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--77 A r;v LA1 CO Da FREE The Pre LY. PUBLISHED EVERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, TOL. VIr-NO. 120. KINSTON. N. C, WEDNESd1a.Y, SEPTEMBER 2, 1003 . PRICE TWO CENTS, H : M . S M ' H - M M i M 1 H T M t M GENERALNEWS ITEMS "Matters of Interest .. Condensed into Brief Paragraphs. i LITTLE ABOUT IUIEROUS THliuS Hie Pith of the World' Newt That Might Interest Our Readers. An Item Here and There. London, Sept. 1. Whitaker Wright, arraigned for ths sixth time today in the criminal court, was found guilty -In the Hall case and remanded a week without action. The Hague, Sept. 1. Prof. Lam masch, of Austria, has been chosen as second umpire in the Venezuelan arbl- . tration. The tribunal will pass upon the olaims of the allied powers for preferential, treatment in their settle ment with Venezuela. V .Wolfborrow, N. H., Sept. 1. Jacob Brown, missing since August sixteenth was found this morning by a searching ."party in a wilderness north of here J dying of starvation. Brown, it is supposed, left home with ' suicidal in tent and had a coil of rope and two razors when found. New York, Sept. 1. A certificate of of reasonable doubt, granted by Judge, J3mall in the case of Sam J. ; Parks, 9 walking delegate, was filed ihis morn ing with the clerk of the courf of gen eral sessions.! ..Parks will be brought from Sing Sing Prison to New York ' and released on bail this afternoon. , - New Roads, La.V Sept. 1. Promin- ' ent residents of this section on Sunday ' ambushed I Ai Pianvlng, principal , -of the Polnte Coupee Industrial Col lege for negroes. Two loads of buck ' shot were fired Into him by parties hidden in the cotton field and he was Instantly killed. Pianvlng was a friend of Booker T. Washington and later was to visit him within a short . time; ,V . . '- , ' ,". , w.4 Bartow In Furness, . JSngSepfel. "The'chJef feature of the annual ses sion of the Iron "and .- Steel Institute which is being Wd here today was the address by f Andrew,? Carnegie, the American steel king, who discussed the progress made in - the iron and steel industry during recent years. He declared (that England's record in manufacturing bad never been excelled by any other nation but her ' nearest -competitor had been the United States Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 1. Eugene Debs who has closed his? Chautauqua encasement spent yesterday at his home with Mother Jones as, a guest. V In regard to the conference at Denver to revive the Populist party Debs said "The committee on the exhumation of issues and , the' galvanization of the corps reported both in a state of sat isfactory preservation. There is no inspiration in a cadaver."' Populism is an echo of the past with gray whiskers on it. The Denver funeral procession and its Populist pallbearers present i sorry picture in contrast with the ad vaucing enthusiastic, confident, cheer ing, revolutionary hosts pf interna tional Socialism. - " t - OA0TOXIIA, " Bwii the v ' th Kind Yob Haw Always Bcogtt f . XXXXXXXXXXXXX Tobacco is Low 1 . -. . . ... .. M H Meat , is High H Take care of your meat by feeding International ! Stock i Food to your , hogs. ,It prevents and cures hog cholera and. puts them in fine condi tion to resist all diseases H M 1 H M ' H M M -SOLD BY- 3je Ee H00d fe COe M M XXtXXXrXf xxxxxxx 2 r3 1 t: Delicious Stren-thc-.:5 tl relieves 1.;- lac! '-;r'C5, nia r.ui that WINTERVILLE ITEMS. September l( 1903. ; Messrs. W. H. White, of Greenville, and Arthur Forbes, of Farmville, were here Monday. ' Misses Magdalene and Venetla Cox who have been spending some time at Seven Springs have returned. . Misses Minnie and Laura Cox and Ethel Carroll left Monday for the Bap tist Female University at Raleigh. Mr. J. D. Cox, who has been absent about two weeks on a surveying tour near Wilmington has returned. He spent some time both at Wilmington and Wrlghtsville while away. A. G. Cox Mf'g Co. received a big lot of wheat from Elnstbn to be ground into flour. Shipments are coming in from both ends of the road. Students for the Wlnterville High, School began to arrive Friday and have been coming in on every train since. It is by far the largest opening the school has ever had. An Economic Back Banfl will pay for itself in the saving of lines alone. We have the testimony of users to prove that one pair of lines worked in the rollers of the "economic" will out last four pair used in the old way. The colored Baptists held their union meeting here Sunday. A large crowd was here ' and behaved - remark ably well until the afternoon when sev eral warrants had to be issued. They could not be served, however, as the three bucks skipped. Rev. Mr. Griffith, of Kinston, con ducted. the first service at the Episoo pal church here Sunday., This is a neat little church building just com pleted and if the people don't feel at home there after such a cordial greet ing as was given them it is their own A photographer taking pictures of buggies and wagons means something. It meant here' last week that A. G. Cox Mf'g Co. were going to have cuts made preparatory to getting out a nice little catalogue this fall .aa tq be able to show their customers the different styles- A thing of beauty: A wagon, (either Tar Heel or Oak A,) turned out by A G. Cox Mf'g Co. this . season may be truthfully said to be a thing of beauty, The quality remains the same (it can not be Improved on.) The appearance is more attractive each season as more experienced hands finish them up. f ; Prof. Linberry ccftme in Saturday morning from ' his canvassing tour in the interest of Winterville High School We feel very much encouraged at the prospect of a' large, enrollment this session. Surely parents in Eastern Carolina would give this school their patronage if they .were only, aware of the very great advantages by which it is surrounded. , :; ' - Labor saving machinery in the man ufacture of any article has all to do with the 'price at whioh same can be sold. A. G. Cox Mf'g Co.'s line is well known as it has been about the same for years, c It is a strong asser tion,' yet true that they have' reduced cost of various articles to a minimum and are prepared to prove it Jf you are' a purchaser, don't be blind to your own interests, but get their prices before placing your order. . If con venient visit their shops and . See for yourself what they are doing,! ' " - Cr4 Eczema, Itching Humors, pile and Carbuncles. Coat Nothing to Try. : B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Blm)is a certain and sure cure for eczema, itch ing 8&in, numors, scaos, scales, watery ousters. pimDies, - Benin? , oones or joints, boils, carbuncles, prickling pain in.: the skin, old. eating sores, ulcers, etc. Botanic . blood 13 aim cures the worst and most deep-seated cases by, enriching,, purifying and vitalizing the blood, thereby giving a healthy blood supply to ? the skin. Heals every sore - and gives the rich glow of health to the skin. Builds up the broken down body and makes the blood red, nourishing. Especially ad vised for chronic, old cases that doc tors, patents medicines and hot springs fall to cure. Druarrfst.SL with com plete directions for home cure. To prove B.. B. B. cures, sample sent free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble, and free medical advice sent in sealed letter. 7v, ' .. - ;- ,-- . Rcfrcoliiafr Iavifroratinfr ce; work er "tired foclii: ! f - " ;er: FIRE IN YANKEE'S BUNKERS. It was Smoldering When she Retched ; ,::: Newport . - ' Newport, Aug. 30.-The flagship Yankee of the Naval Training Squad ron, which Is flying the flag of Rear Admiral W. C. Wise and which has been engaged in the manoeuvres off Portland, entered the harbor th morning with her midship bunker afire. The fire was discovered Thursday morning by smoke on the ' gun deck, Some 200 tons of coal were removed from the top of the bunker, leaving some 300 tons. Then the fire hose was used, and since that time the fire has been smoldering. The crew is still engaged In moving the coal from one bunker to another. The Yankee coaled ai Bar Harbor on Aug. 9, and this is some of the soft coal that was taken aboard there. Admiral Wise will tomorrow In speot the training station and the training ship Monongahela. The lat ter vessel will ' then go to League Island for repairs. WILL GIVE ALL THAT SHE HAS Wealthy Florida Woman to Part With Her Property for Benefit of Mission ry Alliance. Atlanta, Aug. 30. At the session ot the Christian Missionary Alliance to day it was announced that a wealthy Florida woman had notified the alli ance that she would sell all her prop erty and devote the proceeds to erect ing a home for the alliance in Atlanta, The officers refused to give her name, as they said her relatives would get an injunction to prevent her using her fortune for the purpose indicated. She is supposed to be Mrs. Finney Gainesville, Ga. A 'a': An unusual feature of the alliance meeting today was the anointing of the sick. Thirty-four persons in all stages oi tuness, were seateq on ine piaiiorm, and after prayer for their recovery, were, anointed by.the officers of the! nance. Une drop or oil was usea on the forehead of each sufferer. - Animal In Ftre. When Cyprus was the center of the copper industry. It is asserted that four footed animal with wings lived in the hottest furnaces among the fire and furthermore that it would die instantly upon being removed from its natural element, the flames. The salamander or om was aiso a creature wmcn am not dread the fire.. Some say' that it could eat fire and spit flames, others that its breath would ignite all combns tiDies. vuny says. "Tnis animal is so intensely cold as to extinguish Ore by Its contact In the same way that Ice doth." "... - - , , i Lltlsanta' aUnimUltea. An old English solicitor used to say a man's requirements for going to law were ten in number, and be summed them up as follows: First plenty of money; secondly., plenty , of patience: thirdly, a good case; fourthly, a good solicitor; fifthly, plenty of money sixthly, a good counsel; seventhly, i good witness; eighthly, a good jury: ninthly, a good judge; tenthly, plenty of money, V ' ' Badly Behind Time. v Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Tor kina, "isn't it a pity that the morning newspapers are so much behind time?" "In what respect?" , . WUy, they never print the name of the winner of a horse race until the next day, when it is too late to bet" r , s Jlaatd. , . . Willie Ma. can people leave parts of themselves in different places? . .' ' r Ma No. Don't be ridiculous. , Willie Well. Mr. Jlggs said he was going to the Adirondack for bis lungs. '.: r Charier Wltk Pre Band. Tramp la dis all yer kin gimme er cupful nv cold water? . ' ; , v - ' Kind Lady Of course not. ton car hare a mrtny rupfuls as yoq want Chicago News, i " . . . . Holding their end up Id society Is th heariest burden borne by the husbantb of amhitlon witter, '-hnnlmastar-' i . . Good Advice. " , The most miserable beings In the world are those suffering from Dys pepsia and Liver complaint. More than seventy-five per cent of the peo ple in tha United States are afflicted with these two diseases and their ef fects: such as Sour Stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Costiveness, Pal pitation of the Heart, Heart-burn, Waterbrash, Gnawing and Burning Pains at the Pit of the Sttynach, Yel low Skin, Coated Tensrue and Dis agreeable Taste in the Mouth, Coming up of Food after Eating-, Low Spirits, etc. Go to to your Druggist snd get a bot;!e of August Flower for 25 or "5 rent. Two doses will relieve you Try it. i OA! TO LEASE THE A. & N. C. . 4 Proposition Made to Adrisory Board For Their Consideration. FOR FIFTY TEARS AT TWO PER CEtfT Messrs. W. W. Mills, of Raleigh, and H. L. Finlayson, of Uoldsboro, Are The Would-be Lessees Raleigh News-Observer Snd. A proposition to lease the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, the line from Ooldsboro to Morehead City, is being considered. , The directors on the part of the State are now in Raleigh looking into the matter, having been called here to confer about it with Governor Aycook. The directors who are present are: Messrs. W. H. Smith, of Ooldsboro; L. Harvey, of Kinston; J. C. Parker, of Olivers; James A. Bryan, of New- bern; Daniel B. Hooker, of Bayboro, and Mr. C. M. Busbee, of Raleigh. Mr. R. W. Taylor, of Morehead City, has not yet arrived. The members held an informal meet 1 ing si night at the Yarborough rnouse and will meet again this morn ing with Governor Aycook at ten o'clock, when the matter will be more fully considered. The proposition fot the lease of the road la reported to come from Mr, Walter W. Mills, of Raleigh, and Mr. H. L. Finlayson, of Ooldsboro. Their proposition is reported to be that they pay an average of two per cent a year on the capital stock of the to give what they , consider curity for a lease of fifty ye; The offer is that the les per cent, a year for the fi and then a gradual lnc: ana a nan, two, two ana a throe per cent so as to make the aver age for the fifty years amount to two per cent The road is capitalized at three million dollars, and of this the State owns two millions or two-thirds, wnue ; tne private stockholders own one million." The average interest per year for the fifty years at two percent would thus be $40,000 for the State and 820,000 for the private stockholders, though for the first five years these figures would be divided in half, 820,- 009 for the State and 810,000 for the private stockholders. The action of the directors at the meeting being held here is to be of an advisory nature and the matter will be referred to the annual meeting of the stockholders on the fourth Thursday In September, the 24th of this month. In this meeting as the State holds two- thirds . of the stock and the. private stockholders one-third, the action ta ken will be such at the State Indicates, if its share is voted in its entirety for any proposition. Messrs. Mills and Finlayson, it J s understood, propose to put up the am pie security for the rental of the road and also to deposit 8100,000 in bonds as a guarantee that they will extend the road for . fifty miles. It is not known in what direction this extension is proposed to be made. comment upon tms matter, is re served until the proposition made is seen in its entirety. , improve Rural Communities. Here is a district inhabited by some of the best people in the- world; they are honest,, industrious, church-going, God-fearing people, but In their quiet, hardworking career they have forgot ten that the strength and prosperity pf their family and their community must depend . upon the ability of their chil dren to take up their work and carry it on. They are how -doing the think- ng for . their children who are , not called upon to do . more than their muscles can accomplish. V Here i s a family that has five children. - The oldest son will inherit one-fifth of his father's property. J Then this bpy will be five times poorer than his father is at present. Is his father with all his past experience and with what prop erty, he possesses to strengthen his credit, succeeding verjv fast in the business world, other than .making a good living for his family? Then how can this father expect his son to suc ceed, when the son must begin' in ! this age of sharp competition, without his father's experience and training in ! life five times poorer than his father, unless the mind of his son is trained to do thinking that his father Is doing? The children can drink Pensi-Cola. old people can drink it. It is most eiicious ot sous lountain drinks and " D Krery nl find wom tne best for vour stom irv.ai.-i owuMiccppr will una wnrii iv ;v i: rvr? a,! v. if t'-y Ul '. ' - fi ; 'i , f . ... i i .i - pad and fmple se- r rTone if yeass e so one half and TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. Prof Mangum Discusses the Subject of Reading. WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION. Devotional exercises were conducted by Dr. Lewis. The first period was used by Prof, Mangum In discussing the subject of reading. His remarks were auoh a; to stir up the teachers to regard, hereaf ter, this matter as one of very serious importance as good reading lies the bottom of all studies. He showed clearly the use of the word method as of prime importance, but the phonic method was not to be neglected Dr. Lewis followed with some clos ing remarks in teaching parsing and punctuation giving three rules for the use of commas, Instead of the ten or eleven given In the grammars and rhetorics then he made some remarks preliminary to the method of teaching civil government. . After recess, Professor Barwlck il lustrated tne method of teaching pro portion showing several methods that might be used. After him followed Dr. Lewis with remarks on the structure and uses of the brain and the nerves winding up with remarks on physlogcomy, feat ures etc. giving the characteristics of the boy with a pug nose, or with the eagle beak. 1,000 BULGARIANS SLAIN. Disastrous Defeat of Revolutionaries At 8milova Friday. Salonloa, Aug. 30. The Bulgarian insurgents sustained a sevete reverse at Smllova on Friday, 1,000 of " them being kllled.' -r u. r '.'-.-v. The insurgents to the number of 3,000 occupied a position on a height, which was stormed by slx battalions of Turkish troops commanded by Servet Pasha. After losing 1,000 of their number the. Bulgarians fled In the face of the heavy Turkish artillery The Turkish losses were Insignlfl cant ' The insurgents on capturing the town of Neveska on Aug. 28, seized the arms and ammunition of the garrison, levied a contribution .of 85,000 on the town, and then withdrew to the moun tains. The Turkish troons on their arrival bombarded the town, but re ceiving no response they entered the place without molesting the inhab itants. THE DISPENSARY-LOSES. mi neiasvine. ' Beaten or 1 1 votes in a Warm Fight. : Reidsvllle. N. C. Sent. 1 Tha aIaa. tion for the establishment of a dispen sary ; resulted In majority ; of eleven against and the distilleries were de feated by fifty-seven. The greatest ex citement has prevailed all day. Every inch of ground was hotly, contested Five people were arresfod and placed under bond at instigation of dispen i - - . ... m - ane, unaer cnarge or. ; voting con trary to law. : One prominent young man placed in jail will bring suit against J. R. Webster, of the Reids vllle Weekly, for having bim lni prisoned. The campaign was one of the most notable - ever conducted in the State. The two local papers, the Review and the Weekly have opposed and favored respectively, and much interest was manifested In. the fight by people in all parts of the State. , TO SWIM ENGLISH CHANNEL. Holbein Makes Fourth Effort to Swim t Across English Hellespont. Dover, Eng., Sept l.Montagu Hoi bein started from here at 6 o'clock this evening to swim across the channel. The weather conditions were unfavor- Holbein has already made three un successful attempts to swim the Eng. lish channel. "- 'i .,-,, 4 :. - Holbein left Dover on a- tug for the south foreland where he went ashore. He entered the water on his cross- channel swim 6:50 p. m., . starting on the top of a flood tide with a quiet sea and no wind. Should these favorable conditions last,- Holbien expects to reach the French coast in from 16 to 18 hours. V He will be accompanied at a close distance by the tug and several small boats from which nourishments will be administered to him. - CASTOR! A Tor Infants and Cliilirea. - fa K!:J Yn KI73 lVjl EM ? tears the NORTH STATg HBPS Clipped and Culled From Our IcrQt Carolina Exchanges. ODD AHD IKTERESTIIG HAPPEIHC3 Gossip Gathered from Murphy . T Manteo of Importance to Our Tsw Heel Readers. Winston-Salem voted 8100,000 Mon day for an extension of waterworks and sewerage. Lin wood Darden, who was acci dentally shet near Scotland Neck a few days ago while hunting died Mon- day in the hospital at Tarboro. A correspondent writing to th Statesvllle Landmark says that sw small boy, near Liberty church, was eating an apple one day last week when a white snake about 1J inches long came out of it and tried to bit the boy. Judge Bryan in charging the jury its Cumberland county Monday laid great stress on homicides. He said that lis 1902 London, with 4,000,000 population had 69 homicides while North Caro lina, with only 2,000,000 had 289 homi cides during the same period. , school ; commissooeri o( Charlotte compelling the dally reading of th bible in the graded schools passed at the last regular meeting of the board, it is probable that not a single child , of Catholic . parents will attend th. next session of the Charlotte publics schools. V.r-' Asheville G azette: Freight traffla on the Asheville and Spartanburtr road may be wholly abandoned and all freight brought over the Knox vll lei and Augusta division now being bulls. - TrantAirn man ka Koah bI11a w wuw - t vm mvu usb y d , swaa milieu orosslng the Saluda . mountain . and every, one has beeu' caused by th wtxv.uiK vi HTjigui traiu, were uui having been a single passenger dl- f aster on record. Newborn Journal: A rather unusual incident was the lot of Engineer W, Pv Marshall, of the "Shop Fly" last Tuesday morning. When a short dis tance above Newborn he saw a cow on the tracks. He tried to whistle it off from the track, but the animal didn't, mtTA 1- A 4 1 A a tutu ' V JM the fireman got off to drive it from the track. To bis surprise he found the-, animal, which was a fine black bull, tied securely on the track. ; The examination of the applicants for license as attorneys was held by the supreme court Monday all tha justices being present There was those who appeared being too many for the capacity of the court ; room or of the senate chamber, so they had - to go to the house of representatives. Of the 80, the State University law school . contlbuted 35, and the Wake Forest College law school 27. , The greatest number of applicants heretofore was 65, so Monday's "class" was certainly record-breaker, s , , Asheville, Aug. 31. An' attempted assault ease under circumstances of peculiar brutality , was reported this afternoon from the northern part . of Bunoombe county. Mr. .and Mrs , w . w rritli a. y i J i stance from their home and during; ' their absence John Chandler, a young painter, attempted to . criminally as sault their 6-year-old daughter. Two men happened to be near and attracted by the girl's cries, took Chandler into to court without bail, and was -tonight brought here to the county jail. WOULD BE ASSASSIN Arrested at Oyster Bay, Trying to ' . ReacK the President. Special to Fbib Pbs ' Oyster Bay, ,Sept. 2.A man, sup posed to be demented, made an attempt last night to reach President Roose velt and was arrested by secret service men who were guarding the president On his person was found a 32 calibre revolver and it is believed that he intended to assassinate the president - There will be a Sunday school pic nic at Shady Grove Saturday, . Sept 5th, under the auspices of the Sunday school at that place, s Efforts are be idg made to obtain a speaker for the occasion, very likely there will be some good speech making. Everybody is cordially invited to . go and carry e full basket. O .V O T o n. X -A. - a 7' . "
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