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4 , , I . 1 . . 1 . . 1 . 1 Jsst Adrertisfn :-7 AIM- OIUCsV THE WEATHER: J( p ' VS VS .1 C Hoi and sultry. Proba- T I If proper warded MM pcopia thinking aboat - - July taijuw P'l i I I I I I I I 1 I PUBLISHED EVERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT , SUNDRY. : VOL. V. NO. 63. KLNSTON, N; 0., WEDNESDAY, JUNE U, 1002. PRICE TWO CENTS. 0-1 1 1 I 1 ' 1 I ! 1 Free OLD 1I0RTH STATE 1IEUSA11D: GOSSIP CD ID I5TEKESTIS6 kHAPPEHIuS. " Slito Crop Bulletin Says Heaij Kiln is. Eadlj Escded. 4 i laaportaaee f Thorouh Caltlratloa of the SoU-Cottoa J Generally; Dolac Tairly Well Tba Far, and Cora la Hold . lac He Owt-WomM Mardered la Cora - fleM a-kl Hob After Snppoaed Mmrderer. v The weekly crop bulletin issued by. tbe Worth Carolina section of the Climate and Crop service, United States Depart- , ment of Agriculture, says for the week ndinor Jnna f)th: . i . '.,. r- J J ' I'" !- i of vegetation, the dying of young, not well-rooted plants, the hardened condi tion of the soil, afford accumulating evi dence of the Increasing severity of the drought now prevailing in North: Caro- Una. Although showers occurred during the past week in several sections which were very beneficial, they were entirely local In character: in most places the week was extremely dryyand a large . majority of crppi reports Indicate that fore excellent condition of crops will be materially changed fpr jt;iwprse.,(? "Ths . temperature , this week waa somewhat above tba seasonable average, but rather low at ' night; tba amount of sunshine was abundant. ;The condition of. crops as regards the state of cultivation and freedom from weeds continues exception ally good, but If weeds and grass can not grow on account of drought neither can the crops. The fact must not be lost sight ot however,1 that a thorough cultl ration of the surface soil conserves the moisture beneath for the use of crops; Cotton, on Jibe whole, has not" suffered seriously f rom drought and has to some extent recovered from th sffecti 61 fsry' cool nights last week ; this statement ap plies to early planted, . which has made good growth; on the otaer nana, mucn late planted has not eome up, or where up the tender plants have been killed by drought; stands; of cotton have be come less satisfactory than beretof ore re ported. A tew reports ot lice on cotton have been received. ,- The earliest cotton blooms appeared In the south portion on June 4th. : Corn, while needing rain bad ly, is holding its o wn fairly, well; wilting siam nlaM rinrincr tha vafnwil nortion of -the1 day, but the plants recover at night; hilling or laying by. has began in few places. ' Tobacco Is suffering from drought quite seriously, as tb dry weather has prevented plants from mak ing a good start In growth; stands are bad; many: plants - remain In the bed 'which may be set out when season per mits. Rice in the lower Cape Fear dis tricts Is in flne-coriditioa. The cutting ol whiter wheat and rye has begun on a small scale, and harvest " will become Keneral next week; while wheat ' ha headed so low that some of it cannot' be cut, and la very thin on the land, quite a large number of reports Indicate that the heads are well filled, and may give a better yield than anticipated. Spring ate have suffered very much fr m drought, and are also heading low. Par tures on uplands are falling rapidly; some farmers are sowing cowpeas for forage. Peaches are ripening In eastern districts; also blackberries and huckle berries, of which there will be a large crop. Other fruit have continued to fal ao long that the general prospect for fruit is less favorable than was the c wv earlier in tbe season. Murdered in a Corn Field. Salisbury, Juntt 9. Miss Neely Benson, a young white woman who lived with ber widowed mother, Mm. Samnel F. Benson, on their farm near -Mount Ver non, this county, was outraged and mur dered by an unknown party or parties between 2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon 0 The attack upon the unfortunate woman occurred while she was hoeing corn In a piece of bottom laud several hundred yar's from the honse. IXer cries for help Wt L ' rl 1 1' a hou-w and wlwn par t! s v'- r ; -n ' ,1 reached the swe l'- i - iv f Mind ljriaj wUi It 6i.L to I I tl t ( e is so tar no c;ja as rt .." -T.t or e ints. Noein- 9 t. .3 IS f. '9 CI r i r .. 1 t:,e 3 C J t' U t0 ,1 :t t'.. i n.-n i: the mob sod tbe negroes may be hanged before daylight. Tbe sheriff has also wind the governor a Balelgh for par- mission to call out the military. V Amuthmt Nefro Marder . . , Greensboro Baoord: Friday afternoon -- mf)A Tom Reynolds, .with a I number of other negroes these men were at work at Klrkpatrick's brickyard, two mllee or mora northwest ol the city. : Aa a shower ol rain came up the men scam pered to cover with their wheelbarrows. As they did so the wheelbarrows of Blount and Reynolds came together and Blount contended be was hurt and that It was Reynolds' fault. After fitting under the shelter the men kept , quarrel tng over the Incident and Anally Blount went over to hie shanty close , by,, got his pistol, cams, back and Bred twice at Reynolds. The first shot missed it-, mark, but tba second bit Reynolds' In the lower part of the heart. He walked around a moment or two and. showed where be was shot, bot soon fell and was dead. , Xlaven Jarymea Sick. ' ' . ... Greensboro, June 10. The jury In the mill dam case was discharged for sick ness and a mistrial ordered.: ; The" court adjourned nntll next Monday. The trial of ths indictments against; Cone and Sternborger, of the cotton mills hero, for causing sickness by their drains,; had been on for seven days and the stats had not hear gotten through their witnesses. On Saturday the court adjourned on ac count of tbe sickness of a juror,-- Mon- ilay two more jurors were taken ill, all suffering , with chills and fever. Today when the case was called and the jury waa asked if they ' were able' to go on with it, only one roan of them responded in the affirmative. The physician stated that seven of them ought to be in bed. He attributed the' sickness to the, fact that the twelve men were farmers and unaccustomed to confinement. . ' Calomel and Lemoaade Fixed Htaaiv , ' Goldsboro, June 10-The " passing away last night of Herbert Everett, re move a figure prominent In the "cake walks" of llfeil Dnrliisf the watermelon I vason the ; colored population In these dtggin's give many cakewa!kJof , ligh i proportions, and tbe colored damsel so fortunate as to have Herbert Everett as a partner baa been Jthe envied" of her tistws in black for; as a cake walker, Herbert Everett. was known to "take the cake." Herbert took, calomel,- it s a'd, and then loaded np on lemonade and milk shakes; death following soon after. ::-":- - - " s as ' SHOET STATU 8TORXE8. Washington," June 9. A good rain ttorm broke the drought all over this section Sunday. It is estimated tonight that tomorrow's potato shlpnwnt will be over three thousand barrels or over thirty car loads.. An evening, special takes the train out to the main line. ? - AD the members ot a family of a negro farmer named Haywood were poisoned at their home, six miles south of here. It Is believed arsenlo was need. Hay wood is dead and his wife is nearly so. So person is suspected. Soma of the food which was on the table was given to hogs, and killed quickly one old hog ud several pigs, Ashevllle, June 10. H. K. Davis, (white), committed suicide bore' last night -Jby shootiug himeelL He lived ith bis wife in a fc-nt in the western part of the city an j was a traveling salesman of small ware. He was under rhe influence of liquor yesterday after noon and late in the evening shot himself In the bead in tha presence of his evlfe tti'i a policeman. . ' """" ; I ! HEARTS III TONE : LOVELY JUNE WERE WEDDED II THE EARLTKORI Four Hearts that ErstwMlo Singly Beat - How Beat in Unison. While Birds San Blithe, the 8aa Shone : Briaht aed Somaser , Breeawa Slaed, Their Met at' Hjraaea's Altar , and Two Keots Were Quickly Tied, : .. Cupid keeps the flame of love burning on Hy men's altar in the rosy month of June. . . . ; Two more weddings were, .solemnised this morning, four more people have tgaln taken the step which It is hoped will lead through paths of rosea in pleas ant valleys, past the stages of happy parenthood to sweet old age." The flrt ceremony was perform d ths Christian church at 7 o'clock, while the morning sun rays percolated through the foliage, and its golden shafts entered the open, windows making glorious tb morning of the new life about to. begin Tbe summer winds were softly, sighing through tbe tree tops' and ; the ' happy songs of the birds mingled with tbe soft cadence ot the brgan. r ',' 'i TbWle somethlnnr" Inspiring and '' im presslve about anearly morning weddiug, particularly on such a bright and glo rious morning as this, and the scene was a pretty, one Indeed, the : audience - being almost entirely composed f ladies in light summer attire, v What with tbe singing of the birds, tbe sighing of tbe sephyrs, the fresh air the bright sunlight it was an auspicious occasion and the tableau will ever be one of the brightest spots in the memory ot the principal and a pleasant ewnembrance to every witness, it mtii-iitj'jty';!. ' May the life journey ot this young cou ple be ever as bright as its beginning. BWTH-STJTTOSr. ! Miss Phebe Snttpn, ope of Klnston'i charming,, attractive , and accomplished young ladlee, and Mr. Benjamin Vaughn Booth, the popular cashier of the ; First National Bank at Clifton Forge, Ta. were united m the Christian church at 7 o'clock. i Flowers, beautiful and sweet scented were tastefully arranged potted plant and feme made beautiful contrast with the prevailing brighter colors that was pleasing to tbe eye. The sunlight play ing upon the handsome colored windows and its golden rays striking upon the decorations and tbe people lighted . cp the church in a strangely beautifol man Promptly at 7 o'clock, under the ar tistic touch of Miss Clara Bruce Forbes, of Greenville, tbe organ pealed forth Lohengrin's wedding march, , and the ushers, Messrs. L. O. Moseley and W. E, Parrott, B. Fay. Donovan and J, Joel Stevenson, entered, Messrs. Moseley and Parrott np the right alale and Messrs, Don van and Stevenson up the left. They approached the' altar, crossed and took positions facing each other. The maid ot honor, Miss Bessie Sutton, followed tip the left aisle. Then the bride followed on the arm of ber uncle, Mr. S. ', H. Loftin, who gave the bride away.' Tbe groom and bis Brother, Mr. Robert M. Booth, as best man, entered from tie left ante room and crossing to tbe right of tbe al'ar. met the bride under a beautiful arch of daices and aparagaf with huge bunch of magnolia in center and I al ova which were formed festoons, run- I ' , . - I. I I. I !. ' . T ' . V "H .....- I ; . X X& ,, - x ! ? V ' f" -Ch'csa Itedordlhsrafl. J $ J Uing right and left. Ths ministers, Revs. J. J. Harper of Smithfleld and W. J. Johnston entered from the right ante room simultaneously with tba' groom and best man. - The pretty, but solemn and impressive ceremony of tbe Episcopal chnfeb was used,' during which Miss Forbes softly .rendered "Hearts and Flowers" on tbe organ which added to thaaolemnlty of the occasion. . ,r. . After he ceremony the strains of Men- del-aohn's march sounded and tbe bridal party left 'tbe church, tbe bride and groom first, by the right aisle, then the maid of honor. Miss Bessie Sutton, and the best roan, Mr. Robert M. Booth, by tbe 'eft. Then followed ths tubers, Messrs. L. 0. Moseley and W. E. Parrott by tbe left aisle and Messrs- B. Fay Donovan and J. Joel Stoventoa by tbe right. The bride wore a going-a way gon of blue and carried a . shower ,loquet; x1 -irlde's roeesv The rfiald of honor ras dressed in a &n'?tisene $3ifat dimmed in applioJasJanfJlifa bride's maid roses. Tbe happy couple after receiving "con gratuiattons and best wishes, with s large number of relatives and friends drove to the A. C. L. depot and took tbe 1 :3U train lor Norfolk, Va. - From there they will go to Virginia Beach, then to Old Point Comfort, and to Ocean Tie w, then to Atlantic City. Beturnlng they will stop at Richmond a few days, and will be at home at Clifton Forge after July I. Mr; and Mrs. Booth received a large number of valuable presents, many of them being In cut glass and silver, which attest their great popularity, both at home and abroad. DIXON BROWN ' A large crowd assembled at tbe M. E. church this morning to witness the mar riage of Miss Rena, the beautiful dangh tor of Mr. and Mrs. John Brown, to Mr. V. Dixon. The residence of the' bride is just across ths street from the church and at 9:43 o'clock the bridal party con sisting of ths bride and groom and Mrs. Geo Schweilky, sister of the bride, and Mr. J. I. Brown, left the residence, march ing to the church. The strains of tbe wedulng march, played by Mrs. Joe Hoe- tetter, were wafted through tbe open windows of the church so as to be beard by the bridal party on the march. The bride and groom entered at tbe middle aisle, Ur. Brown at the right and Mrs. ten wt :.iy at the left aisle, all meeting simn.taneously at the altar, where Eev, N. E. Coletrane, In the simcie. but bean- il words of the M.E.churcb, performed the c remony. The bridal uartT then rove to the A. A N.-C. depot where Mr. and !'rs. Dixon took the train for Te tpralt: ThywlU be gone about a month, maklcx a tour cf northern !i!ps zi v :,1 then return to Easton whem j v. 1:1 niuke ththr home. ' AHJIot TTMtbfr Taemica ! 1 1. ' ' FEMININE, CHAT; ,. Dr. Adele S. Hutchinson of Mint.e spolls has been appointed on tbe Min nesota state board ot medical exam- tners. 1 t , Miss Anna C MotW Lucretla Mott niece, who lately died In Toledo, JL, left (2,300 to the Toledo Woman Suf frage association. ' - , wl $ Mile Lucie 'Faure, daughter of tbe late Felix Faure, president of France, Is about to "publish a book on the Ox ford movement In the Church of, Eng land. , Mrs. J. Haggln of New Tork'has given to the Ashland seminary at, Ver sailleB, KyH f20.000 for a building to replace the dormitory burned a short time ago. - " ' - ' - - , , Lady Henry Somerset, president of the. World's Woman's Christian Tem perance union, will be a guest of the "national convention at Portland, -M.j1 Lta October. . , ps tratfd-fdrHlie'dltlittii .sirs, wary iianroro rora, wno nns win cost S2uu,uuu a single et,vWAS born; in Wllllamsport, Pa, ' forty-six years ago. . Mlsa Helen- Gould has reopened her annual sewing school for poor girls of Irvington In Lyndhurst her country seat. , More than 125 girls have Joined the class, and Miss Gould has hired six : experienced teachers 1 from New York. it r-ft ir-t Miss Florence A. Fensham of Con stantinople, Turkey, baa had conferred upon ber the title of bachelor of divin ity by tbe Chicago Theological semina ry. It is tbe first time in the history of the Congregational church that the title has been conferred on a woman. k Mrs." Harry Robinson of Minneapolis, daughter of tbe multimillionaire street car magnate, Thomas Lowry, has star tled fashionable circles of Minneapolis by giving up ber position in society to become a professional nurse. Mrs. Rob inson Is the wife of .Harry Robinson of Chicago, proprietor of Tbe Railway Age. CURTAIN CALLS. The Strange Adventure of Amos Skeeter" la the peculiar title of a new play for next season. Kaiser William has asked William GUlette to go to Berlin to act in "Sher lock Holmes" before him. Jerome IC Jerome has finished a new comedy which may be .used by Annie Russell next season. . . Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger have se cured the dramatic rights to Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn." It is stated In New York that George Arliss will be starred by David Belas- co, beginning some time next year. Nick Long and Idnlene Cotton have been flooded with offers to appear in vaudeville during the coming summer. WC"am Gould, now with Dan Daly la "The New Yorkers," is to star next season under Ceorjs W. Lederer's raaERrtnent The success cf l.'rs. Trley's "Mls and lien" bas Indeed Mr. Fort 3 hcrtjoa to aT-nr. : present ido FRESH FACTS 111 A FEY IMS Items of Interest for Male and Female FRILLS OF FASHION. ' f Dust cloaks now seem indispensable to tbe traveling equipment of every fashionable woman. r . f ' The girlish simplicity of the Gibson waist bas gained many admirers, and every possible variation of the model is in evidence among summer gowns. Daintily flowered borders distinguish many of tbe new summer dress fabrics in veiling, taffeta, French muslin, plain satin foulard, batiste, challle and eta mine crystalline. ' . ' Those who admire the 'dainty fresh ucss of cotton gowns can adopt them this summer to their heart's content with 'the satisfaction of being very much in the fashion. ti 11 nan huriarM mno mm Very j smart little gowns for midsum mer 'wear. They are trimmed with laces la points, medallions and Inser tions ' and give a touch of becoming color at the throat and belt : Many of tbe very smart unbleached liteVbi of the summer vare woven in (toy . basket squares much like bop seklng,'and these and the drills, mer eeriEed piques and drillings of fine qual-, (ti.4ire used for silk vwwts and trlm inings. New. A'orb, Tost jfENj CHISEL AND BRUSH. itrlMu'!ilrtt8t8.',Mr. John Ea- Farge, t,s Wt exhibiting anytbiifgbla-year. ! A? colossal statue in ' browse, repre senting tbe late -Cecil. Rhodes, is in the ttndio of John Tweed, at Cbelseja, Lon don. It is designed for tbe .market pipes at Bulawayo. , . ,-t . ; jjSuroIyn Wells, appreciating, the su- f Srf Ubrary advantages of Boston, . bus gope thither to complete tbe collets ti6o3 of some verse n)?oh' which she has bat'work ttaV-8prhi. -. , j Marlon- Crawford' bas liot 'be"en ap po?hted: to wrlfe the official tbregrspby of Ahe pofwn as wna annopneed, as the VsjCacan holils thnt his florid, and melo- dj-sjaia.tif stylt woljl be unsuitajble, for tUtjrttornini rec-ora or the urs of the !jJi;aocos,,duI( W.ishingt'oi' booV-bf Ignard Glbbes, the young poetess, whose rVbtfnt bdojt'jbf poems Is attracting cousidvra- breattfntlon. wua the first, woman to efr'r tbe South Carolina ' university, Sh)Isa descendant of Robert Globes, adJDlotflnl governor of South Carolina. s'tkv-vi' ";'.;". "'," ''J'. ''''"'''i'Aft"'-'!;'' CROWN POINTS. ' iQpeen Helena of Italy, who Is a skived ai-tlst bas been elected a mem bfff of the Academy of St , Luke at Rome, . - i . The sultan of, Turkey and the queen of the Netherlands are said to be the orrVy total abstainers among European sovereigns. ; . "Tlie king of Italy recently disposed at auction of eighty of the horses in tbe royaj stables, and now some Roman tradesmen are calling him a niggard. Tbe sultan of Turkey never reads anything but state papers and the very few laudatory articles' upon himself which bis diligent secretary now and then unearths in some foreign Journal. PERT PERSONALS. Now Funston will be mad. A Phil adelphia newspaper asserts that be cannot swim. Chicago News, Andrew Carnegie complains that be finds it bard to spend bis money. An drew should get a son-in-law. Chicago Journul. Wu Ting Fang has been given anoth er office by bis government Wu seems to be tbe Obio man of the Celestial empire. Pittsburg Gazette, v . - It Is again reported from 'London that William Waldorf Astor Is not to be raised to tbe peerage after all King Edward must be trying to bring Astor down with nervous prostration, Chicago Record-Herald. THE SCHOOLHOUSE. Who knows but that the fittla red acboolbouse may after all be the means f reuniting all sections of the Union as they have never before been Joined together? New Orleans Times-Democrat - ' v Pupils at the public schools Kara a good many things which are superflu ous, but the things which are essen tial they do not learn as well and thor-. orghly as they did a generation ago, when the old fashioned methods pre vailed. That is the fault of the system, and it is a fault which it Is lmpcratiYe to rectify. Philadelphia Iniulrcr. ' r 3 powder to b .,k.a u,s or B. w tie am fr-f e nrirzATMzn: nd bHiK-n. It . . : U rn . 1 urm i 3 travy i t-r,d to la; laci cf crrr- t-m cur. for . f'. ? m. "I I V-r - .
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