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I J all-- 1 HE PresSo PUBLISHED EMERY KFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY. 70L. VI-NO. 147. KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1003 PRICE TWO CENTS. Free DA LY GENERAL NEWS ITEMS v ' Tin ft km nf TnfftPRSt rnnrtflBSdfl IntA Brief Paragraphs. I LITTLE ABOUT HUlEKOUS THUGS f"he Pith of tha World' News That Might Interact Our Readers. An Item Here and There. London, Sept. 21. The St. James Gazette savs that the kin? has ap proved the selection by Mr. Balfour of Austen Chamberlain as chancellor of the exchequer the Earl ofSelbounre as secretary for the colonies, Hugh Ar-nold-Forster for secretary of state for war, and St. John Brodriok as secre tary for India. . Two freight trains, one on the Coast Line and the other on the Southern, collided yesterday at Boone, seven miles from Portsmouth, Va. Both trains warn wracked and one of the engines, which set fire to the cars and ' their freight. They were destroyed A negro Isaac West was cremated and Engineer CarringtOn, of Selma N. C , was seriously Injured. A mis understanding of signals was the Cause. Cleveland, Sept. 21. Senator Hann a stated today that there was no truth in the report, printed in some of the : eastern papers, that he would resign the chairmanship of the national Re publican oommittee on account of ill health. Mr. Hanna's duties as chair man, it is pointed out, are extremely light at present, and will continue so until the national Republican conven tion meets, when a new chairman may be named. Mr. Banna declined to state whether or not be would , again Accent the chairmanship if offered to him. - Lexington. S. C... Sept. 21. The trial of James H. Tillman, for the murder of N. G. Gonzales, was set for Monday next, by Judge Gary, ia the Lexington court this afternoon. Tkere has been much speculation among Ihi : public as to the outcome of the ease, whether tf would really'cbme . hp this term or not. Notwithstanding the fact - that attorneys for the defense and the prosecution expressed ' themselves " as anxious to get a trial, the public' per- i sisted in believing that something would turn up to further Uelay the trial. VC: . - .V -v .- . New York, Sept. 21.Mrs. Carrie Nation today deeded certain valuable property to a charitable- organization in Kansas. She is now writing a play in which she will appear herself as the "defender of homes,", and advocate of total abstinence.. The property Mrs. Nation surrendered consists of ahand- ' some building and about two acres of land In ';' Kansas City, Kansas. She turned it o ver to the Associated Chart - ties, of Wynadotte county, Kansas, to be used as a home for. the destitute , wives, mothers and children of drunk ards, to the exclusion of all others. v. Hla Straawaaa War-' Spavin Hello, Cantle Exercising four horse .this morning? ' - ".' Cantle (mounted) That was my In tention when I started out, but it seen to me the horse has been exercising me. Boston Transcript. ,. . - t . , Appreciation. . "Tou have gre&t ud miration for your wife's Judgment" said the friend. "I have. answered . Mr. Meekton. "She's the only, woman who ever said Tes'wheu I proposed to Tier." Wa sh Ington Star. 1 V, ' Making- Ma If era Wars. Amateur Critic (In the studio of Z the - great painter) Splendid 'picture, really I Allow me to compliment yon But why did you choose such an ugly model? - - "She's my sister." ,Oh, pardon! How foolish of me 1 reaetnblanc " J ' . . X4 XXXXXXXXXXX2 2 Tobacco is Low S S Meat is HighS M Take care of your meat by feeding International Stock " Food to your hogs. It prevents and " cures hog cholera and puts them in fine condi- ' tion to resist all diseases H H M M H M M -SOLD BY- ). E. lie? J a Co. ANCIENT MEDICINES. Sam ot tha Raaalalva Raatealea Use by Oar Aaeaatara. Some of the remedies used by our ancestors ought to have been sufficient to scare away any disease without their application. Here are a few of them: "A halter w herewith any one has been hanged if tied about the head will cure headache. Moss growing up on a human skull If dried and pow dered and taken as snuff la no less effi cacious." Dr. Samuel Turner, who wrote on diseases of the skin, notices a prevalent charm among old women for the shingles, the blood of a black cat taken from its tall and smeared on the part affected. -The chips of a gallows tied on a string and worn around the neck are said to have cured ague. Spiders, as may readily be supposed, were in great repute as remedies. Bur ton, the writer of the "Anatomy of Melancholy," was at first dubious as to the efficacy of the spider as a remedy, though be states that he had seen it used by his mother, "whom he knew to have excellent skill in cbirurgery, sore eyes and aches, till at length," says he "rambling amongst authors, as I often do, I found this very medicine In Dlos- corides, approved by Matthiolas and repeated by Aldrovandus. I began then to have a better opinion of it." For stopping hemorrhages all sorts of things were used. John Bell says that for this purpose "they tied live" toads behind the ears or under the armpits or to the soles of the feet or held them in the hand till they grew warm. Mi chael Mercatus says that this effect of toads is a truth, which any person will- lug, to take the trouble may satisfy himself of by a very simple experi ment, for tf you hang the toad around a cock's nck for a day or so you may then cut off his head and the neck will not bleed a single drop." The maJade imaginalre of those days pursued his bobby under dlSeultles, laaaaa Oaa Polat. Ersklue mentions a case where a per son who bad been confined in an asy lum prosecuted his brother and the proprietor for Imprisonment and false duress. The prosecutor, himself a wit ness in support of the indictment, was put into the witness box and examined. When Ersklue came to cross examine him, tie tried to discover some lurking alienation of mind, but during a cross examination, conducted with all the MM .4Mdg master, tor nearly an i hour be was completely foiled. . -.'v.-1 ' ; f ; But a gentleman who had come acci dentally into court whispered In Er sklne'a ear that the witness thought be was the Saviour of mankind. On receiving the hint Erskine made a low bow to the prosecutor, addressed him in terms of great reverence, re spectfully begged to apoloiftze for the unceremonious manner In which he had treated a person of his sacred character and called him by the name of Christ. Th& man immediately said; "Thou hast spoken truly. I am the Christ." '.. 'rvvl .. ' . . ,'. .... . . f Tha Original Caraatlea. The original carnation was a five pet- sled bloom native in the south of Italy, It was imported into England about the time of the Norman conauest As early as 1(119 horticultural works gave minute directions for the cultivation of the flowers in winter. The carnation industry has risen to considerable im portance during the last ten years, ac cording to Town and Country.. AS 2,500,000 of young carnation plants are sold each year and florists produce an equal amount grown by themselves which are not sold, the entire produc tion of young carnation plants approxi mates 5,000,000 and . upward a year, These! plants are grown .under glass during the winter time for cut flower purposes, producing nil annual average of more than 100,000,000 blooms. What becomes of this enormous number of flowers is t somewhat of a - mystery, They are put to Innumerable uses. .. -A : Plenty oi Hud- alonx a great deal better If you didn't get so excited," said the calm man to his irascible friend. "Can't you learn to keep ytfui temperTT "Keep my temper! Well, I like that.", retorted tha other. Td have you nn derstand that I : keep more temper in one day than you have in your posse sion during a whole yearr , , ' - ,r y It WHt All la HIm. "Johnny," said his mother severely, ."some one has taken a big piece of gin gerbread out of the pantry." - . Johnny blushed guiltily. ' ' "Oh, JohnnyE she exclaimed, "I didn't think it .was In you.",,.v "It ain't all." replied Johnny; "part fifs in Elsie.- . . : ' Two'rreUcui "Dorothy always begins a novel In the middle" "What's that forr "Why, then she has two problems to be excited over, how the story will end and how It began." , . Fortune smiles on the few. To the majority she gives-the laugh. Ohio State Journal WEEKLY CROP BUVLETIO. For Weak Ending Monday, September 2 1st, ,1903. The first part of the week continued fair and warm, but during the passage northward of the sub-tropical storm over western North Carolina on the 16th and 17th considerable rain fell over most of the State, with the largest amounts in the western section. At some places in the west heavy rains washed land considerably, and high winds blew down some corn and bruised a little tobacco. , The amount of damage was small, and generally the rainfall was beneficial to all late crops, and placed the soil in excellent condition for plowing. Following the ram occurred a decided fall in tern-; perature, and the remainder of tha t week was quite cool with temperatures below the normal. Very light frost were reported the mornings of the 18th and 19th in several western counties, without any damage to crops. The minimum temperature was 36 at Ashe ville the morning of the 19th. During the latter portion of the week which was fair and favorable for farm work, owing to the excellent condition of the soil, fall plowing began to make more rapid progress, and a considerable amount of fall oats and rye was sown. Cotton continues to open rapidly $n stiff land, but rather slowly on ' light lands; picking is progressing well, aid the crop is being placed on the market as rapidly as it la ginned. From previ ous reports of rust and shedding,; and complaints of small bolls, it is esti mated that cotton will not produce ? as large a crop as was anticipated , a month ago. Lata corn was benefitted by rains, and in the extreme, wast' the crop is still very green for the time of year; cutting old corn continues,4 and practically all of the corn ii' ready to gather in in (he eastern and southern portions.' Gathering fodder is rear ing completion. '.--', Cane seems to be an excellent crop, and making syrup ia progressing with a good yield. Cutting and curing to bacco continue in Surry, Person, Stokes, Caswell, Granville and David son but this work is now -nearly 5 fln- la. oM.-toaiMM which can hardly be cut for a week or two yet. The late crop la curing well, Showers were very beneficial to turnips which are bow doing nicely.' Field peas appear to be bearing well and are being gathered, saving late hay also continues. Sweet potatoes, rice and peanuts are good crops. The season for fruit is passed, only some winter annlea of noor aualitv remain. CHICAG0 POISONS ST. LOUIS. Seventy Per Cent. Increase in Typhoid Cases in Latter City Charged to River Polluton. St. Louis Mp., Sept. 20. ''The ac tion of the Chicago authorities in turn ing their sewage into the Mississippi river for the people of St. Louis to drink is criminal, and Chicago knows it." v i Attorney General Crow of Missouri made the assertion tonight before leav ing, in company with Assistant At torney General Sam B. Jeffries, for Chicago, there to continue the taking of depositions for the defense In the case of Missouri against Illinois and the sanitary district of Chicago in con nection with the Chicago drainage canal. To make this trip and . perform his duty to the state, whose sworn officer he is, Attorney General Crow leaves the bedside of bis oldest daughter, who is critically 111 with an attack of typhoid fever that physicians declare is undoubtedly due to the Impure water of the Mississippi. Thus "Mr. Crow has had brought home to him in a most emphatic manner the virtue of the cause for which he is striving, end he has placed himself on record as in tending to devote all his energies to to the abatement of this giant nuisance. He declares that typhoid fever has increased 70 per cent. since Chicago first dumped her sewage into the Miss issippi, and asserts that the only .im munity from a probable epidemic of typhoid is for every citizen of St. Louis to boll every particle of ' water used for consumption. The city should also, he insists, compel hotels, depart ment stores, and managers and owners of depots and all places where people congregate in numbers to treat their drinking water in the same way. . It is the only protection, he declares, the citizens can have from the millions of germs hourly turned into the water supply of St. Louis, v "oAaonsA. 1 - AY, ! , . fk La 7 " t' viators PROHIBITION IN CONCORD, JWhat a Leading Citizen of That City Was to Say on Its Operation There. Jf The following Is a letter from Mr. W. R. Odell, of Concord, well known In manufacturing circles, to Rev. F. t. Swindell, of Goldsboro: , Concord, N. C, Sept. 17, 190:1. Rev. F. D. Swindfxl, Goldsboro, N, C, Dear Brother: Your esteemed favor of the 15th inst. to hand. For some years after the saloons were abolished in Concord there was no increase in taxation. Since that time, however, we have installed elec tric lights, water works act! established public schools, and of course this naturally increased taxes. We have also macadamized streets, cement side Walks in all the business portion of town, and the population has more than doubled. Our rate of taxation is 1-20. We have built a city hall costing about 915,000; graded schools 125,000 water works $100,000, and we do not know a business man in our city, or any who pay taxes, that wants saloons even high licensed saloons. So far as managing the help in the factories is concerned, there Is no com parison. We had more trouble when we were working 150 operatives with saloons than we have now with 1,200 operatives without saloons. Previous to the abolition of saloons we had no building and loan association. We have two of these now lmuccessful operation, and more of our peopl Own their homes than ever before, The people who, formerly drank are saving money and purchasing homes Business has increased in this town very much, and taking away saloons has never hurt business. When we had saloons you scarcely could see a lady on the streets at night or on Sat urdavs. and now the ladles have no hesitancy in going on the streets day or night. So far as I am concerned I have never seen a place for a saloon yet The town or city that abolishes saloons, and puts publio sentiment behind it to tee that the law is rigidly enforced; will grow and prosper- This has been . the experience of Concord. , i v Yours truly. . ' W. R. Odell. r P. S. I find that in 1886 the taxable property of this town was $463,716 This was the year prohibition went In effect. Our amount this year is $2,132, , 610. Yours truly, W. R. Odell. CUBANS MEET AT JSL lAWiii. President Pal ma Urges Them to Live up to Ideals. Santiago, Cuba, Sept. 21. Speak ing today at the village of 1 .Caney, close to the scene of the battle between the Americans and the Spaniards. President Palma urged the Cuban peo ple to guard jealously the ideals they had obtained by means of interven tion.'-.'.-'- . 4 The presidential party was enthusi astically received on their arrival at El ' Caney. The alcade X having re marked that the gathering was mostly .composed of veterans, President Palma assured them he wanted to pay the army as badly as any body, because the payment wa s not onl v an act of justice, but was necessary to the con struction . of the country. ; Nobody loved Cuban independence more than himself, continued the president The Only way to sacrifice the republic was to bi-ing on a civil war. " He believed there was not one citizen in a thous and who would not prefer to maintain the honor of Cuba even to the extent of forfeiting his soldiers' pay. The Cubans having accepted United States intervention as a means of ending ; their troubles were under obligation to follow those ideale and prove them selves a peaceable people. Speaking of the appearance or the band of in surrectionists near Santiago, Presi dent Palma condemned the hidden in stigators, of the uprising. The alcade declared that no one within two leagues of El Caney had joined the band. : , i'i 1 aaiklsaaaa.' , 'V;' ' Askington She has a rich nosbaad hasn't she? ' Teller Tesi and at the earn time a mighty poor one. Smart Set- , : '., ": -: Bta Taal PaFawtt.' "Are yon following the races?" r Tea, and If I ever catch np to them 111 quit." Princeton Tiger, i ; : The respect of the common people Is the highest reward a man can reap 1 thle country. Schoolmaster. OADnJOIlIAi POT OFF THE TRAIN. Young 8imon Parrott Brings 8uit Against the A. & N. C. Saturday night while en route to Goldsboro, from Falling Creek, Si mon Parrott, 16-year-old son of Mr. Clay Parrott, was put off the train about two miles beyond LaGrangeand had to walk the rest of the way to Goldsboro. Young Parrott claims that be bought a ticket of the agent at Failing Creek, to Goldsboro, andsays that the conductor took up the ticket before getting to LaG range, and came to him after leaving-LaGrange for an other ticket, and on his not giving him another ticket the conductor put him off the train and he had to walk the distance to Goldsboro, late at night. It is understood that the agent at Falling Creek sold a ticket to Golds boro and one to LaGrange Saturday night. The conductor's claim is that young Parrott gave him a ticket to LaGrange only, and that he asked for his fare from LaGrange to Goldsboro and on not getting it put him off. Mr. Parrott has engaged counsel and will bring suit against the rail road company. PERMANENT MUSIC HOUSE. The Cable Company to Open a Store In Kinston. The Cable Company's business has grown to such an extent during the past three years that they find It necessary to' open a branch house where they can carry a first-class line of their famous pianos and organs. For such a house they think Kinston the most desirable location to supply eastern Carolina. They have an op tion on a fine location January 1st. In the mean time tbey will carry a full line at their present location, W. T. Mercer & Co. 's furniture store. They have put their Mr. Bagwell in charge of this store. From the fact that he has sold over 200 organs and pianos in eastern Carolina since June, 1902, to date, proves that he is a bust ler and popular and treats his cus tomers right.; f r v.. Their southeraJbranch In Richmond is now the largest In the south. Kinston and all this section will be glad to have a music house at which they can buy pianos and organs at factory prices, such as is the purpose of the Cable Company to establish. Resisted an Officer. jaae jjuaiey, a colored man, was brought to this place today from La Grange and turned over to the author ities to serve a sentence of sixty days on the roads for being disorderly and for resisting the officer who arrested him. Dudley's head was bruised and cut by the officer's "billy" which it was necessary to use In making the arrest. When thp officer went to Dudley to arrest him Dudley told him that it would take the whole town, and re fused to go. On the officer's catching hold of him he . resisted and was clubbed. He then made fight and re ceived another blow over the eye. Dr. Pridgen rendered medical at tention at the jail today. Spiders Eat Tbelr Mothers. One of the most unnatural things in nature, if the expression la allowable, is the manner, In which the young of the common wolf spider treat their mother. After the little creature has laid her eggs' she envelops them in a silken covering, so as to make a ball about the size -of a pea, and this she carries about with" her wherever she goes and wll defend it with her life. When the young , are batched, tbey climb on her back, giving her a mon strous appearance, and ride about un til nearly half grown, and as soon as they discover their strength they fall to and devour their mother. As a rule the maternal relation is recognized In the animal and Insect world only as long ns the necessity for protection ex ists, but instances of the young actu ally devouring a parent by main force and ' common consent are extremely rare. London Nature. 4ar War ta, KIU Flafc. -. Natives of the Torres strait have nu original method of killing fish. In places where turtles and large fish art- wont to congregate they erect , plat forma, and as soon as a great turtle el fish appears the man on , the nearest platform throws a harpoon and almost invariably strikes the animal. After this Is done one of the other men Jumps from his platform with a rope, which he fastens around the tail of the cap tared fish. One end of this rope re mains tied to a platform, and thus the fish or turtle is soon safely secured.' Ii is likely, however, to plunge about a good deal, and therefore those men who are within reach of the rope are NORTH STATE HEWS Clipped and Collet From Ou lorti Carolina Exchangis. ODD AID INTERESTS HAPPEIIIGS Gossip Gathered from Murphy To Manteo of Importance to Our Tar Heel Readers. Editor Roscower, of the Goldsboro Headlight, will start a daily newspa-. per in that city In the near future Miss Anna C. Newburgh, of Ken yon t Minn., will be associate editor. The farmers unite in declaring that the cotton crop will be very short, and most of thetn express the opinion very decidedly that the crop will not exoeed 60 pet cent, of an average one. Julia Stanfield, a colored woman, was pronounced dead by negro doc tors in Durham some time ago and she was put in a coffin and sent off. On the way to its last resting place the "corpse" came to life in a railroad station but died an hour or two after. Now the next friend sues the doctors for 15,000 damages. The Salisbury Sun reports thai a maohinlst in Spencer has been dis carded by his fiancee because he wen, to sleep In church. He was with her and when she pinched him to keep him. awake he wob so humiliated that he retired from, church at once. The next day hla intended wrote him a note stating that the engagement was off. And it was only two weeks to his wedding day, too. ' Robbers gained entrance to the post office at Albemarle Monday night by forcing the blinds and steel bars from the rear end of the postoffice building;. The office was pretty thoroughly ran sacked, but finding nothing but a razor, they doubtless took it for av souvenir. Fortunately the postmaster had taken everything home and that would-be thieves went away empty handed. It is thought ; that the men are amateurs. , . , n t,. The postoffice at University Station, 9 miles west of Durham,, was robbed Monday night The store in connect tion with the postoffice conducted by O. F. Craig, was also robbed. - The amount stolen was 140 in cash beside cheeks aggregating$143.30. Thechecka, were all made out to the Southern rail way hands and had been cashed by Mr. Craig during the. day. The) robbery was committed while a shift ing engine was moving cars and was discovered ' when Mr. Craig returned to the store. A Raleigh special says: It is very evident now that there is going to be ai very interesting contest between Judges Hoke and Justice for the western supreme court judgeship. Both are superb men. Judge Hoke has for years been considered one of the finest judges North Carolina has ever had. Judge Justice was one of the best liked and soundest men ever in the North Carolina legislature. It is said that it is due probably to him more than any other man that the time for the prepa ration of voters under the grandfather clause was extended to 1908. Marion special Charlotte Chronicle: News reaches here from Mitchell county to the effect that Eliza Sparks, the woman charged with infanticide, has been released by a crowd of men while en route to Bakersville in charge of an officer. It seems that the officer, who left here Thursday with the woman in charge, found that he could not reach Bakers ville that night, and stopped at Mark Wiseman's. While there a crowd of men, friends of the woman, came and took her away. The officer made no resistance owing to the number of men in the crowd. It is not known what became of the woman. THE COTTON MARKET. Reported by Baxter Co. . - HIGH .' . . VOW V . GUMS May.,.. -6 September..... 11.42 .11.11 11.24 October........ 9.85 , 9.63 9.68 November . . . 9 68 9.53 9.54 , December...... 9.68 9.53 9.5J January....... 9.65 9.50 j 9.51 February. ..... 9.61 9.58 9.51 March ......... 9.63 9.50,' 9.51 Tone: barely steady. . Spot 11.50, CASTOR I A Tor Infants and Children. - Its Iti Yoa Rats Alisjs ErS Bears the Signature of Necessity is the argument of tyrants. It U V e '" I of sJaves. ritt. obliged to take care that it does not trip them up with It -.f
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