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i i i i i i i i i I Ererj Good Id RESS THE WEATHER: Continued local show- t ' la a stepping stone to T wealth. , T ere and cooler. I It-I I I I I'll I I I i t i I I I ' 1 I I 4 - V . ' PUBLl"SHeD' EiZERY : HFTERNOON J EXCEPT SUNDRY. - ; ' " KENSTON, N, C., MONDAY, SE?TEIBER 16. 1602. PRICE TWO CENTS aajjL-' 4 - ' ' fi - t ; X ' 1! HE . BaSL? BtEi jyi.t....'ii J. "'.'.'1 : j ;.' 'jj ?".'' .''.l.flf .'i.M'i ? V ,i ' OLD WORTH STATE HEWS AND GOSSIP ODD AHD IITERESTI5G H1PPEHMGS. SHORT STATE 8 TORIES. North Wllkesboro Bustler: ' Jo John son, of Dockery neighborhood, fell a vie tim to new brandy Saturday morning and died, after indulging In a considera ble quantity. Be was about 50 years old and leaves a wife and several-grown children.- 1-5 t?,y - ; i s 5 Elteabeth. 5 City! 'Economist:! if News cuu, kuw - to the effec hat iae crop, . vested throughout the district. r . , ' Eocky Mount Spokesman; The! changed condition of the cotton crop In North Carolina tor the past four or five weeks is another Ul'ustration of how pleean be deceived in their flons. Six week ago the prospect was good tor the finest cotton crop for years, but now the general eetimato is toi mlatt crop. ' Asheville Cltdsen: .Tax reports for the year will show wonderful growth tcr Asheville. An Increase ol ball a million dollars in taiable property is shown. For the county the amount win be over $800,000. George Vanderbllt j listed . about one quarter of a million more this year than last. Be pays tax now; von 11,200,070 worth of property;! Ble tax amounts annually to $12,007.i Goldsboro Beadlight 1 - The dry weatb- . er has caused cotton to open rapidly. ' Some of the farmers report" tiiore "than one half the-crop open now. vThe to- baceo cropfin this section , is,, the finest ' tor years, hnd with the American and Imperial bidding so iiveiy an. ins oreuii ....... .. 1 . a . 1 the farmers ai in the best ol spirits. The local buyers have ' orders . to buy I heaw regardless of price. thrnatened ln some sections of eastern North.Carolina. The wells of theconntry are dryer than ever before and the North . Eait river much lower ,' The people are turnina their attention, to better water and during this dry wectner many aeep weels are being bored and driven through out the county. The well- known Ken- ansville spring flows less than for many years. -NOTIlJPOUTIOS. ' . Parposea arid Nature ' of the AnU : ' Saloon League. EOITOB FnEffPRBSS. ' ' In mv opinion there has existed in Klnston ah erroneous idea" as to the pnr- pose and Idea of the Anti-8aloon league of North Carolina,' of which the Kinston league is a branch. Hence a careful read ing of the following is invited ' CONSTITUTION OF WORTH CkBOLINA ANTI- 8ALOON LKABok. . Puroose Its nurooee il the abolish ment of the liquor saloon by any and all proper means; the creation and crystali- zatlon or a rignteous puonc sentimenn, and the proper enforcement of all laws gainst the liquor trafflo.i & . f . Nature. The league pledges itself to maintain a strictly mter-denominationai and non-nartlsan attitude, and will avoid afiillatlon with any political party as such. " , ' - Oonstltuencv. AH persons wno are willing to subscribe to the purposes and nature of the league are entitled to mem bership. Departments of Work.There shall be thnse departments of work: First, Agita tlon; second. Legislation; third, law En forcement. . - It has been supposed by some that the league in jnded directly or indirectly to form a political party or nominate candi dates to oppose certain nominees who are, or supposed to be favpr&ble to open saloons. It is plain irom tl.e above tbat it Is not the purpose or witl.In the pro vince of the league to do this. Besides at the last meeting of tbe Kineton lenue a resolution was rv-r.'I to tLe t.".' t that no such effort wou'J be unJert -ien. The Kinston lef ie mptt tor.' .'it at 8 o'clock ia the court hotiso. We invite every citizen who ia opponeJ to t':e wLL !;?y trifllc to be prewot. How h the trn." tie q- . Tieq If r . ; 1 ! 1 t 1 tjle ahoi:t.Lr3? ' f.'r you to i ; 1 1 '. or i y Ah, 1 r It f J. ; Attempted Highway ( Robbery t laftmiii Sentinel; f. Tuesday after noon while Mr, John Field wu carrying the mail on one of the routes from La- Grange, a b'g burly negro stepped ont from the bushes Into the road near Mr. J Fred Fields' realden e and took hold I the home bridle and commanded Mr, Fields to give up what he had.' Mr. Lon Wlgge, who was r'd n with Mr. Fields reaehed back to bis pocket as if he in tended to draw his pistol and .the negro ran. Mr. Fields then drove on without being-again molested. ; If Mr. Fields had been alone he would probably have been robbed and seriously nurfc The scoun drel who made the attack waeVnknown to Mr. Fields .and , made his escape. It is a great pity he could not be caught. These attempts at highway robbery in J Lraoi, county -are getting' enthely too f; dW. should be made for such wretches and If caughttne J , f? (-. 1 ' 1 ' ' ' ' hi opinion ' " " j "What do you know about this man's reputation for .truth and veracity ?' Mk4 the tawyer rf wftaeeawtte ; -WeU:-'reVlied ..the 'wib'ribwijl. thtfiUBiP of f ma .ho hpRlt.tfR about speakinsj. 111, of , a neighbor,' "If j th)b'plrt;yoa''pe'to should ever tell me J was 'looking well. I would snd for 4 hospital ambulance immediately." Syracuse Herald. ;. , .' Bewapaper Vacation. tl ' , Editor So the physician has advised quiet and rest for you, has he? Well, you may go and report that deaf mute funeral service this afternoon. That'll give you the quiet all right,, ' r r 1 Reporter But what about the rest? Editor I'll telj you the rest when you get that done.Lo Angeles ller- aid. A i.". !-'.' A CT For a Feiat. . ,''(, ' We f ely on the good faith of; a' con temiorary for the truth of this story. 'lf yout oppopeut feinted,' -said- the fenrltiflr Instrnrtor. ' ."wlinr wnnld vnn I -ti - v, . , . -7 "... 1 itBedad," answered the recruit, "I'd Just tickle him with the point to see if he was shamming.'; London Globe, Mrs. Closeflst No, will not give you anything. You are intoxicated now. Tramp I won't .dispute, your word, way, out does yon reely t ins Cat a slice ' bread an', a cup o' cotTee'd make me any drunker? New York Journal Y , n 1; ) V" 111 ',"; , j' . , A Difference, "Put not your trust-la riches," said the clerical looking man in the rusty coat..! ' - j i ,'' I don't," replied the prosperous look ins. Individual, "I put my riches in trusts." Iletail Grocers'- Advocate. ,i..v; : . t -) .1 1, -( i ' ; . Fairly Healthy. " ' Eastern Man (in the- ItockiesH-ThJs Is a good, healthy country. Isn't It? Western Man Ya-as. , it's healthy alra,New york Weekly. , s' j " i'?;' ; Aa' to Advice; ' ' 4 ; Advice, ' bredderen," said Uncle Epb, "am er good deal Wik trubble; de less yo' want de moh yo' git an' de moh yo git de less'yo' want" Colors io Springs Gazette. ... "..'.- Wearlaome Occupation. Sue Oh, I feel so tired. ' -Emily Beeri playing plngpong? r Sue No; watching other people play. -Philadelphia Record. f ; , A Hard. Lack Story. . 'Do you believe in luck?" 'If 'seeing Is believing,' I've no faith In lt"-New York World. THE WEELITTLES IN BERN. r;. KILLED WITH fflSOTOBAPOH HEGRO TACKLES THE WRONG MAH Deatb Jfeets a White Has at th6 End of a Four Mile Walk. ThoetbeGrlm Reaper Wh Bnay Teeter teniay Nejro ForeeaEatraiicetoararia Hoim, Pulled a ILyoIyw, it was Bnatch- 4 From HU Head and Turned Upon; Him With Deadly Meet-Mr. .JIauk. ' Dies of Heart Dl.eaae. Special to The Free Press. 1 ',:-,. v LaGrange, Sept. 15. Sol Best, col ored, was shot and instantly killed with his own revolver, by Mr. John Edwards of Sanderlla place, Wayne county, Sun day afternoon after forcibly entering Mr. Edward's house. . - Best called at Mr. Edwards' during the afternoon , and , became , Insolent and threatening.. Be attempted to go in the house andx Mr:" Ed wards ordered him , out." Be persisted and forced his way in. 1 Mr. Edwards started tor hi gun, when Best drew a revolver from his pocket and attempted to shoot," but Mr. Edwards fearlessly sprang upon him, wrenched the pistol from his hand and. fired two shots In rapid succession, ths second one taking effect and killing the negro in stantly. ' " ; - v Durham Maa Dies of Heart Fallare, ' ' Mr. W. B. Banks of Durham', who had been at this place supervising the putting ia of machinery at the American Tobacco company's plant, died very suddenly yesterday afternoon,' after walking four mllen. . Mr. Banks walked out to Mr. Rountree'f yesterday ' afternoon, and Just as be sat down In the house, fell back )a the chair and with one or two gasps for breath, expired, " . , Medical aid was summoned by phone from Jtineton, and in a" short while Dr. Q. Tull was at bis side, but too" late to be of service, as Mr. Banks died Instantly, Heart failure was ascribed by tbe doctor as the cause of death. y ; y .' Mr. Banks was about 70 years old, bat carried his age well and with the exception of a slight malarial attack re cently was in apparently good health, as his walk of four miles at his advanced age wonld indicate, . , Be bad walked out to see Mr. Roun tree's wife, who is a sister of his adopted daughter, and it Is said that the excite ment due to meeting , her caused his death. Mr. Banks never spoke after he got in tbe house, but set down in the chair, and tell back, whereupon be was taken up by Mr. Bountree and placed on the bed, and everything possible was done for him, but to no avail , .. Bis remains, which stayed at Mr. Bonn tree's home last nUht were taken to Dur ham this morning by Mr. Will Bountree and Mr, C. F. Lawrence for interment. i ! 'UnyerlDa-SommerColde. ' Don't let a cold run at this season. Summer colds are the hardest kind to cure and If neglected may linger along for months. A long siege like this will pull down the strongest constitution. One Minute Cough Cure will break up the attack at once. Safe, sure, acts at onoe. Cures coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, all throat and lung trouble. Tbe child ren like it. J. E. Hood. ' ammmmv m w.y1' wwbww" Mviwejww vim;intpmmmQw nffnmimmiiinv tm.wMimumimmmmmMm : . .. I I i '1 ' MISaefi III fli. ll.llllallattWTIWMemWsMW "r'" 11 11 J THE, FAMOUS DRIVE IN J The London season la again on, and is reappearance of British celebrities, t ient for tbe few weeks whlcb Intervene between the summer's end ind the opening of the shooting season. Up thousands of brilliant, finely Appointed JINGI.E5 AND. JESTS. When She Screamed. ; She ventured In the briny deep ' A little while ago ' . . ' V And yelled for piurder, fire, police! , A crab had pinched her toe. And, thoug-h at that caometltoua time , Jler acrearos were plainly heard, . :'Iet when a" lobstev aquaentd her waiat - 'Bha didn't aay a word. '- ( ' , ,. , ' if -"Judx -: " Graaped the Iaaplratloa. Strumlelgh ' (humming an alr Turn- tu-llddytum-tl-tl-tee-- - - Friend ! (In terruptlng-What Is that thing? (,'.. - .. -j :' Strumlqigh Why, one of the things they were playing at tbe classical con cert last night by er what's the man's name? You know er some thing you catch hold of? Friend (with' sudden inspiration) flandcl? Washington Times. ' 1 : V- In Chicaaro. Reuben eald to Susie, ',- 1 '"Now, Sue, I'll never rue." 6ur1 said to Reuben, ' "If you don't, I'll have to.aue." Beubn was a gallant chap, . - . .And Heuben never rued, ' But Susie was dlesatisfled, Bd Susie almply sued. . ..... New Orleans Times-Democrat Haan't Goue I'p. , ' ; Mrs. Wlckler Did you ever see bow u the necessaries of life have gone np? Wlckler No; they haven't all gone P- ... "Well, I should like to have you men. tlon one thing that hasn't gone up." "Certainly. My salary." Brooklyn Life. - ' " .Timely Snirareatlon. When from your love you part to meet again. . - One little tin for vour Consideration; '; Don't eay au revolr nor yet auf wleder soli en f Unless you're sure of the pronuncla- , tion. ' Smart Set ' " " Well Wed.' ' Mrs. Ga swell So Ethel married abroad and married well, did she? Mrs. Dukane-What I said was that she was well married. i -i There were two ceremonies; a civil and a religious." Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. ... . ; Didn't Know Her. When the ark was Juat over Genoa, i Mrs. Noah buret forth at poor Noah: , "Who a thia Joan of Arc? " -You are keeping: her dark!" "Oh, not I don't know her," said Noah. Princeton Tiger. It Came With Her. ' Tour husband," said the talkative man, "has such a gentle disposition. lie inherited It from bis mother, I Suppose?" ' ' ' " '; , "No, replied Mrs. Uenpeck, slgnifl- cantly. "l think I may safely say that was part of my dowry. Philadelphia Press. - - -' ' Seaside Lyric. . The mai.lpn wept and tore her hair And drcrrti h,.r dwa In deen defee. tlon; A saury wave had t- ..,ta her where he'd lat- y 1 : irt j h-r r;w ci.tr flexion. 1ry rwr ' ' r ' '. It is r "u't r HYDE PARK, LONDON. Hyde park la once more enlivened by who have come back from the cou- ana down this famous orive now roll equipages in an almost endless stream. I world's bible Supply of Cotton. , flew yrieans, A., Bept. Ii,-Beretnr Hester s statement ol the world visible help It noted in the south for picking cot supply of cotton shows the total visible ton and at the 'north In public works, to be 1,891,228 bales egalDsti 109,497 Wage advances are not entirely absent, bales last week and 1,242.467 bales last and thara la tAlk nf a mtnaral mnvnman year. Of this the total of American cot - ton is 503,228 bates against ;800,897 bfiies last week and 87?,467 bales last year, and of all other kinds. Including Egypt, Brasll, India, etc., 488,000 bales against auy.uuo bales last week and t6 i ,oou Dales last year. t Of the world's visible suddIv of cotton there is now afloat fchd' held"ih fcreatj" material, (Which jclosea A-16l-8c Britain and Continenal Europe 721,000 bales against 687.000 bales last year: tn Egypt 14,000 .bales, against 50,000 bales last year; in . India 803,000 ba'es agalnst3O3,O0Q bales last year and In the Halted 8tates 853,000 bales against ii 1 2 ,uuu oaies last year. . , ' , K . Secretary Hester's weekly cotton state ment today shows tbat the amount brought 'nto sight for tbe week this data Is 225,448 bales against 105,885 for the oven days ending (September 12th last year, and 134,337 bales year before last This makes the total amount ; for tbe twelve days of the -new- season 36 1,802 bales against 171,293 bales last year and 199,158 bales year before last. The statement shows receipts at all Dnltrd 8tates ports since September 1st of 243,668 bales against 95,085 bales year ana nn,vv oaies year oeiore last; Interior stocks In excess of Septero- Der iSC, 43,000 Dales against VJ,V9i bales last year and 82,730 bales je'ar before last; eoutbernv mill takings 70,. j 500 hales Affnlnat 63.400 hnUa lftufc vr and 48,394 bales year before last. . . , Foreign exports for the twelve days have been 131,471 bales against 92,829 bales. ' 1 1 1 " , . - , The total takings of American mills for the north and south and Canada thus iar this season have been' 102,881 ba'es against 78,698 bales laet year. Since the cloee of the commercial year stocks at American ports and the twen ty-nine leading southern Interior centres have been increased 127,950 bales azainst a decrease for tbe snme period ltxt season of 234, and are now 16,429 bales less than at this date laet year. ' Including amounts left over in stocks at ports and Interior towns from the last crop and the numberof bales brought nto sight thus far for the new crop, the supply to date is 176,876 bales against 530,980 bales for the same period last year.;; . Women and Jewels. ., Jewels, candy, flowers, man that Is tbe order of a woman s preferences. Jewels form a magmet of mighty power to trie average woman. tven that greatest of all jewels, health, Is often ru'nedlntLe strenuous e"orts to make or save the money to pnrchnse them. If a womtn wiU r! .kbpr health to ret a covets I rni, tlpn let her tort'.'y herw'f .:nst t.f ls'.i,on coquenwa of -!., col !j ar.i b'or. ' :j a:. t" ng y t r. iir u-e rf I!r. 1 ihee'S t.tr- HELP IS SCARCE NORTH AHD SOUTH FILL TRADE IS STILL EXPAFDIKG Bradstreet's leelij BeTlew of Con- merce and IgrMnre, Movement of Crops Delayed by Shortage in Care and LocomoUrea Good Price , for . Farm P rod acta Indartrlee are . ; AcUva Statlatlca la Beetere Weekly CoUoa Report. New York, Sept. 18. Bradstreet's to day says: Taken as awbole fall trade ia still expanding in volume - because western and northern markets report unabated activity. Eastern jobbing houses are active as 'heretofore ana the south re ports more doing at nearly all centres. Frost held off until the close of tbe week, when scare was worked np. Any deterioration now, however, can only be as to quality, because the crop seems se care aa to quantity.' Industry la active, and except in, the eastern shoe manu- factoring trade, the hard coal region and Iron furnace work, the latter because of the eoke shortage, presentoutpnts equal, and In most eases exceed ; records. De spite the fact tbat the new crops are only moving in small volmme and tbe usual acti vity in anthracite coal is absent, the pinch of the carshortage is steadily growing. "That the trouble is notjentlrely one of too lew cars teems evident' from the orderg ,of iOCOInotivee ei ven by the leadln railroad line. Scarcity of 1 fa ut nmniMfinii . , roads. fJoilecMons are nnilormlv satis. 1 factory exccDt at . the south, but even J tnere Improvement to noted at various nolnta. due to the incteaeed movement of cotton. Cotton goods are firmer, I mnd, because of the steady Insistent de- I Biand " becaues of', the strength of the helow last week, ) . . ?'A feature In keeping with the advanc- eason ia the fhigher range of farm P'oduc Prtces. V Eggs are higher1 and but- terl" advancing on laraer consumption nd sported manipulation by cold etor- age interests, "Business failures number 197 as against 182 last year." . t ' 1 f Olira Trees. " ' '' An, olive tree yields six pound of Olives when It la three years old. At the 'uge of fifty it yields from twenty two to twenty-six pounds. v ' PoatoflTee Ooin. ' f The postal laws provide that post- omce boxes shall not be rented to minor or persons of . unsound mind and that mail shall not be placed In 1MIX1 an TtlT(Hl .ir tna nnrnnta n 1 guardians object SieeplnK After Kntin. Sleeping ' after, eutlug Is condemned y "ermati physician w ho has shown experimentally that ftoiuach move-. . . merits are lessened and acidity is In duced. ... Worth Amerlraa Fleh. There are no less than BMfj'2 different species of ticb inhabiting the waters of America north of the Isthmus of Panama. .. : Stained Braaa. Stains on brass will disappear tf In rubbed with a cut lemon dipped salt When clean, wash In hot water, dry with a cloth and polish with a wash leather. ; Two Hard Rhymes. " ' The words , "mouth" and "sliver, long supposed to have no words to rhyme ; with tbem4 have been found to possess one rhyme each. "Oncth," a term In mathematics, and "chllver," a ewe lamb, supply the deficiency. Sandwich, lalaad Snakea. The Sandwich Islands are almost as free from snakes as Ireland. There Is but one sort and that very scarce. Steeple Pointed' Capa. Steeple pointed caps, sometimes four feet In height came Into fashion in It sly and France in 14S3. Tbey fitted, the head, ran to a sharp point above, snd at the end the veil was fastened. A Moaater Moil room. Weight 3 pounds 4 ounces, circumfer ence 45 lnchea, is tfce dt scri; tion cf a cionstcr mushroom gathered at Tra conash, nenr Norwich, I": 'at: 1. t' r 1 a i vn: p. It w i 1 prc'rtly arrest n- in ia Its f'y f- y. ! t ! i ( 1 1 1 t ' ; 1 r
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