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VOL. Y.-NO. 87.
KINSTON, N. CL, FRIDAY, JULY 11. 1902.
price two ohoto.
PRESSo.
ME
LA UiliW
' Colored Good 8amarltana,
8tate 6rMd Kol0 WVi called to
order at 8 o'clock O. C. Dr. W. J.
Moor in, the chair. AJ1 , officers , re
tained their am pOBltloua..J.The grand
treasurer, lioeea King, and grand secre
tary Johb li, Borden, went) 6ut W pre.
pare their reports, and when they were
submitted there wu onlpr one cent differ
ence. After which the. male members
formed procession, headed by the J C.
cornet band, and paraded a few of the
principle atresia; The procession then
wended their way' to A." M, , C. Zlon
church, where they were , met by the
ladles of the society, who marched la to
tne sweet strains of .the band. ';' There
tbe chotrrendered some excellent selec
tions, and prayer by the grand prelate
Kev. Z. H. Berry, Ber. W. J. P. Moore.
acting as master of ceremonies. Another
choice election waa rang by the choir,
with Mice Ella Saundere aa organist,
Then In fitting presentation, the errand
prang into the water fa 12 feet brr more lecturer of the State, Mr. J. W. C. Smith,
deep. After a brief straggle ne sans oe- rendered: an excellent address, which waa
low the aurtaee never to come op aim. of. high-toned character, and rounds and
Joseph? who is aftoot 30 years' old, , is I rounds of applause greeted the errand
nbjtWfital,?d It i .believed that an lit ;turer en every band. Bef.Sw B. Gaa-
attark of one of these caused mm toeinc, I kill, pastor of the A. M. K Zlon church.
and his brother, about" 91, who . always I spoke a few minutes on the relation of
had a care for him, without thinking of I the order1, which was timely received. ; : A
bis inability to swim or the depth of the! collection of 8 for the church and the
water, unhesitatingly attempted to go orphan asylum was raised. Another se-
to his assistance.'' When the; drowning lection waa aung as the grand body
occurred It Is said that a dozen or more I moved la a solid eolnmn to the Samari
were on the bank, but not one attempted I tan hall, where they took recess to go to
a rescue. Af i'"vf' - I in scdooi Duuaing lor an Hours enjoy.
" MTitorlou Disappearance. , j mens. ' Lodge closed ' to convene in the
tTlntr'ton ' dlsbatch' ''Mre. Gilbert I city of Wilmington the second Tuesday
Trantham, wife of a promineni iarmeriiuuiy, iwuo,
living nhnnt two and a hall miles from
OLD-KORTH STATE
tllEMID GOSSIP
CDD.iXD UTEEESTIXC HIPPE2CT.
" ' Double X)fwwatoa 'i.
A aad case of double drownlngoocurred
' at Tejboro, one due to a fit and and the
other to a brother's derotlonV Back of
G. T. DeBerry'a, at a place In the river
called Pope's "Bote,! were a Vumher of
men and boys! ' Among them-yere Joa
R 'andKlijah' & Warren 'brothers.
Joseph swam acroes the river and
when In '" water hot more than waist
deep ha suddenly ; disappeared- His
brother, when he 'saw H, although
he could not awTm, plpnged .into the
tream, but he never reached the other
Ida. t)n this slde ol the river where he
BASEBALL OF TOE
!' HOTTEST KIND
llastou ini Tarboro' Play Out Sine
Innings la Jl Time. ,
Db. W.'J. Moobk, G. c!
J. L. Bordkn, G. S. -j
Maby E: Mookb, reporter.
Return of the Favorites.
G. Allen's New Orleans minstrels
Inline-ton; felt ber home last Thursday
awd,, though diligent search has been
' made for the missing woman, no trace of
her has vet been secured. On the morn-
In of her disappearance, Mrs. Trantham
prepared dlnfaer for her husband, who who were her Mo-on ftod aQcb
waa out in the field at work, A short general satisfaction that many who wit
time before noon she sent herstep-daugh- ne88ed Welf performance at time ftre
ter,ayoungglri,off to a cucutoberpatch sounding their praises and claim it
, and from that nour ine u w was by far the best minstrel performance
nothing OI ner wnereaoourai. i ww seen here In years.- The company to bffl-
man carried a number ot ner personal iDgto appear here Monday night July
affects with her, ao It Is evident aha left on 14 Tb(( j, iald to
her awn accord. ; the old favorites and has been augmented
Killed fey a Greta of Corn. -.;' considerably la ptat.of nambera Many
Tarboro Sontherner: A nine or ten new features have been added and the
year old son of Bert Knight, a colored I performance is said to b fully up to and
man, living on Frank Gorham'a farm, I even better than the high standard of ex
(McKlndre), Sunday died from etraogu-1 cellence set by them when here ' last sea
lation. He had a few grains of corn In son; The seating arrangements of the
hla hand and had put some of them In tent have been re-arranged and every care
his mouth when he t nw his head back has been taken for the comfort and con-
to laugh at what somechildren had done. I veotence of the patrons, so that they can
One or more of the grains lodged in bis I enf y a first cjass nilustrel performance
windpipe and before they could be re
wtoved he dlad. In fact he lived only a
Sew mlnutea after the lodgment. , '
' ' A Sound Sleeper,
Tarboro Southerner: The rata must
he something terrible at Judge Howard's
Oak Spring farm near here, or souse is
ery attractive to them. A few nights
under canvas and at a price of admission
much less than what is usually charged
by minstrel shows.
HTOO.
July 9,
Messrs. D. E. Dail, R. P. Taylor: J. W.
I flvlfcran an1 W Hnil Bunt fn D..
ago wui uarper, coiorea, swum iugni Springs on the Fourth
pain in Dowi iee uu uu. uouu. .u n .nA mrk
auntna'tlon showed that both feet had Friday with Mrs, Q. W. Hart, of near
been much eaten Dy rats, so naa two 1 iiooierton.
fingers and the flesny part 01 tne tnumD, Mr. W. J. Hardee and Miss Lneve
The Injury inflicted was so great that for I Turnage came by here Sat urday on their
w6 dave the man could not work,- in I way nome irom tne opnnga,
fact, could not walk. Even now he Is
unable to perform a full day's work.
I
THE WRITERS.
! M. Jules Verne, the famous French
(writer, baa Just completed the manu-
cripi 01 nis nunareatn volume, a ro
mance of the Klondike. -
I Mark Twain Is under the ban. His
innocents Abroad" ha a 'been 'sup
pressed as heretical in Russia because
ihe author speaks jokingly of weeping
over Adam 8 supposititious grave.
I Joaquin Miller docs not like bis title.
"The Toet of the Sierras,' as it Is mis
pronounced half the time and be is In
troduced Impartially as "The Poet of
the Sarahs," the "Sahoras" or the "Se
rious.' , :
I "Were any one, writes Herbert
Cencer In his recent volume, "Facts
feed Comments." "to call me dishonest
cr untruthful he would touch me to the
sick. Were he to say that I am un
patriotic be would leave me -unmoved.
Smoke can be see a' from several to
bacco barns this week.
Miss Lillys Patrick of Snow Hill, came
yesterday to spend some time with Mies
F lorence liau. .
Misses Lillys - Patrick and Florence
Dail are spending : tonight with .Miss
Margaret Ormond, of Ormondsville. .
Although dark robed defeat usurped
the pedestal prepared fc-T the fair - god
dess of victory; although Mies Disap
pointment kept the score Instead of Miss
Joy; although the umpire called strikes
that wa thought were .balls, and balls
when wa were ready to wager a red
apple that It waa a strike; although the
visitors were not content with one bite
of the apple same aa. we bad bnt In
sisted npon another, and , ajthor 1 ; t
rkras other things to the contra, y not
withstanding, we came away, from the
ball ground yesterday feeling at peace
with the world, all because.
The game was a double coated peach-
It waa hot footed has ball from the
drop of the flAg to tb' finish line. ;' Both
teams worked like clock work in . p rede-
Ion and like ago lo earnestness and
rigor. Five Innlnu-n.were never played
In leas time than the first five of yester
day! game." In two not more than five
balls were pitched on either aide. More
time was epent in changing aides thanl
in playing the innings. A prettier eon-
test was never seen the sharpest kind
of playing marked every' Inning. - Little
KUOI OEHRUA1. 0HX a SATIS.
TWO NEW MAJOR GENERALS IN UNCLE SAM'S ARMY, f
--. Mjo Gaimik Davis is a astive ef CoaaaeHent sad vetona ef the civil and Spanish
Vera, la 18iW-liM0 a vat jrorenor of Parto Kioo. Major General Bate k) a Miaaoorinn,
a civil war Vttaran, ao old ladiaa Jhter, aad saw service during the feantiago canpaigD,
TIIJELY TOPICS -!'
- TERSELY TOLD
Short local'Storles, Edltorlal"rctc,
1
which called for does decisions and It ia
something worth saying that both aidea
expressed satisfaction with - the umpire.
Those who were diegueted with Wed-
nesdaj 'a exhibition and failed to turn
Mo waa a bright particular star at abort I out teaterday missed a game that could
and cannon b -ills could not have escaped I not be surpassed and will aeldom be
him.' Writ" at third waa all there and (equalled on the home ground. The annv
plcked tLsm up and Jined them In withlmary: :'f ": ' '
KINSTON ab r
Meacham, 2b
Sidel.rf. 4 1
Sherman, lb... 8 0
McDonald, ag...........,.4 0
i Harvey, If. eeeeteeaeV
Taylor,cf....i....M.....M..4
Dhadwick, c...............2
Wynne, b 4
KendrlckfP aeeeMf eeeataMr
Total .........83 T 7 2411 4
TlRBOBO
i Patch. U.
tarr, cr..)
(rant. 3b.
Hlg;ins,e..
ab
8
4
aa as" 4;
.eaWeeeaV
aa e e a
etaaeaaeseaeai
Holland, rf ............3
uarrou. aa.....
1 Fenner.lb...................3
Hart. D... ....... ..3
I COOaks 2be .eMeeeeetd
012
0 1
2 4
Business and profeaetonal people all
Over Eastern Carolina should eeud their
orders for printlna: to Thb Fbeb Pkxss.
11 th will do so they will cet neat, tasty
and appropriate printing at very reason
able (rf?8.
Ughtnlrig speed,. - Flrat base waa equally
w-tll Mken care of by Sherman, , and
Chadwiek behind the bat was as acMve
as an old maid trying to keep on, her
false hair In a gale of wind.. Chad wu k is
simply, the finest that ever happened
among amateur, and II be naa, aaplra
tlons be will undoubtedly be a ahtnlcg
star In the National league, galaxy in a
couple of yeara.' Kendrick pitched a
beautiful and steady game and Meacham
covered himself with dust and glory at
second. Captain Harvey rusticated in
left garden and picked nijautfif the air
when thny butzed hie way, while old re
liable Taylor in center a uoal got under I Carrot s
.11.. . .1 . . . . . .. .1 ..1 1 . ' .
ever tnuig cuac caaie wicuin loriy rows
of apple tree.' Pitcher Sldel did
well as anybody can in the uneven and
uncertain section known as right, ' and
what he failed to do there he more than
made np for with his section of . wagon
tongue.
Take It all In all there was not a weak
spot anywhere, and In this bunch Kins
ton has a team that with a few games
together to perfect team work Is equal
to anything In the state, , If Kinston
wants base ball It now baa an ' opportu
nity to get a gilt edge article at bargain
counter cost, and if it falls to stand np to
the rack now we might aa well drop It
forever I , ' standing or the clubs,
There are a few who appreciate the -- Won.'"' ;Loet
yafue of being In a league as an adver-1 Tarboro. .........10
tfftertient. filmnlr aa a bnnlneaa nronnal. 1 Kinston ... 8
tion It Is worth a good bit to commercial
. a .J xL - a - t.
mwreonui tiie mwu auu oTerjr uuu- ., , Kotes of the Game.
neaaman snouiacnipm to supper, tne Alafl, w, m Afj th littl0 end
team, inis feature is so tnorougmy ap I -iait
cerne aosBetlmes send teams on long ex
hibition trips. Let us keep this team
firough the aeason.
The visitors are entitled to a meed of
praise. Tbey saw that they were np
agaiUHt it at the start but they were not
in the leaHC phawd and like true ball
p'ajiere and trxxi tighter, ' they 'worked
together as one uiau and luck was with
them. ' -
The gane abounded In quick playa
P4
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7
0
2
3
4
3
0
v Ralelirh'a Coart ' Dress. -:
Raleigh, when in court dress, wore an
Immense ruff, a "peascod bellied doub
let," quilted and stuffed, slashed in the
ooay ana sieeven, Dreccues or tne same;
silk stockings and shoes with gold
buckles. i ; - ,.-.'
v: . The Crooked Jordaau ,
Jordan la one of the crookedest rlv
era known. In covering a distance of
sixty miles, for that Is the length of a
atraight line drawn on the map be
tween the sea of Galilee and the Dead
sea, it runs 212 miles because of the
multiplication of Its windings.
po
1
8'
0
2
! Total...........:.......80 - 2 4 27 12 2
Stolen bases:'; Patch. Two base hit
Grant, Holland, Cook. Three bass hit:
f'ook. Double plays: Meacham unas-
eioted; Carroll to .Fenner. Bases on
batlf: off Hart 8; off Kendrick 1. Hit
by pitched balls: Hlgglns. Struck out:
by Kendricks 8; by Hart C. Time of
game: l:3U. umpire: Jesse ueroert.
Bv Innlnsrs: '
. , '. R. H. E.
Klnston......O 0 0 0 0 10 0 01 7 ' 4
Tarboro...0 0000101 '-3 4 2
: Cherry Wood.' ; . ;
Cherry la the best wood for ebonla
lng; the counterfeit can only fe" de
tected by. an expert
BaJrbraahes. .
' Hairbrushes need a weekly cleans
ing, for which purpose use a quart of
tepid water containing a tablespoon ful
of cloudy ammonia. : Dip the bristles
not the back several times, rinse and
stand on edge to dry.
Pewter Making.
. Pewter making, one of England's Im
portant industries seventy years ago,
has almost been abandoned, : Cheap
glassware and tinware have driven
pewter from the market
Great Britain aad Cheeae.
Great Britain and Ireland Import
about 205.OOU.000 pounds of cheese each
year. - uanaau supplies aoout co per
cent of the whole.
2
'7
7
P. C.
.833
.3001
.800!
of the
Bnralnsr OIL' .
If a lamp should be overturned, don't
attempt ; to put out the fire with
water, for it will simply spread It In
stead throw down flour, -sand, garden
earth or salt either of which will bave
the desired effect -..,,. ,
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FLOWER AND TREE.
NoU.::: Is more cbarmlDs in the way
f plants tian a wistaria trained into a
tree.
t or a tne lawn trini will rcIarity
and frequency. r.rruLiri'.y Is one of
tl:e Eocrcts of succt 3 la tV.3 line,
j A!!.nv r'onty of r:. roora f..
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1 Cowers and p-
t I vi;l!e feat
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The Tarboro team left this morning
for Wilson.
' The crowd waa too breathless with ex
citement to root most .of the time. It
was a nerve tingling game.
Are we aroma- to let s-o, lust when we
have got a crackerjack team? Is Kinston
a dead one? Get together. Get togetberl
It was a pretty pitchers' battle and
A Moth Killer. - '
Before laying a carpet rub the board
over with turpentine to safeguard it
against moths. 1 -
Baked Potatoes.
In baking potatoes the flavor ia much
Improved by first ; boiling them for
about ten minutes with the skins on
and then draining before putting them
in tne oven. ' ..: -; .
Wby Is it so difficult for some people to
eay whet they meaVT
"i ,-..:?..-' .''. y x"- :j2''.V-::V;
Fsw 'persons enn a.v bright things
when talking un AdnlUobject. '
j , ; ' , ay -!, ,
Somehow the tiiab for whose' shoes one
is waiting seems to have a wonderful
leaea on Ufa,1" " ' " - '
The eye, the window of the soul, la V
more truthful exponent of the Inward
thought than the tongue.
tt is no wiser to adopt a policy because
it la popular than it la to pass it by in
1 order to be on the opposite aide. ' -
There la perhaps no time when we are
"dUpoeed to think ao highly of a friend aa
when we find him standing higher In tbe
eiteera of others than we expecfed.
f t '
Common sense la the thing after all.
Happy la the man to whom It cornea
quickly, and fortunate la the man - to
whom It com a at all. Grave mistakes
can be corrected by a wise avoidance of
pt folllea. ., 1 ; ,4 'j , -i' '
4 j , ', e.e "e , . .
; It you do what you - may In earnest.
you need not mourn if you work no great
Work on this earth. To help the growth
of a thought that struggles toward the '
light, to brush with gentle hand the
eirtn-etaln from the white of the snow
drip, such should be your ambition.
An Iowa lover, named Hall, has canoed
tbe arrest of a Mies Short for assaulting .
htm with Intent to deprive him of bla
hair and eyea. ; The local Justice will fix
the penalty, but it ia clear the case la one
for : the Inter-State-Commerce Commis
sion, aa It deals directly with the "Short
Hall clawa." .- -
The newly elected Justice of tbe peace
ficed the happy pair. In all his legal
ei,rience he had never tackled so ab
struse a problem. . Kevertbeless he deter
mine! to proceed with the ceremony to
the bet of hie eon.ewhat rattled 'ability.
He went on with the affair by jerky and
occasionally . Inaudible degreee. Prea-
eutly be looked vacuously around him
and hoarsely Inquired, "Does any man
pneaenttknow of any impediment to this
nnloD?" Seeing that no one understood
him be tried asalu, "Does any man know
of any bar?". He waa Interrupted by
the bridegroom,"Thar'a a bar next door, ,
but bet your boots 'squire, there won't
be a drop of llckerln 'till you say hitch
ed."' The ceremony waa concluded In
atanter and they all "llckered."
Timely Topics and the local depart
ment of The . Free Press have had
some pretty good stories on the unique '
order, and our rural correspondents have
not been at all slow, but the entire Free
Press outfit may as well hold np their .
bands now. Here is one that knocks na
all and tt purports to come by telegraph
from Eminence, Ky.: ' " i.
John Filaou, a farmer livinar 7 - miles
south of Eminence, la tbe proud father of
44 little chickens. Much of the credit for
the reunite are due, however, to tbe prac
tical bent of his wife's mind. '
For months past Filson has. been III
with a form of low fever. He was the
Slate. '"
Slate la got out of the around bv
Kendrick won on pointe, allowing only means of blasting, bolee being bored Jaole support of his familv! and the affairs
J II.. 4 ft. l- 1 1 . J l . & n I Inin ( . n. 1.1. n. n f 1. - ' ' ' I . . 1 1 1 1 . . .
aiis, x veum uu umm auu atruca uui o. 1 " ilu bicbuj uriua. - 1 01 tne uousenoiu oecame saaiy straitenea
Hart trave 7 bits. 8 bases and struck " 1 1 I aa tne weeaa paseea, ana tnere was no
nnt ft -I Horaeahoea.
rwr 10 ivw me norses or England
. rm.- vri- M xr jf i- A x
j.ue iuur iu u -- -en, o iu- ero never ihodf WiIllam tto Conquer.
uBKiwBuuiwi vbo mvu ut j or oeing the person who la given the
out-of-the-way places Impossible for the credit of Introducing horseshoeing Into
fielders to reach except In one instance I tne British isles.
when Sidell slipped just as he got under.
the ball and dropped It.
The thunder storm which came from
the west, Just a little too late to Inter
fere with our game, prevented the state
league games atKalt'-h and Charlotte.
Ilai our game teen as long drawn out
astbatof T,"e'aesday It never would
Lave been CnL'.c 3. ' ;
A Harserr Sere en. . '
A delightful nursery 'screen' In a
black oak frame baa the lower panels
of woven rushes, While above la a bril
liant scene from "Old King Cole." On
one panel la the ''merry old soul': hlm-
eelf and on the other two tbe "fiddlers
three" In dasMne black and red.'
Jn?;tcr rijvijs wae the only guest at
t8 f opoiHrd Liwn party last evening
and c ILt.ics lee cream and ' cake went
' t. Old J. P. wouldn't give up a
,t r it ?5'e anybody else a chance , to.
", c .tt tt'.akecreanianJ cake and
ic crtTorpot la the slot for
1 ', i. T! e aeet smiles of tbe pretty
i f ' la ery time If there are
t 1 r'-xrfitloB for IIa!ar?
-r a a I -f'e el Gsot' TiST.
It is ;:r; 'y iroa aad u
u. ' JCi,re-: 3 Far. ?nc 50c.
''' ' ' X.emoa Jalee.
Lemon Juice will ' whiten '. frosting;
tranberry or strawberry juice will col
or It pink, and the grated rind of an
orange, strained through a cloth, will
color It yellow. '.. , ;
Spraee. .
Spruce grows nearer the
ions than any other tree. ,
arctic re-
Tommy AtVln' Dreas. ,
The Erltibi soldier has not always
v.-.:a a red unlforu. Whits was the
I :eva..l-2 color under Ilenry VILL and
C rk green cr n-et la tie toe c
r:::ateth.
eitrna of Improvements The woman be
came desperate, but Inspiration at last
came to her, and ebe decided r to utllfre
tbe husband's bodily heat in order to
help out the strained resources.
. Borrowing some eggs from a neighbor,
she placed them in the bed with her bus
band, but ao protected that they would
not be crushed by his movements.: Tbe ,
experiment proved successful, and at the
end of four weeka the setting was fin
ished. Only four of tbe eggs failed of re
sults. - J : ' i u .
Father and chickens are crow in sr over .
their good luck and Flison'e , fever has
begun to subside.
- ' A Gentle Hint. "
In our style of climate, with Its sudden
chanjree of temperature, rain, wind and
sunsLlne often intermingled in a single
day, It is no wonder that our children,
friends and relatives ars so frequently
taken from ns by neaWted colds, half tbe
deaths resulting directly from thla cause. .
A bottVl Boethen's German Syrup kept .
about your Jenie for Immediate uce wll
parent eerlons sickness, a lare dimeter's
., and perLars deafa,' ty the c.a
of tLree or fonr dos9. i'or eurirar Cci-
.!-Ttlon, llemorrhajres, l'Dumoi.!jt,-v-
- Cor-ha, Creep, or airy tt;.'n,-- cf
e Ttront or I.ur, ita s .- U t' -
j!y won! r'.J., as your dr,- ' t . 1 t 1
vo a.- C--t a f ,a::'t) t " " :e I. . e f. - 5 J. , .
in 1. 1 sTu:jri-::9, 73ta. C.;L' ;
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