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VOL. V.-I70. 1C3; i M
dNGTOIT, N. C TUESDAY, AUGUST 6. 1002.
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OLD KOPiTII STATE
8IIOBT STATK STORIES.
SHALL WE HAYE
TWO SCHOOLS
ureenrius uenectorr We heard one
man remark that be believed the crops fa
IIEUS AIID GOSSIP
ntt county were cut off 35 per cent by
,i- L iLJ)U)p
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the rongat."';:;i
i fc
c:d m nrirsTirs surer
ittezpt ,ta Erecl t Wisil2cais
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- Fathwt Throng Violence of theEngWr
. , ' na tsr Guilty Man Hob h3
Fanumi Bloodhound Tw; Who, In the
wertone ,Wcl .Stilt-Other
snort SUUs Stories. '
Washington, Aug. 2 -The Washington
nd rimontb pa4seoger trota leaving
- v UUHU icSuirij aaujr at 6:80 a. in
."' at o:3U a, m , war
; wrecked near the station called Hlneow
nu noraing.eigDS miles frorn Plymouth.
; Borne miscreant bad remold two ralli
j from the track. If it had not been tot
the watchfulness and extra- eautioij ol
thai aP-lA.4 - " - .
ogineer, Ham B. Dupree,
-v.vuuuiaaDemgt might bare been
- ushered Into sternity. Daring the night
two rails bad been taken from the track
" 4uwr w mue apart One rail wa
removed tn nfah . ... .
teavlDg Plymouth, the other to 'derail
.v. ..cuu. nua were BQi( onj
wmored from the track bnt the engine
wm conelJerably damaged, v- Forto
nntel, ; doe to a kind : prorldence,
, no one was killed or hijured. iflo
..the ., paseer-ert and officials ee
eaped h mlracnlons. The engineer die.
corered the rail gone jnst In time to pre
Tent more eerlon. damage," Although
the engine was derailed and. thrown
some distance, he stuck to his poet of
e 4 tc'ed the llreman, telling falm
o jump. .. nis act of heroism. Is hlglh
compllaie&ted by all. . , .
1 Waehlngton, Aug. 4. -fltrong suspicion
rests npOI) a white man by the name ot
.l.am An- foran 'attempt )j wreck
the Washington and Plymouth paeMnger
" fr-r Norclng. While b
Jias not been arrested for th.-( CriUle be I
constantly watered for Wr he might
make an attempt to ' escape. , "nurrl
cane" Branch, the sherI3 of Suff Ik .with
bis bloodhound "Tiffer," arrived at th
scene Eaturday night There were twt
ralle gone and the dog was taken U
where the south rail was mining and
placed upon the traU. The animal
caught traa without trouble and ran to
: where the rail bad been secreted. , From
the rail the bloodhound kept a hot trail
until Ange's field was reached when th.
, flog was called off and taken back to th
place where the wreck occurred. He.
sru'n placed on the trail and me
reclly tLfstlnse to Arse's Lon 1.
thetw.IlLot from fiftt to L.X
was not at home but was vl
kilting e'
jug reniaes two miles f
the wreck. Ad-s has had trouble
the railroad for years, a long m.-.
forelt wasextss.J to Wav!--to
thew8ycfUw6,::3,e. lldl
kS.!edbytLelo3 tr&!a and It wr
settrfdto bis e;lL.ct!on. This 1
thought, aroused bis Rrnr to e;
pitch that be soit rsTep-s by
, leg tlie tra.!a. Ee lj t..!J to be a ni, i
bad character. He has a 'lar-e f.
Thpre Is no doult that tlse r vt
ba bwa located, The or.da'.sVi::
t' s.t t'.e .'.'.'. y l"rij Is broult t
tlce. reuY.rj U runnlrsf Lb e
Anga. Jutt tH-jrecorr.!iij here "1
summiii:.' tr&" Hl9 r-ro nu"
Craven, at Leei-lu-j. xfs C - i
enmo which pitted out tLo t
L'.'l's Neil Cropsey'g home to i'v,
wbrreshels ei?ppoeei to lave ir
fath. Ia Ua c:oht a!;er Ar-e La :
purcuers toast!il In full of-eratl-lie
moonsLSters had e j. -
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. l,'h News eaJ 0! server: N
rur&I i! I.'vcry rou' -a Lave hw-n a
tl t.vnAn'r I:i t'.'s t'l'a fnim th
ft-Mir.r ftft'n. i.i II; f. n.in if
di-r!. t. T' ' i r ? f '-'r-' 'flf
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Nnwton Eaterprlae: (Tbe farmers are
turulog their land for anotUr wheat
crop. The rains havrf pot the land in
oondltlon for plowing.
Wilson Times: , Crops generally are
g tod over the county, though tn some
sections, especially around Wilson, they
are suffering from drouth.
; LaGrange flentlnol: Mr, W. B. Terklue
Informs ns that be has a ben that ba
layed 103 eggs since the drat of Man
wd still continues to lay, ... -Vi 7, .
, Loufeburg Times: Dr". ; F. R, ; Y arbor
ough's fins horse, which wis bitten by a
rabid dog over two months ago, died
last Friday nlgbt of hydrophobia.
- Mount Airy News: The reports from
different parts of he county are rery en
Souraglng and Indicate an abundant
xirn crop. Wheat full short but com
will U pver an arerage crop.
.WashlDgtoirrogTessj In the Cbocc-
wmlty section of the county forest Arts
hare dons much damage.. We learn that
Ter ten square miles of fine timbered
Bnls bis been ruined. The timber was
largely owned by the Beaufort County
Lumber company, and the D. C, Way
uumoer company
Charlotte, Aog. 2. John Hardy, a well
known colored man of this city, met an
iwfu! death at the Mint street crossing
toe southern railway tonight at 10
o'clock Hardy attemDted to cross the
track fn front of an engine and was
aaght and bis body almost cut in two.
, Greensboro special to Balefgh Post: ; J
na-a-way -conple came to Greensboro
eeterday from Alam&Hconnt.drlviDji
iwenty-two miles In a hajrgy. They bad
un away from the bride' mother, who
rlouely pbjcf ed to the daughter ba.
og the groom. ; They were married here
slthout untoirard sensation. The
rpom was Mr. Andy lApple; aged 73,
he bride being MIssLUzleKernodleJaKed
rotal Ilumber of Pleoea HanrfiArt
. ( la, July.
fo'lo wing are tie sereral reports of the
arriers of rural free delivery Ton tee load-
ng from Klaston during t'-a month I
Inly; These reports eLowa conelderabfe
vnonnt of mall matter bandd by the
ystem, ana prove conclusively the great
leneSt accruing to the farmers by the
-Oiircry of tLelr mail to them: v
No. 1 delivered C98 pieces and
d 1S,3, tnaVing a tot..I of 884
l.ar.J.'ud, and canceled f 3.15 worth
-;s This route is carried ty S. R.
e io 2 Is carried by F. T. Harper
J l,7o0 pieces delivered and
' ' '. maklrj a totil of 072,
- J ; .t .i worth of stamps.
a Y.o. 3, Jan:es C. Eenton. carrier.
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t ecs and collected 134
j a total cf 407, and can
rt'i of sisajps. '
, J 1 ti C. C. "r!,oroi"b,car.
If" 3 1' ;s end co".ctod
j atvJcf l.COS.and
1 v - cfr'srrps. "
, ( " ' 3 ll. I!;ynss, car
j ilea azl colloctai
cf C43, and canceled
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, r " a If, earri.-r, dalir-
1 ccHec'.. i S3?,etMi:jgr
.r.i, i I crTJcrvi ft.es
i.
iit'l: r,!iver?1, 5u5;
1 ; it ; 1, '),r.."7j ' 'ro
r.-:' .sand ;:i.ei worth
Ai 14.
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KZETS - EITH ' f 1YC
Citj SuCiui ts EtVluvi . by Cisxtl
1 Street la Trj Districts. ;
Lemve the Old School Where It is and
Baild a New Oae ia the South End of
the CityThe Sit QoMtloa Will be
Referred to the Chamber of Ccvmeroe.
The action of the school board
quietly" settling (?) the much mooted
question of locating the nsw graded
school has been the absorbing topic of
discussion ever since the publication of
tbs proceedings la The Free Press, and
by common consent the matter has been
referred to tbs Chamber, bl Commerce.
But It Is said ft the Chamber of Commerce
does not make a finality of it tbs objec
tions wlllbs carried still further. ,
In fact it is claimed that the one great
principle dearest to tbs American heart,
majority rule, has been set aside by
few men In their own interests.
It is tbs purpose of ' TbeYree ; Press to
be eminently fair and Impartial, to give
both sides a bearing and to support the
majority in this as In. all other local
affairs upon which there is a division of
opinion, and with that purpose In view a
reporter - was sent out this morning
armed with a list of plain and pointed
questions which he was Instructed to
put to members of tbs board, of trustees.
It Is only fair and just to say thai the
answers brought back were more satis?
factory than was expected. One question
was whether the trustees approve of the
proposition to accept the Chamber of
Commerce as an arbiter, and that ques
tion having been answered in the affir
mative The Free Press advises all parties
Interested to await the result of the dis
cussion, and It is notconsidered necessary
or proper now to publish : tbs explana
tions given the editor as to tbs delay In
action and other features about wblcb
there is SlfwatisfacUon. ' Having been
ed to expect a full explanation of these
matters before the Chamber of Commerce
The Free Press will not anticipate the
report, but ad vlaes those Interested to be
present and hear for themselves and
make answer then and there.
Non-members are always welcome to
meetings ot tbs Chamber and no doubt
the privilege of the floor will be granted
on Monday night to any non-member
whowLhesto temperately discuss the
question or to ask question of the ttns-
tees.
As before said, the recent action of the
trustees is the all-absorbing topic of dis
cussion now, and the history of the con
tention from A to-Z is gone over and
over, and even "tie stranger within our
gates' is regaled with it.
In one of these discussions la a public
place last evening a gont'eman who has
not locg been a res! Jent ot Kinston, but
who has mati"jsted a deep Interest In tie
progress and welfare of the city, made a
sn9tion which met with Instant ap
proval of &U present as not only ofTerltsg
satisfactory eolation of the present
vexing problem, but also a wise and eco
ootiuc provLIon for the rapidly increas
ing school population of the city. The
Fr-8 Tress has teen requested to give th
suhstance of t!.fs pnntleman's remarks In
rior thattls scr.'stlon may be tbor-
rhly canvas.: ?1 and discussed before
9 meeting of t" a Camber ol Commerce
next Monday 1' ".t. TJ.s Is about what
tat :i: .
"It seems tome bolhs!J s are wrorj
in a rr -:-"!re end ere rot t..l!.--j t!.s fa-
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tioned the oft enlarged building, again
totally Inadequate, was moved off tbs
lot and a new bu (ding erected, and so It
went throughout the community,
"Now.1t seems to me that Kinston Is
following tn the sams rut and Is not tak
ing tbs future into consideration at alb
The proposition l, as I understand It,
to build for the piesent school popala-
tlon. It seems strarge to in that In
city" with a ' population approximating
7,C00 eoverlng at present over a mils
square oi territory and rapidly Increasing
and I expanding, should bs so short-
sfsbted as to build one school la any
part of the city to answer for tbs whole.
Such a condition does not exist: any
where in the country.
"If the dtlsens of Kinston were to ask
me for a suggestion of a plan which
rould bs the most economical and eatla
factorV in the tuturs I, would say, dWId
ourclty In two districts,: one north of
Cj4wH. 8trieindthe other nontb of It.
Flaos your schools near tne present one
skirts of eacb, district, so that " the
crrowth of ths next .Ave yews is as great
as that of the past five years at the end
ot that time each school will be centrally
located in Its district That would leave
the - site of. Tour present school nn
banaed. Probably five thousand dollars
would enlarge and Improve that school
to accommodate the Increase of the five
years and the remainder of the money
could be used In building a new school in
the opposite end of the city which would
accommodate the increase of five years.
"Of course It would be better and more
economical, In consideration of the future,
to raise more money and build two fine
schools, but it the money already In hand
Is honestly and judiciously used Kinston
can have two schools that will answer
all purposes for probably ten years to
come. , '
"I do not hesitate to assure you that
If this were dons the population would
b unanimous within a year in pronounc
ing It' the wisest and most economical
plan that could have been followed. '
Prescribed For. '
When Dr. Blank of Fourteenth street.
who Isn't the most patient of men at
any season of the year, goes away for
a vacation, nothing infuriates him so
much as tbe sight of an Invalid. A
moitb ago he went to Atlantic City
for a few days' rest, and be bad no
sooaer settled himself Into tbe condi
tion of being an ordinary mortal than
chronic patient of bis appeared on
bis horizon. He endured her complaints
all of one day In silence, but the next
morale j she accosted him while be was
smokir g Lis cigar on the veranda after
breakfast I will say In her defense
that she Isn't married, and she hasn't a
father, so she didn't know what she
was (! ' ? when she broke in on a
man's smoke.
"Oh, doctor, said. she,' 1. do wish
you'd tell me what to do! I Just can't
leep ct all. Why, last night I didn't
once t
a my eyes." .
t r E'iirei at her.
't f 1 e an eye, she went on.
' yoa'd t.Il me what to do."
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f '. r i -rn," La V "
1 J vvr eyes! How oa carta
-t t.j i'.'pp If you Coa't?"'-
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COTTOX VAltlES.
Far Above and Far Below the Average In
; Different riaoee. ,
Waehington.D.C.Aug. 4. The monthly
report of tbe department of agriculture
shows the average condition ot cotton
on July 25 to hare been 819 as compared
with 84 7 on June 25, 1900, 84 on Aug,
1, 1899, and a ten-year averages! 828
Except In Texas and Oklahoma, which
report averages ot conditions July 25
tour points higher than last month, In
dian Territory, where there has been an
improvement of six points, and Missouri
where, there has been ; no appeciable
change, a more or lees marked deteriora
tion Is reported from the entire cotton
belt, ths decline amounting to 1 point tn
Virginia, 8 . points In Arkansas, 4 points
In Louisiana, 5 In Mississippi, 6 in Texas
7 In North Carolina;' South Carolina and
Alabafna, 8 in Georgia and 12 In Florida
There Is a marked absence of uniform
ty of .conditions even In tbe states mck
ing,the most unfavorable showing, not a
few counties reporting a condition far
above ths average and some even reach'
ai the high figure of 100, . . -
The condition In too principal states Is
reported as follows: .....
North Carolina, 86; South Carolina, 88;
Georgia, , 83; Florida, 84;. Alabama, 77;
Mississippi, 80; Louisiana, 81 ; Texas, 77:
Arkansas, 92; Tennessee, 92; Oklahoma,
74; Indian Territory, 93.
- DOVER. ,
. August 4
Misses Georgia, Mittle and Mabel West
returned last Tuesday from theirextended
visit at straits.
Miss Jennie Wells, of Goldsboro. came
last Wednesday to visit Miss Ada
Thompson at Mr. D. T. Waters.
Dr. Wm. E. Hall, of New York, lectured
again Here last Wedneslar nlirht tn
large audience. He fed the audience with
roasted: Husbands and Irozen wives fn
desert. It was thought to be understood
that one third the proceeds from the
lecture would be for tbe Disciples church
building fund, but the doctor said he did
not understand It. and took the entire
proceeds, f ()U. Alter the lecture the
ladles sold ice cream enough to net f 2.00
lor ine cnurcn, ana could nave sold much
more If they bad bad It, but the Incle
ment weather caused tbe ladles tn
provide only a small quantity.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Smith and Miss
Llda Outlaw, of near Kinston. spent
part of last week with Mr. and Mrs. A.
G. Outlaw. . ; ..
Mr. Leon Hatch, of Mt.' Olive, spent
several days last week with relatives
here, returning home Sunday, with Mis;
Sue V. Wilson, of Kinston, who spent the
day with her sister, Mrs. A. B. Thomp
son. " :, ;' . - - , , . '.-..-.
Miss Bettle Thompson returned to her
home In Goldsboro today, after spending
two weeks at her brother's, Mr, A. P.
Thompson.
We bad plenty of rain here last week,
bnt we learned from Mr. R. W. White
that In his neighborhood, 4 miles from
here they bad very little. ,
Rev. Mr. Towrisend filled his regular
appointment at tbe Methodist church
y morr-tng and Dfht,and announc
ed t' .t a t'nnday school conference
wou'l be held here on Wednesday,
Acj t 27th, and a large attendance is
elected. .
Vr. Lf "9 Johnon who bad been
el, ri;. t f r L'r. V. A. Wilson, ha
r.?R' :;n. 1 Vn po, ;:fon, and Mt for bis
hon e la CoU. boro Sunday night.
Z " C x,c f IwBBCon, and Minnie
fou !.!, of Cciwell, were Tiuitin M!s
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TII1LY TOPICS
TERSELY TREATED.
Short Local Stories, Editorial Eotcs.,
, The man in the lower berth may be th
one who oversleeps..
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A stlike In a match factory Isn't a liars
up of which to make light.
It they bad tnnelo at lynching, of
course it would be string muse. . ;
A ship and a musician are both at sea
when they cannot find the quay. .
The sugar dealer is one man who needs
not feat failure because be lacks grit.. .
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I, tlma tnaV slATsl nlM. but 9k
A. mitlvcu ua ajiT
stitch in your side Isn't worth the pains. ;
it. ImM m.n fmnortant DOSltlon,
but a woman's Is often far more teWog.
.
- .. .. . oimUf1rn ths ladder ;
1 in van unwn -
of tame Is mads np ot roundsot applauss.
m.trimnnf aeemS SO be
troubled waters to many a launched
courtship. . -
. mL h well enouab to do
... a yvui - .
anything, but that doesn't make blm
well-to-do.
mnrh confidence In a
UVU tfVL"
man until you are sure that bs Is no con
fidence man, -
,
.. . n. mnnli didn't hare
short combings, the wig seller would fall
in business. , "
notalwajs
tbs popular ones. There IsthemosquU
to's, for Instance.
-
f.katnbnan coals of fire
. j.ne niu "- . ' . ...
on tbe head of another otten gets bis
hands badly burneo.
. . . . & artA.1n ootnt. Is '
xnenasmp, up w - .
stronger than money ; but, unfortunately,
that point is soon rewu. -
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To the trapexe performer the "Pres-
! ftth on" and "I tumble nave ,
niuu .
entirely different meanings. '
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iv, sn. makes one man .
It is no viiB-i
stronger than anothei ; It Is knowing the
true value ot things as they occur.
An old soak who lay 4c wn In tbs
woods to take a nap the other cay
was bitten on the hand by a snake.
Ininrles. but the poor
Lit) IUl ' . j
snake crawled under a stone and died.
Advertising will do mors good than
1 k.k JarwT man ad-
anjiniugeuw. " -
yertlsed for "a wife, beautiful, accom-
" The adver-
pnsiieu, vruo
tlsement was answered by bis divorced
wife, tbey were reconcueu, u
remarried. Who says advertising does
not pay?
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Kfnston nresents a strange and para- '
doxlcal spectacle. It is growing more
rapidly than almost any other town In
the state. Tbe selling price ot Its real
..i.i.i....imnnif the clouds. Jet
Its taxable valuation Is practically where
. ..1 1 Tbi fit sx
It w
&g wbeii you couia uuj v -
v 4. a t .
song
Bee anything wrong niwu
,'s going to be a costly reckt nlng
The
ire'i
some
j- itmi. VIi.Htan teens lc oar
some un. "w
about Us Increa&lDg wealth other towns
brag
about It. Usien w vuib.
rham, N. C J?' ?tf?r'
Woo
.1 ward, city tiers, ana u. n.
lev.
is nswlittant, are DT Corapuvi
the ta
.xesfor tne cuy. " ' ; j " "
tlirntrrn. t! Vhl.i .'.'31 " I'1'
not
Is ov
mill!
.. i . ,. l ... t. r. It wt.I be
eeveraJ days L lore t 4 proof sheets ot
tLec
imr.it tut.i wi'.i te rea-V.
n "."-on dVars Tt.Iuaf.on ana ire
a tban doU ' t'.e size of Kinston,
r.3 r-'.'.'.' n T;;i:!in!
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w'.:b
xrfl Aran's r--t r
, to he fi ifto tb iho. V
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