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The Da Free Press PUBLISHED EiZBRY KFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, VOL. V. NO. 254. KLNSTON, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1003 PRICE TWO CENTS. . ;,.::. ,. . 1 . . .. . ""i : ' ' " i ", ' " i ; 1 ; i FRESH FACTS : IN A FEW LINES l' .1! J, LI . I U ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYBODY Jany Short Paragraphs Condensed for Busy People There are about 5,000 women stenog raphers in Pittsburg. J A German has Invented an electric sand pump for cleaning stone buildings. The largest church In the world is St Peter's, at Rome, accommodating 54,000 persons. Theatrical ' stage employees hare ninety local unions and more than 4,000 members. Galway, Ireland, wants to be made the home terminal port of the proposed new Canadian mall route. The Women's Butchers' union at the Chicago stockyards has 600 members. 8t Louis has a similar union. General Joubert's silver fitted Jaunt ing car, which was captured in South Africa, Is now at Woolwich arsenal There are about 15,000 convicts In the prisons of England, whose main tenance costs about $3,000,000 a year. Clusters of filberts containing twen ty-nlne separate . nuts have been plucked at Templecombe, Somerset, England; Copper in certain druggists' supplies has been traced to copper rivets used In the driving belts of the manufacturing , machinery. In a fortnight's fishing bn Oulton Broad, Suffolk, England, a lady and her hnsband landed 2,539 roach be tween them. 'About 16,000,000 tons of freight are annually carried on the Ohio river, which has a length of 1,000 miles from Pittsburg to Cairo. h- belief In witchcraft still prevails In' parts of Lancashire, England; also In the Isle of Man and still more strongly in the Hebrides. . ;It is announced that the British mu seum has purchased the ten pound h. aerolite, which fell recently at Crura- ; lln. County Antrim, Ireland. Authorities of British Columbia have established traveling libraries for the benefit 'of the numerous - lumber and mining camps in that province. " " " t Endeavors are being made to amalga mate the Austrian, French and 8whs Alpine clubs for the purpose of secur ing more control over the guides. In a cemetery In Mlddlebury, Vt, Is a stone erected by a widow to her lov ing husband bearing' this inscription: "Best In peace until we meet again." Six monster apples gathered at Put nam, Norfolk, England, measured thir teen inches , in circumference and weighed together three pounds and two ounces. , Turkish women do not come into con trol of their private fortunes until after marriage. After that they can dispose of one-third of it without the husband's consent A Hint Vow taa Fatara. It' is a source of great happiness to me, my dear,? remarked Mr. Baxter to his life's companion, "that no one can ever with truthfulness point to you as woman with a past" - - "Yes, James, replied Mrs. Baxter, "it should make you happy, and as tomor row la my birthday it will 'make' toe nappy to bare everybody point to me as a woman with a present" New York Herald. DtCeraat laraataata la Miaa.' Julius Would you like to Bv your Bfe ever again? 5 4 r.; ;J -t 4 Edgar No, but Yd like topewl over again all the money Pre spent Stray Stories. - . "Smithers Is positively the crest in Hospitable man I ever saw,". "Yes; X never knew him eves tertaln an Idea." What to Eat to en- Itallaaa U Meat. ' . Italians of the poorer class are noted for their general good health. This Is to some extent attributed to the fact that the working people of Italy eat less meat than those of any other Eu ropean nation. ; - ' Froaa Maalla ta Aaatralia. , During a voyage from Manila to Aus tralia the ship is out of sight of land for two days only. - VJttt WORLD HOLDS A sage once said : ' Of al! our posses ions the newspaper is the most valuable. It is the meeting place where the world holds counsel." The newspaper is made, like everything else, wiih an idea to superiority. That it shall have prestige is one of the cares of its makers. The same line of argument may be applied to tobaco. , r ' . The people tnak the news for the paper, and t"ie id.ia' giyes it to the world in sa:isf)Hjj form. Nature sup plies us with tobacco. Given to the smoker in Piedmoi.t Ciar-ue i one of the sitifvif? firms j:i the nUn; of h tv.e I SPORTING NOTES. Miss Hecker, the women's golf cham pion, never plays the game during the winter. Catcher Billy Maloney may be trans ferred to Jimmy Collins by the Cincin nati club. Ban Johnson denies that either Reach or Angus is behind the New York American League club, Under the orders of his physician; "Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien has been compelled to call off all bis fights for the next few weeks. Four horses will try to lower the world's trotting record next season. They are resceus, The Abbot, John A. McKerron and Lord Derby. The ice yachting championship of the United States has been held for five years by the Jack Frost, also champion of the Hudson river. Jockey "Skeets" Martin, now under contract to W. C. Whitney, is to ride H. B. Duryea's Acefull, the American bred . three-year-old, In the English Derby. J. A. R. Elliott, the famous marks man. Is now In New York, where he will prepare himself for a few pigeon matches and get in trim for the sum mer circuit Jake Gettman, the crack center field er of the Eastern League club of Buf falo, Intends to leave that organization and Join the National League club in Philadelphia. The new board running track for the use of the Harvard track squad is now completed. It is the best that the uni versity has ever had and is modeled after the Boston A. A. track. WATERFALLS IN JAPAN. They Are Almost Coaatleaa aid Are t'acd aa Sarlaea. The watarfalls of Japan are almost countless. There is one at every turn, and where there was not one in the beginning the Japs have made one, for It is their passion. Every little garden has a fall or two, and It would not be considered , a garden at all without it There are many very beautiful ones in various parts of the country, and they are all of them shrines visited by thousands of pilgrims every year. They do not pray to them as to a statue of Buddha,, hut they .first pass up a little paper prayer on a convenient rock and then sit down In rapt attention and gaze at the falling water for hours, tak ing an occasional cup of tea at a little teahouse which always stands close at band' ; The Japs are great at making pil grimages anyway. When a man has reached the age of forty-five, he is sup posed to have raised a family which will in the future take care of him, About the first thing he does on retir ing is to start on a series of pilgrimages. Sometimes be Joins a band of fellow pilgrims, or, If comparatively wealthy, be sometimes takes bis wife and a mi nor child and makes the pilgrimages by himself. These, pilgrim bands can al ways be seen moving about the coun try. ; They carry little banners with the name of their city and district marked on them, and when they have received good entertainment at a teahouse or hotel they hang one of their banners up In a conspicuous place as a testimonial Often a band of pilgrims' will travel from one end of the country to the oth er, visiting every temple and waterfall In the land. . Lavish Eatertatameata. In the palmy- days of the French monarchy . sumptuous entertainments of royalty were 4uot uncommon. To entertain a queen for a week the Comte d'Artois rebuilt rearranged and refur nished bis castle from threshold to tur ret employing 900 workmen day and night The . Marshal de Soubise re ceived Louis XV. as his guest for day and night at a cost of 80.000. "I bear," said his majesty to the marshal. who owed millions, "that you are in debt" "I will inquire of my steward and Inform your majesty." replied the host biding a yawn behind his hand. Three at a Klad. . , 8 ta late Why. my watch has stopped. Miss Willing And so has the clock. etaiate men 1 suppose l may as well stop awhile longer. San Francis co Examiner. A Credit to Both. "Does she favor her father or ber motherr " - "Well. I should say she sort of com pllments both of them." Detroit Free Press. -. . A Proposal. "Dear me! But we're supposed have reached the age of discretion. "On the contrary, we've passed to thank heaven!" New York Life. ' -.." Rat meat. . First Actor I am having a new suit of clothes made. Second Actor I am having a pair of socks nit! Indianapolis News. 'The nicst and rdeasantest m diein fhavaused for indig-estion and con stiration is Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets," . savs Melard F. Crai,'. of Jlid H.erove, N. Y., "Thev work like a r!;ai"i an.l do not rrhw r ! -va ? v r V...r,t e-vt." l ot A BATTLE WITH BANK ROBBERS ATTEMPT TO ROB HOCKSYILLE BANK Yice President and Cashier Have Warm Enconnter With the Cracksmen Charlotte Observer, t6. At 2 o'clock this morning an inef fectual effort was made to rob the bank of Advance at Mocks vil le. , Ex pert cracksmen broke open the vault and stole some lose metal currency, but were interrupted before they had time to open the time lock safe inside the vault. At about 2 o'clock Mr. T. J. Byerly the cashier of the bank, who rooms in a building close to the bank, beard two explosions, which he thought came from the bank. He aroused the vice president of the bank, Mr. James McGuire, Jr.; and arming themselves with guns and pistols the two young men star-tea at once ror me nanK, When they came close to the building they saw that the door was open. As Bverlv started to enter a man inside fired on him with a Winchester rifle. Bverly and McGuire both returned the fire, and a fusilade ensued. The cashier and viee president fired ten shots and the would-be robbers an sivered them almost shot for shot. No one was struck. When the Urine was over it .was found that the cracksmen had fled. A hurried examination , of the bank showed that no damage was done be- vond ruining the vault, which has" a massive ''steel door ore atd a half inches thick. ' This had been torn off by nitro-glvcerine. - Mr. Byerly stated there was every indication that sev eral professional robbers were en gaged in the attempted robbery. The wtioie town 01 jviocKsviiie was aroused by the occurrence and efforts were made" to surround the place and prevent the robbers from escaping, As The Observer goes to press the cashier and the other officers of the bank are trv lnir to net a special train to bring bloodhounds into Mocks vllle in order that the dogs may get on tne trail of the cracksmen before it gets COld. 'V, J ' r TEA ROOT CARVNGS. Faataatl fVoodea Objecta That Are RPaahloaed la the Orleat, .:.," - The fantastic wooden objects which come from the far east and, are known as tea root carvings have .long been the basis of a prosperous Industry in the populous city 'of'-, Fuchau. Strictly1 speaking, the name is a misnomer. Some of the carvings are made from old tea roots and tea trunks, but the vast majority, nine-tenths at least are made from the roots and trunks of hardwood trees. ,'- x - The carvings are almost Invariably made In two parts, a pedestal and one or more human figures fitted to the lat ter by pegs and holes. The former Is made from a root and the latter from a trunk. ' The roots are selected with con siderable care. They must be compara tively free from dry rot, decay and worm holes and must possess a rude symmetry, i They are cleaned, scrub bed and scraped and sawed to about the desired size; then the artist with chlseL gouge, knife and pinchers re moves rootts and roots until the fig ure Is completed. - . - , . 1 The simplest design la a three legged pedestal, of which the base le a rough Cylinder of wens and knobs. Any num ber of legs mar be used. ; A : curious specimen seen by the writer In the Grand hotel, Yokohama; baa fifty legs, while the body baa been so treated aa to suggest a horny cehtfped; j A second type of pedestal la. the- mushroom. A third type Is an animal form, such as the buffalo, tiger, 'unicorn, elephant or dragon.'' &:&4v$fcnft. at !. Nearly alwaylthe-tMsel UgttiatXtbj la depicted, the look of piety or suffer ittg tt replaced. by leef or 'drunken grimace; Jt it be a warrior, every limb and muscle Is molded so aa to suggest decrepitude or a desire to ran away. .'; fQuang Tt the r lnrlncible teoldler prince. Is frequently portrayed stand lag on one leg. with the other extended like a professional rope balancer. New York Post " " - The Battle ( Toara. The battle of Tours In 732 A. D. Is aid to have been the most murderous On record. Three hundred and ' fifty thousand men In all were killed. , - A Ccraaaa Sapcratltioa. ' ' ' -.' It is believed In Germany that the oxen are endowed with speech on Christmas eve at midnight . But to bear them it is necessary to put fere leaves in one's boots. " Bararala Coaatcra la Paris, . The bargain counter flourishes In Paris as in the retail stores of this country. "Occasion" Is the sign by which it is known, and the Parisian housewife is not a whit behind the housewife of America in knowing bow to take advantage of it The 9M CaatL ' The actual cost of making the Sue! canal was fJ4.159.000. PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE f a aa-i 'Mil i i I "P TOO MUCH TALK BY THE LAWYERS. A B 11 to Limit Pleadings. To First Consins from Marrying Monday, January 20. It Is confidently exiected that the Democratic caucus will choose a sena torial candidate tomorrow night. There is a general desire among the supporters of all the candidates them selves, to have the agony over. Every proper agency that could be employed has been used to secure support by all the candidates. They all realize that they have done all they can do, and are beginning now to wish to know their fate. The end is believed to be near at hand. Tomorrow night will probably witness the close of the memorable struggle the most memor able that has been witnessed in North Carolina in fifty years. SENATE. Senator Webb introduced a bill to break up the "talk, talk, talk," of lawyers in court. He proposes that each judge allow only a given time for argument, lhe bill was referred to the judiciary committee. ' Senator Blow is at work to put more money into the treasuries of the graded schools. He introduced a bill providing that fines and penalties im posed and collected by mayors and chief officers of cities be paid over to the graded schools. At present these go to the general school fund of the county. The r'amilco, oriental ana vv estern Railway company's amendment to its charter to allow a vote on subscrip tions to its capital stock by districts, townships, cities and towns through w hich it passes, or which are interest ed, went through all right. Senator W arren explained that he had investi gated the original bill and found that the amendment was not contrary to any laws. That county commission ers could call an election without pe tition, for -a county. He found that Newborn and Craven county were in terested and that the terminus ot the road was to be at Newborn, where people desired to vote on the sub scription at once." He bad no objec tion to the bin vand hoped it would pass. : : ' A number of petitions asking for temperance legislation were read. A bill to authorize an election ior an issue of Sio.uuo in bonds tor graded school building in Mt. Olive passed second reading. An amendment increasing allowance for clerical force in insurance depart ment from 9l,W) to 9i,wo passed nuai readings and was enrolled. , will to increase the commissioners of Carteret county from three to live, and naming Abe Lee and Allan Tay lor v the two new commissioners, passed final, readings, ordered en rolled. i Senator Warren introduced a bill to amend section 54, chapter 9, laws of 1901, by which persons are to be allowed to sell bobksA periodicals, papers and literary productions With out paying peddlers tax. Referred to finance committee. 'l7i: X'L house ; A larare number of petitions from various counties for temperance legis lation serin came in. This is now almost a dally occurrence. Several bills of considerable interest were introduced. One was to prevent the intermarriage of first cousins. This amends section 1810 of the code to make it read: . ''All marriages be tween any two persons nearer of kin than second cousins shall be void.", . A bill by Mr. Fuller, of Durham, makes it unlawful for any person to sell liquor to an idiot or lunatic, as well is a minor. It is amendatory of sec tion 4071 of the Code, which prohibits liquor dealers to sell to persons under 21 years! agejitj-..- h.- j '. c.; " ri Another bill to divide the school fund between , the .races according to taxes, was Introauced. ,4 . r; Among the . bills introduced were: To establish wreck districts in Car teret county; to provide for appoint ment of cotton weighers for the towns in Pitt county.,11 - ; Bills -passed: , To i allow fishing with band lines from . bridges . in graven county; to authorize commls sioners of Carteret count j; to levy a special tax; to increase the" number of commissioners of Wayne county. : Earthquake in Mexico. . : MaxImi Citv. Jan. 25. News ha been received here by the Minister of the Interior, of earthquakes and vol canic disturbances near Urique, State of Chihuahua. Nanatoma Mountain has been riven in twain and the atmos phere is filled with fine volcanic dust. An earthquake at midnight on the 23rd was terrifying to the inhabitants, and the people were filled -with consterna tion. 1 ' ' . Don't Worry . This is easier said than done, yet it may be of some help to consider thf matter. It the cause Is something ovei which you have no control it , is ob vious that worrvinir will not heln th matter in the least. On1 the other hand. if within your control vou have onlv to act.. When you have a coid and fear an attack of pneumonia. - buy a bottleof Chamberlain's Cough Remedj and use It judioiouslv tnd. all caus for worry, as to the outcome will quickly cwapiH-ar. liiere is no dansrei jf -.urrtoHa wl;n it is used. Foi Th Value of Cotton Swd. Cotton seed have become a product of the farm that takes a very promt nent place among the many crops of North Carolina farmers. But few peo pie know the money value to the farm ers of this State that they bring. The following from the Charlotte Observer shows of what value thl used-to-be comparatively worthless product is to the farmers in North Carolina: "It is astonishing," said a cotton seed buyer yesterday, "to see the amount of money the farmers of thi county get for their cotton seed, a pro duce wuicn a tew years uau was cuu sidered absolutely worthless. I -hav been buying seed and selling meal and hulls for live j'ears now, and In so do ing have handled $50,000 per year, or $2o0,000 for the five years, The seed from the cotton raised in this county amounts to 23,000,000 pounds per year At the present time seed are selling for 27 cents per bushel, or 90 cents per hundred pounds, and at this pride the cotton seed raised in Mecklenburg county would be worth over f 200,OUU, "In the United States when a crop of 10.000,000 bales of cotton is grown there is about 1,000,000,000 pounds of seed, which at the present price of the product would be worth about !),000, 0(H). There is no getting at the value of the oils, meal and hulls which is made from the seed. The price named above is the amount the farmer gets for the raw product. "several years ago, neiore the value of cotton seed became, known, millions of dollars worth of seed were wasted every year. The seed makes excel lent manure and the raw seed are very good cow feed, but this was not known and thev were left in plies to rot and waste. Just before the cotton oil mills were established, however, most of the seed were used for manuring land. some one discovered that they were of value for that purpose. Even after the mills were built the hulls were al lowed to waste, for up until a few years ago their value as stock feed was unknown. The evolution in this product has most certainly been wonderful." Cut to Death by a Negro. Washington, N. C, Jan. 20. .Satur day night at Hunter's Bridge, of this county, George M. Latham, a white man, feecame involved in a difficulty with Rufus Woolard, colored. Latham was cut in three places and died in few minutes, , Woolard made . his escaoe to the woods.. , i s -L - The facts leading-ta themurder are these: Several people were in a store, among the number Latham and Wool ard, both of whom were feeling good An argument led to quarreling and fl?ht ensued, resulting to Latham being cut to death.. A two inch gash was made on the abdomep, which entered the abdominal cavity and severed the intestines. Another wound three inches long was made on the right thigh, severing the femoral artery and a slight cut on the hip. Latham had the reputation of being a good citizen, and the negro bears srood character in that community. Benj. Oden, colored, arrested the mur derer in the woods near the scene of his crime this morning. Oden brought the prisoner direct to this city, and placed him in jail. A posse of over one hundred men have been search ing for him since Saturday ntght. Woolard claims he did the cutting in self defense. R says Latham was advancing upon him and he could not keep him off until he cut him. Woolard is 20 j'ears old. V'.;'A Jtrasa-U W EaarUaa. . American tourists abroad often com ment upon the literal translation Into English of notices In foreign languages. The well meant efforts of landlords and others to conyey In the, language of the visitor the meaning , o$ the native, often produce laughable results.' A, Washington citizen found this no tice posted In hla, room. In an Alpine hotel- - ,T'" ; rjaistew, ,tne venerable voyagers are eaeatl'reqtteed not ttt'take cldthei VI uw IRU LV UIO. BUM (IH tUT UK color changes." Washington Star. ' Toe man who is ever ready to bet on aatthlog said suddenly to ' group' f members of the club, TU bet a case Of catchup to a bottle of curry 'powder that there Isn't a man lrrtheparty that can name the .denominations of United States paper money." All lost, and all were 'abashed when he mentioned fl, $2. 15, $10. $20. $50, $100. $500. $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. Most men are un accustomed to handling notes abort $100, and few ever saw one of $10,000. New York, Press. , ,.-' ;Fi Altars Aalaaalav ? : It la surprising bow circumstances ti ter animals. , The savages of the Ama son region feed the common green par rot for generations with the fat of cer tain fishes,, thus causing It to become beautifully -variegated . with red and yellow eathers. In like manner the natives of the Malay archipelago, by a process of feeding, change the talka tive lory into the gorgeous king lory. This Maaa'a'ar RaUaa It " "There is somethlDg elevating In mu sic," said the artist,'"-.' .'. , , " "Tes." answered the manager: u sic certainly' has the effect of stimu lating lofty Ideals aa to salary. Wash ington Star. It was to combat and expose quacks and fools that laughter was invented. Ttackeray. OLD NORTH STATE . NEWS AMD GOSSIP III.! I 0 ,.' ' : ' 03i AND INTERESTING H1PPEKIIGS. Clipped and Rehashed From Our Hortii Carolina Exchanges. Insurance Commissioner James R. Young has offered a reward of 1200 for the arrest of the person or persons who set fire to the residence of Mr. B. F. Montague at Raleigh. Owing to the caucuses and the bad weather the Red Men's fair did nnt yield so much money as was expected, and it is said that something like $2, 000 will be the figure. However, that is a nest-egg for the Red Mn' or phanage. Mr. H. A. King, of Raleigh. . tained an accident at Moncure Sunday mam wiat may cosi mm nis right arm. While repairing some parts of hi en gine he lost his footing, falling to the ground and sustained injuries that will lay him up for several days. . Troy: Dr. Ben Atkins, a vnunir nh- sician of some prominence, was ar rested Wednesday charged with as sault with intent to commit rape upon Clara Ingold, an operative in the Sraitherman cotton mill, who works at night. Atkins is under bond. , Greensboro. Jan. 23. At a meetW of the Good Roads club, held in Gull ford county last night, that organtza--tion endorsed a plan to build between 100 and 150 miles of macadam' road in five vears at a total cost of $300,000. ' A bill authorizing an election to vot the necessary bonds was agreed upon for submission to the general as sembly, Greensboro, Jan. 25. -Henrv Ms. Adoo, aged twenty-five vears. wa found on the railroad track here at 1 o'clock this morning with : both legs broken and his skull crushed. He died two hours later. So little blood came from his wounds that physicians who attended him were led to believe that he was stunned by a blow on the head and then placed in the way of a passing train. Greensboro, Jan. 25. The board of aldermen of Greensboro have un for consideration a novel proposition. It is . an amendment to . the citv charter, whereby each alderman will receive a ' salary of $200 a year. Under the amendment, also, each alderman has $4 deducted from his salarv everv time lie misses a board meeting and $2 every time he misses a meeting of a committee to which he belongs. v . - Winston-Salem. Jan. 24. A col lision between a double header freight and a work train occurred on the Nor folk and Western, near Stanley to night. The trains met on a sixtv-flve foot trestle. Two of the engines went through the trestle. Engineer Wile v, of the work train, was killed. Engi neer Spencer, of the freight, was fa tally injured. Several others of both crews also were injured, but not seri ously. .- . , Raleigh special to Charlotte Obser ver:. It is understood that the Cath olic church at the orphanage here will be dedicated in May and that Cardinal ' Gibbons and several bishops will be asKea to nonor the occasion by their presence. The cardinal is greatly be- ' oved here, as some thirty 6r thirtv- five years ago he was in charcre of St. John's, the then Catholic church in this city, which stood at the southeast corner of the capitol square, Tha three-year-old child of Mr. Horace Read, living near Trivitlv. fell Thursday morning and stuck a knife blade into .its head, just ; above the temple. In trying to eet it out the. mother brokrthe blade and a part . was left in , the child's head. The blade was very small and Dr. C. W. Downey does not know how deep' it went or how much of the : blade was broken off in the bead. It Is a serious accident and may' prove , fatal. The blade went through the skull and to remove It the skull would have to be cut. ; a. .- iT?; fc. v ivyv . Durham. Jan. 24. In the superior court today the case of Kelly .against . the Durham.Traction company, came to an end by the jury allowing the -plaintiff judgment for $400. - This' is the first judgment vet rendered against the company. Kelly . sued for $1,000 ror false arrest, ;. Kelly,, and several boys were on the cars one night last ummer and were arrested for refusintr to pay their fares. They claimed that they bad paid and the - suit followed. There is another suit of the same kind on docket, but it will not be decided at this term of court.; - : ..?.: r-' ' Asheville: George W. Vanderbilt has bought all the Davidson river lands together with the water power that has for years been the motive power of the mill there. Mr. Vander bilt already owns the upper lands on him down and identifies his interests aajar down as the Transylvania rail way, and it is understood that he will erect a railway station at the point where the tannic extract plant is being located. Mr. Vanderbilt will also ira- " prove the approach to Biltmore. The river bank at the Asheville end of the Swannanoa bridge will be excavated so that the river, having a wider channel will not overflow. The bridge ill be extended. .. . For a bad tast In the mouth take a w doses of Chamberlain's Stomach nd Liver Tablets. Price 2- cents. Warranted to cure. For sale bv J. E. i ' i i irs lor r. Pjvoe. t y J . '.. Prinrrist. ood Drue j;-t.