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i i ' i i i i i i i t Diely Free Idiertlslug , THE WEATHER: I Partly cloudy, propab'e X- Beara tb une relation to bnaiaaaa tha ateani does . to an angrlne. . ... . bower, variable tern perature. :. X 1 1 I 1 I I I I I ' 1 I'l'l'l't'l ' I' ! 1 1 PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT, SUNDRY, VOL. V.-NO. 37, KENSTON, N.,0; MONDAY, MAY 12. '1002. PRICE TWO CENTS. ' ' aBWWlaaanaam ' '-...'" ,11 liillil FresSo OLD WORTH STATE HEWS AMD GOSSIP CDD AID I5TERESTIKG EiPPEUKGS ' Clirgff That a Wbite Kan Was Worked . to Death on Chain Gang. Salt to b Brought Against O aarde for In fcMMM Treatment LHtle Boy 8eta Fir to a Bant Another Outbreak of Small ' nox In Charlotte "Wonderful Beoord of . a Dal ton Hen Short State Storlea. , j Btatesvllle, N. CM May 8.-W. T.Potter, a white man. balling from Kentucky i " last week tent to the chain gang, charged . with drunkenness. On trlday afternoon . J was taken violently 111 and.; died the ' - eame night. Borne of our citizens, belle ' ' n t.hat Pnttar eame to his death as i molt ol the hard work required' . of .him . to which he was, nnaccusromea, ue manded a coroner's jury to 'pass upon . the case. Alter hearing eeTeralwltneseei - the Jury rendered the following ; verdict; "The deceased came to his death from 1 liemorrhage ot the brain brought "on by dissipation and violent exercise In the " hot sun." Suit .will likely be brought J against the guards who were placed over the deceased for cruel and Inhumane ' ,titment -':''v,-' V :4Y. Smallpox la Charlott. -J : Charlott Observer: ' In their rambles , about the, city yesterday the, health officers discovered more cases of small f pox. Katie Smith, aoolored woman, who lives near the old - colored hospital In Ward 2, was found well broken out and was taken to the pee t house, while four AthM-a were taken to the house of deten- ' tlon. The smallpox situation does' not . Improve. It is as bad now as it was over a month ago. 'There are sixty-five : people now In the pest house and the house of detention, while almost daily ' xecruite are aaaea. 1 , .The Boy and the Match. - - Boxboro, May 8. Our town, was ' thrown into a state of excitement yes terday afternoon by , the alarm of fire and a dense smoke rising in the very ' centre of the town. It was the barn and ' stables of Mr. J. H. Clayton. They were nt.tfiv consumed In a few minutes. favorable wind and the timely , Use "of - reel and hose prevented what might nave been a very disastrous Are. , A nve-year- old bov stuck a match to some straw near the barn to see it burn and it flashed like tinder Into the building.' - V ',.1:. V:- H paaaaMaaaMaMaawavaMaMMaaa) s ? f "''.. -; K's V '"'' '-" -i " ' ' " ''v'- c'" SHORT STATE STORIES. Greenville Reflector: The Imperial : Tobacco eompany has commenced work on their factory here. Tarboro Southerner: -, Farmer Pen xdmrton has sold his clover and, accord ing to W. 8. Clark, at the rate of f 75 to t'JO an acre. . , y z v Asheboro Courier: Nearly every rest ilent white voter In Bandoinh county , paid his poll tax and thus qualified himself to vote at the November election. ; , Scotland Neck Commonwealth: Dur ing a slight storm Tuesday night Mr. Ben Joyner's stables were blown down and two mules and a horse were killed The storm was not very heavy generally in this community. Greenville Reflector: From things The Deflector hears there will be more truck growing In this vicinity another season than In the past- This idea should have taken root long ago. Actually not enough early vegetables are raised around here to supply the home demand, to say nothing ot the good money that could be made from shipments. Winston Journal: A Journal ' letter from King, N. C, says: Mrs. Billy Boyles, who lives near Dalton, set a hen on 15 eggs; she set nearly four weeks and when she came off the nest had 18 chick ens and had two eggs left In the nest. Mr. B. C Meadows, who chronicles the event for the Journal, , says if anybody can beat the record established by this particular hen he would like to be notl- .. ed. - ', ' Don't Start Wron. Don't ptart the summer with a ErT-lrTcoT!-;h or coM. 'Weall know wi,,t a 'tummer cold" Is. It's the Lnru. -t to enre. O.'ten it "b-, on" throis -.h tl.e entire eeason. Tuke it in 1-auJ r'-ht now. A fw dof-8 of One 1 .iauts Co'--1! Cure will set you r'. ht. iare c"- - '..a, coM. croup, rr'p, Iron: '....!, all t t f " i Ijr-r to- ' 're: ' . .- Bt on. CI .;Jn 1-elt. ' 09 2 ' )(' r U Cure U tie I t co'- -h r '. 9 I ev-T in-1." sits J. II. I .r . t'y ' n, N. IT. "I twr f If ' ! ' t I ' I 63 F ' 'r t.:.J J.ll.llooJ. tit i I . : 1 i 1 i 1 r T I FIRE AT AYDEN, DeatroTS Eiaht Buslnesa Housea and a Barber Shop. The town of AydeO, situated about 18 miles from Kinston, on tbe A. C. L. rail road, was visited by a very destructive fire yesterday morning and the main business portion of the town was burned to the ground. The fire was discovered about 1 o'clock InW. EL Dew's (colored) barber shop. The alarm was given and an attempt to check the flames was made, but without avail, tor ihey made rapid head way, spreading from one building to another until nine of them ; had been consumed. Nearly all the contents of the buildings were . destroyed, but very little being saved. " The fire raged until about 4 o'clock. J lP,tXi t 'if VV-: y It Is not known Just howtheflreortglr ated. Some of the dtiseiw of the town think It was of Incendiary origin, while others believe it started from the explos ion of a lamp In the barber shop. f ' Tbe following buildings were consumed: The office and contents of the Free Will Baptist Publishing company, Dr. Dixon's Office, iWrs. J. A. Davis' millinery store, 8mlth Bros.' store, George Datl's store, John Smith, Jr.'s store, and two vacant stores owned by Mr. W. F. Hart, ; U i The total loss will reach about. $28,, 000, with Insurance ol only about f 9,-OOO-r':; '1;' Aydenls divided by the A. C. L. rail road, most of the business houses being on the east side, which was destroyed. The railroad saved tbe other side. ' The citizens, while feeling the loss a great deal, are hot discouraged, and the fire wtll,not check the growth . of the town to any extent; .Flans are already being laid to rebuild tbe burned portion at once. It is probable that brick build ings wIQ be erected. i 1 BASEBALL. , v BTATB LEAGUE. . Durham ' 6,i Raleigh 2: New Bern 8, Charlotte 1; Greensboro 1, Wilming ton a .., . . i ' Games today: Greensboro at Raleurh, Charlotte at Wilmington, New Bern at Durham. Relative standing of the clubs to-day; Won. Lost. P. C. 1 Ralelrb 61 .8831 Greensboro...... 4 2 .666 Charlotte . 8-w8.. .500 New Bern. 8 , 8 . .500 Durham..... v. .. . 2 ". 4 V .R33 Wilmington , 1 5 .166 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Clnclnnattl 8. Boston 5; Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 0; flttsburg , Brooklyn 4. ' ' ' AMERICAK LEAGUE. ' ' Philadelphia 13, Baltimore 4: Boston 5, Washington 1. NOTIOH. County Democratic- Convention On Saturday, the 17th day of May, all tbe Democratic voters in each township are requested to meet at their usual place of voting and elect a new Township Ex ecutive committee and delegates to the county convention, which will assemble in Kinston at 12 o'clock on Saturday, the 24th day ot May, to elect delegates to the state, congressional and senatorial con ventions. This call is at the request of the County Democratic Executive committee. : ;- J. W. Grainger, : Chairman County Executive committee.' i ' Dansreroas 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 consequence. Even where delay has aggravated tbe in- jnry De Witt,? Witch Hazel Salve effect a cure, "I had a running sore on my kg thirty years," says H. C. Hartly, Yankee town, lnd. "Alter uttlng many remedies, 1 tried DeWItts's Witch baz-1 Halve; A few boxes healed the eore." Cures all skin diseases. Piles yield to it at once. Beware of counterfeit. J. E. Hood. DISTRIBUTIVE ; ,; ..TRADE BETTER And the Improrad Weather Condition TnrnUh the Reason. Bradstreet's Saturday saysr 1 v "Improved weather conditions furnish the keynote for the more cheerful tone in distributive trade. Copious ( rains, while not repairing alt the damage to winter wheat done by the recent drought in Kansas, seem to have put the rest of the crop on of immediate danger:' It 'has also placed the ground in excellent conai tlon lor the later crops, such as corn and oats. ;.The situation la manufacturing generally may be summed bp In the one word activity, the only r Important ex ception to this being noted la the woolen Indu try 'which" Is interfered' with by strikes. The unsettled anthracite coal situation also "overhangs the 'eastern trade situation, but the bituminous in dustry reports wide-open activity Iron and steel trades are still pushed to .the utmost tension to keep up with curreh j demands Building and all lines depend ent thereon are active despite the in creased cost o lumber and builders' hard ware ana the, highest level ol 1 wages. Prices, particularly of ood products, show practically undiminished strength, four-fifths of ail staples being as high, if not higher, than a month ago, while only one-fifth are, lower, whOe as com pared with a year ago four-fifths ' of all prices have advanced, railway earn ings are really surprisingly good. '.. V "Heavy liquidation occurred in cotton. the technical position of the market ap parently favoring that, but strong basic conditions reasserted themselves later. with the result that a large part of the decline was regained, and the loss on the week is not a serious one. The feature In the dry goods trade this week Is u Improved demand at retail and the large re-order business; coupled with rather better buying for the fall season. Prices of the manufactured textiles remain as strong as ever. ' "Business failures number 179 as against 193 last year.', . j . COMFORT. ."tr i" 'V j't ,' 4 May 0,-, Messrs. J. R. Jones', J. L. Hardy and F. G. Satterfield spent Wednesday r night in Kinston ana returned Thursday, , Mr. and Mrs. Morrill Cox, of Catharine Iake, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs, ben Brock, Saturday and Sunday. " Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hardy and little son. of Trenton,; spent Thursday night with bis parents, Mrs. Ann Jiatch. - We had a little rain yesterday, It was needed very badly. -. r Some of the farmers are through setting out tobacco except replanting, and have some plants to give away. ' Chamber of Commerce, v . ' . Kinston, N. C. , ' The committee on membership Invito every Individual or firm desiring to co operate In the organization of the above named corporation to hand in their names to the undersigned. It will be im possible to call on every one In person. Some may perhaps be overlooked. But we solicit every one feeling an interest in the matter to come forward and be en rolled. A meeting of the eharter mem bers will be called in a few days and ws ask tbe attendance ot all citizens so they may be fully Informed of the-objects and alms of this association, which will be fully explained. D. Oettingeb, E. J. Becton, - James M. PfRROTT, C. F. Habvet, W. S. Hebbebt, Committee. ' LOOPING THE LOOP. ON, A BICYCLE. ' - Tha lataat Mnutional slrcna feat ia nerfonned br a darhic bicvoliit who loopa the lnnn oa a whenl.' By reason of the great nomennun rides npsida down, during part of his thrilling GRIFTON. . -: ' May 8.' Frank Holton, who was hurt last' week at the mil, is improving. , .t . Mr. C P. Gaaktns. our best fisherman eame In the other evening with 50. fine perch and It was a poor day -for getilng. We are glad to note that Mrs,. C." J. Tucker Is Improving, Several ot our townsmen attended the administrators' sale of T. W. Stokes Tuesday. Mr. Sam Ball, ot New Bern, was in town yesterday. ' Mr. J. Z, Brooks went to Kinston yes terday. . -:. Mr, Charlie Kego.ofNew Bem.lavpaint" ing the residence ol J. . Kjsen. r wnicn will be o. r. when nnished. ire nar-iust finished Mr. A.lnRMrick'A.hiCBae 0ar1 town. Mr. and Mrs.. Robert Ktlpatrlck left this morning for New Bern. Mr. Paul Brooks left for Baltimore Monday. Mr. L. J. Chapman went to Winston uesdayw ,,,,) jB-4ihitri4 Mr. C. H. Gaskins made a trip to Kins ton Tuesday, OBMOND3VILLB. i MaylO, Ormondsvllle High school closed with a party laatunday night. It was at tended by a large crowd and seemed to be enjoyed by ail. - ' Misses Terna and 011 ie Hill, of Fountaiu Hill, are visiting friends near here. Miss May belle Dixon .and brother, David, of Kinston, are spending some time with Miss Effie Grlmsley. : Miss Bessie Marrow, and Mr. W. F. Mc- Canless, who have been teaching school here, returned totneir nomes Saturday morning Miss Marrow to Oxford and Mr. McCanless to High Point ' Messrs. Freeman and Will Hooker,' of Kinston, are visiting relativea and friends here. i TjaOBANOB. ' May 12. Mrs. Louise Hardy, late wife of Mr. Richard Hardy, died at her home in Jason, Saturday May 10, at 5 o'clock p. m. She was taken with heart trouble about 9 o'clock Saturday morning. The deceased leaves a husband, six children and a number ot brothers, with all who knew her to mourn her departure. She was highly esteemed was beloved for her hospitality, cheerfulness and piety. Her death is sad to all but particularly so to ber devoted husband. The remains will be buried 1n the family burying ground this afternoon. Mr. John H. Rouse's horse became frightened Sunday afternoon and threw him out of the vehicle, spraining his ankle and Druislng him ud right much. He. with his little boy. was taking tbe casket out to Jason lor tbe bunal ol Mrs. Hardy when the accident occurred. Fat Wonldn't SaplrvFiiaaa. A woman left her husband a short time ago, giving as a reason for It that she had consulted an astrologer and been-told by him that it was ber des tiny to be a great woman, but that in marrying she had committed a serious error. As long as she remained with ber husband she would fail to achieve the greatness fate intended for ber. Che stayed away from borne only four weeks, however. I see you doubt tbe astrologer's In terpretation of your destiny," said tier elster. "Not in the least," replied the woman. but neither tbe astrologer or fate pro vided the money, and as I bad to give cp money or fame I chose to sacriace tlie latter." New York Fress. 'Wants Other to Know. ! hire uwd DeWItt's Little Early Lls- rsforcoE''pat!on and torrid liver and 1 py are all r'.-ht I am gla i to endorse f-m for I tLti.k wwn we fna a good -rweor"vttokt others kow It," v ; .t i Alfred 1 !are, Q-.'zcj, 10. They i ror rr-;e or entrees. J. r. u'oo-l tare, sale jlils. punad aa ha deaetnd hi track he literally journey ' T KIN&TPNIANS LEAD ALWAYS. A Klnatonlan Breaks the Staging ' "i Record In the Toeemite. . ; Well, It's ho b talking- we are the people?-1 North Carolinians In. general and -Kinstonlans in particular just can't help doing things wherever they are. Here we have a record of two Kinston lans breaking a record away off In tbe nation's grand natural park, Tosemite, "tbs valley of tbegode.; . Staging rec ords, or . anything done with horses mean something In that reglen and it is no wonder that tbe feat won for the per formers the enthusiasts plaudits of peo ple all along tha line. 1. The whole story- Is teU )p a.letter from Mr. W. , L. Ken nedy to bis brother John, wnicn . the Free Press Is kindly allowed to publish InfuU: Yosemite Valley, Cal., May 2, 1902 . Dear Johnny: North Carolina breaks the record!. - Your brother. and sister made the quickest trip yesterday by stage from the railroad station at Ray mond to the Yosemite valley that has ever been made by any tourist. Th distance Is 71 miles across mountains from 4,500 feet to 6,200 feet high.: The mountains are still covered with snow and the road Is very . wet, muddy and rough. A liveryman ae Raymond told me it would take his best pair of horses four days to make the trip. It takes wagon drawn by 10 horses seven days it usually takes the stage one and o half to two days. We left Raymond at 6:15 a. m.. stopped ; for dinner on the way ' and arrived here at 6:3.0 p. m., driving 40 horses on the trip, four at a time, changing nine times after the start. It was a trifle expensive, but we made the trip, which has never been done before. A message was sent along the line and we were greeted with wav ing of flags and handkerchiefs, and' s great demonstration on our arrival here. It is regarded here as a wonderful per formance. Sometimes it looked like we would fall on the horses and again like they would fall on us. We rounded curves at half speed, when It looked like we were going over precipices thousands of feet high. We shut our eyes and held our breath thinking the end had come, but we are bare in this beautiful valley safe and sound. Your brother, ' - W. L. Kennedy. Chamber of Commeroe. To All Goon Citizens or Kinston: Don't wait to be specially asked. Don't say later on the committee promised to call on you again, and didn't. If you mean to join the Chamber of Commerce come up and join. Don't hesitate. Ton are wanted, but you are not Indispensa ble. If yon are in doubt about its pur poses come to the first meeting and its objects will be explained. If you expect a lithographed card of invitation tendered you on a silver waiter yon won't get It Nor will Brlnson's bloodhounds be turned loose to search for you to bring (you to time. Drop your "don's eared- ness." Yon are not so big that yon can afford to be indifferent, nor so small that you may not be benefited or be of some benefit to others. This organiza tion Is a first great effort to .bring our business people and bread earners to gether, to get them acquainted with one another, to unite them in a purpose of general Improvement and Incidentally to enable them to assist one another. Yon cannot sJTord to Isolate yourself; you must not stand aloof. We need you. And you need us. Come up and be en rolled. One or the Committee. THIELY TOPICS TERSELY TREATED. Short Local Stories, Editorial Xotcs. Pretty damp, cold weather this morn ing. ' . , 4 ; . v ! , There are many building projects In contemplation, but none of the builders seem to give any attention to Kineton's sore need of an up-to-date opera house. - Towns not pearly so large nor other wise so progressive as Kinston have pretty theatres with completely furnfehed stage and scenery and are entertained by companies that could not be Induced to come here. Kinston needs intellectual recreation. - x 'Who win provide it? - A-MATING. -We went a-Mavlng, she and I, ' 'Neath smile of sun and blue of sky; . Her hand In mine, we wandered where Tbe breath of blossoms fills the air. . We sat us down upon a hill And bilkd and cooed as lovers will; No creature e'er was so divine As her whose hand I held la mine. I would have asked my love to wed, But suddenly, with stealthy tread, . A big male sheep came up behind; We saw it not, for love is blind. - With footsteps fleet we hurried hence' And perched upon the nearest fence, ' No more 'neath sun aud azure sky Will we go Maying, she and L ' -. As to house numbering good author. Ity informs Timely Topics that Kinston has tbe very latest, most up-to-date and perfect system the best In the state ex cept Salisbury, which was recently num bered on the same principle. . i y i Ho numbers less than 100 are used and there Is a two-fold object In this. Houses are numbered on the same system that rooms are numbered In great city build ings in which the numbers Indicate ttu floors: 100 first floor, 900 ninth floor, and so on. Oar houses begin with 100 on the first block from the starting point and thus a searcher knows that if he wants to find 900 It Is nine blocks away, or if be starts ia at 800 or 400 he knows juethow many- blocks be has to go. The secondary reason for this Is it makes the town appear larger nnd three figure numbers look tetter on printed station ery than No. 1 or 5. .' ' i-. t This system Is being adopted even In big cities which have been numbered for yet,rs and all new numbering is done on thin system. , t Being "virgin territory Kinston has got the latest and best. : Timely Topics considers It about time to make "a boiler" about postofBce facilities. ,-?)". -. Tbe Kinston pnstofllce Is now a second class office so far as receipts are concerned, but unfortunately tbe "promotions" are made on April 1 and take effect on July 1, so we must wait li months on proba tion before being taken into full member. ship. But that is no reason why we should not have a new postofflce with plenty of room and proper facilities long before that time. We need it. , We've got to have it! " 1 . Tbe postofflce we now have is suitable only for a back woods town. It is not half big enough, because It is not and cannot be propely arranged and sub. divided. , It Is unattractive and dilapi dated in appearance. We apologize for It before pointing It out to a stranger. Yon read in The Free Press last Sat urday of the plums that are to be passed out to several other North Carolina towns provided they are not headed off, and that is not likely. Among the se towns is Goldsboro, which gets a promise ot f 15,000 for a post ofBce! . 4 v . ' ' Now Timely Topics wants to know on what ground Goldsboro gets a f 15,000 postofflce and Kinston gets nit. Goldsboro has also just been given free postal delivery. , 1 J Kineton's population has doubled In eight years. Yet Its poetoffioe facilities are just what they were eight years ago. On July 1 this year the business from six rural delivery routes will be added to tbe Kinston postofflce and it Is not ad equate In any particular to the business already done there. - Goldsboro baa just 160 more white population than Kinston. Is Kinston entitled to just a. little bli better poetoffice facilities? ' Mrs. Durham Cored. Dear Sir: I am a feat eT-"t?rer fron severe nervous fcea-.;uLe, and tad la Cap udine syeey n '.' f. Also wln fU.. -nervons end f-'l I rcl.'i rp, a doe meeUrV-t. I t i'., ,re H r mendlrj It aa a t .crur-ily sr.-Let. V remedy. ILzy '7,
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