; PUBLISHED EERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDKY,
VOL. V. NO. 142. KINSTON, N. 0, SATUBDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1902. . PRICE TWO CENTS
OLD HORTH STATE
11EYS A11D GOSSIP
ODD AID UTERES H1PPEIIKGS.
New Ben's Crack Military Company.
New Bern. Sept. ll.Col T, H. Bain,
. Inspector general of the North Carolina
State guarde, was la the city lait night
' ' and Inspected the New Bern division of
the naval reserves. . CoL Bain Bays, this
division is on of the beet equipped com
panys In the stats. , He alao compli
mented the division for their selection of
;" a valuable and efficient staff of officers.
The armory is well equipped with the
beet and latest apparataa for gymnasium
work; also a comfortable reading room,
r a moveable stage for entertainments and
: ,a choral hall Twenty males and females
compose the choral club.
-' . :f Another Rape Fiend. 7
. Goldsboro. Sept. 10. Sheriff f Scott
went op to Fremont at noon today and
brought back,to the city this afternoon
and confined in jail a negro named Fred
Tick, who last night, In Great Swamp
r township, committed a desperate assault
and outrage upon a respectable colored
married woman on the plantation of Mr.
Barnes Aycock, while her husband
. absent. It is a capital offense, but the
. condition of the woman ' la so critical
that she cannot appear as a witness at
this term of court, consequently. Vick
. . will have to remain in jail until the
' November term.'
, Goldsboro' Street Fair. .
Goldsboro, Sept. 11. The Elks street
fair will begin on -Monday, the 6th of
October, and will continue dally until
. the 10th. There will be tventy different
shows around the court-house and on
Walnut street The voting J contests
over the most ; beautlnl young lady, la
Goldsboro and the baby shows are ex
pected to be among the leading features.
There will be barbecues and other social
entertainments for visiting Elks, as well
as a handsoms prize for the visiting con
tingent of Elks whoiare the best uniform'
ed, and who put up the greatest drill.
Brain and Brawn at A. and M.
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- ' Raleigh Post: . There Is brain and
brawn enough at the A. & M. college
almost to turn the state over. The
oldest inhabitant of Raleigh ; has never
seen such a sight. The boys have come
In by every train all the week large,
splendid specimens of manhood, with
strong, honest faces, full of hope and
determination. "We have come, Father
, Winston, '450 strong," is the song they
are now singing. Soon it will be 1,000,
It la only a matter of time, buildings
and equipment. .
A Serlons Chargre.
Durham Herald: W. C Rogers, of
Henderson, who c ame here , on the ex
cursion from Loulaburg yesterday, is in
the city lock-up nnder a serious charge,
He is charged with assault with intent
-. to commit rape. In default of a one
thousand dollar bond he was locked-up
- last night. The complaint that caused
the arrest of Rogers was made by Miss
Novella and Miss Nellie Mooney, two
sisters. They have Identified Rogers and
he seems to be in a bad scrape.
An Effffatraordinary Feart.
- trreensboro Telegram: Two young
men participated in an egg-eating con
test Tuesday in a cafe near the depot.
The man that ate the most eggs was to
be the winner, the other man footing the
bill for both. , One ate forty-three and
the other forty-four.
Attendance Breaks All Record. ;
Davidson, Sept. 11. The attendance
at the opening of Davidson college last
week broke all records. The college
dormitories are all full, and thirty-five
students have been placed in private
residences in the village.
One Lllnuto Interview.
Mr. G. V. Cowper, one of Elnston's I
brightest young lawyers, told a Free
Tress reporter that "the laws of North I
Caro"aa are entirely too lax in regard
to nmAioos prosecution. If I have
personal ep'te e-a'.nst a mai, and war
rant him for some Livo'oug alTair which
iBnottCti!aeJ by tLe court, tioch
the cost of tbe ee'Joa fIl on e, wtkh
la not alwey t'.e c- Vs or'y r ' i
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pacts in;fcw lines
, Worcester, Mast has a new art mu
seum. -
- Natives In the Punjab have taken to
pingpong. ' ;.
A skeleton dug up in Texas has an
eight inch jaw.
A young white thrush with pink eyes
has been caught at Ipswich. -
Eight samples of lemonade analyzed
at Leeds, England, have been found to
contain lead poison.
Two perfectly formed chickens have
been hatched out of a double yolked
egg at Saltaah, Cornwall - :
Of London's 12,000 - hansoms 1,205
had a slip of some kind last jar. The
method of road watering is blamed.
Mosquitoes have appeared at Hack
ney and Clapton, London, and many
children and adults have received pain
ful stings. 1 ..- " . u ' , ,
There will be a delay of seven or
eight months In the, opening of the
Simplon tunnel, which was originally
fixed for May If, 1904.,
Dunedln, New Zealand, now - pos
sesses a; public house trust organized
on similar . lines to that established
by Earl Grey In England.
; Ceres games, instituted in 1314 to
celebrate the return of the Ceres men
from Bannockburn, were celebrated re
cently in Fifeshire, Scotland.
' A bowling green provided for by the
profits of a Gotbenberg system public
bouse (saloon) at Kelty, Flfeshlre.
Scotland, waa recently opened.
- When the millionth 'visitor passed
through the turnstile at the Ousseldorf
exhibition, - he was presented with "a
valuable gold watch and chaini
Prince' Charlie's tartan cloak, which
he, wore during the rebellion In 1745,
is now being exhibited In a tailor's
window at Pitlochry, Perthshire. ? :
Several coffins and a large quantity
of "human bonest haf been, unearthed
in the plot of land outside King's Col
lege hospital, Lincoln's Inn, , London. ?
An apparatus which when attached
to any kind of firearm does away with i
all noise, flash or smoke on its dis
charge has been invented by a French
officer. " - '
Tailors in Pretoria are so busy in
consequence of an unusually brisk de
mand for frock coats that they cannot
take any more orders for Immediate
delivery, v. v s-;f ; -i Jvwv :
"Burnt ale," the liquid refuse from
the manufacture of Scotch wldsky, has
been used with great success. In the
Glenllvet district this year as a soil
fertilizer.
An authority on the orchid mays an
amateur cultivator often falls not so
much through want of attention, but
through overattention and a disregard
of nature and ber laws.
Georgia is the peach state of the
Union,' bavlng 7,660,000 peach bearing
trees. Next is Maryland, with 4,015,-
000; then New Jersey, with 2,700,000,
and Delaware, with 2,400,000.
The final estimate of the wheat crop
of India for the season of 1901-2, re
cently given out by the statistical de
partment of the government of India,
gives the yield as 6,000,000 tons of
2240 pounds.
Lily Langtry will visit Nevada some
time this year to look after the devel
opment of valuable mining property
she owns there. She is said to own
one or the richest gold ledges ever
found in the west.
A reduction by 41,000 of the total
number of cattle In Great Britain is
not, on the total herd of nearly 7.000,-
000, of much .statistical Importance,
but it gives the first check to the prog
ress year by year since 1804.
The agricultural book of the North
west Territories shows that in- four
years the production of wheat has in
creased from 5,542.478 bushels to 12,
808.447 bushels, and of oats .from
8,040,307 bushels to 0,710,132 bushels.
THE WEELITTLESJN ROME.
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A SCHEOE THAT
WILL HOT WORK
WEST TfiTIIfG TO "DO" THE 80DTH
Furniture Manufacturers Decline to be
Drawn Into a Trap. . '
Onr Growing Buataea It Becoming (Men.
aoe to the Fwraltare Mannfaetarlac In-
t areata of tan West and Thej Attempt to
XIe,tT V Sonthem Manafactnren
Com)lnlK to 8taad Torether. '
' A letter from Durham to the Charlotte
Observer gives some informatlonexplaia
Ing why it was that a combine of the
southern furniture manufacturers has
been proposed,1 It seems that for some
time the northwestern furniture manu.
facturers have been endeavoring to form
combination with our southern fac
tories, competition from which waa be:
coming a serious problem with the west
era factories. The proposition was that
the southern factories go Into the com- "
bins and curtail production, which prac
tically meant that some of the factories
now In operation must susoend and no !
new ones be built Our southern factory
men couldn't see it, didn't propose to tie
a stone Die that around their necks, and
they were threatened with war, and to
be better able to meet this by presenting
a united front and fighting together tie
combine wss proposed
' This is the statement , of the case as
coming from ' a reliable source," prob
ably fien. Carr,' who is ' interested In a
furniture factory in Durham, and has
been asked to manage the combine. Ac
cording to this writer there are J46 fur
niture factories in the south (North Car
olina leading, which do a business of
18,000,000 a year. ,
- Without expressing any opinion on ths
merits of this movement, of which we
know nothing save what we have beard,
we commend the level-headed . action . of
the furniture men in refusing to tie them
selves to the northwestern i combine.
With the advantages they have in abund
ant and comparatively cheap timber, and
the progress they have made in finding
markets for their goods In other states,
it would have been stupid folly to form
such an entangling alliance and pnt
themselves In the power of men whose
only motive in seeking the" alliance was
to stop the competition that has become
a serious matter with them.
What is true of southern furniture fac
tories is true of all southern industrial
enterprise. They have nothing to gain
but much to lose by outside alliances.
Hi rife Saved by Chamberlain' Colic,
cnoiera ana Uiarrnoea Itewody.
"B. L.Byer. a well known eooner
this town, says he believes Chamberlain'
Colic, Cholera and . Diarrhoea Remedy
saved his life summer. He had been sict
for a month with what the doctor calls
billons dysentery, and could getting to
oo mm any gooa nntw ne tried this rem.
ldy. It gave him immediate relief," B. T
Little, merchant, Had cock, Md. For
sale by J. E. Hood.
Tas FBEBpBESsrobmsaretoocrowded
with vast quantities of all kinds of papers
ana envelopes, we are desirous ot reduc
ing stock and will make especially low
prices on very Dig lots or printing. II you
need any printing in 10,000, 25,000
50.000 or 100,000 lots give us an op-
porpumcv to ngure witn yon.
Merchandise En velopes have been ad ded
to the materials carried in stock bv Tbk
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i - Charles W. Gates, son of the steel
the old block. , Not only is he quite as
father, but he has recently figured in
own hook. He is a good sized young
which is made from a snapshot taken recently at Saratoga. One of ths
ladles In the group is bis wife. -
BAD MAN DONE TJp,
Negro Fired Barn. Knocked Ourer
Z Down, Waa Bcwerarly Cut TJp.
Yesterday morning about daybreak
Mr, J. 3. Gilllcan, who was curing a barn
ol tobacco for Mr.' Alex Sutton na
Falling Creek, left the barn for a few
minutes to ring the farm bell to wake np
the workmen on the since, when on
glancing back at the barn be discovered
it was afire. He ran quickly to the
barn and was impressed from theclrcum.
stances that the fire was of incendiary
origin, as it was up above the flues and
appeared as if someone had opened the
door and struck a match to the dry to
bacco.
He saw Columbus Gray, colored,
abort distance from the barn, and owing
to some differences that had occurred
between Gray and his landlord, Mr,
R. Sutton, Mr. Gillican suspected Gray
of having set fire to the barn. He charged
Gray with It, but got no satisfactory
answer, In fact Gray's assertion that
man should so live that he would be in
no danger of having his property burned,"
led him to more strongly suspect Gray
of the incendiary act While they were
talking about the fire Mr. Ed Button,
Mr. Alex Sutton's elder son, came up
and asked Gray if he was not going to
work. Gray replied that he was not
g)lDgto haul wood, and Sutton told
blm that if he didn't work as they
wanted him to, he would have to get
oil the place, and givB the house to some
body that would work. Gray and Sut
ton, got in a dispute and Gillican stepped
into prevent them from fighting and
was knocked down with a stick by
Gray, whereupon Gilllcan got up, took
out his knife and stabbed Gray in the
left side, and also in several other places.
Gray though badly cut. will probably
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Columbus Gray has a pretty bad rep
utation in the section where he Jives,
and will be remembered In Kinston for
his attack on yemg Clarence Bond at
his father's market , last summer, . In
which Gray was pretty badly used up
by Clarence with a knife. ;
TREE TO OVB EKADER3.
Botanic Blood Bitter for the Blood.
If you tuZdT from ulcers, ecsma, scrof
ula, blood poison, cancer, eating sores
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magnate, la proving himself a chip of
fond of sporting recreations as is his
several big speculative deals on his
man, as yon may see In this picture,
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Will Solve Problem. '
A company haa been organized In
London which is expected to solve once
and for all the eating problem as it
faces the bachelor and the servantless
household. This company guarantees
to send a hot meat anywhere, at any
time, at a moderate cost tbe dinper to
be as good as can.be got in any of the
first class restaurants. Not only is the
dinner sent, but with it goes a complete
table service silver, glass and nnpery.
The idea in itself is not particularly
new, but the pries for which It is done
is surprisingly small. A dinner for
one, comprising soup, entree, roast and
sweet, is sent out for 2 shillings. Break
fast costs a shilling and lunch a shil
ling and sixpence, ' The company uu-
aertaices to supply all tne meals or a
household at a, guinea per week for
each one. It has a central kitchen.
where the food is prepared, and spe
cially constructed baskets, so nrranged
that the hot dishes will stay hot and
the cold dishes cold.
i Where" Newspaper Are Scarce.
in raruguay tuere is a utile com
munistic colony known as the Cosmo
colony, , which was founded serf rn!
years ago by an enthusiastic, band of
Australian socialists. After many
hardships and privations the colony is
now in such a flourishing condition
as to boast a newspaper of its own
culled the Cosmo Monthly. Tlie man
ner In which news Is dispensed to .tb
colonists Is interesting. : A horn is
blown, generally twice, with half an
hour's gathering time between. The
colonists assemble and the reader for
the occasion gives out his news, which
consists of Interesting' Items selected
from the latest weekly papers and dis
patches from the Asuncion daily pa
per, which the colonists receive twie
a week.
A Roafa to South Afrlc.'
A rush of emigrants from Australia
to South Africa has set in and is wor
rying the authorities of the common
wealth of the southern seas. The Mel
bourne papers strongly deprecate the
exodus, declaring that the emigrants
are largely those whom Australia can
least afford to lose laborers, artisans,
farm bands, etc.. Applicants for per
mits to emigrate have to prove them
selves possessed of a minimum of $100.
The requirement, together with the
expense of the voyage, is an obstacle
to the poor in purse, but adventurous in
spirit, who usually flock to gold coun
tries. The result Is that ships from
Australia are suffering- from a plague
of stowsways. New York Tribune.
Hovel Life Savta Appararaa.
If all that Is claimed for the new life
iavlrg apparatus constructed by a Ge
neva citizen be true, we may expect
that In the near future no wrecks,
however disastrous, will have a fatal
Issue. The novel arraratus Is con
tracted after tie manner of a diving
t, cf wtlcb the lo.-s are we!cttcd.
It U re- " r.: 1 go t'jcvant with a'r
" f t 1 ' -f V e 1 oiy remair.s
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TOBACCO SALES.
Oifbrd Tobacco Mark.
CPublklLsdger: Our .tobacco market
la reaching out lor pinnacle pnesa on au
grades of tobacco, as the sale at our
flva'warehouaes will prove to those who
follow the sales. It Is no ordinary thing
for farmera to receive from f 20 to 60
for good tobacco, Mr. Zack Lyon, of
the , Johnson warehouse reached . the ,
$60 mark Friday. It was oca of the
llveet daye our market has etjoytd this
season. Farmers will make bo mlstaks
by selling their tabacco Jon the- Oxford
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8mltfcfieldBreak( ItaTobaeeotRreord.
' Smlthfleld Herald: Last Friday waa a
record breaker on the Smlthfleld tobacco
market. The floors of all three of tha
large warehouses ber were full to over-
i flowing and a second sale had tolbs had
More money was turned loot ber that
day than aver before in the history of
the town. Th lowest eetimatto! the
quantity of tobacco aold ber was 125,.
000 pounds. Ths price were very high
and theifarmersjwere well pleased.
BMelfttBreaaitaIlecord.
News and Observer. Yesterday's to
bacco break broke all records. All agreed
that it was the largest tobacco sale aver
held in Raltlgh. Considerably more than
100,000 pounds were sold on the floors
of the warehouses, and even then many
wagonajloads had to be leftover to be
sold today.
-Wllaon'iIBIa- Bale.
Wilson, Sept. 18. Up to date there ha
been aold on this market over alx million
pounds of tobacco and prices continue
high.
Story of am Army Mala.
There is or was an army mule a pen
sioner of the United States tradition
says that army mules are mortal,
hence tha doubt as to tense. But this
mule, Mexique, was ordered to be sold
at Mount Vernon barracks, Alabama, in
1883. i He had been at the post a long
time and had grown gray In the serv
ice, having an honorable record in
the Mexican war, and the officers at
Mount Vernon asked the quartermas
ter general -to-rt4 ki to. till the end
I of his days. This application, signed
by William A. Kobbe, then an artil
lery "lieutenant, and Indorsed by a
dozen proper; ''military:. authorities, In
cluding General Hancock and Gener-
i al Sherman, is on record at Washing
ton. - How the white . mule's record
grew in honor with successive Indorse
ment may be seen from the command'
ing general's letter:
I have seen that mule, and, whether
true or falne, the soldier believe It was
left at the Big spring, where Mount Ver- ,
nan barracks now are, at the time Gen
eral Jackson army enmped there, about
1819-20, Tradition eay it was once a or-
rel, but now it ia white from ag.
Th quartermaster department Will be
ehargreable with Ingratitude if that mule
la sold or the care end maintenance of It
thrown on the charitable, officers of the -post
I advise that it be kept In the de
partment, fed and maintained till death. .
; W. T. SHERMAN. ".
J. 8. I think that mule waa at Fort
Slornao, Mobile point, when I was there
in 1812...: :, . .. . W. T. 8. : ..
The secretary of war finally direct
ed "that this mule be kept and well
rared for at public expense as long as
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tarceat fleorlnff Board la the World.
This great scoreboard, the largest in
the world, is on the cricket grounds in
Sydney, . Australia, which will hold
without elbow touching 49,000 specta
tors and upon which up to the present
time 73f,000 has been expended.
When the grounds are packed with
visitors, and they usually are, 38,000
being the average number that usually ;
gather when a good cricket game is
scheduled in Sydney, the figures on the
great board can be easily read by ev
ery spectator that skirts the huge circle
where the game is played.
The board is something like 25 feet
In height and over 70 in length.
The numbers are huge. They ar
painted on thick calico and worked on
rollers. The names are also on calico.
fitted on frames and let into openings
sized to hold them. It takes three ma
to operate this largest scoring board
In the world, but so perfect Is its con
struction it takes but, two minutes to
change its entire score.
Call It Blaff.
Th shad ha a thousand bones
And the oyster none, ''
But the oyster shell out pearla
And th shad not one.
Chicago Tribun.
Scarcity of Gut,
City Sportsman nave you seen anv.
thing worth shooting at around here?
Farmer well, no; not till you came.
Somerville Journal.
Ob Here.
TV' strsnire, eternal cruel fact
V i'-l s:i whpn all cf ua are Ft;'!:
There's always one fly left in te tw"i.
ho mattr bow mai;y you k 1.
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