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STREET TALK II BUSY IIXSTOH
John. Holloman was before Mayor
Webb this mornlDgrchars"5 wlib vlolat
tag section 1 of ' ordinance 8,1a, being
drank and using vulgar and .profane
language on the street and on conviction
wm fined f 3 and coats, which amounted
la all to $5 85.
Rosa Satton was up also for the same
TfilMS SeeO alia liearil 4M unlieD offsns and received the same treatment.
Up by Industrious Reporters.
Geo. Albert Phimps, Abe Mason and
buls Fierce were charged with secret
i ' . 1 ' 1 ' ' assamc on tne person of Froi. Ii U,
The Tobaeeotown'teani and the other Merritt with Intent to kill, bat for cause
Kinston players will' play a series i the case was continued until Saturday
three games for the championship of morning at 10 o'clock,' and defendants
Kinston and Lenoir county, vine first placed under bond. This Is a serious
game will be piayea weanesuay i wwr- anair and Is the outc;me of a factional
noon. ' ' . XV' ? '' '"" . v " j fight among the colored people In regard
Prof. E. J. Manning, president pi the I to Merrltt'e position as prlncrpalof the
Paulina, nhriatian collesre ol. Ayden. will I colored graded school. ? He has charm
make an address at the picnic at River-1 of the school building and was locking It
side church, Craven county, next Jfriday. up lass nignt preparatory to going to
A large crowd will be present from th? bed when he was attacked by these peo
section around Gdfton. pie, Md forced to run for bl lif.The
i Ui- Jnt.n Rrker a tinner of Danville. affalnst Merritt Is high among his
Va., who Is here working on the Imperial PP1 and .1
Tobacco company'sbulldlng tell from the MB011 whom are some pt the better class
second stoiy of the building Sunday of colored people, who greatly deplore
night and was seriously hurt, i Barker " occurred last Blghl'fTMs
Wn. in thebuildimr. In tbemlddle part ! decidedly tfa wrong way to settle the
. flnn, thBr. I a lariM onen- dlspnte between them and should meet
V .www , ,--m--r t.L M x . .
Ins toft for ths elevator, Whils trying to J'.hw, " " punwnmeni, we
make his wav to his cot In one oner of defendants are guilty as charged. In the
the room In the darkness Barker stepped
AM t-Mm nnan mnaM and fell thrOtiffb.
VU tMW WU.W WVVw - . V " J,' , a. '
It was thought last night i that he was b&tb. Mooouen Dead.
nearly dead but at noon today be seems , A telegram was received this afternoon
to be getting along pretty well.; Be was I by Mr. L. McCullen annonnvlng the news
warrant.
braised up pretty badly .though ho bones jot the death of his mother, Mrs. Arcena
werebrbken.v:!1,J:::"t 'i;r::KlKf' Mcuuuea, at Ashiana, va., this morning,
ZJ ' L. ''t2 tiM in the advanosd age of years. The
v Ther!hTeTO?!!1!",'1.! 6Idercltfe. of Wnston will remember
oi tiie couuvj .... , We la tbto place and removed to Blch-
oraay anrnooa "V' mond about ten years agto lfvs with
after adjournment was one of which the I . , . . r ...
bis papers to the big cities would boast
It was metropolitan. Journalism of the
most approved sort. Satisfaction Js felt
In the la:t that U was mors Ires of errors
than la osual In such rash mw& Ye
where there are many more men to ac
complish the work.' ; In lact the only
error of anv account was the In ad vert-
ant use of the words '"executive com
mlttee" In the Introductory, which was
one of those slips which men make and
can offer no excuse of explanation for. ,
Tobacco Is selling so high on the Kins
ton market that - soma good honest
farmers actually think .they are robbing
her son Bryant, who Is a successful insur
ance agent in that city.
Mrs. McCullen leaves four sons, who
are all well known In . KInston vis:
Bryant of Richmond, with whom she
lived,. Oscar of "Baltimore, Md.; Rev.
Alpheus of Oxtord,'N. C, and Lafayette,
who lives in this place. ' The remains
will be brought to Klnston.on tomor
row's 4:32 train' and the funeral will
take place immediately after at the ceme
tery. ;, - "
. . Bright Proapeots.
The trustees of the Atlantic Christian
TUB FREE F?iSS
18 OUT OF IT
SICK kU TIRED OF THE SCHOOL ROW
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Decided
Editors
and Publishers So
' ' TMs Morning.
the buyers and warehousemen, il met H tb
does look that way, but fhe truth Js1 ws fB were present-Messrs. J J Harper,
have the finest facilities, largest and best
' wasehouses and warehousemen and the
largest and strongest corps ot buyers of
any market In North Carolina, if not the
world. -. Many believe" Elusion will sell
moro tobacco than Wilson this year,
' the sales are not counted. This Is not as
. big talk as It sounds. We hopr every
. farmer within 500 miles of Kinston will
i bring or send their tobacco to Kinston
which is undoubtedly the biggest and
; best bright leaf tobacco market in North
Carolina, and If the tobacco warehouse
men and buyers and all the business peo
pie of every part of town will join the
Chamber of Commerce and all pull to
gether for Kinston and the Kinston to
bacco market we honestly believe that In
' ' two yeart we will have not only the best
but the largest looser leaf : tobacco
market in the world. , This , Is ...big talk,
. but The Free Press Is not in the habit of
talking otherwise than facts Justify, and
facts more tharf justify every assertion
made above. f
TOBACCO SALES. '
The sales today at the warehouses
were decMedly larger than usual for Mon
day, about 75,000 pounds belDg offered.
This Is as it should be, for it Is manifestly
to the farmer's advantage to bring his
tobacco to market on Monday, It conve
nient for him to do so, for reasons de
scribed in The Free Press recently. Prices
ru!od away up today, no Inferior grades
be!rg oftered,' judging by the prices ob
tt.'. ied, which wereextremelysat'a'actory,
Zing from 8o to 40c. W'UIe the w&t
emea ia no sense .object to lara
As, they all concur la the opinion
t It la greatly to the farmer's ad
tr -9 to brinj his tobacco to rr- ' it
'.,8 e !y f url cf t!;e we k ii coavei.l- j
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nearby fan. ,',nf.
: f-ra,"y try to
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J. 8. Basnight, E. A. Move, C R. Tuns-
tall, of Kinston, J. W. Hlnes and . B. W,
Arnold, from out of town, and Geo.
Hackney,' Joseph Klnsey and Ren B. H.
Meltof , resident trustees. It was an en
thuslastlo meeting and the prospects for
a big: opening " were thoroughly can
vassed. We have It from headquarters
that 1f is certain every inch of room In
the college building will be taken and
that rooms in town will be needed to
provide for the student body. Dr. Cog
gins has just finished a most thorough
canvass, lie is in the city and any one
desiring to see him about the school can
find him at the college buildlng.-i-WUson
Tim. '-.:; : ;v" .
The Feee Peess rooms are too Crowded
with vast quantities of all kinds of papers
and envelopes. 1 We are desirous of reduc
ing stock and will make especially low
prices on very big lots ot printing. If you
need any printing In 10,000, 25,000
50,000 or 100,000 lots.give ne an op. rw,
liuinuujijr tuiiguni wiw jruu.
The Free PreM Decline to Farther Airvr
tlae to the World that Kinston la Torn
; Asnader hy Internecine Strife Over fo
Small a Hattr It la Hnrtina' the Fair
Name of the City. -.
Notwfthstandingltsefforts to be strict
lyfalr and fmpartial.fault has been found
with The Free Prose on both sides. Its
effort to determine by ballot which side
has a majority has been met with an an
tagonistic spirit, ths motives of the per
sonal work of Mr. W, S. Herbert have
been impugned, every move to bring about
peace and harmony has failed.-. The feel'
lng is deeper and the fight more bitter
this morning than evr. The internecine
strife Is giving the city an objectionably
and damaging reputation and is killing
the possibility of needed public improve
ments. ' - ' '
The editors and publishers held a' con
sultation this morning and decided to
drop the matter, entirely, to withdraw
the ballot and to offer no further sug
gestions and give no more opinions, to
print only ne ws concerning the moves
and plays that may hereafter be made
and that briefly and without color. In
line with this decision Mr. W. S. Herbert
announces that he will take no further
personal interest In the matter.
i cms ngncmuss go on inaenniwiy is
should be kept within the confines of the
town." If Kinston has citizens who are
fcent on rule or ruin, The Free Press will
no longer help them by advertising the
fact to the world
The opening of The Free Frees ballot
had the effect of bringing about a deter
mination to have the committee do Its
work as expeditiously as possible and to
an " m t it j-va
caii anniner special meeting oi ins unam
hsr of Commerce to hear the report. I Mr. R. J". Barrel returned this morning
A joint meeting ot the trustees and the to Parmele.
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TIL1ELY TOPICS
'. MSELY TREATED.
SUMMER
GAYETY
BAR; HARBOR. WHERE THE
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The season at Bar Harbor is just now at floodtlde. The celebrated Maine
resort is crowded with notables and dignitaries, both domestic and forelcn.
The, expected vlsl bf Lady Cunott, vice relne of India, to the summer home
of her mother, Mrs. Leiter, will mark the climax of the season, while such
I effalr as jacht regattas, plngpong tournaments and the visit of warships,
, aerp imngs rrom oeing at an auiL ! Among at many aistlngnlsbed guest
I at ar uarbor are, the Countess passlnv Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gould And the
tsaroa and Baroness Hencelmuller. " .
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Purely ffersonai
& . Items About People
Come and Go
Mr. Carl Harper went to Wilson Sun
day., - .
committee is being held this afternoon.'
' Coanty Sapeiinteadenta Oracanlza.
" Hickory, August 16.0ne of the most
important feature rt the great Hickory
educational campaign held here this week
was the organisation ot the Acooclatlon
of County Superintendent of Western
North Carolina, There were nineteen
counties represented at the conference.
The county superintendents met here
J udge O. ; H. Allen went to Goldsboro
this morning. ', , " , .
. Mr. Alpheus ' Hoggins came Saturday
fromTarboro. , ' ' -' .
Miss Lucy Cox went to LsGrange Sun
day morning. ' , ' , ,
Mr. J. F. Coltrane returned thi morn
ing from Trenton. ,
Mr. Joseph Phillip went to LaGrange
their popular and hntiring chief, State Saturday night.
Superintendent Joyner, and in order that Mrs. W. H. Clayton left this morning
they might onlte tbelrefforts In the great for Scotland Neck. '
work of .building up and making more
tar-reaching and beneficial our common
school system, those present came to
gether and organised the Western North
Carolina Association of County Superin
tendents, and officers were elected as foL
lows: President,: S. F. Tenable of Bun
come; vice, presiaenc, k. A. Bentelle ri
Haywood; secretary-treasurer. T. J.
Johnston of Macon.
. It Kebda a Tonio.
There are times when your liver needs
a tonic. Don't give purgatives that gripe
and weaken. De Witt's Little Early Ris
ers expel an poison irom tne system and
act as tonic to the liver. W. Scott, 531
Ulgbland are., Milton. Fa., says: "I have
carried DeWltt's Little Early Risers with
me lor several years and would not be
without them." Small and easy to take
le They never srriDe or
oistres. j. iviiooa. 1 1 f ;
THE WEEUTTLES AT ALIENS.
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Miss Maggie Pittman returned from
Grlfton Saturday .a
Miss Martha Allen went to Goldsboro
Saturday evening. ' ,
Miss Alice Jackson returned from Beau
tort Saturday night.
Dr. Pollock spent a few hours in Dover
Sunday afternoon. . '
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Walls went to Wll
iqn Saturday night. , ;
iff. and Mrs. J. M. Hostetter returned
OBiiuruay truui nuuoiK, va. .
Dr. H, O. Hyatt went to Greenville this
morning on professional business.
MIbs Mayme Dawson' returned this
morning from visiting at Goldsboro;
Mrs; A. R Miller left this morning for
Seven Springs to recuperate her, health
Mr. R. Burke left this morning for
northern cities to purchase his fall stock
Mioses Mabel Dixon and Alice Hodges
left this morning to visit In Pitt county.
Mrs. R.. M. Starkey of GreeftvilJe Is
visiting her daughter, Mrs., Kleber Den
mark. '
Misses Helen Moore and Kate Jackson
went to Beaufort Sunday to -visit for a
week. f vri.--r, t -
Mr. F. C. Dunn left tor New York- city
Sunday morning, to be gone about a
week. -' : ' ---, ,
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Raoney left last night
on a short business trip t? ewidrk
city. ' 'J
Utile Misses Gertrude and Elizabeth
Midjetle returned Saturday from visiting
In Greenville.
Mr. Ben Staikey of Greenville came
Satnrchy to spend a few da s at Mr.
Kk ! rlYnr'ark's. :
I'r. S ;!o';h Einstein left Sunday morn
leg f r V a northern cities topurchase the
fu.Il el .,( k for Einstein Bros. ;
r. f 1 Mrs. XT. B. Lane came up Sun
dayUvL't at Mr. W. H. Cobb's, llr.
. Mr. and Mr. 8. H. Abbott and son
Lunsford, returned this morning from
an extended stay at Princess Ann, Mary
land. ( ,
; Rev, Q. N. Co ran left this morning to
conduct a meeting at Roper, Washington
county. He will return in time to preach
8nndy at hi church.
Mis Nellie Murray, who bad been visit
ing Misses Daisy and Edith Oettlnger,
left thi inornlng returning to her home
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Mr. B. W. Hatcher come Saturday,
pent the night wlth-Dr. H. D. Harper
and left Sunday morning- for " Seven
Spring, where his wlfs is staying for her J you f if yon are true to your townsmen,
neaun. ' . they wlUU bound to yon..
, Mrs. W.H.Farley, who had beea visit I , '
rtVlki . ; . J " ' opinion with our neighbors, give them
teU this morning returning to her home mdlt wUh Jng M n08neBt
. t- - f T self are.
Aa Infant Monstrosity. . I ,
' Rocky Monnt, Ang.16. A monstrosity I Every citizen is under a moral obllga-
like Millie-Christine or the Siamese twins I tion to advance with scrupulou care and
was brought to Rocky Mount todaj by I fidelity every proper requirement of
Dr. W. P; Mercer, of Edgecombe. It, or I those In official .position in the comma-
thfiV. WftS thttAnuA bnAv or hhilfaa nf InifiV. ' '
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Snort Local Stories, Editsrial Fates.
The best friend any man ha is his own
conscience. ' .-".."
There are some men on whom praise
has no effect. -
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Sadden wealth Is very apt tojmake a
a man foolishly profuse. ; , ,
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Economy Is simply the art of getting
the worthjof your money. ' 'i, :
v Patience is more frequently the result
of numbne than of principle. .
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Try and understand your neighbors;
don't let them cultivate yon. . ' ' " '
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Nothing I reallyjworth worklrg for
that 1 not worth struggling for.
People who say nothing can offend as
deeply as people who say too much.
There I only one thing which win a
battle, and that 1 straight shooting.
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; It Is very difficult to find a man who
noes not xeei aoov nis condition in me.
There are plenty of people laxy enonah
todie,bnt not quite dead enough to bury.'
Time Is a grateful friend; nee it well
and It never fails to mnkea suitable re
turn. ' ' -
A good citizen I neither ashamed nor
afraid to talk up the advantage of hi
own place.
The citizen who proves hi faith by his
fight for ths right 1 on. i " i c
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' If yon serv the cJtythe dty will serve
oaoy or oaDiee, tne oospring of a negro
woman whose color 1 between ginger
cake and black, while her ; husband is a
mulatto. The infant had one ' trunk,
two heads, four arms and four legs. One
pair of arms came from the shoulders,
the other pa'r behind them, while the ex
tra pair of legs' were to the side of th or- j
dinary position of the first pair, v The
Editing 4 paper Is a nice thing. If we
publish joke people say we are rattle-'
brained. It we don't we are fossils. It we
publish original matter they say we don't
give them enough selections. If we give
them selections they say we are too lazy
to write. If we don't goto church we
are heathen ; if we do we are hypocrites.
face were fully developed, and each be! If w wmaln th offlc6 w on to
isroa nn.AMn irl h K O f . linn fnn. wa I
was covered with hair. One face was of
the pronounced negro type, while the
6tber was a bright mulatto.
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out and hustle for news Items. If we go
out then we are not attending to boel-
ness. : If we wear old clothe they laugh
at. us. II we wear good clothe they say
we have a pall. Now, what are we to
do? Likely as not Home one will say we
stole this from an exchange, and so we
did. i. - , ..-
SOULLESS PRAYERS,
COTTOIIJAGGIWO.
The extravagant use of bagging 'and
ti s by many gtnners and cotton planters
fur several years ha been a source' of
Contention which has finally culminated
in an agreement of the various cotton 1 1 do not like to hear him orav
buyer's associations In the south' to de-1 Who loans at twenty five per cent.
t fe n .r.. in K.in. I For then I think the borrowers mav
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It has been conceded that .It m K,"".1'"wb? .r.W 'f ?wana rent,
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bagging and six ties .is the legitimate
quantity for a standard square bale of
cotton, and circulars have been Issued by
a majority of buyers, that should tile 1 1 do not like to hear him nrav.
bagging and ties exceed the Quantity -Jt alng on the widow be,
nanlfiAA AaAnotlna l flff.nt-'. t,.U I " "O'ne IO say,
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one book we all should heed.
Which says the lender shall be blessed.
As sure as I havs eyes to read, ' - !
It does not say take Interest.
or an amount to cover the excess will ' be
Lrer ' 1 la the affernoon. ,
" ?SorL'.i and Moses Einstein
i" cyl ' " ' from Golvl boro to
nd 1 1 ' " J v!;h Mrs. S. Einstela.
"r;-r and T-ortlia Davis,
it " -: -- . :.r.:.,.y t-j iontw lity.
made. . ., -. -1 '
In order that the farmers In this and
adjoining counties may not suffer
any loss and that this evil may be cor
rected, thty are advised to conform to
the recognized merchantable bale having
six yards of bag-gingand six ties. The
uae of second band bapgirar and evmr
sacks shonld be discontinued. Sui'h
undoubtedly is the cause ot much cotton
b?inardaniBTed and also detracts from
the f on 1 e; rarance of the bale, and
Fm ra':y is the cause rifalarpr quantity
till ..;-?!.! rar uj'.i than is dsuable.
i.cn abroad and at borne often bii-
1 k to Lnrers th anionnt of excess
L ; ?Brit!es. The planters and g'.n
- - !'..-rfore are uri?cd tn corsform to
re'jnirenintsestiWIh'td tbrouphout the
south n.n-1 thus avoi i the Vm. Tlie three
f' j lu.;Jr?1 double h(als and side
f'"', Pr ex-.-e:-"ngt oljet'tlonaj.le and
If want overtakes von Come to me.
I bafe the prayer so long and loud,
That offered for the orphan's weal
By htm who sees tbem crushed by wrong.
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aDu oniy wiiu nis ipgs aoes leeu
I do not like to hear him pray
un bended knees abont an hour.
For grace to spend aright the day,'
Who knows his neighbor has ni flonr.
I had rather see htm go to mill
And bny nis Incxless brother bread.
And see his children eat their fi'J
And Iangh beneath their humble shed.
I do not like to hear her pray,
Wltn leweled ears an 1 si.ken dress.
Whose washer woman toils all day
And then Is asked to work for less.
Soh pious shavers I depptpe, ,
1th lowed arms and f.vre de mnre
Tbey lift to heaven their ejea.
And steal the earnings of ihe poor.
I do not li'.e Piich sou'l.'ss j m v( rs;
If wrora: I ho; to te for ?v, i,
A" ante's w ir'j.th'-m cpwfir lie -a,
Tbey are lott a niilon ir, ' frt-m 1 vt n.