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VOL; V. NO. 61: KENSTON, N. O, MONDAY, JUNE 9. 1002. PRICE TWO CENTS. SHORT STATK STOBIXB. OLfi HORTfl STATE HEWS AND GOSSIP cdj in mmsraG Eippartics. 1 r1 The Senate haa confirmed the appoint aunt of J..W. Bailer a postmaster o! Durham, Jqm 6. 43. J. Cole wu In ths Orang county, tome tlx or wren miles from this city. Hs eaye then appears to be a con siderable quantity of 11 "" . , Durham, June 6. Willis W. Harrison, aged about 80 years, of Sew LlgHtown- 'Aeheville 1 Citlsen: There lias been a aoted decrease in western emigration from this section within this past few weexs. -j.aere nave oeen a jarges Biuur aDD wake count, tamoed from a mov. of home seekers from this eajmtrv within Wg tpt ear here tonight on Angler are. the past few months to the new lands I nTM and gustained Injuries from which be beyond the Rockies where they , hare I died. An examination failed to disclose 'started np the fanning and stock raising I any outward bruises.or other signs that m m . lit I - " t maostrie ana wui ueguo uTignuvu, Thers are tew people outride of the , em ploy of the railway companies that hare an idea of the Tolume of this western trarel from the south. The figures and l statistics just leaned by the Southern Ball way lines will give, an Idea of, the Irastness for a year by a comparison with the past two months ending May 1, when these accurate figures were Issued showing that during the period men tioned, . 180,000. , home-seekers were moved from eastern and southern states. Hon than 25,000 freight cars were used In hauling the effects of these people. would Indicate the extent of his injuries, A YD EN BURNED AGAIN. . $10,000 Fir Just one Month , , 'After ths First Fir. A - i Ayden was fire swept again , Saturday night, the flames being discovered within 15 minutes of exactly one month since the former disastrous fire, and another of its business blocks quickly went up in smoke, putting a half d6nh people out of business and causing a total loss of vbout $10,000 which is about half cot ered by Insurance! . ! " av-ckRaumsMorePop. ( diary forlgla ' and "wa , dtecoWwd at Elisabeth City Tar Heel: An example I about 12:30 Saturday bisht. Ayden of the increase of truck raising In East-1 nas B0 &n department and the entire era Carolina was shown by tne cargo oi i populace turned out and fought bravely with buckets, but In spite of their efforts an entire block of one story buildings on Wee avenue at Second street, the .very heart of the Tillage, was burned to the ground. CThs losers are: .A 1 H. D,.Ventere, groceries, J. A. Bynnm owner. I fi AOJiw, iwilt. fvrij i Edmund Tripp, general store. J, F. Fields, groceries J. J. 8mith owned this' and two adjoining buildings, one of which was t scant and the other occupied by Mies Annie Smith, millinery. E. L. Bailey, groceries, Mr. Coward owner of building; ; . . - i ( W. V. Ormond lost a small, stock of goods in a shed. t " f Ths Fbes Pbbbs Informant by tele- phone could not gire the details of indi vidual PREPARING FOR THE CORONATION I ; LOHDOH ALREADY IH HOLIDAY ATTIRE I Decorations - Doing Doable Duty - by - i ceieDrating Feaco. , . morn re the steamer Nense last Saturday lug. Her cargo consisted mainly of cab- b&ore. v She bronsht 2.500 crates from ', the truck farms around New Bern. '. Figuring fifty cabbage to the crate,, this would make 125,000 bead of eabbage, and this was but one" cargo. -The cab bage were not marked to any ope firm - but were labelled to commission houses in all northern cities. Big shipments of track are passing through hre nearly srery day. Freight receipts show that '.truck raising is becoming more popular ' averr year. A few years ago there , was -, Dractically no truck . grown but. today the planters of Eastern Carolina are glr- ' ln this branch of agrlcUHure :more at tention. Tidewater Carollnal may yet outrival tidewater Virginia, in this re- '"anect. " - r Capital In Farmln. , Washington, June 3 The census ' port on agriculture In JJorth Carolina shows that on June 1st, 1900, the state bad 224,637 farm, rained at 1164,655,- 920. Of the .valuation 27 per cent. was in buildings land the remainder in lai d and other improvements tbau buildings. The value of farm Implements and machinery was f 9,073,600 and lite atock S30.106.173. making the total ..In. r.f farm nmrttrtv t233.834.693. The total value of farm products for 1899 was 189,809,638, of which 23 per cent, was in animal products and the ! t- 1 InMnAlntV fniwut nrn. UHHJIUW M wwiwi 0 gr docta cnt or . produced on, farms.. The total value of farm products for. 1899 exceeded those of 1889 by 78 per cent. ' The gross farm Income' or North Caro lina for 1899 i was ,t 79,200,748. The j Income upon investment was 34 per cent.. -i," Prepertns for the War. i - ' A London dispatch says: The Imperial Tobacco company haa received a report from the agents it sent to the United States for the purpose, of organizing ' a fight against the American Tobacco com-; pany.iThts report says that a large num W of additional atreuta. buyers and ex perts have already bHenngagd,and that juvhitecta have been commtoeloned to design a number of large leaf f actorto. The Imperial Tobacco company intend to start in the tobacco bust nena atttroen. TQlerElnBton and Danrille, and at other 'points throughout Virgin! and Nartb and South Carolina. - , 1 Ballrosd Ticket Ofllea Bobbed. T.nmbertdn Bobeuonlau: Mondai morning between the hours of 12 and 4 o'clock the ticket offlca at the depot in this place was robbed. The party took a pane of glass out of the 8ah and raid ing the window, entered the offlo. There was about f 40 missing. The cou pon ticket., cast seems to have been turned over when they entered the build ing, spreading the" contents over i the U wr. . Both drawers of the ticket cv- were k.I just ae they pulled them onr. Eo claa to the robbers eould be ha i ? Good Money Wsafced. E'.x mIU!ons cl do"ars for commerdal f.rl'" rs la a pretty Leavy LIU for Korih Ci.v. " '""sto i 7 la cne yeir. H-t Jc ra 1-1T9. .Z1 L.l i.zi : 1 :,f is c-.i ti v a t ::. r ! ; ( f i ' SASKBAXLt , New Bern 16, Raleigh 6; Charlotte 6, Durham 4; Greensboro 8, Wilmington 1. Relative standing of the clubs today: Won. Lost. P. C LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA4 A BOY IN SPRINGTIME. Charlotte. tUlelgh.... Durham ia w Dusru....,,., UreeuHboro. Wilmington...... .-26 16 16 14 14 8 8 14 14 16 16 26 .897 .533 .633 .467 .467 k103 Games today; Raleigh at Wilmington; Greensboro at New Bern; Charlotte at Durham. t . , . BprinsFerer, Spring fever la another name for bit louaneee. It is more serious than moat people think. ' A torpid liverand Inactive noweia mean a poiaonea ayaiem. u neg lected. serious illness mat follow auuh symptoms; : DeWtt'e Little Early Biaers remove all danger by stlmuiaung the liver, opening the bowels, cleansing the yatem of inipuritloe. Safe pills. Never if ripe. "I have taken DeWitt's Little Early Bieer for torpid liver every spring lor years," writes R. M. Everly, Mounds- vuk w. va. " rney ao me more gooa ibau any thing I have ever fried', r . i, Thk Frks Pbe8B I prepared to supply Hli-ar.ii.t and beautiful calnlara to ad- VMi-tiiMre. Don't plac an order until t'mi ntir eampWa. ;Di't forget thlel Parades of Viettia Jtoyalty ara Daily OooanM-Ladiea 7ln AU , their ' Caaatps to Clrcqatveat the Coart DraM Ovdea-nDetaraitaed to Make ta Deaeers J Statlactlva i and Keep as Halrlooma, j 3 London, June, 8. Aa the date of coro nation approaches, Loudon la assuming a beflagged. aspect, the early extent of which la to no little degree due to the peace rejoicings, .The Indian and other foreign Princes with Oriental eostuiufeh the royal carriages, are sights to which London Is becoming daily accustomed. The feeding of those notabilities almost drivea the court ' functionaries ; to despair. The most orthodox Hindu po tentate, the Maharajah ol Jeypor, who is living In stately confinement at Moray i l tdge has commanded a complete reho- ' vatlon ol a neighboring slaughter bouse, house, even to the fl rorlng, which is now exclusively devoted to the killing of ani mals required by the mabaraah and his enormous auite. 1 All the alanghtering operations are -naturally conducted , by Hindu , butchers, who enshroud 'the slaughter b use with., amusing secrecy, much to the disappointment of the local residents.,' . ,s : Despite the strict orders Issued regard ing the uniformity of the dresses to be worn by peeresses at b coronation ser vloea there will be seen the countless variations that art and. money can de vise, without actual dleobed'ence of the royal commands. All the dresses muet be white, but many ladies; determined to make their dreeeee distinctive of the oc casion-' aod to preserve them as heir looms, ! are having gowns ' embroidered with coats of arms, national flowers and other devices.'' These are being executed la gold and silver', here and there touched with the forbidden colored ailk. ro order i to bring out the badge of a "clan" or an ancient heraldic quartering. , t Gold embroidery down the , sides dresses and onshonlder straps,) la also much employed, many persons 'sxattly copying the plcturee of eoetumee worn by their ancestors on the occasion - of previous coronation. 'The countess Shrewsbury, mother of the earl of polo tame, will appear, with lbs exception of hoops. In aa exactly similar dreei to that worn by 'the countess of Eglintoun when George III was crowned. rf- ui ill ww11", .('" mtf A Saturday excursion to the "crick." -M Chicago Record-Herald. NEW PASTOR'S WELCOME. of tot -' BTRABANE , i-..; , June 6. The crops in this vicinity are looking very promising.. , ; , . . Miss Lora Peele who had been visiting reUtlves here returned to ner.npme In LaGramre Wednesday., ' Mlaa Carrie Hardy returned home Saturday from Trenton where the had been attending school. ' ' ? - Thi Fbek Pbess Job printing depart ment probably haa on band a larger aup. pif ol capers ol every description for printing than any printingestablishment in Eastern Carolina, not even excepting tne city ol w umington. . II this la not the case it will be ao within six months. We have been constantly increasing our atock and will keep largely Increasing it so as to be able to fill almost any tite order (no matter how large) without having our patrons wait until the mater ials to print their work, on is received fnm the mills, lxii't such a print ahop, rt vtrs r"H gondr quick and cheap service, worthy or your patronage! v -i vr t, 5 i -trcr" t: tel.' . 1 t) f . sra t' :' j t t' lallJ t' litctc"' ri. 3 I .3 1 til "5 cr aSMaisSXSk 1t n X mm - n " - g pj . rii "r r i i a aaaZIjigTiaSBSBSssisi .. - r;::D lzzt' iixr.., Tares Interesting Serrloss in Bap ' 1 that Oburoh Yesterday. ' i The installtlon of ths new pastor, Rev, G. N. Cowan, at the Baptist church yes terday afternoon, was an unusual occur rence in thla town. . The program was well arranged and was carried out smoothly and without a hitch from beginning to end.( v-j TA beautiful . .voluntary by the cholf opened the ceremonies and at ita begin ning ths clty-'mlnlatere, Rev." D. Brown, W. G. Johnaton and N. E. Col trane, and the former pastors, Revs. 0. W. Blanoherd and J Paul Spence, preceding Pastor Cowan, took seats on ths pulpit platform. Vtry handsome pot plants adorned the pulpit and bordered the platform consisting of palms, ferns, be- gonlaa and other flowers. ' - - After the voluntary Mr. R F. Cox fed the audience ip prayer J, The house lacked very little of being filled to its capacity, Af tar the prayer the choir rendered an appropriate hymn. ' ;: An address of welcome to the homes and hearts of , thla people was then given in Rev. C. W. iBlanchard'a wall known hearty and atrong words.: Hs knew the people and was kind enough toaay many good thlnga of them. ' 1 - Then followed the addresses of wel come. First, Deacon J. A. McDanieL Id behalf of, the church and , deacons,: wel comed the new pastor la fitting aad well chosen worda. ': jX:':: X:-:'T'; Ha was followed by Mr. J. J. Rogers, superintendent of the-Sunday, school, In behalf of his department. & Mr. i Rogers Is always atrong and impressive in his pub lic ntteranoee, and magnified ths great importance of his work,1 aa he should have dons. X'i'X - 'XXX..T, Then, in behalf of the Baptiat Young Peoplee' union, Mr. L. Bv Vareer, a ria. big young lawyer, In graceful worda of pure eloquence welcomed Pastor Cowan aa a fellow helper, guide and encourager of the workr"5'''" 'I'xX-lr'i The choir then again refreshed the an dlence with, a choice bymn.r The leading lady of the choir together with ths othef well trained members of the choir d serves the thanks of ths audience for the delightful music of the occasion, j Then ths city ministers present, in , the order of length of pastorate in thla town, gave abort and cordial addresses ct wel come to the new pastor, beginning with Rev. E. D. Brown . of the Presbyterian church, followed by Rev. W. G. Johnston of the Christian church and Rev. N. E, Coltrane of the Methodist church. These addresses were replied to by Rev. . N. Cowan in words specially adapted to the occasion. Mr. Cowan knew noth ing of the Installation arrangements un til he arrived here, r i ' t After music by ths choir ths .benedic tion was pronounced by Rev. J. Paul Spence.' ..- . Mr. Cowan showed clearly In his morn ing sermon that be thoroughly under stood ths great Importance of ths posi tion to which be had been called and de lineated In clear characters the mutual obligations of shepherd and flock. Ilia cermon last night was peculiarly a atrong one, with the text, "So Great Salvation." This city la to be congratulated in hav- L j Mr. Cowan as one of lta paetore. And, if the pewa in the five commou!ous cLurchea were wea ..ea every tanasy t: zrz'.ng and niglt, it wouIJ t letter f:rt3. A' PRETTY CEREMONY. Odd Fellows Pay Loving Trtbu to Their Dead. ' - ' " Peace to the iust man's memory; let It grow greener with yeare and blossom through ths flight of agea." At 4:80 p. m. yesterday the Odd Fel Iowa of Kinston assembled at their hall to hold annual services in memory, of deceased brothers. r, - . After an Impressive ceremony at . the lodge room the brothers formed in rank Ea"nd proceeded to ths cemetery, not with atandlng ths approaching atorm. About 65 .members wars In procesBion, each bearing a floral tribute. .. , . When ths Odd Fellowa reached tie cemetery and as they stood encircling the grave of one of their dead,' ths nobis grand asked that before proceeding fur ther with ths duties of the day by plac ing over the remains of their departed friends! ths ; floral i tributes they had brought, they invoke the divine blessW whereupon the Chaplain offered a beau tlful and impressive prayer, ths brotbr responding "Amen! So may It be!" ' By each grave " a abort biographtml sketch of the deceased Was read and afW the reading of an appropriate selection by another brother the .flowers wer plaeed.',.;;t;v'.-"ft y )p.:iXkp.'rt :Xt When ths last grave had been ' deco rated the nobis grand delivered a touch ing address In sorrow and In love, for those who had passed beyond, which wee followed hj prayer. - ; un account oi tne downpour of rain ths rank dlepereed lnatead .pf .returning to ths b-f(",w. M ''""' . This is a beautiful and commendable custom of Odd Fellows. It keeps f real ths memory of those who hare departed from them and it brightens the heart of the living to know that when tbey too shall leave this world of toil for one of rest likewise will they be honored by a loving remembrance. ' : FRESH FACTS DI . - ) -..: m;.j . . ,wc. . .: ... v m i i . mm. .in m 'yr' V':,g ' Items of Interest for Kale lid Feisalo - : ,ft ' ... Ei ;V J..' '-. Bs Was Ioklaa; Par .Smlkk. An amusing story it told by one cf Mr ..Moody's colleagues of an incident that occurred In the wirly tiaya of his congreaaionul career which Is very characteristic of the "uew ber.d of the nary department. . It happened when Mr. Moody and pne pf his nnsuclatea In eongrca'a kept bachelor's hail iu a house that stood pext door to a fashionable ciuu. '!--::yiV.'ix:.;x-:X' One hot summer evening the Maaea chusetts member and ' itla compnnion were seated In the library.- with doors and windows all open, that tbey might get whatever air was stlrrlu,?. when a mther duppcr, young uiuu sauntered Into the room, stared a moment at Its occupants, ; who . were evidently un known to him. then threw , himself down In a chair under the .light, took np a paper and began to' rend. - The master of the house and his count look ed at each other, looked at the man and wondered, but neither of them enld . ft word." " After a few momenta .their unknown guest walked over to the bell and touched the button. : i "Look here. John," he said to the amaeed butler who ankwered the ring, "I wish you'd see if you enn find Smith. He must be aomewlicre about, for he promised he'd meet me here at 10 ahurp." ' ( " "But, air." stammered the servant, looking al hle ci.ifterB. who were hid ing their merriment behind voluminous papers. "I don't know Mr. Smith, air." "Send one of the other servants then he must be up stairs and be Quick about iC '. ' The man hesitated and looked at Mr. Moody as though awaiting Instructions. Finally a fight seemed to enter the brain of the stranger. ' -"Isn't this ths University clubf bs asked. - . "No, sir.1 replied the butler, relieved. It's a private house, sir. and them two gentlemen live in it" The Intruder's embarrassment waa evident and i:e became red tn the face aa he stuttered hW apologies. "WeU," he said In conclusion, "you're thorough breds and no mistake to have stood my . confounded impertinence without say , Ing a word. Come over to the club, and we'll even up things." Philadel phia Times. A German Inventor la sow' spinning yarn from peat, Glass nud chlnaware made In the United States are becoming popular In Rio Janeiro. ; London bridge, when widened, will be lighted from the center and not from the sides. , . The New York board of health has established a department for Pasteur treatment free. Japan has given a Frankfurt man an order for five machines for printing and perforating postage stamps, - v- Ths most expensive and; roomiest railway station in the world is that ot the Peninsular railway at Bombay. ' On the date at which the census was taken there was $85,704,996 worth of poultry on foot in the United States. By the burning of a British petro leum ship on the Bitter lakes the Sues canal was recently blocked for three days. ' . - . :; x -S " A Britisher's Joka. A fneetloua Britisher in the Holland House cafe recently . remarked to s New... York Press reporter: "I er see that er ninong youali hundred gentle men of industry who met Henry of rrnssla at Sherry's there were a great many gentlemen. of leisure, self made. of course. And with r.II younh boasted Tba Body Recovered. . The body of John Wealey Whitley, the seven-year-old -colored boy who ;was drowned Saturday, was found today about 12 o'clock. The body was first seen by two colored women, Tina Wal lace and Francis Daly, who' were flsbina on the river banks. ; Their attention was jg0 aheadneas one of the most promf- nent of these gentlemen linn devoted bis entire careef to stopping the wbeela of progresa. By pursuing bis bent he baa accumulated a vast fartune, esti mated at $4aO00.00a , Rather odd. Is It not that an American should grow so wealthy endeavoring to retard thingaf Of course, you know, I refer to Mr. George Westinghouse. whom I met re cently in Washington. He has made his fortune by putting on the brakes. Haw, hawH nret attracted to it by ths hovering of vultures.. The body when first seen by tne women was lodged against a jetty about 150yards above the county bring-, being about half a mile distant from where ths boy was drowned. The body loosened . from the Jetty by the vultures. The women saw a colored man, B. H. Jones, who was fishing in a boat on theppositpfsldefpf the river and called his attention to ft. He secured It by a rope and came to to wn and notlfk i Sheriff Wooten. The latter gave lnstroc- f ois for It to be taken out of . the water and carried to ths horns of the grand 4.t - - m9aeroicns ooy, wmcn was accom plished about 8:10 o'clock this afternoon Ths sheriff has gone after the coroner and an Inquest Is expected to be held this afternoon. When found the body v as undreeeedand was badly decomposed. L veettgattng today disclosed the fact that toe boy's clothing was on the banks when hs was drowned. Reports have beta circulated that h was knocked In ths river by a whits boy, another report Is that a scored, boy pushed him In and another that he was In swimming and got over Us d'jth aad not being able to iwia well wes drowned. Ths body be" belcgnndreeaed would bear the latter f-eory oct. s , I Caayeraclatcd Dlanttyv. Andrew Lang tells this story: "As to asking for votea, one would feel, like Abernethy I think It ' was he whot stood for a professorship la Edinburgh. . He had to cunvass a bailie who was a- grocer. The bailie had une attitude , digue. Tou hare come, young air. In this creeSls of your career to ask for; my vote for the chair of toxicockolo- gyf . 'No. sir.' said Abernethy; I havet Tome to ask for a penny's worth of rour fiffs. rut them np. and look smart sbout It'" Xdlea Caa Wear Shoea ovder la b ihakm into lua (hoea. It autk mt t or OtW thoaa Hri tT rivw in.t.nt rm' -i to c. and bacuoM. If r , vauatTamfort a - .-' U M. Car and cr n nol'n fee. i bmo and or A.jra't Voot-ttM i a . tlawd,UtT,Kt,
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