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Daily Free Press j Eierj Good Ad THLVYEATHEB: Fair and cooler. : - la a stepping tone to T . wealth. '. till I It -II i I I I f I t I I ! ll 1 I 1 1 ' 1 i I I ' I i I 1 liliL VOL. V.NO. 158. , "( .ONSTpStf OLD WORTH STATE HEWS AMD GOSSIP ODD AID UTEEESTIIG HiPPEIUGS. -"s : ' Wade buiv.. A liule bo iu ptnotb- ered to death. In a pll of setd totton : was the distressing news that reached Wadesborcforer the 'phone from Anson- Tllle yesterday afternoon. The little fallow, who was about 8 years old, was a son of Mr. Marshall Tyson, who lives . near Ansonvllle, Frank was his name. About three o'clock yesterday afternoon Frank and a number of younger children were playing In a pile of seed cotton ' at the home of his grand-mother, Mrs. Ellca Tyson, who also lives in the neighbor hood of Ansonville. Frank dug a hole In the cotton about 30 Inches deep. The hole was about the sice of his body at the top and at the bottom not larger than his head. In some Way the little fellow tumbled in the hole, head first and before his plight was discovered he smothered to death. It is supposed he was In the hole 15 minutes. ' Bank Robbed Near Charlotte. Charlotte, N. &, Sept. 80-Special. j At Fort Mills, 8. C, eighteen miles from Charlotte, the vault of the Fort Mill Savings Bank was blown open with dy samite febout 4 o'clock this morning and several thousand dollars carried off. An entrance Into the bank was effected by the burglars prying open the front door with a crow bar. A quantity of paper money was torn to shreds In the explo sion.; A clock on the wall was found to have stopped at 3:55 this morning, thus indicating the time of the explosion. Es timates of the amount stolen from six to ten or twelve thousand dollars. : There is no clue. . A Terrible Aocidenfc. . Aberdeen Telegram : A terrible aeci- deeftt occarred here last - Tuesday at 1 o'clock. ' A degro boy about 14 years old, the ton of John Farrar. who works on the shifting force here, Jumped on the steps of the second class ooacb of the passenger train of the A. & A. railroad as it was going around the T to turn around, and was caught between a small platform near the Tar bell Lumber Co's. mill and the coach and mashed to death almost instantly. . , . , GBXERA.Ii SEWS. , Ltttlefleld for Speaker, 1 8an Francisco, Sept 80. Congressman Llttlefied of Maine, who arrived here late last night, admits be Is a caudldate for Henderson's place aa ' speaker of the House. . IIEETniG OF THE v . .. CITV A1DERUE11 HOLDS R'EGDLIB MOHTET SESSION New Railroad Ordinance Report of I . Officers.-' ' A regular meeting of the board of al dermen was held in : the mayor's offlcn last nfght, : Mayor Webb and aldermen Brown, Heath Plttman, Tunstall, Toll I and Wagner were present. . 1 The following ordinances were enacted to be known as sections 7 and 8 of ordl- nanoe8. : That it snail oe uniawral lor any per- son to loiter or lounge around or about AtlanUo Coaat Line Gets L. A N. New York, Sept. 80. It was stated on f the dePot 0',t&tlo"' or m n ware- reliable- authorltv todav. that 1. P. Mnr. no089 or W Dy f '.a My gan & company have exercised their op tion on the Gates-Hawley holdings of .Louisville and Nashville stocks and that this stock had been ttaneferred to Atlan tic Coast Line Interests. Daaxhters or Confederacy to jcntertaia New Bern, Oct. 1. At a meeting of v the New Bern Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy held this afternoon at the borne of the president, Miss Oliver, all arrangements were perfected for the entertainment of the North Carolina : division to be held at New Bern, October rl5, 16 and 17. The daogbtere are very . enthusiastic and every effort ,.1 being " made to give -the visitors a royal re eeotlon. This will be the largHt con vention of daughtors ever held In the State, the organisation is growing rapidly undeJ the excellent leadership of Mrs. Overman, State president. v V WQoox Gets a Xew Trial. James Wilcox, the supposed murderer of Nell Cropsey, at Elizabeth City, is to to have a new trial. Such is the deeyee of the North Carolina Supreme court in on Anlnlw nnnnMj Iit Jmtlni Mnnr. gomery and handed down yesterday af ternoon. The grounds for the new trial are the demonstrations of lawlessness and Intimidation which characterised - the closing stages of the former trial stated by the superior court judge in cer tlfylng the ease up to the supreme court -for review. The leading opinion in the case for the court is written by Justice Montgomery and there is a concurring opinion by Justice Clark. ( ,w " Cyclone at Monroe. Monroe Sept. 80. Special At six o'clock this afternoon we were visited with a cyclone. No lives were lost, but there wa considerable ldss of property rw. i i Jt -1 J - Xiie luuuei-Bunpeu , uuuu wne warning in a northeastward direction. Several ' mercantile buildings were unroofed and stocks badly damaged. Great rolls of roofing are now lying In the streets and large stocks are exposed to the weather except those that have been moved to uninjured buildings - Assaulted by an Escaped Convict. Ashevllle, Oct 1. Mrs. Lillie Splvey, a widow, aired 28. living near Falrvtew, about six miles southeast of this place, was criminally assaulted Monday morn ing by an unknown negro, believed to be an escaped convict from the state camp in Mitchell county. The assault was committed just after Mrs. Splvey had gotten her children off to school, the negro entering the house armed with an axe and with curses and threats and brutal violence accomplishing his pur pose. .-,' llnnna to Speak at 'Wilmington. The Messenger Is reliably informed that Eenator Ilanna has not yet declJed to come to North Carolina, but that 11 he does ts will speak la Vrilajir -toQ ej til as la Favetteville. Eebas teen lav!: 3 to V.";:.;.!rton by local scppcii.rs if Colonel E'.oeomb and he Ic'orms tLera tbat if Le comes to North Caro'..'..a he v:i r, ,b'-9. STBABANfi, September 80 Mr. Clarance Davis came from Falson Saturday. 1 Mr. Bland Worley and MissEtta Jones, of Fink Hill, spent Baton ay night and Sunday at Mr. J. F. Hardy'. . Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Sutton, of Jason visited at Mr. W. C. Whitfield Saturday and Sunday. : Mr. and Mrs. James Sydboten, Thomasvllle, Ga , who had been visiting atl'oi. n. a. wmtneld s, ieit Saturday lor iunston. , ,t - Mrs. Sallle Ronee, of Pleasant Hill, visiting Mrs. Lou Rous?. ' . Col. N. B. Whitfield and daughter. Mis Junie, " returned ; home Tuesday after epending several months with his brtitber, Mr. Bryant wmtfleid. ol ew JJaven Conn. . . - Tbe mission meetinsratHolv Innocence. closod Sunday. . The Rsv. Mr, Gamble, ol irboro, Mt for Junston Sunday afternoon. Mr. Gamble mad ; taauy friends, during bis stay with dm who would like to procure liis service for several years. R-v. J. H. Griffith. Mr E. A.i Yoonir and Mrs. Di-coaj left Saturday, , ; . otjm Branch ; We are having some bwautlful weather for narveetinir crops at present. Some eeui to think that cotton will go lower, while some give oine very good reasons for it being higher In the future. There Is a wild white crow that stays around the Bradham place, and of course is quits a curiosity. Hogs are very scarce around here to fatten as they were killed out with cholera last fall and . winter. Several would like to bay at a fair price, f j We notice "wages are better arousd here this year than ever before, and everyone seems to be in good splrite. , Some el our farmers are speaking of going deeper into tobacco another year. Ed Wi Morrill, jr., of Florida, arrived here yesterday to visit E. W. Morrill, bis father. Miss Flo"!e Barber, will retun to her borne at the iiradham place altar & visit of several weeks In our burg. of any rail' road company in the town of Kington, and that any person not being on or about said premises of any railroad com pany for the purpose of leaving or taking the cars or for other business requiring his presence on said premises who shall continue to nmatn after being requested by an employee of the company to leave. or directed by any member of the police force of th town to depart shall be fined 95 or imprisoned 10 days for each of fense. : - s , mat no smoking snau be aiiowned on any platform or elsewhere on the prem lees of any railroad company eontainlng cotton, tobacco or any other inflamable article! of freight, and that any person violating this section shall be fined f 5 or Imprisoned 10 days, , wty Attorney Mitchell reported pro gress in wearing consent from property owners to deed new streets and exten- ions to the town. It was ordered that a steam pipe from tbe electric light plant be put in to heat fire engine, mayors office and calaboose. Maj. John B. Netl, representing the International Telephone Co., appeared before the board in the inte'e-t of bis company, and Stated that 80 d ys hence hie company would k for a franchise to put a telephone systedt in Klu -f on. ' After hearing argument pro and con regarding the discontinuance of the street carnival the board aljnrued. " ' ,' POXICB ftfcPOHTS. Chtnf Boue Arrete 85, fines Imposed 47, fines collected 23. Police Taylor Arrests 21, fines Im posed f20, fines collected 928.85. Police Brinson Arrests 80, fines lm- pooed 928, fines collected 920.40. Police Dunn Arres:a 5, fines Imposed 93, fines collected 93. ' Police Heath Arrests 11, fines Im posed 911. fines collected 97. '' CLEItk'S REPOBT. Clerk Mew borne reported collections during September as follows Gen'l property and poll tax. School tax . Market house rental Privilege license For several months " our younger brouther has been troubled with indiges tion. He tried several remedies but got no benifit from them. . We purcbaead some of Cnamberlaln's Stomach and Liver Tab and he commenced taking them. Inside thirty days he had gained forty pounds in flesh, lie is now fully recovered. We have a good trade on the Tablets Hol ley Bros., Merchants, Long Branch, Mo. For sale by J. E. Hood.. r :jt if 1 y ! s 'MM 9 V tvtiiV YUhKS NtWEST SKYSCftAPtn. ; v Heie Is a picture of the oddest and newest of New Vock'e skyscraijrs It, Is a twHity-irif Ktory nffi- bnlldlng which bH Just lMn rrwtwl 011 the triangle nmfle in the Junction of Fifth avenue and Broadway at Tweuty-tbirU fxrwt t. f,.-.".ui 1. v5 fppf In height - . . I," Keckipts. Gash on Wnd.,. Cash from Clerk Mew borne 9830.29 1747.04 - 2577.83 IIHBUR8EMKNTS. Electric light account ............. 9502.41 Expense - !' Street " Fire Garbage Police Cemetery Salary 4 25 8a 150.39 78 11 65.46 165.00 16.00 62 50 Cash on hand 1419.14 9445.96 1 m aa 32 00 494.85 E. L. rental . 449.62 E. L. construction .................. 118 85 Water rental 1.95 Cemetery lots 62.00 Fines in mayor's ciurt ........... 81.75 Dog tax '. ." 48.00 Cash from freight overcharge 12.56 ' . 91938.10 . : , THBABURKB'S BKPORT. ' Treasurer Pittman reported receipts and disbursements during September: 92577.83 THE WEELITTLES IN OLD CORDOVA. Tl! r t Fr"r!rt1on for ? Ta" -.r C"- '"9-1 Iv"r ii a h " e of Gpovi's 1af;f; i r-ni.L 1 " !C lit si:: . v iron and q;iu;i)C ia t!.e,CN5 ior-n 0 c?r no , y. :nce $jc. f9- A. ' LJ t'O I - ( r w ' . RESAOA. September. Mr. and Mrs. Job Stroud.' returned last night from Wilmington, where they bad been lor a lew davs visiting rela tives. Mr. Walter Smith went to Kenansvllle this morning. Several of our people will attend the carnival this week. - Several from here went down to More- head Bunday. .. Mr. Herbert Maxwell was' home on a visit 8unday and Sunday night, , Miss Cornelia Maxwell Is oulte skk to the regret of her many friends.. Messrs Mack Parks, Joe Kelly and G. F. Whitefield of near Mt. OUve, was in this section yesterdc y. Tbe Oak Rldira school la without a teacher now. . - ; Mr. J. R. Smith went to LaGrana-s to day. Mr. Robert Williams, of Rose Hill, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Durant Williams. Married. September 28th in Smith's township at the residence of the bride's father Mr. Alonza Smith, Mr. David Wll Hams of Chlnquepln, and Miss Myrtle Smith. v 3uroly!P6rsonal Items About People Who Come and Co Rev. 8. H. Isler returned to Goldsboro, last night. Miss Bessie Clay tor returned from Dunn this morning. , ' Mr1. F.C Dunn, returned this morning from Richmond, Va. Mrs. 8hade - Wooten returned to La- Grange this morning. Dr. Hargrove went to Tarboro today and will return Saturday. . Mrs. J. L. Burton, of Jacksonville, came yesterday to visit Mrs. J. T. Heath. Mr. J. R. Dall and wife of Snow Hill are In Kinston to attend the carnival. Mrs. A. G. Outlaw, came up from Dover last night, and will visit at Mrs. Brltt's Dr. M. E. Robinson and wife, of Golds- boro spent yesterday in Kinston, re turning to their home last night. Mrs. K. H. Watson and little daughter, of Wilson, came yesterday afternoon and are visiting at Mr. J. F. Harper's. . ' . GRAINOERS. , . ;j; Mrs. R. W. Pope spent Saturday nteht and bupday m Jvinston. . N , Mr. M. E. Johnson and ion, Walter, spent Sunday near Woodlngton. Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Kinir. of Durham. are visiting tbe families of Messrs B. F. Jones and R. T. Langston. , Mr. J. IT. Klnir, of Durham, spent Sat urday night and Sunday near here. Mr. M. R. Whnrins went to Raleigh Fri day to vla'.t his sister and others. IUn a Ten Penny N'ail Throarh IIU Hand. WL1W rt T.lcg a box, J. C. Mount, of Three Mile l ay, N. Y., ran a ten pennv tall tbror h the fleshy rart of his hand 'I thoc.ht at once o' ail tbe rain and eor pee this wor' i can" me," baje,"and immediately fen lied Cliau.Lerliaa's Pain I'.a'ra an 1 o-TH-lnni'ly Rfff-rwardg. To trv f-r: -r. n f emoved ail tbia and sore- i.e a--i t:.- led." Fore: Daughters Met. The U. D. C of the Alfred Moore Wad dll chapter held a meeting Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock at tlja home of Mrs. Sam Harrell to perfect arrangements for srate canvention wnicn meets in new B rn October 15, 16 and 17. The follow isg delegates were elected: Mrs. C. Felix Harvey, Mr. B. W, Hatcher, alternate; Mrs. Dr. C. B. Woodley, Mrs. 8. H Abbott, alternate. Also the following delegates were elected to the general con vention which meets in New Orleans in November Mrs. H. E. Shaw and Miss Lula Harrell. w ; , ineee are omcers elected ior thla year: Mrs. C. Felix Harvey, President, Mrs. J. H. Parbam, First Vice President, Mrs. L. Harvey, Second Vice President, Mrs. H.R Shaw, Recording Secretary, Mrs. Plato Collins, Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. 8. H. Abbott, Treasurer, Mrs. E. D. Brown, Historian. BOB GLE1IK rTA OmJlV . . k n 11 11 IT THE COURT HOUSE TOKIGHT SilYcr-Toncd Orator Will Do Himself ' Prbn-J. The Hon. R. B.Glenn, the silver tongoed orator of the Piedmont section, will ad drees the people tonight at the court houee, Everybody get out to hear him tear Pritcbard's sophistry into shreds. Mr. Glenn arrived this morning from New Bern, where he spoke last nlaht to an enthusiastic, though small audience, ' nA tiA Va Tnn.l ni 1,1, IV.t he Is in his a sua! good form. That to Klnstonlans, means that they will bear an address that Is rarely equalled, for he Is well known in this town, as an ora-' tor of power and logical, having spoken here on several previone occasions. ' The ; ladles are especially Invited to har him speak. Mr. Gleen Is forceful in his argument, logic In his deductions, and at times injects pathos into Lis speech that moves the most hardened. His treatment of Republican claims for credit tor prosperity is said to be grand, and his sledge-hammer blows against Republican mipgovernmcnt are convinc ing to the straddle-of-the-fence fellow, and generally land him on the right side. Don't fail to hear him tonight at the court house, expound the principles of Democracy as they exist. frjare pnrts were soon heal- e cy i. h. Hood. Weather Report tot September. Fob Fbxb Pms: Highest temperature for month on the 3rd, 91. Lowest temperature for month on tbe 16th, 4 ft0. Mean temperature for the month 72 3. Total rainfall 2 76 in ches. 11 clear days, 12 partly cloudy, 7 cloudy. Richard fl. Lewis, Tolutary Observer. Beduoed Rates. On account of the carnival In Kinston, this week, the A. A N. C. Railroad Co., will sell round trip tickets from New Bern, Tuscarora, Core Creek, and Dover for one first class tare, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 2nd and 8rd. Also from Goldsboro, Bee ton, LaGrange, and Fall in Creek. Paseensre from east of here will be bandld by A nd 4, and west of , here by tni 5 ant 6. . ' Chocolate Lemonade. . A chocolate lemonade Is plain lemon ade with a heamnir teusooonful of grated chocolate added to each glass. . A Thirteen Clock..' ' A clock which strikes 13 Is used In the Brldgewater trustees'. exteiiKive collieries, Lancashire, England. The employee8'complaiulfd that they were late returning from lunch because they did not bear the old clock strike L Paid For the Tickle. At the table of the regent duke of Orleans it was the custom for a guest to drop a piece of gold In a plate from which he had just eaten a dish whose taste he fancied. Prone Sonffle. prunes stoned and chopped, whites of three eggs beaten to utmost and half a, cup of powdered sugar. Beat well to- gether, put in guttered pudding dish and bake slowly twenty -five minutes. Serve with whipped cream or soft cus tard. Bee Stored none. . ' , Bees never-store honey In tbe light, because honey so exposed granulate and la then useless to the bees. Tooth Powder. Pulverized charcoal, precipitated chalk and powdered orris root In equal pro portions make a useful tooth powder. If purchased in small quantities and mixed by the purchaser, they will probably cost much less than if com pounded by a druggist. ' Cola Abrasion. By mere waste caused by coins rub bing together the civilized world loses one and a quarter tons of gold and eighty-eight tons of silver In a year. Worker Bee. Worker bees, being' undeveloped fe males, may now and then be sufficient ly developed to lay eggs, but as they are incapable of meeting the drone and becoming folly fertilized their eggs will produce only drones. .- ' White Lead." White lead la said to be tbe most ef fective agent for mending broken crock ery, aa it la one of the few cements that resist both water and heat Ap ply thinly on the edges of the broken pieces, press them together and set aside to dry. ; : . dinar am Aero. A man turns 112,000 spadefuls of earth In digging an acre of ground, and the soil he has moved during his work weighs 850 tons. AwnJtlna Cnltl-ratlon. Less than 10 per cent of Manitoba's land has been taken up. The neighbor ing territory of Assiniboia has nearly 60,000.000 acres, mostly suitable for wheat cultivation. Alberts, near the Rockies, Is 500 by 300 miles In extent. and Saskatchewan Is another empire In area. '
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