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VOL. Vt-NO. 67.
RAIHI RAm! THE
CRY 111 THE STATE
' HOT, DRY WEATHER IIJORHG CEOPS
Light Showers Ooly In Eastern and
Western Extremes. '
-,. Upland Com and Other Crops 8ofr.rtng
r Badly, bat Cotton gtaade. Drought Well
Tobacco Ripening Rapidly General
. . Facta and Crop Hotes All - Over the
. , State. ,
The wtekly crop bulletin of the North
Carolina section of the climate and crop
: sjerrtce, United States Department of
, Agriculture, says for the week ending
July 21;
"Very warm, dry, sunny weather pre
vailed during the greater portion of the
fcast week, and drought appears again
to be causing some Injury to ciops, ex-
. cept at places In the extreme eastern
. and western' portions of the state, where
light showers occurred on the 15th. At
this, the critical period of the crop sea
" son, abundant moisture Is Indispensable
to nil out the grains of corn and to en.
able cotton to make sufficient size of
. weed for a full crop. The mean tern-
perature during the week was about 82
degrees, or 5 degrees above the normal;
very high temperatures prevailed dnring
the latter portion, w hen maxima exceed-
tog 100 degrees occurred, especially on
Saturday, the 19th; these high tempera
tares were , accompanied by rather dry
ing winds, and most crops began to suf
fer for lack of moisture. The rainfall
for the week was rather small, and was
, limited to showers about the 15th at i a
few places; the deficiency was over 1,25
inches. In some sections wells are get
ting low and stock has to be watered.
Crops have made rather slow growth
this week, though bot by any means
Iieyond reach of Improvement It rains
- fU soon; lowland crops are fine; the
' cultivation of the staple crops has been
. . practically completed nearly everywhere,
irri m - - ... . . - -
upmuu corn is iauing, somewhat; a
little has fired and much of It twists dur
ing the hottest part of the day; old . corn
Is suffering most and needs moisture 'to
fill out the grain, lowland corn Is excel-
lent and has not suffered. Cotton stands
tthe drought well; It looks green and
Healthy; has made good growth In the
south portion where the weed Is of good
size and plants are fruiting well; in ; the!
north portion and on the stiff lands the I
plants are small and are shedding forms
considerably; where poorest the crop Is 08811 placed In Jail lor entering the dwell
blooming to the top. Tobacco also ln ot A. T-. Daughtridge, of Bocky
needs rain; plants are ripening rapidly,
but are still small; cutting and curing Is
progressing rapidly and will become gen-
eral, during next week. .Most of the
minor crops have suffered slightly from
drought, especially peanuts, sweet pota
. toes and field, peas, many of the latter
planted after wheat failed to come up,
Hardens have been injured. The Irish
potato crop In the west ls .not giving as
large a yield as anticipated. Melons are
abundant and of good quality.- Fruit Is
scarce; peaches and apples are Inferior,
though late peaches are somewhat bet
ter than the early crop. Grapes are ripen-
fM Tl L 1 3 I a . '
lug. xooturva uavo uriea out on ac
count of drought, and the prospects for
late hay poor. 4 - .
, ; : Big- Fire at Goldaboro.
Goldsboro, July 23. Propertj eetlma-
A.. J 1 L I. 1
wi u i wurm ouous f zu,uuu was
destroyed by a fire which broke out In
Lamb's stables here tonight. Several
horses were burned In their stalls. 7
The flames were discovered about 11
o'clock and spread with alarming rapid
ity. Dr. Creech's store and dwelling, J
W. Lamb's harness store, Robinson's ice
huuse and Weill's warehouse were all
blazing fiercely and the situation InoVed
looked desperate.
The people acted promptly and worked
with a will. Though most of the fire
men were in Raleigh attending the great
tournament, the men who took their
places acted with the coolness an 1 cel
erity of veterans. As a result of their
efforts the fire at 1:30 this morning had
been gotten under control.
The Locnat s are Coming-.
E!rzabfth pty Ttvr ITh-The ' sevon-t-eu
y-ar lecnRt has rrm , it arjy sr.-v -e
ia the fertile Sol ja of FaPTj-jt vil () Jr
a.Iv-ce guards have arp- .rfil
v !j'ui.e can almoct teitr t'-e
r f i army, eiee'IIpg Sn r 11 1
a f firij nr aqu'ti... T,, lj.
e v! "or ?e .-. : 1 ' a. ,r '
Ut
t a i
It It.
t ( ! t:
rr 1 lj r 0 but i.- -
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the same Insect that accompanied the
diet of honey on which the apostles led
while la the wilderness.
8HOBT STATE STORIES.
Rocky Mount Spokesman: Tobacco
men here are prophesying that tobacco
will sell 25 per cent higher this year than
laet.
' Bmlthfield Herald: One of the most
promising tobacco crops we have seen
this season Is that of Mr. R. H, .McGulre
near here. Be has 15 acres that should
net him flOO per acre. '
Maxton Scottish Chief: The crops, de
spite the drought a few days ago.are do
ing fairly well, ' Corn has possibly suffer
ed most from cut, worm, poor stand and
drought, but taking everything In con
sideration, the out look la decidedly en
conraglng.
Statesvllle Landmark: Mr. W.F, Mon
day showed the Landmark yesterday the
largest tomato of the season. It weighed
two ponnds and nine ounces. It was of
the Fonderosa variety. ; V ;
Twenty counties are fusing .convict
labor on the roads, thirteen are using
improved machinery, four have recently
abandoned entirely the old labor system
and now work the roads by taxation
These four are Forsyth, Edgecombe
Gaston and Lenoir; Eighteen are using
partly the labor and partly the taxation
system, while 52 use the old labor
system.
Insurance Commissioner Young says
that both life and fire companies are
making money In, this state. He says
the new; law against Incendiarism Is
working admirably; that underlt a dozen
persons have been convicted and sent to
prison, while two rewards are now out
standing. He has two detectives In the
field. He is securing more and better
examinations of premises to prevent
firesv - .
TarborO Southerner: The hot winds
which prevailed for a few days are re
ported to have damaged cotton quite
much. : A few . farmers report the shed
ding of leaves.'' ! In 188t it Is said that no
rain fell from July 4th till November, yet
there was a large cotton crop made, ft
irprobaWtf that the first half of that year
was not as dry as has been the first six
months of this. '.
The M. P, Jordan company, of Green
ville, Pitt county, was incorporated Mon
day to deal In leaf tobacco. The capital
stock is 30,000. The incorporators are
M.P.Jordan and R. L. Debrill, of Dan
ville, Va.,, and F. L. Walker, of Green-
vUle
'-' Tarboro, July 21. "Willie Smith, color.
eQ7 w,tD a wounded ankle and foot has
Mount, and stealing some rings of Mrs.
Daughtridge. Smith gave a posse a lively
chase, and It was necessary to shoot in
order to capture
him In the ankle i
him; W.T.S Turner hit
ls he climbed a fence.
Democratic County Convention.
At a meeting of the County Democratic
executive committee it was unanimously
aarreed that the primaries for the town-
ships should be held on Saturday August
" ?na tnecounny convention to oe new
on Saturday, August loth. Therefore
the chairman of each township and vot
ing precinct will please give notice
throughout their respective townships
calling upon all white voters to assemble
themselves at tbeir usual place of voting
and elect delegates to the county conven
tion who will nominate a member of the
Legislature, Clerk Superior Courr. Sheriff
and other eounty officers. , Said county
convention will be held In court house
Klnston, Saturday, August 16th at 12
O'clock. J. W. GlUINGKR.
Chairman Committee.
. Xly ' -cs 'rfnfTi i:!irlip
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
(MENTION
ALL THE COUHTY HERE MORROW
Klnston Should Dir Itself Proud and
. Male a Big Success. ,
The Feature Will be Interesting Kxer
. claee. Fine Addraaaea and fpleadld Vo
ca Mnalo by a Compoait Choir The
Beaatlfal BapUat Church W1U be
Crowded Prosrrain for Tomorrow.
Thecounty Sunday school convention
will meet hers tomorrow at the Baptist
church. Delegates from most every Sun
day school In the eounty are expected to
attend. It ls hoped that Klnston people
will attend these meetings in large nun
bers for they will be Interesting as well
as Instructive. ; ;. - '-.
1 The following ls a program for to
morrow: -
1 " Mornlns Seasion. w
0:30 Devotional exercises conducted
by Rev. N. B. Coltrane.
9:45 Song service.
10:00 Address of welcome by Dr. H.
D. Harps, sr.
10:10-Response by H. E. Dillon of
LaGtango.
10:20 Receiving reports and enroll
ment of di legates. .'
11:00 Addrees, "The Sunday School
Association, Its Alms and Purposes,'?
Prof. Geo. H. Crowell of High Point,
president of the State Sunday School as
sociation. .--
Afternoon Seaaioa.
2:00 Devotional exercises conducted
by Rev. E. D. Brown.
2:10 Song service.
3:30-Chalk talk to children, by Mr. J
.Rogers. '
a:UU A paper, "Toe women In our
Sunday School Work," by Mrs. R. H
Lewis.. Y
' A paper, "The Infant Class," by Mrs. J.
W. Goodcon. '
8:20 Discussion, "The Sunday School
as a Buejoess tnvesiment," by J. W. Daly
ana rroi. a.j. carwicx.
' Evening Seaaion.
c):ihi lecture, - "An evening at our
Door," by Mr. N. B. Broughton, of Ra
leigh.
Special muslo has been arranged for all
the services.' A picked choir from all the
churches of the town has been gotten to
gether and will . give some of the best
music that has been heard In Klnston for
a long time. Tomorrow night especially
at the lecture by Prof. Crowell, of High
Point, several anthems and solos will be
sung by Kinston's best trained voices.
Everyone ls not merely Invited but given
a special Invitation to attend all of these
services.
The choir is composed as follows:
Soprani: Mrs G. D. Hawks, Mrs.
Mollie Brown, Mrs. J. H. Parham, Mrs.
O. T. Boney, Mrs. Kleber Denmark, Mrs.
J. . J. Rogers, W. D. LaR que and
M. C. Holland.
Alto: Mrs. J. J. Blzsell and Miss Ines
Woo ten.
Tenor!: Rev. E. D. Brown. Messrs. J.
J. Blzzell, C. E. Ltnln, W. E. Perry and
J. Hyman Mewborse.
Bass: Messrs. J,,H. Matthews, W, O.
Wooten, J. T. Brltt, J. A. McDanl and
W.E.Parrott
Several more who hare attended the
choir practices but whose names were
nnobtained are expected to sing with the
choir.
THE NOTORIOUS OUTLAW, HARRY TRACY.
Harry Tracy, tho eonTiot who after escaping- from the penitentiary at Salem, Ore.,
klMad and wounded a anmba of men attempting to Moaptar him, is a vetaraa m arime,
aithongk hia "profeasional" eareer may be said to hare Der only in 1897, whea ho mur
dered a depnty sheriff. Tracy appeal to set at little ator anon hia owe life as apoa the
Htm of others, and hit recent adventures in dodging and sometimes defying lam posses of
the law's offieei would mak the most entrancing ntoding for lovers of the lurid dime novel.
pmEMEN'8 QONVENTION.
It la Proving a Oreat Bnooeaa at
the Capital City.
Raleigh ls reveling In the State Fire
men's , convention 1 ana tournament,
There was grand parade this morning
In which companies with apparatus par
ticlpaied from Greensboro, Salisbury,
Concord, Monroe,7 Bocky Mount, South'
era Pines, ' Durham, Spencer. Elizabeth
City, Goldsb Jro, Salem, Tarboro, New
Bern, Charlotte and Rnlelgb. The gov
ernor and othei dignitaries, Including
Kinston's major, rode In carriages.
This afternoon the tournament ls in pro
gress.
The business session of the association
yesterday was Interestlngand Instruct
tve. .Mr. Leach of Raieighln hia address
of welcome, referred to the fact that
few years ago there was no organized
fire department In the state, and pointed
to the present splendid organization
the result of the work of the State Fore
men's association. He expressed the
hope that there would be soon, Instead
01 50 or 00 nre companies, loo compa
nies, that every hamlet Would have
organization. He dwelt upon the noble,
self-sacrificing work of the volunteer fire
man In glowing, eloquent terms, and
was frequently interrupted by applause
from the convention. -
Among the speakers was Mayor Webb,
of whom the News and Observer says
"Mayor and Chief of Fire department.
ueorge 0. Webb 01 Klnston, made a very
witty speech, telling several apt annec
dotes that quite brought down the
bouse."
The-afternoon session was largely
routine and. the feature of the night s
slon, was the speech of Mayor A. H. Boy
den of Salisbury, and the address of In
surance commissioner James R. Young.
The following officers were elected for
the coming yean : President, Jas. D. Mc
Neill, of Fayettevllle; First Vice-President,
W. 8. Orr, of Charlotte; Second Vice-
President, A. H. Boyden, of Salisbury;
Secretary, W. a Ton Glahn, of Wflmlng
ton; Treasurer, T. A. Green, of New Bern;
Statistician, L. J. Taylor, of New Bern.
Durham was selected for the next
meeting of the association.
A resolution was adopted thanking the
Raleigh fire Department and the com
mittees In charge of the tournament for
the splendid reception and treatment ac
corded the delegates. -
GRIFTON.
July 21.
We regret to chronicle the death of
Miss 8usie Dunn, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C'C. Dunn. She succumbed after
about ten days illness of typhoid fever.
She was about 18 years of age and jnst
blooming into womanhood. The be
reaved family has the sympathy of the
community. -
Darned BUUc
Nothing Is more disagreeable than
burned milk. , To prevent this first
rinse the milk saucepan with plenty of
cold water and then rub the Interior of
the vessel with a little fresh butter.
This will form sn excellent protection
for the mini. It must be noted that a
milk saucepan once burned should nev
er be used for Its original purpose
b sain.
Fraaalaa Forests and Fralta. '
Of the U:i,c:3 acres of land In
Prussia 23 r r cent is occupied by for
:ts and orcL.ir'3.
A Scot.
Tit-re st: '. t
Tree ef T tberty.
s et D-j- .!ee, Scot
.' :h as !..!Ic;tc-d as a
" r re t'.,zn a cintcxy
f-r-,:;t czzsel by C
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SPurely SPersonai
Items About People ,
Wbo Come and Go
Mr. J. J. Roger returned from Trenton
this morning.
Mr. Thos. L. Wllllngham went to Wil
son this morning. .'
Miss Sallla Moye, of LaGrange, la vlslt-
at Mr. J. J. BlfieU's.
Mr. 8. A Qulnerly returned fron. More-
head City this morning. , .
Mr. J. P. Haskltt went to Goldsboro
this morning to visit a week. . v ;
,.' Miss Bliss Perry went to Greenvllla this
morning to visit several days. ' ,
4Mrs. Lizzie Jc nes, of Dover, cams up to
Klnston on the morning train. - ;
Col. and Mrs. W. A. Bobbltt retorced
this morning from Morehead City,
Mr. A. D. Ward came yesterday and
returned this morning to Nsw Bern.
' Misses Vivian Blzzell and Nina Brown
returned from visiting at Beaufort last
night. '
Mrs. J. A. Prldgenand children left this
morning to spend several weeks near
AshevfTa. ' " ' . J" t ,
Mr. W. H. Pridgen went to Greenville
this morning. - He will probably : return
this evening. -
Mr. Adolph Einstein returned from
spending a few days at Morehead City
tins morning. .
Mr. B. B. West went to Morehead dty
yesterday' to Join the orchestra at the
Atlantic hotel.
Messrs. Clarence Bond and Horace
Jones went to Morehead City yesterday
to spend several days. . ' , ; -
Miss Pattle Skinner came yesterday
from Morehead City and returned this
morning to Greenville.
Mrs. D. P. Kennedy, who had been
visiting her brother, Mr. Henry Gray, re
turned this morning to Core Creek.
Mr flllot 8mlth returned yesterday
from Scotland Neck, accompanied by Miss
HUdah Steptoe, who will visit bis slater,
Miss Eva Smith.
Mr. J. 8. Tunetall, of Greenville, came
yesterday, spent last night with bis
brother, Mr. K. II. Tunetall and went to
New Bern this morning.
. DIXON VILLH.
July 21.,
Mr. J. L. Coson of Swan Quarter, Is vis
iting friends here.
Misses Emma and Sallie Palmer of
Hookerton, spent the evening hers yes
terday ; 1. ' . V
Mrs. Sntton of Kloston Is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Dixon.
Several round people from hers at
tended church at Ormondsvllle Sunday.
A party of young people had quits a
pleasant excursion on the new railroad
from Ayden via Dlxonville (A. L. C line.
The public Is cordially invited to at
tend the picnic at Union Chapel Friday
July 25th.
Little Willie RosW the seven-year-old
blind son of H. J. Rosier, while playing
with bis young sister, was badly cut on
the back of the kit band by an acci
dental strike of a cae kn"a.
Those who went on tie excursion from
Klnston to Norfolk from here re jort a
very pleasant trip.
Ton IT now 7fcat yoa are TVf" v
Wha yo fcJce Grovel Tuls' Ci J Totie
bcaoM the fjraa'a it plainly printed oa evTT bot-
tl ihowirg Uit it ia ttn-'y oa and q'4..-i bi
THIELY TOPICS
: TERSELY TREATED.
Short Local Stories, Editorial Botes.
80ms women are not as beautiful as
they an painted.
,
Keep In mind that great gams of ball
tomorrow afternoon.
Will somebody rise and explain what
connection there is between a laws
festival and a thunder shower? Wt
never hare the one without tbe other.
We are badly in need of rain. Better get
up another lawn festival.
A good macadam road from Klnston
to the county line towards Duplin and
Onslow counties would be of untold ad
van tags to Klnston and to the farmers
over a wide territory. Talk about 11
Writ about it, Lst'a have it. It will
make a good stand towards making
Klnston the Charlotte of the east Good
roads have built up Charlotte from a
small place to the most progressive ana
prosperous city of North Carolina.
'
THOSE WOUNDS THAT WILL NOT
HEAL. " '
Iff every heart there are secret wound
The lacs does not reveai;
Ttia. rank la nr. nlorht and dav
Those wounds that will not heal.
Soma cold neglect from those we low, ,
Who scorn ens pain we ieei,
Oft leave the heart oppressed and sore .
Wltn wounas na wxu noi neai. . t
When from dear lips we oft have pressed
rail woras tnas piercw iww,
They rend the heart with gaping wounds
Wnion time may never oeai.
Some burled bops, soma confined form, .
The cioae 01 eann conceal,
May doom the heart fore'er to bleed
From wounds that wui not neai.
Oh, sad the tears that flow unseen,.
That pillows moist conceal;
That flow from wounds so deep, so sore, s
mo balm but ueaven may neat.
Roanoake News.
Nnt, av whinner haa vat been heard as to
what the business men of Klnston think
of the recent proposition for a Farmers
Dav. or several of them In a row. . The
proper time to hold it will be early in the
tobacco season, and therefor there is
but a short time to prepare.
Klnston has earned a reputation for
push and enterprise and should live up
to It. The business men could not do a
better thing for themselves and the town
than to take up this suggestion and
push the enterprise to' a successful Issue.
It will require but little effort and little
outlay and the results would amply re
ward both. Many of the best farmers
within a dav's drive would be attracted
hers and the trade on that particular oc
casion wuld be enormous, and the mer
chants could see to it that the treatment
accorded would insure future visits and
more trade.
Should such a' gathering be accom
plished Timely Topics would lead the
wav to set tbe farmer organised Into a
series of clubs which would hold regular
meetings and discuss all sort of topics of
Interest to the farmer.
The need and the value of such an or
ganization was illustrated In The Free
Press office Tuesday. One farmer
brought tat some beautiful specimens of
onions and met another farmer, where,
upon the two discussed the methods of
cultivation. Farmer No, 1, told bow hs
nrodneed such fine specimens, which was
new to Farmer No. 2, and he In turn told
No. 1 how to prevent the onions from
decavlnzr. and so both learned valuable
points and both will be mors successful
onion raisers than ever before.
Timelv TodIcs 1 thorouahly alive to
the wondefnl agricultural possibilities of
this section of the state and Is anxious to ,
help the farmers develop them to the
farthest limit. To that end it will con
tinue to labor to establish a farmers' or
ganization which will be a sort of clear
ing house for Ideas. " '.
It la wonderful how ws all go on from
year to year overlooking little features
of onr dally calling, whatever It may be,
that if put to use would greatly facilitate ,
our work or increase Its output and
nroflfc. As in the case of the two farmers
ST
mentioned, one knows this little trick,
another knows that, and It la conversa
tion and discussion that brings them to.
gether and develops oftentimes a great
and beneSc'aJ improvement
The farmers need a Farmers Institute
lErEtonshocUbeits headquarters. t
wot! J me .a much to the farmer and
t'..s renLant. ' It can easily be
rcr
-It ale st and estate-Led by tte
:;c-i ia these remark.
Lall Kinbton tale it cp and make t'. j
etulut font. te car. J Tj. JC
meet or ni