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VOL. V. NO. 31. . , , KINSTON, N. C, MONDAY, MAY 6 1902. t . PRICE TWO CENTS.
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OLD HORTH STATE
. HEWS AHD GOSSIP
CDD WD IITERESTI55 H1PPERI5GS.
Io Definite Hews From the Young
Woman Wbo Disappeared. '
3tmt it Appearesne Haa Ban Away One
. Xto Shot nd Three to be Hanwd for
On Mnrder Wlaetoa Borg-lara Blvnl
lacDnrfaem'e-ManBal Training In Pub
lic School 8uicide From Despondency.
Lenoir, V. C, May 8. Nothing definite
haa developed as yet in the ChOden case,
A lady 'who formerly lived at Lenoir
recognized some one much like the lost
- jrlri at the Morgan ton depot. This girl
aid her name w&a Hattle Linn and ner-
ously evaded all question. . The lady,
' however, is positive that the person seen
waa Miss Childera.
' The ticket agent at Morganton says a
party answering the description of Mlsa
Childera bought a ticket and boarded a
westbound train Thursday night, but
does not know what point the ticket waa
sold ' to. Miss Childera', friends are all
trying to follow this clue, but many still
tellers there has been fool play. - -
. ,The affair, is far from being solvedand
there seems no proipect for an early solo,
tlori. There seems no doubt that Miss
Qrildere was mentally deranged, and
many believe in the suicide theory, as she
had spoken of ' this mode of ending her
trouble. . Many rumors are being circu
lated, but nothing definite has transpired
. as yet.
Morganton, N. C, May 8. Miss Cordie
Childera walked from Lenoir and took
the train here Thursday night lor Ashe-
Yllto. She gave the; name of Gray at
Chesterfield and Jennie Lee here. She
denied that she was Cordie Childera to
friends here. - "
Miss Childera taught school in this
county awhile and was an attendant at
the hospital hers. Fulford and her ancle
were here today. Tlwy da W-Qtt the pond
" 8t Lenoir searching for the body. There
. Js no news from Asheville of her arrival.
She is an illegitimate child, but she is
- highly educated and pretty. : While here
- she inquired about Western points and
bad plenty of money with her. She waa
nervous and it is believed she had become
insane. .
Four Deaths for One. ....
Windsor, N. C, May 8.-On Thursday
morning, May lit, .the prisoners, John
Bellfield, Junius Bishop and James Ste-
" phenson, were arraigned before the Super
ior Court of this county, charged with
being accessories in the murder of young
Thos. Stephenson, of Boxobel, who lost
his life in April from the effects of bullets
" by Milton Bellfield, who was afterwards
, shot and killed by an officer In Weldon
hi an attempt to arrest the criminal. The
jury returned a verdict of guilty. The
defense was ably represented and -it i
the universal opinion of all that the
result would not have been otherwise in
any aspect of the case. The defense has
given notice of an appeal on the ground
that in the absence ofaconspbacy, which
the defense claims the fit te failed to
. '. prove, the jury could not find a verdict
- of murder in the first degree. The pris-
oners were sentenced to be hanged on
August 1st, 1902, between the hoars
of 10 and 4 p. m.
' The Season at Morehead.
. Balelgh Times: The Atlantic Hotel at
Morehead City was leased today -to Mr.
A. N. Perkins by the stock company own
lng the hotel, of which Mr. C B. Barbe
Is president Mr. Perkins was the former
manager of the Hotel Benbow at Greens
boro, and the late proprietor of the
McAdoo Hotel at the same place. He is
well known as a thoroughly experienced
and up-to-date hotel man, and is well
fitted to assume management of this
popular summer resort. The season will
open at Morehead City about June 15th
and closes about the first of September.
All Indications point to a large attend
ance and a successful season under the
new management.
. Another Carnegie Offer.
Greensboro, N. C, May 8. Andrew
Carnegie has written Mayor Osborn offer
ing to donate f 30,000 to a public free
library building for Greensboro, provided
tie city will otl'gate f 3,000 per year
towards Its support. The matter will be
considered by the Board of Aldermen
next week.
Vr,t Other to Know.
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.Winston Journal: " There seems, to be
a gang of 'harpers in and about the city
that is hard to. catch. Almost every
night, recently, thieves haveeDtemdsome
store or residence to the community. Ao
addition to the lastwasmade Wednesday
night when the store of J. B, Commings
was bioken into. Only 4 small amount
of money was secured. ' The raid upon
provisions was not noticeable. About
a mile and a half east of the city, the
same evening, the house of Win. Allen
was entered and the burglars secured a
lot of pantry articles. They also raided
the hennery. , - ... ':
; j Manual Trainina; In Fnbllo Scboola.
Winston educators are moving in the
direction of manual training in the public
schools. C. F. Tomlinson, president, and
G. F. Webb, , secrtar 'of he school
board, were in the city Friday night, re
turning from a trip of inspection of tb."
Durham schools, and reports great satis-,
faction of the resnlf of the experiment
there. In the Richmond graded schools
students are taught, ahortbandj book
keeping, typewriting, drawing, etc, as
much as reading, etc.
Suicide From Despondency.
. Winston-Salem, N. C, May 8. A yonng
man named Burma committed suicide
near Bockford yesterday. After takinga
big dose of morphine he went ont in the
woods and stuck his head between two
large saplings that had grown near to
gether.: He was dead when found. De
spondency produced by bad health' was
the cause of Burrus taking his life. He
leaves a wife and two small children.
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SHORT STATE STORIES.
Raleigh Times: The scarcity of farm
labor has brought about a- serious con.
dltion of affairs In this section.' Farmers
from various parts of Waks connty
declare that the negroes are leaving and
some farmers are without the money for
the necessities of life much less to hire
hands.
FThe State Agricultural department has
issued, nnder the title "A sketch of North
Carolina," a book which is a condensa
tion of the larger work, "North Carolina
nd its.Jarcesr" which la being dis
tributed. There is a great .demand for
these books, from all parts of this conn
cry and from abroad. , '
For eight years past earnest efforts
have been made in the successive legisla
tures to secure the establishment of a
State orphanage. All have failed thus
far, but now a very determined effort is
to be made. There was a conference at
the office of the Raleigh Christian Advo
cate. Active work will be done in the
various counties to press the plan.
His Bad RecoreT.
"There goes a man with a mighty
bad record."
"You don't say! ; He doesn't look
criminal.? . . . -
"Who said criminal? He's a bicycle
racer who has never done better than a
mile In 2:47." Baltimore News.
Dangerous if Neglected.
Burns, cuts and other wounds often
fail to heal properly If neglected and be
come troublesome sores. De Witt's Witch
Hazel Salve prevents such consequences.
Even where delay nas aggravated the in
trv Dewitt.s witcn uazei carve enects a
cure, "l naa a running sore on my if g
thirty years," says H. C Hartly, Yankt e
town, Iod. "After using many remedWs,
I tried DuWitta'e Witch faasl Salve. - A
few boxes healed tbe sore." Cures all
kin diseases. Piles yield to It at once.
Beware of counterfeits. J. E. Hood. ,
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FRESH FACTS IN
A FEW LINES
The highest mountain peak in Colo-
iado is Siena Blaucu. which la 14.4S3
feet high.
Tbe ivcry market shows signs of a
steady decrease, and tbe extinction of
tbe supply Is fcttrod. '
France annually produces about 143.
209,000 pounds of chocolate and bon
bons In about equal quantities.
S Tbe picking of the raisin and straw
berry crops In Calif ornio is almost en
tirely in tbe bands of tbe Chinese.
Lawton. Okla., six months old. has
7,000 inhabitants. 183 lawyers. 45 sa
loons, 27 gambling dens and 4 schools.
Mosquitoes ore 'fond of anything Wue,
That Is a scientific discovery that is
furnishing an argument for changing
the color of tbe United States army
Shirt.' '
; Farthing breakfasts, consisting of
coffee, bread and butter and jam. tire
now being provided by tbe Salvation
Army for poor children in .Newcastle,
England. ,
T, :L Carter, one of Mosby's men
has bis name on the monument in boa
or of dead Confederates at Front Roy
L : He is now postmaster at Orange
Court House. Va.
' British fruit growers are adopting the
idea of covering their crops with pnpr
sheets during the cold nights. A small
outlay In labor and paper , results In
considerable saving in the long run.
In the work of restoring the Am
Coeli church at Rome the famous Bio
ral frescoes of Plnturlccbio have btvli
completely ruined, several large n&l!
na vmg been an ven into tnem.
Before long It is probable that tbe
.dogs as well Ss the daughters of rlcti
and fashionable folk may be sent to
Paris to finish off their education.'
school for dogs has been established In
that city. , T - , , t
Systematic inquiries into tbe present
condition of bird life in Missouri brii g
to light tbe surprising discovery that
within the last fifteen years Insectivo
rous birds have decreased 62 per cent
and game birds 80 per cent
. All . British military,, convicts wjjc
have been sentenced to penal,,servltu. It
for sleeping at their posts have hnd
tbeir sentences commuted to ligb
ones. These military offenses are now
being met by lighter sentences. -
.The vegetarian novelties in hats r .t.
bonnets in London include the suti;i
tution of the rosy red tomato and ihi
flower of tbe French bean for the w.np
and other animal decorations now iv.u
monly used on ladles' headgear. .
An Essex England) clergyman. v
periencing a difficulty In obtaining lh
services of a bell ringer, has evolved n
device whereby, with the aid of t:if
electric current, he rings his own bti
by pressing buttons in the vestry,
Some of tbe out and out New Yrrk
chappies have taken to wearing t :i
monocle, which at present Is in great ei
favor than ever among London dandies
Eastern opticians notice an apprwia
ble increase in the demand for slutlc-
glasses.
The Bank of Netherlands is now
lending $5,000,000 less than It did a
year ago, tbe Bank of Italy $0.G50.WW
less, the Austro-Hungarian bank $17.
450.000 less, the Imperial German bunk
$16,450,000 less and the Bank of Spain
$25,000,000 less. .
The Four Hours' Sleep society Is the
latest thing in associations, and It Is
Chicago bred. The members argue that
more than four hours' sleep is unnec
essary, and they pledge themselves not
to have more and to bring up their chil
dren on the same plan.
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the fieroert fighter in the Philippine.' They are ruled by. the cultaa of tialu and by
anmeroua leaaer aultaoa and dattos. Th killing of an Amenoaa auldier eaaaed Uia war.
AN OBJECT LESSON. ' O
How KinBton Has Been Benefited
; ; All Around.
Thk Fbes Pbess is reliably Informed
that purchasers can be found for all ' the
eommon stock in the Kinston Mantel
company at 25 cents on tbe dollar. .
8o Thk Fbkk Pbess' idea to save thin
mill to its stockholders made their stock.
which was of no value at all, worth 25
per cent, inside of a week. . (
This ;is a pretty good record, shows
(he value of cooperation and ' that it
pays the people of Kinston the poor
people as well as wealthy ones, widows
and children as well as men to stand up
for and support a paper with ideas. A
paper with ideas, working for the com
munity's Interests (and the welfare of the
community contributes to tbe welfare of
tin paper) la worth much to the com
munity. Just think bow disastrous the failure
of this industry would have been to Kins
ton and her citizens, not only directly,
but to a far greater ' extent Indirectly,
because the evil effects of such a disaster
wonld never have been overcome.' Not
during the present generation could con
fldence have been restored between our
citlsens. ' , - t , , ,
Hereafter, we pray the crackers, block
era and 'dissenters to please consider
more earefnlly the stand they shall take.
'Let there be more patriotism. Narrow
selfishness will no longer pay In Kins
ton. It will not pay any of our citizens
to try to thrive upon what .would be
disastrous to this community. In fact it
will no longer be possible Jor any man
or set of men to breed very much dis
cord In KinBton. So the part of wisdom
is for every citizen to broaden his Ideas
and act more in harmony with all other
citizens of Kinston.
An Interesting Sermon. '
ICosjiatiaicattd.
The morning services held in tbs Bap
tist church by Rev. Mr. 8pence were not
only impressive but of such a character
as to infuse into his hearers a deep desire
to lead a higher, a more useful Christian
life. His theme, "The Joy of Religion;
that the activity in services, begetting
self-abnegation toward man, and arous
ing the God-like qualities in the exertion
of trying to assist in saving others, bet
tering him here and fitting him for eter
nity. The music and singing was a sweet
melody of praise, calming and elevating.
These people are smooth, quiet, yet so
very persistent In their belief. From the
dawn of the Christian era and down tbe
corridors of centuries', despite of persecu
tion, pope and potentate, these peculiar
people have held together and have re
sisted any encroachment of their religious
liberties. It todk blood and bons to bide
tbe bent, yet they have always met the
Issues and have held their own. The rev
erend gentleman earnestly exhorted his
people to be forgiving, to be patient, to
contend for the faith, and to love one
another. On Invitation, Mr. Yasser, a
talented young lawyer, came forward
and united with the church. As the hush
of the benediction falls humbly and
solemnly upon all, tender memories come
over us of former loved ones, the heart
swells, the eye fills with a tear of silent
by for the assurance full that they have
awakened in His likeness and are singing
of Els mercies In the Heavenly taber
nacles. Elessed Eabbath day of rest
sacred day of song. . -, P.
O r business and profee!onal men
ar! to call at Ihb Ieeb Peeps
? f.i look through t'e job print
' - - rtirent. They will to0.t!ess
be f ' v,ei to see the many a.MUons
an : . movements made tLefat few
mo i Sa the equfpment.
MORO DATTOS OF MINDANAO.
' TOADS IN FOLKLORE.
Sicilian Snperstltton Coaocratna; the
" I'arlr Little Creatures.
The toad has a prominent place in
folklore. We find tbe ugly little crea-
ture distinguished In popular tradition,
ana that in Its most permanent prov
ince. In local worship and belief. The
survival la so strange in Itself and so
well fitted to Illustrate tbe primitive
character of i fairy mythology that it
may be accorded partlcuitir attention
According to the statements of vDrV
G. Pltre, contained In bis excellent ac
count of Sicilian trnditidn, the faith of
that island still recognizes .supernatu
ral beings known as donne dl fanra
Ondies from abroad), also entitled pat
ronesses- of the housewbo hare at
tributes In common with tbe fairies of
England.;; Like the latter, during the
nighttime, they ' enter ; bouses, , where
they expect to find everything in order.
Among mortals they have their favor
ites and enemies, i Fortune is consid
ered to result from their kindness.
sickness and poverty from their perse
cution. :::v"'';':rvA,
' It is a peculiar feature of their habits
that they visit the domicile not on any
evening indifferently, but only on
Thursday, making their entrance by
the keyhole or by cracks of doors, if
day surprises them before they leave
the cottage, they change into toads aul
in this state remain until the following
eve, when they are once more at liber
ty to resume their proper shape of
beautiful women. During the interval
the toad is sacred, because It is Impos
sible to be sure that any particular
one may not in reality (be the lady of
tne nouve.
Legend, abound in which is related
tbe reward or punishment consequent
upon. the good or ill treatment of a Frt
day toad. ? On this day. therefore, the
usually unpopular animal is- safe from
abuse and secure of attention, more
especially if it chance to belong to a
species possessing a particular arrange
ment of the cuticle reminiscent of a
lady's bead of hair. Any person who
occupies himself with folklore becomes
accustomed to remarkable survivals.
yet it does excite astonishment to find
so perfect an illustration of prehistoric
thought in central Europe of the twen
tieth century. International Monthly.
Playlna; Wagner Upside Down.
: A London paper tells a story of Wag.
ner in the days of his youth and pover
ty calling upon Rossini in Paris and
noticing "a little composltkm" of bis
own on me piano racK. ine repiy or
Rossini when if was pointed out to torn
that tbe music was UDslde down was
perhaps hardly up to the best form of
the polite Frenchman."- "loo see, t
found it sounded better that way."
Bill Nye's compliment to Wagner
was in a happier vein. He told the
great composer that he bad no doubt
his music was really much better than
1C sounded. London Speaker.
Sweet Sympathy.
Mrs. Youngwed Yes; Mr. Toungwed
didn't feel at all well Ufis morning, so I
just made him stay home from the of
fice,;..,::.;..,:.' ; '.. ;
, Mrs. Naybor Indeed I I notice all
your carpets are up and your back
shed's painted and
Mrs. Youngwed Yes: , I cot Mr.
Youngwedto do all that while he was
home today. Philadelphia Press.
Mere Thaa Trade.
. "You- played nothing but txazediee."
said tbe friend.
They were worse than trapeajea."
answered Mr. Stormlngton Barnes ss
be stopped Gjrorinz bis exDense ac
count. "They were financial catastro
phes.'' Washington Star. : :
A Streanona Life.
"I suppose a public man has to read
a, great deal," said tbe thoughtful man.
'Yes," answered Senator Sorghum;
"tbe demand for anecdotes Is so great
now that a man baa to keep digging in
tbe library ail tbe time In order to keep
co the STjoply of stories about himself."
TIMELY-TOPICS ,
TERSELY TREATED.
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Short Local Stories, Editorial; Hotes.
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The weather of yesterday and today'
has been deliriously delightful
.
Carnegie libraries are becoming so
numerous it will soon be easier to give a '
list of towns which have or are to have ;
them than of those which have not. anil "
still Kinston is not in it. Can it be that
Mr. larnegie has never beard of tbe future
metropolis of the Old North State?
Now that these warm, bright spring .
days have made us forget the winter of
our discontent, when all nature 4s being
arrayed In the beautiful attire which
foretells glorious summer, householders .
and those who own ai d control premises
should take a spell at spring cleaning
and do a thorough job. It is not worth
while to argue that this cleaning Is neces
sary;' that ; is settled without argu
ment. It Is necessary for the health and '
it ought to be necessary for appearance
sake, fought not to: be necessary to '.
force people to clean their premises; It
ought not to be necessary to have to
urge them to, but It Is.
Now what we waalj to say once and
for all is to urge all good citlsens to '
comply with the requirements promptly
and without waiting to be urged. Proper
sanitation is for their own benefit and
tha( olf, their . neighbors. Clean your
premises and keep then) clean, and use
plenty of .lime. .' '
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. LaGrange Sentinel: It is. a fact that
there is a cat in LaGrange that provides
meat for tbe family. Not many morn.
tags ago a gentleman went into his
utcnen beiora breakfast, and just as he
went in the house the cat went in too. .
carrying aitringofnlce fish, which it pre
sented to its master. He took the fish.
placed them in a bucket of water and
went out. - Soon bis sister went into the
kitchen to cook breakfast, and. seeing the -fish,
and suDDOsinar her brother had
canght them somewhere, she dressed them
and hied them for breakfast, thus the cat
provided meat for tbe morning meal. Bro.
Fbke Pbkss, is not this a pretty rood ,
cat-fish story?
It is indeed, and we are really glad to
learn all of the wonderful things are not
monopolized by Kinston. We want the
entire county and surrounding territory '
to show up well In wonders and marvels.
Kinston must lend, however, and it is "
now up to the ubiquitous reporter to
find a cat in town that by her or his In-
dustry and close attention to detail sup-".
ports an entire family not ' simply one
littls mess of fisbl '
The publishers of Ths Fbm Phibs are
not In business for health or excitement,
but just like other business men they are
looking for the big round dollars. They
have learned the lesson of helping others '
while : helping themselves, and have
proven beyond question that that is a
paying policy.
Just what is meant by these remarks is
shown In the news Item headed "An Ob-
ject Lesson." Ths savingand reorganiza
tion of the Mantel company was as much
a part of tbe purpose in calling tbe opera -
bquse meeting as was the organization '
of the publishing company, and the suc
cess in one was as great as in the other.
The metropolitan papers make a great
deal of fuss and noise about their, public
benefactions but ws are not seeking pub
licity or praise for this act and desire
only to Impress upon every business man '
how easy it Is to. help others while help- '
log himself and to express the, hope that
tbe example will be generally followed
and that the Kinston slogan hereafter '
will be HELP OTHERS WHILE HELP
ING YOURSELF. ' ':; ? : -
No man of sound common sense and
udgment who will give It five minutes
thought needs to have pointed out In
detail the tremendous possibilities of the .
sentence.' .'::; X 'C V ''-.' :' '.
Take the price of land, for Instance; '
Common sense should Impress any man
that the town cannot grow, much be
yond the point it has already reached
untU there is some reason for further
growth created by additional business
and manufacturing. These we cannot
get if we hold factory and residence sites
at prohibitive prices. So there we stop,
barricaded by our own acts greed de
feated by greed.
Manufacturing is tbe keynote to
growth and progress. Don't shoo away
the f goose that lays gol tin eggs, but
scatter plenty of corn for it and entice
it into the yard. Tou see tbe point!
Ths Fbxs Peeps is rrerared to suri'v
elegant and beac ' 1 calendars to a i-
yertlsers. fon I j an orc?r nr .
youseeourtarr; . l e a t urjet t .. i