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PUBLISHED EERY HFTERNOON' EXCEPT SUNDRY,
VOL. V.-NO. 61.
KQTSTON, N. 0, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28. 1902.
PBICE TWO CENTS.
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OLD WORTH
HEPS AMD GOSSIP
C3D1KD IITERESTKG HAPPEKIKGS.
Wants to Corner the 'Whiskey Trade.
. Wilmington Messenger. A well known
liquor dealer has proposed to tb city
Authorities to give 30,000 for th x
dnaiT right of selling liquor In Wilming
ton. Tb offer la bonaflde and tb party
lias offered to give a satisfactory bond
of hia earnest The matter will be laid
lief ore th next meeting of the board of
aldermen and the first thing they will
Save to consider it ' whether they will
-lnnwr1toirrftnlanchaorivileae.
tx i j v . . .
as it is in the natur. of . a monopoly.
Some lawyers are clearly of th opinion
hat the board cannot accent the propo-
Mnn hntntWa thmk the matter, can
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be arranged that It can be legally don,
Some lavor the acceptance 01 toe propo -
sdtkm, as it would be a clear , gain of
iAM i.ti...ihi Tk ny.ntu
ZlT Z Z Z'iVfwn a v77
lrom liquor license is 15,000 a . year.
Tber would, however,. b popular op-
noeltion to it, and the proposition will
no doubt startle tb sixty odd liquor
dealers in the city. The outcome of the
matter will probably be high license
Money In Lettuce. -
Stateavilla Landmark: Th . growing
of lettuce is a big industry IntheFayetto-
ville section and during tb past season
thousands of dollars worth of lettuce
jgrown In tb territory contiguous to
Fayettevill and In tb truck section In
astern part of the State was sold oa
tb Northern markets.
A correspondent
of the Lninberton Bobeeoulan says that
one man near Fayettevllla cleared 9340
from th lettuce sold from one-fourth of
an acr of ground. Tula is quit remark-
able, yet there are other similar instance.
Tb wonder to soma ot us is that there
la such a great dsmand for lettuce that
ao much of it finds ready, sal at good
. Ttrioes. for to many people fettuo as
an edible vegetable is junt about as In'
Tlting as corn fodder or ordinary grass.
Two Valnable Dtacoverto.
-.Henderson Gold Leaf: Asbestos has I
Deen discovered in vanes county, ami
while investigation nas not oeen uaae
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euiflcientiy w aeiermm in xns wu
. . . j-'. ... x m. a
quality, it is oeuevea linan u exwia in
paying quantity and commercial value,
It nas neen iouna on several pruyerw. i
In digging a well on Dr. B. J.
land, in the country, a mica vein waa gmed to reallwthat he would noTie
trnck. ; The sheets were small but thf cover, He was willing to depart and fee
outcropping indicated Its presence in with JftTOf ; whIcb to hy WM galiu Dnr.
larger quantities. - i I
Wm It Mule Suicide I j
Greenville Reflector: Mr. Jasper Walker, I
who Uvea a few miles below town, came
up Sunday evening to visit a friend in
Weat Greenville, lie drove a mule and
hitched th animal to a tree in front ol
th house. Later when he cams out to
return horn the mule was dead. The
animal had wound the halter around the
tree until it could get no tighter, when it
la auDooaed he fell and broke his neck.. It
wm a gray mule, too.
SHORT STATE STORIES.
Stateeville Landmark: Major Clegg
lound on th MJiligan pi c in Concord
township the largest white oak bethinka
he ever eaw. Three feet from the ground
the tree measures 18 feet in circumference
and ita great limbs make a shade that is
91x93 leet In diameter. . :
' Tarboro Southerner: " Some persons, It
" la aaid, are estimating the cotton acreage
aa all the way from 10 to 25 per cent.
greater than last year. Two well and
generally known conditiona negative any
such increase. There la not enough labor
available In the countj to make it possi
ble. More land haa been planted in corn
than in several previous years.
BASEBAXIm
STATE LEAGUE.
New Pern 9, Wilmington 0; Durham 3,
Greensboro 2; Charlotte 8, &
LV.at!ve standing of t'-e clla toi- j:
Won. Lost. P.C.
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Art Evening of Melody,
Kinston is to bt favored with inimical
entertainment of . tb highest arthtle
merit on Baturday evening. Two hour
of catatic delight are in ft r for the
lover of true melody. ; Th favor cornea
throngh th Influence of th Daughter of
tb Confederacy and what it I may b
learned lrom th following from th Dar
lington, 8. C., Messenger:
Th concert given in tbe opera house on
Friday night by to Anon Trio wa a
mct successful on. This trio consists
of Miss Vardell, of Charleston, soprano;
Hubs law,, ol Worth Carolina, planlat;
Miss Reymour. of Ohio. violinist. All ol
thaw ladies are members of the faculty of
Bed (springs seminary, in Porta Carolina.
not very far from th 8ontb Carolina
line. Th program which they rendered
waa a railed and pleasing one, and every
I number waa given with great fidelity to
spirit of tha music. Each One
gave her numbers without notes, even
h( moit difflcult jnitrumental 'pkcM
being so given.
The last number was a trio' in which
" took part. Th beautiful song "For
1 " Eternity" waa selected and this was
a., -edb yaJ, a b?tlore ot
imagic present. The obllgato in this on
I tb violin, in th hand of Miss Seymour,
I we a moet exanlsit one. "
AU tne cboolmates lri
Dariingtc-ni and these, after th perform-
auce, renewed acquaintances begun under
far different circumstance. , Altogether
th enlog was a moat ebjoyabl one,
and when these ladies com into this Mo
tion again, aa It Is learned it is their in
tention to do, all who have an oppor
tunity to do eo should hear them.
. ; LaGrRANGR; jr
. ; .,',w , 4 MaT27.
Miss Etta Smith, of Fkldeboro, la visit
ing friends here. ,.-
. Mr. O, Taylor la building another two-
story brick store adjoining the on he
I now occupies
Mr. C P. Barrod will bearin theerectlon
of a brick atorehonse on th lot recently
uurchaaed on West Caswell street, in
Jnne. ' ...
Mr. Shade Wooten. ir.i left Monday lor
Hot Springs. .Ark., to recuperate. He
Mrs. Harper and little son, of Gieu
vllle, are vlaiting Mr. and Mrs. Will Sut
ton. " j, - . - . ,A
R"freshlnar rains have arladdened
th
hearts of aU, " - - .
t Died.
The Rev. TL W. Porter. of Oravan conntv.
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AtlA nn arAa. tjiav hi ut RR tui
,
d 6 monl;n8j . . v A
0o NOTemoer H, 1901, Mr. Porter waa
n,.-, tn Um Tlnrlnla Walter, of
T.nolr conntv. For more than a month
he was In a declining state of health and
in his illness h quoted quit often th
9i8t pgalm, eapecially dwelling on the
thought ot deliverance
found in the
14th verse. Bis waa a triumphant death.
"Servant ot God, well done, '
Thy glorious warfare's past, ' .
Thy battle's fought, thy race is run,
And thou art crowned at last."
How It I Done. .
The first object in life with ' the Ameri
can people is to "get rich;" the second,
how to regain good health. The first
can be obtained by energy, honesty and
saving; the second (good health) by us
ing Green's August Flower. Should you
bn a despondent snfferer from any of the
effects of Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint,
Appendicitis, Indigestion, etc., such as
3 ck Headache, Palpitation of the Heart,
our Stomach. Habitual Coetiveneea,
Dizziness of the Head, Norvous Prostra
rbn. Low Spirits, etc., you need not
suffer another day. Two doses of the
well-known Aogunt Flower will relieve
.you at once. Go to J. E. Hood and get
a sample nottie rife, itegmar sue, yd
cents. Get Green a Special Almanac
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FARU WORK
V IS' BOOMG
Favorable Opportunities for
During Past Week.
Work
The etatexHroate.- crop ad weather
bulletin for the week ending Monday,
May 26, says: - . y
While the reports of very many crop
correspondent Indicate that favorable
weather prevailed during the past week,
the irregular distribution ot rainfall has
has been a disadvantage, and, Id an in
creasing number of counties, the need oj
molstur is again beginning to be sert-
sously fell . Showers fell on tb 20th and
23th, but were local ia character; the
largest amounts occurred in the sooth
went, th least In th eastern portion of
the State. , f , ,
Daring the middle ol tn week th von
ditlons were very favorable for the pros-
ecution of farm work, which is well ad
vanoed, ., The r temperature was abov
tb seasonal average In spit of-several
rather cool ; nhts; f which some what
checked tb growth ot vegetation.' The
amount of sunshine was abundant; 1
; Altogether th favorable opportunities
for work were fully utilized by farmers,
and hardly ' ever before have lesa com
plaint of trouble from grass and weeds
been received at this season of the year.
Iu view of the past cold winter, supposed
to have been unfavorable for tb develop.
ment of Insect life, the unusual prevalence
ot Insect pests of all kinds is very remark.
able. '
Cotton baa been chop-Jed to standa
over a large portion of -th State, bat
much of that work remains to be done;
a good deal of late planted haa failed to
come np to th drier localities; cool nights
operated to check' growth slightly, but
have not seriously Injured cotton plants,
which appear ' healthy and tigorqu
Corn contintiei to do better than any
other crop; It Is being thoroughly weeded
apd well cultivated; so much damage
haa been don by bud-worms lnlowlands
tjiat some replanting is neoweay. Trans
planting tobacco is over half finished in
toe northwest section;, reports , on to
bacco are the lea't favorable; in the east
many plants died on account of drought,
the tanda are poor, and plant surviving
have not mad vigorous growth; insects
ot various kinds are also injuring to
bacco; some resetting is being don,
Wheat and oats are poor; where showers
occurred heads are filling fairly well, but
ktands are so thin that only a very short
crop can bs made; spring oata need rain
generally. Peanuta are not yet up to
good stands. '
Rice on the lower Cape Fear ia in excel
lent condition. Setting out aweet potato
slips la proceeding slowly. The prospects
for fruit are not eo good, as report of
dropping are nnmeroup; this refers chiefly
to apples and peaches and is apparently
due to blight; grapes are doing well. ,
Bains reported for the week (in inches)
Wilmington .60, New Bern 1.12, Lumber-
ton .74, Goldsboro .10, . Weldon .66,
Raleigh .80, Greensboro .60, Liberty 10,
Charlotte 1.50, Marion 1.10, Balaam
1.73, 8ettle.42.:U':t;!i:l-V:Vr:'::.v
ladlea Can Wear Shoe i
one sixe smaller after tuini Allen's Fool-ease, a
powder to be shaken into the shoes. . It makes tight
or new shoes feel easy: cine instant relief to corns
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery ol.
the age. Cares and prevents swollen feet, blisters
callous ana sore spot. Allen's root-ease is a cer
tain cure for svelline. hot. achmt feet. At all drae.
gists and shoe store, esc. Don't accept any substi
I i nil pacKTte r r p,-. or snau. Aooreea,
i Alien o. V nuica, um imjt x. I.
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I THE GtBAN FLAG FLYING QVEB THE PALACE, HAVANA. .
1 ' Cuba's Ion; dream is at but a bright and nappy renlity and the five barred flaa; with
single star, th Gag of Gomes, Paliua and the martyred Marti and Muoso, now floats ivboro
the nalane in Havnna where T. fjitnuU Palma, a Cohan elected by Oubana, ia hard at
work as president of the new republio. l"he soentt at tlra pttlaoe whan the Cuban flag waa
hoisted waa a particularly imptesnve one.- ' ' .
SPitrey Persona
Items About People
Who Come and Go
Mr. S. A. Taylor left this morning
for
Oxford. ' ',
Mr. J. M. Qntnn spent today in La-
Grange. -
Miss Myrtle Taylor left for Oriental this
morning. .
Mr. Ed. Harvey went to New Bern this
morning.
Mr. Claud Jarman went to LaGrangs
this morning.
Mr. J. L. Smith left this morning for
Norfolk,; Va,
Mr. J. L. Williams returned yesterday
from Wilmington.
Mies Llllie Parker went to LaGrange
last night to visit frlenda.
Mr. T. N. Johnson, of Onslow county,
left Kinston this morning for Durham,
Mrs. G. D. Hawks and son, Master
Frank, and Miss Kate Chad wick went
to Weldon today
Miss Ethel Hill, of Fountain Bill, spent
last night In Kinston and left for La
Grange this morning. , , ;
Mrs. Maggie Griffin, of New Bern, spent
last night with Mrs. T. F. Hooker and
left for Durham this morning. .
Mrs. N, J. 'Midyette, who had been
visiting her eon, Mr. J. T. Midyette, left
this morning to visit at Ashland, Va.
Mrs. J. G .Thompson, of Forsyth county,
who had been visiting at Mr. C. J.
Smith's, went to Snow Hill yesterday.
Mr. George Koonce, of Wake county,
spent yesterday in Kinston and left this
morning to visit relatives in Onslow
county.
Mrs. C. T. Rogers, ot Daplin county,
who had been spending a fews days with t
relatives in Kinston, left this morning
for Greenville. '.'.. '
Messrs. Horace Jones and Will Harper
went to Goldsboro this morning to play
three games of baseball with Mt Olive
against Goldsboro.
AN ODD CALLINQ.
The
Profeealonal Baslaea
Awte
an4 Hla Method.
One of tbe oddest of occupations is
that of the professional "business ad
viser.' If your affairs are not conduct
ed to your liking, this gentleman for a
consideration will station himself In
your oQce In a position to see all that
la going on. He will nose into your af
fairs for a week or longer at your op
tion, at the end of which time he will
be prepared to point out the faults of
yocr system, employees, who neglect
tlip'r duties wastage of suDDlIes and
and suggest means of improving.
o ::ng ana conducting your affaire
on a sounder basis."
Tl a words quoted are from this mod-
ect gentleman's advertisement In
trl ; this man, after a week'a observa
tion, will undertake to rearrange the
rac
Co:
! -
complex See systems "for a
deration" and five you advice
gratis, for nothing." Aa cSro-eni-:en
catch at straws, eo 3o men
a.T.:!r. ere t.-; 'y an 1 lici-
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' "Tit Plasrw la Anatrall. ,
y Plngu haa broken out again with
grrat severity in Australia for tbe third
time Id as many years. The state of
New South Wales seems to b the
greatest sufferer. As In former yea rrf.
the dissemtattt'ni has been tracedf 'is
rats. It Is said that one man. whetthv
covered two dead rodents in hja cellar,
undertook t to bury "theni and
stricken the next day Wirtifre&aae.
An elnbonrte system of extermination
of the rats by poisonous vapors Is lie
lug carried out. and the government
has placed a bounty on each animal
killed. In this way hundreds of thou
sands are done away with.
William and tk Baallah Throa. .
A glance at the list of royal pcrsoo
agea lr. the direct line of succession tn
the Brltih throne reveals some Inter
esting' facta How many people know
that there are only two adult males be
tween Emperor William-and King Ed
ward It la, however surprising It may
be, a fact that the German emperor Is
tb third male successor over twenty
one. He stands twenty-fourth In the
list, but most of those before blm ere
women or children. Only two are men
of fun agetbtt king's only son. the
Duke of Cornwall and York, and bis
only living, brother, the Duke of Con-
naught ' .
Garden o Taraat Lota.
In PhNndclpft a there are 633 gar
dens on what ivere formerly vacant
lota Five years ago the Philadelphia
vacant Lot association was organized.
Twenty-seven acres altogether were se
cured and a hundred gardens started.
Tbe officers of tbe society found a big
demand for the lots by poor people, and
they cxve gradually Increased their
holdings until now over 600 gardens
are in operation. Last year the value
or tb products amounted to over $30,
flwx .
Reallstle.
Recently the .daughter of the post
mistress of Maygar-Czernya wns called
to the public telephone, when she heard
ttie voice of ber Jealous sweetbeurt.
Gustav Tlbold. who from the town ball
of Taba telephoned the alarming mee
sage, "Would you like to hear bow
shoot myself?" Scarcely , were the
words ended when the girl heard tb:4
sound of a shot, and subsequent lnqnf
rtes revealed that the young man had
Kiiiea Himself m the manner he had In
dicated.
The Brain of aa Eeklrno.
Althougb general conclusions cannot
be drawn from a single example, tin
result of a careful examination of the
brain of an Eskimo man by Dr. Ale?
Hrdllcka possesses much interest. As
a whole he found tbe brain to be bear
ier and larger than the average brains
of white men of similar stature, while
the cerebrum rather exceeded the av
erage white man's brain In certain de
tails which have usually been regarded
as Indicating superior intelligence.
Wis erst Hot Evea Una In Vlle.
Ten miles southwest of Findiay, 0
lies the peaceful bamlet of Mount Cory.
It Is a modern Utopia of righteousness.
EeTenty-flve hores compose the vil
lage, and seven of them are occurred
ty preachers of the gosrf L i No saloons
are tsere. In winter the reJents swrp
yarns ty the side of the friendly sUve
in the cornor rrocerr. and in anmn -
they whittle hlciory sticks and cut
thflr Initials ia the soft plae of the
rtoretoi.es. '
re ia a rr njrr, t ut no trawlers are
evrr tror' t !' re I'm. an.l h'.a r.',-
-s ere tl i cf a notary or unit:
t-'-, w! r a llr. i bar CoweJ c i
NEW AHD OLD
; FRESHLY TOLD
Stories Called at tbe Rational Capitol
For the foreign relations committee
poorrt of th senate was reserved the
honor ot having the finest table In the
National capltol. It Is the longest, the
best, the most expensive, the most or
nate and placed In surroundings which
bnly superlatives can deacrlbe. Just
fiow some of the most prominent sena
tors and most accomplished statesmen
feather about it. It is safe to predict
ihnt In the coming century, for it is not
too brash to assume that the table will
Last for a hundred years, men of this
(tamp will seat themselves about it fre-
fiuently and with elbows resting upon
ts mahogany edges, will decide the
fate of our relations with nations of tbe
old world. . ' - .
The table la twenty-one feet long,
longer by two feet than any other table
in the capltol 'The logs are Chippen
dale" style, but are bound at top and
bottom by beautifully cast and highly
polished brass, contrasting well with
the dark red of the mahogany. The top
ts framed In polished mahogany, but
its center la of dark green broadcloth. .
Tbe cost of the table la a secret of tbe
capltol architect, hut no statement of
price or description in words quite con
veys Its quiet elegance, . r
Vitr Senator Lira, ' -.
Comparatively few senators bava es-
tablis'iied homes of a permanent nature
In Washington. Not one-half of them'
maintain a housekeeping establish
ment. Of the eighty-eight senators now
holding seats In congress thirty-three
live In hotels and ten live In apartment
houses. Three-fourth of those who re-.
Bide in hotels are up town, the balance
being southern senators who have quar
ters in down town bouses that have be
come famous In the past aa stopping
places for southerners and that still
have memories of great statesmen
clinging to them that form an attrac
tive feature for many of those who con
tinue to give them their patronage. AU
the -senators except . two; live in the
northwest," , the venerable Senator
I'ettu of Alabama being one of those
who' has taken up his domicile in an
other part of tbe city. He is located on
"the hillw not far from the Congres
sional library building and the cap'tol.
A considerable number of those not in
hotels or apartments' have rooms and
board in private bouses.
Jnattc Harlan'a Cr rat Drive. . v
Justice, Harlan is a golflac; He aajs
it Is tbe greatest game in the world.
He plays (several times a week. Ho Is
more than sit feet tall, weighs fully
300 pounds and has a deep, chest and
shoulders a yard across. When be bits
a ball squorply, It goes soaring through
the air for yards and yards.
There is out? hole on the Chevy Chase
links called "Harlan'a bole." In some
wonderful manner ' the justice once ,
made the bole in one stroke. , He drove
the ball off the tee. and It rolled into
the bole. The caddy spent half an hour
iooklug for the ball in the high grass,
while the justice fumed and fretted.
Then somebody shouted: '
"WTiy. here's your ball In the holer'
The justice was so proud that be
would play no more that day. No one
bas duplicated tbe feat . :
Tito Minister to China.
The report that Major Edwin H. Con
ger will not remain much longer aa
minister to China has led to the presen
tation of the name of John ..Barrett,
formerly minister to Slam, to succeed
to the prospective vacancy. Senator
Mitchell of Oregon the other day talked
with the president about Mr. Barrett
for minister to China. Senator Mitchell
told the president that all of the Pa
cific coast states would be delighted
with tbe selection of Mr. Barrett It Is
stated that the president might be glad
to give consideration to Mr. Barrett If
there was any outlook for a vacancy In
tbe Chinese mission. No such vacancy
is expected, however, and the story of
Mr. Conger's going to retire is believed
to be premature. The president knows
nothing about sucb an Intention on Mr.
Conger's part
Tho Prealdent's Lite lnsnranee.
Since entering the executive olnce of
the nation President Roosevelt has tak
en out eome extra life insurance. Tho
amount is not known, but is reported
to be $30,000 and was placed in one of
the large New York companies. This
was in addition to policies that tli
president had carried prior to bis ac
cession to his present office. President
McKlnley had about $G7.000 Insurance
on his life, and President Roosevelt's
various policies probably smount to
more than that The life insurance
companies do not take into serious cal
culation tbe extra danger that some
people believe attaches to the occupar.t
of the White House. The premium ca
the new policy is no 1 r- r t' n char-r.
ed to any other ran, a- 1 tie c nrn-y
la said to cocsl.'. r IV ' 7 :,t r,.'.vi .t
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