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W I I ' I 1 1 I 1 ' I I 1 1 The Daely .-. Free . Press I'i'i'i if - -,1 I I'I'I'I- 1 loa Don't Keed t Pole i f TH WEATHER; f - to reach the ponplo. . 1 A mall ad la Thje Fsbb, I'Kiwg will do it mora 1- 1 lectively, . ..-..h. T I I I I 1 I I 1 1 1 ' I ' I' T Clearing tonight,' (air X and warmer Thursday. v I . . I PUBLISHED EMERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, VOL. V. NO. 39. iKENSTON, N. O, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14. 1002. PRICE TWO CENTS. OLD HORTH STATE HEWS AMD GOSSIP CDD IID IITERESTIKG liPPEIIXGS Encouragement for Fanners in , State 1 Weekly Crop Bulletin. - Xt Hu Been a Good Week All Around, but . Mom Bain la Needed Corn and Cotton ' Planting Practically Complete-Bice jCoanlna' Alone Finely round Dry and Hard Snort State Btoriea. Ths Weekly Crop Bulletin of the North Carolina section of the climate and crop eervice, Bays for the weekending Monday ' Mm 12: : ' "Another most excellent week for the - nroaress of farm work was experienced ..' and where sufflctent rain fell the weather " m vary favorable for the growth i cmm. However, drought has been In V tenalfled over many counties by the total ' t absence of precipitation, and from these t points many unfavorable reports were J received. -; Very beneficial showers oc curred In many localltlee on the evening ! the 7th. and It la thought that the moderate rain of Sunday night was gen- ral over the eastern . hall ol the state l where It was most needed, White more rain Is required for crops In the drier lo- . T alities. eioeclally for : wheat and oats for transplanting tobacco, and to bring nn late planted corn and- cotton,' it ; ap- pears that no positive damage to crops v hj drought has resulted so tar. i ne temperature averaged quite high, in spite of two cool days, on tne tn ana auw, - the mean being about 5 degrees above the dally norma1. The amount of sun flhlne was also abundant. The tempera- , tnre conditions have been favorable, ex cent that arowth was slightly checked by cool nights during the latter portion of the week. Farmer! have been so ac ' tdve everywhere that a large number of eroD corresDondenta report farm work now well up, and that crops are clean and Well cultivated; In many sections the around is now dry and hard. "Planting corn and cotton are pra ;- --tlcally over, except that many bottoms have still to be planted in corn, fcarly corn looks healthy, has grown fairly well and In the south portion Is over 18 inches high: the crop Is being cultivated generally. ' There are some complaint of damage by chinch bugs and cut worms. Late corn is not doing so well. Late planted cotton is coming up slowly and . unevenly on account of the lack of sum . iclent moisture, so that good stands arc not yet assured: light rains have benefited much of the crop; chopping to stands la ' actively underway. The most serious effect of the drought has been to delay -the transplanting, of tobacco, and in many sections plants are getting over sized: the rainfall Sunday night fell over the section where most needed and will give an Impetus to the work of setting out tobacco plants, which is now under way in the most important central northern counties. . Peanuts are being nlanted. Bice has come up nicely. Wheat and oats need rain and are heading low; . spring oats are well advanced Ingrowth. Complaints of damage by potato bug are more numerous than for several sen sons past. 8weet potatoes have sprouted but Bibs will be scarce. The strawberry crop was Somewhat cut short by dry, : warm weather which rioened berries too small for market. Pastures have madt " slow growth during the week. aw; "Rains rerortf d lor the week: Gold boro .38 Inch, Charlotte .24, Greensboro. .88. New Bern .82, Weldon .58, Raleigh .71, Wilmington .7 u, A3 anon l.UZ, Hen dersonville 1.06, Henrietta .58, Mocks- ville .74, Settle .50." 8oa and Father in fatal Affray. Greenville Reflector: Hardy Harring ton, colored, and his son Sam were both at Parker's X Roads, two miles from " town, Saturday night. Sam had been at work cutting timber In the woods, and his father wanted a division of his wases. Sam said he had only been partially paid oS and could not divide the little he had. Hardy then began watcl.bg Sam's movements, and about 10 o'clock saw him spending some mory This arfre.l the father, who wei.t t?p to the boy, grabbed him by the walstl-and ofL'a pants and with the other I.anJ beaa ralk'j a knife acrotm tbe boy's breast, abnslrj Liai and tch'rghhn wl. ;t he wou! 1 c! j t ) I t i !f he opened I -mouth. Cam wrs eif. ' .'.t t.'1 thot L c'J not c; ' 3 L'i i I ;t 1 9 .1 r; "n on L'a f.. '.. rviLaaj' :1. Ou'yo:. ct cf Eve fcjota took (" . t, I :t V.,'a oi.f fz' rt-1 V ctr-"-t f i rr.j r-ove f...,!. I !';') I'r a a Trf..i. ( : r : f 1 r Augusta division of the Southern, Satur day night. It la supposed that '. be boarded No. 34, the Southern's fast north bound train at Bock Hill As this train does not stop at Griffith's, tbe sup position is that Mr. Abernethy attempted to get off and in jumping front the train bis bead struck tbe five-mile post. When the body was found blood was oocing from the mouth and ears.' Tbe skull was badly crushed in several places and it Is thought tbe neck was broken. , . ; . i Mtu CnUdera Queer Prank. - Lenoir, N. a, May lS.-Mr. Will Chlld- ers received a letter from his niece, Miss Cordis Childers, tbe young music teacher, who has bf en mysteriously missing from her bom here for two weeks, last night Tbe letter states Miss Childers is In Ster ling, Nebraska. ' The only excuse shs gives tor her strange conduct is that shs did not have the nerve to say good-bye. ' V UPSET THEIR" PCANS." i thm Story of a Hnrry Call F m How Tot Ik Anbnlnne. A young physician tells an amusing experience of the days of bis ambu lance service, A hurry call was re ceived one day, and he with tbe am bulance was dispatched with great baste to a tenement in one of tbe poor r ?arts of the dty, 4 He climbed sev ' .. digbts of stalre and found at the a family gathered In a dismantled tooin; surrounded by their goods and chattels, evidently ready to move. ! The patient bad ' beet- burtted," the doctor knew, but be failed to discover signs of one until the mother of the family explained that she was the vic tim and amiably, volunteered; the in formation that she was ready to go to the hospital at any time. She was a remarkably healthy accident case,' and the young physician explained that be would have to make an examination and learn the true nature of her Inju ries before taking her off, ' . , She demurred somewhat wrathfully at this, but finally uncovered one arm, where was to be seen a bad but not serious burn of a week before. It was not a burn requiring hospital treat ment, and tbe doctor departed, a severe tongue lashing from the would be pa tient following hint as be hurried down ' the stair, glatf to get off with nothing more serious. The woman's wrath bad good cause, he found upon Inquiry. The family had been dispossessed, Jind It bad been de cided that the - husband and children should go for a time to one of his rela- tlves. while the wife would seek refuge in tbe hospital. In this way they would tide over their troubles, but tbe doctor's unforeseen refusal to play bis part had upset their plans seriously. New York Times. , . s Hot So Bad. v - Senator Mark Hanna and a frier d were talking of the chances for a fignt on tbe bill granting relief to Cuba when that measure reached the senate.. I110 friend was doubtful of tbe outcome of the fight "You know," he said, "that Senator Burrows of Michigan is against . the bill." 3 "Yes. I . beard so," responded Mr. Banna. He says be will fight it to tbe Inst second," continued the doleful friend. "He does, eh? queried Hanna mus ingly.' . . ' "Yes, to the last second." Well, that is not so bad," said Han na. "Burrows is a great ognter, ana ne probably will fight this bill to tbe last second, but eo longer," ' I "I Stood In a Dranwht ith my coat off vand can ah t thin wretched cold," says the sufferer. lit- wed not pay a geavy penalty If he follow his act ol loJiy witn an act 01 wisdom. Soak the feet in hot water with a few teaspoonsiul of Perry Davis' Painkiller in it. Take a teaspoonsful of Painkiller in hot sweetened water at bed time and be thankful for so simple and speedy a way to break up a cold. There is but one Painkiller, Perry Davis'. MISSING STRIP '---4- a v 1 i ST; 1 k BODIES CREUATED . 1 IIOLTEH LAVA WORDS FAIL TO DESCRIBE SITUATION Senate Raises tbe Relief Fund to Half Ixtoters Have Bearun the Ghaatly Work, of Bobbing tha Patrid CorpaeThrllUeg Stories of Some of the Sorvi voraA Bea cminsr Veaael'a Danserona and Splendid Work of Belief. :.:v; 'J'V': '' "f Fort de France, Island of Martinique, May 18. Strange to relate, in view of the number of inhabitants of Sf. Pierre who were swept to death by the volcanic waves'from Mount Pelee on Thursday last very few corpses have been found by those who are engaged in the work of cremating the dead bodies.; This is due to the fact that the most populous quar ters of the town are buried under a thick layer of lava which apparently entirely consumed the bodies of the victims.; j Public Interest centres in the stories of the survivors and in the efforts being made to succor the refugees.' A woman named Laurent, who was employed as a servant at St. Pierre, in the household of M. Gabriel and who was among those taken to the hospital in this city, in de Bribing her experience, said that on the day of the terrible disaster she heard a loud report and thereupon fainted. When she regained her senses a fe w, hours later shs was horribly burned, and glancing around sbefsaw two members of , tbs Gabriel family still alive, but they died before assistance could reach tbem. i lUle, Laurent, although she lived for some time after being taken to tbe hos pital and was conscious while under the care of the physicians, died without being j able to impart any additional informa tion concerning the catastrophe. The w.ork of succoring tbe refugees continues incessantly. . Words fall to describe the present sit uation at Pierre.,' A small detachment of French troops Is making efforts to bury the dead, although the government seems tojbe uncertain as td what is to be done ; in this . direction. Looting el, the dead has ; begun 1 already. .While coming to Fort de France the Potomac picked nn a boat contain five eolnnl men and one white man whose pockets were filled with coin and Jewelry, the latter evidently stripped from the fingers of the dead. Lieut. B. B. MfcCormlck, the commander of the Potomac, arrested these men and turned them over, to the commander of the French cruiser Suchet for punishment. The Potomac . also brought a ton of supplies to Martinique. When the cable repair ship Pouyer- Quertier, Captain Thiron, started on her mission of mercy she tried to pass through clouds of burning cinders and the risk of catching fire In order to reach the terror stricken people ashore. But she suc ceeded in bringing to this port 456 peo ple, mainly former residents of tha village of LePrecheur. This was on Saturday last. Since then the steamer, as the re sult of the daring trips, has succeeded in bringing many other persons to Fort de France. On Sunday Bhe secured 023 persons and piloted the French cruiser Suchet and the Danish cruiser Valkyries, who took on board fifteen hundred per sons, The path of the volcanic torrent which swept over St. Pierre Is marked out in a strange manner. The vicinity of the shore, , where vessels anchored, was swept by a whirlwind of volcanic ga, which ripped, tore and shattered every. thing in its passage, but left few traces of cinders behind. On the ,other hand, PICTUR! . THE FBEXCII BATTLESHIP GAULOIS AND HER MISSION. ' This iplandid ship ia eondng to America to take part in tha an Tailing of tha Roehiunbam statu, wbioh has baan presented to the United States br tha French people. Comtw V Eoohambeaa w aaminaader of the,FienuJiroea iu Aanerioa ia 1780 and eo-oparautJ with Wathuisoauthaawtaadantitra el Tktowjfc f , ,.' , ; t-.-.;-.-:.,r-,t --..f.-v.-.AJ.,..,-r;y to a . t - - r St the fort, centre and adjoining parts 'of St. Pierre are buried under a thick bed of cinder which consumed everything be neath It. ; Senate Makes It naif a Million. ! Washington; Ma'y-14. Soon after, the Senate convened today Mr. Cullom, from the committee on foreign relations, re ported a Joint resolution appropriating 1500,000, Including the f 200,000 al ready appropriated, to be expended un der direction of tbe president in such manner as will most promptly and effi ciently relieve the stricken people of the French West Indies and St Vincent. The resolution was adopted without com ment. , SEVEN 8PRINOS. May 12.. The Seven Snrinirs Hlarh school will close its seventh annual session on May 22 and 23. The annual address by Hon. Ed win W. Keer, of Clinton, will be dellv ered on the evening of May 22 at; 8 o'clock. Tbe annual concert . will be. on the evening of the 23d. -k -- hfy:.y& The students of. the High school are now very busy with examinations and in preparing for the closing exercises of that institution. ., . Mr. G. H. Roberts, of New Bern, who has been spending; several days at the Springs, left for his boms Monday, ' , Mrs.. W. G. Parke and Mrs. W. G. But ton are visiting friends near Goldsboro. Mr. W. G. Parks is now the acknowl edged champion fisherman. ' He fishes every day and searches for his bait in the wee ema' hours of the night In a botly contested ball same between Debnam-Einsey school and . Strabane aggregation against Seven Springs to day the latter came out victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Batteries: Debnam- Kinsey school. Whitley . and Hodges. Seven Springs, Parks and Parks. , The feature of the game was the superb work of the' Parks brothers for Seven Springs, striking out the - first 18 men that went to tbe bat. ' Mr. Levy Mewborne Dead; Mr. Levy A. Mewborne, jr., died at his borne about seven miles fromKinston,on Lousin swamp, last night at 9 o'clock, after an illness of about two months. The remains were interred in the family graveyard this afternoon. The deceased leaves a wife and four childrenone son and three daughters all grown. He was about 60 years old, and one of the best known men in the county. He was a member of the Christian church, near his home. He had a great many warm friends in this and Greene county. BASEBALL. - statu uuetns. V Raleisrn 8. Greensboro 0; Durham 0. New Bern 8: Wilmington 7, Charlotte 8, Games today: Greensboro at Balelarh, New Bern at Durham, Charlotte at Wll- K,1iV?ton. illative standing ol tne clubs to-day: Won. Lost P. C. F Jefgh.,....Ml.l.... 7 1 .875 C'.arlotte 6 8 .625 ( f,?'nsboro... . 4 4 .500 t ew Eern............ 4' 4 .500 I rbam.. ................. 8 5 .875 . ilniington... .. 1 7 .123 RATIONAL LEAOUX. (1 Icpto 2. Brooklyn 0: Cfncinnattl 24. I : iladclDtia 28: St Louis l.New York 3. AMEKICAl LEAGUE. Cleveland 4. St. Louts 3: Baltimore 13, .'asbington 3; Detroit 7, Chicago 3. Klneton Gun Club. TLe members of tbe Klneton Gun club requested to meet at tie Kaval He re armory ton!bt at 8 'o'clock. Eus s cf Liportance. A. E. r.OCNTEEE, r:-c'y e l Tress. '.' t Frescrlj-tlon f rl'.." ;.r'a i Fstj k s bott' of C - .--v-s'f Tast. iTsKic. It is 1' - 'y b a J q L, .:; is ( . . FALLING CREEK. "' - '' ' ' May 12 Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Sutton spent Satur day and Sunday at Mr. w. 1 uarays. " - Mr. Eddie 8utton spent Sunday at Mr. WW Whitfield's., ,.n . Miss Elvira Wood spent this morning at Kmston. v;.;-:,.;;.(. . : Miss Sally Sutton, of LaGrarge, is going to give a picnic at Waters' mul on Saturday, May 17. Everybody invited to come and bring a basket. , - ; .- Demooratlo Primary. The Detnocratlo primary of Precinct No. 9, Klnston township, Is called to meet at the Eigle warehonae on Satur day, May IT, at 12 o'clock,' for the pur Pom of nominating delegates to the county convention. Go, B. Wibb, . . Chairman pro ten). ; , The riaa-BO la Australia. " ( Plague baa broken out again with great severity in Australia for tbe third time In as many years.- The. state of New South . Wales seems to be tbe greatest sufferer. As In former years, the dissemination has been traced to rata. It is said that one man. who dis covered two dead rodents In his cellar, undertook to bury them and was stricken tbe next day with tbe disease. An elaborate system of extermination of the rats by poisonous vapors ia be ing carried out, and the government has placed a bounty on each animal killed. V In this way. hundreds of thou sands are done away with. - William and tha English Throne. A glance at tbe list of royal person ages in tne direct line of succession to the British throne, reveals some Inter esting facts. How many people know that there are only two adult males be tween Emperor William and King Ed ward? It is, however surprising It may be, a fact that the German emperor is tbe third male successor over twenty one. He stands twenty-fourth in the list, but most of those before him are women or children. Only two are men of full age the 'king's only son, tbe Duke of Cornwall and York, and bis only living brother, the Duke of Con naught r. .. Gardena on Vacant Lota. 1 In Philadelphia there are 638 gar dens on what were formerly vacant! lots. Five; years ago the Philadelphia Vacant Lot association was organized. ! Twenty-Beven acres altogether were se- j cured and a hundred gardens started. ' The officers of the society found a big ' demand for the lots by poor people, and they have gradually increased their holdings until now over 600 gardens are in operation. Last year the value of the products amounted to over $30,- 000. : Boallatle. Eecently the daughter of the post mistress of Maygar-Czernya was called to the public telephone, when she beard the voice of her jealous sweetheart Gustav Tibold, who from the town ball of Taba telephoned the alarming mes sage, "would you like to bear how I shoot myself 7" Scarcely were the words ended when the girl beard tbe sound of a shot and subsequent inqui ries revealed that the young man had killed himself In the manner be hadT in dicated. The Frmta of na EsVtmo. Although general conclusions cannot be drawn from a single example, the resu'.t of a careful examination of the brain of an E.!ido man by Dr. Ales Ilrdlicta poK- . 3 much Interest As a whole he four 1 tl train to be heav ier and krfr V 1 Ce average brain cf white tra t f t' 'r.r stature, vrhU 118 c-rctrcra 1 " r f.'I f ? av t ' 3 l i t 'a 13 cert li C - tv: j which I jt j 1 :y bet-a rciiid FRESH FACTS III A FEW IMS Happenings .. Tnronliont the UnlTerss The compulsory adoption ' of tha metric system in England baa been advocated by 173 members) of parlia ment ; . ' , tf: 'British warships are to b painted green this season in order to complete the teats of tbe beat color for war pur--"--poses, . .'..'.;: 'Js':'-;,i;'"2i,; : v The ari mutueL" or French govern ment tax on race course betting, has produced 115,130,400 during the past five years. During the last year tbe United States fish commission distributed to varloua waters more than 2,000,000,000 fish and egga London la now considering a proposal to have the streets along which the cor onation procession will pass decorated by stage painters. , Germany's colonies are five times as big as herself, those of France eighteen times and Britain's ninety-seven times bigger than herself. A farmer near Crbana, N. Y found eighty mice which had made nests in the fleece of bis sheep. The sheep did not seem to mind the intruders. s - : But little; notice was taken in Hol land of tbe anniversary of Queen WU helmlna's wedding, and to reference to ' It whatever1 appeared in the ' leading Dutch papers. ; ' '. It Is semiofficially announced in Lis bon that the Aing of .Portugal will be represented at the.. coronation; by tbe Crown Prince Louis Philippe, who is only fifteen years of age. . . Pingpong has taken Berlin by storm. One band of players has already open ed a luxuriously appointed clubroom. fitted with twelve tables, and a Berlin pingpong championship tournament Is being arranged. t : In settlement of the claims for in demnity made by those Italian sub jects who were expelled from the Transvaal the British government baa paid down 12,000, which will be dl-. vlded, among 120 Individuals. , A Russian enginees, M. Berlslowskl. ; has recently discovered extensive de-, posits of ozokerite (mineral wax) in the extreme north of Finland. The depos its, are located on the Kemlokl river ' and are said to be very rich in paraffin. , Tbe viceroy of India has announced a detailed scheme for utilizing the 250,- : 000 subscribed In India for the Queen . Victoria memorial id building a great hall of classical architecture of white Pentelicon marble to be brought from Greece. Ex-soldiers will in future be employ ed as clerks In all departments of the British war office. Preference will he given to such as possess first class cer tificates of education or have been in tallded from active service, by wounds or sickness. ' :-.s'v.. v r In consequence of the severe weath er in France droves of wild boars have began ravaging the fields around Tar bes, and the Inhabitants are organizing boar-bunts in self defense. Up to the- present nearly fifty of the animals have - been killed. - According to siat'stics, the numher of cases of murder in Italy range from , 0.2 per million of the population In . Milan to 156.7 in Naples. Offenses- against property are reversed. Milan showing 7.S49.0 per million against. 4.002 In Naples. . , . Before the date of Inauguration day Is changed the bouse wilt bare to agree- to Senator Hoar's resolution setting it on the last Thursday In April, and then the proposed amendment will have to be submitted to the legislatures of tbe states and agreed to by tbree-fourtha of them., .v: ' r . : ' , ; .' Under the emperors the population of ' Rome was more than 2.000.000. During the middle ages It was reduced to 11,- 000. When Victor Emmanuel made the city his capital, it was 181.000. In 1SSO It bad Increased to 312.000. in 1800 to 451.000 and in 1900 to 500.610. Tbe es timated, population in 1902 is C50.000. It Is announced that an institute for tbe application of tbe light treatment has been esU bllshed in Vienna. '. It is to be operated on the model of that of Professor Flusen at Copenhagen and la to be partially under the control of the municipal government The emperor, who Is one of the founders, it ia said, has contributed 10,000 crowns. Khartum is not the Khartum we have hitherto pictured it In lieu of tha mean, crumbling huts facing tb mouta of the Blue Nile there now stands a stately, indeed a regal, palnce, sub stantial villas, red bricked and Europe an stamped barracks and last but not least as a sign of the times the build ing upon which, floats an ensign with the words. The Bank of Eypt. ITallax leads all Atlantic ports in tha shipment of apples to Eurore this sea son. The figures show that the Fer ness, Allan and Donaldson lines c Steamers have carrlc-3 E!ac tha F"ti"T Ing of the fixlt c ? a total ci 1-7,::S barrels of er;' -a. la e.V " a 1 ; shipments . -3 f t t 1 Tt. . Montreal and r ' ri V t V f t shipments frcvi 1' -1 t. J 1 will exec: .1 T " " " ") 1
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