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i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 i i i . it-bv 1H I I I 1 "I I 1 t ' 1 ME REE FRESSo lEJ Eierj Good id ' 1 a stepping atone to T wealth. 1 I I I I I 1 I I I Daily PUBLISHED EMERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY - yOIVr-NO.162. . . , KPTSTON, N. 0, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1002. PRICE TWO OEMTO OLD WORTH STATE MEWS MID GOSSIP ODPAHD IHTERESTIHG HiPPEKIKGS. Cherry Tree SwlmUera. Greensboro, . Oct 7. The cukbrated Amos Owens Cherry Tree company casts were dispossed of In the United States conrt here today, E. J. Justice, counsel for the convicted defendants, C. D. Wllkie, Rev. T. Bright, Dr. Frank Bright, C F. Geer, G. W. Rollins and M. C. - Pad get, plead that their clients could not re fund the ten thousand dollars to the vic tims as ordered at the last term of conrt to avoid penitentiary, but could pay five thousand now. Judge Bynum consented to the five thousand ordering that the defendants give that amount of bond for payment of the five thousand more at the next term of Federal court to be held i ni . n i n.,i. n Ji. iu uoriuvuf. wrwuci wwb t trlbnto the fund among the lady victims; of the swindle, prorata. They 'are count less and from Main to California, prlnci pally In North Carolina and Georgia. J. R. Embler was convicted of forging an affidavit to obtain a pension and sen- - tenced to fifteen year's Imprisonment. :MC&$" Bnsrtaeer;K01ed.i:4;-?:':';s Winston-Salem, N. C, Oct. 6. A head end collision occurred this afternoon one mile north of Walnut Uove. A ireignt engine ran into the Incoming passenger train from Boanoke. Engineer W. B - FUrart of the passenger train was fa tally Injured. Besides being scalded all over, his skull was crashed and the two physicians sent from here say he is an . conscious and can not live.- Capfc Flgart Is about 55 years old.1:' His home Is In ' Rninnnka. Va.. and he has a wife and one child. He la now at Walnut Cove. The fireman on the passenger train Jumped . when lie saw the freight, engine coming and only sustained slight Injuries. A. En gineer Wallace and his fireman' of the freight engine only sustained slight bruises. Conductor Johnson and several passengers were shaken up and a few came out with slight bruises. . ' Marion Butler's Brother for Congress. . (Joldsboro correspondent ta.tb Wll mlngton Messenger; Mr. Bobert Han cock, of New Bern, one of the leading Re publicans of Craven county, was here to day and confirmed the news that Major ' George W, Butler, of Clinton, brother of ex-Snator Marion Butler, would be candidate for congress from this district on the fusion ticket against Hon. C. R. Thomas, the present incumbent, who was the unanimous choice of the Demo- v cratic eomtressinnal convention held In . this city last June. Billot to be Tried. "Gov. Aycock issued an order Monday for a special term of Lincoln county su- - pretne court to be convened Oct.; 20, by Judge Winston to try Calvin Elliot, the negro fiend who entered the home of Caleb Brown, near LIncolnton, Sept 27. knocked Mr. Brown senseless and drag- Ing Mrs. Brown td an adjoining room, committed an outrage upon her. . The special term of the court Is to be held by Judge Francis D. Winston, and it was ordered at the special request of Judge (. Bolts. , . , esToealaraea Call. Raleiarh. Oct. 6. Leading negroes of the State issued a call tonight for the 2bCs)l9 UC(JIU liUUIOUivU vy jst auut mvav October 10th, to "nominate a ticket to be voted for by the intelligent negroes of the State." The call denounces the ac tion of the Republican convention as an Insult to the colored Republicans. It de clares Pritchard has shown himself an "ingrate" to use negroes as a stepping stone to prominence, then by shameful surrender has accepted as final an unjust Qualification to suffrage of men that made him. Grand Jury Instructed to Indict Darte Commissioners. Mocksvllle, Oct. 6. Davie superior court convened txlay with Jndge Neal on the bench. No cases of Importance are on the docket and court is not ex pected to last but a few days. The jnde instructed the grand jury to find two tills of Indictment against the county comniofcers, first, for failure to have su.jloat es ia which to pro tect the court record r, second, their fail ure to have a jury room. Webster's Wetlly: Fay Thomas, col ored, whi live a mile or so to the south rf r.'Mvii.e, went out hunting last Tl.urs.3ay. Not a My game, be soon retiree! and pnt'Jrj Lis gna on '-st' 9 tr r ca'oe ia cot', u la smse wsy v :f I U'.t, !' j v ' h t i . . rv i i o-6 t' J, iJ; ' r v.: f r !. -r c r SWEPT BT IXAMXS. Texas Oil Fields A rain om J lr Probably Twenty or More Uvea Lost i Beaumont, Texas, Oct 7. (Midnight.) Another mat fire, more disastrous than the conflagration of a, week ago( swept over the oil fields here tonight, causing the lose of twelve or more, lives and entailing a . property . damage of several thousand dollars. , ' I The fire was discovered shortly before II o'clock, and with remarkable rapidity It spread td the many derricks In the Hogg-Swayne tract The encroachment of the flames was so rapid that many people were caught in the fiery path and at midnight it is known that twelve peo ple have perishcd.and tbe fatalities may reach twenty.'. ', . J -- The entire Hogg-Swayne tract, com. prising one o tbe largest sections in the oil fields, will, in all probability, be burn ed to the ground, forty or more of the large derricks have been destroyed by the flames. At this hour, the fire is spreading and the property lose w' ill. be heavy. The entire oil field presents a brilliant spec- tacle as the flames grow brighter and brighter. , s . Two Govenment Checks Charlotte Observer: ' William K. Van- derbllt and Grover Cleveland received resnectlvelv the largest and smallest checks ever issued to individuals by the United States government.!: At one time Mr. Vanderbtlt owned t50.000.000 worth of government bonds and on this amount drew annual interest of 12,000, 000. At the dose of Mr. Cleveland's second administration It was discovered in settling up bis accounts for salary, that the government qwed him 1 cent. A check for that' amount was forwarded to him and as it has never been pre sented for payment it la probable that the recipient preserves It as a curiosity. West Virginia Miners Bean me Work. Clarksburg, Oct 6 -Seventeen West Virginia mines which have been idle since the Inauguration of the strike started np this morning and 4,000 miners returned to work. An agreement was reached at a convention of the United Mine Workers ef sub-district No. 1 of division 17. The proposition accepted pro ri les for nine hoars a day, pay every two ' weeks, and gives the miners tbe right to organise, bnt does not say that the organisation will be recognized. : No other mines are affected by the action of the convention. Have you registered? Moltnenx to be Tried Monday. , Neir York. Oct. 6 The second trial of Roland B. Mollneux, charged with the murder by poisoning of Mrs. Katharine Adams In December, 1898, has again been postponed. ' The retrial of the famous case was set for today, but Justice Barrett, who was assigned to preside, is ill and court was adjourned until next Monday. ISowy please, don't forget to register. " ' This Season Is Good enough for anybody with weak lungs. The patient need not travel, tie can get well Here wltn tne Help oi Alien s Liung Balsam, taken frequently when coughing and shortness of breath after exercise serve notice npon him that serious pul monary trouble is not far away. Allen's Lung Balsam Is free from any form of opium, x ?. . . - xo0- L'ELITTLES IM.-nrr-JU coiifflssioiiERS' ; ! UOHTHLY REPORT IMPORTAHT BDSIRESS TRiKSACTED Some Private Roads Takes Up . is . Public Property. . The board of county commissioners met In regular session Monday, , Oct 6 all of the members being present. It was ordered by the board that the road from near Sparrow's store, across south west creek on into the Tull road near Thomas Smith's, alo another road leading from Stephen Tur er's to Duplin line be received as public roads, and that Mr. Bob Harper be allowed to keep gates across said road, to remain until Nov. 1,1902. , , Ordered by the bdard that 'all partie1 who have not listei their tax for 1902 be charged with double tax. The following jurors were . drawn tor November term of superior court ' for 1902: -i. , FIRST WEEK. ; t. Harper, Simpson jr. 2. Jones, L. P. 8. Meadows, C. D. ' 4. Byrd, Levi 5. Jordan, C. sr. , 6. Arthur, J. L. . -? 7. Brooks, E. L. v 8. Brooks, F. F. 9. Howard, C. 1 10. Qninn, Lon. r 11. Bell, Julius H. ' 12. Hasklns, F. M. . 13. Hill, Hardy, , 1 14. Dupree. J. E. ' 15. "Harper, B. M. 16. Best, T. A. :i7. Noble, R. JC T 18. Aldridge, B.B -19. Hadley. G. B. W. 20. Jones, Doy. - 21. Taylor, B. L. 1 - 22. Sutton, Jerre. 23. Johnson. C.J. 24. Sutton, T. M. 25. Herring, T. J. 1 1 ' " ' 26. Sullivan, B. E. 27. Tjndal,A,E, . , VA; Capt-I, Geo. L. 29. Hovrard, Phillip. 81. Satton, Geo. H ,81, Sutton, Walter. ' "' 82. " Heath, Ira. J.; ' , . 83. Dawson, Ry 84. " Pool, J. W. ' " 4 -1 85. - Bar wick, E A. , j 86. Rhodes, i. W. . ' SECOND WKEK. - ! 1. Holland, E. H. , I V 2. Mewborn, R. H. 8. Gray, J. C. 4. Ellis. J. H. ' 5. Grady, Whitflled. 6. Rouse, J. B, 7. Wade, D. a ; 8. Taylor, L. B. , , ' 9. Bright, 8. H. 10. Haywood, W. H. 11. Tyndal,L.H. . 12. Phillips, W. H. ' 18. Stroud, Dempsey. v 14. Sutton, Geo. E. 15. Harris, Stephen. 16. Kennedy, A. F. '17. Williams, H. V. '18. Abbott, 8am, jr. ' The following accounts were ordered paid out ol general county Innd: J. B. Temple,, for aged and infirm................. t206 60 Thos. Fuller, for burial of pan per 100 Jno. E. Harrison, age and infirm 1 00 J. G. Cox and D. F. Wooten, fees in cases vs. Hughes Metts, et als.............N. 7 95 J. U. Gardiner, : keeping iron bridge......,..........,.......... 7 00 W. F. Dibble and D. F. Wooten fees case vs Koonee et als 8. H. Isler, repairing court house tower ............... D. F. Wooten account .filed Dr. C. L. Pridgen medicine acct A.; L. Johnson poll tax refuned II. L. Shaw 2 days on election 4 65 39 00 2510 16 50 2 45 Einstein Bros supplies for jail 7 50 Plato Collins acct. filed 2 00 1 i g it S'1" . . ' 1 tRAL WILLIAM BOOTH'S TOUR OF THIS COUNTRY. I William Booth, who is sow in this country, is the commander in chief of (lis tvdj. He is hers to further the work of his organ ixatiun, and it is his intention principal cities of the United States before returning to England , Plato Collin - repairing office 28 00 J. P. Smithwlck, mayor, case vs, " John Davis 810 8 00 14 92 2 45 Gao. West coffin for pauper I Kiupton Pub. Co., : acct. filed i. ' . L. Waller fall account Polioe Dickens training blood . hounds.. 118 25 2500 . 4 0 16 80 11 50 J. T. ( ockrell 2 months phone A. W. Whltefleld 6 days com. 43 . miles travel..-.. D. W. Wood 8 days com. 15 . miles travel...... B. W. Canady 1 day com. 200 85 00 83 00 ordered 20 20 E: Brlnson keeping blood hnnnds V. V. Sugg 1 day as clerk 68 or. dersete MMM......... .The following amounts were paid ont of road fund. Ira ' Smith1 work on road Henry Sntton work ou road Henrv Cuimlnnhan work on 2 00 roads y&.uu T. C. Phillips work on road 100 G. W. Wr ers supplies for road 9 00 r. VV. Becton work on road 60 Stephen McCoy keeping ferry ' 50 r. s U. Hooker work on .road ' a vo IL I- Williams enppllcR for road for .27 95 A. L Daughet.v work on road 9 44 J. H.Jlonseshanklesforroad force 7 10 G. L. ( apel feed for county team 34 45 Dr. J. (I. Green vilt to road force 3 00 Jas. Sutton feed for road team - 7 81 W. D. Adams lumber for road 6 84 Jas Hill sr. work on road 69 42 t.otthingham and Wrenn Co., lumber for road 8.04 P. H. Crawford, damage to buggy ...... 5 00 W. E. Stroud, work on road ...... 21.37 8. 8. Turner " ...... 10.40 J.R.Croom u " 75 Moore & Hooker supplies for road force . ... 6.62 Ben Herring keeping Hardy bridge 12 00 N. B Wooten, road account ....... 125.98 Jas. Closs, work on raad 8.85 B. W. Canady. supplies for road force l i 'M B. W. Canady, supplies for road force i.. 5.80 B. W. Canady, supplies for road lore ....i..;.................-... ; IJJ.7U B. VV. Canad v. supplies for road force s.vo The following amounts were ordered paid out of fence fund. O. Hill work on ' fence 2 23 W. N. Parks work on fence 1 00 On motion the board adjourned. . , W. D. Srjoo, Clerk. RESAOA. -. ' October 7. Preacblnsr closed at Smith' Chanel lass xnursoay nignt. , , , ,u Mrs. Nannie Smith, we are glad to say, is very much improved. Miss Mabel -Maxwell visited at Mrs. Walter Smith's last Wednesday night. Several from here attended tbe carnival lat week they report a pleasant time: Mrs. Job Stroud Is visltinir her mother. Mrs. 11. J. Kennedy, of Cabin. Mr. Gilbert Maxwell has purchased Mr. Isaac Stroud's saw mill and will be ready for sawing in a few days. New top bus-glee are getting to be very numerous 14 tme section. Facts ... ' The satisfaction of getting Quality that Is best ; at , Prices that are lowest, and the assurance that any selection from my stock will meet every requirement of good taste are U cts worth remeniberlaj. DBr.TlAPJC, Z JEWELER. '. Tour Umbrella. v When coming In out of the rain. shake your umbrella : well, then close It and stand It, handle down, where the water will run off. Never stand away an umbrella or parasol tightly folded. The silk will soon split Per mit tbe folds to 11 loosely. .'; Fraaeh Karrlasre Usws. In Franc a man on entering tbe bonds oi matrimony render himself legally responsible not only for the support of his wife, but for that of her parents In case they should be come destitute, and the same obllga tlon ia incurred by tbe wife in regard to the father and mother of ber hut band. -. Tea and Coffee. Keep ten or coflee in glass or china fare Instead of tin canisters. . By so doing tbe flavor will ' be greatly im proved. " . ' 1 " Seep Wnter Flak, In tbe lower : depths of the ocean some of tbe fishes go blind while oth ers develop hnge eyes. Some are so constructed that they can swallow fishes much larger than themselves. Am Barlr Astronomical Teaehar. T hales, born 640 years B. C, was the first to note tbe four distinct divisions due to the position of the sun viz, the solstlcps and the equinoxes. He also taught that moonlight was simply re flected sunlight and was the man who first made a prediction of a solar eclipse. Horwnjr Flhermn, -.t-c-i Norwegians do not favor whale bunt ing because they believe that whales drive the fish shoreward. , Tornld Livers.. A prominent physician says that bait the cases of nervous prostration, dys pepsia and Insomnia that come to blm for treatment are to be directly traced to an inactive liver. Written by m Woman. The one poem most often translated Into every language of tbe civilized and uncivilized world wa written by a woman the "Ode to Aphrodite,'! by Sappho. Shakespeare's works- have borne the test of but three centuries; Sappho's have stood through twenty five centuries. v Bora Breeding;. In England and Prance horse breed ing pay farmers better than anything else. Otters. The scent of an otter Is conveyed to the pursuing bonnd while under water by the "chain" of bubbles which mark ft devious course ' . Cnaaaronbl Hair. Ia a Berlin insane asylum la a pa tient, it Is said, whose hair changes color with her temperature. When she la cool and quiet, her hair Is a light yellow, but when she is restless and excited it becomes auburn. . . ' . Tb Banana. In the Canaries tbe banana is never cut with a knife, because tbe fruit when cut through exhibit what is re garded a a representation of the cru cifixion. Napkins became popular In France sooner than in England. At one time It was customary at great French din ner to change the napkins at every course, to perfume them with rose wa ter and to have them folded a different way for each guest An lerc of Paint. . The panorama of London, painted In 1S20 by Mr. Horner, covered over an acre of canvas. HEWS MI TOE ' MTIOHAL CAPITOL ITEMS OF ISTEREST TO EYEBYBODT Sine congress adjourned an 'appro priation of $15,000 has been expended ' in the decoration of Statuary ball. This ball was supplied last winter with an Iron roof. The ceiling was replaced 'with plaster casts in relief, and since March fifty artists have been at work decorating this new celling as well a the brownstone interior walls of this ' historic balL Tbe lumber 20,000 feet used in the scaffolding for tbe artist was removed the other day. With the removal of the lumber the revelation , wa most magnificent. ,. . ' Tbe brownstone walls that were are now huge blocks of Sienna marble, rich in color and veined in varying hues of dark red. ; Tbe recess panels in the ceiling are done in pure gold,' wblcb Is1 lighted In the most effective way through the new and handsom "lan tern" skylight ' The hall ba been transformed from a place of dingy re flections to one of cheerful brightness. It strong and beautiful architectural features stand out as never before, and ; to the sentinel line of marble ststes- ' men which circle It walla are added . new attraction by the ' more1 appro priate surrounding. , f . M',A . - The ball 1 illuminated in the evening , by . the glimmer of 800 concealed eleo , trie light placed in the cornice so a to light the gilded celling and reflect from that to the floor below. A bugs . chandelier Is to be suspended below . the lantern containing fifty more elec tric lights. This 1 intended to be the last artistic touch; . ... Unci Sam's' Bin; Primary. The new government printing office now nesting completion, , although it has seven acre of floor space, will be only large enough for the current work of tbe government and does not make any substantial allowance for future growth. Yet the structure Is so largo that It ha consumed in it erection 14.000,000 pounds of steeL one-seventb a much cast Iron and 45.000 barrels of Portland cements The doors have been made of an asbestu composition, tbe door and window frame of iron,: and the whole structure ia a near fireproof a it was possible to make it The cost when it Is completed will be about 2,400.000. ) Py:V, ;.: z:zr-:r:. The first public printer was appoint ed under a law passed In 1852. HI salary was only S2.S00, and the office bad been In operation ten years before its employees numbered 300. : Today more than 4.000 persons draw salaries : at the government printing office, and, at the present rate of Increase It Is fair to assume that 10.000 will be employed , by 1912. Tbe bookblndery alone em- -ploys 900 persona There are L200 compositor. t , ' Bis Tear For Patent. The annual report of the commission er of patents has been completed and is ., at present in tbe bands of the printer. Ttia naif vmp ha a hum Ana nf nnnmal activity among the inventors, tbe re port showing that during the period between June 30. 1901. and June 30, 1902, 45.662 applications were received for mechanical patents, 1.807 applica- r tlons for designs, 139 applications for t tlons for trademarks. 1,020 applications for labels , and 270 applications for prints. Of these applications for pat ents 27,387 were granted, covering de- . signs and reissues, and 163 prints, 750 labels and 1,864 trademarks were reg istered. 5 Cleaning tt For Company. - ; . Tbe British embassy is to be renovat ed and modernized as to Its interior. , ft needs this work very badly. While one of the most Imposing residences In Connecticut avenue. It 1 one pf the atufllest - ;---v?':"''-V.. It Is understood that' Bon. Michael ' Henry Herbert the new embassador. will come to this country long enough , to present his credential and then will return to England for a short time while the embassy is in tbe hands of the artisans. It la expected that the embassy during the coming winter will be one of the most brilliant places In Washington official life, as Mrs. Her-, bert's relative In New Tork. the Van derbilta, the WUsons and tbe rest will ' be here during tbe season, and there will be much entertaining. uBTcriKCBi i w mx tower nanw. An exhibition of chrysanthemums is to be beld In November at the depart ment of agriculture. This will be the . finest display of these flowers ever made In America. ' Some Idea of the beauty, extent and magnificence of Uncle Sam' first flower show may be bad from the fact that tbe department has 130 varieties, two plants of each. growing on Its grounds. All of them have been brought by Intelligent culti- ' vatioo to a very high state of perfec tion, so that both plant and bloom will be seen In their best possible develop ment .. . , .. , Von Kpow What yon arw T&kinr Whea yon Uikm Orore'i Tasteless Chill Tonic bOM the tnrmula is plainly pnufed on verf bot Iic snonn thai it bt simp'? uod aad qmnu. in tauUf turm. No car, xo 50c
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