North Carolina Newspapers

PUBLISHED EERY KFTERNOONv EXCEPT SUNDRY, VOL. VNO. 225. KINSTON, II. 0., TUE3DAX DECEMBER 23, 1002. PBICE TWO CZI7T3. OLD 1I0RTH STATE M7S AIID GOSSIP CDASDinEEESTin HiPFEXHSS. Lumberman Robesoniao: M. J. Humnhrev. who wu in tosra tint first of the week, tell as that the farmers la the upper end of theeounty are using more grain drills than heretofore. Thli means ' that more grain is being planted, which - ' le a good indication of more prosperone farming and the employment of better methods. The North Carolina Association of . Acadeniiea will hold its sixth annnal .: . . . .... il - -1 V meeting in toe asimie cuamuer ui mecop- ; itolat Raleigh, Friday and Saturday, December 26 and 27. Railroads and hotels will grant reduced rates to all who attend. This organization now em braces In Its membership the principals and teachers of the leading high schools and academies of North Carolina. The case of Judge T. A. Jonee against v George W. Vanderbtle has been dismissed ... in Buncombe superior court. It was , an action for damages brought against Vauderbllt on account of the serious in- Jury sustained by Judge Jones last . Christmas when an unmanageable team ' caused him to be thrown on the road at : AH Souls church. The parties Interested Ajudln aa wrhn.lwk .ti ha. YiAAfft -. compromised. Graham, Deo. 19. Testerday afternoon about 4 o'clock. Query Garrett, th 9- year-old son of Alderman W. W. Garrett, and CbarleyJWebster, 8-years-oId, took a flobert rifle and went ont in the outskirts of the town "to hunt quail." they bad only been gone a short time when the news reached town that yopng Garrett bad shot and killed his friend Webster. It Is supposed that the shooting was ac cidental. Young Webster was the (in of Alfred Webster, a liveryman. North Wllkesboro Hostler: Quite s j.pK.f.,1 Bjjnt befell Mr. W. H. Hutch loson near Fairplaioe Friday afternoon. While sitting In the rear of ,a circular uw sharpening It the ma'iiury was started rnd he was caught "n the saw there was bnt very little steam on ad h was thrown away from the saw. Otherwise be wouM no doubt have been killed. Ae It Is a deep gash about 4 inches long wan cut in his thigh and he was otherwise bruised. ; . Rocky Mount Motor: A horrible thing i was discovered Tuesday to hare taken place In the cemetery here. Mr. Gabriel Catlett, whose wife was burled there few years since, and whose mind it supposed has become unbalanced on c count of her death, went to the above mentioned place and partly exhumed the body, taking the hair and some of the teeth away with blm, and tell lng a friend what he had done. We learn that efforts will be made to place the un fortunate man in the asylum. Charlotte Observer: A few" days age there was a white man in Sharon town ship, calling himself a doctor,, who sold patent medicine. During his sojourn Ings he came across a sick negro named Jim crow, wno uvea upon tne larm of Mr. E. T. Brown. He told the da 'key that for f 10 he would cure htm. Cro could ralee only f 9 and this he offered to give the man for the cure, which was guaranteed. The white man took the money, gave the medicine, and left, say ing that he was going to see another patient. He has not been seen since, Within less than 24 hours after Crow took the medicine, he died. Kalefgh, N. C,, Deo. "20. Interest Is con elderahly quickened today in the Cntfor tLe removal of Oscar J. Spears as assis- tir.t! cf c "let attorney by a special from .on tbat Jne Furnell's letter ..'at against Lin Is E.'ed in tLe :tffj;:t:e. The ja'js Las ia 1 1 i or would reqs f t L?a r- Ciov !. ( i ! .3 c: i i - 1 ia t' s Itttr Cat 1 ta L's dal'.i and fi t' 3 curse. J. A. ii 'S for.'iic't i i ' f -"ctut- 'J t' V a , c.,r " CURRENT COMMENT. Secretary Hitchcock reports that there are now fifty-four forest reserves, embracing 60,000,000 acre. This is good start, but we need more. Provi dence Journal. " The threat made In the German relchs tag that the empire - will show her teeth to the United States was injudi clous. Uncle Sam is a very skillful dentistBoston Advertiser. Chamberlain's words concerning his American wife, "I have found her my best friend and truest comrade," come as a ray of light through clouds in this era of the rapid Are divorce suit New York World. There la one railroad combination which the public will unhesitatingly approve, im matter to what length it may go-tbe combination of railroad companies to stamp out train robbery. Omaha Bee. ,. , " - - . In time International arbitration may demonstrate' the wisdom of the creation of the. court of ' arbitration at The Hague by the gradual establishment of precedents supplementary to and eventually forming a component part of recognized international law. Min neapolis Times. . ' i . ' CURTAIN CALLS. Louis Mann la suffering from a seri ous throat trouble. , Signers Duse has decided to abandon her projected Australian tour. "Mr. Blue Beard" opens at the Knick erbocker theater. New York. In Jan uary. ' , It is stated that "Alt Heidelberg" may be adapted and produced by the Sbubert brothers. Charles Bradley has written new comedy for the Bostonlans called The Queen of the Adriatic." James W. Morrissey has become the business manager for Miss Nance w eu ior a apace oi inree years. ' - it . ... .... Lovers' Lane", will be played In Australia next summer by the same company do aeen mere in "way - pownEast." Louis James ana Frederick Warde Alto Miff tn ha m a LI119 rmwt DnoAao. with their new production of Shake- - - speare'a "Tempest" ;-,.;:;-.. , ; - : - vLAW POINTS.' i ' , -; .-r-..'-!-J.'A- l A bona fldit purclmser at sheriff's sale , who bad paid the purchase' money wunout uouce or an equliy is held in, doiiDson versus uquitaDie eecurmes compauy (Oa.). 5 L. R -A. 933. to be entitled to protection against the same. .A woman's subsequent marriage is held In Kelly versus Stevenson (Minn.), 58 L. A. R. 754. not to revoke a will made by her, the rule of the common law to the contrary having been abro gated by a statute conferring on mar ried women testamentary capacity. The statute of limitations against an action on a Judgment Is held in Citi zens' National bank' versus Lucas (Wash ). 5ft L. A. B. 812, to begin to Pacific Hospital, at San Franciaco, to run from the time of Its rendition and dayandlon the way to that place five vic Snn J h expIrfafUon of hV nmJ MM died. Twenty-two of the Injured during which execution can be Issued , reached the hospiil. where it wai an- I nounced tonight that R. W. Post, of IMPERTINENT PERSONALS, . It looks as if the roar of Cannon ! would be heard daily in the next con gress. Boston Globe. Mr. Frlck is now expected to give Mr. Carnegie a few lessons in how to avoid dying poor. Washington Star. They say Citizen George Francis Train dictated his autobiography, just published, In tbirty-five hours. He Js a sort of lightning express Train, as it were. Exchange. :;. -j- .. v, .v. Jonn D. Rockefeller, Jr is still preaching on the uselessness of great riches. Pretty soon he will lay himself liable to being suspected of being a hu morist Boston Herald. RECENT INVENTIONS. An Englishman has Invented a brick laying machine which lays and mor tars the bricks. Torchon lace of any pattern can now be made by one machine, owing to a recent invention in Vienna. An Indiana inventor has patented a device by which horses hitched in their stalls will be relieved automatically If the stable catches Cre. A Danish inventor has succeed: J iii producing cLemli'-nTy a new n'tc-rlal for plaic art, 44 1 rrr,::t." It caa be riaae to knii I.'ke err r or. catll.. tronze, porcelain r ci-rai-.lc ware rUZLtCITY. 1 3 t: e r r rf :e t:.:; V.st ( vrrs--.:s 1. ft f. r t!.e r r. Nes ? FATAL CRASH OF TRAMS BRIIGS CEATH AID SUiTE?j:i Byron, Cal., Deo. SL Eighteen persons were killed and 27 injured In the collision last night between the southbound Los Angelas "Owl" train and the Stockton flyer. It was a rear end collision, the en gine of the local plowing Its way in to the rear-coach of the "Owl" which was ttiU-d with Fresno people. The passengers whu escaped death were hurled to the forward part of the coach and crushed In the mas of debris. , Their sufferings and dangr were intensified by the clouds of scald lug steam that poured ont from the suc- tered boiler of the Stockton engine. Af ter the "Owl" left the Oakland Mole it noted that there was a leak In tbe floe of the engine. This Increased to such an extent that It was deemed advisable to stop here and take a freight engine lur relief. ';, The train officials knew that the Stockton local train was following half-hour behind and a flagman was sunt back along the track to give warnlog ol of tne presence of the "0 wl" . , It Is said that the Stockton train, in charge of Engineer Magulrs and Fireman Joyce, got the warning signal In uue time and gave the signal, the usual re sponse with whistle blasts. Why the I lowing train was not checked, however, has not been explained thus far, the men who could give the facts being amona tne badly Injured. So forcibly did the local meet the rear of the "Owl" that the end of the second car, the dining car, was smashed In and the three cooks weie f i t 1 . M. . . eariuueiy uurc , ins norror oi ore was not added to the disaster and the Denned up victims were spared from flame, for the oil burners were extinguished the crash cam wnn Relief quickly name to the' injured pas- un.. a v.. mr,A - I . ... l"., ' " """SM """ir w" aum to oyroa snanoiiDprwgtasnonat8tanceawat, sod physicians eaiue qntekt ; to ther .ets;. - tloa. Every. effort wim inade. Wdletriata) the suffering ihI vJom mhn a ere tanable to proceed on their journey were taken to the 8ilnas but! th ..Immh m Rimn whi. h temporarily was trans formed Into u hospital. SIXTEEN. DEATHS ALLEADY RE- CORDED. Marines, Cal., lec. 31. Sixteen deaths already have been recorded and there are fears that the total will reach 20. Most of the wounded passengers, who were too severely injured to be taken to their homes, were taken to the Southern bowler, CaL, and Loe Sou, a Chinese, of Ban Francisco, wili probably succumb. Of the 22 na.tlnt nn! th mltted to rjcefva "visitors, so seriously were they suffering. TWO MORE DEATHS. San Francisco, Dec. 21. At the 8outh T t ti r . i , ... . ru raciuo ouspnai lonignc, two more victims of the Byron wreck died, Richard Post, of Fowler, Cal , a medical student. and Mini Magowa, a Japanese girl. This makes the total number of deaths 18. A BIO ADVANCE IN OIL. Sfindard OH Company Make Fifty Mil lions Ina Day. Nw York Dupatch to New Orleani Time. Demo crat, The Standard Oil trust, which this year paid Its stockholders f 10,000.000 or 40 per cent, of its cap'taliitatlon in dividends, has made in the last twenty- four hours a grab of J 0,000,000. Of this vast sura e '.l i to tbe revenues cf tLe trust the bulk goes to John D. r i , - - . .... i.otkf-. ..er, ana ocariy a;j ci it to tall a dorea "oU Bf rt)st?s.w TLe prfo cf ell tas t a '. :a I'.lj c"mb 1 for three months. In C ;-t.'abr the I a cf keroev-isforei-rt f ,' cent a ".-,,n. h:cet: n t! f ity 5, 10 e ' wfsC.'i ct,: ' i " ' 1 15 1 a (r r ' 9 s Lavs I ' l en 1 lev i r i - J I 7. T: y V i I f U - acflc -t l.i If' '36 It:. - j t 'till 7 a j ' " - 1 v " a C t 3 I r j v FRESH FACTS : i m A FEW LniES ITErS OF IITEEEST TO EYESTECDT ; A ginseng trust has been formed la Japan. - There are 9,000 boys in the British navy, including 6200 under training. . Millions .'of mussels have recently beef washed ashore near Swansea, Wales. , In Berlin 833 public buildings are owned by the state and 497 by the municipality. " - - t . . Bicycles are taxed In Tancouver, B. Ch the municipal revenue from that source last year being 557. . Penrith, Cumberland, England, is to be lighted by electricity, power being obtained from the river Eamont Wire screens are now placed in the tramway cars at New Orleans to sepa rate negroes from white passengers. . .While 8,500 coal cutting machines are Used in United States mines, there are less than 400 such machines in British collieries. f ' Her puppy, having died, n fox terrier at Twickenham Is now contentedly act ing as foster mother to a couple of young kittens. .. Under light anaesthesia ammonia ap plied to a. cat's nose will cause a car- dia Inhibition and a rise of blood pres sure. In rabbits the effect Is tbe same Bullets shot in military target prac tice nowadays are caught on an In clined surface made of sheet iron back of the target, are remelted and become bullets iagaln."'X-:i'--.i:!.'i;V,V;. la Worcestershire, England, 499 wo men a are engaged making j anchors. while 703 , others make needles and 1,044 nails. Nearly all are married wo men or widows. , By order of tbe Japanese empress wooden legs have just been distributed to the seven maimed survivors of the Aomori disaster, when 200 Japanese soldiers were frozen to death. Reports from Manitoba show an im mense increase In the production of wheat In that section. This must to a greater or lesser extent affect the pro duction of this, grain in the United States" 'H.wKSs i H": J The decision of the directors of the theater at 'Halle, In Germany, to dis tinguish by means of red and white advertising posters between plays that are fit for young persons to witness and those that are not is causing some amusement As a model a Munich sculptor has hired a full grown lion from a menag erie. The animal eats twelve pounds Of horseflesh daily and drinks ten gal lons of milk. The cost of its food and Its keeper's pay is $10 a day. The menagerie ia to receive $1,500 if tbe Hon dies. ...... The Yealdeea. The Tezidees. a peculiar Turkish sect, cut off the head of any one who Inad vertently speaks the word rdevil," Satan" or, anything with a similar meaning. Petted Plants, When plants are first potted, water them thoroughly to settle the soil close ly around the roots. Afterward water according to requirements. A plant growing fast must have plenty of niois ture. If the leaves begin to look dull In color, water is needed at once. , Aatlpodean Pearl Fishing, The pearl fisheries of West Australia employ 2,305 men, of whom 110. are Englishmen. The average yield per boat per season is placed at $025 for pearls and $3373 for pearl shell - . ,. ' Coatlr Wines. The most expensive wine in the world is some 1778 Madeira recovered from wreck in tbe Scheldt in 1814. It was sold at 114 per bottle. Artsona. ' ' Arizona exceeds in area the following ten states combined: Rhode Isluiul. Delaware, Connecticut New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ver mont Maryland. West Virginia and South Carolina. A Slam Cnstom. When a personage of high rank dies in Shi ill, tbe king helps bathe the body and prepare It for cremation and final ly lights the funeral pyre. Teak Timber. The best-timber known for eh'p- tulldlng is teak, a forest tree common la India. CoSfee tirade. A 3",2;c!ous blend cf d:erent kinds e elays produces a better li-i i any t- 'e co.Tee. Put this 1 t ' t t 1 e made fter r ast- 1 r t t'f--re. I ? ' 1 I rc. ; 1 t i -"dies for scale in .. , t : h as oWndi-rs. '.i a i ' ; "a of white Lt.-U'-:" i .1 -dved soap, ttior- Vxlr4 Autrslla. Australia now contains more unex plored territory In proportlan to its size than any other .continent. , , . Para's GU Mia. The gold mines of Pern were so rich that Atabuallpa to buy bis ransom 'filled a room 22 by 17 feet to height of nine feet with golden vessels. When melted, they produced 115,480,710 of gold. Fashion was the old name for a cer tain disease of tbe horse. It ia alluded to in "The Taming of the Shrew," where Petruchlo'a horse Is said to be "infected with the fashions." The com plaint Is a common one now, but not among horses, 'Paper Slippers. In many hotels in Europe the guests are provided with slippers. The soles are of pasteboard in.J the rest brown paper- New ones are furnished to each guest ... flanpton laetitvt. In the Hampton institute palm leaf bats and new styles of baskets are made by the students, also rugs, and the girls use pure vegetable dyes ot their own manufacture instead of tbe aniline colors to be found in the mar ket A Toach Old Bat. A bat was found torpid, but alive. In a vault at Yatesbury church, Caine, England, recently which : had been closed and sealed 100 years previously Ta Mllltarr Salate. It is 100 years since King Frederick William III. of Prussia issued an order forbidding officers and men to take off their bats In saluting and ordering the salute to be bringing tbe band to the level of the eyes. - - Laailnoaa Plaata. several species of moss a lily, a poppy and a nasturtium are luminous yesterday to visit at Mr. 0. E. Summer-, etnlght Tilin'a, ' ' Aaatrl. Twlee B..lcr.,t. M"r- 8mSth. "d The Austrian empire has been twice Erio Bu non yesterday from at bankruf -t oiat in liiil, when she paid tending scbooi at the A. A. M. college. 6 shillings in lUe pound, and again in 1814. when she paid 2 shillings in the pound, ., , - ' t The Brnia. - The brain of a child at birth weighs under ten cunces but at the end of a year has Increased to two pounds. Full growth Is attained by men at about twenty years of age and by women at eighteen years. , lee te&n If half of the'creanTio be used In making Ice cream Is first scalded and the sugar melted In it, there will be no danger of ( burning It into butter, as sometimes occurs when It Is used nn scalded. After cooling add the remain der of the cream demanded by the rec ipe. Morocco Woum, The women of Morocco never cele brate their birthdays, and few of them know their ages. Llntewater. To make lhuewater soak a piece of unslaked lime about the s(ze of a wal nut In two quarts of filtered water contained In an earthen vessel, stir thoroughly, allow it to settle and use only from the top, replacing the water and stirring as consumed. A Oewrr of Water. Water is so scarce in the Japanese Island of Oshima that It is the custom of. the bride to take a large tub of drinking water with her to her new home as a kind of dowry. Pint Scientific Society. The first scientific society was estab lished by Dr. Franklin. The Pairrhild Lecture. Every Whit Tuesday since 1730 there has been delivered at the parish church at Shoredltch. London, a lecture on the creation, entitled the KnlrrliilJ lec ture, a discourse for whlc-li Thomas Fairchlld, the pious. gardeur jf llox ton, lct a legacy. ' Cased Eirda. V , Caged birds are frequently mud. troubled with Insects in their t-yea;. 1 will be found that hanging a small I ::j of sulphur in the cage will i;v-a these Insects worrying the Urdu am will also Isnprove their health in otLe ways. Llaarda In Slam. A kind of lizard which grovrii to h seven feet in length is found in f .tin It Is known as the "be-ah." and 1.:; ;:,; Is highly prized hs medicine. i. 3 r " r t . ' . c I j t ' ?! ntv i i i t ' '.' it n 5 r ever ana the snv til 1 si-ay, mok f ' ' rr'fe cam s i lot : i tit" ?tt is : i ; J ( f con. : ! f Tie-i. t f - 'i I -1 : ' t :- ers r - L's a Ii t t C SOUE ARRIVE SOHB DEPART PERT PARAGRAPESPCmi iHZ'JL Miss Mary KUpatrkk returned yester day from Grifton. Mr. James Rhodes, of Grifton, earns yes terday to visit at Mr. Geo. W. Rhodes'. Mr. and Mrs. A. 8. Coreland returned yesterday from a northern w adding tour. ' Mrs. T. B, Lee left this morning for A hoski, to spend the holidays. . Mr, R. L. Blow went to Plkevlile this morning. Miss Martha Allen went to oldstoro this morning. - Mrs. Alice Hunter left this morning for Washington, N. C Mrs. J. M. Whits went to Dover this morning. Prof. L. C Brogden went to Goldsboro t its morning. Mrs. P. H.Crawford went to Gold, boro this morning. . 't Miss Lissle White returned this morn ing from visiting In Craven county. ' Mrs. Bailie Beaton and Mr. K. & Ben ton went to Boston this morning. Mrs. T. M. Sutton, of near Klaston, -went to LaGrange this morning. Mr. C L. IveS, of Newbern, was In KInston yesterday. ' Mr. and Mrs. M. 8. Hamlin left this morning for Winston.. , Mr. A. L. C. Hill left yesterday evening for Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Wooten went to Latiraoge this morning. Mrs. W. L. Holland, of CMnton, came' Mr. T. A. Holden, of Grlfton, a student 0f Trinity coltegs, came this morning on , his way boms to spend the holidays. ( . " Mr. F. -Stanly WhiUer came 'home this morning from Trinity college, to iDend ln BoBdtv-1 . . Mie Olivia Waters, of near Newbern,' came this morning to Tisltherslster,Mrs.' ( C T. Randolph. I at081-'" Brock, of Maryland, i wno,nM rl"'t,D Mr- 8- U- Ab" j bott went toKwbem yesterday, ! Mr. Charlie Phillips, of near KInston, , fet this morning to visit in Johnston county. '. Mrs. W. A. Pearce, of Weldon, came yesterday to visit her father, Mr, J. VV Grainger. Mies Nettle Brogden, of Trenton, who has been visiting at Mrs. Kate Harvey's, left this morning for Raleigh. Mr. Carr Carraway, ot near KInston, came yesterday from Raleigh, where he has been at the A. St. M. college, to spend the holidays at bis home. r Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Anderson, of Weldon, came last night to spend the holidays with their daughters, Mrs. G. D, Hawks and Mrs. M. E. Chad wick. Mrs. Graoey Brinson, of near Newbern, came yesterday, spent tbe night at Mr. E. S. Flttmao's, and left this morning for Washington, N. C. Misses Jessie E. Bryan and Leila Tucker ' came home this morning frm Greens boro where they have been at tbe 8tate Normal. Misses Ida Edwards, of Hookerton, came this morning from Greensboro on her way home from college to spend the holidays. Mr. H. P. Nicholson, of Onslow county, waa In KInston this morning on his way home from the A. ft M. eollege to spend Christmas. Mr. Geo. B. W. Badiey, of LaGracj. was in KInston this morning. Ce was on his way to Greenville, but the trains failed to make connection here, so bs re turned to LaGrange. , Rev. J. D. Waters, correspond! sec retary of the Christian church and editor of The Watch Tower, was In Klaston last night and left this mondrj for Washington, N. C Mr. Geo. W. Eutier I f laBt c'ht for rhi!ade!rV.a ta r?v.3 the t !" I was accompan', J ty L" t Ava t: ' who goes to fni the Lohd It sitter. IViotn of royo O. f.a'- x rc. '22.- r .thiA t, r v. lis was ii i 1 -ry J"M t- f -. . ,.-"'-' A . ' i t-r!; -t t t r. t, 1 ( . : ' r'a .. I