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t The Daily Free Press. Published Evry Afternoon (except Sundiyl at Kinston, North Carolina. THE FREE PRESS CO.. Publisher.. NEW SHORT STORIES DANIEL T. EDWARDS. Editor Fmered et the Postolfice a lecond clsss matter I.KT Til K X K. ICO A I.ON K. I'rt-s ilisputchf'.s from Washington Mftte that the president U very much worried Itccaiise the citizens of the UniU-i Ntaten io not coiic'in- with him ami co-operate in tirinyin the two races together. Vfi'.v naturallv I h- i- -. id Tit is "worried." The storm of disapproval of his acts in -.talilisliinj.'social eijual ity at tin' whit- house reached his ears and k'itii-ed even liim to ponder over what he was tloinr. His acts practi cally aun.urit to a re-openin;.' of il,e old and nearly healed wound of sec tional feeling, in that it is a repri mand HinoLmtiny. virtualh, to an in sult to the south ami southern people. mi nave striven so nam aim earn estly for a solution of the race ques tion, who had thought to have reached a satisfactory solution of the prohleni, to the white people of the United maies anynow, ny placing me neyro on a iM.-iter and safer plane than a po j litical one. Now the president heyins ' anew the strife hy foisting upon the people of the south nejfroofllce-holders and further Insults southern people hy tnvitint,' to meet them, at a reception at the white house. net-roes and their wives and daughters. It is iK'lieved by those who know uie nefro oesi mat lie I twiter ofl in hi present state without the suffrage, and the mistake that was made nenrly forty years ajro hy those who did not know him, had been remedied to his advantage, when the president and those of his ilk are nurain rousing the unnatural desires in him by forcing upon him a position that ordinarily he would not expect nor strive for, and for which he is by nnture totally unfit to fill, as seen through theflasses of those who know him best. The nepro does not aspire to this position, and it is only when he Is incited by those who under stand him least that he is placed in this false position. Southern people are tired of this situation, as also Is the negro, and all would like to settle the question, and with the co-ojieration of tiie in- lellijfent negro and leading men of the north, it could be settled quickly. No one in the sout, neltherwhiteor black, wants a continuance of thin condition, and the negro especially would be bene fitted. It is a breeder of discord between the north and south and will continue to be a bone of contention so long as the president's policy is continued. jAnl tUp New Orleans Times-Demo Orat Hays! why should sectionalis n open its bleared and bloodshot eves again Once it was put away put away in its bullet-riddled and blood-stained regi mentals. Long since the vines have clambered above the broken shafts of cannon, and the wrens, nesting in the caves or uie ruined castle, had been twittering the song of love, peace and jiumanity. the nation was restful. Why this sudden rippling of the "Watersr Is the black man ever to re jnaln the bone of contention V Who and what is he that he should remain so persistently to the fore' Let alone, allowed to move along the fven tenor of his unimaginative wav, he is the most gentle, the most docile of all human creatures. Roused once, because of grievance, real or fictitious, and he is a fiend incarnate. What son of the Routh can recall the faith fulness and devotion of the black man to his master's family during and be fore the war without a prayer that lie may be saved from his pretended friends at the north? He would have died on ine doormat for his master's family. Since the war the picture is changed, and, often, he has sought to despoil What in the erstwhile he would have staked his life to protect. And who is to blame for it all? Surely not the poor, ignorant, misguided slav of yesterday. The dishonor is on whiter skins than his. The blood is on the hand which gave him the ballot with its immense responsibili ties, too complex to fit well his simple nature. He did not know, and has never learned, the meaning of it all. ouii puuj politicians must keep the keep U Hub Chaaar'a Lul Words. Historical fancy has put into the mouths of dying great men words which they never uttereL Farewell phrases of the eminent must nature1 he iu keeping with the life records those who spoke them: consequently the world generally will always be more ready to believe hat William IMtt exclaimed, "My country, oh, my country:" is he passed away than It will lie to credit the story that his last Intelligible words were a request for a meat pie. LI Hung Chang has not been dead I uig enough to have his "last words" puniiMieo ror uie edification or man kind, so that the tale told by Dr. Hob tit 'oilman. Jr., of Philadelphia is en titled t whatever nfKiiranee of contra diction or embellishment is conferred hy priority of publication. Or. Coll uiM'i. who is now visiting Philadelphia, !. private secretary to Prince Su. lord lii.h ehninli-Thiin to the emperor of 'lima, ami was one of the physicians v.-ho attended M Hung Chang during Ci.it ereat viceroy's last Illness. The ct;iir was Mr. Velde. a (Jerinan. The lii.Jit before I.l Huiik Chang died Coll- I i: ;:i n ml eldc made their usual even ing visit. They had been dining ;it llieir chili mid wore dress clothes. The sick man surveyed their cost tunes with a twinkle in his eyes and remarked: "Ah. evening dress: Have you come t:i dine with me?" Then he turned in bed and lapscl Into unconsciousness, from which he never afterward rallied. At least lids Is the story attributed to fflE MOONSHINERS Mr. ('oilman. Ml iel the Stntum. It Is related of a rural Scotchman who was visiting Glasgow that he was shown among other things the statue of Sir John Moore, which Is an erect figure. He brought another country isnor soon arterward to see the statue, but, not being topographically posted, arrived nt the statue of James Watt, which Is in a sitting attitude. HE SA1' MIVVX SIXCE I SAW HIM LAST." Feeling somewhat puzzled ns to the Identity of what was before him with what he recollected to have seen, heat length disposed of the difficulty by ex claiming: "Odd. man! . He sat down since I saw him last!" black man to the fore. Ha mct his place in the calendar of current . inings. tuner issues may come ud JNone can overshadow him. He is the . most pernicious and most persistent lruuiem uiav ever stirred the politics f any country. In the meantime the world should place hia crimes, and the crimes too often committed against him, thelynch iaga, the burnings and all the other unspeakably shocking offenses, not to his door, nor at the door of the white men of the south who stand for the in tegrity of Caucasion blood, but at the the door of political desperadoes who jarred him out his naturally docile and gentle status bv rivim? . him tha ballot and attempting to fit his simple uaturo mj uw cumpiex ana neavy re- riiousiuuiuifs oi American citizen' fchip. -; . ;-s;; . t ; .- ; This Is all true and some one high in authority may be responsible for acts done that cannot be recalled. ; as a result of raising: false hopes in a people who cannot hope to realize tnem tnat or social equality Auother by Laekaye. It Is perhaps just as well that Wilton LaeUaye be credited with saying nil the bright things attributed to actors. They have to be laid at some one's door or else they cease to be Interest ing. At a banquet of the Dramatists' club hold recently It Is recorded that the witty Wilton said many good things. Among others he told of the mau who submitted a play to him. He (Lackaye) couiu not see much that was new in It Anyway, it was written hi American author," declared the man. trying to awaken Mr. Lackaye's pa inot ism. '&o I see," replied the actor "type written. ai uie same banquet Augustus i nomas, the geographical playwright. epoue on "Tlie American Drama." iei us remember." began Mi l nomas. the Maine," Interrupted Klein. "And forget Colorado.' " Wilton Lackaye. "And how Charles Frohnian refused uu uuugnc xoioraao, re marked Marshal P. Wilder. Charles chirped Chattel Mortgages, Lien Bonds, Tarrantee and Mortgage Deeds, on 1 rapf nd nicely printed, at The 1 IV- -s o.T!ce. , Tka -Ia la Shlpa' Xaaaea. Captain H. St. George Lindsay of the White Star liner Celtic was asked the other day why it was that his company persisted in giving Its steam era what seemed to him such singular ly IU fitting names as Cymric, Cedrle, Georglc and those proposed for the two recently put on the stocks, ! Co rinthic and Athenic.- Why always this "ur at me ena or the names? : "Well." responded Captain Lindsay, "we believe, you know, in keeping op ui lamoos ic galaxy, following Ma jestic. Germanic, Oceanic and the rest and It Is possible that the next boat th company builds will be named the Seasie.". , Grace aaa GIaaa. Bishop WOberforce used to tell a story of a greed clergyman who, when asked to say grace, looked anx loosly to see if there were champagne glasses on the table. If there were, be began, "Bountiful Jehovah r But if he saw only claret glasses he said. "We are not worthy of the least of Oritfnal.1 About ten years after the close of tho civil war I took It Into my bead to vig;t the ground where I had campaigned as a soldier boy In the Union army, that region being about Jasper, Deckerd and Shelbyvllle, Tenn. There was an espe cial reason for my going. I had been an escaped prisoner of war and had been hunted with bloodhounds up on to the Cumberland plateau. On the wesf face of the plateau not far from where the university now stands I was taken Into a mountaineer's hut by a girl about fourteen years old and concealed till my pursuers got tired of the search The child had retained a place In my memory, and I desired to see her again. I went to Shelbyvllle and proceeded from there on horseback to the base of the plateau and then up to where stood the hut In which I had been concealed. A young woman was standing at the door and. to my surprise, recognized nie at once. She had changed so much from childhood to womanhood that did not know her. Our meeting was so delightful that I remained nt the place for n week. Mary's parents were dead. and she lived with an uncle. I tried to find out from her how he made a living, but failed to do so. When I left, I started to walk to Bridgeport Intending there to take a train for home. The uncle offered to show me the way. I accepted bis com panyI did not need his guidance and after passing the morning with my sweetheart, sitting beside her on a rock in view of the broad panorama of woods and waters, villages and planta tions spread out beneath us, her uncle and I set out together. I was very much mystified as to the man's treatment of me. Every now and again while we walked side by side, suddenly glancing up, I saw him looking sidewlse at me with a cunning gleam In his eye. Besides. I noticed that whenever we came to dangerous footing he Invariably left tne to go first, and once when we were near a cliff he suddenly stole up on me. In passing down a steep declivity, I was In front. Suddenly the man gave me a push, with the words, "There's where we put revenue officers!" I fell, bounding from the branches of a tree, and landed on the ground. I was knocked Insensible, but soon recovered consciousness, picked myself up and tottered on as best I could till I came to a hamlet, where I found a resting place. It was several days before I was In condition to take my departure. lne next summer I determined to era back to the plateau, first, to bring away the girl whom I had found I could not get on without; second, to get even with her uncle. I disguised mvself so tnat the man at least wouldn't know me and armed myself to the teeth. went to Tracy, wishing to separate the gin from her uncle, and induced woman at whose bouse I put un to sena ror my sweetheart; the girl not knowing who had Instigated the sum mons. While she was coming I went to tne, cabin, where I found her uncle. With feigned simplicity I gave him to understand that I was a revenue officer seeking my way to Bridgeport He of fered to accompany me, and I accent eu. hen be clinie to the place where he had given me the push, he made the attempt again; but turning uoon ntm, I covered him with a revolver and walked him back to the cabin. Meanwhile my sweetheart had eone to iracy and, finding that the woman who had sent for her had nothing of importance to communicate, had re turned and through a window had seen me marching her uncle up to the cabin. She being In shadow, I did not see her. When I came within about fifty feet of her, my revolver hanging from my hand, the muzzle pointing to the ground, I heard a voice: "Hands up!" I knew some one whom I could not see had me covered, and triy hands went np without delay. Then my girl came out Her uncle as soon as she had covered me drew a revolver, and I was at the mercy of two weapons. "Mary." I said in my natural voice. She dropped ner weapon as if she bad been shot and stood trembling, then ran to me and, sobbing, threw her arms around my neck. Her ancle had confessed to her that npon my first visit he had believed me to be a revenue officer and bad sent me to my long home. My coming was to her like a return from the dead. Well, the ancle was considerably cat ap when be found I was the man he bad supposed he bad killed, and for a time was a good deal puzxled what to do with me. We finally compromised py my agreeing to let the matter dron. Being a moonshiner, be bad considered putting a revenue man out of the way as legitimate. His niece had ion dreaded bis being engaged In the illicit business and begged Mm to sire it no. I joined my pleadings with hers and promised if be would come to Ohio I would make him superintendent of a creamery I owned, He consented, and the three of ns went out to the still, concealed In a shaded cleft, and, set- tug it on fire, watched it burn. Mary Piling on the dry twigs and laughing and crying by turns from excess of happiness. We also decided to burn the borne, which was worthless,' and the last sight I saw on the plateau was the flames bursting out of the cabin la which Mary bad saved me from my pursuers, where I had fallen in lore with her and where my courtship bad concluded In so singular a fashion. Mary and I have been married many yeara, and our grandchildren are now 5ur chief delight Her uncle made a valuable superintendent and lived to a good old age. It has been the habit of ay life when trouble has threatened me to remember the baying of the dogs GAIN FLESH An Absolute Necessity in Many Cases. A DECREASE IN WEIGHT FREQUENTLY INDICATES A DECLINE Our Modern Retmilder, Vlnol, Will Help You Do It THE WAY IT ACTS ON A DE PLETED CONSTITUTION IS SIMPLY MARVELOUS. MINES BROS. LUV. B ER COH MANY, Eflb bated at hactioo of A. R. C. an A. C. i. Xaflioads, HUSTON. H. C. v e manufacture rough and dressed Kiln drl-d Vii v..... . -j.muuiuj unru iur IUIHI1II I'flxe, Hand ItaiN. Stair RaM I- ft"l out material fur Tnli...n always n the manet. for T.,,mw f 'a;' ? 1" ' iwxes. we are faah at market prices. 1, fou wl, o7ffZSS W We Try to Deal Square as We Consider Onr Word More Precious Than Goll lt Lumber of everv dew-ri'n. h ,i" yj " - ' 'cco stic s and Are you getting thin? If you are vou had better watch yourself. Take Vinol. It will build vou un auicklv i . - - " unu sureiy. A healthy man does not varv much irom year to year In his we hrht Ibis is as it should be. Vinol enables the organs of the body to renew flesh. tnuscie tissue, bone structure, and at tends to purifying the ereat vital cur rent of the human system, the blood. vinol contains the active curative properties of Cod-Liver Oil in a hisrhlv cuucemraiea state, ana 18 tne most wonderful tonic that we have ever had anything to do with. inoi acts upon tne stomach in a nenencial way, enabling it to obtain for itself the necessary incTedienta irom tne iooa tnat ts taken into it to build up the pure healthy body and in crease the weight. Mr. H. M. Stufell, who is a well known passenger trainman on the lioston and Maine Railroad, suffered as many railroad men do, with kidney and other troubles. He writes as fol lows : "My kidneys troubled me a great deal, my bowels were very irregular, I bad great distress in my stomach, suf fered with bilious headaches, had no appetita, could not sleep nights, and was losing flesh rapidly. I began to vatic vinoi, x am now on my third bot tle, and it is dointr wonders fnr m My kidneys are better, mv bowels "cjuiih, wy siuinucn no longer irouuira uie, auu no more neadaihra and as for appetite, don't speak of it ; I sleep like a top and have gained T-uineeu pounas. iou can count on me always to recommend Vinol a Kingoi medicines." "With many such testimonials as the above coming: before us, it is not strange tbat we endorse Vinol as strongly as we do. We unhesitat ingly agree to return to any one who has taken Vinol and is not satisfied that it has accomplished aU lhat we claim for it every cent that ttey have paid us for this remedy. Pay Your Taxes. Your Taxes are due and it will be better to settle up quick. DAL F. WOOTEN, Sheriff. 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