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GENERAL1IEWSITEUS -MatteKpof Interof Condensed I Into ft ; Brief Paraap&s.y v " ,4 LITTLE ABOUT KUKEROUS THUGS fhe Pith f tha World' Newt That Might Interest Our Reader.' An Item Here and Ther. , Constantinople, Aug.' 14. Tbe lm ' , perial troops have occupied Krushevo, , twenty-three miles north of Monastlr, which was recently seized by the Insur gents.: A force of four thousand troops besieged the place and bombarded it with artillery- . ;' . . ' ' The raoe between , the American yacht Reliance and the English , yacht Shamrock III, for the American cup, - will begin Thursday, August 20th,' the second race will be on Saturday, the 22nd, the other race on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, unless f changes are made, v Z New York, Aug. 13. A human head, ' supposed to be that of William Guld ensuppe, who was murdered in 1898, was found today by some boys near the former boundary line between Dutch : ' Hills and Ravenswood, now in Long Island City. The head was wrapped In an old German newspaper and it was found within three blocks of the store where Mrs. Naack bought the oil-cloth, -the indentftcation of which led to the arrest of the woman, and of Martin !, Thome. - ::-:rxi:!: :.r:- v ? Cynthlana, Ky., Aug.'U. The jury Tin the case of Curtis &St and Thomas White, charged with tbe assassination of James B. Marcum at Jackson, Ky., returned a verdict of guilty today, fixing . the punishment of each at life - imprisonment. -The verdict was re turned at a time when there were, but ' few persons In the court room. The only attorney present was County At torney Webster, , Jett received the ver dict with comparative Indifference and almness. White, who' has been ap parently under a severe strain during the trail, flushed up and his eyes filled with tears. Tbe verdict . occasioned little surprise. The, only question , which caused the delay, it Is said, was whether to make the punishment death . or life Imprisonment . - f ; Hon UVanotsfW . All or. 1 4. James J. .Jeffries Mshamplon? heavy-weight of 'the world, played with Jim Corbett for nine rounds and a half tonight, and ' then Corbett's. seconds - motioned to Referee Graney to stop the fight In order to save their man from needless punishment. The end came shortly 1 after th beginning of the tenth round when Jeffries planted one of his terrific left swings on Corbett's stomach. The man who conquered John L. Sullivan dropped to the floor in agony and the memorable scene at Carson City when Bob Fitzslmmons landed his solar plexus blow was almost duplicated. This time, however, Corbett struggled to his feet and again fced his gigan tic - adversary. With hardly a mo ment's hesitation Jeffries swung his right and again landed on Corbett's f tomach. Jim dropped to the floor", I and then H was that Tommy Ryan see ing that it was all over, motioned to Referee Graney to stop the punish- - mentu.iHfcs is.-M---t:i'--': Help vour system over the strain of ' a hard day's work by drinking Pepsl " Cola. It does' not contain injurious drugs and will not effect the nerves or "' produce habit, but is healthful and ..delicious. 5 cents all soda fountains. CASTOR I A For Infants, and Children. Bears the - Signature of afis H M ,500 M 2 rts 1 Different Styles S Pocket Books, Purses -, and Card Cases No two alike.',?. Call quick .: M M , . ; ' H M H '; - - , c . ' and take your pick v m H 5J.E. Hood h. Co. zzxt-x xtxxi xxxi x-xx s ... . 1 . Strcrjticr? t!.e r.ervcs, THE "ROUND ROBIN." ; II Oa Kiowi Orla-I f taa traa( ;'m.;.:;- .!;.- ? A "round robin" i Is one of those documents of Which the name is. fa miliar to most people, but which un commonly i few have ever seen, or signed. , Every, one knows that the thing which bears so singular a name la a., communication letter, remon strance, warning or the like the sig natures to which are written around the clrcnmference of (the circle which Incloses the body of the, epistle, or radiating therefrom like the spokes of a wheel from a hub, so that the, re; sponstblllty' of signing Is equally shared., ; No one signatory can be ac-cnsed-of being either the first or the last to sign, of being the leader or the whtpper In. .VT" -j. v ;..!.' . The most famous example on record probably Is the remonstrance which was sent to Dr. Johnson In connection with his epitaph on Oliver Goldsmith. The doctor had prepared an epitaph in Latin, but some of his friends, who had also been friends of Goldsmith, took exception to It on two grounds, the first being that It did not quite do Justice to the author of the "Traveler as a writer, and particularly as a poet. And the second that It should, be writ ten In English. "The party: of friends were gathered around Sir Joshua Reynolds' hospitable, if somewhat 111 served table, and though they found themselves In "general agreement on fhese, two points, no one had the cour age to be willing to "bell the cat," or, in other words; to take , the lead In tackling the formidable Johnson on those two rather delicate matters. "At last," says Sir William Forbes, "It was hinted that there could be no way so good as that of a round robin, as the sailors call it, which they make use of when they .enter a conspiracy so as pot to let it be known who. puts bis name first or last to the paper." ; A The Idea was at once accepted, the address to Dr. Johnson was prepared nd all signed It in the form proposed. This very Interesting paper Is atlll ex taik and Is preserved among other valuable manuscripts In the library of Halgh Hall, near Wlgan, the seat of the Earl of Crawford. It begins, "We," the clrc'umscrlbcrs,', and the signa tures, written around the circle which Incloses the. address, lnekide .those of I Glbbon. Bnrke, Joseph arton, siieri- dan. Sir Joshua Reynolds. George Cel j man and half a dozen others which are nowadays but little known. Johnson took the remonstrance In good.; part, but as to not writing thr epitaph In Latin, declared .that he would never consent to disgrace tbe. walls of West minster abbey with an English In scription! Tbe whole at- y is emi nently characteristic b of Johnson and his tiroes.- " No one has yet been able to give a satisfactory explanation of the strange term "round robin." London Globe. 1 Breaking; It. Jntly. This is a true account of one person's Idea of - "breaking the ' news genU ,n The cook, whose home was off In be country, appeared before the "powtrs above" with a letter In her hand. , Til have to go home for a couple of days, mum." she said. -. "My cousin's lust written to me." , And she handed I over the crumpled bit of paper with an audible sniff. "Dear Mary," it ran, yon.bad bet ter come home at once. Your father Is very " nick." . And It continued with many particulars of the illness, ' At the end was a postscript which, like the old. joke of a woman's P. 8., had the pith of theWtterv. f, . ,f, : "So long as you'll be driving op from tbe village you may as well bring the undertaker along with you In the wag on." New York Times. " . ; . ' i tTkat I Knowi'Akiiii FUa. ' Pliny, the grfat bamiist who lived at about tbe- time of Christ, reckoned fthe wbole number of known species of fish' at ninety-four. ' Linntens, the great Swedish investigator of the eighteenth century,, could classify 473, and he U known? to have been the greatest lchr thyol6gist of the age In which be lived. The progress made In that particular branch since the time of Linnaeus teems all the more wonderful, for now 13,000 species show up In tbe cata logues of the fish specialists. Aa Expert' Oalalaa. , :' f PrlsclIIa Do you approve of lonV en gagements? ; - Mayme Well, that depends. If the fellow has plenty of money and takes you to everything a long engagement Is endurable; otherwise it is Jetter to rush it through and start a fresh one. J Detroit Five Tress.' - ... ... 1 , U iCJ,vi Z make? work easier; Mr:: RINGING RESOLUTIONS BY THE MASS Denouncing Arbitrary Methods Fixing Price of Tobacco H0BI1I JOHHSOI'S AID OTHER'S SPEECHES ISSUE NO DKCEBTAIH SOUKD The Court House Packed With People to File a Mighty Protest Against the Arbitrary Methods of the American Tobacco Trust. - .... t TkAimiuti r1 farmftrn from this and oriininlncr nnunties have been pouring into Kinston all day to at-, tend the mass meeting, and the deter mined expresslononiheircountenances was but an earnest of their action in taking steps against tbe dictatorship of the American Tobacco company in arbitrarily nxmg me price vi mo u bacoo below the cost of production. The rumblings of dissatisfaction for the past few weeks have taken .definite shape in the hearty endorsement of NKBnt itct nt the Retail Grocers , and General Merchants' association of Kinston In their denunciation of the trust, and their co-operation ' is ..niwl tha TnarmhantR in their efforts to gain some recognition and oonces- sion irom ine wus ia ,v living wage for their work. Vnf mnw rflKHOn Col. John S. Cun- Ingham could not be here as adver- tisea, out ur. jworman a. juubbuu, attorney general or me rteiau urucer ani nnArn,l ivlerehanta' association and several local speakers addressed the large crowd ; and their speeches were highly pleasing and verylulruc tive to the audience. ".,. :'..;fi-;- While the exigency of tne anuatipn NORMAN H. , - Attorney General and State Organizer of the Retail Grocer and y ... y , General Merchants Association of North Carolina. -; ,. , demanded action and that right away to avert widespread disaster, not one thing smacking of agrarianlsm , or anarchistic in tone ' was said or done, but the apirlt of conservarsm controlled the participants in to-day's meeting, and the action of the people in taking such steps as taken today was but natural in a community' that sees one of its chief Industries being destroyed by the arbitrary mebods of a power that can be checked in its disaster-making policy only, by meet ing it with a united protest from ine all powerful people. J At the appointed hour, two o'clock, the court house began to fill up and in five minutes was filled with a mass of humanity that wore a set, determined expression on their faces that augured well for the success of any undertak ing in which they chose to embark , The "horny-handed sons of toil" predominated at the meeting but there was also a liberal sprinkling of busi ness men, who were there to show by their presence and their acts that the interests of all in the community are the same and that in a merging of their interests only could appreciable results follow, especially m day that is remarkable for its organiza tions. - Mr. W. D. LaRoque, Jr., president of the local association of merchants, called the meeting to order and in a few well chosen words stated the ob jict of the meetinsr. On motion of Mr. Leo. P. 1'avr the temporary chair ir.an. as rv- prijatent chairman p r.-l r.:v. C. : . 'Howard was elected ARE ADOPTED MEETING HERE TODAY of American Tobacco Co. in Below Cost of Production Enthusiatic in their Determination effected, the chair on motion prevail ing to that effect, appointed a com mittee on resolution as follows: J. P. Nunn, Lot Taylor, Geo. P. Parrott, Robert Hodges and B. F. Dautrhetv. The committee retired to formulate resolutions and In the Interim speeches were made by Mr. G. V. Cow per, State Organizer Norman H. Johnson, Mr. Willis Williams, of Pitt county, and Clerk of the Court Plato Collins. Mr. Cowper's speech was more of an introduction ot Mr. Johnson, the principal speaker of the occasion, but ft was delivered in his usual happy style. Mr. Johnson is a young man of unquestioned ability and his duties as State organizer of the Retail Grocers and General Merchants' association has familiarized him with the objects and aims of the organization, which are corrective and therefore aimed directly at the trusts, and the line of thought by him was as viewed from the commercial and legal standpoint. The speaker was governed by con servatism and urgea a compact or ganization of tb'e producers to co operate with tbe merchants in their JOHNSON, ' efforts to defeat the' arbitrary methods Of the trust and also reminded them of the necessity of continued striving, as no great thing.was ever accomplish ed In a day. . . v. :f'.'k': Mr. Johnson's speech was a strong and instructive argument for organiza tion among the farmers , a, well as merchants and urged united effort to obtain from the law-makers a law' to reach trusts.- His speech along this line was erudite and full of food ' for thought, defining the limits of con gress in constructing laws that would interfere with state' rights and show ing that It was up to the State to act In the-matter. f .-, , , , - V , : . The Importance of meeting organi zation with organization was , duly impressed on - the audience by the speaker. , . ' - . ' , Following the speech of Mr." Johnson son Mr. Collins and Mr. Willis Wll- Hams, of Pitt county, who both made rousing speeches and fall of wisdom. The Free Press regrets that owing to the lateness of the hour that a fuller account cannot be given. At the conclusion of the speeches the committee on resolutions reported the following, which were adopted by the meeting. ; - -.:i ., Whereas, we, the farmers of Lenoir and adjoining eounties io convention assembled at Kinston, August 15th, 1i3, do believe that ruin and disaster are impending for the tobacco farm' ers ct tens couotv ana tne state on I account of the low price of leaf tobacco wti' a is now seiiinr below the cost of rrr,i'K'tioa: low prices by their arbitrary ana tyrannical oppression and monopoly of the leaf tobacco market, therefore be it resolved: 1st. That this oonventlon declares Us Indignation for the unjust and tyrannical control of prices by the tobacco trust. 2nd. That it deplores the Inade quacy of the laws of the State and nation to prevent such Illegal combi nations of wealth and capital, which through their power and monopoly oppress and grind the bread-earners beneath their feet and bring sthrva tion and calamity to them. 3rd. That we endorse the action of the Retail Grocers and General Mer chants' association, of Kinston, N. C, In their untiring efforts to produce results which would inure to the good of the farmers of Lenoir county and vicinity and that we tender them our loyal support and Invite all citi zens of this county to co-operate with them in their efforts to bring about these results and that we do hear.il? endorse the aims, objects and prin ciples of the Kinston association and extend to them our highest apprecia tion for their vigorous anfl active Interests In our behalf. 4th. , That this convention appoint delegates to attend the meeting of the tobacco farmers at lioctty Aiouni, n. C, on the 21st of August, 1903, and join with them in any action which thev may take to better the condition of the tobacco farmers. 5th. That we urge all tobacco far mers of the State and other states to join together in a firm and determined effort and fight against the tobacco trust which is oppressing the weak. 6th. That acopv of these resolu tions be sent ta The Kinston Free Press and request all State papers to copy. Wreck Near Maxton. Maxton. Auir. ' 14. About 11:15 o'clock last night, an excursion train of ten cars returning from Wilming ton, ran head on into the caboose of a watermelon train. The engine of the watermelon train had gone up the road for water and left the train stand ing on the main line. ( The engineer had notified the flag man to look out for the excursion t sln and flag its down. The flagman went into his caboose and suppose 1 r went to sleep. The excursion train then came along anrt crashed into thej watermelon train, f The engine of the excursion train went -through the caboose, killing the fl&srmsu and hor ribly, manp'ling him, the Kdy beinj severed about tiie 'waist,' The'ltender on the excursiou train was driven Into the first passenger coach of the same, completely wrecking it and killing a negro named Gardner and seriously wounding three others. - J ; The engineer of the excursion train jumped and was unhurt. The fireman remained on the engine and by a mir ac'e was not killed. A portion of the track was torn up and the wrecked caboose burned, f A wrecking train . and crew came from Hamlet and are just getting the track clear this morning. Coroner E. E. McRae held an Inquest this morning and found that two killed came to their deaths as above stated. There Is a rumor that the flagman was drunk. : The collision last night made a g eat crash and awoke half the people In town, who went out to see the wreck. ? Cora of Books. ...;. ..,, A lover of .books will always take rood care of them. He never holds the book by the corner or tne cover, never turns down leaves,' never laya the book down open, either, with the face downward or n Its back, and never breaks the binding by opening the book too forcibly. He turns the loaves one by one, taking great care not to soil or tear them, and use the volume gently. It makea no d;ffer cace If the book be: cheap or worn; be always bandies It gently. 5 Quit Impartial; Mri H'ram Offen I understand you to say, you're a good.-all round rook, but of 'coarse you must have soma fa vorite dishes? ? " "f ' "' Applicant No. ma'am. They're all wan to Mae. Ol'm not the kolnd to be considerUT whatber a dish IS chape or explnslve whin Cl'nr: breakin' it Washington Post, v ; ' f l . l' "Who lives in that big house on tbe corner. Dennis?" 1 " - " ' "The Wlddy O'Malley, j eor, who l "Indeed! When did she die? "If she had lived till next Sunday the would have been dead a year. Kansas City Journal, a - r.: A Fall. ! "See here, young man!" said the mtn fster. "Too never paid me that fee for marrrlnff you." "You're mhtbty lucky I haven't sued yon for damages." London Ttt-Blts. ftni Moro Aatacratta. . Knlcker Didn't he find it hard to re turn to civil life after commanding In the army? ' Bocker yo. Indeed. He got poal tlon as Janitor. Smart Set " When a beautiful woman sirllessome poet et book W wopolf- u-"" Cut this out and take It to . J. E Hood & Co's drug store and get a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, the best ptiysic. iney clean and invigorate tht stomach, ira NORTH STATE HEWS cupped and Colled From Oar Kortl Carolina Excauges. ' i - ODD AID IJTERESTIIG HAPPEKIXGS Gossip Gathered from ' Murphy T Manteo of Importance to Our Tar Heel Readers. t- Henderson, Aug. 14. Justice Jonest today committed to jail a negro boy Junius Eaton, charged with an assaultfr with attempt to rape upon a negro child under four years old. Washington, Auar. 14. Superintend ent Bland, of theilght and water com--pany, was nearly entombed In anexca vation today. He was down In a nine foot trench inspecting it, and it cavedL In, filling It up to his neck. The lab orers dug him out with shovels, Her was badly bruised. At Statesvllle Judge Allen sentenced Will Roseboro to be hanged Thursday, September 10th, at 4 o'clock tn ther afternoon. While the sentence war being pronounced Roseboro showed, the first signs of fright. He was ex-, ceedingly nervous and could hardly stand during the trying ordeal. . Lou Simpson, a negro woman, - was: ' Thursday committed to jail by 'Squlrer J. H. Newell, in Mecklenburg county.. The woman is charged with arson and, was convicted on her own testimony. She admitted the charge of burning s barn several nights ago on the prenao ises of John Wallace, near Newell. ;,: roads of 28,000.000 will bring in ai lrcreased revenue to the State, public schools, counties and towns of some thing like t350.000. The - total tax?, derived from railways going to , State, public schools, counties and town this year will be something like &W0, 000. " .'.' An unknown negro manwaskllledont the Southern road four miles west of v Durham Thursday afternoon. It i. said that the man was a tramp and was beating his way on the bumper when, bv some means, he lost his foot- - hold and fell to the track, bis head , being crushed and other bruises about the body. - Esquire D. Lance was Thursday . . nijiht found on the side of the road, ; jut a short distance from LUltmore. squire i.ance, is m years oia ana naa started to his borne In Arden, when. ; his bores ran away witn mm. uta. foot caught ia the stirrup and he wa dragged some distance. When found he was unconscious and suffering front numerous Injuries. , . . A wholesale jail delivery occurred'. at Washington Thursday night, prisoners making their escape., All of the prisoners were colored, two wer under the charge ot murder, one was lederai prisoner ana tne otnersv . were In for petty offences. The sheriff has offered a reward for the capture of tbe murderers. One of the county prisoners bas returned and given him- -self up. The prisoners had outside- assistance in making tneir escape, a. bole was cut through the brick wall. , and they crawled out. one prisoner remained In jail, he being so large ia size that he could not get through the hole.- - ', . Through freight train No. 62, third section, from Asheville to Spartan burg, ran away on Saluda mountain Thursday, , The engine and 13 coal cars were wrecked near Melrose. Tha engine and 11 of the cars are a total . , ... . .. ... wreca, pueu up sou ueuimisiieu iu um cut. Engineer J. H..Averlil,. Jr., ot Asheville, and Fireman Hair, of Ashe ville, were killed and are under the wreckage and cannot be found until the wreck Is cleared. Brakeman W. B. Sherlll, of Swanannoa, had both : legs cut off. Engineer Arerill was a ovAtvMM avian vrMa Mai df afVA V son of Colonel J. H. Averill, of Char leston. ' His father, mother, . wife and two children are spending the summer at Saluda, within three miles ot wnera . he met his untimely death. He stayed on his engine witn Ms fireman, aoing sjl he could to check tbe speed of the train until the engine buried him - in ; its ruins. As the runaway train passed Melrose, the operator, J. W, Heathe- rally,' ran out and Fireman Hair tnrev up bis hand and smiled. The operator fainted. Conductor Howie and hie flag men, uisnop ana w ara were unnun. The Teachers' Interstate Examination V. ! 'V J-'.V ' - C6urs.:X'f .i' . Teachers wishing to prepare for examinations should write, at once, to Prof. J. L. Graham. LL, D., Ran dolph Building, Memphis, Tenn., for panicuiars cuuueruiuic - mt ' wycvim. Teachers' Examination Course- , ; This course is taught by mail, and prepares Teachers for examination in every state in. tne onion. , ueaaing educators pronounce it me wn course ever offered to the Teaching profes sion, and all Teachers wishing to ad vance in their profession should im mediately arail themselves of.. It. En close stamp for reply. . : v A Liberal Offer. : - , The undersigned will.givea frr sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to any one wanting reliable remedy for disorders of th stomach, biliousness or coustipat . n. This is a new remedy and a good one. J, E. Hood & Co. . .' r 1 wher-a. w cVir tvr;t the rrov the arr-etite and rprulate th r v ' ' ,r s '. A. ?. I r hot tt - . ' '
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