day. - ; A colored man named mlreton was found a few days ago on Dan " river ; not far from the town of Madison with Ave hnlletboteS through bis body, It is said that he had been aocased of reporting . swine Illicit distilleries to the federal gov ernment, and It Is thought that this may be the reason for his untimely taking off, Jfewbern Journal: Mr. Copeland, rep resentative of the government, arrived hers yesterday from Edenton, Ni C, bringing with him 728,000 yonng shad from the fishery at that place. Mr. John B. Ives carried Mr. Copeland, with the young shad, about four miles up the Ifoose where the shad were planted. Internal revenue receipts for the month of April at thecloseof business In Durham "Wednesday afternoon amounted to with in a few dollars of a quarter of a million in one month. The exact receipts were 249,856.78. This against f 141,994.94 for last month. The receipts this month were the largest in the history of Dur- Tuesday morning at S o'clock in the midst of a furious storm, lightning struck the large three-story warehouse of the Lack Manufacturing company at Fayette- . Tille and set it on fire. . The building, which had In It much newly manufac tured furniture, was totally destroyed, as were the books and personal effects. The loss Is put at f 5,000 with f 3,500 insurance. Durham Herald: A bold attempt was made to enter the home of W. D. Latta on Liberty street, last night Just before 10 o'clock. Miss Daisy; Latta heard the . men thought to be two in number at ' one of the rear windows. She raised an np-stalra wirdow and fired two shots at them. She saw the men as they ran off and made their escape. Davidson Dispatch: At Fullers on last Sunday the large feed barn of Mr. David .Thomas was destroyed by fire. Two ex cellent males, a lot of feed stuff, farming Implements and machinery were also burned. The fire Is supposed to have been of incendiary origin and Mr. Thomas had some blood hounds on the scene yes terday endeavoring to trace the miscre ants who fired the barn. An educational rally similar to the one held In Greensboro and other places will be held at High Point during commence mentweek. Governor Aycock, Dr. Mc Iver, Superintendent Public instruction Joyner, Dr. Tenable and other distin guished educators will be . on hand and deliver addresses. Besides these an Invi tation has been extended to all the col lege presidents and professors la the tate, also superintendents of schools, many of whom are expected to be pres ent. vine norta uaxoima Baptists are man ifesting deep Interest In the approaching meeting of the Southern Baptist conven tion, at Asheville. They have raised for foreign missions $2,000 more than they did last year. Their contributions Jor home missions are about ths tame as last year's. The convention will elect a new president and for this position Rev. Dr. R. H. Uarsh, of Oxford, Is very pronv in- i c : I r -i a p- : f "y r if 1 f '1 I I r' t. It f. A! rt if a -8 I '. orot' 3 v : rp, a 3 t 'i r l- ; it as a t tlacere'y, jcsDrisiM Information baa reached Jones bo ro that Mr. J. L. Booth, a merchant of Lemon Springs, a station on the Sea board Air Line, was, halted Wednesday night In the pnbllo highway, while going from his store to his residence, by a masked man, who demanded his money or bis Ills. The robber was armed with a double-barrelled, shotgun and secured from Mr. Booths about f 10 in change, all the money be had with him. ReidsviUe Weekly: Mr. J. T. Barbara, who lives In Guilford county, told as some days ago, while la the woods he happened to find a squirrel's nest In which there were three yonng ones, so young that their eyes wsrs not open. He thought as their mother had probably been killed, he would carry them home for bis cat to eat. Bat his cat, which had three mall kittens, Instead of eating them, adopted them as her own. When she moves, as all cats do When her kittens are bothered, she moves. the squirrels first This Is a true story. ' ' ; 1, ; v Winston Republican: The heavy frosts recently seem not to have Injured the peach crop. We commented upon the fact to an old inhabitant when , he re marked "that having : bloomed i : the dark of the moon ' no frost could hurt them. Out In the Crater section of this county animals seem to live to a ripe old age. Mr. Emanuel Bodford had a fine dog to die a few days ago whose age was notched at 23 years, while Mr. E. F. Shutt, of the same section, trots out a cat, still In the possesion of health and life at the age of 14 years. It has been a hard winter oh bees.' Many apiar ists lost a third, some one-half and oth ers all of their colonies. The cold spring has greatly hindered those that did ser vice. The Martin MTg Co., at Walker- town, this county, will manufacture sus penders and expect to begin operations by May 1st . , , LaGRANGE. r Mayl. Mr. Archie McNeill, of Aurora, is visit ing his father. A mad dog was killed on the streets Wednesday by Chief Wells. ' Mr. John Harper, who has been llvinsr hare the past few months, has moved to Klnston. Dr. Greene has moved his family into ths house vacated by Mr. Harper. ... 4 , Dr. H. M. McDonald's handsome new fountain has arrived. Mr. Edwin Wooten has Altai his en gagement with Mess. Wooten & Wooten and is witn tnem no more. Mr. 0. Taylor will begin shipping Saturday, v; ?; ' g , " i: , - ' Up to the present there Is no Interest manifested in the town election. As editors are supposed to be prepare to answer all qne-tlons. we would like to ask you. Mr. Editor, whether or not the new law requires voters In municipal elections, to be able to show their tax receipt.? Yes. Ed. Miss Little Moore, of near Glenfleld. returned to her home today. Rev. D. H. Petree preached. Tuesday night In the Disciple church, taking for his text "The Seven Springs." One would naturally associate our popular summer resort with his subject, but his text was suggested by a passage of scripture. Mess. K. E. Jutton, J. 8. Wooten. John Willis Sutton and N. W. Creech, returned Wednesday from Havelock, bringing witn tnem a one lot oi tun. : Didn't Reckon Foreigners. It was a little boy In an American. Sunday school who in reDlv to his teacher's question. "Who was the first' man?" answered, "George Washing-, ton," and upon being informed that it; was Adam exclaimed. "Ah, well, If yon, are speaking of foreigners, perhaps hel was!" Stray Stories. ; . . Forgiving and Forae-tUna. "Woman," said the crusty, person,! "may say that she will forgive and fors get. but she will never let yon forget that she forgave." Baltimore Ameri . can. find tuseij 71'; " :k . . V 1 THE BEEF TRUST IS IN A PANIC TRYING TO HEAD OFF LEGISLATIOS I But it Heftr Occurs to Them to Cut! Down Prices. Representatives Raskin Into Wahl ton and Thoso Who do Business witn the Trast ordered to Keep Their Months Shut Cattle Market Gone to 'gnash' gnmmary of InterostlnKlGeoeral News. Chicago, May L The cattle market has gone to imuh and the beet trust barons are In a state of wild panic Many of the beef trust representatives are hurrying to Washington today in an i attempt to bead off the disastrous re sults of a national uprising against the lawless oppression by ths trust. Thousands of bead of cattle have gone begging at the market prices heretofore kpt up by the trust and its agents aad havs been hammered down twenty-five to fifty cents a hundred weight. In fear of a widespread revolt against their methods; the trust men have turned to intimidation and have warned all persons throughout the country who do business with the trust to "keep their mouths shut," , " i : ' ' ' : " j . -M-i This is taken to mean that ' the food trust-is alarmed at the step being taken to bring It to book, and will fight to the end. t t i After the Beef Trait. Washington, D. C, April 29. President Roosevelt and Attorney General Knox had a long conference yesterday con cerning the .' beef trust. The attorney general made a full explanation to the president of the steps which have been taken to dissolve the alleged trust, and discussed the evidence which was secured preparatory to bringing action against the packers. North Carolinian Killed In a Dnel. James Spence was killed in an Im promptu duel at Pine Bloom,- Ga with' a log contractor named Smith. The two men had quarreled , and each pulled a revolver and began, shooting. Young Spence fell dead. Smith received one or i more ballets through the stomach and died later. Smith Is a native of North Carolina. Fitzslmmons-Jeffrlee. New York, May 1. Having decided to fight Jeffries for the world's heavy weight championship in California, Fltzsim- raons will leave for San Francisco the latter part of this week to arrange final details for the fight with the champion. He will be prepared to go into active training just as soon as the battle ground i is settled and he will not return east until after the contest. - - i Schley for President. Norfolk, Va.; May 1. Thsre is a . pos-1 .Ihilitvthat Rear Admiral Schley mav be made the president of the Jamestown Exposition company. Hs Is known to be the choice of several of the principal in v V t it.: t 1 corporators, who havs written him with a view to ascertaining whether he is In a position to accept it. It is proposed to make the celebration a national affair and it is claimed that Admiral Schley could do more to further the Interests of the exposition than any one else. - ' Cotton and Tobacco. ' Washington, April 29. The weather Bureau's weekly summary of crop con ditions says: "The cotton states have experienced a very favorable week, and cotton planting has mads rapid progress FISHES. 9,vhi K7' f''nfae-?s 'Vjf i i i ' mum mm EUGENE F. WARE, THE NEW PENSION COMMISSIONER, i ' Eugene F. Ware, lawyer, poet, veteran soldier and ax-ham ess maker, b the new head of the pension bureau. He la a native of Connecticut, is 61 yean of age sad served throughout the war in lows regiment. As a poet he won fame under ths nom ds plums of "Ironqnill." , ' In all sections, being practically finlslied in Texas. Much of ths early planted throughout the cotton belt is up to good stands and cultivation is well advanced. Tobacco plants continue small, bat are y plentiful, except in Maryland. Transplanting is about half finished in South Carolina and is in progress in North Carolina." . . Hnngwd by a Kentucky Mob. Brandenburg, Ky., April 80. Ernest Dewley, a negro, who shot and seriously wounded Harry Dowell, a young white man, at Gaston, was hanged . by a mob at 2:80 o'clock this morning and his body riddled with buUsts. The mob battered the doors and secured the negro whom they carried about a mile and a halt from town where they hanged htm to a tree.: After he bad strangled to death the mob riddled' his body bullets and then quietly dispersed. with Wireless Telecraphy. Washington, May 1. Lieutenant Beecber. the naval expert on wireless telegraphy, has returned to Washington from his trip to the North Carolina sounds, where he inspected the Weather Bureau system of wireless telegraph installed between Roanoke Island and a point on the mainland opposite Hat- teras, a distance of 50 miles as the crow flies. The system was found to work over that distance with absolute accuracy reliability and high speed. : ' COMFORT. April 80. The farmers will soon have their to bacco plants set out in this section. Mrs. Susan Lisa is very sick this week. Mhisi.uiwuaray siiweutnDinnaaywae celebrated Saturday 28. Several friends from Richlands and schoolmates from Trenton were present and enjoyed it very much. Mrs. M. E. Rhodes and son Jamie visited her sister, Mrs. John French, near Newborn last week. Misses Mary Humphrey, of Goldsboro, Mary Koonce. of Trenton, visited at Mr. 4. Ij. Jtiardy's f riaay, Misses Mattis Venters and Bessie ITaamas a9 DlArilnnilal nVtanTtl lhflal1a at Mr. J. l. nataj't, Our little Sunday school is progressing rapidly, Mr. Henry Southerland is on the sick list this week. In the Methodist ehnrch, Cypress Creek, Thursday 24th, ' Miss Aems iirocK and Mr. Mnrrtll uox were nappiiy married. Miss Mary Koonce being maid of honor, Mr. Linster Boggs best man. Misses Mary Cox and Mary Humphrey bride's maids; Mess. F. Brock and Georgn Nobles groomsmen. In the afternoon the party left for their future home on Catharine Lake. We wish them a happy future. Eleetrle Shocks. It is generally supposed that electric shocks at 500 volts will invariably prove fatal, but that such is not the case was proved the other day by a member of the Institution of Electric al Engineers, who stated that even with wetted boots be had stood on the rails of the City and South London railway, sat on the live conductor and slipped the running rails with bare hands. He further said that provided the day were dry and the skin not fcioist. It was quite safe for the sver- I b e person to bandls live wires. , One t an fell on a cable carrying a current c f 5,000 volts and escaped with only a f iw burns. Another man was rendered tn conscious by a two thousand volt current, but was soon restored unhurt A one hundred voli current has been kson to cause death, but such a case Is quite a rare occurrence. London C'be. my. Wisdom In City ' Directories. The New York city directory for the early years of the nineteenth century contained an almanac nnd other tea turcs now considered to be extraneous to dltvctoiles. Thf compllullou was largely done by 'Abraham Shoemaker. Mr. Shoemaker hud a habit of orua monthly the marlus of the pages with quaint old sawsf of this character: A traveler should have a hog's nose, a deer's legs end an ass' back. : A little bouse well filled, a little field well tilled and a little wife well drilled are great riches. A poor man must walk to get meat for bis stomach, the rich man to get a stomach for his meat . Tell a miser he's nch ana a woman she's old, you'll get no money of the one nor kindness from f other, i t Love, cough and smoke can't well be hid. ' gonit Tiroooi Dunces.''1""" Literary history is crowded with In stances of torpid and uninteresting boyhood. Gibbon was pronounced "dreadfully 4dull.M and the utmost that was predicted of Hume In bis youth was that "he might possibly become a steady merchant" Adam Clarke, after ward so deeply skilled in oriental Ian guages and antiquities, was pronounc ed by his father to be 'a grievous dunce." and of Boileau. who became a model for Pope, it was said that be was a youth of little understanding. Dry den was "a great numskull." who went through a course of education at West minster, but the "stimulating proper ties of Dr. Busby's classical ferrule were thrown away upon the drone who was to be known as 'Glorious John.' London Standard. Bodies Tnrned to Stone. Human bodies buried in limestone countries are often turned to solid stone by the limewater which penetrates the graves. In other soils there are ele ments which sometimes so embalm the buried dead as to preserve form and features unchanged. Many such cases are on record. Robert Burns' body was disinterred in 1S15 to be removed to a new tomb. To the surprise of all his friends the features were found to be as perfect as at burial. When the body of John Hampden, the famous English patriot and leader, was disinterred by Lord Nugent 200 years after burial, the form and features were as unchanged as if the corpse bad been receutly laid In the grave. ...... One of Dnmas' Jokes. Just for a Joke Dumas once address ed a letter to "the greatest poet In Par Is." The postoffice sent it to La mar- tine, the Idol of sentimental "readers. He hesitated to open It and took It to victor Hugo, who protested that his brother bard bad far too bumble an opinion of himself. After some conver sation they agreed to decide by lot which of the two should open the en velope. The lot fell to Victor Hugo, who. taking out the letter, read, "My dear Alfred." It was written to Alfred deMusatt , A Cnynble stndent. In one of the Philadelphia colleges a professor of chemistry asked a student the other day, "Now, suppose you were called to a patient who had swallowed a heavy dose of oxalic add, what would you administer 7" J "I would administer the sacrament" replied the student who. by the way. said to be studying for the ministry and takes' chemistry because It la ob ligatory. Argonaut Benson For the Hit. 'Was Mrs. Gabbofs tonversaxiona a success?" "Decidedly. Everybody chatted at a great rate." "How did she ever manage ItT "Oh, she had a musical programme, you know, that lasted all through."- TILIELY TOPICS TERSELY TREATED. Short local Stories. Editorial - Kotss. 8ayl Isn't Klnston going to have any observance of Confederate Memorial Day? Klnston does not seem to cars for sc! snce Jor else Is too busy to trifle with It" Ths advance agent for ths liquid air exl hlbltlon, which Is being given In all the wwuuu us, nan is ajmsion a weex ago trying to make arranavnumta fa It. but snddsnhr disappeared. Evidently he received no ,, encouragement Klnston missed an Interesting and instructive ex hibition. -,V- ' v; ' - . , " , Every citln of Klnston ought to be come an active member of the cham ber of commerce. There is no "star chamber' . business about It It Is just a plain, honest business proposition, to be taken advantage of by every hon est man in Klnston, If he so elects. The man who stays out of It will Injure him self mors than hs can damage the balance of the community, , v - Recently Timely Topics gave some facts and figures showlrg that Klnston Is growing more rapidly than any other town In ths Stats save only High Point. Kinston's growth is a bealthy and per manent growth, but from conversation with a traveling, man today ws gather that H itb Point's prwu t boom is founded on sand and is destined to come to asud den'end, or even to a retrogression, un less somebody slips a few solid rocks of , The rock on which High Point's pro gress is likely to split Is low wages. One of the men most active in "boosting" the tows, who is Interested In nearly all the manufactories and owner of one or two, Is reported as openly boasting in a public place that the average wags in his mills is 23 cents per day. and he considers that the vrry acme of business sagacity and management This man Is in the town booming business from purely selfish mo tives, because it pats blm. ' Such growth can not be permanent and prosperous. Work people can never be wawuwii who sucn wages ana oniy ina- 1.1, IA A.. A . . . . . . vuiiy w get money enongn aoeaa to get away will keep them there. Of course they can only procure the barest necessi ties ajid consequently tbe trade of the town is not benefited ia the leaBt It fol lows also that only the poorest daes of help can be obtained at-such wages, v ' ' w.v mnu v ' bwi, on JCHJV IUSB the situation in Kinston is exactly the re verse of this. Ths wages paid hers are at least equal to those prevailing In any other town In the State, with ths natural icdimv hih n iuvv et uigu ewes oi won-' era who live well In comfortable houses. dress "well, behave well, spend money freely In the stores and are valuable and desirable citisens in every way. Prosper ity and contentment is In evidence on all sides. Klnston has builded well, Is building well and will continue to build well so long as ths present ' spirit prevails among the employing class and it Is real ized that real business economy Is In having intelligent, skillful and reliable help, which only good wages, good treat ment and pleasant environments can se cure. ' ' 1 ; ' It is strange that men w ith brains to boom towns and build great factories lack the the wisdom to see that It is a losing Investment to employ Inferior help. Fato Wonldnt Snpnly Fonda. : A woman left her husband a short time ago, giving as a reason for It that she bad consulted an astrologer and been told by him that it was her des tiny to be a great woman, but that la marrying she bad committed a serious error. As long as she remained with, her husband she would fail to achieve) the greatness fate intended for her. She stayed away from borne only four weeks, however. "I see you doubt the astrologer's In terpretation of your destiny," said her sister. '' ' - i ; : "Not In the least" replied the woman, "but neither the astrologer or fate pro vided the money, and as I had to give op money or fame I chose to sacrifice the latter." New York Press, Tae V-v9 of Xntnro. A real love of nature Is one of the most valuable possessions which yon can have, since it will continue to af ford yon happiness as long as yon live. But la order to have tMs love you most get It while yoa are young while yoa till have leisure to give It first place In your thoughts. Nature must be your first sweetheart cr she wiU not te yc .r sweetheart at an. Woman's L:r Companion.
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