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7 g.l.-....l... i i i i " i i i J Every Cccd Id . THE WEATHER: Coaler. ,v , - v . , la a stepping stone to 'malth. 1 i I I I i i i.i.i.i , 4 I I I I I I I I I I Free JKRESSo 1 1 i llii " i i i i i i . i , , , I I,,,. , ,r i , i i ' - . . ; , , ,".:..' ; ii.i .... . ., . i... - ,,,-.,,,,,,, . i ,,.,,,,, ... , ., , ,., , , , ., . ...i ;., .. .m... n , . n .- , , , PUBLISHED EVERY HFTERMOON EXCEPT SUNDHY. VOL. Vj NO. 173. - ; " ;: - KDISTON, N. O, TDESDAT, OCTOBER 21. 1002. . 1 PEICB TWO OUNTa ! JADES YOUIIGER A BIG CROUD IS EXPECTED ' - u 4 RALLY OP DEMOCRATS FRIDAY Arrangements Made To Mf Large 7MT DOES : OLD 1I0RTD STATE imm mid gossip ODD ARD IITERESTIXa E1FFE3IKGS-. ENDS flIS LIFE ITUEAll? COSFAB OF EEEUBLICAH . LEADERS TEE OICE PAJCOUS RADIT SUICIDES lumber of People, ;. . Tba Democratic rally and barbecue dinner at Falling Creek, Frldayi, Oct. 24, Is going to be a big thing. . Preparations are being made o feed twelve tor fifteen , hundred people, and tbe Hon. Claude KUchln, the brilliant congressman from . this, the second, congressional district, will make one of his characteristic . speeches. t Congressman Kit chin spoke . la Tarboro a few days agd In the after noon to a crowd thaff had ' gathered to , hear Senator Prltchard !n the morning. ;.- and the reports of the press are Terr Ha tetfog to him." It Is said tliat hit speech : ' was a complete answer to , Senator . Pntchard S false argument as to tbe Radical party's calm for consideration s at the hands of the North Carolina yeo ,:i inftnry'''''V' ', Claude Kltchln Is well known in this count, and tbe fact that he Is going to - apeak at railing ureeK ngay, guaran- ' tees a large gathering of people to hear . him. . ' ' v ; i The county candidate! will meet there , also on that date, and - a ' great - Demo- ' cratlc love feast is expected. ' 's , , There fa going to be a large crowd of people there, and Mr. J. W. Grainger, . chairman of the Democratic executive : commtttee,haa wisely made big prepara . tlons to take care of them in tie way of something to eat, . - : V . People from all' parts of the county ' will be there, and everybody Is cordially ' Invited to come, and also tell y ir nelgh- UUr) t-UUUV lu, W 1U Will UVBU UUUtttliUU .'.that everybody who Is Democratic, In principle wlD enjoy. - o ' - k Don't miss it. Falling Creek October 24. , ! "John T,. Now on Water Waaon. ' New York special, 17tb, lo Richmond '. Dispatch Hale and hearty, sound In mind and body, John L. Snlllvan, ex . king of fletiaca, is today, celebrating his forty-fourth birthday. That fact Is not we'l known, but it need surprise no one, fors John L. himself rather sadly ex pressed today: ' "When It comes ' right down to it, young fellow, a man can i count bis friends upon the fingers of one hand, and maybe he's been a railroader and has some of them fingers amputated.,' But just the same, there were several old friends of the famous ex-champlon who ; had not forgotten that this was his birth day, and they recalled that fact to him and tried to persuade him to partake of champagne in full flagons. But the old war-horse declined, with thanks, on the ground that he had sworn off and did ., net intend to renew his acquaintance with the cup that sometimes causes all kinds of trouble. "It is this way," said Sullivan, "just because today - Is my bjrthday Is no reason for spoiling a good 1 resolve.' John L. Is off with drink, and proposes to continue the water cure for an indefinite period. I feel better, and know that I am better, since I stopped drinking; and I propose to remain In this present condition of good health and good spirits. I have lost some fifty pounds in the last few months, and tip the beam today at 270 pounds. That ain't none of your dyspeptic John L. Rockefeller weights, "t am going to start in vaudeville with monologue next week. "There Isn't much in the game, but it will keep me In spending money. I haven't anything left of the f 1,000,000 I made fighting, because I was too fond of drink and too fond of buylDg It for other follows. There's a whole temper ance lecture young fellow. If I had lived with my money as sensibly as I lived wben I trained to make it, I'd be fixed for tbe rest cf my l"e. I figure I blew la an easy million on tbe booze." n , October 20. I'-j. D. S. I of GolJoboro, .was Itrs a tbort v, 1 . '.atol;y. !'?. V, ;" jI : 9 Jro:a Eastern Frl-i c r. ' ."-.TT.C. V.' 1 ' " '1 f : I f -r f -t f - 1 . " j v i r ' 9 i - ! v :.- ; r i. r " ; J..- ' -W -1 : fc i : . . .. III Health Was tbe Cause Was Oat v - :.oa Parole. ! - St Paul, Minn.,, Oct. 119. James Younger, one of- the famous Younger brothers, companions of the James boys, committed suclds to-day "by shooting. Younger wae 'recently; paroled from Stillwater penitentiary, where he and his brother, Coleman, were serving life sen tences for participation In the Northfleld bank laid in 1878.': ' ' ; ; James Younger prior to ahootlng him. elf, left a letter to the press In which he give as a reason for his act despondency over continued -ill-health and eeperation from his Mends. YQunger since his parole from the Stete prlepn. ln July of last jear, haji led in exemplary life, .Ills first employment, was as traveling agent for a tombstone dealer and on one of the tripe he made about , the gtata be was serloasly hurt by 'a fall from a- wagon, Old wounds also gave him trouble and al though hi obtained -lighter employment' bis health was precarious and this caused nim much worry.' .The'cbrbnr decided that an inquest -wap &t necessary, ,It fa not , known Awhat dlspoeltlon will., be made of the remains, tome doubt Arising under the terms of . the parole as - to whether tbe body can be removed from the State. It also appeared that he was n love with a lady whose folks 'objected to their marriage. ,. , NotPalcf I-ofStnmpljiir. '" Lincoln, Neb.', Oct J8. ot the first time W. J. Bryan enters a public die clalmer to the repeated charge that he exact compensation for delivering po litical speeches. J In the forth-coming Is sue of his paper he denies the statement of the Missouri State Republican, a' po litical newspaper, of 8t, touts, that he received f5,f)00'6 his speeches In that state. Mr. Bryan calls the charge ''inex cusable mendacity," and says that "dur tag the past six years he has given more than fl.9,000 to various campaign com mittees, besides devoting a considerable portion of each year to political speeches, delivered without compensation In differ ent parts of the country." , RABBIT TOWN. ' ' October 20. Rain is badly needed in this section. ' Miss Nannie Prldgen. of near La- Grange, spent Saturday night and Sun day with Miss 8ue Hardy. , - , Mr. Hugh Hardy, who Is attending R. M. S. at Klnston, came Saturday to visit his parents and returned Monday. Mrs. viola and Miss Sallle Walters, of LaGrange, spent Sunday here. -Quite a num'er from here attended church at Hull Road Sunday. . . Mr. Herman Prldgen spent Sunday with Mr. Hugh Hardy. Mrs. Joyner and daughter, Miss .Vale ria, of near Snow Hill, spent Sunday with Mrs. Edith Dawson. Mr. Klrby Hardy and sister, Miss 8ue, spent Saturday at LaGrange. Messrs. Lloyd Davis, of LaGrange, and Cleveland Dawson, of Institute, spent Sunday here. Masters Logan Hardy and Dan Wals ton, of Institute, spent a short while here Sunday. THE SECURITY LIFE AND AIIIIDITY CO. HOME OFFICE' GREENSBORO, N. C. GUARANTY . CAPITAL . $ 100,000.00. At your death, our Policy takes your place as a provider as long as the beneficiaries would be dependent upon you, and in any event guarantees a minimum amount. HOW IT Creensboro, N. C, C Rtvfire i from t! e f'-'i" Annu.tv Cov'vr oi;e twrntr-f v d i i 1 t t. 2 15)02. Ll'e ' -1 t of f Jt : 1 F 1. fi and nn i t'.e I. . r IT J i i ,r.,o f.i7,r ' -J II .1 I I III! " l' Hay Put Out, Senatorial JIcketPat ; rick Won't Bui for Congress."; Messrs. E. Carl Duncan, of Beaufort. Robert Hancock.' of New Bern, Dan Pat rick and John Grimsley,otGreenecounty and perhaps lather leading Republicans were In Boston today conferring with local Republican leaders., , It was rumored they were considering the: advisability of putting out a state senatorial ticket, One of them said tbey. were trying to persaade Dan Patrick' to ran for congress against Claude- Kltchlnj, but that gentleman would fiotconeent We think wlBely-.'' -s "; V? A reporter .of The Free. Press asked number of the leaders If jtbeyhad any newa to give to tbe public, to which they replied they did not yet, . but intimated they might later. ... - -, ... CIRCTS CAME AJD "WESTS Walter I Main's Bi Sfcow Gave "Two C . Fine PrefUSrmancee tn-TAtatosu TruAmencao, TrtQto0.Jun.t3: '. " Walter L. Main's circus waa In thisclt yesterday. The show reached here- from Mlllville at 5 a. m., and the unloading at Mulberry street waa commenced. Imme diately- By 10 o'clock all waa ready for the procession and the collection f gilt and glitter, atilmals and iicrobats, music and multitudes, 'moved through" Olden and Clinton avenues to the' center of the Jt .w.95 a.flije parade, The Ilneincruded four bands many open cages of rare ani mals, five elephants-, male and female riders, clowns, charioteers and fk big calliope. Thousands of , people were on the streets and all admired the (Interest ing sight the procession "presented. Af ter doing tbe main streets, -the line re turned to the grounds through . State street. . ... . -V'' ' Immediately after the parade "the girl with the auburn hair" did the dive act, leaping head first from tbe top of a pole many feet In the air. This freeexhlbltlon was" repeated before the evening per formance - , A crowd of '8,000 people saw the afternoon performance and 3,000 people came away well satisfied that they had gotten their money's worth. The show had all the features of a first class circus and they were , well pre sented. The menagerlo contained a large and varied collection of wild animals. Some of tbe features were the baby camel, tbe sea bull, tbe lion and lamb lying down together In one cage, etc. The performance was given In two rings, with a big hippodrome for races. It was the regulation circus performance, but the program contained many merl torious features. Some of these were the 70 horse act, the mid air trapeze balan clng act and a dozen : other sterling acts. Twenty clowns cracked funny jokes, the peanut and red lemonade men were much in evidence. Another large crowd witnessed the evening performance. ' ' Today the show will exhibit in . New WORKS. ilo'I.irs under Policy No. 517, issued by the StTTirity LL'e end Annuity Company for ir.y tTif fit on the of my husband, t' p V,'. C. I K-Ms, who died October 11 ',. i: 'J. ( "'' I) i Hsm. Alios Fields, I ! ovi,!, s for Urn, FioMs d--i:ara a yenr, pstynUe .-1 ' , (ijnr;: wi.iow c or r-Tii-ry 1- r u , 1 1 ' in.-e to t: e tl e i r t It a 1 T T 1 Lid d-f ' V tA-. ::i...,"--rJ V.'-Jt3l. . latu. 1 ' . . -w . m mm isa-eaiaBBBBE-t--.- . - -- l . B v ' EFFORT TO PRESERVE 1 Patriotic citiMoe are engaged in an effort to rait by contribution about 8900,000 f tba purpose of prteertitMt am a memorinl Frauiioo's tartrn, located at the comer of Brnu.l an4 raarl atrMts, New Yerk City. 1 This enildinr waa once iiia gathring plao of mury, . men eminent, in the. aaly kiatory. of the UaiUd States, and it waa there that Goiv Waiiliiniun bade hia offlgera fr-wU. , ? - ........... ... . . ' ' Brunswick, tomorrow it will be la New ark jftnd Saturday it will . reach Jersey ityV From there It' will make a tobr of New England etatea. f : , I.i. i DOVEB, ' - '' ' 't . October, 30, 1903. Rev. A". F. teisbton filled his refitular appointment at the school building Sun day night and delivered an excellent aer mon to a large congregation. ' ; Mies Bertha Thompson, who' had been vfcitlnir at ber brother'a. Mr. A. "P. Thompson, returned to ber home at Meboro this evening, k?' v; Mr. W. M. Tyndal. while unloading bales of cotton on the platform at Kins ton one day last week, jumped off tbe platform . and : sustained ' a severely sprained ankle. , The Ooldeboro " Lumber company la now manufacturing latna and cypress shingles. - . . . , ... 1 Mr, B. R. Taylor bas moved into the larcre two-story dwelling on main street recently built by Mr,, . W. Wnlte. , Mr. and Mrs. 3. E. KornRay and daughter, Miss Glennle, and Maerer Albert K. Wilson, left lor Morehead ury last Sunday a week ago, to make their home there. Mr. and Mrs. Kornegay were aome of the oldest residents of Dover and have many friends here who regret tneir leaving. " Compulsory vaccination begun here to day and from the chief topic of talk among our people a few are "kicking loudly" against it. . . We think our town commissioners have failed to do their duty In not quarantin ing against New Bern. Owing to the continual coming of people from , dif ferent places, seeking employment In tbe large business of tbe Ooldeboro Lumber company. Dover is particularly liab'e to become Infested with contagious disease and it is the commissioners duty to guard against It as much aa possible.,' , Much sympathy is ex Dressed, aome real and home feigned, we believe, for Mr. W. A. Wilson on account of the severe blow that fell upon him in the burglarizing of his safe. He has worked hard and in dustriously to accumulate a little com petency and it seems a hard fate that snatched his earnings from . him. by vll Uantous midnight prowler. 1 J Mr. O. R. Kornegay has accepted a po sition, and ententered npon tbe duties of assistant foreman lor tbe him Lity Lum ber company, at Aew Hern. , - We hear that the Dover band fa pre paring for an entertainment here but as we were not favored with the order for tbe circulars which advertises It, we pre sume that we are not wanted, nor ex pected to further the Interest of It, by giving particulars in our Items. Work Is rapidly gotcg on In Mr. B." II. Parrott's new dwelling, which'sreported to be for Prof. Ilargrave, but as a friend says he sees something In Mr. Parrott's eve, so we tnink we bear sometning in his brain. Good dwelling houses for renting ont are good paying Investments here. We learn that Mr. Cecil Outlaw, a Dover young man, now filling a position in Richmond, bas secured a patent on an Invention of his for an improed gun, for which be has had an offer of f 2,000 from a party in Washington, D. C. Mr. R. A. We!; went on a visit td hie home at Coria Saturday and returned today. Mrs. Ju!Ia R Gray and Mrs. F. P. Oat- aw, of soar KiDstoo, visited at Mr. G. emltn a fc aturdaj. T7AT.r.IZT-DATT Eeant:."J Early llonxlss ' tlzzs etCaow'TIIIl. ir.-.r- :t ia s ere C, Ort. 20. I'anl: i rown to Le pop r.' let never 1 !i r i." t t - , Cnow E"'! 1 ivi 1 tr 1 r r c jef -rel AN HISTORIC BUILDING. .Mrs. Amy Dallj la general favorite with the entire community, and is loved and admired by all who know her. Mr, War ren la a prosperous young business tnan ol Snow H1U, and it la the anlvereal sen timen that he la to be congratu lated on bis good fort'una In" winning such m prixe, aa compaion through Ufa. ,The chancel of the church bad bean beautifully decorated with flo were and evergreene and was in keeping with the occasion. .,' : , The ushers were Messrs. Joslah Exum, Jr.; and Edward C. Galloway, Tba bride entered the church upon the arm of her aister, Mlsa Rosa Dall, the maid of honor, tbe groom with hie ' best man, Mr. A. D. Warren. ; The welding march was beauti'ully rendHred by Mrs. J. E. Patrick in hey usual delightful manner. Soon after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Warren left for a visit to Washington and other northern cities, followed by the best wishes and congratulations of host of friends. 'v '- ' , LaGBANQE. , 1 October, 20, 1002. Dr. Jas. C. Green lost one of his fine horses by over feeding, last week. ' Rev. D. H. Petree returned Sunday nluht from Oriental, where be had been e tuduoting a protracted! meeting. Prof. 8. J.Guyer.oTOriental, came Sun day to visit bis wife who la very sick at h-r father's. Mr. G. L. Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Abe Dawson, of New Bern, Mr. and Mrs. Will Kornegay.of Mt Olive, and Mrs. N. C. Newbold, of Asbe boro, are visiting at Mr. and Mrs. 8. I. Wooten'a. ' Misses Charlotte and Louise Wooten are home on a visit. . Mr. Simon Wooten la sick with typhoid lever. Mr. John Moye.whois sick at his home near here, is considered out ol danger. Hon. Lee S- Overman made a good lm presston both bv his personal annear. ance and eloquent speech here on Satur day. Klnston'a eloquent young orator, Mr: Plato Collins, was nrged to speak bnt gracefully declined, for which we hold a grievance against nlm. Mr. J. H. Mewbora Is 'building on- his recently purchased lot on railroad street, Mr. Frsd EL Fields Is enlarging and Im proving bis borne on Washington street, preparatory to moving into It. lie now resides In Kinston. x FEMININE CHAf, Mrs. A. 8. Forbes of California origi nated the plan for strewing the sea with flowers in memory of tbe sailor dead. ,, : ' ' Mrs. Florence Splcer KIrkpatrick has been appointed aa one of tbe five trustees to build and manage the new Carnegie library at Oneida, N. Y. ' . - Miss Mary Morton, youngest daugh ter of Levi P. Morton, devotes most of her time and Income to caring for tbe unfortunate children of New York city. Mrs. Cella B. "Whitehead and Mrs Mila Tupper Maynard were nominated for tbe Colorado state senate by the Socialists of Denver at tbe Arapahoe county Socialist convention. Miss Maggie J. Walz of Calumet. Mich., Is tbe only woman Finnish jour nalist and newspaper publisher In America. She came to America In 1SS1 and located at Hancock. After paying for the trip from Finland she had only $7 left, and It was necessary for her to accept a position as a domestic serv ant A Coal Fa-nla Joke. Cl" tomcr (to coal dealor) Ilave you f t eny cane fur those scales of I i 1 rl cf scnUs having a t c - ' t to call your scale V. -i f.-e. t'ey ere f.!w.!j : " American CruCcr. Morehead Coaster Mackerel and other fish art being brought In now In such large quantities that the Ice factory can not supply our Bah dealers with Ice, al ' though running It full capacity, ' V .' ' Senator Prltchard : say a " be does not think the Democrat! will get .nearly as large a majority this year aa they ex pect. Democratic estimates of the major ty range from ,000fo 70,000.' A.&M. College defeated St. Albana team In football Monday by a score of 5 , to 0. This waa a surprise, as St. Albans and the University of Virginia had played a tie game thfa season. A. & M. is to play iheUnlvere1ty . of .Yl'ginla , this . aeaaon. ' , Greensboro Telegram rThe North Caro lina expert granite quarry1 opener, Mr. C. C. Wyatt, Is now-at 'Work blasting open the largest quarry lr North Caro lina near York' Institute,, (fn. Alexander county.) When the piece la broken loose It will be forty feet higbv,30Q .feet wide and about 400 feet long, AO In one aolid block. It will be worked np'Into monu menta. Mr. Wyatt opened np tbe Bristol, Tnn.', arbia . company's quarry. '': Bs has discovered a process known only to himself which he will have patented later, " - ;,'," :4, D,,'.- , " ' Hamlet Oct. 19.--Firej which broke out at.the cotton compress hers! at noon to day destroyed property valued at f 200,-, 000 to 225,000 and caused the death of Mr. J. M. Wilson, ol Clarkaville, Ga., book-keeper at the ' compress,1 and a r apbeV of Mr. Geo. E, Wlladn, of Char lotte. The cotton compress, which was the property of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and waa leased by C E. John son, of Raleigh, together with the Ice plant, one of the largest In the Stats, and 2,400 bales of cotton, a vast quantity of burlaps and bagging, was entirely con sumed. . , Rockingham, Oct. 19. This town was excited this morning by a rumbllngnoiae which was soon discovered to be a col lision of three trains on the Seaboard Air Line, resulting in the death of. Flag man Holland and the probable fatal In jury of Engineer Jim Robersoa and a colored brakemait named Crump. . As the vestibuled train came In from Ham let it ran Into an open switch and struck a freight engine and one car. This en gine In turn struck another engine which had a number of freight cars behind It, and badly damaged it. Tbe engine of the vestibule Is doubtless damaged be yond repair, while the first engine It struck la not quite ao bad. bnt the tender la torn to pieces. The mail car on the vestibule waa reduced to epllnters. The white passenger car was - not damaged very mucn. Tbe mail clerk saw tbe danger and jumped, and only re ceived a few flesh wounds. The Marriage Record. "Why did you decide upon such a sudden marriage?" 1 ' , "Well, you see, Arthur got one of those French automobiles, and I got to thinking that a husband in tbe har ness might be worth a good deal more than a lover in the wreck." Chicago Record-Herald. Rude Fellow. Clarence My gwacloust Such a vi cious natuah Uussle has! Cholly Has be weally? Clarence Fwightful. I hod some words with blm today, and be dellb- ewotely weached out bis hand and dis- awanged my hair. Philadelphia Press. - All Kinds mt Oae. "How do you like that mince pie, Mr. McGinnIs7" asked tbe landlady. This mince pie, . Mrs. Irons," an swered the head boarder, "is a dream." And afterward, wben be bad retired and gone to sleep, he found It was. Chicago Tribune. Aeeordlaa; Se4. Jadge You raced your automobiles st such a rate as to endanger the lives of pedestrians. I'll fine you both $5. Enthusiast 1 don't care. My mobe went twice as fast aa bis. Judge In that case I'll fine you HQ. Town Topics. A Oeltialoa ! t triad. , "I'm going to call on a mental scien tist this afternoon." "What forr , "To see if she can't make nse believe that there is no such VJ.vg bs an empty coal bin," Cleveland riaia Dealer. A Conjectar. Wi,? Every one tl.or.Vt to was a nr...:. --r.alre. arJ now it s; : ' n.rg re c: . i !: Ivct. Vi'fi-r Ma v! he r:1 ; I t '- !-r. ill's lr --e to CW1. I'l " I'.i lc-.rd.
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